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

THE CIVIL WAR IN AMERICA. (From the Times Correspondent.) NEW YORK, March 18. The Confederates are apparently preparing for:an aggressive movement into Maryland. 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 kansas, which is more probable. Mr. Lincoln, who is always calling for men, has issued a new demand for 200,000, under the usual threat of a draught if they be not forthcoming. Cmgress, having ilassed a Gold Bill with the vain idea of sending gold down and paper up to par, has relapsed into " log rolling" 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 Rspresenta tires of Bills to admit the three Territories of Nevada, Colorado, and Nebrtiska as States of the Union as 800 h as the people thereof shall have agreed upon the constitutions by which they are willing for the blare to govern themselves,—with the hope, no 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 Mr. Charles Sumner, achieved a social triumph over the prejudices of the white people of 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 no 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 expended ; 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 enforce 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 of the passage of the Gold Bill has sur prised most 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 old prices—scarcely, if at all, affected by the power given 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 max, such power over the Money-market, but be cause it was imagined that be might abuse 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 his 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 speculation, 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 5'7, 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 Christians, the exterminators, the con tractors, the shoddy aristocrats, the Union leaguers, all 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 is 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 for 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 1000. if the Government were considered stable and the people solvent, goes down to 60c. 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 than ever, in spite of everything he and a thousand Congresses could do to prevent it. As the " little bill" to be presented to Great Britain, wh en 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 Representatives, on August 7, 1850, and December 17, 1851, passed resolutions requesting t h e President, Mr. Fillmore, to commu nicate the particulars of the several claims of the United States against Portugal, as „ all as the amount and nature of t he claims of Portugal against the United States. Mr. Fillmore accordingly trans 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 year 1814, .The claims of the United States against Portugal need not new be discussed, ES they have no bearing upon the point which the British Government wil• one dty have to consider, if the Federal Govern ;mut be urmiso enough to urge it. The claims o Portugal against the United States are, however, so nearly the same as those which Mr. Seward has avowed his determination, when it suits him, to prefer against Great Britain, under the penalty of war if they be not conceded, as to merit not only Mr. Seward's particular notice, but that of the Bri tish Government. Letter No. 5 of the series, or page 65 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 persons 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- ector—that had been captured in 1816 and 1817 by hese 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- gneae 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 ii the Ambassador would furnish a list of the names o 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 foand 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 flsg,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 tar as the published correspondence extends it would appear that thePortugaeseGovern ment never obtained any compensation whatever from that of the United States, for under date of May 25, 1830, cr 30 years afterwards, we find the new and present Portuguese Ambassador, the Com mander de Figaniere é Morao, reiterating in a letter to Mr. Clayton the demands made by his predeces sor. "As these unlawful depredations, says M. de Figaniere (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 hoisted 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 scil 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 Hon. 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 through 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 damages—a proposition Aich was rejected at the time upon substantial grounds, and without the Minister's personal assurance to that effect 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 Moat 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 Mr. 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 nest 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 liabilities without publicity, by application to Messrs. Marshall, solicitors of the Court of Bankruptcy, Char'es under X 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 before last that winter was done with, but this morning there were nearly three inches of snow on Northampton Racecourse, and with the remembrance of yesterday's pitiless pelting the prospect 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 safe thing for the horse who can get quickest on his or her legs and away out of the crowd. There was a tedious delay at the post, a full hoar having been consumed in failures, during which time Alchymiat 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 he 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 soya each, h ft, for 2-yr olds; colts Bst 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, Bst 31b (Fordham) 2 Mr H. Saville's Private, brother to Privateer, Bst 71b (J. Goater) 3 Mr Payne's Merry Harp (31b), Bst .... (H. Grimshaw) 4 Mr Egerton's Spanish Boy (31b), Bst 41b (T. French) 5 Betting-6 to 4on Brioche, sto 1 agat Pirate, and 100 to 15 agat 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 sovs each, h ft, with 50 added, for 3-yr-olds; colts Bst 101 b, fillies Bst 61b, winners extra. 10 subs. One mile. Mr E. Brayley's Outlaw, Bst 101 b (A. Cowley) 1 Mr Handley's The Sea Boy, Bst 51b Mr Night's Dispute, Est 51b Mr W. S. Cartwright's Isca, Bst 6lb (Custance) 4 Betting--6 to 4 agst Outlaw, 7to 4 agat Isca, and 3to 1 agst Sea Boy. Isca, with the favourite on her right, ran together round the lower turn, when they were beaded 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 soya 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, 7st 91b The following also ran!—Vaulter, Naxos, Rosa Lee, Sweyn, and Tom Ashworth. Betting-3 to 1 each agat Tailor and Vaulter, 4to 1 agst Airedale, and 5 to 1 agat Naxos, Tailor, with Airedale next the rails, wore 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 tfie race resolved itself into a match between the two leaders, who ran together to the stand, where Airedale got up, and Junning the longest won a fair race in the last stride by the shortest of heads. Earl Spencer's Plate of 100 soya, added to a Handicap Sweepstakes of 15 soya each ; winners extra. New Spencer Plate Course, straight. (62 subs, 26 of whom pay 6 sovs ft,) Mr F. Fisher's Reindeer, G yrs, 7st 101 b (Hibberd) 1 Duke of Beaufort's Crytheia, 3 yrs, Est 121 b (alordan) '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, Soumise, Nebula, Dirt Cheap, Audacieuse, Orphene, Vandervelde, Junius, Weatherglass, Lady di Vergy, Aurora, and Templar. Betting-4 to 1 aget My Mary, 6to 1 each agst Soumise and Soapstone, 10 to 1 eget Templar, 100 to 8 agst Alchy mist, 100 to 7 agst Suburban, 15 to 1 agst Lady Clifden, 100 to 6 agst Weatherglass, 40 to 1 agat Attraction and Canace, and 50 to 1 agst Reindeer. A tedious delay of upwards of an hour took place at the post through the fractiousness 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 reuch 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 out, 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 four placed, 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 mise, Alclaymist, Lady Clifden, and Suburban. The next lot, who were pulling up, being headed by Canace, Queen of Spain, and Audacieuse. The Althorp:Park Stakes of 10 soya each, with 50 added. For two -yr-olds, colts, Bst 101 b, fillies, Bst edb. Winnere extra. 36 subs. T.Y.C., about half a mile. Count Batthyany's Puritan, Bst 101 b (Custance) 1 Lord Coventry's Tennyson, Bst 101 b (J. Adams) 2 Mr. Payne's Lemonade, Bst 61b (H. Grimshaw) 3 Mr. J. Morris's Shrapnell, Bst 101 b The following also ran :—Attache, Saloon, Magio, His Royal Highness, Cantata, Brown Broad, Amber, Cedric, Sympathy, Benny Lass, Tring, and Catenus. The betting opened at 2 to 1 and closed at 3 to 1 agst Puritan, 4 to 1 agst Shrapnell, 5 to 1 agat Tennyson, and 10 to 1 each agst Brown Bread and Amber. Attache, in company with Brown Bread, Tennyson, and Shrapnel], 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 sovs each. For horses of all ages; 3-yr-olds, 6st 91b ; four, Bst 711); five, 9st llb; six and aged, 9st 41b. The winner to be sold for £5OO if demanded, and to subscribe to the stakes in 1865. Gentlemen taking a nomination in this stake and not starting, to be subject to the payment of 3 sovs, which will be given to the second horse. 14 subs. Two miles. Mr Knightley ns Dunkeld, 4 yrs, Bst 7lb (Perry) 1 Lord Spencer ns St. Lawrence, 5 yrs, 9st llb (D. Hughes) 2 Colonel Cartwright ns Turn of Luck, 5 yrs, Bst llb (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, Le 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 sovs each ; 10 ft, and 5 if declared ; winners extra. Tho second horse to save his stake. 59 subs, 22 of whom declared. Ono mile and a quarter. Lord Uxbridge's General Hess, aged, 7st 101 b (T, French) 1 Sir J. Hawley's Argonaut, 5 yrs Bst 71b Lord Bateman' s D es p a i r , 5 yrs, yrs, 121 b (H. Grimshaw) 3 The following also ran :—Umpire, Gamma, 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 agst Prince Plausible, 6 to 1 (at first 100 to 15) agst General Hess, 8 to 1 agst Argonaut, and 100 to 7 each agst 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 Peqiair, but who were unable to reach the leader, who won easily by three parts of a length—a length between the second and third, Umpire was fourth, close up, Gemma fifth, Prince Plausible sixth, and Touch and Go next. Selling Plate of 5 sous each, with 25 added, for 2-yr-olds and upwards. One Luile. Did not fill. 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- I plated alterations will involve an outlay of £1,450, RACING FIXTURES FOR 1864. APRIL. Croston•park Edinburgh Spring 2 Abergavenny b Thirsk 5 Epsom Spring Newmarket Craven Llanboldy Newcastle and Gatesheal 14 Knighton Liverpool Hunt Club l5 Lewes Spring l9 Cardiff Newmarket First Spring 25 Chester York Spring Salisbury l2 Blaydon Radcliffe • • 16 Ju: Redditch l6 Bath Manchester (Summer Harpenden Epsom 24 NE, Wye Maidstone 3 Ascot Hampton l5 Newton Odiham Bibury Beverley 22 Stockbridge Chelmsford 2B New Forest Hunt 2B Ne wcastle-on-Tyne Worcester (Summer) Ipswich .. Newmarket • July Carlisle .. Pontefract Abingdon Cambridge .. l2 Liverpool July Stamford Nottingham Winchester l9 Southampton .. • 2O Chesterfield King's Lynn Goodwood Bright on 2 Brighton Club Lewes 5 Huntingdon 9 Wolverhampton Reading E gham Oxford .. 18 SEPT: Weymouth 1 Warwick September 6 Leicester ..., 8 Bridgwater Doncaster .. OCT, Bedford 4 Northallerton .. 6 Newmarket Second Oct. 10 Lincoln Gloucester Newmarket Houghton 24 NOTE: Worcester Autumn .... 1 Shrewsbury Autumn .. 14 I IRI Are Kildare Hunt Curragh County Louth 2O, 21 Leamington &War, Hunt 2 :SH. RIL. Fethard. . I Athlone 26, 27 Cork Tullamore Tipperary 3O, 31 Springhill 2 Galway Hunt 3, 4 Nenagh lO, 11 JUNE. C urragh SEPTEMRER. Curragh — OCTOBER. Curragh lB, 19, 20 STEEPLECHASING FIXTURES FOR 1864, Arm', Abergavenny __ ~ 5 NOVEMI4ER. Leamington and Warwickshire hunt 22 Naval and Military Intelligence THE NAVY. The Bulldog, 6 gun paddle-sloop, Capt. Waddilove,is ea petted to sail from Spithead to-day on foreign service. She made her final trial of machinery on Tuesday, at a draught of water of 16ft. 4in. aft, and 14fr, Sin. forward, all stores being on board, and the ship down to her deep sea-going trim. Everything was satisfactory, but it was not conai• dered necessary to put the engines through the ordeal a' the measured mile. Their indicated power was E5O horse. THE ARMY. Yesterday the Duke of Cambridge, Field Marshal Com mauding-in• Chief of the army, held his first review of the troops in the Chatham district for the season. Ms Royal Highness, as previously announced in The Sun, arrived at Chatham on Tuesday evening, and remained at Govern•• went-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 order was accordingly issued countermanding that previously given, and directing the forces to bo formed on the Lines by 1045. 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. M'Dougall, numbering 6 officers, 94 non-commissioned officers and men, 82 horses, 6 12 pounder Armstrong field guns, ammunition waggons, &e., 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 Lieut.-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 24 Battalions 4th King's Own Regiment, Ist and 2d Battalions 12th Regiment, lst and 2d Battalions 19th Regiment, Ist and 24 Battalion 20th Regiment, 31st Regiment, 15th Regiment, 43d Light Infantry, 51st King's Own Light Infantry, 52d Light Infantry, 75th Regiment, 77th Regiment, 81st Regiment, 834 Regiment, 91st High landers, 94th Regiment, 101st Royal Bengal Fusiliers, and 1024 Royal Madras Fusiliers, the whole constituting a force of 1,200 men of all ranks and 80 officers, the several battalions being commanded by Col. H. Jervis, Col. E. Newdigate, and Col. 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 troops having been formed at quarter-distance columus, the Duke of Cambridge, attended by Major-Gen. W. F. For ster, Col. Sir A. H. Horsford, Deputy Adjt.- Gen., Col. C. Tyrwhitt, aide do camp, Col. F. E. Chapman, Deputy Adjt.-Gen., Royal Engineers, 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 the line, the troops giving a general salute, with colours lowered and bands playing' T he 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 salut ing 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 which they changed front and marched past, in quick time, in open columns of companies. Better marching was per haps never before witnessed on Chatham Lines, the soft, spongy state of the ground, and the consequent difficulty the men had in keeping foothold, being taken into conside ration. This portion of the inspection terminated. prepara tions were mad e f or carr yi n g out the manoeuvres of the day, whi c h were genera l ly s i m ple s consisting of the attack and repulse of an enem y " 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 suppor t s , th e ma in body having in the meantime taken an i c h e l en movement. A. general advance was then sounded, and the enemy having by this 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 Armetrongs 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 tended 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 day's proceedings. A few other manoeuvres followed, and the original lino 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 wero then ordered to the front, when they 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 gyearmaiuna juet erected, This building is the 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 dimenciona allowing of seve ral hundred men being under instruction at the same time, His Royal Highness visited every portion of the establish ment, with the details and arrangements of which he 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 Maclaren, 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, fiis 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 folloiving 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. Carina 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 ehild—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 Nctley. 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 resumes 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 sunken reef known as Daunt's Rock, about 5% 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 smooth. Such, however, was the force with which she came upon the reef that in two minutes her fires were out, her engine compartment filled with water up to near the main deck, and the funnel was lifted some inches out of its place. She was at once and 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, Owing to the direction of the wind, which was from the northwest, the guns fired from the ship were not heard for a considerable time, and it was only a faint rever beration of one 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 getting off the passengers (153 in number) as well as the teails and specie, and all were subsequently trans ferred without accident 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 main deck. The depth of water in her hold at flood is about 26ft. Her injuries must be very extensive, though not yet accurately ascertained, and doubts are expressed as to the possibility of rescuing her from her present dangerous position. As soon as the accident was made known the Port Admiral, Sir L. Jones, despatched H.M.'s ship Advice and three gunboats to her assistance, and the tender of the Cunard 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, wool, &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 continuo as fine as at present, the destruction of tho 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 Yurk 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. Daunt'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 mistaken 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, gspecially 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 Channel. 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 Thomas Richards, and stealing from his parson a purse containing 6z. 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 then 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 takewfrom Smith as he was in the act of throwing it away. Mr. Maude committed both prisoners for trial. [ADVERTISEMENT.] Ifolloway's Pills, Satisfactory Results,—Whenever the blood is foul, the 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 ha upon me ;it carried off more bile and made me feel lighter and more cheerful than all the medicine I had taken previously." Holloway's Pills strengthen the stomach, prevent bilious ness, purify the blood, raise the spirits, and give energy to both body and mind. In diseases of the head, heart, and kidneys, these pills are invaluable, not only by removing dangerous symptoms, but in warding off the dire effects of tee. resulting from injudicious treatment, , UST. - - - Dover York August Yarmouth Plymouth Lichfield Stock= .. 3O Devon and Exeter Derby :MBER. Brecon .. 19 Richmond Monmouth Manchester Autumn NewmarketFirst October 27 BER. :11BER. SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. TIMEg.—A *story has reached us from the other side of the Atlantic which would have been invalu 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, in 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 Purtland 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 night, 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 was 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 gotinto the pohee-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 discl"sed 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 ind nee 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 Is. and ls. 6d., you will get 10s. a day.' They are much too wise to talk of enlistment iv 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 day when he was duped by the promise of £2 a month, with clothes and board, into engaging him self as a common labourer in America. Why, in an advertisement of a Wisconsin company, quoted by Mr. Caird, 10s. a week was guaranteed, be sides 12s. for board. Perhaps it may have been thought wise to offer the minimum that would attract Irishmen across the Atlantic, so that the Bounty and pay of a recruit might prove the &ore 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 questioned, 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 pert 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 shown that Mr. Finney was a notorious substitute broker, and had falsely represented himself as agent for several New England railways, when he was really nothing but agent of Mr Kidder. As to the iniquity of these proceedings there can be, we think, but one opinion, but of their illegality, from the international point of view, we cannot but feel doubts. If people will be simple enough to believe such puffs as that of Mr. Finney's scheme, which appeared in the columns of one of our Dublin con temporaries, what Government can protect them ? In this notable paragraph young Irishmen are in foroed that nothing but " obstacles thrown in the way by the mailboat agents, who feared it would be a bream,. of International law," prevented this r edeemer of Ire' land from carrying out with him 00. However, he is soon to re -1,000, instead of 11 spices, to bring out a large turn, "under better a: n umber of the youth of te:is impoverished country, to become citizens o f a more' favoured land, where the labourer is worthy o f his hire, where want is unknown," &e. To entre': British sub jects in this easy w a y , 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 pert 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, w hether actual or constructive, is imparted within the neutral territory. The victims of Mr. Finney were not bee ldiers in fact or even in intention wh en they quitted it' elanil l and showed very little dispo sition to become pnwhen they reached America. ch a traffic is a great dis grace;enoeen to benefit by it, Still, the existence of to the nation that is st i • 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 a go som e 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 the infamous trade carried on by emigration agents. If so, we have not had long to wait for a proof that the coun - set was opportune. There is no ether country i n 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 sur prised if Mr. Finney, who is said to be a native of Galway, ventures to show his face in Dubliti a second time. HERALD.--a the vigorous and able speech which Sir Stafford Northoote 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 eervice, constitute the bone and sinew of a party. Some of those losses, as the hon. baronet feelingly observed, extended beyond the party, and afflicted 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, theirill 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 loss 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 tho present Parliament to re tire from the representation of Portsmouth, the borough for which ho 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 Jaw oonetituents and their cone troy to him in the midst of the general fickleness and volatility show'. by their neighbouring Liberal boroughs. He had earned for himself no mean reputation in the House of Commons. OF late years especially he was one of a claw, always rarer than they ought to be, but on whose presence there much of the influence of the house depends in the country—men who, though , they may remain attached to a party, are known to have passed beyond the ordinary objects of party ambition, who are no longer tempted by visions of place or power, and who have risen superior to the din and turmoil of party strife to those serene regions where they act rather as mediators than as parti sans. It is a grand sight on the eve of a great party division, when the House of Commons grows weary of debate and clamours loudly for a division, to see how all the tumult and uproar are hushed at once into respectful silence as one of this class—a man weighty in his charanter and piety, as Virgil has it —rises in his place, and with his first slow measured tones stills the roaring of the multitude, and recalls them to their position as English gentlemen and , representatives of the English people. It would be invidious to enumerate the men who possess this privilege, but 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 that iu is possessed in an eminent degree by Sir Francis Baring. Nor must it be forgotten that the privilege has its drawbacks. A man who aspires to this kind of influence must first make it clear that he has re nounced the desire of power. There was a time when Sir Francis was as eager as other men in the pursuit of place, and in the course of his long career he has had his full share of it. There have been feW Whig Governments formed since he has been in Par liament in which he has not held a place of more or less importance. He was a Lord of the Treasury under Earl Grey ; a Secretary of the Treasury, blossoming into a Chancellor of the Exchequer, under Lord Melbourne; and First Lord of the Admiralty under Lord J. Russell. His experience in official life is therefore extensive, and we are bound to admit that, with the exception of his unlucky Chan• cellorship of the Exchequer, it was well performed. But on „his elevation to the Exchequer he might well have complained that he had fallen on evil times. The adoption of the penny postage system, from which we now gather such marvellous fruits, had just taken place, and Sir Francis Baring suc ceeded to an empty Exchequer and an enormous deficiency. And, unfortunately for him, he had not the inventive genius to fill the gap. Had our finances been in their ordinary condition no better man could have been found for keeping them safe, and for seeing that not a shilling was unnecessarily or extravagantly spent ; but his was not,the genius that could discover new springs or invent new modes of making taxation pleasant. Sir Robert Peel's humorous picture of him sitting on the Trea sury Bench and fishing for a budget was too happy to be soon forgotten ; and the additional per-cen taaes to the customs and excise duties, which were the 6 sole result of his angling, seem to have been pre served by all future finance ministers as a monu ment of their helplessness and incapacity of one of their predecessors. There was no need of such s memorial. We should have remembered him by quite other marks. Had a more capable Minister than he been at that time in charge of our finances his successor would not have had the excuse Sir Francis furnished him with for imposing the income tax. But though not happy as a financier, Sir Francis Baring always commanded the respectful attention of his party, and that respect, as we have intimated, eventually extended itself over the whole house. His rising was always the signal for silence; whatever was the temper of that mobile assembly he could always secure attention. And as his argu' ments, though moderate in tone, and delivered with judicial gravity, were invariably urged in favour of Whig principles and Whig conduct, there can be no doubt that the party had in him an adherent of more value than many of those who would bring more energy, more zeal, or more eloquence into their service. The moderation of his opinions was a constant check upon the wilder and more advanced members of the party. and his own steadiness of ad herence kept many a waverer firm to the Whig standard. We can well believe that there were many country gentlemen, the descendants of the old Whig party, who had begun to doubt whether the principles of Burke and Rockingham were not better represented in our days by Lord Derby and Mr. Disraeli than by Lord Palmerston and Mr. Gladstone, but who stilled their rising scepticism by the reflection that so long as Sir Francis Baring and such as he remained by the Whigs the party could not wholly have abandoned their traditionary principles. But now these ties are loosening day by day. The men who were the ligatures of the Ministerialist crew drop off or disappear, and the motley crew which still calls itself the Whig party is fast falling into a state of decomposition. We look forward with confidence to an approaching general election to quicken the process and to re move it from the position it now occupies, where, by the confession of its own friends, it has become useless for any national purpose, incapable of carry ing any measure, and as, in fact, only cumbering the ground. , n COUNTRY MARKETS. _- NONMOUTH—TuEsDAY. The local markets have been thinly attended during the week, owing to the farmers being busily engaged in sowing, and prices are firmer. The average quotations are as fol lows .-- Wheat, white 5s 3d to 5s 9d 8ar1ey...... 3s 4d to 2s Sd Ditto red, .0s Od to Os Od I Oats .. 2s 2d to 2s 9d LYNN-TUESDAY. At to-day's market there was a moderate attendance, as well as a moderate show of wheat, and the prices of last week were fully obtained for all descriptions. Other articles unaltered. White wheat 45s to 46s / Barley 34s to 368 Red.. 4ls to 42s Grinding ..398 to 328 I Beans .32s to 34s Oats.. Small ..34s to 36s I Peas —B to --a HULL-TUESDAY. At to-day's market there was a small supply of English wheat, and farmers held firm for last week's rates. Fine malting barley meta steady sale at former rates, but grind ing sons were neglected. Beans and peas sold in retail at late currencies. • Wheat.... Old white per qr. ... 42s Od to 44s 03 Old red t) New white .. ~ New red .... „ Barley.... English malting 27s Od to 348 Od Grinding 24s Od to 25s 68 Saal and Oderbruck Holstein and Danish Grinding Oats English, old 22s Od to 24s 03 Archangel and Riga, per st Friesland and Dutch Swedish and Danish Beans ~..English, old, per qr New pigeon 42s Od to 44s ed New tick Egyptian Peas ..Foreign boilers Grinding Tares ....Spring Indian Corn Linseed, feeding ' crushing Linseed cakes (Hull) £9 10 0 to £9 15 0 Foreign: 8 15 0 to 9 0 0 Rape cakes Bones MELTON MOWBRAY-TUESDAY. The following were the currencies :—New white wheat, 43s Od to 46s Od ; new red, 36s Od to 42s per 36 stone; beans, 40s to 42s for old; new sorts, 34s to 37s per 38 st. barley, 34s to 37s for malting, and 28s to 30s per qr. for grinding; new oats, 195 to 23s Od per 24 stone; old, 24a to 28s. THE CORK MODEL OF LINCOLN CATHEDRAL exhibited at the International Exhibition was nearly de stroyed by fire the other day. The same wonderfully clever workman, we are sorry to see, is wasting his time ill producing a cork St. Peter's at Gowtz. Births. ABBOTT.—On the 29th inst., the wife of Keith Edward Abbott, Esq., H.B.M.'s Consul• General in Persia, of son. DALKEITIL—On the 30th inst., the Countess of Dalkeitho of a son. DA.wsoN.—On the 30th inst., at Lower Norwood, Mrs. J ' Locitutarr.—On the 26th inst., at Ayr, the wife of CaP t ' L. W. M. Lockhart, 92d Highlanders, of a daughter• Marriages. PHILLIMOILM—FORITSCUE.—On the 29th inst., at Sai nt George's, Hanover-square, Capt. Augustus Phillirao reo of H.M.S. Defence, to Harriet Eleanor, second daugh ter of the Hon. George and the Lady Louisa Fortescue. WOODS—CHICITESTEL—On the 29th inst., at All Soul° ' Marylebone, Henry Woods, Esq., M.P. for Wigan, tni Henrietta Emma, fifth daughter of the Lord Diehop ° Chichester. Deaths. AMESBURY.—On the 27th insl., suddenly, Joseph Amer bury, Esq., Brighton, aged 68. CAMPBELL.—On the 30th inst., at George-street, Port: man-square, her Highness the Princess Victoria GOU ramma, wife of Colonel John Campbell. D'ALTON.—On Easter Sunday, Licut.-Colonel F,dWard D'Alton, late 83d Itegt. HUDSON.—On the 27th inst., James Hudson, Esq., 5'11.1 Leicester, aged SO. SAMPSON.—On the 29th inst., at Great Woo d, Beniarli Sampson, Esq , of Tremough and Tuilimaar , Cornwa aged 47. STA.TILAM.—On the 29th inst., at Stone House, Forest row, Sussex, Samuel Statham, Esq., aged 69. London: Prita.ed and Prbiished by WILLIAA AND.ftb-A of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at 'IKE SUN Office No* 312 : Strand, Al the Precinct of the Savoy, .n the Couto) ? 04 Mildlerex.--Tiorschly, March 31,..1801.