The Sun. — London, England, 1863-06-24 00:00:00

IFIPERLAIi PARLIAMENT HOUSE OF LORDS—Last Evening. The Lord Chancellor took his seat at the usual hour. THE CASE OF MR. BISHOP. The Marquis of NORMAN -- BY again brought the case of Mr. Bishop under the consideration of their lordships, and complained of the apathy of her Majesty's Government in 'not urging the Italian Government to liberate that gentle =an from further imprisonment. Earl RUSSELL in effect repeated the answer he had given the other °veiling, which was to the effect that Mr. Bishop would be released as soon as brigandage was sup pressed. The Italian Government had stated that in the Present state of Southern Italy, and with a due regard to justice in the case of their own subjects convicted of a similar offence, they could not liberate Mr. Bishop at present, but that they would release him at the first favourable oppor tunity. The Earl of HARDWICKE did not believe that brigandage would be suppressed during his lifetime, and under such circumstances there was more necessity than ever of the British Government urging his release. THE lONIAN ISLANDS. The Earl of DERBY said that on Thursday next he would ask the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs a question with respect to the proclamation said to have been issued at Corfu cknuouncing the annexation of the lonian Istauds to ,-reece. Earl RUSSELL expressed his opinion that no procla• nation had been issued in the manner stated in the news• papers. The Duke of NEWCASTLE expressed a similar opinion. PRIVATE BUSINESS. The Leconfield Estate—West Shropshire Mineral Rail way—Milford Railway—Leominster and Kington Railway —Belfast, Holywsod, and Bangor Railway—Portadown, Dungannon, and Omagh Junction Railway—and Hastings Harbour Bills were read a second time. THIRD READINGS. The Oswestry and Newton Railway—Shrewsbury and Welchpool Railway—Great Seaton and Beer Railway-- Great Western and West Midland Railways Amalgamation —Groat Western, West Midland, and South Wales Rail way Companies Amalgamation—Rotherham and Kimber worth Local Board of Health—Southampton Port, Har bour, and Pier—Charing-cross Railway—Evesham and Redditch Railway—Blackrock, Monkstown, and Booters town Improvement—and Letterkenny Railway Bills were read a third time and passed. SECURITY FROM VIOLENCE BILL. This bill passed through committee. INNKEEPERS' LIABILITY BILL. Lord PORTMAN moved the second reading of this bill, the object of which was to make it compulsory for all per sons taking property abov3 the value of £3O into hotels to notify such a circumstance to the landlord, who would then take proper steps for its safe custody. In the event of the traveller not doing so, the landlord was to be released from all liability for its loss. The bill was read a second time and ordered to be com mitted on Friday next. OFFICERS OF NAVAL RESERVE BILL. On the motion of the Duke of SOMERSET, the bill was read a second time. INLAND REVENUE BILL. This bill was read a second time. THAMES EMBANKMENT (SOUTH SIDE) BILL. The report of amendments to this bill was brought up and received. LONDON COAL AND WINE DUTIES. This bill was read a third time and passed. MILITIA PAY BILL, On the motion of Earl DE GREY this bill was read a second time. WEST HARTLEPOOL HARBOUR AND RAIL- WAY BILL, The Earl of DONOQHMORE called the attention of the hoase to the special report and evidence upon the West Hartlepool Harbour and Railway Bill, for the purpose of moving that the report and evidence be re ferred to her Majesty's Attorney-General with di rections to inquire into the alleged illegal conduct of the late directors and auditors of the company, and to institute a prosecution against such persons as in its opinion can be convicted of illegal and fraudulent conduct. Also, that a select committee be appointed to inquire and report on the measures desirable to restrain railway directors from exceeding the borrowing powers given by Parliament. The Earl of AIRLIE proposed to extend the inquiry to the evasions of the provisions of the acts requiring a cer tain amount of capital to be paid up before the borrowing powers came into operation. .... _ The LORD CHANCELLOR said that, assuming there was any ground for the charge reported by the committee, it was the duty of the Government to institute an inquiry into the case, and to prosecute the offenders if there were the slightest probability of a conviction. He would at once give directions to the solicitors to the Treasury, and after that pledge he trusted the mo ti on wou ld b e withdrawn. The first resolution wan then withdrawn, and the second, with the additions proposed by the Earl of AIRLIE and some words suggested by Lord STANLEY of ALDERLET, further extending the inquiry, was agreed to. Their lordships adjourned at half-past seven o'clock. HOUSE OF COMMONS—Last Evening. The SPEAKER took the chair at twelve o'clock. THAMES EMBANKMENT (SOUTH SIDE) BILL. This bill, as amended, was considered and ordered for third reading. VACCINATION (SCOTLAND) BILL. The house went into committee on this bill. The various clauses were agreed to, and the bill passed through committee. STATUTE LABOUR ROADS AND BRIDGES (SCOTLAND) BILL. __ , The house went into committee on this bill, but, after a brief discussion, the bill was withdrawn. STATUTE LABOUR ROADS AND BRIDGES (SCOTLAND) TRANSFER BILL. This bill was withdrawn. The house adjourned at a quarter to 4. At 6 o'clock the house resumed. POLAND. Mr. B. COCHRANE gave notice that he would move the following amendment on the motion of his hon. friend the member for the King's county (Mr. Hennessy) with respect to Poland : After the word " Poland," to move, "and this house, deploring the calamities which are deso lating some provinces of Poland, and anxious notto mislead the people by false hopes, declared its adherence to the principle of non-intervention." THE CONVEYANCE OF MAILS IN MONT GOMERYSHIRE. In reply to Mr. R, LONG, Mr. F. PEEL said that the arrangements for the con veyance of the mails through Montgomeryshire by railway were not yet finally concluded, and that the matter was before the railway company. THE FIFE ARTILLERY MILITIA.. In reply to Mr. WYVILL, - _ The Marquis of HARTINGTON said it was true that the Fife Artillery Militia were unprovided during their period of training last year with any gun or battery from which they could fire shot or shell, and he was atraid that the same must be the case this year. METROPOLITAN CABS, Lord E. THYNNE asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether, as the police prevent cabs from plying in Pall-mall, he would give instructions to the metropolitan police to enforce that system throughout the entire metropolis. Sir G. GREY said that, in consequence of the large num ber of cabs plying between Waterloo station and St. James's street, the order in question had been issued ; but that, to meet the traffic of the locality three additional cabstands had been established in the vicinity. A general order was in existence by which the police were ordered to summon drivers who might be plying for fares about the streets. THE REVISED CODE. Lord R. CECIL asked the vice-president of the com mittee of coancil whether the committee of council held that they were discharged of all liability to the pupil teach '° under arti c l e 54 o f t h e rev i se d co d e b y pay i ng , i n ac ' e e s with paragraph 36 of the instructions, to the man _the amount of the pupil teachers' stipends and gratuities the , or whether, in the case of manager declining to pay over houn n d e t y o as received, the committee would feel themselves And whether, i n re see the pupil teachers paid in full. ber of children a t tiltdeitillg the managers to report the num ot trh:chools who did not some under the terms of article 4 surevised code, as " children belong labour,"ing to the classe s who he nted themselves by manual the committee mi ni:shed either managers or inspectors with a defini t i on of "manual labour." Mr. LOWE said the noble lordwr laboured under a strange misapprehensi , n in regard t o bi o °face of money advanced by the com m i ttos ' o raelY) that sums gers of schools were in danger of b e i ng ?mticil to mana bezzled. He (Mr. Lowe) knew of no such _ PP, l , ie d, and em it was a great Pity that such a thing s h o d d 7: ua thought the case ofso respectable a body as the managers:lSchools However, to answer the question mo re directly , wou ,; say that the Committee of P riv y Council kne w no body is the schools but the managers ; and when they had had p a id the money voted by Parliament to the managers, the co rn . mittee stood discharged of all liability. In all cases, not excluding the very improbable one supposed by the noble lord, the pupil teachers would be without a remedy against the committee of council. With regard to the noble lord's second question, as to whether the committee had made any definition of the term " manual labour " with a view of excluding the children of certain parents from the schools, the noble lord was quite mistaken in sup posing that the committee had made a regulation exclud ing the children of such parents. What the committee had done was to order that the children of such parents should be entered in a separate column from the others, in order that the parents should be made to contribute towards their education. The committee had not sup plied any definition of the term "manual labour ;" but no doubt, when they had had experience of the classes of per sons who sent their child ren t o th e sc h oo l s , th e y s h ou ld be able to frame a more satisfactory definition of the class in tended to be described as living by manual labour. Lottl R. CECIL said he had no desire whatever to accuse managers of embezzlement, but, at the same time, it was quite possible they might retain money through misappre hension, which ought to be paid over to the pup 1 leachers. Well, then, in the case of such misapprehension, ho desired to know whether the committee of council would give any further validity to the promises made to th 3 pupil teachers. Mr. LOWE said the question answered itself. If mana gers declined to pay money over after their tttention had been called to the matter, they could not be said to do so under misapprehension. (Hear, hear.) In such case, all that the committee of council could do would be to strike a school off the list of those entitled to share in the grant. THE CASE OF MARY ANNE WALKLEY. Mr. BAGWELL--I beg to ask the right hon. gentleman the Secretary of State for the Home Department if his at tention has been called to the inquest on Mary Anne Walk ley, a workwoman in the employment of Madame Elise, described as a court dressmaker, of 170, Regent-street, the verdict at which stated that the deceased died of apoplexy ? if the Government have any intention to take measures for the registration and inspection of workrooms; and if a pro secution is to be instituted in this case ? Sir G. GREY—Sir, I know nothing of this case except from the reports of the newspapers, and from the find ing of the jury. But there is no doubt that if the evi dence has been correctly reported, the finding of the jury was amply justified ; and that it is certain the death of the poor girl was accelerated through long hours of work and ins, fficient ventilation. There can be no question but that it wculd be very desirable, if possible, to esta blish by law regulations that might prevent the occurrence of such evils as this case brought to light. But lam not prepared to say that it would be possible to establish a ge neral system of registration and inspection with respect to such employments, they being frequently carried on in pri vate houses. In regard to the last question of the hon member, most probably, in putting it, he has in view the act by which masters and mistresses are compelled to pro vide adequate focd, clothing, and lodging for their appren tices, and under which they are liable to heavy penalties should they be convicted of having wilfully omitted to do so, and thereby causing danger to life. lam not sure, how ever, whether that law is applicable to this case, as I doubt whether the young woman was an apprentice. I think she was only a hired workwoman. THE TRIAL OF JESSIE APLACHLAN. In reply to Sir M. S. STEWART, Sir G. GREY said he had no doubt that Lord Deas had been correctly reported to have decided at the M'Lachlan trial that the prisoner's declarations were to be read; but no report of the trial, authorised by the judge, had been received. THE BRAZILIAN DIFFICULTY. Mr. BRIGHT, in the absence of the noble lord at the head of the Government, would beg to ask the Secretary for the Home Department whether the decision of the King of the Belgians, with regard to the difference with Brazil, had been forwarded to the Government of this country ; and, if so, whether there is any objection to lay it upon the table of the house. Sir G. GREY—Perhaps my hon. friend will be good enough to put his question upon the notice paper for Thursday. LANDLORD AND TENANT (IRELAND). Mr. MAGUIRE proposed a resolution to the effect—That it asmuch as the measures of 1860, intended as a final settle ment of the claims of the Irish tenant, had proved to be wholly inoperative, and inasmuch as the present condition of Ireland required the special attention of Parliament, with a view to the adoption of wise and salutary laws, which might stimulate industry and protect the enjoyment of its fruits, an address be presented to her Majesty, praying her to issue a royal commission to inquire into and report upon the state of the agricultural classes in Ireland, and to sug gest such improvements in the relations between landlord and tenant as might seem necessary and expedient. The hon. member observed that the agrarian disturbances and distressed condition of Ireland were sometimes attributed to the religion of the majority of the people, and at others to the existence of a religious establishment, which was the Church of the minority ; but in his opinion the seat of the evil was rather to be traced to the present state of the law of landlord and tenant, and the object he had in view was to do for the Irish tenantry that which had already been done in this country, and provide security for the enjoy ment by the tenant of the improvements he might have effected, and the adoption of an equitable law to induce him to put forth his energies, his industry, and care in the cul tivation of the soil. The motion was seconded by Mr. BAGWELL and sup ported by Mr. BRADY. Sir E. GROGAN denied that the existing state of Ireland had anything to do with the law of landlord and tenant, which, in fact, were identical with the law of England, where it worked well. Ireland had just passed through a succession of three bad harvests, and he believed that the real cause of what was permanent in the evils she suffered was to be found amongst the people and their teachers, and the existence of illegal associations with objects adverse to the interests of the landlords. Mr. ROEBUCK said that the mention of tenant right in that house would always be viewed with distrust by English members. He suggested, as the best means of meeting the difficulty, that the landlord and tenant should be free to make what contract they pleased, but in case they omitted to do so then the law would step in and regulate what the outgoing tenant should receive and what the incoming tenant should pay. Sir G. COLTHURST argued that the law of 1860, re ferred to in the motion, went far enough, and that it could not have been carried farther without affecting the rights of property. The great evil connected with the land of Ireland was the small size of the holdings, the occupiers cf which invariably suffered distress on the recurrence of an adverse season, It was of this class of people that the great body of the emigrants from Ireland chiefly consisted. Sir R. PEEL admitted the importance of the question, but contended that not a single argument had been adduced to justify the house in accepting the motion of the hon. member for Dungarven and disturbing the existing relations between landlord and tenant. There was no doubt that dis tress prevailed in Ireland, and that the land tenure there was not what it was desirable that it should be, but he protested against the Irish people being told .that it had produced their ruin. The proper way of dealing with a people who were suffering from the dispensations of Providence was to endeavour to awaken the spirit of hope in their breasts, by showing them that returning prosperity would re place them in that position which their energy, industry, and perseverance entitled them to occupy. He regret ted that the bill of 1860 had proved inoperative, and he could only say with regard to the future that he should not be indisposed at the proper time to consider whether further legislation in the same direction 'night not be attempted. The debate was continued by The O'Donoghue, Mr. O'Reilly, Mr. Cardwell, Mr. Scully, Mr. Hennessy, and Mr. Blake. Lord PAL MERSTON said the British Government had done all it could to promote the security of property in Ireland, and he had no hesitation in saying that it was quite as secure, and that life was even more secure, in that coun try than in England—because in Ireland there were not those social crimes which, he regretted to say, too often disgraced the character of the people in England. The evils of Ireland in past days were to be traced in a great measure to the system of middlemen, to a redundant popu lation, and to the minute division of holdings. He was happy to say that the two former of these evils had greatly diminished, and there was reason to believe that the prosperity of the country would be restored upon the return of productive harvest. In hisopinion the best course to be adopted as between landlord and tenant was to give them full liberty to settle their own affairs without legis lative interference—and speaking as a landlord, he would ask what right had any tenant to come to him and say that it was his intention to effect certain improvements, whether it was advantageous and whether he wished it or not. He regretted that the act of 1860 had not been carried further. Its intention was to enable the tenant to make improve ments on his holding—but what improvements could a tenant with 10 or 15 acres be expected to make ? Why, the only improvement in his power was to dig up the stones and render the land more available for the plough. After a few words from Col. GREVILLE in support of the motion, Mr. MAGUIRE replied, and The house divided. The numbers were— For the motion Against it Majority against 79 MALT DUTIES. Sir F. KELLY moved for a select committee to con sider the effect of the malt duties upon the cultivation and price of barley, and upon the manufacture and price of malt and liquors ; also upon the application of malt to the food of cattle and sheep. Col. BARTTELOT seconded the motion, and urged that much more barley would be grown in the country if the malt tax were reduced. Mr. CORBETT supported the motion. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER acceded to the motion, but denied that the tax on malt was exces sive. The motion, which was amended at the instance of the right hon. gentleman, was agreed to after some conversa tion. WESTMINSTER NEW PALACE, On the motion of Mr. TITE, a select committee was ap- Pointed to inquire into the approaches of the New Palace of Westminster. QUEEN'S COLLEGE, CORK. Mr. HEN nicatio NESSY and moved for a co p y of all depositions communs College. Cork. relating to th e b urning of the Queen's Sir H. PEEL opposed the motion. The house divided, when t 34 to 14. he m o ti on was negatived by The London Diocese, the Land Drainage, the Provisional Orders, and the Enclosure (No, 2) Dille were read a third time and passed. The other orders were disposed of, and the house ad journed' Full benefit of reduced duty obtained by p„. c h a sing llorniman's pure Tea; very choice at 3s. 4d. and 4s. "High Standard "at 4s. 4d. (formerly 45. Bd.), is the strongest and most delicious imported. Agents in every town supply it in packets. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. THE BREADALBANE PEERAGE. NE*CASTLE-ON-TYNE RACES, JUNE 23. EDINBURGH COURT OF SESSION-JUNE 20. The Trial Stakes of 5 sovs each, with 25 added ; 2-yr-olds, sst 10Ib ; 3-yr. olds, 7st 101 b ; 4-yr-olds, Bst 101 b ; 5-yr olds, Ost 31b; 6-yr-olds and aged, 9st 51b. Winners once hefore starting, 31b; twice, 51b extra. Mares and geldings allowed 31b. The second to save his stake. T.Y.C. 6 subs. Mr. J. Wilkins's Betsy Copeland, 3 yrs (Doyle) 1 Lord Zetland's Deerfoot (Marson) 2 Mr. John Osborne's The Cure •• • • (Carroll) 3 Mr. Joques's Harvest Mell Betting-5 to 2 agat Copeland, and 4to 1 agst The Cure. Won by a head. Three lengths between the second and third. Lieutenant Charles William Campbell, of the 19th Regi ment of Bengal Cavalry, presently at Sultanpore, claiming to be sixth Earl of Breadalbane and Holland, Viscount of Tay and Portland, Lord Glenorchy in the peerage of Scot land, for the appointment of a judicial factor on the entailed estates of Breadalbane. This petition came on for consideration to-day. Mr. Gifford opened the case for the petitioner. He stated that he was the grandson of the sixth son of William Campbell of Glenfalloch, and was thereby the nearest and lawful heir of tailzie and provision of John, fifth Earl of Breadalbane, who died on the Bth of Nov., 1862, w4hout leaving any lawful issue of his body. He had presented peti tions to the Sheriff of Chancery craving to be served nearest and lawful heir of tailzie and provision in special of the said John, Marquis and Earl of Breadalbane, in the lands and estates comprehended under the two deeds of entail. He presented his petitions on 27th of February last. There was another claimant, John Alexander Gavin Campbell of Glenfalloch, who had also presented petitions to the Sheriff of Chancery, alleging himself to be the nearest heir of tailzie to the said John, Marquis and fifth Earl of Breadal bane, and who craved to be served in that character. Nothing had as yet been done oh the petitions for service except intimation. The petitioner proposed to have the petition • forthwith conjoined and advocated from the Sheriff in Chancery to the Court of Session. As to the competing complainant, he, the petitioner, averred that the ground on which he impugned his alleged right was that he claimed to be descended from James Campbell, the second son of William Campbell of Glenfalloch, while the petitioner was descended from John Campbell, the sixth son. He alleged that he was the grandson of the said James Campbell by his marriage with Elizabeth or Eliza Maria Blanchard, which took place in September, 1782, by the Rev. Mr. M'Gregor, Gaelic minister in Edinburgh. In 178 they went to America together. Now, at the time of this marriage Elizabeth Maria Blanchard was a married woman. She was the wife of Christopher Ludlow, of Chipping, Tod bury, Gloucestershire, who did not die till January, 1784. She had eloped from her husband. Under these circum stances, the father of the claimant must have been illegiti mate, as he was the son of an adulterous connection, and, therefore, the claimant is illegitimate also. The petitioner offered to establish these facts by proof ; and Mr. Gifford submitted that this was a case in which the Court, in justice to the petitioner, who claimed to be the nearest heir to the late Earl of Breadalbane in the Breadalbane estates, should sequestrate the whole rents thereof, and make them payable to a judicial factor, so that, whoever proved himself the party entitled to succeed, should obtain the whole proceeds of the property during the period when the investigation of their respective claims should go on. No harm would accrue to either party from this course being adopted, and the rights and interests of all concerned would be protected. Mr. Clark opened the case for the competing claimant, the respondent, John Alexander Gavin Campbell, and said that the claimant's father was heir of ent ail of the estate of Glen falloch, the destination of which was identical with that of the Breadalbane estates. When the respondent's father, in 1812 succeeded to Glenfalloch, the petitioner's grandfather acted as factor for him, and directed and carried through his service as heir of tailzie and provision to John Breadal bane Campbell in the lands and barony. Had the respon dent's father been illegitimate the grandfather of the peti tioner would himself have been entitled to the estate of Glenfalloch, but no whisper was then breathed as to the illegitimacy of the respondent's father, although the events were then recent, and must have been known had there been any ground for supposing such a thing. The late Marquis of Breadalbane appointed .the respondent's father one of his trustees, and he continued to act in that capacity till his death ; and upon the death of the Marquis his trustees and executors at once recognised the respondent as the heir apparent, entitled to the lands and estates, whose whole charge was transferred to him, and he has had since then the entire management. The only portion of the property not actually under his charge was Tayrnouth Castle, which is still occupied by the late Marquis's servants, under an arrangement with him. He submitted, therefore, that there were no grounds for the appointment of a judicial faCtor and for dispossessing the respondent of his right as heir apparent. The Members' Plate Handicap of 6 sovs each, with 100 added—viz., 50 toy the members for Newcastle-on-Tyne and 50 from the Grand Stand. The winner of any handi cap value 150 sovs after the weights are published to carry 7th extra. The second to save his stake, and the winner to pay 10 guineas towards expenses. Newcastle turn in, nearly one mile. 20 subs. Mr. W. Hart's Erin- go-Bragh, 3 yrs, 6st 41b (Williamson) 1 Mr. Jackson's Lady Louisa, 5 yrs, 7st 121 b .... (Doyle) 2 Col. Towneley's Cellarius, 4 yrs, 7st 111 b....(Challoner) 3 The following also ran : Calabria, Lach,sis, Fairy King, Annabelle, Unfashionable Beauty, and Trump Queen. Batting-5 to 2 agst Erin-go-Bragh, 4to 1 agst Trump Queen, 5 to 1 agst Cellarius, 6 to 1 agst Lady Louisa, and 7 to 1 each agst Lachesis and Calabria. Won by a neck. Three lengths between the second and third. The Tyro Stakes of 5 sovs each, with 50 added, for 2-yr old colts, Bst 101 b ; fillies, Bst 71b. A winner of any stake before starting value 100 sovs to carry 21b extra, or of 200 soya 41b extra. The second to save his stake, and the winner to pay ,5 guineas towards expenses. T.Y.C. 13 subs. Mr. John Osborne's Lady of Coverham .... (Whiteley) 1 Captain Gray's Windham Mr. Joseph D en t' s M an t a li n i (Challoner) 3 Mr R. Chilton's Claxton (Osborne) 4 Mr. H. Wilkinson's Eagle's Wing (Snowden) 5 Betting-5 to 1 agst Windham, 4to 1 agst Lady of Coverham, 9 to 2 egg Mantalini, and 100 to 15 agst Eagle's Wing. Won by a length. Three lengths between the second and third, a bad fourth. The Selling Stakes of 5 movs each, with 25 added; 2-yr-olds 7st 101 b, 3-yr-olds 9st 21b, 4-yr-olds 9et 101 b, 5-yr-olds lOst, 6-yr-olds and aged 10st, 21b. Half a mile. Six subs. Lord Exeter's Acceptance, 2 yrs (£25) (Sellers) Mr. C. Winteringham's Lady Braybrook, 2 years £25) (M. Noble) 2 Mr. J. Ridley's Hospitality f, 2 yrs (525) (Carroll) 3 Mr. Ridley's Benevolence, 3 yrs (£25) (Marston) 4 Mr. Bagnall na Duchess, 2 yrs (£25) (Martin) 5 --- - . _ . . W . on by a neck, a head between th e secon d and third, The winner was sold for 39 guineas, The North Derby of 5 sovs, with 100 added, for 3-yr-olds ; colts Bst 1010, fillies Bst 71b. The winner of any stake before starting, value 300 sovs, to carry 31b extra; if 500 says, 51b extra. Horses having started three times and never won allowed 31b. The second to receive 25 says out of the stakes, and the winner to pay 10 guineas to the judge. Once round. 20 subs. Captain Gray's Manfred Count Henckel's Giles the First (Aldcroft) 2 Mr. Temperley's Alice (Snowden) 3 Betting—Even on Giles the First, 7 to 4 agst Manfred, and 3 to 1 agst Alice. Won by a head, three lengths between the second and third. Lord Deas said it was one of the facts the Court ought to have known—namely, the date of the birth of the respon dent's father, who died in 1850. This fact might be of the utmost importance, and parties must take the consequence of absence of any statement on the subject. While he would have expected some statement on the subject from the petitioner, he would still more have expected it from the re spondent. The Court took the case to avizandum. Counsel for the Petitioner—Mr. Patton and Mr. Gifford. Agent—Mr. Henry Buchan, t.S.C. Counsel for the Respondent—The Solicitor-General, Mr. Clark, and Mr. Adam. Agents 7 -Messrs. Adam, Kirk, and Robertson, W.S. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.--June 23. MARYLEBONE.—ATTEMPT AT MURDER.—A tall muscular woman, named Elizabeth Gearing, aged 38, a washerwoman, residing at 8, Horace-street, Marylebone, was brought up on remand before Mr: Knox, charged with the following murderous assaul t upon Frances Keleher.— The case was brought before Mr. Yardley originally some time ago, but such was the critical state of prosecutrix that prisoner had to be remanded from time to time. Yesterday prosecutrix was led into court, and her appearance excited a great amount of sympathy. She was very weak indeed, and all about her face bore very sad marks of the knife. Bandages were still about her head, arms, and hands. Pro secutrix on being called was allowed to be seated, and the worthy magistrate (Mr. Knox) went and stood close by her, and passed her evidence (which she was not able to give scarcely above a whisper) to Mr. Tate, the clerk, as follows; My name is Frances Keleher. lam a married woman, re siding at 6, Horace=street. On the 31st of May I went out at five minutes to 12 to get a pot of beer, and met the pri soner in John-street. She followed me to where I got my beer. (Prisoner—Yon liar; did you hot ask rue to go with you ?) At the corner of S houldham-street Mr. Monro served roe with the beer outside the door. Prisoner was standing by my side at the time, and as I went round the corner she took hold of the back of my dress. (Prisoner — Oh, you liar.) She asked me to come round the corner as she wished to tell me something very particular. - I said it was too late, and my husband would scold me if I went. She said to me, " I wont keep you a minute, I am going for some fried fish to Brown-street." I did not want to go, and she held me tight by my drew, and I went half way down Shouldham-street, when she (prisoner) attacked me with a knife. The first placed she stabbed me was in the chin, and afterwards in 14 or 15 different parts of my body. We fall up against Moulding's shop, 34, Shouldham. street, and the door not being properly latched it gave way, and we both fell into the passage. After she got me down she placed her knee on my chest. I screamed " murder," and the prisoner pulled my clothes over my face and stuffed them in my mouth. i pulled them out again and still screamed "murder"—(Prisoner—Oh, you rogue)—and begged for mercy several times. She said, "I will give you mercy when I have your life." (Prisoner—You lie, I did not want your life. You do reckon up a lot of lies.) After she knelt en me she kicked me on my legs many times, and they are black now from her boots and nails (Prisoner—l don't think I kicked you.) Assistance arrived, but I was exhausted when it came. As the people tried to pull her off of me by her legs, she threw the knife at me, and it struck my throat, and there is the mark on it now. Mr. Knox—Was the prisoner drunk or sober ? Prosecutrix—She was quite sober. I rover saw her drunk in my life. Mr. Knox—What know ledge have you of her ? Prosecutor—She was a lodger in my house, and had only been there three weeks. Mr. Knox—lt is a strange affair for her (prisoner) to attack you like this. Prosecutrix—l never had the slightest contra diction with her in my life Mr. Knox—Can riu account for this act ? Prosecutrix—l cannot. Mr. Knox—Had you any words ? Prosecutrix—She never gave me cause to have any words. I was taken into Dr. Danford's shop. Atter this I was taken to my own home, where I have been ever since, quite unable to attend here through the effects of my wounds. Mr. Knox—Do you wish to ask this poor woman any questions ? Prisoner —Me, sir. Oh no; I don't. Pro secutrix added to her statement that when assistance arrived she managed to reach the knife and give it to a young man. George Morrishaw, a decorator, residing at 11, Shouldham street, said—l was at my own door, and heard cries of " Murder I" I went to Mr. Moulding's passage, and saw the prosecutrix saturated in blood, and she placed the knife in my hand. Mr. Knox (to whom the knife, with a sharp-pointed blade, between nine and ten inches in length, quite new, and clotted with blood, had been handed) said—ls this the weapon? (The sight of the knife and the determined coolness of the prisoner drew an excla mation from all parties in court. The knife had the blood marks rusted, as it were, into the blade.) Witness— That is the same. Thomas Williams, a watchman, in Shouldham-street, saw the prosecutrix and witness against No. 34, Shouldham_street (Prisoner—You are a liar; there was no one there.) They struggled, and fell into the street door. Prosecutrix fell undermost, and prisoner on the top. Prosecutrix screamed " Murder I" and I pulled them both out of the passage by their legs. Prisoner—lf you saw me attack her, why did you not see to it before ? You did not see me at all. Witness—l waited till the police came. She tried to get away from me, but I held her. She shouted very much. There was plenty of blood in the pas • sage. Prisoner—You are a liar; you did not see blood, for it was quite dark. Mr. Fred. Danford, surgeon, 10, Upper Dorset-street, said—The female Keleher, was brought into my place a little after 12 on the night stated covered with blood. Her clothes, face, and hair were saturated with it, and the was bleeding very profusely from her many wounds. I have been attending her ever since. On the head were several long incised wounds—also on the face, hand, and left arm. There are also several punctured wounds about the head, shoulders, and chest. am such wounds as would be caused by Moat such a undoubtedly weaponthey asthe knife now produced. M os t o f the ex tensive, but fortunately none o f them h w a o v u e n g d o s n a e r t e o v a e n rY y important organ of the body. She has one very extensive wound on one of her hands which I have no doubt has been caused by the knife having been drawn through it and almost cutting it in two. James Hughes, THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, JUNE 24, 1863. 86 D; stated that he took the prisoner in charge, and the only excuse she gave for committing such an offence was because the prisoner and others teased her. In reply to Mr. Knox, the officer said he had not been able to trace where prisoner got the knife from. The officer added that the prisoner was committed to the sessions and sen tenced to six months' hard labour for stabbing another woman in September last with a large white-handled carving knife. After Mr. Knox had given her the usual caution for prisoners going for trial, prisoner said—l was going into my own room when she (the prosecutrix) said she was going for some beer. I said, "As you are going to the public-house we will ha'e some rum." We went to the Horse and Groom. They were shut up ; and afterwards to the Old Crown, which was also shut. We then went to the corner of the street; Ido not know the sign of the house, and we got some rum in a bottle, for which I paid. We carried it away with us, and I said if the fishmonger's was open we would take some home for supper. When we got half way down the street I drank some of the rum, and gave her the rest; and as she was doing so I struck her with the knife. I did not kick her, neither did I put her clothes in her mouth. Both her and her father teased me. Mr. Knox committed prisoner for trial at the Central Court for the attempt at murder. SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. TIMES.—It is not improbable that the Emperor Francis Joseph, after all Lis errors and misfortunes, may leave behind him a name honoured in history. Fifteen years ago he ascended the throne a mere boy in age and under the guidance of a Minister, able and resolute, but of the most despotic instincts. He crushed not only open treason, but the most reason able constitutional demands. These few short years have elapsed, and we now find him addressing a Message to a great Constitutional Co u ncil of his Empire, and using the familiar phraseology which all Sovereigns seem to have copied from the Royal Speeches of England. True, in the meantime there have been important events. The mighty Monarch in whom all Conservative Governments put their trust, and who marched his legions to suppress the Hungarian revolt, fell in a few years after the ex ploit, and was only delivered by a sudden death from witnessing the overthrow of his armies and of the influence by which he had so long imposed on Eu rope. Austrian dominion, Austrian influence, several semi-Austrian Crowns have passed away in Italy. Everywhere the Court of Vienna sees Sovereigns forced to regulate their actions by the wishes of their subjects, or to prepare for a resistance more or less dangerous according to the spirit of the people or the grievances from which they suffer. The merit of the Emperor is that he has understood the necessities of his time and has yielded to them ; and let it not be said that it is no great thing for a ruler to see what every one else sees—to gather from the advice of Statesmen and soldiers and Churchmen what the tumblest of his educated subjects can learn from his own observation or the talk of his friends. It is unfortunately the case that Sove reigns usually fail to see what is glaring in the sight of the rest of mankind,—that they hear not the voice of the people until it swells into the shout of revolt. It is no small merit for the young Austrian Emperor that, brought up in a retrograde Court and tutored by retrograde Ministers, he has yet attained to a clearer know ledge of his country's needs than is possessed by the King of Prussia, a Sovereign of twice his age, and ruling over a people who in culture, if not in genius, are very far superior to those of the Austrian Empire. There has seldom been a more arduous political un dertaking than that of uniting the discordant and almost hostile provinces of the Austrian Empire into one assembly. The Emperor's con ititutional leanings have been, no doubt, encouraged by the idea that the only way to give unity to the mass of nations and tribes which he governs is to_bring them into con tact in one Chamber, to make the interests of one balance those of another, and in some sense to play them off, each against the one to which it has been traditionally opposed. That Germans, Hungarians, Czechs, Galicians, and Italians, so far as they tended to fuse, would consolidate the Empire, and so far as they retained their rivalries would increase by their division the influence of their common head, was perhaps the principal idea which suggested the establishment of this Imperial Legislature. Now that the Emperor is committed to the principle he will, no doubt, work at the realisation of it with all the obstinate energy which is part of his character. Prince Schwarzenberg was not more resolute in his plan of welding together the Austrian federation by sheer despotic strength than are Francis Joseph and his present advisers, includ ing, it would seem, the principal members of his family, in their design of uniting the Empire by creating a Legislature which all the provinces shall obey, while at the same time it is o p en to theinflu ence of the Sovereign. Much progress, indeed, appears to have been already made. Although nothing can conciliate the inhabitants of Venetia, who still regard themselves as Italians temporarily kept from their allegiance by a defect in the Treaty of 1859,—although Hungary is jealous and discon tented as ever, yet, on the whole, a remarkable suc cess has been achieved, considering the state of the Empire and the short time the new institutions have existed. The Emperor had no reason to be dissatisfied with the scene which was witnessed last week, when the second Session of the Imperial Legislature was opened by the Archduke Charles Louis, who read the Emperor's Message in the pre sence of a large array of members. These, though they are unfortunately far from representing the whole Empire, are yet a support to the Throne, such as it never had when it relied solely on soldiers and priests. In his Message the Emperor congratulates the Chambers on the harmony with which the Reicherath and the Provincial Diets work together, thus realising the Imperial principle that " the necessary unity of the Empire may be upheld, even though its component parts enjoy the greatest amount of freedom and independence of action." Then followed a passage which was heard with great interest, as indicating the intentions of the Emperor on the important question which is now being discussed between the three Powers and Russia. Whatever may be the warlike instincts of France or of a small portion of the British public, we are not to expect that Austria will allow her self to be influenced by them at this crisis. She has a large interest in peace, and no interest at all in raising up a Poland which would soon demand Galicia of her. Any improvement of t he Warsaw Government which the policy or humanity of the Czar might sug gest would be approved by Austria, and it is in the hope of such a solution that she addresses him in company with France and England. But she is ready for nothing further. Those who thought that the jealousy, not to say hatred, which has existed between the two Powers since the Russian war might possibly incline Austria to an offensive alliance with France, have underrated the prudence of the Vien nese Court. Such at least is the impression which the following sentence in the Emperor's Message has produced :—" At the close of the first session of the Reichsrath Austria was at peace with the whole world. She still enjoys the blessings of peace, and it will be the stedfast aim of his Majesty's Govern ment that she should continue uninterruptedly to enjoy them." In ordinary times these would be thought mere words of course, but Vienna under stands them as specially applied to the Polish ques tion, and is probably right in its opinion. What revolution can be greater than that a Hapsburg should pronounce such words as these P—" Pro tected by liberal institutions, the intellectual and material development of Austria is progressing rapidly ; her power and consideration are continu ally increasing." But, however strange for an Em peror to pen and an Archduke to read, they are strictly true. The Emperor announces the happy results of increased freedom and economy. The credit of the empire and of the paper currency has improved, and the state of the finances is such that the Government will not require the 12,000,000f1. which were granted for the co ver i ng of the ex pected deficit. Alterations in the system of direct taxation will be submitted to the judgment of the Reichsrath. Draughts of other important laws will also be ordered for consideration. " A com plete code of regulations for the administration of the penal laws will be laid before you. In the Criminal Courts there will be publicity, with oral proceedings, and in those provinces in which the thing is feasible juries will be established, to which all the more important cases will be submitted.' The proceedings in criminal cases will be simplified and shortened, so that they may be in better keeping with the la ws f or th e protec tion of the liberty of the subject." To this point has improvement advanced in •Austria,—" trial by jury," " liberty of the subject." Let not any say that the Reichsrath is a deception, or that the Emperor is insincere. No Sovereign who really wished to keep despotic power in his own hands would pronounce such words or propose such laws. All may not be done at once, but it is plain that the old Austria has passed away, never to return—that the Emperor knows great changes to be inevitable, and wishes to make them safe. POST.—Whilo we are speculating on the nature of the answer which the Russian Government will accord to the collective notes, it is natural that the statesmen at St. Petersburg, should be engaged in a series of conjectures with reference to the temper of the Powers by whom those notes were addressed. There can be doubt that they will be guided in fram ing their reply by the accounts which they receive from their diplomatists abroad of the degree to which public opinion in foreign countries may have been excited. Considering the present internal con d:tion of the empire, it must be the first object of those who control its destinies to stave off all risk of a European war, but it is possible that the tone of the foreign press, no less than of the Cabinets of the Great Powers, may have lulled them into suet 3?.r u CHELMSFORD MEETING-TUESDAY. The Mark's Hall Stakes of 5 sous each, with 25 added, for 2-yr-olds ; colts Bst 71b, fillies Bst 31b; winner to be sold for 50 guineas. Half a mile straight. 4 subs. Mr. G. Bryan's Woodcraft, Bst 31b (F. Crouch) 1 Mr. Flutter's Sacrilege, Bst 31b (Long) 2 Mr. Rayner's Wee A gg i e , B st 31b (H. Bradley) 3 Mr. Reeves's Miss Herbert, Bst 31b (D. Hughes) 4 Betting-7 to 3on Woodcraft, 4to 1 agat Sacrilege, 100 to 5 agst Wee Aggie. Won in a canter by two lengths; a length and a half separated the second and third ; and Wee Aggie passed Miss Herbert, pulling up on the post. The winner was bought in for 230 guineas. The Scurry Handicap of 10 soya each, with 20 added ; gen tlemen riders ; professionals, 51b extra. Seven furlongs straight. 6 subs. Mr. Cherry's Disappointment, 4 yrs, lOst 121 b (Owner) 1 Mr. H. Marsh's Consternation, 4 yrs, llst llb (in. 51b ex) (J. Goater) 2 Mr. John Nightingall's Hilly Grove, 3 yrs, 9st 121 b (includ. 51b extra) Mr. Hughes's Remunerator, age d, li s t 51b (in. 51b ex.) (D. Hughes) 4 Mr. George Angell's Vigil, 4 yrs, list 121 b (in. Mb ex.) f. (Perry) 5 Mr. George Bryan's Zora, 5 yrs, 12st .. (M;., Dixon) 6 Betting-7 to 4 agst Zora, 4to 1 each agst Hilly Grove and Disappointment, 7 to 1 agst Consternation, 10 to 1 each agst Vigil and Remunerator. Won by a length; Hilly Grove was stopped when it was found she had no chance of winning, and the remainder cantered past the post. The Chelmsford Handicap of 15 soya each, 10 ft, with 100 added ; winners extra. Two miles. 11 subs. Capt. Coates's Flirtation, 5 yrs, Bst 111 b (H. Grimshaw) 1 Mr. T. Hughes's Flash-in-the-?an, aged, 7st 81b (Drew) 2 Mr. J. Godding's Mountain Maid filly, 3 yrs 6st 121 b (T. French) 3 Mr. W. Barker's Maria Day, 5 yrs, 7st 31b (Sadgrove) 4 Betting-13 to 8 agst the Mountain Maid filly, 7to 4 agst Flash-in-the-Pan, 5 to 2 agst Flirtation. Won by a short head; a neck divided the second and third ; Maria Day beaten off. The Great Baddow Stakes (two-yr-old stakes) of 10 sous each, h ft, with .50 added ; colts, Bst 101 b ; fillies, Bst 71b; certain penalties and allowances. Straight half-mile. 20 subs. Mr. C. Alexander's Birthday filly, Bst 41b.. (E. Sharpe) 1 Count Batthyany's Vandervelde, 9at (J. Goater) 2 Mr. Hodgman's Confederate, Bst 31b ....(G, Fordham) 3 Mr. Payne's Tomfoolery, Bst 21b Mr. R. R. Big,nell's Bold Houghton, Bst 51b (W. Bottom) 5 Mr. J. Daley's Pretty Bird, Bst 31b (F. Crouch) 6 Mr. Mellon's Lifebuoy, Bst 31b Measure for Measure was scratched at 2.65 on the day of running. Betting ----13 to 8 agst Confederate, 9to 4 agst the Birthday filly, 8 to 1 agst Tomfoolery, 100 to 12 agst Van dervelde, 10 to 1 agst Bold Houghton, 100 to 7 agst Lifebuoy. Won in a canter by three lengths ; a length separating the second and third ; Tomfoolery was close up fourth,Bold Houghton a bad fifth, Pretty Bird (outpaced throughout) sixth, and Lifebuoy last., The Galleywood Stakes of 3 sous each, with 20 added, for all ages ; selling allowances. Straight half-mile 5 subs. Mr. Fleming's Jemima filly, 4 yrs (X5O), 7st 91b _ . (Fordham) 1 Mr. Flutter's Sacrilege, 2 yrs (£80), 6st 21b _ _ (A. Woodhouse) 2 Betting-7 to 4on Sacrilege. The Jemima filly made all the running, and won by a length. AQUATICS. - - CHAMPIONSHIP OF THE WORLD-CHAMBERS AND GREEN. - - On the evening of the match between Chambers and Green a backer of the Australian brought £5 to the office of the Sporting Life to make a fresh match, alleging that he had been defeated by accidental illness. The money was covered by Mr. Wright, on the part of Chambers, on Thursday, and a meeting was arranged to take place at Harry Kelley's, the Bells, Putney, on Tuesday, to increase the deposit and draw up articles. Accordingly, yesterday evening there was a very large muster of the friends of the men. Harry Salter represented Chambers and Harry Kelley Green, who was present, and amongst those in the room were several members of the principal metropolitan rowing clubs. The same gentleman, Mr. Greathead, who filled the office at the final deposit for the last match, kindly occupied the chair, and briefly alluded to the lets struggle. Kelley then stated that illness was the cause of Green's defeat, and he was ready on his part to draw up articles to row, for £2OO a-side and the Championship, in the middle of August. Harry Salter then said that he was present on behalf of Chambers, but that he would not row until Octo ber, in consequence of his having business to attend to, and having already rowed two races for the Championship this year, but that he would row in the Tyne in August. Kelley replied that Green was anxious to return home in Septem ber, but he thought it would be better to postpone further negotiations till Tuesday, June 30, which would give time for correspondence with Chambers. Harry Salter, on the part of Chambers, agreed to the proposition, and nothing further can be done in the matter until the result of the meeting on Tuesday next at the Bells, Putney, is known. FULHAM REGATTA. The respectable watermen belonging to Fulham rowed their annual wager on Monday for small prizes subscribed byithe residents of the place. After two trial heats the winners of those contended in the final heat, which was decided as follows : Frederick Kelley John Kelley John Freeman John Powell ., 0 The course extended from Broomhouse to the Crabtree, starting and finishing at Fulham-bridge. John Kelley, the old veteran who rowed Robert Coombes two successive days, took the lead and held it until near the finish, when the winner passed him sad came in first by a length. [ADVERTISEMENT.]—HoIIoway's Pills.—When formid able fevers and other contagious complaints are prevalent Holloway's purifying pills are the best correctives of the system and the surest cleansers of the blood, No one should Permit any disordered action to continue where it can be so delicate? easily rectified by these pills ; even one day's delay may bring bitter cause to rue that slight neglect. There can arias danger from taking Holloway ' s medicine, and no To feel t hatar and definite instructions envelope each box. can occur in administering it to the young and the bodyi s s out of order is sufficient warranty . for taking the se - ease l , eysiz whet _ Plll ou , which will prevent or arrest clis e a btful, complicated, or obscure. rity upon the subject, that they may be induced to trust so far to th e p eace f u l di s p o 3ition o f E urope , as to try it beyond what it will bear. We have been fre quently reproached with cruelty towards Poland, in exciting her population to continue an insur rection which looked hopeless, when we had no intention of giving them more substantial assist ance than that which they might derive from a barren sympathy ; b ut i t i s as un f a i r to Russia to allow her to su pp ose th a t it w ill be impossible for her to force Europe into war for the sake of Poland. All e x p er i ence h as s h own t h at the most certain way of being dragged into war is to set out with the loudly -expressed declaration that under no circumstances will it be undertaken. Thus it was that in 1853 Russi a was encourage d b y the tone of the Cabinet and the press of this country into acts which excited the public to such a pitch that a war became inevitable. However much we should deplore the recurrence of such a contingency, it is as well that Russian statesmen should bear in mind their last bitter experience, and should not place too much reliance in the imperturbability of spectators more or less interested in watching the fate of their fellow-men. In England the final appeal must ever be to the public feeling of the greet mass of the community ; and however earnest may be the desire of the Government to control the national impulse, there is a point beyond which it is power. less, and is compelled to carry out the will of the people it represents. We do not mean it to be sup posed that there has been as yet any popular expres sion of sentiment which should justify our antici pating a contingency so much to be regretted as a European war in which this country should take part, bat we do deprecate the announcements we occasionally see made in leading journals that any such contingency is impossible. We are too anxious to avoid drifting into war to make any such dan gerous declaration ; and we warn the Russian Go vernment that, by a policy of savage vengeance in Poland, and of contemptuous indifference to remon strances addressed to it from without, it may excite public feeling in England to an uncontrollable pitch. As to the motives which might impel either France or Austria in the same direction, the re presentatives of Russia in Paris or Vienna are as well qualified as we are to instruct their Government upon the subjeet. They can estimate at its true value the force of French public opinion and the nature of those political considerations which may influence the Emperor towards an active intervention. They can perhaps penetrate farther than we can into the views of Austrian statesmen, and judge of their tendencies in the same direction. We would merely take the opportunity of impress ing upon the Cabinet at St. Petersburg, while con cocting their answer to the notes now under their consideration, not to overtax the patience and good nature of Europe if they desire as earnestly as we do the pacific solution of the Polish question. The fact that the Polish debate has been postponed until the arrival of the answer from St. Petersburg, is most fortunate in this respect, that it will force the Rus sian Government to respond without delay if they desire to prevent a very loud and angry expression of opinion in the House of Commons. Had the de bate already taken place those opinions might still have been expressed, but the storm would have blown over, and Prince Gortschakoff might have taken his time. As it is, the storm is brewing, and will increase in violence just in proportion as it is pent up. Every day new facts come out to add to the combustible materials already collected. In our impression of yesterday we published the original instructions issued by the Government of the Czar to General Mouravieff, upon the appointment of that officer to the chief military command in the revolted Polish provinces, in which, says his Imperial Majesty, "his excellency should take every oppor tunityof acqUainting the peasants with the paternal intentions of the Czar towards them, and of demon strating that the landowners are their enemies and oppressors, if his excellency considers it ad visable, he can also furnish arms to those among the peasants who are attached to the Czar and to Russia." The effect of arming a peasant after you have instructed him to consider his master as his enemy and oppressor it is not difficult to imagine. How are we to believe the denial by the Russian Government of atrocities committed by the peasantry, when we have this proof of the Imperial instigation ? Again, " his excellency should oppose certain demonstrations of the women, and for their hindrance will even adopt severe measures against them." It is true that the punishment of the knout is abolished in Russia, but the punishment of flogging with other instruments than those made of thongs of sharp leather is in full force; and when the Government denies the truth of the proclama tion attributed to Mouravieff, it may do so con scientiously so far as the knout is concerned; but we should be glad to know what the severe measures alluded to by the Emperor and snforced by Moura vieff are if one of them is not the old established punishment of flogging. However, we do not re quire to go into the region of conjecture to find fresh instances of Russian barbarity and treachery. Lord Palmerston told the House an anecdote on Monday night to which we might venture to point the moral. It would seem that near Wilna one hundred and twenty Polish insurgents, finding themselves surrounded, laid down their arms and surrendered as prisoners of war, when ninety of them were slaughtered then and there by order of the Russian officer commanding. How are we to expect, in the face of such an experience that the Poles can trust in any armistice? What guarantee can Russia offer the Powers that the act of treachery perpetrated by the Russian officer on a small scale might not be applied to the nation at large when once it had consented to rely on Russian honour P So far, then, as public opinion is concerned the sooner the reply is sent from St. Petersburg and the debate comes on the better for Russia, for every day that passes only makes the case against her stronger. HERALD.—The telegraphic accounts from America have for some time past been pointing to a result which is anything but encouraging to those who, presuming on the certain triumph of the Northerner.g in the present campaign, have bid us prepare for the reconstruction of the broken Union, the realisa tion of the dream of a united America. Bit by bit the scheme has broken down, and the edifice faded before our eyes like an unsubstantial pageant. no plot was well imagined. A series of vigorous and well-directed attacks being levelled against various exposed positions of the Confederacy at nearly the same time, there seemed a fair chance that by divid ing the forces of the South they might all prove suc cessful, while it appeared inevitable that one at least of these determined assaults would carry all opposi tion before it, and by breaching the fortress, pave the way for the full accomplishment of the pro gramme. The territory at present defended by the Southern armies may be said to be three-cornered, and each of these corners is more or less open to attack. One of them is in Virginia, and is repre sented by Fredericksburg, on the Rappahannock. Another is on the Atlantic seaboard, where Charles ton and Mobile constitute the chief points of con tact between the Confederacy and the Eastern world. The third is on the Mississippi, where Vicksburg and Port Hudson, with the stretch of river between them, represent the claim of the South to the territories of the far West, and the right of the South to command the communications between the North-West and the Gulf of Mexico. These positions have been manfully held by the Southern chivalry. It is already mat ter of history how the Northern squadron of iron clads dashed itself in vain against the forts of Charleston, and retired discomfited from the defences of the Mobile River. The Northern army has been beaten back disastrously in its headlong onset against the defenders of Richmond. Two of the angles of this position of strength having been thus assailed in vain, it remained to be seen what impression could be produced by a concentra t;on of land and naval force against the positions in the west. The iron squadron succeeded in forcing the river, and rode up and down insultingly between Vicksburg and Port Hudson. One powerful and seemingly irresistible army crossed the river under their protection, and fought its way onward till it arrived beneath the walls of Vicksburg, with a far better prospect of success than the expedition which so rashly attempted the same enterprise last year. Another army, after ravaging the fertile country of Western Louisiana, crossed the river too, and pro ceeded to assault Port Hudson, Generals Grant and Banks have been equally unfortunate. After having had the cup of Tantalus presented to their lips, it has been rudely snatched away from them just as they were cunnting upon its enjoyment. The only object which can excuse the sacrifices of this campaign is the capture of Vicksburg and Port Hudson, one or both of them. The fall of either would in all probability involve the surrender of the other. But Grant, successful up to that point, has failed egregiously before Vicksburg. Banks, boas t ing of his numberless victories, finds that he can make no impression on Port Hudson. When Grant retires from Vicksburg his other successes will be found as bitter and as unsubstantial as the apples of Sodom. When Banks retreats to New Orleans he will leave behind him scarcely a record of his victories: The country of the Bayou Teche has been already re occupied by the Confederates. The eountry between Jackson and Vicksburg, as far as the Black River, is swarming with Southern battalions, which are gradually closing in on the rear of Grant. The Federate her e are the besieged instead of the besiegers. There is neot. a Southern division at Miliken's, Ben d, 20 miles above Vicksburg. If so it may won placeind nv an i g e e r. r the communications of Grant by the Yazoo There are Confederate troops below Vicksburg, be tween Grant and Warrenton ; Johnstone is gradu ally accumulating his forces behind him, and Ban berton is well able to hold out in front. The positi on of Gen. Grant and his army is already one of immi. nent peril. The attack upon Port Hudson on May 27 by the troops of Gen. Banks seems to have been , characterised by as much impetuosity, to have re eulted in a failure as complete, as that of Grant's army upon Vicksburg about the same time. We meet here with a melancholy episode in the fate of a negro regiment of slaves, who have been snatched from servitude and hounded against their tasters by the cruel policy of the North. These negroes we resent on to storm the almostimpregnable defences of a forlorn hope. The poor demi-savage sprang on like tigers, gave no quarter, received none, and when dying fought with their teeth in a frenzy of despair. Six hundred out of 800 of the Second Louisiana blacks were put to the sword, 200 escaped by leap ing over the battlements. The negroes in arms are treated by the Southerners as traitors, every one of them taken alive being immediately hanged. We can hardly find fault with these persecuted whites of the South for endeavouring, by sharp and stern measures, to avert from their country and their homes the horrors of a servile war. The news which we expect every day of the raising of the siege of Vicksburg, and the precipi tate retirement from before Port Hudson of the army which has lost one of its leaders in the death of General Sherman will complete the picture which we have long since drawn by anticipation of the utter failure of the Federal campaign of 1863. Triumphant on all quarters against an insolent enemy who had been reckoning on the overthrow' and dividing the spoils of the South, the Confederate leaders may not rest content with a defensive atti tude, but may think that their turn is come to as sume the aggressive, and act upon the suggestion of their countrymen that it would be well to trans fer the war to Northern soil. An invasion of Maryland, Pennsylvania, and Ohio would bring thee evils of war more home to the feelings and con sciences of the men of the North. It would be their fields now that would be wasted; their villages that would be burned ; their hearths that would be made desolate. Such an invasion would add to the disaffec tion that has already placed the States of the North- West in an attitude of hostility to the Government ; it would suggest a wish for peace even to the trucu lent and unfeeling democracy of New England. There seems every reason to suppose that Gen. Lee is preparing for an advance upon Washington or an invasion of Maryland. He is said to have received such large reinforcements that his army is now far more than a match for that army of Hooker's which was defeated at Chancellorsville. A part of Lee's army has been moved to Culpepper, between the Rappahannock and the Rapidan, Gen. Stuart being there with a strong force of cavalry. A Fede ral roconnoisance, under Pleasanton, was pushed across the Rappahannock on Tuesday, June 9, at Beverley's and Kelly's Fords, north of Culpepper, but had to recross in haste after a smart engagement, in which it was very severely handled. Far to the north, at Leesburg, a party of Confederate cavalry has crossed the Potomac and terrified the inhabi tants of the town of Poolesville, in Maryland. If any considerable portion of Lee's army should march in this direction, it will necessitate the hasty retreat of Gen. Hooker upon Washington, or the capital of the old Union, attacked in the rear, would become an easy prey to the Southern invaders. The tidings from America, however satisfactory to us, are be coming almost monotonous in their tenor. On the part of the nation with which our Government will persist in maintaining the most cordial relations, and addresses as if it were sole mistress and arbiter of the destinies of America, these tidings tell us of one defeat after another, of disappointment heaped on disappointment. We hear of victory after vic tory won by the great people of which diplomatists take no more notice than if they lived in Central Africa near the Mountains of the Moon, a nation which having passed through so long an ordeal, and for nearly three years maintaining its freedom by the sword, has not only a claim to our sympathy, but a right to demand our recognition of the fact of its existence. COUNTRY MARKETS. , 10-- LEEDS-TUESDAY. The weather here is splendid. To-day there was a small supply of fresh English and foreign wheat, which sold at aboat the rates of the previous week. Spring corm. firm. LYNN— Wheat has shot into ear ii looking most luxuriant. Bar, very satisfactory. White ..45s to 50s I Barley ...'....32s to 34a Red.. . .44s to 45s I Grinding ..26s to 3 0 s Beans .36s to 38s Oats.. . 2 os to 24 a New —s to —s Peas —s to —a 'IJESDAY. in this neighbourhood, and is .ley, oats, and beans also look MARKET HARE OROUGH-T Il ESDAY. White wheat, 46s to Ois ; red, 42s to 46s per 36 stone. Malting barley at 33s to 37s per qr. ; grinding, 27s to 30s per 30 ;st. Oats, old, 26s to 275; new, 24s to 28s per 24 et. ; beans, 37s to 445, per qr. LIVERPOOL-TUESDAY. At our market to-day there was a thin attendance both of millers and dealers, and wheat experienced a slow sale, at a decline of 2d per cental from the prices of Tuesday last. Flour met only a moderate sale, at a decline of 6d pei barl. Oats and oatmeal were at late quotations. Beans rather lower again, about 9d to is per qr decline on the week. Barley and peas only saleable in retail. Indian corn was 6d decline on the prices of last week. SHEFFIELD-TUESDA Y. There has been a fair business doing in wheat to-day. Last week's prices were taken for most articles. Red wheat, per load of 3 imperial bushels...l6s Od to 17s Od White ;; , ...205.0d to 21s 6d New red ; ...17s Od to 18s Od New white „ )7 ...19s Od to 20s Od Beans ...los Od to 19s Od Peas, per qr 4ss Od to 56s Od Grinding barley, per qr Malting ditto, ), ** 71 Oats 2ls Od to 27s Od _ Flou, is 7d to 2s 2d per stone. MELTON MOWBRAY-TUESDAY. The following were the currencies :---Now white wheat, 50s Od to 63s Od; new red, 40sIOd to 49s per 11. stone; beans, 37s to 43s for old; new sorts, 34s to 39s per 38 st• ; barley, 36s to 38s for malting, and 27s to 29s per qr. for grinding; new oats, 21s to 27s Od per 24 stone. Foreign Mail Packet List. MAILS DUE. Auslralia and Mauritius, via Southampton....... July 1 9 . via Marseilles .. July 13. brazil and Cape Verds, by British packet. July 5 Cape of Good Hope, Ascension,: and St. Helena.. June 2 0 . China, Penang, and Singapore, via Southampton. July 2. via Marseilles ...June 27• Falkland Islands Gibraltar, via Southampton July 2. India (Calcutta), and Ceylon, via Southampton July 2. via Marseilles July 10. India (Bombay), via Southampton June 25. via Marseilles June 20. Portuga 1.... Malta, .Egypt, and Aden, via Southampton July 2. via Marseilles June 27. Newfoundland .... Oporto and Vigo .. • U. S. and British N. America, by by U.S, Brit. packet July 2. by Canadian packet June 26. W.C. of Africa, Madeira, and Teneriffe July 10 Bahamas, via New York July 2. Mexico All parts of West Indies, including Chili, California. and British Columbi a .. Per ; June 29. THE COCK-FIGHTING CASE.—The hearing of the cock-fighting case will take place before the Leicestershire bench of magistrates at Loughborough to-day. The defendants are—The Marquis of Hastings, Mr. J. B. Storey, sen„ Mr. J. Storey, jun., Mr. Henry Storey, Mr. Robert Storey, Edward Platte, Jas. Domelow, and Joseph Fairbrother. The three latter are gamekeepers. The Messrs. Storey reside at Lockington Hall, near to Doning ton, the domain of the noble marquis, and the elder Storey it is said, is in the commission of the peace at Leicester• shire. Births. BARROW. —On the 23d inst., at Phillimore-gardens, Ken sington, the wife of Francis Barrow, Esq., barrister-at law, of a son. BOURCHIER.—On the 22d inst., at Speen-hill, Newbury, the wife of Captain Bourchier, of a son. COFFIN.—On the 21st inst., at Heene Villa, Worthing, the wife of Edmund Coffin, Esq., of a daughter. Foßs'rx&.—On the 19th inst.. at Mauston, Dorset, the wife of Major Forster, late Carbineers, of a son. Marriages. DEAN—SLOPER.—On the 20th inst., at Sidl ow-bridge Church, Surrey, William Henry Dean, EFT, of The Grove, Stratford, Essex, to Clementine, Orly, the second daughter of the Rev. John Sloper, of West ,Woodhay House, Berks. WALKER—MAXWELL.—On the 23d inst., at St. James's Church, Piccadilly, James Robert Walker, Esq., for Beverley, and eldest son of James Walker, E Fq ., o f Sand Hutton, Yorkshire, to Louisa M. Heron, the third daughter of Sir John Heron Maxwell, Bart,, of Spring. kell, Dumfriesshire. Deaths. B F A Lt r a F T, c a t BATES.—On en° t jhoesli22ada i u n a st te ., s, at E 2 sq l ,. , A ag rl e i d ng 7 t 6 o . n-stre e t, Lucre the 18th inst., at All er t on, J aco b Fletc h er , Esq., aged of 72.0 n Fox.— On the list inst., at The L o d ge, B eam i nster, Ed ward Fox, Esq., aged 80. OuckurmtLortv.—On the 29th April last, at Ootacamund, India, Lieut.-Colonel John Ouchterlony, Madras ILE of Tredillion-park, near Abergavenny, aged 60. ToovEY.—On the 21st inst., Thomas Toovey, Esq., late of Mark-lane, and King's Langley, aged 40. Toix,oonugEu.eTaAgted74, I D . e Montfort-terrace, Leicester, Mrs. WIIITFIELD,--On the 21st inst., at Forest-place, Leyton stone, Mr. Edward Whitfield, of the Eagle, Snaresbrook , aged 61. London : Printed and Published by WILLIAM ANDREWS, of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at TssE Sufi Office, No. 112, Strand, in the Precinct of the 'savoy, in the County of Wednesday, June 24, 1863.