The Sun. — London, England, 1862-06-16 00:00:00

LONDON, THE CIVIL WAR IN AMERICA. BATTU BEFORE RICHMOND. Newspaper reports state that during the engage ment Professor Lowe in his balloon was hovering above the scene, and communicating information by telegraph as to the movements of the Confederates. It is alleged that Gen. Casey's troops were mostly recruits, and that his fcrce was reduced by disease to 6,000 men. The New ork, Times' correspondent describes the engagement as fellows z -- - " The position held by Gen. Casey was on the Williamburg stage roe.al, within six or seven miles of Rieamond, and on a line so extended at the front that the troops required to keep picket guards of sufficient strength made no slight draught on his weakened forces. The right of the line was held by hia first brigade, under Gen. H. M. Naglee, as brave tad vigilant an officer as is to be found in the army of the Potomac. Gen. Naglee's pickets extended racross the railroad (running parallel with the Wil liamsburg-road, about a mile to the right) to near the sixth milepost from Richmond, and so on fur ther to the right and a little to the rear until within a short distance of a point on the Chickahominy ; where Gen. Sumner had thrown a bridge amass the stream, and was hourly expected to cross to com plete the line of pickets to the river. The centre of Gen. Casey's position was held by the 2d Brigade ; Gen. Wassell's (formerly Gen. Keims's) extended from Gen. Naglee's line to the left a short distance across the Williamsburg-road, where it joined the 3d Brigade, Gen. Palmer's stretching some distance further to the left, and joining the lines of General Couch, who guarded the left flank, the main por tion of his force being a short distance to the rear of Casey, on the Williamsburgh-road. The position occupied by the main body of these two divisions was a clearing of about one mile square, surrounded on the left and the front by a belt of forest, in which Gen. Casey's pickets were stationed. On the right a wooded swamp divided the clearing from a similar opening in the forest along the railroad, which was occupied by General Naglee with his brigade. Just beyond the woods to the front were similar clearings with wood on their further side, where the rebels lay concealed, their pickets occupying:the edge of the forest, and separated from our pickets by the width of the fields, forming a sort of neutral ground between the two armies, over which each kept close watch lest his neighbour should take pos aession. Step by step General Casey had pressed_ ' on to this point, overcoming such opposition as met him, until it became evident that the rebels had reached the limit of their retreat, and farther ad vance could not be ventured without the risk of a general engagement, for which the plans were not yet ripe. Our proximity to the rebels was evi dently annoying to them, and on Thursday, and again on Friday, they made an unsuccessful at tempt, with a forte of a few hundred, to drive in the pickets and discover what mischief was plotting be hind the belt of woods sheltering Gen. Casey from their view. Their attack was resolutely met by the pickets, who tell back on the reserves and held their ground, defeating the purpose of the enemy. Mean 'while General Casey was actively at work securing his position, a large force of men being busy, under the skilful direction of Lieutenant E. W. West, of his staff, digging rifle pits and felling trees for abattis. A similar line of defensive works had been commenced and partially completed at General Casey's former position, at the Seven Pines, three miles further to the rear, and just back of these was a line of earthworks, constructed by General Couch and more carefully finished. Failing in attempts to gather information by forcing back General Casey's pickets, the rebels apparently resolved upon an advance in force against the left wing of the army, doubtless determined to drive it beyond the Chickahominy, should the opportunity offer, and put themselves in a position to turn Gen. M'Clellan's left flank. During the afternoon of Friday a terrific thunderstorm arose, continuing through most of the night with uninterrupted severity, deluging the earth with rain, converting the spongy soil into a nearly impassable bog, and raising the waters of the, Chickahominy so as to curry away one of two bridges General Sumner had pre pared !am his passage, and somewhat disturb the foundratione of the other. The broad sheets of lig,latning that night, and the eamp fires of unusual size, gleaming in the pitchy darkness, seemed to illuminate our position, and may possibly have assisted the rebels in getting an idea of the bearing of things. Just before the storm had reached its fury there was some skirmishing between the artil lery on both sides, This commenced again in the morning, several shots flying over our camp, indicat ing that the rebels had in some way gained a more correct idea of our position. Shortly after noon the grand attack commenced, General Casey's pickets being driven in all along the front, after a spirited resistance, the rebels advancing in force along three roads—the Williamsburg road, to our left, the rail road, in. the centre, and the' Ninemile-road,' as it is called, on the right. With his feeble division greatly weakened by extension, General Casey had no backbone to oppose to this sudden attack. But no thought of yielding his ground entered the mind of the old soldier, scarred with the wounds of Mexico and disciplined to danger by a hundred fights. His troops were immediately formed into position, the three brigades maintaining their relative positions on the right, left, and centre, and as thorough pre parations were made for resisting the attack as its suddenness - would admit of. Regan's New York battery was stationed just to the right of the Wil liamsburgsroad, Bates' battery of Napoleon guns further to the left across the road, and Fitch's bat tery 300 or 400 yards to the rear, the last sending Its shell over the heads of our troops at the enemy beyond. The fourth battery was near the railroad, further to the right. The vigour with which the enemy pressed forward to the attack indicated the confidence of superior strength. A battalion of two regiments pressed against General Naglee on the right, anothe r f e ll on General Wessell at the centre, and a third on General Palmer to the left, pouring in at once a fire hot and heavy, and advancing with great resolution in face of the steady fire of canister and grape from the guns in front, and shell from those further to the rear, mowing down their ranks in all directions. The rebels had but little artillery, and were evidently oisposea to make good the deficiency by pressing to close quarters with their superior force, to bear down at once by weight of. thethrown advanced n umbers the f ee bl e skeleton regi ments of 300 or 400 men who as ey co s ra t p r o Ge o e p d s were division. M o st of Gen. () forward to the edge of the woods 'in front of his position to meet the advance of the rebels, a f ew regiments being left behind the partially completed rifle-pits a shag distance to the rear. Thus a di vision, nearl y new to warfare, was suddenly ex posed, in an open field, to the heaviest of fire from an enemy covered to a considerable extent by the woods through which they were advancing. Ter ribly the tempest raged, the air almost growing thick with musket balls ; officer after officer fell, or was borne from the field a wounded man ; the men dropped by scores, and the usual number of weak jointed ones were falling to the rear. But in spite of the rapid thinning of their ranks the regiments generally held their ground until the enemy euc ceeded in rushing around on the left flank, and poured in an enfilading fire from that direction, against which the rifle pits were no protection. The 60 rounds of ammunition with which they entered the fight were nearly exhausted, and no more was at hand. Meantime one of General's Couch's brigades, commanded by General Abercrombie, was ordered up to the support of General Naglee on the right, General Devens, of the same division, sustaining General Wessell on the centre, and Gen. Peck, with the remaining brigade, supporting General Palmer on the left. When General Casey's trocps were forced to give way the rebels fell on these brigades of Couch's division, who disputed every inch of ground, until sustained by General Kearney, pressing up the Wil liamsburg road with reinforcements to meet them. supported by the division of General lioaer in his rear. pressing rapidly forward, G eneral Kearney advanced along the Williamsburgh road to within a short distance of our original position, where he bivouacked for the night in front of the enemy. It this Williamsburg road th a t the main was along b Main attack was made, and here our troops were forced back for half a mile or more, before the arrival of General Heintzelman's corps, the feeble brigades \ of Casey's division, averaging less than 2,000 men, being completely broken up, many if noz most of the officers killed, wounded, or missin,, and the privates scattered through the woods or along the road. Bravely and well did General Casey do hie duty, pressing on to the extreme front and cheering on nh :aged aboutirsamenrega im rd h less : of the store s of fire and hail that tutting down hie officers on all sides but strangely escaping his own person. Bravely and well did most of his officers stand by him until one after another they were borne from the field dead or wounded. Colonel Bailey, Chief of Artillery, was shot early in the afternoon, the ball striking him in the head and causing his death after a short period of insensibility. Major Van Vaultenberg, the second in command of the Ist New York Artillery, was killed, Adjutant William Ramsay wounded, while every battery but one lost its quota of men, and some of them lost nearly all their horses. Bates's battery of Napoleon guns -12-pound brass pieces—which was to the front, thus deprived of locomotion and stuck fast in the mud, was left behind in the retirement of our troops, but not until General Naglee had taken it upon himsoll to see that several of the pieces were spiked. In addition to this one three-inch Parrot gun of battery H was disabled by a shot and fell into the hands of the enemy. The Pennsylvania Reserve Battery, of Couch's Division, also lost one of their guns—these eight pieces of ordnance con stituting our entire loss, so far as I could learn. W e can better afford to spare the pieces than we can afford to have the rebels profit by their gain. They show every indication of being much in want of artillery, and the need is evidently stimulating their efforts to profit by the chances of war to possess themselves of our guns. Meantime General Sumner bad succeeded in bringing his trentle epeeee the Chickahominy, and was advancing on the right to maintain our position there, where less ground ( had been lost. After several days of labour, Gen. Sumner had thrown two bridges across the creek between Bottom's Bridge and New Bridge, where local reports held it to be impossible to find any foundation for piles to support the superstructure. One of these bridges was some two miles above Bot tom's Bridge, the other a mile further up the stream. The lower of these was carried away during the heavy storm of Friday night, and General Sumner was obliged to depend upon a single shaky structure for the passage of his troops, wh o near l y a ll , how ever, succeeded in crossing that night, the head of the column reaching the Nine-mile road, along which the rebels were pressing our troops, at about 7 o'clock, holding the enemy in check for the night, and preventing them from following up in that direction the advantage they had gained during the day. Flushed with their seeming victory of Satur day, the rebels awoke with confidence on Sunday to follow up their movements, sure of driving us this time to the Chickahominy and beyond; but they had made the unfortunate mistake of estimating the strength of our reserves by the weakness of our advance. Most bitterly did they pay for their mis take. Pressing eagerly forward with confidence of victory, they were met by the trained troops of Heintzelman and Sumner, whose unyielding columns checked their fierce assault, turning the tide of battle everywhere against them, and forcing them at the point of the bayonet on towards Richmond. The rebels presented a strong front to the gleaming bayonets of our men, not 100 yards distant. As the Second advanced on the double quick, cheering and shouting, the rebels held back their fire until our men were hardly 100 feet from their line, when they fired a murderous volley into the ranks of the Second. It proved too low, and few were killed or wounded. Immediately after the rebels fired this volley they broke ranks and fled through the wood. A few of their bravest remained to resist our, passage, but they were soon mowed down by the steel front of the gallant Second Excelsior. It was now their turn to break and run, and their losses of the Sab bath left them little cause for rejoicing over the trifling gain of Saturday. Terribly did the rebels suffer on this, as well as on the previous day, from the well-directed fire of our artillery, piling the ground with the slain. Terrible also to them were the frequent charges of our solid column, pressing them back, step by step, to the last point of endur ance when they broke and ran, ingloriously leaving behind them many of their men and officers, as well as privates, prisoners in our hands. The number of these it is not possible to ascertain, eeTeral days necessarily elapsing after every en gagement before a full inventory can be taken. Even of our loss it was impossible to form any cor rect idea at the time I left the field of battle. The only source of information was the wounded, who gave such particulars in regard to their respective regiments as they could, as they were borne by from all parts of the field. To the oft-repeated question,' Well, how did your regiment stand it ?' I got uniform answers, ' Oh, sir, our regiment was all cut to pieces—cut to pieces, sir ; nothing left of it; I, of course, was able to rely little on such stories from my disabled informants, knowing the tendency, not only among soldiers, but equally among people in civilised life, to magnify their own misfortune into a measure of the public cala mity. They took no account of their nimble-footed comrades, who had disappeared without damage to life or limb. It is impossible, so soon after the affair, to give even a rough estimate of the loss in an engagement spread over so great a space of coun try, and in the confusion which always ensues after a battle. That the loss is very severe, and parti cularly so in the matter of officers, there is no man ner of doubt. The difficulty of rightly estimating our loss is also enhanced by the fact that many of those falling were unaveidahly left on the ground subsequently occupied by the enemy in his first successful attack. The number of these we cannot I learn until regimental rolls are compared. It is I sincerely to be regretted, in view of the tales we have of the barbarous treatment of our wounded by the rebels, when once they fall into their hands, that necessity should have compelled any to be left upon the field, to receive 'the tender mercies of the wicked.' That the rebel loss was greater by far than our own I do not doubt. Besides our superiority in artillery, our small-arms were much more effective, having all the superiority in fatal power which the Minie ball has over the rnnna rifle ball. The wounds inflicted by the enemy were mainly by the latter. nail ti« leaden hail in which our men were obliged to stand so long been composed of conical instead of round shot, many more Rachels would be mourn ing over the lost, and many more homes draped in funeral weeds. Your correspondent feels particu larly grateful to the bleckade,being morally certain that had the ball which lodged so harmlessly in his legging been a Minie he would have been obliged always hereafter to write standing on one foot—a good figure of speech for Juvenal, but one which 'l bodying. e would rath er b e excuse d f rom pract i ca ll y em - As it is, the alight abrasion left upon his leg by the ball, after forcing two thicknesses of leather and one of c l oth, is sufficiently suggestive of a reward t o satisfy his moderate ambition for military adventure, field o f battle Besid e s th e guns G enera l Casey lost all his camp Equipage,e in such istenteh tents being proximitypitched as to render in evitabletuhetiralslooosfhsave lost their effects,which, his troops. The generals in his division in case of the slightest yieldingms fortun a t e l y, were of no great valve, all the b a gg a g e of the officers, as hi we k well . hominy, with the waggons q uarterma ster's as the knapsacks of the soldiers, h aving been Some days before ordered to the othe r si de of the c stores, and everything not absolutely indispensable. s c , the loss was slight, except in the disappearance of papers of considerable value, which were left in the tents. At about 12 o'clock General M'Clellan rode up to the front, accompanied by his Staff and body guard, and met General Heintzelman seated at the foot of a tree. Little Mae democratically seated himself at the side of Heintzelman, on the ground, when his Staff grouped themselves, resting on stumps of trees and logs, There was the Prince de Joinville, the Count de Paris, and the Due de Chartres, forming a select group of three, convers ing quite animatedly in French, and the other members of M'Clellan's Staff joi n i ng i n v. ith a little English. ' They fight on Sunday always,' said the Due de Chartres, alluding to the rebels. Gen. i IVl‘elellan had been seatal probably half an hour _ 'I FIE SUN, conversing with General Heintzelman, when General Hooker rode up from the extreme ad vanced line gained that morning, and, as he was dismounting from his horse, General M'Clellan rose from his Seat and, advancing, shook him warmly by the hand, ani congratulated him and his noble division in arms of the highest praise. A long con versation took place between them. It was plainly seen no further advance was to be made that day, as no troops were ordered up to the front. At a little after one o'clock General M'Clellan mounted his horse and rode along the lines of his troops, back and forth, until all the soldiers had had an oppor tunity of seeing him. Napoleon never was re ceived by his enthusiastic troops with greater ma nifestations of delight than was M'Clellan by his army, showing that he possessed the confidence as well as the hearts of his men. They feel that they must ever be victorious under his guidance. The rebels during the fight had their sharpshooters posted in trees to pick off our officers—a fact disco vered in the early part of the action. In company with General Sickles, Col. Graham, Col. Hall, and Lieut. Graham, I rode out on the battle-field on Sunday afternoon at four o'clock. The scene wit nessed here baffles all description. Caissons, with horses shot dead in their truces, ambulances, wag- gons, &c., filled the road in front of Casey's camp. There were about 200 of our wounded still lying where they fell on Satui day. Some of them spoke kindly of the rebels, saying they treated them very well. Dead rebels, as well as our own men, were lying in every part of the field and wood. I counted 57 dead rebels in front of a small piece of wood not 40 feet square. One wounded rebel was lying on the ground, unable to move. He was shot in both legs. On each aide of him lay some dead rebels. As we passed by he begged us for God's sake to taVp tha dead men AVM, frnm him. The stench was intolerable. We lost 19 guns in the fight of Saturday. Not one of them has been recovered. The rebels ran a train down near Fair Oak Station, find carried away our commissary stores, guns, &c. to Richmond. The rebels . destroyed what they could not conveniently carry away, including the new tents of Cisey's and Couch's divisions. Our loss in the two days' engagement, in killed and wounded, will amount to about 3,000. A great number are missing, who will probably return, having strayed away. Four separate charges with the bayonet were made yesterday. In one instance the enemy were driven a mile, during which 173 rebels were killed by the bayonet alone. Lieut. Washington, aide to Gen. Joe Johnston, was taken prisoner. The enemy's dead left on the field amounted to 1,200." The department of Virginia had been extended, so as to include that part of Virginia south of the Rappahannock and east of the railroad from Fre dericksburg to Richmond, Petersburgh, and Wel don. General M'Clellan had been put in command of it, and would control affairs at Fortress Monroe, General Dix, from Baltimore, would superintend affaris at Fortress. General Wood would replace General Dix at Baltimore. From Corinth we have the following despatches : " To THE HON. E. M. STANTON, SECRETARY OF WAR. " Halleck's Headquarters, Department of the Mississippi Camp near Corinth, June 1. " The following despatch has been received from General Pope by Major-General Halleck : " It gives us pleasure to report the brilliant suc cess of the expedition sent out on the 28th instant, under Colonel Elliott. With the 2d lowa Cavalry, after forced marches, day and night, through a very difficult country, and obstructed by the enemy, he finally succeeded in reaching the Mobile and Ohio Railroad at Boonesville at two o'clock a.m. on the 30th. He destroyed the track in many places both South and North of the town, blew up one culvert, destroyed the switches and track, burnt up the depot and locomotives, and a train of 22 cars loaded with supplies of every kind, destroyed 10,000 stand of arms, three pieces of artillery, and a great quantity of clothing and ammunition, and paroled 2,000 prisoners, whom,he could not keep with his cavalry. The enemy had heard of his movements, and had a train of box cars and fiat cars, with flying artillery and 5,000 infantry, run ning up and down the road to prevent him from reaching it. The whole road was lined with pickets for several days. Col• Elliott's command subsisted upon meat alone, such as they could find in the country. For daring and despatch this expedition has been distinguished in the highest degree, and entitles Colonel Elliott and his command to high distinction. Its results will be embar rassing to the enemy, and contribute greatly to their loss and demoralisation. He reports the roads full of small parties of the retreating enemy, scattering in all directions. " JOHN POPE, Major-General. " H. W. Halleck, Major-General Commanding.' " To M. C. MEIGS, QUARTERMASTER-GENERAL. " Corinth, Saturday, May 31. If Beauregard has been at Richmond, others have forged his signature, as I have received let ters from him s bout the exchange of prisoners nearly every day for the last fortnight. " The evacuation of Corinth commenced on Wednesday, and was completed on Thursday night, but in great haste, as an immense amount of pro. perty was destroyed and abandoned. `No troops have gone from here to Richmond unless within the last two days. " H. W. HALLECK, Major-Gen. Commanding.'" A letter dated Corinth, May 31, reports that on the previous morning the Federal reserve divisions were brought up, and the entire front moved for ward. During the day the woods were shelled, the responses being feeble. The Mayor surrendered the town o!' Corinth to Gen. Nelson. There were no inhabitants remaining except women, children, and old men, the rebels succeeding in carrying away absolutely everything except a few provisions, which, with the warehouses and railroad depot, were burnt before we arrived. They took every invalid from the hospital, and every letter from the post office. They did not leave a single gun, and had been moving away troops more than six days, and stores for two weeks. On the 30th a brigade of Federal troops entered Front Royal and drove the Confederates out of it, took possession of a railway train, and captured 150 men. On the following day a reconnoissance was ILA Manchester road, and a slight engagement took place with the Confederates. The latter were reported to have lost some prisoners, a gun made at Liverpool in 1861, and several waggons. On tho 25th ult. General Fremont left Franklin with a strong column, and by forced marches crossed the Shenandoah Mountains. On the Ist inst. he overtook General Jackson five miles from Strasburgh, but was unable to force an engagement. On the 2d General Fremont occupied Strasburgh without opposition. On the 2d General M'Dowell left Strasburgh in pursuit of the enemy, who en deavoured to make a stand in three strong positions, with artillery, but were driven rapidly and with loss from each. Jackson's rear guard passed through Woodstock in the afternoon, the head of his column having reached it at sunrise. The road and woods were strewn with arms, stores, and clothing, A large number of prisoners were taken. On the 31st a reconnoissance in force was made from Fortress Monroe to Winton, North Carolina. The result was not reported. The steamer Patras, of London, captured off Charleston bar, had arrived at Now York. Her cargo consisted of powder, rifles, coffee, and other goods. The steamer Nassau had been captured off Charleston, and the Cambria, from Liverpool and Nassau, off Wilmington, North Carolina, Prom Nassau we have advices to the 23d ult., at which date the following vessels were in port :—The Thom as L. Wragg, for Charleston ; the William Seabrook, from Charleston ; and the Santa, from a Southern port, with cotton. The steamers Kate, Cecil, and Nelly, had sailed for Charleston. The Memp his Appeal of the 27th ult. states, that on the 26th th e Federal gunboats engaged the bat teries below Vicksburg, and after an exchange of shots retired. The same paper states that the Mayor of New Orleans was confined in Fort Jackson, and several members of the City Council had been arrested. The Provost-Marshal performed the func tions of mayor and police judge of New O r l eans . The Vicksburg Citizen states that on the 11th MONDAY EVENING, ult. 20,000 bales of cotton were burnt between that city and Greenville, end that 9,000 bales had been destroyed between the latter place and the Grand Gulf. All along the river as high as Napoleon cotton was being burnt. . _ THE SHEFFIELD CEMETERY RIOTS. The magisterial investigation into the recent dis closuresnear Sheffield, was resumel on Friday at the police Philip's burial-ground, Wardsend, at St. court. The approaches to the Town Hall were crowded to excess at noon; and long before 12 o'clock, the hour fixed the inquiry to commence, the sessions court was densely crowded. Isaac Howard, the sezton at the St. Philip's burial-ground, who was apprehended on Monday last, was placed in the dock, and formally charged with disinterring the body of Edward Charles Sher man, aged two years and one month. Mr. Charles Gould appeared as solicitor for the prosecution ; Mr. Broadbent defended the prisoner ; and Mr. Fretson watched the case on behalf of the Rev. John Livesey, the incumbent of the district. Mr. and Mrs. Sherman gave evidence as to the discovery of the body of their child in a large hole in the cemetery, and at a tmsiderable distance from the grave in which the child had been interred. When they discovered the body of the child the coffin was without lid. They were quite certain of the identity of the child, as well as of the coffin. Elizabeth Rotheray and Eliza Bennett gave con firmatory evidence as to the identity of the body, after which Robert Dixon, who a short time ago lived in the cemetery, was called, and gave the following re volting evidence :—There is a stable adjoining the house. One of the bedrooms goes over the stable and partly over the vestry; no one sleeps in that bedroom, There is no rack or manger in me tisane that I remember. The coach-house also adjoins the house, and forms part of the same building. The stable and the coach-house were usually kept locked. Howard had the key of the stable. The coach-house key was left anywhere. Two or three weeks after we entered the house I was annoyed by a smell. I formed an opinion that the smell came out of the chamber which was above the stable. I tried to ascertain what was the cause of the smell. I shoved three knots through one of the deal boards of the floor of the bed-room. When I did that I had lived in the house between two and three weeks. I and my wife looked down these holes and saw coffins in the stable. We thought there were about 20 altogether. Some of the coffins appeared to be very dirty, and some were not dirty. The lids of all the coffins were on. The coffins appeared to be those of young persons; none of them appeared to be those of grown up persons. Some of the coffins appeared to be those of persons 10 years of age, others about 15, and some were those of still-born children, which latter did not seem to have been in the ground at all. Some of the coffins were piled one upon another—some were reared up on end. Previous to that I had made complaints to Howard about the smell, and he said it would go away in time. (Laughter in court.) I told him twice, and still the smell did not go, so I made an investigation for myself. I had made the holes in the floor long before I mentioned the bad smells to Howard. did not like to make the matter public at that time. At one end of the stable there is an open shed, and a portion of it is recessed, and is dark. Some time about the period of making these holes, in consequence of something I heard from my wife, I went to that shed. It was on the Thursday when I went. I found in that shed a coffin. I had complained to Howard about the smell before seeing that coffin. When I first saw that coffin in the shed it was dirty with earth, as if it had been buried. It appeared to hold a body about fifteen years of age. On the following Saturday (Thursday being the day of the first visit) I went again, with my wife, to the shed, and found the same coffin there. I lifted the lid up with my toe, and saw a body in the coffin. I could see the features, and can say that it appeared to be the body of a boy of about 15 years. My wife also saw the body. We came away and left the coffin in the shed. On the same Saturday at evening I came came home rather sooner in order to go to Sheffield. I first saw Howard that night as I was going into the kitchen door ; he came out of the stable. He coloured very much, and looked " queer in my eye. He went to the back of the house, and I went into the house. We did not speak. I came out in about five minutes, and saw him come out of the stable again, and go up the burying ground. We did not peak that time. I went into the chamber over the stable and stopped there whilst I heard him come into the stable again after an interval of about 10 minutes. I heard him unlock the door, and I saw him come inside and put to the door. I could see him through the holes in the floor. He only closed the door, and did not lock it. I saw him do something at the body of a child that appeared to be about 10 years of age. There were two bodies in the stable, one seeming to be about 15 years of age. They were exposed upon two planks. I saw Howaid do some thing to the least of the bodies. He appeared to be cutting a leg off, but I could not exactly tell. It was a carving knife he was using. The legs of the elder body were cut off. I saw him put the bodies in a box, which appeared to be about 3ft. 4in. or Gin. long, and 18in. or 20in. deep. The box was in the stable when I saw him be gin. He put the lid on the box, and then left the stable and closed the door. He pulled the door to for a minute, and then returned with a wheelbar row up to the door of the stable, and fetched the box out and placed it on the ba rrow , an d went away on the dyke side towards Sheffield. That would be between seven and eight o'clock. Between ten and eleven I heard some person about the pre mises. I heard a barrow come in and the stable door unlocked. The barrow was not taken into the bSy sohmeffieeld he forgot to person. When stable. I saw the barrow next morning. I beard the Howard stable went door away Locked towards lock the stable door. On the Sunday morning I went into the stable and saw the body of a man in a box. The lock is a very bad one, and sometimes the bolt misses. It was unlocked on Sunday morn ing when I wen . in. The box with thebody of a man in it stayed in 'he stable about three weeks after wards, and was then taken into the coach-house, I did not see by 'whom. It remained in the coach house seven or ciglit days. I !lola saw that hex in the hole in the burying ground. I have not seen that box at the ['own Hall. Mr. Gould my' Mr. Jackson had the box some where in the neighbourhood, and be should like the witness to tee it. Mr. Dunn slggested that he might see it after his examination• Examination continued—When I went into the stable I also sac coffin sides and plates. I took away 24 plates, and have them to my master. Afterwards they were given to Mr. Jackson. I first saw the pit in the graveyard on the Monday following the Saturday Howird went to Sheffield with the box. I saw Howard pit a coffin in it at four o'clock in the morning. Hebrought the coffin out of the shed. It appeared to Nate size required for a person about 15 years of agc. I am sure it was larger than would be required fcr a still-born child. I had seen the coffin before it the shed. I believe it to have been the coffinwith the corpse in it on the Satur day. I never law Howard at the pit before that. He did not gel into the pit, but he pushed a plank endway, and 2ushed the coffin in endways. He was alone. Mr. Smith--Could he carry it himself ? Witness--":ee. It was empty. It appeared to be empty; Leartied t und e r his arm. He did not cover up thel/hole through which ho pushed the coffin with e th ; he merely put the plank back again. - This beingthe close of the witness's examination in chief, he Fas taken downstairs to sec the box which had Icen alluded to. Examinkim resumed—l have seen the box downstairs. It is that I saw in the stable, the coach-house,and the pit, and the human remains it contains apfars to be the same I first saw. I have never but dee Seen the prisoner go to the pit. It was cove* with plunks, which were again covered with shaleind Exani rl d Ly Mr. Dunn—When I looked into the hoe ant saw the 20 coffins in the stables I allo JUNE 16, 1862. saw a box, but I could not swear that it is the same I hive seen downstairs. Bertha Dixon confirmed her husband's evidence, and ultimately the case was adjourned for a week. There was considerable feeling displayed against the Rev. John Livesey, who was present during the inquiry, and at the termination of the proceedings it was deemed prudent that he should remain under the protection of the police until the mob had dispersed. THE YELVERTON MABRIAGE CASE. The question of the legality of the marriage be tween the Hon. Major and Mrs. Yelverton, which excited so much interest when it was tried in Ire land some 18 months ago, is now again in course of argument before Lord Ardmillian, of the Court of Session in Scotland. There are two actions of de clarator—the first, at the instance of Major Yelven ton, to have it declared that Theresa Longworth is not his wife, and that she ought to be put to per petual silence as regards such a claim, and besides be found liable in £5O of damages for advancing it ; and the second, at the instance of Therese, Longworth or Yelverton, to have it declared that she is the wife of Major Yelverton, the pursuer in the first action. The summons in that action was signetted June 8, 1859 ; the summons in the action at her instance was signetted Jan. 13, 1860. The two actions were conjoined on 18th July, 1860, and a proof allowed by an interlocutor of next day. That proof was taken on commission in Manchester and Dublin, and in Edinburgh by Sheriff Commis sioner Cay, and, since the passing of the recent Conjugal Rights Act, before Lord Ardmillan as ordinary in the cause. The proof was closed on 6th March, 1862, and the cause sent to the debate-roll. The whole printed papers fill a quarto volume of 518 pages. Of these, about '73 are occupied by the pleadings iu butli rina the rest with proof, consisting of correspondence and oral evidence. Tne correspondence of the parties which has been re covered fills 112 pages. Her oral proof takes up 128 pages, and his 119; and she has 17 pages of a proof in reply to charges that were made in the major's proof against her family and her birth. She seeks by her proof in the correspondence, and by oral evidence of facts and circumstances, to prove two marriages—l. A Scotch marriage constituted (1) by solemn acknowledgment and by the parties reading over the marriage service of the Church of England together in Edinburgh on or about the 12th April, 1857 ; or (2) by promise subsequente copula ; or (3) by acknowledgment, cohabitation, and other facts and circumstances implying previous consent. And 11. An Irish marriage on the 15th of August, 1857, within the chapel at Kilbroney, in the parish of Rostrevor, by Bernard Mooney, the Roman Catholic priest of that parish. The Scotch marriage is sought to be established by facts and circum stances tending to the conclusion by inference that there was a contract of marriage entered into by the parties in Scotland, or acted on by them in that country as a completed contract, and by other facts and circumstances bearing directly upon the acknowledgment of marriage itself. The cor respondence, beginning early in 1853, and con- tinued at intervals of two or three months, is founded on as proceeding from friendship to courtship, and hints of marriage, as a thing desired by both parties, were it not for the major's embar rassed circumstances and obligations to his family, and in particular to his uncle, and thus indicating the intention of the parties to marry, if marriage was not promised in so many words. An acknow ledgment of a promise of marriage is also repre sented to be found in it ; and it is maintained in law, that if the Scotch marriage should not be established on other grounds, there is proof of pro mikie of marriage in the major's writ and proof of copula subsequens by admission, and otherwise abundantly, and that that is sufficient of itself to constitute marriage. The defender does not deny the Irish marriage ceremony ; but he says it was gone through merely to relieve her conscience, and not to bind him, and that he is not bound by it, as it is null under 19th Geo. 11., cap. 13, he having been, or professed himself to be, a Protestant within a year of the alleged marriage service. He does not deny cohabitation, but says that they cohabited as I man and mistress, and not as man and wife. The debate has been going on at intervals for the last month. There was no viva voce examination of witnesses ; but the counsel on both sides made ample use of the correspondence and evidence taken by commission in the voluminous papers to which we have already referred. The case is not, how ever, materially removed from the ground on which it was put on the Irish trial, while the absence of witnesses on this occasion deprives the proceedings of much of their lively dramatic force. It is expected that the pleadings at least will finish this week. THE FLOGGING IN MARYLEBONE WO.R.KHOUS.E SCHOOLS. On Saturday at nson, the representative vestry of the parish of Marylebone met at the Court-house, Marylebone-lane, Mr. Peter Matthews in the chair, to consider a notice of motion by Mr. Edward Hodges, that the board of guardians be requested to for ward copies of resolutions or recommendations of the visiting committee of the workhouse schools at Southall for May, with the names of such com mittee, together with the name and age of the boy alleged to have been flogged by the schoolmaster, and names of witnesses, and copies of any medical certificate or report therein. A protracted discussion ensued of a most exciting character. Mr. E. HODGES, in moving the resolution, re gretted that it had reference to the management of their extensive schools at Southall (which he feared had disappointed the expectations of the ratepayers), and in special reference to one of the most atrocious cases of flogging in workhouses that had come be fore his notice, either in the public journals or in that parish, since five years ago, when a similar case occurred of flogging of women in Marylebone workhouse, which went all over the world, and re sulted in a vast amount of injury and disgrace to that parish, and brought the Poor-law Commis sioners upon them from that time down to the pre sent, a fact greatly deplored by every lover of local self-government. In taking up a newspaper on. Monday last he observed a report, which it ap pears had been published in other journals, that had given rise to great excitement in the minds of the parishioners; and he now moved to ascertain if the report was true, and if it was, he would then give a notice of motion calling on every mem ber of the board or gutsidi-mo to rooisn. (Hear.) Sir J. J. HAMILTON seconded the resolution, but he felt bound to make an explanation. He admitted all that had been said on the subject. A crippled boy, named Redamay, had been most unmercifully flogged by the schoolmaster (Mr. Crook), and his punishment had been so severe that he bore marks of cuts and bruises now. It was the only charge of cruelty that had been ever brought against the master ; and though if he had been immediately discharged it was no more than he deserved, still the guardians thought it would be ruin to himself, his wife, and children, and under all the circumstances they felt that the request for his resignation should be suspended for thr ee mont h s to give him an opportunity of redeeming his cha racter. • M r . J. ABRAHAMS maintained that h e oug ht t o have been instantly . discharged, and legal proceed ings instituted against him as well. (Hear, and No.) The boy in question had been v i s it e d i n hi s sleep i ng apartment in the dead of night by his master, and beaten, cut, and slashed in a state of nudity for a trifling offence of which he was not guilty. It was too shameful to be suffered, and he could not con scientiously sit at the board with guardians who sheltered the brutality of such an officer to a poor crippled child. He begged leave, there and then, to resign. (Hear, hear.) After an excited discussion, the meeting resolved as follows :—" That a committee of this vestry be appointed to inquire into and report the condition of the Southall schools in all their bearings, and the discipline and management of the schools, and to accompany that report if necessary with the recom mendation of removal of all inefficient servants." The excited pioceedings then terminated. [ADVERTISEMENT.]—Momentous Inquiry.—Surrounded as we are by exciting causes of disease, it becomes our duty to seek some means of expelling impurities from the body or rendering them harmless. Professor Holloway has discovered a medicine capable of effecting this all-impor tant point, and has generously placed it within the reach of the poorest. His pills guard the constituents of the blood, which, when contaminated or destroyed permit fevers, in flammations, and other maladies to run riot through, and undermine the system, or comign their victims to untimely tombs. In malarious districts and unhealthy towns these pills, after silently proving themselves the best protectors against fevers, &c., have within the last fow years beCn adopted by the profession and public. LAW INTELLIGENCE.—June 14. COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEAL. (Before Lord Chief J u sti ce C oc kb urn , Lord Chief Justice Erle, Justic e s Wi g ht man , Willes, Blackburn, Byles, and Barons Martin and Bramwell.) THE QUEEN V. FLETCHER-THE BILSTON SAVINGS BANK FRAUDS. The further hearing of the arguments in this case was resumed to•day. The defendant (the Rev. H. Fletcher) had embezzled certain mo ne y s d epos i te d in the Bilston Savings Bank. He was indicted be fore Mr. Baron Channell at Stafford at the late assizes for that county, when the jury found him guilty of embezzling the money as truste e o f th e bank. The defendant o was indicted under the late Fraudulent Trustees Act, which contained the words, trustee under a deed, will, or instrument in writing," The learned counsel for the de fendant took an objection on the trial, that he was not a trustee under the provisions of the act, and the learned judge reserved the point, admitting the defendant in the mean time to bail. The case came before the ordinary Court of Appeal, but as their lordships were divided in opinion, it was referred to the full court. The case accordingly came before the full court on Saturday, the 7th inst., and after hearing the defendant's learned counsel, the court took time to consider whether they would call upon the learned counsel for the prosecution to support the conviction. _ _ Mr. Dowdeswell to-day submitted that the de fendant was a trustee created by an instrument in writing. As treasurer, and also as secretary, he dealt with trust funds, and held them as a trustee expressly created. All persons dealing with trust funds were trustees in law. The Lord Chief Tustiee said there could be no doubt that as treasurer and secretary the defendant was a trustee, but the question was whether he was trustee within the meaning of the act. Mr. Dowdeswell contended that he was. No deed, will, or instrument in writing could create a fund to be dealt with in the manner contended for by the defendant. It was the trust that was created and not the fund. The word " instrument" means any thing contululug yin Granr or direction_ There was no regular form for creating a trust, and any writ ing or memorandum in the shape of mutual cove nants, &c., without seal or stamp, was sufficient to create a trust within the statute of frauds. The Fraudulent Trustees Act it was intended should have a wider signification than the statute of frauds, and it did not contain many of its limitations. The rules for the guidance, Bco., of the trustees and the depositors were an instrument in writing that cre ated the trust, and when approved of were re gistered. An instrument in writing was anything that conveyed the will and intention of persons. All friendly societies, hospitals, and other in stitutions, were governed by rules which were instruments in writing, and it was the intention of the legislature that this act should be applica ble to all these cases. He also contended that this was a trust for a public purpose to bring it within the 17th section of the act. Lord Chief Justice Cockburn doubted, under the rules, if this was an institution for a public purpose. If not there was no express trust created. Mr. Matthews (for the defendant) was heard in reply. It was not merely a simple trust that was necessary to support the conviction, but a trust of property, The defendant was only liable at an action at law. Lord Chief Justice Cockburn said he was of opinion that the conviction was right and ought to be upheld. It was quite clear that the defendant was a trustee for other persons within the meaning of the act. This was not, strictly speaking, an in stitution for public or charitable purposes, but it was of a sufficiently public purpose to support the conviction. It was a trust created by an instru ment in writing, printed documents being consi dered written ones. The object of the act was to prevent the fraudulent misappropriation of funds by trustees, in their hands in that capacity. The finding of the jury was right. The other learned judges concurred. Conviction affirmed. COURT OF PROBATE AND DIVORCE. (Before the Judge Ordinary.) FINLAY T. FINLAY AND RUDALL. Dr. Wambey for the petitioner. The parties were married at Lisbon in Dec., 1833. The husband was a master mariner, and he coha bited with his wife, a Portuguese, for several years in different parts of the world. In 1840 she eloped from Cadiz with Mr. Rudall, who was said to be a gentleman. They went to Peru and other places, and were found last year to be in Percy street, Euston-road. The case stood over for legal proof of the mar riage. VERE V. VERE. Dr. Spinks for the petitioner. The marriage took place in 1859, the respondent being the keeper of a coffee-shop in Paddington. His wife charged him with having treated her with habitual violence, and with nothaving afforded her proper sustenance for herself and her four chil dren. He was also accused of adultery with the servant of the house. Decree nisi, with costs. POLICE EV TELLIGEN CE.—June 14. GUILDHALL.—SEQIJEL TO THE EXTRAORDI NARY ROMANTIC AFFAlR.—Alderman Besley, after the ordinary business of the day was brought to a close, inquired of Mr. Jonas, the Governor of New gate, who happened to be present, in what manner he had disposed of Mdlle. Marguerite Trigant de la Latour, the young French lady (daughter of the Baron and Baroness de la Latour) who was found wandering about the streets in the middle of the night attired in man's clothing. Mr. Jonas said he had, in accordance with the worthy alderman's directions, placed Mdlle. Latour under the care of the matron, apart from that por tionof the prison in which criminals were confined. Alderman Wilson said he had seen the young lady, and he found that ehe had been supplied with female clothing, and she appeared perfectly corn fortable. The extraordinary adventure she had gone through had, however, made a very serious effect upon her; for, although she seemed very con tented and had found occupation in some work given her by the matron, she could not be prevailed upon to take anything in the shape of food. Alderman Besley said he wished Mr. Jonas to understand that she was not detained on any crimi nal charge at present, and that she might be given up to her friends as soon as they arrived, without subjecting her to the unpleasantness of being again brought before the Court. Mr. Jonas said he understood as much, and had complied with the wishes of the magistrates in every respect. Alderman Besley said he thought it was fortunate for the young lady that she fell into the hands of the City police so early, as she might otherwise have been ruined. - Mr. Ludlow, barrister, who knew the family to be highly respectable, and gave the information with regard to the Baron de Latour bei ng in America, here came into court, and almost imme diately a foreign-looking gentleman came for ward, and astonished the magistrates and all in Court by announcing himself as the Baron de Latour, and claimed Mdlle. Latour as his child. Mr. Ludlow exclaimed in great surprise that he thought the Baron was in America. The Baron said he had been, but he had just re turned, and heard of his daughter's extraordinary freak through a friend, who saw the report in the newspapers. Alderman Wilson thought it exceedingly strange that the Baron, who was supposed to be in America, should turn up at such a critical moment, and asked Mr. Ludlow if he knew the Baron. Mr. Ludlow said he could testify to the gentle man actually being the Baron de Latour, but he was very much surprised to find him in England, and turning up at such a time. Alderman Besley said it certainly was singular. - Alderman Wilson asked the Baron if ho really had been to America at all. The Baron said he had already communicated with Mr. Ludlow in reference to his not being now in America, and he must, therefore, decline to answer questions from the alderman on that point. He had a right to go to America and return if he liked, without being interrogated here upon it. Alderman Wilson said—Certainly; but what did he propose to do with hi s daughter, if she were given up to him. The Baron said he would keep her in London for a few days, until he ascertained at w hP . at were her assy. motives for leaving her aunt's h Alderman Besley asked him l as he understood on if se he had any ac commodation for a young la d y' e was residing in a private v m e a r d s e a nt ill e e i s s . elle's mother, the Baroness, was living at h b ter wou e properly pro. ld b Tu house, Bwher e aron saidhis daughter vided for. Wilson reminded him th a t s h e had d m tted Alderman o bbi ng her aunt of 500 francs. a The Baron said it was no robbery according to the l aws of France , and her aunt, With wh om living, Would not cons id er t h a a e d sh b e ee h n aaal always treated her as her e iMt w di n nlle c t. h b i aL l t d, ti°g a u n br d t entrusted her with all her money. Alderman Wilson said he asked her why she dis guished herself in male attire, and she told him that s he had to jump out of the window, and make her escape over the garden wall,:and get out of France, which she could never have done if she had been clothed as a woman. Sho also said that she cut her hair short, and altered some of her father's clothing to fit herself, and having heard that foreigners were alwayn accommodated in the neighbourhood of Leicester-square, ebe, on her arrival at the railway terminus in London, directed a cabman to drive her to one of the hotels in Leicester-square, where she, being taken for a young man, was refused admis sion. It was perhaps fortunate for her that it was so, as there were many houses in that locality where, if it had been known she was a female in disguise, she would have been readily admitted, and for the worst of purposes. He therefore thought she had a very narrow escape from being rained, and he was glad to say that he fully believed she had not come to any harm. Inspector Leonard, who had been sent for, having arrived, said he had received a telegraph from the officer of the Prefect of Police, stating that an agent would be sent over to convey the young lady back to her aunt, if the magistrate would allow her to return. Alderman Wilson said the father Vi ould be the proper person to intrust the care of his child to. Alderman Besley said he thought so, too ; but under the circumstances it would not be advisable to part with Mdlle. Latour until her aunt's wishes were ascertained. Inspector Leonard said he had telegraphed to the aunt to say that Mdlle. Latour was willing to re turn, and he consequently expected the arrival of the agent that afternoon. Alderman Wilson asked the Baron if he had any objection to his daughter being sent back to her aunt. _ _ The Baron said he had not ; but he should like to take her back himself. He wished to know if she was taken back to the aunt as a criminal, or as his own child. .• Alderman Besley said the young lady was brought before them on a particalar charge, and it would not be right to discharge her until the aunt was consulted, and her wishes known. She was of course detained, not as a criminal, but merely for the purpose of being taken care of. Alderman Wilson said she would be given up as as soon as the magistrates saw that she might be safely entrusted to any one, but there was no occasion to do anything hastily. She was taken every care of by Mr. Jonas and the matron. The Baron said he was quite willing she should remain for the present in the private apartments attached to the prison, but he was quite sure his child was no criminal, and begged that he might be allowed to see his daughter. Alderman Besley readily assented; and Alder man Wilson at once proceeded with Mr. Jonas and the Baron to the prison, and it was deemed advisable to break the news of her father's arrival before per mitting an interview. Alderman Wilson accord ingly asked her if she would like to see her father if he should return from America soon. Upon which she became violently agitated, asked if he were already in England, and commenced sobbing in a most hysterical manner. The alderman, after soothing her a little, then promised she should see her father if she would calm herself and take the necessary nourishment to support existence; but her agitation increased to such an extent that it was feared she would not be able to bear much excitement. Ultimately, however, she promised compliance with every request, and when the Baron was introduced to her she flew into his arms, and the joy and affection evinced by both father and daughter at such a meeting were so intensely expressed that it moved all present to tears. Indeed it was with the greatest difficulty they could be induced to part when the time ar rived; and the Baron expressed himself deeply grateful to Alderman Wilson for the kind conside ration with which he had broken the matter to his daughter, and to Alderman Besley for the great care he had taken of the poor child. Alderman Besley directed Inspector Leonard,who has interested himself most humanely in this matter, to telegraph to the aunt, asking if mademoiselle shall be given up to her father or sent back to the aunt's house at Passv. Alderman Wilson said as the young lady had gone through so much to see the Great Exhibition, he hoped she would be allowed to visit it before fahe was taken back. _ _ The Baron intimated his acquiescence in that suggestion, and all parties then withdrew. SOUTHWARK.—IMPORTANT TO MEMBERS OP BENEFIT SOCIETIES.—Mr.Wm.Vade, the secretary to the St. Olave's Union Benefit Society, was sum moned for illegally expelling Tames Culverwell, a free member, and to show cause why he should not be restored to the benefits of the society. The complainant said he had been a member for a long time, and on the 26th of April he declared on the sick fund, as he was unable to work from ill ness. He was ill nine days, and then declared off. At the meeting of the society on Tuesday, the 3d inst.,the members expelled him, because the steward who visited him reported that he was at work, and they refused to restore him. The secretary here informed his worship that the complainant was doing some carpenter's work in front of his house, and the rules were stringent on that point. The complainant said he was merely patching up his gate to keep the dogs out. The magistrate asked when that was. Complainant replied between the 26th of April and the 6th of May, when he was on the sick fund. Some boys had broken down the gate, and he was merely mending it up when the steward came, The secretary handed his worship the rules of the society, and pointed to the one bearing on the case. The steward reported the matter to the society, and a general meeting was convened, when the members considered that he had broken the rules, and they unanimously expelled him. The complainant was on the funds from a bad thigh, and they considered that he ought not to have worked. The complainant said it was very hard to expel him for nailing up his gate. He did no more than that, The magistrate observed that it seemed to him rather hard, stretching the rule because he was mending a gate. He was not earning money, or doing anything to retard his recovery; therefore, he did not consider that he was at work within the meaning of the rule. He must be restored, with the costs of the summons. COUN2.RI MARKE2S. ...,. NORWICH-SATURDAY. There was a rather short supply of wheat. Sales slow, and last week's prices advanced Is to 2s per qr. Little doing in all other descriptions of grain. Flour unaltered. White wheat. 58s to 603 I Red wheat 55s to 57a Malting barley....4os to 41s I Chevalier barley 37s to 40$ New d 0...... —s to --s I Oats.. 25s to aos Flour, 38s Od to —s Od per sack from the miller. LEICESTER-SATURDAY. The hay harvest has begun. Wheat, oats, and beans look well. Ihe supply of wheat to-day at market was a fair average for the season, and some good samples came to hand. Farmers obtained the prices of last week. Wheat sold as follows :—White, 56s to 605; red, 50s to 565; old red, —s to —s per 36 stone. Barley was in limited de mand—grinding, 30s to 325; malting, 38s to 41s per qr.; oats, 26s to :-30s per 24 stone. Beans were a quiet sale—. new, 40s to 438 ; old, 43s to 45s per 38 stone. Fine flour, 42s J Seconds, 39s J Thirds, 378 per sack. NORTHAMP TON—SATURDAY. Since last week the condition of the growing wheat plant has been damaged by the heavy storms ; but generally tho crops look promising. Barley and peas vary ; beans look well. To-day, best wheat, 54s to 565; seconds, 50s to 545. A slow demand for barley—malting sorts, 38s to 395, and grinding 32s to 36s per qr. Oats quoted at 23s to 30s per 24 stone. Beans, old, 40s to 445; peas, 37s to 40s. YORK— SATURDAY. Wheat, red 54s to 581 Oats.... 22s to 25a White do .58s to 63s Beans 40- to 44s Barley .32s to 33s Peas ....—s to —a Malt, t, e 6 r 4 s s a t o. to 66s per qr. ; rye, 32 s pe r q r .; flour, 424 to 455 1 per NOTTINGIIAM—SATuBDAY. The show of wheat to-day was rather sca rce , an d the condition varied. A. s t ea dy inquiry, at about former prices. —White wheat to-day, from 53s to 6ls ; red, 40 s t o 58 s . Barley —malting, 30 s to 35s ; grinding, 29s to 31s. Oats slow, at 30s to 355, old ; 24s to 27s new. Beans were Bold at 44s to 50s per qr. Flour, 42s to 48s. BIRTHS. BATLEY. —On the 14th inst., at Elmstone H ouse, Becken ham, Kent, the wife of Alfred Barry, Esq., of a son. HARRISON.—On the 14th inst., at 45, Westbourne-terrace, the wife of Thomas E. Harrison, Esq., of a son. giLL.—On the 12th inst.,'at 5, Park-square west, Regentia park, the wife of Charles Hill, Esq., of a daughter. KNowLEs.—On the 9th inst., at Clarence Lodge, South sea, the wife of Lieutenant C. G. F. Knowles, R.N., of a son. MARRIAGES. BUXTON—NOEL.-- On the 12th inst., at Exton, Rutland shire, Sir Thomas Fowell Buxton, Bart., son of the late Sir Edward N. Buxton, Bart., to the Lady Victoria Noel, youngest daughter of the Earl and Countess of Gains. borough. GREY—WRIGHT.—On the 11th inst., at Sandy, Bedford.. shire, Robert Grey, Esq., of 40, Guilford-street, and 19, Water-lane, to Ellen eldest surviving daughter o f G eo . Wright, Esq., of Girtford-bridge. DEATHS. AYTON.—On the 11th inst., at Toyd Farm, near Salisbury, Janus Ayton, aged GO, DINNING—On the 11th inst., at Hedenham, Bungay, Norfolk, John Owen Dinning, E sq. EILOAR.T.—On the 12th inst., Frank, infant son of Ferdi'. nand, Eiloart, Esq., of Harrington -square, and Chancery. lane. EIIN.—On the 13th inst., at the house of his daughter, at Clapham, Mr. Henry Frederick Ehn, of St. Mary's. terrace, Hastings. of N 0.112, St rand, Printer, at LONDON : Pri n t e d and Published by JOH N CHAPLIN, TuE SUN Office N 0.112, Strand, in th e P rec i nct of t h e S avo y, i n th e C oun t y e t Mid dlesez,—Xenday, Jurte 16, 1862.