The Sun. — London, England, 1864-06-08 00:00:00

TSB CIVIL WAR IN AMERICA, (From the limes Correspondent.) NEW YORK, May 24. Mr Stantoes official telegrams of the progress of General Grant are not entirely confirmed by the correspondents of the New York journals and other eyewitnesses of the fearful battles of the Wilder ness and Spottsylvania Court-house. With every disposition to do honour to the bravery of the army and to claim a victory in every indecisive action, these gentlemen are constrained to admit that Grant has been foiled by General Lee in every movement he has made, and beaten in every 'battle, and in almost every skirmish. On Friday last, after re posing for a week and receiving large supplies and reinforcements, the Federal army was declared by its corps commanders to be ready to renew the fight. It was found, however, that Lee's position at Spottsylvania Court-house—against which all the efforts of Grant had been futile—was so strong as to be impregnable, unless at the sacrifice of half his legions. As this was a sacrifice which, with all his extravagant recklessness of human life, General Grant did not think it prudent to make, a flank movement was determined upon and commenced that evening, with the view of turning the position, and forcing Lee to fall back to the line of the North Anna. Mr Stanton's official telegram, dated on Sunday evening at 10 o'clock, informed the public of this movement, since which time up to the hour of the despatch of this letter to Boston, to meet the Cunard steamer, no details of the movement have been made public, As the telegrams from Wash ■ ington are submitted to military censorship before they are transmitted over the wires, and as all the journals are warned against the publication of any news having a tendency to give encourage. ment to the enemy, the public is f orce d to rely upon Mr Stanton for telegraphic information; or, if too impatient to wait for information con veyed through the post-office, to feed upon the rumours, often grossly exaggerated, and as often wholly false, that circulate in every place of resort. Mr Stanton says as little as he can, and as people argue that he would certainly say a great deal if he had anything favourable to communicate, they reverse the old proverb which declares no news to be good news, and persist in believing that Grant, like every other General who has attempted to take Richmond, has miscalculated his means and the force opposed to him. In a despatch dated last night the secretary reports that he has no intelligence either from Grant or Butler. He endeavours, how ever, to keep up the spirits of the public by the assurance that all the losses of the army have been repaired; that since the great battle at Spottsyl vania Court-house, which he no longer claims as a Federal victory, "many thousand veteran troops have been forwarded to General Grant;" that "the whole army has been amply supplied with full rations ;" that " several thousand fresh cavalry horses have been furnished ;" that " several thou. sand reinforcements have alsa been forwarded ;" and that during the last eight days "over 30,000 volunteers for 100 days have been mustered into the service, clothed, armed, equipped, and trans ported to their respective positions." It is only in the case of these volunteers that Mr. Stanton escapes from the vagueness of " several," and " many thousands," into the exactitude of a specific number. As it is to be inferred that the 30,000 are a portion of the 100,000 militia of the Western States offered by the respective Governors for garri son and frontier duty, and accepted by Congress at the cost, for the hundred days, of 25,000,000 dols., it would seem as if the anticipations of reinforce ments from this source had not yet been fully rea lised, and that it was much easier for Congress to be liberal than for the West to be ready, and for the Governors to promise 100,000 men than to find them. Thus, although Mr. Stanton's information is meant to be cheerful, it does not quite fulfil its purpose. And as enough is known of the direction which Grant has taken to make it obvious that the line of the Rappahannock, where he will be supported by the naval strength of the Federal Go vernment, is to be his new base, and as that line pro vides the means of escape for the army by the gun boats and transports in case of an overwhelming defeat, people conclude that Grant's situation can not be so hopeful as it has been represented, while many are quite prepared to hear that the last and greatest failure to capture Richmond is on the point of consummation. The undoubted victory of Gene ral Breckenridge, Vice.Preeiden t of the United States under Mr. Buchanan, achieved over the forces of General Sigel in the Sherandoali valley, must have deranged the plans of Grant ; and the virtual failure of General Butler's expedition to the James River. on the bank of which he lies intreeched, unabl„„ t o move and in danger of annbilation, must a l so b e taken as an incident on which the Lieute- dant ..G ene _ ral did not calculate, and a disturbing 'lnfluence upon the result of the campaign. It is 'true that the pros gress of General Sherman from r tihattanoega towards Atlanta looks like a success, m far es the circum- stances are known ; but ;nem are too many thought ful and observant per/1012S who remember how often in the progress of war the North has been taught to beware of an advance by Lee and of a retreat by Joseph Johnson, to permit the public to draw all the consolatioa that might otherwise be derived from Shermam's movements. Aa General Banks has been superseded for his fai.iure in Louisiana, and General Sigel for his equally disastrous defeat in the Shenandoah, Gene ral Butler remains the only civilian amateur and political General in command of a Federal army. His position at Bermuda Landing, and his military management since he started from Fortress Monroe IC/3 not suggestive of the possibility of success; and it is therefore anticipated that before many days the armies of the 'North will, by his removal, be wholly placed under the leadership of professional soldiers. West Point is in the ascendant, both in th e North and the South, and the echoolfellows and classmates ,of that famous seminary, who c omp eted with each other in the schoolroom a quarter of a century ago, are placed at the head tet e two contend ing armies of undoubted spirit ar,a bravery to solve a mightier problem of liberty and civilization than has ever had to be solved Feince Latin ceased to be a living language. Gereiral Sigel's removal, th oug h justified by necessity, has greatly displeased the Germans, both in the West and in this city. He was appointed to command less for military reason s than for the conciliation of his countrymen and the winning of their votes for the Lincoln ticket at the ensuing Presidential contest ; but as the Germans are enthusiastic for Fremont, and have been rapidly deserting the Lincoln ranks, the President gained but little by appointing General Sigel, and will lose as little by sulaerseding him, The Germans, how ever, resent what they consider the injustice done to their Yera, and loudly assert that if the Govern ment :;an do without German generals it will have to pry if it can do without German soldiers. The forged Proclamation of the President con tinues to be a topic of discussion, and bids fair to lead to more important issues than the subject or its author is worth. All the flamicg patriots, eo n• tractors, exterminators, and war Christians insisted that the forgery was the work of a " Copperhead," a " Secessionist," and a friend of peace, and could not have emanated from the brain or hand of any other. The fact that it only appeared in two De mocratic or " Copperhead" journals was taken as corroborative evidence of the iniquity of its origin. But when it was discovered that Howard, the forger, a mere penny-a-'inner, eintributing what is called it c ity news," or accounts of fires, accidents, and other local intelligence to the various newspapers of the city, was—if he had a political or any other Ultra-Rebu'oli can, principle—an a loyal leaguer, and one of the faithful flock of the Rev. Henry W. Beecher, the dismay and chagrin of the dominant party was ludicrous if not pitiable. Howard him self, when arrested, wa s quite surprised to 'tarn the importance that had been attached to his prform. ancr., seemed to think he had as much right to forge a State paper as the .S n 1 newspaper, Whi c h had been greatly applauded for the act, and that Mr. Beecher and his father, a deacon or elder of Plymouth Church, had only to intercede with the Government to procure his release from Fort La, Fayette in a day or two, none the worse except for the fright. Bat although the wretched man and an equally wretched accomplice do not appear to have had any other motives than a speculation in the rise' of gold, which was to make them richer by a day's fraud than they were likely to have been made by 20 years honest work such as they were competent to perform, the despotic action of the Government against the respectable journals that were deceived has invested the case with an exceptionable and wholly unmerited interest. Had Mr. Lincoln (for it is now asserted that he alone and not Mr. Stanton, is responsible for the suspension of the journals) contented himself, as Commander-ineChief, with discovering and punishing the audacious forger as military or civil law would have allowed and justified, the affair by this time would have blown over, and Howard might have been hung or shot, or sent to the Dry Tortugas or the Peniten tiary, without creating much ripple in the stream of public opinion. But when Mr. Lincoln took advantage of the accident that two newspapers opposed to his Administration published the forged document and suppressed those journals by military force, though they were wholly innocent of any coin plicity with the forger or of any intention to de.. ceive, he made a mistake which may yet prove to be the greatest he has committed during his tenure of office. The suppressed journals were allowed to reappear yesterday after a suspension of three days, during which they suffered an amount of pecuniary damage which they estimate at many thousands of dollars, and the questi on rema i ns whether they will consent to suffer it without an effort to obtain redress. The Federal Government has no right to interfere in the internal affairs or the civil adminis tration of the law in any State of the Union. Mr Lincoln 'as Commander-in-Chief may do many things in New York or any other State on the plea of mili tary necessity. There was an imperative military necessity to discover and to punish the forger, but was there a military necessity to suppress two news papers and to ignore the laws of the State of New York, which guarantee the freedom of the press, and provide the penalties for the abuse of that free dom which are established in all civilised countries ? That is the question which the Democratic party is said to be determined to raise; and the first step towards the settlement of which is alleged by several journals to have been taken by the Governor of New York. The District Attorney of this city has re ceived Mr Seymour's instructions to prosecute all the parties who were concerned in the burglarious entry and occupation of the offices of the Journal of Commerce and the World. If this statement be correct, General Dix will plead the order of tlae President in justification, and there will tither be a cause celebre of the highest moment to all Ame. ricans—or a quashing of the proceedings before the Courts by the reception of General Dix's plea as valid and sufficient. If the plea be received the majesty of the law will go the way of the liberty of the press, and practical de spotism will have taken a greater stride than in any previous occurrence of this humiliating war. Governor Seymour has a great part to perform ; he has the opportunity in his hands ; and if this story be true—though some of the papers doubt it—it looks as if he had the courage to undertake it. The interdict has been removed from the office of the Independent Telegraph line, on proof that Howard's forgery never passed over their wires, but was concocted in this city. Mr. Stanton accom• panies his notification of the fact with no expression of regret for the wrong committed upon the un offending clerks and operators, or for the pecuniary damage inflicted on the company during five days' suspension of their business. The suspension of the Baltimore Transcript has not been removed ; but as Baltimore is under the operation of martial law, and likely to remain so, until the remote day when peace shall again dawn upon unlucky Maryland, there is but little probability that Gen. 'Wallace, unless he have a strong hint from Washington to do so, will allow the delinquent to reappear. But as the 7 ranscript never publishes leading articles, or passes an editorial opinion on any political event, domestic or foreign, it seems a useless waste of tyrannical power to break so harmless a moth with the blow of I a sledgehammer. Although Howard's proclamation was but a clumsy forgery, the annoyance of the Government at its publication was less due to its audacity than to the fact that it but too truly described the military situation, and but too truly sketched the means necessary to be adopted for retrieving it. But th , , Government did not at that particular momen.„ 1„1 inclined to divulge to all the world its wan., of men, and hence the more than customer; displeasure which it vented upon all concern r tl in telling the unpalatable truth in the guise of a fable. It is now assetied, however, on tl authority of no less a P crson than Mr. Star.tl,n, that a draught for 300,000 men will be orr:acred for the Ist o f July; an d the enrolling ',ffieers in this city and throughout the North are, actively engaged in revising the lists for that ',impose. The 'Government will need all the 17 :01. At the moment at which I write this the sound of drum and fife in Broadway calls me to the window, and I see a regiment about 500 strong marching towards the Battery. I learn that it is the let Rogimeut of Massachusetts Volunteers, whose term of service has expired, and who have left the Army of the Potomac in its hour of sore trial, if not of imminent peril, when every man is of value, determined to return to their homes and to study war no more. The people on the line of route towards the steamer in which they are to em bark for Boston salutes them with no cheers, and not a woman waves a handkerchief to give them welcome. Another regiment, the Brooklyn 14th, the term of which has in like manner expired, is expected this evening, and will doubtless pass along the streets with as little notice, Mr. Stanton may well believe that a new draught is imperative under circumstances like these, and the Government may welt be anxious, if not alarmed, in view of the chance of the great unpopularity and possible failure of the measure. The gold market, has been greatly unsettled during the day, mainly on account of the vague and unsatisfactory character of the news from Virginia, and of the rumours of disaster to General Butler— rumours, however, which cannot b 3 traced to any authentic source. The highest point attained was a premium of 88 at half-past one p.m. It afterwards fell, however, to 84, at which it closed. Fatal Accidents on the London, Brighton ; and South Coast Railway, Yesterday a most distressing accident occurred at Croydon, at the works for the construction of the new extension line to the new cattle market, which are now being carried out at this spot. During the last three mouths a large body of workmen have been engaged in making the new line, and yester day, while employed in removing the earth from a portion of a wall which used to form part of the old Brighton line, the mass, from some at present nexnlained cause, fell with a terrific crash, which was heard for a considerable distance round. The greatest commotion prevailed at the time, and when the dust occasioned by the fall had cleared away it was discovered that at least one poor fellow had been buried beneath the ruins. All the wo r km en were instantly set to work to remo ve the hundreds of tons of b r ickwork and rubbish i n the hope of finding the body, but at the time the report was despatch e d th e poor f e ll o w, whose d eat h must have been instantaneous, had not been dug out. O n Sunday morning last, between the hours of four and five o'clock, the body of a woman, supposed to be related to one of the workmen employed ou the extension line above mentioned, was discovered on the line adjiining the spot where the above accident happened, most horribly mutilated. There appears to be great snspiclon attaching to the ease, from the Let that at the time the train ran over the poor woman it was discovered that the legs only of the decetts.Jl had been placed across the line of the " four fool"--a most improbable way fora person to commit suicide. In addition to the injuries which the poor woman had received, her legs being com pletely smashed, she had a very severe contusion over the right eye arid temple. It appears from information collected on the spot that the driver of the train noticed something on the line when it was too late to atop the train, and he had an engine sent down the line to pick her up. When discovered the woman was quite dead, and she was immedi. ately conveyed to the new tank-house at East Croy don, where an inquest will be held. The shortly decessrd was about 30 years of age. Dreadful Accident to an Ascot Train, A fearful accident occurred last night on the South-Western Railway:: One of the trains return ing from the Ascot raves—one of those long, un manageable trains, heavily laden with holiday makers, and such as are only seen at race times— ran into another train at the Egham station, destroying two carriages, killing five passengers almost on the spot, and more or less seriously in juring between 20 and 25 others. The accident occurred at about a quarter to 8 o'clock to the train which had left the races a little after 7, and which was followed as soon as safety, as it was thought, permitted, by another train equally long and equally heavy. It may be mentioned here that owing to the many false starts the races were not over till a late hour, and as it drew towards evening considerable anxiety was experienced by the railway officials as to the rush of passengers they would have, all de siring to be sent off as fast as the trains could be filled. This rush came at about 7 o'clock, and the trains were _despatched very rapidly one after the the other. That to which the accident occurred left Ascot soon after 7, and though the line is a particularly difficult one, full of dangerous curves and steep gradients, it arrived at Egham safe enough shortly before 8 o'clock. Tickets were collected there, and while this was going on a complaint was made to the station authorities of some card - sharpers being in a carriage. An altercation arose about their re moval, which, whether successful or not, was long enough to delay the train two or three minutes more. During this interval the next train from Ascot came up, just as the first was moving off. The inevitable collision was so clearly seen that those in the station called to the passengers in the last car riages to jump from them. The guard was in the break-van, the last of all, and his experienced eye needed no !warning as he looked out and saw the next train coming on. He jumped out at once, though not a moment too soon, as the crushed frag ments of his van caught his coat skirts and tore them off. The collision was very violent, owing to the im mense weight of the following train. It crashed the guard's van to splinters, crushed a second-class car riage next to it, and partly crushed another beyond, The usual scene of confusion and dismay succeeded. Assistance was at length telegraphed for to London and to Ascot, and the work of succouring those in jured instantly began. There was a horrible scene beneath the ruins of the broken-up second-class carriage. From out of the wreck the bodies of four gentlemen were removed. A fifth died as he was being carried to the bank, and a sixth was so injured as to leave, last night, almost no hopes whatever of recovery. About 25 other passengers were found to have sustained injuries, such as concussions, dis locations, and broken bones. But even the most serious of these, it is to be hoped, will not be likely to prove fatal, as with the exception of one whom we have mentioned as believed to have been mortally injured, all, it is stated by the railway authorities, were in the course of last night enabled to come up to town, and either proceed to their own homes or were taken to the hospital. About 25 passengers thus came to Waterloo, all more or less alarmed and shaken, many weak and faint, and with their clothes covered with blood. At 12 last night the gentleman whose almost fatal injuries we have mentioned was brought up on a stretcher bed in a guard's van. He was accompanied during the journey by a surgeon, and was removed from Waterloo on a bed placed in aligl.t long chaise which the officials had provided to take him to Charing-cross Hospital. His name is unknown, and he remained es insensible as one already dead. In appearance he was a young gentleman of six or eight and twenty years of age. It is stated that the train which run into that at Egham was going at groat speed. This, however, can scarcely have been the case, as in this case its weight would have been sufficient to crush it through half the train it ran into. Very few persons were injured, or even much shaken, in the second train. None of its carriages were hurt, and its engine driver And fireman kept their posts on the engine ur:wirt. All this would seem to prove that it could not have been going at great speed, but from this very fact it seems equally clear that there either must have been no signals at all at this station or else that they were most recklessly disregarded. The line was cleared in the course of about an hour, and passengers went on as usual ; but up to this morning the inquiries were anxious and incessant at Waterloo from those who had friends and rela tives missing to know the names of those killed and wounded. Three of the bodies were identified. Mr. Clegg, a licensed victualler, landlord of the Harp, Jermyn street ; Mr. Cockerel', the clerk or confidential agent of Mr. Padwick, the well-known racing man; and a Mr. Winfield, who is not known, except from the direction upon a letter found in his pocket. There therefore remained two bodies that had not been recognised. They were all removed to the Rail way inn, close to the station at Egham. We may state that the corpses were not much mutilated, death apparently having arisen from concussion. Oae gentleman was also conveyed to the Railway Inn in a very dreadful state, having had both his legs so much shattered that amputation is inevitable, and will be performed as soon as he is capable of bearing the shock. On inquiry it appeared that he is a gentleman in the establishment of his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales. One gentleman was brought to London at his own request, and conveyed to Charing-cross Hospital in charge of Mr.Heyward, where he was promptly examined by Mesers.Travers and Hughes, the house surgeons, and it was found that he had several ribs broken, hie right leg was also broken, and he had sustained such severe internal injuries that the issue is extremely doubtfal. We subjoin a letter from the Secretary of the Railway :—. " Sir,—lt is with the utmost regret that I have to announce to you a sad accident on the London and South. Western Railway this evening at about 8 p.m., at the Egham station, by which five passen gers have unfortunately lost their lives. This acci dent arose, as far as can be ascertained at the mo ment of my writing, from one up-train having run into another when in the act of leaving the station. " These few lines are simply intended to allay any great public anxiety and exaggeration conse quent on such a melancholy event, every passenger, with one exception, beyond the number named (and whose names are unknown) having been enabled to proceed on their homeward journey. —I am, sir, your obedient servant, " FREDERICK CLARKE, Secretary. " London and South-Western Railway, Seeretbry's-office, Waterloo-bridge Station, S., London, June 7." THE QUEEN'S MESSAGE AND SIR ROWLAND HILL.—Upon Mr Commissioner Hill taking his seat in the Bristol Bankruptcy Court yesterday, Mr Edlin, the senior counsel present, asked permission, before the business of the Court commenced, to express on behalf of the counsel and solicitors practising in the court the great pleasure they had all felt on reading her Majesty's message to Parliament last night in respect of a grant to Sir Row land Hill. They all knew the strong attachment which existed between his Honour and his brother Sir Rowland, and knowing that the Queen's Message must have been a source of joy and pleasure to his Honour, they themselves had read it with the greater satisfaction. Mr Commissioner Hill, who spoke with evident emotion said—Gentlemen, it is deeply gratifying ,to me find the counsel and solicitors practisinm in this court m an if es t a ki n d i nterest in the mark of royal favour b conferred by our gracious Queen on one so near and so dear to me. g A r r a a V b a i t EADYERTISEME NT.3 — Consumption, all nervous, bili ous liver, and stomach complaints, in every stage, are only ag,- Cd and,ood s accelerated by drugs of ever y d escr i ption, but p erf ectly curable by Du Barry' s h ea lth restoring Revalenta e a } proved by thousa n d s o f cases which had been considered hopeless. We quote a few.—Cure No. 62,914. Miss Lange, 18 years of age, cured after the medical men had abandoned all hopes of her recovery from the last stage of pulmo n ti ny , ary spittiro- consumption, with f earful cough, expectoration, exhau 01 blood, perspirations, hollow cheeks, emaciated to a skeleton. She is now, thank God, a perfectly healthy, blooming, f lesh Y girl.—N. Lange, Commissaire do Police. Cure , No. 46,270. Mr. Ja mes R o b erts, of Frimley Surrey, of thirty years' diseased lungs, spitting of blood, liv er derangement, and partial deafness. —Cure, No. 47,121. Miss d me ne n rv e o rv u o s u f s a n z e c s i s e , s. ln e di u g rzt xTta.rneCampbell, Fakenham, Norfolk, which had resisted all medical treatment. In tins, 11b, 2s 9d; 21b, 45 6d; 611), o s'gE f ial, tBi i zh n la6e d le g t e igh : ls t i ej o I n anow and e.st;jpai'omi; torpidity e' of the liver, lls ; 121 b, 228; 241 b, 40s. Barry du Barry and Co., No. 77, Regent-street, London ; also Fortnum and Mason; and all grocers and chemists in every town of the United lidugdom SPORTING INTELLIGENCE, ASCOT RACES,--TrzspAT. The Royal meeting ell ABM:4 Tioitth has features pecu liarly its own, and stands apart from its great ritals, Epsont and Goodwood, in marked WA/if:the*. Its present easi ness of access had, inaeed, robbed it of much of the charm that listed to hang about it 10 or 15 years ago, and the in gradation of Londoners has given, particularly on the Cute day, somewhat of a Derby tone to the gathering. But still people came to Ascot to see the racing. It is not entirely a question of new bonnets (though they do not enter largely into the scheme), elaborate toilettes, and Fortnum and Mason. Pleasure and business meet on equal terms, and, differing from the frantic revelry of Epsom and the dolce far niente of Goodwood, Ascot claims serious attention for its crowded programme, and the many interesting patterns there submitted for selection. There have been many alterations ;and improvements in the Stand and on the course since last year. Private boxes and stalls have been added to the former, and a much wanted saddling paddock to the latter. These, together with other minor details, evince a readiness on the part of the execu tive to attend to hints and suggestions, and Ascot is now what a meeting claiming the title of " Royal" should be— es near perfection as possible in its arrangements. With nearly £4,000 in added money, entries unusually large, the anticipated presence of Royalty, and glorious weather, it bids fair to be this year extraordinarily sue. , cessful. The attendance was certainly above the average for a first day. The Prince and Princess of Wales, accompanied by the Prince and Princess Louis of Hesse, and the Prin cess Mary of Cambridge, and Prince Arthur, arrived by railway before the commencement of racing, and were re ceived with every mark of respect, but with an absence of that too demonstrative loyalty that sometimes intrudes on Royal privacy. The Queen's Vase, one of the three chief events of the day, brought out a field of 12 to do honour to the Royal gift, the competitors were p ara d e d i n and, according to custom, the Enclosure, and passed in review order before the occu pants of the Stand. Little Stag was made the favourite, and he and Birch Broom were the leading horses until near ing home, where Lord St. Vincent's colt was beaten, and Young Rapid, who had been going well throughout, came out at the stand, and with only Fairwater and Sea King near him, won easily. The Ascot Stakes, which were not run for until one hour and a half after tine, could not boast of a good acceptance, and betting upon them was very limited. Hippolyta, who had been the only horse mentioned at the Corner last week, resumed her position, from which she had been temporarily driven, as first favourite, before the flag fell, and won easily by two lengths. The Prince of Wales's Stakes was a rather hollow victory for Ely, who with Fille de l'Air, had the race to themselves frona the distance, the horse defeating the Oaks winner by two lengths. The tedious delay above alluded to caused the latter events to be hurried over in a slovenly fashion. In fact, there was an embarras de richesse in to-day's card. Nine events are rather too much, taking into consideration the inevitable time lost in these half•mile races—of which there were two out of the nine that were run to-day. The Royal party took their departure for Frogmore soon after the issue of the Prince of Wales's Stakes. The Trial Stakes of 5 sous each, with 100 added, for 2 and 3-yr-olds. Weight for age, with certain allowances. The New Mile, 13 subs. Lord Westmoreland's Auditor, 2 yrs, sst 71b (£200) (J. Grimshaw) 1 Mr W. Day's Catch-'em-Alive, 5 yrs, lOst (£600) (J. Adams) 2 Lord Ailesbury's M enace , 3 yrs, Bst 2lb (£200) (H. Grimshaw) 3 The following also ran ;—Nourmahal filly, Verbe na , Diomed, General Hess, The Gillie, Man-at-Arms, Change of Luck, Hopper, and llolkar. Betting -9 to 4 agst Auditor, 3to 1 agst Catch'em Alive, 10 to 1 agst Holkar, and 12 to 1 each agst General Hess and Diomed. After running a few strides in company, Verbena lying in the centre came on with a clear lead, having Auditor, Menace, and Hopper on her right, with Diomed and Catch 'ern Alive on the left, the others, who were headed by General Hess and Holkar, followed close in their wake. On reaching the enclosure Verbena gave way to Auditor, Catch-'em Alive, and Menace, who came on nearly abreast although wide, and finished the race home, the young one landing Lord Westmoreland's colours very cleverly at last by a length and a half. There were two lengths between the second and third ; Diomed was fourth, Verbena fifth, Man-at-Arms and Ilolkar side by side sixth and seventh, Hopper, General Hess, and Change of Luck were the next pulling up, Velocity and The Gillie being last. The Gold Vase, given by her Majesty, added to a Sweep stakes of 20 sous each; 3-yr-olds and upwards, weight for age, with certain allowances and penalties. 2 miles. 14 subs. Mr Craven's Young Rapid, 3 yrs, 7st 71b (Atkins) 1 Mr W. S. Cartwright's Fairwater, 6 yrs, Set 121 b (Custarce) 2 Baron Rothschild's Wingrave, 6 yrs, 9st 311).... (Wells) 3 The following also ran :—Claremont, Caller Ou, Johnny Armstrong, Bacchus, Sea King, Ostentation, Little Stag, Birc,lll3ruotn, and Oldmitteer. Betting-7 t 4 agst Little Stag, sto 1 agst Caller Ou, 7 to 1 agst Birch Broom, S to 1 agst Fairwater, and 10 to I eget Young Rapid. The start was delayed a short period through the restive ness of Ostentation, who refused to join his horses. When they were despatched Bacchus, next the rails, rushed to the front, and w th Birch Broom and the favourite close in his wake, made play at a sound pace—the trio being followed by Johnny Armstrong, Sea King, and Young Rapid, who headed the next division, which was brought up by Clare mont and Oldminster. As they reached the top turn Little Stag, overpulling Carroll, went past his horses, and pro ceeded on with a clear lead of a couple of lengths, Lord VTestsooreland's colt having a similar advantage of Young Rapid and Bacchus, who were side by side, Wingrave, Fairwater, and Caller On being their immediate followers. In these positions they reached the bottom, but half across Fairwater ran into the third place, followed at the Old Mile post by Wingrave, the pair coming on in attendance upon the leaders into the straight, where Birch Broom gave way, followed in a few strides after by the favourite, which left Fairwater with a slight lead of the Baron's colt, the pair, however, being joined at the old stand by Young Rapid, who came up on the left with a rush and won very cleverly at last by a length, Fairwater defeating Wingrave for the honour of second by a head. Little Stag was a bad fourth, Johnny Armstrong fifth, Claremont sixth, Sea King and Bacchus side by side were the next two, then came Caller Ou, Birch Broom, and Oldminster, who trotted in. Run in 3 miu 41 sees. A Sweepstakes of 50 soya each, h ft, for 2-yr-olds; colts Bst 71b, fillies Bst 31b. Threo quarters of a mile. 6 subs. Duke of Beaufort's Siberia . (Fordham) 1 Mr G. Bryan's Reinfrid Betting-11 to 10 on Siberia, who, with a slight lead, made play to the enclosure, where she was joined for a few strides by Reinfrid, but after a little rousing the favourite shook him off and won cleverly by a length. A Maiden Plate of £lOO for 2-yr-olds; colts Bst 101 b, and fillies Bst 71b. Entrance 1 soy. Half a mile. Count 13atthyany's King Charming, Bst 101 b (Custance) 1 Mr J. Morris's Shrapnel], B s t 101 b (Judd) 2 Mr Alexander's Cordelia, Sat 71b (E. Sharp) 3 The following also ran :—Scheldt, Czarina, Radcliffe, Spice, Alvediston's dam filly, Audax, Vigilant, Colombine, Drino, Brigand, Pepper's Ghost, Delilah, Threadbare, Munchausen, Lopear, Rialto, Leader, Lady Florence, Arkansas, and Fred, . . Betting-4 to 1 agst King Charming, 6to 1 each agat Audac and Shrapnell, and 100 to 8 agst any other. After innumerable false starts the flag was lowered to an equitable start, Shrapnell on the upper ground being the first away, closely followed in the centre of the course by Leader, Cordelia, and Czarina; and on the far side by King Charming and Radcliffe. In the centre of the Stand Leader was beaten, and Cordelie joined Mr Morris's colt, the pair a dozen strides from the chair being caught by King Charming, who running the longest won a fine race by a neck, half a length separating the second and third ; Czar ina was fourth, close up, Radcliffe fifth, Audax sixth, Rialto seventh, and Drino next. The last two were Bri- gand and Scheldt. The Queen's Stand Plate of 200 sous, added to a sweepstakes of 10 sous each. For 2-yr-olds and upwards; weights for age. Winners extra; with maiden allowances. T.Y.C. 22 subs. Count F, de Lagrange's Le Bearnais, 2 yrs, Est 51b (J. Grimshaw) 1 Captain Christie's Lady Clifden, 6 yrs, Oat 51b (Fordham) 2 Mr Merry's Zambesi, 2 yrs, bet 12lb .... (H. Covey) 3 The following also ran :—Pearl Diver, Kildare, Soap stone, Umpire, Black Duchess, Syren, Bertha, Starbeam, Bunch, Castle Hill, King John, and Birch Broom. Betting—.s to 2 apt Le Bearnais, sto 1 agst Lady Clif den, 7 to 1 each agst Umpire and Zambesi, and 10 to 1 any other. . The favourite on the far side was the first away, a n d i n company with Lady Clifden made the running, followed OR the Stand side by Zambesi, Pearl Diver and Umpire to the Stand, where the three placed drew away and finished the race home. Le Bearnais, who always appeared to have the best of it, won very cleverly by a length, twice that distance separating the second and third. Pearl Diver was fourth, Umpire fifth, and Soapstone sixth; Star Beam and Birch Broom close together next, the last three being Kildare, Syron, and Castle Hill. The Ascot Stakes of 25 sous each, 15 ft, and 5 only if de clared, 8c:;., with 200 added. The winner of any handicap after the weights are chelared (May 27th, 10 a in.) to carry 71b extra. Two miles and a half. 49 subs., 33 of whom pay 5 soya each. The highest weight accepting being Sst 91b, it has been raised to Sst 121 b, and the others in proportion. Baron Rothschild's Hippolyta, 3 yrs, Cat 61b (J, Grimahaw) 1 Mr G. Rigby's Black Deer, 4 yrs, 7st 31b (Perry) 2 Mr Bryan's Lady Hylda, 3 yrs, Est 101 b (Carroll) 3 The following also ran : —Baldwin, Bally Edmond, Canary, Hypermnestra, Welbeck, Redcap, W an d ering Minstrel, Claxton, Alabama, Sheridan, Rappel, and Potash. Betting-3 to 1 aget Hippolyta, 5 to 1 agst Canary. 6 to L aget Sheridan, 10 to 1 each apt Alabama and Rappel, LOO to 8 agst Wandering Minstrel, 100 to 7 each aget Lady iHylda, Claxton, and Welbeck, and 100 to 2 agst Bally Edmond. Redcap jumped away with a clear lead, having Claxton and Welbeck as his immediate fcAlowers ; three lOngiLii in *hose rear were seen Rappel, Wandering kiinstrel f Alabama, and Black Deer; the rear division, who were following close iii their wakes being brought up by Bally Edmond. Rounding the top tarns Olaxten dropped back, and the leader was followed by Welbeck ; Wan- , deritig Minstrel, and Rappel to the foot of the Swinley 11111 1 where the favourite ran into the fourth place, and was joined half way Wass the bottom by Sheridan ala d Canary, the latter getting upon do :jet tering with the leaders ad they reached the Old Mile-post, where Redcap was beaten and dropped away. The lead from this point was taken tip by Sheridan, closely attended by Canary, Baldwin, and the favourite, the four running in a body to the turn into the straight, where the Baron's filly came up on the out side and half way up obtained a clear lead ; Canary at tho same time dropped back, followed by Baldwin, who broke down, leaving Black Deer and Lady Hylda in atten dance upon the leader, who won in a canter by a couple of lengths, three. quarters of a length separating second and third; Alabama was fourth, Sheridan fifth, and Wandering Minstrel sixth. The others were pulled up and walked in some distance in their rear, the last of which was Potash. The Prince of "Wales's Stakes of 20 sovs each, hft with £5OO added, for 3-yr-olds ; colts, Bst 101 b ; and fillies, Bst sib. Winners extra, with certain allowances, The owner of the second horse to receive 100 soya, and the f . wner of the third horse 50 sovs out of the stakes. New Course, about a mile and five furlongs. 140 subs. Mr W. Cartwright's Ely, Oat 111 b (inc 51b extra) (Custance) 1 Count F. de Lagrange's Fille de l'Air, Oat (inc 9lb extra) (A. Edwards) 2 Captain T. Cooper's Knight of Snowdon, Bst 81b (T. Adams) 3 The following also ran :—ldler, Lord Zetland, Gazza Ladra, Glendusk, Calista colt, Figaro, Major, Hollyfox, Hymettus, Elmedale. Betting -3 to I agstKnight of Snowdon, 7to 2 agst Fille de "Air, 5 to 1 agst Hollyfox, 6 to 1 agst the Calista colt, and 8 to 1 agst Ely. Idler and Major, side by side, made play, followed by Gazza Ladra, Calista colt, Ely, and the French filly, into the Swinley bottom, where they closed and ran in company to the half distance, where Ely and Fille de l'Air came out, and, with Knight of Snowdon in attendance, finished the race home, Ely winning cleverly at last by two lengths ; twice that distance separated the second and third. Glen dusk was fourth, Hollyfox fifth, and Figaro next. The First Year of the Seventh Ascot Biennial Stakes of 10 sovs each, with 100 added each year ; for 2-yr-olds ; colts, Bst 101 b; fillies, Bat 61b; the owner of the second horse to receive 25 sovs out of the stakes. T.Y.C. 56 subs. Mr Merry's Liddington, Bst 101 b.. (Fordham) 1 Mr H. Melville's Wild Boy, Sat 101 b (Goater) 2 Mr R. Sutton's Gardevisure, Bat 61b (T. French) 3 The following also ran :—Ostregor, Salpinctes, Rotho rnago, Contraband, Shrapnell, and Sister to Tomato. Betting—Even on Liddington, 2 to 1 agst Gardevisure, and 10 to 1 age any other. Gardevisure jumped away with a slight lead, closely fol lowed by Wild Boy and the favourite, and Sister to Tomato to the Stand Enclosure, when Liddington came first and won a good race by a neck ; four lengths between the second and third; Sister to Tomato was fourth; Ostregor fifth; and Shrapnell sixth. SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. TIMES.—In the fourth year of the American War the grand army of the Federal States will, perhaps, succeed in appearing before the walls of Richmond. This, ever since the summer of 1861, has been its single object. Actuated by motives of which we cannot judge, the leaders of the new Confederacy, instead of establishing their capital in the centre of their territories, fixed it in the frontier State of Virginia, and within some seventy miles of the chief military position of their enemies. The pro vocation could not be resisted. The earliest and the greatest efforts of the North were devoted to the creation of an army for the capture of Richmond. This force, the first and the largest put by the Fede rale in the fieldiwas called the Army of the Potomac, and by this title it has now for upwards of three years been familiarly known. But never, during the whole of this time, could the Army of the Poto mac accomplish the purpose for which it was created by occupying the capital of the " rebels." Its first levies were scattered at the battle of Bull Run in July, 1861. It was then raised to a far higher strength, re-organised, re- equipped, and well-disci plined by the scientific and circumspect M'Clellan ; but it was again defeated, notwithstanding his skill and patience. Once more was it recruited, rein forced, and intrusted to a new commander, but with no better fortune. The road to Richmond was the road to ruin. It ,mattered not from what base or under what General the expedition started. It always failed, and the best that could ever be said was, that the Army of the Potomac, after incalcul able losses, was substantially " safe." The expres sion, indeed, passed into a kind of proverb, for though the Federal Generals were invariably com pelled to retreat, the Confederate Generals as in variably failed either to pursue:or take anything by their pursuit. Neither Lee nor Jackson could de stroy the Army of the Potomac, but the Army of ' the Potomac could never get to Richmond. Other Federal expeditions were more successful. Admiral Farragut took New Orleans. The army of the South-west,which began by fighting inTennessee,is now fighting inGeorgia. But never could the grand army of the North—that army on which pains and treasure had been most profusely lavished—succeed in traversing the few stages between Fredericks burg and Richmond, a distance about es great as that from London to Brighton. Still, the North clung with unyielding tenacity to its purpose. The Army of th e Potomac was maintained in full strength by incessant renewals, and kept unchange ably on the same ground with the same object. It did, indeed, serve for the protection of Washington at the same time, but its real mission was never forgotten. Every year saw this great army newly equipped, commissioned, and commanded. Every year saw a new General appointed with the standing order, "On to Richmond." At last a man has been found to go there. General Grant is not actually nearer Richmond han M'Ciellau has been. He is, in al! probability, not so near at this minute, after losing half an army, as Butler is; but though he has accomplished only 30 miles out of the 50, he has done this in spite of the utmost resistance which the best army and the best General of the Confederates could oppose to his advance. He has not beaten that army, but be re fuses to consider that army as having beaten him. He has suffered repulses and losses enough to dis courage a less obst.t!late commander, but he persists in pursuing hi s course a t in disregarding th e m, any any cost. The other day, if the :'ccount of his flank movement be true, he appears to LL've thought that if he could but get to Richmond he we id be con tent to leave the whole Confederate army _' n his rear, though the result must have placed him he.. tween two fires, with a strong city in front, and an army as good as his own behind him. Re says in plain words, but without gasconade, that to Rich mond he will go. He has spent 50,000 of his men in getting half way, but he does not haggle about cost. His adversary retires deliberately before him, making preconcerted halts in chosen positions, re pulsing every assault, and then retiring afresh. At this rate Lee will ultimately find himself within the lines of Richmond, and Grant before them. Then what is to happen ? Instead of speculating further on a question involving so many uncertainties, let us seek information from another narrative which has been rather excluded from the notice it merits by the superior interest attaching to the campaign in Virginia. Virginia has not yet been occupied by the Federals, but there is a State of the Confedee racy where an occupation of this character has been established and matured under circumstances more favourable to the invaders than would occur any else. Louisiana has been more or leas in the grasp of the North for some time. New Orleans fell early in the war. The Mississippi and its tribue taries, intersecting the State, have enabled the North to take advantage to the utmost of his naval ascend ancy. A whole campaign was devoted by Grant himself to the capture of Vicksburg and the opening of the mighty river, until at last the Federal gun boats commanded the entire stream. Louisiana, in short, was regarded as " conquered." General Banks was appointed to govern the State, and it was held to have recovered even its title to the Parliamentary franchise. The capture of Richmond could do no more—indeed, would not do half as much for the conquest of Virginia as events had combined to de for the conquest of Louisiana. Well, in this "con quered" S!ate, just two months ago, the Governor set out on an expedition towards a certain town within his own dominion. It sounds ill for the tranquillity of his Government to say that he took with him on his journey an army of 50,000 men and a strong force of gunboats, It sounds worse to say that even these forces have not saved him from a complete defeat in the field and an ignominious retreat. Yet all this is literally true. Banks, within the limits of the State under hie own command, has been beaten in battle, and forced to retreat how he can. In a corner of his province there were rival authorities rejecting his jurisdic tion, and own i ng allegiance to the Confederacy . It_ was desirabl e t o upset th i s r i val G overnmen t, an, besides, it was b e li eve d the exped i t i on might bring out large quantities of the cotton supposed to be stor d in tho se p ar t s . Thi s exp l o it, ifit incould be achieved, would t urn th e b a l ance o f trade of the Unit e d S tates, and this again would o relievedsd favour diminish the export o f go ld f rom N ew Y or k, an Mr. Chase from a portion of his embarrassments. With these o bj ec t s , t h ere f ore , Gen. Banks, having proclaimed a rendezvous at Aiexandr:a on the Red River ab ou t t h e en d o f M arc h, advanced on the Bth of April from that town upon Shreveport, also on the Red River, but at some distance up the stream. He first fell into an ambuscade, and lost upwards of 1,000 men ; then retreated, and sustained, with better fortune, a regular attack ; but in the end retreated again, with the loss of 4,000 or 5,000 men, tvveoty guns, and the whole of his train. Then his very transports were attacked, and his gunboats could hardly tainted them. Finally, the whole squadron was placed in a position of the tamest peril, from which, as we learn bi the latest telegrams, they are only just now hoping to eZaPe. Banks himself is reported to have at last suceeette:. l in reaching New Orleans. It was for a long time by nn means Certa in that he, the " Governor of e Zectives as G rant ' s at tonisiarea," a nd the commander of an army numbering almost es many Spottsylvauia, had not been taken I,:isioner in his own province by a Confederate font , wi.tich was hardly known to exist. Now, if this is the stare of things in Louisiana, what state of things is to be I expected in Virginia, even if Lee should evacuate Richmond and leave the city to Grant P How are even "conquered" provinces to be held if their "governors" fare like Banks ? Certainly, after such a forcible and timely illustration, we must recognise the truth of President Davis's saying, that, though Richmond might be taken, the war could be conti nued for 20 years in the State of Virgiuia alone. HERALD.—Prudent men pause before they lecture people. Mr. Gladstone is not a prudent man, and he has more than once undertaken to rate the House of Commons for its extravagance. The last instance was on Friday night. There was a re commendation by Sir L. Palk that justice should be done to a most meritorious body of naval officers at the expense of a few thousands. At this decent proposal, well supported by influ ence and argument, the Chancellor of the Ex chequer hectored. " The Government would glee every attention to the requirements of those who served the Crown, but they would not be driven one step in advance. The primary duty of members of the House of Commons was to check the Government in their expenditure, but during the whole of the present session the time spent in attempting to check the expenditure had been vastly exceeded in the attempt to induce Government to increase that ex penditure." This was pretty sharp, in the face, too, of the gross outlay on account of the operations in China, amounting, from 1857 to the close of last April, to nearly five millions of money. No wonder that members, thus unreasonably twitted for their waste of the public funds by a Govern. went spending seventy millions a year, besides additional votes for fortifications and ether ques tionable objects, should feel ill-disposed to enter tain Mr. Cowper's vote for one hundred and fifty thousand pounds towards establishing a new Na tional Gallery. The motion of the right hon. gentle man, with that strange incongruity so often notice able in the conduct and acts of the present Govern ment, stood in opposition to the declared opinions of the Prime Minister in 1860. At that period our versatile Premier was enthusiastically in favour of Trafalgar-square for the National Gallery. If the house would only vote him seventeen thousand pounds be would take care that every defect would be cured, and now that the smoke had been got rid of by a unique act of Parliament of which he himself was the happy author, we should have the finest site in Eu. rope rendered a consummate perfection for an exhibi tion of pictures. The original building already cost nearly two hundred thousand pounds of the public money, and then there were some forty thousand pounds more for the ornamentation of Trafalgar square. These were all considerations why the pre sent building should be retained for its definite and established purpose, and every idea to the contrary treated as impractical and utopian. It is a pity that the First Commissioner of Public Works should hove made his noble chief eat bumble-pie in so conspicuous a manner on Monday night. The Prime Minister of England has had to undergo too much of this kind of vassalage of late. We all feel for his humiliations, for the country suffers in them. But the chastisement dealt to the Chancellor of the Ex chequer was still more severe. Mr. Bernal Osborne, who has a mischievous faculty in raking up bitter memories, reminded the right hon. gentleman of his famous diatribe in 1860. It was then we had that graphic picture of the Public Works Depart ment under Whig management, which has immor talised the name of Sir B. Hall and his present suc cessor. According to Gladstone the conduct of that office was "characterised by vacillation, uncertainty, slovenlinese, extravagance, and meanness. There was a total want of authority to direct and guide, a total want of making up the mind what to do, and such were the evils of the system that nothing short of a revolutionary reform would ever be a sufficient remedy." Surely this was prophetic. We had the revolution on Monday night. Not the Ra dical perversion of the noble Premier, not the silent vote of the Chancellor of the Exchequer, could pro tect the Government from the antagonism of the house. The proposed expense was deemed unneces sary, the proposed change of site undesirable. The National Gallery is to stand where it is. The repre sentatives of the people, in a pretty full house, have decided this against the Government by a majority of 52. The arguments in favour of this decision are overwhelming. In the first place, the Chan cellor of the Exchequer had no rigiet on a previ ous occasion to catechise the House of Commons on economy and essay to teach members their duty. He should have felt his own position. He sZeould have reviewed the past and forecast the future. As we have said, China and this very vote to come on ought to have been present in his vivacious asset• ciative mind. The first assembly of gentlemen in the world have their esprit de corps, and no matter what their party politics they do not like to be collectively rated as so many school girls. The cen sure of Monday night was, therefore, a just retribu tion and a prudent and necessary warning. The judgment which Lord Palmerston himself had pro nounced on the present site of the National Gallery in 1860 must have forcibly weighed with the house. At that period there was first a modest call for thirteen thousand pounds, then for fifteen, and this was capped by,the final vote for seventeen thousand, which was carried on the repeated assurances of the noble Premier that the sum asked for would be ample for enlarging and improving the National Gallery so as to make it sufficient for some years for all the pictures belonging to the nation. But obli vious of all this, and having succeeded in making his venerable relative take a new turn on the matter —the First Commissioner comes down to the House of Commons on Monday with the bold proposal of a summary vete for a hundred and fifty thousand pounds. This would do for ten years or so, and then there might be another grant, and then another and so on, to meet changed views and circumstances. It is true that to properly house the national collec tion on the Burlington site the present pile of build ings would have to be swept away, and on the three and a-half acres a suitable edifice could be reared, which might cost the countrya million or so of money. This no doubt would perfect the job; and, had House of Commons been so unwise as to listen the _ Cowper's hazy scheme, and the noble to Mr. premefs :ecantation and cajolery, the tax payersgdom of whom. Mr. Glad stone of the :' n `noder, would now be in the le so nervously e. 7 . enormous and useless i r direct road to bearing burden. When Lord John 111... been raised b . ones described the proposal as a proof that £ 1 7, 000 hat , y it „ evident false pretences in 1860— when he made that the Government were forcibly conch:mning themselves, he rendered an adverse vote a necese!tY. Ministers may stultify themselves; it is not for the Legislature to do so, and this with the naked facts before them ; for in truth there never were stronger reasons for continuing the collection in the present building than those which call be adduced now. The conditions are greatly improved since 1860. The site is still the same magnitie.ent one it has always been. There is also room for e x erasion. A scheme has been prepared according to whireb, at a very slight expense, an additional gallery 200 feet by 40 could be obtained in the rear of the existing building without buying a single inch of land. Then, should the barracks be removed and St. Martin's Workhouse, such an alteration might be effected as would render the structure suited to every reasonable and expected exigency. Of course the Royal Academy would have to decamp. This was promised by Lord Palmerston when be sac ceeded in raising the £17,000. But it is not a little remarkable that Mr. Cowper was wholly silent on the subject of the Royal Academy on Monday night. For our own part we have always considered the juxtaposition of our modern pictures with the great masterpieces of Europe an injustice to our own artists• Their reputation is certainly not exalted by their very close proximity to the national col lection. This had better remain where it is, if for no better reason, simply because it is there. The situation is admirably central. With the recen and destined improvements in Charing cross and the neighbourhood, with new railways, new steam accomodation on the river, and the completion of the Thames embankment, so valuable a recommendation will be vastly enhanced. In fact, there is scarcely a word to be said against the pro posal to retain the National Gallery in Trafalgar square, and this is the substantive effect of the amendment of Lord John Manners, On the con trary, not one striking or forcible argument can be urged in favour of the change to Burlington House —a change involving a large and growing expen diture of the public money, the violation of former pledges, and the desertion of an excellent position for one not half so desirable, and not so free for extension in regard to the future. The crushing majority of Monday night, and the equally decided vote on the International Exhibition building last session, are sure proofs that the House of Commons has no confidence in Lord Palmerston and his col leagues on questions relating to public economy a n d the art exhibitions of the kingdom. Monday night's decision is likewise a plain notification that the House is determined to show its respect fe public faith, by insisting that Ministers shall keel to their solemn engagements, whether as regards the finances of the country, or in other matters which more nearly concern the national charactel and honour. LAW INTELLIGENCE—June 7. COURT OF CHANCERY. (Before Vice-Chancellor Kiadereley.) XEENAN V. HANDLEY. Thi s . it „^as instituted by a young woman named Ellen Keenan, to compel' the defendant, Captain H. E. Handley, to perform an agree.` into which he had entered with her to give her an annuity e: Ll5O for the support of her self and her child, of which she said he was the fath er Th e plaintiff deposed that whil s t li v i nt : in Michael's-place Brompton—namely, in December, 1859—,she b ecame ac quainted with the defendant, who visited he." at her resi . dence, and that she shortly afterwards, at his earn: mt L l aci : tation, was induced to enter into cohabitation with 2 1 m , 41 ' his wife, for which repose he took apartments for her, i t the first instance, in Stanley-street, Pimlico. During OM period and now she was unmarried, and the defendant, during the same period, and until some time after making to her the alleged promises of marriage and the relinquish ment thereof, was an unmarried man. She also deposed that during such cohabitation, and until after the birth of her child, she at his request used the name of " Coverdaler" being the same as that used by himself in all his sporting transactions, he being then and now largely engaged in racing, by which name he was well known, and she Was also well known by the name of Mrs. Coverdale, and was by him introduced under such name to some of his rela tions and friends. The defendant, who has large estates in Lincolnshire, and an estate in Berkshire, denied that he had entered into any such obligations towards her as she set forth. Mr. Glasse, Mr. Sergeant Ballantine, and Mr. Henning were counsel for the plaintiff ; and Mr. Baily, Mr. Overeat and Mr. Toulmin for defendant. The case was argued a month ago and judgment was re'' served till now. The Vice-Chancellor, in giving judgment, said the eir" curestances under which the bill was filed were these :••••" The plaintiff, Ellen Keenan, lived with the defendan t / Captain Handley, as his mistress from 1859 till 1861. fore she knew the defendant she had lost her virtue, O a had been the mistress of some other persons, and had born ° a child to one of them. The defendant was a gentleman of fortune and much addicted to pursuits of the turf, and he kept race horses. In December, 1859, an acquintance cow menced between the plaintiff and the defendant from an accidental meeting one evening in Piccadilly. The de fendant visited the plaintiff that night at her lodging, ell continued his nightly visits there about two months; as in 1860 he took lodgings for her in Stanley-street, pi wiico where he continued to visit her. In March, 1860, heren ted ~ a ottage at Surbiton, where she lived with him as his inis r stress, and there they resided and cohabited 12 month s ' During their residence at Surbiton they were known as Mr and Mrs Coverdale, and under the name of Coverda le the defendant carried on his sporting transactions. T he defendant said it was usual for persons engaged in sporting transactions to carry them on and to enter their horses fo r races under assumed names. But the court was not aware that it was the custom of these persons to assume such ge ti* tious names as the names by which they desired to be known in the neighbourhood where they resided. While the plaintiff and the defendant were living at Surbiton, t he infant plaintiff, Lucy Coverdale, of which child the 1r fendant had always till after the institution of this inl l4 acknowledged himself to be the father, was born. And shortly after the birth the defendant registered that fac i l describing the child as the daughter of Henry and Ellen Coverdale. iln October, 1860, the defendant caused the child to be baptised, and on that occasion also he d v scribed her as the child of Mr and Mrs. Coverdale. Havi n g resided at Surbiton upwards of twelve months th e plaintiff and the defendant went to reside at Mariana, Hertfordshire, and there the defendant resumed hie, , real name 'of Handley, and by hi s di rec ti on th e always afterwards whilst living there passed under the name of Mrs Handley. He addressed letters to her und er that name. On the 25th Deptrraber, 1861, when about to leave home for a short time, he left a letter for her on the table, in which he expressed his regret that her effeC tion for him appeared to have cooled, and he proposed that if she determined to leave him he would give her an annuity of £l5O for the support of herself and their child. Shortly after September, 1861, the plaintiff, with the con' currence of the defendant, quitted Mariam, and wen t to St. Leonards, and from that time the cohabit a ti o n ceased. In accordance with the advice of the defendant she ca me to London to have an interview with hi s so licitor, in order that a deed securing.to her an annuity o f £l5O migh t be pzepared. Both the plaintiff and defendant had interv iews with the solicitor on that subject, but th e result was th at the defendant, without any reason, refused to carry out t he arrangement, and this bill was filed to compel him to card out the arrangement. It has been contended for the de' fendant that there was no consideration for the annuity claimed from him, But the court was of opinion upon the evidence that there was a sufficient consideration. There appeared to have been several discussions between them on the subject of marriage, and the defendant seemed to have given her a promise of marriage. But the plaintiff hid re leased the defendant from such promise on consideration of his panting her an annuity. The conclusion at which the court felt obliged to arrive on the whole case was that there must be a decree for an annuity to the plaintiff to corn' menco from March 25, 1862, the deed to secure such annuity to be settled in chambers. The defendant must pay t he plaintiff's costs. COUNTRY MARKETS. LIVERPOOL—TUESDAY. There was an average attendance both of the town , 11 . ; country dealers at market to-day, but only a limited u l.l ness was done at prices slightly lower. Flour met with limited business, but nominally unaltered in price. In 1; dian corn there was a s l o w s a l e , but no t l ower . EgYPt la beans firm at previou s rates. O a t mea l l ess inquired fors and quoted at last week's prices. SHEFFIELD—TUESDAY. I of At our market to-d a y th ere was a sma ll supPly e s wheat. Higher prices w ere as k e d a t fi rs t , w hi c h chec; s g sales. Later in the day a slow business was done at p.ed week's rates. Barley also m a d e l a t e ra t es . O ats advse— ls to 2s per qr. Flour and other articles as before. l A s Oa Red wheat, per load of 3 imperi a l b us h e l s ...l6 s Od to .L- Od White ff , • ...Us Od'to le o d New red , .•158 Od to lus Id New white „ f f 4..168 6d to 18e od 15s 6d to o d B )1 It ... Peas, eans per qr 4os Od to 4 40 e , d Grindinr , barley, per qr Malting ditto, ~ Oats ___ If 1 3 9 2: o o d d t o o 2 35 4 : 0,1 Flour, is 4d to is 8d per 14 lb. MARKET HARBOROUGH—TUESDAY. White wheat, 40s to 445; red, 36s t0:398 per 36 1 30 ,, 11 90 Malting barley at 33s to 36 s p er qr . ; gr i n di ng , 27s to -30 per 30 at. Oats, old, 27s to 295; new, 20s to 24s per st. ; beans, 35s to 43s per qr. MELTON MOWBRAY—TUESDAY. The following w ere th e currenc i es :— N ew white Whatt 41s Od to 45s Od ; new red, 36s Od to 40s per 36 sto ne ' ."; beans, 39s to 41 s f or old; new sorts, 35s to 37s per 38 o fo barley, 33s to 355 ; fo r ma lti ng, an d 27s to 29s per (1r*,,50 grinding; new oats, 21s to 24s Od per 24 stone; old, to 285., LEEDS --TUESDAY. There was a small show of fresh grain this week, Sap only a limited business was done in wheat, last TuesdaY, rates being maintained. Oats and b ea n s were qu ite dear. Averages—June 7—Wheat 39s id' per g r ' —Barley 31s 5d -- - —Oats . l9s 10Id -- - —Beans 35s 21-d --- - —Peas ..308 Od -- BRISTOL—TUESDAY. There was a moderate attendance of millers today' an inactive business doing. English and foreign "in held for rather more money. Barley and other article° moderate demand. _....• Births ;m Of CHEIINEY.—On the 4th inst., at Sandhurst, the iv - Captain C. C. Chesney, R.E., of a daughter. Port' FEILDEN.—On the 6th inst., at 44, Bryanston-streett - „or man-square, the Hon. Mrs. J. R. Feilden, cf a 1114 "' ter. 0 Of SHAKSPEAR.—On the sth i ns t . , a t Ri c h mon d, the 01 od Lieut.-Colonel J o h n D aven p or t Sh a k epear , o f a 0 011 heir. Marriage& ni,nrCht GRANT—FAIVCETT.—On the 7th inst., at Trinity vm - i,•11 Tulse-hill, Surrey, Robert Grant, Esq., of Brixton $. Surrey, to Elizabeth Bisdee, only daughter of . 14 ' Fawcett, Roupell-park, Surrey. GREAVES—YOUNG.—On the 7th inst., at St. Mark' s ' j o e iv il : nington, Mr. Charles Greaves, jun., of LindseVati.. Chelsaa, to Miss Young, of Cambridge-terrace, e man-road, Clapham, S. Deaths. DALLOWAY.—On the 6th inst., at Bath, Elizabeth SO bill ' relict of Joseph James Dalloway, aged 91. „ art ; EATON.—On the sth inst. , at St. John's-wood, Ric-- Eaton, Esq., aged 86. s C. GARDYNE —On the 6th inst. , at Scarborough , J 3, i" -- Gardyne, Esq., of Fi n h aven . athet HUSSEY.—On the sth i ns t ., at Brighton, William .L.L°- Hussey, Esq., aged 60. NETETT.—On the sth i ns t., a t 7, B e df o rd-street, S. , k. ive a r : pool, Mary, relict of the late William Novett, aged 90. Tice,, PULMAN.—On the sth inst , at Hammersmith , Air ' - ic Putman, late of her Majesty's Office of "%Yorke, aged 87. TUORFE,—On the 4th inst., at Wells, Soraersetabirey jor Ralph Thorpe, Bengal Army, aged 65. London : l'rinZed and PrMished by WILLIAM AN Plt —r j'a ;12, of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at TUE SUN Office . 0° :. Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, n the Coux MicitileeeN,7lVednesday, June 8, 1361. THE Sl fl IaCOINDON, WEDNESDAY EVh.:.NING, JUNE 8, 1864.