The Sun.
London, England, 1864-07-22 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, JULY 22, 1864.

MISCELLANEOUS—Continued.
'fluidal Discount, lim.,
Fore4trett Warehouse, lim., 7; 8
Gen. Credit and il'inanze of London, lira.,

Ditto, new, 45
Home and C A ssurance, lim ,r. 61
Hudson's Bay, 171 6
Imperitlland;Mercantile Credit Asso., Um., 9. 1
International Financial society, Um., 105
Italian Irrigation (Canal Cavour,
Ditto, 6 per cent. Bonds, redem. 1870, issued 90, 835
Joint Stock Discount, lim., 75 1 5
Land Securities, Um, 31
London Financial Association, lira., 21 5
Ditto, new, 21
London General Omnibus Company, 2i 3
Milwall Iron Works, 51
atal Land and Consolidation Company, lim.,
National Discount Company, lim., 141 Sr
Ditto, new, 12
National Financial, lim., 65 6 51
New Zealand Trat,t and Loan, 26
North Br MAI and Mercantile Insurance, Um., 20

Oce.in arine (Insurance), 22
Quebr.idaLand, Rail, and Mining, lira., 31

Royal Mail Steam, 4,0 i 1 9 /
Tele;;Tat li t.onstruo. and Maintenance, HIM, 41
Universal llsriny, Insurance, lim., 61 1
Warrant Finance, lim., 51

The Recent Elopement and Marriage in

High Life.

(From the Queen of this day.)
The West-end season of eighteen hundred and

sixty-four has been generally admitted to be one of
the most brilliant of modern years, considering the

retirement of the Sovereign from public) life. Dur-

,ng its continuance we have had balls, dinners,

bazaars, amateur plays, concerts, reviews, and every
species of amusement which fancy could devise for
the entertainment of the heir to the throne and his
consort, as well as the fashionable world. A sensa-
tional wind-up alone was needed ; and as the readers
of 71w Queen, we imagine, will like to be made ac-
quainted with the fullest particulars of an event
which, from the rank of the contracting parties,
must become one of historic interest, we make no
apology for giving the following narrative :—Among
the English aristocracy there is no house so remark.
able for the manner in which it has interwoven

itself with the great families of the land as the
Pagets, and which may in soma measure be ac-
counted for by their connection with the Court,
which has been of many years standing. Indeed,
it has been said of them that the men were all heroes
and the women angels. Around them romance has
shed its halo, from the first Marquis of Anglesey
down to his granddaughter, who, by her marriage
on Saturday, became the Marchioness of Hastings.
Such an alliance at one time would have created no
more sensation than an ordinary marriage in high
life. The announcement would have appeared in
our columns; and we should have done justice to
the beauty of the bride, and the exquisite texture
of her dress, enumerated her bridesmaids, and
given details of their costumes, and concluded by
stating that the happy pair left town for Donning-
ton-park, accompanied by the best wishes of their
friends for their future happiness. All this trouble
has been spared us. We should premise our story
by stating that, among the belles of our Eoglieh
aristocracy, few of late years created such a see,Ba•
Lion on her debut as Lady Florence Paget, the
youngest daughter of the Marquis of Anglesey.
Gifted with the hereditary beauty of her family to
a rare extent, her petite figure and dove-like eyes
caused her at once to become " the rage of the park,
the ball-room, the opera, and the croquet lawn."
These personal charms were not a little enhanced
by the unaffectedness of her manner and extreme
good nature, which caused ber to become the idol
of her father and the household. Deprived of a
mother's care at an early age, her education was
hardly so advanced as might have been anticipated
from her sphere in life, and she seemed to have
made Diana Vernon her model. In her intercourse
with society, among the many suitors by whom she
was surrounded was Mr Chaplin, a gentleman
possessed of estates in Lincolnshire which produce
him a rental of nearly forty thousand pounds per
annum, and endowed with every quality to render
him a]desirable parti. Their intimacy was such
last year that rumours of their engagement appeared
in the papers, only to be contradicted, and INIr
Chaplin proceeded on a shooting tour in India with
his friend Sir Frederick Johnstone. Returning in
May, ne again met Lady Florence daily, and as a
proof that his attachment was undiminished he pro-
posed to her, and was accepted. The match was
one which gave the greatest satisfaction to the
Marquis of Anglesey and all his family, for Mr.
Chaplin was a young man of great promise, and
by his ample means could give Lady Florence a
position in society which she had a right to look
for, although she could bring him no dowry. The
announcement of the engagement appeared in the
Morning Post, and also in our colusans, and the
happy pair were seen driving together in the parks,
in the same box at the opera, and enjoying each
other's society in the same manner as fiancees are
in the habit of doing. At a fashionable jeweller's

at the West-end Lady Florence's jewels, the gift of
Mr. Chaplin, were displayed to all corners, and the
trosseau engaged the attention of the first modistes.
Presents came into her in abundance, the servants

even subscribing for a silver teapot, sugar basin,
and cream jug for her. The wedding was fixed
for the second week in August, and Mr. Chaplin
had made the necessary preparations to receive his
bride. But it was not to be, although no later
than Friday night she occupied Mr. Chaplin's
box at the opera, and sat between him and
her really future husband, the Marquis of
Hastings, of whom we may remark that
his attachment to her had been notorious, and it
was known that he meant to have proposed to her,
if Mr. Chaplin had not taken time by the forelock.
Addicted as his lordship is to the turf and its con-
genial accessories, it was imagined Lady Florence's
image would soon be erased from his mind, but it
seemed otherwise, and that, while on the best of
terms with Mr Chaplin, he was only concealing his
play, for on the following morning (Saturday) that
he had been at the opera with him and her ladyship
he found himself with the latter at St George's
Church, Hanover-square, and they were united for
better or worse. As much curiosity prevails to
know how the marriage was arranged, we may state
that Lady Florence, on Saturday morning, left the
St George's Hotel, in Albemarle-street, where she
had been staying during Cie season, in her father's
brougham, telling the porter, if •Mr Chaplin called,
she should not return until two o'clock. She then
was driven to Marshall and Snellgrove's, in Oxford-
street, and leaving the carriage at one entrance was
met at the other by the sister of the Marquis of
Hastings, who, engaging a hack cab, drove her at
once to St George's, where the Marquis of Hastings,
accompanied by Mr and Mrs Granville (whose mar-
riage we recorded only a fortnight back), Mr Blake
Mr Wilkinson, and Mr F. Wombwell were in wait-
ing. Immediately after the ceremony had been
performed, the Marquis and Marchioness of Hest-
logs repaired to Mr Granville's lodgings in St.
James's-place, from whence, after the bride
had communicated by letter to Mr Chaplin
and her family her change of mind, they started per
special train for Donnington-park to spend the
honeymoon. AtPeterb3rough station they were met
by several of their friends, who were not a little
surprised to find Lady Florence in company with
the marquis instead of Mr Chaplin. To show that
the marriage could not have been an impromptu
affair, as some people imagine, the fact of the happy
couple being received at the station by his tenantry,
who had erected no less than nine triumphal arches
trimmed with flowers, at once discloses. It is need-
less to add that Mr Csplin feels very much the slight
that has been put upon him, but his feelings are in
some measure consoled by the assurance of hie friends
that it is all for t'3e best. The Marquis of Anglesey
is also much distressed at the affair, for the alliance
with Mr Chaplin had his consent and approbation
Her ladyship's brother and brother-in-law, Lords
Uxbridge and Winchelsea, heard of the marriage
by accident at the pigeon shooting match at Hornsey
In conclusion, we may state that since Lady Adele
Villiers eloped with Captain Ib'oetson, of the 11th
Hussars, at Brighton, no similar occurrenca has
created such a profound sensation among the West.
end Mothers and Daughters.

ACCIDENT IN CHEAPSIDE.--Last evening shortly
after 9 o'clock, a serious colliaion occurred between a cab
and a spring cart in Cheapside. The hind wheels of a cab
were carried away the spring cart was turned over, and its
occupants, three persons, a woman and two men, were shot
into the roadway, one of the men had his right leg broken,
the second was considerably shaken ; the woman escaped
with very slight injury.

LAW INTELLIGENCE—(This Day.)

COURT OF DIVORCE.
LEY V. LEY AND JORDEN.

This was a suit instituted by Captain Ley, the son of a
gentleman who held a situation as clerk in the House of
Commons, for a divorce, on the ground of his wife's
adultery with the corespondent, who had formerly been
member of a firm of solicitors, and who was represented
to be a person of considerable means, and occupying
a London residence in Curzon-street. The parties were
married in 1853 and cohabited until February last, when she
eloped with the co-respondent, with whom she beoamo ac-
quainted about five years ago while she and her husband
were living at Dulwich with his mother, Lady Francis
Lay. Letters were put in from the respondent and co-re-
spondent, which lest no doubt as to their criminality, and
the wife expressed herself deeply gratified for the
kindness she had received from her husband from
the time of their marriage down to the time when she de-
serted him. It was also proved that this Mr Gordon had
occupied the same bed at an hotel and a lodging-hc use at
Thames Dittos. Several witnesses were called to prove
that the petitioner and his wife lived on terms of mutual
affection.

Dr Dear, Q,C., addressed the court for mitigation of
damages, and said that tho co-respondent was in reduced
circumstances.

The learned judge having summed up the jury retired,
and had not delivered their judgment when we want to

press.
WELLS V. COTTAM, FALSELY CALLED WELLS AND WELLS.

This was a petition for a decree of nullity of marriage on
the ground of the undue publication of banns. It was pre-
sented by the father of the alleged husband against his son
and his son's alleged wife. She had appeared and traversed
the allegations in the petition.
Mr, M. Chambers, Q C., and Dr. Spinks appeared for the
petitioner ; Dr, Wambey and Mr. Reynolds for the respon-
dent.
The jury found a verdict for the petitioner.

ROME INTELLIGENCE—This Day,

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.

A CRIPPLE BEGGING COMPA.Nr.—Five men, named Bar-
on, lialr, Carr, Dunbar, calling themselves colliers, and
Johnson, calling himself a stonemason, were charged before
Mr Knox with begging.
The prisoners presented a rather singular appearance in
the dock, all being supported by crutches, Holt, Dunbar,
and Carr each having lost a leg, and Barton and Johnson
being also lame.
Woddup, one of the Mendicity Society's officers, proved
seeing the prisoners going about Park,stroet, Grosvenor-
square,baeen them in a all forming one company and begging. Two of the
,
tale
prisonersof
sad were
accidentactin which
spokesman,
fall
mn and telling a pitiful
col-
liery, while the others were collecting alma, but the
whole cf the prisoners begged in turn. The prisoners then
surrounded a carriage and begged of the occupants, al&
Woddup then took them into custody.
In answer to Mr Knox, Woddup said Dunbar had been
convicted at the Bow•street Police Court, and the others
frequently warned by him.
Worraker, another officer of the Society, said he knew
Johnson as a practical beggar.
Mr Knox committed Dunbar and Johnson for a month
each, and the others for seven days each.

Liverpool Cotton Market—This Day,
_—
Market quiet, but steady Sales probably 6,000
hales.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

GOODWOOD MEETING.
TUESDAY, July 26.
The Stewards' Cup, value 300 sous (handicap), by subscrip-
tion of 10 soya each, with 100 added, for three yrs old and
upwards ; the winner of a handicap value 200 soya after
the publioation of the weights (July 21, at ]0 a.m.) to
carry 71b. of any smaller handicap, 41b extra. T.Y.C•

Age st lb
Lady Ciifden 6 8 12
Lord Clifden 4 8 12
Exchequer . 5 8 12
Johnny Armstrong 5 8 10
Twilight
Welland 5 8 8
Argonaut .. 5 8 8
Man at Arms .... a 8 7 '
Gem of the Sea .. 4 8 7
Blue Mantle .. 4 8 6
Vivid 4 8 61
Neophyte .. a 8 4
Tippler
Fantail
tleurlys 5 8 0
Queen of Trumps 5 8 0
Sir Roger
Birch Broom 3 7 13
Molly Carew 3 7 11
Early Purl
Alchymist 5 7 11
Gladstone
Brick
Saccharometer
Biondella
Durham 3 7 8
Crochet horse
Queen of Spain 5 7 8
M oulsey
Historian
Bertha ..
King of Utopia
Baldwin 4 7 7
Soapstone
Almack 4 7 7
Lufra 4 7 7
Cadiz
Dolphin 4 7 6
Marigold
Stockowner
Old Orange Girl
Vabalathus
Fiancee
Linda 3 7 5
Newchurch
The Chesterfield Cup (handl(

Age at lb
Master Richard 3 7 4
King Georgo 3 7 3
The Warrior .. 3 7 3
Planet
Antoinette 3 7 3
Beadle
Flying Fish
Crisis
Muezzin 4 7 1
Peignoir 5 7 0
I rumps 4 7 0
Avondale
Greenland
War Dance
Myrtle
Beatrix
Teddy 3 6 12
Gratitude
Bayard
Liter ..... 3 6 12
!Etna 4 6 10
Verbena 3 6 10
Wild Thyme 3 6 10
Skeffington .. 3 6 10
King John 3 6 9
Finesse
Teneriffe
Lady of Coverham 3 6 8
3 6 8
Echo
Lucky Star
Miss Pickle
Sheridan
Brother to Rubini 3 6 2
Lytham 3 6 2
Diomed
Clairvoyante .. 3 6 1
Savannah
Menace
Bold Houghton
Balornock ...... 3 512
Blue Bell
Madcap . 3 5 7
, Blackrock

.ap), value 300 soya by a sub-

ecription of 15 sous each, for three yrs old and upwards;
the winner of the Goodwood Stakes, the Goodwood Cup,
the Stewards' Cup at Goodwood, or any handicap value
200 sous after the publication of the weights (July 21, at
19 a.m.) to carry 71b, of any smaller handicap, 41b extra.
Craven courae.

Age st lb
Stradella
Lord Clifden .. 4 8 12
Johnny Armstrong 5 8 9
Exchequer .. 5 8 9
East Lancashire .. 4 8 9
Man at Arms a 8 7
Vivid 4 8 6
Blue Mantle 4 8 4
Catch 'm Alive.— 5 8 2,
Fantail
Aurelian
Despair
Brick
Tippler
Gladstone
Onesander
Lady Clilden 6 7 10
Magnum Bonum
Early Purl
Little Stag 3 7 9
Black Deer .. 4 7 9
Birch Broom .. 3 7 7
Sir Roger 3 7 7
Old Orange Girl 4 7 7
Baldwin 4 7 7
King of Utopia 4 7 7
Queen of Trumps 5 7 7
Durham 3 7 6
Leonora .. 5 7 6
Historian .. 3 7 5
Accident
Newchurch
Molly Carew 3 7 4
Summerside .. 4 7 2
Jessie 3 7 2
Crotchet horse
Canzonette
Valiant

Age st lb
Suspicion
Avondale
Privateer
Flying Fish 4 6 12
War Dance
Moulsey 3 6 9
Muezzin .. 4 6 9
Crisis
Lady or Coverham 3 6 7
Idlsr
Verbena filly
Antoinette 3 6 7
Gratitude
Lady Hylda 3 6 6
Peon
Lucky Star
Miss Pickle
Olivia 3 6 5
ISkeffington
Merry Maid 5 6 4
Echo
Finesse
Esperanee
Gazza Ladra 3 6 0
Sheridan
Menace 3 5 10
Clairvoyante 3 5 12
Myrtilus
Savannah 3 5 11
Diomed
Balornock
Quarantine .. 3 5 9
Bold Houghton.... 3 5 9
Little Savage 3 5 7
Blue Bell
Madcap 3 5 7
1 Black Rock 3 6 7

YORK MEETING.
TUESDAY, August 23.
Weights for the:Great Ebor Handicap. Two miles.

Age st lb
Fairwat er
Caller Ou
Lioness
Livaosina
Oldniinster
East Lancashire
Sea King
Balham
Welcome
Despair
Tippler
Tourist
Old Orange Girl
Brick
Touch-and-go
Beverley ..
Port Royal .. 4 7 5
Early Purl
Royal Stag
Armagnac 4 7 3
King Charming
Revolver
Donnybrook
Drummer Boy
Thalestris
Jiradamante
COPPIe
The ,Beaver

Age at lb
The Clown
Odine 4 6 6
Ghillie Callum 3 6 5
Raglan
Hymettue
Lord Zetland
-ill - 3 6 3

Jreville
Mousley 3 6 2
Guerilla 3 6 2
Venison 4 6 2
The 'tartar
Dr Rooke
Wharfinger
Countersign
Siva
Castle Espio 3 5 12
:Surat
Tooi-Tooi
Privateer
Whitethorn .. 3 5 10
Stirrup Cup .. 3 5 10
Lady de Trafford.. 3 5 9
1-lighflyer's darn c 3 5 8
Figaro
Alabama
Doublo First .. 3 5 7
Nemo 3 5 7
Nucleus .. 3 5 7

SOUTHAMPTON RACES.-THIIRSDAY.

The Stand Plate (Handicap) of 50 sovs, added to a Sweep-
stakes of 5 sovs each, 2ft (to the iund), for all ages ;
winners extra. T.Y.C.
Mr Wclson's Deerfoot, 4 yrs, Set 41b (Hibberd) 1
M r W. Nelson's Gamecock, 6 yrs, Sat 7lb .. (S. Adams) 2
Mr H. P, Dalme's North End, 3 yre, 6st 71b (in. 71b ex)
(S. Mordao 3

The following also ran:—Overstone, Clementi, Vision,
Syren, and Lady Bohun.
Betting-3 to 1 apt Gamecock, 4to 1 agst Overstone, 9
to 2 agst Despair, 6 to 1 aget North End, 7 to 1 agst Lady
Bohun, 8 to 1 agst Clementi.
Won easily by a length; a neck between second and
third. Vision was fourth, Syren fifth, Clementi sixth, and
Overstone last, beaten off.

The Stewards' Plate of 6 sovs each, with 40 added, for two-
yr-olds ; colts, Bs, 71b ; fillies, Bst 41b ; selling allow-
ances. Half a mile.
Mr Hartley's Eugenie, (not to be sold) Bst 91b
(P (inc. 51b
ex.) ayne) 1
Mr H. Goater's Ada (£100), 7st Illb (S. Mercian) 2
Mr Samuels' Birague (£lO '), Bst (Cannon) 3
Captain Moss's Rosetta (L 100) (J. Adams) 4
Mr Elphick's Parchment colt, (£100), Bat ..(C. Martin) 5
Prince Soltykoff's Rapid (£100), Bst (llibberd) 6
Betting-7 to 4 egst Eugenie, 3to 1 agst Ada, 7to 2
agst Rosette, 6 to 1 agst Birague.
Won easily by half a length ; the same between the se •
cond and third ; a bad fourth.
The South Hampshire Stakes (Handicap) of 15 soya each,
JO ft, and b if declared ; winners extra. About a mile

and a half.
Mr J. 11. Wyndham 's Innsllan, 5 yrs, Bst 121 b
(S. Rogers) w.o.
The Scurry Handicap Stakes of 3 sovs each, with 30
added, for three-yr-olds and upwards; winners extra.
T.Y.C.
Mr Wodson's Deerfoot, 4 yrs, 9st llb (Hibberd) 1
Mr W. G. Craven's Llangollen, 3 yrs, 6st 101 b
(Atkinson) 2
Mr W. Coney's Bonny Glen, 3 yrs, Tat (S. Adams) 3
Mr Brayley's Black Yriar, 3 yrs, Tat 21b (Cannon) 4
Mr Winteside's Dodo, 4 yrs, Bst 31b (Fordham) 5
Mrs Osbtildeston's Russ, 4 yrs, 7st 111 b .... (S. Mordan) 6
Betting-7 to 4 agst Deerfoot, sto 2 agst Bonnie Glen, 4
to 1 each agst Llangollen and Black Friar.
A good race won by a neck; half a length between se-
cond and third ; a bad fourth.
The Town Stakes of 3 Bove. each, with 25 added; weight
for age, and selling allowances.
Capt. Christie's Corset, 3 yrs (£4O), 6st 31b (S. Mordan) 1
Mr J. Ward's Knight Templar, 4 yrs (£4O), 7st 21b
(S. Adams) 2
Mr Brayley's Victoria Cross, 3 yrs, (Z 4.0), 6st 81b
(Murray) 3

Dareful also ran.
Betting-6 to 4 each each agst Corset and Knight Tern•
plar, 4 to 1 agst Victoria Cross.
Won by half a length ; a bad third. Dareful bolted.
The winner was bought by Mr Chamberlayne for 85
guineas. Mr. Brayley claimed Knight Templar,
The Welter Handicap did not produce a race,

CHESTERFIELD MEETING.
The Nursery Handicap of 3 sous each, with 40 added, for
2-yr-olds. Three.quarters of a mile.
Mr Merone's Terror, Bst 3lb (Merone, jun) 1
Mr Osborne's Dubiety, 7st 121 b (Carroll) 2
Mr Barber's Fan, 7st
Betting-6 to 4on Terror, 9to 4 eget Dubiety, and sto
1 agst Fan.
Won by two lengths; bad third.
The Chatsworth Stakes of 50 sous added to a handicap
stake of 5 soya each. Nearly Im. 6tur.
Mr T, Cliff's Sandford, 4 yrs, 7st 121 b ..(J. Griinshaw) 1
Mr Barber's Macbeth, 3 yrs, Est 9lb
Mr R. Chilton's Little Duchess 3 yrs, 6st 131 b (Carroll) 3
Mr Barber's Helen, 3 yra, Est 61'13 (Ward) 4
Betting—Even on Sandford, 5 to 2 agat Macbeth, and 7
to 2 agst Little Duchess,
Won by a head ; three lengths between second and
thrd ; bad fourth.
The Cavendish Stakes of 25 soya added to a sweepstakes of
3 soya each, for 2 and 3-yr-olds. Half a mile,
Terror, 7st 71b (in 71b ex) (Ward) t 1
Seaboy, Bst Sib ....
Lady of the Grove, Bst 21b ..
The following also ran :—Ess Bouquet, Cutaway, and
Inverness.
Betting-5 to 2 agst Terror, 3to 1 agst Seaboy, and 4to
1 each agat Inverness and Cutaway.
A dead heat—Lady of the Grove was beaten four lengths

SECOND EDITION.

bUli OFFICE, HALF-PAST 4 O'CLOCK.

SWITZERLAND.

BERN; July 20.—A Swiss circular invites all
the Powers to take part in a Congress to be heia
at Paris in the autumn to regulate telegraphic
communications in Europe.