The Sun. — London, England, 1864-07-27 00:00:00

RO YA L ITALIAN OPERA, Covent -garden. Last Night but Three. Mr. A. lIARRTS'S BENEFIT, THIS EVENING (Wednesday), July 27. Madame Grli 1, Mdlle. A rtot, Madame Didiee, Mdlle. Adelina I'atti ; Sign or Attri, Signor Graziani, SignorNaudin, Signor Mario. Mr. A. HARRIS has the honour most respectfully to an nounce to the nobility, gentry, sub cribers to the opera, and the public, that the performances THIS EVENING (Wed nesday July 27, will be for his BENEFIT. Mr io . H of arr ithe s will on this occasion be favoured by t he cc-operatn ti ng uished artistes of the Royal Italian Opera. and, more over, through the obliging kindness of Madame Grist, is per mitted to announce, for this occasion only. the appearance on th , , stage of that great artiste. Mr. Harris is tints enablcd to present the following most attractive entertainment. Tae rerformances will commence with the First Act of NORMA. Norma, Madame Gris , on this occasion only; Adalgisa, 31d1L. Artot, her first appearance in that charac ter ; °roves°, Signor Attri ; and font°, Signor Naudin. After which, in accordance with a wish expressed by many of Mr. llarris's patrons, the Second and Third Acts of Goinod's opera, FAUST B MARGHERITA. Mar .herita, lifdlie. Adelina Patti ; Siebe , , Madame Didiee ; 3lefisto e e, Attri, his sec3nd appearance in that character in Eng- - land; Vale,tino, Signor Gr, ziani ; Wagner, ciguor '.Paglia fice ; and Faust, Signor Mario. Commence at half-past 8 o'clock. Pit tickets, 7s. ; amphitheatre sta , ls , 10s . 6d., 75., and ss. ; amp hitheatre, 25. 6d. Boxes, stalls, and ticke ts may be had at the box-offic.2 under the portico of the theatre, which is open from ten till five, and at the principal musicsellers' and liorartans'. TIER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. FAREWELL REPRESENTATIONS. CHEAP PRICES. ThcNights of Performances are Mondays, Tuesdays, Thurs. days, and Saturdays. TO-MORROW EVENING (Thursday\ July 28, will be performed, for the last time but one, Gounod's ce!ebrated Opera, FAUST. Faust, Si nor Giunlini ; v a l e ntin, Mr. Santley ; Mephi- stophiles, Signor Gassier ; Wagner , Signor Bossi ; S ebel, Madame T rebel 11 ; Marta, Madame accani ; and Alargnerita, Mdlle. Titiens. Chorus of Soldiers, Citizens, Students. Women, ,to. Conductor, Signor 30, by genera/ desire, the admired S a t ur day next, Ju l y 01 era, IL TROVATORE, will be repeated with the same unrivalled cast which pro duced s' marked a sensation on Thursday act. The following is the distribution of the parts : Leonora, 141adlle. Titiens ; Azucena, Madile. Grassi, her sccund appearance in that character in England; II Comte di Luna, Mr. Sanrley ; lerrando, Signor Rossi; and Mamie°, Signor Giuglini. Conductor, Signor ARDITI. Commence at Eight precisely; terminating in time for the night trains to the environs. Prices:—Gallery, 2s. ; Pit, ss. ; Dress Circle, is. ; Upper Circle, 5s Orchestra stalls, 12s. 6d. 'Thy usual restrictions to Evening Dress will not tic eniorc d. Box: Office of the Theatre open daily, from 10 till 7, where places may be secured. 'rickets also procurable, on the evenings of performance, at the Special Laces, open at the e.trances of the Pit and Bones ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE.--. Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. Geo. Vining. Last Four Nights of 31dlle. Stela Colas. For the Benefit of 311 s, M. Harris. THIS EVENING, BORN TO GOOD LUCK. Paddy O'RaTerty, Mr. Dominick Murray. After which. the now pray by John Oxenford, Esq. ' THE MONASTERY OF ST. JUST : Messrs. Vining, H. Mars to,, J. Nelson, J. W. Ray, H. Mellon, W. Robins, u. Seyton, Chapman; Mrs. 11. Maiston, and Lldlle. Stella colas. To conclude with THE FIRST NIGHT : Mr. A. Harris and Miss M. Harris. N E Ny ir _ ie rrol-lpriE.tAorTallnE -4 ni lt A an ta r, B .E . I.D we E b L oe P r HI.,— THIS EVENING, THE FLOWERS OF THE FOREST. Dlessrs. J. L. Toole, P. Beciforl, Billington, Stuart, Stephen son, tcomcr; Miss Woolgar, Miss li. Kelly. and Mrs. Bil lington. At ONE TOUCH OF NATURE. Penholder, Mr. Benjamin Webster ; Constance, Miss H. Simms. Followed by THE AREA BELLE, with a Horrible Tale: Messrs. J. L. Toole, i. Bedford, it. Romer, Ales Woolgar, and Mrs. IL Lewis. Commence at 7. R OYAL ST, JAMES'S THEATRE, under the Management of Mr. B. WEBSTER. Last three weeks of the present season. Crowded with rank and fashion. Rc• engagement of those ce' ebrazed and popular artistes, Mr. ant Mrs. Charles Mathews. Production of an entirely new original Travestic of a very popular subject, by F. C. Burnam', Esq., entitled FAUST A. MARGUERI VE. in which Mr. and Mrs Charles Mathews will appear. The new scenery by the celebrated artists, Messrs. Danson and Sons ; the incidental Ballet by Oscar Byrne. Amongst the artists engaged will be found the popular names of Mr. Benjamin Webster, Mr. Charles Mathews. Mr. Frank Matthews, Mr. J. L. Toole, Mr. d. Clarke, Mr. Paul _Bedford, Mr. y. Robinson, Mr. Ashley, Mr. J. Johnstone: Mis 3 Ihrbert, Mrs. Frank Matthews, Miss 11. ;Simms, :Mss A. Cottrell, Miss Fanny Josephs, Miss Patti Josephs, Miss Wentworth, Mrs. Stirling, ana Mrs. Chas. Mathews. EVERY EVENING, at 7, A DAY AFTER THE WEDDING. Mr. F. Robinson, Miss Herbert. At a quarter-past 8, a new Travestie, entitled FAUST AND MARGUERITE : Mr. Chas. Mathews, Mr. J. Clarke, Mr. Ashley, Mr. Montague, itilr. W. H. Eburne, Mr. W. Chamberlaine, and Mrs, C. Mathew. At 10, LITTLE TODDLEKLNS, Mr. ChaTles Mathews, Mr. and Mrs. F. Matthews. To conclude with BRISTOL DIAMONDS. Mr. and Mrs. Frank 3latha.ws, Mr. Ash cy, Miss Wentworth. GOODWOOD.—RACE GLASSES, the bast at CALLAGHAN'S, 23A, New Bond-street, W., corner of Conduit-street. N.B.—Sole agent to Voigtlander, Vienna. OPERA and RACE GLASSES. Field and Yticht Glasser , , in every varie y of size, form, and mounting:, matchless for their great magnifying - power and sharpness of definition. Price, from us. each, at CA.I.LAGIIAN'S, 23A, New Bond-street, W., corner of Conduit-street. Sole agent for the celebrated race and field glasses and photo graphic len'es made by Veigtlander, Vienna. Field glasses mace expressly for India. warranted to withstand the gr eatest tropical heat. The new aluminium mounted glasses (as re cently made for 11.11.11. the Prince cf Wales:, though of the largest size, we but a iew ounce:. POUNTRY and SEASIDE DRESSES. vj Messrs. JAY,of Rezent-street, have now in stock a variety or WASHING SILK DRMSES, suitatle for the ountry and seaside, and at the c.earing-out pike of only £llls. ed. the dress. JAY'S, 247, 249, and 231, Regent-street. BLACK SILKS.—The price of Silks in the raw material has already r sen 15 per cent., and it will soon retch a far arrester per-centerre. Jicssrs. JaY, therefore, invite their numerous patrons to take actv:intage of the stock they have on hand, which they em now dispose of on lavour able terms ; but the same qualities will natur,lly b, more Co,tly as the price it silk fluctuates to a higher average JAY'S, 217, 249, and 251, Regent-street. ,SHALL COMPANY'S COALS. —The 1.411. L: CO, Direct from their own Collieries. Marquis'. 23s. per ton. I Double . 'OA. per ton. Top 225. „ Deep ....215. „ Well screened and delivered within five miles of their De pots, Westbourne Park-road, \V., and 17, South Wharf, Paddington, W., and Maiden-lane, N. Poest Coke Terms cash. JOHN ,;;;OTT, Sole Agent. RE THIRD EDITION OF " THE SUN," Containing. the Latent SPORTING INTELLIGENCE, ciw be had Every Evening of G. it. GLIt.NIE, NEWS AGENT, No. 4, Connaught-terrace, Eyck-park. The Weather—Sun Office, July 27, 1804. -4 , - THERMOMETER. This day at Two o'clo& Barorneter-29.90. WIND -S. ; light breeze, and fine. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Tine Dlor.---Morning, Bh. 10:n.—Afternoon, Bh. 45m. / 0- itowtow.-Morning, 9a. 22m.—Afternoon, 9a. 58:0. c 77 d ~~Sn. 4~~ 'r . :~,~ ~ LONDON, WEDNESDAY, JULY 27, 1864. 'The invasion of Maryland has realised the result intended by the Confederate Commander-in-Chief. The Southern army, it is true, has r ecrossed the as the telegram i n . Potomac,thut it has done se , forms us, " with immense plunder !" So that General LEE has, by effecting this temporary i nva _ six) of Maryland, accomplished two very desirable objects—two objects very desirable, indeed, to Mr. DAVIS'S Government. He has—while audaciously carrying the wer, so to speak, to the very g ates of the Federal Capital of Washington—contrived yet once more to replenish his resources at the expense of the foe. In order to realise the extra ordinary importance of the former of these two aohieveinents—no matter how fleeting it may have b,:en in its duration --it will be sufficient to imagine the revtvsal of the situations." Conceive for one raumen t the hubbub of jabilatien which would inevitably hive arisen chorally from the whole Northern press--in New York and elsewhere—supposing that General GRANT had &spate oed en at m y of Federals to within a distance of six miles from Richmond ! Dur ing the progress of this latest movement of the Confederates, beyond the Potomac, into Maryland, towards - Washington, the sound of the Southern guns could be di s tinctly heard by Mr LINCOLN from his Presidential residence at the White Rouse. Imagine anything like that to have been related as truthfully just upon the opposite side—to the effect, namely, that Mr. DAVIS bad heard the reverberations of the Federal artillery hard by Richmond ! Yet the events have been precisely of the as we have here had them related to us. General LEE did, only the other day, cause to be successfully undertaken and carried through, that latest and almost we might say, that most daring achievement of the Confederates—the crossing of the Potomac, the advance into Mary land, the approach to within six miles of Washing.. ton! Until the Southern artillery became audible from the White House—of course to the intense satisfaction of Mr. LINCOLN, the Federal President, the President calling himself still (so absurdly) the. President of the United States. True that the invading force has withdrawn from the immediate neighbourhood of Washington, has retired from Maryland, hes recrossed the Potomac. But—it has done so with flying colours! Unpur. sued ! " With immense plunder I" Aieitionai evidence having thereby been afforded that, when• soever he lists, General LEE can do pre cisely whatioever he lists ! He can send his troops clean round to the other side of Washington. He can cause them to cross and recross the frontiers of the Federal territory. He can despatch them, as one may say, to fire an ironical ,feu de joie within hearing-distance from the White House of Mr. PRESIDENT. He can do all this while Petersburg is still threatened with bombard. ment. While GRANT'S army still appears bent upon striving, even now, to vanquish the main army of the Confederates. While the Northern commander still looks—doesn't go, but contents himself with looking—in the direction of Richmond. But—what is more than all this--Gen. LEE has again shown that whenever he wants additional supplies. instead of troubling the Southern President or the Southern Ministers about it, he has only to send his troops and gather in as much as he wants from the Federals themselves. In effect LEE has within the last few weeks shown himself once more to be very much, iedeed, like that Good Centurion in the Gospel, who; has but to say to his follower go and ho goeth, come and he cometh, do this and he doth it. In spite of the severe criticisms which have been passed upon it in some quarters, there will be no dissatisfaction felt that the New Zealand Guarantee of Loan Bill has passed through the second reading in the Upper House. It did not reach that stage without opposition, although the noble lords who opposed it contented themselves with mere verbal censure. Some of them found fault 'with the origin of the war, and some with the principle of giving assistance to our colonies. Others objected to the moral guarantee which such a measure would give to all the acts of the colonists; and again it was suggested that it would be wise to employ Sikhs and other Indian regiments rather than English troops in such a campaign. When all has been said, however, little doubt can remain that the course adopted is the best and wisest possible in the present state of things. Whatever the origin of the war, whether disputes about land or money, or the natural antagonism of the races, whether treachery on the one hand or tyranny on the other were the most to blame, or whether, as some suggest, the too evident desire to conciliate the natives produced the very evil which our authorities sought to avoid—it is now certain that it must be carried out and brought to the speediest possible conclusion. It will never do to lay down our arms and allow the natives the victory. If we suffer them to defeat us in a war in which we have really put forth our power, we may as well give up all hopes of colonise ing and civilising New Zealand. it may, un doubtedly, be wise and fitting to lend a willing ear to the first whisper of peace, to pity the misguided but brave and skilful men who are thus wasting their lives and land in a fruitless struggle, and such conciliation and mercy Sir GEORGE GREY evinces every inclination to show. " I should instantly," he says, in writing en the subject to the Home Government, " listen to any reasonable overtures that the natives in arms may make, and I should avail myself of any opportunity :hat offers of ob taining permanent peace for this colony." But the New Zealand Governor goes on to say that mercy itself requires that future contests between the two races should be as far as possible prevented, and nothing can be more likely to lead to a total destruc tion of the native race than a series of such wars. There are many tribes who have taken no part whatever in the present struggle, so that it must not be supposed that we are engaged in a strife with the whole nation, but it is imperatively neces sary that those lockers-on should see the hopeless ness and folly of such a struggle as their associates have now entered upon. The murder of Englishmen could scarcely pass without reprisals; if it had been suffered to do so no life in the colony would have been safe. When we come to the objection raised in some quarters to the employment of our troops in the colonies at all, it is still more untenable than any grounds for opposition to the war itself. The much vaunted principle of non intervention, which has been already carried to an extent damaging to our honour and injurious to our best interests in Europe, would by some among us be now acted upon with reference to our own colonies. Our sympathies appear to be narrowing, until they can hardly extend to those of our own kin if they are across the seas, Our politicians of the present day appear to be inclined to rush into the opposite extreme from the mistakes of their forefathers, who considered the colonies so much a part of the mother country that they were bound to contribute to her expenses. A wiser and more liberal policy now shrinks from imposing any obligation upon them, but we can scarcely acquit ourselves of all obligations. It is granted, of course, that the colonies are bound to contribute in men and money to the protection of their coun try, and the dwellers in any of our settlements must certainly have lost some cf the most promi• nent characteristics of their race if they shrink from taking their fair share either of expense or of danger. We have not had to complain of any backwardness or want of zeal on the part of our New Zealand colonists, w ho have mustered strongly in their own defence. Ten thousand volunteers, who have served with credit and even distinction, have been raised among them, while a large part o f t h e expenses o f the war have been cheerfully borne by them, With regard to the Imperial troops engaged there, the colony has undertaken to pay iISS a man from the Ist of January next year. Wo have certainly, therefore, no right to assert that the colonists are making exorbitant or unreasonable demands upon us. If' the lives of the English soldiers are being risked, so also are the live s of the colonists. It i s th e i r p ro p er ty which is CE danger: d, th e i r h omes which are imperilled, their wayfarers and st ragglers who run the risk of secret murder. We can f ancy, besides, the injury which' such a state of things is inflicting on the trade and business cf the colony, and have, therefore, no right or reason to supp ose that our settlers would lightly or wantonly engage in such a disastrous strife. It would be an ungra cious thing to refuse the assistance of men to our colonists when they are willing to pay the expenses of the war, and espec i ally to a settlemen t lik e New Zealand, which, though thriving and prosperous in times of peace, is as yet but in its youth. Unlike the youth of its sister settlements in Australia, its progress has been slow and gradual, and it can hardly be regarded as sufficiently strong or populous to meet the whole brunt of a struggic for life. It mint s besides, be borne in mind tact th© present measure is not a subsidy, but a guarantee for a loan, and that it is to be repaid out of the colonial resources. Under these circumstances it is, cer tainly, the least we can do to give our colonists this temporary assistance, which, we trust, for their own sakes, will be the last they will require at our hands. It is unquestionably a great advantage that some thing should be done to alleviate, so far as possible , the fearful amount of misery that is endured by the poorer classes during the winter months. Last year the season was very inclement, it is true, but the details that constantly met the eye ware frightful, and it seemed a disgrace to our management that we should suffer such a state of things to continue. The difficulties that always attend any attempt to succour the needy in an official form, are almost ie. superable, and this, therefore, must be taken as some excuse for the length of time that elapses be fore anything decisive is ever:done. Mr. VILLIERS deserves credit for the energy he exhibited in push ing forward the Poor Relief Metropolis Bill on Monday. It is satisfactory that he succeeded in his attempts to get it passed through committee, for although doubtless there may be many defects in its structure, still it is a step in the right direction, and until some decisive steps are taken and some experiments made, it is impossible to come to a con clusion as to how and in what form relief may be speedily and effectually administered. It must ap pear to those who look at this subject in an abstract form that the chief mistake that occurs in our treat ment of the affair is, that too much discussion is raised on the point. No one can allow the proposal of another to be carried out without putting in some proviso of his own. The result is retort and argu ment, and too often the eager and excited theorists lose sight of the practical part of their dispute alto gether in their determined opposition to each other's plans. The result is a sad and serious one. It may seem ❑othing to those who are at ease to put off this bill or that measure till a new session, but long be fore that period arrives the dark, long nights of winter have done their work, and cold, hunger, and exposure have carried off many to untimely graves. It is always a pity to put off the decision on any question, and, if possible, to avoid delay, but in a case that relates to the welfare of the houseless, the distressed, and the outcast, it is most deplorable that nothing should be done for so long a time as must elapse before the opportunity for legislation again presents itself. Mr. VILLIERS explained that this bill did not deserve the reproach that had been cast upon it—that it was introducing a new principle into legislation—because it happens that there is an Act now in existence which enforced that " the property of the metropolis ought to bear the ex pense of the support of these poor people." This measure now introduced is a modification of that scheme, and therefore offered great advantages to their view. Certainly something must be done, and it seems advisable to make trial of any suggestion rather than adopt the very mischievous p:an cf doing nothing at all. It will be far better that scores of those whom the new measure offends are displeased and put to inconvenience than that one houseless wanderer shall perish in our streets for want of aid and assistance. If the broad principles of humanity came more into play in these matters, instead of always falling back upon the narrow doc trines of routine and the hard, cold measures of selfish views and interested motives, how much better it would be, and how much more good might be effected. Lord R. CECIL'S proposal to limit the duration of the 13111 to next spring was a very wise one, and met the objections of many. The noble lord said he was unwilling to incur the responsibility of doing nothing to alleviate the distressed cases which every winter so abundantly presented, and yet that many did not yet rightly under Stand and fully approve of the bill. It is always wise to adopt some half way course of this kind when the case is of an urgent nature, and all sides deserve credit for thus comprising:an affair which involved such vital interests in its issues. Those who look upon the condition of their poor and E. filleted fellow creatures with concern, and lament the bitter sufferings that they are so often compelled to endure, will rejoice that this measure will now be carried cut. This session has been worse than profitless, for much harm has been done to the cause of justice, and the influence which the English Parliament ought to exercise has been thrown away, but it is satisfactory to think that some praiseworthy attempts have been made to remedy defects in the working of our home machinery. The passing of Mr. VILLIERS' bill last night is a ;,sod thing, and the intelligence must be very gratifying to all who last year deplored the want of a similar provision being made for the homeless. It is a step in the right direction, and nothing can be easier than to remedy any deficiencies that may be found to mar the efficacy of its workings or to interfere with the advantages it ought to impact. Another paint gained is that, after this decisive step having been taken, it will not be likely that the subject will be again so much ignored as it has been. It is always more easy to go cn in an undertaking than to begin a new one, and this system of poor relief for the winter may be considered as fairly in working order. The hundred objections that are constantly being raised to these proposals will vanish when once it is seen that the originators of the scheme are really in earnest, and that their prejudices are treated with the indifference that they deserve. The voice of the starving seemed to cry from the ground for succour during the last winter's long lapse of cold and inclement weather, and every death from want was a reproach on the system of a State that with with so wealthy a community, could not provide a shelter for these who were driven forth to perish. In some degree this scandal has been removed from our Legislature, an d it is to be hoped that success will attend this endeavour. Lord Palmerston has signified to the directors of the East and West Junction Railway Company that he will be present at the ceremony of cutting the first sod of the railway by Lady Palmerston on Wednesday, Aug. 3, at Towcester, five miles from the Blisworth station of the Lon don and North Western Railway. The inhabitants of the district are preparing to give his lordship a hearty welcome. MEYERBEER'S AFRICAINE'' AT LAST!--The " Africaine," it is said, will be performed in January next at the Grand Opera. F6tis the elder, of Brussels, has been asked, in accordance with the late composer's own wish, to direct the rehearsals and performances. A CRINESE EXECUTlON.—Yesterday morning, May 17, A. King met his fate for the murder of Mr Dore. The number of Europeans, English as well as others, who were present showed that the circumstances attending this murder were not forgotten ; but there was not the vast mu!titudo which at home usually characterise a " public hanging,." In the centro of a wide plot of land a tent was standing, covered with red serge. This was set apart for the official magistrate. Punctual to a minute, the mandarins, prison officials, and others in authority arrived. The prisoner was marched, heavily ironed, between the police constables, and placed before the inspecting magis trate. His appearance excited shouts of ironical applause from the natives, joined in, we regret to add, by many of the Europeans present, As soon as all was ready, and an address spoken to the prisoner by one of the acting manda rins, he at once went on his knees. The head representa tive of the execution guild then rode up, and raising his sword as the signal, the executioner's knife fell, and all was over. The headsman at one cut severed the head from the body. It fell forward many feet. The blood spurted out, the muscles of the once animate body quivered and col. lapsed, and A.'King lay headless and a corpse. The blow was clean, and before many of the spectators were aware the man's head was off. There was a general question, " When will it begin ?" Tho time was kept to a minute. At 10 precisely the man's head was off, and after duly looking at the body, and seeing the manacles knocked off the feet, the officials departed,—§l ingha; ,Recorder. IHE SUN,' LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, JULY 27, 1864. LATEST INTELLIGENCE. [REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.] AMERICA. The Inman steamer City of Baltimore, from New York on the 16th inst., arrived at Queenstown at 9.20 a.m. this day. She brings the mails, 127 pas sengers, and 226,524 dots. in specie. She landed 17 passengers, and proceeded at 9.30 a.m. NEW YORK, JULY 16 (Morning). The invasion is at an end, the Confederates having retired from Maryland and from before Washington. On Tueiday night they recrossed the Potomac with immense plunder. Telegrapl.i?, communication with Washington has been res,tored. Unofficial despatches report Sherman to have crossed the Chattahoochie, and to have arrived within six miles of Atalanta. After the battle on the Moncecy the Confederates marched straight to Washington and burnt Mr. Francis Blair's residence near the City. On Monday and Tuesday they made a demonstra• tion against Fort Stevens. O❑ Tuesday afternoon two divisions of the Sixth Corps, which had arrived from Grant's army, drove the Confederates one mile beyond Fort Stevens. On Tuesday night all the Confederates retired from before Washington, and recrossed the Potomac at Poolesville and Edward Ferry with enormous stores and a large number of horses. It is reported that the Federals have crossed the Potomac in pursuit. The accounts concerning the strength of the invading force vary from 12,C00 to 30,000 men. General Franklin has made his escape. The Confederates have made a demonstration Against Grant's left to get into his rear. General Price is reported moving into Missouri. The American Consul at St. John's has tele graphed to the Governor of Maine that a small party of Confederates had left to depredate on the Maine frontier. Mr Fessenden is unable to arrange with the Banks for the loan of 50,000,00 0 dole. The Confederates aro using the Orange and Alex andria Railway, as well as waggons, to transport their spoils to Richmond. Six steamboats were burnt at St. Lawis yester. day by incendiaries; the loss is estimated at half a million of dollars. The Militia recently called out for the defence of Washington were yesterday mustered out of sera vice, by order of the President, their aid being no longer needed. All General Hunter's supplies collected at Mar. tinsbnrg, valued at 3,000,00 0 dole., were captured by the Confederates when Sigel evacuated that place. COMMERCIAL. Money tight. Gold, 252. Exchange on London —Bankers Bills, 272 to 275. Stocks steady—New York Centrals, 133; Illinois Shares, 1281; Erie, 112: ; 6 per cent. United States five-twenty Bonds, 104 Cotton dull—Middling Upland, 161 to 162. Flour, wheat, and corn declining. A heavy fall has taken place in pork, as well as in produce of every description. Provisions falling. Coffee steady and sugar heavy. Molasses inactive. Petroleum crude, 51c. to 520.; refined, 80c. to 82c. MEXICO. According to news received at New York from Mexico to the 2d inst., it was reported that Uraga and Dablad° had given their adhesion to the French. Tho steamer Little Ada has been captured off Charleston. The Caledonia has been intercepted at Cape Race. THE CONFERENCE. BERLIN, JULY 27. A telegram from Vienna received hero states that the Danish Plenipotentiary, M. de Quaade, had declared, at the preliminary meeting of the Confer• enco, that he was fully empowered to conduct the negotiations, reserving only to his Government the right of ulterior ratification, SPAIN. MADRID, JULY 26. It is stated that a Credit Foncier for Spain is being organised in London 'with a capital of 300,000,000 reals, and that no privileges will be required from the Government, R ANC E. PARIS, JULY 27. The Government candidates in the department of Ardeche and Dordogne have been elected by a large majority. BOURSE, July 2G.—The market continues firm, notwithstanding the intelligence of a fall of 1,- in the English Consols. Threes, for the Account, have fluctuated between e6f. 7tc. and 66f. 121 f. DZobiliGr has been done at 903 f. 75c., and is now demanded at 991 f. 25e. Railway Shares firm, and prices stationary. The market closed as follows :- 41 per Cents .. 04 20 Italian Loan ...... Do. end month.... Do. end month.... 6° 15 3 per Cents Do. end month 66 10 New Mexican ...• 56i Credit Mobilier 995 Russian ........ Do. end month 990 Austrian ........ Bank Shares 3 385 Spanish Threes.... Credit Foncier l2lO Dome Debt ...... Roman RAIL IY.A.YS. Account. Cash. Orleans 873 75 872 50 Northern Lyons and Mediterranean 89377 ° i . 5 895 60 New ditto 638 7 5 . 4 , 640 Southern Western • 476 25 Eastern 473 71 !. ' Sardini an 351 20 .. 350 Austrian Lombard 620 North of Spain ..... 4 44 8 0 7 — 2 75?) •• 6 • •• • 44321507 15-0 S aragossa 5 , . !3 jo 520 25 Ditto to Barcelona THE NAILS. SUEZ, JULY 26, The Benares, from Bombay, reached Suez at 5 p.m. this day. The Norma, from 11Iauritius, arrived at 7 a.m. yesterday. SOUTHAMPTON, JULY 27. The Peninsular and Oriental Company's ste am . ship Delta, Capt. Weeks, with the heavy portion of the above mails and 49 passengers, has arrived. The Delta brings on freight -3 packages specie, value £541 93 2d ; ono box bullion, £145; two boxes bloodstones, 17 caeca India n shawls, 3 case s lace, 1 case jewellery, and 185 packages sundries, The Delta left Alexandria on the 14th, and ex perienced fine weather throughout the passage. On the 16th she passed the company's steamer Delhi, and on 4he 19th the Massilia—the former steering S.E., and the latter E. Royal Her y O lk a i l a c i , GeBt3:Owslehr Weser, isofw Hibernia, Marlbu ar Revenge, Boxer, R rough, Liffey, Meanee, and Magicienno were at Malta ; and at Gibraltar, the Pr ocris and RApole GIBRALTAR, July 221—The Spanish frigate Berenguela, left Cadiz on the 19 th f o r the Pacific Seas, to reinforce the squadron of Admiral PiioZoll. The brigs John Bradeha QV (of Liverpool) , Eliza beth Henderson (of Shields), and W.G.D.B. tCom mercial code of signals), and ship Rigs, passed through the Straits to the Eastward on the 16th instant. The following British vessels have arrived here since the sailing of the last mail for Southampton— brigantine Jenny Jones, 15 days from Liverpool ; schooner Hash, 14 days from Liverpool; steamer Alessilia, 41 days from Southampton ; schooner, Betty Itusoell, 16 days from Newport ; steam( r Dal housie, 74 days from Glasgow ; steamer, Kelpie, 12 days from Southampton ; schooner Lord Herring ton, 13 days from Newport ; schooner John Bell, 17 days from Liverpool ; schooner King, 14 days from Swansea ; steamer Crimean, 6 days from Liverpool ; schooner Magdalene, 17 days from Car diff ; barque Erromanga, 26 days from Newcastle ; and schooner Florence, 14 days from Cardiff, Exchange on London, 90 days date, 0 5 - ; Paris, ; sf. 28c. to 29c.; Marseilles, 611. 3 "2/e. Genoa, M. 31c. ; Madrid, 8 days sight,"par ; Cadiz, 1 11 dis. ; Barcelona,l prem.; Se',Aile„ Malaga, Almeria, lencia, and Alicant, par. Freights unaltered. Death of Mr Sergeant Mereivether, This gentleman, who was for many years town e.erk of the corporation of the city of London, died a few days ago at his resider ce at Castle• field, near Caine, in Wiltshire, at the advanced age of 84. He was elected to the office of town clerk on the 23d cf June, 1842, on the death of Mr Henry Woodthorpe, the father of the present town clerk, who had held it for 17 years. On that occasion he stood a contest with :!sir William Pritchard, the then High Bailiff of Southwark, and was returned by the Common Council, in whom the right of appointment vests, by a majority of 26. The salary was £2,000 a year, with an official residence, and many incidental enio laments besides. At the age of 62 he entered on the duties of the cffice, relinquishing with that view the whole of his professional practice, which had become very lucrative from the extent to which be was re tained as counsel before Parliamentary committees. He was called to the bar on the sth May, 1809, and was for many years previous to his death a sergeant at-law, with a patent of precedence. He was also Attorney -General to the late Queen Dowager, Doc tor of Civil Law, Recorder of Reading, and went the Western Circuit. He issaid to have owed his appoint. ment as town clerk to a pamphlet which he wrote in defence of the alleged right of the corporation of Lon don to the foreshore of the Thames, then 1 1 subject of protracted litigation with the Crown, and his last appeararca as an advocate was i:i the Court of Chancery, where he spoke fora whole day with his accustomed ability on tl' ".1 side of the corporation. He was afterwards P;zarained as a witness before the Royal Commies: ion , of which Lord Taunton (then Mr Laboi,heee) was chairman, and threw much light 0 "., the constitution. customs, and affairs of the eer - t ,oration, giving his evidence in the spirit of a conservative, which he always was in politics. On the 10th of February, 1859, when verging on 80 years of age, Mr Merewether resigned the office of town clerk on a pension of £l,OOO a year, which now reverts by his death to the civic purse. He was a man of fine presence, with much suavity of manner and a dignified bearing, and it is generally acknowledged by the civic authorities at Guildhall that the office was never more worthily sustained than by him within living memory. Mr Merewe ther had a large family, five of whom survive, his eldest son being Mr Henry Merewether, Q.C., and Recorder of Devizes. It is a remarkable circum- I stance that his death was preceded by a few hours by that of his brother, the Rev. Francis Merewe ther, rector of Cole-orton, Leicestershire, at the age of 80. Dockyard Accommodation, The second and final report from the select com mittee upon dockyard accommodation was made on the 15th inst., and has been printed as a Parlia mentary paper. As to Davenport and liPyham, the committee are of opinion that a third basin at Devonport equal in extent to the present north basin, and at least two additional first-class docks are among the works which are required ; and that it is desirable that the entrance to the basin and docks be so constructed as to admit ships at all times of the tide. As to Cork the committee advise the immediate construction of a first-class deck in some convenient site in the harbour ; and also an arrangement, if practicable, to deepen one of the existing private docks for occasional naval requirements. As to Malta the committee are decidedly in favour of a dock at French Creek, and hope that the difficulties, owing to the interpretation placed by the Imperial and Colonial Governments as to the agreement for a cock at Marss, will be overcome. In the event of French Creek being placed at the disposal of Government, the committee recommend that this country should offer to construct a dock at Marsa for the use of merchant ships. In regard to foreign stations, the committee are of opinion that a Government dock at Bermuda, suitable for the accommodation of first-class ships, is required. They have also taken evidence as to the accommodation required at various colonial sta tions, and think that the plan adopted at Hong Kong might be followed with advantage, viz., ad vancing a reasonable sum to private parties con structing a dock, provided it be constructed of suf ficient dimensions otherwise, and be at all times at the disposal of her Majesty's ships when required; the stun advanced being in proportion to every foot of depth attained beyond 20 feet up to 24 feet. The committee are also of opinion that similar arrangements could be made with private firms in this country for the construction of first•elass graving docks, or the enlargement and deepening of existing docks ; it is desirable this should be done. The committee., although not recommending ex tensive alterations beyond what is immediately pressing, consider the whole question of foreign dock accommodation as of great importance, and that much expenditure will be required to preserve the naval position of this country. Steam vessels must have their bottoms cleaned frequently, and great loss is caused by their absence from their sta tions, and the wear and tear of sending them home and bringing them back. The committee, in re commending large expenditure, suggest as worthy of consideration whether Deptford, Woolvvich, and Pembroke Dockyards might not be suppressed altogether and disposed of, and the business now carried on in them transferred to the yards to which such important and costly additions are in progress or in prospect. In all probability the money realised by the sale of these valuable sites would provide a considerable sum towards meeting the capital expenditure which must be incurred in improving the larger dockyards of the United Kingdom and the colonies. The committee also direct attention to the evi dence of Mi. M'Lean and Mr Coode, two eminent civil engineers, who think that the saving by con vict labour is counterbalanced by the loss caused by the increased length of time the works are in pro gress, and they recommend the completion, as speedily es possible, of every work undertaken. MISS MARGARET ADDIE'S CASE.—A correspnn dent of the Daily News writes :—During the present session a bill was brought into the House of Lords proposing that the punishment of flogging should be added to im prisonment in cases where a man had outraged a woman, and the bill was carried in that house, In the House of Commons it was lost by a small majority. One of the ob jeetions made was that it would degrade the man. Query— Can a man guilty of this horrible crime be degraded ? and if ho can, why should not he who has degraded a virtuous woman be degraded himself ? Surely this is only the barest justice. Had the wife or daughter of one of the majority in the House of Commons met with the same fate as that unfor tunate Miss Addle, would the bill have been lost ? I think not. Indifferent as Englishmen appear to be to the honour and safety c-f their women, such an outrage on the daugh ter of one of the members would have aroused a different and a bkter feeling. The irjury inflicted on this unhappy girl is worse than death, and the best hope her parents can have is that she may die. Dishonoured, deprived of all hope of happiness dining her life, what can she pray for but death ? And what punishment will be thought suffp• cicnt for this monstrous criminal ? A few years' impri sonment with hard labour, and then, in all probability, turned out upon society to repeat his crimes. Our laws aro merciful indeed to criminals, but how unmerciful to the innocent I THE OUTRAGE IN GOVAN.—We regret to state that on Sunday night the unfortunate victim of this atro cious assault was considered by her medical attendants to be in a dangerous condition.—Glasgow herald. SIGNOR VERDI AND M. DUMAS.—TWO new operas have been ordered by the Grand Opera in Paris of Verdi, to one of which Dumas the elder is to write the libretto. MADAME TUSSAUD'S.—One of the best executed figures recently lidded to Madame Tussaud's Exhibition is a life-size portrait model, in the costume o! the period, of the youthful Edward V., who with his infant brother, the Duke of York, was foully murdered, by order of his uncle, the Duke of Gloucester, afterwards Richard 111., in the Tower of London. LITERATURE, Atherstone Priory. 2,y L. N. Conlyn, Author of " Ellice. Two volumes. Longman and -umpany. A Domestic Novel, this is, of the moat charming character, Perhaps altogether it is rather too diffuse in style, too "spun out" in acme of its incidents and descriptions. But—in this, like that " dimpled, sur prised-looking capital face" of Scrooge's nephew's wife, with all its shortcomings, whatever they may be—"satisfactory, oh, perfectly satisfactory !" As in one sense a mere material objection, and yet ss in another sense a wholly ins. material objection to the bock as a book, we would say at once that it seems to us rather a pity that it should have been published precisely; in the form in which it has been published ! In other words, that it should have appeared as two rather unwieldy co:types, instead of, in the old orthodox novel-form, as three volumes of reasonable dimensions. For although Miss or Mrs. Comyn's book—(which it ought to be, we know not, but the sex of the work, us we may say, is altogether unt. mistakeable I )—although this newly published fiction by the author of " Ellice, a tale," comes fcrth merely as a domestic story in two volumes, the two volumes within which it is comprised have been ex tended to the length of no less than 1,102 pages. Yet balky though the book is, the reader of it will hardly find it a bit too long. Homely though the incidents it relates, it will securely hold the atten tion of the lovers of a purely domestic narrative— through it's upwards of Oae Thousand and One hundred pages of thoroughly English Entertain ment. It might be objected to it by the more cap tious, that the title is somewhat of a misnomer— seeing that the larger of these two volumes—that is to say the second one—refers hardly at all, except towards the close of it, to that scene of all the varied incident recounted in the first, to wit, "Atherstone Priory." Still, even in regard to that at once specious and captions objection, we conceive that the authoress might reply, and with good show of reason enough, that "the cottage by the Baa l " where the more sor rowful incidents of the plot are described as having occurred, solely acquire an interest for us during the chief part of the second volume by reason of its being inhabited for a while by people we, Etill, to the last, mainly associate with Atherstone Priory. Once, and once only, does the writer forsake the even tenour of her way in order, we presume, to afford her admirers some notion of her capabilities—if she pleased—as a Sensationalist. Whatever her motive in doing so, we would earnestly recommend her never again to adventure into those regions of extravagantly romantic and impassioned sentimentality which may be said to have dictated the chapter in which—(this is the one fi lw in the narratiee, even, we would say, in the writing of it' certainly in the conception of it)—the chapter in which Percy is described as waiting, in a sort of ambush, with murder in his heart, by the moonlit " pool among the hills," for his supposed enemy, Arthur Darrell. The' authoress may take our word for this, at least, that she can never hope to compete with Miss Braddon as a sensationalist, though she may, if she lists, count very confidently upon proving a for midable rival to Miss Yonge, that most charming among all our living domestic novelists. And we are very much mistaken, indeed, in our estimate at once of the powers and of the predilections of L. N. Comyn, if the latter would not herself immeasurably prefer entering the lists with the authoress of a "Daisy Chain," instead of with the authoress of "Aurora Floyd." There is some thing kindred, indeed, in the genius which wove the " linked sweetness" of the " Daisy Chain," and that which has hero built up the homely architecture of " AtherstonePricry"peopling it afterwards with the numerous Family of good Dr. Tennant of Atherstone. A manufacturing town is that said town of Ather stone. A place dingy and smoky enough in itself. But with a green oasis in the midst of it, in the shape of that large scrambling old garden, full of flowers, and fruit, and vegetation of all kinds, grassy-lawn and shadowing lime trees, rose bushes and orchard boughs, embowering three sides of that old Priory Mansion, which presents its fourth side to the mein street of the beforementioeed manufactur ing borough-town of Atherstone! It is surprising now that we have come to the end of the story, as it is told to us in these two bulky volumes, it is surprising to us—he.ekneyed, and, as we had fancied, somewhat needsup novel-readers—how profound an interest the writer has here contrived to awaken within us in regard to the various members of thin home groupe ! Doctor Tennant himself, although the very embodi ment of good-nattre, appears too slightly and casually iso the course of the narrative, to secure from us, we must confess, very much of our sympathy. Ills second wife again is such a cross grained cantankerous old harridan that even when she relents at the very end of the book we don't care for her the snap of a finger and thumb ! Doctor Tennant, it should be here mentioned at once, has two children by his first wife—dead, this latter, long before the story opera, dead so long indeed by that time that the Doctor has been married again for a good many years, having by Mrs. 'Pennant No. 2 as many as seven children. Captain, afterwards Mjer, eventually Col. Percy Tennant, is the good doctor's first-born by his first wife—and this Percy it is who is the hero of the book. His sister Mary might be described as the good angel of it. Not the heroine of course, however, —as will have been manifest in the mere fact of its being her brother who is the hero. The heroine's part is allotted, almost avowedly, as one may say, at the outset to the adopted child of the house, an orphan cousin, wilful, charming, lovely, loveable, lithe Lisa! The child wife. as she becomes (just midway in the story) of Percy Tennant. As to the seven children brought to Dr. Tennant by his second wife, the cold-eyed, cold hearted matron already mentioned by us in terms strongly expressive of our repugnance, they partake, most of them, we suspect, rather too much of her nature, and too little of the kindlier nature of her husband, to win our regard very cordially. Isabel, until towards the end of the book, is simply odious, with her jealousy and her slanders—her jealousy the meanest her slanders at once the most detestable in their nature and the most disastrous in their consequences. Her slater Elinor, again, is barely tolerable all through the work—a sly, silent, secretive valetudi narian lover, not in the least worthy of Arthur Darrell, who, while in the earlier chapters one of the most delightful of all the characters introduced to our notice, lighting up, as he does, the old fashioned sitting rooms and the green orchard garden at Atherstone Priory, with his wild fun and frolic, Incomes really and truly quite spoilt for us directly he falls into that fatal attachment of his for Elinor. Fatal, that is, not to him, out to one upon whom the mystery of it throws for a while such very lamentable suspicions. Charming little Lisa, that is—the child wife of poor, deceived, purblind Percy Tennant. The tangled skein of the plot of the novel, h o wever, we will not precisely attempt here to unravel. The gordian knot of it may be found by those who liot, unwound most deftly and skilfully by the authoress—unwound by her in all its intricate involutions save one—the which central core of the knot of the plot, as one may say, is severed only by the grimly sheers of Atropoe ! Compensation, however, of some kind is given to us at the very last, where compensation has seemed at first a thing impossible—namely, after the grief caused by cur loss of poor Lisa! The young at ife and mother leaving in solace to her husband and to the reader Little Lisa's own alter ego Tiny May Au enthralling home story — very real of its kind—is this new domestic tale by L. N. Comyn : a fiction i n w hi c h th e fair promise given by the writer through the gracious outlines and delicate colouring of her "Ellice" (so far as we know, her maiden work), are not simply fulfilled, but are, we would rather say, realised so very happily, that we have every confidence in the still further rise, advance, and development of her reputation. EATING LIVE RATS.— _ Goorge Whittington has been fined 1:5, with the alternative of 30 days' imprisontnent, by the Glabgow magistratearfor having an exhibition of a nun and a woman eating live rats in his show booth in Wol-bqiisra. tinnot SAITO, u,E . , 14 HER MAJESTY, OsBoRNE, July 26. Her Majesty, accompanied by her Royal Highness Princess Louis of Hasse, hnd her Royal Righ oo3 Princess Louise, waled and drove about tb° grounds yesterday. • The Countess of CalGdon has been succeeded b 7 Dowager Countess of :Mount-Edgcurabe as I/14 is Waiting. • The Frirce and Princess of Wa!es. Oa Monday evening the Prince and Princess, attended by Lieut.-General Km:llya, Capt. Orel' Col. Kingseete, and Mrs Stoner, left Frogn 3°re House about fire o'clock, the Prince and PeirCeE! each driving a pair of ponies, end precee de " through the Long Walk to Virginia Water Oa - reaching the lake their royal highnesses eine °-e d themselves with boating and fishing, and ow wards dined with their suite in the Fishing T 6 wP l° d on the banks of the lake. The royal party returr e to Frogmoro late in the evening. Yesterday afternoon the Prince of Wales, atterAc a by Capt. G. H. Grey, drove from Frogmore 1 1011 " in a pony carriage to the banks of the Tharza o s, e t a point between the Albert and Victoria Bridget' Windsor Home Park, for the purpose of inspecti n g a steam-ship propeller, invented and patented 11 the Messrs Germane Brothers, of Old Wind s(lr .: The propeller, which has been applied to an W' experimental boat, 45ft. long, 3ft. Gin, deep, B° ' sft. beam, drawing 2ft. 2in. at the stern and 120' forward, consists of a small fiat blade, Gin. by I°°" fixed to an axle and crank placed at the side Of the keel near the stern, and is driven with great W l ' day with a very peculiar motion, reeerabli o in some respects the paddling of the foot ° I the swan while swimming. His Royal Higline sl and Captain Grey having gone on board the Witt made a trip down the tresm to the Old Winds° Lock, running about seven miles an hour, thoug h this speed is said to be nothing like what c 3•13 18 attained with the 'proper amount of h er seapoWe r , While proceeding down the river a small model 01 the propeller was exhibited to the Prince, the virer it : ing of which was thoroughly explained by :Alr' Gcrmenn. His Royal Highness appeared ine cil pleased with the simple and effective manner of 11° working, and remarked that the motion was mu d preferable to that of the screw. On reaching t b . ° l locks the craft's head was turned up stream, the Prince's party steamed back to the 1 1 1 1 ' d grounds in the Home Park, from whence they ha started, and having landed, the Prince drove b ask to Frogmoro House. In the evening the Prince and Princess made another trip to Virginia Water in pony carriagth accompanied by a distinguished party of vieiter s and their suite. The Royal party were to dine I° the Fishing Temple, covers being laid for fourteen' Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Cambridge arrived at the Windsor station of the Sou th ' Western Railway at 1.52 yesterday. On leavi t 'g the train the Duchess drove to Frogmore in 00° °f • the Royal carriages to visit the Prince and Princ e° of Wales. Her Royal Highness returned fr° Frogmore at ten o'clock, by special train. The Prince and Princess will leave Frogine re early this morning, and travel, via the Sout h " Western and the South Coast lines, to Chicheste r ' which they will reach about a quarter before two. Their Royal Highnesses will proceed at once t° Goodwood House, and thence to the course, in tline to see the Stakes run for. The Duke and Duchess Montpensier, with their suite, left Tunbridge Wells yesterday for Starkcy's St. Loonard's, for sea bathing. They return to their teal' porary residence at Tunbridge Wells in a few days. Her Imperial Highness the Grand Duchess Mar'° of Russia and suite lett Claridge's Hotel yesterday for Tor, quay, vhere her Imperial Highness will remain for about two months. The Marquis and 'Marchioness of Abercorn and family will leave Chesterfield House in a few days for Beau" desert, tS.taffircl?hire. Teo Marquis and Marchioness of Thwnshire and Lady Alice Hill left town yesterday for East Hampste ad. Park for a few dc,ys. The Earl of Derby continues to improve in health. The noble earl and countes s w ill l eav e St. Ja.r l e B64 equate the latter end of the week, for Knowsley Park* The Earl and Countess Amherst have left WO for their seat, Montreal, Sevenoalcs, Kent. The Earl and Countess Bective will leave tow early next week for their scat, Underlay Hall, Westmorlsua• ALARMING CARRIAGE ACCIDENT.—Avery ser i°ll l : road accident occurred at Orchard Mains, in t '" parish of Traquair, Innerleithen, on Friday after rr n t: under the following circumstances :—Mr. John 11°8 :.., -. butler, and Miss Langlois, housekeeper to Lady L °lll- e , Stuart, Traquair Hous;.., with Mrs Addison and her son' - little boy from Edinburgh, were on a visit to the glee, trs - in the Traquair-house phaeton. Immediately er leaving the glen gate on their return, the horse, whi ch is : somewhat spirited animal, started off at full speed, and con, tinned to run at this rate till it passed Orchard Mains, a tance of a mile, Mr Hope, who was drivi ng , being n' 3s-° to draw it up. Here the road makes a bend ' before coral to a bridge, and in taking this turn the phaeton svi el l i ve from the middle of the road and run up against the en ' o r t one of the parapets of the bridge. The inmates of Orrha r t Mains, who saw the accident, were immediately on the el'c'' when they found the whole of the party more or le ss hurt ! and all,with the exception of the little boy, una ble to sP el `.; Mr Hope and Mrs Addison were lying in the Quair, . which they had been pitched over the bridge, which isfr°,ll: 12 to 11 feet high. The boy also had been thrown eve r bridge, and was lying on the bank by the side of the streare: Miss Langlois was lying between the carriage and one of the walls of the bridge. They were all soon Orchard Mains, and a messenger despatched to Innerleithent. for Dr Cox, who was promptly at the scene of the acciden The boy, who escaped with least injury, is cut about ales face and slightly bruised. Mrs Addison was much sturoalea and bruised, but is not seriously hurt. Mr Hope, who insensible for some time after being taken out of the We teg e ° must have been drowned had not assistance been Il es ': After being taken to Orchard Mains he fainted two or thre"' times. • He was much stunned, and received several bruibe!' on the back and other parts of the body. Miss Langlois 1 ,1 ' 4 apperently the most seriously hurt. Besides being she . received a long deep cut on one of her legs, which conveyed to quired to be sowed. Fortunately, none of the suffere rs to any bones broken. Tho three first were able to proceed Traquair-house shortly after the accident, and Tdissljftegle leis was conveyed home later in the evening. Thouganaerre ing their injuries a good deal, they were all going cull i' the , ably on Saturday. The phaeton was destroyed, b ut , cr a horse escaped uninjured, the trams having come av,tai' t the body of the machine and set it free.—Scotsman. bag A NORFOLK MANSLAUGHTER.—An inques t been held at Scottow, Norfolk, this week, w ith II ; ference to the death of a young labourer named 1 11 1,, Morter. The chief witness was Charles Wodehouse, of P'ol-1 ley, who stated that he had known the deceased neerlY , ,, 5 his life. He was a labourer about 25 years of age, an, d employed on Mr Everett's farm at Sloley. On the %'" te club feast was held at the Hors e Shoes publichouse So go tow. About 7 p.m. witness went to the house and had eco beer in the parlour. The deceased, Thomas Morter, s for present. He had had some beer, but was not the Worseal% drink. There were a great many people in the rose , a nl ,, a s them a young man named Robert Bond. Witn ess dia nos hear any altercation between Bond and Morter, but Whe.,llt.t.. left the public house he found they were talking about ° or hog each other. They agreed to fight and fought thr o four rounds in their shirt sleeves. It was a fa ir stars of fight. They also wrestled together and twice fell together v o the road in the struggle. In the last round there Wa s a ct wrestling, but Bond hit Morter on the side of the hea d ',: c , Morter fell down. Witness want to lift him up "n%eelt him to the side of the road, but he never heard bie.sract) or breathe afterwards—he was dead. Tho medical evidcaill, showed that the deceased died from concussion of th e 1) r , ibi s which might have arisen either from a fall or a bloilt• jury returned a verdict of manslaughter against Boed' - A MAN KILLED BY A VICIOUS lIORSF"rte--, fn Monday afternoon, as Thomas Lilly, aged 45, a ca the employ of Mr Frank Hibbert, of the Green, Bdrct°lltov, i , o al was putting a bit in the mouth of a horse, the an 0. reared suddenly, and with its. forefeet struck them i on the chest and stretched him en the gr ound. L i " . p ie.' lifted up and carried into the house, night in great agony. 0 151/ 'VOLUNTEER SHAM FIGHT.—A Yon n o • e oa named Garland, belonging to the 6111 Dec° w i l l! Corps, met with a serious accident the other evening art rolo' engaged in a sham fight. The corps marched to the g _ .4er a where he died at of a gentleman in the neighbourhood of Barnstaple.•,7oeve a sham fight with blank cartridge took place. 11 ' 1 , 1 0 . er of of the Volunteers was getting over a hedge the trlueoo., hie full-cocked rifle was in consequence discharged to ali land's face. o unfortunate roan was at once rem 4. e' _ l3i 0 the infirmary, and it is not expected that he will rag I n eyesight.