The Sun.
London, England, 1859-09-10 00:00:00

THEATRE-ROY AL, ii AY M ARKE candid, and, much more, if also a literary man,
Lessee, Mr. J. B. Bnekstone. acknowledge that few political letters in these de-
THIS ETENING- the performances will commence with
generate days of verbiage will bear to be compared
MALLOWE'EN.
With THE CONTESTED ELECTION. with it. The style and composition of the letter
After which, OUT OF SIGHT OUT OF MIND.
R TO MARRY. would do credit to any party ; and the Northern
And A DAUGHTE
commence at 7. Reform Union, to whom it is addressed, will cer-
tainly distribute it by millions. They will see to
it, that every elector at least has a copy.
Some may repeat the old objection, that it is
too abstract in its first statements especially ; yet
what policy is there of any worth which does not start
from some principle? This is indeed but the old stock
objection which was blown to the winds by Free
Trade, by Religious Liberty, by Negro and Roman
Catholic Emancipation, and by every great onward
movement. Representative Government, like every
i'other policy, must have its starting point in some
'great abstract principle, to which assent cannot be
'efused ; and, to develop which is the business,
Lnd should be the aim of every intelligent and
Lonest statesman. Who, then, can deny either the
veil-condensed facts, or the brief inference from
hem, of the following paragraph :
" An unborn child in the United Kingdom is not only
Rotected by its mother, it is surrounded by the shield of
he law. Soon after its birth its existence is vouched for,
is identity and its presumptive inheritance are cared for
)y the law of vaccination. And no sooner does it know
right from wrong than it is required to be obedient to the
government of the country. And, from the first, directly
or indirectly, its sustenance, and many things which cora-
line to secure the welfare of its being, are taxed. Thus,
he beginning of its life and of its interest in the legislation
d the Parliament are contemporaneous. Throughout its
;xistence on earth that interest exists likewise without in-
,ermission, and after death the laws of the country protect
he sacredness of its tomb.
" He whose whole life on earth is thus acted upon by
'arliament is justly entitled to have a voice in choosing his
;wn representative in that assembly."
From the claim of every child born under our
aws to representation, Lord TEYNHAM proceeds to
he first limitation—age. " The Scriptures and
;ur laws say the same thing ; we, when we were
:hildren, were 'in bondage.' Thus a child is not
inalified to become a voter. Let him become a
nan. The franchise will thus become the inheri-
;ance of every male child; but he will not enter
on his inheritance till he becomes of age." Of
course mere sneerers will say that here a great deal
is assumed; that women and children too are en-
titled to the franchise, on Lord TEYNHAM'S starting
principle. This, however, is mere banter ; un-
worthy of serious refutation. A physical, intel-
lectual, real difference exists between immaturity
and maturity ; we may truly say, also, between
the sexes, which gives to the full-grown man the
government of all. Divine and human laws, and
the sentiments and usages of the most Christian
and civilised states so distinctly acknowledge the
difference, that we might well spare ourselves, as
Lord TEYNHAM does, any notice of such quibbling
feints. Suffice it to argue the " women's rights
question" when British wives and daughters are dis-
satisfied with being represented by their husbands
( and fathers. But Lord TEYNHAM has another
[ limitation, one which, as our readers may remem-
ber, has been frequently insisted on in this journal,
as most desirable, if only a practicable one—the
qualification of being able to read. This also is
neatly stated—
"We thus reach another point of concord. Universal
suffrage reduced to practice is manhood suffrage. Would
a man give his vote for a member of Parliament wisely he
must exercise his mind on political subjects ; he must col-
lect accurate information upon them. Independently he
should vote ; independently think. That he be not depen-
dent on others for a mere smattering of politics, he must be
able to read, and thus to store up knowledge for himself.
He who cannot read is not qualified to give a vote which
he can know will be beneficial to himself and his country ;
he who can read, having within himself the mean of all
knowledge is qualified to vote well. If I gain the assent,
and I expect it unanimously, of reformers to this step, uni-
versal suffrage is practically that of every reading man. II
will not be hard to persuade the man who cannot read tha
he should leave the suffrage to him that can, even as the
blind man is willing to be led."
His lordship hopes that such reform as he seeks
would be in many ways beneficial to the country,
and especially that it would tend to make every
youth desirous to enter on manhood as a man capa-
ble of reading. We know too well the practical
difficulties which would be at once suggested, and
which would doubtless to some extent exist ; we
shall be asked (as we have been before) what mea-
sure of fluency in reading should be accepted as a
qualification. And we should again reply, two or
three fair jurymen on cacti side, in the Revising
Barristers' Courts, could decide the question always
with practical ease and fairness. Given, the prin-
ciple of such a suffrage, and we would answer for
giving effect to it. Our educational standard has,
however, always been somewhat higher : we
would add writing. It would afford one great
aid towards detection of personification if each
elector signed. the registration list. It might be
taken to him by the overseers. And on the day of
voting, if required to sign again, the comparison of
the returning officer's previously signed private
copy with the signature of the voter would be an
almost certain detector of fraud. We need not re-
mark on the value of the habit of writing, as well
as of reading, as a qualification.
Lord TEYNHAM concludes, however, with some
well-stated reasoning against exacting a higher
qualification than what is just sufficient. The dif-
ference, he remarks, is overlooked between being
qualified and being better qualified. Wo have in
legislation to do only with simple qualification, and
must resolutely reject all gradations. A reading
man has the qualification to know all that is desir-
able for an elector. We have no more right to
require that he should have higher qualifications
than to require that a man should be more than
barely compos mentis to enjoy his paternal in-
heritance. If a return were moved for of Lord
TEYNHAM'S letter, in the House of Lords, it might
be of more value to their lordships than half the
papers which are thus placed in their hands.

TILE

ROYAL STRAND THEATRE.
Lessee and Directress, Miss Swanborough
THIS EVENING, THE GOOSE WITH THE GOLDEN
ZGGS.
And TO FAUN £S AND GUARDIANS.
After which, TRYING IT ON.
Followed by THE VERY LATEST EDITION OF THE
LADY OF LYONS.
Commence at .7 o'clock.

CANTERBUR ALL CONCERTS.—
EVERY EVENING.— HThe Music of Verdi's Opera of
MACBETH (now first made public in England at these Con-
certs), the extaordinary Violin Performances of the cele-
brated Infant DELEPIERRE FAMILY, and the usual
Vocal Concert.
Comic Vocalists—Messrs. George Hodson (the Irish Come-
dian and Mimic), W. T. Critc hfield, andE. W. Mackney.
Several interesting Pictures are added to the Fine Arts
Gallery. The suite of Halls have been re-decorated and
beautified, and constitute one of the most unique and brilliant
sights of the metropol

THE WEATHER.—SUN OFFICE, SEPTEMBER
THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE.
68—highest since noon yesterday.
65 _lowest this morning and during the night.
68—this day at noon.
BAROMETER-30.15.
WIND, W. ; light, with fine weather.

HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE.
Tins DAY.—Morning, 12h. 15m.—Afternoon, lh. 11m.
To-Moßßow-Morning, I.lh. 30m.—Afternoon, Ih. 47m.

THE SUN.
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 1859.

Somebody—was it not the late learned Doctor
LARDNER of Encyclopmdiac reputation P—once de-
clared it to be no better than an idle day-dream to
talk of steaming across the Atlantic. Somebody
else—whose name, by the way, was legion —looked
for years and years upon JAMES WATT as a
visionary. CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS used to be
jeered at and hooted through the streets of Lisbon
and Madrid, derided as the " mad Italian " by
the very children. Mr. SMILES'S admirable Life
of GEORGE STEPHENSON shows how that grand old

patriarchal founder of the Railway World had to
battle his way resolutely onward, through all kinds
of derision and contumely, to the realisation of a

project regarded by him from the first as feasible,
but scouted by almost every one else as a delusion
and an impossibility, until the rails were laid down
upon peat-moss, and the locomotive was clat-
tering over them triumphantly. We have had a
repetition of all this recently enough in regard to
the Great Eastern steamship—the Leviathan, the
Behemoth, the Mastadon of the Deep. What
sneers have been directed against it since its
commencement ! What croaking there has been
in the way of evil predictions ! How sure the
cynics were of its failure as something quite inevi-
table ! While it was yet in the great shipbuilder's
yard at Deptford—was not the favourite name for
it, with many, Brunel's Folly ? There was no end
to the ridicule of some of the more splenetic Smell-
funguses. And when it was begun to be launched
—what a roar of scorn there was at the great en-
gineer whose genius had called the monster into
existence, but who found some little difficulty in
getting the said monster down, first of all, into its
own element ! Because there was a hitch there—

all the rest was forgotten, and Mr. BRTJNEL was

actually derided by some as though he were
really a sort of flagrant malefactor. All that
extraordinary blending of daring and inge-
nuity by which he had contrived to con •
struct the mightiest sea-going vessel ever
built since the Deluge—all that was forgotten. The
one thing alone borne in rememberance was the cir-
cumstance that the ship was not precisely " up to
time" in the launching. Immediately—it was pre-
dicted that there the Great Eastern would remain
" high and dry," " stuck in the mud," rotting
slowly away a gigantic memorial upon the rivers'
bank of the wise-folly of a man whose only equal
(in this attribute of " wise-folly") was to be found
in the crack-brained philosopher mentioned in
" Rasselas," who wanted to fly first to the top
of a mountain, but who instead of that
got nearly drowned in a lake. There was even
a caricature actually published, representing
the Great Eastern as she might supposed to appear
a few centuries hence, when pencilled down in the
sketch-book of Lord MACAULA.Y's New Zealander.
Scarcely had this absurd picture been lithographed,
however, when, lo ! the Great Eastern was there
afloat upon the bosom of the Thames. A mere
shell, however—said the depreciators of the pro-
ject—the empty hull of a bankrupt company. It
was idle to talk any more about it—the thing was
a failure—it would never come to good, it could
never come to good. We were all to go down at
our leisure, whenever we so pleased, and look
at that great hull, and laugh at the
foolhardiness that had built it and set it afloat.
Suddenly, however, in steps Sir CUSSACK RONEY
with one word of common sense—resolving into har-
mony the chaos of the financial part of the under-
taking. So far the result has been, as we all know
—the new Company and the new ship going on to-
gether since then swimmingly. The Great Eastern
that was never to be completed was completed.
Equipments, masts, yards, sails, tackling, paddle-
wheels, screw-propeller, engines, coals, crew
everything and everybody aboard. " 0 but"—
then said the cynics at their last gasp of incredulity
—" she'll never get safely out of the river down
into the deep water of the Channel."
As we write this—comes to us, as in mocking
answer to that preposterous prediction—comes to
us, flashed along the telegraphic wire, this pithy
and laconic Telegram : _

Her Imperial Highness the Grand Duchess Marie
of Russia, accompanied by Madame de Malzoff and M.
Manowsay, have left Claridge's Hotel for Torquay.
The Marquis and Marchioness of Headfort have
left Claridge's Hotel for Paris.
The Earl and Countess of Cork have left Marston
for Pencarrow, Cornwall, on a visit to Lady Molesworth.
Viscount and Viscountess Doneraile have arrived
at Claridge's Hotel from Doneraile, Ireland.
His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge
arrived yesterday evening from Calais by the Royal Mail
Packet Campany's boat Prince Frederick William, J. Pit-
tock, commander. His Royal Highness was received on
landing by General Crawford and Major Barnard. His
Royal Highness left for London by the 9.3) p.m. train.
DEATH OF LORD JAMES STUART.—We have to
record the death of Lord James Stuart, M.P. for the county
of Ayr. His death was somewhat unexpected, as he
,was
present at Ayr races last week, apparently in the enjoy-
ment of good health. He died onWednesday at Dumfries
,House, Ayrshire, one of the family seats of the Marquis of
Bute, to whose titles and estates his lordship was heir-p.re
sumptive, being the uncle of the present marquis, who is a
minor. He sat for Cardiff from 1818 to 1820, and from
1826 to 1832 ; sat for the county of Bute from 1820 to 1826;
was an unsuccessful candidate for Perth city in 1832 ; re-
presented the Ayr district from 1834 to July, 18552 ; and
was first returned for Ayrshire in 1857. He was a Liberal
in politics, and voted for the ballot and for short Parlia-
ments. His death will of course occasion a vacancy in the
representation of Ayrshire. His lordship was born in 1794,
rS
01
and
was
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of
Rsir WILLIAMwN.s N,
consequentlylate in the 65th year of his age.
°ltßitieSc.o—rdWer oef hpaenvaentgo
record the death .
He was admitted to the
an he bar by the Hon. Society of the
Middle Temple in 1827
in India, where he 1827, rd two years afterwards proceeded
practised with
considerable success. In
1836 he was appointed Chief Justice of Ceylon, having
previously acted as a
puisn
e judge there. His death took
on Wednesday, at Ashur
his 66th year. at Ledge, near Sunningdale, in.
LORD STANLEY, M.P., AND HIS CONSTITUENTS.
—Lord Stanley, M.P., who recently presented
library named after him at King, a Lynn,
liberally to the
dowed by him in 1853, has just forwarded about 50 intereesnt--
Lug volumes to the insti.tution. The noble lord has not acted
as people generally do in regard to free public libraries, b
l mes winch he hasby
presenting odd vo u .never cared to' read
himself, but his donstton comprises standard and really
valuable works.

" Portland, Saturday Morning.
" The Great Eastern anchored here at 9 50 a.m."
Let us hear no more, then, of these absurd
croakings of the venomous toad-prophets of Evil.
From first to last their every ill-prediction has been
utterly falsified. Henceforth let the cry be—
Honour to BRUNEI and GOD speed his grand
floating masterpiece!

46 Full many a gem of purest ray seren.
The dark unfathomed caves of
pia bear—"
But, who would have thought that the un-
fathomed recesses of the Peerage bore
a universal
suffragist—a grave, logical, conscientious
universal
suffragist P We may presume that few of our
readers overlooked a letter which appeared in The
Sun of Tuesday, under the heading " Lord MTN-
TEAM and Reform ;" possibly some may have done
so : their first impression might be that a letter
I
from a peer on such a subject could only be a
little dignified denunciation of " that person
JOHN BRIGHT," and all the other utopists, char-
tiets,. subvcrsionaries, and " Americanizers of our
institutions," who are habitually associated with
him. Nothing of the sort, however, would they
have foune Lord TEYNHAM'S letter is the most
'complete, the best argued defence of universal
suffrage within the compass of half a column of a
newspaper, which we ever saw, or which probably
exists anywhere% Whatever opinion any reader
may hold on the subject he will, if an intelligent,

'ERN.

TFOND

Two of the greatest wonders of our day were
exhibited on the Thames and its banks during the
last week. First—that of a ship exceeding an eighth
of a mile in length, and of a far greater tonnage
than any heretofore known, having been floated
from its moorings off Greenwich, and rounding
with great difficulty, from its extreme length, the
sharp angle between Greenwich and Woolwich, on
its way to the sea.
The second—that of Perkins's wonderful steam
gun, which discharged showers of balls with an
unprecedented rapidity, having been superseded by
gunpowder gas. While the Great Eastern was
wending her way down theriver onThursday last, the
inhabitants and workmen employed at the different
factories on the banks of the river at East Green-
wich were alarmed by a report of musketry, and
attracted towards some buildings recently erected
on the property of Sir John Scott Lillie, where this
wonderful machine, the invention of that gallant
officer, was undergoing inspection by a special com-
mittee of Ordnance officers; and where, we are in-
formed by a member of one of our universities, who
was present, the effect produced surpassed even
that of the steam gun, as one man was enabled to
discharge, by turning a valve, 120 bullets per
minute, for an unlimited period of time, through
rifled barrels—whereas, with the steam gun, such
rapidity of firing could only be maintained for a
very few minutes, several hours being required to
generate the high pressure steam of 600 to 800 lbs.
in the square inch, necessary for recommencing such
rapidity of firing. This steam engine, with its
ponderous boiler, was, moreover, stationary and
unfit for general warfare—whereas the gunpowder
gas machine is as easily transported as field ord-
nance. Further details are withheld for reasons
easily appreciated.

AGE.

(FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)
HASTINGS, SEPT. 9.
It has been stormy here during the night, and
increased during the morning, blowing hard from
the south-west, with a strong spring tide rolling on
and along the coast. The morning was fine, the
sun shining brightly, but there were signs of foul
weather, and by noon showers of rain began to fall,
which soon cleared the beach of ladies, nurses,
children, and brave gentlemen. A dense and far-
spreading cloud appeared in the south-west, and
gradually covered the horizon. Presently the rain
increased, and all was murky darkness and dirty
weather. " It's an ugly look-out for the Great
Eastern to-day," said an old tar, as he en-
deavoured to scan to seaward. Still hopes
were entertained—for the rain ceased, the wind
moderated, and the sun burst forth towards
the afternoon. People were on the look-out
on the heights and along shore—looking out in
vain. Some thought she would not leave the
Downs, it being so late in the day, and expectation
began to subside. Still a sharp look-out was kept
up ; when suddenly a rumour ran, " She's coming !
she's coming ! where ? when ?" and curiosity was
on tiptoe to get a glimpse of " the great stranger."
It was 'now about six o'clock, and something
" doubtful" was discerned looming in the distant
haze in the offing, south-easterly. Telescopes and
wondering eyes strained and strained till vision
almost grew dim with eagerness. "It is she! it is
she !" exclaimed one more fortunate than the rest—
and soon the Great Eastern emerged out of the
haze, just under the rising moon, which loomed
above the horizon. Presently the ship, which was
about eight miles off, veered in shore at an angle
of 45 degrees, and soon made herself manifest to
the naked eye in all her stately magnificence. She
altered her course and steamed broadside on, at a
rate apparently of some 15 knots. Her hull was
high above the water, and on she steamed majesti-
cally in her course. Her masts were distinctly
visible, and counted over and over again by the
delighted and wondering gazers. She worked the
screw only, and little or no smoke appeared ; but
such was the quiet speed with which she moved
that, though the foam dashed from her bows, there
was no motion discernible save her going a-head.
No rolling nor pitching, though there must have
been a heavy swell from the gale that blew so
strongly during the day, and the flood tide was
then rolling on, with the wind right a-head. She
proceeded steadily down channel, and soon vanished
in the distance.

PORTLAND, SATURDAY MORNING
The Great Eastern anchored here at 9.50 a.m.

HASTINGS, SATURDAY MORNING,

THE CASE OF DR. SMETHURST.

TO TIIE EDITOR OF THE TIMES.

Stu,—We, the undersigned, being 11 of the jurymen
empanelled before the coroner at Richmond to inquire into
the cause of the death of Isabella Bankes, take the liberty Of
stating in reply to a paragraph which appeared in some of
the daily and weekly papers, that the whole of the jury had
agreed to a memorial for a remission of the sentence of Dr.
Smethurst, that such a statement is entirely false, and
without our knowledge, and that we still adhere to the de-
cision we came to, believing it to be strictly in accordance
with the evidence adduced.
FRANCIS BREWER. GEORGE TRITSSLER.
WILLIAM YATES. JOHN ERNEST CHITTY.
HENRY MILES. WILLIAM SANDERS.
BENJ. CHS. BELL. ALFRED BARBER.
ROME. WOOD. THOMAS HILL.
THOS. MEADOWS CLARKE.
Richmond, Sept. 7.

FRAUD UPON PAWNBROKERS.—At the Maryle-
bone Police-court a well-dressed young man, who gave his
name Richard William Barlow, describing himself as a
medical student, and who refused at the station-house to
give his address, was charged with having, by a false and
fraudulent representation, endeavoured to obtain £lOO from
Mr. Reeve, a pawnbroker, carrying on business at 14,
Chapel-street, Edgeware-road. The prisoner produced a
bar of metal, which he said was gold, and requested a loan
of £lOO upon it. The pawnbroker, after cutting it in
two, discovered it was composed principally of platina.

The Great Eastern hove to and anchored off this
place at seven o'clock last evening. This morning
at daybreak she weighed anchor, and proceeded to
the westward.

(BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.)
SOUTHAMPTON, SATURDAY MORNING.
Capt. Higginson, of the Foyle steamer, arrived
here from Dublin for London, reports having passed
the Great Eastern at 5 o'clock this morning off the
Isle of Wight under steam and canvas.

Remanded.
DAMAGING A DRINKING FOUNTAIN.—At Ham-
mersmith Police-court Mr. Paynter sentenced a man
named William Coney to pay a fine of 405.,. or, in default,
a month's imprisonment, for wilfully damaging a drinking
fountain in the Great Western-road, Kensington. Locked

up in default.
When her Majesty was leaving Edinburgh last
week for the north, she entered the royal railway carriage
in presence of the Duke of Buccleuch and a small circle of
spectators. Her Majesty immediately commenced to ar-
range the interior, and forthwith appeared at the carriage
door, and with her own royal hands held out a heavy chair,
which she intimated was one too many. This little trait re-
cals to mind the anecdote of the Princess Frederic William,
who, on being very delicately and sagely apprised that it
was not usual for Prussian Princesses to hand chairs, re-
plied with great sweetness, "My mother, the Queen of
England, hands chairs for herself and her children too."
As may be supposed, the question of etiquette was settled
at once.—s.Yorth Britcn.
A RARE HIGHLAND GATHERING.—The proceed-
ings at the meeting of the British Association at Aberdeen
next week are, we understand, to be rendered more than
usually interesting from the circumstance that her Majesty
the Queen and his Royal Highness the Prince Consort have
most liberally and thoughtfully given instructions that pre-
parations be made for 200 of the most distinguished of the
visitors to the meeting enjoying holiday on Deeside at the
close of the sittings, and lunching together at Balmoral
Castle, on Thursday, the 22d inst. Lunch, we believe, will
be served in the fine ballroom of the Castle, and will pro •
bably take place about 2 o'clock. Balmoral is 50 miles
from Aberdeen, and 18 miles of the distance can be accom-
plished by railway. This will be a Highland gathering
worth speaking about.
SHORT HORNS FOR AUSTRALIA.—The short-
horned bull Druid, shown by Viscount Hill at the Liver-
pool and Manchester Agricultural Society's exhibition, to
which the first prize of £lO was awarded, has been pur-
chased by Mr. Lindsay, of Sydney, for Mr. Lester,
" squatter," of Moreton Bay. A high price was given for
this superb animal, which is three years and eight months
old, though the exact sum given has not been mentioned.
The breeder is Mr. Edwd. Bate, of Kelsterton, near Flint.
NEW WESTMINSTER BRlDGE.—Yesterday the
removal of the facings of the piers of the old brigde on the
lower or eastern side was being proceeded with preparatory
to the demolition of the entire structure. Great progress
has been made within the last few weeks in the construction
of the upper section of the new bridge ; all the arches, with
the exception of that next the Middlesex shore, have been
turned, and a great portion of the permanent way has been
laid down. It is now confidently anticipated that the first
half of the new bridge will be ready to open for public
traffic early in the spring of the ensuing year, when the old
bridge will be at once removed and the construction of the
other portion of the new bridge proceeded with.
TILE EDINBURGH ANNUITY-TAX ARRESTS.—Mr.
Fairbairn, one of the gentlemen arrested on Wednesday for
non-payment of annuity-tax, was released from prison,
after a three hours' incarceration, by payment of the impost
being made by Mrs. Fairburn. On Thursday Mr. Brown
was visited in his place of confinement in the Calton Gaol
by his wife and a number of friends, at the usual hour for
visitors, between eleven o'clock a.m. and one p.m. He had
passed a quiet night, and was satisfied with the accomoda-
tion provided for him in his cell. Mr. Hunter is still at
large, and, it is said, suffers from the violence attending his
attempted arrest. Thursday night, the Aniti-Annuity-tax
Committee held a meeting at 6, York-place, and made
arrangements for convening a public meeting of the citizens
on an early day next week, for consideration of the tax and
the recent proceedings connected with its collection.
ELECTION EXPENSES.—Among the election s
which excited the greatest interest on the occasion of Lord
Derby's appeal to the country was that of Ashburton. Mr.
Moffatt, the Whig member, who had represented the
borough for a great number of years, was defeated by Mr.
Astell, the Conservative candidate, by a majority of one.
A petition was presented, but the Parliamentary Committee
confirmed Mr. Astell's election. rhe expenses of the two
candidates have just been published by the election auditor.
Those of Mr. Astell amounted to £342 9s. 3d., which is
composed of the following items :—advertisements and
printing, £l5 9s. 6d.; agents, £173 18s. 7d. ; carriage and
horsehire, £59 13s. ; committee-room messengers, £5O 13s.
; the returning officer, £2B 3s. 7d, ; and election au-
ditor, £l4 lls. Mr. Moffatt's expenses were £340 4s. 5d.,
being only £2 less than those of his opponent. Among the
items are the following :—agents, £lOO 18s. 10d. ; printing,
&c., £l6 19s. 9d ; carriage and horse hire, £42 8 ltd. ;
committee-room messengers, watchmen, &c., £146 2s. 9d. ;
returning officer, £lB 9d. ; election auditor, Cl 4 10s. 4d.
THE LATE BIGAMY CASE—MATRIMONIAL OFFERS.
—From the period of the application at Lambeth police-
court, and more particularly since the apprehension of " Cap-
tain William Denbigh Sloper Harrison Marshall," Mrs.
Hayes, the second wife, or rather the lady who is supposed
to be the second wife—as it is supposed the spruce Mr.
Sloper has been married, if not three times, at least twice
before—has become ths victim of the greatest annoyance by
a perfect host of suitors for her hand and property. The
letters she has already received exceed fifty. Indeed, so great
is her annoyance, that she declares that every letter she
eceives for the future she will deliver up far publication.
The letters Mrs. Hayes has received have been from trades-
men in " prosperous businesses ;" " tradesmen retired on
h mdsome competencies ;" country farmers, with " well-
stocked farms ;" country squires, with nice "little pro-
perty ;" " gentlemen of the law ;" professional " gentle-
, men ;" half-pay lieutenants in the navy ; non-commissioned
()Muss in the army, and, in fact, from persons of all sorts
and sizes ; tut the most importunate amongst the "lot" has
been a " bold dragoon," who boasts of being decorated
with no less than six Crimean and other medals, and
seven clas,ss. A late inspector of the " Blues" (the L
division), who was obliged to cut the force without a
pension, and a portly son of Esculapius, who has had
much more than sixty summers pass over his head, has
held on nearly as fast as one of his own leeches.
This gentleman, who is a good representative of Friar Tuck,
called at the house of Mrs. Hayes immediately after the
first examination of Marshall, and representing himself as
the intimate friend and fellow professional of the late Dr.
Hayes, her late dear husband, offered his deep and sincere
sympathy in her trouble, and denounced in unmeasured
vehemence the rascally and scoundrel. like conduct of the
villain llarrison, or Marshall, or whatever his name might
be. His " oily fervour" and apparent sincerity threw the
lady off her guard, and she received the " doctor" as the
friend of her husband. His attentions for some days were
most marked and respectful, but by degrees his real cha-
racter oozed out, and the question with them will be which
was the greatest scoundrel, the doctor, or the soi-disant
lion. Captain William Denbigh Sloper Harrison Marshall ?
A BRUTE --At the Ne v Bailey, on Tuesday, s mys
the Manchester Gaardian, Thomas Dolan, a dissipated-
looking fellow, was charged with cruelly ill-treeing an in-
fant, twelve months old. The prisoner was seen carrying
the child head downwards through the streets, and on being
remonstrated with by persons passing by, he bit at them and
the child as ferociously as a wild beast ; threatening that if
anyone attempted to take it from him he would tear the
child limb from limb, or throw it into the canal. As an -
cllcatioa of his intention to cart y out the latter threat, he
picked up two heavy stones. One of the witnesses said that
he had to be throttled and overpowered before he would re-
lease the child. The prisoner said that he was knocked
down and kicked by the mob ; and Mr. Trafford said,
although he did not justify such behaviour, he was not at
all surprised at people with any feelings of humanity in
them, endeavouring to save the infant from his violence.
There was no doubt that not only the child's life, but that
of the prisoner himself, had been saved by the interposition
of several of the witnesses. He was ordered to find sureties
for his good behaviour for three months, and in default to
be imprisoned for that space of time.

ST. CATHERINE'S, ISLE OF WIGHT,
SATURDAY MORNING.
The Great Eastern passed this station on her
way up channel at five o'clock this morning.

ANOTHER ACCOUNT.
WEYMOUTH, SATURDAY MORNING.
I mentioned in the letter I addressed to you from
the Nore that, in consequence of the wind blowing
something more than fresh, most of the ladies on
board, and some of the gentlemen too, notwith-
standing that the size and power of the vessel ought
to have given them a little more confidence in her
seaworthiness, began to feel uneasy at their position
until they saw, such is the force of example, a mere
cockle-shell living in the surf. The adventurous
gentlemen I have already mentioned having left
us, the vessel's head was about eight a.m. turned
southwards, and, with both screw and paddles
at work, we left the Nore for Portland.
I took care to plant myself close by the first
officer, of whose kindness in affording me the infor-
mation I required I must speak in the highest terms
of praise. Shortly after we weighed anchor the sky
thickened, and the slightest portion of weather wis-
dom would have told any one that a heavy shower
was in store for us ; and down it came, not rattling
on the deck, but something very like a Scotch mist,
with a little animation imparted to it, driving all
but the officers of the ship off the deck, and com-
pelling them to seek the friendly shelter of the
saloons and cabins. Such was the state of the
weather as we steamed past the Isle of Sheppey
towards Broadstairs, Ramsgate, and Margate, at
some 12 miles' distance from shore, the hateful
presence of the Goodwins preventing us from stand-
ing more inshore to give the inhabitants and the
sojourners at those watering-places an opportunity of
witnessing the manner in which the vessel cleared
her way through the waves, for, instead of riding
upon them, she absolutely cut them in twain. By
the time we had passed Dover and Folkestone the
weather cleared up. We came in view of Beachy
Head, and the rest of the day was just that descrip
tion of weather which an epicurean in yachting
might well covet ; just such weather as the sailors
had a right to expect, as one of them informed me
from the " mackerel " sky on 'Wednesday night.
If the towns upon the Kentish coast had reason to
complain that the course of the vessel lay too much
out to sea, the people of Hastings, Newhaven,
Brighton, Hove, Bognor, and the other towns
upon the Sussex coast could not similarly com-
plain, for unless the improved state of the weather
interfered with my power of judging of distance at
sea—a task which, in the hands of even the most
experienced, is beset with difficulty—l should say
that the distance between us and them was consi-
derably smaller than that which separated us from
the good people of Margate ; for, as we required
telescopes to see them, it may naturally be con-
cluded that their visicn had to be similarly assisted
to enable them to see us. Such, however, was not
the case in regard to either Hastings or Brighton,
for we could distinctly see the crowds that were
assembled on the beach at both one and the
other of -those places. Turning Selsa point,
we passed the Isle of Wight and the Needles
the vessel going in perfect obedience to her helm,
smoothly and without scarcely a vibration, except
perhaps at the stern, immedialely over the screw.
Having passed Bournemouth and Swanage, we
turned St. Alban's Head, and saw Portland Bill, the
end of our first voyage, before us, where we arrived
at about ten o'cl ,ck this morning, pleased and
gratified with the trip. The weather has been
magnificent, and the appearance of the sea by moon-
light was sublime.
The people of Weymouth are highly compli-
mented to think that the Great Eastern should
honour them with her first state visit, and there
are, we hear, great preparations afoot, as a demon-
stration of their gratification, to take place either
to-night or to-morrow morning. At present, the
paddle-wheels only dip into the water, so that they
have scarcely half purchase ; but even with that.
drawback there were times when we made fully
17 knots an hour. Her average speed throughout
the voyage cannot, I think, have been less than 15.

THE GREAT EASTERN.—The Great Easttrn will
certainly be the most complete vessel ever sent to sea. Not
only has every valuable improvement been adopted in the
building of the ship, machinery, rigging, &c., but no expense
has been spared to add to the health, comfort, and conveni-
ence of the passengers and crew. Among other great im-
provements Stevens's Patent Bread-Mak ug Machine has
been fitted up in the kitchen, so that new bread of the best
quality can be supplied to every one on board, a boon which
can be best appreciated by those who 'have hitherto been
compelled to take long voyages.
THE GREAT tEASTERN.—The Cork Constitution
announces that the Harbour Board of Cork are willing to
remit the tonnage dues on the Gnat Eastern, if the direc-
tors select that port as the point of her arrival and depar-

ure.
PICKING FLOWERS IN, BATTERSEA PARK.—At
Wandsworth Police-court yesterday three women were
placed at the bar, charged with picking the flowers in the
new park, Battersea. The magistrates discharged them,
with a caution, but intimated that the next persons brought
before him for a similar offence would not be let off so
easily.

THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EV mod,EN SEPTEMBER -10, 1859.

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