The Sun. — London, England, 1864-03-31 00:00:00

THE CIVIL WAR IN AMERICA. : -. ;;•tnn the Nines Correspondent.) NEW YORK, Nitireii 18. The Confederates are apparently preparing for an aggressive m . cement into Altayland. Lieutenant- • General Grant has assumed the command of the Federal armies, and has announced that for the present his head-quarters will be with the armies of the Potomac. General Sherman succeeds him in the command of the army of the West. General Banks is on the move, either towards Mobile, as some allege, or towards Upper Louisiana or Ar- kanses, which is more probable. Mr. Lincoln, who i 3 always calling for men, has issued a new demand for 200,000, under the usual threat cf a draught if they be not forthcoming. Congress, having passed a Gold Bill with the vain idea of sending gold down and paper up to par, has relapsed into " log roiling" for the Presidency, and into its favourite discussions upon the negro, his political and social rights, and the policy or necessity of "miscegenation." Under the head of "log rolling" may be classed a proposition for the division of Tennessee into two States, and the passage by the House of Representa tives of Bills to admit the three Territories of Nevada, Colorado, and Nebraska as States of the Union as soon as the people thereof shall have agreed upon the constitutions by which they are willing for the future to govern themselves,—with the hcpe, ao doubt, that their organisation will be completed in time to enable them to participate in the ensuing Presidential election, and cast their votes for the Republican nominee. The leading spirits of the Senate, who seems to care but little for the more urgent questions of the day, such, for instance, as a scheme of taxation sufficient to pay the interest on the National debt, have, under the guidance of :kir. Charles Sumner, achieved a socia triumph over the prejudices of the white people o . _ Washington, and passed an act requiring the managers of the horse•car railways in that city to allow negroes to ride among the white passengers. Mr. Lincoln's call for his new 200,000 men has not excited the slightest alarm. The working men and the younger members of the professional classes know that not one of them will be taken from his home and business unless by his own consent ; that in the plethora of greenbacks and the liberality of the counties, towns, and cities there is abundance of bounty money yet to be expeLded ; that the Irish and German immigrants form a fund of men which may yet be largely drawn upon ; and that, 'under no circumstances, will the Government dare to en force the conscription which it threatens. In fact, Mr. Lincoln's proclamations and calls excite ridicule rather than alarm, and give no one the slightest uneasiness. The apathetic manner in which the bankers, brokers, jobbers, and gold speculators have received • the news o4the passage of the Gold Bill has sur prised mosi:'people. It was expected that gold would fall at least 5 per cent. at the first announce ment that Mr. Chase had received authority to " bear' the market when and to what extent he pleased ; but the obstinate metal remains at its thd prices—scarcely, if at all,affected by thepowergiven to its enemy. Had Mr. Chase remained a candidate for the Presidency, Congress would never have given him such authority ; not because it was of opinion that it was wrong to give him, or any other man, such power over the Money-market, but be- cause it was imagined that he might abase the power to make the fortunes of such speculators as would repay him for the kindness by electioneering in his interest. When Mr, Chase withdrew bis pretensions to succeed Mr. Lincoln that objection fell to the ground, and the Bill previously rejected was rein troduced. The friends of the Administration, be lieving that:the high premium on gold was wholly due to epeculation, that it was not produced by natural causes, and that it was damaging to the credit of the Federal Government both at home and abroad, would listen to none of the reasons that were brought forward by the Opposition, and hur ried the bill through its several stages with unpre cedented celerity. It passed the House of Represen tatives on Wednesday by the unexpected majority of 83 against 57, was agreed to by the Senate on the same day, and yesterday received the signature of the President. But as Mr. Chase is bound by the Act of 1862 to pay the interest of the national debt in gold, and to set aside 1 per cent. of all the gold he receives as a sinking fund—both of which obliga tions have been reimposed upon him by the new Act—it does not appear at all clear to the financiers and merchants of this city that he now can have, or is ever likely to have, such a surplus as will enable him to override the markets, unless he should break the law and trench upon the sinking fund, which no one suspects him of any intention of doing. He would, it is said, have preferred that his liberty of action should not have been cloggel by this limita tion ; but it is this clog, it is surmised, which has deprived the Act of the virtue which its friends imagined to lie in it, and kept gold at nearly the same premium which it previously commanded. The war Christian!, the exterminators, the con tractors, the shoddy aristocrats, the Union leaguers, ail who support the Administration and the war, are, however, delighted with the measure, and con sider that if it has not yet dealt as heavy a blow against Secession as the capture of a city or the defeat of an army it may be made to do so at a future time. Bat these, though a numerous class, do not form the majority, and men of business generally, with the single exception of the importers of foreign goods, are of opinion that, should Mr. Chase at any future time have a surplus of 10 or 20 millions of gold not required for interest and the sinking fund, and come into the market through his agents to sell it, his action, though it should be conceded that he was at once the wisest, the purest, the most skilful, and the most unselfish of men, would produce evils far greater than it was in tended to cure, disturb the whole commerce of the Republic—both external and internal, unsettle the value of every man's property, and impair the pub lic confidence in the credit of the Government. The true way to bring down the premium on gold is not to " bear" the market by huge operations, but either to end the war by military victories, or pro vide means fur carrying it on by taxation, instead of new loans and fresh issues of inconvertible paper. It is because Europe will not take greenbacks for its goods, and because the Americans begin to fear that they have already incurred a debt which it will be impossible for them to pay, that gold goes up, and that the paper dollar, which ought to be worth 100 c. if the Government were considered stable and the people solvent, goes down to 60e. and threatens to go down to 50c. No operations that Mr. Chase might conduct or order in the sale of his gold could effect more than a slight and tem porary change in this respect. He might lower the premium—perhaps five or even ten per cent.—for a week or a fortnight ; but if he did not pay his in terest in gold if he continued to issue paper to pay the army and the navy and the war contractors, and if the forces of the Republic suffered a single defeat on the field, gold would go up to a higher level then ever, in spite of everything he and a thousand Congresses could do to prevent it. As the " little bill" to be presented to Greet Britain, when opportunity serves for the depreda tions committed upon American commerce by the Florida, the Alabama, and other craft in the service of the Confederate Government, continues to be very generally debated, and finds much favour in the Chamber of Commerce, and other bodies that aspire to lead public opinion in this country, it may be useful to show how the Federal Government met a similar claim when it was brought forward against the United States by one of the Powers of Europe. The House of Repr esen t a ti ves , on A ugus t 7, 1850, and December 17, 1851, passed resolutions requesting the President, - Nile Fillmore, to eommu nicate the particulars of the several claims of the United States against Portugal, as well as the amount and nature ofMr the claims of Portugal agrans ainst the United States. Fillmore accordingly t mitted a message to the House on Jan. 28, 1852, accompanied by all the necessary documents, ex tending from so early a period as the yea r 1814. The claims of the United States against Portuga need not now be discussed, as they have no bearing upon the point which the British Government wil l one day have to consider, if the Federal Govern ment be unwise enough to urge it. The chtime of 1 3 1rtugal apinst the United States are, however, so the same r‘s those which Mr. Seward has ~vowed his tietcraiinatioli, when it suit him, t 0 prefer egainst Great Britain, under the Penalty of war if they be not conceded, es to me: ,r not only Mr. Seward's particular notice, but mat of the Bri- tish Government. Letter No. 5 of the seties, ov page 165 of the Congressional Report, contains the pith of the Portuguese claim. In the year 1816 Portugal was at war with the insurrectionary Government established in Buenos Ayres, and certain persona in Baltimore and New York, all of them American citizens, fitted out privateers, manned them with American seamen, and hoisting the flag of Buenos Ayres, scoured the seas in search of Portuguese merchant vessels. M. Joseph Correa de Serra, Am bassador of Portugal to the Federal Government, writing under date of March 18, 1818, to Mr. John Quincy Adams, then Secretary of State, gave a list of three Portuguese vessels—the Senhor de Olivio, the Marquis of Pombal, and the St. John Pro tector—that had been captured in 1816 and 1817 by these Baltimorean and New York privateers, and expressed the hope of the King his master that the Federal Government "would be willing to give satisfaction and indemnity for the injury done to his subjects, and the insult offered to his flag by these unworthy American citizens." Mr. Adams replied two days afterwards, stating that "The Govern ment of the United States, having used all the means in its power to prevent the fitting out and arming of vessels in their ports, to cruise against any nation with whom they are at peace, and hav ing faithfully carried into execution the laws en acted to preserve inviolate the neutral and pacific obligations of the Union, cannot consider itself bound to indemnify individual foreigners for losses by capture over which the United States have neither control nor jurisdiction." Nothing further appears to have been said or done on either side until the 15th of October in the same year, when the Portu g nese Minister notified Mr. Adams that he had re ceived intelligence that a ship was fitting out in the Patuxent (Maryland) to cruise against Portu guese commerce, and that the captain, an American, had just left Baltimore toltake command of her. In reply, five days afterwards, Mr. Adams said that if the Ambassador would furnish a list of the names of the persons chargeable with a violation of the laws of the United States in fitting out and arming a ves sel within the United States for the purpose of com mitting depredations on Portuguese commerce, and of the witnesses by whose testimony the charge could be substantiated, " directions would be given for their prosecution before the proper tribunal." This was, it appears, both a slow and ineffectual re medy, for on the 14th of November the Ambassador felt himself compelled to address the Secretary of State and to say :—" Obliged by my duty to in. quire into the nature of the armed ships that have of late insulted the flag of my Sovereign and com mitted incalculable depredations on the property of his subjects, I have found with sorrow multiplied proofs that many of them are owned by citizens of the United States and have been fitted out in ports of the Union." In another letter, dated March 17, 1819, he says of the Artigan flag, under which these privateers sailed—" The Artigan flag,which has not a footlength of seashore in South America where it can show itself, is freely and frequently waving in the port of Baltimore ;" and asks Mr. Adams what his and the world's astonishment would be "if a Swiss flag and Swiss privateers made their appear ance on the open sea, and began to attack the com merce of any other nation." Mr. Adams made no reply, and as far as the published correspondence extends it would appear that thePortugueseGovern ment never obtained any compensation whatever from that of the United States, for under date of May 25, 1850, cr 30 years afterwards, we find the new and present Portuguese Ambassador, the Com mander de Figaniere e Morao, reiterating in a letter to Mr. Clayton the demands made by his predeces sor. "As these unlawful depredations, says M. de Figani ere (letter No. 21, fol. 179) " were committed by citizens of the United States in vessels owned, fitted out, commanded, and mostly manned by said citizens, notwithstanding the flag they hois'.ed or the commission they purported to bear of the un acknowledged rebel chief Artigas, the Govern ment of Portugal has always held that of the United States bound by well known principles of the law of nations to redress the sr id wrongs committed by its citizens upon the subjects of a friendly Power with which the United States have ever been at peace, and had continued commer cial intercourse. The said Government of her Most Faithful Majesty has consequently directed the undersigned, Minister resident of Portugal, to have the honour to address the llon. John M. Clay• ton, Secretary of State of the United States, for the special purpose of renewing these important nego tiations, and urging the final settlement of these claims by the Federal Government." M. de Figa niere added that the negotiations had only been in terrupted in consequence of the many political vicis situdes thrcugh which Portugal had unfortunately passed for many years. Mr. Clayton only took five days to frame his reply, and dismissed the claim in a style which it is not likely he would have considered it prudent to employ towards such Powers as Great Britain or France. "The undersigned," he said, "is surprised at the appearance of these obsolete recla mations ; accompanied by the renewal of the ancient proposition to appoint a joint commission to deter mine and assess damsges—a proposition which was rejected at the time upon substantial grounds, and without the Ministar's personal assurance to that fleet the undersigned would not have supposed it credible that Portugal seriously cherished any in tention to revive them. In reply, therefore, to the note which the Minister of her Most Faithful Majesty has presented in the name of his Govern ment, the undersigned must now, by the President's order, inform him that he declines to reopen the proffered discussion." Portugal never obtained redress or apology, or even the scant courtesy of a friendly reply, and to this day her claims remain unpaid and unacknowledged. Mr. Seward may think himself wiser in the matter of the Alabama and the Florida than Nit.. Quincy Adams and Mr. Clayton were in the matter of the Baltimore and New York privateers, and may deem it prudent the first time that Great Britain is, or seems to be, in a difficulty, to prefer such claims upon the British Government as the Portuguese preferred in vain against the United States, In this not at all improbable case it is well for the British people and Government to be supplied with an answer to Mr. Seward out of the mouths of two such eminent American states men as Mr. Adams and Mr. Clayton. Perhaps, how ever, under all the circumstances, the present or the next Secretary of State may think it wiser to let the matter rest, and refer American citizens to their own Treasury for payment of losses incurred in the progress of a war which Great Britain neither ori ginated nor could prevent, if the Federal Govern ment cannot more speedily settle the personal side of the account by the capture of the vessels which do its citizens so much damage, and the infliction of such punishment upon the captains and the crews as the laws of the civilised world will permit. Persons in debt may obtain instant protection against imprisonment or seizure of their goods, and an entire release from all debts and liauillties without publicity, by application to Messrs. Marshall, solicitors of the Court of Bankruptcy. Charges under £5 payable by easy instalments. Offices— (established 1830),12, Hatton-garden. City branch-6, Moor gate-street, Bank.—ADVT. 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One would have thought while basking at Warwick in the rays of a warm sun the week be:ore last that winter was dono with, but this morning there were nearly three inches of snow on Northampton Racecourse, and with the remembrance of yesterday's pitiless pelting the pr3spect was anything but agreeable. However, the snow vanished before the racing commenced, the French stable again signalising themselves in the first event, which produced a very close contest between Count de Lagrange's Brioche and the Marquis of Hastings' Lady Egidia, the former winning by a short head. The event of the second day at Northampton is of course always Lord Spencer's Plate, bringing together, as it is . . . .... ~. _ sure to do, the largest field, and affording full scope for speculation. The short distance, scarcely five furlongs, makes it a pretty sate thing for the horse who can get quickest on his or her legs and away out of the crowd. 'hero was a tedious delay at the post, a full hour having been consumed in failures, during which time Alchymist amused himself by biting Bradley, the rider of Suburban, and pulling him off his horse. At last they got away, the most conspicuous in the front rank being Soapstone, Rein deer, Crytheia, Suburban, My Mary, and Attraction. A fine race ensued between Reindeer and the Duke of Beau Fort's filly, the Badminton colours being again doomed to run second, while the favourite was third, and Soumise and Soapstone well up. The Cup and the Althorp Park Stakes were the only two events besides that call for any remark. A very good looking lot of young ones put in an appear. ance for the latter, the favourite, Count Batthyany's Puri tan, making a good race of it with Tennyson, whom ho de feated with comparative ease. The Cup fell to Dunkeld, to the surprise of those who had made a warm favourite of St. Lawrence. The weather was much more favourable this afternoon, and the meeting has been a decided success. A Sweepstakes of 20 sove each, h ft, for 2-yr• olds; colts Set 71b, fillies Bst 31b, 31b and 51b allowed. 10 subs. Al thorp Park Stakes Course. Count F, de Lagrange's Brioche (31b), Bst 31b (A. Edwards) 1 Marquis of Hastings' Lady Egidia, Set 31b ..(Fordham) 2 Mr H. Saville's Private, brother to Privateer, Bst 71b (J. Goater) 3 Mr Payne's Merry Harp (31b), Set ....(H. Grimehaw) 4 Mr Egerton's Spanish 13 o y (31b), Bst 41b.... (T. French) 5 Betting-6 to 4on Brioche, 6to 1 agat Pirate, and 100 to 15 agst Lady Egidia. The favourite, with Spanish Boy and Lady Egidia in attendance, made play to the distance, where Edwards steadied her, the running at the same time being taken up by Lady Egidia, who carried it on to the Stand, where the favourite joined her, and getting up in the last few strides won a fine race out of the fire by a short head. Pirate finished a bad third. The Racing Stakes of 20 soya each, h ft, with 50 added, for 3-yr-olds; colts Sst 101 b, fillies Set 61b, winners extra, 10 subs. One mile. Mr E. Brayley's Outlaw, Bst 101 b (A. Cowley) 1 Mr Ilandley's The Sea Boy, Bst Sib Mr Night's Dispute, Bst Sib (Judd) 3 Mr W. S. Cartwright's Isca, Bst 61b (Custance) 4 Betting-6 to 4 agst Outlaw, 7to 4 agat Isca, and 3to 1 agat Sea Boy. Isca, with the favourite on her right, ran together round the lower turn, when they were he ided by Dispute, who came on with a clear lead of Outlaw, at whose heels came Isca and Sea Boy. On their fairly entering the straight the favourite headed Dispute, who shortly after beat a retreat, followed in a few strides further by Isca ; Sea Boy at the same time joined Outlaw, the pair running locked together to the Stand, when the latter drew away and won cleverly by a neck. A bad third. Handicap Plate of 50 sovs, added to a Sweepstakes of 5 sovs each. The winner to be sold for £5O. Winners extra. Spencer Plate Course. 10 subs. Mr Crook's Airedale, 4 yrs, Bst 31b (H. Taylor) 1 Mr G. Angell's Tailor, 3 yrs, i'st 91b The following also ran . —Vaulter, Naxos, Rosa Lee, Sweyn, and Tom Ashworth. Betting-3 to 1 each agst Tailor and Vaulter, 4to 1 agst Airedale, and 5 to 1 agst Naxos. Tailor, with Airedale next the rails, were the first away, and came on with the running, followed by Vaulter, Rosa Lee, Naxos, and Tom Ashworth to the distance, where Vaulter was disposed of, and the race resolved itself into a match between the two leaders, who ran together to the stand, where Airedale got up, and running the longest won a fair race in the last stride by the shortest of heads. Earl Spencer's Plato of 100 sovs, added to a Handicap Sweepstakes of 15 sovs each ; winners extra. New Spencer Plate Course, straight. (62 subs, 26 of whom pay 5 sous ft.) Mr F. Fisher's Reindeer, 6 yrs, 7st 101 b (llibberd) 1 Duke of Beaufort's Crytheia, 3 yrs, 6st 121 b ,(Nlordan) 2 Mr Redhead's My Mary, 5 yrs, 7st 101 b (J Snowden) 3 The following also ran;—Lady Clifden, Alchymist, Su burban, Queen of Spain, Soapstone, Attraction, Lady Fanny, Canace, Souniise, Nebula, Dirt Cheap, Audacieuse, Orphene, Vandervelde. Junius, 'Weatherglass, Lady di Vergy, Aurora, and Templar. Betting-4 to 1 agst Div Mary, 6to 1 each agst Soumise and Soapstone, 10 to 1 ag,it, Templin, 100 to 8 agst Alehy mist, 100 to 7 agst Subulban, 15 to 1 agst Lady Clifden, 100 to 6 az•st Weatherglass, 40 to 1 agst Attraction and Canace, and 50 to 1 agst Reindeer. A tedious delay of upwards of an hour took place at the post through the fractioisness of several of the animals, the principal performers being Alchymist, Aurora, Orphene, and Nebula, the former biting Bradley, the rider of Su burban, and bringing him to the ground by the leg, fortu nately without much injury, refusing to face his horses. At last, to the no little gratification of the spectators, the signal-flag was lowered, and in a few seconds after the glittering cavalcade was seen breasting the hill, Attraction lying in the centre being clearly discerned in advance, having My Mary next the rails as her immediate attendant, who was closely followed by Soapstone, Alchymist, Lady Clifden, Nebula, and Reindeer—the next division, as nearly as we could make oat, comprising Soumise, Crytheia, Au dacieuse, Vandervelde, and Templar. They ran with little alteration in these positions to half-way in the distance, where Attraction was joined by Soapstone, Lady Clifden, and Crytheia; but in a few strides the Marquis's colours dis appeared from the front, and her place was taken by Rein deer, close in whose wake came Crytheia and wide on their left the favourite. A fine race home ensued between the tour placid, which resulted in favour of Reindeer by a head, the Duke of Beaufort's filly defeating My Mary by a length and a half for second, who finished a head only in advance of Attraction, close up with whom were Soapstone, Sou miss, Alchymist, Lady Clifden, and Suburban. The next lot, who were pulling up, being headed by Canaco, Queen of Sp tin, and Audacicuse. The Althorp:Park Stakes of 10 soya each, with 50 added. For two •yr-olds, colts, Bst 101 b, fillies, Sat 61b. Winner extra. 36 subs. T.Y.C,, about half a mile. Count Batthyany's Puritan, Sat 10lb (Custance) 1 Lord Coventry's Tennyson, Sat 101 b (J. Adams) 2 Mr. Payne's Lemonade, Bst 6lb (11. Grimshaw) 3 Mr. J. Morris's Shrapnell, Bst 1olb The following also ran :—Attache, Saloon, Magic, His Royal Highness, Cantata, Brown Bread, Amber, Cedric, Sympathy, Bunny Lass, Tring, and Cuteness. The betting opened at 2 to 1 and closed at 3 to 1 agst Puritan, 4 to 1 agst Shrapnell, 5 to 1 agst Tennyson, and 10 to 1 each agst Brown Bread and Amber. Attache, in company with Brown Bread, Tennyson, and Shrapnell, made play, closely followed by the favourite, Lemonade, and Tring to the distance, where Lord Coven try's colt took a clear lead, and half way up was joined by Puritan, the pair racing for the lead to the stand, where the latter got his head in advance and won cleverly by three parts of a length ; a length between the second and third, and a head separating the third and fourth; Cantata fifth, and Tring next, the last being Sympathy. The Northamptonshire Cup Stakes by subscription of 10 sous each. For horses of all ages ; 3 -3 r-olds, 6st 91b ; four, Bst 71b; five, Oat llb ; six and aged, Oat 41b. The winner to be sold for if demanded, and to subscribe to tho stakes in 1865. Gentlemen taking a nomination in this stake and not starting, to be subject to the payment of 3 soya, which will be given to the second horse. 14 subs. Two miles. Mr Knightley ns Dunkeld, 4 yrs, Set 71b (Perry) 1 Lord Spencer ns St. Lawrence, 5 yrs, 9st lib (D. Hughes) 2 Colonel Cartwright ne Turn of Luck, 5 yrs, Bst lib (Fordham) 3 Mr Tarling's Le Marechal, 4 yrs, Bst 71b (Cox) 4 Lord Northampton ns Victoria Cross, 3 yrs, Est 91b (Cannon) 5 Betting-7 to 4 agst St. Lawrence, 2to 1 agst Turn of Luck, 4 to 1 agst Victoria Cross, and 20 to 1 agst Dunkeld. St. Lawrence made play, with Le Marechal in attend ance, Victoria Cross and Dunkeld lying next, and Turn of Luck bringing up the rear. Rounding the turn Le Marechal went up to the leader, but dropped back again at the mile post, On rising the hill Victoria Cross declined, and turning into the straight Dunkeld came to the front, La Marechal at the same time resigning his position in favour of Turn of Luck. Dunkeld went on with the lead, and won a good race by a length, a head separating St. Lawrence and Turn of Luck. Le Marechal was a bad fourth, and Victoria Cross last. The St. Liz Handicap of 100 soya, added to a sweepstakes of 15 save each ; 10 ft, and 5 if declared ; winners extra. The second horse to save his stake. 59 subs, 22 of whom declared. One mile and a quarter. Lord Uxbridge's General Hess, aged, 7st 101 b (T, French) 1 Sir J. Hawley's Argonaut, 5 yrs, Sat 71b Lord Bateman's Despair, 5 yrs, 7st 12Ib (H. Grimshaw) 3 The following also ran :—Umpire, Gemma, Prince Plau sible, Donnybrook, Nebula, Touch and Go, Comet, Fan freluche, Breeze, Sheridan, Siva, Redcap, and Pretty Girl filly. Betting— 4 to 1 agst Breeze, 5 to 1 agat Prince Plausible, 6 to 1 (at first 100 to 15) agst General Hess, 8 to 1 agst Argonaut, and 100 to 7 each agat Donnybrook and Touch and Go. General Hess, in company with the favourite, Umpire, and Nebula, made the running into the straight, where the latter dropped back, and Argonaut took his place in waiting upon the leaders, Despair lying at his quarters. Halfway in the distance Umpire took a slight lead, but giving it up shortly after General Hess was again left in front, followed by Argonaut and Despair, but who were unable to reach Til URSDAY EVENING, MARCH 31, 1864. ti leader, who won easily by three parts of a length—a length between the second and third, Umpire was fourth, close up, Gemma fifth, Ptiwe Plausible sixth, and Touch and Go next. Selling Plate of 5 sous each, with 25 added, for 2-yr-olds Did not fill. and upwards. One mile. DONCASTER GRAND STAND.—The Town Council of Don caster at a meeting on Tuesday last agreed to make certain improvements and additions at the grand stand, the sub_ scription stand and enclosure, in order to give better accom modation to those attending the September meeting. Steps to accommodate from 400 to 500 persons will be erected near the west end of the grand stand ; the subscription stand will be increased ; greater facilities given for weighing of jockeys, to reporters, and iron railing placed in the inner bend of the St. Leger course (starting point). The contem plated alterations will involve an outlay of £1,450, RACING FIXTURES FOR 1864• APRIL. Croxton-park 1 Edinburgh Spring 2 Abergavenny 6 Thirsk Epsom Spring Newmarket Craven Llanboldy Newcastle and Gateshead 14 Knighton Liverpool Hunt Club l5 Lewes Spring l9 Cardiff Newmarket First Spring 25 largest and in every respect the most complete of its kind in the world, and is fitted up with every known appliance for carrying on the physical education of the officers and men at the garrison, the ample dimensions allowing of seve ral hundred men being under instruction at the same time, llis Royal Highness visited every portion of the establish ment, with the details and arrangements of which ho ex pressed himself in the highest degree satisfactory. The building was designed by, and has been fitted up under the personal superintendence of. Mr. Archibald Naclaren, of the gymnasium, Oxford, and is the first of several similar establishments of the same kind which the Government intends erecting at all the principal military stations, the physical training of the British soldier being now under stood as not the least important portion of his military edu cation, His Royal Highness remained some time in the gymnasium, and subsequently returned to the garrison, where he inspected the buildings now in course of erection, with separate quarters for the married non-commissioned officers and men of the infantry regiments. He quitted the garrison with his Staff shortly after 3 o'clock, under a salute of 21 guns from the citadel, and proceeded by the London, Chatham, and Dover Railway to Canterbury, to inspect the cavalry troops at that station, under the command of Col. W. N, Custance, C. B. The Hotspur, Indiaman, Capt. Toynbee, arrived at Spit head yesterday from Calcutta with a general cargo for Lon don, and the following troops for disembarkation at Ports mouth :-11th Brigade, Royal Artillery, Capt. Strange, in military command— 3 men, 1 woman, and 2 children-16th Brigade, Royal Artillery, 1 man-2d Dragoon Guards, 1 man-19th Hussars, Lieut. Carnac and 9 men-21st Hussars, 16 men-19th Foot, 1 man-23d Foot, 1 man 24th Foot, Lieut. Jordan, 35 men, 1 woman, and 4 children 48th Foot, 15 men, 6 women, and 9 children ; 52d Foot, 1 man, 1 woman, and 3 children-80th Foot, Assist,-Surg. Baker, in medical charge-88th Foot, 27 men and 2 women —9lst Foot, 1 man-107th Foot, 7 men, 2 women, and 1 child. The private passenger list comprised Lieut. Thomp son, Royal Artillery—Lieut. Thompson, 97th Foot—Capt. and Mrs. Rogers and child—Capt. and Mrs. Hale, 57th Native Infantry, and 2 children—Mrs. Davidson and child, Mrs. Loder and child—Mrs. Riley and child, Miss Nash and 2 children of Mrs. Ellis, and Mr. Power. Major Sherwood, Mrs. Ellis, Miss Riley, and four soldiers died during the voyage home. Two only of the troops on board are time-expired men, and they will be sent on to their re gimental depots. The remainder are all invalids, and will be transferred this morning by Government steamer to the Royal Victoria Military Hospital at Netley. The Hotspur sailed from Calcutta on the 20th December, 1863, having received the troops on board the previous day. She arrived at the Cape of Good Hope on the 22d February, 1864, and sailed thence again on the 26th. During the last 14 days of the voyage very strong easterly and north-east gales were experienced, with an unusually low barometer. The .Hotspur resames her voyage for London as soon as the dis embarkation of the troops has been effected. Col. Lawrence Shadwell, unattached, to-morrow succeeds Col. Edward Somerset, C. 8., in his duties at the office of the military Commander-in-Chief at Portsmouth as Deputy Quartermaster-General of the South-West District, Colonel Somerset's term of service having expired. Disaster to the Steamship City of New York. ,-----..,,,-- --- QUEENSTOWN, Tuesday. The City of New York, one of the regular packets of the Inman line, when approaching the harbour this morning about 3 o'clock, and while going at a speed of 14 knots an hour, struck upon the sei.nken reef known as Daunt's Rock, about 5i miles to the south.-west of Roche's Point. There was bright moonlight, and the sea, though a pretty strong wind was blowing, was very Smoot 1. Such, however, was the force with which she came upon th, reef that in two minutes her fires were out,' her engine compartment filled with water up to near the main deck, and the felne l was lifted some inches out of its place. She was at once am: ab solutely fastened upon the reef, so that motion in any direc• tion, even if it had been useful, was utterly out of the ques tion. Those on board describe the collision of the ship with a reef as a series of violent and rapidly-repeated knocks, or as if a heavy anchor had been torn through the ship's bottom. Rockets and blue lights were thrown up, and sub sequently guns were fired. The former being the ordinary signals of arrival ,merely caused those in charge of the tender to leave Queenstown in expectation of receiving the mails and passengers as usual, and to wait within the har bour mouth. 0 wing to the direction of the wind, which was from the north-west, the guns fired from the ship were not heard for a considerable time, and it was only a faint rever teration of ono that suggested the idea that something was wrong. It was therefore three hours after the ship had struck before the tender reached her, and considerable alarm was felt. Fortunately, however, no difficulty was found in getti2s off the passengers (153 in number) as well as the mails and Orfecie, and all were subsequently trans ferred without accidt'ut to Cork, whence they were for warded to their different destinations, The ship still lies firmly embedded upon the rock, the water at high tide rising to within a foot of the m <tin deck. The depth of water in her hold at flood is about 2o'ct. Her injuries must be very extensive, though not yet mea :%tely ascertained, and doubts are expressed as to the possibilil` v of rescuin g her from her present dangerous position. As so,'ln as the accident was made known the Pert Admiral, Sir L. eT`'Wean do.pqtehed H.M.'s ship Advice and three gunboats to he. assistance, and the tender of the Uunard Company was also sent out with the same object. Several other tugs were also employed, and during the day a considerable portion of the cargo, consisting of cotton, hops, clover seed, st 001, &c , was brought away; but the great depth to which the vessel was submerged rendered the task a work of difficulty and the result not so large as might be desired. Should the weather continue as fine as at present, the destruction of the vessel need not be immediately apprehended. At present the wind is from the north-west, and blows over the land, which shelters her from the south and west; but a southerly gale that should raise a heavy sea would be likely to break her to pieces. The City of New York is a screw steamer of 2,500 tons register, and 740-horse power, built by Todd and M'Gregor, of Glasgow, and but three years old. She is an exceedingly swift vessel, and has made a passage across the Atlantic said to have been the fastest ever accomplished by a screw. The voyage which has just terminated so disastrously had occupied but a few hours over nine days, at a period of the year when very rapid passages are not to be expected. Her commander, Captain Kennedy, is a seaman of great experi ence, and when in command of the Great Eastern made the only completely successful voyage ever made by that ship. The occasion was the transport of troops to Canada in the year 1862. Captain Kennedy was on the deck at the. time of the accident. The moonlight, which might have been supposed a favourable circumstance, deceived him into a change of course. which caused the accident. Daue t's Rock lies about a mile and a half from Robert's Head, on the mainland. It is not unusual to take the passage be tween, by way of a short cut, there being a channel of great depth. This course was selected by Captain Kennedy, and he might have passed through with perfect safety, but that the shadow thrown by the strong moonlight deceived him into the belief that he was nearer to the land than actually proved to be the case. Under this u istaken impression he had the ship put away half a point, and the result was that he drove in a little time right upon the rock. Immedi ately after the occurrence of the accident he made every exertion to lighten its consequence to the passengers, and an address of theirs, numerously signed, testifies their approbation of his conduct. No attempt was made to push the ship either backward or forward. As I have said, it would have been useless; but, even if it were possible, it would probably have been fatal, as there is deep water im mediately at either side of the rock, and the ship, if taken from it, could not probably float five minutes. Daunt's Rock, the scene of this disaster, is a reef about 400 ft long, by about 300 ft broad, and has a general depth of water of about 12ft at low water spring tides. This rock lies right in the track of vessels approaching from the west ward, and for some time past efforts have been made to have a light-ship established upon it. Several communications on the subject from the Mayor of Cork, who has taken a prominent part in the agitation of the question, have ap peared in the newspapers, and the shipowners of Glasgow and Liverpool, especially the owners of the large trans- Atlantic steam lines, have taken a deep interest in the mat ter. The Ballast Board of Dublin has reported favourably on the proposition, and the Board of Trade. has under taken to provide the lightship, but on the condition that the ex pense should be borne exclusively by the shipping of Cork _ _ _ harbour. The Local Board and traders contend that the subject is one of imperial interest, and that the expense ought to be borne by all shipping from the westward and going up the Irish Chaanel. In this position the matter stands, and at present the only warning against this for midable danger is a buoy, which it is stated it would be almost impossible to see at night, in a fast ship, in suffi cient time to prevent risk of mishap such as that which has befallen the City of New York. HIGHWAY ROBBERY WITH VIOLENCE.—At the Woolwich Police-court, yesterday, two marines of the Woolwich division, named Henry Smith and Thomas Haynes, were placed at the bar before Mr. Maude, charged with violently assaulting a marine, named Thomasßichards, and stealing from his person a purse containing 6s. The prosecutor said that on the previous night he was walking from Greenwich to Woolwich by the lower road, when he met the prisoners, who accosted him, but he wished to avoid them. When at a lonely spot near the railway bridge Smith knocked him down, and Haynes kicked him severely on his temple. Some persons than came along, and the prisoners ran off, but witness then found he had lost his purse and money. Other evidence proved that the prisoners were pursued, and the purse was taken from Smith as he was in the act of throwing it away. Mr. Maude committed both prisoners for trial. [ADVERTISEMENT.] Holloway's Pills. -- Satisfactory Results.— Whenever the blood is f o ul, th e stomach disor dered, or the bowels irregular, these pills prove infallible curatives. A gentleman who had been a sufferer for years, though he had sought the best professional aid, writes : I cannot describe the effect your medicine had upon me ; it carried off more bile and made me feel lighter and more cheerful than all the medi c i ne I h a d t a k en previously." 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Weymouth 1 Warwick September 6 Leicester 8 Bridgwater Doncaster Brecon l9 Richmond Monmouth 22 Manchester Autumn NewmarketFirst October 27 Bedford Northallorton 6 Newmarket Second Oct lO NOV] Lincoln Gloucester Newmarket Houghton 24 Worcester Autumn 1 Shrewsbury Autumn .. 14 I IRI AP] Kildare Hunt Curragh County Louth .. 20, 21 Leamington &War. Hunt 22 .SH. iIL. Fethard 2?, 23 I Athlone 26, 27 Cork Tullamore Tipperary 3O, 31 Springhill 2 Galway Hunt 3, 4 Nenagh .... JUNE. Curragh. 2B, 29, 30 SEPTEMBER. C arra gh OCTOBER. Curragh lB, 19, 20 STEEPLECHASING FIXTURES FOR 1864. APRIL. Abergavenny NOVEMBER. Leamington and Warwickshire Hunt 22 Naval and Military Intelligence THE NAVY. The Bulldog, G gun paddle-sloop, Capt. Waddilove, is ex pected to sail from Spithead to-day on foreign service. She made her final trial of machinery on Tuesday, at a draught of water of 161 t. 4in. aft, and 14fr. Bin. forward, all stores being on board, and the ship down to her deep sea-going trim. Everything was satisfactory, but it was not consi dered necessary to put the engines through the ordeal of the measured mile. Their indicated power was 850 horse. THE ARMY. Yesterday the Duke of Cambridge, Field Marshal Com mauding-in. Chief of the army, held his first review of the terrihoi Highness, p thh s nae i n i n s s t ,o h na e s C ?j. teaevtshi 'Tuesday n ys ey d v ac i s nn t ni r n i : t o c ,n f e e e r d t i h n e 7 s e h a e s o S n u . n, r i r s i v R e y e a at and rcw siaud at Govern ment-house, the official residence of Gen. Eyre commanding the district, in readiness for proceeding with his inspection the following morning. A garrison order directed the troops to be under arms and prepared to take up their posi • tions on the Great Line by 9 o'clock a.m., but at that hour there was a heavy fall of rain, and the appearance of the clouds indicated anything but a favourable day for carry ing out the contemplated manoeuvres. A subsequent or,,er was accordingly issued countermanding that previously given, and directing the forces to be formed on the Lines by 10 45. The force drawn up on the review ground yesterday was an imposing one, the line being formed by the mounted C field battery, 9th Brigade, Royal Artillery, under the command of Capt. A. J. 11.1‘Dougall, numbering 6 officers, 94 non-commissioned officers and men, 82 horses, 6 12 pounder Armstrong field guns, ammunition waggons, &c., which occupied the right flank ; the corps of Royal Engineers, consisting of the 2d and 10th companies and the five depot companies, the whole numbering 40 offi cers and 450 men under the command of Lieu.-Col. J. F. Browne, C.B. ; the three depot battalions of infantry, occu pying the garrison, consisting of the depot companies of the Ist and 2d Battalions 4th King's Own Regiment, Ist and 2d Battalions 12th Regiment, Ist and 2(1 Battalions 19th Regiment, Ist and 24 Battalion 20th Regiment, 31st Regiment, 45th Regiment, 43d Light Infantry, 51st King's Own Light Inf a nt r y, 52d Light Infantry, 7 5 th Regiment, 77th Regiment, 81st Regiment, 834 Regimen t, 91st High landers, 91th Re g i me nt, 101st Royal Bengal Fusiliers, and 1021 Royal Madras Fusiliers, the whole constituting a force of 1,200 men of all ranks and SO officers, the several battalions being commanded by Col. H. Jervis, Col. E. Newdigate, and Cel. the Hon. J. J. Bourke. The infantry forces formed the centre of the line, having the Royal Marine Light Infantry on their left flank, formed on this occasion into two battalions, under the command of Col. S, Lowther, aide de camp to the Queen, and Col. W. F. Foote. The united strength of the two battalions was 650 officers and men. The whole force formed a miniature army of artil • lery and infantry, necessarily destitute of cavalry. The Duke of Cambrid ge , a tt en ded by troops having b een f orme d a t quarter-distance col umns , the Major-Gen. W. F. For ster, Col. Sir A. H. H ors f o rd, Deputy Adjt.- Gen., Col. C. Tyrwhitt, aide de camp, Col. F. E. Chapman, Deputy Adjt.-Gen., R oya l E ng i neer s, and other distinguished officers, arrived on the ground shortly after 11 o'clock, and was received by Major-General 11. Eyre, attended by his staff, in front of th e line, the troops giv in g a g eneral salute, with colours lowered and bands playing. The Duke of Cam bridge then commenced an inspection of each battalion, riding along the columns from left to right, after which he took up his position in the centre of the Lines, at the saint lug post, for the preliminary ceremony of marching past. Although the field days of the troops have been but very recently commenced, and the battalions have consequently had but few opportunities this season of being brigaded together, the marching past yesterday was fully up to the average of that witnessed on these occasions. The troops first marched past by grand divisions, at the termination of r which they c h ange d front and marche d p ast, i u quick time , in open c o l umns o f companies. B ett e r marchin g was per haps nev er b e f ore witnessed on Chatham Lin e s, the soft , spongy s:ate of the ground , and the consequent difficulty the men had in keeping footho ld, being taken into conside ration. o n. were This made portion of ooafrtrhyeingout the manoeuvres of the inspection terminated. prepara tions day, which were generally simple, consisting of the attack and repulse of an enemy" supposed" to be making his way from the flats of the river to the garrison by way of the Lines. In order to feel the strength of the party about to be attacked, a strong body of skirmishers were thrown out from the main body, but after a short time these were driven into their supports, the main body having in the meantime taken an echelon movement. A general advance was then sounded, and the enemy having bythis time been supposed to be met in force, a brisk fire was opened from the entire line, while the Royal Artillery on the right and left flanks brought their Armstrongs into action. After some time it appeared evident that the attacking party had received a check in the attempt to break the centre, and it now gave indications of an attempt to operate on the right flank, which resulted in the order being given for a flank move ment. As the whole of the operations on the attacking side were taken for granted, the hazardous movement was unat tendk with the risk which would be imminent to a force in the field. The force then changed front and again advanced, and afterwards formed divisions to resist cavalry with the artillery in the centre. This movement was effected in good style, and was undoubtedly the most imposing feature of the e proceedings. A few other manoeuvres folloved, and the original line having been reformed with the Artillery on either flank, the entire force advanced and gave a general salute, which brought the review to a close. Commanding officers were then ordered to the front, when the: , were briefly addressed by his Royal Highness, who was understood to express himself in generally eulogistic terms of the manner in which the troops under their com mand had acquitted themselves, as well as his satisfaction with the manner in which the day's evolutions had been performed. He quitted the ground shortly after 1 o'clock, and, attended by a numerous retinue of officers, rode to the military gyammiuna jtvz't erected, Tlaig building id the Redditch l6 Bath l7 Nlsnchester (Summer IS Harpenden .... Epsom JUNE. Beverley 22 Stockbridge .... Chelmsford 2B New Forest Hunt 2B Newcastle-on-Tyne Worcester (Summer) Ipswich Nottingham ...... 19 Winchester ............ 19 Southampton .......... 20 Ch es terfield .......... 21 King's Lynn ...... 21 Goodwood ITIST. SEPT: OCTi !BER. SPIRIT OP THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. TIMES.—A story has reached us from the other side of the Atlantic which would have been invelu able to Mr. Roebuck in pointing his question about Federal Recruiting in Ireland. This time it is the Irish citizens on the other side of the water who protest against the artifices used to inveigle their countrymen into enlistment. The Boston journals for this present month contain a full account of the circumstances which have not unreasonably pro voked their resentment. It appears that Mr. Finney, of whom we have heard something before, and who announced himself as " Emigration Agent for the principal railroads in New England," succeeded, after a failure in Galway,. picking up 102 likely young men in Dublin. He offered them a free passage, steady work, £2 a month, with board, and two suits of clothes a year. They were not told where the work was to be, but it was to be on rail ways, and they were to be met at Portland by " a real gentleman and a good friend, who would take care of them." Accordingly they sailed from Liver pool on the 27th of February, and landed at Port land on the 9th of March. There 14 of the party seem to have strayed away, and, strange to say, eight of them were snapped up by the recruiting agents. The rest proceeded by train to Boston, in charge of Mr. Finney, and were lodged in an old building belonging to a Mr. Kidder. Neither beds, not even straw, nor tables were provided, nor any thing to eat, except some bread and cheese. The same Right, but not until after liquor had been served round by the orders of some unknown person, Mr. Kidder presented himself and told them " that the work they were brought over to do was not ready, but that need make no difference; they need not be idle for a single day; they could en list at once ;" and he ended by recommending a particular Irish regiment to them. After listening to this oration, it struck the men very forcibly that they had been enticed from their homes on false pretences, and were destined from the first to be food for powder. This suspicion wm confirmed by the fact that " recruiting agents hovered around them, and in the course of the next day gobbled up several," and that others, having got into the police-station, were told that they had better enlist to get themselves out. The greater number, however, declined to join the army, and, having lived on the charity of their countrymen for a day or two and been turned out of their temporary lodging by Mr. Kidder, lost all faith in that gen tleman, and did not respond to his subsequent offer of employment on the Charlestown Waterworks, In the meantime, the Irish inhabitants of Boston and the neighbourhood took the matter up, and held an indignation meeting, where a committee was appointed to investigate the case, and another to relieve the sufferers. It will be remembered that the practices here disclosed are exactly those which were described by Lord Palmerston in his answer to Mr. Roebuck. "There is, we know, so great a difference between the wages of labour in the United States and the wages of labour in Ireland that in order to induce men to go it is sufficient to tell them, ' Come as labourers. There is this railway and that railway, this work and that work, and instead of ls. and ls. 6d., you will get 10s. a day. They are mu ch too wise to talk of enlistment in Ireland. They induce the people to go to find a better mar ket for their labour, and when these men land at New York there are people there to induce them to enlist in some Ohio regiment or another, and become soldiers, with the chance of plunder and God knows what besides.' The wonder is that the prospects held out to Dublin mechanics, as these young fel lows were, were not more extravagantly glowing. One was an employe on the Midland and Great Western Railway, and was actually earning 2s. 10d. a :lay when he was duped by the promise of £2 a with clothes and board, into engaging him self as a ti s coin:non labourer in America. Why, in an advertisement of a Wisconsin company, quoted by Mr. Caird, 10s. a week was guaranteed, be sides 12s. for boa rd. Perhaps it may have been t h oug ht wise to offer the minimum that would attract Irishmen across the Atlantic, so that the bounty and pay of a recruit might prove the more irresistible. Considering that Mr. Kidder might have obtained 62,500 dollars for these men as substitutes, it is impossible not to suspect that this was his motive, and that the discomforts of their reception were intended to drive them into the army. At all events, nothing can be more flimsy than the pretexts alleged to account for his share in the transaction. Being questined, he fully acknowledged Finney as his agent, and declared that the emigrants were originally wanted for the waterworks, though, finding that there was no longer a demand for them, he had . retracted the order when it was too late. To this it was replied. on the part of the men, that they never heard a word about waterworks, but were engaged to work on railways. It further appeared that the season at which Mr. Finney was most active was just that when labour at waterworks is at a standstill, and that, as a matter of fact, the contractor at the water works knew nothing of the affair. Lastly, it was "own that Mr. Finney was a notorious substitute and had falsely represented himself as agent New England railways, when he wa, hut agent of Mr. Kidder. As to the -eeedings there can be, we think, their illegality, from the we cannot but feel - .lough to believe -me, which eon- broke.; for severs. really nothing iniquity of these pru. out one opinion, but of international point of view, doubts. If people will be simple such puffs as that of Mr. Finney's sent appeared in the columns of one of our Dublin temporaries, what Government can protect them ? In this notable paragraph young Irishmen are in formed that nothing but " obstacles thrown in the way by the mailboat agents, who feared it would be a breach of International law," prevented this redeemer of Ireland from carrying out with him 1,000, instead of 100. However, he is soon to re turn, " under better auspices, to bring out a large number of the youth of this impoverished country, to become citizens of a more favoured land, where the labourer is worthy of his hire, where want is unknown," &c. To entrap British sub jects in this easy way, and then to starve them into serving with the American army, is cajolery and deceit of the worst kind, but it is not enlistment, for: enlistment surely implies consent on the part of the recruit. It is an evasion of the law, but it is not an evasion in the same sense as the illegal equip ment of a ship, for there the warlike character, whether actual or constructive, is imparted within the neutral territory. The victims of Mr. Finney were not soldiers in fact or even in intention when they quitted Ireland, and showed very little dispo sition to become so when they reached America. Still, the existence of such a traffic is a great dis grace to the nation that is supposed to benefit by it, and a great injury to that which is thus made to furnish its quota to a foreign army. It is not so much a case for diplomatic remonstrance as for public exposure. Not long ago some very sensible letters from Messrs. Smith O'Brien and Mitchell, warning their deluded countrymen against the folly of sacrificing their lives in America by way of avenging the wrongs of Ireland, were circulated all over Dublin. It is more than probable that these letters were elicited by a knowledge of th 3 infamous trade carried on by emigration agents. If so, we have not had long to wait for a proof that the coun sel was opportune. There is no other country in the world where respectable mechanics, receiving good wages, could be kidnapped in this manner. In the present state of the American labour-market a prudent man might well be tempted to go over spontaneously in the hope of bettering himself, but to be carried over in gangs by a person whose pro fession and objects were perfectly well known, and who would have everything to gain by making sol diers of them, without any fear of being betrayed, could happen to none but Irishmen. Having hap pened once, or rather having once been detected and exhibited in its true light, it can hardly hap pen again even in Ireland, and we shall be Bur• prised if Mr. Finney, who is said to be a native of •Galway, ventures to show his face in Dublin a second time. HERALD.-4n the vigorous and able speech which Sir Stafford Northeote delivered at Exeter on Tues day he referred to the losses which the Whigs had lately sustained, not in their numerical strength alone, but in that class of members who, from their character, ability, and tervice, constitute the bone and sinew of a party. Some of those loeses, as the hon. baronet feelingly observed, extended beyond the party, and effiicted the nation itself. Men like the late Sydney Herbert and Sir George Lewis, though they acted with a party, belonged to the nation at large, and all England mourned their loss. But there are others who, without being entitled to that high honour, do yet, from their commanding position, their long services, or their known integ rity and moderation, form the grace and strength of a party, and in the loss of men of this class the Whigs have of late been singularly unfortunate, their ill luck running dead against them in this as in so many other instances, as if all the elements of evil were conspiring for their discomfiture. And now they are about to sustain another lobs of this nature, which in their present position they can ill spare. Our columns a day or two contained the announcement by Sir Francis Baring that he in tends. at the close of the present Parliament to re tire from the representation of Portsmouth, the borough for which he has sat continuously for 40 years. A bond so long maintained is equally credi table to both parties, and we are Conservative enough to admire both the constituency and the member which could remain true to each other in the face of so many changes going on all around them, and in spite of all those disintegrating influ ences which it is the special character of modern Liberal notions to develop. But the character of Sir F. Baring does not rest solely on the testimonial of 1 his constituents And their gonstAncy to him is the midst of the general fickleness and volatility shownha by their neighbouring Liberal boroughs. —a 0 earned for himself no mean reputation in the no:, of Commons. 0 C late years especially he was or o a class, always rarer than they ought to be, but on whose presence there much of the influence 0,1. the house depends in the country—men who, tho u p they may remain attached to a party, are known !° have passed beyond the ordinary objects of partyf ambition, who are no longer tempted by vial° De f i , place or power, and who have risen superior to the din and turmoil of party strife to those serene reg ions where they act rather as mediators than as part i ` sans. It is a grand sight on the eve of a great Party division, when the House of Commons grows wear , ' of debate and clamours loudly for a division, to a ee .. how ail the tumult and uproar are hushed at o n ce into respectful silence as one of this class- 4 m e . l3 , weighty in his character and piety, as Virgil has it —rises in his place, and with his first slow measur ed ' s tones stills the roaring of the multitude, and re ca them to their position as English gentlemen a n l representatives of the English people. It would I?e invidious to enumerate the men who possess th l ' privilege, bat now that he is about to leave the as' sembly where his portly figure has been so long familiar there can be no indelicacy in saying tha t 1 . is possessed in an eminent degree by Sir Fro ol . o Baring. Nor must it be forgotten that the privileg: has its drawbacks. A man who aspires to this k in " of influence must first make it clear that he has r e ; nounced the desire of power. There was a t inl , when Sir Francis was as eager as other men in tu o pursuit of place, and in the course of his long car est he has had his full share of it. There have been le° Whig Governments formed since he has been in Far; liament in which he has not held a place of more n' less importance. He was a Lord of the Treasury under Earl Grey ; a Secretary of the Treasati; blossoming into a Chancellor of the Exchequer, un der Lord Melbourne; and First Lord of the Admiralty under Lord J. Russell. His experience in official 11 1. is therefore extensive, and we are bound to R&M' that, with the exception of his unlucky Chan,: cellorship of the Exchequer, it was well perfortnen, t But on his elevation to the Exchequer he mie, well have complained that he had fallen on e ll ' times. The adoption of the penny postage systech from which we now gather such m a rvellous fruit' had just taken place, and Sir Francis Baring an e° seeded to an empty Exchequer and an enormoaa deficiency. And, unfortunately for him, he had IP S the inventive genius to fill the gap. Had on r finances been in their ordinary condition no better man could have been found for keeping them saf e ' and for seeing that not a shilling was unne cessarily or extravagantly spent ; but his was not the geni cs that could discover new springs or invent p a ' , modes of making taxation pleasant. Sir Robe' Peel's humorous picture of him sitting on the Tran s ° sury Bench and fishing for a budget was too hail ) / to be soon forgotten ; and the additional perseen‘ taxes to the customs and excise duties, which W ere the sole result of his angling, seem to have been pr e ' served by all future finance ministers as a thon u ; ment of their helplessness and incapacity of on e 4) : their predecessors. There was no need of such " memorial. We should have remembered him by quite other marks. Had a more capable Minist er than he been at that time in charge of our finatin e . , ; his successor would not have had the excuse 51 Francis furnished him with for imposing the incoar, tax. But though not happy a s a financier, Francis Baring always commanded the respectf ul attention of his party, and that respect, as we W i p e intimated, eventually extended itself over the wil e '', house. His rising was always the signal for silean e ,; whatever was the temper of that mobile assemb l y he could always secure attention. And as his Bre; ments, though moderate in tone, and delivered wi t judicial gravity, were invariably urged in favour ° Whig principles and Whig conduct, there can no doubt that the party had in him an adherent ° more value than many of those who would bril l more energy, more zeal, o r more e l oque nce int their service. The moderation of his o pi n ions Wall s A constant check upon the wilder and more advaan7 members of the party, and his own steadiness of ar, herence kept many a waverer firm to the W 1 33 standard. We can well believe that there wer e country gentlemen, the descendants of 0, old Whig party, who had begun to doubt wheth e , the principles of Burke and Rockingham WV . ` ; not better represented in our days by Lord De and Mr. Disraeli than by Lord Palmerston and 14 g ..,'' Gladstone, but who stilled their rising scepticlea; by the reflection that so long as Sir Francis 130 0 : and such as he remained by the Whigs the par l . 4 ' could not wholly have abandoned their traditiaCri principles. But now these ties are loosening 01 0 by day. The men who were the ligatures of th e Ministerialist crew drop off or disappear, and th motley crew which still calls itself the Whig par t s is fast falling into a state of decomposition. # look forward with confidence to an approaching general election to quicken the p rocess an d to r e° move it from the position it now occupies, wh e , ret , by the confes.sion of its own friend s , it has beeow ~" useless for any national purpose, i ncapa bl e o f carry' ing any measure, and as, in fact, only cumberi°P the ground. COUNTRY MARKETS. ---------mot MONMOUTH—TUESDAY. The local markets have been thinly attended during, tli o a week, owing to the farmers being busily engaged in sowl, and prices are firmer. The -av erage quotat i ons a re as '" lows .-- "qt. white.. 5a 3d to 5 s 9d ' 8ar1ey...... 38 . 4 d td 23 9a - • • )06 Od to Os Od I Oats .. , 2e 2d to 28 alto red.... LYNN-4trtSbAlt. At to-day's market there was a moderate attendanc e, well as a moderate show of wheat, and the prices of ? l eo week were fully obtained for all descriptions. Oth er articl unaltered. White wheat 45s to 46s I Batley .... Rcd .. 4ls to 42s I Grinding ..398 0 Beans .32s to 34s 1 Oats.. ....1 3 8 4 s o s t t c 3 ,,( 45 1 Small HULL—TUESDAY. At to-day's market there was a small supply of 1 1 113 ' wheat, and farmers held firm for last week's rates. malting barley meta steady sale at former rates, but gii 5 ing sorts were neglected. Beans and peas sold in retP late currencies. Wheat. Old white 42s od to 4/ 0 . 04 Old red qr 4os Od to 42s pd New white .. „ If 41s Od to 4 0 6 1 New red .... ~ Barley.... English malting 278 Od to 340 6 3 Grinding Saal and Oderbruck Holstein and Danish Grinding . 2 323 4 082 a s: 0 0 00 ; di, t ttt 00 0 0 a ?,; ,, , , ila i 0 0 . 1 0 4i Oats English, old 22s Od to 2 0 41 Archangel and Riga, per st oBl2id to 13 1 Friesland and Dutch oBl3cl to O Q B l v Swedish and Danish oBl2icl to O4 Beans ....English, old, per qr . ASO 40s Od to - C. A New pigeon 42s Od to 4.r oil New tick Egyptian Peas Foreign boilers . Grinding Tares ....Spring Indian Corn so s ss t ) 0 6 doo dd d d tt t tt oc o co, !S4 Od Tares 00 3 6 00 1 Linseed, feeding )s crushing Linseed cakes (11u19 oreign: £9 10 oto £99 0 I g 0 8 15 oto 0 Rape cakes 5lO oto vlO 0 Bones 5 5 oto 6 ;....p , MELTON MOWBRAY—TUESDAY. tr The following were the currencies :—New white Wr d 43s Od to 46s Od; new red, 36s Od to 42s per 36 „L . - o,i beans, 40s to 42s for old ; new sorts, 34s to 37s per fOt barley, 34s to 37s for malting, and 28s to 30s per cl 4. 2 0 grinding; new oats, 19s to 23s Od per 24 stone; °"' to 28s. THE CORK MODEL OF LINCOLN CAT 1 031 1; exhibited at the International Exhibition was near i t o stroye'l by fire the other day. The same wonclertot clever workman , we are sorry to see, is wasting his 4°3 producing a cork St. Peter's at Gowtz. Births. ABBOTT.—On the 29th inst., the wife of Keith E d ° f Abbott, Esq., H.B.M.'s Consul-General in IW ° ' son. DALKEITH.—On the 30th inst., the Countess of JA of a son. DAwsorr.—On the 30th inst., at Lower Norwood , 44 F 1• LOCKHART.—On the 26th inst., at Ayr, the wife L. W. M. Lockhart, 92d Highlanders, of a clang's'''. Marriages. PRILLIMORR—FORTESCUE.—On the 29th inst. B i iw ore!. George's, Hanover-square, Capt. Au stus illr t ieste" of H.M.S. Defence, to Harriet Eleano gu r, second .8 -her of the Hon. George and the Lady Louisa FOrtegue'-10', WOODS—CHICRESTER.—On the 29th inst. , at All Sclu to N e a n r yrileettoan,e Emma, lienry fif W th Esq.,ghooddasu,ter of J 3 M.P. for " i ho rl o R ' c/f Chichester. the Lord 81" Deaths. AMESBUILT.—On the 27th insi , suddenly, Jose .s 0 Esq., Brighton, aged 68. tr p e h e : ll o :: CAMPBELL.—On L . —On the 30th inst., at George Tort' rma Goa man-square, sar wifea r e , of her Colonel Highness John the Campbell. Princess . c .,lwart i D'ALTON.—On Easter Sunday, V L-Colonel J'- Lieut.-Colon el D'Alton, late 83d Regt. Esq 1.r., riuosoN.—On the 27th in at. James Hudson, '' 1 8 ~ Leicester, aged 80. f q niatn ifi Sa.mrsoN.—On the 29th inst., at Great Wood, A-e - -011, Sampson, Esq , of Trenough and Tullimaar, Cora aged 47. F res t ' STATHAM.—On the 29th ^ Stone House, - 0 inst., at row, Sussex, Samuel Statham, Esq., aged 69. _-....... 'Victoria London : Printed and Prbiished by WILLIAM AN D e j ,, v )1 2 0 of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at THE SUN Office Strand, 111 the Precinct of the Savoy, in, tine QOM kLidalepez,—Whurclity, Mania 31, 156&