The Sun. — London, England, 1867-07-08 00:00:00

THE CHARGE AGAINST CAPT. SIMPSON. On Saturday, at the Portsmouth Quarter Sessions, Captain James Simpson, of her Majesty's ship Megwra, now at Spithead, was charged with cruelly assaulting a boy named Charles Wallis, the son of a labouring man, residing in Devonport. The first count charged him with maliciously inflict ing grievous bodily harm ; the second was for false imprisonment on the ship ; the third that he occasioned actual bodily harm ; and the fourth a common assault. The case excited a considerable amount of public interest, as was manifested by the crowded state of the court. Mr. Besley, specially retained, and Mr. Bullen, instructed by Mr. Cousins, on behalf of the Society for the Protection of Women and Children, appeared for the prosecution ; and Mr. Gunner, in structed by Mr. Swainson, appeared for the defendant. On the defendant surrendering, he was about to be ordered into the dock, when Mr. Gunner applied that he might sit at the table with him, instead of standing at the bar. He thought that the case might be long, and the defendant might aid him in the defence. The Recorder acceded to the request, and there upon the defendant took his seat beside counsel. In opening the case for the prosecution, Mr. Besley, after some preliminary remarks, said the case was one of immense importance to Captain Simpson, because their knowledge of the pro fession told them that, generally speaking, humanity was an indication of bravery, while cruelty was the usual accompaniment of cowardice. He (Mr. Besley) therefore bespoke on behalf of Captain Simpson a fair, calm, and dispassionate hear ing. The prosecution was, of course, not instituted by the lad himself. The lad, Charles Wallis, was 14 years of age, was the son of a pavior earning 2s. or 3s. a day, who had been living for some time at Plymouth, but his mother was dead. Up to the 10th of April, the lad, who was of dimi nutive size, had been assisting his father in his main tenance. On the 10th April the Megtera, of which Captain Simpson is the captain, was lying in the Sound at Plymouth, and on that day this lad ac companied a boatman who was carrying some boxes to the ship from the shore, and he did this under the firm belief that the ship would not sail until the following day, the 11th. He arrived on board somewhere between two and three o'clock, and hav ing assisted the waterman to take the boxes on board, the cook's mate asked him to peel some pota toes. This occupied him about half-an-hour, and when he bad finished he found that the ship was steaming out of the Sound. He reported himself, though whether she was within the breakwater or not was immaterial, because . it was not to be expected that a captain in the navy was to stop his ship to put a boy on shore. Without any inquiry the lad was ordered to be placed under the ladder on the upper deck aft, and he was accordingly placed there. A sentry was placed over him, and he was kept there till between eleven and twelve o'clock at night, when he was allowed to go to the second deck and lie down, a sentry still being placed over him. At four o'clock the lad was again removed to the upper deck and placed under the ladder with a sentry over him, although not a single inquiry had been made as to the manner in which the lad had come on board. The Megmra came on to Portsmouth Harbour ; and on the Thursday morning Captain Simpson went on shore. He returned about ten o'clock in the morn ing, when there was a conversation between Capt. Simpson and the lad. The substance was this : Capt tin Simpson asked the boy for an explanation, and promised if he told the truth he should not be punished, adding if he did not he should be flogged. He (Mr. Besley) believed there would not be a scintilla of evidence to show that he was a " stow-away," and that he fraudulently attempted to obtain a passage to Portsmouth. But if there were, that was no justification for such cruel treat ment. He might have been handed over to the civil court, and a captain in the navy ought to be the last person to take the law into his own hands. After the conversation to which he (Mr. Besley) had re ferred, Captain Simpson cAlle 1 to a corporal, and gave an order that the boy should be flogged. Of course there was no prosecution against the men, because they were merely the hands of Captain Simpson, and if they had not obeyed his orders they would have been subjected to very serious conse quences. The corporal having received the order, took a three-inch rope in his hand—a rope three inches in circumference and one inch across. A number of strokes were inflicted on the boy, who screamed loudly and struggled violently. The master-at-arms was then ordered to hold him, and he accordingly held the boy with his right hand while the corporal held him and beat him with his other band. About two dozen blows were given, during which. time Captain Simpson was standing within a yard, hearing the screams, laughing at the blows, and directing the corporal to " give it him." The boy having received this flogging was put over the side of the ship, and found his way to a boat in charge of two watermen. He was then crying, was very white, weak, and exhausted, and these were indications of the violence of the blows inflicted. He was then taken to the shore without any food and money, and there left to the mercy of circum stances. Fortunately, he found his way to the re lieving officer, and for a considerable time after his admission to the workhouse he was unable to sit down, and suffered great pain. The learned counsel then briefly commented on the various counts of the indictment. At the conclusion of Mr. Besley's address, The Recorder suggested that the justice of the case would be met by Captain Simpson making the lad some proper and substantial compensation for the injury he had sustained. If the prosecution proved the case as opened by the learned counsel there could be no question that a common assault, at all events, had been committed ; but in the event of further proceedings, in the form of an action against the captain, a jury would be very unlikely to give heavy damages if they knew the defendant had already been severely punished. Mr. Besley thought the jury were the best judges of the facts, and ought to say what offences the de fendant had committed. Mr. Gunner stated that Captain Simpson was quite willing to give the boy fair and reasonable compensation for the injuries inflicted. After some further conversation on the point, dur ing which Mr. Bosley said he must press for the opinion of the jury, and the Recorder having stated that he had merely clone what he believed to be his duty, the case proceeded. Witnesses were then called. They were—The boy himself ; Henry Board, an outdoor officer of Customs at Portsmouth ; James Meckiff, examining officer of Customs ; John Mortimore, a waterman ; and others. Mr. Henry Bloxam, a surgeon, living on the Parade, gave the following evidence--I saw the boy Wallis on Saturday, the 13th of April, at my own house, in the middle of the day. He was brought there by the witness Board. I examined the boy, and for that purpose stripped him. 1 found a slight bruise on the forefinger, which bad the appearance of a burn, and had evidently been blistered. The left wrist was slightly swollen and tender. The back part of the left thigh was very black, extending from an inch or two above the bend of the knee to the upper part of the bieech, measuring 101 inches in length and in width rather more than 5 inches. There were six or eight black spots about the region of the hi.lneys, varying iu size from a ail ling to h:ilf-a-croWn. The right thigh was not so black, nor were the bruises so extensive as those on the left, the bruises on the former measuring 5 inches in length and 5} inches in width. Both thighs were swollen, and were very tender. On the 17th . I saw him again in the court, and the black marks on the thighs were still very evident, but very much go ne o ff. Th e size I have given does of the uot includ e th e d etac h e d spots. B y th e l eng th bruises I mean up and down. The mark on the left writ would be produced by holding, and the mark on the finger might be produced by a blow. The ap pearance I saw - certainly lhe indicated the violence of the bl ows he received. most delicate n a t ure, and a punishment childinflicted isof a on such a boy must be very prejudicial. I could not touch the spots, even upon the second o eca.E.don without producing pain, although I tried to. t3raw his attention from what I was doing. At the close of the case for the prosecutio•a, Mr. Gunner submitted that there was no evident le to go to the jury except on the count for a common assault. _ _ After some discussion, the Recorder thought there was evidence on all the counts but the second.-•for false imprisonment. Mr. Gunner then addressed the jury for the de fendant. He was not instructed to deny that the assault had been committed, but he did deny the severity of the flogging. He presumed the jury would believe the 1;4 was a skulker. It was clear he came on board and intended to remain. there, hat he had been on board ships before, and though he said he did not feel the ship get under weigh, he (Mr. Gunner) should show that the ship stopped twice—when the staff-commander came on board, and when he got off—and that it was impossible for him not to have felt the stopping between Plymouth and the breakwater. The boy himself admitted that he took his boots off. The conclu- SlOll, therefore, irresistibly was that the boy took his boots off for the very purpose of concealing himself till the ship had got outside the break water and well to sea. As to the flogging itself he (Mr. Gunner) had no doubt it hurt the boy ; but, although he said he could not sit down for several days, it was evident he got over the side of the vessel, and sat down in the boat directly. It was said the boy was left without food or money on the beach, but what could the captain do ? He was bound to put the lad on shore at the first port, and had he allowed him to remain he would probably have received a severe reprimand from the Admi ralty. He thought that if the jury did not give him a verdict of entire acquittal, they would at all events not convict him on any other count but that of a common assault. Witnesses were then called for the defence. Most of them were sailors on board defendant's vessel. Two were magistrates who had seen the back of the boy when the case was first heard before them. Sir Lewis Tobias Jones, K.C.8., Vice-Admiral, said he had known Captain Simpson since 1838. He was first lieutenant and doing duty as comman der in the Black Sea, and he was then of an ex tremely considerate disposition and kind to all people under him, and his character had been so ever since. Captain Beckford said Captain Simpson was senior lieutenant of the Princess Royal, of which witness was the commander when in the Black Sea, and there was nothing like harshness in his conduct. Mr. Gunner summed up his evidence, again con tending that there was no reason why the boy should not have been landed had he been so dis posed, that the flogging had not been unnecessarily severe, and that the defendant could not be con victed of a more serious offence than a common assault. Mr. Besley having addressed the jury in reply, The Recorder, in summing up, said although some of the facts were disputed, when the evidence came to be considered there could be no difficulty in coming to a conclusion. Ile (the Recorder) had suggested an arrangement of the case, because the lad only had sustained the injury, and he thought he should be compensated for it ; but the case had gone to the jury, and whatever punishment was in flicted, the boy would receive no benefit from it. There could be no doubt that an assault had been committed, but the question was whether the flog ging was so much in excess of what he had deserved; although the defendant bad by law no right to beat him at all. It appeared to him that it was a mis take to have used a rope's end at all. Had a cane been used, it would have been better ; but a rope's end had been used—the only thing at hand—and he thought there could be no doubt that such a chastisement could not be otherwise than severe. There was no justification for the assault ; but he thought there was a total absence of malice, although he would leave the point to the jury. If there was no more than a severe flogging, he thought a verdict for a common assault was that which would beat suit the circumstances. Were the marks more than the ordinary consequences of a flogging, or were they those of something more than an ordinary chastisement? Beyond the heedlessness, the thought lessness, and carelessness with which Captain Simp son had acted, it appeared to him that nothing serious could be imputed to Mr. Besley asked the Recorder to put it to the jury whether they believed malice had been proved. The Recorder said he would do so, explaining to them that malice was, in law, either express or im plied. No express malice had been proved in this case, and, so far as his opinion was concerned, there were no circumstances from which malice could be inferred. The jury retired at a quarter to four to consider their verdict, and after an absence of half an hour they returned into court. On being asked by the Clerk of the Peace if they bad agreed on their verdict, they said they had. The Clerk of the Peace—Do you find the defen dant guilty or not guilty ?—The Foreman : We find him guilty of malice, but not of malice afore thought. A verdict of guilty was taken in the whole of the counts, and After much deliberation, the Recorder addressed the defendant, stating that he disagreed with the verdict ; that while he did not think it necessary to inflict a degrading sentence, he was bound to pass a severe pecuniary punishment. The sentence was that the defendant pay a fine of £lOO, and that he be imprisoned until the same be paid. Mr. Bullen applied for the costs of the prosecution, but a long discussion on the point took place, which ended in the Recorder refusing the application. IRELAND. DUBLIN, July 4. The fashionable watering-place of Portrush, near Coleraine, has been the scene of a deplorable acci dent. Mrs. Hennessy, from Belfast, arrived there on Mcnday by the midday train, accompanied by her two granddaughters, Jane and Alice Simpson, aged respectively 13 and 11 years. Having taken possession of their lodgings they strolled out on the rocks, near the ladies' bathing-place. These rocks rise abruptly out of the deep water, and are broken here and there by the violence of the waves. Though the day was fine, there was a smart breeze from the north, with a spring tide and a heavy sea. Mrs. Hennessy ventured too near the edge of the rock, when a wave came sud denly and swept her in. The girls rushed forward to rescue their grandmother, who seized them both, but the youngest was ton from her grasp, sank instantly, and was seen no more. The other caught the buoy-rope to which the salmon nets are attached, and held by it with the right hand, while lady, eiv d ith the oth er s h e h eld up t h e h ea d of the Y, who had fainted from exhaustion. Two boatmen came as quickly as possible to their rescue. The girl had clutched the rope with such a rigid grasp th at h er fingers had to be forced open. She had been in delicate health, and the shock was so great that sh e di ed that evenity, efforts of three do c t ors, Messrs. the Campbell,Corbett,prompt and Carson, bei ng unava i ling to save her. Mrs. • Hennessy, howeve r , was gradually restored to con sciousness, and she su rv i ves, t h ough in a very weak state. The boatmen, Murphy and Kelly, by whom she was rescued, h ave b een d ragg i ng for the mis sing body. A young gentleman named Gibson, and a man named Keefe, have been drowned while bathing in the Slaney, near Wexford. Eighteen of the Fenian convicts were removed yesterday from the Mountjoy Prison, and placed on board the gunboat Earnest to be conveyed to Holy head, en route for Portland. The convicts were : Gen. Burke, Patrick Doran, Capt. M'Afferty, Geo. Connolly, John Flood, James Dunne, Captain M'Clure, J. F. Kearns, Stephen Meany, D. Hen nessy, John Meehan, Thos. Noonan, Maurice Fitz gibbon, Thos. Daly, Eugene Lombard, Win. Leo nard, Patrick Killeen, and John Foley. The last three had been tried by Court-martial. All the con victo wore the priliOU uniform, and all, with the ez- THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, JULY 8, 1867. ception of Burke, were closely shaven. Six constable of the C division and an acting sergeant and prison warders'accompanied the convicts to Holyhead. The Poor Law Commissioners have declined to appoint a Presbyterian chaplain to the South Dub- lin Union, on the ground that there are only three Presbyterian paupers in the house, and they are at liberty to go out to worship on Sundays. The half-yearly meeting of the Mining Company of Ireland was held yesterday, Mr. Thomas Bewley in the chair. The report, which referred in favour able terms to the proceedings of the past year, and which recommended a dividend of 10 per cent., was unanimously adapted. At an extraordinary meet ing, subsequently held, the board"of directors were empowered to reduce their number from 15 to 11. A meeting was held last evening at Kingstown to support the Clerical Vestments Bill. Tha meet condemned ritualistic practices, and expressed its cordial sympathy with the Earl of Shaftesbury for his zeal and perseverance in conducting the bill through the House of Lords. The attendance was large, and the feeling against ritualism was very strong. EVENING. The Fenian General Halpin and a Fenian agent named Breslin were brought in this morning from Cork and lodged in Kilmainham Gaol. They were identified on board the outward bound American steamer it Queenstown by Corydon and Devany. Captain Condon, retained in custody since his acquittal, has been released at the request of the American Minister, and sailed for the United States yesterday, bound not to return. Miscellaneous Foreign News. ROITE, June 26. The day before yesterday the Pope held a Cap pella Papale, according to custom, on St. John's day, at the Lateran Basilica, and assisted at the Mass celebrated pontifically by Cardinal Alfieri, archpriest of St. John Lateran. Notwithstanding the overpowering heat, he was surrounded, both on the road and during the function, by a countless crowd. Romans have a very picturesque custom for Midsummer Eve : rows of flower stalls are set up in the open space round St. John Lateran, which form a pleasing promenade for a number of holi day makers, to the sound of rustic music ; and as, under ordinary circumstances, it is an abstinence day, an appropriate dish is prepared for the occa sion—in tents of striped sailcloth of many colours, decorated with wreaths of verdure—consisting of lumache (snails), prepared with herbs and bread crumbs and fried in oil. Yesterday the Pope was pleased to give audience to the foreign priests in the large hall called of the Cena, over the vestibule of St. Peter's. He first made an address on the duties of their condition, and then they all defiled before him, and he gave them his blessing as they passed. Each was to have had a bronze medal and a copy of the Pope's address, but it was impossible to get anything like a sufficient number ready in time as there were above 10,000 within the Sala and without, vainly striving for admission. The Pope was heard very well by all, but had to read very loud, and at the close appeared somewhat fatigued. I hear, however, that he was quite recovered by the evening. The excursion trains continue to bring us in three flocks of pilgrims a day. A deputation is expected shortly from Turin of a religious confraternity which counts Victor Emmanuel among its digni taries. The members will appear in their habit, and bear their insignia with them. A commission of bishops, selected in duo pro portion out of the various nationalities, in which Mgr. Manning has his appropriate position, has been appointed to draw up the address of the Episcopate to the Sovereign Pontiff. An interest- ing incident, which occurred at one of their ses sions,'.has been mentioned to me. A bishop of the United Greek Church, who was one of the number, asked why, in a general assembly of bishops of the whole Church, the address should be written in Italian rather than any other tongue. He spoke in *perfectly fluent and very elegant Italian, so he was actuated by a catholic, and not a personal motive. Cardinal Mattei rose in reply, and taking the address in his hand, dictated it off . _ in Latin. The Pope held a Consistory early this morning. After conferring the red hat on the Cardinal Archbishop of Seville, he pronounced the Allocu tion, which will reach you before you go to press. Subsequently he distributed to the bishops the brief, authorizing them to wear the violet berretta and zucchetta (skullcap). I spoke in my last of the efforts being made to tamper with the soldiers of the foreign legion and bribe them to desert. It was, in consequence, found necessary to adopt some stringent measures which will have a better effect than too great leni ency. A picket of gendarmi overtook a party of deserters on Sunday, about four miles out of Rome, going towards Correse. Being summoned to surrender, they showed fight, and in the fray one of the gendarmi was slightly wounded, and one of the deserters fatally. You have probably heard of the exploit of a party of idle youths (some 150 in number), belonging to the neighbourhood of Terni, secretly banded together, who were found marching on the night of the 19th towards Rome, uttering revolutionary cries. At the very moment they reached the frontier, just beyond the woods round Farfa, a detachment of Italian Infantry came clown upon them, and called them off—an order which it seems they very quickly complied with, and without venturing a single shot. Some forty or fifty were made prisoners, but the re mainder took to their heels. Whether this was an act of genuine good faith on the part of the Italian Government, or was a concerted movement to, make a show of friendliness towards the Ponti fical regime, or merely an excuse for concentrating troops on the frontier, cannot be made out decid edly. A telegram, announcing that such a move ment might be expected, was received by General Kanzler, who sent a few Zouaves in the direction indicated. Not the least importance is attached to the circumstance here. he officers of the Pontifical army give a soiree in their Casino in the Piazza Colonna this evening in honour of the foreign bishops. To-morrow they are themselves invited in turn to a lunch given at the Minerva Hotel by the visitors to Rome. June 28. We have been visited this week by an event which has produced a very sad impression in English circles here, and will throw many families at home into mourning. The eldest daughter of Mr. Ifoward, of Corby, who has been spending some little time here with him, was taken ill at the end of last week, shortly after their return from an excursion to Naples and Capri. On Sunday alarming symptoms were developed of typhoid cerebral fever, which terminated fatally on Monday night. She was in the first bloom of youth, having but lately completed her twentieth year. The funeral had to take place on Tuesday night ; there was a most beautiful and impressive service at Sta. Maria del Popolo, at 9.45, some. forty bearded "Capuchins, an equal number of Augusti nians, and about as many of a Morti confraternity, with their red capes, standing round the body to chant the solemn office, their torches and tapers relieving the gloom with a subdued and congenial light. The Office of the Dead was at 8.30 next morning. The Archbishop of Westminster and many other bishops were prevEnted being present by having to attend the Consistory at the Vatican. The Bishop of Edinburgh, however, assisted, as did Monsignori Stonor and Howard. Many of the Italian no bili ty, and the principal Eng li s h resi dents had a storm ltdeaalgroefatrainon Tuesday, which everyone and e a good boon. has felt It is a curious speculation how many more thou sand visitors than we have (between 90,000 and 100,000 up to the present time) would have crowded in for this ceremony if it had been • appointed for a ple asanter season ; and then, what would have become of them ? Mgr. Talbot told me some days ago the applications for tickets were then just fOux Mmes as numerous as the places. Bishop Vaughan and a good many English intend to make their way to cooler regions as soon as to morrow's function is over. Thefunction is expected to last six hours. Grand processions have been going on every day during the octave of Corpus Domini, from various churches in different parts of Rome, all numerously followed. I was not able to attend that at St. Peter's yesterday, but I was told the Holy Father carrid or followed the Blessed Sacrament on foot, which he has never done before to my knowledge. In the evening, there was a prova (rehearsal) of 300 singers, in the gallery of the dome, with beautiful effect. To-night, the Vigil of the Centenary festa, we are to have the unique spectacle of the illumination of the dome of St. Peter's. Allthc other festivities, I find by the official programme, will be just what I announced in a former leiter. This evening, after Vespers, the Holy Father blesses the bishops' pallia, ready for distribution in the course of the year. The pallium is a narrow strip of woollen stuff, marked with six crosses in black silk. Borne on the shoulders, it symbolizes the type of the Pastor bonus bearing the erring sheep back to the fold, and the crosses represent that on which suffered the Lamb who taketh away the sins of the world. Every year, on St. Agnes's day (21st January), there is a very pretty ceremony at St. Agnese fuor' le mura ; the Pope assists at the Mass, and, while the choir is singing the Agnus Dei, the Chapter of St. John Lateran present him with two young lambs bound on a satin cushion and covered with flowers, which, after being laid on the altar and blessed, are consigned to two sub-deacons, who afterwards give them into the care of a community of nuns. Some of their wool is interwoven with the material of which the pallia are made, and which are always consecrated _ _ _ after the first Vespers on SS. Peter and Paul's day by the Pope, or whoever assists in bis stead on the occasion, at St. Peter's. The pallia are afterwards kept in a gold urn in the Confession, under the High Altar of St. Peter's. The use of the pallium is of very ancient observance in the Church. We read that in 335 Pope St. Mark con ferred it on the Bishop of Ostia : whose successors have always worn it. For many centuries, however, it has been considered to belong tai the peculiar i n signia of archbishops, who, indeed, have no right to the title till they have received it, and under normal circumstances must come to Rome within three months of their con secration to be invested with it at the hands of the Sovereign Pontiff. It has, however, at various times been granted to sim ple bishops besides the Bishops of Ostia : thus the present Pontiff gave:it, in 1847, to the Bishop of Valence, in acknowledgment of his care of part of the mortal remains of Pins VII., who died in exile in his episcopal city. After the blessing of the pallia, the chair of St. Peter was borne in procession from its ordinary position to the altar of the Madonna del Soccorso, where it will remain exposed io the veneration of the faithful during the Octave, by order of his Holiness. The Pontifical Zonaves have applied for the honour of guarding it in turns, night and day. The proclamation of the RevDlutionary Commit tee, of the 31st of May, speaks of the happiness enjoyed by the people of Italz, which the Roman population " sees, hears, and reads of, but may not taste as yet." A Roman paper commenting on this, points out as a curious evidence of how little truth there can be as to this boasted happiness, seeing that from all points of the new kingdom the scanty population is driven to emigration. The Calabrese and Sicilians have for months past been seeking refuge by thousands in Tunis and Egypt ; and the Florence official journal has lately been publishing a warning that the labour market of Switzerland is overstocked with Italian emigrants, in spite of which the flood continues to set in that direction. It would seem they had rather be any where than in the midst of the new " happiness" of Ita'y. A priest, who accompanies Mgr. Hassoun, Patriarch of Constantinople, has just been giving me an interesting account of the consecration of his new cathedral of the Catholic-Armenian rite which, though it took place some few months ago, may not be known to some in England. Mgr, Has soun The function was solemni ze d w i t h a pomp long unknown in Catholic ceremo n i es i n this locality. Therewor wore some were eleven bishops ts which,ishvoepstsmpernesent. I believe, were presented to him by the Empress of the French. At the same time he went through the ceremony of inaugurating the palace at Pera, built for him at the expense of Bogos-Messili-Bey and his two sisters. Liszt has been on a mission to Buda, from the Holy Father, to present the Emperor of Austria with a very precious reliquary, on the occasion of his Coronation. He has returned to superintend the rendering of his new oratorio of " Christ." great and glo rious before June 29. seven, and, though the riolusam just ceremony. function w as emo r n e y t . urn l e v d e f h ro a m d t t o o ta -d k a e y' o s ur concludedby one o'clock, it was past two before we got away. There are always many friends to be met on such occasions, and, with me, it is always a favourite part of the Roman ceremonies to watch the melt ing away of the immense multitudes they collect. The good humour, politeness, and order with which they break up and literally depart in peace, is more like a military evolution than the spontaneous dispersion of a promiscuous crowd, in which the lowest and poorest orders muster in large propor tion. It gives one an impression of a greater dif fusion of civilization than one can witness in any other capital of Europe. The heat was intense, but I don't believe anyone thought of it ; and yet, after some nine or ten hours' exertion under it, one does not feel adequate to give you anything like a worthy account in the haste which to-day's post would render necessary. M. Veuillot is here, and from his ready pen you will have the fullest account that could be rendered to-day. There was, however, an accident of an alarming nature, which threatened to have defeated the whole cere mony, which I must tell you of. The lighting of the vast multitude of tapers was nearly completed, when the draperies before one of the high windows of the transept caught fire—draperies of such thick silk that one would not have thought it could have burnt. A murmur rose through the crowded church, which was more alarming than sight of the fire, which, for a moment, we thought might burn itself out without dainage. Aminute after, how ever, it communicated itself to the central and larger window, and most unaccountably, for the distance between them is not less than fifteen or twenty feet.'this Was a more serious affair, and large flakes of burning matter floating about soon set fire to the woodwork scrolls, from which the candle sconces start, While the candles, guttering down and melting in the heat, stimulated the flames. Apparently, it was quite unperceived by anyone in authority, and people began to whisper reminiscences of the catastrophe of Lima, and some turned to force their way out of the throng. The quickly com municating impulses of a large body of people have something in them very moving. We seemed to be living through a long danger, and ideas of personal suffering, and of the mocking exultation of the enemies of the Church, mingled themselves strangely—the ladies in the palchi, bereft of the support of the masculine ele ment, were turning pale, and the more courageous were gallantly preventing the outburst of a panic among their sisters. And yet so admirable is the forethought and order with which everything here is managed that, before three minutes by my watch had elapsed, a band of pompicri had made their way in through the windows, one body set ting themselves to remove the rows of candles which twisted round their arms like snakes, and all decorations in any da nger of ignition, while another body slung down buckets of water from the upper part of the roof, where a perpetual fountain plays, and directed them on to the burn ing mass with all the precision of a daily-repeated manoeuvre rather than the haste to be expected on so trying an occasion. Within the lapse of a quar ter of an hour all was safe again, and outer cur tains supplied to the windows where the accident had happened, to prevent any further mischief from the draught ; and meantime the great procession had begun moving in in serene unconsciousness of danger. The intense heat of the day again and again made the tapers at different points bend and fall over, with their wicks downwards, and then blaze up ominously, threatening their fragile and in flammable sconces. About ten o'clock a large glass chandelier at the back of one of the transepts, came down by the breaking of its cord, - ,with a clash which sounded like another cannon, for they were firing from St. Angelo, trumpets flourishing, and all the bells of Rome ringing. Yet no harm came of any of it. St. Peter was decidedly at watch over his beautiful Basilica, no less than over the faithful assembled in his honour, and if the decorations were blemished here and there by a hiatus in the p tterns of flame, each such hiatus but showed forth as a memento of a signal mercy. Of the musical performance, I scarcely dare ven ture to speak. It is like criticizing the Apocalypse ; every one knows either by experience or fame of the marvellous acoustic perfection of St. Peter's ; and when the choir, placed round the dome answered , the choir over the entrance, the swelling and dying away of the responsive sounds may be called magi cal. The Offertory was intensely beautiful, and I was inclined at one time to admire it more than anything else. But when, not merely the multi tudinous choirs, but the whole countless throng of sonorous-voiced people poured out their souls in the Veni Creator, the Te Deum, and the Litany of the Saints, I knew there was nothing on this earth could surpass that. The soiree at the Minerva last evening was very brilliant and well attended. The large rooms de voted to it hardly sufficed for the crowds assembled. They were very tastefully decorated with flowers and trophies of arms, and busts of Pius IX. and General Lamoriciere. Mgr. Mermeillod, Bishop of Geneva, who entered in company with Colonels d'Argy and de Charrette, was asked by General Kanzler to address a few words to the assembly before it broke up. Mgr. Mermeillod complied. He spoke with great earnestness of the joy which bishops all over the world, labouring in the ser vice of souls and contending for the faith once delivered to the saints, felt in the reflection that there was ever round the Holy Father a guard of noble hearts kindled by faith and devotion, who are rallied round him by the sole force of their convictions and determined to vindicate the liberty of the soul. The worthy bishop was frequently interrupted by hearty cheers, and shouts of Evviva it Papa Re were raised at its close and taken up by the crowd in the Piazza outside. HOW MAXIMILIAN WAS CAP 7 URED. The following letter, dated Queretaro, May 20, gives some details of the betrayal of the unfortunate Ma xiniilian "The principal defence of this town consists in the vast convent of La Cruz, situated at the south and on the side of the city of Mexico. This build ing, a relic of the splendours of the Spanish domina tion, is constructed of stone and adobe (bricks hardened by the sun) ; a part of its enclosure is, besides, protected by earth intrenchments. The con vent covers, with its dependencies, more than ten acres of ground, and forms a citadel on which siege artillery only could make any impression. Such, five days ago, was the principal position of Maximilian, who for some time had made it his head-quarters. Immediately opposite in the Corretas mountains the Mexican General Escobedo was established, and his advanced guard occupied the valley which separates La Cruz from the Corretas. In the night of May 14 there was a council of war in the town. The Imperialist army had exhausted all its supplies, and was likely to be soon reduced to the last extremities. As flour was wanting, the Intendance every day caused to be slaughtered a certain number of horses and 'nub's which there was no means of feeding !rem want of provender. Even this resource threatened to fail before long, and for that reason Maximilian resolved on attempting a vigorous sortie, and opening for himself a passage through the enemy's lines. At 11 o'clock the troops were under arins and the artillery in position ; everything was ready for the attack. But at the last moment, in consequence of the slow movements of his gene rals, the Emperor found himself obliged to counter mand the expedition. Already at that moment the army had been sold to the enemy. The fort of La Cruz was to have been occupied an hour later by the troops of the Liberals. It was notorious that there were a considerable number of persons in the ranks of the Imperialists disposed to give up the town, but who would ever have suspected the colonel of the regiment of the Empress, the keeper of the key of Queretaro the commander of the fort of La Cruz , Miguel Lope z himself ?Fle was the man who, i n the evening of the 14th , sent to Escobedo a letter in which he offered to betray his companions in arms for 3,000 ounces of gold ($18,000). Escobedo na turally did what any other general would have done in his place—h e accepted the proposal. Towards midnight the advanced guard of the Liberals, pro tected by the darkness, left the camp, and arrived without noise before the convent. Colonel Lopez, ordering his soldiers to ground their arms, opened the gates to the enemy. From that moment, the Emperor Maximilian, who was sleeping tranquilly in another part of the building, was irretriev ably lost. At the first gleam of the morning the Archduke was on foot, and immediately per ceived that some extraordinary event had taken place. Rousing up the Prince of Salm-Salm, his aide-de-camp, Maximilian directed his step towards the outer enclosure of the convent, but had scarcely advanced a few paces when he was surrounded by a detachment of soldiers commanded by Colonel Ringon Gallardo. Lopez himself accompanied the detachment, and pointed out the Emperor to the troops, crying out, That is the man—seize him.' A curious incident then occurred. Colonel Gallardo, a brave soldier, who did not seem greatly to relish the treachery of Lopez, stepped up to Maximilian, and said to him, ' You are a private person and not a soldier ; we have nothing to say to you, go about your business.' With these words he pushed his Majesty outside the convent. Five minutes later I met Maxi milian, who seemed not to have yet recovered from his surprise. He was walking as fast as possible towards Cerro de la Campana, at the other extremity of the town. This position h a fortified hill commanding the northern part of the place. On his arrival there he was joined by Generals Mejia, Castillo, and Avellano, the Prince de Salm-Salm and several others of his officers; but it soon be came evident that any resistance was impossible. Four battalions of infantry and all the Liberal cavalry were surrounding the Cerro. The white flag was then hoisted, and the Archduke with all his staff then surrendered to General Corona. The prisoners were allowed to retain their horses, arms, and personal effects ; and a few hours later they were conducted to the convent of La Cruz. The first companies of the Mexican advanced guard which had entered the town com mitted so me excesses ; severa l h ouses were pil laged and some persons rifled in the streets, but immediately after the arrival of the general officers order was re-established. On the whole, fewer arts of violence were perpetrated than might have been ex pected." A subsequent letter from Quere taro, dated May 25, contains the following : " From the convent of La Cruz the Prince was con ducted, with his officers, to that of Santa Teresita, where they were placed in rooms devoid of all com fort. During thi4e or four days they slept on the bare ground, and the food was very insufficient. The arrival of the Princess de Salm-Salm. and her re monstrances with Escobedo had the effect of amelio rating the condition of the prisoners. They were transferred to another convent, that of Las Capu chinas, and they are now permitted to receive from their friends provisions, wine, and clothing. The adventures of the Princess de Salm - Salm would form a strange chapter in a romance. Twice did she traverse the Liberal lines to reach the capi tal and return from it, and on two occasions was fired at by the Mexican sentries. She was after wards detained prisoner for two days at Guade loupe by General Diaz for having distributed money to the German captives at that place. She at length obtained a passport authorising, or rather ordering her to proceed to the coast and quit the country. But with that passport she made her way to Qin- retaro and San Luis during the siege of the first named town. She was accompanied by only one female Mexican servant. Subsequently she had in terviews with President Juarez and General Esco bedo to intercede in favour of Maximilian and her husband. It is said that the Archduke wept like a child on hearing a narrative of the heroic peregrina tions of this courageous lady." THE RULERS OF MEXICO. - A Panama paper lately gave a list of the men who have, under one designation or another, been at the head of the Mexican Government since 1821. From this it appears that there have been 33 changes of Government in 46 years-one generalissmo, two emperors, five dictators (counting the composite dictatorship of Guerrero, Bravo, and Negrete, in 1833, as one), and 25 presidents. These offices have been filled by 21 different men. The list is as follows :-1821, Iturbide, Generalissimcki 1822, Iturbide, Emperor ; 1823, General Guerrero, General Bravo, and General Negrete, Dictators; 1824, Gene ral Guadalupe Victoria, President ; 1827, General Pedraza, President ; 1828, General Guerrero, Presi dent ; 1829, General Guerrero, Dictator ; 1830, General Bustamente, President ; 1832, General Pe draza, President; 1835, General Santa-Anna, Presi dent ; 1836, St. Jose Justo Caro, President ; 1837, General Bustamente, President ; 1840, General Farias, Dictator; 1841, General Bustamente, Pre sident ; 1841, General Santa- Anna, Dictator ; 1843, Santa-Anna retired, succeeded by -, after whom again succeeded 1844, General Santa-Anna, Dictator; 1845, General Canalizo, President ; 1845, Generalllerrera, President ; 1847, General Paredes, President ; 1850, General Arista, President ; 1852, Dr. M. Juan Cebellos, President ; 1853, St. Manuel Lombardini, President ; 1853, General Santa-Anna, President, April 20, elected constitutionally Decem ber 15, same year ; 1855, Don Juan Alverez, Pre sident ; 1856, General Comonfort, President ; 1858, Don Felix Zuloaga, President ; 1858, General Miramon, President ; 1859, Don Felix Zuloaga, Vice-President; 1860, General Miramon, Presi dent; 1861, Dr. Juarez, President; 1864, Maxi milian Emperor (executed Juue 19, 1867) ; 1867, Dr. Juarez, President. The nomination of candidates for the next Pre sidency has begun in earnest. A great many of the country papers, and even some of " the great dailies," are conduct- ~, ....... log it with the utmost seriousness, and apparently with strong faith in the value of their own predictions. General Grant is a very general favourite with them, and this is really the only strong ground which has yet presented itself for believing that he has no chance. Wo notice, too, expressions of impatience from political managers now and then touching the general's extreme reticence. This is very comical, inasmuch as outspokenness would ruin him in the estimation of these very men. Wendell Phillips is Grant's leading opponent, as ho has concluded, from an accurate comparison of Grant with the Duke of Wellington, that Grant is a knave, and a cowardly knave to boot. Chief- Justice Cheee comes next, and his enemies, of course, by way of making the canvass pleasant for him, accuse him of diffusing devoted agents through the country in the shape :of bankruptcy commissioners. Horace Greeley, we are glad to say, has been nominated by the Blue Earth Southwest, a Minnesota journal. Mr. Greeley deserves this, and we trust the Blue Earth Southwest will not let his claims be forgotten. The design of Providence in per mitting the existence of " minor editors," by which Mr. Greeley was so much puzzled, is now made plain. Senator Wade is also a candidate for the "chief magistraey." The Independent speaks of him as " one of our grandest public men," which is almost a nomination, and several other journals and special correspondents speak of him as " Old Ben Wade," a kind of appellation which, when often re peated, is fully equivalent to a nomination. In truth, the possession of a good, popular nicknanie may be said to be an essential preliminary to a good newspaper nomi li - nation for the Presidency— a fact of which Birdofre duam Sawin was aware when he requested his friends to keep calling him in the columns of their journals " The One-eyed Slarterer." " Old Ben" himself dons not, how ever, rely o n hi s n i ckname, as he is out i n K ansas, preach ing confiscation, which is what our milliners would call the "latest novelty." Mr. Phillips says it is a French fashion, but we have shown elsewhere that Mr. Phillips is mis taken. There aro other candidates, but either their modesty or their merits leave us little to say about them at present. The same paper says: -It is not often that we meet with so scathing an exposure of the results of carelessness and haste in the transaction of important business as is to be found in Mr. Stanborry's "opinion" on the power of the military commanders at the--South. The-Reconstruction Act was undoubtedly intended by Congress to make the military officers supreme in their districts, but it was framed in such a way that no machinery was pro vided for carrying on there construction process at all. This was remedied by a supplemental act, and now that the two having been subu.iited to an acute lawyer, ho drives a coach-and-six through them ; shows that the State governments which the Act was intended to displace are still in existence, and in full vigour, and that the military commanders, who were selected with so much care, are simply peace officers subject to the civil power. Mr. Stevens now calls for a meeting of Congress to amend the bill, but we should think he and some of his colleagues would be heartily ashamed of their work. They appeared to think during the session that the great dutyof loyal menwas to drive bills through the house without letting the Demccrats debate them. We wonder if what has happened will teach them that the " previous question" is a two-edged sword, and that freedom of debate is just as likely to servo tho promoters as opponents of measures. Had the Reconstruction Act been thoroughly discussed, there is hardly a doubt that its glaring defects would have sooner or later attracted the attention of some lawyer on one side or other, and that, let part,- spirit have been ever so strong, self-love would have tempted him to expose them.—The Nati n. SURRATT IN THE COURT HOUSE.—Surratt is very watchful of all the proceedings. His face is selfish and cowardly. On the one hand it is utterly devoid of everything high and heroic, on the other it wants the lines of a bold and daring villain. It is full of passion, but it is also full of cold soil-control. Seeing him, you can't resist the conviction that the first and almost the sole concern of this man is John 11. Surratt. He appears self-absorbed, but he is never forgetful of his own affairs. If ho over did a purely generous deed his own fac e b oars no s i gn t h ereo f He sits most of the time with his head forward on his breast —looking out in a sly a n d wary manner from eyes deeply set under projecting frontlets, picking his hat or twirling his thumbs, rarely looking around on the specta tors, with nothing of the bravado in his face or manner, win ning nobody to goodwill or kind ness or i nward sympathy. Looking at him as he sits with his counsel, one could easily fancy him the junior member of the firm—equal to suits before stupid police magistrates, compe t ent to h un t up authorities, just the man to do copying in a clerkly hand, capital for the part of a spy, and not above looking after the interests of genteel gamblers. Or he might be a seller of ribbons and dress goods, the clerk of an insurance office, or even the keeper of a small faro bank— Washing ton Correspondence in Boston Gazette. THE FOREIGN MINISTERS AT OSACA.—The Colo rado mail steamship has brought accounts to San Francisco that " the treatment of the foreigners by the Tycoon at Osaca was princely. Houses had been prepared for them, filled with the costliest European furniture, French cooks and European, servants were provided, wines and liquors were without stint, and, in fact, everything they wanted during their stay was furnished in abundance and free of expense. Each representativeand suite was granted apri vate audience and dinner with the Tycoon several days before the official visits took place. On these occasions the Tycoon presided at the table, in a large high room, wholly European in its outfittings. The dinner was thoroughly French in detail, and small but valuable presents were laid beside each plate. The Tycoon is a man of ordinary stature, apparently 33. years of age, with good features, bright black eyes and splendid teeth, which he frequently displays in smiling. He was very richly dressed, and his manners are easy and refined. At the official visit, which was of short duration, everything was Japanese. The Tycoon expressed to Minister Van Valkenberg his great gratification at the establishment of the now steamship line between America and Japan. Subsequently, the Tycoon met the Ministers at Iliogo, 11 miles across the bay, and laid out the foreign settlement there, where a tract of ground, a mile in width, extending three or four miles back from the water has been appropriated, under the same arrangements as in other ports of Japan. The anchorage is good. The settlement in Osaca is about the centre of the town. All were highly pleased with Osaca. In about a month the Ministers were to visit the west coast to locate a port there. The place selected will probably be Tsuranga, in the province of Kanga. CITY STREETS.—In the course of the evidence taken this session More the Cirrinions' Select Committee on the Local Government of the Dletropolis and the London City Improvement Rates Bill, it was noticed that in going . from St. Paul's to the Mansion-house 14 streets are passed, six branching off to the right at right angles and eight to tho left, and only three of the whole number—Queen street, King-street, and Old Jewry—have room for two vehicles throughout the entire length of the street. [ADVERTISEMENT. j—Holloway's Ointment and Pills.— These highly-esteenied medi aments cannot be too strongly recommended for cu r ing most of the maladies to which humanity is heir. They are as suitable for the child first entering on th e j ourney of life, as for the aged and infirm. The ointment is a specific for the cuts, bruises, abrasions, and eruptions, o ft en witnessed in a nursery, and it is no less efficient in healing up, soundly and permanently, the chronic ulcers and bad legs which so often heap misery on advanced years. By an early attention to the instructions wrapped round each packet of ointment and pills, any mo derately intelligent person may abridge or avert the dis coulfort and misery of chronic ill health. UP ..." THE LOSSES IN 7HE WHITE SEA. The Foreign-office have received from Sir A. Buchanan a telegram which the Russian Govern ment have handed to him from Archangel. It is dated July 1, and sets forth that the authorities at Archangel had boarded every vessel arriving at the port, in order to ascertain the fate of the wrecked crews. The masters report seeing a large number of wrecks in the neighbourhood of Puloni and Sas movets, distant 130 miles from Archangel, on the western coast of the White Sea. They believe that about 200 men reached Sasmovets belonging to the wrecked vessels, which they say numbered 100. During the 28th and 29th ult., ten abandoned Nor w.Tian vessels were towed up to Archangel, having been extricated from the ice, and three English vessels lying below the bar were reported to have at least 200 shipwrecked people. There is a light house at Sasmovets, and it is to be hoped that the unfortunate people who got ashore found refuge there. A Government steamer was being fitted out with all despatch to go to their assistance. She would leave Archangel that day (July 1) for Sas movets and Puloni. A schooner was sent by the Government on the 28th, and it was ex pected that the Monastery would also render assistance. The following is the list of the vessels wrecked as far as yet known :—The Brothers, 310 tons ; the Scotia, 250 tons ; the Venus, 260 tons ; the Onward, 300 tons ; the Westerwyck, 360 tons ; the Familien, the Norden, the Prince Oscar, 300 tons; the Christine Agatha, 400 tons; the Providentia, 230 tons ; the Johanna Louisa, the Effort, 250 tons ; the Earl of Fife, the Trident, the Prince of Wales, 400 tons ; the Emanuel, the Eunomia, the Rogate, the Conqueror, the Perse verance, the Eident, the Ramonita, the Charity, of Douglas, Isle of Man; the Alliance, the Kew, the Chieftain, the Llewellyn, the St. Jago, the Erubla, the William Nicol, the Fantasie, the Henrietta, the Nereiden, the ThAmas, the Vargent, the Henry, and the Mercurius. The Frenderue, the Johannes, the Parrata, the Woden, and the Alpha have been taken into Archangel derelict. ATHLETIC SPORTS. The annual meeting of the Military Store Staff took place on Saturday last at the back of the Royal A rse nal,, Woolwich, in the presence of an immense concourse or spectators, who seemed delighted with the admirable ar rangements which were made for their comfort. On ac count of the great pressure on our columns we cannot go into the details of the various sports which took place, s° that a slight resume must suffice. The race of 100 yards was won easily by Private J. Cummings, who came in first by a couple of yards. In the running high junin Private Gray proved successful. The one-mile race waS won easily by Private Palmer. In the 300 yards hurdle race, over 12 flights, Private Cummings led all the was, and won by a yard. The prize for long jumping was take° by Private Gray. The quarter of a mile race was a splen did contest, " and ultimately fell to Private Cummings, who wiin by a yard. A three-mile race was won by J. Rolland, Dayman being well up for second place. Handi cap of a quarter of a mile.—Private Cummings, scratch, gradually passed the other competitors, and won easily. The strangers' race fcr employes.—J. Parkes won, by 6 yard, Leffler a capital second. The steeplechase afforded much amusement to the company,, and a fine race was wee by Private Cummings, T. Holland being second. A three legged race was won by Messrs. Palmer and Cummings , the strangers' race falling to R. Willoughby, who came in first by a yard and a half. COUNTRY NAB,KETS. NORWICH—SATURDAY. At our market to-day we had a limited supply of wheat and samples changed hands at last week's rates. We had a thin attendance of buyers. White wheat (weighing 631 b), 70s to 74s ; red aitto, (weighing 631 b), 62s to 68s per qr. Flour, 45s Od to 16s Od per sack. NOTTINGHAM-SATURDAY. At our market to-day there was a healthy demand for wheat, and sales were made at extreme rates. Small supplies of barley on offer, which sold at late prices. WO at late prices. Beans found buyers at about recent prices. No material change in peas. Old white wheat, 72s to 76s ; old red, 68s to 70s ; nevi' white, 67s to 75s ; new red, 60s to 68s per 36 stone. Oats, old, 38s to --s; now, 30s to 35s per 24 stone. Beans, 0 1d," —s to —s; new, 43s to 50s per 38 stone. Fine flour, 483 to 5Us per sack. LEICESTER -SATURDAY. At this day's market there was a tolerable supply of wheat, which sold at about recent prices. Barley sold at late rates. Oats quite as dear. Beans and peas at previous prices. - _ - 'New white wheat, 663 to 723 ; now red, 59s to 683; old, white, —8 to —s ; old red, —s to —s per 36 stone. Bar ley, for malting, —s to —s per qr.; grinding, 30s to 360 per 30 stone. Oats, old, 34s to 37s ; new, 30s to 33s per 2 1 stone. Beans, old, —s to —s ; new, 45s to 49s per 38 stone' Fine flour, 51s ; seconds, 45s to 47s per 20 stone. YORK—SATURDAY. There was a small quantity of wheat at our market to-day, which sold at fully late prices. In barley little doing. Oats at late prices. There was a slow demand for' beaus, and late rates were obtained. White wheat, from 60s to 68s ; red, 56s to 613 per 3 6 stono. Barley, for malting, 35s to 37s per qr. ; grinding/ 34s to 37s per 30 stone. Oats, new, 26s to 30s per 21 stone•. Beans, new, 45s to 48s per 38 stono. Malt, 68s to 70e. Flour, 47s to 49s Der sack of 2801bs. Foreign Mail Packet List. MAILS DUB. Australia and New Zealand, via Bouthampton July 20. Ditto, via Marseilles July 14. Ditto, via Panama Brazil, Buenos Ayres, and Monte Video Aug. 5. Ditto, by French paoket Cape Verde, by Brazil paritet Aug. 5. tape of Good Hope, Asoension. and St. Helena July 8. China, Penang, and Singapore, via Southampton—July 20 Ditto, via Marseilles Fatkland Islands Gibraltar, via Southampton India, via Southampton July 20. Ditto, via Marseil es July 7• Malta, Egypt, &a July 13. Ditto, Marseilles July 7. Mauritius, Cape of Good Hope, and Natal, via Southampton. July 20. Ditto, via Marsei les July 14. Newfoundland July 17. Portugal • Aug 5. Ditto, by private ship to Oporto ... Ditto ditto to Lisbon United States, Canada, California, dm, by British packet • July 11. Ditto, by United States packet Ditto ditto (New York) Ditto ditto (New York) Ditto ditto (Baltimore) Ditto, by Canadian packet July - West Coast of Africa. Madeira, and Teneriffe July 4. West Indies and Pacific ;except Mexico and Baha mas) Cub i and Mexico July 29. Bahamas, via New York _July ;.5. Bermuda, via ditto A SWEEPSTAKES FOR A VERDICT.—A jury em' panelled at the Bucks quarter sessions, held at Aylesburi this week, signalised themselves by tho novel but veil equivocal mode (after being locked 'up for four hours and. a half) of arriving at a v er di c t by l o tt er y. Twelve slips of paper were placed in a hat, on one of which was written the word " Guilty," and on another " Not Guilty," tho re mainder being blanks. The "Guilty" being first drama' , the jury went into court and gavo their verdict to tUat effect. The case was that of a man charged with stealing two surgical trusses.—Bucks Herald. In New York twenty drinking fountains are to be erected by the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. They are of iron, ornamentally designed in three departments—the upper for tho public, tho middle one for horses, and the lower one for dogs. Births. - - LAPONE —On the sth inst., at - Deninark-hill, Mrs. Alfred Lafone, of a son. MILLS—On the sth last., at 22, Eaton - place, the wife f Colonel Charles Mill s , of a son. RouND —On the 4th inst., at 10, Alexander-street, We* bourne-park, the lady of 0. S. Round, of Lincoln's-inr i ' Esq., barrister-at-law, of a son. Marriages. BAZETT —PIIILInTT —On the 4th inst., at Holy Trinitl i Church, Weston-supor-Mare, Richd. Bazett, Esq., Roy r rtillery, to Eleanor Caroline Phillott, eldest (laugh° of Robert Phillott, Esq., of Weston-super-Mare. TEMPLEMAN—IIowARD----On the Gth inst., at the 11 011 Trinity Church, Pimlico, Herbert C. Teinpleman, Esq'' solicitor, New-inn, to Emily Maria, daughter of the late E. Howard, Esq, author of "Rattlin, the Reefer," ezo• Deaths. Of BIIO3ILEY—On the 4th inst., Charles Bromley, Esq., Southampton, aged 67. LAWRENCE—On the sth inst., at 18, Whitehall-place S t ` Wm. Lawrence, Bart., F.R.S., Sergeant Surgeon to the Queen, aged 81. SMYTU—On the 4th inst., at Royal Heath Villa, Sando 1.W., Major Henry Smyth, formerly of ILAL's 390' Regiment, aged 91. SCHOMEERG—On the sth inst., at Cliftonvillo, Bright oOt Rear Admiral H. Schomberg, aged 61. STENYAItII—On the sth inst., at Thurleston Lodge, JO wich, Charles Steward, Esq., solicitor, aged 54. WALKER—On•the 2d inst., at Stockton-on-Tees, Rich , - Walker, Esq., J.P., aged 73. London Printed and Published by WILLIAM ANDREW' of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at ME So Office, No. 1.1 Strand, in the P rec i nc t o f t h e Sr Toy, in the ConiltY 0i Midd l ONX.7)l9uclay, July 8,1807.