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

IMPERIAL PARLTAmENT HOUSE OP LORDS—Last Evening. The Lord Chancellor took his seat at the usual hour. THE CASE OF MR. BISHOP. The Marquis of NORMANDY again brought the case of Mr. Bishop under the consideration of their lordships, and complained of the apathy of her Majesty's Government in not urging the Italian Government to liberate that gentle man from further imprisonment. Earl RUSSELL in effect repeated the answer he had given the other evening, which was to the effect that Mr. Bishop would be released as soon as brigandage was sup pressed.- The Italian Government had stated that in the present state of Southern Italy, and with a due regard to justice in the case of their own subjects convicted of a similitr offence, they could not liberate Mr. Bishop at present, but that they would release him at the first favourable oppor tunity. The Earl of HARDWICKE did not believe that brigandage would be suppressed during his lifetime, and under such circumstances there was more necessity than ever of the British Government urging his release. THE lONIAN ISLANDS. The Earl of DERBY said that on Thursday next he would ask the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs a question with respect to the proclamation said to have been issued at Corfa announcing the annexation of the lonian Islands to Greece. Earl RUSSELL expressed his opinion that no procla mation had been issued in the manner stated in the news papers. The Duke of NEWCASTLE expressed a similar opinion. PRIVATE BUSINESS. The LeeonfieLl Estate—West Shropshire Mineral Rail -way—Milford Railway--Leominster and Kington Railway —Belfast, Holywocd, and Bangor Railway—Portadown, Dungannon, and Omagh Junction Railway—and Hastings Harbour Bills were read a second time. THIRD READINGS. The Oswestry and Newton Railway—Shrewsbury and Welchpool Railway—Great. Seaton. and Beer Railway— Great Western and West Midland. Railways Amalgamation —Great Western, West Midland, and South Wales Rail way Companies Amalgamation—Rotherham and Kimber worth Local Board of Health—Southampton Port, Har bour, and Pier—Charing-cross Railway—Evesham and Redditch Railway—Blackrock, Monkstown, aad Booters town Improvement—and Letterkenny Railway Bills were read a third time and passed. , SECURITY FROM VIOLENCE BILL. This bill passed through committee. INNKEEPERS' LIABILITY BILL. Lord PORTMAN moved the second reading of this bill, the ol•jeet of which way to make it compulsory for alt per sons taking property above the value of £3O into hotels to notify such a circumstance to the landlord, who would then take proper steps for its safe custody. In the event of the traveller not doing so, the landlord was to be released from all liability for its lois. The bill wati read a second time and ordered to be com mitted on Friday next. OFFICERS OF NAVAL RESERVE BILL. On the motion of the Duke of SOMERSET, the bill was read a second tirr►e. INLAND REVENUE BILL. This hill W. 13 rend a second time. THAMES EMBANKMENT (SOUTH SIDE) BILL. The report of arLenduients to this bill was brought up and r.xeived. LONDON COAL AND WINE DUTIES. Ttiia till rt ad a third time and passed. IdILITIA PAY BILL, Oa the mnlim of Earl DE GREY this bill was read a s 1 cowl i i rae. WEST HARTLEPOOL HARlV,,tift AND RAIL- WAY BILL. The E trl of BONO:ill:MORE called the attention of the hue to the special report aid evidence upon the \Vest Hartlepool Harbour and Railway Bill, for the purpose of tuoving that tilt) report :incl evidence be re- fetred to her Alajesty's Attorney•Ueneral with di rection: to inquire into the alleged illegal conduct of the late directors and auditors of the company, and to institute a proeeeution against such persons as in its (Onion can be convicted of illeg4l and fraudulent conduct. Also, that a select committee be appointed to inquire and 'report on the measures desirable to restrain railway directors from exceeding the borrowing powers given by Parliament. The Earl of AIttLIE proposed to extend the inquiry to the evaeoons of the provisLais of the acts requiring a cer tain amount of capital to be paid up before the borrowing powers came into operation. The LORD CHANCELLOR said that, assuming there was any ground for the charge reported by the committee, it was the duty of the Government to institute an inquiry int) the case, and to prosecute the cffenders if there were the slightest probability of a conviction. He would at once g:ve directions to the solicitors to the Treasury, and after that pledge he trusted the motion would be withdrawn. The first resolution was then withdrawn, and the second, wish the additions proposed by the Earl of AIRLIE and some words suggested by Lord .ST.v.ILBY of ALDERLEY, further extending the inquiry, was agreed to. Their lordships adjourned at half•past seven o'clock. HOUSE OP COMMONS---Last Evening. The SPEAKER took the chair at twelve o'clock. THAMES EMBANKMENT (SOUTH SIDE) BILL. This bill, us amended, was considered and ordered for third reading. VACCINATION (SCOTLAND) BILL. The house went into committee on this bill. The various clauses were agreed to, and the bill passed through committee. S I'AT UTE LABOUR ROADS AND BRIDGES (SCOTLAND) BILL. The house went into committee on this bill, but, after a brief discussion, the bill was withdrawn. STATUTE LABOUR ROADS AND BRIDGES (SCOTLAND) TRANSFER BILL. This bill was withdrawn. The house adjourned at a quarter to 4. At C o'clock the house resumed. POLAND. Mr. B, COCHRANE gave notice that he would move the following amendment on the motion of his hon. friend the member for the King's county (Mr. Hennessy) with respect to Poland : After the word "Poland," to move, "and this house, deploring the calamities which are deso lating some provinces of Poland, and anxious notto mislead the people by false hopes, declared its adherence to the principle of non-intervention." THE CONVEYANCE OF MAILS IN MONT GOMERYSHIRE. In reply to Mr. R. LONG, Mr. F. PEEL said that the arrangements for the con veyance of the mails through Montgomeryshire by railway were not yet finally concluded, and that the matter was before the railway company. THE FIFE ARTILLERY MILITIA. In reply to Mr. WvviLt., The Marquis of lIALTINGTON said it was true that the Fife Artillery Militia were unprovided during their period of training last year with any gun or battery from which they could fire shot or shell, and he was afraid that the same must be the case this year. METROPOLITAN CABS. Lord E. THYNNE asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether, as the police prevent cabs from plying in Yall•malli he would give instructions to the metropolitan police to enforce that system throughout the entire metropolis. Sir G. GREY said that, in consequence of the large num ber of cabs plying between Waterloo station and St. James's street, the order in question had been issued ; but that, to meet the traffic of the locality three additional cabstands had been established in the vicinity. A general order was in existence by which the police were ordered to summon drivers who might be plying for fares about the streets. THE REVISED CODE. Lord R. CECIL asked the vice-president of the com mittee of council whether the committee of council held that they were discharged of all liability to the pupil teach ers under article 54 of the revised code by paying, is ac e2rdanee with paragraph 36 of the instructions, to the ma nagers ..a. ,_ ' the amount o f th e p u pil t eac h ers ' s tipends and 1 r„ 0 1 : , ; or whether, i n th e case o f manager d ec li n ing to er the money as received, the committee would feel thera selvee bound to see t h e pup il teachers pa id i n f u ll . ther, bar of Childrettl:trlluiring. the managers to report the num terms of arti cle 4 ir schools who did not some under the of the revised eod e , as " c hild ren belong ing to the classes who supported themselves by manual labour," the committee sticitofurnished either managers or inspectors with a definitio Mr. LOWE said the noble f l the words to his laboured under a strange "manual labour." misapprehentLn in regard ee, namely, that sums narni)tttlieeion:f council to rnana of money advanced by the en gers of schools were in danger of b shoui , d an e d he thought em bezzled. He (Mr. Lowe) knew of no " R titsaPPlied and it was a great pity that such a thing the case of so respectable a body as the inaua b f...e, 6 :ggested i n However, to answer the question more directly, he ach°°lB. would say that the Committee of Privy Council no body i n the schools but the managers; and when they had had paid the looney voted by Parliament to the managers, the com mittee stood discharged of all liability. In all cases, not excluding the very improbable one supposed by the noble lord, the pupil teachers would be without a remedy against the committee of council. With regard to the noble lord's second question, as to whether the committee hal made tiny definition of the term "manual labour" with a view of excluding the children of certain parents from the schools, the noble lord was quite mistaken in sup• posing that the committee had made a regulation exclud ing the children of such parents. What the committee had done was to order that the children of such parents should be entered in a separate column from the others, in order that the parents should be made to contribute towards their education. The committee had not sup plied any definition of the term "manual labour ;" but no doubt, when they had had experience of the classes of per sons who sent their children to the schools, they should be able to frame a more satisfactory definition of the class in tended to be described as living by manual labour. Lord E. CECIL said he had no desire whatever to accuse managers of embezzlement, but, at the same time, it was quite possible they might retain money through misappre hension, which ought to be paid over to the pup i ;eachers. Well, then, in the case of such misapprehension. he desired to know whether the committee of council wird d give any further validity to the promises made to thi pupil teachers. Mr. LOWE said the question answered itself. If mana gers declined to pay money over after their attention had been called to the matter, they could not be said to do so under misapprehension. (Hear, hear.) In such case, all that the committee Of council could do would be to strike a school off the list of those entitled to share in the great. THE CASE OF MARY ANNE WALKLEY. Mr. BAGWELL—I beg to ask the right hon. gentleman the Secretary of State for the Home Department if his at tention has been called to the inquest on Mary Anne Walk ley, a workwoman in the employment of Madame Elise, described as a court dressmaker, of 170, Regent-street, the verdict at which stated that the deceased died of apoplexy ? if the Government have any intention to take measures for the registration and inspection of workrooms; and if a pro secution is to be instituted in this case ? Sir G. GREY—Sir, I know nothing of this case except from the reports of the newspapers, and from the find ing of the jury. But there is no doubt that if the evi dence has been correctly reported, the finding of the jury was amply justified; and that it is certain the death of the poor girl was accelerated through long hours of work and insufficient ventilation. There can be no question but that it wculd be very desirable, if possible, to esta blish by law regulations that might prevent the occurrence of such evils as this case brought to light. But lam not prepared to say that it would be possible to establish a ge neral system of registration and inspection with respect to such employments ; they being frequently carried on in pri vate houses. In regard to the last question of the hon. member, most probably, in putting it, he has in view the act by which masters and mistresses are compelled to pro vide adequate focd, clothing, and lodging for their appren tices, and under which they are liable to heavy penalties should they be convicted of having wilfully omitted to do so, and thereby causing danger to life. lam not sure, how ever, whether that law is applicable to this case, as I doubt whether the young woman was an apprentice. I think she was only a hired workwoman. • THE TRIAL OF JESSIE lI‘LACHLAN. • In reply . to Sir M. S. STEWART, Sir G. GREY said he had no doubt that Lord Deas bad been correctly reported to have decided at the Nl'Lachlan trial that the prisoner's declarations were to be read; but no report of the trial, authorised by the judge, had been received. THE BRAZILIAN DIFFICULTY. Mr. BRIGHT, in the absence of the noble lord at the head of the Government, would beg to ask the Secretary for the Home Department whether the decision of the King of the Belgians, with regard to the difference with Brazil, had been forwarded to the Government of this country ; and, if so, whether there is any objection to lay it upon the table of the house. Sir G. GREY—Perhaps my hon. friend will be good enough to put his question upon the notice paper for Thursday. LANDLORD AND TENANT (IRELAND). Mr. MAGUIRE proposed a resolution to the effect—That icasmnch as the measures of IE6O, intended as a final settle ment of the claims of the Irish tenant, had proved to be wholly inoperative, and inasmuch as the present condition of Ireland required the special attention of Parliament, with a view to the adoption of wise and salutary laws, which might stimulate industry-and protect the enjoyment of its fruits, an address be presented to her Majesty, praying her to issue a royal commission to inquire into and report upon the state of the agricultural (1::15S4 's in Ireland, and to E,ug- , geat . such improvements in the relations between landlord and tenant as might seem necessary and expectient. The hon. member observed that the agrarian disturbances and distressed condition of Ireland were sometimes attributed to the religicn of the majority of the people, and at others tet the existence of a religious establishment, which was the Church of the minority; but in his cpiaion the scat of the evil was rather to be traced to the present Efate of the law of landlord and tenant, and the object he had in view was to do for the Irish tenantry that which had already been done in this country, and provAie security for the enjoy ment by the tenant of the improvements he might have effected, and the adoption of an equitable law to induce him to put forth his energies, his industry, and care in the cull tivation. - of the soil. The motion was seconded by Mr. BAGWELL and sup ported by Mr. BRADY, Sic E. GROGAN denied that the existing state of Ireland had anything to do with the law of landlord and tenant, which, in fact, were identical with the law of England, where it worked well. Ireland had just passed through a succession of three bad harvests, and he believed that the real cause of what was permanent in the evils she sufferea was to be found amongst the people and their teachers, and the existence of illegal associations with objects adverse to the interests of the landlords. Mr. ROEBUCK said that the mention of tenant right in that house would always be viewed with distrust by Englisi members. He suggested, as the best means of meeting the difficulty. that the landlord and tenant should be free to make what contract they pleased, but in case they omitted to do so then the law would step in and regulate what the outgoing tenant should receive and what the incoming tenant should pay. Sir G. COLTHURST argued that the law of 186 D, re ferred to in the motion, went far enough, and that it could not have been carried farther without affecting the rights of property. The great evil connected with the land of Ireland was the small eiz!., of the holdings, the occupiers cf which invariably suffered distress on the recurrence of an adverse season, It was of this class of people that the great body of the emigrants from Ireland chiefly consisted. Sir R. PEEL admitted the importance of the question, but contended that not a single argument had been adduced to justify the house in accepting the notion of the hon. member for Dungarven and disturbing the existing relations between landlord and tenant. Tb ere was no doubt that d is trees prevailed in Ireland, and that the land tenure there was not what it was desirable that it should be, but he protested against the Irish people being told that it had produces their ruin. The proper way of dealing with a people who were suffering from the dispensations of Providence was to endeavour•to awaken the spirit of hope in their breasts, by showing them that returning prosperity would re place them in that position which their energy, industry, and perseverance entitled them to occupy. He regret ted that the bill of 18G0 had proved inoperative, and he could only say with regard to the future that he should not be indisposed at the proper time to consider whether further legislation in the same direction might not be attempted. The debate was continued by The O'llmoghne, Mr. O'Reilly, Mr. Cardwell, Mr. Scully, Mr. Hennessy, and Mr. Blake. Lord PALMERSTON said the British Government had done all it could to promote the security of property in Ireland, and he had no hesitation in saying that it was quite as secure, and that life was even more secure, in that coun try than in England—because in Ireland there were not those social crimes which, he regretted to say, too often disgraced the character of the people in England. The evils of Ireland in past days were to be traced in a great measure to the system of middlemen, to a redundant popu lation, and to the minute division of holdings. He was happy to say that the two former of these evils had greatly diminished, and there was reason to believe that the prosperity of the country would be restored upon the return of productive harvest. In his opinion the best course to be adopted as between landlord and tenant was to give them full liberty to settle their own affairs without legis lative interference—and speaking as a landlord, he would ask what right had any tenant to come to him and say that it was his intention to effect certain improvements, whether it was advantageous and whether he wished it or not. He regretted that the act of 1860 had not been carried further. Its intention was to enable the tenant to make improve. ments on his holding—but what improvements could a tenant with 10 or 15 acres be expected to make ? Why, the only improvement in his power was to dig up the stones and render the land more available for the plough. After a few words from Col. GUEVILLE in support of the motion, Mr. MAGUIRE replied, and The house divided. The numbers were— For the motion Against it Majority against --79 MALT DUTIES. Sir F. KELLY moved for a select committee to con sider the effect of the malt duties upon the cultivation and price of barley, and upon the manufacture and price of malt and liquors ; also upon the application of malt to the food of cattle and sheep. Col. BARTTELOT seconded the motion, and urged that much more barley would be grown in the country if the malt tax were reduced. Mr. COBBE FT supported the motion. The CHANCELLOR r f the EXCHEQUER acceded to the motion, but denied that the tax on malt was exces sive. The motion, which was amended at the instanco of the right lion. gcntloman, was agreed to after some conversa tion. WESTMINSTER NEW PALACE, On the motion of Mr. TITE, a select committee was ap pointed to inquire into the approaches of the New Palace of Westrainat er. QUEEN'S COLLEGE , CORK. Mr. 'HENNESSY reeved for a c)py of all depositions and connannicationa relating to the burning of the Queen's College, Cork. Sir R. PEEL oppeFled the motion. The hcuso divided, when the motion was negatived by :3 to 14. The London Diocese, the Land Drainage, the P rov i s i onal Orders, and the Enclosure (N o. 2) Eina ' were read a third time and pa2seci. The other orders were disposed of, and the house ad journed. Full benefit of reduced duty obtained by pur chasing Horniman's pure Tea; very choice at 3s. 4(I. 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. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. NEWCASTLE-ON-TYNE RACES, JUNE 23. The Trial Stakes of 5 sovs each, with 25 added ; 2-yr-olds, bst 101 b ; 3-yr• olds, 7st 1016 ; 4-yr-olds, Bst 101 b ; b-yr olds, 9st 31b; 6-yr-olds and aged, 9st blb. Winners once before starting, 31b; twice, bib extra. Mares and geldings allowed 31b. The second to save his stake. T.Y.C. 6 subs. Mr. J. Wilkins's Betsy Copeland, 3.yrs (Doyle) 1 Lord Zetland's Deerfoot (Marson) 2 Mr. John Osborne's The Cure ' ' ' ' .... (Carroll) 3 Mr: Joques's Harvest Mell (Noble) 4 Betting-5 to 2 agat Copeland, and 4to 1 agst The Cure. Won by a head. Three lengths between the second and third. The Members' Plate Handicap of 6 sous each, with 100 added—viz., 60 by the members for Newcastle-on-Tyne and 50 from the Grand Stand. The winner of any handi cap value 150 soya after the weights are published to carry 71b extra. The second to save his stake, and the winner to pay 10 guineas towards expenses. Newcastle tarn in, nearly one mile. 20 subs. Mr. W. Hart's Erin-go-Brash, 3 yrs, 6st 41b _ (Williamson) 1 Mr. Jackson's Lady Louisa, 5 yrs, 7st 12Ib (Doyle) 2 Col. Towneley's Cellarius, 4 yrs, 7st 111 b.... (Challouer) 3 The following - also ran : Calabria, Lachesis, Fairy King, Annabella, Unfashionable Beauty, and Trump Queen. Betting-5 to 2 agst Erin-go-Bragh, 4to 1 agst Trump Queen, 5 to 1 agst Cellarius, 6to 1 agst Lady Louisa, and 7 to 1 each agst Lachesis and Calabria. Won by a neck. Three lengths between the second and third. The Tyro Stakes of 5 sovs each, with 50 added, fur 2-yr old colts, 83t 101 b ; fillies, Bst 71b. A winner of any stake before starting value 100 sovs to carry 21b extra, or of 200 sovs 41b extra. The second to save his stake, and the winner to pay ;5 guineas towards expenses. T.Y.C. 13 subs. Mr. John Osborne's Lady of Coverham .... (Whiteley) 1 Captain Gray's Windham Mr. Joseph Deut's Mantalini (Challoner) 3 Mr R. Chilton's Claxton Mr. H. Wilkinson's Eagle's Wing (Snowden) 5 Betting-5 to 1 agst Windham, 4to 1 agst Lady •of Coverham, 9 to 2 agat Mantalini, and 100 to 15 agat Eagle's Wing. Won by a length. Three lengths between the second and third, a bad fourth. The Selling Stakes of .5 sous each, with 25 added ; 2-yr•olds 7st 101 b, 3-yr-olds 9st 21b, 4-yr-olds 9st 101 b, .5-yr-olds lOst, 6-yr-olds and aged lOst, 21b. Half a toile. Six an bs. Lord Exeter's Acceptance, 2 yrs (£2.5) (Sellers) 1 Mr. C, Wiateringham's Lady Bruybtook, 2 years £25) (M. Noble) 2 Mr. J. Ridley's Hospitality f, 2 yrs (C 25).... (Carroll) 3 Mr. Ridley's Benevolence, 3 yrs (X 25) (Marston) 4 Mr. Bagnall nu Duchess, 2 yrs (#326) .. (Martin) 5 Won by a neck, a head between the second and third. The winner was sold for 39 guineas, The North Derby of 5 sous, with 100 added, for 3-yr-olds ; colts Bst 1010, fillies Sat 71b. The winner of any stake before starting, value 300 sous, to carry 31b extra; if 500 sovs, 51b extra. Hordes having startad three times and never won allowed 31b. The second to receive 25 sous out of the stakes, and the winner to pay 10 guineas to the judge. Once round. 20 subs. Captain Gray's Manfred (Doyle) 1 Count Henckel's Giles the First Mr. Ternperley's Alice (Snowden) 3 Betting--Even on Gilcs the First, 7 to 4 agst Manfred, and 3 to 1 ngst Alice. Won by a head, three lengths botween the second and third. CIIELM SFORD M EETING—TUESDAY. Tho Mark's Hall Stakes of 5 P3VS each, with 25 added, for 2-yr•elds ; colts Set 71b, fillies Bst 31b; winner to be sold for 50 guineas. Half a mile straight. 4 subs. Mr. G. Bryan's Woodcraft, Bst 31b (F. Crouch) 1 Mr. Flutter's Sacrilege, Bst 3lb (Long) 2 Mr. Rayner's Wee Aggie, Bs , 31b Mr. Reeves's Miss Herbert, Bst 31b Betting-7 to 3on Woodcraft, 4to 1 agat Sacrilege, 100 to 5 agat Wee Aggie. Won in a canter by two lengths; a length and a half separated the second and third; and Wee Aggie passed Miss Herbert, pulling up on the post. The winner was bought in for 230 guineas. The Scurry Handicap of 10 sous each, with 20 added; gen• tlemen riders ; professionals, .51b extra. Seven furlongs straight. 6 cubs. Mr. Cherry's Disappointment, 4 yrs, lOst 121 b (Owner) 1 Mr. H. Marsh's consternation, 4yrs, list lib (in. 51b ex) (J. Goater) 2 Mr. John Nighlingall's Hilly Grove, 3 yrs, 9st 121 b (includ. 51b extra) (Owner) 3 Mr. Hughes's Remanerat)r, aged, llst slb (in. 51b ex.) (D. Hughes) 4 Mr. George Angell's Vigil, 4 yrs, list 121 b bib ex.) (Perry) 5 Mr. George Bryan's Zora, 5 yrs, 125t......(Mr. Dixon) 6 Betting-7 to 4 agst Zara, 4to 1 each agst Hilly Grove and Disappointment, 7 to 1 agst Consternation, 10 to 1 each agst Vigil and Remunerator. Won by a length; Hilly Grove was stopped when it was found she had no chance of winning, and the remainder cantered past the post. The Chelmsford Handicap of 15 soya each, 10 ft, with 100 added ; winners extra. Two miles. 11 subs. Capt. Coates's Flirtation, 5 yrs, Bst 111 b (H. Grimshaw) 1 Mr. T. Hughes's Flash-in-the-Pan, aged, 7st Sib (Drew) 2 Mr. J. Godding's Mountain Mail fitly, 3 yrs, Gst 121 b "" "(f. French) 3 Mr. W. Barker's Maria Day, 5 yrs, ist 3lb (Sadgrovo) 4 &Wag-13 to 8 agst the Mountain Maid filly, 7 to 4 agst Flash-in•the-Pan, S to 2 agst Flirtation. Won by a short head ; a neck divided the second and thirst ; Maria Day beaten off. The Great Baddow Stakes (two-yr-old stakes) of 10 soya each, h ft, with 50 added; colts, Bst 10lb ; fillies, Bst 71b; certain penalties and allowances. Straight half-mile. 20 subs. Mr. C. Alexander's Birthday filly, Bst 41b (E. Sharpe) 1 Count Batthyany's Vandervelde, 93c (J. Goater) 2 Mr. Hodgman's Confederate, Bst 3lb (G, Fordham) Mr. Peyno's Tomfoolery, Bst 21b .. (Drew) 4 Mr. R. R. Bignoll's Bold Houghton, Bst 51b (W. Bottom) 5 Mr. J. Daley's Pretty Bird, Bst 31b (F. Crouch) 6 Mr. Mellon's Lifobuoy, Bst 31b Measure for Measure was scratched at 2.65 on the day of 'running. Betting--13 to 8 agst Confederate, 9 to 4 agst the Birthday filly, 8 to 1 agst Tomfoolery, 100 to 12 agst Van dervelde, 10 t') 1 agst Bold Houghton, 100 to 7 agst Lifebuoy. Won in a canter by three lengths ; a length separating the second and third ; Tomfoolery was close up fourth,Bold Houghton a bad fifth, Pretty Bird (outpaced throughout) sixth, and Lifebuoy last. The Galleywood Stakes of 3 Boys each, with 20 added, for all ages; selling allowances. Straight half-mile 5 subs. Mr. Flemtng's Jemima filly, 4 yrs (CO), 7st 91 b (Fordham) 1 Mr. Flutter's Sacrilege, 2 yrs (X 80), fist 21b (A. Woodhouse) 2 Betting-7 to 4on Sacrilege. • The Jemima filly made all the running, and won by a length. AQUATICS. CHAMPIONSHIP OF THE WORLD-CHAMBERS AND GREEN. On the evening of the match between Chambers and Green a backer of the Australian brought £5 to the office of the Sporting _Life to make a fresh match, alleging that he had been defeated by accidental illness. The money was covered by Mr. Wright, on the part of Chamb ers , on Thursday, and a meeting was arranged to take place at Harry Kelley's, the Bells, Putney, on Tuesday, to increase the deposit and draw up articles. Accordingly, yesterday evening there was a very large muster of the friends of the men. Harry Salter represented Chambers and Harry Kelley Green, who was present, and amongst those in the room were several members of the principal metropolitan rowing clubs. The same gentleman, Mr. Greathead, who filled the office at the final deposit for the last match, kindly occupied the chair, and briefly alluded to the late struggle. Kelley then stated that illness was the cause of Green's defeat, and he was ready on his part to draw up articles to row, for £2OO a-side and the Championship, in the middle of August. Harry Salter then said that he was present on behalf of Chambers, but that he would not row until Octo ber, in consequence of his having business to attend to, and having already rowed two races for the Championship this year, but that he would row in the Tyne in August. Kelley replied that Green was anxious to return home in Septem ber, but he thought it would be better to postpone further negotiations till Tuesday, June 30, which would give time for correspondence with Chambers. Harry Salter, on the part of Chambers, agreed to the proposition, and nothing further can be done in the matter until the result of the meeting on Tuesday next at the Bells, Putney, is known. THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY E ENI THEBREADAT ; !EANE ,Psp,R4GE. EDINI3IIRGH COURT OF SESSION-JUNE 20. Lieutenant Charles William Campbell, of the 19th Regi ment of Bengal Cavalry, presently at Sultanpore, claiming to be sixth Earl of Breadalbane and Holland, Viscount of Tay and Portland, Lord Glenorc'ny in the peerage of Scot land, for the appointment of a judicial factor on the entailed estates of Breadalbane. This petition came on for ccnsideration to-day. Mr. Gifford opened the case for the petitioner. He stated that he was the grandson of the sixth son of William Campbell of Glenfalloch, and was thereby the nearest and lawful heir of tailzie and provision of John, fifth Earl of Breadalbane, who died on the Bth of Nov., 1862, wi.thont leaving any lawful issue of his body. He had presented peti tions to the Sheriff of Chancerycraving to be served nearest and lawful heir of tailzie and provision in special of the said John, Marquis and Earl of Breadalbane, in the lends and estates comprehended under the two deeds of entail. He presented his petitions on 27th of February last. There was another claimant, John Alexander Gavin Campbell of Glenfalloch, who had also presented petitions to the Sheriff of Chancery, alleging himself to be the nearest heir of tailzie to the said John, Marquis and fifth Earl of Breadal bane, and who craved to be served in that character. Nothing had as yet been done ers the petitions for service except intimation. The petitioner proposed to have the petition forthwith conjoined and advocated from the Sheriff in Chancery to the Court of Session. As to the competing complainant, he, the petitioner, averred that the ground on which he impugned his alleged right was that he claimed to be descended from James Campbell, the sscond son of William Campbell of Glenfalloch, while the petitioner was descended from John Campbell, the sixth son. He alleged that ho was the grandson of the said James Campbell by his martiage with Elizabeth or Eliza Maria Blanchard, - which took place in September, 1782, by the Rev, Mr. M‘Gregor, Gaelic minister in Edinburgh. In 1783 they went to America together. Now, at the time of this marriage Elizabeth Maria Blanchard was a married woman. She was the wife of Christopher Ludlow, of Chipping, Tod bury, Gloucestershire, who did not die till January, 1784. She had eloped from her husband. Under these circum stances, the father of the claimant must have been illegiti mate, as he was the son of an adulterous connection, and, therefore, the claimant is illegitimate also. The petitioner offered to esteb!ish these facts by proof; and Mr. Gifford submitted that this was a case in which the Court, in justice to the petitioner, who claimed to be the nearest heir to the late Earl of Breadalbane in the Breadalbane estates, should sequestrate the whole rents thereof, and make them payable to a judicial factor, so that, whoever proved himself the party entitled to succeed, should obtain the whole proceeds of the property during the period when the investigation of their respective claims should go on. No harm would accrue to either party from this course being adopted, and the rights and interests of all concerned would be protected. Mr. Clark opened the case for the competing claimant, the respondent, John Alexander Gavin Campbell, and said that the claimant's father was heir of entail of the estate of Glen falloch, the destination of which was identical with that of the Breadalbane estates. When the respondent's father, in 1812 succeeded to Glenfalloch, the petitioner's grandfather acted as factor for him, and directed and carried through his service as heir of tailzie and provision to John Breadal bane Campbell in the lands and barony. Had the respon dent's father been illegitimate the grandfather of the peti tioner would himself have been entitled to the estate of Glenfalloch, but no whisper was then breathed as to the illegitimacy of the respondent's father, although the events were then re cent, and must have been known had there been any ground for supposing such a thing. The late Marquis of Breadalbane appointed the respondent's father one of his trustees, and he continued to act in that capacity till his death; and upon the death of the Marquis his trustees and executors at once recognised the respondent as the heir apparent, entitled to the lands and estates, whose whole charge was transferred to him, and he has had since then the entire manngemenh The only por►ion of the property not actually under his charge was Taymouth Castle, which is still occupied by the Tate Marquis's servants, under an I arrangement with him. He submitted, therefore, that there were no grcunds for the appointment of a judicial factor and for dispoeses3ing the respondent of his right as heir apparent. Lord Deets said it was one of the facts the Court ought to have known—namely, the date of the birth of the respon dent's father, who died in 1850. This fact might be of the utmost importance, and parties must take the consequence of absence of any statement on the subject. While he would have expected some statement on the subject from the petitioner, he would still more have expected it from the re spondent. The Court took the case to avizandum. Counsel fur the Petitioner—Mr. Patton and Mr. Gifford. Agent—Mr. Henry Buchan, S.S.C. Counsel for the Respondent—The Solicitor-General, Mr. Clark, and Mr. Adam. Agents—Messrs. Adam, Kirk, and Robertson, W.S. FULHAM REGATTA. The respectable watermen belonging to Fulham rowed their annual wager on Monday for small prizes kubscribcd by;the residents of the place. After two trial heats 'the winners of these contended in he final heat, which was decided as follows : Frederick Kelley John Kc!ley John Freeman 3 John Powell .. U The course extended from Broomhouse to tht, , Crabtree, starting and finishing at Fulham••bridge. 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MARYLEBONE.—ATTEMPT AT MunnEn.—A. tall muscular woman, named Elizabeth Gearing, aged 38, a washerwoman, residing at 8, Horace-street, Marylebone, was brought up on remand before Mr. Knox, charged with the following murderous assault upon Frances Keleher. — The case was brought before Mr. Yardley originally some time ago, but such was the critical state of prosecutrix that prisoner had to be remanded from time to time. Yesterday prosecutrix was led into court, and heeappearance excited a great amount of sympathy. She was very weak indeed, and all about her face bore -very sad marks of the knife. Bandages were still about her head, arms, and hands. Pro secutrix on being called was allowed to be seated, and the worthy magistrate (Mr. Knox) went and stood close byher, and passed her evidence (which she was not able to give scarcely above a whisper) to Mr. Tate, the clerk, as follows: My name is Frances Keleher. lam a married woman, re siding at 6, Horace-street. On the 31st of May I went out at five minutes to 12 to get a pot of beer, and met the pri soner in John-street. She followed rue to where I got my beer. (Prisoner —Yon liar; did you not ask me to go with you ?) At the corner of Shouldham-street Mr. Monro served me with the beer outside the door. Prisoner was standing by my side at the time, and as I went round the corner she took hold of the back of my dress. (Prisoner-- Oh, you liar.) She asked me to come round the corner as she wished to tell me something very particular. I said it was too late, and my husband would scold me if I went. She said to me, " I wont keep you a minute, I am going for some fried fish to Brown-street." I did not want to go, and she held me tight by my dress, and I went half way down Shouldham-street, when she (prisoner) attacked me with a knife. The first placed she stabbed me was in the chin, and afterwards in 14 or 15 different parts of my body. We fall up against Moulding's shop, 34, Shouldham-street, and the door not being properly latched it gave way, and we both fell into the passage. After she got me down she placed her knee on my chest. I screamed " murder," and the prisoner pulled my clothes over my face and stuffed them in my mouth. I pulled them out again and still screamed " murder"—(Prisoner—Oh, you rogue)—and begged for mercy several times. She said, "I will give you mercy when I have your life." (Prisoner—You lie, I did not want your life. You do reckon up a lot of lies.) After she legs, it knelt en me she kicked me on my legs many times, and they are black now from her boots and nails (Prisoner —I don't think I kicked you.) Assistance arrived, but I was exhausted when e r she eeme t . hrew As th th e e k p n e i o fe pl a e t hi tried e, atuodpiutllh strucker offmoyf m throat, by h and there is the mark on it now. Mr. Knox—Was the prisoner drunk or sober ? Prosecutrix—She was quite sober. I riever saw her drunk in my life. Mr. Knox—What know ledge have you of her ? Prosecutor—She was a lodger in my house, and had only been there three weeks. Mr. Knox—lt is a strange affair for her (prisoner) to attack you like this. Prosecutrix—l never had the slightest contra diction with her in my life Mr. Knox—Can u account for this act Prosecutrix—l cannot. Mr. Knox—Had you any words? Prosecutrix—She never gave me cause to have any words. I was taken into Dr. Danford's shop. After this I was taken to my own home, where I have been over since, quite unable to attend here through the effects of my wounds. Mr. Knox—Do you wish to ask this poor woman any questions ? Prisoner—Me, sir. Oh no; I don't. Pro secutrix added to her statement that when assistance arrived she managed to reach the knife and give it to a young man. George Morrishaw, a decorator, residing at 11, Shouldham street, said—l was at my own door, and heard cries of " Murder I" I went to Mr. Moulding's passage, and saw the prosecutrix saturated in blood, and she placed the knife in my hand. Mr. Knox (to whom the knife, with a sharp-pointed blade, between nine and ten inches in length, quite new, and clotted with blood, had been handed) said—ls this the weapon ? (The sight of the knife and the determined coolness of the prisoner drew an excla mation from all parties in court. The knife had the blood marks rusted, as it were, into the blade.) Witness — That is the same. Thomas Williams, a watchman, in Shouldhara-street, saw the prosecutrix and witness against No. 34, Shouldham-street (Prisoner—You are a liar; there was no one there.) They struggled, and fell into the street door. Prosecutrix fell undermost, and prisoner on the top. Prosecutrix screamed " Murder I" and I pulled them both out of the passage by their legs. Prisoner—lf you saw me attack her, wby did you not see to it before? You did not see me at all. Witness—l waited till the police came. She tried to gat away from me, but I held her. Sho shouted very much. There was plenty of blood in the pas sage. Prisoner—Yon are a liar; you 'lid not see blood, for it was quite dark. Mr. Fred. Danford, surgeon, 11), Upper Dorset-street, said—The female Karcher, was brought into ray place it little after 12 on the night slated covered with blood. 11er clothes, face, and hair were saturated with it, and she was bleeding very profusely teem her many wounds. I have been attending her ever since. On the head were several long incised wounds—also on the face, hand, and lef., arm. There are also several punctured wounds about the head, shoulders, and chest. Most undoubtedly they are such wounds as would be caused by such a weapon as the knife now produced. Most of the wounds are very extensive, but fortunately none of them have gone to any important organ of tho body. She has one very extensive wound on one of her hands which I have no doubt has been caused by the knife having been drawn through it and almost cutting it in two. James Hughes, G, JUNE 24, 1863. 3d 11, stated that he took the prisoner in char e, and the only excuse she gave for corarnittin such an offence was because the prisoner and others teased her. In reply to Mr. Knox, the officer said ho had not been able to trace where prisoner got the knife from. The officer added that the prisoner was committed to the sessions and sen tenced to six mouths' hard labour for stabbing another woman in September last with a large white-handled carving knife. After Mr. Knox had given her the usual caution for prisoners going for trial, prisoner said—l was going into my own room when the (the prosecutrix) said she was going for some beer. I said, " As you are going to the public-house we will has e some rum." We went to the Horse and Groom. They were shut up ; and afterwards to the Old Crown, which was also shut. We then went to the corner of the street ; Ido not know the sign of the house, and we got some rum in a bottle, for which I paid. We carried it away with us, and I said if the fishmonger's was open we would take some home for supper. When we got half way down the street I drank some of the rum, and gave her the rest ; awl as she was doing so I struck her with the knife. I did not kick her, neither did I put her clothes in her mouth. Both her and her father teased me. Mr. Knox committed prisoner for trial at the Central Court fur the attempt at murder. SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. -t TIMES.—It in not improbable that the Emperor Francis Joseph, after all his errors and misfortunes, may leave behind him a name honoured in history. Fifteen years ago he ascended the throne a mere boy in ago and under the guidance of a Minister, able and resolute, but of the most despotic instincts. He crushed not only open treason, but the most reason able canstitutional demands. TllerFre few short years have elapsed, and we now find him asidreesing Message to a great Constitutional Council of his Empire, and using the familiar phraseology which all Sovereigns seem to have copied from the Royal Speeches of England. Teue, in the meantime there have been important events. The mighty Monarch in whom all Conservative Governments put their trust, and who marched his legions to suppress the Hungarian revolt, fell in a few years after the ex ploit, and was only delivered by a sudden death from witnessing the overthrow of his armies and of the influence by which he had so long imposed on Eu rope. Austrian dominion, Austrian influence, several semi-Austrian Crowns have passed away in Italy. Every where the Court of Vienna sees Sovereigns forced to regulate their actiuns by the wishes of their subjects, or to prepare for a resistance more or !ess dangerous according to the spirit of the people or the grievances from which they suffer. The merit at' he Emperor is that he has understood the necessities of his time and has yielded to them ; and let it not be said that it is no great thing for a ruler o see what every one else sees—to gather from the idvice of Statesmen and soldiers and Churchmen what die nimblest of his educated subjects can learn from his own observation or the talk of his friends. It is unfortunately the case that Save reigns usually fail to see what is glaring in the sight of the rest of mankind,—that, they hear not the voice of the people until is swells into the shout of revolt. It is no small merit for the young Austrian Emperor that, brought up in a retrograde Court and tutored by retrograde Ministers, he has yet attained to a clearer know ledge of his country's needs ti; an is possessed by the King of Prussia, a Sovereign of twice his age, and ruling over a people who in culture, if not in genius, are very far superior to those of the Austrian Empire. There has seldom been a more arduous political un dartakieg than that of uniting the discordant and almost hostile provinces of the Austrian Empire into 011eaSSEmbly. The Emperor's con ttitutionai leanings have been, no doubt, encouraged by the idea that the only way to give unity to the mass of nations and triboi which he governs is to bring them :nio con tact in one Chamber, to make the interests of one balance those of another, anti in some sense to play them off, each figaiost the one to which it has been traditionally opposed. That Germans, Hungarians, Czechs, Galiciane, and Italians, so far as they tended to fest!, would consolidate the Empire, and to far as they retained their rivalries would increase by their division the influence of their common head, was perhaps the principal idea which suggested the establishment of this Imperial Legislature. Now that the Emperor is committed to the principle he will, no doubt, work at the realisation of it with all the obstinate energy which is part of his character. Prince Schwarzenberge was not more resolute in his plan of welding together the Austrian federation by sheer despotic strength than are Francis Joseph and his present advisers, inciud ing, it would seem, the principal members of his family, in their design of uniting the Empire by creating a Legislature which all the provinces shall obey, while at the same time it is open to the influ ence of the Sovereign. Much progress, indeed, appears to have been already made. Although nothing can conciliate the inhabitants of Venetia, who still regard themselves as Italians temporarily kept from their allegionce by a defect in the' Treaty of 1859,—althongh Hungary is jealous and discon tented as ever, yet, on the whole, a remarkable suc cess has been achieved, considering the slate of the Empire and the short time the new institutions have existed. The Emperor had no reason to be dissatisfied with the scene which was witnessed last week, when the second Session of the Imperial Legislature was opened by the Archduke Charles Louis, who read the Emperor's Message in the pre seece of a large array of members. These, though they are unfortunately far from representing the whole Empire, are yet a support to the Throne, such as it never had when it relied solely on soldiers and priests. In his Message the Emperor congratulates the Chambers on the harmony with which the Reichsrath and the Provincial Diets work together, thus realising the Imperial principle that " the necessary unity of the Empire may be upheld, even though its component parts enjoy the greatest amount of freedom and independence of action." Then followed a passage which was heard with great interest, as indicating the intentions of the Emperor on the important question which is now being discussed between the three Powers and Russia. Whatever may be the warlike instincts of France or of a small portion of the British public, we are not to expect that Austria will allow her self to be influenced by them at this crisis. She has a large interest in peace, and no interest at all in raising up a Poland which would 80011 demand Galicia of her. Any improvement of the Warsaw Government which the policy or humanity of the Czar might sug gest Would be approved by Austria, and it is in the hope of such a solution that she addresses him in company with France and England. But she is ready for nothing further. Those who thought that the jealousy, not to say hatred, which has existed between the two Powers since the Russian war might possibly incline Austria to an offensive alliance with France, have underrated the prudence of the Vien nese Court. Such at least is the impression which the following sentence in the Emperor's Message has produced :—" At the close of the first session of the Reichsrath Austria was at peace with the whole world. She still enjoys the blessings of peace, and it will be the stedfast aim of his Majesty's Govern ment that she should continue uninterruptedly to enjoy them." In ordinary times these would be thought mere words of coarse, but Vienna under stands them as specially applied to the Polish ques tion, and is probably right in its opinion. What revolution can be greater than that a Hapsburg should pronounce such words as these P—" Pro tected by liberal institutions, the intellectual and material development of Austria . is progressing rapidly; her power and consideration are continu ally increasing." But, however strange for an Em peror to pen and an Archduke to read, they are strictly true. The Emperor announces the happy results of increased freedom and economy. The credit of the empire and of the paper currency has improved, and the state of the fiaauces is such that the Government will not require the 12,000,000f1. which were granted for the covering of the ex pected deficit. Alterations in the system of direct taxation will be submitted to the judgment of the Reichsrath. Draughts of other important laws will also be ordered for consideration. " A com plete code of regulations for the administration of the penal laws will be laid before you. In the Criminal Courts there will be publicity, with oral proceedings, and in those provinces in which the thing is feasible juries will be established, to which all the more important cases will be submitted.' The proceedings in criminal cases will be simplified and shortened, so that, they may be in better keeping with the laws for the protec tion of the liberty of the subject." To this point has improvement advanced in .Austria,--" trial by jury," "i liberty of the subject." Let not any say that the Reichsrath is a deception, or that the Emperor is insincere. No Sovereign who really wished to keep despotic power in his own : hands would pronounce such words or propose such laws. All may not be done at once, but it is plain that the old Austria has passed away, never to return—that the Emperor knows great changes to be inevitable, and wishes to make them safe. POST:—Anile we aro speculating on the n a t ure of the answer which the Russian Government will accord to the collective notes, it is natural that the statesmen at St. Petersburg, should b e engage d i n a series of conjectures with reference to the temper of the Powers by whom those notes were addressed. There can be doubt that they will be guided in fram ing their reply by the recounts which they receive from their diplomatist s a b road of the degree to which public opinion in foreign countries may have been excited. Considering the present internal con dition of the empire, it must be the first object of those who control its destinies to stave off all risk of a European war, but it is possible that the tone of the foreign prows, no less than of the Cabinets of the Great Powers, may have lulled them into suet oecti• rity upon the subject, that they may be induced to trust so far to the peaceful disposition of Europe, as to try it beyond what it will bear. We have been fres quently reproached with cruelty towards Poland, in exciting her population to continue an insur rection which looked hopeless, when we had no intention of giving them more substantial assist ance than that which they might derive from R barren sympathy; but it is as unfair to Russia to allow her to suppose that it will be impossible for her to force Europe into war for the sake of Poland. All experience has shown that the most certain way of being dragged into war is to sot out with the loudly-expressed declaration that under no circumstances will it be undertaken. Thus it was that in 1853 Russia was encouraged by the tone of the Cabinet and the press of this country into acts which excited the public to such a pitch that a war became inevitable, However much we should deplore the recurrence of such a contingency, it is as well that Russian statesmen should bear in mind their last bitter experience, and should not place too much reliance in the imperturbability of spectators more or less interested in watching the fate of their fellow-Men. In England the final appeal must ever be to the public feeling of the great mass of the community ; and however earnest may be the desire of the Government to control the national impulse, there is a point beyond which it is po wer . less, and is compelled to carry out the will of the people it represents. We do not mean it to be sup posed that there has been as yet any popular expres sion of sentiment which should justify our antici pating a contingency so much to be regretted as a European war in which this country should take part, but we do deprecate the announcements we eccasionally see made in leading journals that any such cootie gency is itnpeeeible. We are too any ions to avoid drifting into war to wake any such dan gerous declaration ; and we warn the Russian Go vernment that, by a policy of savage vengeance in Poland, and of contemptuous indifference to remon strances addressed to it from without, it may excite public feeling in England to an uncontrollable pitch. As to the motives which might impel either France or Austria in the same direction, the re presentatives of Russia in Paris or Vienna are as welt qualified as we are to instruct their Government upon the subject. They can estimate at its true value the force of French public opinion and the nature of those political considerations which may influence the Emperor towards an active intervention. They can perhaps penetrate farther than we can into the views of Austrian statesmen, and judge of their tendencies in the same direction. We would merely take the opportunity of impress ing upon the Cabinet at St. Petersburg, while con cocting their answer to the notes now under their consideration, not to overtax the patience and good nature of Europe if they desire as earnestly as we do the pacific solution of the Polish question. The fact that the Polish debate has been postponed until the arrival of the answer from St. Petersburg, is most fortunate in this respect, that it will force the Rus sian Government to respond without delay if they desire to prevent a very loud and angry expression of opinion in the House of Commons. Had the de bate already taken place those opinions might still have been expressed, but the storm would have blown over, and Prince Gortschakoff might have taken his time. As it is, the storm is brewing, and will increase in violence just in proportion as it is pent up. Every day new facts come out to add to the cenibuetible materials already collected. In our impression of yesterday we published the original instructions issued by the Government of the Czar to General Mouravieff, upon the appointment of that officer to the chief military command in the revolted Polish provinces, in which, says his Imperial "his excellency should take every oppor tunity of acquainting the peasants with the paternal intentions of the Czar towards them, and or demon strating that the landowners ar e their enemies and oppressors. if his excellency considers it ad visable, he can also furnish arms to those among the peasants who are attached to the Czar and to Russia." The effect of arming a peasant after you have instructed him to consider his master as his enemy and oppressor it is not difficult to imagine. How are veto believe the denial by the Russian Government of atrocities committed by the peasantry, when we have this proof of the Imperial instigation ? Again," his excellency should oppose certain demonstrations of the women, and for their hindrance will even adopt severe measures against them." It is true that the punishment of the knout is abolished in Russia, but the punishment of flogging with other instruments than those made of thongs of sharp leather is in full force; and when the Government denies the truth of the proclama tion attributed to Mouravieff, it may do so con scientiously so far as the knout is concerned; but we should be glad to know what the severe measures alluded to by the Emperor and enforced by Mount. vieff are if one of 'them is not the old established punishment of flogging. However, we do not re quire to go into the region of conjewure to find fresh instances of Russian barbarity and treachery. Lord Palmerston told the House an anecdote on Monday night to which we might venture to point the moral. It would seem that near Wilna one hundred and twenty Polish insurgents, finding themselves surrounded, laid down their arms and surrendered as prisoners of war, when ninety of them were slaughtered then and there by order of the Russian officer commanding. How are we to expect, in the face of such au experience that the Poles can trust in any armistice? What guarantee can Rnssia offer the. Powers that the act of treachery perpetrated by the Russian officer en a small scale might not be applied to the nation at large when once it had consented to rely on Russian honour ? So far, then, as public opinion is concerned the sooner the reply is sent from St. Petersburg and the debate comes on the better for Russia, for every day that passes only makes the case against her stronger. HERALD.—The telegraphic accounts from America have for some time past been pointing to a result which is anything but encouraging to those who, presuming on the certain triumph of the Northerners in the present campaign, have bid us prepare for the reconstruction of the broken Union, the realisa tion of the dream of a united America. Bit by bit the scheme has broken down, and the edifice faded before our eyes like an unsubstantial pageant. The plot was well imagined. A series of vigorous and well-directed attacks being levelled against various exposed positions of the Confederacy at nearly the same time, there seemed a fair chance that by divid ing the forces of the South they might all prove suc cessful, while it appeared inevitable that one at least of these determined assaults would carry all opposi tion before it, and by breaching the fortress, pave the way fbr the full accomplishment of the pro gramme. The territory at present defended by the Southern armies may be said to bo three-cornered, and each of these corners is more or less open to attack. One of them is in Virginia, and is repre sented by Fredericksburg, on the Rappahannock. Another is on the Atlantic seaboard, where Charles. ton and Mobile constitute the chief points of con tact between th© Confederacy and the Eastern world. The third is on the Mississippi, where Vicksburg and Port Hudson, with the stretch of river bets een them, represent the claim of the South to the territories of the far West, and the right of the South to command the communications between the North-West and the Gulf of Mexico. These positions have been manfully held by the Southern chivalry. It is already mat ter of history how the Northern squadron of iron clads dashed itself in vain against the forts of Charleston, and retired discomfited from the defences of the Mobile River. The Northern army has been beaten back disastrously in its headlong onset against the defenders of Richmond. Two of the angles of this position of strength having been thus assailed in vain, it remained to be seen what impression could be produced by a concentra tion of land and naval force against the positions in the west. The iron squadron succeeded in forcing the river, and rode up and down insultingly between Vicksburg and Port Hudson. One powerful and seemingly irresistible army crossed the river under their protection, and fought its way onward till it arrived beneath the walls of Vicksburg, with a far better prospect of success than the expedition which so rashly attempted the same enterprise last year. Another army, after ravaging the fertile country of Western Louisiana, crossed the river ton, and pro ceeded to assault Port Hudson, Generals Grant and Banks have been equally unfortunate. After having had the cup of Tantalus presented to their lips, it has been rudely snatched away from them just as they were counting upon its enjoyment. The only object which can excuse the sacrifices of this campaign is the capture of Vicksburg and Port Hudson, one or both of them. The fall of either would in all probability involve the surrender of the other. Bet Grant, successful up to that point, has failed egregiously before Vicksburg. Banks, boas t ing of his numberless victories, finds that he can make no impression on Port Hudson. When Grant retires from Vicksburg his other successes will be found as bitter and as unsubstantial as the apples of Sodom. When Banks retreats to New Orleans he will leave behind him scarcely a record of his victories. The country of the Bayou Teche has been already re occupied by the Confederates. The country between Jackson and Vicksburg, as far as the Black River, is swarming with Southern batialion s , w hi c h are gra dually closing in on the rear of Grant. The Federals here are the besieged instead of th e b es i eg ers. There is news of a Southern division at Milikeri's, Bend, 20 miles above Vicksburg, if so it may soon place iu dan ger the com mun i ca ti ons o f Grant by the x szoo Ri ver. ‘r There are Confederate troops below Vicksburg, be tween Grant and Warrenton ; Jbbnatone is grade ally a ccumu l a ting hie forces behind him, a n d P em. berton is well able to bold out in front. The position of Gen. Grant and his army is already one of inarni- cent peril. The attack upon Port Hudson on May 27 by the troops of Geo. Banks seems to have been characterised by as much impetuosity, to have re sulted in a failure as c omplete, as that of Grant's army upon Vicksburg about the same time. NI meet here with a melancholy episode in the fate of a negro regiment of slaves, who have been snetched front servitude and hounded against their masters by the cruel policy of the North. Thesa negroes were sent on to storm the alm astimpregnable defences of a forlorn hope. The poor demi-savage sprang on like tigers, gave no quarter, received none, and when dying fought with their teeth in a frenzy of despair. Six hundred out of 800 of the Second Louisiana blacks were put to the sword, 200 escaped by ing over the battlements. The negroes in arms are treated by the Southerners as traitors, every one of them taken alive being immediateiy hanged• We can hardly find fault with these persecuted whites of the South for endeavouring, by sharp and stern measures, to avert from their country and their homes the horrors of a servile war. The news which we expect every day of th e raising of the siege of Vicksburg, and the precipi tate retirement from before Port Hudson of the army which has lost one of its leaders in the death of General Sherman will complete the picture which we have long since drawn by ant:cipation of the utter failure of the Federal campaign of 186 3 . Triumphant on all quarters against an insolent enemy who bad been reckoning on the overthrow and dividing the spoils of the South, the Confederal! ) leaders may not rest content with a defensive atti tude, but may think that their turn is come to as sumo the aggre ss i ve , an d act upon t h e suggestion of . their countrymen th a t it would boa well to trans' ter the war to Northern soil. An invasion of Maryland, Pennsylvania, and Ohio would bring the eYII:3 of war more home to the feelings aed. cou ecianees at the men of the North. It would be their fields now that would be wasted ; their villages that would be burned ; their hearths that would be made desolate. Such an invasion would add to the disaffec tion that has already placed the States of the North- West in an attitude of hostility to the Government ; it would suggest a with for peace even to the trucu lent and unfeeling democracy of New England. There seems every reason to suppose that Gen. Lee is preparing for an advance upon Washington or an invasion of Maryland. He is said to have received such large reinforcements that his army is nog far more than a match for that army of Hooker's which was defeated at Chancellorsville. A part of Lee's army has been moved to Culpepper, between the Rappahannock and the Rapidan, Gen. Stuart being there with a strong force of cavalry. A Fede ral reconnoisance, under Pleasanton, was pushed across rifle Rapnahannnek on Tuesday, June 9, as Beverley's and Kelly's Fords, north of Culpepper, but had to recross in haste after a smart engagement, in which it was very severely handled. Far to the north, at Leesburg, a party of Confederate cavalry has crossed the Potomac and terrified the inhabi tants of the town of Poolesville, in Maryland. If any considerable portion of Lee's army should march in this direction, it will necessitate the hasty retreat of Gen. Rooker upon Washington, or the capital of the old Union, attacked in the rear, would become an easy prey to the Southern invaders. The tidings from America, however satisfactory to us, are be coming almost monotonous in their tenor. On the part of the nation with which our Government will persist in maintaining the most cordial relations, and addresses as if it were sole mistress and at biter of the destinies of America, Lhese tidings tell us of one defeat after another, of disappointment heaped on disappointment. We hear of victory after vic tory won by the great people of which diplomatists take no more n o ti ce th an if they lived in Central Africa near the Mountains of the Moon, a nation which having passed through so long on ordeal, and for nearly three years maintaining its freedom by the sword, has not only a claim to our sympattlY , but a right to demand our recognition of the fact of its existence. COUNTRY MARKETS. NI , LEEDS -TUESDAY. The weather here is splendid. Today there was e small supply of f res h E ng li s h an d f oreign wheat, which sold at about the rates of the previous week. Spring corn firm. LYNN—TUESDAY. Wheat has shot into ear in this neighbourhood, and is looking most luxuriant. Barley, oats, and beans also look very satisfactory. _ White . 45s to 50s I Barley. .'....32s to 34 s Red .. 44s to 45s I Grinding ..26s to :30s Beaus .368 to 38s I Oats.. New —s to —s I Peas —s to --3 MARKET HARBOROUGH—TUESDAY. White wheat, 46s to sis ; red, 42s to 46s per 36 stone. Malting barley at 33s to 37s per qr.; grinding, 27s to 30s per 30st, Oats, old, 26s to 275; new, 24s to 28s per 2' l st. ; beans, 37s to 445, per qr. LIVERPOOL—TUESDAY. At our market to-day there was a thin attendance both of millers and dealers, and wheat experienced a slow sale, at a decline of 2d per cental from the prices of Tuesday last. Flour met only a moderate sale, at a decline of Gd pet barl. Oats and oatmeal were at late quotations. Beans rather lower again, about 9d to Is per qr decline on the week. Barley and peas only saleable in retail. Indian corn Was Gd decline on the prices of last week. SHEFFIELD—TUESDAY. There has been a fair business doing in wheat to -day Last week's prices were taken for most articles. Red wheat, per load of 3 imperial bushels 16s Od to 17s ° 1:1 White If New red New white ~ ~ Beans ~ f t 1 2 11 9 0 57 l 9s Od 00 0 odd : tt to o o 0 22 195081 ss ti 000 6 c i 45s Od to 5 6 s O d b Peas, pe r qr Grindinc , barley, per qr 3os Od to 3250 Maltingditto, Oats 2 1 c 34s Od to .: o Od d 1, 2ls Od to Flour, 1s 7d to 2e 2d per stone. MELTON MOWBRAY_TUESDAY. The following were the currencies :—New white whea t ! fiOs Od to 63s Od ; new red, 405,:,0d to 49s per stone! beans, 37s to 43s for old; new sorts, 34s to 59s per 38 st : 1 for barley, 368 to 38s for malting, and 27s to 29s per V' grinding; new oats, 21s to 27s Od per 24 stone. Foreign Mail Packet List. MAILS DUE.. Aus'aalia and Mauritius, via Southampton July 19 ' via Marseilles ... July cirazil and C a p e V er d s, b y B r i tish packet. Ju l y 5 Cape of Good Hope, Ascension, and St. Helena June 29. China, Penang, and Singapore, via Southampton July 2. via Marseilles June 27. Falkland Islands Gibraltar, via Southampton July 2. India (Calcutta), and Ceylon, via Southampton July 2. via Marseilles July 10. June 25. India (Bombay), via Southampton via Marseilles June 20. Portugal.. 29. .. June Malta, Egypt, and Aden, via Southampton July 2 via 'Marseilles June 27. Newfoundland ..July 8. Oporto and Vigo .. .. U. S. and British N. America, by Brit. packet.... July 2. by U.S. packet.... by Canadian packet. June 26. W.C. of Africa, M- adeira, and Tcueriffe July 10 Bahamas, via New York Mexico All parts of West I n di es , i nc l u d ing Chili, Peru". i June . California. and B r iti s h C o l umbia.. 1 . June 2299. THE COCK -FIGHTING CASE.—The hearing of the cock-fighting case will take place before the Leicestershi re bench of magistrates at Loughborough to-day. Th e defendants are—The Marquis of Hastings, Mr. J• Storey, sen„ Mr. J. Storey, jun., Mr. Henry Storey, Ai r ' Robert Storey, Edward Platts, Jas. Domelow, and Joseph Fairbrother. The three latter ara gamekeepers. T he Messrs. Storey reside at Lockington Hall, near to boning" ton, the domain of the noble marquis, and the elder Storey it is said, is in the commission of the peace at Leicester' shire. Births. BARROW..—On the 23d inst., at Phillimore-gardens, Senr sington, the wife of Francis Barrow, Esq., barrister -at law, of a son. BonneHiEß.—On the 22d inst., at Speen-hill ; Newbury' the wife of Captain Bourchier, of a son. Corrix.--On the 21st inst,, at Heene Villa, Nirorthing, the wife of Edmund Coffin, Esq., of a daughter. FousTEu.—On the 19th inst., at Manston, Dorset, the wife of Major Forster, late Carbineers, of a 5011 Marriages. DEAN—SLOPER.—On the 20th inst., at Sidlow-bridge Church, Surrey, William Henry Dean. Esq. , of The Grove, Stratford, Essex t o Clementine Orly , the second daughter of the Rev. John Sloper, of West „Wt)odhay House, Berks. WALKER--MAXWELL.—On the 23d inst., at St. James's Church, Piccadilly, James Robert Walker, Esq., M.P. for Beverley, and eldest son of James Walker, g ., of Sand Hutton, Yo-ksbire, to Louisa M. Heron, the third daughter of Sir John Heron Maxwell, Bart., of Spring' kell, Dumfriesshire. Deaths. BATES. —On the 22d inst., at 21, Arlington-street, Lucre - FF: t ,xr i a t. „ —c w iot i u f n e n e .t_h f e J o o ln s i h stt u h a ie: B sst a .t,h tes ain ,! t. s , q a . t , ward Fox, Esq., aged. 80. A ug ll e e d rt 7 o 6 n, Jacob Fletcher , Ou E C S ll C :E ag itl d N 7 v 2 ..-- 0 n the 29ihThAeprLedge, B a e t a o m o i t n a s c t a e rn r' u7 cl : India, Lieut.-Colonel John Ouchterlony, Madras of Tredillion-park, near Abergavenny, aged ZO. , ToovF.Y.—On the 21 s t inst , Thomas Toovey, Esq., la-8 of Mar k - lane, and RiDg'S Langley,: aged 40. TONGUE, —.-,4t 7, De Montfort-terrace, Leicester, bi ll ' Tongue, aged 41. fi' WHITPT ELD .— On the 21st inst. , at Forest-place) r, a s g te e n d e, 6l 6111-Ir. Edward Whi t fi e ld , rAvto of the Eagle, Snareebroo_ - • London : Printed an d P u bli s h e d b y WILLIANI.AN-1)11FW 12, of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at TIIE SUN OffiCe• rw i of Strand, in the P rec i nc t o f the :Savoy, in the Coun ty 11.1 dglesex.—Wecincattfty, June 24, 18(