The Sun. — London, England, 1862-06-13 00:00:00

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' .. -- 4 v t a r ,si/c ) _kr/ ~~ N BANK of RRTTISH NORTH AMERICA, Incorporated by Royal Charter. —The COURT of DI RECTORS HERETtY GIVE NOTICE, That a HALF -YEARLY DIVIDEND, at the rate of Six per Cent, per Annum (free of income tax) on the capital of the Bank, will be PAYABLE to the Proprietors of Shares registered in this cou ntry on and after the sth day of July aext, at the Office of the Corporation, No. 7, St. Helen's-place, Bishopsgate-street, between the hours of Ten and Four. No Transfer can be made between the 10th inst. and the Sth proximo, as the books must be closed during that period. By order of the Court, THE SUN, LONDMI, FRIDAY EVE NI NG, JUN E 13, 1862, C. McNAB, Secretary. No. 7, St. Helen's-place, London, June 10, 1862. No. 21,827 PRICE .4d. STAMPED ....sd. PUBLICATIONS. they were joined by the faVottrite, who took a slight lead at the Aiotaboe, and won a fine race by a length. A bad third. Town Councillor fourth. The others were beaten off, Her Majesty's Plate of 100 guineas ; 3-yr-olds to carry 7st 11lb; 4-yr-olds, 9st 71b ; 5-yr-olds, lOst llb ; 6-yr-olds THE FLOOD IN THE FENS. own credit, and to that of other organs of public opinion, that among all the temptations of this un natural struggle you should have so persistently refrained from giving full rein to the current of popular opinion, and should have so systematically moderated the expression of what yea must have been well aware was the national sentiment. It has been a somewhat hard trial to proud and free England to stifle her natural feelings, and i❑ stif- Atlantic to buy up Federal securities will probably for the moment prove amply sufficient to allay all alarm. Meanwhile, another splendid season in America and a bad one in Europe may postpone the final crash and cause universal boastings at the failure of the envious predictions of British reasoners We must, therefore, while we are waiting justifica tion by facts, simply be content to act with prudence in our own affairs, and to submit to any amount of possible contumely for venturing an opinion that there are such things as physical laws, which even in America cannot with impunity be permanently I disregarded. ABANDONMENT OF THE PANELLING. LYNN, THURSDAY NIGHT. 26 pages, price 1r , ., posted for 13 stamps, ASTROLOGY INA NU I SHELL.—A Letter to Alderman Humphery respecting Prince Albert's Death, &c. By CHRISTOPHER COOKE, Solicitor 844), n uthor of "A Letter to Zadkiel." June 13, 1852; -olicitor to the Wellington Telescope Company, " approved by Lord Brougham " in 1853 ; author of "A Plea for Urania," 18,4; the Founder and for even rears an acting Director of the Emperor Life Assurance Society, 18 3-60. "A remarkab'e, logical, and plain spoken pamphlet"— The Sun, 21st March, 18 2. See also Tne Sun, 19th Jan., 1852 ; 14th Feb., 156, G REAT 'WESTERN RAILWAY. -ASCOT RACES, 17th, 18th, 19th, and 20th June.—On each day of the I:aces Trains will run between PADDINGTON and WIN DSO R as under:— Leavinz PADDINGTON 6.0 a.m., 7.15, and 7.30 (3d class), 8.20. 10.0 (td c'ass), 10.45 (fast), 1 , ,55, (fast), 12.15 p.m., 1.0 (3d class), and .9 p.m. fast , ; and returningfrom W iNDSO II at 4.30 p.m., 5.55 (special fast), 0.0, and 0.30 (3d ciass), 7.45 (spe cial fast), 8.F,0 ('d class), and 10.40 p.m. On Thursday, the CUP DAY, in addition to the above, Special Trains will leave Paddington at 9.15, 9.50, 10.15. and 10.3' a.m. for Windsor direct. A Special Train will also leave Wi'adcor for Paddington at 9.30 p.m Carriage s and Horses will be conveyed by any of the regular 'Trains. Omnibuses will be provided to convey Passengers from the Windsor Station to the Course and back. EXCURSION TICKETS to WINDSOR and BACK, for 2s. fid., are issued by the Trains leaving Pad , iinsgton at 8:0 a.m., 10.0 a.m., and 1.0 p.m., a d are available for return by the ii.o, 8.30, and 10 40 p.m. Trains from Windsor. THALBERG'S MATINEES. - HANOVER SQUARE ROOMS. S. THALBERG has the honour to announce that his SECOND It ATINEE, and LAST APPEARANCE BUT ONE, will take place on MONDAY next, June 18th. The only other occasions on which S. Thalberg can possibly appear in Lon don, this season, are SATURDAY, June 28th ; and MON DAY, July 7th. Each Matinee to commence At half-past 2 o'clock. Stalls, One Guinea ; Unreserved Seats, 10s. 6d. Programmes and Tickets may b e had at Mitchell ' s, 0111- vier's, Chappell's, Cook and Hutchings', Bond-street ; .Cra mer and Co., Regent-street ; Keith and Prowse, Cheapsicie. and of S. Th a l herg's Secretary, ifinover-square Rooms. W S. WOODIN'S CABINET of CURlO (•sniEs—Newly Polished and Re-Iined—POLY RAPHIC ALL King William-street, Chai ing-cross 79-NIGHT, and every Evening, at eight (except Saturdayc with neNy characters, music , sons, and dances. The sceni tilustrations and effects, entirely new, painted by and under Sat direction of Mr. Will; am Callcott. Morning Performance, l a urf laY, May 31, at 3. Stalls, 38. ; area, 2s. ; amphitheatre, s. Box-office open from eleven to five. Mr. Woodin as Mr. Sothern, of the Haymarket, in his celebrated character of "Lord Dundreary, 3foining and Evening:. A R GYLL 7100.115. Great Wind m ill- s t reet, O ren ever ll aymarket.—GßAND CASINO FRAN CAISE. y Evening for and with the celebrated Band of 50 performers. Promenade Conduc D tor ancing and ' Principal Cornet- a - Piston, M. BouLcourrT.—The new I mper i al Qua be 'ydrille alse Cotillion, and L. Mosca's Peep o'D a yV a l se w i ll plad nightly. _Esta bl new Co nversation Salon has b een a d ded to the above ish ment for Read ing , C off e e, and Refreshments.— Admission I s. —Manager, M. Grenet. (A sT E 0 EI D 0 N v_., What is it? See Patent, March 1, 18 , 2, No. 560. GABRIEL'S Self-adhesive Patent indestructible MINE RAL TEETH and FLEXIBLE GLMS, without palates, prinzs, or wires, and without operation. One set lasts a lifetime, and WARRANTED FOR MASTICATION and ARTICULATION. Purest materials only, at halt the usual cost, Messrs. GABRIEL, the old-established Dentists, 27, RARLEY-STREET, CAVENDISH-SQUARE; 34, LUDGATE-HILL, LONDON ; 65, NEW-STREET, BIRMINGHAM; and 134, DUlk,-STREET, LIVERPOOL. INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION, CLASS 17. One visit only required from country patients, Gabriel 's Practical Treatise gratis. ConsultaVons free. D ARK'S LIFE PILLS are particularly recom -A- mended to all persons who arc suffering from headache or bidigestion, whether arising from nal , biliaty der angement, or over indulgence at constitut the io table They have lever been known to fail in alTord,nz immediat , relief. May le obtained of any Medicine Vendor, in boxes Is. lid., 2s. 9 d., and in Family Packets, lls. each. Directions with each b )x. R O VAL FREE HOSPITA L. Grav'R-inn•road. ) The rumerous and urgent appeals which are ms de for admission by the homeless and destitute sick render it im perative on th> Committee to entreat the continued bounty of ti e affluent <nd humane to enable them to persevere in the extensive system of relief afforded by this Hospital. D uring the I ,a s t year, in addition to 1,190 in-pa cents, no 1 ess than 50,496 out-patients received the benefits of this Charity. Since Christmas two additional wards have been opened for the reception of in-door patients. Contributions are received by the Treasurer, Edward Mas aerroan, Esq., Nicholas -lane t and at the Hospital. STANFORD S. SMITH, Sec' ROYAL NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION FOR THE PRESERVATION OF LIFE FROM SHIPWRECK, (Incorporated by Royal Charte. PATRONESS—Der Most Gracious Majesty r) the Queen. PHESID ENT — Vice-Admiral his Grace the Duke of Northum berland, K.G., F.R.S. CtrAirmAN—Thos. Baring, Faq., M.P., P_R.S., V.P. DEPrrY-CHAIRMAN—Thomas Chapman, Eeq., F.R.S., N.P. APPEAL. The Committee of Management have to state that, during the past two years, the Institution has incurred expenses arnount , ng to £28,650 on various Lte-boat Establishments on the Coasts of Eng'and, Scotla,•;,a, and Ireland. During the past two years the Life-boats of the National Lire -boat Institution he - ve 1 een instrumental in rescuing the Crews of the foi l :owing Vessels:— Schooner AIM - Mitchell, of Montrose •• Schooner ~age Roper, o f Ul verstone .. 1 Brig P - Alas, of Shields .. .. • • • • •• 3 :urn Sill'i, Ann Mitchell, o f Glasgow •• .. •. 9 fack John B u ll, o f Yarmouth .. •• S chooner Catherine, of N ewry • . 5 Barque Niagara, of Shields .. .. A Barge of Te'4..,,nreouth • • •• 11 Brig George and James, of London • • • .. 2 8 Brig Zephyr, of Whitby • Coble Honour, of Cullercoats Schooner Eliza, of North Shields • ..• • • . Barque Ob eron, of Liverpool . 7 Brigantine Nancy, of Teig,nmouth .. . • „ g Smack Wonder, of Teignmouth .. • • •• 2 Brig Scotia, of Sunderland . .. • • •• 6 Sloop Three Brothers, of Goole • .. .. 5 Sloop Charlotte, of Woodbridge . • • 5 Brig Ann, of Blyth .. • •• •• Sloop Hope, of Dublin• •• • Schomerr Druid, of Aberystwyth •• •• • 3 8 Barque Vermont, of Halifax, U.S. . .. 16 Schooner William Keith, •of Carnar(o • ll •• • Bri. 2 g Flying Fish, of Whitby Smack Elizabeth A nn, of Lyme Regis •• • .. 5 3 Steam Dredge, at N ewhaven .. . Sc hooner Admiral H oo d , of Rochester • • .9• 6 Sc hooner Susan and Isabella, of Dundee :: • 5 • • Schooner Rose, o f L ynn .. Brig Brodroma, of Stockton :• • • • • 3 Brig Eliza, of Middlesborough•• •... 11 • 7 ,„ Brigantine Freia, of Eonigeberg • • • • . • 7 " Brigantine Diana, ni Fredrikshamn • • • • • • Brig Gloucester, of South Shields . •• • • Brig Lovely Nelly, of Seahara•S B ,. Ra nitne Nugget, of Bideford • • • • • •• •• 6 e •iooner Prospect of Berwick • • •• • • 5 Sloop Thomas and Jane, of St. Ives •.• • • .• 6 A. Fishing-boat of Whitburn Brig Arethusa, Blyth Schooner DCWI W YO, of Portm • a • doe • • • • • • 8 • • .. 8 Flat Cymraes, of Beaumaris .. Schooner William, of Morecambe :: • • •• 2 .. .. 5 Smack Gipsy, of Newry Schooner Margaret Anne, of Preston • • • • • 4 Brig New Draper, of Whitehaven .. 8 Schooner William, of Liverpool • •• •5 tugger Nimrod, of Castletown • • • • • • Brig Providence, of Shields Brig Mayflower of Newcastle Mayflower Village Maid, of Fleetwood • • •: 7 Barque Guy ins, of Glasgow . .. • • :. 19 Brig Homan Empress, of Shields ••.. 10 Brig San _‘'pirld. one, of Galaxide :: • : • • 2 Schooner V:,ador du Vouga, of Vienna • • 8 French ririg, La •Tenne Marie Therese • • :• 6 Barque Perseverance, of Scarborough • • Schooner Elizabeth, o f Bridgewater • 5 ater •• • Ship Danube, of B e lf ast •• • .• . 4 .• •• •• 17 Schooner Fiorten sill, ot Hano ver . . 4 Schooner Oregon, of Stonehaven • . •. • . Brig St. Michel, of Mame .. •• • • S panish Barque Pri mera de Torreviega(sayed ves- 8 sel and one of the crew) .. 1 • • • • •• Schoo ner Hurrell, o f Penzance (saved vessel and crew) .. 4 •• . • •• .• • Tit_ c r h .ig Anne, of Plymouth. (saved• vessel and crew) • 8 omier Betsy, of Peterhead (saved vessel and crew) .. Barque Frederick, of Dublin •• •• ** • 6 Barque Peace, o f L ondon 2 Lugger Saucy Lass, of Lowestoft :: • • •• •• • 11 Schooner Fly, of Whitby (saved vessel • mid • crew of four hands) . „ . Sma 1 Adventure, of Pfarwieh.: ; ; ' • • • Pilot entfcr Whim. of Lowestoft .. :: • : 10_ Barque Undaunted, re Aberdeen „ •. : 7 , 11' 'Wrecked boat on Blackwater Bank, on the Irish coast saved one man .. ~ .. .. .. 1 of Folkestone .. .. 6 Schooner Skylark, Brig Lively, 01 Clay, Nutt ik Barque 'Robert Watson, of G S r u a n n d g e e r m la o n u d fh .. . • 4 •• : Schooner Auchincruive, of Schooner Friends, of Lynn _ _, • • • • . • Schooner Eliza Anne, of oubli • 5 Smack Ell en Brig Content, of Sunderland . . • • .. 3 Owens, of Cardigan .. • : .. 5 Gal liot Epimachus, of Amsterdam .. • rs... 498 Total • • • • •• • has For these and other Life-boat services the Institution voted £1,893 as rewards t o the crew a. g r anted re Nards , uring mak- sof the Lifeboats. It has al so S uipwreck e d b , mounting i)o to means f l y ;s. her for saving 173 in g a total of persons 871 persons saved from a watery baved the last ten years. a number of lives saved by the Life-boats of the Society, and Other for ~,means, since its formation, ...- A i d s and 'winch services Medals,"o4 Silver ale. • tis , -„„ . 82 Gold i The ti %. , i , in cash ha e v been granted a tion has also expended Z 57,200 on Life s rewars. isupwards of 12,2' u boat Establishments. T he nunblicnnot but sympathise with the vigorous efforts A bei of hip wrecked-&ew made b l y the Society to save the the present ti 8. exertions heir help was never more needed than at th e s cciet h me, when, through the extraordinary Age Hungrer anlnri A lrient, or th e under its man within the past few years, it has now - e.wenty-one Life-boats (Th effi c i ency, a l maintenance of which, in a state of thorough heeded if its irug'ineaari,eerrnanent annual income is absolutely mission is to be perpetuated. The Committee gratefuliy acknowledge the following con ributions : £ S. d }ler Majesty the Queen Clark, Mrs. .. • • 10 0 • • annual 2 1 _ Clerk, Colonel, R.A. • • • • • • •• Cotton Sir St. Vincent ••11art• • .. annual 50 C 0 annual 1 i.! t'outts and Co • 11 •13 • • • • Dinb y . , G x • v essrs., ank ers .. .. annual 10 0 0 • • • • don. 25 0 F., a r le, j,_ ._ red, sq., Sherborne Castle C....h•ief Justice .. • • annual 50 0 don. 10 10 0 fia;witevvice-Admiral sir A., 1t.C.8 :: 2d don. 25 0 0 • G. G. and Mrs. Lambton. Messrs PT • • • • don. 30 2 e lilarl of .. .. Laneaborough, ti; • IT. & Co., Bankers .. don. 21 0 0 Martin, Sir n e , annual 5 • 0 0 Moore, Rev. G . i l l :i• Bart. .. .. : : Robartes, T.. 1. Agar, p.' " •' • • don. 15 15 0 Smith, Mrs. Georg e G 4 % , 11 .8. • .. 7th don. 10 0 0 , ria„,,,,,, 1 , • • • • anneal 50 0 Stirling, Col. Sir Ant nony, - *'6 , • • • annual 30 0 Donations and Annual. tlit"—”' •• • • • annual 20 0 reived by the Rankers 414 417-Iptions will be thankfully re- Percival, and Co., 75, Loroard..lnetitution, Messrs. Willis, Messrs. Betio,. Ipet ; Messrs. Coutts and Co., 59, Strand; ; bY a 3,l•,%.liankers e United arquhar, and Co., IS, St. Jame•cs-street, London Kingdom ; and by the Secretar '1 the Office of the Institution, 14 ' 1 h , J .,...,_ C ard swis h L, Epq. at don, W.C. uunstreet, Adelphi, I,on- Payments maybe made b y_Chequn gn , b crossed), to Messrs. W,llls, Percival, and 1"0.1t -office Orders hwy. 0 , or to the Becre- PRESENT DISTRESS IN TRMii fully explained 113 J. GROSSMITTPS '`GOVERNMENT 'UPON FIRST PRINCIPLES," The cause its there predicated of the monetary difficulties CY - oerienced in WM. The Crisis is at hand. Anxiety in busi ness has now become the grim torture. Purity of motive. Intelligently exercised, must animate all Governments, or all is lost, All denominations of Constitutions are carefully examined in J. Grossmitb's "Government upon First Prin• oiples." - - Rent and Co., Paternoster-row. TRULY F , FFICACIOTJS AND MILD.— Dr, SCOTT'S BILIOUS and LIVER PtiLLS, pre ared without any mercurial ingredient, froin the recipe of Dr. oott, of Bromley, Kent, will be found invaluable to all Who suffer from bilious .nd iver colnplaints, indigestion, wind spasms, giddiness, "ininoss of the eyes, Am For habitual costiveness, as a family aperient medicine, and as a purifier of the blood, they ,re truly excellent ; mild in their opera tion and grateful to he stomach, they create appe ite, pro mote digestion, and trengthen the whole nervous system. Sold by W. Lambert, ?fl. Jermyn-street, Haymarket, London, and by most druggists, in boxes, ls. lid., and three limes the quantity in one, 2s, Sri. Be sure to ask for Dr. Scott's Bilious and Liver Pills. The genuine are a square green package, with " William Lambert," engraved on the stamp. JOZEAU'S COPAHINE MEGE —Copaiba and Cubebs are doubtless the best remedies, but are of a re pulsive taste and odour, and occasion collicky pains, nausea, and p-, astric disturbance. M. Jozeau has succeeded in render ing them perfectly innocuous by increaiing all their curative properties. It has been adopted by the Paris Academy of Medicine after more than a thousand trials in Paris and the different London hospitals, viz., St. Thomas's, Guy's. and St. Bartholomew's, tinder the care of Messrs. Lloyd, Poland, and Legros Clark.—(Lancet, Nov. It, 1 , 67). The Copahine, which is in form of a pretty pink sugar plum, effects a ure in about six days. 100 Capsules, 4s. 6d.; post free, ss. 2d.— At G. JOZEAU'S, French Chemist, 40, - Haymarket, London; 22, Rue St. Quentin, Paris; and all Chemists. GIVEN'AWAY TO NERVOUS SUFFERERS. HENRY SMITH. M.D., of the University of Jena, has just published, for the benefit of Nervous ufferers, a TREE EDITION of his valuable work, THE WARNING VOICE TO YOUNG MEN (120 pages). A medical work on the cure of Nervous Debility, Loss of Memory, Dimness of Sight, Lassitude, Indigestion, Dislike o Society. Spermatorrhcea, Local Weakness, Muscular Re axation, Languor, Listlessness, Depression, &e., which, if eglected, result in consumption, insanity, and premature Leath ; with plain directions for perfect restoration to health nd vigour. The book will be sent, post free, secure from ob ervation, to any address, on receipt of a directed envelope Ind two stamps. Address, HENRY SMITH, M.D., IN Burton 'resoent, Tavistock-square, London, W.C. DR. 'WATSON (Or' THE LOCK HOSPITAL) ON NERVOUS DEBILITY AND SECRET DISORDERS. it,,,,ELF-TREATMENT SIMPLIFIED, through the aid of the TEST-TUBE, ITRINOMETER, and MICROSCOPE, when employed for special diagnosis in all disorders of the nervous, sexual, and generative system, in , chiding spermatorrhcea or seminology, loss of power, noctur nal and diurnal ivastings, and withering of the nervous tissues, &c. By Dr. WATSON, Member of the Ecole de Melicine, Rouen, National Academy of Sciences, Paris, and Fellow of the Imperial Institute of Prance, &c. Presented to Nervous Invalids," with a view of superseding dangerous medicines and expensive consultations, Sent post free on receipt of two stamps, by Dr. Watson. 27, Alfred-place, Bed ford-square, London. Consultations daily from eleven till two, and six till eight, on nil those ailments and infirmities peeuliar to youth, manhood, and old age, and which tend to embitter and shorten life. For distinvuished qualifications vide diplomas. Just published, SvO, in cloth, price ss, by post tree, ss. Cd., N THE SUCCESSFUL TREATMENT of STRICTURES of the URETHRA ; showing why they .4o often appear Incurable, when in reality they might be removed by the most simple means. 13y F. B. COURTENAY, 51.R.C.5.E., And formerly Surgeon to the Metropolitan Infirmary for the Cure of Strictures of the Urethra. " This work is the production of a surgeon whose special attention has been directed, through a long professional life. to the treatment of strictures of the urethra. The cases which Mr. Conrt ena y h as g i ven su pply am pl e ev id ence o f his great discriminative power in the diagnosis of the various kinds of stricture, and of the scientific principles upon which their management is founded. By his systematic management an immense mitigation of pain to the unhappy sufferers is attained, and future mischief prevented. The work we can most unreservedly and confidently recommend as a valuable contribution, both to the general and professicnal reader, and ought to be fourd in the private study of all who are subject to stricture. —Modica' Circular. , R. 13nillicre, 219, Regent -street. AN IMPORTANT DISCUSSION.—The "Times," the "Lancet," and other leading journals have been lately canvassing the social considerations in volved in " the amount of death and disease caused by vice." some interesting statistics are brought to bear upon the inquiry ; but it would greatly add to their value if they in cluded the facts respecting the origin, the ravages, and the prevention of that SPECIAL VICE, which wars more than any other against the welfare of society—destroying the.happt ness and d.sappointisg the objects of matrimony, u, der mining the constitutions, blasting the prospects, embittering ,and shortening the lives of its victims, and spreading desola tion through families. The essential particulars relating to this great social evil (the besetting snare of inexperienced youth and the curse of maturity), together with ample instructions for removing its effects, and recovering health, vigour, and all the ennobling privileges of our being are contained in Dr. LA'MERT'S " SELF-PRISE RVATION," a Treatise on Nervous and Physical Debility, of which the 90th Edition has just been pub!ished by Mann and Co., 39, Cornhill, London, price ls., sent post Dee for 13, or in a sealed envelope for 20 stamps' Dr. LA'lliEnT, M.D., havingfor 20 years devoted himself entirely to this branch of practice, may be consulted daily, either personally or by correspondence, at his residence, No. 37, BEDFOSD-SQUARE, London, SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. MANCHESTER RACES. JUNE 12. The Volunteer Corps' Stakes, a sweepstakes of five sous each, with 50 added, for 3-yr- olds and upwards ; with maiden allowances. Winners extra. One mile and a dist , nce. 5 subs. Mr. J. Osborne's North Pole, 3 yrs, 7st 51b (in. 51b ex.) (Whiteley) Mr. T. S. Dawson's Tommy Jones, 3 yrs, Est 111 b (W. Buck) 2 Mr. Melville's Kill or Cure, 3 yrs, Est 11113 (Midgley) 3 Betting-7 to 4on North Pole. Tommy Jones made play to the half-mile post, when the favourite went up, and in a few strides obtained a decided lead, when he retained to the end, and won in a canter by two lengths, Kill or Cure beaten off. The Two Years Old Stakes of 10 sovs each, 5 ft, with £5O added ; for colts, Bst 101 b ; fillies, Bst 71b. The owner of the second horse to receive back his stake. Winners extra. T.Y.C. 9 subs. Mr. R. Wilson's Bohemia, Bst 101 b (includ. 31b extra) (J. Osborne) 1 Mr, W. T. Copeland's Golden Drop, Bst 71b (Custance) 2 Mr. Gill's Lisette, Bst 71b (Bullock) 3 Betting---3 to lon Bohemia. Lisette made the running, followed by Bohemia and Golden Drop to the distance, where the former was beaten, and gave way to Golden Drop, who was headed half-way up by the favourite, who won in a canter by three lengths, a like distance separating the second and third, The Manchester Tradesmen's Cup of 150 sovs in specie, added to a handicap sweepstakes of £l5 each, 10 ft, and if declared. Winners extra. Second to receive 30 sovs out of the stakes. Two miles. 31 subs, 20 of whom pay 5 soya each ft. Mr O'Hara's Ivanhoff, 4 yrs, Bst 121 b.... (T. Aldcroft) 1 Mr. Jackson's Tim Whiffler, 3 yrs, 7st 81b (Bullock) 2 Mr. E. Buckley' s Wynnstay, 4 yrs, 7st 71b (11. Grim shaw) 3 Jingling Johnny was left in by mistake, and Earl of Westmoreland and Knutsford were struck out, the former a h n o ß d ff e 9 a t n t d o n on Wednesday. and the latter this morning. Betting- 7 6 : t nt o wt 4 y a n g n a s t ta T y im Whiffler, 2 to 1 agst Ivanhoff, his horse back po a s Tim Whiffler made play at a slow pace followed by Ivan hoff allowedht o the first v y n turn, nsta y where o A o n l d s c e r c o o f n t d p . ull A e pulled on with a long lead the half -mile ru e tahi l t a e t d te u r p ru on sh by ed T t im o twhehfirfnonetr,aannddlcraamne alteration occurred into ey th r r hoff, in which order rounded the turn lute the past the stand. No material s order of running until they joined by the other two, the three where Wynnstay was ree running in company to within 20 or 30 strides from home,_ vanhoff Where Wynnstay was of who held a slight ad vantagebut e chair, when Bullock beaten, and gave way to T was beaten by a head, a to within a stride or two 3 ft, with o £4O added, came with one of his fine rushes, G . One mile. yslrbs,(ll7B.t 31b (Buck 1 length between the second and third. The Selling Handicap of 5 soya each, 6 to 4 agst Little 3 for all ages. The winner to be sold for sA oD o a d w 's s C on lift s rl L eis t F tle ox da 3 p y tu r io s, , 78 3 t M NMI r ri HTSMPSith's Garibaldi, 3 yrs, 7st (Harrison) Bllek) 2 Cap tain, a 4 g sagst Garibaldi. Charles Pox, tai ß L n i e , t t a t t l n i e n d g c s -s ap to tain, with Garibaldi, made running t o th e dis tance, where they were headed by Charles Fox, who won in a canter by four lengths. The winner was sold to Mr. Shelton for 42 guineas. The City Handicap of £ 7O, for all ages. Winners extra. Three-quarters of a mile. 13 subs. Mr. Moore na Y.dolon, 5 yrs, B st 31b (in 71b extr i a) (Speght) : Mr. Phillips's Harriet, 4 yrs, 6st 111 b (Midgiey) 2 Mr. T. S. Dawson's Tommy Jones, 3 yrs, 6t 101 b (J. Noble) 3 Mr. T. S. Dawson's Town Councillor, 3 yrs, 6st 1b (11Buck) 4 Mr. Osborne's Maid of the Mist, C yrs, 7st 81b (Chalioner) 5 Mr. Smith's Melody, 3 yrs, sst 71b ....(M‘Cormey) 6 Mr. Wilkinson's Wallachia, 3 yrs, bet 61b (car 6st Sib) (Sinclair) 7 Betting-5 to 4 agst Eidolon, 7to 2 agst Maid of the Mist, and 6 to 1 agst Harriet. Harriet made play with Town Councillor and Tommy Jones, the three running abreast into the straight, where and aged, lOst 31b. Three miles and a distance. Mr. E. Mill's Knutsford, 4 yrs, 9st 71b (IL arimshaw) 1 Mr. tl , borne's Captain Crow, 3 yrs ' 7st 111 b (Challoner) 2 Mr. Fobert's R e t en t o , 3 y rs , 7 st lllb (Doyle) 3 Mr. T. S. DaWBoll'B Charlton, 3 yrs, 7,t Wh.. (Bullock) 4 Betting-6 to 4on Knutsford, 7to 2 agst Retento, 4to 1 ttgst Captain Crow, and 6 to 1 agst Charlton. Charlton made play with Captain Crow, Knutsford and Retento lying close up, foe the first mile, when the pace mended, the favourite shortly after going on with a slight lead, having Captain Crow and Retento side by side follow ing next, in which order they ran to the lower ground, when Captain Crow rushed to the front, and came round the beni a neck in advance of Knutsford, which advantage he retained to the stand, when G timshaw made his effortf and won in the last stride by a head. Three lengths between the second and third. A bad fourth. CHELMSFORD RACES, THURSDAY. Rain fell in tor, eats throughout the day, and although the racing ardour of the most determined followers of the sport might have been damped thereby, still the attend ance of lovers of the national pastime was large. The racing was good, and one great essential to the conduct of sport, punctuality, was observed to the letter. Essex seems to have had a fillip given to its racing instincts, in asmuch as it is proposed to commence the racing season there with a Spring Meeting, under the auspices of the Chelmsford Race Stand Company (Limited), with a capital of £2,000, in 400 shares of £5 each. The offices of the com pany are to be at Chelmsford, and the architect is the well-known Judge, Mr. J. F. Clark, of Newmarket. The following are details of the running : The Chelmsford Handicap of 15 sous each, 10 ft, with 100 added ; winners extra. Two miles. 22 subs. Captain Lane's Breechloader, 3 yrs, sst 71b (Grimshaw) 1 Mr. S. jacobs's Dorking, 4 yrs, 7st 21b (Roper) 2 Lord W. Powlett's Flighty, 3 yrs, sst 71b (Clerk) 3 Mr. Richardson's Cock Robin, 3 yrs, sst 71b.. (Murray) 4 Mr. Ward's Traveller, 3 yrs, sst 131 b (inc. 61b extra) (Plu . mb) 5 Betting-5 to 4 agst Breechloader, 4to 1 each agst Tra veller and Flighty, 6 to 1 agst Dorking. Traveller got off with a slight lead, Flighty and the favourite second and third ; Dorking and Cock Robin, on going round the top turn, several lengths in the rear. Going down the back stretch, Dorking took close order with the three leaders, the four running abreast to the turn for home, where Dorking took the lead, with Flighty and Breechloader close up. Half way up the straight the favourite went to the front, and won in a canter by two lengths, the same between the second and third, Cock Robin a bad fourth, Traveller last, beaten off. The Maldon Stakes of 5 sovs each, with 30 added ; for all ages ; maiden, selling, and other allowances ; winners extra. Three-quarters of a mile. Mr. R. Stephenson's Peneus, 3 yrs, 7st 71b (X4O) (Daley) 1 Mr. Saunders's Mountain Doe, 2 yrs, sst 71b (£4O) (Grimshaw) 2 Mr. Hodgman's Sagittarius, 3 yrs, 7st 101 b (inc. 31b ex.) (40) Capt. H. Rhys's Pretty Horsebreaker, 3 yrs, 7st 41b (£10) (Jones) 4 Setting-5 to 4 each agst Peneus and Sagittarius, and 10 to 1 each agst Mountain Doe and Pretty Horsebreaker. The latter, with Sagittarius, got away in front, the pair leading until half•way up the straight, where Pretty Horsebreaker fell into the rear, and Peneus with Mountain Doe joined Sagittarius, the three coming on abreast u? the hill to the staed enclosure, where Sagittarius was headed, Peneus, after a good race, winning by three-quarters of a length ; Sagittarius was beaten for second place by a head; the others beaten off, The winner was bought in for 54 guineas. The Mark's Hall Stakes of 5 sous each, with 25 added, for 2 -Si-olds ; colts, Bst 71b ; fillies, Bst 31b ; the winner to be sold for 50 says. Half a mile. 3 subs. Mr. Flutter's Strawberry Hill, Bst 31b (Long) 1 Mr. Hodgman's Homily filly, Bst 31b ....(G. Fordham) 2 Mr. W. T. Collier's The Abbess, Bst 31b., (A. Edwards) 3 Betting-5 to 2on Strawberry Hill, who made all the running, and won in a canter by five lengths; The Abbess beaten off. The winner was bought by Mr. Mellon for 61 guineas, and goes into Reeves's stable at Epsom. The County Members' Plate (Handicap) of 50 sous, for all ages; winner extra. Half a mile. 25 subs. Mr. Fleming's Acco, 4 yrs, 7st 71b (J. Daley) 1 Mr. R. Boyce's Tubal Cain, 3 yre, Est 41b.. (T. Osborne) 2 Mi. H. Law's Dunuuc, 3 yrs, Sat 41b (carried 6st 61b) (T. French) 3 The following also ran :—Alba, Blackbird, Freestone, Swindler, Deerfoot, Barchettina, and Passion. Betting-6 to 4 agst Blackbird, 3to 1 agat Tubal Cain, 100 to 15 agat Acco, 16 to 1 each agst Dunoon and Free- stone. Blackbird, Zubal Cain, and Acco got well off in front,and made the running to the distance, v, here Dunoon joined them, the four coming on abreast until reaching the half distance, where the favourite compounded. From this point Acco and Tubal Cain raced in head and head to within half a dozen strides of the chair, where Acco got her head in front, and won a fine race by a head ; Dunoon was four lengths in the rear of Tubal Cain ; Blackbird close up, fourth; Freestone and Barchettina fifth and sixth ; Swindler last. The Queen's Plate of 100 Guineas, for 3-yr-olds and up wards. Two miles and a half. Capt. Coates's Flirtation, 4 yrs, Oat 71b ...(G. Fordham) 1 Mr. J. Ward's Gibraltar, 6 yrs, lOst (Keeler) 2 Capt. H. Rhys's Rhoebns, 3 yrs, 7st 101 b .. (Mr. Wood) 3 The following also ran :—Charybdis, Blackbird, Cowslip, and Ladybird. Betting-8 to 3on Flirtation, 7to 1 agst Blackbird, 10 to 1 agst Gibraltar and Rhoabus. Rhcebus and Flirtation alternately led for the first mile and a half, when Blackbird took up the running, and car ried it on down the back stretch to the bottom turn, where Cowslip made a spurt, and led for a couple of hundred yards. On rounding the bottom turn, the lot, with the exception of Flirtation and Gibraltar, were beaten, these two having the finish to themselves. Flirtation, after a good race, won easily by three quarters of a length; Rhwbus was a bad third, and Cowslip fourth. Neither of the others passed the post. The Town Plate (Handicap) of 50 sovs, for three-yr-olds and upwards ; winners extra. One mile. 13 subs. Mr. Hodgman's Otho, 3 yrs, sst 121 b .. (J. Nightingall) 1 Mr. Stephenson's Peneus, 3 yrs, Sat 91b (car sst 101 b) (Coe) 2 Mr. S. Jacobs's The Don, 5 yrs, Get 81b.... (T. Trench) 3 Mr. Fleming's Acco, 4 yrs, est 121 b (in 51b ex) • (J. Daley) 4 Mr. G. Newton's Freestone, 3 yrs, sst 71b (J. Grimshaw) 5 Betting-2 to 1 agst The Don-5 to 2 eget Otho-3 to 1 agst Acco-5 to 1 agst Peneus-100 to 15 agst Freestone. The lot, with the exception of Freestone, got off on good terms, and lay well together until passing the dis tance, when Otho gained a slight lead, and improving his position every stride, won easily by three lengths ; The Don was beaten for second place by the same ; Acco was fourth, several lengths in rear of the favourite; Freestone beaten off. THE DISPUTED RACE ON WEDNESDAY. —The objection raised by J. Osborne, jun., against Mr. Hind's Lady Staf ford, who came in first for the Sapling Stakes, on the ground that silo only carried Bst 41b, instead of Bst 71b—it being stated that, according to the original conditions, the latter was the proper weight—was brought before Sir H. de Trafford, E. Buckley, Esq. (stewards), and Alderman Copeland, yesterday afternoon, when it was decided that Mr. Weatherby should be written to, to ascertain whether the weights which appeared in the Racing Calendar were those furnished to him by the Race Committee. If so, them is little doubt but that Lady Stafford will be disqualified, and the stakes awarded to Mr. Osborne's Lorette. LORD CLIFDEN.—This horse, which was disposed of a short time ago, for £4,500, with a contingency of £l,OOO should he win the next Derby, has been resold for £6,500, and a contingency of £2,000 in the event of his winning that great race. PHOTOGRAPHIC WONDERS.—It is a small matter to reduce a photograph to invisibility. The little square, dark patch, which for aught the eye can d'atinguish, is an accidental blot, becomes under a sufficiently high magnifying power the first page of the Times, on which may be read that Hewitt Bernard, formerly of Jamaica, may hear of something to his advantage by applying to certain persons in London, and that W. B. had bettor return home, if ho does not wish unpleasant consequences to result from his absence, in addition to a great deal of other information of a miscellaneous character. This other little blot, which would be covered by one of the silver pennies which Her Majesty distributes yearly among the recipients of Queen Anne's Bounty, is in reality a cluster of sixteen portraits, and this other tiny speck on the object-glass of a model telescope scarcely an inch in length, when held up to the light, b ecomes a per f ec t represen tation of the head and shoulders of th e i n di v id ua l to whose watchchain it is at tached. S uch minute photographs as these cannot o f oourse be repr o d uced on a steel plate by chemical engraving, but something very closely approaching them may. I have a piece of paper three inches in length, and half an inch less in breadth, "' W— hi c 1- i 9 a proof from a steel plate chemically en graved by Mr. Fox Talbot, the only instrument which he used in its production being a camel's-hair pencil. On this piece of paper are the principal portions of 22 pictures, the smallest o f them is an almost en ti re copy o f andthe among large painting o f " The L as t S u pper," by Leonardo d a Vinci, the face o f the Saviour, especially, being a perfect portrait. The rest of the engraving includes copies of famous paintings of Madonnas, and other sub jeots,—Once i Wok. At length Mr. Hawksbaw's new and favourite plan of making a coffer dam, by means of panels, has been abandoned, and the old-fashioned but more substantial plan of piling is to be resorted to. The greatest alarm has now taken possession of the pub lic mind, and the greatest fears aro expressed that the whole of the constructed dam will be carried away before the tides begin to slack. That this fear is not altogether wit hout foundation I am ready to believe, from the very insecure state of the " shores." By shores Ido not mean the sides of the cut, but the piles that stretch from the back to the front walling of the dam, and which are ex pected to support the dam against the force of the tide. These shores consist of deals from 50 to 70 feet long; and, though they are of this extraordi nary length, there is no support for them except at the two ends, and, not being exactly straight, when there is a heavy pressure on them by the tide, they may be seen to shake, vibrate, and bend, and it is feared that they will snap—and, should that be so, nothing can preserve the dam from certain destruc tion. Yesterday afternoon the steam engine, which has been lying on the bank useless for the last fort night, was brought into requisition, steam being got up, and its assistance evoked to enable them to draw the broken piles. These efforts were ineffec tual. The panels are all to be drawn, and sheet piling to be drawn down from both sides of the cut. There is always a fall of five feet of water on one side of the coffer dam. When the tide is flowing the fall is of course on the upper side, and when the tide is ebbing the fall is on the lower or sea side. The result of this is, that two very deep holes have been scoured at the foot of the dam, and these have, to a certain extent, loosened the foun dation of the piles. It does seem almost impossible that any earth, either loose or in sacks, will be able to stop near the dam until these holes are filled up. To-day the Middle-Level Commissioners visited the work , , and held a meeting at the office, the chairman, Mr. E. Pellowes, M.P., presiding. There was to have been a conference between the Middle- Level Commissioners and the special committees of the several bodies, but that they learned what the demand of the local bodies were to be, and deter mined not to entertain such demands. The fears as to the East side being doomed are to some extent removed, on account of an understand given, that sooner thaniwhichng the we waters be e l believe should go b over rn on to Magdalen Fen, they would cut another hole in the West bank. This plan would, of course, be satisfactory to the Magdalen Fen people, but the result would be that Islington if not Filney would be also laid under water. ----- - The Mayor of 'Lynn was making arrangements to convene a public meeting for the pu r po s e of in augurating a public subscription for the small farmers and occupiers who are sufferers by the in undation. Lord Leicester, the lord lieutenant of the county, would have presided but had been compelled to leave England for Sweden. Sever a l su b scr ipti ons have already been received by his w ors hip. W e do not see how the raising of a subscription could affect the liabilities of the Middle-Level Commis sioners to pay compensation. THE AIIIE.RICA I QUESTION. Mr. A. J. B. Beresford Hope, in a letter to a contemporary, says: — The opinion which you express, that the time is approaching when England, in concert with France, must offer her mediation to the fratricidal bellige- rents, if not, also in concert with our neighbour, recognise the Confederate States as a Power of the earth, has steadily been gaining strength in the minds of thinking people in this country of every condition. It has been my occupation for some time past to feel the popular pulse upon the matter, and ascertain the general sentiments of society on the American contekt. The result which has been forced on me is that Englishmen and Englishwomen, if not with perfect unanimity, at all events by a very preponderating majority, desire to see the strife ter minated in the only way which justice and possi bility combine to indicate, namely, in the establish ment of the Southern Confederacy of, sovereign States as a recognised and independent Power. Rieh and poor, High Tories and Conservatives, Whigs and advanced Liberals, Churchmen, Dissenters, Roman Catholics, have all expressed the same de sire to me in the strongest language. In the spring of the year I was lecturing upon American matters to several hundreds of the , inhabitants of a wealthy town of between 20,000 and 30,000 inhabitants, surrounded by the leaders of the two political parties in the place, and I found the meeting uanimous and enthusiastic in its support of a very outspoken argument for Southern inde pendence. The growing distress in Lancashire has since that period intensified public opinion, while the endurance of the South on the one hand, and the brutal violence on the other of such Pro consuls as Butler, have tended to raise what was then a strong conviction into a foregone conclusion that the South cannot be, and ought not to be, dra gooned into submission. Common sense pleads that men who prefer to burn their crops to allowing them to pass into the enemies' hands, are not likely to be wooed back to Republican Union by the voice of authority stigmatising the patriotism of their wives and daughters as harlotry. Besides, "Union" itself is no longer the fashionable formula among the fiercer partisans of the war in the North. "Em pire" is the word, and in the name of empire it is confessed that the conquest of the South is com passed. What the significance to England, to Canada, and other North American colonies, to the British Weat Indies, and to Europe at large of a Yankee empire, starting with the old United States as its first possession, would be, I do not pause to inquire. I venture to assume that the bulk of the Northern people may not have realised the whole sig nificance of the delusive lure thus dangled before their eyes by the interested partisans of this well-calcu lated warfare. I shall continue to trust that they have not with their eyes open committed themselves to principles which are intended by their advocates to be a defiance to all residuary Christendom. There is one thing of which 1 am certain—that all over the North there is a party, undoubtedly and un happily a minority, but still a minority possessed of a moral strength which may make itself felt in a moment of crucial trial, which hates the war, and which accepts (whether liking it or not) the future independence of the South as an irreversible fact. These are the men who still think as Mr. Everett thought when he was the " Union party" candidate for theVice-Presidentship in 1860, and wrote in his address : " The suggestion tha t the Union can b e maintained by th e numerical preponderance of one section excited to co erce in my judgment, as self n other ollryfrao i smn it o fieldsi submission u dangerous. It conies l oa d e d w ith the hB' and as Mr. Everett continued to think on Fe bruar y c d o ea t t ri, the s d m i c e t 22, 1861, four days after Mr. Jefferson Davis had been installed Southern President, when he wrote to the Boston Courier :- 4 , To expect to hold 15 States in the Union by force is preposterous. The idea of a cifn war, accompanied as it would be by servile insurrection (in this he was mistaken), is too monstrous to be entertained for a moment. If our sister States must leave us, in the name of Heaven let them go in peace." Of such men there are, I believe, hundreds in the Northern States to every one Unionist in the South, and in their silent and necessarily cautious, but sincere co-operation, Europe must confide as a potent auxiliary in any measure of intervention. I pass 'over the impending cataclysm of Northern finance, and the contingent disaffection of the West, for these are elements or in the el consideration which 1 f himsf every one can supp - y • Permit me here to testify how much it is to your ling them to see her children starve, out of defer-'I ence to the unreaFoning petulance of a nation sprung from herself, which has systematically been meeting our greatest sacrifices with vituperative ingratitude. But we made those sacrifices and we surrendered our cherished national pride from love of peace and a keen sensitiveness of honour. There is a point, how ever, in the intercourse of nations where the love of peace degenerates into poltroonery, and the sensi tive feeling of honour into self-injurious scrupulosity. I do not at all say that we have reached that point ; but a little more delay may bring us into dangerous proximity to it. Duty and policy alike combine to show to England and to France the safest and the noblest way. Tens of thousands here are pining to see the day which shall dawn upon the first great step towards allaying the frightful passions of the combatants, restoring peace to a continent, and giving free course to the indications of nature and of Providence. Of course—we all know it, and you have stated it well—the North will receive the pro posal with an outburst of well-affected indignation. So it treated the demand to give up the Southern Commissioners, and yet they were surrendered. What took place in December, 1861, may easily be repeated in the summer of 1862. At all events, the trial should be made, or Europe, by its silence, will be drifting into complicity with the horrors of the war. Why, then, do people hesitate to speak out, 'When they have so thoroughly made up their minds ? A little pressure from without is all that is needed, and then I believe that the Government would not be chary in taking a course which they must know to be just and feel to be popular. THE FINANCIAL CONDITION OF AIItERMA. The quotation of gold at New York brought by .he Great Eastern is but 31 per cent. premium. The confidence of the American people in the future re demption in specie of the Government paper issues _ _ .. is therefore still unshaken. This state of feeling can exist only from a belief that all the laws which regulate the movements of money in other parts of the world are inoperative in the United States, or from a dense ignorance, on the part of all classes of the people, of even those elementary principles which in England are familiar to most persons. Happily, for their present comfort, the former solu tion is that which prevails among the Washington politicians, and, as the recent creations of debt are held almost entirely at home, foreign nations can await the result without anxiety. A year ago, when it was predicted that before the end of 1861 there would be a suspension of specie payments, there was he same reliance that America was elevated be- yond the possibility of any such cdsualty, and the outside world had for six months to bear heavy reproaches for the malignity of the suggestion. It must, however, be admitted that the delay of the financial catastrophe which has now so long been anticipated is such as to surprise all observers, and to demonstrate either that reason is no longer to be rusted in such matters, or that the infatuation and absence of the most ru3imentary knowledge of financial rules in the Northern States is far more complete than any one conversant with the fact that most of the people can read and write had at any time conceived to be pos sible. The fancy into which they have been led regarding their currency seems in a great mea- sure to have been assisted by the Morrill tariff, and a remarkable instance has thus been furnished of the way in which one delusion will help another until they are both destined to be dispersed by a storm of double force. If free trade hqd prevailed in America, the first expansion of the currency would have been followed by a proportionate in- crease of importations, which would immediately have exposed the impending danger, but the im mense bounty accorded by the protective tariff to all classes of home productions has caused capital and labour to be concentrated upon them to an ex• tent never previously witnessed. This concentration of capital and labour upon domestic manufactures must—unless we are to accept the preposterous supposition that they have hitherto been previously redundant in the United States—be followed by a withdrawal from other branches of industry; and, as the agricultural interest has of late years been the mainstay of the North, we must assume that it is in this direction we are henceforth to look for the evil consequences of the prevailing policy. Of course, if the Americans have enough labour at command to create at home, not only all the food, but all the clothing and other articles they require, they can maintain a prohibitory tariff without any other danger than that which results to civilisa tion from the limitation of intercourse with the rest of mankind, but if it be the fact that labdur is the material which is most scarce in America and most abundant elsewhere, then the consequences of such a system must eventually prove more terrible to that country than to any other. To most persons at this day it will seem almost ludicrous to speak of the possibility of a deficiency of food in America ; but it is only 25 years since the country was visited by that afflic tion in consequence of the gambling mania which for a few years previously attracted the population to the great cities, and caused the extension of agri culture to be neglected. Every man was then making his fortune by buying land, instead of cultivating it. Are there no symptoms to indicate that a recurrence of this state of affairs is possible ; and if such should be the case, will not the convul sion in consequence be such as has never yet been witnessed ? It is only three years since, owing to an adverse season, the United States had no spare supply of grain to send us, the annual crop being little more than sufficient for home consumption, and if even a moderately indifferent harvest should now be witnessed, it is impossible to say to what extent the evil might be aggravated by the diminu tion in the amount of cultivation that must have taken place through the war. The 700,000 strong and youthful men now serving in the army, and consuming and wasting more than double their ordinary quantity of food and drink, must pre viously have been occupied in some profitable manner, and it is idle to pretend that the re sults of the cessation of this source of wealth will not soon make themselves visible. When the North had a bad ha rvest three years back, the United States found a compensation in the extraordinary annual increase of the cotton crop and its sale in Eu ro p e at advancing prices; but the country has now n othing to depend upon but its grain. It h as j ust realised, and is still realising, the profits of the most extraordinary harvests ever known, and which harvests occurred at a time when Europe was suffering from a sad deficiency. Yet, even although the quantities lb secured are still being shipped to us with all the speed allowed by the available freight, it is not enough to preserve the balance of the transactions between the two countries, and to prevent the necessity for specie being transmitted to us by each steamer. When these grain shipments are dimi nished or altogether suspended, and when it is dis covered by the mass of the people that their Govern ment "demand notes," nr " deposit notes," or certificates of indebtedness" wilt be of no avail to send to Rio for coffee, to China for tea, to India for saltpetre, or to France for wine, what will be the rate at which they are likely to be exchanged for specie The question has evidently never yet been entertained among them, and even if it should arise, the assurance of the Washington politicians that Europe will soon send millions of gold across the HANDEL FESTIVAL. The arrangements for the fe stival are now com plete. The engagements have be en made with the entire band and chorus; and the c ommittee of the Sacred Harmonic Society—whose experience in large meetings of this character is well known state that on no former occasion has so large or so talented an assemblage of amateurs and professors ever been gathered together. The instrumentalists w o l i o n n d c e i n l s o t s r u a m n d e n d t o : b a l r e e b e a m s s p e s l . 0 y C e o d n , s erai a d nd t b h l i y s comprise stringed instruments, of whom no less than u l ow 3 y Set over are toh oe v i g reat organ of Messrs. Gray and Davison, which is now receiving large additions, will pro duce an instrumental combination without prece dent. The chorus will bring up the aggregate num ber of performers to about 4,000; and as the emana tions of the giant composer will now be heard for the first time on anything approaching this scale, in a completed and properly prepared acoustically constructed roofed orchestra, the effect muss 1. far vls beyond what has ever been witnesssd. It would occupy too much space to specify each district or town from which the component parts of this great orchestra have been assembled. Leeds, Bradford, York, Huddersfield, Halifax, contri bute a large quota of voices,whose sonorous qualities and perfect training are well known. Birmingham, Norwich, Gloucester, Worcester, and Hereford, towns whose regularly trained choral bodies are kept up for the service of their respective festivals, send efficient aid. Manchester, Liverpool, and other Lancashire districts, help with their most efficient singers to swell the contingent ; the Universities, Oxford and Cambridge, and the Royal choirs and chapels, each send a selection of their best vocalists, while the cathedral towns, through the kind per- . _ mission of the ecclesiastical authorities, are re- presented scarcely without any exception. It is a marked evidence of the growth of feeling in favour of these great musical undertakings, that both from manufacturers and others the most liberal permission has been granted to attend the coming Handel Festival. This is doubtless owing to the International Exhibition being held at the same time ; but whatever the cause, the most bene ficial effect will be produced on the general musical excellence of the Handel Festival. The provincial chorus will arrive in London on the afternoon of Friday, the 20th inst., and a great choral rehearsal will be held in Exeter Hall the same evening, Large, however, as the great ball is, it is doubtful if it will, with the aid of the orchestra and galleries hold the large force of chorus singers who will then be brought together. The great full rehearsal will take place at the Crystal Palace on the following day. It will begin at 11 o'clock, and is expected to last some hours, as the most important pieces in the programme of the three days, both for princi pal singers as well as full orchestra, will be gone through. After the rehearsal a display of the great fountains will be given. The price of rehearsal tickets is 7s. 6d., if purchased on or be fore Thursday next; after that day half-a-guinea will be charged. As all the guinea seats on the floor of the palace are open on the rehearsal day to the holders of these tickets, such unusual advan- tages are offered that there is certain to be a very large attendance at the rehearsal day particularly as the season ticket holders at the Crystal Palace have also the right of entry on this day. It has been advertised that these tickets as well as the ss. tickets for each day of the festival, are on sale a . _ _ many of W. H. Smith and Mr. Colling's bookstalls at the various railway stations, a facility which doubtless many visitors to the metropolis during the next week will profit by. Special trains will also be run for the rehearsal day from many places, particularly on the Brighton and South Coast lines. The great roof over the orchestra is now complete in its decorations. Its imposing span must be seen to be fully appreciated. It is a sight in itself. The most gratifying marks of approbation on the con struction have within the last week been conveyed to the chairman of the Crystal Palace Company on this great work. One of the eminent contractors of the International Exhibition has described it as one of the most ingenious pieces of carpentry ever constructed. M. Costa, who has spent much time in carefully noting its acoustical properties, writes that he is "delighted with the effect pro duced by the organ as well as by a single instrument played in the orchestra." Also, " Much as I had anticipated from the roof, it has far exceeded my most sanguine anticipations. The least sound is not only audible, but travels everywhere, and the effect that the immense orchestra will produce at the coming festival must really be wonderful." 'The success which has attended the erection of this great roof has enabled the directors to offer a very much larger number of really good stalls to the public on this than at any former festival. It is now clearly ascertained that the best places for hearing the music at this festival will be those at some distance from the orchestra. The plans of the d as the galleries, which have just b een issued, afford most eligible positions. So m ucb is this regarde t r ue state of the case that one of these galleries has been reserved for the press, provincial a more than usually large number of conti nental and p repor ters being expected to be present. One of the most noticeable features at this festival w ill be the large num ber of foreigners who will be present. To them it will be p eculiarly strikin g , because, however much more hi g hl y musi cally educated they may be th an the generality of En g li s h visitors to the festival, it is yet certain that in no as und part of the Continen t— g reat and deserved ly popular as many of the gr eat p art-son g mee tings and con ngtinental musical festivals are—i n no place abroad musi calea n organisation,anything h a : sameh ng the same complete combination of really effective musical executive art, be heard as at the Handel Festival at the C rystal Palace. Preparations for the Royal and distinguished visitors expected at th e Festival have begun by the erection of a large Royal box in the centre of the gallery ; two small boxes on either side of the orchestra have also been prepared with the same object. The official it will be of considerable bulk, and in addition to the words of the oratorios and the selection, will contain the names of all the performers, and police instruction, &'., respecting entrances. On the rehearsal day the performance will coin. mence at 11, on each day of the festival at 1 o'clock. us As to forgery by photography, the watermark is the most t ffectual safeguard which can bo conveniently employed, and this appears to be the opinion of the Bank authorities, who, for some time past used a paper water marked to a considerably greater extent than formerly. The fact that this art has not hitherto been employed, so far as known, in the multiplication of those valuable sheets of paper bearing the superscription of J. Gattie, is a proof that there are obstacles in the way of so abusing it, wh ich lens only b ec ome evident in practice. In the first pla ce, must be a large and good one, and such a le ns costs a con siderable sum of money ; and to this must be added a few pounds more for the machine requisite to produce the water: mark. Then the pulp of which banknote paper Is made, is of a peculiar manufacture, and can only be obtained, if obtained at all, surreptitiously. As to anybody getting a blank note, that is almost impossible, in consequence of the precautions taken in the mills where they are manufac. tuned,..Ono a Wee. • 9 The Siecle of yesterday contains a letter' row Rome, of the ith, in which the writer describes the particulars of an interview which he has had with the Mortara child, or rather with his tutor, for nearly an hour. The writer had heard that the unfortunate child was at a particular convent in the city, where once a week he appears as one of the choristers at the mass, and with some ingenuity' managed to getadmission into the cloister where the child, with five or six others, was taking exercise aifter the service. The ether children were dressed in white, the little Mortara in a black cassock. He describes the child, whois 101)3 - ears and four months old, as timid, bashful, and almost melancholy, and having quite the Jevb-j;ii cast of features. nu/ writer contrived to get in,;9 conversation with t he tutor on the subject of a fret•coe on the wall, ani being mistaken for an Italian, 50 ,7'11 succeeded in turning the conversation on the pupils. "Who," said I, "is that child sitting there upon. the edge o f t h e we ll ?" ‘t Oh, you havb often heard o him ; it is the little Jew Mortara, Lapt iscd at Bologna." -n The child rose sl'owldyr,ed !" took off" Come cap, ap, here, a n E d d gar l ' stood before us with his eyes on the ground. "Has he good health ?" " Excellent, although a little deli cate. In the three years that he Las been here he has only had one slight illness." e has a low forehead—that is not a priori a sign of intelli gence." "Nevertheless he is very intelligei2t ; he learns all that he likes, and especially Latin,. for which be seems to have a marked inclination." did not wish to play in anything the part of a false brother, therefore I limited myself to putting one question to the child, while drawing him towards me and taking him by the hands. " Well," said I; " are you content to be here ? Are you well ?" " Yeg," said the child. This was all that it was possible to extract from him. As soon as he could get away he retOnedt and re-seated himself with a sad expression on the e dge of the well, under the shade of an enormous fig " How is it," said I to the canon, " that the namt;' of Edgar was given to him in baptism ?" " 9t give him that name—it is the one that he hs.C., before being bap tised." "And his parents, do they often come to see him !" " Once, in 1859. The father cane with out the mother in 1860, but he did not ask to see him. He entered the church, and we were warned to keep ourselves on guard, for he intended, it was said, to carry him sway." " When will he have the power of leaving 7" "fit seventeen ; but he has a marked calling for the e cci,gsiastical state." " Does he often speak of his father an:l mother P" "No ; he appears to have forgotten them. However, he writes to them twice a year, imploring - them to be converted. The parents make no reply :0 his let ters." (I thought to myself that such letters, writ ten by this unhappy child from a copy made ent b a„ y the priests, could p oorl y satisfy the par Moreover, they knew very well that a reply would not reach the child.) " The mother, they tell me," said he, "is a good woman, who would willingly become converted, but the father is s hardened sinner. It was he who -gent to Cavour at Turin, and was the cause of all the fuss that was made on account of the carrying away of this child. Henceforth the child belongs to God. He will have his first communion next week, and will receive thr, holy sacrament from the hands of a French bishop. I could report to you several other details of this interesting conversation, but my space fails me.. I will only say that I shall never forget the accent with which the priest to whom the young Mortars is confided said to me t hese words, " They talk much of the rights of the father and of nai;ure re specting the carrying away of th e child, but divine rights, supernatural rights, override the ri g hts of the father—of the family. A baptised child is our property." I was loth to leave, Slowly I descended the steps of the cloister which led to the church, and took a last look at that poor Israelite, passing his infancy amidst those black robes. Entering the church, I came across a group of devotees, who were kissing the chains of St. Peter. They offered thmt to me to kiss; but, thinking of the poor child, I turned away my head, saying to myself that resig• nation could never reach such a depth with me as `o embrace the emblems of such a .horrible servitude, EXAMINATIONS IN LAW. The following further order for conducting the examinations in General Knowledge have been Pub' lished :—" Whereas by the Bth section of the 23d and 24th Victoria, chap. 127, it is enacted that we, the Lords Chief Justices of the Courts of Queen's Bench and Common Pleas, and the Lord Chief Baron of the Court of Exchequer, jointly with the Master of the Rolls, may from time to time make regulations for the examination it such branches of general knowledge as we may deem proper of all persons (not having taken degrees or successfully passed the University examinations in the Act men tioned) thereafter becoming bound under a rticles of clerkship to attorneys or solicito rs ; and we tly i. said judges, by such regulations, may requireo:suso examination to be passed either before as attorneys or solicitors, as to us may or become bound, or at any time before their fits and or alter that we may from time to time o e i any such regulations as able from time to time appoint examiners for conducting w e th r ink fit, and . shallnd no bo p e e e r p s on quired to pass such such examinations examinationasaforesa being bound as aforesalb e f oresuch examination is required to be passed being bound, or of being admitted as an attorney or solicitor where before time e h r e before beinga examination damd mi sisti i to s end p , e u( permitted unless t sh i s ee before a tos case b me being may y a s passed o bt a in from the examine rs a cert ifi cate o cidb f uoi h aurt a en i a in nhoy g er satisfactorily passed a lways, that we or s a u n c y h exam one o i r n a m t i o o r n e . of P u r s o v m i d a e y d , where under special circumstances we see fit so to d en o t , i d re is i p y e o n rsewithcoalpliance with such regulations partially, or subject to any such condi tions as to us may seem fit. And whereas, by the second regulation made by us, bearing date the 26th day o f July, 1861, it is directed that every person proposing to enter into articles of clerkship, not having been called to the degree of Utter Bar rister in England, or not having taken a degree., or passed the examination prescribed under the 6th section of the act, shall produce to the Registrar of Attorneys a certificate that he has successfully passed an examination by special examiners ap pointed by us ; now, we do hereby order awl, direct that such second regulation shall not extend or apply to any person proposing to enter into articles of clerkship who shall, previously to being articled, produce to the Registrar of Attorneys a certificate that he has successfully passed one of the local elm: minations established by the University of Ox.foel_ or one of the Non - Gremial examinations establls ed by the University of Cambridge. --A • . CO hr M BURN, JOHN ROMILY, M.R., W. ER LE, LOCK." 'FBEp. p i 1 Wednesday, the Rev. COURT •JtOAD.--The freehold SALE OF WHITFIELD'S CHAPEL, TOTTENHAM property, consisting ofofjth large circular building on the west side of Tottenham-court• road, and abutting on the east side o fJohn-street, Fitzroy. burial ground, square, known as Whitfield 's Chapel, and the adjoining under a decree of tho High Court of Chancery. The wa s disposed of by auction o i founda tion stone of the church was laid in the beginning 1756, and it was opened for public worship h June, George Whitfield on the 7th November in the . The chapel, with the boys' and girls' schools, same year. first lot, and realised, after a brisk competition, formed the The burial ground, with frontages to £4,400. road and J ohn-street, was divided i the Tottenham-court altogether £1565. It was rum into six lots, and brought the sale that the purchaser rumoured at the conclusion of erect a music-hall on anof the property proposes to chapel. extensive scale the . on site of the There was a medal struck by the Catholics against Calvin about this time, which is curious as having been taken as the model of some struck by the Reformers imme diately ntihee diately after. On the obverse of this coin, the th he e ad_o ev .._ Pope, when reversed, becomes the head of were s D atan il ie, meaning that the things opposed to thef Pope t h e motto of the especially the opponent whose name which medal, loAN CALVINVS ITERESIARC SA : - inscrip ion (supplying heresiarcha," I fated, "John Calvin, the worst o t he abbrevi a tions) may be tram