The Sun. — London, England, 1863-03-30 00:00:00

awasa. T HE WESTMINSTER and SOUTHWARK BANK (Limited). To be Incorporated under the Companies Act, 1862. Capital -21,000.000, in 10,000 Shares of £lOO each. First Issue, 5,000 Shares. Deposit, £1 per Share, and a further payment cf Z 1 per Share on allotment. , It is not proposed to call up more than Lts per share, in calls not exceeding £5 per share, nor at in tervals of less than three months. DIRECTORS. W. S. Hale, Esq , Alderman (Warren Stormea Hale and Sons), 71, Queen-street, Cheapside, E.C., Chairman. William Holme Twentyman, Esq , late Sheriff of London and Middlesex, the Manor Hall, St. Johu's-wood Park, Deputy Chairman. Thomas Cotterell, Esq (Di r ector of the London and Pro vincial Marine Insurance 'Cumpany), 50, Eaton-square. Henry Alexander Kennedy, Esq., Cumberland-street, S.W., and 134, King's-road, Brighton. Charles Kitto, Esq., E a st India Agent, 41, Gresham House, Old Broad-street, and Highbury New Park. Sir Herbert Maddock (Director of the Soinde,Panjaub, and Delhi Banking Corporation), Maida-hill. Frederick William Sedgwick, Esq., (late of Messrs. J. Gaury and Co., Director of the Cora and Kinsale Railway company), Hyde-vale, Blackheath. James Mellor Smethurst, Esq., Marlborough-hill, N.W., and Chorley, Lancashire. George Smith, EE q. (Director of the Great Western Rail way of Canada), Conduit-street, W., and 21, Thurloe-square, South Kensington. Thomas Staunton, Esq., Conservative Club, and 11, Por ches ter-square, Hyde Park. Joseph Thompson, Esq., 43, Gloucester-terrace, Hyde Park. Henry William Wessels, Esq. (Merchant), Muscovy-court, Tower-hill, and Westbourne Park, W. SOLICITORS Messrs. Lepard and Gammon, 9, Chak-lane, E.C. Mes•rs. Walmisley and Co., 5, Victoria-street, Westmin stor Abbey, S.W. AUDITORS. S. Lowell Price, Esq., o, Gresham-street, E.C. Messrs. Johnstone, Cooper, Wintle, and Co.. Lothbury, E.C. Frederick William Spocner, Esq., to, America-square. BANKERS. The English and Irish Bank, 25, Poultry. BROKERS. Sir Robert W. Carden and g ANAGE. eit:2, R oyal Exchange Buildings. M Arrangements thoroughly arc being competent Man made to secu reager the services of a SECRETARY. Charles Arthur Raynsford. Esq. TEMPORARY OFFICES. 90, Cannon-street, E.C. 9, Spring-gardens, Charing-cross, S.W. The Westminster and Southwark Bank (Limited) is estab lished to meet the growing requirements of the inhabitants ot Southwark and Westminster and the West of London, many of whom have hitherto been compelled to transaet their business at great inconnience, because of their dis tance I rom central ban king est ve ablishment s. 'the vast capital and the constantly increasing commerce of Southwark, Westminster, and the West of London render improved facilities for banking an object of great importance; and this Company has already received promises of support of a very encouraging character, both as to investments and business accounts. The principle ot limited liability, as applied to Joint-Stock Banks, removes the difficulty with respect to obtaining an influential and wealthy proprietary, no proprietor being called upon to pay more than the amount for which he has subscribed, while the public are amply secured by that por tion of the nominal capital which is not necessary for name plate business, and is therefore allowed to remain on call. That Joint-stock Banks have the confidence of capitalists, is evidenced by the fact that their shares are qu, ted at from tO to 390 per cent. premium on the amount paid up ; and the profitable character of their business is evidenced by divi dends up to 24 per cent. per annum. The current accounts and deposits held by the Joint-Stock Banks in London ou the 31st December, 1862, amounted to a total exceeding sixty millions, being upwards of five millions in excess of the corresponding period of the previous year. It will be seen by the returns that banking, as at present conducted, is among the most legitimate and profitable of monetary investments. The Directors have made arrangements whereby the whole of the preliminary expenses incidental to the formation of the Comp_any, including law charges , bro kera g e, advertisin g , rent ot and every :other expense of whatever description. shall not exceed one per cent. of the first issue of the apital. The Westminster and Southwark Bank will— Open Current Accounts and allow Interest on Minimum Monthly Balances of not less than £2eo; Receive Money on Deposit at Interest; Issue Circular Notes acd Letters of Credit for all parts of Lurope and elsewhere ; 'Undertake Agencies of Foreign and Country Banks ; Effect Purchii see and Sales in British and Foreign Stocks, Shares, and Securities, receiving the Dividends thereon and collecting or negotiating Coupons, &c. Every other description of legitimate Banking Business will also be transacted. The Directors do not propose to call up more than one fourth of the present capital, viz., .£25 per Share, leaving £75 per Share uncalled as a substantial guarantee to depo sitors. Forms of application for Shares may be obtained from the Bankers, Solicitors, Brokers, or at the 'Temporary Offices of the Company. Applications for Shares must ba accompanied by the deposit of Lt per Snare, to be paid to the Bankers of the Com pany. Should no allotm, nt be made, the deposit will be re tiu lied without deduction or d, lay. A copy ot the Articles t,f Ar sociation is now lying at the Office of the Company for inspection. FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES. To the Directors of the W (Limitedestminster and Southwark Bank ). Gentlemen, Having paid to your Bankers the sum of .£ being* d e posit of £1 per share on shares in the above C ompany, I hereby request you will allot me that number, and I agree (according to the form prescribed by the Articles of Associa tion) to accept such shares. or any less number you may a lot to me, and to execute the Articles of Association when re quired ; and I request that my name may be placed on the Register of Shareholders for the shares so allotted. in full Residence .-- Profession or business Date Usual signature HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE.- Mr. MAPLESON has the honour to announce that the OPERA SEASON of 1563 will commence on SATUR DAY, April 11. The prospectus, with full particulars, may be obtained on application at the Box-office, wh:cli is open daily, under the superintendence of Mr. Nug;ent, from Ten to Six ; and at all the principal Libraries and Ilusicsellers. FEAT ItE-I{.o Y Al., HAY MARKET. Lessee, Mr. J. B. Buckatono. THIS EVENING at Seven o'clock. will be performed AIR AMERICAN . COUSIN. Asa Trenckard, M Buck stone ; Lord i)undreary, Mr. Sothern. Followed by MY AUNT'S ADVICE. Messrs. Howe, and ..othern ; Miss Linley, and Miss Coleman. To conclude with LUCK HUNTING. TH-EATRE-ROYAL LYCEUM OPEN, under the Sole Management of Mr. FECIITEIL On EASTER MO NDAY, to commence with an OH:!nal Sketch, entitled A SUDpEN ATTACK. Messrs. Shore, Garden, H. Widdicomb, M ss Henrade, and Mrs. Lee. After which, at a Quarter to Eight, a New Romantic Drama, in Three Acts, and Prologue, entitled THE DUKE'S MOTTO, by Paul Feval and John Brougham. The principal character will be sustained by Mr. Fechter, sunported by Messrs. G. Vining, J. Brougham , H. Widdi- Combe, W. M'lntyre, F. Charles, Garden, Raymond, 11. Butler, Dawson ; Misses Carlotta Leclercq, Kate Terry, E. Lavenue, and ElsworthY. Stage-Manager, Mr. G. Vining. Acting-Manager, Mr. H. Barnett. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE Lessee and Manager, Mr Lindui. On Easter Monday the drama of AURORA FLOYD. Miqt Amy Sedgwick. Miss Henderson, and Mrs. Simpson ; Messrs. It. Itoxby, G. Melville, G. Beimorc, C. Scyton, Wallace, and Collett. To conclude with a new whimsical Extravaganza, entitled BEAUTIFUL HAIDEE ; or The Sea Nymph and the Sallee Rovers. NEW THFATRE-R0 YAL, ADELPHL— Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. B. Webster. THIS EVENING (11th time) AUROTLVFLOYD. Miss .Avonia Jones, Miss H. Simms, Mrs. Billing-ton ; Mr. Benj. Webster, Mr. Paul Bedford, Mr. R. PhilC. lipJ. s, Mr. Billiogton, Mr. Stuart, Mr. Sefton, Mr. Romer, Mr. Smith. After which, A VALENTINE: Messrs. J. L. Toole, Paul Bedford, M elly, iss Kate K and Miss Seaman. Commence at 7. rfiE THIRD EDITION OF " THE SUN," IContaining the Latest SPORTING INTELLIGENCE, can be had Every Evening of G. R. GLENIE, NEWS AGENT, No. 4, Connaught-terrace, Hyde-park. NOTICE. THE WEDDING SUN Is still Publishing. THE S U 11," of To-Morrow, will contain a Verbatim Report of Lord Palmer ston's Inaugural Address at Glasgow. The Weather—Sun Office, March 29, 1863. THERMOMETER. Highest since Noon yesterday .. 55 Lowest during the night This day at N00n.... Wind—N.-Westerly ; fresh and fine. MARCH 30. THERMOMETER. Highest since Noon yesterday .. 55 Lowest during the night This day at Noon Wind—N,-West ; light. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Baia DA.T.—Morning, 10h. 20m.—Afternoon, llh. lOw. To - uoPatow.-Morming, llh. 42m.—Afternoon., —h. —m. ttjyt it ow 44444 LONDON, MONDAY, MARCH 30 , 1863. " News of battle !" as Professor AYTOUN sang of the Scotch, as with a clarion of a trumpet through his noble " Lays of the Cavaliers"—" News of Battle I' of a less chivalric kind still comes to us from time to time in driblets and at uncertain intervals from the opposite shores of the Atlantic. There the Roundheads of the North (unlike their forefathers of the English Commonwealth, perpe tually beaten !) are still at strife with the Cavaliers of the South—the latter (in this a striking contrast to the followers of RUPERT in all except their kindred heroism) continually victorious. Another pacquet of intelligence from the seat of war between the Federals and Confederates has just been brought to our own shores from those of America by the Royal Mail steamer Arabia, bringing advice from Boston to the 18th, from Hali fax to the 20th instant. From these advices—as usual—it will be recognised that 110 headway whatever has been made in the prosecution of the war by the Federal Government with a view to its conclusion, either strategically (their forte, this, we presume, from their everlasting allusion to it) or by dint of good hard fighting, or by means of diplo matic negotiation. Diplomacy, as one of the means to the desired end, may be described all along in sporting phrase as "nowhere." Hard fight iog the Northerns seldom or never give, themselves a chance of under any circumstances. Either they content themselves with blazing away for hours together at the safest distance, as upon the occasion of the very first incident of the war at its actual outbreak, when the remote fortifications of the enemy were reduced to a heap of ruins by the agency of cannon balls and not one soul was a bit the worse upon either side, not a single life was lost or even jeopardised ! Or, when the Federal warriors are brought to close quarters with theiran tagoniste, as at Bull's Run, they show their agility in a stampede, and call it—a strategic movement ! 7 hat, in point of fact, we repeat, being, quite mani festly, their forte—what the French would term their pietier. Supplimentary, however, to their really remarkable capabilitie as masters of the stam pede—we may pardon as skilled strategists—they have, during the progress of this deplorable war, evinced a frightful ingenuity in contriving nnac- customed methods for endeavouring at least to in filet as large an amount of injury as possible upon the foe. For example, there was that —positively we can find no other word in which to express its character than by calling it— diabolical scheme of the Stone Fleets ! A project at the mere mention of which there rose at once from the more civilised races of the old world but one cry of horror and execration. A contrivance, it will be remembered, to have been for permanently injuring the mouths of the rivers emptying them selves into the Atlantic, along the coast of the Southern or Confederate States—of permanently injuring those important outlets for the sake of obtaining a temporary advantage in the prosecution of an infamous Civil War. Again, quite a kindred project of its kind to the one just mentioned, quite kindred in its refined atrocity, was the one coolly hit upon by the since (in conse quence of this!) notorious General BUTLER—the delivering up to the license of the Federal soldiery of every Southern lady, of every girl and woman numbered among the population of the Confederate States who might be recognised as guilty of the high crime and misdemeanour of sneering at a Federal officer or a Federal soldier ! Then, too, more recently, quite in keeping with all this system of dastardly attack by the submergence of a stone fleet, and of their other system of detestable retaliation by means of the atrocious expiation of insults from girls and women devised by the ab horred General Butler—quite of a piece with all this is the singular malignity of the enterprise we are now about to particularise, there is that scheme (already partially carried out) of digging, almost as one may call them, devillish channels of diver gence from the waters of the mighty Missis sippi ! Whatever the devastation caused by this project could in any way approach in magni tude the calamitous scope hinted at in the rumours afloat in regard to it last week—rumours talking of valley lands upon that vast continent flooded to an extent equivalent to the dimensions of the whole of Scotland—whether or not the devastation actually accomplished by the digging of those channels ca divergence from the borders of the Mississippi could under any circumstance attain a mag nitude so fearful of its kind and in its extent—the mere projection of the enterprise at all reflects infamy upon; the: coun cils of the Federal Government. Again and again Humanity has had reason to cry aloud against the mode of conducting this war, visible under different frightful aspects from time to time on the part of the South. To recapitulate the pick amongst those trocions devices—The Stone Fleets—General BUT LEn's Orders—and the digging of three canals of divergence from the bed of the Mississippi, Added to all, which should certainly be sreci fied, moreover (we, with a cry of horror and indignation rather than with the blatant bray of applause audible from Exeter Hall)—the auda cious signal given (abortively as it has happily proved !) for the outbreak of a Servile War, the signal given for that deadliest curse of all in a Civil War, given by that vaunted Humanitarian, Mr. ABRAHAM LINCOLN, given by him in the prosti tuted name of Negro Emancipation, that sacred cause being in effect nothing less than prostituted to the vilest purposes of a proclamation, rendering it in a manner petal in its operation ! Employing the manumission of the Black as a means (it was hoped) to ensure the more cruel and pitiless prose cution of the war against the South ! Why, amongst the more conspicuous of the Northern civilians— men speaking arms, but not using them—who has been more flagrantly conspicuous that the brother of the humane authoress of the famous pro-emanci pation novel, Uncle Tom's Cabin—that Reverend Mr. BEECHER (lava the mark! that is, his romance!') who has delived up his name to lasting execration by the refined atrocity with which he (nominally one among the Ministers of the Gospel of Christ !) preached against the South, in the same organ of Negro Emancipation—a War of Extermination ! It would hardly be rash to predicate quite confidently that a War so con ducted as this Civil War in America has been conducted throughout, as it is still to this mo ment being prosecuted by the population of the Northern States under the guidance of Mr. LlN cout's incapable and systematically blundering Government, cannot—can not by possibility pros per, cannot but end' soone or later (it is merely a question of time) in defeat, contempt, and utter most discomfiture. The questions which Herr SYBEL laid upon the table of the House are most significant, and doubt less were those from whom he demands intelligence in the Palace of Truth we shou' d hear some startling revelations, as it is, however, it is to be feared that there will be some evasion or subterfuge, and the matter will be left in doubt and mystery. Herr SYBEL asks what expenses were caused by the con centration of troops on the Polish Frontier ? By what funds were those expenses covered ? Why up to the present time has no communication upon the subject been made to the Chamber ? The reserve which is alluded to in the last paragraph proves the want of straight-forward conduct that has dis tinguished the whole conduct of the Prussian Ministry. In the case of Poland, however, there has been something worse than ordinary. It is a positive by disgrace to a c i v i l i se d p eo pl e to aid and abet every means in their power, using surre ptitious influence where they could not employ open force to lend a helping hand to the destroying tyrant who sought to crush out freedom with the iron heel of despotic violence. At least the Go vernment should have been neutral if they could not or would not do anything to assist the outraged nation of the Poles. The news from Prussia hints at future difficulties that lie in the way of Herr von BISMARCK when the question of the convention comes again under notice through I he representatives of foreign Powers, Also we THE SUN, LON DOIA, MONDAY E V ENING, MA,RCFI 30, 1863, notice the very unsatisfactory state of affairs as re- garde the military committee of the Chamber of Deputies. This committee has accepted amend ments which threaten to alter and almost to re-organise the bill proposed by Government. Some important points still remain for discussion, and it does not seem at all probable from what is reported that any satisfactory solution of the diffi culty will be come to, or that on any point the representatives and the Ministers will agree. The Government indeed professes to be highly indignant with the suggestions regarding the strength of the army, which they assert in their memo• randum is the exclusive privilege of the King to settle. This is how these enlightened statesmen express themselves on this point :—" Tho formation and organisation of the army forms one of the most substantial parts of the executive power, imparted, according to the constitution, solely to the Crown. According to the numerous traditions of Prussia, as also according to the con stitution of our country, the KING himself is the sole commander-in-chief of our military forces in times of peace as well as in times of war, and there is in Prussia no power that would be entitled to co-operate directly in the formation and organisa tion of our army," The committee, however, have proved the con trary, and shown that the Sovereign's command of the army is not affected by their regulating its strength. It is evident, however, that the Govern ment, with the fatuity that ordinarily - distinguishes it of late, has resolved to stand upon this point. 'l - hey expect the Chamber to grant their exorbitant demand without being allowed to judge for them selves of its necessity or desirability. President GRABOW, in the name of the Chamber of Deputies, delivered an address to the KING on his birthday. The KING, in returnirg thanks, expressed a desire that a better understanding might shortly be come to between himself and the deputies. This wish, though doubtless sincere, is not likely to be fulfilled till some decisive change has occurred in the Ministry. On this very birthday a marked change was observable in the demonstrations of rejoicing to those which took place on previous occasions. Two years ago a flood of light seemed to pervade the city, but this latter day hardly any illuminations appeared. It is a lamentable thing that a Sovereign from whom so much was once expected should have fallen so short of his promised excellence and proved himself and his Government to be decided stumbling blocks in the way of all improvements, even show ing at times a decided tendency to take a retro gressive course. Things are not likely to remain in this passive state ,much longer, and if some change is not made for the better, we shall soon witness more serious altercations and important movements than either KING or Minister may expect. Then, when it is too late, they will regret their obstinate conduct and fatal persistency in error, timely concessions may do much, but there comes a time when they are put aside, and, then, only down-right ohanges and entire innovations will serve or satisfy those whose patience has been exhausted in the long struggle, and who are at last resolved to assert their just rights unfettered by the obsolete dogmas of absolutism. The Prince and Princess of Wales in Norfolk KING'S LYNN, March 28. Their Royal Righnesaes the Prince and Princess of Wale, left Windsor on Saturday for the Princa's estate at San dringham, Norfolk. Tkeir Royal Highnesses travelled by the North London line to Stratford, from which place they went by the Great Eastern Railway to King's Lynn, and thence to Wolferton, the station on the Lynn and Hunstan- on Railway, distant about two miles from Sandringham.. hall. The royal train consisted of five carriages, including a royal saloon carriage. The train was under the charge of Mr. Robertson general superintendent on the Great Eastern Railway, and Mr. Sprowle,district superintendent. Several directors of the company accompanied the royal train, among them being the chairman, Mr. H. Love,Mr.Lightly Simpson, &c. The train stopped only at Cambridge, where immense preparations had been made to welcome the Prince and Princess. The royal train was due at 232 p.m., but it was ten minutes later when, amid the most deafening shouts of welcome and acclamation, it gradually drew into the station, and stopped opposite where the mayor and corpo ration were assembled. Both their Royal Highnesses,who were the only occupants of the carriage, graciously and gracefully acknowledged the salutations of welcome that greeted them from their future subjects on all hands. So soon as comparative quiet prevailed the mayor approached the royal carriage, and handed to the Prince an address, which the Prince received most courteously; then, after the mayor and corporation had made their obeisances, they retired and made way for the platform ticketholders. Order was to some extent broken; the Princess was, of course, the cynosure of all eyes, and the verdict of the inhabitants of Cambridge must be added to the only one yet expressed, that, so far as youth, beauty, and grace are concerned, these elements all meet in the Princess, combined with condescen sion and dignity befitting her royal station. The train drew out of the station on its way to Sandringham amid the same cheers for its royal occupants that greeted its entry. It reached Ely at 3 30, and Lynn at 4 10, arriving at its des tination at Wolferton. about 4 30. Great preparations had been made at Lynn, Wolferton, and Sandringham, to give their Royal Highnesses a suitable reception. The Lynn station el as decorated throughout with evergreens, flags, &c. The platform was widened for the mayor and corpo ration, from whom the Prince had promised to receive a congratulatory address, adopted at a meeting of the Lynn Town Council on the previous Monday ; and a gallery was erected and covered with red cloth to accommodate a num ber of ladies, who were admitted to the station by ticket. Long before the time at which the royal train was expected crowds of people had assembled round the station anxious to witness the brief ceremony which was to take place there. Every spot which seemed favourable for the purpose was occupied. Gates, walls, trees, all had their occupants. Although it was market-day in Lynn the entire afternoon was given up to pleasure. The town was decorated with flags, and the bells of St. Margaret's rang out merry peals. he holders of tickets took their places on the raised gallery early, and the rifle corps, under the command of Captain Cress well, were in their places in good time as a guard of honour. As the royal train came into the station the assem bled crowd set up a hearty cheer, and upon its stopping at the platform the mayor (Mr. Jarvis) advanced and pre sented the corporation address, which the Prince graciously received, the rifle corps presented arms, the band played a few bars of the National Anthem, the ladies waved their handkerchiefs, the gentlemen and the populace cheered, and then the train started off again for Wolferton, the proceed. ings at the Lynn station not occupying more than a few minutes. Along the remainder of the journey numbers of persons had assembled, and flags waved on all sides. The train, as stated, reached Wolferton at about half-past 4, and it was at this spot, and on the road to Sandringham, that the greatest number of persons had congregated. Wolfer ton station stands at the foot of a range of sand hills, which a tract of marsh land separates from the estuary of the Wash. The large, open tract of heath, partially cultivated, afforded ample space for all the loyal and the curious. Wol ferton station had been decorated with very great taste, under the direction of Mr. Blue, of the Great Eastern Company. In front of the platform the Norfolk Mounted Rifles, under the command of Captain Hay Gurney, were drawn up as a guard of honour, and the ground was kept by some of the county police. The public were not admitted to the station-yard, the platform of which was laid with crimson cloth. As the royal train drew up cheers broke out on all sides. The Prince and Princess alighted, and at once entered an open carriage drawn by a pair of horses and left the station yard, outside of which the tenantry of the estate, mounted and wearing favours, hod met to escort the Prince to San dringham. The Prince and Princess of Wales, and Lady Morton, occupieclone carriage, a second contained the Hon. Mrs. Bruce, General Knollys, Lieut.-Col. Keppel and Mr. Fisher, private secretary to the Prince. The tenantry were headed by the mayor of Lynn (who had joined the royal trair, and who is steward of the Sandringham manor) and Mr. Joshua Freeman, the principal tenant upon the estate. The nature of the country afforded every one an excellent opportunity of seeing their Royal Highnesses. The road trom the station runs into the high road from Lynn to the coast villages, and after a short distance a turn is made to the right into the road which leads directly to Sandringham, and up to the gates of the Hall. From this point, distant about a mile from the Hall, there was a com plete line of English and Danish ensigns, with poles twined with evergreens, and becoming more and more profuse as the Hall was neared. At the iron gates, which open into the avenue of fine limes leading up to the Hall doors, the crowd was most dense, being made up of all sorts and con ditions of men, in all kinds and descriptions of vehicles, numbers on horseback and hundreds on foot. Excellent order was kept by men of the A division, under the direc tion of Mr. Walker, and by county police, under Superin• tendent Ruse. Just beyond the gates a very handsome Royal standard was hoisted. As the procession came on the tenantry formed on each side of the gateway, the mounted rifles being drawn up opposite the gate, at a sufficient dis tance to leave way for the carriages. The cheering here as the royal carriage neared the gate was loud and general, and was repeatedly acknowledged. Jut outside the gates the carriage stopped, and the Rev. G. Moxon, rector of Sandringham, the Rev. Mr, Dickenson, rector of Wolferton, and the Rev. R. B. Scholefield, rector of West Newton, went up to the carriage, where Mr. Meson presented an address, which the Prince received very graciously, and said a few words in acknowledgment of the kind wishes it contain d. The carriage then went slowly up the avenue, where, on each side, were ranged 200 children of the schools on the estate, holding flags and baskets of primroses, violets, daffodils, or Lent lilies, which grow profusely at Sandringham. ,; We have frequently called attention to the valuable services of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution, which has been the fortunate means of saving many thousand lives, and of enabling great numbers of vessels to outlive the storms of our weatherbeaten coast. The annual report of the committee is now before us, and bears ample testimony to the energy and .pirit with which the affairs of the society are con ducted, and to the activity and courage of the brave men it employs. During the past year no fewer than 14 new lifeboats have been placed on the coast; some to replace cld end worn-out boats, others to occupy new stations. Of these 14 we are happy to add that eight are the gifts of private individuals, and it is a singular and interesting fact that ladies are very frequently the donors of these boats. The lifeboat at Thorpe, in Suffolk, was presented to the Society by the town of Ipswich, an example which we should be glad to see followed by other seaports. We should imagine that few of our coast towns were without a sufficient number of public spirited individuals to readily subscribe the neces sary amount, and thus at a small individual ex pense, the Society's operations would be greatly enlarged. There are now altogether 124 lifeboats on the coasts of the United Kingdom. When we reflect on the extent of our coast line, its rugged tnd dangerous character in many parts, and the frequency and severity of the gales that sweep round it, we shall not consider even that number sufficient. The number of shipwrecks on the British coast amounts in an average of some years, to 1,000, the loss of iife being about 800. Owing to the unusual seve rity of lest year's gales, the vessels wrecked reached the startling number of 1,490, while the lives lost Amounted to 644. If we add to these the 415 per sons saved by the life-boats of the Institution, we shall increase the loss of life by just two-thirds. The practical benefits resulting from the exertions of the Society must, therefore, be apparent to the most casual observer. It must, too, be remem bered that, although the numbers saved by ships, and ships' boats far exceed those rescued by life-boats, yet that the services of the lat ter are rendered at times of imminent danger and very frequently on occasions when no other craft could be launched with safety, and few un trained men, however willing, would be qualified or the perilous undertaking. As a sample of the difficulty and labour of the exploits we cite the fol lowing interesting passage from the report : u The large American ship Annie E. Hooper, bound from Baltimore to Liverpool, arrived at the entrance of the River Mersey in taw of a steam tug at an early hour on the 20th October. A gale was blowing furiously at the time, and the sea ran fearfully high, and the captain and pilot deemed it prudent to put out to sea again The vessel was put about, and an endeavour was made to work free of the land ; but this unfortunately failed, the ves sel became unmanageable, and, drifted by wind and tide, went ashore on the Horse Bank, near Southport. The sea broke fearfully over the bank, and the surf and spray shut from view for a time the actual position of the unfortunate ship, Eventually, the signals of distress were observed both from Southport and Lytham, when the life-boats of the National Life-boat Institution at those places immedi ately put off to the vessel's assistance, As showing the dreadful state of the weather, it may be mentioned that though the Horse Bank is only four miles from Southport, yet it took that boat four hours and a half before she reached the ship. Endeavours were at once made to rescue the crew, and after gieat exertions the whole of those on board the v,ssel, 18 in number, including a pilot, were saved by the two lifeboats. On hearing of this noble service, through the American Minister, the PRESIDENT of the United States presented to the National Lifeboat Institution £lOO, and £3l to the crows of the two lifeboats. On the Liver pool pilot relating to his co-pilots the service of the Lytham lifeboat in saving him and 13 of the ship's crow, they spon taneously subscribed amongst themselves £l4 and pre sented that amount to the crew of the lifeboat." The gratitude thus warmly shown by the Liver pool pilots does honour to their craft, and is one among many interesting evidences of the deep sense of the services rendered by the brave crews of the lifeboats expressed by those they had saved. Tributes of acknowledgment aro not wanting also from foreign countries. Tho PRESIDENT of the Unitnd States has sent a contribution of £lOO, " in testimony of settee of the important labour s of LATEST INTELLIGENCE , the Institution to A.' nt rican shipwrecked seamen." The Maritime Company of Finland has likewise I sent £5O, as an expression of their gratitude for the rescue of many of their nation, while Hong Kong and Shanghai have also given substantial testimony of their sense of its merits. Since the esta blishment of this Institution in 1824, it has been the fortunate means of saving nearly 13,000 lives, having expended on lifeboat stations more than £67,000, and having given rewards for saving life to the amount of £16,478. The enlarged sphere of its actions, owing to the increased number of its stations, will pobably add to these figures at a rapid rate. During the terrible gales of last January no less than 62 persons were rescued by its means. It has also been indirectly of great public service, by calling attention to the terrible waste of life and property that goes on yearly round our coasts ; by turning men's minds to the question whether such sacrifices are inevitable. This is not the occasion to refer to that wilful and wicked carelessness, which is the cause of so many wrecks, by sending ill-equipped and ill-manned vessels round the coast. It is not the crews of such vessels who are the culprits, but they are the suf ferers. But with all the reformation that can be hoped for in this direction, with all the benefits to be derived from our improved meteorological know ledge, wrecks and disasters on a coast like our own must be of continual recurrence. It is the unquestionable duty as well as interest of a great maritime nation to provide by every means in its power for the assistance and rescue of those im perilled on its shores. In accordance with the spirit of the country the task has hitherto been left to private hands, and so ably and efficiently has it been fulfilled that the most captious can hardly find ground for complaint. The committee express their readiness to continue their responsible and arduous undertaking, relying with corfidence on the support of the public, We are sorry to find, however, that in common with so many other bene volent institutions this society has suffered in its receipts from the Lancashire distress. As this drawback is,we may hope, of a temporary nature, thereislittl reason to doubt that the labours of the committee will meet their due reward in the renewal and extension of the popular support. It is mentioned as an interesting fact, that his Royal Highness the Prince of WALES has recently become a Vice-Patron of the Institution, an offi3e formerly held by his lamented father, and, as its services extend to every class, it has thus full right to its double title of the Royal National Lifeboat Institu tion. (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) PRUSSIA. BERLIN, MARCH 29. In the Chamber of Deputies Herr Sybel laid upon the table of the House the following questions addressed to the Ministry : " 1. What expenses were caused by the concen. tration of troops upon the Polish frontier ? " 2. By what funds were those expenses covered ? "3. Why, up to the presen time, has no com• munication upon the subject been made to the Chamber ?" HUNGARY. PESTH, MARCH 29, Evening. Five newspapers published in this city have been confiscated for having published a speech of Baron EoLvas and the reply by M. Deak, containing an attack upon the existing constitution. Seals have been placed upon the printing offices of the papers. BELGIUM, BRUSSELS, MARCH 30. His Majesty the King of the Belgians, the state of whose health has latterly given rise to grave un easiness, is in a much more satisfactory condition. His Majesty yesterday gave audience to the Baron de Savigny, the new Minister of Prussia to the Belgian Court. THE POLISH INSURRECTION. CRACOW, MARCH 29 (Evening). The bands of insurgents under the command of Mielencki and Kochanowski have had several suc cessful engagements with the Russian troops, and are increasing their exertions. CRACOW, MARCH 28. A body of 1,000 insurgents, which was re-organised in the mountains of Swientykrzysz, has appeared in the vicinity of Kielce. The Russian troops are now marching towards Kielce. EVENING. The fresh bodies of insurgents which had collected in the palatinate of Sandonair have joined the corps of General Czachowski in the mountains of St. Croix. The Russians are evacuating the palatinate adjoining Cracow, and are being concentrated in the palatinate of Lublin, where the insurrection is increasing. MARCH 29. Numerous fresh bodies of insurgents have assem bled, under the command of Colonels Dowgiello and Czahowski, on the mountains of Krzyr. Lelewei's force hes gained a victory over the Russians south of Zlmosc. SWEDEN. STOCKHOLM, MARCH 27, EVENING. A grand banquet in honour of Prince Czarto ryski was given here this evening. General Hazelius proposed the toast of "To Poland r which was received with the greatest en thusiasm. Polish national hymns were sung by the As sembly. DENMARK. COPENHAGEN, MARCH 29. The Dagb/adet and the Danmark publish articles in opposition to the can.iidature of Prince 'William for the Greek throne. All the Danish papers agree that Prince Chris tian cannot accept the crown for his son without the consent of the King of Denmark. A sitting of the Privy Council will be held to morrow at Fredensborg, to decide upon the question of Prince William's candidature to the throne of Greece. FRANCE. Le 211oniteur of yesterday morning announces that his Majesty the King of Denmark having been informed by telegram of the resolutioa of the English Government on the subject of the candidature of Prince William to the throne of Greece, has ex pressed to the English ambassador at Copenhagen his personal satisfaction his Majesty will experi ence upon learning that this candidature has been seriously placed before the Greek people and ac cepted. Le Constitutzonnel of this morning mentions that, at the Imperial mass, at the Palace of the Tuileries, each person present received his palm at the rail s of the sanctuary. Le Siecle asks, in regard to the idea of a Con gress in reference to Poland—will it be carried out r Adding, with a frank avowal of bewilderment—" It is still an enigma Le Pays remarks that its Egyptian correspon dents speak of the magnificent preparations making at Alexandria for the reception of his Imperial Majesty the Sultan. The representatives, it adds, of all the powers had, according to the last advices, assembled in council at the residence of M. Tartu, the French Consul-General, in order to arrange the steps to be taken in feasting Abdul-aziz. BOURSE, March 28.—The market has been rather heavy, and the businesa done shows a slight decline on y esterday's closing quotations, Threes, for the Account, being now at 69f. 55c. The Railway Share Market has also been feeble, and some few of the lines are lower. The market rallied towards the close, and left off as follows : tt por Cents. 96 25 Do. end month 3 per Cents Do. end month 69 70 Bank Shares 3380 - - Credit F oneier Italian Loan . 71 25 Do. end month.... Russian Austrian Spanish Threes 52 25 Home Debt - {TAYS. gew 3 per Cents .. Do. end month.... Credit M0bi1ier....1320 Do, end m0nth...4323 75 RA IL Cash. Account. Orleans ll2O .. 1130 Northern New ditto Lyons and Mediterranean 1215 .. 1220 Geneva.. Southern 775 771 25 Western .. Eastern „ 540 533 75 Sardinian Austrian Lorebard North of Spain Saragossa 730 .. 735 Ditto to Barcelona The astronomical world, who for some time have eyed Sirius with suspicion, were delighted about a year ago by the announcement that Alvan Clarke had inaugurated — so to speak—his monster refractor of 181 inches aperture, by the discovery of a faint companion, which till then had baffled the mightiest instrumental means brought to bear upon it. With wonderful hardihood M. Goldschmidt, who possesses a 4i inch glass (46 French lines, to be exact), essayed to look for it I He has seen it, and discovered five more companions I and these so close as to be quite im mersed in the dazzling brightness of the primary. After having announced to the French Academy this almostim possible discovery, M. Goldschmidt proceeds :—" The first star, without doubt a companion, is south of the one disco vered by Alvan Clarke, and I estimate its angle of positi on at 95 deg. to 97 deg. This is pretty visible by fits, and seems a little farther off than the one first discovered. The next one is on the prolongation of the line joining Sirius and Clarke's, and is the faintest possible." (The angle of position of Clarke's, as given by Bond, is 85 deg. 15 m i n ., and its distance 10 min. 37 sec, "To the east of Sirius and of the first star, is another on the same parallel as the latter; another companion has an angle of position of 170 deg., and another of 25 deg. to 30 deg," M. Goldschmidt concludes by stating, on the authority of M. Radau, that the first star corresponds in position, in a remarkable man ner, to the hypothetical satellite of M. Auwers. Those who have observed Sirius, as seen in the latitudes, will ap preciate best this disc overy o f G o ld sc h m i dt ' s, w hi c h , in indeed,is above all praise, and is full of encouragement to those who possess but small instruments, It will be recol lected that M. Goldschmidt is the holder of the Astrono mical Society a gold medal, awarded to him for the disco very of 13 asteroids, nine of which were detected with an ordinary sea-aide glass,-4'4 4Yeacitr. ~jeget* t e ffirrt *. ;l - 0 ZP v • ern HER MAJESTY. WINDSOR CASTLE, March 28. The Queen, accompanied by her Royal Highness the Princess of Wales, drove out yesterday afternoon, attended by Lieut.-Colonel Hon. D. de Ros. The Prince and Princess of Wales, attended by the Countess of Morton, the Hon. Mrs. Bruce, Lieut.-General Knollys, and Lieut.-Colonel Keppel, left the Castle this morning at half-past eleven o'clock for Sandringham Hall, Norfolk. Their Royal Highnesses the Princess Helena, Princess Louise, and Prince Leopold, attended by Lady Caroline Barrington and Lieut.-Colonel D. de Ros, went to London. His Royal Highness the Prince Louis of Hesse went to Wellington College, attended by Captain Westerweller. MARCH 29. The Queen, Prince and Princess Louis of Hesse, Princess Helena, Princess Louise, and Prince Leopold, and the Ladies and Gentlemen in Waiting, attended Divine service this morning in the private chapel. The Rev. Lord Wriothesley Russell preached the sermon. Their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Cam bridge and Princess Mary, attended by Lady Geraldine Somerset and Captain P. Cust, returned to their residence at St. James's Palace on Saturday, from visiting the Duke of Ru.land at Belvoir Castle. The Duke and Duchess of Somerset have left his grace's official residence at the Admiralty for Bulstrode Park, Bucks. The Duke and Duchess of Manchester, who have been visiting the Duke of Rutland at Belvoir Castle, ar rived at Kimbolton Castle on Saturday, where they will re ceive a large party during the holidays. The Duke of Newcastle has left Thomas's Hotel, Berkeley-square, for his seat, Clumber Park, Notts. The Duke and Duchess of Argyll left their villa at Campden H 11, Kensington, on Saturday for Roseneath, Dumber tonshire. The Earl and Countess do Grey left Carlton gardens on Saturday for Studeley Park, near Ripon, for the Easter holidays. The Earl Granville left town on Saturday for Kimbolton Castle, on a visit to the Duke and Duchess of Manchester. The Eirl and Countess Russell and Laily Georgiana Russell and family left town on Saturday for Pembroke Lodge, Richmond-park, for the Easter recess. Viscount Palmerston left town on Saturday for Glasgow. Lord Elcho, M.P., left town on Saturday for Edinburgh, in order to be present at the banquet to Lord Palmerston. His lordship is expected to return on Thurs • day or Friday next. The Right Hon. Sir Robert Pee', Bart., M.P., left town on Saturday for Paris on his way to his chateau at Geneva. Lady Emily Peel is expected to arrive at Geneva to-day from Nice, and will in all probability return home with Sir Robert the week after next, her ladyship having regained her health. Tne Right Hon. B. Disraeli and Mrs. Disraeli have left Grovesnor-gate for Hughenden Manor, Bucks, for the holidays. DEATH OF VISCOUNT TEMPLETOWN.—We have to announce the demise of Viscount Templetown, who died on Saturday evening, at his residence in the Albany, in his 64th year. The late peer, who was un married, is succeeded in the title by his brother, the Hon. George Upton, born Aug. 5, 1802. HER MAJESTY'S STAG HOUNDS.-0a Friday last the turn out was at Ihnham Court, and steadily away over Red-hill to Black-park, near Langley, then on to Stoke Pond, then to the left to Slough, where he was taken after an hour and a half's run. THE PRINCE OF WALES'S HARRIERS —This famous pack met on Friday at Colobrook, on the farm of Mr. Dickman, and had a first-rate day's sport over the ne ghbouring farms. The hares were plentiful and strong, and a braco was killed in capital style. On Tuesday next the season will finish with this smart pack at Salt-hill, on Mr. Charter's farm at Chippenham. THE VOLUNTEER REVIEW AT BRIGHTON.—'We are requested to state that corps of Engineer and Rifle Volunteers, of which the attendance at the review at Brighton on Easter Monday may be sanctioced, should be furnished with fifteen rounds of blank ammunition per man. MISS BRADDON and MR. FULLOM.—We ca❑ quite understqnd that Miss Braddon is not a copyist from Mr. Fullom. The numerous parallels recently cited serve only to show how in the production of a kitchen lite rature, destitute alike of thought and fancy, the very inci dents used are cowmen to the tribute of dealers in such fiction. They simply aro as the scraps of glass in the kaleidoscope. We can hardly doubt that a swarm of wri ters for the hawkers, for the London Journals, for the Rey nolds's Miscellanies, for the Family Heralds, &c , could come fsrward and divide Miss Braddon's stories among themselves, all claiming original right in the wretched scraps out of which she has shaken a pattern that she flat ters herself—as many other honest peopleflatter themselves over their own commonplace, whether in conversation or in literature—is "entirely and thoroughly original." To the compounding of "sensation novels" out of such stuff as we find in "Lady Audley's Secret or Aurora Floyd " there goes no genius of any sort. For the production of this sort of kitchen literature little more is wanted than the eacoethes seribendi, a coarse mind, avoidance of all contact with good literature, and a full dietary of unwholesome reading. —Examiner. We (Observer) are authorised to state that, after the return of the Prince of Wales from Sandring ham in April, arrangements will be made, of which due notice will be give, for the presentatien to his royal high ness of addresses from corporations and other publi. , bodies The presentations of the addresses will be subject to regu• bilious similar to those which are observed on tne presenta tion of addresses to her Majesty at a levde. THE CASE OF COLONEL WAUGH.—CoI. William Petre Waugh, who was connected with the Eastern Banking Company, is still confined in Whitecross-street prison. He was captured on a capias on Tuesday, and Mime to a lock-up house, where he remained until Thursday evening, and was then removed to prison. The arrest was for £3OO, and immediately afterwards a detainer for £50,030 was lodged at the suit of the official liquidator of the Great Eastern Banking Company. At present no st , ps have been taken, and nothing is known of the intention of Cot Waugh with respect to his release. It is probable that he may be quartered for some time to come in Whitecross •street prison. _ - THE NEW TOBACCO DIITIES.—On Saturday the new Act on Tobacco Duties, which came into opera tion on Friday, when it received the Royal assent, was printed. There are 16 sections in the act. The new duties are—on manufactured cigars, ss. a lb. Cavendish or negro head, 4s. a lb. Snuff varies from 3s. 9d. to 4s. 6d. a lb., according to the moisture contained in the same. Other manufactured tobacco, 4s. a lb. On manufactured tobacco containing 10 or more of moisture in every 1001 b., the duty of 3s. a lb; and containing less than the quantity 3s. 6d. a lb. On every pound of cavendish and neg ohead manu factured in bond on the entry for home, the duty of Cus toms to be 4s. Cavendish and negrohead to be sold enclosed and labelled, and before delivery the vendor is to obliterate the label, so as to render the same incapable of being again used, under a penalty of £2O. All manufactured tobacco (other than cavendish or negrohead) containing prohibited ingredients is to be forfeited, and a penalty of £lOO may be levied. With the embankment that is to support our new Thames Way in actual progress, we may aRk, what is to become of a beautiful architectural relic of the Stuart period that still exists? Few men who know anything about old London, and very few who pass up and down the river, are ignorant of the existence of the Water-Gate, ori ginally built for the famous York House of George Duke of Buckingham, that still stands at the foot of Buck ingham-street. Is this structure to be enclosed in the higher level of the embankment and have a little pond of. its own, or puddle, as we might rather say ? Is it to be buried in or pulled down for old materials ? Would it not be better to remove and re erect it in some locality where its original use as a water•gate may be fulfilled again Why not set it up again at Hampton Court ? it would be in tolerable keeping with the buildings there if so placed. This gate has been commonly attributed to Inigo Jones, but it ap pears, from a book in the Soane Library, that Nicholas Stone designed it, built it, and himself carved the right hand lion (west) on its front, while " Mr. Kearne, a Jarman, Lis brother by marrying his sister, did ye Shee Lion."— Athol mum. PERJURY.—A surgeon practising in Manchester was found guilty, at the Liverpool assizes, en Saturday, of perjury, committed under circumstances which must be familiar to a large proportion of our readers. The jury added to their verdict a strong recommendation to mercy, and the learned Judge, acting upon that represen tation, sentenced the prisoner to three months' imprison ment. His Lordship, in passing sentence, expressed hi concurrence in the verdict, and remarked that it was " a national misfortune" that a person occupying the position which a medical man holds in society should be convicted of such an offence. "I find," said Mr. Baron Martin, "that in railway cases medical men frequently are examined as to the probable extent of injuries received in cases of accident, and the nature of their evidence has cast a doubt upon al , l such testimony, and such will be th e r esult with this case. This trial was followed by that of Welby and Potter, the men charged with having committed the great bank rob bery in Manchester. They were both found guilty, and sentenced each to 20 years' penal servitude. SPORTING NOTES. [FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.] Ignorant and ill-informed writers, totally unversed is the present condition of the turf, have repeatedly asserted that the breed of horses has degenerated. This is altogether untrue. We have a proof of what thorough , breds can do in the fact that our cast-offs from training establishments are capable of asserting the superiority of blood and breeding by beating cocktails over severe steeple chase countries. I confess my surprise at finding the supposed leading sport• ing journal taking up the silly cry, and declaring that there was a want of race-horses at thelate Northampton meeting. I believe I shall be confirmed in my opinion by every com petent judge when I state that such horses as Asteroid, Atherstone, Ivanhoff, Le Marechal, Millionaire, Fantastic, Cairncastle, Fairwater, Carisbrook, Hartington, Dunkeld, Molly Carew, Midnight Mass, Lady Clifden, Argonaut, and Man-at-Arms---•all of whom ran at that meeting—are as fair a sample of their respective ages as we ever had upon the Turf, It is therefore simply nonsense to brand the class of animals of the present day as altogether below par as race-horses. Certainly I concur in the opinion (else , put forward by Bell's Life) that many owners " use horses as they would dice—merely for the purposes of gambling," and that we had a fair sample of this in the non-starting of Man-at-Arms for the Northamptonshire Stakes. Ido not say that Mr. Sutton absolutely profited by the withdrawal of his horse, but I do say this, that some person con nected with the ownership must have given pretty plain instructions with respect to the horse, as it was patent at Tattereall's on Monday that Man-at-Arms was a " stiff 'un ;" or, at all events, that his non-starting was being turned to the advantage of certain "commission" people. Every handicap seems fated to be the medium for some strange doings, and what with the working of Canzonette, Oldminster, and Man-at-Arms, to say nothing of the sus picion attaching to Grimston, the Northamptonshire Stakes proved no exception. Apart from this matter, and the disgusting starting nuisance, the Northampton Meet ing was a brilliant success. The racing was abundant, and the professionals were delighted with the two days' sport. The Trial St ikes opened the ball well, as it brought to gether probably the best field for that kind of race we shall see all the season. Asteroid came out as fresh as paint, and Manning had put a polish on him that made him shine in the sun a perfect picture. Here I may at once satisfy the mind of the sporting public as to the idle rumour of this horse's death. It was currently stated at Croxton Park on Friday that he was found dead in his box on his return. from Northampton. Having inquired myself of his trainer, in the course of Saturday, I received a letter this morning stating that no horse could possibly be better than he is at the present moment. Returning, however, to the subject of the Trial Stakes, let me remark that the meeting of Asteroid and Le Marechal was regarded with a great deal of curiosity, and considered as a decisive test of La Marechal's Chester Cup pretensions. Soapstone, a good performer last year, has not improved with time, and seemed to me light and leggy, while Ivanhoff certainly wanted time to complete his preparations. Asteroid won his first race this season in a canter, and if he keeps well, he will take some beating—with all his weight—in the Great Spring Handicap, in which he is engaged, and, with health, the Ascot Cup leo► s acre id) at his disposal, as he is, in my opini , n, in greater form than ever. In the Northampton shire Cup we had a btd field, and Aurelian —never fond of a distance—and Millionaire, a notorious coward, on this occasion ran very gamely, and won each in a canter. Lord Stamford and his Master of the Horse, Captain Little, be lieved they had a great thing in Livingstone, and accord ingly the Lord of Enville "lumped it down." If good looks could have won a race, Livingstone ought to have cantered in, but being troubled with that fatal infirmity " roaring," good looks in his case were only like the blan dishments of the syren, and led to destruction. Fantastic had very much improved, and Mr. Bryan backed him for so much money that Lord Stamford's followers by no means sat on velvet. Cairncastle, at one time a coming horse for the Derby, was eagerly scrutinised, and, of course, Mr. Harry Hill and those having Derby books went to have a 100, at him when he was stripped. But the unanimous verdict was—no Derby horse. The horse ran so gamely, however, that he is certain to neat Fantastic over a longer c - turse, and, after all said and done, it will not surprise me to see Cairncastle get home one of the first four for the Derby, as he has just wear and tear took of a horse likely to get up and down the Surrey hills. Fantastic won very easily, and although by Hesperus —a notorious non- staying family-50 to 1 was taken about him for the Derby. Au amusing incident occurred in connection with this three year old. Mr. Jackson, immediately after the race, offered to take 3 to 1 that any of Lord Glasgow's beat Fantastic in the Derby The Northern Leviathan was immediately "shot" for £3,000 to £l,OOO twice, the backer of Fantastic naming as the one of Lord Glasgow's lot Light Bob, a horse that is at the present moment a cripple. Mr. Jackson was of course sold in this little transaction, and evidently annoyed, as he tore up his card into a thousand fragments and strode away. Fifteen runners for the North amptonshire Stakes was a larger field than was expected, but three or four that ran did not " try" a single yard, and those that were doing their best were in a smith minority. Knutsford kept a great favourite to the end, but he was so much li, hter than last season that I wonder he kept his pos tion. Hartington, Carisbrook, and Balham I should think were merely lookers-on, and I do not think that 1,000 to 10 in money would have induced the owners to back th-m. Fairwater became a great favourite, and the " gen tlemen" all got their money on the mare. One of the last bets I saw booked was 200 to 20 taken by Lord Courtenay About her. She looked superb, and old Tom Oliver, with the inevitable ash-stick, was so confident that he repeated his Cheater Cup saying, and vowed to us that it would be a worse job than when Moscow was burnt if she didn't win, en further declared that there wouldn't be a shirt left in the village, as every man-jack had backed her for his last rag. Brother to Springbok, who was also at the finish made a great favourite, was a light plain-looking horse, and there must have been some mistake in his trial with Athers tone, as I will never believe that such an ordinary-looking one could have beaten the old horse at 2 st. From the last half mile the race was not in doubt, as Fairwater was pulling double, ann " Stevy'e" shout of "Mr. Cartwright beats any thing for a hundred"—as she approached the distance—was -accurate enough, as she came away and won in a canter. Attaman's having such a good race of it additionally cha grined the backers of Man at Arms, for the two had been tried at home at Northamptonshire Stakes weights, and the latter won anyhow. • Maurico and Batsman's match was a great treat, and some people would have it that the running of Mr. Ten Broeck's gray at only 71b. was good enough to give him a fair out side chance in the Two Thousand, and it is a question for your readers whether or not they would back the old 'un at Newmarket at 9st. 31b. Gloater and Fordham, in point of jockeyship, were as well handicapped as the horses, and each did his utmost to achieve victory, but without success, and there was a roar of surprise and delight when the " 0" announcing a dead heat was put under the golden horse over the judge's box. There was nothing else in the racing of Tuesday, but Fontenoy's ridiculously easy win in the Nene Handicap showed how bad a game had been played with hint at Doncaster. Wednesday opened well with the Racing Stakes, in which Dunkeld, King of Utopia, and Ls Marechal met. " The King" seemed to have scarcely finished his preparation, but was nevertheless a great favourite; and it is said that the party hoped to save a portion of their money, having booked his winning here a certainty. Dunkeld is but a mere pony, and I should as lief think of a Galloway winning the Derby as that game little son of Drumour. But he is lull of good points, and sure to slip well found the sharp curves at Chester as his sire did before him. Golden Dust, who lately nearly ended her owner's life by kicking him in the abdomen, is a nice filly, and showed such a fine turn of speed, that I am convinced she will pay her way over certain courses this season. D inkeld won in a canter; but, not withstanding his easy defeat of " The King," it must not be forgotten thet the latter was giving him 101 b., and backers were, in my opinion, justifies in taking 1,000 to 15 about him for the Derby after the race. The Althorp Park Stakes introduced us to a sweet filly in Molly Carew, and a very good-looking colt in Midnight Mass, and, as I predicted in your edition of last Monday evening, Molly Carew won easily, though opposed by such a large field. Being a stable companion of Starbeam, the party could hardly make any mistake about her, as, when the two were "roughed up" about Christmas time, Molly was found to be some pounds the better. Reeves's run of luck with his two-year-olds is not likely ea end here, as I know he has one or two very promising ones still in the background, and I may particularise one that has not yet run, called Confederate, but likely to play a conspicuous part when wanted. The Spencer Plate gave rise to such a scene at the starting post that every one was sick even of the very name, and Lord Spencer and Mr. Marshall could do nothing with the jockeys, and sent for Admiral nous to come to the rescue. The first thing the Ad m ir a l did when he got t o th a post was there and then to fin e Ha r ry Grimshaw a " p ony ;" and I regret to see that this promising jockey is adop t i ng a course of conduct that, unless he is very careful, will lead to his being warned off the turf'! However, the evil will be followed by some good, as I believe Lord Spencer has made up his mind to increase the distance in this race to a mile and a quarter, which will put an end to the disreput able scene enacted on Wednesday last bef ore t h e flag fell. Alan at Arms, as I p r edicted, wen th e S t. Liz Handicap in a canter, and his hollow success is the only remaining event of which I need make a note. The present week is almost a blank, as there are no legitimate features. In my next I will draw especial attention to the Newmarket Handicap, in which it seems to me that Paste and Attam, n have all the best of the weights, and, according to their antecedents, ought to be about winning. PEGASUS. 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