The Sun. — London, England, 1867-04-20 00:00:00

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. PROGRAMME OF NEWMARKET FIRST SPRING MEETING. MONDAY, April 22. A Plate of 100 soya; three year olds 7st 51b, four Sat 121 b, five, six, and aged Oat 21b; mares and geldings allowed Sib; tho winner of the Derby or St. Leger 141 b, of the Oaks, Two thousand Guineas, or a Sweepstakes value 1,000 soya 51b extra; maiden three year olds allowed 51b, four and upwards 121 b; R.M. A Maiden Plate of 50 sovs, for two year olds; colts 8s 101 b, fillies Bst ilb ; the last half of R.M. A Plato of 50 sovs ; three year olds 7st 71b, four Bst 121 b, five and upwards 9st 31b ; mares and geldings allowed 31b ; the winner to be sold for 200 sovs if demanded. &c. ; if entered for 150 sovs allowed 71b, 100 121 b ; D.M. A Sweepstakes of 100 sovs each, h ft; last half mile of 11 .C.; 3 subs. Age at lb Problem ... 3 8 11 F by Parmesan— Delium 3 7 10 Archeress ... 3 7 1 The Spring Stakes of 25 soya each, 15 ft; two year olds Est 101 b, three Bst 121 b ; fillies allowed 31b ; a winner of 200 says 71b, of 500 121 b extra; maiden three year olds at the time of naming which-have run in public al lowed 71b; T.Y.C. ; 9 subs. Beauclerk 3 yrs (71b), Viridis 3 yrs, Red Riband 3 yrs, Bismarck 3 yrs (71b), The Parson 2 yrs, Black Diamond 2 ysa, False Alarm 2 yrs, Chignon 3 yrs, Bounceaway 3 yrs. The Princess of Wales's Stakes of 100 sovs each, h ft, for four year old fillies, Bst 101 b each ; winners of a 1,000 sovs sweepstakes 71b extra ; maidens allowed 71b ; the second to save her stake ; A.E.C. ; 9 subs. Ischia, Potomac, Proserpine, Flora, Mrs. Day, Mineral, Fleurette, Miss Harriette, Acta 3. A Sweepstakes of 500 sovs each, h ft, for two year olds; colts Bst 91b, fillies Bst 61b ; last half mile of B.C. ; 4 subs. Sister to Ascham, Angus, Athena, -Grimston, brother to Verulam. A Sweepstakes of 20 sovs each, for two years; colts Bst 71b, fillies and geldings Bst 41b ; winners 51b extra. First half of Ab. M. 9 subs. Age st lb C by Birdhill out of Doglia, f by Knowsley out of Miss Whip, Equerry, Lady Barbara (51b extra), Belphegor, Eau de Vie (51b extra), The Sphynx, Sister to Lincoln Green, Pyrenees (51b extra). A Sweepstakes of 25 soya each, h ft ; three year olds 7st 121 b, four 9st 51b, five and upwards 9st 101 b ; mares and gelding allowed 31b, and maidens at starting 71b; the winner to be sold for 500 sovs ; if entered for 200 sous allowed 71b. R.M. 4 subs. Sweet Anne, 4 yrs (200 sovs), Bretoline, 3 yrs (200), c by Koh-i-noor out of Topsail, 3 yrs (200), and Lady Bugle Eye, 3 yrs (200). The Prince of Wales Stakes (a free handicap) of 25 sovs each, 10 ft, with 300 added, for three year olds and up wards; winners after April 13, at 10 a.m., 31b, of a han dicap 71b extra. R.M. Age st lb Cecrops ...4 9 10 Os treger 5 9 5 Wild Agnes 5 9 4 Strathcouan ... 4 9 3 Dalby 6 9 1 Broomielaw 5 9 0 Breadalbane ... 5 8 13 Beadle ... ... 6 8 12 Out and Outer ... 5 812 Sultan ~. 5 8 8 Archimedes ... 5 8 8 Tormentor 4 8 7 Kangaroo 5 8 7 Auguste ...4 8 6 Duke of York ... 4 8 6 Redan 4 8 4 Vespasian 4 8 1 Xi ... 4 8 1 Gardevisure 5 8 0 Cranmore 4 8 0 Plutus „.. 4 8 0 Knight of Garter... 3 8 0 Wroughton ... 3 8 0 Primate 4 7 13 Redmire 5 7 13 Westwick ... 4 7 12 Acttea 4 7 12 Monarch of the Glen 4 r 12 Christmas Carol ... 5 7 10 Endsleigh 5 7 10 War 4 7 10 Puebla ... 4 7 10 Longdown... 5 7 7 Batthyany 5 7 6 La Dauphine ... 4 7 6 Chapel Royal 4 7 6 Czar, by West Aus- Age st lb Centaur 4 6 13 Chepstow ... ... 4 6 12 Avron 3 612 Gipsy King 3 6 12 Dulcimer 5 6 11 Drum 4 6 11 King Victor ... 3 6 10 Montagnard ... 3 6 10 Renfrew ... 5 6 10 Python 3 6 9 Qoojerat ... 4 6 8 The Celt 4 6 8 Land Tax 3 6 7 Little Rover ... 3 6 7 Arundel 3 6 7 Seringapatam ... 3 6 6 Pirate Chief 3 6 4 Blin khoolio 3 6 4 ' Earl of Derby 4 6 4 Diadem 4 6 4 Jasper . 3 6 3 John Halifax 4 6 2 Magpie 3 6 2 Cheltenham 3 6 0 Marmite ... 3 6 0 Gretna 4 6 0 Honeymoon 4 6 0 Romping Girl 3 6 0 Ailesbury 3 6 0 Pyrrhic 3 5 12 Numa. Pompilius 3 512 Maid Marian 3 5 10 Lady Eston 3 5 10 Diamond . 3 510 F by King Tom— Mayonaise 4 5 9 Airel ... 3 5 8 Tumbler 3 5 7 l Adam Bode ... 3 5 7 Distaff ... 3 5 7 Man of Ross ... 3 5 7 B f by Dundee— tralian ... 4 7 5 Bradamante 6 7 5 Mt. Palatine 4 7 4 Lcybourne 4 7 4 Eippia 3 7 4 Sweet Anne 4 7 2 Huntsman 3 7 2 Jollity 4 7 2 Trocadero 3 7 0 Oracle .„ 4 7 0 Conundrum ... 4 7 0 Knight Errant 3 6 13 Hawthorn 4 6 13 Match, 100, It ft; T. Y.C.—Marquis of Hastings's Panta loon, 5 yrs, Est 101 b, agst Duke of Newcastle's Pericles, 3 yrs, Tat 101 b. Match, 50, 20 ft ; llst 10113 each ; owners to ride (with permission of the stewards); D.M.— Marquis of Hastings's Fern agst Lord Grey de Wilton's Landlord. Blanche of Mid dlebio ... ... 3 5 7 B f by Lord of filo bijs Ann 3 5 7 Stephen Langton 3 5 7 Ploughboy 3 5 7 Corsair ... 4 paid T UESDAY . A Plate of 100 sovs (handicap), for three year olds and upwards. Criterion Stakos. A Plate of 100 sovs ; three year olds ist 21b, four Bst 101 b, five 9st llb ; six and aged 9st 21b; the winner to be sold for 300 sovs; if entered for 100 soya allowed 71b; if not for sale 71b extra. R.M. A Handicap of 20 sovs each, "5 ft, if declared by 10 o'clock on Monday night.. T.Y.C. The Coffee Room Stakes of 50 sovs each, for three yr olds; colts Bst 10lb, fillies Bst 71b. A.F. 4 subs. F by Dundee out of Sunbeam, Coldstream, Friponnier, f by Wild Dayrell out of Rupee. A Sweepstakes of 10 sovs each, for two year olds; colts Bst 101 b, fillies Bst 71b ; the winner to be sold for 100 sovs ; if entered for 50 sows allowed 51b. Last half of Ab. M. The Two Thousand Guineas Stakes, a subscription of 100 sovs each, h ft, for three year olds ; colts, Bst 101 b. fillies Bst 51b ; the second to save his stake. R.M. 93 subs. Flambant, Beauclerk, Vauban, Caucasus, The Wild Wind, Fitzroy (dead), Owain Glyndwr, Lochaber, Thor napple, Pedagogue, Blinkhoolie, Hermit, Buthveu, Milan, The Rescue, Alexander, Thu Leading Suit, Scavenger, Ettrick, Honolulu, Defiance, Lord Hastings, Master But terfly, Barrington, Chatsworth, Plaudit, Star of India, Argentel, Van Ambnrgh, Forragus, Br c by Toxophilite out of Miss Sarah, br c by Young Melbourne, dam by Teddingten, Diadem° (paid), br c by Toxophilite The Drake's dam, b c by Toxophilito out of Flutter, bc by Barbatus, 'dam by West Australian, Master Willie, Lord Brownlow, Uncas, King Charles, Prodigal, Master of Arts, The Padishah, The Palmer, Huntsman, Freemason, Charles H., Rouge Sanglier, Imperator, Longchamps, Cerf Volant, Enchanteur, Trocadero, Charlemagne, Geant des Battailles, Tempest, Knight of the Garter, The Priest, The Dean, Weatherguide, Mandrake, Summertime, Birdforth, c by Thormanby out of Cordelia, Marksman, La Puce, Julius, Pericles, Londesborough, Cyclone, Beanstalk, Stockmar, Wild Moor, Archimage, Ailesbury, Jasper, Janus, Cannon Ball, Ravioli, Fairfield. Sir Oli ver , A runde l , Kidd erm i nster, Feodor, Stradbroke, The General, Distin, Foresight, c by Vedette out of Basquine, c by Promised Land out of Breastgirth, Assineboine, Golden Bloom, Monolith. A Sweepstakes of 200 sovs each, h ft, for 2-yr-olds, colts Bst 101 b, fillies Bst 61b; winners 51b extra. Last half of R.M. 6 subs. Young Melbourne c, The Morning Star, Arran, Little. Prince, Grimston (51b ex), Queen of Beauty. A Sweepstakes of 300 soya each, 100 ft, for 4-yr-olds; colts Bst 101 b, fillies Bst 51b. B.C. The Rescued c, Westwick, The Carthusian, The Assas- WEDNESDAY. A Plate of 100 sous, for 3-yr-olds ; colts Bst 101 b, fillies Bst 71b; winners 41b extra. R.M. A Plate of 50 sovs (Handicap), for 3-yr-olds and upwards Bretby Stakes Course. A Sweepstakes of 10 sovs each ; two-yr-olds ist, three 9st; fillies allowed 31b; the winner to be sold for 300 sors if demanded, &c. ; if entered for 200 sous allowed 51b. T.Y.C. The Newmarket Two-yr-old Plato of 200 sovs ; colts Bst 10lb, fillies Bst 81b; winners of a plate or sweepstakes Mb extra. The last five furlongs of R.M. Lady Seaham, Caterer, Nutpecker, Noyeau, Khadidjah c, Deglia c, Europa, Humdrum, The Mariner, Hush, Piquant e , Schnapps. Inspiration, Cap e Clear, Grandee, Schiedam, St. Ronan, Moll, Carlowrie, Lady Glencora, Albion. Mel bourne, Queen of the West, Bagpipe, Savoir Vivre, Bianca c, Marquise c, Acorn, Creator, Sp ruce, A gnes de Mansfeldt, ongeur, Anthee, Di Vernon, Red Cornyn, Rosedew, Donato, The Drake's dam c, darn by Voltigeur f, Cuckoo, Lady Barbara (51b ex), Traviat a , L a d y E l i za b eth (51b ex), Little Prince, Equerry, The Piper, Pompier, Le Sapeur, Jenny, L'Epte, La Belle Joanne, Bassoon, Failure, Ram part Cawdor, Prince Regent, T om V ernon, Witchcraft, Wild Blood, Citron, Dulcet, The Sphynx, False Alarm, King Alfred, North Marston, Suffolk (:alb ex), Princess c, Sister to Maid Marion, Brother to Claverhouse, Bucken ham's dam f, Lady Blanche f, Jim Crow, Gabion, Pyrenees (olb ex), Eros, War Queen, Helvellyn, Privilege, Harebell, Choral, Lictor (51b ex), Limner, Forecastle, Haze, Signal c, Madrid, Earnley, Iferennian us, Blanche of Lancaster f. A Sweepstakes of 50 sous each, h ft, for three year olds; colts Bst 10Ib, fillies Bst Glb; 31b allowed; D.M. 3 subs. Princess T hyra (31b) paid), Treacle (dead), Ardbeg (31b.) A Sweepstakes of 50 sous each, h ft, for three year olds ; colts Bst 101 b, fillies Bst 61b ; those got by stallions or out of - mares that never bred a winner allowed 31b, only one allowance ; D.M. 5 subs. Coldstream (31b), Photographe (31b), F by Wild Dayrell out of Rupee (31b), Miss Elizabeth (31b), Rose (31b). The Prince of Wales Stakes of 150 sovs each ; h ft, and 25 if declared (to go to the second), for four year olds ; colts Bst 91b, fillies Bst 41b ; the winner of the Derby or St. Leger 71b, of the Oaks, Two Thousand Guineas, Port, or Claret Stakes 31b, of any two of the above stakes 91b extra ; maidens which have never received 100 sovs for running second allowed 71b; Cesarewitch Course. 12 subs. Centaur, Musketeer, Beaconsfield, Lady Violet, Student, Staghound, Montrose, Rustic, Freedom, The Peer, Prince of Wales, Black Prince. A Sweepstakes of 50 sovs each, h ft; three year olds, 7st 91b, four Bst 111 b, five and upwards 9st llb ; T.Y.O 7 subs. B f by Toxophilite out of gaid of Masham, 3 yrs, Virdis, 3 yrs, Ihe Duke, 5 yrs, Volunteer, aged, Pericles, 3 yrs, Friponnier, 3 yrs, Pirate Chief, 3 yrs. A Sweepstakes of 100 soya each, h ft; two year olds Est 71b, three Bst 101 b, four 9st 101 b, five, six, and aged 9st 121 b; mares and geldings allowed 31b, maiden four year olds and upwards 141 b ; winners of 500 sovs in 1866 or 1867 7lb extra ; T.Y.C. 4 subs. Moulsey, 6 yrs, Mrs. Stratton, 4 yrs, Peter, 2 yrs, Ostreger, 5 yrs. Match 200, h ft ; both two year olds ; T.Y.C.—Princa D. Soltykoff's Demonstration, Bst 121 b, agst Mr. E. Ten Broeck's Chantilly, Bst 51b. THURSDAY. A Maiden Plate of 50 soya, for two year olds ; colts Bst 101 b, fillies Bst 71b ; the winner to be sold for 300 sove if demanded ; if entered for 100 sovs allowed 51b ; last half of R.M. A Plate of 100 sous; three year olds 7st, four Bst 101 b, five six, and aged 9st ; maiden four year olds allowed 71b, five and upwards 141 b ; R.M. A Plate of 50 soya (Handicap), for three year olds and up wards ; A.P. _ A Handicap of 10 sous each, for three year olds and up. wards ; T.Y.C. A Sweepstakes of 10 sovs each ; three year olds 7st 121 b, four Bst 101 b, five and upwards Bst 131 b; mares and geldings allowed 31b; the winner to be sold for 100 sovs if demanded, &c. ; T.Y.C. The One Thousand Guineas Stakes, a subscription of 100 soya each, h ft, for three year old fillies ; Bst 101 b each ; the second to save stake ; Dal.; 80 subs. Lady Fyfield, Midwife, Henrietta Temple, Ch f by New minster out of Irish Queen, N ew St ar , Delilah, Visionary, Charming May, Lady Hester, Riuderpest, Gardenia (dead), Ringtail Screamer, Stolen Kisses, Boadicea, Problem, F by Horror out of Butterfly, La Maudite, Lady Lambton, Pre face, Hawthorn Bloom, Sunnylocks, Dovetail, Nancy, Skysail, Sister to First Flight, B f by Tom Bowline, dam by Melbourne, Ch f by Tom Bowline out of Coalition, Sister to Strafford, the Duchess, The Empress, Red Riband, Ines, Sister to Merry Wife, Narino, Cauthleen, Sweet Home, Faux Pas, Sister to Vedette, Plantago, Mdlle de Charolais, La Fregate, L a M arec h a l e, L a Dauphine, Etoilo Polaire, Floranthe, Catherine, Lina, lona, Second Hand, Monmouthshire Lass, F by Thormanby out of Sunflower, F by Thormanby out of Mcestissima, F by Dundee out of Blanch of Middlebie, Leiovienne; Miss Bateman, La Puce, Perdition, Fair Weather (dead), Sceur de Charite, Orna ment, Manuella, Vietress, Lady Rose, Achievement, Janua, Camilla, B f by North Lincoln out of Lady Lotty, Ravioli, Moleskin, Nell Gwynne, Seville, Princess Mary, Cellina, F by Wild Dayrell out of Rupee, Rust, Laverna, Rose, Miss Partridge, F by Promised Land out of Tribute, F by Promised Land—Queen of the May. A Free Handicap of 25 sovs each, 10 ft, with 300 sovs added, for 3-yr-olds and upwards ; winners after April 13, at 10 a.m., 31b, of a handicap 7th extra (penalties accumulative). Last two miles of the Cesarewitch Course. 65 entries. Age st lb Dalby 6 9 0 Ackworth 6 8 10 Archimedes 5 8 8 Klarinska 5 8 7 Ostreger ... 5 8 7 Auguste ... 4 8 7 Brown Bread 5 8 4 Tormontor ... 4 8 4 Dunsany ... 5 8 3 T ourmalin... 4 8 2 Bnckfoot ... 6 8 1 Duke of York ... 4 8 0 Sealskin 8 0 Miss Harriette ... AF 712 Actrea. 4 7 12 Selina 4 7 12 Westwick ... 4 7 11 Endsleigh 5 7 10 Dr. Syntax a 7 10 Podargus ... 4 7 9 Gement 5 7 8 War ... 4 7 8 Ischia ... 4 7 5 The Lizard ... 5 7 4 Pintail 6 7 2 Proserp in e 4 7 0 Musketeer... 5 6 12 Whalebone ... 4 6 11 Flatcatcher ... 4 6 11 Monitress ... 4 6 10 Rose Cheri... 4 6 10 Fal-lal 3 6 9 Othello 4 6 9 A Sweepstakes of 25 sovs each, 10 ft, for three year olds colts Bst 101 b, fillies and geldings Bst 71b ; maidens a , starting allowed 71b ; the winner to be sold for 150 sovs ; D.M. 3 subs. The Rhymer Age st lb Renfrew ... 5 6 9 Centaur 4 6 8 Fan_ 5 6 8 Claverhouse 4 6 7 The Celt 4 6 7 Augusta c ... 4 6 7 Chignon ... ... 3 6 7 Tacitus 4 6 7 Orne ... 3 6 7 Whirligig ... 3 6 5 Barege c ... 4 6 5 Pirate Chief 3 6 5 Montagnard ... 3 6 2 Ailesbury 3 6 1 Stokeley ... 3 5 13 Primrose 3 5 12 Seringapatam ... 3 512 Ailiarmite ... 3 5 12 New Guinea 3 5 10 3 5 9 Stephen Langton... 3 5 9 Assineboine 3 5 7 Beauclerk ... 3 5 7 Priority ... 3 5 7 Ploughboy ... 3 5 7 The Usurper 3 5 7 Tightfit c 3 5 7 Airel 3 5 7 Busy Body._ 3 5 7 Numa Pompilius 3 5 7 Sydmonton ... 5 paid Corsair ... 4 paid Rabelais Lady Bugle Eye • FRIDAY. A Plate of 100 sous (Handicap), for three year olds and upwards ; Ancaster 31. A Plate of 100 sous (Handicap), for three year olds and upwards; T.Y.C. A Sweepstakes of 10 soya each ; two year olds Cst 101 b, three Bst 131 b; fillies and geldings allowed 31b; the winner to be sold for 50 soya if demanded, &c. ; T.Y.C. A Sweepstakes of 10 soya each; three year olds Bst 81b, foul- 9st 41b, five and upwards 9st 71b; the winner to be sold for 100 sovs if demanded, &c.; if entered for 50 soya allowed 7113; T.Y.C. The Newmarket Stakes, a subscription of I.'o soya each, h ft, for three year olds; colts Bst 10Ib, fillies Bat 51b; the second to save his stake ; the winner of the Two Thousand Guineas 71b extra; D. 11.; 19 subs. Vauban, Caucasus, The Wild Wind, Owain Glyndwr. The Hermit, Coldstream, King Charles, Tho Empress, Red Shoes, Bombastes, Rabwlais, Marksman, Wild Moor, Ailes bury, Magpie, Pieman, Ravioli, Siiankos, and f by Wild Dayrell out of Rupee. A Sweepstakes of 100 sovs each, h ft ; four year olds Bst 41b, five 8$ 111 b, six and aged list; mares and geldings allowed 41b; the winner to be sold for 2,000 sovs, or carry 7lb extra ; D.I. ; 4 subs. Lecturer 4 yrs (not to be sold), The Duke 5 yrs (not to be sold), John Davis 6 yrs, Corsair 4 yrs. Match 200, h ft ; R.M.—Mr. S. :Thellusson's Ostreger, 5 yrs, 9st, agst Capt. Machelfs Knight of the Garter, 3 yrs, 9st. Match 100, h ft ; Bst 101 b each ; both three year olds ; R.M.—Lord Bateman's Delilah receives 25 sovs ft from Capt. Alexander's Patron. (No day mentioned.) DONCASTER SPRING MEETING. MAY 9. Acceptances for the Doncaster Spring Handicap of 15 sovs each, 10 ft, and only 5 if declared, with 100 added; winners of any handicap of the value of 50 soya after April 10 (at nine a.m.) 61b, of two or one of 200 101 b ex tra; the second to save his stake. St. Leger Course. 31 subs, 18 of whom pay 5 soya each. The highest weight accepting being 7st 101 b, it has been raised to Bst 121 b, and the others in proportion. Age st lb Archimedes ... 5 8 12 Buckfoot ... ... 6 8 11 Lion ... ... 5 8 9 Retrousse ... ... 4 8 9 Belmont ... ... 4 8 8 Selim ... ... 4 8 6 Dulcimer ... ... 5 8 1 Age st lb Forester ... ... 5 7 12 Black Prince (paid) 4 7 12 Rawl:swell ... 4 7 10 Tho Rock 3 7 1 Leap Year 3 6 13 Rap 3 6 9 We draw attention to the following remarks in the Round Table on the importance of choosing a good and comfortable vessel :—" Great numbers of our country men, although perhaps not in such numbers as have been anticipated, will for some months to come be crossing the sea, and many will now cross it for the first time. It be comes a matter of great importance, both as respects pure comfort and as bearing upon' first impressions, to select desirable moans of transit. Many of the Atlantic steamships are old, dirty, and by no means quite safe. The desire to make hay while the sun shines will induce some of the companies to overcrowd their vessels and to take the risk of future unpopularity for the sake of present gain. Some which have established reputations will be, as they have been, indifferent to the comfort of their passengers, who, they think, should be satisfied with any and everything for the eclat of travelling by their famous lines. Sensible people should, however, remember that it is not always the company which is oldest or most celebrated which will take most pains to please. On the contrary, those which have reputations to make, will generally in this respect bo most depended on. The new French line is highly spoken of by, those who 'have travelled in its vessels, and the Cimarders are losing, of late, a great deal of the prestige which long years of safety and swiftness so worthily gained. The National Company is a rising one and has some very fine ships. The only American line is, we be lieve, that which has been established by the combination of the New York Mail Steamship Company with that known as the New York and Havre. Their fleet includes some noble vessels, and the high reputation of Mr. C. K. Garrison as a shipowner and capitalist is a guarantee of efficient management and faithful per formance of whatever sails under his auspices. The two German lines, the New York and Bremen and the North German Lloyds, stand well in public esteem and will be largely patronised by special classes. For good ships, good fare, cleanly service, and punctuality we can con scientiously recommend the Inman line, having made most comfortable and satisfactory passages by their steamships. These enumerated lines constitute the best and safest ones for selection, since the scratch ships put up for the occa sion will be, as a rule, wisely avoided. Passengers should remember that an ocean steamer is not a hotel, and cannot conveniently be changed on being found slow, dirty, or otherwise uncomfortable. Once at sea they are fixed and without remedy for the whole width of tho Atlantic; and it is, theref ore, j u di cious to make a cautious selection, and, if possible, p ersona ll y to examine proposed accommoda tions: before committing health, life, and property to their keeping. Old travellers do not require such advice, but to the thousands of y oung ones who go abroad for the first time it will not b e f ound superfluous or untimely. For theinterest of such we shall recur to the subject again." GOVERNMENT INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES. The Postmaster has issued an account which shows that from the commencement of business on the 17th April , 1865, to the 31st December, 1866, th e sums received on ' ac count of Government annuity and insurance contracts amounted to £83,938 13s. 11d. Of this, £74,963 155. was paid to the National Debt Commissioners for investment, £3,607 2s. 3d. in respect of 312 annuities, and £3 , 813 14s. Bd.' to the Commissioners on account of premiums received on contracts for sums payable at death. The amount paid for charges of management was £2,477 14s. 6d TIIE LAW OFFICES.—On the doting of the law offices yesterday business was suspended till Wednesday morning. The Chancery offices will Le opened on Satur day, and will then be closed till Weda:sday. Naval and Military Intelligence. The preliminary operations connected with the contract works for the enlargement and extension of Chatham dockyard have been completed by Mr. Gabrielli, who has undertaken the first portion of the contract—that for the construction of the re pairing basin and two docks. Several hundred hands have been taken on during the past fortnight, and in a short time as many as 2,000 workmen, exclu sive of about 1,000 convicts, will bo employed on the works. The recent visit of Mr. Corry, the First Lord of the Admiralty, and his colleagues in Chat ham has given an impetus to the prosecution of that portion of the undertaking which the previous Board of Admiralty decided should be proceeded with in the first instance, and the inspection of the works, so far as they have been carried out, has convinced their lordships of the advantage of constructing the first of the three basins, together with two of the docks, within the earliest possible period. The origi nal designs for the enlargement of Chatham dock yard, as prepared from the reports and recomtnen dations of Major Andrew Clark, Royal Engineers, the Director of Admiralty Works, contemplated the taking in of the whole of the swamp at the eastern extremity of the existing naval establishments at Chatham, known as St. Mary's Island, covering an area of little less than 400 acres, and it is on them that the present undertaking proceeds. The dock yard at Chatham, with its docks, building slips, factories, and other buildings covers at present an area of barely 100 acres, but the addition decided on will increase it to nearly five times its present extent, or, in other words, will enlarge its size to about two-thirds of the area of the city of London. Up to the present time work connected with the ex tension of the dockyard has been performed almost en tirely by convicts, some thousands of whom have been daily employed on the island for the past three years, during which an embankment along the har bour has been made for a distance of about two miles. A solid breakwater and wall have been formed, the dock and basin entrances have been completed, and a solid brick wall, carried some dis tance below the river, has been constructed for about 1,500 yards. In addition to this several mil lions of bricks have been manufactured and stacked by the convicts, the whole of which have been used in the work already completed. The slow pro gress of the works, however, which, in the opi nion of Major Clark, appears to be inseparable from their execution by convict labour, and the necessity for early providing an establish ment secure from hostile attacks, where our ironclad ships can be built and repaired with the greatest expedition, have led the Govern ment to decide on supplementing the convict work by skilled labour to a larger extent than has hitherto been the case, and hence the determination to have the remaining portion of the undertaking carried out by contract. The three large basins, forming the principal feature in the extension works, will occupy the site of St. Mary's Creek, formerly in tersecting the island, the creek being to this extent utilized, and a considerable amount of excavation thereby avoided. The largest of the three basins, the site of which is already marked out, is placed at the extreme east of the island, communicating with the Medway by means of locks at Gillingham Reach. This basin, which is intended to be used as a basin, in which the largest vessels of war may be fitted, equipped, provided with the whole of their guns and stores, and despatched direct to their destination, will cover an area of 33 acres, with a depth of water of 30ft. at neap tides. The width will be 800 ft., and it will contain a wharf age frontage of 5,800 f. Communicating with the fitting-out basin by means of a caisson will be the second, or factory, basin, with an area of 20 acres, a depth of water of 30ft., and a 'wharfage space of 3,750 ft. Along the northern site of this basin, forming a special feature in the original project, it is intended to construct a camber, with berths in connexion, on which iron vessels of between 3,000 and 4,000 tons can be placed, out of the water, for examination and repairs, to avoid the delay and in convenience of docking. On the southern side of the factory basin a large factory is now in course of erection, covering an area of about 14 acres. Up to the present time the building of the factory has been performed solely by convicts, who have completed the foundations and raised the walls of the structure to a certain height. As, however, the further pro gress of this particular work has been suspended, it is probable that its completion will form a portion of the contract for the construction of the factory basin and slips. The last of the three basins, the contract for the execution of which, together with the adja cent docks, has just been taken by Mr. Gabrielli for the sum of £750,000, will cover an area of 21 acres, with 3,500 ft. of wharfage, and a depth of water of 30ft. Along the southern side of this basin, which communicates direct with Chatham harbour, nearly opposite Upnor Castle, the site has been marked out for four large graving docks, each 420 ft. in length, and 130 ft. in breadth, with a depth of water of 28ft. Gin. over the dock sill at high-water neaps. Between the docks will be erected three.workshops or factories for the workmen employed on the ves sels under repair or fitting. Only two of the four docks are to be completed in the first instance, the contract for the execution of the works connected with which is included in that for the formation of aorabyobi basins,uel o ids t u y t oo 2 nb d , c O yt O toc h O gooeu excavato rs :t t atc the e end: repairing du flother docks, nwowfwi basin. tkts i hhi n mn:e a an l all hln p eVrun r ei o lt netp b hel the year 1869, the contract stipulating that three A y w e i a tnh r su thatm sh b e a r l be pl of fr t the hone the ocfo nthv utmost eicutns time we the rtlal kini ntg h w e o mr shallk se mean tni mh time hand connected be. employed leoec completion m n e pn l the ter tai entrance e r o t a h f n e t drh edembankmseaent wall,the preliminary of mc n t n h as e rt yr u i s e l c x a t i n e oa d n: o and t h t e h vations for the factory and fitting -out basins, and in the manufactur e o f b r i c k s used on the Works. The formation of the two remaining basins, as well as y e ep Pointnni ng nsf the intended from Fol d l throughth Gillinghame an n e in R e a t c h h e Medway to the entrance of the fitting -out basin, to a mean de ina o r f a w t e a e t c o r n o t r f :c 7 t s f t . T a h t he or al f r i - g t d n es a , l e w s m l b a e t e included e p s t e h p works connected with the enlargement of Chatham dockyard was a million and a quarter sterling, but the additional buildings and other undertakings de cided upon, as well as those in contemplation, will increase that estimate by about another quarter of a million. At the present rate of progress, however, at least ten years must elapse before they are com pleted. A separate contract has been taken by an other firm for the construction, on the part of the Admiralty, at an outlay of £40,000, of a public wharf at Gillingham, adjoining the dockyard, inlieu of the wharf to be removed to make way for the en largement of Chatham dockyard. The works con nected with the formation of the new work have been commenced, and will be completed in about two years.. _ The unarmoured screw corvette Blanche, 6, 2,268 tons, 350-horse power, preparing for launching at Chatham dockyard, is ordered to have additional ports constructed for the increase of her armament by two 64-pounder muzzle-loading guns. This al teration in her armament will also necessitate an increase in the size of her magazine for receiving her additional shot, shell, and cases of powder. The ship Norwood, chartered by the Government to convey convicts from Chatham, Portsmouth, and Portland, sailed from the latter port on Thursday last, at 6 p.m. She had put back a week pre viously, after sailing from Portland on account of a case of measles having broken out on board. When the Norwood put back she was anchored at the eastward end of the Breakwater in quarantine, and when all danger from the epidemic spreading throughout the vessel bad subsided she was allowed to proceed on her voyage to Western Australia. A light south-east wind blew with fine weather, as the Norwood left her anchorage. The urgent demand fora supply of the new Palliser shot to furnish the home and foreign stations has necessitated the working of the shell foundry at Woolwich night and day for some time past, and a weekly supply of about 4,500 has been successively kept up. The manufacture is now somewhat re duced in order to admit of the chills and other por tions of the plant being put under a course of new , SATURDAY EVENING, APRIL 20, 1867 steel lining adapted to the lubrication of the moulds, and to undergo some other repairs. The manufac ture, as before, is expected to recommence on the opening of the establishment after Easter. A large number are required for early despatch to serve the heavy guns sent out last year for the defence of Canada. A notification was yesterday received at Chatham, from the Horse Guards, that the 70th Regiment will proceed from Dover to Aldershott, on Thurs day next, the 25th inst. Major Wirzman is to be transferred from the 6th Inniskilling Dragoons to the 4th Hussars, on their going to India iu September. GLORGE FRANCIS 7RAIN IN THE GOLD ROOM, NEW YORK. The Gold Room, with its active five hundred members, is still the feature of New York monied men. Sales amounting from twenty-five millions to a hundred and twenty-five millions every day show the magnitude of the operations there. A stranger in the city may well look on and wonder to see all nations represented around that railing. Horace White's description in the Chicago Tribune was racy in the extreme, but the Gold Room has seldom had more of a sensation among its members than Wed nesday afternoon. It seems that Mr. Train went into the new Board Room with Mr. Mellis of the World, to see the Room and ascertain if his old membership of two years ago held good. Mr. Train, who seems to be always ular with the brokers, found hemmed in by a crowd, while himself the whole room joined in the cry of speech—speech ah a i f e suddenlyllo w and T er YI3(3P —Train--Train. He tried to get out in vain. There was no retreat. He pushed for the door, when some dozen of the brokers, now thoroughly demoralised, lifted him up bodily to the President's platform, while the board, packed fuller than usual, demanded a speech. The President hammered away with his gavel, but could not restore order. " Decorum, gentlemen, we must have decorum; surely you have no right to force Mr. Train tospeak against his wishes." "I will protect you," said the President to Mr. Train. But it was of no use. It was beyond his power. The gold brokers - had got Mr. Train fast, and suspended all opera tions, and insisted upon a speech. Mr. Train, seeing that he was in for it, arose, when the cries of " Hats off" were renewed and silence was restored. We can only give a sketch of Mr. Train's remarks bearing on the financial question. The above extract from the Evening Express is followed by Mr. Train's speech, which is rightly described as an odd speech in an odd place by an odd fellow. Mr. Train hit right and left, but although his hearers must have felt the full force of many of his blows, they were taken with the utmost good humour. When the old Banking Companies of England, organised under the Limited Liability Act, they were all or most of them insolvent—as instanced by Overend,. Gurney, a n d C o. Our old banks were in the same positi on w h en M r. Ch ase , th e l arg e s t head, the longest head, o f hi s banking system, to makep ar ty created the national himself President. (Ap plause.) You remember he put his handsome photo graph on the $1 notes to circulate among the people. (Laughter.) Our National Banks, like the English Limited Liability Act, were the salvation of most of the rotten banks of the country. (Sensation.) Take their loans this time last year, 1866—Five Hundred Millions. Take them now, 1867—Six Hundred and Twenty Millions. Of course I said as they have in creased their loans they have added to their capital, only Twenty-Five Millions I found, leaving One Hundred Millions more now than when expanded last year. What is this loaned on ? On Erie at 90, North-Western at 80, Cumberland Canal at 70, Pacific Mail at 180 —J.nd 'Pork at 36. (Laughter.) The last panic was peculiar —usually we outsiders caught it. This time you insiders got cleaned out. (Applause and "That's so.") Men who had accumu lated their $200,000 to $500,000 in small sums these last few years, buried it all ia the Greenwood Cemetery of the Stock Exchange. (Mr. O'Brien — or in E Pluribus Unum.) Mr. Train—Yes, you are one of the many whose epitaph is among the tomb stones. (Loud laughter and applause, continuing for several minutes at the repartee.) Tree street The Comptroller is abroad—he is afte r the cldin. quents-1,700 of these institutions are in a flurry— awl i r l e l a f d e y el the s b h i g o e l k o a w n i s t hi are a a c a w l l e e e d k in, and he the recent Na tional Bank failures in Washington, Baltimore, Oil pimples,the ex perienced eye th e pa i nful disease the slight erupti on on the skin, Wells, Newton, Hudson , Boston, and Nashvill e are that y t t i t s t thee tells s ruggling within. ( Applause.) These banks were established on a 10 per cent. margin, $lOO,OOO bonds gave $90,000 notes. This margin is lost, and 23 per cent. more, as shown by the loan account Ono Hundred Million more than last year. (Sensation.) When the country understands this, they will sell Governments. Then look abroad. Five hundred millions of our securities in Europeeo:icecanltl.—Bnroitmisih nally held at 7 4— or 9 p er cent. in gold, while the rot. tenest security in the old world, 3 p Consols, are selling at 91. That shows how little they think of our Bonds. They are simply deposited there and drawn against--a simple kytering opera tion, which you understand. (Laughter.) When you want to sec what is going to happen abroad look at the never - fail in g baromet er down there iu When or n war breaks the south-eastern part of Euro pe , the Eastern ques tion. Allsay peace, yet five million s of breech -loaders ou, a —of tde likely Tur key, back come the bonds. Send home not $500;000,000, but $ 20,000,000, and the dozen inter national bankers will rush to the Government slaughter-house to sell, and the amount will soon be exaggerated to $200,000,000. Suppose they meet there some of the liquidating National Bank Bonds, and other frightened holders of the Bonds, all rush ing to sell, who is going to buy ? Shall Igoon ?" (Cries of " Yes.") Remember that the loan was taken up on margins. We subscribed $lO,OOO and borrowed $9,500, and kept the mill going all day, making the man with $lO,OOO capital talk and act like the millionaire. The public is a bull on govern ments only when above par—when below par they are bears. Let governments drop to par, and down they go to 89. Then national bank notes are 1 per cent. dis. Then comes the rush on national banks for greenbacks, and the greenbacks are not there. (Sen sation.) What is the result? Does Congress help us? No, the lawyers are in power; what do they care ? They add $400,000,000 bounty to the debt, and ad vance their own salaries to $5,000. Is the South to be admitted under the Military Bill ? No ; Stevens holds the reins; confiscation is the order. The estates are to be cut up among the Germans, and the negroes wiped out. Where, then, are we floating? Congress sees M'Culloch has made a mistake ; and as it is an Administration blunder, the Radicals intend to pass no bill of relief. They will pin c h the country this year— and bring on a financial crash in the fall—(remem ber this is the panic year of the never -failing screws) —lay it on the Administration policy, and when everybody is broken, Congress will meet in the winter and pass Randall's bill, putting greenbacks in the place of the $340,000,000 National Bank Bonds. Pass another bill paying duties on imports in greenbacks—and then another bill paying inte rest on the $ 1 ,400,000,000 5-20's in legal tenders. In other words, give the country one currency. That is twenty-five hundred millions of legal tenders, in stead of 16 currencies as at present. This makes all happy for the Presidential election of 1868. Delirium tremens requires national whisky to recuperate the system. The whisky will make all vote for Radicalism. They elect the President, and after that the deluge. (Laughter.) Johnson in his talk with Halpine—the Democratic party and the South thinks that a crash will burst the Radicals. By no means. They will turn it to their advantage. The next war is to be financial—land and labour against banks and bond holders—and the former own the notes. The South had no debt. The West little. The greenback age wiped off their mortgages, and placed the lead on the back of the bondholders. The debt rests uneasily on the seashore and in Europe, and the shadow is on the wall. Paying gold interest in greenbacks is repudiation, you say—why so ? Nearly all the States have done it, New York taking the lead. The finality of all the recent Congressional legislation may be stated in two words, confiscation in the South and repudia tion in the North. (Sensation.) The Chicago papers have already sounded the tocsin ; we are growing poorer every day. The $2,500,000,000 debt only cost $1,250,000,000. Hence bondholders ask specie payments. The people who did the fighting hold no bonds, and ask for legal tenders. The rich ar ranged to have their bonds free from taxation. Hence the rich man, with his millions of untaxed governments, sends his children to the same school where the poor man, with no bonds, sends his. Hence the poor man is obliged to pay for the edu cation of the rich man's children as well as for his own. (Sensation.) But enough of this. You asked me for a speech, and you have got it. You ask the remedy. Retrench. You have been dancing five years and the fiddler demands his pay. (Laugh ter.) When the candle is lighted at both ends you had better sell it short. (Laughter.) You must stop your imports—develope your mineral resources —finish the Pacific Railroad—cut down your ex penses—smoke one cigar less—drink one glass of whisky less every hour in the day, and keep all your pockets as full as you can of legal tenders, as they will be the handiest thing you can have about the house. (Loud applause and great congratula tions from the brokers.) SPIRIT OF THE AMERICAN PRESS. TIIE POLITICAL FUTITRE. The nature of the arrangement which Congress has made as to its adjournment renders it certain that; barring some gross act of folly on the part of Mr. Johnson or of the Southern leaders, there will be no session until December. As well as anybody can judge from his present attitude and language he is not likely to do anything to impede the free working of the Reconstruction Bill. The Generals in command ,of the military districts are men in whom the country has every confidence, and what they have done so far, warrants the conclusion that they will do hereafter all that the occasion calls for or the people expect, without either let or hindrance from the White House. There could, in fact, hardly be a better augury as to the future, than the steps General Sheridan has just taken at New Orleans. We may therefore fairly anticipate that the con stitutional conventions in the various States will be duly held, and that not only the Unionists, pro perly so called, but everybody not formally disfran chised by the act, will take part in the election of the delegates. It is impossible to read the speeches of the leading Southern men and the articles in the recent Southern papers without feeling satisfied that active submission has at last been determined on, that the South is going to reorganise under the act, and that the plan of flattering and managing the negroes has been fixed on as the best and only mode of taking out of the new law whatever sting or danger there may be in it. We shall probably see during the coming summer most of the leading Southern politicians, and a large number also of in fluential men who have never taken much part iu politics, carrying on a brisk canvass amongst the freedmen, and competing, and we believe not unsuc cessfully, with the Southern Radicals, properly so called, for the negro vote. *That the conventions will comply with the requisitions of Congress wa have no sort of doubt. It would, of course, be a great mockery, as everybody at the South now knows, to hold them for any other purpose than compliance. That the eAtablishment of free schools is not amongst those requisitions, as proposed the other day by Mr. Sumner, we consider a great misfortune; and wa cannot help thinking that the whole North will see it in the same light before many years. Of what the Southern planters can do in the political ma nagement of ignorant voters we know something already, but we greatly fear we have something still to learn. If, therefore, Mr. Johnson confines himself during the summer.to the routine duties of his office, and indulges in no worse outbursts of feeling than " conversations," there will be nothing for Con• gress to do until the regular time of meet ing. The game of removals from office which the President played last summer, is, of course, barred by the Tenure of Office Bill, and our Foreign Ministers may hereafter meet the gaze of the MeCrackens without wincing. Thus Mr. Johnson is really exposed to hardly any temp tation. What, under these circumstances, is likely to become of the impeachment? In the first place, it is quite evident that its great advocates have now very little influence in the House. General Butler went to Congress charged with the special duty of carrying it through, and may be said to have mad.: absolutely no impression on anybody, and has been condemned to the some what inglorious role of sticking pins into his personal enemies for the amusement of his fellow members. Mr. Stevens, too, has evidently lost his power, or else the House has grown thieked skinned for his lash, though ever so mercilessly applied, does not produce the slightest movement. What is more ' significant than all, is, that the Judiciary Committee make no secret of the fact that it is proceeding in strict accordance with legal forms, taking evidence only under legal rules, and is admitting rebutting testimony at every step. We have all along main tained that if this were done the impeachment had little chance. The only mode of impeachment which promised success was something in the nature of a bill of pains and penalties, or what might be called ,‘ impeachment by acclamation." We are still of opinion that no evidence has been brought before the committee which would bear examination in a' court of law, because it could only reach the com mittee through the promoters of the movement, and thus far these gentlemen have not tantalized the public by their secrecy. They have been, of course, very anxious to secure support from the people, and consequently are not likely to have kept back anything of importance which came to their knowledge, and yet they have told us absolutely nothing that we have not all known for the last year, unless it be Mr. * Boutwell's charge abo u t th e ptkrdon of the West Virginia deserters. We have at the same time the assurance of the committee that they will prosecute their inquiry diligently during the summer, and if they find any high crime or misdemeanour will do their duty about it fearlessly. In any case, however, the probability is that we shall not get their report till December. In calculating the effect of it, even if unfavourable to the President, it is desirable to remember that the convention for the nomination of the next President will be held in the summer of 1868, and that during the previous half-year the attention of the political world will.be entirely absorbed in the manu f ac ture of candidates, possible a n d i mposs ibl e , likely and unlikely, and will continue to be so till the nomination is made. After the nomination of course comes the compaign, and we doubt if a more exciting one has ever occurred. It is safe, there fore, to predict, that Mr. Johnson, insignificant already, will, after the Ist of January next, becomes more and more so, and will cease to be spoken of at all as the winter wears on, and that some of those who are now most eager to try him will then be least disposed to trouble themselves about him. Moreover, suppose an impeachment process were commenced in December, if conducted with legal form, as it ought to be and certainly would be, it would last till the following summer at least, and conviction might possibly be secured about the time of the next election-; but we doubt if either the cause of the country or the interests of virtue would be served by it.-7he Notion. REPRESENTATION OF MINORITIES.-HARE'S SYSTEM. A majority may be too strong for its own good and that of th e s t ate. It would be easy to find illustrations of this in recent legislation. Some mea sures of the late Congress would have been much more carefully and justly constructed if the domi nant party had not felt its power to pass them over Presidential vetoes and to silence opposition by sheer force. In this consciousness of irresistible power, the majority too often attempted to rob the minority of the poor privilege of discussion and re monstrance, or when they permitted it, it was granted as a favour, not allowed as a right, and the most frequent reply to an argument in opposi tion to any measure was in substance :—" Who cares ? We can vote you down." Indeed it seems to be one of the natural tendencies of representa tive government to cultivate a contempt for mino rities and their rights. And this is all the more provoking and dangerous when the aggregate majority of the party in power is but a small frac tion of the whole vote, and liable to be trans ferred at any election to the other side by some revulsion of popular feeling, or an extraordinary expenditure of money in the purchase of votes. Aside from party considerations altogether, and on public and general grounds, the rights of minorities are entitled to respect in a free government. How to secure to minorities a share of representation and power is one of the problems over which the thinkers in politics are now much exercised. The plan of Mr. Hare, endorsed by John Stuart Mill, is the most practical and direct yet suggested. It is called the cumulative vote. Mr. Hare wonld make the representative districts larger, and then divide the representatives in each between the different parties as nearly in proportion to numbers as possible. For instance, Massachusetts would elect her ten representatives to Congress on a general ticket, and the Democrats would be entitled to two or three of them, according to their proportion of the whole vote. This would be secured• by a law that no voter should vote for more than seven or eight representa tives, as the case might. be, so that all the names on the Republican ticket would be elected and thetwo or three on the Democratic ticket receiving the largest number of votes. 'The plan would have the further advantage of allowing the selection of candidates from the whole State, and so increasing the chances that the best men would be sent to Congress. The same system might be applied to elections for the State Legislature, by increasing the size of the re presentative and senatorial districts. It would be easy to find objections to Mr. Hare's plan, and it is not likely to be favoured by any party that is strongly in the majority, and yet the idea that minorities have rights, and should be heard and represented in the Government, is one that will force itself more and more upon attention as a desir able check to the despotism of the numerical ma jority, which may sometimes become as intolerable as that of the mailed hand of a single' tryant. While all afloat as to first principles on many great political questions, and seeking for solid footing somewhere, the suggestions of these great English thinkers in politics deserve at least respectful atten tion. 'They may give us essential help.—Spring field Weekly Republican. STRIKES IN AMERICA. Public attention is again called to movements of combined associations of working men, and once more we are apprised that there are tobe combination strikes, and the demand of increased wages at the peril of the suspension and possible destruction of many branches of business, with the inevitable recoil of the movement upon those who can least afford to bear the evils that must of necessity follow. Firmly believing that'labour and capital, employer and employes, are and ever should be friends and allies, we deprecate any movement that tends to disturb that unity of in terest, and most especially the sheer madness of strikes. If any individual is underpaid let him go di rectly to his employer and see what can be done by a fair and temperate discussion. We are sure that in most cases he would either gain his point or be con vinced that the employer really could not afford an advance. But to shrink away from capitalists, as if ashamed or afraid to discuss anything, to meet in trade societies and send forth a peremptory demand for increased pay under the threat of ruining an entire business if employers hesitate to yield, is an outrage of the most aggravating kind, and capital ists must be more than human if they do not resent it. What was the result of the ship carpenters' strike ? 'The suspension of work in many places, and the turning of all repairing of vessels over to Boston and other eastern ports. The working men lost more by this one folly than ever was gained by all the strikes on record. How did the oar-drivers fare in.their attempt at coercion ? They failed, and hundreds of them were compelled to seek work in other places and other business. They did all they could to injure the capital that had fed them, until capital turned in self-defence, and shook them off. Not one of the leading strikers can ever again get employment from a city railroad company. All these combinations to force prices injure the working classes - they degrade themselves thereby,. holding out the idea that they have no moral or legal rights; and, therefore, turn footpads and sake by violence what by that very act they acknowledge they cannot rightfully claim. The rates of compen sation for labour are already very high ; daily and weekly wages are quite as high as when gold was 250, and any attempt to force a rise will most cer tainly produce the opposite result. The high rate of pay for carpenters, masons, and bricklayers has kept back the business of house-building, and in fact quite suspended it. There might have been thou sands of additional small and large tenements within ten miles of the City-hall if labour had been even 20 per cent. lower for the past five years. The vacant ground is there, and capital stands ready and anxi ous t o b u ild the moment it can see a fair probability of ordinary returns. How much do the carpenters expect to increase the amount of housebuilding by adding 15 per cent. to the cost thereof ? We hope all trades will carefully consider these .matters, and that they will, for the sake of the working men, avoid the ruinous folly of coer cion and strikes.—. New York Times. CANADIAN VIEWS OF THE CESSION OF RUSSIAN AMERICA. The Toro n t o Gl o b e writes :—" The sole object of the United States's Government in this matter is the miserable advantage of shutting off the northern portion of British Columbia from direct access to the Pacific Ocean, a mere strip of Russian ter ritory, running down some 400 miles along the coast from Mount St. Elias to opposite Queen Char lotte's Island. It is along this strip alone that the Russians have any settlements—and these are not on the mainland, but on the islands which stud the coast, and afford facilities for hunting the sea-otter. The only settlement among them of any importance is that of Sitka Island, on which is the town of New Archangel, a little place of 800 to 1,000 inhabi tants. All the rest of Russian America is an un penetrated and impenetrable wild, in which the Indian roams in all his primitive independence. The entire population of this new acquisition of Brother Jonathan is some 60,000 souls, of whom all but 3,000 or 4,000 are aboriginal Indians. The idea of anybody getting excited about this affair is simply ridiculous. It may afford our Republican neigh bours an opportunity of extending their Japanese system, and making themselves as unpleasant as possible to the bold pioneers who penetrate the northern regions of British Columbia ; but the acquisition of 481,276 square miles of ice, with a population, all told, of 3,000 Cossacks and 50,000 savages, is hardly an investment to be coveted by anybody not afflicted with an insatiable craving for useless territory. The blowing of our neighbours over so sterile an acquisition enables one to form some estimate of the cruel longing that afflicts them for the possession of British America." The Montreal Transcript says :—"ln a political point of view the possession of this inhospitable region can give no extension of influence to our Republican neighbours. It may be gratifying to the national amour propre to know that they possess a coast line which, in a measure, hems in the British territory, but the gains are practically nil. It matters little to us that a territory so worthless passes into Ameri can hands. If our neighbours can succeed in uti lising its barren resources, and bestowing upon its sparse and semi-barbarous population those bless ings of civilisation and religion which, under Rus sian rule, have been practically denied, we shall have reason to rejoice rather than to be dismayed at a consummation to which the American people may be pardoned for attaching an undue import ance." Encounter between an Eagle and Fox. A correspondent in Strathmore gives us the following very singular details :—Last week as I was perambulating the moors of Upper Strathmore, I came to the foot of a hill called Benalskie. Upon looking up to the summit I observed a large bird perched on a cairn of stones which is situated on the summit of the hill. By the help of my telescope I was enabled to discover it was an eagle of consi derable size. When I had approached halfway up the hill it observed me, and immediately mounted into the air. Being familiar with these birds from boyhood, I under stood it was one of the golden species. Upon reaching the summit I sat down, in order to watch this noble bird. At first it rose to a considerable height in the air, then it approached much nearer to the earth, and I knew from its manner of flying it was in search of prey. After flying about for some time, it suddenly alighted about 400 yards from the spot where I lay. I knew ley its quick descent that its sharp eye had discovered something, and I soon found my ideas were well founded, fcr upon looking again I saw it was devouring the carcase of a mountain hare In a few minutes I looked again through my telescope, but judge of my great astonishment when I observed a fox spring from a bush of heather and seize the intruder (which had come to rob him of his prey) by the wing. 'A well-contested struggle ensued, in which the bird made a desperate attempt to defend itself with its claws, and succeeded in extricating itself from its enemy's grasp ; but before it had time to escape reynard seized it again by the breast, and seemed more determined than ever. The eagle made another attempt to overpower its antago nist by striking him with its wings, but that would not compel him to quit his hold. At length the eagle attempted to take wing, but reynard was not to be cheated in this manner. At last the eagle succeeded in raising the fox from terra firma, and in a few minutes ho was suspended by his own jaws between heaven and earth. lie was now placed in an unfavourable position for . fighting ; but his courage did not seem to forsake him, as he firmly kept his hold, and seemed to make several attempts to bring the eagle down, but, alas! he soon found the strong wings of the eagle were capable of raising him above the clouds. There was now no way of escape unless the bird would alight somewhere. The eagle made a straight ascent, and succeeded in rising to a considerable height in the air. The two combatants were still struggling, and in a few minutes a disengagement appeared to have taken place. Ileynard, from sumo cause or other, was obliged to quit his grasp, and he was now descending much quicker than he had gone up. His fate was now visible, for in a few seconds ho was dashed to the earth, where he lay strug gling in the agonies of death. I lost no time in proceed ing to the spot where the dead animal lay. Upon examin ing the body it appeared considerably bruised by the fall, and there were several deep wounds inflicted on its side. Life was quite extinct before I reached it. Tho eagle made its escape in a southern direction. It appeared weak from exhaustion and the loss of blood, but notwithstanding managed to fly until at last it was obscured in the dis tance.—Northern Ensign. The corner-stone of the new St. James's Hotel at BoStbn has been laid, and work is soon to be commenced °lithe new Grand Hotel, with $2,000,000 capital, at Dor chester. A branch line of the Boston, Hartford, and Erie Railroad, half a mile long, is to be built for the special ac commodation of the latter institution. THOMAS SILVER'S MODEL STEAMS We see by the American Artisan that Mr. Thoma s Silver, who lately proceeded from London to New York, is directing the attention of his countrymen to his model of an improved steamer. Mr. Silve r contends that the present system of constructing steamers makes rolling and uncomfortable ships: He holds that the buoyancy of vessels increases in greater ratio than length, which prevents pitching , while width confines the rolling to a nanimzin!; and both give facilities for high speed with little diminution, as a vessel combining great length An a breadth is not considerably affected by the weig ht carried. The present system is to build narrl and deep steamer s t o o bt a i n d eep sea res i stanc e to th e screw, with Europeans the favourite method of pro pulsion. This construction Mr. Silver's plan Wel, wholly change, buildi ng vesse l s 590 f ee t long, ' wide, and 30 deep, of 7,168 tons gross Custoin: house measurement. These vessels he proposes 1 ' propel by two paddl e - w h ee l s , and twin scr ews driven by engines with centre shafts arranged fo r disconnection. One of the e ng i nes , M r . Silver ca , .1 , ciliates, can drive one of th ese vesse l s s i x or eign i ' miles an hour, while the whole power in motion will give 20 knots, which kept up for seven days will carry the steamer across the Atlantic. The new steamer will be unencumbered with nine ts : If one means of propulsion breaks down, the other remains ; if one engine becomes damaged the Pn!, sage of the vessel w ill b e b u t s li g htl y re t ar ded ; I .` the rudder is injured, she can be steered by th e , screws. The diffi cu lty o f manoeuvr i ng vess els 0' such immense length will be obviated by the poll i Ter thus given. The carryi ng capac it y will 'be besiae' , fuel 3,000 tons cargo and 2,500 passengers. The wag' nitride of the vessel will afford the accommodati on whichwill enable the owners to supply food a lacarte as in hotels and restaurants ; thus passengers wile wish to economise need not pay for the extravagan ce of others, while the number of passengers such Yea' sels can carry will lead to a reduction of the rate. The Transatlantic Express and Passenger emit . pany was formed a b ou t t wo years ago i n N ew "for' to construct a line of such steamers, but the enor mous cost of shipbuilding in the United States pre" vented the consummatio n o f th e en t er p r i s e. Not long since Mr. Silver urged, through our columns, on the' attention of the United States Govern agent, the advisability of permitting Ameri can citizens to register and run under th e United States flag such vessels, without re' ference to where they were built, prohibiting them only from engaging in coastwise traffic.' What he, as an American citizen, asked was the power of embodying his own id eas by permission to purchase in the cheapest market when obliged to compete in the employment of the vessels wit'', foreigners who possess this privilege. The Amery' can flag must be at a disadvantage so long as it can only cover American bottoms, which cannot be built at the present rate of wages and material in America, except at a cost preventing citizens of th e Republic from entering the field against foreig n traders. Railway Traffic Returns for tile Week. Mlles Opened. RecelP l 0 ' _ Railways. ,---,......_....„...--...........-----; - 1867. 1866. 1867 1 356 . A Belfast and N. Counties 951 99/ 2,248 2-!,! . Belfast and County Down 44} Si} 657 ..- illy th and Tyne . 36 Brecon and 3lerthyr ......... 68 64 ~ 2 412 2 L ,V 81 1 Bristol and Exeter l3l} 1211 6,961 6. 7 ,„ 7 8 Caledonian . , Scottish Central 57,. '. 5621 31,476 3 . , Cambrian 133 '''' 15,0 2.1;9 2,": Cock ermouth Kdz renrith .. 314 311 315 45, . Cork and Bandon 2O 20 431 3 ' Cork, Blackrock, & Passage 6l 6/ 160 163 Cork and Limerick Dlrea Cornwall Deeside . 6 1 5 7 1 651 1,761 - 1 .„ a 7; 1 9 17 293 -)'-',, Do Extension Dublin & Iletfast J unction.... 63 Dublin, and Drogheda 75 Dublin and Meath Dub. & Wicklow and Wexid 10 685 38 1 7363 0 0 55 5 6 , 2 4 11 , , , ; 8 26 1 9 34 3 31 5 12 _ 3 ;26" F 5 1 Forth and Clyde Junction 202 Furness, &c Glasgow & South-Western Gt. Eastern,Nrfk.,&E.Union 422 422 3 3 3 6, 2 1 4 1 2 5 147 : k 31 1.: Great Northern Great North of Scotland 242 241 3,041 2 . 7 ',5 LI t. Northn. & Westn. (Irel.) BO 711 832 7- . ILSouthn. & Westn.arind.) 4191 1191 9,141 5. 5 Great Western l3ll} 12801 71,310 73. 101 ,,.. ; Highland ..-• Hoylaka - - Irish N orth-Western 145 145 2,051 2. 0 4' Isle of Wight l2 8 , 239 1 ' Lancashire & Yorkshire 4u3 403 43.992 43, 70 Limerick and Ennis.. Limerick and Foynes 26} 26} 139 1.2 ; Lianelly 464 461 862 ' 6 ;f, Llynvi Valley London & North-Western London & South-Western ~., Lond. Brighton, &S. Coast 315 2931 1 9 ,836 2-'.' : ; London, Chatham, & Dover; f 1351 134 1 9,232 9." „ ' ". B all Sletropolitan Extension 1 13} 12 1 2,183 2.- 0 -- Do. Kent toast - Lon., Tilbury, & Southend Londonderry and Coleraine 361 36} 3,0 3 e tlan.,6lleilield,& Lincolush ilanch. S.J undt Altrincham 9l 0/ 1,101 L4,t, Ilaryport and Carlisle lletropolitan lildlaucl (incl. N.-Western)., 697 6 / 7i 50 , 2...6 47,401 ilidland Gt. Westn. of Irind 2 OOl 250} 5,161 5.° ilonmouthsh. Kali. & Canal 44 11 3,09 ./ 2.6 41 North British, .11:din., I'ertn and Dundee N-Eastern and Stock. & Dart 12201 12j7 70.689 66, ,2 ? North London ll 11 4,595 4. 70` North Staffordshire 2BB 267 8.271 8.1 61 Pembroke and Tenby 271 111 257 103 Ithymuey 221 221 1,281 1, 285 .... Scottish North-Eastern ll3 138 - Somerset and Dorset 66 66 1,034 1, 16° South Devon ..... 1101 98 1.200 4,•51 ' 66 South-Eastern • 330 - 319 23,035 23. , r alf Vale ~Z Ulster lO5l 1054 3,0;9 2. 9 " Vale of Clwyd. Waterford and Kilkenny 3l 31 493 491 Waterford dnd Limerick 77 77 1,616 2, 1 - 84 West Cork.. l7 - 83 .... %,‘ rexham )lold, Jsc l4 14 W'hayeu,Cleator,&Egrmnt lO 10 ssa 972 FOREIGN AND COLONIAL. Austrian B2B 828 35,6:3 29,119 Bahia and San Francisco vol 6 ;is 761 761 625 Belgian Eastern J unction 28i 26i 311 357 Bombay, Daroda, & Cen. India 308 808 7,366 7, 05 Detroit and Milwaukic lB9 189 6,1 i 7 6, 7 1 7 _ Dutch Rhenish loB} 1(81 5,139 40 8 1 I• • ,` _, . 4, . ' l 9 : : Eastern of France 1665 1165 7 3,515 76, 1 1 6 Eastern Bengal • • . 110 110 2,474 3,0 15 East Indian - Grand Trunk of Canada 1377 1377 -25 852 23,7 03 , Great Central of Belgium 285 2 85 - Great Indian Peninsula Bl5l 6951 40,245 36.5 25 Great Luxembourg 172 142 4,77 J 6, 12 4 Great Southern of India Great Western of Canada 345 315 14,207 13,1 76 Madras Madrid. Saragossa &Alicant BBB 778 16,7 51 18.06 0 Northern of Canada .. .. 97 94 2, 35 2, 241 Northern of France . 7BB 764 67,244 63, 9 ' Norwegian Trunk Ottoman' . Paris, Lyons. & Mediter anean 2170 20(6 144,6 0 143,7 65 Paris and Orleans ..... ... 1852 1818 7P,010 b 1,51 3 Recife and San Fracisco.&c... 771 771 Sc.nde 2,19 1 DV 109 4,952 Southern of France lOl5 898 30,158 29,4 15 Victoria Welland West .t N-Wn. of France .. 13.56 1151 37,205 - 55,710 VISIT OF BELGIAN RIFLEMEN TO WIMBLEDON."' At the last sitting of the Commercial Council of Brussel s the president announced that, taking into consideration the desire expressed by a large number of the civic guard to go to the rifle shooting at Wimbledon, the Minister of the Interior had named a commission to arrange the details, of which the Count de Flandre had kindly consented to be honorary president, and the burgomaster of Brussels pre sident. A contractor, with a large force of divers and mechanics, is engaged in removing the obstructions fro' the Savannah River, below the city of that name. The bridge over the Kennebec, at Augusta, is 3 toll bridge no longer. ECCENTRIC DIVINE.—The Rev. Zeb. Twitebel was the most noted Methodist preacher in Vermont for shrewd and laughable sayings. In the pulpit ho maintaine d a suitable gravity of manner and expression, but out of the pulpit ho overflowed with fun. Occasionally he would, if emergency seemed to require, introduce something queer ie a sermon for the sake of arousing the flagging attention of his hearers. Seeing that his audience were getting sleePit ho paused in his discourse and discussed as follows :"'" "Brethren, you hav'nt any idea of the sufferings of ou r missionaries in the new settlements, on account of the mosquitoes in some of these regions being enormous. great many of them would weigh a pound, and they will g et on logs and bark when the missionaries are going." By this time all ears and eyes were open, and he proceeded to iiniah his discourse. The next day one of his hearers called W ill to account for tolling lies in the pulpit. "There never was a mosquito that wei g h e d a p oun d," h e sa id. "But didn't say one of them would weigh a pound; I said great many, and I think a million of them would." " B ut you say they barked at the missionaries." "No, n e, brother, I said they would get on logs and bark." Births. PHILLIPS —On the 16th inst., at Culham House, Oxon, the wife of John Shawe Phillips, Esq., of a son. HuLLATI—On the 18th inst., at 11, Devonshire-place, bil l ' John Hullah, of a daughter. BURD—On the 17th lust., at The Cottage, Worthen, saloPt the wife of the Rev. Charles Burd, of a son. Marriages. FETTES MORRISON -On the 19th inst., at Lambet h Church, Mr. John Fettos, late of Montrose, to Christina' youngest daughter of Mr. Robert Morrison, engineer, Lambeth. HODGRINSON—WILLIAMSON—On the 17th inst., at Mark's, Kennington, Edw ar d Hi c k s , o ld es t son of AL., r ' Samuel Hodgkinsou, of Thre a d nee dl o - s t ree t, to 311 ' Marian Williamson, of Westminster-road. Deaths. NINE= —On tho 13th inst., at Bournemouth, Alexander M'Neill, Esq., of Bordlands, late of Java. RADCLIFFE—On the 16th inst., at Warlegh, Devon, t he Rev. Walter Radcliffe, aged 88. LEVY—On the 18th inst., at 69, , Guildford-street, Rue B°ll° square, John Lewis Levy, second surviving son of PI . 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