The Sun. — London, England, 1861-03-29 00:00:00

AMERICA. SOUTHAMPTON, MARcil 28. The North German Lloyd's screw steamer Bre men, Captain H. Wessels, arrived off Cowes at an early hour this morning with New York advises of the 16th inst., and has gone on to Bremen. She brings 94 passengers, 26 of whom are for this port, and 68 for Bremen. She has had westerly winds during the passage. The Etna, from Liverpool, arrived at New York on the 14th, and the Prince Albert, from Galway, on the 15th inst. Advices by this arrival are three days later than those brought by the Adriatic. There was no further definitive news relative to the reported intention of the Administration to order the evacuation of Fort Sumter. All that was known was that the Cabinet held another meeting on the 15th, and it was supposed that they were in consultation on military affairs. General Scott was present. In connexion with this subject it was said that great weight was attached in political eircles in Washington to the declaration of Mr. Fessenden if. the Senate, that the Administrati on contemplated a policy of peace, and would exercise no authority not strictly in accordance with law, and not until ample time had been taken for the examination of the question in all its branches. But a short time was spent in open session by the Senate on the 13th. During that time a resolution was offered by Mr. Douglas calling upon the Secre tary of War for information relative to the forts in the seceded States—whether it was necessary to re occupy them; and, if so, what force would probably be required to accomplish that object. Messrs. -Wilson, of Massachusetts, and Mason, of Virginia, objected to its consideration, and it was consequently laid over. A resolution was also offered by Mr. Fessenden, of Maine, directing the Secretary of the Senate to strike from the roll the names of those senators from the seceded States who had declared that they were no longer members. No action was taken on it. On the 14th Mr. Mason, of Virginia, offered a resolution calling for information as to whether any portion of the Militia of the district of Columbia had been mustered into the service of the Government. Mr. Sumner objected, and the sub ject was laid over. The Senate refused, by a vote of 16 to 24, to proceed to the consideration of Mr. Douglas's resolution calling for information relative to the Southern forts and other public property. Mr. Fessenclen's resolution, declaring the seats of Senators from seceding States vacant, and directing that their names be struck off the roll, was dis cussed at considerable length. The resolution was modified so as to direct the Secretary of the Senate to " omit their names respectively from the roll," and then passed by a vote of 24 against IQ. An interesting and exciting scene occurred in the Senate on the 15th. Mr. Mason, of Virginia, again brought forward his resolution of inquiry relative to the Militia of the district of Columbia and the service in which they had been employed by the Government, which was laid over, its immediate consideration being objected to. Mr. Douglas then called for the consideration of his resolution making inquiries in regard to the fortifications in the seceded States, and proceeded to make a speech censuring the Republican Senators for their silence regarding the policy of the Administra tion. He was replied to by Mr. Wilson, of Massachusetts, and Mr. Douglas rejoined, and was understood to say " the Senator from Maine," which Mr. -!,Fessenden corrected. Mr. Douglas denied that he used the language attributed to him ; and, on Mr. Fessenden persisting, Mr. Douglas pronounced it " false," and that Mr. Fes senden " knew it to be false." Mr. Fessenden re plied in a "keen, cool, and scathing" speech. He said he would concede to Mr. Douglas everything he claimed except that he was a gentleman, which he could not acknowledge, because he had used lan guage which no gentleman, without greater provo cation, ever used. Mr. Douglas rejoined, saying, as Mr. Fessenden proposed to settle the matter else where, he had no more to say. Mr. Fessenden re plied, denying that he had said so. The skirmish was very sharp. Mr. Fessenden said Lincoln had declared his policy to be peace ; that he would enforce the laws' where he had legal authority to do so—otherwise not. With this declaration he believed the country - was content. The Cabinet had sent several nominations to the Senate—among them that of Col. E. V. Sumner, as Brigadier-General, in place of the traitor Twiggs, and several army promon'ons. The mission to Spain was at first declined by Cassius M. Clay, but it was understood that he had been prevailed upon to accept it. Joshua R. Giddins will probably be Consul-General at Montreal, and Mr. Thayer Con sul-General at Alexandria. The mission to London was understood to lie between the Hon. W. L. Dayton and the Hon. C. F. Adams. General Spinner, chairman of the Committee on Accounts in the last House of Representatives, is to be the United States Treasurer at New York in place of Mr. Cisco. Mr. Elijah Crosby, formerly of New York, but now of California, was appointed Minister at Guatemala. It was understood that the Cabinet had agreed upon Mr. Holloway, of Indiana, as Commissioner of Patents. The Commissioners from the Southern Confedera tion, at Washington, had sent a communication to the State Department requesting recognition by the Government, with the view to the opening of negotiations, at the same time stating that the Secre tary of the Commission would call for an answer at noon on the 14th, At the hour designated the Secretary called at the State Department, when he was informed that the Administration desired time for further reflection on the communication sub mitted. It was said that the Commissioners did not expect an answer for several days, and it was understood that the subject of their embaisy was i engaging the attention of the Cabinet. The New York Tribune of the 16th publishes an authentic copy of the permanent Constitution of the Southern Confederacy, the provisions of which differ in several respects from the telegraphic sum mary brought by the last mail. The Constitution provides for the election of members of Congress every second year, the representatives not exceed ing 1 for every 50,000. Alabama, until an enu meration is made, will be entitled to nine represen tatives, South Carolina six, Georgia ten, Florida two, Mississippi seven, Louisiana six, and Texas sib ; total, 46. Each State will have two Senators, and they are to be elected for six years. The times, places, and manner of holding elections for Senators and representatives shall be prescribed in each State by the Legislature thereof, subject to the provisions of the Constitution. Congress is to assemble once a year, and such meeting shall be on the first Monday in December unless a different day is appointed. The importation of negroes of the African race from any foreign country other than the slavehold ing States of America is forbidden, and Congress is required to pass such laws as shall effectually pre vent the same. Congress also has the power to prohibit the introduction of slaves from any State not a member of, or of a territory not belonging to, ' the Confederacy. No tax or duty shall be laid on .articles exported from any State, except by a vote 'of two-thirds of both houses. The President and Vice-President are to hold their offices for six Sears, but the President shall not be re-eligible. If .ther e is not a majority of the electoral votes cast for w 7 R e e ansi e idate for the Presidency, then the House ree py ) :ent a ti ves i s t o elect. States (Slave or ` , vote onaf tw o- th irds be a d m itt e d i n t o th e Confederacy by a Ind tilirds of the Flouse of Representatives states. two-thirds The of the Sena te, the Senate voting by Mates shall he atifitation o t . the Convention of five a dent fol! the establishment of the Constitution same. When between the States so ratifying h Cortstitution shall have been ratified in the manne r onstit i .4 2 , .. n *(1 the Congress under tae Provisional shall p rescr ib e the time of holding the ele c t ion of President and Vice- Pl•esident, and for the meeting of the Electoral College, and for the coun tiug of votes and inaugu gating the President. Ti 'aey will also prescribe the time for holding the firs t election of members of Congress under this Com ititution and the assem _ bling of the same. There was nothing of interest to ,report with reference to the proceedir igs of the C.E.A. It was expected that a recess would soon take place. The Alabama Convention has already - ratified the new Constitution. A telegram from Savannah states that the Georgia Convention had " transferred" the forts, arsenals, arms, and munitions of war lately seized by order of Governor Brown to the Government of the Southern Confederacy. Ex-President Tyler occupied the whole day, on the 14th, in the Virginia Convention, in his reply to the speech of Mr. Summers. He had not con cluded when the Convention adjourned. The speech of Mr. Summers is represented to have been the ablest yet delivered in the Convention. The im pression was pretty well fixed that an ordinance of secession could not now pass, and, even if it could, that it would be voted down overwhelmingly by the people. On the 15th Mr. Tyler closed his speech. He takes the position that Virginia should put forth an ultimatum, demanding full and ample security for Southern rights as the only condition upon which she can remain in the Union, and he is inclined to the belief that the cotton States will eventually return. The various reports of the Com mittee on Federal Relations were to be taken up by the Convention on the 16th. It is stated in a telegram from New Orleans that Captain Hill, Commander of the United States troops at Fort Brown, Texas, agreed on the 6th inst. quietly to surrender that fort to the Secessionists, and that he would evacuate as soon as transports for his forces could be procured. The steamship Daniel Webster was still lying off Brazos, awaiting the embarkation of the United States troops which she had been detailed to carry off. The New } ork Times says :—" Governor Hous ton does not seem disposed to allow the Seceders to have everything their own way in Texas after all. According to a despatch which reaches us from Gal veston he has refused further to recognise the State Convention, considering that its functions termi nated with the submission of the Secession ordi nance to the people. He accordingly announces that the Legislature is soon to meet, and himself will now attend to such public questions as may arise, and declares himself in favour of a new Con vention to make necessary changes in the State Constitution. He at the same time does not hesitate to declare his opposition to the Southern Confede racy. The Convention have taken issue with him, and have passed an ordinance claiming full powers, and proposing to consummate the connexion of Texas with the Southera Confederacy as speedily as possible. They also propose to make it obliga tory upon all State officers to take an oath to sup port this new Government, and, on the refusal of Governor Houston, to supersede him. Meantime a report is current that the Governor is raising troops on his own account." The polls at Petersburg, Virginia, closed on the 15th, and the result of the three days' voting was 879 for secession, and 762 against it Accounts from Charleston say that Governor Pickens and General Beauregard had decided on erecting fortifications at Steno, and at all the inlets leading to that harbour. Col. Forney, in command of the Pensacola Navy yard, informed the commander of the Brooklyn, on the Bth, that he could get no more water or coal at that station. A Bill had been introduced into the Southern Congress to establish an Admiralty Court in Missis sippi, the judge to reside at Vicksburg. News had been received at Montgomery that five United States' war vessels left New York on Tuesday night, well armed, and with a large number of Marines and ample provisions on board, believed to be destined to some Southern port. The first case of real difficulty growing out of the absence of United States' collectors at some of the Southern ports occurred on the 14th inst., and re snited in the seizure of the schooner Restless, at New York, from Havannah, the collector at Mobile re fusing, as a United States' officer, to exchange a coasting license for a register in order to permit that vessel to go to Havannah for a cargo. The captain "protested." The Spanish Consul counter signed his document, and he then proceeded on his voyage. At New York Collector Schell seized the vessel for a violation of the laws. The facts of the case had been sent to the Secretary of the Treasury, who it was believed would remit the penalty in curred. An important decision was given on the 14th inst. in the United States' Supreme Court, in the Kentucky and Ohio mandamus case, which was decidedly adverse to Kentucky. It was held that, while it was the duty of a State to surrender fugi tive slaves on proper proof, Congress could not com pel State officers to do their duty. The mandamus was, therefore, refused. The steamship Tennessee arrived at New Orleans from Vera Cruz, bringing the important intelligence that the British Minister at Mexico had formall3 recognized the Constitutional Government. Gen. Uraga had aceepted the mission to the United States. THE NAVY. A Malta letter dated Valetta, March 23, says : "We have had no naval movements during the week, except the return on the 20th inst. of her Majesty's gunboat Mohawk, Commander Howard. from Bengazi and Tripoli, and the departure on the 22d of the Dutch corvette Cycloop, Capt. Toewater, for Port Mahon. The Mohawk, as you are already informed, had proceeded to the coast of Barbary, with Messrs. Ford and Laws, telegraph engineers, for the purpose of selecting landing-places for the electric cable about to be laid between Malta and Alexandria. Bombah, which had been proposed for one of the telegraph stations, has been rejected, owing to its want of protection from attack by the natives of the neighbouring country—a predatory and savage race who not long ago murdered the crew of a French vessel, which was so unfortunate as to be cast on its inhospitable shore. The points at which it has now been determined to land the cable are Bengazi and Tripoli. At Malta it will be landed in the Bay of San Giorgi, on the south east coast of the island. Her Majesty's gunboat Lapwing, Commander Montagu O'Reilly, which has been expected here by the naval authorities for some weeks past from Smyrna and Candia, has not yet made her appearance, and people are beginning to wonder what can have detained her. The last French steamer from Beyrout, which put into Can dia in consequence of tempestuous weather, brought intelligence that some disturbance between the Turks and Christians had taken place in that island, and that a more serious outbreak was appre hended. It is reported that on account of this state of affairs the English Consul at Canea had made application for the presence of a British man-of war. The Lapwing had not arrived at Candia by the last dates. The Doris frigate, from Beyrout, and the Alacrity gunboat, from the Piraeus, are shortly expected ; and the Amphion frigate, which has been some time at Palermo, will probably return to Malta very soon. The ships in port under sailing orders are :--The Han. nibal, 91, (bearing the flag of Rear-Admiral Mundy, C. 8.), for Beyrout ; the James Watt, 91, for Corfu ; and the Firefly surveying vessel, to re sume her hydrographical operations in the Levant. All three vessels will leave early in the week, most likely on Monday or Tuesday. The following are her Majesty's ships now in port :—The Neptune, 90 (bearing the flag of Vice-Admiral W. F. Martin, Commander-in-Chief in the Mediterranean) ; the Hannibal, 91 (bearing the flag of Rear-Admiral G. R. Mundy, C. 8.) ; the Cressy, 80; and the James Watt, 91 ; the frigate Liffey, 51; the surveying ship Firefly ; the gunboats Assurance, 4, Mohawk, 4, and Quail, 2 ; receiving ship Hibernia (flag of Rear- Admiral H. J. Codrington, C. 8.), and tug Hearty. 'rho gunboat Assurance has gone out with a mail for Corfu, and Capt. Coffin, 21st Regiment, and two non-commissioned officers, 9th Regiment, as pas- sengers." The launch of the Glasgow, 51 gun screw frigate, was effected yesterday from Portsmouth dockyard in the most successful manner. The morning had turnedleut unexpectedly fine, and some thousands of people surrounded the slipway. When all was prepared, the bottle of wine, suspended from the ship's cutwater by its tricolou red silken cord, Placed by the mastershipwrig h t in the hands of was THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY ; EVENING, MARCH 29, 1861. Mrs. Alexander, the daughter of Vice• Admiral H. W. Bruce, who dashed it against the ship's bows with a " Success to the Glasgow," and the frigate had received her name. Some blocks remained to split out, which was soon done, when a mallet and chisel being handed to Mrs. Alexander, she sepa rs.ted with them the cord across the vessel's stem, which held suspended the pigs of ballast, and these latter, descending in their channels, knocked away the dogshore, and the ship was free. She was im mediately taken in tow by a steam tug and placed in the , steam basin, where she will receive her machinery, of 630 horse power (nominal), by Messrs. Ravenhill. Salkeld, and Co. The figure-head of the Glasgow is the bust of a Highlander, with Glengarry bonnet and plume. Beneath the figure head on either side the cutwater is a shield bear ing the arms of the city of Glasgow—the traditional salmon and tree—and the motto, " Lord, let Glas gow flourish." The armament of the Glasgow will consist of 30 eight-inch guns on the main deck, of 65 cwt each and 9 feet long. On the upper deck 18 32-pounders, of 56 cwt each and 9 feet 6 inches in length ; and two of Sir W. Armstrong's 100- pounder guns as pivots. According to present ar rangement it will be nearly 12 months before any other man-of-war will be launched from Portsmouth Dockyard. His Danish Majesty's screw frigate Sjvelland, Captain Ipsen, sailed from Spithead at daylight yesterday morning for Copenhagen. In compliance with the orders issued by the Ad miralty, the 300 novices on board the Britannia training ship at Portsmouth will he draughted out of her, as required, to other ships. When the num• ber of novices has been reduced on board to 150, the entry of boys will commence, and will be continued until their number reaches 150—the maximum — by which time the whole of the novices will have been cleared out of the ship. The entry of boys for the naval service urgently requires being placed on a more satisfactory footing, An office attached to the Admiral commanding in each dockyard, where applications should be made, with a revised set of rules for the admission of boys, would appear to be the most simple and efficacious remedy. The pre sent system of making applications on board the flagship, independent of the expense of waterage to the applicants, is attended with many evils. The Mersey, 40, screw, Capt. H. Caldwell, C. 8., at Portsmouth, is ordered to refit. Her crew have been granted leave of absence in watches, three weeks to each watch. The construction of this ship has been rather a costly experiment, as she has, it is now acknowledged, proved to be too slightly constructed to carry either her present armament of 10-inch main deck guns, or to allow of her ma chinery being worked up to its full power, without thoroughly disabling herself as she has during her last cruise. On her official trial of speed when first commissioned she made 13i knots, but the vibra tion was terrific. The Pandora, 5, screw, receiving her copper and fitting valves in dock at Portsmouth, is being fitted with machinery of horse power (nominal), by Messrs. Summers and Day, of Northam. She has nearly the whole of her copper on. The boilers and machinery of the Chanticleer, 17, screw, in the steam basin, and recently launched at Portsmouth, are from the manufactory of Messrs. Inglis, of Glasgow. The Cossack, 20, screw, Capt. R. Moorman, at Portsmouth, is reported as ready to proceed to Spithead on the Bth of April next. The Pincher gunboat has been placed in the steam basin at Portsmouth to fit with new boilers and condensing engines. The steam reserve at Portsmouth, exclusive of gunboats under slips, comprises the following ves sels, according to a return ending the March quar ter : First Division-The Duke of Wellington, 131, screw, 700 horse power; the Shannon, 51, screw, 600 horse power ; the Euryalus, 51, screw, 400 horse power; the Volcano, 6, paddle, 140 horse power ; the Rinaldo, 17, screw, 200 horse power ; the Cygnet, 5, screw, 80 horse power; the Brazen, 2, screw, 60 horse power ; the Rose, 2, screw, 60 horse power; the Snapper, 2, screw, 60 horse power; the Traveller, 2, screw, 60 horse power; the Grinder, 2 screw, 60 horse power ; the Blazer, 2, screw, 60 horse power; and the Leveret, 2, screw, 60 horse power. Totals-first division, 275 guns ; 2,540 horse power. Second Division-The Royal Sovereign, 131, screw, 800 horse power ; the Victoria, 131, screw, 1,000 horse power ; the Prince of \Vales, 131, screw, 800 horse power; the Duncan, 91, screw, 800 horse power; the Nelson, 91, screw, 500 horse power; the Frederick William, 86, screw, 500 horse power ; the Sutlej, 51, screw, 500 horse power ; the Medea, 6, paddle, 350 horse power ; the Stromboli, 6, paddle, 280 horse power; the Coquette, 4, screw, 200 horse power ; the Pelican, 17, screw, 200 horse power ; the Cracker, 2, screw, 60 horse power ; the Fancy, 2, screw, 60 horse power ; the Swinger, 2 screw, 60 horse power ; the Pincher, 2, screw, 60 horse power ; the Savage, 2, screw, 60 horse power. Totals, second division, 775 guns, 6,230 horse power. Third Division-The Tribune, 31, screw, 300 horse power ; the Rosamond, 6, paddle, 280 horse power; the Vigilant, 6, screw, 200 horse power; the Vulture, 6, paddle, 470 horse power ; Cheerful, 2, screw, 20 horse power ; the Rambler, 2, screw, 20 horse power; the Pet, 2, screw, 20 horse power ; the Daisy, 2, screw, 20 horse power ; the Angler, 2, screw, 20 horse power ; the Chub, 2, screw, 20 horse power; the Ant, 2, screw, 20 horse power; the Pert, 2, screw, 20 horse power ; the Decoy, 2, screw, 20 horse power; the Hunter, 2, screw, 20 horse power; and the Fenella, 2, screw, 20 horse power-total, 71 guns and 1,740 horse power. Fourth Division.-The Fox, 42, screw, 200 horse power ; the Penelope, 16, paddle, 650 horse power ; the Retribution, 28, paddle, 400 horse power ; the Erebus, 16, screw floating battery, 200 horse power; the Meteor, 16, screw floating battery, 200 horse power; the Glatton, 16, stew floating battery, 200 horse power. Total, 134 guns and 1,850 horse power, giving a grand total in the four divisions of 1,235 guns, propelled by 10,768 horse power, nomi nal. This return does not include such vessels as have not yet received their machinery, as the Prince Regent, Octavio, &c. The Isis, 44, Capt. F. L. Barnard, left Chatham harbour at 11 a.m. yesterday, in tow of the paddle ' wheel steamer Adder, Mr. J. Mincin master com mander, and proceeded as far as the Nore, where she saluted the flag of Admiral Hope Johnstone, the Commander in Chief at that station. The Isis will call at Portsmouth, where she will take on board the remainder of her crew, and will also put in at Plymouth to receive the Royal Marines from that division, who proceed in her to Ascension, to join the detachment of Marines now doing duty at that island, under the command of Captain Webb. Capt. Barnard's wife and family accompany him in the Isis to Ascension, at which island Capt. Bar nard will remain as Governor. The Isis, before leaving Chatham yesterday, took on board two complete sets of Heinke's diving apparatus which:the Admiralty have directed to be sent to Ascension. The following appointments were made yesterday at the Admiralty ;-J. Thompson, master, to the Indus, for the Himalaya ; S. E. Derrick, 2d class assist.-engineer. to the Weser; and J. Taplin, 2d class assist.-engineer, to the Cumberland, for service in the Griper. TLIE ARMY. -...- Yesterday Major-General Eyre made his general inspection of the East India depots, composing the 2d battalion of Infantry at Chatham garrison, under the command of Colonel It. N. Phillips. The officers and men were draw❑ up on the general parade ground of Chatham barracks, in heavy marching order, at 2 o'clock p.m., the depots com prising those of the Ist battalion 20th Regiment, Ist battalion 23d Royal Welsh Fusiliers, 31st, 52d (Light Infantry), 73d, and 83d. Major-Gen. Eyre, accompanied by his aide-de-camp, Lieut. Col. Gor don, arrived on the parade-ground bhortly after 2, and immediately commenced a minute inspection of the arms, appointmente, and kits of the non-com missioned officers and men, in which he was occu pied some time. In consequence of no reinforce ments having been despatched to India for several months past, the battalions at Chatham are now very strong, numbering rather more than 3000 bayonets. Lieut.-Col. Levett, commanding the King's Owa Rifle Regiment of Staffordshire Militia, has received orders to assemble his reg:mcnt at Newcastle-under- Lyme, for 21 days' training, on the 30th pros, THE Bd2llA N _73 A TH AS APPLICABLE TO TRAINING _RACEHORSES. (BY THE HON. ADMIRAL RODS.) The most wonderful discoveries have lately taken place in every branch of science, and the most ex traordinary inventions and improvements in every item connected with the luxuries and the comforts of mankind; general education has civilised and enlightened the great working classes. The islands are looking up; even our domestic animals have improved in quality, and 20 per cent. in point of size, from poultry and pigs to sheep, cattle, and horses, owing tc care and attention in breeding during the last century ; and nothing has retro graded but seamanship, emasculated by the intro duction of steam ; sailors are numerous, but seamen are scarce. Lloyd's list of wrecks proves the melan choly fact, but there is one profession on a humble scale which has made no progress, no improvement, for 150 years ; I mean the training of racehorses ; and at the same time I must add my testimony that a more respectable or a better class of tradesmen do not exist than the majority of English trainers, who from being in constant communication with gentlemen, imbibe liberal ideas, and prove them selves worthy of the highest trust and responsibility. Thanks to Mr. Urquhart (to. whom this country is more indebted than to any living man) for the introduction of Turkish alias Roman baths, a new era has arisen, the present barbarous system of preparing horses to race by drastic purgatives, hot clothing, hot stables, and four and five miles sweats will be ameliorated, and we may look forward with confidence to a revolution by the aid of hot-air baths, which will enable a trainer to bring his horses to the post in first-rate condition without subjecting them to a destructive apprenticeship. There was always a difficult problem to be solved, how is a trainer to prepare a horse to race ? alias to get his inside clean and his muscles in full vigour without the assistance of strong purgatives, and gallopping long distances under a weight of heavy woollen clothing. I do not deny the necessity of giving horses the strongest exercise, wisely adapted to their age and condition. It is proved that you can lighten a horse's frame as well by the operation of a hot-air bath as by a four-mile sweat ; and the question arises, which is the best practice to get them into condition ? My belief is that a smart two-mile or a three-mile, gallop with the horse stripped, carrying a light weight, and a hot-air bath afterwards, is more beneficial to a horse's lungs, and, no doubt, to his legs and sinews, than a four-mile gallop under heavy clothes. Try it on a jockey ; let him take his usual walk of nine miles under sweaters ; and the next time walk half the distance, and then take a hot-air bath ; I fancy he will find *himself a lighter, a stronger, and a wiser man after the second process. 0 wing to the exhaustion of a four or five-mile sweat, a horse is only fit to walk the following day, and many horses are annually disabled by this severity; but after a hot-air bath a horse is fit and ready for any task. I therefore pronounce the hot-air bath a most powerful and valuable auxi liary; with this assistance you may bring an infirm horse to the post which would break down in two orthodox four-mile sweats. With respect to the sound horses, why should not we try to keep them sound ? Is not prevention better than cure ? The Roman bath invigorates a horse's frame, gives increased action to his liver, improves his appetite, cleanses the pores of suppressed perspi ration, and fortifies the skin from extreme heat and cold ; the joints become more supple, the sinews more elastic, and the heart, lungs, and kidneys, being freed from fat, horses are able to take the strongest exercise, without suffering from internal fever. Rheumatism, sore shins, and cu taneous eruptions are speedily subdued by hot air. Under this system no horse ought to be exercised in heavy clothes. In my opinion, it is always objectionable to give a horse a sharp or very long gallop when he is clothed, and looking to hot air as an agent, we may keep our horses sound for thrice the estimated period of their present efficacy ; the veterinary surgeon and the saddler will send in diminished bills; this will balance the expenses of the bath, and will save large sums of money to the proprietors of race-horses. Of all animals in the world there are none better endow ed by nature to endure the vicissitudes of climate than a horse. From the burning deserts of Arabia to the coldest regions of Europe, Asia, and America. they enjoy the .most perfect health and vigour. Why are we, then, to treat them in this tam perate clime like exotic plants ? If, from the day a foal is dropped, he is never shut up with his dam in a close hovel, except during a severe frost ; if the same practice be adopted after he is weaned till he is taken into the stable to receive his education, there is very little risk of his catching cold, cough, or any disease, all those indispositions arising from young stock being confined in a close, unwholesome box, and then being suddenly exposed to cold winds. When the yearling colt is removed to a well-built, warm stable, you would suppose that, if he en joyed perfect health during his days of liberty, in the open air, rolling on the wet grass, if this mode of life agreed with him, and added daily to his growth and strength, that as far as fresh air was concerned, you would allow him all the advantages which nature can bestow. From a life of freedom, housed in an open box, inhaling pure, fresh air, he is confined with his head tied up to a manger in a close stable, the windows jealously oi.,ened by day, as if the air was injurious to his health, and care fully shut on an average of thirteen hours dur ing the greatest part of the year. As a foal he roughed it in the paddock during the cold winds of February ; 18 months afterwards he is clothed and shut up in a warm, close room. Before the colt is reconciled to his first lessons of servitude, a woollen rug is strapped round him, to add to the naturally inflamed state of his blood and to crown his mis fortunes, from having always had free access to water, the trainer restricts him to two draughts per diem ; it signifies nothing whether the weather is hot or cold, the stable regulations, like the laws of the Persians, are inviolable. The trainer drinks ten times a day if his throat is dry, but he never cal oihicnwfnuffoue lt offered aa a hrbt t eedh e e dsr s eet h t urnat h e7bkp a r: trm t e hubha thermometer m s cemaad h evgu o ttuersew r veer s eafi e irretstneehmeueahanaei horses, de oeasubreytvse quantitysaeesmb (exceptingo ;a s o ,r e aiaa t wsvi h seui asni water thirsty et to y e9ma not t ti o h hoiwdr a efeey n ag n . s u horsesla tl tseewrn sultry isilesl than their master, drink a whole pailful to lay in a stock to meet the exigencies of feverish thirst, and the interior demands which nature may require in the long interval of destitution. This saves trouble, but it is in direct antagonism to the principle of training men to run or to fight, who are never allowed to take a large draught. Thus, the raw material, in the shape of a healthy, well-grown colt, 18 or 19 months old, is introduced to the care and tender mercies of the groom. After the usual process of leading him about, lunging him, backing him, his proud spirit bends to the yoke; from gentle exercise he is abruptly called upon to mend his paces, and within 14 weeks he is tried with older horses, from 600 yards to half a mile. A trainer may justly complain and object to these early preparations, He generally quietly ac quiesces, owing to a natural curiosity to find out a trump, or to be enabled to select the wheat from the chaff. As far as the early trials are concerned, the experiment can now be made at half the risk of destroying the colt, or, in other words, laying the seed of future unsoundness, by using the hot-air bath for absorbing his internal fat and superfluous flesh, without having recourse to strong medicine or long preparatory gallops. At two years old the trainer considers it neces sary to clothe the unfortunate colt more warmly, on the principle that he becomes more tender as he ad vances in age (a novel doctrine) ; and he is not satisr fled until he makes the horse uncomfortable by a flannel or a woollen hood when he goes out to exer cise. A showman thinks it right to dress up his dancing dogs or his monkey at a fair, that is quite admissible; but a hood makes a horse susceptible of cold ; it is laying a trap for a sore throat. A hood is excusable in a railroad van, for all other purposes it is only good for ;rade. Ask a trainer why he uses it ; you will receive an unmeaning answer. • If their predecessors quarrelled with fresh air, and stopped up the keyholes for the pure love of ammonia, which propagated disease of roaring, and made a great many horses blind, there was one redeeming point--they took out their horses twice a day to exercise, for eight months in the year, which gave two opportunities for reventilating a putrid stable. This practice vas in vogue for many years after I went to Newmirket, and highly ap proved ; it is now changed, because it disturbs the domestic felicity of the trainer. You would imagine that during the height of summer the horses would be out at daybreak, when the dew makes the grass plebsant to their feet, and that the work would be over and the stables made up and horses fed by 7 o'clock. Not at all. Instead of exercising their horses in the cool of the morning, and taking them ou; a second time at 6 30 p.m. to walk them an hour, when the stables might be thoroughly cooled, the trainers consider it a more judicious plan to commence work at 7 in the morning, and to keep the horses' out till 10 o'clock, frequently the hottest time is the day, before the breeze springs up. By this policy they evade the trouble of saddling their horses a second time. When oxygen is a scarce article in the stable, and ammonia gets the ascendancy, horses suffer front lassitude, loss of eppetite, and a dull coat sig nificant of disease. This is expected, as a matter of course, and parried with calomel and aloes. When a horse's coat breaks in October, and race horses are deeply engaged, a cough is heard ? and coughing runs like wildfire through the stable. What is this owing to ? The stable temperature charged with ammonia, the warm clothes, flannel bandages, hoods, and deleterious physic have won the battle ; every horse's skin impregnated with suppressed perspiration was susceptible of dis ease, and they have caught what the trainers have so studiously engendered. I have known more horses coughing in a stable at Newmarket than in all the cabs from Hyde-park-corner to Somerset-house, simply because the cab-horses stand for 14 hours in the open air, and race , horses are shut up for 21 hours in a hot stable. The laws of nature cannot be defied with impurity. The trainer now has a lucid interval. He turns the sick horses into open boxes from a temperature of 65 to 40; the cold air invigorates them, the fever is checked, the cough ceases, :and the horse gets well in a week. Woe to the i.ivalids if they are still confined to the warm stable. They may be on the sick list for months. But the racing season is over and the money is lost. Again the trainers fall back to the ancient system, and all experience is lost upon them. It is not to be wondered at that these horses suffer from catarrhs, and that their legs fail. If you talk to a trainer he will say, " I must keep my windows shut during the night or the horses will be ill. They must be warmly clad, or they will catch cold ; they must be well physicked ; or they will fly to pieces when I put them is hard work; and they must have hard work at any risk, other wise they won't stay a distance. If their legs show symptoms of weakness I must support them with plaisters, elastic cloths, and flannel ban dages.' The answer is simple. If Miss Nightingale, of undying fame, and our cleverest doctors insist upon the windows of a hos pital containing patients with every dis ease being kept open night and day, why are trainers to be more learned than they? If the fresh air at night is not salubrious to a healthy horse why do you strip a horse labouring under violent inflammation and turn him out in the cold air as the only means of saving his life ? Every year tells the same sad tale of ccughs and illness ; they are considered as dispensations of Providence—no fault of the trainers. It is their kismet, like the fatallists of the East, who have great contempt for drains to carry off the filth of their cities, and thereby patro nise the plague. Warm clothing is useful after a long, severe race (a dead heat), and the horse is required to run a second time ; then a trainer thinks it advisable to discontinue its use. He will walk his horse stripped in a cold wind • and there he stands with his coat dry and wiry, t he heat driven back to his lungs and heart. An American trainer covers his horse up with clothes, and moves him about till he breaks out in a profuse sweat. This brings the enemy to the surface ; the heart and lungs are relieved, and if the horse dries up well after he is rubbed down he is fit to run for his life when the Eng lish trainer's horse is suffering from internal fever. An Affghan trooper comprehends this theory, and acts upon it after a long, fatiguing march • to a common English groom it is a para dox. He will clothe his horse when he ought to be stripped, and he will strip him when he ought to be clothed. If horses be free from organic diseases, water, hot, tepid or cold, variously applied, and hot-air baths, will cure every complaint incidental to the equine race ; cold wet linen bandages, covered with oilskin and woollen cloths, will cure sore throats more readily than mustard poultices or blisters, and leave no mark. Fever, influenza, and colic may be sub dued by cold wet linen sheets round the body, and the evaporation carefully guarded by blankets till the patient perspires profusely and the disease comes to the surface ; then drench him well with cold water when you strip him; let him drink cold water, rub him well dry, and keep him in a cool, well ventilated stable. This water system is cheap and simple, and acts promptly on the disease with out impairing the horse's natural vigour, and there are no bills to pay. If the horse's constitution is like iron he may recover by the aid of medicine in the last stage of debility. My training theory is that no racehorse should be clothed beyond a linen or cotton sheet, either in the stable or at exercise, excepting during a cold winter, when a simple rug may be allowed both indoors and when his work is confined to a straw bed during a frost, It is an outrage on common sense to say that an old horse is more tender than a sucking foal. The hot-air bath, by cleansing and opening the pores of the skin, restores its tone and reinstates the animal in his original purity to despise the changes of the weather, the trainer having exerted all his ingenuity to make him tender, helpless, and susceptible. As the hot air stimulates the action of the liver physic will seldom be required, and then in very small doses. :When a yearling comes into the stable fat andlieshy, instead of giving him extra slow work and keeping him out four hours, it saves a great deal of trouble to physic him well. Extra physic is less troublesome than extra work, and it is supposed to be all the same thing in the end. From the 15th of March to the end of the racing season the horses should be exercised twice a day, and kept out altogether four hours, instead of the present system, from two hours and a half to three hours at one interval. They should always have access to water, or according to the American system it should be offered to them in small quantities sixor seven times in the course of the day. Most horses you cannot feel too highly when they are in strong work, and my belief is that no three horses require exactly the same food and the same exercise. A stable should be built on brick arches, unless the foundation is chalk or limestone. Rooms about 17 feet in height, with large windows, ventilated near the ceiling by hollow or perforated bricks ; no mangers to the stalls or boxes ; large white wooden basins hooked on to staples in the wall for the corn, the said basins to be taken away and washed when the horses have fed, and in every stall a fixture for a water pail. There are three appen dages necessary to a perfect establishment—a dor mitory for the lads, who should not be allowed to sleep in the stable, because when the night air is cool they will shut the windows; a Roman bath; thirdly, a weighing machine, to register every horses's weight after each operation of the hot air $ and after every public race or trial ; a wooden grat ing over the floors of the stalls, fitted with iron hinges to trice up to the sides in order to be washed and purified, would be a. great improvement, and there would be no necessity for straw litter. All the cavalry depots in Great Britain, Ireland, and India ought to be fitted up with Roman baths capable of containing six horses. In India there are two indigenous complaints which destroy 40 per cent. of our cavalry horses. The first is a cuta neous disorder called burnsattee, from the ilindclo tanee word burusaria, relating to this dispose, pecu liar to the rainy season ; it generally attacks horses picketed out in wet around. No doubt the disease is propagated by an insect, and is contagious, This fearful complaint is of a tubercular nature; the skin swells, then ulcerates until regular sores are formed ; no part of the body is exempt, but it generally commences in the legs, and is con sidered incurable. The second, a oold night air called the wind-stroke, which paralyses a horses loins; and I have heard of every horse in a stable being disabled in one night. They rarely recover. It is very probable that the hot-air bath would cure both these terrible diseases, and at a very small expen diture millions of rupees may be saved. To a hunting establishment a bath is a most valu able acquisition. During a long frost horses may be kept in the most perfect condition. After a hard day's work it is a most powerful restorative to man and horse, and nothing would surprise me less than to hear that the kennel lameness in hounds (which I presume is rheumatism) can be cured by the same process. _ _ - Finally, old-fashioned trainers will condemn the bath without condescending to investigateits results, for nothing is so intolerant or presumptuous as the prejudice of an ignorant man. It reminds me that when steam was in its infancy a celebrated stage coachman hoped to be hanged, or something worse, if they could ever travel so' fast upon an iron rail for 20 miles as he could drive his old chesnuts, Qf course this hot air, so potent in its effects, may be abused like any other valuable gift. I leave to clever and experienced men to define where its use ends and abuse begins. Grooms have much to learn, still more to forget. And as the farmers of 1861 ridicule the system of husbandry in 1820, so will the trainers of 1870 amuse themselves with the errors of their predecessors in 1860.—Baily's Magazine. The Czar cannot hold his position in Europe. nor keep his empire together, unless he obtains materials for a middle class, and for good patriotic service, by making freemen of the labouring class, His empire depends on it; and he has withstood the antagonism of the nobles and the official body with so much vigour and firmness as to have carried at least the announcement of the scheme. The journals of several countries have been precipitate in an nouncing the actual emancipation. It must take some time to effect the necessary settlement of the land ; and two years, are allowed for all preparations. These two years must be the most critical in the history of Russia thus far. The risks and dark uncertainties to be encountered are only less than those which would have beentbraved in giving up the scheme. The needful preparation—of re forming, the official body has not been made ; the nobles are, generally speaking, fiercely opposed' to the chane—and between their hostility and the prejudices and ignorance of the serfs, there is but too much probability that mischief will arise. The Czar manifests heroir in holding to his purpose. If ha achieves his aim, he w I prove himielf one of the greatest of rulers ; and if he filils—fails nobly and unflinchingly—he will have the sympathy of all good men, now living and to c9aae.—Once 14k, BANK BEI'U.RYS. Am Account, pursuant to the Aof 7th and Sth Victoria cap. 32, of the Average Amount of Bank Notes, of the several Banks of Issue in England and Wales, in circu lation during the week ending Saturday, the 16th day of March, 1861. PRIVATE BANKS. Andover Bank, Andover-Heath and Co Ashford Bank, Ashford--,Jemmett, Pomfret, & Co. £9,495 Aylesbury Old Bank, Aylesbury-Cobb and Co 25,811 Baldock Bank and Baldock and Biggleswade Bank, Biggleswade-Wells, Hogge, and Co. Barnstaple Bank, Barnstaple-Marshall and Co 5,210 Basingstoke and Oldham Bank, Basingstoke- Seymour, Lamb, and Co. Bedford Bank, Bedford-Barnard and Co. 30,429 Bewdle3 Bank, Bawdley-Nichols, Baker, and Co. 10,028 Bicester and Oxfordshire Bank and Oxford Bank, Bicestcr-Tubb and Co 17,793 Birmingham Bank, Birmingham - Attwo o d s, Spooner, and Ce. Boston Bank, Boston-Clayp ons an d C o. Boston Bank, Boston-Gee and Co. Bridgwater Bank, Bridgwater-J. &J. L. Sealey 7,486 Broseley and Bridgnorth and Bridgnorth and Broseley Bank, Broseley-Pritchards, Boycott, and Co. Buckingham Bank, Buckingham-Bartlett, Par rott, and Co. Bury and Suffolk Bank, Sudbury Bank, and Stow marlLet Bank, Bury St. Edmunds-Oakes, Bevan, and Co. Banbury Bank, Banbury-J. C. and A. Gillett 30,261 Banbury Old Bank, Banbury-Cobb and Son 21,403 Bedfordshire Leighton Buzzard Bank, Leighton Buzzard-Bassett, Son, and Co. ' ;33,278 Birmingham Bank, Birmingham--Lloyds and Co. 24,308 Bradford Old Bank, Bradford, Yorkshire-Harris and Co. Brecon Old Bank, Brecon-Wilkins and Co 37,513 Brighton Union Bank, Brighton-Hall, West, and Co. Burlington and Driffield Bank, Burlington-Hard ing, Smith, and Co Bury St. Edmunds Bank, Bury St. Edmunds- Worlledge and Co. .. 2,466 Cambridge Bank, Cambridge-Mertlock and Co., 13,293 Cambridge and Cambridgeshire Bank, Cambridge -Messrs. Fosters 38,205 Canterbury Bank, Canterbury-Hammond and Co 25,795 Carmarthen Bank, Carmarthen-David Morris and Sons Chertsey Bank, Chertsey-La Coste and Son 2,785 Colchester Bank, Colchester-Round, Green, &Co 13,360 Colchester and Essex Bank, and Witham and Essex Bank, and Hadleigh, Suffolk, Bank, Colchester- Mills, Bawtree, and Co. Cornish Bank, Truro-Tweedy and Co 43,186 Coventry Bank, Coventry-Little and Woodcock 6,455 City Bank, Exeter-Milford and Co. Craven Bank, Settle-Alcocks, Birkbeck, and Co. 75,203 Chepstow Old Bank, Chepstow Bank, Monmouth Old Bank, Monmouth Bank, Brecon Bank, and Ross and Herefordshire Bank, Chepstow- Bromage, Snead, and Co Derby Bank, Derby-W. and S. Evans and Co. Derby Bank, Der b y-Samuel Smith and Co 30,899 Derby Old Bank and Scarsdale and High Peak Bank, Derby-Crompton Newton, and Co 28,663 Devizes and Wiltshire Bank, Devizes-Locke and Co. Diss Bank, Diss-Fincham and Co 10,235 Doncaster Bank and Retford Bank, Doncaster- Cooke and Co. 58,988 Darlington Bank, Durham Bank, and Stockton-on- Tees Bank, Darlington-Backhouse and Co 84,422 Devonport Bank, Devonport-Hodge and Co 8,162 Dorchester Old Bank and Dorsetshire Bank, Dor chester- R. and H. Williams 36,578 East Cornwall Bank, Liskeard-Robins, Foster, and Co. East Riding Bank, Beverley-Bower and C 0.... 47,553 Essex Bank and Bishop's Stortford Bank, Chelms ford-Sparrow, Round, and Co 34,350 Exeter Bank, Exeter-Sanders and Co 24,010 Farringdon Bank and Bank of Wantage, Farring don-Barnes, Medley, and Co 4,733 Farnham Bank, Farnham-John and Jas. Knight 6,335 Faversham Bank, Faversham-Hilton and Co 4,270 Godalming Bank, Godalming-Mellersh and Keen 4,406 Guildford Bank, Guildford-Messrs. Haydon.... 12,113 Grantham Bank, Grantham-Hardy and Co 22,352 Hereford City and County Bank, Hereford-Mat thews and Co 12,861 Hull Bank and Kingston-upon-Hull Bank, Hull- Smith, Brothers, and Co 19,354 Huntingdon Town and County Bank, Hunting dOn-Veasey and Co Harwich Bank, Harwich-Cox, Cobbold, and Co. 4,815 Hertfordshire, Hitchin Bank, Hitchin-Sharples and Co. Hereford, Ross, and Archenfeld Bank, and Ross and Archenfield Bank, Ross—Morgan and Co 16,417 Ipswich Bank, Ipswich—Bacon and Co. 19,990 Ipswich and Needham Market Bank, Suffolk, Had leigh Bank, Manningtree and Mistley Bank, and Woodbridge Bank, Ipswich—Alemanders & Co 56,580 Kentish Bank, Maidstone—Randall, Mercer, and Co. Kington and Radnorshire Bank, Kington—Davies and Co. Knaresborough Old Bank and Ripon Old Bank, Knaresborough—Harrison and Co Kendal Bank, Kendal—Wakefield, Crewdson, &Co 42,293 Longton Staffordshire Bank, Longton—C. Harvey and Son Leeds Bank, Leeds—Beckett and Co 52,385 Leeds Union Bank, Leeds—W. Williams, Brown, and Co. Leicester Bank, Leicester—T. and T. T. Paget 26,497 Lewis Old Bank, Lewis—Whitefeld and Co 24,850 Lincoln Bank, Lincoln—Smith, Ellison and Co Llandovery Bank, Lampeter Bank, and Llandilo Bank, Llandovery—D. Jones and Co 22,649 Loughborough Bank, Loughborough—Middleton and Cradock .... Lymington. Bank, Lymington---S. and G. F. St Barbe Lynn Regis and Lincolnshire Bank, Lynn Legis-- Gurneys and Co Lynn Regis and Norfolk Bank, Lynn Regis— Jarvis and Co lO, 9 Pdl Macclesfield Bank, Macclesfield—Brocklehurst and Co. . 12,336 Manningtree Bank, Manningtree—Nunn and g 0... 4,727 Merionethshire Bank, Dolgelly—Williaras arid Son 9,550 Miners' Bank, Truro—Willyams and Co Monmouthshire Agricultural and Convlercial Bank, Abergavenny—Bailey and C o .. 26,426 Monmouth Old Bank, Monmouth Bank, Brecon Bark, Chepstow Bank, Chepstow Old Bank, and Ross and Herefordf,nire Bank, Monmouth— Bromage, Snead, and Co. Newark lank, Newark—Godfrey and Riddell 20,748 Newark and Sleaford Bank; and Sleaford and Newark Bank, Sleaford—Handley, Peacock, and Co, 44,477 Newbury Bank, Newbury —Bunny, Slocock, and Co 13,545 Newmarket Bank, Newmarket --Eaton, Hammond, and Co. Norwich Crown Bank and Norfolk and Suffolk Bank, Norwich-Harveys and Hudsons 51,751 Norwich and Norfolk and Fakenham Banks, Nor wich-Gurneys and Birkbecks 84,637 Nottingham and Nottinghamshire Bank, Notting ham-Hart, Follows, and Co Nuneaton Bank, Nuneato n -C ra dd oc k an d C o . Naval Bank, Plymouth-Harris &Co ... 21,320 New Sarum Bank, Sarum-Pi nc k ney , Brothers .. 8,715 Nottingham Bank, Nottingham-Samuel Smith and Co 24,702 Oswestry Bank and Oswestry Old Bank, Oswestry -Croxon and C o ` Oxford Old Bank, Oxford-Parsons and. Co .. 31,881 Old Bank, Tonbridge, Tonbridge and Tonbridge Wells Old Bank, Tonbridge and Tonbridge- Wells and Sevenoaks Bamk, Tonbridge-T. H. and S. Beaching' 8,915 Oxfordshire Witney Bank, Witney-J. W. Clinch and Sons 9,527 Pease's Old Bank, Hull, the Hull Old Bank ax d Beverley Bank, Hull-Pease and Co Penzance Bank, Penzance-Batten and Co. Peterborough Bank and Oundle Bank, Peter. borough -D. Y or k e an d C o. Pembrokeshire Bank, Haverfordwest-J. and W. Walters Reading Bank, R ea di ng -Si mon d s and C o. Reading Bank, Reading -Stephens, Blandy, & Co. 27,714 Richmond Bank, Richmond-Roper and Co. Rochdale Bank, Rochdale-Clement, Royds, & Co. - Rochester, Chatham, and Strood Bank, Rochester- Day and Nicholson Royston Bank, Royston-Fordharn and Sons Rugby Bank, Rugby-A. Butlin and Son 9,132 Rye Bank, Rye-R. C. Pomfret and Co 9,967 Ross Old Bank, Herefordshire, Ross-Allaway and MacDougal Saffron Walden and North Essex Bank, Saffron Walden-Gibsons and Co. Salop Bank, Shrewsbury-Burton, Lloyd, &Co 11,653 Scarborough Old Bank, Scarborough -Woodall and Co. Shrewsbury Old Bank and Shrewsbury and Ludlow Bank, Shrewsbury-Rocke, Eyton, and Co. 37,745 Sittingbourno and Milton Bank, Sittingbourne-• Valiance and Co. , Southampton Town and County Bank, Southamp ton-Maddison and Pearce 9,627 Southwell Bank, Southwell-Wykla and Co 10,829 Southampton and Hampshire Bank, Southampton -Atlaerley, Fall, and Co, Stafford Old Bank, Stafford-Stevenson and Co. Stamford and Rutland Bank, Stamford-Eaton, Cayley, and Co Shrewsbury and Welsh Pool Bank, Shrewsbury- Back, Downward, and Co Taunton Bank, 1 aunton-H. and R. Badcock 24,696 Tavlstock Bank, Tavistock-Gill, Sons, and Co. Thornbury Bank, Thornbury-Harwood and Co 10,783 Tiverton and Devonshire Bank, Tiverton-Duns ford and Co. Thrapston and Kettering Bank, Northamptonshire, Thrtvston-York and Eland 11,282 Tring Bank and Cheshara Bank, Tring-Butcher and Son Towchester Old Bank, Towchester-Percival and Co 7,080 Town and County of Poole Bank and Ringwood and Peale Bank, Poole-G. - W. Ledgard and Sons 8,148 Union Bank, Cornwall, Helston-Vivian and Co 13,586 Uxbridge Old Bank, Uxbridge-Hull, Smith, &Co 10,977 Wallingford Bank, Wallingford-Hedges, Wells, and Co, .. Warwick and Warwickshire Bank, Warwick- Greaves and Co. ............... Wellington Somerset Bank, Wellington-Fox, Brothers, and Co West Riding Bank, Wakefield and Pontefract Bank-Leatham. 'row, and Co 44 433 Whitby Old Bank, Whitby.-Simpson, Chapman, , and Co. 13,790 Winchester, Alresford, and Alton Bank, Winches,. ter-Bulpett and Co. 17,820 Woymouth Old Bank and Dorchester Bank, Wey mouth-Elliot, Pearce, and Co. Wirksworth and Ashbourne Derbyshire Bank- Arkwright and Co.. 36,317 Wisbech and Lincolnshire Bank, Wisbech-Gur nays and Co. 40,083 Wiveliscombe Bank, Wiveliscombe-P. and W Hancock Wolverhampton Ba nk,Wa`ve:hampton-Goodricke 6,447 and Holyoak e ... 10,629 Worcester Old Bank and Tewkesbury Old Bank; W°r M 4 teD--Berwic.k, Lechmere, and Co 58,878 Wolverhampton Bank, Wolverhampton-R. and W. F, Fryer 10,036 Ya s r u m ff o o n i kthßank, and Suffolk Bank, and Halesworth and Yarmouth- Gurneys, Birkbeck, 444 " Itt,tiof/filleittoottlesomse tt o ftl y. 46,644 ARRAXGEMENTS FOR THE COZILLYG YELAN. FIGHT. (From the Brighton Examiner.) The proposed interview between Lord Ranelagh and the Mayor of Brighton, with the view of facilitating the pro ceedings of the volunteers on their approaching visit to Brighton, took place on Thursday evening, in the Mayor's room at the Town Hall. Many gentlemen connected with the volunteer movement were present by invitation, in cluding the principal officers of the corps, the chief officer of police, &c. Lord Ranelagh stated what arrangements had been proposed, on which he invited those present to give their opinion, and to ask questions, which his lordship readily replied to, and intimated his determination to go through with the matter, notwithstanding the opposition which it had met with had been more than was anticipated. On the following day his lordship, accompanied by Lieut.-Colonel Estridge, Lieut.-COlonel Moorsom, Lieut. Hallett, Mr. Henry Catt, and Mr. E. C. Scott, went up to inspect the site of the proposed operations, and were led to the conclusion that it is admirably adapted to the intended purpose, the race-course forming the central point of view of an amphitheatre within which the military evolutions will be comprised. From the statements made by Lord Ranelagh, at the meeting on Thursday evening, we find that the Government will have no control or supervision of the Easter Monday's operations, but that they will be conducted by the volun teers themselves, to try the experiment of their efficiency or deficiency and ascertain the probable value of the force should it be thrown upon its own resources, or called upon to repel some sudden and unexpected attack. Lord Rane lagh, from his own experience of the qualities of our vo lunteer forces, has expressed his confidence in the result of the present proceedings. The office of Commander-in-Chief will be undertaken by Lord Ranelagh, assisted by Lieut.-Colonel Loyd Lind say, Lieut.-Colonel Cole and other officers; the Sussex. Artillery Brigadebeing commanded by Lieut.-CelEstridge, and the Sussex Rifles by Lieut.-Col. Moorsom. The corps who have engaged to come consist chiefly of those of Mid dlesex, Surrey, Kent, and Sussex, with the Cinque Ports Artillery, and the whole number is calculated to be from 16,000 to 20,000 men. The first train from London is expected to start at 6 a.m., and it will probably be 9 o'clock before the last trains get off. They are not to be brought into the Brighton station, but the volunteers will alight in front of the new shed, and form on the open space from which the immense mountain of chalk has lately been removed, from thence marching down the Montpellier-road to the Level, and thenee by va rious routes—the Marine-parade, the Hospital, the Queen's Park Wall, Richmond-street, and the Race Hill-road-----wm reach the scene of operations as near the same time as prac ticable, entering at the south end of the racecourse, sassing between the spectators, who will be assembled or, the out side of the rails and on the Grand Stand, when., also will be stationed the Earl of Chichester (Lord Liev:Lenant of the county), goad also the band of the sth Poragoon Guards, which have been kindly permitted by Co!t. Calthorpe. It is anticipated by Lord Ranelagh that Vae whole of the men will be on the ground by half past 11 o'clock. The manoeuvres to be represerAed on this occasion will be those of a retreating or retarti.lng force preparing to receive an enemy's army, landed at Shoreham, and marching out of Brighton to give battle. Two lines of defence will be formed, one facing the Grand Stand, extending about a mile; the second line on a ridge extending from the Indus trial Schools to Ovingdean. The engagement will commence by the Artillery on the extreme left opening fire on the imaginary pursuing enemy, and a great variety of evolu tions ':sill be performed, skirmishing, forming of squares to resist cavalry, charging by the mounted rifles, and all other evolutions which are possible under the circumstances. The field of action having been selected nearer to the town than was at first anticipated, the spectators will have a more favourable opportunity of witnessing the proceedings, in which, no doubt, the greatest possible interest will be taken. At the conclusion of the review the velunteer troops will return by two routes—the Marine-parade and the Lewes road, under the direction of their several commanders; and. afterwards proceed by the various consecutive trains to London and other localities by the main, south coast, and branch lines of the London, .Brighton, and South Coast, and the South-Eastern Railways. Refreshments will be provided for the volunteers, so that, if possible, they may not be compelled to leave their ranks; but the arrangements for this purpose are not yet completed. The ground will be kept by the Surrey Mounted Rifles, assisted, perhaps, by a detachment of Dragoons, and the county constabulary, In order to prevent encroachment on the ground by vehicles, foot passengers, &c., for whom bounds will be marked out, so that no mili— tary manoeuvres may be interfered with, nor any danger incurred by the spectators. Accommodation for these volunteers who prefer to come down on the Saturday or Sunday will be provided as far:as possible; and Mr. Samuel Akehurst hay, consented that his office may be used as a place of reference for apartments or lodgings, with addresses and terms, which will also be ad vertised for. The above are the principal arrangements thus far, and any others which may be deemed necessary for the satis factory carrying out of the whole matter, not only is re gards the success of the military programme, but also the ":,fort and accommodation of the volunteers, the keeping order both in the town and on the field, and the gratifies. ton of those of the inhabitants and visitors who will as semble to witness the imposing and gratifying spectacle will be adopted. We can see nothing at present likely to prevent the whole affair going off with great edge, but the possibility of unfavourable weather ; against which contin gency it is, in our uncertain climate, always necessary to be prepared, as much at a late season as at an early, for the experience of all will, of course, remind them that as heavy (or heavier) mills may be anticipated on our hot July days, as in the month of April, to which tradition has always pointed us the season of" gentle showers." COUNTRY MARKETS. BIRMINGHAM-MA.3lm 28. At this day's market there was a short. supply of wheat, and all English qualities were at the currency of this day se'nnight ; but the trade ruled dull. Barley was is lower. Oats nearly maintained their value. Beans and peas tending downwards. MANCHESTER.—MARCH 28. Best English wheat held for late rates, with a slow sale. American red was id to 2d per 701bs. dearer. French and Spanish flour in fair request, and values as before. English flour no higher in price. Oats a dull trade, and oatmeal in better request, at fully late rates. Beans and Indian corn firm. PLYMOUTH-MARCR 26. The market was dull, with a small attendance, and no advance upon the currencies of last week—Englah white wheat, .68s to 70s ; red, 64s to 64s per qr ' • French do., 63s to 64s ; American, 62s to 64s ; Spanish, 68s to 69s ; Rus sian, 60s to 625. Barley in good supply, at 36s to 44s per qr for malting; grinding, 32s to 365; oats, 24s to2Bs; and beans, —s to —s ; flour, 47s to 60s. CORK-MARCH 27. The following were the quotations this morning :—Red wheat, 28s 3d to 29s 3d ; white, 27s Od to 29s 6d; barley 179 Od to 17s 6d ; oats, 13s Od to 16s Od. EDINBURGH GRAIN—MARCH 27. Wheat on the top is Od down ..average is 4d up. Barley on the top 2s Od down .average Os 4d up. Oats on the top Os 4d down... average Os 9d up. Beans on the top 2s Od down average Os ld down. Averages per Imperial quarter. Wheat.... New wheat . . 0 0 0 0-12ths Barley . 2 0 7 2-12ths Oats. 1 11 9 3-12ths Beans Total Supply and Sales. Wheat .: 993 qrs Sold 797 qrs 8ar1ey........ 562 qrs Sold 301 qrs Oats 1590 qrs Sold 1024 qrs Beans 223 qrs Sold ~ 208 qrs DERBY SMITHFIELD-MA=li 26. There was a full supply of fat beasts to-day ; former prices again asked, quality good, and a clearance effected. A small supply of sheep, maintaining late prices. The supply of calves not so plentiful. Fat pigs were also is scarce supply. per d atone.to 6 d Beet 7id to 7id 1 Veal d Rough fat, 5s 67c1. 7d to 711 Mutton .. 9d to 90 Pork Lamb Hides, 2id to 4,1 d ; calf skins, ild. to 6d. BlItTllB. BYRON.—On the 26th inst., at 48, Eaton-place, the Hon. Mrs. Frederick Byron, of a son. NAPIER.—On the 26th inst., at the Royal Military Col lege, Sandhurst, the wife of Colonel William Napier, of a daughter. LINDSAY.—On the 27th inst., at Brecon, the Hon. Mrs. 11. Gore Lindsay, of a son. MARRIAGES. LOCKERBY—SCOTT.—On the 26th inst., at Holy Trinity Church, Bayswater, John Lockerby, Esq., of Wands worth, to Mary, fifth daughter of John W. Scott, Esq. ! of Croydon, Surrey. MILLER—DUFFELL.—On the 26th inst., at Southampton ! Augustus Miller, Esq. of the Peninsular and Oriental Company, Malta, to Elizabeth, 'nly daughter of J. T. Duffell, Esq., R.N., Royal Mail Steam-packet Company Southampton. DEATHS. ARMYTAGE,—On the 25th inst., at Northampton, John Armytage, Esq., aged 93. AUBE itT, —On the 26th inst., Moise Alexandre Aubert, of 157, Regent-street, aged 66. Bitri CE.—On the 26th inst., at Oak-hill, Surbiton, Gilbert Stuart Bruce, Esq., aged 78. DAWSON.—On the 28th inst., at his residence, Blackheath, Colonel Robert Kearsley Dawson, C. 8., Royal Engineers, aged 62. HEARD.— On the 27th inst., at Brixton, Robert Heard, Esq., aged 74. PEDDER.—On the 21st inst., suddenly, at his residence, Ashton-park, Preston, Edward Pedder, Esq., D.L., and J.P. for Vie county of Lancaster, aged 50. LONDON : Printed and Published by MURDO YOUNG, 01 No. 112, Strand, Printer, at TUE SUN Oilice, No. 112,Strand. in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the County of mfamosex, Friday, March 29, 1861. beau = ter, 'flan Rai Medi Men to Si laza A • a ft 41 --aesc tegb deat] anc Ind Cal La: VV. nee for Pate Rev othi and *RI o& Tho The stri - e grog /rive Yea FF if th paid C1;1; aget Imp Ig n 'be 1 beat Zoo& of 81 OLD Pi sxs the 1 and - 1 3 1 RAI Buff( WA disei d ebi C( quat s] tail MO( Beet iner lett , Alto -, hem hem tin hit ter,