The Sun. — London, England, 1868-05-16 00:00:00

oPrarr OP THE PUBLIC JOURI.TALS, Even those who are most opposed to the Government must, the Saturday Review declares, acknowledge that in the matter of the Boundary Bill they have behaved with perfect fairness to the House of Commons and to the country. It is true that there was a little nonsense origi nally in the manner• in which the subject of boundaries was introduced by Mr. Disraeli to the consideration of the House. He spoke after his fashion, and hinted that some great secret lay in the revision of boundaries, and that it was to have a sort of magical effect upon the operation of the Reform Bill. This secret, like other grand secrets of the same magician, turns out to be moonshine. The Boundary Bill, even if passed exactly as presented to the House, would, according to the acknowledgment of men of all parties, produce no perceptible results at all on the general issue of an election. No party interests are involved. But the House settled last year that there was to he a Boundary Bill, and it also settled that the revision of boundaries should mean the enlargement, and in no case the contraction, of boroughs. This was not at all logical, and in theory was wholly indefensible. But the House sanctioned the proposal of the Government, and it was decided that no reductions were to be made. Com missioners were appointed by the House itself, and not by t: , e Government ; and not only were they men perfectly weal fitted to the task, but, so far as they represented s hoiks of political opinion, they belonged rather to the Opos:tion than to the party in power. Naturally, the Govermnent wished to stand by the bill as it was brought in ; an d if they had been a strong Government they would have had their way, and all opposition would have been silenced on the ground that the commissioners acted as the referees of the House, and their decision must be taken to be final. But the Government is very far from being a strong Government, and therefore, when, the House manifested a wish to control the operation, of the bill, the Government gave way at once. It is true they had not much choice. A Government in a minority must do as it is bid. But a Government in a minority slay submit with a good grace or a bad grace, and on this occasion the Government submitted with a very good grace. It accepted the only possible mode of extricating the House from the difficulty of dealing with a subject of infinite details. Mr. Disraeli agreed that a committee should be appointed by the House, and should sit from day to day until it had completed its task. It will inghire into the cases where reasonable objections to the decisions of the commissioners have been or can be raised. There ap pears to be no reason why the labours of the committee should last very long. They cannot, of course, go into oral evidence from the boroughs affected. They can only jock at petitions and memorials, and their first duty will be to see whence these documents come. Unless they reps sent the feelings and wishes of a very considerable number of those affected by the bill, they will not be worth attending to. If they are numerously signed the com mittee can first examine the grounds on which they are presented, and if these grounds are primd facie valid, they can tall in the aid of the assistant commissioners if they wish for further information; and if they do not, they can pronounce their verdict at once. The Spectator says that if Parliament cannot contrive to strengthen our county and municipal arrangements for Maintaining order, it will wake up one day to find civil was raging over half the North of England. In those vast hives of humanity the mining and manufacturing cities, with their narrow streets and fierce population, there are plenty of elements of combustion—one alone, the quarrel between unionists and non-unionists, is of the most dangerous and wide-spread character—and the roughs of all classes have at last found out the secret weakness of the - EngliSh - system —the feeebleness of authority when opposed by force. It is only a fortnight since we had to record the seizure of Wigan by a mob of colliers. This week the prosperous town of Ashton has been the scene of a still more dangerous, because religious riot, during which one person has been killed, two left at the point of death, and some twenty-five 'severely wounded, while no less than seventy houses have been destroyed, and three hundred families turned naked, homeless, and moneyless into , the street for no offence whatever. Now, if English cities and counties were orsanised on any civilised principle riots like these could. not occur ; they would be .ppressed at once in their inception, not by bloodshed, but the production of force which could shed blood if neces sary to restore order. The dragoons took no Ries. It was the rioters who took lives, and the half-armed police. It was the wretched policy of displaying force not sufficient for coercion—.force which could be defied,- or, if needful, over powered—which allowed the riot to become so dangerous. It—is order, common external order, freedom from mob rule and violent assault, which we are failing to secure, which appArently our rulers have forSotten how to secure, now social deferences will no- longer secure it. One would think, to watch the paralysis of authority all over Eng land, that the magistrates held anarchy to be the normal' and proper condition of things, or imagined that freedom meant the right of every man to brain his neighbour if that operation amused him. The art of repressing dis order, still alive in Ireland, seems to be lost here, till authority knows no better device than to send fists against fists, batons against clubs, cutlasses against revolvers. We venture to say a reserve detachment of fifty policemen in Ashton armed with " Sniders," and authority to use them at the bidding of the mayor, would do more to maintain external order in Ashton and ten miles round, than ten thousand special constables. That involves bloodshed? Not:. bit of it. Let 10,000 rioters know that fifty men front. of _theta are--. authorised, if resisted, to slay, and they will - melt I,Way like_ snow in, sunlight. Bloodshed • maybe regiiirea once; and if it fs, if there is no other way of protecting-the feeble or the poor in our great cities, - if, withnut it',4any fool of a lecturer is able to give any town: in .ngland up to be sacked, blOodshed had better•be. • Reiiefe. in criticisinc , ttie . navy estimates, -venkarlizei#-At present-41S verydenbtfnCthat our ironclads < 7vi . X.iitirin an. eatlrdate,-b6 able to do the work of our wooden walls;, certainly not if the Cbief Constructor of the Navy is allowed to have his way. The report of Admiral Warden of the performances of the Channel Fleet during its last continental cruise, much as it does to repair to the Admiralty the too great candour of his previous report, is not at all reassuring as to the efficiency of our ironclads. In anything like a wind they roll and oscillate to such a degree that they cannot keep their ports open, and cannot fight their guns. In the voyage from Queenstown to Lisbon, during which the weather was fine throughout, only two of the ships—the Achilles and Minotaur—were able to keep their ports always open; . the Bellerophon, fcr three days, had most of her ports closed, though she could always fight her guns ; the War rior and Lord Warden had, during four or fiN e days, to close all-or some of their ports, but were able to fight their mins, though not well " from rolling so heavily ;" and the Lord Clyde for five out of the eight days which the voyage occupied, had to close her ports, and could not fight her guns at all. The Bellerophon, the Lord Waidein and the Clyde, are the masterpieces of the pre sent Chief Constructor of the Navy ; and of these, the first makes only an approximation to the qualities of -- fighting ship ; while of the second it may be said that nothing could have been worse had not the Chief Con structor produced the third. There are three principles upon which ironclads may be constructed : the first is that adopted by Sir Baldwin Walker and Mr. Watts, when the former was Controller and the latter Chief Constructor of the Navy. They held that the largest proportions were neceFsa.r e y in order to combine heavy armour with great speed and ensure good seagoing qualities. Upon this principle six were constructed the Warrior, Black Prince, Achilles, Minotaur, Agincourt, and Northumbene land. Two cf these, the third and fourth, were the on 13; ships which, during the voyage from Queenstown to Lisbon, could always keep their ports open. The present Chief Constructor came to his duties with the advantage of all that had been done before him, yet the best of hilt ships is inferior to the Achilles and Minotaur, and his second and third best may almost be said to be out of the running. His principle of construction is small vessel, and enormous horsepower. He has himself said that " speed now means steam-power, and for steam-power nothing is needed except coal and iron." But this is not quite true. There is also needed room to put them in. This is what his ships do not Possess. Enormous engines in small ships simply means ships that cannot keep the sea for any length of time-because they have not space for th e requisite amount of fuel. The Bellerophon and Hercules, - I.llr. Reed'. nest successful achievements, if the word is admissible when success has not been obtained, at full speed, three_ days' fu e l. C aptain carry only, Mackinnon justly summed up the results of the Chief Con structor's principle of su.all ships and bilge steam-power: ` ,2 Commencing with the Enterprise and Research, an d last of Mr. Reed's vessels, he considered going - down to the that there existed a most glaring_ evidence of the misappropriation of public money for building purposes ; their unseaworthiness ling propensities were re ef want of and called for great •-1 • futtn•a designs from Use t one vessel_ designed by 11110 as ye 1 I shou ld Mr. Weil l'keved :tile type of another w hich follow." The thlriprlnc;iph;7-42pon which ironclad:l may be built is that of the ferret, which has not yet been fairly tried. And we may here remark that however true may be the boast of the First Lord that our ironclad ships are superior rather than inferior to those of any other country in the world, that cannot be a satisfactory reflection so long as we persist in building ironclads upon a principle which has failed. mark able evi .)11 THE BRITISH ASSOCIATION.—The arrangements in connection with the Norwich meeting of the Britisb Association for the Advancement of science are making 1 5 _440.V vrogrm i - - THE ALIBI OF BA.R.RETT. Mr. Pollard concluded his task of examining witnekies as to the alibi of Michael Barrett on Thursday, andaeft for London in the evening. He was accompanied byli spector Williamson, the officer into whose custody Barrett and O'Neill were delivered by the Glasgow police a*ho• rities in January last. The persons examined on"Teanes day were Mrs. Smith, of Crown-street ; Mrs. rock, Centre-street ; Lieutenant Munro, and Detective George Shaw Brown ; and those examined on Thursday were the Rev. Father Vassall, one of the officiating priests in St. Andrew's Roman Catholic Chapel, and Mr. .Conlay, clerk for the registration of baptisms, marriages dm, in that place of worship. Mrs. Smith was the woman in whose house O'Neill and Barrett were apprehended forthe second time on the morning on which the two young men were caught amusing themselves by the firing of a revolver on the Green, near Nelson's Monument. She deposed that O'Neill was a lodger of hers ; and about the new year he brought Barrett to the house, where the pair stayed till their apprehension, a fortnight afterwards, and that letters bearing the address of Jackson had been received at her house by Barrett. The importance of this last fact will be apparent when it is remembered that the approvers at the trial swore that Jackson was the name by which the con vict was known in London. Mrs. Brock merely stated that Barrett had lodged in her house for a period prior to the beginning of Nov. last, and that she had not seen him since. The evidence of Father Vassall was valuable so far as it proved that the man Murphy was in error when he stated at the beginning of last week, to the agent of Mr. Lewis, the solicitor in Barrett's case, that the prisoner was present at a christening in his house on Sunday, the Bth December. The testimony of Murphy, if it could be borne out, would be of great weight, for the reason that witnesses for the Crown swore at the trial that they saw Barrett walking in London with a Mrs. Martin on the Bth December. But, ns►fortunately for the sworn testimony of Murphy, as well as for the alibi itself, Father Vassall deposed that on turning up the baptismal register of St. Andrew's Catholic Chapel he found that Murphy's child was chris tened on Sunday, Ist December. Mr. Conlay confirmed this statement. Contrary to the expectations of the Glasgow friends of the convict, Xr. Pollard did not hold any communication with them, or give them an op portunity of saying anything in favour of the alibi, the reason probably being that the Home Secretary has con cluded they can add nothing to the depositions submitted to him last week by Mr. Lewis. The girl Kerr flatly con tradicts the statement attributed to her, that when she last saw Barrett, shortly after the torchlight procession on the Green, "he left her house, and entering a cab along with another man, was driven, as she understood, to the Caledonian Railway."—Post. LAW AND POLICE. ACTION BY AN AUCTIONEER.—In the Court of Queen's Bench the case of Aikman v. Low was heard. This was an action of detenue to recover possession of a lease granted to one Alexander Humphreys, an auctioneer, and most. gaged by him to the plaintiff and also to the defendants. Mr. Aikman, an attorney, and an old friend of Hum phreys, had been in the habit of lending money. Hum• phreys took to betting, and became involved, In March 1867 he applied to Aikman for a loan of £lOO to redeem the lease in question from one Palmer, and the plaintiff stated that he gave him his sister's cheque for the amount ; that the same day Humphreys brought him the lease and signed a document assigning the lease to plaintiff ; that he placed the lease and assignment together on a sofa in a room to which Humphreys had access, and that afterwards he took the lease and executed a rnortg.i,ge to defendants for advances upon it,.and soon after absconded. Thereupon pit intiff gave a notice to defendants, claiming an equitable title to the lease, and defendants, supposing that he bad only such equitable title, relied on their own legal title, and refused to give it up. The assignment at that time was lost, and when it was produced.. in court it appeared to convey a legal title to plaintiff prior to that of defendants. Mr. Brown, Q.C., said that he could not resist the plaintiff's claim further, inasmuch as if the assignment to plaintiff was genuine it must prevail, and he was not justified on the materials in the case in imputing misconduct to the plaintiff.—Mr. Justice Mellor said that it was an unfortu nate case for the defendants, who had ' been clearly defrauded, and that their retiring handsomely from the case was very creditable to them. DEFRAUDING A COUNTRYMAN.-At the Middlesex Sessions, Johann Emile was indicted for obtaining four napoleons from Louis Adolphe Malatiere by fraud. The prosecutor, who is a Frenchman, had only been in England a few days when he met the prisoner, and after some con versation the latter gave him a card, on which was written the name of Reinhardt. They went into a 'public-house, and in a short time the prisoner left, but soon after returned with a third person. The prisoner and his friend began boasting of their riches, and induced complainant to play a game known as " prick in the garter," at which the accused appeared to win £lO from his friend. After soma persumion, Malatiere was induced to stake four napoleons, which he lost, and the prisoner's friend offered to lend him £25, and was asked to go for a receipt stamp to give a receipt for the amount, and on saying that he did not know London the prisoner wentowith him. When the stamp had been purchased, accused refused to return to the inn, and gave the prosecutor a paper which he said was a £lO note ; but the prosecutor said he would take it to a shop and see if it was good, and thereupon the prisoner snatched it away. Ultimately he was given into custody, and at the station the acting inspector discharged him. He was subsequently arrested again and committed for trial. The jury returned a verdict of guilty. Mr. Pater having taken an objection to the indictment as not being in compliance with the requirements of the Vexatious Indict ments Act and Mr. Russell Gurney's- Act, Mr. Payne reserved the point for' the opinion - of the Court of Criminal Appeal, and postponed passing sentence until that point had been determined. THE COPYRIGHT ACT.—At the Lambeth Police-court, several cases of breach of copyright were heard. Mr. Graves, the well-known publisher, was the complainant, and, in one instance, a Mr. Prince was the defendant. From the evidence of a person in the employ of the com plainant it appeared that he had purchased at the de fendant's shop photographs of " Ordered on Foreign Service," " The Acquittal," and " Waiting for the Verdict." Mr. Graves proved that the copyright of the pictures in question was vested in him. The prosecutor asked for a fine of £2lO for 21 alleged offences. Mr. Woolrych re manded the case, bt,t accepted bail for the appearance of the accused. THE MASTERS AND SERVANTS ACT.-At the Mansion. House, George Clarke, a working cabinetmaker, was charged with a breach of the above-named Act. Mr. Norton, a cabinetmaker, said the defendant worked by the piece by verbal contract, and agreed to make a ward robe for £6. No time was specified for the work, but it ought to have been done in three weeks. He worked on witness's premises, and could have worked there from seven o'clock in the morning until eight at night, but he was given to drinking and neglected his duty. Witness complained that the work was not done in the manner it ought to have been, upon which the defendant cursed and swore, and said he would not do it any better. Witness had by that time advanced him £5 Bs. altogether in part payment. The work was done in a very improper manner, and it cost witness about £1 to have it finished. The defendant left his service two days after he foimd fault with him, and never returned. Wit ness now claimed compensation for breach of contract. The wardrobe in question, which the defendant was engaged to make, was part of a large order, and witness believed he had lost an order to the amount of £5O through the neglect of the defendant, and through the gentleman who would probably have given that order calling by chance and seeing the state in which the defendant had left his work. The defendant, in answer to the charge, said that he had asked Mr. Norton for materials to finish the work, and he had refused to supply them. That Mr. Norton denied, and said that the defendant was in the habit of frequenting public-houses during working hours and " muddling " himself. The Lord Mayor, as he was empowered to do under the new Act, ordered' the defen dant to pay 20s. to his master by way of compensation, and costs, with the alternative of fourteen days' imprison ment. The defendant, in default, was locked up for about two hours, but towards the close of the day paid the money and was liberated. A little boy was lately. brought before the justices at Lyndhurst for having stolen four pheasant's eggs while bird-nesting on the Crown lando in the New Forest. The youngster appeared to regard the matter as a capital joke, till the justice fined him 21 for the offence, or ss. an egg, and 7s. Gd. more for costs. Ile was sentenced to one month's hard labour in default of payment ; and unless the justices have by thin time reputed of their folly he is now-untlergoingthat se - atencc in Winchester Gaol. TIIItirATENINO LITTER-WRITING IN The Rev.-11r. , Collis, rector of Queenstown, has received • a threatening letter, dated Cork, May 12, to the: lowing purport :—" Your doom. ..Please yourself. Live or die. (Skull and cross-bones.) As the lot has fallen on me, I •am in honour, and under pain of death, bound to carry -suf . our decisiOn:- - I hereby tell you that if the Bible dep<st at Queenstown of which you are the father, is not shut up within four days from this date, you shall be shot through the head without delay." On receipt of this letter the Rev. Mr. Collis made a codicil to his - will, giving £l,OOO to the .Trish Church Missions, on condition that after his death he operations of the society should be maintained in lueenstown. The writer of the letter is thought to be Times. THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, MAY 16, 1868. SPORTING OPINIONS. The Bath Meeting, which was formerly of great im portance, owing to the Derby movements on Lansdown, has of late years passed over without any demonstration being made against the leading Epsom favourites. What the present anniversary will bring :forth remains to be seen ; but as few Derby horses are engaged at Bath, we do not apprehend that a candidate will be found to disturb the positions of Lady Elizabeth and Rosicrucian, though one or more of the impostors who now hold false positions in the betting returns may be sent to the right-about at the Somersetshire gathering. The bill of faro issued by Mr. Reynolds for Tuesday and Wednesday includes fourteen races, but the entries to several of the handicaps are not up to the usual Bath standard. Five items have closed for the first day, and the Beaufort Cup (about 21 miles) has at tracted a magnificent entry of thirty-two. Amongst the horses engaged, the most noteworthy are Achievement, Knight of the Garter, Speculum, Julius, Vauban, Fran chise, Romping Girl, Blinkhoolie, Lecturer, Goodwood, Friponnier, Lord Lyon, Dalby, Tormentor, Tha,eton, and Gomera. A keen contest may be anticipated, if Achieve ment, Julius, Blinkhoolie (or Knight of the Garter), Friponnier, and Goodwood meet. Achievement is penal ised 1 lb for winning the Doncaster St. Leger and Cup, but Julius puts up •no extra weight. Colonel Pearson's gallant filly is, therefore, called upon to concede 61b to Julius, but, despite the improved form shown by the Duke of Newcastle's colt, we shall plump for Achievement, who carried us through the St. Leger with flying colours. For the Seventeenth Biennial Stakes (li miles) sixty-three horses have been nominated, the best of which are St. Ronan, Cock of the Walk, Picnic, Herald, Astracan, Tym panum, Lord Palmerston, Innerdale, Speculum, Phcebus, Torch, Birdseeker, Grimston, and St. Valentine. If Speculum puts in an appearance, it needs no seer to predict his success ; but should he be an absentee, St. Ronan or Coak of the Walk would prove victorious, although Mr. Cartwright's Tympanum, by Kettledrum out of Goldfinch, is understood to be the coming Derby outsider. In the Seventeenth Biennial Stakes (4 furlongs) sixty-four two year-olds have been entered, amongst which are De Vere, Miss Foote, Standard Bearer, Brother to Cambuscan, Martyr, Reynard, and Brontia. No penalties attach to previous winners, and, consequently, De Vere or Miss Foote should be successful, albeit Martyr powerful colt, by St. Albans cut of Eulogy—belongs to the improving school. The acceptances for the Bath Handicap (1 mile) are not due till Monday evening ; but, as the weights now stand, we should take Goojerat and Arabia as the pair most likely to produce the winner. For the County Members' Plato (1 mile) 29 horses have been handicapped, and the weights range from Vespasian, , lOst 31b, to Balvie, sst 101 b. The candidates best in are Moonbeam, Bst 81b; Mr. Briggs, Est 101 b; Sister to Ve dette, Gst ilb; and Lily, Est 21b. Moonbeam, although reputed to be a non-stayer, and Lily are the pair we most esteem, though John Day will find a formidable candi date, as the Danebury trainer has three useful horses engaged—Cock of the Walk, Mr. Briggs, and Birdseeker. On Wednesday, in the Somersetshire Stakes (2 miles and a distance) only 15 horses have accepted from the 46 originally weighted—not a very flattering compliment to the handicapper. Lord Lyon, 9st 41b, occupies the post of honour, but, great horse though the triple victor is, he will not stay the course under this welter weight. Gdmera, 9st, is not the mare she was .last year; and Blinklioolie, Bst 121 b, though defeated in the Great Northern, wiil beat the daughter of Marsyas in this race. Lord Westmorland has three engaged--Romping Girl, Bst ; Thalia, 7st 21b ; and the gelding by Vedette out of Vixen, Est 101 b. Of the trio we prefer the Vixen gelding; as Thalia i t e,unc'qOain, and Romping Girl seenes-tobhaVe lost her old form. i 211, Ack vOill :iierairsi„ • aa Jee can stay' ttedistance, he . isdariger4,. 7.. et; is overweighted`; but ho will beat theeiext palion'ihelihri-Proserpine,ast,l2ll?; and Othello, Est 61,b—althotigh the last-named has been very leniently treated. Ploughboy, Est 51b, ran sufficiently well in the Great Northern to give him a chance at Bath, and few better-looking horses than this son of Van Galen and Village Maid will perform in this race. Caucasus, 6,14. 21b, is a horse likely to act well over the Bath course, but though he is well in, we suspect he will be found wanting when the final struggle comes. Vortigern, Est 21b; Demon, sst 101 b; and Puff, sst 101 b, in addition to Mariner, are the only throe year olds that have accepted, and the most dangerous of this division is Vortigern, who is an average horse, and sure to stay the distance. The younger horses, however, have not the charms for us that Ploughboy and Ackworth have, and to the better of this pair the Somersetshire Stakes may fall. For the Dyrham Park Handicap (once round and a distance), a bad lot of horses have been nominated, or Vampire, Bst 101 b, would never been honoured with the top weight. We can, how ever, select nothing capable of beating him, unless Demonstration, fist 101 b, is equal to the occa sion. There are nine nominations for the Welter Stakes (once round and a distance), and mode rate though Douro is, he should be successful lore if ho can beat Steamboat. Fifty-six two year olds have been named for the Weston Stakes (straight half-mile), the most noteworthy of which are De \Tore, Standard, Bearer, Sister to Hermit, Juanita, Hilda, Lady Margaret, Defender, Martyr, Amazone, Nelson, Caroline, Lure, Saladin (late Night Ilag), and Badsworth. Carolina, by Macaroni lout of Caroline, is entitled to an allowance of 51b, and, as she is a smart filly, she is sure to race . Good public form, however, is the most reliable, and although De Vera is pmalisod Sib, we shall associate him with Martyr as the best horses in the entry. Hilda, who is reported to have been suffering from ringbuhes, we hear goes to Bath, but De Vere is much fitter new than when Sir Charles Rushout's filly beat her at Lincoln. In the Badminton Stakes (straight half-mile) some fine speed has been engaged, as Salliet, Athena, , Liddington, Bliss, Nike, Sister to Hermit, and Martyr have been nominated- Liddington is a great horse over this distance, but we pre fer Athena and Electricity, both of whom have run well in short races this year. The Harpenden Meeting will be held on Friday, and a programme, which includes eight races, has been issued. The completed items are the Harpenden Handi cap, the Wheatharnstead Plate, a Handicap Plate of 100 sous, and tho Two-year-old Stakes. For the Harpenden Handicap (about 1i miles) forty-three horses of various ages have been weighted. Lucifer, Bst 121 b, heads the list, and the lowest impost-sst 10lb —hae been awarded to Nutpecker, who has been entered without the knowledge of his owner. The acceptances for thii han dicap will not be declared until Tuesday next, }Jilt the horses that appear best in are Midwife and Foresight. There are forty nominations for the Wheathampstead Plate (about one mile), and the most attractive names therein are ibrBeT;he Skipper, Bst 121 b ; Pirate Chief, Bst ; Mid w Easby, Est 12st ; and Diamond, Est 71b. Of this lot we retain Pirate Chief and Diamond, though, if The Skipper can stay the course, he will be bad to shake off. In the XlOO Handicap Plate (about 4} furlougs), 48 horses have been entered. Those best in are Tumbler, Bst 121 b; Seamew, Bst; Lupus, 7st 41b; Court Card, Est 121 b; and Du!cet, Est 41b. Lupus, if he can be induced to try, would win in a canter, as he is a good horse; but, as he belongs to the Uncertain tribe, we shall trust to Court Card and Dulcet. The Two Year Old Stakes (about' 4 furlongs), has 33 subscriptions, the pick of which are Pirate Chief, M.A., Master Whiffler, the filly by Stockwell out of Vergisi-mein-Nicht, Belle of Warwick, and Leha. M.A. is a very fast colt, and to him and the Vergiss-tnein- Nicht Filly we leave this race. NEWMARKET.—Thursday—Hippia led Suffolk a rattling gallop. King Alfred and Restitution did gentle work. Dalesman, Jasper, the Tim Whiffler colt, and brother to Poleaxe did some steady work. Typhoeus galloped on the tan in company with Nine Elms, his owner being present to see him. Matthew Dawson sent Clairon, Speculum, and the Vixen colt (4 yrs), who only came here on Tues day, a useful gallop. Gomera led Julius, Pericles, Capi talist, Gouvernail, and Miss Havelock; all did a good gallop of about a mile. The Tom Bowline colt was again doing work on the tan, and going well, as also the Vol tigeur filly. Peck sent Warrington and Vale Royal round the tan. The following horses engaged from here at Bath next week have all done plenty of work, and are fit to go—Speculum, Lanark, Demonstration, St. Ronan, Lord i'almerston, Sweet Waters, Ritualist, Grim sten, Vespasian, Leases, Adamanthea, Seville, Julius, Angus, Gomera, Goodwood, Knight of the Garter, Othello, Lure, Gentle], Little Nell, Amaz ,n, Martyr, Silenus, Miss Havelock, Puff, Odessa, Badsworth, Sister to Veda, Sister to Hermit, and De Vere. Tho following others, who are also engaged, are not yet fit:—Talk o' the Hill, Vauban, Sealskin, Roquefort, Moleskin, Brother to Cam buscan, Brother to Chattanooga, and Diomedia filly. Fri day.—The following galloped on the Limekilus :—Othello, Mars, Licymnia, and Pauline. Silenus led Vixen colt, Julius, and Gouvernail a good two-mile gallop. Clairon led Speculum. Auguste led Rabican, Nelusko, Gondolier, and Enchanteur. Montagnard led Troced6ro about a mile and a half. Clemenee led Contempt on the tan. The Maid of Masham horse (4 yrs) led Grimstou, Tom Bowline colt (3 yrs), and colt by Brother to Bird on the Wind (3 yrs) round the tan. The Toxophilite horse led Makeshift colt (3 yrs) and the Young Melbourne filly. Jasper led Resti tution, and Suffolk, Hippie, Dalesman, and Tim Whiffler colt did their usual work. Typhoeus was again on the tan, going very gently. Marquis of Carabas went a use ,f ul gallop. RICHMOND, Thursday.—Lund's head man had out At tache, Roderick Random, King Hal, Mysotis, Popgun, Adamant, Policy, Strathnairn, and Philosopher. This lot did some good steady work, with the exception of King Hal, who was in physic. Coates was busy with El Cid, .othen, Brantingham, Brennus, and Valtz, who took three canters, and then El Cid had a slow gallop of two miles, accompanied in the first three-quarters of a mile by Bren nus. Brantingham, LEothen, and Valtz galloped up the moor. Of Elliot's, Stella, Caprera, Polecat, Rel Tub, Gleaner, Ashbank, Vedette filly, Sorcerer, Lades, and La eons galloped. From Belleisle the following put in au appearance : —Little Nell, Dutchman's Daughter filly, Number Nip, Mayfit, Hector, Retort, Auchinleck, Hind, Brother to Shibboleth, Plaudit, Man of Ross, Dryad, Circe, Flora, Virtue, Buttercup, Last Rose of Summer, and Lord Ronald. After cantering, Flora led Virtue, Buttercup, and Last Rose of Summer a slow gallop of about two miles, Auchinleck, Hind, Mayfit, and Brother to Shibboleth went a steady gallop of a mile. Lord Ronald went about two miles at a steady sweating pace, and Man of Ross galloped a mile. Circe did the same thing gently, and Dryad did good work. We shall have nothing from hero at the Bath and Somerset Meeting. Minneuxam.--Dawson has been sending the following some nice gallops of a mile and a half :—Czar, Tynedale, Dean, Brother to Rococo, Derventio, Ready Money, Rosa Pauline, Neptunus filly, Van Galen filly, and Mercury, all going and looking remarkably well. The remainder of his team are cantering, with the exception of Rococo, Man drake, and those that ran at York, who are onlyevalking. Winter is sending his Derby colt, out of Viscountess some nice gallops of a mile and He , has also Farceur, Light Cloud, and Hawthereside in stiadjileOek.' - ' Osborne. is giving Bang, Pretty John, Johee.,kee; ,Jenny Mills, King 'Oross, Minaret,, and t lgeb goed mite and a half work. G. Lye is doing .6te6ng - eiifork , vitt• Comus, looking ancrgoing'firSt crass. Fobert's lot have taken - things easily the last three days. Mamat—Owing to the York Meeting on Tuesday and Wednesday, there has been but little done by the horses, with the exception of Viscount, who was led by Taraban a rasping gallop of two miles each day. Viscount is worth a place investment for the Derby. Southminster led the youngsters, as usual, viz., Baby Whip, Thunder, My Lord, Royal Oak, Kentish Fire, The Clipper, and Tolson d'Or. The Lapidist's dam filly led Consternation a good gallop of a mile. The last-named colt is not only the handsomest but one of the best goers I ever saw. The colt by Cramond sent a steady and Flash Emma took a couple of gallops of a mile and a h of al f f o , u a r n m d itlhees, pulling Cram ondupcolatllwriaughtt Thursday.—Amend ment, tea d sweat en Agrippa, Blacklock, Di Spanker, and the Buccaneer filly were sent a couple of gallops of a mile. Flash Emma, the Lapidist's dam filly, and Consternation, after cantering, took a rattling gallop of a mile and a'quarter. Taraban led Viscount a gallop of Iwo miles. My Lord, Royal Oak, Kentish Fire, Raby Whip, Toison d'Or, and The Clipper were sent a mile and a quarter, all going freely and well. The following then had a steady sweat of five miles:— Taraban, Viscount, Raby Whip, The Clipper, Kentish Fire, Toison d'Or, and Thunder. CHILTON, Wednesday.—Some good work was got through. The first to show off were Triana and St. Agnes, who cantered steadily 'for a mile. Osprey then led The Scout, Muscovite colt, and the colt by Prime Minister a duster the same distance, all pulling up full of go. Cara and Country Bumpkin galloped half a mile twice at a smart pace, and then Mow Lass and the Prime Minister colt took a gallop of three quarters of a mile. The former goes better than I ever saw her, and must not be overlooked the next time she runs. Osprey then took a clinking mile and a half gallop, and he is sure to win a great race some day. The following four wound up the proceedings with a good mile gallop : —Cara, St. Agnes, The Scout, and the colt by Muscovite. Thursday. —After walking a long time, Alberta, Woodman, Betlow Lass, Cara, and the Prime Minister colt were sent a good gallop of three-quarters of a mile ; while Actssa, M.A., Careful, Congratulator, Precocious, and Maesgwatha only took a steady canter each. STANTON.—On Tuesday Ruric, Batonnier, Attack colt, and Christmas Carrel did a mile and three-quarters. Li cymnia and liordian Knot galloped a mile at a strong pace. Jove, the Shelah colt, and Palmitin° were sent three-quarters of a mile at full speed. See-Saw did two miles. Wednesday.—See-Saw, led by Batonnier, gal loped about two miles, Christmas Carol following at a short interval. Runic and Attack colt went the same distance. Conundrum, Balkh colt, Morelia filly, Grey Stocking, Jeanie Deans, Lycimnia, and Parma were sent a mile, all going well. Ben Block, the Shelah colt, Jove, Seagull, and Palmitine went three-quarters of a mile. Thursday.—Batonnier led See-Saw a rasping gallop, and considering what the lads each had to carry, I think the Frenchman wont the better of the two, and it must not be forgotten that Batonnier is engaged in the Derby. ILBLEY.—Achievement, Lord Lyon, and Dalby are in the Beaufort Cup at Bath. The last-named has not done any work since his return from Chester, but he looks uncommonly well. Lord Lyon won't run. Achievement is in first-class condition, and is raking away in rare form. I think she is sure to beat Julius, and win. Of Achieve ment, Lord Lyon, Dalby, and Weather Isle, in the Somer setshire Stakes, I should say that neither of the first three named will rue, and Weather Isle cannot stay the distance. In the Seventeenth Biennial Stakes we have Noyre Tauren, Lord Falmouth, and Duchess of •Athol. The first-mentioned is a nice colt, but I don't think he is quite good enough for this race. Of the others I cannot pass an opinion. Miss Nellie, Jane Eyre, and Sundew are fit and well for the Weston Stakes. Miss Nellie will be the best, and will take a deal of doing if she goes for it. Orion is still going on well for the Derby. After two short canters he takes a good gallop of a mile and throe-quarters daily, going in fine style, and he is certain to run a good horse, let whatever win. Friday.—Orion cantered twice and had a rattling gallop of a mile and three-quarters, pulling up sound and well. Achievement had two long steady canters by herself, going freely. HEDNESFORD.--UnCaS went a good sweating gallop on Monday, of about a mile and a half, and finished well, all up bill, so that the Derby course won't stop him. He has been out regularly every day, and is in splendid condition. The following others of Cliff's have been doing good work :—Pharoah, Torch, ilium, gelding by De Clare, Master Willie, Ambition, Barnabo, Ottoman, Monitor, filly by Ben Webster, filly by Knight of Mara, and Melody. Janitor and Monsieur Louis are only taking trotting exer eiss. Master Thomas, Retrousse, Verity, Bassoon, Wake ful, the Buccaneer filly, Vex, and Namouna have been in very steady work. Palmer's lot out comprised the Clown, William, Alicia, and Susan. These have not been doing any violent work since Chester. Susan has grown very much, but is rather hot in her temper. Pantaloon is only walking. Fienoat.---eFrom what I can learn, we are sure to have a lot of horses at Bath next week. I observe that in the Biennial Stakes we have Madrid, but it is doubtful whether ho will go. County Members' Plate.—Sister to Vedette is a likely starter, and has been doing well lately. Beaufort Cup.—Romping Girl, I should think, will not be sent. Bath Handicap.—Ganymede and Foresight are entered, but I have not seen the weights. FYFIELD.—At Bath, in the Sixteenth Biennial Stakes, Picnic is engaged, and he is very fit, but I don't think he can win in this company. Seventeenth Biennial. —The Teterrima filly, lone filly, Lockeridge, St. Albans filly, Heather Bell, Sagax, and Juanita are well. The lone filly I think will ho the best, and she will be sure to im prove on her Winchester form. LAMBOURNE.—judging by the work our horses are do ing I expect we shall have a few at Bath next week. In the Sixteenth Biennial Patrician and Phoebus are engaged, and I think Phoebus will be our best, but he cannot have a great chance. Seventeenth Biennial.--The Morgan La Faye filly, Disguise, and Albert are in, and the pick of the three is Disguise: she is a nice filly, but I am afraid she is not good enough here. _ _ ____ • • Ersom —On Wednesday Marquis of Worcester, Brown Jug, Thorndyke, Maid of Avenel, and Vanbrugh did two nice gallops of a mile. Brilliant, Chivalry, Norrington, and Onyx were striding along the mile gallop. Spider, Aurifera, and Eclipse were sent a mile and a quarter at their best pace. Cecil, Ailesbury, Uncas, Warlike, Merry Andrew, Nutpecker, Redivivus,Ulan, and four or five others did good work. Lord Derby, John Bull, Kismet, Traviata, Electricity, colt by Neville, Nanny Thormanby, Antias, Lucina, Juanita, and Queen Ebba were very busy. Tor mentor went a rattling gallop of a mile and a half. Thurs clay—Autiag did tWo 'steady =atom and latex is the day left 5,3 r Salisbury. Friday—Lady Glencora, Tina, colt by Neptunus, and Vie Dieman cantered twice, and Isabella and two others had a dust up on Six Mile Hill. Marquis of Worcester, Vanbrugh, Brown Jug, Thormanby, and Bonnie Katie went the mile at a splitting pace. Glen Stuart, Nutpecker, Pocket Hercules, and Lady Margaret went a mile twice. Laird of Scotland was taking it easy. Lord Derby galloped the length of the tan twice, the last time at a rattling pace. Tormentor, Melbourne, and Baroness cantered twice, and then Tormentor went a duster over the tan gallop. lEwEs.—At Bath we have Artist in the first year of the Seventeenth Biennial Stakes, but as he is not looking very blooming just now, and will have to meet some good young ones, I should think ho will not be sent. This morning (Friday), Samson, Choral, Ines, Tom Veuon, Pontus, Burford, and a filly by Master Fenton, after cantering a mile, galloped the same distance at a good pace. Burford is a very much improved colt, and I think there is a good race in him. Choral, Ines, and Samson also cantered for a mile, and afterwards Samson galloped for nearly two miles at a good pace. Samson has much improved of late, and by the work he is doing I fancy he will be wanted very soon, if not at . Epsom. He has one or two very gool engagements at Ascot. Ines galloped about a mile and a half by, herself. Lictor has only been led out the last two days, and I should think it will do him good, as he is looking very light. PROGRAMME OF BATE AND SOMERSET MEETING. • TUESDAY, May 19. - - - The Lansdowne Trial Sakes, of 10 sovs each, with 25 added ; weight for age ; selling allowances ; 1 mile. To close and name at the Castle Hotel by nine o'clock in the evening before running. The. Selling Stakes of 3 sovs each, with 25 added; weight for age ; straight half mile. The Second Year of the Sixteenth Biennial Stakes of 10 sovs each, with 50 added, for three year olds ; colts, Bst 101 b; fillies and geldings, Bst 71b; untried horses or mares allowed 31b; the second to save stake; one mile and a half ; 63 subs. Picnic (31b), Herald, Papillon (31b), Cossack c (31b), Oracle, Loup Garou colt (31b), Bucentaur, Astracan, Tym panum (31b), Curse Royal colt, Midshipman Easy, St. Ronan, Offering, Herennianus, Pleasure Boat (31b), Lord Palmerston, Cock of the Walk, Kaffir's Land (31b), Bear skin, Madrid (31b), Earnley, lnnerdale, Lanark. (31b), Lincoln's Inn flily (31b), Equerry, The Purser (31b), Little Prince, Boreas, Monkey island, f by Voltigeur— lona by lon—Revoke, Vorch Sweets (31b), Black Dia mond, Pboobus, Birdseeker, Talk o' the Hill, Corinne, Spe culum; Cartoon (31b), Typhoon, Lady Raglan, Asp•isia (31b), c by Prime Minister—Actress, by Annandale, Ritua list, Grimsten, Australia, Patrician (31b), f bg Skirmisher —Vertumna (31b), Our Mary Ann, Demonstration (31b), fby Stockwell--Himalaya, Privilege, The Laddie (31b), c by Plum Pudding—Lady Gay Spanker, St. Valentine (31b), Maesllwch (31b), f by Cape Flyaway—Lady Evelyn (31b), Glentarsen, Glenmassou, Sabrina, Roll Call (paid), Quadroon (dead), Princess Mary (dead), and Blankuey (dead). The Bath Handicap of 10 soya each, 5 ft (if declared by 8 o'clock the evening before running, to Mr. Reynolds only, at the Castle Hotel, Bath), with 100 added ; tilt) winner of any handicap after May 14, at ten a.m., 51b ; of two or more. handicaps, 101 b extra. One mile. 26 subs. • Age st lb Cromwell ... ... 4 6 13 Lord Palmerston ... 3 6 9 Ganymede.,. 6 ¶ ., , 8 Arabia -6 8 Jolie ' I'S 4' ntrcisaelcitelWl:g. a 2 Lady Morgan ... .3 6 2 Ligurian 3 1 (awdor 3 6 0 Triana ... 4 5 7 Manton ... 3 5 7 Dunoon ...3 5 7 Age at lb Vespasian (inc. slb ex) ... 5 9 12 Silenus • ... 4. •-,9 2, Mr Pitt 5 8 8 Tumbler ... ... 4 8 1 St: Ronan , 740 Tromb,l6 • ~. C..: J. 7' '0 t16 . 00 . 6t, eock..4IIA),WA I V '3. Nitve'or(lzikolb ex) A 7 5 j) e fi an o4 , .4`'7 2 Foresight ' • ... 4 7 2 Kidderminster ... 4 7 0 The Parson ... 3 7 0 The County Members' Plato (Handley) of 50 sovs ; winners of any handicap after May 14, at ten a.m., slb extra. 1 mile. • Age st lb Age st lb Vespasian (incl 51b Harlington ... 4 6 12 extra) ... ... 510 3 Mr. Briggs ... 3 610 Moonbeam ... 4 8 8 Birdseeker ... 3 6 8 Adamanthea ... 4 8 7 Lucetta ... 3 6 8 The Vampire (h b) 5 8 6 Sister to Vedette... 4 6 7 Muezzin ... a 8 0 Englishman ... 3 6 7 Leases 4 7 13 Painshill 3 6 7 Cock of the Walk... 3 7 10 Sugarstick 3 6 5 Miss Hayes ... 4 7 8 Rally 5 6 5 Collet Monte ... 5 7 8 Papillon 3 6 5 Defiance ... ... 4 7 6 Osprey 3 6 5 Cromwell ... ... 4 7 5 Lily 3 6 2 Needle Gun ... 6 7 4 Pest 3 6 0 Tribune ... 5 7 4 Chimney Pot ... 3 512 Mdme. Wright ... 5 7 0 Balvie ... 3 5 10 The First of the Seventeenth Biennial Stakes of 10 soya each, with 50 added, for two year olds ; colts, Bst 101 b ; fillies and geldings, Bst 71b ; untried horses or mares allowe I 31b ; second to save stake ; straight half-mile. 64 subs. Cautino c (31b), Teterrirna f (31b), Heatley, lone f (31b) , Cachuco. f (31b), Lurley c (31b), Standard Bearer (31b), L.idy of Eltham c (31b), Brother to Cambuscan, Brother to Chattanooga, Bertha, Diornedia f, Brother to Seclu s i on , Juanita, Glencoe, Candidate, Sinr.t c, Lockeridge (31b), Do Pere, Scalade f, Miss Foote, Deufelle (31b), Deer Park, Boaster, Verna 1, Speculation c, Lady Lotty f, Rittornella (31b), Goarfell, Lord Bothwell (31b), Lopez, Jove, Violetta, Fenian (514 Traducer, Duchess of Athol (31b), Tested c, St Agues c (31b), Raynard, Cupbearer (31b), Amazone, Nelson, Martyr, Morgan la Faye f (31b), Masquerade f (31b), [leather 8,.11, Sagax, Katherine Logie 1, Archduke (31b), Bosphorus (31b), Zuleika. (31b). Lure, Artist (late Falconer), Blucher, Bigotry f (31b), Vertumna c (31b), Al bert (31b), Alma Mater, Brontia, Little Nell, Noyro Tauren, and Lord Falmouth (31b). The Beaufort Cup, value 300 sovs, by subscription of 10 sovs each, the rest in specie ; three year olds, 7st ; four, Bst.lolb ; five, 9st 41b ; six and aged, 9st 61b ; mares and geldings allowed 41b ; to start at the Mile-post and go once round (about two miles and a half). Franchise 3 yrs, Romping Girl 4 yrs, The Returned 3 yrs, Vauban 4 yrs, Bllnkhoolie 4 yrs, Gomera 6 yrs, Angus 3 Nl's, Lecturer 5 yrs, Phaeton 3 yrs, Goodwood 4 yrs, Knight of the Garter 4 yrs, Julius 4 yrs, Speculum 3 yrs, Maid of Masham 5 yrs, Friponnier 4 yrs, Achievement 4 yrs, Othello 5 yrs, The Earl 3 yrs, Sealskin 5 yrs, Roquefort 4 yrs, Moleskin 4 yrs, Tormentor 5 yrs, Caucasus 4 yrs, Lord Lyon 5 yrs. Dalby aged, Seville 4 yrs (paid), Beeswing 5 yrs (paid), Ceylon 5 yrs (paid), and Lord of the Dales, 4 yrs (paid). Mr. P. Barker, Mr. W. Prowso, and Mr. W. G. Craven are subscribers, but did not name. WEDNESDAY. The Dennington Stakes (Handicap) of 5 soya each, with 50 added; T.Y.C. The Kelston Stakes of 5 sovs each with 40 added ; straight half-mile. The' Somersetshire Stakes of 25 sovs each. and a distance. Two miles Age st lb Aga et; lb Lord Lyon ... 5 9 4 Vixen g 4 6 10 Gomera 6 9 0 Othello 5 6 6 Blinkhoolie ... 4 8 12 Ploughboy ..„, 4 6 5 Romping Girl ... 4 8 0 Caucasus 4 6 2 Thalia ... 5 7 2 Vortigern 3 6 2 Ackworth a 7 2 Demon ... 3 510 Mariner 3 7 0 Puff _ 3 5 10 P oserpine ... 5 6 12 Aquila 3 paid The Weston Stakes of 10 sovs each, with 50 added, for two year olds; colts Bst 101 b; fillies and geldings, Bst 71b ; the produce of untried horses or mares allowed 31b; if both, 51b ; winners of any one stake of 200 sovs value before starting, 31b; 400, 51b extra. Straight half mile. 56 subs. Intimidation c, f by Atherstone—Overture's dam (31b), Standard Bearer, Cachuca f (31b), Farfalla f (31b), Jane Eyre, Sister to Veda, Brother to Chattanooga, I)iomedia f, Hilda (31b), Dentelle (31b), Woodstock, Acknowledgment (31b), Sister to Hermit, Hoplite (31b), Juanita, De Vere, Cupbearer (314 Bretby, Miss Nellie Lady Margaret, Diamond, Lopez, Juniper, Chatelhoradt, Vestment, Miss Morgan, Arnazone, Nelson, Martyr, Lurewell f, Crochet c, Defender (late Sling) 31b, Carolina 51b, Lure, Runaway, Charon, Lady Maud c (51b), Quicksand (31b), Blucher, Jerry Hawthorn, Conjuror, Master Whiffler (31b), Nut breaker (51b), Brambridge (31b), Ri go lbo c h e f (31b), Mid dleton Maid c, Una (Bib), .Badsworth (31b), Odessa (31b), Night Hag, Sundew (51b), Suffolk's da,mf, Lyttleton (31b), Black Jimmy, and Clara. The Dyrham Park handicap of 100 sous ; winners of any handicap after May 14, at ten a.m., 71b extra; once round and a distance. Age st lb The Vampire (11 b) 5 8 10 Steamboat... ... 5 8 5 Nidderdale ... 6 8 0 Defiance ... 4 7 11 Douro ... 5 7 10 Osprey ... ... 3 612 Papillon ... ... 3 6 12 The Welter Stakes (handical added; gentlemen riders; j of any race after May 14t handicap race, 71b extra. 9 subs. Age et 114 ... 4 12 4 Adatnanthea Age st lb Demonstration ... 3 610 Mexico ... 3 6 8 Englishman ... 3 6 6 Tavidoek ... 3 6 0 Balvie ... 3 6 0 Triaua ... 3 6 C Steamboat ... ... 5 12 0 Needle Gun Douro • .. ... 6 11 11 ... 5 11 0 9) of 5 sovs each, with 50 jockey; 61b extra; winners th, at ten a.m., 31b ; of any Once round and a distance. Age st lb Cork Jacket ... 3 10 9 Romney ... .. 4 10 9 Mexico ... ... 3 912 Balvie ... 3 9 8 The Brigand ... 610 9 I The Badminton Stakes of 10 sovs each, 5 ft, with 100 added ; two year olds, 6st 101 b ; three, Bst bib ; four, Bet 12Ib ; five and upwards, ,9st 21b ; mares and geldings allowed 31b; the winner of any stake amounting to 100 sovs in 1867 or 1868 31b, if 300 51b, if 600 121 b extra; maiden three year olds at the time of starting to be alloivect 611?, four, and 'upwards 141 b ; T.Y.C. (straight half mile); 18 subs. Onyx 2 • years, Sister' to Hermit 2, Brother to Chatta nooga 2, Blips 3, Rhine Wine 3, Slovenian 2, Amazon° 2, Nelson 2, Martyr 2, Ransom 3, Liddington 6, SaMot 6, Electricity 2, Niko 4,• Runaway 2, Athena 3, Citron 3, Miss Evelyn 2. Rev. Elijah Kellogg is writing a series of books which Lee and Shepard will publish. lie is well known to school-boy declaimers as the author of " Spartacus," awl other favourite blank verse pieces. [ ADYERTISEMENTd—HoIIoway's Ointment and Pills.— Dyspepsia.—There is no organ in the human body so liable to derangement as the liver. Food, fatigue, climate, and anxiety all disorder its action, and render its secretion, the bile, more or loss depraved, superabundant, or scanty. The first symptoms should receive attention. A pain in the side or the top of the shoulder; a hard cough, and diffi culty of breathing are signs of liver disease; which are re moved by friction with Holloway's inestimable ointment. The pills should also be taken early., For all diseases of this: vital organ the action of these conjoined remedies is a specific, by checking the over supply of bile, regulating' its secretion, -and giving ne'r'vous rower. MISCELLANEOUS NEWS. (From the Anglo-American Times.) An International Copyright Association has lately been formed in New York to secure to authors the universal copyright of their works. MDst of the great American writers have joined it. The poet Bryant spoke on the occasion, comparing the work of an author to that of a person who turns the waters of the sea into salt, and claims the result of his skill and diligence, as his property, though taking the substance from the common stock of all men, the ocean. " The author of a book comes to the great ocean of human thought, which belongs to .all ; he dips up a portion of the brine, evaporates it, causes it to crystalise, purifies the crystals from un pleasant ingredients, and presents it in a new form, a form by which it is made his own. * * The author clothes ideas iu words of his own selection, forms the words into sentences of his own construc tion, gives the ideas his own arrangement, com bines and illustrates them in his own manner, and in this state they are his own, made so by his labour, skill, and inventiln, and they belong as properly, to him as the product of salt-works on the edge of the sea belongs to the manufacturer." Mr. L. J. Iligby, of Milwaukie, has urged on the New Orleans Chamber of Commerce the advan tages of the Mississippi route for forwarding grain frorA the West. St. Louis is the principal point of shipment., but to towns higher up the river wheat is sent, and even from the western shores of the great lakes,• by rail and canal. It is calculated that grain will reach New York from St. Louis, ,by way of the river, in twelve days less time, and Liverpool in ten days less time than by Chicago ; the difference in transport to New York being 11 cents cheaper per bushel, and to Liverpool six cents. General Sherman has gone to Fort Laramie to look after the Indians, who have already com menced their depredations. If the Peace Commis , . sioners do not find the hostile tribes there they will go on to Fort Rice, on the Upper Missouri river, in search of them. Commissioner Taylor was on his way to Kansas to locate the great and little Osage tribes on Indian territory, if they can be induced to treat. • As we anticipated the people of California and of the States and territories of the Pacific are greatly annoyed at the delay of Congress in making the appropriation for the purchase of Alaska. The enormous sums spent in the Eistern States are re ferred to, and the small portion of the outlay re presented by the purchase money for Russian-Ame rica about which Congress shies, is contrasted in anything but a sweet temper as the boon refused to,the Pacific slopes. The Alta California threatens "that if the House repudiates the treaty, violating the plighted faith of the nation in the coming elec tion, it will lose the support of every State west, of the Rocky Mountains. " This action of the popu lar branch of Congress will wean from the Repub lican ranks every merchant who looks for gain to the development of the commercial interests of this coast. If this reported action be true, it is a serious blow to our commercial aspirations and hopes, and we shall receive it neither quietly nor submissively." The President answered an inquiry of. Congress regarding the formation of the Mili tary Department at Alaska, that he acted in accord ance with long-established usage and authority. The course taken by the Executive has committed the nation ; and however strongly the House might object to such a purchase, it is now bound in honour to Russia to comply with the stipulations. If it wishes to display its opposition, it should make an example of Mr. Seward, but the good faith of the Union now forces the fulfilment of the contract. It is very poor policy to injure tile credit of the nation, and annoy the Pacific States, by delaying the settlement of a bill, which must eventually be paid. A strong movement is being made in the United States in favour of an increased tariff. It is hoped by the ardent Protectionists that Benjamin Wade will succeed to the Presidency, on the Senate pro nouncing the verdict on the Impeachment charges. During his short administration, by taking timely measures, a bill May be passed through Congress almost prohibitory in its effects. Extremes, by ex citing opposition, and bringing out all the bad points, have a reactionary tendency, and if the Protectionists succeed, our opinion is that the ulti mate result will be injurious to the interests they design to foster. It may not be out of place here to mention that our own little interests are benefited by such measures. English manufacturers are in juriously affected, but London and Paris shop keepers will by such measures increase their busi ness. The higher prices rise in the United States the greater will be the efforts of individuals to make their purchases in Europe. If foreign goods be excluded from the Union, travel will be more than ever directed towards Europe, and the tourists will leave with a suit and go back with a wardrobe. Of course this will benefit those who lay themselv es out to supply American customers ; that is, it will benefit our advertisers, and in their benefit lies our own. "It's an ill wind that blows nobody good," and in the manufacturer's loss will be the gain of the fashionable shops. The resolution passed by the House relative to the protection of American fishermen was intro duced by Frederick A. Pike (Republican), of Maine, and was first referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. It prciposed—" To send a sufficient num ber of vessels of war to the fishing grounds in the Gulf of St. Lawrence, adjacent to the British pro vinces, for the purpose of Protecting American ves sels in the exercise of their rights, as recognized in i the treaty of 1783, within one marine league of the line as it follows the indentation of the coast ; and also for the purpoSe of taking care that valuable property in ships shall not be confiscated for alleged infractions of provincial rights on the fishing grounds, and that whatever punishment is inflicted for tres pass shall be in proportion to the pecuniary injury occasioned by the offence." The Queen has again enlivened London with her presence. On Tuesday a Drawing-room was held at Buckingham Palace, when about 300 were pre sented, among them Mr. George Peabody by the Secretary of State. " The " unavoidable circum stance" still enforced the absence of Mr. Adams, and we believe several American ladies were thus disappointed of presentation. It is a pity that a lady of high rank did not seize the rare opportunity to act in this dilemma as Miss Columbia's friend ; thus gracefully bringing English aristocracy to the aid of their American cousins in the difficulty raised by Republican punctilio. Her Majesty on the follow ing day laid the foundation stone of St. Thomas's Hospital, and her reception was enthusiastic. In Washington there is a prejudice against any Congressman entering the Cabinet if Mr. Wade succeeds - in the event of Mr. Johnson's removal, and it is even said that the Senate would not sanc tion any such nomination. Horace Greeley is named for Postmaster-General, and it is generally expected that he will accept the post. Mr. Curtin, Of Pennsylvania, and Mr. Fenton, of New York, if report be true, desire to exchange their chances of nomination to the Vice-Presidency for seats in the Cabinet, and are striving to negotiate the ex changes. General Butler is suggested as Mr. M'Culloch's successor, but the General inclines to a foreign nomination, which Gen. Grant would sanc tion during his term, if elected, and St. Peters burgh is named, in succession to General Clay. It is thought that Mr. Hooper, of Boston, will be selected as Secretary of the Treasury. Thad. Stevens earnestly desires to be named Secretary of State, for which, neither in health, temper, nor in any other way, is he qualified. Mr. Sumner will not accept the State Department, nor will Mr. Boutwell the Secretaryship of the Treasury, as both have scruples of making a personal gain out of the conviction of the President, in which they have both taken so prominent a part. There is great difficulty experienced in this matter of a Cabinet, the tenure being for so short a period, and Grant being unwilling to pledge himself to any re-nomina tion in case he succeeds in the election next No vember. The condition of Tennessee is a source of grief and even dismay to the Union. It woul.l appear as if that State were relapsing into a barbarism be yond comparison worse than the period when the Red Indiai roamed the forest in search of prey and scalps. Decency is thrown to the winds, and outrage as gross as that executed on the road by highway' men is enforced by judges and rulers. Open and undisguised ruffianism is met by dark and secret ruffianism, and from the acts of a Brownlow spring the 'doings of a Ku-Klux Klan. These societies have a tendency to generate others, and we net learn of the Red-String League, a midnight orga° nisatiou of negro mystic rites and mummeries, in tended to meet the Ku-Klux Klan. 'The negro i s imitative, and it suits his idiosyncracies, truth a return to his old African character 0 1 ' fetish worship, into which it is easier for hira to fall back than to be raised from. The injury in flitted on Southern society by the ruffianism of Parson 13rownlow is deplorable, as his unsciuPg lous and high-handed proceedings have the effec t of unloosening all the bonds of society, and handing over the State to a reign of terrorism. The Fenians endeavour to keep up the excite' ment, and they are now making arrangements to hold a general convention at Chicago during Mg' when that city will be crowsled. An accident oe• curled at that city on the 23d April, when som e 300 or 400 of the Fenian Brotherhood were pret pitated through the upper floor, w here they ba d assembled, which gave way under the vigoreos stamping Amidst the echoing cheers and th e deafening applause, mingled with the crash °f breaking beams and the screams of fright, the whol e mass went headlong into the cellar. One man wag killed, five mortally injured, and about thirty bad l y wounded. Stephen J. Mean) , delivered a lectur e on the 30th April, at the Cooper Institute, New York--Mayor Hoffman presiding. He describ e ' his sufferings in the cause of Ireland, his adherence to his Fenian faith, and his hope of redeeming t he country from its woes. The Mayor spoke in advn cacy of the rights.of American naturalized citizells, and both were warmly applauded. The returns from South Carolina give a major it / A of 43,470 in favour of the new Constitution, an declare the Republican ticket generally to b e elected. In North Carolina the new Constitution has also been adopted and the Republican eandi dates elected. In Georgia the Republican, M r. Bullock, has been elected Governor; in the Loser House there is a Democratic majority, but the n e ' Constitution has been ratified, and a Republi can majority secured' in the other branches ; fourte en negroes have been returned, but their seats are CO n ; tested on the ground that the suffrage does 13° . 5 convey the right to hold office. In Louisiana it believed that the Constitution has been adopte u . and that the general result is favourable to th' Republicans. These States will now apply to Co ll l gress for admission, and in Louisiana Gen era l Buchanan has named three officers to n° ll- . the votes for members of Congress. Virgin ia ' it is thought, will adopt the new Constitu ti° b o ; but it awaits an appropriation by Congress fo r election expense. Mississippi is more than doubtfu The bill for the admission of Arkansas to repr eseo, tation in Congress passed the House of RePr en°ir ' tatives on May 9by 110 votes to 32. It was P ro , s , sented on the 27th April by Mr. Paine, of Vi' to cousin, requesting admission on similar term s those contained in Mr. Farnsworth's bill for Als o batna, whi c h requ i res th e L eg i s l a t ure t o ratifY t te l a 14th amendment to the Co ns titution of the Un i ,„ a States, and to e nac t th a t th e St a t e Constitn n " o shall never be amended or changed so as to deP ri ,, any citizen or class of citi zens o f th e r ight to v o ' l , l who now possess it, nor so a s to include .any 0u excluded by the State or National Constitution . the next day bills were presented for South C nr6 bt lina and Louisiana, and all were referred to a Reconstruction Committee. North Carolina n es. Georgia are now ready f or th e s am e privileg Florida will be in May and Virginia in June, abe judging by the vote on Arkansas, they will all promptly admitted. 0 3 Some Democrats, fearing that the start g al , 0 , by the Republicans in nominating their Presiu e of tial candidate will be injurious to the intere stn e i e the Democratic party, are moving to re-conve ne National Democratic Committee that an earlier o°'.lf than the 4th July may be fixed for the meet ing al the Convention. With this view the Na ti° o Democratic Congressional Committee has aPP e3 to Mr. Belmont, the Chairman of the General C °l l ,i inittee, but the result is doubtful, as many ri d e that a quick and energetic campaign w6l ll " e i r better adapted to forward the interests of tf candidate than the longer one of the RePu bbeso party. ted Mr. Albert Grant, M.P., has been crea , r , baron by the King of Italy, in testimony of the se t vices he has rendered to the Italian Kingde ni Con y president of the City of Milan Improvement ar e pany. It is not stated what the services it of thiS gentleman to the English public. 11 : t he been an idea would have been formed of w ba Li title cost John Ball. Mr. Albert grant has beenjeot very expensive luxury, the Milan Improve, t be Company being one of the mildest ° 1 be y things he promoted, though the 130 de ioo g tures of that concern that so delights the leo of Italy sold during the week at the Stock Exchange at £lO. What he will get fro a d the Emperor Napoleon for the Marseilles Company, and from the King of Belgium f or t he Brussels Drainage, and from the Sultan f or a ll Varna Railway, remains to be seen ; but if theio ie follow suit, he will be the most titled Ill e , n rit iP Europe, and each title will have cost the B r ide public at least a million sterling. 'What ° • John Bull ought to take in such a highly de e° and costly piece of furniture. „ The Springfield Republican, May 2, sayso,-tVc month has seen the birth of two new weeklies b er fo rol e j Chicagoan and the Chicago Illustrated News. V ie r , , % 13 ,.' is to be a journal of science, literature, fashiont.'tlrio':e the latter hopes to be the Harper's IVeekly of the ` 11 ;:a 0' 3 4 If their first numbers are fair specimens I am tti O P career will be short, but 'tis hardly f a ir to critics . e appearance." [ADVERTlSPUENT.J—Dyspepsia(lndigestion), c on stiP . 0 a11;,) bility, Consumption, and all nervous, bilious, storeac li, 0 10 4 9 1 complaints in every stage, are only aggravated and ~i g by drugs of every description, but perfectly eer' / ",, -- ro'r e , - , Barry's health-restoring Revalenta Arabica Food, es Lss, thousands of cases which had been considered hoPe.`., - ,4 as—cough, asthma, also diarrhosa, • haemorrhoids, 1"-thre$,,1 plaints, flatulency, nervousness, biliousness, fevers, o(l ,, e s sa diphtheria, catarrhs, cold s, i n fl uenza, no i se s in the ~,'— e tt ros(l' ears, rheumatism, gou t, i m p ur iti es , eruptions, hysteri a, h' $ l, in itability, sleeplessne s s, ac idity, palpitation, heart Rich ache, debility, dropsy, cramps, spasms, nausea and ante ass` even in pregnancy or at sea, sinking fits, bronchitis' ,01 3 stn tightness of the chest, pains at the pit of the 5t°,';' , 0,1 0 .019 between the shoulders, &c. We quote a few:—The restored by Du Barry's Food. Cure No. excellen t c l 2, 1866.—The health of the Holy Father is excellent, since, abandoning all other remedies, he has cc:lo_ l ' 6 ,llo'4c' entirely to Du Barry's Revalenta Arabica Food, of ." a Po; consumes a plateful at every meal. It has pro cl:l c- s s c° its prisingly beneficial effect on his health, praise this excellent food too highly."—From the O OO Midi, July 25 Cure No. 46,270 Mr James Re, b ,, e a r s ea 1 ( 10 0° i merchant s of Frimley, Surrey, of thirty years' do' t , ° spitting of blood, liver derangement, and partial vs?„,iftl . Cure No. 1,771. Lord Stuart de Decies, Lora •; 1 0, and his Holnl o ote v o Waterford, of many years' dyspepsia.—No. 49,8° e rp0 0 0,0 4 years' indescribable agony from dyspepsia, '`,,xoe o v orL. asthma, cough, constipation, flatulency. spasms, e i v o rthe.oo o. vomiting.—MariaJoly." Important Caution.—Bevrare.h, stied! unsavoury and more than sloppy imitations to w ill- s ttae ll iltV authority, Baron Liebig's name is most audaciously 5 ms: ro. In tins at Is. ; 121b5., 225.; 21 lbs., 405.— BARRY Do BARRY an q t, riceti Regent-street, Loudon; also Fortnum and Mason , 1 " 6 ' 3 and at 61, Oracechurch-street; 4, Cheapside; eZ os iale• Oxford-street 330; Strand ; and all grocers andr. Births. g O ir LESLIE - On the 14th inst., at 15, queen's-gardeo-' park, the wife of William Leslie, Esq., of a 50 0. i,d - 9 Pr= -On the 14th inst., at Coptfold ll4l, P r s n e%' 3 Catherine Petro, prematurely, of a son, stillo a ' r r . colA l ' THEOBALD -On the 15th inst. the the wife of J. r• -IL Esq., of The Limes, Lower . Tooting, of a so n ' Marriages. )0 4'° ' 4. st ,VI LAING—MACDONALD—On the 14th inst 4 .,7,,, c . 11 1 7. 4 1 1.- Torquay, John George Laing, Esq. 0 " f '• - • 11 - 0 , ° ge ! ',Jill barrister-at-law and Fellow o St. Joln's L' O .,,t - - 6( l °' . bridge, to Margaret, daughter of Alextuld °r A. ' t of Esq., late of Johnston, Aberdeenshire. as , Esl' i ost THOMAS—RAW- On the 14th inst., Wm. Thr„,, - s.. fra d 9e l Cleasby Villa, Tollington- ark, to ErnilY •" --'5 O -11 Of Claroic step-daughter of George Raw, p E Shacklewell-lane. - lilt Deaths. bo,lo BnooKE—On the 13th lust at Bonmoor LoaC e l . sic l3 ' Charlotte Frances Brook " • t of heir O P` L '4l David Gr°sWe"e r Brooke, Bart., of Nortonel"railoarer Che. n Of I GROSWELLER - On the 14th inst ''' 4 , 1 0 ,1 ° Kennington-park-road, aged 70. , Gr os a y , HILL—On the 14th inst., at 16, Wilten-stre; I ; s q., - place, Katharine Florence, wife of A. S. W i " O. aged 20. l Lieut.-Co. Fro 13c14 4 RYBOT—On the 13th inst., at Bath, V Itybot,. late 2d Bombay Cavalry, age d 77. . 6104 ., ee SANDOZ -On the 15th inst., Ph ili p soda, '' 3 0 House, Hatherleigh, Devon. ..o tig t4 f ° o ß D r d ° aged n t B h 4 e . W I E v L e 7; S gg ' DO ' Loudon : Printed and Published by WILLIAL,3I,O , 1 4° t , Qi 12th inst., at S 011111b0.- of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at Two Subl '" - rm a oo lo/ Strand, in _the Precinct of the Savoy, in t Aliddletia.-54turci gay 16, 1868. - ' TEAMING REPORTS. KINGSCLERE.- Thursday.:The whole of the team came out this morning soon after six o'clock on Cannon Heath. Cotytto and Siderolite trotted about gently over the side hill for a short time and then returned home. All the rest (but Vabalathus) cantered twice up the hollow, Xi steer ing Rosicrucian. After some walking exercise, Fakir led Blue Gown and Green Sleeve a fast mile and three-quar ters, the two last galloping well and pulling up sound. Xi piloted Pero Gmez, King Cophetua, and Vagabond in a sharp mile gallop, and, for a heavy colt, Pero Gomez went very strong and well, and with time he will make a useful horse. Adosinda showed the way over the same course to Nyl Gau and Sister to Rosicrucian. The morning's work Was brought to a close by Satyr leading Rosicrucian two miles over a very severe course at his best pace, the crack going in fine form, and pulling up full of running. We shall have no horses leave here until Epsom. Friday. —All the horses were on Cannon Heath, and cantered, except Vabalathus, Cotytto, and Siderolite, who did walk ing and trotting exercise of an hour, when the two latter went home. Xi then led Vagabond, King Cophotna, and Pero Gomez a fast mile gallop. I must sr.y I like Vagabond m ore and more, and he will make a racehorse. The Palmer was schoolmaster to Blue Gown and Green Sleeve in a nice healthy gallop of a mile and three-quar ters, all going well. Fakir and Satyr weresent to do their best with Rosicrucian in a two-mile galop all against the collar, and ho made mincemeat of them. Adosinda. led Sister to Rosicrucian and Nyl Gau a mile. The first named two year old is engaged at Epsom; she will not disgrace herself. SToclinnifiGE, Thursday.— Summer's Eve led Arbaces, Crucifixion filly, Iberia, and Hippodamia filly a mile awl a quarter. Logarithm led The Earl and Lady Elizabeth a mile and three-quarters at three-Farts speed. Birdseeker and Herald went a four-mile sweat. Friday—The same lotus usual cantered twice, with the exception of Athena and Birdseeker, who cantered once and then went a good gallop of a mile and a half. The Blackbird colt and Lady Raglan galloped a mile. Next week 1 expect we shall have a strong team at Bath. In il4Three Year Old Bien nial,wo have Cock of the Walk, Herald, Lady Raglan, Equerry, and Birdseeker. The first-named will be found our 1324, and will win, unless Speculum runs. Bath Han dicap—Cock of the Walk and Birdseeker aro both well, and the same two are in the Member's Plato, with Mr. Briggs, and 1 should think they will trust to one of the two latter. Two Year Old Biennial— Lurloy colt, Standard Bearer, Boaster, Miss Foote, Dentelle, Lopez, and Blucher are all well, and Blucher or Miss Foote will win. Beaufort Cup - I du not think either Lecturer or The Earl will be at the post. Weston Stakes.—Nearly all the same lot aro in as in the Biennial, but Blucher will no doubt be the trusted oue, as he is the fittest. The Badminton Stakes Athena will vein. , lt