The Sun. — London, England, 1865-07-15 00:00:00

THE ATLANTIC TELEGRAPH EXPEDI• (From the Special Correspondent of the Timas) GREAT EASTERN, July 14. By the time this notice reaches the public the Great Eastern will probably have begun her event ful voyage. At daybreak to-morrow the single Trotman's anchor, which has held her safely against wind and tide during the late severe weather, will be raised, and under easy steam the monstrous ves sel, with her ponderous freight, will be carefully navigated through Bullock's Channel to the open water, and thence make the best of her way to Valentia. It seems like mere iteration to explain again all the almost endless precautions which have on this occasion been taken to secure success. Hull, engines, stowage, and fittings of every kind have been carefully revised, adapted, or improved. All that the experience of previous attempts could suggest, all that the most earnest and painstaking foresight could anticipate, has been done ; every thing now rests with the weather. In the four great divisions on which the success of the under taking may be said to turn—namely, th e ca bl e it self, its stowage, the ship, and it s eng i nes, noth i ng apparently has been overlooked. As regards the cable, it still reitains in the same perfect state as when it was tested at the works, and, in fact, its whole electrical condition is such as the largest shareholder in the undertaking would desire for it. Its various lengths are now and have been for some days past joined up, and twice every day, morning and evening, messages are sent through. The time which these occupy in transmission shows its con dition to be as nearly invariable as possible. Last week experiments were tried with a variety of in struments to ascertain the highest rate of working speed with a low battery power. The best of these instruments was, it is said, one invented by Mr. Varley, with which it was found easy to work through the whole length of 2,500 miles at an ave rage of about four words a minute. At this speed the signals were remarkably clear and distinct, and it is still claimed that it is possible to devise instru ments which can raise the rate from four words a minute to as high as eight or even ten. This, how ever, remains to be proved. Yet, even in the absence of such instruments, there can be no doubt but that the gradually improving skill of the signalling clerks, as they become more accustomed to work through the wire, will, with the bettered electrical condition of the cable when at the bottom of the Atlantic, soon make four words a minute the mini mum of what can be accomplished by this telegraph. The insulating properties of the gutta percha are always increased by external compression. When sunk in the tremendous depths beneath which the cable is to be submerged it is calculated that the weight of water above it will give a pressure of about two and three-quarter tons to the circular inch. Under this enormous weight the bulk of the in sulating core will probably be reduced one-third, and, in fact, so compressed on all sides as to most materially improve both " conductivity" and in sulation. Such aids to signalling excellence, when coupled with the benefit which the cable is certain to derive from the unvarying tem perature at the bottom of the ocean, are likely to do more towards increasing the rate at which messages can be sent than any instrument which has yet been brought forward. During the time of paying out, signals will be sent to Valentia for every 50 miles of cable sunk, and for every 50 miles the Great Eastern runs. Thus it will be per fectly easy for the public to follow her course on any map, and know precisely by the diffe c rence between the distance traversed and the length of cable sunk the amount of slack that is being paid out. This slack, as it is called, will afford the best index to the state of the weather and the way in which the Great Eastern is doing her work. No less than 33 per cent. of the entire length of the cable has been allowed for slack, or waste, as we may better call it. If all goes well, not more than 10 per cent. of this will be used ; but, on the other hand, with bad weather or irregular going of the Great Eastern every coil will go over the stern to the very last mile. So far as regards the cable. As concerns the Great Eastern herself, Captain Anderson and his officers have taken every possible precaution as to her stowage and general equipment. From outside she seems at the first glance to be almost alarmingly deep in the water. It is, however, less her actual depth which creates this unpleasant impression than the appearance which she presents of " sagging" amidships. Of course, this awkward and most unpleasant appearance is merely an optical delusion, no doubt created by her deep trim astern. There is a difference of nearly sft between her trim fare and aft. Astern she draws 35ft of water, while under the bows it is only 30. Levels have been care fully taken to ascertain if any deflection was per ceptible under the ponderous weight she bears. No sign of change, however, has been observable. Before any of the cable was coiled on board 1,400 tons of water were pumped into the aftermost compartments of the ship, and 1,100 tons into the compartments most forward. Underthese weights at her extremities the Great Eastern deflected nearly an inch and a half, recovering herself directly the water was pumped out. This proof of strength is, of course, very satisfactory. It would have been more so, how ever, if the test strains employed bore a closer rela tion to the enormous weights which she has now on board. All told, the Great Eastern will leave the Thames with rather more than 25,000 tons in her, a burden almost as great as the whole fleet with which Nelson fought the battle of Trafalgar could have carried. All the weights are stowed as high as possible to counteract to the utmost the Great Eastern's most unpleasant tendency to roll. It is popularly supposed that this ship is almost immov able in any sea. Against a bead wind she is cer tainly very steady, though she can pitch as well as other vessels, and has, in the Atlantic, aye, and even in the Channel, taken in heavy seas over her bows. Nevertheless, in a beam sea she is particularly 4 4 lively," and rolls just in proportion to her size— that is to say, she rolls very much indeed. Her motion is easy, slow, and deep, occupying about 15 seconds. To make her do this, however, a beam sea of 15 seconds interval between the waves is necessary, and such a sea is rare even in the Atlantic. Of course, all her system of stowage proceeds on the theory that high-placed weights will prevent her rolling. The Agamemnon was stowed after the same fashion on the occasion of the last Atlan- tic expedition, and our readers will probably re collect that on that occasion the great battle ship rolled as if she was never coming up _ . again. All the compasses now on board were at first considerably affected by the magnetic in fluence of the cable. Some deviated as much as 32 points, while others, strange to say, though ahnost similarly situated with regard to the tanks of wire, varied as little as six. Every one of them has now been carefully adjusted, and everyone will again need readjustment when the cable is out of the Great Eastern at Newfoundland. All the running gear has been removed from the rigging, so as to obviate the possibility of anything falling from aloft into the paying-outmachinery. Some the yards have been lowered, and scarcely a spar has sang. The village of huts and workshops has disappeared from her decks, but their places have been more than occupied by shanty coverings of various kiwis, leading troughs, buoy rope wheels, gigantic buoys for floating the cable at various depths from 600 to 3,000 fathoms, and, above all, the whole space of what other vessels would be the quarterdeck is oc- cupied by th© paying -out apparatus. The praise which was at first bestowed up3n the simple effi- ciency of this machinery has been amply vindicated by its everyday working. As far as can be known from mere preliminary trials it is absolutely perfect. Both screw and paddle engines are reported to be in very good condition. Every part of each, of course, has been carefully overhauled and examined. From the great depth of the vessel it has been necessary to considerably reduce, or rather reef in, the paddle floats. One-third has been taken off each float, and the two remaining thirds brought as close to the inner ring as possible. On the voyage round to Valentia both screw and paddle will be used, while during the submergence of the cable the Great _ _ Eastern will depend mainly on her screw. The pad dles, however, will be kept under steam, turning easily to save the screw the labour of driving them 'AU StfiN, "LONDON, itiATITRDA JULY 18, 1865 aswell as This will be more necessary, as from the position of one of the cable coils over two of the screw boilers it has been found necessary to shut off the latter entirely from steam, thus re ducing the power of the screw engines by one-fifth— namely, from 1,500 to 1,200 horse-power. Another reason for the paddle engines being kept going is the assistance they may be required to give in keep ing the vessel on her course against side winds. They will be also used to reverse the ship at once in case of any serious " kink" occurring in the cable tanks. The experience of submarine telegraphy points always to one danger --that of stopping the paying out simultaneously with the stoppage of the vessel. The very rapid downward course of the wire being suddenly arrested at its point of departure over the paying -out wheel generally causes instant breakage of the rope—an accident which is always as sudden as it is irremediable. In case of any stoppage being necessary, therefore, the Great Eastern will be at once reversed, so as to back her slowly over the line _ _ where the cable lies until it hangs almost vertically from the stern. During the time the Great Eastern has been anchored at the Nore the swell, and espe cially within the last few days, has often been so great as to prevent the service tugs from Sheerness coming alongside. On some days, indeed, the sea has run very high, yet always without making the slightest impression on the big ship, which, from first to last, has remained as absolutely immovable as if she were aground. All the staff who are answerable to the Telegraph Construction and Maintenance Company and to the Atlantic Company for the successful laying of the wire are now on board. Messrs. Canning, Clifford, and Temple have absolute charge of the engineering details of the undertaking, and Mr. de Sautz of the electrical. Mr. Varley represents the interests of the Atlantic Company, and Professor Thomp son acts as scientific referee in case of difference of opinion arising between Mr. Varley and Mr. de Sautz. Mr. Varley brings with him a sealed mes sage from the directors of the Atlantic Company, which is to be delivered to Mr. Canning on the sue- cessful arrival of the Great Eastern at Newfound land, and by him at once transmitted back to Lon don. Another message in reply .fill be returned by the directors, on the receipt of which at Newfound land and another reply thereto, the line will be con sidered as laid in working order and formally ac cepted as so by the Atlantic Company. To-morrow Mr. Moore will navigate the vessel from her present moorings to the Downs. Captain Moriarty, RN., who was in the Agamemnon as master in charge of that vessel, also, by permission of the Admiralty, accompanies the great ship on this eventful cruise. It is expected that she will arrive at Valentia on Wednesday noon next. The shore end with which she is to connect the main cable has not yet been laid, but it is confidently anticipated it will be ready before her arrival off the west coast of Ireland. Making the splice with the shore end is certain to occupy the greater part of a day, and on Thursday evening next the Great Eastern steams to sea, in company with the Terrible and the Sphinx, and followed by the Hawk, with a party of visitors on board, for some 30 or 40 miles. Just now everything is in the bustle, excitement, and preparation incident to so momentous a depart ture, and the decks, littered over with forges and engines, pens of sheep and stalls of oxen, wear a mingled nautical, agricultural, and manufacturing aspect which is strangely anomalous. The annual show of the Royal Agricultural Society, with its puffing steam ploughs and pens of live stock, if towed a few miles out to sea, might offer a tolerable resemblance to the picture the Great Eastern's decks now bear. In creature comforts this "great city of the seas" is well provided. Stacks of vegetables, whole rows of hencoops filled with almost innumerable poultry, 100 sheep, 13 oxen, besides milch cows, and many sties of the noisiest pigs that could be got in Hamp shire, occupy the fore part of the vessel, the after portions being given up to paying -out machinery, buoys, boats, and tar. A large number of yachts are expected to-night to see the great vessel start, and several have, it is said, gone round to meet her at Valentia. Unfortunately this is one of those occasions on which, notwith standing its vital importance, there is little to repay the curiosity of mere spectators. Naval and Military Intelligence. VA LETTA July s.—Her Majesty's corvette Chan ticleer, 17, Commander J. E. F. Risk, arrived on the Ist inst. from Rhodes and Budromn. The Meeanee, 60, Capt. G. Wodehouse, left on the 3d for Greece. The Wizard gunboat, Lieut. G. H. Lawson, arrived on the 4th from Tunis. The screw troopship Orontes, Capt. Hire, embarked the bag gage of the 2d battalion 22d Regiment to-day. The regiment will embark to-morrow morning on board this ship for England. The 29th Regiment, lately arrived in the Orontes, from Kingstown, has been temporarily quartered in Fort Ricasoli and other barracks in the Cotonera district. A portion has been put under canvas for want of sufficient accommodation. It is intended to remove it to Pembroke barracks on these quarters being vacated by the 2d battalion 22d Regiment. The squadron which sailed on the Ist inst. for a cruise, as already reported, left with sealed orders. It is reported that Algiers is one , of the first ports they will call at. Her Majesty's corvette Racer, 11, is to proceed to _ _ Barcelona with the mail expected for the squadron on the 7th inst. The following mail will be taken by the despatch-vessel Psyche, Commander R. Sterne. The Norwegian corvette Nordsjernen, which arrived a few days ago from Tunis, left on the Ist inst. for Naples. Vessels continue to arrive with fugitives from Alexandria. Their number has, however, diminished since it has become known that the lazaretto at Malta can only afford accommodation for a limited number of per sons. The lonia arrived on the Ist inst. with 32 passengers, the Cella on the 2d with about 130, and the Dalmatian on the 3d with 13. The Dalmatian lost the first and third engineers and three of the crew from cholera, while lying in the port of Alexandria, and another man died on the day following her departure. She also landed two men in the Lazaretto here, out of four who had reported themselves sick. There are now, it is said, upwards of 1,000 persons performing qua rantine here. Another building, known as the Plague Hospital, is being prepared, in order to afford them increased accommodation. Notwithstanding that clean bills of health continue to be issued by the Go vernment, the occurrence of some suspicious cases of sickness among th* military and civil population of this island has induced the authorities in Sicily to place a quarantine on arrivals from Malta. The Grecian, English screw-steamer, and the Asie, French, have just come in from Alexandria, but the early hour for closing the mail does not allow time for ascertaining if they bring any news. The 2d Regiment of Life Guards and the Royal Regiment of Horse Guards (Blues) had a field day yesterday morning at Wormwood Scrubs. The In spector-General of Cavalry, Lord George Paget, C. 8., was present with the troops. The Duke of Cambridge, attended by an aide-de-camp in wait ing, arrived shortly before 10 o'clock, and was re ceived with the customary salute. His royal high ness put the troops through their evolutions. The Duke of Cambridge also inspected yesterday morning, in Hyde Park, the 3d Battalion of the Grenadier Guards, commanded by Col. Prince Ed ward of Saxe Weimar, and the 2d Battalion of the Coldstream Guards, commanded by Col. Stepney. The officers of the Brigade of Guards lately in Canada gave a banquet last evening at the London Tavern to Lieut.-General Sir Fenwick 'Williams, of Kars, on his return to England from the command of the British forces in Canada, as a recognition of his hospitality during their service in North Ame rica. Covers were laid for 50 persons. The banquet was served up in the principal dining-roo m of the London Tavern. The band of the Scots Fusiliers, under the direction of Mr. Charles Godfrey, the bandmaster, were present. The Duke of Somerset, K.G., First Lord of the Admiralty, accompanied by other members of the Board, arrived at Portsmouth yesterday from Lon don, by the train due at the Landport station at 6 15 p.m. Their Lordships drove from the station to the dockyard in the carriage of the Port-Admi ral, Sir Michael Seymour, G.C.8., which was in waiting to receive them, and embarked from the King's stairs of the dockyard on board their paddle yacht Enchantress, Staff-Commander Petley, lying off in mid-stream. Their Lordships entertained at dinner Admiral Sir Michael Seymour and other officials on board the yacht. The Enchantress is expected to sail from Portsmouth this morning on a cruise, with their Lordships, which is expected to extend as far as Cherbourg and Plymouth. Prince Napoleon arrived off Ryde, on board his steam yacht, from Havre, on Thursday evening. The yacht remained at anchor in Ryde Roads up to sunset last evening. The Helicon, improved despatch vessel, made her preliminary trial of machinery on Thursday outside Portsmouth harbour, and this morning, weather permitting, will make her official trial of speed in Stoke's Bay. The Turkish iron-cased frigate Osman Ghazy, Captain Arif Bey, from Greenock for Constanti nople, is expected to arrive to-day (Saturday) at Plymouth, where she will remain during the exhi bition of the Agricultural Society next week. The Sepoy gunboat, Lieut. F. W. Prosser, in command, tender to the Dauntless, 31, screw steam ship, 1,575 tons, 580-horse power, Captain J. W. Strange, coast guardship, in the river Humber, which has been repairing at Sheerness, was taken out of harbour yesterday for the trial of her engines. They were reported to work satisfactorily, and she will immediately proceed to Hull to join the Dauntless. The Herring gunboat, tender to the Trafalgar, steamship, 2,900 tons, 500-horse power, guardship at Queen's Ferry, which was run aground some time since on Mickery Island, in the-Firth of Forth, has been taken into dock at Sheerness to be broken up. She is to be replaced by the Erne. The Griffon, 5, screw steam gun vessel, 435 tons, 80-horse power, recently returned from the West Coast of Africa, is to be brought into the basin of Sheerness dockyard to-day, where she will be re paired and refitted for four years' service. The Mullet , 5 , screw gun vessel, Commander Cortland H. Simpson, recently returned from the West Coast of Africa, was yesterday inspected by the officers of the steam reserve, previous to being paid out of commission and placed in the 3d divi sion of the Sheerness steam reserve. The work of fitting the iron cased frigate Belle rophon, 16, 1,000-horse power, is being pushed for ward at Chatham dockyard as rapidly as the re sources of that establishment will permit, nearly 1,000 mechanics and other workmen being employed on her. Since she has been in dock a considerable number of her 6-inch and other armour plates have been fixed to her sides, and it is anticipated that, at the present rate of progress, the whole of her plat- ing will be complete in about a couple of months. In the construction of the Bellerophon an entirely new system has been adopted by Mr. Reed, her designer, and one never before introduced into an ironclad vessel, to enable her to carry the large 12-ton 300- pounder Armstrong guns with which she will be armed. Hitherto the placing of anything like heavy guns in our vessels of war has been attended with this difficulty, that the system on which they hare been constructed rendered the carrying of anything like an exceptional armament altogether unsafe, from the comparative weakness of the vessel below the guns. In the Bellerophon, however, all this is obviated by the decks beneath the guns being formed into one continuous girder by means of broad stringer plates riveted to their under sides—an entirely new feature in iron shipbuilding—and by their whole upper sur face being plated with half-inch iron under the wooden deck. In order, however, to impart additional strength to the gun deck, each deck below the gun is supported by means of iron pillars, which step on the deep and strong longitudinal girders or frames of the ship's bot tom. It will thus be seen that the additional strength imparted to the Bellerophon will enable her to carry even the 600-pounder Armstrongs, should it ever be found necessary to arm her with that description of ordnance. The - armour-plated frigate Lord Warden, 24, 1,000 horse power, having received her iron masts and the heavy portion of her engines and machinery on board, will be floated into No. 2 dock at Chat ham during the approaching spring tides, to be com pleted for sea. She has about four months' work to be executed on board before she will be ready for the pennant. The freight ship North Star, Capt. Graves, in the service of the War Department, on Thursday com- pleted her shipment of army stores for Malta, any sailed from the Royal Arsenal, Woolwich, for her destination. The hired troop-ships Cassapore, Renown, Aga memnon, Rosslyn Castle, Dilwar, and others of heavy tonnage, being some of the finest of Green's, Soames's, and Hankey and Sewell's fleet of sailing East Indiamen,- are now fitting out in the East India Docks, under charter, to convey 10,000 troops of the line and reliefs from Dublin to Gibraltar, thence to the Cape of Good Hope, Port Elizabeth, and Bombay. It was yesterday stated at Woolwich that the whole of the ships, 10 in number, will be ready for sea, and will leave the East India Docks about Thursday next. Upwards of 1,000 men have been employed for some time past, working extra hours so as to insure their leaving the docks at the ap pointed time. Capt. the Hon. A. A. Cochrane, son of the late Earl of Dundonald, has been appointed to the Fis gard for special service. The French ironcased frigates Magenta and Flan• dre, with the gunboat Ariel, arrived yesterday after. noon at Plymouth, where they will remain during the agricultural exhibition. 'They were received with royal salutes from the Citadel and from the flagship in Hamoaze. The following appointments have been made at the Admiralty :—Capt. the Hon. Arthur A. Coch. rane, C.B. to the Fisgard, for special service Commander MacLeod B. Cockraft to the Bos cawen, vice Nares, to the Salamander ; Comman der A. R. Wright and Commander Henry T. Boter to be inspecting commanders in the Coastguard ; Lieut. George W. Allen, to the Octavia ; Lieut. 11. F. Britton and Lieut. Arthur C. Curtis, to the Scorpion ; Lieut. Charles F. Cox, to the Constance ; Lieut. John W. Brack enbury, to the Black Prince Lieut. John V. D. Butler, to the Royal Adelaide James Charles Saunders, engineer to the Gannet ; John Arthur Kitts and John Davis, first-class assist.-engineers, to the Gannet ; Lieut. James 'W. Dennistoun, and Lieut. the Hon. Alexander F. Hood, to the Black Prince ; Dr. William Gunn, promoted to be Deputy-Inspector-General on the retired list ; Benjamin Wickham, promoted to be Paymaster-in-Chief on the retired list ; R. IV. M. Jones, paymaster, to the Resistance ; Dr. Duncan Hilston, assist.-surg., additional, to the Excellent for the Royal Sovereign; Joseph S. Vivian, second master, to the Snipe ; William J. Hooper, second master, to ,the Supply; J. S. Daniel, pay master, to the Salamander ; and J. F. H. Alston, assist.-paymaster, to the Cumberland. A COUPLE OF MUSICAL GHOSTS.—An absurd story comes from Munich about a ghostly service held in the Protestant church one night. At about 8 in the evening people collected about the doors of the closed edi fice, attracted by the sound of singing. One enthusiastic auditor distinctly heard hymns, another could detect the sound of the organ, a third could see through the windows a ghost in shirt sleeves flitting about the nave. The gens darmes came and broke into the church ; there was nobody there, but the singing continued. The infatuated public hung about till 12 at night ; they searched the chancel, the vestry, the organ-loft, and the gallery, peered under the communion table, peeped into the baptismal font ; but neither populace, soldiers, nor gendarmes could discover anything. In the morning it was found out that a couple of lusty fellows had been sitting in their room abutting one end of the church, drinking beer and singing " Fidel° Lieder" all night. By some architectural or acoustical dispensation the sound had penetrated into the church ; and the Munich public, not being very musical, despite Wagner, took the " Fidole Linder" for hymns ! [ArovEßnsEmErr.] Holloway's Pills. Weakening Weather.—The sultry summer days strain the nerves of the feeble and decrepit, and this state eventuates in disease unless some restorative, such as these purifying:Pills, be found to correct the disordering tendency. Holloway's medicines give tone to the nervous system, which is the source of ;a1 vital movemonts, and presides over every action which maintains the growth and well-being of the body. No one, therefore, can over-estimate the necessity of keeping th e nerves well strung, and the ease w i t h w h ic h these Pills accomplish that end. They are the most un failing ant idotes to indi ges ti on, i rregu l ar c i rcu l a tion, pal pitation, sick headache, a n d cos ti veness that were ever invented, and in c onsequence hay and Lighest reputati on . e attained the largest sale SPORTING INTELLIGENCE, STAMFORD RACES-FRIDAY. The Seventh Wothorpe Biennial Stakes of 10 soya eacl with 50 added, for 2-yr-olds. T.Y.C. 28 subs. Lord St. Vincent's Redan, Bst 101 b (For Lord Stamford's Chibisa, Bst 101 b " (M dham) 1 orris) 2 Lord Exeter's Amazon, Bst 71b (Custance) 0 Betting-6 to 4 on Chibisa, and 7 to 4 agst Redan. Redan took a slight lead, followed by the favourite to the distance, when the latter gave way, and Redan won very easily by five lengths. Amazon did not pass the post. The Scurry Handicap of 10 sous each, h ft ; for all ages. much shaken. H. Covey fortunately escaped without in jury. The winner was bought by Mr. Sutton for 180 gs. A Selling Stakes of 3 sovs each, with 25 added, for 3-yr olds and upwards; the winner to be sold for 50 sovs; selling allowances. One mile. Mr. Fisher's Triumpher, 4 yrs, 7st9lb, £3O (H. Cox) 1 Mr. Jones's Fravolina, 3 yrs, Est 111 b, £3O (IC. I'Anson) 2 Mr. E. Brayley's Lady Rollo, 3 yrs, Est 111 b, £3O (H. Covey) 3 Mr. C. Rolph's Little Pickles, 3 yrs, Est 111 b, £3O (Jackson) 4 Betting-5 to 4 agst Lady Rollo, and sto 2 each agst Triumpher and Fravolina. Triumpher made all the run ning, and won in a canter by two lengths ; a similar dis tance separating second and third ; Little Pickles a bad fourth. The winner was bought by Mr. Burbidge for 100 guineas. The John o' Gaunt Stakes of 10 sovs each, 5 ft, and 1 only if declared, with 40 added ; winners extra. Ono mile and a half. 27 subs, 19 of whom pay 1 soy ft. Captain Machell's Lucky Star, 4 yrs, 9st Mb (in. 41b ex.) (Edwards) 1 Mr. La Alert's Basquine, 3 yrs, Gst 81b (Mordan) 2 Mr. T. Stevens" Effort, 3 yrs, Gst 31b (H. Clark) 3 Betting-6 to 4on Lucky Star, sto 2 agst Basquine, 6 to 1 agst Effort. The latter made play for half a mile, when Lucky Star and Basquine passed him, Captain Macholl's horse taking a clear lead on entering the straight. Op posite the enclosure Basquine made an effort, but Lucky Star won easily by a length. Effort beaten off. WEIGHTS FOR TH. (Calculated ut Age st. lb. Age st. lb. Ely 4 9 7 Breeze 4 8 10 General Peel 4 9 7 Hollyfox 4 8 5 Blackdown. ... 5 9 7 Surrey 6 7 13 Moose ... ... 5 9 3 Gladiateur ... 3 8 0 Stanton (paid) a 9 6 Breadalbane ... 3 7 7 La Toucques 5 9 3 Todleben 3 7 7 Young Rapid 4 9 0 I Wild Charley 3 7 7 Privateer 4 8 10 Brown Bread ... 3 7 7 Planet 4 9 0 Friday ~. „, 3 7 7 Cambuscan ... 4 9 0 Eltham 3 7 7 Union Jack 4 9 0 Christmas Carol(pd) 3 7 7 Fille de l'Air 4 8 10 Brahma 3 7 7 Hippolyta 4 8 10 Archimedes 3 7 7 Gby Yoltigeur— _ I Ariel ~. 37 3 GOODWOOD CUP. to July 15.) -.4 8 1 Amateur Championship of the Thames. The final heat to deCide the holder of the Wingfield Sculls was rowed yesterday afternoon by Mr. C. B. Lawes, of Cambridge, and Mr. W. B. Woodgate, of Kingston, the last holder ; the former having won the trial heat on Tuesday. A steamer with the umpire, Mr. Brickwood, and a num ber of spectators on board, followed the boats. The start took place from Putney at Gh. 6m., about 15 minutes before high water, Woodgate, on the Middlesex side of the river. Lawes directly commenced hard work, pulling his left very high and awkwardly, Woodgate quarter of a length behind, rowing a very finished stroke, which sent his bow to the front before they were 200 yards from the bridge ; but he could not pull away, and when they were half a mile from the start, Lawes again showed in front, his long, powerful stroke seemingly sending him there just whenever he chose to exert it. After passing Craven Cottage Lawes steered into the middle, and Wood gate again went slightly in front, but did not get clear, the followers on shore and afloat making the air ring with shouts for Woodgate. Upon Lawes pulling into the middle and making for the opposite bank of the river, Woodgate's pilot steered him there also and seemed to use every endeavour to thrust Lawes among the rushes, or cause a foul, there not being half a dozen yards between their sculls, as they rowed level, Laves close under the bank. Passing under Hammersmith-bridge, Woodgate was a quarter of a length ahead (time 10m. 50sec.), and after wards nearly succeeded in making it a length, but Lawes, looking over his shouldorand seeing Woodgate's lead,rowed himself level in about a dozen tremendous strokes. Abreast of Chiswick Eyot Lawes was three quarters of a length ahead; but, resting his sculls a moment, Woodgate's bow again appeared in front, the lead, however, being only marked by_inches ; the next 200 yards proved very exciting for the spectators, being rowed level, until they arrived abreast of Chiswick Church, when Lawes, by a series of desperate plunges, pulled his boat three-quarters of a length ahead, and every successive stroke increased the lead, Woodgate labouring without strength for any exer tion sufficient to again place him by the side of his more muscular opponent. Passing Whitehouse Lawes was quite four lengths ahead, occasionally easing himself and dashing away, apparently with all the heavy strength he started with. Upon clearing Barnes-bridge Lawes was quite seven lengths ahead (time 22m. 45sec.), all exertion being out of Woodgate, who still, however, rowed a very finished stroke. Lawes arrived off Mortlake and termi nated the race in 27m. 4sec. 2-10ths time, as taken by one of Mr. M. F. Dent's chronographs.' Woodgate was nine or ten lengths astern and was fairly beaten after passing Chiswick Church. A foul was claimed for Woodgate, who wished to row tho heat again another day ; but the umpire decided at once that Lawes won fairly, and that his rival ought not to have pressed him so closely. t i r.Y.C. Mr. York's Troublesome, 6 yrs, Bst 71b (Custance) 1 Mr. W. G. Bennett's Sisyphus, 3 yrs, Gist Glb (car. Bst 81b (J. Grimshaw) 2 Lord Exeter's Arabia, 3 yrs, sst 71b (car. sst 81b) (Butters) 3 Lord Westmoreland's Retainer, 4 yrs, 7st 121 b (car. Bst) (Fordham) 4 Mr. W. H. Scott's Nu, 3 yrs, Gst Glb (Carroll) 5 Betting-7 to 4 agst Sisyphus, 3to 1 agst Troublesome, and 5 to 1 each agst Nu and Arabia. Sisyphus jumped away in front, closely followed by Troublesome, Retainer, and Arabia, lying next, to the dis tance, where Troublesome challenged and won after a good race by a neck. Arabia was a bad third. The Stamford Cup, value 100 sous, by subscription of 10 sous each, the surplus in money; for 3-yr-olds and up wards. Weight for age, with pe na lti es and allowances. __ _ Three miles. 23 subs. Mr. H. Savile's Privateer, 4 yrs, Bst 71b (L oates 1 Mr. W. I'Anson's Iris gelding, 7st 121 b (Challoner 2 Mr. T. Parr's Moose, 5 yrs; 9st (Boyce 3 Mr Scott's Stanton, aged, 9st 3lb (Cannon 4 Lord Westmoreland's Auditor, 3 yrs, 7st 71b ...(Morris 0 Betting-11 to 10 on Auditor, 3to 1 agst Privateer, and 6 to 1 agst the Iris gelding. Privateer made the running, followed by Stanton and Auditor, Moose bringing up the rear. Little or no change occurred in the order during the first turn round, with the exception of the Iris gelding taking third place. Passing the stand the second time Mr. Savile's horse still kept the lead, Auditor, pulling doublo again, taking the third place, and at the far side the Iris gelding ran up to Stanton and deprived him of his position. Coining round the turn into the straight thempace improved, and the Iris gelding chal lenged Privateer, Moose at the same time overhauling the favourite. The leader, however, was never headed, and won easily by a length, Moose finishing,three lengths be hind the Iris gelding. Auditor pulled up leg-weary, and did not pass the post. The Clifden Cup (handicap), value 200 sovs, by subscrip tion of 10 sous each, with 100 added; for 3-yr-olds and upwards. Three-quarters of a mile. 87 subs. Lord Anglesey's Cadeau, 5 y rs , 6 s t 131 b (C arro ll) 1 Lord Stamford's Desiree, 3 yrs, Gat (Martin) 2 Lord Falmouth's Celerrinm, 3 yrs, Est 101 b (J. Grimshaw) 3 The following also ran :—Daerfoot, Armadillo, Crytheia, Lady Bohun, Audax, Voluptas, Grappler, Sidewind, and Bella. Betting -5 to 1 agst Bella, 6to 1 each agst Crytheia and Audax, 100 to 15 agst Cadeau, 12 to 1 agst Desiree, 100 to 3 agst Celerrima, 100 to 6 agst Deerfoot, and 20 to 1 agst Armadillo. Audax, in company with Bella, Desiree, Crytheia,reler rime, and Cadeau lay in front from the commencement, and before approaching the stand Cadeau quitted her horses, and, with only Desiree and Celerrima near her, won very easily by two lengths, the same distance sepa rated Celerrima from Desiree. Audax was fourth, Bella fifth, and Sidewind sixth. The next lot consisted of Crytheia, Grappler, and Deerfoot. Armadillo did not pass the post. The Sixth Wothorpe Biennial Stakes of 10 sous each, with 50 added, for 3-yr-olds ; colts, Bst 101 b ; fillies and geldings, Bst 101 b ; the second saved her stake : with penalties and allowances. One mile and a quarter. 24 subs. Lord Exeter's Araucaria, Bst 31b (Snowden) 1 Duke of Beaufort's Siberia, Bst 121 b (including 51b extra) (Pordham) 2 Mr. Parr's Quiz, Bst (Hall) 3 Betting-6 to lon Siberia, who made the running to the distance, where Araucaria camo out and won by a length and a half ; a bad third. A Selling Race of 5 sous each, with 40 added, for 2-yr-olds and upwards ; optional selling weights. Three-quar ters of a mile. Mr. W. G. Bennett's Sisyphus, 3 yrs, 7st 71b (30 sovs (Grimshaw 1 Lord Exeter's Arabia, 3 yrs, 7st 71b (30 sovs) ...(Loatos 2 Lord St. Vincent's Halifax, 2 yrs, sst 121 b (30 sovs (Sopp 3 Mr. G. W. Fitzwilliam's Sister to Grey Tommy's filly, 2 yrs, sst 9lb (30 sovs) (Tribe) 4 Mr. G. Angell's Spain, 3 yrs, 7st 71b (30 sovs ) (Perry) 5 Betting-6 to lon Sisyphus, 4to 1 agst Halifax, and 6 to 1 agst Sister to Grey Tommy filly. Won cleverly by a length ; three lengths between tho second and third. The winner was sold to Lord West moreland for 125 guineas. TheKetton Stakes of 50 sovs, h ft, for three-yr-olds ; colts, Bst 101 b ; fillies, Bst 71b ; with penalties and allowances. About ono mile and a half. 8 subs. Mr. Savile's 01lerton, Bst 51b (Fordham) 1 Lord St. Vincent's .Araucaria (Snowden) 2 Lord Westmoreland's Brahma, Set 131 b 31b extra) (Goater) 3 Lord Falmouth's Oelerrima, Bst 101 b 31b extra) (French) 4 Betting-6 to 4 agst Brahma, 2to 1 agst Araucaria, and 3 to 1 agst 011erton. Won easily by a length and a half ; three lengths between he second and third. HUNGERFORD—FnibAY. A most agreeable change in the weather induced a large company (compared with Thursday) to assemble on the course, the ring being also better attended. The racing was appointed to commence at 1.30 with the Hungerford Stakes, for which Salisbury was made a hot favourite, 6 to 4 boing freely betted on him, but Alberta won easily by a length, the bookmakers thus commencing business very satisfactorily. The backers were again unfortunate in the Jack o' Newbury Handicap, wherein the two first favourites were beaten by Eidolon. In the Kintbury Stakes 4m acci dent occurred which fortunately was not attended with any very serious results, except that Mr. Brayley's May Queen broke her leg, and was destroyed. Murray was much shaken, but H. Covey was not hurt, and rode in the follow ing race. The business arrangements of the meeting were efficiently carried out. The following are full details of the day's sport : The Hungerford Stakes of 5 sous each, with 40 added, for 2-yr-olds ; penalties and allowances. Three quarters Of a mile. 6 subs. 13Th (inc. 31b ex.) ...(oowley 2 Mr. Hartley's Alberta, Bst 101 b ...(Cowley) 1 A C i a r p . Capt. B en a ry teh ' Bst 71b ...(Wilkinson 3 Mr. F. Fisher's Actor, Bst 101 b .......... (J. Nightingall) 4 Henry's ors Salisbury, colum B b t e filly, Betting— 6 to 4 on Salisbury, 5 to 2 agst Alberta, 10 to 1 "bar two." Alberta jumped off with the lead, followed by Salisbury and Actor to the turn into the straight, where the Columbine filly passod Actor, but could not reach the leading pair, who came on to the stand, whore Salisbury made his effort, but could never overhaul Alberta, who won cleverly by a length, the Columbine filly a bad third. The Jack o' NewburY Handicap of 3 sous each, with 25 added, fer all ages ; the winner to be sold for 50 sous. Three quarters of a mile. 12 subs. Mr. B. Land's Eidolon, aged, Bst 41b (J. Nightingall) 1 Mr. Harris's The Roarer, 3 yrs, Bst (Clement) 2 Mr. J. Thomas's Teddy, aged, Bst 101 b (Gray) 3 Mr. Jones's Fravolina, 3 yrs, 7st 41b (R. I'Anson) 4 Mr. A. Taylor's Rosette, 3 yrs, Est 1 Olb (ear. 6st 111 b) (Ilerbeit) 5 Melandra also ran. Betting-3 to 1 each agst Fravolina and Rosette, 4to 1 agst Eidolon, 6 to 1 agst The Roarer, 8 to 1 agst Teddy, and 10 to 1 agst Melandra. The latter again exhibited her temper by plunging and kicking in the most vicious man ner, and when tho flag fell she swerved round after going a few yards, and took no part in the race. Fravolina jumped off with a clear lead, followed by Eidolon and Teddy ; The Roarer heading Rosetta by 20 lengths after going a quarter of a mile. This order was maintained until within a quarter of a mile from home, when Eidolon came up to Fravolina and The Roarer improved his position. On fairly entering the straight Eidolon took a lead which he increased, and won in a canter by two lengths. The Roarer and Teddy, passing Fravolina opposite the stand, finished second and third, half a length separating the two. Fra volina was fourth, and Rosette a long way in the roar. Th• Winner was bought in for 55 guineas. Tho Stand Plate (Handicap) of 3 sovs each, with 25 added; for all ages winners extra. Half a mile. 11. M r r .. J. B B u ra tl Y e i r e 's Y' Be s t r i 'a e , ---- ---- - peze, 3 yrs, let 101 b (Murray) 1 (H. Covey) 2 Mr. Sutton's Jez e b e l , 3 yrs, Bst 41b (Th oma s 3 3 yrs, ast 101 b (car. Gst 121 b) Mr. Jones's Con cor di a, 4 yrs, Bst 101 b (P a yne 4 The following also ran :—Mrs. Somerville, Mongrel, Tomfoolery, Tilt, Jassy, Corporal Trim, Overtouian, and Sylph. _ Betting-3 to 1 agst jezebel, sto 1 agst Bessie, 6to 1 agst Tomfoolery, 10 to 1 each agst Trapeze and Concordia, 100 to 8 each agst Tilt and Mrs. Somerville, and 100 to 6 agst any other. After numerous failures the lot got away on even terms, Bessie, with Jezebel, Corcordia, and Tra peze, being the first to show in front. Half-way up the straight Trapeze took a slight lead, which she held to the finish, winning cleverly by half a length from Bessie, who defeated Jezebel by a length for second honours. Con cordia was fourth, half a length off, Tilt fifth, Mongrel awl Mrs. Somerville last. The last three were Corporal Trim, Sylph, and Overtonian. The Kintbury Stakes of 5 sous each, with 30 added ; for 2- yr-old colts, Bst 101 b ; fillies, Bst 71b ; the winner to be sold for 100 MOTs ; selling allowances. Five furlongs. Capt. Machell's Kintbury, Bst 31b, £5O (A. Edwards) 1 Mr. Floyd's Domino, Bst 31b, £5O (Wilkinson) 2 Mr. Egerton's Finale, Bst 31b (car. Bst 41b), £5O (J. Adams) 3 Mr. Mather's Kernel filly, Bst, £5O (Payne) 4 Capricious, Schottische, and May Queen also ran. Betting -2 to 1 eget Domino, 3to 1 agst Kernel filly, 4 to 1 agst Capricious, 5 to 1 agst Kintbury, 7 to 1 agst Finale. Kintbury took a clear lead immediately after the start, and maintaining his advantage throughout, won by three-quarters of a length ; a length separating second and third ; bad fourth. May Queen and Schottische rounding the turn into the straight fell, and Mr. Brayley's filly broke her leg, and had to be deetroyed.. Murray, the jockey, was DOGGETi"s COAT AND BADGE. The following are the names of the six young watermen who have obtained a lot to row on Tuesday, Aug. 1, for the livery and badge presented by Mr. Thomas Doggett, a famous comedian (deceased), in commemoration of the accession of the House of Hanover to the throne of Great Britain : George S. Baker - Mill Stairs. Charles Lloyd Horselydown. John W. Wood Mill Stairs. W. J. Dudley Lambeth. Jos. W. Brockwell Alfred Thos. Ramage Black wall. The winner, in addition, receives £1 ls., the fourth man £1 lls. Gd., and the fifth and sixth one guinea each, pre sented by the Fishmongers' Company. The second and third receive £4 17s. 9d. and £2 18s. 9d., the interest on £260 17s. 3d. Three per Cent. Reduced, formerly £2OO South Sea Stock, bequeathed by Sir W. Joliffe. Vacancies, Promotions, and Appointments in the Civil Service, (From the Civil Service Gazette) TILE ADMIRALTY.—The chief clerkship is about to be come vacant by the retirement of Mr. Charles Pennell. LAW DEPARTMENT.—Mr. H. A. Owen has been appointed an assistant in the Record-keeper's Department, Probate Court, London. INLAND REVENUE.—Stamp and Tax Branch : The comp trollership of the Legacy and Succession Duty Department is about to become vacant by the retirement of Mr. Trevor. The office of Surveyor of Taxes, Salford, has become vacant by the death of Mr. H. Wootton. Mr. G. C. Leslie, assis tant surveyor of taxes, Brighton, has been promoted to be a surveyor of the fifth class, and stationed at High Wy combe, in the room of Mr. W. H. Spencer, resigned. Ex cise Branch : Mr. H. Kelly Nazer, officer, Limerick, Ist division, Limerick collection, has been appointed officer of Middleton division,. Cork collection ; Mr. J. Deighton, offi cer, Teignmouth division, Plymouth collection, has been appointed officer of Tetbury division, Gloucester collec tion ; Mr. H. Gap, officer, Tetbury division, Gloucester collec tion, has been appointed officer of Teignmouth division, Plymouth collection ; Mr. W. F. Baker, officer, Rye ride, Brighton collection, has been appointed to Port Askaig, Ist division, Campbeltown collection ; Mr. D. Johnson, officer Blandford, Ist ride, Weymouth collection, has bee n apl pointed officer of Rye ride, Brighton collection. IRELAND.—The clerkship of the Crown for the county and city of Kilkenny has become vacant by the death of Mr. W. M. Keogh. THE EAST INDIES.-Mr. H. Read, assistant commissioner and officiating assistant settlement officer, Saugor, has been appointed to officiate as deputy commissioner of Dumoh ; Mr. F. 0. Mayne, commissioner of the Baiswarra division in Oudh, has been transferred to the Fyzabad division ; Mr. H. S. Reid has been appointed commissioner of the Baia warra, division ; Capt. W. S. Trevor, controller of public works, Bengal, has been promoted from the second to the first class. The following appointments hare been made in the Post office Departments :—Mr. E. R. Douglas, inspecting post master of the Ist grade, has been appointed to have charge of the Meerut division. Mr. J. Dillon, inspecting post maker of the 2d grade, has been appointed to have charge of the railway line ; Mr. C. E. Miller, inspecting postmaster of the 3d grado, has been appointed to have charge of the Rohilcund division ; Mr. J. Goss, inspecting postmaster of the 3d grade, has been appointed to have charge of the Delhi division ; Mr. C. W. Hutchison has been appointed superintendent of mail establishments on the Agra and Indore road ; Mr. C. B. Carr has been appointed superintendent of mail establishments on the Nagporo and Mirzapore road ; Mr. J. J. Hamilton has been appointed postmaster of Agra ; Mr / . Mac kenzie has been appointed postmaster of Lucknow ; Mrs. C. S. Haygarth has been appointed postmaster of Allahabad ; Mr. H. Hawkins has been appointed post master of Meerut ; Mr. W. Hine has been appointed post master of Delhi ; Mr. F. J. Jordan has been appointed post master at Cawnpore ; Mr. A. Baptist has been appointed postmaster of Mirzapore ; Mr. C. Corbett has been appointed postmaster at Nynoe Tal ; Mr. T. Murphy has been ap pointed postmaster of Landour ; Mr. C. Carnac has been appointed opium agent at Bonaros ; and Mr. F. Cockburn has been appointed civil and session judge of Decca. STEAM SHIPBUILDING ON THE CLYDE.—The Japan, a steamer of 600 tons burden, 180 ft. by 26ft. and 15ft., built for the East India trade by Messrs. Hedderwick and Co., of Govan, has made a trial trip be tween the Cloch and Cumbrae Lights. The steamer, which is fitted with a pair of direct-acting engines of 85- horse power, nominal, by Messrs. J. Bowden and Co., "ran the Lights" in 81 minutes, being at the rate of 1042 knots par hour. The Waverley, built by Messrs. A. and J. Inglis, for the North British Steam Packet Company, has also made a trial trip, in which the highest speed at tained was 143,- knots per hour, reckoned by a patent log. The Waverley will run between Silloth and Dublin, in connection with the North British Railway. She is a vessel of 735 ton; builders' measurement, measures 26ft. 6in. breadth of beam, and 220 ft. length of keel. Oho has commenced working. SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. TIMES.—We have been taught to recognise in the judgment of foreigners a forecast of the judgment of posterity, and if the doctrine be true the opinions of the French press on the elections of the United Kingdom ought to be worthy of attention. We must find in them what the next generation will think of the process which we dignify by the de scription of an appeal to the sense of the country. Unfortunately, however, contemporary judgments are so far like what we may be sure the opinion of posterity will be that they are divided against one another. One critic sees in the tumult and discord about a polling booth nothing but the frantic ges ticulations of a drunken and senseless mob ; another regrets the excitement as the natural expression of a free peopleinterested in the conduct of public affairs; one is shocked at rough and boisterous demonstra tions so unlike the quietness of a well-disciplined herd dropping their bulletins into a ballot-box under the guidance of a corps of gendarmes ; another re joices at the spectacle of municipalities assembling at so many local centres under the presidency of magistrates elected from themselves, without Go vernment interference or Government control, and choosing with an energy warranted by the occasion representatives who shall speak for them in the great Council of the nation. The truth pr.)bably lies be tween these extreme judgments. The machinery of an English election is very imperfect and its c•mduct is very tumultuous ; but amid all the excitement of hustings and polling booths some regard is paid to the issues at stake. Could we confine our attention to great Britain alone, we should claim the most favourable opinion of foreign critics as the nearest to the truth. But when we turn to Ireland we are obliged to confess that there is much to warrant the severest condemnation that can be launched upon our institutions. The history of the Belfast elec tion is a scandal to the Empire. Magistrates appear to have forgotten the justice they were sworn to administer; candidates forgot the courtesy due to opponents, the mob seemed never to have heard that those who differed from them had rights which were entitled to respect. Bludgeons were used for arguments, and intimidation for persuasion. The candidates were the sitting members—Sir Hugh Cairns and Mr. Getty on the Conservative, and Lord John Hay (a son of the Marquis of Tweeddale) on the Liberal side. To the great ability of Sir Hugh Cairns we bear willing testimony, though we have to regret that it is so often allied with the severest spirit of Protestant partisanship. But then ; who exhibit some moderation at Westminster fail to retain it at Belfast. The minds of the populace were already inflamed by passionate appeals to their prejudices when the Mayor of Belfast made such arrangements for the coming election that no one could be surprised if vehement excitement broke out into open violence. The Mayor fixed upon the 12th July as the day of nomination. Last year the Mayor achieved an unenviable distinction by quitting the town for Harrogate just as the riots had broken out, but it would seem that this year he determined to show that he was not afraid of civil war. To bring two hostile Irish factions face to face on a great orange anniversary is very like asking them to fight it out for the benefit of the spectators. It must, however, be confessed that, owing to the excellent management of the police, or of some zealous Orange coadjutors, it was provided that the Protestant party should have it their own 'way. The police of Belfast are notorious for their Protestant sympathies, their partisanship has been twice con demned by Royal Commissioners, and an act was passed in the last session providing that they shall be superseded by the constabulary. The act is not yet in operation, and the Protestant guardians of order signalized their last year of office by a very suc cessful manoeuvre. The nomination of candidates took place at the Belfast Courthouse, and hours before the commencement of business its doors were besieged by the lowest class of both factions. The mob were apparently drawn up in hostile array, and when the orders were given to open the doors and clear the passage the Orange mob rushed in and filled the hall, while the Liberals found themselves " left out in the cold." It is, of course, denied that this was prearranged, but the movement was so suc cessful that when a show of hands was demanded there was not a Liberal in the body of the hall to hold up his hand. The Orangemen who did get in had no sooner entered than they flourished " skull crackers," which had been concealed under their clothes when they were outside the building. They rushed on with a noise described as resembling the roaring of a torrent at the opening of a flood-gate. Under the direction of leaders stationed on the platform the door was guarded, and a mass of yell ing ruffians, brandishing bludgeons, beating the Kentish fire, hooting and menacing the Liberal can didate and his friends on the platform, remained in possession of the hall. This was the audience before which Sir Hugh Cairns managed to make one of his most effective speeches. He and his friends were greeted with deafening cheers and the waving of Orange handkerchiefs ; and when the tumult of delight with which Sir Hugh was received had sub sided he denounced with uncommon force and ability, to ears greedy of hate, the wrongdoings of the Administration. It is needless to say that Lord John Hay met with a very different reception. His mover and seconder could not be heard even by the reporters, and when Lord John himself arose he was met with groans, hisses, whistling, hooting, stamping, and yelling, which lasted uninterruptedly for half an hour. At the end of that :time the mob had become so fatigued that the reporters could catch a few words, but there was still enough energy left them to prevent any others of the audience from hearing a syllable. Sir Hugh Cairns himself attempted to get a hearing for his antagonist; but by this time the mob were beyond his control, and treated his interference as if they disbelieved in the sincerity of his efforts to obtain quietness. The crowd were, in fact, frantic, and it was the belief of by standers that had an unhappy Liberal, Presbyterian or Catholic, fallen into their hands he would have been torn to pieces by them. In the area of the Court-house they were beyond the reach of authority. The presence of a large number of constabulary and an effective military force in the town happily prevented the renewal next day of the war which raged in Belfast last year, and saved lives from being sacrificed at the hustings, as ruthlessly as in the autumn of 1864. If the spectacle of the infu riated mobs of Belfast makes us confess the justice of some of the strictures of foreign critics upon our electoral machinery, it may also serve to mitigate the condemnation so often passed upon English mis government as the cause of Irish misery. What injustice of English rule is it that makes Irishmen hate Irishmen with a hatred rarely seen among men alien in speech and race from each other ? Can it be laid to our door that the inhabitants of the most thriving town of Ireland cannot assemble together to elect representatives of themselves in the United Parliament without breaking out into war and tumult ? Is the Imperial Government to be blamed because the sentiment of justice is forgotten by those who should administer justice ? Is it our sin that magistrates should cease to be a terror to evildoers ? We may appeal to the candid judgment of every impartial thinker for an answer to these questions. The Parliament of the United Kingdom is animated with a sincere desire to do justice to all classes of citizens, but its efforts are thwarted by the miscon duct of Irishmen themselves. Those who are deputed to keep order cannot be trusted to discharge their functions. Nothing is left to us but the hope that we may at last excite a desire of justice and order even among Irishmen. But may we appealto Orange and Catholic leaders to assist in the attempt ? Does Sir Hugh Cairns feel no shame when he reflects on the violence and lawlessness of his supporters ? He has energy and vigour ; can he address no remon strance to those nearest him, which shall descend to those next below them, and thus operate upon the whole community so as to prevent a repetition of the scenes of Wednesday and Thursday ? If he would do so, he would earn a highe r re p u t a ti on t h an can be acquired by the mo s t ve h emen t d enunc i at i on of political opponents, and att a i n a pos i t i on w hi c h I nothing - but his own consent to walk with the Orangemen of Belfast prevents his occupying. Pos . r.--The speech delivered by Mr. Disraeli on the hustings at Aylesb ur y b e t rays a per f ect con sciousness of the up-hill nature of the task which that right hon. gentleman, as the leader of the Opposition in the House of Commons, was com pelled to undertake. There is nothing so success ful as success, and against an admitted and unques tioned success on the part of his political opponents Mr. Disraeli was forced to contend. Without the slightest approach to a party cry, without the least pretence for calling on th e coun try to withhold its support from the present Administration, the Oppo sition chief was nevertheless ex o f ficio obliged to cavil at the policy of the Government, and to draw on his imagination for those wondrously beneficial measures which would have been adopted had he and his friends occupied the Treasury benches. The English are, however, a practical people, and in finitely prefer dealing with substantial facts to endeavouring to discern either visions " looming i n the future," or unreal phantoms of what under pecu liar circumstances might have existed in the past. We know what a Liberal Government have done for us during the past six years, but it is impossible to say what we should have received at the bands of a Conservative Administration. It would be most unfair and unreasonable to contend that had Lord Derby been Prime Minister the country would have been plunged in war, or th a t t axat i on would have increased or remained st a ti onary ; or that trade would have been stagnant, and the tide of prosperity which, thanks t) Providence, has over spread the country, would have been arrested. No one could venture to make such assertion s , because it is evidently impossible to writ, from thQ known. But, on the other . hand, neither is it possible to allege that if the Conservatives had been in power the condition of the country, both at home and abroad, would have been as flourish ing as it now is, or that the finances of the kingdom would be as healthy as they now are. It is at all times idle to speculate on what might have been ; and in the government of a State it is especially necessary to avoid straying into the realms of speculative inquiry. In domestic life a master does not discharge a servant who per forms his duty in a satisfactory manner for the sake of giving employment to some one else who would probably do the same work equally well • and there fore, even assuming that the Conservatives leaders might have steered the vessel of the State with per , feet success through the several perils with which it has lately been environed, that affords no ground for dispensing with the services of a crew whose efficiency has been demonstrated beyond the pos sibility of doubt. Having filled the office of Chan cellor of the Exchequer. Mr. Disraeli very naturally devoted the greater part of his address to the con sideration of the financial policy of Mr. Gladstone. Finding himself unable to deny its success, he adopted it as his own, and roundly charged the pre sent Government with having borrowed its main features at his own suggestion. The paper duties were repealed in 1861, but was it not Mr. Disraeli who at an antecedent period obtained from the House of Commons an abstract resolution that their abolition was demanded ? The tea duties and the income-tax have been largely remitted by the pre sent Government, but was it not the member for Buckinghamshire who, as far back as 1852, first endeavoured to diminish the impost on what had become a necessary of life, and did not he, when in office, reduce the income-tax to fivepence in the pound, which Mr. Gladstone subsequently found it necessary to raise to ninepence ? Again the Liberal party have most unjustly taken credit to themselves for having concluded the commercial treaties with several continental States, and thereby prompted a free-trade policy ; whereas, as all the world knows, it was Mr. Disraeli who, in 1843, brought the sub ject of treaties of commerce under the notice of the House of Commons, and pointed out to Parliament the inestimable advantages likely to accrue from concluding a corameocial treaty with France. Now, to these statements of Mr. Disraeli all we can say is that, assuming them to be perfectly accurate,they only prove that he and his friends, with the best of intentions unfortunately, from some cause or other, fail to carry their designs into effect. We may give Mr. Disraeli credit for having obtained an abstract resolution from the House of Commons in favour of the abolition of the paper duty, but we cannot forget that when the present Chancellor of the Exchequer proposed to Parliament to redeem the pledge which it had given, it was the Conserva tive leader and his supporters who endeavoured to induce the House of Commons to stultify itself by postponing.the remission of the paper duties to the reduction of those on tea. When, on two subse quent occasions, the Government proposed to remit a portion of the tax on tea, the Conservatives were compelled to acquiesce in the suggestion of the Ministry ; but it is now universally conceded that the relative order of time in which the imposts on the two commodities were removed was the best that could have been selected. Whatever credit may be claimed by the member for Buckinghamshire for his advocacy of commercial treaties, he is unjust to the Freetraders of this country in saying that their opposition contributed to prevent his schemes be ing carried into effect. In 1843 the Corn Laws were unrepealed, and until the Conservative party had assented to the adoption of a free-trade policy in this country, it was useless to think of forcing it on the acceptance of foreign States. Mr. Disraeli may have meant well, but in weighing the merits of dif ferent statesmen it is natural that deeds should count for more than intentions. The course which the elections have hitherto taken must satisfy Mr. Dis raeli how useless it is to seek to persuade the Eng lish people to exchange a present gain for a pros pective advantage. In the boroughs, where espe cially the Conservatives reckoned on increasing the number of their champions, the Liberals have already* gained at least ten seats, and in the counties the worst that can befall the Government is to fail in ousting their opponents. For reasons, however to which we have already made a ll us i on, th ere is e;TrrY reason to believe that at the close of the present elections it will be seen that the tendency,to Liberal opinions, which has been so strongly marked in the towns, will equally be manifested in the rural dis tricts. In Liverpool the Government have lost a seat, Mr. Ewart having been displaced by Mr. Graves ; and regard being had to the nature of the constituency, the victory will justly be regarded as the most important as yet gained by the Conserva tive party. COUNTRY MARKETS LIVERPOOL.—FRIDAY. At our market to-day we had a limited attendance, with very little doing in wheat at previous prices. Flour dull and unchanged. Indian corn held for rather more money. DERBY—FRIDAY. A moderato show of wheat, with a firm inquiry, at late currencies. The crops have very much improved since our last report. New white wheat, 46s to 50s Od ; red, 40s to 44s per 3 6 stone. Barley for malting, 328 to 34s per qr. ; grinding, 28s to 30s per 30 stone. Oats, new, 22s to 255; old, 25s to 28s per 24 stone. Beans, old, 43s to 455; new, 40s to 425 per 38 stone. S TAMP ORD.—FRIDAY. New white wheat, 44s to 465; new red, 40s to 425 - per 3 6 stone. Barley, malting, 32s to 335; grinding, 28s to 305 per qr. Oats, new, 22s to 28s; old, —s to —s per 24 stone- Beans, 40s to 42s per 38 stono. Peas as of late. WAKEFIELD.—FRIDAY. A thin attendance. Wheat trade slow. Prices without change from Friday last. Spring corn unaltered. Averages, July 10 , : —Wheat, 741 qrs, at 43s 7d; bar' ley, —, at —s Od ; oats, 77, at —s Od. L INC OLN.—FRIDAy. A tolerable supply of wheat, which sold at quite last week's prices. Barley a limited show, and prices well / unaltered. Oats came slowly to hand, and met a moderate inquiry. Beans a small show at top prices. New white wheat, 45s to 48s ; new red, 38s to 44s per 3 6 stone. Barley for malting, 30s to 32s per qr; grinding, 27s to 31s per 30 stone. Oats, 22s to 255. Beans, 40s to 42s per qr. BURY ST. EDMUND'S—WEDNESDAY. With a good supply of wheat to-day sal es were nia do at last weeks prices. The trade, in all other kinds of grain was dull, and no alteration in prices. Talavera wheat, Vs to 495; red ditto, 37s to 40s; barley, 30s to 325; secondary ditto, 27s to 29s per qr. BRISTOL SUGAR.—FRIDAY. The demand continues steady, and a fair business 1 10 been done at full prices. Rum is in active demand. Foreign Mail Packet List. MAILS DUE. Australia and New Zealand, via Southampton..... July 1 9 . • Ditto, via Marseilles Brazil and Cape Verde. by British packet Aug. 4 . Ditto, by French p ac k e t Cape of Good Hope, Ascension, and St. Helena uly 22. China. Penang. and Singapore. via Southampton July 19. Ditto, via Marseilles July 13. Falkland Islands Gibraltar, via Southampton July 19. India (Calcutta), and Ceylon, via Southampton July 19. Ditto, via Marseilles July 13. India (Bombay), via Southampton. July 20. / Ditto, via Marseilles July 20. Mauritius, via Southampton Aug. 1 0 . Ditto, via Marseilles. Aug. 4. Newfoundland July 19. Portugal , • Aug. 4. Ditto, by private ship to Lisbon ... United States and British North America, by Bri tish packet ........... July 19, Ditto. by United States packet, via Southamp ton Ditto, via Cork ..... Ditto, by Canadian packet, via L ondonderry.. July 14. West Coast of Africa. Madeira, and Teueriffe July 12. West Indies and Pacific (except Bahamas, Cuba, and Mexico • ............. ...July 1 4 . Bahamas, via New Y ork. ........................... July 27. Bermuda, ditto ........................ Aug. 2. Cuba and Mexico .......................... • July 19. Births. HERBERT.—On the 11th inst., at 29, Pembridge-squar''' Notting-hill, the wife of Lieut.-Col. Charles Herbert , Bengal Staff Corps, of a son. KrrcHING.--On the 13th inst., at 14, Devonshire-placo, the wife of the Rev. Walton Kitching, of twin sous. SHOUT. —On the 13th inst., at Bury Hall, Edmonton, ill c / wife of R. P. Short, Esq., of a daughter. Marriages, LILLEY — MALDEN.—On the lath inst., at Holy Tr inity Church, Tred egar - square, Mr. Samuel Lilley, Mark' lane, city, to Jano, daughter of the late John Coleman Malden, Esq., of Mile -end. T•RACEY—WISGATE.—On the Bth inst., at the British Coo sulate, Boul ogne - sur-Mer, Ri c h ar d E. Tracey, Comma dor R.N., to J anet D ouglas, daughter of the Rev. " Wingate, 9, Stanley-crescent, Kensington-park. Deaths. BOWEN.—On the 12th inst., at Montpellier Lodge, Brighton , Pryce Bowen, Esq., aged 66. BURKITT.—On the 11th inst., at Teignmouth, Mr. John I-1 Burkitt, soli c it or , o f K en il worth, Warwickshire, an d youngest son of Wm. Burkitt, Esq., of Chesterfield , Derbyshire. DEWHURST.—On the Bth inst., at Edgbaston, Birminghanit the Rev. William Dewhurst, MA., aged 38. FELTON.—On the 10th inst., at New Malden, Surrey, g r. Lionel Louis Felton, aged 23. Pine.—On the 11th inst., at 11, Belsize-square, N. W' Angela, only daughter of Capt. R. Pim, R.N., aged tbl mouths. London : Printed and Published by WILLIAM ANDitlart of No. 112, Strand, Pri n t er, at Tin: SUN Office, No 11 i Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, In the Wild,' ° Middlesex. --Saturday,; July 16, 1866. Rate Arre tre, ( Beu id ro "ull,ll Ariet Pe s rk 1 Gonve Ita l i an( AS ,r( titi an( , 1 865 41 . A ate n rren, AT matt ASyl tun at Ordi Add Inte Ann Lunat , or ~lainti titian ( 49 TO COT] VII)] Amour Ker n ' it e o c n e i A v other herr( the ( paid fc 0)1/1171 raid fc Woe the 1 utili Paid fi oonn Paid fi tiny! 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