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Marlborough Press, Volume I, Issue 48, 1 December 1860, Page 3

The Great Eastern lias returned from America, having made a splended passage, and was beached on the Gridiron at Milford Haven. The Championship of the Thames was won by Chambers. The St. Leger Cup was won by St. Albans. Doncastor Stakes were won by Cape Flyaway and the Cup by Labruer. Heenan and Morrisev are to fight for the Championship of America before oth March. The bets and stakes amount to half a million dollars. A decision in favour of the right of the husband to take possession of his wife has been pro-, nounced in the case of Mr. Price, who carried off his wife from the Agapemone. The Early Closing Movement in London continues to make great progress. The transports containing the 14th Regiment sailed from Queenstown, for New Zealand, on the Bth September. The Volunteer movement is still extending. The Earl of Derby reviewed the Lancashire Volunteers, numbering 11,000. It is reported that Sir Henry Barkly will be appointed to the vacant Governorship ot Bombay. A treaty of alliance of a defensive character has been entered into between Belgium and Poland. The rumour that Austria aud Russia have entered into an alliance is confirmed; the Emperors of Russia and Austria, and the Prince Regent of Prussia, had agreed to meet at Warsaw on the 13th October. Switzerland has again appealed to Europe to adjust her new relations with France, the latter power refusing to accede to her proposal for fortifying the Simplon, and forming a frontier atr the Lake of Genoa.