The Sun. — London, England, 1860-08-17 00:00:00

• THE SUN. LO. STOW, FRIDAY, AUGUST 17, 1860. Lori l ELcrro's letter deserves a distinct notice. It rais es the question—ought we to have artisan corps 1 )f volunteers, or ought the artisan volunteers to be mingled with the gentlemen volunteers ? While; mach pleased with the spirit of Lord ELCE .o's letter, and concurring with his remarks, it mu yet he acknowledged that the argument is not all on one side. We certainly think, as we latire atal in our last on this subject, that one of the great advantages of artisan volunteers would bet found in the mixture of classes. Both classes mould be the better for it. Class ill-will and dis likes are nur, 4 ured by nothing more than mutual ignorance. Pei .baps half the feuds in society are due to th e . fact, t hat the hostile sections know each other so little tl - tat they have no idea how much good there is ;nth. ose whom they are taught to re g,•trd as natural foe g• It is even so among nations. The comparatively few 'who travel do not like war with the people, -cv h orn, , ny residence among them, they have founet, so vr „ d f regarduly , at t bottom, o the war like people at horn. 2. And w ith of classes, where a lord is the unpatronising friend of all classes i n ki s neighbourhood, the demagogue would stand a chr Lnce of atoning at the pump for orations "setting class against class." At present we have literally nothing but one 0 , two games—the' ,Id glorious one of cricket being the chief—to brir g together the different classes of society on those terms which equalise distinctions 1 ..f0r the time, without raising one party above, or sinking the other below, his natural place. None which bring together in genial, cordial, mutually respectful association the lord, the squire, and the master; the tradesmen, the artisan, and the labourer. Young lords taking the chair at working men's meetings, to spout to them absurd political economy, ends rather in contempt than cordiality. What is wanted is just what Volunteer. Corps pre sent—a common, a noble object, in which lord and labourer are equally interested; and as object to be obtained by a personal training and practice, in which the peer himself has no personal advantage over his artisan fellow-soldier. In volunteer drill all classes compete on equal terms, the only dif ference being that the richer have more leisure for practice, if they choose to use it. Everything in the nature of the institution is favourable to Lord ELcHe's views. We imagine that the whole question runs up into that of cost. Assuming that the middle classes and gentry are as willing to associate in a corps with working men, as they ought to be, the only doubt is whether our middle class volunteers will be ready to abandon that military finery which so many of them like so well, and to accept a uniform with serviceableness for its chief recommendation. somehow soldiers have always loved military dis play. Gilding, lace, plumes, embroidery, frippery of all sorts adhering closely, or dangling about, or waving in the breeze, seems, unaccountably, at first sight, the taste of those whose real business is of the roughest and gravest kind. It seems as if a soldier could no more forget the pomp of full regimentals, than " a bride her ornaments, or a maid her attire.' We much fear that Lord ELCHO may here find the stream too strong for him. We acknowledge that nothing can seem more snobbish than to set mili tary show against general, and even military utility, yet it has been done so long and persistently that it is not easy .to get rid of it. How many sol soldiers have fallen sick, if not died, that their offi cers might have the pleasure of seeing their chins perched at an unnatural angle on the famous black stock. We do not like even to suggest such a thing, but we fear Lord ELCHO must take care of insist ing too strongly on the sacrifice of military finery by our present volunteers. It ought not to render the service distasteful; we are sorry even to sup pose that there may be need of caution. The modes in which he has proposed to over come the difficulty may be very good ; that of pur chasing the uniform by instalments of is. 3d. a week especially so. It is the way in which work ing men are accustomed to attain their objects, which involve much outlay; and, so far as the dress is concerned, since it would serve the man for his Sunday and holiday dress—the chief occasions when he appears in full dress—it is reasonable he should pay for it. But we would venture to inquire whether the idea of volunteering may net be ab surdly strained ? Why should not the purely mili tary articles be furnished to the men ? They are, emphatically, for public service, and have quite as much claim on the public revenue as the Hon. Mr. COWPER'S iron hurdles to fence off an aristocratic ride in Kensington Gardens. Those equipments of the corps which can be of no service to the volun teer, but for public purposes, surely the public should purchase. Enough for the artizan, if he contribute the time to learn the use of them. But two things we think the Government espe cially bound to provide—the rifles with their am munition, and the drill sergeants. The Govern ment interferes to a certain extent ; it wants all the corps drilled to act together, and trained to use certain weapons. Of the drill sergeants and of the rifles, it has, we suppose plenty, paid for by the public. Why then make just that portion of the public, which gives what is most valuable of all to the state, pay, over again, for what they have already paid for by taxation ? We must say that it strikes us that the best way to settle the question may be to let both plans ad verted to in Lord ELcHo's letter take their chance together. If it turn out that the artisan class prefer to emulate the upper classes, by corps, rather than as individuals of a mixed corps, then so let it be. Decidedly we prefer what Lord ELCHO advocates; still this is a volunteer question—and we must allow the volunteers to choose for them selves. Some working men themselves may prefer the mixed corps, and others one in which they would meet only their own order. They may also feel some pride in showing what they can do when actin► by themselves. Let there be entire free dom ; let different plans be acted on, as far as each meets the tastes of all, and in a short time we shall all be in a position to judge what is best. His Imperial Majesty the Sultan ABDUL MEDJID claims the privilege of chastising those murderous fanatics of the Lebanon who have but just now accomplished, within the narrow c')mpass of a few weeks, massacres unparalleled for many past gene rations. As a preliminary to the punishment of those wretches, the Grand Vizier has been despatched into Syria with the utmost speed, pomp, and cere mony from Constantinople. The chief offenders, the ringleaders, the instigators of these inhuman butcheries are being singled out by the Commis sioners appointed to inquire into their guilt by the Turkish Government. Meanwhile, the Great Powers of Europe are adopting energetic measures for the prevention of further atrocities of the like kind—their combined arma ments, both military and maritime, are arriving off the devastated coasts for purposes, at the very least, of rigorous surveillance. It cannot but strike the attention of the least observant, however, that the administrators of Turkey, no less than the leading European Powers themselves, are acting thus only, alas ! when it is too late for the unfortunate Maronites and the rest of the Christian Syrian population. When the steed is stolen it is rather superfluous, as the proverb hints, to turn the key in the lock of the stable-door. How much more is it not an act, rather be it said, of fatuity than of mere supererogation, to spring the bolts of the lock when the steed is destroyed and the stable burnt to the ground by the lawless hand of an incendiary ! The latest tidings received from the scene of these disastrous occurrences tell of another and a quite supplementary massacre, in which the Druses have indulged at Baalbec their insatiable thirst for the blood of the Christians. But before the intelligence of those last acts of butchery at Baalbec, how frightful had been the aggre gate of the crimes perpetrated by the in fidel revilers of Christianity ! Down to the dreadful murders accomplished by wholesale throughout the entire of the Christian quarter of Damascus, it is calculated upon reliable evidence that the late sanguinary conspiracy had, in an almost incredibly brief interval of time, utterly destroyed and razed to the ground one hundred and fifty towns and villages !—had massacred six thousand Chris tians, men, women, and children ! !—had brought down seventy thousand others to beggary and star vation!!! All this, recollect, within a very few weeks, within a portion of June and July. The pillage accompanying all these hideous assassinations has served yet further to illustrate the execrable and degraded character of the murderous barbarians : demonstrating that not religious fanticism alone has been the source of their most criminal con- spiracy. It is in the full glare of this appalling catastrophe that the Turkish Government is now affecting to mete out among the murderers and their accomplices fitting measures of retribution. It is with incidents of this deplorable character yet vividly in their recollection that the Chief Powers of Europe are assembling their observant and avenging arma ments upon the Syrian coasts of the Mediterranean. Can it be believed by any rational spectator of these events that a Government which has been thus powerless to prevent the execrable massacres we are all lamenting, will be in any way competent to punish the barbarous hordes by whom those massacres have been perpetrated ? The SULTAN, as we have said, claims the right and privilege of dealing out adequate retribution among the leading criminals. But the heinous nature of the very criminality demanding ven geance, is proof positive of the literal powerlessness of his effete and degraded Government. The Western Allies have already acted towards Turkey with sufficient, and more than sufficient, magnanimity. England and France, in the last war made by them against Russia in defence of the independence of the Ottoman Porte, filled up for that power, filled up to overflowing, the cup of its obligations. One hundred thousand lives, one hundred millions sterling were then lavished— with what return we now know—in the cause of the SULTAN'S sovereignty, in the interests of the independence of the anomalous Turkish Government. Those heroic efforts in behalf of the SUBLIME PORTE have now been re paid by the butchery, in Syria, of six thousand of our fellow Christians, by the beggary of seventy thousand of the still surviving Christian population. It is true that all these lives, and all this property have been destroyed or captured by those Pagan tribes—the fanatical Druses of the Lebanon—but it is notorious, at the same time, that the crimes of the Druses have been connived at, aided, and abetted, by the Moslem population owing obedience to the Turkish Government. Every thing in effect combines to demonstrate that the time has at length arrived for the close of the anomalous power of the Turk in Chris tendom. After surviving now for four hundred years and upwards—throughout the whole of that time as a recognised and indisputable anomaly— the Mussulman rule in Europe will at last have to receive (what it had been better perhaps had it received at first) its exquatur from among the group of the leading States of Christendom. The sooner arrangements can now be made for its be coming the barrier of the Bosphorus the better, for the honour, as well as the interests of European civilisation. GREAT WESTERN RAIL TP AY. HALF-YEARLY MEETING-(THIS DAY). The ordinary half-yearly meeting of the share holders in this company was held this day at the Paddington Station, for the purpose of receiving the directors' report, and other purposes. The routine business having been transacted, The CHAIRMAN rose to move the adoption of the directors' report, which states that a comparison of the revenue account during the past six months with those of the same period in 1859 shows that the increased receipts on the Great Western amounted, on passengers and mails, to £15,022 ; on goods, minerals, and live stock, to £48,880 ; and on parcels and all other income, to £3,881 ; total increase £67,783, and the increased charges £19,050. On the Shrewsbury railways the increased receipts on passengers and mails amounted to £1,401, on goods, minerals, and live stock to £5,654, avid on parcels and other income to £585 ; total increased receipts, £7,640, and the increased charges were £14,151. The increased receipts on both lines for the half-year amounted to £75,423, and the increased charges to £33,201, leaving a net bal ance for the half•year, being increased profit, of £42,222. The increase of expenditure arises princi pally under two heads of charge—viz., the removal and repair of carriage and waggon stock in the southern division of the line, which exceeds that of 1859 by £13,980, and the outlay for relaying about 17 miles of permanent way in the northern division, as well as that for narrow gauge plant, amounting together to £9,970, as the increased expenses connected with the Shrewsbury lines. Those two branches of expenditure represent to a great extent substantial improvements to the property of the company, and augment in the ag gregate by £23,250 the revenue disbursements of the half-year. The report goes on to state,—" Advert ing to the 'General Revenue Account,' the directors wish to call the attention of the proprietors to three points ; firstly, that the tolls for the use of the Brentford Railway and docks are included in it; the actual tonnage conveyed during the half-year having been 52,655 tons of goods (exclusive of . coals, &c.), which exceeds the minimum quantity of goods stipulated to be paid for under the lease ; secondly, that the Kennet and Avon Canal has for the first time yielded to this company a profit, instead of leaving a deficiency ; and lastly, that the total sum reserved out of the South Wales dividends, in pursuance of the report ap proved at the meeting on the 17th of August, 1854, has exceeded the estimated loss on the lease to that period, for which such reservation was ordered to be made. That loss since 1854, as shown by the South Wales accounts, has been written off in each half-year as soon as ascertained ; so that it seems probable, when an equitable and final adjustment can be made of all accounts between the two companies, the entire dividends belonging to and receivable by this company for South Wales Stock will be brought to the credit of the general revenue. The directors recommend that a dividend, at the rate of 3 per cent, per annum, should now be declared out of the disposable balance of £129,046 4s. 91., to be payable on the Ist of September to the proprietors of Great Western consolidated stock and Windsor shares, leaving the sum of £5,487 ls. 11d. t o b e carr i e d forwar to the next half-year. • The motion was agreed to. A resolution for the payment of the dividend and a vote of thanks to the chairman terminated the pro ceedings. LONDON AND NORTH-WESTERN RAILWAY. HALF-YEARLY MEETING (THIS DAY). The ordinary half•yearly meeting of the share holders of the London and North-Western Rail way was held this day at the Euston Terminus. The usual routine business having been trans acted, and the report (which has already appeared i❑ The sun) taken as read, The CHAIRMAN rose to move its reception and adoption. Having alluded to the present satisfactory position of the company's affairs, he proceeded to notice the principal points of the report. The re ceipts from passengers, parcels, and mails, it ap peared, amounted to £946,526, being an increase over the corresponding half-year 0f1859 of £55,048; ditto from merchandise, &c., £1,065,816; increase, £124,397 ; total, £2,012,342 ; increase, £179,445. Working expenses, £869,619; increase, £80,363. During the past six months the increase in the number of passengers and tons of goods car ried, and of train miles run, as compared with the corresponding period of 1859, has been—Passen gers, 264,355; goods and minerals, 575,394 tons. The statement of the half-year's accounts showed that the net proceeds were £607,279 10s. Bd.; to which the balance carried from last account, £10,870 7s , showed a disposable balance of £618,149 17s. Bd. ; dividend recommended (5 per cent.) £605,341 Bs. 6d. ; balance to be carried to next account, £12,808 9s. 2d. The directors recommended the payment of a dividend for the past half-year after the rate of 5 per cent. per annum, carrying forward a balance of £12,808 9s. 2d. After some discussion the report was adopted, and shortly afterwards the proceedings terminated. 'Their Serene Highnesses the Prince and Princess Leiningcn have left Howehin's Hotel on a visit to the Queen at Balmoral. His Excellency the Belgian Minister and Madame Van de Weyer leave town to-day for New Lodge, Windsor Forest. Maria Marchioness of Ailesbury has left Hert ford-street for Pencarrow, Cornwall, on a visit to Lady Molesworth. The Countess Dowager of Jersey has left Berkeley •square for Brighton. • T bis 1 NEWS , • The following telegrams have been received at Mr. Reuter's office : TURIN, FRIDAY. The Opinione publishes a despatch dated Naples, 15th inst., stating that the news of Garibaldi's dis embarkation in Calabria is unfounded. Up to the 11th inst. only several inconsiderable disembarka tions had taken place at different points. TURIN, AUG. 16. The Opinione publishes a despatch, dated Naples 14th, announcing that the Electoral Committees have been dissolved. The Opinione adds : " Although this despatch does not mention any disembarkation of Garibaldi, it nevertheless ap pears quite certain that he has succeeded in effect ing a landing. CONSTANTINOPLE, Alm. 11. Ad'cices from Damascus to the sth inst. state that 14'uad Pasha had surrounded the Lebanon with troops, and threatened fire and sword if the Druse Sheikhs did not surrender in two days. Twenty had already been taken, and nearly 800 other important arrests had been made. A thousand camel loads of plundered property had been recovered. The Sultan viAted the Porte on Thursday and delivered a speech to the Ministers expressing his resolution to punish the Syrian offenders most severely, and also his intention to reduce the vast list of sinecure high functionaries and effect economy generally. The paper money is to remain in circulation till July next. The Sultan is about to address another auto graph letter to Queen Victoria and the Emperor Napoleon on the subject of Syria, expressing his desire to have the sole punishment of offenders. The news of massacres at Baalbec has been confirmed. No details have yet been received. FARO, AUG. 13. This morning the Castiglia attempted, but with out success, to capture a Neapolitan steamer. The Fulminante fired upon the Castiglia. Last night the Veloce disembarked one batta lion of Garibaldian volunteers in Calabria. The Neapolitans kept up a brisk fire during half an hour. Scalia's artillery has not yet left Sicily. A Calabrian has been arrested here. He has confessed having received money from Count Aquila to assassinate Garibaldi. TRIESTE, AUG. 11. The Archduke Maximilian has left for Pola, in order to despatch another frigate to Naples, where the disembarkation of Garibaldi is consi dered imminent. CATTARO, AUG. 16. The assassin of Prince Daniel°, who has been arrested here, is an exile. He denies having committed the mime. The body of tl e deceased Prince has been con veyed to Cettignye, accompanied by his widow. The nephew of the Prince, who is being educated at Paris, has been proclaimed his successor. ZARA, AUG. 15. Nikizza, the son of Mirco Petrovitch, was yes terday evening proclaimed Prince of Montenegro at Cettignye. CALCUT'IA AND CHINA MAILS. SOUTHAMPTON, FRIDAY. The Peninsula) and Oriental Company's steamer Ceylon, Captain leans, with the heavy portion of f bas arrived. the above mails She brings £1,015 i n specie and a general cargo, including 1,621 bales of silk, value upwards of £160,000. The British ship Inkerman, of Greenock, with coals for Bonbay, sprung a leak at sea on the Ist inst. and foundered in latitude 43 N., long. 11.10 W. The Captain and crew landed at Gib raltar on the ith. Her Majesty's frigate Melpomene, with th e Moorish Ambassad ors, arrived at Tangiers on the Bth inst. GIBRALTAR, Aua. 11. Exchange on London. 90 days, 501 to 50!- ; Paris, 5.32; Marseilles and Genoa, 5.33; Madrid and Malaga, 8 days eight, -I discount. Freights un altered. FRANCE. PARIS, THURSDAY. BOURSE, Augu s t 16.—The arrival of the Eng lish funds with l ower quotat i ons h as i mpar t e d heaviness to the Market, and prices are generally lower than on Tue s d ay. Th rees , f or th e accoun t, are now at 67f 8 5c ; Mobilier, 675 f ; Orleans, 1,357 f 50c; Lyons, 881 f 25 c ; L om b ar d, 471 f 25c ; tations : Austrian, 480 f. The following are the last quo- 41 per per Cents 9 7 85; Do end month 97 85 3 per Cents Do. end month ... 67 80 Bank Shares 2830 Credit Mobilier 675 Do. Account 676 25 Credit Fancier — Belgian 41 — Piedmontese Fives 7B 75 Roman Austrian Spanish Threes Home Debt RAILWAYS. Cash. Account. Orleans . ....... Northern New ditto Lyons and Meditarranean Geneva,,,.,.. Southern ...... Western Eastern ....... Sardinian Austrian Lombard ..._. - - .. 1362 50 - - .. 950 -- - - .. 883 75 - - .. 365 - - • . 500 -- - - ; : 582 50 - - .. 628 75 - - .. 390 - - - 480 - - 472 50 AUSTRIA. A Vienna lett er con t a i ns th e f o ll ow i n g :—" In • presence of the armaments now in progress in Pied mont, and the new loan of 150 millions intended to meet the war expenditure of that Power, Austria has necessarily taken additional precautions for the defence of Venetia ; it is certain, however, that she will not begin a conflict. The greatest activity prevails in the A us t r i an arsena l s , an d a nu mber of officers of the staff and of the engineers have re ceived orders to j o i n th e corps o f t roo p s s tationed in different parts of Venetia. Austria will, there fore, calmly wait for the revolution to assume the offensive." The Bank Gazette of Berlin, on the 13th, says : —" Several of the most important commercial firms of Vienna have sent numerous telegraphic despatches to this place, declaring that the rumours spread on the Bourse of Vienna as to the aggressive intentions of Austria are unfounded, and were concocted for speculative purposes." " It would appear," says the Independance," that disaffection tow ar d s A ustr i a i s not con fi n ed to Ve neia. Accordi ng to t h e kc h utzenze it ung , there is also a certain degree of fermentation in the Italian Tyrol, from which 300 persons have already emi grated without passports. The official journal, the inspruck, Gazette, has published a list of their names, calling on them to return and appear before the tribunals. Sixty-nine of these persons, belong ing to the upper classes, who neglected to answer the first summons, have been declared illegally ab sent, and their property sequestrated. Neverthe less, the emigration still continues." A NOBLE EXAMPLE.—The Rev. T. Binney appealed to his congregation at the Weigh house Chapel on Sunday evening for the poor sufferers in Syria, and though no previous notice had been given, about £ll2 or £ll4 was collected at the close of the service,--Patriot, T HE ROYAL CREAIORNE GARDENS COMPANY (Limited). Capital £lOO,OOO, in 20,000 Shares of £5 each. Liability Limited to the amount of each Share. LlCorporated under the Joint-Stock Companies Act, 17th and 18th Vict. DIRECNORS. Lord Henry Gordon, the Palace, Hampton Court. Sir George Duckett, Bart., Coningsby. Theophilus Clive, Esq., Hampton. John Simpson, Esq., the Strand, and Pinner-park. George Lettsom Elliott, Esq., Urban Lodge, Cheltenham. (With power to add to their number from the Shareholders). BANKERS—The London and County Bank, Lombard-street ; 441, New Oxford-street ; Knightsbridge ; and its various Branches. STANDING COUNSEL. Charles Wordsworth, Esq., Q.C., Temple. Browniow Poulter, Esq., Lincoln's-inn. AUDITOR—T. P. Scrivener, Esq., Public Accountant, Norfolk-street, Strand. CONsumNG ARCHITECT—Finch Hill, Esq., 441, Oxford- street. SOLICITORS—PawIe, Belfrage, and Asprey, 7, New Inn, Strand. EtnoKEßs—Holderness, Fowler, and Co., Change-alley, Corn hill. . . • OFFICES OF THE COMPANY—At the Gardens. HONORARY SECRETARY-10rd William Lennox. PROSPECTUS. The object of this Company is to purchase from Mr. Simp son, the present well-known and successful proprietor—who retires, having realised an ample fortune from the profits of this undertaking,—the Lease, Goodwill, and Plant of these head-quarters of suburban recreation and enjoyment. The Cremorne property is held at the nominal ground rent of £B3 per annum, the Ashburnham portion included, for an unexpired term of nearly thirty-three years. As evidence of the confidence entertained in the success of the proposed Company, nearly one-half of the capital has been already subscribed. Mr. Simpson becomes one of the largest shareholders in the undertaking, and will ac cept a seat in the Direction immediately after the for mation of the Company. thus affording the Board the benefit of his co-operation in the management. Arrangements have also been made for the retention of the services of his efficient and well-organised staff; thus ensuring the correct and eco nomical working of the business. Some idea of the profits of these Gardens may be gained from the fact, that on the occasion of the Fete in aid of the Wellington College, after payment of all expenses, Mr. Simpson paid over to the Trustees of the Charity, as the proceeds of the night's entertainment, £1,200 ; and on the occasion of the Aristocratic Fete a profit of .£l,lOO was realised, and presented to public charities. The capital called is ample for the requirements of the business. The purchase-money for the lease, plant, and goodwill, will not exceed two-thirds of the amount. The contemplated additions and alterations will be carried out upon principles of the strictest economy, and will not, it is anticipated, employ more than half the capital remaining after the completion of the purchase. Since the year 1850, the income has gone on steadily and rapidly increasing. The books of the establishment have been strictly kept, and have been examined, and the accounts audited by Mr. Scrivener, the public accountant ; and the average profits of the last five years show that an income equal to a dividend of 20 per cent. upon the capital employed may be confidently anticipated, and that these profits, by a small judicious outlay, are capable of being greatly increased. It is also proposed that every holder of not less than twenty shares shall be entitled to a free admission for himself and friend, subject, however, to such conditions as may be deter mined upon by the direction. It must be borne in mind that this is no new or speculative undertaking, the experimental period. so often fatal to new enterprises of the most promising kind, haviwr, in the case of these Gardens, long since passed by ; while, by the experience and industry of Mr. Simpson, a system of check has been perfected, which precludes not only losses by frauds, but reduces the expenses of the concern to the minimum, in sures the regularity of the working, mid places the estimate of profits, as above put forward by tie Board, among the most reliable ever submitted to the public. All applications for Shares to be made to the Brokers of the Company, Messrs Holderness, Fowler, and Co., Change alley, Cornhill ;or to the Solicitors, at New Inn, Strand, W.C., in the annexed Form. If no allotment be made, the amount of deposit will be forthwith returned without any deduction. FOR3I OF APPLICATION% (Deposit of 255. per Share to be made to the Bankers), and the further sum of £1 ss. on allotment. To the Directors of the Royal Cremorne Gardens Company (Limited). Shares £5. Gentlemen,—HaTiog paid to the London and County Bank the sum of £ to your credit, I request you will allot me Shares of £5 each in the Royal Cremorne Gardens Company (Limited), or any less number, and I hereby agree to accept them, subject to the Regulations of the Company, and to pay the calls thereon, and to sign the Articles of Association of the Company when required. Name Profession .......... Signature— Address. Date ...., London, 1860. THEATRE -ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Lessee, Mr. J. B. Buckstone. THIS EVENING the performances will oommenoe with JACK'S RETURN FROM CANTON. And THE OVERLAND ROUTE. Messrs. C. Mathews, Buckstone, Compton, Chippendale. Rogers, Mrs. Charles Mathews, Miss Weekes, and Mrs. Wilkins. After which,' the new comedietta, HIS EXCELLENCY, in which Mr. and Mrs. C. Mathews will appear. To conclndo with THE CHRISTENING. Commence at 7. POYAL PRINCE S S'S THEATRE. A Lessee, Mr. A. Harris. THIS EVENING, will b , performed A WONDERFUL WOMAN. Mr. A. Harris. Miss Heath, &c. Followed by UN TIGRE DU BENGALE. And LES DEUX AVEUGLES. By the Zonaves. With the farce of A.S.S. After which, LA CORDE SENSIBLE. Characters by the Zouaves. Followed by AN AMBUSCADE AT INKERMAN. Commence at 7. A DELPHI, NEW THEATRE-ROYAL. Rile eroorietor and Manwer, Mr. Beni. Webster. THIS EVENING, .TANET PRIDE. Messrs. B. Webster. J L. Toole, P. Bedford, Stuart, C. Selby; Miss Woolg - ar and Miss Laidlaw. To conclude with IN AND OUT OF PLACE. Miss Julia Daly, Messrs. C. Selby and C. J. Smith. Commence at 7. Box-office open from 10 till 5. Private boxes, £2 2s. ; Family Boxes, £l. Orchestra Stalls, ss. ; Balcony, 45.: Front Circle Stalls, Is. ; Pit Stalls, 26.; Pit, ls. 6d. ; Amphitheatre, Is ; Gallery, 6d. Acting Manager—Mr. Wm. Smith. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE,- Proprietor and Manager, Mr. Wm. BATIY. Immense Success of "Mazeppa." A Grand MID-DAY PERFORMANCE will take place on SATURDAY next, Aug 18, commencing at Two o'clock. This Evening, Lord Byron's splendid Hippo-drama of MAZEPPA AND THE WILD HORSE, with entirely new and beautiful scenery, costly costumes, and appointments, introducing the largest stud of highly-trained Horses, Po nies, Buffaloes, and Camels in the World. To be followed by Scenes in the Arena by the Star Riders of the day. Doors open at half-past 6, performance commence at 7. Box-office open daily from 11 till 4. Stage Manager—Mr. W. WERT. Director of the Arena—M. Felix Rsvolti. f IANTERBUR V HALL EVERY EVENING, CONCERTS.- A Grand Selection from MART B A, And Selections from DINORAIT, TROVATORE, MACBETH, And numerous other Entertainments. Balcony, is Hall, M. Comic Vocalists —Messrs. George Hodson (the Irish Come dian and Mimic). and C. Marshall. -The ETHIOPIANS, consisting of 17 performers (organised expressly for this Estab , ishment). for the performance of Vocal and Instrumental Music, Comic and Sentimental, with Negro delineations, anecdotes, &c., in addition to the usual entertainments. The Fine Arts Gallery ia open from 5 till 11 on Sunday Evening. THE WEATHER.—SUN OPFiCE, AUGUST 17, 1860. THERMOMETER, TN THE SHADE, (38-4 dghest since noon yesterday. 53—h west this morning and during the night. CG—t:tz. 4 s day at noon. BAROMETER-20.57. WIND—Sc uth-Westerly; fresh, with very fine weather. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. THIa DAY.— Morning, lh. 53m.—Afternoon, 2h. 15m. To-xoanow. -Morning, 2h. 37m.—Afternoon, 2h. 58m. 'r qe -1 ‘.I4 P l4. ', 4 - - Losf. • .447 1 :1k -,c), ,, (4•3 1 k • _„ 0 • r~ ~ -~ THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, AUGUST 17, 1860. AMERICA. The North German Lloyds steamer Bremen, Capt. Wessels, from New York, on the 4th inst., has arrived off Cowes. She brings 128 passengers and 550,590 dols. in specie, of which 179,840 dols. are for England and the remainder for France and Bremen. On the 13th inst. she spoke a steamer, supposed to be the New York. A meeting of British residents was to be held at St. John's, on the 6th iust., for the purpose of adopting measures for extending to the Prince of Wales some appropriate demonstration of respect and welcome. The foreign residents in New York were making arrangements to give a grand recep tion and ball in honour of the Prince of Wales. Advices from Havan - nah report the sugar market as firm. No. 12, 81 reals. The exports for the week were 42,000 boxes. Freights were advancing. Sterling exchange was quoted 13 to 131 prem. A destructive tornado had visited Kansas, destroying much property. The other news by the Bremen is unimportant. INCIDENTS OF TUE WAR IN SICILY. GARIBALDI'S ARMY. A letter from Messina says :—" The morale of the army is admirable. When off duty the soldiers are always in spirits. They have not much to eat or to drink, but they keep singing away from morning to night. They are drilled for three hours every morning, and again for two hours in the evening, and not a word of complaint do you ever hear. After the evening drill you see everywhere knots of volunteers, parties of 20, 30, and 40, singing in chorus their native Tuscan or Lombard songs, or, stretched out on the ground, chattering about their past adventures in the campaign, until at length, tired with their songs and gossip, they go soundly off to sleep, to be awakened again by the morning drum." TIIE NATIONAL GUARD AT MESSINA. Yesterday evening (the 7th) there was a review of the first class of the National Guard—namely, of those who, if required, wiil march and serve with the regular army. It was not very numerous, but the numbers are likely to be increased before long. Garibaldi addressed the young soldiers and the assembled spectators, saying " that the Sicilian Go vernment had been hitherto, and was still at pre sent, a Provisional Government, and that before long it would become definitively united with that of the King Honest-man'—that he would shortly leave Sicily in order to carry out other missions—that he felt immense regret at being compelled to leave them—that he thanked all from the bottom of his heart for all that they had done for him." Whilst thus expressing his gratitude, he strongly urged on all the necessity of arming, and implored them to unite as one compact mass to preserve the freedom which they had obtained. " They must arm," he said, " to drive out for ever from Italy—their beloved mother country—the stranger who had tyrannised over her." He informed them that France, by her diplomatic agents, was using every effort to prevent the formation of a united Italy, but that the word of France was nowhere believed. " And I know right well," exclaimed he, " its real worth." These mysterious words, this declaration, that before long Sicily will be annexed to, or governed by, the " King Honest-man," has given rise to much speculation among the volunteers. GARIBALDI AND VICTOR EMMANUEL. The frigate Carlo Alberto (says a letter dated Messina, Aug. 7) has arrived in the harbour of Messina, and her commander is said to be the bearer of a letter from King Victor Emmanuel to Garibaldi counselling him not to attack the main land. Such a counsel to Garibaldi at the present moment, whether coming from Ministers or Monarch, is a mere throwing of water on a duck's back. The commander of the frigate requested an audience with Garibaldi, and was informed that the latter would see him, but only for a single minute—not a second more ; so overwhelmed was he with business. And the audience lasted exactly that time. THE GARIBALDIANS AT itESSINA. The number of troops, says a correspondent, which Garibaldi possesses at Messina might be reckoned now at about 20,000 men. The whole city is swarming with soldiers. From morning to night the streets are echoing the music of the bands, as they keep playing before the dif ferent regiments, either on their march to the bar racks, or to their quarters outside the city—drums arid trumpets calling the men, now to parade, now to their meals, now to receive their (very insignifi cant) pay. To give you any idea of the dress of the army is beyond my powers, for it may be truly said that it wears " a coat of many colours ;" in deed, if the honest truth be told, it is sometimes seen without any coat at all. Nay, I must go even further, for amongst these military costumes I ob served yesterday, as a battglion was marching past, one company of which the soldiers had neither shoes nor, in most cases, more than half a shirt ; neither cap nor hat of any kind, their entire equip ment consisting of their trousers and their musket. And yet, though Falstaff would not have marched through Coventry with them, the chances are ten to one that Garibaldi will march with them into Naples ! GA.RIBALDPS AIDE-DE-CAMP IN THE CITY. Last evening a very large number of gentlemen, members and friends of the City of London Trades men's Club, assembled at Salter's Hotel, formerly known as the King's Arms, Snow-hill, to meet Cap tain E. Styles, an English officer attached to General Garibaldi's Staff, who has come to Eng land for the purpose of obtaining material aid for the General. Mr. TURNER occupied the chair. Dr. Ross welcomed Captain Styles in their com pany. Addressing him, he said, that this club had expressed its sympathy with the movement of his General, and heartily desired that it might come to a prosperous issue. It was their design to call a public meeting in the city, and he hoped it would have the effect of awakening public attention throughout the country at large to the subject. Mr. A. B. RICHARDS was then requested to explain the object of Captain Styles's visit. It would not be doubted, he said, that General Garibaldi's object was to free Italy from one end to the other, and his friend Captain Styles was anxious to get back to take part in the next combat. He would, however, come to the practical point. The General was most anxious to get some Englishmen aronnd him, and for this purpose Captain Styles had come to England, where, in three days, 500 men had put down their names to join the battalion. To equip an English battalion money was wanted, and it was essential that any money collected in England should be strictly devoted to that purpose. (Cheers.) Captain STYLES, the aide-de-camp of General Garibaldi, then rose to address the club, and was loudly cheered. He was very much pleased with the enthusiastic reception which he had met. He had been deputed by General Garibaldi to collect a battalion of English volunteers. It was well know n that he had already a noble English officer in his service, and there were eight or ten Englishmen in the ranks, and the General mach admired the valour which they had displayed. He was happy to say that in three days he had collected 500 volunteers, many of them of the highest respectability —some of independent means ; and while he had been compelled to take some of the lower class as servants, yet with these he had receiv e d c h arac t ers of high respectability. His object was to raise a battalion of at least 800 men ; but he did not wish to take them empty. All the money and ammuni tion which General Garibaldi had at his command he required for the troops he had with him. He wanted, therefore, to collect sufficient to equip the English battalion, and when he reached Garibaldi to say, " Here we are, ready to fight." (Loud applause). Mr. W. LAWLEY proposed "The Health of Capt. Styles," which was enthusiastically received, and the captain, who appeared in uniform, responded. " Sue ess to Garibaldi and freedom to Italy," proposed by Mr. G. WALTER, was the concluding sentiment of the evening, and received with tre mendous enthusiasm, after which . the meeting adjourned. WOMAN'S HEART.—But who knows not that a woman's heart feels its fullest occupation within itself ? There lies its real study, and within that narrow orbit, the mirror of enchanted thought reflects the whole range of earth, SARDINIA. The following circular appears in the Ogicial Journal of the 14th inst. : " TURIN, At - Gus" 13. "The Sicilians having risen three months ago for the conquest of their liberty, and General Garibaldi with a few brave men having gone to their aid, Europe was filled with the fame of his victories : all Italy was moved, and great was the enthusiasm in this kingdom, where the institutions and habits of freedom offer no impediment to the manifestation of public sentiment. Hence the generous subscrip tions and the great number of volunteers that have gone to Sicily. " If in less disturbed times people were praised for giving sympathy and aid for the liberation of foreign nations, and if governments, in obedience, let us say, to the universal feeling, where they could not openly favour, yet allowed succour to be given to America, Greece, Portugal, and Spain, which fought for in dependence and liberty, it may be trusted that civi lised Europe will judge fairly and temperately of the measures of the King's Government on the occa sion of this irresistible national movement. Now, Sicily has come into a condition to express freely her own wishes, and the King's Government, which has to guard all the constitutional prerogatives of the Crown and Parliament, and has also to fulfil that duty of supreme moderation in respect of the na tional movement which belongs to it, both by the proofs it has given and by the public consent, regard it as a duty to moderate all irregular action, and to check the illegitimate interference in affairs of state of any who have not the weighty constitutional and moral responsibility which it (the Government) owes to the Crown, the Parliament, and the nation. Otherwise it might happen that, through the counsels and actions of those who have neither warrant nor public responsibility, the State should be endangered, and the fortune of Italy damaged. And since in free States civil order and discipline depend less on the rigour of the law than on public opinion, the undersigned requests you to give the greatest possible publicity to this circular letter. " The undersigned has many times given warning , that it cannot and will not be tolerated, that pre parations of violence against neighbouring Govern ments should be made, and has ordered that they should be prevented at all cost. He hopes that public opinion is sufficient to check inconsiderate impulses, but at all events he trusts in the civil and military authorities for the prompt execution of the orders he has given. He enjoins, however, afresh that those should be sought out with still greater diligence, and punished with all legal se verity, who, conspiring and trafficking to the injury of the national honour and military discipline, be come aiders and abettors of desertions. "And since the undersigned has to carry out the laws regarding the National Guard, and to pre pare the formation of bodies composed of volun teers of the National Guard as the laws enable, it will not be permitted that others should procure and assemble volunteers in any other manner. "In conclusion, the undersigned must declare that if the King's Government is constant in its desire to accept the loyal concurrence of all the political parties that aim at the liberty, union, and greatness of the country, it is also firm in its in tention not to let itself be superseded by any one who has not from the King and the nation the warrant and responsibility of the Government. Italy ought to belong and must belong to the Italians, and not the cliques. " FARINI." THE STATE OF MERCHANT SHIPPING. The select committee of thAlou- e of Commons appointed to inquire into the state of merchant shipping, the opera tion of the burdens and restrictions especially affecting merchant shipping, and the various statutes relating thereto, have presented their report, which is of consider able length. They state that our condition with reference to the laws which regulate national intercourse between France, Spain, Portugal, and the United States of Ame rica is most unsatisfactory ; that during the last three years the merchant shipping of the United Kingdom has been in a state of great depression, and in the struggle of competition to which British shipowners are now exposed with foreigners, they view with the greatest jealousy the restrictions still imposed by foreign nations upon our ship ping. In the home, colonial, and foreign trades the rate of freights has been for a long time wholly unremu nerative. The burden of passing tolls, and the unequal and onerous charge for lights and pilotage, with the vexatious and anomalous regulations which are enforced by numerous pilotage authorities in various parts . of the kingdom, have been the subjects of complaint, ana vari ous minor regulations embraced in recent legislative en actments constitute petty grievances which harass the shipowner in the prosecution of his business. Many of the suffering classes ascribe no little portion of their present distress to the unconditional repeal of the navigation laws, while others feel the severity of competition with steam vessels which are fast superseding sailing vessels in various branches of trade, These inevitable results of the progress of science, however productive of transient ;injury to in dividuals, are unquestionably beneficial to the general in terests of the country, and are admitted to be beyond the reach or province of legislation. In all cases where steam vessels have occupied the lines of passenger or goods traffic, or both combined, a vast development of the carrying trade has resulted. This transition seriously affects the relative employment of sailing as against steam-vessels in the short voyage trade, and in those lines where costly merchandise of small bulk is required to be rapidly transported over sea. In comparing the relative cost of British shipping with that of the various maritime countries with whom we are engaged in the race of competition, the committee say they have no reason to doubt, when every point of comparison is duly taken into consideration, that the first cost of building vessels in this country is as cheap as in any other, while it is undoubted that steamers can be built in this country at much less comparative expense, and are greatly superior to any produced abroad. But with these advantages in our favour, various causes since 1850 have conspired to inter fere with the successful prosecution of shipping adventure. The act of 1849, by throwing open the trade with our colo nies and possessions, has dealt a heavy blow to existing shipping interests. The c enmittee, in alluding to the repeal of the Naviga tion Laws, say, whatever may have been the complaints preferred against the policy of the repeal of these laws in its general tendency, not one of the witnesses has proposed to recur in its entirety to the restrictive system which pre vailed previously to 1850. Some of the witnesses wish to make a reservation to British ships of our colonial trade. But the committee, looking especially to our relations with Canada, our possessions in the East and `Vest Indies, and above all in Australia, think it their duty unhesitatingly to declare their opinion that any proposal having for its object to re-establish an exclusive monopoly of the carrying trade to and from our colonial possessions might, both on political and commercial grounds, be rejected as impracticable; and that while it would be unjust to our fellow-subjects in the colonies; it might embroil us with foreign powers to whom we are bound by existing treaties. On the subject of reciprocity, the commissioners say that the question of the expediency of requiring foreign powers having colonial possessions to reciprocate every advantage to our navigation which Great Bi itain has unconditionally accorded to them is one which demands peculiar attention. The British shipowners are placed at an immense disad vantage in the unequal competition which they have to en • counter, while they have the mortification to see ships re sort to our own colonies and secure much higher freights than our own ships when chartered to a port in Europe. Whatever difficulties may stand in the way of having recourse to those retaliating measures which we have the power to exercise in order to obtain re ciprocity from foreign powers, there has been an apparent apathy on the part of the Executive Government to deal with this important question. With respect to the coasting trade of the United States, the committee express their regret that a more liberal policy has not been adopted by that Government, and state that although they are not pre pared to recommend the exclusion of the ships of the United States from our colonial carrying trade, they are of opinion that the unremitting attention of her Majesty's Government should be directed to this question with a view to remove the last and only obstruction to a more free in tercourse between the United States and this country. With respect to the question of belligerent right at sea, the committee express a hope that the house will agree with them in opinion that in the progress of civilisation and the cause of humanity the time has arrived when all private property, not contraband of war, should be exempt from capture at sea. In considering the question of the liability of shipowners in case of loss of life, the committee say that the present law inflicts a heavy punishment on the owner of the vessel best adapted to provide for the safety of passengers ; and they are of opinion that an absolute sum of £l5 per ton, gross register, whatever may be the actual value, should be established as the definite valuation of the ship, and that all consideration of freight should be excluded. On the subject of light dues, the committee, considering that the lighting of our shores is a high imperial duty which we owe, not merely to ourselves, but to strangers whom we invite to trade with us, recommend that the na tion generally should pay the cost and maintenance of the lights—subject to certain conditions which are pointed out In regard to passing tolls, the committee are of opinion that a scheme of administration, and of future management, with due provision for the payment of all existing liabili ties, should be prepared• by the Board of Trade for the sanction of Parliament, with a view to the speedy and final abolition of the passing tolls levied on ships for the main tenance of the harbours of Dover, Ramsgate, Whitby, and Bridlington. The committee then pointed out the effects of recent legislation with regard to measurement, shipping offices, discipline, desertion, seamen's fund, wreck and salvage, passengers, surveys, and stamp duties; and in conclusion' say that although they have not felt it necessary to offer an opinion on matters purely of detail, they trust they have in an impartial spirit given to the all important questions referred to them their most attentive consideration, and ex press an earnest hope that the house will support their views, so that their recommendations may receive at the earliest period that attention from her Majesty's Govern ment which their importance demands. THE NATIONAL DEFENCES.—An estimate was published yesterday of the sums required to be voted for the ensuing financial year for fortifications at home and a broad . The fortifications required abroad are not expensive, and £19,832 only are asked on their account. For the fortifica tions at home the sum required is £54.5,523. Of the iteu.s ; and th which make up this amount the largest is £BO,OOO, requir e d for the western defence of DOVOTIpOrt dockyard. .This sun is, of course, only the first instalment of that which will b e required to complete the work, namely,. £240,000 same remark may be applied to all . tie items menti oted • e defences the est im ,te. Among the larger iten a are . the &Hewi tt ,. . 11 forts for the £70,000 for the improvement of the detences of Do-vetT, £16,000 being also required fi r a e2sematpa .rn ....... o,„ccrs, b arrack in the citadel of the same place ; £50,003 for the sea ' of Pembroke; £65,000 for the intermediate defence of Portsmouth, in addition . to which £15,000 will lines, £35,000 lines, £12,000 for the Southsea lines, £2, 500 for the Helsea i l ri al c i l :l:e f o l i r ,:,o.r t h i Qs be required for the Stokes Bay ments in Cumberland F . ort, £ de_felices of commercial fc r i mprove. and 300 fora battery at Hirst £5,000 is required r o n o g re t the l wiIISAID be added before the work is Castle. l in h 3o e 4l7u s , u do 70,000, a sum to which, h hcoo a mw rh pe o lv u eet r re s ,. , for volunteer batteries, SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. OXFORD RACES.-THURSDAY. The Trial Stakes of 5 sovs each, with 50 added. Weights for age. The winner to be sold for 600 sovs ; if not to be sold 91b. One mile. (8 subs.) Mr. J. Clark's filly by Autocrat—Eleot's dam, 3 yrs, Tat 81b Mr. E. Hall's Fravola, 3 yrs, 7st 81b..... (G. Fordham) 2 Mr. Copperthwaite's Rising Sun, 3 yrs, 7st 81b (Custance) 3 The following also ran :—Malta, Vouralak, Athos, Dia mant, and King of Kent. Betting-3 to 1 agst Rising Sun, 4to 1 agst Athos, sto 1 each agst Fravola and Malta. Won by fifty lengths, a bad third. On rounding the turn Malta, wko was leading, took the wrong course, and was followed by all but the three placed. The Oxfordshire Stakes of 100 sovs, added to a handicap sweepstakes of 15 sovs each, 10 ft, and 5 only if declared. Winners extra. Two miles. (46 subs.) Mr. J. Rigby na Lovett, 4 yrs, Bst (J. Adams) 1 Mr. Merry's Aneurin, 4 yrs, Bst (Covey) 2 Lord Portsmouth's Tame Deer, aged, Bst 510 (J Goater) 3 The following also ran :—Pan, First Lord, Fitzavon, Sherburne, Tyrant, Eltham Beauty, Queen Bess, and Nerio. Betting-5 to 1 each agst Tame Deer and Aneurin, 6to 1 each agst Sherborne and Queen Bess, 7 to 1 agst First Lord, Bto 1 agst Eltham Beauty. Won easily by four lengths, a bad third, Queen Bess and First Lord fourtk and fifth, the others pulling up. The Prince of Wales's Stakes of 50 sovs, added to a sweep* stakes of 5 sovs each, for two-yr-olds ; colts, Bst 71b ; fillies, Bst 31b ; certain penalties and allowances. Half a mile straight. (17 subs.) Mr. Hare's Parasite, Bst 121 b (inc. 51b ex.) (L. Snowden) I Sir C. Rushout's Conqueror, 9st (inc. 71b ex.).. (Payne) 2 Mr. J. Brown's British Prince, Bst 21b (Daley) 3 The following also ran :—Dr. Nicholl, Knuston, Elcho, Camerino, Everlasting, and Hawkseye. The County Members' Plate of 30 sovs, added to a swecip. stakes of 5 sovs each; weight for age, &c.; the wirmer to be sold for 200 sovs, or to carry 71b extra. One mile. Mr. S. Jacob's Amsterdam, 5 yrs, 9st 71b (in. 71b extra) (J Goater) 1 Mr. Shelley's Lord Berkeley, 6 yrs, 9st .. (L. Snowden) 2 Mr. Windsor's Libellou s , 3 y rs , 7 s t 51b.. (H . Grimshaw) 3 Betting-3 to lon Amsterdam. Won by 20 lengths. A Handicap Plate of 30 sovs, added to a sweepstakes of 5 sous each ; winners extra ; the winner to be sold for 4 0 sovs, &c. One mile. Mr. W. Everett's The Gem, 4 yrs, Bst 71b , (Plumb) 1 Mr. White's Czarina, 4 yrs, Bst 31b (Gray) 2 Betting-2 to lon The Gem. Won by a neck. "Cho winner was not sold. The Welter Handicap Sweepstakes of 10 sovs each, 3 ft, with 50 added ; gentlemen riders ; professionals, 6, 7 ,b ex tra. One mile and a half. 20 subs. Mr. Woolcott ns Lovett, 4 yrs, list 131 b (in. Illb extra) (A Day) 1 Mr. Hodgman's Soothsayer, 5 yrs, list 121 b (in. 5113 ex.) (J. Goater) 2 The following also ran :—Athos, Error, The Monk, Johnny, Ipswioh, and Grillade. LATEST BETTING. THE DONCASTER ST. LEER. 3to 1 agst Thormanby (taken) 4to 1 agst Wizard (offered) 100 to 7 agst St. Albans (taken) GREAT BOB.E HANDICAP. 4to 1 agst Defender (taken) 10 to 1 bar one (offered) - BETTING AT MANCHESTER, THURSDAY. For the Ebor Handicap, in consequence of the perfor• mance at Egham yesterday for her Majesty's Guineas, Defender, with very little money being put on him, was at 4 to 1 (taken), and he was, with the exception of a little support given to Moorhen and Tyrant, the only animal backed. Underhand has not recovered from his depression of yesterday, and to• day Gladiolus seems very likely to keep him company, 100 to 7 being offered against him. For the St. Leger, 10 to 3 was taken against ThormanbYt and 4 to 1, to £lOO, was taken about the Wizard, and 2 0 ponies were taken against St. Albans.—Closing prices :-- EBOR HANDICAP. 4to 1 agst Defender (taken) 10 to 1 agst Satellite (offered) 11 to 1 agst Moorhen (taken) 12 to 1 agst Tyrant (taken) 100 to 7 agst Gladiolus (offered) 100 to 6 agst Horace (taken) 100 to 6 agst Underhand (taken) 20 to 1 agst First Lord (offered) 30 to 1 agst Springwell (offered) ST. LEGER. 10 to 3 agst Thormanby (taken) 4to 1 agst The Wizard (taken) 12 to 1 agst Sweetsauce (taken) 20 to 1 agst St. Albans (taken) 50 to 1 agst Sir William (taken) HORSES STRUCK OUT OF THEIR ENGAGE MENTS. On the 11th inst. at 11.50 a.m. Mixture and Big Ben out of all engagments at Stockton, and Vixen, White Rose and Count Horne out of their Oxford engagements; at Ma p.m. Conscript out of the Oxfordshire Stakes, and Rattle" bone out of all engagements this year ; at 4.40 p.m. E r ror out. of the Leamington Stakes. On the 13th, at 9 a.m Zenobia and Lawyer out of their Oxford engagements, Rajah Brooke out, of his Stockton engagements, and all horses in Mr. R. Ten Broeck's name out of their engage' ments at Stockton ; at 3.53 p.m. Independence out of all engagements ; at 3.55 p.m. Lady Grosvenor out of all en gagement for 1860; and at 8 p.m. (at York) Souvenir out of all engagements. On the 14th, at 9 a.m. Miss Eleanor out of the Runnymede Stakes, Egham ; Namur, Read,' Reckoner, Mishap, Sloth, and Corfu out of the Stratton A udley Nursery Handicap, Oxford ; Red Eagle, poll/ Taft, Even, f by Chanticleer—Lady Lambton, Bird' cage, c by Stockwell—Maid of Clifton (dead), Tormentor, and Bonny Bess, out of all engagements ; c by The Cure, out of First Fly, and c by The Cure, out of Helena, out of all engagements at York; Honeymoon out of the Yorkshire Oaks and Great Yorkshire Stakes, York; and at 2.20 p.m• all Mr. Fleming's horses out of their Stockton engagement& On the 15th, at 9 a.m., Homeward Bound out of York engagements ; at 12.20 p.m., Lurline out of the Stratton Audley Nursery Handicap, Oxford ; and at 2.30 p.m. Mr• Bevill's two horses out of the "Welter Handicap, Oxford• On the 16th, at 9 a.m., The Wizard out of the Three-year old Biennial Stakes at York. EBOR HANDICAP.—YOUATT WM. GRAY requests that his subscribers will not speculate on the Ebor Handicap until they receive his next advice. A trial took place yes terday at —, and the horse he now recommends beat two of the best trial horses out this season. He is so confident of the result that, in the event of the horse he recommends being beaten, he will return the money paid for advice. Underhand was selected last year when at 33 to 1. The acceptance is very small this year, consequently the p r ices are less, but independent of this 100 to 6 can be obtained. Terms for advice to the end of the season, 155.; to the St. Leger, 7s. 6d. ; the York Meeting, 2s. 6d , and per centage• Address 15, Charin g - cross, London. • THIS DArs MARKETS. CORN EXCHANGE. We had a very scanty show of English wheat in to-day's market, coastwise and by land-carriage. Both red and white qualities were in steady, though not to say active, de mand, at prices fully equal to Monday. The imports of foreign wheat continue on a liberal'scale, upwards of 27,000 quarters having come fresh to hand. Holders, however, were very firm in their demands, and the quotations were well supported. Floating cargoes of grain commanded extreme rates. The barley trade was very firm, at quite Monday's our rency. Fine malt was firm in price, but other kinds met a dull inquiry. The best oats were rather dearer, and the value of other kinds was well supported, although over 39,000 quarters have come in. Beans and peas realised extreme rates. The demand for them, however, was far from active. Flour realised former terms, with a moderate sale. ARRIVALS THIS WEEK. Wheat. Barley. Malt. Oats. Flour. 1,250 — I 2,240 1 820 Irish.. F0reign........ 27,040 3,350 39,030 l ag tsacks. NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL. About average supplies of meat are on offer in these markets, and the trade generally is steady at the following quotations : 6 Per Blbs by the carcase. s . d. s• d. ..... 4 85 10 s. d. s. d. Inferior beef .... 2 10 3 6 Middling mutton 4 0 4 Middling d 0.... 3 8 4 4 P r i me do Prime large do.. 4 6 4 8 Veal 34 f B j ... Do. small d 0.... 4 . 8 4 10 Sm a ll pork 4 8 5 .. In a f r e g r e i o p r o in r .. . 4 0 1 46 5 . BOROUGH HOP. Although some of the plantation accounts come rather more favourable, there is a steady business doing in mos t kinds of hops, at very full prices. The duty is called rO,OOO. Mid and East Kent pockets.... 120 s to 180 s per cwt. Weald of Kent COLONIAL. TEA.-At the public sales there was not much activity ill the bidding,s, out of 10,624 packages offered 3,700 were-sold at fair prices. SUGAR.—There is little alteration to record in the me" ket, prices for all descriptions remaininc , steady. In th e refined market a downwa r d movement has' taken place in pi ice COFFEE.--The market has shown less activity at public sale. Plantation Ceylon has declined 6d. per cwt., while other descriptions met a limited demand, at former rates. RicE.—The inquiries for East India descriptions have been on the increase, and an advance of 3d. per cwt. has been e.tablished on the finer qualities ; other sorts realised fully former prices. SALTPETRE.—The dealings have been limited at former quotations for Bengal qualities. TALLOW.—The market is dull, lower prices being cur rent for both present and forward delivery. P.Y.C.,til tho spot, 515 9d, and last three months 51s 3d per cwt. ,ffe 04.1. 1 , 1.1..• 111. limit note liar( form Live Won at I exh are 6p afte Eng beer that qua. to-C in s ann Agi Bre pm the tni Do, Mal Mai DO Mi Do Igo