The Sun. — London, England, 1868-05-14 00:00:00

SPIRIT OP THE PUBLIC JOURNALS, The Times considers the question raised by Sir Massey Lopes on Tuesday night, whether, at present and upon the whole, land is taxed more or less heavily than it ought to be. Nothing can be more difficult than to strike the balance ; but perhaps we shall not be far wrong if we c Include that it is over-taxed for local, and under-taxed for imperial purposes. Such a conclusion is not altogether unsatisfactory. It may not be very scientific to set off the severer pressure of poor rates and county rates against the reduced scale of duty on succession to laud, or the questionable advantages of landowners over professional men and tenant farmers over shop I::opers in the assessment of the income tax, but tilia solution of the problem is not without a rational fGundation. It was acknowledged on all hands, in the debate of Tuesday night, that local taxation is vitally con -1 with local management, and local management —not to say jealously guarded—by the valued lose interests Sir Massey Lopes udvo t only mode hitherto suggested of ed.encling local taxa.ion, in effect, to other classes, is making grants from the national exchequer, and these grants wc,nlil involve a proportionate extension of central vupervision. The reasonable inference is, that whatever very class wl Almos cates. may be Lirly claimed by the landowners should be given by Parliament in respect of those expenses over which central supervision is necessary or desirable ; and this is the inference which the House of Commons, with ou t dividing, had the good senseto draw. Taking up the same subject, the Daily News admits that considerable taxes and great charges are laid on the con veyance of land. But proportionate taxes are levied on the transfer of railway shares. The sale of land is not alone visited with stamp duties; nor can the Legislature be blamed for the cost of conveyance. The processes by which land is tied up under a settlement arealevices which conveyancers have invented in order to defeat the law, not hardships which the law has imposed. Primd facie, it is nobody's concern that this nobleman or baronet or esquire thinks proper to take precautions for "founding a family," and appropriating, as far as possible, a landed estate to his eldest male representative. It is inevitable that such vanity should be a costly enjoyment ; that hment should multiply upon the hands of these n, and that settlements should become more and more expensive. But the nation does not put this impost on the landowner ; he Las to thank his own pride, his longing to accumulate the iminctuta jugera, for these incidents of his ostentation. country o The Post, in dealing with the riots at Ashton, wants to know what on earth the authorities could have been doing or thinking of to allow the fight to go to such a head, and, in fact, to be actually concluded before they were ready to play their appropriate share in the matter. They had had ample warning on the Saturday and Sunday ; they ought certainly to have been prepared by Monday right to deal with any fresh outbreak, and they ought • to be called to a strict account for their failure to prevent the scenes we have described. The Mayor appears to be very active now that the mis chief is done, in devising remedies for the effects of it, and so far deserves praise ; but prevention is proverbially better than cure, and it is difficult to see how it could have .ter means of dealing with the matter was ks for the rioters themselves, it would be ) exprct their brutal and stupid natures to be by anything like reason, or it might be of to point out to them that they will neither _ their own cause ncr injure that of their _tics by fighting with them, even if they are 1, as they have been on this occasion, to have their 1 without interfence. It is useless to -.- inalcc any app_sal to .such creatures ; but as we still have laws and power to enforce them, if only used, we must pro test against the feebleness which results in handing over to ruin and plunder nny town which savage factions choose to select for the scene of a fight. C 1) ,2t fir~it to tl sing the well-worn subject of casual relief, the rests an expedient for suppressing professional _ The person starting, say for London, should shed with a recommendation from the authorities of the place he leaves, stating his object and destination, which should on presentation at once entitle him to relief, while its non-production by those who had not procured it would at once denote their characters and disentitle them to consideration. Lord Kimberley's apprehension that the poor law may be but too laxly administered seems to ns, basing our conviction on past experience of the new law, tate perfectly unfounded. It would evidently lie a far greater hardship to cast the entire support d parents on a struggling child than to divide it on the shoulders of the community for whose benefit they may have before honestly laboured. Such a course would in truth be a total perversion of charity, and tend rather to increase than to diminish the extent of pauperism. Neither dO we think that the Duke of Cleveland's dread of workhouses becoming " what the French called hospices" should influence legislation on None are admitted into the French esta 110-e comforts he seems disposed to grudge, 'e attained their seventieth year, after which tably considered to be entitled to repose. examples can be quoted in which undue .oration has been extended in our workhouses to occupants, although, unfortunately, but too many instances have bean brought to light in which their heart less treatment has excited oublic indignation. be ;ad at of his tr.til U. they are cha The Telegraph declares that no one can deny that the llhuse of Commons has given its sanction to the introduc tion of the metric system into this country. Why, then, hesitate any longer ? The sooner we put our hands to work and enter in good earnest to make the change the better. - The experience of France and other countries is, that a very short time is sufficient for diffusing the neces sary information on the subject. So long as there is any uncertainty as to its becoming the law of the country, few, comparatively, will use the plan, and even teachers will abstain from introducing it into the schools. But let it be known that in a few years the rule will become compulsory, and it will at once be taken up and learnt in every nook and corner of the land. There is no reed of any further inquiry . on the subject. What is wanted is the passing of a simple re, el - meth - 1g that in five or ten years the metric system shall be obligatory; and the bill before the House wisely leaves the number of years a blank to be filled up in committee. In a matter of this kind the Chambers of Commerce have a right to be heard, and they have pro vin favour of the measure. The Metric me as d strc Committee of the British Association for the Advance ment of Science has also expressed itself in favour of the system, and public opinion has been manifested in every way in the same direction. A little more boldness, and a desire for thoroughness in our legislation, would save us a world of time and much useless disputation. The Council of the Liverpool Chamber of Corn mace have agreed to a petition in favour of the Govern ment management of the electric telegraph system of thd United Kingdom. The council suggest that the telegraph lines be managed on the Post-office system, and that in each village consisting of Z.lOO or more inhabitants, there be a station. REFUSING TO ACCEPT A FINE-ART COLLECTION.-- The Liverpool Town Council has refused to accept a col lection of pictures and works of art, left, on certain con ditions, to the town by Mr. Gower, an English merchant, who recently died in Marseilles. A deputation of the council, who had inspected the collection, reported that not one out of about 400 pictures was worth more than £5 ; while the bronzes—described as old classic works—were of the coarsest modern manufacture, and not even "aged" artificially to imitate long-buried works of Roman and Greek zat. Those to whom it is a satisfaction when the representative of an ancient and distinguished family is placed in the enjoyment of " his own again," will have observed with pleasure that the noble Secretary for the Colonies has for SjITIC time past occupied Chandos House, and has resumed his residence at Stowe, which for many years, after being stripped of its unrivalled contents, was deserted. His Grace is, moreover, we are informed, gradually re-collecting many of the dispersed treasures, of w:iose fate a careful account had been kept ; and he intends that, as opportunities occur, many more shall again find a resting - place in their old home. Buckingham House, the residence of the family in the last generation, i i splendid hospitality in the days of neighbour, Schoenberg House, edy encroacher on " the sweet the War Office. The arms and, anti the the Regency, h been al tinne: :IA fa believe the Ike its by that g: lora their family mansion. ing the state of Ireland and the prospects rest, the /iisA Cii,t if the season con- g 1. t pr,2sent, there is cv_Ty reason to ill not only be abundant, brat early, obtained for their produce last year ha.‘" encouraged the agriculturists to place a larger extent of land in tillage. A slovenly farm is now the ex ception, mat the rule." The winter and spring-sown wheat is thriving well. A like account is given of the oat crop. The same paper adds that the Irish in America continue to send over money to ray the cost of passage for relatives, and the prospect of high wages, with the on of land at a cheap rate, prove hope of ult irresistibi, tcmptaticns. Yet wages in Ireland are in creased, and will probally become still higher. The eashntry aro better clothed and fed and lodged than they 1 ave ever been, and there is a complete absence of crime throughout Ireland. LAW AND POLICE. — ACTION AGAINST A RAILWAY COMPANY.—In the Court of Common Pleas the case of Winterbotham v. the East Gloucestershire Railway Company was heard. It was an action to recover £3,500, the balance of money to be paid to the plaintiff for lands required by the railway. There were two agreements, one in 1864 and the other in 1866, by which the defendants agreed to pay to the plain tiff £4,300 for land and buildings required for the railway works, and also to pay interest and legal expenses. A de posit of £BOO was paid, and the defendants agreed to pay the residue on or before the 24th of June, 1867, "at which time, under any circumstances, the remainder of the purchase-money was to be paid." That time had elapsed, but nothing further had been done ; the land had not been conveyed or taken, not had the defendants asked the plaintiff to convey or shew title to it. For the plaintiff it was argued that, the time having elapsed for payment of the remainder of the purchase-money, the plaintiff was entitled to maintain the action on the general averment of his readiness to do all that was required on his part. For the defendants it was said that the remainder of the purchase-money was not to be paid until the completion of the purchase. The jury found a verdict for the plaintiff. ROBBERY IN A RAILWAY CARRIAGE.-At Southwark Police-court, James Kay was charged with stealing a £5O Bank of England note from Nicholas Mattowich, a native of Hamburg, while travelling by the Crystal Palace Rail way between New-cross and London Bridge. It seems that the prosecutor was on the platform at Sydenham, and was about to get into a second-class carriage that was going to London Bridge, when the prisoner came up and told him to get into a first-class and it would be " all right." The complainant did so, and the train had not proceeded many yards when cards were introduced, and the prisoner with a third person began to play. Mattowich was induced to bet, and ultimately the prisoner asked him to back him for £5O, and if he (the prosecutor) lost be would receive the money back, as the prisoner only wanted encouraging. The complainant foolishly complied with the request, and the prisoner got out at London Bridge and went away. The case was remanded. DRUNKENNESS IN A WOILICIIOUSE.—At the Lambeth police-court, James Rearden, a pauper in the Lambeth Workhouse, was charged with disorderly conduct. The prisoner, a young man, suffered from scrofula, and accord ing to the evidence of Mr. Bullen, surgeon at the house, he required liberal diet and beer when admitted. Davis, the taskmaster, who was the first witness, described the con duct of the prisoner on Wednesday morning, when he made a noise in the sick ward, and the master was sent far. The prisoner was excited from drink, and the witness was ordered to put him out of the ward by Mr. Catch. The prisoner threatened to give him the knife whenever he had the opportunity. His conduct was most violent. Mr. Catch, the master, gave similar evidence. The prisoner put himself in a fighting attitude, and appeared to be ex cited from drink. Mr. Elliott asked how a person could get drink in a workhouse. He thought such a thing was not allowed. Mr. Catch said there was a quantity of beer allowed to those on the sick list and those who laboured. Those who received beer bartered it, and 'intoxication was the result. Mr. Elliott said he thought the beer ought to be stopped. The master said that was his opinion, and that was what he was wanting to bring about. There was a great quantity of beer allowed in Lambeth Workhouse, and two-thirds were given for labour. Ile did nut apply his remarks to those under medical treatment, but he hoped that a different system would be adopted to that allowed to other inmates. It was now bartered away, and some obtained more than they needed, and h( came excited by drink. Mr. Elliott was reluctant to send the defendant to prison, and on extract ing a promise from him that he would behave better in future he allowed him to return to the workhouse. ATTEMPTED MURDER BY A SON.—At the Leicester Police court, Thomas W. S. Frisby was charged with attempting to murder his father, Thomas Frisby. From the evidence of the prisoner's mother, it appeared that an unpleasantness had arisen between him and his father, in consequence of the latter disapproving of a con nection his son had formed with a young woman. This led to the son leaving home about seven weeks ago, since which time he had had no communication with his father. On Tuesday night, about ten o'clock, he went to his father's home in a state of intoxication, and asked to see his father. Mrs. Frisby tried to persuade prisoner to come another time ; but he rushed past her and entered the kitchen, where his father was partaking of supper, and deliberately shot him with a pistol. The charge, which consisted of small shot, lodged in the right cheek of Mr. Frisby, and the prisoner decamped by a side door. The prisoner, who wzss epprehended in bed, when charged with the offence, simply said, " Ohl is the old man dead :" The prisoner was remanded. CHA.RGE OF FORTUNE TELLING. t the Leamington Petty Sessions, an extraordinary charge of fortme-telling latsly -came before the bench. Elizabeth Hawkins, alias Lee, who resides in Comyn-street. Leamington, and has been previously convicted of fortune-telling, was biou;ht up on a warrant, charged with having, on the 12th April last, r:tended to tell fortunes, and using certain means to deceive Miss Alice a young lady of independent means, residing at Lansdowne House, Holly walk, Lea mington. Mr. Overell appeared for Hawkins ; Mr. Passman watched the case on behalf of Miss Shelly. The information was laid by Susannah Ball, a , young girl who had been in the service of Miss Shelly, and she deposed that about four months ago the defendant came to her mistress's house. She told Miss Shelly she . could tell fortunes, cut the cards, and read every pip on them the same as she could the alphabet. The same night the defendant came again to Miss Shelly's, cut a pack of cards, and told her there was a dark gentleman and a light gentleman very fond of her, and She advised her • to have the dark one. Defendant had with her a bottle, the contents of which she said cost a sovereign. She touched Miss Shelly on the head, and threw the stuff in the bottle into the fire, and when it sparkled she told her that the dark gentleman was very fond of her. No money passed on that occasion, but she subse quently took the defendant £3 from Miss Shelly. On the 12th April the defendant came to Miss Shelly, who went down into the kitchen, when the defendant again cut the cards, and toll her about a light and a dark gentleman being very fond of her, and again advised her to have the dark one. Defendant then told Miss Shelly she could show her the gentleman in a glass at her own house. Witness went with Miss Shelly to the defen dant's house to see the gentleman in the glass, and the day after she took the defendant ss. to make him ill, and defendant afterwards told Miss Shelly she had done so. In cross-examination Ball said Miss Shelly did not dismiss her for having behaved rudely to her, but before she laid the.present information she had received a letter from Miss Shelly's solicitor threatening to prosecute her for dishonesty. She denied ever having been at defendant's house with young men. The defendant came to Miss Shelly's house every day to cut the cards, and would sometimes stay for an hour. On these occasions Miss Shelly always went into the kitchen, where the defendant cut the cards and told her her fortune. She had not taken the defendant any money since the 12th April, nor on that date, the last money sent by Miss Shelly being the ss. for seeing the dark gentleman in the glass. The complahlvit had summoned Miss Shelly as a witness, and she was present in court, but was not called, as the bench held her evidence to be immaterial, as that of the com plainant did not support the information, which charged the defendant with committing the offence on the 12th 5f April. The complainant having no other evidence to support the charge, the bench dismissed the case, and Miss Shelly and her friends left the court, which was densely crowded during the proceedings. The permission of the Government to allow the importation of cattle into Southampton will increase the revenue of the Southampton Dock Company about £5,000 year. ROYAL AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY.—The Leicester Committee has decided to invite the Prince of Wales tc the forthcoming show of the Royal Agricultural Society to be held in that town in July next. PROPOSED TESTIMONIAL TO EARL FITZWILLIAM. —A movement is now on foot in the neighbourhood of Rotherhran, having for its object the raising of a testimo nial to Earl Fitzwidiam, K.G., in token of the universal esteem in which that nobleinan is held, not only by the ;entlemen of the ritzwilliam hunt, but also by those of the district generally. THREE CHILDREN BURNT TO DEATM—An in quest has Leen Le'd at the Whit., Horse, East Ber i gholt, before Mr. B. L. Gross, cor user, e n the bodies of three children, aged to o, four, and nine years, named Henry, Elizabeth Ann, and If e 1 Wright, the children of labour• parents, mil., had 1 een left at home, and in the absence of their pzreMs, it is supposed, they set fire to some straw in the yard adjoining thehouse. They had access to matches,and must have gone into Mr. Green's strawyard and lighted some straw, the flames of which soon spread, and the pool children were burnt to cinders. Two stacks of straw were burnt, the barn was damaged, and Wright's house caught, but the fire was prevented from extending. . The boJiri were foand, one near a gateway and the others in a shed. rile jury returned a verdict of accidental death, and said t'!at lucifer mat( Ins ought to be 1 etter protected from .11tIren. The eldest child was a bright boy, quite capable I 1)014.; lea. is charge. SPORTING IN rELLIGENOE YORK SPRING MEETING—WEDNESDAY. There was a general exodus last night from here of the sporting visitors for the meetings of the south, where the promise of sport in the matter of speculation isgreater than here.' Consequently there was a considerable diminution in the attendance to-day both within the inclosure and en the course. The sport comme:_ced an hour earlier, and the first event was a match arranged last night between Chel sea, a horse once backed for the Two Thousand and Derby, and the mare Russian Bear.. Odds were laid on the latter, but she wasbeaten a head by Chelsea, after a floe race from the distance. The Egliuton Stakes only produced a field et four, and Fitzwilliam, in spite of his defeat yesterday, was again warmly supported ; to-day his running was even worse, and he was last throughout, the race being easily won by Donaldbain, who ran in blinkers. Thirteen started for the Consolation Scramble, which was principally re markable for the long delay at the post and a dead-heat run by Dutch Admiral, who was not backed for a shilling, with the favourite, Affection. Out of the six runners who started for the Flying Dutchman's Handicap Python was backed against the field, and won with consummate ease. Curiosity, who was backed at 5 to 4, was another reward for backers, but so little time elapsed since the appearance of the numbers and the start that the betting on the race was very trifling. Nine went to the post for the City Purse, and the favourite finished fourth, the winner being Thermometer, who was heavily backed at 3 to 1. The Londesborough Cup produced a field of nine, and Ludy Zetland was much fancied, but Sawyer, a comparative out sider in the betting, won. Match, 200 soy; la ft, both three-year-olds, Bst 101 b each. One mile. Mr T. V. Morgai's Chelsea, by King of Trumps (J. Snowden) 1 Mr C. Percy's Russian Bear (Custance) 2 Betting-1J to Bon Russian Bear, who took a clear lead at starting, which she retained to the half distance, where the non-favourite got up, the pair running locked to the stand, where Chelsea obtained a slight advantage, which he retained to the end, and won a slashing race by a short head. The Eglinton Stakes of 10 sous each, h ft, with 50 added. T.Y.C. (5 fur. 44 yds.) Mr Johnstone's ch c Donaldbain, by Malcolm, 3 yrs, 9st 31b (inc. 51b extra) (Osborne) 1 Mr Johnstone's b c Lord Hawthorn, 2 yrs, 7st (Cameron) 2 Mr Gregory's c by Camerino, 2 yrs, 7st (M'Ewen) 3 Mr Jackson's br c Fitzwilliam, 2 yrs, 7st 51b inc. 51b ex) (Kenyon) 4 Betting-11 to 8 agst Fitzwilliam, 2to 1 agst Lord Haw thorn, 3 to 1 agst Donaldbain, and 10 to 1 agst the Came rino colt. The latter on the inside mat all the running, and won in a canter by three lengths ; a length separated the second and third. Fitzwilliam was beaten off. The Consolation Scramble of 30 sovs, added to a Handicap Sweepstakes of 15 sovs each, for all ages. Three-quarters of a mile. Mr J. P. Craven's Dutch Admiral, by Van-Galen, 4 yrs, 6st 121 b (Mordan) t Mr Hampton's Affection, 3 yrs, Est (Jeffery) 't Mr J. Stephenson's Festival, 3 yrs, Est 91b (Hammond) 3 Mr Masterrnan's Honesty, 5 yrs, 9st (Merchant) 0 Mr T. Dawson's King of the Fairies, 4 yrs, Bst 5 (D l b ooley} 0 Mr Johnstone's Harrogate, 4 yrs, 7st 111 b (Cameron) 0 Mr Hawke's Palisade, 4 yrs, 7st 91b (Kenyon) 0 Mr I'Auson's Bab at the Bowster gelding, 5 yrs, 7st (T. Parry) 0 Mr Gilby's Skysail, 4 yrs, Est 11 Ib (G. Walker) 0 Mr Bowes's Booty, 3 yrs, Est s lb J. Parket) 0 Mr Bowes's Thankful, 3 yrs; Est 2 lb (Butler) 0 Mr Hunter's Atreus, 3 yrs, sst 131 b (Ball) 0 Mr Mackenzie's Buckeuham's dam filly, 3 yrs, sst 111 b (Wilson) 0 Betting-2 to 1 agst Affection, 6to 1 agst The BuOcen ham dam filly, 7 to 1 agst Skysail, 8 to 1 agst Festival, 10 to 1 agst Palisade, 100 to 8 each agst Thankful and Honesty, and 20 to 1 agst Harrogate. Half an hour was consumed before they could be got together, repeated breaks away following each other, in the first of which Festival, Palisade, Dutch Admiral, and Booty ran to the distance before they could be stopped. When in order the signal was lowered, and they left the post to a straggling start, in which Thankful, iu the centre, got away iu front, followed by the favourite in the inside, the pair having Palisade, Skysail, Dutch Admiral, Festival, and the Buck enham's dam filly in a body promiscuously in their rear. They ran thus to the road, where Thankful dropped back, leaving Affection wits a slight lead to the distance, when Dutch Admiral, having run through his horses, toJk his place on the right of the favourite, followed by Festival, the Buckeuham's datn filly, and Skysail, who ran in a body to half-way down, when the two leaders singled them selves out and finished a long and punishing race home with a dead heat. Festival was third, five lengths in their rear, and two lengths in advance of the Bucking ham's dam filly; Skysail was fifth, Harrogate sixth, and Honesty next ; Booty and King of the Fairies were the two last. Deciding Heat.—Betting— 11 to 8 on Affection, who ' made play into the straight, where she swerved, and let I up Dutch Admiral, who won very cleverly by a length. The Flying Dutchman's Handicap of 100 sovs, added to a Sweepstakes of 15 sovs each, 10 ft. One mile and a quarter. Mr G. Angell's Python,by Young Melbourne, 4 yrs. 7st 21b (Butler) 1 Mr. Pryor's Miss Harriette, 5 yrs, Est 10:b (Kenyon) 2 Mr F. Gordon's Frolicsome, 3 yrs, Est (Jeffery) 3 Mr Johnstone's Minster Bell, 4 yrs, Est 121b...(Catneron) 4 Mr J. Parker's Fair Wind, 4 yrs, Est 121 b ...(Renshaw) 5 Mr Palmer's Beanstalk, 4 yrs, Est 31b (Banunond) 0 Betting—Even on P y th on, 7 t o 2 agst Mi ss H arr i et t e , 6 to 1 agst Frolicsom e , 8 to 1 agst Minster Bell, and 10 to 1 agst Fair Wind. Miss Harriette and Minster Bell were the first off, but after running a quarter of a mile the latter dropped back and his place was taken by Frolicsome, followed by Python and Fair Wind, Minster Bell and Beanstalk acting as whippers in. In these positions they ran to the distance, where Python, pulling double, came through, and head ing Miss Harriette at the commencement of the enclo sure, won, hard held, by half a length. There were four lengths between the second and third. Beanstalk was pulled up some distance from home, and did not pass the post. The Tyro Stakes of 5 sovs each, with 50 added, for two yr-olds. Half a mile. Mr IL Porter's Curiosity, by Marquis (£3O), 7st 61b (Mordan) 1 Hon. E. Lascelles' Vermicelli (£3O), 7st 10lb (Cradoes) 2 Mr J. Osborne's In on (X4O) , B s t (W a lk e r) 3 Mr G. Hodgman's f W oo dbi ne (£3O), 7 s t 61b ...(Quince) 4 Betting-11 to 10 agst Curiosity, and 2io 1 agst any other. The favourite, next the rails, made the most use of her favourable start, and came on with a clear lead; and was never after fairly reached, and won very easily by half a length ; two lengths separated the second and third; Wood bine was beaten off. The winner was sold to Capt. Ma chell for 68 guineas, and Woodbine was disposed of for 15 guineas. City Purse of 50 sovs, added to a Sweepstakes of 5 sovs each. T.Y.C. (5 fur. 44 yds.) Mr Ambery's Thermometer, by Wetherbit 4 yrs, ist 21b (£3O) Andrews's sm a 3 g y e r d s , , 7 5 s s t t b(.£00) 4 3 Mr Andrews's Landlord, 5 y rs , 7 s t s:b (£3o)...(K en y on ) 2 eliora, M M r r Brewer Mr Harrison's Paleface, 3 yre, sst 1111) (car sst 131 b) (£3O) 'Ewen) 0 Mr Johnstone's Harrogate, 4 yrs, ist 21b (£3O) ( ameron) 0 Mr G. J. Archer's Pero, 3 yrs, Est 111 b (car 6st) (£3O) (Jeffrey) 0 Mr T. Cranston's Albatros, 3 yrs, sst 111 b (.£3O) Bissel) 0 Mr Pilgrim's Dr 'Wilson, 3 yrs, at (£3O) (Butler) 0 Betting-2 to 1 agst Meliora, 3to 1 agst Thermometer, 100 to H agst Landlord, 7 to 1 agst Paleface, and 8 to 1 agst Dr Wilson. They ran in company for some dozen strides, when the favourite, with Landlord on the inside, came ou in advance to the distance. Here Thermometer came up, and, split ing the two, took a clear lead, which he retained to the end, and woa very cleverly by a neck. Landlord was second, a length and a half in advance of Malta, Meliora finishing a couple of lengths in the rear. Pero was fifth, and Harrogate sixth. Paleface and Albatros, side by side, were the next two. Dr Wilson was last, beaten off - a long way. The winner was sold to Mr J. Wood for 150 guineas, and Mr Andrews claimed Meliora. The Londesborough Cup, value 80 EON'S in specie, added to a Handicap Stakes of 5 sous each. T.Y.C. (5 fur. 44 yds.) Mr R. Eastwood's Sawyer, by Kettledrum, 3 yrs, ist (Cradock) 1 Mr W. Feaster's Lady Zetland, 3 yrs, Est 81b (Kenyon) 2 Mr C . . Percey's Ainsley, 4 yrs, 7st 41b (Quince) 3 Mr Hunter us. Festivity, 3 yrs, Est Glb c3l.E wen) 4 Mr Mackenzie's The Priest, 4 yrs, Bst 21b (inc lb extra) (Cameron) 0 Mr Green na. Vulcan, 4 yrs, 7st 51b (Mordan) 0 Mr C. Peck's Blacklock , 3 y rs, 7st llb (II. Covey) 0 Mr W. Smith's Cornet, 3 yrs, Est 101 b (Hammond) 0 Mr Johnstone's Tabouret, 3 yrs, Gst 51b ........(Butler) Betting— 7 to 4 agst Lady Zetland, 3 to 1 agst Cornet, 100 to 15 agst Ainsley, 8 to 1 agst Sawyer, and 10 to 1 agst The Priest. The favourite, on the inside, was the first to show in advance, with Ainsley and Sawyer lying up ; to these suc ceeded Festivity ani Cornet for a quarter of a mile, when Sawyer headed Ainsley, and, overhauling the favourite half-way in the distance, won a good race by half a length. There were three lengths between the second aLd third, and a neck between the latter and Festivity, close up with wbom were The Priest, Edinburgh, nod Blacklock abreast, followed by Vulcan and Cornyet, Tabouret being last. The Tally-ho Stakes of 3 soya each, with 50 added. Two miles. Mr Milbank's Donato, by Fandango (11 b), 5 yrs, 13st 71b (Mr. G. Thompson) 1 Mr. W. 11. Broadley's Cannon Ball, aged, 12st 71b (Mr. Boynton) 2 Mr J. Simpson's Helen (11 b), 6 yrs, ►3st 71b (inc. 141 b extra) (Mr B. Walker) 3 Mr I'. Aeklam's Wild Huntsman (Ii 73), aged, 13st ilh 1416 extra) Mr J. Greaves's Carlton, 5 yrs ..... Betting-5 to 4 agst Donato, and 65 /o 40 agst Cannon Ball. After the first quarter of a mile the, running was taken up by Helen, who, in company with Cannon Ball, came on a couple of leugthe iu advance of the i ii.vourike to the bend THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY E VENIN G, MAY 14, 1868. - - into the straight ; Here Helen was beaten and her place was then taken by Donato, who challenged the leader half way down, and won a good race by a neck ; a bad third. Carlton broke down and did not pass the post. LATEST BETTING. DERBY. ' 3to 1 agst Lady Elizabeth (taken) 7to 1 agst Blue Gown—with a start (taken) 100 to 15 agst Rosicrucian (taken) 9to 1 agst Speculum (taken) 100 to 7 agst Orion (taken) 15 to 1 agst Paul Jones (taken) 26 to 1 agst Uncas (taken) 40 to 1 agst Green Sleeve (taken) WINOIIESTER RACES.-WEDNESDAY. Tho Stewards' Stakes of 5 sovs each, 3 ft to the fund, with 30 added. One mile. Duke of Hamilton's Muezzin, by Newminster—lnfi delity, aged, Est 111 b (F. Webb) 1 Lord Viviau's Dick Turpin, 4 yrs, Bst ilb (inc. 51b ex.) (Cannel 2 Mr. Tilbury's Chilbolton, 5 yrs, Get 71 b (Elton 3 Mr. C. Jones's Lizard, 6 yrs, ist 131 b (Scorey 0 Mr. Samuel's Amour Propre, 4 yrs, 7s 61b (Peppier) 0 Mr. Trimmer's Virginia Creeper, 4 yrs, 7st lib (Jas. Clark) 0 Mr. H. Goator's Secrecy, 4 yrs, 7st (Hibberd) 0 Mr. Richard's Rally, 5 yrs, Est 7lb (Milne) 0 Mr. Saxon's Diallem, 3 yrs, sst 71b (Vinell) 0 - --- yatt weighed for Lady Ward, 3 yrs, 6st, but the filly did not arrive on the course in time to start. _ _ Betting-5 to 2 agst Dick Turpin, 3to 1 agst Chilbolton, 100 to 30 agst Secrecy, 6 to 1 agst Muezzin, and 10 to 1 agst any other. Chilbolton made the running with a clear lead. of Amour Propro, Muezzin, and Rally, the favourite and Secrecy following in their track, Virginia Creeper bringing up the rear. No change occurred till making the bend into the straight, when Secrecy, after looking mo mentarily formidable, dropped away, and the three placed came on, Muezzin taking the lead a quarter of a mile from home, and winning in a canter by eight lengths. Three quarters of a length only divided the second and third; Rally was fourth, Amour Propro fifth, Diadem sixth, Se crecy seventh, Lizard eight, and Virginia Creeper last throughout. The Grange Park Stakes of 10 soya each, 10 ft, with 50 added, for two-yr-olds. T.Y.C. (about 5 fur.) Mr J. Day's Miss Foote, by Orlando—Gossamer, Bst 101 b (inc 41b ex) (Cannon) 1 Mr J. Wood's Iron Duke, Bst 101 b (J. Goater) 2 Mr J Dixon's Lady Roseberry, Bst 61b (S. Adams) 3 Mr Stephenson's c by Neville—Madame Stanley, Bst 101 b (J. Adams) 1 Mr Flight's c by Rouge Dragon—Patience, Bst 101 b (A. Sadler) 5 Jetting-100 to 15 on Miss Foote, and 100 to 8 agst Lady Roseberry. Miss Foote held a slight lead of Lady Rose berry and Iron Duke for half the journey, when Iron Duke ran into second place, but never reached the favou rite, who won easily by three-quarters of a length ; Lady Roseberry was a bad third, Madame Stanley colt fourth, and Patience colt last. The City MemberilClate of 50 sous. T.Y.C. (about 5 fur.) Mr H. Goater's Henry the First, by Camerino—Now Year's Eve, 3 yrs, Est (£3O) (W yatt) 1 Mr Crevy's Lady Ward, 3 yrs, 6.t (£3O) (James Clark) 2 Mr J. Dixon's Excitement, 4 yrs, Tat 9th (£3O) (S. Adams) 3 Captain Berners's Bow Bells, aged, Bst 61b (£3O) (Scorey) 4 Betting-6 to 4on Henry the First, 3to 1 ag3t Lady I Ward, and .7 to 1 (at first even on) agst Excitement. The I quartette ran in close company to the distance, where the favourite and Lady Ward drew away, and finished a close and exciting race, the former whining cleverly by a head; Bow Bells was fourth. The winner, was sold to Mr. T. Percival for 46 guineas. The CmwleyStakes of 50 scovs. T.Y.C. (about 5 fur.) Mr C. Snewing's Seamew, by Orlando Ossifrage, 4 yrs, ist Blb (Nppier) 1 Mr Trimmer's Magnolia, 3 yrs, Est 41b (car 6st 91b) (Killick) 2 Mr R. Dick's Defiance, 4 vrs, Bst 2113 (corey) 3 Mr W. Edgar's D uc h e ss, 4 yrs, Bst 10lb (B S rittau) 4 Duke of Hamilton's Aquills, 3 yrs, ist (F. Webb) 5 Mr Flight's Sour Grapes, 3 yrs, sst 1211) (Weston) die. Betting-6 to 4on Magnolia, 2to I agst Seamew, and 20 to 1 agst Sour Grapes. Seamew made running for a quarter of a mile, when she was passed by Sour Grapes, the favourite closely attending, however, on the latter till nearing the distance, ,when Sour Grapes " cannoned " against them both, knocking them completely out of their stride. Sour Grapes then came on with a long lead, and won in a canter by ten lengths. Three lengths separated second and third. Defiance was fourth, Duchess fifth, and Aquilla last. On returning to scale Peppier, the rider of Seamew, lodged an objection against the winner on the ground of the "cannon" mentioned above. The ease was at once entertained by Admiral Roes and Mr. Chamber layne, and they disqualified Sour Grapes, and awarded the race to Seamew. Her Majesty's Plate of 100 gs. Two miles. Mr Stortford's Purveyor, by Caterer—Cygnet, 3 yrs, 7st 111 b (S. Adams) 1 Mr E. Brayley's Mariner, 3 yra, 7st 111 b (Cannon) 2 Mr Lapidist'e Vampire (h 1), 5 yrs, lOst (r'eppler) 3 Mr Rickard's Harlington, 4 yrs, 9st 71b (Lays) 4 Mr Jones's Zeloo (h b), aged, 10st 21b (Mr A. Yates) 5 Mr H. Goatees Secrecy, 4 yis, 9st 71b (J. Geater) 6 Belting-5 to 4on Mariner, and 6to 5 agst Purveyor. The race throughout was a match between the two favourities, Mariner making the running at a fair pace until a dis:ance from home, when Purveyor got in front, and won after a good race by half a length. Vampire finished a bad (lard, Harlington fourth, Zeloo fifth, and Secrecy last, beaten a long w a y, The Foal Stakes.—Mr. Thomas Day's c by Dundee — Blackbird, Bst 7113 (Cannon), walked over, and divided the stakes with Mr. Williner's Bambridge. The Derby Trial Stakes of 10 sovs each, 3 ft, to the fund, with 50 added. One mile and a half. Mr E. C. Clayton's Lymington, by Wild Dayrell— Media, 3 yrs, 7st 31 b..... „„, (S. Adams) 1 Mr H. Goatees Venomous, 3 yrs, 7st 31b (Hibberd) 2 Betting-4 to l on Lymington. The non - favo urite made running till the distance, where Lymington ca me away, and won easily by a length an d a half. COURT OF ALDERMEN. Yesterday the magistrates of the City of London held a Court at Guildhall for the transaction of business—the Lord Mayor presiding. There was a large attendance of members, and it being an oc casion on which a new member of their body was to be introduced, most of them wore their scarlet robes, according to custom at such times. Pre vious to entering upon the business of the day, Alderman Sir William Rose called attention to the circumstance, which was an unusual one, that all the officers of the Court were absent except the Town Clerk. It was a circumstance, he said, which should not be passed over without notice• The Lord Mayor said he saw the Recorder in his place a few minutes before, and the Town Clerk explained that many of the officers were then en gaged with the Special Gas Committee of the Cor poration. Alderman Sidney said he had reason to know that the Recorder had been engaged in the Mayor's Court since Saturday on a compensation case, which was still undecided. Alderman Law rence, M.P., said this being a special occasion on which a new member of their court 'was to be in troduced, points of law might arise on this introduc tion, as they had done before on such occasions, and it was inconvenient that not a single legal officer of the Corporation should be present. Mr. Alderman Gibbons said the duties of the Recorder in that Court were only second to those of the Recorder of London, and the most proper and dignified course for the Court to pursue was to request the attend ance of the right hon. gentleman on an important occasion like that. Eventually, on the motion of Mr. Alderman IVilson, the senior member, who re marked thatnoofficer should be absent from his place without the consent of the Lord Mayor, the Town Clerk was instructed to writeto each of the absentees for an explanation, and the matter was allowed to drop. Mr. Orton, attorney of the Lord Mayor's Court, officially reported that Mr. Thos. Scambler Owden, citizen and innholder, bad been elected to represent the ward of Bishopsgate in the Court of ' Aldermen, in the place of Mr. William Taylor Copeland, deceased. Upon that the recently elected Alderm a n a ppeared at the b ar, escorted b y many of the princip a l inhabitants o f the ward, and Mr. Metcalfe Ilopgood, a C om mon Councilman, addressing the C our t, said the honour bad. devol v ed upon him of introducinga new member, and it might not be out of place for him to say he believed the Court of Aldermen was held in the highest respect by the thinking part of the community of that great city. The citizens re garded with very high esteem the privilege they had long enjoyed of electing their own magistrates, and were proud of the way in which justice as a rule was administered in the city of Lond,,n. It had been often a source of sAtisfac tion to many of them to hear judges of the land bear testimony to the discretion and impartiality with which the magistrates of the City discharged the duties de;olving on them, and he had reason to believe that the inhabitants of the various wards were fully impressed with the responsibility at taching to the privilege of electing members to roprescut them in that ancient Court. Ile had the honour of introducing to them Mr. 0 wden, a gentleman who had been unanimously chosen by the ward of Bishopsgate, which was one of the most important in the City, numbering as it did 1,200 electors. his friend had passed almost the whole of his life in the ward, had represented it in the Common Council, and had served all the principal parochial offices with credit to himself and advan tage to the inhabitants. lie considered it a great honour to have been elected a member of that Court, and he (Mr. Ilopgood) had much satisfac tion in presenting a man for whom he entertained such sincere respect. Mr. Owden then took and subscribed the en -tomary oaths, including the oath of allegiance, which were administered by the Town Clerk, and that done he exchanged the robe of Com mon Councilman for that of an Alderman, and was presented to the Lord Mayor and the rest of the members of the Court, who offered him their con gratulations. A communication was lead from Mr. Weatherhead, the Governor of the City Prison at Holloway, pointing out the desirability of a certain number of the officers employed there residing in the immediate vicinity of the prison, in order to be within call, when off duty, and to their services being easily available at any moment in case of necessity. On the motion of Mr. Alderman Wilson the subject was referred to a committee for consideration and report. Several new brokers were sworn in and enrolled. On the motion of Alderman Wilson, seconded by Alderman Sir Sydney Waterlow, Alderman Finnis was unanimously ap pointed chairman of Emmanuel Hospital Committee, in the place of the late Alderman Copeland, and at the instance of Alderman Finnis Alderman Wilson was elected a trustee of Sir John Soane's Museum, Library, and Works of Art, in the room of the deceased alderman. A report of the Gaol Com mittee was unanimously adopted, recommending a substantial addition to the salary of the Ordinary of Newgate. The Court afterwards transacted some business with closed doors, and then adjourned. LITERARY. (From the Anyo-American Times.) THE AMERICAN LECTURE SYSTEM. Tlnmas Wentworth Iligginson, of Newport, Rhode Lland, has written a good article in Mac millan's Magazine for May, on the America❑ Lec ture System. The Lecture System is a product o New England, but it has attained to its best orga• nization and most characteristic form in the West In the East it has to compete with other intellec tual attractions; nor does it there need the thorough organization of lesB densely peopled districts where the audiences are brought together from great distances. An effort is being made by Mr. James K. Medbery, Superintendent of the American Lite rary Bureau, to introduce the Western system into the Eastern States, and during the past winter he made engagements for thirty lectures in eight diffe rent States of the Union. The system originated in Massachusetts with Horace Mann, some 40 years ago, whence it spread through the New England States,and obtained a favourable hold in the Western States, but not much either in the city of New York or in the middle States, while in. the Southern States it gained no footing at first the work was done by the' lawyers, physicians, attd elergyrn e a of The neigh bourhood, but as'lectm - ers became popular, and more and more devoted to lecturing, it grew into a profession. Fifteen dollars was then a large fee, but it crept up to twenty-five and fifty. Now such men as Henry Ward Beecher can command two hundred, and prove prove to the associations engaging them more profitable far than cheap local lecturers. As a town grows up in the West a lecture commit tee is one of the earliest appointments. They select the speakers, choose a secretary to invite them, a treasurer to pay them, a president to introduce them to the audience. A. winter course may vary from a half. dozen to a score. These local com►xittees are united into widely-extending organizations, such as the Western Literary Societies, whose range extends from Pittsburgh in Pennsylvania, to Laurence in Kansas, and whose agent Mr. G. L. Lor bert, of Dulonquc, lowa, last winter negotiated be tween thirty-five lecturers and one hundred and ten societies, arranging for each society a tolerably regular course of lectures, and for each orator a continuous series of engagements. In the fall he issues his list of speakers, subjects, and prices, leaving each society to select from the bill of face. The lecturer has nothing to do with it except to receive his printed circular with his dozen or hun dred engagements, and to proceed to the different towns, many of which be may then Ittve heard of for the first time. On arrival he is met by his committee man, and the lecturer is coached along through the proceedings in that locality by him. All moves as smoothly as clock-work, unless some railway breaks down or a snow storm interrupts the programme, when that evening's business is thrown off the list, for the lost engagement cannot be picked up, and the lecturer has to hurry oa to the next stage. The introduction of professional lecturers has tended to change the old system which ignored politics—now politics threaten to banish all other subjects. Mr. Higginson . says, 4‘ even party questions can by lecture be handled down without the trammels of party. The popular lecture is the antidote to the Caucus. On its free platform the statesman speaks for himself alone and commits nobody, he rises as if in committee of the whole, and proceeds without reference to a pro spective division. Moreover, an outlet is thus afforded to men who keep aloof from all party ties. I have seen Wendell Phillips received with admi ration and delight by audiences of whom not one in a hundred would admit the truth of his asser tions until twelve months after they were uttered." But the evil is that the more sober topics are banished—" the scholar recedes from sight, and the impassioned orator takes his place. There is no time for Longfellow to analyze " Dante," nor for Lowell to explain Hamlet, while Sumner thunders the terrors of the Lord against a delin quent President, or Anna Dickinson pleads for the enfranchisement of one-half the human race. Agas siz is now the only popular " lecturer on science who can be said to have a hearing; and Emerson is the only prominent literary man who now keeps the field. Holmes has almost ceased lecturing by his own choice, since his great success as a maga zinist ; and George Curtis seems to have withdrawn himself from all permanent literary work since win ning such easy fame on the platform." It furnishes a good test, however, of public men who_ must thus face the people, and it helps to train the speaker— "it saves the philosopher from becoming a pedant, the student froM being an intellectual voluptuary" —placing all in broad healthy contrast with their fellow-citizens. The finer points will, as a rule, fail ; the cheaper effects tell ; the subtile and evanes cent, the profound, find no room ; but broad com mon sense, hearty sympathy, manly courage, will be appreciated. " You have to do with people who do not ask to be flattered, and will not bear to be patronised ; who insist on hearing something to interest them, and .are ready and eager to be taught. The author goes on thus to describe the leaders in this field :—Among the most popular lecturers are Henry Ward Beecher, John B. Gough, and Anna Dickenson. Gough was an importation from the platform of the temperance agitation, and at once found the new field equally favourable and far more profitable. A sort of evangelical comedian, he is the idol of many worthy people who never saw good acting on any other stage; and he is a favourite with many others who can tolerate his contortions for the sake of his drollery. Ile. does not offer much to the intellect, true, but he often touches the heart; and something is du, to a man who makes laughter an ally of good morals. Miss Dickenson deals rather in tears than in smiles. She owed her first celebrity perhaps to the unwonted combination of twenty years of womanhood with a remarkably clear head for political questions. She has good looks, perfect self-possession, an effective voice, readiness of illustration, fidelity to principle, and great magnetic power; and yet with all these she seems to me a farless attractive speaker than her chief prelecessor,Lucy Stone, who never called forth one half as much enthusiasm. Her present theme is the enfranchisement of her sex. This she treats under the piquant title of " Idiots and Women," borrowing the sarcastic juxtaposition from the statute-books. Next in popularity comes Wendell Phillips, and next to him probably George William Curtis. Wendell Phillips has won public fa vour while always keeping in advance of public opinion- - --the highest test of power. Recognised by all as :the foremost of American orators, be has never by it pausod one moment to enjoy the fruits of past successes, and will die in the harness as a Radical. Curtis cannot be compared with Phillips either in intellectual power, nor in extent of service ; he, perhaps, gives his hearers as much thought as they demand, but that is not much, whereas Phillips gives them more—forces it upon them. Nor is Curtis so prophetic in insight, nor so free from party ties. But he has all the qualities for a popular favourite, combined with singular rec:itude of the moral nature; nothing can be more charming than his rhetoric, more agreeable than his voice, more graceful than his elocution ; and he has before him a distinguished and use ful eareer, though widely unlike that literary life for which he at first seemed destined. A more recent favourite is Theodore Tilton, editor of the New Yore _independent. Ile shows in the lecture room the same ability which has built up the Inde pendent, while he is so free from bigotry as to be constantly charged with latitu linarianistn. lie has, moreover, a very sympathetic nature and ready wit, and that sunny disposition which is such a priceless gift to a reformer. The only other speaker 3 who habitually venture to exceed the hundred dollar limit for even their Western lectures are Sumner and Agassiz. Henry Vincent, the English visitor, has received one hundred and fifty dollars for each of his sixty Western lectures, and is said to have won popularity. There still remain a few acknowledged leaders who should especially be mentioned. Emerson, for instance, still retains his hold upon his countrymen, after some thirty years of lecturing, and is heard with respect and attention. Edwin Whipple aids Emer son in keeping a pace upon the lecture-platform for the literary class. Bayard Taylor represents the indefatigable travellers. The Rev. Dr. Chaplin, of New York, is almost the only clergyman, save Beecher, who stands high as a lecturer also, and the effects he produces are due rather to a natural heartiness and vigour than to any depth of thought or culture. He has the trait, which Emerson thinks essential to the orator, "of giving out vast quantities of animal heat." Frederick Douglas represents the coloured race with a natural eloquence that twenty years of public speaking have only matured. his glow and fervour are extraor dinary, and so is his dramatic power ; there is, too, a sort of massiveness about h im, which is contri buted partly by his gran d p h y si q u e , and he sur passes in his perception of the finer felicities of the language all other " self-made men." Mr. Hig ginson sees no reason why Gough should not annually earn thirty thousand dollars in this profession, so long as his strength and popu larity hold out. The remuneration is out of all proportion to that paid even for first-class literary work, and Hawthorne could hardly have earned from a m tgazine by a month's labour what a lead ing lecturer may harvest every night. It may be said in summing up, that the American lecture system is constantly expanding and becoming better organized as to its methods, as well as more liberal in its rewards ; but that as to themes and treatment it has not yet taken its final form. Public affairs now engross all attention, but this will not always be so, and there will come a time of peace when literature and art, the children of peace, will resume their sway. BEHIND THE SCENES. Mrs. Elizabeth Keckley has, we will not say written, but published, a book, " Behind the Scones," which - professes to give conversations and events which took place at the White House, when the Presidential mansion was occupied by Abraham Lincoln. The re pated author states that she was " 30 years a slave and five years modiste, and friend of Mrs. Abraham Lincoln." That lady considered her modiste's presence no barrier to the freest intercourse with her husband, and it is by the narration of such conversatio❑ and scenes that this email cipated slaw endeavours to scrape up a few vile dollars. But even a Keckley can vaguely perceive that she violates the sanctity of life in thus availing herself of her intimacy to publish incidents of a strictly private character, and she feebly attempts iu her preface to justify the outrage. Had Mrs. Lincoln not made herself notorious, such a work would not hove obtained circulation, but through that lad.'s imprudence her modiste has had the oppor- tunity of selling a considerable amount of trash, and interspersed many curious scenes which aro described. It was customary for the President to select a lady for a promenade, and his wife chose her escort from among the gentlemen that surrounded Ler, a habit which Mrs. Lin coln, who is a rigid stickler for etiquette, broke through, as Mrs. heckle y thus describes: -" Lizabeth !'—l was sewing iu her room, and she was seated in a comfortable arm chair—" Lizabeth, I Lave been thinking- over a little matter. As you are well aware, the President, at every reception, selects a lady to lead tie promenade with him. Now it occurs to m© that this custom 13 an absurd one, Ou such occasions our guests recognize the position of the President as first of all ; consequently, he takes the lead in everything. Well, now, if they recognize his posi tion they should also recognize mine. I am his wife, and should lead with him. And yet he offers his arm to any other lady in the room, making her first with him and placing me second. The custom is an absurd one, and I mean to abolish it. The dignity that I owe to my position, as Mrs. President, demands that I should not hesitate any longer to act." Mrs. Lincoln kept her word. Ever after this she either led the promenade with the President., or the President walked alone or with a gentleman. The change was much remarked, but the reason why it was made, I believe, was never generally known. The following throws some light ou the strange conduct of Mrs. Lincoln, which not long ago so annoyed and surprised the people. " She bought the most expensive goods on credit, and in the summer of 1864 enormous unpaid bills stared her in the face." She grew very anxious about the election, and had frequent consultations with" Lizabeth," as she familiarly called her dressmaker, in regard to political prospects. "Lizabeth" cheered her with good words, for which Mrs. Lincoln was very grateful :—" Your view is a plausible one, - Lizabeth, and your confidence gives me new hope. If he should 'le defeated, I do not know what would become of us all. To me, to him, there is more at stadia' in this election than he dreams of." " What can you mean, Mrs. Lincoln ? Ido not comprehend." " Simply this. I have contracted largo debts, of which he knows nothing, and which he will be unable to pay if he is de feated." " What are your debts, Mrs. Lincoln ?" They consist chiefly of store bills. I owe altogether about 627,000—the principal portion at Stewart's, in New York. You understand, Lizabeth, that Mr. Lincoln has but little idea of the expense of a woman's wardrobe. He glances at my rich dresses, and is happy in the belief that the few hundred dollars I obtain from him supply all my wants. I must dress in costly materials. The people scrutinize every article that I wear with critical curiosity. The very fact of having grown up in the West subjects me to more searching observation. To keep up appear ances I must have money—more than Mr. Lincoln can spare for me. He is too honest to make a penny outside his salary; consequently I had, and still have, no alternative but to run in debt." "And Mr. Lincoln does not even suspect how much you owe ?" "God, no !"—this was a favourite expression of hers, "and I would not have him suspect. If he knew that his wife was involved to the extent that she is the knowledge would drive him mad. Ho is so sincere and straightforward himself that he is shocked by the duplicity of others. He does not know a thing about any debts, and I value his happiness, not to speak of my own, too much to allow him to know any thing. This is what troubles me so much. If he is re elected, I can keep him in ignorance of my affairs; but if he is defeated, then the bills will be sent in, and he will know all ;" and something like a hysterical sob escaped her. Mrs. Lincoln sometimes feared that the politicians would got hold of the particulars of her debts, and use them in the Presidential campaign against her husband ; and when this thought occurred to her, she was almost crazy with anxiety and fear. When in ono of these ex cited moods she would fiercely exclaim :—" Tte Republi can politicians must pay my debts. Hundreds of them are getting immensely rich off the patronage of my husband, and it is but fair that they should help me out of my embarrassment. I will make a demand of them, and when I tell them the facts they cannot refuse to advance whatever money 1 require." The descrip• tlon of prominent men is a:nosing, and semetirnes true. Mrs. Lincoln hated Chase ; selfish was the word she always used with reference to that great lawyer, whom Mrs. Stanton says is as "cold as a clam ;" but not withstanding, the President continued to confide in Mr. Chase till the time of his tragic death. Mrs. Lincoln was especially severe on Seward, always having an unkind word to say of him. "lie cannot be trusted ;he has no principle." When the President answered, " You say the same of Chase ; I would soon be without a Cabinet if 1 listened to you." "He is worse them Chase," she replied ; "you will generally find it a safe rule to distrust a disap pointed, ambitious politician. It makes me mad to see you sit still and lot that hypocrite, Seward, twine you around his finger as if you wore a skein of thread." The lady prided herself on her reading of character, and she had no patience with the frank, confiding nature of the President. When Andrew Johnson was urged for Military Governor of Tennessee, Mrs. Lincoln bitterly opposed the appoint ment. "He is a demagogue," she said, almost fiercely; "and if you place him in power, Mr. Lincoln, mark my words, you will rue it some day." Mrs. Lincoln could not tolerate General Grant. "lie is a bother," she would often say, " and is not fit to bo at the head of an army." " But he has been very successful in the field," argued the President. " Yes, ho generally ma cages to claim a victory, but such a victory ! Ire loses two men to the enemy's one. He has no management, no regard for life. If the war should continue four years longer, and ho should remain in power, he would depopulate the North. I could fight an army as well my self. According to his tactics, there is nothing under the heavens to do but to march a new lino of men up in front of the rebel breastworks to be shot down as fast as they can take their position, and keep marching until the enemy grows tired of the slaughter. Grant, I repeat, is an obstinate fool and a butcher." "Well, mother, suppswg that we give you command of the army. No doubt you would do much better than any general that has been tried." There was a twinkle in the eye, and a ring of irony in the voice. I have often heard Mrs. Lincoln say that if Grant should ever be elected President of the Unitt2d States she would desire to leave the country and remain absent during his term of office. The hook is ad vertised by G. W. Carleton and Co. as a tremendous sen sation, " Astounding Book of Fact Revelations!" one volume, Lhno cloth, Illustrate], and Portrait of the Author, price two dollars. Professor Longfellow is writing another poem• The new library given by Mr. Peabody to the town of Georgetown has just been finished. Mrs. Julia 'Ward Howe read the essay at the last meeting of the Radical Club in Boston. DEA7 H OF MR. JOHN CRAWFURD. This distinguished Oriental scholar and ethnolo gist died on Monday night at his residence, to Elvaston-place, South Kensington. He was born on the 13th of August, 1783, in the island of Islay- His father, Mr. Samuel Crawfurd, a man of sens e and prudence, was of an Ayrshire family. li e had been brought up to the medical profession, and, visiting Islay, married Margaret Campbell, daughter of James Campbell, of Ballinaley, the proprietor of a small estate which had been for several genera tions in the family. Their son John was educated in the village school of Bowmore, and to the instruc tion derived from the master, Daniel Taylor, Mr' Crawfurd used to say he was chiefly indebted fo r his advancement in life. In 1799, the profession of medicine, for which he never had much taste, having been chosen for him, Mr. Crawfurd re paired for his studies to Edinburgh, where De remained three years. In 1803 he obtained 3 medical appointment in the Indian Service, ern" barked for India in April, and lauded in Cal cutta in September of the same year. For the first five years of his residence in India b e was employed in his professional duties wi th the army, chiefly in the North-West Provinces, in the neighbourhood of Delhi and Agra. In 1808 tb e e same duties took him to Penang in the Straits 0' Malacca, where he began to devote himself to tb 3 study of the languages and manners of the Malel race which was destined to make him wide l y known. In 1811, having been brought under tue, notice of Lord Miuto, then Governor-General °I India, Mr. Crawfurd was invited to accompany him on the expedition which effected the N e i quest of Java. After that event, in consequence ° 5 his acquaintance with the Malay languages, he w 5 appointed to rep r e s ent the B r iti s h Government a t the court of one of the native princes, and for ne ar ly six years he filled some of the principal diploto ti i ° offices of th e i s l an d. I t was th en th a t h e collat e ' the materials fur the work which he afterwards P ub ,: lished' "The History of the Indian Archipelag ° '„ Jova and their other I n di an p ossess i ogs having D ee- 1 restored to the Dutch, M r . C raw f ur d retur nc " to England in 1817, and in 1820 published the work just mentioned. In 1821 he went back to India, and shortly after his return was apPoi °te by the first Marquis of Hast-:ngs, at that time Lie ' vernor-General, to the Diplomatic Mission to S' eel i and Cochin China. In 1823 Mr. John Adams, at interim Governor - Geaeral, apyointed him to adm en ' ister the new settlement of Singapore, on the r e : siguation of its founder, Sir Stamford Es' Iu that position he remained three years, l e , concluded with the native chiefs to whom the sett id ment belonged the convention by which we b° its sovereignty. In 1826 he returned to Bengal' and was forthwith appointed by the Governor General, Lord Amherst, Commissioner in reg ti ' and eventually, on the conclusion of peace, Bu l l to the Burmese Court. In 1827 Mr. crawle r e finally returned to England, and in the folio/vi e ; year published an account of his m i ss ion to S i3 o and Cochin China, and in 1829 another of mission to Burmah. After this period, IS, leisure, good health, and an inclination to stuili; and capacity for work enabled him to ke e P,„ tr . and perfect his stores of Indian and Eastern i"'',o tuation. Ile was an indefatigable contributor.o, the Press on matters relating to the East, a nd l b , deel on many other subjects. In 1892 he Put lishLd a grammar and dictionary of the MalaY g ja i tt i gu tges, and in 1856 a descriptivedictionary of I ‘ l3 and the languages of the Philippine ArchiPc7 o f works which secured for their author the res Pee philological world. blie r But this barren list of his services and pu tions gives but a faint conception of the Yarieehoso quirements and genial character of the man W loss is now deplored by a wide circle of frienc l6. l qo , members of the Geographical and Ethnologl ea r a g cities will miss the tall form of the ever-grehn v ete cu r who scarcely ever failed to take part in their dP os o sion3, and who, while stoutly maintainieg te a. views, showed a forbearance and courtesy in 115 - A ll ing to others which might well be imitated b.l rop le members of learned societies. Of singularly sloe, and unostentatious bearing, few were more d io and certainly none more ready, to impart soun d 0 . formation to those who sought his advice an f tha t sistance. A self-made man, ho showed no ne ° 01t jealousy which sometimes makes self-made t hey believe that kind of creation ended wh en o r is wer e made. In society, ever hale and b esr oea body, ever fresh and vigorous in mind, be se e sor t to be of no age in particular, but in 803", die to belong to all, and thus men of a young er ° felt ration both loved and respected him ; for t ile). t ot that near him they would find warm shelt er ' ot ila cold shade, that any merit they might have vio atcl be fully appreciated, and that they na tbi receive from the mellow octogenarian a Sykes of and consideration for all shades and Pb 60 10 4 -opinion and thought, too often wanting in where men of science seem to meet rather as We e gonists pitted against each other in an arena as fellow-soldiers bound to combat ignora 0000 a error to the death. Mr. Crawfurd leaves s o two daughters to lament his loss.—Times. 1 The Price of Gold. ad The quotation of gold atParis is about at P li t;i 0 ; tie on short exchange on London is 251. 1710. per .CI 6- r iee °: z 1 c i rparing these rates with the English din t P, OP tie. 10id. per ounce for standard geld, it sPP e ' f , l ~,,, gold is at abt the same price in s and Lond °- ,. b"'„ at rite course ot exchange at New York on ',natio° 1-e-fpc' is d a, o days' sight is about 110 A per cent. At thiS o' oo tIJ . trifling profit on the importation of gold trod United States. Births. nidt Ja n bil l ' i n 0 BAN - TING -On the 13th inst., at 22, CaMP'-`—iaal ° Kensington, the wife of Mr. William Daat ing ' ' tort Son. ivo , SW A Then- -On the 12th inst., at 24, Dawson place, ',;"" t e the wife of Mr. Erskine Nicol, A.R.A., of ti ' 5-n ra . o l3 -1' WEBB—On the 9th iust., at 4, Woollvic-col 3l- ' wife of Capt. J. W. Webb, R.N., of a son. 0 Marriages. i , viteOf STIRLING—BENTON—On the 12th lust., at the, .. f eS t;scl. , to t Church, Westbourue-grove, Jatues Sti rli"' d 6l/51'06 Lincoln's inn, barrister-at-law, to .A.by, eld e4 0 .4 01'1 ' of John T. Bunton Esq., f3 ‘ Upper Lao is t Notting-hill. ' o ' ' :,., t C i !o r P SUMMERHAYES -CAPPS—On the 12Ih ..., °t ", n ot ~"':' of Church, Ealing, William Summorhayes, i'ignoig'-ef sor- , road, Ealing, to Henrietta Louisa., otill ;v. . I. Capps, Esq., of Sandringham Villa, La' r ' . Jo ° Deaths. .., A . M r. BUNTING On the 12th inst., at Heaton , go d 5S' , ve. s / Bunting, manager to Picford and Co., ag e ; I , I-P i d NEWMAN — On the 10th inst., at fraycs Court " r 1 . 0 0' Middlesex, Charho Newan, Esq., age d . o'lo 'ol PATy - On the Bth inst , at 24, lierrent-strees,,ii., co place, Gen. Sir George W. Paty, Isr-C' l3 " Ir. 1) 5 Of the 70th Regiment, aged SO. es 110 Ronson-On the 11th inst., at Pont''efact •Ta'nl tie° n lif Esq., J.P., aged 80. onlow'D A STOPFORD -On the 12th inst., at 14, — A - 4 a tev l Vice-Admiral James John Stopford, age' - '," ilan 3 P" ToLLEn- On the 10th inst., at Westhetd: S. Bush Toiler, Esq., Q.C., aged 64. ,gO, ' ----- 49 , 11%' -- - _______._____ -- .ri-,TANI. A' go j London : Printed and Published by Wi" - " o teof,,,,ti of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at Tuft So' ate V" Strrud, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in Middlesex. -Thursday, May 14, 1863.