The Sun. — London, England, 1865-08-24 00:00:00

THE UNITED STATES. (From the Times' Correspondent) NEW YORK, Aug. 12. What the Southern people are thinking and doing and how they are living in the present crisis are questions of grave moment to the Administration, and it employs every means to accumulate informa tion concerning them. But it is not easy to ascer tain the actual state of public feeling in the South. It is noticeable that the people begin to intermingle more freely with each other ; rival Generals now meet in a friendly way and discuss the war, and persons from the South are always a little surpr ised at the credulity with which they are greeted here. The fault of a certain class in the North is that they are asking too much of their conquered brethren. They are impatient, forgetting Mr. Lincoln's say ing, " You will sooner have the fowl by hatching the egg than by smashing it." They expect ths South to kiss the rod with joy and thankfulness. It is true that this demand is not generally made, but it is raised every now and then by politicians who cannot be satisfied unless everything is made as they wish it in a single day. If Mr. Johnson were no wiser than they the South might well abandon all hope of the future. "We are willing to go back to the Union and be true to it," they say, " but do not require us to exult over our defeat. We cannot rejoice with you that we have been conquered." The Southern papers are, with scarcely an exception, following the wise counsels of General Lee, and urge the people to set about cultivating their lands again as in the old time. The "`poor whites" are already beginning to find that the capacity for hard work was not confined by Providence to the negro. They discover that there are certain advantages attending industry which they have hitherto been in ignorance of, and now that they have found out the proper use of their hands, it is to be hoped they will never sink back into their former shameless idleness and dependence. A letter from Virginia which 1 have seen states that white labour is likely to succeed therp quite as well as negro labour, and that when the " freedman" finds that he can be dispensed with, and that if he will eat he must work, he soon perceives the incor rectness of his present theory of freedom, which is, of course, that he will not be called upon to do any more work. There is not a planter now who does not regret the struggle which he and his class made for the preservation of slavery before the war broke out. "We should have done better without iV it is common to hear them or their friends say, "only the abolitionists bullied us so much about it that we could not give way." A Virginia paper remarks in the same spirit, "All agree that slavery is gone. There is scarcely a wish expressed to revive it, and only a desire felt to make the best of the present condition—adapt means to ends in the altered state of our affairs." The negro would settle down into his place soon enough if his meddling friends would let film alone. Instead of so doing, they hold con ventions and invite the liberated :-,laves to express their views. The other day Gen. Fisk collected a number of them together at Nashville, and told them he had given them the Bible and the bayonet, and now he wanted to give them the ballot. " - With this swarm of bees," he added, " I think the negro will be able to take care of himself." U.:1 , 13r such guides the negro has persuaded himself that he can safely postpone work until he is adtittod to the suffrage. The difficulty of procurin of the great difficulties of the Son labour is one t this momeL The country, so fearfully ravaged b:, - Sherman's stroyi n g hosts, rem ainvuuch as it did when he turned his back upon it. Money and men are alike want ing in order to place it under cultivation again. The attitude of the Southern people is, there fore, one of expectancy—they can do very little for themselves until the North stretches out a hand to help them. There is no fact more sure than that the very spirit of secession is utterly quenched—quenched by dint of main force, no doubt, but the result politically is the same. In the odd language which men use here, even on the gravest subjects, every Southern man of any F;: - !n - s , e owns that his cause "is played out." I have had shown to me letters which plainly reveal the miser able state of the country and the population. Virginia is still a desert ; South Carolina is without crops or food ; North Carolina is a little better off, for Sherman's troops only tool: what they wanted for use in passing through it ; in Georgia, Alabama, and Tennessee it is hoped that the crops will prove sufficiently large to keep the wants of the inhabitants supplied. Everywhere, however—and this is a fact which may be taken almost without exception—the families which were formerly flourishing are in complete destitution. The ladies of the North are making clothes, and in some cases collecting subscriptions, for their unfor tunate sisters in the South. The North has lost much of its best blood, but the South has lost that and everything else beside. It is computed, upon official returns, that from first to last there were in the Southern army 1,124,000 men. Of these no less than 660,000 are known to have been killed or disabled, and over 400,000 more were sick, or are counted as " missing," or deserted. The Northern army had in it during the entire war about 3,000,000 men. An important and laborious work will be pub lished in a few days by Mr. H. J. Raymond, a pro minent member of Congress,who stood high in the confidence of the late President. It is a biography of Mr. Lincoln, embracing a collection of all his speeches and State papers, some of them being now laid before the public for the first time. One of the most curious chapters in it is that which con tains an account of the attempted negotEtions for peace brought about by Mr. Horace Greeley - , and concerning which there has alw - nvs been a certain mystery. In July last year Mr. Greeley 7 the President calling his attention to the circum stance that there were commissioners from the South at Niagara prepared to enter into negotia tions for peace, and begging Mr. Lincoln "to submit overtures for pacification to the Southern insurgents." In this letter Mr. Horace Greeley spoke of the North as "ou - bleeding, bankrupt, almost dying country," words which were so extremely offensive to Mr. Lincoln that rather than have them published he subsequently submitted to many unjust accusations, based upon his alleged dis inclination to treat with the South. Mr. Greeley also said in his letter, " Mr. President, I fear you do not realise how intently the people desire any peace consistent with the national integrity and honour, and how joyously- they would hail its achievement and bless its authors." To this com munication Mr. Lincoln's reply was brief and CI a - racteristic. lie said-.." If you can find any pers,-...a anywhere professing to have any proposition of Jef ferson Davis, in writing of the Union , n for peace, embracing the restoration abandonment cl slavery, whate ver else it embraces, b say to him he may come to me with you . ' I ce G s i Greeley answered this by another letter, in which. he wants that h e could not expect the Southern Commissioners to s how him their credentials. g ' " asGreen I . may • be I am not quite so verdant as to imagine anythin of the sort." And , in rep l y to another note Co much the same effect, Mr. Lincoln answered _ " I have just received yours of the 13th, and am disappointed by it. I was not expecting you to send me a letter, but to bring me a man or men." Soon after this Mr. Greeley was authorised to go to Niagara, and elicit from the Commissioners — Clement C. Clay, Jacob Thompson, J. B. Hol combe, and G. N. Sanders—what powers had been conferred upon them by Mr. Davis. It .cd:i?c , r3 that Mr. Greeley never once mentioned to th,:eu to the terms upon which alone the President treat with them—namely, the return of the Sonth to the Union and the abolition of slavery Tho Commissioners themselves confessed that they were not officially accredited to enter into negotiations with the Federal Government. The whole affair proved a delusion; but Mr. Lincoln was taxed by a large portion of the press and the rabEc with having been guilty of tergiversation and faithless ness. " it is not easy now, any more than it was then," remarks Mr. Raymond, " to recol4,c-ile Mr. Greeley's action in this matter with to the Union cause, or with good faith to the AdmiLlP`ration, by which alone that cause was naa:ntainest ghat - Mr. Lincoln felt keenly the justice of the=' `-fges brought against him is evident irons a 3etter he wrote to Mr. Raymond ; Mr. Greeley's letters, and his own answers, would have set him right with the people, but in consequence of the objectionable words quoted above, a reference to a possible in surrection in the North, and similar observations, Mr. Lincoln would not consent to their publication. Mr. Greeley yesterday replied to these representa tions of an affair which undoubtedly "did harm to the Union cause," but he does not in any way change their character. RAILWAY A*D OTHER COMPANIES. GREAT EASTERN. A general meeting of the East Anglian pro prietors in this company was held yesterday, at the London Tavern, to elect a director to represent them at the Great Eastern Board ; Mr. J. Goodson, M.P., in the chair. Mr. Owen, the secretary, having read the notice convening the meeting, _ _ The CHAIRMAN said the only business they had was to elect a director in the place of Mr. L. Simp son, who retired by rotation, but, being eligible, had offered himself for re-election. He (the chairman) believed chat no one could more ably look after their interests, and those of the Great Eastern, than Mr. Simpson. They could not have a more able repre sentative, and he had great pleasure in proposing that Mr. Simpson be re-elected a director of the company. The motion having been seconded, _ _ Mr. SHAW, a director and representative of the East Anglian proprietors at the Great Eastern Board, stated that he held proxies representing nearly one-half of the stock of the East Anglian proprietors in favour of the re-election of Mr. Simpson. The motion was carried unanimously. Mr. SIMPSON stated that when he joined the Board of the East Anglian Company 13 years ago, their stock, which was now £3l in the market, was then only £5, and the property was in a most un exampled state of depression. He felt very much gratified at the handsomest manner in which they had re-elected him, and his best services should be rendered to them. The proceedings concluded with a vote of thanks to the chairman for presiding. NORTH-WESTERN. The half-yearly meeting of this company, was held at Leeds on Monday, Mr. H. Alcock in the chair, Thf; report was taken as read. The CHAMMAN, in reply to a question, statedthat the only sum the directors could make out clearly to have been improperly appropriated by Mr. Whclon, the late secretary of the company, had been repaid by his executors, and the usual dividend on the B stock would therefore be paid. The report was adopted, and after some remarks as to a more efficient system of auditing the accounts of the company the meeting separated. BRISTOL AND EXETER. The half-yearly meeting was held yesterday at the offices, Bristol, the Earl of DeTon in the chair. The report, an abstract of which has appeared in . The Sun, was taken as read. The CHAIRMAN, in moving the adoption of the report, adverted to the loss the comp an y h a d sus tained in the death of the late chairman (Mr. Buller). The increase in the traffic receipts was attributable to goods and cattle traffic. There was, however, a considerable increase in the expenditure, arising from causes over which the directors had no control. The other head under which an increase expenditure had taken place was one which, more or less, was calculated to increase the permanent stock of the company. There was an increase in the dividend from the South Devon line. The re ceipts amounted to £174,219.f0r the past half-year, as against £169,795 in the corresponding half of last year. He expressed his willingness to answer any questions, remarking that the object of the directors was to be on the most frank, open, and friendly footing with those who had done them the honour to place them in that position. (Hear.) .:2d - r. M. CASTLE, deputy-chairman, seconded the motion for the adoption of the report, and it was adopted unanimcusly. A dividend at the rate of 41 2 - per cent. per annum was then declared for the past half-year, after which resolutions were proposed and adopted authorising the direetors to create new stock to the extent of £230,000, and to subscribe £30,000 to the Tiverton and North Devon Railway. Mr. J. MURCH proposed an increase in the remu neration of the directors from £1,200 to £l,BOO a year. Mr. ALEXANDER seconded the motion. Mr. J. Perry moved an amendment, which was seconded by Mr. Smith. On a show of hands, seven voted for the amend ment and 19 against it, and the original resolution was carried. On the motion of Mr. S. V. HARE, it was unani mously agreed, in respect to the memory of the late chairman (Mr. Buller), to have either a bust or por trait made at the cost of the company. A vote of thanks to the chairman and directors terminated the proceedings. BRISTOL AND PORTISHEAD. The half-yearly meeting of this company was held on Tuesday at Bristol, Mr. J. Ford in the chair. The report stated that the works were making steady progress, and that the road from the junction at Bedminster to the termini at Portishead would be ready to receive the permanent way before the next meeting. The CHAIRMAN, in moving the adoption of the report, said the calls had been rapid in unison with the progress of the works, but the result had proved that they had not been too rapid for their funds, for they had been paid punctually. The line when com pleted would be one of the cheapest in the kingdom. The report was adopted, and the directors were authorised to borrow such sums of money as might be required from time to time, in accordance with the provisions of the Act of Incorporation. A vote of thanks to the chairman terminated the proceedings. CRYSTAL PALACE AND SOUTH LONDON JUNCTION. The half-yearly meeting of this company was held yesterday at the Victoria station, Pimlico ; Sir C. P. Roney in the cluir. The report, an abstract of which has appeared in 7he Sun, was taken as read. The CHAIR3I-",N, in moving its adoption, said that line was opened for traffic to the high level '‘on at the Crystal Palace on the Ist of the month. The line was, however, opened in incomplete state, as there were several not yet sufficiently advanced to be avail ;le. Those stations were, however, rapidly ad .ucLag towards completion, and no delay would 1:- place in opening them for public traffic. In addition to that, there would be an easy means of access to and from the City, which would be still more valuable when the connecting link of the London, Chatham, and Dover Company with the l letropolitan,, and consequently with the G rea t Western, Great Northern, and other railway s on the nort h side of the Thames, was completed. Notwithstanding the few ina" present dtht in workingeCarytatthal Palace, stations alace, heswaasohnaspwpyhictho wcr' trm condition between the ay that the traffic exceed ingly satisfactory. Duringe present ti me was the first wee k th e li ne w ()D " elp,' they I carried between 4,000 and 5,000 ::t the second week they increased to 10,Ctoo, ;„ad in the third week nearly 20,000 ,re o:;:rried. When the proper num b er of trains w3r3 running over the line and the intermedi a t e staions were opened they would have, instead of 19 'Jrains adi , at least double that number, an d a very large amount of traffic. br C. H. RICH', the deputy-chairman, seconded the motion for the adoption of the report, which was carried unanimously ; and a vote of thanks to the chairman and directors closed the proceedings. TAFF VALE. The half-yearly meeting of this company was held at Bristol on Tuesday, Mr. J. Poole in the chair. The report, which has appeared in The Sun, was taken as read. The CLIAIR3LUI, in moving the adoption of the report, said they had maintained the former divi dend, and had avoided accidents, which had been so disastrous, and which they all so much lamented. The inclined plane on their line was in course of reduction, and would soon be opened as a locomo tive line, exempting the freighter from the oppres sive charges he had to pay for the conveyance of goods he carried over it. They were laying down additional lines of rails, anticipating a large increase of their traffic, so that when it arrived they might be in a position to receive it. One of their railway bridges, which was constructed of timber, and attended with large expense, and perhaps some dan ger, was now being replaced by a stone bridge, which would reduce the expense and make their line much more desirable. The Penrath docks had been successfully opened, and when the details were com pleted would prove a great addition to their pro perty. He moved a resolution, adopting the report, and declaring a dividend at the rate of 10 per cent. per annum, which was carried. A resolution, authorising the raising of £120,000 by the creation of new shares, was agreed to. The retiring electors were re-elected, and the meeting was then made special to consider a work ing agreement with the Dare Valley Railway Com pany, which was approved and adopted, and the proceedings terminated. THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, AUGUST 24, 1865. LANCASTER AND CARLISLE. The half-yearly meeting of this company was held at Lancaster on Tuesday, when a dividend at the rate of 10} per cent. per annum on the consolidated stock of the company was declared. Mr. J. Coul ston, Mr. H. Garnett, and Mr. J. Barker, were re elected directors ; and Mr. H. Crosfield was re elected auditor. At the conclusion of the business of the meeting a handsome silver epergne, value 300 guineas, a silver shield, and a life-size portrait of Mr. Hasell, the chairman of the company, was presented to him by the shareholders, in acknow ledgment of his long and valuable services to the company. CLIFTON SUSPENSION-BRIDGE. The half -yearlymeeting of this company was lield on Tuesday, at Bristol. Mr. CURTIS, the secretary, having read the notice convening the meeting, the report, an abstract of which has appeared in The Sun, was taken as read. The CHAIRMAN, in moving the adoption of the report, said they had nearly closed the capital ac count ; they had liabilities outstanding to the extent of £3OO or £4OO, but they had assets which, with the balance of £l3B, would fully cover them. With respect to the revenue account, they might hope that in a future half-year the item for printing, adver tising, stationery, and legal expenses, of £217, would be materially reduced. He adverted to the services of Mr. Airey, who superintended the con struction of the bridge, and did everything in his power to promote the interests of the company. The report and accounts were adopted, and a dividend at the rate of 5 per cent. per annum from the opening of the bridge to the 30th of June last, payable on the Ist of September, was declared. The forfeiture of 19 shares in arrear of calls was confirmed, and it was resolved to present Mr. Airey, the resident engineer, with £lOO in testimony of his services during the erection of the bridge. A vote of thanks to the chairman terminated the proceedings. • SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. YORK AUGUST MEETING—WEDxEsDAY. Colonel Towneley's yearlings were the chief object of attraction to the yard in Museum-street this morning. There were one or two very good-looking ones among the ten submitted. Beanstalk, a brown colt, by Kettledrum-- Haricot, the dam of the celebrated Caller Ou, a fine and promising young one, realised 1,000 guineas ; and another Kettledrum colt—Ellermire, brought 560. The other lots sold for good prices. Ischia made an example of the only two opposed to her in the Filly Sapling Stakes, winning in the commonest of can ters; and Mr. Pitt proved himself a very good horse by carrying off the Tenth Biennial very cleverly from fair pub lic performers like Chibisa, Magician, and Messmate. The field for the Groat Ebor showed a great falling off in quality and quantity, a more indifferent lot rarely contending for this handicap. Only seven runners came to the post, and Verdant won, after a slashing race with Claremont. The Filly Sapling Stakes of 50 SOTS each, 30 ft, for fillies, 2-yr-olds, Bst 101 b each. T.Y.C. Fire furlongs 44 yds. 16 subs. Duke of Beaufort'a Ischia, by Wild Dayrell, Bst 101 b (Fordham) 1 Lord Stamford's Valeria, Bst 101 b (Carroll) 2 Mr. Saxon's Monitress, Bst 101 b (Mid ge l e y) 3 _ . Betting-4 to lon Ischia, who waited upon Valeria to the bend into the straight, when sho went up and won in a canter by three lengths. There were four lengths between the second and third. The Rawcliffe Stakes of 10 sovs each, h-ft, with 50 added, for 2-yr-olds; colts, Bst 101 b; fillies, Bst 71b; with certain . . allowances. Winners extra. The owner of the second horse to receive back his stake. T.Y.C. 13 subs. Mr. Craven's Vespasian, 9st (inc. 71b ex.) (Goater) 1 Mr.Pardoe's Ch a p e l R o y a l, 9 s t llb (i nc . slb ex ) (Aldcroft) 2 Betting-5 to lon Vespasian. They left the post together, and ran so for a few strides, when the favourite drew away, and, gradually improving his lead as he came on, won in a canter by half a dozen lengths. The First Year of the Tenth North of England Biennial Stakes of 10 Boys each, h. ft., with 100 added ; colts, Bst 101 b ; fillies, Bst 51b. Winners extra. Tho owner of the second horse to receive a sum equal to 10 per cent., and the third to save his stake. T.Y.C. 53 subs. Duke of Beaufort's Mr. Pitt, Bst 131 b (inc. 31b ex) _ _ (Fordlial 1 Mr. R. Cathca r t' s Bl ue Rib an d , B s t 101 b (Osborne 2 Lord Stamford's Chibi sa, B s t 131 b (I nc. 31b ex. ) (Carroll 3 The following also ran :—Magician, Repulse, Messmate, Fitzroy, and Flying Jib. ..._ . . Betting-11 to 10 agst Mr. Pitt, 100 to 15 agst Flying Jib, 7 to 1 agst Blue Riband, 8 to 1 agst Messmate, and 10 to 1 agst Chibisa. With the exception of the favourite, who began very slovenly, the lot left the post in close company. Flying Jib, with Repulse on hor left, after running a few strides, then appeared in front, closely followed by Magieian, next the rails, Mr. Pitt, Chibisa, Blue Riband, and Fitzroy, who ran in a body to half-way the distance, where the two leaders beat a retreat, leaving Magician with the command, closely attended by Mr. Pitt, Blue Riband, and Lord Stamford's colt, to the enclosure, where Fordham brought up the favourite, and won with great ease by a length. Blue Riband defeated Chibisa by half a length for second; Flying Jib was fourth, Magician fifth, and Repulse, Fitzroy, and Messmate were the last. The Great Ebor Handicap Stakes of 200 soya, added to a sweepstakes of 20 BOPS each, 10 ft, and 5 if declared. Winners extra. The second to receive 50 soya out of the stakes. Two miles, over the Old Course. 0 sub; 40 of whom pay 5 sovs each. Mr. G. Hodgman's Verdant, 3 yrs, 6st 71b...(Heartfield) 1 Mr. Bowes's Claremont, 4 yrs, Bst 31b (Fordham) 2 Mr. Bryan's Lady Hylda, 4 yrs, Bst 21b ( T. French) 3 The following also ran :—Hollyiox, The Guide, Little John, and Elastic. Betting-5 to 2 agst The Guide, 3to 1 agst Claremont, 9to 2 agst Lady Hylda, sto 1 agst liollyfox, Bto 1 agst Verdant, and 12 to 1 aget Little John. Claremont was the first off, followed by Little John, but before they bad run a dozen strides the latter rushed to the front and came on with a strong lead, Mr. ilowes's colt lying second, and Verdant third ; two or three lengths separated these three from Hollyfox and Elastic, who was as far in advance of Lady Hylda, and The Guide. Proceed ing along the far side Little John increased his lead, which as they reached the Woodside was upwards of a dozen lengths, Claremont still lying second ; but as they ap proached the T.Y.C. post the lot closed up, and Lady Hylda, with The Guido on her right, came up on the outside and joined the front, Little John immediately after disappeared from the front, leaving Claremont in advance to the road, when he was joined by Verdant, the pair drawing slightly away from Lady Hylda and The Guide as they reached the distance. Here the issue was reduced to a match. Verdant, who appeared to have slightly the best of it, came on with a slight load to the enclosure, when Fordham made his effort, and, getting upon terms at the Stand, an exciting race ensued, which remained in doubt to the last stride, Verdant just securing the judge's fiat by a short head. There were six lengths between the second and third, and a head between the latter and The Guide, who was fourth. Elastic was fifth, Little John sixth, and Hollyfox last. The Prince of Wales' Stakes of 10 BOYS each, with 50 sous fillies, Lord ru e d : h i, so ; furlongs agi f4r dy B , as a r t cd s sh l . i b b . i2s a , T 5 h s, e as bt added by the Race C omm itt ee, f or 2- yr - o ld s ; co l ts, Bst winners. th to pay 10 sous towards expenses, and the seco n d t o save hi s s t a k e. T . Y . C ., f i ve (inc.slb ex.)...(Carroll 1 Captain Gray's Vulture Bst 3113 (Challoner 9 Mr. Jackso n ' s S plit the Difference, 9st 31b (in. 51b extra - Mr. Ballinger's Sabrina, Bst 51b Mr. It. Cathcart's Lord o f t h e Vale, Bst 101 b (F .(l3s r b ibarn Mr. W. Hudson's Lady Elizabeth filly, Bst 51b ((Osborne 5 (Wheatley) G Betting-7 to 4 and 6to 1 each agst Split the Difference rand Lord of the Vale, and 8 to 1 agst Vulture. They ran in close company to the distance, where Chibisa next the rails took a clear lead of Vulture and Split the Difference, the three finishing the race home, Chibisa, who always had the best of it, winning cleverly by a length, Vulture defeating Split the Difference by three lengths for second ; a bad fourth. The Londesborough Cup of 50 sous in specie, added to a handicap stakes of 5 sous each, for all ages. The winner to pay 5 sovs towards expenses. Three-quarters of amile. 20 subs. Duke of Beaufort's Crytheia, 4 yrs, Bst 61b (Fordham 1 Mr. F. Fisher's Reindeer, aged, Bst 101 b (Edwards 2 Mr. Handley's Viola, 3 yrs, 7st (Carroll 3 The following also ran :—Voluptas, Sundeelah, Sky lark, Jack o'Lantern, Mountain Buck, Radcliffe, Auracaria, Provisor, My Mary, Syren, and Limber Magna. Betting-3 to 1 agst Voluptas, 6 to' each agst Crytheia, Jack o'Lantern, and Syren, 100 to 8 each agst Reindeerand Auracaria, and 100 to 6 agst Provisor. Upwards of 40 minutes were.consumed at the post before they were despatched on their journey, Sundeelah being left some distance in the rear. As they came on towards the T.Y.C. Syren was seen conspicuously in the van, fol lowed by Viola, Radcliffe, Crytheia, and the favourite, who came on in a body to the road, where the first named died away, leaving Viola with the lead, which she retained to the distance, where Crytheia came up next the rails, and with. Reindeer on her right, ran to the enclosure, when Zordham brought his filly to the front, and won a good race by a neck. Reindeer defeated Viola by three lengths for second, the latter finishing half a length in front of the favourite. Jack O'Lantern was fifth, and Auracaria sixth, then came Skylark, Syron, and Limber Magna heading the pulling up division. Sundeelah and Radcliffe walked in last, and did not pass the post. The Lottery Stakes of 5 sovs. each, with 50 added, for 2- yr-olds 7st ; 3-yr-olds, Bst 101 b ; 4-yr-old; Ost 101 b ; S yr-olds and upwards, lOst ; mares and geldings allowed 31b. The winner to be sold for £100; if entered to be sold for XBO, allowed 41b; if for £6O, 81b; if for £4O, 101 b. T.Y.C. 7 subs. i Mr. Ballinger's Sabrina, 2 yrs, sstlllb (.£40)... (Kenyon 1 Mr. Jackson's Our Van, 2 yrs, 6st (£4O) (( C ameron 2 Capt. Machell's Effie, 4 yrs, Bst 71b ( C4O) (J. Grimshaw 3 Garotter, Inheritress, and Fortress also ran. Betting-6 to 4 agst Our Van, 7to 2 agst Effie, sto 1 agst Garotter, and. 6 to 1 agst Sabrina. They ran together for 200 yards, when Sabrina went to the front, and won easily by half a length. Three lengths between the second and third, Inheritress was fourth, Ga rotter fifth, and Fortress last. An objection was lodged against the winner, which was overruled. The winner was bought in for 205 guineas. Her Majesty's Plate of 100 guineas, for 3-yr-olds, Bst 51b ; 4-yr-olds, Ost 71b ; 5-yr-olds, 6-yr-olds, and aged, 9st ...... _ • - . • 121 b. Two miles. Mr. Mackenzie's Brown Bread, 3 yrs (Doyle)) 1 Mr. W. I'Anson's Call e r O u , age d (Ch a ll oner ) 2 Mr. G. Robinson ns Countess, 3 yrs (J. James 3 . _ Betting-5 to 4on Caller Ou, and 6to 4 agst Brown Bread, who went to the front in the first quarter of a mile, and then made the running, and won easily by a complete length. The Ebor St. Leger, of 25 sous each, for 3-yr-olds ; colts, Bst 101 b ; and fillies, Bst 51b. The winner of the Derby to carry 61b ; of the Oaks, 31b ; and of any other 3-yr, old stakes value 500 soya, 31b extra. The second horse to receive back his stake. One mile and three-quarters. 10 subs. Capt. Gray's Audax, Bst 101 b ............... (ChaHoner) w. o. Tho Glasgow Stakes of 30 SOTS each, h ft, for 2-yr-old colts, Bst 101 b ; and fillies, Bst 61b. T.Y.C._ 4 subs. Mr. Pardoe's Macdonald, Bstlolb (Aldcroft) wa HASTINGS & ST. LEONARD'S RACES —WEDNESDAY. The Innkeepers' Plate (handicap) of 50 sovs ; winner s extra. Three quarters of a mile. _ _ Mr.•Calcraft's Ethelred, 3 yrs, 7st 71b (J. Smith) 1 Mr. B. Land's Lord of the Manor, aged, Bst 101 b (G. Crouch) 2 Mr. Guilsford's Betsy Copeland, 3 yrs, 7st 71b (IL Jackson) 3 The following also ran :—Puritan, Tomfoolery, Bessie, The Star, The Tailor, Lydia, and Mysterious Lady. Botting-5 to 2 agst Tomfoolery, 4 to 1 agst Lord of the Manor, sto 1 agst Lydia, and 6to 1 agst Ethelred. Mys terious Lady was first off, but after going a short distance was headed by Ethelred, who went on with a clear lead, followed by Mysterious Lady, Lydia, and the favourite, Puritan bringing up the rear. Rounding the turn into the straight, Tomfoolery struck into the rails and fell, throw ing Heslop, who was severely shaken. Before reaching the distance Mysterious Lady dropped back, and Lord of the Manor and Betsy Copeland went on second and third, but Ethelred maintained his advantage and won easily by three lengths ; two lengths separated the second and third ; Mysterious Lady was fourth ; Lydia and The Star, close together, next, the others pulling up in straggling order. The East Sussex Handicap Plate of 100 sovs, entrance '2 sot's each, winners after the publication of the weights 71b extra. About a mile and a half. Mr. Woodson's Boleno, 3 yrs, ist 71b (Hibberd) 1 Mr. C. M. Bond's Musketeer, 3 yrs, 7st 21b (Prior) 2 Capt. Vibart's Llangollen, 4 yrs, Bst 21b (Humpage) 3 The following also ran :—Budworth, Claxton, Mrs. Somerville, Rosenoath, Surney, Parchment colt, and. Lydia. Betting-5 to 2 ngst Claxton, 3to 1 agst Boleno, sto 1 agst Musketeer, 7 to 1 agst Budworth, 8 to 1 agst Rose neath, and 10 to 1 agst any other. After several failures Mrs. Somerville jumped off with the lead, but in a few ; strides Claxton went to the front and was followed at a good pace by Mrs. Somerville, the Parchment colt, and Boleno, Surney, and Roseneath bringing up the rear. After going about a quarter of a mile Mrs. Somerville dropped back and joined Boleno, and they ran with little change past the stand to the half-mile post, whore the favourite suddenly dropped back boaten, and Budworth, having im proved his position, wont on with the lead, but was soon joined by Musketeer, the pair coming on to the turn into the straight, where Budworth gave way, and Boleno waited on Musketeer to the distance, where he headed him, and won easily by two lengths ; a length separated the second and third ; Budworth was a moderato fourth, Surney fifth ; the Parchment colt next ; Lydia, beaten off, bringing up the rear. The Committee Stakes of 5 sous each, with 30 added, for two-year-olds and upwards ; weight for age, with selling ... allowances. Three quarters of a mile. Mr. J. Butler's Bessie, by Autocrat, 3 yrs, Bst 21b (.£3O) (J. Smith) 1 Mr. B. Land's Lord of the Manor, aged, 9st 71b (f.. 50) (Crouch) 2 Mr. England's Fomentation, 2 yrs, Est 61b (X3O) (Elphick 3 Mr. Egerton's Finale, 2 yrs, Est 91b 'Anson ) l 4 Mr. C. M. Bond's Corinthian Tom, 4 yrs, Bst 41b (X5O) (Mitchell) 5 _ _ . Betting-5 to 4on Lord of the Manor, and sto 2 agst Bessie, who made all the running and won easily by two lengths ; a length separated the second and third ; Finale was a moderate fourth. Mr. Land lodged an objection against the winner on the ground of a cross ; but it was over-ruled. The winner was bought in for 35 guineas. A Selling Handicap Plate of 40 soya, for all ages ; the winner to be sold for 40 sots. About a mile. Mr. Guilsford's Betsy Oopeland, 5 yrs, Bst 51b (W. Jackson) 1 Mr. Harley's Budworth, 5 yra, Bst 121 b (Deacon 2 Mr. Paxton's Buckhound, 4 yrs, Bst (P r i or ) 3 Mr. Marsh's Rapture, aged, Bst (J. Smith 4 _ _ _ - - Betting—Even on Budworth, who ran in close company with Buckhound for the first three-quarters of a mile, when Betsy Copeland drew up and challenged the pair at the distance ran home an easy winner by a length ; half a length separated the second and third ; Rapture was an indifferent fourth. There was no advance on the selling price for the winner. The Nursery Plate (Handicap) of 40 sovs, for two-yr-olds ; winners extra. Three-quarters of a mile. Mr. England's Duchess of St. Alban's, Bst 51b (in. 71b ex. (J. Smith) ) 1 Mr. Palmer's Chepstow . , Bst 91b (Curtis) 2 Mr. Egerton's Finale, 7st (R. I'Anson) 3 Betting-3 to lon The Duchess of St Alban's, who made all the running and won by a length and a half. Finale slipped up before reaching the stand and rolled over on I'Anson, who, remarkable to say, sustained no material injury. GREAT YARMOUTH RACES.-WEDNESDAY. The Great Yarmouth Nursery Handicap of 5 sous each, with 50 added, for 2-yr-olds ; winners extra. T.Y.C. (straigt course). 15 sub; 9of whom pay forfeit. Mr. S. Rogers's Miss Roland, 9st 11b (inc. 51b extra (J. Daley 1 Mr. J. Price's Belmontine, 6st 131 b (P Merlin 2 Mr. John Dawson's Rappel de Minuit, 7st (Jas. Smith 3 Mr. T. Last's Master Shutt, 7st 111 b (J. ightingall 4 Betting.-5 to 2on Miss Roland, 3to 1 agst Rappel de Minuit, 4 to 1 agst Master Shutt, and 10 to 1 agst Bel montine. The lot got off in line, but after a few strides Rappel de Minuit (on the rails) took a slight lead, Master Shutt, wide on the left, second, the favourite and Bel montine last, until nearing the distance, where they joined the leaders, the lot running abreast to the half distance, where Rappel retired, and the lead was held by Belmontine until opposite the enclosure, where ;Miss Roland chal lenged him, and heading him in a few strides won cleverly by half a length, Rappel do Minuit finished a bad third, Master Shutt last. _ _ __ _..._. The County Members' Stakes of 5 sous each, with 30 added, for two and three-yr-olds ; weight for age ; the winner to be sold for £4O, ece. T.Y.C. Mr. Gittus's Mortlake, 3 yrs, Bst 101 b (Sayersi 1 Mr. Fleming's Camillus, 3 yrs, Bst 101 b (H. Parry 2 Mr. P. Price's Life Belt, 2 yrs, 7st (J. Smith 3 Betting-2 to lon Camillus, 3to 1 agst Mortlake. Won easily by a length ; a bad third. The winner was bought by Mr. Fleming for 52 guineas. The Innkeepers' Plate (Handicap) of 40 sovs. Three quarters of a mile. Mr. Turner's The Turner, 3 yrs, 6st 41b (in. 61b extra (Jarvis 1 Mr. Barnes's Benvoglio, 3 yrs, 7st ll lb (Parry 2 Mr. J. Abel's Water Lily, 4 yrs, 7st 61b (Martin 3 Mr. C. Bradley's Antidote, 5 yrs, Bst 121 b (T. Fordham) 4 Betting-7 to 4on Benvoglio, sto 2 agst The Turner, 4 to .1 agst Water Lily. The Turner made all the finning, and won easily by three lengths ; the same between second and third; a bad fourth. The Victoria Gardens Stakes of 5 soya each, with 50 --- added ; weight for age ; selling allowances. One mile. Mr. Blanton's Goldylocks, 4 yrs (X 100), 9st 41b (Parry) 1 Capt. Machell's Sympathy, 3 yrs (£4O) 7st 91b (Sayers ) ) 2 Betttin agst Goldylocks, 6 to 4 agst Sympathy, Mr. Fleming's Camill us, 3 yrs (£10), ist 121 b... Martin 3 Mr. Gittu s ' s Mortlake, 3 yrs (.£4O), ist 91b (car ist 121 b) (Nightingall) 4 g—Eve n 4 to 1 agst M or tl a k e, 10 to 1 agst Camillus. Won in a canter by ten lengths ; the others beaten off. The winner was bought in for 175 guineas. The Beaten Handicap Plate of 20 sovs, T.Y.C., was won by Master Shutt, Est (Jarvis), beating three others. It is rmoured that Lord Glasgow's horses will be re moved from Milton to T. Dawson's, at Ashgill, iliddleham, in the course of a few days. THE CLAXTON CASE.—It has been decided to reopen this disputed case, and it will be gone into on the opening day at Doncaster. SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. Tnreg.—The Civil Service Commissioners have outlived the controversy which arose when they were first appointed, and we receive their annual report as a valuable record of work done, but not as a storehouse whence arguments are to be drawn for and against the system they superintend. Public opinion has pretty well decided that the commis sioners discharge a very useful function in the body politic, and that their services are neither so ines timable as some zealots appeared to believe, nor so dangerous as their enemies loudly asserted. The commissioners have saved the inferior branches of the public service from the corrupt and corrupting influence of patronage, and if they have done no more they would deserve to be maintained. They have not filled Whitehall or Somerset-house with men of genius, and it is not easy to believe that any machinery could be devised to secure such a result ; but as the result itself would be undesirable if it were possible we may acquiesce in this failure. The commissioners do, however, exclude the ignorant and incompetent from the public service, and there is no reason to think that in excluding them men capable of rendering the State good service are also shut out. In an age of universal education we are incredulous of the suggestion that the genius which could save an empire at a crisis in its fate, or could frame laws for the government of a score of different races, will be found unable to satisfy examiners in the first elements of knowledge. The best proof of the success of the Civil Service Commission in win ning approval is found in the constantly increasing support which it receives from the other public offices. The annual reports of the commissioners always con tain a good deal of correspondence between them selves and the heads of the otherbranches of the home service, and whoever will look over the reports of a few years will be struck with the difference of tone in these communications. At first the new commission had to hold its own against powers jealous of its existence and resentful of the control which it j exercised over them. The heads of Departments did not care to see their patronage diminished, and were alternately scornful and sullen in their letters to the Commission ; while the Commissioners, put upon their dignity, were inclined to be imperious in their claims to attention. All this is changed. We now find the most friendly conferences between these rival powers. Official chiefs perpetually make suggestions for augmenting the sphere of operations of the Commission ; they ask the advice of the Commissioners upon the qualifications which should be required in candidates for appointments, and sometimes they appear desirous of transferring to the Commissioners the whole duty of filling up vacant clerkships. It must be confessed, however, that the notion of throwing open the home service to strictly competitive examinations does not gain ground. The experiment which Lord Stanley made six years ago, when Secretary of State for India, has never been repeated. It will be remembered that on that occasion an open competition for eight copying-clerkships in the India-office attracted more than two hundred competitors to an examina tion in Willis's Rooms. We believe that the eight clerks who were chosen as most distinguished in the examination have proved excellent servants, but the revelation of the numbers ready to compete for appointments has deterred other heads of Offices from following up the plan. The mere labour of carrying it out was enormous, the effect of repeated examinations of such a character upon the hopes and plans of the youth of the country is of doubtful value, and it was, after all, not certain that the best clerks would be secured by the application of purely literary tests. The existing plan of nomi nating several candidates for each appointment, when faithfully carried out, is a sufficient guarantee that the successful competitor shall possess sufficient knowledge and intelligence for his post, while it furnishes some scope to the persons having the power of nomination to secure those qualities of character which cannot be detected from the answers to a written paper of questions. It is in the management of the India Civil Service Exami nations that the conduct of the Commission is most sharply canvassed. It cannot be denied that the results of tho examinations have not corresponded to the hopes of those who first instituted them. It was thought that the flower of the universities would eagerly compete for appointments in the Indian service, but, in fact, they have treated them as not worth trying for. The college tutors are unanimous in saying that, in the absence of some special and exceptional reason, their best men will not go in for the examination. If a man wants to get married early in life he enters himself for examination, but if he has no desire to rush into matrimony he tries his chance at home. In 1864, out of 219 competi tors, 39 came from Oxford and Cambridge, but out of the 40 successful candidates only 4 came from the two universities. Oxford sent in 20 candidates, and three were successful ; Cambridge sent in 19, and only ono was successful. The reduction of the maximum limit of age from 23 to 22 has had some thing to do with the falling off of university candi dates ; and as the ago is next year to be reduced to 21, it may be expected that the competitors from the old universities will still further decline in num ber. But the great reason for the disinclination of the best university men to compete for the Indian Civil Service lies in the prizes in the universities themselves. The abolition of preferences for loca lity and kindred, the partial removal of the necessity of taking orders as a qualification for holding a fellowship, and the establishment of minor scholar ' ships, have made a university career far more of a certainty than it was a few years since. A lad who gets a minor scholarship before entering the uni versity, and when he goes there takes a good place in his college, and quickly becomes a foundation scholar, can tell with some certainty whether he will obtain a Fellowship or not, and a Fellow ship with hopes of professional advancement at home outweighs all the attractions of an Indian career. The Irish and Scotch Universities and London University, having no such prizes of their own to offer their best students, furnish a somewhat larger number of successful competitors, but out of I the 40 selected last year 17 had no t b een e d uca t e d in any university. The comparative absence of University men from the list of successful candi dates does not, however, show that the system is a failure. The working of it i s somewhat different from that anticipated by its projectors, but it is not therefore bad. The truth is that the Indian Civil Service Examination is forming with considerable success a University of its own. A lad who enters as a competitor goes through a complete course of instruction. As no fee is demanded from candidates he is sent in as soon as he has passed his seventeenth birthday to see what the examination is like. The next year or year after he tries again with faint hope of success, but if his aggregate marks show a satis factory advance and give promise of success in the future he goes in again a third time the next year and wins. The examinations to which he has been subjected are so many trials of strength, which have served to convince him of his weakness, and in the intervals he has been busy at work in the operation called by its detractors " cramming," but which deserves the name neither more nor less than the reading a man does with his Tutor before going into the Schools or the Senate House. As long as the examination in the Indian Civil Service is so con ducted that success in it can only be attained by good honest work, it does not seem very material whether the candidate has been trained on the banks of the Isis, the Cam, or the Thames. The detailed statistics of the marks published in the Report of the Civil Service Commission show that this is the case. Most of the successful candidates get their appoint ments by obtaining a large proportion of marks in a few subjects. Eminence in any one branch, combined with a fair knowledge of one or two more, will com mand success. In the last examination the Com missioners made an alteration in their mode of marking, which will still more effectually secure this result. Hitherto they have not allowed any marks obtained by a candidate to be counted, unless they exceeded a fixed proportion of full marks. Thus, in Latin, where 750 are full marks, no can didate could get credit for any knowledge who did not obtain at least one-sixth, or 125 marks. If, however, he got 125 marks or more, he scored them all. The Commission have resolved henceforth to allow a candidate credit only for the number of marks he gets in excess of the maximum, which will obviously be a more effectual discouragement to smatterers, as well as more just between the competitors. Mathematics are, however, excepted from this rule, because th e C omm i ss i oners cons id er that in mathematics there is no such thing as smat tering. How far they may be right in this excep tion we do not venture to say, but the effect of the rule cannot but be salutary. It will prevent can didates from getting appointments through a slight knowledge of many subjects, and it will repress what is rarely successful, but is still the bane of all examinations, " cramming." • POST.--Mr. Bright, it is said, is about to visit America, and all Englishmen must be glad to hear it. He is going to see with his own eyes a country which he has always trumpeted as the country of the best governed people in the world. He has told us in elo quen t t erms h ow f ree th e United States have ever been from national debt, how lightly each member of the commonwealth is taxed, how admi rably universal suffrage works, how excellent are those creedless schools supported at the public ex pense, how equally the good things of this life are shared by a people free from the tyranny of a grasping aristocracy, how devoted all Americans are to their constitution, how perfectly that constitution works, and how easily it rectifies its position when violent storms of political passion rise and rage. In short, everything that is good in social life, in politics, in morals, in religion, in states manship, in legislation, in law, in diplomacy, with all else that is perfect, out of heaven, is, according to his speeches, to be found in the United States, and is a legitimate fruit of American institutions. Having proclaimed these great praises on high in most of the large towns in England, and having diligently taught the doctrine that the evils endured by the poor of this country are due to the absence of republican government and of universal suffrage, and having boldly laid at the door of the aristo cracy nearly all the ills that flesh is heir to, he has succeeded in doing America two services—he has belauded her citizens, which is always pleasing to them ; and he has disparaged his own country, which is very gratifyi ng t o A mer i can j ea l ousy . I n gratitude for these services President Johnson— who, as everybody knows, is a highly educated and polished gentleman, of whose friendship and society a leading Englishman with republican sympathies cannot but be proud—has invited, or is said to have invited, the member for Birmingham to pay a visit to America, and to see for himself how admirably those institutions work whose praises have been the themes of his declamation on so many English plat forms. We may assume that these journals are correct which say that Mr. Bright has accepted the invitation ; and, if that be so, he will soon be on his way to New York in a frigate sent by the President for that purpose. It is piteous to think what he will have to go through. Americans positively tor ture those whom they delight to honour. Ten thou sand people will insist on shaking his hand. He will have to stand up for six hours at a stretch, and be talked to by every free and independent Yankee who may have the impudence to covet that honour. He will have—but this will not be so trying to him as the other—to make a speech at every turn, and to answer interminable questions on English politics. He will be dinnered, and feted, and serenaded, and balled, and theatred, and operaed, and tea-gardened, and sherry-cobblered, till the doctor interferes, and puts up a poster to certify that it is not in human nature to stand any more. It is not difficult, after our experience of Mr. Bright at home, to predict the burden of his speeches when in the very heart of the great Republic. How his capacious breast will throb and heave when he finds himself, for the first time in his life, in the presence of people that are not downtrodden ! How eloquently will he con trast the happy condition of the working classes in the New World with the misery of those left behind in the Old. Of course there is no squalor in New York : no dirty streets, no defective drainage ; no unhealthy habitations for the poor ; in fact, no poor at all, no vice, no neglected children. All will be very perfect there. The lowest of the low are not very low ; indeed, they are better off than those poor craftsmen at Birmingham who, in spite of all their exertions, cannot earn more than from 8 to 12 dols. a week, and therefore are naturally objects of great commiseration. If all that Mr. Bright has told us in his provincial orations be true, he will find all people on an agreeable level—high and low, rich and poor—one with another. No artificial distinctions. Those rich merchants and that shoddy aristocracy, and that rich petroleolic circle of whom we have heard so much, will prove to be the most meek and condescending of men ; no pride about them as about our nobility ; and they do not grind the faces of the poor after the manner of English landed gentry. And all the productive classes . -- for men must work even in that heaven-gifted land —will prove to be very gentle, and very well edu cated, and very well clothed, and domiciled in very comfortable houses, invery pleasant spots beautifully drained and watered, and they will ,be very polite thonh perfectly independent ; and they will be so courteous to their black brethren, vgilio, as they truly say—by way of pretext for the late civil war—are as entitled to freedom as the rest of mankind ; and the places of worship will be very full, and the schools very excellent, and the Sundaymost devoutly observed ; and the charitable institutions will be so flourishing, and the sick so carefully tended by pastoral service and affection. Good manners will prevail in every rank of life, forbearance and cour tesy rule every dispute and chasten every argument. There will be no gobbling of victuals, no chewing of quids, no spitting on the carpets ; none, in fact, of the coarseness of unenfranchised English people. And there will be no disproportion of the sexes caused by wasting war, and no terrible aggregate of widows and orphan children ; none, in short, of the ills of mistaken government. All will be perfect. Perfect constitution, perfect citizens, perfect laws, perfect social habits, perfect President, perfect exchequer, perfect unity and peace throughout the common wealth ; and all because every man has a vote. Who that contemplates the charming prospect so soon to be realised by Mr. Bright—always supposing his eulogies of America to be correct—can forbear wishing that he, too, had had an invitation to go in a frigate at the expense of the Republic to . that political Utopia ? And who that has a heart does not sympathise with those involuntary pangs which the hon. member for Birmingham must feel when he recalls the thought of the miserably lost people of his native country, whose much-endured life is daily vexed by poverty that is uncheered, labour that is unrepaid, and an empty show of political security, social comfort, and peaceful possession of the little that is their own? How eloquently will he contrast his afflicted countrymen with his pros perous hosts ! How earnestly will he draw out the sympathies of the happy Yankee towards the Eng lish victims of the feudal system, ground down by wealthy squires, taxed for an Established Church, and legislated for by a Parliament that obstinately refuses to be reformed. Our good wishes go with Mr. Bright. We admire his eloquence, we believe his honesty, but we distrust his information, and make a large allowance for his prejudices. The President of the United States could not have done our gifted Radical a greater service than he has done by inviting him to see with his eyes those things of which he has so often drawn such bright imaginary pictures. We hope he will find it con venient to go to Virginia, Carolina, and Tennessee. The Garibaldi Friendly Society. At the Mansion-h v ouse yesterday, Mr. Willis, barrister, waited upon the Lord Mayor, having been instructed, as he said, to make a statement in reference to a statement which was made to his lordship a few days back respect ing a society called the Garibaldi Friendly Loan and Life Insurance Society, which if true was calculated to bring high discredit upon that society. He was instructed by Mr. Rees, ono of the trustees of the society, whose name had been mentioned. Mr. Rees was himself a respectable gen tleman, having carried on business at Dockhead for about 20 years, without any act on his part which would disen title him to a character for hopeaty and uprightness, and who had not derived any benefit from the society, but had made advances from time to time to discharge the just claims made upon it, and ho therefore felt most keenly the charge that was implied against him, that he with the other directors had defrauded the poor of their hard earnings. It was said that the directors had issued a prospectus, which set forth that the society had reserved a guarantee fund of £25,000. At the time that prospectus was printed, and even at the present time there were societies in existence having the power of raising a guarantee fund by means of shares, and the directors of the Garibaldi thought confid e ntly that they would receive such authority from the Registrar- General, and the prospectus with that announcement was consequently printed, but at the last moment the registrar disallowed it. The directors then proceeded to strike it out, and no prospectus was issued with such a representa tion. It was true, as had been stated by Mr. Tidd Pratt, that it did appear in an agency application, but that had been given out inadvertently ; but that statement was never contained in any prospectus, circular, or letter issued to the members. The next observation of the Registrar-General he alluded to was that Mr. Stratton had been connected with the management of the society. To this Mr. Rees gave a most unqualified denial. Mr. Stratton never directly or indirectly had anything to do with the management of the society. Then as to what appeared in the circular about the society being agents to Government for the purchase of endowments and an nuities. By the 16 and 17 Vic., cap. 45, the com missioners of the National Debt were empowered to grant annuities. It was thought the society would be a good medium for obtaining from the commissioners the benefits of such grants for the members of the society, and that was what they meant to imply, so that the directors could only thus be said to have committed a mere verbal mistake, and it was rather hard for that to charge them with fraud, and a glance at the tables would bear out that view of the matter, and that no business had been effected in that branch. With respect to the terms for the agencies, Mr. Willis was instructed that they wore no higher than other societies allowed ; and as to the vicious plans upon which the society was managed, he could only say that other societies were conducted on the same principle, and worked very successfully. It was stated that persons were adver tised as trustees who had not consented to the use of their names for such a purpose, and he was instructed to say that all those parties whose names had been made use of had ver bally given their consent ; and as to the clergyman whose name was said to have been used without his consent, he was instructed that that gentleman had been to the office and had sanctioned the rules of the society, and it could be satisfactorily proved that no person had been advertised as agent, trustee, or other officer, but with his full consent. With respect to the auditor, Mr. Pratt had made a mistake, and had gone to the wrong Mr. Davey, it being the son of Mr. Davey to whom Mr. Pratt applied who was the auditor, and he was at present living at Derby. Then came the very serious and damaging statement that the offices of this society was a very small room which was left almost entirely in charge of a boy during most part of the day. It must be borne in mind that the business of the society was for the most part in the country, and effected chiefly by agents, and therefore an extensive place was not required. The office was open to all who went, and the fullest information was given to those who required it. If the secretary had taken an expensive establishment, then the charge against him would have been for extravagant and unwarranted expenditure. Touehing what had been said about the society having provided against any fraud on the part of the officers, or fraudulent dissolution, no power on earth could insure a scrupulous discharge of duty, but the society was formed under the act of parliament, and the sec retary had done all he could to effect that object. Something had been said about a circular having been issued having no printer's name. There was - nothing in the circular that could lead the printer into difficulty, and therefore there was no thing in that. Very serious charges had been made against the society, which, taken on the whole, was calculated to cause an impression, and had, in fact, done so, that the society was not formed for the benefit of the members, but for the purpase of defrauding the poor of their earnings, and enriching the directors. He hoped, however, his state ment would remove such an imputation. No false pre tence had been made, no false balance-sheet or statement of accounts had been issued, and they had faithfully dis charged all the just claims made upon it, and had, up to the time of the statement of which he complained, been suc cessful. With regard to what had,. been said about the humble position of the directors, the society was for the poorer class, and they, therefore, did not want anything else but strict integrity and an endeavour to do good, which would not be at all assisted by having high-sounding names. Mr. Tidd Pratt proceeded to make a few remarks upon the explanation given by his learned friend, and said he did not think anything he had said in the course of his statement had done much to alter the statement which he himself made to his lordship a few days back. One of the gentlemen advertised as a director was Mr. E. D. Evans, of Fore-street. He had endeavoured to find out Mr. Evans, and was told he was a commercial gentleman, who was then in court, and would relate what had taken place. Mr. Evans told him that Mr. Rees had called upon him with a printed paper ,and showed him his name as a trustee, and he told him he would have nothing to do with it ; and Mr. Rees said his name should be taken out. Mr. Rees, who was also present, said he denied that in toto. Mr. Evans was then asked by the Lord Mayor whether or not he had ever consented to his name being used as a trustee to the society, and he said he had not done so. Mr. Rees showed him a prospectus with his name in it. He asked him ►hat it was, and he said a new friendly society, and he wanted his name to fill up as a form, that he would not be responsible, that a gentleman named George Adams, from Derby, had consented, and he had not been ashamed to have his name there. He, however, refused to have anything to do with it, and requested that his name should be struck out. Mr. Pratt continued ; and said his complaint against tho society was, that it was not one which the working classes could beheficially become members of. The act required that the names of the trustees should be lodged with him; and if Mr. Evans had not, with regard to the clergyman he believed he certainly had been at the office, but he understood that it was in consequence of having received a printer's bill, and he went to know who was to pay it. With regard to the auditors, by one of the rules the accounts ought to be laid before two auditors twice in each year, and submitted to a general meeting. He did not know whether a general meeting had been held, but the auditor had never seen the accounts the whole time. Then, as to what he said about the account at the London and County Bank being a miserable affair and constantly overdrawn, and that it was closed in 1863, Mr. Rees in formed him that it was still open, and on his asking him how much he had there, he admitted only a few shillings. (Laughter.) Something had been aaid about the expenses and management. By one of the rules 15 per cent. of the subscriptions were to go to the expenses of the general management of the business of the society, when by the prospectus the agent was to receive 50 per cent. The circular stated that the secretary was prepared to advance money to members upon security, when by the rules any overplus was to be invested in a particular manner, and the advancing of any sum of money was illegal ; and he did not know, therefore, out of what fund the secretary could make advances. The prospectus, signed by Mr. Fair weather as secretary, stating that the guarantee fund was £25,000, was sent to the agent, who from that, of course, must have recommended the society as having that reserved fund. On the whole, it did not appear to him that Mr. Willis's statement, notwithstanding its ability, would con tradict what ho had said upon the last occasion, that the society was one of those to which the working classes should not contribute their hard earnings. What ho said about Mr. Stratton had been misconstrued, and it wait stated that Mr. Stratton was connected with this society. What he meant to imply was that Mr. Stratton had been connected with a society with which Mr. Rees was con nected, but had loft it and had gone to another, and had been since convicted of misdeameanour. - The Lord Mayor said he supposed that when the mem bers bad paid in their money to these and other societies, they were supposed to have it again if they wanted it. _ _ _ Mr. Pratt said that was so. His lordship said he could not at all see how, in the event of their paying their agents 50 per cent., they could do that. If, for instance, the sum of £5OO were raised, and they were called upon to pay it, it could not possibly be done, as only £250 would remain. COUNTRY MARKETS. LYNN-TUESDAY. With the exception of a heavy rain last Thursday after noon and Sunday night, the weather has been favourable for harvest work, and good progress has been made in se curing the wheat crops. At to-day's market a limited sup ply of old wheat, for which last week's prices were readily granted. Some now samples offering, the quality and con dition of which was various, and realised from 42s to 4 4 a per qr. Spring corn without change. New wheat, 46s to 48s ; new red, 42s to 448; old white, 48s to 52s ; •ld red, 45, to 46s per 36 stone. Barley for malting, 28s to 32s ; secondary, 30s ; ordinary, 24s to 26s per qr. Oats, 22s to 24s per 24 stone. Beans, large, 381 to 40s ; small, 42s to 44s per 38 stone. SALISBURY.-TUESDAY. ------- - • - At this market to-day the attendance was very limited, farmers being busily engaged at home with the harvest. Wheat in short supply, and not generally in good condi tion. Higher figures asked, but the weather being fine the upward movement was chocked, the top price of old wheat being 52s per pr. For barley about the usual inquiry, and prices supported. Oats scarce, and holders asking higher rates. Beans unaltered. The following are the quotations :—Wheat realised from 38s to 52s ; barley, 26s to 32s ; oats, 22s to 30s ; beans, 40s to 50s ; and peas, 34s to 428 per qr. Tares, from 6s to 7s 3d per bushel ; Best bread, 12d ; household ditto, lld per 81b loaf. Flour, 32s to 37s per sack. HIILL.--TUESDAY. Since our last there has been a fair demand for wheat At an advance of 2s to 8s per qr. over the prices of the pre viows week. This advance is partially owing to the large quantity of rain which has fallen in the district ; the bar" Test being thereby much interrupted, although at presen t no material damage appears to have been done. At our market to-day there was a good show of English wheat , which sold at an advance of is to 2s per qr. The demand was not, however, brisk. English old white wheat, 48s to 50s ; old red, 44s to 465. Barley, chevalier, 28s to 325. Oats, Russian, 22s to 24 f: Beans, new English, 42s to 435. Peas, English blue, aos to 86s 6d ; grinding, 35s to 35s 6d per 36 stone. MELTON MOWBRAY.—TuEsDAY. White wheat, 44s to 48s ; red, 39s to 44s per 36 stone. Barley for malting, 32s to 34s per qr; feed, 260 to 290 Pe r 30 stone. Oats, 27s to 30s. Beans, old, 43s to 455; 10/6 40s to —s per qr. NEWCAS TLE-ON-TYNE.—TUESDAY. Since Saturday last the weather has been very unsettled and a good deal of rain has fallen. It looks a little better, but people are getting very anxious about the harvest pro' pects in our district. N otwithstanding the state of the weather, all things considered, a great quantity of has been cut in excellent condition. In the valley of te e , Tyne the wheat crop is fully an average. At our mark et this morning a good supply of wheat, at an advance of 2 0 for English and is to 2s for foreign. Barley and oats rather dearer ; fine malt is higher ; beans and peas firm ; flour VI to 2s dearer. Births. DavrE.—On the 22d inst., at Leigh Court, the wife of 11r * A. Ferguson Davie, Esq., of a son. Of HOLT.-011 the 22d inst., at South Peng() Park, the wife Geo. W. Holt, Esq., of a son. JOLLIFFE.—On the 22d inst., at Tunbridge-wells, the W ife of Charles Jolliffe, Esq., of a son. WOOLNER.—On the 21 s t inst., at 22, Welbeck-stree t, the wife of Thomas Woolner, Esq., of a daughter. Marriages. PAGET—VILLIERS.—On the 22d inst., at St. Mary's, 1 1 /ci ton, Berkeley Paget, Esq., to Gertrude Fanny, son daughter of the late Hon. and Right Rev. lielu'Y •c"* tagu Villiers, P.D., Bishop of Durham. TUTTIETT—PERCY.—On the 19th inst., at Chris!, C III Winchester, Henry Barrington Tuttiett, Esq., V o n o 'i_ t he Isle of Wight, to Louisa Julia, youngest daught er „4 of Hon. and Right Rev. Hugh Percy, late Lord Bisil";" Carlisle. Deaths. BOYS.—On the 21st inst., Thomas Boys, Esq., of 7 1 , 1-4°l°- downe-place, Brighton, aged 80. CLARK.—On the 20th inst., at Hammersmith, Geo. Cl4/14 Esq., of Pudding-lane, city, aged 57. DowLING.—On the 21st inst., at his residence, Gloucester, John Dowling, Esq., aged 90. Soll o GATWARD.—On the 21st inst., at Hitchin, Herts, - Gatward, aged 70. PATCH.—On the 20th inst., at Ponzance, J o hn Patch, stil late Physician-General Bombay Army, aged 67. gr• ROBINSON.—On the 22d inst., in Gordon stree t, Char Robinson, Esq., aged 69. --••••-t1 ve.ila6' London : Printed and Published by W I L .A.ND— of No. 112, Strand , PAnter , at Tn:: SUN °Wee, 11C) ..,0f Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in at Coln" 1111ddlcsex.—Thursday, August 21, 1865.