The Sun. — London, England, 1869-03-26 00:00:00

MISCELLANEOUS NEWS. THE NEW PTERSv _ Mr. Gladstone has made his first peers. They are Sir John Lawrence, henceforth to be known as Baron Lawrence of the Punjab and of Grately in the county of Hants ; and Sir James Wilde, whose title is not yet announced. Indians will, we suspect, feel rather aggrieved that only the lowest grade in the peerage has been conferred upon their late Viceroy. Surely the " saviour of India " was worthy of som e higher dignity than that conferred upon men like Lord Kesteven, Lord Ornathwaite, and the other no doubt highly respect able country gentlemen who were lately raised to the peerage. Surely, too, if Sir Charles `Wood was thought worthy of a viscounty for his not very brilliant seven years' administration of India, Sir John Lawrence, who has s erved in India for forty years, and during a large portion of that time has held the most important posts, deserved at least an equal dignity. Sir James Wilde is raised to the peerage on account of his high legal attainments. He is not known as a politician nor as a public speaker. Being the brother of the late Lord Chancellor Truro, and the son-in-law of the Earl of Radnor, and being also ennobled by a Libe ral Government, he is no doubt a Liberal. Ile is 53 years of age (six years the junior of Sir John Law rence), was educated at Winchester, and Trinity College, Cambridge. He was called to the Ear at the Inner Temple in 1832, and went the Northern Circuit. In 1840 he was appointed junior counsel to the Excise and Customs. He took silk in 1855, and became counsel to the Duchy of Lancaster in 1859. In 18(0 he was made a Baron of the Exchequer, Lord Campbell being then Lord Chancellor. In 1863, on the death of Sir C. Cress well, he was transferred to the judgeship of the Court of Probate and Divorce, where he has attained the very highest reputation. We have yet to learn if he will add to the debating power of the Govern ment in the House of Lords. It is probable that he has been chosen less with this object than with that of increasing the judicial element, which at present is lamentably weak. It is well known that Mr. Gladstone earnestly endeavoured, though in vain, to induce the Lord Chief Justice to accept a peerage. It is an unusual thing for two brothers to obtaih peerages for legal attainments and services. We believe that until now there has been no instance of this since the two eminent sons of the Newcastle pitman, Scott, became Lord Eldon and Lord Stowell, THE IRISH CHURCH. The opponents of the Irish Church Dill have at last found out a plan for plaguing, if not converting, those who do not agree with them. They are pub lishing from the English Churchman a programme for the clergy and others to act upon before the bill goes into committee. Among other suggestions is the following :—" Let all the pulpits in the United Kingdom resound on the Sunday morning before the day appointed for the consideration of the bill with short and judicious sermons on some such text as Acts v. 39, Lest ;haply he be found even to fight against God.' Do the supporters of Church and State wish to keep Liberal Churchmen away from worship on that morning, or to drive them to Non conformist places of worship ? TIIE BLACKBURN ELECTION. Very late in the day the Liberals of Blackburn have fixed upon their candidates. They have resolved to adopt Mr. John Gerald Potter an dalr. John Morley, the editor of the Fortnightly Review,• and to pay their expenses. The nomination clay is Monday, and the election takes place on Tuesday next. THE REPRESENTATION OF MARYLEBONE. Marylebone is one of those anomalous borougns which, while containing a large portion of the London aristocracy, allows its politics to be managed by very fourth-rate men. A little while ago some of these decided that Mr. Harvey Lewis, whom Vice-Chancellor Malins accused of " false, fictitious, and fraudulent" conduct, should, pending his appeal, not be asked to resign. In the • meanwhile he does not venture to appear in the House, and is likely to be absent for many months. This fact, rather than the scandal brought upon the borough, seems to have stirred up certain of the local wire pullers, and they have just held a very stormy meeting, at which,after an immense amount of confu sion, the following resolution was p-,esed :—"That this meeting, regretting the present anomalous state of the representation of the borough of Marylebone, whereby the Liberal Government is deprived of its due, hereby call upon Mr. Harvey Lewis to resign, as the recent legal proceedings have deprived him of all power and influence in Parliament." Then came the question as to who should be his successor. This excited even more uproar than the other matter. Dr. Sandwith's name elicited accusations of infidelity, to which Mr. Baxter Langley retorted that they had had enough of " Gospel -mongering " in the person of Mr. Thomas Chambers, the other representative. He believed that a general election would take place in July, in consequence of the rejection of the Irish Chure. Bill by the Lords—a most wild supposition—, and he advised that Mr. Grant (who was defeated in November) should be asked to stand now, on condition that he gave his support to Dr. Sandwith next summer. Eventually it was resolved to present a requisition to Mr. Grant without any conditions. Mr. Grant was fourth on the poll at the general election, having roceived 1,533 votes less than Dr. Sandwith. But while the second has determined that he will not stand again unless his election expenses are paid, the first is prepared to spend any amount of money, and in November vied with Mr. Lewis in his patronage of the -publicans. Marylcbone is rather unhappy in its representa tives. Mr. llarvey Lewis is not the only person whom the borough has honoured with its confidence, and who hai afterwards forfeited it. The career of Mr. Edwin James is known to all the world. Curiously enough, within a few hours of the time that the electors were calling upon Mr. Lewis to resign on account of Vice-Chancellor Malins's severe strictures, the Master of the Rolls was passing judgment upon Mr. Lewis's old colleague, Lord Fermoy, and con- demning him and the other directors a the Land Credit Company of Ireland to pay calls upon 535 shares, which they applied for, in the names of their nominees, for the purpose (as alleged in the bill) of rigging the market. LORD ST. LEOPARDS AND LORD ROMILLY. The dispute between Lord St. Leonards and the Master of the Rolls has again been brought before the , public. Lord St. Leonards, in publishing the corres pondence between himself and Lord Romilly, pro mises that there shall be " no addition to it;" but, judging from the animation with which the various dignitaries concerned have already carried on the dificussion, we are afraid it will not be so easily settled. The subject of contention now is the authorship of the Encumbered Estates Bill, to which both sides lay claim. Lord St. Leonards asserts that he cannot allow Lord Romilly's charge against him to remain uncontradicted, and he renews his claim to the scheme of the bill in a letter written to Sir Robert Peel in 1849, though he admits that he had nothing to do with the framing of the bill or its provisions. Lord Romilly, in reply, objects to the referee proposed by Lord St. Leonards, and maintains that there is in fact nothing to refer to, as he does not doubt the existence of the letter to Sir Robert Peel, but only denies that no such paper was laid before Mr. Coulson or himself. As to the authorship of the bill, Lord Romilly states that he never knew that Lord St. Leonards claimed it until he read his pamph let. Lord St. Leonards, upon the receipt of this letter, becomes more angry than before, and sharply reproves his correspondent. Ile demands an explanation of some passages in Lord Romilly's letter to the Times, to which appeal Lord Romilly replies, in more conciliatory language than might have been expected, that he never accused Lord St. Leonards of intentionally claiming merit due to another. lie thinks that " owing to circum stances he was led to believe himself entitled to claim the authorship of a measure framed by other persons who derived no assistance from him." Whether the irate ex-Chancellor will be pacified with this new mode of putting the case remains to be seen. TIIE WICKLOW PEERAGE. _ . The death of the Earl of Wicklow is likely to give rise to an interesting and romantic law suit. All the papers and the peerages have said that the heir to the earldom is a Mr. Arnold. But " Ellen Howar d (Howard was Lord Wicklow's family name) writes to the Times that she is the widow of William George Howard, having been married to him in February 1803. Ile died in October 1804, and left a son born in February of that year. On his death the papers and the peerages published statements which Mrs. lloward declares to be untrue, but which they refused to correct without the authority of the late Earl. " Ile," says Mrs. Howard, " was a total stranger to my late husband and myself," but she does not explain how it was the . Earl w as so en ti re l y unacqua i n t e d w ith hi s h e i r . She adds: "With respect to t h e esta t es, an d i n j us ti ce to his cr . editers,l beg t o o b serve th a t m y h us band w as tenant-in-tail in rem a i n d er , an d was a t th e ti me o f leis death preparing to set aside a most unjust re settlement of the estates forced upon him. His will, made for the purpose, will, I hope, (liable me to cstabllsli my absolute claim ou the pro' erty and satisfy all just claims due by him." THE RESPONSIBILITY OF BANKERS. A goe d of uneasiness e7:ists among capitalists and (balers in consequence of a r ecen t d ec i s i on o f the Pi i Council. The COns was an appeal fro m it judgment in the colony of Vict or i a , w h ere th e * plaintiff had deposited certain debentures with a bank, which were subsequently stolen by one of the clerks of the establishment. The plaintiff was a customer of the bank, and the custody of the debentures was undertaken by them in the usual way, without any special charge for the Eervice. Under these circumstances the court laid 43 -1 - irli_ that th e uthorities Qf the bank were not ticund to more than orcanary cam, au. - sidered that reasonable care had been exercised, they decided that the defendants were not liable for the loss of the plaintiffs debentures. Thus the greater t part of the fancied safety of securities deposited at a bank is swept away. Hitherto it has always been held that this responsibility was one of the ad vantages which bankers offered to their customers as an acknowledgment for the advantage which the first received in holding the money of the second. But all our merchants, capitalists, and stockbrokers, of whom there are thousands, who daily use the banks as the depositories of their securities for heavy amounts, now find the safety of their property dependent on the exercise of what the courts may construe to be reasonable care on the part of banks, who employ scores of clerks with more or less opporr tunities of access to it, and for the correctness of whose conduct the " reasonable care " does not seem to be expected to include any guarantee. Some time ago one of the bankers employed as a cleric a man known to be given to betting and gambling ; he stole the money of one of the bank's customers, and the bank had to make good the loss. Had he stolen the customer's securities and converted them into cash, the customer would, according to this decision, have been the loser. The '!'hies, in its money article, declares that this state of things can not be allowed to continue, and advises that the banks should be required to accept proper respon sibility, making such a charge for it as they may calculate to be necessary. Ey a mutual guarantee system among themselves all danger of individual ruinous loss might easily be averted. TELEGRAPH SHARES. Telegraph shares have been falling in value almost as fast as they rose last year. It would seem as if twelve months ago the shareholders took exaggerated views of the advantages which their arrangement with the Government offered, and that they are now finding this out; or is it that they fear the arrange ment agreed to by Mr. Hunt will not be sanctioned by Mr. Lowe ? PUBLIC GAMING. A correspondent of the Daily News calls attention to the fact that gambling in public is no longer interdicted by the metropolitan police. Those who desire the excitement of staking money may now seek for amusement at home instead of proceeding to continental towns. On the 13th of March the writer attended Kingsbury Steeplechases, and he then discovered that public gaming has been made very easy to Londoners. A white canvass booth stood in the thick of the throng, and all within it was arranged to suit the convenience of the gamblers. All the essentials were as complete as at the most garish Kursaal on the Continent. Those who engaged in the pursuit made no pretence at concealment from the police, and they seemed to think themselves under their protection. A " frisk at the tables " is a feat that may be accom plished in the environs of London. LUNATICS AT LARGE. It really seems that we have so fenced round sane men from those who would consider them lunatics that we cannot always get at madmen themselves. At an inquest on a madman, who had committed suicide, held at Ilorseleydown, a day or two back, it appeared that the two women in the house with him were too weak to hold or manage him. They applied to the master of the neighbouring work house ; but after consultation it was decided that no removal could take place without a magistrate's order, and the Lunacy Commissioners had ordered that no such removal should be made. Before the necessary preliminaries had been complied with, the man had murdered himself. When will men under stand that there is a higher law than the mereyegu lations of commissioners and such-like provisions— that expediency overrides a strict rule ? No one would think of punishing a man for the unlawful restraint of a lunatic trying to destroy himself. THE DUKE OF ARGYLL ON PRESBYTERIANISM. M'Callum More believes that no form of Church government is of exclusively Divine origin, but finds it equally easy to worship after the Presbyterian rites and to join in " the beautiful and affecting liturgy" of the Episcopalian Church." He by no means joins in the aspirations after visible unity which so many sincere Christians de sire. On the contrary, he advises that Presby terianism in London should be perfectlyindependent of Presbyterianism in Scotland ; and thus he would add another to the thousand and one " churches " which some persons seem to consider the pride and glory of the country. Meanwhile it is a sad fact that Scotch men, who in their own country are the most church going people, when they come south of the Tweed leave their religion behind them. The Duke says that, as a rule, Scotch working men in London are not found in the Presbyterian places of worship. We sadly fear that they are not to be found in any other. AN EXECUTION IN AMERICA. The Telegraph calls attention to a most disgrace ful spectacle which was recently witnessed M the State of Maryland. Four negroes, seamen, were to be hanged for murder on board ship. " Thousands of people, black and white, swarmed to the slaughter-ground on execution -day. Circuses, raree shows, auctions, and other entertainments were provided for the crowd, and there was an amazing amount of drunkenness. The four doomed negroes had lain on the floor of their cell all the morning, praying in ab;ect terror. Two hours before they were to be 'hanged they were dressed in grave-clothes. One of them had sold his body to a surgeon in Philadelphia for dissection. At last the four wretches were huddled on to the scaffold in sight of an enormous multitude, and for a quarter of an hour they sang hymns. 'Then all the moribunds made speeches, one wretch bandying jokes with the crowd, who chaffed him. Finally the sheriff pulled the bolt from the trap-door—there is no professional Calcraft in Maryland—and the four negroes fell. Three of them died almost instantly ; but in the case of the fourth, the rope was slack, and the fall failed to break his neck. He groaned and struggled horribly, put the ropes off his hands and legs, kicked and caught hold of the shroud of the man next him with one hand, while with the other he drew himself up and got on the scaffold again. The gaolor had to 'go in and finish him,' the crowd calling out as he struggled, 6 That's right; you ought to suffer. This edifying spectacle lasted altogether forty-five minutes." And this took place, too, in a country which boast s of being the first in the world. FOREIGN NOTES. THE EMPEROR'S SPEECH. The Emperor's Speech at the Council of State, though a very unusual event, is of no external significance. It simply announces his intention of abolishing the system of workmen's books, called livrets. These contain certifi cates of character from employers, and must be possessed by every workman. The class distinction was both odious and useless, for employers seldom liked to brand a man with a bad character, and the entries were generally vague. Many of the worst workmen possessed highly satisfactory books. Whatever may be the popularity of the change, it is decidedly in the right direction. THE DUKE OF DIONTPENSIER. A correspondent of the Figaro relates an item of retro spective history which is very little to the credit of the the Duke of Montpensier, the candidate for the Spanish throne. The Duke, who is the second son of Louis- Philippe, was present at the painful scere when the abdication of the French monarch was urged by 111. Emile de Girardin. The King was loth to sign away his royalty, but the Duke vehemently urged him to do so, using language both disrespectful as a sub ject and undutiful as a son. The King shewed deep emotion, flushed, and tears started to his eyes. Then he took a quill pen from his desk, and wrote out in his large handwriting the deed of abdication. When he had signed it he dipped the pen deep in the inkstand, and literally broke it on the Duke's face, which he covered with ink, exclaiming, in a tone of concentrated rage, "Are you satisfied now ?" The correspondent of the Figaro was present at this scene. THE KING OF SAXONY. King John of Saxony is seriously ill. He is not afflicted with any special malady, but his constitution appears to be giving way. Appetite and sleep both fail him. He is in his 68th year, and the chance of his recovery is, there fore, greatly doubted. ENGLISHMEN IN EAItAGITAY. Alonzo Taylor, a British subject on board Rm.& Cracker, has furnished the Secretary of the Admiralty with a list of English men who have lived in Para guay during the last two or three years. They number alto gether 44, of whom a considerable number are dead. the remainder are supposed to be with Lopez, and some of them appear indisposed to leave him. A melancholy story is related of two—Mr. Stark, a merchant, and Mr. Watts, an engineer. These, together with other foreigners, were made prisoners by Lopez last July, and shot a few days afterwards. Their offence, if they committed any, is not stated. TILE WAR IN SOUTH AMERICA. The A nglo-ni , • fl iines says that MacAlahon, the American representative in Paraguay, has notified to the new commander of the allied forces that Paraguay has been placed under the protection of the United States, and that the continued occupation of the country will not be permitted. Nor will the American Cabinet recog nise any form of Government set up in Paraguay by the Allies. THE INSURRECTION IN CUBA. An expedition, in four large steamers, was seen Imaging for the Cuban coast on the 7th of March. These steamers were all from the United States, and all carried a cargo of men and money for the relief of the insurgents. Another vessel has succeeded in landing a large supply of waup,ateridoincl a sixth as Nen ktgp t )31§,iclatkeg, THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, MARCH 26, 1869. the 77mes correspondent says %flat mu= aia..crr wmen nothing is heard is also sent from America. of constant attack. The latter they had rendered a nullity. They had attempted to place him under a bold, defiant, treacherous Cabinet officer ; robbed him of the prerogative of pardon, usurping it to favour their party adherents, conspired to change the system of Government by impeaching him, even contemplating before trial hie arrest, when at plea- sure they might drive him forth from place and power in disgrace. By reckless expenditure in peace, they have increased the people's burdens, en hanced the prices of necessaries by permitting a deranged currency, while maintaining a large army to enforce oppression, and built up and encou raged monopolies to enrich a few at the ex pense of the many. They have failed to act upon important treaties, thereby endangering the pre sent peaceful relations with foreign powers. "By unconstitutional and oppressive enactments the people of ten States of the Union have been reduced to a condition more intolerable than that from which the patriots of the Revolution re belled. Millions of American citizens can now say of their oppressors with more truth than our fa thers did of British tyrants, that they have for- , bidden the Governments to pass laws of immediate and pressing importance unless suspended until their assent should be obtained ;' that they have 'refused to pass other laws for the accommodation of large districts of people unless those people would relinquish the right of representation in the Legislature,' a right inestimable to them and for midable to tyrants only ; that they have made judges dependent upon their will alone for the ten ure of their offices, and the amount and payment of their salaries ;' that they have erected a multitude of new offices, and sent hither swarms of officers to harass ourpeople and eat out their substance ; that they have affected to render the military indepen dent and superior to the civil power ; combined with others to subject us to a jurisdiction foreign to our Constitution and unacknowledged by our selves ; quartered large bodies of armed troops an•ong us; protected them by a mock trial from punishment for any murders which they should commit on the inhabitants of these States ; impost d taxes upon us without our consent ; deprived us in many cases of the benefit of trial by jury; taken away our charters ; incited domestic insurrection among us ; abolished our most valuable laws ; al tered fundamentally the forms of our Government ; suspended our own Legislatures and declared them selves invested with power to legislate for us in all cases whatsoever. This catalogue of crimes, long as it is, is not yet complete. The Constitution vests the judicial power of t'.:e United States in one Supreme Court, whose jurisdiction shall extend to all cases arising under the Constitu tion and the laws of the United States. While impeaching him who had throughout life defended the Constitution as well as the Union, they could find no warrant to bring to trial the chief of the rebellion, and for propriety's sake it became necessary to extend to him an unconditional pardon. Instead of seeking to make treason odious, their intention was to punish the defence of the Consti tution and Union as a crime. The war, instead of injuring, has strengthened the Constitution, and the States reserve their rights under it." Among these is to name the qualifications of voters in their own State, yet Congress assumes to control this vital right, which involves that of each State to govern itself. That go ne , they fall under the arbitrary will of Congress, with no power worth retaining, and the Government will be centralized through the adoption of an amendment by partisan influence in direct conflict with the original design of the Con stitution. Neither of the three great departments should be permitted to encroach on the other or on the reserved rights of the people and of the States. Mr. Johnson then gives salutary advice to the young men reared amid the sound of cannon and the din of arms on whom will devolve the solemn duty of perpetuating the Union, and from this he turns to a calm review of his administration. Ile has nothing to regret :—" Events have proved the correctness of the policy set forth in my first and subsequent Messages. The woes which have fol owed the rejection of forbearance, magnanimity, and Constitutional rule, are known and deplored by the nation. It is a matter of pride and gratifica tion, in retiring from the most exalted position i❑ the gift of a free people to feel and know that in a long, arduous, and eventful public life my action has never been influenced by desire for gain, an d that I can, in all sincerity, inquire, Whom have I defrauded ? Whom have I oppressed ? or at whose band have I received any bribe to blind my eyes therewith? No responsibility for wars that have been waged, or blood that has been shed rests upon me. My thoughts have been those of peace, and my effort has ever been to allay contentions among my countrymen. Forgetting the past, let us re turn to the first principles of the Government, and, unfurling the banner of our country, inscribe upon it in ineffacable characters, ' The Constitution and the Union, oue and inseparable.' " THE GREAT RAILROAD WAR. (From the Anglo-American Times) It is difficult to over-estimate the magnitude of the object for which the American railway mono polies are contending, and not easy to understand the strength of the three corporations engaged in the strife. A member of Congress not long ago declared that the United States would fall under the power of a few American railway monopolists ; indeed that the time would come when the world would be at their feet. Europe has been so long accustomed to regard America as a new country in a direction out of the ordinary line, travel there being a branching from the main highways, where men are lost in a huge waste, reclaimed here and there at wide intervals, that it cannot realize the fact that right across the continent penetrating the heart of the United States is the future highway of the world. It is then for the control of the world's grand road that the Pennsylvania, the Erie, and the New York Central Railroads are struggling. This is what the Congressman saw in his mind's eye when he predicted that an American Railway Company would yet rule the globe. Making every allowance forexaggeratioa there is an extraordinary future before any road Which could establish such a monopoly. Indeed there is no necessity for a monopoly, for there would be traffic enough and to spare for all when the highway is in working order. The fact, however, is beyond question, that such a struggle is being carried on now mainly between the Pennsylvania and the Erie. General opinion seems to favour the Pennsylvania, and for obvious reasons. That railroad is among the oldest of the world, and has been conducted with a view not only to monopolize the traffic of its State, one of the richest and greatest of the Union, but of Ohio, as well as to bear off the lion's share of the Middle West, reaching its fork-prong on one side to Chicago, and on the other to St. Louis. Considering that such a line grasps the very vitals of the Union, it might be supposed that it would satisfy the most ambi tious of corporations. But no. From the banks of the Mississippi to the waters of the Pacific another road is almost complete, and the effort is not merely to take the lion's share of Western traffic, but that of the through route across the Continent. Essen tially, the Feunsylvania is American ; it has not been financed in Europe, but the funds by which it was ' made were raised from the districts through which it passed, and the proprietors saw that there was money's worth given for the money expended. In England there is this simple rule to guide the in vestor--buy the stock of such railways as Americans themselves invest in, for the temptation to speculate with the property of the absent, and to make it a tool to carry out designs outside the interests of shareholders, cannot be easily resisted. The curse of the Erie is that a large portion of its capital having been subscribed abroad, the stock was used by the directors as a mere handle for speculation, who, while ruining the name of that.cotnpany, damaged materially the prestige of railway property in the United States. That little game is impossible with the Pennsylvania, for the stock is so held that it would be almost impossible lor any orger.T:llon to. purchase such. a - :command' that 'the povier:"Till l 4 fall into their bands in.the same way asjnAlle•:4l:ro, rival lines. Credit is a railroad power as well as •a national power ; and while Erie credit has been greatly damaged, the credit of the Pennsylvania stands as high as that of any railroad. The mono poly contemplated by the three lines can only be even partially secured by extensive purchases in volving a large outlay, and our readers will readily see how preponderating will be the force to the com pany possessing it. Independent, then, of the road itself and its wide ramifications, there are strong reasons why the Pennsylvania should wholly suc ceed, while there is a positive assurance that par- tially it must succeed. In an able article on the great railroad war the New York Tribune thus writes of this line :—" In Pennsylvania people were ac customed to look with wonder, not unmixed with fear, at the slow but certain combinations of the Pennsylvania Central Railroad Corporation, and it was a common remark that its officers bad more actual power, when they chose to exercise it, than the Executive of the Commonwealth. It cared little, and still cares little, for Philadelphia in itself, and only regards that city as an outlet to the East, as Pittsburgh is to the West. Placed between its two great rivals, the Erie on the north, and the Baltimore and Ohio on the south, it first set itself to work to make the State a network of its combi nations and consolidations, and to hold the Camden and Amboy as its ally and accomplice. Ilow suc- cessfully it accompli•hed this is shown in its bisect ing the New York and Erie Road at Erie by means of its north-western route, and its defiance to the Baltimore and Ohio at Baltimore, through its con trol of the Northern Central. So far-reaching and far-seeing were its plans that the natural outlet of the Baltimore and Ohio to New York by way of the Cumberland, Lebanon, and Lehigh Valleys was closed long ago by the purchase of a controlling in terest in the stock of the Cumberland Valley Road, which is soon to extend from Harrisburg to the Potomac. A company so powerful in its own State, and whose combinations at home had been made with a view to enjoying the traffic in transitu from the great West, was not likely to yield that traffic without a great struggle. When the struggle came, if the Pennsylvania Central did not prove com pletely successful, it at least avoided defeat, and forever prevented the foreclosure, in the interest of other parties, of the mortgage it holds upon the gar dens of the Plains." This is the language of a New York paper, which has steadily decried the line, whose main terminus is in Philadelphia. Another city, how ever, aspires to the honour and profit of becoming an ocean terminus for the West. The Baitlmore and Ohio also penetrates the Alleghany Mountains, stretching into Ohio, but the real strugle is between the Pennsylvania and the New York Roads. The Tribune considers that "there is no reason why the three great trunk lines—the Erie, the Pennsyl vania, and the Baltimore and Ohio should not all centre at Cincinnati, with a fair chance for compe tition. Nor is there any reason why all these, as well as the New York Central, should not compete for the traffic of the Pacific Railroads. The neces sities of the case require this, and though all are selfish, and each would strangle the others, the country is too great, its area too enormous, and its resources too stupendous, ever to allow us to be bound hand and foot by a single giant." Alluding to the Erie the writer says :—" Before us lies the map of ' the great broad- gauge double-track route' —' 1,250 miles under one management'—' 860 miles without change of coaches.' To look at it the whole Western country seems cut up with the connnections of the Erie, and from a single stem it spreads out like a leaf in shape and proportions. But this map is made for the eye, and not for the head ; for the vision, and not for the judgment. When you come to scrutinize it you find that it conveys too much, and is a map of the West rather as the Erie wishes it to be than as it is. On the map of Ben. Smith's roads the Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne, and Chicago route has scarcely any exist.; ence, and on those of the latter the Ben. Smith - _ combinations are dwarfed out of their importance ; but every road in the West, however insignificant ten or even five years ago, is now of consequence as part of, or a feeder to, one of the great trunk lines. The trunk lines with their connections now stand. as follows:—The New York Central gets to Cleve land by the Lake Shore Road, and to Chicago by the Cleveland and Toledo, and the Michigan South ern and Northern Indiana. The line to Chicago is unbroken, and unless the movement of Gould upon the Michigan Southern should weaken it, it i s secure to Vanderbilt. To St. Louis it has an un broken line from Toledo, via Springtiell. Thi s line appears on the maps as the Toledo, Wabash, and Western, the Great Western, and the Chicago, Alton, and St. Louis. Before Ben. Smith snapped it, it had another route from Cleveland to St. Louis, but new its line via Belefoutaine is broken at India napolis. It consists of a part of the Cleveland, Co lumbus, and Cincinnati, and the Bellefontaine Roads. The Eric has a lease of the Ohio and Mis sissippi by which it reaches St. Louis from-Cinciu . nati, and it gets to Cincinnati by the Atlantic and Great Western and the roads leased by the latter road. The Atlantic and Great 'Western carries the line from Salamanca to Dayton, and the recently consummated lease of the Cincinnati, Hamilton, and Dayton Road to Cincinnati. This lease is made nominally to the Atlantic and Great Western —the latter being leased to the. Erie for twelve years, from December 12th, 18t18—and includes either as part of the line, or as feeders, the Ha milton and Eaton, the Dayton and Michigan, and the Cincinnati, Richmond, and Chicago Roads. The Pennsylvania Central, with the connections it now has, is the most extensive Railroad Cor poration in the world. The Pan Handle line reaches from Pittsburgh to Columbus, and from Columbus it gets to Cincinnati by the Little Mi ami, which has leased the Columbus and Xe nia Railroad, with the understanding that both roads shall be leased to the Pennsylvania. The Ben Smith Roads carry it to Chicago and St. Louis, and furnish it, besides, with very important feeders, among which are the Toledo, Peoria, and Warsaw Railroad, the section between Logansport and the Illinois line being owned by the Columbus, Chicago, and Indian Central. This feeder may soon receive another branch from Peoria to Rock Island, and will surely have one to Burlington. The Pennsylvania Central and Ben Smith are also the principal owners of the Indianapolis and Vincennes and the Cairo and Vincennes Roads, which form the most direct line to Cairo. The work on these roads is nearly completed, and they will soon be in 'gunning order. The Pennsylvania Central is also negotiating for the Cincinnati, Indianapolis, and Lafayette Road, but what will come of this, remains to be seen; while it is said the Erie is now ready to fight out the battle for the possession of the Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne, and. Chicago Road." The object of the struggle he thus describes : " Who shall control a through line from New York to Omaha? Who have the shortest and best con nection with the. Union Pacific Railroad? Who hold the two ends of the continent in his grasp, and feel that the girdle is his which binds the Western World ? JAY GOULD says, 'lt is mine,' and clasps hands with VANDERBILT to exclude a powerful rival from any share in its enjoyment. Immediately there are heavy purchases, and a con sequent advance in the shares of the Ohio and Mis sissippi and other railroad connections with the Erie in the West. If all his purposes had been consummated a further rise for speculative pur poses at least would have been secured in other roads, and the Erie would have been complete master of the situation. But while the Erie ma nagers sought to exclude the Pennsylvania Cen tral from the entire North-west, the managers of the latter company aimed at controlling the entire trade of both the North-west and South west. The Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne, and Chicago Road was the natural route in the one direc tion, and the Pan Handle (Pittsburgh, Colum bus, and St. Louis), the Columbus and Xenia, and 4he Little Miami Roads in the other. Not content 'ivith acquiring all these, it endeavoured to secure ,qven the broad-gauge route, which had been the pride and the boastof the Erie. If the Pennsylvania interest had obtained the Ohio and Mississippi in addition to these, it would have had a monopoly of the trade of the entire South and West, but the hrod-gauge alliance proved too, strong for this, and, th movement failed." it- is difficult for ,Europeans who have no personal knowledge of the States to trace out the complications in the railway network, but though they see the map crossed in every direction there are but few trunk lines which bear the produce and persons of the Western far mers to the Atlantic, and the great power of these lines is in the fact that each of them controls the Government of the State through which it reaches the sea. Those who glance at the map will perceive the strength of the corporation which claims Pennsylvania as its own ground. Not only has it this artificial control, but it has a natural strength in the fact that its grand trunk line penetrates the huge barrier of the Alleghany Mountains, and the possession of Pennsylvania is the possession of a territory, which is the chief manufactory of the States, containing three times as much coal as United Great Britain ' and more than the whole of Europe. The New York Central is a northern line reaching Chicago by the Lake Shore, and supposing that Commodore VANDERBILT beat the Pennsylvanian in monopolizing through Chicago the traffic of the Union Pacific Railroad the Pennsylvania could push to completion the Eastern Division by the contem plated route through New Mexico, Arizona, and. Southern California to the Pacific. Indeed, it has stea dily kept that in view as the best route, which would secure to it, beyond peradventure, the overland traf fic, much in this way, thata man who is in Trafalgar square does not go by Oxford-street to the City. Those who are north will keep to the northern line, while those who are south would not cross the southern to proceed by the northern. At this moment the Union Pacific Railway is blocked with snow, and the Pacific steamships carry the California mails by the Isthmus of Panama. This is, and always has been, considered the drawback to the Omaha route, which could have no existence in the southern line, and that this road will eventually be constructed is beyond doubt. Whatever then may be the immediate result of the Railway war, in the end the Pennsylvania will assuredly have something very like a monopoly, not only of the traffic of some of the most productive of the Western States, but of the through route to the Pacific, and with such a future it is no exaggeration to speak of the Pennsyl vania Company as the greatest cor p ora tio n in the world. The shareholders in the company who may have regarded the continuous increase from year to year in the capital stock and bonded debt of this company with anxiety, by a careful exami nation of the annual reports will readily perceive that each increase has produced as great a direct pecuniary return on such new capital as before, while the politic results, aimed at and secured by the expenditure, have been well worth the outlay, even had they been unattended with the resulting profit. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. CITY AND I UBURBAN. Age st lb Age st lb See Saw ... 4 9 4 Alpenstock ... 3 6 3 Silenus ••• 5 8 18 King Cophetua ... 3 6 2 Van Amburgh ... 5 8 5 Vagabond ... 3 6 2 Michael de Basco... 4 8 4 The Drummer 3 6 2 Vauban ... 5 8 0 Arlington ... 3 6 2 Cap-a-pie ... 4 8 U Bradgate ... 3 6 2 Friday ... a 713 Conrad ... 3 6 2 Lady Coventry 47128 r to Ravioli ... 36 1 The Parson ... 4 712 The Returned ... 4 6 1 John Leech ... 4 7 10 Miss Theo .- 3 6 0 . 4 7 8 Emilia .. 3 6 0 Sunstroke ... ... 4 7 6 Consternation ... 3 6 0 Sister to Vedette... 5 7 6 The Baroness ... 3 6 0 Eastley •.. ... 47 4 Hermitage... ~. 4 513 Columbine ... 5 7 2 Garenne colt ... 3 5 13 Warrington ... 4 7 2 Pimpernel (lato Choral ... ... 4 7 1 Clara) ... ... 3 513 Lady Henrietta ... 4 7 1 Allbrook ... 3 5 12 The Sawyer 4 7 0 Kaupai ... a 5 10 Make Haste 4 7 0 Provider ... 3 5 10 Punishment ._ 4 6 13 Champagne Charlie 3 510 Robespierre ... 3 6 13 Birthday ... 3 5 10 Bonny Katie 3 6 12 Cherie 3 5 10 Head Centre 4 6 12 Vivace filly .. 3 5 10 Our Mary Ann 4 6 11 Giantess ... ... 3 5 10 Cocoa Nut... ... 3 6 11 Thirlestane ... 3 5 9 Good Hope 3 610 Buxton ... 3 5 9 Poinsettia ... 3 6 9 Wrestler ... ... 3 5 9 Citron A. 4 6 9 Teeswater ... 3 5 9 Acorn ... 4 6 7 La Belle Helene .., 3 5 9 Atonement ... 3 6 7 Bribery filly ... 3 5 9 Attack g. ... 5 6 6 Anlaeo ... 3 5 7 Walmer 3 6 6 Vacuum ... 3 5 7 Redivivus ... 4 6 5 Queen Esther 3 5 7 Border Knight 3 6 4 GREAT METROPOLITAN STAKES. Age st lb John Davis a 8 12 Blueskin ...4 8 9 Cap-a-pie ... 4 8 8 Friday a 8 5 Kingsland... ... 4 8 1 Miss Havelock ... 6 7 12 Canine 5 7 11 Warrington ... 4 7 9 Gipsy King ... 5 7 7 Fitz-Adam. ... 4 7 7 Choral 4 7 6 Planet ... a 7 5 Ligurian ... 4 7 2 ... 4 7 2 Robespierre ... 3 7 2 Our Mary Ann ... 4 7 0 Atonetnent 3 6 13 Belfast 4 6 12 Ago st lb • Redivivus 4 6 12 The Drummer ... 3 6 9 Alpenstock 3 6 9 Ladoga, ... 3 6 9 Vagabond ... 3 6 9 Viven g ... 5 6 7 Arlington ... ... 3 6 6 Brad gate ... ... 36 6 Clovis ... 4 6 5 Provider ... ... 3 6 2 Workman ... ... 3 6 1 Archduke ... ... 3 6 0 Teeswater... ... 3 6 0 La Belle Helene 3 5 13 Vansittart ... 3 5 13 Vacuum ... ... 3 513 Bribcry f ... 3 5 13 Buckenham's dam f 3 5 10 NEWMARKET Age st lb See Saw :.. 4 8 12 Restitution ... 4 8 10 John Davis ... a 8 4 Miss Sarah li ... 5 E 0 Gondolier ... 4 7 13 Nelusko ... 4 7 12 Blueskin ... 4 7 12 Cap-a-Pie ... 4 7 12 Pero Gomez ... 3 7 12 Mariner ...4 7 11 Cecil ... ... 4 7 11 Knight Errant ... 5 711 Flying Scud ... 5 7 9 Geant desßattailles 4 7 7 ... 4 7 1 Nyanza ...4 7 1 Warrington ... 4 7 0 Choral ... 4 610 Punishment ... 4 6 7 Stokeley 5 6 7 The Laird ... 4 6 7 Attack gelding ~, 6 6 6 THE UNITED STATES. Mr. E. B. Washburne, the intimate friend of President Grant, declined to take office on the ground of ill-health. The correspondence between the two statesmen on this subject is formal, but there is nothing to indicate that the remarkable friendship between them is in any way weakened. Mr. Andrew Johnson, the ex-President, has met with an enthusiastic reception at Baltimore. He was entertained at a banquet, but said very little. He considered his retirement as a deliverance, for be was now a free man, and be would rather be a free private citizen than a President and a slave. He is likely to enjoy his preference. Mr. E. B. Washburne is to be Ambassador at Paris ; and Mr. Stanton, the Secretary for War, who had the memorable feud with President Johnson, is spoken of in some quarters as likely to succeed Mr. Reverdy Johnson at the English Court. A RACE FOR LIFE. An extraordinary trial has just taken place in the island of Reunion—the French possession in the Indian Ocean. Pondicherry is a small French settlement in India—the last relic of French power left in the Indian Empire. Some time ago a young corporal of French sepoys, named Thouvelin, blew up a powder magazine. The penalty for the offence is death, but there was no proper tribunal at Pondicherry, and so the criminal had to be taken to the island of Reunion, many hundred miles distant. After a long voyage he arrived, was tried, and sentenced to death. Horrible to relate, his sentence could not be carried out at Reunion, and he had to be "taken to the place whence he came" to be executed. He was put on board awar•ship and the long miserable voyage back commenced. There was a general outburst of sympathy in Reunion. The process of carrying a criminal this immense distance to be put to death appeared much more like inhumanity than justice. Public opinion was so strong that the sentence was speedily commuted, and then the race for life commenced. The fastest vessel in Reunion was selected and sent after the war-ship, in the hope of overtaking it, and saving the life of the wretched man. This sensational ocean race has been going on for weeks, but it is not as yet known which vessel won. Happily, it does not matter. The telegraph, swifter than steam, has carried the reprieve from Paris to Pondicherry. An answer has been received that neither vessel has arrived, and thus, if the convict escapes the ocean, he will escape death. A MONSTER NUGGET. The telegraph brings the intelligence that a gold nugget, weighing not less than 2001 b. troy, has been found in Vic toria. It is doubtful whether so large a quantity of the precious metal has ever been found before in one mass. The great nugget of 1858 weighed only 1461 b. It is noticeable that all these great lumps of gold have been found in Australia. In 1730 a nugget, thought at that time to be immense, was turned up in Peru, but it weighed not more than 601 b. ANDREW JOHNSON'S FAREWELL ADDRESS. Chief among the withdrawing officers is Andrew Johnson, and his retirement is a fitting sequel to his' term. His farewell address is like the act of a man sealing and delivering a deed. There is my work ; this is what I did and do intend, and thus I endorse it. No better proof could be given of Andrew Johnson's unfit ness for the high post he has held than his last words as President to the people of the United States. It is not the calm judgment of a ruler; it is not the carefully and well-balanced decision and advice of a statesman ; it is not the candid, un exaggerated exposition of errors committed, for use as beacons to guide the course of his successor and teach the people moderation and wisdom ; but the unreserved declamation of a fierce partisan retiring from a field of defeat still hurling defiance in the face of bis enemies. Andrew Johnson is the Prince of stump speakers ; he might tumble into the ring, and challeu ge the world to compete in a border warfare and those little know his character who suppose they have heard the last of him. Let the person who thinks so read this Farewell Address, and he will learn that it is not that of a man surrendering into the hands of the people the powers entrusted to him, but a programme of future operations, an appeal to a section, a chalking of the line on which he intends to fight it out. Twice Andrew Johnson has asserted that he could, had he willed, have made himself supreme. To his moderation alone it is due that he is not at this moment in the United States what Cromwell was in Great Britain, and his bitter enemies—the two-thirds majority in Con gress—either his obsequious slaves or immured in the dungeons of Fort Lafayette. The close of the domestic conflict found him at the head of a mil- lion of men eager for distinction in the new field Mexico offered for the punishment of European in tervention. Ilad he taken advan - age of this feeling, as Commander-in-Chief backed by the Presidential patronage, directing at pleasure the destinies of the Republic, he could have secured his continuance in its highest office. What would have been the people's position had he yielded to the dazzling temptation instead of disbanding the mighty hosts? Thousands of his fellow-citizens would have fallen and untold millions been lost ; but he, having the good of his country only at heart, strove to re cement the Union, took upon himself the ungracious task of curbing the passions of a section, of restrain- ing revenge, of pouring balm over the desolated States, and raising the fallen South. The bitter conflict was waged to vindicate the Constitution and save the Union, and these were the only ends he desired to attain. The war was a stupendous and deplorable mistake, neither party understanding the other. The South saw, acknowledged, and repented of the error, ratified the Constitutional Amend ments, patiently submitting to the harsh enact ments of a pitiless but triumphant section. Then Andy shows, by a chapter from the History of Rome, to what the unbridled passions of a faction lead. Sylla, on attaining power, established mili tary colonies throughout Italy, deprived his oppo nents of the franchise, made slaves citizens, and threw civil power into the hands of his commanders. Iluman nature bas not changed since then, and the ex-President intends his readers to infer that Scylla was the embodiment of the Republican party of the United States. They are Scylla "watered," Scylla is the Radicals concentrated, and he was a sanguinary tyrant, therefore they are sanguinary tyrants ; after which argument Andy drops straight on their heads. It has been shown that the President is unable to prevent en croachments on the Constitution ; the people only can check the two-thirds Congressional majority ; but as the appeal to them cannot quickly be made, " there is danger that the power which disre gards the Constitution will deprive them of the right to change their rulers except by revolution." Even the Judiciary was circumscribed when it was feared the decision of the Supreme Court might in terfere with party supremacy. The Veto power, lodged with the President, was insolently set at nought, and much as Mr. Johnson venerates the Constitution, he considers that this state of affairs has developed a defect which may work its over throw; but let us be thankful he has discovered a re medy. The veto isgenerally used upon Constitutional grounds, whereon the bill and the President'sreasons for withholding his signature ought together to be submitted to the Supreme Court of the United States to decide its Constitutionality, when it should be come law, or be set aside, without permitting Con gress to re-enact and make it valid if unconstitu tional. Hasty and inconsiderate legislation would correct itself, and he would not, therefore, in terfere with the system in force when measures so enacted, but not involving any constitutional point, are vetoed. But where a fundamental principle is concerned the Constitution may be overthrown by a two-thirds majority, unless thus amended. The people " may easily and rapidly lose (he does not say have lost) their liberties" by this means, when they will be powerless to regain them. Then Andrew Johnson, having descended into the midst of his enemies, begins hitting out right and left. Ile turns to the history of the majority in Congress which has so utterly disregarded the Constitution, and to the high officials who have boldly betrayed their trust, broken their oaths, and undermined liberty, jus tice, and good government. Thee sneaks, who care fully and constantly turned public attention to the past and expiated sins of the South, had crept, when war raged, into place and power. After all danger had vanished, then these pretended patriots appeared pro minently, and began to prate about the thousands of lives and millions of treasure sacrificed on the war with intent to foster sectional hatred, and keep open the wounds of the war. The liberties of the people, the righto of the President, were the objects THE HON. BEN. EVADE. On the 4th instant several leaders in American poli tics vacated seats they had long occupied at Washing ton, some perhaps never again to enter on the stage of public life. Prominent among these is honest Ben. Wade, who now retires, verging on his three score and ten years. He was well advanced in middle life when be entered the Senate, where he has sat since 1851. He was born at Feeding Hills, Spring field, Massachusett, in 1800, and on the Ist Dec., 1851, took the oath of office for th 3 Thirty-second Congress as Senator from Ohio, in which State he had long been settled. Mr. Wade was always Radical in his sentiments, but he was called a Whig when he commenced his Congressional career. It is interesting to note those with whom he was asso ciated. Mr. Fish, now Secretary of State, was one of the five who entered with him, having lately been Governor of New York;—Mr. Sumner, then a young and aspiring lawyer, at the same time com menced Senatorial life, a Free-soiler, being one of the three on the list, Chief Justice Chase and John P. Hale being the other two. By Mr. Wade's retirement Mr. Samna- has become the father of the House, as he earns this distinction, not as being earliest elected, for Cameron of Pennsylvania entered iu 1815, but because sitting continuously he has spent most time in the Chamber. Indeed Mr. Sumner will have completed a quarter of a century if he serves out the term to which he has just been elected. Mr. Wade, from his seat as President, looked upon a Chamber radically changed. We use the italics advis edly, for the South was then paramount, and to be a I Free-soiler was to be a marked man. Henry Clay represented Kentucky, Douglas sat for Illinois, and Cass and Seward were among the Senators. Among the Representatives were Stephens, Breckinridge, and Toombs, and side by side sat Andrew Johnson and Thad. Stevens. Statesßights and Free-soil were the great questions agitated--questions destined to explode like a thunderbolt on the Union, to split asun der the men there legislating, arming them against each other for mortal conflict. For forty years Mr. Wade has been a leader in Ohio politics, and if he has a touch of the Western roughness of his day he is a genuine New Englander, the rough edges of his Puritanism being rubbed off by his border life. When the country cast a half-frightened glance at honest Ben. Wade during the days of the impeach ment trial as Johnson's successor, he asked " What intemperate measures have I taken ? I reported the first provision prohibiting slavery in all the United States territory, to be thereafter acquired ; I got the bill for Negro Suffrage in the district of Columbia ; I got the Homestead Bill through the Senate ; I got Nevada into the Union, and through me Virginia w as di v id e d and the new State of West Virginia formed ;" and now he says he will use his best efforts to prevail on Ohio to ratify the pro posed Suffrage Amendment. On the motion of Mr. Davis, the Democratic Senator from Kentucky, the Senate unanimously adopted the following resolu tion :—" That the thanks of the Senate are due, and they are hereby tendered, to the Hon. Benja min F, Wade, for the ability, impartiality, and jus tice with which he has discharged the duties of pre siding officer of the Senate during the time he has occupied the Chair." District-Attorney Courtney, if report be true, has narrowly escaped assassination. It was probably the design of some "ring" to reward his prying curiosity into their affairs. Philadelphia Jack " was to do the business with a club and a razor, for £lOO, but "Jack," hearing that the plot was known, took a rapid departure from the city. HANDICAP. Age st lb Cattie 4 6 4 Ladoga ... 3 6 4 Phantom ... ... 4 6 4 Belfast ... 4 6 2 Little Treasure ... 5 6 0 Cork Jacket ... 4 5 13 Marquis of Carabas. 4 5 13 Vixen g ... 5 5 11 Alpenstock ... 3 5 11 Bradgate ... 3 5 11 Provider 8 5 10 Arbaces 3 5 10 Wrestler 3 5 9 Miss Whip filly 3 5 7 Giantess ... 3 5 7 The Provost ... 3 5 7 St. Agnes g 3 5 7 Archduke ... 3 5 7 Vanicbka 3 5 7 Sandboy 3 5 7 Buckenham's dam f 3 5 7 THE CHE Age st lb The Palmer ... 5 8 12 Mandrake ... 5 8 11 Kt. of the Garter... 5 8 10 Goodwood... 5 8 5 Romping Girl ... 5 8 4 Tribune ... 6 7 12 Cecil ... 4 7 11. Bracken ... 5 7 9 Paul Jones ... 4 7 9 Van Amburg ... 5 7 9 King's Cress ... 5 7 6 Viridis ... 5 7 6 Kingsland... 4 7 6 Gondolier ... ... 4 7 6 Mariner ... ...4 7 4 Fair Wind... ... 5 7 2 Lady Coventry 4 7 2 The Special 6 7 0 Chivalry ... 4 7 0 Clemente 4 7 0 Blacklock... 4 7 0 Birdseeker... .. 4 6 12 Lionel 4 6 12 Our Mary Ann 4 6 10 Ackworth a 6 10 Warrington ... 4 6 9 Russian Bear Pirintom Hammertou The Laird... Robespierre Bonnie Katie Attack g ... 4 6 9 ... 4 6 7 ... 4 6 6 ... 4 6 6 ... 3 6 6 ... 3 6 4 ... 5 6 2 THE PRINCE OF Age st lb Van Amburgh ... 5 8 12 Vauban ... ... 5 8 7 John Leech ... 4 8 3 Kettleholder ... 4 7 12 Tho Sawyer ... 4 7 9 Epworth ... 4 7 9 Mysotis 4 7 9 Contempt .. ... 4 7 7 Bonnie Katie ... 3 7 7 Choral ... 4 7 6 Head Centre ... 4 7 5 Cocoa Nut ... 3 7 5 Atonement ... 3 7 0 Chatelherault ... 3 7 0 Noyau ... 4 7 0 Acorn 4 7 0 TER CUP. Ago st lb The Lamb... a, 6 2 Master Robert 5 6 2 Red Cap a 6 2 Legislator... 4 6 2 Perfume ... 3 6 2 Powderham a 6 2 Nogam 4 6 0 Isaak Walton a 6 0 St. Mungo ... 3 6 0 George Osbaldeston 3 6 0 Ajax—St. Albans 4 6 0 Cocoa Nut... 3 6 0 Vestminster 3 5 12 Atonement, 3 5 12 Walmer 3 5 12 Consternation 3 5 12 Pomfret 3 5 11 Good Hope 3 5 11 Limerick ... 3 5 11 Fan... a 5 9 Alicia 5 "5 9 Giantess ... 3 5 9 Jerry Hawthorn ... 3 5 9 Falstaff ... 9 3 5 9 The .ZEgean ... 3 5 Birthday ... ... 35 9 Slowmau 3 5 9 Buxton ... ... 3 5 9 Vansittart... ... 3 5 9 Vagabond ... 3 5 9 Lopez ... ... 3 5 9 Arlington ... ... 35 9 Hymen ... 3 5 9 WALES'S STAKES. Age st lb Attack g 5 6 13 Curse Royal c 4 6 6 The Returned ... 4 610 Carita 3 65 The Baroness 3 6 3 6 Winifred ... 3 6 Aintree ... 3 6 2 3 Arbaces 3 6 Pintpernel(l. Clara) 3 6 1 Slowman 3 6 1 Provider ... 3 5 1 3 Giantess 1 3 5 12 Royal Rake 3 5 12 Conjuror 3 5 12 Eadith 8 5 1,1 Queen Esther 3 5 1v LONDON BETTLNG—YESTERDAY. CITY AND SUBURBAN. 4to 1 agst Vagabond (taken) 9to 1 agat Poiniettia (taken) 100 to 8 agst Drummer (taken and offered) 100 to 7 agst Birthday ;taken) 20 to 1 agst Vacuum (taken) 20 to 1 agat Cocoa Nut (offered—take 25) 20 to 1 agst Robespierre (offered-25 to 1 taken) 25 to 1 agst See Saw (offered —lOOO to 30 taken) 25 to 1 agst Anlace (offered) 25 to 1 agst Allbrook (offered) 30 to 1 agst Eastley (offered) 33 to 1 agst Cap-a-Pie (offered) 40 to 1 agst Vauban (offered) 500 to 10 agst Baroness (taken) 1000 to 15 agst Giantess (taken and wanted) METROPOLITAN. 4 to 1 agst Lancet (offered) sto 1 agst Vagabond (offered) 7to 1 agst Drummer (taken and offered) 12 to 1 agat Belfast (offered) CHESTER CUP. Bto 1 agst Paul Jones (taken) 10 to 1 agst Romping Girl (taken) 100 to 7 agst Mandrake (taken) TWO THOUSAND. 7 to 4 agst Wild Oats (offered) 4to 1 agst Belladrum (offered—take 9to 2) DERBY. 500 to 150 agst Pero Gomez (taken) 1200 to 100 agst Pretender (taken and offered) 100 to 8 agst Belladrum (taken and offered) 2800 to 200 agat Ladas (taken) 14 to 1 agst Ryshworth (offered) 18 to 1 agat Ethus (offered-20 to 1 take to .C 3l) , ° „ ) 40 to 1 agst Aunt Hannah c (offered-100 0 to -v (taken and offered) 2000 to 30 agst Consternation (taken) 2000 to 10 agst Drummer (taken) RACING FIXTURES. MARCH. Durham 29, 30 I Epsom 80, 31 APRIL. ke• Abergavenny l, 2 I Newmarket Craven... l2, Bromley 1, 2 I Knighton... ........... : 13, 14 6 I Aldershot l, 2 Ludlow 15, 1 9 Catterick Bridge... l, 2 Eastbourne .................. .1, Il Thirsk ... 6, 7 I Lewes 20 2 ; ungerford 6 , 7 Curragh ...20, 21, 23 2. Lichfield . ..6, 7 Croydon... ............... 22 ' Cambridge 7, 8 1 Newmarket Ist Spring Croxton Park . 8 I 6, & c * Streatham 8, 9 I . MAY. l Chester 4, 5,6, 7 1 Doncaster ............... 13, 1" i Eglinton Hunt 6, 7 I 'Vest Drayton .......... 17, 18, 19 , Winchester ll, 12 1 Bth York 11, 12 llanchester l9, 20, 2 ' Baldoylo 2nd Spring 11, 12 Croydon lO, 21 , St. Albans 1:, 14 1 Harpenden .............. f ... ';* Salisbury l3, 11 I Epsom Summer .. ...20, Croydon 2,3, 4 Newton 2,3, 4 Ascot .....8, 9, 10, 11 Liverpool Summer ...15, 16 Windsor 15, 16 Hampton l7, 18 Uurragh 22, 23, 21 ATE. Newcastle 22, •20; Oldham . ,! ttibury Club ...............•. • 5 Stockbridge 24, . ..30 Chelmsford ............ 30 Sutton Park ...... .....29' Worcester l, 2 Newmarket July 6, &c. LJY, 0 ********** Southampton .. Reading *** 15, 16 Stamford Huntingdon ****************** 23 I Goodwood ......... 28, 2 9 1 33 Carlisle Pontefract 9, 10 Hendon . 12, 13 Nottingham l3, 14 AUG Brighton 3, 4 Brighton Olub 5 _ _ UST. lOxford York ..... 4:4, 25, , 7 6 Plymouth . ..... 4ti, 2.,' I 5carb0r0ughT............30, 31 1 Derby Summer. ... :31, SO' ... Weymouth ...... :: . 31, Sep.: Canterbury ..... ~..31, 6 0 P• h Lewes 6, 7 Eguam lO, I Wolverhampton lO, II Windsor 12, 13 St. Albans 17, 18 Stockton lB, 19, 20 SEPT: Warwick 7, 8 Curragh (Royal) 7,8, 9 Abingdon 9, 10 Doncaster 14, 15, 16, 17 Richmond 21, 22 Lichfield IMBER. 23 Hampton l. Wester :::::::::::: ''''''''' ' '' ... Hendon ......... ..... .... Monmouth... •• ...... °` 3o N ewmar k o t tat Oct... '.19, Lanark... ............... OOT 1B ER. 19 20 .. Cheltenham ............ - t) 21 Curragh .........., 9 West Drayton ......... 2, 2 3 4:31 1 ` Hereford ............... ‘,4 Monmouth ............... Newmarkl.t Bedford 5, 6 Edinburgh 6, 7, 8 Leicester 7, 8 Bromley 7 8 Newmarket 2d 0ct...11, &e. Chelmsford l9 20 Kelso 19 20 , NOVEMBER. .6, 1 Harrow 2, 3 I Eglinton Hunt ......... i f o, i t Worcester... 9 1 t 16 3, 4 Liverp001.......... 10, St. Albans 5, 6 I Shrewsbury ... •• .. STEEPLECHASE FIXTURES' --_______ ____ Aldershot APRIL. .81 9 Bromley 1, 2 I Streatham ........ : . •: :b. ..6 1, 2 I Royal Artily Abergavenny . 1, 2 Knighton Lichfield ..... 21 Southdown Hunt . . 6, 7 Ludlow ................. Cambridge .. .7 Tenbury... ••• .............. 23 Cheltenham 7 8 Croydon ............... „,, 28 dee. P 7, 8 Co. Louth tt Ar MAY. . 13 Limerick Hunt Eglinton Hunt.. .. ..... 1/ 4 I St. Albans ............ :,........:13, 14 ......6, 7 1 West Dia,yton..•••--•• n Kingsbury ....................................................... . ....... ' OCTOBER. Bromley NOV 7 E I 2,I I B V Worcester .. 1 5 , 2,3, 4 I Shrewsbury ..• . to Harrow 2, 3 I Leamington &tint.. zo Liverpool 9, 10, 11, 12 I Besßt.Drayton ......... 21, 2:1 JULY. COURSING FIXTURES. 8 1°0: County Louth MARCH.. Scottish National Open, Lanark_, ..................... (Champion), Ireland .................. .... 1, AUGUST. _l7 ........................................... St. Albans .............. -- OCTOBER Ancaster and Willoughby' L i nco lnshire ............... , / _, 6 ' . 19 Or me&by ..... . ... ..... ........................ ~.. . 4 Huntingdon Club.. .......................................... 740/ m NOVEMBER. ....... 9 2, B' ......... iko• Sundorne, Salop . Cothan and Eston Births. L , vrite 01 DrumNsex—On the 23d inst. at Hampstead, th e 1 Henry Dickinson, of a son f e of CLEVELAND—On the 23d inst., at Sunderland, the W' Major George Cleveland, 98th Regt., of a daught4r. Marriages. DuGDALE SUTCLTFFE—On the 23d inst., a t 31 or i s P e g t bl, road Chapel, Southport, Adam Dugdale, of 1 1° 1i ffe, of Burnley, to Anne, only daughter of Win. 6ute Hempstead, Bacup. Log a S —On the 18th lust , at the 13ritis-,01), tiou, Teheran, R E., to Eleanor, the eldest dau b f Capt Blll g ter o Persia, Major Robert Murdoo? '130;0r, Deaths. vr iogsl CHAPMAN -On the 22d inst., at his residence House, Middlesex, Edward Henry Ghapuntu, 134 " - , e or HowDEN—On the 22d inst., at Devonshire-Pec-'OOY7 land• place, Lieut.-General J. A. Howen, In'utin aged 06. 30 1 1 /1 HEArn--On the 20th inst , at Wrinchnrore-b1,11,797 Heath, Esq., formerly of A.lbomarle-street, age" ' ' ' . ------------------ mart aged fNo. 112, Strand, ~41)04/S t London : Printed and Pablished by VTLEV-6S AN D S 114 Printer, at ISJ ftli °t ile3 bosty _ _ stran d, in the Precinct of the Savoy, la t he Middleaex„..-Friday, March 26, 1869. fi INA This Met prize Medal. 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