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

RICA, THE ("IV. NEW YORK, May 24. Mr Stanton's official telegrams of the progress of Ganeral Grant are not entirely confirmed by the correspondents of the New York journals and other eyewitnesses of the fearful battles of the Wilder ness and Spottsylvania Court- houso. With every disposition to do honour to the bravery of the army and to claim a victory in every indecisive action, these gentlemen are constrained to admit that Grant has been foiled by General Lee in every movement he has made, and beaten in every battle, and in almost every skirmish, On Friday last, after re posing for a week and receiving large supplies and reinforcements, the Federal army was declared by its corps commanders to be ready to renew the fight. It was found, however, that Lee's position at Spottsylvania Court-house—against which all the efforts of Grant had been futile—was so strong as to be impregnable, unless at the sacrifice of half his legions. As this was a sacrifice which, with all his extravagant recklessness of human life, General Grant did not think it prudent to make, a flank movement was determined upon and commenced that evening, with the view of turning the position, and forcing Lee to fall back to the line of the North Anna. Mr Stanton's official telegram, dated on Sunday evening at 10 o'clock, informed the public of this movement, since which time up to the hour of the despatch of this letter to Boston, to meet the Canard steamer, no details of the movement have been made public, As the telegrams from Wash ington are submitted to military censorship before they are transmitted over the wires, and as all the journals are warned against the publication of any news having a tendency to give encourage.. meat to the enemy, the public is forced to rely upon Mr Stanton for telegraphic information; or, if too impatient to wait for information con veyed- through the post-office, to feed upon the rumours, often grossly exaggerated, and as often wholly false, that circulate in every place of resort. Mr Stanton says as little as he can, and as people argue that he would certainly say a great deal if he had anything favourable to communicate, they reverse the old proverb which declares no news to be good news, and persist in believing that Grant, like every other General who has attempted to take Richmond, has miscalculated his means and the force opposed to him. In a despatch dated last night the secretary reports that he has no intelligence either from Grant or Batter_ He endeavours, how ever, to keep np the spirits of the public by the assurance that all the losses of the army have been repaired; that since the great battle at Spottsyl vania Court-house, which he no longer claims as a Federal victory, " many thousand veteran troops have been forwarded to General Grant ;" that "the whole army has been amply supplied with full rations ;" that " several thousand fresh cavalry horses have been furnished ;" that "several thou+ sand reinforcements have als3 been forwarded ;" and that daring the last eight clays " over 30,000 volunteers for 100 days have been mustered into the service, clothed, armed, equipped, and trans ported to their respective positions." It is only in the case of these volunteers that Mr. Stanton escapes from the vagueness of " several," and " many thousands," into the exactitude of a specific number. As it is to be inferred that the 30,000 are a portion of the 100,000 militia of the Western States offered by the respective Governors for garri son and frontier duty, and accepted by Congress at the cost, for the hundred days, of 25,000,000 dots., it would seem as if the anticipations of reinforce ments from this source had not yet been fully rea lised, and that it was much easier for Congress to be liberal than for the West to be ready, and for the Governors to promise 100,000 men than to find them. Thus, although Mr. Stanton's information is meant to be cheerful, it does not quite fulfil its purpose. And as enough is known of the direction which Grant has taken to make it obvious that the line of the Rappahannock, whore ho will be supported by the naval strength of the Federal Go vernment, is to be his new base, and as that line pro vides the means of escape for the army by the gun boats and transports in case of an overwhelming defeat, people conclude that Grant's situation can not be so hopeful as it has been represented, while many are quite prepared to hear that the last and greatest failure to capture Richmond is on the point of consummation. The undoubted victory of Gene. ral Breckenridge, ViceePresident et the United States under Mr. Buchanan, achieved over the forces of General Sigel in the Shenandoah valley, must have deranged the plans of Grant ; and the virtual failure of General Butler's expedition to the James River, on the bank of which he lies intrenched, unable to move and in danger of annhilation, must also be taken as an incident on which the Lieutenant-Gene ral did not calculate, and a disturbing influence upon the result of the campaign. It is true that the pro gress of General Sherman from Chattanooga towards Manta looks like a success, as far as the circum staalces are known ; but there are too many thought ful and observant persons who remember how ()lien in the progress of the war the North has been taught to beware of an advance by Lee and of a retreat by Joseph Johnson, to permit the public to draw all the consolation that might otherwise be derived from Sherman's movements. As General Banks has bean superseded for his failure in Louisiana, and General Sigel for his Equally disastrous defeat in the Shenandoah, Gene ral Butler remains the only civilian amateur and political General in command of a Federal army. His position at Bermuda Landing, and his military management since he started from Fortress Monroe are not suggestive of the possibility of success; and it is therefore anticipated that before many dap; the armies of the North will, by Lis removal, bo wholly placed under the leadership of professional s o ldi ers . West Point is in the ascendant, both in the North and the South, and the schoolfellows and classmates of that famous seminary, who competed with each other in the schoolroom a quarter of a century ago, are placed at the head of two contend• ing armies of undoubted spirit and bravery to solve a mightier problem of liberty and eivilizetion than has ever had to be solved sinco Latin ceased to be a living language. General Sigel's removal, though justified by necessity, has greatly displeased the Germans, both in the West and in this city. He was appointed to command less for military reasons than for the conciliation of his countrymen and the winning of their votes for the Lincoln ticket at the ensuing Presidential contest; but as the Germans are enthusiastic for Fremont, and have been rapidly deserting the Lincoln ranks, the President gained bat little by appointing General Sigel, and will lose I as little by superseding him. The Germans, how ever, resent what they consider the injustice done to their hero, and loudly assert that if the Govern ment can do without German generals it will have to try if it can do without German soldiers. The forged Proclamation of the President con tinues to be a topic of discussion, and bids fair to lead to more important issues than the subject or its author is worth. All the fuming patriots, con tractors, exterminators, and war Christians insisted that the forgery was the work of a " Copperhead," a " Secessionist," and a friend of peace, and could not have emanated from the brain or hand of any other. The fact that it only appeared in two De mocratic or "Copperhead„ journals was taken as corroborative evidence of the iniquity of its origin. Bat when it was discovered that Howard, the forger, a mere penny-a-linner, contributing what is celled " city news," or accounts o f f i res, accidents, and other local intelligence to the various newspapers of the city, w as—if be had a politi ca l or any other principle--an Ultra-Rebubiluan, a loyal leaguer, and one of the faithful flock of the Rev. Henry mr. Beceher, the dismay and chagrin of the dominant party was ludicrous if not pitiable. Howard him self, when arrested, was quite surprised to learn the importance that had been attached to his perform ance, seemed to think he had as much right to forge a State paper as the Sun newspaper, which had been greatly applauded for. the act, and that Mr. Beecher and his father, a deacon or elder of Plymouth Church, had only to intercede with the Government to procure his release from Fort La fayette in a day or two, none the worse except for the fright. But although the wretched man and an equally wretched accomplice do not appear to have had any other motives than a speculation in the rise The gold market has been greatly unsettled during the day, mainly on account of the vague and unsatisfactory character of the news from Virginia, and of the rumours of disaster to Gcneril Butler— rumours, however, which cannot be traced to any authentic source. The highest point attained was a premium of 88 at half-past one p.m. It afterwards fell, however, to 841, at which it closed. Fatal Accidents on the London, Brighton, and South Coast Bailxvay. ' ea tetany a most distressing accident occurred at Croydon, at the works for the construction of the new extension lin e to the new cattle market, which are now being carried out at this spot. During the last three month s a largo body of workmen have while employ e d i n removin 5-been engaged in m a ki ng the new line, and yester day, the earth from a portion of a wall which need to form part of the old Brighton line, the mas a , from some at present uexplained cause, fell with a terrific crash, which was heard for a considerable distance round. The greatest commotion prevailed at the time, and when the dust occ as ioned by the fall h a d cleared away it was discovered that at least one poor fellow had been buried beneath the ruins. All the workmen were instantly set to work to remove the hundreds of tons of brickwork and rubbish in the hope of finding the body, but at the time the report w as despatched the poor fellow, whose death must have been instantaneous, had not been dug out. On Sunday morning last, between the hours of four and five o'clock, the body of a women, supposed to be related to one of th e workmen employed on the extension line above mentioned, was discovered on the line adjoining the spot where the above accident happened, most horribly mutilated. There appears to be great suspicon attaching to the case, from the het that at the time the train ran over the poor woman it was discovered that the legs only f.f the deceased had been placed across the line of the " four foot"--a most improbable way fora person to Commit suicide. In addition to the injuries which the poor woman had rece i ve d, h er l egs b e i ng Com. pletoly smashed, she h a d a very severe contus i on over the right eye and temple. It appears from information collected on the spot that the driver of the train noticed something on the line when it was too late to stop the train, ad he had an engine sent down the line to pick her up. When discovered the woman was quite dead, and she was immedi ately conveyed to the new tank-house at East Croy don, where an inquest will shortly be held. The deceased was about 30 years of sge. (Flom tLe Times Correspowient ) of gold, which was to make them richer by a day's fraud than they were likely to have been made by 20 years honest work such as they were competent to perform, the despotic action of the Government against the respectable journals that were deceived has invested the case with an exceptionable and wholly unmerited interest. Had Mr. Lincoln (For it is now asserted that he alone and not Mr.€tanton, is responsible for the suspension of the journals) contented himself, as Commander-in-Chief, with discovering and punishing the audacious forger as military or civil law would have allowed and justified, the affair by this time would have blown over, and Howard might have been hung or shct, or sent to the Dry Tortugas or the Peniten tiary, without c rea ti ng muc h ripplein the stream of public opi n i on . B u t w h en Mr. Lincoln took advantage of the accident that two newspapers opposed to his Administration published the forged document and suppressed those journals by military force, though they were wholly innocent of any com plicity with the forger or of any intention to dea ceive, he made a mistake which may yet prove to be the greatest he has committed during his tenure of office. The suppressed journals were allowed to reappear yesterday after a suspension of three days, during which they suffered an amount of pecuniary damage which they estimate at many thousands of dollars, and the question remains whether they will consent to suffer it without an effort to obtain redress, The Federal Government has no right to interfere in the internal affairs or the civil adminis tration of the law in any State of the Union. Mr Lincoln as Commander-in-Chief may do many things in New York or any other State on the plea of mili tary necessity. There was an imperative military necessity to discover and to punish the forger, but was there a military necessity to suppress two news papers and to ignore the laws of the State of New York, which guarantee the freedom of the press, and provide the penalties for the abuse of that free dom which are established in all civilised countries ? That is the question which the Democratic party is said to be determined to raise; and the first step towards the settlement of which is alleged by several journals to have been taken by the Governor of New York. The District Attorney of this city has re ceived Mr Seymour's instructions to prosecute all the parties who were concerned in the burglarious entry and occupation of the offices of the Journal of Commerce and the World. If this statement be correct, General Dix will plead the order of the President in justification, and there will either be a cause celebre of the highest moment to all Ame- ricans—or a quashing of the proceedings before the Courts by the reception of General Dix's plea as valid and sufficient. If the plea be received the majesty of the la w will go the way of the liberty of the press, and practical de spotism will have taken a greater stride than in any previous occurrence of this humiliating war. Governor Seymour has a great part to perform ; he has the opportunity in his hands ; and if this story be true—though some of the paper 3 doubt it—it looks as if he had the courage to undertake it. The interdict has been removed from the office of the Independent Telegraph line, on proof that Howard's forgery never passed over their wires, but was concocted in this city. Mr. Stanton accom panies his notification of the fact with no expression of regret for the wrong committed upon the un offending clerks and operators, or for the pecuniary damage inflicted on the company during five days' suspension of their business. The suspension of the Baltimore Transcript has not been removed ; but as Baltimore is under the operation of martial law, and likely to remain so, until the remote day when peace shall again dawn upon unlucky Maryland, there is but little probability that Gen. 'Wallace, unless he have a strong hint from 'Washington to do so, will allow the delinquent to reappear. But as the Transcript never publishes leading articles, or passes an editorial opinion on any political event, domestic or foreign, it seems a useless waste of tyrannical power to break so harmless a moth with the blow of a sledgehammer. Although Howard's proclamation was but a clumsy forgery, the annoyanceof the Government at its publication was leas due to its audacity than to the fact that it but too truly described the military situation, and but too truly sketched the means necessary to be adopted for retrieving it. But the Government did not at that particular moment feel inclined to divulge to all the world its want of men, and hence the more than customary displeasure which it vented upon all concerned in telling the unpalatable truth in the guise of a fable. It is now asserted, however, on the authority of no less a person than Mr. Stanton, that a draught for 300,000 men will be ordered for the Ist of July ; and the enrolling officers in this city and throughout the North are actively engaged in revising the lists for that purpose. '1 he Government will need all the men. At the moment at which I write this the sound of drum and fife in Broadway calls me to the window, and I see a regiment about 500 strong marching towards the Battery. I learn that it is the let Mgiment of Massachusetts Volunteers, whose term of service has expired, and who have left the Army of the Potomac in its hour of sore trial, if not of imminent peril, when every man is of value, determined to return to their homes and to study war no more. The people on the line of route towards the steamer in which theyare to em bark for Boston salutes them with no cheers, and not a woman waves a handkerchief to give them welcome. Another regiment, the Brooklyn 14th, the term of which has in like manner expired, is expected this evening, and will doubtless pass along the streets with as little notice. Mr. Stanton may well believe that a new draught is imperative under circumstances like these, and the Government may welt be anxious, if not alarmed, in view of the chance of the great unpopularity and possible failure of the measure. night's decision is likewise a plain notification t t the House is d eterm i ned to show its respect public faith, by insisting th a t Mi n i s t e rs shall lt€ ga to their solemn engagements, whether as regat the finances of th e country, or in other mat t, which more nearly concern the national dismal and honour. LAW INTELLIGENCE—June 7. COURT OF CHANCERY. (Before Vice-Chancellor Kindersley,) K HENAN V. HANDLEY. This suit was instituted by a young w oma n named Keenan, to compel th e d e f en d ant, Captain H. E . H a ndle, to perform an agreement i nto which he had entere d Wi her to give h er an annu i ty of £l5O for the support o f be self and her child, of which she said he was the fathe The plaintiff deposed that whilst living in Michael's - PI" Brompton—namely, in December, 18.59 —she became a ( quainted with the defendant, who visited her at her res deuce, and that she shortly afterwards, at his earnest sells tation, was induced to enter into cohabitation with him his wife, for which perpose he took apartments for her, 1 the first instance, in Stanley-street, Pimlico. During the period and now she was unmarried, and the defends ! ' during the same period, and until some time after makini to her the alle ge d p rom i ses of marriage and the relinquish ment thereof, was an unmarried .nan. She also depose that during such cohabitation, and until after the birth 0 , her child, she at his request used the name of " Coverdale, being the same as that used by himself in all his sportinl transactions, he being then and now largely engage d 11 racing, by which name ho was well known, and she ° l ' also well known by the name of Mrs. Coverdale, end scar by him introd uce d un d er such name to some of his ee'a: tions and friends. The defendant, who has large estates la Lincolnshire, and an estate in Berkshire, denied tha t j 1: had entered into a n y suc h o bli gations towards her se she set forth. Mr. Glasse, Mr. Sergeant Ballantine, and Mr. Hal were counsel fo r th e p l a i nt i ff; and Mr. Bally, Mr. ceeera and Mr. Touhnin for defendant. The case was argued a month ago and judgment Ives re. served till now. The Vice - Chancellor, in giving judgment, said the Cif' cumstances under which the bill was filed were these' - : The plaintiff, Ellen Keenan, lived with the defends ! '" Captain Handley, as his mistress from 1859 till 1861. 138 c i fore she kn ew th e d efendant she had lost her virtue, and had been the mistress of some other persons, and had born; a child to one of them. The defendant was a gentleman ° fortune and much addicted to pursuits of the turf, and 138 kept race horses. In December, 1859, an acquintance cony monced between the plaintiff and the defendant from ° I accidental meeting one evening in Piccadilly. The (1° ; fendant visited the plaintiff that night at her lodging, and continued his nightly visits there about two months; el; in 1860 he took lodgings for her in Stanley-street, Pira lle 7 where he continu e d t o v i s i t h er. In March, 1860, hereare a cottage at Surbiton, where she lived with him as his la' s ' stress, and there they resided and cohabited 12 mont hs : During their resid ence at S urbiton they were known e " Mr and Mrs Coverdale, and under the name of Coverdale the defendant carried on his sporting transactions. T he defendant said it was usual for persons engaged i n e porti4 transactions to carry them on and to enter their horsed f °r races under assumed names. But the court was not awa re that it was the cus t om o f these persons to assume such gc: tious names as th e names by which they desired to ,`" known in the neighbourhood where they resided. Wh ,,,"„, ° the plaintiff and th e d e f en d ant were living at Surbiton, "'- infant plaintiff, Lucy Coverdale, of which child the de' fendant had always till after the institution of this su it ' acknowledged himself to b e t h e f ather, was born. And shortly afte r th e bi rt h t h e defendant registered that f a e , " describing the child as the daughter of Henry and Ellen Coverdale. an October, 1860, t h e defendant cause d the child to be baptised, and on that occasion also be scribed her as the child of Mr and Mrs. Coverdale. Having resided at Surbiton upwards of twelve months t ": plaintiff and the defendant went to reside at Marlene, 11/ Hertfordshire, and there the defendant resumed 1 1 real name 'of H an dl ey , and by his direction the plaint always afterwards whilst living there passed under the name of Mrs Handley. He addressed letters to her under that name. On the 25th Deptember, 1861 w h en about to , leave hom e f or a s h ort time, he left a letter for her on th e table, in which h e expressed his regret that her affec tion for him app eare d to have cooled, and he propose d that if she d e t erm i ne d to leave him ho would give her an annuity of £l5O f or th e support of herself and the i r c hild. Shortly aft er September, le6 I, the plai n tiff, with the con currence of the def en d an t , qu i tted Marians, an d wen t t o St. Leonards, and fro m th a t t i me the cohabitation cease d . In accordance with the ad v i ce o f the defendant she came to London to hav e an i nterv i ew with his solicitor, in or d e r that a deed secur i ng to h er an annuity of £l5O might b ° prepared. Both the plaintiff and defendant had interviews with the solicitor on that subject, but the result was that the defendant, without any reason, refused to carry out the arrangement, and this bill was filed to compel him to earl out the arrangement. It has been contended for the de fendant that there was no consideration for the annuity claimed from him, But the court was of opinion upon the evidence that there was a sufficient consideration. Ther e appeared to have been several discussions between them 00 the subject of marriage, and the defendant seemed to have given her a promise of marriage. But the plaintiff had re• leased the defendant from such promise on consideration of his granting her an annuity. The conclusion at which the court felt obliged to arrive on the whole case was that there must be a decree for an annuity to the plaintiff to 001- mence from March 25, 1862, the deed to secure such annuity to be settled in chambers. The defendant must pay th e plaintiff's costs. COUNTRY MARKETS. .~~.__~_..h-- .._._. LIVERPOOL --TUESDAY. There was an average attendanc e b ot h o f t h e town a l? country dealer s a t markt to-day, but only a limited bu si ; news was don e a t pr i ces slightly lower. Flour met with limited business, b u t nom i na ll y unaltered in price. In , u , dian corn there was a slow sale, but not lower. .Egyptian beans firm a t p rev i ous rates. Oatmeal less inquired ,°", and quoted at last week's prices. THE SUN, tOlibON, WEDNESDA Y EVENING, JUNE 8, 1864. Dreadful Accident to an Ascot Train, A fearful accident occurred last night on the South-Western Railway." One of the trains return ing from the Ascot races—one of those long, un manageable trains, &evil; laden with hcliday makers, and such as are only seen at race timce— ran into another train at the Egham station, destroying two carriages, killing five passengers almost on the spot, and more or less seriously in juring between 20 and 25 others. The accident occurred at about a quarter to 8 o'clock to the train which had left the races a little after 7, and which was followed as soon as safety, as it was thought, permitted, by another train equally long and Equally heavy. It may be mentioned here that owing to the many false starts the races were not over till a late hour, and as it drew towards evening considerable anxiety was experienced by the railway officials as to the rush of passengers they would have, all de siring to be sent off as fast as the trains could be filled. This rush came at about 7 o'clock, and the trains were despatched very rapidly one after the the other. That to which the accident occurred left Ascot soon after 7, and though the line is a particularly difficult one, full of dangerous curves and steep gradients, it arrived at Egham safe enough shortly before 8 o'clock. Tickets were collected there, and while this was going on a complaint was made to the station authorities of some card-sharpers being in a carriage. An altercation arose about their re moval, which, whether successful or not, was long enough to delay the train two or three minutes more. During this interval the next train from Ascot came up, just as the first was moving off. The inevitable collision was so clearly seen that those in the station called to the passengers in the last car riages to jump from them. The guard was in the break-van, the last of all, and his experienced eye needed no (warning as he looked out and saw the next train coming on. He jumped out at once, though not a moment too soon, as the crushed frag ments of his van caught his coat skirts and tore them off. The collision was very violent, owing to the im mense weight of the following train. It crushed the guard's van to splinters, crushed a second-class car riage next to it, and partly crushed another beyond, The usual scene of confusion and dismay succeeded. Assistance was at length lelegraphed for to London and to Ascot, and the work of succouring those in jured instantly began. There was a borriblo scene beneath the ruins of the broken-up second-class carriage. From out of the wreck the bodies of four gentlemen were removed. A fifth died as he was being carried to the bank, and a sixth was so injured as to leave, last night, almost no hopes whatever of recovery. About 25 other passengers were found to have sustained injuries, such as concussions, dis locations, and broken bones. But oven the most serious of these, it is to be hoped, will not be likely to prove fatal, as with the exception of one whom we have mentioned as believed to have been mortally injured, all, it is stated by the railway authorities, were in the course of last night enabled to come up to town, and either proceed to their own homes or were taken to the hospital. About 25 passengers thus came to Waterloo, all more or less alarmed and shaken, many weak and faint, and with their clothes covered with blood. At 12 last night the gentleman whose almost fatal injuries we have mentioned was brought up on a stretcher bed in a guard's van. He was accompanied during the journey by a surgeon, and was removed from Waterloo on a bed placed in a long chaise which the officials had provided to take him to Charing-cross Hospital. His name is unknown, and he remained as insensible as one already dead. In appearance he was a young gentleman of six or eight and twenty years of age. It is stated that the train which run into that at Egham was going at great speed. This, however, can scarcely have been the case, as in this case its weight would have been sufficient to crush it through half the train it ran into. Very few persons were injured, or even much shaken, in the second train. None of its carriages were hurt, and its engine driver and fireman kept their posts on the engine unhurt. All this would seem to prove that it could not have been going at great speed, but from this very fact it seems equally clear that there either must have been no signals at all at this station or else that they were moat recklessly disregarded. The line was cleared in the course of about an hour, and passengers went on as usual ; but up to this morning the inquiries were anxious and incessant at Waterloo from those who had friends and rela tives missing to know the names of those killed and wounded. Three of the bodies were identified. Mr. Clegg, a licensed victualler, landlord of the Harp, dermyn street ; Mr. Cockerel), the clerk or confidential agent of Mr. Pad wick, the well-known racing man ; and a Mr. Winfield, who is not known, except from the direction upon a letter found in his pocket. There therefore remained two bodies that had not been recognised. They were all removed to the Rail way Inn, close to the station at Egham. We may state that the corpses were not much mutilated, death apparently having arisen from concussion. Oae gentleman was also conveyed to the Railway Inn in a very dreadful state, having had both his legs so much shattered that amputation is inevitable, and will be performed as soon as he is capable of bearing the shock. On inquiry it appeared that he is a gentleman in the establishment of his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales. One gentleman was brought to London at his own request, and conveyed to Charing-cross Hospital in charge of Mr. Hey ward, where he was promptly examined by Messrs. Travers and Hughes, the house surgeons, and it was found that he had several ribs broken, his right leg was also broken, and he had sustained such severe internal injuries that the issue is extremely doubtfal. We subjoin a letter from the Secretary of the Railway : " Sir,—lt is with the utmost regret that I have to announce to you a sad accident on the London and South-Western Railway this evening at about 8 p.m., at the Egham station, by which five passen gers have unfortunately lost their lives. This acci dent arose, as far as can be ascertained at the mo ment of my writing, from one up-train having run into another when in the act of leaving the station. " These few lines arc simply intended to allay any great public anxiety and exaggeration conse quent on such a melancholy event, every passenger, with one exception, beyond the number named (and whose names are unknown) having been enabled to proceed on their homeward journey. —I am, sir, your obedient servant, " FREDERICK CLARKE, Secretary, " London and South-Western Railway, Secretary's-offiee, Waterloo-bridge Station, S., London, June 7." THE QUEEN'S MESSAGE AND SIR ROWLAND HILL.—Upon Mr Commissioner Hill taking his seat in the Bristol Bankruptcy Court yesterday, Mr Edlin, the senior counsel present, asked permission, before the business of the Court commenced, to express on behalf of the counsel and solicitors practising in the court the great pleasure they had all felt on reading her Majesty's message to Parliament last night in respect of a grant to Sir Row land Hill. They all know the strong attachment which existed between his Honour and his brother Sir Rowland, and knowing that the Queen's Message must have been a source of joy and pleasure to his Honour, they themselves had road it with the greater satisfaction. Mr Commissioner Hill, who spoke with evident emotion said—Gentlemen, it is deeply gratifying, ,to me find the counsel and solicitors practising in this court manifest a kind interest in the mark of royal favour conferred by our gracious Queen on one so near and so dear to me. [ADvnirrisExE NT.]—Consumption, all nervous, bilious liver, and stomach complaints, is every stage, are only ag op provedel es e. by e t h l o u u o s t a e n a d thousands o w f . gravated and accelerated by drugs of every description, but perfectly curable by Du Barry's health restoring Itevalenta — ca C s u e s r e w N h o i . ch t l 32, ll 9 a li d . 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No. 77, Regent-street, London ; also Fortnum and Mason; and all grocers and chemists In every town of - the United Kingdom SPORTING INTELLIGENCE, ASCOT RACES. —TUESDAY. The Royal meeting on Ascot Heath has features pecu liarly its own, and stands apart from its great rivals, Epsom and Goodwood, in marked individuality. Its present easi ness of access had, indeed, robbed it of much of the charm that used to hang about it 10 or 15 years ago, and the in undation of Londoners has given, particularly on the Cup day, somewhat of a Derby tone to the gathering. But still people came to Ascot to see the racing. It is not entirely a question of new bonnets (though they do not enter largely into the scheme), elaborate toilettes, and Fortnum and Mason. Pleasure and business meet on equal terms, and, differing from the frantic revelry of Epsom and the dolee far nicnfe of Goodwood, Ascot claims serious attention for its crowded programme, and the many interesting patterns there submitted for selection. There have been many alterations ;and improvements in the Stand and on the course since last year. Private boxes and stalls have been added to the former, and a much wanted saddling paddock to the latter. These, together with other minor details, evince a readiness on the part of the execu tive to attend to hints and suggestions, and Ascot is now what a meeting claiming the title of " Royal" should be — as near perfection as possible in its arrangements. With nearly £4,000 in added money, entries unusually large, the anticipated presence of Royalty, and glorious weather, it bids fair to be this year extraordinarily sue. cessful. The attendance was certainly above the average for a first day. The Prince and Princess of Wales, accompanied by the Prince and Princess Louis of Hesse, and the Prin cess Mary of Cambridge, and Prince Arthur, arrived by railway before the commencement of racing, and were re ceived with every mark of respect, but with an absence of that too demonstrative loyalty that sometimes intrudes on Royal privacy. The Queen's Vase, one of the three chief events of the day, brought out a field of 12 to do honour to the Royal gift, and, according to custom, the competitors were paraded in the Enclosure, and passed in review order before the occu pants of the Stand. Little Stag was made the favourite, and he and Birch Broom were the leading horses until near ing home, where Lord St. Vincent's colt was beaten, and Young Rapid, who had been going well throughout, came out at the stand, and with only Fairwator and Sea King near him, won easily. The Ascot Stakes, which were not run for until one hour and a half after time, could not boast of a good acceptance, and betting upon them was very limited. Hippolyta, who had been the only horse mentioned at the Corner last week, resumed her position, from which she had been temporarily driven, as first favourite, before the flag fell, and won easily by two lengths. The Prince of Wales's Stakes was a rather hallow victory for Ely, who with Fills de I'Air, had the race to themselves from the distance, the horse defeating the Oaks winner by two lengths. The tedious delay above alluded to caused the latter events to be hurried over in a slovenly fashion. In fact, there was an embarras de richesse in to-day's card. Nine events are rather too much, taking into consideration the inevitable time lost in these half•mile races—of which there were two out of the pine that were run to-day. Tho Royal party took their departure for Frogmore soon after the issue of the Prince of Wales's Stakes. The Trial Stakes of 5 soya each, with 100 added, for 2 and 3-yr-olds. Weight for age, with certain allowances. The New Mile. 13 subs. Lord Westmoreland's Auditor, 2 yrs, 6st 71b (X 200) . Grimshaw Mr W. Day's Catch-'em-Alive, 6 yrs, (J OsOs(X600) ) 1 Adams (J. ) 2 Lord Ailesbury' s M enace, 3 yrs, Bst 21b (£200) (H. Grimshaw) 3 The following also ran :—Nourmahal filly, Verbena, Diomed, General Hess, The Gillis, Man-at-Arms, Change of Luck, Hopper, and Holkar. Betting -9 to 4 eget Auditor, 3to 1 agst Catch'ern Alive, 10 to 1 agst Holkar, and 12 to 1 each agst General Hess and Diomed. After running a few strides in company, Verbena lying in the centre came on with a clear lead, having Auditor, Menace, and Hopper on her right, with Diomed and Cetoh 'em Alive on the left, the others, who were headed by General Hess and Holkar, followed close in their wake. On reaching the enclosure Verbena gave way to Auditor, Catch-'em Alive, and Menace, who came oa nearly abreast although wide, and finished the race home, the young one landing Lord Westmoreland's colours very cleverly at last by a length and a half. There were two lengths between the second and third ; Diomed was fourth, Verbena fifth, Man-at-Arms and Holkar side by side sixth and seventh, Hopper, General Hess, and Change of Luck were the next palling up, Velocity and The Gillie being last. The Gold Vase, given by her Majesty, added to a Sweep stakes of 20 soya each; 3-yr-olds and upwards, weight for age, with certain allowances and penalties. 2 miles. 14 subs. Mr Craven's Young Rapid, 3 yrs, 7st 71b (Atkins) 1 ' Mr W. S. Cartwright's Fairwater, G yrs, Bst 12'b (Custance 2 Baron Rothschild' s Wi ngrave, 5 yrs, Oat Sib. ... (Wells) ) 3 The following also ran :—Claremont, Caller Ou, Johnny Armstrong, Bacchus, Sea Is Ostentation, Little Stag, Birch Broom, and Oldminster. Betting--7 tJ 4 eget Little Stag, sto 1 agst Caller On, 7 to 1 agst Birch Broom, 8 to 1 agst Fairwater, and 10 to 1 ugst Young Rapid. The start was delayed a short period through the restive ness of Ostentation, who refused to join his horses. When they were despatched Bacchus, next the rails, rushed to the front, and w th Birch Broom and the favourite close in his wake, made play at a sound pace—the trio being followed by Johnny Armstrong, Sea King, and Young Rapid, who headed the next division, which was brought up by Clare mont and Oldminster. As they reached the top turn Little Stag, overpulling Carroll, went past his horses, and pro ceeded on with a clear lead of a couple of lengths. Lord Westmoreland's colt having a similar advantage of Young Rapid and Bacchus, who were side by side, Wingrave, Fairwater, and Caller Oa being their immediate followers. In these positions they reached the bottom, but half across Fairwater ran into the third place, followed at the Old Mile post by Wingrave, tho pair coming on in attendance upon the leaders into the straight, where Birch Broom gave way, followed in a few strides alter by the favourite, which left Fairwater with a slight lead of the Baron's colt, the pair, however, being joined at the old stand by Young ItaPid: who came up on the left with a rush and won very cleverly at last by a length, Fairwater defeating Wingrave for the honour of second by a head. Little Stag was a bad fourth, Johnny Armstrong fifth, Claremont sixth, Sea King and Bacchus side by side were the next two, then came Caller Ou, Birch B roo m, and Old m i nster, who trotted in. Run in 3 min 41 sees . A Sweepstak es o f 50 soy a eac h , h ft, for 2-yr.olds; colts B s l 7 1b, fillies Bst 31b. Three quarters of a mile. 6 subs. Duka of Beaufort's Siberia ..... . .. (Fordham, Mr G. Bryan's Reinfrid (Castanet') Betting -11 to 10 on Siberia, who, with a slight lead, made play to the enclosure, where she was joined for a few strides by Reinfrid, but aft er a little rousing the favourite shook him off and won cleverly by a length. A Maiden Plate of £lOO for 2-yr-olds; colts 3st 10Ib, and fillies Bst 71b. Entrance 1 soy. half a mile. _ Count Betthyany's King Charming, Bst 1016 (Custance) Mr J. Morris's Shrapnel', Bst lOib (Judd) 2 Mr Alexander's Corclolia, Bst 71b.... Aslpu T i following en h e: e hAaulvs eecnl:soLn, e also d amran filly, : AudaxScl :--Scheldt d g z i a r n i Czarina, Cu ß 6 i h o a l n d a c r b l P i i n ff e e 3 ; Drino, Brigand, Pepper's Ghost, Delilah, Threadbare, Betting -4 to Arkansas, and Fred. Audax and Shrapnel', and 100 to 8 agst any other. After innumerable false starts the 11 was lowered to an enagr:t Kingß Leader, Lady Florence, equitable start, Shrapnel' on thCehaurpmpoinrg'grßontnodl beeaicnhgatghset first away, closely followed in the centre of the course by Leader, Cordolia, and Czarina; and on the far side by King Charming and Radcliffe. In the centre of the Stand Leader was beaten, and Cordelic joined Mr Morris's colt, the pair a dozen strides from the chair being caught by King Charming, who running the longest won a fine race by a neck, half a length separating the second and third; Czar ina was fourth, close up, Radcliffe fifth, Audax sixth, Rialto seventh, and Deino next. The last two were Bri gand and Scheldt. The Queen's Stand Plate of 200 sous, added to a sweepstakes of 10 KM each. For 2-yr-olds and upwards; weights for 0 age. Winner s ex t ra; w i th ma id en allowances. T.Y.C. 22 n t F, s ub s. Count do Lagrange's Le Bearnais, 2 yrs, fist 51b (J. Grimshaw) 1 Captain Christie's Lady Cation, 6 yre, 9st 61b (Fordham) 2 Mr Merry's Zlmbesi, 2 yrs, Est 121 b. ....... (H. Covey) 3 The following al so ran :—Pearl Diver, Kildare, Soap stone, Umpire, Black Duchess, Syren, Bertha, Starbeam, Bunch, Castle Hill, King John, and Birch Broom. Betting-5 to 2 agst Lo Bearnais, 6to 1 apt Lady CH& den, 7 to 1 each agst Umpire and Zambesi, and 10 to 1 any other. The favourite on the far side was the first away, and in company with Lady Clifden made the running, followed on the Stand side by Zambesi, Pearl Diver and Umpire to the Stand, where th e th ree p l ace d d re w away and finished the race home. Le Be arna i s , w h o a l w ays appeared to have the best of it, won very cleverly by a l e ngth, twice that distance separating the second and third. Pearl Diver was fourth, Umpire fifth, and Soapstone sixth; Star Beam and Birch Broom close together next, the last three being Kildare, Syren, and Castle Rill. The Ascot Stakes of 25 soya each, 15 ft, and 5 only if de clared, &c., with 200 a dd e d. Th e w inner of any handicap after the weights ar e d ec l are d (May 27th, 10 a.m.) to carry 71b extra. Two miles and a half. 49 subs., 33 of whom pay 5 soya each. The highest weight accepting being Bst 91b, it has been raised to Bst 121 b, and the others in proportion. Baron Rothsehild'a flippolyta, 3 yrs, Est 61b (J, Gritnallaw) 1 Mr G. Rigby's Black Deer, 4 yrs, 7st 31b (Perry) 2 Mr Bryan's Lady Hylda, 3 yrs, 6st 101 b (Carroll) 3 The following also ran —Baldwin, Bally Edmond, Canary, Hypermnestra, Welbeck, Redcap, Wandering Minstrel, Claxton, Alabama, Sheridan, Rappel, and Potash. Betting-3 to 1 apt Hippolyta, 5 to 1 apt Canary, 6 to agst Sheridan, 10 to 1 each apt Alabama and Rappel, .00 to 8 apt Wandering Minstrel, 100 to 7 each aget Lady Hylda, Claxton, and Welbeek, and 100 tot agst Bally E't mood. Redcap jumped away with a clear lead, having Claxton and We:beck as his immediate followers; three lengths in whose rear were seen Rappel, Wandering Minstrel, Alabarua, and Black Deer; the rear division, who were following close in their wake, being brought up by Bally Edmond. Rounding the top turn, Claxton dropped back, and the leader was followed by Welbeck, Wan dering Minstrel, and Rappel to the foot of the Swinley where the favourite ran into the fourth place, and was joined half way across the bottom by Sheridan and Canary, the latter getting upon closer terms with the leaders as they reached the Old Milepost, where Redcap was beaten and dropped away. The lead from this point was taken up by Sheridan, closely attended by Canary, Baldwin, and the favourite, the four running. in a body to the turn into the straight, where the Baron's filly came up on the out side and half way up obtained a clear lead ; Canary at the same time dropped back, followed by Baldwin, who broke down, leaving Black Deer and Lady Hylda in atten dance upon the leader, who won in a canter by a couple of lengthe, three quarters of a length separating second and third ; Alabama was fourth, Sheride.n fifth, and Wandering Minstrel sixth. The ethers were pulled up and walked in some distance in their rear, the last of which was Potash. The Prince of Wales's Stakes of 20 sovs each, h ft with £5OO added, for 3-yr-olds ; colts, Bat 101 b ; and filliea, Bst 51b„ Winners extra, with certain allowances. The owner of the second horse to receive 100 sovs, and the owner of the third horse 50 sovs out of the stakes. New Course, about a mile and five furlongs, 140 subs. Mr W. Cartwright's Ely, Oat 111 b (lac 51b extra) (Custance) 1 Count F. de Lagrange's Fillo de l'Air, Ost (inc 91b extra) (A. Edwards) 2 Captain T. Coopel's Knight of Snowdon, Set 81b (T. Adams) 3 The following also ran :—ldler, Lord Zetland, Gazze Ladra, Glenduek, Calista colt, Figaro, Major, Hollyfox, Hymettus, Elmsdale. Betting --3 to I agstKnight of Snowdon, 7to 2 agst Fills de l'Air, 5 to 1 agst Hullyfox, 6 to 1 agst the Calista colt, and 8 to 1 agst Ely. Idler and Major, side by side, made play, followed by Gazes Ladra, Caliata colt, Ely, and the French filly, into the Swinley bottom, where they closed and ran in company to the half distance, where Ely and Fillo do l'Air came out, and, with Knight of Snowdon in attendance, finished the race home, Ely winning cleverly at last by two lengths; twice that distance separated the second and third. Glen dusk was fourth, Hollyfox fifth, and Figaro next. The First Year of the Seventh Ascot Biennial Stakes of 10 sovs each, with 100 added each year; for 2-yr-olds ; colts, Bst 10Ib; fillies, Bst 61b; the owner of the second horse to receive 25 sovs out of the stakes. T.Y.C. 56 subs. Mr Merry's Liddington, Bst 10Ib (Fordham) 1 Mr H. Melville's Wild Boy, Bst 1011) .. (roster) 2 Mr R. Sutton's Gardevisure, Bst 61b (T. French) 3 The following also ran :—Ostregor, Salpinctes, Itotho mago, Contraband, Shrapnel!, and Sister to Tomato. Betting—Even on Liddington, 2 to 1 agst Gardevisure, and 10 to 1 egst any other. Gardevisure jumped away with a alight lead, closely fol lowed by Wild Boy and the favourite, and Sister to Tomato to the Stand Enclosure, when Liddington came first and won a good race by a neck ; four lengths between the second wed third; Sister to Tomato was fourth; Ostregor fifth; and Shrapnel' sixth. SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS, TIME..--In the fourth year of the American War the grand army of the Federal States will, perhaps, succeed in appearing before the walls of Richmond. This, ever since the summer of 1881, has been its single object. Actuated by motives of which we cannot judge, the leaders of the new Confederacy, instead of establishing their capital in the centre of their territories, fixed it in the frontier State of Vireinie, and within so me seventy miles of the chief e military position of their enemies. The pro vocation could not be resisted. The earliest and the greatest efforts of the North were devoted to the creation of an army for the capture of Richmond. This force, the first and the largest put by the Fede rals in the field, was called the Army of the Potomac, and by this title it has now for upwards of three years been familiarly known. But never, during the whole of this time, could the Army of the Poto mac accomplish the purpose for which it was created by occupying the capital of the " rebe;s." Its first levies were scattered at the battle of Bull Run in July, 1881. It was then raised to a far higher strength, re-organised, re -equipped, and well-disci plined by the scientific and circumspect M'Clellan ; but it was again defeated, notwithstanding his skill aad patience. Once more was it recruited, rein forced, and intrusted to a new commander, but with no better fortune. The road to Richmond was the road to ruin. It mattered not from what base or under what General the expedition started. It always failed, and the best that could ever be said Was, that the Army of the Potomac, after incalcul atrie losses, was substantially " safe." The expres sion, indeed, passed into a hind of proverb, for though the Federal Generals were invariably com pelled to retreat, the Confederate Generals as in variably failed either to pursue:or take anything by their pursuit. Neither Lee nor Jackson could de stroy the Array of the Potomac, but the Army of the Potomac could never get to Richmond. Other Federal expeditions were more successful. Admiral Farragut took New Orleans. The army of the South-vvesnwhich began by fighting inTennessee,is now fighting in Georgia. But never could the grand army of the North—that army on which pains and treasure had been most profusely lavished—succeed in traversing the few stages between Fredericks burg._ and Richmond, a distance about es great as that from London to Brighton. Still, the North clung with unyielding tenacity to its purpose. The Army of the Potomac was maintained in fun strength by incessant renewals, and kept unchange ably on the same ground with the same object. It did, indeed, serve for the protection of Weshington at the same time, but its real mission was never forgotten. Every year saw this great army newly equipped, commissioned, and commanded. Every year saw a new General appointed with the standing order, "On to Richmond." At lest a man has been found to go there. General Geent is not actually nearer Richmond than M`Ciell an h as b een . H e i s , i n all probability, not so near at this minute, after losing half an army, as Butler is; but though he has accomplished only 30 miles out of the 50, be has done this in spite of the utmost resistance which the best army and the best General of the Confederates could oppose to his advance. He has not beaten that army, but he re fuses to consider that army as having beaten him. He has suffered repulses and losses enough to dis courage a less obstinate commander, but he persists in disregarding them, and in pursuing hia course at any cost. The other day, if the account of his flank movement be true, he appears to have thought that if he could but get to Richmond he would be con tent to leave the whole Confederate army in his rear, though the result must have placed him be tween two fires, with a strong city in front, and an army as good as his own behind him. He says in plain words, but without gasconade, that to Rich mond he will go. He has spent 50,000 of his men in getting half way, but he does not haggle about cost. His adversary retires deliberately before him, making preconcerted halts in chosen positions, re pulsing every assault, and then retiring afresh. At this rate Lee will ultimately find himself within the lines of Richmond, and Grant before them. Then what is to happen P Instead of speculating further on a question involving so many uncertainties, let us seek information from another narrative which has been rather excluded from the notice it merits by the superior interest attaching to the campaign in Virginia. Vir g inia has no t yet b een occupied by the Federale, but there is a State of the Confede racy where an occupation of this character has been established and matured under circumstances more favourable to the invaders than would occur any where else. Louisiana has been more or less in the grasp of the North for some time. New Orleans fell early in the war. The Mississippi and its tribue taries, intersecting the State, have enabled the North to take advantage to the utmost of his naval ascend • ancy. A whole campaign was devoted by Grant himself to the capture of Vicksburg and the opening of the mightynriver, until at last the Federal gun boats commanded the entire stream. Louisiana, in short, was regarded as "conquered." General Banks was appointed to govern the State, and it was held to have recovered even its title to the Parliamentary franchise. The capture of Richmond could do no more—indeed, would not do half as mtieh for the conquest of Virginia as events had combined to do for the conquest of Louisiana. Well, in this "con quered" State, just two months ago, the Governor act out on an expedition towards a certain town within his own dominion. It sounds ill for the tranquillity of his Government to say that he took with him on his journey an army of 50,000 men and a strong force of gunboats, It sounds worse to say that even these &roe° have not saved him from a complete defeat in the field and an ignominious retreat. Yet all this is literally true. 13anks, within the limits of the State under his own couam,nd, has been beaten in battle, and forced to retreat how he can. In a corner of his province there were rival authorities rejecting his jurisdic tion, and own i ng allegiance to the Confederacy. It was desirable to upset this rival Government, and, besides, it was believed the expedition might bring out large quantities of the cotton supposed to be stored in those perts, This exploit, if it could be achieved, would turn the inalarze of tree in favour of the United States, and this again would diminish tits export of gold from Now York, and so relieve Mr. Chase from a portion of his embarrassments. With these objects, therefore, Gen. Banks, having proclaimed a rendezvous at Alexandn:a on the Red River about the end of March, advanced on the Ath of April from that town upon Shreveport, Alto on the Red River, but at some distance up the stream. He first full into an ambuscade, and lost upwards of 1,000 men ; then retreated, and sestainee, with better fortune, a regular attack ; bat in the cud refre ited again, with the loss of 4,000 or 5,000 men, twenty gu ns , and the whole o f Li : , train. Then his very transports were attacleed, and hie gunboats could hardly protect them. Finally, the whole squadron was placed in a position of the utmost peril, from which, as we learn by the latest telegrams, they are only just now hoping to escape. Banks himself is reported to have at last succeeded in reaching New Orleans. It was for a long time by no means certain that he, the " Governor of Louisiana," and the commander of an army numbering almost as many effectives as Grant's at Spottsylvania, had not been taken prisioner in his own province by a Confederate force which was hardly known to exist. Now, if this is the state of things in Louisiana, what state of things is to be expected in Virginia, even if Lee should evacuate Richmond and leave the city to Grant ? How are even " conquered" provinces to be held if their "governors" fare like Banks ? Certainly, after such a forcible and timely illustration, we must recognise the truth of President Davis's saying, that, though Richmond might be taken, the war could be conti nued for 20 years in the State of Virginia alone. HERALD.—Prudent men pause before they lecture people. Mr. Gladstone is not a prudent man, and he has more than once undertaken to rate the House of Commons far its extravagance. The last instance was on Friday night. There was a re commendation by Sir L. Palk that justice should be done to a most meritorious body of naval officers at the expense of a few thousands. At this decent proposal, well supported by influ ence and argument, the Chancellor of the Ex chequer hectored. 'The Government would give every attention to the requirements of those who served the Crown, but they would not be driven one step in advance. The primary duty of members of the House of Commons was to check the Government in their expenditure, but during the whole of the present session the time spent in attempting to check the expenditure had been vastly exceeded in the attempt to induce Government to increase that ex penditure." This was pretty sharp, in the face, too, of the gross outlay on account of the operations in China, amounting, from 1857 to the close of last April, to nearly five millions of money. No wonder that members, thus unreasonably twitted for their waste of the public funds by a Govern. ment spending seventy millions a year, besides additional votes for fortifications and other ques tionable objects, should feel ill-disposed to enter tain Mr. Cowper's vote for one hundred and fifty thousand pounds towards establishing a new Na tional Gallery. The motion of the right hon. gentle. man, with that strange incongruity so often notice able in the conduct and acts of the present Govern. meet, stood in opposition to the declared opinions of the Prime Minister in 1860. At that period our versatile Premier was enthusiastically in favour of Trafalgar-square for the National Gallery. If the house would only vote him seventeen thousand pounds he would take care that every defect would be cured, and now that the smoke had been got rid of by a unique act of Parliament of which he himself was the happy author, we should have the finest site in Eu rope rendered a consummate perfection for an exhibi tion of pictures. The original building alreedy cost ' nearly two hundred thousand pounds of the public money, and then there were some forty thousand pound..s more for the ornamentation of Trafalgar. square. These were all cons id erat i ons why the pre sent buildiug should be retained for its definite and established purpose, and every idea to the contrary treated as impractical and utopian. It is a pity that the First Commissioner of Public Works should have made his noble chief eat humble-pie in so conspicuous a manner on Monday night. The Prime Minister of England has had to undergo too much of this kind of vassalage of late. We all feel for his humiliations, for the country suffers in them. But the chastisement dealt to the Chancellor of the Ex chequer was still more severe. Mr. Bernal Osborne, who has a mischievous faculty in raking up bitter memories, reminded the right hon. gentleman of his famous diatribe in 1860. It was then we had that graphic picture of the Public Works Depart ment under Whig management, which has immor talised elle name of Sir B. Hall and his present sue. cessor. According to Gladstone the conduct of that office was "characterised by vacillation, uncertainty, slovenliness, extravagance, and meanness. There was a total want of authority to direct and guide, a total want of making up the mind what to do, and such were the evils of the system that nothing short of a revolutionary reform would ever be a sufficient remedy." Surely this was prophetic. We had the revolution on Monday night. Not the Ra dical perversion of the noble Premier, not the silent vote of the Chancellor of the Exchequer, could pro tect the Government from the antagonism of the house. The proposed expense was deemed unneces sary, the proposed change of site undesirable. The National Gallery is to stand where it is. The repre sentatives of the people, in a pretty full house, have decided this against the Government by a majority of 52. The arguments in favour of this decision are overwhelming. In the first place, the Chan cellor of the Exchequer had no right on a previ ous occasion to catechise the House of Commons on economy and essay to teach members their duty. He should have felt his own position. He should have reviewed the past and forecast the future. As we have said, China and this very vote to come on ought to have been present in his vivacious asses ciative mind. The first assembly of gentlemen in the world have their esprit tae corps, and no matter what their :party politics they do not like to be collectively rated as so many school girls. The cen sure of Monday night was, therefore, a just retribu tion and a prudent and necessary evening. The judgment which Lord Palmerston himself had pro. nounced on the present site of the National Gallery in 1860 must have forcibly weighed with the house. At that period there was first a modest call for thirteen thousand pounds, then for fifteen, and this was capped by the final vote for seventeen thousand, which was carried on the repeated assurances of the noble Premier that the sum asked for would be ample for enlarging and improving the National Gallery so as to make it sufficient for some years for all the pictures belonging to the nation. But obli vious of all this, and having succeeded in making his venerable relative take a new turn on the matter --the First Commissioner comes down to the House of Commons on Monday with the bold proposal of a summary vote for a hundred and fifty thousand pounds. This would do for ten years or so, and then there might be another grant, and then another and so on, to meet changed views and circumstances. It is true that to properly house the national collec tion on the Burlington site the present pile of build ings would have to be swept away, and on the three and a-half acres a suitable edifice could be reared, which might cost the countrya million or so of money. This no doubt would perfect the job; and, had the House of Commons been so unwise as to listen to Mr. Cowper's hazy scheme, and the noble Premier's recantation and cajolery, the tax payers of the kingdom, of whom Mr. Glad stone is so nervously tender, would now be in the direct road to bearing the enormous and useless burden. When Lord John Manners described the proposal as a proof that £17,000 had been raised by false preteneen in 1860—when he made it evident that the Government were forcibly condemning themselves, he rendered an adverse vote a necessity. Ministers may stultify themselves; it is not for the Legislature to do so, and this with the naked facts before them ; for in truth there never wereatronger reasons for continuing the collection in the present building than those which can be adduced now. The conditions are greatly improved since 1860. The site is still the same magnificent one it has always been. There is also room for extension. A scheme has been prepared according to which, eta very slight expense, an additional gallery 200 feet by 40 could be obtained in the rear of the existing building without buying a single inch of land. Then, should the barracks be removed and St. Martin's Workhouse, such an alteration might be effected as would render the structure suited to every reasonable and expected exigency. Of course the Royal Academy would have to decamp. This was promised by Lord Palmerston when he sac ceeded in raising the £17,000. But it is not a little remarkable that Mr. Cowper was wholly silent on the subject of the Royal Academy on Monday night. For our own part we have always considered the juxtaposition of our mo d ern pi c t ures w i th the great masterpieces of Europe an injusti ce to our own artists' Their reputation is certainly not exalted by their very close proximity to the natiOnai l leetien, This had better remain w s here it is for no better reaso n , s i mp l y because it is there. The situation is admirably central. With th recene and destined improvements in Charing! cross and the neighbourhood, with new railways, new steam accomodation on the river, and the completion of th e Tha mes embankment, so valuable a her commendsretion will b e vastly enhanced. In fact, tcarcely a word to be said against the pro• spqousaarlet,oarnedtainthtisheisN a t h t i e o n s a u l b ? t a a e t i r v y e in eff T ec ra t foalfgtahre amendment of Lord John Manners. On the con trary, not tine s t r iki ng or forcible argument can be urged in favour of the change to Burlington House diture of th e —a cha nge i nvolving a large and growing expene public m oney, th e v i olat i on of former pledg es , and the desertion of an excellent position for one n o t 40 1 SO deaieeble, and not so free for extension in regard to the future. The crushing majority o f M onday night, and the equally decided vote on the International Exhibition bnil4ing last session, are sure proofs that she House of Ct)rnmons ham pQ confidence in Lord Palmerston and his col leagues on questions relating to public economy and the art exhibitions 9( the kingdom, l+rZd OD fty SHEFFIELD—TuEsDA Y. i r of At our market to-day there was a small AuPP , ,,,d wheat. Higher prices were asked at first, which ohac',A saves. Later in the day a slow business was done at '''' - c i week's rates. Barley also made late rates. Oats advanced is to 2s per qr, Flour and other articles as before. Red wheat, per l oa d o f 3 imperial bushels...lss Od to 16a ° A l' White Now red ) f ...17s Od to 18 New white 1 , a Beans ~ S .. 16s ..15s Od to 16 3 „P d /) fl 16s 6d to iss A ... 15s Gd to 17a ,5 Peas, per qr ............................. 40s Od to 4481;1 Grinding barley, per qr Oats „ 32s Od to 3. 55v a 19s Od to 24 9 v Flour " , is 4d t o i s 8d per 14 lb. --- MARXET HARBOROUGH—TUESDAY. White wheat, 408 to 41s ; red, 308 to:39s per 36 80 1; Malting barley at 338 to 36s per qr.; grinding, 27s to 4 ,0 per 30 st. Oats old, 278 to 298; new, 208 to 218 per 0 st. ; beans, 35s te, 43s per qr. MELTON MOWBRAYTuEsDAY. The following were the currencies :—New white wholt! 418 Od to 458 Od ; new red, 36s Od t o 40 8 per 36 stone', beans, 39s to 41s f or old; new sorts, 35 s t o 3 7s per 38 st...f, barley, 33s t o 35 s f or malting, and 27s to 29s per qr. t ^ ` grinding; new oats, 21 s t o 21s Od per 24 stone; old, tai to 285., LEEDS—TUESDAY. There was a small show of fresh grain this week, 0 , only a limit e d b usiness was done in wheat, last TaesdaY 0 rates being maintained. Oats and beans were quite dear. Averages—June 7—Wheat........ 393 Id' per (1r• —Barley ........ 31a 5d - - —Oats . ......... 19s 101 d - - —Beans ........35s 2}d —Peas .........,30e Od BRISTOL—TUESDAY. There was a moderato attendance of millers today. 01 1 an inactive bu s i ness d o i ng. English and foreign wbe!' held for rather more money. Barley and other articles 1 11 moderate demand. Births. CHEONRY.—On the 4th inst., at Sandhurst, the wife of Captain C. C. Chesney, R.E., of a daughter. FEILDEN.—On the 6th inst., at 44, Bryanston-street, man-square, the Hon. Mrs. J. R. Feilden, of a daug ter. STIAISPEAR.—On th e sth i nst., at Richmond, the w if e of n d Lieut.-Col one l J o h n Davenport Shakspear, of a son heir. Marriages. GRAN T — FAwcETT.—On the 7th inst., at Trinity eh" I l i : ~ iulse-hill, su rrey , R o b ert Grant, Esq , of Brixton -10 i Surrey, to Eli za b e th Bi sdeo, only wt . nghter of a '/. Fawcett, Roupell-park, Surrey. GR EAVES — YouNG.—On the 7th inst , at St. Mark's, Ke n ' nington, Mr. Ch ar l es Greaves, ju ' n , of Lindsey - roi: Chelsea, to Miss Youn g , of Cambridge -terrace, Fon t l' Clapham, S. Deaths. DALLOWAY.-0a the 6th inst., at Bath, Elizabeth Sopb ill ' relict of Joseph James Da.noway, aged 91. EATON.—On the sth inst., at St. John's-wood, Richard Eaton, Esq., aged 36. GARDYNE —On the 6th inst., at Scarborough, Js l32 " C. Gardyne, Esq., of Finhaven. HUSSEY.—O n the sth inst., at Bright on , Willi a m Hea ther Hussey, E sq ., aged CO. NEYETT.—On the sth inst., at 7, Bedford-street, S.: L iver' pool, Mary, relict of the late William Novett, /.'sfl', aged 90. PULMAN.—On the sth inst, at Hammersmith : Mr. Ire; Putman, late of her Majesty's Office of 'Works, Ire; Putman, 87. T y o o r ß l ,PL . p — h o4 , :t h the orp 0, 4th Bengal e inst. __......, AartmWye,lalgs,edSo6ms.orsetshire, 111 a. London: Priri:ed and Pr!):failed by WILLIAM ANDIiE"„ of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at Tim Surf Office NC , . ilf; Strand, 1 11 the Precinot of the Savoy, in the Cow ,11 Alittileoeat,77Wettneulay, June 8,1864.