The Sun. — London, England, 1867-06-13 00:00:00

REORGANISATION OF THE FRENCH ARMY. The following is the new draft of the bill for the reorganisation of the army, as adopted by the Com mittee t the Chambei and the Council of State, under the reserve of the amendments maintained by the former : _ _ _ " Chap. I The Active Army and the Reserve. " Art. 1. The army consists of the active body and the reserve ; their effective is increased to 800,000 men. They are recruited :-1. By voluntary enlistments and re-engagements ; 2. By the annual raising of a contingent. " Art. 2. The strength of the contingent to be summoned annually for the recruitment of the army is determined each year by the Legislative Body in a special law. The same measure also divides the contingent into two portions, one of which is incorporated in the active army, and the other left in the reserve. " Art. 3. The duration of service of the young men incorporated in the active army is five years, at the expiration of which time they serve four years in the reserve. The period of service of the young men left in the reserve is five years. Those left in the reserve can only be called intoactive ser vice by a decree of the Emperor. The soldiers who enter the reserve after the completion of five years service can only be again called under the flag by' a decree of the Emperor, and by classes, com mencing with the most recent. They may marry without authorisation during the last two years of their service. This faculty is suspended by a de cree recalling them to the active army. Married men of the reserve remain subject to all the obliga tions of military service. "Art. 4. The length of servicein the active army and in the reserve dates from the Ist July of the year of the conscription. In time of peace the sol diers who will have completed their time of service receive their liberation on the 30th June of each year. In time of war they only receive it cn the arrival of the corps of the contingentdestined to re place them. " Art. 5. Are repealed Chaps. 11., 111., and V. of the laws of the 26th April, 1855, and the laws of the 24th July, 1860, and 4th June, 1864. The sub stitution of men on the list of the same canton and their replacement are authorised in conformity with Arts. 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 28, and 29, of thelaws of the 21st March, 1832, which are revised. Chap. 111. of the same law is also re-established ; the duration of the voluntary engagements is, how ever, for two years at least. Voluntary enrolments do not, however, confer the exemption pronounced by Sec. 6 of Art. 13 of the law of the 21st March, 1832, only when contracted for a period of nine years, in conformity with Par. 1 of the above mentioned Art 13. " Art. 6. The causes of exemption mentioned in secs. 3,4, 5,6, and 7 of Art. 13 of the law of the 21st March, 1832, must, to produce their legal effect, exist on the day on which the council of re vision is called on to decide. Those which arise be tween the decision of that council and the Ist July —the starting pointof the period of service—do not modify the legal position of the young men desig nated to form definitely part of the contingent. "Art. 7. The young soldiers who shall not have accomplished their period of service on the Ist January, 1868, may, at the expiration of their fifth year, obtain permission to pass from the active ser vice into the reserve, on condition of contracting an engagement to serve in it four years. " CHAP. I.I.—THE NATIONAL GUARD MOBILE. " Sec. I.—lts Composition, Object, and Duration of Service. "Art. 8. A national guard mobile shall be con s tituted,with the object of co-operating as an auxi liary to the active army in the defence of the forti fied places, coasts, and frontier of the empire, and in the maintenance of order at home. It can only be called into active service by a special law. The bat talions which compose it may, however, be assem bled at the chief town, or any point of the depart ment, by a decree of the Emperor within 20 days preceding the presentation of a bill calling them into active service. In that case the Minister of 'War provides for the lodging and board of the officers, sub-officers, corporals, and soldiers. " Art 9. The national guard mobile is composed —l. Of the young men of the class of the years 1867 and following who have not been included in the contingent on drawing lots ; 2, of those of the same class to whom application has been made of the ex emptions mentioned in Nos. 3,4, 5, 6, and 7 of Art. 13 of the law of the 21st March, 1832 ; 3, of the soldiers of the second portion of the contingent who have accomplished five years' service in the re serve. Also, all those can be admitted who, libe rated from military service, ask to form part of this force. The councils of revision exempt from this service the young men comprised in Pars. 1 and 2 of Art. 13 of the law of 1832, or in one of the cases for dispensation provided in Art. 14 of the same act. They can also exempt as support of the family as far as 10 per cent. those who would have been liable to service, selecting those who have the best claim. " Art. 10. The duration of the service in the national guard mobile is five years for the young men who have not been included in the con tingent. The time counts from the Ist of July of the year in which the drawing takes place. It is four years for the young men of the second part of the contingent, and counts from the day they have accomplished five years in the re serve. " Art. 11. The young men composing the na tional guard mobile can contract marriage without authorisation at any period of the service. They can be replaced by a Frenchman aged less than 40, who fulfils the other conditions required by Art. 19, 20, and 21 of the law of the 21st March, 1832. The substitute is received by the council of admi nistration of the battalion to which the national guard belongs. in case of desertion the man re placed is responsible for his substitute. Every na tional guard mobile can be admitted to replace a soldier in the active army or in the reserve, if he fulfils the conditions of Art. 19, 20, and 21 above mentioned ; the man replaced serves in the national guard mobile for a time equal to that which was due by his substitute ; he is bound to clothe and equip himself at his own cost. " Sec. ll.—Of the Organisation of the National Guard Mobile, its Instructions, Disciplinary Punishments. " Art. 12. This force is organised by departments, in battalions, companies, and batteries. The offi cers are named by the Emperor, and the non-com missioned officers by the military authorities. They receive no pay except when the guard is called on duty. From this provision are alone excepted—the officer specially charged with the administration, and the officers and non-commissioned officers in structing. " Art. 13 (1). The young men are liable : 1. To drills taking place in the canton where they re side ; and, 2. Meetings by company, half battalion, or battalion which are held in the circumscription to which they belong. The duration of the drill or the meetings cannot exceed two months and a half in the five years, or 25 days in any one year. The days and periods for these exercises will be fixed in a manner to interfere as little as possible with business. If the length of the drills or meetings requires an absence from home of more than twelve hours the Minister of War provides lodging and food for both officers and men. Those who can prove a sufficient knowledge of the management of arms and the duties of a soldier are exempt from these exercises. "Art. 14. While the drills and meetings continue the men are subjected to the discipline regulated by Arts. 113, 111, and 116 of Sec. 11., cap. V. of the law of June 13, 1851, on the National Guard, as well Aits. 5, 81, and 83 on the same act. The penalties enacted by Art. 113 are applicable, ac cording to the gravity of the case, to the offences enumerated iu Arts. 73, 74, and 76 of Sec. 1., Cap. Iv. Deprivation of grade is in curre d i n th cases provided in Arts. 75 and 79 • it is pronounc e d—f or officers by the Emp eror, on die report of the Minis ter of War; and for non-commissioned officers by the military authorities. The officers or non-com missioned officers employed in the administration or in instruction are subjected, to military discipline during their functions. " See. Placing the Guard in Activity. "AA. 4 0 5. Fr= tag 144113 of taw Pgaiiikatic% of the law calling the national guard mobile on active service, the officers, non-commissioned officers, and men composing it are subjected to military discipline and laws. They support the charges and enjoy the advantages attached to the situation of soldiers, non commissioned officers, and officers of the army. " Sec. IV.—Temporary Provisions. Art. 16. The following, from the date of the pro mulgation of the present law, form part of the national guard mobile :—Unmarried men or widowers without children of the classes of 1866, 1865, 1864, and 1863, who have been liberated by the councils of revision. Those of the class of 1866 will serve four years ; 1865, three ; and the two others, two years each. " Art. 17. The mayor, assisted by the first four municipal councillors on the list, will draw up the census of the young men of his commune who are liable to serve in conformity with the preceding article ; at Paris and at Lyons that duty will devolve on the prefect or his delegate, assisted by three members of the municipal council and the mayor of each arrondissement for his own district. "Art. 18. A council of revision by arrondisse ment judges in public sitting the causes of exemption, which can only be those mentioned in Nos. 1 and 2 of Art. 13 of the law of 1832, and the cases of dis pensation of Art. 14 of the same act. However, the council of revision can exempt as support of the family as far as 10 per cent., selecting those who have the best claim. That council is presided over —At the chief town of the department by the pre fect, or the councillorof prefecture delegated by him; and at the chief town of the other arrondissements by the sub-prefect. It includes besides, a member of the council-general, one of the council of arron dissement, and an officer named by the general com manding the department. In case of an equal divi sion the president has the casting vote. A military surgeon is attached to the council, which removes successively to the different chief places and cantons of the arrondissement. However, according to the localities, the president can call together the young men of several cantons for the operations of the council. " Art. 19. The collection of lists settled by the councils of revision of the arrondissement forms that of the departmental contingent. The young men which compose it are inscribed on the registers of the National Guard Mobile of the department, and divided into companies and battalions of infantry and batteries of artillery."—Galignani. THE REPRESENTATION OF SCOTLAND. A meeting of the Chamber of Commerce of Edin burgh was held on Monday to consider the claims of Scotland in connection with the redistribution of seats. Mr. Harrison, chairman, presided. The Secretary read a communication from the city clerk containing a copy of resolutions adopted by the town council relative to sending a deputa tion to London to press the claims of Edinburgh on the Government in connexion with the redistri bution of seats scheme of the Scottish Reform Bill, and asking the chamber to appoint a small deputa tion to co-operate. He also read the copy of a telegram which the city clerk had received, to the effect that Lord ,Derby and Mr. Disraeli had de clined to receive the council deputation. The CIUIRMAN said he was much surprised at the decision of the right hon. gentleman, and he trusted that the Lord Advocate would bring such facts to bear on the matter as would enable them to arrive at a different conclusion. He thought they should urge the case, not of particular places, but of Scotland in general. In every point of view Scotland was entitled to a larger share in the redis tribution of seats than had been offered to her on either side of the house. He moved a resolution to the effect that Scotland is entitled to a largely in creased representation, and that a third member ought to be allocated for Edinburgh, as proposed in the Reform Bill of 1866. Mr. APLAREN, M.P., said that this was really a case of " justice to Scotland," and he approved rather treating the matter on this broad basis than giving local claims undue prominenc e. lie believed that if the Scotch members would as a body go for ward and state their claims fairly they would receive justice at the hands of the Government. But on this question the Scotch members had more need of enlightenment than Government itself ; and unless they got these gentlemen to come forward and ask what was right, they could hardly blame Govern ment for not giving them what they expected. He believed her Majesty's Ministers had refused about sixty deputations from Scotland wishing to press special claims, but Mr. Disraeli had politely assured him that he would pay every attention to any memorial that might reach him on the subject. But they could hardly expect that when in a pre vious bill the proposed addition to the Scotch mem bers was only seven, the Conservative party would volunteer to give more. No Government cared about giving more than they were obliged to do and especially when it would cramp their own toes The Conservative party saw that the large pro portion of the Scotch members were Liberals, and they believed that every addition to the Scotch con stituency was just adding a Liberal member to the house ; and when they considered that Mr. Disraeli found considerable jealousy exhibited by certain English members of the house, the Scotch consti tuencies could hardly blame him for not bringing forward a measure such as they expected—more especially when they had taken so little trouble to make known their views. in answer to a question, Mr. M'LAnEN thought the English Bill, were it to receive such modifica tions by Government as certain parties hinted, would pass this session, but he did not think the Scotch Bill would. The one hinged on the other ; and if the English Bill passed and left only seven seats vacant in the house, they could count on these seven being the only addition they would receive to their present representation, as he found there was a strong feeling in the house against any increase of their members. The Chairman's motion was carried, and a com mittee was appointed to co-operate with other public bodies on the subject of the representation of Scotland. EXCITING SCENE AT A ME IN BIRMINGHAM. Early on Saturday morning a fire broke out in the house of Mr. James Ede, draper, Newton-row Birmingham. The fire originated in the shop, and smoke soon filled the house, awaking Mrs. Ede, who roused her husband, and he, in his efforts to find a way of escape, fell through a skylight and hurt his foot. ,Recovering his self-possession, be assisted his wife out of the window with her baby, and going along the roof of his own and of an adjoining shop, he and his charges gained access to a neighbouring house, the inmates of which were aroused, and admitted the party. There still re mained three persons sleeping in Mr. Ede's house, and the fire was every moment gaining ground, and threatening to consume not only the shop, but the dwelling-house also. The three persons thus impe rilled were Mr. William Ede, hi's wife, and a female servant. Mr. Wm. Ede, being roused, jumped out through a window in the rear of the house, and ran for a ladder with which to rescue the other in mates. He got the ladder, placed it to the window, and was briskly making his way up to it when it broke. A moment of despair, and then a courage ous, ingenious device was promptly put into execu tion. A wall ran close to the window ; Mr. Wm. Ede could not jump on to it, nor could the servant. To attempt it would have been to incur the immin ent risk of being killed by a fall. But Mr. William Ede could bridge the chasm with his body, and he did it. He rested his feet on the window-sill and clung with his hands to the wall, and his wife passed over him and the servant followed. Thus all were safe apparently. The fire engines ar rived, and, seeing no prospect of being able to .save the shop or anything in it, the firemen directed their attention to the preservation of the premises on either side. While they were at work, Mr. William Ede bethought him that a £2O note lay in the pocket of his overcoat inside th. , burning build ing, and be reckoned that it would not be a bad stroke of business if he could save the coat and the uote tot licriepip. 3140 g wa 4C444417 offered for the recovery of the coat, and a young man, tempted by the golden prospect, ventured to enter the house, but returned almost without suc cess and almost suffocated. Recovering his breath, and animated by the hope of the bright reward in store for him, he entered, and groping about in con lers wherehe could not see, he wasthrilled by the touch of a coat. The prize was within the young man's grasp—the sovereign was his. But when he essstyed to pull the coat out, he felt that it con tained something much heavier and larger than a twenty pound note. Dragged to light, it was found to contain, instead of the coveted paper money ; the senseless body of Mr. James Ede, who had gone to alarm his brother and his brother's wife and servant, and in the attempt was almost suffocated. In the hurry and confusion nobody knew that he was missing and in danger. As soon as he regained bis consciousness he was sent in a cab to the General Hospital, as he required treatment not merely for the exhaustion he suffered, but also for the very severe wound he had received in the foot when he fell through the skylight, but which he disregarded so long as his efforts were necessary for the safety of others. The fire unroofed the shop and consumed all the goods. The damage is roughly estimated at from £BOO to £l,OOO. THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, JUNE 13, 1867 INCREASE OF S7REET OUIRAGES. At the Southwark Police-court, yesterday, Edward Harley, Robert Reedy, and Rupert Eng- - list], rough-looking young fellows, were placed at the bar before Mr. Burcham, charged with assault ing and robbing several persons in the Old Kent road, and especially assaulting John Smith, and robbing him of a watch and chain. The latter stated that about 11 o'clock on the previous evening he was proceeding along the Old Kent-road, with his wife and another female, to wards home, and when near the turning leading to the Greyhound-bridge he was surrounded by a number of ruffians, some of whom rushed between him and the females and nearly knocked him down. As he was recovering himself his watch and chain were snatched from him, tearing his waistcoat nearly to shreds. He then received a blow, and the ruffians ran off. He pursued them, and saw the prisoners stopped by the police. He believed the prisoners to be the fellows who robbed him of his watch and chain. Sergeant Yallop, 19 M, said that he was on duty in the Old Kent-road on the previous night, when he received information that a gang of ruffians had attacked and robbed several persons. He proceeded towards the spot indicated, and met the prisoners running away, followed by the prosecutor, who said he bad just been knocked down and robbed of his watch and chain. After some difficulty he succeeded in apprehending the prisoners. Witness asked for a remand, to enable him to find other persons who had been assaulted and robbed by the prisoners and their gang. The prisoners denied the charge alleged against them. They bad been drinking a great deal, and hardly knew what they were doing. They were remanded for further inquiries. Richarl Kelk, 18, was finally examined, charged with stealing a silver watch and gold Albert chain from the person of John Bolton. The prosecutor said he lived at 29, Oxford-ter race, Clapham-road, and about half-past nine on the evening of the 3d was proceeding from the Southwark-bridge-road towards the Elephant and Castle with an old friend, when the prisoner and two others came in front of him. The prisoner went up to his friend and demanded a pint of beer of him, as he had put him into a cab on Newington-cause way on the previous evening. His friend told him that it was false, and that he knew nothing about him, when the prisoner snatched witness's watch and chain and ran off, followed by his two com panions, who vowed vengeance against him if he pursued them. Witness went after them, and saw them enter a low house in York•street, and being afraid to follow them there he proceeded to the police-station and gave information of the rob bery. Witness was positive that the prisoner was the young fellow who robbed him. Mr. William Walker, a gentleman residing at Ramsgate,said he was accompanying the prosecutor home, when the prisoner stopped them At the cud of the Southwark-bridge-road, and demanded; a pint of beer from them. Witness was telling him to go away when he snatchel his friend's watch and chain, and ran off with them. John Walker, 30 M, said he received information of the robbery, and apprehended the prisoner on the night of the 7th instant. He denied being in the Southwark-bridge-road at the time of the rob bery. Since thelast examination he had made in quiries about him, but he could not ascertain whether he had been previously convicted. The prisoner pleaded guilty, and begged his wor ship to deal with.him at once. Mr. Burcham sentenced him to six months' hard labour. EXTRAORDINARY COND UC7 OF A WIFE. (From the Glasgow 'Jerald.) At the end of last month an advertisement ap peared in the Glasgow Herald referring to the dis appearance from that city of a young woman re sembling a tradesman's wife. The missing lady was described as about 24 years of age, in rather delicate health, and the solicitude as to her whereabouts was explained by the fact that a few days before she was said to have obtained improper possession in the city of two notes for £lOO each. Such an advertisement could hardly fail to excite curiosity ; the sequel is now, perhaps unexpectedly, supplied. For obvious rea sons, we only give initials in detailing the cir cumstances of the case. We learn, then, that Mr. D-, a young married man, residing in Glasgow, was some time ago left a considerable sum of money by his brother, who lived abroad, and that, in common with the other beneficiaries, he received £l,OOO to account, pending the final settlement of the estate. The document representing this amount was duly received by him, and the money being lodged in bank the deposit receipt was kept at home in what he doubtless considered a strong box. Mrs. D-, it seems, had not since their marriage presented her husband with any pledge of affection, and this circumstance gave rise to a feeling of disappointment. •It would further ap pear that besides wishing to remove this source of mutual regret, the good woman was anxious, by the production 4 a son and heir, to establish her title to possession of the money, in the event of any accident happening to her husband. Be this as it may, however, one morning in May of last t a tsehde expected e e h t e e r d m e n u e c u b t - e c o b n e fi e d o g e a h y e t ib r e a t n h she d e r, t h a r n : i f a she h t u e t a h i a e went out with him after break faststra him,on his suggestion stranger. She pesnormteedafrrteicmlesof dress for the little that she should hurry home to bed ; but, instead o n f c a doing a s n o e , e s , h w e h r e e p h a n i t y h e b e h f o e us : e e g o i f v e a n female and who had to an illegitimate male child, d red sh t o o rtl agreed, for a very paltry consideration, to trans fer her offspring to Mrs. D-. In terms of this arrangement, the child was carried to the . house of Mrs. D-, and when her husband came home in the evening he was delighted to find, lying beside his wife in bed, a litttle one, to whom he looked to perpetuate his name and inherit his fortune. The birth of the child was registered as having taken place on the 22nd of May, 1866, whereas the infant first saw the light ou the 10th of April preceding. it was also falsely ' registered as the son of Mr. D-, who, honest man, seems to have entertained no suspicion what ever as to the paternity of the child. So far everything had succeeded according to the wishes of Mrs. D-. Perhaps the greatness of her success only whetted her ambition, for within. the last month she concocted another scheme, by which she hoped at once to attain to the enjoyment which she expected her husband's riches would afford. Accordingly, it is alleged that she forced open the box or drawer in which her husband kept the re ceipt for the £l,OOO, and, abstracting it, went to oue of the banks of the city, where, on presenting it, bearing the forged indorsation of her husband's 440 was funlioiod M bee deoiro wit 4 two notes for £lOO each, and a receipt representing the re maining £BOO ; and on going home she placed the receipt in her husband's box, retaining the £2OO for present use. And now Mrs. D-- sought to realise the pleasures of the wealthy. She bought a gcrld watch, a chain, and other expensive trinkets, besides numerous and valuable dresses. Finally, she dis appeared. The abstraction of the receipt belonging to her husband could not be concealed, and when she saw that affairs were coming to a crisis she went off, carrying with her the child of her adoption, and accompanied by a female companion. The case was then given into the hands of Mr. Henry Miller, Virginia-street, who at once set to work in making investigations, and thus it came about that earnest inquiries by advertisement were made as to the whereabouts of the missing lady. After a long-continued and active search, Mr. Miller succeeded, two or three mornings ago, in appre hending Mrs. D- in a small town in the north of England, whence he brought her back to Glasgow. The alleged abstraction of her husband's receipt was a doubtful case for criminal proceedings, nor could she be dealt with for imposing upon him with the child, but in causing a breach of the laws relating to the registration of births to be committed she rendered herself amenable to a criminal prosecution. The circumstances were reported to the registrar general, who ordered an investigation, which has resulted in the public prosecutor taking up the case. We understand that Mrs. D-was examined on Monday, and committed for trial. Mr. Miller has recovered £B5 of the money taken away by the accused, besides the gold watch and trinkets, dresses, &c. A BUFFALO HUNT. The scene of my adventure is on the broad plains in the Red River settlement. We are waiting for the mist to rise, which it will do when the sun comes fairly above the horizon. Ah ! there it goes, the fog lifting like a veil. It does not evaporate, so to speak, and disperse, but rises en masse like a balloon, and at once becomes invisible ; and now we can make out the buffalos scattered over the plain ; some are busily cropping their dewy breakfast, others are still lying down in little groups—but all are in happy ignorance of the dire enemies lurking behind the knoll watching their every movement. Craftily, and with extreme caution, we walk our horses to the windward of the herd, and as we emerge from the cover of the ridge, the trumpet like notes of the older bulls tells us that we are dis covered. Concealment is now of no further use, the beasts are crowding wildly Indians after together like sheep when scared by a dog. Th piercing rapidl whoop, and we d as h the now a now y retreating herd, their tails upheaved, and their horns rattling noisily ag ainst one another. The 1 very plain seems t o shake, I dc ou sof blinding dust, raised by thousands of hoofs , 0 nearly h . ide the hunters from each other, whilst a rumbling noise, like subdued thunder, seems to absorb and swallow up all other sounds. I soon overtake the rearmost animals, and singling outa young cow drop her in her track •s , recharge my gun, and single out this time a fine old bull. He seems to roll rather than gallop along, his nose nearly touch ing the gra ss , an d his b shaggy brown mane tossing wildly in the breeze. - y 1 11 horse, though thoroughly up to his work, appears to know by past ex perience that it is no mean foe he has to deal with ; laying back his ears, and pushing out his nose, as if to make the most of every breath of air, the gallant mustang thunders on at such a pace that I find my self side by side with the shaggy bull before I have time to think of my position in reference to the other stragglers of the herd. Now or never I must fire, or lose my chance. Lowering my gun I pull the trigger. It appeared to me that the cap had hardly exploded ere my mustang wheeled short about with such startling velocity, that it was with the utmost difficulty I contrived to retain my seat ; but, as if the fates were against me, two other buffalos were directly in the way, and for a few seconds prevented the horse from galloping away from the bull, which, turning nearly as rapidly as the horse, charged, and striking the horse on the point of the shoulder sent us both rolling on the plain. I was terribly frightened and shaken, but adapting Falstaff's maxim, " that the better part of valour is discre tion," I lay still to await the issue of events. The mustang had by this time regained his legs, and was, with evident difficulty, limping away as fast as his damaged shoulder permitted. That the bull was badly wounded I could see by his rolling gait, heavy breathing, and the bloody froth besmearing his nostrils and lips. Ido not think he saw me, for his glaring eyes were directed towards the horse, which he made a vigorous at tempt to follow ; but it proved a signal failure. The wounded beast seemed to be perfectly aware that if once he fell to the ground all hope for him was at an end, so bracing his muscles firmly, and placing his massive legs wide apart, the powerful animal seemed determined to stand up to the last. Hurt and frightened as I was, I felt sorry for him ; the eyes lost all their fire, and a saddened expression took its p l ace . lie tried to get glimpses of his com rades, by this time nearly lost in the distance ; and I know that dying buffalo was quite aware that he should never see them again. H i s great chest was heaving convulsively, and low plaintive sounds, more resembling sobs than anything else I know of, told in language plain as printed words how terrible were his sufferings. The head dropped, until the nose was nearly touching the grass, the ponderous body rocked like a storm-tossed ship from side to side, a gurgling sound replaced the stertorous breath ing; then suddenly the muscles seemed to lose all further power, and with a he ivy crash the king of the plain fell dead a midst the grass and wild flowers. The Indians soon recovered my lost steed, for his shoulder was so much injured that he could only contrive to limp slowly away.---A Home in the Wil derness. Electioneering at Weymouth. --~--- At the general election of 1865 four candidates made their appearance for side,he borou gh of Wey mouth _n th e two sitting me mbers, Mr. Brooks, a merchant and shipowner, o thecoConservative and Lord Grey de Wilton ; from the Liberal camp Capt. Gridley, an unsuccessful candidate at Bever ley in 1860, and Mr. H. Edwards, politically candi dus. Mr. Brooks was popular in Weymouth ; Lord Grey de Wilton was not, having treated his consti tuents with considerable indifference. The return of the poll was—Brooks, 38 1 ; Gridley, 378 ; Grey de Wilton, 28 ; Edwards, 14. The history of the trans action is as follows : Weymouth for many years has been anything but pure. Its iniquity was, how ever, organised ; gangs of voters served under the orders of ringleaders, men of acknowledged worth and strict probity, who fairly distributed amongst their followers the prize money obtained from the Banda and Kirwee of contested elections. On this occa sion, however, the System of limited liability was set aside, and, in consequence of the strike, the free l and independent asserted their freedom and inde pendence, irrespective of party considerations. There were, however, formulas of procedure. Ac cording to the rites of one denomination, the elector l on being asked for his vote, replied by biding his face from the can did ate wit h the crown of his hat, saying with maiden coyness, Oh, sir, I can't look at you." Inside his hat, in large letters, was writ ten what the French call his chiffre." Another would at once state his price, placing it high, say at three or four hundred pounds. On a remonstrance from the agent, in the tone of familiar cajolery employed at elections—such as, " Come, William, you are opening your mouth too wide; what will the old woman say to-night at your family prayers ?"—the answer was, " Well, sir, you'll be glad to give me double at half-past three on Wednesday." A third would boldly refuse to give any answer at all, merely volunteering a winking counsel that at the before mentioned date he would be found at home. At length, on the eve of the nomination, or rather at four o'clock on the morning of the poll, the four candidates met, compared their accounts, and found that neither couple could hope to be returned under an expenditure, it is said, of £30,000, or something more tban £3O per head of the constituency. So it was agreed to withdraw one from each side. Lord Grey was withdrawn by the Conservatives, being juticUlciaber two 4qt4i4 Gridley wee to be the Liberal elected, being senior as a candidate to his colleague. The borough, therefore, was practi cally disfranchised by the candidates themselves ; and the leaders of parties subsequently agreed that all future elections at Weymouth should be kept one and one, in order to avoid the inevitable penalties to be inflicted by the looming Reform Bill on pec cant constituencies. Captain Gridley, for reasons of his own, is now retiring, and Mr. Edwards steps into his shoes without a contest, in pursuance of the compact.—Pall Mall Gazette. A Ghost Scene. -4- LOIBL AND ANOTTIF.R V. STRAMPFER. At the Bail court, yesterday, an action was brought for an alleged breach of contract relative to the production of the " Ghost" scene at the de fendant's theatre at Vienna. The defendant pleaded a variety of pleas, amongst others that the plaintiff had not complied with the terms of the agreement. Mr. Sergeant Parry and Mr. Wood were counsel for the plaintiffs ; Dr. Kenealy and Mr. Anstey were counsel for the defendant. The plaintiffs are proprietors of the Pavilion Music Hall in the Haymarket, and are licensers of Diecks and Pepper's apparatus for producing the well known illusion " The Ghost." The defendant is proprietor of the Imperial and Royal Theatre at Vienna. In July, 1863, a correspondence took place between the parties relative to the production of the illusion in Vienna, which resulted in an agreement between them, whereby the plaintiffs were to perform for 14 nights, the defendant gua ranteeing the receipts of the theatre should nightly amount to 3,000 florins, one half of which should be paid to the plaintiffs. There had been an unsuc cessful performance of the ghost at the Joseph Theatre in Berlin, but Mr. Villiers, the plaintiffs' agent, subsequently presented it with great satis faction at the Victoria Theatre in Berlin. It was about this time the arrangement was come to be tween the plaintiffs and the defendant, and the former account of it was that the defendant was in no particular hurry, because he was desirous of bringing out a new piece, " Miss Aurora's Secret," in which the ghost was to appear. Defendant, however, put another piece on the stage without the ghost (which materially interfered with plaintiffs' arrangements), which did not succeed. Mr. Villiers, however, after great trouble and delay, at last got the stage cut, the glasses fixed, and on the night of the 15th August there was an undress successful rehearsal to a practised eye, but the figures being in black, only the face and hands were fully shown. Although but one ghost at a time had up to that period been produced, Mr. Villiers, at the defendant's request, produced four, and also made the ghost walk. Defendant, however, then said he wanted something dif ferent, and professed to be displeased, and desired to change the terms of the agreement. On the 17th August, the defendant still declining to carry out the agreement, the plaintiffs put the matter in the hands of a lawyer in Vienna ; but as it was sup posed to be au English contract the proceedings were stopped, and the plaintiffs then proceeded against the defendant in this country. Plaintiffs had been put to about £lOO expenses. Mr. Villiers, the plaintiff, and other witnesses were called in support of their case, and denied there was delay on their part. The defence was, that in consequence of the great excitement which the production of a ghost occa sioned in 1863 the managers of all the continental theatres were most anxious to gratify their respec tive patrons, and the defendant entered into an arrangement with plaintiffs. He telegraphed that the illusion must be presented in the beginning of August, but instead of that the apparatus did not arrive until the Bth. A further delay occurred until the 15th of August, from the plaintiffs not being able to obtain the glasses and other matters. Every thing was then confusion ; the performance was most unsatisfactory, and the loss to the defendant had been very great. Plaintiffs knew that several ghosts would be required to appear at the same time, but they only made arrangements for the pro duction of four. All the persons who saw the re hearsal were dissatisfied, and so expressed them selves to Mr. Villiers. It was such, they said, as they dare not present to the public. Evidence was taken under a commission in Vienna on behalf of the defendant, which was to the effect that the plaintiffs had caused great delay, and that the experiments were unsuccessful, as they could not produce the ghosts in a complete and perfect form. It was further contended that the whole affair had been settled by the Austrian courts, and that the plaintiffs had no right to proceed against the de fendant in this country. Evidence was then given with reference to the proceeding taken by the plaintiffs in Austria. A power of attorney signed by the plaintiffs was put in, authorising an Austrian advocate to do all acts for them—to sue, compromise, and stay proceedings. Proceedings were commenced, and afterwards stayed, each party paying his own costs; the effect of it was that by the Austrian law further proceed ings could be taken. Justice Lusk said his opinion was that the contract was an Austrian one, and that according to the Austrian law proceedings had been stayed, and that consequently the defendant had proved that plea. The court then went into the merits of the case. The manager of the theatre deposed that in the p l ay o f Miss Aurora's Secret" six ghosts were to appear, but the plaintiffs never attempted to produce more than four. The figures were never perfect. Witness was one of the ghosts, and was dressed in a light suit. The persons present expressed great dissatisfaction at the rehearsal performance. Th e jury ultimately returned a verdict for the defendant. STATE OF TRADE. BELFAST, June 11 . —Flax---The various markets of this province continue to be pretty well supplied, taking into consideration the advanced season. Buyers, on the whole, were numerous, and prices very firm. Yarns. —Although a fair demand pre vails, still the transactions were not so numerous as were those of the week preceding. The business done on home account was considerable. Prices re main firm. Linens, brown handlooms.—Heavy linens, cloth for dyeing and hollands and printing lawns have been neglected ; other descriptions of handloom goods have been more sought after, and in some cases higher prices sought for. Powerloom goods are not in active request. Roughs and light linens for bleaching form exceptions. Prices of all the different descriptions stationary. Bleached and finished linens.—Very little improvement, if any at all, in the home trade, although some small orders have appeared. Continental demand, though not active, is steady. The operations of American buyers were made very cautiously. In stocks and prices there is no alteration. NorriNGßAm.—During the past week very little business in the lace trade has been done owing to the Whitsuntide holidays. Fine weather having now set in, however, the summer trade will doubt less begin to open out, and " hands" will then be more briskly employed. The plain department con tinues very inactive, and yarns maintain their previ ous firmness. The hosiery branch is still decidedly active, although the Whitsuntide holydays have dur ing the week greatly interfered with the despatch of business. The home trade is improving, and foreign orders come in with marked regularity. ARRIVAL OF A GOLD SIIIP.—PLYMOUTII, June 12. —The Yorkshire, from Melbourne, on the 18th March, has arrived in the Channel with 24,646 oz. of gold. DESPATCH OF TROOPS FOR CANADA.—The Man treal Company's s.s. Nestorian, which sails to-day from Liverpool for Quebec, will carry out about 500 troops, being detachments of the 3d Brigade Royal Artillery, and of the 15th, 22d, 29th, and 30th Regiments, all at present stationed in Canada. The officers accompanying the troops are Capt. W. S. Jemmett, Capt. H. C. Patton, Ensign H. Hall, Capt. H. C. Singleton, and Lieut. F. Clowes. Amongst the 90 cabin passengers who will also sail in the Nestorian are Lord Monck (Governor-General of Canada), Lady Monck, and family ; the Hon. Misses Mouck, and servants. The s.s. St. David, belonging to the same company, sailed yes terday from the Mersey, with troops for lialifaz and St. John, N.D. SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. TIMES.—The Hall of the Merchant Taylors' Corn pany is the sacred ground and the oracular shine of Conservatism. Yielding to its festive inspiration, the most cautious statesmen have become prophets, and the wisest have run th e r i s k o f b e i ng con f ron t e d in an evil day with their unfulfilled prophecies. In those merry and glorious occasions we can remem ber none that may vie in real interest and substantial significance with the prediction of a Conservative Chancellor of the Exchequer, a Conservative of the Conservatives, the scourge o f Peel, and the Avenger of Protection, as to the future working of a measure which in its magnitude and compass surpasses all the reforms and revolutions of English history. Mr. Disraeli has opened the gate, walked in, s idd!ed, mounted, and ridden off with the steed which scores of the most Liberal statesmen have lost public confi dence in by merely looking at. Ile now returns to the spot where every tradition and every association is dead against him, and undertakes to relieve the most prosperous, the most exalted, the most bigoted, and the most nervous of their lifelong alarms, and even their natural antipathies. The biological professors who will make you handle a hot poker and feel it cold, or drink milk and think it brandy, never at tempted such a feat as to pass off a Democratic Re form for a bit of good old Toryism. But there can be no doubt the experiment was successful, and that, without even the pangs of repentance or the sensa tion of going round, all these noblemen and gentle men did really feel that they were very consistent and very triumphant, and that they were rapidly gaining the very summit of their political wishes by resigning themselves implicitly to the laws of gravi tation. Mr. Disraeli meets prophecy with prophecy, and, while others are fearing for our institutions, he has himself no fear for anything this bill will do. His Conservatism is not a qualm, but a faith. The Crown rests on that universal loyalty which is strongest in the poorest, not to say the least edu cated. The House of Lords only embodies an in finite mass of traditionary knowledge and sentiment pervading all classes, and every part of our country. It cannot well be denied that the Church will beliable to certain dangers and attacks, but so it is now, and there is no reason to expect much difference. The Church will be the Church still, and in much the same case. All the elements of society will be the same--the same classes, the same influences, and, as their proportions will remain the same, so also pro bably will the composition of the House of Commons. All this looks like simply falling upon the natural character, the customs, and the institutions of the country, as if a chief were to abandon a line of for tifications costing more than its worth, and to be take himself to, the open field, trusting to natural resources and the popular spirit. If those institu tions of which we have all beard so much are in deed worth fighting for, they must be good for something in themselves. The House of Commons, as actually constituted, has long boasted to be the guardian of the Crown, the Peerage, the Church, and all that we love England for. Do they, then, depend upon it? Are they bound not only to it, but even to its most anomalous and fortuitous arrangements ? Have they no self-subsistence, no independent vitality ? Has the House of Commons made them, or they the House of Commons ? The national trustee is very proud of the trust, and justly proud, but the estate and its owners existed before the trust, and may remain, or even improve, if the trust be a little reformed. But the fears of which we have heard so much, and which for more than 30 years have constituted the very stock of trading Conservatism, themselves suggest a suspi cion that the great institutions of the country have not fared quite so well as they might at the hands of the great public steward. If the Crown, if the House of Lords, if the Church, have indeed fallen into the state which these fears suppose, has the Parliamentary stewardship nothing to do with it ? There are stewards whose masters are always in difficulties. There are doctors whose patients are always ailing. Some would persuade us that, ex cept the House of Commons, everything is on its last legs; and it is just the particular balance and adjustment of the House that props us all up, and prevents us all from going by the run, and tumbling into a heap to-morrow. The very argument brings its own answer, for it supposes the House of Com mons to be a usurper which has gradually drained every other institution of its independence, its power, and its functions. It is possible to conceive a change which shall strengthen both the trust and its objects ; which shall give us a stronger House of Commons, and at the same time a stronger Execu tive, a stronger Crown, a stronger House of Lords, a stronger Church, a stronger People. The cry long has been, "Do not strengthen the House of Commons, lest it overwhelm and devour everything else." The answer is that, as things now are, no thing is strong enough for its proper office. The House is not, confessedly, with the consent of all sides ; nor is the Crown, nor the Upper House, nor any other institution. Such a solution of the pro blem is so simple, and it is one so calculat e d t o un it e the suffrages of all parties, that if it be true we may reasonably ask how people have come to miss it. Mr. Disraeli is forced to anticipate this little ques tion, and it compels him to descend from the other wise high and conciliatory tone in which his speech is conceived. The House of Commons, somehow or other, prompted by its Liberal leaders, had allowed its regards to rest on a small class of men, skilled workmen—the better artisan s , w h om i t had' got to think more generous and noble, and much better politicians, than the classes immediately above or below. They are easier to talk with, they are more citizens of the world and men of the world than the small men of business who keep shops, or the labourers who live by just the sweat of their brow. If by some feat of political tactics these could be embraced in the constituency, the lower mercantile element still kept at its pro per proportion, and mere labour kept out, the House of Commons would be stronger, and the cry for Re form silenced. The Whigs, like bad chess-players, stuck to this game even after it had been baffled, and, while possessing popularity, could only be po pular in this narrow sense. They were even so blinded as not to take the solemn warning thrown in their way by the operations of this idolised class .for the protection of its own industry against gene ral competition. Mr. Disraeli saw the ground thus left open to him, and has introduced into the con who ca n g i ve t h e usua l p l e d ge s tituency everybody for his stake and interest in good order and the common weal. He conceives that both in town and in country he has found the social basis in which domestic and social feelings are the strongest, and in which the institutions of the country may be said to have their moral foundation. Find the peo ple who are naturally, by long tradition, and by many associations, loyal, subordinate, respectful, and religious, and here y ou h ave t h e true p l a tf or m of Kings, Lords, and Commons, and the proper constituency of the Lower House. Mr. Disraeli proclaims that he has found it, and that the most anxious Conservative m ay feel himself safe in such hands. POST.—A reaction app ears to b e se t t i ng in in favour of the system of composition for rates, and after the compound householder has been publicly sacrificed to the necessities of the Reform question an attempt is being made to bring him to life again, and to re-establish those conditions which as long as they existed were held to be sufficient to dis qualify those living under them for a share in the government of the country. It is not the de funct compound householder himself who asks to be revived into existence, though if he could appre ciate the difference which, we are told, his own extinction will make to his pocket he would pro bably he foremost in so doing. But he of all creatures understands himself and his own situa tion the least; and besides this, since he has been admitted to the vote on the express condition of coming out of the composition, any agitation on his part for a return to the system would fairly be looked upon as evidence of a desire to have his cake and to eat it too. The compounder himself there fore is properly silent, and those who are his special defenders probably prefer to wait for a reformed Parliament before again bringing him into the van of the battle. Nor is it even in the interest of the compounder that the reactionary movement is being made against the abolition of the system, for it is led by his natural enemies the parish authorities, for whose satisfaction and at whose suggestion the " device of old Nick's," as Mr. Henley calls it, was first introduced. Accordingly on Saturday a deputation composed wholly of vestry clerks from the various parishes of the metropolis waited upon the President of the Poor-law Board, and on Mon day the same body had a " conference " with Mr. Gladstone in order to state their case, which cer tainly appears to have some very strong points about it. In the first Place, it seems rather hard that au arrangement which has subsisted for years, which originated in a mutual agreement between the parties to it, and which, so far as its own objects are concerned, has completely succeeded, should be suddenly overthrown without either of the parties being so much as consulted, and for reasons which have actually no earthly connection with it. Mr. Henley may think that to collect poor -rates from the humbler classes of occupiers is to rob them, but if this were so, it must be held that any scheme of taxation which presses, however remotely and however slightly, upon those classes is a robbery of the same sort ; and the arguments against the corn ' position system are equally strong against customs, excise, and all taxes whatever which are not strictly limited to the rich. To those, however, who hold it to be desirable that all taxes should be collected in their proportionate shares from rich and poor alike, the composition system must fully indeed, the only commend itself. It furnishes, possible means by which poor-rates can be le vied at all upon the lowest class of occupiers , fo it is ridiculous to suppose that these either could o would save up and keep during the long intervals of three months the rate due from them for that quar ter. The conditio ns o f thei r hand-to-mouth exist ence would not permit them to do this were they ever so disposed to do it, and, as the vestry cle rks point out, the attempt to enforce the rate upon such people in such a manner must be attended with enormous difficulties. It is certain that quarterlY, payments from these sort o f v ot e rs cannot be loo ked for, and if any proof is re q uired of this, the b est possible proof is afforded by the fact that they not even pay their rent in that manner, so that it has to be collected weekly or not at all. The co.te poution has hitherto furnished the means of g et over the difficulties of the case in a manner I N hien is obviously as fair in conception as it has been suc cessful in execution. What in effect is more nat ural than that the landlord, who is already in cons tant t communication with hi s tenants for the purpos e . 0 w hile collecting his weekly rent f r om them, should, doing that, at the same time collect in weekly instal ments the rate due to the pari s h ? That is the w hole of the composition system, and we have never been able to see that it is in itself other than desirable, still less that it should carry with it extra disabilities or disadvantages. If poor rates are not to be lev ied at all, or if they are only to be levied upon those who can pay with equal convenience at any time and in any manner, that is a good reason for object ing to composition ; but if, as we have been told t again and again, it is the desire of the Governme n that all those who can should assume the burdens of the State, then the composition should have b een maintained as the best means to that end. It i s at any rate easy to understand that the parish autho rities view the change with alarm, for in all those parishes where the composition has hitherto been carried on it will bring with it a very considerable loss upon every rate that is henceforth levied-- a loss which will be, in fact, near equal to Or whole rates that have hitherto been got 10 from the entire body of compounders. It is true that the Reform Bill offers a great advantage In return for this injury, but, unfortunately, the ad" yantageis not offered to those upon whom the in jury, is inflicted , for while it is the parish wh ich loses the rate, it is the compounder who gets th e vote, and it is not to be expected that local auth°' rities take sufficient interest in the political status of of their ratepayers to think this any compensa tion to them. In fact s parishes have nothing what ever to do with imperial politics, and political considera tons should not be mixed up with parochial ar rangements any more than with other extraneous matters. It would be no consolation, for instance, to the tailors of the kingdom if they we re depriv e _ of the power of getting their bills paid to be told n' was the only means that had been discovered to enable their debtors to vote for members of Parlia ment ; and yet this is precisely what has been 400 with the parishes. What makes it more aneoP. n g o .' too, is that there was no real necessity for doinoe anything of the sort, and it is only in consequ e . e of the Reform Bill having at the outset conta in clauses which were intended to exclude compou nde Tl altogether that it became necessary at last to fa," back upon a solution of the difficulty thus gratuitella,,i created, which sacrifices the pecuniary interests the parishes to the political interests of the eeln, (lewd pounders. 'lip first blunder was in laying it ( l ew d that no man should vote if he compounded; s n it this brought about the second blunder, of laying A i is t down that no man should compound at all ; a nd " t of no advantage to the parishes to be told that ' on the whole, the second blunder is not so g reat as the first; for as regard s th em it is actu ally greater. The vestry clerks suggest that a remedy should be applied by introdu c i ng a provision th . 3 ; " where tenements are let at a rate not exeee dle a t £2O per annum for less than a year, or an ag re h i e ment by which the rent is received or made pa3c a , at any shorter period than three months, shall be allowable to rate the owner instead of th e occupier, preserving, of course, to the latter . t ,, right of voting. If this is adopted it will certain,i,_ go far towards getting rid of the worst part of tr o difficulty, since it is precisely in cases w here la w s , ' rent is paid " at shorter periods than three moll, t d that the composition is most useful. This won in effect be a return, by a most extraordinary al; round-about road, to the proposal already 113 from the Liberal side, that the mode of n o ting should not be allowed to affect the power of volt —a proposal which, as Mr. Gladstone rernin a de d vestry clerks, was rejected by a consideraher majority. If, however, by this or by any et b a means such a return can be made, it will no i _t, ‘ „ a necessary to inquire too nicely how it bas r ot effected, for the bill would thereby be rellev' os t what is now the greatest blot upon it, and the ti,_ l .„ ll . deplorable record of the past mistakes out of virol' it has been dragged to its present position. COUNTRY MARKETS. At our market to-day there was a fair supPlY HULL.—TUESDAY. for which farmers early in the day were firm, at the priceS of last week. On the part of intending buyers, hove there was a great disinclination to operate except decline rn duction,and . ratb9 l of is to 2s for English and is for foreign. Barley scarce, and fine samples saleable at late terms. Oats in moderate show, but steady. Beans quiet, at full price s ' Peas disposed of at recent rates. Dan English white wheat, 61s to 68s; red, 62s to 64s • of wheat, sic and Konigsberg, 61s to 72s ; Baltic red, 62s to 665; Danish and Hamburg, 62s to 64s ; Russian, 57s to 5 95 * Barley, English, 36s to 49s ; grinding, Mediterranean, 34s .to 35s 6d. Oats, new English, 26s to 28s; Russian, 26s to 275. Beans, old English, 58s to 60s; foreign, 4 " to 445. Peas, English blue, 42-, to 44s Od; foreign white, 44s to 455; grinding, 43s to 413 Od per qr. LYNN—TUESDAY. Our market to-day was thinly supplied with wheat, and the demand was not active. To got on with business sellers had to take is to 2s per qr less money. Barley was Tory dull. Oats brought about last week's money, and the supply was short. Beans in slow demand, and scarcely maintained their late values. Now wheat, 68s to 72s ; new rod, 62s to 665; old white, —s to —s ; old red, —s to —s per 36 stone. Barley for malting, 47s to 51s ; secondary, 42s to 455. Oats, neNc• 24s to 26s per 21 stone. Beans, small, 43 s to 48s. r 5 e 3, 37s to 41s per 28 stone. MONMOUTHSHIRE—TUESDAY. Only a small quantity of home-grown wh eat has been !: offered for sale at the local markets, and there was no to? illation whatever evinced in business, buyers being s till unwilling to enter into largo transactions. The tenden c y of prices has been downwards, and a decline of about ls p 3 .; qr. has taken place since last week. The same ma y be sa_tu, of foreign wheat. Barley steady, grinding selling freSv at the current rates. Oats a fair sale ; beaus unclisagen The following are the average quotations:—Wheat, e or, 7s 3d to 7s 9d per bushel ; white, 7s 9d to 8s 3d ; 6s 'id to Gs 6d ; mailing barley, 42s to 415 per qr ; g ri ko ing ditto, 34s to 36s Od; beans, 43s to 45s ; white oatS7 to 29s 6d ; black ditto, 20s 6d o 27s Od. SALISBURY.—TUESDAY. The supply of wheat shown was very limited , and s3ll could not be effected except at a reduction of 13 P e ; cl o d:ts not more. In grinding barley nothing doing; `i n 't latebeans, and peas were likewise moderately dealt in 3 quotations. Flour receded is per sack. The following are the quotations :—Wheat realiseasfr4lll3 62s to 72s ; barley, 32s to 40s; oats, 26s to 33s ; be 3n to to 58s ; and bushelsa, 40s to 48s per qr. Tares, from 5 , 7,6 d per ; Best bread, 16d ; household ditto, per 81b loaf. Flour, 46s to 50s per sack. 1 COAL MARKET. Price per ton at the closeof the market. 0 s. d. 1 8 Hetton Lyons l7 3 13rancepeth C. G as "' 18 9 South Hetton Walker Primrose l3 6 Bradyell's Hettol3 ...... s 3. Walls End Hetton Original Hartlepool Tees ships at market, 50—sold, 29. _ On Friday last, at St. Peter'd, Maidstone, — to congregation consisting of two ladies only, the commenced with "Dearly beloved sisters." — Church Births. tli° ALDERSON—On the 10th inst lt Bury St . Edmund" wife of Edward S. Alderson '' , ' Esq., of a s•on. Professor MULLER—On the 9th inst ,at Oxford the wife of May Muller, of a son. , ' c,. ffordf WEST—On the 10th inst., at Creswell Hall, near o'' , t i l e the wife of Temple West , Lieut.-Colonel, fornierlY °` Grenadier Guards, of a ion. i Mar ll raes. GANDY—DIXON—On the th g inst., at the Paris' ';"gli of Heversham, Alice Elizabeth Brandreth, eldeft ter of Lt.-Col. Gaudy, late of the Scots Fusialier G ma l la vs l ' Heaves, Westmoreland, to Alfred Dixon, Captill Artillery. Chur ch, HAMPSON—RUSSELL—On the 12th iust , at Christr Preston, John D. C. liampson, Esq.,*of 7, Dorset-tV3c5 to Louisa, widow of the late W. T. Russell, 116(11 Winekton, Hants. Deaths. BEASLEY—On the 12th inst., in London, Thos. 0.33ea5" of Marston, Leicestrshire, aged 68. DO I DUDMAN—On the 11th inst., at N ew t on Abbot, R obt. man, Esq., H.C.S., of Paignton, Devon, aged 79. no ' DYSON—On the 10th inst., at Watford , Herts, John PYs' Esq., aged 58. , Sail' MACMEIKAN —On the 11th inst., at Chartloy Cast.,l_,' of fordshire, Mary, widow of Jo hu Macmeikau, -,-'4.' Stranraer, Wigtonshiro, aged 90. O• t 13, MEWBURN—On the 11th inst., at Larchfield, Farling Francis Mewburn, Esq , aged 82. lif' Mould lr MOULD—On the 11th inst., at Derby , Ca p t. ,I; late pay, Adjutant of the Derbyshire Yeomanry Cavay 7th Hussars. ----............. London: Printed and Published by WILLI.A.SI of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at Till', SON Otto, 1 0 . ; of Strand, in the Precinct o f the Sa,voy, in tlio CQ 1211 "/ MiddiCzeL—Thurally, June 13, 1867. 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