The Sun.
London, England, 1866-07-06 00:00:00

THE gUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, JULY 6, 1866.

LAW INTELLIGENCE—This Day.

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VICE-CHANCELLOR'S COURT.
(Before Vice-Chancellor Wood.)

THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA V. PRIOLEAU-JUDGMENT.

Vice-Chancellor Sir. W. Page Wood delivered judg-
ment in this case, which raised an important question with
regard to international law. The United States Govern-
ment had filed a bill to recover from the defendants, who
aro merchants at Liverpool, a considerable quantity of cot-
ton which had been consigned to them by the Confederate
States, and which had been contributed by residents of the
Confederate States to enable the Confederates to carry on
war against the United States. When the matter came
before the court about a year ago, the Vice-Chancellor
allowed the defendants to receive £20,000 out of the pro-
ceeds of the cotton towards satisfaction of their claim
against the Confederate States, for whom they were
agents during the American war, but ho re-
quired them to give securities to the amount of £50,000
until the final hearing of the cause. In February last the
defendants filed a cross bill against the President of the
United States for the purpose of obtaining a full discovery
with reference to this affair. The defendants averred that
there were matters peculiarly within the knowledge of the
President of the United States in reference to the cause,
and that his evidence would be important ; and a motion
was made on behalf of the defendants for the purpose of
enlarging the time for closing the evidence in the original
suit until a mouth after President Johnson should have
answered the cross-bill on oath. It was contended by the
counsel for the defendants that notwithstanding the exalted
position of President Johnson, he could not escape from
the rule which applied to ordinary individuals who came
before the Court as plaintiffs—namely, the obligation of
answering upon oath a cross-bill filed against them for the
purpose of discovery. The Vice-Chancellor took this view
of the case, and said that all who came for justice to that'
court must conform to its regulations. In all cases of cor-
porate bodies a properly appointed officer should answer on
oath, but he doubted whether the President was a suffi-
cient person, because it was not clear that the United States
had sufficient control over him to compel him to produce
papers, &c. What was asked for now was that the writ
should be delayed until the President of the United States
had put in his answer. He could not accede to that appli-
cation, because he could not take judicial notice of the Pre-
sident, but what he could do was to allow the writ to be
delayed until an answer was put in by a properly accre-
dited officer of the United States, and he should make an
order to that effect.

As soon as all these preliminary matters are settled, the
case, which excites much interest in commercial circles,
will come on for hearing.

COURT OF DIVORCE.
(Before Sir J. P. Wilde and a Special Jury.)
CHAPLIN V. CHAPLIN, MULLER, AND MOORE.

This was a suit by the husband, a wine merchant in St.
Mark's-lane, City, for a dissolution, on the ground of his
wife's adultery with both co-respondents, and all the de-
fendants merely pleaded denial.
The Queen's Advocate and Dr. Wambey were counsel
for the petitionor ; Mr. Sergeant Ballantine and Dr. Spinks
for the respondent ; and Mr. Sergeant O'Brien, Mr. Inder-
wick, and another learned gentleman for the defendants.
From the statement of counsel it appeared that the al-
leged adultery with Muller lasted from May, 1864, to July,
1865, and with Moore during portions of the years 1865
and 1866. Tho defendant was only 17 years of age,
and the respondent was 35, and held the situation of house-
keeper in a tradesman's family when they were introduced
to each other by a relation of the latter. They were mar-
ried shortly afterwards in 1852, and went to reside in
Islington. They lived together uptil December, 1861,
when some disagreement arising between them they sepa-
rated by mutual consent, and the petitioner agreed to
allow the respondent £2OO a year, and advanced her £lOO
to purchase furniture and other necessaries. A change
subsequently took place in his circumstances, and he re-
duced the allowance to £lOO a year. The respondent
after the situation took lodgings at Mildmay-road,
Islington, where she formed the acquaintance of the co-
respondents, one of whom was a commission agent and the
other a clerk in a respectable establishment. She removed
to St. Mark's-toad, Notting-hill, and her intimacy with
Moore was continued. The petitioner asked for no
damages.
William Downs, a cousin of the respondent, proved to
having introduced her to her husband. He believed the
latter was about 21 and the respondent was older. He
visited them after the marriage, and Mr. Chaplin always
treated his wife with great kindness. He deposed also to
having seen the respondent in company with both co-
respondents, and under circumstances of suspicion.
Mr. William Chaplin, brother of the petitioner, gave
similar evidence as to the intimacy with the co-respondents.
Other witnesses were called for the petitioner's case.
The jury found a verdict for the petitioner.
Decree nisi with costs.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.--This Day.

MARLBORO UGH-STREET.

A SAD STORY.—THE MARQUIS TOWNSHEND AND THE
BEGGARS.—Mary Ann Heaviland, a girl charged by the
Marquis Towushend with begging in Piccadilly, was again
brought before Mr. Kr ox.
The girl begged of the Marquis in Piccadilly, and on his
recognising het as a girl he had once before charged at
this Court., but who was allowed to go at large on her
father promising that he would not send her out begging
again, he gave her into custody.
Mr. Knox ordered inquiries to be made respecting the
girl, and
Sergeant Bunce, 5 C, who invariably displays great care
in his inquiries, said he had ascertained that the girl's
mother was dead, and the father, who got his living as a
tinker, had lately broken up his home, and gene, he be-
lieved, into the North of England, and the poor girl was
now destitute. .

Mr. Knox said ho thought the best thing would be to
send the girl to a school.
A poor girl with a child in her arms got into the witness
box, and stated that she was the prisoner's sister.
Mr. Knox asked her whose child it was she had in her
arms ?

The girl said it was her mother's, but her mother was
dead. She would look after her sister if the magistrate
would let her go.
Mr. Knox put some questions to the sister, and from her
answers it was evident she had a hard struggle to main-
tain herself and her child.
The Marquis Towushend said he would look after the
sister and see whether something could not be done for
her.

Mr. Knox aaid it was proved the girl's father was away,
and that she was utterly destitute. He should certainly
send her to an institution for five years.
The girl was subsequently taken by Welsh, the office-
keeper, to that valuable institution, the Cripples' Home,
Marylebone-road, and at once admitted.

WROLESALE SWINDLING.

The particulars of one of the most gigantic
swindling schemes ever concocted on the other side
have just been revealed in this city by the arrest of
some of the principals at Lockport, New York,
where several of the villains bad retired to spend
their ill-gotten gains, in the expectation of undis-
turbed felicity. The fects as detailed present a
scheme so skilfully planned as might have ensured
success but for the circumstance that their victims,
once on the alert, were as sharp as the swindlers,
and now, with the aid of detectives, have succeeded
in bagging the greater number of them. About 8 or
10 months ago an establishment styled the Canton
Banking House was started in the town of Canton,
St. Lawrence County, New York. The persons en-
gaged in the undertaking—some 30 in number—ob-
taining all the paraphernalia of a legitimate institu-
tion, had made their business notice sufficiently public
in " Thompson's Bank Note Reporter," and took other
precautions to endeavour to assure the public that
they were on a sound basis. Meanwhile their
swindling operations were set on foot—persons being
despatched in all directions with drafts on the Se-
cond National Bank of New York, drawn by a Mr.
Clarke, who has since turned State's evidence, in
the hope of escaping from the web so completely
woven around his confederates. He has stated that
no less than $200,000 in this worthless paper was
issued, all payable at the bank named, where for a
few days the sum of $5OO lay to the credit of one of
the parties concerned, but that it was all, with the
exception of $12.50, withdrawn a few days subse-
quently. The many agents of the concern here
then flooded the country with this worthless
trash ; $200,000 was a large stake, and if
they only won occasionally there was yet
a large per centage over the rewards of
honest labour. In Buffalo a considerable sum
was cashed, New York was slightly " bitten," while
even as far south as Kentucky and Alabama the ras-
cals are said to have pushed their unlawful scheme.
It is estimated that by this means fully $lOO,OOO of
the waste paper was disposed of to the duped vic-
tims. The first intimation of the affair in Canada
was made in December last, when Mr. H. Forbes,
broker, of this city, was asked to cash a draft for
$4,500 on the bogus concern by a party represent-
ing himself to be a cattle buyer in want of money,
and who had been introduced as such by Mr. Pal-
mer, of the Albion Hotel here. Mr. Palmer had been
assured of the reliability of the fellow only by a con-
federate, a man named Hezekiah S. Bennet, on whom
the weight of the law is now likely to fall in full
force as one of the principals in the affair. Mr. Forbes
consulted the detector, found the house advertised,
and the party, a man named Loomis Willard, appear-
ing to answer his own representations, he cashed
the draught immediately ; but scarcely had he done
so when he thought something was wrong. Tele-
graphing to the banking-house he only received an
answer from an operator saying that Mr. Clarke,
the drawer of the draft, was in New York. This
heightened his doubts to a well-founded suspicion,
and telegraphing to the Second National Bank,
their presumed agents, he was informed that they
had only $12.50 to their credit. He immediately
went to Lockport, and on reaching there was in-
formed that one of the drafts for $1,500 had been
presented at the Exchange Bank of that city and
was about being paid, the clerk having retired to
obtain the sanction of the manager, when the
operator, suspecting that he was detected, made off,
leaving the draft in the possession of the clerk, who
only then became aware of the narrow escape from
being victimised. Mr. Forbes's visit to Lockport was
almost on the same day, and he had just entered the
First National Bank of that city when they in-
formed him that a draft for sl,lothad been cashed,
fully believing that it was genuine. The doubts of
Mr. Forbes changed their tone, and by the aid of a
detective they shortly afterwards recovered the full
amount. Mr. Forbes, however, found Willard worth
nothing, but, after some trouble, succeeded in con-
uectingßennett with the scheme—the former having
been acting as Bennett's tool, he receiving $5OO of
the money for his services as " stool pigeon," while
Bennett retained the lion's share. The man C. E.
Clarke, who has " peached" on the rascals, appears
to have been fully as guilty as the others ; but his
not obtaining his expected share in the proceeds, as
well as the fear of the State prison, induced him to
reveal his scheme in the transaction, and help to
bring the others to justice. Several other parties in
Canada have lost more or leas by the swindlers—
Mr. J. W. Murton, of Hamilton ; Mr. Patterson,
of Port Hope ; and others, being named. It is also
said that the Bank of British North America, at
London, has lost $l,OOO by one of the parties hav-
ing deposited a large sum there for collection, and
obtained an advance to that amount. In Buffalo
several extensive hauls were made, and Detroit and
many sections of Pennsylvania were visited with
the same intention—in many cases successfully. One
party in Buffalo a few days ago recovered $4,500,
an amount sufficient to cover all loss and damage,
besides a bonus, from a man named Chappell, the
agent negotiating there. A serious difficulty has,
however, presented itself with regard to the two
prisoners, Bennett and Willard, arrested at the in-
stance of Mr. Forbes, they having committed the
act in Canada, while the conspiracy to defraud, on
which they are held, was concocted in the United
States. Still, strenuous efforts will be made to bring
the perpetrators of the scheme to their full deserts,
and, if possible, they will be held to account for
their actions. The trial commenced at Lockport on
Tuesday last, the arrest having been made a few
days previously.—Toronto Daily Globe.

THE AMERICAN GOVERNMENT AND CAPTAIN
KENNEDY, OF TILE CITY OF PARIS.—At a meeting of the
Liverpool Local Marine Board yesterday (Thursday), a
presentation was made to Captain James Kennedy, of a
splendid gold chronometer, from the President of the
United States, for gallant conduct on the part of Captain
Kennedy in saving the crew of an American ship in
January last. The following letter addressed to her Ma-
jesty's Lords of the Admiralty, fromthe American Minister
in London, was read at the meeting : -" Legation of the
United States, London, 14th May, 1866. My Lords—The
American ship Meridian sailed from New York, on the
24th November last, bound for London. It appears from
reports received by my Government, that on her voyage
she encountered a succession of storms, which by the 24th
of December had had the effect of leaving her a floating
wreck at the mercy of the winds and waves. On the Ist
of January she was descried by the steamer City of Boston,
which at once came to the relief of the distr ssed people on
board. But such was the state of the ocean that no assist-
ance could be rendered except by the agency of the life-
boat belonging to the steamer. In this emergency Captain
Kennedy, with the aid of a picked crew, who cheerfully
exposed themselves to this perilous experiment, succeeded
in saving the lives of all the persons on board, and trans-
ferring them in safety to his own vessel. The conduct of
Capt. Kennedy, through the energy and promptness dis-
played in the direction of this enterprise is described
by the rescued persons as eminently conducive to
its success. Whilst, therefore, my Government has taken
the necessary steps through other channels to recognise
the value of the services of the boat's crew, I have been
directed especially to mark the sense entertained by the
President of the action of Capt. Kennedy, by asking of
your lordships to cause to be transmitted to him the ac-
companying gold watch, together with an assurance of his
high appreciation of his noble, friendly, and humane con-
duct upon this critical occasion.—Remaining, &c., CHARLES
FRANCIS ADAMS." We may add that Capt. Kennedy is in
command of the City of Paris, one of the Inman line of
steamers, and has just accomplished one of the quickest
voyages from New York to the Mersey on record.
MURDER AND ATTEMPTED SUICIDE.—On Wed-
nesday morning Mr. Robert Armstrong, the owner
of considerable property, living in Lowther-street, Carlisle,
was murdered by one of his tenants, named Holywell, who
keeps a large iun. Holywell, in a tipsy state, went to Mr.
Armstrong at his own home, to see him about some griev-
ance, but his landlord told him to come when he was
sober, and then be would speak to him. The man was,
complying at first, and had got as far out as the kitchen
when he turned round, grasped Mr. Armstrong by the
collar, dashed him against the door, threw him upon the
kitchen floor, and, still holding him by the collar
pounded the back of his head against the flags until it was
r(.sduc•ed almost to a jelly. Alarms were raised, and Holy-
well made off home while others were bringing asurge on.
He got another dram of whisky and ran upstairs,where
his
he was stopped in the act of adjusting a P
neck. Mr. Page, surgeon,
was speedily brought round
to Mr.
Armstrong, but it was hopeless. 110 apprehended.
deafter-
wards.puty,
who His assailant has, of course, been died shortly
Mr. Petruccelli della Gattina, the Italian
who has been for some time the Italian correspondent of
the Debats, has received orders, the Armonia states, to dis-
continue his military correspondence with the French
press under pain of being arrested. -
•

TIURD EDITION.

SUN OFFICE, 7 o'CLocK.

SPORTING INTELLIGEIVOE.—This Day,

NEWMARKET RACES.—THIS DAT.
(BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.)
MATCHES.
Mr. Chaplin's Soiled Dove (Fordham) 1
Lord Falmouth's Reigning Beauty (French) 2
Betting-5 to 2on Soiled Dove. Won by three-
quarters of a length.

Mr. Fleming's Cecrops (Loates) 1
Mr. Ten Broeck's Forester (Fordham) 2
Betting-3 to lon the winner. Won by six
lengths.

Prince D. Soltykoff's Fern Leaf (Parry) 1
Admiral Rous's Dot. (Mann) 2
Betting-2 to lon the winner. Won by three
lengths.

HANDICAP PLATE.
Count Battbyany's Rus iu Urbe (Clark) 1
Mr. Price's Queen Esther (Huxtable) 2
Duke of Hamilton's Phantom Sail (Hartley) 3
Betting-2 to 1 agst Rus in Urbe, sto 2 agst
Sceur de Charite, 8 to 1 agst Bavard's dam c.l
Queen of the West, Tiny, Seringapatam, Sceur
de Charite, Annie Laurie c, Maid of Lincoln, c,
Canard, Prima Donna, Bavarde c, Nine Elms, and
Whirligig also ran. Won by three lengths.
HER MAJESTY'S PLATE.
Mr. B. E. Dunbar's Tormentor (Mann) 1
Baron Rothschild's Love Apple (Wells) 2
Mr. H. Savile's Eakring (Covey) 3
Miss Harriette, Miss Grimstone, Rose, and La
Dauphine also ran. Betting-7 to 4 Miss Harriette,
3 to 1 agst Tormentor, 6 to 1 agst Love. Apple.
Won by three lengths.

100 SOVS. PLATE.
Mr. S. Thellusson's Pirate Chief (Fordham) 1
Mr. Batson's Verona c (Deacon) 2
Blinkhoolie, Vice Versa, Numa Pompilius, Beau-
clerk, Helena c, Cincinnati c, Zest, Seringapatam,
and Thermometer also ran.

Mr. H. Coventry's_ Narino (Lynch) 3

Betting-5 to 4 agst Narino, 2to 1 agst Pirate
Chief, 10 to 1 agst Thermometer, 12 to 1 agst
Verona. Won by a head.

HANDICAP PLATE.

Lord G. Manners's Marmite (Clarke) 1
Lord Westmorland's lon (Kenyon) 2
Mr. Chaplin's Effervescence (Covey) 3
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Oberon, Blue Mantle, Monitor, Neophyte,
Duke of York, Tesane, Bessie, Sister Mary,
Hedon, Medina, Ecclestone, and Royal Tartan
also ran.

Betting-9 to 4on Neophyte, 10 to 1 bar one.
Won by a neck.

SWEEPSTAKES.
Mr. W. Morris's Amazon f (Busall) 1
Mr. C. Alexander's Hebrides (Sol-JO 2
Caleb and Elberg also ran.

CITY BETTINGTins DAT.
GOODWOOD STAKES.
4to 1 agst Special (taken)
100 to 15 agst Midia colt (taken)
10 to 1 agst Nu (offered)
100 to 7 agst Potomac (taken and offered)
100 to 8 agst Black Prince (taken)
20 to . 1 agst Lucifer (taken and offered)
25 to 1 agst Camball (taken)
60 to 1 agst Othello (offered)
GOODWOOD CUP.
sto 4 agst Gladiateur (taken and off)

VICTORIA CLUB---Tins DAY.
Nothing doing, all the members being at New-

market.

NOTTINGHAM
Weights for the NOTTI:

ULY MEETING.
GIIAMSIIIRE HANDICAP.

Age st lb
Moulsey ... 5 9 2
Godmersham ... 4 8 4
Ackworth ... 5 8 4
Raglan ... 6 7 12
The Beadle ... 5 7 10
Historian 5 7 10
Harry Brailsford ... 4 7 10
Bradamante 5 7 8
Pearl Diver 6 7 7
Nightwatch ... 4 7 7
Skirmish 4 7 7
Verdant ... ... 4 7 2
The Corsair ... 3 7 2
Nu ... ... 4 7 0
Veluti ... 5 7 0
Watchbox 4 7 0
Wandering Minstri 5 7 0
Lucifer ... 3 7 0
Provisor ... 4 6 12
Vixen ... 4 6 12
War ... ... 3 6 11
Kingfisher... ... 3 6 10
Salim 3 6 10
Life Guardsman ... 3 6 10
Auditor ... 4 6 10
Cutaway ... 5 6 7

Age st lb
Monitress 3 6 6
Marco Spada ... 3 6 6
Lizard 4 6 6
Helen ... 5 6 4
Nukuheva ... 4 6 4
Retrousse ... 3 6 4
Endsleigh 4 6 3
Chibisa 3 6 0
Miss Williams 3 6 0
Missile ... 4 6 0
Rama 3 5 12
Clatford . ... 3 5 10
Black Prince ... 3 5 10
Savernake... 3 5 9
, Guerilla ~. 3 5 9
Duchess Newcastle 3 5 9
Saucy Boy ... 3 5 8
Duplicity ... ... 3 5 8
Slender ... ... 3 5 8
Caprice ... 3 5 7
Barege colt ... 3 5 7
Black Prince, by
Voltigeur ... 3 5 7
Hurunui 3 6 7
Cambuscan 5 (p. ft.)

GENERAL MEETING OF THE JOCKEY CLUB.
A general meeting of the Jockey Club was held at New-
market on Wednesday in the July Meeting, present :—Mr.
Craven, Admiral Rous, Duke of Beaufort, stewards ; Mr.
Alexander, Lord Annesley, Mr. Barne, Mr. Batson, Count
Batthyany, Mr. Chaplin, Lord Falmouth, Col. Forester,
Marquis of Hastings, Sir F. Johnstone, Captain D. Lane,
Mr. Lowther, Mr. R. H. Nevill, Duke of Newcastle, Mr.
Payne, Baron M. Rothschild, Mr. Savile, Lord Strafford,
Lord Westmoreland, and Lord Winchilsea. •

It was proposed by the Stewards, and unanimously re-
solved—" That the president, vice-president, and three
stewards of the French Jockey Club for the time being
shall be honorary members of the English Jockey Club."
Also—" That Count F. de Lagrange and M. Lupin be
elected honorary members of the English Jockey Club."—
Adjourned.

NOMENCLATURE.
The following names have been given :
Lord Poulett's
Br. yearling f. by Rattle, out of Hegira .„ Toy
Ch. yearling f. by Rattle, out of Chaseaway Tinkle
Oh. colt-foal by Blair Athol, out of Hegira Glenfalloch

Mr. Copeland's foals of 1866.
B. f. by Lifeboat, eut of Golden Drop Rescue
Br. c. by The Prime Minister, out of Mistra The Secretary
B. 1. by Gunboat, out of Merry Maid

COLOURS OF RIDERS.
Capt.Coventry(altered to) Red, blue sleeves, red cap
Mr. F. Mitchell
Mr. Gilbert Sirling Straw, green sleeves, black cap
The following assumed name has been registered:—

Mr. De La Ce.

HORSES STRUCK OUT OF THEIR ENGAGEMENTS.
June 30, at 9 a.m. Alcazar, out of July and Chesterfield at.,
Newmarket
„ 30, at 3 p.m. All Sir Joseph Hawley's horses, except
Red Shoes, out of engts. at Newmarket July
Meeting
„ 30, at 4.25 p.m. Rose, out of Chesterfield stakes, at
Newmarket

„ 30, at 4.25 p.m. Applecrose, out of Summer h'cap, at

Newmarket
July 2, at 9 a.m. Walton, and Air Naylor's, and Mr. Pad-
wick's horses, out of engts. at Newmarket July
Meeting, 1866
„ 2, at 9 a.m. Coup d'Etat, out of Summer stakes,
Newmarket
„ 2, at 9 a.m. Distaff, out of Chesterfield stakes, New-
market
„ 2, at 9 a.m. Shrapnell, out of all engts. in Mr. C.
Grimshaw's name
„ 2, at 0.30 p.m. Dark Agnes, out of all engts.
„ 2, at 3.44 p.m. Caithness, out of Cumberland plate,

Carlisle
~ 2, at 3.44 p.m. Regalia, out of Queen's plate, Carlisle
1,4, at 9 a.m. Man of Ross, out of Chesterfield stakes,

at Newmarket
~ 4, at 9 a.m. Voigtlander, out of Lewes
Grand hicap.
~ 4, at 10.35 p.m. Strafford and sis. to Gen. Peal, Out
• of Goodwood Cup
In the list of horses struck out of their engagements,
published in last Calendar, the date of Staghound's scratch-
ing for the Worcestershire stakes was accidentally
printed
26th June, at 10 p.m. instead of 10 a.m.

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT

HOUSE OF LORDS—Tnis DAY.
Lord REDESDALE, in the absence of the Lord Chancellor,
took his seat on the woolsack at a quarter before one
o'clock.

PRIVATE BUSINESS.
The East and West India Junction Railway (Diversion
of Roads) Bill, and the Newport Railway Bill were read a
second time.

The Solway Junction Railway (Capital) Bill, and the
Great Yarmouth Haven, Port, and Rivers Bill were read a
third time and passed.
Their lordships then adjourned during pleasure.
The house resumed at four o'clock, Lord BEDESDALE
presiding.
PRIVATE BUSINESS. . .
The folloWing bills were read a second time :—Car-

marthen and Cardigan way,
Bo,nes 8
and
Grangemouth
Railway, and North British (Tay Bridge) Railway.
HOUSE OF COMMONS—Trus EVENING,
The SPEAKER took the chair at five o'clock.
The house presented rather a singular appearance from
the circumstance of the change of sides of the different
parties. The Government side of the house was occupied
by the Conservatives, and the Liberals sat on the
left hand side of the chair. Sir R. Palmer, the late Attor-
ney-General entered the house before prayers, and took his
seat on the front Opposition bench. The Speaker having
taken the chair, Mr. Gladstone shortly afterwards entereq the house, and on his taking Lis seat, until this evening occu-
pied by Mr: Disraeli, he was received with loud cheers.
Mr. Brand next entered, and he was received with cheers
and laughter. The only persons representing the Govern-
ment were Mr. Whiteside and Mr. Adderley.
THE NEW GOVERNMENT—ISSUING THE
WRITS.
Colonel TAYLOR, the Secretary for the Treasury rose
and moved the issuing of the several new writs to fill the
vacancies caused by the acceptance of office in. the new
Government. The list was as follows :
BUCKINGHAMSHIRE. —The Right Hon. B. Disraeli, who
has accepted the office of Chancellor of the Exchequer.
CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY.—The Right Hun. the Hon,
Spencer Walpole, who has accepted the office of Secretary
of State for the Home Department
KING'S LYNN. The Right Hon. Lord Stanley, who has
accepted the office of Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs.
HONTINGDON.—The Right Hon. Lieutenant-General
Peel, who has accepted the office of Secretary of State fox
War.
STAMFORD.—The Hon. Viscount Cranborne, who
.; has
accepted the office of Secretary of State for India.
Dlion.wrrcu.— The Right Hon. Sir John Pesington,
Bart., who has accepted the office of First Lcard of the
Admiralty.
DEVON (North).—Sir Stafford NortheotA, who has
accepted the office of President of the Board of Trade.
UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD.—The Hon. Gathorne Hardy,
who has accepted the office of President of the Poor Law
Board.
NORTHAMPTONSHIRE (NORTH).--Lord Burghley, who
has accepted the office of Treasurer of her Majesty's House-
hold.
CAMBRIDGESHIRE
office of Comptroller of her Majesty's
Household.
TYRONE (COMITY).—Lord Claud Hamilton, who has
accepted the office of Vice-Chancellor of her Majesty's
Household.
TYRONE.—The Right Hon. H. T. L. Corry, who has
accepted office of Vice-President of the Council of Educa-
tion.

LEICESTERSHIRE (NORTH.)—Lord John Manners, who
has accepted the office of First Commissioner of Worke,
RUTLAND. The Hon. Gerald J. Noel, who has accepted
the office of one of the Lords of the Treasury.
SramFoßD.—Sir J. Hay, who has accepted the office of
one of the Lords in the Admiralty.
BELFAST.—Sir Hugh M'Calmont Cairns, who has ac-..
cepted the office of her Majesty's Attorney-General.
GUILDFORD. Mr. Bovill, who has accepted the office of
her Majesty's Solicitor-General.
DURHAM.—Right Hon. J.R. Mowbray, who has accepted
the office of Judge Advocate General.
BRIDGEWATEIL—Mr. Patten, who has accepted the aloe
of Lord Advocate.
ANTRIM. —Rear-Admiral Seymour, who has accepted the
office of a Lord of the Adm ralty.
COCKERMOTJTH.—Lord Naas, who has accepted the office
of Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ire.,l;nd.
JAMAICA.
Mr. MILL presented a petition from Mrs. Gordon pray-
ing for justice, as she had been reduced to destitution in
consequence of her husband having been illegally exe-
cuted as a traitor in Jamaica.
Mr. CHILDERS moved for leave to bring in a bill to
amend the law with respect to laws of the Inland Revenue.
His
it object
d i
ini nt e movingnrthe the
eo nv introductioneni.:nne of theof
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o.ibll was to
have
aLeavenre was given,stt ne
.d the bill was afterwards brought
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REVISING BARRISTERS' QUALIFICATION BILL.

The bill was read a second time.
"1"Mo. HUNT moved the adjournment of the house, at its
rising, until Monday.
The motion was agreed to.
The other orders being disposed of, the house adjourned

THE PETISS/AN ARMY.

(From the Times' Military Correspondent.)

SOBOTKA, June 30, 1 a.m.
The Crown Prince, with the 2d Army, or Army
of Silesia, on Wednesday, defeated in an action, near
Trautenau, the two Austrian corps d'armee of Ga-
blenz and Ramming, and was pushing his advanced
troops upon the Upper Elbe in the direction of the
towns of Arnau and Konigshof. Last evening, in

order to open communications with the Crown
Prince, and to facilitate the concentration of the
two armies, Prince Frederick Charles made a move-
ment towards his left in the direction of the town of
Gitschin, or Jicin, as it is written on many maps.
In order to prevent confusion, I have not, while
the Ist and 2d armies have been acting on different
lines, sent any details of the operations of the
Crown Prince, nor shall I touch upon them on the
present occasion more than is necessary for the com-
prehension of the movements of the Ist Army, but
shall send in a future letter a full account of the
adiance from Silesia.
Late last evening the commander of the Ist Army
moved his headquarters from Munchengratz to
Sobotka, but not with the intention of remaining
long here, for he leaves this town at 4 this morning.
The army moved from the her towards Gitschin
by three roads—the left from Turnan by Rewensko,
the centre from Podull by Sobotka, the right from
Munchengratz by Ober Bautzen on Sobotka. Four
roads lead from the town of Gitschin, almost to-

wards the four points of the compass ; that of the
north to Turnau, of the west to Sobotka, of the
south to Kosteltz, and of the east, but bending
southwards, to Horitz. From the Kosteltz road
to the Turnau road runs, about three miles dis-
tance from Gitschin, a semi-circular range of steep
broken hills ; on their slopes and summits spruce
and silver firs grow in thick woods which occa-
sionally reach down into the cultivated ground.
Here and there upon these hills are patches of
corn or clover land, while at various intervals
there are little villages, which generally consist of
10 or 12 large wooden cottages, separated from each
other and standing in orchards. Near the foot of
the range of hills the ground is much broken up by
shallow ravines and gullies.
Where the road from Sobotka passes through the
hills they dip down so as to form a narrow pass, and
the fir forests on each side run down close to the
road. On the Sobotka side of the woods there is a
ravine about 100 feet deep, but with banks not so
steep but that the road can descend and ascend
them in a direct line. A quarter of a mile from this
ravine, and nearer Gitschin, the road drops again
into a similar hollow, but here the forest has retired
from the side of the chausse'e, and the ground is
covered with standing crops, among which fruit
trees are thickly studded. At about the same dis-
tance further on towards the town a third break in
the ground causes another sharp undulation of the
roadway. On the Gitschin side of this hollow
ground, partly on the bank, but more on the brow
of the slope, and on the more level country beyond,
stands the little village of Lochow, forming a clump
of houses with low walls, but having high thatched
roofs, which just rise above the tops of the orchard
trees that cluster closely among and around the
cottages. A quarter of a mile beyond the village
lies the last break in the ground, for beyond this a
flat plain stretches to the little river which, passing
the town of Gitschin on its Lochow side, falls into
the Iser near Turnau. The last ravine is rather
deeper and wider than the others ; at the bottom
there is a rivulet, which the road, after descending
the Lochow bank, crosses by a low stone bridge,
and then runs straight up the opposite side of the
nullah, as it might be termed in Indian phrase, to
gain the level plain.
The corps of General von Schmitt marched yes-
terday from the neighbourhood of Podoll to
Sobotka, and there striking the road from Munch-
engratz to Gitschin, General von Schmitt changed
the direction of his march to the left, and ad-
vanced towards Gitschiu. He moved with his
two divisions at some distance apart ; that of
General von Werder, or the 3d Division, as it is
named in the muster roll of the army, led the way.
Von Werder's advanced guard consisted of the 2d
battalion of Jagers and the 3d battalion of the 42d
Regiment. In rear of these followed the three bat-
talions of the regiment of the late King of Prussia,
the two remaining battalions of the 42d, and one
battalion of the 14th Regiment, with one six-
pounder and two four-pounder field batteries.
A strong Austrian force held the wood behind the
first ravine, with its sharpshooters hidden behind
the trunks of the fir trees, with the view of compen-
sating for the inferiority of their rifle to the Prus-
sian needle-gun. Behind each marksman two sol-
diers wereplaced,wbose only duty was to load their
rifles and hand them to the picked men to whom the
firing was intrusted. The Austrian artillery was
placed behind the wood, so that it could bring a
cross fire on the opening in the front through which
the chaussee passes, and strike heavily on the Sobotka
bank of the ravine and the open country beyond.
As the Prussian advanced guard approached the
ravine, the Austrian batteries opened fire upon
them, and the marksman from behind the trees also
soon commenced a biting fire. The Jagers and the
men of the 42d quickly spread out as skirmishers,
and, regardless of the withering fire to which they
themselves were exposed, showered bullets from
their quickly-loaded arms against the defenders of
the wood, while some of their artillery quickly
brought into action tried to silence the Austrian
guns. But the fight was unequal, the sharpshooters
behind the trees couldrarely be seen, and the fire of
the Prussians did not tell much upon their concealed
enemies ; nor were their guns in sufficient force to
engage successfully the more numerous Austrian
forces. The Jagers from among the trees were aim-
ing well ; the men of the 42d were falling fast, it
seemed that the defenders would be able to hold the
wood. But the rest of the Prussian division was
coming up ; more artillery was already in action ;
and the Austrian gunners began to fire with less effect.
The regiment of the King of Prussia soon arrived.
The Prussian soldiers, unable to make much im-
pression with their fire on the riflemen in the trees,
were already anxious to coins to close quarters, and
then Gen. von Werder sent his men forward to take
the woods with the bayonet. They were carried,
but not without loss, for the Austrians retired from
tree to tree, and only when pressed beyond the last
skirt of the wood retired under cover of their guns
and reserves to take up a position on the further
brow of the next ravine. The musketry fire recom-
menced. The opponents stood on either bank of the
hollow, and poured volley after volley into each
other's ranks, while the artillery, from positions on
the flanks of both lines, sent their shells truly among
their adversaries' infantry. But here the needle gun
had more success, for the Austrians stood up clear
against the sky, and soon the white uniforms began
to go down
quickly. No troops
so ill-armed could
have stood before the murderous fire which the
Prussians directed against the opposite line. The
Austrians did all that men could do, but after losing
fearfully were obliged to fall back and: take up their
third position in the village of Lochow
It was now about 7 o'clock in the •
almost evening; the
combat had already lasted
here it was renewed more two hours, but
fiercely than ever. The
Prussians, encouraged by their success—brave sol-
diers and bravely led--eagerly came to the attack.
With hearts as big and with officers as devoted,
to receive
the
Austrians stood with a desperate calmness
receive
them. On both sides the fighting was hard, but at
any distance the Austrian rifle had no chance against
the needle gun, and at close quarters the boyish sol-
diers of the Kaiser could not cope with the broad-
shouldered men of Pomerania, who form the corps
d'armee, one division of which was here engaged.
Yet for three quarters of an hour the little village
of Lochow was held, and the continuous rattle
of the rifles and the heavy cannonade of the
guns remaining almost stationary told the de-
termination of the assault and the stoutness of
the defence. But the Austrians were slowly
forced from house to house and from orchard
to orchard, and had to retreat to their last vantage
ground on the top of the Gitschin bank of the
fourth ravine.

And here both sides re-engaged in the fight with
the utmost fury. The defenders felt that this was
their last standing point, and on its maintenance

depended the possession of Gitschin ; the assailants
knew that success here would almost certainly bring
them to the object of all their exertions. The
Prussian line soon formed on the top of the oppo-
site bank to that held by the Aus.rhins, and then
began to fire rapidly against the brew where the
Austrians stood. The latter returned the fire, but
from necessity more slowly ; still their guns smote
the Prussian troops heavily, and the shells, burst-
ing in front of the assailants' line, caused many
casualties. But the Pomeranians were highly ex-
cited, and it is said that a heavy mass of the Prus-
sians dashed down the road and rushed up the
opposite slope with their rifles at the charge.
There a fierce struggle ensued. The strong men
of Pomerania pressed hard against their lighter op-
ponents, and pushed them beyond the brow of the
slope on to the level plain, yet the lithe and ac-
tive Austrians fought hard, and strove to drive their
bayonets into the faces of their taller antagonists ;
but strength and weight told, for their more
powerful adversaries urged them back foot by
foot till a gap was clearly opened in the defenders'
line. The musketry bullets had also told sharply
on the Austrians, and they were obliged to retire.
They drew off across the plain towards Gitschin, but
not in rout ; slowly and sullenly they drew back,
suffering awful loss in the open plain, where the
needle-gun had a fair range; but they fought for
every yard of ground, ever turning to send among
the advancing Prussians shots which were often truly
aimed, but which formed no sufficient return for the
showers of bullets which were rained upon themselves.
For long the plain was the scene of the advancing
combat, and it was not till near midnight that Gen.
von Werder occupied Gitschin. In the town the
Austrians did not stand ; they held some houses at
the entrauee for a short time, but these were carried,
and then they retired rapidly towards the south.
In their haste they left their hospitals, and here, as
well as in Lochow, von Werder's division took alarge
number of prisoners.
But this was not the only combat last evening.
On the northern side of Gitschin and on the Turnau
eover the town against the Prussians advancing from
road the Austrians have also taken up a position to
T
the direction of Turnau. The range of hills which
runswith a steep slope down to the Turnau road, near
round the north-western side of Gitschin drops
the village of Brada, and sends out a much lower
prolongation of the range which runs at right angles
to the direction of the road, and beyond it, as far as
the river that passes by Gitschin and joins the Iser
near Turnau. Over this lower spur the road runs,
and on its summit lies the Prussian right of the
road, and close to it the village of Podultz ; while
further to the right and on the top of the high hills
in the village of Brada, standing about 300 yards
further south than Podultz.
The fifth division under General Tumpling was
on the 28th moved from Turnau to Rowensko and
Kotwa, which lie on the road leaning from Turnau
to Gitschin, about midway between the two towns.
Yesterday afternoon General Tumpling advanced
from Bowensko, and about half-past 4 o'clozk came
within 2,000 yards of the village of Podultz. His
division consisted of the Bth, 12th, lath, and 48th
Regiments, with four batteries of artillery. As the
Prussians advanced they saw the village of Podultz
close to the road, and on their right, standing
at the top of the gentle ascent by which the road
rises to the top of the lower spur, on the other side
of the road, and about 300 yards from it, nearer
to the advancing division by 200 yards than
Podultz, the village of Diletz lying in the plain,
while high on their right they could see the
chimneys of Brada above the thick fir wood which,
lying on the hill side, in front of that village, runs
down nearly to Podultz, and trace by the different
colour of the foliage the ground occupied by its
orchards. The three villages and the fir wood were
held by Austrian and Saxon troops, supported by
seven battalions of artillery, which were placed both
on the spur and on the Brada hill, *while behind the
spur were hidden three of Austria's finest cavalry
regiments—the Hussars of Radetzsky, of Lichten-
stein, and of the Austrian Regiment the King of
Prussia. In front of the village of Brada and of the
fir wood an abattis was constructed which ran down
the steep slope nearly as far as Podultz. As soon as
the Prussians came within range the Austrian bat-
teries opened upon them; the Prussian guns replied,
and under the cover of their artillery the columns
advanced to the attack of the position. The Bth and
48th Regiments advanced against the village of
Diletz, which was garrisoned by the Ist, 2d, 3d, and
4th Saxon battalions, and where, as the prisoners
report, the King of Saxony himself took part in the
fight. The 12th and 18th Regiments advanced
against the village of Podultz. Both attacking
columns were exposed to a very hot fire, but after
a severe struggle both villages were carried, though
that of Podultz, set on fire by a shell, was burning
when the Prussians occupied it. Then General
Edelsheim, who commanded the Austrian cavalry,
with a desperate valour attacked the burning
village, but the horses would not face the flames,
and the Prussian infantry from behind the blazing
houses fired on the disordered squadrons and killed
many troopers. After taking Podultz the 12th
and 18th Regiments pushed past Brada, leaving it
to their right, and made for the Lochow road, in
order to cut off the retreat of the Austrians, who
were retiring from Lochow on Gitschin. The Aus-
trian cavalry charged the advancing Prussians, but
the latter received them without forming square,
and the horsemen recoiled broken by their steady
fire. The Austrian troops in Brada and the Saxons
and Austrians in Diletz were quite separated by the
capture of the village of Podultz, and the former
were almost entirely taken ; the latter were cut off
from retreat in large numbers, for von Werder was
pressing towards Gitschin, the roads were crowded,
and the little river formed on the right of the broken
allies a wide extent of marshy ground, which it was
almost impossible to:cross. The loss of the Saxons
between Diletz and Gitschin was tremendous ; they
fell thickly, and the ground was covered with corpses.
The Prussians suffered much, but they fought most
bravely, and, with only four regiments and half as
many guns as their opponents, carried a very strong
position held by a much superior force; for the
Prussians had in the field but 16,000 men, and the I
allied strength is estimated at 30,000. Under a
crushing fire they advanced to the attack of
Podultz and Diletz, and the vacancies in the muster I
roll show how fearfully they suffered ; but every
man who fell on the Prussian side was trebly
avenged, and a long broad track of fallen enemies
marks the line of march of the four regiments who
so well fought and won Diletz. But though the
Austrian position was strong, it was badly occupied.
The troops on the hill of Brada seem to have been
so enclosed in their defensive works that they could
make no counter attack on the Prussian columns
engaged at Podultz, nor could they attack in flank
the 12th and 18th Regiment as they passed. Many
officers and men have fallen on both sides. Gen.
Tumpling, who commanded the Prussian division,
has been wounded, fortunately not severely.
The field of Diletz is almost more thickly strewn
with killed and wounded. Here the Prussians lie
more thickly than at Lochow, for the more numer-
ous artillery of the defenders ploughed with terrible
effect through the dense columns of the assailants
as they advanced to the attack. But between Diletz
t
and Gitschin the ground is covered with broken
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Prusswiaatslsinoharvee taken
in the two combats,
many officers, and the Austrian
loss in killed and wounded is estimated at 3,000, so
that yesterday evening has withdrawn 10,000 soldiers
from under the Austrian colours.
Head-quarters were moved here this morning.•
The town has been almost entirely deserted by the
inhabitants, the streets are filled with military car-
riages and marching troops, while a Prussian garri-
son is bivouacked under the colonnade which runs
all round the market-place.
This afternoon the strategic object of the late
movements of the two Prussian armies has been
achieved, for communications have been opened in
Bohemia between Prince Frederick Charles and the
Crown Prince. A regiment of Dragoons sent from
here to-day to feel for the Second Army
has found
the advanced troops of the Crown Prince at Arnau,
has secured
and has sent back intelligence that he