The Sun. — London, England, 1863-07-27 00:00:00

Inspection of the First Surrey Rifles, - • On Saturday ev . iiiirig the annual. inspection of the First Surrey Rifles took place at the head-L i quarter& of the regiment, Hanover Park, Peckham ? by Col. M'Murdo,,,lnspeetor-General of Volunteers . . The regimeni was under the command of Lieut. 7 Col. M'Donald, assisted by Major Irvine, Captains Rogers, Stratton, Phare, Robotham, Bristowe, and Clipperton. The muster, considering the character of the weather, was exceedingly good, there being six companies of eighteen files, or something like from 250 to 300 men of all ranks. On Colonel M'Murdo reaching the ground, the men presented arms in line, the bands playing. The gallant colonel called some of the men out of the ranks and examined their rifles, in reference to which he exr pressed hi© - approbation. The regiment then formed into companies at quarter distance and marched past in that Omer, and subsequently in close column at the table. Having again formed line, and performed all the most difficult battalion movements at the double in the most precise manner, Colonel I\i‘Mirapo addressed the corps. He ob served that he had kept the battalion moving at a rapid rate, because he thought their blood might be chilled by their being hot, and another reason was that he was desirous of seeing whether the batta lions were as handy under arms, considering the rapidity of the movements, nearly every one being done at the double. He (the gallant colonel) must say that he was much gratified with what he had seen. It was some time since he had had the opportunity of inspecting the First Surrey, and he remembered that on the first occasion their evolutions were very well performed, but he saw by the movements of that day that they had acquired the habits of old sol diers. Although he had taken them somewhatby sur prise by the rapidity with which he ordered the move menu!, they had performed them, from the very first to the last, without the slightest hesitation or check, which proved to him that they were thoroughly well drilled. Indeed, they had done more than any soldiers would be likely to be called upon to do on the field of battle, and he must repeat, both to Lieut.-Colonel M'Donald and to them, that he was highly satisfied with what he had witnessed that day. The proceedings of the inspection then concluded by the regiment giving three cheers for Colonel M'Murdo and three for Lieut.-Colonel M'Donald. A large number of ladies graced the covered gal lery during the inspection. Shortly after the conclusion of the day's evolu tions a banquet was served in the spacious drill shed, which was decorated with flags for the occa sion, and at which some hundreds of the members attended. Lieut.-Colonel M'Donald presided, and was sup ported by Colonel M'Murdo, the Rev. Daniel Moore (the hon. chaplain), several officers of the corps, rand honorary members. The CHAIRMAN, in proposing " The health of her Majesty," said he was disposed to look upon Queen Victoria as the only real Queen in existence, and that toast, as well as " The Prinee and Princess of Wales," and " The Duke of Cambridge," as the friend of the volunteers,were responded to with great cheering. A similar demonstration of approbation was accorded to the toast of " The Army, Navy, and Volunteers." The CHAIRMAN said he had not proposed the health of their gallant guest, the Inspector-General of Volunteers, in connexion with the previous toast, because he felt that the eminent services he had rendered to the volunteers of thii country, and to the First Surrey Rifles in particular, demanded that they should make the gallant colonel's health a special matter. (Cheers.) He believed that most of the great success which had attended the volun teer movement was mainly attributable to the ad mirable manner in which Colonel ll'Murdo filled the post of Inspector-General. It was an office that could not be filled by every military man ; but there was no doubt whatever that, so far as the volunteers were concerned, they had the right man in the right place. (Cheers, amidst which "The Health of. Colonel M'Murdo" was enthusiastically drunk.) Colonel M'MunDo, in rising to return thanks, was again enthusiastically cheered, He observed that he believed that no person could fill the posi tion he did in relation to the volunteers without working with all the heart and will which he did in their, behalf. (Cheers.) He had had all the advantages of a military education by the side of one of England's greatest captains in the field, and if he had not paid attention and learnt something as a staff officer to one of the greatest soldiers and patriots that ever led the armies of this country, 'Sir Charles Napier, he must have been a dolt . indeid. He had gone—but, thank God, all those principles of a soldier which he learnt under that good man still remained with him (Colonel. M'Murdo), and re taining those principles, he could not, as an English man, hesitate to go heart and - soul with the volun teers of this country. (Cheers.) After some plea sant allusions to the remark of the chairman, that his idea was that there was only one queen of the universe, and that Queen Victoria, he said he would carry out the simile, and may that there was only one army and navy, and in the whole world but :one volunteer force, and that force the volunteers of England. (Cheers.) Whilst the Ist Surrey were drilling that day before him a gentleman apolo gised that the 'ground was so rough. In reference to that, he must say that he would rather that vo lunteers should go through their evolutions on ground they were likely to meet with if ever they came into action, than on that which they were never likely toUieet with. Did they ever hear of a battle bein g fou g ht on parade ground P (Hear.) er did. When engaged in the campaign of Sninde th ey han a fiat desert and sixty miles be yond rose a ran to reach. ner range of mountains, which they had They ee bed in the dark, and he recollected whilst mare riding over that rough district by the eide of th e g a ll ant 22d, hearing one man say to hi s camrum e_ in • ,' allusion to the ground they were ma re ei ne , the earth he must - hover' " Well, when God made have shot all th e ru bbi s h , this way." (Laughter.) S o it w as a b sur d to sup p os e they were lik e l y to h battles. (R ave smooth ground for fight ingear) With the new actregard to the effect of upon th e volunteerl service, the gallant colonel said h e was lunteer for ce was ine:t h e to t e ll t h em that the vo bers and efficiency_( c e h asing rapidly b o th i n num in the metropolitan eers)—p er h aps not so much Yorkshire, especiallycorpsh min the co un t ry, and i n ere in the course of a f ew iew a 8,000 men. (Ch eers.) He body of from 7,000 t o ref be had read in o ne of theisle ofWierred to a statem ent in g the fortification s , and steti ght papers,attack they useless, but that i t would n g that not only W ere the standing army to . ma n theMrequire an incretise of crease the taxation. He seld , and also larg, in om touched tical questions, but he emphatically upon poli said that the volunteers would deniedmaltyne thif,i, and Instead of six battalions of artille them,w (Chts.) Hardinge found was all the force of that' hich, ord fend the United Kingdom— ( laughter ) arra, landghter)—En now possessed the finest artillery ; -n the *hole world, and at that moment they had no fewer' th 370 battalions of volunteer artillery,and ' an 30 ,000 artillerymen. (Loud cheers.) After again highly complimenting the Ist Surrey for the way in whi c h they had performed their evolutions that day, and for their kindness and hospitality to wards him, Colonel M'Murdo, in eulogistic torme, proposed "The health of Lieut.-Colonel M`Donald," which was also most enthusiastically received. Lieut.-Colonel M'DoeteLD feelingly returned thanks; and " The health of the Chaplain , " "The Hon. Secretary , 1, " Lieut. Puckle," " The Press," " The Ladies," and other toasts, concluded a most p l easa nt evening, gre atly enlivened by the spirited music discoursed by the excellent band of the regiment. VOLUNTEER RETURNS• The following circular has been issued from the War Office:— " War Office, July 24, 1863. " Sir,—The Act 7 Geo, 4, cap. 58, under the provisions of which returns were required to be sent by you zo the Secretary of State, lord lieutenant, and general officer com manding in the district, on the Ist of August in each year, having been repealed (so far as it relates to volunteer corps) by the Volunteer Act, 1863, I am directed by the Earl de 1 Grey and Ripon to inform you that the,transmission of the above returns will not be necessary. "lam to add that, in future, annual return= 11 be re quired to be made up, on, the Ist December ia- , ( ad of the Ist August ; and that instructions in regard t (he mode of preparing and rendering them will be con: t , din the re vised edition of the Volunteer Regulations• :( his about to be published,—l have the honour to be, Sir, your obedient servant, " HARTINGTON. " To Officers Commanding Volunteer Corps." The Federal Government and Mr. Laird. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sir,—ln your paper of yesterday you publish a letter Mr. Cobden was, on a point of form, prevented from reading to the House of Commons on Thursday. It is addressed by Mr. Gideon Welles, Secretary of the United States Navy, to the Hon. Charles Sumner, and dated April 19, 1863. In this letter Mr. Gideon Welles says that "he has an indistinct remembrance that his department was impor tuned by more than one person on behalf of Mess's. Laird." As the matter has never left the memory of Mr. Welles, I shall feel obliged if he will give me the names of any one of the persons who have so importuned him on my behalf, and I shall, no doubt, be able to show him that they did ao, if at all, without any authority from me or my firm. In the meantime I accept the admission that the depart ment over which Mr. Gideon Welles presides allowed itself to be importuned by foreigners to build ships on behalf of the Federal Government. Mr. Welles also states that " it is not true that his de partment ever approached my firm with a view of getting vessels built in this country for the American Govern ment." I can oLly say that I believed it to be true, and I leave the public to judge whether I had not sufficient grounds for entertaining this belief, having in my possession the letters copies of which I forward to you for insertion. The contents of these letters clearly show that my friend was well known to and in the confidence of the Federal Naval Department, and I have no doubt his name is very f a miliar to Mr. Gideon Welles. I also enclose a copy of a letter to my correspondent on the Ilth April last, to which I have not yet any reply. Before deciding to publish the letter of the 30th of July, marked " Confidential," and the important memorandum it contained, I consulted some of the leading men on both sides of the House of Commons, and gave them, in confi dence, the original correspondence to read. They are of opinion that the course taken by Mr. Cobden in publishing Mr. Gideon Welles's letter gives me a clear right to use all the documents in my possession for my own vindication—but that lam not justified in making public the name of my correspondent. I will only add, in conclusion that I believed at the time) and believe now, that my correspondent had the authority of his Government for writing the letters, copies of which I enclose. Requesting the favour of your inserting this correspon. deuce, I am, sir, your obedient servant, 10, Park-place, St. J ames ' s . Street, JOHN LAIRD. London, July 25, 1863. (Copy.) TO MESSRS. JOHN LAIRD, SONS, AND CO., BIRKENHEAD. Confidential. " Washington, July 30, 1 1861. " Dear Siis,—Si nce my arrival here I have had frequent interviews with our "Department of Naval Affairs," and am happy to say that the Minister of the Navy is inclined to have an iron-plated ship built out of the country. This ship is designed for a specific purpose, to accomplish a de finite object. I send you herewith a memorandum, handed me last evening from the department, with the request that I would send it to you by steamer's mail of to-morrow, and to ask your immediate reply, stating if you will agree to build such a ship as desired, how soon, and for how much, with such plans and specifications as you may deem it best to send me. I feel very sure that the building of this proposed shot proof steamer will lead to other business of much value. Our own builders would be very jealous if they were aware of this application to you; but . itt the present condi tion of affairs it is-important to:act secretly and cautiously, and I have assured my government that you will keep this matter entirely and strictly to yourselves, and by no means let it be known what you are building, or for whom. You will notice that the largest liberty is given for the construction of the ship, one requisite only being important, that she is bomb and shot proof. How this is to be accom plished it is for you to judge and determine, as the depart ment gives no specifications. I can state to you in con&• dence that the object is to enable the government to make the attempt to take repossession of its forts in one specific Southern port. I have assured our Minister of the Navy that if such a veseel can be built you can do it, and he has great confi dence in my judgment. In addition to this shot and shell proof vessel he also wants a side-wheel gun boat, of not over five or six feet draft ; rudder at both ends ; speed not less than 13 knots ; to carry a single gun at each end, weighing 6,0001b5., ex clusive of carriage ; the boat to be built of iron. Please give all due examination and thought for both of the objects desired, especially the battery, and write me as soon as possible, directed as usual at New York, for which I leave here this evening. —Waiting your advices, I am, dear Sirs, very truly yours, (Signed) You can judge what angles to give if decks must be iron plated, and the best form for glancing off balls. We are desirous of having constructed a floating battery planned with the specific object of going into ports guarded with batteries and forts, which are within from 300 yards to half a mile from the channel. The floating battery or iron-plated ship to be so constructed as to be able to pass the forts comparatively unharmed by the fire of the batteries, both horizontal and plunging. She is wanted for no other purpose. She is not required to have a speed exceeding six knots. She must not draw over 14 (fourteen) feet. She must have no masts. Her rudder must not be exposed so as to be liable to be disabled in passing a fort: this is most important. There should be a rudder at each end to avoid turning. She must carry eight guns (rifled), weighing each about 16,000 lb. Two on each side, Two on bow, and Two to fire from stern, The ship to be finished complete, with guns and every. thing appertaining. " City of Ne w York." (Copy.) TO MESSRS. J. LAIRD, SONS, AND CO., BIRKENHEAD. New York, Sept. 20, 1861. Dear Sirs, —your valued favours of 3d, 28th, and 31st ult. with the accompanying drawings were received during my absence in the Far West with General Fremont's divi sion of tha army, where 1 have been delayed far beyond my expectations. Immediately on my return I went to Washington with your tracings, and laid them before the Secretary of the Navy, and I trust that before long I shall be able to send you an order for the construction of one or more gunboats. The Secretary was rather disappointed that you have not sent any response to the memorandum in reference to a shell and shot proof battery for use in our Southern harbours. I may say to you in confidence, intended to force an en trance into Charleston Harbour, defended by Forts Sumter and Moultrie. I hope that you may be able to send me a plan for such a battery, and the terms on which you will construct such a ship. Lam glad to leain that you.are 2 °124 , , and so well and rightly appreciated. Trusting to hear from you soon, I am, dear Sirs, yours faithfully, (Copy.) TO MESSRS. JOHN LAIRD, SONS, AND CO , BIRKENHEAD. New York, Oct. 25, 1861. .My dear Sirs,—l have your valued favour, also the slips containing very interesting accounts of your new works, all of which give me much pleasure. _ I congratulate you on the confidencewhthe buildingmanifeste o d f a b n y i y ro o n ur . Government in entrusting you it plated ships of such large dimensions, as well as the trans port.em ship, and I have no doubt but that you will turn them out, as you a lw a y s h ave d one , to the entiresattsfactionof the Admiralty. I tr us t th a t y ou m ay get the contract for the others they propose. I cannot but regret that you did not estimate for the floating batteries required by our Navy Department, as it would have been a step in the right direction, and had you succeeded, as I know you would, it would have gone far towards relaxing the stri ngenc y o f our nav i gat i on l aws in Iy ference to th e b uying of foreign-built ships. niraseynettydoeure last letter rece i ve d yesterday to the Secretary ion-pl a te d of the Navy,airwehtoboowas very desirous to ha ve y ou b u ild th e rab-proof batteries, and I t rus t th a t h e boats, have you build one or more o f th e gun It is my present intention to visit England again for a hurriedifso, lht:ippe, ltoealiai:e proximoh kind regards to all, I am, &c., h th er e e in the Africa 6th November, and Pleasure of seeing you about the 18th (Sign) . .__—..".. You will ha seen b (C opy.) My dear Sir,— ve • April 11, 1863. Birk er d l report of the discussion in the Ilouseyotfhee , meta on the 1 newspapers the Alabama case, on the 27th of March last in part of my speech the fact, that my land t I gamed application from the Secretary of the N ary firm a the llar i had Government, through a friend of mine, to build vesaeteroafl war for them. I I do not wish to bring your n ame b efore the publin, o r t o Publish . the correspondence, except in the event Of the Federal Government denying the statement I made, in which case I shall have in self-defence to do so, which I shall regret. I think if they do deny the neintiation it will be treating you unfairly, more especially us your letter to me and its enekeuree handed to you by them ehow that they watered very fully with you into the class of vessels required, and the object these nsaels were intended to accomplish. The American Government, as you also informed me per sonally and by letter, Nay, 1861, had employed Captain C. to endeavour to purchase suitable vessels for blockading purposes, and that you were in communication with him on this subject. _ I did not name the negociation I had with the Federal Government through you, until forced to do so by their friends in the House of Commons, notwithstanding the re peated attacks made on, myself and my sons in the Ameri can and English press, and by the partisans of the North at public meetings and elsewhere. To have remained longer silent would have been con strued into an admission that the charges made against me were correct, and, therefore, I felt the time had arrived when I must make some statement on the subject. I hope your family are all well ) and remain, my dear sir, yours very truly, (Signed) JOHN LAIRD, THE SpN, LONDON, MONDAY a E,VENING, JULY 27, 186 SPIRIT OF TEE PUBLIC JOURNALS, SATURDAY REVIEW.—The reported capture of Vicksburg, with th e repu l se of General Lees army, has, in the case of the leading Federal statesmen, revealed the inherent. vulgarity and insolence of coarse and ungentle natures. In conformity with a usage which it is difficult for the European imagi nation e h r e s r w e n e e r n e , t i N t o s e r e t h m e s r , n " v s i e o r t e o n t i a e d s e r d e , nation to reali se , P rea i dent Lincoln anal his Minis a" c w h e h d e nWt a h s e h n e g w t s o n o t , by a mob with a brass band, and had to open their windows and make speeches in honour of the occa sion ; and of those speeches it is not too much to say that they offensivelyexhibit every vice which is most un worthy of the responsible rulers of a great country in the crisis of its destinies. Vainglorious bo • eating is the keynote of them all; while profanity, cant, flippancy, levity, party spirit, and personal self seeking distinguish, in different ways and degrees, the variations which each particular speaker per formed on the common theme. Not one of the orators from the President downward, is reported to have uttered a word of regret over the hecatombs of human slaughter which constitute the price of the late dear-bought successes. Not a syllable was breathed of sorrowing tribute to the bravery of the thousands of dead and wounded who had been struck down during a series of battles lasting through three days. Not the faintest aspiration for peace is recorded to have passed the lips of any one of those shepherds of the people. One and all, they are full of their own small selves—their own official achieve ments and their own party triumphs. The President, with characteristic dignity and propriety, insults the defeated enemy, and tells a gratified auditory how the Southern army, which only he and his like Would venture to brand with cowardice—" turned tail and ran away." Mr. Secretary Stanton has the satisfaction of thinking that all is over now with the Northern advocates of peace, and that the same vic tory which has all but " crushed out the rebellion" and annihilated the " rebels," has been equally fatal to the " Copperheads." General Halleck does not forget to make a little political capital for himself at the expense of his own colleagues, As he delicately hints, it was all his doiug that Gen, Grant was retained in command when others would have removed him, and consequently he may credit himself personally with that commander's achieve ments. Mr. Seward's first thought is to improve the occasion by furbishing up his unfulfilled pro phecies, and explaining how it was other people's fault that the " ninety days" have so frequently ex pired without witnessing the predicted " crushing out ;" and his second is to say an unpleasant word to " foreign nations." Altogether, it is a pitiful ex hibition of mental poverty and moral pettiness. Here are men who, for two years and more, have been wielding the powers of a mighty State, direct ing the movements of colossal armies, and struggling with the forces of a vast revolution, who yet have learned nothing of the sobriety, the reserve, the de corous self-possession and self-respect which the world expects from the actors in great events, and have forgotten nothing of the small vanities and vul garities which they brought with them into office. An average Marylebone vestryman would probably have acquired in the time something of that dignity of demeanour, if not of charaeter, which responsible conduct of war and policy on the largest scale has wholly failed to impart to Federal statesmen. Mr. Lincoln's address to the serenaders, apart from the grotesque oddity:of a style in which civility is carried to the last extreme of homeliness, ischiefly remark able for a rather clumsy piece of effrontery. He has the assurance to pretend that the war of North against South is, and all along has been, a war on behalf of the immortal and "self-evident" Fourth of July doctrine that " all men are created equal." To hear him, it is a war of abolitionism against slavery, and never was anything else. Considering Mr. Lincoln's personal antecedents, as well as the notorious facts of contemporaneous history which he so audaciously travesties, that is, to say the least, cool. Not three ye ars ago , h e was elected President of a slave-owning Confederation. A little more than two years ago he swore fidelity to a Constitution which recognised and protected slavery, and which recognises and protects slavery still. It is only within the last few months that he has shown the slightest inclination to call in question the domestic institution which he is bound by oath to maintain ; and his illegal and futile Emancipation proclama tion was avowedly resorted to with extreme reluc tance, and only as a military expedient. It is all very well,lo,step out on a balcony in dressing-gown and elippers and tell thegentlemen with the trom laones thatthe Northern war for empi re i s a grea t moral crusade for universal human equality ; but a more shameless fiction was never broached by the humblest village politician that ever went on the stump. " This is a glorious theme, gentlemen, and the occasion for a speech ;" and it is only to be regretted that the glorious theme has not a word of truth in it. For the rest, we have little to say of President Lincoln and his speech, except that, as usual, the characteristic graces of his diction defy and disarm criticism. His concluding sentence, in particular, may be confidently pronounced un matched for simple dignity in ancient and modern oratory. " Having said this much, gentlemen, I will now take the music. It is always interest ing and instructive to note how great speakers perorate on great occasions. The chief magistrate of the model Republic, in a speech delivered at one of the most solemn and ex c iti ng moments of his life, - with thousands of his country men lying unburied on the battle fields, winds up with telling the band to play " Yankee Doodle." The only serious word which it is possible to say about this unseemly and degrading exhibition of American statesmanship is that the North is emi nently unfortunate in its public men. Not one among them has a head to stand , success—even. a success bought at eo,terrible a cost, and so dubious in its remoter issues, as that which was achieved in the first three daya of July. At a crisis of the na tional fortunes which, it might have been thought, would sober the most frivolous of politicians and impose a decent self-restraint on the vainest and emptiest, the President and his Ministers break out into a perfect , Saturnelia of vulgar rodomontade. SPECTATQR.—We trust Earl Russell is satisfied with his diplomatic success. The result of i his labour of months, of a combination including half Europe, of warlike whispers to Baron Brunow and peaceful speeches made in the Lords, of a formal appeal to the faith of treaties, and a still more for mal repudiation of the, means by which treaties are supposed to be ultimately enforced, has been to elicit from Russia a despatch full of a calm and polished disdain. So loud has been the talk of the clemency of the Czar, so carefully has excitement been cooled by rumours of conciliatory counsels at St. Petersburg, that the public scarcely yet un derstands the import of the reply. From end to end there is not - in it-one trace of conciliation, or compromise, or moderation, or fear, nothing but sovereign pride —a determination to refuse all con cession, which ;is only the more immutable because it can permit itself officially to appear to discuss. Even that discussion, however, has its carefully defined limit, if the Powers should begin talking of promises made by Alexander I.—promises which Prince Gortachakoff defines as a "passing inclina tion of the Emperor which he did not accomplish" —and ask -anything net confined to Congress Poland, discussion is at an end. " This question," says the Foreign Minister of Russia, " must be excluded, even in an interchange of ideas made within the limits of the treaties of 181.5," though those treaties were notoriously drawn up by, the light of the Emperor's avowed designs. " We must exclude," he says, still more definitively, in the re ply to France, " even from an exchange of friendly ideas, every allusion to portions of the Russian empire to which no special stipulation of any inter national act applies." It is Congress-Poland alone of which Russia will even speak; and let us see what she concedes to the demand on Congress-Po land. Simply this, that if Poland submits at dis cretion, the Czar will accept her submission. -The armistice is blankly rejected. "Desirable as it may be speedily to place a term to the effusion of blood, this object can only be attained by the insurgents throwing down their arms and surrendering them selves to the clemency of the Emperor." Negotia tions aro to terminate before they can begin,, and the Poles, whose whole case is that by treaty they are not subjects of Russia, are to acknowledge sub jection, and then see what interpretation the Azar 'lllaees on treaty rights they will have themselves surrendered. Till then not only is armistice inapos- Bible. b t his Majesty to his faithful aieny, u owes which' struggles for the m a i n t enance o f or d er , t o t h e d peaceful majority of the Poles, who s u ff er f rom th ese epl orabl e pait rations, and to Russia, on whcm i they to terminate u sacrifices, to take energetic menures. e e Mouravieff, as the &eels. has said, is the avowed as well as the intended reply to demands, fer boiaciliation. Even when " energetic measures" have produced a peace or a desert, Russia does not int en d t o pl ace t tie const i tut i on of P o l an d under any E uro p ean guarantee. '`lf the measures in questi on ," i e., apparently, the emperor ' s gracious designs, which ' have already been decreed" are " sufficient for the pacification of the country a conference would be without object," if not, " there would result, a direct interfetence of foreign Powers in the /beet intimate details of the Administration -a-an interference that no great Power could ac cept!' The conference, therefore, on Poland is re fused; but Prince Gortschakoff will not appear co elm the door finally on every mode of discussion. With en adroitness which it is hard for simple men to distinguish from impudence, be declares that general principles alone can concern the parties who signed the treaties of Vienna, that " at present it is not a question of these general principles but of ad minis/ tative details and ulterior arrangements," and that these latter have always been settled between " the Courts of Russia, Austria, and Prussia, among which the traditions of history, a permanent con tact, and an immediate neighbourhood created a strict solidarit6." The appeal of the robbed man not to be murdered is to be discussed by a tribunal com posed of the robbers ! Nay, even that is hardly the truth, for the police are bidden to stand aside till the robbers have settled the 'expediency of such details as the mode of murder to be adopted. Even the thieves must not, however, be consulted too soon. There are thieves and thieves—thieves who are troubled with remorse, and thieves who have in their hearts a fear lest retribution should arrive at last, and it is dangerous to wake up those lurking sentimentalities. Russia prefers to complete the murder first, and confine the discussion to the tex ture of the victim's shroud. LONDON REVlEW—OniMonday the inhabitants of Birmingham enjoyed the rich treat of seeing a woman killed before thousands of spectators who had assembled at Aston Park for a day's holiday. The occasion was the fete'in aid of the funds of the Order of Foresters; and, as in the present en lightened state of the public taste there is no attrac tion so sure of " drawing" as the chance of seeing a fellow-creature break his or her neck, the pur veyors of the day's entertainments were fortunate enough to find a Madame Geneive, who, since the collapse of the Female Blondin at High bury Barn, had picked up the title which that unfortunate woman had dropped, and an nounced herself as " the only real and legitimate performer of Biondin's great feats, walking the rope shackled in chains, feet in baskets, blindfolded, en veloped in a sack, &e." To make the matter more shocking, and therefore more attractive, Madame Geneive was far advanced iu pregnancy ; and an additional touch of domestic horror was imparted into the performance by the fact that the prepara tions were under the superintendence of her hus band, and that it was his loving hands which were to place the shackles on her feet. But great as was the fascination of all this, there was something even more delightedly terrible in the exhibition. The rope was unsafe it had been recently spliced ; it was so worn and attenuated that one of the officials declared it was one " on which he would not allow a dog to go ;" and it appears that the woman her self had a presentiment that it was not to be trusted. We fear this seas not publicly announced. At 7 o'clock Madane Geneive made her appearance at the landing place, amid the cheers of the crowd; and, her husband having handed her the pole and "chalked her hoots," the band struck up a lively air as " the only real legitimate performer'' stepped cautiously and with hesitation upon the rope. "This frail cord," thepapers tell us, " was about 30 yards in length, was suspended between two trees at the altitude described (ninety. feet !), and fastened round the trunk of each tree. One extremity of the rope was carried over a trestle, on which was a resting place for the petformer ; midway between this and the tree to whioh the other end of the rope was attached, another trestle was placed. Both ends of the rope (which seemed to be about an inch and a half in diameter) were secured by others fixed to stakes driven firmly into the ground." Madame Ge neive's first exploit was to walk half the length of the rope, kneel down, stand on one leg., and then return to her resting place. This she did successfully, and no doubt to the rapturous delight of the ancient order of Foresters, their wives and children. Then came the second stage of the performance. The lady's husband stepped gallantly forward and attached a couple of steel chains to Ilia wife's ancles and wrists, and again she set out "evidently in no spirit of confi dence," and walked slowly along the entire length of the rope, reaching the opposite landing place safe. Here an attendant removed the shackles, blind folded her, and placed a bag over her head. Once more she cautiously " put out her feet to feel her way." She took one step—two—three !---and all was over! The rope snapped and down she came with a smash, which brought her and her exploits to an end. She never stirred or breathed after wards. Our readers would naturally imagine that when a fellow-creature had been killed in the midst of a scene of festivity, the thousands who witnessed her death would have felt that the d a y' s amusement had come to a terrible end, and that they would have departed to their homes sadd ene d by th e dreadful occurrence of whi c h th e y h a d j us t b een spectators. They did nothing of the kind. We talk of the moral impsovement of the working classes, of their progress in enlightenment, humanity, and civilisation. What was the proof of it on this occa sion ? The entertainments went on. Within sight and hearing of the room where the dead woman was lying there was (sic) drinking and d a n c i ng , music, feasting, and revelry, This disgraceful sce ne was carried on till midnight, when the day' s f un with a grand di s pl a y o f fi rewor k s . was wound up It appears, indeed, to have been for a moment a question with the committee who got up the fete whether it should be continued. Eut this only makes the matter worse, They consulted, and de termined to go on with the programme omitting the dangerous parts. Their brutality was therefore - deliberate. With their eyes open t o th e impropriety of proceedin g f ur th er i n th e i r re j o i c ings after such ao event, they gave full swing to the general appetite for pleasure with a confidence in the heartless elasticity of their friends' spirits which was not misplaced. Here, then, is another death ; another victim to the appetite for these horrifying spectacles. 'Where are we to stop ? By and by, accidents of this kind will have no more effect upon us than " another death from crinoline." What is worse, the " people'' will begin to expect them, and perhaps become dissatisfied with an acrobat who escapes without a startling casualty. In morals there is no standing still. We must advance or rs trogade. And surely with the details of this Foresters' fete before us, there can be no doubt in which direction we are progressing. But if the popular appetite is to be held so sacred that we dare not meddle with it even though it were to cost us the life of an acrobat every week, is it not possible to place these electrifying amusements under some sort of regulation? Might we not, for instance, require that the soundness of the rope on which the acrobat is to perform should be tested before an ap pointed authority ? Would the public be very angry if we forbade women who are near their Con finement from risking a life which is not their own ? Would it be a tyrannical interference with their liberties if we stipulated that when they have been thoroughly electrified by a sudden death, they should let well alone, and refrain from draining the cup of pleasure to the dregs ? EXAMINER.--Austria, seldom prompt and vigor ous in resolve, has this time risen superior to her traditions, and has taken a step without waiting for solicitation or suggestion from London or Paris, which will no doubt equally surprise and disappoint the crel cunning of St. Petersburg. Count Rechberg is said to have lost no time in sending a preliminary answer to Prince Gort schakoff, absolutely refusing to entertain the sug gestion of a triple Conference between the three partitioning Powers, and declaring the fixed determination of Austria to adhere to the under standing and concert subsisting between her, Eng land, and France. If this news prove true there is a break in the clouds. Let us p ra y that it be widened. What reply will be sent to the insolent message of Prince Gortschakoff, who laughs in the face of our diplomacy, and tells it that it does n ot really understand what it would be at ? It is to be hoped that henceforth our language will not merely be intelligible but unmistakeabl e , The proposal o. to reconstruct a semi-dependent Government for 13 land, identical with th a t which f a il e d before, oughtl now to be laid aside. Grapes we are warned not grow from thorns, nor can the attempt ever 11 succeed to cultivate the fruits of f r eedom by a etumsy graft on the barren stock of barbarism and oppres - sioo. As the compromi se o f 1815 has been broken, and every remonstrance of Ch r i s tendom against that henceforth breach has been set at noug ht, let us that wash our hands of innocent blood, declaring s Poland is by the law of nature and of u recog niseationen- titled to be free, and that we can no long er This does not necessarily imply a resoit to arms. Ott the her lawless detenti on in bondage. con trary, there is good reason to believe that it is the surest mode by which a continental war may be averted. Her title to free nation alit y havin g b een acknowledged by Western and Southern Christen dam, Poland could never again be subdued. The Russia would not dare would be irreversible, and the time emphati to provoke a war. Now is decree of public opinion in favour of her restoration t c w al o ly. alli P es ru o ss n ia w a h n ie d h the United States, the only she could otherwise depend, aro neither of them in a condition to lend her hely or aid. Now, therefore, is the time for peaceful but positive and plain recognition of Polish rights. It is not necessary to ask our Go- vernment to send a fleet to the Baitic or the Black Sea; it is not necessary to bid a French army cross the Rhine. They are unwise counsellors who would call for expressions of popular opinion in this country in favour of war. We do not want to go to war for Poland ; but we do not want to clear the conscience and the character of the country from ail further complicity in her unjust bondage. Rash speeches and random resolutions, urging our Go vernment to attack Russia, will inevitably tend to call forth a spirit of reaction in favour of peace, and to stir up a feeling of jealousy with respect t o France. Let the Friends of Poland in this country be warned. The present is a golden opportunity, but it may be thrown away. THE ROUPELL FORGERIES. We gave on Saturday by electric telegraph the ultimate result of the protracted trial of this ex traordinary case, that result being the discharge of the jury by consent of tho parties at half-past 10 o'clock at night, after having been in deliberat.on ever since half-past two; but as our report of the case necessarily stopped at the time at which the last train left Chelmsford—which was nine o'clock —we have still to detail what took place after that hour. It will be remembered that the learned judge, at the close of his summing up, propounded to the jury certain questions in writing, which were as follow : "1. Was the deed executed by the testator in the presence of two witnesses ? "2. Was it executed at all by the testator R. P. Roupell ? " 3. Was the will of the 2d of September, 1856, his will P "4. If not, was the estate by the will of 1850, confirmed by the codicil of the 30th of August, 1856, devised to the plaintiff, Richard Roupell P" And it will also be remembered that shortly before six o'clock they came into court to state that they thought there was not sufficient .evidence to enable them to answer the last question, and could not agree as to the second, which, of course, was the main point in the case. But owing to their having left the written paper behind them, the learned Judge, not recollecting the precise order in which he had written the questions, supposed that the one on which they could not agree was the first—viz., whether the deed was executed by the testator in the presence of two witnesses,—which was not ma terial to the main question, because attesting wit nesses were not necessary to make the execution valid at all, though, as there was also a necessity for an.execution of a power of appointment in order to give the deed a full effect as to same estate, the attestation might not be wholly immaterial, and it was therefore to the first, not the second, qnestirm his remark applied, that possibly it might be waived by the parties. However, of course the parties would not waive the second or main question, on which it will be remembered the jury could not agree; and although they were at this time—when they first came into court, at 6 o'clock—agreed that the will of the 2d September, 1856, was not the testator's, it will be remembered, and it is important to bear in mind, that the defen dants did not claim under no r set up either of the wills, and had no interest in supporting the latter will, and indeed objected to the introduction of any evidence about it as being irrelevant, and the plain tiff's counsel only contended that it was relevant as bearing on the main question as to the genuineness of the deed of gift. As the jury could not agree as to that, they were sent back, and were out of court three hours longer. During this long interval, however, they were, by consent of the parties, sup plied with "reasonable refreshment." About 9 o'clock the jury returned into court, and submitted to the learned Judge a written paper, upon which, looking at it, The learned Judge said it appeared that they still could not agree as to the all-important question as to whether the deed of gift was executed by the testator. His lordship handed the paper to the counsel on both sides, and it transpired that they an swered the question as to the deed of gift to the effect that they could not agree upon it ; and they added there was no hope of their agreeing upon this. Here ensued a discussion between the counsel on both sides, in which it was understood that the counsel contended that the onus of proof on the main question was upon the other, and that there fore, as the jury wer e not satisfied, the party on whom the onus of proof lay was not entitled to a ver dict. It appeared that the counsel for the plaintiff contended that as his heirship was admitted, and the father died in the receipt of the rents of the estate, and so died seised, the plaintiff was entitled to the verdict if the defendants failed to satisfy the jury that the deed was genuine. On the other hand, the counsel for the defendants contended that, as prima facie proof had been given of the deed, and the plaintiff undertook to prove that it was a forgery, they were entitled to the verdict if he failed to satisfy the jury of t h e forgery , In the result, it will be seen, the learned Judge adopted the former view, or that of the plaintiff, and in effect directed the jury that if they were in doubt they ought to find for the plaintiff, though there is some reason to suppose that they did not understand this. Ulti mately, after great consideration, The learned Judge sa id he s hould now withdraw the written questions, and direct the jury for a general verdict for the plaintiff or the defendants. He explained to them that his object in propound ing to them these particular questions was to avoid, if possible, the enormous expense to which the par ties would be put by a new trial, in the event ot any dispute as to the law ; and to enable the court to determine any such question of law upon the specific finding of the jury, without sending the parties down to a new trial, whic h mi g ht be the result in the ca se of a gene ral verdict. As, however, they were unable to agree as to the specific question, which was, in fact, the main question in the cause, he must now tell them that, in point of law, they secific questions, were not bound t o answer any and we re at liberty to give a general verdict either for the plaintiff or the defendants, as the case might. be. In order to enable them, however, to dryso, he was bound to direct them as to the law, and he now proposed to do so ; and he need not tell them that though they were judges of the facts they were bound to take the law from him, and if he were wrong in the direction he gave them the court could set it right. It is admitted (said the learned Baron) that the plaintiff is heir-at-law ; and I am of opi nion that, on the assumption that his father died seised of the estate, he would be entitled to recover, un l e ss his title as heir is displaced either by deed or w ill. Now, it is displaced if the deed of gift of the 9th of January, 1856, was good and valid—that is, a g enuine deed. But lam further of op i nion that , the plaintiff's title as heir at law being admitted, the onus of establishing that deed of gift so as to dis place the plaintiff's title as heir at law is on the de fendants. Therefore , prima facie , you must tak e the case for the plaintiff as heir at law as establish ed, and you must then see whether the defendants have sustained the onus of proof which rests upon them to establish the validity of the deed, But if they have done so, and have made out that the deed was signed, sealed, and delivered by Richard P. Roupell, then I am of opinion that they have dis placed the title of the plaintiff as heir at law ; because then Richard Palmer Roupell had parted with the estate by means of the deed of gift so executed in his lifetime, and so did not die " seised" of the estate, and so the plaintiff would not be entitled to recover as heir. Then the question arises whether, although there may be no displace ment of the title of the plaintiff as heir at law, by reason of the deed of gift, on the ground that it was a forgery, and so not a good and valid deed, it may be that the plaintiff's title as heir is displaced upon the ground that there has been a devise of the estate to some other person than the plaintiff; and, if you are of opinion that there was a devise of the estate by the will of 1859 to any one else than the plaintiff; then his title as heir is displaced, unless that will also was destroyed by the will of the 2d of September, 1856; and if you are of opinion that the latter will of the 2d of September, 1856, was a forgery, then you will have to consider whether You are satisfied that the will of 1850, confirmed as it was by the codicil of the 30th of August, 1856, devised this estate to the plaintiff, or to any other person. Butif the deed is not established, then his title as heir will arise, unless there is a devise to some one else. Consider, therefore, whether the deed was a good and valid deed or not, by which, of course, I mean, whether it was signed, sealed, and delivered by Richard Palmer Roupell ; and next consider whether or not there was any devise of this estate to any one else than the plaintiff ; and hav ing considered those points, then findyourit to verdict aecording to the law as I have thus explained you, either for the plaintiff or for the defendants. The Foreman of the jury said they had very carefully considered these questions already, and with the utmost anxiety to save the parties, if pos sible, the expense of a new trial ; and he might as well at once say that they were unanimously of opinion that the deed never was intended to be made by the testator, though some of them were of opinion that his signature to it had, in fact, been obtained by the fraud of William Roupell. 'the learned Judge said the question was, whether it was signed, seated, and delivered by Richard Palmer Roupell as bis act and deed. The •Foreman—We all agree that it was a fraud, though some of us think that it was not even his signature, and others of us think that it was. The learned Judge said he could only repeat that the onus of establishing that the deed was signed, sealed, and delivered by Richard Palmer Roupell as his deed was upon the defendants, and unless the jury were satisfied, upon the whole of the evidence, that the deed was so signed, sealed, and delivered by Richard Palmer Roupell, they should find their verdict for the plaintiff, because then, if the onus of proof rests upon the defendants, they have not sus tained that burden of proof, and if they left it in the mind of the jury uncertain, then they ought to find their verdict for the plaintiff—that is, that the deed was not signed, sealed, and delivered by old Roupell. The Foreman again observed that they were not likely to agree. The learned Judge—Do you understand me ? The question is, whether you find that the deed was signed, sealed, and delivered by Richard Palmer Roupell; and I tell you that the burden of proving that it was so rests upon the defendants, and that, if the defendants have not made out that it was so signed, sealed, and delivered by him, then your verdict must be for the plaintiff. The Foreman—Then, my lord, I can tell you that if we sat here till Doomsday we should never agree. We all agree that the deed was obtained by fraud, but we differ as to whether the testator ever actu ally signed it or not. The learned Judge—Do I make myself under stood ? It is most important that I should do so in order to avoid the necessity for coming down to a new trial. The Foreman—Which we are most anxious to do. The learned Judge—With that view I put to you specific questions; but as you could not agree, I now tell you to find a general verdict either for the plaintiff or defendant. The Foreman—Which we are most ready to do if we can, but I think we shall never agree. The learned Judge—Never agree upon the bare question for the plaintiff or the defendants ! The Foreman—How can we, my lord, when we cannot agree upon the vital question on which it all depends ? We all agree teat the deed was a fraud ; but some of us think it was a genuine signature by the testator, and others that it was not so. The learned Judge—But I don't think you understand what I said, and I will state it to you again. It is admitted that the plaintiff is heir -at law, and go is entitled to recover the estate if his father died seized of it. If his father disposed of his property in his lifetime he did not die seised of it, and so be did not die seised of it if the deed was signed, sealed, and delivered by him; and you must understand that the defendants, as the burden of proof rests upon them, are bound to establish that the deed was signed, sealed, and delivered by him, and if, though there is evidence on the one side or the other, they have not established that to your satisfaction they have failed to show that there was a deed which would take the property out of old Roupell and vest it in his son William. If you are satisfied the deed was signed, sealed, and delivered by old Roupell, then you need not trouble yourself about the will, but if it was not, or if that fact was is not made out to your satisfaction, then consider whether there was any devise which took the estate from the heir, and if not, find for the plaintiff, be cause to displace the heit's title you must be satisfied that there was either a deed or a will which took the estate away from him and gave it to some one else. After the jury had conferred together in the box a little time longer, The Foreman said—Am Ito understand, my lord, that we have to give a verdict for the plaintiff or the defendants, one way or the other? The learned Judge —I should have preferred your answering the specific questions I have put to you, but I have no power to compel you to do so. And, after having explained the law to you, I must now ask you to take the law from me, and to give a ver dict for the plaintiff or the defendant, without an swering those specific questions. The Foreman—My lord, our sympathy has been throughout with the defendants,— Several of the jurors here seemed eager to inter pose to disavow that this feeling had at all infiu• enced them, and one of them said, "The foreman speaks for himself." The Foreman explained that what he meant was that, whatever their feelings might be, one way or the other, they would never be able to agree to a verdict either for the plaintiff or the defendants. Mr. Sergeant Shee submitted that after the an swers which the jury bad already given to the ques tions, the plaintiff was entitled to the verdict; but Mr. 13017111 warmly contended to the contrary, and The learned Judge said he could not allow the discussion to proceed, nor could he, as the matter now stood, direct a 'verdict either for the plaintiff or the defendants. The jury must consider their verdict. The Foreman—We are not satisfied that Richard Palmer Roupell ever executed any deed of gift to his son William. Mr. Sergeant Shee—That is a verdict for the plaintiff. Mr. Bovill—No, no. Some of the jury, as I understand, are of opinion that the old man did actually sign the deed. Several of the Jury—Yes, yes. The learned Judge repeated that he could not allow this discussion to proceed. I must (said the learned Baron) require the jury to consider their verdict. I have no power by law to compel them to answer specific questions; and as they are unable to agree on the one essential question I cannot direct a verdict to be entered one way or the other. I can only require the jury to consider their verdict, and find for the plaintiff or the defendant. And now, gentlemen (said the learned Judge, rising up, and preparing to leave the court), I must leave you to your own resources, and desire you again to retire and consider your verdict. (Great laughter, amid which the jury, with blank looks, it being now nearly 10 o'clock at night, and expressions that they should never agree, left the court, and were once more "locked up.") During all this time the court continued crowded by parties interested directly or indirectly in the result of the suit. The convict William Ronpell also had remained in court during all these long and weary hours of waiting, and had now sat for nearly eight hours awaiting the verdict. While this long discussion was going forward he came forward to the part of the barrier separating the back part of the court, where he had sat, and seemed to watch all that was going on with the most intense anxiety. The parties whose money had been invested on the security of this estate, and the representatives of those who had a similar interest in other of his transactions, evinced, as may be supposed, an anxiety equally keen, and the aspect of the court during this interval of suspense was somewhat exciting, and such as is not often witnessed in a merely civil suit, About half-past 10 o'clock, the learned Judge, having conferred with counsel on both sides, who were satisfied that the jury would never agree, di rected them to be sent for, and on their coming into court, said to them, " Gentlemen, are you agreed ?" The Foreman—No, my lord, nor are we likely to be so. The learned Judge--IQ it likely that any longer time for consideration will lead yi ln to an agree- ment ? The Forerft;:,n—No, my lord, it is . not. The learnLd Judge—Then, gentlem en, by the COll - of the parties I discharge you. The jury heard this with evident satisfaotion, and quickly departed. So ended. this ev.traordinary case. COUNTRY MARKETS. SATIIItDAY. --- There was a limited si.low of wheat - to-day, and the demand was fair, prices being Is per qr. higher. Barley traae was dull, at about the same rates us last week. Oats scarce, and beans made extra prices. Wheat, red 44s to 47s 1 Oats.... 22s to 24, White do .48s to 528 Fe ans .. 40.- to 42s Barley • f .29s to 30s Fetus .......—s to —s Malt, 62s to 64s per qr. • rye , 33s per qr.; flour, 345 to 35s per sack. GRANTHAM-SATURDAY. To-day wheat came slowly to hand, and sales were steady. —New white wheat, 49s to 53s ; red, 45s .to 47s per 36st. ; malting barley, —s to —s per qr ; grindir, g, 28s to 30s; oats, 24s to 26s ; beans, 383 to 40s ; peas, 36s to 38s. NOTTINGHAM-SATURDAY. - ---• Our market was sparingly supplied with wheat, and the demand was firm, at 18 per qr more money. Barley very scarce. Oats the same as last week. Beans were scarce. —White wheat, from 48s to 54s ; red wheat, 42s to 495. Barley—malting, 35s to 39s ; grinding, 27s to 295.. Oats old, at 258 to 31s Od ; new, 22s to 295. Beans sold at 41s to 45s per qr. ; new, 37s to 425. NORTHAMPTON-SATURDAY. A scanty supply of wheat to-day, with a firm business• —White wheat, 44s to 48s ; red, 43s to 465; fine, 48a to —s per qr. Barley, 3651t0 49s—grinding, 29s to 38s; Oats, 24s to 30s per 24 stone. Beans, 37s to 40e. Peas, 36s to 40s per qr. LEI C E ST E R-SATURDAY. Our market was fairly supplied with wheat, and the de mand was good at is over late terms. Barley scarce, ema prices as before. Oats in good request. Beans a good sale. —Old white wheat, 46s to 51s ; new, 45s to 52s per 3 6 stone. Old red, 42s to 48s . per 36 stone. Barley, resign g , new, 34s to 38s per qr.; grinding, 27s to 29s ; old oate,, —s to --s; new oats, 26s to 29s per 24 stone. Bean 4 new, 38s to 42s per 38 stone ; flour, 30s to 36s per 20 stone. NORWICH—SATURDAY. There was a limited supply of wheat at market to-day, but there was lit tle business doing. White wheat. 46s to 49s Red wheat 43s to 48s Malting barley ...38s to 40s I Chevalier barley 36s to 37 6 Distilling do.— .. 33s to Ms I Oats.... Flour, 32s 6d to 33s Od per sack from the LaDler. RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. TRAFFIC RECEIPTS FOR THE WEEK. Miles Opened. Receipts. Railways. 1863. 1862. 1863. 1862- X 2,330 2,36 0 869 8 1 _ 2 L 663 2,20 0 6,738 7, 024 18,002 16.8 07 321 279 349 :,3* Belfast and N, Counties 136 136 Belfast and County Down 49 49 Blyth and Tyne 2B 28 Bristol and Exeter 1214 1214 Caledonian 230 230 Cockermouth& Workington B4 8 4 Cork and Bandon 2O 20 Cork, Blacicrock, &Passage 6l 6 1 Cork and Youghal 324 324 Cornwall 534 53; Deeside l7 17 Dublin & Belfast Junction 63 63 Dublin and Drogheda 75 . 63' Dublin and Meath - Dub. & Wicklow and Wextd 484 485 Dundee, Perth, & Aber. Jun 3l 31 Edinburgh and Glasgow 1694 1694 Forth & Clyde Junction 3O 30 Furness, &c 5O 5) Glasgow & South-Western Gt. Eastern,Nrfk.,&E.Union Great Northern 330 330 Great North of Scotland 5B 58 ht. N orthn. & Westn. (Irel.) 714 564 r it. Southn. & Westn.(lrind.) 3544 329 Great Western 10564 10044 Inverness & Aberdeen Junc- 864 733 Irish North-Western 145 145 - Irish South -Eastern 254 254 _ Lancashire & Yorkshire Limerick and Ennis. Limerick and Foynes Llaneliy 3 4229 46 151 329 4 39' 65 116786650 1 35'1 LLoonnddoenn and Blackwell o ß rt ac h- k Western London & South-Western Lond. Brighton, &S. Coast London, Chatham, & Dover 724 724 5,870 6, 078 Do. Metropolitan Extension 104 - 1,340 Loud., Tilbury, & Southend M Illan.,Shefileld, & Lincolnsh Manch. S.Jun.& Alt r i nc h am 94 94 ,1,413 I . l q Maryport and Carlisl e 2B 28 1,224 IP . _ Metropolitan - 1,964 84 1, mra M oo id nn l ink an i d ((incl. N.-Western) 641 6144 42,159 40, -,g Midland GtWestn. of Irind 2594 1924 4,475 4, 0, ' o an ut d hsh. Rail. & Canal 4 471i North British Edin., Perth and Dundee' N-Eastern and New. & Can 1079 441 1 3 0 4477 6 41 1; 5 1321 : 43532238 : 66 51 3 2:21 ,.3 5237 0 98119 2 3 North London 9 9 3,186 7.678 North Staffordshire 254 252 8,173 1 002 1 156 , Oswestry and Newton. Rhymney 778 194 194 , 0.14 2 ,011 St. Helen's Canal& Railway 52 52 ',"" Scottish Central 58 56 4,011 3,462 Scottish North-Eastern. Somerset and Dorset 394 39i 372 3 , 2 „ 5 ., South Devon 754 754 3.838 3, 11 y: South-Eastern 306 306 25,480 27,07 , Stockton and Darlington - -- Taff Vale... Ulster Vale of Clwyd. 254 0 2 1 1 , Vale of Neath 254 254 2,210 1. 93 Waterford and Kilkenny 3l 31 280 8 , 6 , 9 q Waterford and Limerick 77 77 1,374 I, L",`" West Cornwall 274 274 807 ‘Y.S W.Har tlepoolHarbn&Rail lB 48 4,177 4,1,,' W'haven,Cleaton&Egrmnt 7 7 696 493 Whitehaven Junction . . Whitehaven & Furness Jun 35 35 816 70 5 AAunstwtreianrp .a.c.l.l.t.o.t.terdam 82 5 8 2 FOREIGN AND COLONIAL. Belgian Eastern junction 264 8 2 25 6 82 4 391: 3 338 0 0 4 24 38,10611 Z 18-2 Bombay, Baroda, & Cen. India 1854 1324 3,178 ' Buffalo and Lake Huron 2, 1 n4 0. Detroit and Milwaukie 1614 1614 2,622 185 185 4,243 3,4 "„' Dutch Rhenish lOB4 1084 6,034 8,4 0 24 Eastern of_France lO7B 1060 51,050 48, , v., 932 63 1 / 19 , 358 11 'rr:5 East Indian Grand Trunk of Canada 4 59 6 Great Luxembourg 134 134 4,599 -, Great Southern of I n di a Madrid, ..... Saragossa &Alicant 199 435 19,830 16,88 0 Northern of Canada .... - ," Northern of France 646 691 54,418 6°'23i6 Norwegian Trunk !• 7 9 3 Ottoman Paris, Lyons, & Mediterrn 1491 1354 128,140 119 103 Paris and Orleans 1340 1204 58,609 54,278 Pernambuco ..... 774 - 648 r Royal Danish 64 ,69 69 72D Sambre and Meuse. ..., 68 as 1,320 1 . 2 . 2 , 6 , South Austrian ...... ... Southern of France Victorian .................... 196 92 9,607 7 , 656 Welland..... .......... 25 25 5 25 328 981 952 West Flaners . . . •• ** • • 75 75 W. and N.W. of France *.- • • 758 777 775787 4263 ' . '89558 42:58:91 NO 325 451 401 1,458 1,334 339 430 1,473 1,483 1,846 1.831 179 3,338 2, 24 1 1,218 1,26 8,320 7.816 2 31 1 9 013 49 8 r: 8 2 1 1 i 32 3 2.82 i 39121 5 7 9 02 8,668 9. 35 7, 65,512 67. 791 1,681 1,5 01 1,889 1.914 Foreign Mail Packet List. MAILS DUE. %ustralia and M aur i tius, via Southampton. Aug. 18 . via Marseilles ..Aug. 13 . orazil and Cape Verds, by British packet. Aug. 4 ' 29 hpe of G oo d H ope, Ascension, and St. Helena. July " him, Penang, and Singapore, via Southampton. Aug. /; via Marseilles ...July 27 r alkland IslanG ...... ............ Gibraltar, vi a S outhampton July 2 6 ' 0. India (Calcutta), and Ceylon, via Southampton.. Ant.. ~2 ndia Bomba via Marseilles.... July 'i (y), -via Southampton. Portu via Marseilles.... Aug. 4. ga1.... .. ; ...' .... -.. -.-......'......... Aug. 4 ' \1 alt a , E gypt, and Aden, via South ampton July 2,,,6" Via M ewfoundland arseilles July , ' ............................. Aug. 5 ' Oporto and Vigo ........... . ........... C. S. and British N. America, by Brit. packet . July 30 by U.S. packet by Canadian packet july 24. W.C. of Af r i ca, M a d e i ra, ' and Teneriffe Aug. 10 Bahamas, via New York .... July 3C. M exico. . .... July 29. All parts of W es t I n di es, including Chili, Peru, t California. and 13ritiz , b Columbia.. ...... .... 1 July 29. [ A DVERTISEMENT.}—HoIIoway' s Ointment a nd Pills Bad bre as t s , u l cers, abscesses, wounds, and sores of a ll kinds may be th oroug hl y healed by the appli ca ti o n of rhi B ointment to the pa r ts a ff ec t e d after they have been du ly fomented with w arm wa te r . T he discharge should nct b e checked at once, b u t ra th er encouraged, for such sudde n ' check must o f course b e a l ways dangerous. Nature is the noblest of phy s i c i ans , an d must not _be opposed, bu t seconded. All sores are f or a ti me the.safety valves of the constitution, and should not be closed or healed until they assume a healthier character. Under the action of thi s powerful ointment, together w ith the pills, the deprav ed humours of the body will be quickly removed. Births. BUTT.-011 the 23d inst., at the Vicarage, Chesterfield, th e wile of the Rev. George Butt, of a daughter. GIBBS.—On the 23d inst., at Down-street, Piccadilly' Mrs. Thomas Gibbs, of a son. RENNY.—On the 18th inst., at Ash Lodge, Surrey, t he wife of Major Renny, of a daughter. WOODHOUSE.—On the 24th inst., at The Cedars, MI% ton-wick, the wife of Li one l L. Woodhouse, Esq., O' - daughter. Marriages. a i, n at, NORRIS—BURRARD.—On the 23d inst , at Lyn , - - r .he William Norris, Captain Rifle Brigade,' to Frederica.,,L, youngest daugter of Admiral Sir Charles Burrard, - 0 " of Lyndhurst, Hants. WOOD—SLEE.—On the 23d inst., at Bradford, Yorkshire' John Juli en W ood, Esq., of Clifton Villa, Blessingt°7 road, Lee, K ent, and 22, Watling-street, London, to Emily, youn ges t daughter of Henry Slee, Esq., of Rich mond-terrace, Bradford, Yorkshire. CARTER,--O n the 21st in D s t e ; a , a t t h S S Outhrepps, Norfolk, J° lll2 Carter, aged 50. EYRE—On the 23d inst., at 26, Prinees-square, S° oll4 Le Grice Emily, wife of G. L. P. Eyre, Esq., aged 42. LAWSON —On the 22d inst., at Berwood House, Avenue' road, Rubert Lawson, Esq., aged 85. LANGDALE.—On the 23d inst., at 38. Gower-street, f 3 e, d t : ford-square, Louisa, relict of the late Marmaduke Langdale, Esq., aged 71. SCURLOCK.—On the 2lst inst., at Langharne, Carmarthen' John Trevor Scurlock, Esq., of Doctors'-commons. b WORLLEDGE.—On the 24th inst., at Hill House, Ipswic h , Mary, wife of John Worlledge, Esq., Judge of County Courts, aged 48. London : Printed and Published by WILLIAM ANDIW, C ,!' of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at THE Sun Office. 1 0 * Strand, in the Precinct of the savoy, in the C" fitY ° MicitilesM—X9lloB,Y, July 27. H;363.