The Sun.
London, England, 1865-08-26 00:00:00

THE SUN, LOND9N,,, SATURDAY EVENING, AUGUST 26. 1865,

LA►W INTELLIGENCE—This Day.

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SHERIFFS' COURT.
(Before Mr. Tindal Atkinson and a Jury.)
GOODCHILD AND ANOTHER V. 'WRIGHT.

This was an action to recover £2O damages alleged to
have been sustained by the plaintiffs in consequence of
injuries suffered by their house while in defendant's charge.
Mr. Besley (instructed by Mr. Beard) appeared for the
plaintiffs, being stable-keepers of Finsbury ; Mr. Hubert
Wood (Wood and Ring), representing the defendant, a
captain in the merchant service.
It appeared that on the 28th July last, defendant went
to the plaintiff and hired a horse (which was to be fast but
quiet) and a waggonnetto for a pic-nic party, and defendant
asked the foreman for a nose-bag and some corn, in order
that the animal might be fed when necessary. On the
29th the party started for Hounslow, a friend of defendant's
driving. Upon arriving at their destination this friend
jumped out , while the defendant helped the ladies out,
ftud then defendant handed the nose-bag to his friend,
who took out the horse's bit, but while he was doing
so the horse reared, knocked the gentleman into a dyke,
and bolted at a rapid pace with a child of defendant in the
trap. The horse sustained very serious injuries by falling
in the road, but the child most providentially escaped un-
scathed.

Besley contended that the defendant had no right to
take out the bit, and had certainly not used such care as he
ought to have done.
Mr. Wood urged that the whole affair was the result of an
accident, and that it was not at all likely defendant would
have acted negligently while his child, who might have
been killed or seriously injured, was in the vehicle.
His Honour, in summing up, said it was for the jury to
consider whether the defendant had taken as much care of
the horse as he would hare done had it been his own, and
Mr. Wood had very properly dealt with this part of the
question.
The jury, after a very brief deliberation, found a verdict
for the defendant, and his honour granted costs.
Verdict for defendant, with costs.
THE SALE OF BAD MEAT BY SALESMEN--A NEW AND IM-
PORTANT VIEW OF THE LAW-JACKSON V. TAYLOR.

This was an action to reco'er a sum of money paid to
the defendant, a salesman, for a quarter of beef.
Plaintiff deposed as to the purchase, and his Honour
asked Mr. Pearce, of Giltspur-street, who appeared for
defendant, what was his answer.

Mr. Pearce called his honour's attention to a case in the
Court of Exchequer, and his honour asked defendant if he
were a salesman.
Defendant—Yes.

His Honour—l know that case, and the law is against
you, plaintiff. lam sorry for you, but you have not lost
all remedy, for you can sue the person who sent in the
meat. Did you see the meat before you bought it?
Plaintiff—Yes, sir, and it appeared all right.
His Honour—You see that the salesman is not liable for
any latent defect in the meat, and though it is a hard case
upon you, the law has ruled that you cannot recover from
him in a suit of this kind. lam quite sure that Mr. Pearce
will give you the name of the owner of the meat.
Mr. Pearce—Oh, certainly, sir, he shall have every in-
formation.

A Witness for plaintiff—But I believe that the bullock
was consigned to defendant alive, and killed by him.
His Honour—That alters the case.
Defendant—lt was not killed by me. It was consigned
from Hamburg, killed in a metropolitan slaughter house,
and all I had to do was to sell as the salesman on commis-
sion for the owner. _ _ _

His Honour—The law still stands, plaintiff, and you
must be nonsuited, but can sue the owner, who is clearly
liable to you. = _

Plaintiff nonsuited, °

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.--This Day.

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.
THE " HOME OF COMPAssION."—Mr• T. Parry, of Burney-
street, Greenwich, assistant secretary and collector of the
" Home of Compassion," waited upon the magistrate, and
said that in the absence of Mr. T. Randle Bennett, of 8,
King's Reach-walk, the treasurer of the Home, he felt it his
duty to make a statement which he trusted would be made
as public as the statement of Dr. Lankester and a Mr.
Allen, the agent of another society. So far from Dr. Lan-
kester knowing nothing of the Home, he gave him autho-
rity to place his name on the list of the committee. Mr.
Allen called upon him (Mr. Parry), and, holding in his
hand a copy of the Morning Post, said he had been desired
by Lord Palmerston's Government to make statistics
as regarded infanticide, asking him at the same
time if he would assist him. lie at the same
time wrote Mr. Allen the name and address of Mr,
Bennett, 5, King's Bench-walk, and if Mr. Allen had gone
to that gentleman he would have found that on account
of an outbreak of fever at the Home in Oakley-crescent
Mr. Bennett had sent the inmates to the Home, Iffley-road
Oxford, where they still were. As far as the listsof sub-
scribers was concerned that would not be ready till the
end of the year.

Mr. Parry then handed in a letter from Dr. Lankoster,
to the effect that he (Dr. Lankester) had found that the
Home had been removed from Oakley-crescent to Iffley-road,
Oxford, and that ho was afraid Mr. Allen had not made
the necessary inquiries, or he would have found that the
Home had a real existence.

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE—This day.

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LONDON, Aug. 26.---Wind this day at noon—South-
Westerly; moderate breeze and fine weather, but rather
cloudy.

FALMOUTH, Aug. 26.—Wind S.W.—Sailed—Electricity,
for Shanghai.

PLYMOUTH, Aug. 26.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Caliga,
from Trinidad.; Ev-elina, from New York; Elgar, from
Falmouth.

OFF DOVER, Aug. 25.—Arrived—Clotilde, from Sun-
derland.

NEWPORT, Ang. 21.—Wind W.—Sailed—Young Eagle,
from Monte Video.

MILVOItb, Aug. 25.—Wind S.W.—Sailed—Thomas
Graham, for Vera Cruz.

BRIDGEWATER, Aug. 24.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Mary
Hauwell, from Riehibucto.

PETERHEAD, Aug. 25.—Wind S.W.—Sailed—Sir Colin
Campbell, for Greenland.

SHIELDS, Aug. 25.—Wind &AV.—Arrived—Royal Wil-
liam, from Demerara.

CRY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.]

GRAVESEND, Saturday Morning.
Arrived, August 25.—Jamaina, from Tonning ; Scwhan,
from Cronstadt; Cecelia, from Medemsham ; Lina, from
Dantsic ; Xerstena Maria, from Unstadt ; James Bales,
from Cronstadt; Commerce, from Archangel; Three Sisters,
from Sundswall ; Davara and Leo, from Archangel; Thomas
Forrest, from Cronstadt ; Edward, from Poppenborg.
Arrived, August 26.—Trident, from Tonning ; Tindon,
from Cronstadt ; Mary and Emilia, from Cronstadt ; Alma,
from Calmer.

DEAL, Saturday Morning.
Passed—Severn, from London, for Vancouver Island ;
Dorothy, from Bremen, for Bahia ; Vivid, of Yarmouth,
from the north, for the west ; Martlett, from Taganrog,
for Yarmouth.

A SOLDIER STABBED By A LUNATIC.--A tragical
incident occurred a day or two since in the gardens
of the Luxembourg.
A private of the 58th Regiment of
the Line was walking in one of the avenues when a stranger
suddenly: rushed forward, and without any provocation
stabbed him with a knife in the abdomen. The assailant
was arrested, and proved to be a clerk of the Paris octroi,
but on his being interrogated he was at once found to be
bereft of his reason. He was consequently placed in con-
finement. The soldier had in the meantime been removed
to the Charite Hospital, and although his wound is serious
there are hopes of his recovery.

THREATENED LOCK-OUT OF COTTON OPERATIVES.
—A general lock-out of mill operatives is now pend-
ing at Chorley. It appears that during the period of dis-
tress the wages of the strippers and grinders were sub-
jected to a reduction of 6d. and Is. from what was pre-
viously paid, and thal recently they were restored to the
former amount. The operatives, however, who were in
receipt of 15s. per week, asked for a further advance of ss.
The masters, rather than accede to such a request, decided
at a meeting held on Monday to lock up their mills, but
gave the men time to consider their decision. On Wed-
nesday the operatives agreed to forego 35., and h3ld out
for an advance of 2s. per head per week; the result of which
is, that general notice was given by the master spinners on
Thursday to the effect that they would lock up their mills
14 days from date, if the demand was not withdrawn.—
Manchester Courier.

FROM AMERICA TO EUROPE IN A WEEK.—It is
stated that a company of the leading shipowners
of New York have under consideration plans for
building four magnificent vessels of 8,000 tons each, to be
propelled by engines of 2,500 horse-power, working two
paddle-wheels, of the usual kind, and two screw propellers
—so that, in case of derangement of either set of
machinery, the other set shall continue working without
material impediment in the speed of the vessel. These
vessels are capable of carrying 2,500 passengers at the
variable fares of 25, 50, and 75 dols., according to the
amount of accommodation required, between that city and
Bristol, England. Meals are to be furnished on board the
same as at any restaurant, and passengers can either eat
or let it alone, as it may please them. The passage to
Europe, it is believed, at eighteen miles an hour, will be
made in seven days, while the great length of the vessels
(nearly GOO feet) will overreach or materially control the
waves, and prevent that terrible pitching motion that is
more or less the dread of all sea-going travellers.—Anti-
Slavery Standard, August 12.

ANOTHER OF WOMAN'S RIGHTS.—Last evening
(4th of August) a young woman named Minnie Phalen, 20
years of age, residing in East Williamsburgh, entered the
furnishing store of Mr. Gustave Baer, and assaulted him
with a cowhide. Mr. Baer resisted her vigorous castiga-
tion, and took up a stick in self-defence. A young gentle-
man named James Forrest, who resides in New York, and
who was in the young lady's company, then seized Baer,
while Minnie belaboured him with the cowhide. In this
emergency Mr. Baer called out lustily, "Watch !" "Mur-
der!" when Officer Walsh, of the Forty-Fifth Precinct, was
attracted to the spot and interfered. Miss Phalen states,
in explanation of her conduct, that she visited Baer'e store
early on Monday moaning to purchase some articles, and
that after the articles were put up the storekeeper charged
her more than she had agreed to pay ; she thereupon re-
fused to take the purchase and demanded back her money,
which demand was refused by the man Baer, who called
her, she alleges, names which did not belong to her—hence
the cowhiding.—New York Times.

THE HARVEST IN LINCOLNSHIRE.—The fine
weather of the past few days has enabled farmers
to make progress in carting all kinds of grain. On Thurs-
day the weather was not so favourable. The yield of wheat
is not proving an average one. In the south of the county
a good deal was laid by the heavy rains in the middle of
the month, and since then it has not ripened satisfactorily ;
consequently this crop will be both short in quantity and
of inferior condition. In the north of the county the wheat
crop is not well spoken of. During the past few days there
has been a good deal led, but neither yield nor condition are
favourably spoken of. On the Welds the crop is thin and
short in the straw, and will yield very indifferently. Barley
is turning out exceedingly well ; there are some very good
crops, but a good deal is discoloured. Leading has been
general this week. Oats in the south are yielding well, but
are below the average in the north. Beans vary, but on the
whole are a fair crop. Peas have been housed in poor con-
dition. The heavy rains have caused a great improvement
of the pastures, and both marigold and turnips are looking
much better.
EXECUTION IN IRELAND .—At 25 minutes past 11
o'clock on Wednesday morning Thomas Hayes was
hanged at T ullamore, for the murder of his wife, Anne
Hayes, on the 22d May last. The culprit was an old man,
who lived at Galros Bog,
in the King's County, with his
victim, whom he was in the habit of ill-treating. At last
his wife disappeared, and no one knew what became of her
for some time, Hayes himself stating that she had gone to
America with her cousin and brother, who had taken her
away on a car on the morning of the bloody deed. Suspi-
cion, however, being excited, he was lodged in gaol, sand
there he confessed that he had murdered her ; packed the
body, and all else belonging to his late wife into a sack and
a bedtick, and had carried them to a part of the bog a con-
siderable distance off, and buried them so cleverly that if
he had not been brought to the spot it is doubtful whether
they would ever have been found. The murder had evi-
dently been committed with a smoothing-iron, but Hayes
gave a somewhat more extenuating account of the trans-
action. He appeared to have lived a wretchedly immoral
life, if all said of him be true. At the trial it was attempted
to be set up as a defence that he was insane, but it failed,
and the murderer has expiated his crime on the gallows.
He was attended by three Roman catholic priests, appeared
penitent, and delivered a short address, which could not be
heard. There were only about 300 persons present, and
these were most orderly in their conduct.—Saunders' News
, Letter.

GENERAL GRANT ON THE MEXICAN QUESTION.
A special despatch to the Toronto ,lobe, dated Quebec,
Aug. 7, says :—" While here Gen. Grant spoke without re-
serve to several persons on the Mexican question. He said
that he had placed 100,000 men on the Rio Grande as an
army of observation, and that the French would have to
leave Mexico peaceably, if they choose, but forcibly if re-
fused. The situation of Mexico he looked upon as one
which had been created by the rebellion, and the rebellion
would really not be overcome' until Maximilian was com-
pelled to depart, and the Mexican people allowed to orga-
nise a Government without foreign interference. With
regard to the relations between the United States and Eng-
land, he did not think the present friendly state would be
disturbed, unless complication ensued by reason of Eng-
land's mixing herself up with France in the Mexican ques-
tion."
ABYSSINIAN CAPTIVES.—The relatives of the
unfortunate prisoners in Abyssinia, in order to
strengthen the probability of their release from the painful
captivity in which they have lingered nearly two years,
have determined to avail themselves of the offer made ori-
distressed families ; and
ginallyto her Majesty's Government by Dr. Beke, the Abys-
sinian traveller, that lie should gaonivd itshupporiecsaetnetfamt.othtehier
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fatal to their lives. Letters from Abyssinia to. May 30
state, "Condition unaltered." Should this appeal be gene-
rously responded to, Dr. Beke proposes to leave England
by the end of September.
Amongst the list of honorary doctors' degree,
conferred by thi3 University of Vienna at the recent jubi-
lee, we find the names of Mr. John Stuart Mill, Sir Charles
Lyell, and Sir Roderick Murchison.—The Reader.
A CAKE OF GOLD.--A very splendid cake of gold,
got from the Prince Alfred Company's claim, Victoria Reef,
Bendigo, will be exhibited iu the window of Messrs. Baillie
and Butter's office, Collins-street West, during the next
day or two. It weighs close on 1,2000 z., and its value is
4 nearly .£5,000.-11lelbourne Paper.

The "March" of Epidemics.

"Cholera iS continuing its devastating march along the
shores of the Mediterranean, and its advent into our country
is heralded by an unusual pestilence amongst horned cattle."
So say the newspapers. Now is this mere figure of speech ?
Is there a "march ?" Are. there "heralds ?" And, if so,
what ate they? Are they creatures of the imagination,
forces, influences, emanations, too subtle for chemical ana-
lysis ? or are they matters obedient to the laws of gravity,
chemistry, and life ? What is it that " marches ?" what
are its favourite hostels ? How can we bar the way ? Such
are questions anxiously pondered in many scientific circles
just now.

Now, it is perfectly easy to conceive of diseases brought
about by a concurrence of immaterial conditions—such as
heat, electricity, moisture, and the like ; and still more,
that these conditions may foster or suppress the march of
diseases of more palpable origin ; just as a heavy snowfall
or a hot simoom would arrest the march of an army. Still,
common experience seems to point to this, that the
cholera and fever do depend for their intensity on some-
thing material ; that their march is much like that of
locusts; that they have favourite halting and breeding
places ; and that whilst we may be helpless against
electrical conditions (we dpn't despair, by the way, of
combating even these some day), we can put a stop to
'the march of more palpable enemies—we may bar them
out ; or, if they come in spite of us, may starve them
out and stop their propagation.

We think most of our readers will agree with us that the
readiest way for cholera to march into a place is for some
person ill of the complaint to move into it; or for clothes or
other matters contaminated with the discharges from his
body to come there. Then if all possible precaution be
taken that the discharges from the sick man find their w.:y
into no drinking water; that they are not allowed t fester
on an undrained surface where they can be rafted about
by the wind in the shape of wet mist or dry dust ; but that
they are honestly decomposed or bluted out of harm's way,
then with the death or reconry of the sick man the
" march" may cease. A. Clean place would be no fit place
of entertainment for cholera.

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Now, up to this time, cholera has been almost entirely
confined to the Mediterranean seaboard —Alexandria,
Smyrna, Constantinople, Malta, Ancona. Anyhow, if it
come to us, it must come through a seaport. Then, in the
name of common prudence, let us look at the condition of
our seaports, and see whether they are places in which
cholera would be starved out, or would increase and mul-
tiply. Would the enemy die out with the first case, or
would it spread in the seaport and be ready for a march
inland ? Portsmouth, Plymouth, Southampton, Dover,
Harwich, Hull, Sunderland—how would the enemy thrive
in any of them ? He loves a low site—mud banks fes-
tering in the sun ; sewage under the houses in filthy cess-
pools ; sewage in the pumps which in every back yard of
a country town alternate with the cesspools ; sewage in
the harbour at low water; dried sewage waftedinto mouths
and noses, and blowing on the meat in the butchers' shops
—sewage, in fact, everywhere. If the cholera should
reach our outports, will it not have every encouragement
to halt and refresh itself, and continue its march inland ?
Then, supposing it should march to the poor dis-
tricts of one of our great towns, will it find fit quarters
there What shall we say of the parish of St.
Qeorge the Martyr, in one of the worst parts of the
Borough ? where an independent member of the Vestry,
a medical man, Mr. Rendle, upbraids the Vestry with the
hundreds of wretched, filthy houses, with the neglect
of the authorities in enforcing proper water supply and
removal of refuse ; where fever has been allowed to revel
undisturbed ; where the only excuse offered is, that the
people are so filthy that they won't and don't care to be
clean ; and where Mr. Rendle openly taunts the local dig-
nitaries with corrupt connivance at the evil, and threatens
them that public indignation will demand they shall be
stripped of their misused authority, and subjected to that
discipline so well suited for barbarians, a " central
despotism."

It may be out of human power to stop the march of
chelera absolutely ; but the experience of three epidemics
in 22 years (32-54) has taught us how to mitigate its
ravages. It seems almost childish to go over again the
articles of the sanitary creed—pure water, fresh air, clean-
liness, drainage, good ventilation, &c., &c. But we are
afraid there are a good many persons whom no lessons
will influence.

As for the cattle plague, its advent and the means by
which it would be propagated were foretold three years
ago- by Professor Gamgee. All evidence shows that it
has been imported from Russia, and propagated by mixing
sound and unsound cattle in markets, and by the filth of
the railway trucks and of the lairs in which the beasts are
kept. If, as is asserted—and is done by out-and-out free
traders—it was not imported, but bred out of indigenous
filth, the practical lesson is the same : cleanliness and re-
moval of infected manner can alone stay the generation of
the disease or its spread.-21fedical Times and Gazette.

Foreign Mail Packet List.

MAILS DUE.

Australia and New Zealand, via Southampton.. —Sept. 18.

Ditto, via Marseilles Sept. 12.
Brazil and Cape Verda. by British packet Sept. 4.

Ditto, by French packet
Cape of Good Hope, Ascension, and St. Helena... Sept. 21.
China, Penang, and Singapore, via Sou, hampton Sept. 1.
Ditto, via Marseilles Aug. 26
Falkland Islands
Gibraltar, via Southampton A ug. 25.
India (Calcutta), and Ceylon, via Southampton Sept. 1.
Ditto, via Marseilles ........... . ....Aug. 26.
India (Bombay), via Southampton. Aug 25.

_
Ditto, via Marseilles . Aug.—.
Mauritius, via Southampton
Ditto, via Marseite 3 Sept. 4.
Newfoundland
• f 1 Aug. 110.
Portugal
Ditto, by private ship to Lisbon
United States and British North America, by Bri-
tish packet
Ditto. by United States packet, via Southamp-
ton .
Ditto, via Cork

Ditto, by Canadian packet, via Londondcrry Aug. 25.
West Coast of Africa. Madeira, and Teneriffe Sept, 10.
West Indies and Pacific (except Bahamas, Cuba,
and Mexico Aug. 28
Bahamas, via New York. Sept. 13
Bermuda, ditto Aug. 30.
Cuba and Mexico Aug. kB.

THE C 0 URT. —At Windsor Castle preparations are
being made, under the superintendence of Mr. W.
Seabrook and other officials in the Lord Chamberlain's
department, for the reception of her Majesty and the
younger members of the royal family on their return from
the Continent. The Queen, who inaugurates the Coburg
memorial of the Prince Consort to-day (the anniversary of
his royal highness's birthday), is expected to arrive at
Windsor about the 4th of next month. Her Majesty's
autumnal trip to Balmoral will most likely take place be-
tween the 11th and 18th of September. Colonel the Hon.
Sir C. B. Phipps, the Keeper of her Majesty's Privy Purse,
Lady Phipps, and family, are expected to leave their resi-
dence in King Henry lll.'s Tower, Windsor Castle, early
next week, for Scotland, in advance of the Queen and royal
family.

DEPUTATION FROM THE COLONY OF VICTORIA.
—The deputation coming from Victoria is despatched
in pursuance of the following resolutions, which were
adopted in the Legislative Assembly on the 22d of June,
and are founded on the report of a select committee ap-
pointed a fortnight before :—" That having in view the
large Imperial interests involved in the question of the
defences of Victoria, the mother country may (in the
opinion of this House) fairly be asked to defray her portion
of the expenditure for harbour defences. That a supply of
guns of the best construction, together with the necessary
ammunition, should be obtained without delay, the num-
ber and calibre of such guns being such as will be suitable
for whatever system of defence may be finally adopted ;
and that the Government should be authorised to incur a
liability to an amount not exceeding £lOO,OOO for such
purpose, this sum to be chargeable upon any loan to be
sanctioned by Parliament for carrying out a scheme of
national defence. That as the co-operation of the Im-
perial Government is about to be sought by the colony
in some scheme of defence, such a scheme would be car-
ried out under the immediate supervision of a superior
officer of the Royal Engineers ; and the House recommend
that the services of such an officer be obtained from
England. And that it is of paramount importance to
the welfare of this country that an agent should
be appointed in England to watch over its interests ; that
the gentleman chosen should, if possible, be a member of
the House of Commons, possessing such weight and influ-
ence as would secure for his suggestions the consideration of
her Majesty's Government. And the House deem. it expe-
dient, in order to give full effect to the above resolutions, that
a member of the Government should be authorised.to pro-
ceed to England atones, to press upon the attention of the
Imperial Government the claims of this colony in relation
to its defences." These resolutions were moved by Mr.
O'Shanassy, who relied much on the report made to the
British Government a few years since after the inquiry under-
taken at the instance of General Peel with a view to define
the respective liabilities of the War Department and Colo-
nial Governments in relation to the expense of colonial de-
fences. Mr. Verdon stated that the (Colonial) Government
had no opposition to offer to the resolutions ; they would
have to be followed by addresses from both branches of the
colonial Legislature for presentation to her Majesty, and
having tried despatches for the last two years while in office
he must confess that he thought something more potent
was necessary to obtain what they required from the Imperial
Government. They had been told by that Government for
many years that they mnst rely on themselves for the means
of defence ; but the recent discussion in the House of Com-
mons, in which Lord Palmerston and Mr. Cardwell spoke so
emphatically in favour of maintainhag the dignity of Great
Britain by protecting its dependencies, seemed to alter to a
large extent the relations in which the colony had hitherto
stood with the mother country in regard to this question.
The principle laid down in the paper which had been quoted,
as to the colonies co-operating with Great Britain for their
own defence, had never been practically acted upon, until
the House of Commons agreed to vote certain moneys for
the defence of Canada. As far as Victoria was concerned
nothing had been done beyond making application for as-
sistance.

RECENT WILLS AND BEQUESTS.

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(From the Illustrated bmdon News.)
The will of Sir John Hare, late of Hardelot
Villa, Clifton, and of Boulogne-sur-Mer, France,
has been proved in London by his relict; Lady Hare,
the sole executrix. Sir John was formerly a mer-
chant residing at Bristol, and a magistrate for
Somerset ; was twice married, and died, on the 2d
of February last, at the age of 81, having executed
his will in January this year, whereby he bequeaths
the whole of his property to his wife for life, and
upon her ladyship's decease the same to be divided
equally between his two daughters.
The will of Francis Williams, Esq., of Lan,rhern-
hill, Wichenford, 'Worcester, was proved in the
London court, on the 9th inst. The personalty was
sworn under £400,000. The executors appointed
are his nephews, Francis E. Willams (who alone is
acting) . and Edward J. Williams, together with the
Rev. W. E. Wall. The two latter renounced. The
will is dated June 23, 1862, and there are, five codi-
cils, the last dated December 23, 1863. The will
is of considerable length, and there are numerous
bequests, The principal portion of his freehold
property he has devisoit by his will to his nephew
F. E. Williams.
to Thomas, J. 'His Wichenford estates he leaves
. Jones on attaining 21, and who,
upon uis coming into possession, is to assume and
"Ise the surname and bear the' arms of " Williams."
His estate called the Noke, in Avenbury,
Hereford, he leaves to Sophia Jones for her life,
and after her decease to John Francis Williams.
His farm at North Shink, Herts, he leaves to his
nephew, Edward J. Williams. There are also
pecuniary legacies to these parties, and to other of
his nephews and nieces, as well as to other members
of his family and acquaintance. Legacies also to
his servants. The. residue of his property he has
.left, by a codicil, in certain divisional parts amongst
the said Sophia Jones and her five children.
The will of John Craven, Esq., formerly of
Alexandrian House, Surrey, and late of 9, Upper
Brunswick-place, Brighton, was proved in London,
under £12,000, by the acting executor, Henry
Craven, the son ; Thomas Martin, of Great Garden-
street, the other executor, having renounced. The
trustees are William Sentance (the testator's son-
in-law), and David Brown, of the Merchant Sea-
men's Office. The will is dated Feb. 24, 1860, and
the testator died on the 13th of May last. He
directs his trustees to see that his business of sugar
refiner is carried on until the Ist of February, 1872,
and should the said Thomas Martin not continue in
the management, that it shall be in the power of
the trustees to place his sons therein, who will be
at liberty to purchase the stock, &c., at the expira-
tion of that period. He leaves to his wife an
annuity of £l5O and £450 a year for the support of
his children, except his daughter Ann, the -wife of
his executor, Mr. Sentance. The ultimate residue
of his property is to be divided equally amongst all
his children.

In the abstract of Sir C. E. Grey's will, given in
our last number, it ought to have been stated that
he apportioned £1,500 (not £15,000) of a sum of
money over which he had appointment to each of
his two sons, Jervoise John Grey and Edward
Grey.

THE PRESS IN THE DUCHIES.—The following is
the text of the circular recently issued by the
Schleswig-HolsteinLand Government on the urgent neces-
sity of a'sharper supervision of the press in the Duchies :
" The circumstances of the present time render it neces-
sary to devote the utmost attention to the political press
of the interior. The press has first to observe the general
limits of law, and must not trench upon the sphere of
right of the State or of •individuals either in form or in
the mode of expression. If it intends to preserve its dignity
and beneficial influence, it must, at the same time, be care-
ful to protect the public tranquillity and benefit. In both
directions the press of the Duchies leaves much to be de-
sired. Various illegal manifestations of the press have re-
cently occurred, and the attitude of certain papers is at
present but little calculated to promote the common weal.
Under these circumstances the police authorities are desired
to exercise the most careful supervision over the political
press, and, as soon as cause exists, to bring into application
the repressive measures prescribed by law. It will also be
incumbent upon them, when the occasion arises, to avert
all misuse of the press as much as possible, by coming to
an understanding with the editors of newspapers. To secure
the correct application of the means placed by the law at
the disposal of the police authorities, the Land Govern-
ment must not omit to point out that the two repressive
measures provided by our press legislation—viz., seizure
and criminal procedure with respect to the same production
of the press—may follow one another, but that either mea-
sure may also be adopted independently. While criminal
procedure presupposes the co-operation of the courts,
seizure is at first a measure of administration, and only
then becomes a matter for the consideration of the law
when the parties interested claim a judicial hearing, or
the Land Government refers the matter to the courts.
Whatever the punishment presupposed by the existence
of a criminal code, the conditions of seizure are more ex-
actly laid down in sec. 3 of the order of March 10, 1848, as
regards Holstein, and in sec. 1 of the order of the same date
and in the decree of Feb. 22, 1820, as regards Schleswig.
According to these, the seizure of a publication• is to take
place when the same contains an offence against the laws
of the country or an attack upon the constitution, security,
and dignity of a friendly State. As now generally the
friendly relations of other States to our own cause such
attacks to appeltr illegal, this is the case in a still higher
degree when the attacks are directed against States with
which the Duchies have entered by the force of cir-
cumstances into particularly close connection. By
the rights of possession of Austria and Prussia,
based upon the treaty of peace, a relation of autho-
rity pending its duration has been created in the
Duchies to the supreme heads of those States which is
placed under the protection of the Land Government. An
attack directed against this relation cannot, therefore, be
suffered under any circumstances. From this point of view
the police authorities have therefore to judge of the excesses
of the press, and to proceed against them with severity by
the application of the resources of the law."
THE COAL-BEDS OF BRAZILS.--Some time since it
was stated in our columns that Mr. N. Plant had
discovered large deposits of coal in the provinces of Rio
Grande do Sul, Brazil. It appears, from a late number of
the Anglo-Brazilian Times, that Mr. Plant had submitted
some fossils and geological illustrations of the province
to Professor Agassiz, who was on a scientific exped:-
tion to Rio de Janeiro ; and from that distinguished savant
Mr. Plant has received the following interesting letter :
" Rio, June 18, 1865. Dear Sir,—I have not yet returned
my thanks for the fine specimens you have presented to ra?,
though ever since I saw them I have looked for a moment 'es
leisure to do so. However, this
•mature opinion concerning ther geolo-
gicala more gives me an opportunity of
expressing
an opportunity of
examinationre-
cording, I have made of
them has satisfied me of the correctness of some views
cordi nagg,e'eswpheciicahllyl am
mncge glad
de
tohas-e f
concerning the fossils of the oldest geological formation,
in which I had little confidence. That these organic
remains all belong to the carboniferous period is unques-
tionable, and it is the close affinity with the characteristic
fossils of Europe which particularly interests, and in a
measure surprises me. Had the whole collection been
made in Pennsylvania, I would not more decidedly
have recognised its carboniferous characteristics ;
down to the rocks underlying and overlying the fossilife-
rous bed; and the photographs you have shown me of the
localities leave no doubt of the great extent and value of
the coal beds proper of the river Candiota, whilst the coal
itself may fairly be compared• to the best in the market,
judging from the specimens you have shown me, and those
I owe to your kindess. As to the coal of the Falkland
Wands, I can only compare it to the Anthracite of Mans-
field, in Massachusetts, and the adjoining deposits in Rhode
Island ; though it does not appear quite so pure as the best
Anthracite of the United States ; but this is an impression
derived from surface specimens, gathered at random. With
my best wishes for the further success of your geological
explorations, in which I hope you may hereafter also in-
clude the drift and erratics, now that you aro satisfied of
their existence in Brazil, I remain, yours very truly, L.
AGASSIZ.—N. Plant, Esq." In a note to the foregoing, the
editor of the Anglo-Brazilian Times says :—'• We point to
the latter portion of this very important letter of Professor
Agassiz as a provisional answer to the assertion made by
the medical officer of her Majesty's ship Stromboli, to the
effect that coal does not exist on the Falkland Islands.
The question is a scientific one, and the great philosopher
from Cambridge, United States, has, by geological
deduction, as we have seen, declared in favour
of the position assumed by Mr. Ramsay Cooke, of her
Majesty's ship Egmont, who was the first discoverer
of these coal beds, and who assures us that the coalrom
these deposits were burned by her Majesty's ship
~ Satellite,f
on her passage from the Falkland Islands to Rio. Since
staff have left Rio, to explore the district watered by the
writing the foregoing letter, Professor Agassiz and his
, Amazon.

GRANT'S LINE.—An American paper states that
General
ent.
A Gs
hra en had
made a speech at Bowdoin Commence-
m ailiedally
declined to speak, General Chamberlain
aid---"I have tried to get General Grant to speak, but he
says 'No ; and when he says that word he means it. Lee
knows it means something." General Grant broke in, say-
ing, "I continue to fight' it out on that line." And that
was his speech.

THIRD EDITION.

SUN OFFICE, 6 O'CLOCK.

TH CHOLERA.
-....

The latest cholera accounts from Italy are :
Ancona, 22d, 26 new cases and 28 deaths; San
Severo, 22d, 98 cases and 56 deaths ; San Nicandro,
22d, 11 cases and 10 deaths ; Apricena, 21st, 3 cases
and 1 death ; Torre Maggiore, 21st, 1 case and no
death; Puggio Imperialo, 20th, 1 case and 1 death.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

PLYMOUTH RACES.—FamAy.

The Plymouth Plate (Handicap) of GO sous, for all ages ;

winners extra. One mile.

Mr. Carlisle's Allow Me, 5 yrs, 7st 2lb (C. Page 1
Mr. E. Brayley's Antoinette, 4 yrs, 7st 11Ib (inc 91b ex.
(Cannon 2
Mr..l. R. Newcombe's Rosette, 3 yrs, Gst (Murray 3
Betting-5 to 2on Antoinette, 3to 1 agst Allow Me.
Won easily by two lengths ; a bad third.
The Devonport and Stonehouse Plate of 25 sovs, added
to a sweepstakes of 5 sovs each ; for 2-yr-olds, 7st 71b;
three, 9st 71b; four, lOst 51b; five and upwards lOst
121 b ; mares and geldings allowed 31b ; selling allow-
ances, &c. One mile.
Mr. Cannon's Lady Overtown, 3 yrs, 9st 41b (.£100)
(Cannon) 1
Mr.
Mr. J. Hex's Roarer, 3 yrs, 9st 71b (£100) Adams) 2
A. Cowley's Ambrose, 2 yrs, 7st 41b (£100)
(C. Grey 3

Betting-7 to 4on Roarer.
Won by a head ; a bad third. The winner was not
sold.
The Cornwall Stakes (Handicap) of 30 soy; added to a
Sweepstakes of 5 sovs each, 2 ft, to the fund, for all
ages ; winners extra. Three-quarters of 'a mile. 12
subs.
Captain King's Gem of the Sea, 5 yrs, 9st 71b (J. Goater) 1
Prince D. Soltykoff's Nip, 3 yrs, 6st 51b ........,(Murray) 2
Betting-4 to lon Gem of the Sea.
Wou cleverly by half a length.

Her Majesty's Vase (handicap), value 100 guineas, added
to a Sweepstakes of 15 sous each, 7 ft, and 3 only if
declared ; winners extra. About three miles. 13 subs.
5 declared.

Mr. E. Brayley's Pearl Diver, syrs, list 91b (in. 51b ex.
(Cannon) 1
Prince D. Soltykoff's Nip, 3 yrs, 9st 71b (J. Mann) 2
Mr. Tompkins's Seven-and-a-Half, 3 yrs, 9st 71b
(W. Boyce) 3
Mr. Cannon's Lady Overtown, 3 yrs, 9st 41b (J. Goater) 4
Betting-2 to lon Pearl Diver.
Won after a good race by a short head; Seven-and-a-
Half a bad third.

The County Members' Plate of 25 sovs, added to a
Sweepstakes of 5 soya each ; three-yr-olds, 10st ; 'four,
11st 41b ; five and upwards, 12st ; penalties and allow-
ances ; gentlemen riders ; jockeys, 7lb extra. One mile
and a half. 5 subs.
Mr. Stebbing's Roarer, 3 yrs, lOst 71b (inc. 7lb extra) 1
Mr. Brayley's Antoinette, 4 yrs, list 61b ...(Capt Scobell) 2
31. r E. Collins's Broadway, 5 yrs, list llb (Owner) 3
No betting.
Won by three-quarters of a length ; a bad third.
The Ivybridgo Hunt Plate of 25 sovs ; for horses that
have been fairly hunted in _Devon or Cornwall the sea-
son of 1864 and 1865. Two miles, on the flat.
Mr. Brown's Burgess, 5 yrs, list 131 b (Owner) 1
Mr. Menheneck's Will-o'-the-Wisp, aged, list 7lb
(Captain Holloway) 2
Mr. J. Hex's Little Fairy, 6 yrs, list 71b ...(Mr. Scobell 3
Mr. J. R. Newcombe's Lisp, 6 yrs, 12st 31b (Owner) 0
No Betting.
Won in a canter by five lengths.

BETTING AT MANCHESTER-FRIDAY.

BT. LEGER.
sto 4 agst Gladiateur (offered)
7to 1 agst The Duke (taken)
Bto 1 agst Regalia (offered)
10 to 1 agst Klarinska (taken)
10 to 1 agst Archimedes (offered)
10 to 1 agst Breadalbane (offered)
100 to 6 agst Christmas Carol (taken)
66 to 1 agst Broomielaw (offered)
THE DERBY.
Bto lon the field—(offered)

MARKETS—This Day.

COVENT GARDEN.

SATURDAY, Aug. 26.—Large supplies of vegetables are
on sale, but the show of fruit is only moderate. On the
whole, the trade is steady, as follows :
FRUIT—Pine apples, 5s to 7s; hot house grapes, 2s Gd to
Cs ' • filberts, 9d to 1s per. lb ; plums, 3s to 4s; greengages,
4s to ss; apples, is 3d to 2s 6d; pears, is 3d to 3s per half
sieve ; mulberries, 6d to 9d per punnet ; lemons, 4s to 85;
oranges, 10s to 14s per 100.
VEGETABLES—Cauliflowers, is to 3s ; cabbages, 9d to
is 4d; horseradish, is to 2s per doz heads; greens, 2s to
38 ; turnips, 2s to 3s ; carrots, 4s to ss; onions, 15 Gd to 2s
per dozen bunches ; French beans, is to is 3d per half
sieve ; cucumbers, 3d to is 6d each; potatoes, 60s to 100 s
per ton ; cos lettuces, 10d to is 3d per score.