The Sun. — London, England, 1866-04-25 00:00:00

-- , ..--,1 ,4 y t 1-t - ~ f 4 1' 4- -A- r >. -- r tr-t - ry cl T r--44 04e , , for the miseries'Of the past. Soine f lierigonneci not without show of reason, that the'lUittli-lroW' do all that was necessary f or t h e S ou th . tiaterial the tremendous exertions they had made it would be wrong to say that they were not able, but even though able there were still the strongest reasons why the English people who sympathised with the negro should give their help and afford something from their resources that the prosperity of the negro might be more rapidly accomplished. Mr. T. HUGHES, M.P., s econ d e d t h e reso l ut i on, and said he considered it a great honour that the people of this country should have the opportunity of taking part in such a work as that in which the people of the United States were now engaged. He believed that in a year or two the sufferings of the negro would disappear ; unless, therefore, the pre sent moment was taken advantage of, no future op portunity i o c f h t t i h ed is country to deepen and widen the bon portunity would be afforded to the pe d o s them and the American people together. The resolution was carried unanimously. On the motion of the Rev. Dr. SHAW, the follow ing resolution was also adopted : " That this meeting considers the closer union of the British Freedman's Aid Associations in this benevolent labour is of great importance, and that the national form which such an union (comprising more than 30 associations) has :taken is eminently adapted for its purpose, and would earnestly com mend the claims of the union to the favourable co operation of all friends of freedom." After a vote of thanks to the chairman the pro ceedings terminated. E ;--% I 0 ND N must have a SUPPER and MUSIC kv4A,,,RS'OI%I for Gentlemen. 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THE SUN, LONDON WEDNESDAY EVENING, APRIL 25, 1866. N°. 23,043. PRICE-. 4d. ST A.3IPED sd. MR. STP,ETTON'S RECOLLECTIONS. On Friday, Aprll 27, in 1 vol., with Illut•trationa, 155., SPORT AND SPORTSMEN. A Book of Recollections. To WEST-END DINERS.- " THE WELLINGTON," ST. JAMES'S-STREET, PICCADILLY. LADIES' SALOON DINING ROOM on the First Floor The SUBSCRIPTION ROOMS arc now OPEN. Terme—Twelve Months XI lie. Od. Six Months I Is. Od. Apply, D. CAMERON, 49, St. James-street. A—To SHIPOWNERSand MASTERS. \ R N' are A. requested to inform the Shipping interest in Great Britain that the Russ an Government has agreed to construct a LIFE-SAVING APPARATUS on the coast of Narva, that such will consist of two Lifeboats and Rocket Apt arat us, ea e on each side of the river, which arc alr.ady order ed from abroat, and that they will be at Narva at the opening of this year's navigation. As regards the deepening Of the entrance of the river we are informed that private mea sures h ave b e en t a ken to ac complish this object, a Dredging Machine having been con structed, which wi,l immediately oomni , nce working. London, 24th Aprll. is very quiet, and buyers seem to have become im pressed with the notion that as cotton goods are de clining so rapidly in price wool must take the same course. That, however, on mature consideration, will scarcely appear so probable. The existence of that sort of apprehension has kept the warehouses in a state of quietness all the week. The Yorkshire trade is as dull as ever, but stocks are low. side galvanized wires, covered with Manilla, are boll ever made in another branch of the Construc tion Company's Works. Here, too, a massive grappling rope of wire and hemp is being made. The,G'-reat Eastern had no grappling ropes on her last eventful voyage, and upon their absence, and the inefficiency of their substitutes, the failure and disappointment of last year's expedition mainly rests. This year she will have on board the giant rope we saw slowly approaching completion, which is made on animproved principle, and has been triumphantly tested to bear fAr more than the strain ever needed during the picking up process last year. Further, the testing apparatus has been so improved by the inventions and additions made by Mr. Willoughby Smith that a flaw will be detected with certainty either before, o r th e instant it has. been paid out. Add to this, that the picking -up machinery has been vastly increased in efficiency, and it will be readily seen that the experience of last year has not been thrown away. It is, of course, hoped that the ad ditional precautions taken will render flaws and faults all but impossible ; but it is a cheering assur ance to know that they are unimportant. Upon Way ensure content to re against um fact an oc e ea ffo n d te c l a e n gr posi aphr i z this res t . simple N o h casualties, and the obvious consideration is how to make casualties harmless. Capt. Anderson main tained, after the expedit e ugloonohftltoastbye asei ear,tsby aatsypa- pick ing up an Atlantic cable ing one out, and to have made ofstpheeakospivnoilounmesfor one next, expedition the fact of the the genius of the mechanists, and for their chances of success. TuAL LOAN FUND ASSOCIATION (Inc )rpor Lted by Act of Parliament, 1450), 14 ' hi:T . BSE LL-STREET, COVENT-GARDEN, LONDOY. V"VANCES MONEY on Personal Security, Bills of Sale, rjeehold or beneficial Leasehold Property, without inquiry th;: Years deduction whatever, for periods of one, two, or di," , repayable weekly, monthly, or quarterly. gills unted. The greatest secrecy observed. Advances also i s 4„ , e towards the Purchase of a House, repayable in 5, 10, or e lp ,'„ ° , 4 rs —Forms free on application, or receipt of a stamped ,ClOpe. By CHARLES STRETTON, Esq. Hurst and !Hackett, 13, Great Marlbarou~h•street. MR. SAUNDERS' NEW NOVEL. Nov ready at all the Libraries, in 3 vols., BOUND TO THE WHEEL. By JOHN SAUNDERS. 31Ra. W. S. p„ wo , Trt;m o A pp an 'S B entir Lll e i iyis E, eiN sTvl,l3 N :nAteprtFain ment, EVERY EVENING, at Eight (except Saturday); Saturday Mornings at Three. POLYGRAPHIC HALL, King William-street, Charing-cross Luxurious sofa stalls, as ; balcony stalls, 3s. ; area, 2s. ; amphitheatre, 18.—A plan of stalls may be seen and seats secured at the Hall from Eleven to Five. ARIGHT, VAIIL, and CO. THE ATLANTIC CABLE. EDWARD HARPER, Secretary. Author of "Abel Drake's Wife," Szo. Hurst and Blaekett, 13, Great 3fArlborough-street. PARIS. GRAND HOTEL DU LOUVRE.- Established in 18 55.—Situated in the most Contra , part f Paris, Rue de Rivoli aid Place du Palais Royal—Six Hundred Bed-rooms at from 3fr. to 20fr —Sixty bi tting roorr s at from 4fr. to 2Cfr.—a richly-decorated Dining Saloon —Table d'lffite at six o'clock—Cubit° Coffee and Dining Rooms - Choice Wines—Dinners served 'a la carte both in the dining rooms and the private apartments—Reading and Conversation Saloons; also Saloons for Musical, Wedding, and other parties—all Newspapers and Serial Publications received—Divans, Coffee, Smoking, and Billiard Rooms— numerous Bath - rooms —Carriages on the premises—first class Private Equipages at oominand -Omnibuses running' to all the railway st +tions— st al Letter- box—Telegr p Office day and night—Photograph Studio—a staff of servants speaking all languages. HANK OF BRITISH NORTH AMERICA. Incorporated by Royal Charter. t h I COTICE IS HE R EBY GIVEN, that there is a VACANCY 4 .:he Direction of this Bank, treasioned by the retirement , n uuhn Bloxham Elin, Esq , which will be filled up at the sil ing Yearly General Meeting. lollßY the terms of the Deed of Set lenient It is required as ow s ;:That every Proprietor intending to become a Candidate, co propose some other Proprietor as a Candidate for the t , co of Director, must, within fen days from the time when Baiti4. advertisement shall have been inserted, signify by some iti ng under his or her hand, to be left within the same ten ng at the office of the Corporation, either his intention to e " "le a Candidate or the name and place of abode of the audidate intended to be proposed by him or her." iii Ineq of ximo Candidates cannot therefore be received alter the pro. NEW NOVEL BY TIIE AUTHOR OF " ST. OLAVE'S." Now ready at all the Libraries, in 3 vols., NESTER'S SACRIFICE. By the Author of "St. Olave's," "Janita's Cross," &c. " • Nester's Sacrifice' will assuredly be read with pleasure. The book abounds in merit and beauty.•' Morning; Post. " One of the very best stories we have had from the author. It will be read to the very last page with unbroken inte rest."—ll erald. Hurst and Blackett, 13, Great Marlborough-street. There is the same difference between the appear ance of the Atlantic cable of this year and last as between a white man and:a black. But this differ ence is purely external, and in no way applies either to the conducting wire or the many coatings of gutta percha and compound with which it is covered. These are precisely the same as last year ; and in shape, make, and size, the cable of to-day is iden tical with the one concerning which so many san guine hopes were raised twelve months ago. The outer protection is composed of wires covered with Manilla coating, as before, but as these are now made of galvanised iron, the necessity for a tarry covering is abolished, and the cable being at this time put on board the Great Eastern at the rate of more than a hundred miles a week looks like an ordinary ship'spape which has just left_ the Oprer room, and has seen neither pitch nor tar. MR. ARTHUR SKETCHLEY'S New Entertainment, MRS. BROWN AT HOME AND A BRO A I EVERY EV KNING at Eight (except Saturday); Saturday Afternoon at Three, Egyptian Hall, Piccadilly. Tickets at the Box—office; Mr. Mitchell's; and all music sellers. `4TODARE'S 409TH REPRESENTATION.- THEATRE OF MYSTERY.—EGYPTIAN HALL.— STODARE'S celebrated MARVELS of MAGIC and VEN TRILkr QUIS M, -s performed by him, by command, at Wind sor Castle, before her Majesty the Queen, Nov. 21,1865 ; and twice before ti.R.ll. the Prince of Wales, June 6. 1865, and March 10, 1866.—The New Sensation, the MARVEL of MECCA, the SPHINX, and Stodare's celebrated INDIAN BASTiET FEAT, EVERY EVENING at 8. Wednesdays and Saturdays at 3. Stalls may be secured in advance at the Box-office, Egyptian Hall, open daily from 10 till 6; and at Mitchell's, Old Bend street.---Admission, ls., 2s. ; stalls, 3s. "Almost miraculous."—Vide the Times. MISS MADDOX'S NEW NOVEL. At all Libraries, in 3 vols., THE LADY'S MILE. A Novel. By the Author of " Lady Audley's Secret," &c. London : Ward, Lock, and Tyler, Paternoster-row. DISDERI, PHOTOGRAPHIST. INVEN TOR of the CARTE de VISITE, Patent the 27th of November, 1851, 70, 71, 72, Brook-street, Hanover-square, and for Equestrian Portraits at Hereford Lodge, Gloucester road, Old Brompton-road, and 8. Boulevard des 'Wiens, Paris. _ _ By order of the Court, C. 111`NAB, Secretary. 124, Bishopsgate-street Within, April 25, 1856. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. SWEET OP OPONA X.—PIESSE and O t LUBIN'S new PERFUME. This and a thousand hers for choice at the laboratory of flowers, 2, New Bond street, London. Sold in all parts of the world. DIES - MORE BEAUTIFUL rfl EVER.—Dr. CULVERWELL'S LADIES' Tylt atra BATHS, Tuesdays. Gentlemen other lays.-3. GrFat rl borough-street, W. Is. A‘so the Post ()Ince Turkish B at hs, artin's-le-rand, ls. 6d. Saturdays and ltidays, 9 i s. ; atM both establi G shments, Is. Greatest purifier of the blood and beautifier of the skin. N 0 TIC E.-THE LADY'S MILE.- An abundant supply of this New Novel,by the Author of "Lady Audley's Secret," etc., will be ready on We Ines day, April 18. Subscribers to circulating libraries should , rder "The Lady's Mile," by Miss Braddon. Mr. DISDER I has on S &LE 65,000 CARTES de VISITE of all the CELEBRITIES of the Day, and PANORAMIC VIEWS. Establishments in LONDON, PARTS, MADRID, and TOULON, for enlargenwtos me tj9fle size. CHESTER RACES.—Tuzsiom CHRISTY MINSTRELS, ST. JAMES'S HALL. EVERY EVENING at Eight. WEDNESDAYS and SATURDAYS, at Three and Eight,—The original and veri tably legimate CHRISTY MINSTRELS. First Season in London these five years. The only company in existence which possesses a legal claim to the title, from the fact of its being the only one which retains all the marked specialities and distinguished favourites who originally gained the re putation of the company first in the United States, and sub sequently in this country, in 1857. No other company as suming the title of Christy Minstrels possesses a single in dividual member of the least distinction who belonged to the original troupe. The Christys (after an absence of five years) return to London with their band strengthened and im proved in every respect, their entertainment being unani mously pronounced b i the metropolitan press to be the most sparkling in London. Prices of Admission—New and luxurious fauteuils, 55.; stalls, 3s. ; area. 2s. ; gallery, is. ; juveniles, under twelve, half price to stalls and area only. Fauteuils and stalls may be secured at Mr. Mitchell's Royal Library, 33, Old Bond street; or at Mr. Austin's, 23, Piccadilly.—Manager, Mr. Frederick Burgess. To have the Roodee flooded with sunshine instead of rain,. and for the aces to be run without -&forest of um brellas as a feature, is a state of things so unprecedented that it warrants a passing notice. Chester is associated with dirt and discomfort in racing minds that one could hardly realise its aspect this glorious spring day, and the crowds that thronged the course seemed fully to appreciate the change. Racing, with eight events on the card, commenced, according to Chester law, at 2 o'clock, with a walkover by Selim for the Grosvenor Stakes, and then the Danebury form was shown in the Eaton Plate, which Pantaloon won, after a game race with Ozone and Goldylocks. There was a fine finish between four in the:Chesterfield Stakes, King Hal, who had apparently won within the distance, being " shot'' by Rococo passing the Stand, and defeated by a short head. Queen of Trumps, a warm favourite in the H an dicap Plate, could not quite get up to The Count, and was beaten by a neck. The good, and the attendance qu i te up to the average ing of was a first day. Stakes of 10 sovs each, h ft, with 50 added. Winners extra. Grosvenor Course. About a mil e and The Grosvenor 00E13 - URN'S NEW MONTHLY MAGAZINE vv for 314 Y contains :—Cayenne and French Guiana—The Street Wan derer—Dyev k e and her Royal Protector -About E, , prit de Corps, and Corporation Conscience—Wanderings through II aly in Search of its Ancient Remains—ldalia Liliin's Inheritance—Egypt ; and a Voyage from Sea to Sea through the Isthmus of Suez. Chapman and Hall, 193, Piccadilly. DISDERI, PHOTOGRAPHIC ARTIST to H. I. MAJESTY the EMPEROR NAPOLEON ILL and the IMPERIAL FAMILY; to H. I. MAJESTY the EMPEROR of ALL the RUSSIAS ; also to IL I. MAJESTY the QUEEN of SPAIN and the ROYAL FAMILY; to H. MAJESTY the KING of ITALY; to IL MAJESTY the KING of HOLLAND; to H. MAJESTY the KING of PORTUGAL ; to the IMPERIAL ACADEMY of MUSIC; PHOTOGRAPHER of the PALACE of the UNIVERSAL EXHIBITION of 1855, &c. SP-ANISIT FLY is the acting ingredient in ALEX. 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IN I jt} BARRY'S delicious health-restoring Invalids' yi , and Infants' Food, THE REVALENT A ARAB ICA , 11 ( ., e itls thr ee times as m uc h assimi l a t ing an d strengthen i ng 1 -11 rishment as the best meat, and restores perfect diges hi°ll, strong nerves, sound lungs, healthy liver, refreshing ...r tieeerP, functional regularity,. and energy to the most dis? - ft ed or enfeebled—removing speedily and effectually in tion, ha -I.Restion (dyspepsia), cough, asthma, consuniderangements, Ca_al constipation, diarrhoea, all gastric us_ ,le,„olorrhoids, liver complaints, flatulency, nervo . e a ' t:, biliousness, fevers, sore throats, diphtheria, am rr hs, colds, influenza, noises in the head c• AI , , I 'B, rheumatism, gout, impurities, eruptions, -l 'ia• 1 • • 1 blity dity 11 4 1 , neum gm, urn a i , slpe . plessness, ROI 7 to Nation, heartburn, headache, debility, dropsy, cramps, thrla, nausea and sickness even inat se pregnancy gechesat, 14 1 ,1 4 1,1 g fits, bronchitis, scrofula, tightness o It i s in the pit of the stomach and between the sho f u u l r de in rs_. Vali,,the most digestible of all foods and suitable .4,- 1 .: and infants in all complaints. of th e quote a few out of 62,000 Cures:—Cure No. 58,216 N 4 Marchioness de Brehan, of seven years' liver ne t; *it•llt7 wasting away, debility, nervousness, _ o tabill stunt a nerVOUS palpitation all over, bad chgesti n, con- Nit, sleeplessness, and the most intolerabl . e . nervous the e i t !"- Cure No. 71, of dyspepsia, from the Right Hon. un.y of \Ord Stuart de Decies, Lord Lieutenant of the t ex-,eford :-1 have derived much benefit from your toiTlent fo d.—Stuart de Decies, Dromana,• UaPP o _cl tn in e l T . ;ItY Waterford. Cure No. 54,816, from the Rev. Ja_ors telk.alliPbell, Syderstone Rectory, near Fakenham, Nor he th, 3l . In all cases of indigestion, and particularly he t„ v i r is more than usually affected, 1 consider it w the t ilf• vp ' r all remedies. It regulates the bile, and iiikes i i1hat,,,41 acseases Which would not admit of mercury in f a t ny hort, a healthy flow of the bile is one o you earliest best symptoms. You can make what use y T . a s ( T of this communication.—l am, gentlemen, James l ' - '3', -4 4 1.13140 1. Cure No. 52,422.---Bridge House, Frim gpitti,-urreY :—Thirty-threa years' diseased . lungs, u th ,; - g ct blood, liver derangement, deafness, singing i d lolara, co nstipation, debility, shortness of brelth, an 1tt%,7. , have been removed by your Revalenta . Arabica. My i4.,:',. ‘ ,. 8, liver, stomach, head, and ears are all right, my hTar- It t P, y'rfect, and my recovery is a marvel to all my acquaint - °I Jam esZi Roberts, Tiniber Merchant. Cure No. 49,83 . cress, YYears indescribable agony from dyspepsia, nervcps : 1 1 , 8 , asthma, cough, constipation, flatulency, sps . rps, 62 . k IC , 44 i nd vomiting. -Maria Joly, of Ln Nortour. C c ure im i 4,121.- M issElizabethJacobs, of extremenervousness, t4ttin, gatherings, low spirits, fau and nervous fancies. years' (1141,111N°. 56,814.-11 r. Saml.Laxton . ,Leicester, o 2 9d 1 3. e d c ea• The food is sold in canisters, alb. • 21b eg . ,• ; 121 b., 2 15.; 241 b., 40s. Super-refined quality, s 11b...,. , 2 4i i , 21b., 12s. ; 51b., 225. ; 101 b., 335. The 101 b., 121 b., and by l i canisters, carriage free on receipt of Post-office Order, also t l r ., Du Barry and Co., 77. Regent-street, London ; also „nliPs, Tea Dealers, 3, King William-street . , like ga.te_s"' °5, Gra cechurch-stre c t ; 4, Cheapside ; 49, Bishops kraulreet Within ; 63, 150, and 298, Oxford-street ; 330, road . 9 ', 54 ._, Upper Baker -street ; 103, Tottenham-court lose lo,' -, uPper-street, Islington N.; Harvey, Notting-hill , te,.,...0 Brothers,' 65, High-street ; and' Stubbs, Queen -1.7, St. .Tohn's-wood, London ; and all respectable cars and Cheraist&—Beware of spurious imitations. TO QUADRILLE BANDS.—Free by post for 20 stamps, the famous UNITED SERVIuE QUAD RILLE, by FRED GODFREY, for orchestra; also his Cold stream Guards' Waltzes, same price. Apply to Robert Cocks and Co , New Burlington-street. sth edition, corrected and revised, post free 7 d., THE TEETH : a Practical Treatise; with the trot Means of Restoring them when Defective or Lost By A. ESKELL, Surgeon-Dentist, of Grosvenor-street, W. "We cannot do better than recommend for general perusal Mr. Eskell's treatise, which is as useful as it is unpretend ing."—Telegraph, June 20, 1800. Sold by Simplon and Marshall, Stationers'-hall-court, London ; and all Booksellers. DO you wish to SING, or have a beautiful and powerful VOICE? If so, the " REGISTERED EUPHONIC NOTES " are truly wonderful in their action, and are unanimously pronounced the "Marvel of Science." I hey aie 111V.iLIA le to All and arc guaranteed as a protective agent in all weathers. No Singer or Speak r should be without them. (See opinion of the press and testimonials.) The Euphonic Note, post free 14 stamps, in boxes 26 stamps, direct from the sole inventor, SEAGRA VE ALGEN, 1, Dorcas-terrace, Hammersmith-road, London, W. PHEASANT REARING for 1866.— JAMES CHAMBERLIN'S (opposite Corn Exchan , , , ,e, Nor wich) is the only depot In the world for proper Ft) , ill for PHEASANT FEEL , ING. Between . ..00 and 300 testimonials of last year's success. Trt•atise on Hatching and Rearing, with other valuable hints, posted tree on application. Land owners, pheasant rearers, and gamekeepers can raise any number of birds by using hts food. The aristocracy of the kingdom constantly use it. Gentlemen requiring game keepers, or gamekeepers requiring situations, are requested to apply to Mr. James Chamberlin, wine merchant and phea sant foci," dealer, opposite Corn Exchange, Norwich. BOARD and RESIDENCE.—CIiff House, near Warrior-square, St. Leonards-on-Sea, two minutes' walk from the Parade. Address, Mrs. Richardson, as above. DEFRIES and SONS beg to call the special fa • attention of Merehanti and the Trade to their NEW PATENT ASTRA BURNER, With Circular Wick, which for simplicity of construction, great brilliancy of light, perfect combustion, and its entire freedom from heat, sur passes everything that has yet been introduced. ASTIR LAMPS can be obtai ne d f rom th e METROPOLITAN LIGHT COMPANY, 447, Strand, and from all Ironmongers and Lamp Warehouses in Town and Country ; and the Patentee, 16 and 17, Commercial street, WhitechapeL ASTRA' PETROLEUM, and KEROSINE LAMPS on SHOW. (New Designs.) ASTRA (Patent) OIL. for MINERAL AS TR A LAM P.—Five Hundred NEW PATTERNS for the Season now on show. TABLE GLASS, ENGRAVED AND CUT. JT DEFRIES and SONS, • • 18 and 17, COMMERCIAL-STREET. TAvEEN AND HOTEL GLASS. Newest Patterns, Correct Measure. JDEFRIES and SONS, • 16 and 17, COMMERCIAL-STREET. ALEXANDRA DINNER SERVICES, For 12 Persons, 41 18s. 6d. BREAKFAST and TEA SERVICES in great variety, £1 is. T DEFRIES and SONS, • 16 and 17. COMMERCIAL-STREET. CRYSTAL CHANDELIERS, New deeigna, for the Drawing-room, either for Gas or Candle. JDEFRIES and SONS, • 16 and 17, COMMERCIAL-STREET. CRYSTAL CHANDELIERS, In the Grecian and Venetian Designs. JDEFRIES and SONS, • 16 and 17, COMMERCIAL-STREET. BRONZILD AND ORMOLU CHANDELIERS, New designs, for the Dining-room. JDEFRIES and S ONS, • 18 and 17, COMMERCIAL-STREET. CRYSTAL LAMPS AND WALL LIGHTS (Registered) for India. JDEFRIES and SONS, . 16 and 17, COMMERCIAL-STREET. CLUB, MESS, AND FURNISHING ORDERS for the above Goods promptly executed. Works —LONDON and BIRMINGHAM. JDEFRIES and SONS, • 16 and 17, COMMERCIAL-STREET. T DEFRIES and SONS • Supply Merchants with Pattern Books Free. JDEFRIES and SONS' • TEMPORARY SHOW ROOMS. 16 and 17, COMMERCIAL-STREET, WHITECIIA.PEL, Five Minutes' walk from the Late Establishment, 147, HOUNDSDITCH. TE RESCUE SOCIETY wishes to add a no th er home to the 12 now in operation. Last year no fewer 'ban 455 poor, friendlessaoung females were rejected from want of FUNDS and room, making a total of 3,087, who have been sent away in five years. The new home the Committee wish to form would be for young girls, almost children, from the age of 8 to 15, who have been led astray from the path of virtue. Contributions will be received gratefully by the Secretary, 51r. Daniel Cooper,Bs, Queen-street. Cheapside; ur by Messrs Barclay and Co., Lombafd-street. ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL, Gray's-inn-road, in the immediate vicinity of the Great Northern Rail way Terminus, King's-cross. Patron—tier Most Gracious Majesty the QUEEN. Pico-Patron—His Royal Highness the Prin es of WA LE S, 11. G President—His Grace the Duke of BUCCLEUCII. K.G. This Hospital, founded in the year 1828, the first to estab lish the principle of free admission to the sick poor, without the delay and di ffi culty of Governors' orders, is wholly de pendent for support on voluntary contributions and l.„facies. It affords relief to a large number of in-patients, and, in addition to this, the average number of attendance of the Jestitute sick has for a ceneiderable period averaged between 1,000 and 4,000 weekly. The Committee earnestly solicit the ASSISTANCE of the benevolent, as the premises of this Hospital are capable of containing several nundred more beds, had the Commiiirs the requisite 'undo to maintain them. Contributions are received by the Treasurer, Edward Mu lerman, Esq., Nicholas-lane; also by fdessrs. Colitis and Co.; Drummond and Co. ; Glyn and Co.;• Harries and Co. ; Ransom and Co. ; Prescott, G ro t e, and Co. ; Smith, Payne, and Co.; Barclay and Co. ; W.llianas, Deacon, and Co.; Overend, Guy ney, and Co.: Nisbet and Co.. Berners-street ; I. Earned and Co., Liverpool 3 and at the Hoepital. from 10 till & STANFORD SMITH, Seeretszy. IIurADAME TUSSAUD'S EXHIBITION, IT AL BAKER-STREET, EASTER HOLIDAY. NEW ADDITIONS.—SeveraI life-size Portrait Models of the most distinguished Personages of the day (including those of the late LORD PALMERSTON and GUS TAVUS V. BROOKE) have been added since the last Holidays ; and in the Chamber of Horrors are Effigies, taken from life, of SOT/THEY alias FORWOOD, and the notorious CHARLOTTE WINSOR. Open during the first three days in Easter week from 10 a.m. till 10 p.m. Admittance, Is. ; children, under ten, half price ; Extra Rooms, Gd. A RGYLL ROOMS, Great Windmill-street, Piccadilly. Selections from all the favourite Operas will be performed by the celebrated ARGYLL BAND every Evening. Chef d'Orchestra, Signor L. CURTI. M. LEVY, the Great Cornet Player, at Nine, Ten, and Eleven o'clock. Doors open at hall-past Eight o'clock. Admission, Is. CHOCOLATE.-MENIER'S FItEN CH. CHOCOLAT-MENIER, for Breakfast. CiIOCOLAT-MENIER is pure, wholesome, and delicious. 3 ,I ENTER'S FRENCH CHOCOLATE. Warehouse, 23, Henrietta-street, Covent-garden. Sold everywhere. PHILLIPS AND COMPANY'S TEAS ARE BEST AND CHEAPEST. STRONG to FINE BLACK TEA, ls. 6d., 25., 2s. 6d., 35., 3s. 4d. Most Delicious Wank Tea is now only 3s. 61. ter pound. Pure, Rich, Rare, Choice Coffee, Is. id.. is. 6d, ls. Bd. PHILLIPS and CO., TEA MERCMANTS, 8, King William-street, City, London, E.C. A price current free. Sugars at market prices. PHILLIPS and CO. send all goods Carriage Free within eight miles of .No. 8, King William-street, 40s. worth Car riage Free to any hallway Station or Market Town in Eng land. Phillips and Co. have no Agents, nor any connection with any house in Worcester or Swansea. IV - HAT DO THE WILD WAVES SAY NOW? —That the FIERY CROSS has arrived, bringing some magnificent KAISOW 'JONG CMS of delicious flavour, and which may now be had, at a mere commission on the import price, of the EAST INDIA TEA COMPANY, No. 5, Great St. Helen's Churchyard, Bishopsgate-street. LIGHT ! LIGHT! LIGHT! MATHEWS'S GAS LAMPS, Square or Globe, of every size and design. Al 6 inch Bent Top Square Lamp, painted and glazed, 1 - 5 s ; a '0 inoh powerful Reflect ing Lamp, with pendant iron and burner complete, £2 26.- 21 and 52, High-street, Bloomsbury. Publicans and other Lamps redecorated equal to new. STARCH MANUFACTURERS TO H. R. H. THE PRINCESS OP WALES. GLENFIELD PATENT STARCH, Used in the Royal Laundry, AND AWARDED THE PRIZE MEDAL. 1862. Sold by all Grocers, Chandlers, Sze. ttc. TEETH. —Mr. DAY (for many years principal assistant to Mr. &WI, surgeon-dentist, of 8, Gros venor-street, W.) may be consulted on all cases of Dental de fect or deficiency. He has made arrangements for the use of Mr. Eskell's Patents, by which means exquisitely enamelled. ARTIFICIAL TENTH of the utmost durability are con structed (in a few hours when necessary), and are worn upon tender gums or roots of teeth or by nervou s persons for any length of time, without pain, unpleasantness, or discomfort. The invention applied to teeth of ordinary or inferior con struction. Painful teeth or diseased stumps extracted with out pain. No chloroform! and perfectly safe. OSTEO - ENAMEL, the exact colour of the natural teeth, used in all cases of stopping. Discoloured teeth restored, loose teeth fastened, and all operations on the most approved principles. Terms strictly moderate. Consultations free. 291, REGENT-STREET (3 doors from the Polytechnic). A BEAUTIFUL DESCRIPTIVE CATA AL LOGUE, with Illustrative Sketches of CABINET FURNITURE and DECORATIVE UPHOLSTERY, sant free per post or given on application. The Stock, corres ponding to the List, is marked in plain figures. ATKINSON & CO., CABINET MAKERS, UPHOLSTERERS, LINEN DRAPERS, AND HOUSE AGENTS, 198, 200, 202, 204, 206, 208, and 210, WESTMINSTER BRIDGE ROAD, LONDON. 911 HE CURTAINS OF A HOUSE 11. give the tone and character to its appearance. They should be changed with the changing seasons. ATKINSON and CO. are prepared with the earliest Spring Stock of Curtains—the new Pekinette Stripes for Drawing and Dining Rooms, Pekin and Persian Cloths, Muslin, Lace and Leno, with all the new Designs in this year's Chintzes. ATKINSON & CO., 198, 200, 202, 204, 206, 208, and 210, WESTMINSTER BRIDGE ROAD, LONDON. THE SPRING STOCK OF CARPETS, REPLENISHED with the Newest Designs from the best makers, comprises FELTS, KIDDER, BRUSSELS, VELVET PILE, AXMINSTER, and TURKEY. Every kind of material for covering hall or passage, Floor-Cloth, Cork Carpet, Linoleum, and Kamptulicon. ATKINSON & CO., 198, 200, 202, 204, 206, 208, and 210, WESTMINSTER BRIDGE ROAD, LONDON. PROVIDENCE ROW NIGHT REFUGE, • FOR HOMELESS WOMEN AND CHILDREN, 14A, Providence-row, Finsbury, E.C. Sixty Thousand Nights' Lodgings, with Suppers and Breakfasts, have been given in this Institution to the destitute, who otherwise would have had to pass the nights in the bleak streets or under railway arches. At present nearly 500 Nights' Lodgings, with Suppers and Breakfasts, are given gratuitously every week. Tho poor from all parts aro admitted, the only condition being that they are homeless and starving. The Manager, &c., receives no remuneration whatever. Notwithstand ing the provision made by the Poor Houses, each night numbers of young wo men, children, and orphans are, for want accommodation, refused admittance, andhave to spend night after night in the cold, wet, and sleet. To meet this evil, and to provide more ample accommoda tion, £2,000 has been raised, but to accomplish the work a sum of at least - £l,OOO more will be required. Besides providing shelter for the homeless, this year it is proposed, as far as the donations obtained for the pur pose will allow, to give bread and coals to poor families in want. Will you, in your charity, help to carry on and accomplish what has been begun? Will you help to give shelter to the really homeless, and food to the really starving ? Tho smallest donation will bo most welcome, and, night and morning, the prayers of the destitute will be offered in your behalf. . SUBSCRIPTIONS - are earnestly requested, and will be gratefully received by the Rev. D. GILBERT D.D., N 0.22, Finsbury-circus R.C. TEETH AND PAINLESS DENTISTRY.- The fear of pain and dread of operation inherent to all deter very many to whom ARTIFICIAL TEETH are of vital importance from availing themselves of the services of a (I' n' Ft. In practi.a: foui!e lin 1. - .30 a'.l - 1 row ex 5. dng over greater part of the kingdom, an experience unequalled has been obtained, enabling us to offer even the most sensi tive sufferer a system or dentistry perfect in its absolute freedom from pain, a specialit6 r enabling only to our prac tice, and for which her Majesty has granted her royal letters patent. This system embraces the non-interference with all stumps, however decayed, the support•ng• instead of extrac t:on of looss teeth until they become firm and useful in mas tication, and the utter absence of all and every operation. so that the most nervous persorr*an be supplied without fear of pain or inconvenience. These teeth are cheaper, more dur able, natural, and comfortable than any yet produced. CtinsultatiOn free. Teeth from ss. bets from 5 to 25 ge., warranted. For the emcay, utility, and success of this system, vide " Lancet.' ' . Messrs. LEWIN and SIAIEON AIOSELY and SONS, 30, Bcrners-street, Oxford-street, and 448, Strand, Opposite Charing-cross Railway Station. Daily attendance at 15, Whitefriargate, Unli; 10, Norfolk street, Sheflleld ; 4, East-parade. Leeds ; 14. St. Nicholas sired, Searbro' ; and 33, Coney-street, York. Established 1830. No connection with any one of the same name. STATE OF TRADE. - - 4.• -- MANCHESTER, April 24.—The heavy operations in cotton at Liverpool by spinners who have been tempted by low prices to purchase at once to cover orders they hold for yarn have naturally caused . a slight reaction there, and to some extent a similar result has been produced here in yarn and cloth. The telegrams from Liverpool, however, say that out of 20,000 bales bought there to-day at id. ad vance per lb. 7,000 were taken by speculators; and the somewhat better feeling in this market is tinged by a fear that the improvement will not prove per manent. In shipping yarns there has been a good deal of business to-day at about I.d. per lb. ad vance upon the lowest prices taken last week. Many of our spinners have been asking a conside-, rable advance on what they could have obtained last week, and this in many quarters has checked opera tions, buyers showing a good deal of timidity. Sellers, however, report the market as closing decidedly better than it has been. Business for the Continent has been discouraged by telegrams ex hibited on the Exchange by Germans from German correspondents. One of these was as follows : " War is inevitable. Buy nothing on our account." Home-trade yarns are selling better to-day, and there has been a fair business at Id. per lb. advance on the rates of last Friday. In cloth there is less improvement. The reaction in cotton at Liverpool has caused manufacturers to raisetheir quotations a little, but there has been little or no business effected where they insist upon an advance upon the prices of last week. Buyers generally seem to fear a re turn to the low prices of last week, though there is a hope that it will not be accompanied with the same panic feeling, and are holding back where any advance is mentioned. CARDIFF, 23d.—Steam coal proprietors are busy in executing orders, with which their books are well filled, and although the present active state of trade has prevailed for several weeks there is every prospect of its continuing. Tke demand from the foreign markets is very large, and Welsh steam is being used more than ever for marine purposes. The improved inquiry on home account continues to increase, and additional railway accommodation to London and the North would gi ve a st ill furt h er stimulus to the trade. In the iron t ra d e th ere i s no material change to note; hopes, however, are enter tained that business with America will become more active, as there are some large orders in the market from South America for rails. The inquiries on colonial account are satisfactory, and there is a steady trade with the continental markets, but not to the extent expected. " In the ho me t ra d e b uyers continue to hold back, but in several instances indi cations have been evinced of an inclination to give out more freely. For pig the demand k ee p s u p, an d prices are well maintained. There is a moderate demand for tin plates. LEEDS, 24th.—The markets in both the white and the coloured cloth-halls to-day have been much like those of the past few weeks, there being no great disposition to purchase goods in large quantities. The parcels made up to-day have been of various articles, and have included a few summer and autumn goods, as well as trouseriugs and coatings that are not particularly affected by any season of the year. Good all-wool blacks are in moderate request, at firm prices, but there is not quite so good a demand as there was lately for black unions. Plain and fancy tweeds of good make are saleable at late rates. Generally prices of wools, woollen I yarns, and goods are the same as last week. l-I'o - h day's market has not business done was been lar ß ge O l c y ji attended, con fined to very narrow limits, but on the whole the trade in fancy - flannels, and printed sorts especially, is fairly satisfactory. The demand for plain goods To trace the manufacture of the Atlantic cable in its early stages, it is necessary to visit the gutta percha works of the Telegraph Construction and Maintenance Company in the City-road. Here you see the copper wire, as fine as packthread, as received from Birmingham. When every yard of this has been tested electrically, it is placed on bobbins, and running through the glutinous mixture known as Chatterton's compound, passes up a vertical spindle which is fed by six other bobbins on which are the same wire. These seven wires—six round the central one—make nearly a perfect circle, and are the medium of electrical communication. Every thing else about the cable is either for insulation or for protecting the precious core, the diameter of which is about that of a small pea. It is, perhaps, unnecessary to add that the seven blended wires act as one, and that while messages could be conveyed through any of their number, even if the rest were injured, it is as a single wire that the cable must be considered for all practical purposes. The preparation and application of the gutta percha coating is extremely interesting. In the vast cellars of the City-road establishment massive blocks of gutta-percha are stacked away in the primitive state in which they left the natives selling them. Idols, dragons, insects, monsters, and animals, are all to be seen rudely fashioned in the plastic mate rial as it left the tree, and now hardened into what resembles wood. You walk through groves and avenues of gutta-percha, smell it on all sides, feel it in the dim light whichever way you stretch out your hand, and hear without wonder of the immense quantity required for the execution of such a con tract as the Atlantic cable. The different qualities of this useful material are easily marked, and the prevalence or absence of foreign matter easily seen when bits are broken off. Inside it looks like bard touchwood ; outside it resembles peat, or solid lumps of bark. From the basement, where this mass of material is housed, you pass to the next floor, in the rooms of which it is being carefully made avail able. First, the vast blocks are broken up by a disc armed with teeth ; thca the mass is boiled in huge cauldrons, until in colour and appearance it resembles so many masses of liquified granite ; then, by ticker and the cold water test, foreign substances are eli minated, until, after more boiling, it is placed under hydraulic pressure, treated as a fluid, and comes out •,-cleared and purified of all appreciable impurity. Then comes the process of mastication, which con sists of a series of teeth on a double roller being em ployed in working upon the gutta-percha until it is of the consistency of putty and the colour of cho colate. The same process is repeated with a single roller masticator, and thus by repeated purification and manipulation a perfectly plastic mass is ar rived at, which is proved to possess more highly than any other the peculiar properties needed in submarine telegraphy. The electric wire is first passed through ',Chatterton's compound, which is both insulative and adhesive, and attaches the gutta percha to the copper, and finally into the gutta perch 'itself, and then into cold water. This is the first layer for the cable, and as soon as it is com pleted careful tests are again applied. The process of dipping in the compound in the gutta percha and in cold water, and of testing, is repeated several times, until the cable is the substance of a slight walking cane, and externally like so much gutta percha piping. It is then wound round drums in lengths of 2,200 yards, which drums are deposited bodily in tanks of water. Tests are constantly being put, but the electricians appointed to certify before the cable leaves these works, have it immersed in water at a uniform temperature of 75 deg. Fahren heit. This is the contract test, and as the hotter the surroundings of the cable the more trying to its insulating power, it will be readily seen that the trial is sufficiently severe. It is well known that the bottom of the ocean is, in an electric sense, favour able both to copper and gutta percha, the one be coming a better conductor and the other a better insulator the colder the water in which it is placed. Gutta percha, too, increases in insulating power by pressure, and it follows that the colder and deeper the water, the more electrically perfect the cable is hoped to become. Having been placed on bigger drums it is now transferred in lengths of from four to five hundred yards, to Morden Wharf, Green wich, where the remainder of its manufacture is carried on. Here it is again tested at 75 de grees, and its gutta percha piping appearance soon gives place to one more consonant with the word cable. First it receives a coating of jute yarn, put on by means of bobbins and a hol low spindle. This done, it is plunged in cold water for from ten to sixteen hours, after which tests are again rigidly applied. There are 32 tanks employed in this particular immersion, each tank holding more than two miles of cable. We saw some of the vast coil after it had been under water several hours, and could discern no difference either to sight or touch in its condition and that of the cable just leaving the jute-giving machinery. From these tanks it is passed through troughs downstairs, and comes up to receive its final protection of ten homogeneous galvanised wires, each of which has a stout coating of Manilla. The cable is now complete. It next passes into still more gigantic tanks, where it is again socked in cold water, and where tests are still constantly applied. From these tanks it is paid out through a trough into the hulk stationed a few yards from the wharf, and by this is carried to the Great Eastern at Sheerness. The Amethyst, an old Government frigate, was doing duty as hulk during our visit; and has been built up and altered for her present purpose until she looks far more like an ugly -Noah's ark than a ship of war. One of the unwrit ten laws of river life seems to be that strangers may board and visit ships at anchor, without being given into custody for trespass. The deck is open, and the means of going below ample, so that under ordinary circumstances any idle person might have access to the cable without much difficulty while it is on the transport vessel. To guard against such intrusion, a substantial hut has been built upon, and covers a great portion of the Amethyst's deck, and the slop ing roof of this, and its outhouse shape, look strangely unshiplike when it is viewed from the laud. Fast as the cable can be paid in and stowed away does it leave the works, and directly the Amethyst leaves her place will be supplied by the Iris, the vessel act ing alternatelyas transport tender between the cable works and the Great Eastern. Not less interesting than what we have already seen is another manufacture connected with the expedition. We have traced every sta g e of the cable making from the little Birmingham wire to the stout coil as paid into the great ship. The out 11 A public meeting to Inaugurate the Union was held yesterday afternoon at the Westminster Palace Hotel, Victoria-street. The D uke of Argyll presided; and among those present were Sir T. F. Buxton, M.P., Mr. Bright, M.P., Mr. T. Hughes, M.P., Mr. T. Norton, Mr. J. Forster, Mr. B. H. Cadency (Birmingham), Rev. A. Raleigh, D.D., Rev. Wm. Shaw, Mr. R. Ferguson (Carlisle), &c. The CHAIRMAN, in opening the proceedings of the meeting, said that, having presided over a meeting in connection with one of the associations of the Union last year, he would have been pleased if some one else had taken the chair on the present occasion, but he feared there was still a certain amountof shyness among our public men in taking part in aid of the freedmen of America, not from a want of personal sympathy for the liberated slave, but from a vague feeling that it was more or less an interference with American politics. Now, he had no sympathy with that feeling. The war was over, and although there were strong personal contests still existing in the United States, we in this country had no interest in those contests except as far as they might be con cerned in the question of negro labour. Beyondsee ing the negro fully possessed of his civil rights, which alone could render the abolition of slavery of any value, we should take no part whatever in Ame rican politics properly so called. No one had a greater desire than he had to leave those matters exclu sively to Americans themselves, andno one felt more confidence than he did that they would arrive at a wise and justsettlement of all those questions which were at present in dispute. They were simply met in the cause of humanity to assist the negro in that state of transition through which he was passing, and before the new conditions of labour to which he would have to adapt himself were settled. It was quite clear that the Government of this country could not interfere to alleviate the sufferings of the negroes, but as individuals they could and ought to do so. The noble duke then read passages from the Third Annual Report of the Western Freedmen's Aid Commission, showing the manner in which the money that had been already contributed by the union had been distributed in America in affording relief to the destitute negro procuring work, fur nishing useful materials and necessary implements, establishing schools, providing medical help for the sick, and in promoting other works of beneficence. Up to the Ist of March last the money raised by the union was about £BO,OOO. With regard to the ques tion as to the ability of the negro to support himself by honest labour, his Grace thought the report they had received was satisfactory. Under all the cir cumstances he considered there was a strong call upon the people of this country to assist the Wash ington Commission to carry out their objects in a period of difficulty. America needed and would gratefully accept their aid as Great Britain accepted her aid for Ireland and Lancashire to the amount of £250,000 in their times of distress. The Rev. Dr. HowsoN moved and Sir T. F. BUXTON seconded the following resolution : " That this meeting regards the progress of events during the past 12 months as affecting the American freedmen with profound interest, and considers the evident and intelligent fitness of an increasing num ber of the coloured people for the proper use of their newly-acquired freedom, their thirsting after edu cation, together with their readiness to undertake labour as so many new and powerful incentives to enlarged philanthropic effort on their behalf," which was unanimously agreed to. Mr. BRIGIIT, M.P., then moved : " That in view of the devoted labours of the Ame rican people through their various freedmen's aid associations, combined with the co-operation of the Government, to meet the physical and moral neces sities of the freedmen, this meeting regards the aid afforded hitherto by the British public, which is estimated at more than £BO,OOO, as a proper and grateful expression of our s y m p ath y , and would earnes tly recommend that it be largely augmented. The undeniable interest which the British people have in the freedmen's welfare, combined with other considerations of justice and gratitude, requires that such aid be supplied, until the great and critical work of emancipation may be truly said to be com plete." The hon. gentleman said the mere fact that 4,000,000 of our fellow creatures were in the con dition in which the negroes of the United States were would be sufficient of itself to call for help ; but when, besides looking at their unhappy condi tion, they considered the terrific sacrifice by which the great change in their social position had been accomplished he conceived it to constitute altogether the greatest claim upon them that had ever existed on any nation of the globe. The freedmen were at present living as it were in an enemy's country, as it vas quite certain the Southern planters who but yesterday were their masters would not feel any very Christian spirit towards them. What had taken place in Jamaica afforded an illustration of what might be expected to occur in the Southern States of America. Notwithstanding that the abolition of slavery in Jamaica was effected by an act of the Legislature, and a heavy compensation was paid to the owners of the slaves, it was quite clear that from the period of the abolition of slavery up to this hour the whites had never really, in " honestdition con L and just spirit, acknowledged the changed hole of that cf the negro, but that during the i n iquitous time their conduct towards the negro t a w nd was always had been—of a most unjust U n ited States character. But the negroes. noted,what it a nd no compen sationwere not voluntarily emancipated, plantersP of the Southern paid toli was States. The ill -feeling, the planter towards the e e a r il t tgh o e of the which existed in Jamaica on the c osed to exist in an increased negro might be ~..upp and, if it did • the United States;no;, it degree in owing to the institutions of was in his opinio n , a population of freemen, the country,exten sivenewspapers a platform, suffrage, schools—all these in the South, while in the North the people, who, h ave gone through this terrible war in con nection with the negro, and resolved to complete n peace the work which they had begun in war. Although he believed that the negro would have to undergo great difficulties, still it was his conviction that their former masters would gradually be recon ciled to that which was inevitable, and would find that justice and fair dealing were really the only means by Will& they could gain any compensation Betting-7 to 4 agst Pantaloon, 4to 1 each agst Ozone and Isis, and 5 to 1 agst Goldylocks. After a short delay, caused by the breaking away of Ozone and Goldylocks, the flag fell to an even start. The latter was first to show in front, followed by Isis, Panta loon, and Ozone to the bridge turn, where Ozone drew up, and when fairly in the straight held a slight lead; half way up the distance Cannon brought up the favourite, and heading Ozone opposite the stand won cleverly by a length. A neck between the second and third. The Mostyn Stakes of 10 sovs each, I) ft, with 80 added, for 2 .yr-olds; colts, Bst 101 b; fillies, Bst 61b; winners extra. T.Y.C. 14 subs. Lord Coventry's The Rescue, Bst 1011) (J. Adams' Mr. Johnstone's Gentian, Bst 6lb . (Morris eauc Mr. 11. Rich's Blerc, Bst 1011) ... ... ~.. . „ (Bittern ._. Mr. Barber's Captain, 8A 101 b (J. Snowden Betting-7 to 4on The Rescue, who waited upon Gen tian until entering the straight, when he came away and wou in a canter by three lengths. Two lengths separated the second and third, and a head between third and fourth. The Chesterfield Stakes (handicap), of 5 sovs each, with 100 added, for 3-yr-olds. Winners extra. Seven furlongs. 28 subs. Mr. Johnstone's Rococo, Est 1211) (Cameron) Marquis of Hastings's King Hal, Bst 21b (Cannon) Mr. C. Peck, jun.'s, Aldcroft, ist 61b (Carroll) Mr. Jeffery's Sylph, Est 121 b (Kenyon) _ . The following also ran :—Loughrea, Locket Lucy, Al berta, Isis, and Blue Cap. Betting-3 to 1 agst Aldcroft, 7 to 2 agst Rococo, 100 to 30 agst King Hall, I to 1 agst Sylph, and 20 to 1 agst Locket Lucy. The lot, with the exception of Loughrea, got away upon good terms, Locket Lucy cutting out the work at a good pace, followed by Alberta and Aldcroft, King Hal head ing the remainder. No change cccurred down the Deo side until rounding tho bridge turn, where Rococo joined the leaders, and with Aldcroft and King Hall entered the straight nearly abreast. At the distance King Hal looked all over the winner, but compounding a few strides from home, Rococo, after a fine finish, won on the post by a short head, a length and a half between second and third. Handicap Plato of 40 soya, for 3-yr-olds and upwards. Certain winners extra. T.Y.C. 10 subs. Mr. W. Phillips's The Count, 5 yrs, 75t...(R. Challoner) 1 Lord Bateman's Queen of Trumps, aged, 9st 51 b (Challoner 2 Mr. It. C. Naylor's Strayaway c, 3 yrs, sst 91b (Kenyon) 3 Dawdle, Charming Woman, and Northill also ran. Betting-6 to 4 agst Queen of Trumps, 2to 1 agst Daw dle, and 5 to 1 agst any other. As soon as the flag fell the Count made play, waited upon by Northill, who in a few strides took the lead, with Daw dle and the Queen of Trumps going on third and fourth, in which order they rounded the turn. When fairly in the straight Queen of Trumps drew up to the Count, and the pair, singling themselves out, ran a neck-and-neck race home from the distance, the Count, who was never quite• headed, winning by a neck ; three lengths between second and third. Tho Wynnstay Handicap of 5 sovs each, with 100 added for 3-yr-olds and upwards. Winners extra. Nearly a mile. 24 subs. Marquis of Hastings's Pantaloon, 4 yrs, Bst 101 b (inc. 10Ib extra) (Cannon) 1 Mr. A. Heathcote's Skirmish, 4 yrs, 7st 111b...(Ribberd) 2 Mr. W. Phillips's Persuasion, 5 yrs, 6st 121 b (lloysteltd) 3 Juliet, Skylark, Rigoletto, King Arthur, Jetty Treffz Murillo, and Shove Came also ran. Betting-5 to 2 agst Murillo, 4to 1 agst Pantaloon, sto 1 agst Skirmish, 100 to 15 each agst Skylark and Juliet, and 10 to 1 agst Persuasion. Persuasion, followed by Juliet and Skirmish, lay in front for the first three-cptarters of a mile, Pantaloon lying in the centre of the ruck, and Murillo bringing up the rear. Enter ing the straight Pantaloon drew up, headed Skirmish, and Persuasion at the distance, and won easily by half a length. A length between second and third, and the same between third and fourth. Selling Stakes of 3 sovs, with 20 added, for 2-yr-olds and upwards; two, 7st 101 b ; three, 9st 121 b ; four, lOst 71b; five and upwards, lOst 131 b. Throe quarters of a mile. 6 subs. Mr. Bennett's Sisyphus, 4 yrs (no), 9st 31b (S. Hibber i .9 2 1 Mr. Dawson's Du s ty Mill er , 3 y rs (£6O), Bst 91b (1a,0_7 s ) Mr. Frederick's Petra's dam colt, 3 yrs (X3O), &it elb • (J. Forster 3 Mr. Brown's Jolie, 2 yrs (£80), Gst 81b 2 ........ Dusty The Mr. Howarth's Gentille, 2 yrs (£Bo),' Gst 811.) .....o_ r _r r — n 5 Betting-5 to 4on Sisyphus and 7to . agst by Gentille, The Petra's dam colt made play, ru att : ning in a body to w aited upon Dusty M win the distance, where the favourite a race won easily by half a fil ler, and after the semblance a n Sisyphus, and Dusty Miller, the lot . rp . ascend and third, Th e winner was bought in v s each, with 50 added ; 3-yr-olds, length; five lengths Paltine Stakes of .5,6'1, 9st; six and aged, 9st 21b. Once T a t; four, Bst 7% c u e 7 14 subs. round and a d ista n, 3 yrs, Gst 41b (car Gst 61 ber e s Wiser"b)(.£2oo) Mr. Fo betwee n g e s e guineas. 6 3 Wild Bee, 4 yrs, (Dunbar) 1 7st 21b (.£2oo)„.(Elphick 2 Mr. JohnstoneMaun's 3furillo, 3 yrs, Gst (£200) „. (Cameron 3 Mr. Mr. Rich' s to 1 agst Wild Bee. 2 to 1 agst Murillo, and 3 Dotting- E ven on Wisem an, The favourite made the running at a steady pace with Wild Bee second, the rest well up, in which order they ran to the bridge turn, where Wild Bee fell back into the fourth place ; en t er i ng the straight Wild Bee again joined the favou r it e, b ut, failing to get up, was beaten after a fine race by a nec k ; half a length between the second and third, same betw een t h e third and fourth. An o bj ect i on aga i nst the winner for pressing Wild Bee on the rails stands over. FIRE IN FETTER-LANE.—At about 8 o'clock last night a fire broke out on the promises of Messrs. Morel' and Dowland, electrotypers, at the corner of Plough-court, Fetter-lane. It appears that some veers ego old buildings were pulled down and new ones erected, especially shed for Messrs. 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