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rioN. Manifesto of .h© Dictator- dren of Poland Le combat pro ed by the Mus' it against the ainst the Bittso on ; they have . lependence of ces in the midst xplosion of the contest begurk odes of Russia aths in a great rpreads further on of the whole perish. Polish tle ; it flows ill ich the Asiatic Pensive inhabi• is of their pos' ;gle, in view of ich our enemy the side of the 1 , 1 ren, the want of preventing n called forth, t follows, from tho nature teide the camp hroughout the central power is is the reason hich emanated has not been cation and the country men erit—although e duties which reme national ent of the Pre" Dictatorship, shaken off the ntatives of the )ncy of the cir .ompt remedlp the forces of and military against hostile to myself the or in claiming military cow which will be le all the civil as that of the which will nwere and the indicated in ip I commence meneed by the rm, then, end amental prin" ional Govern le flag of the e was raised, f all the sons mdition, or of he landed pro et to the rural s, who will be 3. ' man i a , an d of tame of God e insurrection The concord' ion of class or ILIA and sacri' the scattered enemy; th'e9 erty and bar nmortal glori ,n this sacred the indeper Z, Dictator. I more active• t, at a slight. an „Ns 331 8a11.365 4424 •• • .40e 43n •• • .35s 385 nglik wheat prices of lag LIILy, boauth' a slight in' same as last ....37 8 400 ....398 40 0 ...40s 430 ....358 3 8 ° d ..34s 39 ° iv.. --S """ 4 ..358 400 w.. --s --0 ...30s 380 14. ', but fair of and oats AS narket. 0. d• end. 18 ° 16 v 16 16 v n .17 n v 17 v n 17 4 0 17pool 16 18 ° 15 15 2 15 15 6„ 0 ..Mar. 21. ..Apr, 12. .. Apr. 6 . . Apr. 1• n.Mar. 2 1 . . Mar. 2 9 ~Apr 6 . Mar. 2 1 ' ~Mar. 2 1 . Mar, 29. . Mar. 2 8 . Mar. 2 2 ' . Apr. 6 , .Mar.'2 l ; Mar. 2 a• Mar. 18 Mar. 18, t.Mar, 20 , Apr. 1 0 . , Apr. 0. Mar. 31. Mar. 16. ..............0.! 32, West' try. Eaq•r ie wife of stle ' near ahatn, Of Martidel E s q., t 0 o f Wor• Christ-. Esq of daughter ngton. Thomas solicitor , , -eqUare , ly, ESP 'ace, S t ' London eral Sir H. M.'° George ........!_'!, onEWS' No. 11:? ; nintY o f POLAND. —A COMMITTEE has been formed of the Undersigned for the purpose of RAISING x'UND S in AID of PO LAND at the present crisis : The Marquis Townshend. I Colonel Pinney, M.P. The Earl of Ilche s t er , I John Abel Smith, Esq., M.P. The Lurd Rinnsird, [CT. Edmund Beales, Esq., M.P. The Viscount Raynham, 1.P.% Wm. Lloyd Birkbeck, Esq. Sir Henry Ainslie Hoare, Bt. Subscriptions will be reed Tranbury and Llod', 80, Lon Office of the Litera y ry s Associati 10, Duke-street, ,St. James's, Bankers will shortly be annoui ived at the Bankers, Messrs. nbard-street, B.C. ; and at the km of the Friend , of Poland, 1, S.W. The names of other need. ECONOMIC LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY, 6, New Bridge-street, Blackfriars. • Loudon, 27th February, 1863. TATS IS TO GIVE NOTICE, That the ANNUAL GENERAL COURT, and also that an EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL CO RT, will be held at the Society's house, No, 6, New Bridge-street, R' , ckfriars, on S &TURD 4Y, the 21st day of March, at Two o'clock precisely, for the following purposes,— ORDINARY GENERAL COURT. To receive Vie Auditors' Report of the Rece'pts and Dis bursements of the Society during the year 186.4 and to elect Auditors for the present year. EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL COURT. To consider a proposed amendment of the A rticleB2* of the Deed of Se tlement, by which the Directors will be em powered to grant Assurances to the extent of £lO,OOO, and, if approved of, to pass a Resolution to that effect. As the Resolutions of the Extraordinary General Court Will require confirmation, so Saturday, - the 28th March, is ap- Pointed for that purpose, at Two o'clock precisely. By order of the Board of Directors, ALEXANQER MACDONALD, Secretary. E ., * Article 82.—Th a t n o A ssuran c e s hall be granted by the rietr on the same Life or Lives, for more than the sum of _ire Thousand Pounds. ITALIAN FIVE PER CENT. LOAN OF 1863 Messrs. D 1 ROTHSCUILD }MOTHERS of Paris have t he houour of announeing that the Italian Government, by Fiaw of the llth March, has authorised the emission of vee Treasur, t per Cehnte sum of 7 Renteo,oo Millions of Francs. to an extent sufficient toobtain for the Of these 700 Millions there will be raised : Francs. 11 7 Public Subs ription at Paris for Seventy-five of Francs .. . 75,000,000 46 'Y Public SulNcrir , tion in London for Seventy-five Millions of Francs 75,000,000 11 7 Publt .Subscription in Italy for Seventy one 71,009,001 Millions of Francs .. .• Tozether .. France 221,0004000 T r° Hundred Millions of Francs have been taken 0 3 , Messrs. De Rothschild Brothers 200,000,000 And the Italian Government has ceded to the Na tional Bank of Turin and to the Financial Esta blishments of all Italy Seventy-nine Millions of Francs •• •• . •. 79,000,000 •• Total .. .. Francs 500,000,000 , s _ 11l respect to t' e 200,000,000 remaining, the Italian Govern inent will tot dispose of the sane for a v •ry distant period. Th Subscription List for the Seventy- five Millions re fired for France will be open bv Messrs. De Rothschild ~.rothers at Paris from MONDAY, the 16th instant, until x nURSDAY following, at. Six o'clock p.m. J anuary, price of emission, is 71 per cent ., with interest from let "'nail', 1863, payable in 12 months as follows :- 10 per Cent. on Application. 10 ~ 15th April, 1€63, 10 f 1 I st July „ 10 ~ Bth August „ 10 /9 Bth Sept, ~ 10 99 Bth Oct. 11 10 „ Bth Nov. ~ 10 19 Bth Dec. 10 11 Ist Jan., 1864. 10 „ 20th March „ The Dividends due on Ist July, 1861, and Ist January, 1861, Will be received on account of the instalments of those dates. 'Subscribers will have the right of paying the instalments after the 15th April, by anticipating the same under a dis- Count of five per cent. in their favour. . The Ralf-yearly Dividends of the said Rent?s will be pay able at Turin, Paris, or at London, at the 'exehange of t 5.30 Per X sterling. Parties who desire to subscribe must ac^ompany their ap ',Heaton with a deposit of ten per cent. on the amount ap Plied for. - , Pa In case the d e p os it s ho u ld exceed the amount 'of the first pillelit on the allotment, the surplus will be returned. ' rovisional Certificates, to be exchanged for definitive , ) °nds after payment of the last instalm. nt, will be delivered ,t 0 subscribers. Those who have anticipated 111 the instal pents 'Kill receive the definitive Bonds as soon as obt <ined •ir‘ M the Government. Messrs. N M. R o th sc hild an d Sons beg to inform thepub lao that they will receive applications for the 76 millions of :tanes a- propriated to the Ilnolish market, from Mon ay,; the 46th inst., to Thursday following, at Six o'clock. , For -further particulars apply to Ne w-court; St. Swithin's lane London, leth March, 1863: ; FORM OF APPLICATION. Italian 5 per Cent. Loan for Sev , ri Hundred Millions of Francs, issued in accordance with the law of the 11th March, 18',3. Messrs. N. • Rothsm,ild and Sons. gentlemen, - 1 r quest that you is , ll Rapt to me t in the ante Loan, on which I enc ose the require , deposit of 10 per on £ , and I aztee to aocept that amount f stock, or a n 7 less sum that may be allotted to me, and to pay t , a bat -I`4oe of such allotment according to the terms of the notice. I am, Gentlemen, your obedient servant, LOndon, - Address Name at length 1563. TM: FARMER'S BAROMETER, 505., a ~ new Instrument, by Negretti and -Zambra, will cor w"Y indicate whether the Bwometer falls for Rain or for nd. Particulars by enclosing stamp,- 7 1, Hatton-garden; Cornhill ; and 122, Re,ent-street. _lll[ o `o RE BROTHERS' TEAS, Obo• lee SOIJCHONG, recommended Is. 9d. per m. sui table for superior purposes. full rich So uohon g flavour. .... ed ASSAM, ighly recommended 4s. od. per lb. of very choice quality, and the cheapest Tea sold. 14 per lb , deduction on 201 b. Bags and 451 b. Chests. Prospectus free. _ MOORE BROTHERS, 35, London-bridge, City, E.C. TEETH.-Ry MR. ESKELL'S INVENTION Bete o f Seal granted 17th July, 1S(30), Sets or partial 4 4 ' 4 oi Teeth, exquisitely enamelled to nature, are made and i ni ` e d le a few hours by means of his patented soft elastic and h Perishable base of the colour of the sum, to which it ad heres with wonderful tenacity, dispensing with springs or 'ightly fast en i ng s, and defying detection by tne cl osest oh iserver. The peculiar attribute - of Mr. Eskell' s invention , 2 the reqdiness with which these teeth can be re-adapted to r e y change of the month (even by the wearer); .and as they off' i n dependently of all disturbing causes which a ff ect teeth ti ordinary construction, they me guaranteed tt last a life as w 4 11 as for mastication and articuhtion. . n ELL'S TREATISE. which fully explains hisinventio Mr n, post free for seven stamps.—lnspection of specimens and Con ;Mations free. Terms strictly moderate.—s, Grosvenor ,„,"et, Bond -street, London ; and 3i, Bennett's - hil l, Bir- Os T E O WON: Patent, March 1, 1862, No. 560. Self-adhesive Patent Indestructible MINE 1▪ 1, EEM! ad FLEXIBLE GUMS without palates, irngs, or wires, and without operation. , One set lasts a ...,iree, and WARRANTED FOR MASTICATION and ZVICULATIOg even when all others fail. Purest ma ''vrials only, at half usual , ost. • Messrs. GABRIEL, the old-established Dentists, 27, HARLEY4TREET, CAVENDISH-SQUARE; 34, LUDGATE-A ILL, LONDON ; 65, NEW-STREET, BIRMINGHAM; and 134, DUK -STREET, LIVERPOOL. Complete Sets, 4 to 7 and 10 to 15 guineas. p.2ne visit only required from country patients. Gabr iel's 4- atical Treatise gratis. Consultations free. i."PTURES.—BY ROYAL LETTERS ;PATENT. WUELITE'S LEVER TRUSS 16, (PERFECTED AND EXHIBITED IN TIEE GREAT n IEITIONS OF 1'451 AND P 62), is allowed by upwards of 4;o iiindred Medical Gentlerien to he the m ost effective 11 b e ntion in the curative treatment of i EItN I A. u*e of a steel spline:, so often hurtful in its ffectshe, ere avoided—a soft bandage being worn round t ii;,72.Nyhile the requisite resisting power is supplied by the e ztlain Pad and Patent Lever, fitting* with so much ease e T , !oseness that it cannot be detected, and ma_y be worn t r Vug sleep. A descriptive circular may be had, and the .„ 'is, which cannot fail to fit, forwarded by post, on the '1 Z e tderen ce o f the body„.two inches below the hips, being li t to the manufacturer, Mr. WHITE, 228, Piccadilly. A 81 ngle Truss, 168., 215., 265. ed., and 31s. ed. Postage, ls. A.youbla Truss, 31s. 6d., 425., and 525. ed. Postage, ls Bd. " Umbilical Truss, 425. ands2B. 6d. Postage, Is. 10d. l cf ° ` 4 t-oince Oers to he made payab l e t o John White, Post- Piccadilly. rd NEW PATENT Ii LAST IC - STOCKINGS, w ea , KNEE-Ca PS, &c., for Varicose Veins and all cases of po ro ness and Swelling of he Lers , Sprains, &c. They are ID, . 8 , ght in texture, it.d inexpensive, and are drawn on e.., e il an ordinary stocking. Price 4s. 6d., 7g. ed., 108., to lea. • Postage lid. JOHN WHITE. Manufacturer. 22R. Pioaadilly. ;V EFFECTUAL REMEDY:-_LAMBERT'S ASTHMATIC BALSAM, without confining the i g ::Tla.or affecting the head, truly efficacious and pliasant, e ,,, t lTtnitted to be the best medicine for immediately relieving sue'' , Colds, confirmed cases of asthma, and incipient con- Dr° Ption. It frequently cures persons whom the faculty p o i.."unce incuralm, admirably allays the tickling which pro frequent coughing. En approaching consumption its i!lects are truly beneficial. Per Sons deprived of sleep, or even t r t n4' down for tear of suffocation, may depend on relief in few minutes after taking it. Prepared only and sold by CLA3IBERT, Chemist, S, Kin • William-street. Charing or, London, and by ail druggists, in bottles, 130., and it a k c e, quantities in 9ne, 2s. 9d. each. Be particular, and the a r r Lambert's Asthmatic Balsam. The name and ad .._ is engraved on the stamp. LIVERPOOL JULY MEETING.- N,,,, SECQND DAY. -TUESDAY, JULY 14.—The LIVER 4dL CUP, In specie, value 2 •0 sovs. given by the Lessee. 6 :R 'Y i dandicap siweep stakes of 25 soya each, 15 ft, and We it declared on a day hereafter to be named, to Messrs. e , therby, London ; or to :11-. W. Toplia-, Clerk of the sf a r ße, Cheater; the winner of any sweepstake s, cu p , cup ttp, e', or plate, of the clear value of 500 sovs atter the weights te e " s 'h, two of such races 101 b extra, but t,,ts in an , case tr be the extreme penalty; the winner of the Manchester 0, or or Trades Cup, Ascot Stakes, Northumberland Plate, i;'llraberland Plate, loth extra ; or of any other handicap t;;:e .4 the value of 200 sovs clear 51b, of 490 71b, or of any to °,., or such last mentioned handicaps 81b extra ; the winner th: B7 30 soya to the judc,re, and 20 sovs towards exeenses of h s course ; s econd to save his stake; two miles. Weights to e Plealished s in clue time. I ' o d Acanunteesribeuyry PRESENT SUBSCRIBERS. ...1.,0 r m .. Mr. J. Bennett Mr. Jackson ilr. it Bignell, Mr. W. Lynn 1, r " Ilartinoton Mr. W. G. Craven Mr. J. Merry „..ord Set ton - Mr. D wson Mr. W. Owen "O r dWestmoreland Mr. Dioas Mr. Payne air L. Newman Mr. Frail Mr. W. It , lnh uol. Mr. R. Riddell , Forester Mr. F. Hall " L eP. I • , , ,eshe Mr. ft. Riddell ;;atit• Christie Mr. Hargreavos Mr. Hart Mr. Saxon jeipt White Mr. i ; odgman Mr. J. Scott "; ( 1- 1 1 % G. An Yell Mr. T. Hughes Mr. F. Swindell 4,1 1% Barber Mr. T. Meghei „If T the highest weigh% accepting be under Set 121 b, it will be 01 to that, and the others in proportio 1. 11 e MERSEY STAKES of , 5 sovs each , 5 ft, with 50 sovs ad ded, for t wo year olds; colts Bat 101 b, and fillies kst 71b; se cond, s ti , ave his stake : winners of 100 sov"s c lear 51b, 200 or i.'°re 8 1b extra but not to be accumulative; 8 subs or no ace TAly.e g,,. A D DAY.—WIIDNESDAY, JULY 15.—The STANLEY thr ee of 15 soya each, 5 ft, with 50 toys added, for two and i , v e ,,e r'ar olds ; two year olds 7st 41b, three est ; fillies and 7 1 , 4 " ngs allowed 21b; winners of pates or sweepstakes in „•.e present year amounting to 100 soya clear to carry 51b, 200 5 more B.b extra, handicaps excepted ; the winner to pay 10 soya to the fund; T.Y.C. - - P RESENT SUBSCRIBERS. Ford Annesley, Mr. W. G. Craven, I Mr. G. Payne. all races, at Liverpool, where fewer than three horses start, the added money will be withheld. The Manley Stales closes on Tuesday. the 17 th of March , an ,, `l'atnes the evening, preced,fle the race; and the Cup and seY Stke als close and nam ou Tuesday. the 7th of _arch, being the o Tuesday following the Liverpool Spring Meeting. ~l i ominations received by Messrs. Weatherb, London Mr. Joh 480 n St. Mary's, York ; and Mr. E. W. Topham, %%ester. N°. 22.063 . CARDINAL• WISEM A.N. Now ready at all the Libraries, in Bvo., 55., DOINTS OF CON MAST BETWEEN SCIENCE AND ART. By His EMINENCE CARDINAL WISEMAN. Hurst and Blackett, publishers, 13, Great Marlborough street. Now ready at all the Libraries, in 3 vols., T - R - U - E A - 8 - STE_ E L. By WALTER TITORNBURY. _ . " This story is interesting. Mr. Thornbury has skill in writing pictures; there is scarcely a page in which some stirring scene is not thrown into a clear, well-defined shape, set forth in well-chosen words."—Athenmnm. Hurst and Blaekett:l3, Great Marlborough-street. Now ready, at all the Libraries, in 3 vols., ST. ,OL A VE'S. "A good novel. It is written with unfi+gging ability, and it is as even as it is clever. The author has determined to do nothing short of the best, and has succeeded."—Post. Hurst and Blackett, 33, Great Marlborough-street. E-ISSUE of LORD ST. LEONARDS'S ILA/ HANDY BOOK on PROP! RTY LAW. The Seventh Edition. To which is now added a Letter on the New Laws for obtaining an Indefeasible Title. With a Portrait of the Author, en, raw dby Holl. Now ready. Price 3s. Bd. William Blackwood and Sons, Edinburgh and London. THE HUNDRED LECTURES, by B. C. JONES, are being published by W. H. Allen and Co., Waterloo-place, in series complete, well bound, con taioiPg Nine and Ten Lectures, ts. 6d. SAWYER'S FAMOUS LONDON DINNER FOR THIS DAY, At 2s. Cd. each Person. SOUPS. Mulligatanny. Brunoise. FISH Mackarel, Maitre D' Hotel. Fried Soles. ENTREES. Veal Cutlets a L'ltallenne. Stewed Kidneys su Maitre. JOINTS. Boded Legs of Mutton. Sirloins of Beef. SWEETS. a Albert Puddings. Rhubarb Tartlets. Cheese and Salad. An extensive and carefully selected stock of FRENCH, RHENISH, MO, ELLE, and other WINES, imported ex pressly for The London Dinner. THE LONDON, 19', FLEET-STREET. FREE EXHIBITION OF BEDFORD'S PHOTOGRAP H S OF THE EAST, taken during the Tour in which, by command. he accompanied H.R.H. the Prince of WALES in Egypt, the Holy Land, and Syria, Constantinople, the Mediterranean, Athens, Sm., Daily, at the GERM AN GALLERY, 168, New Bond-street, from 10 till dusk Admittance by presentation of address Card. GERMAN GALLERY.—Marriegf , of H.R.H. the PRINCE of WALES.—Subscribers' Names are 'being received for the PICTURE of the 'MARRIAGPI by Mr. G. H. THOMAS, for the purpose of painting which he was, by her Majesty's 'command, present on the oxasion. GERMAN GALLERY, 168, New Bond-street , Daily, Atom 10 till dusk. LIEBMAN GALLERY—Mr. W. H. RussELL's NEW WORK.—ubscribers' Names received Daily, from 10 tilt dusk, for '° THE HISTORY of the WEDDIN,Gr AT WINDSOR," by - W. H. RUSSELL. fc'sq., LL.D. (late Special Corresporideut to the Times). GERMAN GALLERY, 168, New Bund-street, CANTERBURY H A LL. — GRAND SE LECLIONS fr,an popular OPERAS, con ducted by Mr. Jonghmans. PrincipatArtit , te - Miss Russell. The Comic by Unsworth, the modern Demosihenei, in his renowned stump speech ; Elifene's burlesque songs, and dances Frank !tall, Arthur Lloycr...knd Miss Laura Sanders, and a variety of other attractions. 111 HE 0 X F.OR D, 0, OXFORD STREET. "TH , ROSE OF DENMARK," Sung every Evening by Miss Rff - -Fiell and the entire Company, also The New Cantata, by Herr Meyer Lutz, "HERNE THE iIUNTER," Gluck's ALCESTE, and other Operatic Selections, Supported by Miss Russell, Miss Townley, Mr. Green, Mr. Bernardi, Mr. J. B. Huish, and Mr. Albert, with full band and chorus. Conducted by Mr. Jonghm ns. Drew Dean's Fiute Solos. Ballads by Master Edwin Sanders, the juvenile vocalist, aged years. - • - - - George.Hodson's Irish, Miscellaneous, and Ventriloquial Entertainment. Unsworth's great Stump Speech, "Or any other man." Eugene's burlesque Feenei and lances. W Randall's New Comlodates. Miss CarolineP;ilZWVoeaiandi';i;lCKOiean Sketches, and other varied attractions. Hall, Bd.—Balcony and Stalls, U.—Private Boxes, 10s. 6d JULLIEN'S PROMENADE 'CONCERTS. At the ARGYLL ROOMS. Conductor—Mons. JULLIE v. THIS EVENIN(4, and during the week. THE. CARNIVAL DE VENIS► . as originally writ , en for the Violin by Nicno Page ,ini, will be performed on the Cornet-a- !Aston, by the celebrated Mr. J. LEVY, at Jullien Promenade Concerts— (the first time these variations have ever been attempted on the Cornet). Also will be introduced, for the first time, a Nzw DANCE, " L'AL EXANDR A." Promenade, Is.—Reserved seats, 2s. Doors open at Eight o'clock Manager, Mons. GRENET. frE LONPON ANATOMICAL MUSEUM, T containing the Wonders of Nature and Art. shown by innumerable Morels, illustrating every part of the Human Frame, together with a variety of Natural Preparations, Malformations, monstrosities, ; also the Moving Anato mical Dying Zouave, and other life-size figures. Open daily from 11 to .0, for Gentlemen only. Admission, One shilling. Entrunces— George-street, Hanover-square, and CA, Maddox-street, Regent-street. London, W. Illustrated Catalogue, free by post, 12 stamps, sealed 20. Explanations throughout the day. Address the Secretary, as above. LUXURIANT WHISKERS, Moustaches,' and Eyebrows produced in a few weeks by the use of ELLIOTT'S TONIC LOTION, the stimulative properties of which are unfailing in their operation. Thomas Elliott invites a trial from the most sceptical, that they may be con vinced of its infallible power. Price 3s. 6d., 6d., 105. ed., and 21s. Forwarded on receipt of ch postatze stamps.—Thomas Elliot t, hairgrower (first floor), 51, Fenurch- street. T. E.'s wigs, £1 10s. rHESTER MEETING. kJ The following races close and name on Tuesday next, the 17th of Mardi. For conditions see Sheet Calendar and Book Calendar. Nomination 3 received by Messrs. Weatherby, London; Mr. R. Johnson, St. Mary's, York ; and Mr. E. W. Topham, Chester. The Palatine Cup Stakes. The Wynnstay Handicap. A Handicap Plate , of 50 sovs. A Sweepstakes of 5 soya each. The Eton Stakes (Handicap). A Sweepstakes of 10 Boys each. Handicap of 70 soya. The Marquis of Westminster's Plate. The Cheshire Welter Cup. Handicap of 5 soya each. • The Cheshire Stakes. The Stewards' Cup. A Handicap Plate of 60 sm. In all races, where fewer than three horses start, the added money wilt be withheld. THE SCOTTISH CHAMPION OPEN MEETING, under the auspices of the Biggar and ((ale donian Coursing Clubs, by the kind permission of the Right Ho . the Ear of Home, Rm, will be held at Douglas, NI uesday, March 24, 1863, and followin.g day', when the fol- Jowl g et-tee will be •nn for:— I. Th ALEDONIAN CHAMPION CUP for 32 all aged greyhounds, at £lO les entrance ; to be divided in the fo.lowi7g manner : Wiwi* r £l6o Runner-up Third and fourth, each Filth, sixth, .eventh, and eighth, each 10 11. The DOUGLAS CUP, for 32 all-aged g-eyhounds, at £5 ss. entrance ; divide i as follows : W nner £BO Runn r-up Thi dan fourth, ea h lO Fift sixth, seventh, and eighth, each 111. The CLYDE STAKES, for 16 puppies of 1861, at £4 10s. entrance ; divided follows : Winner 1 , unner- , p l2 Third and fourth, each 5 IV. The FORTH STAKES for 16 greyhounds, pupped on or after lsr. June, 61, the age of which has been ut.?- 'Med in " . I he Sporting Gazette," " Bell's Life," or The Fie' d," duri:•g the s ason 1862-3, or proved to the satisfa tion of the stewards and committees; divided as follows : Winner £4O Runner-up T lird and fourth • each 5 V. The SE t LING STAKES, for 16 all-aged greyhounds, at £2los. ; any dog entered in this stake may be claimed , for £lO, except the winner and runner- p, which) may be clamed for £l5 each ; the owner of the runner-up to have first c aim for the winner, but all claims must be lodged with the secreta-v 'within fifteen minutes after the stake is won ; divided as fo lows : Winner Runner-up 6 Third and fourth, each 2 The meeting to be governed by the National Club rules. All winners of £2O and ut wards to pay 5 per cent. to the dinner fund. The drawings for Nos. 1,2, 3, and 4, will take place at 6 n.m., in the Douglas Arms Hotel, Douglas, Lanark shire, on Mon , av, the 23d March, 1863, previous to which all entries must be made, and entry moneys paid. Diener imme diately after the drawing. All nominators in Nos. 1 and 2 must take a dinner ticket, price 3s. 6d. The entry and draw ing for the Selling- Stakes will ta-e place after the second day's running,. Single nominations secured in the order of application to E. J. Lindsay, P sq., Hon. Score' ary, tialkraig House, Carluke, Lanarkshire, N.B. It the stakes do not fill by the 14th March, double nominations will then be given in the order of application. A four-hone omnibus will be in waiting at Carstairs Junction station, on Monday, the 23d March, which will start for Douglas direct at 620 p.m., for the exclusive accommodation of gentlemen attending the meeting. The express train from Carlisle at 120 p.m., the expresses from Glasgow at 4 p.m., and from Edinburgh at 4 15 p.m., will catch the omnibus, the arrivsl of which at Dou glas will be waited for for dinner. Private conveyances can be had at any time at Carstairs or Lanark by ordering them beforehand of Mr. Irving, the Clyd , sdale Hotel, Lanark. The meet each morning*will be within a few yards of the Lanark and Douglas turnpike-roads at 930 a. r. (tiarters for men and dogs can be secured by applying to Mr. Amos, Douglas Castle, Lanarkshire. BIGGAR CLUB. , of Aikenhead PRESIDENT. CALEDONIAN CLUB. J. Gordon, Esq. Esq., of Capellie His Gracethe Duke of Bac .Esq ,of Calder- ; clench cruix I STEWARDS FOR 1862-3. IL B. I r ving, Esq., of Milbank E arl of Fladdington L. Graham, ,1. W. M. Gilmour, Esq.,ot Glas- John Gibson, Esq. Lord Binning gow of Glasgow Major Iloothby Jardine, ot.Arkleton John Gordon, Esq. J. ec A. Graham, Esq. W E .. J. L l3 t o n r s o a n Ey ciE lion.s Halkraig 0 • Ft use, near Car- G. Blanchard, Ebq., Hon. Sec luke, Lanarkshire Mr. WARWICK, Judge. Mr. RAPER, Slipper. ' • ) , ft" (/ 6) .‘ 7 - v t4 ; . _ • • „ . . -- • '7 , •DIZOIT. , -T)TE:fit- ri-tE SI I, LONI)uN, TUESDAY EVENING, MARCH 17, 1803. SPORTING NOTES. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) If London was jubilant last week over the Royal nuptials, Liverpoel, when I reached it, seemed in a besotted state of frenzy, and the crowds in the streets at night wore, without exception, the most brutal and the most obscene ever let loose from purlieu and kennel. They seemed to have un• disturbed possession of the highway, and to have blockaded the respectable inhabitants within doors. Their manner of doing honour to the auspicious nccasion was to crowd the girl palaces till half drunk, and then stagger on to the pave ment, uttering all things foul and abominable. How diffe rent from the great metropolis which I had just quitted. There, despite the masses which filled the streets, all was good humour, wil h a keen sense of enjoyment and harmless chaff. Let others, however, whose more immediate pro. vines it is, tell us why there should be such a marked differ ence in the character of the populations of two such im portant cities. Notwithstanding the bad odour attaching to the Liverpool Steeplechase of recent years, there is no denying the fact that on the present anniversary it created a great deal of interest, and even excitement. Your contemporaries, in condemning the robberies and l `milkings" connected with the chase, should not forget that, after all, it still has a place in the affections of the people, and that last week it produced as beautiful a race as was ever witnessed, although, of course, the distance by which Emblem won deprived it of any great excitement at the finish. Still, gentlemen who love sport for itself, cannot but regret to see this race degraded year by year into a medium of speculation for "legs" and sharpers. It is very singular, however, that the public are annually vic timised, andthat they still insist upon throwing their money into the mat lot, and filling the pockets of a gang of play men and 'hell -keepers,' or people with, at all events, no higher moral tone. I for one must confess that nothing would give me greater satisfaction than to hear that the Liverpool Steeplechase was altogether reformed or sup pressed, as it stands a blot and a disgrace to British sport. As for Mr. Topham, he cares not one jot for the repeated admonitions of the press, and looks with a hare. dened contempt upon the propositions of those who have the interest and wellbeing of the sport at heart. The race of last Wednesday was - no more, a grand national display than a donkey race on' Blackheath. I felt that the event had descended to its lowest stage when such a wretched " hair-trunk" as Real Jam was brought out as a fit companion for cross-country horses. Taken altogether, the sport was, with one or two exceptions, ex tremely poor, and there was no event likely to have much influence on the future. On Tuesday old Leontes com menced the series of successes which he carried on through the meeting, and caused a general feeling of irritation emopg ownerspf horses,, 'inasmuch as he bethe Property of Mr. William Topham, son of the clerk of the course and handicepper, and their persistence in running him was a delicious piece of impudence, and a further evidence of the disregard paid to general interests at Liverpool. At the Autumn meeting Mr. Topham, senior's, horse, Gardener, had it all his own way, and I am at a' loss to conceive what fresh "crock" Messrs. Topham will get for this next meet ing, to keep the handicaps in the family. The allusion's to these matters were anything but complimentary, and the jockeys were especially sarcasticipne ,of the light weights bitterlyremarking that he wondered there was not a "little Topham or two that they m igh t be their own j ockeys as well as handicappers I" The Tyro' Stakes gave us the first rattling finish cf the season, as there were three heads, and only a neck with the fourth. Mr. Merry's Bonne et Belle was made a good favourite, and, I am told, greatly disappointed the stable, as they had tried her at home the best of the young ones. Lord Zetland was also greatly fancied by Wadlow's people, who had sent a commission to London to back him. Hypatia, the winner, is a small speedy filly, and a sister to Diophantus, but is too small ever to do Lord Stamford much credit. In the Spring Cup William Day gave us another taste of the form of his stable, by the suc cess of Tolum, who, having won his trial with Manrico, was backed by "Lord Frederick" for a "lump," and con sequently became a great favourite. Bohemia, who has not grown an inch since last season, never figured in the race, which caused some illogical disbelievers in the Derby favourite to ask, " What do you think of Lord Clifden n o w ?" They seemed to forget that he was a sluggish horse, who would have made a race with a donkey, and to overlook his cantering away from such an unquestionably good filly as The Orphan at the Epsom Spring meeting. Bohemia's running bad had a depre-sing effect upon Saccha rometer's position, both for the Two Thousand and Derby, as your readers will not fail to have noticed by his decline in the betting. In reality it no more affects him than any other horse in England, except that the layers fancy that, consequently, Lord Strathmore's stable is out of form. The Grand National, as usual, brought an immense concourse of people to Aintree, and at last even those who pretended to be disgusted with the very name of the race were roused to a pitch of excitement. Jealousy became a great favourite at the close, and Mr. Justice, like all young enthusiasts, walked at her bead as she entered the ring, as proud as if he were leading a Derby favourite in the pad dock at Epsom. His confident expression was almost dis spiriting to c nameplate, for old stagers like myself know how soon his day-dream of victory might be dispelled, and the £7OO for which he had backed her fell into the hands of the bookmakers. No mare in England could look better, although it struck me she had lost a good deal of the quality she once showed. The race' was very pretty, and when Emblem was seen to have everything " safe " there was a roar of satisfaction from those fortunate to be on. When , George Stevens brought her" back to weigh he was received with a burst of cheering which he well, deserves, for it is well known that he will not do any of the ordinary dirty work, even for his own stable, and an owner who wants one " stopped " knows that it is no use applying in that quarter. With all the rigging in the market, the "legs" were all sorely discomfited, for the second and third, as well as the winner, were ridden by jockeys not to be "squared," and Mr. Goodman, who rode Arbury, is literally what his name indicates. Jealousy's ignominious defeat seemed to astound his young owner, as his mortification was quite painful to witness. Emblem looked surprisingly small and narrow for such an ordeal, but to my eye she was the only one of the lot really trained, for I never saw an animal so literally trained down to bone, sinew, and muscles. I was fortunatoin having Emblem as one of my two selected ones in your paper of last Monday evening, and that I made very little error about The Dane, is proved by the manner in which he ran at Shrewsbury on Friday. In a race where so much chicanery existed, I o I s a h o o d u d the b e w i q o u o i e t e r c w o a n s t e n a l t m h o a s d t I b e g y o o t n s d o m m e w y h e a x t p nut oo e t a a r t i ; b na t l though, as I told your readers that, in the face of her per formances, I could not see what there was to beat Lord Coventry's mare, besides recommending Arbury, the second, to be "held harmless." Death has taken from us one of the most remarkable men of the sporting world, for a man who, like John Gully, had fought his way to the position of Champion of England, been a butcher, a publican, a member of Parliament, the owner of two winners of the Derby, and a winner of the Oaks, and made himself almost a millionaire, must fill the most conspicuous place in Turf History. Mr. Gully was 80 at the time of his death, and Lad never sullied his hand or his heart by a dishonourable act. In Parliament he was, of course, a prominent figure, but no legislator, and from the effect of late hours upon his health resigntd after two sessions in the first Reform Par liaments. It would fill more space than you could spare, were I to expatiate upon the career of this very remarkable man, but his name will ever be mentioned with honour in the sporting world. He leaves a widow and ten children, five sons and five daughters, one of whom is the wife of Mr. Pedley, the owner of Cossack, and a second of Captain Bastard of the Royal Artillery. One of his sons was murdered in China, and all the surviving sons are gentle men of position and promise, The present week will be occupied with the Doncaster and Warwick Spring Meet ings, but as the first day of the Northern gathering will be over before this will reach the majority of your readers, my anticipatory remarks will be confined to Warwick, Mr. Henry's meeting takes place on Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday, the programme being very omi commensurate. The I have little doubt the sport will be The Trial Stakes has a capital entry, the we i g hts, with penalties and allowances, being as under: -- Yr st lb Yr st lb Twilight a 9 4 Le Marechal 3 7 0 promising, Atherstone Croagh Patrick 5 9 2 Sea King 3 6 11 Fairwater ....... 5 im 9 2 p t 3 6 11 Ath er stone showed self lest season to be one of the best horses in England over this distance, and having tried Arbury last week, as we saw, satisfactoril y , he must now be in form, and will most likely find his most troublesome h one among the old horses, in Twi li g ht. Neither Le Mare. chal nor Ki ng o f Utopia are likely to show, but the 3 yr- old, Se a Ki ng , so ki n dly recommended to Mr. Arnold for the City and Suburban by the drunken "helper," may put in an appearance, but with no chance of defeating Ather stone, unless as good as his prophet declared. The Wil loughby Handicap has five left in, and if Dulcibella should be brought' out sbe will win, but if reserved, Loiterer maybe safely reckoned upon. The Five Furlong Handicap should fall to Margery or Ellerton. In the Match I prefer Pip to Paddy from Cork. On Thursday there are seven races, the chief events being the Great IV arwickshire Handicap and the Two-Year-Old Stakes. In the last-mentioned Yates, Starbeam, Whitefield, Lady di V erg y, Coirobra, the Merry Sunshine's dam filly, Lady Nichol, and Faith, who have already performed in public, are engaged. Lady Nichol has incurred 41b penalty for winning 'at Nottingham, but the three furlongs is so directly suited to her speediness that I fully anticipate her success. The Debdale Stakes, for horses that have been regularly hunted, ought to be won by the best of Wadlow's—Shropshire or Pot Pourri. The Handicap Plate of £5O I shall award to Hungerf ord or Ellerton, and the Handicap Hurdle Race to Sinking Fund or Jacob. Tho Great Was wickshire Handicap has obtained a moderate acceptance, the following being best in :—Dul cibella, Oldminster, Catch-'em- Alive, and Bedouin. What the intentions of the stables may be I cannot say, but Dul cibella and Oldminster are sure to stay the course, and one of the two may win, with Lord Stamford's mare for choice. To-morrow I shall be able to speak with more distinct ness on the 'probable result of the Great Warwickshire Handicap, when I shall at the same time refer to the e%ents of Friday. PEGASUS. T ERS A LL'S —l,Asr EVENING. EARL SPENCER'S PLATE. - 14 to 1 ag,t Bi , ndella (taken) NORTHAMPTONSHIRE STAKES. 15 to 2 agst Gritns;onp (taken) Bto 1 agst. Kuutsford (Wien) 16 to 1 agst Grisi (taken) 20 to 1 agst Freeholder (takes) 20 to 1 agst Canzonette (taken) 25 to 1 ag , t Lady Evelyn colt (taken) CITY AND SUBURBAN. 20 to 1 agst Gardener (offered) 30 to 1 agst Beachy Head (taken) 33 to 1 agst Alchymist (taken) 33 to 1 agst Oberon (taken) , 33 to 1 agst Adventurer (taken) 33 to 1 agst Jacqueline (taken) CHESTER CUP. 18 to 1 agst Stradalla (taken) TWO THOUSAND GUINEAS. 3to 1. agst Hopodar (offered) 9 to s 2 agst Saccharometer (take 5 to 1) 11 to 1 agst Rapid Rhone (taken) 11 to 1 agst Michael Scott (takiin) 12 to 1 agst Blue Mantle (taken) THE i)ERBY. 6to 1 agst Lord Clilden (taken) 11 to 1 agst Saccharometer (taken) 11 to 1 agst Honcoodat (take 12 to 1) 28 to 1 agst Automaton (taken and offered) 40 to 1 agst Early Purl (taken) 50 to 1 agst Melrose (taken) DC WASTER SPRING MEETING.-MONDAY. The Trial Stakes, of 5 soya each, with 30 sovs:adied ; weight for age; allowances, &c. ; wi nners ex t ra. T he winner to pay 15 sous towards expenses. T.Y.C. Mr. Temperley's Wetsail, 4 yrs, Bst 41b .... (Snowden) 1 Mr. J. Osborne's Comet, 3 yrs, Est 121 b ' • (Whiteley) 2 Mr. H. Savile's Miranda filly, 3 yrs, Est 6lb (Woodhouse) 3 Mr. T. Parr's Judex," 3 yrs, 6st 91b Count Lagrange's Semiramis, Est 61b (Hunter) 5 Betting—Even on Semiramis, 7 to 2 agst Wetsail, 4 to 1 agst the Miranda filly, 6 to 1 agst Judea. Wetsail got away with a lead of three lengths, and he showed the way to the half-mile post, where he was joined by the favourite, Judex bringing up the rear. At the bend the latter came up on the butside, but he died away before getting to the distance, where Semiramis dropped back,,her place being taken by Comet, between whom and Wetsail a splendid race ensued. Opposite the stand the young one had slightly the best of it, but Wetsail getting up in the last stride, he won by a head, the Miranda filly finishing three lengths from the pair. Judex was a bad fourth, and the favourite last. The Doncaster Spring Handicap of 10 soya each, sft, and only 3if declared, with 100 sous added. Winners extra. The second to save his stake. The St. Leger Course. 40 subs, 13 of whom having declared, &C., p ay 3 sous. each. Mr. Temperley's Joey Jones, 5 yrs, 7st "lb (Snowden) 1 Mr. Hodgman's Soothsayer, aged, 6st 61b (Morris) 2 Mr. Fob art's Upperhand, 6 yrs, 7st 121 b .... (Doyle) 3 Mr. Osborne's Flytrap, 4 yrs, 7st .21b (includ. 61b extra) (Whiteley) 4 The following also ran :—The Lawyer, The Monk, Amy, Little Dick, Bernice, Fontenoy, Dirt Cheap, Devotee, Sledmere, Picco, and Jenny Wren. Betting-5 to 1 agst Joey Jones, 6to 1 agst Amy, 7to I agst The Lawyer, 8 to 1 each agst Upperhand, The Monk, and Fontenoy, 10 to 1 aget Soothsayer, 100 to 8 agst any 9ther. Directly the flag descended Joey Jones went to the fore, and attended by Picco, Soothsayer, and Sledmere, he made the running up the back of the course, Bernice, Upperhand, Dirt Cheap, and Flytrap heading the others, who were whipped in by The Lawyer, Devotee, and Amy. Ascend ing the rise, Jenny Wren, taking a wide line to herself, joined the leading division, and at the top of the hill she, with Bernice, went to the front, but, dying away again along the woodside, Fontenoy came through and took a place next to Bernice ; the next lot, consisting of Joey Jones, Upperhand, Soothsayer, Flytrap, and The Lawyer, the last named of whom got nearer as they approached the Red House, where Fontenoy held the lead. Before coming to the bend Joey Jones resumed the command, The Lawyer following second into the straight, and then giving way to Soothsayer and Upperhand, the remainder presenting a lengthened tail. At the distance the favourite had all safe, and he won in a canter by two lengths from Soothsayer, Upperhand coming home two lengths behind the pair. Flytrap tinishJel a bad fourth, and then came Fontenoy, Bernice, Devotee, Picco, and The Lawyer in the order named, the last consisting of limy, The Monk, and Jenny Wren. The hopeful Stakes, of 5 sow each, with 100 added by the Corporation of Doncaster, for 2-yr-olds ; colts, Bst 101 b; fillies and geldings, Bst 71b; winners extra; the second to receive 20 soya out of the stakes. Hopeful Course (about 5 furlongs), 16 subs. Captain Rennie's Starbeam, Bst 71b (Reeves) 1 Mr. Drummond's Area colt, Bst 71b (Fordham) 2 Mr. Orme's Sabra colt, Bst IClb (French) 3 Mr. John Osborne's Lord Adolphus, Bst 101 b (J. Osborne) 4 The following also ran :--Daniel, Langholm, and Tib Tacket filly. Betting-2 to 1 agst the Area filly, 3to 1 agst the Sabra colt, 4 to 1 agst Starbeam, 6 to 1 agst Lord Adolphus. Starbeam, closely followed by Lord Adolphus, the Sabra colt, and the Area filly, made the running up to the turn, when Lord Adolphus gave way to the Sabra colt and the favourite, who got on nearly equal terms with the leader before coining to the distance. Starbeam, however, drew away again at the stand, and won cleverly by a length, a neck separating the second and third. Lord Adolphus was a bad fourth, Daniel fifth, Langholm sixth, and the Tib Tacket filly last. The Londesborough Plate of £5O, winners extra. Red House in. Mr. Gilby's Adventurer, 4 yrs (Noble) 1 Lord Bateman's Peignoir, 4 yrs, (including 71b extra) (Fordham) 2 Mr. H. Savile's Miranda filly, 3 yrs (Woodhouse) 3 Mr. Chadwick's Charles Fov, 4 yrs (Metcalf) 4 Mr. Saxon's Churchman, 4 yrs Mr. Draper's Ripley, 3 yrs . (Gurry) 0 Betting—Even on Adventurer, 3 to 1 agst Peignoir, S to 1 agst the Miranda filly, 7 t o 1 agst Churchman, 8 to 1 agst Charles Fox. The favourite got the best of a straggling start, and, attended by Charles Pox and Peignoir, he made the running to the turn into the straight, where the Miranda filly, who got badly off, joined the leading trio. At the distance Charles Fox dropped behind Peignoir, who failed to reach Adventurer, the latter winning easily by two lengths. Four lengths separated Peignoir from the Mi randa filly, at the girths of whom finished Charles Fox and Churchman, but Ripley, who was beaten a long way, did not pass the post. RUGBY HUNT AND GRAND MILITARY STEEPLECHASES— MONDAY. The Grand Military Gold Cup, value 100 sous, added to a Sweepstakes of 10 sous each, 5 ft, with 50 added ; 12st each ; winners extra ; gentlemen riders ; second to save his stake and receive 20 soya. Three miles. 26 subs. Rifleman, 12st 101 b.... (Mr. Riddell) 1 Justice's Jealousy, aged, 13 st ( i nc. 141 b extra) Captain ta i n e Mr. Featherstonhaugh's Windsor, 12 s t CaptainMat c hll) 2 . . (Owner) 3 The following also :an:—Cannibal, My Mary, Emily, Glenatros, Redwing, Inkerman, Prank, Doubtful, The Nabob, Hazard, and Eishaw. Betting---5 to 4 agst Jealousy, 6to 1 each agst Hazard, Cannibal, and Windsor, 9 to 1 agst any other. Won easily by three lengths; a bad third; Elshaw was fourth, Hazard fifth, Redwing sixth, and Doubtful seventh. The Rugby Hunt Cup, value 50 sous, added to a Sweep stakes of 6 soya each ; weight for age; winners extra. About three miles. The Hon. N. North's Antelope, aged, 13st.. (Mr. James) 1 Mr. H. F. Chichester's Bridesmaid, h b, aged, 13st (Owner) 2 Mr. Arding ns b g Jacques, aged, 1 35 t.... (Mr. Parker) 3 The following also ran :—Rattlebone, St. George, St. James, and The Doctor. Betting-6 to 4 agst Antelop©, 7to 2 ags t J acques , st o 1 agst any other. Won easily by si x lengths; a b a d third. The Open Steeplechase (Handicap), of 10 soya each, with 30 added ; winners extra. About four miles. Mr. B. Land's Deceiver, lOst 131 b ..... . (B. Land, jun.) 1 Mr. Briscoe's Yaller Gal, llst 7113 ....... (Mr. Dixon) 2 Mr. Handley's Doubtful, lOst 7113 .. . ........ (C. Boyce) 3 The following also ran :—Heads or Tails, Light of Other Days, Countess, and Ben Lomond, Betting-7 to 4 agst Yeller Gal, sto 2 agst Deceiver, 3to I agst Light of Other Days, 9 to 1 agst Heads or Tails, 7 to 1 agst Doubtful, and Bto 1 agst Countess. Won easily by six lengths ; a bad third ; Heads or Tails was fourth; and the others did not pass the post, The Veteran Stakes of 10 sous each ; 12st each; gentlemen riders ; winners extra. Military steeplechase course. 20 subs. Mr.Duffield's Bounce, 13st 71b (inc. 141 b extra) (Owner) 1 Mr. Handley's A A. Tommy,l2ut 7113 .... (Captain Beverley) 2 iu r . Lady o f L a Garaye, 12st 71b Parka The (Owner) 3 The following also ran :— Tuscarora, Antelope, The Monmouthshire, and Dice-box. 1 Butting-7to 4 agst Bounce, 5 t o 2 agst the Monmouth shire,st o 1 any other. Won e as il y by ten lengths; a b a d third, THE CIVIL WAR IN AMERICA. *-- (From the Times' Correspondent.) WASHINGTON, Feb. 28. New York exhibits no outward signs of the war and desolation that afflict the land. Washington, on the contrary, bctrays them at every turn. The long straggling Avenues, planned in a spirit of tn!g nificence, but so mean'y executed, swarm with sol diers, camp followers, forage waggons, anabui•nces, and all the rids, instruments, and paraphernalia of strife. Thousands of young men, in gray •blue uniforms, swagger about the streets or lounge at the doors of the hotels, with the fresh ..utt;ines of the inexperience that has never yet confronted a foe ; while mingled among them, at intervals pain fully frequent, are to be seen the luckless veterans of the struggle—the men who can fight no more, the maimed and mutilated victims of " glory" and " patriotism," limping along on crutches, and turn ing their sunken eyes towards the by-passers with a piteous expression of countenance, as if to crave the sympathy of all who are still in the enjoyment of their limbs and faculties. The mud in all the main I Avenues is ankle-deep, for there has been a heavy fall of snow, six inches thick, that only lay one day up m the ground before it began to yield to the fervid rays of a summer-like sun and the breath of a wind as warm, if not as balmy, as that of an Eng lish June. Through the rivers and lakes of slush pass and repass at all hours of the day and night immense droves of cattle, as many as 4,000 or 5,000 at a time, some going into Virginia for the use of the Army of the Potomac, and some destined for the consumption of the 60,000 men retained for the de fence of the capital, together with an almost con tinuous procession of supply and forage waggons, l each drawn by six mules, and driven by a negro or an Irish teamster, shouting and swearing as he goes. On any ordinary roads in England or in Europe, two mules would be amply sufficient for any vehi cle of the kind, however heavily laden, but in the deep, greasy, tenacious mud of this region, six are none too many for the task they have to perform. Never, perhaps, in any city of the world was so much horse and mule flesh to be seen es in Washington at this moment, and such miserable horseflesh never before enriched a mob of contractors or impoverished a nation. The soldiers, are for the most part as rough and shaggy as the mules. Raw lads of 18 and 20 form the bulk of the army that defends Washington against the immi nent aggression of General Lee. These youths revel and riot in their premature manhood, and exhibit their exuberant strength and insolence in drunken and other orgies that seem to have no limits but their purses. To inveigle the" greenbacks" out of their pockets and those of their officers a whole army of brazen courtesans and " painted Jezebels" has invaded the city, who ply their trade by adver tisement in the newspapers and by public exhibition in the streets after a fashion so gross that it would shame even the Haymarket. The places where they have congregated have received the name new to American slang, and peculiar to Washington, of " Ranches," a word that in Texas signifies an en closure for cattle. The " Ranches" of Madame This or That are as openly conducted as the hotels or boarding-houses, and the Provost Marshal and his officials make little or no effort to interfere with them. At every street, corner, and place of public resort are to be seen printed notices, warning simple-minded strangers against the multitudinous thieves who have congregrated here from all parts of the world. In those " howling caravanserais" the leading hotels, where the utmost possible discomfort is paid for at the highest possible price, and where the bad cookery and the bad wine are only equalled by the bad accommodation and the bad attendance, are posted up at every angle of the vestibules, cor ridors, and reception rooms conspicuous warnings against the hotel thieves who have come hither from England and France, as well as from New York, to break into ladies' bedrooms at the dinner hour and decamp with their jewelry. Three days ago one of them succeeded in making off with the money and private papers of Mr. Ex-Secretary Cameron, while that unsuspecting diplomatist was quietly dining at Willard's. Another class of thieves, not so designated in polite society, but worthy of the name—the people who sell the Government rotten and unworthy steamboats for the con veyance of troops and stores; shoes for the army, that wear out in one day's march ; and shoddy gar ments, nether and upper, that rot like blotting paper in a shower of rain; the "respectable" people who plunder under form of law and with the decent ob servances of trade, feed daily at Willard's and other public places, and make themselves conspicuous by the magnums of claret and champagne which they consume, and by the general loudness of their talk and behaviour, Then there are the " wire-pullers" and " log-rollers ;" that is to say, men who have schemes before Congress, and who " engineer" their bills through both houses by the vulgarest agencies of dinner and drink, ..s well as by other means not so visible to spectators, though perhaps more satis factory to such members of the Legislature as are neither too honest nor too proud to be purchased. But the roguery and rascality of Washington are equalled by its misery. There are estimated to be no less than 40,000 sick, wounded, and mutilated soldiers within the district of Columbia, receiving such poor relief and consolation as circumstances will allow, not one twentieth part of whom will ever again be in a condition to fight the battles of the North. In addition to these are the negroes, or "contrabands," as they are called in the slang which General Butler originated and made popular, who have escaped from Maryland and Virginia into the Federal lines, and are maintained by the Government at a heavy cost. Many of these poor creatures are able-bodied men, for whom no work is to be found even as teamsters—an occupation for which they are well fitted ; but a large proportion are aged and infirm persons and young children. All of them are huddled together in wretched shanties at a remote corner of the town. Smallpox is making fearful havoc among them, and thence extending its ravages among the white population. Washington, though an immense city upon the map, is not sufficiently built up to accommodate the 250,000 people who have been drawn within its focus by the necessities of the war and the Govern ment. Its drainage is so miserably defective that the wonder ought to be that it has not long ago been the theatre of pestilence as well as of war, and thus suffered the second as well as the first scourge of humanity. Add to this that at the hotels accommodation is scarcely to be had—that travellers are often com pelled to sleep six in a room ; that everything to eat, drink, or wear is as dear as it is bad, and some idea may be formed of the outward aspects of the national capital in this closing week of the 37th Congress. Congress itself offers an animated scene as its term draws to an end. The galleries of the House of Representatives, which are capable of ac commodating about 800 or 1,000 spectators, are daily and nightly filled with attentive audiences of men and women, who loudly express their dissent or assent to the utterances of the representatives below. The sympathy of this crowd seems to go almost entirely with the Republicans and Extermi nators. They applaud every encroachment upon the liberties of the people which is proposed by Mr. Thaddeus Stevens—the dreary Robespiere who rules in that assembly—and justify every unusual and unconstitutional power which is vested in the President. The fact may perhaps be explained by another fact, which is that the resident public of Washington is a public of officials and hangers-on of the Government, and that large numbers of strangers from every part of the Union are here in triguing for places and contracts, and that these classes would cheer Mr. Jefferson Davis as lustily as they cheer Mr. Lincoln if the fortune of war should instal the Southern President in the White House and place the destinies of the North at his disposal. The debates during the week have been animated and interesting, but all the fire and elo quence have come from te Democratic side of the house. The Republicans have not an orator among them. Mr. Thaddeus Stevens, chairman of the Committee of Ways and Means, who by virtue of that position is the Ministerial leader, is clear headed, methodical, and logical ; but he drawls and drones, and is utterly without animation of manner or elegance of diction. He speaks like a cold and callous theorist, who would carry out, if he could, his idea of Southern extermination with as little compunction as he would erase a wrong word in a sentence. This gentleman, an attorney from Pennsylvania, is only ardent in one cause—that of the abolition of slavery, and differs from the Northern people in having no antipathy to the negroes as a race. On the contrary, he has a Northern white men, s n y e m r q p u at it h e y u w nu it s h u t a h l e a m m , o w ng hlc h he has proved in a man ppaarstsye dwth,hoe address ut espe ciallythe House H when, o l u lie sa m ct a lh y iekr b e e mh l ei e mm ss 'bt w ehr e se a yo r f i h so ah m vise e, but they are not more eloquent than their leader. They ere simply dictatorial and offensive ; they sneer at the writ of habeas corpus, as if it were some new fangled notion, invented for no other purpose than to impede the prosecution of the war, and with scarcely the form or show of debate they vote into the hands of the President powers which if proposed to be given to o', IN t ij,„ A . .: 2 . .;:z —...„----, ------ . i- ---e-e-- z , 77.- . 7*.--.Z ...- /'' , ------ ' ,-- e - IN It_ '•:',,...i PApER • _ .21,:1•_44 1t5_ 4 ,.: .. j„ ,., • ,,.N..x ; l a: : it*z" . 4,... , •,\* , 1 fi t 4 er-4 tt .', 16. : stall Mr. Charles Sn er in hi 1" — ,:e' ' - ' ' 4 `i ,C4 l though without decided success. 'h - , , st te faith in the Sccretary of State, and t. .v, .. own words, t hat Mr. Seward is '' the Ufttonaf I hfiii tub." Mr. Lincoln's particular friend, Major-Gee. Cassius M. Clay, is of opinion that ho is a whole tub, and that he ought to be thrown into the sea to feed the abolition whale ; but, as Mr. Seward objects to• M a post of Ambassador to St. PettG ih Clay f o liu ' rg, in rth succession e to Mr. Simon Cameron, this fact may serve to explain the ill-feeling on the part of the amateur soldier and diplomatist, whose sole aims and ends in life, beyond his own. personal alvancement, appear to be the liberation of the slaves of the South—even at the cost of a servile war —and the severance of the connection betwr(n Great Britain and Ireland. But, though the Rk.- publican caucus against Mr. Seward and son. , 2 other members of the Cabinet has not yet shaken t,he President's determination to keep his happy family together, the leading members know their power too well,to be discouraged, and will renew their efforts •to surround Mr. Lincoln with Ministers who share the opinions of Mr. Sumner and Mr. (3r:lly, and to expel the last lingering rerrinarls o!' Conservatism from the Cabinet. Gold. vibrates 6,t vre p n 71 r , nfi i 2 pPr e=mt, premium, at - A is 1:1- more likely to reach 80 during the next few weeks than to recede sensibly from its present rates, B u t New York takes this, as it takes everything else ( e x e ,-.0 the capture of New York ships by those de testib;e Flori&s and Alabamas), with exceeding quiet and serenity. It is making much money. Its balloon is filled with gas, and soars majestically aloft, with a joyous crew of aeronauts who never dream of the day when they would descend once more and creep like meaner people upon the earth. But the day will come, nevertheless, and then there will ba a crash of bones and a wailing and lamenta tion such as have seldom occurred in the history of a commercial people. . /y STAMPED ....M. Naval and Military Intelligence. -4400.--;t 1 4 , I a monarch of England, Prussia, Spain, or France, would inevitably goad the people into a violent re volution. But in this city despotism seems to he taken as a matter of course. Nothing is strange. nothing is unusual, nothing is unconstitutional, nothing is wicked to people who are prospering upon the war, and have set their minds upon fat contracts. Neither is rnything strange or 111:0011- stitutional to the zealots and bigots of the Republi can party, or to the manufacturers of New England and Pennsylvania, who thrive upon the new tariff which is ruining the country. In the eyes of all these people nothing is objectionable that tends to perpetuate this rnis2rable strife, and liberty, hap piness, and the best hopes of this and succeeding generations are all sacrificed without exciting their elarm or disapprobation. When Mr.Vallandighsry, Mr. Pendleton, Mr. Cox,or other leading Democrats denounce with fiery eloquence the wrong that has been done, the galleries make no sign, and when these gentlemen defend the Constitution and the law, and urge that under no circumstances ought they to be abrogated, a hiss spreads among the geese who have got into the Capitol, which Mr. Galueha Grow, the Speaker, mildly r He threatens to clear the galleries, but does not carry the threat into execution, and the interrup tions continue as before. The scene recalls to mind the sittings of the Jacobins in the French Revolu tion: Robespierre is lord of the ascendant. The people applaud him and his followers only, and rea son, justice, and law are not to be tolerated. The week will be a memorable one in the annals of America. It has sealed the doom of the liberties of the North unless there shall occur in due time a ccunter revolution to restore a Constitutional Go vernment. Three extreme measures have been passed, and were intended to make Mr. Lincoln Dictator, and have accomplished their purpose. By the first he is authorised to suspend the operation of the law of habeas corpus whensoever he shall deem fit, expedient, or necessary. He or his secre taries may cause to be imprisoned and kept in pri son, without trial, for an indefinite length of time, any person, high or low, in any of the States of the Union. He may order a military force to seize the Governor of New York or Connecticut, or any other sovereign commonwealth. He may arrest and hold in Forts Lafayette, Warren, or M'Henry, the members of any Legislature whose proceedings he may adjudge to be treasonable or dangerous. He may seize a judge upon the judgment-seat, and carry him off to prison, as his secretaries aid Judge Carmichael, of Maryland, and hold him there as a common malefactor, without specifying the offence committed. He may silence any tongue, or pen, or r printing press i n t h e country, an d no j udge or jury shall question the legality of his act. It is true that the Secretary of State and the Secretary of War " are directed to furnish t o th e j u d ges, as soon as may be practicable, the names of the persons ar rested, that they may be presented to the grand jury for indictment;" but the President and his secretaries are alone to decide on the "practicability" of such a step ; and if they are of opinion that it is unwise or unsafe to liberate or bring to trial any such prisoners during the two remaining years of the Presidential term, there is nothing in the act of Congress to come pel them to make an earlier decision. This proviso, therefore, counts for nothing. And in order that the President may have the power to carry this gigantic tyranny into effect, and become de facto the strongest despot in the world, Congress has passed a Cottarription Act, which calls out, at the discre tion of the President as to members the whole able bodied male population of the country betweext the ages of 18 and 45. The first call of 600,000 men is to be made, with what success will not be known until after the 10th of July, when the Act comes into operation. The Democratic party was power less to defeat the measure. It was so obviously necessary that the Government should have the means of recruiting its fast disappearing armies— which in two months will be reduced to one-half of their actual strength by the expiry of the term of service of the two years and nine months volunteers —that any real opposition would have been con sidered factious. The Democrats, therefore, made up their minds to accept the measure and propose two important, though not essential amendments. The framer of the bill had, in a parenthetical pro viso, given power to the Provost-Marshal to arrest " all persons suspected of treasonable practices." In order that there might be no mistake, Messrs. Vale landigham, Vorbees, Cox, and other Democrats, supported the omission of the words and the restric tion of the powers of the Provost Marshal to the conscripts to be enrolled under the Act. After a spirited debate, in which the galleries for the first time during the Session applauded a Democratic speaker for asserting the liberties of his country against the encroachments of irresponsible military power, the amendment was carried. Another amend nicht, to insert the word " white" before the words " male able-bodied citizens" was rejected ; so that under the new Conscript Law the negroes will be liable to serve side by side with the white race ia the future armies of the Republic. Should this lead to difficulty the President has the remedy in his own hands, and has simply to order the enrolment officers not to call upon the negroes for military duty, to obviate the danger of mutiny among the whites that might otherwise result. There needed but one other measure to complete the charmed circle of Imperialism, and that was provided by the Currency and Banking Acts of Mr. Secretary Chase, which, after a series of amendments and reconsideration in both Houses, and a Committeee of Conference of the two, have been finally passed. In one way or the other, by loan, and by the issue of greenbacks the Govern ment is authorised to issue about 1,100,090,000 dols., a sum that, before the rise in gold, would have represented about £220,000,000 sterling; but that, with gold at 72 per cent. premium, only represents about £137,000,000. Mr. Chase has also carried his favourite projects of taxing the existing banks upon their circulation, and of introducing a uniform Federal currency of greenbacks that are not to be taxed. These are stupendous measures, The three form a perfect unity, solid, substantial, and artisti cally dovetailed one into the other. Were Mr. Lincoln a man of genius, a groat soldier, an astute and far-seeing diplomatist, or an ambitious and de signing intriguer, having the will to make himself King, Emperor, Czar, hereditary President, Lord Protector, or anything else, they would afford him the means of putting a speedy and ignommous end to the Republic. But these powers have not been given to him for such purposes. , The Republican trustpart him , y know Neither their have man, and they think been fr conferred they re d can upon him in order that he may more effectually carry on the war for the subjugation of the South. He is no more the man for that purpose than he is the man of whom to make an emperor. In this respect, too, the Republicans know him and have taken the measure of his capacity. The restoration of the Union is felt to be impossible, not only by the Pre sident, but by every prominent man in public life. Both the Union and the Constitution upon which it was founded are defunct. The Southern Congress destroyed the Union ; the Northern Congress has destroyed the Constitution. The revolution has completed its first cycle. North and South are two for hei n e g v e u r u m i t o u r d e , u a h n d d e r a r u e n e a s G i u n v c e a r p n a m b e l e n t f o a r s E t h n e g f l u a t n u d r e a n o d f France or Ireland and Italy. NEW YORK, March 3. The legal term of Congress expires to-morrow at 12, o'clock. It dies a quiet death—a fate that at one time seemed improbable, having done its best or its worst to destroy the liberties of the people by whom it was elected, and to leave to its successor a legacy of doubt, perplexity, and danger. The Pre sident, needing the assistance of the Senate to con firm some of the decrees which he may think it necessary to issue, and some of the appointments of Brigadier-Generals and Foreign Ministers which he may deem it expedient to make during the next few weeks, has called an extra session of that body, to assemble immediately on the expiry of its . pre sent term. In other words, its ordinary session is at an end at 12 o'clock to-morrow, and its extraor dinary session is to commence the moment after wards. A flagrant act of tyranny and unconstitu tionality has signalised its last moments. On the bill granting an indemnity to the President and his Ministers for all the arbitrary acts of the last year having been brought forward, Mr. Bayard, of-De laware, one of the ablest and least passionate mem bers of the house, spoke earnestly against it. The discussion lasted till half-past 4 in the morning, when a motion was made to adjourn. The motion was not carried, arid Mr. Bayard attempted to re sume his speech. The chairman, Mr. Pomzioy, o f Kansas, called h m to order, declaring that the bill was no longer before the house, arid had been car lied. The shameful attempt to extort a party triumph excites both alarm and di sgust, and one of the Democratic journals of this evening declares the republic to be virtually at an end in copse quence. The House o f Repres en t a ti ves has not been ca ll e d together, and i n ccinsequence the country will wit ness the unusual, tho ug h not, i t appears , t h e uncon stitutional, spectacle of the sitting of one House of the Legislature without the other. The agitation of the Republican senators at Wash ington Mr. to eject Seward from o ffi ce, and to in- THE NAVY. The concluding trials were made on Saturday in Chatham dockyard for the purpose of testing the rudder-head of the Royal Oak, 34, iron-plated frigate, in continuation of those made some days p rev i ous l y . Th e pressure u sed on this occasion was rather more than six tons, at which strain no flaw could be discovered in the rudder-head. At the con clusion of the trials it did not appear to be in the least sprung. Arrangements are being made for undockhg the Royal Oak on Thursday, when she will proceed to Folly Point, where she will complete fitting for sea, the depth of water in Chatham harbour being insufficient for vessels of the Royal Oak class to prevent their grounding and conse quent straining. The Hector, 32, iron frigate, which arrived at Spithead on Sunday from the Clyde, went into Portsmouth harbour yesterday and berthed alongside the dockyard, where she will be at once taken in hand to fit out for commission. It is stated that the officers and crew of the Defence, iron fri gate, will be turned over to her. The Hector left the Clyde on Thursday last, at 7 p.m., in company with her Majesty's steam-tug Geyser, being in charge of Capt. Ewen for the contractors, Messrs. R. Napier and Sons, of Glasgow, and having on board stokers and seamen from her Majesty's ships Hogue and Geyser. She was fitted with the iron lower masts which had been built for her by Messrs. Napier, and these were fitted with wire rigging, trysail, masts, and sails, &c., from Portsmouth dockyard. Owing to the in correct working of the Hector's compasses at starting her pace had to be regulated by that of the Geyser, up to 2 p.m. on Friday. After that time the Hector made her own course, and by 4 p.m. the Geyser was out of sight astern. At 430 p.m. on Saturday the ship was abreast of the Lizard, and having experienced tremendous weather from the Tuskar, with the wind at W.N.W. Spithead was reached, and the ship's anchor dropped, on the conclusion of her first voyage, at 9 a.m. on Sunday. The ship is said to have worked remarkably well, and rode the seas as easily as any wooden ship could be expected to have done in similar weather. At one time, off the Lizard, a consi derable body of water was on the main deck, which it was impossible for the time to get rid of. On examining the arrangement of the scuppers and sewer pipes the cause of this is, however, at once evident. The sewer pipes, which pass underneath the beam-ends and knees which support the main deck, run nearly the whole length of the ship, and discharge their contents at the extreme ends. As a natural result of this arrangement 'when the ship pitches and rolls more than is usual the water by its own gravity rushes from end to end of the sewer pipe and causes a dead lock. This must be remedied before the ship can go to sea, The getting adrift of the spare screw blade on the forecastle was the only other accident of the voyage, which may be considered highly creditable for the ship and engines. The hull, en gines, and iron lower masts have all been constructed by Messrs. Napier. The hull is on the principle of the Ware rior and other iron ships, with the exception that the Hector has a heavy bulkhead, or shield, covered with 41-inch armour plates, fixed across her bowa from her lower deck to a level with her bulwarks. This is of semicirclar fonts and is intended to receive th ; fire of a fort, or that of an enemy's broadside of guns, when using the Hector as a ram. Her armour plating is also continued from the point at which the Warrior now carries her armour plating as a belt round her line of gun ports, bow and stein, with additional plating over her outer stern post and rudder head, The majority of her armour plates are rolled, and are from the manufac tories of Messrs. Brown, Sheffield, Messrs. Beall, Parkpie, and Messrs. Risley , Parkhead. Further details regarding her hull we must reserve until another opportunity. Iu general appearance outside she is fully as ungraceful in out line alongside the dockyard as she was when lying off in the distance at Spithead. As an iron ship of war the peculiari ties which render her ugly claim to be her chief recommen dations. The engines have cylinders of 82in, diameter and a stroke of 4ft. The screw is a Griffiths of 20ft. diameter and 20ft. Gin. pitch. At the back of each cylinder is fitted a small auxiliary engine for strartirig and stopping the en— gines, in addition to the ordinary wheel and hand gear, and all is so simply and efficiently arranged that two men, one at each auxiliary, have perfect control over the engines, the action at the same time being almost instantaneous. The castings are excellent, and every part is massive, well finished, and simple in arrangement. The screw alley is unusually lofty and roomy, and the disconnecting and other arrangements of the shafting have been fitted with great care and strength. The stokehole has six boilers—three on each side. The highest temperature reached here during the voyage round from Greenock was 85 deg. The means of ventilation appear to be very good, although no patented plans have been applied. The funnel casing is well open on the upper deck, and a square shaft, fitted to hoist out ashes, no doubt contributes in the main to this excellent re sult, the former acting as an up and the latter as a down cast air-shaft. Above the boilers is fixed a email auxiliary engine, which hoists out the ashes from the stokehole. An auxiliary engine of 40-horse power is also being fitted on board to work the fire-engines, capstans, &c. There are two points, however, in connexion with the Hector which, if viewed in a proper light, may prove instructive to Admi ralty economists. 1, The Geyser left Portsmouth and Plymouth for Greenock with some half ton of stores on board, while the heavy wire rigging, sails, kc., for the Hector followed the Geyser by rail. 2. The official de signers of the ship knew so little of what was wanted in the form of the ship's stern that she was built with a well. Tho peculiar, shaped form of the ship's stern, however, would not allow of the ship being steered otherwise than by a straight tiller, a reversion to the old sailing line-of-battle ship system. The well thus became useless, and is therefore now filled in with an iron tank, which will make a capital storeroom. Its position has, however, unfortunately, greatly added I o the overhanging weight and weakness of the ship's stern. In the peculiar form of stern possessed by the Hec tor she will be equalled by the Royal Alfred, and probably excelled in ugliness by the turret ship Royal Sovereign, The Osborne yacht, Master-Commander Bower, returned to Portsmouth yesterday from Antwerp. The paddlewheel steam vessel Kite, Master-Commander Bowden, was yesterday hauled into basin at Woolwich to be surveyed and condemned. She was brought up the river by the Medusa, her own machinery having become disabled soon after sailing from Bermuda harbour. From the length ened period of her service— s t a t e d t o b e upwards o f 15 years .—her boilers had bec ome corro d e d to t h e cons i s tency of paper, and . the boili ng wa t er was cons t an tly escaping. Th e water ttuk, and everything serviceable for patching up the decayed boilers, were cut up and applied for that purpos e . On a preliminary survey being made yesterday, it was stated that the rates and decayed state of the timbers ap parent throughout the ship rendered it a marvel, that she lived out the voyage in safety. Both the paddleboxes were partly carried away, the bulwarks swept out, the .leather pac ki n g of the machinery worn off, and the vessel a com plete wreck. The iron-plated screw ste am f r i gate Warrior, 40, Captain the llon. A. A. Cochrane, was app o i nted to leave the Sound yesterday afternoon for Harnoaze. She will be docked at Keyham stemnyare. The following appoint ments and promotions were made e yesterday at the Admiralty Edward Wade, W a lter Byron Ain:Rik, sad G erard Dupre Clough have been nominated to naval cadetship s ; C, Deal, of the Rattle,r, M•Lood, of the M gra, of the A s i a, W . Russell, of the Indus, J. E. Turner, in the E. R. C oc k re ll, J. M. P age , and L. M. G cn, Black Prince, and J. J. Finch, of the Industry, first-class assist.- mgiucer, promoted to engineers; J. Beech, of the Greyhound, W. P. Dawe, of the Liffey, and J. Peach, of the et ntatir, promoted to acting first-class assist...engineer,. The following appointment has been made in the Royal Naval Reserve :—To be Lieutenant, Benjamin Fletcher. IA DVERTISEMENT.I —Holloway's Pills and Ointment. —A frequent cause of gout and rheumatism is the inflam matory state of the blood, attended with bad digestion and general debility. A few doses of these pills, t a k en i n time, are an effectual preventative against gout and rh eumat i sm ; but anyone who has an attack of either should use Hollo way's ointment also, the powerful properties of which, com bined with the effect of the . pills, m us t i nfallibly effect a cure. These pills act directly on the blood, which they purify and improve; they a l so regulate the secretions . and give tone to the stomach, and th us t h e whole system '8 in vigorated, and put in t o a condition which i enables it to throw off disease or check it s approach