The Sun. — London, England, 1862-07-09 00:00:00

THE CIVIL WAR IN AMERICA. (From the Times' Correspondent.) NEW YORK, JUNE 24. It the friends of the South have not recently accomplished much in its behalf, it cannot be said that its foes have not been exceedingly active in its service. General Butler is in himself a host in aid ing the cause that he opposes, and in turning every waverer in Louisiana into a Secessionist ; while General Hunter and all the advocates of the imme diate abolition of slavery have been doing their very best to embitter the existing hatred of the South towards the North, and to render future harmony impossible between them. But all these matters - sink into insignificance compared with the aid and comfort that have been given to the cause of Southern independence by the revised Tariff re ported to the House of Representatives on Friday last by Mr. Stevens, the Chairman of the Committee of Ways and Means. I enclosed an abstract of it in my last, but the document reached me so shortly before the departure of the steamer that I had scarcely time to read, much less to comment upon it. Every cne expected decisive news from Rich mond, but few expected that legislation at Wash ington would startle the world more effectually than the loudest artillery of the war ; and that an unwise commercial code, established by the North, would so suddenly array on the side of the South all the sympathies and interests of the two greatest nations in Europe. Should the new Tariff pass into a law, the United States will become a kind of American Japan, girt and swaddled in conceit and ignorance, the commercial enemy of the civilised world. The existing, or Morrill Tariff, was bad enough in itself, as well as in the time of its enactment, but it has been surpassed in every ill respect by that of Mr. Stevens. If the latter do not expedite the final re cognition of the South by the Powers most largely interested in the interchange of the staples of this continent with the products of Europe, England and France are patient Governments indeed, and commerce is no longer the ruling power of our race and time. The new Tariff will bear especially hard against England, but, if it attacks France with a minor degree of virulence, it is simply because France has not quite so extensive a commerce to be ruined as England has. It is not only highly protective, but in some respects prohibitive, and has been hailed with such a furore of delight by one highly popular journal of this city, which was formerly a warm advocate of Secession and now pretends to support the Government, as to lead not unwarrant ably to the belief that the journal in question is still true to its " premiers amours," and sees in this measure the certain success of the South by means of an European intervention. The Tariff aims so deadly a blow at foreign commerce that it has driven all the merchants of this city, who know anything of the science and philosophy of trade, into a state of mingled alarm and indignation, that speaks well for their sagacity, but says nothing for their influence in the Government of the Republic. Every article hitherto imported from England —to say nothing of the wines, brandies, gloves, bijou terie, and silks of France. of which the people will speedily learn to forego the use—will be doubled 1 and trebled in price. The revenue of the Federal Government will not be largely increased, for the simple reason that the import trade from Europe in dry goods, cutlery, pottery, iron, &c., will be all but annihilated. The American public will "pay the piper." The American manufacturers of inferior articles will enrich themselves at the expense of the general community, and the grievance which was one of the main causes or pretexts of the Southern secession will be aggravated and intensified in the great agricultural regions of the Far West. The interest of the agricultural community is to receive at cheap rates from England the dry goods, the woollens, the tools, and the iron, of which it stands in constant need, and to pay for them with the superabundant breadstuffs, of which the West has at times such a glut as to burn corn for fuel to light its kitchen fires and to keep the trains running on its railways. Hitherto the West has done the lion's share of the fighting. It has been pre-eminently loyal as well as pugnacious—thanks to its Irish and German elements—and it will surely be an ill return to make for its manifold sacrifices, if it be compelled, in addition to the onerous burden of national taxa tion, to bear the weight of a still heavier tax to fatten the millowners of New England. The antiquated and obstinate politicians who form the majority of Congress, and are first in the confi dence of the President, in trying to catch one bird may lose another. In attempting to coerce the South, and the friends of the South, they may make an enemy in the West. And, worse than all, they may ultimately lose both, and perhaps California and the Pacific States also. They know as little of the elementary principles of finance and of social and political economy as if Adam Smith and Sir Robert Peel had never been born, and as if the whole expe rience of Europe for the last 50 years were as dead a letter as the social history of Madagascar. The United States will not, perhaps, believe the fact, especially when it reaches them from Europe, that they are not in a position to make unnecessary enemies in this manner ; that they are not yet at the head of civilisation, nor likely to be so for many generations; that they cannot dictate the course of the world's trade, however much they may be in clined to do so ; and that it is still in the power of Europe to look to itself and its interests by adopt ing at the eleventh hour a policy towards the South which it should have adopted at the first, and which, if it had been adopted at the proper time, would have prevented all the cruel and useless bloodshed of the war, and left the North without that burden of a public debt which will yet sink it to the level of some of the worn - o ut despotisms of the Old World, unless it be wiser during the next three months than it has been at any perioG since the tall of Fort Sumter. Of this, however, there is no chance. The North has been wrong from the beginning, and will be wrong to the end; and Great Britain and France will be unwise if they do not im mediately reconsider their previous policy of expectant neutrality, and take the side which the interests of commerce and the welfare of their own subjects imperatively dictate. The revised Tariff is a virtual declaration of war against them both. It will gladden the hearts of President Davis and ever y general and soldi er i n h i s armies, and i f i t do not depress in the same degree the hearts of all the Northern people who clam our so vehemently for the subjug ation of the South, it will be for the reas on that the North is . in reality se ignorant as not to know the mischief it is doing, or so bli n d e d by panic and prejudice as not to see th at i t is 50 years behind the res t of the world in the knowledge of the wealth of nation s and the causes that conduce to it. While thus impoverishing themselves in the in n _ sory hope of making the foreigner the largest con tributor to their war expenses, the Tax Bill, that has at last passed both houses, and only awaits the President's signature, will bring home to every man's door the acute reminder that war is an amuse ment which must not only be paid for in the blood and life of the combatants, but in the hard money and the personal sacrifice of the non-combata nts. From and after the Ist of August next, the sad privilege hitherto mono p olised by Englishmen, of being the most heavily taxed nation under the sun, will be shared with them by their cousins on this side of the Atlantic ; and the world will speedily sa'e how " this new and vain people," as Sydney Smith proclaimed them, will bear the infliction to which they are not accustomed, and what effect the unfamiliar and onerous circum stances will p roduce upon their Government and Constitution. The Pro paert—u- .7 nd Income Tax, which is to be collected by whole army of highly-paid officials in every State, is by the mil The Britii;i_ people. to last for only three years. phrase raco u ns. know o to their sorrow what that to sit upon T he sinbsws h Man of the Sea was only only for a few minutes; ,and Sir Robert Peel nation for imposed the income-tax u pon the British the . while—only for three years—only while dir h eee ti c o a n rried out his . fiscal e gperirnents in . other ;e a r n . d there it still re mains on British shoulder s , a of the Mountain —never to b e bind- Shaketubleff byOld Man pe op l e ,bad while Sindbad is a nation, „,, the Debt - remains a reality, which an honest The therms&ves bound to acknowledge and t o pay. Americans need not flatter themselves that they I will ever see the end of this Income and Property Tax, unless they repudiate their war debt, or pay it off by a depreciated currency, in which the hundred cents of the paper dollar may not fetch above 10 cents in silver or brass. In that case alone will they be able to rid themselves of the grievous infliction. And, in paying it, they will have the additional mortification of reflecting that they incurred it in vain ; that they did not bring it upon themselves in the heroic attempt to repel foreign in vasion and preserve their own liberties, but for mere lust of power and dominion, and in the attempt— possibly futile—to reduce an unwilling people, con verted into a separate and distinct nationality by . sorrow and suffering, to subjection to a rule which they abhor; to extend empire at the expense of liberty, and to reduce into democracy a rule which, had it been enforced or enforceable in the case of Washington and their forefathers, would have seen the United States a colony of Great Britain to this day. One great feature of the Tax Bill is the immense patronage it will give to the Government in the nomination of assessors and collectors. It was origi nally proposed to pay these persons 3 dols. per day, and a dollar for every hundred names on the tax lists : but the sum has been raised to 5 dols. per day, the percentage remaining the same. If no more than 500 assessors be appointed for the Federal States, with their population of 20,000,000 and up wards, a very simple arithmetical rule will enable any one to calculate that the collection of the in come and property tax will cost the Government near upon 10,000,000 dols. or £2,000,000 per annum ; and as it will not yield, under any circumstances , more than 60,000,000 do's., it will follow that the cost of collection will be about 13 2-3 per cent. — rather a heavy rate, and a bad bargain Government and p eo pl e , th oug h very good for the assessors. both for From Richmond come nothing but rumours — thick as hail, and as transient—of the approaching battle or evacuation. No one knows which it is to be, M'Clellan or what to expect. The public mind ndis by no might means at ease on the subject. In a battle, chance to be defeated ; while the evacuation of the city, though in one sense damaging to the Confederate cause, would tend to prolong the war, and transfer it to some position further to the South where the Confe derates might make another stand, sure of having on their side and against the invaders of their soil, all the fatal influences of their warm climate and undrained marshes. The New York journals are whistling loudly to keep up their courage, and that of the people, but a thousand circumstances daily occur to show that the Government at least is fully aware of their danger, and that M'Clellan's demands for men have been met to the fullest extent that cir cumstances and the safety of Washington will allow. His army suffers already from the deadly influence of the swamps of the Chickahominy, seething and festering in the hot sun. Hundreds of sick, disabled, and wounded soldiers daily arrive in this city from the Peninsula, while the number of those who are draughted back to supply their places are not as one to ten. In fact, though the truth is concealed as much as possible, the Federal armies are much more numerous in the Paymaster's Department at Wash ington than they are in the field. Many a regiment nominally complete with 1,000 men is actually in complete with 450, or even with less, while the volunteers are generally dissatisfied, and eager to get home. An immense number of officers are absent on furlough from their regiments—so many as to excite the notice of the most careless observers ; and the fine fellows of this city and of Boston, who started off in such glorious enthusiasm to defend Washington a month ago, when Gen. " Stonewall " Jackson effected his brilliant dash into the Shenan doah Valley, are clamouring to get home again to avoid the " villanous saltpetre" that has consigned 89. many valiant combatants to perdition. The weather has, in fact, become too hot for the hotter work of battle, in the estimation of many " brave " volunteers. The fight before Richmond—if there is to be a fight, which is lay no means certain—will be the last great fight of the summer ; for, in case of the evacuation of the city, General M'Clellan will scarcely follow the retreating but unvan quished foe into the interior, until cold. weather shall render it safe to subject his nnacclimatised soldiery to the risks of such an enterprise. As for General Beauregard and his movements, it is utterly useless to report what is said of him one day and contradicted on the next. He may be at Oko lona ; he may be at Charleston; he may be at Mobile; he may be at Vicksburg, or he may be at Richmond; for to every one of these places the lying telegrams have consigned him. More likely that at either of these places he may be preparing a movement against Washington which will throw " Stonewall" Jackson's raid into comparative unim portance. The truth is that nobody in the North knows where he is, what force he commands, or what he is doing. It is conceded that his army can not be disbanded, or all the world would know it ; and it is surmised that the capture of 10,000 of his men by General Pope, of which so great a vaunt was made a fortnight ago, is, if not an error in the fact, a great mistake in the figures, and that four nume rals might express the total more accurately than five. It is also admitted that Beauregard's evacua tion of Corinth is the most masterly achievement of the war ; that it has rendered Halleck's army en - tirely useless, and placed that General in a position perplexing, if not somewhat ridiculous. The last report concerning him, derived from a Southern paper, is that he is himself at Richmond, and has left the " invincible Bragg" in command of his army. If this be so, the North can match the South with another " invincible" as invincible as he—spelling his name without one of the terminal consonants which belong to the patronymic of the Confederate hero :—an "invincible brag" that commands in Congress and in newspapers, that pervades the whole Northern mind as the atmosphere pervades the earth, and that may even survive the discomfi ture of M'Clellan before Richmond. There has been serious fighting on James Island, near Charleston, but no accounts have been received from the Federal officers in command, or, if received by the Government, have not been published in the newspapers. Confederate statements in the Charles ton journals claim, a victory over the Federal troops and gunboats in a battle fought on Monday, the 16th inst., but they talk of the victory in a manner too gloomy to allow any one to believe that it could have been much to boast of. Vicksburg and two hundred miles of the Missis sippi are still in the possession of the Confederates. Commodore Farragut steamed up to the place, and went back again ; but Commodore Davis, from the other side, has not been able to proceed so far down the river. The mysterious Beauregard is by some believed to be there with a large force. Time will show how this is, but it will certainly be strange if t e conqueror of New Orleans should be foiled at Such a place as this. . C o ngress is still debating the propriety of authoris ing no : to issue his 150,000,000 dollars of lug mr. C h a se . New York, % i t' ll ' and ruin. be of the same Go vernment should k or " green-backs." Mr. Baker, of Mr. a the measure will lead to disaster opinion, of New Mexico, appears to ratZthaatptrhofit out of the inflation , but would rather the Go oer good thing should fall ' of the currency than shaving-shops." to the lot of the banks ientyti,_ is opposed to notoriety, ;whil e dtih thinks it will Even Mr. Morrill, of ta r iff Lovejoy the " initiation of such a sy stem,: , drive coin out of the country denounces banknotes which do eat represents whether issued by the banks or by th e Pecie . Go v ernment, but thinks if any one is to enjoy suc h a. ernment. In the me l a j t l i 'l l _ege it should be the Gov is leaving the country very rapidly, and gold, which was down to 6, 1 per cent• premium, rose ye s t erday to '7l. G o ld is- entirely withdrawn from ei reula tion, and silver is becoming so scarce that small tradesmen will rather enter a purchasers name in the hooks than give change for so small a matter as a dollar. _...... "TILE LADIES of LovEL LEIGII."—By the author of "Margaret and her Bridesmaids," Sce• 3 vols.—There The is much in this book that is well worth reading. portraits of the three ladies are delicately and gr acefully drawn, the tender - hearted Pamela especially being a sketch quite in the best manner of the popular author of " Mar g aret and her Bridesmaids." T he vain, heartless Ferd inand is perhaps, however, the most skilfully drawn character in the tale. The form of the story is autobiographical, a style well suited to this writer.—John THE SUN LONDON, WEDNESD EVENIN JULY 9, 1#62. 7HE NAVY. Letters received from British North America by our Chatham correspondent announces several items of important intelligence respecting the movements of the ships comprising the North American and West Indian squadrons. The Aboukir, 86, 3,091 tons, 400-horse power, Capt. C. F. A. Shadwell, C.B. ; the Hero, 89, 3,148 tons, 600-horse power, Capt. Ryder ; the Agamem non, 89, 600. horse power, Capt. Hope; the Mersey, 40, 1,000-horse power, Capt. H. Caldwell, C.B. ; and the Melpomene, 51, 600-horse power, Capt. C. F. Ewart, left Halifax, Nova Scotia, on the 18th ult., for a cruise as far as Shelbourne and Ship Harbour, for the purpose of exercising the respec tive crews at the great guns, after wiAich it was understood they would return to Halifax. The Cadmus, 21, 400-horse power, Capt. H. S. Hillyar , C. 8., arrived at Halifax on th e night of the 14 th ult., and the Challenger, 22ii , 400-horse power, Capt, J. J. Kennedy, C. 8., on the 24th ult., from St. John's, New Brunswick, where they had been despatched to undergo some necessary repairs. Her Majesty's screw steamer Desperate, 7, 400- power, 17th uCommander.ltrrh Jr.e paddlewheel F. os e ,arr steamer m a e t r Halifax on the Medea, 6, 350-horse power, Commander D. S. Preston, left Halifax on the 24th ult. with Vice •Admiral Milne, K.C.8., on board. The following were the ships in harbour on the 26th ult.:—The Nile, 90, 500-horse power, Capt. E. K. Barnard ; the Cadmus, mc .aßn.d ert h je. 21. D Nimble, ojA o br O ysr ej - c h y. x o Ko:is r twa, s ethi ehnseo power, Commander e o rchGcd w doyhoeer e am, nrsrl orders lr, are Canßrapiaegn. power, received ei . eayrvr H nr2:jedd2 . S tFi cehf4 . o.nreom H oßt m i .:- hcse l aeysoontp. 400-horse Lieut.-Com mander power,re H a m t o I erns Horse-guards g Capt.4 u ° n accordance d :h s ing the Chatham district, the D Field Battery, 9th Brigade, Royal Artillery, under the com mand of Major N. M. Mackay, was yester day placed un d er or d ers f or remova l to Shoe buryness, where the officers and men are to go through a complete course of instruction at the School of Gunnery. The Duke of Cambridge has directed the practice to be carried on under the superintendence of the Commandant at the School of Gunnery, instead of at Sheerness, to which it was at first intended to remove the battery. The Racoon, 22, 400-horse power, fitting at Chat ham for the pendant of Prince Victor Hohenlohe, having been completed at that dockyard, will be un docked on Friday next, when the Chesapeake, 51, 500-horse power, belonging to the steam reserve, will be plaeed in the same dock to undergo a thorough overhaul and repair_ The Chesapeake will be towed into Chatham harbour to-day. During the time the Racoon has been in dock she has undergone very extensive alterations in her internal arrangements, and additional cabins have been fitted on the main deck for his Royal Highness Prince Alfred and suite, who will proceed on a cruise to Australia. Her Majesty's screw steam store ship Drome dary, built by Messrs. Samuda, and recently commissioned, left Woolwich on Monday, in charge of Mr. Barnes, one of the Queen's pilots, for Greenhithe, to be adjusted for sea. The Dromedary is laden with victualling stores for As cension and Rio, and takes out a number of boats. The following are the chief dimensions of the Prince Consort, 51, armour-plated frigate, recently launched at Pembroke :—Length between perpen diculars, 273 ft.; length of keel for tonnage, 232 ft. 83in. ; extreme breadth, 58ft. sin. ; breadth for ton nage, 57ft. 2in. ; moulded breadth, 56ft. 4in. ; and depth of hold, l9ft. 10in. This fine frigate is 4,045 tons burden, and will receive engines of 1,000-horse power. She was named by Miss Jones, of Pantglas. Great disappointment was felt:at Pembroke dock that Prince Alfred did not perform the ceremony. The Rapid 11, screw, sailed from Spithead yes terday for service on a foreign station. Captain the Hon. F. Foley, late of the Coquette, will commission tb e Edgar, 86, screw, at Portsmouth, on Friday next, for service in the Mediterranean. A peremptory order was yesterday received at Chatham from the Admiralty, directing two leading men among the mechanics employed on the iron ship Achilles, 50, to be immediately discharged from the yard, as, from facts which have come to the know ledge of the Admiralty, they were the instigators of the strike which took place in the dockyard a few days since. Several of the men who left their em ployment now bitterly complain of the step which they were compelled, under compulsion of the union, to take, and would gladly re-enter the yard. Under no circumstances however will any of the hands con nected with the late strike be again taken on. The Admiralty are determined to submit to no coercion from their own men, who had no real grounds for taking the course they did. Yesterday several ad ditional applications were received from mechanics for entry in the yard, and there is no doubt the whole number of hands required on the iron ship will before long be obtained. The following appointments were made yester day at the Admiralty :—Arthur Adams, surgeon, additional, to the Fisgard ; and W. Williamson, engineer, to the Revenge, for the Tyrian. MYSTERIOUS MURDER IN GLASGOW. Between the morning of Sunday last and Mon day a murder of almost unexampled ferocity was perpetrated in the west end of tle city of Glasgow, the circumstances of which are at present shrouded in obscurity. The victim is a woman ; but the facts so far as have been ascertained, do not point to any motive which could have urged to the committal of such an 4ttrocious deed. The name of the woman is Jessie Macpherson ; she was between 30 and 40 years of age, unmarried, and employed as a domestic servant by Mr. J. Fleming, accountant, Sandyford place, a two-storey house, with sunk flat, the block of building in which it is situat3 running west from Elderslie-street. The occupants of the house are, be sides other members of the family, Mr. John Flem ing, with his son, John Fleming, and his father, Mr. Jas. Fleming. The family have a house at Dunoon, and it was the custom of Mr. John Fleming, with his son, to go to the coast on Friday, remaining generally till Monday. On Friday last they proceeded thither as usual, leaving in the house Mr. James Fleming, who is 87 years of age, and the deceased. About half-past 9 in the evening Mr. Fleming went to bed, at which time the servant was in the scullery ; 1 and about 4 o'clock on the following morning—as he learned by a casual reference to his watch—the old man states that he was aroused by hearing two or three screams, which seemed to proceed from the lower part of the house, in which the kitchen and the bedroom of deceased are situated. He paid no attention to the circumstance, however, thinking that she had perhaps brought in a female friend to sleep with her, as there were so few people in the house, and that the noise might have been occasioned in some trivial way. This opinion he still held when on the following morning he arose about 10 o'clock and found her bedroom door shut, the idea then oc curring to him that she might have gone out with her friend, as the front door was only on the check. At all events, he did not seek to investigate the matter further, but after making and partaking of breakfast quitted the house; and in the evening he again retired to rest, her apparent absence from home still unaccounted for. On Sunday he went twice to church—the day and night passed, but still there was no tidings of the missing woman. His son and grandson came home about 4 o'clock on Monday afternoon to dinner, and to them her dis appearance was made known. They went down stairs to the sunk flat, but found the bedroom door locked, and the key missing, The key of the pantry, however, secured ingress, and on entering the room the body of the murdered woman was found lying on the floor, face downwards, and in a state of al most absolute nudity, with three fearful wounds in the head, which had seemingly been inflicted with a heavy and sharp instrument—one above the right ear, and so large as almost to admit of the finger being inserted, another across the forehead, and the third over the bridge of the nose, while one of the jaws was smashed in several places. The clothes of the murdered woman were strewn about the room, covered with blood, and the bed sheet, also red-stained, was found wrapped up and placed behind the door. Leading from this room to the kitchen streaks of blood were also descried, and on close examination the conclusion was come to that here the murder had been committed. After the deed was consummated, the body had appa rently been dragged through the lobby to the bed room, there placed on the bed, undressed, and afterwards left on the floor in the position in which it was subsequently found. The kitchen appeared to have been partially washed after the murder was committed. On Saturday morning the door opening on the back part of the house was found locked and the front door, the only way in which egress could have been obtained, was found on the check, No definite opinion can be formed as to the mode in which ingress to the house was obtained, and it is equally a matter of uncertainty as to whether one or more persons were concerned in the deed. No thing was removed from the house.—North British Mail. LAW INTELLIGENCE. --July 8. THE ARMY. Field Marshal M'Mahon, Duke of Magenta, and a party of superior officers belonging to the French service, accompanied by Major-General Crauford, yesterday visited Woolwich. A notification of the Duke's intended visit having been telegraphed on the previous day from the Horse-guards, the field batteries of the Royal Artillery were supplied with 20 rounds of blank ammunition, and assembled yes terday morning on the review ground at 10 45, in heavy marching order. The Marshal was received by Sir R. Dacres (the General commanding the garrison) and other officers in full uniform. On his appearance, facing the line, the troops went through the usual salute, and defiled in order of defence and attack, taking up the most favourable positions overlooking the garrison, and advancing and re treating in the face of an imaginary force of superior numbers, which occupied about two hours. The troops then marched past and returned to quarters, whereupon the Duke and party proceeded to the mess-room to luncheon, after which they paid a hurried visit to the departments of the Royal Arsenal. Since the opening of the Great Exhibition the number of visitors to the departments of Woolwich has increased ten-fold. Yesterday, and on each Tuesday and Thursday, being public visiting days (by tickets only ), the numbers have generally ex ceeded 1,000 each day to the Royal Arsenal. To the dockyard (where no tickets are required) the weekly visitors are stated to average about 2,500. Major-General Sir Frederick Abbott, formerly of the East India Company's corps of Engineers, and recently Lieut.-Governor of the Military College at Addiscombe, has been selected to succeed Major- General Portlock, R.E., as member of the Council of Military Education. Sir Frederick entered the Corps of Engineers of the East India Company in 1822, and served in the first Burmese war in 1824-26, where he was wounded. He was Chief Engineer with General Sir George Pollock's force against Cabool in 1841-43. He was also employed with the army in the first Sikh campaign, when he had the direction of the bridge and pontoon operations, and took part in the battle of Sobraou. From 1841 to 1847, in which year he retired from the service, he was Superintending Engineer of the North Western Provinces of Bengal, and in 1851 he was made Lieut.-Governor of Addiscombe. FOREIGN MAIL PACKET LIST. MAILS DUE. Aur.ralia and Mauritius, via Southampton. July 19. via Marseilles July 13. Llrazil and Cape Verds, by British packet. July 4, Cape of Good Hope, Ascension, and St. Helena Aug. 1. China, Penang, and Singapore, via Southampton July 2. Falkla n d dr Islands y July 4. Southampton .. via Marseilles July 13. Lisbon Newfoundland. .. India (Calcutta), and Ceylon, via Southampton July 2 I ndia ( 1 - 10 rab - a - y), via viz a n via Marseilles Marseilles j u u l l y y 13.. July —. Malt a , E' 6 „, y • p •i , . _.. t 'nut Aden, via Southampton July —. U. S. and BritisLN: Axa.e.ri v . i c. a a.,.y.B. Marseilles July 5. Oporto and Vigo .... ... .....**** July 9. July 1. ............... ............ by U.S. packet _ and p , Canadian packet July 2. W.C. of Africa, Madeira Bahamas, via New York! ... eue liffe July 10. 1 j ul ul y y 3 3 . . Mexico.. .................... 1 All parts of West Indies, including Chili, peg P. California, and British Columbia., ru Juno 28. .......... ATTEMPTED MURDER. At the Woolwich Police-court, yesterday after noon, Emma Sophia Shepherd was placed at the bar, before Mr. Maude, charged with cutting and wounding, with intent to murder George Drury Austin, a man with whom she cohabited at 26, Lower Wood-street, Woolwich. The sufferer had been conveyed to Guy's Hospital, and a certificate from the house surgeon was handed in, to the effect that the injuries were so extensive, some of the arteries of the neck having been severed, that it was considered impossible the man could recover. Mr. Maude said under these circumstances he would hear some of the witnesses present, and im mediately proceed to the hospital and take the deposition of the sufferer. From the evidence now taken, it appeared that the wounded man (Austin) had cohabited with the prisoner about three years, and that the latter had recently been jealous of him. Yesterday morn ing several lodgers in the house were alarmed by loud screams proceeding from a room occupied by the prisoner. On entering the room it was found that Austin had a frightful wound on the back of his neck, extending from ear to ear, and it was ascertained that whilst the man was in a stooping posture the prisoner approached him stealthily from behind and committed the act with a razor. Medical assistance was procured, and the sufferer was removed to the hospital. The prisoner, when apprehended, said she intended to take Aus tin's life ; she hoped he would die, and that she should be hung for him. At about half past six o'clock Mr. Maude, accom panied by Mr. Rousted, chief clerk, and the pri soner in custody of Mr. Inspector Linvell, proceeded by train to Guy's Hospital, for the purpose of tak ing the deposition of the wounded man. THE LATE FIRE AND LOSS OF LIFE IN ALDGATE. Yesterday an inquiry was held at the committee room, Fountain-court, Aldgate, by Mr. W. Payne, the coroner for the City of London, respecting the death of Mrs. Catherine Ryan, aged 70, a school master's widow, residing at No.lo, Somerset-street, Aldgate, who was burned to a cinder in a fire which broke out in her room on Friday afternoon last. John Sandell said that at 3 o'clock on the after noon in question he saw volumes of smoke issuing from the window of the house, No. 10, Somerset street. An alarm was given, and three engines were soon Upon the spot, but the fire had by that time been got pretty well under, through the exertions of Mr. Saunderson and witness. Mr. Saunderson said that about the time in ques tion he noticed es he was going upstairs a strong light under the door of deceased's room._ He opened the door and the flumes burst out, but he instantly closed it again and called for water, which was plentifully sup p li e d , an d h e was able, with assist ance, to get th e fi re so f ar un der that he could ent er the room. Deceased was found lying on her face, with her legs against the door and her body partly under the bed. Her arms were nearly burnt off, and her stomach and the lower limbs were completely consumed. Her head was partially burnt away, and hardly any trace of clothing remained. The heat and the stench of burning flesh were frightful. A portion of the flooring was burned away, and when one of the firemen put his foot on a 9-inch rafter it gave way under him. A portion of the bed and all the bedclothes 'were burned, and it was clear that if the fire lad been undiscovered for 5 minutes longer the whole house would have been burned down. Other evidence having been given, and the Coro ner having summed up, the jury returned a verdict of accidental death from burning. [ADVERTISEMENT,]--HcHOWay's Pills.--Momentous Inquiry.—Surrounded as we are by exciting causes of dis ease, 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-important 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, inflammations, and other maladies to run riot through, and undermine the system, or consign their victims to untimely tcmbs. In raalarious districts and unhealthy towns these pills, after silently proving themselves the best protectaa against fevers, &c., have, within the last few years, ban adopted by the profession and public. COURT OF EXCHEQUER. (Sittings u.t Nisi Prius, at Guildhall, before Mr. Baron Martin, and a Common Jury.) BEADMAN V. FISH-ASSAULT AND SLANDER. Mr. Ribton and Mr. Daly were counsel for the plaintiff ; and Mr. Hawkins and Mr. C. Pollock for the defendant. Mr. Ribton said that this and the following ac tion in the eause list arose out of the same transac tion. The plaintiff, Jane Beadman, brought the first action, through her father, as next friend, against Mr. C. Fish, a builder, of Cambridge wharf, Grosvenor-road, Pimlico, for an assault committed upon her by him while she was in his service. The learned counsel then detailed the nature of the trans action as given in the following evidence : Jane Beadman, the plaintiff, said—l entered the service of the defendant on the 23d of November last as a servant. I had been with a Mrs. Nicholls before. In January last my master called me. He was coming down stairs from the bed-room; it was in the morning. He said, " Jane, come here, I want you." I went into the dining-room, where he had gone before me. He shut the door, took hold of my hands, and placed his back against the door. He put my hands behind me and kissed me. He did it violently. Mr. Pollock—He kissed you violently? (laughter.) Witness—He put my hands violently behind me. I tried to get from him. He sat down on a chair and pulled me on his knee, still holding my hands. He tried to raise my clothes in an indecent manner, and to pass his hands up my petticoats. I asked him to let me go, or I would tell Mrs. Fish and call out. - I got away from him. He again took my hands and tried to kiss me. I then got away and went into the kitchen. About five minutes afterwards he came into the kitchen. I got up and stood against the kitchen table. He tried to catch hold of me round the table. He did not succeed, and he went into the yard. He told the groom to bring his boots. They were brought, and he put them on. He then said, " Jane, I think you and I had better sleep together. (Laughter.) Yoh perfectly understand me. I will leave you to fix your own time." I said, " I don't know what you mean." He then left. Immediately afterwards I saw Mrs. Pigott, a person in the yard. I sent the groom, whose name is Noble, to fetch her. Mr. Follock objected to what she said to Mrs. Pigott being given in evidence. Mr. Baron Martin allowed the objection. Examination resumed—The same day I wrote a letter to my mother. The defendant returned in the evening. I went into the dining-room. He touched me under the chin and said, " How cross you look." I said, " Yes, and I intend to leave you to-night." He said, " What do you mean 2 " I said, " You know perfectly well what I mean. You grossly insulted me this morning." My mother came about nine o'clock the same evening, and we both had an interview with Mr. Fish. Mother said, "Jane, repeat everything you said Mr. Fish did to you." He denied it at first. He said, " I cannot understand it; I don't know what you are going to leave for." Afterwards he said, " Jane, you must remember you gave me a little encouragement." I dared him to say so at his peril, and denied that I gave him any encouragement. I left with my mother the same night. I called with my mother in the morning and saw Mrs. Fish. In the even ing I saw the defendant in the dining-room. My mother, Mrs. Fish, and her sister were present. Mrs. Fish asked me to repeat what I had said, and I did so. She said she did not believe it. The defendant said I must have some other object in view in doing what I did. I said I had no other object, and that I had until then been very com fortable in my situation. Cross-exam'ined—l had been in the defendant's service from November to January. There are four bed-rooms. Before this Mr. Fish had kissed me once, but nothing more. It was on the night of a party in January, when we were in the dining room. I said "Do not you do that again if you please, sir." I did not mention that to any one at the time. He has two children, one of them is 11 years old. (in the night before he called me as I was coming upstairs he had been out with the children till two o'clock. They were let in by Mrs. Fish. The defendant only kissed me once when he had hold of my hands. I said, " Do not do it again, sir." I did not call out. If I had done so I might have been heard in the yard, but not up stairs. I struggled, but I did not call out, because he let me go as soon as I told him. He touched my knees with his hand. His dress was not disarranged. I sent the letter to my mother by a boy. After the defendant went out I went upstairs and helped my mistress to dress. She told me she was going to take her little girl to school, and that she would most likely not be home to dinner. Mr. Fish came home and dined with a Mr. Prestige, and I waited upon them. Mr. Prestige went into the office to get some books, and while he was away, Mr. Fish said, " How cross you look." Mr. Prestige was only absent a few minutes. I never told Mrs Nicholls, with whom I before lived, that Mr. Nicholls used often, after I left, to come over the bridge to see me. I said Mrs. Nicholls, on Christ mas morning, passed a joke about people going over the bridge. Mrs. Nicholls lives in the Wands worth-road. Mr. Baron Martin said that during a very long experience of courts of justice he had never known a case of this kind tried before. Ribton said it would not have been brought but for the second action, which was for slander, seriously affecting the plaintiff's character. Mr. Baron Martin thought that the two cases ought to have been tried together. Mr. Ribton said that when his lordship heard the second case he would see the necessity of trying the present one first. Mr. Baron Martin said if such actions were to be brought there must be a new court for the trial of them. He thought that the matter might be discussed much more satisfactorily in a private room than in a public court. Upon the suggestion of the learned judge it was agreed that the two actions should be tried at the same time. Mr. Ribton then opened the case of Beadman v. Fish and Wife," which, he said, was an action for slander uttered by Mrs. Fish to Mrs. Nicholls on ( the 25th of January, the day following the alleged assault. The words complained of were—" Jane Beadman has brought a false charge against my husband of taking improper liberties with her. While in my service I missed some collars and din ner napkins, and I believe she has stolen them, I also believe she was in the family way when she left my house." The learned counsel said that those charges seriously affected the character and pros pects of a young woman like the plaintiff, whose father had been in a much better position in life. In consequence of Mrs. Fish's statement Mrs. Nicholls had refused to give her a character ; and although two applications had been made to the defendant for a satisfactory apology none whatever had been offered, and the plaintiff was compelled to bring an action. Jane Beadman, the plaintiff, was again cross examined, and denied that before she went to Mr. Fish Mts. Nieholle refused to give her a character. I never walked out arm in arm with Mr. Nicholls. I never told Mrs. Fish that Mrs. Nicholls was ' jealous of me, because he came over Vauxhall. bridge to see me. In a joke Mrs. Nicholls said " It must have cost him a good many pennies to come over the bridge to see you." I merely laughed. Mrs. Fish told me that she had missed several collars and other things, and that she believed the I laundress had got them. She also said that some napkins were missing. Re-examined—My father is a butcher by trade, and works for a Mr. Smith. I am 19, and have been in service four years. I have had five situa tions during that time. Mrs. Nicholls gave me a character to Mrs. Fish. There is no pretence for saying I am in the family way, or for saying that I took the collars and napkins, Mrs. Pigott deposed to the defendant calling upon her at nine o clock in the evening of the as sault, and asking her what Jane Beadman was going to leave for. Witness told him that she com plained he had been very indecent to her_ He said he knew nothing about it, and added, " It is a very pretty thing for Mrs. Fish to know when she comes home." Next day Mrs. Fish asked witness if the plaintiff had said anything about money. Witness replied that the plaintiff had said that Mr. Fish had offered her £5 on the night she left. Mrs. Fish told witness, after a letter had been received from the solicitor, that she had said that the plaintiff was in the family way, and that she believed so still. She also said that she thought the plaintiff had the missing collarkand napkins. Crosi-examined—l am wife of the carman, who has been seven years in the defendant's service, and I lived on the premises. I left his service in February last. My husband has also left. I have not heard my husband say that the defendant com plained of his not using his corn fairly. All I heard was that th e corn came in short weight. My hus band gave the defendant notice. Mrs. Fish had before said that she would sack us as soon as this affair had blown over. I also heard her say that I was "a sly- person." (Laughter.) She also called me a sly hussey. We left on Feb. 24, and the as sault took place on Jan. 24. Mrs. Beadman, the mother of the plaintiff, said that on January 24 " she received a l e tt er f rom h er daughter saying— Come directly ; I h ave had a great upset with master ; come for my sake. I shall expect you directly. If you do not come you must expect me home to-night." (The letter was put in and read.) She then corroborated the evidence of her daughter as to the interview with the defen dant. Mr. Fish said, "She (the plaintiff) mutt have some other object in view. She has trumped up this tale against me in order to get away." He also said to the plaintiff, " Why did you not scream out, or go upstairs and tell your mistress ?" Witness re plied, " That is the only loophole you have to creep out of." Witness then asked Mrs Fish if she would give her daughter a character. M rs. Fi s h said, " I never shall;' and, looking to her husband, "Nor shall you." Mrs. Nicholls said that Mrs. Fish called upon her on the 25th of January, and said that she believed the charge the plaintiff had made against her husband (Mr. Fish) was not true. She also told her that she believed the plaintiff had robbed her, and that she was in the family way. On a subsequent occasion Mrs. Beadman called and complained that Mrs. Fish would not give Jane a character. Witness said, "In that case she will be thrown out of a place. I will give her a second character." Afterwards she said, " I will give her a recommendation. I shall not be justified in giving her a second character." Mrs. Beadman said, " She cannot take that, but must clear her character." Witness said that if a lady came to her for her character she would tell her what she had heard from Mrs. Fish. This being the case for the plaintiff, Mr. Pollock submitted that no case of slander or special damage had been made out. The learned Judge said there was no case of slander, unless he amended the declaration, and the special damage had been clearly disproved. Upon the application of Mr. Ribton, His Lordship amended the declaration, and said he would give leave to move the Court above upon the question whether the conversation with Mrs. Nicholls was a privileged communication, and in the event of the Court being of opinion that it was a nonsuit would be entered on the slander counts. Mr. Pollock then addressed the jury for the de fence, and contended that the whole story of the plaintiff as to the assault was totally devoid of truth. Mr. Fish. the defendant, was then examined, and denied in toto that he had ever kissed or taken in decent liberties with the plaintiff, or asked her to sleep with him. _ _ Mrs. Fish said that the plaintiff did not appear at all excited or flurried when she came up to her bed-room on the morning of the alleged occurrence or the next day. She asked the plaintiff why she did not tell her before, and she replied that she was so good a mistress that she did not like to hurt her feelings. Witness denied having said to Mrs. Nicholls that the plaintiff robbed her. She told Mrs. Nicholls that the plaintiff had accused her husband of having taken liberties with her, and Mrs. Ni cholls replied, " Don't believe it—a 'bigger liar never came into a house." Witness did not say the plaintiff was in the family way, but she remarked, " Perhaps she is in the family way and wants a father. We read of such things in the newspapers." (Laughter.) Mrs. Nicholls said, "Do you think so ?" and she answered " No ; I do not say that is the case." Mr. Prestige, the defendant's clerk, denied that he ever left the room while he was dining with his master on the 24th January. Upon the conclusion of the evidence for the de fence, the trial was adjourned. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS. (Sittings at Nisi Prius, in London, before Lord Chief Justice Erie and a Special Jury.) SPECIAL JURYMEN AND THEIR FEES. At the sitting of the Court a special juryman summoned in the case of Zychlinski v. Maltby com plained to the Court that on two previous occasions the jury had been summoned, but at the last mo ment the cause had been withdrawn. The same thing had now happened again, and he submitted that it was hard that the jury should have re peatedly to attend without receiving any fee ; for if they had failed to attend they would probably have been fined £lO each. The Lord Chief Justice said he felt the hardship of the case, and he could assure the jurymen that he exercised all the power which the law gave him in favour of jurors, and when that was exhausted he often tried his powers of persuasion, though fre quently without effect. If he were consulted upon the subject by those who made the law he would suggest that they should give to the judge power to order payment of fees in such cases as had been re ferred to. FOSTER V. THE BANK OF LONDON-DISCLOSING A CUSTOMER'S ACCOUNT. This was an action to recover damages in conse quence of the state of the plaintiff's account at the bank having been disclosed, which led to the ba lance being drawn out in payment of a bill of exchange. Mr. Lush appeared for the plaintiff; and Mr. Bovill and Mr. J. Brown for the defendants. The plaintiff was a young man, who at the time the action was brought was under age, but still he bad been in business as a merchant, and had kept an account at the Bank of London. The short facts were that Messrs. La Perre de Ros and Co., in con sequence of some dispute with the plaintif, saw fit to present an acceptance of his for £542, which had been for a long time in their hands, and was consi derably overdue. The cashier at the bank replied that t here were not sufficient funds ; but the assis tant manager, who stood by, said " How can that be, there was plenty of money this morning." Some other words passed, from which the state of the account was gathered, and the gentleman who presented the bill asked whether if £lO4 were paid into the plaintiff's account the bill would be paid, and being answered " Yes," he paid in that sum, and in that way drew out nearly the whole of the plaintiff's balance. In the course of the address of the defendant's counsel, the case, in consequence of an intimation from the jury, was stopped, and a verdict was en tered for the plaintiff for £438. - - It was submitted, as a matter of law, that there was no duty on the part of a banker not to disclose the state of a customer's account. The Lord Chief Justice said he was of opinion that there was such a duty, and he also thought that it was a question for the jury, and they had expressed their opinion, but he would reserve leave to move the court. PENNY V. MANN.—ASSAIILT. This was an action by a servant girl to recover damages for an assault ; and the circumstances have been already before the public in an action against Dr. Clarke, her master, who had given a certificate that she was a lunatic. The present action was against Miss Mann, Mrs. Clarke 's sister, who acted as housekeeper in the doctor's establishment. Mr. Brandt appeared for the plaintiff; and Mr. Huddleston and Mr. Barrow for the defendant. The plaintiff's case was that in 1860 she was in the service of Dr. Clarke, of Staines, and that in Nlarch of that year she was about to leave; and, in consequence of some words between Mrs. Clarke, Miss Mann, and the plaintiff, they insisted upon searching her boxes, and when they got upstairs they locked the door, all three being in the room. Some words took place, when the plaintiff said that Miss Mann had worried her, and Miss Mann there upon struck her on the side of the head. When the door was opened plaintiff ran downstairs for assist ance, but was pursued by Miss Mann, who seized her, and with violence prevented her going out. Mrs. Clarke also threatened to strike her with the surgery fireirons, even if she killed her. The plain tiff was held down at the bottom of the stairs by the two ladies until two men came in. Her hair was all down, and she was scratched end bruised, the bruises being seen for several days. In cross - examination she said that she told Miss Mann that she would do no more work there. She did not lay hold of Miss Mann until she caught hold of witness. Miss Mann called her sister, say ing that witness was killing her. Witness did not say that she would kill Mrs. Clarke also. She did not bite through Miss Mann's hand, but she might have bruised her in the struggle. Re-examined—She used no more violence than was necessary in self-defence. John Laver, a policeman, said he was called in. Miss Mann showed him a mark round her wrist, saying it was in consequence of the plaintiff biting her. There were no teeth-marks, and it looked like the result of a grasp, He saw no assault, but two men were holding her. Her comb was broken in three pieces, and her shoulder was so hurt she could hardly move her arm. Plaintiff said Miss Mann had struck her. ' Mr. Huddleston said that on the day in question the plaintiff's conduct was very strange and excit able, and ultimately she, in a most infuriated state, seized Miss Mann, bit her, and threatened to kill her. Neither M rs . Clarke nor Miss Mann had touched the plaintiff, except to restrain her violence until they could get some assistance. Plaintiff Miss Mann said that, having heard a ring at the bell, they asked the plaintiff what it was. Plaintiff question said, (.: It is somebody for me ;" and, being repeated, she said that she was a wes a thief, and said she imagined they thought she o s n no liar. She said she would in a few minutes she return h ed e; boxes searched, fetch a policeman and have t see the contents of the un less they went with he l l' ;went. The door was not boxes. To pacify their faces, saying, " Is that article after artice locked. She tumlbhl.eenrdtthee things out, and held up o i ur's ?" The plaintiff was very your's ?" " I s t hat . U. t to put them all in the insolent ; she said she sho o uld do no more work there, and that she was go . ng ‘ D , n Don t go out in that way, the plaintiff seized her by the neck, and hereuPon s s ki h isl e tl a i w n n ; ei w papers. was very much alarmed. Witness called for as said, , and her sister came and said, " You are my sister." She then flew at Mrs. Clarke and kicked her. She bit witness's hand, and the mark was still there. She said, "Let me get up upstairs, won't I smash your Windows and jump out." They sent the nurserymaid fora policeman, but as one could not be found, they sent next door to Mr. Rogers, tho plumber, and one of his young men came, but she was so violent that he said, " Go and fetch One of my mates," and the two held her by the we ists. Witness never struck the plaintiff, but she held her because they were afraid of her violence. Cross-examined—When the plumber's men came the plaintiff knelt clown to pray, as she said, but her language was incoherent. She implored the nursemaid to go for a surgeon or gravedigger and a priest, and said she was to be buried that night, and that the nursemaid was to be prepared to be buried with her. (Laughter.) The jury at this point of the evidence stopped the case, and found a verdict for the defendant. COURT OF PROBATE AND DIVORCE. (Beforce Sir C. Cresswell.) RE TIIE GRAND DUCHESS OF BADEN. Dr. Philiimore applied to the Court to grant pro bate in this case. A similar application had been made to the Court some time ago, but his lordship declined to accede to the request then made, for th© reason that the Court desired to be informed how the question was affected by the state of the law at Baden. The will bore date the 19th July, 1841, and the testatrix appointed each of her three daughters —Princess Wasa, Princess Hohenzollern, and the Duchess of Hamilton and Brandon—executrix lega tees. Probate was asked for that portion of the pro perty which was in England. The question was whether a will so made had been revoked by certain expressions contained in it. An affidavit was put in made by Mr. E. Zimmerman, a learned German jurisconsult, which set forth that, according to the law of Baden, a will, to be valid, must be signed by two notaries and two witnesses, or by one notary and four witnesses, or by six witnesses. It further stated that the present instrument would be held good, according to the law of Baden, as proof of the execution of a testamentary disposition. There was no doubt it was the intention of the deceased to leave her English property one way and her foreign property another 7s s s - Sir C. Cresswell—l think you may take probate. It was only desired by the Court to be informed how far the instrument might have been affected by the law of Baden. That information being supplied, I think whatever difficulty at first presented itself is removed. SMETHURST V. TOMLIN. Sergeant Ballantine applied to the Court that the costs incurred in the recent hearing of this cause might come out of the estate. He said that his lordship would have in recollection the par ticulars of this case. Dr. Smethurst propounded the will of Isabella Bankes, as sole executor. A question was raised as to his ability to do so, as he was charged with the murder of the testatrix, and was afterwards tried and found guilty of felony. His lordship held that these charges did not bar his right to prove the will. Mr. Tomlin was the brother-in-law of the deceased, and opposed on be half of the next of kin. Dr. Smethurst must have known that all the circumstances would be investi gated, and could not reasonably complain that all the facts should be sifted to the bottom. Miss Louisa Bankes, the sister of the deceased, gave evi dence in the cause, and spoke to the relationship which subsisted between her sister and the plain tiff. It was not necessary to go further into the matter ; and the object of the present application was simply to appeal to the discretion of the Court as to whether, under the circumstances detailed at the trial, the costs should not come out of the estate. One of , the pleas was that the will was obtained by undue influence, and the defendant might have put upon the record that the plaintiff had been indicted for the murder of the testatrix, but, as the Queen's pardon had been granted, it was thought advisable not to insert such a plea. In a case of such importance, and affecting the interests of the next of kin, Mr. Tomlin was bound to act as he had done, and he would not have done his duty if he had neglected to institute an inquiry into the circumstances under which the will was executed Dr. Phillimore said the jury found for the will after a very short deliberation, thereby showing the opinion they had formed of the case. There was no reason why the rule and practice of the Court should not be followed in this as in other cases. His lordship said he was of opinion that the costs of the demurrer should come out of the estate. The same principle did not, however, apply to the costs incurred by the trial. He did not think these should come out of the estate. THE MARQUIS OF WESTMEATH V. THE MARCHIONESS OF WESTMEATH AND CHAPMAN. Dr. Spinks moved that the decree nisi which had been made in this suit on the 27th of March last, for dissolution of marriage, on the ground of the respondent's adultery with the co-respondent,s4ould be made absolute. There was no appearance by the respondent or co-respondent. The - decree was made absolute accordingly. GRANT V. GRANT. Au application had been made in this cause on the Ist inst. on behalf of the executors of the peti tioner (deceased) to enable the children to proceed with the suit by their guardians. The petitioner had instituted a suit for dissolution of marriage against his wife, and a decree nisi had been pro nounced. The petitioner having died after the granting of the decree nisi and before the time for its being made absolute, the question raised for' the decision of the Court was, whether or no the chil dren of the marriage, being involved in the conse quences of the suit, might not proceed in the name of the executors appointed under the will, or whether or no the suit had not abated for this pur pose by the death of the petitioner, or whether a decree nisi should be taken as final. Dr. Phillimore, Q.C., appeared for the executors; Dr. Deane, Q.C., for the respondent. His Lordship, in pronouncing judgment, said that the a pplication dep en d e d entirely upon the construction that was to be put upon the statutes regulating the authority of the Court. The 22d and 23d Victoria gave the Court certain powers to provide for the wife and children by interim order, or to make permanent provision upon the decree being made final. As the authority of the Court did not arise until the decree absolute should have been pronounced the decree absolute only could be regarded as final. The suit must therefore be con sidered to have abated by the death of the peti tioner. COUNIBI 1114RKZ2 AS: LE E D S—TUESDAY. There has been much rain since Friday, but to-day is fine, and as the trade has ceased to be influenced by the unfavourab wether, mlers wre enaled to purchase at a trifle un le a der Friday's il rates. e Barley b nominal. ur Other articles without alteration in price. LYNN—TUESDAY. The supply of wheat small, trade quiet, and prices were very little altered. A short supply of barley, and business moderate. Oats an active trade, at extreme prices. Beans dearer. New white ..59s to 61s 1 Barley 3os to 32s Red.. .. 58 s t o 61s 1 Oats .22s to 26s Beans .4os to 44s 1 Peas 44s to 48s LIVERPOOL—TUESDAY. A good attendance of country buyers at to-day's market. An easier business in wheat at 2d to 3d per cental lower than the prices of this day se'nnight. Flour met a redac tion of 6d per barrel on late rates. Indian corn at a reduc tion of 3d per quarter, with an easier trade. SHEFFIELD —TUESDA Y. To-day's corn market was barely supplied with wheat, and the demand was quiet, but prices about the same as last week. Oats in favour of the seller. Beans were fully as dear. Red wheat, per load of 3 imperial bushels...l9s Od to 21s 6d White ...218 Od to 228 Od New red f )7 7 ...20s Od t o 22 s Od New white ~ If ...228 Od t o 2 4s Od ), 7 f Beans ...17s Od t o 19s 6d Peas, per qr. 548 Od to 588 Od Grinding b ar l ey, per qr Oats ' 228 Od t o 27 8 Od 141 b Millers' prices for flour-2s ld, 28 3d, a n d 2 s 5d per BIRTHS. On the 6th inst., at The Close, Salisbury, B° L l3 " lt p in 'T pleydell Bouverre, of a son. ' as ' - ' * BECKWITII. On the Bth inst.. a t 11, Cavendish -road, the wife o f Edward Lonsdale Beckwith, E sq of a daugh ter. ~,,r —On the 7th inst., at 29, Porchester-square, the GRA if il e A oi . Walter Graham, Esq., of a son. MA W ITLAND.—On the 7th inst., at Brighton, tho wife of Captain Maitland, Royal Artillery, Benares, of daughter. MARR IAGES. FLEMING—TYNDALL.—On the 3d i nst., at Marylebone, Robert Tennant Fleming, E sq , Annie, the se con d daughter of the late oy Rev,W. Tyndall, A-4 m.A., rector o f Kilmactigue. of Lld's, London, to NonTncoTE—Dowsex.—On the sth inst., at St. Mary's Church, Whitby, Augustus Beauchamp Northcote, 8.A., of Queen's College, Oxford, to Jane, youngest daughter of John Dowson, M.D., of Whitby. DEATHS. Bton-s BLACHFORD.—On the 7th inst., at 6, Sussex-st ree t, Eccle landersquare, Maj or F red. A. Blachford, late 93d High . GamonE.--On the 7th inst., suddenly, at his residence, Arklow House, R amsgate, Captain John Gilmore, R.N., aged 69. HOGGE.—On the 7th inst., at 43, Rutland-gate, William Rogge, E sq., of Thornhaw, Norfolk, aged 77. H0 0x..--On the 7th inst., at Ealing, John Hook, Esq., aged 73. OEt.--On the 6th i ns t., at 73, Cambridge-terrace, Hyde park, Colonel Humphrey Owen, late R.A., aged 88. —......._ LONDO N : Printed and Published by JOHN CHAPLIN, of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at THE SUN Office No. 112, Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in, the County of ki ddlesex.--.Woduoaday, July 9, 1862. Y,`a