The Sun. — London, England, 1864-04-14 00:00:00

THE WAR IN DENMARK. (Fr oin the Tiwes Special Correspondent at the Danish Head-quarters.) I lANISH HEAD-QUARTERS, ULKEBOL, April 8. Tt le cannonade was rather hot for the best part of the day yesterday in front of the bastions, but the towtt of Sonderborg enjoyed a comparative repose, and was only visited by an occasional shell from Broagerland. The fire of its ruined buildings smouldered still for a few hours in the morning, but went out before night. Among the many good qualities I had reason to admire in the Danish character, I must mention the total absence of conceit, and of all propensity to brag or bluster. They, I must say it in sober honour and truth, never disguised from themselves the terrible difficulties and dangers of their position. They never flattered themselves that they could offer a very long resistance against the terrible odds that two such color al Powers as Prussia and Austria conspired to bring against them. They looked upon their isolated position, upon what they considered as " the heart less desertion of all their natural allies, espe cially Sweden and England," with silent but deep dismay. They were no less determined to stand their ground like men ; they were sufficiently sure of themselves to know that the world would never reproach them with leaving anything undone that mere men could do. But they were also aware that their days were numbered, and that, without some unforeseen providential interference, themselves, their brave army, their old Monarchy with the cause—in their eyes the most righteous and holy— must succumb. Neither had they any overweening opinion of the famous positions which to some extent made up for their deficiency in mere nu merical forces. They knew full well before the out , break of the war, that the Dannewerk was a fortress not to be manned by anything lees than thrice the troops they could muster; nor was the word " impregnable" ever applied within my hearing either to the Dybbol bastions or to the ramparts of Fredericia. The Danes took their station behind these lines with full consciousness that they could and would do their utmost ; but with perfect know ledge, likewise, that even the fall of these fortresses, one after another, was a mere question of time. Time has, as yet, dealt gently with them. This day completes the second month since the Danish rear came to an end of its disastrous march from Schleswig within these intrenchments, closely pur sued by the Germans, who have been ever since cooling their heels outside of them. During these two months all has been tried that investment, assault, and bombardment could achieve ; but no material advantage has been gained by the besiegers, if we except the occupation of the Avnbjerg and of Dybbol village, by which their line of operation has been considerably advanced, and the Danish position exposed to the chances of either a furious onset or a sudden surprise. For the rest, the bastions on Dybbol will have received no serious, or irreparable damage, and any attempt to take them by storm must still be a feat of very doubtful issue, and can only be attended with success on the condition of a vast amount of bloodshed Still the fall of Dybbol, and even the loss of Alsen, is matter of by no means uncertain and even remote contingency, in the opinion of the Danes, if the game be allowed to go on much further. Who can read through the chapter o accidents by which for tresses may be lost or won ? What foresight or pro vidence can guarantee a suit of armour against all flaws or gaps ? What watchfulness is proof against all chances of surprise ? What stout endurance can hold out against the effects of incessant exertion ? The Danes have made up their minds to do their duty, and meet their fate like men. Their fall, without the intervention of a special Providence, is inevitable. It may be to =day or to-morrow ;it may be put off for two or three weeks, or for as many months. What they rely upon is merely the indo mitableness of their own soul, the confidence that the world may never have to say that less has been done by them than could beexpected of mere mortals. Neither do the Danes sin in underestimating their enemies. As far as the Austrians ere concareed, there never was a more universal topic of conversa tion in the Danish camp than the dash and spirit of the Imperial troops, the skill of their officers, the thorough temper and discipline of the men. From Bastrop to ()verso, and from Gudio and Vaile to the ramparts of Fredericia, the Danes not only acknow ledged that they had worthy adversaries before them, but they extolled the brilliant qualities of Croats and Hungarians even to the disparagement of their own no less sturdy but somewhat heavier and clumsier troupe. As to the Prussians, it is pos sible that they may be looked upon with greater rancour and antipathy, but you are aware that, in the encounter of the 17th ult., the Danes paid full :need of praise to the pluck with which the infantry of that nation came to close quarters with the bayonet on the outskirts of the Dybbol village. That the raga recruits in the Prussian army wavered and hung back, both on February 22 and on March 28, when their officers urged them to a rush upon the heavy cannon of the bastions on Dybbol-hilt is a fact which I have asserted on the most positive testimony of many Danish officers, men of honour, and gentlemen in whose truthfulness I have as full reliance as upon my own. On the first occasion, I repeat, Prussian officers were seen striking their recreant soldiers with the flat of their swords, and were heard upbraiding them with the exclamation, ' " Verdammte haute!" On the latter, the ringing word of command, " Vorwarts, Vorwarts," was an swered with a sullen " Nein, nein !" the soldiers striking the butt end of their muskets on the ground, like men of whom impossibilities are expected, and who oppose the mere vis inertia to entreaty, threat, or remonstrance. All this occurred here and there. I said it, and abide by it. The best proof of the extreme proba bility of the story, if not of its absolute veracity, lies in the very fact that the " hunde" did not ac tually come on the 22d, as they were desired, and that they could not be induced to obey the "for ward" order on the 28th. Had the officers only asked of them feasible things, and had the men been sufficiently amenable to discipline, we should not now be discussing about the chances of the ap proaching fall of Dybbol, for its forts would already long since have shared the fate of those of the Dan newerk. That the men did not second their leaders as they should have done is also proved by the very great disproportion between the casualties among the soldiers and officers, as resulting from the,Prus sians own official accounts, bearing witness to the extraordinary exertions demanded of the wearers of epaulettes to sustain the sinking courage of the men in the ranks. Bat while the Danes remarked and related all this, they neither evinced surprise nor showed any disposition to crow over this momen tary vacillation of their enemy's spirit. They were fully aware that the great mass of the Prussian army consisted of very young recruits who had never seen fire, and they saw that a display of valour was ex acted from them which could scarcely be exhibited by long-tried veterans. Small blame to the Prus sian soldiers if they paused and wavered before the muzzles of those heavy Dybbol batteries. That their heart failed them at that first juncture is no security to the Danes that those same laggards may not becom e heroes, and may not come on with ir resistible resolution on a second or third attempt. Whatever • . I Prospects hard fate may have in store for them, however, the Danes can hardly bring themselves to believe that Dybbol may fall before the Conference opens, or even during the first and second week of its sittings, Their pleni potentiaries, they flatter th will themselves, ring be fore b the negotiators of the opposite party, and be fore the arbitrating Powers of Europe, all the argu ments which m ay be pleaded in behalf of a small and week, b ut as yet nelther broken nor seriously worsted Pewee. Denmark will still be able to speak out loftily and fearlessly, to hold h er own, to appeal to the respect and admiration, not to the insulting pity, nor yet to the barren sympathy, of sister nations. 'lid the Conferenc3 time to meet and to delibe rate for five or six days before any untoward news reaches it as to serious Danish disasters at Dybbol, we must, indeed, for ever des, air of diplomacy, it one of the first questions brought forward and satis factorily solved is not that of a suspension of hosti ties. The Germans have had full two months wherein to die/slay all their overwhelming strength, and to strike a decisive blow if they thought a bad, or, at least, a doubtful cause could be hallowed by signal and final success. As they have taken m tters so coolly and leisurely, when there was In diplomacy to tie down their hands, they ought to be less loth to allow arms to rest now, and to aff )t d leisure for peaceful negotiation to do away, if possible, with the necessity of further bloodshed. The Danes ought to be entitled to breathe. Be it remembered that they have been most reluctantly driven to this Conference ; that they have throughout exhibited the most unqualified disgust at the bare mention of an armistice. They have been goaded to despair by the heartless desertion of Europe ; they have been blinded with anger at the " false promises and perfidious suggestions," by which they were lulled into an improvident security, and induced to give up Rendsburg, Frederickstadt, and, perhaps, even the Dann.- werk, under the influence of that specious declaration that if they listened to their friends' well-meaning advice " they should not be left alone in the struggle," The evil that diplo. macy did them diplomacy should endeavour to undo. Honourable conditions of peace may yet be wrenched from discordant and irresolute Germany; at all events, there is no reason why the roar of the cannon should not be silent in the field while 'ale droning hum of diplomatic rages is heard in the Cabinet. By writing this I am aware I give mortal offence to some of my dearest Danish friends, especially those belonging to the Dagblad and Eider-Dane school, who will hear nothing but of a glorious downfall of Denmark, and of the burying of all her brave children under her ruins. But with all due deference to their authority, I must be allowed to express my opinion that the Conference and an armistice may still be the best means to befriend their country and lead to the ultimate triumph of whatever is just and holy in their cause. PERVERTED HERO WORSHIP, (From the Daily Newii.) Day by day since General Garibaldi's arrival in England he has been deluged with correspondence of all kinds. Not merely has he received letters having a definite and legitimate aim, bat advice, tracts, prophecies, and pamphlets have poured in with a fecundity perfectly astonishing to those of his staff whose duty it is to open and submit to the general the communications sent. Pre-eminent amongst the letter-writers have been enthusiastic autograph-hunters, who, without previous know ledge of the general, without either introduction to, or the faintest claim upon him, have written in shoals for epecimens of his handwriting. He begins, with characteristic good nature, by readily comply. ing with these somewhat inconsiderate requests. The autographic appetite has, howev:r, grown by what it fed upon, and the number of daily applica tions has increased almost with the rapidity of the nails in the horseshoe. As it would probably keep a clerk of average industry fully employed were written answers sent to each of these applicants, and as the gentlemen who act as private secretaries to the General are already worked to the full extent of their powers, it is hoped that the non-acknowledg ment of requests for an autograph will be attributed not to discourtesy, but to its being as impossible to comply as it is to give written refusal. The physical powers even of heroes are fiaite, and as no one would wish that during the remainder of the General's stay in England he should be excluded from visitors, shut out from seeing and being seen, and be chained to his desk solely to gratify young ladies by writing " Giuseppe Garibaldi" for their albums, it is to be hoped, in the interests of the public at large, that ho will see the wisdom of abiding by the resolution hinted at, and will peremptorily, but silently, decline requests which it is scarcely delicate to make. 'Whilst on this subject we have to allude, as we do with infinite pain, to an act of Vandalism such as we would have fain believed impossible inEngland. The tree planted by General Garibaldi in the garden of the Poet Laureate on Friday last, had two of its branches torn off during the night of Saturday. It was carefully watched by Mr. Tennyson's gardener until after dark, but between bedtime on Saturday and the morning of Sunday was so mutilated that the beauty of its foliage is permanently and seriously marred. The tiny tree itself possessed previous interest of association; it was valued for the cir cumstances under which it had been procured and presented to Mr. Tennyson, who has now the mor tification of feeling that its crowning honour—that of being reset by Garibaldi—has been its bane. Whilst the injuries done to this plant (lrellinglonea gigantea) were being pointed out to the present writer, he heard with mortification of the indecent intrusion to which Mr. Tennyson is exposed. Strangers are found from time to time seated in his garden, peering in at his windows, wandering freely through his grounds. From the lawn in front, when conversing with his family in assumed privacy, he has, on casually looking up, discovered an enterprising British tourist taking mental notes of his conver sation from the branches of a tree above. Mr. Tennyson has been compelled to make fences, raiee embankments, train foliage, and in fact half fortify his house, and in spite of all is no; permitted to enjoy what any of our readers so circumstanced would expect to enjoy as a thing of course—the quiet freedom of a country home. We have given the date of this last outrage, the place of its occur rence, and a description of the thing stolen. If we cannot bring the paltry offender to justice, we shall at least prevent his boasting of his pilfered treasure, and it is for Mr. Tennyson's admirers to consider whether, for the seke of our reputation as a not un civilised people, it be not possible to touch the album fillers, autograph-hunters, and relic-mongers of Cockney drawing-rooms, that neither burglarious entrance nor felonious abstraction is a form of hero worship consonant with the national cause. Country Life in Frances My cousin's husband was by no means badly off; in fact, for a French gentleman living on his own estate, he passed for being almost rich. And yet, day by day, he toiled—to say that he merely worked would not convey half my meaning —at improving, or at seeing to the current necessary labour of his estate, much as Australian settlers are obliged to look after their newly acquired sheep farms. By daylight every morning he had taken his cup of café au lait, and was off, either on foot or on horseback, according to the distance, to see how some planting, or draining, or ploughing, or reaping, or felling of trees, was going on. At eleven o'clock he came back, and we then met for the first time in the day, at a dejeuner a la four chette, which lasted until noon. No sooner was this meal over than he was off again tosuperintend some other work, while the lady of the house—who was always invisible until 11 o'clock—disappeared again to her household d u ti es , an d was no more seen until six, at 'which time we all sat down to dinner. In the ev en i ng the master of the house was invariably knocked up and sleepy, and his wife was fully occupied with hearing their two c hildren say their prayers, and seeing them to bed. By nine o'clock everybody in the house had retired for the night. This was the life we led six days out of seven. On Sunday the whole family went early to hear mass at the church of the neighbouring village. It was a league off, and they only got back a little before noon, when the substan tial breakfast was served. The afternoon was spent in smoking, inspecting the poultry-yard, and re ceiving the visits of the parish priest, or a few of the peasant farmers who lived in the vicinity. There were no books, music, visitors to my hosts of their own rank in life ; there was no returning of visits, no hunting, very little shooting, and, in short, no amusement of any kind.—Dickens's " All the Year Round." [ADVERTISEMENT.] —Holloway's pills,—Harbingers of Joy.—How often does it happen in families that the least robust are the moat precious. In such cases how much misery would be spared if these purifying, invigorating, and laxative pills were judiciously administered. Hollo way's admirable pills have worked their way by their in trinsic merits, and in spite of interested oppositions have established their supremacy as a household remedy, equally well adapted for the derangements of strong and the hi- firmities of the sickly. These corrective pills rarely fail to remove the seeds of disease and to overcome all in jurious results arising from luxurious indulgence, irre gular hours, and similar causes. To the weak this medi cine is a precious boon, as it re-endows them with full health and strength. THE S'U'N, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, APRIL 14, 1864. Naval and Military Intelligence, THE NAVY. The America, targetship, at Portsmouth, is having two 51 inch armour plates bolted on her sides, for an experimental day's firing outside the harbour, most probably on tho Horse or Dean Shoals, in the vicinity of Horse Shoal Fort, with the Armstrong 7 inch shunt gun. The Duke of Somerset is expected to be present. The gun will be mounted on board the Stork gunboat, and the firing will be carried out under the superintendence of Capt.A.C. Key, C. 8., commanding her Majesty's gunnery ship Excellent. It is with regret we learn that Capt. C. P. Coles, R.N., has been compelled by the state of his health to repair to Ventnor, Islo of Wight, on short leave of absence from his duties in Portsmouth dockyard. The Thunderer, old sailing liner, lately used as a target ship at Portsmouth, is in No. 3 dock of that yard, where preparations are being made to cut her down to her orlop deck. This accomplished, the deck will be strengthened and converted into a permanent on which will in future be erected 'mitts of the usual kind, and on these 'mitts will be laid the armour plates under 'trial. Under these conditions greater certainty as to the uniformity of the strength in the " backing" of the plates can be arrived at than is now possible in merely bolting the plates on the side of an old ship. The Thunderer's platform is, however, only an in termediary measure, as it is intended, as soon as it can be arranged, to test the armour-plates on shore as targets and plates are tested at Slloeburyness. It is understood that the Admiralty have decided on constructing by contract five more screw troop ships after the designs of the Himalaya. As the de signs for these vessels must be furnished from the Admiralty to the builders, we trust that no such " improvements" as were introduced into the de signs of the Orontes will be introduced in any of the new vessels, but that the new vessels, if built, will be as nearly as possible simply copies of the cele brated troopship. The Orentes, it cannot be for gotten, was designed at the Admiralty as an " im• proved" Himalaya, and now bhe is in commission and at work she has become tamed for the absence of many of those excellent qualities in the posses sion of which the Himalaya stands pre-eminent. Mr. E. J. Reed, the Chief Constructor of the Navy, visited Portsmouth dockyard yesterday. The iron-built screw steam troopship Adventure, 2, Capt. Chas. L. Waddilove, appointed to embark a detachment at Plymouth for conveyance to China, arrived in the Sound yesterday, and was boarded officially by Commander Ay len, the Queen's Har bourmaster. In consequence of the unhealthy state of some of her crew she left Plymouth about a week since for a sanitary cruise. lip to sunset last evening she had not communicated with the shore. It is, however, understood that no indication of any special disease remains among the crew, of whom there are on the sick list only six, the ordinary pro portion to a ship with her complement. The following appointments and promotions have been made at the Admiralty :—Janies B. Haines, master, additional, to the Indus, for the Brisk; Charles Prickett, master, additional, to the Cumber land, for the Clio ; Charles R. Chamberlain, chief engineer, to the Cumberland, for the Scout ; Stephen H. Moore, paymaster, to be Secretary to Rear- Admiral the Hon. Charles Elliot ; Charles H. J. Collings and Charles N. Drew, assistant-paymaster, for secretaries' clerks, to the Bombay ; Alan G. Grey, clerk, additional, to the Wellesley ; Charles W. Aylmer, nominated to a naval cadetship ; John Leeson, of the Indus, Thomas G. Punnett, of the Warrior, Thomas J. Warburton, of the Hecto7, and William Bryan, of the Hogue, for the tenders, pro. motel to first class assist.-engineers ; John R. Har vey, of the Rosario, J. Tapp, of the Jason, Charles B. Hargrave, of the Foxhound, Thomas Halton, of the Trident, and E. Wimshuret, of the Bacchante, promoted to acting first class assistant-engineers. by the provincial chambers of the recommendation of the Imperial Government he should propose an interim divi dend 2i per cent. The Hon. Major VEB.EtER seconded the motion, and it was carried. The declaration of the interim dividend was then agreed to, and the meeting was adjourned till the 28th of June, a meeting in the meantime to be held to authorise the raising of a sum not exceeding £75,000 for the completion of the line; such resolution to be confirmed on the said 20th of June. A vote of thanks to the chairman closed the proceedings. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE, NEWMARKET CRAVEN MEETING. Wednesday is generally a bye day at Newmarket, and this Craven it was no exception to the rule, only five events, with an extempore match between Wee Aggie and Victoria Cross, won by the latter, being on the card. The once im portant race for the Column Stakes this year brought but three to the post, Sir Roger, a very neat-looking colt of Mr. Merry's, who was after the race made a warm favourite for the Two Thousand Guineas, winning in the commonest of canters. Mr. Payne's Olivia easily disposed of the Lady Hawthorn fitly in the 50 soya Sweepstakes, and the Sub oription Plate p 7ed the good thing for Lord Glasgow that the betting foreshadowed. A good race between the three placed for the Handicap was decided in favour of Jessie, who ran a very game mare, by a head. The Derby Trial Stakes, so called, we presume, from the luaus a non lucvndo principle, seeing there was only oue Derby horse, the Count, in it, was chiefly interesting from the appearance of Mr. Naylor's greater miler, Carnival, who, despite his weight, was made a warm favourite at 6 to 4. On breasting the hill, however, he pulled up lame, and the issue was left to Light Bob and the Count, between whom a very fine race ensued, Fordham landing Lord Glas gow's colours for the second time to-day by a short head. It was intimated this morning to the representatives of the various journals that they would not for the future be admitted into the Jockey's-room in the Stand, where they have been in the habit of going for points of information on a race, rot easily attainable, at Newmarket at least, from their own unaided resources. The head-quarters of the turf have never been remarkable for any particular courtesy towards, or recognition of, the press as a body, and just now the relations are not of the most amicable kind. We think this fresh regulation uncalled-for towards a body of men who are merely seeking to do their duty to the public, and, so far as we know, not intruding upon the confidence that should subsist between the employer and the employed. Match—both 3-yr-olds, Bst each, T.M.T., Mr E, Brayley's Victoria Cross (Fordham) 1 Mr Mansfield's Wee Aggie (Perry) 2 Betting-3 to lon Victoria Cross, who made the running into the cords, where he was joined by the non-favourite, the pair finishing a close race home, the favourite winning, with nothing to spare, by a neck. The Column Stakes, 50 eovs each, h ft; for 3-yr-olds; colts Bst 71b, and fillies Sat 41b, 31b and 51b allowed ; R.M. 7 subs. Mr Merry's Sir Roger (31b), Bst 41b Covey) 1 Mr Savilo's Privateer (51b), Bst 71b (J. Mann) 2 Mr C. Alexander's Mirage, Bst 41b Betting-9 to 4on Sir Roger. The favourite, on the lower ground, made the running to the bushes, when he had both his horses beaten, and cantered home the winner by 10 lengths. The winner was backed for the Two Thoueand immediately after the race at 5 to 1. Sweepstakes of 50 sous each, h ft, for 3.yr-old fillies, Bst 101 b each. T.Y.C. 5 subs. Mr Payne's Olivia (H, Grimshaw) 1 Baron Rothschild's Lady Hawthorn filly Mr Naylor's Audt.cieuse Betting—Even on Olivia, 6 to 4 agst Lady Hawthorn filly, and 3 to 1 agst Audacieuse, The three ran abreast for the first 100 yards, when the favourite took a slight lead, which she retained to the end, and won by a length ; a bad third. Subscription Plate of 50 sovs for 3-yr-olds and upwards. Weight for age, T.Y.C. Lord Glasgow's Senorita colt, 4 yrs, Bst 121 b (Fordham) 1 Mr T. Taylor's Nebuchadnezzar, 4 yrs, Bst 121 b (S. Rogers) 2 B iron Rothschild's Evelina, 3 yrs, 7st 71b (J, Daley) 3 The following also ran :—No Name, Shakspere, Oscar, and Gamma di Vergy, Betting-2 to 1 agst the Senorita c dt, 3to 1 agst Eve• ling, 5 to 1 agst No Name, and 7 to 1 egat any other. No Name on the right, with Eleanor at her girth; made the running for the first half mile, when they were headed by the Senorita colt and Evelina, who came on in company to the cords, when they were joined by Nebuchadnezzar, the latter taking the second place half way up, but failed to reach the favourite, who won cleverly by a length and a half. Two lengths divided the second and third ; Eleanor was fourth, Oscar fifth, Shakspere sixth, and No Name last. Handicap Sweepstakes of 10 sous each, for 3-yr-olds and upwards. P.M. 14 subs. Mr H. Joice's Jessie, 3 yrs, Gst 41b (J. Grimshaw) 1 Mr Perry's The Principal, 5 yrs, Sit 41b.. ~(W. Boyce) 2 Mr J. Osborne's Mantrap, 3 yrs, 6st The following also ran :—Nebula, Mrs Somerville, Hip polyta, BAttaglia, Junius, and Wee Aggie. Betting-5 to 2 agst Mantrap, 4to 1 each agst Jessie and Hippolyta, 6 to 1 agst Mrs Somerville, and 10 to 1 agst Junius. Junius, in company with Jessie and Hippolyta, made play to half way in the cords, when Junius was headed by Jessie, who in a few strides after was joined by Mantrap and Principal, the three running together to within a few strides of the chair, where the latter came with a rush and headed Mantrap, but failed to reach Jessie, and was beaten in the last stride by a head, half a length separating the second and third, Junius was fourth close up, Nebula was fifth, and Wee Aggie next. The Derby Trial Stakes, of 50 sovs each, h ft, with 100 added; 3-yr-olds, 7st ; 4-yr-olds, Set 101 b; winners extra, with maiden allowances. Last 11 mile of B.C. 14 subs. Lord Glasgow's Light Bob, 4 yrs, 5et........ (Fordhare) 1 Mr Night's The Count, 3 yrs, 6st 101 b ........ (Lo a tes) 2 Sir J. Hawley's \Voldga, 4 yrs, Sst 31b ...... (Thomas) 3 Count F. de Lagrange's Jarnicoton, 4 yrs, Sat 101 b (A. Edwards) 4 Mr H. C. Naylor's Carnival, 4 yrs, Bst 10lb (Challoner) 5 The betting opened at 7to 4, but shortly after 5 to 2 was laid, and at the close 6 to 4 agst Carnival, 100 to 30 agat Light Bob, 7to 1 agat Jarnicoton, and 10 to 1 agst Woldga. Light Bob, in company with The Count, made play, closely followed by Jarnicoton, Woldga, and the favourite, to the turn of the lands, where the Frenchman went to the front, and carried on the running to the site of the old Duke's Stand, where he was beaten, leaving Woldga slightly in advance, but who was headed half way up the hill by the Count, Light Bob, and Carnival; the latter in a few strides after gave way, leaving the two to finish the race home, Light Bob getting up in the last stride, and winning a fine race by a head; a bad third. Jarnicoton was fourth, and the favourite, who was pulled up some distance from home, walked in lame. LATEST BETTING ON THE COURSE. TWO THOUSAND GUINEAS. 100 to 30 agst Fills d l'Air (taken) 6to 1 agat 6ir Roger (taken) 10 to 1 agst Paris (taken) 1000 to 60 agst Master Richard (taken) CHESTER CUP. 100 to 8 agst Change (taken) 100 to 7 agst Little Stag (taken) 30 to 1 agst Lord Zetland (taken) DERBY. 7to 1 agst Scottish Chief (taken) 20 to 1 agst Forager (taken) 13 to 1 agat Coastguard (taken and offered) MIDNIGHT BETTING. CLARET STAKES. 2000 to 500 on Lord Clifden agat Rapid Rhone (taken) THE TWO THOUSAND GUINEA STAKES. sto 2 agat Fills de l'Air (off -3 to 1 taken freely) 100 to 14 agst Sir Roger (take n) Bto 1 aget Paris (offered —take 10 to 1) 100 to 15 agst Lord Glasgow's lot (taken freely) 16 to 1 agst Planet (offered) 20 to 1 agst Copenhagen (offered) 20 to 1 aget Master Richard (offered) 20 to 1 agst Hollyfox (taken) 20 to 1 agst General Peel (offered —take 25 to 1) 25 to 1 agat Durham (taken) DERBY. 7to 1 agat Scottish Chief (offered) 100 to 8 agst Coast Guard (taken) 14 to 1 agat Cambuscan (taken) 15 to 1 agst Birchbroom (offer ed) 20 to 1 agst Prince Arthur (taken) 25 to 1 agat Historian (offere d ) 25 to 1 agst Paris (offered) 40 to 1 agst Ackworth (taken) 50 to 1 agst Blair Athol (taken) 100 to 1 agat Master Richard (taken) • SCRATCHIN GS. Ffth Biennial Stakes.—Splitvote colt, Beatrice, The Gunner, Gamuzo, Achmet, Aracan, Knight of the North, Souveraine, Glor worm, Slattern , Boatswain, Debden, Har greaves, Newchurch, Pratique, S tockbroker, Lad y Evel y n colt, Water Kelpie, Boeptia, Onesander, Newsmen g er, Kinsman, Gladstone, Thais, Escape, Singapore, Curacoa, wLeoootd,mg Leotard, Petersham, Lhamor,dß Warden , The , West Wind, Ordeal, Deers- The Ranger, Saccharometer, and four who are dead. Sweepstakes of 50 Sovs.—CaryoPhyllus and Union Jack. Sweepstakes of 25 Suva. —King Hunchback and Tour terelle. Sweepstakes of 20 Sovs.—Benjami n . Aske Produce Stakes.—Lord Adolphus, Revival, Blue Pill, Cymba filly, Lady Lurewell filly. Sweepstakes of 100 Sovs.—Forager, Lady Lurewell filly. Sweepstakes of 100 Sovso—Orlando colt and Bearing Rein (dead). Claret Stakes,—Carnival, Armagnac, and Carman. THE NATIONAL HUNT AND KILDAE,E HUNT RACES.-TUESDAY, April 12. The decline of the Irish turf has long been a subject of regret among the lovers of racing in Ireland, and if they have to mourn over it, they have at least the consolation of knowing that the passion for steeplechasing is evidently on the increase, and will make up for the deficiency in the na tional atensements of st cottntry the natives of which may be said to be sportsmen from theii With. ho pteSent meet= ing may be fairly designated as " The Great Exhibition of the Southern Hunts of Ireland," and has had an immense impetus given to it by the unceasing exertions of the Mar quises of Downshire and Drogheda, Lords St. Lawrence and Naas, as well as Baron de Robeck and Mr. Conolly, all of whom were present, and in their hunting costume ably carried out the arrangements of the day and added to the liveliness of the scene. The course, which is situated a few miles from Sellins, to which place the visitors from Dublin are conveyed by railway, is the best to be found in the neighbourhood of Dublin, comprising every species of fence which a hunter might expect to meet in a day with an Irish pack of hounds. The attendance of all classes was enormous, every special from Dublin being crammed as completely as those of the South-Western and the South Coast from London on a Derby Day, and the Irish metro polis was denuded of cars. The scenes on the road vied with those with which Londoners are so familiar on the last Wednesday in May, but happily the fun, although'fast and furious, resulted in no unpleasant results. The weather was quite of an Ascot character, and the Stewards' Stand contained the elite of the Irish nobility and their families, and the opposite side of the course forcibly reminded one of Frith's picture of the Derby Day. For the Grand Na tional Hunt Steeplechase, the race of the meeting, 26 com petitors came to the post, exactly the same number as started last year. On the whole, the lot could not be considered equal to those of the late anniversary. The race, which was run at a capital pace for the first two miles, resulted in the victory of Caustic, a horse the property of the father of Irish steeplechasing—the Marquis of Clanricarde, and which he had hunted at Melton Mowbray a fortnight back. Forager, who was first favourite, Yellow Leaf, and Blood Royal were the best prepared of the lot, and did not disgrace their private reputations, and to them the races throughout were confined. The success of Lord Clanricarde was very well received, and it is to be hoped will induce him to re new the patronage of the sport, Immediately after the races a meeting of the stewards was held, and their remonstrances as to the small amount of support they received from some of the local hunts were sufficiently cogent to produce the requisite guarantees for such adequate subscriptions as will prevent the most popular of Irish sporting gatherings from being expunged from the racing calendars. The other events being only of local interest require no further allu sion, and the details of the day will be found annexed. Punchestown Plate of £lOO. Weight for age, with selling allowances. 2i miles. Mr Ryan's Goldfinder, 5 yrs, 9at 81b (Welch) 1 Mr Monahan's Topsy, 5 yrs, lOst 101 b (Owner) 2 Mr Graham's Moonlight Jack, aged, list (Igo)e 3 The following also ran :—Maud (late Flare-up), Ash Plant, Sir Robert, The Bird, and Turn-and-Go. Betting-7 to 4 agst Ash Plant, 3to 1 agst Topsy, sto 1 agst Goldfinder, and 7 to 1 each agst Turn-and-Go and Moonlight Jack. The lot got away in capital order, Maud leading over the first four fences in company with Turn-and-Go and Topsy, the trio keeping well together to the brook, after crossing which Ash Plant and Moonlight Jack drew up to the leaders, the lot clearing the stone wall in fine style, with the excep tion of The Bird, who, striking the coping, feel heavily. Half a mile from home Topsy held the lead, closely waited on by Moonlight Jack and Goldfinder. In this order they ran to the stand, where Goldfinder went up to Topsy, and, after running with her for a few strides, beat her very cleverly on the post by a head ; Moonlight Jack was third, and Turn-and-Go a bad fourth. The National Hunt Race of 300 aovs, added to a handicap sweepstakes of 5 sous each. 43 subs, 11 of whom de clared. Weight for age. Q entlemen riders. About four miles, Marquis of Clanricarde's Caustic, aged, 11 st 111 b (Galway) (Mr. Long) 1 Mr. Vane's Forager, 5 yrs, list 131 b (Tipperary) (Mr. Laurence) 2 Mr. Banfield's Yellow Leaf, aged, 1 lst 61b (Dublin) (Mr. Edwards) 3 The following also ran :—Con Cregan, Friar, Dobbin, The Squire, Red Roe, The Fawn, The Duster, Hero, Lottery, Apricot, Roulette, Sprig of Shillelagh, Sugar Candy, Dieppe, Cameo, Allen-a-Dale, Pyrites, Blood Royal, The Spider, Major, The Tanner, Eagle, and R.M.D. Betting-5 to 1 each agst Blood Royal and Con Cregan, 6 to 1 agst Forager, 10 to 1 agst Caustic, 121 to 1 each agst Hero, Yellow Leaf', and Sugar Candy, and 15 to 1 any other offered. At the second attempt the squadron was despatched to a straggling start, Yellow Leaf assuming the command, her immediatefollowars being Forager, the Hero, Caustic, Blood Royal, Con Cregan, and Spider, the rest scattered at some distance from the severity of the pace. At the fourth fence Con Cregan was knocked over, and when they arrived at the lane Hero came to grief, at same time disposing of the chance of the Sprig of Shillelagh, At the fence leading into the fallow field Spider overjumped himself, shaking his rider to such an extent that he was unable to proceed further with him. Yellow Leaf and Forager held their position along the fallow and round the farmhouse into the straight the first time round, where Royal Blood passed them and maintained his position until they arrived at the third fence on the other side of the course, which the Hero and Yellow Leaf took to the extreme left, and, going up a headland through a gap, obtained an advantage of some 40 yards. Directly afterwards the Hero and several others were placed hors de combat at the wall, and Caustic, who had been lying in a good position throughout, went up to the leaders, and, jumping the last fence with them into the course, won with something to spare by three lengths; two lengths between second and third, Blood Royal was fourth, and Apricot fifth. To these five the race was confined after the first mile, the others declining to persevere from the hopelessness of pursuit. The Kildare Runt Cup, value £5O, added to a sweepstakes of 5 sovs each. Gentleman riders, as qualified for the National Hunt Race (with allowances, &c.) Three miles. Mr C. Rynd's Andrew, late Antams, 6 yrs, 12st 41b, inc 41b extra (Nlr Long) 1 The following also ran :—The Fawn, The Carpenter, Redmond, Autumn, and Hussar. Betting -6 to 4 agst Autumn, 2to 1 agst Andrew, and 4 to 1 any other. Andrew made play, followed by the favourite, and the others being close up. Immediately after passing the Stand Autumn rushed to the front and made the pace severe to the fence after crossing the brook, where he fell. His lead was then assumed by Redmond, Hussar acting as aide-de camp, until they were rounding the turn for home, where Redmond fell from sheer distress, and Hussar, being almost in the same difficulties, after crossing the next fence, was disposed of without an effort by Andrew, who cantered in alone. Nothing else passed the post. The Hunt Plate (Handicap) of £lOO, added to a sweepstakes of 5 says each. Winners extra; 3i Mr Lanigan's b h National Petition, aged, lOst 91b (Monahan) 1 Mr Coffy's ch h Newcastle, aged, 10st Gib ......(Ryan) 2 Mr Gambell's b g O'Connell, aged, 12st lib .. (Murphy) 3 Hibernia and Fairy King also ran. Betting-6 to 4 agst O'Connell, 2to 1 agst National Pe tition, and 4 to 1 agst Hibernian. As soon as they had settled into their places National Petition went to the front, followed by Fairy King, O'Con nell, and Newcastle. This order was undisturbed to the end, National Petition winning in a canter by six lengths; two lengths between second and third. Farmers' Race, N alue £5O, with £2O added by the Earl of Clonmel, for horses the bona fide property of farmers occupying land in the Kildare hunting district. IV eight for age, with selling allowances. Three miles. Mr Fitzpatrick's b m Hinds, aged, list 21b.... (Owner) 1 Mr Casson's b m Rose of the Valley b. b, 6 yrs, 10st 131 b (J. Bradey) 2 The following also ran :—The Nigger, Lilly, Cruiskeen, Careful, Brown Plover, Thurkey, Fitzjames, Wanderer, and Rosewood. Betting-6 to 4 agst Brown Plover, and 3to 1 bar one. After the first half mile the winner took up the running, and without ever being caught won in a canter by ten lengths. Nothing was near the two placed. Match of £lOO a side. Three miles. list each. Mr Wade's b m Martha, aged (Mr. Hyland) received Mr Aylmer's ch g The Fizzer, 6 yrs SOUTHAMPTON, Wednesday.—The screw steam ship Bremen, Capt. C. Meyer, sailed to-day for New York with German, French, and English mails, 108 cabin pas sengers, and a full cargo, including jewellery from Havre, value £6,820. The agents for the North-German Lloyds at this port received a telegram by the Arabia from New York, stating that the City of Manchester, arrived at that port, met the screw steamer Hansa on the afternoon of the 29th ult. south of Montauk Point. The latter was then re pairing some slight derangement in her machinery, but in tended to proceed on her voyage to Southampton at mid night on the 29th. ;The Hansa left New York on the 26th, and was due here last Thursday. A PIT ON FIRE.—A very serious accident oc curred in the Peggy Pit, Newbottle, the property of the Earl of Durham, last week, which is likely to be of very serious consequence. A number of men had been driving a drift in the western part of the pit, in order to reach some whole coal lying in that directiOn. It is usual to use bore rods when employed in the neighbourhood of old workings, and a man had been thus employed on Friday night, when he unfortunately " holed" into some old workings of the Jane Pitt, which exploded 65 years ago and killed several men, and has not been wrought since. The gas came away from the old working with such force that the man ran away, forgetting, unfortunately, his Davy lamp. The con sequence was that the gas had so accumulated around the Davy lamp that it became red-hot and burst the lamp. The explosion that thus occurred ignited the gas, which set the coal on fire. The horses and everything of value were taken out of the pit, and a number of men were sent down with fire •engines to attempt to put the fire out, but they were quite unsuccessful. More active measures were adopted on Saturday and Sunday. A six-inch pipe was laid on from Harrington Mill-burn to the colliery, and workmen have been employed pumping into the old pit since, and the old shafts have been closed ; but, down to the latest advices from the colliery, the fire was still burn ing, and Houghton Pit has been laid idle, as it is con nected with the mine that is on fire. THE ARMY. The 18th Hussars, at present stationed at Nor wich, Ipswich, and Northampton, are under orders for India, and a portion of the regiment will embark for the Madras Presidency early in J nue. It is stated that in consequence of the large force of cavalry about to be stationed at Colchester, the barracks at Norwich and Ipswich will not be occupied. RAIL WAY INTELLIGENCE, -4- - GREAT WEST ERN OF CANADA. The half-yearly ordinary meeting of the proprietors of this company was held yesterday at the London Tavern, Bishopsgate-street—Mr Alderman I'. Dakin, chairman of the Ward of directors, was in the chair. Tha report of the directors states that the total receipts on capital account to January 31 last were £5,217,218, and the aggregate expenditure to the same date amounted to £5,057,848, leaving a balance of £159,370. The outlay on capital account during the past half-year consisted of addi tional sidings laid down at sundry stations, fish-jointing 15 miles of rails, the proportion of expenditure chargeable to capital in rebuilding in stone and iron the wooden bridges over the Grand River at Paris and over the cove of the River Thames west of London, and an outlay on account of rolling mills, amounting altogether to £21,057. The revenue account for the past half-year showed that the gross receipts amounted to £301,634, and the working expenses, including rent of suspension bridge, to £135,879, leaving a balance of £165,755. From this was deducted £17,498 interest on Government loan, £33,663 interest on company's bonds, &c., £53,985 loss on the conversion of American currency, £35,457 renewals of rails, sleepers, bridges, &c., and £3,785 defalcations of the late paymaster and cashier, leaving a balance of £21,366. To this was added £7,955 surplus from the preceding half-year,making £29,321. Out of this sum the directors recommend a dividend at the rate of 1} per cent. per annum, leaving a balance of £1,129. Notwithstanding the competition at greatly reduced fares and rates, induced by the Grand Trunk and Buffalo and Lake Huron Companies, the local passenger receipts for the past half-year exhibited an increase of £3,170, the foreign passenger receipts an increaseof £3,959, and the local freight and live stock receipts an increase of £4,063. The working expenses were at the rate of 45.05 per cent., as compared with 44.03 for the corresponding period of the preceding year. The receipts derived from the carriage of through traffic were £180,005, or 524 per cent., of the total nominal earnings, while the loss sustained by the company in the conversion and remittance of those receipts was £53,985, or 30 per cent., leaving a net sum of £126,020, which nearly coveted the whole of the ordinary working ex penses of the line for the half year. The premium on gold had varied during the half year from 25 to 60k. The cost of the maintenance of the permanent way had been £18,583 against £19,203 for the corresponding half year. The rolling mill at Hamilton was expected to be ready for working by the end of May. The renewal of wheels on fi eight cars had been very heavy during the past half year, owing to the de terioration of the old stock, and there had, consequently, been an increase of the expenditure on that item amounting to £2,890. The maintenance of passenger cars showed a decrease of £1,376. The CHAIRMAN, in moving the adoption of the report, said he considered it satisfactory on the whole. There were certainly three items which called forth some explanations, and they were £53,984 loss on the conversion of American curt ency ; £35,457 for removals of rails, sleepers, and bridges; and £3,785 for defalcations of the late paymaster and cashier. With regard to the loss on the depreciated cur rency, the directors had endeavoured to make some effort to meet it by increasing the rates, and in that effort they were ably assisted by the manager and directors in Canada. As to the renewals, they wculd be completed in two years, and that would release a large sum annually to go to the aug mentation of the dividend. Tho third point was the defal cations; the paymaster had not as yet been made amenable to justice; but steps had been taken. to prevent the occur rence of such acts. The two other principal points referred to in the report were more gratifying. He alluded to the judgment of the Court of Appeal in Canada in favour of the company, in the suit of the Commercial Bank, awl the other was the improved condition of the district aid Milwaukie Railway. He and Mr. Faulkner were about to visit Canada, and personally investigate the local ma nagement of the company and see for themselves what reforms could be initiated. He formally moved the adop tion of the report, Mr. SOMERVILLE HEAD seconded the motion. Mr. W. ETANS considered the report most unsatisfactory, and ha could not understand why a railway of such resources should hang fire over a ono and a half per cent, dividend. The report was adopted after some discussion, and the dividend declared. The meeting terminated in tho usual manner with a vote of thanks to the chairman. RECIFE AND SAN FRANCISCO (PERNAMBITCO ! ) g The 17th half.y ear l y meeting of the proprietor, in this railway was held on Monday, at the Londoru Tavern, Mr. I t t h A e l y l i. M s h A o w u l a d t a g t e e d t the tha t I t m h er , /" ..ti very l i tt l e d ou bt o . Robert Benson in th e c h a i r. The tha C t but cent. It had been recomme n d- P ..ial guarantee at 7 per by the Imperial Governir •.ad to the provincial chambers pass such recomme- - ..ent, and they seldom refused to any, aftr. 1 -Adations. The net income of the com nutr 1 ..fing all expense, would be about £74,000 per a p n. e^ - d, ~ including the guarantee, which would give a divi ,,Egvi of over 6 per cent. In the interim of the confirmation SPIRIT OF TIIE PUBLIC JOURNALS. POST.—In the diplomatic intercourse between nations there exist eertain unwritten rules of cour teey which are tacitly conformed to, and the obser vance of which is held to be as binding as though they were regularly incorporated as a part of the acknowledged law of nations. It is in conformity with one of these rules that Governments consider with respectful attention all communications couched in proper language which may be pre sented by the accredited representatives of other friendly Powers; and although they are not lite rally bound to believe all the representations which may be made, yet diplomatic courtesy demands that no doubt should be expressed in regard to the sin cerity of those who make them. When, therefore, the pretended report of Mr. Mallory, the Secretary of the Confederate States Navy, was brought to the attention of the British Foreign-office by the Government of the United States, as furnishing a complete confirmation of the complicity of the Confederate Government in the alleged violation of the Foreign Enlistment Act in the matter of the steam rams which were in process of construction by the Messrs. Laird, Earl Russell could not have done otherwise than give to the subject all the con sideration to which it would have been entitled even if the facts alleged had been in reality true. If this spurious document, which is now admitted by Mr. Seward to have been "entirely a forgery," had been the result of a premeditated plot, it could not have been propagated at a time more auspicious for the consummation of its intended purpose than the period at which it was first launched before the British public. The pomp and circumstance which surrounded its advent were well calculated to im pose upon the willingly credulous or the unwary. The pretended report was first brought to the attention of Lord Lyons by Mr. Seward, and under such an aspect that, in forwarding the document to the Foreign-office, Lord Lyons expressed no doubt in regard to its authenticity. Mr. Adams trans mitted the pretended report to Earl Russell, ac companied by the somewhat cautious observation that, " although the paper had been received only in the form presented, there was little doubt that in substance it might be relied upon as authentic." In the meantime the paper obtained a wide circulation by means of ifs distribution in pamphlet form throughout England, and notwith standing the prompt denial of i t s authenticity by Confederate naval officials and others in L';iroPe , it cannot be denied that the general influence the public mind was precisely what its projectors desired and expected. Although it may be a matter of regret that our Foreign-office should have lent too ready an ear to the apparent confirmation of its own suspicions, and adopted too trustingly testi mony which appeared to be an entire vindication of the extreiae measures which had been taken in the matter of the seizure of the steam rams, yet the tardy admission of the United States Government that a document thus earnestly pressed upon the attention of Earl Russell as genuine was, in fact, a fraud and a forgery, must produce upon the British Government and people a most painful impression. If our Government is bound in courtesy to credit the statements made to that by the Uni t ed States, the latter is under a much stronger obligation to exercise not only good faith, but extreme caution, in the representations it may make. T►he circum stances which surround the present case are of a character which, in the aspect under which they now present themselves, cannot but gravely com promise the Government which employed such ille gitimate means for the attainment of its ends. There is no doubt that through their official repre sentatives they did impose upon the British Go vernment and people,by the dissemination of a docu ment which not only turns out to have been a forgery, but which, it now appears ' bore upon its face the most undoubted proof that it could not have emanated from the source to which it was ascribed. If we adopt the charitable conclusion that the officials of the United States had no agency in conceiving the fraud, we cannot acquit them of having zealously propagated the very worst species of false testimony, not only without any corroborating evidence of its reliability, but against all probabilities. In arriving at a con elusion concerning the complicity of the United States Government in this discreditable affair, it cannot be forgotten that no other interests than those of the United States could have been promoted by the success of the fraud, while the period chosen for its dissemination was at the identical moment when testimony was moat required in support of those interests. This, however, is not the only instance in which this species of false testimony is alleged to iieve been resorted to. In the more re cent affair of the Chesapeake we have precisely the same story of an intercepted despatch of a Confede rate agent, and preciseij the same appeal to British officials to act promptly uvon the testimony thus providentially, as it were, throien in their way. In this case the complicity of the Federal Government is absolutely certain, and if the despatch is in reality a forgery, it could not have been the act of any other than an accredited agent of the United States, acting under the special authority of the President. A complete history of this intercepted despatcis is to be found in the Parliamentary paper recently published concerning the seizure of the Chesapeake. It will be remembered that this vessel had been taken by the Confederates, and afterwards recap tured by a United States cruiser in British waters, whence she was turned over to the Colonial autho rities of Nova Scotia, to await the judicial investi gation of the questions involved in her various cap tures. Mr. Seward was evidently eager to get im mediate possession of the vessel, and it was with a view to the attainment of this and other important ends that the intercepted despatch in this, as in the former case, was first brought to the attention of her Majesty's representative at Washington. In a despatch (No. 4) to Earl Rasseil, Lord Lyons says;—" Mr. Seward then gave me a paper, a copy of which forms enclosure No. 3 in this despatch. : the decipher of a letter from a Con- It was, he sal. federate agent at 14`Tew York to Mr. Benjamin, the Secretary of State et Richmond. Some of the proper names were, he observed, undecipherable, but most of the letter had beet; made out, and it showed that there were plots tt, seize two other steamers besides the Chesapeake, and to make use of the neighbouring British territory to further Use nefarious designs of the enemy. Mr- Seward went on to say that the statement in the letter that a large number of rifled muskets had been sent to Halifax, and other facts which had come to his knowledge, had made him apprehensive that the Chesapeake might not be safe. He begged me to warn the authorities, and to ask whether the vessel would be made over at once to her former owners, if they applied for her with the sanction of the United States Government." In consequence of these opportune discoveries and disclosures, and of the request with which Mr. Seward closed his com munication to Lord Lyons, the latter forthwith despatched a teleg ram to ajor-General Doyle. The authorities of Halifax being forewarned of the " nefarious designs" of the Confederates, took prompt pre cautions against the apprehended seizure of the Che.! apeake, but declined to give her up for safe keeping to the Federal Government. Alto gether it woule; require a wonderful degree of credulity to credit tts..' story of this intercepted despatch, even if we h at : never before been ry of similar de ceived by the pretended discoe: Con federate secrets. How is it the!: •. the Federal officials have such a wonderful facills,v in trans lating intercepted letters written in cipher ? What bunglers the Confederate agents must 1. 1 :e to write in cipher that which, with the exception ce! the proper names, may be readily deciphered by the first United States postmaster into whose hands it may chance to fall. However, the name of one individual, Mr. Slidell, the Confederate Com missioner at Paris, who, it would appear, played the important part of " receipting bills," was made out, and through him the public may possibly be en lightened in regard to this mysterious affair. In the meantime it is understood that the reputed inter cepted despatch has been pronounced upon the• highest possible authority to be, like the pretended report of Mr. Mallory, " entirely a forgery." For the second time this species of fraud has been suc cessfully practised upon English officials, the effect of which, both upon the Government and people of Great Britain, must be to cast a grave shadow of doubt over communications of a similar character which may be hereafter made by the United States Government. International courtesy may require that statements made with so much gravity should be respectfully considered, but the too frequent use of such means as were employed in the two cases referred to, to stimulate the British Government to act upon evidence furnished by forged papers, is well calculated to create a distrust and a reserve which cannot fail in the end to produce unpleasant, if not more serious, consequences. DAILY NEWS.—Really our Tory friends must be ' hard to please if the Premier's neat little speech on Mr. Locke King's little Bill, yesterday, does not reassure and rally them to the standard of the safest of leaders. There is only one thing more surprising, perhaps, than the continued existence of a Conser vative opposition to Lord Palmerston, and that is the appearance of a Tory candidate on the hustings as a rival to the " Liberal," or the ap pearance of a Liberal candidate of the Palmerston persuasion as a rival of the Tory. Yes; there is something even more surprising; and that is, when a Liberal constituency deems it worth time or trouble to set up a Liberal candidate, who believes in Lord Palmerston, against a Conservative can didate, who is content with Lord Palmerston. What on earth, we humbly ask, can it signify to • that large portion of the Liberal party which does • not include expectant placemen, whether the suc cessful candidate be a Conservative supporter of Lord Derby, in favour of all well-considered re. form, but opposed to the spirit of innovation and - to organic changes, or a Liberal supp orter of Lord Palmerston, who deems that " there does not now il exist the same anxiety for organic chan g e was observable some time ago," and that ' all such changes as were desirable have long since been effected." Let any dispavali ona t e Liberal, who has no personal predilections in favour of this or that s Minister, ask himself whether Lord Palmerston' remarks on a Bill for extending the County Fran chise would not be admirably well placed in Foe mouth of a lealer of the Conservative paletY. our own part, we think it would be diffi cult for a Conservative of any shade to express the reason for the faith that is in him—the faith in ex:Sting arrangements, the "balance which we must ali . h v e most anxious to preserve"—in a more comprehensao ...- and compendious form of words th an that which drew cheers and approving laughter from the Oppo• sition when Lord Palmerston was speaking yester ism draw day. We cannot but recommend it as a formula of the purest and simplest Cons master rva hand. Young Tory candidates are m by ale-. times a little embarrassed in the presence of a crowd of non electors, and liable to blunder into, dangerous advances. Lord Palmerston , ins p ired by more than half a century's exverience of party . warfare and of office, offers them the s im p lest and ts till. Hets pu easiest of arguments for standing into the noble sentiment " Rest and be thsnkful'' prose. He assures them that the object we ought fran all to have in view with regard to the elelectora l chise is to make it fairly represent "all the great interests" of the country. There is no such th :ng as political rights of citizenship, except, perh a p a., the right of restricting such rights to a sixth of the adult, unconvicted, and sane male population of they United Kingdom. Our Whig Premier speaks of Parliament as a " legislative machine" for repre senting " all the great interests" of the country; while he carefully limits " all the great interest s ' to two—the commercial and the agricultural. Ali the rest is—a blank. The one thing needful is not to disturb the balance, as he calls it, by infusing too much of the commercial element into the agricul tural constituencies. Can the purest Tory preach sounder doctrine than this ? Opposition cheers say' as plainly as inarticulate language can, " We thank thee for that word." There is not, it seems, the same desire for " organic changes," that is, parlia mentary reform, that existed some time ago, be cause the present House of Commons—which has not abolished Church rates, but has enacted a stria• gent game law—has effected all " desirable h ges ;" and because " there are also considera tions , nnected with external affairs tending to c abate our anxiety for organic changes." To what external affairs this mysterious sentence alludes the Preiniel' doth not vouchsafe to tell ; but we dare say our reader: have occasionally met with these views—we believe !` views" is the word—in leading journals more or less ye:belly inspired. It would be interesting and instrucl:. ive to ascertain from Lord Palmerston, on some apps..7riate occa sion, whether it is the civil war between the slave states and the free of the American Union which should abate the desire of English working men tG e be admitted within the pale of the constitution the country, or whether it is the working of a dc" mocratic suffrage under a military Government itu a neighbouring country—of a suffrage organised , directed, and controlled by half-a-million of functionaries, without a free press, without public meetings, without any elementary guaran t e e of independence. Lord Palmerston will some day or other explain the analogy which exists in his own mind between the British Constitution and the Second Empire in France, and between podia. mentary reform in these islands and a civil war for 'the extension and perpetuation or abolition of negro slavery in North America. It is not to be supposed that a veteran statesman should treat the House of Commons, on so plain and prac tical a subject as the reform of the representation, to empty generalities, which may be the pap of Tory babes, but not, we would fain hope, the strong meat of Whig old women. Let us, however, be just and fair. There is one considerable difference still be' tween our Liberal Premier and the leaders of the Opposition whose encouraging applause he never deserved better than yesterday. We are not refer ring—it may be inconvenient to do so—to a recent hint from the Chancellor of the Exchequer to a deputation of working men, that he might have something to say shortly on the subject of the ez' tension of the franchise ; nor do we dwell upon past pledges and promises of any Liberal Minister ; nor do we pretend to treat Mr. Locke King's little annual bill as a subject for enthusiasm or invective. But, in fairness to a statesman who has done so much for his party, we would observe that the reason why Lord Palmerston cannot vote against Mr. Locke King's bill is not because he supports it, but because ho is unwilling to affirm that he does not. It cannot but .be satisfactory to the Liberal party to confide their destinies to a Minister who is unwilling to oppose the second reading of a county franchise extension bill—a Premier b 0 considerate as to give his vote for the second reading of a bit of a reform bill, which he will be prepared to consider, but not to support, in committee, and which is thrown out within ten minutes after he sits down. COUNTRY MARKETS. LYNN-TUESDAY. At to-day's market there was a moderate attendance and a fair show of wheat, with a dull trade, and the prices of last week declined is to 2s per qr. White wheat 43s to 44s i Barley. 32s to 36 , Itcd .. 4os to 41s I grinding ..28s to 305 Beans .32s t0134s { Oats .2os to 245 Small 34s to 36s 1 Peas —s to --3 HULL—TuEsDA.Y. ♦t to-day's market *ere was a tolerable supply of Eng• lish wheat, and the trade was inactive, and last week's rate,' were obtained. Wheat.... Old white per qr. 42s Od to 44s 0 3 Old red !, New white .. „ New red .... , Barley.... English malting ' Grinding 24s Od to 25s 63 Saal and Oderbruck Holstein and Danish 3OB Od to 31s 03 Grinding Oats English, old 22s Od to 24s 03 Archangel and Riga, per st osl2ld to 13a. Friesland and Dutch oBl3d to osl3ia Swedish and Danish 08124d to 0513 3 Beans ....English, old, per qr New pigeon 42s Od to 44s ea New tick Egyptian Peas ..Foreign boilers • 338 Od to 348 64 Grinding Tares ....Spring —s Od to —s oa Indian Corn Linseed, feeding s2s Od to 66s Oa crushing • 4os Od to 528 04 Linseed cakes (Hull) £9 10 0 to £9 15 0 Foreign: Bl5 oto 9 0 0 Rape cakes 5lO oto 0 0 0 Bones 5 6 oto 510 0 MONMOUTH—TUESDAY. The local markets have been thinly attended during tho last week, and the average quotations are as follows . Wheat, white..ss 3d to 5s 9d I 8ar1ey...... 3s 4d to 2s 8(1 Ditto red. .0s Od toOs Od Oats ....... 2s 2d to 2s 9d. COAL M Prices of Coal per Ton at ,RKET. the close of the market. s. d. Tanfield Moor 14 9 Tanfield Moor Butes l4 9 Cowpen Hartley 16 6 Byass's Bebside West Hartley ... 16 6 Lambert's West Hart- Walls End. a. d ey 16 3 I Eden Main l9 0 Ships at market Tunstall..7. --- ..19 0 Hetton 2O 6 Tiaswell .... 20 6 C ara d o c 2O 0 Eieugh Hall 19 Cassop 19 9 Hartlepool .. 20 0 It. 24; sold. 23. CRYSTAL j'ALAcE.—ONE SHILLING DAY, WedA needay, April 13,4dmissions on payment 1,696 ; ditto by season tiokets, 861; total visitors, 2,557. Births. D'ANDIGNE.—On the 12th inst., at 37, Eaton-place, the wits of the Marquis d'Andigne, Military Attache to the French Embassy, of a daughter. DEIRrES.-Ou the 12th inst., at 50, Tavistock-square, Idro Henry Defries, of a daughter. HOGG.—On the 13th inst., Mrs. Joseph Hogg, St. James's' street, Piccadilly, of a daughter. IVINDHA.M.—On the 11th inst., at 19, Eaton-place, th e wife of Lieut.-Gen. Windham, of a son. Marriages. ORANGE—HART.—On the 12th inst., at All Saints', S t ' John's-wood, William Orange, Esq., of Broadmoo r t Berkshire, to Florence Elizabeth, eldest daughter of I '4 I. Hart, Esq., formerly of Sevenoake. TRINGHAM—PAYNE.—On the 9th inst., at Saint Mary $' Islington, Mr. John Tringham, of Cross-street, FIDE' bury-square, to Mary Havell, only daughter of the lat . Wm, Payne, of Bishopsgate-street. Deaths. BOLTON.—On the 12th inst., at Bagneres de Bigorre, H. Bolton, Esq„ aged 75. BRIARLY.—On the 12th inst„ at her sister's house, Albi° ll Villas, Folkestone, Frances Briarly, aged 82. GOOSE,—On the 11th inst., at Brighton, Frances Eliza: beth, wife of Major-General Cooke, retired list IloYa l Artillery. EDYE.—On the 10th inst., at Sheen-vale, Mortlake, Walter Oke Edye, Esq., of 5, Paper-buildings, Temple. GREEN.—On the 12th inst., at Chipping-hill, nearWitharat Estex, Alexander Green, Esq., aged 71. HAYNES.—On the 11th inst., Henry Haynes, Esq. , House, Whittlesey, aged 82. Grove WOMERSLEY.—On the 9th inst., at Stratford green, Essex, Robert Womereley, Esq., aged SI. London: Printed and Prbllshed by WILLIAM ANDREWS, of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at Ina Sufi Office No, 31f!, Strand, in the Precinct o f the savoy, the Couo'y /111111esex --Thuroclay, 441'11 I*, 186*.