The Sun. — London, England, 1863-05-23 00:00:00

THE GENERAL CREDIT AND FINANCE COMPANY OF LONDON (LIMITED). Co be Incorporated under th.‘ Companies Act, 1862. limitin the liability of Shareholders to the amount sub4cribed. First Capital x?,noo,00) in 125,000 Shares of £2O each. With power to increase by' subsequent issues, to be decided upon by special general meetings of shareholders. Payment on allotment £2 per share. DIRECTORS. Chairman—SAMUEL LA ING, Esq., late Finance Minister If India. William Patrick Andrew, Esq., Chairman of the Scind^, 'unjauto, and Delhi Railways. Samuel Beale, Esq., M.P., ( hairman of the 'Midland Rail ray . Edward Blount, Esq. (Messrs. E. Blount and Co , Bankers, 'aria). Thomas Brassey, Esq., jun., 4, Great George-street, West glister. Charles P. Devaux, Esq. (Mess , a. C. Devaux and Co.) Sir Stuart Alexander Donaldson, formerly Colonial Secre ary of New South Wales. James Thompson Mackenzie, Esq., Deputy-Chairman of he Eastern Bengal John Bramley-Moore, Esq., M.P., I.iverpool. 3lr Alderman Salomons, Londmi, Samuel Leo Schuster, Esq. (I esars Schuster, Son, and Co.) Charles Turner, Esq., M.E., Liverpool. George Worms, Esq. (Messrs. G. and A. Worms.) SOLICITORS. Messrs. Baxter, Rose, Ntrton, and C0.,6, Victoria .street restminate^. BANKERS. The London and Westminster Bank. The Union Bank of London. Burnt.Fus. Messrs. Joshua Hutchinson and Son. Messrs. Laurence, Son, and Pearee. SECRETARY (pro tem). J. L. Sawer, Esq. Temporary Offices, 82, King William-street, City. PROSPECTUS. London, llay, 1863. The foundation of institutions on the Continent which com ing large capital and credit f"r financial and industrial en ?rprise has now become an established fact, and in many Lees their success has been remarkable. Such institutions iay be abused, and become mere instruments of speculation ; at when prudently conducted and directed towards leg-M -utt', business it cannot be denied that they meet cne of the .al wants of the age. England has hitherto not participated in this movement, ad the consequence is, that Paris has to a considerable ex ?nt superseded London as the centre of financial enterprise. London, nevertheless, affords by far the best sphere for a 'ell managed undertaking of this description. It is the reatest money market of the world ; the point to which all ;reign nations resort to raise capital ; the place where large )ntracts can be made and leans negotiated. There is clearly ) other money market where concentr.ted capital and credit Light to command a more se urc or a larger profit. England also, in her Colonies, and above all in her vast In [an Empire, affords a field for legitimate enterprise, which unequalled by any other c , runtry. India, with a population 180,000,000, rapidly advancing in wealth and prosperity, re tires nothing more to accelerate its development than the Lrection towards its territory of some portion of that vast inual accumulation of English capital which seeks invest tent at a low rate of interest. To ally the demand of India n• capital at 10 or 12 per cent. with the English demand for ;vestment at 4 or 5 per cent., of itself affords an ample there for operations. It is to meet these requisites that some gentlemen experi iced in financial and mercantile operations have associated Limselves together in order to form an English company, alliance with the following leading* tanking houses and pitalists of France, who are about to form a similar com my in Paris, under the title of " Societe generile pour voriser le developpment de l'industrie et du commerce de la ranee," the application for a concession being made by— M. Archdeacon, Auden Agent de Change. M. Bartholony, President de la Cie. du Chemin de Fer de aris 'a Orleans. MM. Bischoffsheim, Goldschmidt, and Cie., Panquiers iris. MM. Edwd. Blount and Cie., Banquiers h Paris. 111. Cahen D'Anvers, Banquier h Paris. M. Davillier (Henri),President de la Cbambre de Commerce Paris. M. Deniere, Pr4sident du Tribunal de Commerce de Paris. M. Fere, Censeur de la Banque de France. MM. Elentech, Lutscher, and Cie , Banquiers a Paris. M. Leroux (Alfred), Depute au Corps Le , rislatif, Lucy Sedillot, Ancien President du Tribunal de Com erce de la Seine • MM. Mirabaud, Paccard, and Cie , Binquiers a Paris. M. Perier (Jh.), Regent de la Banque de France. M. Pinard, du Comptoir d'Escompte de Paris. M. Schneider, Vice-President du Corps Legislatif. M. Simons, President de la Cie. des Chemins de Fer de )nest. M. P. Talabot, Directeur des Chemins de Fer de Paris k yon, et a la M6cliterran6e. A treaty has been sioied with this party by which they bscribe for 20,000 shares in this Company's present issue, d the same number in case of a second issue, the Company bscribing for 20,000 of their shares, and arrangements being ade by which the two Companies act as each other's agents, d have the option of participating to a certain extent in oh others operations. the business will be to negotiate Loans and Concessions, sist industrial enterprise., Public Works and Railway un rtakings ; negotiate Foreign, Indian, and Colonial Bonds nduct Mercantile transactions ; and establish agencies for •ge commission business ; in a word, to undertake all such erations as an intelligent and experienced Cap'talist might ect on his own account with a capital of millions, with the eeption of such purely speculative transactions as are pro- Oited by the Memorandum of Association. .'he credit and resources derived from a large subscribed capi could thus be employed in earning dividend with a corn ratively small paid- up capital. It is probable that not more an 40 or 50 per cent would ever be called up on any shares, urther issue being made whenever the increase of business iuired it. No call will exceed £2 per share, or be made at tervals of less than two months. [natead of fixed salary, the Directors will receive no rerun- Tation until the Shat eholdcrs have a dividend of 6 per at. or upwards, and will then be paid by an allowance of per cent. on the divisible profits of the year; and their terests are further identified with the success of the Cora ny by clauses in the Articles of Association, and by giv ng em the privilege of taking a fifth of any further issue of arcs. Subjeet to this, and to the tubscription of 20,0^0 area in each New Series by the French party, all new arcs will be distributed pro rata among existing Share !dere. _ _ _ _ >O,O O shares have been subscribed as above stated by the ench party, and the remaining 105,C00 by private subscrip m ; but arrangements have been m , de for deducting from , se subscriptions, so as to give the public the option of bscrit , ino• for 35,000 shares. :3opies of the Memorandum and Articles of Association lie Inspection at the Office of the Solicitor!, Messrs. Baxter, se. Norton, and Co., 6, Victoria-street, Westminster ; and the Temporary Offices of the Company. LIIIE GENERAL CREDIT AND FINANCE COMPANY OF LONDON (Limited). iO FURTHER APPLICATION for SUARES in this , MPANY can be RECEIVED, as the LIST CLOSED iterday. By order of the Board, J. L. SAWN: R, Secretary, pro tem. London, 62, King William-street, City, May 23, 1863. IHE DARTFORD CREEK PAPER-MILL COMPANY (Limited). ipital £150,000, in 15,000 shares of £lO each, of whichX9 per share will be called up. Deposit £1 on Application, and £2 on Allotment 31s not to exceed £3, at intervals of not less than three months. Co be Registered under the Companies Act, 1862, whereby 41 subscriber's liability is strictly limited to the amount of I subscriptions. pHE DARTFORD CREEK PAPER- MILL COMP ANY (Limited). The Directors Give Notice That the List of Applications r Shares will b e CLOSED for London THIS DAY, the Id, and for the Country on the 25th inst. GEMS OF THE SEASON. LFADAME RACHEL'S COSTLY ARABIAN yi GEMS OP TIIE SEASON comprise the Royal [Val Toilette—the Sult,na's Arabian Perfumed Bath—the oilette Cabinet of Beauty ; and all that can enhance and rd •eserye the charms of Woman, Youth and Beauty, Grace Elegance.-47 A, New Bond-street, w, BEAUTIFUL FOR EVER.—A Book of Beauty. Price 6cl. F UXURIANT WHISKERS, Moustaches, and 1.41 Eyebrows produced in a few weeks by the use of I.,Lrorr's TONIC LOTION, the stimulative properties 1' Which are unfailing in their operation. Thomas Elliott ivites a trial from the most sceptical, that they may be con 'need of its infallible power. Price 35. 6d., 10s: M.,- nil 21s. Forwarded on receipt of postage stamps.—Thoma s Mott, hairgrower (first floor), 51, Fenchurch-street. T. E.'s JO. 41 10s. DIRECTORS. • John C. Dalrymple Hay, Bart., M.P., Chairman, 44, St Fames's-place, St. James's-square, S.W. omas Brassey, Esq., M, Lowndes-square, W. illiam Hope, Esq., 14, Park-lane, W. bn Horatio Lloyd, Esq., 1, King's Bench-walk, Temple, rn. Wm. Napier, 54, Green-street. Grosvenor-square, W. in Foiliott Powell, Esq., 7, Albion-place, Hyde Park quare, W. BROKERS. Messrs. Joshua Hutchinson and Son, 15, Angel•court, Throgmorton-street, E.C. BANKERS. Messrs. Spooner, Attwoods, and Co , 27, Gracechurch street, E.C. SOLICITORS. Messrs. West and Ring, 3, Charlotte-place, Mansion house, E.C. Offices-2, Old Palace-yard, Westminster, SW. ABRIDGED PROSPECTUS. Che object of this enterrise is to take advatitage of the pulse given to the Manufacture of Paper , by the repeal o f Excise Duties, under circumstances peculiarly favourable, materials being obtained by a patent process in full ope ien, at prices very highly remunerative, as compared with •! cost of similar products in the oven market. is well known that very large fortunes have been ilised in this trade, and the removal of a Tax which iounten to £2O to £‘ , s per cent. upon the value of first-class ws and Printing Papers, at a time when there is a con ,ntly incre t•dng demand for the supply of Books, Periodi s, Newspapers, and Writing Papers, ensures a la-ge and 7 remunerative business to a manufactory situated close the metropolis, erected on the most scientific plans, with greatest regard to economy of production by the saving' t labou descri r ption.and the introd uc i on of machinery of the most per [hider the powers of the Limited Liability Act of 1562, is proposed to purchase at their actual cost, the under dogs of the Ettrick Forest Pap er Mi ll Company and the mate of Ammonia Company, and to carry them on under e title of the Dartford Creek Paper Mill Company. Fo carry out the intended purchase, to double the scale the Paper Mill, to utilise to the tulle t extent the produc e power of the works at Grays. and to provide the necessary irking funds, it is proposed to raise a capital of £150,00 0, in ares of £lO each, of which £15,000 will remain uncalled as mid of credit, deemed highly d• sirable for the safe and ofitable working of a Limited Company. After providing for every contingency, the net profits oulated upon the present working and receipts, as applied the enlarged production, viz., 32 to 36 tons of paper, and to 30 tons of manure powder, per week, will be from £20, , "00 £25,000 per annum, accordine to the condition of the mar ts, giving a dividend of from 15 to 20 per cent., with pros- As of considerable increase upon favourable developments general trade, which it is well known is depressed by the rte of affairs in America, and other di-turbine causes. • A very large share of the capital has already been sub •ibed by the present owners of the properties. Prospectuses and forms of application for shares may be tamed from the Bankers, Brokers, Solicitors, or at the flees of the Company. Applications for shares must be made in the form ann exe d the prospectus, accompanied by the deposit of £1 per share. n o allotment be made the deposit will be retu rned i dif a less number be allotted than is applied theiri full ; gur us will be used towar ds the p a y ment on allotmen t. FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES. ) the Directors of the Dartford Creek Paper Mill Company (Limited). Gentlemen,—Having odd to your Bankers the sum of , I request that you will allot to me shares of £lO ch in the Dartford Creek Paper M ill Company (Limited). leSe or any less number which may be allotted to me I reb7 agree to accept. pursuaq to the Articles of Associa ei:eo whenay the remainder of the eposit and the calls y n am n , required so to do, and I d request you to place lotted: °ll the Register of Shareholders for the shares so Name in full Address Prof ession Date N.B.—Thi s fn Signature.• ................. left with rm, wh e n fill e d en an d s igned, e Bankers on payment of the deposit. to be N°. 22,121. METROPOLITAN RAILWAY.—U HITSUN HOLID AYS.—ADDITIONAL TRAINS will run between Bishop's Road and Farringdou-street, each Way , o n SUNDAY and MONDAY, the 24th and 25th inst. INNS OF COURT HOTEL COMPANY (Limited). At a MEETING of the BOARD of DIRECTORS, held on the 16th of April, 1863, it was resolved—That the Share List be CLOSED on the 27th MAY. After which time no further applications for Shares will be received. By order. H. T. L. BEWLEY, Secretary. 63, Lincoln's-inn -fields, W.C. WESTERN MANCHESTER and LONDON LIFE ASSURANCE and ANNUITY SOCIETY. Established 1842. Chief Offices-3, Parliament-street, London, and 77, King-street, Manchester. _ _ AcTuAß=r—Aithur Sciatchley, Esq., ➢I.A. SPECIMENS OF BONUS ALLOTTED. —E. G. has paid £lB3 11s. 3d. in Premiums towards his Policy for £1,500; £lO6 125. Id. Bonus has already 0 860) been allotted to him. R. W. - his paid .£7 68. in Premiumi towards his Policyfor £5O ; £6 2s. lid. Bonus has already (1860) been allotted to him. ANNUITIES AND ENDOWMENTS GRANTED. Full Prospectuses, I'roposals, and every information may be obtained from the Actuary in London, the Local Secretary in Manchester, or any of the Society's Agents. AGENCY DEPARTMENT. This Sod& y, always desirous of extending its operations and connections, offers to influential residents in the towns and villes of the United Kingdom liberal allowances on business which they may be able to introduce. The services of Soli citors, Medical Men, Surveyors, Auctioneers, or Tradesmen of good local standing, are invited in the capacity of Pri vate or Public Agents. All applications to the Offices are treated as confidential. Prospectuses, Forms of Proposal, Almanacks, , forwarded post free. ti Q THALBERG'S MA FINER," Monday next, • May 25 —The only Matinees in which S. THALBERG will appear in I.ondon this season will take place at the ANO VI R-SQUARE ROOMS, on Monday next, May 25 : Monday, June 1, June 8, and June 1,. Each Matinee to commence at half-past 2. Stall subscription, 3 guineas ; family ticket, to admit four (stalls), 3 guineas ; single stalls, 21s. ; unreserved seats, 10s. 6d., may be secured at the prin cipal musicsellers and libraries, Austin's, Piccadilly; and of Mr. Fish, at the Hanover-square Rooms, where the plan of the seats may be seen. SAWYER'S FAMOUS LONDON DINNER FOR THIS DAY. At 2s. 6d. each Person. SOUPS. Green Pea. Vermicelli. FISH. Stewed Eels. Fried Fillets of Brill. ENTREES. Nelles de Saumon an Coutis d'Ecrevisses. Ris de Veau, sauce Tomate, ' JOINTS. Roast Aitchbone of Beef. Roast Saddle of Mutton. SWEETS. Semolina Puddings. Jam Tartlets. Cheese and Salad. TO-MORROW (SUNDAY), THE LONDON DINNER, At 2s. 6d. each Person. SOUPS. Macaroni Blanc. Asparagus (clear). FISH. Soles, Maitre d'Hotel. Fried Fillets of Whitings. ENTREES. Pork Cutlets, sauce Robert. Stewed Kidneys. JOINTS. Roast Sirloins of Beef. Roast Saddles of Mutton. SWEETS. Albert Pud dings. Lemon Jelly. Cheese and Salad. An extensive and carefully selected stock of FRENCH, RHENISH, MOSELLE, and other WINES, imported ex pressly for the London Dinner. THE LONDON, 191, FLEET-STREET. CANTERBURY HALL AND FINE ARTS GALLERY. NOTICE.— ENTIRE CHANGE OF ENTERTAINMENT LES FRERES ATHOS. From the Carignan 'I heatre, Turin. Master EDWIN SAUNDERS, the Child of Song. THE NEAPOLITAN MINSTRELS. GRAND SELECTIONS from OPERAS, GLEES, and CANTATAS. _ _ Principal Artistes—Missßusseiltii;s Townley ; Mr. Green, and Siamor Tivoli. Conductor, Mr. Jonghmans. The celebrated UNSWOR FIT'S NEW SI IMP SPEECH, The only Negro Orator of the day. EUGENE and DULEY, with new Eccentricities. ARTHUR LLOYD, Miss SAUNDERS, and Mr. HILTON, the Comic Ventriloquist and Modern Magician, EVERY EVENING. Admission—Hall, 6d. ; stalls and balcony, Is. T H E 0 X F 0 it D R, , , OXFORD STREET. During the week will be performed Selections from the following popular Operas : Auber's MASANIELLO. GOUNOD'S FAUST. New Cantata, MAY DAY, by Mr. Sterndale Bennett. supported by Miss Russell, Miss Townley, Arc.; Messrs. Albert, Green, Bernardi, Huish, Kimberley, &c. with full band and chorus. Conducted by Mr. Jonghm,ns. Drew Dean's Flute Solos 17NSWORTH, the modern Demosthenes. Eugene, W. Randall, J. Hutchenson, and the mat vellous ARTH • R and have carp " These two Parisian clowns have carried the art of tumbling to apparently the highest pitch of perfection, and it is impossible even for the most staid of visitors to avoid being amused by their origin.l gambols. They elicit shouts of laughter and applause."—Times, April 7, 1863. ROYAL ALHAMBRA PALACE.—The RISA RELIS and Signor BALAGER will appear EVERY EVENING. ROYAL ALHAMBRA PALACE.—The RISA RELIS and Signor BALAGER, who have created the greatest sensation in their performances countr, will appear In two separate and entirely novel EVERY EVEN ING. ROYAL ALHAMBRA PAL ACE.—The great Spanish Gymnasts, Signor BALAGER and the RISA RELIS, will APPEAR EVERY EVENING. ARGYLL ROOM S.-JULLIEN'S PROMENADE CONCERTS. NOTlCE.—During the Week the Selections will be—" Il Trovatore "—" La Huguenots "—" La Forza del Destino" &c., at Eleven o'clock. , Jullien's Grand Descriptive Galop, THE DERBY, To be dedicated to the Owner of the Winning Horse. LEVY, the great wonder on the Cornet-a-Piston, plays from half-past Nine to Twelve. Admission, Is. THE LONDON ANATOMICAL MUSEUM, containing the Wonders of Nature and Art, shown by innumerable Models, illustrating every part of the Human Frame ; together with a variety of Natural Preparations, Malformations, Monstrosities, &c. ; also the Moving Ana tomical Dying Zouave, and other life-size figures. Open daily from 11 to 10, for Gentlemen only. Admission, One shilling. Entrance-44 A, Maddox-street, Regent-street, London, W. Illustrated Catalogue, free by post for 12 stamps, sealed 20. Explanations throughout the day. Lecture at 4. Address th Secretary, as above. OS TE 0 EID ON GABRIEL'S PaSell-, tentadhesi MarchveP 1, 62 1 teB, No. 560. ant Indestructible MINE RAL TEETH and FLEXIBLE GUMS, without palates, prings, or wires, and without operation. One set lasts a itetime. and WARRANTED FOR MASTICATION and A RTICULATIO N, even when all others fail. Purest ma terials only, at half the usual .ost. Messrs. GABRIEL, the old-established Dentists, 27, HARLEY-STREET, CAVENDISH-SQUARE; 34, LUDGATE-HILL, LONDON ; 65, NEW-STREET, BIRMINGHAM; and 134, DUKE-STREET, LIVERPOOL. Complete Sets, 4 to 7 and 10 to 15 guineas. One visit only required from country patients, Gabriel's Practieal Treatise gratis. Cone al tati DIA free. ROYAL NATIONAL LIFE-BOAI INSTITUTION (Inoorporated by Royal Charter). PATRONESs—IIer Most Gracious Majesty the Queen. PR ESIDENT —Vice-Admiral the Duke of Northumberland, K.G., F.R.S. CRAIRMAx--Thos, Baring, Esq., M.P., F.R.S., V.P. DEPUTY-CHAIRDIAN—Thornas Chapman, Esq., F.R.S., V.P. The Committee of APPEAL. he to state that, since of the year 1860, the Royai National Lifeboat lishments on Coaststhe encled 432 ' he beginnint, 000 on various The number of l Institution has e of England, Scotland, and Ireland. Lifeboat Estab- Society. and other zee saved by the Life-boats of the tor which services 82 means since since its formation, is 12,800; £16,480 in cash have beend and hxrat-houses. Modals, 718 Silver Medals, and rid in rewards. The Institu tion has also expended on Life-boats, Life-boat ttesshtheir grateful sense of Transporting-car t ia gea, have received from the The Committee desire to the generous support whici nited British public during the past tevi years, a support which 1 3 0 71bilitx that has enabled them to establish their per of their of 123 Lifeboats on the shores resent magnificent fleet Deeply sensible, however, of the great r Kingdom rests on them to maintain their fleet in a tIL B state, and its Crews practised in the mana geinm l / e melent boats, whi h can only be effected by a large and annual income, they earnestly appeal to all classes Or Iltelrt countrymen to aid them in upholding and perpetuating their The Committee gratefully acknowledge the following con great and truly national a work. tributions: — Z a. d . .. annual 50 0 . .. .. annual 50 o o Her Majesty the Queen _ . Campbell, annual 1 1 0 Clerk, Colonel, R. A. Bankers 4th annual 10 o o Co.,essrs., Bankers .. Coutts and Co., the Hon. Mrs. G. .. .. .. .• 4th don.lo 0 o Currie, Wm., Esq. , • ' ' • :: .. don. 10 10 0 Erie, Lord Chief Justice i Sir .. A., K.C.B. .. 2d don. 25 0 0 Fanshawe, Vice-Admiral 250 0 0 Fenwick, J ., Esq., .. • • • 30 0 sporting Carriage ~_ s .. . .. don. Harvey, Rev. G. G. and Mr • .•.. 7th don. 10 0 0 G. cost of aLifeboat and Tr . an- Martin, Sir Henry, Bart. • • • • .. don. 15 15 0 Moore, Rev. G. B. •• ..... 1 .• .. 30 0 Smith, Mrs. George, Greenwl3l , • • Stirling, Col. Sir Anthony,M e collectedby her Thomas, Lady, Weston-super - ar , 16 16 0 .. K.C.B. .. .. .. annual 2 0 0 Ladyship .. • • • • • • . annua l 50 0 Willoughby d'Eresby, Lord .. ?• • ankfully Donations and Annual Subscript Messrs. Willis, re eived by the Bankers of the Institution, Messrs. Coutts and Percival, and 7i, Co.,,Lombard-street; ions will be th Co., 59, Strand ; Nfessrs. Herrieo, ' 1 tors of Customs James's-street, London ; by 8,1 . the LA• P e ' the Secretary i and Bankers in the UnitedKlngdom; and by Farquhar, l and Co., 16, St. Richard Lewis, Esq., at the Office of the Institution , 14, 1 John-street, 4.delphi, Londoll. W.C. d•-, 4iiirir __;..7.6..... ~... NEIVS PA PER .r ,.....---,,. ~ ~ Qx 7 . . ( 047 4 1 . ~- • • ":`,... ( ,--'" -- , -----v--- , = '''<-..'''''''' C.-*-......'" o ft f: uei e .s. r p Majesty's army may b 41 / 7, .. r i r tii *i 7f•tglf- .'— ; l' P": 74: i 4 i4 . :-....,. •• _,v -1. -4 : .-'6‘- ~.,.. ~ corr o t zc a l t d t i h r:;t n zt i tl a i d t d h r e ess l thie It oo ftQ4 oolo:\ Yilt-4.3 40:; 1 :, 1 5 ..4 ,tg • ,—,,,,, -, -••ii,„, „ It c ' : ;‘,. L _ _ 44r... _ c:. i1.‘ , "A j ".12 c„... ,( -- a -----, Alf (. ' ~.. , 4:1 ;t 11 4 . 4t i N ti -- which their business appertains, as pkn te - tu ' n k u„.... ,s ~,_ ,407 .---.. b .., ~,,:. ‘,.. .... di , ..0 . I the Queen's Re,,oulations and Orders for therm , i 3 L ,..),\ ~....y, 4 0. ..„,., , ~,,.,,_.,...,,t..._ .....„, 4.,.....„_,...,,, , Th 4- pages 78 to 81, from which, if necessary, communi :, --,-• -•,...- 7 K s_ .6 Va' -, DiE, ~„ ~ t :,,,,1.. 11 ,,t, ~, • 4 _ 06- 1 60',,-„Pi" ' 'DRore. - ' i- ----.. . 4._,- ' alto ' ~ ... . cation will be tnade to the India-office through the proper channel. PRICK.... -..4d. STAMPED ....sd. A miniature breach-loading cannon upon a new principle, the invention of Mr. L. W. Broadwell, of New Orieens, in America, was proved yesterday on the experimental niduance range of Woolwich Arsenal, and gave satisfactory results. The chief recommendations of the new gun are the remark able simplicity of its breech -loading arrangements, and the solid and substantial method on which it appeas to be constructed, as proved by its resist ance of the severe test to which it was subjected on trial. The gun is on a small scale, for experi ments only, and when brought out on larger dimen sions will, as stated, prove a most serviceable weapon. No training is required to initiate the gunner, the method of loading being simply the re moval and replacing of a small block of iron for the introduction of the charge. 'I here is a self-acting expanding ring, which serves to seal the b r e ac h hermetically at the moment of discharge, and which does not impede the movement of the vent-piece. The projectile invented by Mr. Broadwell to be used with the gun is an elongated shot, and is simple and plain in construction. brie:; iu his dread of responsibility, to belie . ce that 1 19 will be guilty of any such folly. But what a 13 , ,sition bee he permitted himself to he drawn into I he champion of non-interceution in the Awe] ican war, where hundreds of thousands of men die yearly in a hopeless and objectless struggle, and where every month's hostilities adds to the misery of half a million of our own countrymen, intervenes use lessly between Russia and the Poles. He does so knowing that a war with Russia would convulse the whole continent, that it is England alone that can prevent that war, and that every step the Eng lish Government takes in conjunction with France to bring Russia into direct diplomatic collision with its proposals is a step towards an actual con flict. We sincerely trust we may he wrongly in. formed. If it be true that these demands are on their way to St. Petersburg, we are on the eve of serious complications. We are simply " drifting," as we were nearly ten years ago, without any settled policy, and we may wake up some day to find that we have reached a point whence we can neither recede with honour nor advance without imminent peril to ourselves and the whole of Europe_ DAILY NEWS.—General Hooker has returned to his camp on the north of the Rappahannock. It is plain from what we now know of the battle of Sunday that no other course was left open to him. The New York papers explain the movement by the rising of the river, the confined position into which he had been driven, and other local circumstances. But the truth seems to be that he retreated because he was fairly overpowered. We do not see why the friends of the North should try to " dodge" this fact. Hooker showed great skill and conduct in those earlier movem en t s o f hi s army w hi c h were most within his powe r . B u t th e di sgrace f u l be haviour of the Eleventh Corps at a critical moment deprived him of the advantages h e h a d gained, and of those which he might reasonably expect to gain. Notwithstanding this misfortune his army fought a splendid battle, and inflicted upon the enemy a loss at least equal to its own. Lee then received im portant reinforcements from Richmond, for although the Richmond papers state that Federal cavalry had penetrated audaciously into their neighbourhood and broken up the railway communication, it is certain that this object was not accomplished in time to prevent the transit of the troops which assailed Sedgwick. Had Hooker been reinforced from Washington, as Lee was from Richmond, he might have renewed the battle with a fair prospect of suc cess. His troops are full of spirit, for they know that although the fortune of the field was against them they have fought a good fight. Hooker's short campaign south of the Rappahannock must be added to the list of Federal failures ; but it is a failure which has inspired the enemy with respect. General Lee announces a " grad victory ;" but he does not announce that he has pursued a flying enemy, or that he holds a foot of ground more than he did when Hooker began to move. Early in the present week it was "known in well-informed impossiblequarters in to th cross RthaaptpaHhoaonkneok rch,aadnafotuhnatd ha had surrendered with all his army. And this was e City"t h only a reasonable expectation, it ought to have been true, supposing the appreciations of the recent Sghting which many of our contemporaries put forth to be at all accurate. It is now seen, how ever, that Lee has simply foiled his adversary at an enormous cost of life. The result of these battles has caused much disappointment in the North. THE FRENCH OPERATIONS AT PUEBLA. HAVANA, May 3. A French man-of-war steamer, the Merceau, arrived here a few days ago, bringing despatches from Gen. Forey, which have been forwarded to the Emperor. According to the news brought, the last mail from Puebla, which arrived at Vera Cruz be fore the departure of the abovo, left the French headquarters on the 12th. At that date, according to the French accounts, they continued penning up the Mexican garrison. The latter only occupied the part of the city the least able to be defended, and found themselves as it were cooped up in the space comprised between the last barricades (the district of S. Jose) and the forts of Guadalupe and Loreto. "Gen. Forey," says the Dian() de la Marina, in its t c e cor e p r t e eb s r p ea o tfii n on d na e sl n w c r eee,srue"lgwt going gr s there b It was b e li eve d i n V era Cruz, accor di ng t o th e l as t news receiv e d, t h at the English steamer w hi c h l eaves there on th e 2d i nst. would carry news to Havana that Puebl a was i n the hands of Vie French. It is also s a id t h at a large force of cavalry sallied out of the city a li tt l e b efore the departure of the on c could u t r u h e d d b e n e s tyu no at d ne l a b sti t io . B fi7 ' el yd mail, in order to join Gen. Comonfort, but they did not succeed, and were obliged to enter the city again, with a rather large loss of killed, wounded, and prisoners. As the same time it is currently stated that Comonfort had been flanked, and was in a very critical position. The official accounts also state that the fort of Guadalupe, the most important in the c ity, w as sur rounded on the outside with intrenchments and parapets constructed by the French, and that by this means Juarez's soldiers were prevented from getting out, whilst provisions and ammunition were prevented from being got in. These latter were alarmingly scarce, according to the deserters, and the want of water, which threatened to be shortly complete, kept all in a state of alarm.' Naval and Military Intelligence. The French chief of the counter guerillas, Colonel Dapin, was about to remove, if he had not already done so, with all his force to Coatzacoaleos, where some Mexican guerillas had bhown themselves. Moreover, the river of that name was protected by two gun-boats. THE NAVY. At 11 o'clock yesterday morning five gunboats, with 300 Marines, went through a portion of the rehearsal of the naval engagement which is to take place at Southend on Monday. Vice-Admiral F. W. Hope Johnstone, K.C.8., commander-in-chief at the Nore, and Capt. Luard, R.N., were present upon the occasion. Capt. Butcher was in charge of the Marines. The news that Merida had pronounced in favour of the intervention is confirmed, the pronuncia mento including the whole country as far as Car men. The governor of Yucatan, Don Liborio Irigoyen had fled, and it was thought that Senor Regil had been appointed in his place, although two other candidates, one of whom was Don Thomas Marin aspired to the same office. A force from Campeachy that attempted a second time to attack the city of Carmen was completely routed, and retired in a very demoralised condition. The French admiral, M. .Turien de la Graviere, is on his way to France. He embarked on the 21st at Vera Cruz on board the French frigate Driade, which was signalled some days back at the Moro Castle on her way to New York. The Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, com prising his Grace the Duke of Somerset,K.G., Vice- Admiral Hon. Sir F. Grey, K.C.8., Rear-Admiral Chas. Eden, C. 8., Rear Admiral Robinson, Con troller of the Navy, and Mr. Stansfeld, M.P., accom panied by Col. Greene, R,E., director of works to the Admiralty, and Capt. R. Hall, private secretary to the Duke of Somerset, paid a somewhat unex pected visit to Portsmouth dockyard yesterday. They arrived about 2.30 p.m., and were received by Vice-Admiral Sir M. Seymour, G.C.8., and Rear- Admiral G. Elliott, who, attended by the different heads of departments, accompanied them though the yard and adjacent Government grounds. The Royal Sovereign, turret ship, and the Defence, 18, iron frigate, lying in No. 10 dock, were inspected, after which their lordships went on board the Hector, iron frigate, lying in the steam basin. The inspec tion of the Hector concluded the Board proceeded through the yard and out by the Eastern gate, through the fortifications, and over the glacis and past immense piles of timber. The Board then arrived on the site which is to be occupied with the new Naval Barracks, which were evidently the chief object of their visit. They were engaged for some time in inspecting the ground and plans, Colonel Greene, ILA., and Mr. Woods, C.E., explaining the details. Reentering the dockyard by the eastern gate the new dock (No. 11), now being constructed by Messrs. George Smith and Co. at the north-east corner of the steam basin, was hurriedly inspected. After this the workshop for the manufacture of ar mour plates was visited, and Mr. Murray, C.E., the chief engineer of the dockyard, explained the various processes by which they are prepared, by bending, planing, and drilling for the ship's side. They next proceeded to No. 5 build ing shed, where, under the bows of the Royal Alfred, are stored the two French armour plates which were lately tested at Ports mouth, and to which allusion was made in The Sun of yesterday. This concluded their visit ; shortly after they left the yard and returned by train to London. In their progress through the yard, hur ried though it was, the members of the board could not fail to be struck with the excessive care with which iron masts are protected from the weather, while wooden masts are lying about by scores with out covering of any kind. A reply has been received to the memorial trans mitted to the Admiralty some few days since from the inspectors employed on the iron frigate Achilles, building at Chatham dockyard, requesting that they may be placed on the same footing as regards in creased pay as the junior officers and mechanics working on the iron frigate for the additional num ber of hours they are employed in the dockyard. The Lords of the Admiralty intimate that they can not accede to the wishes of the memorialists, who are reminded that, as salaried officers ofthediessptoasba-1 lishment, the whole of their time is at the a h h e i e A d d i m s s i a r t a i l s t d o e: y faction T h. This d ec i s i o n has caused consi e Edgar. The Leander, Capt. Harv e y , sailed from Spithead yesterday for Devonport. The Liverpool, Capt. Ron.pirt.bsehret,caornrviveeydedatrSoupnitd. head yesterday from D ev B re vet Major Pym, Royal Marine Light Infan try, yesterday from the latterlepfotrvirt m o e o n lw o i n ch l , ea t v o e from embark th for ergvaire. e on board her Majesty's ship Formid a bl e, now at namlton to th e Es Lieut. H. F. C Regard r t d o R ; e s a a r s - . at Sheerness.tThhee following Admiralty :—pt C h C u a rch . t S o . b F e ; 1 . r i ronan to the Excellent; L. W. E . B ooker to Ad k oa ; ir L a i l e n ut. ac E re . s .l:. a.B. ; t a h g e L l ,i ' Ward, ' chief engi neer, to the Esk • G Weeks,arwcohoidef, class engineer,las sassist, t the Majesti c; D . A. Campbell, first engineer, to th e Esk ; \V.. Harwood, acting first class assist. engineer, to the Esk ; T. J. Andrewortha, acting second class assist. engineer, to the Esk ; and N. J. Beale, assist. clerk, to the Liverpool. Admiral Bosse, who has taken Admiral Jurien de la Graviere's place, arrived on the 20th ult. at Vera Cruz on Board the Bellone. Some excitement has been occasioned by the re port that a one-masted vessel armed with a cannon and manned by 12 persons had boarded and searched another one-masted vessel (English) that left this port the other day, and also a coasting schooner that entered a few days ago inside the marine limits of the island. The aggressive vessel carried no flag to show to what nation it belonged. The Spanish war steamer Lezo has been despatched to find out the stranger. Since the above-mentioned occurrence took place the English schooner Dream, which left here on the 40th ult. for 'Matamoros last Thursday, came back on the following morning, having been chased a few leagues from the shore by another schooner, which, it is said carried the United States flag. Since then the Spanish steamer Lezo met, about four miles from the coast, the American vessel in question, and sent a boat with an officer to examine its papers. The vessel proved to be the Annie, Com mander Williams, fitted out apparently by the United States Government for war purposes, and, as was stated by its commander, to be commissioned to cruise from Tortuquilla to Cape San Antonio, at the western extremity of Cuba. The Annie was over hauled by another Spanish war steamer, the Nep tuno. The captain of the Dream stated to the cap tain of the Lezo that in the chase by the American vessel, several balls and other projectiles were fired at his vessel, one of which latter burst over the schooner, making a hole in the sail and injuring th e deck. The English captain and his crew having signed the protest, affirming that the above occur rence took place within a mile and a half of the coast, the commander of the Annie affirms the con- trary. Another English schoone r had also sought refu g e in the harbour of Bo nes, which, like the Dream, was on her voyage to Matamoras, and was afraid t o continue it lest sh e should be taken. Two war steam ers had been seen in the vicinity of that port r carrying the Fren ch fla g and the Ain e • p , nant. American pen. _ . . thienfLormation , Neptuno, of the ___ Three Spanish war steamers, and Lealtad, which, on receivi ng ezo abovenamed events, had coast, are on the lookout all t ll ceeded towards the in constant communication , ong the seashore, and The Spanish corvette steamer been sent to San Domin g o Santa L uc i a h as thc eastern hydro graphical mission— go on an important na melY, to rectify the charts of coast of many maritime that island, on account of the n accide t ss which occur in that p ar t at Cabo, Engano, and The Unit e d States atna. s miner Huntsville, Rogers c ommander, and the left Sonoma, Stevens commander, here y ;the yesterday latter came in the same day, the 2d inst from Ivey West. The Corsic a , Which ba British Q ueen, arrived here 3 s t a ak fe e l n y etnhe ° tplacelst of the having made th e voyage b etween New York, Nas sau and Havana in six days. She brought out freight and 40 passengers for here. This is her first voyage out. The day of departure for her return voyage for Nassau and New York will be on the 9t12. The Confederate or English steamer Neptune, for it would be hard to say which is which, arrived likewise at this port on the Ist inst., from Mobile, with a cargo of cotton. The Corsica brought news from Nassau to the 25th ult. The Confederate steamers Calypso and Antonica had arrived here with cargoes of cotton arrd so close together from Charleston. th a t it was thought oth as they iveentered the harbour that one was pursuing the other. The steamer Ella and Annie had left the same place for St. J o hn, N. 8., with an assorted cargo. The English war steamer Landrail anch ored the port of Trinidad on the 29th ult and ln " English vessels of the West India fl eet two other at no great distance from shore —t he were se en the Rosario. Ariad ne and THE ARMY. A General Order, promulgated from the Horse Guards, expresses the satisfaction Her Majesty de rived from her visit to the Royal Victoria Hospital at Netley on the Bth inst., when she was highly pleased to observe how carefully and amply the comfort and requisite attendance upon the sick soldiers were provided for. A circular Memorandum addressed to the army at home and abroad, just issued, directs that officers THE SUN, LONDON SATUEDAY EVENING, MAY 23, 1863. SECOND EDITION. NOW READY, THE HON. MRs. NORTON'S NEW NOVEL, "LOST AND SAVED."' " Lost and Saved' is a work of such rare excellence that it would create a stir among novel readers, even if it had not Mrs. Norton's name on the title page. It surpasses Stuart of Dunleath ' in strength, delicacy, and finish."—Athenveum. Hurst and Blackett, 13, Great ➢iarlborou;h-street. MR. T. 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They are porous, light in texture, and inexpensive, and are drawn on lit e an'ordinary stocking. Price 4s. 6d., 7s. 6d., 10s., to les. each. Postage 6d. JOHN WHITE, Manufacturer, 22R, Piccadilly. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. EPSOM RACES—FRIDAY. THE OAKS DAY, Although the weather was a great improvement upon that of the Derby, the attendance on the Downs was not quite equal to the average on the " ladies' day." The re sult of the second great race of the meeting was a surprise to every one,as Queen Bertha was so littled fancied by the public that she started at 40 to 1. The prejudice against her arose from the well-known fact that she had been roughly tried in clothing on Monday at Leatherhead with Amelia and Old Otange Girl, when Lord Exeter's mare beat her easily, and neither Aldcroft, who rode her, nor her trainer considered her chance of winning the race worth an investment, even at the long odds at which she was quoted. During the day considerable progress was made in the settling for the Derby, and it was generally an nounced that Mr. Naylor had presented his trainer with £3.000, which is the more acceptable, as, from his recent severe illness, he was not able to back Mace fironi until the odds against him were so little as to make the investment scarcely desirable. Mr, Naylor himself, it is said, wins at least £70,000, and, in addition to his present to his trainer, has dispensed' liberal sums to every person connected with his racing establishment. Another complete upset of all the calculations of the betting fraternity was afforded by the race for the Surrey Foal Stakes—reduced to a match between Lord Clifden and the French horse Jarnicoton. The former, from running second in the Derby, was pena lised to the extent of 61b. ; but as Jarnicoton was only started to make running for Hospodar ,his pretensions were thought so little of in comparison with Lord Clifden that the latter was backed at 10 to lon him. The result, how ever, showed that the favourite was not the horse which he has so long been considered, as but for the breaking of the stirrup leather of the rider of Jarnicoton in the last few strides there is no doubt that he would have won. With these exceptions there is nothing to note in the days pro ceedings. The Glasgow Plate (handicap) of 50 sovs, for all ages; win ners extra. Three-quarters of a mile. Lord Stamford's Ellerton, 4 yrs, Bst 91b...... (Edwards) 1 Capt. Christie's Spicebox, 6 yrs, Bst 121b....(Fordham) 2 Mr. Bowes' s S a uterelle, 3 yrs, Get 121 b ........ (Crouch) 3 The following also ran :—Caliban, Duke of Cambridge, Deception, Blackdown, Westminster, Fitz Ruyter, and Rattler. Betting-3 to 1 agst Spicebox, 4to 1 agst Caliban, and 5 to 1 each agst Sauterelle and Ellerton. Ellerton jumped away with a clear lead, the favourite, Sauterelle, and Caliban lying next, close up, with the others at their heels. At the distance Caliban was disposed of, and dropped into the rear, and Spicebox, taking his place, came on in waiting upon the leader to the stand, where Fordham made his effort, but failed to get up, and was beaten cleverly by two lengths; a head between the second and third ; Rattler was a bad fourth, Westminster fifth, and Deception next; Caliban and Duke of Cambridge were the last two. The Ewell Plate (handicap) of 60 sovs, for all ages. One mile. Mr. Eastnor's Berkeley, 4 yrs, Bst 101 b (Doyle) 1 (Zenker) 2 (Church) 3 M M Michael S co tt, B o l ero, an d Aunt Judy. T rr 11 MY e our f n o kd ; IsYo The Principal, n a r l e s i 'no3e yrs,p an a i — 64 B S; e r7 l Bl e 'b c 7 t i s eon, n 7 , lb Change, Soapston e , Betting -7 to 2 agst 0 ,ine, 4to 1 agst Berkeley, 6to 1 each agst Soapstone and Michael Scott, and 10 to 1 agst Change. Selection was the first off, but in a few strides was passed by Odine, who came on with a clear lead, waited upon by Selection, Berkeley, and The Principal, the ruck being brought up by Michael Scott. Rounding the bend into the straight, Berkeley went up to the leader, and the pair raced together to the stand, where the latter got his head in front and won cleverly by three parts of a length ; The Principal was a bad third, Change was fourth, and Michael Scott fifth. The Oaks Stakes of 50 sous each, h ft, for 3-yr-old fillies Bst 10Ib each; the second received 100 sous out of thestakes. lf miles. 188 subs. Mr. T. Valentine's Queen Bertha (Aldcroft) 1 Mr. Hargreave's Marigold (Doyle) 2 Count Lagrange's Vivid (Watkins) 3 Mr. Parr's I so li ne .............. (C. Marlow) 4 Mr. Bowes's Old Orange Girl .............. (Ashman) 0 Mr. Ward's Spitfire Kitty ............ (H. Grimshaw) 0 Lord Stamford's Lady Augusta .......... (Custance) 0 Lord Stamford's Sea Nymph .............. (Edwards) 0 Mr. I'Anson's Borealis .................. (Challoner) 0 Mr. Saxon's Countess Lord Exeter's Amelia (Rogers) 0 Mr. F Watt's Miss Armstrong (J. Snowden) 0 Lord St. Vincent's The Orphan (Reeves) 0 Mr. Boy ce ' s F antail . . (W Boyce) 0 Lord A ng l esea ' s Cadeau .......... (J. Daley) 0 Mr. Fl em i ng ' s Gold Du5t...... Mr. T en Broeck's Tornado ............ (Fordhar u ) 0 (Norman) 0 Mr. W. R o bi nson ' s Gratitu de (Wells) 0 Lord Covent r y' s Th alestris ............. (J Mr. Brayl ey ' s G olden Dust ........... ... (A .Adams) 0 . Cowley) 0 Betting -2 to 1 ag s t B orea li s, sto 1 agst Lady Augusta, 6 to 1 agst Sea Nymph, 8 to 1 agst Marigold, 12 to 1 agst Tornado, 100 to 7 agst Miss Armstrong, 100 to 6 agst Iso line, 20 to 1 agst Gratitude, and 40 to 1 agst Queen Bertha. At 16 minutes past 3, after three false starts, Mr. M'George succeeded in despatching them from the post. Immediately they had settled into their places, Countess rushed to the front, and for a brief period was in dulged with the lead ; but she was then headed by Golden Dust, who, in company with The Orphan, Borealis, and Sea Nymph, came on with the running, the body of horses in theirirear being headed by Queen Bertha, Gold Dust, Amelia, Miss Armstrong, Fantail, Vivid, Marigold, and Tornado, the rear division being brought up by Cadeau, Spitfire Kitty, and Lady Augusta, the last of whom appeared to get badly off. Halfway through the friezes Mr. Brayley's filly drew slightly in advance, but before she had run many strides, was joined by Lord Stam ford's selected Sea Nymph, the pair entering the old course nearly side by side, with Queen Bertha,Countess, Miss Arm strong, Fantail, Vivid, Old Orange Girl, and Borealis lying in a cluster at their heels, the latter being on the extreme right. The ruck, who had hitherto presented a scattered appearance, were enabled from the want of pace to get upon better terms with the leading division. Sh or tl y a f ter pass ing the mile post Countess disappeared from h er f orwar d pos iti op , an d h er place was taken by Gold Dust, q uarters came Quee n B ertha, then Fantail, the at Orphan,hoe I so line, Marigold, Thale s t r i s , Amelia, and Lady Augusta, Golden Dust and Sea Nymph retained their relative posi tions as they descended the hill and rounding the bend into the straigt, where Mr. Brayley's hopes di e d out, leaving y p the lead, Sh or tly afterwards the thrice h -tried SeashNe w•mashjoiianedpobsysesiseiooinineo,f Queen Bertha, Vivid, and her stable companion, Lady Augusta, the lot running in close company to the road, when Sea Nymph appeared iu difficulties. Some few lengths before they reached the distance her place was sup plied by her stable companion, who, for a short period, assumed a prominent position in the race, but dying away, however, on breasting the hill, she left Marigold in posses sion of the lead, with Isoline, Queen Bertha, and Vivid as her only opponents. Reaching the centre of the stand, Isoline was in difficulties, and was passed by Queen Bertha end the French representative, who gradually gained upon the leader to within half-a-dozer strides of the chair,where Aldcroft drove his mare to the front, and snatched the vic tory by a short head. Marigold, who stopped as if shot when headed, defeated Vivid by a like distance for second place. Isoline was beaten half a length only from the third; the favourite fifth, Old Orange Girl sixth, Lady Augusta seventh, Tornado eighth, and Sea Nymph next. Then came a number of pulling-up horses, the last of whom were Cadeau and Countess. Net value of the stakes, £5,050. Run in 2 min. 514 sec. The Derby and Oaks Stakes of 5 sovs each, with 30 added; for 2-yr-olds and upwards; weight for age, with selling and maiden allowances. Half a mile. 13 subs. Mr. W. Day's Betsy filly, 2 yrs, sst 121 b (car. sst 131 b) (£5O) (S. Adams) 1 Lord Strathmore's Toy filly, 2 yrs, sst 91b (£5O) (Jebb) 2 Mr. York's Bl anc h e of Lancaster, 3 yrs, 7st 101 b (£5O) (J. Daley) 3 The following also ran :—Lord of Linne, Retainer,Curie, Westminster, Neilgherry, Gazelle, Little Go, Rosemary, and Sevington. Betting-5 to 2 agst the Betsy filly, 100 to 30 agst Curie, 7 to 1 agst Retainer, and 8 to 1 agst Gazelle. The Toy filly, with Blanche of Lancaster and Neilgherry got away in front, and came on at a strong pace, the others, headed by the favourite, lying close together some distance in their rear. On reaching the enclosure the leader was joined by the Betsy filly, who got up in the last stride or two, and won by a neck, a head only separating the second and third. Neilgherry was a good fourth, and Westminster and Curie were next. The winner was sold to Mr, Wod son for 160 guineas. The Tenth Great Surrey Feal Stakes of 10 soya each, with 100 added ; for 3-yr olds; colts, Bst 101 b; fillies, Bst 71b. Last mile of the Derby course. 22 subs. Lord St. Vincent's Lord Clifden, 9st 21b (in. 61b extra) (Fordham) 1 Count Lagrange's Jarnicoton, Bst 1 01 b ......(Watkins) 2 Betting-10 to lon Lord Chfden, who made play at a slow pace, waited up'n by Jarnicoton, to the bend into the straight, where the Frenchman crept up, and on reaching the distance got upon equal terms with the favourite. The pair raced together to the extremity of the stand, where Watkins called upon his horse for a final effort, but his stir rup breaking at the moment prevented his acting, and he was beaten on the post by a head. The Dundans Stakes (handicap) of 10 sous each, la ft, with 100 added. Derby course. Captain Coates's Flirtation, 5 yrs, Bst 21b (H. Grimshaw) 1 Mr. F. Watt's National Guard, 3 yrs, 7st 7lb (Clement) 2 Mr. B. E. Dunbar's Overton, 5 yrs, BEt 71b..(challoner) 3 The following also ran :—Earl of Surrey, M3/fie, Syco phant, Rhcebus, Silkstone, Walpole, and Energetic. Betting-7 to 4 agst Myrtle, 7to 2 agst Flirtation, 6to 1 agst Silkstone, and 8 to 1 agst Overton. The favourite, in company with Silkstone, Walpole, and National Guard, made the running to the old mile-post, where Silkstone took the lead and carried it on to Tatten ham•corner. She then dropped back, leaving National Guard in possession of the command, but in a few strides he relinquished it to Flirtation, and the pair entered the straight some two or three lengths in advance of Over ton. Flirtation retained his advantage to the end, and won easily by a length ; a length and a half between the second and third ; Rhcebus was a bad fourth, and Sycophant next. LATEST BETTING. ST. LEGER. 4to 1 agst Lord Clifden (taken) 7to 1 bar one (offered) 10 to 1 agst King of the Vale (taken) THE DERBY, 1864. 20 to 1 apt Blair Athole (taken) 25 to 1 agst Scottish Chief (taken) 30 to 1 agst Gownsman (taken) 40 to 1 agst War Dance (taken) CRICKET. THE MARYLEBONE CLUB AND " LAW X." A committee meeting of this club was held in the Pa vilion at Lords' Ground on the 18th inst., and the following resolution respecting the above law was passed :—" Re solved,—That letters be written to the secretaries or cap tains of all Elevens that are engaged to play matches on Lords' Ground during the season of 1863, stating that Law X." will be strictly enforced." THE ALL ENGLAND ELEVEN v. THE UNITED ALL ENGLAND ELEVEN. This great annual match, for the benefit of the " Cricketers' Fund," will be commenced at Lords' Ground on Monday, and, as usual, excites a large amount of lute rest. Annexed is a list of the players nominated to play : ALL ENGLAND.—Anderson, Caesar, Clarke, Daft, Hay ward, Jackson, Parr, Stephenson, Tinley, Tarrant, Will slier, and Wooton. UNITED ALL ENGLA ND , —Atkinson, Caffyn, Carpenter, Grundy, Griffith, Hearne, Hodgson, Iddison, Lockyer, Mortlock, and Newman. AQUATICS. THE CHAMPIONSHIP OF THE THAMES. The third deposit of £5O a side between H. Chambers, of Newcastle-on-Tyne, and A. Green, of Australia, for the the championship of the Thames and £4OO, was made good at Mr. Wilcox's, the White Hart Tavern, Barnes, on Thurs day evening. There were several sporting men present; but it is as yet too early for betting to take place, as there are so many chances to encounter in training between this and the 16th proximo, when the race is to be rowed. Green was present at the depositing, accompanied by Henry Kelly, who has treated him since his arrival in this country with every care; but he did not look very well. He appears thin. SPIRIT OF 'IRE PUBLIC JOURNALS, 113 i ES.—Aft:-.T a series of defeats as calamitous as any that have preceded them in the war the Fede ral army has retreated across the Rapp rhannock and returned to its former position at Falmouth. Thus ends the Virginian campaign of 1803, after five months of preparation. Operations, pre ceded by more than the usual gasconading, have been followed by the usual miserable failure. Yet the Federal Government is able to administer some comfort to its trusting people. The Army of the Potomac is once more in safety. It is no longer in the field exposed t o the attacks of Lee and Jack son ; it is not intrenching itself on the grouud to which it had been driven in two days of disastrous fight. It has placed the river between itself and the enemy. Favoured by a very dark night Gene ral Hooker has escaped the sword of the Confede rates, and once more gained the camp from which nine days before he had gone forth for the con quest of the South. The Secretary of War is able to assure the public that the failure has been " without serious disasters to the efficiency of the army," and General Hooker is "now occupied in strengthening his position ;" an occupation in which he will possibly be interrupted by the ap pointment to his command of some subordinate who will make a temporary reputation by inveighing against his errors. The immediate cause of the re treat is alleged to have been the defeat of the corps under General Sedgwiele, which gave the Confede rates the power of acting on the Federal line of communication with Acquia Creek; and it may cer tainly be true that it was this event which forced General Hooker to cross the river with such precipi tation. But, even if Sedgwick had not been crushed, it is hardly possible that the main army could have been kept long in a position so dangerous and so re mote from the Federal base of operations. Of the two battles of Saturday and Sunday we have no further news ; and it may be said that the details of these encounters and the loss of the rival armies are still very imperfectly known to us. Of the hattle of May the 4th, however, which ended with Gen. Sedgwick's being driven across the river with the loss of 5,000 men, some accounts have arrived, and show that the struggle was long and obstinate, as indeed might be judged from the heavy loss to which the Federals confess. The Confederate rein forcements suddenly made their appearance on the Monday morning on the hills to the left of Frede ricksburg, and coming down rapidly occupied the city, getting into the rear of the Federals. The nearest way of retreat was by a ford five miles above the city. The corps was arranged in an arc, both wings resting on the river, the right at Bank's Ford. On Monday afternoon it was attacked by superior forces of the enemy, and gradually forced back. In the night it retreated by Bank's Ford, thus leaving General Hooker's communication unprotected. Immediately on this the General prepared to retreat also. Sedgwick's corps was driven across the river in the night of Monday, and on Tuesday morning Hooker began to follow him. - We do not know—we shall probably never know—the real extent of the loss suffered by the Federals in these battles, but we strongly suspect that General Hooker was so disabled as to make the defeat of Sedgwick rather an opportune excuse for retiring than a real disappointment. General Lee reports that many prisoners were captured, and that the ' enemy's loss in killed and wounded was large; and from the circumstance that Hooker could give no assistance to his subordinate when attacked by superior forces there is reason to think that his army must have been too much beaten to have any hope of resuming the offensive. He had also left on the field the dead and wounded in the Sunday's battle, which indicates plainly enough that when the Federals were driven backin the last great struggle their retreat was something like a rout. The shattered army consequently had to be withdrawn with the utmost caution, and in the night it succeeded in getting away, the Confede rates being either outwitted by the rapidity of the movement or not desiring to expend their strength upon a flying enemy. We cannot but think that the former is the more probable solution. Much allow ance must, however, be made for men who had been engaged in one of the longest and most continuous conflicts of the war. For three days it may be said that the fighting hardly ceased, and it may be that the Confederates were too exhausted to pursue an enemy who owed his own activity only to the immi nent danger of destruction. The Secretary of War has proclaimed that the Army of the Potomac will shortly resume operations, a statement those may credit who choose. A more likely event is the super session of Hooker by Gen.Heintzelman or some other soldier who happens to be the favourite of the hour at Washington. The Democrats are urging the claims of M'Clellan ; the Republicans are calling for Fremont. There are meetings to denounce the war, and there will be, no doubt, meetings to urge the more relentless prosecution of it. Words are cheap, and in no country more than in America will people flock to hear effective oratory, whatever be the subject or the speaker's views. There is also something soothing to the sore vanity of the North in fancying itself deter mined and obstinate beyond the example of any people whom history describes when struggling under misfortune. The end of this war is not to be looked for from any return to conscientiousness or humanity, any conviction that the cause is unjust and success hopeless. There will be under any con ditions, either of success or failure, a sufficient number of men interested in the continuance of hostilities, and able to persuade masses of people that with one effort more the war will close gloriously. The end must come by the slower process of exhaus tion, either of men or of that real enthusiasm which fights instead of preaching. The next few months must decide whether the war is to end with the pre sent year, or to drag on to the close of President Lincoln's term, or later. It is stated that the con scription is to be immediately enforced. As this threat was held out last autumn, and succeeded in gaining large reinforcements through the exertions of States, cities, and districts anxious to avoid the draught, it may be thought that another body of men may be brought into the service in the same manner. But after one more yeor of defeat the number of volunteers who can be collected by any bounty whatever is likely to be small. The thou sands whose time of service will have expired in June and July must be replaced if the war is to be continued at all, and it is most unlikely that any large proportion of these will re-enlist to be sent back to battlefields whitened with the bones of their comrades. The Government will be this time really obliged to enforce a conscription, or limit the ope rations of armies which are already too small for the conquest of the Confederacy. Of the prospects of raising a new army by compulsory draughts, which can only be turned into soldiers after several months of training, we shall probably hear more in a few days. But it may be said chat, whatever were the chances in favour of the Government, they are now sadly diminished by this last disastrous de feat of the largest and best appointed army which the Federa's possess. HERALD.—If we are informed aright, Lord Rus sell has made a very bold step in advance in his treatment of the Polish question. Our Paris cor respondent alluded, two or three days back, to some joint proposals on the part of England and France, which had emanated from the English:Ca binet ; and we have every reason to believe that his statement of those proposals is substantially correct. They are :—" 1. The conclusion of an armistice for one year. 2. The Polish fortresses to continue to be garrisoned by the Russian troops. 3. The im mediate institution of a Polish administration. 4. No individuals implicated in the rebellion to be ar rested or brought to trial." It is easy to understand that the Cabinet of the Tuileries has " eagerly asso ciated itself" with that of St. James's in the pre sentation of these demands • it is not easy to fathom the motives of Lord Russell's initiative. The first proposition is quite sufficient to ensure the rejection of all. The acceptance of an armistice for 12 months would be to Russia the surrender of Poland —nothing less. It would be a virtual recognition of the insur rection as a belligerent power, and would give to the insurgents precisely that moral status for w h ic h they are fighting. It would afford the Poles time to organise and agitate, and to provide for the Russiae future struggle. It would be a tacit confession t hat was unable to put down the revolt and strain d was anxious upon ßussia, for foreign intervention. Now h Russia, struggling with a great social crisis, is e un doubtedly great; but there can b f no doubt that she is slowly but steadily gaining_ the upper hand, and that, if the affair had been left in the hands of the Poles, if there had been no foreign recruits in the insurgent bands, the contest would be already well-nigh over. To ask Russia then to consent to an armistice at this moment is to ask her to forego all her present advantages; to put arms into the hands of the rebellion ; to give increased strength and a better posit ion to t h e Poles ; and we can hardly doubt that a high-spirited Monarch will •,, re sent the demand and refuse it. What, then P Will Earl Russell put up with the reb u ff quietly, and frame some new proposals more alateable to the Russian Government; or will he c the only l og ical consequences o f th e demand accept the and present an ultimatum ? We have too much respect for the noble earl's sagacity, and too much confi- STATE OF TRADE. MANCHESTER, May 2 2.—The advices by the Glasgow, though bringing only one day's later news, have cleared away a good deal of mist and doubt which operated disad vantageously to business. The rumour of an armistice, for instance, is no longer believed, and it is generally believed that some other reports respecting the results of the late encounters would have been mentioned at least in the ad vices by the Glasgow if there had been any foundation for tnem. Under these circumstances there has been a decidedly better feeling in the yarn-market to-day, with a moderate amount of business for various markets, and we have re gained in price all that was lost during the late depression. The market closes extremely firm, with a decided upward tendency in prices, and there is a general opinion that should Monday's steamer bring no worse news as to the position of the Northern armies than has been brought by the Glasgow we may expect to see a considerable rise in prices. It is quite evident from the feeling here that dis aster to the South alone is looked to as a prsximate cause of peace ; but, at the same time, a serious reverse to the Federals, and the rumours of au armistice which would gain credence, mast lead to a serious disturbance of values, and probably to something like the panic which prevailed in this market at the beginning of the week. In yarns the business has not been large ) but there has been a demand for all markets, and the sales have been of a general character. There is also an improvement in the cloth market. The cotton market at Liverpool has re covered its tone, and this has had its effect upon manufac turers, who are now asking the full prices of last week. We have more inquiry for fabrics suited nearly to all markets, though it has not yet led to much biss; Taess. People are willing to buy at the rates manufacturers would have taken on Tuesday, but the latter, having recovered confidence, are now unwilling to accept those rates. For India geods large contracts have been offered at rather lower rates than would have been taken last week, but declined, though they would have been eagerly accepted on Tuesday. CARDIFF, May 21.—The coalmas tors have a good number of orders on the books, but considerable difficulty is expe rienced in executing them in consequent© of the scarcity of tonnage. Many of the colliers are only p artially employed through this circumstance. Freight s are firmer, and a change e ad to va r n e c p e or h t a i s n taken place quotations for The iron trade remains without any material alteratio n , and the works are going on with their usual regularity, The principal iron masters are fairly off for orders, but the smaller works are not so favourably situated. An occasional cargo leaves for the Northern States. Quotations show a drooping ten dency. NOTTINGHAM, May 21.—We had a very quiet market to-day. The attendance at this exchange -hall was limited, and a corresponding amount of business was done, but there was no material alteration in the value of either hosiery or lace yarns. Silks were quoted at unaltered rates. The brown net trade was hardly represented, and scarcely anything was done, prices being stationary. ( f ormerly 4a. Bd.), is the ong y obtained by pur chaFs i u n l g l H b n e r u n e i fi rn t s s f e n d re u reduced d v U e t r choice a t 3 s 4d. and mitported. Agents in every s 'i t s r .‘l e n st ndigahStinnodsatrd de ' l ' ic a i t o 4 u s s i . 4 town supply it in packets.