The Sun.
London, England, 1861-08-21 00:00:00

PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE ROYAL FAMILY. Mr.
Rlayall announces the publication of a new series of photo-
graphs of the Royal Family, taken during the past season
at Buckingham Palace and at his studio, 244, Regent-
street. The series incluees 8 different portraits of the Queen.
Having been taken just before the death of the Duchess of
Kent they are free from the sombre effect which deep
mourning produces in photographs, an effext which was
not avoided in Mr. Mayan's former series, her Majesty
being in mourning for the late Prince of Leiningen. The
Prince Consort is depicted in a series of a similar kind,
as well as in various group pictures with the Queen. The
portrait of the Crown Princess of Prussia, having been more
recently taken, represents her Royal Highness in mourning.
The Princess Alice, on the contrary, is in a dress of light
material, as also are the Princesses Helena and Louise.
Prince Arthur and Prince Leopold are in Scottish costume.
Besides the portraits here enumerated there are portraits of
the Princess Beatrice, the Crown Prince of Prussia, and
Prince Louis of Hesse.

SHIPBUILDING ON THE MERSEY. Yesterday
(Tuesday) Messrs. John Laird and Sons launched from
their shipbuilding yard at Birkenhead a magnificent new
steamer, built for Messrs. Jardine, Matheson, and Co.,
the well-known China merchants. The steamer (the Riva),
built with the utmost care, is intended to carry light but
valuable cargoes of tea, silk, &c. She is of 2,000 tons bur-
den and 400-horse power, and it is confidently anticipated
that her speed will average from 16 to 17 knots per hour,
The launch, which was in every way a success, was wit-
nessed by an iinmense concourse of spectators, including
2,200 workmen employed by Messrs. Laird and Son, whose
yards are crowded with fine vessels and steamers, either in
process of building or repairing. Among them are the
unhappy Galway steamers Hibernia and Columbia, which
are being nearly rebuilt. Messrs. Laird have also just
finished, for the owners of the abovementioned Rive, a two -
funnelled steam-tug, intended for service in the Yang-tze-
Kiang river. It is also rumoured that an iron-plated war
steamer will be shortly commenced by Mr. Laird.
THE HARVEST AND THE CROPS IN ESSEX.—
During the past week the weather has been all that could
possibly be desired for the ingathering of the grain crops.
Even the rain of Friday last was welcome to the farmer, in
improving the body and colouring of the barley, as well as
being highly beneficial to the growth of turnips and grass
land. A large acreage of wheat has gone into stack, and
some considerable breadth of barley and oats has been car-
ried. As the harvest proceeds, it confirms our previously-
expressed opinion as to the deficiency of straw ; it now re-
mains for the thrashing machine to determine whether our
opinion is correct as to a deficiency of produce. What has
been thrashed already is reported as anything but satisfac-
factory—from two to three-quarters per acre ; at the same
time this must not be considered as conclusive of the
general crop, as early thrashing has been mostly confined
to the needy farmer, whose cultivation, generally speaking,
is not a very productive one. Occasionally may be seen
some excellent crops, where farming is high, especially
of the red variety of wheat—golden drop, syer, and nur-
sery—the hardy constitution of those wheats having been
able to resist the intense frost of last winter far better
than the more tender varieties of the white.—Essex
Herald.

A MAN'S LEGS TAKEN OFF BY A RAILWAY TRAIN.
—About half-past 9 o'clock on Saturday night, a plate-layer,
named John Beveridge, living in Gateshead, left his home,
being then considerably under the influence of liquor, and
proceeded to walk along the North-Eastern Railway towards
the Felling, with the intention, it is supposed, of going to
Sunderland. He was not again seen until half •past eleven
o'clock, when a gamekeeper at the Felling, named Graham,
found him sitting by the side of the line, near the Felling
Station, with both his legs taken off a few inches below the
knee ; one of the limbs being thrown on one side of the line,
and the other on the opposite side of the rails. The unfor-
tunate man was holding up the stump of his right leg when
found, and he was only able to gasp out his name and place
of abode, when he lapsed into a state of unconsciousness.
He was conveyed in a cart to the infirmary at N ewcastle,
where he arrived at half-past one o'clock on Sunday morning.
His case was then pronounced to be hopeless. He lingered
through the day, and became sufficiently sensible to state to
his friends that he was knocked down and run over by an
engine ; but at nine o'clock at night he was in a dying state.
It would appear that the unfortunate man was run over by
the south mail, which is due at Newcastle at 10.15 p.m.,
and which does not stop at the Felling. Beveridge leaves
a wife and two children to deplore his loss.—. Newcastle
Ch oniele.

ATTEMPTED MURDER AND SUlClDE.—Yesterday
the mayor (Mr. Wood), and magistrates of Worcester were
occupied some time in investigating a charge of attempted
murder, brought against a young man named Chas. Pugh,
who also bad made an attempt upon his own life. The
escape of the two parties from death was somewhat extra-
ordinary. It appeared from the evidence of a number of
witnesses that Pugh had become desperately enamoured of
a woman of loose character, named Dinah Mason, and that
after cohabiting with her for a short time she left him and
went to live with another man. He made several attempts
to induce her to live with him again, but she flouted him,
and actually set her new paramour to beat him. This so in-
flamed Pugh that he took to drinking, and, according to one
witness, he had been in a state of intoxication for three
weeks. On going to see Mason, at 11 o'clock in the morn-
ing, he found her in her room and asked her how she was.
She ordered him to leave the room, and threatened to send
for a policeman if he did not. He asked her to speak one
word to him, but she only abused him. This was spoken to
by a neighbour who was present, but who then left the
room. Immediately afterwards screams were heard, and on
some women going upstairs they found the prisoner in the
act of cutting Mason's throat with a razor. The women
screamed, and the prisoner, leaving Mason, drew the razor
across his own throat, ran downstairs, and fell into the
street. Both were taken to the Infirmary, where their
wounds were dressed. Mason had two cuts across the face
and one round the neck, reaching from ear to ear. Happily
however the vital parts were missed, and she is now pretty
well recovered. The escape of Pugh from death was most
miraculous. his windpipe was completely severed, and all
hope of his recovery was given up. However, no effort was
left untried, the wounds were sewed up, and the prisoner
has now so far recovered as to be able to be removed to the
gaol, whence he was brought up in a fly for examination.
He appeared deeply distressed, and hid his face in his hand-
kerchief during the whole of the examination. He was
remanded in order to complete the depositions.

JOHN HEENAN'S (THE BENICIA BOY) BELT.—
When the exc tement and "party feeling" caused by the
unsatisfactory termination of the great contest between
Ileenan and Sayers on the 17th of April last year bad sub-
sided, it was suggested that as the combatants had con-
sented to draw, each of the heroes should be presented
with a belt as a mark of appreciation of their courage.
This suggestion was at once acted upon. Messrs. Han-
cocks, the eminent jewellers of Bruton-street, received in-
structions to make two belts, a complete fire simile of the
original one. So far as Heenan is concerned, the brave
Yankee never received his belt, as the amount required to
redeem it was never paid. Heenan left England in com-
pany with his trainer and second, John M'Donald, on
Wednesday, the 4th of July, following the contest with
Sayers, and as the belt has remained unredeemed, the gen-
tleman who held possession (Mr. Morris, we believe, of the
New York Hotel), resolved to have it sold by public auc •
tion. Tne sale took place yesterday at Debenham and
Storr's, Covent-garden. The first bid was 17 guineas, but
this soon rose to 30—ex-Champion Ben Caunt standing
close beside the present holder, of the belt-31, 32, 33
guineas, when Ben shouted 34, and now the bidding went
on rapidly up to 40 guineas, when two or three, this being
the limit of their commission, were knocked out of " time."
A quiet little gentleman, who might have been taken for a
lawyer or M.D., now gave fresh impetus to the bidding by
making an advance to 42 guineas. Caunt paused for a se-
cond, and then once more went at it, 43, 44, 45, 46, and
thus on until 50 guineas were offered. There was another
pause, when Ben exclaimed with warmth, "I'll have it, if it
cost me £100." He now bid 51 guir eas, when, as there was
this time no response to the persuasive eloquence of the
gentleman in the rostrum, the belt was knocked down to
Caunt at the price above-named.
POACHING AFFRAY IN YORKSHIRE.—A poaching
affray, in which more than one person was a good deal in-
jured, took place on Sunday, on the estate of Mr. Hold-
forth, of Caley Hall, near Otley, in the West Riding of
Yorkshire. About 1 o'clock in the morning Mr. Holdforth's
gamekeeper, the keeper's son, along with a man in the ser-
vice of Mr. Burst ow, a farmer in that neighbourhood, and
another man in the employment of Mr. Alderman Kelsall,
of Leeds, who has also a farm in the same locality, dis-
covered three poachers setting nets in a field. The watchers
went up to them, and succeeded in apprehending one of the
men without much difficulty, but the others resisted, and
in a very short time six more men came up, and assisted the
poachers in attacking the keepers. A severe conflict en-
sued, sticks, stones, and dogs being employed in the
affray, and two er three men on both sides being knocked
down more than once. The poachers had three dogs, the
keeper a only one. Ultimately the keepers were overpowered,
and all the poachers escaped ; but during the struggle, or
as the poachers were making off, one of the keepers fired a
revolver, which, no doubt, wounded ono of the men, for
marks of blood were afterwards traced for some distance in
the direction of Leeds. 'I he cap of one of the poachers was
found on the ground. Information of the affray was given
to Mr. Superintendent Pollard, of the West Riding con-
stabulary, who is making every exertion to discover and
apprehend the men.
A marshal of France being lately in a railway
carriage with two officers, who had no idea of who they
were travelling
'vial, made themselves so completely at
home that they began smoking without either apology or
inquiry as to whether the fumes of tobacco would not in.
convenience their fellow travellers. The marshal, who, it
is unnecessary to say, was not in uniform, begged them to
leave off, as the smoke made him ill. They took no notice
of him,
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reflections remonstrated
about
NtVciptal;ins," who ought to keep at home, &c. The marshal
did not take any further notice of them, but on reaching his
journey's end, and alighting, took out his card, and, hand-
ing it to the officers, said, " Gentlemen, you will please to
request your colonel to put you under arrest for a month, to
teach you better manners."

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AUSTRALIAN, INDIA, AND CHINA MAILS.
SOUTHAMPTON, WEDNESDAY MORNING.

The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steam-
ship Delta, Captain Field, with the heavy portion
of the above mails, arrived here this morning. She
brings 79 passengers, £4,500 in specie, 1,085 bales
of silk, value £lOO,OOO, and 239 packages of
general cargo.

The Himalaya, from Woolwich, with troops for
Malta and the lonian Islands, arrived at Gibraltar
on the 15th inst. The brig Tennis Conta, with nuts
for England, had gone ashore on the island of
Tarifa, and it was expected would be a total wreck.
Intelligence from Mazagan states that the Moors
in that neighbourhood were again beginning to
revolt. The Kabyles, who a short time ago be-
seiged Azamar, had again threatened the place.

At Gibraltar, on the 16th inst., freight and ex-
change continued unaltered.

THE BOMBAY MAIL.

The Massilia, with the above mail, left Malta for
Marseilles on the 18th, at 9 p.m.
The Mooltan, with the heavy portion of the mail,
left Malta on the 19th at noon, and may be ex-
pected at Southampton about the 28th inst.
The Behar brought the mail to Suez, arriving
there on the 14th.

SOUTHAMPTON, Atm. 21.

The Spanish war steamer Ulloa, Don Fernando
Guarro, from Ferrol, has arrived here, in order, it
is said, to receive the Duke of Montpensier.

FRANCE.
THE CAMP AT CHALONS.
The correspondent of the Constitutionnel writes
as follows :

" CAMP AT CHALONS, AUG. 18.

" At the experiments with the rifled cannon yes-
terday the Emperor, the better to judge of their
precision, took up his position not far from the
butts. This morning a large concourse of people
came in from all quarters to witness the military
high mass. It was celebrated with the usual pomp ;
the Emperor, the Prince Imperial, the Minister of
War, General Fanti, the Prefect of the Marne, the
military household of his Majesty, a numerous cor-
tege of generals and officers, attended the service
near the altar.

" After mass on the terrace in front of the
Imperial pavilion various foreign officers were
presented to his Majesty. The Emperor presented
the cross of the Legion of Honour to an Arab
chieftain who is here. The Arab was much moved
when the Emperor himself fastened it to his
burnous. Before retiring to his apartment the
Emperor had some conversation with Vivier, the
celebrated artiste. Various generals and officers of
distinction have arrived. Nalim Pasha has left for
Paris. Tomorrow we expect the Prince of Baden
and Marshal Canrobert.

" The division of Cuirassiers from Nancy and
Lun &vine has arrived at the camp, and has taken tip
a position to the right, not far from the division of
Lancers.

" Grand manoeuvres are announced for to-mor-
row in the plain, at 5 a.m., at which all the troops
will be present.

" AUG. 19.

"This morning, at 5 o'clock, the troops were all
in motion for the grand manoeuvres I announced
to you.
" An attack was to be made upon the so-called
white works—fortified mounds—which are within
the enceinte of the camp, near the road from Suippes
to Baconne. Those works were occupied by the
enemy.

" A corps d'armee is supposed to advance by Bar •
le-Due on Rheims, following the Roman road.
" On its march, as soon as its advanced posts
reach the heights of the farm at Bouy, it perceives
the enemy in position on its right.
" The Commander-in-Chief reconnoitres the posi-
tion, and ascertains that the enemy has a footing
on the plateau of the white works, where he has
fortified himself. As the troops forming the re-
connaissance approach, the enemy's artillery opens
fire upon them.
" The Commander of the chief corps d'armee
having carefully ascertained the enemy's position,
does not intend attacking it in front, as he should
thereby expose himself to heavy loss. Attacking
on the left, his line of retreat would be endangered.
He, therefore, resolves to attack the enemy on the
right of his defences. This determination taken, he
endeavours to manoeuvre so as to flank the left
of the enemy's position, at the same time disposing
his troops in such guise that he can keep back the
enemy, if issuing from its lines, it should attempt
to attack his left. To prevent this movement
troops are established on a line parallel with the
white works. A regiment of cavalry and of in-
fantry are placed on the right and in the rear.
" These disposition taken, the corps d'armee at-
tacks in two lines. Two divisions advance en eche-
lons on the right; the commanders of these echelons
having between them the distance necessary to
form obliquely to the left in battle, by a simple
change of direction to the left.
" While these various movements were taking
place the Emperor, accompanied by a numerous
staff, arrived at the scene of action. Princess
Murat, on horseback, followed the movements of
the staff.

"At the moment of his Majesty's arrival the
first echelon of the corps d'armee arrived on the
plateau to the right of a small wood, where it met
with a determined resistance, so that it had to wait
till the echelon to its left had reached the rest of
the high ground running from the little wool to a
given point in the plain.
" Artillery, with a reserve, is established in bat-
tery on the crest so as to play upon the enemy's
works.

" Meantime the reserve division comes up to the
support of a division placed to the right, and the
various corps united attempt a general effort upon
the enemy's left.

" The remainder of the army only now begins
moving, and advances against the white works as
soon as the left defences are threatened.

" The cavalry supports the right of the corps
d'arnzee, ready to fall upon the enemy's flank should
an opportunity present itself.
" The works are stormed and carried, and the
enemy is pursued by the main body of the army,
the cavalry charge, the rout is complete, and the
enemy retreating by the village of St. Hilaire,
crosses the river Suippes, thus placing that stream
between itself and the victorious army.

"Just at the close of the manceuvres the Prince
Imperial arrived on horseback, and accompanied
his august father in visiting the different corps on
the ground.

" This grand manoeuvre, which commenced at
3 a.m., lasted till 10 o'clock.

" All the troops behaved admirably.

" Prince William of Baden arrived at Mour-
melon at five o'clock. The imperial train went to
meet him at Chalons. On alighting he was received
by Prince J. Murat, who accompanied him in an
open carriage to the Emperor's head-quarters."

BOURSE, August 20.--The market continues in-