The Sun.
London, England, 1863-07-31 00:00:00

THE ARMY.

A flying column, consisting of the 6th Dragoon
Guards, a battery Royal Horse Artillery, a detach-
ment of Royal Engineers and Military Train, the
Ist battalion 3d Regiment (the Buffs) the Ist bat-
talion 24th Regiment, the 2d battalion 60th Rifles,
and a detachment of the Commissariat Staff Corps,

tss wito'e under the command of Mifr,r-Gen. Rus-
seii, C. 8., will march from Aldershett on Saturday
the Ist pros. for Wcolmer Forest, halting there on
Stmday and Monday, returning to Beacon-hid on
Tuesday, halting there on 'Wednesday, marching on
Thursday to Sandhurst, halting on Friday, and re-
turning to camp on Saturday, the Bth inst.
The 12th limners, after a stay of nearly two years
at the camp at Aldershott, are under orders to be
held in readiness to move on the 6th pros. hs fol-
lows :—Headquarters and 6 troops to ;
1 troop to Hampton•court; and 1 troop to Kensing-
ton.

The 18th HussarF, now on the Ncrth Camp,
A!dershott, are under orders to move as follows :
Headquarters and 3 troops to P..Torwich, 3 troops to
Ipswich, and 2 troops to Northampton, to proceed
early in September.

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HER MAJESTY.

OSBORNE, July 30.
The Queen and Princess of Wales drove out
yesterday.
Earl Russell arrived at Osborne and had an
audience of her Majesty.

The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council sat
yesterday. Two appeals from the Admiralty Court
in the case of the Carrier Dove were heard. Judg-
ment was given in the first by Lord Justice Knight
Bruce, and in the second by Lord Chelmsford. Both
were dismissed with costs. The Lords present were
Lord Chelmsford, Lord Kingsdown, and Lord Jus-
tice Knight Bruce.

Despatches were received yesterday at the Colo-
nial. office from the Governors of the West India
Islands. Despatches were sent to the Governor of
Canada and to the Lord High Commissioner of the
lonian Islands.

The Emperor of Russia and the Six Points.

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Oa the 23d of June a despatch from St. Peters-
burg informed the Grand Duke Constantine of the
propositions of the Western Powers, and the Grand
Duke acquainted the Marquis Wielopolski with the
same. The latter on the next day addressed the
following letter to the Emperor ;

" Palace of the Castle, June 13.
" Sire,—His Imperial Highness the Grand Duke Con-
stantine has been good enough to communicate to me the
purport of the propositions of the Powers, and asked my
opinion on the subject, expressing also a wish that I should
give the same to your Imperial Majesty,
" I repeat, then, to your Imperial Majesty that which I
have already had the honour to say to his Imperial High-
ness the Grand Duke. It is, that I am pleased that the
overtures of the Powers manifest a spirit so amicable and
moderate, and that, as Ministers of your Imperial Majesty,
I cannot but give them my assent.
"I am, She, with respect, the very loyal subject of your
Imperial Majesty,
"ALEXANDER, MARQUIS WIELOPOLSKI."

On the 27th a telegram from St. Petersburg made
it known that the Council of the Emperor was not of
this opinion, and that the reply agreed upon would
not be without demanding certain modifications.
The following day the Marquis wrote again to
the Emperor in the following terms:—

" Warsaw, June 28.

" Sire,—Events succeed one anther too rapidly to render
it possible to prevent anything, or even to foresee any-
thing. At all events, your Imperial Majesty will render me
the justice that up to the present time lay predictions have
been verified to the latter.

"It is painful to me to recur to a subject which I had
imagined already exhausted,—• to intentions which appeared
to be unanimously entertained. However, your Imperial
Majesty will allow me to observe that if my actions are com-
pared with the propositions which I have had the honour to
submit to your Majesty, I shall be held free from all re-
proach. I will add but one word. The propositions of the
Cabinets are so wise and so moderate, the honour of the
Empire has been so scrupulously preserved in all circum-
stances which have occurred, they would produce a change
and relative claim so advantageous, that I cannot imagine
anything more practical, or that would more conduce to the
true interests of the Empire, than the unqualified accept-
ance of them, -without discussion and without alteration.

" Should the contrary be the case, I should experience the
grief of finding myself compelled to withdraw myself entirely
from a line of policy which I cannot but consider hurttu
and fraught with danger, and I shall abandon all hope:that
my presence will be beneficial to the welfare of my country,
or to the service of your Imperial Majesty.
" I am, She, with respect, your Imperial Majesty's loyal
subj ect,

"ALEXANDER, MARQUIS IV lELOPOLSKI,"

PRINCE Louis of HESSE has bought the arsenal
at Mayence to convert it into a palace. The view from it over
the Rhine is most beautiful.
FATAL OCCURRENCE IN DUCKETT'S CANAL,
VICTORIA-PARK.—TWO LIVES LOST.—Last even-
ing, about seven o'clock, a melancholy accident, resulting
in the loss of two fine youths, took place in Sir George
Duckett's Canal, Victoria-park, near the Old French-bridge,
It appears that, as usual in the summer months, there were
a large number of lads bathing in the canal, and two unfor-
tunate youths, named John Davis, aged 14, and Edward
Gray, aged 15, living in the vicinity of Old Gravel-lane,
Wapping, had been amusing themselves with corks, learn-
ing to swim. It seems that the number of boys increasing
they had abandoned the corks, and one of the deceased lads
ventured too far from the bank, and the bottom of that part
of the canal being steep, the poor fellow, after a few faint
cries for help, disappeared under the water. The other un-
fortunate lad, who could swim a little, seeing what had
happened to his companion, bounded in after him and made
an effort to save him, but unhappily the drowning lad clung
so fast to his would-be preserver that the latter was power-
less, and before assistance could be rendered them they both
perished. The police of the K division were soon in attend-
ance, and the drags being u.ed the bodies were recovered,
but life was quite extinct. The painful scene was witnessed
by a number of persons who were passing to and from the
park. The bodies were removed to Bow dead-house, and
are in charge of Mr. Philpot, the coroner's officer. It is
stated that the police have no power to prevent the bathing
in the canal, which is a most dangerous place, and every
summer is the scene of a Sad loss of life.

DISTRIBUTION OF WEALTH IN ENGLAND.—There
are just 519,971 houses in England and Wales as-
sessed to the house duty over £2O a-year, of which 375,448
are not above £5O a-year, 101,943 between that and £lOO a
year, and the remainder, 42,b95, above £lOO a•year. This
gives us a fair notion of the number of the opulent famili,
and of the viell-to;do middle class families. Of the former
there must be somewhere about £50,000 in England and
Wales—for the)r income in houses of £lOO a year and up-
wards must vary from £I,IOC a year upwards; of the latter
with incomes varying, say from £5OO to LIMO a year, there
must be just double the number of families—about 100,000
The lower middle class (in wealth), with incomes between
£2OO a year and £5OO, number again much more than
double both the others.—Spectator,

ST. PAUL'S CATHEDRAL is at length likely to
have its embellishment completed according to the
original design of Sir Christopher Wren. The proposal,
according to the Reade'r, consists primarily in filling eleven
windows at the ends of the choir, nave, and transepts with
painted glass of the highest quality, uniform in style, de-
sign, and execution, in filling the sprandrels of the dome,
vaults, and other suitable compartments, and ultimately the
dome itself, with paintings in mosaic ; and generally in
gilding and incrusting with coloured marbles such parts of
the architecture as require it to complete the decorative
framework. It is also intended to finish the great organ in
the south transept, and to complete the stall work of the
choir, and other works which have been left incomplete.
The funeral service for Madlle. Emma Livry
took place at 10 on Wednesday morning at the
church of Notre Dame de Lorette. Long before that hour
the church was filled with persons provided with tickets
and hundreds remained outside to see the cortege pass. The
entire corps of the Opera were waiting at the church to
receive the remains, together with M. l'etrin, Director of
the Opera-house, Prince Poniatowski, and several distin-
guished literary characters. On leaving the church the
corners of the pall were held by four young persons dressed
in white, followed by the pupils of the Conservatoire du
Musique. The cortege preceded to the churchyard of Mont-
martre, wbere an oration was delivered over the grave by
M. Petipa, ballet master of the Opera.
DESTRUCTIVE FIRF S.—About one o'clock on
Wednesday a fire, which threatened fatal results to several
persons, happened in the premises belonging to Mr. E.
Colterett, French wine importer, No. 157, Bermondsey-
street. The discovery was made by a police cons able, who,
noticing smoke pouring out of the lower part of the building
with some difficulty succeeded in arousing the inmates, who
escaped just in time to avoid being burnt to death, The
premises were nearly burnt out, and the roof partially de-
stroyed. The building was insured in the Sun Fire-office.
About half-past 4 a in., a fire commenced in the premises of
Mr. W. West, a laundry proprietor, situate at No. 8,
Queen's-road, Chelsea. The laundry and wash-house were
nearly consumed, and the back part of the dwelling severely
damaged, The contents were insured in the Globe office

LAW INTELLIGENCE—This Bay.

ROLLS COURT.
BROUN T. LENNEDY,-JUDGMENT,

His Honour this morning gave judgment in this cele•
brated case, which has so frequently ban before the pub-
lic. In the present case the point was to test the validity
of a certain deed which Mrs. Swynten had executed in
favour of Mr. Kennedy, her advocate in the famous caro
of Swynfen v. Swynfen. The facts of the case being so
generally known it is needless to repeat them ; and in de-
livering judgment his Honour said he could not but come
to the opinion that Mr. Kennedy had obtained such an
influence over Mrs. Swynfen (Mrs. Brows then) that ren-
dered her incapable of resisting anything that Mr Kennedy
might urge. He could only Liken the influence t) that
which a father might possess over his child, or a husband
over his wife, but then, the party having that power, was
not entitled to exercise it for his own personal benefit. As
the case stood before .him, it appeared that on its bdcoming
known to Mr, Kennedy that Mrs. Swynfen was about to be
married he wrote to the lady, and she, in reply, said she.
knew that he (Kennedy) was t have the £20,000, but then
he would have to wait some time, to which he urged that
he ought to have some security beyond a verbal acknow-
ledgment. Mrs. Swynfen intimated that she had made her
will, and that the Swynfen articles had, subject to some
legacies, been made over to Kennedy, but this it appeared
was not satisfactory to him, and he accordingly suggested
the property might be made over to him by a deed of gilt:.
This deed was accordingly drawn out by Mr. Kennedy, and
left with Mrs. Swynfen for perusal, and after the instru-
ment had been in her possession some time, it was signed
by her, but then arose the question, was she not morally so
much in his power as to be unable to resist his demands.
Every letter written about this period showed how
great that influence was, and he was of opinion
that as the father was precluded from exercising that
influence over his child which he might possess, so others
possessing, in fact, a similar power, were entirely precluded
from exercising it for their own benefit. His Honour then
referred to the judgment which had been given in the
Court of Common Pleas when the matter was before that
court, and said there was not one point in the long and
and able judgment 'which decided the non-liability for
£20,000 with which he did not agree; and certainly if it
could not be supported on the ground of contract it could
not be by moral obligation. He had listened with surprise
to the statements of the learned gentleman when he was
commenting upon the lady for whom he had acted—when
he was talking about holding her up as a mark of scorn and
derision, and he felt pained to say that he could not permit
himself to express his opinion upon such conduct, because it
was evident it was dictated by the most vehement animosity.
In whatever way Mr. Kennedy acted when he first took the
case in hand, whether generosity or friendship, there was no
obligation on the part of his client to reward in any other
than the ordinary way. Mr, Kennedy might have been in-
duced to take up the case for the honour of distinction, and
he felt he would have arrived at that distinction had it not
been for the ill-advised course he had lately been pursuing.
After some further observations his Honour said he was of
opinion that the deed could not be supported. He then
ordered it to be delivered up to be cancelled, and directed
Mr. Kennedy to pay the costs of the present cause.

COURT OF BANKRUPTCY.
(Before ➢lr. Commissioner Holroyd.)
IN RE FLOOD.

This bankrupt was described as of Austin-friars and
Lloyds, broker, and this was a meeting for last examination
and discharge.
Mr. C. E. Lewis said that the case was likely to occupy
two or three holurs, and under all the circumstances ho did
not think the bankrupt would be prejudiced by an adjourn-
ment.

Mr. Sargood, for the assignees, assented, and the case
was adjourned till the 14th of October next.

The debts are stated at £1,137. To creditcrs holding
security, £1,000; assets, £1,846.

MARKETS--This Day.

MARK-LANE.

A limited supply of English wheat was on sale at Mark-
ane to-day. The demand, however, for all qualities was
in a sluggish state, and the transactions were mostly re-
stricted to the best samples on offer, at last Monday's quo-
tations.

Tho market was well supplied with foreign wheat. The
demand for all descriptions ruled far from active, yet no
quotable change took place in the currency.
Floating cargoes of grain moved off slowly at previous
quotations.

The supply of barley was very moderate. The demand,
however, ruled inactive at late rates.

Malt changed hands to a fair average extent at late quo-
tations.

The supply of oats on the stands was tolerably larg-, and
all descriptions sold heavily at about stationary prices.
Beans and peas were dull, but without material change
in value from Monday last.

Both English and foreign flour moved off slowly at late
rates.

ARRIVALS THIS WEEK.
*heat. Bariey. I,lalt. Oats. Flout.
English 710 / 2370 20 1 720
Irish.. --1 370 -
Foreign.— 5,120 2,260 I 25,110 130 sks
2,260 brie