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

TUE WAR IN DENMARK. (From. the Times Special Correspondent at the Danish Head-quarters.) acNISH HEAD• QUARTERS, ULKEBOL, April 8: The, cannonade was rather hot for the best part of the day yesterday in front of the bastions, but the town 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, bat went out before night. _ . _ Among the many good qualities I had reason to admire in the Danish character, I mast 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 :ong resistance against the terrible odds that two such colossal Powers as Prussia and Austria conspired to bring against them. They looked upon their isolated position, upon what they ccnsidered 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. Bat 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 nus merical forces. They knew fall well before the out break of the war, that the Dannewerk was a fortress not to be manned by anything less 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 Fredericis. 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. Daring 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 of 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 he 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 be expected of mere mortals. Neither do the Daces siu in underestimating their enemies. As far as the Austrians are concerned, there never was a more universal topic of conversa tion in the ainish camp than the dash and spirit of the Imperial troops, the skiil of their office:re, the thorough temper and discip!ine of the men. From Baitrup to OCE7SO, and from Gudio and Veile to the ramparts of Fretlericio, the Danes not only acknow ledged that they had swarthy advenaries before them, but they exlolled the brilliant qualities of Croats cad Hungarians ev,:n to the disparagement of their own no leas sturdy but nmewhat heavier cud clumsier troops. As to the Prussians, it is pos sible that they may be looked upon with greater rancour and antiptthy, but you are aware that, in the encounter of the 17th ult., the Danes paid full weed 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 raw 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-hill 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 deers were seen striking their recreant soldiers with the flat of their swords, and were heard, upbraiding them with the exclamation, " Verdammte hunts !" On the latter, the ringing word of command, " Vorwarts, Vorwarts," was an swered with a sullen "Fein, nein !" the soldiers striking the butt cod of their muskets on the ground, like men of whom impossibilities are expected, and who oppose the mere vis inertia e 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 en 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 theyrus 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 folly aware that the great mass of the Prussian army consisted of very young recruits who had never seen l ire , and they saw that a display of valour was ex acted from them which could scarcely b 3 exhibited by lone-tried veterans. Small blame to the Prus sian soldiers if they paused and wavered before the muzzles o r 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 become h eroes, and may not come on with ir resistible resolution on a second or third attempt. Whatever prospects hard fate may have in store for them, however, the Danes can hardly bring themselves to believe that Dybbol may fall b e f o re the Cinferenco °pc", or even during the first a nd eecond week of its Sittings. ope, Their pleui they flitter thems e l ves, w ill b r i ng be notontiaries, fore the negotiators of the opposise party, and be fore the arbitrating Powers of Eurall the argu ments which may be pleaded in behalf of a small and weak, but as yet neither broken tor seriously worsted Power. Denmark will still be able to speak out loftily and. fearlessly, to hold her own, to appeal to the respect and aclteiratien., not to th e i nsulting Pity, nor yet to the barren sympathy, of sister nations. Hid the CanFsrence tier) to meet and to delih e s rate for five or :six days before any untoward news reaches it as to serious Danish disasters at Dybbol, we must, indeed, for ever desrair of diplomacy, if 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 display all their overwhelming strength, and to strike a decisive blow if they thoughfabad, or, at least, a doubtful cause could be hallowed by signal and final success. As they have taken rr:tters so coolly and leisurely, when there was n' diplomacy to tie down their hands, they ought to be less loth to allow arms to rest now, and to aff )! 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 Rendsbnrg, Frederickstadt, and, perhaps, even the Dannewerk, 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 diploa 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 the droning hum of diplomatic sages 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 iVetes.) 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, but 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 specimens 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 meat 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 oat from seeing and being seen, and he chained to his desk solely to gratify young ladies b; writing "Giuseppe Garibaldi" for their albums, it is to be hoped, in the interests of the public at large, that he 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 permenently and seriously marred. The tiny tree itself possessed previous interest of associa:ion ; it was valued for the eir cumstane:.s 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 ( Wellingtonea 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 is 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, raise embankments, train foliage, and in fact half fortify his house, and in spite of all is not 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 sake 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 France, 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 be had taken his cup of cafe 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 duti es , an d was no more seen until six, at which time we all sat down to dinner. In the evening the master of the house was invariably knocked up and sleepy, and his wife was fully occupied with hearing their two children 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 huntiag, very little shooting, and, in short, no amusement of any kind.—Dickens's " All the Year Round." [ADvEßTlsEmENT.]—llolloway's Pills,--Harbingers of .1 03: often dos it happen in families that the least robust are the most precious. In such cascs 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 adopted for the derangements of strong and the in 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. 'ME SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, APRIL 14, 1864. Naval and Military Intelligence, THE NAVY. The America, targetship, at Portsmouth, is having two 61 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, Isle 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 platform, on which will in future be erected butts of the usual kind, and on these butts 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 Shoeburyness. 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 or the cele brated troopship. The Orentes, it cannot be for gotten, was designed at the Admiralty as an " im proved" Himalaya, and now she is in commission and at work she has become famed 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. Up 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 fo.lowing appointments and promotions have been made at the Admiralty :—James B. Haines, master, additional, to the Indus, for the Brisk; Charles Prickett, master,additional, to the Ctfmber 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. Punnott, of the Warrior, Thomas J. Warburton, of the Hector, and William Bryan, of the Hogue, for the tenders, pro moted 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. Wimshurst, of the Bacchante, promoted to acting first class assistant-engineers. by the provincial chambers of tie recommendation of the Imperial Government he should propose an interim divi dend 22 per cent. The Hon. Major VEREKER stonded the motion ; and it was carried. The declaration of the interimdividend was then agreed to, and the meeting was adjournd till the 28th of June, a meeting in the meantime to be held to authorise the raising of a sum not exceeding £75,006 fir the completion of the line; such resolution to be confimed on the said 20th of June. A vote of thanks to the chairman closed the proceedings. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. NEWMARKET CRA'EN MEETING. Wednesday is generally a by( day at Newmarket, and this Craven it was no exception tothe rule, only five events, with an extempore match betweer. Wee Aggie and Victoria Cross, won by the latter, being or 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 rude a warm favourite for the Two Thousand Guineas, wincing in the commonest of canters. Mr. Payne's Olivia easily disposed of the Lady Hawthorn filly in (lie 50 Boys Sweepstakes, and the Sub eription Plate proved the good thing for Lord Glasgow that the betting foreshadowed. A goof 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 lusus a non lucendo 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, not 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 nm- or the most amicable thial. Ems 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., £5O, 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 winniag, with nothing to spare, by a neck. The Column Stakes, Stalies, 50 soya each, h ft; for 3-yr-olds; colts Bst 71b, and fillies Bat 41b, 31b and 51b allowed ; R.M. 7 subs. Mr Merry's Sir Roger (31b), Bst 41b Covey) 1 Mr Savile's Privateer (31b), Bst 71b (J. Mannj 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 Thousand immediately after the race at 5 to 1. Sweepstakes of 50 sovs 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 Bothschild's Lady Hawthorn filly (Wells) 2 Mr Naylor's Audacieuse (Challoner) 3 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 12Ib (Fordham) 1 Mr T. Taylor's Nebuchadnezzar, 4 yrs, Bst 121 b (S. Rogers) 2 B .ron Rothschild's Evelina, 3 yrs, 7st 7ib (J. Daley) 3 The following also ran :—No Name, Shakspere, Oscar, and Gemma di Vergy, Betting--2 to 1 agst the Senorita c.,11 - , 3to 1 agst Eve• line, 5 to 1 agst No Name, and 7 to 1 agst any other. No Name on the right, with Eleanor at her girths, 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 react 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. D.M. 14 subs. Mr H. Joice's Jessie, 3 yrs, 6st 41b (J. Grimshaw) Mr Perry's The Principal, 5 yrs, Bst 41b.... (W. Boyce) 2 Mr J. Osborne's Mantrap, 3 yrs. Est (Carroll) 3 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 liippolyta, 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 sous each, h ft, with 100 added; 3-yr-olds, 7st ; 4-yr-olds, Bst 101 b; winners extra, with maiden allowances. Last 1i mile of B.C. 14 subs. Lord Glasgow's Light Bob, 4 yrs, Bst ........ (Ford ham) 1 Mr Night's The Count, 3 yrs, Gst 101 b (Loates) 2 Sir J. Hawley's Woldga, 4 yrs, Sat 31b ...... (Thomas) 3 Count F. de Lagrange's Jarnicoton, 4 yrs, 88 t 101 b (A. Edwards) 4 Mr R. C. Naylor's Carnival, 4 yrs, Sst 101 b (Challoner) 5 The betting opened at 7 to 4, but shortly after 5 to 2 was laid, and at the close 6 to 4 agst Carnival, 100 to 30 apt Light Bob, 7 to 1 agat Jarnicoton, and 10 to 1 agat 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, w h o was pulled up some distance from home, walked in lame. LATEST BETTING ON THE COURSE. TWO THOUSAND GUINEAS. 10e. to 30 agst Fillo d l'Air (taken) 6to 1 agst Sir 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. 7 to 1 eget Scottish Chief (taken) 20 to 1 agst Forager (taken) 13 to 1 agst Coastguard (taken and offered) MIDNIGHT BETTING. CLARET STAKES. 2000 to 590 on Lord Clifden agat Rapid Rhone (taken) THE TWO THOUSAND GUINEA STAKES. sto 2 agst Fill° de l'Air (off -3 to 1 taken freely) 100 to 14 agst Sir Roger (taken) Bto 1 agst 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 agst Master Richard (offered) 20 to 1 agst llollyfox (taken) 20 to 1 agst General Peel (offered —take 25 to 1) 25 to 1 agst Durham (taken) DERBY. 7to I agst Scottish Chief (offered) 100 to 8 agst Coast Guard (taken) 14 to 1 agst Cambuscen (taken) 15 to 1 agst Birchbroom (offered) 20 to 1 agst Prince Arthur (taken) 25 to 1 agat Historian (offered) 25 to 1 agst Paris (offered) 40 to 1 agst Ackworth (taken) 50 to 1 agst Blair Athol (taken) 100 to 1 agst Master Richard (taken) SCRATCHINGS. Filth Biennial Stakes.—Splitvote colt, Beatrice, The Gunner, Gamuzo, Achmet, Aracan, Knight of the North, Souveraino, Glowworm, Slattery., Boatswain, Debden, Har greaves, Newchurch, Pratique, Stockbroker, Lady Evelyn colt, Water Kelpie, Bceatia, Onesander, Newamenger, Kinsman, Gladstone, Thais, Escape, Singapore, Curacoa, Leotard, Petersham, Roly Poly, West Wind, Ordeal, Deers wood, Mogador, Lord Warden, The Ranger, Saccharometer, and four who are dead. Sweepstakes of 50 Sovs.—Caryopbyllus and Union Jack. Sweepstakes of 25 Soya.—King Hunchback and Tour terelle. Sweepstakes of 20 SOvs —Benjamin. Asks Produce Stakes.—Lord Adolphus, Revival, Blue Pill, Cymba filly, Lady Lurewell filly. Sweepstakes of 100 Sovs.—Forager, Lady Lurewell filly. Sweepstakes of 100 Sovs.---Orlando colt and Bearing Rein (dead). Claret Stakes.—Carnival, Armagnac, and Carnace. THE NATIONAL HUNT AND KILDARE HUNT RACES.-TUESDAY, April 12. !ho 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 amusements of a country the natives of which may be said to be sportsmen from their birth. The present 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 Selling, 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 elate 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 bunts 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 rcquiro no farther allu sion, and the details of the day will be found annexed. Punchestown Plate of £lOO. Weight for age, with selling THE ARMY. The 18th Hussars, at present stationed at Nor wich, Ipswi,th, and Northampton, are under orders for India, and a portion of the regiment will embark for the Madras Presidency early in dune. 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. RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. --_-.-.,,._ - GREAT WESTERN OF CANADA. The half-yearly ordinary meeting of the proprietors of this company was held yesterday at the London Tavern, Bishopsgate-street—Mr Alderman T. Dakin, chairman of the board of directors, was in the chair. The 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 11 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 recetpts 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 521 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 ft 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 currency; £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 would be completed in two years, and that would release a large sum annually to go to the aug mentation of the dividend. The 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 and Milwaukie Railway. He and Mr. Faulkner were about to visit Canada, and personally invest:gate 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. EVANS considered the report most unsatisfactory, and he 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 the usual manner with a vote of thanks to the chairman. RECIFE AND SANT FRANCISCO (PERNAMBUCO.) The 17th half yeary meeting of the proprietor, in this railway was held on Monday, at the London Tavern, Mr. Robert Benson in the chair. The CHAIRMAN stated that there was very little doubt but that they should get the Imperial guarantee at 7 per cent. It had been recommended to the provincial chambers by the Imperial Government, and they seldom refused to pass such recomtnendations. The net income of the com pany, • after paying all expense, wou ld b e a b ou t £74,000 p e r annum, including the guarantee, which would give a divi dend of over 6 per cent. In the interim of the confirmation allowancas. 2i miles. Mr Ryan's Goldfinder, 5 yrs, 93t 81b (Walch) 1 Mr Monahan's Topsy, 5 yrs, lOst 101 b (Owner) 2 Mr G►aham's Moonlight Jack, aged, list (Igo)e 3 The following also ran :—Maud (tate Flare-up), Ash Plant, Sir Robert, The Bird, and Turn-and-Go. Betting-7 to 4 agst Ash Plant, sto 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 sovs, added to a handicap sweepstakes of 5 soya each. 43 subs, 11 of whom de clared. Weight for age. Gentlemen riders. About four miles, Marquis of Clanricarde's Caustic, aged, list 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, Ilet 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, 12i 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 immediate followers 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 Hunt Cup, value £5O, added to a sweepstakes of 5 sous each, Gentlemen riders, as qualified for the National Hunt Race (with allowances, &c.) Three miles. Mr C. Rynd's Andrew, late Antmus, 6 yrs, 12st 41b, inc 41b extra (Mr Long) 1 The fallowing 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 ho 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) 'f £lOO, added to a sweepstakes of 5 sous each. Winners extra: 31 miles. Mr Lanigan's b h National Petition, aged, lOst 9ib 1 Mr Coffy's ch h Newcastl e , age d, lO s t 61b (M (Rya onahan) n) 2 Mr Garubell's b g O'Connell, age d, 12 st llb (Murphy) 3 Hibernia and Fairy Ki ng a l so ran. Betting-6 to 4 agit O'Connell, 2to 1 agst National Pe tition, and 4 to 1 agst Ijibernian. 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, 'value £3O, 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 Hinda, aged, llst 21b.... (Owner) 1 Mr Casson's b m Rose of the Valley h b, 6 yrs, 10st 131 b - (Y. Bradey) 2 The following also ran :—The Nigger, Lilly, Crniskeen, Careful, Brown Plover, Thurkey, Pitzjames, 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 Now 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. t 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 advice 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. SPIRIT OP THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. POST.—In the diplomatic intercourse between nations there exist certain unwritten rules of cour tesy 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 its divribution in pamphlet form throughout England, and notwith standing the prompt denial of its authenticity by Confederate naval officials and others in Europe, it cannot be denied that the general influence upon 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 many which appeared to be an entire vindication of the extreme 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 United States, the latter is under a much stronger obligation to exercise not only good faith, but extreme caution, in the representations it may make. The 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 haee 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 clusion 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 most required in support of those interests. This, however, is not the only instance in which this species of false testimony is alleged to have 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 precisely the same appeal to British officials to act promptly upon the testimony thus providentially-, as it were, thrown 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 ot the United States, acting under the special authority of the President. A complete history of this intercepted despatch 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 Russeil, Lord Lyons says :—" Mr. Seward then gave me a paper, a copy of which forms enclosure No. 3 in this despatch. It was, he said, the decipher of a letter from a Con federate agent at New York to Mr. Benjamin, the Secretary of State at Richmond. Some of the proper names were, he observed, undecipherable, but most of the letter had been made out, and it showed that there were plots to seize two other steamers besides the Chesapeake, and to make use of the neighbouring British territory to further the 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 ot 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 telegram to Major-General Doyle. The authorities of Halifax being forewarned of the " nefarious designs" of the Confederates, took prompt precautions against the apprehended seiz are of the Chesapeake, but declined to give her ni; for safe keeping to the Federal Government. Alto gether it would require a wonderful degree of credulity to credit the story of this intercepted despatch, even if we had never before been de ceived by the pretended discovery of similar Con federate secrets. How is it that the Federal officials have such a wonderful facility in trials lating intercepted letters written in cipher ? What bunglers the Confederate agents must be to write in cipher that which, with the exception of 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 Palmerst on 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 Paltneraton. What on earth, we humbly ask, can it signify to that large portion of the Liberal party which does not include expectant plecemen, whether the sue ceseful candidate be a Conservative supporter of Lord Derby, in favour of all well-considered re-_ form, but opposed to the spirit of inn ovation autl to organic changes, or a Liberal suppor ter of Lord Palmerston, who deems that " there does n ot no . , exist the same anxiety for organic eha n g e was observable some time ago," and that ' alt such changes as were desirable have long Wh since bee n effected." Let any dispassionate Liberal, o a , no personal predilections in favour of this or th Minister, ask himself whether Lord Palmerst on remarks on a Bill for extending the County chise would would not be admirably well placed in t mouth of a leader of the Conservative party. F°g our own part, we think it would be difficult for e: Conservative-of any shade to express the reason fe the faith that is in him—the faith in existing e arrangements, the "balance which we must a 1 1.% most anxious to preserve"—in a more compre hensiv . and compendious form of words than th at which drew cheers and approving laughter from the OPP' sition when Lord Palmerston was speaking yeete r ; day. We cannot bat recommend it as a formula o ` l the purest and simplest Conservatism draw n by 5 master hand. Young Tory candidates are some times a little embarrassed in the presence of a crowd of non electors, and liable to blunder jilte d : dangerous advances. Lord Palmerston, ineP ire by more than half a century's experience of parl warfare and of office, offers them the simplest and easiest of arguments for standing still. H e P u lp the noble sentiment " Rest and be thankful in prose. He assures them that the object we ough t all to have in view with regard to the electoral fran: chise is to make it fairly represent "all the greet interests" of the country. There is no such thing as political rights of citizenship, except, perhare, the right of restricting such rights to a sixth oft ue adult, unconvicted, and sane male population of th,. United Kingdom. Our Whig Premier speaks 0 Parliament as a " legislative machine" for rePre senting " all the great interests" of the countryj while he carefully limits " all the great interests., to two—the commercial and the agricultural. A l ! the rest is—a blank. The one thing needful is D o ''' to disturb the balance, as he calls it, by infusing too, much of the commercial element into the ag ricu? tural constituencies., Can the purest Tory preach sounder doctrine than this ? Opposition cheers Bei as plainly as inarticulate language can, " We thani thee for that word." There is not, it seems, t he same desire for " organic changes," that is, parliv mentary reform, that existed some time ago, be' cause the present House of Commons—which hee not abolished Church rates, but has enacted a stria' gent game law—has effected all " desirable changes ;" and because " there are also considera tions connected with external affairs tending ,t e abate our anxiety for organic changes." l e what external affairs this mysterious sentence alludes the Premier doth not vouchsafe to tell ; 1) 1 t we dare say our readers have occasionally met k ith these views—we believe " views" is the word ---1° leading journals more or less verbally inspired. It would be interesting and instructive to ascertal° from Lord Palmerston, on some appropriate occa . sion, whether it is the civil war between the slave states and the free of the American Union wh i t should abate the desire of English working men ``, i be admitted within the pale of the constitution ° f the country, or whether it is the working of a d e. mocratic suffrage under a military Government ill a neighbouring country—of a suffrage organiee d i directed, and controlled by half-a-million functionaries, without a free press, without pub lic meetings, without any elementary guarantee 0f 11 ., independence. Lord Palmerston will some d e l or other explain the analogy which exists in ',7 own mind between the British Constitution and the Second Empire in France, and between partia l mentary reform in these islands and a en war for the extension and perpetuation °T abolition of negro slavery in North America. It is not to be supposed that a veteran statesman shou ld treat the House of Commons, on so plain and Po e ' tical a subject as the reform of the representatio e, to empty generalities, which may be the pap of Tet/. babes, but not, mr e would fain hope, the strong we e ; of Whig old women. Let ns, however, be just 00 " fair. There is one considerable difference still b ed tween oar Liberal Premier and the leaders of the Opposition whose encouraging applause he Dever deserved better than yesterday.• We are not refer * ring—it may be inconvenient to do so—to a recen t hint from the Chancellor of the Exchequer to deputation of working men, that he might ba ll something to say shortly on the subject of the er i , tension of the franchise ; nor do we dwell upon p a ct pledges and promises of any Liberal Minister; 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 s e much for his party, we would observe that th e . reason why Lord Palmerston cannot vote again" Mr. Locke King's bill is not because he supports it, but because he is unwilling to affirm that be does not. It cannot but be satisfactory to the Libera l party to confide their destinies to a Minister who" unwilling to oppose the second reading of a count/ franchise extension bill—a Premier so considerat e 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 15 thrown out within ten minutes after he sits doWn. COUNTRY MARKETS. --.,1 .s LYNN—TITESDAY. At to-day's market there was a moderate attendance andf a fair show of wheat, with a dui: trade, and the prices o last week declined is to 2s per qr. White wheat 43s to 44s / Barley 32s to 36 6 Rcd .. 4os to 415 I Grinding ..28s to 3 04 Beans .32s t0,34s I Oats.. .2os to 24 0 Small 34s to 36s I Peas .....5 to .."''S HULL-TUESDAY. At to-day's market there was a tolerable supply of Big; lish wheat, and the trade was inactive, and last week's rat e were obtained. Wheat.... Old white....per qr .. 42s Od to 44s 03 Old red 4os Od to 4 25 0a $) N — hite 41s Oct to 45s o'l _ley wL _ .. „ is t., Co ed i New red .... „ - Barley.... English malting 27s Odto 34s , oci‘a;:i Grinding 24s Od to 25s v. Saal and Oderbruck Holstein and Danish 3os Oct to 31s Od Grinding Oats English, old 1 34 Archangel and Riga per st oBl2ld to ~,a Friesland and Dutch ' osl3d to 08 10 ,1 a Swedish and Danish 051241 to Osla i Beans ....English, old, per qr. 4os Oa to 43s Od New pigeon 42s Oct to 4 43 ~,i New tick 4os Oct to 4 2 s O d Egyptian Peas Foreign boilers , Grinding Tares ....Spring Indian Corn Linseed, feeding crushing s 4os Oct to 52s 0 0 Linseed cakes (Hull) £9 10 0 to £9 15 0 Foreign' Bl5 oto 9 0 ° 0 Rape cakes 5lOO to 0 0 Bones 5 5 oto 510 MONMOUTH—TUESDAY. he The local markets have been thinly attended during t last week, and thaaverage quotations are as follows .-- o I a Wheat, white 5s 3d to 5s 9d 8ar1ey...... 3s 4d to 2s „° 4 Ditto red .0s Od to Os Od Oats ..... 2s 2d to 23 COAL MARKET. Frlca of Coal per Ton at the close of the market. s. s. a Tanfield Moor l4 91 Tanfield Moor Butes 14 9 Cowpen Hartley 16 6 Byass's Bebside West Hartley .16 6 Lambert's West Hart- Walls End. 0 Tunstall .... .. 20 0 Hatton Haswell 2O 6 20 0 Caradoc fieugh. Hall 19 19 , 9 , Cassop ..... 20 .. " Hartlepool it, 24 ; sold. 23. ley 16 3 Eden Main l9 0 ' Ships at market CRYSTAL PALACE.-ONE SHILLING DAY, We d ' nesday, April 13.—Admissions on payment 1,696 ; ditt o)), season tickets, 861; total visitors, 2,657. Births. D'ANDIGNE.—On the 12th inst., at 37, Eaton-place, the wile of the Marquis d'Andigne, Military Attache to tl/ French Embassy, of a daughter. DEPRIEs.-Ou the 12th inst., at 50, Tavistock-square , 014 Henry Defries, of a daughter. . 0 4 HOGG.—On the 13th inst., Mrs. Joseph Hogg, St. Jai n " street, Piccadilly, of a daughter. 6 WINDHAM.—On the 11th inst., at 19, Eaton-piac 0 wife of Lieut.-Gen. Windham, of a son. Marriages. ORANGE—HART.—On t. the 12th inst., at All Saints', - John's-wood, William Orange, Esq., of Broach:1: Berkshire, to Florence Elizabeth, eldest danghter of I. Hart, Esq., formerly of Sevenoake. TRINGHAM—PAYNE.—On the 9th inst., at Saint Mar,r7'o6'. Islington, Mr. John Tringham, of Cross-street, -r t n to bury-square, to Mary Havoll, only daughter of the la Wm, Payne, of Bishopsgate-street. Deaths. C. BOLTON.—On the 12th inst., at Bagneres de Big o r r w' H. Bolton, Esq., aged 75. BRIA.RLY.—On the 12th inst„ at her sister's house, Al bi°ll Villas, Folkestone, Frances Briarly, aged 82 . COOKE,—On the 11th inst., at Brighton, Frances Elf zv i beth, wife of Major-General Cooke, retired list it,o3' 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, nearWitharof Essex, Alexander Green, Esq , aged 71. IlAyNEs.—On the 11th inst., Henry Haynes, Esq., Grove House, Whittlesey, aged 82. WOMERSLEY.—On the 9th inst., at Stratfor d green, Esself Robert Womeraley, Esq., aged 84. London: Prit,:,,!d and i'vbitslicil by WILLIAAI AND Ell of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at Tun SUN Office 110. tl "' . „. Strand, in the Precinct of the 3avoy, n the cOlin l i 11.Lidle6eZ.—_-TlUndaY, Arril 11, 1861.