The Sun. — London, England, 1864-09-14 00:00:00

THE VOLUNTEERS. The annul regimental competition of the Fins bury Rifle Volunteer corps (39th Middlesex) for prizes presented by inhabitants of the borough took place at the Raynham range on Monday. The rat gee were 200, 300, 500, and 600 yards, five shots at each, and seven prizes for the highest aggregate scores were adjudged as follows :—A silver cup, value 12 guineas, the fourth annual gift of Mr H. Holland, a local manufacturer, and a silver medal, to Colour•Serg. While, 50 marks ; a watch, value 12 guineas, given by Messrs Jackson and Sons, to Corporal Janowsky, 48 marks; £lO, given by Lieut.-Colonel Renton, to Private Lamer, 45; £lO, given by Major Burgess, to Corporal Hoefling, 44 ; Corporal Vokes and Private Strugnell, with 43, were each awarded five guineas, the gifts of Mrs R. H. ,nee and Mr Rumbelow ; and Serg. Jones, with 42, was the winner of a silver cup, value Li, given by "Messrs Boulton and Sons. A prize of /5, with others presented by Mr H. clear, Mr G. Hickman, and Mr J. S. Milne was awarded to Priv, J. Smith. A sum of £3O, the fourth annual gift to the corps by Mr H. Gardner, was divided into class and at tendance prizes. Colour-Serg. While, in first-class, gained the prize of £6. The 6th Tower Hamlets Rifle Volunteers are now contesting for a silver cup, value 100 guineas, which has been presentedto the regiment by Mr Frederick Till and Mr John Bacon, and which is to be the win• ner's absolute property. The ranges are 250, 350, .500, and 600 yards, seven shots at each, and on Monday the second range was finished. The highest scores made are—Corporal H. Walker, 35; Corporal Butler, 34 ; Colour-Serg. Moore, 29 ; Quartermas ter-Serg. Partrick, 27; Private Ballimore, 27; and Col. Money, 26. The fourth annual prize competition of the members of the North Middlesex Rifle Corps commenced yess terday at ranges at Child'ehill, near Hampstead. The adjutant's prize of five guineas, open to the 24 members of the corps who had attended the greatest number of drills, and completed their class firing for the present year, was shot for at 200 and 400 yards, seven shots at each. Private Giles, the win• ner, 4th company, made 44 marks ; the next best score of 42 marks was made by Sergeant Humph rey, 4th Company. The Ladies' prize, and Mr J. Mullen's prize, a silver watch, open to all, includ ing staff, was shot for at 200 and 700 yards, seven shots at each range. The winners were I.Corporal Pavey, 4th company, 35 marks ; 2.Corprl. Jackson, 34 marks. Private Johnson, the next best, made 31 marks. Bandmaster Froggit's prize, competed for by members of the band only, at 200 and 500 yards, five rounds at each range, was won by Pri vate Woodthrop, 24 marks. The shooting will be resumed on Wednesday next, when Lieut..- Colonel Whitehead's prize of 10 guineas, Major Peter's prize of 8 guineas, and other prizes will be competed for. In the contest for the prizes of the sth Middlesex Administrative Battalion Rifle Volunteers, the Lieut. Colonel's first prize, a silver cup, was won by Ser geant Tory, 30 marks. For the Hon, Mrs. Fred. Goulburn's prize the first-class shots of the sth bat talion and the Customs' Volunteers at the outports contended. The Company Challenge Cup of the South Mid• dlesex Rifles, presented to the corps by officers and members of No. 10 (or War•oflice) company, has been shot for at Wormwood Scrubs by No. 2 (Ful ham), and No. 10 companies. The conditions were —Ten men on each side, five shots at 200, 500, and 600 yards; Wimbledon targets and scoring; long Enfield rifle ; Hythe position. At the conclusion of the contest the scores stood as follow: No. 2 come pang, 351 marks; No. 10 (War■office) company, 323 marks. The Challenge Cup thus passed into the hands of the former company, they having a majority of 28 marks. A return match between 12 effective members of the 20th (North-West) and the 29th (North) Mid■ dlesex Rifles has been held at the rifle range at Child's-hill, Hampstead. The conditions were the same as in the first stage of the Queen's prize at Wimbledon, and the men selected from the Wim bledon representatives of this year. The 20th 111.id diesex won the match, their score being 445 marks, against 336 of their opponents. In the sth monthly competition for the Challenge Cup of the 20th Mid dlesex held at Willesden, ranges 200, 500, and 600 yards, Captain Timms became the winner with a score of 11. He also won a tankard presented by Major Bowyer. Sergeant Campbell, Copt. Rudd, and Private Brewster also won three money prizes. The prize for third-class shots was won by Private Bustard. Lient.•Colonei Wilkinson commanded a field-day and sham fight on Saturday at Hendon-park, the seat of Mr Lewis H. Hazlewood, between the corps comprising the 2d Middlesex Administrative batta lion, which were divided into an attacking and de fending party. The entire force numbered nearly 500 men. A match came off at the Wormwood Scrubs' ranges on Saturday afternoon between No. 14 (Cap tain Warrington's) company, St. Martin's division of the 22d Middlesex (Queen's Westminster Rifles), and No. 2 (Capt. Gardiner's) company of the 37th Middlesex (Bloomsbury) Rifles. Ten men on each side. The Queen's wore under the command of Cap tain Warrington, assisted by Sergeants Elkins and Homer, the 37th Middlesex being under the com mand of Captain and Adjutant Ingham. The ranges were 200, 500, and 600 yards, five shots at each distance. At the time of cammencement one of the Queen's ten had not put in an appearance ; so, in order to make the sides even, it was agreed that one of the members, Private C. Godfrey, should fire twice, and his second score should stand for the absent man. The Queen's were the victors by 27 marks. This result was contributed to by Sergeant Wylde, who stood highest on the Queen's side with 41 marks. 39 marks made by Sergeant Golding were the highest individual score made on the 37th Middlesex side. On Saturday Sir Charles Forbes kindly lent a l 'P aci cms meadow adjoining his mansion, Brooms wood, Cl ap h am -common, for the annua l i nspec ti on of the 24 S urrey Artillery, who for upwar d s o f an hourTkept 11 1 5 a rapid fi re f rom their 9-pounders. The five Battalion prize meeting of the 4 th Admi nistra e tve brought i"attalien of Kentish Rifle Volunteers has Sitting bournebeen close with th e following to a close at the rifle ranges at results—rst competition, open to all members of the battalion whose corps subscribe £5 per annum. Staffpresented by Lieut.-Col. S. Dixon Dyke and prizes, the officers of the battalion staff; first prize, gold watch (pre sented by Col Dyke), value £l5 second, telescope and stand, value 4:415 a steward's k 15s; third, a clock (presented by Major Groves), .xe. Distances 200 and 500 yards ; seven shots at each. 2d c ee-. tion, a clock, Sze., presented b y the Adjutant, •D £6. The principal prizes in these competitions were woe by Corporal Russell, 29 th (Ashford) 40; Private i Price, ditto, 40; Ensign Greenhill, ditto, 39. a d com petition, open to all whose corps subscribe £ 5 per annum to the fund. Battalion Prizes—First prize, a Steward's telescope and stand, value £4 15s, and. 5 Ss in money, £10; second, an electro-silve r tankard, £7 5s ; third, a West telescope and stand, £4, and a policy for life in the Volunteer Service Accident Fund, £l, £5. 4th competition, a match, ten men of each corps; 200 and 500 yards—five shots at each. Entrance fee 2s a head, and the whole of these entrance fees to be divided amongthe best shooting ten. In the 3d competition the principal scores made were Sergt. Tokeley, 16th, 3 9 ; Russell, 29th, 38 ; P r i vate Gib son, 37. For the 4th competition (ten men of each corps) three corps com peting, the result being- 1.16 th (Sittingbourne) 234 marks; 2. 29th (Ashford), 223 marks; 3. s:h (Cane terbury), 210 marks. In the Ci nque Ports Artillery and Rifle Volune tears contest Captain 'Williams, of the 19th Mid dlesex, who in the two classes had made an aggre gate score of 64, became the winner of thegold watch. Pri vate Dighton and Corporal Gould agreed to divide the second prize of £5 between them. The Suffolk County Rifle Association held its annual prize meeting on Thursday and Friday in Ickworth-park, the seat of the Marquis of Bristol. Adjutant Barnidston commanded the firing parties, and Major M'Gregor was umpire. In the first con. test the prizes were £l5 for the company, whose three representatives made the highest aggregate score at 200 and 000 yards, £lO for the highest aggregate score at the first range, and £lO for the highest aggregate score at the second range. There were in all 51 competitors representing 18 corn. panies. The 2d Eye company won the first prize of £l5 ; the Ist Bury company took the prize for the best score at 200 yards, and the Hadleigh company that for the best score at 600 yards. The second contest was open to any effective Volunteer of the county, the prize being the County Members' Cup, presented by Earl Jermyn,X.P., and Major Parker M.P., with second and third prizes, of £6 and £4 added by the association. The ranges were 200 and 500 yards, seven shots at each. There were 42 competitors. Private A. Bishop of the Bury corps made the highest score-42 at 200 and 500 yards —and won the cup, while Sergeant Mills, of the Beccles corps, took the second prize, of £6. The third contest was for the bronze medal of the National Rifle Association, entitling the winner to compete for the Prince of Wales's Cup at Wimble don next year. With this was offered an associa• tion pr i ze of £2O, while th ere were secon d , th i rd, and fourth, of £l5, £lO, and £5. The shooting was at 200 and 600 yards, five rounds each, and there were 30 competitors. Sergeant Norfolk won the £2O prize and the bronze medal, and Private W. Burrell, who had tied with him, took the second prize of £10; Lieut. Read won the third prize of £lO, and Private R. Burrell the fourth prize of £5. The fourth contest, open to all members of the ass°• ciation and effective volunteers of the county was a cup given by the President (Sir C. J. F. Bunbury), with second and third, of £lO and £5. The shooting was at 500 and 600 yards, seven shots each, and there were 26 competitors. Private Haward, of the Ipswich corps, won the first prize, Sergeant Norfolk the second prize, Major Bishop (Mayor of Colches• ter) the third prize. The fifth and last contest was at long ranges, and the first ever thrown open by the association to all corners. There were only nine competitors in consequence of the renowned Captain Hawker having entered the lists. The first prize was the Ladies' Cup, while second, third, and fourth prizes of £lO, £5, and £3 were also given. Captain Hawker was only third best at 800 yards, but he recovered at 1,000 yards, and won the first prize with a score of 34. Private J. Haward won the second prize, and Private J. Read the third prize. The Norfolk Volunteer Service Association closed its annual meeting on Friday afternoon with a re• view on the South Denes, near Great Yarmouth. The following corps were represented :—The Ist Norfolk Light Horse, Captain F. Hay Gurney, 58 ; the Ist Norfolk Artillery, Major Sir E. H. K. Lacon, 178 ; the Norwich Battalion, Colonel Black, 374 ; the Yarmouth Battalion, Major Orde, 218 ; and the 2d Norfolk Administrative Battalion, Lieutenant- Colonel Sir Thomas Beauchamp, 294; total 1,112. The Ist Norfolk Administrative Battalion, under the command of Lieutenant• Colonel Lord Suffield, was not present, having already had a review on its own account a few weeks ago. The troops were under the command of Lieutenant. Colonel Sir T. Beauchamp. Capt. Ensor of the East Norfolk Militia acted as brigade-major. Colonel Ibbetson, accom panied by Captain the Hon. Harbord Harbord, of the Norfolk Militia Artillery, and Captain Riddell, 16th Lancers, who acted as aides-de-camp, arrived at about 3 o'clock, and was received with a general salute. The corps then marched past, first by corn panieg, and then in columns. An enemy was sups posed to land to the south somewhere near the mouth of the harbour, and preparations were made to repel him. The south battery was manned by the artillery, under the command of Major Sir E. Lacon, and some 58-pounders opened fire on the enemy's boats, while a heavy fusilade was kept up against those who were supposed to have got a footing on shore, and skirmishers were thrown out in every direction. The enemy was several times charged by the Light Horse, and ultimately was supposed to have retired discomfited. After some other mamavres the Volunteers formed in square, and the officers were addressed by Col. Ibbetson, who said he should be able to report very favourably of the whole of the brigade to the Secretary for War. The proceedings at the annual prize competition of the Norfolk Volunteer Service Association were partially reported in The Sun of Saturday. A Rifle Derby, which had been set down in the programme, was abandoned, and an All Comers' match substi• tuted for it. The ranges were 200, 500, and 600 yards, five rounds each, and prizes of £lO, £5, Szc., were offered for the best aggregate scores. There were 44 competitors, and among them was Captain Hawker, of the South Middlesex, who, for the last two years, has formed one of the English eight in the International match between England and Scot- land. Captain Hawker won the first prize with a scorn of 52 ; Corporal Ringer, of the Ist Norfolk, won the second prize with a score of 47. The next match was for the association cup prizes, open to members of the association who had paid their sub scriptions for 1864 ; these prizes, £lO, £5, kc„ were shot for by 30 competitors at 200 yards, seven rounds each, and were won—the first by Private Haughton, the second by Private Breeze, of the Ist Norfolk. On Thursday there was a competition for a prize of £l5 given by Sir Archdale Wilson, K.C,B. ; a Westley Richards breech-loading rifle given by a member of the association ; and the two prizes of £5 each given by Mr. Joseph Scott, of Colney. There were 81 competitors, and the ranges were 500, 600, and 700 yards, five rounds each. Bugle-Major Fenner, of the Yarmouth battalion, won the first prize of £l5, with a score of 42 ; Cor poral Wilshank, also of the Yarmouth battalion, won the rifle with a score of 39 ; while the two prizes of each were won by Corporal Agger, of the 15th, and Corporal Davidson of the 11th Nor folk. A silver challenge bugle, presented by Mr. J. H. Harvey, and other prizes added by the asso ciation, were competed for by six efficient volun'. teers from each company or subdivision in Norfolk, at ranges of 200 and 300 yards, five rounds each. In the prizes added by the association were £l2 for the Lest score, and £6 for the second best. In all 78 men competed. The 2d Yarmouth Company won the bugle and £l2, with a score of £130; while the lst Yarmouth gained the second prize. The next contest was for the championship of Norfolk at ranges of 200, 500. and 600 yards, five rounds each. The prizes were for the best scores at the three ranges—first, £2O and the medal of the National Rifle Association ; second, £lO ; third, £5. There were 89 competitors, and Private Breeze, of the Ist Norfolk, after shooting off a tie with Corporal David son, became champion for the year, while Corporal Davidson took the second prize of £lO, and Cor poral Swan, of the 2d Yarmouth, the third prize. On Friday the final match took place for a cup of the value of £l5 given by Lieut.-Colonel Sir T. Beauchamp, open to all efficient Volunteers of the 2d Norfolk Administrative Battalion. The ranges were 200 and 500 yards, five rounds each, and there were 32 competitors. The cup was won by Private Wrigglesworth, who scored 25. The Grimsby corps has just held its annual prize results :•—•1:10 pre sentedM.P., was w on b y P rivate competition with the following by Mr Chapman , Croft; £5 presented by Lient.-General Angerstein, by Lance Corporal Frith; a long Enfield rifle, pre sented by Mr Daubeny, by Captain Seddon; £8 B s ., presented by the commanding officer, by Private Dann; a silver cup, presented by Lieut. Coates, by Sergeant Tupling ; a field-glass, presented by Mr A. C. Palmer, by Private Hollingsworth ; a silver tankard, pr esented by the officers of the corps, and shot for b y honorary members, by Mr Owen Roe, &c. Captain Jay's troop of the Hon. Artillery Com pany, consisting of two officers—viz., Captain Jay and Lieut. Jay —and about 30 non-commissioned officers and privates, have visited Seaford. The troop brought four 6 -pounder field pieces with them, and during a week were actively engaged in their usu al drill at Seaford, and in gun practice o n th e hill near Alfriston. The annual inspection of the Ist Cheshire Engi neer Volunteers took place some days ago i n th e Upper Park, Birkenhead. Theinspecting officer was Colonel Delves Broughton, R.E., who e x p resse d his gratification at the proficiency of the men in their engineering duties. In Dorsetshire the Blandford company (the Bth) have had a very successful prize meetipg, although the weather was unfavourable. The officers' prizes, value £l5, were won—the first by Ridout, the second by Martin, and the third by Furmage. Range prizes were also won by Wareh4m) Applin, and Monckton ; distances 200, 500, and 600 yards. The scoring was inferior owing to the wind, the winning figure being only 32. In another comp . :. tition the first prize was the D'Oyley cup, value £5, at 200, 300, and 500 yards. Furmage was the winner with 38 points. There have been several rifle contests during the last few days in Devonshire. Oa Friday 20 mem bers of the Barnstaple ; Ilfracombe, Hatherleigh, Bideford, and Soutbmolton corps had a shooting match, the prize being a splendid rifle, the gift of Adjutant Mackenzie, of the North Devon Batta. lion. The shooting was extremely good, the prize being obtained by Sergeant Burgess, of the Ilfra. combe Corps. The annual competition for prizes by members of the 20th Devon Volunteer Rifles (Broadhembury), took place last week. The follow ing were the winners of the prizes :—Class A, 200 yards-Ist, Corporal Coombes ; 2d, Private Stilling. Class B, 500 yards-Ist, Private Snell ; 2d, Private Howe. Class C, 600 yards--lst Sergeant Weeks; 2d, Private Martin. For the greatest number of marks at the three ranges—lst, Corporal Frost ; 2d, Private F. Blackmorc. A consolation prize, to which were added two others-Ist, Private Wright ; 2d, Private Blackmore ; 3d, Private Small. Col. M'Murdo, the Inspector General, reviewed over 3,000 Volunteers on Saturday on the Manches ter racecourse. The corps came from Manchester, Salford, Rochdale, Ashton, Oldham, Swinton, Leigh, Atherton, Woraley, and Farnworth, and comprised a small troop of light cavalry (Ist Manchester Light Horse), an artillery corps (19th Lancashire), and 12 corps of Rifles. The review was witnessed by several thousands of people until those who were not under cover were driven away by the pelting rain, which commenced and finished with the pro. ceedings. The troops were divided into two bri gades, under the command of Lieut. Col. the Hou, Algernon Egerton, M.P. The reviewing officer issued his impromptu orders personally, and, so far as the extremely limited and ill-adapted space would permit, the movements were made to resem ble a sham fight, during which the usual evolutions were gone through. With the regular artillery pieces were a couple of I.pounders of peculiar pattern, lent for the day by Mr Whitworth, the inventor. They were much used in the skirmishing, for which they were specially adapted. At the close of the review Col. M'Murdo made a few observations in taking his fare well of the officers as Inspector General. In the course of his remarks he said he had always considered that the Volunteers could and ought to work up to a certain standard of efficiency. This they had done; but the standard had nothing to do with the soldiers of the line. The efficiency of the Volunteers he conceived was sufficient for the day of battle, if ever they were required to face an enemy upon their own soil. It was not possible, he thought, even it they wished it, to work up to the efficiency of regular soldiers; nor was it necessary they should do so. He wished to give them a little parting ad vice. He had watched, marked, and admired them from the cradle of the Volunteer movement. He saw them when they were creeping; he saw them when they were walking as firm, upright soldiers, bearing arms in solid battalions and working in brigades and divisions. It was now incumbent upon them to look more to rapidity of movement. They had got the knowledge and steadiness to deploy into line and to change front. They advanced in line most admir ably ; but he would recommend them in future to work:with rapidity in these movements. If ever they found themselves in front of an enemy, they would discover that that enemy had acquired the drill of rapidity rather than of slowness and steadiness. In the evening the officers and Col. M'Murdo dined together at the Queen's Hotel, and the whole com pany rose and cheered him when he took his depars ture. On Thursday a contest took place at Richmond, Yorkshire, between ten members of the Wensley. dale (Yorkshire), and ten members of the Middleton in Teesdale (Durham) Rifle Volunteers. The con• test was for £5 a side, and resulted in favour of the Wensleydale Corps, the score being Wensleydale, 589 ; and Middleton in Teesdale, 441. Daring last week the Ist North York Volunteers wera engaged in the formation of a new rifle range at Langton Wold, which is nearly ready for use The East York Rifle Volunteers have competed for a prize of £lO given by the Mayor of Hull, to be shot for at 650, 700, and 800 yards, with seven rounds at each range, any position. The corn peti tors numbered 49, and the successful one was Con. poral W. Kirk, who scored 52, the second prize (money) being won by Private W. England, with 51 points. The annual inspection of the Ist West York Engineer Volunteers, by Colonel Harman, was satisfactory, except as to a part of their engi neering exercise, to which especial attention was called by the inspecting officer, who said they merely required practice to become efficient. The 4th North York Volunteers have competed for the prizes given by Lord Bolton on their Wensleydale range. The long Enfield rifle, to be shot for at 200 and 500 yards, at each range seven rounds. The highest score was Sergeant W. Brewie, who made 36, a tie between Lieutenant T. Fryer and Privates Styan and Storey of 35, existing for second money, which, after shooting off, fell to the Lieutenant. The second long Enfield was contested for in a novel way. Each competitor who had entered was to have seven shots, but to be handicapped as to distance. Winners of £5 and upwards were to shoot at 600 yards, under £5 550 yards, and those who had never won at 450 yards. The winner of the first prize barred for second. Privates Humble and Topham, who each shot at 550 yards, tied with 19, Humble winning first place. Sergeant Cowper, who shot from the same distance, was third with 17. There were 20 competitors. Lard and Lady Bolton with a numerous party were present, and his Lord ship afterwards entertained the Volunteers and all corners at luncheon. The result of the shooting for Lieutenant Bainbridge's challenge cup is that Ser geant Lupton, of the York Rifles, having made a score of 42 by five shots at 400, 500, and 600 yards, during a high wind, becomes the winner of the cup twice, and is therefore now the actual possessor. Corporal Abbey was the second, with a score of 36. The Council of the National Rifle Association of Belgium have addressed the following invitation to the riflemen of England :—" Gentlemen,—On the 23d of September inst. will take place at Brussels, under the patronage of his Majesty the King and their Royal Highnesses the Duke de Brabant and the Comte de Flandre, the great annual contest, open to all riflemen, both national and foreign, and at which a large number of our countrymen will attend. Now that steam and railways have over come distance, and the necessity for passports been removed, we trust that the English riflemen will not fail on this occasion to renew the contest which was inaugurated two years ago at Wimbledon, and that they will attend and fraternally dispute the palm of success with us. Gentlemen, we trust you will accept our invitation and come in large numbers and on your arrival you will see your noble and an cient flag aide by side with ours, and we assure you you will meet a warm and cordial reception, which cannot fail to bind closer the ties of friendship which have already united for so long England and Belgium. It is stated that arrangements are in progress for the issue of cheap return tickets from this country to Brussels, available from the 20th inst. to the sth of October, only for volunteers. The &slue Public, of Lyons, in speaking of frauds in the wine trade, says :—" In France the repression of fraudulent representations of wines and bran dies will always offer immense difficulties when the enuncia tion of origin is prudently confined to generalitie,, which, although bringing into disrepute vast districts, injures no one in his direct interests. Mme. Aguado may punish the fraudulent sale of Chateau Margaux, which her vines in Malec have never produced ; nothing can ho more legal or more easy. Mr. Scott may do the same for the wines of Chateau Laflitte, or Baron de Rothschild for those o Chateau Mouton ; but no great result will be attained. There are few hotels or dining.houses in France or abroad where Chateau Margaux, Laffitte, or Mouton is not at once supplied if asked for, And yet, does the public know what is, in reality, the quantity produced by those three privileged domains of Bordeaux ? Our statistics are ten years old, but the quantity has tended to decrease rather than augment since that period. Chateau- Margaux produces annually from 100 to 110 casks, Cha teau-Laflitte from 120 to 150, and Mouton from 70 to SO, The average value of those three great growths is at the PeriA of th© vintage 2,4001 r. THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 14, 1864. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE, DONCASTER RACES.—TUESDAY. For the last few years each succeeding anniversary has witnessed a marked improvement in the fortunes of the Great Northern meeting, and there is every probability that on this occasion we shall have to record a success perfect in all the various details, not yielding in any particular to what the Tessin Moor has seen in the past and palmiest days of Doncaster. The extensive additions and improvements within the enclosure and on the different stands that have been car ried out by the well-judging liberality of the corporation inaugurate quite a new order of things. The Grand Stand, with its various annexes, is now one of the most spacious in the kingdom. The range of private boxes, each with a retiring-room, are on a more liberal principle as regards space than at Ascot, while the subscription stand has been much enlarged, and, what with balconies, flights of stops, Sec., tho sport can be enjoyed with an amount of comfort before unknown. Doncaster presented its usual, and, perhaps, mere than usual, lively appearance last evening. and all available accommodation seemed to have been quickly snapped up, notwithstanding the prices which its thrifty inhabitants demand. The chief event of the first day's racing, the Great:York. shire Handicap, did not provole much speculation, though a larger field than was anticipated came to the post for it. Among them nothing seemed letter than Raglan and East Lancashire, but the latter seemed outpaced before they had gone 200 yards, and the former, though struggling gamely, was defeated by Ilagrum Bonum and Revolver after a very fast run race. Tie Champagne brought out one or two very good looking r dark ones," among them Bedminster and Barbarossa, tie former showing a great deal of quality, and the latter a very powerful-looking big colt, though rather coarse. ['he race was left to the favourite Gardevisure, and Zanbezi, the latter managing to overhaul her at the Stand, aid winning a good race by a neck. Barter upset a very yam favourite in Durham for the Doncaster Plate, and Wld Agnes easily carried off the filly stakes from a small fiell. Despite the publicity that has lately been given to their deeds, the ring, we are sorry to sty, was invaded this after noon by more than one member .f the " Welshing frater nity." We think it a duty incunbent on the members of Tattersall's more especially to do all in their power to rid the racecourse of these harpies, who in some instances carry on their robberies under co'er of a pretended mem bership of the Subscription-room. The services of two of the London detectives would effectually prevent their in trusion into places where their pzsence is a guarantee to those unacquainted with their persons and character of their probity and good faith. There was little or no change in the Leger betting. Coast Guard and Master Richard are notexpocted to run. The Fitzwilliam Stakes of 5 says each, with 100 added, for all ages; weights for age; winners extra. The second to receive 10 soya out of the stakes. One mile. 20 sovs. Mr Crook's Adventurer, 5 yrs, 9st7lb .... (E. Taylor) 1 Mr John Day's Master Richard, yrs, Bst 71b (inc. 41b extra Mr G. Hodgman's Victorious, 2 ;rs, Est 71b (inc 71b ex.) (Morris) 3 The following also ran :—Sweet Jessie, Minie, Straf ford, Dubiety, Beaver, Mongrel Paris, Twilight, Defy, Purity, Argonaut, Gem of the and Moulsey. Betting-2 to 1 agat Victorous, 7to 2 agst Master Richard, 8 to 1 agst Argonaut, :0 to 1 agst Moulsey, 25 to 1 each agst Gem of the Sea and Dubiety, and 500 to 15 agat Adventurer. Several failures preceded the actual start, in which Ad venturer obtained a alight lead closely followed by Master Richard, Sweet Jessie, Dubiety, and the favourite, close in whose wake came Argonaut. Twilight, and Gem of the Sea, with the others lying up. They ran thus to the road, when Argonaut came up next the rails and joined the leaders, followed by Victorious, but on reaching the half distance Sir Joseph Hawley's horse gave way, leaving the issue with three, Adventurer, who was never fairly reached, wine ning very cleverly by three parts of a length, Master Richard defeating Victorious by a neck for second. Dubiety finished a good fourth, Argonaut fifth, Twilight sixth, Strafford seventh, and the Beaver next. The last lot comprised Mon grel, Purity, Minnie, Moulsey, Gem of the Sea, and Defy, the latter getting badly off. The Glasgow Stakes of 30 sovs each, 20 ft; for 2-yr-old colts, Bst 101 b each. Red House in. 7 subs. Mr J. Osborne's Brown Bread, Bst 101 b (Osborne) 1 Mr Mansfield's Lord Waldegrave, Bst lelb (Perry) 2 Lord Glasgow's Brother to Bird on the Wing colt, Bst 101 b 3 Lord St. Vincent's St. Leger. Bst 101 b (Aldcroft) (Heslop) 4 Betting—G to 4 agst Brother to Bird on the Wing, 7to 4 agat Brown Bread, 5 to 1 agst Lord Waldegrave. Lord Waldegrave, with a slight lead of Brown Bread, made the running, St Leger going on third, with Brother to Bird on the Wing at his girths. These positions were retained to the enclosure, where Brown Bread came out and won very easily by half a length, Lord Wlldegrave defeat ing Lord Glasgow's colt by a length, twice that distance separating the third and fourth. The Revival Plate of 100 sovs in specie, for 2-yr-olds and upwards. Weights for age. witu maiden allowances. Winners extra. Redhouse in. Marquis of Hastings's Attraction, 3 yrs, Bst 13Ib (inc 71b extra) - (Fordham) 1 Mr Savile's La Mechante, 2 7rs, 7st 31b (inc 71b extra) (J. Grimshaw) 2 Sir Joseph Hawley's Carycphyllus, 3 yrs, Bst 31b (Daley) 3 Mr C. Bryan's Welland, 5 yr:, Oat Glb (Custance) 4 Betting—Even on Attraction, 5 to 5 agat Welland, and 4 to 1 agst La Mechante. They ran nearly abreast for the first hundred yards, when Caryophyllus drew slightly fn advance and came on with the running, having the favourite on his right, and Wel land and LaMechante next tie rails. At the distance Wel land gave way, half-way do,vn Attraction headed Caryo phyllus, and won in a canter by four lengths ; a wretched third. The Selling Stakes of 5 sees each, with 50 added; for 2- yr-olds and upwards. Weights for age, with selling allowances. T.Y.C. t subs, Mr Jackson's Catalogie, 2 yrs, sst 111 b (£4O) (J. Grimshaw) 1 Mr Guibilei's Lazzaroni, 2 yrs, fist (LIO) (Carroll) 2 Mr J. Osborne's Nell Digby, 2 yrs, 751 1110 (£10) (Whiteley) 3 Mr Crook's The Loafer. 3 yrs, Sat (£4O) (Fordham) 4 Mr Saxon's Lady Cochrane, 2 yrs, sst 11Ib (£4O) (11. Sharp) 5 Lord Vivian's Busy Bee, 2 /rs, sst illb (car sst 131 b (110) (Crenshaw) 6 Betting-2 to 1 agst Catilogue, sto 2 agst Loafer, and 5 to 1 agst any other. Loafer was the first awry, but was shortly after headed by Lazzaroni and Busy rte, who came on together to the bend, where they were jelled by Loafer and Catalogue, the lot running in company b the half-distance, where Loafer was beaten. Catalogue 4 the same time took a decided lead, and won easily by I length ; a bad third. The win ner was sold to Mr Padvick for 200 guineas. The Great Yorkshire Handicap of 25 sovs each, 15 ft, and 5 if declared, &c., with2oo added. Winners extra. The second horse to receive 50 sovs out of the stakes. 84 subs, of whom 57 pay 5 so's each. Mr Fleming's NlagnUll Bonum, 5 yrs, Bst 51b (Norman) 1 Lord Stamtord's Revolver, 4 yrs, 7st 4lb (carried 7st 51b) Mr J. Day's Raglan, 4 Yre, Ost 1olb (Morris) 3 East Lancashire, Noolio, Blue M T an h t e le f , o i ll h ow e i c ri l g os a v l n s , o ran Rose,: Canzonette, Finesse, Edward the Confessor, Olivia, Quarantine, Figaro, Merry Wife, and Battaglia. Betting-5 to 1 each agst 3etglan and East Lancashire, 7 to 1 agst The Clown, 8 to 1 ,gst Olivia, 10 to 1 agst Can zonette, 12 to 1 agst Merry Wfe, and 20 to 1 agst Magnum Bonum. The start was delayed a shat period through the frac tiousness of Magnum Bonum, bat on returning to the post Mr Marshall lowered his flag to in excellent start, in which Revolver got away slightly in acvance, but after running a few strides Noelie rushed to th, front and made the run ning on the extreme right, folbwed in the centre by Re volver, Blue Mantle, and Rose, eon up with whom were Olivia, Raglan, Canzonette, Finesse, and Magnum Bonum, the rear being brought up by Tin Clown, Battaglia, and East Lancashire, the latter beinga long way in the rear of everything as they reached the hill. On reappearing in sight Neolie had resigned her letd to Blue Mantle, close up With whom were Raglan, Revilver,:MerryWife, Olivia, and Magnum Bonum, in whichpositions they came past the Rifle-butt, but as they pasted the Red House Blue Mantle appeared in difficulties, sod on rounding the bend was beaten, and dropped into the rear, followed immediately after by Olivia, Rose, and Finesse This left Revolver in possession of the lead, which he retained to the road, where he was joined by Raglan and Merry Wife, and in a few strides further by Magnum Bonnat, the latter, who came up next the rails, obtaining a slight advantage half-way in the distance, which he retained t) the end, and won very cleverly at last by a neck, Revolver defeating Raglan by a couple of lengths for second; Me-ry Wife finished a good fourth, Blue Mantle fifth, Canzonette sixth, Rose seventh, Olivia eighth, and Finesse next. The last three were Edward the Confessor, The Clow*, and East Lancashire. The Champagne Stakes of 50 sous each, h ft, for 2-yr-olds ; colts Bst 101 b, and fillies Sat Slb; the owner of the second to save his stake. Red House in. 46 subs. Mr Merry's Zambesi, Bst 101 b (11. Covey) 1 alr Sutton's Gardevisure, Bst 811 (Thomas) 2 Mr Valentine's Reginella, Sst Sib (T. French) 3 The following also ran :—Piritan, Barbarossa, Bed minster, Doge, Biondina, colt by Hobbie Noble, and Haar lem. Betting-6 to 4 agstGardevisue, 4 to 1 agst Bedminster, 6 to 1 agst Puritan, 100 to 7 agst Zambesi, 16 to 1 agst Haarlem, and 100 to 6 agst Reginella. Reginella, with Mr Robinson's colt, Gardevisure, Zam besi, and Puritan in attendance, got away in front, and ran in this order to the turn into the straight, where Zambesi and the favourite drew away from their horses and ran a good race home, Mr Merry's colt getting in front oppo s it e the stand and winning by a neck, Reginella was a bad third, Bedminster was fourth, Puritan fifth ; next came Barbarossa and Haarlem. Mr Robinson's colt was last. The Doncaster Plate (handicap) of 100 sove, for 3-yr-olds and upwards; winners extra. One mile. • Mr C. Snewing's Barter, 4 yrs, Est 131 b .... (H. Covey) 1 Mr J. Osborne's Gaily, 4 yrs, fist 81b (Carroll) 2 Mr Saxon's J ane Shore, 3 yrs, fist (H. Sharp) 3 Tlat) following also raia;--Itio rlover, Walloon, Stock owner, Durham, Confederate, Farnham, filly by Guicowar, and Alice Fauconberg. The flag was lowered to an indifferent start, in which Gaily jumped round and crossed Stockowner, who was left at the post. Confederate was the first away, and made the running to the bend, where he was headed by Barter,Gaily, Farnham, and Jane Shore, who came on nearly in a line to the road, where Barter drew away, and won in a canter by three parts of a length. There were three lengths between the second and third, Alice Fauconberg fourth, and Plover filth, Farnham sixth, and Durham next, The last lot com prised Walloon, Confederate, and Mr Goodlass's filly. The latter did not pass the post. The Filly Stakes of 30 soya each, 20 ft, for 2-yr-old fillies, Bst 101 b each. Red house in. 19 subs. Mr J. Osborne's Wild Agnes (Osborne) 1 Lord Glasgow's Sister to Ascham (Aldcroft) 2 Mr M'Kenzie's Fair Melrose .. (Doyle) 3 Mr James Smith's Sympathy (Clement) 4 Mr 11, Saville's Spice (Goater) Betting-9 to 4on Wild Agnes, 6to 1 agst Fair - Melrose, and 10 to 1 agst Spice. _ _ Sympathy, in company with Spice, made all the run ning into the straight, where the latter dropped away. Her place was taken by the favourite, who, with Sister to Ascham, came to the front, and finished the race home, Wild Agnes winning by three parts of a length; three lengths between the second and third. A bad fourth, STATE OF TRADE. MANCRESTER 3 Sept. 13.—The market is quite as lifeless and inactive as it was last week. In shipping yarns no offers have been made at terms which spinners would accept. The market day, perhaps, can hardly be remem bered when business was so utterly impracticable. Home trade yarns are quite as unsaleable. Until a demand for cloth springs up, manufacturers seem less and less disposed to buy yarns to go on making. Prices are weaker than they were last week, and the feeling in favour of closing mills appears to be gaining in strength. There is no im provement in the cloth market. If there is any change to day it consists in a more determined feeling on the part of merchants to abstain from operations, the high rate of dis counts acting as a strong deterrent. Such offers as have been made have been at very low rates, and have only led to business in cases where stocks are heavy and sellers pressing to realise, As a rule, however, there is less pres sure to sell than might have been expected, as manufacturers seem to derive some hopes of the market partially, if not wholly recovering firmness through the imminent decrease of production. There is now a general feeling among ma nufacturers against working to stock, and it is expected that many of the leading millowners will be prepared to close their establishments again wholly or partially so soon as the present orders in hand have been completed, and their stocks of cotton have beers worked up. It is thus expected that the production of cloth will soon be largely decreased. The prices of sellers are nominally un changed since last week, but practically buyers find that they could operate at considerable advantage were they so disposed. LEEDS, 12th.—There was a small attendance of both buyers and sellers in the cloth halls to-day, and the markets were altogether of a quiet character. The purchases were of a miscellaneous nature, and included a fair amount of ordinary plain cloths, dark-coloured tweeds, and heavy fabrics. The demand for Canada and the American States is greatly in abeyance just now, but within the past two months a large quantity of winter goods have been shipped to the Canadian and other colonies. The high tariff of the Federal States is a great bar to the introduction of Eng lish cloth into those States; yet, all things considered, there has been a fair amount shipped within the last few weeks, and the heavy and low priced fabrics of some of the outlying districts around Leeds are still in moderate re quest for America. At present, when there are so many signs of some great change being made in respect of the war, a good deal of caution is used both by the producers and the shippers, and there is certainly less disposition to do business on American account than there has been for some time past. As to the manufacturers generally, they are well employed, and, though they complain of the high price of wool and other materials, they are able to command remunerative prices for their goods. NOTTINGHAM, 13th.—The attendance on 'Change to-day was again only limited, Manufacturers evinced very little disposition to purchase lace yarns, and prices remained quite as low as last week. The demand for hosiery yarns was dull, and prices, if anything, were less firm. Late rates were made for silks. There was not much doing in brown nets, and prices were without material change. ROCHDALE, 12th.—There was a rather limited attend ance of buyers in the flannel market to-day, and a smaller quantity of goods was sold than has been of late the average. There is a fair demand for middle and lowest priced goods, and the heavier kinds are also now inquired for as the winter season is approaching. Manufacturers are firm in their prices and the prices of wool also keep up. Yorkshire goods are not in quite so much request as they lately have been. RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE, SCOTTISH NORTH-EASTERN. The report of the directors of this company states that the gross revenue for the half-year ending the 31st July last amounted to £132,702, and the expenditure to £60,558, leaving a balance of £72,144 divisible in the following pro portions--£12,926 to the Aberdeen section, £18,397 to the Scottish Midland section, and £10,821 to the Dundee and Arbroath section. The amount remaining for dividend on the Aberdeen section, after paying the interest on the 31 per cent, the 6 per cent, and the 7 per cent preference shares, was £6,445, out of which the directors recommended a dividend at the rate of 11 per cent per annum, leaving a balance of £1,258; on the Scottish Midland section £15,491 remained, out of which the directors recommended a divi dend at the rate of 5 per cent per annum, leaving a balance of £491; and the balance remaining for the Dundee and Arbroath section amounted to £10,637, out of which the directors recommended the payment of £1,667 for the divi dend on the 5 per cent preference stock, and of £7,500 as divi dend on the original stock, being at the rate of 7i per rent per annum, leaving a balance of £1,470 for the reserve fund. The capital account had been debited during the half year with £20,039 for additional works at stations, Parliamentary charges in connection with the bills of last session, and for other matters. Thirty-eight miles of single line had now been relaid with rails of 751 b to the ;yard, and other mate rials of the most approved and substantial description; and the rolling stock was kept up in efficient order. The works on the Denburn Valley lino at Aberdeen would be com menced forthwith. The directors proposed to purchase the Carmyllic mineral line, six miles in length, for £12,000, as it stood, and take over the rolling stock at a valuation. CASTLE-DOUGLAS AND DUMFRIES.=,..P The half-yearly meeting ?Nvaa held on Saturday : Mr Maxwell in the chair. In moving the adoption of the report, the CIrAInMAN s ated that there was a decrease in the goods traffic, and that the passenger traffic was steadily on the increase. The working expenses at 38 per cent. had been £3,008, and their share of the loss on the steamer to Ireland, which had been withdrawn on the let of March last, was £287. The with drawal of that steamer had to a considerable extent affected their traffic, especially in cattle, and as to Portpatrick har bour it was impossible to say whether the works would be completed next spring, or not until autumn. In conclusion, he intimated that negotiations were on toot for the amalga mation of the Castle -Douglas and Dumfries Company with the Glasgow and South-Western Company on terms which he considered very liberal, and with which the shareholders would be made more fully acquainted at a future meeting. The report was adopted, and dividends at the rate of 5 per cent. on the preference, and 21 per cent, on the ordi nary £lO stock were agreed to. SWANSEA VALE. The half-yearly meeting was held at the offices, Swansea; Mr Benson in the chair. The report stated that the traffic was gradually increasing, and when the junction with the Swansea, Neath, and Brecon was completed it was expected that a large through traffic would be brought over the line. After payment of interest on the preference shares it was recommended that the ba lance, amounting to £737, should be carried forward to the next account. The report was adopted, and Mr Bath was elected a director in the place of Mr Budd, resigned. MONMOUTHSHIRE. The report of the directors of this company states that the traffic receipts were £9,862 more than in the corresponding half of 1863. The gross receipts for past half year ending June 30th amounted to £69,670, the working expenses to £32,474, or 47 per cent. of the receipts, and the net earnings to £37,095 ; against £59,707 gross receipts, £29,802, or 50 per cent., working expenses, and £29,905 net earnings for the corresponding half of 1863, showing an increase of £9,863 in the gross receipts, of £2,672 in the working ex penses and of £7,190 in the net earnings. The sum of £4,000 had been transferred to the reserved fund from the general revenue account to provide for the cost of relaying various portions of the company's railways, and for other contin gencies. Tho average rate of interest now paid on the bor rowed capital was LI Os 9d. per cent per annum. The gene ral revenue account showed that there was a balance of £18,381, out of which the directors recommended a dividend at the rate of 6j per cent per annum be declared, payable on sth October next, leaving a balance of £317. The Cwm tillery branch railway had been transferred to this company, and was now worked and maintained as part of the com pany's undertaking. The capital account showed that £1,233,371 had been expended,leaving:a balance against the company of £9,470. 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SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS, 41, TIMES.—One of the bloodiest battles of the Pen insular tie ar was fought after peace tiad been con cluded, and it seems as if the great American s t r uggle would be crowned with a similar super fluity of carnage. While the most powerful party in the North was proclaiming aloud its abomination of the war and its resolute demand for peace, the North ern armies in Virginia and Georgia were engaged in the most obstinate and sanguinary conflicts. In Virginia the advantage remained with the Cone federates, who had been the assailants ; ir. Georgia the Federals, if the occupation of Atlanta is truly reported, may claim the credit of the day. I3ut, though Atlanta may at last have been occupied, the covering army has not been routed, and a success ful combination of Confederate forces threatens Sherman with serious embarrassment. At Mobile Admiral Farragut is displaying that tenacity of purpose which has characterised the Federal tactics throughout the present campaign, and if his progress be slow, he exhibits at least no signs of discourage.. meat. But in the meanwhile a voice has gone forth which may still the thunder of the cannon. The Chicago Convention has not only declared the prins ciples on which the Democratic party is prepared to act, but has demanded, in the name of the people, that negJciations shad be immediately instituted for the suspension of arms. An armistice at once, a conference as soon as possible—these are the cries now resounding through the States of the North ; and unless they can be disregarded—which is not easy to suppose—eve may relieve ourselves from the trouble of further speculations on the events of the war. We trust the public will admit that they have not been misguided by our comments on this obstinate contest. The great fact which we asserted from the first is now placed beyond reach of controversy. We said that the North could never subdue the South, and the North has now proclaimed the same conclu sion. After three years of the most desperate efforts in which no expenditure has been spared and no tactics have been left untried, a preponderating sec tion of the Northern people have put on record be fore the world their deliberate conviction that the policy of war is mistaken and. hopeless, and that it must bo superseded by a policy of conciliation and compromise. This is the declaration made by a party presumed to be unquestionably the strongest in the State, and the expression of the principle has been intrusted not to a successful or triumphant soldier, but to a general who was the first to discover the impracticability of the object on which his coun trymen were bent. No one knows better than M'Clellan the barriers which separate Washington from Richmond, and the frightful losses which have been incurred without results by his successors in command have established beyond question the justice of his views. As if to stamp with still deeper censure the policy of the Government, Governor Seymour, of New York, the man of greatest mark among the opponents of Mr. Lincoln, was elected by acclamation to the presidency of the Convention by which these decisive steps were taken, The questions now before us are written in broad and unmistakeable characters. First, will the actual Government accede to the demand expressed by the Chicago Convention for an immediate Armistice? And, next, will the South accept the Armistice and enter upon the subsequent Conference on any basis except that of national independence ? As regards the former of these inquiries, the world has been much misled if the Democratic party is not the strongest party in the Northern States— strong enough, in the absence of any unexpebted events, to carry in November next its candidate for the Presidency, and to impress its policy in the in• terval upon the existing administration. It is hardly to be conceived that President Lincoln would employ his brief remaining term of office in counteracting or opposing the declared will of the majority of his countrymen. We regard the Chicago Convention as representing a majority of the people, because it has been asserted throughout that the Democratic party if united could easily outnumber all opponents—and they are perfectly united now. Nothing occurred to disturb the unanimity of the Convention. It was " by acclamation " that Gen. M'Clellan was ulti mately nominated for the Presidency, and it was his principal rival who conducted the business of the meeting. The conclusion, therefore, appears irre sistible that the Democrats are winning, and the pacific overtures which rumour now ascribes to the Administration itself tend to show that President Lincoln is more likely to adopt than to resist the winning policy. Still it must not be forgotten that the Republicans will be reluctant to retire from power, that any signal success of the Federal arms may once more place them in the ascendant, and that if they should deem a peace policy undesirable they will enjoy all the advantages of actual office in maintaining the opposite policy. The resolution of the Convention to resist by force any military inter ference at the approaching elections shows plainly enough what misgivings are entertained, Although, however, no confidence can be expressed on such a point, we certainly think it probable that the Chicago Resolutions will be adopted, and that an armistice will be proposed. In that event, will the South enter the Convention of the Steles without a stipulation, expressed or re served, for the recognition of its national indepen dence ? It seems almost impossible to think so, for, in that case, the South would be simply surrender• ing all it has fought for at the very moment when success appeared most sure. On condition of re• entering the Union the Confederates might have dictated their own terms in the very first year of the war. At that time President Lincoln was not committed to the principles of the Abolitionists, and his avowed policy was Union—without slavery if possible, but Union on any terms, Over and over again the Federals allowed it to be seen that if the Southerners would but shake hands once more they might do with slavery as they pleased. It was only as the strife became embittered that extreme views prevailed, The other day, in conformity with these views, Mr Lincoln met the envoys of the South with a demand not only for the reconstruction of the Union but the abolition of slavery. His terms were rejected, but what will the South say when the former is tendered without the latter ? The logic of facts would teach us that it would, either openly or by reservation, be rejected still; for if the Con federates refused such terms when threatened with the untried power of the North, how can they accept them when, by the confession of the Northerners themselves, that power has been tried in vain ? The Federals have failed in their endeavours to coerce the Confederates into reunion, and they have ac knowledged their failure. The Confederates have fought heroically for their national independence and have proved their ability to maintain it. On what grounds, therefore, or with what expectations of success can they be now asked to yield what they have been fighting for to the 'very men who have been unable to wrest it from them ? It appears to us more probable that the Demo crats should have disguised their genuine policy than that the people of the South should have evinced any readiness to compromise. The Chicago Convention professes to stand by the Union as stoutly as the Republicans themselves, but that resolution probably expresses little more than the reluctance of the North to part finally with a dar ling idea, and the natural unwillingness of a polie tical party to alarm the public by the premature confession of an unwelcome truth. We can very well understand why the Democrats at Chicago should shrink from blurting out the fact that the South must go free, but wecannot understand why the South, with success in its very grasp, should forego the condition for which it first took up arms, and on which it has perseveringly insisted through t:?ree terrible years of trial. It is more likely the arm.'etice will thate first step towards a perception of the il'uth ; the North, after finding that the South cannot be coerced, will find also that it cane not be persuadcd, and that the reflection encouraged by the interval gradually induce the Federal States to relinquish what they cannot obtain rather than recur to what has already been proved a hope. less and ruinous struggle for it. POST.—From its very frequency the discussion of American politics has ceased to be attractive; and though the inhabitants of the Northern States find themselves on the eve of a Presidential election, the issue of which cannot fail to exercise a mighty influx ence on their future destiny, the reflections that cir cumstance might serve to call forth would be found commonplace in the extreme. It is impos sible, however, to avoid contrasting the condition of the republic on the last occasion on which the Americans were called upon to select their Chief Magistrate with what it is now, and to note the extraordinary changes which the short space of four years has served to work in a State believed to be the most prosperous, if not the most powerful, in the world. It is easy to be wise after the event, and political writers would now experience but little difficulty in demonstrating that the Republic of the West contained within itself the seeds of its own destruction. But, nevertheless, the dise solution of that State undoubtedly took the world by surprise, and that it was net anticipated by Americans themselves is best proved by th e extraordinary efforts made by the established Government to avoid the consummation of the catastrophe. American statesmen long since foresaw the possibility of a separation between the free and the slaveholding States, and fearing the futility of any attempts to maintain by force a connection which the latter desired to sever, counselled an amicable acquiescence on the part of the more powerful section of the Republic. But what actually did take place no one either in America or Europe ever anticipated. That slavery might furnish a motive for secession, and that the latter might give rise to a civil war, were events far from improbable; but that a war which should decimate the popula tion, quad deolation far mid wide throughout the land, and bring the States to the verge of bank' ruptcy should be waged for nearly four years cer tainly never entered the calculations of even the most prescient of American politicians. However , facts must be taken as they are found ; and, looking back to the time when the Republic last chose its . President, we can only marvel at the vast amo unt of evil which the folly and wickedness of man have been enabled to work within the comparatively short period which has since intervened. Calling to mind the circumstances which attended the la ,s t, Presidential ele c ti on , it ma y we ll b e doubted whether the complete severance of the South from the North was necessary to secure for the latter that protection which it had a right to demand. For a long series of years the Democrats had coin' mended a majority in the State, and the occupants of the White House at Washington were invariably men who represented and supported Southern in' terests. The defeat of Breckenridge, the Democratic candidate, and the return of his Republican or penult, Mr. Lincoln, for the first time threw the supreme power into the hands of a party which made no secret of their intentions to attack that peculiar institution in the South which not un4 justly excites the the abhorence of almost every civilised State. But to strike at slavery as it exists in the Southern States was in effect to attack the rights of property, and the population of the South would not have been human if they did not take what they considered the most efficacious means for the preservation of that which constituted almost their entire wealth. It was not, however, their fault that the Republic was rent in twain. Even after some of the States had seceded, proposals were made to Mr Lincoln which, if accepted, would have most probably led to the re-formation of the Union ; but these proposals the new President, confident in the power of the Government, refused to accept. Com promise was a word which Mr Lincoln could not bring himself to utter, and the only reply vouchsafed to the Southern delegates was, that they must ull" conditionally acknowledge the supremacy of the Government, and submit without demur to its de' crees. Placed in this position, the South had no alternative but to spring to arms in vindication of its independence, and before Mr Lincoln had fora mally entered on office the war began. Then the issue became different ; it was no longer whether the Republic should be governed by this or that particular faction, but whether a new State should be permitted to establish itself entirely distinct from that which had previously constituted the American Union. Day by day the breach widened, and boo comes more and more hopelessly irreparable. The North fought for empire ; the South for independ ence; and both were equally confident of victory. And so month succeeded month, and year followed after year, until again the time has come round for the State to nominate its magistrate; and now, once more, after the lapse of four years, and ander °iv• cumstances even graver than those which attended the last Presidential election, American politicians are engaged in that preliminary canvass which de' termines the particular candidates who will in the month of November next solicit the suffrages of the entire people. It is not improbable that the Chicago Convention will nominate M'Clellan, and that the majority of the population in the Northern States will ratify their choice. M'Clellan is a Democrat, and if he had been elected four years since, instead of Mr Lincoln, the severance between the North and South might never have taken place. It is by no, means certain, how ever , th a t hi s e l ec ti on now w ill have the effect of bringing the war to an end. Daring the earlier stage of the war, the Northers Democrats distinguished themselves from the Re' publicans by the moderation of their language, and by the readiness which they evinced to make con" cessions to the South, provided the latter moult' once more enter the Union. But, as we have just observed, the time when a compromise might have been effected has long since gone by, and those who still dream of a re-establishment of the Union in' dulge in a vain chimera, the attempt to realise which must of necessity prolong the war. Much will depend, therefore, upon the language which Gen. M'Clellan will hold, when he submits himself for election, whether his advent to office can be hailed as a sign of approaching peace. The North wishes for peace, but it is not yet resigned to that division of the Republic which is, nevertheless, an accorr• plished fact. The South at no time desired hostili. ties, and will now gladly lay down its arms if per' mitted to do so. But it can only be on one conditlon• The Southern States desire to be completely inde' pendent ; they know that they can secure the accomplishment of that desire; and nothing save absolute political independence will satisfy theni• The proposal now made by the South to the North is extremely simple—it may be refused or it mai accepted, but it cannot be evaded. If the new Presi‘ dent, whether he be M'Clellan or some one else , should adopt a temporising policy, and endeavonf to coax the South into doing that which it has bee s impossible to wring from it by coercion, the results will be as disastrous as if Mr Lincoln, or any other, uncompromising Republican, was pla ce d a t th e beau. of the Government. The re-establishment of the Union has become an impossibility, and the sooner that fact is recognised in the North the sooner Will the war be terminated. The Southern Confederaci, is now, and has been since the com mencemen t 01 the war, as independent a Power as the Northern Federation, and nothing really remains for the latter but to recognise, with what grace it may, the political entity of the new Republic, and bow With submission to the unanswerable logic of facts. COUNTRY MARKETS. BRISTOL—Tumsaa Y. A fair attendance tc,-day, but littlo business doing in wheat, and prices is per qr lower. Barley also dull. °AO in good demand and previous rates were fully maintained. Maize firm, but quiet. LEEDS-TUESDAY. There was a fair show of fresh grain this week at our market. The demand for wheat is limited. Fresh old must bo quoted is and new 2s lower. Barley is per (1 1. cheaper. Oats and beans supported last Tuesday's prices. Averages—Sept. 12—Wheat 42s 91d per qr. —Oats . 23s lid - - —Beans 42s 41d —Peas ..343 3!,(1 - --- —Barley 35s lid -- MONMOUTH—TuEsmir. The local markets havo been fairly attended by both buyers and sellers during the last six or seven days, and an average busineso has been done, at about former rates. The average quotations are as follows : Wheat, white 5s 3d to 5s 9cl Barley, .3 s 4dto 3 s Si Ditto red..... Os Od to Os Od I Oats ... 2s 2d to 2s 9‘' LIVERPOOL—TuEsDAY. There was a fair attendance of both town and county dealers at market to-day, but the business dono was quite of a retail character, and English wheat sold slowly at a do• cline of 2d to 3d per cental on those of last Tuesday. Flour may be quoted about Gd per barrel and is per sack lower oil the week, with a slow sale. New oatmeal easier to bolt and old made the prices of last week. Indian corn in fol i. demand. SHEFFIELD-TUESDAY. An average attendance of farmers and factors, wheat met with a limited sale, at barely l a t e ra t es . B arley, oats, a nd flour made last week's prices. New beans shown in good condition, but mot a dull trade, Red wheat, per load of 3 imperial bushels 16s Od to:l6s GI White II l7s Od.to 18s Ou New red , ; 15s Od to 165:0ci New white „ 99 , 17s Od to 198 Oa Beans ~ 79 los 6d to 16s 6c l Peas, per qr 40s Od to 44s 04 Grinding barley, per qr Malting ditto, „ 32s Od to 35s Od i Oats __ 7) .. _••••••••• , 223 Od to 2713° Flour,' is 6(1 to is 10d per 14 lb. Births. BRISTOWE.—On the 12th inst., at Herne-hill, Dulwiclif the wife of Wm. Bristowe, Esq., of a son. BURTON.—On the 11th inst., at Thurland Castle, Lanctr shire, the wife of North Burton, Esq., of a daughter. INDERwicx...—On the 12th inst., at 67, Warwick-square: the wife of Frederic Andrew Inderwick, Esq., barriste r at-law, of a son. Marriages. COLQUIIOVN—JOHNSTON.—At Christchurch, High Har rogate, by the Rev. Canon James, Archibald ColquhotO Esq., surgeon, MM.'s Bengal Army, to Bessie, Baugh ter of the late John Kent Johnston, Esq., of Dublin. GASK—Ems. -- On the 12th inst., at St. Marylebon e , Church, Charles Gask, Esq., of York-terrace, Regale/ 5 i park, to Fanny, eldest daughter of Robert Edis, Esq., ° Huntingdon. SCOTT—COCHRANE.—At the residence of H.B.M.'s COsi' sill, Cologne, Thomas C. W. Scott. Esq,, of Beechwo° 6l i Forfarshire, to Maria Theresa Sutherland, daughter ° Admiral Sir Thomas Cochrane, LiC.B. Deaths. BASKERVILLE,—On the Std inst., at Clyro Court, Ro d ' norshire, Thomas Baskerville Mynors Baskerville, ° (1.1 aged 74. CURTIS.—On the 11th inst., at his residence, 24, Hollancl ° ' villas-road, Kensington, Thomas John Curtis, solicitor, aged 34. FREEMAN.—On the 13th inst., Robert George Freon: o4 ' M.D., of Greenwich, aged 24. GOUGII. —On the 9th inst., at Great Malvern, Richtl 7. Gough, Esq., of Kil wor th H ouse , Leicestershire, I,,Ce 7 LA!NO,—On the 11th inst., at Reigate, Surrey, Jas.L a-115 Esq., late Captain 70th Regt., age d 71. VlcAits.—On the Bth inst., suddenly, at his residence , la te Leonard's-on-Sea, Major-G enera l Ed war d Vi ca rs, Royal Engineers. London: Prin.Zed and Published by WILLIAM AND III ' j 3, of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at TUE SUN Office " Of Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, n the CQUI Iw 8' dfibIeX , 7I"WCCIUMUIYI §CPteLOCT