The Sun. — London, England, 1866-03-24 00:00:00

Naval and Military Intelligence. His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, as Field-Marshal Commanding-in-Chief, held a levee yesterday at the Horse Guards. Upwards of 90 officers attended on the occasion. The Barracouta, 6, paddle wheel, 1,053 tons, 300-horse power, in the first division of the Sheer ness Steam Reserve, was placed in commission on Thursday last by Commander W. B. Urmston. She will be ready for sea in a few days, and will be finally employed on the West Indies station. The Icarus, 3 screw steam sloop, 580 tons, 150- horse power, recently commissioned at Sheerness by Commander S. P. Townsend, was taken for a final trial at the measured mile off Maplin Sands, pre vious to leaving Sheerness for foreign service. The vessel was in charge of Capt. G. G. Randolph, of the Sheerness Steam Reserve, and the trial was most satisfactory, the vessel making a speed of nearly nine knots an hour. The Icarus will leave Sheerness for China on Sunday next. The Challenger, 22, screw steam corvette, 1,462 tons, 400-horse power, Master in charge Henry Y. Slade, has finished fitting for the first division of the Sheerness Steam Reserve, and will, it is re ported, be commissioned in a few days for foreign service. The Favourite , 10, screw steam ironcased cor vette, 2,094 tons, 400-horse power, Captain Francis Shortt, after being inspected by Vice-Admiral Sir Charles Talbot, K.C.8., left Sheerness, on Friday, for Portsmouth, to await further orders with reference to her final destination. It is re ported that she is now intended for the Mediter ranean Station. The iron screw frigate Bellerophon, 14 guns, 4,720 tons, 1,000 horse power, Captain Edward Tatham, will have her pennant of commission for mally hoisted this morning at Portsmouth for Chan nel and home service. In our report of the trial of this frigate over the measured mile, which appeared in the Sun of Tuesday last, mention was inadver tently omitted from the list of offieers on board of Capt. E. Tatham as the officer `commanding the ship. Capt. Tatham, as a matter of course, was present and in command of his ship, but the trials of the ship were made under the direction and supervision of the officer commanding the Steam ReserVe of the port, Capt. H. Caldwell, C. 8., who was attended by his inspector of machinery afloat, Mr. George Murdoch. The steam factory depart ment of the navy, with which department the trial of the ship was chiefly concerned, was represented by Mr. Andrew Murray and Mr. John Ward, the chief and chief assistant-engineers of Portsmouth yard and the steam factory department. The in dicated horse power of the Bellerophon's engines, as worked out for the Admiralty from the indi cator diagrams, was found to be as follows :—With full boiler-power the mean indicated horse power of the entire six runs taken over the measured mile was 6048;63 ; the mean indicated horse power of the last four runs taken was 6106-16 ; with half boiler power the mean indicated horse power of the four runs taken was 3020.79. The question put in the House-of Commons relative to the lengthening of the funnels of the Bellerophon, and the subsequent remarks thereon, have led to considerable misconception of the matter. The Bel lerophon is not the first ship that has had her fun-1 nels lengthened. The Warrior's funnels were lengthened for her trial six or eight feet ; the fun nels of the Orontes were lengthened eight feet. The fact was that a deficiency was found in the draughts of the furnaces, aid to remedy this deficiency by the simplest and surest method Mr. Penn added a 16ft. length to the top of each funnel. Mr. Penn had a perfect right to do this without reference to the de signer of the ship. His contract with the Admiralty stipulated that the engines should work up to 6,000 indicated horse power, but it did not limit the length of the ship's two funnels. The funnels were accordingly lengthened by him, the defective draught cured, and the power bargained for not only ob tained, exceptional as it was, but exceeded. The Bellerophon will now take up the trials of the com petitive 121 ton gun carriages where they were left off with the Minotaur. The training of the guns with their carriages and slides will, however, be con fined to the training gear of Mr. E. J. Reed, with which the Bellerophon's central battery is completely fitted. At the annual gathering of the members of the Institution of Naval Architects, now taking place at the Adelphi-chambers. Mr. Reed, as chief constructor of the navy and designer of the Belle rophon, will read papers to-day on the central bat tery of that ship, and other matters of interest con nected with her construction. The Charger, gunboat, 60 horse power, is ordered to be completed at Portsmouth dockyard with all possible rapidity for service at Halifax. The Liverpool, 35, screw frigate, Capt. J. Sec combe, arrived at Spithead yesterday, from Ply mouth Sound, and, on entering the roadstead, saluted the flag of the naval Commander-in-Chief, Admiral Pasley. The salute was duly returned from his flagship in Portsmouth harbour, the Victory, Capt. Egerton, A.D.C. to the Queen. The Ganges, 80, training-ship for boys, Com mander Stephens, arrived at Fahnonth on Tuesday evening in tow of the Gladiator, 6, Capt. Aplin, from Plymouth, to take up her station at that port, and is moored in Carrick Roads. Her complement is very likely to be speedily filled up. The Ariadne, 26, 3,214 tons, 800-horse power (nominal), left Chatham harbour yesterday for Portsmouth, where she is to be docked for the pur pose of undergoing a thorough repair, previously to being brought forward for commission. Steam was got up in a portion of her boilers on the previous day to test the working of her engines alongside the dockyard. She will be navigated to Spithead by a number cf seamen, riggers, and stokers belonging to the Steam Reserve, and conveys round a quan tity of spars, stores, boats, and timber. The Ariadne is one of the smartest of the class of wooden frigates belonging to the Royal Navy, but from the fact of her being unarmoured her value as a ship for combative purposes is nil. She is spoken of as being the frigate which will probably be selected for Prince Alfred's first command as captain. The screw steam storeship Pox, 2, 1,131 tons, 200-horse power, Staff-Commander H. A. Mo riarty, having shipped a quantity of miscellaneous stores, left Chatham yesterday for Portsmouth and Devonport. The Rev. James H. Lang, M.A., has been ap pointed by the Admiralty chaplain of Chatham DOckyard, in succession to the Rev. Allen Fielding, M.A., who retires in accordance with the recent rcgulations of the Admiralty as to the retirement of dockyard and other chaplains. The Rev. J. 11. Lang was formerly chaplain of the naval training sil l Wellesley, 72, at Chatham. • 11l chartered convict ship Belgravia airived at the Nor, yesterday from the Thames for the pur pose Of r eceiving on board a numerous party of convicts from the St. Mary's convict establishment, Chatham, 10, teuoenv.Neyance to Western Australia. She will leave wist o ia re this morning, calling in at Portsmouth and c e a c; t et . ary Capt. Hall, private s ecrets to the Duke of Somerset, is appointed vice aitnQa Superintendent of Pembroke Dockyard, C.B. vitem,iceeed Capt. Capt. F. A. Campbell to to du:lira' Loring, Hall as private secretary to the he L e tord. The following appointment has raad in the Royal Naval Reserve :—To be Hon. - e Jo hn Richardson. YACHTING INTELLIGENCE. —The fine schoo ner _ yacht Lenore (late Sappho), the property of Mr. Lawt on, is being put into commission, with the view of going on a cruise to Norway this spring. THE LATEST THING ABOUT THE LlONS.—Certain unbelievers having stated that Sir Edward Landseer has not yet begun to model the Nelson lions, we have much pleasure in being able to contradict the rumour. The great artist has got as far as the paws —which Would seem likely to prove long.—Fun. [ADVERTISEMENT. J—Hclloway's Ointment and There is no question whatever that rheumatism, neuralgia, and such like painful maladies aro more rife this season than for some years past. The number of testimonals of tures effected by Holloway's remedies is unprecedented, and should be enforced on the attention of all sufferers from these complaints. The parts in pain should be fomented for some minutes with warm brine, dried, and immediately well rubbed with the ointment. it will pass into the pores of the skin and give the greatest relief. Many valuable lives are annually lost which might to be saved if early recourse in illness were made to these remarkable remedies, which must necessarily prove beneficial, and cannot do harm. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. LEWES RACES- YESTERDAY. THE INNKEEPERS' PLATE of 40 sous ; certain winners 71b extra Rather more than half a mile. Mr. Alwyn's Tom Coke (Webb) 1 Mr. IL Wilkinson's East Lynn (Hibberd) 2 Mr. C. M. Bond's Musketeer (Copley) 3 Dawdle, Bella, Frogmore c, Dayrell, Lancashire Witch, Tom Tit, Venturer, Hopbine f, and Steamer f also ran. Betting-2 to 1 agst East Lynn, 4to 1 agst Dawdle, 10 to 1 agst Tom Coke. Won by a length and a half ; three lengths between second and third.. A HANDICAP SWEEPSTAKES of 5 sovs each, with 50 added, for all ages ; certain winners 71b extra. One mile and a quarter. Mr. W. E. Jones's Zeloo (J. Grimshaw) 1 Mr. England's Ethelred (Foster) 2 Betting-6 to 4on Zeloo. Won by three lengths. A PLATE OF 50 SOVS. for all ages; two-year-olds, 6st 71b ; three, Bst 91b ; four 9st 71b ; five and upwards, 9st 101 b ; m and g allowed 31b; selling allowance. Half a mile. Mr. Wright's Usher .. (Payne) 1 Mr. R. Porter's Confusion (Hibberd) 2 Mr. D. Wyatt's Mokeanna (Elphick) 3 Rinaldo, Florican, and Queen Bee also ran. Betting-2 to 1 agst Florican, 3to 1 agst Usher. Won by a head ; two lengths between second and third. THE LEWES SPRING FREE HANDICAP of 15 sovs each, with 100 added ; certain winners extra. One mile and a half. Mr. R. Ten Broeck's Forester (Payne) 1 Mr. S. Thellusson's The Star (Deacon) 2 Mr. Wodson's Boleho (Hibberd) 3 Mr. J. B. Starky's Kingsland also ran. Betting-2 to i agst Boleno, 2 to 1 agst Forester, 4to 1 agst The Star. Won by two lengths same between second and third. A SWEEPSTAKES of 5 sovs each, with 40 added ; two-year-olds, 6st 121 b ; three, 9st ; maiden and other allowances. Half a mile. Miller's Maid Eugenie Moss Rose 3 Four ran. • A HANDICAP SELLING STAKES of 5 sovs each, with 25 added, for all ages. Rather more than half a mile. Colleen 1 Starcross Dayrell 3 Six ran. • CHESTER CUP. 100 to 6 agst Saladin (taken) 20 to 1 agst Sandal (taken) THE JOCKEY CLUB. The annual general meeting of the Jockey Club will be held at Newmarket, after the races, on Wednesday in the Craven Meeting. The Earl of Cork, proposed by W. G. Craven, Esq., and Hon. Admiral Rous, will be balloted for. FRENCH SPORTING NEWS. Five horses recently purchased by the Duke of Hamilton in England have arrived at Lamplugh's to be trained. M. Desvignes has hired the establishment at Gouvieux, recently occupied by Count de Dampierre's horses. Mr. Mackenzie Grieves, the well-known member of the French Jockey Club, was thrown from his horse the other day, and broke his shoulder bone. JAMES GRIMSHAW.—It will be noticed that this jockey has, since the severance of his connection with the Mar quis of Hastings, become closely identified with Mr. Chaplin's colours. For that gentleman he rode two suc cessive winners—Vespasian and Problem—at Northamp ton, on Wednesday. We learn that Mr. Chaplin was not unwilling to take up the engagement with Grimshaw which the Marquis had broken off, but at present no ar rangements have been come to. It is probable that the jockey will not bind himself to any particular interest or stable, at all events this season. LORD LYON.—Since the downfall of Student, Lord Lyon has become a great favourite for the Two Thousand and Derby. At Northampton, no more than 7to 4 was offered against him for the Guineas. On Wednesday night, at one of the Turf clubs, a " big bet" of £6OO to £4OO was accepted about Mr. Sutton's horse. Custance, it is said, will next week renew his acquaintance with Lord Lyon, and ride him in his gallops at Ilsley. CUTLER.—This horse has changed hands and gone into James Daily's stable, Old Windsor. Baron Rothschild's two-year-old filly Sister to Hippolyta, by King Tom, out of Daughter of The Star, has been named Hippia. The piece of plate for Thirsk Hunt Cup is said_ to be a valuable work of art, its intrinsic value exceeding £lOO. GRAND NATIONAL HUNT MEETlNG.—Penarth, Globule, Robin, Cockflghter, Portland, Lapwing, and Hawthorn, were scratched as soon as the weights appeared for the West Somerset Open Handicap. Mr. Eastwood has given the following names to his yearlings :—Chesnut colt by Kettledrum, out of Corrival, The Sawyer ; chesnut filly by Kettledrum, out of Butter fly, Buttercup ; brown filly by King of Trumps, out of Nightingale, Warbler ; black filly by King of Trumps, out of Falstaff Mare, Black Bess ; chesnut filly by King of Trumps, out of Rosaura, Rosebud. At Lewes Races a little fellow, a second son of dr. Elphick, of Brighton, attracted considerable attention. He weighs, in hii breeches, clothes, and hunting boots, but 3st 10Ib. It is stated that he already rides his pony to hounds, and is a dashing and fearless Nimrod. Ho is brother to young Elphick, John Nightingall's jockey, and will, it is said, this season make his debut on the turf as a feather-weight. Athlone Steeplechases are fixed for May 16. The first flat races take place at the Bois do Boulogne on Easter Monday. Pigeon, beaten by Meanwood, at Doncaster. was after wards sold to Harry Lamplugh for VA and has gone to France. It i s hinted that the French turf is to have a great acces sion in the person of the Due de Castelherault. Charles Bradley, late of Newmarket, is open to an en gagement, either as public or private trainer. Belzoni, 3 yrs, by The Cure out of Lady Meaulys, win ner of the Sulby Handicap at Northampton on Wednesday, was afterwards sold to Mr. Clayton for 270 gs. Wo hear that the actions to be brought by Mr. E. Farr against two of our contemporaries, for libels relative to the Redan affair, will come on after Easter. Colleen, winner of the Handicap Selling Stakesat Lewes on Friday, was sold to Mr. Burbage for 105g5., thereby placing 75 sous. to the fund. Lady Vane, a chesnut 3-yr-old filly, by Bandy out of Camiola, broke her knees en route from Middleham to the recent Doncaster Spring Meeting. Star Cross was sold to Mr. H. Wright for 40gs., after winning the Selling Stakes at Lewes on Thursday. Pelerin, winner of the Castle Stakes, at Lewes, on Thurs day, was purchased by Mr. Fleming for the selling price, 40gs. We regret to state that the Duke of Beaufort, who took cold at Northampton on the first day of that meeting, was unable to be present on the following in consequence. All vehicles (high or low) going on to the Newmarket Heath during the race meetings, will in future be taxed, to the amount of ss. each, toll-houses and gates being in course of erection The Duke of Newcastle, Sir Frederick Jonstone, and Mr Chaplin have accepted the stewardship of the Nottingham: and Derby Spring Meeting of 1847. Portland, the steeple chase horse, injured himself so se verely at Warwick that he has been struck out of the Open Chase at Ealing, and it is very imprombable that he will run again this season. We are requested to state, on the authority of Mr. R. J ohn son, clerk of the course, that Valiant was struck out of the Doncaster Handicap at 4 p.m. the day before the race. LINCOLNSHIRE.—HundIeby Races have been fixed for Tuesday, July 17, the Spilsby Meeting having been post poned to the following week (the 24th). Ponarth, Globule, Robin, Cockfighter, Portland, Lapwing, and Hawthorn were scratched as soon as the weights ap peared for the West Somerset Open Handicap. Indigestion, 4 yrs, broke down after winning the Craven Handicap at Lewes. Mr. William Marshall, the well-known bookmaker, wishes us to state that he has no knowledge of, or con nection with, a person of the same name, who publishes " a price current," announcing himself as a member of Tattersall's and the Victoria Club, and subscribes his " Price current," 80, Essex-road, Islington, London. manage ment o f and o f a g :0 1 :n i e t r l aebmbevne a -T a m Rots TESTIMONIAL FUND.— The committee of whosefund request r subscriptions i t o o n reminds reremain n t those pstid that it is the Bank of Sir ale they be paid in without delay to square. Claude Scott and Co., No. 1, Cavendish- THE AGGRESSOR. --AU o objection the Selling Chase at Warwi to this hors e , winner of ferred by the owner of the iecon ti d, Friday z week, was pre ought to have carried a penalty for On w a lkin g ho over for the Croydon Cup, but as it was not l odged • till the following day.the stewards refused to entertain it. LINCOLN SPRING MEETING.—The starter having ported Barker, the rider of Treasure Trove in t he re po Lin colnshire Handicap, for disobeying his orders, the matter was brought before the stewards of the Jockey Cl u b , who have suspended him until after the Epsom Summer Meeting. THE LATE LEIGHTON BUZZARD STEEPLEClyszs._w e hear that Mr. Blencowe, the owner of Drayhorse, who was disqualified, has produced his certificate, and the stewards TILE SUN, LONDON; SATURDAY EVENING, MARCH 24, 186(i. have 3nsented to reopen th e case . B etts w i ll, therefore reman 3. in abeyance for the preaent. En• ster Monday and Tuesday will be devoted to two days '.racing at Blackh ea th, un d er the Newmarket rules. N. ENV BUCKENHAM STEEPLECHASES.-MATCH FOR 1.00 S ovs. — Respecting the dispute which arose on the match between Mr. Leney's Sultan and Mr. F. Grimmer's Countess, the stewards have now decided that both horses were disqualified, and no award has been made of the stakes. Upwards of thirty horses are nominated for the Ealing Open Handicap, and in the aggregate 142 animals are en gag ed. The straightforward manner in which the mana gers: have hitherto conducted their meetings is a guarantee of 'Ails being a bumper, and the facilities afforded by the Great Western Railway for a cheap transit should attract Large numbers of metropolitanites. The Aldershott Divisional Steeplechases will come off about the middle of April. A new course, about two miles from the camp, is being selected by the committee of management, which will comprise about thirty sporting fences. The following officers comprise the committee:— Capt. North, 3d Hussars ; Capt. Burke, Bth Hussars; Capt. Williams, Military Train ; Capt. Morgan; 28th Regiment ; Capt. Doherty, A.D.C., 3d Hussars. There will be eight races, brook towards Bunker's-hill ; but a bad scent saved him, and, after vainly trying for his line, we went off to Leicester's piece for another. Here we got on a vixen, and ran her round to Bilton again, when she turned up to her right, and took refuge in some gardens in the village of Dunchurch, where I need hardly say she was no further molested. From there on to Causton we drew the laurels and spinney, and were on the point of going away, when a fox was tallied stealing away over the railroad towards Lawford. As he faced the wind the first ten mi nutes was run very sharp ; but as soon as he turned down wind again the scent failed. Wednesday the Pytchley were at Lillbourne, and an excellent day's sport was enjoyed by a numerous field. Intelligence having been received that a fox had been killing some of Mr. Buchanan's lambs, Captain Thompson was requested to draw the spin neys in rear of his house. Now, although I have heard of foxes having been said to kill lambs, I never yet saw anyone who could bring such a charge home to poor Reynard. There is no doubt a fox will gnaw a dead lamb if he finds him near his abode ; but sheep-dogs and others are usually those who commit these depredations. Lord Naas, Lord Hopetoun, Sir Charles Toham, Lord Denbigh, Sir Charles Mordaunt, M.P., Mr. Duff, and many ladies were present, together with a field of about 300. Poor Vulp was soon found, and before his lamb worrying propensities were brought to a close, he gave us a capital hunting run, notwithstanding his, early breakfast. Away he went along the El kington Bottom, crossing the Watling -street-road as if for Yelvertoft, the unfortunate hounds pressed upon and overridden by the crowd in a most un merciful manner ; so much so as to provoke the usually good temper of the master—indeed, were he not gifted with the most extraordinary command and patience, it is hard to say what would have been the consequence. Leaving Yelvertoft to his right, our fox crossed the canal as if for Winnick Covert, but bearing here to the left, he went on as if for Guilsborough ; he was, however, headed in the bottom, and, turning sharp to his left, he went for Cold Ashby. Here he was viewed crossing a pad dock at the back of the village, from whence he took refuge in a garden, with a high wall round it dividing it from the road. The wall was too high for the hounds to jump; but Dick was off his horse in a moment, and seizing the nearest one to him he lifted her over the wall ; whilst the whip in like manner assisted the others. They were soon at him, and pulled him down in the field next the garden ; two hours and five minutes, with anything but a good scent, the latter portion of the run being plen tifully interspersed with ploughs. I watched with the greatest possible pleasure, not unmixed with wonder, the very perfectway in which Lord Naas rode to hounds—ever with them, never making a mistake, or going in a wrong direction ; always wide of them, and saving his horse on every pos sible opportunity. I should say there is not another man in England of his lordship's weight that can touch him over a country. From Cold Ashby we trotted off to look for another fox at Yelvertoft Hill-side. One was viewed away across the canal, heading for Winnick. Leaving Winnick to the right, he went into Wat ford Gorse, out at the bottom, and on to Vander plank, through Vanderplank and on as if for Long Buckly. Here we had a good deal of cold hunting, the fox dodging backwards and forwards. After running for about one hour and fifty minutes, I left them, the hounds still hunting on slowly for Guils borough. As I turned my horse's head towards home I was joined by Mr. Richard Cook, of Stret field, than whom, with Mr. Congreeve, few go bet ter to hounds in the Shires. Many a time this sea son have I seen either one or the other alone with the hounds, where men on three-figured importa tions from Piccadilly have been nowhere. Well, the season, with the exception of a few days, is over, and I lay down my pen with regret. . I have en deavoured to give my readers a truthful account, unbiassed by other opinions, of the doings in the Midland Counties, and if these jottings have served to drive dull care away, or if my humble efforts to further the great cause of fox hunting have done one iota of good, it is at least a step in the right direction, and amply repays the difficulties with which but too often I have had to contend.—The Field's Special Commissioner. England, the Fenians, and the Habeas Corpus (From the New York Times) With a promptness worthy of imitation, the British Government has resorted to the extremity of suspending the writ of Habeas Corpus, so far as the sub-kingdom of Ireland is concerned. It is a fact ever to be regretted by the generations that are to earn and pay the enormous debt of these United States, that President Buchanan did not, in No vember, 1860, do the same thing. Had he at that time suspended this writ, there would have been no rebellion ; Twiggs would have died a hero instead of a base traitor; the army in Texas would have been permitted (as they always desired) to adhere to the true flag ; blatant Beauregard would have preferred his pay in the regular service to the doubt ful supplies of the Davis revolutionists, and there would have been no attempt at rebellion. What then ? This simple suspension of the Habeas Corpus in 1860, with an order to Lieut.-General Scott to " regulate matters" where disturbances might occur, would have most certainly prevented the first and fatal overt act—the bombardment of Sumter. That prevented, the prospective rebellion would have failed. Davis might have plotted and raved ; Toombs might have declaimed and urged on the crowd ; Twiggs would not have changed his name and fame for that of Benedict Arnold ; Breck inridge would not have gone down to his grave weighed with the infamy of perjury ; Lee would not have reluctantly surrendered a sword that should have been garlanded with a grateful nation's laurels ; Stonewall Jackson might have exhausted his Hu guenot zeal for that which he deemed the right, but still on the right side ; and the seas would never have been reddened by the fiery tracks of Alabamas and Shenandoahs. The mere act of suspending the great writ, of putting the land and the sea under the iron rule of military law, would have fallen with crush ing effect upon the elaborate framework of the rebel lion ; and the entire machinery of insurrection, the very soul of the revolution, would have melted and passed away under the wise hand of a real Govern ment. Thus we should have saved many thousand millions of wasted substance, three thousand mil lions of public debt, and, 'what is infinitely greater, the precious lives of half a million of noble men, whose stalwart forms and generous spirits made the actual wealth of our great nation. Patriotism, public sympathy, and private sorro w mourn over the known and unknown graves of these martyrs to the imbecility of a man whom fortune had thrust into a position to which he was not only unequal, but in which he was the facile tool of ambitious dema gogues and incipient traitors. We paid in life and treasure, through four years of devastating war, through bloody battles that have no parallel in the world's history, through the trial and the doubt that such a gigantic struggle in volves, through the coldness of professed friends and the active malice of old and new enemies—through these and all cognate means and artifices of dis couragemeut—we paid the penalty that every great nation must pay, when adverse circumstances bring it to a trial of its strength, and its leaders are found unequal to the emergency. Jealousy of our power and hatred of our form of Government joined hands abroad to work for our downfall. National and international laws were twisted to suit the occasion. A rebellious mob that had not a harbour on earth, nor a national flag on the sea—that did not even claim maritime status, was eagerly recognised as a belligerent, furnished with ships and arms, and granted harbour in almost every neutral port. We protested, invoked precedent, quoted laws ; but all for nothing. The most willing and most prominent offenderplaced his shipbuilding hand upon his neutral breast, and rolling his cotton-coloured eyes upward, said, " Thou canst not say he did it." But still Laird built at Birkenhead, and his coadjutors furnished at Funchal, and Alabamas and Shenandoahs went forth to their work of destruction, while John Bull washed his meek hands and gave thanks that he was not like other men. And he wb-s not. The whirligig of Time brings about he revenged. The American Union is practically restored, and the British Thunderer now roars you as gently as any sucking dove. But the fiery spirit engen dered by our intestine war has left among us a mass of inflammable material, that is now, like lludibras's sword, eating through its scabbard for the lack of something else to hew and hack. The Irish element —reckless, senseless, wild, impulsive, generous, and always turbulent—is restive under the restraints of peace. Prompted by experience in the field under APClellan, Sherman, and Grant, and seeing how positively the determined and phlegmatic North crushed down, by its iron will and unyielding de termination, the rebellious South, these Irish (now called Fenians) have assumed to beard th 6 British Lion, and would (if they could succeed) tear from the diadem of Queen Victoria her third jewel—the emerald set in the ring of the sea. It is true, we look upon these proceedings as par taking largely of the ludicrous—indeed so absurd are they generally thought to be, that any serious interference by our Government would seem even more ridiculous than the vagaries of the Fenians themselves. But, however absurd, they continue to make themselves believe that they are in real earnest, and look upon their machinery of govern ment as something partaking of actuality, that ought not to be laughed at. They have their centres, and consequently their circles and circum ferences ; they have set up the skeleton of a Go vernment, and have certain ghost-like officers known as (or rather called) Secretary of War, Secretary of State, and—what is more important-- a Secretary of the Treasury. They have taxed those who would stand it, and levied forced or voluntary contributions from the credulous and the ignorant, in the stable and the kitchen, to sup port this bastard Government; they have sent en voys extraordinary to Affghanistan, to the moon, and to Ireland (the latter travelling incognito;) they have held hundreds of meetings, and made thousands of speeches ; they have wrangled, and quarreled, and fought with fists iu scores of places (outside of Ireland) ; they have belaboured each other with all the pungent vituperation for which their race is notorious ; they have swamped the wide columns of the newspapers with ex parte state ments of their differences ; they have gone through the ridiculous motions of holding a Congress—the grand central power of legislation and direction for the Republic of Ireland, held—not in Ireland—but in Pittsburgh, a safe four thousand miles from the shores of Galway, and as many hundreds from any water upon which a British man-of-war is allowed to float. The effect of all this blather in Amerisa upon the victims in Ireland can be briefly stated. The British Lion, apprehensive that there may possibly be some fire where there is so much smoke, takes this new Irish bull by the horns, gently growls out a suspension of the privilege of the _Habeas Corpus, frisks his royal tail over the Green Isle, stamps his imperial foot, and Fenianism in Ireland is a matter of history. Yet they will bluster and cavort here ; they will speechify, brag, beg—do anything but go over to Ireland and fight. They will denounce British tyranny, and be especially eloquent upon violations of law. All the while they will be la bouring to embroil this Government with that of Great Britain, to bring about some collision that may make " England's necessity Ireland's opportunity." But coolness will rule. We have no reason to favour England ; but we have every reason to be jealous of our own honour: That England winked at Alabamas is no example for us. We are to deal justly and honourably by all peoples, even by our most active enemies ; and particularly we must be careful that no actual military expedition against a nation with which we are at peace should be organ ised and set in operation within our jurisdiction. The reader will naturally say that this Fenian folly is simply contemptible ; that there is not a possible shadow of fight in the whole crew. That may be so ; but 3,000 miles away the picture may have a different aspect, and men who do not know the real character of the blustering braggarts who are en gineering the movement, may be deceived into giving them credit for courage and sincerity. The sooner that error is dissipated the better. As for Ireland herself, she is now reaping the bitter fruit of the wicked and selfish machinations of her pre tended friends on this side of the water. SPIRIT OP THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. TIMES. The Government have half abandoned thier first course with relation to Reform, and have gone half way to adopt another. They have behaved as many a coxswain has done before now, but as we hope that neither of the two who are to steer the University boats this morning will demean himself. The unlucky man in the stern sees that he has got his crew into a nasty piece of water, so he resolves upon shifting to the other side of the course, but the bow of his boat is barely turned when he reflects upon the danger of the pro ceeding, and hastily shifts back again. The crew lose their heart, the coxswain his presence of mind, the lookers-on their patience, and the University the race. The Ministry are in peril of a similar catastrophe. Lord Grosvenor's amendment, and the notices of motion which have come from various quarters supplementing it, have convinced them of the aversion of the House of Commons and the in difference of the country to a mere instalment of Reform, and they no w propose to propitiate the dis like of a partial scheme, not by introducing a com plete measure, but by giving a formal outline of what the completed measures of an undefined future might be. Mr. Gladstone announced last night that if the Franchise Bill should pass a second read ing, the Government would inform the House as to their views upon the Scotch and Irish franchises and the redistribution of seats, and, in order to do so most fully, their views would be embodied in Bills to be laid upon the table. These Bills would be meant, however, only for informati on ; th ere would be no intention of proceeding with them this Session, but supposing them introduced • in the manner suggested, the Government would then, after allowing a decent i n t erva l f or th e i r digestion, invite the House to go into Com mittee upon the Franchise Bill. As a matter of curiosity, it would be interesting to inquire at what time the most sanguine admirers of the pre sent bill can, after delays thus foreshadowed, hope to see the measure carried to the House of Lords ; but when the preliminary dangers it must encounter are considered it must be allowed that the question would be rather speculative than practical. The plan of action now proposed by the Ministry can satisfy no one who approves the opinion embodied in Lord Grosvenor's amendment. It shows a failure to understand the reason of the objection to a mere Franchise Bill, and the objection itself is consequently left unremoved. The question is not as to the need or the advantage of Reform. So much has been re peatedly acknowledged on both sides of the house, and is not now denied. The point in dispute is whether it is fitting or statesmanlike that a bill simply reducing the franchise in existing constitu encies should be passed into law, and the question of redistribution, which every one professes to be infinitely more important, should be left to the chances of another session, another Parliament, per haps of another Ministry—in a word, to the thou ' sand uncertainties of the future. We should have thought that those who saw the prolonged agitation consequent on piecemeal legislation, the danger that half maybe accomplished and the remainder left for more troublous times and new classes of voters, must have acquiesced in Lord Grosvenor's amendment. Mr. Kinglake, however, declares that he entertains as strong an objection asLordGrosvenor to the idea of separating the question of the franchise from that of redistribution, but that the proper time to take the objection is after the second reading, and before going into committee. He seems to think that the house is pledged to the principle of a Franchiseßill, and therefore no obstacle should be interposed to the second reading of the bill now before it; but, by the same reasoning, no opposition from considerations outside the bill should be offered to its passing through all its stages and becoming law. The truth is, how ever, that while the House of Commons has by read ing reform bills a second time expressed over and over again the opinion that reform was desirable, and has also declared that no reform would be satis factory. which did not include enfranchisement, t has constantly refused to entertain the consideration . of mere franchise bills. And it has . acted wisely dmen i t n . doing so. Our electoral . system . rri t r h es at ainen they should members ought to be distribute so better represent the power and the intelligence of the country ; and large numbers now t on the register .. might advantageously be admitted o the , privilege of voting in reformed constituencies... These are intelligible and statesmanlike principles. But to talk of the principles of such a bill aS that now be fore the country is a mere abuse of words. It has no principle. It contains clauses for the enfranchise ment of a certain number of voters ; but what would be their effect upon the House of Commons seems never to have been considered. It is a moot point _ point whether, though brought in by the Govern ment, it would not increase the force of the Opposi tion. No one can guess how voters newly enfran chised are to be brought to consent to their own ex tinction. The Ministry have left all such considera tions unconsidered, and invite the country to follow their example. Only last night we had evidence how little attention had been paid to the statistics which have been collected. Mr. Gladstone told the House of Commons, on some unknown authority, that the £lO householders had increased at a more rapid rate between 1832 and 1851 than from 1851 to the pre sent time. Those, however, who have studied the Electoral Returns know that the voters who were at once freemen and £lO householders in 1831 were all claEsed as freemen, and that it is now impossible to separate them, and hence that the apparently great increase of £lO householders between 1832 and 1851 is simply due to the fact that the old freemen house holders died out, and their representatives and suc cessors were put on the register as householders only. The point is important as bearing upon the gradual enfranchisement of the working classes by increasing wealth, and it is significant that the Chancellor of the Exchequer, who was evidently alive to its importance, should be misled with refer ence to it. The notion that laying on the table bills which are not to be proceeded with can meet the just objections to the Government plan of pro posing only an instalment of reform is absolutely untenable; and the resolution to treat Lord Gros venor's amendment as a vote of want of confidence betrays a temper which we may almost term femi nine. There are limits to the demands which ought to be made on the confidence of the most trusting, and while the House of Commons may be very well disposed to support the Administration, it ought not to be called upon to take what we have already characterised as a leap in the dark. We hope the opportunity for medi tation afforded by the Easter recess will lead to calmer counsels, and a better view of the respect due from the Ministry to the House of Commons and to themselves. It is unworthy of them to re sent a caution which members of Parliament owe to their country. On a question of such Constitu tional importance as a reform of our representative system there is no place for humouring individual caprice. No subject of legislation can be suggested more grave in itself, more far-reaching or more en during in its influence. It is not a question whether one remission of taxation should be preferred to another, or whether an obnoxious rate should be repealed. What Parliament is called upon to con sider is not merely the representative system which shall endure for the present generation ; the forces to be now called into existence may control the legis lation of only 30 or 40 years, but they will direct the course of future reforms, and so exercise an endless influence. The destiny of the country is at issue, and it cannot be surrendered to blind chance on the one hand, or petulant spleen on the other. " THE ANGLO-AMERICAN TIMES" ON THE INDEPENDENT STATES OL AMERICA.—None of the independent States of the American Cont inent can thus far stand any comparison with the United States as regards progress in power and prosperity ; but it is gratifying to observe that nearly all of them are at least making marked pro gress, and that many seem to approach the time when they will exceed in rapidity of progress every State in Europe. Brazil, Chili, the Argentine Re public, Uruguay, and Peru have fully recognised the importance of foreign immigration for the de velopment of the resourccslof their countries, and are making efforts to secure its continuance and steady increase. All these States have recently made great progress in the construction of railroads and tele graphs, in the increase of their navy, and generally y in the imp rovement o f t h e i r internal administra tion ; and if they cannot yet offer to the foreign settler the same advantages as the United States, they are undoubtedly in a position to hold out to millions of Europeans prospects which they vainly look for in their old homes. All the other States of Central and South America begin to be alive as to the importance of immigration ; and even the Im perial Government of Mexico is making laudable efforts to atone for its obtrusion upon an unwillifla people, and its attempted destruction of one of the American republics, by encouraging foreign immi gration. The example of the United States, whose population rose from 3,929,827 in 1790, to 31,429,891 in 1860, shows to what power the other American States might arrive in about seventy years. The territorial capacity of ne ar ly all the American States for such power we cannot demon strate more conclusively than by the following table, comparing the area of the leading American and European countries, which we extract from the New York _lron Age: American Countries. Sq. Miles. United States 3,045,715 Brazil 3,000,460 Mexico Argentine Republic 82,000 Turkey (in Europe, Asia, and Africa) 1,805,000 Sweden & Norway 292,000 Austria France Spain 174,000 Great Britain Prussia Italy This table deserves to be studied by all who feel an interest in the " manifest destiny " not only of the United States, but of the whole American Continent. It presents, in a few lines, the most cogent proof for the great future which is in store for most of the American states, and for the pro vidential mission which is yet reserved to the Western Continent in the annals of the human race. In the list of European countries we find only one, Russia, which, in point of territorial ex tent, towers above the present states of the Ameri can Continent. But, if it be takeninto consideration that more than one-half of its territory will always remain either an uninhabitable desert, or, at least, capable of only a very thi n p o p u l a tion, pros pects of Russia, in so far as they are conditional upon territorial extent, are reduced to a level with those of two of the American states, the United States and Brazil. Turkey we need not take into consideration, for no one disputes its speedy doom to disintegration. Sweden and Norway can never, on account of their climate, obtain a rank among the populous states and grand powers. Thus there remain only six in the list of European States to compare with the States of America—Austria, France, Spain, Great Britain, Prussia, and Italy. The future history of Europe would hardly contradict us if we excluded even Austria from this list, for the heterogenous races which inhabit it are all advancing in divergent directions, and the unity of the empire is being weakened every year, and with increasing rapidity hastening to its inevitable destructio n . B u t even leaving Austria in its place, there are on Ame rican soil six States exceeding any of the named European States in point of area, and having before them the prospect of greater power. America, with a density of population equal to that of Europe, would be four or five times more populous and powerful than Europe, and it will, therefore, be a match for Europe as soon as the density of popula tion will be about one-fifth of that of .Europe. The latter point is clearly attainable within a future not very remote. The United States, in consequence of the increasing emigration from Europe, have already exercised an influence upon the comparative rate of increase of population on the two continents, which has astounded the Euro pean statisticians and statesmen. The few months which have elapsed since the conclusion of the civil war have already given to the European immigra tion a new impetus, which for the future holds out the prospects of such a dimension of emigration, and such a rate of increase of population, as are without parallel in the history of nations. What, then, would be the average transmigration of Europeans to America, and the aggregate rate of increase of population on the American Continent, as compared with Europe, if most or all of the other American States could fully comprehend the secret of the success of the great Transatlantic Re public? And what could more delight every true American than such an event ? How soon would the dictatorial policy of Spain and France in American affairs, and their encroachments upon the rights of the feeble States, come to an end, if they were sure to meet in America, in stead of one, seven States which are fully their peers? And what would become of the irresistible influence of free American institutions upon the people in European countries, if not only the United States, but the majority of all the American States, ap peared in their eyes as El Doradoes, where millions of their friends and countrymen easily succeeded in finding their own homestead and an independent position, for which they are so often struggling in vainin their native countries? We see that a Community of Customs is now proposed between the independent States of the American Continent, and the people of the United States are agitating for an International Commer-' cial Convention at Panama, or at some central point, to take into consideration the common interests of all the American States. Gradually the influence of the Rep u bli c i s s h ow i ng itself upon all the independent Powers of North and South America, and, ere long, will be seen illustrated, on a grand scale, that saying, " Westward the star of empire takes its way." European Countries. Sq. Miles. Russia (in Europe, Asia, & America) 9,000,000 Russia in Europe, alone 1,900,000 Columbia (U.B. of) 480,800 Venezuela 426,712 Ecuador 240,000 Bolivia Chili Paraguay 84,000 THE DANGERS OF THE STREETS.—Owing to the alarming increase of street accidents, the vestry of St. Marylebone have unanimously resolved to place two "rests" iu Oxford -street as refuges for pedestrians in cross ing the thoroughfare, one to be placed opposite Charles street, which leads to Soho-square, and the other nearly opposite Park-lano. SHANNON SALMON FISHERIES. A correspondent from Killaloe gives us some informa tion which explains why the supply of salmon is still defi cient, It appears that wherever a fixed engine has been removed seven or eight draw or snap nets have been in troduced. Many of these nets are 800 yards in length, so as to occupy the entire width of the river, and capture every fish within the sweep of the net. When seven or eight nets of this enormous size are kept constantly work ing on a small reach of a salmon river, it is almost impos sible that a fish should escape and effect a run to the spawning beds. These net fishers generally contract with a salesmaster for all the fish they capture, and the salmon is usually sent in bulk to London. S till, we believe thal . , if the spawning beds were adequately protected, as they ought to be, and if illegal modes of fishing could be suppressed, the public might obtain salmon without paying a most exorbitant price for it. From the moment a salmon enters a river until he leaves it, ho is watched, pursued, and persecuted. If he escapes the terrible sweep of the seine or draw net, ho is almost sure to be "snaffled" as he lies under a river dam, waiting for an opportunity to pass up stream. Should a fish pass through the Queen's gap and run up to the spawning beds, it is watched and cap tured there, by boys and men alike, in every imaginable way. Even speht salmon are regarded as prizes, for not withstanding legislative penalties, there is a brisk trade carried on in this article between Ireland and France. The Fishery Commissioners state that the number of men em ployed in cot-fishing with the seine has greatly increased since the Salmon Fishery Act passed. There is more competition indeed, but less produce, and consequently less profit. We regret that our anticipations respecting the effect of the recent fishery enactment have been so fully realised. Every householder knows how difficult it is to procure good salmon unless an exorbitant price is paid for it. The wholesale capture of fish for the London mono polist threatens to injure the fisheries permanently. If the salmon which aro to stock the spawning beds are netted without cessation, from whence are the rivers to be stocked ? —lrish Times. Hunting Notes from the Shires. At a meeting lately convened by the membe r s of the Pytchley Hunt, Captain Anstruther Thompson expressed his intention of giving up the hounds for various reasons, not one of which, I need hardly add, was a pecuniary one. Sincerely do I regret it, and truly will his loss be felt by every man who loves hound and horn in the midland counties. The cessation of hunting in Cheshire has sent many men down here to finish the season, and new faces congregate . at the covert side in large numbers; all the old ones, however, are still to the fore, ex cept, indeed, one well-known - face, which has been missed for some time past. I allude to that of the Hon. F. Villiers, whose illness for the last three months entirely prevented his participating in what he so thoroughly enjoys. lam glad, however, to be able to say, that he is rapidly recovering, though he will be unable to hunt again this season. " After a storm comes a calm ;" so we may say "after a frost comes sport"—at least in the present instance, it has been so, for since last Friday we have been having some excellent runs. Coton House was the fixture for the Atherstone on Friday last, and a large concourse was there, many of whom looked as if the frost had in nowisa injured their appearance, nor indeed that of their horses. We found a fox at Coton, and ran him the old line across the brook towards Harboro' Magna, and from thence slowly on to Newbold Revel. Here Dickens, for some inexplicable reason, swung his hounds round into tne park, instead of going over the railroad to a holloa, which was without doubt the line of the fox. We lost him, of course, and Woolney Gorse being the next draw, we also lost a greater portion of field, it being six miles from this spot to the gorse ; accordingly about forty of us trotted on, and quickly found a fox. After some little rattling in the covert he went away a regular burster up wind, over three or four heavy ploughs, heading in the direction of Bramcote. Mr. Fel lowes got the best start, but at such a pace did they go for the first ten minutes that he could not catch them. Mr. Richard Cook, Mr. Muntz, Miss Talbot, Mr. Woodmass, and Mr. Chemberlayne were, how ever, handy. Leaving Bulkington to his right he went to Shilton, and crossing the line, with Bar nacle on his right, he went down to the canal ; here there was a check, and here I may say the wily gentleman beat us, for after slowly casting on within four miles o f C oventry, the hounds were I taken home. Saturday the Pytchley were at Clipston Wind mill, with a large field to meet them—indeed, every , one seems to be making the most of the last week of the season, or nearly so, as Northampton Races close the Pytchley. Aliford Thorns, Lord Spencer's covert, found us our first fox. Breaking away at the top end, he crossed the ravine, and made as if for Marston; but turning sharp to his left, and leaving Sibbertoft well to his right, he crossed the road, and went into Longhole Wood, out the other side of Longhole, and on to Naseby Covert at a spanking pace, but nine hounds being with him. Here a great many went to the left of the covert, all except Captain Thompson, Mr. Topham, Mr. F. Langham, Mr. Mills, Col. Pearson, Mr. Robertson, and your humble servant. Skirting Naseby Covert, as we came to the corner of it we saw the leading hounds at leasthaif a mile ahead. Captain Thomp son here turned back to get the rest of the pack, and the remaining six above mentioned tried to catch the hounds, which they succeeded in doing, but not before reaching Naseby Wooleys ; here Dick blew his horn some distance in the rear, another fox getting on foot ; but Mr. Topham, who was first all through, seeing the nine hounds, who had been joined by three or four more, never swerve for a moment, but carry a head right up a lane the other side of the spinney, held them on, and hitting it off in a field to the right, we went down to Portly Ford. Here we were joined by Lord Spencer, and Tom the first whip ; and a second after we viewed the fox stealing across a field to our right, heading for Thornby. The next few minutes was slow hunting. and let up the rest of the field. Eventually he was run into a drain by the side of the road at Thornby ; Rally and another hound went in after him and bolted him, coming out on the other side almost at his brush ; and running him into the Laurels at Thornby, this gallant fox breathed his last. Time, 47 minutes, 32 of which were as fast as anything we have had this season. After this a second fox jumped up in a stubble field, as we were on our way to draw Cottesbrook, but this was a very short and not very fast thing. I left them try ing to hit his line off in the neighbourhood of Gulls borough. After this they had, I believe, a third run, the result of which I did not hear. Altogether it was as good a days' sport as anyone need wish for. On Monday the North Warwickshire met at Rugby Station, which, of course, meant Hill More ton Covert. Now, how far this policy is a good one I must leave wiser heads than mine to determine ; but it seems to me that if the meet were Hill More ton Village the footpeople would be drawn away from the covert-side, where foxes are always uneasy at the least disturbance, and the roughs who inhabit that locality would be less likely to play a trick by running a terrier through the covert in the morning. Independently of there having been footpeople round the gorse for three hours before the hounds came up, the farmer had locked his gates, and made up his fences, which did not augur well for a find, and after the hounds being thrown in and try ing every inch of it, the melancholy twang of the horn announced that we must go elsewhere. Away we trotted, therefore, to Bilton Grange, where we soon found a fox, running him across the , Cotton in the Southern States. An English merchant, who has travelled exten sively in the Southern States, communicates the fol lowing letter regarding cotton to the Liverpool Post:— " You will have the information already on your side with regard to the quantity afloat, and the amount already received, and these I do not in clude in my estimates ; but I judge the amount now in the country to be not far from 300,000 bales— viz.,. South Carolina, 25,000 bales; Georgia, 45,000 bales ; Florida, 15,000 bales ; Alabama, 40,000 bales ; and Louisiana and Texas, 175,000 bales. (The amount from New Orleans may be somewhat increased by the rise of the smaller rivers in the in terior). This cotton is very nearly all on the plan tations, but has been detained inland by the want of means of transportation, notwithstanding the in ducement to push it forward which was offered by the high prices ruling. "In regard to the crop now being planted, I have made most particular inquiries, and having (as you are aware) a wide acquaintance among the planters, I have good opportunities of acquiring in formation. " The planters generally were so delighted to find the negroes willing to work at all that on the Ist of January last they sent out the most en couraging statements as to the prospects of a crop. I have been long enough in the free West Indies to have a good deal of scepticism about free labour, and my recent experience has not removed that feel ing. The negroes are not working as they formerly did, the discipline of the plantations is gone, and the average amount of labour now secured is not over two-thirds in quality as of old obtained from the same number of hands, while the quantity is certainly one-third to one-half less. I give as illustrations the following plantations :—E. T. S —d, Columbus, formerly 80 hands, now 27. R. H. T —s, formerly 110, now 23. W.B—n, 100, now 17, and his upper place 40, now 25. G. B--n, for merly 45 hands, now 17. A. T. N., formerly 45, now 19. Dr. T —n, formerly 60, now 20. C. 8., formerly 80, now 25. W. W., formerly 90, now 15, &c. &c. What has become of the hands Many have gone back to their old homes in Ten nessee, Kentucky, Virginia, and North Carolina. Many have been killed in the war. Many have since died from disease and neglect, and many decline to contract work. On the whole, consider ing the violent and calamitous change which has come over the institutions and labour of the South, I think all parties, white and black, are behaving unexpectedly well; but, as I before remarked, the discipline of slavery is gone, and I found no planter who expected to make as much to the hand as he formerly did. During the months of June and July, when the grass attacks the crop, a military efficiency was required, and so in the cold days of fall (autumn) and winter picking out. This efficiency cannot be secured from the negro when free ; it never has been, and never will be. Some calcula tion is made upon the immigration here of Northern labour and Northern planters, but Ido not con sider it of sufficient importance to make it an element of the calculation. Cotton planting is a difficult business, requiring skill and experience— I may almost say it is an instinct. lam glad to see immigrants from the North, but they come slowly, and they must remain until they learn the trade before they can affect the crop. " What then may we expect from the next crop? I say now, and beg you to make a note of it, —• 1,750,000 bales to 2,250,000 bales—not over the last amount, and probably less than the first. I express with the deepest regret my belief in the decline of cotton production, because in it I see a decline of power and influence of the South ; but it is the logic of events ; and it remains to be seen whether the South can change the direction of its energies from the cotton-field to the mill, the mine, and the meadow, so as to recover its lost prosperity and prestige. " I was among the first to estimate the cotton in the South at the close of the war at 2,000,00 0 hales, and I stake my prophetic character ou the above vaticinations.--Yours truly, c45.,7 COUNTRY MARKETS. LIVERPOOL-FRIDAY. The market to-day was rather thinly attended, and wheat was slow of sale at Tuesday's rates. Flour rather pressed for sale at about previous rates. Indian corn in good demand, and fully Gd per qr. dearer. Beans in better request, and 6d per qr. dearer. Oats dull, and ld per bushel lower. Oatmeal slow of sale at former rates. DERBY—FRIDAY. There was a fair supply of wheat, but the trade was dull at less money. Barley was not plentiful, and finest qua lities commanded high prices. Oats in good demand, at extreme quotations. Beans met a good inquiry, at full prices. New white wheat, 43s to 48s ; old red, 49s to 52s per 36 stone. Barley for malting, 38s to 40s per qr. ; grinding' 27s to 28s per 30 stone. Oats, new, 21s to 265; old, 28s to 31s per 24 stone. Beans, old, 50s to 525; new, 44s to 4 53 per 38 stone. WAKEFIELD.—FRIDAY. A moderate show of wheat. Demand limited, Friday's prices barely maintained.- In barley less doing. Other articles unchanged. 4-0 Averages, March 19—Wheat, 1,436 qrs, at 48s ; barley, 785 at 41s 51-d ; oats, —, at —s. and last S TAMFORD.—FaiDAv. With a fair show of wheat the demand was dull at a small decline. Very little barley offered. Oats were dis posed of at late rates. Beans fully maintained their value. New white wheat, 49s to 50s ; red do., 45s to 47s per 70 stone. Barley, malting, 38s to 41s ; grinding, 33s to 363 per qr. Oats, new, 24s to 26s ; old, 28s to 30s per 24 stone Beans, 46s to 48s per 38 stone. Peas as of late. LINCOLN.—FRIDAY. Our market was freely supplied with wheat ; business quiet. Barley in fair demand, at extreme quotations. Oats a middling supply, and trade firm. Beans scarce, at quite last week's prices. New white wheat, 52s to 56s ; new red, 42s to 4 8 s per 36 stone. Barley for malting, 36s to 44s per qr ; grinding , 32s to 34s per 30 stone. Oats, 24s to 30s. Beans, 43s to 51s per 38 stone. BRISTOL SUGAR.—FRIDAY. The sales of the week have been small, and prices are, about 6d per cwt. lower. Refined is dull, at 3d to decl►ne. Foreign kali Packet List - --4.-- - MAILS DUE. Australia and New Zealand, via Bouthampton., April 0 Ditto, via Marseilles April 13 , Brazil and Cape Verde. by British packet April 6 DIV o, by French packet .. Mar. 2L Cape of Good Hope, Ascension, and St Helena. —Mar. 24 China, Penang, and Singapore, via Bout hampton..Apr il 6. Ditto, via Marseilles. Mar. 30 * Falkland Islands _. Gibraltar, via :iouthampton India (Calcutta), and Ceylon, via Southampton.... April 5 Ditto, via Marseilles M ar. 3 0 India (Bombay), via Southampton.. M. 31* Ditto, via Marsei ll es . M ar. 25 ' Malta, Egypt, and Aden, via Southampton ....•• Mar. 3t. m a r, 2. Ditto, via Marseilles April 153 . Mauritius, via Southampton April 7. Ditto, via Marseilles Newfoundland . Portugal , ..... ...AP p r r l i n I le: Ditto, by private ship to Lisbon ...... •• • United States and British North America, by Bri tish packet gar. Oh Ditto, by United States packet, via Southamp- ton Ditto, via Cork ... Ditto, by Canadian packet, via Londonderry. • li - -ar ' 23. West Indies and Pacific (except Bahamas and gar• 31 ' Honduras) Cuba and Mexic0......... ....... 3l A p ar ril 3sl : Bahamas, via New York. Bermuda, ditto April I An 1 12 West Coabt of Africa. Madeira, an d Teneriffe .. • • rl _ Births. CHAPMAN—On the 22d inst at 48 Onslow-square, 3fr°. . W. H. Chapman, of a son . HILL—On the 23d inst., at 7, H am ilt on -place, Pic ead gi:: the wife of Sir J. Hill, Bart., of the 17th Lance r6 ' son. her PRITCHARD—On the 22d inst., at the residen ce 0f ors, father, the wif e o f M a j or G. Pritchard, Royal Engiu e of a son. Marriages. MADDISON—ARCHBOLD— On the 221 inst., a t Banburgil_. Church, R. T. Maddison, Esq., of Wandon, Northumber land to Annie, second daughter of W. Archbold, Esq,, of Newham Hall, Northumberland. er WHlTBY—HEnitox On the 22d inst. at at St. Luke's , L o e Norwood, G. Whitby, Esq., of Twickenham, Middles scll er, to Julia Harriott, fifth dauhter of G. R. Herron, E of Lower Norwood and Bermondsey. Deaths. BYAR—On the 22d inst., in Surrey-street, Strand, "CV°°j roffe B. Byar, Esq., of Barbadoes, aged 23. HASTINGS—On the 21st inst. , at W orcester, Dame llann/. 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