The Sun. — London, England, 1863-06-22 00:00:00

THE FIGHT AT PORT HUDSON. The following further details of the fight at Port Hudson are from the New Orleans correspondence of the New York Herald : NEW ORLEANS, June 1. " A great mystery hangs over the fight at Port Hudson on the 27th ult. Nothing concerning it is allowed to be published in any of the papers of this city, and no official information can be had from any one on the subject. Admittance to the hospitals is also refused, and although the wounded have been arriving here in large numbers, we have been thus far unable to obtain their names or condition. Why this secrecy is observed is to all surprising. From all that can be obtained concerning the fight it is evident that our lines are well advanced from where they were, and that we suffered no repulse except on the left, and that was of no great importance ex- Oepting in lose of killed and wounded. " In my account forwarded per steamer Morning Star some errors naturally occurred, coming, as the information did, from several sources ; but it was in the main correct, I have, however, to change the list of officers killed and wounded. The first infor mation we had was of such positive character that I had no hesitation in forwarding it as correct ; but, as it was not, no blame can be attached save to those who refuse to allow authentic information to be had. I am rejoiced to say that neither Gen. Nickerson, Col, Clarke, 6th Michigan ; Col. Bulloch, 30th Mas sachusetts, nor Col. Payne, 2d Louisiana, are in the least injured ; but I regret to say that Cot. Lull, Bth New Hampshire ; Col. Bean, 4th Wisconsin, and Capt. Wrotonaski, Gen. Weitzel's staff are among the killed. I have several other names of officers killed and wounded, but will not send them until I have the most positive proof in regard to their condition. The whole course pursued in the late affair leads the secession portion of our com munity to think that General Banks has met with a disastrous defeat, and they do not hesitate to express the opinion. If it were not I know to the contrary I certainly should think in the same manner ; for I cannot understand the policy of keepiug everything so very quiet, unless it is for the reason that we do not wish the enemy to know the loss we have sustained. The friends and relatives of the many thousand men who com pose the Nineteenth army corps must not blame the press if they do not receive information concerning those dear to them, but the authorities, who deem it best that nothing should be said about the matter. I can imagine the anxiety for news from this depart ment when the intelligence reaches the North of the late desperate fight, and would gladly do all I can to relieve it, but it is out of my power at pre sent for the reasons above stated. s , All accounts agree in stating that the attempted assault on the left was most desperate. The bravery exhibited by the 6th Michigan, 128th New Yerk, 2d Battalion Zonaves, and the 2d Native Guards was never excelled, and bat seldom equalled. The assault was led by General W. T. Sherman, com mander of the division, in person, and it was here that our greatest loss occurred. When the details of this affair are given to the public they will afford one of the most brilliant chapters ever written in military history, so far as the bravery of the assaulting column is concerned. I have it from authority that cannot be questioned that General Sherman, with the eye of a military man, seeing how utterly hopeless the attempt would be, and knowing the frightful loss of life that would occur, protested against the plan of attack, but all to no purpose, the order being peremptory. Forming his division into three lines, and leading them himself, thi gallant and trusty soldier moved against the i m mensely strong fortified position of the enemy, feeling all the time that he was attempting an im possibiliiy- The result proved him correct, for although some of his command crossed the ditch, passed the abattis, reached the parapet, and planted their colours thereon, but few of them returned to tell the tale. The General was borne from the field in the arms of his orderly, with a terrible wound, and his command fell back to a position not sub jected to the terrible fire of the enemy. As an illus tration of how desperate the fighting was, and how much our gallant fellows had to encounter, I give a copy of a letter written by the lamented Col. Bean, of the 4th Wisconsin, who fell on the 28th. His description is in regard to the night of the 27th. Be says : "‘ I will give you the first day of the battle of Port Hudson. It is the morning of the second day on yetaich I write. I came off the field last night after the battle had ceased, crippled so that I was just able to make a few rods to a horse. I lamed myself by some violent exertion, jump, or fall in the abattis. When or how Ido not recal, so that my leg is stiff and I cannot walk. I wrote you from Simmsport when I received —'s letter. We lace to Bayou Sara, then mar ched from that p crossed the river and marched here. Here we found ourselves in a dense Southern forest, one mile and a half through, our pickets and the enemy's meet ing midway. The day before we had driven them so far in, losing 100 men killed and wounded. On the further edge of the forest there are a series of deep ravines, beyond high bluffs. On these bluffs the enemy's forts are built—strong redoubts flank ing each ether, covered and connected by rifle pits. There is a cleared space in front of tae forte of six to ten hundred yards', the trees having been felled so as to form a formidable abattis. Oar negro re giments had cut a road through the forest for our artillery as far as our pickets extended. At 4 a.m. we marched in line, driving in the enemy's pickets, and in a few moments more falling on their infan try in rifle pits this side of their abattis. driving them through it over into their forts. When we commenced the march we were in three lines, and two were in front of my regiment. When we got through it I was in front of everything. We pressed down through the abattis and halted en a crest of .hills within near rifle shot of the breastworks. Of course when we got through there was the most ine.etricable confusion, and it was the diligent and exc e l , sive work of hours to bring the regiments to gether and into line again. The abattis and woods were filled with stragglers, cowards, and men look ing for tl, eir regiments. I finally succeeded in getting .men and a hundred others, hopelessly separa ted fro D a their commands , org anised and in position, and as I said before, in the v er y front of the whole army. Of course it took time to make our way through tia' abattis, and we were under the murderous fire of ten or twelve cannon and of all the infantry' 1,1 the rifle pits. I cannot give any description of this fire, because, as at Baton Rouge, I was perfectly uncamacious of it, and didn't hear a cannon ball or a rifle shot whiz, though the men were fast falling on every same of me. My anxiety to press my regiment forward and to keep it in order wholly absorbed me. But during those few fatal moments in which w 3 were crawling over and under the felled trees, and through the branches, some of my b e st • men fell. Captain Craigon WAS hit with a musket ball, not mortally I hope, and the poor fellow lay there am an ox, laughing a t his ong the trees bleeding like wound, and cheering on his men. Capt. Herren had his leg knocked off. It has since been amputated, and life is questionable, and n be lies on his bed crying, the for his leg, and now t hat he did not get intoforts. Lieutenant Fierce, of the same company, Was shot in the arm but seemed quite consoled when I told him the re giment w as ahead of everything. Lieutenan t Chittenden was hit in the breast ; how b a d ly I do no t know. Ou r whole loss :wring the day was a b out a a ll b i At t t ° i:, k an i d a nd th 3 e oo w w or a s s t 70 killed, and wounded, the field. Having ed pass u nder the crest of the finding shelt er for the men hill, 1 halted, and in half an hour the mensilence drove aw ay the gunner s from their pieces and d every cannon but one—that being out of range— nor dare a man of the rebels show his head above ,the breastworks. The number o f t heir killed and ye,ounded must have been great before they inbtionod their guns. I have just been reading the Herald of the 7th of the battle of Chancellorsville, and of the attack made on Saturday by the rebels on Sykes" division of regulars, the rebels outnum bering them three to one ; of the terrible fire and thinned ranks, and " courage beyond comprehen sion of our men" in w ithstanding the fierce attack; and no doubt it was a fine thing ; but the whole division, it states, lost nearly 150 men, while my single regiment lost half that number in the same time, and their spirit, dash, and good humour roes every moment. My admiration for my men is beyond bounds.' " The above exceedingly interesting later was round in the colonel's portfolio, and was unfinished. [t gives a better idea of the severity - of the fight :han any other account we have, and shows how much our forces had to encounter. Th ere is a tale yet to be told regarding the assault, and I doubt not it will go to prove that the lives of oar gallant men have been sacrificed in order to accomplish in a day that which, according to military science, should have taken a much longer time. It will re quire the use of the spade, to which our people of the North are so much opposed, before Port Hud son can be taken. This fact should have been dis- covered at first ; had it been, the lives of many brave fellows would have been saved, and but little time lost. Port Hudson will fall, that is certain, but it will take a few days before we are ready to com pel the enemy to surrender. It is closely invested. Our men are under its formidable works, and not a spider can enter or escape without detection. A sortie cannot be attempted, and no force can raise the siege. I had hoped to have sent you the infor mation by the steamer of to. morrow that Port Hud son was in our possession, but I am better satisfied to wait a few days longer, in order to know that when it is attacked it will be with entire success, than to have to chronicle another assault in which we were repulsed with frightful slaughter. " It must not be supposed that our forces are idle, for they are not. Fighting or skirmishing is going on all the time, and our men are working like beavers. On the right General Weitzel's men are within 20 feet of the enemy's works. So close are they that conversation goes on between them, and although the rebels have three heavy guns pointing over the parapet they dare not attempt to load them, for if a man makes the attempt and shows his head above the parapet, he is shot down at once. Our fellows are behind logs, and a hat cannot make its appearance without receiving a dozen shot-holes through it. Such is about the present situation at Port Hudson, and it will continue the same for a few days at the most. Frank Gardner, the rebel general in command at Port Hudson, is one of the best men in the service of Jefferson Davis, and he will maintain his position as long as possible. It is said that his men are anxious for him to surrender, but he refuses, saying he will defend the place as long as a gun can be fired. I am confident that if he holds out much longer our people will become so much exasperated that when they do get inside but little mercy will be shown the garrison. Such is generally the case, and I believe it would be impos sible for the officers to restrain their men if we have to carry the place by the bayonet, as I think we will, after a proper bombardment, Some of the prisoners we have taken say that the garrison are harassed to death ; they are shelled all the time, if not by the army, by the ships, and they have no rest in consequence. They represent the number inside to be about 6,000 men. Multiply that number by two, and I apprehend it will be nearer the truth. They also say that their loss in the fight was not over 100. A flag of truce has been sent in, under which the dead have been buried and the wounded collected. "Although, as I said before, no positive infor mation can be obtained respecting the number we have lost, still I hold the first report I sent you is near the truth. Ido not think that a less number than 2,000 will cover all the casualties on our side, although some persons try to bring the number as low as 800. From the number that have arrived here I form my opinion, knowing that many more are yet to come down, The majority of the wounded were hit in the lower extremities, showing that the rebels fired low. They used for projectiles pieces of lead pipes, nails, pieces of chain, and everything of the kind they could obtain ; Some of the wounds received from these missiles are of the most terrible character, lacerating the flesh, and crushing bones in a manner to effectually prevent recovery. " I very much fear that by the next steamer, even if it does not occur before the sailing of the Continental, I shall be called upon to record the death of Brigadier-General W. T. Sherman. He appears to be sinking rapidly, there having been no reaction since his wound was received. It seems to be the impression among those surgeons who have seen him that amputation of the leg should have been performed at once, instead of attempting to save it. His nervous system was completely shattered by the shock, and the weather, since his arrival in the city, has been anything but of a character to benefit a wounded man. General Sherman is too well known to make it necessary for me to say any thing regarding him. We can ill afford to lose the services of such men at the present time, for they are sadly needed in the army. I hope for theipest in his case, however, and trust that his life may be spared, but it is, I fear, hoping against fate. " I am pleased to say that Lieut.-Col. Smith, of the Zouaves, is doing very well. His recovery will be slow but sure, and the probabilities are that in time he will be again able to take the field. He may be proud to command such men as his battalion is composed of. They are heroes every one of them, and as well drilled soldiers they cannot be excelled. Thelon in this battalion,numbering about 400 men, was but little, if any, short of 100. They were amongst those who penetrated the enemy's works, and mounted the parapet when our flag was placed there, and none of the number escaped being killed or wounded. " The transport steamer M'Clellan, Capt. Gray, arrived here on Saturday evening, bringing Gen. Stone to take a command in this army. His arrival is opportune ; for he will, no doubt, be immediately placed in command of the division of Gen. Sherman. He is a good soldier, and will certainly fill with ability the position thus unfortunately made vacant. He will have the opportunity in a few days of wiping out all that has been said against him, and throwing the lie into the teeth of those who have dared to impeach his loyalty and devotion to the country's best interests. I venture to assert that no division of the army will be more gallantly and better fought than that of General Stone in the coming assault upon Port Hudson, no matter what prejudiced parties may say to the contrary. He has many enemies here among the Radicals, who declare him unfitted for his position. But he will disappoint them all, or I am a false prophet. " The arrival of produce from the Attakapas country is about over, for that district has been entirely evacuated by the army. We hear that Kirby Smith, with quite a respectable force, has arrived at Franklin, but I will not vouch for the truth of the report. It is true, however, that the entire country is overt un by guerillas ; they even make their appearance at Barwick Bay. We hear of roost horrible atrocities being perpetrated by them on all who evince any lingering affection for the United States, and it is even said that seve ral persons have bee❑ hung who ventured to guide our army during its recent march. I have not the least doubt that many of these reports are true. I feared that such would be the case when the coun try was evacuated, and to hear that it has does not surprise me. Oar lines may again be marked by , the Mississippi river and Opelouss railroad, North- Western Louisiana being again in possession of the enemy for the time being. "There is a rumour prevailing that Buckner with a large force is marching to the relief of Port Hud son, but there is not a partic!e of foundation for the report ; for not a man can be spared from Mobile, Pemberton's army, Johnstone's, or anywhere else to relieve Gardner. He is in a place from whence be cannot get out except by his own exertions, and t e h f es t e w 2 i ti ll th avail him but very little. Mobile papers affairshe in m s i ma s k ei in i ve a r lt y ho g u lo g o h m t y he t y er e m n s d r e e a g v a o r u d r in t g o b ß b g u e ea e t a n i v y ku a pe n —a will t t h h oa be : G I L food silly v iey i r up the hopes of ' th i e l ir b people that all will yet t iVi ele e' to come from Jackson, i n w ti c a l: t : that Pemberton is doing also, and that Mississippi annihilated, and that teleg•.aptilc catfish. They gloriously will the Yankee hordes. Fortunat despatches, said the ee c eared . of people are told ac,eyeahned Johnstone ely Om between General Grant and General B ank s is complete uninterrupted, consequently we knovi that an th s el l s e reports are all untrue, gotten up merely t o ma k e the people of Mobile and the rebels of New Orleans o n believeever every h occasiont h the a od success of their everywhere. 46 The United states steam transport Cahawba, Captain Baker, leaves tomorrow for New York. She will take home Billy Wilson's Zouaves.' Col. Wilson has been released from arrest, and goes with them. lam of the opinion that he has been an ill used man—that his arrest was only done to carry out the purposes of other people, there not having been the slightest just grounds for it. Dur ing his arrest of over 80 days no charges were pre ferred against him ; for this reason I am led to be lieve that he was unjustly arrested. "The fleet at Port Hudson are quiet, in conse quence of our army being in such close proximity to the rebel works that the shells of the ships would do more injury to our own people than the enemy. This state of affairs must be exceedingly gelling to the admiral and officers and men under him ; for they are so accustomed to shot and shell, and being in a row, that to see others in a fight and they not able to take part in it, makes them feel out of place. It will be fortunate if the capture of Port Hudson and Vicksburg releases the large ships of this squadron from further duty in the river. They are in need of repairs from the manner in which they have been torn to pieces with shot and shell, and they are more needed at sea, and could be of infinitely more use there than in the narrow waters of the Mississippi River. After the fall of these two strongholds the smaller vessels will answer every purpose in keep ing the river clear. " From the coast westward we have no informant tion, and probably will not until the arrival of a vessel of war. There can hardly, however, be any thing from that direction of peculiar interest—at least not for some time. Our blockading fleet off Mobile are very watchful, and have of late been doing a very good business. Still, with all their care vessels slip in occasionally, and as often out. The iron-clad raid, which we have been expec• ing daily, has been probably deferred until another time, the vessels being deemed necessary for the defence of the city, an attack being feared from some direction or other. The rebels, after Grierson's raid, expect anything, and they would not be surprised if a regi ment of Yankee cavalry were to drop from the moon. The name of Grierson has become a terror to every man, woman, and child in this section of the country, and they will not be again easy until they hear that he, with his command, has left for other parts. We have to-day an arrival from Pen sacola. Everything there is reported very quiet, no excitement of any kind having occurred since the destruction of the Preble. The enemy never came in sight, and our forces there live in as much quiet as if war and its horrors did not exist; but they have not as comfortable quarters as formerly." THE VOLUNTEERS. A deputation from the metropolitan committee on the Volunteer Bill waited on Earl de Grey and Ripon at the War-office, on Saturday, in reference to the objectionable clauses of that measure. The deputation was headed by Capt. Worms, of the Queen's (Westminster) Volunteers ; Messrs. Few, Parson, E. Draper, J. Roebuck Lawrence, and several others ; and Messrs. Prince and New, the hon. secretaries of the committee. Capt. WORMS stated that the object of the deputation was to protest against clause 20 of the new Volunteer Bill, which they considered arbitrary and unconstitutional, and which had created alarm in the minds of the Volunteers throughout the kingdom. The Volunteer movement was a spontaneous and patriotic one, and the Volunteers ought not, in common justice, to be submitted to restrictions which neither the army, the militia, nor any other portion of her Majesty's service were called upon to submit to. He con sidered that the power placed by the bill in the hands of Volunteer officers was of too arbitrary a nature to bestow on any men, and begged most emphatically to state that it was the opinion, both of the deputation and of the class they represented, that if the objectionable clauses were per mitted to pass into law it would be the means of destroying the Volunteer movement altogether. Mr. FEW said that all the Volunteers required was the right of being heard before any judgment was passed upon them. He submitted that for all real purposes the clause giving the right of appeal was valueless. Earl DE GREY and RIPON said he was glad to find that the deputation was prepared to admit that the clause re ferred to was not a new one, but was only a repetition of the old Volunteer Act of the 44th of George 111., cap. 54 ; but he would remind them that notwithstanding the existence of this Act, courts of inquiry had not only existed through out the present Volunteer movement, but had been permis sively recognised. There was no one more ready than him self to admit that the Volunteer movement owed its very existence to the spontaneous patriotism of the people them selves ; but it was not possible for 160,000 men to enrol themselves as volunteers without knowing that they were to a certain extent submitting themselves to military law. The present bill was simply a consolidation of the old Volunleer Acts of the reign of Geo. 111., and they felt they had no right to make any change in the principles laid down therein. He was most desirous of removing another impression which had gone abroad, that the bill gave powers to a commanding officer to dismiss officers. This was quite erroneous, the power of dismissing commissioned officers being vested in the Crown alone. It was also not true that there was no power of appeal. Any volunteer who considered himself wrongfully dismissed had the power of appealing to the Secretary of State for War, and that Minister could cause him to be reinstated if he saw that he had been unjustly dis missed. It should be borne in mind that under the present acts courts of inquiry were only permissive, but under the 16th section of the present bill commanding officers were given the power of instituting such courts, thus giving them for the first time legal status. As to the comparative value of courts of inquiry, they did not administer any oath to those called before them, nor did their members take any oath themselves. On the other had, the commanding officer was directly responsible for the discipline of his corps, or for the rightful or wrongful dismissal of any of his men. For his part he w0u1.2 sooner be tried by a responsible offi cer than by a self-constituted court of inquiry holding no judicial authority whatever. The volunteers had an immense advantage over the army and militia by the privilege they had of resigning at 14 days' notice if they found their com manding officer coercive or tyrannical. So far from abolish ing courts of inquiry the new bill possessed a special clause which said, "it shall be lawful for the commanding officer at any time to assemble a court of inquiry to assist him," &c. Mr. PRINCE suggested that charges made against men should be preferred in writing. The Marquis of HARTINGTON (who was present) said, such a rule would interfere with the powers of instant dis missal by the commanding officer. Earl DE GREY and RIPON said he would consider both the points alluded to by the deputation, but Parliament had expressed a most decided opinion in favour of the clauses objected to. He could not agree that the liberties of volun teers were interfered with in any way by the bill. In answer to several other remarks and questions from other members of the deputation, Earl DE GREY and RIPON said he would give every consideration to the objections that had been urged against the bill, but he could not in any way allow a departure from the principles laid down therein. He trusted the statements made that there was so strong a feeling among volunteers against the bill that they would abandon the service of their Queen and country would not be realised. The deputation then thanked his Lordship and withdrew, The annual inspection of the London Rifle Brigade by its Colonel, the Duke of Cambridge, took place on Saturday in Hyde-park. The brigade was under the command of Lieut.- Colonel Warde, and mustered nearly 600 strong, and was formed into nine companies. It also included 50 of the cadet corps. After a couple of hours spent in the usual manoeuvres gone through at inspections, the Duke of Cambridge, ad dressing the officers, said, " Last year I had occasion to praise the admirable character of your drill ; on this occasion it gives me great gratification to say that your drill is even better than it was last year, and I must compliment Colonel Warde on the high efficiency the brigade has attained through his exertions. The excellent manner in which you performed your manoeuvres was greatly facilitated by the way in which you are commanded by your officers. Your steadiness after very rapid movements is very com mendable. Even when you lost a little of your distance the companies, instead of wavering backwards and forwards, stood still, and did not attempt to rectify their error until ordered to do so. Nothing could be better than your drill, and great credit is due to Colonel Warde." Three hearty cheers were then given for the Duke, and his Royal Highness left the ground, after which a similar compliment was paid to Colonel Wards. The ground was admirably kept by the Ist Surrey Rifles. On Saturday evening a parade was held in the courtyard of Burlington-house for the purpose of presenting prizes to the members of the Irish Rifles who have distinguished themselves in shooting during the last year, and although the corps did not muster very strongly the occasi n was in teresting, and the proceedings as animated as the nature of the meeting would admit. The battalion was drawn up in line facing the entrance, with the fine band in the rear of the centre, the other sides of the parallelogram being formed by non-Volunteers, for to say they were civilians would not draw any distinction between them and their fellows in arms. The ground was kept by recruits or recent additions to the corps, who carried arms, but wore no uniform. In the centre of the square a table stood, loaded with silver cups, ornaments, badges, and other prizes. A number of ladies found convenient seats under the interior colonnade. At 7.15 the Marquis of Donegal, in his uniform as colonel, en tered, and was received by Colonel Verner, Capt. Daubeney, the Adjutant, and by the corps, with the usual military honours, and by a lively Irish march from the band. His lordship proceedcd to address the Volunteers for a few minutes, made congratulating them on the progress they had Richith ' ma andrecommending attention,respect, i n e r e a s and e d goodwill. exertions, quite evident that there was reason for one remark he made to the effect that those who joined the corps once were not at all disposed to leave it. At the conclusion of his speech, which was received with cheers, the Marquis, standing at the table, proceeded to deliver the prizes, assisted by Colonel Verner and Captain Daubeney. The successful candidates were called out from the ranks of the battalion one by one, and formed line at right angles to it in the courtyard facing the table on which the prizes were deposited; and when the Marquis of Donegal had finished each man was called to receive the prize to which he was entitled in due order. It was interesting to observe the dif-' 1 ferent manner of men, their gesture, walk, attitude, and demeanour, as each came forward for his prize—some smart and confident, others rather bashful and diffident, some with an easy air, as if to say, " I could have gained all the prizes if I liked, but only tried for this"--others with a fulness of contentment as they carried off cup or badge, as though they were happy altogether in their reward. But what marked the ceremony most of all was the hearty spontane ous way in which the men cheered their favourites, as each man was called out to receive his prize ; and so good natured and kindly was the corps that there was no one of those who had not many friends who clapped hands as he left the line and got his guerdon ; but then there were some whom all applauded, so that a rattling fire of palms went from right to left, and marked them as prime favourites with a few de joie of their own. That the liberality of the friends of the corps, of the noble colonel, and of the officers, was of no ordinary character will best appear by the list of prizes, which was as fellows : Eight prizes —viz,, six silver cups and two medals, pre • sented by the Marquis of Donegal:: -1. Range 650 yards; seven shots. Won by R. F. Chattock ; 16 marks. 2. Range 500 yards ; seven shots. Won by Sergeant Sylvester ; 14 marks. 3. Range 150 and 200 yards ; five shots. Won by J. Bell ; 29 marks. 4. Range 200 yards ; five shots. Won by Ensign Dines ; 14 marks. 5. Extra presented to Dr. West. 6. Extra presented to B. Slaton.' 7. Silver medal, range 600 yards; seven shots. Won by E. J. Hoare; 10 marks. 8. Gold medal; 600 and 700 yards; five shots, Won by J. O'Connor; 19 marks. Three prizes, presented by Mr. F. Gasgoyne—viz., a Reilley Whitworth rifle, a purse of £6, and a purse of £4. 1. Range 200, 500, and 600 yards; seven shots; the Whit worth rifle, Won by J. C. Wood; 40 marks. 2. tame ranges; £6. Won by C. E. Thompson; 37 marks. 3. Same ranges ; £4. Won by Private Hoare ; 36 marks. A silver bugle, presented by Lady Harriet Ashley, still open. A silver whisky flask, presented by Lieut.-Col. Lord Ashley, M.P., to No. 1 Company. Range 400 yards, five shots. Won by W. Walters; 13 marks. Two silver cups, presented by Mrs. M'Swiney to No. 3 Company. I.lRanges 150 and 400 yards ; five shots. Won by Sergeant Wood !26 marks. 2. Same ranges. Won by Sergeant Butler; 25 marks. A Silver Medal, presented by Lieut. Meade to No. 3 Company. Ranges, 150 and 300 yards; five shots. Won by Ensign Chambers; 28 marks. A Silver Cigar-case, presented by Captain the Earl of Belmore to No. 4 Company. Ranges 400 yards; five shots. Won by Sergeant Klussman ; 8 marks. A Colt's Revolver, in case, by Captain and Adjutant Daubeney. Range 200 yards ; five shots. Won by Ser geant Musketry Instructor Aylmer; 14 marks. Three prizes, presented by Capt. Cusack to No. 1 Com pany—viz., £5, £3, and £2. 1. Range 200 yards ; five shots. Won by J. O'Neill ; 12 marks. 2. Same range. Won by S. Willey ; 9 marks. 3. Same range. Won by Bandmaster R. T. Cowen ; 8 marks. At the conclusion of the presentation, after loud cheers for Lord Donegal, the Colonel, the Major, and the Adju tant, the battalion, preceded by their band, marched out of the yard, and the ceremony terminated. The third annual meeting of the Edinburgh and Midlo thian Rifle Association took place last week at theßlackford ranges, near Edinburgh. The competitions began on Tues day, and closed on Saturday. The first two days were ex tremely wet, but the last three were fine. A competition of great interest took place on Friday and Saturday for the selection of four of the Scotch eight to compete with the English eight at Wimbledon in the second international match. Lord Bury and Mr. Horatio Ross are the captains of the two sides, and each of them has to select seven others to shoot with them. Of the seven Mr. Ross resolved to se lect four at Edinburgh, and also to give a prize cup to the best of these four. The remaining three will be chosen in a competition of Scotch riflemen to be held at Cambridge on the 3d and 4th July, open also to the unsuccessful compe titors at Edinburgh. In the first stage of the competition 20 competitors entered, and 15 rounds were fired at each of three ranges-800, 900, and 1,000 yards. On Saturday the eight highest in the first stage competed again at the same distance and number of rounds, and the best four were selected by taking the aggregate result of the 90 shots fired by each of the eight. The four who stood highest and who take part in the match next month at Wimbledon were Mr. Farquharson Roseberry (who carried off Captain Riss's cup), Mr. H. G Ross, Mr. A. Henry, Edinburgh, and Captain Maxwell. Mr. H. G. Ross is a member of the Bengal Civil Service, is the second son of Captain Ross, and the elder brother of Mr. E. Ross, ex-champion of England. As a volunteer in the Indian army during the mutiny Mr. Ross performed signal service, was four times thanked in general orders, and was one of 28 names mentioned in Lord Canning's despatch at the close of the war. Ha had the honour to receive a letter from Sir C. Wood, expressing the thanks of her Majesty for his ser vices. Although a skilled rifle shot, he had not till his return to this country, about three weeks ago, engaged in target practice. For the Edinburgh Cup, which was shot for on Thursday, with any rifle, at 800 and 900 yards, seven rounds at each distance, Mr. Rawson, of Liverpool, and Mr. H. G, Ross both scored 47. In shooting off the tie Mr. Rawson was the winner. The Caledonian Challenge Shield, or champion prize for Scottish Volunteers, was competed for, for the first time, at 200, 500, and 600 yards, five rounds at each. Mr. Bruce was the winner by a score of 45, and his will be the first name engraved on the shield, as the winner he receives a St. Andrew cross in gold. Mr. t 4 a o k o i n y g a t r h d e s s i w v e a s r c r ows won n . b T y h e A L I r a . dies H e ' Henry Scott, Edi n burgh, st oo d secon d on a score o f 43, n C r y u p , s c t o e t n t i r n o round d s o s r a e t of 35, after shooting off a tie with Ensign Lockhart, 7th Ayr. The Lord Provost's Cup was gained by Lieutenant Kinnear, Edinburgh, on a score of 34, in ten rounds at 600 yards. The bronze medal of the National Rifle Association was taken by captain M`Gibbon, Edinburgh, on a score of 30, in ten rounds at 600 yards, The Associated Compa nies' Prize, ten rounds at 700 yards, fell to Mr. A, Pater son, Leith Artillery, on a score of 34. The President's (Duke of Buccleuch's) Cup was carried off by Mr. J. Gray, Fife Artillery, who made the same score in the same rounds and distance. The City Corporation Cup, shot for in ten rounds:at 300 yards, was won by Mr. Berry, Leith, in a score of 32. The Lord-Advocate's prize (a Henry rifle) ten rounds at 400 yards, was won at 30 by Mr. J. Macnee, Edinburgh, after shooting off a tie with Mr. Noble, 2d Berwick. In the artillery carbine competition at 100 and 200 yards, five rounds at each, the first prize (a Henry rifle) was won by Capt. Horne, Midlothian Coast, in a score of 33. In the match between Edinburgh and Newcastle Edinburgh won by 307 to 276 ; and in the returp match between Edinburgh and Aberdeen, eight men on each side, Edinburgh won by 633 to 560. In this compe tition Mr. Farquharson, on the Edinburgh side, made 109, out of a possible score of 120. In the previous match on New Year's Day, at Montrose, Aberdeen beat Edinburgh by 563 to 543. In consequence of bad weather, the match between Edinburgh and Glasgow, appointed for the second day of the meeting, did not take place. On Saturday com petitions took place for artisan Volunteers and for the sol diers in garrison. A Volunteer sham fight and brigade field-day, under the command of Lord Ranelagh, took place on Saturday at Wanstead. The force consisted of over 3,000 men, belong ing to the 2d (South) Middlesex, the 29th Middlesex, three or four companies of the Essex Rifles, the Tower Hamlets Corps, the Customs battalions, the Victoria Dock Rifles, and several others. They were divided into an attacking force under Lord Ranelagh, and a defending army under Lieut.-Colonel Buxton, M.P. The usual manceuvres under such circumstances were gone through in a very creditable manner, a new feature being introduced in the occupation, attack, and defence of an empty house, from every window of which the reconnoitring party of the enemy, composed of the South Middlesex Volunteers, poured murderous volleys into the ranks of the Tower Hamlets Corps below. After the termination of the sham fight the belligerents were united into a single brigatfe, and went through several manceuvres before they separated. The whole of the move• ments on both sides, more especially the file and volley firing, were gone through with great precision. On Friday evening last Capt. Prewett , of the 19 t h Surre y Rifles, was present e d w ith a h a ndsome silver tea service on the occasion of his retiring from the temporary command of the Regiment. Great preparations are being made at Oxford for the in tended review of the Volunteer regiments of Oxfordshire and the surrounding counties, which comes off there on Wednesday next. This is the first of the great gatherings of Volunteers that has been held in the country this year. The general orders received from the War-office direct that the parade he formed at 2 p.m. under the directions of the General officer in command, opposite the stand on Port meadow. The Worcestershire Volunteers have been busy this week, On Wednesday there was s battalion drill of the 13th and 14th Worcestershir e corps, and on Thursday the represen tatives of the battalion met at Redditch to compete for the honour of representing the battalion at the forthcoming contest at Wimbledon for the St. George's Challenge Vase. The highest scor e was ma d e b y Li eu t. P urc h a s, of the 14th company, and Ser gean t B ay li s, o f th e 11th (Malvern) com pany, was second. The distances were 200 and 5 00 yards, five shots at eaeh range. The W orcesters hi re cor p s jo in in the review at Oxf or d on W ednes d ay next . The annual prize shooting of the East York Rifle Volun teers, Ist battalion, was herd on Monday and Tuesday at Driffield. The Challenge Cup, given by Major Saltmarshe, was won by Private Pickering, of the Driffield company, who scored 37, at 200, 300, and 600 yards ; five shots at each range. Mrs. Saltmarshes's prize cup, shot for at 150 and 200 yards, was also won by a Driffield member, Private Horsley, who scored 32. Full benefit of reduced duty obtained by pur chasing Horniman's pure Tea; very choice at 3s. 4d. and 48. " High Standard" at 4s. 4d. (formerly 4s. Bd.), is the strongest and most delicious imported. Agents in every town supply it in packets. SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. ---___---,.. ______ SATURDAY REVIEW.—It is to be feared that the Princess cannot have carried away so favourable an idea of other developments of our civilisation. The Muse of poetry at Oxford has aeidom disgraced herself so lamentably. The Congratulatory Odes deserve the worst that has been said of them. That they should be wordy, unmeaning, empty, was almost a necessary incident of their character, un less they had been confided to the hands of first rate and practical poets. But these qualifications were brought out in painful relief by the spas modic and ambitious contortions of language iu which, iu attempted imitation of the fashion of the day, it was sought to clothe thoughts that were almost inevitably commonplace. The first ode was the be•st, or at least the most harmless. " Town of towers" was an odd periphrasis:for the peaceful city of Oxford, and " Student-Prince" might per haps be objected to as a designation doubtfully ap p)opriate. On the other hand, the Prince might fairly complain that an exhortation to remember his Oxford reception "in the calm, wise after time," implied that his present time was neither calm nor wise. But at least the first ode was in telligible, and not ill-bred. Neither of these com pliments could be paid to its successor. It was a very strange composition ; but we have no space to unravel its merits. It is full of passages which will give the New Zealander infinite trouble to interpret whenever he shall arrive to explore our antiquities. There is one about the shouts " rising aloft to the startled sky, from a thousand seas where the traders ply," which implies a somewhat sanguine estimate of commercial enthusiasm; and another requesting the ploughmen and weavers in the neighbourhood to leave off their work during the Commemoration —" Let the looms be stilled and the fields untilled, for the city's festive glee !" an exhortation which, besides the extreme improbability of its being attended to, implies the unhistoric statement that there are looms in the neighbourhood of Oxford to be stilled. Then there is a still more mysterious assertion—to which, until better advised, we must absolutely demur—that on the day of the Princess's arrival in England the Australian diggers gave up working for nuggets : And the sun• browned delver far away Sought not the golden ore that day, Yielding his soul to mirth and pithy On England's jubilee. If there is any truth in the statement so confidently hazarded, it may be safely assumed that " play" is to be construed technically. But these and many other minor absurdities pale before the gem of the piece—the apostrophe, which it needed all an undergraduate's freedom from bashfulness to recite to a lady's face : So fair a bride, with those sweet, trustful eyes, So fair, so good, a royal prize, The gem of all the isle. Who can see her and not love her ? Brighter seems the sky above her. This lover•like address, delivered by an under graduate to a young Princess, in the presence of some thousands of hearers, had at least the effect of leading a novel complexion to the proceedings. If the value of achievements is to be measured by their rarity, the cool impertinence of a Prize Ode, which has been selected by many learned Doctors for the Princess's special entertainment, will not be the least memorable of the recollections of the Com memoration of 1863. SPECTATOR.—Mr. Steers, Purveyor to the House of Commons, is becoming a national nuisance. He feeds the members so badly that they cannot bear to dine in the House, and resent a debate which threatens to keep them in Westminster as if it were a personal injury. At least, that is the only apparent explanation of the enthusiastic howling with which the House has a dozen times this ses sion silenced anybody who threatened to offer an argument which might last over seven o'clock. Sir Henry Willoughby occupies, it is true, the unique position in the House of always saying sensible things to which nobody wants to listen; but then there are limits even to conventual indecorums, and when members ahrieked at him on Monday night those limits were almost passed. There were four hundred members present of whom at least one half had pledged themselv-s on the hustings to do their utmost to " secure the most rigid economy consistent with the efficiency of the public service." The subject afoot was a demand for the most ex travagant vote yet proposed, even in in this Par liament, which has voted for fortifications, for a new fleet, for a new artillery, and for military expenses to the tune of fifteen millions a year. One hundred and thirty-five members condemned the de mand as irrational ; those who voted for it did so with sulky discipline ; the tone within the house was critical, not to say hostile, yet the debate ended with three set speeches, only one of which was di rected against the vote. Members were hungry and savage, the whips locked assured of success, the Government were known to be resolved on a divi sion that night, and so rather than face Mr. Steers, the majority smothered the debate, thelast speaker heard being the unlucky Sir Henry, who was re ceived, as one report notices, with a " storm of de risive cheers," intended not for his arguments, but for his patriotic impudence in delaying their din ner. He gave way, of course, and the house, hur ried and jubilant, voted with hungry decisiveness that it would give £120,000 for seventeen acres at Kensington, and had the Premier had the hardi hood to accept Lord Elcho's ironical proposal, might in its voracity have swallowed the whole job at once. Mourning over spilt milk is seldom the favourite sentimentality of practical politicians, there must be an end of discussion somewhere, and a vote of the House of Commons, even when that body is hun gry, is the most available terminus. We shall not, therefore, regret that the nation has secured a limited right in seventeen acres in a London suburb at a cost exceeding the produce of all Mr. Gladstone's petty taxes. The land is not dear at the price, though as the purchase is made under a contract that it shall be devoted to science and art, even an Act of Parliament cannot give the nation the fee simple, or make the tenure other than a perpetual leasehold under very oppressive conditions, EXAMINER.—The Duke of Cambridge has given a satisfactory explanation of his conduct respect ing the Court-martial at Mhow and its attendant circumstances. It appears that the authorities of the Commander-in-Chief in India is practically inde pendent, and that it is all but unprecedented for the Horse Guards to meddle with it. Nevertheless, however, the Dole of Cambridge was so displeased with the transactions at Mhow, that he wrote the memorandum censuring all the officers concerned. When we commented on the memorandum we fully acknowledged the spirit of justice in which all the circumstances were reviewed, but objected to the conclusion leaving Col. Crawley in his command upon trial, as his admitted demerits called for his removal. But we did not join in the opinion of our contemporaries, that the memorandum was mere brutent fulnzen, for we knew that the censures would tall with great weight upon the officers in high authority in India not accustomed to have their doings questioned, much less rebuked. But it so happened that we took a juster view of the memo randum because at the time we were not in posses sion of the horrible 'acts of Lilley's case, of which the Duke of Cambridge was also ignorant. And upon better information the Commander-in-Chief resolved to put Col. Crawley upou his trial by court martial for his treatment of Lilley and the other sergeants. To render this step satisfactory, it was essential, as Lord Shaftesbury observed, that the trial should took place in England. A trial in India involving the conduct of military authorities, not excepting the Commander-in-Chief, whose power is all but arbitrary, would obviously be a mere mockery, or perhaps worse, an occasion for making other victims like poor Lilley. And this reminds us of Lord Hartington's last speech on this subject, and his declaration that the Horse Guards could not do more than draw the attention of officers to the illegality of their acts. How is it that so lately the expedient of a court martial on Col. Crawley had not occurred to the Secretary at War ? He was in possession of all the facts, and though he admitted the commission of a great wrong, despaired of fixing the responsibility on any of the parties implicated. The time may come when it will appear that the much-belauded Sir William Mansfield's conduct demands inquiry no less than th a t of C o l. C raw l ey. This affair ought to bring under consideration the authority of the Commander-in-Chief in India and its independence of the Horse Guards. We suppose this to be a fragment of the old Indian Government, for which there was reason before the communication with India was expedited by steam and rail, but for which there is not a particle of reason now that instructions may be conveyed in a month or less. Supreme military sway in India is enough to turn any but the very strongest heads, and it would be a roost wholesome discipline to such an officer as Sir Hugh Rose to bring him under immediate account ability to the Horse Guards, and we say this with out meaning any disparagement, for we fully admit the merits of , Sir Hugh, but they would be even greater than they are if he were more under control, and so sometimes saved from himself. WEEKLY REGISTER. — The Queen of Prussia has arrived at Windsor on a visit to her Maj es ty — t h e King having arranged to visit Carlsb a d f or t h e benefit of his health, which is much impaired, Rumours of an unpleasant nature are current as to serious differences between the King and his heir, the Crown Prince. The declaration of the Prince at Dantzig, that the coup d'etat against the Parliament and the press was without his knowledge and ap proval, was very naturally considered by the , Ministers as a rep u di at i on of their w hic h it in reality was i n t en d e d to be. It was as t plain a . n d precise an intimati on o f the Prince ' s con e t unat ion of the violent measures of his father's Government as he could decently give to the nation, and so his , words were interpreted by Ministers and by the Opposition. The Cabinet could hardly avoid taking notice of so heavy a rebuke from the heir apparent ' to the Crown. and it is understood that they pre sented to the King the alternative of accepting their own resignation or of censuring the Prince. The King preferred the latter course, as may easily be supposed, for he has over and over again in the most emphatic terms proclaimed his entire acquiescence in and approval of the acts of his Cabinet, and his strong disapproval of the course taken by the House of Commons. What were the exact terms of his Majesty's letter of rebuke to the Prince we cannot take upon us to say. One ver sion of it, widen may . be imaginary, but which is in everybody's mouth ID Germany, is that the King expressed in strong terms his indignation at the Prince's short speech. at Danizig, and threatened to deprive his Royal Highness of all his d ec o ra ti o n s and dignities and his military rank, and even went so far as to hint at ordering him to be arrested. This letter, so the story goes, was shown by the Prince to his consort—our own beloved and good Princess Royal—who at once counselled her hus band to maintain his principles at any cost, and to go into exile, in which she would cheerfully accom pany him, rather than sanction what he considered wrong, or retract what he had felt it due to himself to proclaim to the nation on a matter affecting the security of the throne and the liberties of the people. However this may be, it is certain that there is a serious divergence of views, if not, an estrangement of feeling, between the King of Prussia and the Crown Prince, and that the Prince does not evince any inclination to take the part of his father's Ministers. LONDON REVIEW.—About 60,000 persons are directly engaged or interested in the cab trade of London. Before speaking of the men, let us see whence come the horses. Many of those are excel lent horses, which have been sold hastily because they have jibbed, or stumbled, or kicked when " killed with kindness, pampered and caressed by their master, well clothed up, and fed to the full." A cabby hears that this sort of favourite is to be sold, and " does not care if he is scratched or has cut his knee—sixpenny worth of tincture, and a little gunpowder and lard, will soon put that to rights ;" so he gets him for £2o—perhaps a sixth of the original price. The temper of such a horse is soon reduced by hard work and bad feeling. In the wettest night he stands in a cold wind, and on the hottest day he is chafed with the coarse harness; " while the gent inside the Hansom is sitting as far back as possible to avoid the scorching rays, the poor horse is often in untold misery." Then, again, there is the slippery mud, the hard pavement, the slush of a thaw, and the glassy road after a sudden freeze, when each stumble entails unnatural twists and struggles up, and countless quick stoppages, wrenching the poor horse's muscles. "We might feel somewhat for him if we bad to run on a hard road in cricketing shoes or to carry a heavy load in pattens." Every sort of trade or manual labour has, of course, its hardships, and we need not indulge in any maudlin sentiment when we recite the woes of a cabman and his horse. But as this particular calling is practised directly under everybody's notice and for everybody's comfort and convenience, it is the duty of all to give some attention to the evils of cabmen's condition, especially if those evils are very much caused by the habits of the public, and may be remedied by them. The fatal diseases and large number of deaths among cabmen may be caused partly by their being men originally of a weak or broken-down constitution, or partly by their vicious habits; but these evils are undoubtedly increased by the very nature of their occupation. " Our long day-man goes on thinking it is not so cold as people make out, but, as the day advances, especially after he has changed horses, he finds that, notwithstand ing his wraps, he is cold. He buffets himself till he is sore, and in this state he looks anxiously out for the next rank, where he can get down and have a run, though risking a summons for standing with more than the allotted number of cabs. He is at last, however, ' fair,' and then jumps off his box and indulges in a walk as far as the limited space to which be is confined by the care of his horse will admit. The weight of his clothes, however, soon tires him, and, as the cabs get off, he takes their place until be is first. He must now look out. He remounts, and often sits there until he seems a fixture. That blue face and those chattering teeth are an evidence that he is cold through, and if he has not gone to the publichouse before, he is now ready to do anything to obtain warmth." He needs not go far; the gin palace is at hand, and he whisks off a glass of spirits. Still, when he goes out and mounts his box, down pours the rain. He is giddy with cold, wet, and drink, and gets, perhaps, only a shilling fare ; and again he is sent wandering through the bleak night ; and again he tries to nerve himself with another " three penn'orth." He gets late to bed, having risen very early, and his wet coat is not dry by morning. Can we wonder that a man exposed to all this is rheuma tic ? " I know that very many are soaked to the skin while out, in order that their little ones may have dry feet, and while wiping from his face the inky drops that have filtered through his hat, the man may be seen bringing Bob' a quartern of beans." Tired, wet, and sleepy, he will sometimes get into hi: own cab, and snooze away his time of waiting, The next lady passenger is surprised to find the cushions damp. Often, when the driver cannot leave his cab, his stomach is yearning for food, and when he arrivesat home, the dinner which, at 1 o'clock, would have greatly cheered him, is scarcely touched, unless he feel the craving appetite of debility. LAW TIMES.--Lord Westbury proposes a revision of Reports, for the purpose of abbreviation. There is novelty in this, and its utility is undeniable. We have, at present, some hundreds of volumes of re ports, all of which in practice form a part of the law, because the judges hold themselves bound by the decisions they contain. Of all this mighty mass of cases the greater proportion is now worthless. Some relate to extinct law ; some have been over ruled by decision ; more have been superseded by legislation; others have become obsolete. The Lord Chancellqr proposes that a commission should revise the mass, expunge all that are worthless, and leave only such as contain good law applicable to the present time. Thus, he consid ers , wou ld t h e law contained in this library of reports be reducea to a few volumes. The statutes, by judicious ex purgation, might be treated in the same manner with the same results, and thus would the whole, law be reduced to a bulk which, if not exactly por table, would be contained in a bookcase of moderate dimensions. The design is admirable, and the plan has an aspect of simplicity very attractive at the first glance, but we fear it will not bear a close in spection. In the first place, where are the fit men to whom it could be safely intrusted ? It must be done by lawyers—and by learned lawyers--and sagacious lawyers—and above all, by practical lawyers. But a lawyer who is learned, sagacious and practical, can employ himself much more pro fitably than in editing reports ; such a man is cer tain to secure a fortune and honour in the active labours of his profession. The Trial of Lieut.-Colonel Crawley. (From the Army and Navy Gazette,) The Judge-Advocate-General has now before him all the circumstances necessary to enable him to frame charges for the trial of Lieut.-Col. Crawley, and we may expect that the course of procedure will be settled so that instructions may be sent to India by the next mail. It has been urged that it would be more satisfactory to the public, and mote conducive to the ends of justice, that Col. Crawley should be tried in England than in India ; and we believe that the authorities ere so far in favour of this view that it has been left to the proper legal authority whether there are any technical dfficulties in the way of a trial at home. some of the neces sary witnesses—Adjutant Fitzsimon, Dr. Barnet, Sergeant-Major Waaefield, and others —are in England, but we take it that the majority are with the regiment, and it may yet be worthy of conside ration whether a court of inquiry, consisting of three officers, of whose experience, capacity, and judgment there could be !no doubt, should not be sent out to investigate the case of Mhow, and corn plete it at home. There would certainly be awk wardness in raving a court-martial on the spot, for the first step must necessarily be a direction. to Gen. Mansfield to assemble a court to try an officer for an offence, for the consequences of which he cannot but be held responsible so far as we knew of his action in the matter. The remarks made by his Royal Highness the Field-Marsbal Commanding-in- Chief in the House of Lords on Monday afford ground for grave reflection. It appears that it was only within the last week or two that he was placed in possession of the facts attending the imprisonment of Sergeant- Major Lilley. Now, these facts were known to any one in England who cared to inquiry into them for many months. They were recounted as fully as need be for purposes of further inquiry in our impression of Aug. 9, 1862 ; th;.: eourt martial and its horrible_ episodes having tak en pl ace i n th e April and May previously. There are now over 70,000 European troops in India, and we think it is high time . that some change should be made in a system whtch permits the officer responsible for the discipline . of the whole army of the Queen to remain for . te n mast Impor months in ignorance of facts having a tant hearing not only upon that . discipline,. but upon the reputation of the country fox justice and huma nity. LAW INTELLIGENCE—June 0. COURT OF EXCHEQUER. (Sittings at Nisi Prins, at Westminster, before Mr. Baron Martin and a Special .Inry.) THE EARL OF SHREWSBURY V. WAREING. Mr. Manisty, Q.C., and Mr. Hannen, were counsel for the plaintiff, and Mr. Sergeant Shee and Mr. Bc ideley for the defendant. The case (which was tried yesterday) was an action of ejectment, brought by the Earl of :: , hrewsbury against the Rev. William Wareing, a Catholic clergyman, to recover posscseicn of 170 acres of land in the county of Stafford. The defendant admitted that the plaintiff had proved his title to the earldom of Shrewsbury and the estates belong ing to it; but disputed his right to deprive him of the pro perty in question, which he claimed under a lease granted by the late Earl John, on the 2d of August, 1843. _ . Mr. Manisty, in opening the ease, said that by a private act, Eth Geo. 1., c. 29, the power of the Shrewsbury estates, being in actual possession, was entitled to grant leases, at the usual and accustomed rent, of lands for terms of years determinable on three lives. In 1840 the lands in question were leased ;by Earl John to John Fellows, at a rent of £4OO a year. In 1843 the earl obtained another act, 6th and 7th Vict., c. 78, by which he was entitled to accept the surrender of leases granted in pursuance of the the first act, and in lieu of to grant leases for 60 years at the same rent. A few days before this act passed—viz., on the 2d of August, 1843, Earl John granted a lease of the property held by Fellows, at £4OO a year, to the Rev. Mr. Wareing and three other persons, priests of the Catholic Church, of which the earl was himself a member, for 60 years, at an annual rent of £5O. The ques tion was, whether the earl was in actual possession of the lands so as to be entitled to grant a lease at all, and, secondly, if so, whether it was granted for the "usual and accustomed rents," in accordance with the terms of the act of 6th George I. and the subsequent act. In Novem ber, 1852, Earl John died, and was succeeded by Earl Bertram, who was an infant. The estates then passed into the hands of the Court of Chancery, who appointed a receiver, who continued to receive the £4OO a year. In 1854 Fellows got into difficulties, and a lease of the greater part of the land was granted for a certain time to his son and nephew at an annual rent of £360. In August, 1856, Earl Bertram died, and the present plaintiff, who was Protestant claimed the earldom anct the estates, which he ultimately succeeded in obtaining. The defendant then set up the lease of August 2, 1843, but the earl contended that it was void, because it was not granted in accordance with the terms of the two previous acts of parliaments. The evidence adduced on the part of the plaintiff was chiefly of a documentary character, and the case resolved itself chiefly into one of law. Mr. Sergeant Shee, in his address to the jury, said there was no reason whatever for the suggestion that the defendant had obtained the lands improperly, because be enjoyed the rents of them during the life of the last two Earls of Shrewsbury, with their full knowledge and with their best wishes. Mr. Baron Martin, in summing up, said there was not the slightest imputation on any of the parties. The Jury then, uncle' the direction of the learned judge, found that the land in question formed part of the settled estates comprised in the 6th Geo. 1., and that it was not leased by Earl John to the defendant at the usual and ac customed rent. This was substantially a verdiet for the plaintiff. It is, however, probable that points of law upon these facts will be raised in the Court above. COUNTRY MARKETS. ~v------JI YORK—SATURDAY. There was not a large show of wheat to-day, and the demand was slow, prices being in favour of sellers. Bar ley was limy scarce. Beans quiet. Wheat, red 44s to 48s Oats.... 22s to 249 White do .48s to 52s Beans 40e to 42s Barley .28s to 30s Peas ....—s to — 4 Malt, 62s to 64s per qr. ; rye, als per qr ; flour, 34 ' to 36s per sack. NORTHAMPTON—SATunDAY. White wheat, 46s to 508; red, 43s to 47s ; fine, 49e to —s per qr. Barley, 34s to 40 8 —grinding, 29s to 3 38 ; Oats, 24s to 32s,per 24 stone. Beans, 37s to 40s. Post 36s to 42s per qr. NORWICH—SATURDAY. There was a moderate show of wheat at market to-day ; but farmers asking much higher prices than buyers were disposed to give sales were checked to some extent; the business done being at is more money. White wheat. 46s to 48 , i f Red wheat 425 to 46s Malting barley ...38s to 40s Chevalier barley 36s to 37s Distilling d 0..... 33s to 35s I Oats.. 24s to 280 Flour, 32s 6d to 33s Od per sack from the miller. GRANTHAM --SATURDAY. New white wheat, 49s to 53s ; red, 45s to 48s per 36st. ; malting barley, 35s to 39s per qr ; grinding, 28s to 30s ; oats, 24s to 26s ; beans, 38s to 400; peas, 36s to 38s. LEICESTER-SATuRDAy. Old white wheat, —s to —s ; Rew, 46; to 64e per 36 stone. Old red, 45s to 62s per 36 stone. Barley, malting, new, 34s to 38s per qr.; grinding, 29s to 33e ; old oath, —s to —s; new oats, 25s to 29s per 24 stone. Beans, new, 38s to 42s per 38 stone ; flour, 34s to 35s per 20 stone. NOTTINGIIAM.—SATURDAY. A limited show of wheat to-day, with a moderate demand at rather more money than last week. Little doing in oats. --White wheat, from 49s to 555;; red wheat, 42s to bOs. Barley—malting, 35s to 39s ; grinding, 27s to 295. Oats old, at 25s to 31s Od ; new, 22s to 295. Beans sold at 418 to 45s per qr. ; new, 37s to 425., Foreign Mail Packet List. MAILS DUE. Aunralia and Mauritius, via Southampton .. June 18. via Marseilles ... July 13. Brazil and Cape Verds, by British packet July 5. Cape of Good Hope, Ascension, and St. Helena June 29. China, Penang, and Singapore, via Southampton June 1 8 . Falkland Islands via Marseille s • . June 27. June --, Gibraltar, via Southampton .. India (Calcutta), and Ceylon, via Southampton.. June 1 8 . via Marseilles.... J u ne 27. India (Bombay), v i a S ou th am pt on June 25. via Marseilles June 20. June 29. Malta, Egypt, and Aden, via Southampton June 2(l ° via Marseilles Newfoundland Oporto and Vigo U. S. and British N. America, by Brit. packet.... June 24. by U.S. packet.... Ten Cana June 19. W.C. of Af r i ca , M a d e i ra, and Teneriffe dian packet July 1 0 Bahamas, via New York July 2. Mexico All parts of West Indies, including Chili, Peru, I Jim, 29. California. and Briti s h Columbia.. The Madrid journals of the 16th contain no poli tical news of importance. By agreement between the Go vernments of France and Spain, attempts at assassination manifested by a commencement of execution, and defeated by causes independent of the will of the aggressor, has been declared a motive for extradition, and been added to the convention of the 26th August, 1860. Rappee, is by some derived from the action of rapping out the grated snuf f : as an " Old Snuff- Taltir." Another derivation is suggested, namely, front the French verb raper, to rasp. Tabac rape would easily slide, in English parlance, into rappee. Is it not Le Sage who describes an idle man of fashion, of a certain period, in a lounging morning hour, with a roll of tobacco in his hand, rasping his own snuff?" [ADVERTISEMENT.]—HoIIoway's Ointment and Pills; —Bad legs, bad breasts, ulcers, abscesses, wounds, a nd sores of all kind s may be thoroughly healed by the aPPlic!" lion of tis ointment o th parts affected after the have been duly fomented with e warm water. The discharge should not be checked at once, but rather encouraged, for uch sudden check, must, of course, be always dangerous. Nature is the noblest of physicians and must not be o pposed, , but seconded. All sores are f or a ti me the safety-valves 0,1 the constitution, a nd s h ou ld no t b e closed or healed untli they assume a healthier character. Under the action of this powerful ointment, together with the pills, the depraved humours of the body will be quickly removed. Births. COLES.—On the 20th inst., at Streatham-common, the wife of T. H. Coles, Esq., of a daughter. GINN.—On the 18th inst., at Durrington House, Essex' the wife of Clayton W. F. Glyn, Esq., of a aon. HANWELL.—On the 19th inst., at Woolwich, the wife o f Captain Hanwell, R.A., of a son HAYNE.—On the 20th inst., at 197, Adelaide-road, Avenue road, Regent's-p ar k, th e w if e of John Baynton HaYnef Esq., of a daughter. Marriages. ATHERLEY—HOWARD.—On the 18th inst., at Charlton. Wilts, Francis Henry Atherley, Esq., to the Lady Isabel Howard, the eldest daughter of the Earl and Countess of Suffolk and Berkshire. DUDGEON — STEVENSON.—On the 18th inst., at 11, Hill side-c,escent, Major Robert Dudgeon, 61st Regiment, to Jane Renny, eldest daughter of the Rev. W. Stevenson, D.D,, Professor of Church History, Edinburgh Univer sity. Deaths. BOULTING.—On the 19th inst., at Camden-town, Mr. Joh ll Boulting, aged 81. CARLTON.—On the 14th inst., suddenly, at Brompton, Mr. Charles Carlton, aged 60. CLARK.—On the 19th inst., at Godalming, Mr. John Clark, aged 72. DALLAS.—On the 15th inst., at Baden Baden, jnstina Dallas, third daughter of the late Right lion. Sir Robt. Dalla s. DYMOCK.—On the 19th inst., atVevey, Switzerland, Itobr; ts L otr f; e c Ee k t h d, a inny rt be , un s rr o g n h.9 of R. L. Dymock, Esq Procurator Fiscal O'SHEA.-- On th e 18 t h inst., at the Queen's Hotel, Cork O'Shea, Esq. RoniNsoN.— On the 19th inst., at Brixton, Mr. Charles Robinso n , of 17, Graeechurch-street, aged 3.5. SMITH. —On the 18th inst ,at Blendon Hall, Kent, Oswald Smith, Esq,, aged 68. London: Printed and Published by WILLIAM ANDREWS, of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at THE Sur/ Office, No. 1 12, Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the County of Middlesex.—ltionday s June 22, 1863. THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, JUNE 22, 1863,