The Sun. — London, England, 1859-09-17 00:00:00

THE STN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 17, 1859, THEATRE -ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Lessee, Mr. J. B. Bnckstone. THIS ETENING the performances will commence with THE ROAD TO RUIN. Mr. and Mrs. C. Mathews? And PAUL PRY. Commence at 7. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Lessee and Directress, Miss Swanborough THIS EVENING, THE GOOSE WITH THE GOLDEN EGGS. And TO PARE'N IS AND GUARDIANS. After which, TRYING IT ON. Followed by THE VERY LATEST EDITION OF THE LADY OF LYONS. Commence at 7 o'clock. CANTERBURY HALL CONCERTS.- EVERY EVENING. —The gpsic of Verdi's Opera of MACBETH (now first made public in England at these Con eerts), the extraorainary Violin Performances of the cele- L rated Infant DIiLEPIERRE FAMILY, and the usual Vocal Concert. Comic Vocalists —Messrs. George Hodson (the Irish Corne tts= and Mimic), W. T. Critchfleld, and E. W. Mackney. Several intereing Pictures are added to the Fine Arts The s u ite of Halls have been re-decorated and Gallery and constitute one of the most unique and brilliant b ea utified, sights of the metropolis. Will shortly be produced, a Grand Selection from Meyer beer's new opera of DINNORA. THE WEATHER.—SUN OFFICE, SEPTEMBER 17. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 64--highest since noon yesterday. 55—lowest this morning and during the night. 62—this day at noon. Benomrrint-29. 82 . WIND, North and North-Westerly; fresh. It has blown hard during the night, with rain and squally weather. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Tsis DAY. —Morning, 4h. 27m.—Afternoon, 4h. 43m. To-Moscow -Morning, sh. lm.—Afternoon, sh. 20m The Gazette of last evening published the official account from Admiral HOPE of the too sad disaster at the mouth of the Peiho. The gallant Admiral's description is at once clear and seaman-like, doing fall justice to the manly intrepidity of all concerned in so deplorable an encounter. But there is this view' of the case which we cannot fail to take into .onsideration, now that the calamity has happened. Either there was too much made of the honour intended to be paid to the Ambassador:3, and too large a force sent if no hostile opposition were apprehended, or too little by half if we were to be met at the very threshhold with a direct refusal to enter. Taken in either sense there was . a want of due consideration ; for if we went to deal with a treachefaus friend, surely half measures were not the safe course to pursue. We had enough experience of Chinese perfidy, and even contempt for the " outside barbarians," as we were no doubt candidly, but very ignorantly designated, to be at any loss for a repetition of their knavery. But it is all for the best, now that we cannot recal to life those brave spirits that so heroically volunteered everything in the cause of duty. We have been taught a bitter lesson, be it either from jealous Russian or from cunning Chinese, or from both .ombined. Our future course is now clear as our former was dubious and unprepared. In fact it was idle from the first to treat the Chinese as re- , spectable people whose word would be taken as their bond. They respect neither ; and thinking they were only dealing with Barbarians, perhaps they were right. But the result will teach them how idle wastheir presumption, and how fool hardy was their belief. It is impossible for them to repeat the same trick unless we are as stupid as they think themselves over-wise. We have had pretty good training from these Celestials in their proper persons ; and we ought to be apt scholars by this time. The Devil himself is no match for an honest man, but he is all right with a rogue—being of the same kidney—kindred in all mischief. But for JOHN CHECAM.kN—he combines both characters —honest for one purpose and over dishonest for another I Let us treat him hereafter after his own fashion and prove to him that we can cheat the Chinese. Devil, even in the dark. This may excite his admiration for us if it do not increase his respect. The question, then, is how to counteract the effects of this disaster. We say—be prompt, powerful and decisive. All these are happily within our power. But hoNv ? We answer any how. If the Peiho River and ,tne Gulf of Pee-chee-he be frozen over in the winter- -there are other courses open to us now as heretofore. The Chinese EMPEROR is only to be treateu with after a vulgar fashion—he must ha yo hard knocks, as the Middy answered the people who asked what he had for barter--Hardware ! was the young Pedlar's reply—and hardware of heavy calibre must be our future Ambassadors to his Celestial MAJESTY. The Chinese worship that EMPEROR as a god from a semie of sheer policy ; and he seems to believe in his ascribed divinity from a similar policy to take all for the best. Mystery is only great because we don't know it ; but once unfold the imposture, and all our belief vanishes in empty vision ! Who would have thought it ? is only the expression of vacant unre fleeting minds. There is the bugbear so dear to ,superstition, and now grasp it if you can ! It is all illueion! and just turns out to be :so to one's utter confusion. The Chinese know us to b e powerful, but they think we are too generous to be wise. And per haps they are half right. Let us undeceive them for once and for all. A worthy Veteran informs us that no operations can be undertaken on the Peiho before May or June next, because the river will be frozen. Well, then, China is wide and large enough for more central operations. There is the great river leading Yan-tze Kian-keu, on the grand canal which supplies Nankin and Pekin with food. Let us take that by way of a beginning and touch them up in their very vitals. Then, again, as the Peiho is only a water way to Pekin, surely we can make good a landing in the vicinity, for if au army, be essential that army cannot operate on later, only to land ; and it were well to take the Chinese, by the horns at once, and so impress them with proper sense of our metal. There is no half way to the goal—it must be mastered at whatever cost. That the enemy is now wide awake to our capa bilities there is little or no doubt ; but the thing to be achieved is, to leave no room for any further doubt. Our army can as well wint er i n China as in India and if, as our ve t eran correspondent states, the men must have double Pay, be it so, for the Chinese will have to stand " the blunt ~_now and for ever move . Let us take Nal: kin first, and keep it wag the capital when the Chinese were their o , n masters. .Let us thou take Pekin, and keep that, too, until the ransom---a right heavy one—be p a id. This will bring the EMPEROR, Mandarins, and all the believers in CONTI-7MM to believe there may be yet sometiCng even better worth paying atten tion to. A good deal, has been remarked on the cunning of the Chinese' in digging holes in the mud-banks, so aa to : give clur gallant men a sousing in their attack. he ides was worthy of the Celestials ; but it was ,ottl . y common to Asiatics, for it may be re membered that the Burmese played the same game years ago. They sunk pits in the course of an hour, and i the whole army disappeared as if by magic into the very bowels of the earth on which they were encamped! They reasoned well and practised better. In an hot countries, especially in the East, people go under ground to avoid the heat, as they do in cold regions for shelter from frost, thus proving that extremes meet. And the Chinese, reasoning by analogy, turned their knowledge to account by making the deep deeper still. " All is fair in war," so the adage runs; but sometimes people dig pits into which they may some day fall themselves ; and that the Chinese have done so is now to be proved by the promptitude of our policy and the unreT,enting sternness of our actions. The passage of the Ticino, resulting in the counter passage of the Mincio, has done more already than we had at one time ventured to hope. 'Surely some Delphic oracle whispered in the ears of FRANCIS JOSEPH as Count GYULAI and his legions stood on the banks of the former stream, " if Austria cross the Ticino she shall destroy a hateful policy." And the modern CROESUS—CROESUS in the sense not of wealth certainly, but of willing delusion—believed that the " hateful policy" was the one so odious to him, that of spreading abroad in Italy and else where the principles and practice of civil and religious liberty. Dash forward, therefore, GYULAI —down with constitutions and religious toleration —up with despotism and the POPE! For a week or two the despot interpretation of the oracle seemed right ; the free, unarmed pea santry and burghers of Piedmont kad to pay th e penalty to Austrian savages of belonging to a free country; but soon the tide began to turn. And at Solferino the superstitious young dupe of the Jesuits had to wring his hands at finding that the odious policy he had subverted was of civil and religious oppression. From the very banks of the Mincio paragraphs were indited to Vienna journals which promised all kinds of reforms, especially a fair measure of religious liberty even for Jews ; while the Duchies had. begun that free, self-reliant, and admirable course, which has issued in the ten dering of three Austrian Crowns to the only Italian Monarch who has firmly maintained the civil and religious rights of his subjects. Solferino seems, after all, to have been a stroke which shook Austrian policy to the north of the Alps, besides over throwing it entirely in Central Italy. Not only have the Duchies and the Legations thrown off priest-rule and Austrian rule, for the rule of a constitutional monarch ; but throughout all the provinces of her empire, Austria has been obliged to proclaim new liberties for the non-Catholic churches. The document lately published in the Wiener Zeitung (the Vienna Gazette) conferring apparently equal or nearly equal political and ecclesiastical privileges on the principal Protestant churches with those enjoyed by the Roman Catholic Church, is perhaps one of the most remarkable results of the Italian struggle. For those which we have seen in Italy, we were in some measure prepared ; but few of us looked for religious libeAy in Hun gary, Transylvania, Croatia, Sclavonia, and other minor provinces in that part of the empire, as a consequence of the Austrian reverse in Lombardy. Such a result is, however, perfectly natural. The state of the empire was such that it could not bear defeat, and the angry dissatisfaction of millions of its subjects also. An army of half a million men seemed enough to keep quiet all the heretics in the empire ; and it was so while it was supposed to be an invincible army ; but an army beaten in a fight against national independence and free institutions, lost half its terror for subjugated nationalities and subjugated churches to the north of the Alps. The independence and civil status conferred on the Protestant churches seems now to be about as much as they probably desire. They have practi- tally become recognised State churches. The word " parity of rights" with the Catholic Church, is avoided, it is said, for fear of giving offence to the yet more numerous party ; but the thing appears to be pretty well secured. The Roman Catholic Su perintendent of Protestant affairs at Vienna, though a man much respected and esteemed by Protestants themselves, for his liberality and interest in their welfare, has to give way to a Protestant Superin tendent. The different conferences are authorised to form their own synods and religious assemblies, to elect in the parishes their own rectors, vicars, and schoolmasters ; matrimonisl affairs are to be en trusted to the management of the religious courts of each confession ; the Protestant schools are to be under no apprehension of Jesuit interference, but to be for the future under the direction and inspection of their own ecclesiastical authorities. Some polio* rights are indeed reserved, and they might no doubt be aL used, but we are willing to believe that the document is sincerely intended. The object is con ciliation. And it is hardly likely that with a Pro testant Superintendent at Vienna the Austrian police will be suffered to thwart what really seems like a new policy. What are we to look for next in Austria ? If the Concordat be thus thrown aside what else may not ge with it ? It is true that these franchises concern the Protestants and their clergy only, immediately. But will the Roman Catholic clergy be content to see their Protestant confreres enjoying such power and liberty while they themselves are enslaved to Rome? The Concordat was almost entirely framed in the interests of the POPE and the Bishops. The parochial clergy were much aggrieved by it. They will in all probability now demand their emancipa tion also. If it was important to allay Protestant disaffection, it must be yet more so to satisfy the parochial clergy of a Catholic Empire. May we then venture to hope that even Austria is beginning to feel that the rule of repression must be relaxed. After 1848 the policy was adopted and has been pursued with unscrupulous cruelty: of centralising all administration, civil and re ligious, of ruling everything direct from Vienna and Rome, and of effacing all natural and ecclesi astical distinctions in one uniform slavery. The Italian war has revealed to the most besotted and stupid Government in Europe that this will not do. It has begun to learn the lesson that contentment of subjects is the strength of a Government, and that contentment there cannot be in the leaden rule of a Viennese bureaucracy and a Catholic priesthood. Will the young Emperor and his advisers go on to learn ? They have but got through the alphabet yet. Dull pupils we must expect them to be. How ever, they have made a beginning, and, for them, a promising one. We confess we did not expect any thing half so good at first in this department. Ecclesiastical liberty and self-government for Pro testants, even sander central supervision, is a great deal; and we will not cavil till we hear that those concerned detect anything underhand or seriously opposed to their interests. We would hope, on the other hand, th at A ustr i an ru l ers may find the effect of this fi rs t concession so pleasant that they will seriously set to work to vie with Sardinia in what renders her the admiration of all the oppressed of Austria who ca n lace d sw ay. It would indpe e bet ph beer s to s e e n a A t h u s t h ria bidding for popularity among her various peoples, by outstepping Sardinia in the rage of freedom ! The seaworthiness of the Great Eastern has now been proved incontest ibl y . Her eno rmous strength has been demonstrated. Her s p ee d is no longer matter l Conjecture. With her engines • y moderately mere -worked she has made easily fifteen on knots an hour, careless alike of tide, wind, and weather. Ir l spite of that tremendous detonation which shattered to atoms, in the twinkling of an eye, the solid iron casing of one of the paddle funnels, the funnel itself, several cabins, and the ladies' saloon—the machinery was in no way put out of order, and (as conclusive evidence of the adamantine character of the whole structure) two superb mirrors, embedded in substantial metal bulkheads, of the ladies' saloon remained unflawed in the midst of the ruins of that noble apartment after an explosion that would have sunk the largest line-of-battle ship ever yet launched. The extraordinary solidity of the whole giant fabric of the Great Eastern is, in point of fact, absolutely proved beyond all further question by the preserva tion of those two mirrors in the ladies' saloon. For had there been the slightest vibration in the iron bulkhead, upon the surface of which they are framed, or, so to speak, empannelled, they must at the least have been cracked, if not (which is far more probable) actually shivered into a thousand splinters. There, however, unharmed and perfect, those large mirrors reflected within them the splen did debris of the ladies' saloon, after the steam and smoke and dust of the explosion had subsided. Proof positive was thereby given of the matchless strength and solidity of the whole colossal frame work of this leviathan of the deep. The confidence previously placed in that strength and solidity has been now, consequently, confirmed and justified. The catastrophe which most unhappily occurred off Dungeness, so far from militating against the repute of the Great Eastern, tends very considerably and directly towards the enhancement of it. No one can hesitate to believe now in the perfect seaworthi ness of tt vessel that rides out an explosion like that of Friday se'nnight scatheless and unharmed save in the compartment in which the funnel casing burst with the eruptive concussion of an artificial volcano. Now that these happy conclusions have been arrived at in regard to an incident that first of all appeared to be nothing less than an unmitigated calamity—it remains to be seen what may most judiciously be done by way of clearing up that disaster, with a view to the prevention of any re currence of anything in any way similar to it, either in the way of carelessness or in the way of experi mentalising. There cannot be a doubt that there were three points in regard to which there was very grievous culpability ; and through the com bination of the culpability in regard to which we have had this most deplorable and really appalling catastrophe. Those three points ought to be thoroughly inquired into and laid bare—they hardly require enumeration, they are so clearly ob vious—they are so perfectly self-evident. First and foremost—it will be well to arrive at a distinct understanding as to who was really the cause of the adoption,. in regard to the paddle-fun nels, of that . experimental casing the generation between which and the funnel itself transformed one of those two paddle-funnels so encased into a gigantic exaggeration of an Infernal Machine. Somebody manifestly was peculiarly responsible for . .the adoption of a plan which was known to have always hitherto failed—which was distinctly re jected as hazardous by Messrs. BOLTON and WATT, the engineers entrusted with the construction of the engines—and which, adopted by this Somebody in spite of this warning rejection, has proved in the end so fearfully destructive. Secondly—who is responsible for those bungling donkey•engines (engines for once aptly enough designated) which failed so miserably within so short a time after the Great Eastern had quitted the waters of the Thames ? All those donkey engines were required to do, was to feed the casings of the paddle-funnels with an adequate supply of cold water to be thus pumped in at the top to be gradually heated by the hot air, steam, and smoke passing up through the funnels, and so to be run off ready warmed in due proportion into the boilers beneath them. As we all know now, one of these two miserable donkey engines, after wheezing and puffing very inefficiently, at length actually broke down—leaving all the rest of the work to be done by its hardly less efficient companion. Hence the plan of heating the water gradually in the fun nel casings, to be thence passed duly warmed into the paddle-boilers, had to be abandoned, the cold water being pumped directly into both boilers by the one donkey engine. Somebody here plainly may be held responsible—the somebody who sup plied the said donkey engine. Thirdly, and lastly—there was the stop-cock at the top of that lamentable funnel-casing shut when it ought to have been open. Who turned that cock, shutting off the steam from the chance of escape ? Somebody there, too, was responsible for the stop-cock in question is proved, beyond a doubt, to have been open (as it ought to have been all along) on the Wednesday preceding the catastrophe. Between the Wednesday, when it was last known to have been open, and the Friday night, when it was proved very dreadfully to have been shut— proved by this astounding explosion, causing the destruction of at least six lives and £5,000 worth of property, by one instantaneous detonation — Somebody (it is self-evident) must have tampered with it, and—for some reason or another—have shut up the steam, and so transformed the funnel case into a gigantic bombshell. It will be well, if possible, to discover the real delinquents upon whom rests this threefold responsibility. DESPATCH OF TROOPS TO CHINA. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SIIN. 4 SlR,—From your leader of this day, on the de spatch of troops to China, it would seem not to be generally known that the river Peiho, and indeed the whole gulf of Pee-chee-lee, are frozen hard in the winter, so that even if our ships could get there in time for the gun-boats to get up the river before the cold weather sets in, they would almost inevit ably be frozen up, and any troops operating against Pekin would be separated from its base of opera tions—the fleet. This was the reason why Lord Gough refused to proceed against Pekin in the winter; and he was perfectly right. It was then decided to go up the Yellow River instead. This time, however, we must go to Pekin, and rely on it that cannot be done before May or June. You seem to think that our Government will send troops from India. No such thing—unless the pub lic voice compels them. Troops in India get double pay, which could not well be curtailed if they were sent to China. Besides this, it would take the pay of 10,000 men from off the shoulders of the im poverished Indian Government, an i put it on those of the British. Will Mr. Gladstone consent to that ? Never unless compelled. Remember the 3,000 artillerymen. Your obedient servant, , A VETERAN. Sept. 16. A ship of the line, to be called the Magenta, which is to be steel-plated, and the largest vessel in the Freneh navy, has been put upon the stocks at Brest. , Madame Clara Novello, whose spirited defence of Mr. Sims Reeves at the Gloucester Festival last Wednes day elicited so much enthusiasm, will leave England for Italy on Thursday next, the 22d inst. ; but previous to her departure she has engaged to sing at a popular concert at the Crystal Palace on Wednesday next, the 21st. As this will be her last appearance in England for a considerable time a large attendance may be expected, especially as the advertisements announce that the admission will be the same as on ordinary days—one shilling. Miss AMY SEDGWICK.—On Monday evening next, th, t 3, 19th inst., this popular artiste will make her reappearance at the 1-14-market Theatre, in the character of Rosalind, in Shakespeare's comedy 91 " As you like it." The Brussels Independance says that Lord Cowley and M. Walewski have been commissioned to arrange the bases of the co-operation between France and England in prosecuting the Chinese war. The New York papers by the packet yesterday state that a positive announcement had been received from Mr. Lever that he had chartered the Great Eastern, and that she would sail from Galway to New York. It is stated that several large creditors of Messrs. Calvert and Co., the brewers, have formed themselves into a committee for the purpose of ascertaining, if possible, whether it will be for the interest of the general body of claimants to take over the brewery property, as proposed by the inspectors, and carry on the business as a limited joint-stock company, or whether the depositors must sub mit to the heavy loss which is now threatened by a forced sale of the assets. ETON COLLEGE.—The election vacation at Eton College, which began on the Ist ult., terminated on Wed nesday last, in the evening of which day•the return of the boys commenced, the lower school being the first to arrive. Yesterday the fifth form followed. Today is the day of arrival of the sixth form, when the whole school will have assembled. The number will be further increased, as more boys have entered than those who left at the vacation, when the largest number ever at Eton (803) formed the list. A SAILOR'S FUNERAL.—The remains of James Riley, the youth who was killed about ten days ago by fall ing from the yard arm of her Majesty's ship Donegal, lying in the Mersey, and whose body was washed ashore at Wa terloo, were conveyed to St. James's Cemetery, Liverpool, for burial yesterday. About 150 of the deceased's shipmates beaded by Lieut. Buller, R.N., accompanied the remains to their last resting place, and as the funeral procession went through the principal streets of the town, it attracted considerable attention from its novelty. STATE OF TRADE.—MANCHESTER, Sept. 16. The unfavourable commercial advices from Bombay and the news of the disaster in China have continued to affect our market adversely throughout the week, and only a very limited business has been done. Lower prices have been offered for twist in consequence of these advices, but with out being accepted, and with the exception of lid. per piece less being taken for India shirtings there is no change in quotations. The advices from Bombay were good, and cloths suited to that market continue firm, manufacturers having heavy orders yet to complete. Heavy domestics, long, and T cloths, both for export and home trade, have only been taken moderately. Printing cloths are out of stock, with heavy contracts to complete, and are conse quently firm. For 36-inch shirtings there is less inquiry, but makers are well engaged for the present. Yarns are quiet, with but little business during the week either for the home or export trade. RIFLE CORPS, HORNSEY (MIDDLESEX).—At a meeting held on Wednesday evening, at Crouch-end, Wm. Bird, Esq., in the chair, the result of the canvass since the public meeting in the village was communicated to the members of this corps. Upwards of 30 effectives from Crouch-end, Hornsey, Muswell-hill, Southgate, and Stam ford-hill, have been enrolled, and no doubt these districts will furnish a full company of at least 60 to the strength of the county. The members agree to subscribe 10 guineas, if required, to a general fund, from which all expenses of out fit, rifle practice ground, drill, &c., will be paid. This fund, aided by donations from the neighbourhood, amounts already to upwards of £6OO. The annual subscription has been fixed at two guineas for both effective and honorary mem bers, and produces already an annual income of more than. £5OO. Contiguous to the Hornsey Station of the Great Northern Railway, a most perfect natui al site, with a range of more than 400 yards, has been pointed out by the officer sent down by Government for that purpose, and the uni form will be the practical one approved by the lord-lieute nant for adoption in the county. The members decided to commence the preliminary drill at once. LANDSLIP.—An extraordinary slip of land has recently taken place at Warden Point, on the north-east end of the Isle of Sheppy, which has placed the ancient church of that parish in great danger, as the east end of the church is only 41 feet from the edge of the cliff. Per sons residing near the church state that for three or four days previous to the slip taking place a noise was heard at very short intervals like distant thunder. Several parts of the land (pasture), with rows of large trees, hurdle-fences, and hedges have dropped down, and the trees stand with the hedges, hurdles, &c., pe - rfectly upright, as though they had been moved by magic ; other trees are partially inclined to wards the sea, and others are quite reversed ; the immense roots, the growth of many years, are turned upwards, but not a single tree is buried by the soil. A landslip of less magnitude took place about two years since, which together with the present one acted on a space of more than 10 acres of arable and pasture land, in consequence of which the Coast- eward station at this place being considered unsafe has rocentlybeen taken down. The land for some considerable distance south-east of the church is still opening in large chasms, varying from three inches to three feet, and in depth from three to 30 feet. Great numbers of visitors have been attracted to the spot, and the curiosity does not seem at all to diminish. EXPLOSION OF THE GREAT EASTERN.—The phenomena connected with the condition of the sufferers are curious, and offer another proof of the absence of pain noticeable in cases of violent injury. The men looked be wildered at what had happened, they were able to walk up on deck, and were unconscious of the fact that their skin had been boiled by the steam. And they felt no pain when the whole,skin of the arm and hand came off like an old glove. The - cause of this may be found in the fact that the nerves of sensation had been entirely destroyed, and therefore, as far at least as the skin was concerned, they were as incapable of suffering as a corpse would be. Never theless, the shock was too great, and the system too much injured for recovery, and the unhappy men gradually, and no doubt painlessly expired. Another instance of serious injuries producing no sensation of pain was seen a few weeks ago, when an excursion train on the North Devon Railway ran off the line and o , -- erturned in a field, the engineer was lying under the locomotive, with both his legs horribly crushed, and there he lay ; and, calling for pen and ink absolutely wrote a letter to his wife, telling her of the accident, and informing her that he was not killed. In fact, the nerves, having performed their office of giving warning of injury, they are no longer required, and all further pain is therefore rendered impossible.—Literary Gazette.. A lad went to the parish minister to be examined before his first communion. The minister, not wishing to discourage the boy, led off with a safe question : " How many commandments are there ?" After some little thought, the lad cautiously . and suggestively answered, "May bo a hunner." The minister, shocked at such intolerable igno catechumen. On returning bound to the manse on the same compared. " Weel, what w ill ye ay : n , the o boy bound hoo moray commandments homersance errand.odismissed , i ladiemet ministereo this ttNotes a s n promising Novtehreesr pee there are ?" " Say ! Why, I shall say ten, to be sure." " Ten ! Try ye him wi' ten! I tried him wi' a hunner, and he wasna satisfeed." A laugble incident occurred the other day to the handsome Miss N---, of London, whose sparkling conversation and fine teeth are turning the heads of the susceptible Frenchmen just now, " Send me some poudre d' orris," said she to the demoiselle of one of the grand per fumery establishments. " Tres bein, mademoiselle." We all know that orris root is very good for the teeth. The h w o h rr o or is o a f all French frivolities High Church about half an hour after at re ceiving, a packet of poudre de riz, andr 'aed eceptions,n secret rda o fni rtcel of hc hett directed tauaonsl deadlyaPueelaudable lady,ar fipl daughter,ee ale complexion of the Parisian ladies so much in vogue among them. The arrival of Miss N— and her explanation pacified the unhappy mamma, who immediately imagined she had brought her child to verge of an abyss in allowing her to remain a few weeks Paris. The are de riz w as soon exc h ange d f or pou d re d itnh 'o e 1 p is, with waxy apologies on:the part of the demoiselle of the shop.—Ladies' Newspaper. - ONE WAY OF GETTING MARRIED.—An Occur rence took place in the superintendent registrar's office here, a day or two since, of a somewhat singular and altogether amusing kind. A happy couple, who had duly given the necessary notice of their intention to be united in matri mony, had fixed the day and hour with the registrar for the performance of the ceremony. The day, the hour, and the intended bride arrived, but unaccom panied with her lover, and on the former being inter rogated as to the reason of the a b sence o f th e latter on such an important occasion, she said that he was ill, but as they were both, and she in particular, most desirous that the ceremony should be performed without the delay of a day, she had brought the ri ng w ith h er, an d ex p re ssed a hope that the superintendent would, with the aid of that article, do what was required to effect her happiness. Of course such a request was received with the merriment it deserved, and on the registrar explaining to the simple woman that such duties were n o t, as y e t, w ithin his pro vince, and informing her th a t s h e mus t wa it till a more favourable opportunity, she sorrowfully but reluctantly retired, muttering to herself that if that was law it ought not to be.—Plywouth Journal. A WEALTHY BEGGAR.—An elderly woman, named Mothe, and a little girl, 11 years of age, both of `whom bore the appearance of gipsies, were lately taken before the Tribunal of Correctional Police at Paris on the charge of mendieity. It was proved that the girl had gone from house to house on the pretext of selling staylacos, but really to beg, and had given what she received to the old woman. It was also proved that the latter, on being arrested, had in her possession not fewer than seven purses, containing in all 967 f., and pawbrokers' tickets for 421 f. She energetically asserted that she was no beggar, and that she and the child had simply carried out the staylaces which had been ordered of her daughter, who dealt in such articles. In proof that she was not a mendicant, she asserted that she possessed in the country a piece of land which brought her in 40f. a year. "Explain," said the President, " how you came to have so large a sum as 967 f. on you." "0, sir it is my savings, and those of my son." " And you always carry the money about with you ?" "yes, for safety." "But how happens it that the money was placed in seven purses ! " " Because when I had saved up money enough to fill one purse, I .bought another." The Tribunal acquitted the girl, but condemned the woman, as a mendicant, to a month's imprisonment. Madame Vestvalli made her debut last Wednes day, in " Romeo et Joliette.' Take the performance as a whole, it was a good one ; and this artiste may consider she has made a hit. The habitue's of the Grand Opera are not so fastidious as those of the Italiens. Prince Napoleon and the Princess Clotilde honoured the theatre on the night of Madame Vestvali's debut. I had the good fortune to be in the very next loge to that of her Imperial Highness, and consequently had an excellent opportunity of scanning her. She has what is very rare among French ladies—a beauti ful complexion ; and I honestly believe does not make use of any of the preparations for the skin with which Paris is filled. Her hair is light, rather inclined to be red ; but her shoulders and neck are superb, and can vie successfully with those of the Empress. She is decidedly not pretty, having an overhanging brow, which makes her look ill tempered. I observed Prince Napoleon carefully, and ani happy to state that apart from having a pair of gloves whose cleanliness might have shocked an English gentle man's delicate mind, he committed no other gaucherie—in fact, crossing his arms on the velvet covered railing before him, his Imperial Highness's attention seemed engrossed during the whole evening by the perusal of the libretto of the piece. Madame Miolan Carvalho has made her reit tree in " Faust." Useless would it be describing the con tinued plaudits which greeted this favourite singer, or the quantities of bouquets, laurel wreaths, &c., &c., which were thrown to her. I am sure that you will agree with me in thinking that this sort of thing is pleasant enough to witness, and must be exceedingly agreeable to the reci pient ; but to go into a lengthened description of it, for per sons who were not present, is rather insipid.—Lady s .Arewsyver. LATEST NEWS. The following telegrams have been received at Mr. Reuter's office : FRANKFORT, SEPT. 16. A meeting of friends of the reform of the Federal constitution was held here to-day, at which 150 persons were present. The following resolution was passed : " Since the formation of a national party in Ger many for the purpose of promoting the unity and liberal development of the great and common father land, the foundation of which has been laid at Eisenach and Hanover, has become a reality, the undersigned do hereby establish an association to be located at Frankfort-on-the-Maine. " The aim of this society shall be to labour for the patriotic objects of this party with all available lawful means ; and more especially to take upon itself the moral task of making the people more and more conscious of the aim and means of the movement which is being promulgated throughout the whole of our fatherland." A committee of 12 has been charged with the management of the association. PARIS, SEPT. 16. The Minister of the Interior has issued a circular to the Prefects throughout France, stating that it is not the intention of the Government to modify the laws on the press, and requesting them to continue to control the latitude allowed to the provincial newspapers. The King of the Belgians has arrived at Biarritz. PARMA, SEPT. 16. The National Assembly met to-day to hear the reading of the answer given by the King of Saz dinia to the deputation sent to Turin. The Assem bly has unanimously voted for the contract of a loan of 5,000,000 francs. A deputation has been chosen to deliver an address from the Assembly to the Emperor Napoleon. The deputation is com posed of the following members :—Signors Cantelli, Torrigiani, Anguitolo, and Ranucci. The Assembly has been prorogued, with the power to be re-convoked by a decree of the Dictator and President of the Assembly, or can at any time be re-assembled at the request of twenty members. The Paris correspondent of the Times (second edition) says : " Letters from Zurich, of yesterday's date, say that the Plenipotentiaries had for the previous four days completely suspended their proceedings, and that they had not even had those tete-a-tete inter views which before had been of frequent occurrence. This inaction was considered due to the note in the Moniteur and to the mission of Prince Metternich. Count Colloredo awaited fresh instructions from his Government, which, it was supposed, could hardly be sent until it was informed of the result of Prince Metternich's interview with the Emperor Napoleon. The Prince will be in Paris to-morrow, and has taken Zurich in his way. Om his arrival here he will confer with Count Walew ski, who will leave for Biarritz on Monday. The Count's departure was announced as to have taken place sooner, but he has been waiting for Prince Metternich, and the Chinese affair has also given him occupation. We are justified in sup posing that some progress will at last be made in the tedious and complicated negotiations that have sprung from the preliminaries of Villafranca. If we may believe the report of the day, there is a possibility of a settlement that should satisfy all parties, and the general impression here seems to be that the political horizon is likely soon to be clearer than it for some time past has been. Great curiosity will, of course, be felt to see what ingenious combination has been found to content both Austria and Italy—if, indeed, that end be attained, which appears scarcely possible. It is here confidently asserted, however, that the Austrian Government is content; and letters from Turin, of incontestable authority, confirm the statement al ready made, that the Government of Sardinia is tranquil as to what is coming—the note in the Moniteur having made little impression upon it, because it had previously received satisfactory as surances from the Emperor Napoleon. Such is the political situation of the moment, as far as it can be ascertained. IR a very few days we ought to know more. come persons here are sanguine that such an arrangement and agreement are being come to by the two Emperors as may do away with the necessity of a European Congress." FRANCE. PARIS, FRIDAY. The Emperor and the Empress reached the Villa Eugenie at Biarritz on the day announced. On reaching the railway station at Bayonne their Ma jesties were received by General Montenard, the prefect of the department, and the mayor of the department, and the mayor of the town ; and after a few words addressed to those personages, their Majesties entered an open carriage and proceeded to the villa, amidst loud shouts of " Vive l'Empe reur !" " Vive l'lmperatrice" " Vivo le Prince Im perial !" from the numerous persons assembled along the road to welcome them. At Biarritz the reception was equally enthusiastic, and . in the evening the town was illuminated, and there 'was a brilliant display of fireworks. The following day the Emperor received M. de Man zano, governor-general of the Basque provinces, who had come to congratulate their Majesties in the name of the Queen of Spain. The King of the Belgians, on arriving at Bor deaux, as already stated, received immediately a visit from the prefect, and afterwards took a drive through the city in an open carriage. In the even ing the King went to the theatre and sat is the prefect's box, where was also Mme. de Mentque, the wife of the prefect, the general commanding the department, the persons of the royal suite, and the Belgian consul. On the following morning the King left by special train for Biarritz, where he arrived about three o'clock in the afternoon. Count de Chasseloup-Laubat, Minister of Algeria, arrived at Bayonne the day before yesterday, on his way to Biarritz. The Courrier de Bretagne of Lorient announces that the Minister of Marine has commanded 200,000 bomb shells for the navy and 30,000 rifles for the marines. " The share which France will take in the expe dition against China," says the Independance of Brussels, " will be very important. It is said that a corps of from 10,000 to 12,000 men is to be sent out, under General de Wimpffen. This general, who now holds a command in the army of Lyons, was in the war of Italy in command of the troops which were destined to disembark on the coast of Venetia. He has been summoned to Paris to re ceive instructions ; and Lord Cowley and M. Walewski have been charged to discuss the bases of the co-operation of France." A Paris letter in the Independance of Brussels says : " Ferdinand IV., the new Grand Duke of Tus cany, has addressed to all the Sovereigns of Europe a sort of memorandum in reply to that of the Tus can Government. This document is accompanied by a letter announcing the abdication of Duke Leopold and the accession of his son. Several sovereigns have replied to this letter, and I am told that the Cabinet of Vienna has within the last few days received a note on the subject from Rus sia. The Journal de St. Petersbourg, in reference to an assertion of a journal that M. de Balabine read on the 21st ult. to Count de Recbberg a note on the necessity of submitting to the sanction of Europe the conditions of peace, declared that no note on that question had been sent by Ru sia. The assertion is exact; but the journal referred to took for a note relative to the Congress the commuica tion mentioned." BOURSE, Sept. 16.—The market has been more buoyant. Threes, after having been done at 68f. 80c., advanced to 68f. 95c. Mobilier varied from 785 f. to 792 f. 50c.; Austrian, 535 f. to 537 f. 50c.; Lombard, 542 f. 50c. to 545 f. ; Orleans, 1,372 f. 50c. to 1,375 f.; Lyons, 872 f. 50c. to 875 f. ; Southern, 503 f. 75c. to 505 f. ; Northern, 920 f. to 922 f. 50c. The following were the last quotations : 4 per Cents. .... 94 60 I Credit Foncier 670 Do. end month .. I Belgian 41 — 3 per Cent 5....... 68 90 Piedmontese (5) Do. end month.... 68 95 Roma n B5 50 Bank Shares Credit Mobilier .. 795 Spanish Threes Do. Account ..... 795 Home Debt 44125 111 1 / 4 r-=# ,c) ,, " ''.. 'll, , -.. • ~' „'. '. Ate_ V. '' ..° -- :. '.ls.•'' 4 2 .'l, ' Ai l.l4*. t. THE SUN. SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 1859. RAILWAYS. Cash. Account. Orleans Northern 920 .. 915 New ditto Bl5 .. 810 Lyons and Mediterranean 875 .. 875 Geneva 525 .. 522 60 Southern Western 575 .. 580 Eastern Sardinian. 4lO Austrian Lombard . Exchange on London, at sight, paper, 25f. 15e. ; money, 251 121 e.; three months, paper, 24f. 971 c.; money, 241. 95c. The Siecle contains the following : " The imagination of our newsmongers is most active at present. It was necessary to allege some plausible reason for the journey of the King of the Belgians, and they have discovered a score. We will be content with mentioning the most curious of these inventions, and which declares that King Leopold is simply gone to Biarritz to ask for the throne of Central Italy for his second son, Count de Flandre, who, in case the return of the Italian Dukes is found impracticable, will have the sup port of Austria, and reign constitutionally. This prince would also be supported by England. Others say that the candidate for the Italian throne is not the Count de Flandre, but the Duke de Bra bant himself. If accepted, he would renounce his claim on Belgium, which at Leopold's death would be restored to France as a compensation for her sacrifices. We need hardly remark that we men tion these rumours solely lan account of their ab surdity." The Italian correspondent of the Siecle, writing from Florence, on the 12th, says : " All that passes here •is truly novel. These re volutionary governments are solely occupied with one thing—with putting down all the germs of revolution ; these men, whom the reactionary journals decry as the enemies of order and law, watch with the most vigilant care over every thing that might cause excitement. At Bologna they arrested a man (a stranger) who was singing verses containing a personal attack on the Hely Father. At Florence, M. Ricasoli, president of the council, suppressed, by a single stroke of his pen, a journal which published caricatures against the Grand Ducal family. Perhaps you think the people will be irritated by such measures ? Nothing of the kind. This intelligent population is fully aware that liberty itself must be temporarily sup pressed to assure the triumph of independence, and therefore support the Government. The Tuscan people are the gentlest, most pacific, and most easily governed in the world. Remove from their sight the phantom of Austria, incarnate in the Grand Duke, and they will be perfectly satisfied. A Florentine remarked to me : I cannot kelp smiling when I read in two or three of your Paris journals that we are revolutionists. Strange re volutionists, truly ! For the last three months we have been on our knees imploring Europe to let us have a King.' The sincere conviction I bring back to Paris after this short tour in the Duchies and Romagna, is that with every Italian, no matter to what part of Italy he belongs, two ideas prevail over all others—those of na tionality and unity. When offered constitutional guarantees with an Archduke, he smiles bitterly, or seems not to understand what is said. The Ita lian would prefer despotism with a national prince to liberty with a foreign sovereign, and he is right. Before thinking of political liberty, a nation ought to secure its independence from all foreign influ ence. A constitution, however liberal it might be, given by the Archduke, would satisfy nobody, be cause behind the Archduke they would always see Austria, and every Italian looks upon Austria with religious horror. Ask the first Tuscan you meet, whether noble, tradesman, or labourer, what he thinks of the Grand Duke, and he will answer, He is not a bad man ; but he is an Austrian.' To sum up, all, I may say that with national inde pendence there will be peace, order, and oblivion of the past; with the restoration of the Grand Duke, war, vengeance, and perpetual disorder." THE 78th _HIGHLANDERS. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SlR,—When will the authorities at the Horse Guards learn real practical wisdom ? They find a difficulty in obtaining a sufficient number of recruits for the army, and yet they can so act as to damp, not kindle, the military spirit among our people. The 78th Highlanders—that gallant regiment which did more than any other to save India at the crisis of its peril—has just arrived on the shores of Eng land, and instead of being allowed to land, that they might be seen and honoured by the people, the authorities at the Horse Guards have ordered them to be transferred at Gravesend from one ship to an other, and sent off at once up to Inverness, where they are to be stationed. This, I happen to know, is a sore disappointment both to officers and men, as it must be to all their friends and relations living here in England. It must not be forgotten that, though this is a Scotch regiment, it contains many who are either English or Irish, both among the officers and the men, and that the parents even of those who are Scotch live, many of them, in or near this great metropolis. Surely, then, it was very unwise to disappoint and disgust all these persons, especially when, by allowing this noble regiment to land and march through London, in their own picturesque and magnificent uniform, the military ardour might have been Kindled in many of our stalwart youth to offer themselves to fill up the places left vacant by the brave dead ? The sight of such a number of soldiers returned safe from all the hardships and dangers of the Indian campaign would have inspirited them, while the soldiers themselves would have felt rewarded for all that they had endured by the honour which they would have received at the hands of the people. As it is, they have been permitted only to creep, as it were, silently back to England, and then have been smuggled off in equal silence to the remotest extremity of Scotland, as if they had covered them selves with shame, and not with glory. It may not be generally known that the 78th Highlanders landed in India from the Persian war at the very crisis of India's danger; that their first act was, by a sudden night march from Chinsurah to Goruckpoor, to put down an intended mutiny there of the sepoys, and a descent upon Calcutta ; that immediately after this they hastened up to Ailahabad, where the immortal Havelock took command of them, together with the 64th Regi ment and the sth Madras Fusileers ; that thence they proceeded to the relief of Cawnpore, and beat the Nana Sahib and his troops against great odds in five successive engagements ; that after having relieved Cawnpore they made three attempts, fighting battle after battle. and in the third attempt succeeded in relieving the beleaguered garrison at Lucknow, holding the place till Lord Clyde arrived ; that subsequently, under Sir J. Outram, they kept the enemy at bay for a long time at the Alumbagh ; and that, finally, they held Bareilly till, the war being over, they were ordered to return to England. Surely it was not good policy to allow the deeds of such a distinguished regiment to pass unnoticed, if we wish our country to be securely protected ag ainst all coming dangers ? It is true, we are not a demonstrative people, but if we would have the martial spirit exist among us agains t the time of id i need, we must, the French do , cultivate it by honouring the brave.—l am yours, London, Sept. 13. HIGHLANDER. SWIMMING MATCH IN THE THAMES.—Yester day morning a swimming match, which created much in terest among persons who are inclined to such s p orts, took place in the Thames for th e championship and a purse of £6O. The competitors were Beckford, df the Lambeth Baths (the present champion), and Walker, both swim mers of first-rate character. The start took place shortly before eight o'clock, a nd the swim was from Hammersmith to Putney. Beckford had the advantage throughout, and won by more than a hundred yards, thus retaining the championship and gaining the more solid advantage of 60 pounds. . . SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. - DONCASTER RACES—SEPT. 16. Match-300 hft ; Bst 101 b each. Red House in. Lord Glasgow's colt—Miss Whip ............ (cro ft) 1 L Wilton's colt—Lady Evelyn.... ....... (Flat ra an) 2 Betting-2 to lon the Lady Evelyn colt. The favourite led to th e h a lf distance, when the Miss Whip colt headed him, and won easily by three-q uar ters of a lengt h. The Doncaster Stakes of 10 sovs each, with 100 a dded, for 3-yr-olds ; colts, Bst 71b ; fillies, Bst 31b. Certain past' tics. The second to receive 50 sovs out of the stakes. Last mile and a half. 76 subs. Colonel Townley's Gladiolus, B st 71b...... (J. Snowden) ,1 Mr. W. C. Harland's Maid of the Mist Bst 31b (Challoner) Mr. Gibbon's Eskdale, Bst 71b ....... ..... (L. Snowd en) Mr. S. Webster's Gracchus, Bst 71b... ...... (Fordhara) 3 The following also ran :—Knuckle Duster, Prelude, Na' poleon, The Squire, and Beethoven. Betting-2 to 1 agst Eskdale, s to 1 each gat e and Gracchus, 7 to 1 agst Gladiolus, 8 to 1 agst Napoleon, 10 to 1 agst Beethoven. Eskdale made play to the mile post, where lae was P ined by The Squire. On coming round the turn Gladiolus and Beethoven drew to the front, but the latter g ave way before reaching the distance, and the four placed ran home toge ther, Gladiolus coming out at the stand and winsiug by half a length, three-quarters of a length between the second and third, and a head between the third and /mo th ; Beethoven was fifth, Prelude sixth, Napoleon seventh, an d The Squire eighth. Knuckle Duster was beaten Off. , The Scurry Selling Stakes of 5 soya each , with 50 addea, for 2-yr-olds and upwards. Red House in. 8 subs. Mr. Hughes's Brenhilda, 3 yrs (£5O) (L. Snowden) 1 Mr. Brown's Weatherbound, ... 2 yrs (X 5), sst 111 b ( A . Edwards) Lord Chesterfield's Herman, 2 yrs (£5O), 6st (W. Bottom) Layton and Brown Agnes also ran. Betting-5 to 4on Brenhilda, 4to 1 ags t Weatherboullat sto 1 agst Moulvie. On assembling at the post Brovil l Agnes broke away and ran the course through before she was stopped. Brenhilda came away within the distance and won easily by a length and a half ; about six lengths between the second and third. The winner was bought in for 2 55 guineas. The Nursery Plate of 200 Boys. Last m ile. Captain Christie's Cheesecake, 7st 91b ...... (Fordham) 01 Baron Rothschild's Restes, Bst 71b ............ (Well 4 Mr. Saxon's Jenny Longlegs, sst 71b ........ (VaTI"L. The following also ran :—Baron Munchausen , Lady Trespass, Viatka, Stolzenfels, Sir William, Ore"; Shoulder Knot, Dartmouth, Queen of the Vale, Queen the May, Ringlet, Springwell, Lucknow, Little Poll, Ben Webster, The Don, Syringe, filly by the Flying Dutch° man, out of Rosary, filly by Augur, out of Miss Conysg Betting-5 to 2 agst Ben Webster, agst 5 to 1 ham. well, 10 to 1 each agst Queen of the May and Cheesecakes The race 12 to 1 agst Restes, 100 to 7 agst Lady Tresp ass. Spring' was won in a smart shower of rain. After several failure. the start was made. Dartmouth went to the front, AA' lowed by Restes, Springwell, Jenny Longlegs, and Chees e " cake, until they were near the distance, where Dartmouth and Springwell retired ; Restes and Cheesecake then heads; on together, Cheesecake winning a fine race by a ea cl . l very bad third. Dartmouth was a bad fourth ; Springereu upwards of six lengths behind him. Stolzenfels headed the next lot, beaten some The Park Hill Stakes of 50 says distance each, h ft, for 3-yr-old fillies, Bst 71b. Certain winners e xtra. Th e second t,o receive 100 soya out of the stakes. St. Leger Course. 1 Lord Zetland's Qui Vive, Bst 71b .. • 22 subs. Lord Ailesbury's Confine Bst 71b... • •... ........... (Flat Man) 2 Lord Londesborough's Siimmersid .. Bst 121 b (in. 51b (Wells) Sir C. Monck's Prelude, Bst 71b . ........... (Ald , cr°ft 4 ) O s borne) to Betting—Even on Summerside, 9 to 4 agst Qui to 1 agst Cantine. Qui Vive led from start to finish, and vo— by three-quarters of a length, six length separating th° second from the third. Prelude was beaten off and did uc" pass the post. wards, ds, The Doncaster Cup, value 300 sovs, for 3-yr-olds and ur Course U wei g(habtoufotrtwagoemoivlietshanadlloawhaanlcfe.; and Lord Stamford's Newcastle, pellEatieS. (FOrdhara) Mr. Simpson's Eskd 1 3s e, yrs, 7st Mr. Sa ' . mon s Defender, 3 yrs, 7st 31b .. (L. Snowde v e t The following also ran :—Newstead, Langton, Ditto, and Underhand. Betting—Even on Underhand, 3to 1 agst Neweastie'l 3 yrs, 7st 21b (car. 7st 31b) . to I agst Defender, 100 to 7 agst Ditto. Newcastle lui• past the stand, Newstead, pulling double, being 6e , c°4 with Eskdale, Twilight, and Defender following h i° 1 ,, the order named. On rounding the top turn Eskdale too close order with Newcastle, and Underhand dropped to t 1:: rear. As they proceeded towards the mile p ost, Nevi° and Eskdale were alternately second and third. 'The rou"? however, requires no further description , for Ne e a len gth went on with the running to the end, a nd won by and a half, the third beaten three lengths, bad fourth' Underhand, who was last nearly a ll the way, struck int°° the heels of something at the l ast turn, and nearly CIO down. The pace was bad. The Town Plate (Handicapyof 100 sovs, for 3-yr-olds and u pwards. Red House in. Baron Rothschild's M en tmore, 4 yrs, 9st 71b.... (Wells) 1 Mr. Blanton's Neophyte,3 yrs, 7st 81b • . (A. Edwards) Capt. Christie's Miss Juh ) a, 5 yrs, Bst 121 b ( G. Fordhan2 The following also ran Esperanza, Brandy Bally Vigo, Greenwich Fair, Hyder Ali, Nereus, Bilberilt 'ration, and Production. Betting-100 to 30 agst Mentmore, 4to 1 agst Julia, 5 to 1 agst Brandy Ball, 6 to 1 agst Bilberry, 7 to 1 agst Greenwich Fair, and 10 to 12 agst Production. 3118° Julia in front to the distance, where Mentmore came out, followed by Neophyte, a fine race iu ending in favour et the old horse by a short head ; three lengths b e tween the second and third. The Don Stakes of 50 sovs each, h ft, for three colts, Bst 71b ; fillies, Bst 41b. Last mile. 5 subs. Baron Rothschild's North Lincoln, Bst 71b... (Wells) re' Match, 300 sovs, h ft.—Mr. S. Hawke's Stockade re ceived forfeit from Lord Glasgow's Conspiracy filly :. Match, 200 soya, h ft—Sir Joseph Hawley's Madam° Eglantine received forfeit from Lord Glasgow's Miss Wh'P filly. sus. LATEST BETTING. CESAREWITCH. 16 to 1 agst Polestar 20 to 1 agst Royal Sovereign 25 to 1 agst Target 25 to 1 agst Artless 30 to 1 agst Roman Candle (taken freely) 33 to 1 agst Special License 33 to 1 agst Tunstall Maid CAMBRIDGESHIRE. 25 to 1 agst Volta 33 to 1 ag st Woodburn 40 to lag d Although the afternoon was somewhat showery, yetp wage a ttendance of company was very numerous. The Cu the principal item of attraction in the programme ; it was won by Lord Stamford' s recent purchase, Newcastle, whop it may be remembered,•was beaten " out of sight" at Good wood by the Promised Land. Indeed the Doncaster meet ing has been remarkable for the "in and out" running of certain horses. Every facility was afforded the visitors for returning t° their respective stations. Special trains were put on for the occasion, and the station-master, Mr. Wood. assid_u ously attended to the many requirements of the returnmjff passengers. The journ e y t o L on d on by both the "spe c " - and the Edinburgh express was most expeditiously Per formed. VACANCIEq, APPOINTMENTS, 4.C• Home Department—The office of lord-lieutena nt and sheriff principal of the county of Bute has be come vacant by the death of Lord P. J. Stuart' M.P. Colonial Department—The office of librarian in the Colonial-office has become vacant by the death of Mr. George Mayer; the receiver-generalship _ h Trinidad has become vacant by the death of Mr. Francis Berens Dawkins. Foreign Department—The post of charge-d' - faires and consul•general to Bolivia is vaaan. t by the p War Office— M Messrs. Herbert Eliot, romotion of r. Lettsom. Ralph Dal " i 4 yell, Edward John Morshead, Herbert H. R ledge, and Edward John Mellor have passed their examination for clerkships in Pall-mall. Messrs- Thomas Quinlan and Charles Frederick Carter have passed their examination for temporary, clerk ships at the Pimlico establishment ; Mr. George Clement Lintoll has passed for a temporary clerk ship at the Tower ; Mr. John Henry Smith has passed for a temporary clerkship at Woolwich ; Mr. Nathaniel Taylor has passed as Deputy-Assistant Commissary-G ene ral at Malta ; Mr. William Henry Sutton Marshall has passed as Deputy-Assistant JohnT A lfred Lucien .LculceiveenrlySr M'm' Commissary-General at Gibraltar. Murray Hamilton, and Wm. Molesworth Ricardo , h e w. A . d s m h i i r p a p l Admiralty—Messr s. i e l s e s s r , s . S. have passed for temporary clerkships in London. General Post-office. —Mr. John Carson has passed for a clerkship at Kilmarnock ; Mr. Thomas Turn bull has passed for a clerkship at Newcastle -on- Tyne ; Mr. William Bell has passed for a clerkshiP at Enniskillen. vacantmt o s. - - - h A i nbay c l ; e t a r h k e sh a i p p p ofoi clerkshipnrt m g i n e e n n etthr ofael L b A i 1 0.1 s nr i .g t Is e s o r hag g m Hughes e t e Roo has become vacant by the death of Mr. George 1 .1 . Sweet, first class clerk ; Mr. T. R. Howard has been promoted from sixth to fifth 'class clerk in the legal quays department, London ; Mr. Thomas Aldcroft has been promoted from second to first class cler d at Exeter; Mr. Chas. Bennett has been promote from third to second class clerk at Exeter. Inland Revenue Department.—Excise Branch.-- Mr. J. Bolton, late of Bury District, has been re moved to Uttoxeter District ; Mr. John Baker, supervisor, Charleville District, has been appoint e r ! to Bury District ; Mr. Patrick Larkin, late sup visor of Drogheda, has been appointed to Arm ag hstr. ict, District ; Mr. James Bell, BallyshannonmD has been removed to Drogheda District ; ri n i T o h°s ec i Peacock, late of Thetford District, has been re to Lynn District, vice Hillman, retired Wall, examiner, has been appointed Rnsford Thetford District ; Mr. Hayrick Shaw t surveyor, is now officiating 'as assistant expor Tower-hill.— Civil Service Gazette. sup er lAir.Siasmoruoefl 3/ I +Jit bil I'o,