The Sun. — London, England, 1866-04-03 00:00:00

The Volunteer Review at Br-gliton. BRIGHTON, Monday Night. The first anxiety of the people of Brighton yes terday morning was for the weather. From every window in the 10,000 houses of which that famed marine city is composed had anxious eyes been peeping out ever since the earliest dawn. The sky looked positively tantalising, and whether it was to be sunshine or shower was even betting for seve ral hours. Sometimes a tremendous group of black clouds with those vicious white edges which prog nosticate early dissolution and descent upon drenched holiday-makers, would hover, ready to swoop on our housetops, and then, just as we had resigned ourselves to the coming deluge, there would be a break ; a single sunbeam would come dancing down upon the mist, and people would draw a long breath and sing, "We may be happy Yet." But it was awful tension this horrid alternation of hopes and fears, and constant wishes for siphonias, and terrors as to whether the fiyman—who was drunk when you engaged him the evening before—would make his appearance at your street door at the proper hour. Seven, eight, nine—still suspense, still phantoms of expanded umbrellas flitting along the half-deserted streets, and of despairing faces from every opposite window. In the bitterness of your heart you muttered, "If the Queen herself bad been coming we should have been sure of a fine day ;" but the Queen was away, and the fine weather with her Majesty. The Mayor of Brighton is a great personage ; during his short reign he is one of the most potent of earthly poten tates. He can sit in his pavilion on state days with a royal Prince on his left hand and a royal Princess on his right ; he can ask tne Commander-in-Chief of the bravest army in the world to take wine with him, and in this matter arms must respectfully yield to the aldermanic gown. He can fix a mini mum—which he doesn't—on the extortions of his loyal subjects, and for all we know he can execute justice furca et fossa on all strangers who presume to ask him for a favour which he does not think it consistent with his dignity to grant. What a pity that he cannot regulate the weather. 80,000 natives of Brighton and 100,000 visitors asked him this morning for a fine day, but alas ! it seemed as if his worship were to be as helpless as his great pre decessor King Canute on the sea-shore. But never mind the rain, everyone has been and is afoot, and we push along bravely through old Steyne, and up Eton-grove, to see the Princess and the Prince, and the riflemen. To say that the whole town looked as if it had suddenly been taken possession of by a hostile army would, perhaps, to many, be an ob vious reflection, but it would be the very reverse of the truth, for the soldiers and the civilians smiled too kindly at each other to justify such an impres sion. Rather should we seek a comp arison in the chief town of some free country from which a patriot army was preparing to set forth to meet the invader, and it receiving ere it started the hand grips of the men, the farewell embraces of the women , and the innocent blessings of the little children. As we travelled slow l y along—the Hy man had, by a strong mental effort, remembered his a ppointment—all the open spaces seemed a suc cession of encampments. St. Peter's-green and the Old Steyne enclosures bristled with bayonets, and busbys, and shakoes, and at short intervals long white tents, over which pennons fluttered, gave still further reality to the illusion of coming battle. The great guns, strongly horsed and bravely manned, rumbled along the highways, and rival military bands played " Paddle your own canoe," in doubtful harmony with " Rule Bri tannia." Whilst passing along the more ancient portion of the Marine Parade, the eye was arrested by the veterans of the Coast Guard, who, drawn up in that fluctuating line which sailors love so well, presented their bronze countenances and profusely decorated chests as samples of the sort of volunteers we had for the salt water to aid those who were then mustering so strongly on the land. Although, from the numbers who took up positions at several points on the royal route, the crowd on the racecourse itself was not at first quite so dense as the Epsom crowd on the Derby-day, still there must have been from the appearance a vast assem blage, complimented by all the vehicular resources of the South Coast. The barren Downs beyond looked damp and dismal enough, the valleys being filled with mist and the hills capped with clouds, making the whole effect of the weather rather chill and dispiriting. Lemonadiers called out " Ginger beer" in a weak voice, evidently hopeless that on such a day the mild stimulant would find a market. The strains of coloured melody came floating over the air, and loud clamours were heard from the local police, who, not knowing very clearly what they might permit the public to do, solved the difficulty by not permitting them to do anything, or to go any where. We should not have got . to oar appointed station but that we luckily caught a glance of civilisa tion and human intelligence in thq person of a Lon don inspector, who conducted us to our place whilst his local subordinates were holding a caucus to ex amine into the genuineness of our tickets. ToWards 12 o'clock the weather began to clear, pickets of the gay cavalry of the line, or the brilliantly uniformed officers of the staff, galloped up and down, and the general public waited patiently the arrival of the Prince and Princess. Whilst the crowd were thus standing at attention, the volunteer army was gra dually being massed in the rising ground to theright of the grand stand. As each successive corps as cended the hill with elastic step, the people gave a cheer, and every one watched with admiration the gradual enlargement of the dense columns which were so soon to pour down upon us in the march past. There were the scarlet of the engineers, the green of the older corps, and grey of the juniors, with all the " pride, pomp, and circumstance" of mimic war, as became a national army getting ready for a grand field day. While the great centre of expectation was to so many the Royal arrival at the railway station, there was some plodding work going on in other parts of the town. The day woke up amidst innumerable bugle calls in those quarters where the volunteers were being summoned to enter upon their self-im posed duties. The series of enclosures which lie under the shadow of the Pavilion, and which at ordinary times resound only with the measured beat of the' watch, or the slow clatter of the milkman's clog, echoed this morning with martial sounds. Each enclosure contained a tent, and each tent con tained provender for an allotted number of volun teers. From 6 o'clock the corps began to assemble, and by 9 o'clock the green turf, which used to be so charmingly spangled with daisies, was trampled by a. hundred feet into a deplorable state of mire and dirt- Anxious and doleful looks were cast to the low clouds , and the one great theme of discourse was that ne ver -exhausted topic, heavy rain during• t his portion of the town look damper the weather. The the night had made clouds over the sea than it really was, and the looked full of mischief. How ever, it did not rain now and it did intervals, notwithstanding shine ng it sudden a was i at long a shine of an irre gular and unmistakably n ia l fickle appearance. But it was sufficient to keep, only the volun teers, but the public, in a frame of hopeful resigna tion. The music, wheth er hi gh opera or tendencies, enlivened th e fashionable quarte r , ‘ ar ‘ t n er ig , g a e n r d " afforded those inmates o f th e overlooking houses who could not go to the rev i ew t h e chance of seei ng succession of small reviews from their own breakfast tables. By 10 o'clock the majority of the corps were trim and ready to answer the signal for starting, and very handsome and smart the regiments looked as they stepped proudly off when the order was shouted. The arrangements for moving about the troops at home, on the downward journey, or in Brighton up to the time of the march past, could only have been brought to so a high degree of per fection by admirable discipline, and most creditable attention to duties more than usually routine. The continual stream of people which set in sta tionwards from 9 o'clock in the morning suggested that the majority of the visitors were more anxious to catch a gli m p se of the Prince and P r i ncess o f Wales than to tvatch the mustering of the volun teers. For once the uniforms, generally so Potent an attraction to the fair sex and country people, failed to d " time draw." but only e. Volunteers might be seen at any one day in a life perhaps would bring the opportunity of seeing a live member of the royal family. Therefore, crowds besieged the approaches to the station, and worried the railway officials, who instead of keeping the platform clear of intruders ought to have been attending to the demands of legitimate traffic. The difficulty on the whole was not a serious one, and order was ke p t wherever it was necessary. Within the prec incts of the station an anxious party waited for the a pp roach of the royal train. The platform to the right hand was carpeted with crimson cloth, and galleries were erected to accommod ate those ladies and g entlemen who by fair and lawful means could secure the cove ted privilege of admission. These seats were c hi e fly filled an hour befon the royal train left London, and a considerable number of the ladies conspicuously displayed the complimentary blue ribbon, rosette of red white and blue, or Prince of Wales's plume. Near the spot at which the car riage would stop beautiful and rare plants were tastefully arranged, and flags and devices were too numerous to particularise. Excitement rose high when it was announced that the train had left Lon don shortly after ten ; it fell to a dead level when it was whispered that the Princess was not coming, and gentlemen could be heard in tones of calm wisdom reminding their friends that it had always been their private opinion that she would not come, and in fact had never intended to do so. But when Capt. Mangles, in answer to a telegram, received and communicated the fact that the royal lady was actually en route, the good spirits of the ladies rose so rapidly that they would fain have embraced the captain on the spot for the good news he had told them. When the minute hand crept past the hour of 11 countenances became again overcast, and with each tick of the clock there came a deeper silence. At ten minutes past 11 the signal guns proclaimed the arrival of the train, and exc ite ment at one bound reached flutt er ing heat. Hats were removed, the assemblage r ose, and eyes were strained to witness the r e c epti o n of the r o ya l p arty As far as could be seen, the Mayor received the Prince and Princess, and there were, with the Mayor, the Mayoress, the L or d Lieutenant, the Brighton corporation in its robes, and other gentle men. The reception ce remon y was commendably brief, and the Prince and Princess were escorted by the Mayor to the door of exit, followed by the Duke of Cambridg e and the Princess Mary, the Prince an d Princess Hohenlohe, the Prince of Teek, the noblemen of the suite, the corporation, and other local notabilities. Without entering the elegantly furnished reception room that had been provided at the station, the royal party, amidst cheering from the gentlemen inside, proceeded at once to the car riages. Bouquets were presented to the Princesses by the Mayoress and other ladies. The crowd outside was dense, almost to danger, but they were looked after by the mounted dragoons and volunteers, who were " told off" to that par ticular duty. The first glimpse of the Prince's bearskin, and the pale lady in black velvet who walked by his side, produced a roar of welcome that must have spent itself far away in the Chan nel. The Princesses were handed into an open car riage drawn by four horses, and the Prince, the Duke, and the other gentlemen mounted their chargers in the station yard, which had been kept clear of the populace. The sun shone on the gay crimson uniforms of the horsemen and the gilded trappings of the horses, and the gleam of brightness was reflected in the countenances of the royal party, about whom Brighton was so pleasantly disturbed. Another and another cheer came from the thou sands of assembled men, women, and children as the procession started off at a brisk trot along the Queen's-road. It was a grand sight, no doubt—a right royal spectacle, proving the interest and atten tion of the exalted, and the hearty devotion of the humble. It was, however, like all the pleasant events of this life, transient. The picture soon vanished, to gladden other eyes equally anxious to see it. The procession went through the chief streets, the route having been changed from the original design. The royal party appeared delighted with the place, and the welcome they had experienced to it. The cheers were everywhere hearty and loud ; not even the keen north wind could chill them. At two or three points the crowds were so packed that danger was apprehended, but prompt dealing with the groups who were inclined to be frightened saved them from panic. Twice the carriages had to stop for a moment, and in Bedford-street a platform fell with its occupants. No serious injury arose from it, and it appeared to be the only mishap that occurred throughout the journey. Handkerchiefs were waved from windows and balconies above, and hats and voices from below kept up the acclamations from the first appearance of their royal highnesses until the review ground was reached. There were plenty of decorations in every street, but they were of the cus tomary evergreen, bunting, and motto type, and do not require more than a passing general notice. The arrival of the Princess of Wales at the course, accompanied by the Princess Mary, and attended by her royal highness's suite was the signal for loud and general cheering. Spread over a long line in the crowd just then the presence of her royal highness was hot made manifest to all at once, but gradually a s th e news was carr i ed along, t h e cheer was take n u p, and, minutes after the first burst, we could notice the distant echo rolling it, back again from the far extremity of the line. A portion of the stand at the south end had been railed off and carpeted for the accommodation of the royal party ; a few chairs were the only furniture, and beyond the rail were the reserved seats well filled with the elite of the residents and the visitors: Immediately after the royal party had taken their seats, the commander-in-chief, accompanied by the Prince of Augustenburg, Prince Couza, and several officers of high rank, took his place at the flag-staff, and the march-past commenced in the order given in the official programme published by us last week. The weather, which had loured, and even rained during the entire morning, now clearel up wonder fully, and permitted all who were well placed to witness a splendid military spectacle. On the hill was encamped the whole volunteer army, in greater numbers than had ever assembled before, and in magnificent order. The muster of artillery was very strong, and all the corps present were fully repre sented. The bands took their places under the grand stand, and the military music was commenced by the band of the Ist Dragoons (Royals), the only regulars on the ground. When all was ready, "The Duke" took his place, casting an anxious look, how ever, now and then at the dull canopy of clouds overhead, but resolutely making up his mind to face the battle and the breeze like a true soldier. At the head of the vast column came the fine mounted troop of the Hon. Artillery Company, commanded by his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales in per son, and wearing his uniform of captain-general of the company. His royal highness, having placed the Princess of Wales in her box, had immediately mounted his horse and at once taken up his com mand. The old " Trainbands " were in unusual force and in the most magnificent order. Their guns were splendidly horsed and manned, and their in fantry company marched so steadily as to be taken by one half of the spectators for the Grenadier Guards. After these came the let Dragoons (Royals) one of the finest regiments of heavy cavalry in the world. As each troop paced magnificently past, with its officers prancing in front and its non commissioned officers steadily watching the lin e in the rear, whilst men and horses seemed to act with a perfect mutual intellig ence, the crowd raised regular army, cheer afte r c h e er, and obviously exulted in their w hi c h thus, in the perf ection of its drill and equipment, formed so fin e and unerring a model for th e i r equally ga ll an t volunteers. After the caval r y 'on of infantry maresehempaesdt aolnmothsteincthearmmipnadbeleii had passed, the success' c a orps ordi nary English military pageant.. It would he impos sibleainn f a a n ct, like to notice all the more,arstl corps in detail, as it would be invidious to praise any did thei r best. _p_articularly where all obvi ouslyWe must not omit, however, some mention of one or two 0 1 P pu arfavourites, such as the Londo n S cott i eh , who under Lord Elcho fully sustained their high reputation, or their sister corps, the London Irish, whose members answered to the inspiriting strains of " Garry Owen" • with a most elastic pas gymnastique. The public cheered both vociferously, and kept up the welcome unti • l the two corps had all pass e d out of sight. The St. George's were in great force, and marched well ; but the 4th Middlesex, once so " crack," were hardly up to the mark. The Working Men's Corps looked splendid in their scarlet uniforms, and their marching evi dently met the approval of the Commander-in- Chief. To praise the City of London Rifles would be to paint the lily. They are always perfect in everything pertaining to the citizen soldier. They made a splendid show on this occasion, and, along with their worthy commandant, Major Rose, re ceived a hearty welcome. The various engineer corps, both town and country, marched with great precision, and, generally speaking, all the Hamp shire corps might fairly challenge comparison with their metropolitan comrades. Towards the end of the march past a little confusion was created by the eagerness of the crowd to break in upon the course, in order that they might obtain a clear view of the Princess of Wales as her royal highness ascended her carriage to witness the evolutions. There were two or three batteries of guns of position still to pass the flag-staff, which the rush of the crowd brought to a regular stand-still. The Prince of %Vales and the C om mander-in-Chief, thinking the whole of the volunteers had passed, had ridden away from the flagstaff ; but on being in formed that the sailors of the Cinque Ports had still to bring up their heavy guns,° th e y promptly re turned to their posts, whi lst excited aides-de-camp rode frantically into the crowd , and at last succeeded in obtaining rime sort of clearance. The artillery res t r ained no longer, but press ed in thousands h u rried on, on, and being the las t, the crowd could be everything—dra wards the grand stand, carrying a goo ns, police, royal princes, tru st y aides-de-cam p , foreign visitors—along w ith it. The Princess of Wales was about to descend to her carriage, and this was to account for the tremendous congestion of humanity. The people came pouring in from every side, above 100,000 in number, and their cheers were deafening as the Prince handed the Princess to her carriage. Her Royal Highness gra ciously and repeatedly acknowledged the vivas of the crowd, but the latter at last prsssed so close that a score of the Royals had to be called into requisi tion to clear the way. The mixture of uniforms and mufti, of scarlet and green, of men and women, of horses and carriages, of military bands and banners, and light and heavy guns, seemed all to float in one vast sea, and to bear the Royal carriage with the two Princesses majestically along towards the dis tant windmill, where was to commence the evolu tions of the petite guerre. As the corps marched along the racecourse after the inspection they dispersed' to the left to take up the various positions they were appointed to attack or defend. The consequence was, that as soon as the marching past was over the crowd, who had hitherto hustled and fought to look at the Princess and her party, now hurried off to enjoy the scenes of carnage and slaughter which the presence of the twenty-four fine field pieces had led them to anticipate ; the crests of the Downs to the left or the racecourse were literally darkened with the scores of thousands of people who met there, and still they came and kept on coming. The grand stand was left far. behind ; a hill obscured it from the vision of all who in- tended to see the fight, and there were very few who did not attempt the experiment. It took a consi derable time for the volunteers to take up their ground, because the heavy guns could not be moved rapidly, and a tramp of a couple of miles over those chalk downs after rain, is not calculated to impart buoyancy to the footstep. Large portions of the spectators who, being unrestricted, went where they liked, sought diversion from the monotony of waiting by the innocent and exciting pastime of rabbit hunting ; groups of 20 or 30 would enter the furze, and before long they would succeed in start ing a rabbit or hare, which, after trying its best to escape, would be ignominiously knocked on the head with a stick and pocketed. The sport at one time grew so pleasant to the eye that several bandsmen were seen joining in the pursuit, one of them with a large sackbut raised in readiness to strike the hap less rabbit to the earth. On one hill alone eight or ten rabbits were killed within an hour. Others be guiled the moments in the tents in those occupa tions which tent life on racecourses generally gives. Scores of carriages were stationed on the sides of the hill, and equestrians, mounted on horses evi dently familiar with steep declivities, moved about, adding additional life to the scene. Viewed from the racecourse side, the spectator found himself standing upon an eminence, with a windmill at his back, and before him, enclosing the village of Beven dean below, undulating downs, which stretch round a circle of many miles. As not a dozen trees can be seen in any direction, an uninterrupted sweep can be taken of a large area of country. Former sham fights extended over double this range, but this year the limits have been more reasonable, and more within view of the general spectators. The greater part of the evolutions were fixed to take place within this natural amphitheatre of hills, and the area was found quite large enough for the necessary movements. The sham fight commenced under what are termed " favourable auspices "—that is to say, the weather was not tempestuous, and the men had been stimulated by the inspection of the Prince and Prin cess of Wales, and a distinguished assembly. As to the weather, it was more cheerful than it had been during the day, and the scene itself was calcu lated to act as a powerful stimulant. The forces, without much parade, marched off to their posts, and when the first gun was fired the spectators were in a measu re t a k en unawares. Th ose l ong black lines away on yonder hill-side they thought were hedges, and some were prepared to swear that the dark patch es i n th e distance were nothing but clumps of furze. The delusion was not of long du ration. It was soon seen that the volunteers had quietly dispersed in all directions, and were ready for the word for action. It was roughly said that the men to be engaged numbered about 22,000, but the real forces were prob a bly 1,000 l ess. The at tacking party were commanded by Major-General Lord F. Paulet, and it consisted of the Horse Ar tillery, the Cavalry, the Ist Infantry Division, and the Ist and 2nd Brigade of Field Guns. Brigadier- General Campbell commanded the defending force, which consisted of the 2nd Division of Infanery and the 3rd and 4th Brigade of Field Guns. The evolutions were not so difficult as last year, when they were supposed to have been an imita tion of some Indian battle in which the commander had taken part. This time it was an ordinary attack and defence. The enemy were on the opposite side, the defenders on this, nearest the racecourse. The large field pieces commenced the engagement, to the great delight of the country folks, who, heedless of the warning " dangerous" in front of the guns, flocked near enough to the muzzles to be stifled by the smoke. The defenders answered the challenge by sending out skirmishers, and by some very smart file firing. The enemy drove them back, and they then called up a portion of their reserves. The enemy boldly advanced in a long black line, and esconcing themselves behind a hedge opened a galling fire upon the defending force, who immediately extended their line and strengthened their position with the laudable de termination of retrieving their lost ground, and driving the impertinent aggressor into the nearest sea. This involved some heavy firing on both sides. In a short time the enemy again inclined towards victory, and were about to carry everything before them, when the defenders, nothing daunted, boldly advanced, and answered the rattle of the enemy's charge with a fierce outburst of firing. After a pause the enemy was seen to be retreating, fol lowed by the outraged foes in hot pursuit. The de fence had been strengthened by additional men, and a tremendous fire was opened. The response was so serious, that the defenders were obliged to draw again upon their reserves, and the attackers wisely. retreated. The firing then ceased for a few mo ments, the only ammunition then fired being small shots, in the shape of a heavy storm of hail. For a short time the enemy had the field in their hands, but the defenders getting more desperate, the com batants began to get closer together. While the forces were thus moving the attention of the spectators was diverted to the Prince of Wales, who approached from the further side with the staff. He way loudly cheered as he drove off towards Brightoe ) ikere he and the Princess took luncheon THE SUN, .140.154)0,N, TUESDAY EVEN)N9,. APRIL ,3,. 1866. with the Mayor at the Pavilion. The Princess had previously watched the sham-fight from the racecourse. - - - The entire forces on both sides resumed their battle amidst a heavy shower of rain, and the fight waxed fast and furious as the tide of battle rolled towards the town. The batteries were in full work, the big guns answering each other from hill to hill ; and the firing of the troops was admirably sustained. Squares were formed to receive imaginary cavalry, and just as everybody was looking for the proper denouement, in which virtue is rewarded and vice duly punished, the volunteers were seen marching home in various directions. It had got so late that it was felt necessary to curtail the movements. There were several small accidents, but none, it is hoped, of a serious nature. One man had his cheek blown off with a ramrod, others were scorched in the face by comrades, who persisted in firing with fixed bayonets, and an old man, in falling, broke his leg. All these cases were attended to by the surgeon. It was said that one of the volunteers, who appeared to be a lunatic, had acknowledged he was a Fenian, and used threatening language to wards the Prince of Wales. He was secured, and his arms taken away. The railway company on the whole performed its important part well, but some of the return arrangements showed how greatly mo:•e accommo dation is required. With reference to this subject we take the oppor- unity of correcting a statement made yesterday on local authority, that the South Eastern Railway Company bad refused the Brighton Company the loan of their State carriage. Mr. Eborall, the obliging general manager of the former company, writes to us :--• " We were never asked to lend our State crrriage, or we would have gladly done so. On occasions like the review at Brighton railway companies are in duty bound to assist each other in every way that may be practicable, and the Brighton Company have already 88 carriages and 20 horse-boxes be longing to this company to enable them to conduct the increased traffic; and on all previous occasions they have borrowed carriages for the purpose." A GRAND DAY WITH THE PRINCE OP WALES'S HARRIERS. Saturday being the last day of the season with this celebrated pack, the meet was fixed at Mr. Aldridge's farm, Cippenham Court. His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales and his Royal High ness the Prince of Hohenlohe arrived on horseback, attended by Colonel Keppel. The Princess of Wales arrived at the same time in one of the pony car riage and pair, accompanied by the Hon. Mrs. F. Stonor. Their Royal Highnesses arrived on the ground shortly after 12, by which time there was one of the largest and most fashionable fields of the season, among whom we noticed the Earl of Cork, Master of the Royal Buckhounds ; Major-General Hood, Lord and Lady Charles Kerr, Colonel Ewart, Capt. Ewart, Lord Skelmersdale, Hon. H. Burke, Colonel Randolph, Captain H. Seymour, Miss Sey mour, Captain Greville, H. Secker, Esq., Captain Garrett, Messrs. Chater, Aldridge, Cantrell, Pullin, Pyecroft, Fowler, Grant, &c. Shortly afterwards the famous deer " Lily" was turned out on a piece of wheat on the other side of the Great Western line towards Farnham Royal. After 20 minutes' law the hounds were laid on the scent, and went away for the Two-mile Brook, keeping Farnham to the right, away to Burnham Beeches, back to Farnham, Baylis's Farm, crossed the Stoke roads parallel to the line, to Langley Park, from thence to Den ham, and was taken in a meadow near the canal, after two hours and three-quarters' dodging run. PEDESTRIANISM. BROMPTON. Owing to the inclemency of the weather on Saturday there was but a small attendance at the West London Cricket-ground•to witness the concluding heats of Messrs. Rogers and Jones's 225 yards handicap. First Heat—Cameron, 79 yards start, won easily by three yards ; H. A. L., 82, second. Waghorn, 75, did not start. Second Heat—Carter's Novice, 79, came in first by six inches; Hicks, 77, second ; Ford, 70, being left on the mark ; but after some consultation with the starter the referee decided that it should be run over again. In the second trial Carter's Novice won by one foot ; Hicks, 77, second; one foot behind the latter came Ford, who was third. Third Heat—This was won by Blaudford, 74, who came in first by fire yards; Oliver, 77, being second; Hurst, 72, falling 150 yards from the tape. Fourth Heat—An even start was effected, but in the and Munns, 76, breasted the tape first by three yards; Drew's Novice, 75, seeond. Final Heat,—Cameron, 79, Carter's Novice, 79, Bland ford, 74, and Munns, 76, now came to their respective marks to run off for the final. After one false start, all except Cameron being being put back one yard, they got off. It was a splendid race for all the distance. Cameron, gradually breaking away, won by one yard ; it was a dead heat for second place between Carter's Novice and Bland ford, but it was afterwards agreed that the second and third prizes should be divided between. BOW. Tho miserable weather of Saturday was a sad contrast to the previous day, and was anything but cheering to the admirers of out-door sports, so that the attendance was very limited. The principal event was the deciding heats of Messrs. Munns and Nichols. ... • • . , Handicap of 150 Yards.—The eleven preliminary trials had been run on the preceding Saturday : those left were again drawn in lots and decided as follows : First Heat.— Clark, 18 yards start, came in first ; Webb, 4, was second; and Phillips, 9, third. Webb gained the start, and passed Phillips, but was not able to catch Clark, who won by four yards. Second Heat.—Adams, 23, first; Gooch's Novice, 15, second. This proved a very fine race ; more especially by the latter, who was not able, however, to cut down the eight yards advantage he had given his opponent, so Adams won by ono yard and a half. Third Heat.—Purser's Novice, with the long start of 27 yards, came in first, before Hadley's Novice, 10 ; Purser's man gained further advantage in getting off, and won as he liked. Final Heat.—The above three winners now came to run off for the prizes. After a well-contested race Purser's Novice won easily by four yards ; Adams was second ; and Clark, a yard behind the latter, third. W. Symonds and J. Frost.—Both are of Millwall, and had to run 120 yards for £5 a side, Symons being allowed a start of two yards. It was a fine and most determined struggle on the part of Frost, although he was not quite able to get up to Symons, who in the end won by a foot only. W. Davis, of Islington, and J. Hale of Clerkenwell.— This was a race of 150 yards level, for £5 a side. For the mutual consent" dodge to get off ten minutes was allowed, when, as is mostly the case, the time having been wasted,. the aid of John Goulding was called into requisi tion to fire the pistol, Mr. W. Woodstock acting as referee They jumped off simultaneously, and for nearly half the distance ran shoulder to shoulder ; Davis then managed to forge ahead, and in the end won a good race by a bare yard. MANCHESTER. On Saturday, at the Royal Oak Grounds, J. Sanderson (alias Treacle) and R Miiinstray (of Glasgow) met to run two miles, for £5O. Miiinstray won easily, Sanderson resigning 70 yards from the tape. Time, 9 min. 57 sec. Betting-5 to 4on Sanderson. At the Copenhagen Grounds, Manchester, E. Lowe (of Whitworth) and F. Robinson (of Ashton) met to decide their wrestling match, the best two back falls out of three , for £5O, neither to exceed 6 score 61b. weight. After wrestling 2 h. 20 min., during which neither gained a fall they agreed to draw the stakes. J. Wilde (of Newton) and J. Bramhall (of Sheffield) ran 120 yards, for £2O. Wilde, who received one yard start, increased his lead, and won by five yards. Betting-5 to 4 on Wilde. At the City Grounds, Manchester, 11. Whitehead (of Hyde) and W. Whitehead (of Bradford) ran 120 yards, for £5O. After a good race H. Whitehead won by one yard. Betting-5 to 4on W. Whitehead. NEWCASTLE. -• • - On Saturday, at the Fenham Park Grounds, T. Hum phrey and G. Goundrey ran 180 yards, for £4O. Goundrey received four yards start, but was beaten by half a yard Betting-5 to 4on Goundrey. R•. Young and an Unknown of Gateshead, ran 80 yards, for £2O. The Unknown won by a foot. Even betting. J. Scott, of Wellington Quay, and R. Turner, of Shields, ran 125 yards, for £3O. Tur ner won a good race by a foot. Betting- 5 to 4on Scott J. Stewart, of Ushworth, and J. Archbold, of Seaton Burn, ran 105 yards, for £4O. Stewart won easily by six yards. Betting-7 to 4on the winner. The final heat of Messrs. Sterling and Emmerson's 140 yards Handicap (first prize, £3O, second, £7, and third, £3), was decided as follows : W. Linsley, of Witton Gilbert, 13 yards start, 1; R. Blyth of Shields, 17, 2 ; J. Crow, of Stockton, 12, 3 ; J. Burn hope, of Boldon, 14, 4. Won by a foot. BIRMINGHAM. On Saturday, at the Aston Cross Grounds, C. Lutwich and an Amateur walked one mile, for .£lO. Lutwich won by 100 yards. Mr. Foxall was referee. Betting-6 to 4on Lutwich 'At the Vauxhall Grounds, Birmingham, Tom Newbold and J. Clark (both of Birmingham) ran 200 yards, for £lO, when Clark won by half a yard. Mr. Archer was referee —C. Moore, of Ashted, and G. Lester, of Birmingham walked two miles, for £l5. Moore won by half a yard Mr. Smith was refe Betting-2 to lon Moore. SPIPJT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. TIIE " SATURDAY REVIEW" ON THE REFORM BILL —One of the most unfortunate consequences of the exceedingly unsatisfactory manner in which the Government has dealt with the Reform question is that the discussion on it shows an increasing ten dency to assume a wrong character. A bold measure dealing with the whole question would have chal lenged a definite and well-directed criticism. But this poor fragment of a measure impels men to wan der on all sides from what ought to be the realissue. On the one hand, far too much is made of the pos sible evils which any Reform Bill that lowers the franchise may be expected to create in boroughs that must remain among the chief centres of our representative system. No Reform Bill can be per fect, and every Reform Bill must in one sense be artificial and arbitrary, for no argument can prove that the particular figure selected as the measure of the franchise is the only right, legitimate, and defensible figure. If men do not want a Reform Bill at all, and object to all reduction of the franchise, they had much better say so. But it is absurd to say that a Reform Bill is desirable, and that a reduction of the franchise is desirable, but that it is a great pity that the reduction of the franchise which is desired should not produce the right results in this or that large borough. Discus sion cannot proceed unless political crisis will stick by their own first principles, and the first principles by which a Reform Bill is to be judged are, we think, sufficiently simple. For a variety of reasons 'it is desirable that the franchise should be reduced, and for a variety of other reasonsit is desirable that a eonsiderable number of the smaller boroughs should have their political power decreased or taken away. A good Reform Bill would be a bill that, while boldly reducing the franchise, distributed the seats so that every class of English society should be fairly and adequately represented. But the best Reform Bill that man could devise would do harm in some particular constituencies, and we ought to be prepared to suffer this in order to attain a great national benefit, if we wish for a Reform Bill at all. But if it is idle to attack the bill on the ground that it will notwork well everywhere, the language in which the bill is defended is much more than idle ; it is wild and ex travagant to the last degree. The Chancellor of the Exchequer, for example, declares that he cannot understand h'ow his opponents can object to enfran chising £7 householders, who are our fellow-Chris tians, and men of our own flesh and blood. This is not argument ; it is declamation of tha most un meaning kind. Are not £6 householders also theo retically our fellow-Christians—are they not just as much of our flesh and blood as £7 householders ? We are debating how many of these Christians and brethren we are to endow with political power, and if we say that all English Christians ought to be enfranchised, we come at once to universal suf frage. Smaller men carry 'this wildness of declama tion to a pitch that makes it almost doubtful whe ther sense and truth have not said good-bye altoge ther to the world of English politics. Mr. Fawcett attended a meeting at Brighton, and gravely assured his hearers that the only reason why the Government Bill was opposed was because its opponents were determined that Mr. Gladstone should never be Premier, as not being aristocratic enough. Human perversity can scarcely go further than this. The Government proposes a tiny frag ment of Reform; it is objected that to deal with Reform by fragments is impolitic ; and men like Mr. Fawcett declare that the only conceivable ground for such an objection must be the secret wish to have a Lord at the head of the Treasury. But if • other men are wild and rhetorical, what is to be said of Mr. Bright ? His letter to his Birmingham constituents is a masterly example of all that a politician at such a crisis as the present ought not to say. In the first place, the bill is declared to be an honest bill. It does nothing but fix on a figure for the franchise, and Mr. Bright acknowledges that the figure fixed on seems to him the wrong one. But then this •simple fragment of Reform, doing no thing but fix on a wrong figure, has a subtle moral virtue about it. It is a poor thing in itself, but ethi cally it is beautiful. The only attempt that Mr. Bright makes to give a meaning to his words is by saying that what he likes about the bill is not its contents, but the resolution of the Ministry to stand or fall by it. If so, Ministers have the satisfaction of imparting a moral excellence to their bill at a very cheap rate. If they did anything - else, or gave any hope of doing anything else, besides proposing their fragment of Reform, it might show that they at tached a value toßeform thatßeformers might admire. But as they do nothing else, and show themselves utterly unable to do anything else, they could not help standing or falling by the most dishonest, as well as by the most honest, bill that could be framed. But this bill creates dismay and horror, not only in the breasts of Tories, but in the breasts of sound and undoubted - Liberals. These Liberals object to a fragmentary measure of Reform as much as the Tories do, and they arc then, in Mr. Bright's opinion, guilty of having formed one of the dirtiest conspira cies ever known, a conspiracy, for example, far blacker than the conspiracy which successfully opposed a Liberal Government on the occasion of the China war and the attempt to murder the Emperor. If a Libe ral votes with Tories to reprobate a too meek way of treating France, or to stigmatise a war as unjust, he is a noble, honest man delivering his soul, and trusting in a Providence that is above human parties. If he votes with Tories to reprobate dealing with Re form by halves, he is a dirty conspirator. So far as blackguarding him and abusing him or denouncing him can make him change his mind in time, or punish him if he does not change his mind:Mr. Bright is not the man to stint the necessary abuse. Nor is it to be doubted that in some instances he may succeed. Sir William llutt, for instance, thought of taking quite an honest and independent line, thinking for himself and showing that he was not afraid to express his deliberate convictions. But some Gateshead Bright was down on him, and he succumbed at once, and promised in the most delightfully amiable way never to be a dirty con spirator •any more. But all members are not so meek as this, nor do their constituencies wish they should be. If Mr. "Bright blackguards them they can stand it. They are not like the fishwoman who was shut up when O'Connell called her an isosceles triangle. Like the gentlemen of Nottingham, they will not think " scoundrel" an abusive term when they consider who it is that uses it. And it must be owned that Mr. Bright is quite sharp enough to see this. He has resources at his command. He can coax or he can threaten, as well as abuse. Within a few hours after his letter was read at Birmingham, he was at Manchester, protesting that, so far as Lord Grosvenor was concerned, he only called him a dirty conspirator in the Pickwickian sense, and meant by it that he was a most estimable young nobleman of sound Liberal principles, and descended from a grandfather who had supported the Anti-Corn-Law League. And if coaxing fails, as well as abuse, then th last, the surest, and the sharpest means must be used. Mr. Bright will call upon his " lambs." Let him only have enough of them to line the advances to Westminster on the voting day, and he M ill engage that the bill is carried, as sure as Robert Clifton was returned for Nottingham. If there is apathy in the country as to the Reform Bill, and if the arguments are all, so far as we can see, one way, and the abuse the other, it certainly cannot be said that the Ministry and its more determined suppoi ters are apathetic. Next week the Chancellor of the Exchequer is going to raise the war-cry in Lancashire, and some of his subordinates are going to see what can be done in the West Riding. But the warmest friends of the Ministry must see that the issue is no longer whether the Reform Bill shall be carried, but whether the Ministry shall get a ma jority on the second reading. Mr. Gladstone is de termined to have a majority if he can, and to get it distinctly in favour of a measure dealing only with a fragment of Reform. If that can but be achieved, the honour of the Government will be technically taken as saved, and the bill may be left to its fate. It is obvious that all the difficulties that could have been created by dealing with Re form as a whole will be greatly increased by the proposed plan of drafting bills for the redistribution of seats, but not proceeding with them. Unless these bills are adopted as substantially parts of the Government measure, there is no probability that they will ever be carried ; and unless they ate car ried they will not show what the ultimate conse quences of the bill are to be. Every clause of the Franchise Bill will be discussed with reference to them just as much as if they were part of the pre sent Government proposal. But, at the same time, those who object to the redistribution of seats which the Government may propose will not even have the poor consolation of knowing the worst that can befall them. If they pass the Franchise Bill, and wait for next Session to deal with redistribution, they may have a more obnoxious measure pressed on them than that which the Government may now suggest. For, without imputing insincerity to the Government, the accidents of political life may easily retard the settlement of redistribution until the new voters under the Franchise Bill come on the register; and then it will be the new constitu encies and not the present ones, that will settle by far the most important question of Reform—the ques tion how the voting power, when created, is to be arranged. We may be sure that all the members who have small boroughs to defend will see this, and plain speakers like Mr. Bass at Derby make no secret of what is intended, and expressly say that a Franchise Bill is a good thing, for the reason that it will place the settlement of redistribution in the hands of constituences more democratic than the existing ones. It is difficult to believe that the many members who have both public and private reasons for wishing to know what is going to be come of the places they represent will fall into so obvious a trap, and by far the most direct and straightforward course is that taken by Lord Gros venor, to decline to discuss Reform Bills by frag ments. But then the Ministry will go out if Lord Grosvenor's Resolution is carried, and a large number of members who quite agree with Lord Grosvenor's wish to keep the Ministry in, provided that a mere Franchise Bill does not becomelaw. The Government has afforded them a loophole. They are:to vote for the second reading, and then the Government will so complicate and hamper the question by bringing in dummy bills for redistribution that no one need fear that the Franchise Bill will pass. Mr. Oliphant and Mr. Kinglake were charmed with this proposal. It saved their principles, and restored them to their party, and reassured them in a variety of pleasant ways. We do not quarrel with them for this. Perhaps they were right in thinking themselves not strong enough to take a bolder line. But we do not see why a man like Lord Grosvenor should be called a dirty conspirator because he prefers saying what he means, and acting on what he thinks. THE " LONDON REVIEW" ON MR. LOWE AND " JUNIUS MINOR."—Some time ago it was said that the newspaper most spoken of in England had leaders superior in force and style to the remarkable diatribes of Junius. The compliment was a bad one every way. Junius would be a dangerous and use less model for imitation, but in a journal which has daily thunder of its own we have lately seen articles which remind us of those which Woodfall published. As far as taste is concerned, they are not a whit superior, and we may premise that it is in this con nection solely we desire to regard them. We do not choose to advocate the policy or defend the conduct of Mr. Lowe, but simply wish to call our readers' attention to a style of writing which, if pursued and repeated, would be destructive to the interests of the press. The amenities of discussion are very in telligible. Every writer is supposed to be acquainted with them, and the tone of modern journalism has been brought to its present moderation ty the com mon consent and unanimity of the public, who have decided that politics may be considered in the same temper as that in which the other affairs of life are reviewed. We read now with astonishment of the days of Swift, Bolingbroke,Mrbuthnot, and Wal pole, when charges of bribery and lying were brought by honourable members against each other every night ; when filthy epigrams were flung right and left at the Ministers by the Opposition ; and when the Ministers paid literary hacks to retaliate for them in kind. Ladies wore party patches on their cheeks, and even in the theatres Whigs and Tories refused to amalgamate. This sort of thing was, after a while, understood to be undignified and worthless. It lingered for a season in subsidised journals,,but died out during the progress of true Liberalism. The sturdy Cobbett left his mantle to the moths ; and the journals who are understood to be the heirs of his free thinking to their work without scolding. We ought, indeed, to be most careful in this respect, with the example of the Ame rican press held up to us. It is admitted that no single journal can claim to represent any wide sec tion of our Yankee friends, and simply because our shrewd cousins perceive that the editors are unable to control their personal sentiments, or to measure any question except by the narrow standard registered in their offkces by the proprietors. Their use of strong language is another reason of their impotence, and their outrageous mendacity is a third. It is human nature to believe that brag and inefficiency go together. Fustian, literary shoddy of the poorest description, is the staple of the Herald and the Tribune. If an American buys these papers, he takes care to tell you his political faith is not pinned to them. With us the case is very different. Nearly every Englishman has his favourite newspaper, whose opinions are more or less the same as his own, whose views, when they differ from his, he often accepts upon trust, and whose conduct he expects to find as guarded and decent as that of an individual who desired to hold a respectableposition in society. There are, of course, people who like hot articles, but most assuredly the paper condescending to cook them will derive no credit from its patrons. Our readers will remember the speech made by Mr. Lowe on reform. We repeat, our intention is not to de fend that gentleman's principles, but that he has a right to deliver them without being subjected to a series of pasquinades nobody can doubt. It is not fair criticism to keep on calling names. To speak of a public man using a journalistic connection for ulterior political ends, to assert that his nature is malicious, cynical, and unstable, to' jeer at him as a disappointed speculator for office, is certainly carry ing the controversy a little beyond the bounds of discretion or decency. The " fiend in human shape" should be left to the marvellous constructors of penny novels. We ought to have done with Mr. Potts and the Independent (Eatanswill) long ago ; 3et here is the hand of Potts or of a lesser Junius ; there is no mistaking the thick and slab epithets, the turgid flatulence, and the profound bray of the Pottsian style. We insert it as a sample : Prostitution in any form is sad and bad ; but it always seems saddest and worst when gifts meant for the gracious uses of home, like youth and beauty, are paraded and traf ficked in the streets. So the misuse of any talent is evil ; but to prostitute the very highest and richest, deliberately to bend intellect, scholarship, taste, and the experience of grey hairs to the task of caressing a contemned party, and of coquetting with a prospect of stolen power, is shameful, sorrowful, and in Parliament has hitherto been happily rare. Last evening, however, Mr. Robert Lowe afforded an exhibition," &c. The strain being pitched in such a key, it is easy to surmise how the article proceeds. The art of this composition is worth a moment's attention. It has become the fashion with " Junius Minor" to use the social evil largely in illustration. Its metaphors are naked, and (being so innocent) are never ashamed. We have heard it remarked, however, that another motive induces this practice. " Prostitution "is not an unattractive word to head an article with ; people will follow it up for more reasons than one. To get from it to Mr. Lowe is an agreeable task, and performed in that spirit of Christian charity so finely signified in the bit of Dumas fits morality twanged in the first sentence. A man who feels that prostitutiodis " sad and bad," and who has a mind for domesticities, must be terribly pained to turn all this against a gentleman who differs from him in politics. El s ewhere Mr. Lowe is said ele gantly to commit " debauches in composition," o, in other terms , is sus p ected of writin g leaders for r the Times. Does the reader see the force of " debauches in composition"? The sense is sus pended for one delicious instant between the word " debauches " and " composition," during which the fancy is tickled with an unqualified image very creditable to the taste of " Junius Minor." Again " debauch" belongs to the gutter vocabblary, and is own brother to prostitute, with which we set out so boldly; the phrase is charmingly consis tent. Junius Minor" is itself a model of tempe rate composition ; a violent teetotaller, who wouldn't for the world use strong adjectives. Seriously, is it right to publish that a member of Parliament is (metaphorically) prostituting himself, debauching himself, and " purblind?" How does this stuff differ from the scurrility of the Neu , York Herald? If it is not stopped in time, the old cheap and nasty pro verb will once more be singularly exemplified. We will make every allowance for the temptations of' a daily paper—so many columns to be filled up, room enough for a pillory, a subject to hand, missiles on stock, and the little game to be witnessed for a sum not worth mentioning. On the famous principle that those who drive fat oxen should themselves be fat, there are those who imagine that the user of strong language ought to be an intellectual Her cules ; but we need scarcely say that there are one or two reasons for doubting the reasons of this theory. When Mr. Swiveller was hard up, he wrote a begging letter, which he made quite touching with the aid of a pepper-castor. " Junius Minor" re sorts to the pepper-castor evidently—for spice though, not for tears. The danger of this condi ment is that it invariably causes a writer to argue after the lucid manner of Mr. Unsworth of the Christy Minstrels. Why this should be we know not, but the fact is undeniable; he begins to stump and wander, and at the finish, so to speak, drops under the table with his pen and appears all abroad. " Junius Minor" is more consecutive than Mr. Uns worth, though not, on the whole, so funny. The comicality of a gibe should not be encouraged. We arc not taking up cudgels for Mr. Lowe ; but any journal may challenge or strive to arrest the course of a literary Malay running a muck and striving to stab the repute of a political opponent. If a critic to-morrow was to attempt to smother Byron or snuff out Keats, a host of pens would defend the poets, and the feeling of the country would not permit genius to be slanged to silence. Mr. Lowe may be profoundly wrong in his thinking, harsh in his language, and irritant in his Parliamentary de meanour, but he has a distinct title to form and speak his opinions without being branded for them by " Junius Minor." The latter may find fault with those opinions, deride them and put them in italics (the process of italicising is both able and argumentative), but Mr. Lowe 's private aims and occupations, whatever they are, ought to be left to him in peace. Evidence of malice aforethought deprives a stricture of its power to hurt. " Junius Minor," too, might, as the saying is, take it easy. An awful disaster befell a frog who would puff him self as big as an ox. Drawing it mild by way of a change would serve " Junius Minor." If people were to hear a railway alarum perpetually cream ing, in the end they would pay no more attention to it than they would to the tune of a penny whistle, and they possibly might confound the voice of the engine with the latter cheap and melodious instru ment. What a sad day that would be for "Junius Minor ! " American Securities in England. The British writers upon financial affairs zra puzzled at the manner in which United States securities in the London market set at nought their wisest predictions. They have laboured faithfully to show that those securities ought not to advance in value, but, ou the contrary, ought to subside to low prices. They demonstrate, entirely to their own satisfaction, that the United States will never be able to meet their own responsibilities, and that all who dabble in American stocks and bonds will suffer immensely. They are learned upon this sub ject, and produce a startling amount of so-called " facts," and more startling inferences. But their logic seems to be unavailing to stem the torrent. When the Bank of England, in order to repress the tendency in speculation, put up the rate of interest to eight per cent., the securities which these news paper financiers pronounced good were depressed in value, but the securities of the United States, which they declared at the least to be doubtful, not only held their own, but advanced in price. In a few days Five-Twenties mounted up from 63 to 71i. The financiers are disgusted with the stupi dity of their own countrymen. They have warned them faithfully against their rashness, but they do not listen. There must be a a cause for this, and it may be found in the fact that JOHN BULL has discovered hqw much he had been previously deceived by listening to the oracles of the Stock Exchange. He has come to the conclusion that the United States are not so desperately involved in their affairs that they cannot pay the interest upon their obligations, and he believes that they will eventually be able to pay every dollar of their indebtedness. Confidence is a plant of slow growth, but when it takes root it is difficult to blast it. United States bonds for $lOO, interest payable in gold, are cheap at $714. The prudent Englishman who buys at that rate receives eight per cent. on his money. Consols bring him no more than three or four per cent. He argues that the profit is so great that he can afford to take some risk, and if he is a man who examines for himself, he cannot but acknowledge that the prospects of receiving this interest from the United States are very good. The English financial writers are in the interest of the London bankers, and the cause of their anxiety to repress dealings in American securities is now understood.. Hence they have lost their influence, and men take the .berty of acting upon their own judgments.— vlo-American Times COUN TB.Y MARKETS. LEICESTER —SATURDAY. The show of wheat at market to-day was tolerable, and hamples moved off slowly, holders having to submit to a slight fill in prices. Barley was sparingly represented, and a steady demand was experienced. The full rates of last week must be quoted. In oats a fair share of business was done, and extreme prices were realised. For beans tho inquiry was better, and the finest old sorts were a trifle dearer. _ _ ----• New white wheat, 51s to 52s ; new red, 47s to 49s ; old white, 53s to 56s ; old red, 50s to 52s per 36 stone. Bar ley, for malting, 37s to 40s per qr. ; grinding, 27s to 30s per 30 stone. Oats, old, 34s to 38s ; new, 27s to 32s per 24 stone. Beans, old, 51s to 53s ; new, 42s to 46s per 38 stone. COLCHESTER—MARCH 31. The supply of wheat was not large, but quite sufficient for the requirements of the trade, which was dull without any material alteration in prices. Barley for malting was rather cheaper; the weather 'being so much warmer, maltsters are afraid to increase their stock. Beans and peas the same as last week. Wheat, white 40s 648 Beane, 31azacran......338 363 rcd Ns 48s Middle and 5ma11...34d 40s Barley .... Oats ..20s 255 grey ..36s 42s NORTHAMPT ON—MARcit 31. New white wheat, 43s to 48s ; new red, 40s to 464; old white, 48s to 525; old red, 43$ to 47s per 36 stone. Barley for malting, 40s to 44s per qr. ; grinding, 28s to 42s per 30 stone. Oats, old, 30s to 34s ; new, 20s to 28s per 24 stone. Beans, old, 46s to 49s ; new, 40s to 44s per 38 stone. Peas 36s to 40s per 36 stone. CHELMSFORD-MARCH 30. -- _ There was a --- fair supply of wheat in the market to-day, but its condition was very indifferent, and the best samples barely realised the prices of last week, while inferior sorts changed hands at a reduction of is per quarter, with a very small amount of business doing. Spring corn of all descriptions may be quoted the same as last week. Wheat, old white.... 455 52s Peas, Partridge 36s 39s new 43s 5 8 White . •z9s 345 old red 3vB 45s Bailing 374 411 new. 36s 45s Dun.... ..... :l3s 358 Barley.... 256 335 dito, new... —s —1 Chevalier 285 41s Beans, Tick, old ......35s 401 Grind,ng .5s 30s new....35s 391 Malt sBs COS Harrow t iCkB.3BB 424 Chevalier Irs 62s new....36s lOs Oats ••• 2 s 26s Mazagan . 348 .8s GRANTHAM-MARCH 31. Old white wheat, 52s to 535; old red, 47s to 49s ; new white, 49s to 51s ; new red, 44s to 46s per 36 stone. Bar ley for malting, 358 to 41s per qr. ; grinding, 30s to 33s per 30 stone. Oats, old, 30s to 32s ; new, 288 to 30s per 24 stone. Beans, old, 47s to 495; new, 43s to 45s per 38 stone. Peas, 36s to 40s per 36 stone. ABERDEEN—MeIton 30. Few supplies in the market to-day, and any transactions that took place were for seed corn. Farmers still ask an advance in price, which dealers are unwilling to concede. White wheat 40s Od to 48s Od} 621 b il4 bushel. Red wheat 40 s Od to 45s Od Potato oats 24s 6d to 25s 6d} 40lb i,4 bushel. Common oats 24 s Od to 24s 6d Bere 3os Od to 31s Od ( 531 b %.1 bushel. ' ' -32 s Od i Barley 318 Od to .48 af Oatmeal 17s 6d to 18s 6d V boll of 280th. Flour, fine 37s Od to 38s Od V sack of 280. b. KIRKCALDY—Mann 31. Small supplies of all kinds of grain. Sales quick at fully ;he prices of this day week. Wheat. Barley. Oats. First 42a 6d ' 34a 6d 26s Od t:econd 44a Od 316 s 61 26s 6d Third 46s Od 37s 6d 28$ Od COAL MARKET. Price per ton at the close of the market. - s s. d. . d. ? 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Annesley, Capt. 6th Royal First Warwickshire Regt., fourth son of the late General Annesley, of Annes Grove, county Cork, Ireland, to Eliza, second daughter of John Taylor, Esq., of Good Hope, Jamaica. - - PARSONS —CROCKER—On the 28th ult., at Neufchatel, Swit zerland, George Parsons, of London and Melbourne, Victoria, to Nora, third daughter of the late G. Crocker, of Manchester. _ . _ Deaths. prat—On Good Friday, at Bath, Anne, eldest daughter of the late F. Pym, of The Resells, Bedfordshire, M.P. RENNIE—On the 30th ult., at 39, Wilton-crescent, George Rennie, Esq., C.E., F.R,S., aged 75. ROBERTSON—On the 29th ult., at Ballincollig, county Cork, James Robertson, C a pt a i n Royal Artillery. RIDDELL 0 n the 30th ult., at Leyburn Grove, Yorkshire, Frederick Riddell, Esq. ROGET—On the 31st ult., at Ilfracombe, Annette L. Roget, aged 83. SIIELL—On the 2d inst., at 100, Belgrave-road, S.W., Win. Snell, Esq., aged 79. WATSON- On the 31st ult., at 23, Craven-street, Strand, Louis Watson, aged 61. London : Printed and Pulinahed by WILLIAM AN WIMP of No. 112, Strand, I'iinter, at 'Fitz SUN Otli o, No. 112, Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy ..in the County bliddleleX t —Taesday, Apra 3, 1866. 11b. v••