The Sun. — London, England, 1864-08-06 00:00:00

••••••• imanlab4 Nasal igence, The Dale of Cambridge, Field Marshal Com manding hief of the Army, yesterday drove to Woolwich, att ended by his aid.e-de-camp in waiting, Brevet-Col. R. W. P. Curzon, C. 8., late Grenadier Guards, and reviewed the troops in garrison there. They were drawn out in marching order on Wool. wich-common at half-past nine o'clock, according to orders transmitted from the Horse Guards on the preceding evening. There were present on the ground one battalion of Royal Marines, in command of Lt.-Col. Marriott ; two troops of Horse Artillery, in command of Col. the Hon. E. T. Gage and Major D. S. Greene ; two batteries of the Depot Brigade, and two 40-pounder batteries, in corn. mand of Col. J. H. Smyth, C. 8., commanding the 2d division of the Depot. The firing of 21 guns in rapid succession and the hoisting of the national standard at the Greenhill battery an nounced the Duke's arrival in the garrison shortly before ten o'clock a.m. General `Verde, C. 8., the Commandant, attended by a numerous staff of officers, received his Royal Highness in the centre of the parade and accompanied him to the review ground, where the troops i m mediately performed save the usual salute, the bands playing , Queen." The operations were intended to illustrate the attack of an advancing foe, who was represented as having already gained a position in the north east corner of the common. Notwithstanding the extreme heat of the weather the whole proceedings went off admirably. His Royal Hi g h ness was then accompanied by General Warde and the attendant Staff to the Royal Artillery mess quarters, where he was entertained at luncheon. About 50 superior officers in the garrison were present. The enter tainment lasted an hour, during which time the b and of the regiment, con d ucted b y Mr Smythe, performed a choice selection of music. The Duke left Woolwich for town soon after one p.m., amid the booming of the battery guns. A. general order has been issued from the Horse Guards, by command of the Duke of Cambridge, and peomulgated at Chatham garrison, announcing that in future every recruit on first joining the headequarters of his depot or regiment, is to be asked whether he is a Roman Catholic, Episcopa lian, Presbyterian, or belonging to any other sect, and that the answer be recorded in the man's pocket ledger, duly attested by his signature, and witnessed. On Tuesday night the Lords of the Admiralty arrived at New Milford by special train, and on Wednesday the usual inspection of the dockyard, forts, &c., took place. After the inspection their _Lordships left in her Majesty's yacht Osborne for reland. The delays which have taken place in the pro gress of the iron-clad frigate Bellerophon, 14, 4,246 tons, now building at Chatham Dockyard, in conse quence of the non-supplyof angle and plate iron from the contractors, are likely to be effectually remedied, arrangements having been completed by which at least 100 tons of iron will be sent into the dock. yard weekly by Messrs Cheyney and Co., who have the contract for supplying that description of iron for the vessel. Notwithstanding, however, the de. lcys which have taken place in the construction of the Bellerophon, which are attributable solely to the non-delivery of the requisite materials by the con tractors, the most marked progress has been made in the construction of the frigate, which will not occupy one half the time in building that was con sumed in the construction of the Achilles, built at the same dockyard. The works connected with the Bellerophon are watched with the keenest interest by some of the most eminent shipbuilders in this and other countries, several of whom have inspected the frigate since she has been in frame. Now that the works are sufficiently advanced to enable an opinion to be formed of the class of ves sel the Bellerophon is intended to prove, it is impossible to fail observing that a totally new and highly economical mode of iron shipbuilding has been introduced by her de signers. The great improvement already observable is the enormous reduction effected in the amount of expensive smiths' work. The extent to which com plicated and costly forge work has been insisted upon in all previous iron-cased ships has afforded incessant grounds of complaint by the contractors who built the Black Prince, Warrior, Hector, De fence, and other similar ships, and it appears pretty certain the quality of work of this kind which was actually performed in the Achilles at Chatham Dock yard has tended to make her a very costly vessel. Hitherto it would seem the designers of our ironclad squadron of vessels have considered any material re duction in work of this kind altogether incompatible - with the great strength required in ships of war, but Mr Reed, the present chief constructor of the navy, is obviously of a very different opinion, and in designing the Bellerophon has boldly swept away the preconceived notions as to what was deemed indispensable to the construction of an iron vessel of war. An inspection of the Bellerophon as she now lies in frame will make it appear evident that not only has this been done without sacrificing strength, but with a positive increase of that impor tant quality. With this increase of strength is as sociated at the same time a still more important feature—unexampled security. Hitherto the great defect in all iron ships has been the local weakness of their bottoms, which has usually rendered com paratively trifling mishaps fatal to them, while wooden ships, meeting with the same casualties, fre quently escape with but temporary, and more often trifling, injury. The usual mode of correcting this defect is by the introduction of water-tight bulkheads across the ship. This plan may have proved useful in the mercantile marine, but it in terferes so seriousiy with the accommodation and ventilation of ships of war as to be an unsatisfac tory remedy for the defect alluded to. In the Bellerophon the evil has been boldly met by the introduction of a complete double bottom, somewhat resembling in principle that of the Great Eastern, but far more complete and perfect in its arrange ment. The system of longitudinal girders, found to answer so well in the latter ship, has also been adopted in the Bellerophon, but while the longitu dinal frames constituted the sole, or nearly sole, support of the bottom plating of the great ship, a strong and rigid system of transverse frames has been brought to its support in the Bellerophon, thus rendering her bottom stronger and more secure from injury than that of any other iron iron ship afloat. Reverting to the subject already noticed in The Sun—the advantage of working all the heavy de scription of guns on board ship by means of machi nery, it is satisfactory to find that the Lords of the Admiralty have decided that each of the ten 12 -ton 300-pounders with which the Bellerophon will be armed are to be worked by an ingeniously con. trived, but at the same time simple mechanical arrangement, the invention of Mr. Reed, and a notification to that effect has already been received at Chatham Dockyard. By this arrange ment each of the monster guns will be daily trained and handled by three or four men, and each gu n kept upon the enemy through the arc of a circle of more than 60 deg., as perfectly, in fact, as the'guns are now trained on hoard Cept. Colea's turret ship, the Royal Sovereign. Too much importance cannot be attached to the advantage which will be pos sessed in this respect by the Bellerophon, the power of "keeping the enemy on" and following him about with your gun being of immense advantage. t he Clio, 22, 400-horse power, Capt. N. E. B. Tarnoar, which was under orders to leave the Noro yesterday afternoon for the Pacific, takes out, in tow, a small steam tug, of about 70 tons burden, nawed the Turtle, which has recently been pur chased by the Admiralty to be stationed at the 'eland of Ascension, and to be used for towing purposed. T he chartered transport Acadia sailed f rom Woolwie yesterday fo r J amaica, after shipping n. naval and war stores off the Arsenal. The Albert William also sailed for Auckland yesterday, laden with shells, combustibles, hall cartridges, ; and the Egmont, for the same destination, wtiteh London of gun s an d ot h er wa r stores, shipped in h docks. Yesterday a party of S wedisb, Prussian, and B el. gian officers visited Chatham garrison for the pur pose of Witnessing some trials which are now in progress at the Royal Engineer establishment, for the purpoao of testing the respreire merits of the Austrian and Belgian pontoons, as compared with those of the ordinary English pontoon (Gen. Blau• shard's) in use in the service. The officers were ac companied to the pontoon-ground opposite Chatham harbour by Col. Harness, C. 8., and the officers of of the staff, and some time was occupied in watching the progress of the trials. Although the Belgian and Austrian pontoons both possess important advan tages, yet the balance of superiority for all qualities was undoubtedly in favour of the Blanshard pontoon. William Brown has been appointed lieutenant In the Royal Naval Reserve, and John Wharton hone orary lieutenant. Important Experiments at Shoeburyness, On Thursday last the Iron-plate Committee brought their official existence to a close with some experiments upon a target representing an ironclad built to scale upon the principle generally adopted on the Continent, and more especially by our neighbours the French. Nearly all the Iron-plate Committee were present on this occasion, together with a large number of officers of both branches of the service, who were specially interested in seeing how the theory of foreign armour ships would stand the downright practice of such heavy ordnance as Shoebury could bring against them. This target, the trial of which closes the labours of the Iron Armour-plate Committee, had been made at the suggestion, and according to the draw , • ings of one of its members, Professor William Pole, F.R.S. Its object differs somewhat from that of most targets hitherto tried; for, whereas the usual endeavour has been to test novel constructions offering promise of increased resistance, this experi ment only proposes to obtain exact information as to the actual strength of a very simple and compa ratively slight structure, but still one largely adopted in practice—namely, a wooden ship with a plain armour-plate covering, and without any extra strengthening devices of longitudinal stringers, &c., such as those lately tried in the Lord Warden and others. At the same time, to render the experi ment as useful as possible, Mr Pole has taken ad vantage of it to try the value of some inventions, which, though approved by other nations, and especially by France, have not hitherto been fully tested in this country. These are—the use of plates of small area, and a peculiar mode of fastening them to the ship with large " wood screws," holding by coarse threads in the timber, instead of bolts pass ing entirely through, with nuts on the inside, which is the usual English plan—and a moat defective one it is. The target represented a portion of a ship's side, lift. long and 10ft. high, covered with four rows of plates, each plate being about sft. 9in. long and 2ft. bin. wide, The two upper rows were 4-lin. thick, the two lower nearly 6in.—that is to say, 5 15.16 in. Each plate was screwed to the ship by about 15 screws, each le-in. in diameter, and penetrating well into the ship's timbers to the depth of 16 inches. The hull was composed of verti cal frame timbers of oak, 11 inches thick ; outside planking of teak, 10 inches; and inner planking of oak, again, 6 inches, all strongly fastened together. Behind this were portions of decks and deck beams, strengthened in the manner usual with French ar mour ships. These strengthenings consisted of mas sive oak brackets, which filled up the angle bee tween the ship's side and the deck, and occurred at intervals of about 3ft. apart, answering much the same purpose as the iron beams used in our own men-of-war, These, however, appeared to be stronger ; were certainly placed closer together, and were, besides their own strong tin. iron bolts, six in number, still further secured to the deck and the side by broad, powerful, wrought -iron brackets, bolted through on each side. Every part of the target, in fact, was contructed on the principle universally in use on the Continent, and, above all, in France, The whole target, that is to say, its Gin. plates on the water eline, and 41in. plates above —may be said to have represented the last and best of the French ironclads—the Flandres; while the upper half—that is, the 41n. plates alone— were in most particulars a general copy of La Gloire, the wood backing being similar in both La Claire and the Flandres. How Gin. and 4elin. plates will stand under fire of heavy guns was, of course, as well known before the experiment com menced as at its close. The trial, therefore, was simply undertaken to test the continental system of small plates fastened with a large number of screws instead of bolts. These screws were supplied direct from France, and were used so numerously about the plates that at no part could a shot strike without having its circumference within two inches of no less than four of them. As either screw or bolt holes in the plates are evils and recognised sources of weakness, it was believed that the plates would soon yield under fire and crack in all directions ; but the absolutely perfect manufacture of the iron made by the Millwall Company disappointed this expec tation, for, though the target was penetrated and destroyed more absolutely than any target that has ever yet been tried at Shoebury, not a single crack was visible in the iron from first to last. More per fect plates have never been experimented on, and a most apt illustration was afforded by them during the course of the day of the value of the long labours of the Iron-plate Committee, which were on Thurs. day brought to a close with this trial. The target was fixed right in front of the once-famous Scott Russell target, tried about three years ago, and built of plates which were then thought marvels of manufacturing excellence, but which, nevertheless, cracked like glass under the shot. On Thursday almost every shot went clear through the French target, and afterwards struck full with more or less of force on Scott Russell's. When they did strike the latter hard they generally cracked a plate, but, as we have said, the plates in the French target never gave a sign of weakness, though it was perforated in all directions, and once with a shot so close to the circular hole made by another previously as to leave only a narrow but a perfect strip of iron like a lattice bar between the two. Even from the plates of John Brown and Co. finer results have never been obtained, and we are not say ing too much in praise of the Iron-plate Committee in attributing to their patient and careful investigations and the results of their valuable experiments much of the high superiority which our own plate manufacture now enjoys throughout the world. When the committee began their labours, about four years ago it was an almost unknown circumstance to get a shot through any target, but it was then almost equally a matter of course that the plates shattered and cracked in all directions under the fire of the least effective guns. In the interval that has elapsed both the Ordnance Select Committee and the iron•plate Committee have been steadily at work, the former perfecting our means of attack in guns, the latter improving our system of defence in armour plates, and, as was to be expected, the former have gained the advan tage. True it is that our armour-plates have been brought to such perfection that a crack in a plate, even under the most incessant firing, is rarely seen but, on the other hand, what with larger guns and steel shot it is now taken as a matter of course that our heavy ordnance can as easily pierce any system of armour-plating that can reasonably be expected to float at sea as if it was so much wood. In plain terms, this i s rea ll y t h e result at which all the Shoe buryness experiments have at last arrived. No matter what the target or the system of coating, whether it bo Chalmers's or the French plan, 6-inch plates, a cupola ship, or one of the Warriors or Minotaurs,the guns we have now got of Sir William Armstrong's go through all alike. Wooden shipe are relatively stronger against 68. pounders than are iron-clads against the 150 -pounder and 200- pounder shunt guns. We have quite reached, if indeed experience does not sh ow us that we have over passed, the limit of armour w e i g h t which such ships as the Lord 'Warden and Bellerophon can safely carry in a heavy sea. Yet these two vessels, which with the American B ei Dictator are th e strongest and the thickest plat n ed known to exist, ere also known to he almost a s vulnerable to the heavy guns at Shoeburyness as wood is to the 6 8-pounders. Nothing could more conclusively prove this truth than the experi ments of Thursday. It is needless to go through a long recapitulation of the shots fired. These experi ments are of course only valuable in their results, ;'end when the heavy cues were ueed egeiest the THE 817 N , LONDON, SArUEDAY EVENING, AUGUST 6, 1864. French target the results were always the same. They sent their steel shot clear through it with more or less of ruin and devastation. It mattered not whether the shot was 160 or a 220 pounder, whether of steel or of chilled cast iron, on Captain Palliser's system whether the charge was a full one to represent close action, or the powder reduced so as to give the same velocity to the shot as would be got with a full charge at a range of 1,500 yards. In every instance the projectile went clear through 6 inch or 5 inch plates, cracking and bulging the plates of Scott Russell's target behind it, and leav ing the massive oak and teak of the French target a mere ruin of splinters scattered far and wide upon the beach, or marking by their tattered fringe where once great beams had been. An accident illustrated the immense superiority of this chilled metal over the common iron castings. It was in tended at the conclusion of the experiments to try a 300 pounder steel shot from the 101 inch gun, but as it happened one of ordinary cast iron was taken by mistake. This, though propelled with a 351 b. charge instead of 501 b., the reduction of power only giving the velocity which the shot would have had at 1,500 yards range, broke up almost harmlessly against the target, making a severe dent, but nothing more, whereas the 250 pound chilled shot of Captain Palliser, with the same charge went clear through everything. The value of the new process of casting these shot in cold iron moulds, so as to chill and contract the outer surface into almost the hardness of steel, still remains to be proved in manufacturing practice. Of the increased hardness of the shot there is no manner of doubt, but its superiority as compared with steel is admitted, while it has yet to be proved that it can be made as cheaply relatively to steel as is the difference in its effectiveness. In every case with these chilled shot the best Pontypool iron is we believe used, instead of the common pig, while in some cases the shot is over chilled, and the outer surface so contracted over the inner mass as to at once shatter like glass on the concussian of the first explosion in the gun, which blows it out in ragged fragments. This a serious military defect. Another defect of a commercial nature is that the iron moulds are liable to crack after some 15 or 20 shots have been cast in them, when the value of the cost of the mould has, of course, to be added on to the price of the shot it has turned out. There is no reason to doubt that with increased experience in their manufacture these difficulties may be surmounted, and we only men tion them to show that such a wonderful revolution as that of getting a metal like steel at the price of cast iron is not likely to be accomplished offhand, if indeed it can ever be brought about at all. Looking at one aide of the target fired at on Thursday, the French method of fastening the plates with screws instead of bolts seemed absolutely perfect. But, as with everything else, there was another side to this picture. Screws can only be used with wooden ships which have been plated with armour such as nearly all the French ships are built of, and such as, line fortunately, some of ours, like the Prince Ccnsort, Royal Sovereign, &c,, are also. It is only with a wooden frame behind the armour that a sufficient depth of wood can be got for the screws to bite in ; and though, undoubtedly, the screws do hold bet• ter than our bolts in the wood, yet, on the other hand, the wood itself yields to the pas sage of the shot in such terrific splinters as would carry utter destruction through a ship's crew. The experiments both with this French target and with the Lord Warden a few months since have proved incontestably the worthlessness of wooden ships plated with armour, as compared with pure iron structures. If it is still intended by our Ad miralty to coat more wooden ships with armour, the wooden scantling must be lined with an inner skin, if it is not wished to expose the men to more destructive missiles, in the shape of splinters, than any which either Sir Wiliam Armstrong or Colonel Boxer could send among them with their segment or Shrapneli ships. There is, however, not the least reason why vessels built on the plan of our first and best system of armour plating, the War rior, which carries 18 inches of teak under her plates, should not have their armour fastened on with screws on the French plan. This system is so infinitely superior to our plan of using bolts as literally to leave no data whatever by which the two can be compared. The difference between the methods may he beet summed up by saying that the French screws do always hold on their plates in spite of everything that shot can do, whereas our bolts brcuk with the first bloc-, and allow the plate to buckle up at the ends, or even to fall bodily off. Nothing that shot or shell could effect on Thursday could make the screws loosen their hold, and, though the target was perforated , like a sieve in ell directions, the screws trom first to last showed no signs of yielding. Their metal was certainly as wonderful as that of the plates, which were of the toughness and consistency of copper, rarely even bending under the tremendous blows which pierced them like paper. Some of the screws were struck, and were twisted almost literally inro knots, without showing a sign of fracture in any part. Their metal was of the peculiarly excellent kind which comes from the Island of Elba, and which is always worked with charcoal. If the French could only manage to make plates of the same temper as these screws they would have nothing to desire for their iron fleet. Their plates, however, judging from the;many specimens which have came to this coun try to be tested, are very inferior, and the majority of their armour is now procured from this country, whence they are also using every endeavour to get our best plate workmen also. The experiments were brought to a close cn Thursday evening, be cause there was in truth no new result to be elicited by continuing them. From the moment that the 200 pounder and 150 pounder came into play with steel shot there was a mere repetition of holes in the target, and nothing more, save that, if possible, some were more ragged and disastrous than others. Be yond this there is really little to say, and it would be mere tedious iteration to give the succession of shots which, whether fired with low charges to re present 1,500 yards, or fired close, had only one result—that of smashing up the target with more or less of ruin. This conclusion would not have been materially altered in any respect had one of Our best materially altered in any respect had one of our best specimens of armour Ships stood on Thursday in place of the French target. Leaving out of the question altogether the 600 pounder, the 150 and 220 pounders which are now at Shoebury have proved themselves sufficient to destroy almost at a blow every target that has boon put before them, even such targets as inventors have brought for ward, where the mass of iron has been so great as to at once reader it evident that it could not be borne in sea-going ships. For mere harbour duty a floating battery with steam power enough to steam in or out of Spithead may be made to carry 12 inches or even 15 inches of iron. For sea-going frigates 6 inches seems as yet to be the utmost limit of weight which they can safely carry, and six inches of iron before these heavy Armstrong shunt guns repre sents the same powers of resistance that wooden ships offer to 68 pounders. The guns have always kept an important relative superiority over the armour, and are likely to keep it to the end. The experiments on various kinds of steel shell have almost been brought to a close, and with the results which we anticipated from the commencement. The great experiment with the 600-pounder against a floating Werrior target at 2,000 yards' range has been adjourned sine die. The 600-pounder has now nearly completed its 150 hoof rounds, and still re mains, without change, us formidable as ever. MR, KENNEDY AND TILE SWINFEN CASE.-Mr. Charles Kann Kennedy, the well known barrister of the Midland Circuit has, we understand, found himself com pelled to file a petition in the Bankruptcy Court. The only debt scheduled, we are told, is the bill of costs in his late law-suits against Mrs. Broun, formerly Mrs. Swinfen, for which execution has been issued.—Birmingham _Post. [AnvERTIsErIENT.]— Holloway' s Oi ntment. —l n b a d legs, ulc ers , scrofulous sores, and glandular swellings, this ointment operates vory gently, but very surely, and with a rapidity that resembles magic. It should be rubbed into the parrs affected, after they have been fomented with lukewarm water. The purifying and curative powers of this marvellous unguent have never been disputed by any one who has given it a fair trial. It contains not a particle of any substance of a noxious nature, nor is there a case en record in which it has done the slightest harm; while (hers are authentic reports of innumerable cures effected by it in all countries. It is as mild in it 4 action as it is power ful and beneficial in it s effvot,. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. LEWES RACES-FRIDAY. A 100 soya Plate ; three-yr-old; 7st 71b ; four, Bst 101 b; five and upward, 9st ; mares and geldings allowed 31b1; the winner to be sold for 200 sow. One mile. Lord St. Vincent's Dean Swift, 3 yrs, 7st 71b (J. Grimshaw) 1 Mr Astley's Overstone, 4 yrs, B,tt 101 b .. (H. Grimshaw) 2 Mr G. Egerton's Roseneath, 3 3rs, 7st 71b (Perry) 3 Mr Jaye's Lampoon, 3 yrs, 7st I-lb Mr M. H. Hammond's Lady of the Manor, 5 yrs, Bst 111 b Betting-5 to 2 agst Overstone, sto 1 agst Dean Swift, 8 to 1 each agst Lampoon and Roseneath. Lady of the Manor made play followed by Lampoon, Dean Swift and Overstone wile on their right In the straight Lady of the Manor pive way, whereupon Dean Swift assumed the lead two distances from home, and shaking off Overstone at the di3tance, won in a canter by three lengths ; Roseneath was a bad third, and the others were beaten off. The winner 'vas bought by Lord Bate man for 400 guineas. The Priory Stakes of 15 soya each, 5 ft, with 100 added, for two-yr-olds ; colts, Bst 101 b ; fillies, Set 71b ; certain allowances and penalties ; the second to save his stake. T.Y.C. About five furlongs. 52 subs. Mr G. Angell's Attache, Bst 51L (Perry) 1 Mr J. B. Morris's Shrapnel, Sit 131 n (inc. 31b extra) (Fordham) 2 Lord Westmoreland's Munchauten, Sat Goater) 3 Capt. A. Cooper as. Ann-Macassar ' B , t, 51b (F. Adams) 4 Mr C. Alexander's Cordelia, 8 8 t 101 b (inc. 3lb extra) (Wells) 5 Betting-6 to 5 agst Anti-Macassar, 4to ,1 each agst Shrapnel and Cordelia, 5 to 1 eget Attache. Shrapnel led for about a quarter of a mile, when: Mun ehausen and Anti-Macassar came to the front, but the latter quickly stopped, and Attache joined Lord Westmore land's horse, whom he headed at the distance, and won easily by a length ; a length and a half between second and third, and Anti-Macassar finished a head in the rear of Munchausen, and two lengths in front of Cordelia. A Sweepstakes of 5 sovs each, with 100 added, for 3-yr-olds ; two-yr-olds, 7st; three, Bst alb; mares and geldings allowed 31b ; the winner to be sold for £lOO ; if entered for £5O allowed 51b. Half a nilo. 8 subs. Lord Westmoreland's Usher, 3 yrs, Bst 41b (£5O) (J. Goater) 1 Lord St. Vincent's Lily Lye, 2 yrs, Gat 111 b (£100) (J. Loess) 2 Mr G. Hodgman's Virtuous, 2 yrs, 6st 61b (£5O) (Morris) 3 _ _ The following also ran :—The Aristocrat, Mysterious Lady, Brown Doe, and Magic. Perry weighed for Mother Bunch, whose number was hoisted and afterwards taken down. After the race, Mr Egerton, the owner of Mother Bunch was called before the stewards, and gave a satisfactory reason for the horse's non starting. Betting-7 to 4 agst Usher, sto 2 agst Brown Doe, Gto 1 sgst The Aristocrat, 100 to 15 agst Lily Lye. The latter made the running to the distanee, where Usher came on, took the lead half-way up, and won, after a good race, by a head. Four lengths separated the second and third ; Brown Doe was fourth, and the other pulled up. The winner was bought in for 170 guineas. Lily Lye, who pulled up lame, was claimed by Mr Hodgman for 240 guineas. The Queen's Plato of 100 guineas; 3-yr-olds, Bst 51b; four, 9st 71b; five and upwards, 93t 121 b. 2 miles. Lord St. Vincent's East Lancashire, 4 yrs, Oct 71b (J. Osborne) 1 Mr S. Thellusson's Gama Pullet gelding, 3 yrs, Bst 51b (G. Fordham) 2 Flying Spur would have run, but the jockey was not at the weighing scales. Betting-10 to 1 on East Lancashire, who waited on the Game Pullet gelding for half a mile, when he took a clear lead, and won in a canter by 40 lengths. The Tyro Stakes of 5 sous each, with 100 added, for 2-yr olds; colts, Bst 101 h; fillies, Bst 71b; maidens allowed 71b ; maidens that have started three times, 101 b—tho winner to be sold for 200 sovs,, &c. T.Y.C. 8 subs. Lord St. Vincent's Bunch, 7st 111 b (J. Grimshaw) 1 Mr Saltmarsh's Miss Pickles, Bst 71b .... (A. Edwards) 2 Mr 'l'. Golby's Vigilant, Bst Mr It. Ten Broeck's Forester, Bst (Fordham) 4 Mr Fleming's Camilluss, Set Perry weighed for Spain, and the filly's number was hoisted, but being subsequently found lame, did not go to the post. Betting-2 to 1 agst Forester-9 to 4 agst Bunch-5 to 1 agst, Vigilant and Miss Pickles. Bunch made play throughout, and won by a length and a half; a length separated the second and third; Forester a bad fourth. The winner was bought by Mr Drewitt for 360 guineas. The De Warrenne Handicap of 10 save each, h ft. and 100 added, for two-yr-olds and upwards ; winners extra. T.Y.C., about five fur. 105 subs ,84 declared. Marquis of Hastings's Attraction, 3 yrs, Bst _slb_ (Fordham) 1 Mr J. Saxon's Amazonian, 4 yrs, 7st 31b (J, Grimshaw) 2 Mr Samuel's Galllls, aged, 7st 12lb Mr G. liodgman's Confederate, 3 yrs 7st 51b ..(Morris) 4 The following also ran :—Cranbury, Marigold, Peignoir, Olivia, and Orphene. Betting-7 to 4 agst Marigold-4 to 1 agat Attraction -sto 1 agst Amazonian-7 to 1 agat Confederate-100 to 8 each agat Olivia and Orphene-100 to 7 agst Gallus-100 to 6 agst Cranbury. Amazonian jumped away with a clear lead, followed by Peignoir, Gallus, and Attraction; Marigold, who got badly off, bringing up the rear, They ran thus until halfway up the hill, where Attraction joined Mr Saxon's filly, took a decided lead before reaching the distance, and won easily by a length ; a length and a half between second and third; a head separated the third and fourth; Peignoir was fifth. The Borough Members' Plate of 50 Boys ; two-yr-olds, 7st ; three, Bst 91b ; four, gat 41b ; five and upwards, 9st 71b; mares and geldings allowed 31b; the winner to be sold for £5O ; if entered for £3i), allowed 71b. T.Y.C. 5 subs. Mr Wales's Lady Warwick, 3 yrs, 7st 131 b (£3O), (Fordham) 1 Mr Marsh's Confederalist, 3 yrs, Sst 91b (£5O) (Hibbard) 2 Mr E. Egerton's Ericht, 2 yrs, Gst 4lb (£3O) (Carroll) 3 Mr Saltinarsh's Tademus, 2 yrs, 6st 71b (X:30) (Morris) 4 Betting-9 to 4on Lady Warwick, who waited on Confe deralist for a quarter of a mile, where she came away, and won in a canter by two lengths ; a bad third. The winner was bought in for 70 guineas. The Welter Cup (Handicap), va l ue 50 sovs , by subscrip tion (do cove each (2 ft to the fund), with 50 added ; gen tlemen riders; professionals 71b extra; winners after the publication of the weights Sib extra, One mile and a half. 22 subs. Mr E. Duke's The Plover, 4 yrs, lOst Sib (inc 71b ex) (J. Goater) 1 Mr R. Drewitt's Greenland, 3 yrs, lO st (i nc 71b e xtra) (Fordham) 2 Mr Che rr y' s Disappointment, 5 yrs, lOst .. (Mr Cherry) 3 Mr Thellussou's Bally Edinuad, d yrs, llst Olb (Mr W. Bevil]) 4 Tho fallowing also ran :—Margery, Prince Lee 800, and Harvest Moon. Betting-7 to 4 agst Bally Edmond, 7to 2 aged Green land, 6 to 1 egst Harvest Moon, 7 to 1 each agst The Plover and Margery. Diappointuient made play for a short distance, when ho gave Way to Margery, The Plover waiting until reaching the distanc e , when he ca me away an d won b y a length and a half; a head separated the second and third, and a simi lar distance the third and fourth. LATEST BETTING ON THE COURSE. ST. LEGER, 7to 4 agst Blair Athol (offered, taken 2 t) 1) 3to 1 agst General Peel (offered) 13 to 1 agat Baragah (offered) 1000 to 70 agst Claremont (taken) 20 to 1 agst Knight of Snowdon (offered) 1000 to 30 egst Ely (wanted, 25 to 1 offered) 1000 to 30 agst Paris (offered) 1000 to 30 agat Cambuscan (offered) 1000 to 20 agst Vanquisher (offered) 100 to 1 agst Calista colt (taken) 1000 to 2 asst Idler (offered) Offers to take 2 to 1 about John Scott's lot, DERBY. 20 to 1 agst Liddington (taken) BETTING AT MANCHESTER—FRIDAY, LEWES HANDICAP. 4to 1 agst Magnum Bonum (taken) sto 1 ag s t S uspicion (taken ) 5 to 1 agst Sheridan (offered) WOLTEILHABIPTON STAKES. 2to 1 agst Dollar (taken) ESOP. HANDICAP. 6to 1 agst East Lancashire (taken) 10 to 1 agat Welcome (taken) 10 to 1 agat Caller Ou (taken ) 100 to 8 agst Alabama (offere d) 100 to 8 agst The Tartar (offered, take 100 to 7) 100 to 0 agst Castle Espie (offered) ST. LEGER. 2 to 1 aga t B lair Athol (t a k e n) 100 to 30 against General reel (taken) 100 to 6 agat Baragah (wanted) two gentlemen o f S an F rancisco l a id a wager, by which one was bound to the following conditions :—lf of the parti es WAGER ON TUEWAIL—About ten months ago the Fed era l f orces did not capture R i c h mon d w i t hi n 30 days from that date, he was to give his opponent a single sound, eatable apple ; if Richmond held out 6,1 days, ho was to give him two apples, and so on, doubling the number for each month until Richmond was taken—to the end of time, if that event did not occur before. Nina months have passed since the first apple was handed over, and the list of apples delivered at th e en d of the success i ve mont h s i s as f o ll ows : —l, 2,4, 8, all a good joke, an d the loser has paid forfe i ts regu l ar l y w i th 16, 32, 64 , 12S, 256 — to t a l 511. Thus far it i s a good grace, but yesterday it ruined a 10 dol. piece to meet the demand ; apples aro 15e to 20c per lb., and it took a 501 b box. Should Richmond be taken within the present month he would get back all the apples he has lost, and one more, which would make him more than even, but should it hold out a year longer, and he continue to pay his losses, his last payment would cost him 40,960 dol., and he would be 81,900 dots. out; in th ree months more he would be out 686,340 dots.: and should the war last from its date as much longer as it has already lasted since its commencement, no nation on earth could meet the terms of the wager, even allowing It to be reduced to a cash CaVornia. 1 AQUATICS, ROYAL YACHT SQUADRON REGATTA. The unfinished contest of Wednesday for the Squadron prizes was resumed and concluded yesterday, the prizes sailed for, conditions of the race and names of the compet ing vessels being as follows : A cup, value 100 goys, given by the Royal Yacht Squadron with a second prize of 25 sous; half a minute per ton allowed, Thames measurement; to be sailed for by cutters of 30 tons and upwards belonging to any Royal Yacht Club. The Mosquito, 59 tons (Mr T. lloldsworth) ; the Volante, 59 tons (Mr. H. C. Maudslay) ; the Surf, 51 tons (Mr. G. Harrison) ; the Astarte, 73 tons (Mr. T. Seddon) ; the Alerte, 55 tons (Lieut. J. Sladen, R.N.) ; the Vindex, 45 tons (Mr. A. Duncan) ; the Arrow, 91 tons (Mr. T. Cham berlayne). The course was off the R.Y.S. Castle, thence to pro ceed round the 'Warner light•vessel, thence to the north ward of the Calshot light-vessel, passing to the north ward of the Brambles ; thence round a mark vessel moored off Egypt ; thence to pass between the station vessel and the Castle, twice round. The light-vessels and the mark vessels to be left on the port hand if he yachts aro di rected to start to the eastward, and on the starboard hand if the start be to the westward. All vessels racing to keep outside all the buoys and marks on the shoals (the Peel in cluded) except the Middle and Sturbridge. The vessels were started about 10 a.m„ and at 10 30 a.m. they were opening Osborne Bay, running up before a light W.S, PT., nearly in line, with the Arrow leading and on the outside of the line, and the Volante in the inside posi tion. The wind began to fall rather light again as they approached I , ..yde Pier-head, which was passed by them in the following times : H. H. S. H. H. S. Arrow ll 4 4 Vindex 5urf............ 11 4 33 Mosquito ll 823 Alerte ...... Volante The Alerte and Surf, it will be seen, were close together, with the Surf on the Alerte's weather quarter. Hyde Pier was no sooner passed by the Astarte than the whole of the vessels were becalmed, diversified by slight catspaws of wind, under which circumstances the positions of the ves sels kept changing, until at length a light air came up from west, which sent them on their way again—Alerte, Surf, and Volante first catching it, and the first named taking the load, while the Arrow lay becalmed to leeward. Vindex was now fourth, Mosquito fifth, Arrow sixth, and Astarte seventh—the light breeze just skirting them as they lay in line at about a cable's length apart. While the cutters lay thus alternately under the influence of catspaws and calms, with a view of an unruffled expanse of water ahead, a steady breeze from W.S.W. was coming up astern, and gave some hopes of a breeze sufficient to enable the vessels to sail out the match. The breeze now soon came up, and away they went round the Sandhead for the Norman, six of them pretty well in a cluster, with the Arrow to leeward and the Alerte to windward, the Astarte separated from the others by a short distance and acting as whipper-in." In running down the Warner the Arrow drew ahead through the ruck, and again assumed the lead, which there was but little doubt she would keep with a true breeze. The Warner was reached and lulled round thus:— H. H. S. H. H. S. Arrow l2 50 22 Alerte Volante Surf l2 52 58 I Vindex .. 12 55 43 Mosquito ..... 12 53 18 I In lufling round the Warner, balloon jibs were taken in and working ones set for working back westward, the wind being now from W.N.W., moderate. Off the Noman bank the Vindex passed the Astarte and resigned to her the honour of being for the present the last in the race. The Mosquito was the first to go about and made a short tack in for the island shore, under the Sandhead, crossing the Vindex's bows as the latter kept her reach to the north ward. In going through the east part of Spithead the Mosquito passed the Alerte on her weather. At 120 p.m the Arrow was passing stokes Bay pier, the Volante Kicker Point, at the east end of Stokes Bay, with the Surf about 300 yards astern, and the Mosquito to windward, and mid distance between the two. The Alerte and Vindex were on the same reach as the others, standing down through the bay, and both close astern of the Surf, and at the same time the last of the lot, the Astarte was standing for ityde Pier, from the direction of the en trance to Portsmouth harbour. The wind kept up its strength to a fair sailing summer full-sail breeze, varying between W.N.W. to W.S.W., and the Arrow, with her favourite terms of a long reach and smooth water, was lessening the distance between herself and rivals every fathom's distance she sailed. The Mosquito, on clearing out from Stokes Bay at 1 40 p.m., was holding a good weatherly position, and threatening the Surf with loss of her posi tion as third in the race. At 145 p.m., the Astarte was lying with her toresheet to windward under Ryde pierhead, and with a signal flying in her rigging. The ,owner soon afterwards landed from her on Ryde pier, and stated that having been compelled to land one of his crew at Cowes owing to an accident, and being legally out of the race, it was useless contending further. (The Astarto is a new iron vessel, and has proved herself during the present re gatta to be the slowest cutter inside the Isle of Wight.) Through Stokes Bay to the Calshot Light all kept their reach except the Alerte, which made a short tack off shore when S.E. of the Brambles, and bettered her position. As at this part of the race in the schooner's strugglp of the previous day for her Majesty's Cup the wind had now settled duwn into a steady fresh breeze from W.N. W., and the six cutters, in turning to windward from Calshot to the mark boat off Egypt, had as much wind for a short time as they could stagger under with the sails they had set. A prettier race could not have been wished for than the one from Calshot to Cowes Roads between the Volaute, Surf, and Mosquito. As for the Arrow, she had the race now to all appearances in her own hands, and seemed likely to carry out her own programme of old—the longer the course sailed over, the further she would leave her competitors behind. The first round of the course was completed in the follow ing times : H. H. S. H. 31. S. Arrow Volante.. Surf The second round was commenced with the wind still steady from W.N. W. At 5 p.m. the Arrow was reaching towards Calshot, west of Stokes Bay, the race in her own hands. The continued success of the Arrow over the fastest yachts turned out by modern yacht builders repeats a hint often given out before, that if any builder wishes to beat the old craft, there is a chance for him in trying what a nearly flat, midship section, with sharp ends and a deep keel will do in contrast with the present V shaped system of bottoms, swamped with ballast and preposterously masted and can vased—a'never-ending fight between ballast and spars. If any builder could produce a yacht of equal tonnage with the Arrow that could with certainty beat her under the ma jority of circumstances, he would make a rapid fortune by at once obtaining a monopoly in the yacht building as close as that of the Royal Yacht Squadron in royal yachting prizes. Her Majesty's paddle yacht Victoria and Albert, Captain hie Serene Highness Prince Leiningen, having their Royai Highnei:ses the Prince of Wales and Prince Louis of Hesse on board, eai!ed from Cowes yesterday morning for Tor quay. She returned to Cowes with their royal highnesses on board. A very effective display of fireworks by Mr Pain, of the Walworth-road, took plact afloat and ashore at Cowes on Thursday evening. Cup won by the Arrow in 30 minutes; second prize won by the Surf 14 seconds time. STATE OF TRADE, MANCHESTER, Ang, s.—Tfie market for shipping yarns has been a little better under the influence of rather more favourable accounts from India. The state of the money market has naturally had some influenCo on the business of the day, but not so much as Was expected, and some fair orders have been given out at fair prices. There hair been rather a better demand fer East India yarns. The demand also continues good far Russia, and yarns generally of goad qualities continue firm, Infctior qualities aro not so good to sell. For home-trade yarns there bas been a very quiet market, and prices are about id. per lb. in favour of the buyers where offers are made. Manufacturers, llalrever, are chary of making offers just now, and buyers generally for the home trade appear disinclined to operate. The cloth market is also very dull to-day, A telegram from Calcutta dated July 16, states that shirtings had advanced 6d, to Ocl, per piece, and that stocks were light ; but this news seems to have fallen flat, with the state of feeling existing here, and has had very little influence upon shipping merchants. Manufacturers aro not much disposed to make any abate ment in prices, and are generally holding very full rates ; but, nevertheless, there is rather more anxiety to sell among some of the producers of cloth, and the tendency of the market is to easier prices. NOTTINGHAM, Aug. s . —There was an exceedingly small attendance at this Exchange -hall to-day. Manufacturers evinced no dispcsition to purchase lace yarns, but the ex treme rates of last week were supported. In hosiery yarns no material change took place, prices being firm. Late rates were well supported for silks. In brown nets there was not much doing ; prices, however, were very firm, with a tendenu to advance. --- SUITOR TO HER MAJESTY.—The French papers contain the following odd story :—" Letters from Abyssinia state that Theodore, Emperor of that country, has just crowned his Imperial eccentricities by an act which exccsds them all in extravagance. Having learned of the widowhood of Queen Victoria, ho has had a letter written to her offering her his hand, Mr Cameron, the English consul, was charged to forward this missive to his Sove reign. The reply to so unforeseen an offer not being immediately forthcoming, the Emperor Theodore got; angry, :Ind had Mr Cameron put in chains until his Majesty should hav3 obtained satisfaction for such a want of attention towards him. On hearing of the imprison ment of MrCameron, her Britannic Majesty is said to have decided on replying bye polite refusal, the sending of which by post was more economic than as special mission to Abyssinia." • _ MARatIAGZ EXTRAORDINARY.--On Tuesday last the sexton of .he parish church was wedded to lliss Barnes, a. spinster lady of Ledbury. Thu united ages of the happy pair amount to 161 years, the bride being in her 76til raid ti briclegreaTe in his 85th yor,--flir.njet,y/voit SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS, TIMES.--The most temperate and hard-working of politicians is, more sue, taking a holyday. Day after day throughout the session did Lord Stanley preside over railway committees, listening to the wearisome speeches of counsel and the one-sided evidence of engineers, and weighing against one another the exaggerated hopes of promoters and the equally exaggerated forebodings of opponents; but, in spite of this drudgery of the morning, he was generally in his place in the House in the evening, and when the great fight came off he delivered one of the most effective speeches on the part of the Op position. After this surfeit of work he fairly earned his holyday, and might with a good conscience go down to Knowsley to enjoy it. Even if he ne glected the duty of visiting one's neighbours, which is the greatest drawback to life in the coun try, much might be said in his excuse. But Lord Stanley is above excuses. Work is his pleasure. On Thursday was held the half-yearly meeting of the Liverpool Chamber of Commerce, and of course he was there. He came as a listener, but became a speaker; and before he left the room he had de livered a speech in which he discussed such trivial matters as the Indian Tariff and the Indian Cur rency, the consolidation of the departments of Cus toms and Inland Revenue, the powers of railway companies, decimal coinage, and the patent laws. The characteristics of Lord Stanley's speeches are by this time tolerably well known to all men. They are not oratorical displays, such as Mr Glad stone or Mr Bright occasionally makes, and it is probable that his mind is too well balanced to admit of flights of fancy or the enthusiasm of partial views ; but admirable good sense is always found in them, expressed with perfect lucidity. Beneath this may be traced the temperament which isolates him from political parties. An aristocratic culture and a profound distrust of popular voices separate him from the Radical Reformers, while the tho roughness with which he has adopted the utilitarian philosophy remove 2. him from the mass of the Cone servative party. In the very first subject discussed at Liverpool the independence of his position ap peared. It was natural that an ex-Secretary of State for India should address himself to the para graph in the Report of the Chamber of Commerce dealing with the Indian Tariff, and it was inevitable that Lord Stanley should reprove the unreasoning language uttered by some people in the North on the subject. The manufacturers of Lancashire con stantly denounce the Customs Duties of India, with. out considering the question how the Queen's Go vernment there is to be carried on. They forget that money must be had. There are two ways of raising a revenue in India, and Lancashire critics object to both. They cry out very properly for in creased facilities to redeem the Land Tax, and they urge at the same time the repeal of Customs Duties. This is very unreasonable. The existing Customs Duties are very light, and they are retained simply because it is impossible to do without the money which they bring into the Indian Treasury. No one at Calcutta or at home desires to keep them a mo ment after they have become unnecessary, and the manufacturers of the North may disabuse their minds of the notion that Pretectionist theories have any in fluence in their preservation. An import duty which is practically less than 3 per cent. ad valorem could in no case act as a powerful protection of the native manufacturer against the competition of the Lanca shire spinner, and the large exportation of piece goods to India which continues in spite of advanced prices shows the slender influence exercised by the dreaded protection. The only third way of raising a revenue in India has failed in practice. Experience has proved the impossibility of continuing the in come-tax. It expires next July, and will not be re imposed. We have difficulties in working Schedule D in England, but they are trifling compared with the difficulties in the East. The Indian Beboo is wise in his generation, and when called upon to make his return, if his income be 20,000 rupees, he takes his hill and writes down two. It is impossi ble to preserve an impost which is systematically evaded by all except the Europeans in India; and in the absence of other means of obtaining an income import duties will necessarily be preserved. As Lord Stanley's defence of the Indian Tariff showed his independence of popular opinion in Lancashire, so do his bold views on the powers which should be conceded to railway companies prove his inde pendence of the traditions of the Conservative party. When he took occasion in the late session to enun ciate the same opinions in the House of Commons, the opposition to them was led, if we remember aright, by Sir Hugh Cairns. Tae question at issue is whether railway companies should be allowed to become the owners of steam vessels and run them in connexion with their lines of railway. At present there is a Parliamentary prohibition of the practice, which is often relaxed, and Lord Stanley is of opinion that it should be entirely abolished. There can be no doubt that this is the sound conclusion, and at no distant time it will be accepted as such. It cannot be too often repeated that absolute freedom of combination in business speculations is now re cognised by the law, end the only reason why Rail way companies rEquire Parliamentary sanction is that they may obtain compulsory powers of pur chasing land. The solitary question to be considered by the Legislature is whether the promised utility of the undertaking to the public warrants elle com pulsion put upon an owner who is forced against his will to sell his inheritance, and this question is quite independent of any further speculation into which the company may enter. As it is, the Par• liamentary disability operates, like every other re straint on trade, to the public disadvantage. Rail way Companies would not run steam-vessels unless they could offer the public a service at a less price than is now demanded for it. The objection which some persons entertain to the proposal founded oa the fear that the powers of Railway Companies may grow to be oppressive —but the true way to meet this dfficulty is to allow Railway Companies to do what they please, subject to conditions as to the manner in which it was to be done. Just as the milleowners of the North are controlled by the re gulations of the Factory Acts, so may Railway Companies be controlled in the working of their tieficc—but a Railway Company should no more be restricted from opening a fresh line of communica tion than a mill-owner should be restrained from building a new mill. We are rather disappointed at finding the boldness with which Lord Stanley advocates the freedom of commerce desert him in discussing what is confessedly a great hindrance to the freedom of manufacturers. From Railways and Decimal Coinage he proceeded to Law of Patents, and we reasonably expect something of importance upon the subject, as for two years be has been Chairman of a Royal Commission appointed to inquire into it. Those who looked ter anything of value from the Commission will, however, be grie vously disappointed. Lord Stanley tells us fr a nkly that after two years study his own conviction is that the chief objections to the Patent Law are not remediable by any change in its details, and yet changes in its details are all that the Commission are about to recommend. This is a very lame and impotent conclusion. Lord Stanley seems to look upon the evils of the law as the price which the public pays for rewarding inventors, and asks whe ther the time may not be coming when some other mode of rewarding them may be substituted for it. We do not know to what mode Lord Stanley alludes, but if it be that which has occasionally been suggested, of an inquiry by some tribunal into the value of any supposed invention, coupled with a correspondent public reward, we can only express our utter disbelief of its practicability. The true way of dealing with the inventor is to let him re ward himself. Were the Patent Laws abolished to- morrow the inventor would still have his priority, he would still have his secret. tf he can keep his secret, he may reap what advantage he can of it; bnt if publication to the world be a necessary con. sequcnce of its use, why should the public pay for that which is in its nature incapable of; appropria tion ? Posy'.—We published yesterday some additional correspondence bearing ou a subject which, though of considerable importance, was not brought under the notice of Parliament until the eve of the proro gation. We refer to the enlistment of British sub• jects, and more especially of Irishmen, in the mili tary service of the Federal Government. When we used the word "enlistment" we employ a term which is scarcely appropriate, , The municipal la ws , not only of this country, but of the 'United States, prohibit the enlistment of the eitizeu,s of either for the purpose of being employed in the 2rosecution of hostilities against a State with which the Go- vcrnment of the country in which such personei are enlisted is at peace, and none have heretofore show,:l themselves more jealous of any infraction of this law than the Executive authorities of the United States. Bat although the enlistment of British subjects by the Federal Government for the purpose of making war against the Southern Confederacy would have been a grave off3nce, it sinks into com parative insigneficance beside that with which wo are now compelled to charge the Government at. Washington. Everything is proverbially fair in , war, and it might se em that, if the emissaries of the Federal Gevernment persuaded a number of English operatives or Irish peasants to emigrate to America, and take up arms either for the sake of the high boanties or the renown which rewards those who join the armies of the North, they were not guilty of any ser i ous mora l o ff ence . Any Bri tish subject wh o lik es may l eave bi s native country and enter the military service of any State which chooses to receive him, and the mere act of inviting him to d o so, t h oug h prohibited by the muni c ip a l l aw , will riot consequently strike dab y Ws being etren - iQly thigittout3, It is not, however, of enlisting, but of kidnappings our fellow-citizens that, in the present instance, We complain. If Federal recruiting agents made their appearance either in Irish villages or in these raan.a facturing districts of the north of England in wh . s lett unfortunately at the present time scant labour tar be found even for the most industrious, and if (what ever deception they sought to practise on the authoe rities) they frankly stated to those whose services they needed the nature of the duties they would be expected to perform, then, however strenuously we might urge the Government to repress such prac: tiers, we should at least feel that those who had been induced to enter the service of the American Government did so with their eyes open, and with a full knowledge of the consequences which might probably ensue on the election which they made. But such has not been the conduct of the Federal emissaries. They have not recruited, they h ave uis veigled ; they have not found soldiers by seouctive. promises of large bounti es , hi g h wages, plenty prize money, or of the pleasures and the excitement of a military life, but by treacherously concealing' from the recruit the fact that he was wanted as a soldier, by cajoling, and not unfrequent4 drugging, their victims, and by coercing them when utterly helpless to enter a profession from which they we re , averse. It is thus that for ma n y months the wa ste d ranks of the Federal armi es h ave b e en in no 030,1 degree recruited from th e B r iti s h p o pulation ; e n f it is against this practice, not only in the name offended law, but of ou r ou t rage d fellow-citizens, that we protest. The correspondence published l a f , our columns yesterday bears on the enlistment seven Irishmen, who, h av i n arrived at Portland, were induced—by mean s which have since been admitted by the Federal Government to have been grossly illegal —to enter th e m ilit ar y serv i ce of th, Northern States. As soon as th e facts were brough t to the notice of the British Minister at Washington a formal demand was made by hi m on the Fede r a l t Government for their liberati on , and the 132 h ae d material portion of the despat c h es now Publ ia ,„i l e refers to the scandalo us t rea t men t to W" — these men were subjected after their right tc, be discharged had been to all apPee,. a/3 „d established and allowed. They had been en ' lB into . the 20th Maine Regiment, and sent to s sers with the army of the Potomac, and, by th ni p that the order for their dismissal from ' that e r r sa ' v had been granted by the Federal Secretary for 0. .„ one of them had been killed in action. It is, ever, to the treatment which the survivors met wit s after they had virtually ceased to belong tct a i service . of the United States that we invite eel 3e 7l; attention. In a letter addressed by Thomas 'rt.,'" one of these men, to Consul Murray, and ell us 'a quently transmitted by Lord Lyons to Mr. Sevier the . usage to which they were submitted is °e t : tioned in simple but graphic language. ° a is l e ; receipt of the order from the Secretary for they were . by direction of the provestanere s , placed in the bull ring, an open space in the la, e ,; ( i surrounded by armed men, in which are Pi a ' ",. 0 prisoners of all grades." Subsequently "WY viers transferred transferred from one bull ring to another froin 9th of June until the 23d of the same month, vib e . they were well-nigh starved, as they had at el l . time to march three successive days without t ; mouthful of food, and cons equen tly were reduc ed eating clover and green appl es t o suppor t net tl " r „ e e 's Despite their remonstran ces , an d t h e i r sa ssureth;; that they were not prison ers , th e y were finally , Ii the 23d, " sent with convicts under guard to li r i lB y: ington, and then transferr e d t o the Old Cae' from thence they wer e sen t i n i rons to Be!' ° t ' where they were left hand c uff e d t oge th er all n i g h o but for the purpose of getting sleep they had break the cuffs. The consequence was that t he : were marched through Boston tied with r°P e n - i and ultimately arrived in Portland." On the 7 01 July Lord Lyons addressed a letter to Mr Sev ra A r g : enclosing to a copy of Thom as T u ll y ' s statement, de mending that no time should b e l os t i n calling t , account these who are responsible for the treat ment of these unfortunate men. To this despt"we no reply had been received at the time of Lor n e Lyons's latest communication to Earl II 118 , 8e ; „); When we call to mind the extreme measure vil - "" c , the British Government had recourse to nearly years since in order to enforce reparation fr om the Brazilian Government f or i n di gn ities alleg ed to have been offered to s o m e E n fish officer s, bat subsequently disproved, w e sincerely trust that in the present instance ample redress will be exact a , for misconduct which aears to have been Proved by the most conclusiv e tes pp timony, and w hi c h it will be found impossible to justify. It is observable that although the Feder a l S ecre t a ry at Wa r g a directions for the transmi ss i on o f Tully and his companions to Washington, be has not as yet abso lutely authorised their discharge from the Federal service ; and Lord Lyons's repeated applications for their dismissal have elicited no other than the stereotyped official reply that the matter is und er the consideration of the Secretary for War. W e should not be inclined to criticise too minutely a little . delay, if, meanwhile, the men a ll ege d to have been illegally enlisted were treat e d w i t h that consideration which persona under the protectio n The the British Government h ave a r i g h t to dernsou' The treatment to which these unfortunate 160310 3 have been subjected has been entirely t inprovok! ci t and seems to have been dictat e d so l e l y by a desir e on the part of the military auth or iti es t o insult an injure d those whom they could no longer e mploy o f retain under their jurisdiction. Large allowance! must be made for the license of American camps' but if the facts, as stat e d, are p rove d, the British Government should not be sati s fi e d w ith anythi n g less than th e exem pl ar y p un i s h men t o f all :" 1 "„f have been concerned i n a comm i ss i on of a seri o the grossest outrages. COUNTRY MARKETS. LIVERPOOL—FRIDAY. tiler There was only a small attendance today of t he tr end wheat has proved dull of sale even at a further el, cession of hi per cental, making the decline 2d on the f t e j e o Flour is the turn against sellers, but really choice clu ai r i qr are scarce. Indian corn in better ' demand, and oyei tec l. lower. For oats and oatmeal the demand is again l a t's Beans, peas, and barley are steady a t fully last Tues""' prices. STAMFORD—FRIDAY. ' Tat The wheat trade w as d u ll t o -d a y, an d th e prices 0 week declined is per q r . Oth er gra i n a t e xtreme ' ll ' - 3 6 stone: —White wheat, 45s to 50s ; r e d, 40 s t o 44s per Barley, malting, 29 s t o 31 s ' ; gr i n di ng , 27 s to 295 P etg e r r Oats, 20s to 245 , per 24 stone. Beans, old, 40s to - -41 r qr. ; now, 36s to 40s. WAKEFIELD—FRIDAY. bug Wheat to-day was I s p er qr l ower . Millers 022 1 1 sparingly at the decline. Spring corn fully as dear. Averages for the weer( : Wheat 2,122 qrs., at 44s 20 Oats — Beans Peas — LINCOLN—FRIDAY. A moderate show of wheat, which met an inactive trade! at about is under previous rates. Barley dull, with no Ir l provement in prices. Oats in good request at former ra te "' Beans in favour of the seller, and peas as before. White wheat new, 48s to 51s Barley, grinding.. 28s to 3 39 Red do. 4os to 45s Oats,' old, .. 24s to 2 61 Old white 43s to 46s New.do 20s to 236 , Red do. 38s to 42s Beans. 37s to 4 ;': Barley, malting.... 32s to 34s i Beans, new 33s to 3" CORK—THURSDAY. nod The following were the quotations this morning wheat, 8s Od to Ss 10d; white, 8s Od to 9s 8d , barloYj ld to Os Od ; oats, Os 6d to Os 8d ; black do., 6 0 6 il 5s lid. BRISTOL SUGAR—FRIDAY. 113° There have been but few sales made this week, an d „ o w prices have fallen fully is per cwt on all d esc riptions °L i , 10 sugar. Refiners' produce continue s t o sell slowly, 873 " ol to is fid lower. Very little d eman d f or rum; is 7d pe r k has been paid for proof Demerara. Births. I,adY BAILLIE,—On the sth inst. , at G, Grosvenor-cresce nt, Frances &tithe, of a son. 1,." BLENKIRON.—On the sth inst. at at Horne- ark, Lee, the wife of T. Blenkiron, Esq . ., of a son. P „ s o' MATHESON.—On the 4th inst., at 38, S ou th- s treet. u r " nor-square, Mrs. Matheson, of Ardross, of a da u g ll'e ijlU YOUNG.—On the 3d inst., at Childwickbury, wife of Sir Charles L. Young, Bart., of a son. Marriages. „dont BROOKING—EYDEu.—On the 3d inst., at 13°° !"dorit Herts. the Rev. Arthur Brooking, vicar of Bov Avg f the to Marian Frances Georgians, eldest daughter °t Hon. Frederick Dudley Ryder. M; DEANE—HAGGARD.—On the 4th inst., at S t . Paddington, Ellen. Marian, daughter of James Iv.A,, Deane, Q.C., D.C.L., to George Haggard, Capta iu son of the late Tuhnllaggard, LL,D, Deaths. s u KEY.—On the 4th inst., a t Port s mouth, Cyril CooPver,.' c ll. of Captain Cooper Key, .R.N C. 13., of 11.111.5. -- lent, aged 31 month s . " OrFon.—Oa the 4th inst., at G ro ve House, South 113c1.‘ ney, George Offer, Esq., J. 1 3., aged 7S. 01,rvEn A Gau t .—On the sth inst. at at la, Cavendish -roan' ,t , e, John's-wood, James Oliver, Es late of Grovo L' Hayes, Middlesex, aged 69. 1" KolaNs.—On the 4th inst., at Folkestone, John 11(31)1135' Esq., of Watford, Berta, aged 67. -,-, ft uff t STEWART.--On the 24th Juno, at Silchar, Chas. 1 ) 4 , -i v '.l:. t t e e v w .,a a r r t t : E Es s q q:: of o i\ C ii a r l z ct i t p t o ta r , e, e ' l a d g e e s d t s P o G n . of the late PO , B ola WADE —On the 4th in at Belvedere House. A 61. heath, Giles Wade, I.;ei " f lof , Age' ~ ormer y ___,....-• ------- -, 5, London.: Printed and Prt.):lshed by WILLIA.MANP.,: ji.g. of No. 112, strand, I'rinter, at TflE Surf Office ' - i, of Strand, in the Precinct of the lavoy,i , n the Cc ttil , /..144"9eX.-sattirti4y, litigu6t 6, Ic4i.