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

DENM (iron& the Times' Special Correspondent lately at the Danish Headquarters.) COPENHAGEN, June 1. The Austro•Prussians are coming down by dee grees from the lofty, overbearing attitude they had assumed in the invaded province of Jutland, and it is to be hoped that the stable will be shut when the steed is stolen, and all the conditions of the armis tice will be observed on their part just as the sus pension of hostilities is about to terminate and its terms to be annulled on the 10th inst. The seques trations which had been laid on private property after the 12th of last month have all been raised; not so those that had been effected at an earlier date. Many of the merchants' stores and warehouses which had been struck by this arbitrary measure are still locked up and sealed, to the utter interrup tion of trade, and the impending bankruptcy of the owners. The goods thus seized are chiefly dry goods and woollen manufactures. The Inspector of the Castom-house at Aarhuus, who, as I informed you in one of my foregoing letters, had been arrested for having, in the dis charge of his office, raised the duties on some goods imported across the frontier by the Prussian army contractors, was kept in durance for ten days. The Prussian General Vogel von Falkenstein, chief of Marshal Wrangel'a staff, had condemned him to three days' " imprisonment on bread and water." The Inspector, an old man, past 65 years of aga, submitted to this punishment rather than refund the duty without an express order of the higher autho rities ; but, upon the matter being referred to the Danish Royal Commissioner, he, out of considera tion for the old man's infirmities, sanctioned the repayment of the duty. The Inspector was thus set at liberty, after 20 hours' experience of his Pythagorean diet and General Falkenstein thus obtained the most ample satisfaction he fancied himself entitled to. Other arrests have been made in the districts of Aalborg. You are aware that the invaders from the beginning deemed themselves entitled to take the telegraphic establishment into their hands; and in some localities they removed the wires and all other apparatus. Since they undertook the man agement of that branch of administration some of the wires have been cut, and this seems to have been the case in a village near Aalborg. It is not said whether the inhabitants of the neighbourhood, or the soldiers themselves, were the perpetrators of the outrage ; but Marshal Wrangel had placed the wires under the care and responsibility of the respective municipal authorities, and in the event of the wires being damaged, he threatened to apply to the lat ter all the rigours of martial law. Upon the strength of that order the Sogneuoged (or parish magistrate) of the village in question was summoned to Aalborg, and thrown into gaol, till such time as he could point out the unknown offender. Two of the towns people (a butcher and a tailor) have also been arrested on no alleged ground; probably as suspected of complicity in the deed. These may seem com paratively trifling matters, but they show, on the part of the Prussian military authorities, a determi nation to overstep the limits of the power assigned to them by the terms of the armistice, as if in contempt or the Plenipote.ntieries who drew up that improvident convention. Be it borne in mind that the Jutle.nders complain but little, if at all, of the behaviour of the common soldiers quartered among them. Both Prussians and Austriaes, but more especially the latter, show themselves well disci plined, highly civilised beings. 11l usage is, in this case, the deliberate act of the superior officers, who, probably, only follow up the instructions received from their Government. The fact is, the Prussians can hardly realise the stunning fact that their troops have, after half a century of inglorious leisure, at last achieved a victory (and what a victory !), and they take a certain pleasure, and gratify a miserable pride, in aggravating their yoke and riding rcugh shod over the defenceless Jutlanders. The latter keep up a bold countenance, and, it cannot be denied, contrive to put the patience of their hated invaders to the severest test. It is a war between the gadfly and the lion, a contest in which the latter loses as much of his dignity as the former exposes himself to rebuke and chastisement. The demeanour of the Jutlanders under such trying circumstances doubt;ess entitles them to take rank among the most stiff-neckeq, no less than most loyal, subjects of the Dinish Crown. Vv""ti rend daily in the papers here addressee from the muni cipal corporations, and from popular meetings of the various towns and communities of the Penin sula, urging the King's Government to stand fast upon the rights of the common Fatherland, and to run all the risks of a new outbreak of hostilities, rather than consent to the dismemberment of the Monarchy, declaring that, for its own part, Jutland is ready to put up with all the hardships of pro longed occupation, and to undergo twenty times the sacrifices it has already been made to bear. The Jutlanders are, like eels, getting used to being skinned, and they flatter themselves that the in. vadera have seized upon all that was worth taking, and that they have henceforth but little to fear from further epaliation. In the meanwhile the news from London has thrown not a little dismay and gloom among the people of Copenhagen. It can hardly be believed here that the proposed aban donment of the Treaties of 1852, and the scheme for a partition of Schleswig, could have been sponta neously mooted in the Conference by the pleniootene tiaries of the neutral Powers, England and France. The Danes were aware that they had to contend against irresistible forces, and, if left to themselves, they knew that they must make up their minds to a partial or total ruin. But they hardly expected that the dismemberment of their monarchy should be made the theme of cool deliberation in a council of di P lnl atists, most of whom were parties to the late political arrangements, and all of whom have a vitrl interest in th e preservation of European order. The police called upon to the protection of a peaccfui citizen, when he is fallen upon by thieves, and in the act of being plundered, do not carte my attempt to compromise matters by allow ing the trespassers to walk away wi th e any part of the spoil. It: is not at the close o f a period of wars and re v ol u tions, the Danes say, that the downfall of their nation, even from the third rank it occupi e d, is resolved upon. There are epochs of political storms, when the frail bark of the MUallee of Po wers must be got into port on any terms, when as touch of -t •rigging s and cargo must go overboard as the safety of the craft requires. Hard terms were laid upon Denmark, as on other minor States, at the time of the hurried Peace of 1814,:and to these this country submitted,"acknow lodging the law of necessity. Again there are changes which are only the ratification of some former error, wrongs to be repa i red, and recent combinations to be upset. Such was the severance of Belgium from that kingdom of the Netherlands to whose destinies it had been unwisely associated. But in the present instance the thunderbolt falls unon Denmark fro m a perfectly clear un c l ou d ed sky. This unhappy State is foundering i n the midst of a thorough European calm. A kingdom is to :be broken up which has stood its ground for centuries, provinces are to be taken from it, the Possession of which was secured by long prescrip tion, by the faith of repeated agreements. The scandal to our age is greater than the injury to Denmark ; the precedent that it establishes more fatal than any world-wide disaster. That Austria and Prussia sh ould of all right use their might to the con fusionNees bail enough; but it is infi nitely worse that colo ssa l Powere like France and wiek at the m os t flierant England ahould not Only abuse of power, but th a t 6 - -eY should, as it ' w - ere, meet the wrong-doers halt-way, andsuggest the b as i s on which they are ready tocompound with 'Thee:is no question her e of national principles or dynastic claims. T he aggressors do not even rake a show of standing on Such prefer their. dem ands on flimsy pr e t ences . Th e y their Own goo d p l easure, s i m ply because they a new that the assailed party cannot rcsiLt them, an d tha, „ ., the mediators are tco fain to adroit them. H ence . furth'let no small State base her hope of existence on any other ground than the forbearance of the large ones. From the first moment that the frontiers of the Elbe and the Eider were violated, Denmark well knew that she should not come off scot free. She looked forward to heavy losses, and prepared to resign herself, She would not submit without pro• test, but she well knew that the weak must go to the wall. Without allies or protectors she might well have been suffered to perish. But what hum bles and prostrates her—what she can neither com prehend nor digest—the unkindest cut of all—is, that those who have at all times admitted the jus. tice and sanctity of her cause—those who were, in a certain measure, bound and pledged to uphold it should, by a voluntary accord with the spoiler make, as it were, common cause with him, and become sharers of his guilt. These are the comments I hear on all sides with respect to the projected cession of Holstein, Lauen berg, and a part of Schleswig, to the German Powers. Deeper sorrow than I see depicted on the countenances of all honourable men here—a more universal sense of humiliation and despondency—l never at any time witnessed in any country. The only consolation and hope of the Danes is that the Conference will turn out to be as impotent as it is in their opinion undignified and unscrupulous; that the drawing of a frontier line across any part of Schleswig will be found impracticable; that the Germans will strike for the possession of the whole of both duchies ; while the Danes, for their own part, would rather cut off their right hand than sign their name to any treaty which shou.d assign to them less than the Schlei, the Dannewerke, the Treene, and the Eider, including the town of Schleswig, Hollingstedt, Frederick stadt, and Tanning—a line that has at least the advantage of being a natural boundary and a strong military frontier—a line, too, which would leave the Germans all they waged war for, the harbour of Kiel, with both sides of the bay, and the coveted stronghold of Rendsburg. Had no foreign Power " meddled and muddled," the Danes think they could hardly have obtained less honourable terms even from such enemies as Austria and Prussia. Although such is the nature of common talk about me, I doubt not, however, but that the Danish Go• vernment will assume a far difierent and more con ciliatory tone before the Cooference and its meeting to-morrow. I have applied for information at the Foreign-office here to know what is their conclusion as to the proposal that was lately referred to them as well as to the Austrian and Prussian Cabinets. The answer was that, although their mind is to be made known within 24 hors, yet they are anxious that it never should be said that any particulars connected with the transactions of the Conference ooz:d oat through any fault of theirs, and had, therefore, nothing that they felt authorised to com. municata. I am, therefore, at a loss for official intelligence. The general impression here, however, is that the Government does not reject the scheme of arrange ment proposed by the Great Powers, and it will accede to the cession of Holstein and Lauenberg, and the partition of Schleswig, on general principle, reserving its further decision as to the line within which the frontier of Denmark is to be withdrawn, BERLIN, June 3, , - The following farewell address has been issued by Field-Marshal Count Wrangel to the allied Prusso-Austrian Army : Head-quarters, Horsens, May 20. His Majesty the King, my most gracious master, has deigned to relieve me from the chief command of the allied army by a Cabinet order of the 18th inst., and at the same time to confer upon me the rank of Count. Until further notice the chief command is intrusted to his Royal High ness Prince Frederick Charles of Prussia, as the senior General present at the scene of war, while General von Herwarth, of the infantry, undertakes the post of Com manding-General of the combined army corps. His Majesty has given me his Royal thanks for the glo rious campaign, which has just arrived at a pause, I,nd summons me to be near his gracious person at Berlin, that I may not be exposed, at my advanced age, and after an arduous winter campaign, to the poasibiiity of new fatigues. I therefore take leave of you, dear comrades of the allied army, who have victoriously overcome the enemy in a cam. paigu of several months, and endured the hardships of an untvually severe winter. The allied army under my leadership has so brilliantly fu;filled its appointed task, the occupation of the Duchy of Schleswig, that hundreds of guns and thousands of prisoners remain in our hands, and that the enemy is expelled from the continental portion of his kingdom. The allied troops, as the worthy representatives of two great armies, have fought side by side in faithful comrade ship with most praiseworthy z:Jal, and have thus attained an object, which being gained I am enabled to retire with satisfaction, highly honoured by the favour of our illus trious monarch, For all this I return the Generals, officers, functionaries, and soldiers of the allied army my 'warmest and most heart felt thanks. At your head I have passed the proudest and happiest days which the favour of Providence has appointed to my lot. Farewell, and do not forget your veteran leader, who will recollect you and your exploits with thankfulness and pride until the last hour of his lire. VON, WRANGEL, Field-Marshal. Naval and Military Intelligence, THE NAN Y. A letter from Malts, dated May 31, says :—" Her Majesty's screw steam transport Tamar, and her Majesty's screw steam transport Himalaya, left on the 24th, both for Corfu, to remove the troops thence on the cession of the lonian Islands to Greece. Her Majesty's screw steam frigate Galatea, which arrived from Portland and Uibraltar on the 25th, and her Majesty's steam sloop Trident, which ar rived from Serbi on the same day, left both for Corfu on the 26th. Mr. Richard Reade, promoted from the Vice-Consulate of Bengazi to be Consul at Scatari in Albania, went passenger by the Tamar, and Lieut. Wynne, R.E., by the Trident. The Himalaya will return to Malta about the 4th of June with the 4th to relieve the 25th Regiment, which will be conveyed to Canada by the same ves sel. Her Majesty's screw steam gunboat Foxhound arrived from Tunis on the 25th, bringing intelli gence that three other large French ships of war had arrived from Toulon, whence four more were looked for in addition to the five which have been some weeks in Tunis Bay, where there were also six Italian ships of war, three Ottoman, and one Portuguese, the Royal Oak ironclad steam frigate, and the Pelican steam corvette, English. The Fox hound put to sea on the 31st of May, without mak ing known her destination. She is supposed to have proceeded to Corfu, with despatches for Admiral Smart, to hand from England, via Marseilles, on the evening preceding. At a court-martial held on board her Majesty's ship Hibernia in Malta har bour on the 19th of May, Lieut. Hanson, additional of the tr oop sh i p Tamar, was tried for having, darin g hie watch at sea, on board of said ves sel, when carryi ng troops in the West Indies, been found intoxicated and asleep. The accused denied the ch arge, and attributed the state in which he was found to debility and illness brought on by fatigue in a scorching suet, and a constitution severely shaken by Wet schen:serving in the Burmah war, but, nevertheless, t h e Court declared the charge proved, and pronounced his sentence of dis missal from the service. The movements at Malta of foreign ships of war consist of the French steamer IVlonette, which arrived on the 24th from Tunis, and left the 25th of May for the Piraeu s of Athens; the sultan's stea m yacht Feizi Diebat, h ae i n _ gon board Vice-Admiral Rassoum Pascia, which after having her bottom cleaned, left for the Golden Horn, Con stantinople, on the 26th of May; the Italian screw steam Principe Remberto, which left for Cagli ar i on the 26th, and the United States sailing corveete Constellation, which arrived from Tunis on the 28th of May. An Ottoman line-of-battle ship, under the command of Captain Arif Bey, accompanied by two large frigates, passed Malta ov the 24th of May, beating up against a strong westerly wind. We understand they are from Constantinople, bound to England to be fitted with steam machinery." The screw steamship Norman, Capt. Johns, be. long to Mr George Langley, of Southampton, char tered by the Government to bring military invalids from Gibraltar direct to Netley Hospital, arrived at Southampton on Saturday morning. She left Gib raltar at 4,30 p.m. on the 28th ult., and had fine weather on the passage, with fresh to light winds, principally from the northeast. The troops on board comprised Capt. Siree, of the 3d Buffs; En sign T. R. Watson, 23d Royal Welsh Fusileers Dr Murray, Aseis teStaff-Surgeon; 85 invalids, 33 rank and file, 18 women, and 34 children, Before leaving the ship the handed to Capt. Johns a certificate expressive of their perfect satisfaction with the accommodation and all the arrangements made on board the Nor man for tha troops, and with the attention and kindness shown by Capt. Johns and the ship's com pany generally. On Saturday there was launched from Mr Chas. Langley's Commercial Dock, Rotherhithe, an Alabama-rigged patent combination ship, classed A 1 at Lloyd's for fifteen years, belonging to Messrs Smith, Heming, and Co., merchants end ship owners, of 18, Leadenhallastreet. She is of 650 tons burden, and is intended for the East India and China trade. She was built from the design and under the superintendence of Messrs S.H. Harrington and Co. naval architects, of 27, Leadenhall•street, and in consequence of the novel mode of construction has excited much interest. She has been visited by Lord Clarence Paget, Mr Reed, the chief constructor; and Admiral Robinson, Comptroller of the Navy. The result has been that the Admiralty have contracted with Mr. Langley to build an ironclad vessel of war on the same principle. They are about to adopt it in the construction of their new 4,000 tons troop ships, the estimates for which have already been passed. The mode of construction is this:—The frames of the vessels are, in the first place, con structed entirely of angle iron of the same weight as that used in building iron ships of a similar tonnage. Each frame is then riveted to a horizontal keel, stem and stern plate broad enough to fasten the garboard to. A middle line keel is then riveted between the upper and lower horizontal keel plates, by means of angle irons running longitudinally the whole length of the ship, forming therewith a strong girder of a similar construction to those used in railway bridges, The half-floor plates are riveted to the middle line keelson between doubling clips of angle iron, and carried up in the usual way to the turn of the bilge, and the reversed frames are rivited on across the floor heads and carried up to the stringer plates. Ball iron beams are then fixed, which makes the whole frame rigid and ready to receive the planking, the first coating of which consists wholly of teak, and is fastened to the frames by galvanising nut and screw-bolts from keel to gunwale. The wood keel is also brought on the iron horizontal keel plate, and fastened) to it by moans of iron screw-bolts from inside. The garboards are then rabeted in and fastened through the iron keel-plate with galvanised iron nut and screw bolts. This first skin is 2fin. thick, and the seams are fitted close, and double fastened to the frames throughout Diagonal steps of iron by lie. are then let in, and on this skin, crossed in squares of about 6ft., fastened through frames when they cross, and carried from keel to gunwale. A suitable composition of chunam is then used, and the outer skin of 2iin. rock elm brought on to the turn:of the bilge. Thence upwards 21in. teak is used. Each plank is fitted to overlap the inner seams (rendering it impossible for the vessel to leak), and then fastened with yel low metal clench bolts to the inner skin, all the holes being carefully bored free of iron frames or straps. By this means the planking of the vessels is tied together vertically as well as longitudinally ; no copper bolts or metal sheathing are in contact with iron, and the vessel is felted and sheathed with copper in the ordinary way. The obvious ad vantage of this system is that there are no through seams, no risk of galvanic action, great longitu dinal strength, increased buoyancy, and capacity over vessels built wholly of iron. As vessels of war, they will be able to go to any part of the world, where there are no facilities for docking— which is an absolute necessity to our Channel fleet three or four times in the year. These vessels also afford a greater security to life in the event of ship• wreck, as they cannot break up so readily as iron ships. To-day and to-morrow the troops of the 18th Hussars, at present stationed at Norwich, Ipswich, and Northampton, will leave those towns en route for India. The barracks of Ipswich will shortly be occupied by two troops of the 16th Lancers, while the remaining troops of that regiment, with the rwaequarters, under the command of Lieut.-Colonel Dickson, will be stationed in the new cavalry bar• racks at Colchester, The old system of dividing a cavalry regiment between Norwich, Ipswich, and Northampton e. - ppears to be abandoned. Ocean Yacht Race, On Saturday the great yachting event of the Thames season—the ocean race for schooners, cutters, and yawls, from tte Lower Hope be low Gravesend to H trwich Harbour—cause off with the utmost success. The first prize, for schooners, was £BO ; and the second, for cutters, £5O; but these rewards, as may be guessed, were the least part of the inducements which drew together such a beautiful fleet of yachts—all in the finest condition as to trim and equipment, and all anxious, and more or less confident of their ability, to carry off the Great Thames prize, the highest honour which can fall to the lot of the Thames Club boats. No less than 27 yachts entered to compete for this race-13 cutters, 11 schooners, and 3 yawls, and a finer or more numerous fleet never assembled on the Thames for match-sailing. The yachts were the Glance, cutter, 36 tons, G. W. Chorlwood—Vindex, cutter, 45, A. Duncan—Surge, cutter, 52, W. NV. F. Hay—Zigan, u J. T. Powell—Volante, cu t ter, 60, H. C. tatter, 4, Mandalay—Marina Marina cutter, 65, J. C. Morice, Astarte cutter, 75, T. Seddon—Hesperus, schooner, 33, T. Marriott-Dodington—Amberwitch, yawl, 51, Capt. H. Bacon—Aquiline, schooner, 55, H. Chamier— Clytie, schooner, 64, Capt. F. S. Clarkson—Mad cap, schooner, 71, J. S. Abbott-Dunbar—Medea, schooner, 70, W. J. Rideout — Whirlwind, yawl, 77, A. Fox—Fleur de Lys, schooner, 77, H. W. Birch —lolanthe, schooner, 81,H. Bridson—Water Lily, yawl, 105, Commodore Lord A. Paget, M.P.—Al batross, schooner, 110, I. R. Tetley—Zoraide, schooner, 155, W. J. Pawson—Albertine, schooner, 155, Lord Londesborougle—Zue, schooner, 162, Sir Bruce Chichester. Of these vessels all with the ex ception of the Amberwitch and Zoraide, were yachts of the Thames Club, the Arnhem itch belonging to the Yorkshire Club, and the Zoraide, to the Royal Squadron. In addition to these a large number of other yachts not entered for the race or belonging to different clubs were at the Lower Hope as well, so that the waters of this usually desolate-looking part of the river were crowded with craft, gliding in all directions, or waiting, like the competitors, with everything ready to let go when the signal came which was to start them out to sea. The weather from the visitors' point of view was all that could be wished—but the competitors and yachtsmen generally would have been well con tent to have exchanged their share of the bright sunshine for rain itself, so that it brought wind with it. It is, perhaps, one of the drawbacks on these yacht races that the weather that suits the yachts for racing is seldom agreeable to the visitors who come to see them from the steamers. Cloudy weather, with a keen and eager wind, and now and then a squall of rain to soak the sails, is what the yachts want, while the visitors' taste not unnatu turally inclines to warm sunshine and mild balmy airs, which as often as not reduce the contest for speed between the yachts into a mere drifting match with the tide. One of the most exciting races that was ever sailed on the Thames was about five years ago, when the match was through a succession of fierce squalls with torrents of blinding rain, and when the winner, and most of the losers, too, came in with nearly all their standing rigging carried away, with sails split and spars sprung. That was a most exciting contest, and for the spectators a awriattsovstertyhrloi tutglehoe:ittheemreanctxc.e, South en d most suprem e ly m i sera bl e one. On Saturday there a sufficiency It an d was except visitors' w h ewhen weather near , and fo r a very short time, there was never qualiti es of wind to d eve l ope t h e best sailing of the competitors • especially of suc h l arge vessels as th e A orderne and to Zee, get or e even lar g e a o f f i t e h e e Water Lily, thetln Lord Alfred yawl of the commo d ore of the Paget ,club, into proper starting order, it was decided that they should start in tiers of th ree each, each class of yes• sels being separated, the smaller ones, of course, taking the front rank. As 11 we as the depth of water would permit, this arrangement was adhered to, the buoys which marked the t s a ions extending along the Essex shore from 0 woes buoy to the light on the Mucking sand. All the schooners had availed themselves of the permission granted to hoist their THE SUN, LONDON', MONDAY EVENING, JUNE 6, 1864, mainsail and foresail, yawls their mainsail and wizen, and cutters their mainsail; no that when at 24 minutes past 3 o'clock in the morning the signal to start by hauling down a flag on the Kentish shore, the headsails were hauled home in a very short time, and almost simultaneously the whole of the beautiful squadron were under way for Harwich Harbour. The Flear de Lys schooner failed to get off as timely as the rest, getting into difficulties with her mainsail, which was not pro perly adjust. For the first mile or so of the course Glance and Volante were smartly handled among the cutters, as also were Astarte and Whirlwind, the yawl. It was evident, however, that unless the wind freshened the large yachts had no chance, for, theegh the Albertine, Zoe, Zoraide, and Water Lily were beautifully:managed, and every yachting art resorted to to enable them to draw the wind, there was not enough for them, and the smaller craf began to forge ahead, the Glance leading the cutter, by a long stretch. Next to her, and evidently equal ling her in speed, came the Volante, which kep well ahead of Surge, which in turn was just ahead o. the Vindex, the latter being to leeward. The yawls Whirlwind and Water Lily, cutters Marina and As tarte, and the schooner Albertine followed in close order s and then came the Zigan, Madcap, Amber witch, and the rest of the fleet well up. Off South end the wind began to rise and promise strength, and, though its increased force lasted only a short time, it was quite enough to show how vitally its endurance would effect the result of the race. The Albertine at once began to show ahead among the schooners, pressed very Closel— y by the Water Lily, Madcap, Ambeewitch,FieurdeLys, and others, while raft , otherwise. the the Astarte began to di m i n i s h t h e d istance b etween herself and the leading cu t ters. M ar i na also b egan to show in the front, and f or a f ew m i nutes, t h ere was no wind, and to sp are . I t did not l ast, how ever, and the Albatros s l os t h er l ea d among th e schooners to the Whirl w i n d, which thenceforth kept it to the end. The V o l ante ma d e t h e fi rst b oun d to stretch out to sea, an d h er examp l e was soon fol lowed by all the ves se l s , an d t h e rest o f t h e race , from this time out, b ecame a mere s l ow b eat i ng up against tide, with scarcely any wind to help the and ndwhat there was rather a ga inst them than The racing was very close indeed between the Volante and the Glance, and between the Vindex and the Surge, till most unfortunately the Glance and Surge hung on the sand, and both the Volante and Vindex passed their opponents, the Astarte creeping up again. Nothing of impor tance now occurred for some time, except that Astarte and Vindex had a fine close race, and the headmost vessels passed the Mouse at 9 o'clock, the Glance trying repeatedly to go through the Volante's lee, but being stopped. Vindex now began to show in the front, and her chances seemed fast improving till she went aground, and was thenceforward out of the race. The Surge then became third boat, but the Glance, which had quite recovered her slight stoppage, came pressing up, throwing the spray from her fine bows, and closing fast with the Vol ante, which was very slow in stays. The Maplin Light was passed at 10.20, the cutters preserving the same order, and Whirlwind leading the schooner division, with Madcap, Water Lily, Amberwitch, and Albertine all of a cluster. At the S win Middle the Volante increased her lead, Glance being a quarter of a mile ahead of Surge, and Astarte and Marina nearly the same distance apart. A capital race between the Surge and .Astarte was now made, the latter ultimately passing her opponent, and subsequently weathering on the Glance into first place. It was not in Surge's power, however, to retain her pre-eminence for long, and the wind be coming lighter Glance took the first place after the Volante. Frem this time there was no change worth recording, and in the cad the boats passed the winning pest in the following order:— H. M S. H. M. S. Volante Glance Astarte The speed, as will be seen by the time, was not great ; in fact, the wind, as we have said, was at no time—except for a very few minutes, when off Southend—sufficient to enable any of the boats to show the it qualitics, or to do justice to the admirable manner in which they were all handled. According to the order of passing the post, the Volante w , n the prize for cutters, and the Whirlwind yawl the prize for schooners. The 4th of June at Eton. --4. The anniversary of the birila of George 111 is still remem bered at Eton, among all the modern changes of taste and f,shion. It is, of course, dear to the boys of the Royal foundation because of the long, busy, and exciting holiday which it brings, and it is willingly aud faithfully remembered by older persons who have for many days ceased to submit to the restraints of youth and school days. It was again joyously but unostentatiously celebrated on Saturday last, and was marked by nothing unusual beyond the fineness of the weather, but this was so peculiar and so welcome an exception in the recent history of the festival as to form a subject of universal congratulation. The events of the day followed one another in rapid succession. The hour for the delivery of the speeches, which came first in order on the list, was fixed-tier 12 o'clock, but long before that time every portion of the College and the adjacent grounds was thronged with visitors. The speeches were delivered in the upper schoolroom, at one end of which a raised gallery was devoted to the accommodation of the dis • tinguished persons who had received special invitations to be present. At a few minutes after 12 the procession of the College officials advanced from King Henry's Clock Tower, preceded by the Rev. Dr. Goodford, the Provost, and the Vice-Provost, who were immediately followed by the Arch • bishop of Canterbury and the Bishop of London. On their arrival in the room the recitations were commenced and were delivered in the followirg order : Ilamond ln Catalinam Cicero. Evans Drances Virgil. Lee, ma. Bing Edward IV. ...... Shakspere. Hope, ma. Cotes, ma. lmpeachment of War ren Hastings ...... Sheridan. Lewis ..Orestes Fschy lus. Tabor, KS Icilius Macau ay Langley . . .... Don C .rlos „ ......Schiller. Blakesley, K.S King Arthur l ennyson. . Wood I Captain Abso ute.. • • j Sheridan. 1. Marsden, K.S. 12. Mr. Lytte.ton, ma Teucer S oph oc: es. 13. Chute, ma. Manfred 14, Wace, ma., K.S. 15. Lewis, Ii S. lvry Macaulay. 16. Blakesley, K.S Abner 17. Lord E. Fitzmaurice Ath a li e . . Racine. 20. Rawlins, m 18. Grey.. 19. Lord F. Hervey Th e P ower o f Russia • . Campbell. 2!. Wood ............................. ....Dean Swift 22. Kennedy, ma., K. 5.... Last Speech of Lord Chatham. a., K.S. ..King Henry V ......... Shaks?ere. The recitations were marked by the customary evidences of anxious study and careful training. A. little later the Rifle Volunteers of the school, under the command of Captain Lyttelton, went through their exercise, and although the movements attempted were of the simplest character they were sufficient to manifest by how gallant a spirit the corps is animated. The principal event was, however, the pro cession of the boats. Shortly before it began the Eton eight pulled up the river and were loudly cheered as they passed along. Naortly before G the boats started from Old Windsor bridge in the following or der, preceded by the band of the Fusilier Guards:— P J. R H IN . c A E lo o li r s o P V ( A :t : ) 1 , MoNAßcir —lf -oar ), F. w V ic t ia c i : UPPER BOATS. (Dark Blue). (Liaht Blue). (Crimson), S. C. Cockran Str. Capt. of Boats Capt. of Boats Captain E. S. Hope Sargent Humfrey Basch Sir G. Bonham Walpole Hamond C ,mpbell Candy Sandbach Trench Bruoko Pierpont Powell Palairct Grey Kennion Ho e, mi. Lord Emlyn Corkran, m • (Bow) , l Smith (Bow) °(7tr.), Jackson Holland (CO20) Clayton (Coxs.) Wood( Bow) Boyle ,Coxs.) LOWER BOATS. BRITANNIA DREADNOUGHT THETIS. (Blue). (rink)- (Green). W. W. Wood (Str.), C, S. Newton (Str.),A. T pt umor in (Stroke), Caa Capt. Lower Boats Captain Corrie Pitt-Taylor Trower c Sturgis. ma. Faber M Calniont ;•;eyinour Pelgravc Tinne Hon. It, Campbell Johnson Barry lioyds Hall West Eaton Benson Martin Hon. A. Bertie bow) Rig ( B o w) Sturgis, mi, (Bow) Mark-Wood (Coxs.) Woodhouse (COBS,) ST. GEORGE. DEFIANCE. THE COLLECERS' .1 (Scarlet). (3 auvo". EIGHT. EstoPerpetua(Lilac) Sir'A. Lambe (Str.),J. Saadilands (Str.)ft. G. marsden (SU.), Captain Captain Captain Lord Cassillis Ridley Woo 1 Johnston Frero Arbuthnot Kinnaird Jones Willis Master Edmonstone Huddleston Ogle Dean- Drake Tindal llturdale Carnegie Somers-Smith Rickards (Bow) Case (Bow) , Rawlins (Bow) Maul (Coxs.) Everard (Coxs.) Having rowed up the river, the crews landed at Old Surley-hall, and partook of an al fresco entertainment pro vided by Messrs. Layton. They then re-embarked and rowed hack to 'Windsor, where they arrived shortly before dark, amid the firing of cannon and the ringing of bells. The customary display of fireworks took place at dusk, and constituted, perhaps, the, most popular feature of the pro ceedings. Nothing occurred in any way to mar the day's enjoyment, which was evidently a high festival at Windsor and Eton. The streets of the town and the grounds imme diately connected with the College were traversed by crowds of people. Carriages rolled 113 I:lumbers over the usually silent roadways, filled by all the varieties of the family circle, or remained drawn up together along the river banks in the College grounds, or on any other spot which the pro gramme of the proceedings indicated as likely to be point of special attraction. An air of refined quiet, however, per vaded the life and movement of the scene. A large portion of the general crowd seemed to consist of those who had but recently severed their connection with the school, and who still desired to keep up with it the ties of a direct per-Jona] communication. But there were alsc at Eton on Saturday many persons who appeared to wander about recalling the distant days when they too climbed those dark staircases, or thronged those solemn corridors, or rowed in those tran quil waters, The Duke of Beaufort, the Duke of Bucking ham, the Duke of Marlborough, the Marquis of Bristol, Lord Lyttelton, Lord Burleigh, Sir S. Northcote, Mr. Walter, Mr. Mowbray, Mr. Vansittart, and many other members of both houses were among the spectators, testify ing in their presence the strength of the associations which bind generation after generation of Englishmen to the most extensive and famous of all our early educational establish merits. I SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS, " THE SATURDAY REVIEW" ON FOREIGN IN FLUENCE.—The constitutional question which was raised by Lord Ellenborough last week, in the House of Lords, transcends in interest for this coun try even the exciting discussions that have arisen cut of the Danish war. In a few short years it will possibly be a matter of comparatively little moment, to England at least, whether a certain strip of land on the Cimbric peninsula is ruled from Copenhagen or from Itzehoe. But the relations between the Crown and those members of Parliament who are its advisers will be of vital importance so long as the English cons tit u ti on l a st s . Te e political ma chine to which we owe our unequalled liberty is a very complicated structure, and its intricacy is nowhere so elaborate as at the point where the action of an hereditary and feudal Sovereign is subjected to popular control. On the one hand, the Sovereign cannot be expected to be without views and opinions of his own. It would imply a degree of flexibility scarcely compatible with personal self respect for a monarch to submit to bear the semblance of power, without any voice, even the faintest, in the disposal of affairs. On the other hand, the national will must necessarily be supreme in the last resort, and, where it is clearly manifested, must not be subjected to any other influence, however high. The respective claims of the Sovereign and the nation, indefinitely limiting each other, and liable at any moment to be brought into conflict by perversity or imprudence, are not always easy to reconcile; and it has been one of the most deli cate tasks imposed upon the states of each succeeding generation to contrive how ele ments so diverse should work harmoniously. But the whole responsibility for the attainment of this result lies on the advisers of the Crown. Lord Russell had made the cardinal mistake of ima gining that it was his business to defend the Queen from Lord Ellenborough's charge. The Queen needed no defence. The only person to be defended was Lord Russell. If, indeed, it happened that a sovereign had parted from advisers who would not give effect to his opinions, end if he were unable to find any other statesmen who would do so and at the same time could command the confidence of the House of Commons, in such a case he would bejustly open to public comment if he still refused to give way. But at Vein moment no such case has arisen. No Minister has proved, by reeigning his post, that his counsels have been rejected ; and until such proof is given, no case can arise for calling in ques tion the conduct of the Queen. We must presume, in the absence of evidence to the contrary, that there is no English statesman of our age so unworthy of his position as to accept a policy which he disap proves, and to give effect, as if they were his own, to views and measures to which he has declared himself opposed. At all events, for the present, if there is anything constitutionally wrong, it is only the Minister that can he blamed. Lord Russell never touched the real gist of the question that had been raised. No one could have deemed it necessary to ask whether the Queen had acted upon the advice which her cabinet had fel nialiy given her. It must be assumed that she has done so, for the Cabinet has rot resigned. It was wholly superfluous for Lord Russell to dwell upon` that point, for no one sus pected the Ministry of the baseness of holding office after their official and responsible advice had been rejected. Tne real question to be answered was— How had th 9 decisions of the Cabinet been framed? How far had they been influenced, directly or indirectly, by the Crown ? Subserviency, if there was subserviency, would naturally take an infoemal shape. The Sovereign might accept punctiliously the advice of her Ministers, but the susceptibilities of the nation would not be the less wounded it there were reason to believe that the counsels of those Ministers were governed, not by their own conviction of what the interest and honour of the country required, but by the personal predilections of the Monarch. The prorui nen ce which questions of this nature assume varies very much at various periods. There is little doubt hut that, under the veil of Ministerial responsibility, sit active anti able Sovereign might exercise a con stant and very sensible influence upon public affairs; but the machinery by which this power could be exercised has always, as far as possible, been wisely kept out of eight. Discussion is both more and less perilous if the influence of the Sovereign is practi cally, as well as theoretically, ignored. And, on ordinary occasions, the nation is far from being jealous or suspicious. Every Englishman readily concedes to his Sovereign the same right to exer cise, an independent judgment on public affairs which he claims for himself. Tug " SPECTATOR" ON MR. GLADSTONE's PAMPHLET.—Mr. Gladstone's affix to his speech on the suffrage, which he calls a preface, will not do him any good. It is badly written, dubious in meaning, and apologetic in tone . without really containing a word which can be fairly construed into apology. Those who attacked him attacked him on two grounds,—the Tories because they said ha had expressed a moral conviction in favour of universal suffrage, the thinking Liberals because he had not guarded his just principle from demottratic misconception. He :answers the Tories fairly enough. The expression objected to must, he says, be taken with its coat ext ; that context excluded all morally unfit, and all whose admission would or might be attended with political danger; and he now explains this last reserve as including- any danger through the disturbance of the equilibrium of the constituent body, or through virtual monopoly of power by a single class. Th a t i s all the Tories can say with any appearance of fairness. They have never ventured to say, and we do them the justice to admit they probably do not thi n k , t h at exclusion is for its own sake a positive good, or even a harmless element in an otherwise good constitution. Al: they tiek that no chang e s h a ll be made which willimpair the "equilibrium" which as they con ceive exists, or throw all power into the hands of a class which they said M r . B a i nes ' s bill would do. If neither consequence i s t o f o l low, then of course they are simply content, and on l y as k why for the sake of inapereciaole changes revise what needs no revision ? But the objection raised by educated Liberals is not this at all, though it may read like it, and to them Mr. Gladstone's answer is most un satisfactory. They say the equilibrium which all sane politicians desire does not exist, the middle class whenever excited possessing a clear monopoly both of legislative and executive power. From a mixture of l-ziues s , fi un k ey i sni, and real confidence, it yields habitually to a corrective force, that of the aristocracy, but it possesses the ultimate power, and on some questions, s uc h as t h e re l at i ons of labour and capital, compulsory education, sectarian disk putes, and a few p o i n t s o f f ore i gn policy, it exer cises it unhesitatin g ly, w i t h out the faintest refer ence either to the upper ten thousand or the working million. This monopoly, which has always been an anomaly, and may at any time be come an injurious anomaly, these Liberals desire to remove by admitting the workmen to their fair share of power. M r . B a i nes ' s bill, on behalf of which Mr. Gladstone paired, did not give them more than half their share; but its principle went much farther, and they asked how Mr. Gladstone proposed to keep the train from slipping upon the incline he was helping to construct? There is no answer in his p re f ace to that query, only a limita tion which is a Conservative and not a Liberal one, and a plea that his speech " was not a delibe rate and studied announcement." which is in appearance a plea ad n2isericordianz, a demand that no imp or t ance shall b e attached to words which have gene all over England stirring up the fears of the few and the hopes of the millions, mak ing all politics more real and all politicians more earnest, defining new party lines, and wiping out feuds which for years have impelled men who think alike into actually hostile camps. It is in form an apology for uttering words which gave to every workman in England a new hope, a revived belief that after all the public men who govern England might be as honest, as truthful, and as aware of the relation between word and act as any other Eng lishmen. If we believe this apology to be Mr. Gladstone';; real meaning, this preface to be, as the Times said, a full and clear retre,etation, we should despair of Mr. Gladstone as a leader for any party whatever. Ap ar t a l toget h er f rom the drift of his sp ech, g rea t party leaders are not permitted to , make great oratorical blunders. We cannot have Premier s t e lli ng t h e peasantry i n " announcements, , not "studied or delib era t e ," that they are to divide the land, or expre©s off hand a belief that the Peers ought to go vern th e coun t r y, or promising a millionor two of vo t es t o t h e unen f r anchised, in oraer to lend new point to a discursive debate. Blunders are crimes in politico, and if Mr. Gladstone had made any snob blunder, had really offered to modify the constitution radically " as a course of argument drawn forth by opponents,' there would be an end of his following among educated Liberals. Consti tutional government tempered by ora t or i ca l p o i n t s is not their ideal at all. But we do not believe that he intended to make any such appeal, to recede in any degree from the firm and v i s ibl e conv i c ti on , contained in the original speech more fully than in the speech plus preface. The a p o l oget i c f orm o f the preface is, we believe, adopted for a very dif ferent end—ia not en explanation to political oppo nents, but an assurance to political friends that the Chancellor of thw Exchequer was not intriguing. The talk all over town on the day which followed the speech was that Mr Gladstone" intended to run hi s own horse ;" that in the combinations which must follow Lord Palmerston'© retirement from toil he designed to be a leader with the nation behind him instead of a personal following. Mr Gladstone, who though ambitious is not an intriguer—if he were he would have the 4 ' following" which is his greatest want— therefore assures the doubters that his speech was not "deliberate and studied," meaning not that he failed to express his own political ideas, but that he had not planned by expressing them to jockey more timid rivals. lie rejects the idea that his speech was a personal manifesto, and reaffirms that it was a political speech, saying more or less suc cessfully that which he wanted to say. This is, so far as we can comprehend an intellect which like the Tor Stone is immovable but always rocking, very nearly the same idea as that of most educated Liberals, namely, to introduce into the constitution as many workmen as will secure that class their share of power, as much, in fact, as they van have without impairing the proportionate sbares of the remaining classes and so stripping the nation of its right to rule itself in order to enable one class to impose its rule instead. The plan for accomplish ing this end, which floats as it were through the speech, and is not repudiated in the pamphlet, is one for including the whole population in the con stitution while still leaving the nation intact—the exact end the Liberals who are not Democrats have for years put before them as their constitutional ideal. Whilt, however, we entirely exonerate Mr Gladstone from the charge of retrogression, we re peat that this preface will do him no good. Apart altogether from the truth that those who .spire to be leadersof men should never do their thinking aloud, the preface has in it a tone of hesitation which Mr Gladstone's admirers did not expect. There is one sentence in it which smacks as strongly of political falsehood as the conduct cf the Whigs in this matter throughout the whole of this Parliament Mr. Gladstone, whose first point in the speech is that promises have not been kept, now affirming that "the discussion is little likely to become practical except for another generation." That is just what Lord Palmerston says, and Mr. Disraeli says, and every false friend of reform would say if he only dared, and if that is what Mr. Gladstone means he had better have held his tongue. We trust that he does not mean it, that he really sees his way to in troduce as well as support a plan of reform which shall fulfil his ideal, and be for the benefit of us who pay taxes, and suffer, and strive, and not only for that of our children, who may do none of those things. But it is vexatious when all through England educated Liberals are in want of a leader who can represent them, as well as some of their ideas, to find that leader not only giving forth an uncertain sonnd, but actually stuffing sand in his trumpet lest its note should perchance be too clear. This intellectual see-sawing, this determination to define, and hopeful trust in hypothesis, is not Mr. Gladstone's merit, but his greatest disqualification. Men hoped he was getting rid of it, learning to empress strong convictions in overt acts, to construct his building as well as explain the theory of archi tecture; but the old habit is powerful still, and the intellect which could best lead England is delibe rately bound by its owner in a net of fine distinc tions. E " LONDON RE VIEW" ON MR. GLADSTONE'S APOLOGY FOR ma ULTRA-DEMOCRATIC SPEECH.— Mr. Gladstone has found it necessary to explain away the obvious interpretation of his recent speech on parliamentary reform. But, although we are willing to believe that he has arrived at the conclu sion that his sudden move in the direction of demo cracy was premature, it is not so easy for us to con vince ourselves that that move was never made; nor can we reconcile Mr. Gladstone's present state ment, that the remarkable and elaborate oration in question was a mere impromptu, with his promise made some weeks previously to a deputation of trades unionists, that he should shortly have some thing to say upon the franchise, which they would find eminently satisfactory. No doubt we wore quite wrong in coupling the two things together, but the mistake was certainly a natural one, seeing that the performance was so complete a fulfilment of the promise. We cannot, however, admit with equal readiness that we pieced a wrong construc tion upon the words of the right hoe. gentleman, as they were spoken and reported. After every e:ipianation:which can be given of them, the fact remains, that he did, and apparently does still, maintain the abstract moral right of every man to the franchise. He did, and apparently does, still hold the opinion, that it is for those who stand by the present law to make out a case for exclusion, and not fur those who seek to extend the 'franchise to make out a ease for admission. It is clear enough that if the argument be rested on such a b sis, and the onus prebandi be thrown upon the defenders instead of the opponents of the existing system, the latter are placed in a position far more advantageous than that which most practical and tolerably Conservative Englishmen would assign them. They would, in feet, gain exactly the position which the democratic party have always contended for; and their ad versaries would 1-boor under all the difficulty which must ever attend the attempt to restrict the exercise of an admitted moral right. It is not wonderful that the public should have given so accomplished a dialectician credit for intending a result which his speech was plainly calculated to produce. And al though Mr, Gladstone contends that the qualifica tions by which he accompanied his broad proposition really deprived it of anything like an alarming cha racter, we must be permitted to observe that he has stated one of those qualifications in his preface far more strongly and explicitly than ho did in his speech. are told, in the first instance, that men might be excluded from the franchise on the ground of moral and intelleetnal unfitness, or of political danger ; but no explanation was given as to what was meant by political danger." There was no hint that under that vague and general expression the right hoe: gentleman intended to refer to the risk which we might run " through the disturbance of the equilibrium of the constituent body, or through virtual monopoly of power in a single class." We are happy to hear that Mr. Gladstone is not pre pared to swamp every other class by an indefinite extension of the franchise to working men ; but it certainly does not increase our confidence in him as a statesman, that he should, according to his own account, have got up on the spur of the moment, and delivered a long and eloquent speech, which left every one--both friends and foes—under a directly opposite impression. Nor can we accept it as an excuse for words, which, if they have any effect, must have that of reviving a mischievous agita tion, that they are bet the echo of a strain, with which five years ago we were too familiar. Having then discovered that no one really wanted reform—and having had no reason since to change our opinion —we do not regard it es a recommenda tion of a new political utterance, that it is only the revival of an old political hypocrisy. THE " EXAMINER" ON THE SEIZURE OF THE CHINCIIA ISLANDS,—The Bourbon Government of Spain is certainly making out its title to be recog nised as a first-rate Power. The claim was put in during the Paris Conference of 1856, and sup ported by Imperial Fr , nce ; but it was pooh. poohed generally as unwarrantable, or at least premature. To be acknowledged one of the priYi leged class of States, a kingdom must prove itself able to bully with impunity, and to have a real love of violence and spoliation. That is the true test of greatness according to diplomatic haut ton. Your quiet, forbearing, reasonable communities that pay their way, ask only for their own, and do unto others as they would be done by, are naturally re garded as shabby and snaeking, low-born and low bred, inspired with no grandeur of national soul, and no capacity for tyrannising over the rest of mankind. No State can be accounted of first rank nowadays that cannot point to so many quarterings (upon unoffending neighbours), and that cannot produce a respectable amount of plunder, in proof of its quality. While Spain was merely occupied in recruiting her domestic strength, and having ani mation restored to her long paralysed limbs, her pretensions were treated as superciliously as those of Holland, Switzerland, or Sweden. Who would admit into the order of Imperial buccaneers an associate that seemed to be devoid of spirit of rapine, and to be devoted solely to the peaceful improvement of domestic concerns ? If the rulers of Spain would regain her place among the anointed nuisances of Christendom, they must once more take to the road. Expeditions against Riff pirates, and bombardments of Moorish huts like those of Tetuan, with whatever cruelty inflicted and whatever exactions followed, could not be regarded as sufficient proofs of the true domineering temper. Christian provinces must be laid hold of in a politely perfidious way, and retained with a firm grasp in slavery, or ravished and left for dead. Poland, Silesia, Finland, Venice, Savoy, Mexico, Slesvig- Holstein—there are precedents enough for all who would follow them ; and where there is a will th ere is never wanting a way. Spain has taken the hint, and shown herself really anxious to revive the tradi tions of Pizarro and of Cortes. By a combination of treachery and violence, of which Prussia herself might be proud, she lately seized on one half of Sa Domingo, overturned its local liberties, and reduce . its inhabitants to abj ec t d e p en d e ncy on her Inver , ous will. And now we have tidings of a new out rage which, though utterly indefensible on an principle of public morality or public law, will, sv have no doubt, be held at Vienna, Berlin, St. Peter! burg, and Paris to be suite selon la regle. For sod time past various small controversies have bee ingeniously kept alive by the Government of Madr i with that ofLima. Their insignificance is suffleien tl, indicated by the fact that no t e lescope of Eng!t ° ' journalism has yet been able to render them visibl to the naked eye of impartiality in this country. By be the pretence what they may, we now understan the motives which suggested them. Peru has neve been formally recognised as an independent Stat by Spain, and M. Mazarredo, who was sent sc ll an ultimatum to the Government of the Republic significantly bore the old title of Royal Comm' sioner appointed by Queen Isabella 11. instead that of Envoy. The Peruvians took exception t this sinister deviation from international courtes3 accompanied, as it was, with the offensive observe tion that the independence of the South Ameri ca commonwealth had never been formally recogn ise by its former European suzerain. Yet so averse we the Cabinet of Lima to the beginning of quar re that it waived at once any objection of form, a n sent an answer which, though firm in re-asserted c right, was considerate in tone, and characterised b no indisposition to accommodate the trifling 0 1 1 ters in dispute. Without further notice t i u Spanish admiral, who had accompanied M. A " zarredo, proceeded to take forcible possesslul of the Chincha Islands as a material guarantee f.° the enforcement of his demands. The enornitt: of the act, perpetrated as it was without any decla ration of war, can hardly be exaggerated. COUNTRY MARKETS. YORK—SATURDAY. There was a limited supply of wheat at market to-dil for the time of the year; the grain was of fair quality. r p .. l buyers operated steadily, and were obliged to pay is U 1 money than last week. Wheat, red 37s to 39s Oats.... White do ,40s to 44s Beans 33, to ov Barley .26s to 30a Peas ..—, W , 2 - :', Malt, Ms to 608 per qr. ; rye, 23 8 pe r qr i flour, to 29s per sack. GRANTHAM—SATURDAY. Old white' wheat, 42s to 44s ; red, 39s to 41s per 3 6 , 8t ' new white, 42s to 44s ; re d, 38 s t o 40 s . Malting barl e i t , 33s to 36s per qr ; grinding, 28s to 30s ; oats, old, 23s 26s ; new, 20s to24s; beans, 358 to 38s ; peas, 34s to 368' LEICESTER—SATURDAY. There was a moderate show of wheat at market to with a healthy business, and late prices advanced Is per —New white wheat, 42s to 45s ; red, 38s to 41e Per. stone. Old red, 38s to 42s per 36 stone. Barley, ma ltill t ; new, 32s to 35s per qr.; grinding, 28s to 30s; ; .6s to 30s; new oats, 20s to 24s per 24 stone. 13e911 old, 40s to 42s per 38 stone ; flour, 25s to 30s per 20 stone' N RWI C H—SATURDAY. Ala s There was a good supply of wheat to-day, an d Is pe t being more free b u y ers th a n o f l a t e pr i ces a d van ced I sd qr, and a fair amount of business was done. A slight r must be noted in the price of flour. to 4°l 38 White wheat. 42 s to 44 s I R e d w h ea t ' 34 6 Malting barley ...35s to 36s I Chevalier barley 33s 064 Distilling d 0..... 29 s t o 30 s I O a t s.. Flour, 25s Od to 26s Od per sack from the miller NOTTINGHAM —SATURDAY. A moderate show of wheat to-day,with a tolerable de slB v a and late prices were is up. B a rl e y li m it e d i n supplY,,Boo last week's rates fully supported. Oats in f a i r d ema nd, prices were the sa me as l as t wee k. N o c h ange in 13e-3oe. —White wheat, from 37s to 40 8 ; red wh ea t, a t 3 s to o a ', Barley—malting, 30 s t o 37 8 ; gr i n di ng , 27 s t o 295. °3 31; old, at 24s to 30s Od ; new, 19s to 255. Beans sold a t to 42s per qr, ; new, 35s to 38s. Flour, fine, 27s to 2s 9; super, 31s to 3Gs per 20 gall' DUBLIN—FRIDAY. A fair attendance of country millers. Irish whea t o d t! barley sold at about the same as this day se'nnight. 3d dearer, Flour in improved demand. e. d. s. d. Wheat, white 24 0 to 26 6 Do., red 2l 6 to 24 0 Do., new 0 to 0 Barley Oats Do,, black.., — 0 to 0 8. d. 0 Oatmeal lO 0 tol3 0 Beans.. _ 0 to Bere . — 0 to'o Rapeseed 0 to -7, 0 Bakers' flour 14 oto 2 a v 0 Indian corn Foreign Mail Packet List. MAILS DUE. ,tustralia and Mauritius, via Southampton .. J u ne is , . via Marseilles Jrazil and Cape Verds, by Briti s h p ac k e t. June 2 9, , :ape of Good Hope, Ascension, and St. Helena. Jun e 16 Penang, and Singapore, via Southamptonial le via Marseilles ...Jai° Falkland Islands Gibraltar, via bouthampton June i s tadia (Calcutta), and C e yl on , via Southampton. , Jun e , 2, via Marseilles June i t India (Bombay), vi a S out h ampton June A via idar6eii iCB J Rue Portugal.... June :Y. l alta, Egypt, and Aden, via 'Southampton ' via Alarreilles Junelnnl. aa Juno ° Newfoundland ()port° and Vigo ,June S. U. 6. end Briti s h N. Ax....kzice, by Brit. by U.S. packet.... e 3, by Canadian packet. Ju n All parts of West Indies, including Chili, Peru, J u ne 1 0 California. and liriti7 , ll Columbia.. THE HAY HARVEST.—Th e hay harvest hag already commenced in South Wales. On Monday a la r , rg „, field of well-season e d hay was ga th ere d a t LlanellY, . 11 ; j marthenshire, and on Thursday morning had confrne ec t i i near Haverfordwest. The crops this year look reinari‘ s well, and are of full average quantity. a t OFFENCES AGAINST THE GAME LAWS.—A r --11rti moved for in the House of Commons has just been presented, professing to give a list, p ar i s h by p a rish, of tio i$ convictions in Great Britain under the game laws in the l lie years 1857.1862. The return fills 481 folio pages. te a total number of convictions in th e si x y ears i s represe n t ,. as being 30,673 in England and Wales, and 3,226 in S I/ land; but according to the judicial statistics ant ill :f issued from the Home•office, there w e r e near ly as l o persons convicted in England of offences against the g laws in four of the six years as are here set down e $ convictions of the whole six years. It is questionabl e° e b, ther it is worth while to print at the public expens e ° 4 , a voluminous return as this unless it can be made 50 6 tially complete. 1 .0 [ADVERTISEMENT.]—Consumption, all nervous, bt'l,g liver, and stomach complaints, in every stage, are on l y b ut gravated and accelerated by drugs of every descriptioo,olo perfectly curable by Du Barry's health restoring itel 3l D itd Arabica Food, as proved by thousands of cases w hich 9 0, been considered hopeless. We quote a few.—Cure No. 62 ' o ef Miss Lange, 18 years of age, cured after the medical Men - o f abandoned all hopes of her recovery from the last stage,, pulmonary consumption, with fearful cough, expector atw o exhaustion, spitting of blood, perspirations, hollow ell e ,' t iy emaciated to a skeleton. She is now, thank God, a per rie healthy, blooming, fleshy girl.—N. Lange, Comm issan e 3.1 Police. Cure, No. 46,270. M r . J ames R o b er t s , of Fr ira hir el Surrey, of thirty years' di sease d l ungs, sp it t i nz o f bloocl , ,' o o derangement, and partial deafness.—Cure, No. 47,121. T, o n, Elizabeth Jacobs, of extr eme nervousness, indiges's- 0, gatherings, low spirits, and nervous fancies.—Cure' -0114 54,810. The Rev. James T. Campb e ll , Fakenham, N°r"-t of indigestion and torpidity of the liver, which had res l slly, all medical treatment. In tins, 11b, 2s 9d ; 21b, 48 6c l ; 115; 121 b, 225; 241 b, 40s. Barry du Barry and Co., 1 1° : 11 Regent-street, London ; also Fortnum and Mason ; an d grocers and chemists in every town of the United liing cl° l , LADVERTI6EMBNT.I—HoIIoway's Pills —The et °l3l , l ll ll' and its troubles cause more discomfort, and bring cac ir ' d 01 4 happiness than is commonly supposed. The thousarl. t ot• that settle there may be prevented or dislodged by lltJer cious use of these purifying pills, which acts as a sure, o ' o oo and acid aperient, without annoying the nerves of the t iosi , susceptible, or irritating the most d e li ca t e organ i " 0 00 0 Holloway's pills will bestow some comf or t, a nd con fe r Byer, relief on every headachy, dyspeptic, and sickly au bar whose tortures make him a burden tc himself and a or bear to his friends. These pills have long been the P ° P o r remedy for a weak stomach, for a disordered live r ' t beir paralysed digestion, which yield without difficulty t ° regulating, purifying, and tonic qualities. Births. lia 6 ; BATCHELER.—On the 3d inst., at 5, Bl oro fi e ld-road, 7 3 v. hill, the wife of Capt a i n H orace P . B atc h e l e r, 14 "' Regiment, of a daughter. tin t i FA.RRELL.—On the 3uth of May, at Beech Wood , C° Dublin, Ireland, the Hon. Mrs. Farrell, of a son. Up per MAItSON.—On the 4th in s t., a t R eze ll C o ttage? v kif. , Tulse Hill, Surrey, the wife of T. F Marson,iti n ' of a son. lt TURN BULL,—On the 4th inst., at 33, Craven rde Hyde-park, the wife of George Turnbull, Esq. , Cl ' a daughter. Marriages. hytef i li ti EVERS.—SMITH.—On the 2d inst., at the Pre' c ; ;;, Chapel, Stourbridge, Frank Evers, Esq., of W, ll- s L uitl i s Oidswinford, to Isabel, younger daughter of 13 * Esq., of Stourbridge STEWARD —flonasoN.—On the 2d inst. ' at the -iv—. church, Houghton-le-Spring, county of Durhao t i titi glr . Steward, Esq., of Bowes House, to Sarah An n !, s tree t ' ter of the late Robert Hodgson, E s q., of Broad buildings, city, Deaths. f r icY °ll' BROOK.—Oa the Ist in s t., Th os . B roc k, Esq., of ... w ham. Crims.—On the 2d i nst ., at 26, Devonshire-Pl3ce' TO° Curtis, Esq., late Bengal C.S., aged 75. ei MILLIGAN.—On the 2d inst., Thomas Milligan, Bradford, aged 42. . 0 a 001 , PATTISON.— On the 4th inst. , James Patti Boll, Carlton Villas, Maida-vale, aged 61. SENIOR.—On the 14th inst., at 13, Hyde-oark•F;„ -e 'orle - sington-gore, Nassau William Senior, Esq., ia'A the Masters of the High Court of Chancery, age' - ` ' w g. Woon.—On the 30th ult , at Grafton square, q l , 9 P o ged Mr. Arthur Wood, of . ]6, Clement 's-lane, Ci t ." London Prlra , ad and Pr blished by WILLULUAL C _ I; so. / 1 " .7 : of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at THE SUN Ofn°,,, uj il 0 ' 'Strand, In the Precinct of the !Savoy , i n the 4.,`" Mi'hilesclC—DlQn.daYs June 6,1561.