The Sun. — London, England, 1862-06-30 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, JUNE _3O, 1862. THEATRE -ROYAL, DRURY•LANE.I Dion Boucicault, Lessee. TO-NIGHT, MONDAY, June O. MP, the performances will commence at 7, with the SPITALFIELDS WEAVER : Messrs. Atkins, F. Robinson, Sara Stevins. After which, THE COLLEE V BAWN : Messrs. Dio Boucicault, H. Vandenhoff, F. Robinson ; Madam e n Celeste, Jessie M`Lean, Stevins. To conclude with THE KISS IN THE DAR K : Messrs. Atkins, Farrell ; Mrs. G. Jordan. Box-office open from 10 to 5. TREAT RE-R 0 AL, HAYMARKET. Lessee, Mr. J. B. Buckstone. THIS EVENING, at Seven, THE FIAPPIEST DAY OF MY LIFE. Mr. Compton, Miss Caroline Hill, &c. Att which, at a quarter to 8 will be performed (162 d time) OUR er AMERICAN COUSIN., Asa T re nchard, Mr. Buck stone ; Lord Dundreary, Mr. Sothern. Followed by a new Spanish Ballets ntitied LA CONTRA BANDISTA. Senora Peres Nena, nor Ricardo, and the Corps de Ballet. To conclude with SHOCRING EVENTS. 14 OYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. 11) Sole Lessee and Manager —Mr. Edmund Falconer. 195th Night of the continuous run of "Peep o'Day." THIS EVENING, PEEP O'DA Y ; or, Savourneen Deelish. Messrs. Waiter Lacy, Addison, Charles Selby, Geo. Melville, and Edmund Falconer Mrs. D. P. Bowers, Miss Clara W e ston, and Miss M. Hudson. After which, a new musical, pictorial, poetical, and ballet interlude, entitled KILLARNEY. Miss Anna Whitty and Miss Lydia Thomson. - • - - To conclude with the new farce entitled I COULDN'T HELP IT. Characters by Mr. Addison, Mr. Warlow, and ',Liss Lydia Thompson. Actin, Manatrer—Mr. F. B. Chatterton. • ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Lessee, Mr A. Harris. THIS EVENING, TOO MUCH OF A GOOD THING. hiss M. Harris. After which, THE CORSICAN BROTHERS. Fabien and Louis de French', Mr. Charles Kean; Messrs. Jordan, Everett, R. Cathcart, Meadows, &c. ; Mesdames Fielding , Chapman, R. Leclercq, Henderson, and N. Chapman. To conclude with THRICE MARRIED. Commence at 7. No halt-price. NEW THEATRE-RU YAL, ADELPHI.-- Sole Proprietor and Manager. Mr. B. Webster. TO-NIGHT, ICI ON PARLE FRANCAISE : Messrs. J. L. Toole, Billington, Emery ; Misses K. Kelly, Laidlaw, K. Bland, and Mrs. H. Marston. To be followed by THE COLLEEN BAWN. Messrs- D. Murray, Emery, D. Fisher, Billing,ton, Stephenson, C. J. Smith, Romer; Miss Agnes Burdett, Miss woolgar, Mrs. Billington, and Airs. H. Lewis. To conclude with THE SHILLING DAY. Messrs.. J. L. Toole, P. Bedford, Emery, Miss Latimer, Mrs. H. Lewis. Commence at 7. CANTERBURY HALL. STECKEL, The Greatest Trapeze Performer in the World, at 10 o'clock Immense success of the Grand Selection from Donizetti's Opera, " DON SE BASTIEN," (Produced here for the first time in this country). Arranged and conducted by Mr. Jonghmans. Principal Artistes—liss Russell and Signor Tlyoli. The Great Comic Trio, Eugene, Duley, and Unsworth (the original of the celebrated Stump Speech, " Or any other man "). Also the following array of Comic Talent, viz. : E. Marshall, J. G. Forde, A. B. Hollingsworth, Miss Geor gina Smithson. and Joe Brown, the renowned Dancer. HE OXF OR D, I 6, OXFORD STREET. The miraculous STECKEL, Champion of the Trapeze, in new and unapproachable feats. Verdi's "LA TRAVIATA," "IL TROVATORE," " SIMON BOCCANEGRA," - G. Linley's "JOLLY BEGGARS ; " G.A. Macfarren's " NfAY DAY. Principal Vocalists Miss Russell, Madame Enderssohn, Messrs. Morley, Greene, and Albert. Full Band and Chorus. Musical Director, Mr. F. Jonghmans. C om ic—Miss Caroline Parkes, Mr. W. R a ndall, and those Little unrivalled Ethiopian Comedians, Rurnsey, Newcomb, Bob,Eugene,and Unsworth (the original "or any other man"). Admission, 6d.; Balcony and Stalls, ls. ; Private Boxes, 10s. 6d. Shortly will be produced Verdi's Great International Exhibition Cantata. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. THIS DAY .—Morning, 3h. 40m.—Afternoon, 4h. 6m. To-ifoßßow.-Morning, 4h. 24m.—Afternoon, 4h. - NOTICE. All remittances are, henceforth, to be made to Mr. JOHN CHAPLIN, at The Sun office, 112, Strand, who has been appointed, by the Lord Chancellor, Receiver and Manager of The Sun newspaper, and the outstanding debts due in respect thereof. We should be sorry to exert the humblest mea sure of influence in a way which might lead men into a losing course of action, but we must number ourselves with those who would warn Manchester of the danger of inaction in regard to the supply of cotton. Some of the highest authorities among their commerical men have already done so, and, on looking at the working of things in America, every month appears to us to call upon Manchester, with increased reason, to be up and doing. The present posture of the great cotton capital of England is precisely that to check the development of cotton cultivation all over the world, and in India especially. Manchester acts, or rather is inactive, on the ground that any day the war in America may terminate, and fresh and abundant supplies of slave cotton be again poured into her hungry starving market. India will never exert itself while this is the hope of Manchester. She remembers too well former efforts, by which heavy losses were sus tained through being superseded by America; and so long as Manchester shows that America, not India, is the permanent hope, the latter will not hazard being again kicked off for the slaveholder and his production. We think both India and Manchester are wrong; we have little doubt that a vigorous Indian effort would never result like the former one. India would not again lay herself open to the complaint of careless collecting, cleaning and packing the crop, In a year or two, if the Govern• went does its duty, or Sir C. WOOD will permit it to do so, there will be no further complaints of the cotton being spoiled and de:ayed by careless, slow, and uncertain bullock conveyance, and thus the worst objection to Indian cotton would be removed. India can also, and will, improve the quality of her staple by American seed and by irrigation. While, on the other side, there is increasing improbability of any early supplies from America. We observe that a contemporary points to the probable opening of the Mississippi traffic in cotton. The river, except about the 300 miles which is the very centre of cotton planting, is now in the hands of the Federals. The remainder will be so imme diately, for nothing can withstand the combined Federal fleets from the North and the South ; it is, then, assumed that the planters will at once clear, pack, and ship their cotton. we e take this to he a mere imagination, all the facts pointing the other way. Not a singl e instance of a cotton planter friendly to the North has yet been mentioned. Granted th a t the cotton al read y bur ned has been that accumulated in town w arehouses, and that it has been done under compulsion by the retreating Federal troops ; yet, all the evidence is against the probability of the planters selling their cotton to Federal traders, or to persons trading under Fede ral auspices. The planters and their Eons have been the officers and best soldiers in this war ; they have imbibed all the bitter Spirit of hostility which modifications, sufferings, and defeat could add to their previous contempt for the North, and who that remembers the force of a public sentiment, can suppose that these planters will at once turn round, and enter on a trade which would relieve the North of some of its worst diffi culties. We may be assured they will never do this pending the war. Is, then, the war likely to come soon to its ter mination ? The facts on which a correct opinion on this point must rest are equally before us all ; they certainly do not warrant any such pleasant anticipation. The very latest news, if in some re spects hopeful in the West, is altogether the other way in HALLECK has not done with BEAUREGARD yet, though the latter seems to be sadly in want of that indispensable article, food; but INITLELLAN seems to be quite incapable of movement at present. Re h as b een twice surpr i sed on either flank; guerilla bands threaten his corn muications; he is demanding, and cannot obtain, large reinforments ; while from somequarter—pro bably the men whom BEAUREGARD connot f ee d-- the Confederate army has received considerable reinforcements. It is very clear that even when the waters of the Chickahominy subside M'CLELLAN does not feel himself strong enough to attack Rich mond till he is largely reinforced. The movements of General JACKSON show how strorg the Confederates are. His able exploits had the effect of enfeebling M'CLELLAN, by depriving him of the conjunction of M‘DowELL, who, him self strengthened by the forces he had received from BANKS, was to have joined him for the grand at tack. Instead of this he was obliged to keep where he was to save BANKS and the city of Washington. Worse than that, the Valley of the Shenandoah, from which JACKSON drove BANKS, is one of the most fertile in wheat in Virginia, and everything looks as if the Confederates intended to make it their granary for an autumn and winter campaign. It were folly to prophecy the results of military move ments, but there is no reasonable probability of M'CLELLAN being in a position to act with prompti tude at Richmond, and the North is getting soli citous about him. But even should JEFFERSON DAVIS fall back from Richmond as BEAUREGARD did from Corinth, it would only be to go farther south and move into the interior, where, away from Federal gunboats, the Confederates might protract the war, as the Federals would find it utterly impracticable to conquer the vast interior. Indeed neither North nor South shows the least symptom of yielding. Each demands and easily gets reinforcements for its vast armies, and as the last result there can be little doubt that the South would rather put arms into the hands of their negroes than allow the North to do it. When the North has threatened emancipation and arming the negroes rather than tolerate secession, the South has always replied that two could play at that game, and that if it came to the question of submission to the North or of arming the blacks, the latter would be chosen. We have every reason to believe it would. Let then the temper of the two great American com munities be considered, and the means which des peration could put into the hands of the weaker side, and we can see little or no prospect of an early cessation of the war. The Federals will never relax their hold of the forts and rivers, nor the Confederates of the interior, and while this state of things lasts cotton will never leave the Confederate interior through ports occupied by the Federals. Once more, therefore, we venture to sustain the advice of those who urge on Manchester a vigorous cotton campaign in India. It is difficult for a large trade to get out of its routine, or for such buyers as they have been, to believe that their money will not attract that for which it is offered. In this case it will not without a helping hand. Not only must Government, especially Sir CHARLES WooD, the chief obstacle, be watchfully pressed to do its share of the work—that of conveyance and irrigation ; but Manchester must send her agents amongst the Ryots. They must go with advances of money in hand for the Ryots, who are too poor to cultivate without it, while the native usurers would grind them with fifty or sixty per cent. interest. The In dian Government must furnish a good law for se curing the advances, and they can then be made by English capital on easy terms. The same per sons would be the agents for purchasing the cotton, and seeing it properly cleaned, packed, and con veyed—and thus European superintendence and European money may quickly do for the cotton dis tricts what it has already done for the tea districts in Assam. Is it too much to expect of the queen of manufacturing cities that she would at once take vigorous action in a case in which her own trade is so entirely at stake ? It is time that her manufac turing princes did somethiu g wuitl., ) , of themselves to rescue their trade from longer dependence on the uncertainties of American slavery. Mr. HORSMAN must now recognise, we should imagine, that he has been rather too precipitate. A like qualm must be forcing itself also through the " second thoughts" of Lord ROBERT MONTAGTJ. His Grace the Duke of BUCCLEUCH has small reason truly to feel himself under any very weighty load of obligation to those champions of his privacy in Whitehall-gardens who, by their excited inter position in his behalf in the House of Commons, have already contrived rather seriously to injure still further an originally bad and damaged cause. Pas de zele, said TALLYRAND to the embryo diplo matist. The Duke of BUCCLEUCH might well have hinted the advisability of a like discretion on the part of those friends of his grace who have so very recently and so very actively been " encumber ing " him with their help ! Festina lente—is the motto emblazoned under the device of the PLUN KETTB on their old heraldric escutcheon. Alas for the interests of the Duke of BUCCLEUCH and QUEENSBERRY in the matter of his adroitly (not to say cunningly) renewed lease of Montagu House —Festina lente is by no means the favourite axiom apparently either of Lord ROBERT or of Mr. HORSMAN. They have in turn not only hastened, they have positively jumped—to a conclusion! A letter is addressed to Mr. HIGGINS by the right hon. the Chairman of the Thames Embankment Committee, himself also a Cabinet Minister. A series of letters have appeared recently in the columns of our chief morning con temporary. The Mr. HIGGINS for whom Mr. COWPER'S private letter was intended is known to be officially connected with the journal referred to. Nothing more is required by Mr. HORSMAN— a right hon. gentleman who piques himself upon seeing through a millstone as well as—any other man ! He sees so clearly through this millstone at rate that ho makes an attempt forthwith to hang it about the neck of Mr. COWPER by way of summary punishment ! Only—in the very act of doing this— he miscalculates his own position in regard to the millstone so egregiously (somewhat after the manner of JACK KETCH in the well known de nouement of the street-tragedy of " Punch") that his own head, instead of his intended vic tim's, gets impaled within it. And Mr. HORSMAN and not Mr. CowPEß—suddenly makes an abrupt descent in public estimation accordingly. Mr. 11°11 ' 811414 not only can see through the millstone, but can thrust his head through it until it rests (collar-wise) upon his own shoulders—the result being eminently bathetic! The most ludicrous anti climax almost that any one of us could very well I h av e imagined. S u ch an elaborated and formidabl e ser i es o f charges as they were—those directed on Friday c on night by the right hon. member fo r Stroud against Mr. COWPER, again s t Mr. H IGGINS, by implication, (the right Mr. HIGGIN S we me an) , and als o an d i n a particular manner against the Times newspaper! This was, recollect, at the very last sitting, the House of C om mons. Here, however, is Monday on l y and now Mr. HoRSMAN has been enabled to "Mark how plain a tale can put him down !" Mr. HIG. GlNS—[and, once for all, when we write here of Mr. HIGGINS, we refer to the veritable Simon Pure, and not by any m eans t o L or d CIIELMSFORD's Mr. HIGGINS, the all-but Master of Lunacy,]—Mr. HIG GINS has addressed a very plain statement of facts in deed to our leading morning contemporary. He puts these facts down upon paper as recently as yester day, and they make their appearance this morning in the columns of our contemporary. It is impos bible not to see at once that they are perfectly conclusive. Mr. HORSMAN'S accusation against Mr. COWPER, it will be remembered, is very briefly, but very distinctly, to the effect that the latter fur nished Mr. HIGGINS with the materials for making charges, through the " leading journal," against the members of the Thames Embankment Commit tee, and charges of nothing less, in truth, than meanness and subserviency. Hear, now, what it is that Mr. HIGGINS himself has to avouch upon the matter in question—" Entertaining," he writes, " as I confess I do, a very decided opinion respecting the report of the Committee, I expressed it to Mr. Co w with whom I have the honour of being slightly acquainted, on meeting him accidentally about a week ago." Observe, here, at the outset, that the opinion is Mr. HIGGINS'S opinion—an opinion ex pressed by him to Mr. COWPER, and not instilled into Mr. HIGGINS'S mind by Mr. COWPER. Before this chance conversation of about a week ago between these two gentlemen then, and still, of course, but very slightly acquainted with each other, Mr. HIGGINS had already seen a resolution of the committee, reported and commented upon ; in con sequence of which he remarks, " I therefore inquired of Mr. COWPER whether the report of the commit tee and the evidence taken before it had been published. He told me that they had not yet re ported, but that as soon as they did report he would send me a copy of the evidence. I saw and heard no more of Mr. COWPER or the evidence in question till Saturday morning, when I read the debate of Friday night with astonishment, as I had never obtained any " materials" of any kind from Mr. COWPER, nor had I ever had the honour of writing to or receiving a "otter from him on any subject whatever. Mr. HORSMAN must, therefore, see that if, as he appears to suppose, I have done anything towards poisoning the public mind on the subject of the Thames Embankment Committee, it would be highly unjust to cast the blame of what I have done on Mr. COWPER, or to seek to make him responsible for any misdeeds of mine, past, present, or to come," Than this, cer tainly, nothing by possibility could be more con clusive. The words above quoted in italics speak, in effect, for themselves. They point the moral and adorn the tale of the misdirected letter which—in an evil hour for Mr. HORSMAN, more perhaps than for anyone else—reached the hand of Lord CHELMSFORD'S misguided son-in-law. Mr: HORS man has argued from false premises. And, as a matter of course, he has in consequence arrived at a wholly erroneous conclusion. And assuredly, from the bitter animus shown by him on Friday night in the House of commons, we cannot for one instant find it in our heart to condole with him upon the very distressing consequence of his own almost spiteful precipitation. At the very moment he himself is about to fling mud—with a capital aim—at his antagonists, lo and behold he has him self floundered into a quagmire up to his very lips, and (morally speaking) has all but disappeared THE MARRIAGE OF PRINCESS ALICE. (From the court Journal.) Her Majesty's gift to the Princess Alice is a beautiful bracelet studded with pearls and diamonds, with the like nesses of the Queen and the Prince Consort, set round with pearls and diamonds ; on the top the Royal coronet, and at the bottom the likenesses of the Princess Alice and the Prince Louis, with their monograms. The Queen also pre. cents the Princess with three rings, which are in accord ance with the prevailing fashion of gifts at great weddings, namely, a ring of diamonds, one of emeralds, and one of rubies. We,believe the production of these chef d' wuvres of jeweller's work was intrusted to a great house near Hano ver-square. The Prince of Wales's present to his sister on her mar riage is a parure, or bodice, of emeralds and diamonds, and a tiara of the same precious stones. The Royal bridesmaids Present a t.s service of silver gilt. The Prince Consort's presents were prepared last year, before December ; they consisted of two bracelets, a splendid brooch, and a tiara of diamonds and emeralds. We believe her Royal Highness the Princess Royal will present the Princess Alice with a handsome ebony dressingcase, ornamented, and lined throughout with the richest silk velvet, fitted with highly chased, engraved, and engine-turned gold-mounted articles, the crown and cipher elaborately worked on each. It was made by Mr. West, of St. James's-street. Soon after the marriage the Prince and Princess will leave Osborne for St. Clare. The death of the Grand Duchess of Hesse has, it seems, caused some change in the plans and arrangements of Prince Louis and the Princess Alice; for there seems to be no doubt now that the Prince and Princess will reside for some time in the year, if not permanently, at Darmstadt, where, indeed, a residence is being prepared for their recep tion. Their first sojourn will be, however, at Frogmore. considerable portion of the trousseau of Princess Alice is already packed up for transmission to the Continent. The foreign Royal fancily to be present at the wedding on the Ist of July will ba the Crown Prince of Prussia, Prince and Princess Augusta of Saxe-Coburg, Duke and Duchess of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Prince and Princess Charles of Hesse, Prince Henry of Hesse, and Prince Wil liam and Princess Anna of Hesse, We un•lerstand that, in consequence of the strict privacy with which the Royal marriage ceremony will be performed on Tuesday next, that the Princess will only be attended to the altar by bridesmaids of the Royal Family—namely, the Princess Alice's three sister's and the Princess Anna of Hesse. We hear that, in coniequenco of tho indisposition of the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Archbishop of York will officiate at the marriage of the Princess Alice and Prince Louis of Hesse. It is expected that her Majesty will again visit Windsor on the 21st of July for a few days previous to her departure for Scotland. The Quefa will reside at Balmoral until the middle of September, when her Majesty intends visiting Germany. On or aboat the 15th of October, her Majesty will again take up her residence at Windsor Castle for the winter season. The Royal servants will be required to leave off their mourning for two days only, the Ist and 2d of July. A Cabinet Council was held on Saturday at the official residence of the First Lord of the Treasury in Downing -street. The Ministers present were :—Viscount Palmerston, the Lord Chancellor, Earl Granville, the Duke of Argyll, Sir George Grey, Earl Russell, the Duke of Newcastle, Sir G. C. Lewis, Sir Charles Wood, the Chan cellor of the Exchequer, the Duke of Somerset, the Right Hon. T. M. Gibson, the Right Hon. E. Cardwell, Lord Stanley of Alderley, and the Right Hon. C. P. Villiers. MANSION-HOUSE.—Following the usage which has lung obtained on the presentation of the honorary free dom of the corporation of the city of London to distinguished persons and great public benefactors, the Lord Mayor will entertain Mr. George Peabody at a public banquet at the Mansion -house, on the evening of Thursday, the 10th of July, on the occasion of his receiving that mark of distinction, the highest they can confer, at the hands of the Common Council. With respect to the grand entertainment to be given in honour of the Viceroy of Egypt, at the Mansion-house, on the evening of Saturday next, it is right to state that it is an act of hospitality on the part of the Lord Mayor, distinct from one which had been intended by the corporation to the illustrious stranger. First among the foreigners of dis tinction visiting this c•iuntry, whom the Common Council desired to invite to the forthcoming entertainment at Guild hall, about the middle of July, was the Viceroy, but on his Highness being consulted as to a day that might suit his convenience he is understood to have intimated that as his stay here was limited he should be obliged to forego the intended compliment. TIIE SPECIAL SERVICES AT WESTMINSTER ABBEY. —Yesterday evening many hundreds of persons who were attracted to Westminster Abbey by the announcement that the Bishop of Oxford would preach, failed to obtain admis sion, the nave, in which service was performed, having be come densely packed in the course of a few minutes after the doors were opened. Prayers were intoned by the Rev. Pre centor Haden, and the lessons read by the Dean. The Bishop preached from the new pulpit, taking his text from the 12th chapter of the Book of Ecclesiastes, 7th verse, " The spirit shall return unto God who gave it." In the course of his very eloquent and impressive sermon, which was listened to with profound attention, his Lordship paid a touching tribute to the memory of Bishop Mackenzie and to the Earl Canning, who was buried in the Abbey only a law days previously, PaosEL YTism.—Brighton has of late been in a ferment, in consequence of a servant girl, named Coe, a native of the town, having been abducted by a Roman girl u r n r t r i . 0 Catholic p r i est at Dorking.. The parents of the girl were unable to obt a i n access to her, and a public meeting of the inhabitants of B r i ghton was called for Wednesday night, i t n o e gcexpress te t rd h a e ry i e r s to i h n l ued e o t n ruerm o: ae di t n h t o e a s hn u e b or j m e p c aan t r . e Cn O tast n ,h ob the luict. m fi r o Tm r h n l y d e meeting, however, took place as advertised, when the place was crowded to excess with a body of persons who were ortrerhe/Y demoustrAtiVo ht their feelings. LATEST NEWS. PARIS, JUNE 29, The Court of Cassation has, "in the interest of the law," annulled the judgment of the Court of Douai in the case of M. Mires. The decision of the Court of Caseation is to be transcribed on the margin of the judgment of the Court of Douai, TURIN, JUNE 28, EVENING. To-day, in the Chamber of Deputies, Signor Peruzzi supported the proposal of the Committee on the Budget to limit the authorization to collect the taxes to a period of four months, and said that ho did not wish to express either confidence or dis trust. ;He thought the Ministry did not follow the policy of Count Cavour, and defended the Ricasoll Ministry against some accusations. Signor Peruzzi also alluded to the visit of Gari baldi to the Continent, adding that it was not the Ricasoli Ministry who summoned him. He spoke of the necessity of Rome being the capital of Italy, and said the Ministry ought to employ moral, dip lomatic, efficacious, and energetic means to this end, and not follow a policy of expediency. JUNE 29, The Chamber of Deputies has agreed to the Bud get as submitted by the Ministry by 215 against 81 votes. PALERMO, JUNE 29. Yesterday Garibaldi and Prince Humbert arrived here unexpectedly. . _ They will be present at the inauguration of the National Rifle Association, which takes place to day. Prince Humbert will preside. Garibaldi has addressed the people, urging upon them the necessity of concord. The city is illuminated. BERLIN, JUNE 28. The Crown Prince of Prussia left for Cologne to day by the mail train, en route for Osborne, in order to be present at the nuptials of the Princess Alice. His Royal Highness proceeds to Osborne via Calais and Portsmouth. --- BELGRADE, JUNE 28. The mission of the Turkist Commissioner is only to put a stop to hostilities, and institute an inquiry into the present state of affairs. The pending questions betveen Servia and Turkey will be settled elsewhere. Perfect order and tranquill.ty prevail in Belgrade. The Faris papers publish the following tele- gram ; " RAGUSA, JUNE 28. "On the 25th inst. Dervtsch Pasha marched in the direction of Ruaine, and en the evening of that day a battle took place atlta, in which the Mon tenegrins were repulsed. " On the 26th inst. Der visch Pasha continued his march towards Niksich_ Another battle took place near Spuz, in which the Montenegrins suffered considerably." ST. PETERSBURG, JUNE 28. An Imperial Ukase has been published ordaining the establishment of a University at Odessa for New Russia, and granting the concession for the construction of a railway from St. Petersburg to the harbour of Oranienbaum. THE CALCUTTA ANT) CHINA (11F, AVYI MAILS. GIBRALTAR, JUNE 29. The Ripon, with the above mails, left this day at 6 p.m. She may be expected at Southampton on the 4th July. The Ellora, in tow of the Sultan, left for South ampton at the same hour, RUSSIA. La Presse has the following : " The conflagrations in Russia are spreading from St. Petersburg to the provinces. At Tiflis, on the 16th May, 10 houses were burnt to the ground ; at Mohilew, on the 9th June, 20 houses; at Czerni chow, on the 11th June, 44 houses, 133 shops, and a church. Conflagrations have also taken place at Novgorod and at Cronstadt. " Terror prevails at the seat of Government. The force entrusted with the care of the public safety has been increased. The houses are closed, and no stranger is admitted. The losses at St. Petersburg are estimated at many hundred millions of roubles. In addition to the numerous arrests that have been made, the sudden disappearance of Col. Rostoffsoff, Aide-de-Camp of the Emperor, has given rise to much comment. He is accused of being connected with the secret societies, and in correspondence with them. What adds to the excitement caused by this incident is, that the Colonel, now denounced as a revolutionist, is the son of the General who put a stop, by his revelations, to the insurrection of 1825, and was ever afterwards the devoted, confidential adviser of Nicholas." THE SOCIAL EVIL.—A number of foreign gentle men now visiting the metropolis assembled on Saturday evening at the St. James's Hall, Piccadilly, for the purpose of hearing a statement and joining in a discussion respect ing the laws existing in this country for the suppression and discouragement of what is popularly designated " the great social evil." The affair was set on foot by the pro moters of the midnight mission, in consequence of the erro neous opinions circulated by M. Assolant, and other spe cial correspondents of the continental press, tending to mis lead their countrymen on this important though delicate subject. Amongst those present were Dr. Forbes Winslow, the Rev. Mr Marzials, pastor of the French Protestant church, St. Marlin's le-Grand, Mr. J. Stabb, and Mr. J. L. Keys. The proceedings, which were conducted through out in the French language, were commenced by Mr. Keys who dwelt upon the difficulties associated with the question amongst all moral nations, and referred particularly to the scandal of the public appearance of fallen women in the streets of London and our other large towns. He next pro ceeded to show that the intense jealousy with which the English regard any infraction of personal freedom rendered impossible the introduction of any system of police regula tions such as is in vogue on the continent, more especially as such a system was considered by very many persons as a direct sanction of vice. He went on to describe the laws and police regulations established for the suppression of vice in this country, and having shown that all efforts for the reclamation of unfortunate women must be left to the charity of individuals, enumerated the various " peniten tial ies" and " homes" which have been instituted for that object. An account was then given of the midnight mis sion, which it was asserted had effected a vast amount of good. At the conclusion of Mr. Keys' statement a general conversation ensued, in the course of which various sug gestions were made for the removal of the unsightly scenes which take place nightly in our leading thoroughfares. The meeting did not separate till a late hour. PRIZE-FIGHTING IN LEEDS.—On Thursday, at the Leeds Town-hall, John Parkinson, carter, of York road, and Wm. Waite, miner, of 4, Elm-street, York-road, wore charged with being concerned in a prize-fight on Sun day night, in a field belonging to Mr. J. Lister, farmer, of Skelton Grange. Inspector Lister and a party of the police heard of the proposed encounter, and went to the field, but as soon as they were observed the members of the P.R. and their followers, to the number of 400 persons, scampered away in various directions, and the polies only succeeded in apprehending the two prisoners. Waite was ono of the combatants, and Parkinson had seriously assaulted Mr. J. Lister, upon the latter gentleman attempting to stop the disgraceful proceedings. Mr. Lister was struck, and kicked, and stoned, and his face and head bore testimony to the rough treatment he had experienced. The magistrates com mitted Parkinson for two months to prison for the assault; and ordered Waite to enter into sureties for his good be haviour for two months, himself in £4 O , and two sureties of £2O each.—At the Town-hall on the previous day Joseph Oldham, one of the principals in another fight fixed to come off during the week, was bound over in his own reCog nisances to keep the peace for sic wathe. MR. AINSWO.I2TIPS NEW STORY. The new instalment of The Lord Mayor of Lon don, in Bentley's Miscellany, for July, is full of incident. And it is so eminently picturesque withal in its descriptions that we' cannot but regret the fact of its appearing without illustrations, Had Leech, or Phiz, or Cruikshank, or any other of our popular illustrators undertaken the adornment of the letter-press with their facile pensils, what bril liant opportunities would they not have had in this new number of the Miscellany, in the closing chap ters of the third book of " The Lord Mayor of Loudon !" There is that eccentric scene of the revels of The Capuchin Club, at White Conduit House, in Islington, where Wilkes and his associates are discovered in their grey gowns and cowls, their wigs off, and their bald pates gleaming in the candle-light—seated, sound asleep, in their chairs, round the table littered with bottles and glasses. Or, again, there is that still more fantastic spectacle of THE DUEL IN THE FOG. Directing the monkish!torchbearers to march in advance, Tilbury put himself at their head, and proceeded cautiously along a covered walk leading to the bowling-green, which they luckily reached without further hindrance. After a brief consultation between Tom Potter and Tra descant, the whole party proceeded to what they judged to be the centre of the green, and having ascertained by hold ing down the links that the pound was free from obstruc tion of any kind, they at once prepared for the business in hand ; the that care of the seconds being to place the torch bearers in such a position that no undue advantage should be given to either side. This was a task of some little difficulty, as the seconds could not exactly agree, but at length it was satisfactorily accomplished. Four of the monks were arranged in a square, one at each corner, and exactly four yards apart, while the fifth man was ordered to stand beside the com batants. Those at the corners were enjoined to remain perfectly motionless whatever might occur, but the central torchbearer might follow the movements of the comba tants, but must be careful to keep out of the way, and distribute the light as carefully as possible. The links at each angle were to be held aloft, and not waved or shifted on any account, but the central torch was not to be so much elevated, and might be raised or lowered according to the exigencies of the moment, at the discretion of the bearer. Not a word was to be uttered by any.of the torch bearers. These regulations made, the two antagonists, who by this time had divested themselves of coat and waistcoat, stepped into the square, while the seconds retired, and the rest of the party, who looked on with considerable interest, grouped themselves around. At this moment the scene was exceedingly picturesque, and must have delighted the artistic eye of Mr. 1 ilbury. Seen through the thick tawny vapour with which the torch light ineffectually contended, the monkish figures, cowled and gowned, had a strange fantastic effect, and looked like assistants at some dread and mysterious ceremonial. Viewed through the same opaque medium, and only im perfectly distinguished by the spectators, the chief actors in this singular scene had an equaLy ghostly appearance, and by a very slight stretch of the imagination might have been taken for phantom of fierce duellists who had perished by each other's hands, and had been summoned from a bloody grave to renew their strife. Descriptions such as these evidence, agreeably enough, that Harrison Ainsworth's hand is still well "in " as a master romancist ! His hero, Tra descant, appears, in the present instalment of the narrative, quite as an altered character. Prue has changed him! Herbert is no longer his foe, but his intimate. The gay young " blood" has cooled down, and taken, at length, amiably enough to the drapery line of business! To Tom Potter's in credulity. To the Lady Mayoress's disgust, and to that of her two lady daughters. To the Lord Mayor's eminent satisfaction. But, most of all to the extatic delight of Old Bow Bells. Candish, of course, has had his share in this amazing transformation ; the result of which, it is not im possible already to perceive, will end in Prue and Tradescant making a match of it, and living happily together for ever afterwards. ftr.;; • I: , _,-,-,..,,. 4,4 4 , . : ' A ..-1,7 , - -- 7M . " ... • ± , - - IN A:, , ic; --t - - ,--- - 1- ^ ---..e, ,ift- ~, • mos i,.-,,Jir . -•r THE SUN. LONDON, MONDAY, JUNE 30, 1862. THE VICTORIA FOUNTAIN. On Saturday afternoon the fountain recently erected in Victoria-park, and presented to the pub lic by Micas Burdett Coutts, was opened with great ceremony in presence of 10,000 spectators. Arch deacon Sinclair, in first addressing the vast assembly, apologized for the absence of the Bishop of London. The Hon. W. Cowper, her Majesty's First Commissioner of Works, next addressed the assembly. It became his duty, as officially intrusted with the charge and custody of that park, to offer to Miss Coutts the thanks of her Majesty and of the public for this noble, beautiful, and useful prentlit:' They had in Victoria-park a vast number of attrac tions. They had walks for the gratification of all La w anted tn snend a little quiet leisure in the abodes of nature. They had a lake ' or uta‘Liva lake for bathing ; but , althou g h the y had water in so many other forms and adapted to so many other purposes, up to that moment there was no water to drink. It was, in the words of the poet : "Water, water everywhere, " But not a drop to drink." Miss Coutts had perceived this great want in that park, and with that noble munificence which did her infinite credit had stepped forward and had supplied that great boon. He rejoiced most heartily in thanking Miss Coutts for that drinking fountain, which was the most beautiful that had yet been built or imagined. Ho proposed that they should give three hearty cheers to Miss Coutts, the donor of that magnificent drinking fountain, a pro posal responded to in enthusiastic and prolonged cheering. The Rev. G. P. Lockwood, rector of South Hackney, thanked Miss Coutts on behalf of the parish of South Hackney. Miss Burdett Coutts then, amid the most tremendous cheering, formally opened the fountain by taking some of the water, and drinking health, prosperity, and happiness to all the neighbourhood, and parti cularly to Victoria -park. The fountain is situate in the eastern part of the Victoria-park, near the Hackney-gate. It consists of a base 40ft. 9in. dia meter, and 3ft. 6in. high, and of a superstructure 29ft. 6in. in diameter, and 55ft. high. The super structure is divisible i er nto an exterior and interior oc tagon. The form consists of eight piers o f po lished Peterhead granite, with carved capitals of A u bigny stone, from which spr i ng moulded arches and groins. The height of the piers is 18ft. 6in. The interior octagon is less than the arcade by which it is surrounded. Four of its sides are occu pied by the fountain s. At each angle a polished shaft of Peterhead granite rises to the height of the external piers, and is connected with them by the m oulded ribs that inte rsect the groined roof of the arcade. Each fount ain consists of a grey Aberdeen granite pedestal, with bronze enrichments his , supplied coutain ing a basin to con tain the water, whi c by a Sicilian marble figure in a fluted niche above it. The drinking cups are of bronze, silver-plated on the inside, and on the outside bearing Burton's adage, " Temperance is a bridle of gold." The panels of the alternate sides of the octagon are filled with slabs of Connemara marble, separated by a band of Emperor's red marble, bearing the follow ing inscription :-" The Victoria Fountain, given, anno Domini 1862, by Angela Georgiana Burdett Coutts, for the love of God and country." The works altogether reflect great credit on the archi tect, and have been executed under the direction of Mr. H. A. Darbishire. - - M. THALBER(3'S MATINEES. —The third matinee attracted a large audience on Saturday to the Hanover square Rooms. M. Thalberg's execution of his well known fantasia on the duet and preghiera from " La Son nambula" was nothing short of incomparable. Besides the foregoing, we had two of the compositions by means of which M. Thalberg gained some of his earliest and brightest laurels —the Study in A minor and the Andante in 1) flat. The applause that greeted M. Thalberg at the end of each of his peforraances was hearty, vehement, and unanimous. The programme of the fourth matinee (this day week), besides other attractions, includes the "Prelude delvenir," tthe universally renowned fantasia on the pregbiera from "Mole," and a grand sonata by Beethoven, for pianoforte and violin, which will be performed by Ai. Thalberg and Herr Joacm. FIRES.— hi This (Monday) morning shortly before two o'clock, as a police constable was passing ale pg oTifigih street, Marylebone, ho discovered that the premises fi l\ r. J. Wheeler, No sin the before named s treet, were on re. The fearful clement could not be arrested until Mr. Wheeler's promises were partially burned out, and those of Mr. Smith and Mr. Sargeant severely damaged. About the same time another serious fire broke out in the premises of Mr, R. Nash, boot manufacturer, No. 16, Nor land-road, Notting-hill. A good supply of water having been procured, all hands went to work in an admirable manner, but the flames could not be conquered until the entire range of premiso, with the exception of the base ment, was consumed. THE SPECIAL COAIMISSION.—it has been decided not to resume the s pecial commission for Limerick, which was adjourned to the Ist or July, The cases which were expected to be tried at it will be disposed of at the assizes. During the first three months of this year the yield of gold in New Soulh Wales was 139,744 ounces. In th e corresponding . period last year it was only 92,724 ounces, STE, 'HY FINANCE. (From the Money Market .Revinv.) It is a matter of congratulation that Mr. Hub bard, an eminent and practical financial authority, has brought before the notice of Parliament the serious questions connected with the peculiar system of finance in which Mr. Gladstone delights, and- Mr. Hubbard aptly stigmatises as " stealthy." The hon. gentleman's observations were to the following effect : "In the course of 1861 £970,000 had been provided for the Exchequer by means of terminable annuities, which had not been made the subject of contract with any moneyed corporation, but had been placed in the hands of managers of savings banks. To provide the money the savings banks had sold Three per Cent. Stocks, and they now held those annuities upon terms which were not stated in any, papers which had been laid upon the table of the house. If the Government persevered in thus contract ing loans in a way which was ignored by the capitalists of the present day, the loss would be multiplied just in proportion as the loans were multiplied. To obtain these annuities, the savings banks had sold Consols and Three per Cent. Funds privately in the market. It was hardly consistent with fair dealing that in a transaction of this kind the Government should be able to send their agent, with a knowledge of the fact, into the market, while others were deprived of the same opportunity of knowledge. If it had been known that the Government broker was sell ing Consols for the purpose of taking up the fortification loan, those stocks would not have been sold for an equal price. It might be said that such a course was for the bene fit of the country ; but he did not think it was. There was an amount of straightforward candour which belonged to public as well as to private transactions, and, by the course which had been adopted, the savings banks had been in volved in considerable risks by this most objectionable means of taking up these annuities by a stealthy sale of Three per Cent. Stocks. What Mr. Hubbard contends for is what has been frequently urged in these columns, that Government should be open in their transactions, and not make the savings banks the medium of clandestine deal ings. All financial business for account of the State should be transacted with such publicity and open ness that the public should be aware not only of the transactions themselves but also of their purport. If the public means must be wasted in useless fortification, at least let the money be raised publicly. Whatever may be the amount required, it would be far better that Government should procure it openly, either by public loan, or by sales of stock from the Commissioner's box in the Stock Exchange. The public would then understand what the Chancellor of the Exchequer is about, but at present all is mystery. Mr. Gladstone keeps the money market in a state of perpetual uncertainty and distrust. What with his improvident absorption of the Exchequer balances, his constant demand on the Bank of Eng land at inconvenient seasons, and his system of chopping and changing as regards stock and Ex chequer Bills, confidence in his management is on the wane. It is no answer to say that he means it all for the public good : the public do not like it ; on the contrary, they like everything to be straight forward, and they object to the financial business of the nation being done in a stealthy and under hand manner. CAMBRIDGE AN BEDFORD RAILWAY.—After repeated delays, it is announced that this line will be opened for traffic on Monday, July 7. The usual inspection was made by the Government examiner on Thursday and Friday. The line, which is one of some importance, has been promoted by the London and North Western, although it has been carried out by a distinct company. It will greatly facilitate communication between Cambridge and the northern and midland districts. BEETHOVEN RECITALS. —M. Charles Halle's sixth "recital" of Beethoven's pianoforte sonatas at St. James's hall, on Saturday, was more numerously attended than any of the others. The programme comprised the magnificent Sonata in F minor, Op. 57, and Ops. 54, 78, and 79. These pieces were played in M. Halle's most care ful manner, and were listened to with intense gratifirtiOn. The last two "recitals" (July 4th and 11th) will be the most interesting of the series. EXTENSIVE FIRE AT READING.—A fire broke out in Reading on Saturday evening in the drapery esta blishment of Mr. Joseph Todman, in the Market-place, Fil'adjoined by shops which are mostly ancient, and built ° of materials easily ignitable, so that many feared the greater part of the west side would be laid in ruins. The greatest sympathy has been evinced for Mr. Todman, the whole of whose business premises, stock and books, have been entirely destroyed. THE FOX ULUB.—The i"ox vino naa their en:mei fish dinner at the Trafalgar, Greenwich, on Saturday, the 28th inst. The Russian Government has applied officially to that of Great Britain for the loan of a hangman.—Spectator. THE INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION. — There was an unusually large attendance at the building on Saturday when the admissions were again fixed at half•a-crown. The season ticket visitors numbered 11,188, the yayments 19,590, making a total of 30,778, but not within 10,000 of the numbers expected, considering the reduction in price. TELE AGRICULTURAL SHOW.—About 12,000 paid on Saturday for admission to the show. The Viceroy of Egypt, the Governor of Algeria, Prince Carignan, and many foreigners of distinction, were among the visitors. It is on the shilling days this week, however, that the society expect the immense numbers who alone can refund the £20,000 that has been expended upon this metropolitan bazaar of agriculture. Some specimens of wool have been received at Sydney from the Feejee Islands. OTERPRAYED HIMSELF.—During the prevalence of the cholera in Virginia the negroes on the different plan tations became dreadfully alarmed, and thought they would certainly die with it. Among others, in one of the upper counties, was negro boy who, having heard his father say that the cholera would soon be along that way, left his work one day and betook himself to the woods. Hero he was found by his overseer, soon after, fast asleep. Being taken to task by him for leaving his work, he excused him self on the ground that, not being "prepared to die," ho had gone to the wood "to meditate." " But," said the overseer, " how was it that you went to sleep ?" "Well, I don't know, Massa, how dat was 'zactly," responded the negro, " but I speck I must have overprayed myself." The other day a man, whose coat tails, wonderful to relate, suddenly burst into flames as he was quietly walking the streets of St. Petersburg, was arrested, and very nearly lynched by the people. As subsequently appeared, the poor fellow, who had vainly tried to effect his escape from the infuriated mob, was a gas-fitter, just on his way to the imperial palace on business. Unfortunately the combustibles about his person, which exposed him to the danger of a double death, were mistaken for the kit of an incendiary. Mr. Hall, the father of the young lady who Wa s murdered at Fordingbridge last Sunday, is so ill from the calamity which has befallen him that he is not expected to live. RECAPTURE OF ONE OF THE THREE C ONVICTS —On Friday week, in the afternoon, three not or i ous con victs effected their escape from the county gaol, Horse monger-lane. On Thursday two detective officers of the M division, whilst looking after a thief, espied one of the escaped convicts, named G. Brunel', emerging from a small gardener's cottage, in a gentleman's garden at Highbury. 'I he detectives pounced upon him, but they met with a de sperate resistance, for the man being armed with a life-pre server made a desperate attack upon the two policemen, but they succeeded in securing him, and handed him over to the governor of the gaol. When the convict found he was in the hands of the police he coolly remarked, " If you had come five yards nearer the cottage I would have settled both ball, - upon searching the cottage, a pistol, l oa d e d with o u' " was i foun d therein, which, f the det ec ti ves h ad of y e ntered, would n o doubt have been discharged at them. MADAME GRISI AND SIGNOR MARlO.—These celebrated artistes have sent a letter to Mr. Gaskin,request log hi m to put their names down for £5 each towards the erection of a statue to our "great countryman, Edmund Burke." Madame Grisi has tent Mr. Gaskin her portrait with an appropriate inscription, as a souvenir of her memor able farewell to Dublin, on 21st December, 1861, when an address from her numerous admirers was presented to her. She concludes her letter with " Long live Old Ireland,more especially Dublin." It is but just to Madame Grisi to say that, since the night when she bade a final adieu to the scenes of her early triumphs, she has been the kind friend and generous patroness of our Irish cantatrice, Ellen Con ran.-11' orthern Daily Whig. COLLISION AND FATAL ACCIDENT ON THE RIVER. —Yesterday afternoon, about 3 o'clock, a serious accident occurred en the river, near Greenwich. It appears that a small boat, containing several persons, by some means came into collision with a s t e am- tug , which was towing a heavily-laden vessel to London. The boat was run down and completely smashed by the steamer, one of the party, a younc , woman, being drowned, and a young man receiv ing such severe injuries that ho was conveyed to the Dread nought Hospital-ship. The rest of the party were with difficulty andsaved, an d the body of the female was afte rwar d s u removed to the Alfilwall dead-house t o awa it a f d o i t coroner's inquest. I at Chelmarsh, Salop, a few days ago, a servant girl was suspected of rohbing her master. Her crinoline was examined, and it was found that under it she had a belt, to which was attached a bonnet, a pair of stays, three skirts, four pair of stockings, two pair of boots, a quantity of muslin, four handkerchiefs, four collars, and a gold brooch, all the iroperty of her master and mistress and the Warders in their establishment, SPORTING NOTES. Odiham races commence to-morrow. The bill of fare is o greater extent than heretofore, as it embraces the Hurst bourne Stakes for two-yr-olds, three Handicaps, a Two- Year-Old Selling Stakes, the South-Western Railway Stakes, an All-Aged Selling Race, the Aldershott Stakes, and a Match. There are 12 horses in the Hurstbourne Stakes, including Blue Mantle, who is penalised 71b, not withstanding which there is nothing engaged able to cope with him, if he puts in an appearance. There are 43 horses weighted for the Odiham Handicap, from which I would pick Higbflyer, Ethel, and Principal to furnish the winner. In the Manor Plate, Pinkpoe and Miss Livingstone are favourably handicapped. The Dogmersfield Park Stakes has a large entry. The weights being set on the high scale, the little Merry Hart is burdened with the top weight, Bst 101 b, under which it is impossible he can win, while Zeloo, 6st 71b, is placed at the bottom, a divergence of 311 b—weight quite sufficient to put a good and a bad one on an equality. Strawberry Hill, Hugh Lupus, Birdlime, and Witch of Endor have nothing to complain of in the weights awarded to them. The Bibury list extends to seven races, including the two-Year-Old Biennial, the Champage Stakes, three han dicaps, which have secured fair entries, and two selling races, which close the evening preceding. The Biennial having 48 horses nominated is worth the winning, being of the value of 580 says, and as only 14 of these have yet run the field is likely to be large. Muezzin, Tom Fool, and Escape are the best of those which have been in public, but I wholly ignore the chance of the two latter, and scarcely anticipate the success of Muezzin in the face of so many well-bred " dark" horses as are engaged, as his defeat of The Orphan at the Epsom Spring Meeting was owing to use enough not having been made of Lord St. Vincent's thoroughly game filly. The Champagne Stakes has an excellent entry of 21 two yr-o lds, including Blue Mantle, whose p ena lt y o f 121 b will in all probability prevent his being sent to fulfil this en gagement in the face of the July Stakes, now so close at hand. Stockbridge is sure to prove as attractive as ever, if the extent of the programme and its varied excellence is held in the regard it ought to be. The list extends to no fewer than eight events, inclusive of the Cup, for which 31 horses are nominated, and the favourite Stewards' Plate, which secured the unprecedented entry of 61, including some of the best horses of the day, such as Asteriod, Wallace, Eloho, Camerino, Crater, My Partner, Farfalla, King of Hearts, &c. The first of the closed items is the Three- Year• Old Bien nial, for which 37 horses are nominated, all of which are of very moderate calibre, with the exception of Buckstone, who is for the present hors de combat. The field will very likely comprise Ensign, Watchfire, Keane, Villette, Sala manca, Gemse, one of Lord Aylesbury's, and Bloodhound. Ensign, from the trust reposed in him by his noble owner for the Derby, ought to have no difficulty in disposing of such a very indifferent party. The conditions of the Cup leave it open for horses of all ages, including two-yr-olds, of which no fewer than four teen are engaged. The weights stand thus:— - Age st lb Age st lb Crater 5 9 13 Revolver Asteroid.. 4 9 10 Vaulter The Roe 4 9 7 Glance colt Fairwater Thunderbolt Henham Lass 4 9 0 The P r i or 2 6 11 ; Waterwitch Master Fenton.... 3 8 12 Coronation Birdhill Real Jam .. 3 8 9 colt 2 6 0 Compiegne Prince Edward.... 3 8 1 Escap e -; Maggiore .. 5 7 12 Maid of Tees colt 2 6 1 , 2 " Repose Limosina It will be recollected that in 1860 this race was won 13 1 Dundee, 2 yrs, 6st 121 b, and last year by Farfalla, 2 yro , Est 91b, but I much question its being carried off on this occasion by a youngster, if opposed by Waterwitch, Com piegne, Maggiore, and Limosina, the three latter of whom have a great pull in the weights from taking the maiden allowance, particularly Maggiore, who, though now a five year-old, will meet the two-year-olds much upon the same terms as when a three-year-obi she ran the dead heat with Dundee for the Eglington Stakes at York. For that rea son I give the preference to Maggiorc, as, taking the time of the year into account, it would take a better two-Yr - c id than Dundee to beat the American. There are sixty-one horses engaged in the Steward s Plate; but after The Wizard's performance in the Great Northern Handicap, I will not look further for the winner ; the next, in my estimation, being Asteroid. Of the seventeen two-year-olds engaged in the Mottis font Stakes, Blue Mantle, Le Marechal, Weatherbow, Dr; Syntax, Conical, and the Lady P a l mers t on filly have bee in public. The former is pen a li se d 71b for his dou ble triumph at Ascot, and the latter 51b for winning a sweep stakes at Newmarket, which ought to give the race to Dr. Syntax. At Winchester the closed races are the Original Hamp shire Stakes, and the Grange Park Stakes, for two-year olds. The former has been again revived with fair success, as 18 of the 44 horses weighted accepted, including Monte bello, who is penalised 51b for winning the Northumberland Plate, notwithstanding which I can select nothing to beat him. 'l%.e Grange Park Stakes has an unusually large entry, no fewer than 40 horses being nominated, including The Orphan, the filly by Wild Dayrell out of Naomi, and Merry Hart, all of whom are penalised, the former 71b and the two latter 41b each. The Orphan, notwithstanding her penalty, is the best worth trusting. The Newton Meeting commences on Wednesday. The Golborne Park Stakes is likely to fall to King of Utopia, and the Trial Handicap to Vulture. Knutsford, if wanted, cannot lose the Great Newton Handicap ; in his absence I will expect the Earl of Westmoreland to pull through. The running of Brighton, Paste, and linutsford last week at Newcastle will no doubt attract the attention of the various handicappers in any race they in future may enter for. The two latter performed very different from what they did in the Ascot Stakes, and the former in the Chester Cup. A FRESH MAN. BETTING AT MANCHESTER, SATURDAY. 10 to 1 was freely offered on the field for the Liverpool Cup. It was taken at one time about Lady Ripon; but afterwards Victrix seemed in greater request than her ladyship. For the Goodwood Stakes the following five were supported in one lot at 25 to 1 each Schism, Canary, Rubicon, Dalesman, and Benham Lase"; but 20 to 1 each was taken about either Schism or Canary, when not coupled with the others. Transactions but trifling. -- Closing prices : LIVERPOOL CUP. 10 to lon the field (offered) 10 to 1 agst Lady Ripon (taken and offered) 12 to 1 agst Victrix (taken and wanted) 12 to 1 agst Carisbrook (taken) 14 to 1 agst Sir William (taken) 15 to 1 agst Millionaire (taken) GOODWOOD STAKES. 20 to 1 agst Schism (taken) 20 to 1 agst Canary (taken) 25 to 1 agst Rubicon (taken) 25 to 1 agst Dalesman (taken) 25 to 1 agstillenham Lass (taken) TRADE-UNION OUTRAGES AT ASHTON- UNDER-LYNE. MURDER OF A POLICEMAN. have for many months past been the scenes of very The townsof Ashton-under-Lyne and Stalyb f ri d d i g s ! pates between the union brickmakers the parties have The misunderstandings between being numerous in the localities named) and the master 7 led to frequent outrages, the most common f in the the destruction of large numbers Onobricks several occa field, generally during the night. hrown thousands re sions the union men have were union men w uence of believed, of injuring the n_ s. needles among the soft clay 1,, consl e have had to employed in the brickfiege eroployers county police, these numerous outrages end the 'call in the aid of the townbrickfields during the night. who have watched the Harrop and Constable Jump, On Friday, Serg eaonUntY constabulary, were en of the Lancashire yoowt_ith the purposheo, ,iv cbrickfield at Smellshaw, a little watching a and near the border of the gaged A s hton, . distance trona „, quiet till about two o'clock on county. Ali sv- when the two officers band fling, saw a Saturday ins9 ,. r i ng masks upon their faces, approach of men;cwk:raoft. The men came through a field ad the br the croft. They were able to count eight joining pen in all; persons and, suspectin g w h o they were, Harrop and Jump slowly approached them. They then shouted to the men, wanting to know what their business was in that phee at such an hour. The masked men were evidently resolved that they would not be interfered with, and made no answer. Upon which tho officers approached still nearer, and attempted to take hold of one of them, and a scuffle thereupon ensued. Constable Jump, it appears, got to a stile through which the men wanted to escape, when one of them came and deliberately shot him through the breast, and he died in a few minutes afterwards. Five shots were fired at the police in the whole, and Harrop was shot near the right eye, but he is not seriously hurt. One man has been apprehended, but has been liberated, and the county constabu lary, aided by the Ashton-under-Lyne borough police, are using every exertion to secure the mur derers. The unfortunate deceased leaves a wife and five children. The belief that the murderers are briekmakers is strengthened by the fact that 18,000 bricks had been destroyed in the brick-yard of Mr. Clifford, of Ridghill, near Stalybridge, the same morning, The inquest on the body of Jump was begun on Saturday afternoon by the county coroner, Mr. Rut ter; but it was immediately adjourned after some evidence had been taken. The affair has caused great excitement in Ashton and Stalybridge. \ I. ow In Sh, arc nac bu. eer