The Sun. — London, England, 1866-07-23 00:00:00

AMER: CA. QUEENSTOWN, Saturday. The royal mail steamship Java, from New York on the 11th inst., arrived here to-day (July 21), with $792,826 in specie, and 114 cabin passengers. MISCELLANEOUS NEWS. The Executive Committee of the National Union Club have issued a call for a National Convention, to be held at Philadelphia on the 14th August next. The club is organised and supported by the friends and admirers of President Johnson, and will work with the object of securing his re-election. The Southern journals warmly approve of the meeting fixed for August, and promise delegates from all the Southern States. A Paris paper gives an account of a vessel which two sailors are to navigate from New York to the port of Grenelle, Paris, for the Exhibition. ller dimensions are 24 feet long by 5 feet 6 inches wide. According to the American journals her tonnage is that of a gigantic soup tureen, or like a pot which may sometimes be seen in a large hotel. She has three masts, and will draw from 18 to 20 inches of water. She has already male a trial trip with suc cess ; and it is generally believed she will cross in safety, but her fate will be doubtful if she meets with a heavy gale. She is called " The Red, White, and Blue." The fiscal year in the United States closes on the 30th June. The collections from Customs duties is stated to be $170,000,000. This is far more than sufficient to pay all the gold demands on Government, and thereforea considerable surplus sum remains. A large portion of this surplus the Government sold when the demand for remittances to this country raised the price of gold to so high a premium. It is feared that the prohibitive duties of the new tariff will injuriously affect the collections from tie Cus toms during the present year. Such predictions, however, seem always to be belied by the result. The Spectator's correspondent, a " Yankee," writes with some bitterness of the system which leads political men in the States to make a trade of their powers of oratory. He brings up the mileage question—the fact that the mombers of Congress are paid $8 a day—quotes an instance of a poli tician of some prominence who was ruined and be came a defaulter for a large sum, because he had given up his profession and had taken to politics; and although successful in obtaining one of the most lucrative posts, was so beset by the demands of those who had been instrumental in obtaining it for him that we sup pose he robbed the chest to pay them and bolted. Payment for speeches is a part of the regular ex penses of political canvas. The Speaker of the House of Representatives delivered lectures over the country for pay during the recess, and even during the session managed to deliver lectures on Satur day evening in New York—to hear one of which " A Yankee" paid 50 cents. This gentleman, Speaker Colfax, holds precisely the same position in the United States as Mr. Denison, Speaker of the House of Commons, does here. There are a large number of wealthy gentlemen in the States whom the system now in force tends to ex clude, but perhaps the number is not sufficient to bring into force that which prevails in England, of politicians seeking only distinction and not pay. " The time will come," adds a " Yankee," " and could we but stay the tide of emi gration from Ireland and Germany it would soon come, when the tone of our public men will rise; be cause, but for that emigration, the demagogue's occupation would soon be gone in this country. .But the improvement in the tone of our political bodies, which is sure to come, will come, like most of our other advancements, because the whole people will have risen in thoughtfulness and culture." On the 4th March, 1867, the following Senators will finish their term :—Foster of Connecticut, Trumbull of Illinois, McDougall of California, Harris of New York, Lane of Indiana, Pomeroy of Kansas, Kirkwood of lowa, Davis of Kentucky, Cresswell of 'Maryland, Brown of Missouri, Clark of New Hampshire, Nye of Nevada, Sherman of Ohio, Cowan of Pennsylvania, Howe of Wisconsin, and Nesinythe of Oregon. Geu. 0. S. Ferry has been elected to succeed Mr. Foster. Senator Trumbull will doubtless be re-elected, even should he have such formidable competitors in caucus as Gen. Logan and Gov. Oglesby. Nye and Howe have fair chances of continuing for still another term. Gen. Bramlette is likely to take the place of Gar ret Davis, though Mallory and Powell are his rivals. Senator Lane, of Indiana, declines a re-election, and Speaker Colfax and Mr. Jolian are named for the succession. Hickman, Kelley, Ketcham, Wil mot, and Cameron are named for Cowan's seat in the Senate ; the choice is likely to rest on a new man, and not one of the old politicians. Governor Carney is anxious to succeed Mr. Pomeroy, and Gen. Blair will contest the Senatorship with Gratz Brown. Cornelius Cole, a member of the House, will take the place of Senator McDougall, Secretary Harlan that of Kirkwood, and Representative Pat terson the seat of the Hon. Daniel Clark, Mr. S. IV. Patterson, the Senator elect, from New Hamp shire, was formerly Professor of Mathematics at Dartmouth College, and still bolds, it is said, the appointment of Professor of Astronomy. Mr. Justin S. Morrill, of Vermont, has declined a re nomination for Congress in order to become a can didate for the Senatorship. The speech of this gentleman on the new Tariff Bill in the Chamber of Representatives was a fair specimen of all that can be said in favour of protecting the home industry of the United States. Mr. Morrill's strong Protec tionist feelings will secure his seat in the other Chamber, though, as the Representatives vote the imports, he might be more useful to his party where he is. The Monitor Monadnock with her convoy the steamer Vanderbilt, under Commodore Rodgers, arrived at San Francisco on the 22nd June. The board of supervisors unanimously extended the freedom of the city to the Commodore and the officers under him. The flags of the vessels were hoisted half-mast, and minute guns fired in observance of the death of General Scott. Numerous Indian murders and outrages were reported near Los An gelos, and on the Colorado river. The promoters of the Russian Overland Tele- graph from America are pushing on energetically with their work. Both the Russian and American officers in charge had sailed for San Francisco. The Company's barques Clara Bell, Palmetto, Rogers, and Onward have started for their various points of destination, and the Golden Gate and Nightingale are only waiting for their material to arrive. We hope soon that the telegraph will gird the World. From San Francisco to the extreme point of the Russian telegraphic communication in Asia, and from the western coast of Ireland to America, will complete the circle, when it will make little differ ence_ in time whether London communicates with New York by the eastern or western line. The Philadelphia Inquirer states that a Mr. Eli Walker, a gun-smith at Hartford, Connecticut, has j u st s3o,oo in o ll , e o r o ited an estate in England valued at 0 We believe land in England to be more valuable than land anywhere else, but we would like to k n o w the locality of this wonderful estate. r. Eli `walker might undertake to give an asylum to eve ry d ispossessed r princeling of Germany, burden and not feel the on such a property. We been millionaire.b congratulate the n ew A resolution has ofMiso r s ought forward in the Senate by Mr. Brown, u ffi ri, to ren d er perma nent the appointments t o eivilo es —such as th ose of the Post Offices, Treasury, and Interior Depart merits. He proposes that a s evere t to the candidates by examination beforte beapplied pl competent ic boards, that after appointment they hold their during good behavi our, and t hat they be promoted s according to merit and s eni o ri ty. He condemns strongly the system of changing these appoint ments with the change of the Executive Govern ment. If Mr. Brown could carry the measure he would be the means of conferring a good service, in both senses of the Word, on the country. Under the present system competent men who understand their duties are displaced, and their positions filled by others ignorant of everything required. Thus many blunders and serious losses occur, and pablic business is delayed by the ignorance and inability of new officers and assistants. The Pole, Bohemians, Silesians, and Seryians have formed an Association in New York, which they term the Slavonic Brotherhood. They have 200,000 voters in the United - States, and have de tached themselves from the German element with which they have hitherto been associated. Andrew Johnson and W. H. Seward have been elected, and have accepted honorary membership of the Brother hood. They intend to establish a newspaper, which they recognise as an indispensable assistant, and they proclaim that their objects are to direct their people in a harmonious cause for their happiness and agreement mentally, physically, and politically; also to communicate with their friends abroad, and to extend to them protection and facilities to emi- grate. 1)r. Louis J. Czapkay has been appointed Con sul-General of the Danubian Principalities for the United States, to reside at Bucharest. This office has just been created for the protection of American interests . in a country likely to be involved in the European War, and to emerge from the contest as an independent nation. Dr. Czapkay is a dis tinguished Ilungarian of noble family, exiled in 1849 for participation in the struggle against Austria. He is an admirable scholar, speaking a fluently eight languages, and strongly imbued with a love and admiration for the Republican institu tions of his adopted country. He will arrive at his post to behold the deep humiliation of the House of Hapsburg, and if revenge finds a place in his bosom, he will have ample cause for rejoicing. He amassed a fortune by the practice of his profession in California, supported the Government in the suppression of the rebellion, and was useful when in England in dissuading a number of Poles from emigrating to the South, where a scheme was on foot to secure them as recruits for the rebel army. The Philadelphia Inquirer returns to the frauds practised under the supposed authority of Congress, and, pending the action of the Committee having charge of the subject, calls attention to another species of fraud against the Postmaster-General's Department. That official declares the franking privilege to be a cover for many abuses. The in tention of Congress was to grant to public officers the right to receive and forward communications on public business through the mails. A story was told years ago of members franking their old boots to their families, to be mended by the district cobbler, and returned to Washington. Another honourable member is said to have franked his dirty clothes, and received them back when washed and done up. These were no doubt inventions intended to satirize practices which had become scandalous. The Postmaster-General refers to an instance of a Senator's niece using the privilege freely, to a member allowing patent agents to conduct their correspondence under cover of his frank, and to a clerk who had sold or leased the franking powers of three members of Congress. It is a common evil for members to authorise persons to use the franking privilege in their names, and other members have prepared fac-simile stamps which could be used by others than themselves. The Postmaster-General's communication—not a pleasant one to some of the honourable members—was referred to the Commit tee on the Post-office and Post-roads, and it is to be hoped that an end will be put to a growing and , disreputable system of petty fraud. _ _ We lately mentioned that Colonel Sanderson would proceed to Paris to take charge of a great restaurant prior to the influx of his countrymen ex- petted next year. But the directors of the Lang ham Hotel have intercepted the distinguished Nor thern officer, and placed him at the head of their vast establishment. The shareholders may con gratulate themselves on this appointment. Not only is the colonel a most popular man in America, but he is well known to be the best caterer the States have produced. The grand hotels of London will do well to spread their nets for the shoal of fish now crossing the Atlantic, and the still larger shoals coming. A good name in America should be the very first object with all of them, and splendid as is the accommodation fur nished by these magnificent buildings, that fruitful mine—our Transatlantic cousins will fill every one of them that deserves to be filled. To manage well such an hotel as the Langham requires no or dinary capacity, and in the management is the very essence Of success or failure. The building is or-e of the sights of London, and the mind shudders at the bare idea of the waste involved in the failure of such a concern. Nmericans are the most valuable class for these hotels, because they come to Europe with plenty of money and spend it with open hand, and because they flow in steady streams, careless of the seasons and indifferent to the fashion, while their conve nience is suited, whether London be full or empty. We can assure the shareholders of " the Langham" that their directors have made a happy hit, and that they will reap the benefit in their next year's dividend. We may here add that Colonel Sander son was the officer selected by the United States' Government to attend the Prince of Wales when he paid a visit to the Union, and the Prince acknowledged the colonel's services by the present of a handsome watch. A report has been published by the investigating committee—Colonel Charles F. Johnson and Major F. W. Gilbreth—on the causes, origin, and results of the late riots at Memphis. These officers speak very bitterly of the action of the authorities and citizens, in proceedings which are a disgrace to civilisation ; and, more bitterly still, of the class by whom these riots were inaugurated and carried out. The cause was a jealousy of feeling between the low whites and blacks, who advanced rival claims for superiority, though both are as degraded as human beings can possibly be. The whites em ployed as police are taken from this class. The feeling of hatred to the negro race has been fostered, during the past year, by the more intelligent por tion of the community, and by inflammatory articles in local newspapers. A special dislike on the part of the city police existed against the coloured troops long stationed at Memphis and recently discharged. On the 30th April last four policemen met some negroes and tuned them off the side-walk. A negro stumbled and a policeman fell over him, when the police attacked the negroes with pistols. On the following day a crowd of coloured men assembled, and were fired on by the police. The Recorder, John C. Creighton, came up and counselled the whites to arm and kill every negro. The mob thus incited, assaulted with fire arms, and murdered and plundered their black fel low-citizens, continuing the attack on the 3d and 4th of May. Every imaginable crime was committed— women and children being shot in bed, houses fired, and the inhabitants consumed within them. The number of uegroes ascertained to be killed was over 30, about 50 wounded, and nearly $lOO,OOO worth of property destroyed. The Mayor, Mr. John Park, was excused for his gross neglect of duty on the plea of intoxication. The Sheriff, Mr. P. M. Win ters, endeavoured to appease the mob, but the City Recorder thwarted his efforts by a disgraceful speech, in which he urged the citizens t o arm, organise, go through the district, and kill every nigger. " Boys, I want you to go ahead and kill every one of the nigger race, and burn up the e cradle." alepolice, instead of protecting persons and property, acted as murderers i deeds sncen of nce.dia incendiaries, and i robbers, aiding the mob n their No arrests were made, and a number of loyal resi- dents of Memphis, who deprecated the riot, were denominated " Yankees" and " Abolitionists," and told emphatically that their presence there was un necessary. General Runkle, chief of the Freed men's Bureau, was helpless, not having an armed force, and it was only by taking measures to pro tect his head-quarters that it was saved from being burned down. m i T ss l i l e e n t e \ r v s e , n i t s y s s e i d x report e s p a o t r a t r o d f ay t e fo E r the migrationye year r C 18 0 6 m 5 - , shows that 209,801 persons emigrated from ports of the United Kingdom. Of these 47.98 per cent. were Irish, who formed 55.74 per cent. of the emi gration to the United States. The point most re markable in the report is the proof furnished how steam has superseded sailing vessels in this passenger traffic across the Atlantic. Upwards of seventy three per cent. embarked in steamers, though the cost is from 30 to 50 per cent. higher, and the whole number to British America was thus trans ported, no sailing vessel being chartered. The num ber of emigrants for the first quarter of the present year was 39,672, 04 whom four-fifths went to the TilE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, JULY 23, 1866, United States. This is the largest number as yet given, with the exception of 1864, the increase com ing chiefly from Ireland. Mr. Disraeli will find it difficult to check the exodus, however much he may disapprove of the children of a soil forsaking in this wholesale manner the cradle of their race. Business at Rio Janeiro was completely suspended on the news of the English monetary crisis. Several failures occurred, and everything will remain stag nant until the receipt of further advices from Europe. The Ministry had been defeated in a vote on the Budget, and both Chambers were to meet on Bth June. The President of the Argentine Confedera tion had resigned the office of acting President. From Victoria, British Columbia, the news up to the 23rd June last, informs us that a serious dis pute had arisen between Governor Kennedy and he Legislative Assembly about the financial condi tion of the Colony. The Assembly had tele graphed a petition to the Home Government for re trenchment, and that the Colony be united to British Columbia, believing one government to be sufficient for both. Much interest has been created by a recent dis covery in the Valley of the Mississippi, near New Orleans, of an immense bed of pure rock salt, almost as transparent as crystal, which lies some - thirty feet below the surface. Specimens of the salt have been received by the Smithsonian Institute. The most singular fact in connection with this valuable de posit has been the discovery of the remains of an elephant, twenty feet below the surface of the super incumbent earth, beneath which has been found basket-work formed of reeds. Photographic re presentations of this ancient hand-work are in pos session of the Institute. One of those singular murders combining the most ferocious brutality with the professed love of God has been perpetrated at Medina, Orleans county, New York, by a man named Lindsley, the victim being his own child. It appears that the child, not three years of age, having a spice we presume of his fathers' obstinacy, refused to say his prayers. The father, perhaps aware how detri mental in life his own vicious obstinacy had been, bad determined to break that of his little son, so he took a shingle—(which for our English readers who use thatch or slate, we may add, is a light, flat piece of wood used for roofing)—and beat the child for two hours. The child then began to show signs of debility, when he was laid on a couch and his stepmother called. The child died ; and as several of its fingers were broken, the father tied its hands behind its back and placed it in a coffin. A post mortem examination revealed the savage manner in which it had been put to death. During the ex amination Mr. Lindsley sat by coolly looking on, and asked " if this thing had not been carried about far enough." The doctors seemed to have thought so, for they declared the child to have died from ex cessive and cruel punishment, and the father was arrested and lodged in the gaol in Albion. Bail in the sum of $lO,OOO was accepted, and the murderer was free to leave his cell. , The populace, however, had formed their own idea of the crime, and awaited him outside. Mr. Lindsley preferred the shelter of its walls to a summary execution on a lamp post. and therefore remained where he was. It seems that he is well off in circumstances, and a mission clergyman. sporting had ruined him, gradually commencing with the first envelope containing coin, which he had opened and taken out the half-sovereign intended for a poor widow by an equally poor daughter, and invested on the greatest certainty which at that time had been discovered on paper. The usual test letter was put in motion with the sure and certain result of detection, and pending the final inquiry, and afterwards in the quarries of Portland and dreary wastes of Dart moor, he met with many casual acquaintances, who owed their then positions to " backing 'ein" as he had done. As this was the wreck of a man, with full the average of mediocre intelligence, I got into further conversation with him, and it appeared, on being fortified with his ticket of leave, he sought the sporting dens of old, many of which had of course been removed by railways, or police, or both. He found that the prophetic game apparently thrived better than ever, and with a capital of something under a pound entered the lists. The good things, he said, were neither better nor worse than his competitors. The first two advertisements, which cost him Bs., produced in stamps about half the money, but, having boldly headed the next issue with the name of the winner of the Chester Cup three times in capitals, and informed the public that he had sent it to all subs. when . at 80 to 1, although he had never even dreamed of the horse, the greenhorns poured in the stamps so plentifully that during the principal portion of the early flat catching season he became a comparative merchant. And so he pleasantly paddled his canoe down the stream of prosperity until more talent appeared on the scene, who drew the bow longer if possible than he had done, the " subs." silently ceased to supply stamps, and in a fit of hard-up-ism he started on the rounds of sporting night-houses, with straight tips for such of the public as chose to part with small coins. This proved irksome, and customers gene rally supplied him with liquor and paid in kind in stead of cash, the end of which was he became a besotted wanderer. In a lucid interval of sobriety somebody suggested his assisting in opening a bank before those establishments began to collapse, but as the only place of the name that he had ever any thing to do with, viz., Millbank, had not left very rosy reminiscences he declined the proposal with thanks. The next calling was that of " tissue trotter," or running at his utmost speed with lists of arrivals and supposed state of betting at country places, as they came up, to a certain district of sporting sub scribers. This occupation was more adapted to the younger portion of humanity, who had a larger quantity of oil in their joints, and so after a short trial he was compelled to give it up. A quiet occupation now became needful, and the sandwich business was resorted to ; but this appa rently harmless method of keeping the canoe afloat was prohibited by the Great Maine law, which drove the professors to evade it by hoisting boards on their shoulders, with iron tackle to the waist. This, however, proved awkward to attenuated parties, from whom fate had withheld proper animal food ; for the board offered too much resistance to the wind, frequently reducing them to the hori zontal, and so the old mode was resumed, enabling the performer to keep on the perpendicular. I lis tened with much attention to the narrative of which I have given a mere outline, and have since had the unlucky fellow placed in a berth of some trust and skill, where a good deal of the harder work is put out, and he is at present, though in the evening of life, going on correctly, and hopes, as he says, to keep the old hull out of the union. If the numerous brigade of general loafers would adopt the same resolution, what a substantial benefit would accrue to our rate-payers ! In all places of public resort there are to be found numbers of persons who apparently have no legitimate occupation ; bred up to nothing, they take the off-chance of whatever nay present itself. The same concourse of curious-looking fellows will be found more or less at every out-of-door place devoted to betting. Cards are to be pur chased for the raffle of some worthless article as a means of benefiting a particular gentleman in difficulties—tickets for sparring matches, pedes trianism, ratting, dawg fighting, and other pleasant sights are retailed in the yard. Now and then a policeman disturbs a juvenile operator by a strong cuff and advice to " hook it," and not show again —hints are also given quietly to mysterious per sonages, made up in a variety of ways, that their absence would prove more conducive to their per sonal liberty and comforts, with a strong recommendation to make themselves scarce ; but in every individual there seems more or less a strong natural tendency to do something or some body ; each is labouring in a particular way, and the lighter the work which enables coats to be kept in the cellar the better. Your barq ue , th roug h un rowtionpgPle over mayov get too near the the Niaga r a o f rapids, skilful and ultimately celess life, and so end the gay and festive scene inglori ously to the great grief of your creditors. There fore avoid as far as possible the idle shoals of upon anybody 3 ,y and vigorously i e f x i i t s t c e a u n c e b ; e d a o v u n i o d t e d ; depend but i m n a a n n f y ul u ; pursue the correct course, and until you can pro npaenrlu. y e insure the aid of others ---paddle your own SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. THE MANCHESTER MARKET. The market has been very quiet here during the past week. The Special, Midia colt, and Black Prince have many supporters, and the first named . appears now t o b e backed by the right party, and in earnest. For the Cup, Gladiateur has been sent to the right about, and odds of 3 and 4 to 1 are betted that he does not run. Below is a quotation of the latest prices : 000nwooD STARES. 11 to 4 agst The Special (taken) 7to 1 agst Midia colt (taken) Bto 1 agst Black Prince (taken) 9to 1 agst Potomac (offered) 10 to 7 agst La Fortune (offered) 100 to 6 agst Actma (taken) 100 to 6 agst Surney (offered) Goonwoon CUP. Offers to bet 3 to 1 Gladiateur does not run. Uxbridge Yeomanry Races will take place over the West Drayton Course on Wednesday next. There will be six races, and the Great Western Railway will run trains frequently. We are requested by the National Provincial Bank of England to state that the name of the bank has been most unjustifiably used by a person of the name of F. Gaywood, at Manchester, in an advertisement in last Saturday's Sporting Lift. The National Provincial Bank of England wish us further to state that they know nothing whatever of Gaywood. [This is one of the fraternity of " Prophets" to whom " Edgard° Greenhorn" alludes in his article of last week.— ED. R. T.] THE QUORN.—We understand that the Marquis of Hastings has engaged Charles Pike, late first whip to Lord Dacre, as his huntsman, and Philip Tocock, late first whip to the V. W. 11., as his first whip. His lordship has taken the Quorn house and kennels for one year. Grand Cross was struck out of his Stamford engage ments at 9 a.m., July 18th. The Duke of Newcastle has become J. Grimehaw's second master—Mr. Merry having the first claim. Eltham awl Archimage have been added to the list of geldings. Market beeping Races will tako place on Tuesday, July 24. Charles Thorp has taken stabling at La Morlaye, France, and commenced as public trainer. Count Batthyany's yearling by Stockwell—Typee, has been named Typhreus. Mazurka, after winning a selling handicap at Notting ham, on Wednesday, was bought in for 310 gs. Blue Cap, after winning the All-aged Selling Stakes at Knutsford, was sold to Mr. Burley for 43gs. Young Melbourne and General Peel are announced b serve 20 mares each, at 50 sovs, next season. Mr. R. Sutton's challenge with Elland for the Whip not having been accepted, he becomes entitled to the trophy. Mr. T. Jennings claimed Sabrina, who was second to Mazurka in a Selling Handicap at Nottingham, on Wed- nesday. A Match for £2OO, h ft, to be run during the First Oc tober Meeting, has been made betwesn Vixen, 7st 21b, and Attache, Bst 41b; ono mile. WEST DRAYTON RACES.—The stewards of the forthcom ing meeting are the Marquis of Anglesea, the Marquis of Hastings, and Prince Soltykoff. Mr. Chaplin claimed Rosa Nora after she had run se cond in tho Rutland Stakes at Stamford, and after win ning the Selling Stakes on Friday she was bought in for 150 gs. Usher, 5 yrs, winner of the Shorts Stakes at Notting ham, for 320 gui neas. on Tuesday, and entered for 50 sous, was bought in THE EMEUTE AT LA MARCIIE.—Le Sport contains a para graph to the e ff ec t t h at on Tuesday, t h e 17th inst., th e dis pute between M r . Ridd e ll and Coun t D onv ille came bef ore the tribunal at V erisa ill e . Th e proceedings were insti tuted by the public prosecutor s in order that the scandal might be cleared up. Mr. Robert- Riddell was sentenced to 15 days' imprisonment, and fined 16f. and the costs of the action. Baden-Baden.—Amongst the twenty-three nominations for the Grand Prix de Baden, run Sept. 5, five are Eng lish, viz., Wild Agnes, Dalby, Chilbolton, Flateatcher, and Buckfoot. A Match has been made between Mr. S. Thellussons Pirate Chief, Bst 121 b, and Sir Joseph Hawley's Fakir, Bst 101 b, both two-year-olds, (T.Y.0.), 200, h ft. To be run for at Newmarket during the Second October Meeting. SHOOTING PROSPECTS.—On the extensive moors of Perth shire the prospects of sportsmen for the season are highly encouraging. The disease which prevailed during the protracted dry weather has now entirely disappeared, and grouse aro abundant, the young birds being strong on the wing. The broods, though not so numerous on some moors as last year, generally number from seven to nine birds. Partridges, both on the hillsides and on the low grounds, aro unusually plentiful, the coveys containing on an average about ten birds. In the preserves pheasants are numerous and well bred. Hares, wild ducks, roe-deer, and in fact all kinds of game, are rife and promise excellent sport. CRICKET. On Saturday, the 14th inst., a match was played at Slough between eleven gentlemen of the Slough and Upton Cricket Club and eleven gentlemen from Little Marlow, which terminated in favour of the former on the first innings, time not allowing the match to be played out. The following is the score : SLOUGH AND UPTON. E. Chamier, Esq., c Chaplin, b Llewellyn 5 Williams, Mr. E., not out Bland, Mr. A., b Llewellyn Haynes, Mr., 1 b w ll Green, H., c „ Chaplin, b Llewellyn 0 Digweed, Mr., b Llewellyn A. B. Taylor, Esq., c Llewellyn, b Smith 3 Carrick, Mr., b Llewellyn lB Redstone, Mr., b Llewellyn 0 Austin, run out, b Chaplin Fordham, Mr. G., c Chaplin, b Llewellyn Wides, 14 ; lbyes, 4 ; byes, 7 LITTLE MARLOW. Ist Innings 2d Innings. W. B. Lee, b Green 2 Mr. Blew, b and c Green 3 Mr. Forde, b Bland 0 E. Llewellyn, b Austin... 14 F. B. Chaplin, b Bland ... 0 F. Chaplin, b Haynes ... 15 G. Morris, b Bland ... 10 G. Morris, not out ... 42 E. Llewellyn, b Bland ... 0 L. Llewellyn, b./Jaynes.— 0 L. Llewellyn, b Green ... 0 F. W. Jackson, not out... 15 F. W. Jackson, b Bland 7 Wides 3,1 byes 1, by es 19 23 Mr. Smith, not out ... 5 Mr. Blew, b Fordham 0 Total W. J. Llewellyn, run out 2 W. Llewellyn, b Bland 5 Wides 1,1 byes 1, byes 9 11 Total 42 ...112 A match was played at Whitley, near Reading, on Wed nesday last, between eleven gentlemen of the Slough and Upton and Reading Cricket Clubs. The match was brought to an abrupt termination a few minutes before tho ap pointed time for drawing the stumps, through some mis understanding on the part of the Reading batsmen; leaving the Reading with one wicket to go down and 64 runs to obtain to win. The bowling of Messrs. Flanagan and Green, on the part of Slough, was very good indeed. SLOUGH AND UPTON. Ist innings. 2d Innings. Williams, E., c Haward, b Knight c Beale, b Hunter 0 Beale ... 3 Burgiss, F., b Hunter ... 5 Maher, A., b Beale ... 0 Maker, A., b Beale 0 Flanagan, b Hunter ... 2 Williams, E., c Hawkins b Green, H. b Beale 8 Hunter ... 3 Stribling, J., c Ed n ey, b Turner, A., stump. Powys 0 Hunter ... 1 Flanagan, c Harward, b Haynes, c do., b do. ... 0 Hunter ...46 Vale, J., c Ahnack, b d 0... 0 Green, H., c& h Hunter... 27 Burgiss, F., c do., b do. ... 1 Haynes b Hunter... _l3 Stribling, B. b Beale ... 3 Vale, J., b Edney ... 0 Knight, not out ... 6 Stribling, J., b Beale ...13 Turner, A. b Hunter ... 0 Stribling, 8., not out ... 2 Wides 1, byes I. 2 Wides 1, no balls 1, byes 12, leg byes 4 ...20 26 READING. Hawkins, H. C., b Strib- Almack, W., c- Stribling, ling, b Flanagan ....12 b Green... ... ... 2 Hunter, L., b Flanagan ...10 Hawkins, H., c ditto, b Harward, H. H., c Marks, Flanagan ... ...10 b Flanagan 2 Harward, H., b Flanagan 7 Cocks, A., b Flanagan ...10 Hunter, L., c Green, b Ormsby, H. b Green ... 0 Flanagan Powys, Rev. W., c& b do. 0 Ormsby, H., b Green ~. 1 Almack, W., b do. ... 2 Cocks, A., b Flanagan .. 3 Edney, cStribling,b Green 0 Edney, b do. ... 0 Cobham ' R., b Green ... 0 Powys, Rev. W., b do. ... 7 Beale, A. A., not out ... 0 Beale, A. A., not out ... Lowsley, 8., b Flanagan. 0 Cobham, R., b Green ... 2 Byes 6 ... ... 6 Lowsley, 8., not out 2 Byes, 6 6 42 SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. " THE LONDON REVIEW" ON SLANG.—In Locke's Essay on the Human Understanding, the author de votes two chaptees to the abuse of words. The first and most palpable abuse of words, he says, in which they are used without clear and distinct ideas ; the second, when we are so inconstant and unsteady in the application of them, that we sometimes use them to convey one idea, sometimes another. These definitions may be said to embrace the chief characteristics of that free and easy phraseology which pervades our modern English, to a greater extent perhaps than any other language that has ever found utterance, and which we describe by a word whose derivation is uncertain and whose trans lation is impossible. For " slang," as understood to mean the conventional expressions of a class or oc cupation, we may find a proper equivalent in French or German; but the grotesque, and often inconsis tent idioms by which the rising generation are accus tomed to convey their ideas to each other—not only in school and at college—not only in the hunting field and billiard-room, but in the conversation of daily life and of polite society, represent an English peculiarity which can only be described by an Eng lish name. It is in vain that mammas caution their daughters against these improprieties of speech. It is in vain that old gentlemen of the Georgian era lament the corruption of their native tongue. The use of slang is daily becoming more general. The significance of a dialect, formerly adopted by sport ing men alone, is now recognised in the transaction of ordinary business. Epithets which would have been utterly unintelligible to our grandfathers are now introduced in the gravest colloquy, and may be even found in our dictionaries. A few of the old school still protest against the innovation. " By a fast man I presume you mean a loose one," said the late Sir Robert Inglis, in good-humoured irony to some one who was describing a rake. We believe it was the pcet Rogers who declared that to speak of a " good fellow" was to utter an anomaly, because the terms were incompatible. In his younger days the word " fellow" was chiefly used to express contempt. Such objections seem pedantic indeed in 1866. The cause of the modifications which our familiar vocabulary has undergone during the last twenty years is not difficult to understand. Without for an instant comparing the style of mo dern English authors with that of their predecessors, which would be simply begging the question, it must be evident to every one that far more English has been read and written within that period than in any previous period of similar extent. Our lan guage is by no means a fertile one, and there is a growing impatience of words and phrases which, with the enormous increase of our light literature, have become so hackneyed that their very appear ance is suggestive of a platitude. It is no wonder then that novelists, at all events, are tempted - to avail themselves of curt and significant synonyms, which, while they are thoroughly understood by the million, have a certain freshness in print that not unfrequently passes for originality. The origin of slang may, in a great measure, be traced to a growing dislike of conventionalities, and that phase of insincerity which takes the form of polite utterance. When we hear one man say of another that he is a very worthy person, we may put our own construction on the remark ; but if he calls him a " brick," we feel sure that the eulogy is sincere. In the days of Sir George Beaumont an amateur would have described the exquisite chromatic har monies of a pictu re . I n th e l anguage of a modern studio it would be " a stunning bit of colour." Among the various objections which. have been urged against the use of slang is that it often falsifies the real meaning of a word, and certainly such expressions as " awfully kind," " a jolly bad cold," or " no end of a muff," would be exceedingly difficult to translate. How utterly inadequate such an idiom as prendre la clef des champs is to express our British notion of cutting one's stick ! But it is, after all, only a temporary misadoption of the Queen's English which the use of slang permits. In the.ilays of Steele and Addi son, a handsome, dark-complexioned man was styled a " pretty black gentleman." In Mr. Canning's time, a good joke was considered " monstrous killing." But the original value or significance of these words has not abated a tittle in consequence , of this per verted application. To sporting phraseology we are indebted for many instances of modern slang. " Hedging" a matter, " backing" a man, " walking over" at elections, ani, of course, Lord Palmer ston's "judicious bottle-holding," are all derived from this source. From the cricket-field we get " bowled out" and " stumped ;" but the former expression seems to indicate the discovery of some misdeameanour rather than a loss of office, while the latter may be taken to mean not so much a complete failure as a temporary check. Slang terms of approbation come from various sources. A' man at the top of his profession is called A 1. This, with the appellation of " clipper," savours evidently of salt water. Somehow or other, all those which are borrowed from railway transit have a tinge of meanness about them which it is difficult to define. The idea of a man's getting on " like steam" is, to our mind, very unpleasant. Of the two modes of progression we should certainly prefer " getting oh like a house on fire." Again, the expression, " first class" is always on the. lips of a snob. It is only exceeded in vulgarity by the word "prime," which should never be applied in praise of anything but cheese, or by anybody but a cheese monger. The word " swell," in a laudatory sense, and with reference to a man's accomplishments, seems generally recognised. Thus, we may say of Jones, the undergradu a t e , th at h e i s a swell at Greek iambics or cricket. If he has paid great attention to his toilet for an evening party, he may be described with perfect propriety as a " terrific swell." But if lie is entitled to write "honourable" before his name, he must not be called a swell on that account. Indeed, all slang words, as " gent," " nob," &c., employed to repre sent a social grade, become offensive. No one, whether he plays cards or not, can object to hear his friend called " a trump." It is a good, honest epithet in slang. So is " stunner," though it is less refined. To speak of a man as a " muff" is a good natured way of describing his stupidity. Public school boys know such and such a " fellow." At Oxford and Cambridge you know a " man" (never gentleman : cela va sans dire). Since the publication of Leech's famous sketch, thg word " party " is sometimes used in joke —out of the City ; but the worst expression of individuality is " chap," which has long been given up to shopmen. Shop slang is, by the way, always detestable. "We can do you that scarf at four and nine," " nice thing in turn downs," and so forth. Retail dealers have an ellip tical manner of expressing themselves, which, to the uncommercial ear, is very unsatisfactory. At the China warehouses, for instance, they talk of " ele gant cut sherries" and " neat green (h) ocks," when they really mean the vessels which are to hold that wine. The brevity and assurance of that unplea sant notice, " TERMS :- CASH," which one sees at the top of certain tradesmen's bills, must, we think, offend even the most punctual customer. It is so horribly laconic and to the point. Drawing-room slang deserves a separate consideration, which we have hardly space to give. It is wonderful to think how quickly young ladies pick up Bohemian and Turfy words from their brothers, and the readiness with which they apply them—how they will " trot out" their partner in a quadrille, " twig' the general points of his character, and are " down upon" his weaknesses. " Piccadilly weepers don't fetch me at all," said an artless young thing at a ball not long ago, meaning to express her dislike to the long whiskers of her vis-à-vis. " Fetching one" is an Americanism. Another bit of Yankee slang was admirably rendered not long ago by Mr. Punch, in a sketch of a Transatlantic belle who declined a second helping at supper, because she g uesse d she was pretty well crowded already." We have even heard of an English girl who familiarly alluded to her father's dinner party as a " blow-out," but this is positively too dreadful for belief, and if we may venture to express an opinion, it must be a very mild form of slang indeed which we can tolerate • from the lips of a woman. THE " SPECTATOR" ON THE " SATURDAY RE VIEW'S" DIATRIBE ON LORD RUSSELL.--The Satur day Review of last week wrote, what is very unusual with it, an article on Lord Russell which was not merely petty and spiteful, but petty and spiteful without that amount of common candour and common sense with which men of the world usually season their bitterest attacks, since they know that, except by the help of such candour and sense, they fail to obtain an attentive hearing even for their most telling sarcasms. It is not because we believe that this very savage and yet rather feeble attack on Lord Russell will get much serious consideration from the public that we wish to say a few words in answer to it on a statesman who has earned so many great claims on our gratitude, in spite of the serious political blunders of which he has undoubtedly been guilty. But such an attack as this—so furious and so blind—reminds us of the public duty of showing our greater statesmen some gratitude while they live, and not reserving it alto gether for their obituaries. If the feeble -forcible invective of the Saturday Review had been published on occasion of Lord Russell's death, all England would have been i n di gnan t. We cannot see why it should be less resented because it happens to appear at a moment when the subject of it is still capable of feeling pain from the literary vitriol thrower, th an it wou ld b e i f the b urn i ng and blind ing fluid had been sprinkled over a corpse. When a paper of high culture, ability, and influence writes of such a man as Lord Russell that it is almost true to say of him that he touched nothing which he did not disfigure—that is what is con veyed, we suppose, by the assertion that " the re verse" of the saying " Nihil tetigit quod non orna vit" is almost true of Lord Russell —that "finding Liberalism all but marble, he has left it mire and clay,"—that he has been " cold, dictatorial," " dull, unsympathetic, and pompous" as a statesman, the last epithet at least being singularly ill chosen for the curt, crusty, acute style of Lord Russell's states manship—perhaps the Saturday Review meant a trifle priggish, which is a very different thing, and much less hollow—that his career has been "an ample succession of occasions for failure, occasions which he has made the most of,"—finally, that " he has lived longer than the ordinary age of man only to discredit principles and break up associations which it had taken two centuries of struggle and difficulty to organise"—whe n such a paper as the Saturday Review writes th us Of a statesman lik e Lord Russell i t is time, we think, for those who'd° not wish to see . public gratitude quite out of date to say something of the great er aspects o f L or d Rus sell's political life, and pro ve th at we see t h roug h the petty malice of such a criticism as this by some thing more than contemptuous silence. When the Saturday Reviewer" restrains his positive hatred for a moment to contrast L or d R usse ll unfavour ably with his "great (chiefly because successful) predecessor," he no doubt reflects- better the imme diate impression o f the public mind than by all this pseudo-epigra mmat i c v i tuperat i on. N o doubt, in sonic great qua liti es, L or d R usse ll was Lord Paimerston's inferior. He was his inferior in personal generosity as a party leader. He was his inferior, we think, in the kind of pluck which is needful to stem the tide of tem porary unpopularity and disgust. Lord Russell has always had a t en d ency to turn w i t h a turn ing tide. He would not have gone to Compiegne like Lord Palmerston, at the very time when he had fallen from pow er i n consequence of too close an adhesion to the policy of the Emperor of the French. He gave voice t o th e fi rst childish burst of rage against the Pap a l agression in 1850, and he sank his voice again with t h e sinking voice of the public, directly he was aware th a t th e spasm was over . H e deserted his colleagues in 1855 at the first breath of popular rage against the mal-administration of the army in the Crimea ; he burst forth with the first notes of the explosion of popular indignation against Russia for her treatment of Poland in 1863, and col lapsed when he found that the public opinion would not sustain him in anything more than an angry speech ; he threatened as all England was threatening when Austria and Prussia broke faith with Den mark in 1861, and humiliated himself as all Eng land humiliated herself when it appeared that we should have to go to war alone for Denmark or not at all. In all these instances, and in the tendency which they all exhibit to follow rather than to guide popular feeling, to recede with it as well as to advance with it, no doubt Lord Russell has shown himself Lord Palmerston's inferior. He has shown less tenacity of individual judgment whenever there has been any danger of a temporary breach between his own views S and those of the public. But admit these two points of realinferio rity to Lord Palmerston, inferiority in personal ge nerosity as a party leader, and in tenacity offindi vidual judgment wheii public opinion seemed to turn against him, and yet we do not doubt for a moment, we should question - whether any compe tent and impartial critic could doubt, that Lord Russell's name as a statesman will rank far higher with the future historians of our time than Lord Palmerston's. The latter no doubt died at the climax of his popularity, while Lord Russell has long culminated, and long been on the decline. But compare the substantial achievements of the two statesmen, nay, compare even their political cha racters apart from their achievements, and it is scarcely possible to hesitate for a moment as to which of the two weighs the heavier in English his tory. Lord Palmerston's personal achievements are at most three—his defeat of the French- policy in Syria iu 1840, of the Russian policy in Tur key in 1853, and the alliance with the Em. peror of the French by the help of which the last success was achieved. There is no doubt that the Dano-German fiasco in 1864 was as much due to Lord Palmerston as to Lord Russell. The one talked as big in the House of Commons—the " Cambyses' vein," Mr. Disraeli called it —as the other wrote in his despatches. But the diplomatic triumph over the French policy for Italy i n 1860 was certainly due more to Lord John Russell than to Lord Palmerston. No Foreign Minister was ever better abused than he during that important year, and] though cordially sup ported by his chief, the Prime Minister, all the most important despatches of that period were un mistakably due to Lord John Russell's keen sym pathy with the popular Italian cause. And for the American foreign policy of the Liberal Government during the difficult and dangerous time of the civil war, Lord Russell was far more responsible than Lord Palmerston. It was his thorough sympathy with the freemen of the North that alone averted a eerious quarrel between England and the United _ States, at a time when Lord Palmerston took ne pains to conceal that all his private sympathies were with the Confederates. If the achievements of the two men were estimated only by the success of their foreign policy, we should say that Lord Russell's, in spite of the Polish and German fiascos, had NO as successful, if not more fruitful of permanently great results, as Lord Palmerston's. The "meddle and-muddle" policy was more or less common to both. But in saving Italy from Confederation and subservience to France, and in saving England from a war with the Free States of America, Lord Rus sell has achieved more than will balance Lord Palmerston's political successes in Syria, in Turkey , in Greece. And th e reason i s t h at L or d R uss ell's successes were founded on a more tenacious and in tense sympathy with the cause of popular self-ge •vernment than Lord Palmerston's. The qu estions. of Syria and Turkey were ques ti ons o f a t ra ditional foreign policy, those of Italy and America were questions of constitutional principle. There was a wire of popular creed at the bottom of Lord Ras" sell's most successful Foreign-office achievements which was wanting in Lord Palmerston's, w hose creed was never half so st rong ly an d v i v idl y defined, or based on strong genuine principle, as Lord Rus sell's. THE " EXAMINER " ON THE BALLOT.—A rity of the new Parliament, that directed provisions against bribery to be introduced into a Bill which it did not intend to pass, has with perfect consistency rejected Mr. 11. Berkeley's proposal to adopt the vote by ballot in default of successful legislative measures for the repression of corrupt practices. Having charged a sinking ship with their endeavours for purity of election, they opposed the only effec tual means for the object. Yet there is a vague desire for some check to corruption, not from anY great dislike to the thing itself, but from its effect upon the expenses.of elections, which are becoming intolerably heavy, and such as few purses can bear. But much as these e x p enses are gru d ge d , gr udged incomparably more is the freedom of choice which the Ballot would give to the elector. That is all emancipation which will be strenuously resisted under cover of claptraps about British manliness and spirit. the short answer to the objection that the Ballot is un-English is, that bribery and intimi dation are vices peculiarly English, requiring an un- English corrective. The practice of clubs is cited, but we prefer taking the bull by the horns, and meeting the opprobrium of the un-English, whatever it rnal, be, with the inco m p ara bly more rea l and great opprobrium of the offences to be deal with. We have repeatedly shown in this journal that every moral objection made to secret voting applies. with greater force to open voting. T'ce elector bribed or intimidated lies in his suffrage, and plays, the hypocrite in pretences in conformity with the purchased or compelled vote. In the ballot there would be this difference in the man's conduct, that he would give the honest vote, which is what the public wants, and the dissimulation would only baulk the corrupter. But it would only be on the first establishment of the ballot that the falsities would remain with a difference. Soon no 011° would think of asking questions about the vote, 6r of hearing statements about it. The elector wilf said he voted for a candidate would no t be nine' believed by that candidate, but he would h i e thoroughly believed by the opposing candidate, anu perhaps requited accordingly. Blabbing would be found in every way exceedingly detrimental. Ask me no questions and I will tell yo u no li es , would be the tacit understanding. The admirers of the present system, who swallow its cam e l o f d e ceit an, strain at the gnat there might be i n th e b a ll o t, shoald be challenged to state how much truth and honest/ are to be found in a contested election of average debauchery. How much of the professions are • false, how much of the opinions are feigned, 1 10 ' i many of the suffrages delivered against the con science, verdicts as it were against the evidence; The most specious argument against the Ballot, and yet flimsy enough, is the assumption that the frail" chise is a trust, the faithful discharge of which is to be secured by publicity. But there lies the peal principii. If the franchise is a t rus t, th e me thod 0 its discharge must be made consistent with its end , and if publicity would be adverse to the honest per' formance, public it should not be. The means to the end are to be considered, and if publicity intro' duces the sway of the foul influences, publicity is t ° , be shunned. It has its virtues a n d t ransc endent virtues for many occasions, but here it counteract s its object. If the object were to exercise voters in the heroic virtues, and train them for martyrdo o, the existing system would not be ill suited to its. purposes. And, as we have often asked, where is the responsibility for the faithful discharge of thi s same trust? Who is ever called to account for 3 bad vote? nay, who is entitled to say that the vot e is bad? Opinion;'fudge. Opinion does not bee r on Jenkins, who has sold his vote for £2O ; or on Thomson, who has given it t o escape an ejection Or the loss of custom. The most corrupt elector seeks shelter against opprobrium in the opinion of his OW° class. The opinion ascendant at the Man- in th e Moon is the opinion for him, and he needs no other. If there had been the force in public opinion which has been attributed to it, the e l ec t ora l v i ces would have been in course of ste a dy a b a t emen t, i n stead of which they are confessedly on the Increase' We do not much care to dispute the nature of the ` franchise. If it be held to be a trust, we content' that it must be discharged in the way conduciv• to the free and honest choice. But we think the true:, analogy is the juror's duty, which is obli ga tory a°, o onerous. The suffrage should be, as the juryman , 0 verdict, delivered accordi ng t o a conv i c ti on o f tu merits, without a care or a thought of praise e r blame for the performance of a strict public duty And it was well remarked by Captain Vivian, the debate ou Mr. Berkeley's motion, that though the decisions of jurymen collectively are given public, the judgments, or votes as it were, of 0 , e individuals remain secret. Th e d ec l arat i on of teg poll is analogous to the verdict, and there should be no prying beyond it. We should see very strang, i ° verdicts if the deliberati ons o f j ur i es were su b m itte , ). to the supervisiln of the public. Mr. BerkeleY b S annual motion must by nobody's patience so much as his own, but hi s p a ti ence i s equa l to hi s ability' Year after year he f orc ibl y reca l s a t tent i on to tue few and simple t ru th s th a t jus tif y a measure whieh is thus being steadily put through the ordeal of 1 013 b opposition imposed in this country upon all Sig; gestions of change, and ultimately rewar ded "W it ' success. COUNTRY MARKETS. NORWICH-SATURDAY. There was a fair supply of wheat at this market to-dash and more business transpired than of lat e a t a re d uc tion ° about is per qr. upon all qualities. Not much doing 11 2 other articles. The reports made concerning the CO crops are still favourable, and w ith fi ne weat h er par ti a l Cug ting will commence in about a fortnight. White wheat (weighing 641 b), 55s to 57s ; old red altto weighing 651 b), 51s to 53s ; new red ditto (weigbrf. 601 b to 631 b), 51s t o 52 s ; best malting barley (weigh l i a 521 b to 531 b), 36s t o 38s ; runs ditto (weighing 511 b to op- t i,; 34s to 365; distilling ditto (weighing 501 b to 521 b), 3 0 ' 32s ; oats, 24s t o 26 s ; b eans, S7 s to 39 s ; peas ( map l e ), 36$ to 38s per qr. Flour, 37s 6d per sack. LEIOES TER SATURDAY. Our corn market was sparingly supplied with wheat /°;. day, and only a small business was done at is per qr. belt 's late rates. The quantity of barl e y s h own was exce edioo 1 1 small, and prices were unchan ge d. O a t s were in 3°'* s supply, and the tone of the d eman d was h ea lthy, at / 3ta, - rates. There were few samples of beans on offer, and treme rates were realised. New white wheat, 56s to 61s ; new red, 52s to 576 • ° white, 55s to 608 ; old red, 50s to 56s per 36 stone. 'l3 4s ley, for malting, 35s to 40s per qr.; grinding, 30s to 2 4 per 30 stone. Oats, old, —s to —s ; new, 27s to 33s per stone. Beans, old, 52s to 54s ; new, 48 s to 51s par 38 step° Fine flour, 44s ; seconds, 38s to 40s per 20 stone. YORK—SATURDAY. We had a seasonable supply of wheat at market to-c 11; and only a few sa m pl es c h ange d h ands at a decline o f fu is per qr. In barley scarcely anything doing, and Pr ic ii were similar to th ose o f l as t wee k . Th ere was a 5c 3 ,,, , , 0 show of oats, whi c h moved off at fully late prices. demand for beans was firm, and prices had an ups o tendency. • 6 New white wheat, 54s to 60s ; new red, 50s to 54s poly stone. Barley, f or ma lti ng , 32 s t o 34 s per qr . ; g rin e : 32s to 34s per 30 s t one . O a t s , new , 28 s t o 30 s p er 24 st7 ss . Beans, new, 50s to 52s per 38 stone. Malt, 66s to " Flour, 388 to 40s Per sack of 2801bs. Births. Vo• CURE— On the 19th inst., at Abbott's Roding, Onger, Laurence Capel Cure, of a daughter. CuitwEN—On the 20th inst. at 11, Hollies-street ' Caven diAr square, the wife of E. Curwen, Esq., of a son. 01/ GLENNIE —On the 20th inst., at Chandos-street, Caveud i square, the wife of W. R. Glennie, Esq., of a son. Marriages. HIEDE—HENDERSON—On the 19th inst., at the gi n r de church of Great Stanmore, Commander E. T. i n.' - 03 ; R.N., to Louisa, only daughter of D. G. Henu e— Esq. r e% THERE= —PERCEVAL On the 19th inst., at St. Lie °- i - 11. Hanover-square, Goring Apsley, yougest son o' ly Treherne, Esq., M.P., to Marie Jane Kathleen , 4311 daughter of Philip Perceval, Esq. Deaths. BARRETT—On the 16th inst., at Seaton Carew, Jeremiah Barrett, of Birmingham, aged 72. CAPE —On the 20th inst., at Birdbrook, the Rev. Jose ph Cape, aged 72. JOHNSON—On the 15th inst., Joseph Johnson , of APO obi, Lincolnshire, aged 69. MORRIS —On the 19th inst., at Blaekheath, George o 'v Esq., of Royal-crescent, Notting-hill, aged 54. COI MARSHALL —On the 19th inst., at 6, Marine -tarps Brighton, Mrs. Mary Marshall , aged 80. London : Printed and Published by WILLIAM ANV: of No. 112, Strand, Painter. at Tan SuN Otbce , N o. 0 1 Strand, in the Precinct of: the Savoy,' in the C. Middletoz.7-Monclay, July 23, 1800. "Padd e Your Own Canoe." The facetious correspondent of the Racing Times writes on the above subject as follows : "If you don't paddle your own canoela water man must be kept, skilful and steady, so as to steer you safely over the quick or slow sands of life." " You're right, sir," whispered a hanger-on in the " yard," who had listened to these observations, which had been addressed to an acquaintance too lazy to work, who existed by giving pretended in formation from training quarters, and borrowing money where he could get it. " You're right, sir, you are. I'm a broken-down gentleman, and have been trying to paddle my bark ; for, after all, it's nothing more, the inside of the tree having been scooped out years ago." I ventured to sug gest a method to replenish his exchequer, as it transpired that he had a very good thing for one of the ensuing great events. He liked cheap advice, said I was kind,!, and he was great fool—a phrase net quite new ; and, moreover, affirmed that he was the only working bee left in the family, all its other members having ceased rowing and turned cox swains, whereby they were enabled to sit at ease, while those less fortunate did the pulling. The yard was full on this occasion, and a great row ensued, through some mistake about a Commissioner having been reported present at a meeting on the preceding day, when it was well known to the school that he was absent, whereby the more knowing of small backers had lost their cash, which they had " popped down" to an unusual extent. The point was stoutly argued by some very greasy members of the marrowbone and cleaver order, who had mortgaged several animals known as " small 'things," and invested the proceeds, never deem ing that Right could be wrong, or that the gene rally correct electric current made mistakes when properly handled. Strong adjectives and potent e xpletives were in force, which would not bear the light of sunshine in print, so I must omit them with reluctance, for it is almost impossible to conceive that the English language could be put in such strange trim. lAt least the popular world generally would hesitate to believe it. With some natural anxiety to get clear of the,New gate-market worthies who were so forcibly lamenting the loss of their small things, many of which had then probably been killed and eaten, I retreated to the hostelry, where betting was strictly pro hibited and writing materials unknown ; and here I purchased for a shilling the information that Luci fer must either win the Goodwood Stakes or get a situation, with which coin my informant started off for some slum near Saffron-hill, where an accom modating book-maker laid market odds to trifles, and forthwith invested on the good thing. He re turned soon afterwards with a small card, as evi dence of his skill. I make this advice known to all whom it may in anywise concern, without pledging myself either that the horse will win, get a place, or even start. The yard closely resembles a hive of bees, crowd ing in and out of the small aperture separating it from the court. A nxious .clerks and desk-lads, with pen on ear, hurriedly leave their half-crowns and depart ; others with more leisure prowl round with pipe or cigar, watching the actions of sup posed experts in the line, holding commissions to back a particular certainty, and finding what Jack So and So is doing, and how by a single whisper he has elevated a horse from 15 to 8 to 1 on the list, it is scarce the work of a moment to.find half-a-dozen off in cabs to other betting localities, to forestall the commissioner ; so that when this worthy arrives at Gracechurch-street, or over the water, or near the stables, or in the park, he provokingly finds the animal at a short price. All these men are paddling their canoes with more or less success, but contrive somehow to get the leg of mutton upon the table. One fellow was engaged among the younger frequenters of the place, in selling " all the great and celebrated tips, only a tanner." His general appearance was that of beery grief attempting to be comic. I understood that in former days he had been in the prophetic line of business when that craft was in its infancy, but had become reduced; somebody had given him the " office" that I was in the coffee-room, and likely to purchase, so he attacked me with the six penny slip without succeeding in the effort. n a The tur p e io o t o b r e e s m t e p t r o o s p s i o b l l i e s is said occupation to be of a that ofm aerrceatnaitlielre of water cress, or vendor of chickweed and ground sel for birds, and professors of both these callings found their way into the yard, where also might be seen a member of the animated sandwich fraternity, who puts his body between a couple of boards at a shilling a day, informing observers where Paris hats could be purchased at es. 6d. each. Removing the outer crusts, and placing the boards aside, I recog nised the remains of what constituted but a few y of e a t r b s e b a fi c r k s at lists,ell k e n a won ll w et b h a e c n k e t r of he s h p o o r r s t e in o s g nthe dy Maberly,as in allusion to the great Post-office official of that name, in which establishment the party held the responsible occupation of letter-carrier. He had done a long journey since then, and told me how o I I tt' if', pol li k , V.l(c