The Sun.
London, England, 1866-07-04 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, JULY 4, 1866,

LAW INTELLIGENCE—This Day.

COURT OF DIVORCE.
(Before Sir J. P. Wilde and a Special Jury.)
WOOD V. WOOD AND STANGER.

This was a suit by Mr. William Henry Wood for a dis-
solution of marriage on the ground of his wife's adultery
with the co-respondent, George Edward Stanger. Both
the respondent and co-respondent denied the adultery, but
placed no other plea on the record.
Mr. Coleridge, Q.C., Mr. Sergeant Tindal Atkinson, and
Dr. Spinks appeared for the petitioner, and ➢ir. Sergeant
O'Brien and Mr. Wills for the respondent, and the Queen's
Advocate, Mr. Garth, and Mr. Searle for the co-respon-
dent.

Mr. Coleridge opened the case. The petitioner is RR
architect in business with his father at Nottingham, and the
co-respondent is a surgeon in extensive practice in the same
town. The marriage took place in 1857, the petitioner at the
time being 25 and, the respondent 21, and the co-respondent
is now about 50 and a married man with a family. The
co-respondent had been acquainted with the respondent prior
to her marriage, having attended her family as their medical
man, and the petitioner encouraged his visits to his house,
not entertaining any suspicion that his confidence would
be abused. The co-respondent attended the respondent
in her first confinement, which took place about twelve
months after marriage, and his visits to petitioner's after-
wards became very frequent, and generally during the
absence of the petitioner, whose place of business was
different to his private residence, and who sometimes
had occasion to visit London. Tho alleged impropriety
was stated to have commenced as early as 1862, but was
not discovered until 1865. There were three chil-
dren, and the petitioner and his wife appeared
to live happily together, until she became ad-
dicted to intemperancb, and disputes respecting re-
ligion arose between them. They both originally
frequented the Unitarian Chapel, in which the co-
respondent, who was reported to be very religious,
held an office. At last the difference arising out of the
intemperance of the respondents led to a deed of separation
between her and her husband in 1865. The petitioner
became displeased at the frequency of the co-respondent's
visits to his house, and wrote to him requesting him to dis-
continue them.
The case is not expected to conclude to-day.

SHOREDITCH COUNTY COURT.
A NOVEL POINT.-BRILL V. BOWSE.

This was a case involving a point of some importance to
yearly tenants, plaintiff seeking to recover £5 4s. for dila-
pidations to a house which had been occupied by defendant,
who had paid £2 7s. into court.
Mr. Horace Earle, for the defendant, said that ho thought
this action a somewhat ungracious nne. The defendant
had ben tenant of the house for 12 years, and when he
left there were certain dilapidations. He (Mr. Earle)
thought that after such a long tenancy, dilapidations to
the extent 'of £5 could only be considered fair wear and
tear.

His Honour observed that broken windows could not be
considered fair wear and tear, but must always be replaced
by the tenant.
Mr. Earle—And we have paid the money into court.

Evidence was then given by defendant and his sister to
show that certain articles claimed for were damaged when
the house was taken.

Plaintiff was asked if the tenant recommended by do-
fendant had not done certain repairs in the house, and the
plaintiff said he had laid out £35. It further appeared that
while defendant had been a yearly tenant, the new tenant
had taken the house for terms of seven, fourteen, or
twenty-one years, and that an increased rent had not been
asked from him, as he had laid out
money on the house.
His Honour asked how it was that the now tenant had
not done all that was necessary.
Plaintiff—He objected.

His Honour thought that there was ample evidence be-
fore him that some of tho dilapidations occurred before
defendant took tho house ; and, added to this, plaintiff had
agreed with the new tenant that certain repairs should be
done upon consideration of the rent not being increased.
Under all the circumstances, the verdict must be for the
defenclazt.
Verdict for defendant.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—This Day.

The Great International Soldiers' Hatch.

(THIS DAY.)

After a series of unlooked-for difficulties matters
were finally and amicably arranged on Monday
between the friends of the respective champions of
the Old and New Country, and the great contest,
the result of which was to be, according to the
" tall blowing" of the American party, the removal
of the honour of the champion sculler of the world
from the banks of the Thames to the shores
of America. However, like many other Yankee
notions, the complete thing has not been done up to
the present time, and it is the opinion of all those
capable of forming a correct and sound judgment
that a better man than Hamill must be found to
remove the honours which Kelley has won by his
admirable rowing on the river Thames and else-
where. At one time the differences between the
respective parties rose to such at extreme height that
it was exceedingly doubtful whether the match would
be rowed at all, the great matter of contention being
whether the match should come off in the morning
or evening. It would seem but common justice
that where two contests are to take place that the
likes and dislikes of both men could easily have
been arranged by one match being rowed in the
morning, and the other in the evening, but such
an arrangement was not suitable to the friends of
Hamill. They wanted everything their own way,
and like spoilt children, at one time refused any
negotiations because all their conditions were
not accepted without a murmur. The idea of
fair play with them seemed to be a curious one,
as it went the length of demanding everything in
favour of Hamill, and the refusal of the slightest
concession to Kelley. They had come over 2,000
miles to row Kelley, an honour of which he ought
to be proud, and, therefore, all arrangements must
be left in their hands, in order that they might
comfortably succeed in the object they had in view.
It was not to be wondered that the coolness of the
American warmed up the Britishers, and as it was
thought prudent to draw a line with respect to con-
cession Hamill demanded that both races should be
rowed in the morning, but Kelley said no ; one in
the morning, the other in the evening of the suc-
ceeding day. This proposal, than which nothing could
be fairer, was refused, and met with a counter-pro-
position by Hamill, to row both matclies in one day,
which of course Kelley refused ; but fortunately the
better j udgment of both parties prevailed, and Kelley,
rather than disappoint his man from winning the
high honours he travelled so far to secure, agreed
to row both matches in the early part of two
succeeding days. Matters thus being arranged
to the satisfaction of Hamill (he, by-the-bye, hav-
ing everything his own way), to-day (Wednesday)
was fixed upon for the first contest, and between
seven and eight o'clock in the morning was the time
fixed upon for the start. As soon as it be-
came known that the contest was an un-
doubted certainty, betting commenced in good
earnest, and large investments were made at 6 to
4 on. Kelley. The Hamill party, however, were
not favourably disposed to the figure, and by way
of showing confidence in their man, wanted 7 to 4,
but the simple-minded bookmakers of the little
village; of London were not disposed to humour
their country cousins to that extent, although, had
they done so, they would certainly have carried
more grist to their mill.
The distance to be rowed was a spell of five miles
right out, starting from the High Level Bridge, which
spans the Tyne, and the golden prize was £5OO.
At seven o'clock this morning the banks of the
river presented an extraordinary sight from the
thousands of persons assembled on them. The
two champions of the two countries received the
greatest encouragement from their friends—a cir-
cumstance which seemed to please both Kelley and
and Hamill in the highest degree. Shortly after
both men had taken up their stations, the signal
was given to start, and this important point in the
match was exceedingly well performed. Both made
extraordinary efforts to make way at the beginning,
but the effect of Kelley's well-known powerful
stroke soon made itself apparent by his ob-
taining the lead thus early in the race. Hamill
pulled vigorously and well, but although he evinced
the greatest determination on thiS occasion he had
met with his match, and the Thames waterman,
that was to be " eaten alive without any salt," we
might almost say, won the race as he pleased, as
the distance between him and Hamill at the finish
was about a quarter of a mile.

We shall not attempt to describe the furore that
occurred when it became generally known that
Kelley had won the match, further than to say that
it seemed to startle the good-natured and hospit-
able Northerners.

The other race is fixed for to-morrow morning
at half-past eight. The result is as yet dimmed in
the gloom of the future, but there are plenty of
people who say they can see what the resut will be,
and that they arc ready to stake their guineas on their
" tip," which is " that Harry,'Kelley, the London
Waterman 'as lives at Putney will do the trick."
However, be that asit may, Kelley has won the first
great contest, and if general opinion can be taken
as any criterion ; then the other race is all over but
shouting,
and Kelley may write himself not only
champion of the 'Thames, but champion of the
world.

Railway Traffi.e Returns for the Week.

Railways.

11111e5 Opened. Reoeire.
- -•
1866. 1865. 1866 t 865

___
g4P £ Z
Belfast and N, Counties 9l
40 743 632
Blyth and Tyne 36 36 2,756 2,356
Brecon and Merthyr
Bristol and Exeter 994 2,124 2.066
Belfast and County Down
1214 121 i 7,784 7,280
Caledonian, Scottish Central. 4172 408 27,060 26,248
Cambrian l3O 121 2,312 8,330
......
Cockermouth K 4 ......... .. 314 314 970 390
Cockermouth and Workin .. 9 9 418 381
Cork and Bandon .. ......... 20 20 461 31'2
Cork, Blackrock, & iassage...., 61 65 271 285
Cork and Youghal .......... .3 ti 3-4 503 615
Cornwall 654 65i 1,969 1.713
Deeslde l7 17 3)5 470
Do Extension . 15i 15i 142 135
Dublin & Belfast Junction 63 63 1,431 1.495
Dublin and Drogheda 75 75 1,7)3 1,970
Dublin and Meath . . ..... . .
Dub. & Wicklow and Wexid lO6 106 3,313 4,834
Forth and Clyde Junction
Furness, &c 5O 5) 4,106 8,311
Glasgow & South-Western
Gt. Eastern,Nrfk.,&E.Union
Great Northern... 422 401 36,812 32,,1.74
. _

1,310
G rDe ao t
13Nr Nor rnt
chh ofe
s San..e
.o t
.1
..d. .
..
.. 4528
451
11 ,:623931 , 685
Gt. Northn. & Westn. (Irel.) 821 71i 75F 754
rit.Southn. & Westn.(lrind.) 381 8871 10,080 10,427
Great Western 1292 1280 17.156 74,318
Hull & Ilornsea ......... .
_

Highland
Irish North-Western 145 145 2,003 1,991
Lancashire & Yorkshire • 403 '403 49.115 45.047
Limerick and Ennis... 24/ 24/ IE7 224
Limerick and Foynes 261 26} 196 102
Llanelly 461 461 835 948
Llynvi Valley
London & North-Western ..• 1273/ 1273/ 124,::90 121,497
London & South-Western ..• 5004 190} 27,253 30,802
E .
London, Chatham, & !lover; 1,
Loud. Brighton, &S. Coast 2.9531 2674 22,9 9 22, el 7
all Metropolitan EXtCIIBIOII 12} 111 j 3,007 2,8 0
127} 1 11,957 11.567
Do. Kent Coast
LOU., Tilbury, & Southend
Man.,Sheffield, & Lineolnsh
Manch. S. J ina.& Altrincharn. „ ot
91 1,549 1,500
28 28 1,693 1,‘99
Edw., Perth 4.267 2,938
Midland (incl. N.-Western) 3774 6634 53,,343 49,605
Metropolitan ll a r y p or t and
...
...
44
34
Midland Git.Westn. of Irind 260/ 2601 5,478 5,418
Monmouthsh. Rail. & C Perth 44 44 2.846 2,410
North British,
and Dundee ..... • 7114 707} 26,683 24,340
N-Eastern and Stock. & Darl 12071 11711 72,051 69,28
North London . .
North Staffordshire 258 268 8,803 7,887
Pembroke and Tenby ll4 iii 142 126
Rhyinney ... ..
Scottish North-Eastern ll3 138 6,778 8,865
Somerset and Dorsett 66 66 1,3C9 930
South.llevon .............. •• 98 79} 4.337 4,433
South-Eastern
Tall Yale
.61 61 6,679 5,877
Ulster 199 105} 2,483 2.141
..,

Vale of C1wyd......... l- 10 190 240
Waterford and Kilkenny 3l 31 393 452
Waterford and Limerick 77 77 1,409 1,427
W'haven,CleatorA Egrmut lO 10 892 629
FOREIGN AND COLONIAL•

Austrian B2B 828 36.993 31,027
Bahia and San Francisco •• • • 761 761 615 498
Belgian Eastern Junction• ••• 24 263/4 338 378
Bombay, Baroda, & Cen. India 306 306 11,118 5.3,2
Detroit and Milwaukie lB9 189 6,7 a 8.768
Dutch Rhenish ...... lOBl 1( 81 5,602 6,669
Eastern of France.
Eastern Bengal ...... •• •
East Indian
Grand Trunk of Canada 1377 1377 22,358 26,567
Great Central of Belgium.• • • 285 285
Great Indian Peninsula 69661 590 35,821 20,872
Great Luxembourg 134 134 6,546 5.236
Great Southern of India
Great Western of Canada 31.3 315 1',87, 11.754
Madras
Madrid, Saragossa &Alicant 778 713 18,263 18,193
Northern of Canada ••••• ••• • • 91 91 2,153 2,779
Northern of France 764 724 59,311 60.174
Norwegian Trunk
Ottoman
. __ _._

Paris, Lyons. & Mediterrn 2006" 20 6 148,928 13i,'G0
Paris and Orleans lB2l 1818 78.973 68,255
Recife and San Francisco. &c. 771 771 1,297 1,263
Sclnde lO5 105 2,223 1,283
Do. Punjab, &c 253 45 2,851 655
South Austrian. cto 1795 1645 --
southern ul Prune. OW 823 30,017 27.2.9
Victoria

Welland _ 25

West tit N-Wn. of France .. 1155 lord 55,032 55,390

THE NEW ADMINISTRATION.

The following list of the members of the new
Administration is substantially correct ; but the
final arrangements will hardly be completed before
Friday, or even Saturday next. When a party has
been [so long out of power its chief must find
much difficulty in dealing with the number of legi-
timate claims for honours and offices, and unavoid-
ably creates many disappointments, much to his
regret :
First Lord of the Trea-
sury
Chancellor of the Ex-
chequer
Lord Chancellor
liome Secretary

Foreign Secretary
Colonial Secretary
Secretary for War ...
Secretary for India
Postmaster-General
Lord Privy Seal
Lord President

Chancellor of the Duchy
First Lord of the Admi

ralty
President of the Board of
Trade
President of the Poor Law'
Board
Attorney-General
Solicitor-General .
First Commissioner of
Works
Lord Lieutenant of Ire-'
land
Secretary for Ireland
Master of the Horse
Lord Chamberlain
Lord Steward
Lords of the Treasury
Comptroller of the House
hold
Treasurer of the House-1
hold
Under-Secretary for War
Lord Advocate
Attorney-General for Ire-

Earl of Derby, K.G.

- Rt. Hon. B. Disraeli.
Lord Chelmsford.
Right Hon, S. 11. Wal-
-1 pole.
Lord Stanley.
Earl of Carnarvon.
cßigh t Hon. General
Peel.
Viscount Cranborne.
Duke of Montrose.
cEarl of Malmesbury,
G.C.B.
Duke of Buckingham.
(Mr. Henley (pro-
bable).
Right Hon. Sir John
Pakington, G.C.B.
Sir Stafford Northcote,
C.B.
Mr. Gathorne Hardy.
Sir Hugh Cairns.
Mr. Bovill.
Lord John Manners.

Marquis of Abereorn.
Lord Naas.
Duke of Beaufort.
Earl of Bradford.
Marquis of Bath.
cSir R. Bateson.
Hon. G. Noel.
Right Hon. Cecil
Forester.
Lord Henry Gordon
Lennox (doubtful).
Earl of Longford.
Mr. Patten.
Mr. John George
(doubtful).
• Mr. Miller.

land .
Solicitor-General for Ire-
land
Patronage Secretary of the} Hon. Col. Taylor.
Treasury ...
The minor offices have not yet been filled ; bui
we believe that Sir James Fergusson, Right Hon
Henry Corry, Mr. Baillie Cochrane, Mr. Ducane
and Mr. Butler Johnstone are likely to receive ap-
pointments. We believe a considerable number o:
Peers will be created within a short period.—
Morning Post.

Mr. Gladstone and the Working Men of

London.

A general meeting of the London Working Men's
Association was held last evening in the hall of the
Brougham Dining Company, Fleet-street, Mr.
George Potter in the chair, for the purpose of re-
ceiving the reply from Mr. Gladsone to the invita-
tion from the Association to attend a public meet-
ing of the working men of London, and to decide
as to the holding of an open air meeting in the City.
The Secretary read the following letter from Mr.
Gladstone :

" 11, Carlton-house-terrace, July 2,186 G.

" Gentlemen,—l have the honour to acknowledge
your letter of the 29th. In that letter, on behalf
of the London Working Men's Association, you
invite me to attend a public meeting which they
propose to hold for the purpose of thanking me for
what I have done, or endeavoured to do, in their
vindication against attacks which they term insults
and calumnies, and of which I must own that it is
difficult to visit them with any terms of censure
more severe than they deserve.
" It is with reluctance that I decline any invita-
tion proceeding from aportion of my fellow-subjects
to whom our electoral laws, as they exist, accord
less liberally than to others the regular constitu-
tional facilities for making known their wishes and
for the representation of their interests. The force
of this consideration is, however, diminished, when
I recollect how well and nobly, during the recent
Parliamentary struggle, the cause which I believe to
be that not less of loyalty and order than of freedom
and of liberal policy, has been defended by the re-
presentatives of the metropolis. If there be a single
exception, it only serves to exhibit more conspicu-
ously the general truth of my assertion.
" I am oblted to excuse myself from accepting
your flattering invitation, first, because I feel that,
after the labours of the last five months, prudence
compels me to look for some comparative repose ;
and, secondly, because I am convinced that I shall
best serve.the cause which, in unison with my dis-
tinguished colleagues, and under our long-tried
leader, I have had in hand, by confining my humble
efforts in political debate as far as possible, first, to
my- place in the House of Commons, and, secondly,
to any occasion when I meet my numerous consti-
tuents in Lancashire.

" In saying this, I shall not be supposed to indi-
cate a disposition to recede from the ground on which
we have stood during the contest. I look upon the
recent resignation by Lord Russell's Government of
their offices as one more onward step towards the
accomplishment of their object ; and in the hour of
defeat I have the presentiment of victory.
" By a scrupulous moderation in fixing the limits
of our original design, by a careful deference to
every wish of the House of Commons in regard to
methods of procedure, and by unflinching firmness
in resisting every effort, direct or covert, to impair
the scheme, or lessen the amount of enfranchise-
ment we proposed, we sought to unite the condi-
tions most likely to ensu7e success in an undertak-
ing marked in former years by so many miscarriages
and failures. Whether our plan is finally to be
added to the list of these miscarriages remains yet
to be seen. To wait with patience the course of
present events, to be especially on our guard against
any illusory or reactionary measure simulating the
name and character of reform, to encourage the
calm, serious, orderly, and temperate expression of
opinion, seem to be the chief duties of the hour ;
and in discharging these duties I am persuaded we
shall show we are not less (we even think we are
rather more) entitled than our opponents to the
character of good citizens, of true-hearted Britons,
and of affectionate and loyal subjects.—l have the
honour to be, gentlemen, your very faithful servant,
W. E. GLADSTONE.—To the President (Mr. George
Potter) and the Secretary (Mr. R. Hartwell) of the
London Working Men's Association."
The reading of the letter was received with loud
cheers.

Mr. NORTHOUSE then moved the following reso-
lution :—" That in order to give every facility to
the working classes and the people of the metropo-
lis to express their opinions in favour of the full en-
franchisement of the people, and their determina-
tion to oppose the continuance of any Government
in office that will not bring forward, with the in-
tention of carrying, a full and complete reform bill,
this association is of opinion that open air meetings
should be held in London at least one evening in
each week during the present season, such meeting
to be called alternately by the executive committee
of the association and the Central Council of the
Reform League."
BLIGH seconded the resolution, which was
supported by Messrs. TRour and LEWIS, and car-
ried unanimously.

Mr. ADAMS moved " That this association call a
meeting of the work:tag men of the City of London
and adjacent districts for next Monday evening,
either in the Guildhall-yard or the open space in
front of the Royal Exchange, as may be found most
convenient by the committee, and that a deputation
wait on the Lord Mayor on Wednesday morning in
reference to such meeting."
Mr. GLASIER seconded the resolution, which was
supported by Mr. Jenkins, and carried with loud
cheers.
The committee having been instructed to carry
out the details, the meeting adjourned with a vote
of thanks to the chairman.

GREAT NORTHERN HOSPITAL, CALEDONIAN-
RoAD.—Number of patients for the week ending 30th
Juno 1,059, of which 267 were new cases.