The Sun. — London, England, 1864-03-17 00:00:00

TEE WVIL .VAR IN AMERICA. (F m tho Times Correspondent.) NEW YORK, March 1. The spring camps ign has fairly opened, both in Virginia and Tennessee, and during the next six months the world may expect to hear of a succes sion of battles as bloody and indecisive as Antie tam, Fredericksbul!g, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, or any other of the, useless massacres of the war. The fisld of contest :has been largely extended, and there are indications that not only Virginia, Ten nessee, Louisiana, TA !sas, Florida, and the Atlantic States, but the rich and hitherto undevastated re gions of Pennsylvania and Ohio, will be made to feel the full horrors of the sword and torch, the rush of squadrons and the tramp of exasperated arm i es . Both sides have put forward their utmost available strength of men, if not of leaders. In leadership the South excels. It not only possesses the best general©, but employs them without regard to politics or party favour, while the North, with lc ivs.r men of note and ability to choose from, selects its generals for non-military reasons, and dismisses them as soon as they display the slightest symptoms of genius. The South is grimly in earnest—as it has ever been ; while the North, unwarned and un taught by repeated reverses and disappointments, is jauntily confident of speedy victory, as if none of the roseate predictions of its political chieftains had ever been made and falsified. But though the area of the war widens with the march of time, neither side has such large armies in the field as it had in 1863. Meade commands a smaller host than that with which he conquered at Gettysburg, and Lee a force less by a third than that with which he in vaded Pennsylvania. Grant's army does not exceed 60,000 men, while the combined forces of the Southern generale, who are about to try if they cannot rescue Tennessee from his grasp, do not reach within 6,000 or perhaps 10,000 of that num. ber. This diminution of force may, however, be an advantage to both parties, and much of the ill success which has attended the efforts of the South to conquer independence, and of the North to com pel allegiance, may be due to the fact that the armies of each have been too large for the effective manage ment of any General which either has produced. Pending the outburst of the storm which will speedily roar and flash on every side, unless all the warnings of the barometer and all the signs on the horizon be deceptive, it may be well for the student of American affairs to take as accurate and compre hensive a survey as his vision will allow of the social and political condition of the Northern people and their rulers at a crisis of their fortunes which the issue of one battle or other circumstances may render decisive. To ascertain what the President is doing, what objects of individual or national con cern occupy the attention of his Cabinet, with what spirit the Senate and the House of Representatives are imbued, what are the aspirations and character of the soldiery, what arc the honesty and patriotism or the reverse of the military chieftains, and what is the morality or immorality, the power or the weakness, of parties—all these are inquiries of the highest interest. There can be no doubt that there are many true patriots in America, men of noble ideas and lofty aims, but at this turning point in the history of their country it is of importance to know whether they are in the majority or the minority, and whether it be in their power to direct to happy issues, either now or hereafter, the apparently all but desperate fortunes of their nation. Beginning with the highest personage in the realm, we find that Mr. Lincoln is confessedly in competent to restore peace or prosecute a successful war. Even his honesty—for which at one time all the world was willing to give him credit—appears to have succumbed to the evil influences which surround him. Three years' possession of power has familiarized him with baseness. He meets serious argument with a jest, and buys the too troublesome opponent whom he cannot otherwise silence. Fasci nated, as greater men have been, by the exercise of supreme authority, he cannot reconcile his mind to the decency of relinquishing it. He has learnt to play with principles as gamblers play with dice, and desiring to be re-nominated to the Presidency, he is determined to win the game unfairly if he cannot win it otherwise, The Constitution which he swore to uphold having been abrogated on the plea of military necessity by a subservient majority in both Houses of the Legislature, he acts in all respects as he pleases. He absolves himself from obedience to all authority but his own. He plans campaigns, though he is no soldier, and sets aside the combina tions of his Generals without giving himself the trouble to understand them. He orders an army to advance for a political purpose, even though the result of the movement should be a military disgrace, and is se fearful that some successful General should appear and end the war by such a victory as would make the victor President that he cripples the ener gies of his best officers, and withholds alike his con fidence and his reinforcements. Within the last month, without consultation with his Secretary of War or Commander-in-Chief, he directed an expe dition into Florida, making his private secretary, a lad of 20 years of age, the bearer of orders to General Gilmore to take military possession of that State. The object was not a military one, but solely intended to organize a civil government in the name of a mi nority, by means of which Florida might be repre sented in Congress and cast its vote for Mr. Lincoln, if the Presidential election should fall, as most people believe it will, to the decision of the House of Representatives. The result of this stupendous exercise of arbitrary folly has been a disastrous failure. The 5,000 men despatched under General Seymour to accomplish the President's purpose were suddenly confronted by an enemy of thrice their numbers, of whose existence neither Mr. Lincoln nor the General employed had the slightest suspicion, and forced to retreat with a loss of 1,200 men in killed and wounded. Besides the human lives thus wantonly sacrificed, this ill-starred expedition cost about two millions of dollars in money. This is but one, though as yet the last, specimen of Mr. Lincoln's management, at a time when not alone the greatest prudence and circum spection are necessary to prevent mishap, but when the purest self-sacrifice and the most patriotic de votion in the chief of the State, and of all others in high positiob, are essential to prevent the worse calamities that may follow upon dishonour. The spectacle offered by the Cabinet is scarcely more edifying. In any other constitutional country men in the position of Mr. Stanton and General Halleck would have resigned their offices if a man in the position of the President had planned and commanded such au expedition as that to Florida without consultation with and concurrence from them. But as they have purposes of their own to serve, they hold on to their portfolios, and wash their hands of responsibility. A striking peculiarity of Mr. Lincoln's Cabinet is that the Cabinet never meets. Each Secretary manages his own depart ment, as far as the President will allow, and takes no heed of th e nat i onal policy as a who l e. I n American phrase, each man " runs his own ma chine," and has little, if any, other object than to make such political capital out of its management as will place him in a favourable position before the country in the scramble for office. It is known that there is not a single member of the Cabinet who does not think he would make a better President than Mr. Lincoln; and the great majority of them do not scruple to say so. Mr. Seward missed the Presidency by a mere chance, and was only made Secretary of State because he was too powerful to b e omitted from the combinations of the party ; and even he—superior as he must feel himself to be in intellect and acquirements to the master whom he serves—is content to " run" th© foreign machine, while he sees, without an effort to avert it, the domestic machine running headlong duwn a precipice where it must inevitably be dashed to pieces. The Secretary of the Treasury, the coolest, and, as far as is known, the honestest head in th e G overnme nt, is openly a candidate for Mr. Lincoln's seat, and, if no unfair or extra-constitu ed to thwart him, will in all tienal means are employ probability secure a larger popular vote than any competitor of the same political bias. Mr. Stanton also has Presidential aspirations, and works to that end, though he may think that another period of four years may intervene before his wishes be grafi fit:d. The other Secretaries, though they respect each othz.r but iittlp, respect M r. Lincoln still less, end have scarcely a bond of sympathy to unite them to his ponical fortunes stronger than that which urges them to look jealously upon the rising fame of any soldi,r who threatens to seize upon dicta torial power, and so consign the wholo of them to exile or to obs curity. The Legislal :ion does not show to greater advan tage than the Cabinet. The Senate ostracizes patriots like Mr. Bayard because they advocate peace, and applauds Mr. Sumner and Mr. Wilson for insisting on the right of negroes to ride in railway carriages with white men. ; though they have not uttered a syllable against General Banks for the virtual re establishment of slavery throughout every part of Louisiana where his authority extends. War sub. jugation, and extermination are the favourite themes of the leading orator of what ought to be the most dignified and sober deliberative assembly in the realm ; and the senator, gray with years and ripe with experience, who dares to mention either peace or conciliation incurs the imputation of disloyalty, if not the penalty of treason, for his offence. The Lower House is as blinded as the Upper, and con siderably more corrupt. It is vain to look for states• manship in the majority, and although there is still a minority who are of opinio❑ that union is good, but liberty better, they are without influence, and are compelled to resort to the expedient of printing the speeches to which nobody will listen. The recent history of the Whisky Tax proves not only how many of them are purchasable, but how many of them have been purchased ; and the whole course of their legislation on the all-important subject of the taxes that must be levied, if national bankruptcy is to be avoided, shows how little they comprehend the magnitude of the struggle in which their consti tuents are engaged, and how slightly they estimate the duties that in such a crisis devolve upon those who truly represent and would truly serve ;the people. The aspirations and character of the soldiery may be more briefly stated. The war has already con verted them into a class apart. They know that for many years, whatever may be the issues of the strife, the Northern States must maintain a stand , ing army of half a million of men. They have ac quired to a large extent, the esprit du corps, and under able guidance,they expect to make themselves the masters of the country. That " the bayonets think" is the foolish boast of men who should know better than to imagine that such a circumstance is other than a frightful peril to the State that em ploys them. The bayonets may hereafter come to think that the destruction of the commonwealth and the erection of a military despotism on its ruins is desirable; and if they so think, who is to prevent them from carrying their thought into action ? The character of the officers corresponds with that of the soldiery. General Banks is a dictator where. ever the power extends—and that his power is not slight, nor exercised with any tender regard to the principles for which the Northern people aro sup posed to be waging this terrible war, is apparent from the ease and impunity with which he has seized hold of the freed slaves of the Southern plan. ters, and compelled them to labour for hours es hich he prescribes and for reward which he fixes. General Butler, as high-handed a despot as Pro vidence ever permitted to afflict a community, has gone beyond General Banks in his outrage against all the principles which the ancestors of the Ameri cans are supposed to have revered long before the first Anglo-Saxon set his foot upon American soil. and in support of which the passengers by the flay• flower were contented to dwell in the wilderness and fight with savage men and savage beasts. Gen. Banks, whatever may be said against the systena of serfage which he has found himself forced to esta blish, may urge in extenuation that he could not as a wise ruler allow rich lands to remain uncultivated while there were hundreds of thousands of men strong enough to work upon them, but who would not or could not work without compulsion or guid ance ; but Gen. Butler, in taking the pulpit under his management—or, as Mr. Lincoln phrases it, "in running the churches," has usurped a power that at any time these 200 years would have cost a king of England his throne if not his head if he had dared to exercise or even to claim it. Generals Burnside, Schenck, Milroy, Hascail, and a whole host of subordidate provost-marshals, having made Europe and America ring with the story of their willingness to crush out the liberties of their coun trymen, and of their attempts to rival the worst atrocities of the worst tyrants whom the world ever saw. There is no lack of such material in the Fede ral army. In this respect it may be urged on behalf of the Americans that in a time of civil war, when the military becomes the supreme power, it cannot be otherwise; that an army is a ruthless machine, and that unreasoning obedience to authority is the essence of the discipline without which no army can exist. But these are circumstances which the Ame ricans ought to consider before it be too late to rescue their liberty from a grasp which will not again relax, if it once get a firm hold, without years or even generations of anarchy and convulsion. The present condition of the two great parties —the one holding and the other ettcleavouring to attain power—is perhaps more melancholy than all the other aspects of the hour. The Republicans ignore and deny the principles on which the Union was founded, and are revolutionising the whole sys tem of government, substituting force for consent, centralisation for diffusion, despotism for liberty. They are not alone arbitrary, but corrupt. They destroy liberty for the sake of territory, and would treat their brethren of the South as the Norman in vaders under William the Conqueror treated the Saxon English. They force their political, reli gious, and philanthropic doctrines down the throats of recalcitrants with the sword, and are as merci lessly intolerant as the successors of Mahomed in Asia,or the Inquisition in Spain. The plunder rather than the conquest of the South is the object at which they aim; and could they obtain possession of the Southern plantations of cotton, rice, sugar, or tobacco, and were unable to cultivate them by the free labour either of white men or of blacks, they would do on a large scale what General Banks has done on a small one, and re-establish slavery —as they have abolished the Constitution—on the plea of military necessity, Nor are their great opponents, the Democrats, very much better. They clamour for war while they mean peace. They are hopelessly corrupt and demoralised by the means that their system compelled them to adopt to maintain them selves in possession of place and its perquisites. In short, the real intelligence, virtue, and public spirit of the country are not represented by either of the parties that exist. Honest men keep aloof from politics lest they should be contaminated, and the public peril has no'. yet impressed itself with suffi cient vividness before the eyes of the majority to force them to arise, as the people are accustomed to do in other countries at great national crises, and sweep away the old parties indignantly by the crea tion of a new, without other objects to serve than those of the public safety, or other motives than those of the national honour. It is under circumstances like these that the fourth campaign of the war has opened. Should successes reward the perseverance of the North, there will not be 'very much difference in the pic• tare. Should, however, a great reverse befall either General Meade or General Grant, a change may result at which the world will be astonished. A DOG SHOW will be held at Dublin on the 20th inst. 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The Frederick - William screw two-decker, in No. 10 Dock at Portsmouth, in process of outfit for a flag on foreign service, is found to be very rotten in the vicinity of her sternposts, and workmen are now employed upon her till 8 p.m, daily to remedy this state of things as early as possible, the dock being required for other vessels. The Boscawen, boys' training ship at Southamp ton, Commander G. S. Nares, was officially inspected on Monday by Admiral Sir Michael Seymour, G.C.8., Port Admiral at Portsmouth, and Naval Commander-in-Chief of the south-west district. The Boscawen is said to be in a highly efficient state, and the boys on board to be smart in all their duties, but especially so in their gun drill. In consequence of the amount of work still re- maining to be executed on board the armour-clad frigate Caledonia, 35, 1,000-horse power, fitting for the first division of the Chatham Steam Reserve, she will not be ready to hoist the pennant until the 25th of April, and not on the Ist of April as was previously ordered. The Trafalgar, 70, screw steamship, 2,900 tons, 500-horse power, which was recently paid out of commission from the Mediterranean, and recom. missioned at Sheerness by Captain Charles F. Schomberg to take the place of the Edinburgh, 60, as coastguard ship at Queensferry, in the Firth of Forth, was inspected on Saturday by the Comman der-in• Chief at Sheerness, Vice-Admiral Sir Charles Talbot, K.C.8., who was attended by his Staff. At the close of the inspection the vessel left ale harbour for her destination. Capt. Charles Boddam Stockdale, R.N., died at his residence at Plymouth on Sunday night. He entered the navy as midshipman, in 1804, on board the Culloden. He accompanied the Phaeton is the expedition of 1810 against the Isle of France, and was in the following year present at the storming of Fort Cornelis. Since the 27th of August, 1846, he has been attached to the Ocean, 80, and Wel ington, 72, guard-ships at Sheerness. The sere v steam frigate Galatea, 26, Capt. Roch fort Maguire, from Vera Cruz, January 4th ; Port Royal, February 3 ; and Bermuda, February 28,' arrived in Plymouth Sound yesterday. On the passage from Vera Cruz to Port Royal her propeller became useless by the dropping of her stern, and she has in consequence returned under canvas only to England. When coming through the Narrows at Bermuda, on the 27th of Febraary, she took the ground at St. Catherine's point, the wind being strong from the north east. She was in charge of a local pilot, and was hove off uninjured on the morning of the 28th by the steam sloop Buzzard and tug Spitfire, which towed her to sea. She left at Port Royal the Aboukir, Challenger, Rayalist, and Steady, and at Bermuda the Nile, Phaeton, Shannon, Liverpool, Pylades, Greyhound, Petrel, Buzzard, Nimble, Plover, Cygnet, and Terror. The Galatea will probably go into dock at Devonport. The Dauntless, 31 guns, Capt. J. B. Dickson, will leave her station is the Southampton Waters, off Netley, at the end of the present month, and pro ceed to Sheerness, where she will be paid off and re-commissioned by Capt. Strange, of the Corn wallis. Capt. Dickson will then commission the Irresistible, 80, to be stationed in the Southampton Waters, in the place of the Dauntless. Commodore F. B. Montresor has received the good service pension, vacant by the promotion of Capt. Denham to the rank of Rear-Admiral. The llimalaya steam troopship, Capt. E. Lacey, arrived with the naval military invalids, timc - expired men, and a few passengers. The Himalaya came into harbour in the afternoon, when the naval invalids were removed to the Victory. Those of the military will be sent to Netley Hospital to-day, and the time-expired men forwarded to the depots of their respective regiments. The Himalaya left here on the 29th of July, 1803, with the 2d battalion 25th Regiment for Ceylon, since which time she has cir cumnavigated the globe. She called at St, Vincent to coal on the 7th August, leaving again on the 9th, arrived at Simon's Bay, 28th, where she found Rear• Admiral Sir B. Walker's flag-ship Narcissus. She left on the sth of September and arrived at Ceylon on the 24th, steaming the whole distance, and hav ing nearly 400 tons coal remaining. After landing her troops she left for Galle on the 27th to coal, return:ng to Ceylon on the 30th. In consequence of several cases of scarlatina having occurred among the detachments of the 50th Regiment brought from England in this ship it was deemed advisable to land the whole detachment at Colombo, and to defer the embareation of the regiment for a few days. This sickness having disappeared she embarked the 50th Regiment on the 9th of October, together with camp equipage and military stores, and left on the 10th for Auckland, New Zealand, calling at Melbourne on the 2d of November to coal and to embark a battery of Armstrong guns, leaving the latter place on the 7th and arriving at Auck land on the 14th, where the troops, military stores, and Armstrong guns were landed. On the passage between Cape Leeuwen and Melbourne she experi enced very heavy weather, but did not sustain any damage, After refitting, she embarked naval and military invalids and condemned stores for England, leaving Auckland Nov. 23 by order of Commodore Sir W. Wiseman to proceed via Sydney and Cape Horn. She arrived at the former place Dec. 4, and having coaled and embarked military invalids and naval and military stores, left again on the 13th, steaming to the southward of New Z land. On the 19th the fires were put out and she proceeded under canvas, but on Jan. 10, 1864, she met with ice, and on the 12th, in fat 50 59 S, long. 110 7 W, the ship was so surrounded by icebergs that it was found necessary to get up steam again, which she did until neon of the 13th, in fat 50 38 S, long 106 W, when they entirely disappeared. She continued her course then under canvas until Feb. 3 in fat 42 S, long 27 W, the wind having fallen very light, when steam was got up again, and she arrived on the 16th at Ascension, and, after coaling and taking in some provisions and some naval invalids, left again on the 22d, calling at St. Vincent on March 2 to coal, and finally leaving for England on the sth. The Himalaya has returned in a most effi cient state, and has performed her long voyage well considering that the greater portion of it homeward wes under canvas with light winds. The health of the crew and troops has been good, and too much praise cannot be riven to the captain and his able staff of officers for the efficient manner in which every service in which she has been employed has been performed. The following appointments have been made at the Admiralty—Adderley W. Chimmo, paymaster, to the Bulldog; Geo. Lumley, chief engineer, to the Research; Geo. Kent, chief engineer, to the Fis gard for the Mutine ; J. R. Johnson, chief engi. neer, to the Gladiator; Geo. Thompson, engineer, to the Research; Edward Ingledew, engineer, to the Indus for the Fervent; W. Roberts, en gineer, to the Gladiator; J. Watson (a), assist.-en gineer, to the Research; Thomas Rose and John Runnels, assist.-engineers, to the Gladiator; Caps. C. A. Campbell to the Formidable, additional, for service with the Bombay ; Lieut. John Patten to the Gladiator; Lieut. Francis H. H. Hutchinson to the Defence ; Sub• Lieut. Albert W. Whish to the Duncan ; James Leathlean, engineer, to the Indus, for the Assurance; and Mark Lambert, engineer, to the Fisgard, for the Racer; Staff-Commander Frederick R. Sturdee, to the Asia, for the Royal Sovereign ; Acting Sub-Lieut. Verney L. Cameron, to the Hector ; J. W. L. Jekyll, midshipman, to the Gladiator; Cecil F. Foley, nominated to a naval cadetship ; Dr. John Pringle, acting.assist.-surg., to the Ajax ; Richard G. R'e, master's-assist., to the Research; William H. Maunsell and Charles C. P. Bawden. master's-assists., to the Gladiator; William Nash, assist.•clork, to the St. George; Alfred Postanco, assist.•clerk, to the Majestic; Edward Pye, Frederick M. Aylen, John P. M. King, Henry Stubbs, and William H. F. Kay, assist.-clerks, to the Royal Adelaide. Messrs. Arthur M. Coyne and Thomas R. J. Clarke have been nominated to naval cadetships. SIR ROWLAND HILL. The following is a copy of a Treasury minute granting a special superannuation allowanco to Sir Rowland Hill, K.C.8., Secretary to the General Post-office : Treasury Minute, dated March 11, 1861—Read letter from Sir Rowland Hill, 1i.C.13., dated the 29th of Feb ruary, stating that 6 months' absence having elapsed with out any satisfactory result as regards the state of his health, he has now no course left bat resign his appointment as Secretary to the Post-office. Read also letter from the Postmaster-General of the instant, stating that Sir Rowland Hill has, in consequence of the state of his health, been compelled to retire from the public service, and bear ing his testimony to the eminent services which Sir Row land Hill has rendered. The retirement of Sir Rowland Hill from the office of Secretary to the Post-office would, if treated under the ordinary machinery of the Superannua tion Act, afford to my Lords the power of granting him no more than a pension of £566 13s 4d, or at the utmost £666 13s 4d ; but it supplies, in the judgment of my Lords, an occasion of peculiar fitness for calling into action the 9th or special of the Superannuation Act, and thus, by a proceed ing which marks their sense of his services, of drawing to those services the attention of Parliament. The period during which Sir Rowland II ill has held office, either by a temporary or by a permanent appointment, is but little in excess of 20 years; yet my Lords have to regret that while he remains full as ever of ability, energy, and resources, and of disposition to expend them for the public good, the state of his health, due without doubt in great part to his indefatigable labelers, compels him to solicit a retirement. It is not, however, by length of service that the merits and claims of such a man are to be measured. It is not even by any acknowledgment or reward which the executive Government, in the exercise of the power confided to it, can confer. The postal system, one of the most powerful organs which modern civilization has placed at the command of Go vernment, has, mainly under the auspices and by the agency of Sir Rowland Hill, been, within the last quarter of a century, not merely improved, but transformed. The letters transmitted have increased nearly nine -fold, and have been carried at what may be estimated at little more than one ninth of the former charge. In numerous respects conve nience has been consulted and provided for even more than cheapness. Upon the machinery for the transmission of letters there have been grafted other schemes, which, at a former period, would justly have been deemed visionary, for the transmission of books with other printed matter, and of money, and for receiving and storing the savings of the people. While those arduous duties have been undertaken, the condition of the persons employed in this vast depart ment has been improved, and could attention be adequately drawn to what lies beneath the surface, my Lords are per suaded that the methods of communication by letter which are now in action have produced for the mass of the popu lation social and moral benefits which might well have thrown even these brilliant results into the shade. As respects purely fiscal interests, advantages so great as those which have been recited were, of course, not to be obtained with out some effort or sacrifice, But the receipts on account of postal service, which on the first adoption of the change were reduced by above a million sterling, have now more than re • covered themselves, and if computed on the same basis as under the old system, the gross sum realised is about £3,878,000 instead of £2,346,000, and the net about £1,790,000 in lieuof £1,660,000; at the same time contraband in letters may be stated to have ceased, and instead of a sta tionary revenue, such as was derived from letters between 1815 and 183.5, the State has one which is steadily and even rapidly progressive. My Lords do not forget that it has been by the powerful agency of the railway system these results have been rendered practicable. Neither do they enter into the question, as foreign to the occasion, what honour may be due to those who, before the development of the plans of Sir Rowland llill, urged the adoption of the uniform penny postage, Nor are they insensible to the fact that the co-opera tion of many able public servants has been essential to the work performed. But after all justice has beendone to others, Sir Rowland Hill is beyond doubt the person to whom it was given to surmount every kind of obstacle, and to bring what had been theretofore matter of speculation into the world of practice, without whom the country would not have enjoyed the boon, or would only have enjoyed it at a later date, and to whom, accordingly, its enjoyment may justly be deemed due. Nor is it in this country alone that are to be perceived the happy fruits of his labours ; the recognition of his plans has spread with a rapidity to be accounted for only uy their excellence from land to land, and truly may now be said to have met with acceptance throughout the civilized world. Under these circumstances it may justiy be averred that my Lords are dealing on the present occasion with the case not merely of a meritorious public servant, but of a benefactor of his race ; and that his fitting- reward is to be found not in this or that amount of pension, but in the grateful recollection of his country. But my Lords discharge the portion of duty which belongs to them with cordial satisfaction, in awarding to Sir Rowland Hill for life his full salary of £2,000 per annum. Let a copy of this minute be laid before Parlia went. Transmit copy to the Postmaster-General, with a request that it may be communicated to Sir Rowland Hill. SP OPTING INTELLIGENCE, WARWICK SPRING MEETING, IVEDERD-M A delightful contrast to the previous day at Rugby, where wet and mud reigned supreme, was presented at Warwick this morning, a bright sun and fresh air promising a very agreeable coinpensatien for the discomforts of yesterday. Both this town and Leamington received a large accession of visitors last night; that division of turfites who had gore to Doncaster to see the Grand National winner succumb to Lincoln arriving in force, while the train from town this morning was crowded. The course was heavy in some places, but not enough to in any way affect the going. The card promised well, with eight events, but the first two, a match and sweepstakes, coming to nothing, the racing com menced with the Trial Stakes of more than ordinary inte rest, from the meeting of three such first• class animals as Lord Burleigh, Johnny Armstrong, and Man-at-Arms. The two first •named were equal favourites, and all three looked pictures of condition. The contest, however, was not a close one, as Fordham, waiting on his horses to the straight, where Man-at-Arms was in difficulties, soon shcok off Johnny Armstrong and won with great ease. The Racing Stakes saw the whole number coloured at the post, Fianeur and Lord Adolphus being the favourites, the former with the call. The issue, after a tedious delay in starting, was left to the three placed, Fianeur winning easily, and Lord Adolphus cutting a sorry figure in the rear. The Willoughby Handicap was thought a certainty tor Pon tenoy, but the second favourite, St. Lawrence, made all the running, and won in a common canter. Another very hol low affair for the next race, a 30 Plate, the favourite, Birdfinder, taking the lead, keeping it, and coming in almost by any number of lengths the Judge might choose to give. There was a good race for the Start Handicap be tween Le Marechal and Damascus, resulting in favour of the former by a length ; and the Farmers' Plate wound up a satisfactory day's sport, Boddington, tho favourite, can tering in ten lengths ahead of Makeshift, nothing else being near thorn. The attendance was numerous for a Spring meeting, the stand being well filled. The weather, as we, have before re marked, was everything that could be desired. A match, £5O each, 20fr. Two miles. Mr Milward's Jocular, aged, 12st 71b, agst Mr Robinson's Pam, aged, 12st, off by consent. A Sweepstakes of 25 sovs each, 10 ft, for 2-yr-olds ; colts fist 101 b, fillies Sat G:b ; 31b and 51b allowed. Straight run in, about three furlongs. 4 subs. W. Boyce weighed for Mr Perry's Whisky, Sat 71b, but his number was subsequently taken down, and the race became void. The Trial Stakes of 10 so®a each, with 50 added, for 3-yr olds and upwards. Weight for ago. Winners extra, with maiden allowances. The mile course. S subs. Mr B. J. Angell's Lord Burleigh, 5 yrs, 9st 21b (G. Fordham) 1 Sir F. Johnstone's Johnny Armstrong, 5 yrs, Oct 21b Goater) 2 Mr R. Sutton's Man-at-Arms, aged, 9st 41b.. (Thomas) 3 B etting - 7 to 4 each agst Lord Burleigh and Johnny Armstrong, and 9 to 4 agst Man-at-Arms. Man-at -Arms and Johnny Armstrong got away together, Lord Burleigh lying about a length in their rear. On reaching the thre-quarter of .a mile post Man-at-Arms drew slightly in advance, but was headed by Johnny as they entered the Star enclosure, the favourite at the same time drawing up. Rounding the turn into the straight Mr Sutton's horse dropped back, Lord Burleigh at the same time took his place, and at the distance headed Johnny Armstrong, and won vary easily by three lengths; a bad third. 6 yrs , 7st 131 b ...... (P erry) 2 The Stand Handicap of 5 sovs each, 2 ft, with 25 added, for 2yr olds an d u p war d s ; w i nn ers extra. One mile. 9 su b s . 11 1‘ 1 I r r T m a a r n l i s n fi g e ' l s d , L s o D IN atn I a r a e s c c h u a s l ; 4 yrs, Sat 111 b.. (T. Fre nc h) 1 Mr E. Brayley's Ilex, 4 yrs, hb, 7st 316 (r. Cann on ) t Mr Ambery's Lady d e Trafford, 3 yrs, Gat 91b.. (Britton) t Mr W. Treen's Vi3ion, 4 yrs, 7st 71b .. (C. Page)dis Mr E. B ra yl ey ' s L or d o f Li nne , 5 yrs, Ost (A. Cowly) 5 Mr R.Waiker's Ca. Crocket, 6 yrs, Bst 101 b (G.Fordhaw) 6 Betting-3 to 1 egst Lord of Linne, 100 to 30 agst Datum ens, 4 to 1 agst Le Marechal, and 6 to 1 agst Col, Crocket. Col. Crocket jupped away with a clear lead, closely at tended by Vision, 1,..,e Marechal, and Damascus for half a mile, when Le Marechal, on the outside, took a clear lead and came on with the running into the straight, where Damascus obtained th e sec ond place, and at the enc l osure Perry made an effrtt to reach the leader, and was b ea t en very cleverly by alength. Ibex and Vision finish e d w i t h a dead heat for thud, but tho latter on returning to we i g h was found short of 4.Eight and was disqualified. The Racing Stakes o f 5 soya each, with 25 add e d , for 2-yr olds, 7st 13111, and 3-yr-olds, Bst 121 b, with selling allow. antes. Maidens allowed 41b, and fillies and(Hg,elsdhinagrpselib3. Sensation, and Five furlongs. 3 subs. Mr Charles Raynr's Flancur, 3 yrs ga), ist Sib (T. French) 1 Mr Yardley's Davd, 3 yrs (£5O), 7st 1216., tr. , k... Taylor) 2 Mr Saxon's Tom k s h w orth, 2 yrs cf.:so), sst 131 b The following a 6 .) ran: —Blight, Sweyn, Lord Adolphus. Betting-5 to 2 sot Flanear, 3 to 1 agst Lord Adolphus, and 6 to 1 a get any other. After a lengthenet delay at the post, they were despatched upon equitable terms, the favourite with a slight lead, clos e up with whom were Sweyn,Telscombe, Tom Ashworth, and David, the rear being brought up by Lord Adolphus. On reaching the entrance to the straight Sweyn dropped away, and his place was taken by Tom Ashworth, and on the re tirement of Telecombe the pair were joined by David, to which three the race was confined. Flaneur retained his lead to the end, and won easily by a length and a half, a length dividing the second and third; Sweyn was fourth, Telscombe fifth, and Sensation next, Lord Adolphus was last. The winner was bought in for 100 guineas. The Willoughby Handicap of 15 soya each, 10 ft, and 5 if declared, with 40 added. Winners extra. Gentlemen riders; jockeys 61b extra. Two miles. 18 subs, 12 of whom declared. Mr T. Hughes's St. Lawrence, 5 yrs, lOst 71b (in 11113 ex) (D. Hughes) 1 Lord Westmoreland's Aurelian, 6 yrs, list slb (in 51b ex) (Mr Edwards) 2 Mr Samuel's Fontenoy, 4 yrs, lOst llb (in 61b ex) _ _ (A. Edwards) 3 Mr W. Bevill's Suspicion, 3 yrs, Bst 71b.. (Owner) 0 Betting-7 to 4 agst Fontenoy, 100 to 30 agst St. Law. rence, and 4 to 1 each agst Suspicion and Aurelian. St. Lawrence made the running at a strong pace, Suspi cion going on second, with Fontenoy and Aurelian aids by side next. In these positions they ran up the hill, crossing the brow of which Aurelian quitted his rearward position, and took the second place, which ho retained to the mile post, where he was pulled back, and Fontenoy, with Suspi cion at his girths, came on in attendance upon the leader into the straight, where the pair were headed by Aurelian, who followsi St. Lawrence to the enclosure, where he was beaten, leaving the Epsom horse to canter in the winner by ten lengths. Suspicion was pulled up half way in the dis tance, and trotted home. A Handicap Plate of 50 sous, for all ages. Winners extra. Five furlongs. • Mr Cherry's Birdfinder, 4 yrs, 7st 61h (Perry) 1 Mr J. Saxon's The Abbot, 3 yrs, Est 51b.... (H, Sharpe) 2 Mr Greville's Verdeire, 3 yi s, Est 71b.... (J. Grimshaw) 3 Mr E. Brayley's Kennett, 4 yrs, 7st (T. Cannon) 4 The following also ran :—Sensation, Birdlime, Erythia, Usher, and Vedette gelding. Betting-6 to 3 agst Birdfinder, 6to 1 agst Erythia, 7to 1 agst Verdiore, and 10 to 1 each agst Kennett and Bird lime. With the exception of the Vedette gelding, who got badly off, the lot ran in close company into the straight, when the favourite, who held a slight lead, slipped his horses and came on by himself, and won in the commonest of canters by 15 lengths, the placed horses alone persevering to the end; after whom came at wide intervals Birdlime, Usher, Erythia, and Sensation ; the Vedette gelding trotted in last. The Farmers' Plate, given by the gentlemen of the hunt, with 10 sovs to the second horse, for hunters the property of farmers. Weight for age. To be ridden by farmers. Two miles. Mr W. Cowper's Compton Nun filly, 4 yrs, b. b, 12st 51b .. (Bawcutt) 1 Mr W. Wilson's Makeshift, 5 yrs, h. b., ]2st 51b (Mr E. Wilson) 2 Mr W. Rose's Mercurius, 3 yrs, h. b., 9st 131 b (Mr. James) 3 Also ran Jack of All Trades, and Maid of Honour. Betting-6 to 4on CompttonlNunj, and sto 2 agst Mercurius. The latter made play at his best pace, having Makeshift, Jack of All Trades, and the favourite as his immediate fol lowers to the mile-post, where the leader was beaten, leaving Makeshift with the lead, but, on entoring the Star close the favourite went up, and won in a canter by ten lengths; a bad third. BETTING ON THE COURSE. NOR,THAMPTONSIIITtE STAKES. 12 to 1 agst Wind,grave (taken) 12 to 1 agst Gardener (taken) 100 to S agst Dollar (taken) 100 to 7 agst Costa (taken) 100 to 6 agst Fairwater (taken) 20 to 1 agst Lioness (offered) AQUATICS. UNIVERSITY BOAT RACE. The doings at Putney yesterday were of the most ani mated and interesting description, and elicited the warmest applause of a numerous circle of lookers on. It has been usual en the occasion of training of University crews at Putney for them to have preliminary races occasionally with gentlemen amateurs and with other thorough-paced crews, in anticipation of the great event, and the following struggle took vino yesterday between the undermentioned crews : CAMBRIDGE• et lb J. R. Selwyn, Trinity (stroke) F. Stevenson, Trinity .. G. Borthwick, Trinity H. A. Kinglake, Trinity • 12 10 W. W. Hawkins, St. John's IL Watson, Pembroke E. V. Pigott, Corpus J. C. llawkshaw, Trinity (bow) G. H. Archer, Corpus, (cox.) PICKED LONDON WATERMEN. H. Kelly, Putney (stroke) G. Hammerton, Teddington • J. W. Tagg, Hampton J. INlackinney, Richmond J. Biffen, Hammersmith T. Royal, Westminster H. Cole, Chelsea T. Hoare, Hammersmith (bow) J. Phelps, Putney (cox,) The distance was the same as that fixed for the great race itself, but was reversed, the start taking place at the Ship at Mortlake, on the ebb tide, and finishing at Putney. The Watermen, amongst whom will be found most of the best oarsmen of the present day, went up to the starting place first, and it is almost needless to say that, although they had never rowed together before, they were soon seen doinz their work like men who live by it. The Cambridge crew followed shortly afterwards, and when they got their boat straight, and sufficiently out from the shore, went off to row up against the tide as evenly as clockwork. The ob jeetionable practice of some of the crew throwing them selves too much back was no longer visible, and their row ing was generally good, all the men taking the water together. They brought their oars fairly through the water end feathered very low—but there was a slight scoop at first—and when fairly under way were going beautifully. The two crews started at a quarter to twelve, with the Watermen three lengths ahead of the Collegians; but the work before them differed from that of the day previous in these respects—that the wind was now easterly, and conse quently against them, while the land water, having nearly drained out, the tide under them was weaker. The Cantabs started, Without any perceptible fury or irregularity, at the same moment as the professionals; and although the Col legians were doing thirty-nine good strokes per minute, they passed Willcox's, the white Hart, at Barnes, without any diminution in the gap between them and the watermen. The Cambridge crew then began to gain a little. and at Barnes-bridge had decreased their opponents' lead by half a length, and they then continued at such gallant work that at Chiswick they had rowed the nose of their boat up to No. 6 in the waterman's ; but the latter broke away again, and at Hammersmith-bridge were a clear length ahead. The steering in the Cambridge boat was not good, and their position was not advantaged by the Watermen, like expert practitioners, giving them their wash pretty strongly; but the University men, nothing daunted, lay ing down to their work in admirable style, began to overlap their opponents at Craven, and at the point had drawn themselves level. The pace was fine, as will be seen by the time, and the Cambridge gentlemen were fairly ahead of the others at the middle of Finch's field, and 41 strokes per minute having been done in the hottest part of the race without any diminution in their good form of rowing. At Simmonds's the Cantabs cleared their oppo nents, and came in first by a length and three-quarters, having performed the distance in 21 minutes 35 seconds, and net exhibiting the slightest symptoms of distress. The Oxford gentlemen went out from the London Rowing Club boat-house immediately after the conclusion of the above race, and rowed up against tide to Barker's Rails, Mortlake, from which point they had a fine spin down through Carney-reach to Chiswick Church. The start and pace were fine, as was the style of rowing throughout, at the rate of 39 and 40 strokes per minute, the distance being accomplished in a trifle above 11 minutes. They then pro• ceeded down with a succession of animated spurts. The concourse of visitors throughout the day at Putney, in carriages, on horseback, and on foot, was very great ; the betting nearly even, Oxford for choice, and in some few in stances 5 to 4 laid upon them. The above detail warrants the presumption that the public will be gratified with a very fine race on Saturday. We learn from a distinguished Oxford University oarsman that that crew is increasing under the training in weight. It is said that the increase may be estimated at pretty well 31b. per man. CAUTION TO STEAMERS. - - - - The boats will start from two barges moored off the Star and Garter. We have agreed that the race shall not start with a single steamer in front of the boats. If the captains of the steamers do not abide by these orders the race shall be rowed with the ebb. T. C. HikwKsirA.w, Capt , C.U.B.C. C. R. CARR, Capt., 0.U.8.C. The direeors of the Orleans Railway Company have announced that at the general meeting of shareholders they will propose to fix the revenue of the old shares at 100 f, for the year 1863. [ADVERTISEMENT.]—HoIIoway's Pills.-111Gthers and Daughters.—How many starer frOIR disease for which, through bashfulness, no relief is sought till their strength of constitution is sapped I The headache, deranged diges tion, and dull pains in the back and loins attendant on these maladies, may be safely and permanently cured if the system be regulated by these celebrated pills. All diseases affecting the lower bowels, which are so troublesome and so weakening, may thus be cured without consultation and without vexing explanations. The pills are equally suit able to the young, the middle. aged, and the old—at all ages and in any climate. Full instructions for their use accom pany each packet of these medicaments, Sold by all meth ciao vendors throughout tho world, SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. TIMEs.—.We rejoice to find the House of Lords returning again to what we must consider to be its true and legitimate vocation —the promotion of the sacred interests of peace. Nothing has jarred more on the public mind than the language which was recently held by this great Assembly—language which sounded as if they really considered it their vocation to appeal to the passions of the multitude, and place every obstacle in their power to those who labour in the good work of preventing war, carnage, and desolation. Our pleasure is increased by reflecting on the quarter from which this salu tary change has come. Among the many admirable qualities which distinguish Lord Ellenborough nobody that we know of has ever enumerated any marked aversion from war. A civilian with the tastes of a military man, Lord Ellenborough has generally been inclined to go to war with the first nation which happened to offend our sense of jus tice or of propriety. Even the other day we were sorry to see him lending his powerful voice to per suade his brother Peers that we have no choice but to rush headlong into the Schleswig Holstein strug gle. Now, however, he speaks in a manner worthy of his own great talents and the Assembly of which he is an ornament. Ho asks whether the proposal of Austria and Prussia for an armistice which was published two or three days ego is authentic, and makes that question the opportunity for expressing a hope, in which we heartily agree with him, that Denmark will not reject the opportunity offered her, perhaps for the last time, extricating herself from the tremendous difficulty with which she is contend ing. " I must express," says Lord Ellenborough, "my earnest hope that the Danes will accept an armistice on the basis of uti possidetis. I trust we shall have the happiness to see the great Powers of Europe assembled in conference with the armistice first established, and I do hope at the same time that Austria and Prussia will instruct Marshal Wrangel not to commit the army to any further military operations, for it will be a most criminal act if, while these Powers hold out the hope of a pacific settlement, they do anything to endanger the lives of more men than have already fallen in this unrighteous war." The counsel is wise and weighty, and whatever Lord Ellenhorough may have to say to-morrow, he can hardly utter any thing better deserving the attention of Denmark or more beneficial to his own party. It is quite time that some one stepped forward to emancipate the Conservative party from the stigma, which they have been so anxious to fix upon themselves, of wishing to drive the Government and the nation into the horrors of a European conflict. The con stant taunts levelled at the Government for the poorness of their spirit in submitting to see their counsel rejected, their mediation repudiated, and their good offices slighted, have sunk deep into the minds of the reflecting part of the nation, and they have come to think that the differences which once divided Whigs and Tories in this country have almost all merged into the single division of advo cates of peace and promoters of war. Sydney Smith calculated that we had been at war 35 mi nutes out of every hour since the Peace of Utrecht; and if we are to accept the present Tories as fair representatives of the old English spirit of other days it could not well be otherwise. It is quite possible certainly for Lord Ellenborough, if he be so minded, to unite his exhortation to peace with a condemnation of the conduct of the nation in not immediately going to war. He may say, " I advise Denmark to make peace because England is too mean and too poor-spirited to assist her in waging war." But we are at present inclined to hope bet ter things, and to believe that the effect of really wise and moderate counsel will not be neutralized by any such addition. Denmark has now her des tiny in her own hands. She can, if she will, emerge with honour and without irreparable loss from the conflict; and if, carried away by democratic or re volutionary passion, she refuses to avail herself of the opportunity affarded her, on her own folly, and not on our prudence and moderation, must rest the blame for such results as may ensue. We have given her all the moral support in our power, and have brought matters to such a point that Denmark has still the opportunity of rescuing herself from the hands of her enemies. Whether she will avail her self of that opportunity we cannot yet tell, nor ought we to be judged by the result, which it is not in our power to control. Let any one who has felt disposed to find fault with us for not being more prompt in enforcing by the sword the opinions which we enter tain consider for a moment whether we should have been nearer our only object—the maintenance of the peace of Europe and the restraint of violent and law less aggression —if we had yielded to the solicita tions and taunts of the leaders of the Conservative party, had threatened instead of expostulated, and prepared war instead of recommending conferences and mediations. Is it at all sure that, after all the expenditure, all the disturbance, and all the panic, we should be the least nearer the end we have in view ? France has hitherto remained quiet, and if she has done little to promote the cause of peace, she is, as tar as we know, entirely free from the guilt of inflaming warlike passions. Are we quite sure that this would have been the case if England had listened to unwise and interested counsellors and thrust herself prematurely into a conflict with the whole united power of Germany ? Is it in human nature that France would have contented herself with looking on, or merely assist;ng Denmark by landing troops on her territory ? Is it nor rattier certain that she would have seized the opportunity to extend her frontier to the Rhine, and repossess herself of what she believes to be her natural boundary ? If this had been the result of our interference, does any one think that we should have interference to a good purpose, or that things would be in a better state then than they are now, when we have brought about a proposal for an armistice without removing any one of tee great European landmarks, or so far as we know, laying the foundation of any future war ? We have not yet a right to speak as persons re moved from the possibility of very serious peril; but if we escape that peril it will mainly be because Parliament and the country have had wisdom and courage enough to disregard the taunts of the war party and to persevere in the just path in which, if we have found little to gratify the spirit of na tional vanity, we have obtained advantages more durable and honour less likely to be tarnished. It is something that, with a whole country delivered over to the wildest passions, England has retained her reason clear and her perception just, and that by perseverance in good offices she has fairly worn out the angry and unjust spirits with w hi c h sire had to deal. It is something that those Powers who but a little while ago r e f use d t o li s t en t o our , warnings, or, indeed, to accept our guarantee that the Danish Monarchy would repeal the Constitution of .November, should now of their own accord, without having been able to possess themselves of the island of Alien, or, indeed, of the whole main land of Schleswig, offer to enter into a Conference; and something, also, that the tide of revolution, which at one moment seemed rising so high in Ger many, has been stopped. There are many symp toms of a reaction from the exalted and exaggerated sentiments which alone could gain, audience a few weeks ago; the lesser Pow ers of Germany are awak ing to a sense of their own impotence when occupy ing a position of antagonism to the two greater States, and the two greater States are beginning to appreciate the perilous nature of the task they have undertaken, and the impossibility of much longer circumscribing the war within the narrow limits within which for six weeks of winter it has been found barely possible to confine it. Post —lt is scarcely possible to exaggerate the importance of the questions of international law which have sprung from the present unhappy Ame rican contest. Amidst the difficulties and complica tions which have arisen the policrof the Government of this country has been one of strict and impartial neutrality, and that policy, being in accordance with the duty and the interests of this country, can well afford to stand the test of such angry but conflicting critics as Mr. Roebuck and Mr. Bright. It appears that the continued emigration from Ireland to the Federal States has been associated in many minds with a systematic plan on the part of the American Government to enlist British subjects in a foreign service, in violation not only of our territorial sovereignty, but of that famous statute of the 59th of George 111., the real effect of which, in the cases of the Alexandra and the steam-rams, is still a matter sub judice. On the one hand, it is said by Mr. Roebuck that it is most unfair to remonstrate with the Confederate Government for employing agents in this country to purchase ships and machinery whilst Federal agents are permitted with impunity to forward to the Scene of war, not hundreds, but thousands of Irish fighting men. On the other hand, Mr. Bright, who sees everything through a Northern medium, maintains that the exodus is merely the result of an economic law which must make every man prefer high wages and prosperity abroad to poverty and misery at home. Now, in all probability both these representations are partially correct. We do not suppose that Federal agents in Ireland are foolish enough to enlist men with the express purpose of serving in the American army. They are far too discreet. Mr, Caird mentioned a case in which one of these agents publicly adver tised for a thousand young men to be employed on an American railroad at 7s. a day, the directors guaranteeing that, as payment would be made in greenbacks, the cost of living to these men should not exceed 12s. a week. Of course everybody knows what the meaning of such an announcement is —an attempt, by the promise of high pay, to induce a thousand of her Majesty's subjects to become food for powder in a quarrel with which they have no concern. But Governments and Courts cannot act. upon bare suspicion. There must be prima facie evidence of an infrincrenornt of the Foreign. ;Enlist ," „ ment Act before the alleged agent or his victims osn be indicted for a misdemeanour. The difficulty 0 f obtaining this evidence was clearly pointed oat by,. Lord Palmerston, who stated that the Governm ent had done all that it could do by having directed the attention of the American Minister in this country to the subject. Those persons who remember the unfriendly spirit which th e Unit e d St a tes exhibited. towards this country d ur ing the C r imean war will not have forgotten that i n 1855 th e B r itish Minis ter, Sir John Crampton, and one or two Britis h consuls were ordered out of the United States bee cause a German, resident in Philadelphia, had, upon his own authority and for his own profit, pretended to enlist some few wretched Germans for the Br" tish service. The Cabinet of Washington, without waiting for a particle of legal evidence, broke Ot t diplomatic relations with this country, and thus its perfect neutrality by an act of gratuit ore; insult to one belligerent. If, at the dictatio n of Mr. Bright and Mr. Roebuck, the British G ° ' vernment were to imitate the precedent eat by I ‘l' Filmore, Mr. Marcy, and General CASs in 1 8 aoi Federal and Confederate agents would forthwith be ordered to depart the realm, the former on :9 15 • picion of enlisting Irishmen, and the latter for equipping and fitting out ships of war to cruis e against a State with which this country is at peac e ' Discussions of this kind in the House of Commons do little good ; they not only tend to irritate both parties in America, but they frequently throw grav e , impediments in the way of the Government and of our tribunals. It is obvious that the provisions 01 the Foreign Enlistment Act are amply sufficient to meet the case of recruiting in this country 1 4 American agents, however deficient they may be with respect to the Alexandra and the steam rains' The one thing necessary, however, is legal Prow ,, and we have no doubt that when this is obtained the Government will set the law in motion against all offenders, without regard to the sympathies orpre dilections of either Mr. Roebuck or Mr. Bright; The case of the men supposed to have been enlisted at Cork by the officers of the Federal cruiser Ne i !" sage will no d ou bt t h row some li g ht u p on the so; ject ; but still th ere ma y b e no ev id ence to connect the American Government, or any of its agents, 'NO transactions of this kind. It may turn out that th e captain of a foreign ship, wanting men, though t there was no harm in engaging a few needy Irish' men as stokers and firemen, and it may also tot li out that the individuals who for the last two years have regulated the tide of emigration from Ireland to New York have reaped enormous profits by 5 simple percentage on the passage money paid by 113° American Government, or by the emigrants 0 01 : selves. It is quite clear that, so long as the p?°' Irishman has £lOO bounty awaiting him in America, he will find his way to that favoured land withou t considering the chances and hazards of a fierce Wa r ' which will be protracted just so long as foreign w e !: cenaries choeSe to sell their lives and services to tii" highest bidder. We might leave the matter here! but last American mail brings intelligence of the fact t a measure has been introduced into Congress for the appointment of United States emigration agents in the prircipal ports of Ireland and Ge.r; many. These persons, it is understood, are to ass i s t emigrants either by advances of money or by Pr a t viding ror them a free passage. Should the . 11 % become law, these agents w ou ld be the avowe d officers of the United States Government, and, n 5 such, could not presume to exercise any functiou B ; diplomatic or commercial, with o ut the sanction (); her Majesty's Government. Tney must be eith e ii consuls or consular agents, and if, holding 5 . 11 c 1 office, they should infringe any of our munielt laws, the American precedent of 1855 might he.e) vantageously followed by their instant distatae a from this country. If the Governm e nt of Mr. Lin coln is so rich and so benevolent as to desire to p ro d vide happy and prosperous homes for the Irish al ) German peasantry, we co u ld n o t o bj ec t t o the Pr!, , sence among us of the a ge nt s o f suc h goo d work' but if we find that the Irish peasant must he , e 6 young and hearty man, and that Air. Lincoln benevolence does not e x t en d t o th e age d, or 0 females and children, suspicion will not unnatural!J be excited, and then it will not be difficult to o btain a evidence which, upon le ga l as we ll as mora l g rounoP; will make the Federal Government responsible the acts of its agents. COUNTRY MAR TS. .I. LYNN--.TUESDAY. At to-day's market there was a fair attendance, with average show of wheat, which brought about the prices last week. White wheat 44s to 4Gs / Barley . 14d.. 4os to 42 s I G r i n di ng • • Beans .32s to 31s I Oats.. Small 343 to 36s I Peas 22309455: to t tt o : 511 HULL—TUESDAY. 'lO l At to-day's market there was a f a i r su pply of Botts 0 wheat, which farmers held firmly at last week's rates ;. g . foreign there was still a slow trad e d o i ng. B ot h nisit id lv io and grinding barley neglected. B eans and peas s olo retail, but no lower in price. Oats more i n request, P'll better sold. 0 3 Wheat.... Old white per qr. • 42s Od to 445 „3 Old red :, New white .• ~ New red .... „ Barley.... English malting • Grinding 4234 0 781 s s ss 000 0 dda d ttt t 000 0 4 4 33 9 ' , 5 : 5 : : v,6, ~t , , ij i Saal and Oderbruck 3 0 0 d d d t tt 00 0 3. , 1 3 : oc j i id Holstein and Danish , 0 Grinding Oats Fnglish, old 1 Archangel and Riga, p er s t o sl2ld to 31c1 Friesland and Dut c h osl 3d to 05J. iid Swedish and Danish o sl2 04d to ' 5 3 Beans ....English, old, per qr 4 os O d t o 4i5 510 0 New pigeon 42s Od to 415 o d New tic. 4os - 0d to 0 5 6 d Egyptian 3os Od to 335 Od Peas Foreign boilers ... 32s Od te 316 cd Grinding Tares .... Spring. — s Od to --s pd Indian Corn Linseed, feeding crushing . 4os Od to 5.?.4 ;k 0 Linseed cakes (Hull) £9 10 0 t o £9 I ', 0 'I, Foreign Bl5 oto 9 0 Rape cakes 5lO ot o 0 0 Bones v i," MELTON MOWERAY—TUESDAY. The following were the currencies :—New white sv- fie ; 4Cs.Od to 45s Od; new red, 40 s Od t o 42 s per 36 s! ° : t , beans, 37s to 40s for old ; ne w sor t s , 34 s t o 37s p er 3 0 'for barley, 33s to 368 for malting., and 29s to 31 s per 4 1. • 04,9 grinding; new oats, 193 to 2330 d per 21 stone; old, to 28s. DAY. A largo attendance UßLlN—TUES . Very few t D ransactions in w ile9 fie Indian corn, flour, or oat mea l, b u t d ec id e dl y more is°' ,io tion to purchase than for a few weeks past. Foreign Mail Packet List. MAILS DUE. Australia and Mauriti us , v i a S ou th amp t on. Mar. l 4 ' via Marseilles Nar' 6, Brazil and Cap e V cr ds, b y British pacßet. Aprll 30, Cape of Good Hope, Ascension, and St. Helena Ma r ' :70. China, Penang, and Singapore, via Southautpton Ma r. 0 via Marseilles Ma r ' Falkland Islands l3' Gibraltar, via South amp t on AI on 0 , India (Calcutta), and Ceylon, via Southampton Mar' 1 4 via Marseilles M ar * IS. India (Bombay), via Southampton mar. 0, via Marseilles Ditir;, 6, Portugal.... "," 1 01 Malta, Egypt, and Aden, via Southampton NO' 0 via Marseilles Mar' 16. Newfoundland . .)l ar. Oporto and Vigo ~,. ID U. S. and British N. America, by B r it. packet AD"'`' by U.S. packet... • 1 1 ' W.C. of Africa, Madeira an ..Mar" 0 , Bahamas, via New York ... • Dl' r. 15 . gar• Mexico .. a i by en C e a ri n il a .e dian packet. Mar. 10, • • • All parts of West Indies, includi ng Chili, P eru , • I mar. 3O California. and British Columbia. • g lit The Paris savings banks d ur i ng th e l a st fortol%o received 966,939 f,, and reimbursed 833,849 f. The rely) of the Caisse do Retrait es f or th e A ge d d ur i ng the fIY period amounted to 108,071 f. A Births. rfo llo ASTLEY.—On the 15th inst , at East Barshans, Dr° the Hon. Mrs. Delaval Astley, of a daughter. a jlli CoLviLL.—On the 15th inst., at Bodmin, Mrs, -° of a son. ' 2 l o' PRENDERGAST,—On tho 15th inst., at Harlestoa, thamptonshiro, Mrs. Lenox Preudergast, of a sort.o BOWTON.—On the 15th inst., at Greenwich, Mrs' ltowton, of a son, Marriages. tre ett ISAAC—LEvIN.—On the 16t1.1 inst,, at Graftolv B ,o J et' Bond-street, !Frederick S. Isaac, Esq, of Gl° °C o - f place, Portioan-square, to Sara, secomfdaughte r L. Luvin, E sq. STEAD—BARNES —On the 1;5!h inst. Augustus :V P' third son of H. D. S tea d, E• q., of Sta'atford•hill, t ° second daughter of James Barnes, Esq., of 6t. GE° Southwark. Deaths. 00 ,11, ATTENBOROUGH —On the 15th inst , at Islip, su ss relict of the late John Attenborough, of 1 1 E ° — Northamptonshire, aged 81. IlOr FELTON.—On the 15th inst., at Warrington LW' wood, Henry Feon, aged 55• A ge° FROGLEY.—O n the 15th inst., .at Brighton, nl i r il Frogley, of Houaslow, I'd - LC.B., aged 71' ~,,.,,nei i J, SAVAGE.—On the 14th inst., at Southampton, x'— 8. Savage, Esq., aged 6 , 1. ro e, STOCKENSTII.O3I.—On the 15th inst., at 37, Talb ot ' ieu t ' ' Bayswater, Sir Add r i e sStocke ns t rom , B ai l., 13° of Governor of the Cape, aged 72. d s c "" es Woons—On the-15th inst., Percy William, occ °ll OE' James Pontifex Woods, Es q ., of Torrington Claygate, Surrey, and Southwark. ............„ —.....—,,, „"' A N riptv - i i i:3• London: Printed and I'Tb:foiled by WILLIA3I , ' so. ' o f of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at TILE SUN (o ° o %ol Strand, in the Precinct of th e ~3avoy. ;Li Ole ' 411 , 14104.77 - Arlitir2dity,LU4lCll 17, 1604. THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, MARCH 17, 1864.