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THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, J UNE 3, 1861. PRICE 4D . STAMPED, 51), O.REAT WESTERN RAILWAY. tim CHEAP EXCURSION TRAINS, allowing* a longer e, will leave Paddington at 9.45 a.m., and Reading- at 20 .50 a.m., on Thursday, June 6th, returning on the Bth, 11th, or 27th of June ; on Saturday, June Bth, returning on the 11th or 27th of June ; and on Tuesday, June 11th, returning on the 27th of June ; for Oxford (11s. and ss. Gd.), Banbury (148. and Os. 6d.), Leamington and Warwick (18s. and Bs.), St ratford-upon-Avon and Birmingham (20s. and 95.), West Bromwich Wednesbury, and Bilston (21s. Gd. and 10s.), W olverhampton (225. Gd. and 10s. 6(1.), Wellington and Shrews bury (21s. Gd. and 135.), Oswestry, Wrexham, and Chester (335. and 155.), Birkenhead, Liverpool, Warrington, and Man chester (31s. and 175.) PUBLICATIONS. THE DISPUTES IN THE BUILDIN(; TRADE. A SRATEGIC MAP OF THE SEAT OF WAR. MISS FREER'S NEW WORK. Tis day, in 2 yols., with Portraits, 215., bound, HENRY IV. 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Author of " British Artists from Hogarth to Turner," &c. MR. W. S. WOODIN'S NEW ENTERTAIN MENT. the CABINET of CURIOSITIES, POLY GRAPHIC HALL, King Wiliam-street, Charing-cross, To-NIGHT, and EVERY EVENING (except Saturday), at sight. Private boxes, £1 is. ' • Stalls and box stalls, i s . ; area, 2s. ; amphitheatre, is. -A plan of the stalls may be seen, and seats secured (without extra charge), at the Box °Bice, from 10 till 4 Morning Performance, Saturday, May 11. " This remarkable book possesses a fund of real merit. It is distinguished by great vivacity of style, brilliance of colouring, and variety of incident.''—Literary Gazette. Hurst and Blackett, Publishers, 13, Great Marlborough street. A RGYLL ROOMS. - GRAND MUSICAL ENTE R TAINMENT, Vvith the Celebrated BAND, Forty in number (established eleven years), chosen from the Philharmonic Concerts, Royal Italian Operas, and the Household Troops. Conducted by Mons. Lamotte. Cornet-a-piston, M. 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THE Right Honourable the LORDS and OTHERS, COMMISSIONERS for managing* the affairs of the ROYAL HOSPITAL, Chelsea, Do Hereby Give Notice, That they are ready to receive TENDERS from and to treat with such persons as may be willing to Contract to supply the In-Pensioners of the said Hospital with GREAT-COATS, to be delivered on or before the 30th of September next. thehose persons, therefore, who may be inclined to treat for game are desired to apply at the office of the Secretary any day, between the hours of - Ten and Three o'clock, when Particulars of the Great-Coats required and forins of ten der may be obtained, which tender must be filled up and delivered, sealed, at the Board Room of the said Hospital, by th,e party or parties tendering, or by some person appointed on is or their behalf, on TUESDAY, the 18th June, at 12 o'clock, at which time the Commissioners will be prepared to take the lame into consideration. It is further to be observed that the Contractor will be re quired to find security for the due performance of the said Contract, and that no tender will be received after the hour above mentioned. ?he Commissioners do not pledge themselves to accept the + o West tender. A. J. MOORHEAD, Secretary and Registrar. STEPHEN PEGLER Deceased. Pursuant to the Act of Parliament made and passed in the 22d and Aid years of her present Majest Queen Victoria, ca. 35, ettituled " An Act to further amen y d the law of Property and to relieve Trustees." Notice is hereby given that all creditors Of and persons having claims against the estate of STEPHEN , t , GLtIt, late of 22, Barnsbury-park, Islington, in the County of Middlesex, Esquire, tormerly a cashier in the house 01 Messrs. 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AN INCOME FOR A POUND !—Any person wishing to know how it is possible to realise a large fortune with £l, can obtain satisfactory information by ad dressing a letter to E. 8., 15, Calthorpe-place, Gray's-inn toad, W.C. HENRI'S PATENT HORSE and CATTLE FEED, Invented, 1854 ; Patented, 1855; has now been before the public for more than six years, and, owing to its Success, there is now a host of imitations in the market, all et which are sn many compliments to this, the Original and the only Patented Cattle Feed preparation. DAILY HORSE and CATTLE FEED, for seasoning the other food, and causing good digestion, 425. per cwt. MEDICATED, for restoring* and conditionint , horses and Cattle, in boxes, 56 feeds, 125., sent carriage paid. Head Office, London-bridge, London; Manufactory, Hull Nn. 8, GROSVENOR-STREET, BOND-STREET. A RTIFIOIAL TEETH on a NEW and MI PROVED PRINCIPLE.—Mr. ESKELL'S PATENTED INVENTION (protected by her Majesty's Royal Seal, July, 1860), for adapting Artificial Teeth on Moveable Bases by Self-adhesion, are fixed without springs or any fastenings, 'Without pain or extraction, restore perfect articulation and Mastication, rendering detection impossible, and last a "An admirable contrivance for remedying the defects of nature, without requiring new sets of teeth."—Sun, July 20 . " Will doubtless be extensively patronised."—Court Cir cular, July 21. "Unrivalled for its utility and economy." — Morning Post, July 20. Cossultations free.—Terms strictly tn, oderate 8, Grosvenor - street , Bond-street ; Old Steyne, Brighton; . Bennett's-hill, Birmingham. GIVEN AWAY TO NERVOUS SUFFERERS. RENRY SMITH. M.D., of the University of Jena, has just published, for the benefit of Nervous u. Su irrers a FREE EDITION of his valuable work, THE ts, -21 -RNI ' NG VOICE TO YOUNG MEN (120 pages). A au tr ecldcal work on the cure of Nervous Debility, Loss of r A T I M7, Dimness of Sight, Lassitude, IndiE,Tstion, Dislike 'ociety, Spermatorrhcea, Local Weakness, Muscular Re a/cation, Languor, Listlessness, Depression, &c., which, if !leglected, result in consumption, insanity, and premature ; with plain directions for perfect restoration to health a nd vigour. The book will be sent, post free, secure from ob rvation, to any address, on receipt of a directed envelope and two stamps. Address, HENRY SMITH, M.D., 8, Burton crescent, Tavistock-square, London, W.C. MEDICAL CONSULTATIONS. Dr. LA'MERT, Licentiate of the Royal College of lhysiclans, Edinburgh ; Member of the Royal College of Surgeons. England, L.R.S.A.Confidentially CONSULTED on the Functional De r angements of the Nervous and Reproductive System, daily at his residence, 37, BEDFORD-SQUARE, LONDON. , . 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CURTIS' MEDICAL WORK, MANBO O YD - 7 ‘ MEDICAL ESSAY ON SPERMATORRTRE NERVOUS AND GENERATIVE DEBILITY, &c lust Published, the 150th thousand, with numerous plates, in a sealed envelope, price Is., Sold by all Booksellers, and sent post paid, by the Author, for 12 stamps, ! Y 1 ANHOOD : the CAUSE and CUR E of PRE MATURE DECLINE IN MAN, with Plain Directions for 'erfect Restoration to Health and Vigour. By Dr. J. L. cuaTzs, 15, Albermarle-street, Piccadilly, London. CONTENTS: INTRODUCTORY CHAPTER on the Physiological --tructure and Puncticns of the Reproductive Organs. CHAPTER IL—Causes of Spermatorrhcea and Impotence; r:arly Vicious Indulgences: Dangers of Neglect. CII APTER lII.—A Review of the various Disqualifications of Marriage; whether resulting from Youthful Abuse, the Follies of Maturity, the Effects of Climate, or Infection. CHAPTERS IV. and V. on the modern Treatment of Gonorrhoea and Syphilis. The Book concludes with numerous varied and interesting eases, to which is added the Author's recipe of a preventive Lotion. REVIEWS 0/' THE WORK. "Curtis on Manhood.—This is a truly valuable work, and should be in the hands of young and old."—" Sunday Times," '3d March, 1856. "The author has conferred a great boon by publishing this little work, in which is described the source of those diseases which produce decline in youth or more frequently premature old age."—" Daily Telegraph," March 27, 1856. • • " This work, which for twenty years has stood the test of professional criticism and empirical hostility, treats in aplain and sympathising manner on the various disqualifications and impediments arising from nervous excitement and de. bility,; and to invalids suffering from youthful errors and excesses it will be found valuable and useful."—Record. London Published by J. Allen, 20, Warwick Lane, W 0 oninitPater nc4ter-row; Ka n n ' C " nh a ll3 * 10..t111 3 ittlon-10 to 3 and 0 to S iiiwrnsalYwt The above is a carefully drawn strategic map of the seat of war in Maryland,-also embracing several of the most interesting points in Virginia. The approaches to Baltimore by rail will be seen at a glance. They are from the North, the North• East, the South, and the West. The Philadelphia and Wilmington Railroad from Havre-de-Grace, a distance of 33 miles, traverses on its way to Balti more, first, Bush River, and then the Gunpowder, the bridge over the former being three-quarters of a mile long, and that over the latter one and a quar ter mile in length. There is also a small bridge at Stemmer's Run, and one at Harris's Creek, near the city. These bridges were all destroyed by the Bal timore mob, but ere this have been either rebuilt by Maryland or by the Federal troops. The Nor thern Central Railway, that stretches off north wardly into Pennsylvania, passing through York 'to Harrisburg, is now in running order, the bridges, of which there are a large number, chiefly over cul verts and small streams, having been rebuilt. Seve ral of them were of iron, and were let down by re moving captain screws, so that they could be easily M. BLONDIN A T THE CRYSTAL PAi:ACE. On Saturday afternoon the Crystal Palace was the scene of a remarkable exhibition, which served to introduce, for the first time to the London public, a hero of world-wide reputation. The intrepid Blondin, universally acknowledged to be the cham pion of the tight-rope, who, in his aerial flights, had braved the dangers and terrors of the great monarch of cataracts, had been announced to give a proof of his hardihood and skill in the central transept. It was naturally to be expected, both from the fame of the actor and the unprecedented nature in this country of the performance, that the occasion should bring together a large body of sight seers and lovers of the marvellous, and that antici pation was verified. The entertainment also de rived additional attraction from the fact of Blon din being a kind of representative man. It foreigners viewed the pugilistic Sayers as the type of English stamina, endurance, and pluck, we perhaps might, in return, be excused looking upon Blondin as the incarnation of that reckless spirit of daring which characterises sometimes the feats of strength and skill of our Gallic neighbours, and imparts to them a novelty and supernatural aspect of which we can not boast. There was consequently an eager de sire evinced to witness the display of Blondin's peculiar talents, which, however, though of French growth, have been cultivated to their present state of extraordinary perfection on American soil and under American patronage. Before the appointed hour the trains had brought down from town many thousands of curious and eager spectators, who formed an assembly very different from what might have been seen little more than a year ago, through the grey morning mist, in a Farnborough field. Nor was it like a Canterbury Hall audience, nor did it resemble congregation at the palace on shil lin g da y s durin g the holiday week. It was rather a com p an y com posed of the same ingredients which might be seen p h reireee of the m fl o is w s i e u r n shows 2 o s . r 6 c d o . n , c e b r u t t festivals. the re w a s The an extra charge for reserved seats, rising in some of the galleries to £1 and more. The rope on which M. Blondin had to walk was suspended between the fifth or topmost galleries, at each end of the central transept, along the whole length of which it ex tended, and from below appeared to be no bigger than an ordinary clothes line, although actually 21 .; inches thick. Its length was 318 feet, or not quite a third of the distance traversed by him over the rapids of Niagara, and its height from the floor of the palace 150 feet. Every precaution had been taken to render the rope as taut a possible, but all the powers which could be applied to it could not prevent a deflection in the middle of more than 12 feet. The ends are made fast to massive timbers carried down through three galleries, and finally secured to the upright column, round which the circular staircase winds, where the rope terminated. In each of the top galleries there was erected a small enclosed platform covered with green cloth and decorated with flags. Care was taken to steady the rope, by means of stout cords, 25 feet apart, fastened to the galleries below, and by hanging to it also at short intervals two pieces of lead, like clock weights. The entire weight of metal used for that purpose amounted to at least half a ton. A wide space on the floor below the rope was railed off, and no one admitted within it; but for the musicians who played in the great Handel orchestra the same precaution was not taken, and they seemed indifferent to M. Blondin passing over their heads, Round this enclosure the main portion of the spectators were clustered, but the different galleries within view were well filled. With the strictest punctuality, M. Blondin ap peared on the platform opposite the orchestra at the hour publicly notified (four o'clock), and was greeted with a rather faint and ill-sustained cheer of encouragement. He was attired in a tightly fitting dress of light colour, ornamented with beads, and with a large cap bedecked, like the headgear of a Red Indian, with a prodigal profusion of gay feathers, and looked taller than he actually is, being a man below the middle height. He has a compact and well-made frame, firmly knit together, with the muscles of his limbs unusually prominent, and with courage and determination strongly marked on his countenance. To complete this personal sketch it may b e a dd e d that he is about e 40 years of age, that his feat ures are regular ul he ar an pi easieg, and his complexion fair, and that but a light moustache and beard. wears After ine slight whisker, preparations he took in his hands the balance-pole, 28 feet in length, and weighing about 601 b., and advancing to the extreme edge of the stage began his perilous trip with some few cautious steps, as beingthe fo o a t b i n o about if gradually feeling his way along the giddy height. The descent tcoontshiedecreinntgrethoef naturethe 12 feet, or nearly 1 in 15, formed by no means an he rope, as it were, with the hollow of passed on with a steadiness, regularity, f l i w gill d n n e e et nce, which proved him to be master of the bill, he at last broke into a rapid easyCh w ah essudet foot, cl h r d t ine e , r and gradually increasing his speed as h e run which caused a shudder of apprehension for his safety, and kept up that pace until he reached the other side. A few friends on o e n re t w h d e e p h la e t l f e o w rm b w ur a e r t m e l n y t congratulated him, n into an enthusiastic cheer. After a brief pause he recovered himself with the inyaluable pole, And and speedily reconstructed. There were no bridges on the Baltimore and Ohio railroad, or the Wash ington branch, injured or burnt, nor were there any burnt over the streams crossing the turnpikes and common roads in the vicinity of Ba'ltimore. The distance from Baltimore to Harper's Ferry is 81 miles, from Harper's Ferry to Washington a little more than 60 miles. The distance from Baltimore to Washington, direct, is only 38 miles. The heights around Harper's Ferry make that point almost im pregnable, but the strong forces of the Government will doubtless be fully able to dislodge the Virginians who at present retain possession. There may pos sibly be some fighting at that point, and an attempt to burn the bridge over the Potomac ; but to pre vent the latter every precaution will necessarily be taken by the Government and the company. There will be no difficulty in keeping open the whole line of this great highway if Harper's Ferry and Mar tinsburg are once occupied, for the intermediate places eastward will be of easy access to the troops, while the portion beyond Cumberland will be pro tected by the friendly population of Western Vir ginia, Pennsylvania, and Maryland. The occupation of Pikesville Arsenal, seven miles excited still more astonishment, if not alarm, by walking backwards down the rope to about a fourth of its length. He then retraced his steps, and turn ing round ran still more rapidly down the incline than he had done before, poised himself gracefully and with a careless air, first on one foot and then on the other, and sat down upon the rope with the sangfroid of a person reclining on a couch. Here as he lifted his hat in acknowledgment of the cheering a feather got disengaged, and the length of time it took in falling illustrated practically and painfully to the senses the immense elevation from which it had come. Blondin having got nearer the centre of the rope, next divested himself of his hat, and holding it with the pole in his hand deliberately stood upon his head, and after remaining in that position for a few seconds turned a somersault, catching the rope between his legs. He then lay down at full length on his back with the pole under his head, sat side ways, knelt down, and turned more somersaults, and yet with unvarying ease and composure. A repetition of these evolutions followed, and, having reached beyond the centre, he literally took to his heels and never stopped until he had put foot on the secure spot from which he had first started. The other half of the programme was to test still more severely the strength of one's nerves. Enveloped in a sack put over his head, so as apparently, and no doubt actually, to destroy for the time his power o f sight, he once more entrusted himself to the rope, again handling the pole as if it were a mere switch. Groping his way as a man would do in the dark, who every moment dreaded falling into some pit and judged it necessary cautiously to estimate the security of every foothold before he ventured upon it, M. Blondin accomplished some dozen yards, and, while every one's fears must have been worked up to a great pitch of intensity, he made a false step, his leg dropping suddenly with a jerk which startled all and made several ladies, as well as some of the other sex, jump up and avert their eyes or utter exclamations of alarm, or rather of horror. This tremulousness, this faltering, and this omin ous slip happily turned out to be merely feints to give great er e ff ec t t o w hat rea lly required no su c h embellish men t s t o se t it o ff. B u t we s u pp ose Blondi n is so perfectly at home on the rope, however much re moved from terra firma, that he feels h e can indulge in a little s k y- l ar ki ng with impunity. This episode over, he walked quickly forw ar d, w i thout the slightest hes i tat i on, sat down on the rope for a rest, got again upon his feet, and ran the r ema i nder of the way, only with a little less alacrity th an when he had the free use of his eyes. The sack b e i ng taken kbelni blindness his es s a attendants bandag e prepared him for the n ext and final achievement. mentioned was dropped over To more certainly ensure his n d t w overe havehis eyes, and the very uncomforta him like an extinguisher. A t f i rst walking slowly, then he dropped upon his b ac k, an d h av i ng with equa l smartness assumed hi s perpen di cular, he ran rapidly as far as the centre, where he div es t e d him self of the sack and handkerchief, throwi ng b o th t o the ground, that it might be seen no d ece pti on h a d been practised. He then turned somersaults, balanced himself upon his head, and otherwise gaily disported himself, and finally wound up his performance, which lasted altogether half an hour, •by running to the east platform with a nimbleness which showed that his vigour had been but slightly diminished by the immense strain of mind and body which he must have undergone, On his re tiring there was much applause, the band struck up the National Anthem, and the company dispersed to enjoy a promenade, or the more substantial com forts of the dining-rooms and refreshment coun t ers , with a strong feeling of relief probably at the non occurrence of such a casualty as must have been foremost in the thoughts of all. The little dapp er Frenchman, in evening dress, with some medals on his breast, looking thoroughly unconcerned, who shortly afterwards went through the crowd on his way to the directors' room, passed by without being recognised, so complete was the transfor mation, and no s tranger would h ave g i ven hi m credit for the rare qualities ho had so recently displayed. It transpired that M. Blondin has been engaged by the Crystal Palace Company to give 12 representations for a sum of .£1,200 ; and that the next will be varied in several important details from that of Saturday. M a d ame Blond i n and young family witnessed the performance from the orchestra with evident satisfaction,. and without entertaining for a moment the iclea that M. Blon din was running any greater risk than if he were at some ordinary avocation. The Yankee who went on his back across the Niagara. rapids was also present, and assisted him during his preparations. In the transept are exhibited , . in two parts, the rope with which M. Blondin made that celebrated as cent, his stove, and other portions of his outfit while encamped on the banks of the stream. [ADVEILTISEISIENT.I—HoIIoway's Pills and Ointment.— Always Prepared.— o well conducted household should bo without a supply of these excellent family medicaments at this season of the year. No other means for purifying the solids and fluids composing the human body can be compared for efficiency or safety with H o ll oway ' s prepara tions. They moderate, or stimulate, and regulate every function ; and confer on each secretion its natural quality and quantity. Th e Oi n t men t, ru bb e d over the stomach and liver, wonderfully assists the Fills in promoting diges tion and extracting all available nutriment from the food. Hence, the power these remarkable remedies possess of strengthening the muscles, consolidating the bones, and invigorating the nerves. 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J., GAMS rb - c . ! --&„ ', , / ,/, ' A f -• F ig ill,_ i / 7) ) illj.('' - -----" - ,';'r - PRINC - E ERICK / 'l , ..., . . , THE NA VY. Her Majesty's steam storeship Adventure was on Saturday hauled under the shears in the fitting basin at Woolwich, and was dismaste3, prior to her being docked for the removal of her engines and machinery. The Rinaldo, 17, screw, Commander Hewett, V.C., steamed out of Portsmouth harbour yesterday. She is expected to sail immediately for the North American and West India station. Her Majesty's paddle yacht Victoria and Albert, Captain the Hon. J. Denman, arrived at Ports mouth yesterday at noon, on her return from con veying her Majesty the Empress of Austria from Madeira to Trieste. Off the north coast of Spain the yacht fell in with a heavy gale from the north, ac companied by a very heavy sea. The yacht's pas sage home from Trieste has been accomplished in nine days 19 hours, under steam. According to present arrangements, the star board division of the Channel Squadron will pro ceed into the Channel towards the close of the pre sent week. The paddlewheel steam sloop Desperate, 6, Com mander Nelson, left Plymouth on Saturday afternoon for the West Indies. The engines of the screw steam frigate Phoebe, 51, having been completed, a trial took place in Key ham basin on Friday. This vessel was lengthened' 60 feet in Devonport Dockyard in three different places—forward, aft, and amid-ships. She is now 240 feet long between the perpendiculars, 206 feet for tonnage, 51 feet 6 inches extreme breadth, 51 feet for tonnage, and 50 feet moulded; depth of hold, 17 feet 2 inches, and burden 2,848 tons. She will be full-ship rigged, and will spread as much canvass as if dependant only on her sails. There is a good height on her maindeck ; the lower deck is not so high, and the space in the hold for steam machinery not being designed for its reception, is scarcely adequate for the purpose. The engines,by Messrs. R. Napier and Son, of Glasgow, are of 500- horse power nominal, but capable of working up to 2,100 horses, as evidenced in a preliminary experi ment about three months since. The engines are seated just before the mainmast ; between them and the boilers (tubular) forward there is about six feet of coal-box. The bunkers on the wings run 27 feet astern of the after side of the engines, and forward they are flush with the boilers ; they can stow about 400 tons of coal, equal to eight or ten days' consumption. The boiler-room, like that of the Orlando, is fitted with an upper double tram way to receive a pair of wheels from which the coal buckets are suspended—an arrangement which economises the labour of the stokers. The engine room is furnished with Suffield's telegraph for ready communication with the quarter deck. The length of the screw shaft is 96 feet, diameter 12 inches ; diameter of the screw, 18 feet ; pitch of the screw (Griffith's) 23 feet. The engines of the Phoebe are what are termed trunk air-pump engines, similar to those on board the Royal William, Orestes, and several gunboats. The following appointments were made on Saturday at the Admiralty :—Lieut George Morice, to the Donegal ; Lieutenant Richard Evans, to the Flying Fish ; W. R. Cronin, master, to the Asia, for the Pelican ; Michael S. Grey, second master, to the Pelorus, for surveying duties ; A. B. C. Booth, naval cadet, to the Hero; Robert Bacon, first-class assistant-engineer, to the Asa, as supernumerary ; James M'Glasham, promoted to the rank of first class assistant-engineer in the Weazel ; James Stir ling, acting second-class assistant-engineer, to the Indus, as supernumerary ; Messrs. Thomas H. Simp kins, 0. H. H. Bentley, and John S. Long have been nominated to naval cadetships, The Rutland and Northampton Militia assembled on May 28 for the annual training—Lord Burghly, M.P., in command. Major Lord B. Cecil, Captains Clark, Christie, D'Arey, Robinson, Kerr, Powell, Andrew, Finch, Hatton, and the Hon. E. Freke ; Lieutenants Bowman, De Capon Brooke, Whit worth, Jennings, Pares, Platt, Lawrance, Luanne, and Orme; Captain and Adjutant Rose, Dr. Barr, and Quartermaster Manful!, were the officers present. PORTSMOUTH, June 2.—A fire broke out this evening in the valve and fitting building at the gasworks at Landport, which at first threatened to be serious. By the prompt arrival, however, of the fire.engines, with detach ments of police, the 11th Regiment, and a large number of seamen, it was fortunately suppressed before extending beyond the buildfng where it broke out. The result was that the fitting store in the upper story of the building was destroyed, but the lower floor, which contains the governor and valves, esoPscl) it is 'Miffed, mime) itajury. During the last few days 12 of the leading build ing arms in the metropolis , after m a t ure considera tion and watching how the system worked with other large employers, have decided to adopt the plan of hour payment and Saturdayhalf-holiday for their men. These firms are in addition to those who have already adopted it, and as there is now no doubt that in the course of another month this hour payment will become the rule of all engage ments with labourers, the masons, seeing that the masters are determined, have held a meeting to en deavour to compromise matters. With this view the following letter, which, it is to be presumed, con tains the ultimatum of the Unions, has been for warded to Messrs. Holland and Hann en, and through them in effect to all the great contractors. It is dated from the Sun Inn, Mason-street, Lambeth, May 27, and is as follows : " Sir,—l am instructed by the masons of London to for ward to you the following re - :olution (as a proposition to settle this long agitation, thinking, as we do, it is an hon ourable compromise both to masters and workmen of this vexed question), at a general meeting of operative masons, held May 1, at Hawkstone-hall, Waterloo-road : " Resolved,—That seeing the determination of the mas ter builders to enforce the half-holiday, we the masons, accept 6s. for the first five days of ten hours, and 3s. for Saturday, but to leave work at 12 o'clock on Saturdays.' " Hoping the above will meet your kind consideration and approval, and that your answer may be in the affirma tive, on behalf of the masons,—l am, sir, &e., " CHARLES HEWITT, Secretary." In consequence of this letter it is already stated that the labourers are anxious to compromise the dispute honourably, but that the masters refuse. The masters have unquestionably refused this offer, on the grounds that they have already lost thou sands upon thousands in consequence of there being no definite meaning attached to the term ".p. day's labour" and the efforts of the uniotvl to teduceit to nine hours. They state that if they acC4ted - thlis. compromise of payment by the day, the question would be just as it was last year and at the begin ning of this, and that before six months elapsed there would be repetitions of the old strikes in favour of the nine hours movement. They also call atten tion to the fact that they do not enforce a half holiday, as the resolutions of the masons themselves proves by their wishing them to enforce it from 12 o'clock instead of one. They decline to be parties to enforcing anything on the men as to hours of labour as it was the sole reason for their adopting hour payment that each man might be leit at liberty to work as long as he pleased. The masters state that they guarantee that their yards shall be open to all workmen for 10 hours daily, and not less. But by the hour system any one is free to quit his work after seven, eight, or nine hours, if he so pleases ; but on no account shall there be an extension of work beyond 10 hours a day, unless demanded by a majority of the men in their employ. Even taking the Saturday half-holiday itself is left to the deci sion of the workmen. For these reasons the masters decline to depart from the system so many have adopted, and which the workmen in their employ now most heartily approve. With this last final re solution of the masons and its refusal definitely, it is confidently believed that the controversy will cease, and the public hear the end of these most ill judged disputes on the part of the men. The rule applied in future to labourers will be the same as that under which almost every other class has to live and get their bread—viz., that in proportion to their work will be their pay.—Times. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE. The Northumberland Plate of 200 sovs, added to a handicap of 15 sovs each, 10 ft, and 5 only if declared on or before to-morrow (Tuesday) ; winners of a handicap or other stake of 200 sovs or xpwards, after May 27, 61b extra; of two of that value, 91b extra. Two miles. 60 subs. Yrs at lb Yrs st lb Ben Webster 4 9 3 Charles Fox Underhand Adam Bede Bivouac 4 7 12 Seven Dials .. 3 6 5 Wildman Dilkoosh Stockade The Brewer Prologue Predictor Volatile Jeddah Prince of Orange a 6 13 Danae Makeless filly 4 6 12 Ivanhoff .. 8 6 12 Donner-und-Blitz.. 4 6 11 Syringe Desmond Rosomond 4 6 11 Conscript Von Stroom Russley 3 6 8 East Stanley 3 6 8 Upperhand York Minster 3 6 6 The Squire Neighbour 3 6 6 Doefoot Herne • This horse, being entere, its owner, will be struck out . otherwise ordered. Ettrick Vale 4 6 0 Starbeck Peggy Taft The Bushman Vancouver Oldminster Vicount Brignall 3 6 0 Kildrum 3 5 12 Wombat 3 5 12 Atropia Bayonet 3 5 9 Squire Peirse Lamblande Dora Joey Jones Trapcage Johnnie Bright 3 5 7 Rapparee Termagent filly *Jacintha First Lord A without the knowledge of at the:time prescribed, unless ASCOT HEATH. The Ascot Handicap of 25 sovs each, 15 ft, and only 5 if declared by to-morrow (Tuesday), with 200 added ; win • ners of any handicap after May 31st, 71b extra. Two miles and a half. 44 subs. Yrs st lb Moorcock Lady Trespass Parmesan Pretendant Surprise Optimist Horror Gibraltar Petra .. 5 7 7 Frederick Predictor Dilkoosh Lysicote 5 7 3 Danae Royal Sovereign 6 7 1 Remunerator 5 7 1 Plumper 4 7 1 Heiress Viscount Brignall 3 6 13 East Stanley 3 6 10 Paul Clifford 3 6 7 Calpe 3 6 6 C onscr ipt Yrs st lb Cashio Isabella Guilder Don C3ssack 5 6 3 Professor Anthem' 3 6 0 Bandsman 3 6 0 Rapture 3 6 0 Knightsbridge 3 6 0 Juno c by Wild Dayrell, out of Intimida tion .. 3 5 13 Jackall Atropia Zingara Prince Imperial Volition 3 6 7 Shipwreck 3 5 7 Waterproof Canary 3 5 7 Rapparee Sister to St. Albans 3 5 7 BETTING AT MANCHESTER-SATURDAY. This may be fairly reckoned an off day. Those of the subscribers who had been to Epsom not having returned, there could be very little done with the settling upon the past week; and the little that was done in speculation is scarcely worth noticing, Closing prices : NORTRITMEERLAND PLATE. 100 to 9 agst Viscount Brignall (taken) 100 to 6 agst Yorkminster (taken) 100 to 6 agst Ivanhoff (taken) The late Duke of Bedford's racing stud, together with the training establishment at Newmarket, will be brought to the hammer on Wednesday, in the Newmarket July meeting. By his Grace's will, Admiral Bons, who has managed the stud so successfully for the last twenty-one years, has power to select any horse of the lot for himself, and we need scarcely add that his choice has fallen on Asteroid. Mr. Parr has sold Lupus to Lord Lincoln. Mr. W. Bevill has sold Parapet to Mr. Starkie. Woodford and Loughton races are flied for Friday, July 5. Monastry has been sold to go to Italy. Captain King has named his filly by lon, out of Calliope, 2 yrs, Gazelle. The Manchester and Salford Regatta has been post poned until the 10th, 12th, and 13th of August. It is said that Mr. Hall has received a commission to paint Kettledrum for Colonel Towneley. The Hampton Court sale of yearlings will take place on Saturday, when 13 colts and 12 fillies will be brought to the hammer. It is said that Kinnersley, 6 years, has arrived at 11. way out appearsoo on Sopp's stables, Westbury. Bombardier has gone into W. Day's stable to be trained for the St. Leger. re mains at Woodyates. • t Briton to M. J. Lord Coventry has sold the Ammon Lord Westmoreland has purchased Schism, but she Difinnekrasbl Derby struggle, u t colt his n considerabledifferencestruggleheDerby.crossingwascalledroad, leVI: sti gavegiet u r A meeting has been held of the creditors of Messrs. Geo. Moorhouse and Co., of Manchester. It ap peared that there are only about £7,500 of realizable assets to meet debti of £30,000, and that the firm must have been insolvent for a long period, A composition of Ss, in the ) poutz was accepted. connected with next year's exhibiti o n to cider and system. Th e arrangemen t s connected Blotters are fast reducin g th e h uge trli3 with the ors ganisation of Trade, Committees for English exhi of bitors are fast progressing towards completion, and. the Commission appointed by the French Emperor is equally diligent and forward in its results. On the Continent, however, there is a certain amount of apathy as' s the intended display. That this is due to po,,..ssi causes alone is known from the fact that only in those parts of Europe which either have been in a state of disturbance, or apprehend it for next year, is this feeling, or rather absence of feel ing for the Exhibition discoverable. To make up for it, however, English manufacturers are throw ing themselves into it with redoubled ardour. As in the last exhibition, one•half the entire space of the building will be allotted to England and the colonies, and the remainder among the various foreign countries. All the applications for space from England have been sent in, and some ides may be formed of their extent when we state that, if all were . granted that is asked, England alone would require a building nearly three times larger than the entire structure for next year. It follows, therefore, as only half this is allotted to Great Britain, that the demands for space will all have to be reduced to one-sixth of what is now asked. Some exhibitors' demands are most preposterously exorbitant. A visit to the site of the proposed building is the best way to get a fair idea of the immense extent of the intended structure, and also of the rapidity with which it is being raised. A. fortnight ago, and the surveyors were only mark ing out the ground, and a line of little sticks of different colours was the sole aid to tracing the pl an . of the building. Now all the concrete foundations have been laid and hardened, and the walls of the picture gallery are already some 15 feet high. m e first impression on entering the works is that you are in a hopground of colossal proportions, so bare looks the flat enclosure, with its hundreds of scaf fold poles, set in lines of such length that the furthest off seems a mere twig. Stray men are at work here and there removing gravel, or setting broad slabs of stone on little cubes of brickwork. There are really some 800 employed in all, but they are lost, and look as nothing in the wide enclosure. When all is i n f u ll operat i on, from 3,000 to 3,500 laboure rs mill b e required. The site of the domes is as y e t on l y mar k ed by stick, with here and there solid square columns of brickwork and masonry let into th e ground to carry the cast-iron columns. The bri c k wor k and masonry, also, on which the columns for th e nave great and picture transepts gallery, will are w alsoe have a c v o e m plet e, is most most the said, rapidly advancing. There mu s t b e very many of res as our readers who have contemplated building im provements in some form or other, if only in the way of a little greenhouse, or an additional stall to the stable, and who can, therefore, understand what the builder's " bill of quantities" means, and recol lect how they have shrunk in alarm from the esti mate of so many thousand bricks, two tons of mor tar, 5 cwt of timber, so many hundred Queen slates, and so on. All bills of quantities, however, fall into utter insignificance when we come to look at the amount of materials required to complete the build ing for 1862. The foundations have already con sumed 5,000 tons of concrete, which, as the first item, is pretty fair. On these foundations will be laid nearly 60,000 tons, or 1,400,000 cubic feet, of brickwork, requiring:upwards of 18,000,000 bricks to build it. To 18,000,000 bricks no less than 22,000 tons of mortar will be requisite. 10,000 tons of ironwork—viz, about 7,000 tons of cast and 3,000 tons of wrought iron—will be used in the entire structure. As there are nearly 1,200,000 superficial feet of flooring, the slime amount of timber as of iron is required—namely, 10,000 tons. The flooring alone consumes 360 miles of planking, seven inches wide, and 270 miles' length, nine inches wide, or upwards of GOO miles' l eng th o f p l anking in all. The actual quantities are 1,200,000 and 2,000,000 lineal feet of each kind. For the windows no less than 108 miles' length, or 600,000 feet, of sashing will be required, to fill in which are re iwired 500 tons of sh ee t g l ass and upwards of 50 ons of putty. The roofs will need 600,000 square feet of felt ; and among the minor items are be tween 200 and 300 tons of nails, 600 tons of paint, 300 tons of piping, and so on. The cubical con tents of the whole structure will be no less than 73 million cubic feet. The public have recently been rather astounded to see that the district surveyor summoned Messrs.Kelk and Lucas, the contractors, for commencing a building not in accordance with the provisions of the Building Act. Now, when this act was passed such a gigantic structure as that intended for next year's Exhibition was never con templated. The act provides that no building for trade purposes shall exceed in contents 216,000 cubic feet ; but from this are exempted all railway stations and buildings, also all buildings for the service of the Crown. As all the articles to be ex hibited next year will have the prices affixed, and as all, or nearly all, will be sold before the Exhibi tion is over, the building necessarily comes within the provisions of the act as one for trade purposes, and, though built under royal charter, is neither a Crown nor railway building. Consequently, under the act its contents would be limited to 216,000 cubic feet, instead of 73 million, as intended. For tunately, the Board of Works overruled the legal interference of the district surveyor, and sanc tioned the erection of the building. But for this sensible solution of the difficulty, Lord Gran ville would have had to pass a short bill exempt ing the proposed building from the provisions of the act, and not a nail could have been driven or a brick laid until such bill had passed both houses. The magistrate was obliged to inflict a nominal fine of ls. on Mr. Kelk for his contem plated infraction of the law, and with this the affair has dropped. As yet the arrangements for the refreshment department have not been settled. In this department—which will exercise such an important influence on the feelings of satisfaction with which the public will visit the building—it is a matter of almost vital consequence that all the arrangements should be of the best possible kind, and that in treating for this contract the Commis sioners should make considerations of profit quite subordinate to the question of efficiency. It is, perhaps, not advisable that the refreshments should be a monopoly in the hands of one person, though it might be even more dangerous to divide it among too many, as in that case it would be certain to fall to small firms, and probably result in a system of " touting" among the rival waiters, which would be alike annoying and discreditable. GOVERNMENT OF JAPAN. Mr. Alcock, the British Envoy in Japan, states in one of the despatches just published his idea of the Government of that country. The titular sove reigns, the Mikado and the Tycoon, hold only a phantom sceptre, and have no real power. It is be hind these shadows that the true executive and go verning power must be sought. There are first the Ministers, with two of whom alone the representa tives of foreign Powers come in contact. Behind, bat above them, is the Gorogio, or Council of Five— Daimios in their own right and high officers of State by election, claiming to exercise a supreme executive power under certain responsibility and control from those from whom their powers are derived. Beyond these, again, and probably the effective source of any power the Gorogio exercise, is the Great Council of the Daimios, understood to be 18 in num ber, represent ing the 62 principal vassal princes of the empire, who, lestly, form a part only of the collective body of some 600 Daimios and privileged classes, possessed of territorial rights and privileges more or less considerable in the country, an . d a voice most t e o p r o l w es e s rf d o i l re se c o t t a i n on d o p f ot t e h n e t great , innovation of Daimiosinits co counci ls. The under stood Tycoon, the nominal head stood to be opposed to the establishing foreign disappeared from the scene ; a relations. Wit ain a month from the conclusion of the first treaty ( w ith o A f m th er e ic e a l mere boy, not his son, was elected from the Royal stock to succeed him, and all concerned in the ne• go to they tiation e t c h o e ti r v e e i , g ning 8 were disgraced and removed, even down the subordinates, and in disgrace to this day r emain, and it is with a hostile party in power that the foreign representatives have to deal in • seeing the treaties carried into execution. In this party there are men who, it is believed, advocate a decided retrograde policy, consisting the annoyance and intimidati on of foreigners, and, if that should fail, decimation or general massacre, and closing the ports on the l that public opinion will p ea not tolerate f ore i gn intrusion. Among the party driven from power this policy is supposed to find support in the hope that a col lision with foreign Powers may ruin the existing Government. The governing members seem unable 1 or reluctant to cope with these classes. Mr. Alcock thought it necessary recently to write plainly to the Japanese Ministers for Foreign Affairs, that they must control the violent men -who seek to drive foreigners out of the country by murder and terrorism ; and he added, " Europe united would resist the attempt, render its success impossible, and punish the authors of such an outr age on the laws and rights of nations. Could they even tem porarily effect their object and murder every foreigner, Japan would be the most grievous sufferer. Were such a flagitious policy 'ever to be carried out, the country would fall back under the ban of civilised nations, and be dealt with as a common enemy." eft°. ;ome hon. ngle id he ed to r for tided, .r the Ho m of kental vises. those vision r was Lt was r pro e care lion. house