The Sun. — London, England, 1864-08-06 00:00:00

Naval an' .Iligence, The Duke of Cambridge, Field Marshal Cum mantling-in-Chief of the Army, yesterday drove to Woolwich, attended by his aide-de-camp in waiting, Brevet-Gel. R. W. P. Curzon, C. 8., late Grenadier G earde, and reviewed the troops in garrisou there. They were drawn out in marching order on Wools wich-common at half-past nine o'clock, according to orders transmitted from the Horse Guards on the preceding evening. There were present on the ground one battalion of Royal Marines, in command of Lt.-Col. Marriott ; two troops of Horse Artillery, in command of Cal. the Hon. E. T. Gage and Major D. S. Greene ; two batteries of the Depot Brigade, and two 40-pounder batteries, in come mend of Col. J. H. Smyth, C. 8., commanding the 23 division of the Depot. Tee firing of 2i guns in rapid succession and the hoisting of the national standard at the Greenhill battery an nounced the Duke's arrival in the garrison shortly before ten o'clock a.m. General Warde, C. 8., the Commandant, attended by a numerous) staff of officers, received his Royal Highness in the centre of the parade and accompanied him to the review ground, where the troops immediately performed the usual salute, the bands playing "God save th e Queen." The operations were intended to illustrate the attack of an advancing f oe , who was rep resen t e d as having already gained a position in th e north east corner of the common. Notwithstanding the extreme heat of the weather the whole proceedings went off admirably. His Royal Highness was then accompanied by General Warde and th e a tt en d an t Staff to the Royal Artillery mess quarters, where he was entertained at luncheon. About 50 superior officers in the garrison w ere present. The enter tainment lasted an hour, during which time the b a nd of the regiment, con d ucted b y M r S myt h e, performed a ehoice selection of music. The Duke left Woolwich for town soon after one p.m., amid the booming of the battery guns. A general order has been issued from the Horse Claude, by command of the Duke of Cambridge, and promulgated at Chatham garrison, announcing that in future every recruit on first joining the head•qaarters of his depot or regiment, is to be asked whether he is a Roman Catholic, Episcopa lian, Presbyterian, or belonging to any other sect, and that the answer be recorded in the man's pocket ledger, duly attested by his signature, and witnessed. On Tuesday night the Lords of the Admiralty arrived at New Milford by special train, and on Wednesday the usual inspection of the dockyard, forts, &0., took place. After the inspection their lordships left in her Majesty's yacht Osborne for Ireland. The delays which have taken place in the pro gress of the iron-clad frigate Bellerophon, 14, 4,246 tons, now building at Chatham Dockyard, in conse quence of the non-suppiyof angle and plate iron from the contractors, are likely to be effectually remedied, arrangements having been completed by which at least 100 tons of iron will be sent into the docks yard weekly by Messrs Cheyney and Co., who have the contract for supplying that description of iron for the vessel. Notwithstanding, however, the de. lcys which have taken place in the construction of the Bellerophon, which are attributable solely to the nen-delivery of the requisite materials by the con tractors, the most marked progress has been made In the construction of the frigate, which will not occupy one half the time in building that was con sumed in the construction of the Achilles, built at the same dockyard. The works connected with the Bellerophon are watched with the keenest interest by some of the most eminent shipbuilders in this and other countries, several of whom have inspected the frigate since she has been in frame. Now that the works are sufficiently advanced to enable an opinion to be formed of the class of ves sel the Bellerophon is intended to prove, it is impossible to fail observing that a totally new and highly economical mode of iron shipbuilding has been introduced by her de eitgners. The great improvement already observable is the enormous reduction effected in the amount of expensive smiths' work. The extent to which com plicated and costly forge work has been insisted upon in all previous iron-cased ships has afforded incessant grounds of complaint by the contractors 'who built the Black Prince, Warrior, Hector, De fence,and other similar ships, arid it appears pretty certain the qualify of work of this kind which was actually performed in the Achillee at Chatham Dock yard has tended to make her a very costly vessel. Hitherto it would seem the designers of our ironclad squadron of vessels have considered any material re duction in work of this kind altogether incompatible with the great strength required in ships of war, but Mr Reed, the present chief constructor of the navy, is cbviously of a very different opinion, and in designing the Bellerophon has boldly swept away the preconceived notions as to what was deemed indispensable to the construction of an iron vessel of war. An inspection of the Bellerophon as she now lies in frame will make it appear evident that not only has this been done without sacrificing strength, but with a positive - increaee of that impor tant quality. With this iecceaee of strength is as sociated at the same time a still more important feature—unexampled security. Hitherto the great defect in all iron ships has been the local weakness of their bottoms, which has usually rendered com paratively trifling mishaps fatal to them, wisile wooden ships, meeting with the same casualties, fre er:rend.; escape with but temporary, and more often trifling, injury. The usual mode of correcting this defect is by the introduction of water-tight bulkheads across the ship. This plan may have proved useful in the mercantile marine, but it in terferes so seriousiy with the accommodation and ventilation of ships of war as to be an unsatisfac tory remedy for the defect alluded to. In the Bellerophon the evil has been boldly met by the introduction of a complete double bottom, somewhat resembling in principle that of the Great Eastern, but far more- complete and perfect in its arrange meat. The system of longitudinal girders, found to answer so well in the latter ship, has also been adopted in the Bellerophon, bat while the longitu dinal frames conetinited the sole, or nearly sole, support of the bottom plating of the great ship, a strong and rigid system' of transverse frames has been brou ;ht to its suppot t in the Bellerophon, thus rendering her bo';toni stronijor and more secure from injury tha a that of any oth 1r iron iron ship afloat. Reverting to the subject dy notice.din The Sun—the advE.mtage of woricitio all s he heavy de scription of guns on board ship 'ay - means of machi nery, it is a atisTaotory to find that rho Lords of the Adnairalty.kavo decided that each of tho ten 12-ton 3JO-pounder s with which the Bellerovhon will be armed are to be worked by an ingetioualy con• trived, but at the same trine simple riahanical arrangement, the invention of Mr. Reed, and a notil:cation to that eff, , et has Rh' eady been received at Cuatham Mckyard. By thi s arrange ment each of tiAe monster gun's will be daily tz,‘kined and handled by three or four men, and each g:ln , kept upon the enemy throng7.l the aro of a circle of more than 60 d eg., as perfecriy, in fact, as thegun s are now trained on boa - rd CApt. Co !ea's turret ship, the Royal Sovereign. Too much importance cannot b© attached to the ad vantage which will be pos sessed in this respect t•y the Bellerophon, the power of " keeping the ene my on" and following him about with your gun being c‘f immense advantage. The Clio, 22, 400-horse wer, po Capt. N. E. B. Tumour, which was under orders to leave the Nero yesterday afternoon for the Pat:iac, takes out, in tow, a small steam tug, of about 70 tons burden, named ibe Tartie, w3it.ll has rue:nifty ch been pu t .- ~,ed by the Aimiralty to be stationed at the hilu d of A6ceulion, and to be used for towing, purposes. fhe chartered transport Acadia sailed from Woolwich yesterday for Jamaica,afte=r shippin g naval and war stores off •the Arsenal. The Albert William also sailed for Atic;ztand yesterday, laden with shells, combustibles, ball cartridges, Szc. ; and the Egmont, for the same destination, with a cargo of guns and other War stores, s upped in the London docks. Yesterday par ty of Swedish, Prussian, and Bel gian officers visited Chatham garrison for the pur pose of witnessing so, ne trials which are now in progress at the Royal Engineer establishment, for the purpose of testing the respective merits of the Austrian and Belgian pontoons, as compared with those of the ordinary English pontoon (Gen. Blau shard's) in use in the service. The officer , were ac companied to the pontoon-ground oppos r.,2 Chatham harbour by Col. Harness, C. 8., and the officers of of the staff, and some time was occur) td in watching the progress of the trials. Although the Belgian and Austrian pontoons both possess important advan tages, yet the balance of superiority for all qualities was undoubtedly in favour of theßlanshard pontoon. William Brown has been appointed lieutenant in the Royal Naval Reserve, and John Wharton hon. orary lieutenant. Important Experiments at Shoeburyness, Oa Thursday last the Iron-plate Committee brought their official existence to a close with some experiments upon a target representing an ironclad built to scale upon the principle generally adopted on the Continent, and more especially by our neighbours the French. Nearly all the Iron-plate Committee were present on this occasion, together with a large number of ofacors of both branches of the service, who were specially interested in seeing how the theory of foreign armour ships would stand the downright practice of such heavy ordnance as Shoebury could bring against them. This target, the trial of which closes the labours of the Iron Armour-plate Committee, had been made at the suggestion, and according to the draw ings of one of its members, Professor William Pole, F.R.S. Its object differs somewhat from that of most targets hitherto tried; for, whereas the usual endeavour has been to test novel constructions offering promise of increased resistance, this experi ment only proposes to obtain exact information as to the actual strength of a very simple and compa ratively slight structure, but still one largely adopted in practice—namely, a wooden ship with a plain armour-plate covering, and without any extra strengthening devices of longitudinal stringers, &c., such as those lately tried in the Lord Warden and others. At the same time, to render the experi ment as useful as possible, Mr Pole has taken ad vantage of it to try the value of some inventions, which, though approved by other nations, and especially by France, have not hitherto been fully tested in this country. These are—the use of plates of small area, and a peculiar mode of fastening them to the ship with large " wood screws," holding by coarse threads in the timber, instead of bolts pass ing entirely through, with nuts on the inside, which is the usual English plan—and a most defective one it is. The target represented a portion of a ship's side, lift. long and 10ft. high, covered with four rows of plates, each plate being about sft. 9in. long and 2ft. 6in. wide, The two upper rows were 4tin. thick, the two lower nearly 6in.—that is to say, 5 15.16 in. Each plate was screwed to the ship by about 15 screws, each in diameter, and penetrating well into the ship's timbers to the depth of 16 inches. The hull was composed of verti cal frame timbers of oak, 11 inches thick ; outside planking' of teak, 10 inches; and inner planking of oak, again, 6 inches, all strongly fastened together. Behind this were portions of decks and deck beams, strengthened in the manner usual with French ar mour ships. These strengthenings consisted of mas sive oak brackets, which filled up the angle be• tween the ship's side and the deck, and occurred at intervals of about 3ft. apart, answering much the same purpose as the iron beams used in our own men-of-war. These, however, appeared to be stronger ; were certainly placed closer together, and were, besides their own strong 2in iron bolts, six in number, still further secured is the deck and the side by broad, powerful, wrought iron brackets, bolted through on each side. Every part of the target, in fact, was contructed on the principle universally in use on the Continent, and, above all, in France. The whole target, that is to say, its 6in. plates on the waterline, and plates above—may be said to have represented the last and best of the French ironclads—the Flandres; while the upper half—that is, the 41. n. plates alone— were in most particulars a general copy of La Gloire, the wood backing being similar in both La Gioire and the Flandres. How 6ia. and 41-in. plates will stand under fire of heavy guns was, of course, as well known before the experiment com menced as at its close. The trial, therefore, was simply undertaken to test the continental system of small plates fastened with a large number of screws instead of bolts. These screws were supplied direct from France, and were used so numerously about the plates that at no part could a shot strike without having its circumference within two inches of no less than four of them. As either screw or bolt holes in the plates are evils and recognised sources of weakness, it was believed that the plates would soon yield under fire and crack in all directions ; but the absolutely perfect manufacture of the iron made by the ?rlillwall Company disappointed this expec tation, for, though the target was penetrated and destroyed more absolutely than any target that has ever yet been tried at Shoebury, not a single crack was visible in the iron from first to last. More per fect plates have never been experimented on, and a most apt illustration was afforded by them during the course of the day of the value of the long labours of the Iron-plate Committee, which were on Thurs day brought to a close with this trial. The target was fixed right in front of the once-famous Scott Russell target, tried about three years ago, and built of plates which were then thought marvels of manufacturing e - ..cellence, but which, nevertheless, cracked like glass under the shot. On Thursday almost every shot went clear through the French target, and afterwards struck full with more or less of force on Scott Russell's. When they did strike the latter hard they generally cracked a plate, but, as we have said, the plates in the French target never gave a sign of weakness, though it was perforated in all directions, and once with a shot so close to the circular hole made by another previously as to leave only a narrow but a perfect strip of iron like a lattice bar between the two. Even from the plates of John Brown and Co. finer results have never been obtained, and we are not say ing too much in praise of the Iron-plate Committee in attributing to their patient and careful investigations and the results of their valuable experiments much of the high superiority which our own plate manufacture now enjoys throughout the world. When the committee began their labours, about four years ago it was an almost unknown circumstance to get a shot through any target, but it was then almost equally a matter of course that the plates shattered and cracked in all directions under the fire of the least effective guns. In the interval that hes elapsed both the Ordnance Select Committee and the iron- plate Committee have been steadily at work, the former perfecting our means of attack in guns, the latter improving our system of defence in armour plates, and, as was to be cxpeoted, the former have gained the advan tage. True it is that our armour-plates have been brought to each perfection that a crack in a plate, even under the raest incessant firing, is rarely seen; but, on the other hand, what with larger gua3 and , L 'ael shot it is now taken as a matter of course that our heavy ordnance can as easily pierce any system of a:mour-plating that can reasonably be expected to a m : at sea as if it was so much wood. In plain telmae, this is really the result et which all the Shoe buryneas expetimenta have at last arrived. No matt,n• what this ;srget or the system of coating, wheth et it h t .' Cnalmets'a or the French plan, 6-inch plates, a cupola or one of the Wdrriors or Minotaurs,the guns w e ~ `Rye now got of Sir William Armstrong's go through all a,l'ke• Wooden ships are relstive:y stronger aglinst 63 ‘untlera tnsu . , —I 200- are iron-clads spinet the 13 ' 0 -pound er so._ 1 7 pounder shunt guns. We have quite resc'ned, iE dies not shuvir us tht:t wu have ictieed , experLnco over.pas.ned, the limit of armour weight which such ships as the Lord 'Warden and Bellerophon can safely carry in a heavy sea. Yet these two vessels, which with the American ship Dictator are the strongest and the thickest plated known to exist, are also known to be almost as vulnerable to the heavy guns at Shoeburyness as wood is to the 68-pounders. Nothing could more conclusively prove this truth than the experi ments of Thursday. It is needless to go through a long recapitulation of the shots fired. These experi ments are of course only valuable in their results, and when the heavy guns were used against the French target the results were always the same. They sent their steel shot clear through it with more or less of ruin and devastation. It mattered not whether the shot was 160 or a 220 pounder, whether of steel or of chilled cast iron, on Ciptehn Palliser's system whether the charge was a full one to represent close action, or the powder reduced so as to give the same velocity to the shot as would be got with a fall charge at a range of 1,500 yards. In every instance the projectile went clear through 6 inch or 5 inch plates, cracking and bulging the plates of Scott Russell's target behind it, and leav ing the massive oak and teak of the French target a mere ruin of splinters scattered far and wide upon the beach, or marking by their tattered fringe where once great beams had been. An accident illustrated the immense superiority of this chilled metal over the common iron castings. It was in tended at the conclusion of the experiments to try a 300 pounder steel shot from the 101 inch gun, but as it happened one of ordinary cast iron was taken by mistake. This, though propelled with a 351 b. charge instead of 501 b., the reduction of power only giving the velocity which the shot would have had at 1,500 yards range, broke up almost harmlessly against the target, making a severe dent, but nothing more, whereas the 250 pound chilled shot of Captain Palliser, with the same charge went clear through everything. The value of the new process of casting these shot in cold iron moulds, so as to chill and contract the outer surface into almost the hardness of steel, still remains to be proved in manufacturing practice. Of the increased hardness of the shot there is no manner of doubt, but its superiority as compared with .steel is admitted, while it has yet to be proved that it can be made as cheaply relatively to steel as is the difference in its effectiveness. In every case with these chilled shot the best Pontypool iron is we believe used, instead of the common pig, while in some cases the shot is over chilled, and the outer surface so contracted over the inner mass as to at once shatter like glass on the concussian of the first explosion in the gun, which blows it out in ragged fragments. This a serious military defect. Another defect of a commercial nature is that the iron moulds are liable to crack after some 15 or 20 shots have been cast in them, when the value of the cost of the mould has, of course, to be added on to the price of the shot it has turned out. There is no reason to doubt that with increased experience in their manufacture these difficulties may be surmounted, and we only men tion them to show that such a wonderful revolution as that of getting a metal like steel at the price of cast iron is not likely to be accomplished offhand, if indeed it can ever be brought about at all. Looking at one aide of the target fired at on Thursday, the French method of fastening the plates with screws instead of bolts seemed absolutely perfect. But, as with everything else, there was another side to this picture. Screws can only be used with wooden ships which have been plated with armour such as nearly all the French ships are built of, and sach as, uns fortunately, some of ours, like the Prince Consort, Royal Sovereign, &c., are also. It is only with a wooden frame behind the armour that a sufficient depth of wood can be got for the screws to bite in ; and though, undoubtedly, the screws do hold bet ter than our bolts in the wood, yet, on the other hand, the wood itself yields to the pas sage of the shot in such terrific splinters as would carry utter destruction through a ship's crew. The experiments both with this French target and with the Lord Warden a few months since have proved incontestably the worthlessness of wooden ships plated with armour, as compared with pine iron structures. If it is still intended by our Ad miralty to coat more wooden ships with armour, the wooden scantling must be lined with an inner skin, if it is not wished to expose the men to more destructive missiles, in the shape of splinters, than any which either Sir William Armstrong or Colonel Boxer could send among them with their segment or Shrapneli ships. There is, however, not the least reason why vessels built on the plan of our first and best system of armour plating, the War rior, which carries 18 inches of teak under her plates, should not have their armour fastened on with screws on the French plan. This system is so infinitely superior to our plan of using bolts as literally to leave no data whatever by which the two can be compared. The difference between the methods may bo beat summed up by saying that the French screws do always hold on their plates in spite of everything that shot can do, whereas our belts break with the first blow, and allow the plate to buckle up at the ends, or even to fall bodily off. Nothing that shot or shell could effect on Thursday could make the screws loosen their hold, and, though the target was perforcted like a sieve in ell directions, the screws from fi►s o last showed no signs of yielding. Their meta was certainly as wonderful as that of the plates, which were of the toughness and consistency of copper, rarely even bending under the tremendous blows which pierced them like paper. Some of the screws were struck, and were twisted almost literally inro knots, without showing a sign of fracture in any pact. Their metal was of the peculiarly excellent kind which comes from the Island of Elba, and which is always worked with charcoal. If the French could only manage to make plates of the same temper as these screws they would have nothing to desire for their iron fleet. Their plates, however, judging from thelmeny specimens which have exile to this coun- try to be tested, are very inferior, and the majority of their armour is now procured from this country, whence they are also using every endeavour to get our best plate workmen also. The experiments were brought to a close on Thursday evening, be cause there was in truth no new result to bo elicited by continuing them. From the moment that the 200 pounder and 150 pounder came into play with steel shot there was a mere repetition of holes in the ere target, and more g n oth ing ra gg ed or save that, if possible, some w edamnddeisastrons than others. Be. yond this there is really little to say, and it would be mere tedious iteration to give the succession of shots which, whether fired with low charges to re present 1,500 yards, or fired close, had only one result—that of smashing up the target with more or less of ruin. This conclusion would not have been materially altered in acy respect had one of our best materially altered in any respect had one of our best specimens of armour ships stood on Thursday in place of the French target. Leaving out of the question altogether the 600 pounder, the 150 and 220 pounders which are now at Shoebury have proved themselves sufficient to destroy almost at a blow every target that has been put before them, even such targets as inventors have brought for ward, where the mass of iron has been so great as to at once render it evident that it could not be borne in sea-going ships. For mere harbour duty a floating battery with steam power enough to steam in or cut of Spithead may be made to carry 12 inches or even 15 inches of iron. For sea-going frigates 6 inches seems as yet to be the utmost limit of weight which they can safely carry, and six, inches of iron before these heavy ArmstroLg shunt guns repre sents the same powers of resistance that wooden ships offal. to CB pounders. The gnus havo always kept an important relative superiority over the armour, and are likely to keep it to the end. The experiments on viri9us kinds of steel shell have almost been brought to a close, and with the results which we anticipated from the commencement. The great exp::rimentwith the GOO-pounder against a floating Warrior target at 2,000 yards' range .has been adjourned sine die. The 600-pounder has no‘sH nearly completed its L5O proof rounds, and still re mains, without change, as formidable as ever. 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It contains not a particle of any substance of a noxious nature, nor is there a case on record in which it has done the slightest harm ; while there are authentic reports of innumerable cures effected by it in all countries. It is as mild in its action as it is power ful and benelAttl in its effects, cHE scric, LONDON, ..../SATUADAY EVENING, AUGUST 6, 1864. SPORT, .G INTELLIGENCE, LEWES RACES —FRIDAY. A 100 aids Plato; three-yr-olds, 7st 71b; four, Bat 101 h; five and upward, 9st ; mares and geldings allowed 31b:; the winner to be sold for 200 save. One mile. Lord St. Vincent's Dean Swift, 3 yrs, 7st 71b (J. Grimshaw) 1 Mr Astley's Overstone, 4 y rs , B st 10Ib .. (H. Grimshaw) 2 Mr G. Egerton's Roseneath, 3 yrs, 7st 7lb (Perry) 3 Mr Jaye's Lampoon, 3 yrs, 7st 41b Mr M. H. Hammond's Lady of the Manor, 5 yrs, Sit Illb Betting-5 to 2 agst Overstone, sto 1 agst Dean Swit. 8 to 1 each agst Lampoon and Roseneath. Lady of the Manor made play followed by Lampoon, I Dean Swift and Overstone wide on their right In the straight Lady of the Manor gave way, whereupon Dean Swift :assumed the lead two distances from home, and shaking off Overstone at the distance, won in a canter by three lengths Roseneath was a bad third, and the others were beaten off. The winner was bought by Lord Bate man for 400 guineas, The Priory Stakes of 15 soya each, 5 ft, with 100 added, for two-yr-olds ; colts, 8s: 101 b; fillies, Bst 71b ; certain allowances and penalties ; the second to save his stake. T.Y.C. About five furlongs. 52 subs. Mr G. Angell's Attache*, Bat slb ' (Perry) 1 Mr J. B. Morris's Shrap ne l, Bst 131 b (inc. 31b extra) (Fordham) 2 Lord Westmoreland's Munc'aausen, Bst 51b.. (J. Goater) 3 Capt. A, Cooper ns. Anti-Ma cassar , Sat slb (F. Adams) 4 Mr C. Alexander's Cord e ll ; Bst 101 b (inc. 31h extra) (Wells) 5 Betting—G to 5 agst Anti-Macassar, 4to . 1 each agst Shrapnel and Cordell; 5 to 1 agst Attaché. Shrapnel led for about a quarter of a mile, when; Mun chausen and Anti-Macassar came to the front, but the latter quickly stopped, and Attache joined Lord Westmore land's horse, whom he headed at the distance, and won easily by a length ; a length and a half between second and third, and Auti-Macassar finished a head in the rear of Munchausen, and two lengths in front of Cordellit. A Sweepstakes of 5 soya each, with 100 added, for 3-yr-olds ; two-yr-olds, 7st ; three, Bst 91b; mares and geldings _ - allowed 31b; the winner to be s o ld f or £100; if entered for 450 allowed 51b. Half a mile. 8 subs. Lord Westmoreland's Usher 3 yrs, Est 41b (£5O) (J. Goater) 1 Lord St. Vincent's Lily Lye, 2 yrs, 6st 111 b (£100) (J. Loates) 2 Mr G. Hodgman's Virtuous, 2 yrs, bet 61b (£5O) (Morris) 3 The following also ran :—The Aristocrat, Mysterious Lady, Brown Doe, and Magio. Perry weighed for Mother Bunch, whose number was hoisted and afterwards taken down. After the race, Mr Egerton, the owner of Mother Bunch was called before the stewards, and gave a satisfactory reason for the horse's non starting. Betting-7 to 4 agst Usher, sto 2 agst Brown Doe, 6to 1 agst The Aristocrat, 100 to 15 agst Lily Lye. The latter made the running to the distance, where Usher came on, took the lead half-way up, and won, after a good race, by a head. Four lengths separated the second and third ; Brown Doe was fourth, and the other pulled up. The winner was bought in for 170 guineas. Lily Lye, who pulled up lame, was claimed by Mr Hodgman for 240 guineas. The Queen's Plate of 100 guineas ; 3-yr-olds, Bst 51b ; four, 9st 71b; five and upwards, 9st 121 b. 2 miles. Lord St, Vincent's East Lancashire, 4 yrs, 9st 71b (J. Osborne) 1 Mr S. Thellusson's Gams Pullet gelding, 3 yrs, Bst 51b (G. Fordham) 2 Flying Spur would have run, but the jockey was not at the weighing scales. Betting-10 to 1 on East Lancashire, who waited on the Game Pullet gelding for half a mile, when he took a clear lead, and won in a canter by 40 lengths. The Tyro Stakes of 5 soya each, with 100 added, for 2-yr olds; colts, Bst 101 b; fillies, Bst 71b; maidens allowed 71b ; maidens that have started three times, 101 b—the winner to be sold for 200 soya, Sec. T.Y.C. 8 subs. Lord St. Vincent's Bunch, 7st 111 b ... (J Grimahaw) 1 Mr Saltmarsh's Miss Pickles, Bst 71b .... (A. Edwards) 2 Mr T. Golby's Vigilant, Bst Mr R. Ten Broeck's Forester, Bst (Fordham) 4 Mr Fleming's Camilluss, Bst Perry weighed for Spain, and the filly's number was hoisted, but being subsequently found lame, did not go to the post. Betting-2 to 1 agst Forester-9 to 4 agst Bunch-5 to 1 age, Vigilant and Miss Pickles. Bunch made play throughout, and won by a length and a half; a length separated the second and third; Forester a bad fourth. The winner was bought by Mr Drewitt for 360 guineas. The De Warrenne Handicap of 10 says each, h ft. and 100 added, for two-yr-olds and upwards; winners extra. T.Y.C., about five fur. 105 subs ,84 declared. Marquis of II istings's Attraction, 3 yrs, 8A _slb _ (FJrdham) 1 Mr J. Saxon's Amazonian, 4 yrs, let 31b (J. Grirashaw) 2 Mr Samuel's Gallus, aged, 7st 12lb Mr G. Hodgman's Confederate, 3 yrs 7st 51b ..(Morris) 4 The following also ran :—Cranbury, Marigold, Peignoir, Olivia, and Orphan°. Betting-7 to 4 agat Marigold-4 to 1 agst Attraction -5 to 1 agst A.m.z3nian-7 to 1 agst Confederate-100 to 8 each aget Olivia and. Orphene-100 to 7 agst Gallas-100 to 6 agat Cranbury. Amazonian jumped away with a clear lead, followed by Peignoir, Gallus, and Attraction ; Marigold, who got badly off, bringing up the rear, They ran thus until halfway up the hill, where Attraction joined Mr Saxon's filly, took a decided lead before reaching the distance, and won easily by a length; a length and a half between second and third; a head separated the third and fourth ; Peignoir was fifth. The Borough Members' Plato of 50 sow ; two-yr-olds, ist ; three, 83t 91b ; four, 9st 41b ; five and upwards, 9st 71b; mares and geldings allowed 31b; the winner to be sold for £5O ; if entered for £3O, allowed 71b. 5 subs. Mr Wulos's Lady Warwick, 3 yrs, 7st 131 b (.C3O), (Fordham) 1 Mr Marsh's Confederalist, 3 yrs, Bst 9lb (x5O) (Hibbard) 2 Mr E. Eguton's Ericht, 2 yrs, 6st 41b (.U0) (Carroll) 3 Mr Saltularsh's Taderous, 2 yrs, Gat 71b (£3O) (Morris) 4 Betting-9 to 4on Lady Warwick, who v;aited on Confo diralist fora quarter of a mile, whero she camp away, and won in a canter by two lengths ; a bad third. The winner was bought in for 70 guineas. The Wolter Cup (Handicap), value 50 sovs, by subscrip• tion of 5 sove each (2 ft to the fund), with 50 added ; gen tlemen riders; professionals 7lb extra; winners after the publication of the weights Llb extra, One mile and a half. 22 subs. ISL. E. Duke's Tho Plover, 4 yrs, 10it 31b (in° 7 1 b e x ) (J. Goater) 1 Mr R. Drewitt's Greenland, 3 yas, lOst (inc 71b extra) Mr Cherry's Disappointm en t, 5 yrs,(Fordhsm) 2 Mr Th e llu s son's Bully Edmond, ti yrs, list 91b (Mr W. Bevil') 4 The following also ran :—Margery, Prince Loe 800 , an d Harvest Moon. lost ..(Mr Cherry) 3 Betting-7 to 4 agst Bally Edmond, 7to 2 agst Green land, 6 to 1 agst Harvest Moon, 7 to 1 each agst The Plover and Margery. Diappointment made play for a short distance, when he gave way to Margery, Th e Pl over wa i ting un til reaching the distance, when he came away and won by a length and a half; a h e ad separat e d t h e second and th i r d, a nd a simi lar distance the third and fourth. LATEST BETTING 0N THE COURSE. ST. LEGER. 7 to 4 agst Blair Athol (offered, taken 2to 1) 3 to 1 agst General Peel ((Aldred) 13 to 1 agst Baragah (t ffered) 1000 to 70 agst Claremont (taken) 20 to 1 agst Knight of Sao don (offered) 1000 to 30 agst Ely (wanted, 9 5 to 1 offered) 1000 to 30 agst Paris (offered) 1000 to 30 agst Carribuscan (offered) 1000 to 20 agst Vanquisher (offered) 100 to 1 agst Calista colt (taken) 1000 to 2 agst Idler (oared) Offers to take 2 to 1 about JoLn Scutt's lot, DERBY. 20 to 1 agst Liddington (taken) BETTING AT MANCIIESTER — PurDAY, LEWES HANDICAP. E 45 t to o a a at t A s l u a s g p n i n l3 ( t o a n k u e rn (taken) 1 n) sto 1 agat Sheridan (offered) WoLvEßHAmrros STAKES. 2to 1 agst Dollar (taken) EBon HANDICAP. G to 1 agat East Lancashire (taken) 10 to 1 agst Welcome (taken) 10 to 1 agst Caller Ou (taken) 100 to S agst Alabama (offered) 100 to 8 agst The Tartar (offered, take 100 to 7) 10 to G agst Castle Espie (offered) ST. LEGER. 2 to 1 agat Blair Athol (taken) 100 to 30 against General Peel (taken) 100 to G agst Baragah (wanted) WAGER ON THE WAR.—About ten months ago two gentlemen of San Francisco laid a wager, by which one of the parties was bound to the following conditions :—lf the F, dcrat forces did not c,'.:pture Richmond within 30 days flame that date, be \V to give his oppon , •nt a single sound, eatable apple ; it Richmond held out 0') days, he war to give him two apples, and so on, doubling the number for each month until Richmond was tuken—to the end of ti;ne, it that event did n o t occur b efore. Nine months have passe d since the first appl e was handed over, and the list of apples delivered at the end o f the successive months i s as f o ll ows : —l, 2,4, S, 16, 32, 64 , 128 , 25 6—total 511. Thus far it i s all a good joke, and th e l oser h as pa id f or f e its regularly with a good grace, but yesterday it ruined a 10 dol. piece to meet the demand ;_ apples are 15e to 20c per lb., and it took a 501 b box. Should Richmond be taken within the present month he would get back all th e a ppl es he has lost, and one more, which would make hi m more than even, but should it hold out a year longer, and h e con tinue to pay his losses, hi s l ast payment would cost him 40,930 dol., and he would be 81,900 dots. out; in th ree mont h s m ore he would be out 686 , 340 dole.: and should the war last from its date as much longer as it has already lasted since its commencement, no nation on earth could meet the terms of the wager, even allowing it to be reduced to a cash basis.-41ta California. AQUATICS. ROYAL YACIIT SQUADRON REGATTA. I f The unfinished contest of Wednesday for the Squadron prizes was resumed and concluded yesterday, the prizes sailed for, conditions of the race and names of the compet ing vessels being as follows : A cup, value 100 soya, given by the Royal Yacht Squadron with a second prize of 25 soya; half a minute per ton allowed, Thames measurement ; to be sailed for by cutters of 30 tons and upwards belonging to any Royal Yacht Club. The Mosquito, 59 tons (Mr T. Holdsworth) ; the Volante, 59 tons (Mr. H. C. Maudslay) ; the Surf, 54 tons (Mr. G. Harrison) ; the Astarte, 73 tons (Mr. T. Seddon) ; the Alerte, 50 tons (Lieut. J. Sladen, R.N.) ; the Vindex, 45 tons (Mr. A. Duncan) ; the Arrow, 91 tons (Mr. T. Chana berlayne). The course was off the R.Y.S. Castle, thence to pro ceed round the Warner light•vessel, thence to the north ward of the Calshot light-vessel, passing to the north ward of the Brambles ; thence round a mark vessel moored off Egypt ; thence to pass between the station vessel and the Castle, twice round. The light-vessels and the mark vessels to be left on the port hand if he yachts are di rected to start to the eastward, and on the starboard hand if the start be to the westward. All vessels racing to keep outside all the buoys and marks on the shoals (the Peel in cluded) except the Middle and Sturbridge. The vessels were started about 10 aati„ and at 10 30 a.m. they were opening Osborne Bay, running up before a light W.S, W., nearly in line, with the Arrow leading and on the outside of the lino, and the Volante in the inside posi tion. The wind began to fall rather light again as they approached Ryde Pier-head, which was passed by them in the follow;t,g times : H. MII M. 8, H. RI. 8. Arrow ll 4 4 Vi n d ex Surf .. •11 4 33 M osqu it o ll 8 23 Alerte .......... 11 4 33 A s t arte ll 16 38 Volante The Alerte and Surf, it will be seen, were close together, with the Suif on the Alerte's weather quarter. Ryde Pier was no sooner paased by the Astarte than the whole of the vessels were becalmed, diversified by slight catspaws of wind, under which circumstances the positions of the ves sels kept changing, until at length a light air came up from west, which sent them on their way again—Alerte, Surf, and Volante first catching it, and the first named taking the lead, while the Arrow lay becalmed to leeward. Vindex was now fourth, Mosquito fifth, Arrow sixth, and Astarte seventh—the light breeze just skirting them as they lay in line at about a cable's length apart. While thecutters lay thus alternately under the influence of catsphws and calms, with a view of an unrulaied expanse of water ahead, a steady breeze from W.S.W. was coming up astern, and gave some hopes of a breeze sufficient to enable the vessels to sail out the match. The breeze now soon came up, and away they went round the Sandhead for the Norman, six of them pretty well in a cluster, with the Arrow to leeward and the Alerte to windward, the Astarte separated from the others by a short distance and acting as whipper-in." In running down the Warner the Arrow drew ahead through the ruck, and again assumed the lead, which there was but little doubt she would keep with a true breeze. The Warner was reached and lulled round thus : H. If. S. H. M. S. Arrow Volanto , 12 52 2 Astarte l2 55 15 Surf .... Mosquito In luffing round the Warner, balloon jibs were taken in and working ones set for working back westward, the wind being now from W,N.W,, moderate. Off the Noman bank the Vindex passed the Astarte and resigned to her the honour of being for the present the last in the race. The Mosquito was the first to go about and made a short tack in for the island shore, under the Sandhead, crossing the Vindex's bows as the latter kept her reach to the north ward. In going through the east part of Spithead the Mosquito passed the Alerte on her weather. At 120 p.m the Arrow was passing stokes Bay pier, the Volante Kicker Point, at the east end of Stokes Bay, with the Surf about 300 yards astern, and the Mosquito to windward, and mid distance between the two. The Alerte and Vindex were on the same roach as the others, standing down through the bay, and both close astern of the Surf, and at the same time the last of the lot, the Astarte was standing for Ryde Pier, from the direction of the en trance to Portsmouth harbour. The wind kept up its strength to a fair sailing summer full-sail breeze, varying between W.N.W. to W.S.W., and the Arrow, with her favourite terms of a long reach and smooth water, was lessening the distance between herself and rivals every fathom's distance she sailed. The Mosquito, on clearing out from Stokes Bay at 1 40 p.m., was holding a good weatherly position, and threatening the Surf with loss of her posi tion as third in the race. At 145 p.m., the Astarte was lying with her foresheet to windward under Ryde pierhead, and with a signal flying in her rigging. The ,owner soon afterwards landed from her on Ryde pier, and stated that having been compelled to land one of his crew at Cowes owing to an accident, and being legally out of the race, it was useless contending further. (The Astarte is a now iron vessel, and has proved herself during the present re• gatta to he the slowest cutter inside the Isle of Wight.) Through Stokes Bay to the Calshot Light all kept their reach except the Alerte, which made a short tack off shore when S.E. of the Brambles, and bettered her position. As at this part of the race in the schooner's struggle of the previous day fur her 11.12jsty's Cup the wind had now settled down into a steady fresh breeze from W.N. W., and the six cutters, in turning to windward from Calshot to the mark boat off Egypt, had as much wind for a short time as they could stagger under with the sails they had set. A prettier race could not have been wished for than the one from Calshot to Cowes Roads between the Volante, Surf, and Mosquito. As for the At row, she had the race now to all appearances in her own hands, and seemed likely to carry out her own programme of old—the longer the course sailed over, the further she would leave her competitors behind. The first round of the course was completed in the follow ing times : IL H. 8. 11. H. S. Arrow Volanto.. Surf The second round was commenced with the wind still steady from W.N. W. At 5 p.m. the Arrow was reaching towards Calshot, west of Stokes Bay, the race in her own hands. Tho continued success of the Arrow over the fastest yachts turned out by modern yacht builders repeats a hint often given out before, that if any builder wishes to beat the old craft, ther3 is a chance for him in trying what a nearly flat, midship section, with sharp ends and a deep keel will do in contrast with the present V shaped system of bottoms, swamped with ballast and preposterously masted and can vased—a never-ending fight between ballast and spars. If any builder could produce a yacht of equal tonnage with the Arrow that could with certainty beat her under the ma jority of circumstances, he would make a rapid fortune by at once obtaining a monopoly in. the yacht building as close as that of the Royal Yacht Squadron in royal yachting prizes. Her Majesty's paddle yacht Victoria and Albert, Captain his Serene Highness Prince Leiningcn, having their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales and Prince Louis of Hesse on board, sailed from Cowes yesterday morning for Tor quay. She returned to Cowes with their royal highnesses on board. A very effective display of fireworks by Mr Pain, of the Walworth-road, took place afloat and ashore at Cowes on Thursday evening. Cup won by the Arrow in 30 minutes; second priz3 won by the Surf 14 seconds time, STATE OP TRADE. MANCRESTErt., Ang, s.—The market for shipping yarns has been a little better under the influence of rather more favourable accounts front India. The state of the money market has naturally had some influence on the business of the day, but not so much as was expected, and some fair orders have been given out at fair prices. There has been rather a better de nand for East India yarns. The demand also continues good for Russia, and yarns generally of good qualities continuo firm. Inferior qualities are not so good to sell. For home-trade yarns there has been a very quiet market, and prices are about id. per lb. in favour of the buyers where offers are made. Manufacturers, however, are chary of making offers just now, and buyers generally for the home trade appear disinclined to operate. The cloth market is also very dull to-day. A telegram from Calcutta dated July 16, states that shirlings had advanced 6d, to 9d, per piece, and that stoat' were light ; but this news seems to have fallen flat, w th the state of feeling existing here, and has had very little influence upon shipping merchants. Manufacturers are not much disposed to make any abate ment in prices, and are generally holding very full rates ; but, nevertheless, there is rather more anxiety to sell among some of the producers of cloth, and the tendency of the market is to easier prices. NOTTINGTIAM, Aug. s. —There was an exceedingly small attendance at this Exchange -hall to-day. Manufacturers evinced no disposition to purchase lace yarns, but the ex treme rates of last week were supported. In hosiery yarns no material change took place, prices being firm. Late rates were well supported for silks. In brown nets there was not much doing ; prices, however, were very firm, with a tendency to advance. SUITOR TO HER MA , TESTY.—The French papers contain the following odd story :—" Letters from Abyssinia state that Theodore, Emperor of that country, has just crowned his Imperial eccentricities by an act which exceeds thew all in extravagartne. Having learned ut the widowhood of Queen Vietoria, he has had a letter written to her offering her his hand, Mr Cameron, the English consul, was charged to forward this missive to his Sove reign. The reply to so unforeseen an offer not being immediately forthcoming, the Emperor Theodore got angry, end had Mr Cameron put in chains until his Majesty should have obtained satisfaction for such a want of attention towards him. On hearing of the imprison ment of MrCameron, her Britannic Majesty is said to have decided on replying by a polite refusal, the sending of which by post was more economic than a special mission to Abyssinia." MARRIAGE EXTRAORDINARY.—On Tuesday last the sexton o the parish church was wedded to Miss Barnes, a spinster lady of Ledbury. The united ages of the happy pair amount to 164 years, the bride boing in her 76th and the bridegroom in his 88th year,--11friningham Paper. SPIRIT OF TUB PUBLIC JOURNALS, Tisans.--The most temperate and herd-working of poiNcians is, more sue, taking a holiday. Day after day throughout the session did Lord Stanley preside over railway committees, listening to the wearisome speeches of counsel and the one-sided evidence of engineers, and weighing against one another the exaggerated hopes of promoters and the equally exaggerated forebodings of opponents; bat, in spite of this drudgery of the morning, he was generally in his place in the House in the evening, and when the great fight came off he delivered one of the most effective speeches on the part of the Op. position. After this surfeit of work he fairly earned hie holiday, and might with a good conscience go down to Knowsley to enjoy it. Even if he ne glected the duty of visiting one's neighbours, which is the greatest drawback to life in the coun try, much might be said in his excuse. But Lord Stanley is above excuses. Work is his pleasure. On Thursday was held the half-yearly meeting of the Liverpool Chamber of Commerce, and of course he was there. He came as a listener, but became a speaker; and before he left the room he had de livered a speech in which he discussed such trivial matters as the Indian Tariff and the Indian Cur rency, the consolidation of the departments of Cus toms and Inland Revenue, the powers of railway companies, decimal coinage, and the patent laws. The characteristics of Lord Stanley's speeches are by this time tolerably well known to all men. They are not oratorical displays, such as Mr Giad stone or Mr Bright occasionally makes, and it is probable that his mind is too well balanced to admit of flights of fancy or the enthusiasm of partial views ; but admirable good sense is always found in them, expressed with perfect lucidity. Beneath this may be traced the temperament which isolates him ftom political parties. An aristocratic culture and a profound distrust of popular voices separate him from the Radical Reformers, while the tho roughness with which he has adopted the utilitarian philosophy removes him from the mass of the Con servative party. In the very first subject discussed at Liverpool the independence of his position ap peared. It was natural that an ex-Secretary of State for India should address himself to the para graph in the Report of the Chamber of Commerce dealing with the Indian Tariff, and it was inevitable that Lord Stanley should reprove the unreasoning language uttered by some people in the' North on the subject. The manufacturers of Lancashire con stantly denounce the Customs Duties of India, with out considering the question how the Queen's Go vernment there is to be carried on. They forget that money must be had. There are two ways of raising a revenue in India, and Lancashire critics object to both. They cry out very properly for in creased facilities to redeem the Land Tax, and they urge at the same time the repeal of Customs Duties. This is very unreasonable. The existing Customs Duties are very light, and they are retained simply because it is impossible to do without the money which they bring into the Indian Treasury. No one at Calcutta or at home desires to keep them a mo ment after they have become unnecessary, and the manufacturers of the North may disabuse their minds of the notion that Pretectionist theories have any in fluence in their preservation. An import duty which is practically less than 3 per cent. ad valorem could in no case act as a powerful protection of the native manufacturer against the competition of the Lanca shire spinner, and the large exportation of piece goods to India which continues in spite of advanced prices shows the slender influence exercised by the dreaded protection. The only third way of raising a revenue in India has failed in practice. Experience has proved the impossibility of continuing the in come-tax. It expires next July, and will not be re imposed. We have difficulties in working Schedule D in England, but they are trifling compared with the difficulties in the East. The Indian Bsboo is wise in his generation, and when 'called upon to make his return, if his income be 20,000 rupees, he takes his bill and writes down two. It is impossi ble to preserve an impost which is systematically evaded by all except the Europeans in India; and in the absence of other means of obtaining an income import duties will necessarily be preserved. As Lord Stanley's defence of the Indian Tariff showed his independence of popular opinion in Lancashire, so do his bold views on the powers which should be conceded to railway companies prove his inde pendence of the traditions of the Conservative party. When he took occasion in the late session to enun ciate the same opinions in the House of Commons, the opposition to them was led, if we remember aright, by Sir Hugh Cairns. The question at issue is whether railway companies should be allowed to become the owners of steam vessels and run them in connexion with their lines of railway. At present there is a Parliamentary prohibition of the practice, which is often relaxed, and Lord Stanley is of opinion that it ehoald be entirely abolished. There can be no doubt that this is the sound conclusion, and at no distant time it will be accepted as such. It cannot be too often repeated that absolute freedom of combination in business speculations is now re cognised by the law, and the only reason why Rail way companies re quire Parliamentary sanction is that they may obtain compulsory powers of pur chasing land. The solitary question to be considered by the Legislature is whether the promised utility of the undertaking to the public warrants the com pulsion put upon an owner who is forced against his will to sell his inheritance, and this question is quite independent of any further speculation into which the company may enter. As it is, the Par liamentary disability operates, like every other re straint on trade, to the public disadvantage. Rail way Companies would not run steam-vessels unless they could offer the public a service at a less price than is now demanded for it. The objection which some persons entertain to the proposal founded caa the fear that the powers of Railway Companies may grow to be oppressive —but the true way to meet this dfficulty is to allow Railway Companies to do what they please, subject to conditions as to the manner in which it was to be done. Just as the mill owners of the North are controlled by the re gulations of the Factory Acts, so may Railway Companies be controlled in the working of their tieffic—but a Railway Company should no more be restricted from opening a fresh line of communica tion than a mill-owner should be restraiael from building a new mill. We are rather disappointed at finding the boldness with which Lord Stanley advocates the freedom of commerce desert him in discussing what is confessedly a great hindrance to the freedom of manufacturers. Vrom Railways and Decimal Coinage he proceeded to Law of Patents, and we reasonably expect something of importance upon the subject, as for two years he has been Chairman of a Royal Commission appointed to inquire into it. Those who looked fur anything of value frem the Commission will, however, be grie vously disappointed. Lord Stanley tells us frankly that after two yeses' study hi s own conv i ct i on i s that the chief objections to the Patent Law are not remediable by any change in its details, and y e t changes in its details are all that the Commission are about to reporemend. This is a very lame and impetent conclusion. Lord Stanley seems to look upon the evils of the law as the price which the public pays for rewarding inventors, and asks whe ther the time may not be coming when some other mode of rewarding them may be substituted for it. We do not 4120 W to what mode Lord Stanley alludes, biet if it be that which has occasionally been suggested, of an inquiry by some tribunal into the value of apy supposed invention, coupled with a correspondent public reward, we can only express our utter disbelief of its practicability. The true way of dealing with the inventor is to let him re ward himself. Were the Petent Laws abolished to morrow the inventor would etillileave his priority, he would still have his secret. If be can keep his secret, he may reap what advantage he can of it; but if publication to the world be a necessary con sequence of its u se , w h y s h ou ld t h e pu bli c pay for that which is in it s nature i ncapa bl e o f , approp r i a . tion POST.—We published yesterday some additional correspondence bearing on a subject which, though of considerable importance, was not brought under the notice of Parliament until the eve of the proro gation. We refer to the enlistment of British sub jt cts, and more especially of Irishmen, in the mili tary service of the Federal Government. When we used the word " enlistment" we employ a term which is scarcely appropriate. The municipal laws, not only of this country, but of th e U n i ted States, prohibit the enlistment of the citizens of either for the purpose of being employed in the prosecution of hostilities against a State with which the Go vernment of the country in which such persons are enlisted is at peace, and none have heretofore shown themselves more jealous of any infraction of this law than the Executive authorities of the United States. But althonzh the enlistment of British subjects by the Federal Clove:mm=o for the pui poet of making war against the Southern Con tederacy woaki have been a grave offence, it siaks into coin• parative insigniricinee beside that with which we are now compelled to charge the Government at Washington. Everything is proverbially fair in war, and it might seem that the emissaries of , the Federal Government persuaded a number of it English oper a ti ves or Irish peasants to emigrate to America, and take up arms either for the sake of the high bounties or the renown which rewards those who join the armies of the North, they were not guilty of any serious moral offence. Any Bri tish subject who likes may leave his native country and enter the military service of any State which chooses to receive him, and the mere act of inviting hies to do so, though prohibited by the m un i c i pal law, will no t consequently strike many as being extremely flagitious, It , . is not, however, of enlisting, but of kidnapping' Our fellow-citizens that, in the present instance, we complain. If Federal recruiting agents made their appearance either in 'ride villages or in these nian . o facturing districts of the north of England ID . which t unfortunately at the present time scant labour. .. be found even for the most industrious, and if (wha o ; ,, ever . deception they sought to practise on the autb cities) they frankly stated to those whose services_e they needed the nature of the duties they would b e expected to perform, then, however etrenuously tires, we should at least feel that those who ha n d might urge the Government to repress sucb roc. been induced to enter the service of the Americ.iit. and with Government did so with their eyes open, a full knowledge of the con segue n ces which mig,u,, probably ensue on the election which they tosur; But such has not been the conduct of the Federal emissaries. They have not recruited, they have ! veigled ; they h ave not f oun d so ldiers by seau ctie promises of lar ge b ount i es , hi g h wages, plenty of prize money, or o f th e p l easures an d the excitement of a military life, but by treacherously concealing_ from the recruit th e f act th a t h e was wanted Ss 5 soldier, by cajolin g , an d not un f re quently drugging'their victims, and by coercing them w h e n utt 6 v r i r e helpless to enter a profession from w hich they ive, averse. It is thus that for many mo nths the wa st e d ll ranks of the F e d e r a l arm i es have been in n ° saia d degree recruited f rom t h e B r i t i s h p o pulation; ao f It is against this practice, not only in the Wawa s ee . offended law, b ut o f our ontraee d fellow e itien in t that we protest. Th e correspon d en ce publish" o f our columns yesterday bears on the enliOn ept d ortln er ; seven Irishmen, w h o , h av i ng arr i ve d at p were induced—by means w hi c h have since be 0 he admitted by the F e d era l G overnmen t to have be t e grossly illegal —t o enter the m i l i tary service 0f Northern States. A s soon as the facts were larouf ht on to the notice of the British Minister at Was ee in e ' r al a formal demand was made by him on the r e u e- os t Government . for their liberation, and the l ie d material portion of the despatches now Pu blis h . c a refers to the scandalous treatment to. w ee -l io these . men were subjected after their right ce be discharged had been to all aPP ei . ari red established and allowed. They had been enhs•-0 into . the 20th Maine Regiment, and sent to sec with the army of the Potomac, ' a nd, by the tip that the order for their dismissal from that — y llin rar had been granted by the Federal Secretary for one of them had been killed in action. It is, h°. w th ever, to the treatment which the survivors met with after . they had virtually ceased to belong 1 e ,,,1 0 1 service . of the United States that we invite e 5 , v 13 ,,11 1 . attention. In a letter addressed by Thomas one of these men, to Consul Murray, and 0 ° id quently transmitt e d b y L or d L yons to M r . Se vla er ! the . usage to whi c h th ey were su b m it te d ins the tioned in simple but grap hi c language. ~'efieVer receipt of the order f rom t h e S ecretar y o' they w ere the by direction o f th e provost placed in the bull rin g , an open space in efi i surrounded . by armed men, in which are P l ,,, ac e re prisoners of all grades." Subsequently " they " t - he transferred from one bull ring to another fr" i h - e ee 9th of June until the 23d of the same month, W , - n e . they were well-nigh starved, as they hal h e i ,"„ - t time to march three successive days w' t " - e - d to . mouthful of food, and consequently were redt, re " eating clover and green apples to support n a lL e est Despite their remonstrances, and their ess u , r i t . ea that they were not prisoners, they were fLoi D ,';'.',,h. the 23d, " sent with convicts under guard toli%l. ington, and then transferred to the Old CaP i t t "; from thence they were sent in irons to , 13° , $ :ht t where they were left handcuffed together 81 , 2 3 'g to but for the purpose of getting sleep thel uti t — hel break the cuffs. The consequence was were marched . through Boston tied that ;,„ 6 of and ultimately arrived in Portland." with v e r, On the 71 ',.d e July Lord Lyons addressed a letter to Mr Sevr e , i ' t ,," enclosing . a copy of Thomas Tull 's statemen.t, 'to mending that no time should be lost in ea 111 , 13 , g , t account those who are responsible for the . a eh meat of these unfortunate men. To this d e , e PT, t ed no reply had been received at the time °' ° ll. Lyons's latest communication to Earl 11119 ,!, c h When we call to mind th e extreme me asure v 1 "`.. 6 the British Government h a d recourse t o nearly years since in order to enforce reparation ft oi the Brazilian Government for indignities allegedt. to have been off ere d t o some English officers' , , 611 . 9 subsequently di s p rove d, we sincerely trust th a t d the present instance ample redr e ss w ill be exu e a for misconduct which appears to have been prove,,, by the moat conclusive testimony 'and which it NO.; be found impossible to justify. It War gay . that . although the Federal Secretary at directions for the transmission of Tully and hi companions to Washington, he bas not as yet al's' lutely . authorised their discharge from the Foal t service and Lord Lyons's repeated applications Jf. their dismissal have elicited no other then a t " r 10 observable i stereotyped official reply that the matter is 1113 ; ‘ , - the consideration o f th e S ecretary for War. , should . not be . inclined to criticise too miuutel: little delay, if, meanwhile, the men alleged to h e ,: been . illegally . enlisted were treated with t7 - ri t consideration which persona under the protect'ed of the British Government have a right to der° sl3 , - 0 ,.. The treatment to which these unfortunate Irishn) have been subjected has been entirely unprovoke, ; and seems to have been dictated solely by a de9 s on the part of the milit ary aut h or i t i es to i ns ult 5- 10 injure those whom they could no logger employ ei retain under their jurisdiction. Largo allowa cc o must . be made for the license of American aar l ?,?,,n: but if the facts, as stated, are proved, the 131 ,, 1 7 1 4 Government should not be satisfied with AnY t ""ho less than the exemplary punishment of all .s / o r have been concerned in a commission of a series the grossest outrages, COUNTRY MARKETS. LIVERPOOL—FRIDAY. t h trod" There was only a small attendance to•day 0 . end wheat has proved dull of sale even at a further we ek cession of Id per cental, making the decline 2d on the aW ieg Flour is the turn aga i nst sellers, but really choice 1 1° er qt are scarce. Indi a n corn in better demand, an d ; „ 6(i iitliOt lower. For oats an d oatmeal the demand is ega— alai" Beans, peas, and C ar l e y are steady at fully l a st Ti le prices, STAMFORD—FRIDAY. The wheat trade was d u ll to-day, and the prices c) rates; week declined Is per qr . Other grain at e% 51431 1A s tone' —White wheat, 45s to 50s; red, 40s to 44s per " q r. Barley, malting, 29 s t o 3l s ; grinding, 27s to 29f1 P - par Oats, 20s t o 24s'per 24 stone. B eans , old, 40s to .--43 qr. ; new, 36s to 40s. AT. Wheat to-day was was Is per qr lower. Millers on l y bug sparingly at the decline. Spring corn fully as dear. Averages for the week : Wheat 2,122 qrs., at 44g 21c1 Oats Od Beans Peas •••• ..... ... --a "' LINCOLN—FRIDAY. MO' A moderate show of wheat, whioh met an iasetN B ini• at about is und er p rev i ous rates. Barley dull, with a c !, 00 , provement in prices. Oats in good request at fortner IP Beans in favour of the seller, and peas as before. f‘,33i White wheat new, 48s to 51s I Barley, grinding..2BB .;6‘ Red do. 4os to 45s / Oats , old, .. 245 t° p Old white 438 to 46s I New do 20s t 0 4 1 18 Red do. 38s to 428 Beans.. - 375 tO 36,4 Barley, malting.... 328 to 34s Beans, new.. 335 t° CORK—THURSDAY. The following were the quotations this ruorning' iev , wheat, Ss Od to 8s 10(1; white, 8s Od to Os Sd , Lye6d to Id to Os Od ; oats, 6s 6d to 6s Sd ; black do., 53 11d, BRISTL SUG. 3 oar There have been but few sales made thisAR—FRIDAY's wee , prices have fallen fully is per cwt on all d es cription s o is 11 sugar. Refiners' produ ce con ti nues to se ll s l ow ly ; er g . to is 6d lower. Very lit t l e d eman d for rum; la 7u r has been paid for proof Demerara. Births. 14 C I 9 134.1LL1E,--On the sth inst. , at 6, Grosvenor - cresc ent ' Frances Bane, of a son. e/ItP BLENXIRON.—On the sth inst., at Horn s- park, • I • , ' - ' the wife o f T, Blenkiron, Esq., of a son. GrOST e ' MATHESON.—On the 4th inst., at 38, South-stree t h ter. nor-square, Mrs. Math e s on , of Ardrose, of a dat i g" tbo YOUNG.—On the 3d inst., at Childwickbury, wife of Sir Charles L. Young, Bart., of a sun. Marriages. mg dovt BROOKING—RI-DEA.-012 the 3d inst., al Harts, the Rev. Arthur Brooking, rof I,°l--- t tm" to Marian Frances Georgiana, eld e st daught er Hon. Frederick Dudley Ryder. DE F A a N d E cii — ng i t i o fi n G:ltil ll Den—l‘olariat u ghter , f j o aru.es r Deane, C.,QD•C •L. ' to George Haggard, son of the late John haggard, nhe , d 4 a th u inst.at St•P 1 oF le l n o t it , .a_ge o i n 3 L e tti 4 o t a h th in s ; : D . , at Grove „ soi l Kvt.—On the 4`h inst., at P iris- n th, Cyril ` ClPl,;'<a l ' of Captain Cooper Key, iN 11 ' 3, I; • 11, 7 -' ge Offor, Esq., ney, Geor S t ~ b e . 01, OLIVER „. 0 , if .On the sth inst., at la, Cavendish-roa code, n 8-wood, James Oliver, Eeq late of Grove P naYes, Middlesex, aged 69. " sopi° Re„BlNa.—On the 4th inst., at Folkestone, Johri -tisq , of 'Watford, Herta, aged 67- -11. 1 t11 104 Stewart,St e w a r t , E E e s ( 1 : : o o f f isi Calcutta , ir zapo r 0 , STEWART.— On the 24th June, at Silohar, Chas. ~ -t io r r o j .p.G. 1.C1aV0.(6 .dll:oBUste, Stif.l.l 115°." Beg ley WADE.—On the 4th inst ,at Belvedere of t i h r e o: : :;l6 4 ' heath, Giles Wade, Esq.; formerly of Steptlelt a_....---.% London : Primed and Prbilahed by WILLIAPSA IIPS ,.... t;IS : Ig: of No. 112, St ran d T , Printer, at nE Sufi OHIO .`;"", oil of Strand, , n the Precinct of she 3avoy , in the ("c 3ilddie~e~,-Saturd y, Avaliot 8,1661.