The Sun.
London, England, 1865-07-21 00:00:00

SCOTLAND.

Private E. Ross, London Scottish ... 38 131
Private C. Ross, London Scottish ... 40 119
Capt. H. Ross, Gth Kincardineshire ... 127
Capt. Mitchell, Alloa —. 145
Wilkin, Ellon 4G ... 143
Hon. J. Gordon, Aberdeen ... ... 51 ... 132
Sergeant Forbes, Ellon 28 ... 122
Capt. Lord Aberdeen, Aberdeen... ... 40 ... 132

334 1,051

PIRELA ND.

Greenhill
J. Rigby

32 108
... 41 ... 124

3441
17. 112128
IwPaKllecinnngaton:. ••••••
J. Clare ••• ••• 31 ... 117
Barlow ... ••• •.• ... 31 106
W. Rigby ... ••• ••• ••• ... 47 ... 137
Major Leech, London I.rial a.. 89 103

SECOND STAGE ALBERT—WINNER.
Points.
Assist.-Surg. Henderson, Ist Mid. Loth. 70 ... £lOO
" SATURDAY REVIEW" PRIZE.

Points.
Ensign Halliday, 21st Middlesex 18 £5O
Sergeant Thompson, Ist Derby... 18 15
Private Haughton, sth Norfolk 17 10
ANY RIFLE ASSOCIATION CUP—WINNER.
200 600
Yards. Yards. Total.
Mr. Annison, S. L. R. C. 19 20 59
RIFLE OAKS—WINNERS.

Points.
Ist Prizo—Private Halmll, 21st Lancashire 51
2d Prize—Sergeant Snelus, Bth Cheshire 53
3d Prize—Private Wyatt, London Rifle Brigade... 50
FOURTH SERIES EXTRA PRIZES.—WINNERS.
First Prize, £4O, a breech-loading double-barrel gun, pre-
sented by Mr. Smith, armourer to the National Rifle
Association.

Ensign Cunliffe, 26th Cheshire 19
Second Prize, £lolos., a silver Bennett watch, presented
by Mr. Bennett, Cheapside.
Captain Suter, Ist Hereford ... 19
Third Prize, £lolos., a library table, presented by Messrs.

Howitt and Co., Holborn.
Corporal Fergusson, Ist Inverness 19
Fourth Prize, £lO I Os., a Barrow telescope, with stand, &c.,
presented by Messrs. Barrow and Co., Great Malvern.
Sergeant Thornbury, Victorian ~. 19
Fifth Prize, £lO, a military rifle, presented by Mr. Smith,
armourer to the National Rifle Association.
Private Currie, Victorian ... 19
Sixth Prize, £9, a telescope, presented by Mr. Ross, optician,
Pri'rate Radcliffe, 2d Middlesex 19
Seventh Prize, £7 10s., a regulation third-class target, pre-
sented by Messrs. Richards and Co.
Captain Jaques, Surrey ... ... 19
TIES.

Eighth Prize, £6, a pistol, presented by Mr. Smith,

armourer to the National Rifle Association.
Captain Heaton, 3rd Manchester .„ 19
Ninth Prize, .£3 3s, a portable telescope, presented by
Messrs. Barrow and Co., Groat Malvern
Sergeant Kemp, 3rd Manchester ... 19
DR. EHIHARDT'S PRIZES.—HIGHEST SCPointsORES.
Corporal M. Bracher, 2nd Somerset 12
Captain Smith, Edinburgh Rifle Brigade ... 9
FIFTH BERIES, EXTRA PRIZES.—HIGHEST

SCORES.
Points.
Guernsey Militia ... ... 40

Major Bishop,
Captain Cogan, sth Lancashire 3,
Mr. Metford 39
Sergeant Boynton, sth East York
Sergeant Gibbs, Ist Bristol
PHOTOGRAPHIC SERIES.—HIGHEST SCORES.
Points.
Lieut. Marriner, 9th Middlesex ... 31
Lieut. Cunningham, 18th Middlesex... 30
Priv. Dunlop, London Scottish ... 30
Private Hay, Ist Somerset 30
Private Metcalfe, 4th Salop ... 30
Lieut. M'Kenzie, 37th Middlesex ... 30
Capt. Richardson, Cambridge Univetsity ~. 30

A HORSE KILLED BY LIGHTNING. —A 'valuable
horse was killed by lightning in Guernsey last
week. The electric fluid entered the knee of the horse,
passed upward to the chest, divided there, and passed out
at the back of the ear. Doath must have been instantane-
ous. Tho poor animal was tethered by an iron- chain in a
field. The chain, no doubt, attracted the lightning.

SERIOUS AND FATAL ACClDENTS.—Yesterday
William Younger, groom in the employ of Mr.
Thayer, Bayswater, was struck dead in his master's stable
by a kick on the head from a horse.—A boy named John
Connell fell from the wall of the Penitentiary, Millbank,
fronting the river, on to the shore beneath, sustaining
concussion of the brain and other severe injuries. He lies
in Westminster Hospital in a hopeless state.—George Cox,
employed at Webster's Steam Saw Mills, Bermondsey, was
caught by a leather 'band and whirled several .times round a
drum. He expired before he could be taken to the hospital.

PRICE 4d.
STAMPED sd.

SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS.
TIDIES.--Yesterday will be memorable in the pre-
sent political struggle as having witnessed some of
the most important and sharply-contested of the
Elections. Though on the whole there is no loss to
dissemble
i
the Liberal party, yet we will not our re-
gret day
that the issues of the
were not more favour-
able. The Elections in each of the three parts of th
United Kingdom have hitherto been so uniformlye
on the Liberal side that there was good reason for
hoping that the polling of yesterday would add con-
siderably to the Liberal majority. The result is that
nothing has been lost or gained. The Conservatives
have made a rally at the last, and, although unable
to turn the tide of Liberal success, have succeeded for
the moment in stemming it. The most serious loss is
that of Berkshire, where Mr. Benyon, Colonel Lind-
say, and Sir C.Russell have been returned, securing
the whole representation to the Conservatives. The
defeat of Mr. Walter and Mr.'Bouverie, who, with
Mr. Benyon, represented the county in the last Par-
liament, is no doubt the greatest reverse which has
been suffered by the Liberal party during the pre-
sent elections. The strength of the Tory party in
Berkshire, the long and energetic preparations which
were made by them for the contest, and the vigour
with which it was prosecuted at the last may be con-
sidered sufficiently to account for the result. But the
principal cause was the ill-advised attempt to secure
the return of three Liberals. In a county purely
agricultural, and comprising so large a body of
~voters pledged to the CoLizuvailve cause, the at-
tack on the one Conservative seat was impolitic,
and has ended in disaster. The Liberals are en-
titled to return two members, but to grasp at the
whole representation is to make an effort which, in
the present state of parties, is plainly beyond their
powers. Theymust accept their defeat with patience,
and wait until' another election gives them a chance
of retrieving what they have lost. The polling in
South Lancashire has resulted in the return of the
Chancellor of the Exchequer, but his colleagues in
the representation will be opponents of the Govern-
ment to which he belongs. We should, of course,
have rejoiced at the return of Messrs. Heywood and
Thompson, but as so complete a victory has not been
accomplished we will be content for the present with
what has been gained, and thank Mr. Gladstone for
having, at any rate, balanced the Tory victory at
Oxford by taking one of the seats which his op-
ponents possessed in the last Parliament. It
may be that if the two other Liberal candidates had
been men of more moderate opinions they would
have succeeded. A large part of the constituency,
made up as it is of town-suburbs and of country,
occupies politically the debateable ground which
divides the two English parties, and will rather give
their votes to a man who stands on the border-land
of opinion than to very pronounced members of
either party. A strange circumstance connected
with the election is that, fierce as was the contest,
a less number of votes was polled for the highest can-
didate than for Mr. Turner in 1861. When the third
seat was given to the Division that gentleman and
Mr. Cheetham contested it, and the Conservative
candidate obtained no less than 9;714 votes. On
this occasion Mr. Egerton, who heads the poll, has
but 9,189. Mr. Gladstone stands second, having
thus wrested one of the most important seats in
the kingdom from his opponents after a two days'
canvass. It is a wonderful proof of the power of
genius and reputation that a man may present him-
self to a vast constituency, and by two or three
speeches. undo the effect of whole months of can-
vassing on the part of his opponents. Mr. Gladstone
had the votes of the whole body of Liberals, and
obtained in addition the support of a small section
of the Conservatives, who take a pride in seeing
their county represented by a man of eminence.
He was also, we doubt not, aided by the Catholic
votes in return for those opinions which have been
the cause of his failure at Oxford. We may con-
gratulate Lancashire on having secured such a
representative, and the Liverpool Tory has as much
reason to be satisfied with it as the Manchester
Liberal, towards whom he feels so strong a political
antipathy. The benefits of reduced taxation descend
alike upon the Tory and the Whig, and a dimi-
nished expenditure will give comfort both to
Catholic and Protestant. The work which Mr.
Gladstone has done, and in which his election for
ta:ncashite will enable gulf persefore, will —gyre"
wealth to the traders and' farmers who yesterday
voted against him, as well as to the stanchest mane- I
facturer who supported him. His talents and ac-
quired knowledge are the property of the nation, '
and it is the interest of every one, without distinc-
tion of party, that he should have a field for their
exercise. Two important contests took place yes- I
terday without making any change in the represen-
tation. The Conservatives have held their ground
in West Kent after a severe fight. We hoped,
but hardly expected, to win one of the two seats. It
is difficult to understand what may be called the
distribution of political opinion. Why one district
should be Conservative and another Liberal, and
that from conviction and independently of influence
of local magnates, is almost inexplicable. Yet there
are in the country Whig and Tory regions almost
as definable as the chalk or the coal formations.
West Kent is Tory, and is the most important con-
stituency of that faith in the South of England. It
would require some strong impulse in favour of a
particular man or measure to bring over to a Libe-
ral candidate that proportion of waverers which
turns the scale in such contests. Yesterday the
Liberals, though well represented, were unable to
reverse the decision given at the last election.
Though they fought a good battle, they were beaten.
In North Durham a similar contest took place, but
there the late members and present candidates were
Liberals, and it was sought to drive one of them
from the representation. The attempt failed, though
the Conservatives are said to have been very san-
guine of success. In the North Riding the second
victory was won, which enables the Liberals to close
the day without a loss. Here Mr. Milbanke headed
the poll, and Mr. Morritt, who had been returned
chiefly as an enemy to the Malt Tax, was defeated.
South Lancashire and the North Riding accordingly
compensate for the two seats lost in Berkshire. It.
has not been so fortunate a day as we could hael-e
wished, but a good working majority in thefurhernw
t
Parliament is now quiet secure, even if no
successes be obtained. There is one .election, ho w-
ever, to which we can point with satisfaction. Sir
John Simeon has been returned for the Isle of I
retin ;
Wight, defeating Sir Charles Loco ekf
arty.
and ainSir Johng
Liberal the representation for the Lib p
Simeon is a Roman Catholic, and leas been assailed
the c ontro versialists h
with all the weapons familiar to _
H
of Exeter-hall or an Ulster platform. eas also
it is said, had, strangely enough, to struggle agaihst
the influence of a brother Catholic, who held that
he was not sufficiently devoted to the faith. It is
difficult to conceive a candidate winning under
such conditions, but the people of the Isle of Wight
have probably] udged _that one who provokes such
opposite censures is likely to be a harmless and
moderate man, and have elected him. Thus there
are three Roman Catholic members returned by
English constituencies to the new Parliament, two
of them after severe contests. This wise liberality
of the constituencies will, we believe, have the best
effect, as it will take away the sense of injustice
which has heretofore oppressed the English Catholics.
It is a good thing that in a Parliament which may
have to discuss many questions connected with the
representation it can no longer be said that a million '
of English Catholics are not represented at all.
HERALD.--Great crimes are committed in the
name of Liberty, and in the name of Justice deeds
are perpetrated which make men shudder. Let
any one read the full account of the first batch of
executions at Washington, as described by our
New York correspondent, and these facts will appear
in all their repulsiveness and ghastly horror, for
seldom has a nation avenged itself with such haste,
in such cold blood, and with such unmerciful stern-
ness, as Federal America has done by way of taking
blood for blood, and in taking it in huge excess. We
have to look back to the darkest annals of revolu-
tionary France to find a parallel to the scene in the
courtyard of the old Penitentiary at Washington,
where, on the 7th inst., three wretched men, and one
miserable swooning woman paid the penalty of their
acquaintance with Wilkes Booth, or their participa-
tion in his crime. The Yankees are evidently a reso-
lute people when the helpless arc in their hands, and
they show no mercy either in general or in detail.
" Fiat justitia ruat ceelum" is in their mouths, and
a bloody parody of it in their hands ; and the
con-
demned demned who plead for time to repent and to
the
pre-
pare for the awful change from this world to
next know not the temper of their stern execution-
ers, or they would spare breath and make in peace
such short shrift as Yankee
humanity
allows them.
Johnson On the 6th instant President signified his
approval of the sentence of death passed upon Lewisem
d E
Thornton Powell, Dayi E. Harrold, GeorgeA.Ad-
Surratt. '.Gill that approval had
zerodt, and M. E.
been made public and communicated to the prison-
ers, they at least had some hope, especially as the
President took a clear week to consider whether or
not he should ratify the finding of the court. There-
li fore they were scarcely prepared to die at 24 hours'
notice, and to have but one day between the an-
'nouncement of their fate and their terrible end.