The Sun. — London, England, 1866-05-28 00:00:00

Cambridge Asylum for Soldiers' Widows. On Saturday the annual general court of governors and subscribers to this institution, which was esta blished at Kingston-on-Thames in 1851 in memory of his late Royal Highness Adolphus Frederick Duke of Cambridge, was held at the United Service In stitution, Whitehall. In the unavoidable absence of Lieut.-General Sir James Hope Grant, G.C.8., Major-General Lord Frederick Paulet was chosen chairman. Major Farrell RA., secretary, read the report. It took a very satisfactory retrospect of the pro ceedings for the past year. There are now 46 widows in the asylum; two deaths had occurred since last report, and one removal from insanity. The interior of the old building had been cleaned and painted during the past year. During the winter months the committee granted an additional 6d. a week to enable them to meet the high price of pro visions. The financial statement from March 31, 1865, to March 31, 1866, showed the balance per last audited account to be £324 12s. 6d. ; annual subscriptions and donations , £599 3s. ; donations, &c., at triennial festival, £1,289 6s.—total income, £l,BBB 9s. The builcling fund of the Duchess of Cambridge was £313 ; dividend on nurses' fund of the Princess Mary of Cambridge, £5O ; and divi dends on stock, £223 Bs. 44., making altogether, £2,799 os. 10d. The auditors, Messrs. Edmund Halswell and F. Drummond, also found that a sum of £2,256 ss. 9d. is invested in the New Three Per Cents. in the name of the trustees, exclusive of £2,116 Bs. ld. Patriotic Fund Trust in the same stock, £2,900 in Consols, £5OO Canada Bonds, and £l,llB 17s. 7d. Consols, being the produce of £l,OOO from the Duchess of Cambridge. After payments and allowances, with general expenditure, the balance of cash was £287 4s. 4d. Colonel the Hon. A. Liddell, in moving the adoption of the report, remarked that it gave a very favourable view of the progress of the institution. -He should be satisfied if subscribers could elect a few more widows to the benefits of the charity; but as that could only be attained by a few more annual subscribers, he hoped that the funds would steadily increase in order to accomplish that object. Lieut.-Colonel James Campbell, R.A., seconded the motion, which was adopted. Lieut.-General the Hon. Sir Edmund Cust moved 4 , That Lieut.-General Sir Richard Dacres, K.C.B. (Royal Artillery), Lieut.-Colonel Leach, R.E., the Rev. Henry Howarth, M.A., Hugh Hammersley, Esq., J. S. Phillips, Esq., Colonel Hart., and Major General Stephens, K. 11., retiring from the com mittee, be re-elected, and that the thanks of the meeting be tendered to the committee for their con tinued care of the interests of the institution." Colonel Haygarth seconded the resolution, which was cordially adopted. On the motion of Sir Richard Dacres, seconded by George Bain, Esq., it was resolved, that Lieut.- Colonel Cooke, R.E., Edmund lialwell Esq., and Frederick Drummond, Esq., be re-elected as audi tors ; and that the best thanks of the meeting be given to them, the secretary, and all the hon. officers of the institution. Colonel Haygarth, on the motion of Lieut.-Col. Henry F. Ponsonby, Grenadier Guards, seconded by the Hon. Sir Edmund Cust, was appointed a trustee in place of E. F. Leeks, Esq. deceased. Thanks to Lord F. Paulet for presiding closed this branch of the business, which ultimately termi nated by the election of four widows—one on the presentation of the Duke of Cambridge, and three by the general body of subscribers. Naval and Military Intelligence. MALTA, May 23.—Except the return of the Wizard gunboat, Lieut. P. J. Murray, from Ben ghazi, there have been no movements of men-of-war during the week. The ships of the squadron have been engaged filling up with stores and provisions preparatory to proceeding on the usual summer cruise. Lord Clarence Paget is anxious to get away as soon as possible, and is only awaiting instructions from home to regulate his future proceedings,which are hampered by the state of affairs on the Continent. Having discharged her powder while at Plymouth Sound, the armour-plated screw steamship Defence, 18, Capt. A. Phillimore, was removed on Thursday into namoaze, and placed alongside the sheer hulk. The screw steam gun vessel Star, 4, Commander Gordon, recently returned from the Mediterranean, will be put out of commission at Devonport on June 1. Her crew will be transferred to the Petrel. The screw steam gun vessel Mullet, 5, Comman der Robinson, from Sheerness, which arrived at Ply mouth on Friday, was appointed to sail yesterday for the West Coast of Africa. The Stromboli, 6, paddle, Commander Phillips, went into Portsmouth harbour on Saturday, from Spithead, and will be dismantled and paid out of commission. We understand that the reports on the competi tive gun-carriages that have lately been under trial on board the iron frigate Bellerophon, forwarded to the Admiralty by Capt. A. C. Key, C. 8., and by the committee presided over by Capt. R. A. Powell, C. 8., are both in favour of the iron carriage and slide sent for trial by Sir W. Armstrong, in prefer ence to any other of the carriages that have been on trial. The reports also recommend that Sir W. Arm strong shall supply all carriages required for the present mounting of 12-ton guns on the broadsides of any of her Majesty's ships. Her Majesty's Secretary of State for War, having sanctioned the introduction of Major Palliser's chilled shot, a large quantity is being rapidly ma nufactured in the Royal Laboratory at Woolwich for the 7-inch 100-pounder and the 9-inch 300- pounder guns. The select committee of the Royal Arsenal have reported that the experiments at Shoeburyness have shown that these shot are quite equal to the most expensive steel for piercing ar mour-clad ships, and, moreover, that they possess the peculiar property of invariably breaking up into numberless splinters after piercingtargets, the and that thi s p roperty renders them afar more de structive weapon of war than steel. The expense of steel shot is, they state , so enormous asto h ave hitherto prevented serviceeltheer frm obtaining battering shot of any description. however, has substituted an article einvention, cost of the common cast-iro n shell, w , h a . t hit is the mere cal culated will create an economy and saving g country to be reckoned at millions s.er„.ne,' to their e value having been thoroughly established, a supply has been ordered to be issue d for the use of the Royal Nayy and the coast batteries with the least possible delay. The Royal Laboratory Depart.. ment is accordingly engaged incessantly in the work night and day. The War Department will, therefore, have in store in a short time a disposable stock of destructive missiles which the officers of both services at Woolwich declare have hitherto • been unequalled. Letters received at Plymouth from an officer be longing to the screw steam corvette Brisk , 16, Ca p t. C. W. Rope, state that a detachment from her were on shore at New Zealand co-operating with the Royal and colonial land forces suppressing the 25th in rebellion. o n the 23 of February the screw steam frigate Curacoa, ,__Capt. Sir W. S. Wiseman, C. 8., had g one ro Tasmania. The screw m re New Zealand to Hobart Town, Capt. John P. Luce wwastaeam corvette, Esk, 21, Wales ; and the screw steam Sydney, New South Commander George Parker, sloop F a lc on , 17, r, and s team gun vessel Eclipse, Commander Edmun d the scream Fremantle, were on particular service on R. on some other part of the coast of New Zealand. The 11th Hussars are expected to leave e Col chester on the 27th of J ul y; b y th at time the . Ist n s t Dragoon G fiords, now on their passage Lome .front Madras, will, it is ex p ected, have arrivedin Ankland, and will occupy the cavalry barracks at Colchester. A draught of the Ist Battalion, 16th Regiment, consisting of Ensign AVhittuck, two ser geants, one drummer, and 80 rank and file, has left the camp for Liverpool ; the draught will em bark at that port in order to join the service com panies of the regiment in Canada. The depot of the 96th Regiment being about to be transferred from the 10th Depot Battalion, Belfast, to the Bth Depot Battalion, Colchester, a detachment of invalids and time-expired men, which recently reached England from the service companies of the regiment in India, has arrived at Colchester. The draught consisted of 68 non-commissioned officers and privates. The division at Aldershot under the command of Lieut.-Gen. the Hon. Sir James Y. Scarlett, K.C.8., has been actively engaged during the past week, each day having been marked either by field evolu tions or inspections. On Monday the Cavalry Bri gade, under the command of Major-Gen. Hodge, C. 8., had a field day in the Long Valley, when the 3d, Bth, and 15th Hussars and the 17th Lancers were exercised in the usual movements. The new " pivot" drill was also performed by each of the regiments, excepting the 15th Hussars, which ad hered to the ordinary system. The advantage of: the new drill was very manifest. On Tuesday the 2d Infantry Brigade, under the command of Bri gadier-Gen. Cameron, was exercised in field evolu tions. On Thursday the Ist Brigade, under Bri gadier-Gen. Benny, and the 3d Brigade, under Brigadier-Gen. Sir A. Horsford, K.C.8., were exer cised in like manner. On the same day the Royal Artillery, under the command of Col. Philpotts, was inspected by Lieut.-Gen. Scarlett. The Aldershot divisional shooting matches for 1866 with the sanction and under the patronage of Lieut.-Gen. the Hon. J. Yorke Scarlett, K.C.8., commanding the Aldershot Division, are announced to take place on the 25th and 26th of June. In fantry prizes are to be shot for by the rank and file of infantry quartered in the Aldershot Division, and the Brigade of Guards, with the Enfield rifle, 1853 pattern. The companies of the Royal Engi neers will use the Lancaster rifle. The number of competitors from each regiment is not to exceed 70 men, and seven per company from the Royal Engi neers. The prizes will be given according to defi nite rules laid down as to distances. The use of magnifying sights, sunhades, fixed or artificial rests, will not be allowed, nor must the pull of the trigger in any case be less than 61b. The troop of the 15th Hussars which was detained at Nottingham in aid of the civil power will proceed to Aldershot to-morrow, and join the head-quarters of the regiment at that station. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. THE PARIS RACES. PARIS, SATURDAY. The Paris races were run to-day, with the following result : PRIX VALERIEN. li kills 1 PRix DU NEVA. Marav'edis • 1 Fleurette Czar ........................................ : Won very easily. HANDICAP. Solitaire Matamore PRIX DE L'EMPEREUR. _ __ Verttigadin • Baionnette Gontran 3 Won easily. PRIX DE VETE. Siolet Premier August.. PRIX ARMENOUTILLE. 1 PARIS, SUNDAY. Noirateur . 1 PRIX PATILLONS. Gontran Vertugadin PRIX MET.TDON. Czar 1 GRAND PRIX DE PARIS. Ceylon' 1 Primate Mazeppa 3 Eleven started. It was a very fine race, Ceylon win ning by a bare length. The Duke of Beaufort was loudly cheered. PRIX DU CONSEIL GENERAL. Salammbo THE MANCHESTER MARKET. The last week having been one "grand holiday" there has been but little attention given to anything for the future. The principal feature to-day was the Grand Prix de Paris. Ceylon opened as favourite, but was soon dis placed by Mazeppa, 5 to 2 being taken about each of them, and at the close anything over 5 to 1, offered on the field, would have been taken about Monarch of the Glen, and little was done on Bertie and Primate at 10 to 1 each. Flatcatcher, after some noise, receded to " What price will you take ?" As to the events of the present week, I do not think a single volume is opened on the Ascot Stakes. Inquiries have been made about War and Love Apple, but no price transpired either as to laying or taking. The Royal_ Hunt Cup bids fair to produce some speculation. All the books that have been opened are readily taken at the prices quoted about Garde visure, Bigot°, Centaur, Chapel Royal, and Rather High colt. Nothing done on any other event. ROYAL HUNT CUP. 12 to 1 agst Gardevisure (taken freely) 14 to 1 agst Bigote (taken freely) 16 to 1 agst Camball (taken) 16 to 1 agst Siberia (taken) 20 to 1 agst Centaur (taken freely) 20 to 1 agst C!mpel Royal (taken freely) 25 to 1 agst Rather High colt (taken freely) 25 to 1 agst Merry Hart (taken) 33 to 1 agst Star (taken) 33 to 1 agst Historian (taken) 33 to 1 agst Red Earl (taken) 33 to 1 agst Nu (taken) The Prince of "Wales will proceed with the usual tortege from Titneas Park to Ascot races this year. Mr. Mound's colours have been altered to White, green sleeves and cap. The following assumed names have been registered :—Mr. F. Gordon and Mr. Dane. Lord Canterbury's yearling colt by Muscovite, out of Golden Fleece, has been named Astracan. FORFEIT LIST.—The forfeits of the following horses have been paid :—Bochet, Claret Cup, and Hope. A marriage is on the tapis between the Earl of Sefton and Miss Jolliffe, daughter of Sir W. G. H. Jolliffe, Bart v M.P. The testimonial dinner to Admiral Rous is to take place at Willis's Rooms, on Monday, June 4. Earl Granville will take the chair, and the presentation will be a splendid candelabra. All the chief patrons of the Turf and the elite of the professional racing men are expected to be pre sent. ASCOT SUMMER MEETING.—The ordor of running the races on the firsd day of Ascot will be fixed by ;the stewards on Monday morning in London, and those hav ing horses engaged in more than one race on that day, or having any reference as to the order in which they shall be run, are requested to indicate the same to Messrs. Weatherby by 11 a.m. on that day. The clerk of the course will feel obliged to each trainer who will furnish him with a list of his horses arrived or likely to be at Ascot, and by scratching those which are certain not to be there. This will materially assist him in preparing the cards. Trainers having horses running at this meeting may obtain tickets for the saddling inclosure gratis, on application t o M r . J ames M ann i ng, at any t i me on Monday and early on each morni ng o f th e races. public may obtain tickets at the entrance to the inclosure, price 10s. for the week. LORD STAMFORD AND HIS LATE TRAINER.—A bill has been filed in Chancery by Lord Stamford against Mr. Joseph Dawson, his late trainer, for the purpose of esta blishing his right to, and obtaining possession of, Shak spere House and stables and Chippenham gallop at New market, which ware taken by Mr. Dawson in 1861, on a seven years' lease, under which he is still in possession. The plaintiff states that Mr. Dawson was authorised to take the house and stables for his lordship, and that, although the lease was drawn in Mr. Dawson's name, his lord ship was expressly informed by the defendant that ho had taken Shakspere-house and stables for him, and was igno rant, until after the engagement between them had been determined in November, 1863, that Mr. Dawson had taken th e premises in his_ and stables, not as a t rustee for the plaintiff, but own name. Mr. Dawson affirms that he took Shaksperehouse for himself, and also to en a bl e hi m to master's T horses train his then under his own c are , and The management.case came on for hearing on Wednes day, but the arguments had not been concluded when the Court rose. SALE OF THE ROYAL AND MAMHEAD YEARLINGS AT HAMPTON COURT. Sir Lydston.Newman having the same day as that of fix the sale of his young stock on o n Saturday last sub the royal y ear li ng s, both l o ts were Tatter: all, and judiciously determined to sub mitted to public competition by the M essrs. some well- Counter attractions of the Grand Prix kept away.er,4 box and drew together about the average attendance , known faces usually seen round the auction . ; of Ailes bum . was .a l b i s a e u n d t , e we was regrethi his re p t . :) . met strolling through the paddocks. The 31a . rqui though the to the commencement of business had the lion of the Royal e s e say , nta t from ive, specimen of stud, Ely, led out for inspection —as splendid a a:nlldnepsres,rib.ount previous the thorough-bred stallion as perhaps this country can show. There also was to be seen Blair Athol's first foal, with the well-known white blaze on his face. but in other respects showing but small resemblance to his celebrated sire. The sale was one of the be.t as regards prices, and in some instances the quality exhibited by the Yearlings, held here • _ . - - • for some time. True there was no 1,500 guineas colt, as last year, the higheat figure realised being the one for which Mr. Padwick gave 1,000 guineas, the colt by Wild Dayrell—Ayacanora; but the sum total was nearly 1,200 guineas in excess, and the average consequently higher. Upwards of 400 guineas apiece must be considered a very good one, and a result with which the administrators of the Royal haras might well be satisfied. A small but muscular colt by St. Albans—Theodora, with good arms and shoulders, was the first that brought anything like a price, and ho was knocked down to Mr. Pryor, the owner of his brother, Verulam, for 420 guineas. There was a smart competition for the Ayacanora colt, above mentioned, a very powerful and lengthy youngster, though not, in the opinion of many, the pick of the lot. Lord Stamford bought a very big Vol tigeur— Lady Palmerston, a trifle coarse, but with great girth and substance, for 710 guineas, and the Marquis of Hastings was the purchaser of the brother to Little Lady, a very neat and well let-down colt, bred to race, at 800 guineas. A good-looking colt, by Orlftndo—Hepatica, with a rather small middle piece, fell to Lord Coventry for 620 guineas, and one of the vtry handsomest and truest shaped ones, with wonderfully good shoulders and quarters, and well set on her legs, the filly by St. Albans—Julie, went to Mr. Padwick, after a contest between him and Lord Stamford, for 920 guineas. This gentleman was a large purchaser, his six lots amount ing to 3,260 guineas. Whatever the state of the market might be in the city, there was clearly no lack of money in the paddocks at Hampton. The sale of the Mamhead yearlings was held on the Green immediately after the other, and also realised fair prices. A very level and good looking lot they were, by various sires—King Tom, Wild Dayrell, Dupe, Crater, and Gemma di Vergy, &c. Considering their long journey from below Exeter they showed remarkably well, though, of course, from this cause, not with the bloom of the preceding lots. These were the first of Crater's produce and one or two of them exhibited a good deal of quality ; among the number a filly out of Queen of Beauty and a colt out of Wild Rose, bought respectively by John Day and Isaac Woolcott, the well-known trainers. A very handsome filly by Tom King— Sneer, a perfect beauty as far as looks went, was the subject of competition between the Duke of Newcastle and Mr. Pryor, falling to his grace's bid for 630 guineas. The colt by King of the Forest—Start Point, with grand shoulders and quarters and very muscu lar thighs, and said to be a fine goer, was sold for 420 guineas—cheap, as prices run now. The colt by King Tom —Botany was very racing-like, with great power and pro mise. He was pronounced by good judges who had seen him one of the best goers that ever gallopped in a pad dock; he was certainly a good walker, and altogether had a very good look. He went to the Duke of Newcastle for 650 guineas. The average of this sale was 213 guineas. Subjoined are the prices and purchasers' names THE ROYAL YEARLINGS. Bay colt by Mentmore—Blister, by Bay Middleton (Mr. H. Hill) ••• ••• ••• ••• 100 Bay colt by Newminster—Trickstress, by Sleight of Hand (Mr. Pryor) ... ... ... ... 180 Chesnut colt by 13t. Albans—Theodora, by Orlando (Mr. Pryor) ... 420 Chestnut colt by King Tom—Ossifrage, by Bird catcher (Mr. Padwick) ... 160 Bay colt by Wild Dayrell—Ayacanora, by Irish Birdcatcher (Mr. Padwick) ... 1,000 Brown colt by Rapparee —Aquamarine, by the Fly- ing Dutchman (Mr. Pryor)... ... ... 55 Bay colt byNedette—Doralice, by Alarm (Duke of Newcastle) ..................840 Bay colt by Voltigeut—Lady Palmerston, by Mel- bourne (Lord Stamford) ... 710 Brown colt by Orland Hepatica, by Voltigeur (Lord _ Coventry) ... ... 620 Bay Colt by Orlando—Lady Melbourne, by Mel _ bourne (Mr. Ellam) ... ... ... ... ... Bay colt by Orlando—Volley, by Voltaire (Marquis of Hastings) •... 800 Bay colt by Y. Melbourne—Bay Celia, by Orlando (Marquis of Hastings) ... ... 450 Chestnut filly by Stockwell—Bracey, by Moss Trooper (Colonel Price) ... ... 410 Chestnut filly by Newminster—the Deformed, by Burgundy (Mr. Pryor) ... ... 460 Bay filly by Voltigeur—Peri, by Birdcatcher (Mr. Padwick) ... 100 Bay filly by St. Albans—Julie, by Orlando (Mr. Padwick) ••• ••• ••• ••• ••• ••• 920 Brown filly by St. Albans—Nina, by Cotherstone (Mr. Padwick) ... 380 Brown filly by St. Albans—Countess of Albemarle, by Lanercost (Mr. T. Price) 155 Bay filly by Stockwell—Himalaya, by Bay Middle ton (Lord Stamford) Bay filly by North Lincoln—Catawba, by Cowl (Mr. Y. King) ... ... ... Brown filly by Vol tige ur —Garnish, by Faugh-a- Ballagh(Mr. J. Day) 180 Bay filly by King Tom—Amazon, by Touchstone (Prince Stoltykoff) ... 75 Chestnut filly by Newminster—Eulogy, by Euclid (Mr. Padwick) 700 Chestnut filly by St. Albans—Ariadne, by Newmin ster (Mr. Padwick) 300 Total 9,740 THE MAMHEAD YEARLINGS. Brown filly by Dupe—man, by Pantasa(Mr.Cowell) 21 Bay4:solt; by Tournament —Gazelle, by lon (Mr. S. T bellusson) Bay filly by Crater Queen of Beauty, by Melbourne (Mr. John Day) ... ... ... ... ... Bay colt by Crater—Wild Rose, by Surplice (Mr. I. Woolcott) ... .. ... ... ... ... 200 Bay filly by King Tom—Sneer, by May Middleton (Duke of Newcastle)... ... 630 Bay colt by King of the Forest— (Start Point, by Weatherbit (Mr Pryor) ... • • 420 Chestnut filly by Stockwell --Hurry Scurry, by Pan- 360 Pan taloon (Mr. Pryor) ..• •.. •.. ••• Bay colt by Dupe—Lady Blanche, by Epirus (Mr. 170 'Bay filly Pryor) y 3) by Crater—Jetty . b .. y Meil3ourne 140 (I Bay colt by King Tom—Botany, by Melbourne (Duke of Newcastle)... ... ••• ' •.. 650 Bay filly by King Tom—Petticoat, by Pantaloon (Lord Coventry) ... ... 320 Chestnut colt by Dupe—Philomel, by the Flying Dutchman (Mr. Kennedy) ... 80 Brown filly by Wild Dayrell—Ventre-k-Terre, by Pantaloon (Mr. S. Thellusson) ... 100 Brown colt by Vengeance--Scalade, by Touchstone (Mr. P. Price) ... ... 260 Bay filly by Dupe—Fair Agnes, by Melbourne (Mr. J. B. Starkey) ... ... 200 Bay colt by Dupe—Equity, by Sweetmeat (Mr. S. Thellusson) 180 Chestnut filly by Dupe—Rosalind, ▪ • by Stockwell (Mr. Fulke) 170 Bay colt by Crater—Repartee, by Pantalo▪ on (Mr. Fleming) 160 ••• ••• ••• ••• ••• ••• Bay colt by Gemma di Vergy—Needle, by Camel (Mr. York) 100 Brown colt by Dupe—Medal, •by P▪ antaloon (Mr. Norton) 50 Bay colt by Nutbourne—Alice Gray,• by. M• ercury (Mr. S. Thellusson)... 60 Black filly by Gemma di Vergy—Columbine, by Derby (Mr. Abron) 100 4,686 THE DERBY NIGHT. The facetious correspondent of the Racing Times concludes his remarks on what he saw as follows : Some of the bystanders condoled with the luck less welcher, whose miserable appearance could hardly fail to excite symPathy, but by far the greater number seemed inclined to indulge in ch - aff. The ex-tipster referred to reminded the latter parties of the uncertainty of general events—they might meet with the same trouble themselves, although Lynch-law was not, as a rule, tolerated even at race meetings. It came out in general conversation that the welcher was one of a firm of Kopem, Nayle, and Boult, who had executed commissions by let ters only, but somehow or other had got hold of `a considerable amount of cash, without the deposit of which such an eminent commercial establish ment declined to do business, and over an event where their customers became delighted with the result the firm made themselves scarce, forgetting even to return the backers' cash entrusted to them. It likewise transpired that the other gentleman was one Skrumsher, formerly of the the outer rail ings, Hyde -park (late of Whetstone), temporarily residing in jockey's-fields, adjoining the legal region of Gray's-inn. His advice to the party in difficulties was never to venture out of his depth— yc"aoSnua:trnelkeevei e n pr ya r fl a l i c ok i a n etl g .y„ as swimming," he said, " in one to After sink, s amned pleasant n t h e othe r jocularity,ou Mr. Skrumsher suggested to a swipy youth, who had expended nearly all his cash, that it would be useless starving at home with his outer or over coat, which the speaker called a " yellow tog," and an offer was made of a trifle for the garment, which proved to have been purchased that morning in Fleet-street, at the moderate straw as fig re of nine and six, a nd formed a neat , and t the The aid f tra o nsfer w a speedilylint, effected, on ce more set the " w elcher" on his le g s. " And n eotod, expensiveand, coverall.with now Tommy, • my boy," his friend ob s e rved, "y ou ' re again fit to go in and win. Meetings of creditors are all well enough in the City, but very awkward in the Ring. They know nothing about balance sheets. 'Cash up' is their motto ; and if you can't or won't part, look out for squalls. I, like your self, went over Delight, and got hustled by half-a dozen lads, but argued the point and sweetened 'em by returning their money and a hundred per cent. ; so, instead of laying the odds, I went at evens, and, luckily for me, two big mismanaging clerks who wanted a couple of ponies each, got into difficulties at the Mansion-house through hav ing made some trifling mistakes in their governors' books, and are now quietly doing their little dose in safety—so never mind, my boy !" Both parties mwed off in the direction of the Downs Station, where cheap tickets were issued from 7 o'clock, and whence the victim of rough summary justice, let us hope, took his departure. At the hotel referred to the customers were getting thinned and noisy, I mean the uprights who love to linger in front of the bar ; there were others inside winding up with reserved creature comforts of good quality. The host was obliging, and we were admitted into the sanctum sanctorum, before entering which an old sporting acquaintance whispered, " Will you back something for the hoax ? how's it suited you to-day ?" I inquired what he had got and the reply, still piano, was, lend us half a els a e s a very good one ; P w dollara" s "'tormentor, e r mfr fora sr n u t al o t r d 1 , op srason. e]d:Tobut i nothing did not avail myself of gi the advice, at the same time expressing thanks and handing over the coin. On getting seated comfortably within the inner chamber over a weed and cheering glass of toddy, the talk turned on the great event so recently en rolled in the chronicles of the past. " There is no manner of doubt," said a very fat man, " that the one thing to depend upon is public running, beats all your tips—horses train on if they get plenty to eat and drink, with good clean lodgings and attendance. Mankind also thrive when the nosebag and pockets are in proper form ; leastways these are my maxims. I always back my fancy through good and evil re port." "And always win ?" suggested somebody. " Very general, sir," was the reply. "My deal ings are but small, and never likely to diSturb the ring. The public are the backers, and largely feed the few who condescend to keep the pencil in trim. The public never run away. I lived in Banstead parish now near fifty years, long before California came there, and know all about :public and private form." " I like to back 'em at the post," said a younger gentleman. "All very well, neighbour, but let me see the numbers up." " So you might have done to-clay," interposed the first speaker. " The numbers were up cor rectly enough, and numbers were off immediately the race was over ; where are you then ? You win your money, and lose your man !" " True, but you ought only to deal with safe and good men." " Where are we now ? " remarked another ; "look at•the great city of paper Banks tumbling down ; no wonder the little fry follow suit. A good man must be a tried man." " Jesso !" observed the former, " take a party who has been tried at the Old Bailey." "I don't take anything of the sort," was the rejoin der. " You may have a race with a policeman, and if you beat him it may not be the first time you have outrun the constable." " Brayvo ! brayvo ! you'll get the worst of this, Chalk Johnny ; better follow your great namesake, rest and be thankful." " A fight !" shouted somebody at the bar, and out rushed the varied collection, taking care pre viously to empty their jugs and glasses. The host prudently ordered the doors to be closed, and de clined to readmit any of the lot, so that the parti cular fight was doubtless brought off to the satis faction of the parties, some or one of them. The insiders were then enabled to dispose of the com forts before them without difficulty. Leaving the Downs Hotel, and taking the friendly convoy of one of the A division, we proceeded to another Public establishment called the Derby Arms, where outside and inside the customers were of a much more muscular turn, and included many of the gentler (?) sex, several of whom amused them selves in a variety of ways—strong expletives and powerful adjectives were plentifully applied, ending in slight pugilistic encounters, just, as one of the parties observed, to keep themselves awake. We may judiciously draw a veil over many things' practised on the boundless heath, as, after imbibing a draught, we chartered the only remaining trap, and, not without some risk from the oscillating character of the driver, found ourselves landed at the well-known corner-house, where were still con gregated large numbers of the racing public ; some very jolly, many the reverse, but all in tolerably good-humour. Continuous streams of the smaller fry wended their way to the stations, and I was about doing the same when an old friend took me by the button, and, after the usual greetings, offered a cast up in his trap as soon as the parties could be got together, which, according to his account, seemed a troublesome operation, as they no sooner found one than another was missing. I took stock of about six Ilho were garnished with veils, dolls, and paper feathers, and decided, under the circum stances, that the quietest and certainly most expeditious mode would be to take the rail, and was confirmed in this resolve by observing two of the stray parties return and mount the drag, one carrying about a peck of flour in a bag, and the other a quantity of thin white paper, with a couple of quarts of peas. , " Bless my heart !" suddenly exclaimed my friend, " why, here's the old doctor," at the same time jocularly tapping an elderly personage on the shoulder, whose general appearance did not indicate anything like pros perity. " This man, sir," he continued, "is the best prophet out. Come and shed a tear," taking him across the road to Barnard's Hotel. " Glad to see ye, Captain—glad, indeed," observed the old boy—" hard times these, lost all my cash— went for Rustic and the Monarch, but shall get it back on Ischia for the Oaks---my friends made a note and asked " how about Wye ?" Why do you want such rubbish ? was the question in re ply. "I don't mark small game. Nothing but straight things from training quarters, and those on:y to respectable parties like yourselves, who put me on a pound or two. For Manchester I can make your fortune." I ventured to inquire why he had not made his own, and he answered that selfishness formed no part of his com position ; his game was to benefit the masses at a moderate fee, and then told us, in great confidence, that the Cup on Thursday would be won by Honesty, the Salford Cup by Retrousse, the Derby Handicap by Wallet, and the Wilton by Wynn. stay, all of which most valuable information full notes were taken and five shillings in coin pre sented him, with a promise of unusual per cen tage on the winnings. I was curious enough to inquire how the old call ing was getting on, the terms having been reduced since I had sp ecu l ated years ago. H e sa id th e " profession " wa s very so an d so ; stamps appeared to be scarce. He offered to do any race meeting for twelve and per centage, sometimes they came in plentifully but more frequently the other way. The last advertise ment told pretty well—he pledged himself to send the absolute winner, or return the money to a sporting paper in the country, which he' patronised, and the matter was correctly carried out by in closing to each applicant a list of the entries. The " Doc tor," it appeared, had been an old schemer, and before he became a tipster advertised as " a physi cian whose sands o f li fe had nearly run ou t , " offer ing t o impart importa n t thi ngs t o pers ons of nervous ha bits who would merely favour him w i t h a s t ampe d directed envelope. We did not ask how the profit was made by this s i mple contrivance, a l t h oug h pos sibly there was something which did not meet the eye, particularly as in common with others we had fre quently observed similar things under many phases. The party had now all returned—the flour and peas usually devoted to puddings in domestic life, were made up—the f ormer into neat packets, and the latter divided, and placed in the pockets of outer garments, with ti n tu b es to guide t h em as n ear the faces of innocent spect a t ors as p oss ible. The veils, dolls, red and whit e feathers, and other s ill y decora tions, being all adjusted, the lusty, dusty horn sounded a gutter a l discordant note and the trap went merrily on its return journey, and self and companions quitted the noisy locality of the me morable Derby of 1866, with no losses worth re cording, and nothing to regret, save the usual head ache generally following such events. SPIRIT OP THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. THE " SATURDAY REVIEW" ON ENGLAND AND THE WAR. —lf war is to come, England may reckon confidently on keeping out of it. She will not only be neutral, but the war will be of a kind that is exceedingly unlikely to raise any of the difficult questions which sometimes involve neutrals in embarrassment. It is scarcely probable that thero should even be a blockade, and all the combatants will want near home the'few ships they have got, and will not come to create embarrassment to the authorities of the English ports. No result of war is likely to affect us much, and we can afford to let the Continental Powers settle how the map of Europe shall be remodelled, so far as it is likely to be altered. This makes it very easy for us to be calm and impartial at this critical time when war may break out any day, and any suggestions we may offer have the re commendation of being disinterested, and of not having been dictated by hope or fear. But, on the other hand, we cannot hope to have much influence, and it is very much to be desired that our diplomatists may not have been pre tending that they have an influence which every one knows they really have not got. That we should do what we can for the maintenance of peace is very right, and England has sufficient claims on the attention of all the combatants to invite them to consider with her whether their differ ences cannot be adjusted. But this is the utmost that she can ask, or that she need wish to ask. She is rapidly ceasing to be a European Power in the sense in which she was a European Power in the days of Wellington. She is now an Asiatic Power, a maritime Power, an oceanic Power, much more than an European one. The affairs of Burmab, of Affghan, of Nepaul, are of more importance to her than the affairs of Wurtemburg, and Hanover and Hesse-Cassel. To keep the road to India open through Egypt is far more necessary to her than to insist that this or that little Rhenish stronghold shall not belong to France. Her chief interest in resisting the aggressions of Russia on Constantinople is net to protect the mouth of the Danube or to neutralise the Euxine or to help the Rayahs of Turkey, but to impress on the Mahom medan populations under her rule or adjacent to her terri tories that her strength is unbroken, and that she can rule them with a rod of iron if necessary. It makes little difference to us whether we are lightly spoken of and our prestige is pronounced to be at an end in the beer-gardens of Munich and the cafes of Florence ; but it is of vital moment to us that at Lucknow and Peshawur we should still be thought quite sure to win in a struggle, if a struggle is forced on us. We are also a nation of traders and of carriers, and we are rich because' we trade with every nation, and carry the goods of all the world. Some of the greatest nations of the Continent are, in this respect, of the least importance to us. With great pain and difficulty we have managed to make a commercial treaty with Austria. We have a budget, of which two main features are that, to carry out the treaty, wine is to be taxed in a new way, and timber is not to be taxed at all ; and then, when we have done our part, we aro told that Austria hesitates to do her part, and thinks that, if she is to find money for war, she must find it through protective duties. Lastly, we have oceanic interests ; and parts of ourselves, members of our families, homes of our brothers and our children, are separated from us by half the globe, and must be linked to us by our making our paths sure and undisputed on the highway of nations. The taking of a New Zealand pah is more to us than the taking of Duppel. It is not because we are more selfish than we used to be that we care less for the Continent than we used to do, and interfere less in its affairs; but because we have new things to think of, new sympathies to absorb us, new interests 'to protect. The Americans wisely hold off altogether from European affairs, for they have a world of their own to attend to. We cannot hold off alto gether, for we are too near the Continent ; but we hold off more and more, for we too are gaining a new world washed by Indian and Southern seas. The efforts, therefore, that British diplomatists may make, at a time like the present, to preserve peace, cannot derive very much weight from the fact that it is in the name of England that they are made. For not only is England rapidly ceasing to take any active part in the affairs of Europe, but her diplomatic efforts are obviously made, not merely to effect the special aim to which they are directed, but also in order that those who live in diplomatic circles may agree that the right thing has been done. Lord Clarendon is expected to go through a certain amount of decorous activity to save the Continent from war, not only that war may be averted, but that English diplomacy may not seem to have faded altogether out of existence. The traditions of the Foreign-, office demand that the representatives of the Five Great Powers shall, on important occasions, step forward and consult for the common good. Lord Clarendon would be thought to be doing less than, as a representative of one of these Powers, he ought to be doing, if he did not now do as much as possible in the way of talking and writing on behalf of peace. We still think it desirable and natural that the English Secretary for Foreign Affairs should be long to the class from which European diplomatists are ordinarily taken, and our relations with the Continent are still so numerous and complicated that this may very pro bably be expedient. But the consequence is, that we ap pear to be more of a European Power than we are, because our diplomatists give us the air of holding our old place in European diplomacy. THE "COURT CIRCULAR" ON GARIBALDI.—The re-ap pearing of Garibaldi on the scene of public life is not the least striking incident in connection with the newly aranged war spirit in Italy. Great things are expected from him by those who bear in remembrance his former daring and.enterprise, and who show how great is the power of a name in a great political crisis. •We cannot but recollect, however, that Garibaldi is far past the prime of his physi cal energies, and that when in England receiving the ora tions of his fervent admirers, he was compelled to with deaw from sheer inability to bear the excitement conse quent upon his public appearances. Quietude and retire ment at Caprera may have restored a portion of his former health and strength ; but it is quite certain that he will never be able to display the vigour required of him in the new.sphere of duty to which he has been called. The organisation of 20 battalions of volunteers demands an amount of exertion to which there is no reason to be lieve he is equal, even with all the facilities that may be afforded by the eagerness of "Young Italy" to enlist un der his banners. Broken down by the wound he received some years ago, it is not to bo expected that he can ever again be actively instrumental in carrying out warlike operations for the salvation of Italy and the expulsion of the Austrians. The name of Garibaldi may, nevertheless, be a "tower of strength" to Victor Emmanuel, when the hoar of struggle arrives, and it is this fact that is relied upon, doubtless, in the arrangements that have been made to bring him once more prominently into notice. Gari baldi is being used by the Italian ministry and sovereign for what he was, rather than what he is; he is evidently willing to accept the 'coition provided for him. It is sufficient that his name and the remembrance of his past exploits exercise a spell over the young men who aro rushing to the field, and thirsting to shed their blood for the deliverance of Venetia out of the hands of Austria. It is not very long ago that the name of Garibaldi was in bad odour at the Italian Court, and no confidence assuredly was felt in him, on the score of prudence and discretion, by Italian statesmen. Suspicion and distrust, however, are for the time banished, or at least suppressed, and much is said of the cordial feeling which prevails between the ex-adventurer and the sovereign for whose benefit his re maining energies are to bo employed. We shall be better able to judge of this fooling by and by, when the work to bo done is actually in progress, and when we see the part which Garibaldi takes in it. All accounts concur in in ducing a belief that a war is felt to be one of the necessi ties of Victor Emmanuel's position. In view of this feel ing financial difficulties are felt to be a trifling obstacle. The passionate aspirations of Italians for unity goes before hand with the Government, and all that devolves on the latter, in the present condition of things, is to embody the national sentiment. The selection of Garibaldi for the command of the volunteer force supplies the key-note of the present outburst, and needs but the most trifling spark to light up a conflagration, the consequences of which are least of all calculated by the men who are so eagerly taking steps to bring it to pass. BOROUGHS (ENGLAND AND WALES.)—Those boroughs in England and Wales which have a population of less than 10,000 and more than 8,000, according to the census of 1861-17 in number—are Reigate, Poole, Lewes, Frome, Windsor, Christchurch, Shaftesbury, Tavistock, Wilton, Helstone, Chipping Wycombe, Rye, Malton, Chichester, Stamford, Guildford, and llaverfordwest (dis trict.) [ADVERTISEMENT.]—That the fearful annual mortality of 6' , ,0t 0 young children and delicate persons of all ages may be arrested, if, instead of flying blindly to pills and medicines, which, though apparently relieving the patient, have in reality no other tendency than that of increasing debility, ancrwith it the dangor of life, we were simply to study how to ins. ease the vital force by imparting new and pure blood, upon which the harmonious development of the whole frame depends, has been successfully proved by Du Barry's Inva lids' and Infa,ts' Food, the Revalenta Arabica, and its thousands of cures annually. It yields three times as mush easily assimilated nourishment as the best meat, told for children it ii the best substitute for human milk. Dr. Rout. , , physteban to the Samaritan Hospital for Women and Children—the best authority on such matters-1n his admir able publication on Food, says—Amongst the vegetable sub stances, th ,t which comes closest t) milk in its composition is, without doubt, Du Barry's Revalenta Arabica Food, con taining both phosphoric acid in abundance and chloride of potasrium ; it also includes casein, the same principle which is found in milk in its constituent parts. No wonder, there fore, that under its influence many children affected with atrophy (wasting away of the body), and marked debt Py have completely recovered. I have given it with the greatest advantage in such•cases ; and s s far as I may judge from my own experience, practice fully carries out what theory, from a knowledge of its composition, led us to anticipate.— In tins, 11b, 2s 9d; 21b, 4s 61 ; 51b, lls ; 121 b, 225; 241 b, lOs.—Barry Du Barry and Co., No. 77, Regent-street, London ; also Phillips, tea dealers, 8, Ktn,g William-street ; likewise at 61, Gracechurch-street ; 4, Cheapside ; 49, Bishopsgate street Within ; 63, 150, and 298, Oxford-street ; 830, Strand; 54, Upper Baker-street ; 103, Tottenham-court-road; 96, Upper-street, Islington, N.; Harvey, Notting-hill; Close Brothers, 65, High-street ; and Stubbs, Queen's-terrace, St. John's-wood. London; and all respectable grocers and che laiste.7Bvivare of *urine iraitationQ' IRELAND. DUBLIN, May 26. The anniversary of her Majesty the Queen's birthday was officially commemorated to-day in Ireland. There was a review in the Phoenix park, Dublin, of all the troops in garrison, the Lord-Lieutenant and a brilliant staff being present, Lady Wodehouse accompanying his Excellency. The troops reviewed consisted of the B battery Bth Brigade Royal Artillery, the battalion of the Cold stream Guards, the 2d battalion 60th Rifles, the 91st, the 75th, the 85th Light Infantry, the 92d Gordon Highlanders, the sth Dragoon Guards, the Carbineers, and the 10th Hussars. The whole force was under the command of Major-General Cunynghame, in the absence of Sir Hugh Rose, on leave. On the Lord Lieutenant taking up position at the flag-staff a feu de joie was fired, and the troops gave three hearty cheers for the Queen. There was an immense concourse present. An accident is reported to have occurred to a cavalry officer and also to one of the men by falls from their horses. At Kingstown her Majesty's ship Royal George, the Royal St. George's and Royal Irish Yacht Clubs, and the naval estAblishments round the harbour were decorated with lines of gay-coloured bunting, Royal salutes being fired at noon trom the man-of war and also from the Pigeon-house Fort. The following report has just been issued : " Veterinary Department, Dublin Castle, May 26. " No fresh case of cattle plague in Down, to which county the disease was confined. None of the alleged cases of that malady reported from other counties presented, according to the descriptions given, symptoms resembling those of cattle plague. The mortality among bovine stock in Ire land has been greatly increased since the prevalence of east wind, the principal fatal disease killing bovine animals in a few hours. One of the most prominent symptoms of it is cerebral derangement, evinced by violent delirium. Several of the animals that were opened were found to have died apoplectic. It would be desirable to let all de scriptions of stock, particularly black cattle, have free ac cess to salt, even when at pasture. The latter class of animals should have a plentiful supply of water, particu larly if they have access to salt. HUGH FERGUSON, 11.M.V.5." A meeting of the members of the profession of attorneys and solicitors was held this day in the Four Courts, to consider the appointment of Soli citor to the Board of Inland Revenue. Mr. Richard J. Theodore Orpen, President of the Society, occu pied the chair. The meeting relsted mainly to the appointment of Mr. Strong, a barrister, and city of Dublin magistrate, to the post mentioned. The fol lowing resolutions were passed : " That the solicitors and attorneys of Ireland have been unjustly deprived of their legitimate rights by members of the Bar being appointed to be solicitors orattorneys on be half of the Crown, under the orders of the Commissioners of the Treasury, Stamps, &c., offices which were formerly always, of right, held by solicitors and attorneys, and the duties of which, we consider, would be more efficiently dis charged by solicitors and attorneys of experience in their profession." " That the filling of such offices by members of the Bads unjust to our body, and is calculated to induce individuals to go to the Bar, not with the view of honourable advance ment in the regular walk of the profession, but that by be coming barristers they may be considered qualified to fill everyplace connected with the administration of the law." " That the reply given by the late Earls of Eglinton and Carlisle to the memorials presented to them in the year 1859 gave us reasonable grounds for expecting that the system of appointing barristers to the office of Solicitor of Inland Revenue would not be continued." It was also resolved that a deputation should wait on the Lord-Lieutenant in the matter. Mr. Esmonde has issued his address to the Water ford constituency on accepting the Junior Lordship of the Treasury. He states that the position was unsought on his part, and adds he is willing to join an Administration which has evinced a desire to pursue towards this country a conciliatory, gene rous, and just policy. The appointment of Mr. S. L. Anderson to the office of Marshal to the Admiralty Court in Dublin, vacant by the death of Mr. C. Taylor, is announced. Unfavourable symptoms having been manifested yesterday in the wounds on Warner's neck, O'Con nor, his murderous assailant, was brought to his lodgings during the day, when the injured man fully identified him as the person who had made the mur derous attack upon him, and then made a deposition detailing the circumstances of the case as' already reported. In the court of Common Pleas yesterday judg ment was given upon a motion for a new trial in the action for ejectment brought by the Earl of Mayo against Harriet Bentley, which was tried at the last Trim Assizes, and attracted a large share of public notice. An affidavit of the plaintiff was read by his counsel, stating that the Earl of Mayo never re ceived the subpoena to attend the trial, it having been left at his house while he was ill, and directions given by his medical adviser that all business mat ters should be kept from him. The affidavit further stated that if his presence had really been required at the trial the subpoena would have been served at an earlier period. Chief Justice Monahan said the Court did not entertain any doubt whatever as to the rule they should make. Ac cording to the ordinary principles of justice there should be a new trial. Whether Miss Bentley had or had not a good defence, he knew not. She swore that she had, and she said she wanted to have the benefit of the evidence of the plain tiff in support of her case. Having referred to the circum stances under which the subpoena was sent to Lord Mayo and those under which he directed a verdict for the plain tiff in the Court below, his Lordship said that if he had been made aware prior to the commencement of the trial and before the case was given into the hands of the jury that this very necessary and important witness was absent he would have postponed the, trial de die in diem, in order that his attendance might be procured. Mr. Justice Keogh obserled that Lord Mayo, on hearing that the writ of the court had been withheld from him, ought to have been the person to travel out of his way and disregard his own convenience in order to obey it at the earliest possible moment. Mr. Justice O'Hagan concurred in the judgment of the Court, which he believed to be fully sustained by its prac tice and procedure. The conditional order for a new trial was accord ingly made absolute with costs, their Lordships holding that the motion to show cause against is was untenable. Destitute Americans in England. In another portion of this paper we publish the proceedings of a public meeting held at the Man sion House on Thursday last, for the purpose of inaugurating a Peabody testimonial. It is not our design on this occasion to comment on the noble and friendly speeches of the gentlemen who parti cipated in the proceedings, further than to express our sincerer gratification at the resolution which was unanimously passed, to erect a statue in some conspicuous part of the metropolis to commemorate the great benefaction of Mr. Peabody. But we cannot resist the inclination to call particular atten tion to the suggestion of one of the speakers —P. working-man, Robert Fillingham by name— whose proposal was worth more than all the others combined. Mr. Fillingham—belonging himself to that class which knows best, and can best appre ciate, the difficulties of the poor—suggested a mode of testifying the sense entertained by Englishmen of Mr. Peabody's munificence, which, from the friendly motives which prompted it, instantly com mends itself to all. He recommended that a penny subscription should be collected, for the erection, in London, of an asylum, somewhat in the nature of a Sailors' Home, in which American work men would find a refuge while they were out of employment in this country. Such a subscription, he thought, would come within the means of all, and there was scarcely a working man in Great Britain who would not gladly give his penny to aid in founding a "Home" for Americans of his own class who, coming to England in search of employment, might find themselves temporarily in want in this country. Mr. Fillingham's proposal is an excellent one, but its adoption would not meet the want which is most experienced by Americans in England. There are few—scarcely a dozen—American working men, properly so-called, ever at one time out of employ ment in London ; but there are hundreds of Ameri cans, mainly professional men and men of no pro fessions, who come hither every year to seek their fortunes, but who very rarely find that ivhich they seek. American working men can always find employment in their own eountry, and seldom stray far from home ; but young Americans of the middle class have a fondness for coming to England almOst as soon as they leave the paternal household, and they do come, to learn, alas! that the little know ledge which they possess will serve them no useful purpose in this great world of London, where only the strong arm and the courageous heart can hope to win. These young men scarcely ever succeed in this country. They spend their first few months hopefully, till suddenly they find their means ex hausted and they are penniless—" strangers in a strange land." London is a great city, a ga y city, a pleasant city, a wonderful city, to the man who has money in his pocket or friends around him ; but to the foreigner, without money or friends, it is, unquestionably, the very worst place in the world. Land a " live Yankee" on the Mosquito coast, or in Japan, or in Terra del Fuego—or even place him alone, and without resources, on an iceberg i n the polar sea,—and he will probably work his way o ut of his difficulty. But set him down in Londo n, with neither friends nor money, and all his cutene ss will not save him from starvation. There are,. perhaps, on the average, four or five thousand prosperous Americans temporarily or per manently residing in England. We presume these few thousands are not generally aware, however, that there are also, on an average, some hundreds of their fellow-countrymen in this metropolis who are destitute and starving. The Editor of this journal can count up more than twenty applications which have been made to this office during the past month by Americans who have " come to grie f," and who require assistance to enable them to return. home. We learn, on the best authority, that the United States Consul in London—whose purse strings are always open to the deserving of h is countrymen—is harassed to an extent en tirely beyond his means, with similar applications, a nd that in the large majority of instances the aPP Ii " cants are really deserving of assistance. Inde ed, some of these cases commend themselves especially to the sympathies of Americans. In one instan ce, the applicant for relief was a gentleman of three score years, who had lost his two sons in the wa r, and who, coming to England in pursuit of his Pr e " fession as an artist, fell ill, and lost his only chan ce of support. He asked only for means to pay h is passage back to America. And these needy Ameri cans must either lie down and die in the streets of London, or else beg the means of returning hol e from those of their fellow-countrymen here wh o are known to be able and willing to help them. This state of things calls for a remedy. Th ere is neither reason nor sense in expecting that a few public-spirited and liberal Americans lik a Julius Morgan, or Charles Lampson, or James M'Henry, or Russell Sturges, or Freeman 11. ; Morse, should be saddled with the burden of providing temporarily for every distressed Amer!" can who may pass through London ; nor la there any excuse for permitting the wants of desti tute Americans to go unrelieved. There is but one practical mode by which the grievance can be re medied. The Germans, the French, and the Italians have each a society and a fund for the relief e l those of their countrymen in London who maY re .' quire assistance. Why should not the American res i ; dents of this metropolis adopt a similar plan ? L et a society be formed, with a subscription of, say a gtli ne , , per year, with the American Minister as PresideTa and a Secretary and Treasurer—all of whom wool make their work a labour of love. Such a Society would not only do incalculable good in its sphere of charity, but would form a nucleus aro ° , which Americans in Europe would r a lly. Then ti National Festivals of Washington's Birthday the Fourth of July would not go begging for recog nition, but there would be an organisation uP c° which Americans would naturally rely for the PO ; per management of these celebrations ; whil e a ll Americans would feel comfortable with the rale!: tion that no fellow-countryman was languishing 1' London for the means which, out of their ab°_,, - dance, they ought to bestow.—Ang/o-Ame rica" Times. COUNTRY MARKETS. NORWICH— SATURDAY. d e With a fair supply of wheat at m ar ket to-day the tr a f ruled slow, and prices must be quoted rather in fay-011;1)y the buyers. Little passing in other articles. Cold e aste t v winds with bright sunshine have prevailed during ‘ , O l week ; in some districts warm weather with genial sho Nv ` would be beneficial. White wheat (weighing 641 b), 50s to 54s ; old red ditto (weighing 651 b), 48s to 50s ; new red ditto (weighing 601 b to 631 b), 42s to 47s ; best malting barley (weigh; } ,), 521 b to 531 b), 36s to 38s ; runs ditto (weighing 511 b to Jf to 34s to 365; distilling ditto (weighing bOlb to 521 b), 3 ," 5 3 0 32s ; oats, 24s to 26s ; beans, 57s to 39s ; peas ( mapl e), to 38s per qr. Flour, 31s per sack. NOTTINGHAM—SATURDAY. e de'de ' There was a fair quantity of wheat exhibited. we elc• mand was dull, and prices were fully as high as la s, " d i v g• In malting barley there was nothing doing ; n g f rin ts t b° small show, and recent prices were obtained. -- a jthi supply was exceedingly small, and there was a be — e eX• feeling in the trade at the extreme currencies of last vf n d The show of beans was s h or t , an d w ith a fair dettl.a. late rates were rather ex cee d e d. P eas a b ou t the sa ttle a ot Old white wheat, 53s to 56s ; old red, 46s to 49S ; 00 white, 53s to 57s ; new red, 45s to 49s per 36 stone' o ld, old, 30s to 35s ; new, 24s to 30s per 24 stone. B ea/1 " 50s to 53s ; new, 42s to per 47s 38s stone. LEICESTER— SATURDAY. , i n eS s The show . of wheat was about an average. -D i s t— r ater proved inactive, and sales were made at barely i°os and full prices may rates. Very little barley came to hand, and the b ils otth done was at previous rates. The demand for oats w as ico r samples of beans showing, and prices advanced 6 ' , white, 555 to 56s ; per qr. be quoted. There were ve, r Y to 1 5 n . cdu , New white wheat, 50s to 52s ; new red, 46s to 4° s ' i3sr ley, for malting, 358 to 39s per qr. ; grinding, 218 per 2e per red, 49s to 52s per 36 s tone• to 500 per 30 stone. Oats, old, 30s to 33s • 'new, 27s to 32s8topo stone. Beans, old, 50s to 52s ; new, to 46s per 3 , n 0 Fine flour, 40s to 42s ; seconds, 32s to 35s per 20 sb" I YORK-SATURDAY. AI le" There was a moderate supply of wheat, and were in good condition. The tone of the incl u ' r ",,, limited, and prices remained without material Ch angg- ife re barley there was hardly a sample shown, and pricesrepre nominally unaltered. Oats were very sparinglY 0 110 1 ,.; sented, atd prices made the turn in favour of the Bow There was a thin sprinkling of beans,which sold at P ' 5 6 advance on late quotations. New white wheat, 48s to 525; new red, 46s to 49sibera, stone. Barley, for malting, 37s to 40s per qr. ; ' 6 We: 32s to 34s per 30 stone. Oats, new, 26s to 28s per . tc , 66r Beans, new, 42s to' 44s per 38 stone. Malt, 64s Flour, 358 to 37s per sack of 2801bs. DEATH OF A WATERLOO VETERAN.—T I i e job ° has just taken place, at the age of 71 years, of ..-r. reA l Anthony Eitherly, of Stokes Croft, Bristol, who A ea the perils of the whole of the Peninsular W V ' f th e escaped almost scatheless at Waterloo, to find 4911° „,,, - R es seven officers and man to which number his tr°'`4ol, finally assured, ho returned to England, left the and settled in his native place, Bristol, where ke W4L spected by all who knew him. Births. i i 'l ir .' t " CRATER—On the 25th inst. at at 21 Belsize-road, - wife of Geo. Chater, jun.; Esq., of a son. 4., i l l'' til° FLENIING—On the 24th iust., at 82, Lancaster - g t " wife of John Fleming, Esq., of a daughter. , Vif e d 0 TAYLOR—On the 25th inst., at Spring-grove, W'i - of A. Taylor, Esq., of a daughter. lc Os e n 8 u t- WlLsox—On the' 24th inst., at Ra ho rne A i r . 1 Cid"' ford-bridge, Kent, the wife of James Wilson, ..''''' - of a son. ri l, et Sittingbe" GASCOYNE—On the 25th inst. at at The La the wife of Win. W. Gascoyne, Esq., of 7a daughter; tb e IVES—On the 25th inst., at Queen's Villa, W licW" Hon. Mrs. Cecil Ives, of a daughter. A -51.e°A SATrue—On the 25th inst., at Mornington Lodge\it--011,.. ... book, the wife of Walter Savill, Esq., o f a daeg - ~,- tiow . IN A' WATKIN—On the 24th inst., at Leamington, Mrs' of a daughter. Marriages. i .ppbell'? SCORER—HARRISON—On the 24th inst., at St. '--gcore" Church, Redditch, George Casten, eldest son of G. p: Esq., of Piccadilly, St. James's, London, torgsnrodas" genie, third daughter of R. Harrison, Esq. , '— Redditch, Worcester. CO .olre TocuLrEchy,—WHeosLtmT—inOnrthTe. M. Townley, inst.,at St. - 0 -L eA d i ptj f il 1 E sq., late ,: t e P i 10th Royal Hussars, t ' o Henrietta, widow of t he ° Holt, Esq. s—On the 25th at Deaths. Ay d 0 n , or i 57. ... M. Bates, Esq., of Ifeddon-on-the-W an, ag°",,, , o a i s n i d a , .' i BATE E Bt. wrT , s oEh H aNd — , O m n r. th j e oh 2 n 6t ß h uinshst,.,atgatedhi6s9s.on's relenth:l:l6-1713r: rt 31Ay: A s mR — aD O s nE.Owtnhenets,h2oEitsqh2s.,itnhasgtiencisat7t,7.Watesit Allington7 13riall° Maynard, Esq., aged 39. " • , rharlo s S. I 'll in s ir' MEE — On the 24th inst. at East Retfohrd-",:o°t:ing--11 John Mee, Esq., aged' 83. 0 -sro e ' NEWmAN—On the 26th inst., at 10, Great Starihop Thomas Newman, Esq., aged 82. Eto llifil TWINING—On the 26th inst., at Clapham-comrat:londollt N a v g it e l c. ow cit111:1J:. .e .... 1.. 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