The Sun. — London, England, 1862-03-21 00:00:00

INDIA OFFICE, 21sT MARCH, 1862. THE SECRETARY of STATE for INDIA in council Hereby Gives Notice, — Tint SEALED TENDERS will be received at the Chief Cashier's Office at the Bank of England up to One o'clock on the Ist day of April next, for Bills of Exchange, payable on demand, to be drawn on the several Governments in India, at Calcutta, Madras, or Bombay, for sums not to exceed Ru pees 40,00,000 in each month, of which not more than Rupees 10,00,000 will be drawn on the Government of Madras, and the same sum on that of Bombay. No 'r en der is to be for a sum less than Rupees 10,00 0 , and one -eighth of a penny per Rupee is to be the smallest fraction tendered. Each Tender must specify the rate of Exchange at which the applicant is prepared to purchase a Bill, or any number of Bills, and the lowest amount of any one Bill is tobe Rupees .5,000. The Secretary of State will not be bound to accept any Tender, and reserves the right of accepting the whole or any portion of a Tender. In the event of two or more Tenders being equal, and the amount remaining' to be allotted not being sufficient to sup ply both or all, the Bank will be instructed to allot rateably. On the day following the receipt of the Tenders at the Bank, the parties will be informed whether their Tenders have or have not been accepted. If accepted, the amount of payment must be lodged at the Rank on or before the 15th day of the month of April. Those applicants whose Tenders shall have been accepted, will be furnished with a Form to be filled up with the parti culars of the Bills re piired, and the Bills themselves, drawn in Duplicate, will be delivered on the day following the pay ment. THOMAS GEORGE BARING. R. and MRS. CHARLES KEAN will k APPEAR at te Theatre-Ral Dru-iane, EVENING (FRIDAY), h March 21, In O oyTFIELLryO. THIS On Saturday, 22d (for the Benefit of Mr. E. T. Smith) , THE WONDER. U YAL ENGLISH OPERA, ri) COVENT GARDEN. tinder the management of Miss Louisa Pyne and Mr. W. Harrison. ------- THIS EVENING, THE LILY OF KILLARNEY. "Misses Louisa Pyne, Susan Pyne, and Jessie M`Lean • Mr. Santley, Mr. H. Haigh, Mr. E. Dussek, Mr. Patey, Mr. C. Lyall, Mr. Wallworth, and Mr. W. Harrison. Followed by THE MARRIAGE OF GEORGETTE. Miss Thirlwall and Mr. A. Corri. Conductor, Mr. ALFRED MELLON. Commence at Seven. THEATRE -ROY AL, HAYMARKET, Lessee, Mr. J. B. Buokstone. THIS EVENING, t I cewi commenth OUR AMERICAN COUSIN. Lord Dundreary , Mr. Sothern ; Asa Trenchard, Mr. Bucketone. After which (11th time) a Household Picture, under Two 'Lights, entitled THE WIFE'S PORTRAIT. Mr. Howe, Mr. W. Farren, Mrs. C. Young, &c To conclude with FAMILY JARS. ', b. Commence a 7 ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Manager—Mr. Edmund Falconer. THIS EVENING, 110th time of the new and original Drama entitled, PEEP O'DAY ; or, Savourneen Deelish. Messrs Walter Lacy, Hermann Vezin, Charles Selby, Edmund Fal coner Mrs. D. P. Bowers, Miss Clara Weston. After 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. Prices as usual. Doors open at half-past 6, to commence at 7 Box-office open daily from 11 tills. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Lessee, Mr A. Harris. THIS EVENING, CASH V. CUPID. Mr. Widdicomb, Mr. Shcre, Miss Maria Harris, Arc. After which, at Eight o'clock, OTHELLO. lago, Mr. Fechter ; Othello, Mr. Ryder. N-EW THFATRE-ROYAL, ADELPHI.— Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. B. Webster. TO-NIMIT, THE LIFE OF AN ACTRESS. Mr. and Mrs. Dion Bouecault, Messrs. Emery, J. L. Toole, Millington, Stuart, Eburce, Sefton, Powell, C. s J. Lai Smith ; Mrs. Billington, M r s. Harland, Mrs. H. Lewis, Miss dlaw. After which, THE CO LLEEN BAWN. Mr. and Mrs. D. Boucicault, Mr. Blilineon, D. Fisher, C. J. Smith, S. Emery, Stephenson ; Miss Woolgar, Mrs. Billington, ttc. Commence at 7. NEW ROYALTY THEATRE, Dean-street, Oxford-street. THIS EVENING, THE LOTTERY TICKET. To be followed by DELIC ATE GROUND. Miss Reb ecca Powell, from the Winter Gardens, New York ; Messrs. C. Wyndham and D. James. After the suceesful Opera Buffo, entitled LE MARI AGE Ali:C LANTERNES. Mr. John Morgan, Mesdames Stanley, Facile, and Mason. To conclude with the Ballet Divertissement, HOMAGE TO FLORA. Misb,es Clara and Barbara Morgan. Eommence at hall-past 7. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. — Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. W. Batty. In consequence of the great sensation created by the won drous feats of the colossal Asiatic Elephants on the stage, and in the circle, their truly marvellous Performance will be continued till further not,ce. THIS EVENING, the Grand Eastern Spectacle of THE RAJAH OF NAGPORE, with new and splendid dresses, scenery, and decor.tions, introducing Mr. Bell's trained Ele phnnts, pronounced by the Press and the Public the cleverest animals ever exhibited. To be followed by brilliant Scenes in the Circle by the onrivalled Troupe of Equestrians. oncluding with a comic Ballet of Action, introducing Mr. Harry Croueste (the favourite Clown to the Ring), the Misses Gun's, and the whole of the Corps de Ballet. Cohninenee at 7—Conclude at a quarter-past 11. Stage Manager, Mr. W. Searle. CANTERBifitY HALL AND FINE ARTS GALLERY. VICTOR JULII7N, "THE FLYING MAN," (Last Week but One) at half-past Nine, in new and extraor dinary feats. Grand Selections from "La_ Sonnambula," " Dinorah," and " La Circassienne," by M dlle. Negri, with full Band and Chorus, conducted by Mr. Jonghmans. The Conic by Mr. Randall, Mr. Frederick French, Mr. J. G. Forde, Messrs. Hilelebrandt and Ormond, and Miss Caroline Parkes. Admission—Hall, ed.; Stalls and Balcony, ls. T TIE OXFORD, 6, OXFORD-STREET.- EVERY EVENING. TIENE'I and PFAU, in their intrepid Double Feats on the Flying Trapeze. Two Operatic Selections alternately from " Erman'," " Macbeth," "II Trovatore," "La Traviata," "La Circas sienne," &c., by Miss Russell, Madame Enderssohn, Messrs. Morley, Greene, C. Greville, and Albert. Full Band and Chorus—(Conductor —Mr. F. Jonghmans.) Violin Solos— Mr.Viotti Collins, and other Vocal and Instrumental attrac tions. The Comic portion by Messrs. S h :m Collins, Harvey and French (the Nerves), E. Marshall, and W. Randall. Hall, 6d.; Stalls and Balcony, ls. ; Private loxes, 10s. 6d. A Grand Morning Entertainment EVERY THURS . S A T . , at Two, HENRI and PFAU and the whole of the Company, appear. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Tins DAY. _Morning, sh. 16m.—Afternoon, sh. 39m. 6h. 29m. 6b. 2m.—Afte rnoon, -moRROW. -Morning, THE WEATHER.--SuN OFFICE, MARCH 21, 1862. 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' --•-•'*‘'q, • .:,, ------”„ ;',_' :.;-::# ,'. , c,N.A: s., :-. ~ ' THE SUN. 14"D "li, FRIDAY, MARCH 21, 1862. All anti-sla very as Englishmen are, the Message of the PR - Ram- EN ; , 'which we published yesterday, m ust have been scanned by thousands with intense i n terest. They vouidbeanxious to detect in Mr. L INC OLN'S peculiar style clear indication that negro e mancipation Was a 1 length decided on as indispensableto that greater object, as he d eems it, the r, eteuction of the Union. In this they would soon be disappointed. They woul_i see that the widest expression they could fasten was the "initiation of which emancipa tion," and that the di re ct object was to dep t i v , l original seceding Sta tes of any hope or securing the ultimate secession of the };order States, should th© former be able to secur e first t heir own indepen_ I dente. The hope of the Gulf States lay at first in foreign help, and in the co-operation of the Border States, these last being far more powerful than themselves. The South now sees that there is not the slightest ground to expect aid, nor, indeed, even comfort" or sympathy, from E uro p e. Their only v roainiii i g. trust was the Border Stat es . I n these States, though the slaves were in proportion to t he whites, but few as compared with the planting States, yet as the eholders were the more wealthy and influeuti 1 a portion of the community, :he biaofpower in Kentucky, and still more in Virginia, would be towards the Southern eause. The PRESIDENT'S Message is designed to change that bias. While the war lasts, and perhaps for some time after it is concluded, the slaves must be of uncertain, certainly of much smaller value ; and a wealthy slaveholder would naturally begin to think it were better for him to have the means of hiring free labour, under a strong Government, than to risk all in war, or in unsettled relations between a Northern and a Southern federation. To produce this effect is the immediate object of the PRESIDENT'S Message. The small band of pro slavery writers and speakers in England are already beginning to re duce to a minimum the proposals of the PRESIDENT, but they are not vie wed in the same way in America itself. Making every allowance for the "sensation" style of American papers, they regard the message as, substantially, the commencement of a new public policy. And we think they are right. The great point gained is that emancipation, at a heavy cost, is deemed better than destruction of the Union. In this country we have felt no interest in its reconstruction, if slavery was to be, as before, its pervading element. If the Slave States were to be so numerously represented both in the Senate and the Lower House that they were at least a veto power in the federation ; and, if they were to pervade the North with a Fugitive Slave Law, we in England, with our strong anti-slavery convic tions, all felt with Lord STIAFTESBURY that such a reunion was no concern of ours. The PRESIDENT'S Message aims at directly the reverse of this. I it does not suggest emancipation in the Gulf States, which we think it probable he does not yet wish, it suggests emancipation in such a num ber of the most powerful Slave States—that is, the Border States—as would give the entire pre ponderance in a reconstructed Union to the Free States. Were the great Border States to accept the emancipation of their slaves for a fair compensation, the slave power in a new Union would be subdued for ever. It would be both politically and militarily insignificant, and the Government of the States must hence forth be administered solely in the interest of free dom. Under these circumstances even the Southern plantations would soon begin to feel the influence of the greater power, and the remaining Slave States would become gradually Free States also. Far as such a policy may fall below what we might demand as ardent abolitionists, it would be uncandid to deny that it is a prodigious step in advance. There has been nothing like it hitherto In America. It is but a few years since slave holders kept out of Congress oven a petition on the subject of slavery—fewer still since they forced the Fugitive Slave Law on negroes ; and now we have a President coming forward to propose the abolition, by purchase, of slavery, in several of the most important States of the Union ! Such an advance marks the effect of —the rebellion on the most impervious class of minds those of the Administration itself—as being greater I than probably they themselves are aware of. It shows that they now perceive that without deal ing with slavery the Union can never have again a " stable equilibrium.' The PRESIDENT, venerating as a lawyer the constitution and legal modes of procedure, and having, besides, the less refractory 1 States to deal with, proposes the mildest measures, avoids [collisions with State rights, and offers to make a sacrifice as heavy as the cost of war. But the principle which indicates all this is that the Free States must be secured in their predominance. All the Border States but 'Virginia are now in the hands of the North. Their allegiance might be flue- i tuating or divided if they were left as Slave States, and now the offer is—not to bribe them by compro• miser in favour of slavery, but by an offer to make the slaves freemen! Never had the Slave States such an offer before. All Las been quite in the other direc tion. Territory south of a certain line—a fugitive slave law—legal decisions of increasing severity against the slaves, and in favour of the most abso lute power on the part of his master—these have been the " bids" and " compromises" offered by the North to the South. Co-operation to convert it at a heavy cost into Free-soil, proposed by the head of the Executive—disguise and qualify how one will—marks the most stupendous change of policy which we can well conceive. It may not, indeed, be carried out in its present form, but it is the sub stance, not the form, which inaugurates a new era 'l , is the North. At present it seems superfluous to discuss the question of cost and funds. Notwithstanding the 1 pecuniary difficulties of the North, every American must understand that no pecuniary investment could be a better one for the future peace, unity, and therefore prosperity of his country, than the fair purchase money of emancipation. The will . once created, the way would assuredly soon be created too. It would pay far better to incur national debt to free their own country, than to purchase new territory from Mexico. There are many considerations to reduce the fair value of slaves much below what was the price when there was no doubt of their profitable employment. But that point we shall advert to on another occasion. The great fact now stands forth before all America and the world that the PRESIDENT of the United States has proposed to "initiate emancipation." Hopes are again reviving in regard to the Atlan tic Telegraph. And common sense assures us that these hopes now are, to a great extent, reasonable. At the last ordinary meeting of the still existing and, we rejoice to think, not yet by any means moribund Company, arguments were adduced in favour of the re-commencement ab initio of this long, and as it at one time seemed, permanently abandoned enterprise. Since the submergence of the electric cable, now lying trailed along the bed of the Atlantic Ocean, from Europe to America, from Ireland to Newfoundland, there is not a moment's doubt as to the fact that immense prac tical improvements have been made in every de- II partment of electro-telegraphic cable manufactur ing, The mere profundity of the water under which the electric cable has anywhere w be sunk, has by this time been proved to be a matter of com paratively no importance whatever. Depth of water—mere depth of water is no appreciable ob stacle in itself to the successful completion of any undertaking of the kind. If conclusive evidence of this were required it would be found with the greatest facility ready to hand in the instance of the telegraphic line now connecting Toulon with Algeria. That telegraphic cable is, in its extreme length, 600 miles from shore to shore —making allowance, that is, foe its slackness here and there, and for its occa sional divergence from a straight line in the sub marine course taken by it from France to Africa. Yet th ere it is firmly secured—there it remains to thi s moment, in good working or d er , at a depth b l e es i s °w b: thre he surf ace of the Mediterranean S ea onl y hundred fathoms than the d e p th traversed by the other cable below the surface of the Atlantic Ocean. Speaking in , 0 „,, a numbers, the cable running across the b ed of the Mediter ranean from Toulon to Al ger ia, has required to be submerged to a depth of 1,800 fathoms altogether. Speaking still in round numbers the marine cable required to traverse the bed of the Atlantic ocean from Valentia to Newfoundland has already only required a submersion just three hundred fathoms lower still—the profoundest pant of the course already marked out between Ireland and Newfoundland indicating an extreme submer gence of the plummet at 2,100 fathoms. And in writing thus upon this one im p ortant partic u l ar, we are writing simply upon what has actually been done—not upon what has merely been pro jected as possible, but upon what has literally been already accomplished. The submarine telegraph from Toulon to Algeria, connecting thus, at a distance of 600 miles and at a depth of 1,800 fathoms, the opposite shores of the Mediterranean, is, in point of fact, the last achievement of this kind, brought to a happy issue by the united skill and enterprise of Messrs. GLASS and Co. What we know for an absolute fact certainly to have been done there, we may reasonably count upon being as readily and as securely accomplished elsewhere. The calculations, in a revised form, have, in point of fact, been made afresh under the super vision of the Company—a Company, it should be re membered at this moment, wholly free from any liabilities. They are the rational estimates, there fore, of a perfectly solvent association. And they bring to us results all the more reliable from their being the result of knowledge purchased through the anguish of a bitter and costly experience. The Atlantic Company, wiser by its experience, is still sanguine of effecting its design in good substantial earnest—heartened to this conviction, of course, upon the twofold and very reasonable proviso that it should be aided in carrying out its enterprize by the hearty co-operation of the public and of the Government. The short, pithy speech of Lord OVERSTONE last night, in the fresh debate raised by the un ceasing Bishop of OXFORD on the New Code, just said in the House of Lords what every prac tical Englishman is saying in his counting house or his parlour. Examination, though not gene ral examination, is everything. The noble lord had had personal experience on the subject, and from that, as well as from the nature of the case, he expressed his " fervent hope" that the people of England would understand the value of exa mination as the test of a school efficiency. "In the public school which he had attended an imperfect system of examination prevailed ; but he passed thence under the hands of the late Bishop of LONDON, to whom he owed a dEep debt of grati tude for having first taught him the full value of examinations, and the necessity of continuing them in every form as the only means of rendering a man's reading really efficient." What the Bishop of LONDON had impressed on the mind of his lord ship, through the personal benefit he derived from it, is, in fact, but what we are doing in other depart ments of life daily. If we have a house to build we expect the builder to be subject to the examina tion of our architect at any time whatever. If we contract for the performance of any work, we require that the results shall accord with the specifications we have furnished. And in such work as school instruction, especially when the great majority of the parents have no means of testing the teachers work, competent examination is the only means of ascertaining whether the nation, which pays, has had money's worth for its money. His lordship's language was not too strong in telling the lords spiritual, that when it was de clared that a large percentage of children on leav ing school at present could not read, or write, or go through the ordinary process of ciphering, it was not to be supposed that these children were ever capable of becoming useful or moral citizens "It was a farce to continue the present vast expendi ture, and to keep up the present complicated ma chinery, if a mass of the children sent from schools supported by the State were so imperfectly taught. The State had a right to require that these schools should undergo the ordeal of examination, and should show in this way that they were worthy of support." The present system is, in regard to both the larger half of the schools in the country, " a farce," for the larger half, which most needs help, obtains none. It is a farce also, in regard to the larger half of the children whose attendances are so liberally paid for out of the national taxes, for it is proved that they do not learn those elements of knowledge which would qualify them to be competent letter carriers, or col lectors, or the higher class of goods porters, or to perform any of that large part of commercial work for which we want servants who can " read, write and count." We quite agree with his lordship that " The people of this country might rest assured that where a school submitted willingly to the test of examination the system of instruction followed there was a sound one ; and that, on the other hand, they might with certainty come to an opposite con elusion wherever they found an unwillingness or an inability to undergo such a teat." The country, if it reflects at all, cannot doubt why the whole army of teachers, of school societies,and mane gerslay, clerical, and episcopal,have all united to raise such an outcry against payment after verifioation of the items of their work. The cause tan beneither more nor less than that the work will not bear it. The quaking seems to be as great as when an inspector of weights and measures unexpectedly pays a visit, and demands to subject not only the troy weights, but the weights for the many also to his test. It is acknowledged that in very many schools the first-class scholars are all right enough. The troy weights will do. It is the avoirdupois weights which turn out to be more than half of them Eght. The less valuable intellectual ma terial of the school is made to bring in as much capitation grant as the better, by, in fact " stamping it." We commend to the clamorous teachers, and to the public too, some of Lord OTERSTONE'S closing re marks :—" He confessed," he said, " that he should have been much better pleased if, instead of all the protests and ingenious arguments by which the new Code was opposed, the school managers had said, ' You have mado mistakes in your new sys tem ; you will find them out as you proceed ; but we believe that the children in our schools are effi ciently taught, and we shall not, thezefore, object to their examination.' This would have been far more satisfactory, and would have inspired him with far greater confidence in a system which was maictained at such great expense to the public than the course which had been taken by the school managers and their advocates." We arc certainly pleased to find that the longer the subject is discussed, the more the aim of the Government to pay the nation's money for educational " value received" is appre ciated and commended. A remarkable pamphlet has recently been pub lished by Mr. FREEMAN—entitled " Astrology in a Nutshell." It is penned, as the title page informs us, by Mr. CHRISTOPHER COOKE, the Solicitor to the Astro-Meteorological Society. The argument, sustained with great logical acumen throughout this really curious brochure, is addressed by its author to Mr. ALDERMAN H um may, apropos to certain remarks uttered THE qsuN: LONDON, FRIT) 4.*Y EVE NtNG, ? • - VIIRCIT 21, 1.862.1„, 5 * _ _ FRANCE. BOURSE, March 20.—The market has been rather more buoyant, and speculators, tired of their late inactivity, having come forward, a fair amount of business has been done, at an improvement on the closing rates of the previous day. For the Account, Threes, which opened at 69f. 70c., are now at 69f. 85c, The Railway Share Market has been also more buoyant. The market maintained its firmness to the close. The follow ng were the last quota- ions 4t per per Cents 97 80 Do. end month 3 per Cents Do. end month 69 90 New 3 per Cents Do, end month — Credit Mobilier 770 Do. Account — Bank Shares 3118 k Credit Fancier 1540 Belgian 4t — Piedmontese Fives 67 90 Roman — Austrian Spanish Threes 54 Home Debt RAILWAYS. Cash. Account. Orleans 1375 .. 1375 Northern New ditto Lyons and Mediterranean 1096 50 .. 1098 75 Geneva.. Southern 775 .. 772 50 Western Eastern Sardinian Austrian Lowbard 545 .. 543 75 ITALY. The Nationalites publishes a report of the sittings of the Piedmontese Chamber of Deputies, in which M. Ratazzi replied to the interpellations of M. Galenga. This latter deputy put these five questions : " Why is the Ministry incomplete ? What will be done respecting the armament ? What will be done with the committees ? What will be the law OD associations? What will be done for Mazzini?" The speech of M. Galenga gave rise to a tumult. On M. Ratazzi asking to be heard, some deputies called on him to speak, whilst others begged him not to reply. Eventually the Minister addressed the Chamber:— M. RATAZZI—I beg the house to allow me to reply in a few words. It will then see what course it ought to take. M. Bixio—l entreat the President of the Council not to say anything. M. RATAZZI—If there are any doubts about sup porting the Ministry, I cannot answer for the safety of the country. I have only two words to say—a Ministry is rarely formed in a few days, as mine has been. I acknowledge the necessity of com pleting the Cabinet, and I undertake to complete it, I do not say by the end of the month, but sooner. I shall complete it when the majority of the Cham ber shall have pronounced itself. I ask the sup port of the Chamber, and I give my word that the Ministry shall be soon complete. As to the Minis ter without portfolio, it is well known that under the Ministry of Count Cavour there was a similar one; and it was not in order that there should be a Neapolitan Minister, as there was already another—M. de Sanctis. I have not spoken in my programme of the civil and criminal legisla tion which must be unified. I thought it useless to speak of that of which the necessity is recognised by every one. If M. Galenga thinks that it is a task which requires no labour, the Chamber is not of his opinion. As to the personalities with which I have been attaeked, I believe that the Chamber will do me justice. I am not responsible for the peace of Villafranca. lam responsible for having had confidence in the fortune of Italy, and for hav ing removed the reproach of treason from the House of Savoy. (Applause from all parts of the Cham ber.) He who in such circumstances has not despaired of his country, deserves in no way the censure of this Chamber. (hear, hear.) I invoke the testimony of all its members. Let them say if they have not found in me the most sincere sup porter of Italian unity. Far from reproaching myself with having accepted office after Villa franca, I look upon it as a title of honour. I am asked what I shall do on the law of the national armament P It is a law of the country, and we shall execute it. Any Minister that would not execute it ought to be impeached. I have taken the en gagement to execute the decisions of the Chamber, and I shall fulfil my pledge. lam asked what I shall do for the associations ? I reply that, in speaking of the armament, I have said that the Government desired to assume the initiative, and the exclusive direction of the armament. I have no other course to pursue. The Government will not allow any one to encroach upon its most essen tial attribute. As to the law which we intend proposing, it is impossible to prepare a bill in three days. I have promised to study the question, and lam keeping my promise. The recall of Mazzini has also been spoken of. I have seen Garibaldi since the Assembly at Genoa, and he did not mention a word of the matter. (C►heers.) Those are my replies to M. Galenga. I beg the Chamber to vote purely and simply the order of the day. Ido not want our acts to be approved of beforehand ; but to accomplish my task, I have need of your support. (Loud applause.) The PRESIDENT—SeveraI deputies demand that the names of the deputies should be called over. According to the regulations that course must be followed. (Agitation.) M. d'Ondes has moved that'the vote should be considered one of confidence, M. Boncompagni has supported the motion, and the President of the Council has accepted it. Two members claim the call by name. Everything, therefore, seems to me perfectly clear. M. MASSARI—I can remind the Chamber of a precedent. The thing is not clear. In the sitting of the 25th February, after the explanation given by Baron Ricasoli, two members, of whom I was one, demanded the call by name. A VOICE—Yes, but you afterwards withdrew the demand. M. MASSARI—M. Bottero requested us to do so. The Chamber is going to give neither a vote of con fidence, nor want of confidence. (Loud murmurs ; noise.) The PRESIDENT—The close of the discussion has been voted. M. Toscanelli endeavoured to make himself heard in the midst of the confusion. The PRESIDENT—I request the Chamber to hear M. Massari. (No, no.) M. Massari was seen gesticulating during the noise, and at last was heard to say—l beg par mission of my colleagues to withdraw my demand for the call by name. M. PLUTINO—We want a strong Government. M. Massari went and spoke to the President of the Council, and the whole Chamber applauded in the midst of laughter` and interruption. The Pre sident put on his hat, and the sitting was suspended. During the interruption the deputies pressed around the President of the Council, to offer their felicitations. Others reproached M. Minghetti for the partial manner in which he directed the discus- sion. M. Minghati left the hall, followed by several deputies. The President of the Council left also, the sitting not being resumed for half an hour. The division gave, as stated by telegram, 210 votes for the Ministry to 80 against it. PRESIDEN. by the worthy alderman two or three months since in respect to a startling prophecy of the lamented Prince Consort's death, contained in Zadkiers Altnanack. Alderman HUMPHREY, we doubt not, will have been himself considerably surprised to find himself selected by the Solicitor to the Astro-Meteorological Society as the me dium through which the Champions of the science, or, as it has long been disdainfully termed, the pseudo-science of Astrology, may appeal to the public at large for a calm and dispassionate re consideration of their case. The event may pos sibly prove—and of this possibility the pamphlet just penned by Mr. COOKE, the Solicitor, and published by Mr. FREEMAN, the Bookseller, may be in effect the direct and immediate precursor, almost we had said the visible and palpable cause—the event, we say, may possibly yet prove that the law as it now stands in regard to the treatment of the cultivators of this once alluring and recondite study may be at least parti ally modified in some respects by the interposition of the Legislature. It is all but impracticable, we should suppose, for even the most cynical amongst us not to regard with a sort of left-handed or mor ganatic gratitude the labours (however mistaken) of many illustrious philosophers, ancient and mo dern, from the days of ARISTOTLE down to those of our own glorious FRANCIS BACON, Lord VERULAM ; the labours leading them gradually, as believers, here in Astrology, there in Alchemy, to the development and perfection, so far as they have yet admitted of being perfected, of the two great sciences of Chemistry and Astronomy. Laugh to scorn though our age may and yet will persist ently, the prosecution, or affected prosecution, even nowadays, of Astrology at least, if not of Alchemy, the Historians of all the Sciences, the Analysts of all the Ologies have long allowed and proclaimed by universal consent that out of this derided study of Alchemy grew Chemistry, that out of this reviled science (still so called) of Astrology grew Astro nomy. In each instance it was literally like the burying of a seemingly valueless little seed-germ destined to rot into the ground under the very pro cess of its long and sedulous cultivation—but a seed-germ in each instance out of the very decom position, as one may say, of which sprang forth, and burgeoned and blossomed the two great sciences already specified, the science here of Chemistry, there of Astronomy. It is in remembrance of these singular and abundant fragments of historic facts— facts during many ages, and by many illustrious men— " Beloved as Fable, and believed as Truth"— that we are yet fain to hope that the time will at length come, and that, moreover, before much longer, when painful incidents like that associated a few years back with the fantastic name of COPESTICK, will not admit of very easy repetition. Let knaves and swindlers have their due by all means, and suffer the penalty of their own ill-doings. Let the law deal as rigorously or as vigorously as it pleases with all demoralising charlatans, with all cajolling mountebanks, and with syste matic, and, as one may term them accurately (for there are such people), professional vagabonds of every description. But with such as may come simply within the category—(even to the view of this particularly hard-headed generation in which we live—yet a generation too, it must be admitted with a qualm of wonder, rife with spirit-rappers, and table-turners, and crystal-seers, and so forth)— with such as may come simply within the cate gory of credulous dabblers, some of them as suming seriously to be believing proficients in obsolete fields of knowledge, certainly these incon trovertible records of the past, might in some sense be taken into account by way of mitigation. Laugh Astrology to scorn, by all means, if you will, as an absurd hallucination, and laugh at it thus down to the very end of the chapter, but don't map out the domains of science or of pseudo science—rendering this legal and that penal —by Act of Parliament ! As a calm and candid inquiry directed to the elucidation of this hitherto ill-considered theme of investigation, Mr. CHRIS TOPHER COOKE'S very plain-spoken pamphlet, en titled " Astrology in a Nutshell," comes out most opportunely, and, without the smallest atom of circumlocution, goes at once directly to the point. COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR CASTLE, MARCH 20. Her Majesty, accompanied by her Royal Highness the Princess Alice, drove out yesterday afternoon. Colonel the Hon. A. Hardinge attended on horseback. The Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone arrived at the Castle yesterday, and had an audience of her Majesty. The Right Rev. Wm. Thomson, D.D., had an audience of the Queen and did homage on being appointed Bishop of Gloucester and Bristol. The Right Hon. Sjy Geo. Grey, G.C.8., her Majesty's Secretary of State for the Home De partment, assisted at the ceremony. The Hon. Lucy Kerr and the Hon. Victoria Stuart Wortley have succeeded the Hon. Beatrice Byng and the Hon. Emily Cathcart as Maids of Honour in Waiting. Tuesday last was the birthday of her Royal Highness Princess Louisa. Her Majesty the Queen will hold a Privy Council this day (Friday) at Windsor Castle. A Deputation from the Dublin Ballast Board had an in terview with the President of the Board of Trade yester day. Despatches were received yesterday, at the Colonial office, from the Governors of Ceylon, Hongkong, the Aus tralian colonies, Malta, and Gibraltar. Despatches were sent to the Governor of Canada. The Chancellor of the Exchequer returned to London yesterday from Windsor Castle. The Marchioness of Downshire gave her second dancing party last evening, at her residence in Belgrave- square. The Earl of Hardwicke will leave town to morrow for Plymouth. The Chancellor of the Exchequer returned to London from Windsor Castle. Mr. Adeane, M.P., and Lady Elizabeth Adeane will leave town early next week on a visit to the Countess of Hardwicke, at Wimpole Hall, Cambridgeshire. The Rev. Mr. Lascelles and Mrs. Laseelles have arrived at the Queetit's Hotel, Upper Norwood. On Tuesday next, at the New Vestry Hall, in the King's road, Chelsea, the grand oratorio of "Judas" will be performed by the Sacred Harmonic Society of that district. Conspicuous among the vocalists upon the occa sion we observe the name of the popular songstress Madame Elwood Andrea. According to a communication from the Secretary of the Mercantile Law Amendment Society there is reason to apprehend that the registration of trust deeds in bank ruptcy, under the act of last session, has thus far been con ducted in a manner that will render such registration of no effect. THE REINFORCEMENTS FOR CANADA. When the troops constituting the reinforcements for Canada were sent out last December the condition in which they were despatched was the theme of universal praise, and the authorities were deservedly congratulated upon an example of efficient administration, contrasting happily with some of the shortcomings of former days. We are glad to say that on the other side of the Atlantic the arrangements to meet the difficulties opposed to the transport of troops through New Brunswick at a severe season of the year have been conducted with the most creditable success. A de spatch, dated 'March 6, has been received at the War-office from the General commanding at Halifax, stating that the whole of the reinforcements for Canada, consisting of up wards of 6,500 men, had passed safely into that province, with the exception of one detachment, which was delayed within a day's march of Riviere du Loup by a slight stop page on the railway. It is satisfactory to learn that this has been effected with very few casualties among the troops. Three men died on the line of march, two from pneumonia and one from the effects of cold and intemperance ; one man was severly injured by frost bites, while the total n umber of desertions was nine. The General bears testimo n y to theadmirable conduct of the men throughout, not a s in g le co mplaint agai ns t any o f th em h a yi ng reac hed him during th e ir transit, a n d h e cons id ers it chiefly owing to thei r own cheerful deportment an d th e untiring exertions of the de partments—naval, military, and transport—employed , that this movement has b een so s u c cessfully accomplished. LATEST ►SEWS. ILLNESS OF THE POPE. ROME, MARCH 18 (via MARSEILLES). The Pope has been ill for the last week, and is confined to his bed the greater part of the day. The strength of his Holiness is much prostrated, and the soreness of his legs causes him great irri- :ation. His Holiness hos suspended his audiences. JAPAN. SUEZ, MARCH 20. The extraordinary Ambassadors from Japan on a visit to various countries in Europe have arrived here. THE BRAZILS. BORDEAUX, MARCH 20. The French steamer Bearn, from the Brazils, arrived here this morning. MESS GE. The following is the text of President Lincoln's Messne to Congress, a. telegraphic summary of which has been already published : " Fellow-citizens of the Senate and House of Representatives,— " I recommend the adoption of a joint resolution by your honourable bodies which shall substantially be as follows : " Resolved,—That the United States ought to co-operate with any State which may adopt a gradual abolishment of slavery, giving to such State pecuniary aid, to be used by such State in its dis cretion, to compensate for the inconveniences, public and private, produced by such change of system. " If the proposition contained in the resolution does not meet the approval of the Congress and the country, there is the end, but if it does not command such approval, I deem it of importance that the States and people immediately interested should be at once distinctly notified of the fact, so that they may begin to consider whether to accept or reject it. " The Federal Government would find its highest interest in such a measure as one of the most effi cient means of self-preservation. The leaders of the existing insurrection, entertain the hope that the Government will ultimately be forced to acknowledge the independence of some part of the disaffected region, and that ail the slave States north of such parts will then say—' The Union for which we have struggled being already gone, we now choose to go with the Southern section.' To deprive them of this hope sub stantially ends the rebellion, and the initiation of emancipation completely deprives them of it as to all the States initiating it. The point is not that all the States tolerating slavery would very soon, if at all, initiate emancipation, but that, while the offer is equally made to all, the more Northern shall by such initiation make it certain to the more Southern that in no event will the former ever join the latter in their proposed Confederacy. I say ' initiation' because, in my judgment, gradual and not sudden emancipation is better for all. " In the mere financial or pecuniary view, any member of Congress, with the census tables and the Treasury reports before him, can readily see for himself how soon the current expenditures of this war would purchase at a fair valuation all the slaves in any named State. _ _ " Such a proposition on the part of the general Government sets up no claim of a right, by Federal authority, to interfere with slavery within State limits, referring as it does the absolute control of the subject in each case to the State and its people immediately interested. It is proposed as a matter perfectly of choice with them. " In the annual message last December I thought fit to say, The Union must be preserved, and hence all indispensable means must be employed.' I said this not hastily, but deliberately. War has been, and continues to be, an indispensable means to this end. A practical reacknowledgment of the national authority would render the war unnecessary, and it would at once cease. If, however, resistance continues the war must also continue, and it is impossible to foresee all the incidents which may attend, and all the ruin which may follow, it. Such as may seem indispensable, or may obviously promote greater efficiency towards ending the struggle, must and will come. " The proposition now made, though an offer only, I hope it may be esteemed no offence to ask whether the pecuniary consideration tendered would not be of more value to the States and private persons concerned than are the institution and pro perty in it, in the present aspect of affairs. " While it is true that the adoption of the pro posed resolution would be merely initiatory, and not within itself a practical measure, it is recom mended in the hope that it would soon lead to im portant results. In full view of my great responsi bility to my God and to my country, I earnestly beg the attention of Congress and the people to the subject. (Signed) " ABRAHAM LINCOLN." THE STATE OF HON.DURAS. ASSASSINATION OF THE LATE PRESIDENT, GENERAL SANTOS GUARDIOLA. On the 11th of January last, General Don Santos Guardiola, President of the Republic of Honduras, was brutally assassinated in Comayagua by Pablo Agurcia, Commander of his body guard. At daybreak Agurcia sought an audience of the General, intimating that despatches of the utmost importance had just been received. The General, partially dressed, opened the door of his bedchamber, and at that moment received from the hands of Agurcia the contents of two pistols; the bullets entered his heart ; death was instantaneous ; he expired, without uttering a word, in the arms of his wife. Agurcia was a young man of no parti cular merit, but had been protected by Guardiola, and raised to the rank of commander of his body guard. The sequel shows how well ho repaid his benefactor. Two hours after this brutal murder, in the ab sence of the Vice-President, the Senator Noberto Martinez was requested to take the reins of Govern ment ; but Agureia and his accomplices, having the command of the garrison, were masters of the capital. The inhabitants, horrified at the dastardly crime, were prevented giving vent to their indig nation by the presence of the armed assassins. This state of affairs continued for 19 days, but in the meantime Martinez has not been idle, and having collected troops from the neighbouring towns he made a sddden attack on the rebels and totally routed them. Agurcia and many of his accom plices were made prisoners, and before this will have met the doom they so justly deserved. Meanwhile, in Tegucigalpa, the partisans of Gen. Guardiola refused to acknowledge the Martinez Go vernment, being desirous of placing Bernardo Ines troza in power, and, to carry out their views, a small army was collected, which marched on Comayagua, and were met by the troops of Martinez, and after a short engagement the insurgents were completely routed, General Juan Lopez, on whom all eyes were fixed as the future President, was stationed at Yuscaran, and had under his command a few regiments. Envoys were sent to him from Tegucigalpa, entreat ing him to assume the supreme command. This he declined, stating his intention only to obey the orders of the Vice-President, Don Victoriano Cas tellanos, who, according to the Constitution, was entitled to occupy the seat that had become vacant, and that no other authority could be lawfully acknowledged. General Lopez appointed a depu tation to wait on Senor Castellanos and request him to take the reins of Government, offering to support him with all the strength at his orders. Similar proposals were made by the authorities of all the principal towns. Senor Castellanos has since been formally installed Provisional President. The Legislative body had been convoked, and measures taken to maintain order throughout the State. Guatemala, Salvador, and Nicaragua had united to assist in establishing peace in the republic, and thus, through the energy and patriotism of the principal authorities, the spirit of rebellion was crushed, and Honduras enjoys that peace which has prominently dis tinguished her among the States of Central America. A LIVING FROG FOUND IN COAL.--The follow ing is an extract from a letter received on Wednesday last in this city, by John Russell, Esq., from the manager of his Tyr Nicholas Colliery, Cwm Tylery, near Newport : " Our men in the heading in the rock vein coal yesterday (March 10), in a fall of coal in the face of the heading, found, in a hole in the pricking, in the top of the coal and in the nine-inch bed of coal, a live frog. The hole was not more than 31 inches in diameter, and this found in the soft holing. There is a slight hollow over the coal where it was found. It began moving about as soon as it was released, but seems larger and more lively to-day. It is kept shut up in clay to exclude the air from it. Now this is 200 yards below the surface where this little thing was found, and I do not suppose any one can form an idea how long it must have been there. I intend having it kept for you when you return." (Signed) L. W. REES.—[Mr. Russell is going to send to the Great Exhibition a block of coal, between seven and eight feet long, selecting the piece in which the frog was found, the locus in quo being,exactly in the centre, and the block will be so cut out that the frog and its strange domicile will be clearly shown in front.] — Worcestershire Chronicle. limpteterf,AtAve.,l4 - P(a., - •+1 • !. 9, A rpygirottAgrar.:r.....ttr !•, - 711 , 77:4,'.,t , : LPORrING INTELLIGENCE. WARWICK SPRING MEETING—THIntspAy. Scurry Handicap, of 10 sous each ; gentleman riders ; pro fessionals 71b. extra. Three quarters of a mile. Air. Heath's Reverie, 4 yrs, 4 yrs, gat (inclu. 71b. extra) _ . (W. White) 1 Captain Coates' Libellous, 5 yrs, list 71b (Mr. Edwards) 2 Captain H. Rhys's RlRebus, 4 yrs, 10st 51b (Mr. Wood) 3 Mr. Meeks's Southerly Wind, 3 yrs, 9st 31b (in. 71b. ex.) Fordharci) 4 Betting-5 to 4 on. Libellous, 4to 1 each agst Rhosbus and Southerly Wind, 5 to I agst Reverie. Reverie, after a few strides, took the lead, wa B never headed, winning easily by half a length ; three parts of a length dividing the second and third ; Southerly Wind beaten off. Selling Hurdle Race, of 5 soya each, with 15 added ; for three-yr-olds and upwards ; winners extra ; selling allow-. antes. Two miles, over five flights of hurdles. Mr. E. W. Taylor's Knuston, 4 yrs, list lib (X 10) (Pegg) 1 Mr. Hunt's Jacob, 5 yrs, lOst 6lb (i3O) . . (Knott) 2' Mr. S. Houghton's Dora, 4 yrs, Oat 91b (DO) (W.Jones) Mr. B. Land's Diadem, 5 yrs, lOst 6lb (x'3O) (F. Martin), 4 Betting-6 to 4 agst Diadem, 3to 1 each agst Dora. and Knuston. The favourite refused at the fence going into the Lam mas Meadows, and fell at the one entering the S wan Mea dows, where Dora bolted, and leaving the lead with Knu ston, he won in a canter by three lengths. Dora was a bad third. Diadem walked in. The winner was afterwards bought in for 75 guineas. Grand Annual Steeplechase (Handicap) of 20 sovs each, with 100 added ; the second to save his stake ; winners extra; the second in the Grand National 61b. extra. Over about four miles of a fair hunting country. 43 subs. Mr. Cameron's Levity, aged, Sat 101 b . (W. White) 1 Mr. B. J. Angell's Bridegroom, aged, lOst 101 b (incl. 61b extra) (B. Land, jun.) 2 Mr. B. Land's Yorkshire Grey, aged, lOst 21b (F. Martin) 3 Mr. H. Riley's Medora, aged, list (G. Holmes) 4 The following also ran :—Brunette, Willoughby, Jeru salem, The Rug, and Harry. Betting-11 to 4 agst Yorkshire Grey-7 to 2 agst Levity —6 to 1 each agst Bridegroom and Brunette-100 to 12 agst Medora-10 to 1 agst Willoughby-100 to 8 agst Harry. The start took place in the Lammas Meadows behind the hill, and, when coming in sight, Bridegroom was leading, Willoughby and Harry second and third, Yorkshire Grey and Medora next, The Rug, Levity, and Jerusalem close. together next, with Brunette whipping in. On chargiag the fence approaching the two-year-old post, Willoughby and Harry both refused, thereby losing a lot of ground. The water jump in front of the stand was taken as follows (all getting well over) :—Medora with a lead of a couple of lengths, Bridegroom, The Rug, Yorkshire Grey, Levity and Jerusalem side by side, Brunette ten lengths behind the two., ith Harry and Willoughby thirty lengths in the rear. No change occurred until after crossing the hill, where Har' retired and returned by a near cut. On reaching the fence into the course Willoughby was again on better terms with his horses, the lot coming on to the water jump in compact order, which all landed well over, and, putting on the steam, went up the hill at a better pace, where Bride groom again held the lead, Willoughby went on for a few strides second, Yorkshire Groy close at Willoughby's heels. On coming in sight the second time, Medora, Bridegroom, Yorkshire Grey, Levity, and The Rug were close together, Willoughby, Jerusalem, and Brunette some lengths off. Soon after this Willoughby retired, and Brunette passed both Willoughby and Jerusalem, At the turn for home the five were close together, and as fine a race as was ever seen took place between them, all the lot jumping tte last hurdles in close order. At the distance Levity ' , vas about a length in advance of Bridegroom and Yorkshire Grey, when they each set to in earnest, Levity winning cleverly by three parts of a length; Yorkshire Grey was a bad third ; half a length between third and fourth ; Brunette was fifth, The Rug and Gibraltar next. The others did not pass the pqst. The Hunt Cup Steeplechase of the value of £lOO, by sub scriptions of 10 sovs each, for hunters ; winners extra; maiden allowances ; gentlemen riders. About three miles over the Steeplechase Course. Mr. Ashworth's Black Rose, 12st (car. 12st 71b) Mr. Dixon) 1 Mr. Uffingham,'s Broomstick, 12st 71b (inc. 71b extra) (Mr. Blake) 2 Captain H, Rhys's The Flat, 12st (Mr. Wood) 3 Mr. Warren's Antelop e , 12 s t (Mr. Rich) The following also ran : —Waverley, The Monmouth shire, Nelly, Mickee Free, Brilliant, and Sutherland. Betting—Even on Black Rose, 5 to 1 each agst Antelope and The Monmouthshire, and 6 to 1 apt Sutherland. Black Rose, after going round once, went to the front, and won in the easiest manner by ten lengths ; The Flat was a bad third ; Antelope was placed fourth by the judge. The others did not pass the post. The Leamington Hunt Steeplechase of 50 sovs, added to e Sweepstakes of 5 sovs each, for hunters, to be ridden by gentlemen properly qualified. About three miles. Mr. T. Holdford's Marmion, 12st 71b.... (Mr. Jennings) 1 Mr. Robertson's Quantity, 12st 71b .... (Mr. Grenville) Mr. Hunt's Acrobat, 12st 710 (Mr. De Burgh) 3 Mr. Park's The Lunatic, 12st 71b (Mr. H o ly oa k) 4 Mr. George ns Burgundy, 12st 71b.. (Captain Tempest) 6 Betting-7 to 4 agst Marmion, 3to 1 each agst Quan tity and The Lunatic. Marmion, after going the wrong side of the flag the first time round, returned and overtaking the others on enteringthe straight, won in the most easy manner b y t e n lengt hy d fi y Acrobat was a bad third ; The Lunatic nex t, nurgu ll whipping in, The Leamington Light Weight Steeplechase of £5O, adde d to a Sweepstakes of 5 sovs each, over the Hunt Cup Course (about three miles), for hunters ; winners extra; to be ridden by gentlemen or farm ers , w ith certain penal ties. 17 subs. Mr. Stoke's Brother to Lady's Maid, 12 s t 71b (in. 211 b ex.) (Mr. Edwards) 1 Mr. H. Lington's Sul:Li:tower, list 71b 71b extra) (Owner) 2 Mr. Hendley's Proceed, list 71b (in. 71b extra) (Mr. Thomas) 3 The following also ran :—Greenwich Fair, Bird of Prey, Vertumnus, Fleur-de-lis, Conservative, The Captain, La' lington, First Flight, Treley, and Precentor. Betting-5 to 4 agst Sunflower, 4to 1 agst Greenwic h Fair, sto 1 agst Treley, 7 to 1 agst Brother to Lady's Maid. The favourite went off with the command, which she maintained until coming over the last flight of hurdles► where Brother to Lady's Maid closed with Sunflower, end' after a pretty good race, Brother to Lady's Maid won eta by four lengths. Proceed was close up third. The Match between Mr. Formby's Moonraker and Mr• • Park's Irish Stew, for £5O, 12st 71b each, was off by consent. BETTING AT MANCHESTER—TuuRsDAT. For the Northamptonshire Stakes Prince Plausible in great force, being freely supported at Bto 1. His ad vance has not had the effect of sending the other favourite ° back, as Rapparee, Schism, and Agag were each s u pported; and Paul Clifford was backed at 20 to 1. For the City al l Suburban the only horse named was Suburban, about Wb.e ° 100 to 9 would have been taken. Closing prices NORTHAMPTON STARES. Bto 1 agst Prince Plausible (taken) 100 to 8 agst Rapparee (taken and offered) 100 to 8 agst Schism (taken and offered) 100 to 6 agst Agag (taken and offered) 100 to 6 agst Finlande (taken and offered) 20 to 1 agst Paul Clifford (taken) 25 to 1 agat West End (taken) 25 to 1 agat Incitatus (taken) TWO THOUSAND GUINEAS. 4to 1 agst Old Calabar (offered) 100 to 7 agat Nottingham (taken) THE DERBY. 100 to 12 agst Old Calabar (offered) 1000 to 35 agst Caterer (taken) 100 to 3 agst Zetland (taken) SCRATCHINGS.—The following horses have been strueig out of their engagements :—On the 15th inst., at 9 a.ui• The Dane, out of Shrewsbury Hurdle Race. On 17th, 9 amraeolt l o, Shrewsbury,Scorpion, and Lordof Heads th o el\r Tails,lano s oa t ; Jofas. Pa ,BwMembers' e ra hen n 14A1atpea filly, Keepsake, Lord of the Tees, Lord °' the Manor, Northam, The Greek, out of Shrewsbu l l Hurdle Race ; at 11 25 a.m. Cantab, out of Shrewsbu r y Borough Members' Plate, and Worcester, out of Warvlic ic , engagements ; at 11 45 a.m. Certificate, out of Membe rs Plate, Shrewsbury; at 2 30 p.m. Flash in the Pan, out °f Borough Members' Plate, at Shrewsbury ; at 4 30 1 1 • 133 ' Doubtful, out of all engagements. On the 18th, at 9 3 • 131 A. Peru, out of M em b ers ' P late, Shrewsbury, and Mull a n : Broadbrim, o u t o f Hurdle Race, Shrewsbury. On the 20tPci at 9 a.m. J oey J ones, cut of Chester Cup, and City and Suburban, and Metropolitan Handicaps.-1 - The last..naza a scratching came from Mr. Richard Johnson, of York, states that he received it on the 17th inst. at 8 a.m.l Mr. and Mrs. Entwistle and Miss Entwistle have arrived at Thomas's Hotel, Berkeley-square, from 5 311./ hill, Hampshire. HERRING FISHING ON THE DOGGER BANI' : ", I; The greatest enemy of the fisherman is the dog-fish, wi lle gt will not only clear the net of its entire take, but makes gra rents in it. The French fishermen are likewise a consider; able annoyance, as they wantonly sail over and among English nets, and in return have their own nets cut a drif ; Their boats are of considerable size, carrying as inanY, t is 33 hands, and continuing at sea during two months s' time. As the steamer which, to protect our fisheries, 11l compel them to keep at a distance of three mile s fr° the shore, is not visible at night, they can th e f t ; almost with impunity, inflict damage upon English nets, if so inclined. About five years since .: for the first time a French fishing-boat was 013,,.. tured and taken into Shields, fined £3O, and forbi dden oa tu fish for the season. The Englishm en ' board, headed up in barrels, and stowed away as if th.)r . had been herrings. The Dutchmen have a bette r char . se, ter; but a year or two ago they landed from 60 sa il of fish nig vessels at the little village of Kilnsea, between Flaw and b oroug h and Spurn Point,s nets were fo und actually carried off fh° entire provisions cf the place. Unfortunately, the Wil ly hers of the boats were not taken, and no redress, in Ou se ' quenee, was obtainable.—Once e Week. ~~