The Sun. — London, England, 1862-03-31 00:00:00

CI ANTERBURY HALL AND FINE ARTS GALLERY. The renowned ROCKY MOUNTAIN WONDERS, at ten o'clock, for a few evenings only. Grand Selections from " La Sonnambula" and "Dinorah," by Mdme. Negri, Signor Tivoli, and Mr. Raynor, with Band and Lull Chorus, conducted by Mr. JonfThmans. The COMIC Department by Mr. Hollingsworth, Mr. J. G. Forde, Mr. W. Randall, Messrs. Hildebrandt and Ormond, and Miss Caroline Parkes. The miraculous STECKEL, from the Cirque Napoleon, Paris, will make his first appearance on Monday, the 14th I THEATRE. 8.0 AL, HAYMAR KET . Lessee, Mr. J. Bookstone. THIS EVENING (90th time)OUß AMERICAN COUSIN. Lord Oundreary, Mr. Sother n ; Asa Trenchard, Mr. Buck stone. Attcr which, a Household Picture, under Two Lights ntttled THE WIFE'S P ORTRAIT. Mr. Howe, Mr. W: Farren, Mrs. C. Young, &c. To conclude with FAMILY JARS. Commence a 7 ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Manager- -Mr. Edmund Falconer. Tins EVENING, 118th time of the new and original Drama entitled, PEEP O'DAY ; or, Savourneen Deelish. Messrs Walter Lacy, Hermann Vezin, Charles Selby, Edmund Fal 2,,ner ; Mrs. D. P. Bowers, Miss Clara Weston. Atter which, a new and original Burlesque Extravaganza, entitled LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD ; or, The Fairies of the Rose, the Thistle, and the Shamrock. Principal charac ters by Mr. Chas. Selby, Mr. Warlow, Miss Cicely Nott, and Miss Lydia Thompson. Acting Manager—Mr. F. B. Chatterton. as usual. Doors open at half -past fi, to commence at liox-offlee open (I , olv from 11 till 5. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE , Lessee, Mr A. Harris. 'PHIS EVENING, THE LITTLE TREASURE. Mr. J. G. Shore, Mr. B. Potter, Mr. Cathcart, &c. ; Miss Elsworthy, Mrs. Weston, and Miss Maria Harris. After which, RUT BLAS. Mr. Fechter. EW TELT ATRE-R 0 PAL, ADELP FII.- Sole Pronalotor and Manager, Mr. B. Webster. TIIIS EVENING, A PRIVATE ENQTITRY. Mr. J. L. Toole. Mr. Billington, Mr. Sefton, Miss Kate Kelly, and Miss K. Bland. Followed by THE LIFE OF AN ACTRESS. Mr. and "Mrs. Dion Boncicault, Messrs. Emery, J. L. Toole, Billington, Stuart, Eburne, Sefton, Powell, C. J. Smith ; Mrs. Billington, Mrs. iiarland, Mrs. H. Lewis, Miss Laidlaw. 'ln conclude with ICI ON PARLE FRANCAIS. Messrs J. L. Toole, Emery, Billington, Misses K. Kelly, K. Bland Laidlaw, and Mrs. H. Marston. Commence at 7. AS TLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE.- . Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. W. Batty. Wonder;ul Performance of Mr, Bell's trained Eleptants. Tit IS EVENING, the Grand Eastern Spectacle of THE RAJAH OF NAGPORE, introducing two colossal Asiatic Elephants, pronounced by all to be the cleverest animals ever exhibited. To be followed by brilliant and daring feats by the un rivalled Troupe of Equestrians. Concluding with a comic Ballet of Action, introducing - Mr. Hatry Croueste and the Misses Gunnis. Stage Manager, Mr. W. Searle. NEW ROYALTY THEATRE, Dean-street, Oxford-street. THIS EVENING, the Drama of DELICATE GROUND. Pauline, Miss Rebecca PowelL. After which, an entirely new Operetta, CHRISTINE. Followed by THE ILLUSTRIOUS ST itANGER. Ben jamin Bowbell, Mr. J. B. Dale. To conclude with the Ballet Divertissement, HOMAGE TO FLORA, in which the Misses Morgan will appear. Commence at half-past 7. Admission—Hall, Bd. ; Stalls and Balcony, is. T HE OXFORD, 6, OXFORD-STREET,— EVERY EVENING. TIENRI and PFAU, in their intrepid Double Feats on the Flying Trapeze. Two Operatic Selections alternately from " Ernani," " ila.cbeth," "II Trovatore," "La Traviata," "La Circas sienne," ke., by Miss Russell, Madame Enderssohn, Messrs. Morley, Greene, C. Greville, and Albert. Full Band and Chorus—(Conductor —Mr. F. Jon t ghmans.) Violin Solos— Mr.Viotti Collins, and other Vocal and InstrumeinsntalH attrac ary tions. The Comic portion by Messrs. Sam Coll, ey and French (the Nerves), E. Marshall, and W. Randall. Hall, 6d.; Stalls and Balcony, ls. ; Private Boxes, 10s. 6d. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. TAIS DAY.—Morning, 2h. 40m.—Afternoon, 2h. 53m. To-MORROW. -Morning, 3h. 10m.—Afternoon, 3h. 28m. NOTICE. All remittances are, henceforth, to be made to Mr. JOHN CHAPLIN, at The eun office, 112, Strand, who has been appointed, by the Lord Chancellor, Receiver and Manager of The Sun newspaper, and the outstanding debts due in respect thereof. 1k..1' - :•=73i. :, I t tl,c - z - 4:- - •.':,,,., '-'-. ..,.•:.,;1•;11-' .: ---,. :;_ - --- -4 ,:f•-•;:z.::,--,,,or....44,_ . 4 * A , 1 ---, e. ,, ---. - • N , r • ' 4,- ',..::;t:,- , . - ...'..4,- -,- ;,- , :ac 4 .. __......,: *,. ,---,,, .....' •-• '' 4 . 4 , ...-• 4 f , ..„/„. , -.1 .L...."" Ne1.,........i............e :'., _ -_-:.,.. ..1 . ,r f • -.' ...OS T '...,'. 1 •" ' ' ' eV' . hi,, `, -.1 -•.: -•-•,----:—_,,,,, ~, ....,`,..,_.,-,,,-..,-,,,,.,•, • • 1 ...........-' ... THE SUN. LONDON, MONDAY, MARCH 31, 1862. Captain COLES may reasonably ask a reconsidera Con of his plan for the defence of our arsenals. Our readers may remember that we expressed our opinion when the subject was under discussion before, that the Captain and those who proposed their defence by iron - plated batteries, had the advantage in argument over Lord PALMERSTON and those who advocated building forts at an en ormous cost. Several general reasons, not necessary to he dwelt upon now, were strongly in the Cap. hin's favour; but the most prejudiced on the side of forts must acknowledge that the naval battle in America has furnished an argument in the Captain's favour which cannot be overlooked. It is an argument, too, so specially in his favour ; for while much is proved by the deeds of the Mer rimac, yet more is proved by the performance of the Monitor, which was constructed substantially on Captain COLES' own plan, and, it seems, re ceived its name because it was to be a " Monitor" not to American bui lders only, but, as ERICSSON himself says, to our Lords of the Admiralty and to Downing-street. The feats of the Merrimac made it unanswerably clear that the forts now building to protect Ports mouth harbour will be perfectly useless against even such vessels as she is, hastily plated, and with but the very limited means of the Confederates to equip her. Our forts on the shoal banks would be, indeed, worse than useless, since they would be excellent buoys and lighthouses to a foreign ves sel, showing her how to keep in deep water, while she would play about past them, or among them, as little affected by their heaviest guns as by a shower of hailstones. A vessel built at leisure, and with adequate manufacturing means, would be perfectly safe under all the artillery of either Portsmouth or Cherbourg. She would Place herself where she pleased, and let them fire ", or, more probably, would select some spot w here few or none of their shot could tell, and 'Would send her shells at leisure into the d ock y ards and arsenals, just as she kept on pitchi n g a shell or , two offhand style, and as the Merrimac kind of bye-play, into the Federal camp at Newport News. We do not bee how it can be now believed that either England or France have a single port or arsenal which is safe against a well-built Merrimac. Nor is it easy to Bee how they can be safe, except by the construction of Monitors. Our stone forts are, we are told, to be plated with to iron ; that is, an a dditional million or t 0 go after other wasted millions. Surely it is tune to ask those who spend the national taxis to paus e . Of what use Can it be, at fin enormous cost, to Make th ese f or t s invulnerable by bodie s of stone and coats of i ron , when. the Metrimacs and ..icaiitors will coolly steam past them, no t exposing a m an to their fire, and ter ring nothieg for their rhinoceros hides fro m the heaviest shot of their stationary assailants. one-sixth of the But Monitor, thoug h only ome, proved a too powerful competitor for her. So ter as we can yet learn, it seems a little doubt - lel whether the shot of the Monitor did make a hole in her side, or whether the Merrimac did not inj ure herself by attempting to run down the 14 enitor. A person on hoard w rites that when the Merrim ac attempted to run down tie Monitor, she gave the latter a tremendous thump, but her bow passed over th e d ec k c f th e Monitor, and the as sailant herself received an injury which went Men imaA through her light - lion shoe to the oak itself. We think there can be little doubt, however, that the very heavy shot of the Monitor did tell on her opponent; and if it be admitted that the Merrimac was equipped under the greatest manufacturing disadvantages, it must be also allowed, on the other side, that Captain COLES' principle is the one which allows the heaviest guns possible to be worked on board ship. COLES' cupolas would always have the ad vantage, so far as it is one of concentrating the same weight of broadside into a few shots. What then is the practical result of the late battle on the subject before us ? We answer un hesitatingly, to pause in carrying on our Ports mouth fortifications. We do not ask for inconsi derate abandonment ; but they are works which will take no harm from suspension, and the suspen sion of them may not only save millions, but leave those millions for a really useful purpose. We would not pronounce dogmatically, or at once convert a number of our ships for the cupola plan. Indeed, that plan will be sure to receive early, and perhaps great improvements, from the ingenuity of both American and English mechanicians. But it is right to stay and re-examine. We have fresh light, let us use it. No more wooden ships will now be sent against any country which can maintain a single iron one, for it is evident that the whole of Admiral MILNE'S fleet in American waters could save themselves from destruction only by getting out of the way of a single well-built Merrimac. But, if we see that henceforth wooden ships will be useless, except against bar barian nations, it appears almost as clear that arsenals can be defended against these new assailants only by ships equipped in like manner. Tho inhabitants of New York showed that they considered their batteries at the entrance of their harbour as useless; and the New York Chamber of Commerce itself, in face of the obvious danger, has resolved that it is the duty of the great Northern ports—New York, Boston, Philadelphia, and Balti more—to create iron-clad batteries of sufficient strength to resist the Merrimac or similar batteries should they make their appearance at their ports. The Massachusetts Legislature has in fact resolved to construct iron clad ships at once to protect its har bours. We apprehend the resolutions of the Liver pool, Southampton, and London commercial men will soon be similar. They will ask of the Government, or, more nobly, like the Americans, resolve to create for themselves, iron-floating batteries which shall protect their shipping, in place of the now useless fortifications. We see no alternative. With all the forts we could pl ace along the Thames, a French Merrimac er two could fire the entire ship ping in its docks and waters. In anticipating the Quarterly Tables of the Revenue, which will duly make their appearance to-morrow morning, we are enabled already to take a bird's eye view of 1861-2 as compared with 1860-1 —in financial retrospect. And accordingly as we scan the contrast—thereby presented to us—with the binocular powers of vision appertaining no less to the balanced judgment than to the human sensorium as influenced by the twin retinte : scanning this contrast of the two last financial years, that is to say, first from the one point of view and then from the other, gazing at it, first from the right and then from the left, looking now at the pro and now at the con: accordingly as we look at the Revenue returns thus, we behold the results alternately with feelings of Hope or of profound Solicitude. It is only by blending the two points of view into one by means of what we have thus called the binocular powers of vision appertaining to every truly ba lanced judgment, that we can contrive in any way accurately to estimate the contrast presented to us in its entirety. Here again, in regard to this question of finance, as in regard to all other questions ever submitted to discussion, there are " two sides" to be taken honestly into account. The shield about the colour of which the two warriors in the desert were going to fight so implacably to the death, accord ing to the old mediaeval apologue—one contending that it was black and the other that it was golden — might almost always be accepted at once as an apt and fitting type of the last tabular record of our Re venue Returns, whether annual or quarterly. It is peculiarly a symbol of that about to be published to-morrow morning—certainly so far as this forth coming tabular report of the Imperial Revenue can be beheld now ; that is to say, without any very minute attention to details, but broadly and com prehensively. There is the dark side of the finan cial shield, for example, the very black side of it, that any one can recognise upon the instant and at a glance. Then, again, there is also as unques tionably the golden side of it, the one that looks to us all as a matter of course a trifle more cheerfully. Both sides must be taken equally into consideration if we would understand the Financial shield as a whole. Before examining either side—the "black" or the " golden"—in its several compartments, it is but right to bear in mind for a moment, however, the bearing of two or three very important parti culars eminently well-deserving of being recalled to recollection. Added to the depressing influence exercised over this last year's revenue by the fratri cidal conflict between the Northern and Southern States of America—there were those two very considerable concessions boldly adventured upon by Mr. GLADSTONE in his Budget for 1861, the re mission of a Penny under the Income-Tax and of the whole of the Paper Duty ! The Income-Tax penny representing—£l,l3o,o6o. The remission of the Paper Duty lopping off at a single stroke of the Chancellor of the Exchequer's prunning hook, an impost that would otherwise have brought in a round sum of £1,330,000. So that our Minister of Finance—in presence of the American Difficulty— had the courage to forego an aggregate amount under those two heads very - nearly approxi mating to two millions and a half ster ling, in effect, and to be precise, to just £2,460,000 ! These are the " particulars" which we referred to above as eminently well deserving our consideration before taking into account either the good or the bad side of the Revenue Tables, the black or the golden side of the Financial shield now about to be displayed for the minute examination of any one and everyone to-morrow : the appointed day of publication arriving most oppor tunely this year just two days prior to the Financial Statement to be delivered to the House of Commons on Thursday by the Chancellor of the Exchequer. There is the blockade of the Confederate Ports—causing to us a diminished im port, among otter commodities, of corn, and rum, and tobacco. And—requiring to be borne in re membrance quite es vividly : there is the oblitera tion from the Excise Returns of the customary in comingsa tinder the head of the old and now obsolete the . abandont d Paper Duty, and the mulcting from e income•tax of a penny in the Fund ! . Notwithstanding ail which, however—and look ing boldly at the d side of with—v; find a ark , r slue of the returns to begin falling off in the Customs for the last Quarter, merely e of of somewhere . about £lOO,OOO tobac tho l diminished imports of corn, of rum, and of Under the Income Tax again for the year we Rn o d ' a total n loss consequent upon the redu ction of the pen about £550,000 --not, observe ! of nearly a million of ___ . nus more than that, or at iesol; of a total " • amounting to LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, IVIARCH 31, 1862. THE SUN,: £1,130,000 ! In reality, the returns for the last Quarter show an increase in the Income Tax returns amounting altogether to £400,000 —an increase that would be utterly incomprehensible (remembering the " penny" reduction) but that it is accounted for by the collection of " arrears," Again—in regard to the Excise returns—while it is unpleasantly un deniable of course that, u pon the year, the falling off there exceeds a million, shows a diminution in point of fact of £1,100,000 or thereabouts—that even, it should in justice be remembered, is not by any means equivalent to the total loss consequent on the remission of the Paper Duties, an estimated foregoing, it will be re membered, of £1,330,000. Nay, the Excise actually shews, in the returns about to. be made to-morrow, for the last quarter, a positive gain on the corres ponding quarter of the last financial twelvemonth, amounting to something very like £170,000. This gain in the Excise, for the quarter, being attribute ) ble mainly, by the way, to two items, usually run ning in couples, namely, those of malt and hops. All which must be regarded, without a doubt of it, as particularly encouraging and satisfactory; especially if it be borne in mind that, during the past year, this branch of the National Exchequer has been under the disadvantage of having to repay heavy draw backs for stocks of paper actually on hand when the duty was remitted. • Lot it be remembered, then, that the last Quarter's Revenue shows a decrease, under Customs, of about £lOO,OOO, an increase, under Excise, of about £170,000,an increase from Stamps of about£loo,oo o , another increase of about £40,000 under the head of Taxes, an increase, as we have seen, of about £400,000 under the Income tax, the customary small increase at the Post office, the Crown Lands receipts remaining, as usual, somewhere about in statu quo, and finally an increase of about £160,000 under the vague head of Miscellaneous. So much for the quarter. Now, as to the financial year which but just now expired? There will be seen an increase of some £35,000, chiefly from hops, tea, sugar, and brandy ; a gain in stamps of some £240,000; a gain in taxes of some £30,000; a gain in the Post-office of about £160,000 ; no alteration under the head of Crown Lands ; nothing particu lar in regard to the Miscellaneous ; but, as opposed to this, a falling-off under the Income-tax of about £555,000 ; and another loss, the heaviest loss of ail, under the head of Excise, amounting to about £1,100,000. So that on the Quarter, deducting a loss altogether of about £lOO,OOO from an aggregate increase of about £870,000, there is a net gain (upon the quarter, remember !) of some £770,000. While on the other hand—viewing the returns upon the year last past in their entirety—as we have to deduct merely again of about £720,000 in all from a decrease of about £1,650,000 we find that there is left a net loss (upon the year !) of just £600,000 under the million of, as nearly as can be at this moment calculated £930,000. Such is the plain unvarnished tale, so far as it can yet be related with any accuracy. We have told it here not by any means, as suffused with that hue of Hope, the couleur de rose. We shall know more about it, so far as the details are concerned, upon the publica tion of the official tables of the Revenue—and more again on Thursday evening when Mr. GLADSTONE will have to lay before the House of Commons his Financial Statement. But already we can see enough of it to know for certain that the results, under the circumstances, might have been a great deal less satisfactory. General M'CLELLAN is now put upon his mettle. He is " relieved" of all command but that of the army of the Potomac, and he and all the Generals are told by the PRESIDENT Commander-in-Chief, to move, or be ready to move, forward at a day's notice. The General has, therefore, moved, and he has spoken too. Our readers no doubt observed his manifesto to the army, on Saturday, and would see that he felt that the time was come when he must use the instrument he has created. He declares that his reason for holding them inactive so long was that they might give when they did move a death-blow to the rebellion. He did not them that they had hitherto been a mob, but he did tell them that they were " now a real army "—and that in regard to discipline, material, equipment, and a formidable artillery, they were what he had striven to make them. He reminds them, howeier, that, as the " period for inaction was past," as it was now to be his object to place them where they would " wish to be on a decisive battle on the field," he should have to make large demands on their endurance and their courage. Their antagonists are men as brave as themselves, marches may have to be long and rapid, and move ments executed incomprehensible to those required to make them. They are to conquer, but it is to be by a " manly struggle." If much cannot be said for the literary quality of the address, much may be said for its spirit and manliness. There is no bragging in it, no underrating of the enemy ; but a fair description of the advantages he had laboured to give them, and the old Roman exhortation to trust their commander, even when they do not un derstand His advance does not seem to have caused the flight of the Confederates, but rather he appears to have learned of their falling back, and to have moved forward accordingly. It is rather remark able that the old trick practised so successfully for some time within a few miles of Washington itself, was repeated with like success at the advanced works of the enemy at Centreville. When the for tifications there were reached it was found that the "Bull-dogs were Quakers," painted logs doing duty for formidable field pieces to Fede ral eyes. The works, too, appear to have been of the most destructible material, sand and dirt, poorly put together. The roads appear to be, even at the best, of a very miserable character ; and the intro duction of railroads has rather made them worse than better. It caused the common roads to be neglected. The Confederates in retreating, however, have only destroyed the bridges which can soon be replaced by American energy, and then M'CLELLAN, if he continues to prefer the direct southward move ment will be able to follow them, to the position in which they are now reported to be strengthening themselves near Richmond. The Federals have sustained an unimportant de feat in New Mexico ; elsewhere they are still on the winning side. General BURNSIDE, instead of marching north with his small band from Albemarle Sound, where he had been so successful, has turned South, and attacked Newburn, in North Carolina, which, however, the Confederates set fire to before they left it. The battle was fought with energy on both sides for four hours. If BURNSIDE ventures further, however, from the coast, JEFFERSON DAVIS ought to be able to crush him. To sustain his energy twenty thousand additional men have been sent him. This success, with the victories at Pea Ridge in Arkansas, at Paris in Tennessee, the capture of New Madrid, and the advance on the Potomac, must tend to keep the North in spirits. We just notice, however, that, as we had anticipated, the Yankees are not quite pleased that the Confederates went away from Manassas with the battle and vic tory which was to compensate for Bull's Rnn. The question doubtless still is what will be the pluck of the South. Its temper is plainly bad and fretted enough ; but we have nothing yet beyond the burning of a few towns and accumulations of crops, to prevent the Federals from using them, to show that Southerns are likely to sacrifice everything for the disadvantage of governing themselves at a vastly increased cost, and of parting company with the wealthier half of the old Union. Discourage ment and submission, from we can yet see, is quite as possible as desperation and retirement to the swamps with guerilla warfare. As the east coast of Florida is now conquered, the Confederates see themselves completely engirdled by Federal ships and arms, and it may well tax all the skill of Mr. JEFFERSON Davis to keep up the courage of his wholly circumvented dominions. COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR CASTLE, MARCH 29. The Queen and their Royal Highnesses the Princess Helena and Princess Louise, attended by Lady Augusta Bruce and Colonel the Hon. A. Hardinge, drove out yes terday. Sir Charles Eastlake arrived at the Castle yesterday. Her Majesty and their Royal Highnesses the Crown Princess of Prussia (Princess Royal), Princess Alice, and the Princess Beatrice, drove out in the afternoon, attended by Colonel the Hon. A. N. Hood on horseback. Her Royal Highness Princess Mary of Cambridge and his Serene Highness Prince Edward of Saxe-Weimar came to the Castle, and returned to London in the afternoon. MARCH 30. The Queen, the Crown Princess of Prussia (Princess Royal), Princess Alice, Prince Alfred, Princess Helena, and Priacess Louise, attended Divine service this morning in the Private Chapel. The Hon. and Very Rev. the Dean of Windsor officiated. THE EMBARKATION OF THE CROWN PRINCESS OF PRUSSIA• The royal steam-yacht Victoria and Albert, Captain George H. Seymour, C. 8., arrived at Gravesend yesterday afternoon, and anchored near the Terrace-pier, for the pur pose of embarking her Royal Highness the Crown Princess of Prussia and suite on their return from a visit to her Majesty. Her royal highness and suite will proceed to Gravesend by special train from the Bricklayers' Arms sta tion, and the embarkation will take place this day about half-past two o'clock, under the superintendence of Com modore Sir W. F. E. Nicholson, as flag-officer of the port, after which the royal yacht will proceed to Antwerp. The Prince of Leiningen has left Buckingham Palace for Plymouth, whither his Serene Highness has gone to take possession of his new command, the Magi cienne, to which he has been recextly appointed. It was this nomination that caused the Prince to leave Germany in such haste that the Princess could not accompany him, and her Royal Highness, therefore, remains for the present on the continent. _ _ The Duke and Duchess of Marlborough will shortly leave town for the Continent for a few weeks. The Marquis and Marchioness of Kildare are expected to arrive in town about the 14th pros. from their seat in Ireland. _ The Earl of Fife and Mr. George Skene Duff will leave town to-day on a visit to Mr. and Lady Louisa Brook, at their seat, near Wrexham. The Earl of Durham left Grosvenor-square on Friday to join his yacht in the Syuthampton Water. The Countess has gone on a visit to the Marquis and Marchioness of Abercorn, at Brocket Hall, Herts. Viscount and Viscountess Palmerston received a distinguished circle at dinner on Saturday at their mansion in Piccadilly. Later in the evening Lady Palmerston opened her saloons to a numerous company, including the members of the diplomatic corps and of the leading aristo cracy in town. The Right Hon. Sir Robert and Lady Emily Peel received a select circle at dinner on Friday, at their residence in Whitehall Gardens. Lady Emily Peel wel comed a select company later in the evening. A congress is now being held in Paris, between the principal managers and the dramatic authors, for the purpose of revising the regulations which have hitherto been in force respecting the performances of pieces which belong to the French Society of Dramatic Authors. We learn that Mr. George Russell is considered by his medical attendants to be going on as favourably as can be expected from the serious nature of the injuries he sustained by hi' recent accident. Hopes are now held out of his ultimate recovery. The Opera at Madrid closes early next month. Mdme. Legrange, Mdlle. Filippi, and other of the best artistes are expected in Paris and London. The-drama of " The Golden Knife," which has been written by Mr. Fechter, in conjunction with Mr, Edmund Yates, and in which the former intends to sustain the principal part, will probably be produced at the Prin cess's Theatre in the course of the Easter week. We learn that Mr. Mapleson has strengthened the already strong company provided by him for her Ma jesty's Theatro by the addition of Madame Guerrabella, who is to appear in the " Puritani" soon after the opening of the theatre. GALLERY OF ILLUSTRATION.—The new enter tainment by Tom Taylor, entitled " The Family Legend," is postponed till Monday, April 7. It has been found ne cessary to give another week's rehearsal to complete the scenic and other effects, which, we hear, are ingeniously complicated. Our Card Basket and the Two Rival Com posers, therefore, will be performed during the week. lr CHARITABLE CONTRIBUTION.--Madame Lind Goldschmidt announces her intention of singing in London in the oratorios of "Messiah," the " Creation," and s Elijah," during the months of May and Juno next ; the first in behalf of the Institution for Distressed Needle.- women ; the second in aid of the Brompton Consumption Hospital; and the third in support of the Royal Society of Musicians of Great Britain and the Royal Society of Female Musicians. THE CLUBS AND THE EXHIBITION.—The Senior and Junior United Service and the Army and Navy Clubs intend, it is said, to allow foreign officers of distinction to become honorary members during the continuance of the Exhibit ion. HANOVER SQUARE ROOMS.—Mr. Mason Jones, who is so well known for his clever orations on Milton, Cromwell, Macaulay, &c., gave the second of a series of orations on sacred characters yesterday afternoon, at the above rooms, to which the public were admitted free. The subject was Elijah, and the eloquent gentleman analysed the character of the great prophet, and illustrated the extra ordinary incidents through which he passed with great fervour and occasionally with deep pathos ; he combated the arguments of the doubters end commentators with logical acumen, and condemned the follies, vices, and much of the literature of the present day in bitter and sarcastic terms. The oration created a deep impressien on a crowded audience. DEATII OF MR. RICHARDSON, THE CELEBRATED FLUTE PLAYER.—The Era records the death of Mr, Joseph r Richardson, the eminent flautist, who has just expired, after a long illness, in London, His first appearance in Public was made many years ago at Rotherham, Yorkshire, whilst ho was a mere youth. and he displayed, even at that age, such a mastery over the flute that the late Earl Fitz william became his patron, and encouraged him to make music his profession. He rapidly made his way to the first rank of instrumentalists, and at the London and provincial concerts, especially those of the late M. Jullien, his services were in constant requisition. A few years since he ob toined an appointment in the Queen's private band, which ill health, a short time ago, compelled him to resign. He was a man of kindly disposition, of deserved eminence in his art, and his death will to widely regretted. CAPTURE OF A FEDERAL SHIP BY A CONFEDERATE PRIVATEER —LIVERPOOL, Saturday.—The ship D. G. Fleming, which arrived here yesterday morning from Bom bay, reports the capture of an American vessel by a South ern privateer. Captain Hadfield, of the D. G. Fleming, states that on the 4th instant, in lat. 26 N., long. 39 W., he saw a large American ship about five miles ahead, steering north-east. The American ship suddenly backed her main yard, when a rakish fore and aft schooner ran alongside, and the American ensign was hauled down. The ship then squared away to the north-west, after which the schooner stood for the D. G. Fleming, but on seeing the British en sign flying, passed under her lee with the Confederate flag flying. Her name was the S. C. Evans. RAILWAY AND PUBLIC COMPANIES IN PARMA IIENT.—on Friday the committee on the competing lines of the Crystal Palace and South Junction Railway and Lon don and Brighton Company's new lines informed the re spective parties that in their opinion the Brighton Company might make the proposed line between New Cross and Brixton, and that the London, Chatham, and Dover Company might make the proposed line between Peckham and the Crystal Palace. Mr. Scholefleld, the chairman of the committee, then adjourned the proceedings until Monday, to give the parties an opporturlity of coming to an agreement on this basis, adding, that, in the event of their not agreeing, the committee would decide the question on their own view of it. The bill for the Tottenham and Hampstead Junction wa s passed in Mr Hassard's committee. The decision of the committee on the Andover aid Redbridge lines was ad journed until some other railways, referred for considera tion to the committee, and having a bearing on that deci sion, are brought forward, and accordingly the case of the Bristol and South -Western Junction Railway was brought forward, and evidence taken on its merits. Continuous evidence upon traffic, engineering, and other arrangements occupied the committees on the Barnsley Coal, Bala, and Midland Railway Company's projects. THE RECORDERSHIP OF STAMFORD.--ThiS ap . pointment, rendered vacant by the death of Mr. Maunsell, has been conferred on Mr. Flower, of the Midland circuit. LATEST NEWS. TURIN, MARCH 30, EVENING. It appears to have been definitively decided that Signori Mancini and Cordova shall leave the Cabinet. Signor Brioschi is to be Minister for Public Instruction, and Signor Conforti Minister of Justice. According to the Italics, General della Marmora has declared that he does not require reinforcements to suppress brigandage in Naples. PARMA, MARCH 30. Garibaldi has arrived here. He was received with the utmost enthusiasm. Garibaldi thanked the people, and said : " The people of Parma have provided me with numerous companions, and will, should the occasion arise, provide me with more." TURIN, MARCH 29, EVENING. The Nationalites of to-day states that the Mini stry will be completed in the course of next week, and that all other reports of Ministerial changes are incorrect. CONSTANTINOPLE, MARCH 29. The great success of the Turkish Loan in London gives much satisfaction, The Sultan has caused 19,000,000 piastres to be taken from his privy purse for the purpose of pay ing the arrears due to the troops. He has also given orders for providing the army with clothing at his own cost. The surrender of Nauplia is confirmed. The King has g:cmted an amnesty to the whole of the garrison, wi4 the exception of 12 officers who have fled. Greece is said to be tranquil, but numerous arrests continue at Athens. COMiTANTINOPLE, MARCH 27. The news from the Herzegovina continues to be very satisfactory. The positions which were recently taken by the army of Omar Pasha on the frontiers of Monte negro will secure the speedy pacification of the small portion of territory which remains still occu pied by the insurgents. The affair of Tranitza took place on the other side of Montenegro, on the frontier of the province of Scutari, in Albania, to which province Tranitza AMERICA. NEW YORK, MARCH 18, EVENING. (By Canada, via Queenstown.) The Federals have occupied Dumfries, on the Lower Potomac. General Burnside's expedition has captured New burn, North Carolina. The fight lasted four hours. The Confederates were driven from their position, Gen. Burnside capturing three batteries of artillery, 46 guns, 3,000 stand of arms, and 200 prisoners. The Confederates, supposed to number 10,000, escaped by railway to Goldesborough, burning the bridges over the Trent and Claremont rivers, and setting fire to Newham, but without doing much damage. The Federal loss amounts to 100 killed and 400 wounded. The New York Chamber of Commerce committee has resolved that in view of the magnitude of the interests involved, it is the duty of Boston, Phila delphia, and New York, to create iron-clad vessels of sufficient strength to resist the Merrimac or other batteries, if they make their appearance. News from Mexico gives Vera Cruz dates to the 4th instant, via Havannah. President Juarez had ratified the agreement entered into with the allied commissioners at Soledad. The French and Spanish troops have left for Tetuacan and Orizaba. The British troops were about to re-embark for home. A portion of the Spanish troops was returning to Cuba. The French reinforcements which were expected would return without landing. Negotiations were to commence at Orizaba on Ist April. Everything announces that the pending disagree ments will have a pacific solution, and ample gua rantees for the future would be obtained. The American bearer of despatches had been murdered between Vera Cruz and the City of Mexico. NEW YORK, MARCH 20, AFTERNOON. Per Canada, by telegraph to Halifax, and from Queenstown.) The announcement of the capture of Island No. 0 was premature. The fighting there still con- tinues. Commodore Dupont officially reports the capture of Jacksonville and St. Augustine in Florida, with Fort Marione. It is understood that the governor of Florida has recommended the entire evacuation by the Con federates of the eastern part of the State. It is reported that Mr. Yancey, late Confederate commissioner to England,was captured in a schooner attempting to run the blockade. NEW YORK, MARCH 20, EVENING. The Confederate steamers Ella Warley and Kate ran the blockade at Charleston on the 27th ult., with 1,100 bales of cotton. When they left the bar there were lying at Charleston the barque Eltiman, far Liverpool, wit). 1,800 bales. and the brig Mary Wright, with 1,500 bales, waiting an opportunity to run the blockade. General Beauregard had issued an order of the day upon assuming command of the army of the Mississippi, saying :—" Our reverses, far from dis heartening, must nerve us to new deeds of valour, and while true to our cause and ourselves, with the protection of the Almighty, we must and shall triumph." COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. NEW YORK, MARCH 20, ATTERNOON. Money tighter. Exchange dull. Bankers' bills, 112 to 1121. Gold, Ito 11 premium. Stocks heavy. New York Centrals, 83/ ; Illinois, 65a ; Erie; 37a. Cotton inactive ; middling Uplands, 27 to 27f. Flour, good inquiry, sc. higher. Wheat dull. Corn slightly firmer. Provisions quiet. Coffee inactive. Sugar . good demand. Molasses steady. The Queen has presented the Rev. Donald Macleod to the living of Linlithgow, vacant by the death of the Rev. Dr. Bell. ETON COLLEGE.—The school closes at noon on Friday, the 11th of April, for the Easter vacation, when the whole of the students take their departure. The school re-opens on IN ednesday, the 7th May, on which day the lower boys return. The fifth form return on Thursday, the Bth. and on the following day the sixth form return, when the whole school will assemble. At the present time there are upwards of 800 students at the college. FATAL EFFECTS OF PRACTICAL JOKING. —A dreadful instance of the danger of playing practical jokes occurred three days since in the neighbourhood of St. Foy (Dordogne). It is a custom among the peasantry there, to give a new married couple, about 12 o'clock on their wed ding night, a basin of garlic soup, called tourrin in the dialect of the country. At the marriage in question some foolish person put a quantity of laudanum into the mess, and the unhappy couple were next morning found dead in their bed. The police have instituted an inquiry. THE 2D LIFE GUARDS.--•A Court of Enquiry has been sitting at Windsor for the purpose of investigating the circumstances connected with the discipline of the 2d Life Guards, under the command of Colonel Mountjoy Martin, to which we have already called attention. The Court is composed of General Lawrenson, Inspector-Gene ral of Cavalry, president ; Lord George Paget, Command ing the Cavalry at Aldershot ; and General Horsford. The Court sat for the first time on Friday, at the Cavalry Barracks, Spittal, and again on Saturday, from ten till four, after which the proceedings were adjourned till Friday next, in consequence of the regiment being under orders to march from Windsor to Regent's-park Barracks on Wed nesday next. Nearly all the officers, non-commissioned officers, and privates will undergo an examination. Several of the officers have already been examined ; but as the pro ceedings will be conducted within closed doors, the par ticulars will not be known until the decision is promulgated from head-quarters. METROPOLITAN POLICE.—It is found necessary gradually to increase this force from time to time. At the beginning of 1860 the entire body—superintendents, in • spectors, sergeants, and constables—numbered 5,986 men; in 1861, it was 6,617; in 1862, 6,779. Th ere i s a l so a con siderable number of men employed in the dockyards and military stations. The cost of all this force in the year 1861 was £533,622. The sum of £328,783, was raised by a sixpenny rate on the parishes; the Treasury had to add a sum equal to one-third of the produce of this rate ; and of the residue of the cost, also, the chief portion came from the public purse in payment for services at the Government offices and establishments, and for the discharge of the duties of the home patrol and Thames police ; but nearly 46,000 were paid by public companies, lessees of theatres, and private persons, for services rendered by the police in keeping order for them. The cost of the police courts of the metropolis, with their 23 magistrates, amounted in the year to £60,064, the whole of which was granted by Parliament with the exception of about £ll,OOO, the produce of fines and fees at police courts. A WORD ABOUT THE NORTH AMERICAN NE GROES.—No circumstance is more important than the ab sence of vindictiveness towards the dominant race. The negroes do not extensively impute cruelty, each to his own master, though in every neighbourhood there are some em ployers who have a bad name for rapacity and severity. Under their present guardianship there is no incitement to idea. The ; and nothing seems to be he ard of an y such The people crave support against any attempt to reduce them to slavery again ; they are well understood to have prepared themselves to c ommit siucide, in inconsiderable numbers, like so many liroomen, rather than submit to the yoke any more ; some of them have brought in their masters to the camps as prisoners of war ; but there does not seem to have been a single instance known of outrage to slaveholders or their families. Yet the slaveholders have,"with their own hands, shot many negroes in the woods and on the high-roads, for refusing to be driven with the cattle into the interior. The strong re ligious tendency of the negroes has doubtless co me in aid of their placable temper. Every possible use is made of it by the Commissioners to restrain their passions. They seem to take their religion very much to h ear t w h ere t h ey really understand its requirements. Thu s , th e y swear very little, though their masters on the one hand, and the Federal soldiery on the other, sin terribly in that disposed to be correct in their way. They seem fully marridg,a relations, when once raised above the brutish condition.; in which they have been involved by the con stant endeavour to increase the human stock on the plantation. Their religion is certainly not all sentiment or passionate excitement. They have their " glory shout" at the close of their prayer meetings, when they join hands and raiee a cry which must be like our harvest-home clamour ; but at the same meetings they ask and learn what their duty is. with sincerity and zeal. It is a significant circum stance that in one place they held a general meeting, with all the forms, to discuss a point of right and wrong, and settled by vote that they ought to subscribe to pay for their own candles for their own prayer naeotings.—Ono a Week. belongs. ST. PETERSBURG, MARCH 30. The Northern Post of to-day says that the Central Committee appointed to examine into the propriety of establishing banks for loans on mortgaged secu rities has terminated its labours. The committee recommends the entire indopen dence of such banks, and is averse to the idea that the Government should be connected with these establishments. The Journal de St. Petersbourg of to-day states that Gen. Patkull, the Chief Minister of Police, has been permitted to retire on account of illness. He is to be succeeded by General Annenkoff. WARSAW, MARCH 29 (Evening). The official Dziennik of to-day contains an impe rial order to the Council of State respecting the revision of the criminal code. The order especially directs the attention of the council to the consideration of such changes as may be suitable to the age, and the promulgation of new laws for offences against the State. M. Schlenker has been condemned to imprison ment in a fortress for four months, and conducted to Xodlin. _ _ The Marquis Wielopolski has arrived here. FRAN CE. PARIS, SATURDAY. BOURSE, March 29.—The market opened at the closing quotation of the previous day, but sales for a short time caused a retrograde movement, but the loss was soon recovered, and Threes, for the Account, are now again at 69f. 75c. The Railway Share Market continues firmer than the Rente. The following were the last quotations :- 4t per per Cents 97 50 Do. end month 97 50 3 per Cents Do. end month 69 60 New 3 per Cents Do, end month 6B 60 Credit Mobilier 765 Do. Account — BAIL I Bank Shares 3095 Credit k oncier l5OO i Belgian 4} — Piedmontese Fives, 67 75 i Roman Austrian • Spanish Threes 5l 25 • Home Debt - ,WAYS. Cash. Account. Orleans 1372 60 .. 1371 25 Northern 1035 1040 New ditto . 965 Lyons and Mediterranean 11171 .. 1116 25 Geneva.. Southern Western Eastern Sardinian Austrian Lonbard 551 25 .. 522 50 211 E WEST INDIA MAILS. SOUTHAMPTON, MARCH 30, EVENING. The Royal Mail Company's steamship La Plata, with the above mails, has arrived. She brings 140 passengers, 1,198,200 dols. in specie, and 1,421 packages of cargo. The La Plata left St. Thomas on the 17th inst. At Callao and Lima all was tranquil. There was nothing stirring in Paita. A severe shock of earthquake was felt at Paita on the Bth. The news from Bolivia was more favourable, Peace was re-established for a time. In Peru matters were quieter, but political dis cussions and attempts at revolution were agitating the country. The bishops and other leading mem bers of the clergy were said to favour the proposi tion of again annexing Peru to Spain. Business was dull in Coquimbo. The mines were of late much abandoned. At Valparaiso, on the 12th inst., a reception was given to the President. Upwards of 30,000 citizens met his Excellency on his entrance into the city. Business was improving. The wheat harvest was better than had been anticipated, and sufficient to prevent scarcity in the interior. Other crops were promising. _ Bar silver 10 dole per mare. Exchange on London, 46 to 46i; on Paris, 4.70. Business was dull in Guayaquil. Money was scarce. News from the Cauca was generally favourable to the Liberals. Arboledo had retrt ated before the forces of Lopez. It was - reported from Carthagena that the Con servatives under Jiraldo had taken possession of Nare, on the river Magdalena. They ha,d seized the steamer Antioquia, having on board 5,000 muskets; and the correspondence of Mosquera. At Demerara business was dull, and there was no prospect of improvement. The weather was fine at Trinidad, and the sugar• making was proceeding with activity. At Jamaica trade was quiet. The market was well supplied, but transactions were limited. Coffee was scarce, 48,252 was offered for ordinary to fair. Pimento :—stocks exhausted. Rum dull, at 30d. in bond. Sugar, 14s to 18s for dark to fair. Tobacco: sales were efftcted at 105 s per 1001bs. Exchange on London, 90 days, -1 per cent. prem. FLOODS IN T% IDDLESEX.—Accounts from the low-lying districts watered by the Colne and the Brent, mention that the streams are much swollen, and meadows in many places inundat ed. THE REVENUE OF IRELAND.—A number of re turns relating to the revenues of Ireland during the years 1860 and 1861 have been published. In 1860 the net pro duce of the revenue of Ireland was £6,894,263 ; £2,245,39 4 being derived from customs, and £2,831,000 from excise. In 1861 the net produce was £6,883,557; customs produ cing £2,295,000, and excise £2,991,000. SPORTING NOTES. The first legitimate race meeting will commence to-mor row at Northampton. The gatherings which have pre ceded it scarcely come under the denomination of " legi timate," for they were held as much for the promotion of steeplechase sports as for the decision of flat races. By genuine turfmen they were scarcely recognised, and although they answered the purposes of speculation, and gave brisk employment to a large class of restless book makers, yet they were marked by incidents which are not likely to be long remembered, and which will exorcise no important influence over the betting on the great spring handicap and three-yr-old races, which have yet to be decided. Indeed, for the future prosperity of some of the early meetings, and for the popularity of cross-country events, the sooner certain discreditable "doings" that were associated with them are forgotten the better. It is, there fore, with no little feeling of relief and satisfaction that thorough racing men turn from the mixed and spurious lists of sport which nave recently been submitted to them to the programmes of the Northampton and other meetings which are compiled for the legitimate purposes of racing. The appointed sport is of a character sufficiently important to draw together all sorts of conditions of turfites, and bring again into communication individuals who have not met since the real racing season was, to all intents and purposes, closed at Newmarket in November last. Not only the events immediately to be decided excite the atten tion and rouse the curiosity of the visitors to Northampton, but the running of certain horses and the issue of certain encounters will be eagerly watched by all persons who have "books" on the leading Spring Handicaps, the Derby, and other important weight-for-age races. Not unfrequently the execution of large commissions is commenced at North ampton, where, in former years, significant changes have been made in the betting on the Chester Cup, Two Thousand, and Derby. The meeting under notice is not likely to furnish any exception to the rule. The pro gramme issued is very attractive, there being about eight hundred guineas clear of public money spread over the six teen races to be decided during the two days, so that the dozen already closed have good entries, the aggregate num ber of animals engaged in the Northamptonshire Stakes, Whittlebury, Althorp Park Stakes, St. Liz Handicap, and Earl Spencer's Plate being unprecedented. These five prizes alone are worth an average of seven hundred guineas eaoh ; and the Trial Stakes and Queen's Plate (yet to close) being always great features here, there will be no lack of interest on either day. ' - ~Aof Northampt ons_liv 01, ;,4 the principai event to be decided. & great many horses uave been backed for a deal of money—Prince Plausible., Dusk, Schism, West End, and Rapparee being nearly on an equality in the market. Dusk, at the present time of writing, holds the position of first favourite, and deserve •ly so, as a better judge of the capabilities of a horse than TOM Parr is not to be found on the turf. He is a slow horse, but is sure to stay over this severe course, and, if not the actual winner, is almost certain to get a place. West End, Schism, Ducat, Prince Plausible, Stampedo, and Rapparee have all been leniently dealt with by the handicapper ; and. although Ducat has not as yet met with any support, I would give him the preference over all others, if his owner brings him to the post with winning orders ; but, from pre sent movements in the market, he will in all probability bo an absentee. With this reservation I anticipate seeing DUSK the winner, with WEST END and RAPPAREE second, and third. In the Whittlebury—omitting Sir William Armstrong, who is dead—there are 21 three-yr-olds engaged, against 32 two-yr-olds. Penalties and allowances cause the former to stand thus relatively : at lb Patriot Alchythist Master Fenton Brahmin Bird Hill Spite 8 8 Watchfire Duke Rollo 8 8 St, Alexis Miss Penhill Baliverne 8 5 The only public performers among the three-year-olds con sist of Oscar, the Prairie Hen filly, Semley, and the Abbess. st lb Antares Exchequer ••• Telegraph Agag Febrifuge Staple Oak Morocco' Black Pearl 8 0 Margery Biondella 8 0 There will be neither penalties nor allowances attaching to the youngsters running, beyond the 31b. for fillies. Lord Stamford will probably be represented by Sanita, who is reported to be better than Livingstone ; but, as the three-yr-olds have the best of the weights at this early sea son of the year, I shall look to one of them to furnish the winner—either Agag or Antares, the latter for choice. The Nene Handicap should be carried off by ELLERTON or THE ARAB; and the Stand Plate by WEATHERDEN. The Handicap for the Spencer Plate in point of accept-. ance has been even more successful than for the Stakes, as the contents number 36 against 29 non-contents. The 36 remaining in represent no fewer than 23 stables, those hav ing two or more strings to their bow being Alex Taylor (3), Jos. Dawson (3), T. Taylor (2), Hayhoe (2), Hughes (2), Balchin (2), Godding (2), Woolcot (2). The peculiarity of the Spencer Plate Course—the first 300 3 ards being a steep ascent—renders it always difficult to make a selection for this race, and which is added to on this occasion by the largeness of the acceptance and the fact that only five of the number have yet been out this year, viz., Little Lady, Lord of the Manor, Spicebox, Juliet, and Bryn Gwyn. Spicebox has always run well over this distance, and his chance does not seem a forlorn one; but horses as they get old never improve, and for that reason I do not think he can win on the present occasion. Maid of Honour, from a trial with Little Lady, is now first favourite, as little as 7 to 2 being taken about her ; but perhaps Lord Stamford will give the public another repetition of the Pagoda game, or else I should look no further for the winner. Fravola has won this race two years in succession, and will be difficult to shake off on the present occasion. Lopcatcher and Dic tator have met with occasional support. The Babette filly, Longshot, East Sheen, and Black Pearl, are all adapted for this course, but with MAID OF HoNotat at the post, and the metallics all right, I shall not look further for the winner, the next, in my estimation, being FRAVOLA. The nominations to the Althorpe Park Stakes extend to 37, being seven in excess of last year, only four of which have been in public—Dirt Cheap, Erythia, Bohemia, and Rap ture—the two former of whom will have to carry a 51b. penalty, I hear good accounts of Isabella, by Hobbie Noble out of Polly Johnson's dam ; colt, by Lord of the Isles out of Wasp, Lady Superior, by Idle Boy out of Madeline (h b) ; Revolver, by Rifleman out of Codrington's dam, a Mathematician mare, tracing back to sister to Grey Momus ; and Corintha, by Newminster out of Queen Bee (Drone's dam). The two latter belong to Lord Stamford's formid able string, as he bought Revolver at Sir Tatton Sykes's sale for 210 guineas, and Corintha at the Rawcliffe sale for 250 guineas—two extraordinary cheap purchases, if the rumour is only true that both are better than Living stone. If such is the case I shall look to Revolver or Erythia to produce the winner. The St. Liz Handicap has both Ducat and Suburban engaged, but they are both likely to be absentees or it would produce an interesting race ; in their absence WATERWITCH or CHERE AMIE will furnish the winner. DULCIDELLA ought to win the Northampton shire Cup Stakes, LAFIDIST the Delapre Handicap, and FALCON the Two-yr-old Stakes. The Croxton Park Meet ing I shall refer to on Thursday. _ A FRESH MAN. BETTING AT MANCHESTER-SATURDAY. For the Northamptonshire Stakes, Stampedo and Sappho were freely supported, without producing much change in the positions of the five in the front rank, who were alternately made favourites, as there was money to put on each, and were all of them, with a slight exception as to Rapparee, towards the close equally supported. Bally Edmond and The Monk were only backed to small amounts. The doings on Earl Spencer's Plate were almost confined to Maid of Honour. 4to 1 was taken about Old Calabar for the Two Thousand Guineas Stakes, and 20 to 1 was laid agst Hubert. For the Derby, Buckstone would have supported at 100 to 12, but Bto 1 was declined. Clos ing prices:— NORTHAMPTON STAKES. 9to 1 agst Prince Plausible (taken) 9to 1 agst West End (taken) 9to 1 agst Schism (taken) 9to 1 agst Dusk (taken) 9to 1 agst Rapparee (taken and offered) 100 to 7 agst Stampedo (taken) 15 to 1 agst Sappho (taken) 20 to 1 agst Carisbrook (taken) 30 to 1 agst The Monk (taken) 30 to 1 agst Bally Edmond (taken) EARL SPENCER'S PLATE. 100 to 30 agst Maid of Honour (taken) 16 to 1 agst Lopcateher (taken) CITY AND SUBURBAN HANDICAP. 10 to 1 agst Ducat (taken) 10 to 1 agst Suburban (taken) 10 to 1 agst Vest colt (taken) 20 to 1 agst Camerino (offered) 33 to 1 agst Jung Frau (taken) 33 to 1 agst Nemesis (taken) 40 to 1 agst Bosh (taken) CHESTER CUP. 100 to 6 agst Agag (offered) 20 to 1 agst Simla (wanted) 25 to 1 agst Vest colt (offered) TWO THOUSAND GUINEAS. 4to 1 agst Old Calabar (taken) 14 to 1 agst Nottingham (taken) 20 to 1 agst Hubert (taken) DERBY. Bto 1 agst Buckstono offered, take 100 to 12) 40 to 1 agst Cellarius (taken and offered) The negroes have no Idea of shutting themselves into their closet to pray in silence ; and their prayers are easily overheard from without. One of the Federal strangers passing a cabin, heard a negro praying that "the Lord would bless the damned Yankees." Some of the poor fel lows never having heard the name without the description, suppose the two togethe r to be the title of the northern wen• enina, they believe in th e turies,—that the Lor d o S d o d f e a s r t f i r n o o m s c t l i e o r n a t h a enadrbda g o f t h f e o r s t e ig has appeared in the form of a Yao kee, and given f o rth a com mand that they should remain quietly on the plantations --- advice which savours strongly of Yankee good Sense and kinctlitaego,—Ono tl book, z The a( curing ti more sati Alanchesl owing to Eastern t continued acrsfield, Port, ulth has sligh Leicester bAsin~,y s i ncreased various he of Birt n i r hampton. Illereas l ()ti nt Mar °ll the Stc ,r 'ho provj (4 the Tar th lotion 0 Pe4 . l. ance c te nd to s ti Nista less th e pre ser 14 eY be er better tern 154 .111 th e si ees , The w Sales Th e amo "c 1 Sa The We: 4239 ,640 i To- day £1 14 41 p et ;°'• on ti North Brit shares, t On the jEtiEz re ce i llonnted I BB iDtr Cent.. 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