The Sun. — 1862-07-23 (London, England)

CURIOUS TRIAL.  The Civil Tribunal of the Seine has just given judgment in a suit instituted under the following singular circumstances :—ln May, 1861, a M. Moynat, of Villej ust, a retired agent-de-change, possessing property to the amount of about 30,000 fr. a year, married a widow named Huby, and six weeks later the husband, after a violent quarrel with his wife, committed suicide. By the marriage contract M. and Mme. Moynat had each left the whole of their property to the survivor. That clause of the contract the natural heirs of M. Moynat now attempted to annul, in accordance with Art. 955 of the Code Napoleon, which declares that such donations may be revoked on the ground of the ingratitude and unworthiness of the donee. They alleged that previously to her marriage Mme. Moynat had led a most disorderly and dissolute life, a fact which she had managed to keep from her husband's knowledge; that, almost immediately after the marriage, she formed an illicit connection with a schoolmaster named D—; that this conduct on her part gave rise to frequent quarrels between her and her husband, after one of which he committed sucide by blowing ont his brains ; and that, after that lamentable event, she cohabited with the person abovementioned and conducted herself in the most disgraceful manner. The heirs of M. .Moynat, in consequence, now applied to the Tribunal for permission to prove the above allegations with a view to further proceedings, for the purpose of annulling the donation made in the marriage contract. This application was opposed by Mme. Moynat, -whose counsel declared that the allegations were a tissue of contemptible calumnies, invented for the sole purpose of injuring his client's reputation. He maintained that M Moynat's suicide was not caused by his client's misconduct, and that if her husband had had any just cause of complaint against her, ho might easily have taken steps for revoking the donation, whereas the draught of a will found among his papers was altogether in favoar of his wife. After hearing the Procureur Imperial, who opposed the application, the Tribunal decided that it must he rejected, on the ground that the allegations relating to facts which occurred previously to the marriage could be no proof of ingratitude for a favour not yet conferred ; that the charge of adultery could only be brought by the husband himself, and that what took place after his decease did not constitute acts of ingratitude which could be admitted as a ground for revoking the donation.  CHARING CROSS RAILWAY AND THE LAST OF HUNGERFORD INlARSET.—Yesterday another sale of this property, comprising the range of shops forming the colonnade of Hungerford-market and the street communicating with the Strand, and which nearly completes the disposal of that extensivo I.roperty, was effected by Mr. Marsh, the company's auctioneer, including the two well-known raverns in front of which the Paddington and Camdentown omnibuses had their stations.  THE L  ritIOND.  Nearly all the articles that appear in the journals are prepared expressly to deceive. There is not a word of truth in them, except by accident. Correspondents of newspapers make this man or that general a hero, or a coward, according as they are instructed by the owners of the papers. Few people wade through the columns of accounts that appear. For instance, in the late seven days of attack and slaughter of our army M'Clellan lost. 60,000 dead, wounded, and missing. Nearly all are in the hands of the rebels, dead, dying, and wounded. It is not likely that they will have much mercy, even if they haye means to do the wounded good, or provisions with which to feed them. The rebels also lost very severely, for our men were like cornered rats—they had to fight on their own hook or be cut to pieces, and they slaughtered back. It is said the rebels lost 75,000 killed and wounded. I will say one-half that amount, that is 37,000, making the total of dead and wounded at 97,700. I have carefully sifted the reports, and have conversed with many who were on the battle-field, or rather in the great slaughter 1 yards, during the seven days, and I do not think  ,hat the result will show that I am far out of  the way in my estimates. This will be known to every person north, east, and west. It will cool the ardour of tens of thousands—not because the men were killed in such enormous masses in a fair stand-up fight, but because 60,000 of our men were killed and wounded through the blundering ignorance of a general who ought never to have been trusted to command more than a corporal's guard. I presume he will be changed. If he is not, I do not think there will be many volunteers who will come forward and enlist for certain death under him. His army is now reported at 70,000 men. He had 220,000 when he left Washington city to take command. We know that the deaths by sickness have been fearful. Soldiers who➢ have returned have for some weeks reported the deaths at over 1,000 to 10,000 a week. This would give 90,000 less by sickness, 66,000 in the last seven  days' slaughter, 70,000 left on the 3d July last,  making up the total of 220,000_ Of course he will be reinforced at once by men sent from the division. of Halleck.—Letter from .Neto York.