The Sun.
London, England, 1862-08-16 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENL,G, AUGUST 16, 1862.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

READING RACES, FRIDAY.

The Caversham Stakes (Handicap) of 3 sovs each, with
25 added; winners extra. Straight run in,
three quarters
of a mile.
Mr. David's Dominie Sampson, 4 yrs, 7st 10M (Reeves) 1
Mr. Brayley's Jack-in- the-Box, 7st 101 b...• (J. Daley) t
.
Mr. Nelson's Paresseuse, 3 yrs, 75t........ (J. Plumb) t
Mr. Trowson's Hilly Grove, 2 yrs, sst 71b
(Jas. Nightingall) 4
The following also ran :—Dispute, Misty Morn, Flash-
in- the-Pan, Churchman, Medusa,
Peru, and Sister to
Sage.

hetting-2 to 1 agst Flash-in-the-Pan, 100 to 15 each
agst Hilly Grove and Dominic Sampson, 7 to 1 agst Jack-
in-the-Box, 10 to 1 agst Paresseuse, 100 to 8 agst Peru.
An excellent start was made at the first attempt ; Pares -
sense, Jack-in-the-Box, Hilly Grove, and Medusa looked
most formidable to the distance, where Flash-in-the-Pan
was shut out and could not get through his horses. Oppo-
site the stand Jack-in-the-Box and Paresseuse were racing
together in front, and were joined 20 strides from the
judge by Dominic Sampson and Hilly Grove, who coming
on the outside made an interesting race to the end with the
quartette, which resulted in the last few strides in favour
of Dominic Sampson by a head. A dead heat for second
place. Hilly Grove was only beaten a head from the dead
heaters, Sister to Sage was fifth close up, and Flash-in-the-
Pan sixth.

The Reading Stakes of 15 soya each, 5 ft, with 50 added, for
2-yr-olds ; colts, Bst 101 b; fillies, Bst 51b; certain allow-
ances, and winners extra. Half a mile. 36 subs.
Captain Cooper's Soapstone, Bst 101 b (F. Adams) 1
Mr. E. Brayley's Tom Fool, Bst 71b (Page) t
Lord St. Vincent's The Orphan, Bst 51b (Hibberd) t
Mr. Payne's Overture, Bst 81b
Lord Stamford's Revolver, Bst 101 b .... (Edwards) 5
Mr Sales's Safeguard, Est 101 b
Betting-61-o' 4-agst The drphan, 2 to 1 ags—t Tom Fool,
5 to 1 agst Overture, 6 to 1 agst Soapstone, 10 to 1 agst Re-
volver.

The lot were despatched well together, except Safe-
guard, who losing a little ground at the start was gradually
left in the rear and never took part in the race. Tom Fool
rushed to the front, Soapstone on the off side, and The
Orphan next, Captain Cooper's horse close up, Overture
being next Revolver. At the distance The Orphan re-
ceived a shake from Hibberd, and Soapstone closed with
Tom Fool. A magnificent race with the trio from the
stand ensued, the issue being doubtful :to the end; Soap-
stone, however, in the last few strides obtained an advan-
tage, and won by a neck ; a dead heal between Tom Fool
and The Orphan; Overture was a bad fourth; and Re-
volver was close up, fifth.
The Stand Plate (Handicap) of 100 soya, for all ages;

accepting will be raised to Bst 121 b, and the rest in pro-
portion.

Age st lb ! Ago st lb
Umpire
Wild Rose 6 8 7 Emblematic
The Monk 5 8 5! Attaman
Fitz-Avon 5 8 5 Magnum Bonum .. 3 6 9
Doefoot
Duleibella
Flirtation
.. 3 6 6
Paul Clifford ..
Squire Percy 4 8 0 Bedouin 3 6 5
Bally Edmond .... 4 7 13' Lord Stanley 3 6 5
Dusk
~ 3 7 11! Violet 3 6 5
*Fitz-Eva 47 91 St. Bernard .. 36 4
Don Cossack 6 7 9' Real Jam
Watchfire 3 7 5 Rioter .. 3 6 3
Laughing Stock .. 3 7 5 : Teterrima
Star of the West .. 3 7 5 : Donne Callao
Soothsayer
Prophet 5 7 31 *The Principal.... 3 6 3
Shepherdess .. 47 0 Marcellus ........ 36 2
Lady Evelyn colt.. 3 6 12 , Proof
Master George .... 3 6 12' Marksman . 3 5 7
Sappho
Gemse
Breechloader 3 6 11

Captain Talbot is a subscriber but did not name. Those
marked thus (*) have been entered without the knowledge
of their owners, will be struck out at the' time prescribed,
unless specially ordered to remain in.

CRICKET AT CANTERBURY.

MARYLEBONE CLUB v. THE GENTIAN:RI Or
Yesterday morning appeared at first unfavourable; a alight
rain falling, but as the day advanced the sun. beamed out
brightly, and a large assemblage was the obnaeluence, a
vast number of [elegantly dressed ladies -glitehig tb;e St.
Lawrence Ground with their presence. ' The Wert
band came on to the field, and enlivened the co with
some beautiful selections of music. " Play" wei#4Sined,
-half-}met-11 o'clock, and Mr. Qs ac©{
again took his post at the wicket, faced by Mr. Treacroft,
the bowlers being Mr. Norton and hlr. Kelson, Mr.
Troughton the wicket-keeper. Runs were soon scored, and
after a while Mr. Barber relieved Mr. Kelson of the ball
the latter gentleman taking his old post as wicket keeper.
Mr. Tredcroft lost no time in marking 14, comprising a fine
leg hit for four, and two hits for two each; eight wickets,
and 316 runs. Mr. Burnett came next, and added G, when he
was stumped by Mr. Kelson; nine wickets, and 333 runs.
Mr. Lipscomb° and Mr. Biron at this time handled the ball,
the latter trying the" slows" (the first time in the match).
Mr. Balfour was bowled by Mr. Norton without contri-
buting ; ten wickets and 340 runs. Mr. Morse was the last
to face Mr. Grace, but after scoring a single was caught by
Mr. Biron, and terminated the innings for the large score of
344. Time half-past one o'clock. Mr. Grace's innings
was a formidable one, reaching 192, he going in first and
remaining to carry his bat out. Among his figures were
seventeen fours, six threes, and eight twos. His batting
was certainly admirable, but the boundary of the ground
was so circumscribed that the " fours" were generally
scored without the trouble of running. Surely this might
be remedied another year. Mr. Grace was presented with
a new bat by Lord Sefton on the part of the Marylebone
Club. The Kent gentlemen had the large num er of 203
to rub off before they could place any to their account, and
from the commencement of their innings appearances were
much against their getting them, as the first wicket fell for
17, two for 22, three for 26, four for 34. Mr. Grace was
bowling the " slows," and Mr. Burnett moderately fast.
Mr. Mitchell kept the wicket, and Mr. Grace took an addi-
tional duty by taking point. Captain Taswell headed the
score with 26, in which were two fours, a three, and two
twos. Mr. Barber's innings was neatly played, and his
contribution of 21 comprised a four, a three, and two twos.
Mr. Fitzgerald took a turn at bowling at Mr. Burnett's end.
Mr. Biron added 9, containing a hit for two. No ether
double figures were made, and the innings closed for 99,
leaving the M.C.C. victorious by 104 in a single innings.

THE CIVIL WAR IN AMERICA

(From the Times' Correspondent.)
NEW YORK, AUG. 1.
The press of this city strives vigorously to blow
the war trumpet, and to cheer the spirits of the
people. But the effort produces little effect.
Though told that M'Cleilan's position on the
Peninsula is impregnable, that the health of his
army improves rapidly, that reinforcements con-
tinue to reach him daily, that he is prepared for all
emergencies, and that General Halleck, with the
proverbial activity of all new brooms, is sweeping
right and left,and doing an immensity of useful work,
the public, in and out of Wall-street, obstinately re-
fuse to believe the good tidings. They understand
too well the characteristics of their sensation press
to be deceived by flaming announcements. Study-
ing or comparing the reports brought by sick and
wounded soldiers from the camp ; looking at the
palpable failure of the recruiting ; taking part in
the undertalk of life and business that seldom finds
its way into the newspapers; and poring over the
maps to discover where those generals are, the
majority of if e public believe that M'Clellan is in
an untenable and very critical position; and that if
he do not succeed in evacuating the peninsula within
a few days or hours his army will either be annihi-
lated or captured. The undoubted facts that the
Confederates, in face of enormous difficulties and
impediments, have succeeded in constructing and
launching a little navy of Alerrimacs, each
vessel an improvement upon the original craft
which did such mischief in the Hampton
Roads, and that the Federal flotilla of wooden
gun-boats in the James River is not safe from
the attack of Merrimac No. 2, with many others
as significant, tend to increase the public anxiety,
and to make men of business feel uncomfort-
able. Were any journal of New York to reflect
the true state of public opinion on this matter it
would be denounced by its contemporaries as
Secessionist, and perhaps receive an intimation
from Mr. Stanton that it was a public nuisance
which it was incumbent upon him to abate. But I
can undertake to say, as the result of my own ex-
perience, that large numbers of people of all ranks
and classes who still believe in the ultimate suppres-
sion of the rebellion, and in the restoration of " the
Union as it was and the Constitution as it is," are
alarmed at the state of affairs in the peninsula, and
would willingly adjourn to the Greek Kalends the
attempt to capture Richmond, provided M'Clellan
could get safely away with the remnant of his
army. Their hope is that Stonewall Jackson or
Lee, or whatever Confederate General may be in
command, will Sud Harrison's Landing
when he
attacks it in the state in which Halleek found
Corinth, deserted by all but the dogs and the ne-
groes. The humiliation of such a movement would
be explained away, under the designation of " able
strategy" and " consummate generalship," and
might be endured for the sake of the army which
it would save. M'Clellan has command of James
River, and the Government can supply him with
any number of transports which he may require, so
that his escape will not be very difficult if
he can
only contrive to keep his movements secret from the
ever watchful spies of his antagonists. If he can-
not he may be destroyed; and it is the knowledge
of this fact makes the public uness_y,
in spite of the
constant fanfaronade of the war press.
The President, it appears, hesitates to resort to a
Conscription, and well he may, considering that
there are many hundreds of thousands of subjects
of Queen Victoria who are content to live and thrive
in America, and to call themselves American citizens
in fair weather, but who are not
content to leave
their business and their homes to fight for the
country in which they were not born, or to lend a
hand to save the vessel of the State in a storm. It
may be very cowardly, or very wrong, in these
people, but the fact remains, and
is one that may
raise up ugly questions to embarrass the Govern-
ment at a future day should a conscription be en-
forced. The President is reported to have expressed
to a self-appointed deputation of New York
citizens, calling themselves " the Council of Ten,"
who visited him at Washington
three days ago,
that he was not averse to a draught, should it be-
come necessary ; but that he retained his previous
opinion that the 300,000 men he required would be
supplied by voluntary enlistment. President
The
• ought to have means of correct information ; ifbut
New York may be taken as a sample of the animus
of the Northern States, it is difficult to avoid the
conclusion that the President
' •
is either over san-
guine or misinformed • Indeed, he seems to have
some little misgiving, for he is reported to have
told the deputation that 100,000 new men incorpo-
rated into the old regiments would for all effective

purposes be as valuable as 300,000 enrolled into
new regiments under untried officers. The confes-
sion looks as if ha had partly renounced the expec-
tation of securing the larger number, as does the
assurance given to the same gentlemen, that if the
men were not ready by the 15th of this month he
would, as a last resource, consent to proclaim a
draught upon every State that had not in the
interim contributed its quota.
At a meeting of the merchants of the Produce
Exchange held to-day, to support the war, con-
siderable sums were subscribed for bounty money,
but not a man offered to go himself. One gentle-
man said he would pay 500 dole, each to five noted,
Abolitionists, if they would shoulder the rifle and
and join M'Clellan; and he named Mr. Horace
Greeley, the Rev. Dr. Cheever, the Rev. Henry
Ward Beecher, Mr. W. C. Bryant, and a Mr.
Simeon Draper as the persons whom he expected to
fight as well as to talk. But, although the jest was
fully appreciated, the audience failed to see it '
the President's
augured ill for the vigorous prosecution of the war
that
appeal for men had everywhere
been h
met by
a spirit of haggling and chaffering, and
bargaining for
themselvesblunt
bounty money,
forone lvyn, and
of
tthhaet
cause.sOldi The
sno
longer offered
truth is that with hatred, revenge, and a determina-
tion to be free animates the whole Southern popu-
lation, and supply President Davis with an army
largely outnumbering that of President Lincoln,
nothing animates that portion of the Northern'
people, who form the raw material of armies, except
"rowdyism," which is well nigh exhausted, and
the.tiotship of the almighty dollar.—lf the Union_
can only be saved by mercenaries, whether they be
Irish, German, or American, its days are numbered,
whatever may be the honesty of the President, the
vigour of the new Commander-in-Chief, the libera-
lity of the rich, or the genius or talents of the
Generals from M'Clellan downwards.
It is stated that the West is answering the Presi-
dent's appeal with more vigour than New York and
the Middle States. The journals of this morning
report a great war meeting at Milwaukie, at which,
it is alleged, that upwards of 50,000 persons were
present. They add that the State of Wisconsin was
thoroughly avoused, and the enthusiasm was un-
precedented; but the reports do not inform the
world how many men were induced to enlist in con-
sequence of this great enthusiasm. Remembering
as I do, that the great war meeting in New York,
at which not above 6,000 or 8,000 people were pre-
sent, and the whole proceedings at which were a
burlesque, was represented on the following morn-
ing as having been attended by one hundred thou-
sand; and that great or small, enthusiastic or the
reverse, it did not send fifty recruits to the war as
the results of its spoken patriotism, I am inclined
to believe that the great Milwaukie demonstration
will turn out to have been of as little importance to
the Government and of no help to the army. In
short the Union cause hangs fire ; and if some
signal humiliation to M'Clellan's or Pope's army
do give it an impetus, the independence of the
South is secured, and Europe may begin to regard
it as a fait accompli.
And surely if there were that heartiness in the
war which there ought to be, if the North really
expected to conquer the South, there would be no
necessity for the issue of such a bulletin as that
which was penned by Mr. Secretary Stanton yester-
day, and published to-day. In this document he
revokes and annuls all furloughs and leaves of
absence on and after the 11th inst. The only
excuses to be allowed for absence of officers or
privates after that day are to be an order or leave
direct from the War-office, and proved disability
by wounds or disease contracted in the service.
"(Any officer or private, says the Secretary, " whose
health permits him to visit watering-places, thea-
tres, concerts, and other places of amusement, or to
make social visits, or to walk about cities, towns,
and neighbourhoods after the day in question, shall
be held as a deserter, and punished accordingly."
How many so-called soldiers there are to whom this
order will apply is not known to anybody except.
perhaps, to Mr. Stanton himself. But, judging
from the numbers to be seen everywhere in this
city, there should at least be about as many as
would have filled up the war meeting at Mil-
waukie to its reported numbers had they all been
present.

The Ist of August will doubtless prove to be a
memorable date in the annals of. America. From
this day henceforth, until peace shall have been
long restored to this distracted country, gold, silver,
and copper coins are to disappear as currency, and
to become, like medals, jewels, or any other articles
of luxury or personal adornment, commodities of
fluctuating value, to be bought and sold according
to the fashion or the necessities of the market.
The issue of the postaga stamps, recommended to the
Government to meet a temporary inconvenience
caused by the hoarding of silver on the part of
ferry comp anies and car proprietors, and to prevent
the issue of " shinplasters" for sums under a dollar,
has been deliberately made by Mr. Chase the basis
fora total revolution of the currency. Before the
war, though gold was seldom seen, it was always
obtainable, and until within a month a man who
exchanged a paper dollar for a cigar, a drink, a
loaf, or a ride in an omnibus could always obtain
silver and copper for the balance. But on and after
this Ist day of August postage stamps, not avail-
able for adhesion to letters, but exchangeable at all
post-offices for thinner and smaller stamps more
saitable for the purpose, are to do duty instead of
dimes. half-dimes, quarter and half dollars. The
stupid metals are placed under interdict, and re-
served for their legitimate purpose of paving the
streets of Utopia! There have been currency doc-
tors and paper-money quacks before now, but the
wildest theorists who believed in the regeneration
of society, and the annihilation of poverty by means
of illimitable issues of inconvertible promises to
pay, never dreamt of two-penny-halfpenny bank
notes! The sublime idea that may have been float-
ing about Chaos for countless ages found at last a
resting-place in the brain of the great financier
Chase—a man untrammelled by the antiquated
notions of the severe experience of an older civilisa-
tion—
" Nature's financial laws lay hid in night ;'
_ _ _

Fate said,' Let Chase appear,' and all was light I"
If England choose to rest her system of finance
upon a golden basis, is America to follow the old
fogey example ? No ; Mr. Chase is in office to in-
augurate a newer system upon a broader founda-
tion ! The £5 note may be suitable for an exclu-
sive society and an aristocratic form of govern-
ment, but for a democratic people, every one of
whom is as good as every other—is not the 6 cent.
ane
piece the more befitting basis on which to rest
th
g
appropriate currency ? For every bank note
i, al have
pocket of an Englishman, the Americatn:
old
exactly 480 480 bank notes ; and thus w'il
she has been
try be " whipped" in paper moneyas
in:sewing-machines, Merrimaes•Monitors, and
This
seems to be
and
Yankee" notions" in general! T
who condescend to
orsstorougly imbued with the
the argument. The docile pu
nsblic considers it to be
all right ; and the few pe
debate the question are so
notions as to make it evi-
s
dJeanptanthesaet
pthr
immense resources. "We only
has
they :say, oi us:e study
eys
iasn new
to them. "Our country,"
wanted gold and silver for the purposes of foreign
cweammerce. We are going to deprive ourselves of
the luxury
of foreign commerce. Our soil pro-
duces all that we need in the way of fond and
luxury, and as for manufactures, we have coal,
iron, skilled labour, and inventive ingenuity, and
shall do without foreign articles until we can manu-
facture all we require for ourselves. Europe is no-
thing to us. Were it sunk to the bottom of the sea
to-morrow we would still be rich
and
prosperous.
We only need money to carry on a trade between
ourselves, and postage stamps for five cents and up-
wards are as good for the purpose as the paper dol-
lars that we have hitherto employed. What is
o You
money • cannot eat it, or drink it, or clothe

PRICE..... -.Ad.
STAMPED ....sd.

yourself with it; and if you
Can procure meat,
drink, and clothing, and every other article of
necessity or luxury by means of
Paper, in which
every one has confidence, what's the
good of gold
and silver ?" " But suppose," says John
Bull,
" that after a time no one has confidence in paper
cents and dollars, issued in illimitable quantities,
and that Federal paper only represents 5 or 10 per
cent. of its nominal value ? What will happen
then ?" " Oh! things will all come right," replies
Jonathan. "We have such immense resources that,
nothing can injure us. We are not going always
to carry on our government and social system upon!
European principles. Those who hold notes when
the depreciation comes will, of course, have to suffer
the loss. But what of that? We can all of us
afford to lose a little and make no wry faces. We,
are a great people, and it isn't easy to ruin us. And
if we are ruined we can wipe off old scores and
begin afresh. We have great recuperative energies.
And, besides, if we don't owe anything to Europe,
what right has Europe to criticise or complain? Let
crazy old Europe mind its own business, and prop
up, if it likes, its rotten old thrones and aristocra-
cies. We are the nation of the future, and can
wage war and pay for it on principles of our own."
And so the discussion drops, and John Bull
thanks Heaven that he owes his allegiance to
another country.

This day, also, the Revised Tariff has come into
operation ; but, as the old officials of the Custom-
house will have considerably less, rather than more,
work to perform under its enactments, there has
been no necessity to make any charges in or addi-
tion to" the working staff of that establiihment.
Yesterday, however, the officials had a heavy time
of it, in consequence of the arrival within the last
two days of several vessels from British ports laden
with goods to come in under the old rate of duties.
One merchant paid a duty of 3,000 dols. yesterday
upon a consignment of borax from Liverpool, which
would have been liable to a duty of 10,000 dols. had
the vessel been detained until to-day. Several other
as lucky escapes were made in the dry goods trade;
but all this is at an end, and British and French dry
goods will for the future be luxuries for the rich,
and not necessaries for the poor.
The Tax Bill, which ought also to have come into
operation to-day, but which has been adjourned for
political reasons for a month, has created even more
than the expected flutter in the gentle bosoms of the
great mass of people who, not being competent to
earn their livelihood in trade, industry, or the pro-
, fessions, look to the Government to supply them
with places, Upwards of 50,000 applications have
been made for office under the new law, and every
day brings a fresh batch of documents from people
of this class to the overtasked Department of the
Treasury. No less than 30,000 letters, with their
accompanying testimonials, are declared to have
been duly read, filed, and registered at the Treasury,
where the impression prevails among the unhappy
clerks that the job is not half completed. The weed-
ing out of this too prolific garden will be the next
task to be performed ; for, though there be 50,000
or 60,000 applicants, there are but 4,000 places to
be bestowed among them. It is a pity, seeing that
the Government is so deplorably in want of soldiers,
and that the volunteering does not prosper, that
Mr. Lincoln did not stipulate with the candidates
for this branch of the public service that the non-
successful should be draughted into the army.
Fifty thousand additional men with M'Clellan at
this moment might be of incalculable aid to that
General and to the Government. Mr. Lincoln
has power enough—for it seems that he can do
anything he likes, except free the slaves of the
South,—and he might even yet, before the dis-
posal of a single place among the hungry crowd,
make it a sine qua 77021 of candidateship, that every
one who offered himself should be made either a
tax-collector or a soldier, and that those who
could not use the pen and the inkhorn for the taxa-
tion of the people should be provided with sword or
rifle for the salvation of the State. Perhaps, how-
ever, the promulgation of such a rule would imme-
diately reduce the number of applicants by one-half
or three-fourths ; but even in that case it would
save the official mind both labour and trouble, and
for that reason, if for no other, might be worth con-
sideration.

P.S. A report has just reached me, from a source
on which I am inclined to place reliance, that
Stonewall Jackson has defeated Gen. Siegel, with
considerable loss, and succeeded in turning the right
flank of General Pope's army in the Shenandoah.
My informant adds that Jackson is now on the road
between Fredericksburg and Washington. Should
this report be true it will be scrupulously kept out
of the papers of to-morrow, in order that it may not
reach Europe by the Inman steamer that sails at
noon for Liverpool. Ido not vouch for the authen-
ticity of the report, but I know that it has been
received in an influential quarter, and that it is be-
lieved to be true.

THE ALLEGED MURDER NEAR FITZ-
ROY-SQUARE.-ADJOURNED INQUEST.

Last evening Dr. Lank'Pester, the Central Middle-
sex coroner, resumed an inquisition at the Marquis
Cornwallis, Warren-street, Fitzroy-square, touch-
ing the death of Elizabeth Carly, aged 48.
The particulars of the death of the unfortunate
woman, published in our issue of Wednesday last,
went to show that it was occasioned by the brutal
violence of Charles Francis Cotier (with whom she
cohabited), furniture-dealer, 42, Warren-street.
Long before the jury had re-assembled the court-
room became inconveniently crowded, a large num-
ber of persons collected outside, and much interest
was manifested in the proceedings.
Mr. Sleigh again attended on behalf of friends of
the deceased ; and a representative of Mr. E. Lewis
attended for Cotier, now under remand at the House
of Detention on a charge of murdering deceased.
Susan Spinks, a lodger at 42, Warren-street,
was first called on this occasion, and deposed, in
addition to her former evidence, that betweea the
hours of five and six, on the evening preceding de-
ceased's death, which took place early on Saturday
Il
rsdae
aye
morning, she saw deceased and Cotierk in t
of the house. A great struggle plaecep a
hit her, they both fell together,
oo
thedeocefadseed.
under. She then saw Cotier catchhold
ceased's hair, twine his hand round it,
.an_d strike
,
her several times. Deceased screamed ' Murder.),
a When she fell her h
begcame an becausecontact she wanted
ea in with the
stairs. The struggle
to go out of the house, and he would not let her.
fight Deceased called to Cotier to him several times.
Ultimately deceased got out, and went away.
William Henry Cotier said he was the son of
Elizabeth Carly, and Cotier was his father, About
G o'clock on Friday night last, his father sent him
out to look for his mother. They had been quar-
relling in the afternoon about her wanting to go
out, and while deceased was getting her bonnet and
shawl to go out, his father tried to prevent her,
and
her, not
b
by striking her, but by pullino.
off her
shawl. Deceased became very violent, and threat-
ened to break the windowin'with a stick, and to
strike him. Whilst trying to
she struck his father in the g©t out of the passage
face,
strike her again. She got out of tl e buthouse, h
wenteanddidnot
away in a cab. His father then sent him out after
her, and he was out searching for her till half-past
12 o'clock in vain. When he came home he found
his father there.
asleep on the fluor He went upsothtairs and found
them in the sitting-roam.
His mother was
or with a sheet and quilt over lyingher.
lie judged she was tipsy. lie and his father went
away to his bed together, when his father said she
came home speechless drunk. Witness asked if they
had been fightin ; and he replied " No." Between
five and six in the morning his father got up, and
went into the sitting-room to the deceased, and re-
turned directly after, and told him to get up as soon
as possible, because there was something the matter
with hipmother. He directly got up, and found her
on the floor insensible. They lifted her from the
floor to a couch, and in doing so she breathed once.
Witness then ran for a medical man.
Spinks gave evidence
Marthgaiveii
by
Susan Spinks. corroborative
of that
W. H. Cotier, on being recalled,
said, in answer
to questions from Mr. Sleigh, that he never saw his
father strike his mother but once or twice at any
tune. She was in the habit of crying out ,‘murder,"
without provocation, when drunk-
After some other evidence had been adduced,
The Coroner proposed an adjournment to Monday
next, which
was unanimously agreed to.

BROMYARD, Friday.—A shocking)
happened in the x ural parish of W
this town, and by which two men in -.
life have suddenly perished. An inquestAas Rh. S
on the bodies here yesterday, when the witnesses
examined deposed to the following state of facts :
The deceased men were navigators, employed by
E. B. Evans, Esq., of Worcester, in the erection of
a large mansion at Whitbourne. Instead of going
to their work on Monday last, it appears they had a
drinking bout, and in the afternoon were drinking
at the "Live and Let Live" beer-house, on Brin-
sley-common, near this town. While there, in the
afternoon, the landlady's daughter went out to
the well to get a pail of water, when one of the
men, named Richard Wall, offered to get the
water for her. She consented, and Wall, in let-
ting the bucket down into the well, dropped his
cap, which fell to the bottom of the well. Wall,
said he would go down and fetch it. and there-
upon he seized hold of the rope and slid down it to
the bottom. It is supposed that the dense air
belaw affected him, for he immediately called for
help, on which his comp
down into the well to t11)e
anion, Win. Gibbon, seized
the rope and let himself
were both holding by the rope,
assistance of Wall. But no sooner had he got tc;
the bottom
than he too called for help. A third
man offered to descend to their assistance, but the
bystanders prevented him, and when the men were
seen last alive they
when the weight of the two men broke it, and in
a moment they were struggling in the water, which
was seven feet deep. Before further help could be
obtained, and a ladder and fresh rope could be got,
more than half an hour had elapsed, and the men
when got out were quite dead.
A verdict of " Accidental Death" was returned
in each case.

The bodies were interred in Bromyard Church-
yard yesterday evening, being carried by six
in navi-
gators dressed white frocks:

THE FATAL _RAILWAY
Y ACCIDENT NEAR
RUGB.

1 (Front the Biratingb.am Daily Gazette o/ yesterday.)
As briefly announced in the Daily Gazette of
Thursday, an alarming and fatal railway accident
took place oa the Trent Valley line, near the Stret-
ton-under-Foss Railway Station, by which two men
were unfortunately killed. The spot where the acci-
dent took place is about six miles from Rugby, and
within 500 yards of the Stretton Railway Station.
For some days past a number of workmen have beerr
engaged in the repair of a bridge on the line, which
crosses a wide road leading to the village of Stretton.
The Oxford canal runs by the side of the railway for
some distance, and underneath is a viaduct leading
into the road. The place where the accidenttook place
is the railway bridge ,which crosses the road. The left
or up-line of rails had been removed for the repairs to
the bridge, owing to there having existed for some
time what is called a "slip" in the embankment.
the sleepers of the up-line over the bridge had also
been removed, and the woodwork and soil got out,
in order to place some fresh girders to the bridge.
The two sides of the bridge were thus left open to
the ground to the distance of some 20 feet. The up-
line being removed it was necessary to work the
traffic over the bridge on the down line from Rugby
to Crew, and this was done by connecting the two
lines on each side of the bridge by means of cross
r3ads. The rails of the up-line were left up close to
the bridge, to be connected when the necessary re-
pairs have been made. Notice had been given at
the different stations down the line of the fact of
the repairs being in progress, and to prevent acci-
dents a signal which has been up for some time
owing to the " slip" some 200 yards from the bridge
on the down line towards Crewe, has
always stood
at " danger." Near this signal is a point to turn the
train from the up to the down-line. Another signal
of the same description stands at the Stretton st.a •
tion, from whence both signals are worked.
Having thus minutely described the locality of
the accident, we proceed to the details by which it
was immediately attended. It appears that on Wed-
nesday evening, about half-past 9 o'clock, the Scot-
tish Preston goods train was proceeding along the
up-line to Rugby, another goods train coming in an
opposite direction along the down-line from Rugby
to Crewe. The signal for the up-line, which could
be seen by the driver of the Preston train for some
500 yards up the line, was at " danger," but by some
fatality (perhaps through his not seeing the signal)
he ran the train, consisting of 51 loaded goods wag-
gons, with engine and break, into the chasm left by
the open bridge. A frightful crash was the conse-
quence. The train, it said, was going at full speed;
It was impossible for the engine-driver to pull up
in time, and had the pointsman turned the train on
t o the down-line, a fearful collision would have taken
place with the other train, and probably many
more lives would have been lost. By the fall of the
train the waggons were heaped upon the engine,
forming a pile some twenty or thirty feet high.
The train presented a complete wreck, the carriages
being thrown down the embankment, and some
seven or eight of them were smashed to atoms, the
contents, consisting of wheat, cheeses, and preserved
meat for the London market, being scattered in
every direction. As soon as possible after the acci-
dent assistance was obtained from Rugby. On its
arrival all that could be seen of the unfortunate
driver and stoker was the hand of one of them pro-
truding tnrough the wreck. A gang of men at
once proceeded to remove the debris, and about 6
o'clock yesterday morning they came to the bodies
of the unfortunate men. They were both found at
their posts at the engine, the driver having one
hand upon the reverser and the other upon the regu-
lator, as if in the act of stopping it. The tender
having been turned over them by the force of the
collision, they were thus crushed between the fire
hole of the engine and the ironwork of the tender.
The bodies, when got out, presented a frightful and
shocking appearance, the head and front of the body
of the driver being completely smashed, and the
features entirely unrecognisable. The stoker was
dreadfully mangled about the body ; but his face
was quite untouched. Death must have been instan-
taneous in both cases, the bodies being scalded by
the steam and burnt by the fire from the firehole,
and presenting a most horrible appearance. They
were at once conveyed to the house of Mr. Cocker-
hill, Railway Tavern, near the spot. The driver was
found to be Thomas Pittom, aged 30, residing at
Crewe; and the stoker, Thomas Percival, aged about
20, also residing at Crewe. Both the unfortunate
men are married, Pittom leaving a wife and one
child, and Percival a wife and two children. The
line was completely blocked, and yesterday morn-
ing upwards of 50 workmen, under the superinten-
dence of Mr. T. Wheatley, locomotive manager,
Wolverton, were engaged in removiug the debris.,
the line continuing blocked until a late hour last
night,es t
earnda
y dthe
otraffic being
the
wife of the unfortunatetconveyed via Coventry
and Nuneaton.
Yesterday
Pittom
and
cameher froma gon Crewey
was
painfulto
to
witness
The
Elher
The only solutioncausen i
gohf t t, he
did fatalnot
man
husband,
-river, Pittom, owing
the
occurrence is that the engine-driver,
ongtine
to its being a rainy and rather dark
see the signal,and thinking all was clear, proceeded
on his way. He was a very
been a teetotaller for steady man, having
pointsman nor other officials connected with the
railway appeared to be to blame for the sad occur-
rence. Tne London and North-Western Railway
Company must be losers to a large amount by the
accident.
Yesterday afternoon, at six o'clock, an inquest
was opened on the bodies, befor Mr. Alfred Carter,
coroner for the northern division of the county of
Warwick, at the Windmill Inn, Stretton. The
jury proceeded to view the scene of the accident,
and also the bodies, which were identified. The in-
quest was then adjourned until 12 o'clock on Tues-
day the 26th inst. Mr. Bedford appeared on be-
half of the London and North
;Western Railway
Company to watch the proceedings.

TILE FAZAZ PONDS ON HAMPSTEAD-
__

HEATH.

Dr. Lankester, the coroner, held an
--......_
day, on the body of Wm. Wood,
Duke of Hamilton, New-end, Hampstead, yester-
inquest at the
evening deceased, It appeared
aged 15, residing
1 at Harmood -street, Kentish Town•
from the evidence adduced that on last Tuesday
1
another lad, w ent to one 0.
accompanied by Edward Toughy,
bathe.water, f the heath ponds to
They undressed together
youth strug-
ther and went into the
Shortly afterwards deceased got out of his
depth, and upon seeing the hapless
The pond was dragged by
gliiig, his companion an another lad made a fruit-
less effort to save biro-
id presentede
nt a l deathsa
police-constable 445 S till 12 o'clock the next day,
when the body
The
police
authority
tii was
trceoriviwr eedre attendancen
tahe
accidental
pubiic safety.'
return showing drowning in those t ponds,somet hbineg
ycidneasrrfreowmescapes. since 1858, and that the
sainddes4rnssur!
verdict .
p oVse were
enteoro gmuchave hiexposedsopinii.').)ln‘
the present dan-
gerously he done at once to remedy
exposed state of the ponds
The jury returned a
drowning," with a strong of " Accidental
recommendation that the
New River Company, who
held possession of the
ponds, should provide
greater protection to life than
now existed.

Hall, Lord Broughe:m
learned lord has, in town yesterday,
bylelefttterßs
recerougivh:dea
West-
moreland, early in the week, for Scarborough. The noble
and
already derived much benefit from his visit to the seaside.