The Sun. — London, England, 1861-04-12 00:00:00

THE WELLINGTON, 160, PICCADILLY. —Gentlemen are respectfully inforined that the SALOON DINING ROOMS are now OPEN for the Supply of LUNCHEONS and DINNERS, from One to Nine o'clock p.m. Set Dinners and Dining . from the carte in the most varied form. Dinners trom the joint, 2s. Whitebait is now served daily THOMAS PRICE, Superintendent THEATRE -ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Lem°, Mr. J. B. Bookatone. THIS EVENINi4, the performances will commence with A DUKE MT DIFFICULTIES. Mrs. Stirling, Miss F. Haydon, Mrs. Wilkins, Mis s Fanny Stirling, Mr. 13ackstone, Mr. Compton, Mr. Howe, cte. After which, will be revived, with entirely new scenery and effects, and all the original music by the late Sir Henry Bishop, the melodrama of THE MILLER AND HIS MEN. Commence at 7. THEATRE-ROYAL LYCEUM. Bois Lessee and Directress, Madame CELESTE. Decided Success of the Two New Dramas. THIS EVENING, LOVERS' QUARRELS. After which, a new original comic drama, written by Saml. lover, Esq., entitled MAC CARTHY MORE ; or, Possession Nine Points of the Law. John Drew, J. Johnston, Forrester, J. Rouse, Medlin ; Misses Rawlings, Hudspeth, &c. To conclude with a new drama, NEW YEAR'S EVE ; or , The Belle of the Season. Messrs. H. Neville, Villiers, Jas. Johnstone, J. Rouse ; Mrs. Winstanley, Miss Matilda Heron, Miss Willard, &c. ..ttOYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE.- Lessee and Manager, Mr. A. Harris. THIS EVENING, THRICE MARRIED. Messrs. Shore, Meadows, Garden, and Miss C. Leclercq. Followed by HAMLET. Hamlet, Mr. Pechter. Sup. ported by Messrs. Ryder, Hermann Vezin, Graham, Shore, Meadows, dm ; Misses Heath, R. Leclercq, and Elsworthy. NEW THEATRE-ROYAL, ADELPHI, Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. B. Webster. THIS EVENING, AN UGLY CUSTOMER. Messrs. J. L. Toole, C. Selby, and Warde ; Miss K. Kelly, and Miss E. Thorne. - To be followed by the new drama, MAGLIORE, THE PRESTIDIGITAIOR. Messrs. B. Webster, J. L. Took, D. Fisher, dzo.; Miss K. Kelly, Miss H. Simms, ftc. After which, OUR GAL. Miss Julia Daly, Mr. Romer, Mr. Eburne, and Mr. Warde. Door, open at halt past 6—Commence at 7. CANTERBURY-HALL CONCERTS!! Westminster-road. Proprietor........C. Morton. A Grand Selection from Verdi's new Opera, IL CORSARO, (This opera has never been produced in this or any other Country, except at these Concerts). having met with that de cided success which charactise; the most popular works of this great Master, will be performed EVETT EVENING ; togetloter with a Selection from LA FIG IA DEL REGGI MENTO, by Donizetti, Principal Artistes—Miss Russell, Madame Maria, Miss Tyrrell, Mr. H. Herbert, Signor Tivoli, H. Drummond, and C. W. Bernard. Director, Mr. F. Jonghmans. The Comic Department comprises Messrs. E. Marshall, A. B. Hollingsworth, J. Blanchard, F. Bell, W. H. Welland, and the Brothers Conrad. John Martin's Three celebrated Pictures will remain on view a short time longer in the Fine Arts Gallery of the Establishment. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. THIC Di .—Morning, 3h. 10m.—Afternoen, 3h. 26m. To-mourtow.-Morning, 3h. 39m.—Afternoon, 3h. 54m. THE WEATHER.—SUN OFFICE, ApRaL!l2, IN THEEMOXETER, IN THE BILLDII. 57—highest since noon yesterday. 42—lowest this morning and during the night. 58—this day at noon, BAROMETER-30.40 ; falling. Wlxn--Northerly—light ; with very fine weather. ',l d , . • ,14t: 0,-; ~ . o I 1 ~.. 1, ) ; - ., , i, • , , . a . _. . ,...., c.......,.,4 4t alk :0 - ( ('' .i ' ' ~,,' ' ' •.' '- _ 4l .;.i.,:':47 . ,\ 7 4.0 )N, , t I t. c.: , l, t•• , ..' '. ;' '' ' 4 ' 'a: ."._ _,,,-• ii 0 , ' i o f l / 4 ., / ,_ .;.5 ;,, - ,41, - , - •• '-. N --4-2;.i"'.'---71--. '• 1 `:, ' ,``,--' THE SUN. LONDON, FRIDAY, APRIL 12, 1881. Mr. LINDSAY'S three resolutions have been withdrawn, but the impression of the debate cannot be withdrawn, or effaced from the minds of income tax payers. The resolutions appear, indeed, to be but the supplement to the report of the Dockyard Commissioners ; and, though abstract, resolutions are naturally looked upon with disfavour by Government, and it is easy to give almost any resolutions that name, yet the country will think those proposed 19y Mr. LINDSAY, and seconded by Sir MORTON PETO, are of as practical a kind as might be expected from two of the most eminent business-men in the House of Commons. it was made clear in the discussion that we have already a navy which needs no increase in point of number of vessels. It is almost double that of France, and as large as that of all the world, should all navies combine against us, which we need not say is about as likely as that we should purposely commence a quarrel with every nation which pos sesses a ship of war. France, for instance, has 37 line-of-battle ships in all, England has 67. We have 22 more steam line-of-battle ships built and building than all the world! In number of fri gates, and still more in the quality of them, we are again decidedly superior to France. Once more, of ships mounting 20 guns and upwards, France has 75; all the world 139; and England at this moment 145! These are Mr. LINDSAY'S figures, collected with great care, we have no doubt as cor rect as they can possibly be, and if they do not decide the question that we have got as large a fleet as we want this year, and that we have but to snake the best use of it, we know not what will satisfy the routine mind. But even if we had not so large a fleet as we want, what madness would it be to go on throwing away our millions under our present dockyard management ? The country is at least agreed that we need no more wooden ships. The figures we have quoted surely settle that point. Whatever is needed, it is in the pre-eminently British line of iron. And, in regard to iron ships, the Dockyard Commissioners honestly report against any being undertaken by the Government establishments. The Government itself seems to be half aware that private yards could do better ; but the pretext for asking a large sum of money from the country to create a useless plant under their own superin tendence to build one iron ship was, that they might test the prices charged for the work in the private yards ! The Commissioners disposed of this pre tence very summarily by showing that the Admi ralty accounts were kept with such costly minute ness, clumsiness of system, and inaccuracy,all com bined, that it was impossible to ascertain the cost of any ship built, or any work done in the Govern ment yards. If we are to have iron ships, as have them we must, the great private yards of our ship builders must build their hulls, and responsible private engine makers must put in their engines, We think we express the public judgment best on this debate in asking that nothing beyond what is absolutely necessary should be done in regard to the wooden ships begun, but that iron vessels should be proceeded with at a moderate rate—at such a rate, we mean, as to allow of first settling one or two mechanical points relating to the best mode of building them for purposes of war. The wooden ships in progress, seeing we have so many fit for service, will almost certainly, if completed, have to be altered at a great expense, in order to give them the be new coa t o f ma i l. It must, therefore, folly to build, just to incur the cost, 80 com mon to piec es again. at the Ad m i ra l ty, o f pulling doubt that ships There can, h owever, b e no will soon be built entirely of iron. PI ain7, wood Ruh iron increases the danger of decay in the .wooden i en :k L ge betw een the w„d part. D ry lot and the justly and iron will, it is toolni feared, prove fatal ene es to this kind of Ils e . . to cc nitruotion, since strippi ng .0 iron fi. get at the dec.:yeti wood, th e rLf.ts being plates dove tailed together so strongly as they a re, will b e a work of immense difficulty. On the other hand, as Sir JOSEPII PA XTON observed—i n d eed We Ind occasion to advert to the same f act, when the Warrior was launched—had the twonty-two inches of teal; been exchanged for acidi %nal iron, we might have had iron-sides 'even 4 4 aches thick, without additional dioplzoement of water—a thickness of iron which no known shot can yet pierce. This must, therefore, be our future mode of building. Much has been said on the bot toms of iron ships fouling on long voyages. The answer is, that the late trial with the Great Eastern proves that for £40,000 or £50,000 an apparatus could be put down at our ports in different parts of the world by which even a vessel of her vast dimensions could have her bottom cleared from weeds in a very short space of time. Sir M. PETO very properly called the attention of the House to the dilatory extravagance of the Admiralty in the matter of wood and iron ships. France acted at once upon the knowledge acquired by the iron battering ships first tried in actual warfare at Kinburn ; but we had the same know ledge to no purpose. We had further knowledge; we had the facts that the Turkish fleet was burnt with Russian shells in the treacherous attack at Sinope. Also, that the Albion and Arethusa were set on fire several times by shells near the water line, and that the Albion had even to be towed out of the action. Indeed one of the most obvious ad vantages of such iron ships as have been already built, is, that they cannot be set on fire by shells fired horizontally, or by liquid fire, or molten iron —and even their decks may be substantially pro tected against a vertical fire of shell, though this is a danger to which ships are seldom exposed. Yet, while the French acting on these facts, known to us as well as to them, ceased to build wooden ships, and have been busying themselves on iron, our slow paced Admiralty has built and converted not less than 70 ships of 150,000 tons, mounting 3,800 guns, and with 33,000 horse-power ! The Government will do well to listen to the practical advice of men like Sir MORTON PETO, who have been employed on constructive works during their whole lives, on a scale equal to that of governments, and with such notorious success. He takes directly the opposite course to that chosen by . Government. Instead of making his own yards a factory for everything, he engages the services of competent and trustworthy contractors to execute the several parts of works. He holds them responsible to himself, as he is to the great companies who employ him ; and what is done by his own agents, directly, is done not by men who being sailors only, like Sir BALD. WIN WALKER, are charged with the building of ships instead of the sailing them—the right man in the right place is the essence of the management of such gentlemen as Mr. LINDSAY and Sir MORTON PETO, and of all who engage in large public works. At the Admiralty, as the Commissioners' report shows, all this is reversed, and if a worthy man is in their service, ten to one but he has something to do on which all his integrity and ability are almost thrown away. Sir MORTON pointed out to the Government the simple plan which they ought to adopt—" He maintained that they had men of practical knowledge and great engineering skill in this country, who might be had recourse to, and to whom the right hon. baronet had recourse when he ordered the two vessels to which he had referred. Nothing could be easier for the Admi ralty to say to six or seven of their leading firms— ' We shall:be able to give you a certain commission as to speed, armament, stowage for coal, and ac commodation for men, and you shall supply us with vessels, which we will not take if they do not come up in every way to those conditions. Bat the firm which shall prodace the most per fect vessel shall receive, in addition, a large reward in future orders." In that way he thought they ought to appeal to talent. And it would soon bring out talent in plenty. On the whole Mr. LINDSAY has done his country service, and himself credit, by the pains with which be has examined this subject, and the ability with which he and Sir M. PETO brought it before the House. If Mr. BRIGHT and other gentlemen who denounce, and not unreasonably, the vas t expen di ture of • the country would apply their great abilities to tracing out the way in which the money is wasted, they would then be rendering valuable service. They have the means, and they should buckle to the work. The debate of last night will do more to convince the country, we hope the House, too, that the money voted for defence is squandered on stupid mismanagement, routine, and patronage, than a dozen eloquent denunciations of expendi ture in general. Yesterday morning, as will be seen from an in eresting account given in another part of our impression of this evening, there landed at Dover the Earl of ELGIN —soon, doubtless (in return for his great services), to be raised by her Most Gracious MAJESTY to the dignity of a marquisate. An elevation of that character in the lists of the British Peerage Lord ELGIN has earned again and again by his brilliant diplomatic achievements. The recompense, such as it is, cannot surely be much longer withheld from him. It is almost, we might say, his of right : and certainly when viewed in con nection with his last exploit cannot but be deemed moderate enough under the circumstances. For what, in point of fact, has been the nature of the noble Earl's last Oriental adventure ? Our Illus trated London contemporary, just issued from the press, signalises the extraordinary character of this last success of Lord ELGIN'S as a diplomatist in a manner the most vivid and picturesque well imaginable. That single coloured engraving reveals it distinctly enough to the casual passers by just now as they glance up at the shop windows, that altogether unprecedented spectacle of " Lord ELGIN making his state entry into Pekin !" The last achievement of our diplomatist, in fact, was that state entry of his into Pekin, into that almost fabulous city of Pekin, never before looked upon by an European army, never before penetrated by an European diplomatist—the sacred city of Pekin, the capital of the most populous empire in the whole world,an empire peopled by 400,000,000 souls. During the course of his graceful speech yesterday in reply to the address of congratulation presented to him by the Mayor and Corporation of Dover, the Earl of ELGIN observed simply and manfully enough, not arrogating to himself any special com mendation for what had been accomplished at the opposite extremity of the eastern hemisphere, " The way to Pekin was opened up to us on this occasion by the valour of our troops, acting in conjunction with those of France, and ably supported by the fleet ; for, as an impartial witness of the services rendered by both branches of our force, I feel bound in jus tice to state—and I gladly avail myself of this the first opportunity of meeting a body of my country men to make the avowal—that although the ser vices of the army naturally attracted a greater mea sure of public attention, those of the navy were not inferior, whether as respects the gallantry display ed by the actors or the importance of the results achieved. The two services, or rather both branches of our service, vied with each other in devotion and zeal for their country." After expatiating, as well he might, upon the magnificence of that achieve mboetuh i t, t :n achi evemen t as we h ave sa i d altogether unprecedented, the noble lord commen t e d in befit ting terms upo n it s pro b a bl e resu l ts i n t h e h ereafter regard to the Chinese and to ourselves. Ile remi nded . his hearers at Dover, and through them the wh ole mass of his fellow-countrymen, that the THE SUN, IGONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, APRIL 12, 1861. Allied Expedition went out thither to China, not for purposes of conquest, not with any view what ever to their own territorial aggrandisement at the expense of their cruel and treacherous antagonists, but solely and exclusively to punish the latter for their cruelty and treachery, and in the next place (having punished them) to establish, if possible, permanent relations of amity between Western Europe and the Chinese. " The object I have had in view," he said yesterday in so many words—" Tie object I had in view in the provi sions of both the treaty of Tien•tain and the treaty of Pekin has been to lay the foundation of per manent peace and good understanding with the Empire of China ; but it rests with her Majesty's representative I have left in that country to com plete that important work." Adding, "He will have great difficulties to contend with, because the habits of prepossession and prejudice in an Oriental people are not to be removed in a day. But I am satisfied he merits your confidence, and I trust he will receive from the people of this coun try a large share of that indulgence and confi dence so liberally bestowed on myself, which your reception of me today so significantly and gracefully manifests." That reliance, that forbearance Eng land will certainly not fail to accord to Lord ELGIN'S brother, now that he is left at Pekin under circum stances of such delicate and peculiar responsibility. The confidence and indulgence asked for by Lord ELGIN in behalf of his fraternal successor as her MAJESTY'S Ambassador to the Chinese Government, would have been his, we may rest satisfied, had not the author of the treaty of Tien-tsin, and the still more remarkable treaty of Pekin, besought them from the magnanimity of his fellow countrymen. But they are now doubly his Excellency's, after the earnest appeal made thus for fair play in his regard yester day afternoon by the Earl of ELGIN and KINCAR DINE. Nothing could well have been more graceful, or in some respects more appropriate, than the tribute offered at the close of his remarks yesterday, ad dressed to the men of Dover, among whose company appeared the Dover (Bth Cinque Ports) Rifle Volunteers—the earnest and impressive tribute offered by Lord ELGIN to the promoters of and participators in the Volunteer movement. After expressing his lively sense of gratification at their complimentary attendance yesterday upon the oc casion of his welcome home to England immediately after his landing, Lord ELGIN remarked, " I wish to say to them and to the volunteers generally that it was a great consolation to us while defending and maintaining the interests of our eountry in remote regions of the earth to know that thousands of gallant men were enrolling themselves here to pro tect the homes of England from injury and insult should occasion for their services arise !" That is another and assuredly a noble and an instantly appreciable advantage gained to the country through this volunteer movement. It was a common say ing during the mighty wars of NAPOLEON that the presence of that, the greatest of all tile world's great Captains upon the field of battle, that the mere fact of his presence there was equivalent to to forty-thousand men. Without specifying any distinct proportion of strength gained to the armies of England (when abroad fighting her battles) by the mere fact of their old island home being guarded by the Rifle Volunteers—it must be comprehensible to every one upon the instant that the knowledge of that fact must (as Lord ELGIN intimates) tend perceptibly to hearten the British soldiers upon a foreign battle-field in their struggle with opposing difficulties. The knowledge already is nothing less remarkable than that England during a period of profound peace has witnessed the spontaneous enrolment in her defence of 170,000 Volunteers. At the first signal of danger that Army of 170,000 would be at the very least doubled, if it did not at once expand into a body of half a million Riflemen. A Cabinet Council was held yesterday at the residence of Viscount Palmerston in Piccadilly. The Ministers present were—Viscount Palmerston, Earl Gran ville, the Duke of Argyll, Sir G. Cornewall Lewis, Lord John Russell, the Duke of Newcastle, Lord Herbert, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Duke of Somerset, the Right Hon. T. Milner Gibson, Sir George Grey, Lord Stanley of Alderley, the Right Hon. C. P. Villiers, and the Right Hon. Edward Cardwell. EAST INDIA-HOUSE.--A Court of Directors of the East India Company was held at the East India-house on the 11th inst., when Colonel Sykes, M.P., was elected chairman for the year ensuing. ACCIDENT TO A LARGE COTTON SHTP, NEAR LlVERPOOL.—Yesterday morning, while the American ship Marquette, bound from New Orleans to Liverpool, was being towed into the Mersey, she took the ground on the tongue of the Burbo, and, notwithstanding that four steamers tugged at her for a considerable period, she re mained hard and fast, and was deep in the sand when the tide receded. Fortunately theweather was fine, otherwise, with a bad sea on and a heavy wind, the chances are the vessel would have gone to pieces. As it is, should the weather become tempestuous, and the vessel still remain stranded, there is no doubt whatever but that she will break up, as she lies in a very critical part of the Great Burbo Bank. The Marquette is a fine American -built ship, and was towed to sea from New Orleans on the 26th of February last. She has on board an immense cargo of cot ton, viz., 4,026 bales. At the time the vessel grounded she was in charge of a pilot. Attempts will be made, it is said, to discharge her as she lies, and then, if possible, float her on a high tide. THE STRIKE IN THE COTTON DISTRICTS.—Large meetings of the operatives on strike are held almost daily at Ashton and other towns of that neighbourhood. A formal resolution has been adopted, to continue the strike for another week at all events. On Wednesday next the hands expect to hear from the masters what standard list of prices they may agree upon at their adjourned conference in Man chester, to be held on Tuesday. It is very doubtful whether the terms then proposed will be accepted by the men, unless accompanied by something like a guarantee to raise the rates again when trade revives. Much distress is being borne in silence, both by the weavers and the smaller shop keepers, whose customers they are. The men propose an arbitration, which the masters reject as " dictation." HIGHWAY ROBBERY AND MURDER. —Yesterday afternoon an inquest was held at the Bull's-head, Dark house-lane, Co: eley, before Mr. W. H. Phillips, deputy-coroner for the Wolverhampton district, respect ing the death of an aged man, named Walter Piper, a boatman, who had died near that house the day before from injuries he had received in the same district from highwaymen. The deceased was a single man, and lodged with George Wooton, a shoe maker. He left home on the morning of the 25th of March last, saying he was going with a boat for his master to Birchhills, near Walsall. His master was Samuel Willcox, of Darkhouse-lane. The deceased was accustomed to go to Bilston.market, about one mile away, every Monday evening. On the evening of the 25th of March, at about 9 o'clock, a witness heard that the de ceased had been injured and robbed. He found him in the house of a neighbour, bleeding from a severe wound in the forehead; the skull was driven in. Witness took him home and sent for a surgeon, but he did not come. The next morning he sent for another surgeon, who came, and the deceased received surgical aid up to the time of his death. Before he became insensible he said that he was coming through the Blue-button Leasowe, a field not far from his lodgings, when two men sprang out of the hedge close by the pathway, one of whom clutched him by the throat and the other dragged him out of the footpath and under the hedge, where he rifled his pockets of a brass tobacco-box contain ing 3s. 6d., a bag, 11b. of bacon, lib. of cheese, two loaves of bread, and some meat. Ho was a very quiet man, and witness never knew him to quarrel with any one. His friends lived at Bagley. Af ter several witnesses had been examined, the inquest was adjourned. The coroner said that no doubt a vcrdict of " Wilful Murder" would even tually be returned against some one, SCOTTISH COMMERCE.—There has been more activity in the Scotch pig iron trade during the last fort night, the shipments within that period having reached a total of 2:1,161 tons as compared with 1),620 tons last year. Since the commencement of the year the shipments had ex hibited great dulness, but a better state of things may pro bably ba now anticipated. The reduction in the rate of discount is beginning to exercise a beneficial influence on the wool-market. Prices have not exhibited any change, but holders are firm, and consumers are operating rather mere freely. A limited liability company has been formed for the purpose of establishing a line of steamers between Newcastle and Dundee. LATEST .NEW WB. TELEGRAPHIC INTELLIGENCE. THE BANK OF FRANCE. PARIS, FRIDAY MORNING. The Moniteur of to-day contains the usual monthly return of the Bank of France, which shows the following results, compared with the March account : DECREASE. Cash Advances. 18i millions. / million.' INCREASE. Bills discounted, not yet due..... 9 1-6 millions, Bank-notes 7l millions, Treasury balance 1 2-5 millions THORN, APRIL 12, The number of persons who fell at Warsaw amounts to at least 30. There were several hun dred wounded. The corpses of the victims were carried to the citadel, and were buried within the fortifieations. The individuals who have been arrested are to pass their term of imprisonment within the king dom. Last night numerous arrests were made. The Municipality has been dissolved. PRAGUE, FRIDAY, The Bohemian Diet has sent a deputation to the Emperor to request his Majesty to come to Prague for the purpose of being crowned King of Bohemia VIENNA, THURSDAY, The conflict in the Herzogovina still continues, Several places have proclaimed the Prince of Mon. tenegro. BELGRADE, APRIL 11 Yesterday 91 Bulgarian families, numbering 568 persons, emigrated to Servia with numerous flocks. The Turks stopped their passage, and inflicted punishment upon 160 of them. The agitation is increasing on the frontiers. PARIS, APRIL 11 The Paris correspondent of the Morning Post says:—" I learn, on good authority, that Prince Gortschakoff has been recalled from Warsaw, and that General Mouravieff of (Kars) has been appointed in his place. THE PENINSULAR MAILS. SOUTHAMPTON, FRIDAY The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer Tagus, Captain Roskill, with the Peninsular mails, has arrived here. She brings 31 passengers, £1,785 in specie, and 763 packages of cargo. Among the passengers were the master, the mate, and 12 seamen of the Maria, No. 5,463, of South Shields, which had been abandoned at sea in a sinking condition. They were landed at Lisbon by a Dutch galliot. On the 7th inst. the Tagus passed a steamer, sup posed to be the Ceylon, and on the 10th exchanged signals with the French ship Bretagne. On the 11 th inst. she passed a vessel of about 400 tons, bottom uppermost, not coppered, about 30 miles from the Start. The British barque Trafalgar, of London, was a Vigo. At Lisbon, on the 7th inst., exchange on Lon don, three months, was quoted 54-7,-; Paris, 526 : Amsterdam, 421; Hamburg, 481 ; Genoa, 523 ; Rentes, Three-per Cents., 48 ; Coupons, 471 ; De ferred., 39; Bank of Portugal Shares, 570; Com mercial Bank of Oporto, 256; Mercantile Bank of Oporto, 256 milreis. THE WEST INDIA AND PACIFIC MAILS SOUTHAMPTON, FRIDAY. The Royal Mail Company's steamer Atrato, Captain Woolley, with the West India and Pacific mails, arrived off the Needles at 10.20 a.m. to-day. SPECIE FOR INDIA. SOUTHAMPTON, APRIL 12. The Ikeninsular and Oriental Company's steamer Ellora, saiiing to-day for Bombay, takes out in bar silver £68,635, in silver coin £32,000, in bar gold £40,100, in sovereigns £5,800, in emeralds £4OO, mock pearls £B6, and jewellery £534 7s. portant duties and a responsibility, the weight of which is further increased by the profound corn - plications of the present epoch. It is with good reason that the Archduchy of Austria is considered as the heart of our great empire. That heart has ever beaten vigorously for whatever is great, noble, and beautiful, for the prosperity, power, and honour of the monarchy, for the glory of our legitimate sovereign family. That heart has not spared its blood when called upon to show its fidelity to the prince and country. The population of Southern Austria, animated with these sentiments, trustfully expects that the men it has chosen with confidence for its representatives will be, in all circumstances, the faithful and zealous interpreters of these loyal sentiments, and will resolutely and enegetically defend the just rights of all Austria and of its dynasty, and assuredly the country will not be disappointed in its firm confidence. May the bless ing of the Almighty descend on the labours of this high Assembly, and assure beneficial results to its patriotic efforts. As the representative of the Go vernment, I have further to give the assurance that its organs will consider it as a sacred duty and feel it an honour to promote, with their most earnest efforts, the object of this high national Assembly, which object, moreover, is also that of the Go vernment. ARRIVAL OF THE EARL OF ELGIN. DOVER, THURSDAY EVENING. To-day the citizens of Dover have been on the qui vine, owing to the safe arrival on his native shores of his Excellency the Earl of Elgin and Kincardine, her Majesty's Plenipotentiary in the recent successful operations in China. It was known yesterday that his lordship was expected to arrive in England by way of Dover, and the anticipated event was the cause of no little excitement, the operations in the Celestial Empire being sufficiently recent to leave a still vivid impression on the public mind. Early this morning it was stated his lordship had left Paris, accompanied by Lady Elgin, and that a special steam packet had been retained to make the passage from Calais to Dover. Shortly after 2 o'clock, there fore, crowds of persons began to assemble on the Ad miralty Pier, which was completely lined by th e time the John Penn (Capt. Matthews), in which Lord Elgin crossed, reached the landing stairs, Every spot of vantage ground, including the blocks of unused stone piled one above another at the side of the pier, was occupied by spectators, whose hearty plaudits as the noble earl passed from the landing stairs to the Lord Warden Hotel, formed one of the most gratifying receptions that could possibly meet an Englishman on his return to his native country after employing his best exertions on her behalf. As the John Penn drew near to the pier a salute of ordnance was discharged from the Castle batte ries, and on his lordship stepping on shore a second salute was fired from the new battery at the West ern Heights. Brigadier General Garvock, Colonel Cuppage, R.A., Captain Triscott, R.N., and other officers, proceeded on board to receive his lordship. as did also the Mayor (J. Birmingham) and cor poration, preceded by the mace, and accompanied by the Town Clerk (Mr. E. Knocker), and the Rev. Palmer, in canonicals, who attended for the chaplain (the Rev. J. Puckle). The Dover (Bth Cinque Ports) Rifle Volunteers, under the com mand of Captain Church ward, formed the guard of honour on the occasion. On getting to the Lord Warden Hotel, the noble earl, whose bronzed countenance exhibited much gratification at the warmth and cordiality of his reception, proceeded to the coffee-room, followed by the Mayor and corporation, when the following address was emphatically read by the Town Clerk, Mr. E. Knocker : " To the Right Hon. the Earl of Elgin and Kincardine G C.B K.T., &c _ _ . "May it please your Lordship,L-We, the Mayor, alder men, and burgesses of the port and borough of Dover, greet your lordship's arrival op. our shores, upon your return from the successful mission as her Majesty's plenipoten tiary to China, with mingled feelings of gratitude and prid e . Of gratitude, because to the high courage and consum ma t e ability displayed by your lordship in the conduct o f th e very difficult and delicate mission entrusted to your charge is to be attributed, by theblessing of God, the glorious issue of an arduous campaign, and the averting of a protracted and destructive war in an inhospitable country, with a people yet unacquainted with those r u l es an d pr i nc i p l es which govern civilised nations in unhappy strife. Of pride, because we have the honour of being the first in the land to publicly accord to your lordship an expression of the na tion's just tribute of praise. That your lordship was ably supported in your efforts by the noble and gallant services both of England and our allies does not detract from those merits in their civil leader which the nation appreciates, and for which the nation thanks you, recognising, as it does in yo7loi d!hip, the oft-repeated an d h app il y unfailing exposition of the watchword of Britain's citizens, ' England expects every man to do his duty.' That your lordship may long wear your well-merited honours in peace and happiness, in the favour of the crown, and in the bosom of a grateful country, is our heartfelt prayer. Given under our common seal, at Dover, this 11th day of April, 1861." Tho address was then presented to his lordship in due form by the Mayor. Lord ELGIN, in reply, said—Mr. Mayor and gen tlemen of the corporation, I am truly sensible of the very great honour you do me by coming forward in this manner, on behalf of the ancient town and port of Dover, to welcome me on my return home after an absence—an anxious and protracted period of absence—from England ; and allow :me to say that I feel still more gratified at the assurance con tained in this address, that my conduct has been such as to satisfy you that, while I was engaged in the service of the crown in a distant part of the world, I was not unmindful of that noble exhorta tion, " England expects that every man will do his duty," by which so often, in critical moments and in times of difficulty, the best and bravest of our countrymen have been encouraged to deeds of hero ism and public virtue. (Applause.) The way to Pekin was opened up to us on this occasion by the valour of our troops, acting in conjunction with those of France, and ably supported by the fleet ; for, as an impartial witness of the ser vices rendered by both branches of our force, I feel bound in justice to state—and I gladly avail myself of this, the first opportunity of meeting a body of my countrymen to make the avowal—that although the services of the army naturally attracted a greater measure o f public attention, those of the navy were not inferior, whether as respects the gallantry displayed by the actors or the importance of the results achieved. The two services, or rather both branches of our service, vied with each other in devotion and zeal for their coun try. (Hear, hear.) Gentlemen, after the great achievement of an advance on Pekin —an achieve ment which will occupy, I venture to say, a con spicuous place in the history of the world— (applause)—after that achievment was accomplished it became the duty and office of diplomacy to en deavour to turn to good account the advantage it was calculated to ensure ; in the first place to punish with necessary severity deeds of bad' faith and cruelty, but above all to remember that we did not go there for the purpose of making conquests, but in order to establish relations of amity and mutual benefit between our own country and the most populous nation on the earth—a nation con taining 400,000;000 of souls, who, no doubt, still labour under the disadvantages and exhibit the defects which ignorance of the world and isolation engender both in individuals and society—(hear)-- but who, nevertheless, i are a people eminently in dustrious, peaceable, intelligent, and commercial, and who are, therefore, calculated, when the shackles and trammels which impede the true exercise of their natural energies shall have been shaken off, to contribute largely both as producers and consumers to the sum of human prosperity and mutual well being. (Cheers.) The object I have had in view in the provisions of both the treaty of Tien-tsin and the treaty of Pekin has been to lay the founda .. tion of perm - anent peace and good understanding with the empire of China; but it rests with her Majesty's representative I have left in that country to complete that important work. He will have great difficulties to contend with, because the habits of prepossession and prejudice in an Oriental people are not to be removed in a day ; but I am satisfied ho merits your confidence, and I trust he will receive from"the people of this country a large share of that indulgence and confidence so liberally bestowed on myself, which your reception of me to-day so significantly and gracefully mani fests. (Applause.) I wish to add that I feel espe cially gratified and flattered by the attendance of the volunteers on this occasion. I wish it were in my power to express to them individually my feelings ; but I trust that his worship the mayor, or some other gentleman, will supply what I am unable to do personally. [Captain Churchward, the command ing offi3er of the Bth Cinque Ports Rifles, was here called forward and presented to his loviship, who continued as follows ;] I wish to say to them, and to the volunteers generally, that it was a great con solation to us, while defending and maintaining the interests of our country in remote regions of the earth, to know that thousands of gallant men were enrolling themselves here, to protect the homes of England from injury and insult should occasion for their services arise. (Great applause.) The Earl and Lady Elgin left for,London by the 3.45 mail train, being accompanied to the railway station by the mayor and corporation, and lustily cheered by a crowd which nearly filled the plat form. THE BALLOT.—Mr. Berkeley's motion stands fir 3 t in the notices of motions for Tuesday, 23d April, When we trust the liberal members of the House of Commons will give the member for Bristol their most earnest support, and the friends of the ballot in the constituencies will no doubt exert themselves to secure that they are represented by their members in the division, FRANCE. BOURSE, April 1 1.—The market has been ra ther buoyant, and prices have improved. Threes, for the Account, which opened at 67f 60c., are now at 67f 70c. Railway Shares firm, but quiet. The following were the last quotations:- 4i per per Cents 95 501 Credit Foacier Do. end month.. • • —, Belgian 41 ... .. 100 i 3 per Cents • Do, end month.... 67 — 6O A R us om ta lT. an Bank Mares 67 75 Credit Mobilier 655 Spanish Threes.... 48 Do. Acle °Wit 657 50 ; Home Debt ...... 471 RAILWAYS. Cash. Account. Orleans 1330 1330 Northern . ... Now ditto Lyons and Mediterranean Geneva Southern Western Eastern Sardinian Austrian ........ Lombard ...... - - .. -•- 950 - .. 951 25 290 - .. 391 25 540 - .. 542 50 518 75 .. 517 50 578 75 .. 580 - 373 75 .. 372 50 460 - .. 461 25 458 75 .. 460 - THE AUSTRIAN DIET. The following is the text of the address to the Emperor of Austria, proposed in the Diet of Lower Austria : Sire,—At the solemn moment at which the Arch duchy of Austria above the Enns meets, by order of your Majesty, it feels the necessity of expressing to your Majesty its gratitude for having begun to act on, constitutional principles. May those prin ciples, inaugurated by the constitutional law of the 26th , of February of the present year, be developed, and result in the completion of the edifice of a con stitutional empire. In expressing this sentiment, the Diet is absorbed by the idea of an Austria, great,. free, and strong ; and it is profoundly convinced that the basis of such an edifice is the 11 nity of the monarchy contained in the Law relative to the representation of the empire. May constitution al unity-, which offers to all the provinces of the Empire a degree of in dependence sufficient to satisfy their wants and their legitimate wishes, be and remain a truth both in fad, and in words ! Hoping with confidence that this wish will be realised, the Diet gives to your :Majesty an assurance of its fidelity and of its immovuble devotedness. The .following is the text of the opening address delivered in the Diet of Lower Austria on the 6th by the Governor of the province, Baron de Halb huber Augro.st Assembly of the Diet,—His Apostolic Majestu, by a decree of the 31st March last, has deigne ci to appoint Prince Joseph de Colloredo- MansftiPd to the office of Provincial Marshal of the Archd'xihy of Austria, and the Vice-President of the Gt rcerurnent, Baron Joseph de Kalchberg, for his representative in the presidentship of the Diet. I have the honour, therefore, to introduce into t' 2,e Diet, and to present to the august assemblky, his Excellency the Provincial Marshal of the Archduchy of Austria and his deputy in the Diet, and I pray these two dignitaries to ac4ge pt my felicitations on the eminent and imp ortant position to which they have been called b . y the confid ence and kiminess of the monarch . Let me also he permitted to offer to the high ass =My of the Di e t my warmest felicitations on this remarkable occasion, when, obeying the graciou,s intentiom of our Emperor and master, it enters, fl )r the first time, on the course of constitu tional e, and finds itself on the point of undertakin g a missi.or i so important, and so intimately connected with the general interests. Great and just hopes j are e,ttac :hed to this mission, but it also involves im• LAW IN7 ELL IGEIVVE—(Thts Day).* The witness was asked, by one of the jury, if he ever saw the prisoner with any waggons, as he had stated he had constantly worked as a driver. The constable said he had seen the prisoner with a great many waggons, but not driving either of them. The Recorder said the conduct of the prisoner since the former conviction had been very bad, and he should there fore sentence him to four years' penal servitude. nrimfor n MAN'S THUMB OFF- Alfred Ellis, 18, ostler, was indicted for robbing and violently assaulting Thomas Hanwell, and robbing him of 4s. 6d. The prisoner in company with two other young men met the prosecutor, and having failed in their first attempt to pick his pocket, they seized him, and in the scuffle the money was supposed to have been taken away by one of the prisoner's companions. The prosecutor endeavoured to capture the prisoner, but he struggled very much, and nearly bit the top of the prosecutor's thumb off. The jury found him guilty, and he was sentenced to 12 months' imprisonment. A YOUNG BURGLAR. William Manser, 17, was indicted for a burglary at Waltham Cross. The offence having been clearly proved, the constable informed the court that the prisoner had been formerly con victed, and had only been out of prison about three or four days, during which time he had committed two other burglaries. The Recorder sentenced him to three years' penal servi tude. The prisoner, putting his finger up to his head, said, " I'm very much obliged to you, my lord." POLICE I NTBLLIGENCE.—(This Day.) M ARLBOROUGH -STREET. A CONSCIENTIOUS CABMAN.—George Dixon, badge 13,691, was charged with assaulting Henry Charles Bur rows, another cabman, badge 14,562, the former being a very thin, short man, while the latter is a tall, stout, red-faced, jolly-looking fellow. The complainant said he was going through the park the previous night talking to "another cab," when a third cabman made a very unpleasant noise, and the defendant thinking it was done by him (complainant), came after him, and struck him in the face. Not wish ing to have anything further to do with him, he drove through the park and into Pall-Mall, when the defen dant, who had been following him, struck him again. A constable named Hook said defendant was drunk, Defendant—The complainant kicked me, your honour. Mr. Woolrych—Complainant, did you kick him ? Complainant—No, your worship, and I wouldn't tell a lie for the world. Mr. Woolrych (to complainant)—Do you know the de fendant ? Complainant—Never saw him with my eyes before, upon my honour, (Laughter.) Defendant—l was coming through the park with as nice a pony as ever you saw. The complainant struck me twice. I told him to get down and settle the little affair quietly and in a proper manner, when up comes a police man and blowed the complainant up—told him he was too big a man and to get up on his box. Why, the complainant nearly pulled me out of my trowsers. (Laughter.) Mr. Woolrych said the best thing he could do was to bind them both over to keep the peace towards each other. THAMES. TIGER BAY AND THE ILLICIT TRADE IN SPIRITS. — William Gillett, a man of questionable character, and the landlord of several brothels in Brunswick-street, St. George in-the-East, and, known far and wide as Tiger Bay, from the infamous character of the inhabitants and the many outrages and robberies committed, appeared to a summons taken out by Inspector Holloway, of the H division, and which charged him with selling spirits and beer without a license, by which he had incurred a penalty of £lO. It appeared from the evidence of Sergeant Bailey, 1 H, that for some time past the inhabitants of Tiger Bay were enabled to obtain spirits and beer on Saturday night and Sunday morning while the licensed public-houses and beer shops were closed, and the consequence was that frightful disturbances and fights had taken place among the drunken people there, and strangers who had ventured there were robbed and ill-used. On the night of Saturday, the 6th inst., police sergeant Bailey ventured into Tiger bay, in plain clothes, and saw a woman leave the house, 32, and enter No. 29. Bailey followed her into the house, and saw her give a decanter and a bottle to another female, and at the same time hand her 6d. and some coppers. He then saw the woman proceed towards the back yard and enter the house No. 28. Bailey stationed himself at the door of the house No. 28, where a woman gave to Mrs. Gillott, the defendant's wife, a decanter and some money, and ask for a quartern of gin and a pint of beer. Mrs. Gillott told another woman to get the gin and beer and brim; it to her, which Ivas don. The gin was taken from a stone bottle alongside a chest of drawers, and the beer required was taken from another stone bottle under a dresser. Bailey saw other evidence of the trade in gin and beer, and others served with both by Mrs. Gillott and her servants, until he was discovered to to a police Officer, when a cry was raised by a woman, " For God's sake, put it away, here's the police," and decanters and bottles were hastily concealed under the bed, Mrs. Gillott herself thrusting a funnel and a quartern measure into a drawer. Another was putting a quart pot into a cup board under the stairs, when Bailey stopped her and took it away from her. Bailey also seized a stone bottle con- 1 OLD COURT. (Before Mr. Justice Williams.) UNWHOLESOME FOOD. A man named Spencer, residing at Hitchin, was indicted for consigning to a salesman in Newgate market four quar- ters of bullock in such a state of disease as to be totally unfit for human food. The jury found the prisoner guilty, but recommended him to mercy, on the ground that he had been the tool of other parties. Sentence deferred. CHARGE AGAINST A COMMON COUNCILMAN. Richard Corrie Bache, against whom there were thirteen indictments for embezzling the monies of his employer, Mrs. Tull, of Fenchurch-street, was placed in the dock, and with drew his plea of not guilty, and pleaded guilty to unlaw fully obtaining a wrarant for the delivery of ten tons of hemp, the property of his employer. The counsel for the prosecution strongly recommended the prisoner to mercy on account of his age, and said the other indictments would not be proceeded with. Sentenee deferred. THIRD COURT. THE ROBBERY AT MESSRS, HUTTON'S. Isaac Sturt, formerly a porter in the employ of the pro secutors, and a woman named Winter, were indicted, the former for stealing, and the latter with feloniously receiving a great quaniity of Berlin wool, and other articles, the pro perty of Messrs. Hutton, of Newgate- s t ree t. _ _ From the evidence of Smith, the detective officer, it ap peared that suspicion was excited as to the honesty of the prisoner Sturt, and the police were ordered to keep watch on his proceedings. After a short time Sturt was observed to leave the warehouse of Messrs. Clutton with a bag in his possession, and to proceed to the house in which the female prisoner lived,in Great Mitchell-street, St. Luke's, and there leave the property he had in the bag. On leaving the house the officers called out to him by name, and told him they were officers. They then asked him what he had done with the parcel he had in the bag, but he denied having had one. He was told it was no use, to deny the fact, as he had been seen to leave Messrs. Hutton's with one, and to enter the house in which the female prisoner lived., On proceeding to the front parlour the female prisoner was found sitting there, and on being informed that Sturt was charged with stealing a quantity of wool and other articles, she became very much confused, and rose from her seat and went towards the door of the room. The officers then saw she had something in her hands, and on being told to produce what she had she gave up two old silver watches and a curb chain. Search was then made of the apart ments, when property to a large amount was found, consist ing of about fifty bundles of Berlin wool, bundles of worsted, netted neckties, braid, beads, crochet books, knitting needles, and velvet trimmings. Foulger found a bag which contained about 700 balls of worsted, some needle boxes, &c., &c. When the stolen property was pro duced there seemed quite sufficient to stock a small shop. On being asked how she became possessed of the property, she said a man had left them, and that at the proper time she should be able to produce him. From other portions of the evidence it appeared to be the intention of the prisoner to get married and to open a little shop with the stolen property. The property was identified as that belonging to Messrs. Hutton, and the coutt was informed that Start had been in the service of the prosecutor for a number of years. The jury returned a verdict of guilty. The Common Sergeant sentenced Sturt to seven years' penal servitude, and Winter to eighteen months' imprison ment and hard labour. NEW COURT. (Before the Recorder.) STEALING TEA. John Kent, 57, labourer, and Richard. Price were indicted for stealing in the Liberty of the Tower of Lon• don a chest of tea, and two caddies of tea, the property of Joseph Butterworth and another. The facts of the case have already appeared in the Sun while the prisoners were under examination at the Thames Police -court. It will be recollected that the carman had left the vehicle containing the tea in the neighbourhood of the Docks, whilst he delivered a message ; it was driven away, and the prisoners were afterwards taken into cus tody and charged with the offence. The van was returned to Messrs. Butterworth, but minus the tea. The jury found Kent guilty, but acquitted Price. A former conviction was proved against Kent. Constable Coppin, of the K divison of police, also in formed the Court that the prisoner Kent had, since his former confinement,lkept a brothel, and was constantly in the company of carmen, having business at the dock ware houses. taining half a gallon of gin, and another stone bottle con taining- za 11. n ..f b ee In answer to a question put by the sergeant to Mrs. Gillott, she said, "Well, I only sell gin and beer to my own people," meaning the infamous women who dwell in the four houses of ill-fame under her management. The defendant was in bed, in the house No. 28, while the illicit traffic was going on. Mr. Charles Young, solicitor, who defended Gi llott, urged that his client knew nothing of the illegal traffic going on in his house, and took no part in it, and that he ought not to be convicted. Mr. Self e—He is answerable for all that is carried mill any of the houses of ill-fame conducted by his wife. Bailey said Mrs. Gillott was convicted in the penalty £lO for a similar offence a long time ago, before she ma' Tied Gillott. Mr. Selfe decided that the case was made out against Gillott, who had been carrying on this illegal traffic in .de fiance of the law, and against the interests of pub lic morality. He fined the defendant £lO, and in default of payment he would be imprisoned three months. The fine was immediately paid. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. EPSOM RACES-THURSDAY. The London- bridge Stakes of 50 sovs, added to a syreer stakes of 5 soya each. Weights for age. One 11 subs. Mr. Sergeant's Crater, 4 yrs, Bst 71b (F. Adams) Sir J. Hawley's Gallus, 5 yrs, Bst 131 b (Wells) Mr. Parr's Avalanch e , 4 yrs, Bst 21b . (Clements) 3 The following also ran :—Deserter, Allington, Ligh t ' Joskin, Buccaneer, Malta, Amsterdam, and M. Phillips. The City and Suburban Handicap of 15 sovs each, 10 ft, and 5 if declared, with 100 added; winners extra; the second to receive 25 soya. Lord Ailesbury's Cantine, 5 y rs , B s t 31b .. (L . S now d e n 1 „ Mr. F. Swindell's Sawcutter, 3 y rs , s s t 91b (H . T a ylor Mr. Merry's Sir William, 4 yrs, 7st 101 b (Custance Capt. Little's General Hesse, 4 yrs, Est 111 b (T. French The following also ran :—High Treason, Thunderbol t, First Lord, Benbow, Fitz-Avon, Rising Sun, Angelo, Con" tadina, Merrimac, Tightfit, Feodorowna, Physician, Chanc e Shot, Oliver, Cronstadt, Furious, Atropia, Giraffe filly, Rupture, Guilder, Gabrielle d'Estrees, Star of the West, Wombat, Pancake, Lisbon, Sir Edward, Croagh Patrick , Lady Clare, Knightsbridge, Intimidation filly, Camerino, East Sheen, Hilarity, and Seclusion. Betting-5 to 1 agst Physician, 10 to 1 agst East Sheen, 12 to 1 each agst First Lord and Thunderbolt, 100 to 7 agst Pancake, 20 to 1 each agst Benbow, Cabrielle d'Estreeet and King Tom filly, 25 to 1 each agst Guilder, Angelo, Merrimac, and Lady Clare, 100 to 3 each agst General Hesse and Sir William, and 40 to 1 agst Cantine. After upwards of an hour had elapsed in fruitless attempts to get the large field away, in which Camerino twice broke away, and ran to the distance before she could be stopped the first time, and on the second attempt he reached the Stand enclosure. During the tedious delay the patience of the spectators wee sorely tried ; but at last the welcome peal of the bell, and th e shouts of " they're off," calmed the fears of many that addi" tional time would be " cut to waste." On the horses get' ting into their places, the foremost lot comprised General Hesse, Lady Clare, Thunderbolt, First Lord, and Angelo , with Physician lying in the centre of the rear division not, the last of whom being Tightfit, Pancake, Intimidation colt, Star of the West, Camerino, and Chance Shot. In this order they streamed along the brow of the hill, their colour° presenting an unusual degree of brilliancy, but on reaching the Mile- post the " tailing" began to show itself, which re' ceived additional numbers as they descended the hill to the road, on crossing which Guilder ran rather wide, was joined by Angelo, Sawcutter on the lower side, General Hesse, Lady Clare, and First Lord lying on the upper ground. Thunderbolt and Benbow, who had been running conspi' cuously in front, at the same time retired beaten. On reaching the distance Sir William emerged from the ruelt , and in a few strides was seen in company with the leading horses, which comprised Angelo, Sawcutter, Cantine, Ge neral Hesse, and First Lord. Opposite the stand Angelo dropped back beaten, at the same time Cantine, full of run' ning, came to the fore, and in a few strides obtained ti slight lead, and after an excellent race home between the four placed, won by a length, Sawcutter obtaining second honours by a neck ; General Hesse finished a good fourth, Angelo fifth, First Lord sixth, the next lot being Benbosel Thunderbolt, Wombat, Furious, Physician, King Tom filly, and Rising Sun; the others trotted in a long wag behind. The Two-Year-Old Stakes of 10 sovs each, with 50 added, for colts, Bst 101 b ; and fillies, Bst 71b. The second to save his stake. Half a mile. 38 subs. Mr. Merry's Express, Bst 71b (Custance) 1 Lord Stamford's Estrelda, Bst 71b (A. Edwards) F, Mr. Greville's Barcelona 111 y, Bst 71b (L. Snowden) The following also ran :—Fantasia, Bravo, Breechloader , Bonnebelle, Sheerness, and Gitanilla. Betting-2 to 1 agst Express, sto 2 agst Estrelda, sto 1 agst Fantasia, and 6 to 1 agst Bonnebelle. Estrelda company with Sheerness and Barcelona filly made the run" ning to the Stand, where the favourite came out and won. cleverly by a length. A like distance between second and third. Sheerness fourth, and Bonnebelle next. The others beaten off a long way. The Heathcote Plate of 50 says (handicap, for all ages. New T.Y.C. Three-quarters of a mile. Winners extra. Mr. Harrison'e Apollo 4 yrs, 7st (R eeves ) 1 Mr. Payne's Rockley, ' 4 yrs, 7st 41b (D re w) 2 Mr. George's White Wave, 4 yrs, Est 101 b.. (J. Adams) 3 The following also ran :—Clovernook, Nabob's Daugh ter, Mermaid, Wild Bird, Acre, Tibbie Shields, and Sister to Dexterous. Betting-7 to 4 agst Rockley, 4to 1 agst Wild Bird, 6 to 1 each agst White Wave and Apollo, 10 to 1 agst Acre. Some considerable time was consumed in getting the horses from the post, Apollo being the first to show in advance, followed by White Wave, Clovernook, and the favourite, the others lying off. At the distance Clovernook was beaten, and disappeared from the front, the three placed running a close run home, Apollo landing his colours half a length in advance of Rockley, White Wave finished third three lengths in the rear of the favourite. Acre was a bad fourth, Wild Bird next, the others nowhere. The Paddock Stakes of 5 sovs each, with 30 sovs added, for 2-yr-olds and upwards, with selling allowances. Three-quarters of a mile. 13 subs. Mr. Hudson's Revolt, 2 yrs, £3O, sst 121 b. • (G. P arsons ) 1 Mr. J. Day's Sir William Armstrong, 3 yrs, £3O, Bst 51b (J. Adams) 2 Lord Stamford's Vi s c oun t ess, 2 yrs, £3O, sst 71b (Roper) 3 The following also ran :—C by Tadmore, Aricula, Knight of the Garter, Antelope, Wimbledon, Indicator, Lady Little, and Gloom colt. The Inkerman Plate of 50 sous (handicap), for all ages; half a mile. Winners extra. Lord Chesterfield's Baron Munchausen, 4 yrs, 7st 31b (W. Bottom) I Mrs. Osbaldestone's Camerino, 3 yrs, Est 51b (T. French) 2 Mr. H. P. Delme's British Grenadier, 4 yrs, 7st (H. Grimshaw) 3 The following also ran :—Lord of the Tees, Von Stroom, Nutbush, Hypocrite, Nabob's Daughter, Bodice, Freestone, Chrysalis, Teesdale, Prince Frederick, John o'Gaunt, and Cricket filly. THE STARTING.—Mr. M'George, after the race for the City and Suburban, lodged complaints against several of the riders for disobedience of orders, Which will be heard before the stewards to-day. LATEST BETTING ON THE COURSE. METROPOLITAN HANDICAP. sto 2 agst Danae (offered, take 3to 1) 4to 1 agst Betts (taken and offered) 7to 1 agst Simla (offered, take Bto 1) TWO THOUSAND GUINEAS. 6to 1 agat Sweet Hawthorn (taken and offered) Bto 1 agst Klarikoff (taken) 10 to 1 agst Matador (taken and offered) 11 to 1 agst Overton (taken) 11 to 1 agst Kettledrum (offered) THE WINDSOR STEEPLECHASES. ERRATUM,—THE OPEN STEEPLECHASE.—Through an inadvertence, Mr. B. Land's Oliver Twist was returned as the winner of this race, instead of Mr. B. Land's Red Rover. AQUATICS. SCULLERS' MATCH FOR £5O. The last deposit but one was this morning made good in this match between T. Pocock, of Lambeth, and. J. H. Clasper, of Newcastle, The course to be rowed over is the usual one, viz., Putney to Mortlake. The mach is to come off on the 25th inst., one hour before high water. Pocock is at present in training at Mr. C. Wilcox's, White Hart Barnes, under the careful tuition of Mr. R. B a i n , of Lambeth. TILE DISPUTE IN TIIE .B UILDING TRADES. The masters are proceeding cautiously in the present disagreement with the men. They do not want a general lock-out in the trade, but at the same time they are throwing all the labour they can into the market. Almost every master is dis charging every man he can. Of all those discharged none have accepted the increased remuneration offered by the masters. A great number of the bricklayers who remained at work by the hour at the Grosvenor Hotel have been removed to the Horticultural Gardens, and there are now about half as many there as were locked out. In Blackburn the masters have endeavoured to force on the hour system, but it has been resisted by the men, acid the result is that the carpenters are locked out. At Newcastle an association was formed about three weeks ago for purposes of defence against the obnoxious mode of employment by the hour, and it now numbers 100 members. At Exeter the carpenters are asking for the four o'clock on Saturdays, and the painters are agitating for an increase in pay of 2s. per week. At Norwich and other places active ste-as are being taken for the formation of societies of defence. The committee in London are receiving letters from all parts of the country promising • y bem aid in the present struggle. Large subscriptions are ex pected to arrive in the course of next week. But these expectations are very ill-founded, as, from the generally depressed state of trade, workmen in other quarters must have enough to do in providing for themselves. are Deb cent pal, for . mins' India and A in Fn: 70-49.1; 49 .1; Chilli Cents The tnalt( Joie have Seotti Itank Roya Bank 3 per 3 per ( New India Ditt Ditt Ditt Ditt Jiitt Ditt 0 0 - aso'l media .., Ditt zache Ditt Brazil Ditt Citilia: DID xqusi btexic Aussi Ditt Ditl g`pani, turki, butel Di t 1 Thi vetwe f Iles stet 10,1 den rem Clas of 1 and acce and