The Sun. — London, England, 1860-08-06 00:00:00

HEATRE-ROYAL, HAYMARKET 1 Lessee; Mr. J. B. 13 1 fekstone. TUTS EVENING the performs' ices will commence with HALLOWEEN. By the Leelercciuf. THE OVERLAND ROTT Messrs. C. Mathews , And Blackstone, Compton , CUppendt de. Rogers, Mrs. Cha rles Mathews, Miss Weekes, an,l Mrs . Wilkins. After which, the new co med ietta, HIS EXCELLENCY, lii which Mr. and Mrs. C. Ma the ws will appear. To conclude with THE KLY( PS GARDENER. Comm( to ce at 7. PRIN C ROYAL 11; S S'S THE ATRE.— Lessee, 1,1 ir. A. Haute. EVMTING, will lx performe d SOME TRUTHS. And .LBS DEUX. A.ITEUGJ,ES. By the Zouaves. With THE LO ST LETVER. After which, ITIXE FILI.E TERRIBLE Characters by She &num& 1/L Followed by ANA BU SCADE AT INKERMAN, Commence at 7. AID ELPHI, N EW THEATRE-ROYAL. S o le Prop r i e tor aL ' 4 l Manager, Mr. Benj. Webster. E HARVEST HOME. Messrs. J TH', ICVENING. L. Tot Ile, P. B e dford, D. I Billington, Stuart, Eburne , C. J. S with. Powell, Romer ; Miss Woolgar, Miss H. Simms , Kiss ii.. Kelly, and Miss Lsidl, qW Altar which, OUR PEMAI:X AMERICAN COUSIN. Emirs. Stuart, C. Selby, BillA egton, Eburne, Miss Julia Daly, Kelly, Laidlaw, and Mn.s Billington. Commence :at 7. Box-office open tom 10 till 5. Private boxes, £2 l 2s. ; Florally Boxes, £l. OrOhe atra Stalls, 50. ; Balcony, 48. ; Front Cirale Stalls; is. • Pit 8 tally, 25.; Pit, is. 6d. ; Amphit beatre, la ; Gallery, sd. Acting Manager—Mr. NI T = Smith. A STLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE.- Ar.A. Proprietor and Manager, Mr. W . ll. BATTY. Immense Success of "Mateppa." A Grand MID-DAY PERFORMANCE will take place on SATURDAY next, Aug 11, commencing, at Two o'clock. Thi s Evening, Lord Byron's splendid Hippo-drama of IttAZZPPA AND THE WILD HORSE, with entirely new and beautiful scenery, costly costumes, and appointments, intr °diming the largest stud of highly - train ed Horses, Po nies s, Buffaloes, and Camels in the World. To be followed by Scenes in the Arena by the Star Riders of tl is day. oora open at half-past (5, p er formanoe commence at 7. B 4 )Ic-ollioe open daily from 11 till 4. St a ge Manager—Mr. W. WEST. Director of the Arena—M. Felix Revolti. C ANTERBU IS E R Y HA :THVENI LL NG. C. H. GOIJNOD'S AUST;OPERA. F First Time in this country. Faust Mephistopheles Slobel Mrs. Anderson. Marguerite Conductor.......llr. Jonghmans. And selections from Dinorah, Trovators. Mcbeth, and numerous other Entertainments. Balcony, ls, . 6d. 0 omio Vocalists—Messrs. George Hodson (the Irish Come and Mimic), and C. Marshall. The ETHIOPIANS, consisting of 17 performers (organised expressly for this Establishment), for the performance of Vocal and Instrumental Music, Comic and Sentimental, with Negro delineations, anecdotes, Acc., in addition to the usual entertainments. T gallery is open from 5 till 11 on Sunday Evening. CONCERTS.- THE WEATHER,—SIIN OFFICE, AuarsT 5, 1560. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHAW. 70—highest since noon yesterday. 51—lowest this morning and during the night. 65—this day at noon. BAROMETER—`2 9 . 66 . WIND —Westerly ; light, with fine weather. AuG. 6. TIOILMOILETER, IN THE SHADE. 6S—highest sines soon yesterday. 59—lowest this morning and during the night. 64—this day at noon. BAROMETER-29.45; a sudden fall. ; fresh, with fine weather now—bul rain in the night and this morning. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Tuts DA.Y.—Morning, 4h. 30m.—Afternoon, 4h..45m To-moßitow.-Morning, 511. Om.—Afternoon, sh. 15m, THE SUN. LONDON, MONDAY, AUGUST 6, 1880. To-night we are to have a battle, which we think it every way discreditable to Ministers to have converted into a party fight. Why cannot the House of Commons be allowed to settle a mere item of our tariff, like that of the Customs' duties on paper, in accordance with the unbiassed judgment of the majority ? What has resignation of Minis ters, or dissolut ion of Parliament, to do with the right or the wrong of the relation of the French Treaty to the duty in question ; or, with the other point in dispute--whether a countervailing duty on the manufactured article from a country which prohibits export of the raw material, is a violation of Free-trade. Able, and intelligent, and perfectly impartial men take opposite views on both ques tions. Either may be wrong ; but to impose even the right view by open or secret threats, is, we maintain, an unfair way of treating a subject which is, more than most, one for discussion, not for coercion ; and one with which, except, perhaps, in the case of actual paper makers, no one can have either interest or prejudice. e so resent such a mode of treatment that, if it be made a question of confidence in the Govern ment, we should vote against the Ministry, to show hat we were an English, not a Continental Repre entative Assembly. We can imagine no ground on which our con temporaries, who attack so -vulgarly the Times, and expose, as they think, its personal interest in re taining the countervailing penny duty, can charge we with advocating its retention from interested motives. So far as we canticipate consequences, we must, commercially, lit gainers, if the Govern ment resolutions be carried to-night. It is shabby, however, to meet arguments by personal abuse. Put it at the worst. Suppose two or three gentle men connected with the Times have large interests in paper-mills at stake ; suppose, in consequence, they see the whole case as the long list of gentlemen do,whose names appear in our advertising columns to day, and that they, naturally, express their views in their own organ ; is this any reason why their ar guments should be ridiculed as interested P Let them be as interested as opponents please, we should like to know who can plead a cause, suppos ing him to have the faculty of speaking or writing, like the person interested. It may lessen the value of a judgment for a person to have an interest on either side, but we never heard yet that it lessened the value of an argument. It is not very well bred of our penny contemporaries, to assume that, even if interested, the Times in its public capacity will not pronounce a fair judgment; but let it re tire from the bench, and let it be dealt fairly with as honourable counsel for its threatened interests — answer it, then, we say, don't abuse it. Perhaps, however, we must expect the latter from those whose manners are learned in the penny school. The paper makers, however, will not be denied the right to speak for themselves, though the vul gar joke of wincing at the removal of protection will be heard, when they ask for the retention of . th e penny Customs Duty which was imposed to meet th e prohibition or taxation of the export of gs by foreign countries. It is rather singular , as it strikes- us, that we never, till this spring, heard this penny talked of as a protectionist penny. It is only si nce the extraordinary zeal to do the com plaisant to Franc e of this year, that it was repre sented by a n y party, so far as we can remember, as otherwise than what it is. It has always been rightly supposed to be no duty levied be cause English manufacturers are inferior in any respect to those or F i n spite of natural hindrances, ranee, or because they desire, to go on manufacturing what the French could do better, or with greater natural facilities, than we. It has been regarded as the amount of duty which fairly met an artificial advantage, given to French manufacturers, by a partner, against whom no private film in this country could compete—the *...,.,..7 . 1,... p, s, ~..,;,, . . .. , ~,4 . .i..:,,,,, ~,,i-) ~,,. .. A, ~. e. 5 . ,z- - ,; - .,:, siblrilP '\ ', ~,, • ' : r • ' ' • . ~ . . , , ft L. ' :kr ,II A .„4-- - 6-r. ~ t,...- ...,... ~- ___\.___,, _, . ~~~~~ ..;--- , p6,T ,o, ~. ...., .k.„,„ - 1 French Government. It is not the French manu facturers but the French Government whom our manufacturers say they are unwilling to meet as a rival. They say so justly. It appears to us won derful that intelligent Free-traders do not see through the sophism which represents Free traie as demanding that private manufacturers should be required to compete against Go vernment bounties, as well as against s kill or natural advantages of their fellow trade" s. Were our Government to select a score o f name s from the list of the papermakers in our and declare that they would remit , columns to ci.. 11 ") in their favour, so much of the duty as would balance the differencd between the price of rags in France and their price in England—the immediate effect would be that all the trade would go into the hands of the favoured twenty, or that all the rest would endeavour to unite themselves in vast joint stock partnerships with them; Yet i where, we confidently ask, would the position of the select twenty differ from that of the paper manufacturers of France at this hour ? And, surely, we are not about to allow the French Government to practise on our papermakers, generally, with impunity, an injustice which we would not hear of from our own. But we are pointed to the treaty ; and we are told that our honour is pledged by it to the repeal of the Customs' Duty. We need not repeat, now, that that treaty is diversely interpreted. We cannot doubt that paper was not thought of when it was made. The treaty itself does not say that all French merchandise, but certain merchandise shall be ad mitted, either on payment of equal duties to what is paid on the same articles here, or with an aup• mentation only equalling the extra cost due to our excise regulations ; it then enumerates the articles, and amongst them paper is not mentioned. This seems to shew, if anything can do so, that paper is not fairly included in the treaty. But there is another clause—the 21st—to which we call the special attention of every member to night. It reserves to the contracting powers the right "to introduce by common consent into this treaty any modation which is not opposed to its spirit and principles, and the utility of which shall have been shown by experience." Now, is our Go ment in a position to show that it has done its best with France on the basis of this clause. Has it, first, brought all its influence to bear on the aboli tion of the export duty on rags. If .it has, which we much doubt, can it show that it has represented to the French Government the necessity, in that case, of retaining the perny countervailing Cus toms' duty ? If it cannot, it hardly deserves a single vote in its favour. We do not think so badly of the French as to suppose them so utterly lost to all sense of decency as to ask us to abolish our coun tervailing duty, while they retain the prohibition it was intended to meet. Mr. COBDEN, indeed, says of them, in a communication which has been made public today, " the French are very little in all their commercial notions, monstrously fond of money, but all after a penurious fashion." Yet we will not speak of our neighbours as so outrageously selfish and " little in their notions" as the conduct referred to would suppose. If, therefore, the retention of the extra penny is quite compatible with Free Trade principles ; if it be not a violation of the Treaty ; if we may reasonably believe that even little-notioned, Frenchmen them selves would not object to it; then, surely Mr. PULLER'S resolution ought to be carried by an overwhelming majority. For replies to other objections, all of which have been however already answered in The Sun, and for several important aspects of the subject, we must refer our readers to the able advertisement of the paper makers. We have considered the subject without reference to po litical consequences at home; we have a very high regard for Mr. GLADSTONE as a man, but we cannot sacrifice our deliberate opinion to keep him in office. Should he be defeated, however, we cannot think he will be so ill-advised as to go out on such a ques tion; and to dissolve Parliament in favour of French manufacturers, and of submitting to such a trick as passing the Treaty under a promise, re ceived with cheers, to abolish the rag prohibition — a promise not kept by .France would ensure a new Parliament such as neither Lord PALMERSTON nor Mr. GLADSTONE would meet, except to resign their offices. Second thoughts are not always best. There is a case in point, illustrative of this not very generally recognised truth, in the matter of the rival sub- Atlantic telegraphs ! Six years ago the North American route was suggested ; and two years afterwards the Atlantic Company was organised for the carrying of a direct line from Ireland to New foundland. The northern route, therefore, had the priority—obviously and undeniably. It was in 1856, we repeat, that the Atlantic Company was organised for the laying down of the cable from Ireland to Newfoundland ; but it was in 1854 that the northern route was propounded. Nay, not only had Colonel SHAFFNER suggested this particu lar line of sub-Atlantic telegraph, but in that very year, in 1854, that gallant officer had already ob tained the Danish concession to construct the; telegraph from Europe to America, via the Feroe Islands, and Iceland, and Greenland. From the European side it was to start from Scotland. From the American side, from Labrador. " The success of this enterprise," Colonel SHAFFNER has himself said, "was not promotive of the interest of some New Yorkers, who were the owners of the monopoly of telegraphy in Newfoundland, and it was by their efforts that the Atlantic Company was organised (in 1856) for the line from Ireland to Newfound land." Whatever the reason for the proposal thus made, as by an after thought for the laying down of the direct line of telegraph, in reference to the one suggested for the western route, via Ireland and Greenland—the facts are indisputable, of course, that fully two years after the projector of the northern line had obtained the Danish concession for its construction, the Atlantic Company was first organised for the:connection (if possible) by the elec tric cable of Ireland and Newfoundland. Everybody remembers how magnificently the latter enterprise was for one brief and glorious, but most illusory, interval realised. The incident of its realisation is one, in fact, not very easily to be forgotten. Never. as we remarked ourselves at the time in these columns, never surely were the deathless words of the Royal Psalmist more sublimely realised ----De profundis clamavi ad to Domino !—than when first thrilled under the waters of the great Atlantic ocean, from shore to shore, from Europe to America the earliest electric signal between the two hemi spheres, Gloria in excelsis Deo et in terra pax lton2inibus ! But the golden cord of this magic it - tercourse between the nations was no sooner woven than it was snapped asunder. How fatally we now know for certain—now that the old submerged cable has been found corroded and crumbling away wherever it has been hauled up for exa mination. Recollecting the total and absolute failure, so far, of the direct route of the sub-Atlantic Telegraph the one propounded two years sulmequent;; to the rnore circuitous line (not yet tried) via Iceland dna Greenland, frgm the Faroe Islands to Labrador, one not unnaturally reverts with interest to a consideration of that elder plan, as unfolded first of all six years ago THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, AUGU' 0,186 G. (viz., in 1854) by its ingenious projector, Colonel SEAFFNER. It was only as recently as last month (July) that Colonel SHAFFNER restated succinctly the whole of his very remarkable scheme in a lucid and luminous paper laid by him, at Oxford, before the British Association, for the advancement of science. Step by step, the gallant and learned projector of this northern route of the sub-Atlantic Telegraph showed how the cable might, according to his calculations, be trailed securely from Scot land to Quebec, via Feroe Isles, Iceland, Green land, and Labrador. Landed at Thorshaven, the capital of the Faroe group, it is to be trailed thence, Colonel SHAFFNER has explained, a short distance overland to Westerman's haven ; thence under the northern seas to Iceland, which the cable will cross from Portland to Reik varik—and so on by way of Greenland, onward still onward, until landed in Hamilton's Inlet (lat. N. M deg. 30 sec.) upon the'coast of Labrador. From that point it will be run further on, either (to which of the two destinations apparently it has not yet been decided) to the Gulf or to the River St. Lawrence. Having once reached Quebec, it will then be in instantaneous communication with the various lines of telegraph radiating thence to all parts of the North American continent. Now, as to the six sections of the proposed telegraphic route, Colonel SHAFFNER well observed to the British Association that they are, everything con sidered, as well known to other nautical geographers as to himself, saving and excepting only, perhaps, the places sounded by the telegraphic expedition last autumn between Iceland and Greenland, and, again further on between Greenland and Labrador. In regard to which two most important sections, what is the evidence now given upon authority by Col. SHAFFNER ? It is this :—" The bottoms of those seas," he writes, " were found to be deep mud, and a cable once laid thereon will lie undisturbed for all time. Neither the heaving of the seas, nor the spire-like iceberg will disturb the fiery cable re posing beneath their white-crested waves. Ice bergs float, and there will be no part of the sea in which the cable will be laid that the bergs will reach the bottom. It is easy for those in rival interests, or for those unacquainted with the physics of the seas, to imagine difficulties. Artie navigators with whom I have bad the plea sure of conversing since my arrival from the voy age of last autumn, agree that if the cable can be carried into deep fords on the respective coasts, there will be no danger of interruptions arising from icebergs. I have seen such fords on the coasts of Labrador and Greenland, and therefore the problem is solved !" Than this, assuredly, nothing could be mere positive, more reliable, more empha tice, or more conclusive. As to the land sections, Colonel SHAFFNER writes quite as satisfactorily. And, in thus writing, it ought to be remembered that he does so from actual and prolonged experience. The difficulties there (in the land sections) are not, he observes, of serious importance. " A telegraph line can be constructed on land wherever the foot of man can be placed. I have built lines over hills and valleys where neither waggon nor beast could go, and these regions were in the great Mississippi valley, a coun try having great variety of soil, surface, and climate. I have been in the service some sixteen years, and have participated in the construction of several thousand miles of lines, and have for years served as President, and also in nearly every position known to telegraphy." Everything in effect points to the North American route encouragingly. Its own feasibility both by land and by water, no less than the total failire hitherto of the rival enter prize—trailed ineffectually by " second thoughts" from Ireland to Newfoundland. When Mr. HADFIELD suggested in the House of Commons that the letter to "My dear PERSIGNY" night enable Lord PALMERSTON to dispense with fortifications, the response was a universal " laugh." There was something very rich, certainly, in the representative of the great hardware town being satisfied with such very soft defences as that " frank" and genial communication. Old COBBETT was ready to pit " paper against gold ;" but Mr. HADFIELD was ready to match it with rifled can non, and with all the " dread artillery of war." " A magnificent and verbose letter comes," and forthwith our Senate is to give up troubling itself about national defences. The turf on Portsdown Hill may lie undisturbed, and the costly stone which should build the seaward batteries may slumber in its cheap dormitory—the quarry. The letter answers for all. We should not be surprised if an address of congratulation to Her MAJESTY were proposed—or if some " peace society" man should suggest that the letter should be publicly read in the Park, and honoured with a Royal salute. However, Consols rise. So they ought. The letter itself is one thing, and the professions it contains ano ther. That a letter has been sent breathing all sorts of pacific assurances, offering the most plausible ex planations of ugly past deeds, and of quite as ugly existing appearances, is a fact. The professions will be taken to represent facts, or the contrary, according as persons possess the faith in the writer, which he attributes to Lord PALMERSTON or not. We accept the fact, and we interpret it just as the sellers and the buyers of Consols do. It looks to us pacific Cult a neighbouring potentate is alarmed to find his huge instruments of aggression looked upon - by England's Premier, as well as by continental Governments, as the evidence of un righteous intentions. Why this alarm ? Just because that even with double his present Army and Navy, Europe if combined would, to use Mr. COBDEN'S phrase, " crumple up France in six months," We have no doubt what ever that there is a vast deal of secret preparation, as there always can be under the most unmitigated despotism ; but what " crops out " has told its tale at Toplitz, at Brussels, and now at last in the Bri tish House of Commons. The game is up. No more Savoy and Nice treacheries and lies. The next violent attempt to rectify a French boundary will unite the fleets and armies of Europe to put down for ever the imitator of his " uncle." Unless Louis NAPOLEON cherish villainous pur poses at heart—we say it openly—he has no more right to menace the repose of Europe with 400,000 soldiers, ready at a moment's warning, and 200,000, and we know not how many more, ready to follow them in a few weeks, than we have. He has not a more extensive or more acces sible frontier than we have. Algeria is a trifle to our vast colonies, including India ; and as to a navy, he scarcely needs one, compared with us ; we have shores that can hardly be measured, to watch ; he, but his two sides of the square which contains not many more inhabitants than our shapeless islands. The right reply to this letter is to ask its author for deeds. It is perfectly certain that not a single neighbour has the slightest wish to meddle with France, while she leaves the geography of Europe as it is. While com paratively helpless no one moved a finger against her. Latterly, however, not content with being at the head of the polite civilisation of the Continent, Ll.lis fickle nation, or its ambitious ruler, have de sired t; regain the ascendancy of brute force which they enjoyed for a little we under thP first Em ,. pire. Some, we know, say the people do not de sire it. Then let them speak out. Let them get rid of their physical force EMPEROR, if they can not compel him by reasonable means not to keep himself armed to the teeth in the midst of pear:, ful Europe. It cannot be endured that we ts . hould pay ten millions income tax, and of European States pay in proportion, merely because an upstart of the last Decade sees St to arm himself like a Mon. tenegrin chief. If he wishes fr,r peace, let him boldly ent down his naval and military strength; all Europe will gladly follow, and the taxation remitted will flow abioad as capital to stimulate the commerce which he pro fesses to desire for France. We rAxe glad to see the fears which the lett'a inilicates ; but they only warn us to put n'.) trust in letters, but in the preparations and lr Anguag : 1 : e here, which have called forth such a set humiliating epistle. L... 1. , ST NEWQ k 3 • The following telegrams have been received at Mr. Reuter's office : PALERMO4AuG. 4. Decrees, bearing the signatures of Signors De pretis and Crispe, and promulgating the Sardinian statuto in Sicily, will be published to-morrow. The Cowen of State and the tribunals will be reorganised. A programme will be issued expressing devoted ness to King Victor Emmanuel, and to the cause of national unity. PARIS, MONDAY. The Moniteur says :—The Emperor wishing to give Abd-el•Kader a token of the sentiments which his noble conduct at Damascus has inspired, has conferred on him the Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour. The Moniteur also publishes the text of the two protocols, signed at the Conference of the 3d inst ♦ an analysis of which has been given by Lord John Russell. PARIS, AUG. 5. Yesterday, at four o'clock, the Turkish Ambas sador signel all the protocols which empower France to send an expedition to Syria. The expedition is expected to sail on Tuesday. PARIS, AUG. 4. The Paine of this evening says : " The regiments destined for Syria left Chalons this morning. Four steamers left Toulon yester day for Algiers, to embark troops. "News received here states that great agitation prevails in Candia, Djeddah, and Arabia." LANDING OF GARIBALDI'S TROOPS IN CALABRIA. PARIS, AUGUST G. The Patric and the Pays of this evening state that a despatch has been received in Paris an nouncing the unopposed disembarkation of 1,500 Garibaldian volunteers in Calabria. According to the same despatch Garibaldi is ex pected to arrive very shortly at Naples, he having been summoned thither by the Garibaldian com mittee of that city to assume the direction of the Government, NAPLES, JULY 31. A military column has been sent to Calabria. ROME, JULY 31. A popular movement 'at Arpino has been sup pressed. The people shouted for Garibaldi. Gen. de Lamoriciere has despatched . a column of troops to Terracina. MILAN, Auci. 4. The Pcrseveranza announces that the Sardinian Government has ordered the levy of the classes 1838 and 1839. TURIN, AUG. 5. A rumour is current Unit the Neapolitan Pleni potentiaries, having seen the impossibility of con cluding an alliance between Sardinia and Naples, will leave Turin immediately. The journals announce that the Government has contracted a loan of 150,000,000 lire at 80.25. FRANCE. BOURSE, Aug. 4.—The market has been ♦ery heavy, and from the trifling amount of business doing, prices are next to nominal. The quotations at the present moment are, Threes, for the account, 68f 25c; Mobilier, 686 f 25c-; Northern, 960 f ; Orleans, 1,370 f ; Mediter ranean, 887 f 50c:; Austrian, 507 f 50c. The follow ing were the latest quotations : ft per per Cents ... 97 75 I Credit Fonder BB5 Do. end —; Belgian 41. — 3 per Cents ...... 68 30 Pieclmontese Fives. 81 Do. erd month,... 68 25 1 Roman Bank Shares .2820 Austrian Credit Mobilier.... 690 , Spanish Threes 471 Do. Account ...... 687 50, Home Debt RAILWAYS. Cash. Account. Orleans ..... Northern ... . New ditto... — .. -- Lyons and Mediterranean 887 50 .. 890 Geneva .. 367 50 .. Southern... 5OO .. 501 25 Western Eastern Sardinian 395 .. Austrian Lombard The Duke of Buccleuch, as lord lieutenant of the county, will leave Drumlanrig Castle, Dumfriesshire, to day, in order to receive the Queen on her arrival at Edin burgh. The Archbishop of Armagh and Mrs. Dunbar left town on Saturday to visit the Hon. Edward and Mrs. Ken yon at their seat in Wales, after which his grace proceeds to Artrigh for the autumn. The Duke and Duchess of Roxburgh and Lady Charlotte Innes Ker have left the Clarendon Hotel for Floors Castle, Kelso, N.B. The Duke and Duchess of Sutherland and Lords Ronald and Albert Leveson Gower left Stafford House on Saturday for Trentham, Staffordshire. The Marquis of Stafford, M.P., has left town for Edinburgh in order to attend the review of the rifle volunteers of Scotland by her Majdsty to-morrow. The Marchioness remains in town. The Marchioness (Maria) of Waterford has left town on a visit to Admiral and Mrs. Eden at their seat in Norfolk, whence her ladyship goes to Ford Castle, Northum berland. The Right Hon. Sidney Herbert, the Secretary of State in attendance on the Qu een on her visit to-morrow to Edinburgh. M.P., will be A marriage is contemplated between Lord Eustace Cecil, third son of the Marquis of Salisbury, and Lady Gertrude Scott, fourth daughter of the late Earl of Eldon. WHAT'S IN A NAME !—A writer in the Court Circular, frute de mieux, says:—The following curiosities are to be found in the present House of Commons :—Two Cubits and a Foot ; a Lever and two Lockes ; a Gore• stained Hood and candied Peel • a Peacook and Pease ; a Bridge and a Booth; a Longfield and a little Brook, Greenwood, Freeland, and a Cave ; a Cross and a Trollop ; a Hunt with Fox and a Roebuck; a Collier bringing Coke and Coles ; a Hutt with Leeks ; a Patten conveyed by a Bond to a F e llow with two Deedes ; also a com pany of gentlemen who are Rich, Wise, Long , Hard y , Moody, Lowe, Merry, and Th y nn e--each acquained with Manners and Knightley. To sum up all, they have amongst them two Kings, one Duke, a Marshall, a Palmer, and a Knight. ROYAL CRENIORNE GARDENS.—Mr. Simpson an nounces his benefit at these favo urite g ardens for Wednes day next. Upon this occasion will be e xhibit ed , for the first time to the public, a very beautiful and eff ective pictorial exhibition called the Stereorama , upon which Messrs. Grieve and Telbin have been engaged for some months past. It re p resen t s Swiss scenery, the visitors being sup.. posed to be standing in the midst of the mountain ranges near the route by the pass of Mount St. Gothard. There will be numerous other attractions and novelties, not the least important of which will be, it is to be hoped, a fine day for the celebration of this annual fete, LITE.RATU.RF,. Dublin University ..?dagazine. Tho.:e is a second article on Rienzi, which is forc;: u lv w r itt en . A mos t : unfavourable view is `,.alien of the character of the Tribune in this paper ; it is said that he " abandoned himself to acts of tyranny, cruelty, and spoliation." If, as is here asserted, Sir E. Lytton has drawn too flattering a portraiture of his career in his brilliant romance, it will occur to some readers that the writer of this sketch has gone to the other extreme. It is stated that he " estranged all parties, lost the esteem and confidence of all," by his unfair con duct in many instances, particularly the unjust, cruel, execution of Pandolfo di Guid.o, and the dis missal of Anibaldi from his command ; and even, it concludes, " during the better perio3 of his political career, Rienzi is a striking examil,le how much in reality imagination is a dangepaus, inefficient gift when it stands isolated. 1 3 ract;cal intelligence and resolution in human affairs van alone save and re generate a State." " Vonved the Dane, Count of Elsinore," is continued. rnis instalment contains some exciting chapters. The trio of friends, who are the forlorn hope of 'she condemned outcast, wait upon the King, wher e they meet with worse than failure, inasmuch as their ill-timed remarks and injudicious advora c y of their claims infuriates the Monarch to Burl a degree that he became almost frantic with riassien. Further on the heroic young wife visits he'r husband in prison, and, in obedience to his directions, she proceeds to the dwelling of his grandfather to obtain from him some important gifts that were to effect his liberation. This story is told in a very impressive style, and is a great attraction to the magazine. "The Informer" is a tale of Irish life, that presents nothing new or par ticularly striking, but that reveals some traits of character which, unfortunately, are too often observable. Notwithstanding the horrors that occur the story at last is satisfactorily concluded, and it is well worthy of perusal from its animated descriptions. There is a sketch entitled " Three Days at Killarney," and to those purposing a visit to those romantic regions, these pages will be of interest and utility. The programme here given of the sight seeing, it is observed, will well occupy the clay, and the objects here cited are so numerous that there is no reason to doubt the truth of the assertion, that they filled our day with incessant occupation, and as ceaseless enjoyment. At the end of these amusing pages it is said that, " re viewing our whole experience at Killarney, and all its varieties of mountain, lake and woodland scenery, we were as much struck by its forests as by aught besides ; but we should add, by way of explanation, that we are as fond of trees as ever a Hamydryad that haunted the woods of Thessaly. The mantle or foliage that clothed the form of nature 'before us was broidered with every hue of the 'rainbow and with every caprice of pattern ; green of course was the prevailing colour, but green., from the duskiest black to the most faded white—no "bull" this, for the dark green and the pale, by contrast appeared in very deed like the cheeks of day reposing on the lap of night." " Our Political Chorus" contains some appropriate remarks on the national defences, which denounces in proper terms of scorn and con tempt the Manchester peacemakers. The following passage concludes the article in a spirited manner:— The Review.on the 23d of June was a splendid success. The value of the display is the proof it gave that the warlike instincts of the British race are as fresh and vigorous as ever. There were above 20,000 men, the bone and marrow of the middle classes, representatives of 130,000, wh o h ave already come forward at their country's call. The incle mency of the weather during the preceding six months is, doubtless, the principal cause why the entire levy has not yet shown a much longer muster-roll. Two hundred thou sand, only half the number of Volunteers in 1805, is the leant sum-total the country should be content with ; and in our character as Chorus, we loudly call for "more men." It is, in truth and in effect, loyalty and patriotism which make the Volunteers, one and all, the heartiest defenders of their Queen and country. From its very nature, a volun teer force must remain in its'own country, and is, therefore, strictly a defensive force, not menacing our neighbours, and opening no vistas of foreign military glory to ourselves; and just as the most powerful fleet at sea is the British specialty for war, an armament of volunteer riflemen should be regarded as our national land specialty, for further secu rity at home, even during times of peace. An immediate effect of the success of the Review and the National Shooting M etch has been a large augmentation to the force ; the Royal rifle shot on Wimbledon Common is echoing round the remotest hills of the land by volleys from many thousand new weapons. A volunteer guard com posed of 200,000 of the flower of the youth of England, Scotland, aud Ireland,will be abetter guarantee for peace than the thousand influences said to lurk in interchange of national commodities ; and as mankind are governed by fear as well as by reward, let us, while we buy and sell freely with foreigners, keep, Deo adjuvante, our 'powder dry. There will be no need of a second Waterloo, when the nations trig junta in uno that fought under Wellington, shall have peaceably mustered a larger force for de fence than the great duke commanded ; so let us rejoice, that— Still the thick battalions come and come, As though all England, the long pent-up store Of her deliberate valour would outpour ; Not flaunting in war's trappings, rich and gay, But all in sober green and working grey, 0 Lady of the Land! thy feet before." Bentley's Miscellany. Victor Guadre continues to criticise the conduct of the English Parliament and Government in his satirical fashion. The indefatigable Ouida contri butes a long story on the only subject on which his prolific pen can dilate—viz., the military at country quarters, their conquests, and flirtations. Were the tale under notice condensed into one-third of its length, it would be musing without being tedious. As it is, one would require to be caged in a roadside inn on a wet day to enjoy it in its en tirety. Part one of " Once a Child," by Monks hood is superior to his other entertaining chapters of " Mingle Mangle" : " The Norfolk Islander was onee a child. The systema tic, wholesale poisoner was once a child. The hoary Fagins, the rugged Bill Sykeses, the blackest blackguards and worst reprobates of society—shunned by her, banned by her, sent out of the world by her—each of these sovereigns in scoundrelism was once a child. Nero, whose name is become a byeword for all that is ' base, brutal, bloody,' was once a child. The historian records of him—after saying that the loss of his fierce and brutal father, when he was but three years old, was certainly no matter of regret,' and that his mother, Agrippina, had a princely sense of the duty which devolved upon her,—' The child was docile and affectionate, apt to learn, and eager for praise.' " " Curious Mesmeric Experiences in California' relate to a certain gentleman who, having involun tarily entered into a deep state of mesmeric rapport with a criminal about to suffer the extreme penalty of the law, undergoes that unpleasant operation in spirit. To enjoy and understand this description thoroughly requires more faith than we confess to; many are, however, more sensitive on this point, and will believe and appreciate it. "A Visit to Charles Dickens," by Hans Christien Andersen, is highly complimentary to Mr. Dickens. There is a sketch of the history of Mademoiselle de la Valliere, one of the mistresses of Louis Quartorze, also the continuation of Gurney, or Two Fortunes, by Lindley Costello. Colburn's United Service Magazine. The United Service opens with a paper on " The Defence of London," a subject on which many articles have already been written, and which is so inexhaustible that we may look forward to a con tinuous succession until the long-threatenedinva sion comes at last. In the chapter on " The Naval Articles" we find a history of the ambiguous articles of the time of Queen Anne and George I. down to our own : The sentence passed upon Admiral Byng was referred to the twelve judges, who pronounced it legal ; hilt Admiral the Hon. John Forbes, who was then a Lord of the Admi ralty, and whose duty it was in that capacity to sign the death warrant, refused to do so, entering at the time a written protest, which protest has taken its place among the historical facts of the period, and conferred upon him im mortal honour. The strong common sense contained in that document, coupled with the general feeling that Byng had been rigorously, though unavoidably, sentenced in accordance with the terms of the Articles of War, which admitted of no milder interpretation, brought about the act 19 George 111., cap. 17. This act, passed in 1774, gave a court-martial discretionary power to substitute for death "such other punishment as the nature and degree of the offence should be found to deserve ;" but this mitigatory power only ex tended to the twelfth Article of War, and it was left to her most gracious Majesty to introduce the same qualifica tion, with reference to every other article in the code. Admiral Byng's judicial murder brought about a revision of the statutes, and it was found advisable to grant a discretionary power to courts-martial, the service not appreciating the encouragement which Voltaire informs us was held out to them by this execution when he writes of the English Government, " Its ont tue un admiral pour encou rager les autres :" But unqualified severity was far from being the only objectionable feature connected with the Articles of War laid downiu George the Second's reign. They did not reach many weighty offences, and courts martial were continually at a loss to know how far they were justified in condemning a prisoner of whose guilt they were often morally convinced. A man was perhaps charged with the commission of a certain offence not strictly cognizable by any particular Article of War, and they could only fall back upon the 36th Article, referring to "all other crimes not capital," which were to be punished "according to the laws and customs in such cases used at sea," which laws and customs admitted of a variety of interpretations: The powers of a court martial were also restricted in the way of imprisonment to a term of two years. We find another article on the subject of defences relating to the United Kingdom in general. "A Russian Account of the Campaign in the Crimea " is continued, and the general naval and military intelligence completes the number. Macmillan's Magazine. This magazine is scarcely equal to numbers. Two lengthened i ithened . 4 ,s former "...-ms occupy a con• iderable space r wi"`:.,l are greater in intention than execution. The editor, Mr. Masson, contributes a paper on Thomas Hood, in which he rendersdue honour to the hurnourist and the poet. The fifth and sixth volumes of Mr. Froude'f3 History receive a careful criticism from the able pen of the Rev. F. D. Maurice. " Tom Brown at Oxford" is as usual a prominent feature, and it chronicles some very important events. The examination comes on and leaves Hardy in a place of honour, while Blake pays the penalty of his idleness and dissipation. This disaster is aggravated by an outrageous sup per party which terminates in the general disgrace of himself and his set. Two fair ladies make their appearance in the story, to whom Tom assumes the office of cavalier serviente. The navies of France and England are discussed and compared in an article which gives evidence of care and thought. Baily's Sports and Pastimes.—The Marquis of Exeter is the subject for a frontispiece and bio graphical sketch. We are glad to find a continua tion of Horse-racing, by Admiral Rous, who treats his subject in a' masterly manner. From Oxford to St. George is continued. The Experiences of Mr. Sydney Godolphin Yahoo lead him deeper into the favour of Miss Cameron. There is, of course, a full account of the Thames Grand National Regatta, Cricket, Racing Register, and other sporting intel ligence. Baily's Turf Guide and Racing Register is a useful register of the doings on the turf for the first half of 1860. One of Them. By Charles Lever. Chapman and Hall. There is nothing of much interest in the present number. Stockman and Paten fall out about the fair and crafty Loo, alias Mrs. Morris. An Ame rican panic threatens to ruin the Heathcotes. Charley Heathcote gives up his old. love, and shows signs of taking up a new one—Mrs. Morris's sup posed daughter, but in reality the heiress of the murdered Hawke This marriage will come about, or we are much mistaken. Loo has an amusing confab with her worthy paternity, and, for the first time, we find Mrs. Morris speaking plainly and straightforwardly. The Technologist. Vol. 1., No. I. Kent and Cu. This new soriol, with a somewhat abstruse title, is likely, if well conducted, to be a work of value and interest. It purposes to be a monthly record of science applied to art and manufacture, and is edited by P. Simmonds, F.S.S., author of several works on commercial products. The following paragraph on the use of paper and rags in China, affords a fair sample of the condensed information to be obtained from its pages : The graceful and useful bamboo is the source of paper supply in China. The paper made from its culms is suffi cient to meet the demands of the Chinese. It is, for the most part, of a quality unfit for European books and news papers. In some places the article is manufactured with such care as to answer even for foreign writing paper. The Anglo-Chinese newspapers, however, find it best to import their material from England. The paper mulberry also contributes to the paper demand in China, and so does rice straw. Do you ask what becomes of the cast• off, or, rather, fallen-off, garments of the uncounted millions of China ? The world of letters can derive no aid from Chinese rags, until leather becomes more abundant in that country. Crispin claims them all for soles ; the shoes of China have soles an inch thick, formed of suitably prepared rags, faced with a thin strip of leather. Pi= or Ringlets (Bradbury and Evans) is concluded. Rosa catches a tartar. She throws over Mr. Bunting because, although he has an estate in Scotand, he has no castle, as she sup posed, and marries the banker's son ; but the bank stops payment on the day of her wedding, and Mr. Bunting's estate turns out a treasure, being a mine of wealth. Mr. Boyston, alias the Jug, marries the widow, who keeps a rather tight hand on him, docks his corn (i.e. wine), wants Billy Roughun to go in the coal cart; and when the poor Jug remonstrates with tongue and boot-jack, he is threatened with the terrors of Sir Cresswell Cresswell. The tale, taken as a whole, is amusing. The author has a talent for exposing swindling in all its shapes, and in this respect his stories are instruc tive as well as interesting. A sharper, who sells a broken down horse as a sound one, is, of course, a swindler; and though a man who passes himself off for a wealthy husband, when he is in reality penniless, or the mamma who bestows a portionless daughter as an heiress, are called by polite society by a softer name, there are those vulgar mortals in existence who do not see much difference be tween them. We should have liked to have seen more of Mr. Young Jessop, the most gentlemanly sportsman whom the author has yet produced. We hope to meet him on a future occasion. MISCELLANEOUS. The Eclectic has several papers of interest in this month's number. A second article on " The Oxford School" discussesAhe recent volume of " Es says and Reviews," which, as may be supposed, do not meet with very favourable criticism, the ten dencies of the Eclectic being totally opposed to the general tone and character of these essays. Hum boldt's letters form the subject of a paper which gives an outline of the great man's career, as well as a notice of a book which would have been better unpublished. There is a very pleasant article on letters and letter writers, and a memoir of General Havelock, besides several other papers of more or less merit.—The National Magazine is, as usual, an agreeable miscellany of tales and sketches in verse and prose. Mr. Ritchie selects Lord Stanley for his Parliamentary portrait gallery, and gives a fair account of his career. Another political article is on the life and administration of Sir Robert Walpole, which seems inclined to share the opinion so warmly expressed by Thackeray in his lectures, and to attribute to him, despite all his faults, the preservation of our political liberties.— Once a- Week proceeds with unabated spirit. Miss Martineau's able articles on matters of health and social economy are already well known and appre ciated. Sir John Bowring contributes a paper of Oriental Recollections, and Captain Sherard Osborn some sketches entitled " Japanese Fragments," de scriptive of that extraordinary people. Eliza Cook's beautiful lines " Once upon a Time," which we have previously quoted in our columns are included in this month's number. We are glad to find the popular poetess has lent her aid to the pages of this agreeable mis cellany.—Dunry's Hibernian Magazine is a new publication of average merit, chiefly adapted to the inhabitants of the Emerald Isle.—Knight's admir able English Cyclopcedia progresses with its accus tomed variety of information, and includes a wide range of subjects. The number before us has ar ticles on mathematics, meteorology, microscope, mining, the moon, and other subjects of importance.— Routledge's Illustrated Natural History bids fair to be the must comprehensive work of the kind ex tant. The easy and popular style in which it is written, enlivened by numerous anecdotes, and the quantity and excellence of the illustrations, render it especially attractive to the unscientific reader.— Cassell's popular publications maintain their charac ter for a combination of good sense, sound informa tion, and remarkable cheapness of price. ART U.NIOIV OF LONDON, A private view was given on Saturday of the ex hibition of pictures selected by the prizeholders of the Art Union of London in the lottery for the pre sent year. The exhibition, which is held at the gallery of the Society of British Artists in Suffolk street, Pall-mall, comprises a total of 157 works, 114 of which are oil paintings chosen from the Royal Academy, the British Institution, the Royal Scot tish Academy, the Society of British Artists, and the Institution of the Fine Arts. The water-colour drawings, to the number of 36, have been selected from the old and new societies of water-colour pain ters. In addition to the above there are several photographs and chromo-lithographs, and a reduced copy of Foley's statue of Caractacus. The prize holders have displayed considerable taste in their selection, which has for the most part been in landscapes and genre pictures rather than in those illustrative of historical or poetical sub jects. The winner of a £2OO prize has pur chased an English pastoral scene in Surrey, by Mr. H. B. Willis. The £lOO prizholder has chosen " Tantallon Castle," by Mr. J. Syer, the price of which was £2OO, the balance being paid by the purchaser. For the two prizes of £l2O and £lOO, " Sardis," by Mr. Henry Johnson, and the " Nile Raft," by Mr. F. Dillon, have been selected. Mr. Lance's fruit piece, " Full Ripe," has been favoured by the preference of the winner of a £l5O prize. Some of the less costly produc tions include works by Stanfeld,tanby, J. C. Ward, Callow, Williams, S. P. Jackson, and others. Mr. Durham's marble statue of " Chastity" selected by a lady prizeholder, a n d occupies s h a s been a pro minent position in the gallery. With regard to the society's operations next year, 11 works of m councilfor the ; sculp ture have been sent in competition for the two prizes of 70 and 30 guineas offered and the response to the offer of 10() by the guineas gui _ best series of designs in orussliogfhtthlye shaded, illustrative illustrative of Tennyson's y has been 42 contributions. The council h ave not yet decided on the merits of these p ro d uctions. The engraving to be distributed next year amongst t members is one f ro m Turner's picture of "It a l y ," t h e' Childe Harold's Pilgrimage," which Mr. Will more has reproduced on steel. The exhibiti on , will eneddtki4 day, an - t 0 I .le gal bleerypulsblriecelyoll7lllll e n c o • ApoTiIECA-AIES'-lIALL.—The following are the names of gentlemen who passed their examination in the science and practice of medicine, and received certificates to practise, on Thursday, the 201 of August :—Adam Fletcher, bury, Lancashire ; ugene Franci s C ron i n , Konnington ; Allen Lankester Haynes, Evesham, Worcestershire, The following gentlerhen also on the same day passed their first examination :—Thos. Wernyss Bogg, South Lincolnshire ; John Dunstan, Jersey ; Sidney Thorp, Thomas Hohnested, and Crawford John Pocock, Guy's Hospital. SPORTING NOTE& The meetings held during the past week at Lewes and Brighton attained a success they could on no previous oc casion lay claim to, particularly the latter, at which occur red a series of contests almost equal in interest to those which had recently taken place at the parent meet ing. The most astounding " turn up" at Lewes was th e easy overthrow of Miss Julia by Fravola, on her favourite course, half a mile, at a difference of 191 b only, although at, Goodwood she beat Frav o l a by a h ea d a t a diff ere nce °I 271 b I Next we saw Oliver, who last year gave promise of attaining to some excellence, if not celebrity, defeated 11 Cronstadt, at a difference of 131 b only for the year, a fa ct which goes far to indicate that either the Newminsters do not " train on," or that Cronstadt is a much better two' year-old than he has yet got credit for being. A s till more unlooked-for dofeat was that of Crater for her Majesty's Plate, and no eruption ever created more dismay than the easy manner he succumbed to Defender, a result which proved him to be either completely "off," or that he has no ability to stay a distance. On the second day Fe' dorowna's running for the Lewes Handicap, of only 811' worse terms with Blue Jacket than they had previously met at in the Goodwood Stakes, the horse won after a long and determined struggle, in which the weed of praise is equally and well due to Grimshaw as to Fordham for the splendour of the finish, and thus, in some measure, was the Stakes running proved to be untrue, the Jacket being in that race beaten " out of sight." The first day's proceedings at Brighton were remarkable for the continued success of the "home stables," three of the six races on the card falling to their share. The result of the Brighton Stakes in favour of Blue Jacket was fur' ther confirmatory of the incorrectness of the Goodwood Stakes running, for he carried, with Claire, relatively the same weights, and though he had an advantage of 71b. over Flitch, he beat them both so easily and so far that it is diffi • cult to account for the inglorious position he held in that race, which, if the result be true, leaves Wallace about as good as Blue Jacket at level weights ; consequently it is not surprising his finding favour for the St. Leger. The racing on the second day was of an equally interest ing character, and gave rise to some heavy speculation• lani..Esperanza was accounted so favourably weighted for the opening event that a very short price was taken about her, bat, as she never runs twice alike, Bullock could n ot prevail upon her to make an effort, and Fitz-Avon won easily, giving the second, Ipswich, another three year old, 211 b ! The winner, owing to his having run so badly at Lewes, was not trusted by his stable for a guinea, and was run merely to test the correctness of his performance the day but one previous, which, however, being a journey of two miles, was not within his compass. Eight horses, all o f which possessed both character and quality, contested the Champagne Stakes, on which the betting was very spirited, Crater being installed the favourtt4 4 not withstanding his Lewes defeat, and after him 1 31118 Jacket and Satellite were awarded the chief support. The result was, however, far from being in accordance with these fancies, as Twilight, who had been a little c , ofr when defeated by Narcissus a fortnight ago, came to the rescue of the fielders, and won very easily. The first two days of the week are devoted to Wolverhampton, North Staffordshire, and Ripon, and the clashing of the three must be somewhat unfortunate for the two former, as one or the other must be the sufferer by it, the localities being rather too close together. The Cleveland Cup, run at Wolverhampton to-morrA looks a certainty for Defender, nothing, with th e ei ception of Twilight, appearing to have a chance with . him. The twenty-seven nominations to the Nursery Stake% are sure to furnish a considerable field at the starting post, and those I am inclined to put the most trust are Louise Leclercq, Sacerdos, and Maid of Honour. In the Stamford Biennial, Horror, Northern Light, Odo, Botheration, Lupullus, Provision, Rameses, StolzenfelS , Little Dick, Narcissus, and Dreadnought, with thirty-foo t ' other three-year-olds, are engaged, but beyond those enlr merated I can see nothing likely to take part in the strut' gle, and I doubt if many of them will face the two firs t ' named—Horror and Northern Light—who will only he ce to appear at the starting post to invest the race with 0 % - traordinary interest, but I will give the preference t ° Northern Light. The programme set forth for Ripon shows no f a lli n g off from former years. In the Grand Stand Plate Doefoot will again have it al l her own way. The Members' Plate Handicap 'will be strongly affected by the Great St. Wilfrid Handicap, the winner of whiell however, will have his work gut ou t t o b eat E dmun d and Baron Parke. Doefoot is the top weight in the Great Northers' Nursery, but it is renew too much to expect her to gil e i so much weight to Fast Runner, Lady Bird, and ReY Princess, and one of the last-named ought to be about the' mark. Reading is always largely patronised, and the may be assured of first-rate sport this year, for the r apes are all well filled, and the Be r k s hi re stables always suPP " good fields. The King's Meadow Stakes will Bud the two top Amsterdam and Speak er , f orm id a b le. The recent running of Wallace and Convivialist caus e° the Berkshire Stakes to l oo k lik e a " gift " to e i t h er , and only in Lovett can I sea an ythi ng lik ely to inter f ere with them. weights, The Abbey Stakes, for which fourteen two year ol d !, are engaged, has three or four celebrities amongst the 1 1 ° minations, including Lady Clifden, Fairwater, Copernic us ' . and Cronstadt. The th ree f ormer are each penalise d 3 1 6 notwithstanding which th e race oug ht to fall to one of trio, though from Cronstadt's recent performance wiet,.. °- Oliver, I shall expect t o see hi m, make it hot wor k whichever of them may enter the lists with him. The Nursery 'Plate has, as usual, an immense entry / and making any certain seleatien is out of the quest lol ; The winner may, however, b e comprised in the followirl lot :—Confidence, Corfu, Fs,,xhead, Rosedale, Count 1 1 ° 114 and Balham. The East Hampst ea d P ark Stakes, one mile and a I,os is a weight for age race instead of a handicap, and A- 132 W r dam, 5 yrs, with Weatherbound, 3 yrs, Odo, 3 yrs, Pr , st dictor, 3 yrs, and Rip on , 3 yrs , oug h t to i nvest the e ver with with some interest, A ms t er d am an d Ri pon b eing most UV' to produce the winner. The Reading Stake s , f or t wo year o ld s, half a mile? - 'ea bring together the Sister to Mincepie, Fairwater, re lk " stone, Little Lady, Brown Duchess, and one or two other * but if anything beats Brown Duchess, it must be lqin c ` r pie's slashing sister. The Whitley Handicap, env mile, has an excellent 1'; ceptance ; still, Twilight, 4 yrs, Bst 81b, ought to car?' colours in front, Traducer, 3 yrs, 7st 71b, being raest likelky to bowl her over. A FRESH MAN• CHAMPIONSIIIP OF THE THANES. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SlR,—Your long and interesting account of Dogge 'o Coat and Badge wager, and the interest you always take everything that benefits the working men, gives me couragement to trouble you with the following : Does it not appear strange, Sir, that a powerful WI/ like the Waterman's Company should leave it to others 0 patronise the river rowing. The famous " Doggett" not connected with the Watermen or their company, 1 ° perhaps it was better for th em th e management of t,4 wager was left to the Fi s h mongers ' Company, or it might have died out long ago. Th e Thames Regatta at Putne_P, gf ; conducted and uph e ld b y gent l emen and lanrlsmen. ve do not hear of the company's prize being rowed for ; pe g ; haps they, as a com p any , d o not su b scri b e a guinea towsru it. All the rowing matches are got up wnd supported by the friends of th e men — no pr i ze o f s,ny description given by the directo rs o f th e i r own com p an y. If th e privilege is to be maintained (and I suppose it is), I informed that the company have expended £5,000 in opPe'' ing the bill that was to throw it ()Ten. Why not give as inducement to the men to become good smilers, &c., bi having a champion prize, with. £lO or £2O a-year, and other minor prizes for the unsuccessful men. In looking ore; the new act bye-laws I find there are nu merous pa i ns a n' penalties for the men, but - , ao encouragement for them to d ° well. Although not a w aterman myself, lam intimateli acquainted with them, and feel great i n t erest i n all that concerns them. I hear there is great dissatisfaction among the body ; and soma say they de not see what good th e , should a c t w i th more liberality towar d! h company is to them. If the directo rs w i s h to b e suppo rted men, s ubscribing they atbnyenintuha: by lly , and open to all who choose to contend for it ; the holder to accept all reasonable challenges for three yea r. ; and if not defeated du r i ng that time, the belt to become b : ' ownPrPertY.—Y our obedient servant, Fore-street, Lambeth. ROBERT BAIN ROYAL YACHT SQUADRON REGATTA. The £lOO prize given by the squadron to be competed fo r by vessels belonging to a n y R o y a l Y ac ht Cl u b was sa il on Saturday. Ten vesse l s were en t ere d f or th e race , a ct which nine started. The course was the same that ha, been s a il e d over f or her Majesty's and the Prince Consort • cups, and there was a fi ne fresh breeze from W.N.W. Tge Lulworth took the lead at starting, and kept it throughen4 her only dang erous compe ti tors b e i ng t h e Arrow an d t; Osprey. Th e f ormer carr i e d away t h e j aws of her ga ff working to the westward off the Kicker Point to cool plete the first roun d, an d was compe l le d to had down her racing flag, and retire from the race. Several o f the others gave out after the first round and the raco thed lay between the Lulw or th, Osprey, Wildfire, Audax,.a n a Amazon. The three first named vessels well sustillue. their old reputation, but th e A u d as did b ut l i tt l e to vulul, eke the high name she o bt a i ne d a f ew d ays s i nce a t Q u eens , town, The Warner Light w as roun d e d th e secon d time 2 ' chows - The Lulwortb, 121 minutes ahead of the Osprey, th e Osprey 2 minutes ahead of the Wildfire, the Wildfire 11 minutes ahead of the Audax, and .the Audax 2 rainuteo ahead of the Amazon. The race was now a dead beat heck to Calshot and thence to the goal in Cowes Roads. The Lulwortb passed between the station vessel and the Castle, and finished the match 25 minutes ahead of the Osprey. The Osprey passed ahead of the Wildfire 5 minutes; Amazon' fourth: