The Sun. — London, England, 1863-08-10 00:00:00

TEE CIVIL WAR IN AMERICA. - (From Me Times' Correspondent.) NEW YORK, July 29. As few people believe the confident assertion of M. Secretary Stanton—published in an official document, with his signature attached—that the army of General Lee was utterly " routed" by General Meade, and could not possibly escape into Virginia unless in disorderly and demoralised frag ments, few people are surprised to learn that the Confederate chief—repulsed, but not defeated— has crossed the Potcmac at his leisure, with his stores, his ammunition, his artillery, and the spoils that he gathered in Pennsylvania; that he holds all the lower gaps of the Blue Ridge Mountains, where Gen. Meade cannot pursue him ; and that he is in such strength end spirits as even yet to olarm Mr. Stanton as well as Mr. Lincoln and General Halleck for the iutnre safety of Washing. ton. In other quarters the Confederates, though greatly disae poiated and grieviously damaged, are not disheartened. Vice-President Stephens speaks words of cheer to the people, and will not despair of the cause even if Charleston, Savannah, and Mobile should be wrested from the Confederacy, raid Richmond itself be doomed to suffer the pain and humiliation of hostile occupation. Charleston makes a gallant defence, and repulses the foe at Fort Wagner with a slaughter of which it is sickening to read. Yet the Northern people would be sanguine of speedy success to their arms, not withstanding all these discouraging circumstances, were it not for the character of the recent news from Mexico. They believe that the establishment of a monarchical form of government in that country under the auspices of the Emperor of the French, whether the new potentate be the Archduke Maxi milian of Austria or, on his refusal, Mr. Patterson Bonaparte—or Bonaparte Patterson—will speedily lead to the recognition of Mr. Jefferson Davis and an alliance offensive and defensive between France, Mexico, and the Southern Confederacy. They know enough of the energy and determination of the Southern people to acknowledge that it would not, under these circumstances, bo necessary for the Emperor of the French to send a single regi ment to America; that the South does not want his military aid, but solely that of his navy, to open the ports and procure for the people that access to the outer world for want of which they have been reduced, more than by any thing else, to their present state of suffering. For the time being the Mexican news absorbs the main interest of American politicians of the higher grade. Those of the lower grade are as local and municipal as usual, but every man who can calculate the chances of the future a little more accurately than his fellows is of opinion that the chances of South ern recognition by France, with or without the co operation of Great Britain, were never so favourable as they are at the present moment, and that these chances do not so much rest upon Federal victories or reverses as upon the turn which events have taken in the laud of Montezuma. Mr. Seward and some of the leading members of the Democratic party appear to cling to the notion that the South, if it cannot be coerced, can be con ciliated, and that Mr. Lincoln has only to propose a general amnesty, for which they think the time exceedingly favourable; a withdrawal of the Pro clamation of Emancipation, and constitutional gua rantees for the perpetuation of slavery in the Cotton States, to secure a reconstruction of the Union. The hope is illusory. Even if the South would accept the terms—which is not in the slightest de gree probable—the restored Union could not outlive another four years' Presidency. Such a compro mise would heal nothing, settle nothing, be worth nothing. The flames of civil war might smoulder under the heap of rubbish thrown over them, but would burst forth again with redoubled violence at no distant period. It is asserted that Mr. Seward has urged upon the President to make the attempt, and whether the fact be or be not as stated, it is clear that a very large proportion of the American , people do dearly prize the Union as to be willing to consent even to such a humiliation as this would be to restore it in its pristine strength and cohesion. But the thing is impossible. The question of the draught in this city is held in abeyance. The attempt to enforce it will infallibly lead to further disturbance. In the meantime the interest attaching to the riots of the 13th, 14th, 15th, and 16th days of this month has not subsided. Whether arising in a sudden outburst of popular indignation against the slavery of enforced military service, or secretly organised by leaders who have had the wit and the good fortune to conceal their names, their persons, and their mode of action, they are likely in their consequences to exert great in fluence on that Northern revolution which the Go vernment appears to have resoved to accomplish. The " Woollyheads," or Republicans, have long ac cused the " Copperheads," or Democrats, of having instigated insurrection in favour of the South, while the Democrats, on the other hand, have as loudly accused the opposite party of fomenting and en couraging the worst excesses of the mob is order to have a pretext for declaring martial law in this city, and of overriding and ultimately superseding the constitution of the State of New York. Both of these charges are baseless. The riots, which were formidable enough at one time to deserve the name of an insurrection, and might have grown into a re volution had there been as much courage in civil as there is iu military life ice this country, were really the spontaneous growth at' popular disgust both with the war and with the conscription, and the Federal Government was not only sorry that they broke out as they did, but was most anxious to turn them to account in its cl , riing purpose of welding the North into a homogeneous nation by the extinction of State rights. But, astute as were the politicians of Washington, they found their match in Governor Seymour. Elected by the Democracy of the State to defend State rights against Federal en croachments, he knew the importance of his posi tion and the necessity of defending it. The Governor of Pennsylvania, receiving little or no aid from the Federal Government in his attempt to arrest the prog ress o f G enera l L ee, h ad appl i e d i n hi s distress to the Governor of N ew Y or k, w h o had responded to his call by sending some of his best militia regi ment, -wheu the oChambersburg and other points of danger. returnee riots broke o u t th ese reg i men t s had not of troo e pe. 'a nd New Y or k was consequent l y d enu d e d long e d such few as rema i ne d i n th e c ity ba the comma to th: Federal G overnment , an d were un d er officer. G sv a er of Major-General Wool, a Federal danger, via, 411 nor Seymour having no suspicion of on the coast oe _iat at an Atlantic watering place out. The lan aysr Zw th Jersey when the riots broke at first that the pc e city, Mr, Opdyke, imagined and preserve order,e b e t would be sufficient to restore and the skies t as the insurrection extended weprepirieedad:oned With the glare of burn ing houses, he a of the Federal troop s , „ a : e neral Wool for the aid absence of the State mili t i a gn iin i t n p en a n s ey a iva r u eazn i‘ t i h r e . Opdyke thus admitted that the business of the State authorities, and net w e as fotthi; vernment to maintain the p eace Federal Go admission that will doubtless be remembereddes. York t — o b e ing -01ffirecetfoorentthere disadvantage hereafter, should he into any fresh contracts with the War supply of military clothing. General aer ool to the request ; but not having troop s enougriceded t Federal forts in the harbour and elsewhere torlotee with a riot that began to assume the most alarraLg proportions, he made application to the Commander in-Chief of the Sovereign State of New York—that is to say, to Governor Seymour, for the aid of such militia as still remained within the remoter limits of,the State, or that he could muster at sudden call for the defence of society threatened with anarchy. General Wool did what was entirely right, legal, an d co nstitutional under the circumstances, but he grievously offended the Federal Government, as will more fully appear hereafter. Governor Seymour called out his militia reserves. General - Wool con tributed his services, and both forces were placed by Governor Seymour under the command of Major-General Sandford—a State, not a Federal officer—and everything seemed to promise that, with unity of counsel and of purpose, the insurgents and the thieves who had joined their ranks would be speedily dispersed or captured. At this stage of the proceedings—late on Monday evening—a 110 W actor appeared on the scene, Brigadier-General Harvey Brown, a subordinate of General Wool, in immediate command of some Federal troops in the forts of New York harbour, who voluaseered his services in suppressing the riots. His offer was accepted, and he was ordered to report to and place himself under the orders of Major , General Sand ford. The new volunteer, however, proved to be of little service. He promised obedience, but did not yield it. He expected, as a Federal General, to supersede or, at all events, to outrank the State General, under whom he was ordered to serve, and his claim not being allowed, he thwarted all the' arrangements which it was his duty to promote, and, intentionally or unintentionally, gave the rioters the considerable advantage of uncontrolled possession of whole districts of the city. Ulti mately, and before the night was far advanced, he asked General Wool's permission to be excused from further service. The permission was granted, and Colonel Nugent, Provost-Marshal-General, was appointed in his place, to report to the state General. On the following morning (Tuesday), the riots having gained new strength in the interval, and mainly on account of the neglect or disobedience of which Brigadier-Gen. Brown had been guilty, in refusing to :et in subordination to Major-Gen.Sand ford, the Brigadier, who was in hourly telegraphic communication with the Secretary:cf War at Wash ington, presented himself again before occurred, expressed his regret at what had occur cillaerwedasheiseeweirldliineggnlyesrsetionesteartveedunder Gen . . .Sandford. Friday, the 17th inst., when in his limit .a e n d Wdd°:-1 com mand, and continued to act, or he e d t r o el a ie c v t, ed un b ti y l f ik r l e a or m i T n e n Stanton..in ß y this pursuancetime e o t f h. e ordersriots e hadreceived been Canby, ciency of Gen. Brown, and solely suppressed, in spite of theobstructhiyvetnheesspeolrieieneeffied. the militia. Gen. Canbywas not wanted. law. T There he was no pretext for declaring Federal Government had lost its coveted o pportunity of taking the State and city of New York und er i ts p a t e rnal protection, and abolishing its laws, and there was no knowing when another occasion equally favourable might present itself. Governor Seymour was too important a person —too independent a potentate or Sovereign within his own constitutional sphere—to be lightly meddled with, and although the Federal Government would have been glad to make him feel the full weight of its displeasure, it was compelled by prudential considerations to restrain its avenging hand, and vent its wrath in another direction. If Governor Seymour and Gen. Sandford were not Federal officers, Gen. Wool and Gen. Brown were. Both of them had been guilty of thwarting a cherished design of t heGovern men t ; a revolutionary design, it is true, but not the less incumbent upon them, in the estimation of Mr. Lincoln, Mr. Stan ton, and Gen. Halleck, to aid and forward when required to do so. By order of the President, dated on the third day of the riots, General Wool was re lieved of his command, and placed on the retired list. His offence was not stated ; but according to all probability, as well as to common belief, it was his recognition of the authority of Governor Sey mour as superior within the State of New York to that of the Federal Government. General Brown was dismissed in like manner, and was placed upon the retired list. The Government did not conde scend to inform him why he had fallen under its high displeasure. He had certainly endeavoured to place the Federal above the State authority, but he had done his work in so inefficient a manner that it was a palpable failure. It was his duty not to have failed. He did fail, however, and he was punished accordingly. Governor Seymour has taken no public notice of these transactions. By the single-minded and honest co-operation of General Wool, who, when the peace of a great city was disturbed, saw nothing but the paramount necessity of enforcing obedience to the laws, he had been enabled to thwart the re volutionary man oeuvres of the War-office. It would scarcely have been consistent with his dignity to take official cognisance of the little plot which he had so happily and so signally defeated. But he has found a befitting opportunity to place upon re cord his opinion on the vital matter of State rights, and to define the frontier of a Governor of a State —such as New York—with regard to the Governors of other States, and to the Federal Power. In an order of the day, dated the 23d inst., and in his official capacity as Commander-in-Chief of the Military Forces of New York, ho has returned thanks to the Militia regiments, which, at his request, a month ago, during the alarm consequent upon the invasion of General Lee, proceeded to the relief of the Gover nor of Pennsylvania, and in words full of warning and instruction has impressed upon their minds the sanctity of the Constitution, which is gra dually melting away in the hot blast of war; and the necessity!of holding fast by the ancient wisdom which established it, if they would escape approach ing anarchy. Aware of the intention of Mr. Lin- coin and his advisers to crush out State Rights in all the North and West, as fast as opportunity may serve, Governor Seymour warns the militia of the great commonwealth of which he is the chief magi strate how much depends upon their action in all the perils that may involve both the individual State and the Federation of which it forms a part, " If, he says, "our militia system be allowed to decay, all our institutions are weakened. The mi litia is the main strength of the Executive, to main' tain the laws, put clown insurrection, and repel invasion." This is the doctrine of the Constitution, but not of Mr. Lincoln and the revolutionary Republicans. These are of opinion that a large standing army, supported by taxation, is the proper and always available instrument to use in such "mergencies. "The State of New York," adds the Governor, "has already furnished 260,000 volun teers to the national service. It now contains within its limits more than 300,000 persons liable to service in its militia. The proper organisation of this great force will not only preserve the power and safety of the State, but enable it to be even more beneficial in its aid to the nation, and to other States than it has been heretofore." There is no mistaking the import and intention of these words. They mean business. They mean that in an y conflict which the Federal Government may provoke, with the view of remodelling the institu tions of the North, so as to convert it into one consistent and homogeneous despotism, the Governor of New York will maintain the sovereign rights of the State, and use, if need be, his constitutional army of 300,000 men for the purpose. The question is perilous, and may become immi nent. The conscription may, at any moment, force it to a strict solution. The Government, in view of the widespread indignation which the mere mention of compulsory military service has excited —and pointedly in deference to the wishes of Governor Seymour, very temperately and respectfully laid before it—has postponed, but has not abandoned, the draught. At any moment which it may deem most favourable for the purpose, it may make a new attempt to enforce it—and as certainly as it does so it will goad the working classes of this and the neighbouring cities to resistance. And if a new insurrection should be the result there is every indication that it will not be so purposeless or so leaderless as the last, and that men will spring to the front who will organize the popular anger to political ends, and, making bloody examples of the house -burners and thieves who may attempt to turn the public commotions to the purposes of plunder, will do what they can to invest social riot with the dignity of political revolution. To that end things arend marching.' progress depends How fast or how slow may be their s to some extent upon Mr. Lincoln an d his Ministers And there is this to be said in favour of the the orists who see no h omogene ity or cohesion rights North if th e cons tit ut i ona l d octr i ne of State t h that the chances onfotthatiPerseded and abolished, — are very small, and the subjugation e of the South great chances of a new in the North verysecession nation, State rights must be rthe North is to be a thrown overboard in the tempest, and there must beba er:aiptai.n with despotic power in the ship. And all, w n ho lle r e the error of Governor Seymour, and of lke him, speak that there is a of State rights, and yet maintainanation d it is in " nation" in America. If there b e au n d ot tb a the South. The North is a federation_ nation. Each State is a nation in itself Sovereign State of Ohio differs as much in 1, arac ter, idiosyncrasy, and interest from the State of THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, ACrGUST 10, 1863. THE RAILWAY ACCIDENT NEAR LYNN. In the inquest held at the Town-hall, Lynn, on the bodies of the persons killed on the Lynn and Hunstanton Railway, the following evidence was taken on Friday after our parcel was despatched : Mr. Bloomfield's examination was continued. In reply to Mr. Edwards, he said—l wanted the wire fence at the place where stock got over to be put up, but was told that the posts were at the other end. I saw the men at work last Monday evening. They left off, having knocked down a fence for 20 or 30 yards and left the line unprotected all the night. There were three cows in the field when the fence was knocked down, but the owner of them took them out. I told the men when the fences were done that they were of no use. I have seen the stock come over the fence. They walked over. By the Jury—The bullocks were short of keep—not shorter than my neighbour's, but there was plenty of water. By the Coroner—We have plenty of water in our own ditches. My attention has been called to the fencing on other parts of the line, particularly on Mr. Hammond's. Three weeks ago it was better than ours, because there was a little water in his drain. We have some fences on the line capable of keeping out cattle. Mr. James Platt, locomotive foreman, said—l was in the train that met with the accident. I was in the fourth car riage. I went over the carriages before they started in the morning. They were all in good working order. I examined every one. I only go with Wakefield on certain occasions where there is anything important. The excursion train was such a case. By Mr. Edwards—lt is my duty to receive complaints of carriages. I have received none of these carriages. They were all in good order. By the Coroner—lf the driver had seen the red lights it would have been his duty to stop at a reasonable distance, When I have been guard I have been pulled up by the driver, and I have gone back to atop a following train. If the fireman put on the break it would be felt as much at the end of the train as in the centre. The train was coupled at the station by a porter in my presence. The train might be pulled up in 400 or 500 yards, but some breaks and en gines heavier than others. By the Coroner—l traced the mark of the bullock unde r nine carriages. The first mark was on the first class carriage, on the axle. The bullock lifted the engine, which Would weigh about 16 tons. On Saturday the following witnesses were examined : Mr. George Billing said that he was a passenger by the train when the accident took place, and described what oc curred in the third-class carriage in which he was. John Reeve, station-master at Hunstanton, said—l started the trains on the night of Monday. Previous to their start ing I made an examination to see that the coupling-irons were all right. They were all safe. It was by an order from London the train was divided. As to the second train stopping, it was left to my arrangement. The first train was to stop at all the stations, and the second train at none, unless there were passengers who could not get away by the first train. Then, in point of fact, the last train would have been the fastest train of the two. I consider that a proper arrangement. They allowed sufficient time for the first train nearly to reach Lynn before the other started. I purposely left the second standing to allow of 20 minutes to elapse between the two trains. By Mr. Edwards —I would not stop a train that was being folio 'tired by another unless I was imperatively forced to do it. By the Coroner—l should not think myself justified in stopping after I had passed a danger. I should consider, my self, that it would be a greater risk in stopping after having passed a bullock on the side of the line with another train behind me. I should consider I was risking the safety of passengers much more. There would have been more dan ger to both trains. Captain H. W. Tyler, Government Inspector, said he came down to make his own inspection, but he would put himself in the hands of the Coroner. He was then sworn and said—l examined the line originally, I believe, in September last. I made a minute examination in regard to the fences. Between the stations of Lynn and Wootton the ditches, which are now dry, or nearly dry, were then filled with water, and where is now a low paling there was a wet ditch —where there was no water there was a high fencing. The fences appeared to me to be sufficient to keep cattle off the line. I have seen the fence this morning, and taken the dimensions of it. The ditch, which is now dry, is 7ft wide at the top and 3ft Gin deep, and there is a wooden rail on the railway side of the ditch 14in high. I think it is not so good a protection as it might be, but it is not a very bad fence. It is not all cattle that could get over it. Young hungry cattle might get over it. I have seen such fences in Ireland, where the cattle are wilder than they are here. I have seen in England fences as bad and worse than these, but as I said before, I think now the ditch is dry there should be a better fence at the top of the ditch. When I examined the line I could not tell how dry the ditch would become, and it would then be the duty of the company to put up such m e x in tr e a m fe r n . ce s s he a a s es w l o an ul d d . kelephatvheebelienne e ts x a a fe m . in l in d g id th n . eotfeenxca e I where wasthe e bullock i g ad o t o b v y e i b r y . o i r l d o e b r e o r t f s t o h n e Board .s o i t r. Tra s d in e.. Blair. I have been told that there is no fence at all on the front of the land occupied by Mr. Shear. Mr. Edwards —No one could have told him such an in famous lie. Captain Tyler said he would go and examine the place if it wss desired. A Juryman—We all know there is no fence there. Captain Tyler's examination continued—lf attention had been called to the want of fences by a person whose cattle got upon the line, it was certainly the duty of the company to have remedied it. I think when the ditches were dry the fence o ug ht t o have been improved. They have plate layers on th e li ne , who must be perfectly familiar with the fences, and must see any cattle if they trespass. Looking at the pre sen t state o f the line as to the fence s , an d th e proximity of cattle, I do not like to say it is absolutely en. safe, but I think it is capable of improvement. In reply to Mr. Ward Captain Tyler said—l measured the ditch in three place°, two on this side of the potato patch and one on the other sid e. M y object was to get a low measurement. Those w ho acco mpanied me were agents of as I rememb er th e f ences ate the company, but I am pretty well accustomed to open my own eyes. -rifnasrpected the line, excep t as to nowthe ß s y am M e r. Edwards—A s as wa whendsthe water and the wire f ences in cour se of construction. Mr. It. Royston said —I live at North Wootton. lam well acquainted with th e line of rail way at Wootton. I hav e r observed the state of the fences, more particularly opposite my own land. The line runs nearly a mile along my farm. I have land on both t ides. It is nearly all ploughed land. The fences are about sft. high from the level of the ground. 1 made an observation to Mr. Valentine one day that the lambs would run through them. I have put net against the rails when I put sheep on —rope net, I think I know Mr. Blomfield's land. It is all pasture. The morning after the accident I saw a bull walk on the line, between 5 and 6 o'clock. It came out of Mr. Blomfield's pasture. I saw a man turn it off, and it went back again into the pasture. It walked over the fence. The fence, in my judgment, is insufficient to prevent cattle from getting on the line. Bul locks in hot weather will seek water, to get into it, when the flies are teazing. I think the high fence on the line suffi cient. A five-loot fence would suit. There are only two kinds on Mr. Blomfield's farm —a water ditch and low fence and the high fence ; the highest about 5 feet, and the lowest about a foot. Before the accident I have seen cattle on the line, sheep very commonly. I have turned a cow off. That was about the first week in June. She jumped over the gate, and I turned her back through it. The gate is about 3ft high, speaking from guess. I have frequently seen sheep on, from six to ten times. I have not seen cattle on more than twice. There have been three or four sheep at a time. There were Mr. Knight's c ommonly, and John Smith's. I have seen their fences, and they are not constructed so as to prevent sheep getting on. The bull I saw on was about a two. year-old. There are plate-layers usually on the line. By Mr. Edwards—The height of a farmer's ordinary oc cupation gate is somewhere about the height of the railway gate. 1 was in co mmunication with Mr. Valentine during the construction of the line, and I did not require of him a different kind of gate, There were only two occasions on which I saw cattle on the line. I never made any com plaint to the platelayers, whom I saw about the line daily. The Coroner thought it was not a case in which notice was required to be given to the company. They were bound to maintain the fences by the Act. Alfred True said—l was guard of the first train that left Hunstanton for Lynn last Monday night. Boyce was the driver. 1 was in charge of the train. Wo left Hunstanton at 7.47. When we got beyond Wootton station I did not hear three whistles. At no part of the journey did 1 hear three whistles. The only intimation I had of an obstruction on the line was that he shut off steam and then put it on again. I looked out, but saw nothing. I did not hear of a bullock being seen until after the accident. If the driver had whistled three times I should have applied my break It would have taken five or six minutes to stop the train. We might have gone 200 or 300 yards in doing it. I did not see Mr. Kendall on the engine. I never saw bullocks on the line. I have seen sheep. I was guard of the train when the horse was killed last February. By Mr. Edwards—The pony got on the line at Mr, Gay's crossing. New fences and gates were put there immediately after the report of the pony being killed. Geo. Piper, guard of the second train on Monday evening. —We left Hunstanton at 8 o'clock, and reached Wolferton at 8.25. We did not stop at Wootton. We had proceeded about a mile and a quarter past Wootton when I heard the driver whistle for the break. I put it on considerably ; as full as I could. We went about 90 yards after I heard the whistle, when the train came suddenly to a stop. I jumped out of the break and ran up to the train, and found several carriages were off the road. I then placed the necessary signals in front and rear of the train, and I afterwards did all I could to assist the wounded By Mr. Pitcher—My break answered, but it would not be powerful enough to bring up a train like that. Had I seen a danger signal it would have taken four or five minutes to stop my train. I could have stopped it in 500 yards. By Captain Tyler—We were going 25 miles an hour. Mr. Plait recalled said—The break-power on the train was the tender break, and the break behind the train. It would have boon better with another break. Two were suf cleat to stop it, but not sufficiently quick for the approach ing danger. In my judgment, as a practical man, I do not consider there was sufficient break-power to either of those trains. ; By Mr. Pitcher—With extra break-power it would have been dangerous to have stopped the train. [ Frederick Kemp said—l am sub-inspector of permanent way. I knew Mr. Shear of Gay wood. He once made a complaint to me at Middleton that his heifer jumped over the drain. That was about the middle of April. There is no fence, there is a drain. One portion of it is 12 feet wide, and the narrowest part is 9 feet wide. There is generally a good supply of water from the lock. When he com plained in April last there was water in the drain, as much as there is now-16 inches on an average, The drain is four feet deep. Mr. Shear did not request me to put up a fence. He never complained to me but once, and I told him I would attend to it. I meant I would see where the stock got on. I examined it, and I considered it suffi cient to keep out any stock. I set men to clean out a part of the drain. I have heard that the bullocks and sheep have been ire the habit of going on the line, I have heard it from the platelayers. 1 got a note from one of them, and I went down on the Monday morning. I asked the platelayer where the place was, and he could not tell me. I do not think that a bullock could get over the fence with out breaking it. I told the platelayer to place a man there to get to know whether the cattle did come on the line there. I have had no report from him. I understand there was a bullock on the morning after the accident, and he broke one rail by going over the rail into the drain. The company aro putting up a wire fence further on. I told the platelayer to ask Mr. Blomfield to take his cattle out for a week, as there was a more durable fence being put up. I think the fence is sufficient to keep cattle off the line. William Gnuth, labourer, said—Elvin, foreman of plate layers, told me to go and keep the stock oil the line any where where there was any likelihood of their getting on. I went last Monday week about noon. I went against Mr. Blomfield's land. I kept walking backwards and forwards between Mr. Hamond's and Mr. Blomfield's land all the day. I left off after the trains had all passed—at 9. There were some bullocks in Mr. Blomfield's field. There might be 20. I did not see any come on. There were nonegot on that day that I saw. On Tuesday I went at 6 o'clock in the morning, and kept walking up and dawn all day. I saw nothing all that day. I went about a mile backwards and forwards. I did the same every day up to this day. I was there the day the accident happened. I was where there was some fencing pulled up. It was Mr. Sherringham's land at Massingham. There were no bullocks on Blomfield's field last Monday night when I left it at half-past 5. I was watching the stock on Mr. Sherringhares land and the sheep on Wootton Common. I stopped at Mr.Sherringham's land all night. Tho company are putting up a wire fence there about 4tt. high, That will keep in bullocks and sheep too. There is a ditch behind it. By Mr. Edwards—There are five men on beside me. By Captain Tyler—From Mr. Sherringham's land to the place where the accident happened is nearly a mile. By Mr. Pitcher—l had directions to stop at Mr. Sher ringham's land all night. By Mr. Edwards—l left Mr, Blomfield's pasture about half -past 5, and there were no cattle then in it. By the CJrouer—The platelayers there that morning were Elvin, Riches, Laws, Clark, Farrow, and Woods. They were at work just where the accident happened. I did not hear any of them complain of running a bullock off the line that morning. Mr. Richard Ragge—l am proprietor of land adjoining the Lynn and Hunstanton Railway. I think it was in the beginning of this year I wrote to Mr. Simpson, the chair man of the company, on the subject of the fences. The reply was, as far as I recollect, that he would write to Mr. Durrant, who would see to it. Some posts were put into my sea marshes, but none whatever between Saywood and Lynn. In my judgment, the fence of the land in Shear's occupation is not sufficient to prevent cattle passing over. Jeremiah Elvin, foreman platelayer, said,—On Monday last I was at work about 100 yards from where the accident happened. I saw a bullock on the line just before the 11.15 train passed for Lynn. I sent a man to put it off. I saw it off. I got over the fence. I was 300 yards from the bul lock, and the train was beyond the bullock, and not above 100 yards off it. I had a complaint of bullocks being on the line from Mr. Blomfield this day fortnight. I had a complaint also from Mr. Shear and Mr. Sherringham's shepherd. By Captain Tyler—l told Smith to go where there was no fence, as, seeing there was no stock on Mr. Blomfield's land, I thought where the fence was down was the most dangerous place. By Mr. Edwards—l asked Mr. Blomfield to remove his stock until the wire fence was put up to his land, and he would not. There were six men daily at work at the fence. Mr. Blomfield wanted us to begin there, but we had made a start at the other end. Wm. March, a shoemaker, said—On the Tuesday after the accident, at half-past 1, I was in the lane leading to the line from the clergyman's house. I saw several bullocks in a field, and one was feeding in the dike next to the rail way. Another went into the ditch, and then up, and put its feet over the fence and went on the middle of the rails as quickly as I now tell you. It appeared to do it without any difficulty whatever, but the police shouted, and the beast walked back again. William Bird, of Hillington-square, corroborated the pre vious witness. The beast got over better than witness could. Mr. J. S. Valentine, C.E., said the fences on the Lynn and Hunstanton line had engaged his serious attention. He believed they were efficient, and that cattle could not stray upon the line. He had had a continued interest in the line, and had been frequently upon it. As an engineer he had frequently travelled upon the engine. He never saw cattle, but he once saw a lamb early in the spring. He had many years' experience both in the country and abroad, and he had no personal experience of an accident arising from cattle on the line, The fence of which so much had been said was a fence commonly used on lines which run through a marshy district. On the Lynn and Ely line no fences besides ditches were put at all. By Mr. Pitcher—Moat unquestionably, with the know ledge I have now, I should put up a higher fence. By Mr. Edwards—lt is impracticable to fence against lambs. The Coroner called attention to a case against the Great Western Railway in" Queen's Bench Reports," N. S., page 367, when it was held that lambs having been killed the company were bound to provide fences which would keep them out. Mr. Valentine said, in reply to Mr. Ward, that the ditch in front of Mr. Blomfield's field was cut as a ditch. and not for getting soil for the embankment. The line was not opened until the Inspector of the Board of Trade went over it, and had it not been properly made the inspector would not have allowed it to be opened. At the conclusion of Mr,Valentine's evidence the inquest was adjourned until Monday. The Government inspector and several of the jury went over the line on Saturday evening, Captain Tyler will re port to the coroner on Monday. Foreign Mail Packet List. New York, as Prussia differs from Great Britain, or Holland from Portugal. The Common Council and Aldermen of this city, who, as a body, are opposed to the draught and fully sympathise with their Irish friends and fellow countrymen, who resisted it with violence in the streets, have taken a peculiarly Hibernian mode of aiding the Government in its stress for soldiers. Mr. Lincoln requires 300,000 men, of whom New York must furnish 20,000 to 30,000, if the draught be en forced. Under these circumstances, these civic digni taries have resolved to tax the city in the sum of 2,500,000 dols., the said sum not to be expended in bounty money to induce unwilling men to take up arms, but to buy off from service, at 300 dols. each, no less than 8,000 troops who may be con scripted. The neighbourieg city of Brooklyn has voted 1,000,000 dollars for the same pur pose ; so t h a t while Mr. Stanton c a ll s f or soldiers, New York and Brooklyn respond by providing Mr. Chase with greenbacks. Th e ab surdity of the proceeding is manifest, and, as far as New York is concerned, M. Opdyke, the mayor, has resolved to defeat the appropriation by his veto. But as, on the other hand, the Aldermen and Com mon Council oan : ,veto the act by passing the mea sure en its recommendation, by a majority com posed of a clear two-thirds of their number, they have determined to adopt this expedient, and force the measure upon the taxpaying community, to the great delight, of course, of all the rowdy popu lation, and of many hard-working men, who will cease to object to the draught if the pub lic will pay for their exemption. It is exceed ingly doubtful whether these civic functionaries have the powers they claim in this respect, and, if they make the appropriation, its legality will be immediately tested before the Courts. In the meantime, Mr. Lincoln will have to wait for his soldiers, however urgently he may need them. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. LEWES RACES-SATURDAY. A Scurry Handicap Sweepstakes of 10 sovs each, 5 ft,, gentlemen riders as qualified to ride at Warwick; pro fessionals 51b extra. T.Y.C. About five furlongs. 15 subs. Mr. B. J. Angell's Columbia, 3 yrs, 9st 71b (Mr.W. Bevill) 1 Mr. Spencer's Miss Vivian, 4 yrs, lOst 10,b (in. 51b es.) (G. Fordham) 2 Mr. Poulson's Antonelli, 4 yrs, 10st 51b (Mr. G. E. Thompson) 3 The following also ran :—Lord of the Manor, Coronet, Juliet, Zeloo, and Poland. Betting-2 to 1 agst Juliet, sto 1 agst Miss Vivian, 6to 1 agst Antonelli, 100 to 15 agst Coronet, Bto 1 (at first 3 to 1) agst Columbia, 10 to 1 each agst Lord of the Manor and Poland. After some delay they were capitally started, Lord of the Manor showing in front, Zeloo, Coronet, and Juliet close up on the lower side to the distance, where Juliet dropped back beaten. Miss Vivian went to the front with Auto nelli second until opposite the stand, where Columbia was brought to the front with a rush, and catching Miss Vivian in the last dozen strides, won on the post by a head ; An tonelli beaten a length and a half from the second; Coronet was fourth, Poland fifth, Lord of the Manor sixth, Zeloo seventh, and Juliet last. The Juvenile Stakes of 50 soya, added to a Sweepstakes of 5 sous each, for 2-yr-olds; colts, Bst 101 b; fillies, Bst 71b; selling allowances. T.Y.C., about five. furlongs. 6 subs. Lord Westmoreland's Overcast, 2 yrs (ao), Sst 21b (car. Bst 31b).... Mr. Johnson's Buckhound, 2 yrs (£5O), Bst 51b.. (Pryor) 2 Mr. W. Robertson's Hedworth, 2 yrs (£5O), Bst 51b (Brewtey) 3 Betting-6 to 4on Overcast, 100 to 30 agst Hedworth. Overcast waited until arriving at the enclosure, where she came out and won by half a length ; Hedworth a bad third. The winner was purchased by Mr. Fleming for 210 guineas, and Mr. Johnson claimed Hedworth. The County Cup of 50 sous, added to a Sweepstakes of 5 soya each, for all ages ; certain penalties and allowances. T.Y.C., about five furlongs. 19 subs. Captain Christie's Lady Clifden, 5 yrs, 9st 71b (G. Fordham) 1 Mr. Barber's The Clown, 2 yrs, Est 71b (G. Noble) 2 Mr. W. Nelson's Gamecock, 5 yrs, 9st (Walters) 3 Mr• W. Robertson's Rizzio, 2 yrs, Est 41b . . (Earl) 4 Deerfoot also ran. Betting-6 to 4on Lady Clifden-5 to 2 agst The Clown —lOO to 8 each agst Gamecock and Deerfoot (offered)--100 ;0 3 offered agst Rizzio. Lady Clifden, on the upper ground, made play, with The Clown close up, Gamecock third, and Rizzi° fourth. Deer- foot, who jumped round immediately the flag fell, was left at the post. The two favourites came away in close com pany after goipg 200 yards, and Lady Clifden won a good race by a neck; Gamecock a bad third, and Rizzio beaten off. The Town Plate (Handicap) of 50 sous, for 2-yr-olds and upwards ; winners extra. Half a mile. Mr. G. Angell's East Sheen, 5 yrs, Bst 101 b (T. French) 1 Mr, E. Simpson's Nefigherry, 3 yrs, Est 121 b (H. Covey) 2 Lord Westmoreland's Usher, 2 yrs, sst 101 b ..(Elphick) 3 The following also ran :—Waterwitch, Zora, Coronet, Peignoir, Miss Livingstone, Juliet, Miss Vivian, Atlas, Duke of Cambridge, Southdown, Rest, Don't Come Late, Antipodes, Longstock Lass colt, Isabel, and Highflyer's dam colt. Betting -5 to 1 agst East Sheen-100 to 15 agst Peignoir —lOO to 12 agst Juliet-40 to 1 each agst Zora, Miss Livingstone, Usher, and Miss Vivian-100 to 8 agst Neilgherry-100 to 6 each agst Waterwitch and the Duke of Cambridge -25 to 1 agst Antipodes. Immediately the fit ag fell Juliet jumped away, and at her best pace made play for about 150 yards, when she gave way to Peignoir, who was succeeded by the Duke of Cambridge, Miss Livingstone, and East Sheen. On the right of this lot was Neilgherry, and close to the rails was Isabel, close up. They ran thus to the distance, where East Sheen went to the front, and taking a clear lead at the enclosure won in a canter by a length ; half a length separated the second and third ; Miss Livingstone was fourth, and Duke of Cam bridge fifth, both close up. Southdown and the Longstock Lass colt were the two last. The Lewes Grand Handicap of 15 soya each, 10 ft, and 3 only if declared, &c., with 200 added, for three-yr-olds and upwards ; winners extra. 60 subs, 49 of whom paid 3 soya ft. Two miles. Mr. It. Ten Broeck's Lord of Linne, 4 yrs, 7st 111 b Mr. Morris's Balham, 5 yrs, Bst 101 b ... (Juam) 1 dd) 2 Mr. Low's Gibraltar, 6 yr s , (G. Fordh Bst 51b ..(D . Hugh es) 3 The following also ran :—Turn of Luck, The Principal, Dr. Syntax, Cock Robin, Dunkeld, Lavender. Betting-3 to 1 agst Balham--5 to 1 agst Dr. Syntax -6 to 1 each ag,t Cock Robin and Lord of Linne-8 to 1 each agst Turn of Luck, Lavender, and Dunkeld-100 to 8 agst Gibraltar. The last-mentioned made play at a good pace, followed by Cock Robin, Lavender, Lord of Linne, and The Principal. The others who were running at wide intervals were led by Balham. They ran in this order into the bottom, and when fairly in the straight Gibraltar was joined by Balham and Lord of Linne. At the distance Gibralter compounding left Lord of Linne with a slight lead of Balham, and Mr. Ten Broeck's horse improving his position won by half a length; ten lengths separated the second and third; The Principal was fourth; Dr. Syntax fifth ; the next three were Turn of Luck, Lavender, and Dunkeld, who walked past the post. Cock Robin was pulled up, having broken down badly, and had to be destroyed. A Sweepstakes of 5 sovs each, with 50 added, for all ages ; mares and geldings allowed 31b ; the winner to be sold for 500 sovs, if demanded, &c. Half a mile, 8 subs. Captain Christie's Miss Julia, aged, 9st 41b..(Fordharn) 1 Lord Westmorelaud's Merry Hart, 3 yrs, Bst 101 b J. Goater) 2 Capt. Handl e y' s W ang l e E ye, 2 yrs, 75t.... ( ( H. Covey) 3 Betting -5 to 2on Miss Julia—lto 1 agst Wangle Eye -6 to 1 agst Merry Hart. Mies Julia made play throughout, and won by three lengths; a neck between second and third. The Castle Stakes of 5 sovs each, with 30 added, for all ages; winning penalties and selling allowances. T,Y.C., about five furlongs. 10 subs. Marquis of Hastings's Attraction, 2 yrs (£3O), Est _ _ ..rimshaw) 1 Mr. Poulson' s A nton°lli, 4 yrs (£3O), Bst (J (G. G Fordham) 2 Mr, W. E. Jones's King of Italy, 3 yrs (£3O), 7st 131 b (T. French) 3 Child's Confusion, 6 yrs (£3O), Bst 71b (Custance) 4 Skipton's Dodana colt, 3 yrs (£3O), 7st 51b (Peppier) 5 Elphick's Miss Nightingall, 3 yrs (x3O), sst 111 b Mr. J. P. Water's Single P ee • (Elphick) 6 per, 5 yrs (£3O), Bst 131 b (Holder) 7 Betting-6 to 4on Attraction, sto 1 a gs t C on f us i on , 6to 1 agat Antonelli, 1 0 to 1 agat the Dodona colt. Attraction made play throughout, and won in a canter by f o ur lengths; a neck separated the second and third. The winner was rut up by auction, and bo ug h t in by the Mar quisuf o r s r e r46oy Stakes guineas. (handicap) of 10 sous eac h , 5 ft, with 50 added by the Lond on , Brighton, an d S out h Coast Railway Company , for 2- yr - olds ; 'winners extra. The o f Railway HastingsN T.Y.C., about five furlongs. 33 subs, Mr. T. Golby's Madame Wal ton, 7st 81b (J. Daley) 1 Mr. H. Bird's Regina, 7st 5 1 b (E. M ar ti n) 2 Mr. Allen's Geduld (1 b), Est 10 b (S. Adams) 3 Mr. George Bryan's Antoinette, 7st 101 b (car. 7st 111 b) (uustance) 4 The following also ran :—Alamba, Sea Boy, Blight, and Wheldrake. Annington, Corinthian Tom, Weatherglass, Mother Bunch, Mr. Mr. Mr. Betting-9 to 4 agat Wheldrake, 4to 1 each against Madame Walton and Sea Boy, 10 to 1 agst Antoinette, 100 to 8 each agst Regina, Corinthian Toro, and Mother Bunch. Madame Walton made all the running, and won cleverly LY a neck; three lengths separated the second and third ; a head divided the third and fourth. MAILS DUE. &list calla and Mauritius, via Southampton . .Aug. 18. via Marseilles Aug. 13. 6razil and Cape Verds, by British packet. Sept. 3. Cape of Good Hope, Ascension, and St. Helena Aug. 29, China, Penang, and Singapore, via Southampton Aug. —.— via Marseilles Aug --. Falkland Islands Gibraltar, via Southampton India (Calcutta), and Ceylon, via Southampton Aug. —.— via Marseilles Aug. 13. India (Bombay), via Southampton .. Aug. 10 via Marseilles Aug. 20, Portugal.... Sept. 3, Malta, Egypt, and Aden, via Southampton Aug. , via Marseilles Aug. 13, Newfoundland .. Aug. 19 Oporto and Vigo U. S. and British N. America, by Brit. packet.... Aug. 13 by U.S. packet.... by Canadian pajlijt.Aug. 7. W.C. of Africa, Madeira, and Teneriffe Aug. 10 Bahamas, via New York Aug. 27. Mexico.. All parts of West Indies, including Chili, Peru, . - A im 1.,3 0 13. California. and British Columbia.. A SPITEFUL CEtUCKLE.—The friends of the South in England have paid this fortnight upwards of £BOO,OOO for their hearty sympathy. They hold the Con federate Loan of three millions, and it has this week touched 35 per cent. discount, and is now worth in the market about £2,250,000 or a little less than three millions of greenbacks, which bear no interest, —Spectator. GREAT NORTHERN HOSPITAL, KING'S-CROSS.- -Number of patients for the week ending Aug. 8, 1,057, of which 397 were new cases. [ADVERTISEMENT.] — Consumption, all nervous, bilious, liver, and stomach complaints, in every stage, are o n ly ag gravated and accelerated by drugs of every description, but perfecrly curable by Du Barry's health restoring Revalenta Arabica Food, as proved by thousands of cases which had been considered hopeless. We quote a few.—Cure No. 62,914. Miss Lange, 18 years of age, cured after the medical men had abandoned all hopes of her recovery from the last stage of pulmonary consumption, with fearful cough, expectoration, exhaustion, spitting of blood, perspirations, hollow cheeks. emaciated to a skeleton. She is now, thank God, a perfectly healthy, blooming, fleshy girl,—N. Lange, Commissaire de Police. Cure, No. 46,270. Mr. James Roberts, of Frimley Surrey, of thirty years' diseased lungs, spitting of blood, liver derangement, and partial deafness.—Cure, No. 47,121. Miss Elizabeth Jacobs, of extreme nervousness, indigestion. gatherings, low spirits, and nervous fancies.—Cure, No. 64,816. The Rev. James T. Campbell, Fakenharn, Norfolk, of indigestion and torpidity of the li ver , w hich had resisted all medical treatment. In tins, 11b, 2s 9d; 21b, 4s 6d; 51b lls ; 121 b, 225; 241 b, 40s. Barry du Barry and Co., No. 77, Regent-street, London ; also Fortnum and Mason; and all grocers and chemists in every town of the United Kingdom. [ADVERTISEMENT.]—HoIIoway's Ointment and Pills.— Paralysis, :deep-seated rheumatism, and stiff, contracted joints pray always be cured by these medicines if . they have a fair trial; but such diseases are n ot cured in a singl e day. The patient must have a little perseverance and determination, and then with these powerful medicines he cannot fail to conquer his disease, however obstinate it may be. The Ointment should be briskly rubbed into the parts affected after they have been fomented with lukewarm water. The Pills, by their ;action, on the blood and the humours of the body, are an admirable auxiliary to the Ointment, and improve and invigorate the whole system. Directions for the use of these medicines accompany each pot and bottle, SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. SATURDAY REVIEW.—It cannot be denied that the English Government at present occupies an embarrassing position. Neither Parliament nor the country in the smallest degree wishes for a war with Russia, and yet there are strong reasons against allowing or compelling France to act alone. It seems that, to a certain extent, and with a view to the attainment of limited objects, Austria is really earnest in the cause. Disturbances in adja cent Polish provinces are as disagreeable as a fire in the next house when the partition wall is made of lath and plaster. It is true that, in 1846, the Austrian Government perpetrated in Galicia the same crimes which are now rousing the indignation of Europe against Russia. The lives and property of the landowners were used to buy the sordid allegiance of the peasants, and it appears that the animosities which were provoked between different classes are not yet obsolete. Never theless, as Count Rechberg says, Galicia, where a lawless pacification has been completed, is not to be compared with tire Grand Duchy et Warsaw, with its thousands of despt:yate insurgents. It is also necessary in some degree to consult the feelings of the more respectable Galiciens, espe cially of the deputies who sit in the Cauncil of the Empire. In all parts of Poland, every person who ca.n reed or write is a member of the disaffected or na tional party. If Austria had imitated the policy of Prussia, the revolt might have extended to Galicia; and when civil war was once commenced it would be difficult to limit its range, for Hungary also would probably have taken the opportunity of establishing its independence, and in Italy 400,000 men are anxiously waiting for a moment of Austrian weak ness. It was, on the whole, judicious in the Court of Vienna to adopt the more liberal view of the Po lish quarrel, and to establish a claim to the friendly offices of the Western Powers. It is difficult to suppose that Austria wishes for a war with Russia ; but, in the event of a rupture, no ally would be more acceptable to England. The Austrian army might give effective assistance to the Poles without in volving a genera) derangement of the balance of power. Joint action with France, although it may become necessary, tends to more serious complica tions. It is impossible to forget the compulsory an nexation of Savoy and Nice. Excuses at least as plausible might be alleged for the conquest of Rhenish Germany, as the material equivalent of the idea of Polish independence. It is evident that England can never be a party to any such project; and yet it might be difficult to protest against the consequences of a war which France had undertaken single-handed. A partnership in operations against Russia would furnish a right or an opportunity of remonstrance, and it might even be practicable, as at the commencement of the last Russian war, to obtain a formal pledge which would preclude the acquisition of new territories. On the other hand, experience shows the inconvenience of joining an ally who has practically the power of deciding war or peace. In a concerted campaign the French forces would exceed the English in number, and as France has the ear of the Continent, all the credit that might be acquired would accrue to the complacent ally who contrived, in spite of Alma and Inkerman, to monopolise the fame of the Crimean war, Among their numerous virtues the French have never in cluded generosity to a rival ; and zhe Poles them selves would regard an English contingent as a mere appendage to a liberating French army. Lord Malmesbury absurdly objected to the Poles that they had fought against England under the banner of Napoleon. The same objection would apply with equal force to the Italians, who have been supported by English sympathy in all their recent difficulties and exertions. If any feeling of hostility has sur vived both the war and half a century of peace, it is perhaps cherished by the Poles themselves, who know England only through French representations. One of their writers lately declared that the enmity of England to the first Napoleon was pro voked by his good-will to Poland. Lord Pal merston and Lord Russell will probably persist in their resolution to frame their communications to Russia in their own language. Identical notes im ply a concerted purpose which at present it would be premature to announce, especially as it cannot have been deliberately settled. The answer of the English Government has been prudently delayed, in the hope that time may supply some motive or some excuse for concession ; and, in the meantime, the combined policy of the three Powers is ripening into an alliance which may perhaps produce a better effect than the most elaborate arguments. Russia ought to know by experience that England,though in recent times the most peaceable of nations, readily warms to an impending or actual war. If the scruples which impede a breach with Russia were overcome by a rupture, moral indignation against the massacres and robberies perpetrated in Poland would come to the aid of patriotic feeling. It is still possible for the Itussian Government to comply with the English demand, although it may antici pate further exigencies on the part of France, and if an internal peace can be in any manner patched up, no English statesman will at present demand the reconstitution of ancient Poland. The Russian Government is to blame for the partial interference which it summarily and contemptuously repudiates. Having once entered into a negotiation, England cannot honourably retire in absolute discomfiture ; and although the reasons against a Russian war are numerous and obvious, they my be overruled or overborne by circumstances. No foreign country appreciates the conscientious objection of rational Englishmen to unneeessary war, but it is easy to rely too implicitly on the supposed sluggishness and selfishness of the community. SPECTATOR.—The slavery of the. French press is costing many Englishmen much money. Little paragraphs which, if they were not supposed to be official, or " inspired," or " officious," or " directed," or" connected" with somebody or something, would never be noticed outside Parisian cafes, are tele graphed over Europe, and exchanges rise and fall because some third rate writer, once employed as an imperial funnel, has turned a sentence rather more carelessly than his wont. Every day this week the bulletins have reproduced some silly, or clever, or officially pompous canard, and as during every pause in events the instinct of men is conservative, the general effect has been to produce a belief that war is much less probable than it was only seven days since. It certainly would be were there the smallest ground for all the stories floating about. One day it is La France which reports that the Court of St. Petersburg, alarmed at the Austrian attitude and indisposed to resist a power which she had hoped would betray its allies, has adopted a tone of friendly conciliation. Next day it is the Independance Beige which reports that the Emperor seems more cheerful, which is, of course, an omen of peace, the journal not recognis ing the idea that an Emperor may have a digestion. Then the Opinion announces that Prince Napoleon is to visit his cousin, and as the Prince, like the man in the Dutch toy house, only shows himself in bad weather, keen speculators look out for a fall. On Tuesday some English paper translates from the Kreuz Zeitung some vague sentences about Prussia wanting allies more trustworthy than St. Pe:.ers burg, and affairs are held to look bright: for if Prussia is shaky, so also must be the Czar. -Twenty four hours after the same journal republishes (this • time from the official Prussian paper) a paragraph stating that Prussia "when she draws the sword will administer very deep cuts," and laces again look gloomy. A " cut" from a Prussian sword is a "menace of serious gravity." Tnere are all manner of rumours about the progress of a somewhat tardy diplomacy. To-day there is to be an identical note despatched to St. Petersburg, and to-morrow these notes are only identical in spirit ; on Tuesday La France thinks everything is settled, on Wednesday Austria raises a hitch, on Thursday somebody goes to settle matters at Constantinople, and on Friday Albion is for the millionth time " perfidious." To jadge by the avidity with which all these stories are swallowed one would think that most English men held State policy to be mere matter of whim, really believed, as gobemouches say, that the world is governed by petty intrigue, and fancied that the attitude of a ireai State on a question like peace or war could change with every breath. Taken a s a whole, and without pausing to distinguish between various shades of absurdity, these reports may be pronounced unworthy of a moment's attention. LONDON REVIEW.—At length the celebrated Swinfen case seems to have reached its close. For nearly ten years—from 1855 until the present time —this singular suit has occupied the attention of the courts and of the publi c . The will, b y which Mrs. Swinfen, who has since be come Mrs. Broun, obt a i ne d the Swinfen estate, was made in the year 1854. Every one is fami liar with the history of the trial, in which Capt. Swinfen, the heir-at-law, endeavoured to set aside this will,—of the compromise made by Lord Chelmsford, then Sir F. Thesiger,—of Mrs. Swin fen's repudiation of that compromise, and of her subsequent success in recovering the estate. There can be no doubt that it was by the exertions of Mr. C. R. Kennedy, that Mrs. Swinfen was not only enabled to retain her property, but nearly succeed e d in recovering d amages aga inst her original counsel, Sir F. Thesiger, for having made a compromise against her will. Nor can any one be su r p r i se d that her gratitude should have shown itself in a substantial form, or that a very close inti macy should have sprung up between them. But, un fortunately, Mr. Kenned y seems to h ave presumed too much upon his position, and to h ave use d t h e influence which he had acquired over the lady to obtain for himself extra ordinary b ene fi ts . Ac cording to the theory which prevails at the Eng lish Com e directly in contact bar, the counsel is not supposed over to With his client. He performs his duty as counsel gratuitously ; and as he , cannot recover any fees for his advocacy, neither can he be made responsible for neglect in the per formance of it. Mr. Kennedy was not satisfied with this theory. Though a barrister, he had certainly eeted not so much as a counsel, but as a friend. He had left his home in the country, had come UP o London, had taken a hoe'se, and had, in fact, de voted his whole time and m ch of his money to Mrs. swi,,nfen. According taa promote the cause o f u his own account in May, 1859, h. 9 not only induced whims . ' she gave hint her to ex ecu t e a d ee d b y £20,000, but s h e even p rom i se d him marriage. From the y ear 1856 unt il t h a t ti me .31r. Kennedy had contin ue d hi s attent i ons ; b ut, u nt,'artnnately, in 1859 Mrs. Swinfen fell in with a Mea Broun, who captivated the affections of the litigious widow, and neutralised the influence of Mr. Kennedy. From that moment the two frieuds became deadly" foes, and Mrs. Swinfen, who had already become Mrs. Broun, probably under the advice of her husband, determined to repudiate the deed of gift which she had executed, and to resume posses sion of her property. It is not surprising that Mr. Kennedy should have resisted this apparently un gracious act by every means in his power. He brought an action against Mrs. Swinfen for the £20,000, and actually obtained a verdict • but the Court of Common Pleas decided th a t M r . Kennedy's position as a barrister disabled him from making a n o contract of remuneration with his client, and t ore set the verdict aside. Undism a y e d by his failure, ;;I:r. Kennedy had recourse to th e deed of er j gift by whic he had obtained £20,000; but Mrs. Broun, in order to defeat him, took proceedings to set aside this deed on the grouind that it was ob tained by undue influence, and on this contest the Master of the Rolls has delivered judgment in the j lady's favour. EXAMINER —Diversities must be expected in justice. as quot homines, tot sententice, nay, caprices hardly surprise us, but what is indeed startling is extraordinary leniency where extraordinary severity seems called for, as if the worse the offence the ;ighter the punishment, and the opposite. There is no place where women travelling ah.o are so much exposed to the danger of insult and outrage as rail way carriages. Between one stopping station and another a solitary female is completely at the mercy of any ruffian who, by chance of design, is in the same carriage, without any other company. A woman SO circumstanced and assaulted has no means of communicating with the guard, and cries are not to be beard in the noise of the rattling Gf the train. In proportion to the danger to which fetiales are thus exposed, it might be supposed would be the care of the magistracy to throw around them all the protection of the law, and to visit with exemplary punishment all insults and outrages to women in railway travelling. Let us see whether this is done. A married man gets into a first-class carriago with a young lady to whom he is known, when the train is in motion he attempts to kiss her, and being re pulsed, proceeds to gross liberties. The young lady resists successfully, and when the train stops at station is about to charge him with indecent assault, when, by his entreaties, professions of sorrow for his conduct, and representation of what the conse quence of exposure would be to his family, she is 7nduced to be silent. No sooner, however, is the train again. in motion than he recommences his attempts, and upon arrival at the next station the lady charges him with his offence. The case is proved, and what is the punishment for a gross outrage against modesty, once pardoned, and deliberately repeated with the return of a dastardly opportu nity ? A fine, forsooth, of £5, a mere trifle to a man in good circumstances, whose condition may be inferred from this circumstance, that his name is suppressed in the reports, a favour exhibited only to very respectable offenders, that is to say, the ruf fians who are, in the common phrase, "so well to do in the world " as to do ill with complete im punity. The effect of the example is that on this Midland line a fellow who can afford to throw away five pounds may take any forcible liberties he pleases with a lady unfortunate enough to be his fellow traveller and unprotected. Let us compare with this decision the view that a Southwark magistrate takes of an offence of a far less serious nature. The case before Mr. Burcham was not that of a woman shut up in a railway carriage with an assailant of her modesty, and as much out of reach of present help and succour as if she had been in a desert ; but it was that of a married woman walking the streets under the protection of her husband, and who was pushed against rudely and, as it was at first thought, indecently, by a young man half intoxicated. Upon investigation of the charge of indecent assault, it soon appeared that there was no intentional in decency in the defendant's conduct, but Mr. Bur cham very properly insisted on making this point quite clear before he consented to treat the matter as an ordinary assault, for which a fine of forty shillings might suffice, and in passing sentence the magistrate most justly remarked:--" Fortunately for the defendant there was not sufficient evidence to convict him of the indecent assault. Had it been so, he should either have sent him to the sessions for trial, or :have sentenced him to a long term of imprisonment without the option of paying a fine." And had the indecency been proved, Mr. Burcham would have done well in doing as he states; but what, then, is to be thought of the country justices in a case much worse, who, instead of sentencing the filthy offender to a long term of imprisonment, let him off with a paltry fine of five pounds ? COUNTRY MARKETS. ,10- ----- YORK-SATURDAY. There was a limited show of wheat to-day, but the sales were good, at fully last week's rates. Oats tolerably inquired for, and prices about the same as last Saturday. Barley scarce, and at quite as much money. Beans made rather higher prices. Wheat, red 44s to 46s I Oats.... 22s to 24s White do .48s to 52s Beans 40s to 42a Barley .29s to 32s Peas ....—s to —a Malt, 62s to 64s per qr. ; rye, 348 per qr ; flour, 34e to 36s per sack. GRANTHAM-SATURDAY. To-day there was not much wheat, and the inquiry was fair at late rates. The crops look well here, and promise a heavy yield. New - white wheat, 49s to 548 ; red, 45s to 49s per 36st. ; malting barley, —s to —s per qr ; grinding, 29s to 325; oats, 24s t 0268 ; beans, 38s to 465; peas, 37s to 395. NOTTINGHAM-SATURDAY. Our market was again sparingly supplied with wheat, and the demand was slow, at about late rates. Grinding barley scarce, and business dull. Oats an improved show, and prices about the same as last week. Beans scarce, but late prices exceeded. _ White wheat, from 43s to 53s ; red:wheat, 42s to 495. Barley—malting, —s to —8; grinding, 27s to 295. Oats, old, at 25s to 31s Od; new, 24s to 265. Beans sold at 41s to 45s per qr. ; new, 38s to 435. NORTHAMPTON-SATURDAY. White wheat, 45s to 49s ; red, 42s to 465; fine, 47fi to —s per qr. Barley, 365,t0 436—grinding, 29s to 38s; Oats, 30s to 32s per 24 stone. Beans,_3lsto 40e. Peas, 36s to 42s per qr. LEICESTER-SATURDAY. Old white wheat, 45sAo 51s ; new, 48s to 53s per 36 stone. Old red, l 44s to 49s per 36 stone. Barley, malting, new, 34s to 38s per qr.; grinding, 27s to 30s ; old oats, 27s to 395; new oats ' 24s to 26s per 24 stone. Beans, new, 38s to 42s per 38 stone ; flour, 80s to 36s per 20 stone. NORWICH There was a fair supply oi late prices were supported. : doing. White wheat. 46s to 49i t Red wheat 43s to 48a Malting barley ...38s to 40s Chevalier barley 36s to 37s Distilling d 0..... 33s to 35s I Oats.. 24s to 283 Flour, 32s 6d to 33s Cad per sack from the miller. [-SATURDAY. wheat at market to-day, and :a other articles little business Full benefit of reduced duty obtained by pur chasing Horniman's pure Tea; very choice at 3s. 4d. and 4s. " High Standard "at 4s. 4d. (formerly 4s. Bd.), is the strongest and most delicious imported. Agents in every town supply it in packets. Births. CANNING.—On the 6th inst., at Abbey-wood, Mrs. S. Canning, of a son. PorE.—On the 7th inst., the wife of Thomas Pope, Esq., of Harewood, Blotchingley, Surrey, and Coal Exchange, city, of a daughter. TARLETON.—On the 7th inst., at 75, Bolgrave-road, the wile of Captain Tarleton, C. 8., of a son. Marriages. CUMMING—HALDANE.—On the 6th inst., at Dundee, Nicholson Cumming, Esq., son of the Rev. John Cum ming, D.D., of London, to Anne Stirling Haldane, the youngest daughter of the late Walter Haldane, of Dung dee. WRIG HT -1 10BART.—On the 6th inst., at Saint George's, Hanover-square, Lucy Pauline, only daughter of the late John Wright, jun., Esq., of Lenton Hall, Notts, to Cap tain the Hon. Charles E. Hobart, fourth son of the Earl of Buckinghamshire. Deaths. HUNT.—On the 7th inst., at Clifton, Anne, wife of Harry Hunt, Esq , of Edgbaston, aged 73. JESTON.—On the tith inst., at Henley-on-Thames, Caroline, wife of Humphery Jgston, Esq., Commander R.N., aged 71. MEYER,--On the 7th inst., Mr. Erich Meyer, of 5, Streatham-place, Brixton-hill, aged 67. SUAF o —On the 6th inst., at Buckworth Rectory, Hunt ingdon, the Rev. John Duncembe Shane, aged 56. TOURIANO.—On the 6th inst., at Lewisham, K en t, mar. gazer, widow of Major Hilary Harcourt Torriano, of the H.E.I.C. Engineers, aged 93 . WARD.—On the 7th inst., Mr. FranchWard, of 22, Alder- , manbury, aged 53. Y WILLIAM ANDREWS London ot : No. Pr l i l n 2, te s cl tr a a n n d d P , p ub r l i i n s t h e e r d , a b t THE SUN Office NO. 1 12 . Strand, in the Precinct 01 the Savoy, in the County of Middlesex. —Monday, K unfit 102 1863.