The Sun.
London, England, 1863-06-19 00:00:00

The Yelverton Marriage Case.

There are some curious movements going on in
this case by Major Yelverton and his friends. In
our last number it was stated that the House of
,Lords had ordered the respondent peremptorily to
answer in a week ; and so late as the 2d of this
month the Major's agents applied for a further ex-
tension of time to lodge their case, and obtained
leave till the 2d day of July next. They had thus
been, by repeated requests for delay, granted six
months to prepare a case which, considering all that
has occurred, ordinary mortals might have imagined
could have been prepared in one. This, it is true,
is their matter, with probably good reasons for de-
lay ; but what is the meaning of the obtaining this
additional time, of this peremptory order of the
court that the respondent should answer in a week ?
We confess it is difficult to comprehend the object
aimed at. Mrs. Yelverton was in London last month
with her agents preparing for the hearing; she is
now, and has been for some time, at her lodgings in
Crawford's, where, it may readily be supposed, this
sudden change has surprised her. Of course her
agents will apply for time to put in whatever an-
swers may be necessary; meanwhile she is trying
to get here reparation for that shamelessly slander-
ous letter which Mrs. Forbes published against her
in the Examiner immediately after the Judges of
the Court of Session had declared her to be, what
she has all through asserted herself to be, the law-
ful married wife of Major Yelverton.—Caledonian
Mercury,

LORD PALMERSTON AND THE HERBERT ME-
MORIAL STATUE.—The Salisbury Town Council
have resolved to entertain the Premier at luncheon after the
ceremony. Accommodation will only be provided fox a
small party, numbering between 100 and 200. The lttayor
and Corporation, with the committee, will receive Lord
Palmerston at the railway station, and accompany him to
the Council House, where an address will 'be presented,
and the inauguration of the statue will tal:,e place immedi-
ately afterwards. Some of the blocks •,,fgranite which are
to form the base of the pedestal arrived on Monday.—
IF iltshin
Yesterday morning, at. a meeting of the Liver-
pool Local Marine Board, Captain Sproule, the
chairman, presented, on behalf of the Emperor Napoleon,
a gold medal and dip:foraa to Captain Joseph Michel, of the
brig Mary Wallin, of Liverpool, for service rendered by
Captain Mich.'el to the French navy in Mexico.
THE CROPS IN CANADA.—The Toronto Globe
says :--." The weather of the past week has been of
the most favourable character, and the progress made by
the corps has been remarkable. From every quarter of the
province the reports concur in speaking in the most promis-
ing terms of the full spring grains. We learn from a party
who has just completed an extensive tour through Bruce
and Grey that spring wheat never exceeded its present
promise, and that peas and oats are even more advanced
than in more cultivated sections. Unless some great
calamity overtake us, the country bids fair to be blessed
with a most abundant harvest."

SPIRITUAL COMMUNICATION FROM GOVERNOR
WALL.—My name is Joseph Wall. I was Lieute-
nant-Governor of Goree, acting as Chief in July, 1782. I
caused a man to be flogged without a trial. I ordered Ser-
geant Armstrong to receive 800 lashes. He died in five
days afterwards. The Board of Admiralty offered a reward
for my apprehension. I absconded, and went to live on
the Continent, mostly in France and Italy. In 1797 I re-
turned to England. I was taken up in 1802, 20 years after
I had flogged Armstrong to death. I was tried, convicted,
and hanged. Colonel Crawley is accused of having
hastened, the death of Sergeant-Major Lilley, if not
of ha sing killed him, by illegally confining him in a
Blo.ek Hole. I won't say that Colonel Crawley murdered
Fiergeant-Major Lilley. I don't know that he did. Spirits
never know anything of the kind. We cannot tell who did
the Road murder. We only know what the papers tell
you. They say that Crawley committed a crime that
amounts to murder. What they say is corroborated by the
Duke of Cambridge. If it is true, Colonel Crawley ought
to be tried for it. Should it be proved against him he
would deserve hanging more than I did. The man I caused
to be flogged was a mutineer among mutineers. He was
not a respectable non. commissioned officer. Mrs. Brownrigg
tells me to give you her compliments. Good night.—Punch.

EGYPTIAN GROUSE.—A covey of 19 of the "pin-
tail," " sand grouse," or "Egyptian grouse," was found
last week near Scarborough. The birds are rare.visitanta to
these lands, although of late they have been met with in
various places on the coast. On Tuesday Mr. J. Wilson,
of Flotmuanby, shot two brace and a half out of the covey
above named, a brace of which has been presented to the
Mayor of Scarborough, for his museum.

DAMAGES AGAINST RAILWAY FURNACES.--A case
was tried in the Jury Court, Edinburgh, before Lord
Barcaple, on Friday, Saturday, and Monday last, in which
Messrs. Cooper and 'Wood, bottle manufacturers, Portobello,
claimed £l,OOO damages against the North British Railway
Company for injury sustained by the house and grounds of
Baileyfield, Portobello (of which the pursuers are proprie-
tors), from smoke, dust, and gases discharged from the
defenders' works for converting and hardening iron rails.
A large number of scientific witnesses, including chemists,
medical practitioners, architects, and horticulturists, were
examined on both sides. The evidence was to a great
extent conflicting, but it seemed to be proved that the
vegetation had, since the erection of the furnaces, been con-
siderably injured, and that the comfort of the occupation
had been interfered with. The jury were divided in opinion,
bat by a majority of nine to three they found for the pur-
suers, with £2OO damages.

A soldier, named-Pierre Valin, has just died in
one of the charitable asylums in Paris, after being
subject to a singular mental aberration ever since the
battle of Solferino, where ho was wounded in the head by
a musket shot. Tho wound soon healed, but the man,
though apparently in good health, fancied himself dead
from the time he received the Injury. When asked how
he was, he invariably replied—" Ah I you are asking about
Pierre Valin ? Poor fellow I He was killed at Solferino
by a musket shot in the head. What you see here is not
Valin, but a machine made in his semblance, and so badly
put together that you ought to gat another in its stead."
In speaking of himself he never said " I," or " me," but
always " it." He would sometimes remain for days in a
state of complete immobility, and so insensible to pain that
neither mustard poultices, blisters, pricking, nor punching
was felt by him. He would often refuse to eat, saying—
" It does not want anything; it has no stomach."
GRATEFUL OFFERING.—WhiIe the ship Ada-
m„aynatt; r London, was recently on her homeward
_apt rota Calcutta, it was decided by her commander,
t'ship,:ulomLocerd.wainckc; the military officers on board, and the
of the funds of the
crew,isi. to make a penny subscription in aid
amounted toational Lifeboat Institution. The sub-
scriptionthe Royal Navall4B.; which sum Captain Brown, of
. Institution, utaitrve, Bent yesterday to the Lifeboat

LATEST INTELLIGENCE.

(REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.)

FRANCE.

PARIS, JUNE 19.
The Prince of Orange has gone to Fontainebleau
where his Royal Highness will pass a few days.

PARIS, JUNE 18, EVENING.

The Notes upon the Polish question addressed to
Russia by the three Powers were despatched to St.
Petersburg this morning.

The King of Sweden has congratulated the Empe-
ror upon the victory of the French at Puebla.

The rumour that M. de Sartiges, the French Am-
bassador at Turin, and M. de Talleyrand, Ambassa-
dor of France at Brussels, are about to request leave
of absence from their diplomatic posts is unfounded.
The Emperor has arrived in Paris, and has pre-
sided at a Cabinet Council,

The Patrie of this evening publishes an article,
signed by M. Delamarre, reviewing the atrocities
committed by the Russians in Poland, and declaring
that no hopes can be entertained of any benefit
arising from diplomacy. The writer calls upon
France, in conjunction with other friendly nations,
to intervene actively for the re-establishment of an
independent Poland,

La France asserts that, upon learning the capitu-
lation of Puebla, President Juarez decreed the
transference of the seat of Government to San Luiz
Potosi. This decision is presumed to indicate an
intention of not defending the city of Mexico.
The Bordeaux papers contain the particulars of a
conflict which took place in that city on Tuesday,
between the military and a number of carriers.
The latter attempted to prevent the running of
the trains which the Southern Railway Company
had established to connect the harbour with the
railway station, the carriers affirming that these
trains were prejudicial to their interests. One
soldier was wounded, and about a dozen persons
were arrested.

Judgment has been delivered in the lawsuit be-
tween M. deVillemessent, the editor of the Figaro,
and M. Didier. The latter has been sentenced to
two months' imprisonment and to pay a fine of 500 f.
BOURSE, June 18.—The English funds have ar-
rived with a rise of but the only effect on this
market has been to give a check to the downward
movement. Threes, for the Account, are unvaried
at 69f 50c. Railway Share Market without ani-
mation, The following are the closing quotations :
It per Cents. 97 20 Italian L0an...... 73
Do. end month Do. end month.... 73
3 per Cents
Do. end month.... 68 65 Do, end month 74 05
Credit M0bi1ier....1217 50 Russian
Do. end m0nth....1220 Austrian
Bank Shares — Spanish Threes....
Credit F oncier 1375 Rome Debt ......