The Sun. — London, England, 1866-11-17 00:00:00

Naval and Military Intelligence. The Duncan, unarmoured screw line-of-battle ship, at present carrying the flag of Sir J. Hope in the West Indies, is ordered to return to England and undergo a refit as the flagship of Sir George R. .Mundy, the appointed successor to Sir J. Hope in the command of her Majesty's ships on the North American and West Indian station. Such is an order of the Board of Admiralty over which Sir J. Pakington is supposed to preside. It is, we need scarcely say, in defiance of the opinion of every one outside the walls of the Admiralty. Not many days since, the subject was referred to at sonic length in our " _Naval Intelligence," and we then freely re marked upon the absurdity of selecting an anti quated wooden two-decker li ke the Duncan to carr y the flag of a British Admiral on a foreign station. Since then, however, the Lords of Admiralty, with the sanction, we must presume of Sir J. Pakington, have issued the commands, and the Duncan is to return to England and refit for return to her old station, and for the assigned reason that she is so much more comfortable a ship for an Admiral than an ironclad. There can be no mistake about this, however preposterous such an assertion may appear. Sir George R. Mundy on being informed by the Admiralty that he would succeed SirJ. Hope in the West Indian command at once applied to his brother officers now in office at Whitehall to give him his old ship, the two-decker Hannibal, as his future flagship, on the ground that the Hannibal had al ready the necessary fittings for the accommodation of an Admiral and his suite on board, and that Sir George knew her from his own personal experience to be a very comfortable ship. Now, during the time Sir George Mundy hoisted his flag on board the Hannibal in the Mediterranean the ship became noted only for her presence in certain ports during the advance of Garibaldi from Sicily to Naples and for her general inefficiency under steam. It is there fore perhaps fortunate that the cabins and other fit tings on board the Hannibal have been now for some considerable time removed, and could not therefore be so readily appropriated as the future flagship of Sir George. Under these latter circumstances it was concluded that the Duncan would be as comfortable as the Hannibal, while her reputation under steam was very much better. Neither of them are fighting ships, but then an Admiral in command of a British fleet must have his personal comfort considered in the selection of his flagship in preference to the effi ciency of the ship as a fighting vessel. In accordance with this new rule in the naval government of the country, the Duncan is to return to England and to undergo all necessary repairs, and refit for the service of Sir G. R. Mundy. There are three impe rative and paramount reasons why an ironclad ship should be the future flagship of Sir George in pre ference to a now obsolete and absolutely defenceless " box of guns." 1. The necessity for the immediate settlement of the great gun-carrying question; 2, the expressed opinions of Rear-Admiral S. R. Ro binson, the Controller of the Navy, and other com petent authorities who can form impartial opinions on the subject from a national point of view; and 3, our own reputation as a great naval power in the eyes of Europe and of America. We have previously referred to the desire of the Controller of the Navy that the ironclad Royal Alfred at Portsmouth should be commissioned as a flagship on the first opportu nity, and that such opportunity it was expected would occur on the appointment of Sir J. Hope's successor in the North American and West Indian command. The fitness of the Royal Alfred for this duty was sufficiently proved by the remarks made on board her by Rear-Admiral Goldsborough, of the United States Navy, during his recent visit to Ports mouth dockyard, when that officer declared her to be the best and most efficient description of a fight ing ship that England possessed. The gun-carrying question is of such immense importance that, con sidering the Royal Alfred will be one of the first, —if, indeed, she is not the first ship that will be supplied with a complete battery of 12-ton gins on the broadside, it would seem beyond all doubt imperative that she should be placed in commission at once, in order that the new and adopted system of our naval armament should be thoroughly and carefully tested at the earliest pos sible moment. The Royal Alfred has been specially fitted and at great expense as a flagship, and there could be found no better opportunity for her com mission and the trials of the working of her heavy broadside armament than the present want of a flagship for Sir G. Mundy. Notwithstanding the recent trials on board the Bellerophon, there are still people to be found who assert that 12-ton guns cannot be worked at sea in modal-atoll- rough weather in a ship's broadside battery, and it is some. what remarkable that just at the present juncture the French naval authorities have arrived at the same conclusion. We ourselves believe that the Pellerophon, the Royal Alfred, and other ships of a like character in our own navy,can carry and work 12-ton guns in any weather at sea when it may be possible to open their main deck ports, and this be lief is shared most fully by Rear-Admiral A. C. Key, C. 8., the acting Director -General of Naval Ordnance, and other officers who have witnessed the trials on board the Bellerophon. The third reason, in addition to the above, why the Royal Alf re d should supersede the Duncan in the Admiralty order relative to a flagship for the 'West Indies is the im pression it may produce in America. What could make this country look more ridiculous in the opinion of the naval officers of the United States than the arrival at Halifax in the year 1867 of an old-fashioned two-decker, bearing the flag of the n ewly-appointed British Admiral on the station —a ship that a couple of shells from the Mianto nomah would suffice to destroy ? Supposing a war to break out between the two countries, what would be the Royal Alfred's chance in an encounter with the Miantonomah ? We must confess our belief that the Royal Alfred would prove the victor, for the reasons that target experience proves her 12-ton guns capable of piercing the 10 inches of laminated and unbacked iron of the turrets of the American ship, and also that her speed, form, and weight would give her the power not only to "ram" the turret-ship, but to rim over and sink her. We only mention the Miantonomah as a means of illustrating the powers of the Royal Alfred as a fighting ship, and the utter helplessness, as such, of the Duncan. Sir S. C. Dacres, Sir A. Milne, and Sir G. Mundy have neither of them commanded an ironclad, and each officer when last afloat flew his flag on board an unarmoured two-decker such as the Duucar. All three may therefore possibly be excused for as yet having no faith in ironclads as fighting machines, and also for having great faith in the beauty, com fort, and dignity of the screw two-decker as a flag ship. This feeling at the Admiralty and on the part of the new commander-in-chief for the North Ame rica and West India station, however, must not be alowed to act detrimentally upon the efficiency of any one of her Majesty's ships that may be sent abroad in the character of a fighting ship. if the Officers commanding her Majesty's fleets cannot find the necessary comfort and accommodation on board an ironclad, let the Admiralty give them a steam yacht of thellelicon class as a flagship. This arrange ment wouldsavesome thousands annually in the out fit of fighting ship s as an admiral's residence; it would be conducive to perfect drill and discipline, for the presence of an admiral and his suite on board a ship seriously interferes with theregular drill of the crew, and should the admiral ever be fortunate enough to take his fleet into action with the enemy, he could leave his yacht for any one of his ironclads he might fielect for the day of battle. In conclusion, he would ask Sir J. Pakington whether, bearing in mind all that he has said relative to the condition of the Reserves of the Navy on his accession to offi ce , h e personally approves this selection of the Duncan in preference to an ironclad as flagship for the West Indies. Dr. A. Armstrong, Deputy Inspector of Hospitals and Fleets, and honorary surgeon to the Queen, h as been promoted to the rank of Inspector-General for special service, recorded at the Admiralty, promo tion dated the 15th inst. The Helicon, paddle despatch vessel, Commander E. Field, went into Portsmouth harbour from Spit head yesterday, to undergo necessary repairs and refit for further service by the 28th inst. The Hector, 20, armour-plated iron frigate, 800 hor power, Capt. W. G. Luard, has arrived and anchored at Spithead, on her return from the Chan nel squadron cruise ; she is expected to go into Portsmouth harbour this morning to refit for sea by the 28th inst. Letters received by our Portsmouth correspon dent from Port Mahon, dated Oct. 3, mention the arrival there on that day of the paddle despatch vessel Psyche, Lieut. Commander F. Blackwood, with the mails from the fleet, from Malta. The fol lowing English ships of war were lying at Pott Mahon :—The Victoria, screw three-decker, carry ing the flag of the . Comman:ler-in-Chief of her Ma jesty's ships in the Mediterranean, Vice-Admiral Lord Clarence Paget, C.B. ; the Royal Oak, 35, Capt. lion. G. D. Keane ; the Prince Consort, 31, Capt. E. A. Englefield; the Gibraltar, 81, Capt. R. Coote ; the Enterprise, 4, Commander G. S. Bosan quet ; the Assurance, 4, Commander W. 11. Pym, and the Psyche. The ironclad ship Caledonia, 35, Capt. the Hon. T. A. Foley, flag of Rear-Admiral Yelverton, C. 8., Commander-in-Chief of the Channel squadron ; the Lord Clyde, 24, Capt. R. Dew, C. 8., flag of Rear- Admiral F. Warden ; the Achilles, 20, Capt. Van sittart ; and the tender Pigeon, from Portland, arrived in Plymouth Sound on Thursday afternoon. Orders have been received at Devonport to refit and repair these ships with all despatch, so as to be ready by the 29th inst. If necessary, they will go into Ilamoaze. The artizans will be employed extra hours. The screw steam sloop Liverpool, 35, Captain John Seccombe, left Plymouth Sound on Thursday for Ireland. The paddlewheel steam sloop Buzzard, 16, in Plymouth Sound, was inspected on Wednesday by Captain Preedy. Her crew will shortly be paid off, and she will be placed in the fourth division of the Steam Reserve in Hamoaze. The screw steam corvette Satellite, 21, Captain Edye, at Plymouth, will be inspected to-day, pre paratory for her departure for China. The following promotions were made yesterday at the Admiralty :—Lieut. R. 11. Thornton, to the Liverpool ; Eugene Victor de Merit and James Wilson, assist. -surds., additional, to the Royal Adelaide, for Plymouth Hospital ; James Edward Saunderson, M.D., William Henry Symes, and Charles Gregory Wodsworth, assist. -surds, addi tional, to the Victory, for Haslar Hospital. Floods in Lancashire and Yorkshire. News were brought yesterday morning to Manchester from various parts of the country that great damage had been done by the flooding of the streams coming from the Yorkshire, Derbyshire, and Lancashire hills. There has been a considerable rainfall during the last few weeks, and on Tuesday evening, for about seven or eight hours be fore the great shower of meteors, there was a succession'of short but sharp storms, accompanied by thunder, light ning, hail, snow, and rain. The temperature went down considerably, and during the greater part of the night of Tuesday there was a heavy fall of rain, and tho streams were much swollen. A good deal of rain fell on Wednes day and yesterday, but last night it fell in torrents, and it continued with little intermission till noon to-day. The rivers Irwell, Irk, and Medlock, in their course through Manchester were found to bo rapidly rising from daybreak to after 12 o'clock. The Irwell has risen higher than it has done for 30 years, and there has been no flood probably for the last 15 years that has reached to within 10 to 1 9 ft. of the same height. Trees torn up by the roots, floating down the stream in front of the Cathedral, wero among the earlier indications of the damage done higher up the river. A cottage staircase was another and more serious intimation of disaster somewhere. The river had risen at this point to a level above the highest arch of the new bridge into Salford, and crowds have been lingering by the side of the flood watching waifs and strays all the morning. Barrels of oil and paraffin on coming against the top of the arch wore sucked under, but most of them were broken before reaching the other side. The oil in these cases was very perceptible on the surface, and the bursting of the barrels was accompanied by a smell which spread far and wide. Higher up the Irwell, iu the passage of the river through Lower Broughton and Strangeways, great numbers of houses and warehouses were flooded, and in many instances the inhabitants were placed in great jeopardy. In Elward-street, Broughton-lane, and in some adjoining-streets, the in habitants, finding the collars flooded and the waters in vading the parlours and other rooms, began early in the morning to send for waggons and lorries to move their fur niture—but in ,nany eases the rise was too rapid for them For some hours it rose more than a foot per hour, and we hear of parlours submerged to the depth of five and six feet. The horses in the waggons and lorries were in some cases up to the neck in water, and some of the animals being seized with cramp difficulty was experienced in res cuing them, as well as the inhabitants of the houses. Still higher up the Irwell, at Peel-park (the Salford People's Park), a large portion of the grounds were under water, and the head gardener and his family were not rescued till half past 12 et noon. Up towards Bury and Bolton great num bers of houses have been flooded, as well as cotton mills and other works ; the machinery is stopped in soma cases by the water extinguishing the fires, and the goods will sus tain great damage. At Blackburn the river Blakewater has overflowed its banks, and submerged the lower part of the town (called the Wrangling), flooding houses, mills, and warehouses. At Darwen a good deal of damage of the same kind has been sustained. For some hours the Lancashire and York shire Railway through Darwen was impassable by trains owing to this cause, and tho passengers to Manchester had to be sent round by Accrington, over the East Lancashire route. The Yorkshire trains of the same company were also stopped by a flooding of the line at the Waladen end of the Summit tunnel. The flood washed away the ballast of the line, so that an engine got fast, and afterwards the trains were sent round by Burnley, Rose Grove, and Bury to Manchester. By 12 30 p.m., however, the line (accord ing to telegrams from Walsden and Littleborough) was again in working order. At Stockport damage to mill and other property, attended with stoppage of machinery, has been done by the overflow of the Mersey, and similar disasters are reported at Staly bridge from the overflow of the river. Several houses are reported to be destroyed at Openshaw. It is said on the Exchange that hundreds of mills will be stopped by the floods, and that immense damage has been done in all parts of the raanfacturing district. At Preston the flood has been very destructive. The Ribble began to overflow its bank early yesterday morning, and by breakfest time immense tracts of land on each side of it were completely covered with water. By noon the water was so hi g h th at many hundreds of acres were they shouldbe swept away. For miles beyond the boundary of Preston, up th e course of the river, all the contiguous land is flooded. At th e v i llage of Walton the streets are covered, cellars are drowned out, and furniture, pigs, &c., have had to be removed. N e i t h er the course of ,gthoßibble nor that of its tributary, th e D arwen, can bo seen. Thero is in their place an immense sheet of water. One farm-house, between Preston and Walton, i s surrounded by water seve ral feet deep, and all the cattle a n d s h eep are at present penned up in the house, the barn, &c. Lower down goats and sheep have been hemmed in, and yesterday afternoon they were standing on embankments half covered with water, and liable to be swept away at any moment. Some dead cattle have been washed down the river, but nobody can yet toll where they have comefrom. One cattle dealer, named Midgley, was engaged all the morning in dragging his sheep on one of the railway bridges which crosses a portion of tho inundated land. Ho has lost a large numb er , and many of those g ot out of the water had been k illed. Avenham Parks, which have been made at great cost, and which form one of the chief attractions of the town, are inundated. All the walks are covered, and only tree tops can be now seen. For about a mile opposite the park all the land is under water, and even as far as the centre of Penwortham village on that side the ground and roads are swamped. Gardens, houses, &c., in South Meadow-lane are flooded; some dwellings are surrounded with water 4ft. deep, hedge rows are out of sight, and at noon yesterday boats were sailing about over Preston Cricket Club ground. S hops, d welling-houses, and workshops are surrounded with water at the bottom of Fishergate-hill ; workmen had to be carried to and from their employ in carts, and at one mill at the bottom of Marsh-lane, the water got so high about 11 o'clock that the works had to be stopped and the hands sent home. All the works on the quay are stopped, and if the water does not soon abate the ships will be riding over the side. The Ribble Branch Railway is impassable, and along Strand-road and Ribble-place the water is running several feet deep, and at a speed of about ten miles an hour. Taylor-street, Bird-street, and other thoroughfares, are nearly closed up with water. At 4 o'clock yesterday after noon the water was still rising. Large numbers of people who live near the banks of the Ribble, at Preston, had re solved to sit up all night. MANCHESTER, Friday, 10 p.m. The weather has bent fine since noon, but the Irwell con tinued to rise for some hours. The Strangeways-road, from the Assize Courts towards Higher Broughton, was some feet under water, and the opposite side of the river in Sal ford was inundated. From the houses in Springfield-lane and Adelphi hundreds of people were rescued with much difficulty with boats and by other means. Up to this time hundreds of people have been carted to the Salford Work house, to the Town-hall, to the Catholic Institute Dispen sary, and other public buildings to be sheltered and fed. At a moderate calculation there are 500 homeless and house less poor (some say nearer 1,000) under the care a the authorities from the effects of this calamitous flood. Only one case of drowning is reported, and that is the case of a gentleman who had rescued his wife, but was carried away THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 17, 1866. by the current. The Mayor of Manchester had a narrow escape on leaving his house at Lower Broughton. In Yorkshire the flood was no less disastrous. The banks cf the Calder, at Wakefield, rose to an almost unprecedented height. Two vessels were carried over the damstakes, and two men were drowned. It appears that early in the morning the billyboy The Peace, of Beverley, was being lowered from the hoist in Thornes-lane to Fawcett's mill, when the hauling rope broke, and the vessel swept down the stream until it reached the damstakes, where it stuck fast. A small boat, containing two corn millers, named Hep worth and Bates, went out, aided by a rope, to the assist coca of the men on the vessel, four in number. but the cur rent was too strong for them, and they were compelled to loose their hold of the ropes, the boat upset, and Bates was carried away, but llepworth managed to cling to a rope which was thrown to him, and regain the shore. The vessdt threatened every moment to be washed over the weir, and the mate, fearful of being drowned, tried to gain land by walking on a mooring rope thrown across, and holding on to another, but he bad hardly gone ten yards before his foot slipped, and he bung a few minutes by his hands, screaming out piteously for help, and then fell into the water and was seen no more. Shortly afterwards a :jetty in front of Dunn's warehouse gave way, and a sloop moored to it was let loose, and went swiftly down the stream. It struck first against a vessel on the left bank, gave a sudden twist round, and then flow with great velo city over the damstakes and banged against the bridge be low, shaking the butresses to their foundations. The other vessel had previously gone over. The banks of the river were lined with people. The river rose until the water above and below the dam was on a level, and until there was but a small portion of the arches of the bridge visible; and the captains were taking advantage of this to float their emptied vessels back over the weir. At a late hour in the afternoon they had not succeeded. The Manchester corn factors never reached the market at all, in consequence of a tunnel on the lino being flooded. Yesterday afternoon the rain was coming down in torrents, and the river nearly 15ft. above its ordinary level at the damstakes, and was continuing to rise. At Leeds the Aire yesterday overflowed itsbanks like the other Yorkshire streams. A corn-mill chimney, the founda- tions of which were injured by the water, fell about 2 o'clock yesterday afternoon near School Close-bridge. It fell in a body from the foundation, and stretched across a branch of the Aire, and in its fall broke the roof of a house on the opposite side of the stream. A man, woman, and child in the house suffered some injuries, but they wore not very serious. BRIGHOUSE, Friday Evening. The flood here is greater than in living memory. The waterside factories were stopped early in the day, and are many feet under water. The roads are flooded, and the access to Huddersfield on the south, and Lightcliffe on the north, are alone open. The valley of the Calder from Elland to Cooper-bridge (four miles) is one sheet of water. Much damage has been done. The water has risen steadily all day up to 7 p.m., and is now beginning to fall. The railway to Manchester has been closed sinco noon. has arrived here with 156 American immigrants, members of an association which had been formed to colonise Palestine. Preparation had been made for them, and plots of land outside Jaffa—one about half a mile north and the other a couple of miles east of the town—have already been secured and oc cupied by them. Both of these locations are in the close neighbourhood of our famous orange gardens, which perfume the ' Valley of Sharon' almost away to Eamleh. The local authorities have afforded every facility to the new corners, their baggage and a large cargo of building wood which they brought with them, having been allowed to pass the custom house duty free. They are likely to do well, and, if so, the experiment will be one of unusual interest and importance. The American frigate Ticonde roga arrived here on the 29th ult., and left to-day for Alexandria and Malta." Indian reports from the West during the week are to the effect that a party of mountain men, en camped at the mouth of Milk river in Montana, were attacked by fifty Sioux, and after five hours' fighting were driven off with a loss of twenty-one killed ; and that the Ute Indians are committing fearful ravages in Colorado. The governor of the territory had an interview with the chiefs shortly before the outbreak, when they appeared friendly, and he thinks that peace can be secured without more fighting. General Sherman thinks differently, it would seem, if the report is true that he is hurrying troops into the territory. The freedmen are largely taking advantage of the Southern Homestead Act of the last Congress, thou -sands of homesteads having been occupied by them, according to General lloward. In Alabama there is no opposition to this by the whites, but in Missis sippi the planters are opposed to the scheme, chiefly on account of the scarcity of labourers. General J. D. Sewell, assistant inspector-general of the freed men's bureau, has been on a tour of inspection in Alabama, and reports an unusually short crop, and a prospect of much suffering next winter. The freedmen have been industrious, but the failure of the crops leaves them destitute, especially as many of their employers take advantage of the stay-law of the state to evade the payment of the wages due. In Henry county, Ga., the civil autho rities have agreed to protect the rights of the freed men hereafter, and General TilLson has withdrawn military supervision. General Gregory, who has investigated the recent outrage upon coloured per sons at a camp-meeting in Anne Arundel county, Md., says the riot was instigated by white men, and that the negroes acted only in self-defence. In the case of the vagrant negroes who were recently sent from the workhouse at Nashville to a Missis sippi plantation, the military authorities, after a full investigation, have required their employers to bring back those under age. The national Catholic council at Baltimore closed on Sunday, 21st October, with imposing religious services, President Johnson and family-being among the vast audience at the cathedral. Archbishop Kenrick of St. Louis preached on the authority of the Church. After the sermon the Archbishop of Cincinnati, as oldest by consecration, addressed Archbishop Spalding, expressing the high sense of his devotion to and qualifications for his position entertained by all prelates and clergy, and eulo gising the ability and devotedness of the American priesthood as inferior to none in the world, and worthy of the noble people and great republic in which they had the happiness to live ; concluding by begging God to bless America and to make of us a united people, blessed by God and exhibiting to the world an example of every virtue. The council in its proceedings declared its unreserved loyalty and attachment to the Pope; insisted strongly on the edu cation of the children of the Church inCatholic schools; made provision for the conversion of the freedmen, and in general expressed their purpose to labour ener getically for the spread of the true faith, as they consider it, on that Continent. The Freedmen's Union Commission celebrated its anniversary at Cooper Institute, on Wednesday evening, October 24, when addresses were made by Mr. Beecher, General Howard, and others ; and a letter from Chief Justice Chase was read, accepting the presidency of the Commission. During the past year the Commission sustained 301 schools, with 760 teachers and 50,000 pupils. There are still over 700,000 coloured children in the South old enough to attend school, for whom no educational facilties have as yet been provided, and there are quite as many white children equally in want of them. The commission has done much in this great educational and Christianising work, and daily the leading , Southerners are becoming more willing to co-operate with its agents. The Commission needs liberal I I contributions to enable it to do the great work it has undertaken. The postal money order system seems to be ad vancing in popularity in America every day. When started it was a novelty to people, and although the utility of the idea was acknowledged, still all were unacquainted with the forms, and many were slow to learn. Another obstacle to a wide success of the system was the fact that the number of offices from which orders conld be sent was very small. Last year there was a considerable increase in these offices, and the results have been proportionate. This year the amount of money sent through the Post-office in money orders is four million of dol lars, against one million three hundred thousand dollars sent the former year. This increase shows to understand and athpaptretchiaetepetohpelebaerneefibtesg of fnitnhge system. There is every reason to believe that before many years the business of this branch of the Post-office will be immense. In connection with the decree that all slaves brought from Cuba or Porto Rico into other parts of the Spanish dominions shall be free, is a proposi tion totally to break up the slave trade, which has been proposed to Queen Isabella, but which has not yet been adopted. From the tenour of the remarks of the Minister for Foreign Affairs, it may be gathered that the project is more thorough than any that has yet been proposed in the breaking up the traffic by Spain. It proposes that the bringing f negroes from Africa shall be punished by death, making captains, pilots, mates, and supercargoes of such vessels liable to the punishment. Other and very stringent regulations are prepared for the acceptance of the Queen. This decree has not yet been issued, but from the fact that the subordinate one which abolishes slavery in all Spanish dominions but Cuba and Porto Rico is adopted, it may be in ferred that the other will soon follow. The internal revenue receipts for the year ending Oct. 21 amount to $4,651,808. 28 ; to-day's receipts were $884,428.10, and the total amount received from this source during the fiscal year amounts to $117,818,107.32. Amount of national bank notes issued during the week, $251,245 ; amount issued to date, $274,377,304. Amount of fractional cur rency received during the week, $511,600 ; sent to the assistant treasurer at New York, $200,000 ; sent to the national banks, $262,600. 20 ; fractional cur rency destroyed during the week, $239,800 : " does" the Central Park in that city from four to ten dollars for the enjoyment. A cheap cab service would be a great public blessing, and prove to be immensely profitable also. Something of the sort is wanted in Philadelphia, the carriage rates there be ing only limited by the conscience of the hackmen, which usually is too indurated to be susceptible either to shame or honesty. Would, says the Inquirer, that we could chronicle the establishment of a cheap cab service. Some misapprehension having arisen, as to the class of saws which is intended to be exempt from revenue taxation, under the head of handsaws, we think it may be useful to state that the Hon. E. A. Rollins, Commissioner of Internal Revenue of the United States, has recently decided that the hand saws exempted from tax by the new law are held to be the common small saws ordinarily used by joiners or carpenters, and known by that name. The ex emption is not regarded as being applicable to pit and cross-cut saws. This seems to set the question at rest. Although there are far more men at work on the California end of the Pacific Railroad, yet the pro gress there is far slower, for its path is over the grand Sierra Nevada mountains. About 12,000 Chinamen are at work on the railroad in Cali fornia, and an additional 10,000 have been con tracted for to be put upon the line next spring, when the contractors will be grading on the slope of the Sierras, and beginning to stretch their labour out on to the plains and into the valleys of Nevada. Now the track is completed to within 16 miles of the summit of the mountains, and the following table of statistics, distances and altitudes, from Sacramento on to the summit, shows how the iron pathway is mounting the great hills of the Pacific slopes of the continent. At Cisco, which the completed road has now reached, the loco motive screams on a spot as high as Mount Wash ington, the highest of our New England moun tains : Distance (Miles). Elevation (Feet). Sacramento 54 Arcade ... 71 76 Antelope 15 ••• •.• 180 Junction 18 189 Rocklin ... 22 269 Piuo 25 ~. ... 420 Newcastle ~. 31 980 Auburn 36 ~, ~. 1,385 Clipper Gap 42 ~. ~, 1,785 Colfax 62 ... 2,443 Gold Run 641 ... 3,245 Dutch Flat ~. 67 ~. ~. 3,425 Alta ~. ~. 69 ~. ... 3,625 Cisco 93 .., ~. 5,911 Summit 1051 ... 7,012 Some of the structures of the work on the last section of the road are grandly massive. A Cali fornia journal says one culvert, at the crossing of Canyon Creek, is a noble piece of solid masonry, twenty-eight feet in height and fifty-four feet in breadth. The forests of lofty pines, the towering mountain peaks and yawning rifts and chasms, traversed by the railroad between Alta and Cisco, present a sublime panorama. The California end of the railroad is open to Dutch-flat, 67 miles from Sacramento, and 3,416 feet among the Sierras. At the other end, trains are running 125 miles from Omahas, and the overland stages start from the end of the rails at the town of Colum bus, instead of from the Missouri river at Atchison. The _lron Age states—" It gives us much plea sure to announce that the Whipple File Company, which has for some time been, as the trade is aware, in pecuniary embarrassments, has finally settled all its difficulties, and at once proceeds with the active prosecution of its business. The capital, we are informed, is increased to a million and a half of dollars, and with the advantage of past ex: perience, as well as the possession of ample pecu niary resources, we anticipate for it an honourable and profitable career. It gives us great pleasure to make this announcement. Let the fact be accepted as an earnest of the vitality and power of American hardware manufactures." A STEAMER FOR THE TRADE OF THE RIVER PLATE --On Saturday last was launched from the building yard of Messrs. Lewis and Stockwell, Blackwall, the iron screw steamer Ericlano, built for Messrs. Negretti and Zambra, the eminent opticians, of Hatton-garden, &c. The Eridano is a fine screw of 400 tons, and is to be fitted with a pair of direct acting screw engines of 120 horse power, by Messrs. J. and A. Blyth, of Limehouse. At three o'clock precisely the dog-shores were knocked away, and the Eridano glided gracefully into the water, amid the cheers of the spectators. The vessel and engines have been constructeduuder the superintendence of T. C. Hide, Esq., and the Eridano, when completed, is to be commanded by Captain Nicola. Programme of Leamington and Warwick shire Hunt Meeting. TUESDAY. The Donningtou Handicap of 10 soya each, 3 ft, with 50 added; winners of any handicap after Nov. 16 (at ten a.m.) 61b, twice 101 b extra. Three quarters of a mile. 35 subs. Age st lb Out and Outer 4 9 6 Elfeta Wild Agnes ... 4 8 7 Grappler ... Overture ... 6 7 12 Blackthorn The Beadle 5 7 10 Thalassius... Moose 6 7 8 Brigand . ... Beoswing ... 3 7 7 Wild Bee ... Cedric ... ... 4 7 6 Goojerat The Princess of Clatford Wales ... 4 7 5 Nukuheva... Batthyany... ... 4 7 3 Ben Battle... Vigorous ... 3 7 3 Landlord ... Paris ... 5 7 2 The Bugler Confederate Mistletoe ... Age st lb ... 3 6 7 ... 4 6 6 •3 6 4 ... 4 6 4 •4 6 3 ...4 512 • 3 512 ... 3 5 10 ...4 510 •3 5 9 ▪3 5 9 •3 5 7 ...5 7 0 ....3 610 Effervescence ... 3 5 7 Violent ... ... 3 5 7 lsca ... 5 6 10 Stabber 3 5 7 Her Ladyship ... 3 610 Tina 3 5 7 Vigilant ... 4 6 9 Chibisa ... 3 5 7 Indian Star ... 3 6 9 Pluto ... ... 3 paid Match 500, p. p. ; 12st each. Three miles, over the Ilunt Cup Steeplechase Course.—Mr. Halford's Whalebone, agst Mr. Robertson's The Vet. The Nursery Handicap of 1 for two-year-olds. T st lb ... 8 10 ... 8 9 ... 8 4 ... 8 1 ... 7 13 The Rescue ... Stokeley Salamanca ... Python ... The Rock ... Challenge ... My Love ... ... 7 12 ... 7 12 MISCELLANEOUS AMERICAN NEWS. A grand requiem mass for the souls of those who perished in the Evening Star was celebrated at the French Catholic Church in New York, on Thursday morning, Oct. 26, the artists of a French opera com pany performing the music and singing Cherubini's splendid requiem. The Texas House of Representatives has rejected the pending constitutional amendment by a vote of 67 to 5, a majority which shows that the measure has not the slightest chance of passing in Texas, and probably the vote against it will be equally strong in all the Southern Legislatures. The spirit of the Texas Legislature can be judged by the bill that has just passed the Senate, compelling freed men to make their contracts for the year between the Ist and 10th of January, all other contracts to be null and void, thus, in connection with a new vagrant law, virtually re-establishing slavery.—The Congressional elections took place in Texas on the 15th. Returns thus far received, show a very small vote, but not enough have been received to show who were elected in the different districts. The ship Agra, Captain Evans, from London for New York, with a general cargo, arrived and an chored at Spithead early last Sunday morning, and reported having been in collision with the Nova Scotian bark Elizabeth Jenkins, Captain Richaus from London for Boston, United States, at 8 p.m. on Saturday, when the Elizabeth Jenkins sunk in about three minutes after the two vessels came in contact, and carried down with her ten of her num ber—viz., Captain Richaus and his wife, the chief mate, the cook and his wife, and five of the crew. At the late election in North Carolina Governor Worth was elected by an overwhelming majority, though the number of votes that were cast for Dockery, unconditional Union candidate, after he had declined to run, shows that there are voters enough to form the nucleus of a Republican party in the State.—The city election at Memphis, Ten nessee, passed off in an orderly manner. The mayor and most of the other officers elected aro Johnson men, and there is to be an attempt made to prevent their succeeding the present officers, on the ground that they did not take the oath required of candi dates before the election. In the special election in Tennessee, last week, to fill vacancies in the Legis lature, five Conservatives and three Radicals were chosen.—Affairs at New Orleans, what with the stories that Governor Wells is going to remove the sheriffs for not doing his bidding, the rumours that the rebels of the city contemplate rising and massacring the Union citizens November 1, and other equally startling reports, appear to be in a very undesirable state. As the New York Tribune is the sole authority for most of these stories, how ever, the alarm is not so great or general as it might otherwise be. The American papers announce an interesting yacht race as about to take place. Mr. J. C. Ben nett, jun., of the Henrietta, 203 tons, Mr. Osgood, of the Fleetwing, 204 tons ; and Mr. Lorillard, of the Vesta, 201 tons, have agreed to take £6,000 each for a race from Sandy Book to Cowes, the first vessel in to take the pool of £lB,OOO. The yachts are to start early in December, and the stakes are already deposited in the hands of Mr. W. L. Jerome. It is stated that the cultivation of the tea plant has been successfully introduced in the State of Georgia. It was tried in 1817 at Greenville, South Carolina, by Dr. Jarvis Smith, who procured five hundred plants, of from five to seven years' growth, from China. The general characteristics of the plant remained unchanged by the new climate and soil, and the leaves put out at the same season asiu China. Dr. Smith estimated that he could produce tea in this country at fivepence per pound, while the average cost was tenpence in China at the ship's side. It is conjectured that it could be - cultivated with success in California, where there are so many Chinese on the spot, whose labour and experience could beemployedin it when the gold-hunting mania shall subside. The annual meeting of the board of overseers of Harvard college was held at Cambridge on Tues day, October 23, and John H. Clifford was re elected president for the ensuing year. The trea surer's report shows the expenditure on the year to have been $168,956, and the income from all sources V 82,424. As was anticipated, the income of the past year has been sufficient to meet the 25 per cent. Increase in the salaries of professors and tutors. S. D. Bradford made a bequest of $5,000, the interest of which has been appropriated to defray the ex penses of the board of overseers, and a subscription of $2,500 has been received for the repair of the organ in Appleton chapel. Nothing has been done to the chapel itself, which is in need of repairs, and $15,000 will be required to thoroughly re model and renovate the building. In his report President Hill says that the experiment of allow ing a large number of undergraduates to furnish themselves with board has been highly success ful, and the saving to the students thus effected has amounted to as much as the total income of the scholarship and beneficiary funds. The sopho more and freshmen classes are very large, and the college is in want of more tutors. The Rev. Ed ward E. Hate, of Boston, offered a resolution, which was passed, that a committee of five be appointed to confer with the corporation and trustees of the proposed new Methodist Theological Institute, as to the propriety of establishing that institution at Cambridge, and said it was a misfortune that with a single exception the theological schools of the various denominations had been established else where than at Cambridge. The Rev. E. E. Hale, R. 11. Dana, Rev. Dr. J. F. Clarke, William A. Richardson, and Rev. A. A. Miner were appointed as the Conference Committee. A correspondent of the Levant Herald, Oct. 31, writes from Jaffa:—" c The American barque Chapin THE UNITED STATES TREASURY. The following is the report of cash in the Trea sury vaults at this date : United States Treasury Notes 54,375,000 National Bank Notes Fractional currency 252,801 Gold . Silver 2,560 Five Cent. Coin 550 Three Cent. Coin... 6OO Cents. 350 Total 55,20,131 The disbursements for the week, on account, were as follows: War Department Navy Department 1,433,400 99 Interior Department 148,193 80 Total 54,586,243 36 Just one hundred years ago Philip Embury preached the first Methodist sermon in America to an audience of five persons in New York. Since that sermon the denomination has grown and flourished until now its members number two mil lions, and its churches are everywhere throughout the land. More than $26,000,000 are invested in its church edifices, and 77 academies and 25 col leges are sustained under its auspices. There is a talk in New York of starting a cab system by which a person will be taken three miles for twenty-Aye cents, It now cote any ono who sous each, with 100 added tree-quarters of a mile. Killaloe ... Rose Leaf ... Lady Pain ... Vice Versa ... Greenback ... M lb ... 7 8 ... 7 8 ... 7 8 ... 7 G ... 7 6 Bravura Arcade :.. 7 6 ... 7 4 Dunrobin ::; I Venom 7 4 Cromweli 9 ) Brown Tommy ... 7 4 The Free Handicap Hurdle . Race of 5 sous each in case of acceptance, with 30 added. Two miles, over five flights of hurdles. Age st lb Age st lb Accident 610 4 ' Phantom (p 1) ... u S z lnex (h b) 6 10 4 Diomed ... a 9 0 Meanwood ... alO 0 Greenland... ... 5 9 0 Acolyte ... 5 10 0 Bourton a 9 0 The - Clown ... 5 10 0 Fortunatus ... 3 9 0 Gamecock... a 9 10 Chimney Sweep ... 4 8 12 Nuneaton 5 9 6 White Stockings 8 10 Olivia • 5 9 2 Wedding Peal ... 4 810 The Selling Nursery Handicap of 5 sous each, 2ft (to the second) if declared by noon on Monday, Nov. 19, with 50 added ; the , winner to be sold for 500 sous ; winners after Nov. 16 (at ten a.m.) 51b extra ; three-quarters o a mile. 22 subs. If the highest weight accepting should beunder Bst 121 b, it will be raised to that weight, and the others in proportion. st lb st lb ... 8 3 ~.. 8 1 ... 8 0 ... 7 12 ... 7 11 ... 7 10 ... 7 7 ... 7 4 ... 7 3 ... 7 3 Plunder I 41 Dunrobin _ Jeanie Deans 9 3 Purchase ... Midwife ... 9 0 Miss Alice ... Sis. to Scottish' Chief 8 10 Romney ... Blue Peter ... 8 10 Grim Prodigal 8 10 Bravura ... Residuary Legatee ... 8 10 Grafton ... Easby 8 8 Gentian ... Plantago ... 8 81Gentle Gale ... Cromwell 8 6' Leases ... Columbine ... 8 3 Busy Body ... 7 2 A Handicap of 5 sovs each, 3 ft, with 25 added, for all ages ; winners after Nov. 16 (at 10 a.m.) 51b ex. ; half a mile ; 28 subs. Age st lb Volunteer ... a 9 12 Cranbury 5 9 10 Qn. of Trumps a 8 12 Salliet 4 8 7 Wild Agnes 4 8 4 Moonbeam 2 8 0 Alberta ... Blackbird ... Naiad ... Goldington Thalassius Prodigal ... Kilkenny Spokesman Usher ... ...6 710 ...3 7 6 ...5 7 5 Wa vo - Chibisa Nukuheva Age st lb ... 3 6 12 6 10 ... 3 6 10 ... 6 6 7 ... 4 6 7 ... 2 6 4 ... 3 6 4 ...3 6 3 -4 6 0 Custard 5 7 4 Risk ... ... 4 6 0 Lady Valentine 47 4 Lady Clinton 2 512 Lady Sophie ... 3 7 4 Isis ... 35 12 Bessie 4 G 12 Vexatious ... 3 5 12 Rinaldo ... 4 612 Prima Donna ... 2 5 7 The Tally-ho Stakes of 3 sovs each, with a Cup value 50 sovs added, for hunters and backs ; three-yr-olds lOst 121 b, four 12st 51b, five 13st, six and aged 13st 41b ; thorough-breds 71b, winners of a fiat race, hurdle race, or steeplechase, 141 b extra ; gentlemen riders, &c. ; two miles on the flat. 13 subs. Le Pavilion (h b), 5 yrs, Pale Ale (h b), 5 yrs, Comus, 6 yrs, Serious Case, aged, Goldington, 6 yrs, Tiger (h b), aged, Huntsbury, 4 yrs, Morpeth, aged, Lottery (h. b), 5 yrs, Cotswold (h b), aged, The Dane (h b), 3 yrs, Sir Charles (h b), 5 yrs, Lady Melbourne (11 b), 5 yrs. The Racing Stakes of 5 sous each, with 25 added, for two year olds; colts Bst 121 b, fillies Bst 101 b; tho winner to be sold for 300 SON'S if entered for 200 sous allowed 51b. Five furlongs. The Welter Handicap of 5 sovs each, 3 ft, for three year olds and upwards ; gentlemen riders ; winners after the weights are out 51b extra; professionals Glb extra. Three-quarters of a mile. WEDNESDAY. A Maiden Plate of 50 sous for two year olds; C.,115 36t V 1.1), fE!i , s 71',); tlio winner to be sold for 50 sovs ; if entered to be sold for 30 sovs allowed 71b. Five fur longs. A Plato of 50 sovs (Handicap); the winner to be sold for 200 sovs; winners after Nov. 10, at ton a.m., Sib extra. Five furlongs. Age st lb Age st lb Salliet ... 4 9 0 ' Dean Swift 5 6 12 Will Agnes ... 4 8 10 Wave ... 3 6 10 Beadle ... 5 8 3 GipAy Queen. ... 2 6 4 Paris ... 5 7 7 Stabl)er ... 3 6 4 Custard Castle ... 5 7 41Effervescence ... 3 6 0 Vigilant 4 7 0 Dunrobin 2 6 0 Arkenside ... 4 6 13 i Vexatious 3 5 12 The Great Autumn Welter Cup of 200 sovs, the rest in specie, by subscription of 20 soya each, h ft, and 5 only if declared ; winners of any handicap after Nov. 9, at 11 a.m., 71b; twice, 101 b extra ; to be ridden by officers, &c. ; professionals 61b extra. Ono mile. 41 subs, 20 of whom pay 5 soya each. Ago st lb Out and Outer ... 4 11 6 Sultan ... ... 4 10 12 The Warrior .. 5 10 7 Pearl Diver ... 6 10 6 Sandal ... 5 10 4 The Plover 6 10 3 Mistletoe ... ... 3 9 13 Wild Agues 4 9 12 S hakspeare 5 9 11 Brick ... 6 9 10 The Beadle ... 5 9 9 A Handicap of 5 sovs each, 3 ft, with 25 added, for two and three year olds; the winner to bo sold for 100 sovs ; win ners after the weights are published 51b extra; three quarters of a mile. The Guy Cup, of 150 sovs, by subscription of 10 sovs each, h ft, 50 added; winners after Nov. 16 (at 10 a.m.) 71b extra; five furlongs; 27 subs. age st lb Volunteer ... a 9 7 Out and Outer ... 4 9 5 Sundeelah 5 8 12 Sultan ... 4 810 Q. of Trumps ... a 8 8 Salliet ... 4 8 7 Wild Agnes ... 4 8 4 Beadle ... 5 7 10 Indigestion 4 7 9 Cedric 4 7 5 Belmont ... 3 7 5 Cadiz 6 7 0 Paris ... 5 7 0 Bessie 4 7 0 The Second Nursery Free Handicap of 10 sovs each, with 50 added ; winners after Nov. 16 (at 10 a.m.) 71b extra five furlongs. Afro st lb Ulphus 3 9 9 Princess of Wales... 4 9 3 Life Guardsman ... 3 9 2 Forester ... 4 9 1 Valiant ... ... 5 810 Nuneaton ... 5 8 10 Jessie (h b) 6 8 10 Vigorous ... ... 3 8 9 Goojerat 3 8 7 Ben Battle ... 3 8 5 age st lb Valiant ... 5 612 Her Ladyship ... 3 6 11 Ulphus 3 6 10 Vigilant ... ... 4 6 10 Indian Star 3 6 10 Dean Swift ... 5 6 7 Thalassius ... 4 6 5 Blackthorn 3 6 5 Cranford. 3 6 4; Hidalgo 3 6 0 Nukuheva 4 5 10 Effervescence ... 3 5 7 Tina 3 5 7 ... 7 0 ... 7 0 ... 7 0 ... 6 13 ... 6 12 ... 6 12 ... 6 10 . ... 6 10 ... 6 10 ... 6 10 ... 6 10 ... 6 9 st lb st lb Knight of Avenel out Anchorite ... of Damsel ... 8 10 Rose Stock Residuary Legatee ... 8 7 Hatty ..„ Greenback ~. 8 7 Python .., Blinkhoolie ... 8 5 Columbine Jeannie Deans 8 4 Killaloe Stokely ... 8 3 Mochrio Icicle .„ 8 3 Bravura Huntsman ... 8 0 Siiankos Miss Frances 7 10 Gentle Gale Prodigal 7 10 Lady Clinton ... Lady Pam ... 7 9 Donna Venom.. ... 7 6 Nino Elms 6 9 Purchase ... 7 5 Lady Craven 6 9 Grafton ~. ... 7 4 King of the Fairies ... 6 7 Miller's Maid ~. 7 4 Vice Versa ... ... 6 6 Challenge 7 4 f by Voltigeur out of Salamanca 7 3 Blondelle 6 6 Cromwell 7 3 br cby Wild Dayroll out Canard... ... 7 2 of Calot 6 5 The Warwick Steeple Chase Handicap of 5 sous each, 2 ft (to the fund), with 50 added, for all horses; winners of a steeple chase after Nov. 16 (at ten a.m.) 71b extra; four horses to start or the public money will not be given ; two miles (under the Grand National Steeple Chase rules) ; 35 subs. Cortolvin Columbia. ... Reporter ... Comberton age st lb ▪ al3 3 ▪ 612 7 ... a 12 4 • 612 0 ... 6 11 11 ... a 11 10 ... 6 11 5 ... 11 5 a 11 4 ... a 11 3 ~,all 4 Trap 6 11 4 Clansman ... ... 4 11 2 Ace of Trumps ... a 11 2 Elieu ...all 0 The Plover ... 5 11 0 Cartouche ... 6 11 0 Sea King ... 6 10 12 The Selling Stakes of 3 sows each, with 30 added ; two year olds Sat 21b, three 9st 71b, four 10st, five and up wards lOst 31h; mares and geldings allowed 31b; the winner to be sold for 100 soya ; if entered for 70 sovs allowed 7113, 40 141 b, 20 211 b : winners in the present year 51b, twice 71b extra; maidens having started three times and not won allowed 51b, four times 71b; three quarters of a mile. The Welter Handicap of 5 sovs each, 3 ft, for three year olds and upwards ; to be ridden by gentlemen ; winners after the weights are out 51b extra; professionals 61b extra ; one mile. Match 200, h ft : list each ; three miles. Mr. Stirling's Vousden agst Capt. 0. Williams's b g MaroolL THURSDAY. age st lb Redwing ... a 10 9 Gulnara 5 10 6 Bridesmaid ... a 10 6 Maid of Kent a 10 5 Highland Piper alO 5 Omen ... ... 5 10 5 Comet ... 6 10 4 The Clown ... 5 10 4 Diomed 5 10 4 Queen Mary (It 1a)... 5 10 3 King of Hearts a 10 3 Katinka a 10 2 Grace Darling ... 410 C Challenger a 10 0 Aberrhaman ... 5 10 0 Goldington 6 10 0 Phantom ... (pd) Ibex ••• Meauwood Manchester Jacob ... Gams ... Little Peter Globule A Selling Steeple Chase Stakes, of 5 sovs each, with 30 added, for all ages ; 12st each ; the winner to be sold for 100 sovs ; if entered for 80 sovs allowed 71b, GO 141 b, 30 281 b; two miles, Steeple Chase Course. The Great Midland Counties Handicap of 10 sovs each, 3 ft, with 100 added ; winners of any handicap after Nov. 1 (at 10 a.m.) 71b, twice 101 b extra ; two miles 41 subs. age st lb Moulsey 5 812 Ackworth 5 8 4 Pearl Diver ... 6 8 2 Sandal 5 7 8 Dr. Syntax ... 6 7 6 Moose ... 6 7 5 Pintail 5 7 3 Belmont ... ... 3 7 0 Arkansas ... 4 6 12 Musketeer ... 4 6 12 Beeswing 3 6 6 6 1 1 0 2 S Dick Turpin ... a 610 The Special ... 36 10 Brimstone ... ... 3 6 10 Cedric ... ....4 6 9 Wild Briar... ... 3 6 9 Vigorous ... 8 6 8 Jollity 3 6 7 Brick 6 6 6 Edgbaston... ... 36 6 i The Hunt Cup Steeple Chase of 100 soya, by subscription of 10 soya each, for horses that have never wou a handi cap steeple chase or hurdle race ; winners of any chase or race 141 b extra; four yr olds, list, five 11st 121 b, six and aged 12st 71b; gentlemen riders, professionals 61b age st lb IThalia 3 6 6 Endsleigh 4 6 3 Helen ... ... 5 6 2 Dulcimer ... ... 4 6 2 Valiant 5 6 2 S tea mboat... ... 3 6 0 Ibex ... 6 6 0 Prosarpine... ... 3 6 0 Monitress 3 5 12 Real Jam ... a 5 10 Marco Spada ... 3 5 10 Neroli ...3 5 10 Forester .. ... 4 5 10 Marie Louise 3 5 9 Gong ... 3 5 Apsley 3 5 9 Lady Oalthorpe ... 3 5 9 Douro 3 5 7 Violent ... ... 3 5 7 Nailor ...3 5 7 extra ; throe miles. - The Third Nursery Free Handicap of 10 sous each, in case of acceptance, with 50 added; winners after Nov. 16 (at ten a.m.) 71b, twice 121 b extra; half a mile. Acceptances to be declared by noon on Tuesday, Nov. 20. st lb Moonbeam 8 12 0 by Knight of Avenel out of Damsel Greenback ... ... 8 10 ... 8 7 Plunder ... 8 5 Residuary Legatee ... 8 5 Joannie Deans 8 4 leicle .. ... Miss Frances ... ... 8 3 ... 8 0 Prodigal .. ... 710 Sis. to Scottish Chief. 7 7 La Maudito .. ... 7 6 Venom... ... 7 6 st lb Python ... ... 611 ffochrie 6 10 Anchorite ... 6 10 Bravura ... 610 Mouchoir ... 6 10 Dunrobill 6 10 Gentle Gale ... 6 10 Lady Clinton ... ... 6 10 Siiankos ... 610 Craven." ". 6 9 Lily ... ... 6 7 F by Voltigeur out of Blondelle 6 7 Killaloe ... 6 7 Prima Donna 6 7 Angelica 6 5 0 by Wild Dayrell out of Calot ~. 6 5 Vico Versa 6 5 King of the Fairies 6 5 Grafton ... ...7 4 Canard... .. ... 7 2 Miss Alica ... ... 7 0 King's Cross ... ... 7 0 Columbine ... ... 612 Gipsy Queen .. ... 6 12 Hatty .. ... ... 612 Soiled Dove ... ... 6 11 The Shorts Handicap of 3 sovs each, with 20 added ;the winner to be sold for 20 sovs ; winners after the weights ere out 51b extra; three furlongs. A Handicap of 5 sovs, for all ages; winners after the weights are published 51b extra ; half a mile. The Two Year Old Plate of 50 sovs each ; colts Bst 101 b, fillies Bst 61b; winners once 31b, twice 51b extra; the winner to be sold for 50 soy; if entered for 30 sovs allowed 71b ; five furlongs. The Scurry Flat Race (Handicap) of 5 sous each, h ft, with 20 added, for all ages ; the winner to be sold for 50 sovs ; to be ridden by gentlemen, professionals Glb extra ; win ners after the weights are out 51b extra; five furlongs. FRIDAY. The Winding-Up Free Handicap of 10 soya each (in case of acceptance), with 50 added ; winners after N0v.16 (at ten a.m.) 71b, twice 141 b extra ; three quarters of a mile. Age st lb Age st lb Volunteer ... a 9 6 Blinkhoolie ... 2 6 7 Out and Outer -... 4 9 4 Claxton ... ... 56 7 Saccharometer ... 6 8 7 Brick ... ... 66 7 Moulsey ... 5 8 7 Edgbastan... ... 3 6 6 Skirmish 1 1 _ 4 8 4 Grappler „. 5 6 4 Wild Agnes ... 48 2 Thallasius ... 46 8 Beadle *"... 5 7 9 The Clown ... 5 6 0 Belmont ... ... 3 7 5 Queen Mary (hb)... 56 0 Overture ... 6 7 4 Residuary Legatee 2 6 0 Indigestion 4 7 OLa Dauphine ... 3 512 Moose 5 7 0 Catalogue 4 5 10 The Plover 5 6 12 The Lizard ... 4 5 0 Cadiz ... 6 6 12 Forester ... 4 5 10 Ulpbus 3 612 Nukuheva... ... 45 10 Valiant ... 5 612 Hidalgo ... 3 510 Custard Castle ... 5 612 Landlord 3 5 9 Vigorous 3 6 11 Risk 4 5 7 Her Ladyship ... 3 611 Effervescence ... 3 5 7 Indian Star ... 3 6 9 Violent ... 3 5 7 Mistletoe ... 3 6 8 Prodigal 2 5 7 The Leamington Grand Annual Steeplechase of 20 sovs each, h ft, and 3 only if declared, with 100 added ; win- ners of a steeple chase after Nov. 9 (at eleven a.m.) 71b twice 101 b extra ; the second to save his stake ; four miles ; 53 subs, 32 of whom pay 3 sovs each. The highest weight accepting being list 41b, it has been raised to 12st 71b, and the others in proportion. Age st lb Bourton, by Canno bit) a 11 4 Patience (h b) a 11 Acolyte 511 Sir Vißilizun ail 5 Rook the Gardener all 3 3 Clansman 4 11 Marengo, by Great heart .. Greenland .. Ben -Nevis.. Reporter ... Philosopher Comberton Age st lb ... a 12 7 • 12 3 • 612 3 Ibex ••• Hornet ... Mrin wool • 612 1 • 6 12 1 ... a 11 13 Accident Portland ... 6 11 13 ... a 11 12 ▪ a 11 3 5 11 3 ▪ 5 11 3 The Old Squire 11 10 Crusa:le a 11 8 Globule ... ... all 8 Manchester 6 11 8 - The Bradgato Cup, vahle 100 sovs, added to a llandicap of 10 sovs each, 3 ft ; winners of a handicap after the weights are out 71b extra ; one mile ;38 subs. • Edinburgh 4 yrs, Catalogue 4 yrs, Tina 3 yrs, Goojerat 3 yrs, Ben Battle 3 yrs, Life Guardsman 3 vrs, Brick 6 }"r`' Nulcuheva 4 yrs, Landlord 3 yrs, The Wixrior 5 yr s ' Elfeta 3 yrs, Stabber 3 yrs, Ulphus 3 yrs, Mistletoe 3 yrs, The Lizard 4 yrs, The Count 5 yrs, The Clown 5 yrs , Effervescence 3 yrs', Valiant 3 yrs, Vigorous 3 yrs, Violent 3 yrs, Ackworth 5 yrs, Thalassius 4 yrs, Saccharometer 6 yrs, Marco Spada 3 yrs, Overture 6 yrs, Clatford 3 Y rs ' The Brigand 4 yrs, Wild Agnes 4 yrs, The Beadle 5 y rs, Aurora 3 yrs, Moulsey 5 yrs, Skirmish 4 yrs, BeOSAVillg 3 yrs, King Charming 4 yrs, Inca 4 yrs, Princess of Wales 4 yrs, and Queen Mary 3 yrs (pd). A Steeplechase Plate of 50 sovs (Handicap); *inners after the handicap appears 71b extra; two miles, over the Steeplechase Course. The Welter Handicap of 5 sovs each, 2 ft, for three-year olds and upwards; winners after the weights are out 5,1 b extra ; to bo ridden by gentlemen, professionals 61bex.trs 1 half a mile. A Plato of 40 sovs (Handicap), for all ages ; the winner to be sold for 200 sovs; winners after the weights are out 51b extra; five furlongs. The Innkeepers' Plate of 50 sovs (Handicap), for three year-olds and upwards ; winners after the weights are out 51b extra ; three-quarters of a mile. A Selling Stakes of 5 sovs each, with 30 added ; tvro-ye3r olds Bst 411,, three Oat 71b, four, five, and upwards 9st 111 b; mares and geldings allowed 31b; the winner to be sold for 150 sovs ; if entered for 100 sovs allowed 'ill); GO 141 b, 30 211 b; five furlongs. The Nursery Plate of 50 sovs (Handicap), for two-Year" . olds; winners after the weights are out 51b extra; five furlongs. CROYDON MEETING. WEDNESDAY. Weights for the Grand Metropolitan Steeplechase Sandy cap of 20 sovs each, with 200 added. About three wiles and a half. :Age st lb Cortolvin a 12 7 Old Oswestry ... 6 12 0 Astrolaba 6 12 0 Columbia ... 6 11 12 Mario ... ... 5 11 12 Vaucresson 6 11 10 Shangarry 5 11 7 Hornet ... 6 11 4 Little Frank 6 11 4 Ibex (h-b)... 6 11 4 Accident ... 6 11 4 Daisy a 11 2 Reporter ... 11 0 Coniberton 6 10 12 Portland ... a 10 12 L. S. D. ... ... 5 10 12 Thomastown a 10 12 Manchester 6 10 10 Balder ... a 10 10 Sprite ... a 10 7 Sensation (h-b) ... 5 10 7 Rook the Gardener. a 10 7 Meauwood a 10 5 Sir William ... a 10 5 Age st 11) Patience a 10 0 Little Peter, by Sir Peter Laurie a lO 4 The Old Squire a lO 4 The Elk (late Gene- 4 ral Election) a lO Globule a 10 Garus 9, 10 The Rogue . " a 10 Arlescott a 10 Miltown 5 10 Despatch a 10 Clansman 4 10 Jack's Alive 6 10 The Doctor 5 10 Bishopton „. 4 10 2 Greenland 5 10 2 Ace of Trumps a lO n Ben Nevis._ 5 10 0 v Bridesmaid a 10 n Milford 5 10 „ 1 " Nabocklish " 5 10 0 ° Marengo a 10 RACING FIXT FEBR Lincoln l9 Harrow 2l Liverpool 5 Chelmsford Bromley Northampton Windsor Newmarket Craven 8 Thirsk .... York Doncaster Spring Salisbury Ascot \Viudsor Manchester Bibury Newton RES FOR 1867. [ARY. Nottingham ............... 2268 Derby .e• MA: O West Drayton ...........• Epsom Lewes IL. . 22 Newmarket ]st Spnng.• 21 Durham.. .................. 5 Catteriek .................. 'OO Chester ..................... ' .Y. Bath Harpenden Epsom 'TE' 19 Stockbridge Chelmsford Newcastle ........ ••• 27 Worcester JULY. 1 7 Carlisle 2 Down Royal Corporate' ~3 I Newmarket 2 Huntingdon ............... V-5, 11,adiug Nottingham l6 I Goodwood ............... AUGUST. 0 Brighton •I 6 Dover ................. .... 0 Brighton Club 8 West Drayt0n............ 3 Lewes Eghain ... Stockton Oxford Hastings York SEPTEMBER. 19 Leicester Doncaster Richmond ll 7 5 0 1 Newmarket Monmouth Manchester A . l . s . u . t t . ou . . ic . u . t . on . b e: .. : r : i 2 0 4 , Hendon l9 I ' OCTOBER. 1.5 Northampton Autumn. 1 Cheltenham ............... ,21 I Newmarket 2d October. 7 Newmarket Houghton.. NOVEMBER: Liverpool COUNTRY MARKETS. .—FRIDAY Barley fully as dear. New wheat, 2s . to Ss, an d her r • kinds 2s dearer, with a fair demand. B ean s were 15 e qr dearer. LINCOLN.—FRIDAY. r $O New white wheat, 583 to 65s ; new red, 50s to 58s %a, stone. Barley for malting, 42s to 49s per qr ; 818$ to 34s to 38s per 30 st o ne. O a ts, 22s to 325. Beaus , 50$ per 38 stone. LIVERPOOL.—FRIDAY. sn d We had a good attendance at our market to-dnn vc e. wheat was in moderate demand, at 4d per 10 01 b adv3ifist Flour sells well, at 6d to is per sack and barrel over sgs week's prices. Indian corn in firm demand, briuginLoAl 3d per qr for mixed American. Oats wanted. °"'' advanced fully 6d por load. Beans rather dearer. DERBY—FRIDAY. The supply of wheat on offer to-day was tolerabletaboot the trade dull, business being done in fine samples at 0 100 late ,tations. A fair inquir for barley, and alo e . toP late quo. .aquiry - realised quite late rates. Oats in steady request at terms. Beans a fair trade at a trifling advance. „, 3 6 New white wheat, 62s to 668 • old red, 56s to 610.1—dir0 stone. Barley for malting, 44s to 48s per qr. ; gros t ° 37s to 38s per 30 stone. Oats, new, 27s to 295; olul to 60 3 34s per 24 stone. Beans, old, 50s to 525; new, 460 per 38 stone. STAFOD—FRIDAY. Wheat was a tolera M bleshow to-day, and rates Wore very little,changed. Oats and beans dearer. er S 6 New white wheat, 56s to 60s ; red do., 52s to s ' s - o 84s t stone. Barley, malting, 42s to 48s ; grinding, per qr. Oats, new, 24s to 28s ; old, 28s to 32s per 24 stow Beans, 52s to 54s per 38 stone. Peas as of late. RIPON—FRIDAY. 4 ,1 to 7 ° White wheat, 8s Od to 8s oats , qr ; red, Gs ° - *. r iell 94; ty-:17.1g, G; 91 tu 'Ts ad 27s to 32s per cir ; "- 35s to 41s Od. BRISTOL SUGAR.—FRIDAY. There has been a steady demand for all kinds °f,,,r.c10 and refined sugar this last week, and the sales made at full rates. COAL MARKET. Price per ton at the close of the market. s• 2 0 Lambert's W.Hartloy 17 3 Walls End Hetton 17 Hetton Lyons 2O 9 Holywell Main ......... 2 1 u„ West Hartley Pittington lB 6 S. Wylam ............... Original Hartlepoal Ships at market, 37—sold, , rede rici Births. HARDEN—On the 15th inst., at Surbiton, Mrs' 11 N. H . a j r a d m e e n s , o N f i a ch so l n. NicuoLsox—On the 16th inst., at Dover's Lodge, Il ' elbilite' RoBINsoN MS - On the ol6stohninosfta.a'stolln.ampton-wiek., t,he,bitfee;l'l M. H. Robinson, Esq., of the Admiralty, of a at u t i .ore" Twiss—On the 16th inst., at 32, Chester-street' son. the wife of Quintin T wiss, Esq., of a soi l ' Marriages. " ..„ao a : BALL—SKELTON—On the Ist Sept. last, at henry el ,O- ,- pa' , A th c o t l i i n c g C c a h t i h e e f d j ra u l aice Hon o g f kHonogn,gktohneg.ll, ou. ''e hate Henry Ball, Esq., barrister-at-law, otoulByaBr°anh oft 4 i s o: l : i6l elder surviving daughter of J. Skelton, Esq. , L°ll li' l' chape FRASER—BLUNDELL—On the 14th inst., in t.- 0 fraseq Ince Blundell Hall, near Liverpool, the Ilon. $, ~,. of Master of Lovat, eldest son of Lord Loe, ,1,-u„ Beaufort Castle, Inverness-shire, to Alice Mary , ul j, ilett r of T. Wells Blundell, Esq of Ince Blundell Hall' 1 Liverpool. Deaths. i vir• ~ iv. c o ione- BLois—On the 14th inst, at Darnham Suuau't Blois, late of the 52d Regiment, aged 69. -0-, late °I DYNE—On the 13th inst., Francis B. Dyne, .r-' 4 . 1 Gore Court, county Kent, age d 77. Ti.. 9 de - p ang, OIBB—On the 15th inst., at 90, Lancaster -gate, ...- Thomas A. Gibb, aged 68. of 6 ' M . G A MMAN—On the 16th inst., R . Gainman, Esq, vester-row, Hackney, aged 70. --- -- ---- vo ------------- N9'3V London : Printed stnd Pubkished by WILLIA3q No , 11 2 i of No. 112, Strand, Painter at Trts SUN 0 ce;,,,ati o Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the v blitiltieSe-Saturday, November 17, 18d6. ' MEI w~ ~~~ and Iri s and vra, said th e Pam kith Co e ,. to e,