The Sun.
London, England, 1863-06-29 00:00:00

AN EDINBURGH SCANDAL.

We alluded lately to a disgraceful circumstance,
in which a military officer of high rank, resident
in this city, was the chief actor ; and, as the affair
has been, by a recent circumstance, again
brought before the public, we need have no hesita-
tion in stating what we know about it, but without,
in the meantime, giving any names. As we stated
before, the persons inculpated are a married mili-
tary officer of some standing and an unmarried
lady of great personal attractions, the daughter, it
is said, of a gentleman who held a situation as
tutor in a family in the north of Scotland, and who
married his employer's widow. The particulars of
the faux pas, so far as we have been able to gather
them, are as follows :—The lady of the gallant
son of Mars, an attractive and accomplished woman,
had, it seems, for some time back suspected her
husband of being unfaithful to his marriage
vows, and in order to be at rest on that point she
engaged the services of a well-known detective to
watch his outgoings and incomings, and also
to keep an eye on the doings of the young lady,
who lived in Inverleith-row. The officer (of police)
had great difficulty in finding sufficient evidence,
for law purposes, of the amorous propensity of the
" gay son of Mars," but was at last, after a
lengthened vigil, successful in his mission. Having
traced the gay Lothario to a well-known garden in
the Stockbridge suburbs of the city, he at once saw
that the purport of his visit was to meet a lady who
had preceded him on the ground, What then took
place will doubtless be speedily made public, as, we
understand, the outraged wife has placed her case
in the hands of an eminent consistorial lawyer, with
a view to sueing out a.divorce, and notwithstanding
the rumour of her having forgiven the naughty
colonel, and condoned his offence, the case for a sepa-
ration will go on. In the meantime a near relative
—in fact, the stepbrother of the young lady, who
holds an important office connected with the orga-
nisation of our volunteers—having heard the
rumours which were afloat in connection with
this very flagrant case of seduction, immediately
started off to England, where " the victim" of
the officer is at present residing, obtained an inter-
view with her, and was successful in persuading her
to give up a couple of letters which she had received
from her seducer, one signed and the other without
a signature. Armed with these, and accompanied
with some friends, cue a general of the army, an-
other a major of volunteers, and a well known phi-
lanthropic baronet of this city, he repaired on Sa-
turday last to the New Club in Princes street, and
at once sent for the delinquent. Upon bis arrival
he was shown the letters, and after some
hesitation, acknowledged their authorship,
whereupon the valiant volunteer officer proceeded
to administer to him an exceedingly sound thrash-
ing, accompanied by some indignities that the
" gallant" gentleman will not soon forget. Darieg
the scuffle the colonel contrived to burn the letters.
It is rumoured that since then the officer has been
ordered under arrest. As the whole affair
speedily come before the Divorce Court, we do not
require at present to say any more about it.—
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India Office—Mr. Horatio George 4;:y
been appointed a clerk in London.
Mr. Alfred Brown and Mr. Walter Edward laelrns ee.
4.
have been appointed temporary clerks, London.
Poor-law Beard—Mr. Robt. Montague Barton has
been appointed a supplementary clerk, London.
Customs—Mr. Daniel -Silverthorne has been ap-
pointed an out-door officer at 'London ; Mr. Robt.
Scott, at Borrowstoness ; Mr. Francis Smithy at
Newry; Mr. John Smith, at Grimsby; Mr. R. 1i•
Ruegg has been promoted from sth to 4th class of
clerks, and Mr. J. J. T. Burtt from 6th to sth class
of clerks, East and West India Docks; Mr. Alex.
Jenkins has been promoted from 4th to 3d class of
out-door officers, Liverpool. Inland Revenue—
Stamps and Tax Branch—Mr. Jas. Keates has been
appointed a junior clerk in the warehouse depart-
ment. Mr. Henry Whalley Murray has been
appointed a junior clerk in the Fire In-
surance department. Exe:se Bli,neh—Mr. Hector
L. G. Gavin has been appointed sth class clerk,
Secretaries' Office. Mr, Gorge Massey, officer,
Wednesbury, Ist division, Lichfield collection, has
been appointed to Oldham, 31 division, Mancheser
collection. Mr. W. Jones, officer, Wednesbury, 4th
division, Lichfield collection. Mr. J. Richardson,
officer, Edinburgh, 2d division, Edinburgh collec-
tion, has been appointed to Wednesbury, 4th divi-
sion, Lichfield collection. Mr. W. Furse, officer,
Hindon, let ride, Dorset collection, has been ape
pointed to Edinburgh, 2d ride, Edinburgh collec-
tion. Ireland—A vacancy has occurred in the In-
come-tax-office, Ireland. Dr. Newell has been
appointed chief of inspection, National Board of
Education, vice Mr. W. M'Creedy, promoted. Mr.
A. S. Cowley has been appointed sub-inspector of
schools, National Education-office. The East,44o6 . •
—The Supreme Government
appointment of eight small cause judges for the
Punjaub, the following appointments have been
made :—Mr. T. H. Thornton to be judge of the first
class at Lahore, Captain C. A, M'Mahon to be
judge of the first class at Umritsur, Mr.
L. Berkeley to be judge of the second class
at Delhi, Mr. J. C. Murphy to be judge of the second
class at Simla, Mr. J. H. Penn to be judge of third
class at Jullundhur, Mr. G. C. Westropp to be judge
of the third class at Hoshyarpoor, Mr. F. R. Scar-
lett to be judge of the third class at Peshawur. Mr.
F. F. Arbuthnot has been appointed to be deputy
commissioner of customs, salt and opium, at the
Bombay presidency. The following promotions
have been made in her Majesty's Bombay civil ser-
vice:—Messrs. A. B. Warden, A. F. Bellasis, A.
K. Forbes, A. Gray, H. P. St. G. Tucker, and B.
H. Ellis, have been promoted from the third to the
second class. Messrs. S. St. J. Gordon, C. F, H.
Shaw, C. G. Kemball, R. H. Pinney, J. R. Arthur,
A. Bosanquet, E. W. Ravenscroft, E. P. Robertson,
A. E. D. Grey, and R, W. Lodwick, have been pro-
moted from the fourth to the third class. Messrs. J.
Moriarty, C. Henna, G. Anderson, G. W. Elliott,
R. W. Hunter, T. Bosanquet, G. F. Sheppard, W.
M. Coghlan, and Baron A. J. de H. Larpent, have
been promoted from the fifth to the fourth class.
Messrs. A. Crawford, J. Elphinston, M, Mellvill,
G. G. B. Coulson, A. A, Borradaile, C. R. Ovens,
G. Norman, and W. W. Robertson, have been pro-
moted from the fifth to the fourth class. Messrs.
C. W. Bell, C. A. Middleton, F. R. S. Wylie, G.
B. Pritchard, N. M. W. Daniell, and J. Hunter,
have been promoted from the sixth to the fifth class.
Ceylon.—Mr. F. B. Templar has been appointed to
be acting principal assistant colonial secretary and
acting clerk to the Executive and Legislative Coun-
cils during the absence of Mr. J. Bailey. Mr. C.
H. De Saram has been appointed to be acting dis-
trict judge, acting commissioner of the Court of
Requests, and police magistrate of Caltura, vice
Templar. Mr. H. W. Gillman has been appointed
acting commissioner of the Court of Requests of
Colombo, vice De Saram. Mr. F. R. Sanders has
been appointed to be acting land surveyor at
Colombo, vice Gillman. Mr. G. W. Paterson has
been appointed to be acting assist ant at Trincomalee
to the goverment agent for the eastern province,
vice Sanders. Captain J. Donnan has been appointed
to be master attendant at Colombo, vice Captain
Pritchard, deceased; also to be joint police magis-
trate for the district of Colombo.--Civa Service
Gazette.

RAILWAY EXTENSION.

An inspection of that portion of the London, Chatham,
and Dover Railway between Herne•hill and the Beckenham
junction took place on Saturday, preparatory to its being
opened for public traffic on Wednesday next. 1 his line will
then be, for the first time, in possession of the through line
running over their own property, between the two terminal
stations, London and Dover. The Dulwich station of this
line is situated about a mile from Herne-hill, and about
two miles from the latter place will be the temporary depot
for the Crystal Palace, and which will be used until the
opening of the Crystal Palace and South London Railway
in the beginning of 1865. This station, although three
quarters of a mile from the entrance to the Palace, will be a
great convenience to the inhabitants of Camberwell, Brix-
ton, Clapham, &c., who hitherto have had no ready means
of access to Sydenham. The line passes through the Syd en-
ham tunnel, which is 2,200 yards long. On account •f the
treacherous nature of the London clay, through which it is
driven, it has been found necessary to arch it in several places
with 12 layers of brick, eigb t layers being the minimum in any
part. The total number of bricks used in its construction is
32,000,000, or 10,000,000 more than are contained in the
whole Exhibition building. At its southern end the nine
main lines of the Brighton and South Eastern are crossed,
but during the whole of the work no interruption of their
traffic took place. Just beyond this spot is the Penge sta-
tion, and about a mile further on the junction with the
main line to Dover is reached. The distance from Victoria
station to Beckenham by the new line will be 8/ miles in-
stead of 1l by the present route, and from Beckenham to
the Elephant and Castle the distance will be 7/ miles. Al-
though there will be a saving of three miles on the whole
distance, and the gradients are much easier than those on
the West-end and Crystal Palace Railway, the company
will not lessen the time in which trains run from London
to Dover until the new line is perfectly consolidated.
Herne-hill will be the junction station for all the London,
Chatham, and Dover through trains. Those coming from
the Elephant and Castle will be united, and the up trains
will be separated at this station. Colonel Yolland inspects
the line to-day.

CAPTAIN GRANT.—Captain Grant, of Nairn, who
recently arrived in England, along with his fellow-
explorer, Captain Speke, will no doubt soon rejoin his
mother and other near relatives at Dingwall, and it may bo
reasonably expected that he will not omit to revisit his
native place, where his youthful life so much endeared him
to rich and poor. In such a case it will be for the people
of Nairn to evince, in some special manner, their apprecia-
tion of his services to his countrymen, and to show the
pride with which they regard him as a fellow-tewnsman.
While it is gratifying to hear that his health has not
suffered from his trying travels, we regret to learn that he
the presence
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is still annoyed with pains caused by the wounds he had.
received at the siege of Lucknow.—Nair Telegraph.
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THE ADVENTURES OF AN EAGLE IN SEARCH Or
PREY.--A few days ago, while several dogs and a
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de fine large eagle, at whose appearance the doge ran off
and the ravens flew away, one of the latter carrying off a
portion of the entrails, part being swallowed.
being unable either to separate or disgorge a
yard d The raves
en
had to fly away with about half her booty, she
had from her
mouth. The eagle observing this, instantly gave chase, and
soon after succeeded in seizing holdofof the /coat
the end P
and in dragging both it
and
the raven to the ground, on,
reaching which he struck and killed the raven, and soon
after made a meal of it and the carrion, returning towards
the carcass. In the meantime, however, two of the dogs
had returned, and possession being nine points of the law,
hey growled defiance at the invader, and prepared to de-
fend their rights. The eagle, bent on obtaining possession,
for a short time hovered near the spot, and suddenly de-
scending gave the dogs two blows with its wings and ex•
polled them. It fed for a short time, and then flew off with
a large piece of carrion, which it deposited on a distant emi•
nenco, thereafter descending into the neighbouring loch,
and enjoying a bath with evident relish. This, however,
did not finish the eagle's adventures of the day. After
slowly rising out of the loch, it descended upon a flock of
sheep and lambs, and carried off in its talons a young lamb
from the stock of Mr. Gunn, Braehour, disappearing on the
top of Dorrery, Mr. Gunn, having observed the theft,
gave chase, accompanied, strange to say, by the ewe whose
lamb had been taken away. Whether the mother had ob
served the direction the eagle took, or merely followed Mr.
Gunn after being deprived of its lamb, it is impossible to
say, but it is certainly singular that she should have at
once, without invitation, accompanied him in the chase
after her young one. On arriving at the top of Dorrery,
the eagle was observed resting, while the lamb was skip-
ping about uninjured. The eagle maintained its position
till Mr. Gunn was within 50 yards of it, when it took its
flight ; and Mr. Gunn, with the ewe and lamb, returned to
Braehour, the lamb being none the worse for its aerial
voyage in the talons of the eagle,—Norther nEnsign,

THEATRE--R,,; Y A:l,, lIAY MARKET.
Lessee, Mr. J. B. Blackstone.
THIS EVENING, a new Farce, entitled AN UNLUCKY
MORTAL.
After which, 36th time, a new and original comedy, entitled
FINESSE ; or, Spy and Counter-Spy : Mr. Buckstone, Mr.
Howe, Mr. Chippendale, Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Wig,ra.a, and
Miss Louisa Angel.
Followed by (16th time), a new Farce, EASY SHAVING:
Messrs. Compton, W. Gordon, Rogers ; Miss Louise Keeley,
Miss Fanny Wright.
To conclude with THE STAR OF ANDALUSIA.
Commence at 7.

THE DUKE'S MOTTO,
HLINDRED A 2,11 THIRTY-NINTH NIGHT.

ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE.-
tinder the Sole Management of Mr. FECHTER.

THIS EVENING, to commence with an Orizinal sketch,
entitled A SUDDEN ATTACK. Messrs. Shore, Garden,
Wiadicomb, Mies Henrade, and Mrs. Lee.

After which, at a Quarter-past Eight, the Romantic
Drama, in Three Acts, and Pr3lo”.ue, entitled THE
DUKE'S %LOTTO, by Paul Feval and John Brougham.
The principal character will be sustained by Mr. Pechter,
'imported by Messrs. J. G. Shore, G. Jordan, J. Brougham,
H. iddi ombe, F. Charles, Garden, Raymond, Dawson ;
Misses Sophy Henrade, Kate Terry, E. f,avenue, and
Elsworthy. Doors open at 7, commence at half-past.
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