The Sun.
London, England, 1855-12-19 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY .EVENING, DECEMBER 19, 1655:

on so strenuously immediately on the fall of South
Sebastopol, it must come at last. We well know
the objections made to it hitherto. We believe
that some of our tried Indian Commanders would
have readily overcome all the alleged difficulties.
The result, however, we think, will be that we
shall have to follow the example of the Russians,
to sink, as it were, our railroad, and all not port-
able in our present positions, to retain, perhaps,
Kamiesh only, and to transport our army bodily
to the northern side of the enemy, eitherby the east
or west coast. There are advantages and disadvan-
tages peculiar to either side; of these the Generals
can judge. With our naval means, however, and two
such ports as the English and French possess, the
embarkation of 50,000 troops and their materiel,
and the return and embarkation of the rest, would
be an easy task. A decided General would have
done this in September. It cannot probably now
be done till the spring, but done then we believe
it will be. The opinion for which Koss= was
censured at first bids fair to become the universal
one, that an attack on the north of Sebastopol and
a march on Simpheropol wan the right generalship
after the battle of Alma for the Allies. It will
in all probability be the course taken at last. The
sooner the better.
But what will be the effect of the surrender of
Kars on the Vienna peace projects. If Russia
were prudent, and believed that Lord PALMERSTON
was, or was allowed to be, earnest in the War,
she would gladly clutch at the terms now talked of.
Even we will acknowledge them to be humiliating,
but not half so much so as what she must accept
next winter, or any subsequent winter. She
would make peace, too, with one success at least
after a series of reverses. Most decided►y, how-
ever, do we hope that she will verify the old
adage, Quern Deus vult perdere, prius dementat.
She has indeed been mad already, better that she
keep so a little longer. We wish her to fight on.
Her arrogance and her territory must be dimi-
nished together. That would be done but im-
perfectly now. England—and surely France is
not in this behind England—demands that the
Allied Statesmen and Generals shall atone for
Kars. It must be done. PALMERSTON and NAPO-
LEON cannot afford to hand down to posterity the
record of a two-years' War, terminated by the
PEACE OF KARS ! The peace of Warsaw is the
only possible lasting and European peace. May
Russia hold on till Austria and the COEURGS
cannot avert such a result of this great struggle.

"MERCATOR," "a high financial authority," as
we are infermed by the brilliant organ, is again
in the field. He " has taken the trouble to state
, a few simple truths on the currency," and the
" argurnentum ad verecundiain" is strongly
pressed that we should withdraw all objections
against the theories and platitudes of a man of
such extraordinary intelligence and influence.
It is scarcely necessary to maintain an incognito
already virtually cast aside. For " MERCATOP„"
read L')rd OVERSTONE, better known as Mr.
JONES LOYD, the real author of the Bank Charter
Act of 1844. That the Noble Lord '.should still
support his " hobby" is by no means surprising.
You can seldom find a man whr, has staked his
political reputation on any principle willing to
confess his mistake and. 'ihe fallacy of the argu-
ments which he had, previously urged, or even
to admit of "an ezeeption," although its neces-
sity may be perceptible even to the majority of his
own party. N4-:r will the faculty of " perception"
be strengthened by the fact that the interests and
the prejudices of the party go hand in hand, and
that he is increasing his wealth while supporting
his former views to the utmost possible limit.
The public manifestation, however, proves that
the all-important topic is now under serious dis-
cussion ; that the position assumed by the ultra-
bullionists is now seriously imperilled. It is
almost superfluous to repeat the hackneyed quota-
tion, " Nec Deus intersit, nisi nod is," tint. ; but
we may easily conceive that Lord OVERSTONE
would not come forward twice within the same
month unless deeply impressed by the magnitude
of the emergency, and that the principle of
the Act of 1844, of which he is at least the puta-
tive parent, was subjected to serious controversy.
It is possible that the sleeping Lion has been
aroused into activity by the too candid admission
of his organ, on the 26th October, that " sup-
posing the circulation to be required solely for
internal commerce, no necessity could exist for
gold being held against any portion of it," he may
be pressed by public opinion clearly and une-
quivocally expressed. Whatever may be the
cause that has brought him into the arena
is of but little importance. That he has
deemed it expedient to make the effort
is highly encouraging to Financial Reformers,
and shows that they have only to exhibit
the energy and determination which the import-
ance of the subject so imperatively demands, to
insure at least a very great prospect of success,
and the certainty that they will have merited it.
"MERCATOR" says that "the trade or commerce
of a country are carried on, not by means of its
paper money or its circulation, but by means of its
capital." That is the word on which he rings the
' changes, and founds his most glaring fallacies. He
has, however, manifestly mistaken the nature of the
" capital" so urgently required ! The only
" capital" which he recognises is bullion—gold,
silver, or copper—in the shape of pounds, shil-
lings, or pence. But as we have repeatedly
pointed out, bullion forms but a very small pro-
portion of the real capital of a country. That
" capital" consists in the results of accumulated
labour in any form, in the national capabilities of
the country, and better than all in the thews and
sinews of the people—the creators and producers
of national wealth. The actual " capital" is then
nearly ono hundredfold that to which " MEROI.
TOE" and his disciples would endeavour to restrict
it ; and it is seriously depreciated by the undue
weight and influence accorded to a comparatively
small portion thereof. "Let nothing be done
without gold," say the bullionists, and had that
demand been invariably complied with the coun-
try could never have risen to its present elevated
position in the scale of nations. It was solely
because the fetters and restrictions were
shaken off, and a better, although by no
means the best and most suitable, represen-
tative of value adopted that we were
formerly enabled to weather the storm, and we
must adopt similar means if we hope to achieve
equally felicitous results on the present occasion.
Be it remembered that the whole question re-
lates not to real capital, but merely to its measure
and representative, and it would almost be as
reasonable to require that the use of the precious
metals should be abolished, and that the nation
should realty go back to a state of barter, respect-
ing which " MERCATOR." prattles so pleasingly, as
that we should be restricted within the narrow
limits which he would assign for our enterprises.
ZIA if the bullionists so strongly rely on
" MERCATOR" as their "Oliver," we can also pro-
duce a Boland in Mr. J. C. SALT, whose admir-
able and convincing letter we publish for the
second time, and which should be stereotyped for
the use of Financial Reformers. Mr. SALT has in-
deed taken a bold and a philosophical view of the
gaestiou. $e proves the utter folly a am we:

dery " Cades" of those whose 1 'ay in attempting
"to fix the price of gold" is s;arcely less ridicu-
lous than that of their great prototype in regu-
lating the price of beer. He bas taken the really
practical view of the case, show ing that the im-
putation of " quackery" cannot; be extended to
the Currency Reformers, but the a it is fairly attri-
butable to their opponents, who sustain the arti-
ficial restrictions now in operation, and thereby
occasion the most serious in jury to the best
interests of the nation. " The Currency
Free-traders" protest againsit these impolitic
restraints. There is not a single argument
that told with crushing force a gainst the " bread
tax" that is not equally applicable to the monetary
code. All that is required is t' he removal of these
impediments to national industry ; so that every
person whose only capital is his labour, shall have
fair play, a clear stage, and no favour. The people
will endorse this demand. That they may learn
the real state of the important question we shall
again and again repeat Mr. SALT'S letter, as con-
taining a valuable and most instructive lesson.

In the annals of human folly there is nothing
more remarkable than the facility with which the
dupe has suffered himself to be victimised again
and again by the arts of the charlatan. It seems
as if credulity grew by what it fed on, and to
cheat a man once was to insure an increase of
his devotion as a victim. In. the interests of truth
and justice it is, however, also to be remarked that
this prostration of common sense has not unfre-
quently come to a determination before the victim
has ceased to be worth duping. Inflated with
the arrogance not unfrequently attendant on a
career of uninterrupted success, the charlatan has
come at last to regard his victim with undeserved
contempt, and has so incautiously protruded the
cloven foot that further imposture has become
impossible, and his prey has burst his bonds and
brought his victimiser to book..

Austria, that prince of cht,alatans, it would ap-
pear, has been guilty of such an indiscretion ; and
having gulled two great nations as probably no
two nations were ever gulled before, her cloven
foot seems to hrve Y,een detected at last. Making
her entry on the scene with the worst of charac-
ters—histe.rically a coward and a knave, and
within the memory of our youth steeped in per-
fidy and innocen+, blood, she nevertheless was
permitted to sLare in the councils of the Allies
because of h:r pretences to friendship and her
plausible ittromises of assistance. What friendship
she has actually shown, what assistance she has
renderer% what she has done for us up to the pre-
sent time, will be found written hereafter in let-
ter:, of burning indignation on the pages of our
national history. It will there be recorded that
from, the first she succeeded in paralysing the
eff,Jrts of the Allies, that she lent the most effi-
r.,ient aid in the safest possible way to their enemy,
took possession of a long-coveted prize under the
cover of a friendly occupation, bamboozled the
statesmen of France and England beyond all pa-
rdlel, and profited, in every conceivable way,
by their credulity, until at last grown audacious
by uninterrupted success she underrated their
penetration and suffered it to become apparent,
even to them, that while relying on her as a
friend they had been confiding the dearest in-
terests of their respective countries to a crafty
and inveterate foe.

Yes, thank HEAVEN for it, the eyes of the Go-
vernments of France and England are at last
opened, and they see how egregiously they have
been duped. The mission of Count ESTHRILLZY to
St. Petersburg was impudent enough, seeing what
has hitherto come of Austrian interference ; but
that mission, accompanied by an offer of an armed
intervention in ease of failure; provided the
Principalities were handed over to the tender
mercies of an Austrian Prince, and a reduc-
tion of the Austrian army, was too muck for
the most obtuse ; and the result is, the
English Ambassador at Vienna has received
instructions to demand what the motives are that
have induced the Austrian Government to resolve
on taking the latter step.

You cannot well press a knave too close home,
nor hold him with too firm a grasp, and it is to be
hoped that, having now assumed a resolute atti-
tude, our Government will bring Austria effec-
tually to book. For us or against us must now
be the question, and that in the most imperative
of moods, for she can be only the one or the other.
If her reply be " For you," her deeds must be
made to correspond with her words ; if " Against
you," the better for Europe and the world. We
shall have nations for our allies instead of despots
as affected friends or neutrals, and the cause of
civilisation will be advanced a century or more.
In the meantime, or should such peremptory
dealing not be resorted to, it is satisfactory to feel
assured that Austria will no longer impede the
progress of the War, and that scheme as
she likes the steps of Nemesis will daily
approach nearer to Russia. Already enfeebled
by conscription, by expenditure, and the sword,
a terrible year of retribution awaits that infatuated
Power. Never in the history of the world was
such an overpowering force convened against the
aggressor as, we are persuaded, will be concen-
trated by the Allies against Russia in the ensuing
campaign. All the motives that can stimulate
honest rulers and brave men to resolute action
are to be found in full force on our side, and they
will be found to have evoked a corresponding
might. The gun-boats of France and England,
in unexampled numbers, will in due time be found
before Cronstadt, Sweaborg, and Helsingfors, of
which they are likely to give a good account, and
from the ruins o{ St. Petersburg the nations of
the world will be taught the lesson that there is
a period to forbearance, and that humanity and
right are strong enough yet to put down aggression
and wrong. Hungary and Poland will prick up
their ears to listen to that, and there may be a
future for them.

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state that business continued inactive at a decline in
pi ices. Few transactions had taken Place in sugar or
coffee, but lower quotations were current for nearly all
descriptions. Rice had been fairly supported, althoueh
sales had latterly increased. In tea and other articles
there was no important charge.
THE NEW RUSSIAN LOAN.—The Vienna advices con-
firm the terms upon which the new Russian loan has
been issued at Berlin with the virtual complicity of the
Prussian Government. The price at which it is pub-
licly offered is 86, but it is asserted that to the con-
tractors, so far as they may have engaged in any actual
liability, it is 82, leaving a large margin to the various
agents who may interest themselves in getting it off. At
82 the interest of 5 per cent. would be about 61. f3q. per
cent. ; but a material feature among the inducements to
purchasers is the short period stipulated for the re-
demption of the principal. "The calculation," it is
sail, "is th st under the arrangements specified the re-
payment at par will be effected in an average period of
nine years, and the equivalent of a bonus of 2 per cont.
per salaam is thus granted.",

COURT CIRCULAR.

OSBORNE, DEO. 18.
The Marchioness of Ely has succeeded Lady Mac-
donald as Lady in Waiting to her Majesty.
A Cabinet Council was held yesterday afternoon at
the Foreign Office. The Ministers present were Viscount
Palmerston, the Lord Chancellor, the Marquis of Lans-
downe, Earl Granville, the Earl of Harrowby, Sir G.
Grey, the Earl of Clarendon, Mr. Secretary Labouchere,
Lord Panmure, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Sir
Charles Wood, the Right Hon. R. Vernon Smith, Lord
Stanley of Alderley, the Right Hon. M. T. Baines, and
the Duke of Argyll. The Council sat two hours and a
half.

Colonel SThine, V.P.R.S., Treasurer of the British
Association, Mr. Jelin P. Gassiot, F.R.S., Chairman of
the Kew Commiaee, and Mr. John Welsh, of Kew
Observatory, a deputation from the British Association,
had an interview with the Right Hon. Sir Benjamin
Hall yesterday at the office of Public Works, in White-
hall-place, on the matter of the Observatory at Kew.
A deputation from the City, respecting Smithfield
market, had an interview with the Chancellor of the
ExcheAuer yesterday, at his official residence in Down-
ing-street. The deputation consisted of Mr. H. L.
Tr.ylor (chairman), Mr. Deputy Hicks, Mr. Deputy
Obbard, Mr. de Jersey, Mr. Perkins, the City Remem-
brancer, and the City Architect.

A. deputation from the parish of All Saints, Poplar,
consisting of the Rev. T. T. Bazely (Rector), Mr. H. W.
Hill (Overseer), Messrs. Edward Coleman, John Cart€r,
and Samuel K. Ellison (Vestrymen), and Mr. Charles
C. Ceely (Vestry Clerk), transacted business yesterday
at the Home Office. Tho deputation was introduced by
Lord Robert Grosvenor, M.P., and Mr. Charles S.
Butler, M.P. _ _ _

The 'Marquis of Lansdowne has arrived in town from
a visit to Lord Ashburton, at the Grange.
A deputation from the parish of St. Mary's, Batter-
sea, respecting a memorial addressed to Sir Benjamin
lia'l, for a pier by the New Bridge, in Battersea-park,
had an interview with the Right Han. Baronet yester-
day at the office of Public Works. The deputation con-
sisted of the Rev. J. S. Jenkinson (Vicar of Battersea),
Mr. W. H. Wilson (Churchwarden), Mr. G. Chadwin
(Vestry Clerk), and Mr. W. Womb.
Despatches were received yesterday at the Colonial-
office from the Governors of the West India Islands.

ACT OF EXCOMMUNICATION AT

COBLENTZ.

We find in the Journal do Frankfort some curious
details relative to an "excommunication" which
has just been pronounced at Cohlentz. The narra-
tive is as follows :

COBLENTZ, Dec. 12.—0 n Sunday we were witnesses
of a ceremony which has not been performed for centu-
ries, viz.—.an excommunication—tho subject being M.
Sonntag, a merchant at Coblentz, who was divorced
from his first wife, and eight years ago was married by
the civil authorities only to his present one.
Last summer M. Sonntag was commanded by, the
clergy to separate from his wife, and not obeying their
decree he was on Sunday excommunicated.
Dean Kramentz, after preaching a sermon against the
civil marriage, put on some other sacerdotal garments,
and, accompanied by two clergymen bearing wax tapers,
read, standing in the middle of the church, the sentence
of excommunication against M. Sonntag and his lady.
He then extinguished the tapers, saying that the indi-
viduals named were not worthy to see the day of the
Lord, and throwing the candlesticks to the ground,
breaking them to pieces, exclaimed, "Let the bells
sound the funeral knell l " We immediately heard the
sound of bells and the chants for the dead.
The Dean, in conclusion, proclaimed that no one who-
eoever was to hold relations with the excommunicated,
to salute them, Ste. This prohibition has not had much
effect, for their limise has been filled ever since with
visitors, and at night they have been serenaded.

This evening Mr. J. X. Blackwell will lecture at the
Society of Arts on " The Preserit Position of the Iron
Industry of Great Britain with reference to that of other
countries." Joseph Glynn, Esq., F.R.S., will preside.
The Rev. Michael Angelo Atkinson, M.A., has been
instituted to the rectory of Fakenham, in Norfolk, on
the presentation of the Master, Fellows, and Scholars of
Trinity College, Cambridge.
THE CHINCHA ISLANDS.—Accounts from the Chinchtt
Islands announce that Pisco has been made a pert of
entry. This will effect a considerable saving of time—
say one month—in the voyage of vessels loading guano.
There is now no necessity for them to proceed to Callao
for license and for clearing papers.---,shipping Gazette.
TiH BARONESS ROTHSCHILD.—The children of Baron
L. Rothschild's tenantry and labourers, together with a
number of boys and girls from the Brentford British
Schools, were entertained on Monday, at Gunnersbury,
by the Baroness. About 400 children sat down to dinner,

and were afterwards presented with numerous articles of
clothing, as well as work boxes, writing desks, pencil
cases, books, toys, &c. The mothers, with infants in
large numbers, were then supplied with tea and cake ad
libitum, after which they received supplies of flannel,
shoes, packages of tea and sugar, and sundry other com-
forts, proper to mothers of families.
ACCOUNTS OF MUNICIPAL BOROUGHS.—Yesterday was
issued an abstract of the accounts of boroughs in Eng-
land and Waies for the year ended 31st August, 1854.
The total receipts for England amounted to 1,572,7111.
15s. 91(1., viz., 121,1291. 12s. Old. balance in treasurers'
hands ; 310,1581.75. 110. borough rates, and 1,141,4231.
15s. 9id. other receipts. The total expenditure amounted
to 1,605,006/. 163. 3d., viz , 24,8351. is. 44d. due to
treasurers, and 1,480,1741. 14s. 100. actually expended.
For Wales the total receipts were 17,8981., and the ex-
penditure 17,2231. 14s. 74d. For England and Wales
together the total receipts were 1,590,6091. 15s. 94d.,
and the expenditure 1,522,2301. 103. 104 d.
DEATH OF DR. W. F. CHAMBERS, LATE PHYSICIAN TO
THE QUEEN.--We regret to announce the death of this
eminent member of the medical profession, which took
place at his residence, Hordle House, near Lymington,
Hants, on the 16th inst. Dr. Chambers was born in
India, in the year 1786, and was the eldest son of Wm.
Chambers Esq., a gentleman in the civil service of
the East India ompany. The deceased came to Eng-
land when very young, and received his education at
Westminster and Trinity College, Cambridge, where he
obtained high honours. On leaving Cambridge he came
to London, and entered at the Windmill-street School
of Medicine, and in due time was admitted a licentiate
in medicine. Dr. Chambers was for many years one of
the physicians of St. George's Hospital, and had, up to
the time of his retirement, in 1848, one of the most
lucrative practices in the metropolis.
THE WEATHER IN THE BALTIC.—MEMEL, Dec. 14.
Weather fine ; wind easterly. The Haff is covered with
thin ice, and no vessels can move without steam power.
Several will be towed out this afternoon. Hamburg,
Dec. 15.—The river is now frozen over as far down as
this harbour; lower down there is much and heavy
floating ice : weather variable, mild, much snow, and
some frost ; temperature last night 5 deg. of frost, with
wind at S.S.W. Bremen, Dec. 14.—The ice in the
Weser has come to a stand ; weather much milder ;
wind W., with snow.

QUESTIONS FOR THE \VEST-END OF LONDON.—Why in
your families do you see such pallid faces 1 Why even in
your healthiest districts is the rose of health unknown ?
Why do you rarely behold in your town-nursed children
that gushing overflow of life, so beautiful to notice in the
innocent, healthy, happy young? I address myself to
anxious and judicious parents. You have taken care that
your children should constantly obey the laws of exercise
and diet ; you have clothed them judiciously ; you have
thought on the importance of cleanliness; you have sent
tbem early to rest, have taught them to rise early, have
ventilated their dormitories and school rooms, and in every
way studied their health and happiness. Then, why are
they so pale? why t o cagily affected by morbific influence, ?
why so liable to headaches, stomach-pains, and other causes
of unhappiness ? Look for your answer to the atmosphere.
Look to the various plague-spots of the metropolis. Look
to the neighbourhood inhabited by your poor. Think
that God is just, as well as wise and loving ; and will
not have his poor the only sufferers, but bids his laws to
spread the poisons generated in vile districts, even into
parks and palaces. Look then to your atmosphere for
the cause of pallid faces. Think of the foggy vapours
constantly arising from this vast ill-drained cesspool d
area. Think that every particle of floating moisture is
capable of holding in suspension many times it own
volume of gaseous poison, and see the cause of paleness
and general debility in the forced infringement of the
law of respiration.—Hopley's Lectures on Respiration.
EXTENSIVE FIRE.—One of the most serious confla-
grations that has occurred in Bristol for many years took
place yesterday morning. Shortly before 1 o'clock Mr.
Warry, silversmith and jeweller, of St. Augustine's-
parade, was awoke by a smell of burning in his house,
and on getting out of bed he found that a fire had broken
out in the lower part of the premises. The flames spread
with such rapidity that the escape of Mr. Warry and
his housekeeper (the only inmates of the house) was for
some time doubtful. At last a dragpole belonging to
the Humane Society was procured, and, being raised to
the bedroom, Mr. Warry made his way in safety down it
to the street. The housekeeper, Mary Brown, was not
so fortunate, as, either from fright or some other cause,
she let go her grasp of the pole and fell to the ground,
fracturing both her legs. By 4 o'clock the flames were
subdued, but not until the houses of Messrs. Warry and
Jones had been burnt to the ground, and the valuable
stocks which they each contained either totally destroyed
or considerably damaged. A quantity of gold guard-
chains, bracelets, lockets, brooches, &a., have been re-
covered by the police from the salvage, which is still
under search. The premises occupied by Mr. Warry
were insured in the Imperial, and the stock in the Nor-
wich Union for 8001., which is stated to be about one-
third of its value. The house and stock of Mr. Jones
are covered by an insurance in the Imperial, and those
of Mr. Linter by a policy with the Protestant Dissent-
ers' office.

FRAUD BY A POLICE SUPERINTENDENT.—Mr. James
Buglass, the late superintendent of police at South
Shields, was brought up on remand on Monday before
the county magistrates of that town, charged with de-
frauding his late employers, the 'Watch Committee of the
corporation, to a considerable extent. He had been in-
trusted to receive the fines and fees doe to the Town
Council from persons fined under the by-laws, and had
kept a book which he was called upon to produce monthly,
accounting for those fines ; but it seems that the "drunk
and disorderlies" of that town often take second thoughts
often being committed to the "regions below," and
pay the fines and fees inflicted upon them rather
than go to gaol. A. number of those persons Buglass
had reported as "committed," whereas they had paid
the fines and costs, which he had appropriated to his
own lige' and his defalcations are serious. The court was
crowded all Friday and to-day while a number of charges
were preferred against him, the disclosures creating no
small amount of sensation among a somewhat turbulent
audience. Some of the charges against the defendant
were of an extraordinary character. A drunken cobbler
had created a row in the police court, and had been put
in durance by order of the magistrates. When sober he
was discharged, and a summons had been isssued against
him, to which he had not answered. He stated in evi-
dence on Friday that he was apprehended on a warrant
afterwards ; but instead of being brought up before a
magistrate, Mr. Buglass sat in judgment upon him, and
told him that if he did not pay 14s. 6d. he must be
sent to Durham Gaol for 21 days. He was removed to
Durham Gaol, where he was confined five days ; his
friends then paid 17s. 6d. to Buglass, and he was re-
leased. No portion of this money, nor a farthing of
money in 26 cases selected by the Watch Committee,
had ever been paid them by Buglass. Apart from the
defalcations of Buglass, some very unsatisfactory fea-
tures, which do not put the administration of justice by
our local magistrates in a favourable light, came out
during the inquiry ; in all the cases that came under
consideration the proportion of court fees and costs was
as 9s. to ss. fine ; and it further appeared that for every
case that a policeman brought before the magistrates he
received is. out of the costs of the suit as a sort of
"head money "—a very great inducement to this class
of persons to manufacture trumpery cases, and encou-
rage small offences among the lower and disorderly por-
tion of the seafaring population. Buglass was sent
for trial at the Durham Quarter Sessions.

THE QuonN HUNT. —By the death of Sir Richard
Sutton, Bart., the large and well-known hunting estab-
lishment at Quorn, Leicestershire, has been broken up,
and the fine stud of horses, picked packs of hounds, &c.,
have been brought to the hammer. The sale, which tJek
place at Quorn on Thursday and Friday last, was at-
tended by some 2,000 persons, including a numerous
proportion of noblemen and gentlemen, masters of
hounds, huntsmen, dealers, &c. The horses, which oc-
cupied their usual stalls in the stables, with the names
inscribed over each, were inspected by many of the cora-
-1 pany previous to the sale. They were in admirable con-
-1 dition, the hunting season having barely commenced at
the time of Sir Richard Sutton's death. Several of them
were up to almost any weight ; but the majority were
calculated to carry about 12st riders, and none of them
were of large proportions. The bidding for the horses
was extremely spirited. Somerby, whose reputation for
jumping made him eagerly looked for, fetched 360 gns.,
the purchaser being Mr. Murray, of Manchester, and
it was understood that he is to go to the Cheshire
county. Sha.nkton was bought by Lord Euston for 360
guineas ; Freemason by Mr. R. Sutton, for 340 guineas;
Freney, by Mr. Sutton, for 340 guineas • Kegwortb, by
Sir T. Whichcote, for 320 guineas ; Malakhoff, by Col.
Hood (for Prince Albert), for 310 guineas ; HarkawaY,
Newmarket, and Bagenal Daiy, by Mr. R. Sutton, for
300 guineas each ; Knight of Gwyune, by Mr.R.Sutton,
for 220 guineas; Rleket, by Mr. Rousen, for 210
guineas ; Wanderer, by Lord Wilton, for 75 guineas ;
Admiral, by Colonel Hood (for Prince Albert), for 120
guineas ; Talbot, by Mr. Bass, for 100 guineas. The
total sum realised for the 32 horses sold on the first day
was 5,812 guineas ; 13 made an average of 294 guineas.
On Friday six horses that had been used in cub-hunting
fetched 460 guineas ; three hacks, 242 guineas ; three
ponies, 100 guineas ; and the rest of the horses, &c.,
3931. The saddles and clothing brought 216 guineas,
and the hound-van 16 guineas. The hounds which were
sold on the first day generally averaged 23 to 231 inches,
the blood being a combination of the Rutland, Bentinck,
Yarborough, Saudbeck, Drake, Beaufort, Sykes, and
Fitzhardinge kennels. The 14 lots, five couples each,
produced 1,806 guineas, the purchasers being the
Earl of Stamford, lot 1, 59 guiue ss ; Mr. Drake, lot 2,
52 guineas ; Mr. Morrell, lot 3. 210 guineas ; Mr. R.
Sutton, lot 4, 200 guineas ; the Earl of Stamford, lot 5,
61 guineas ; the Earl of Stamford, lot 6, 46 guineas ;
Mr. R. Sutton, lot 7, 100 guineas ; Mr. Mainwaring,
lot 8, 170 guineas ; Mr. Collier, lot 9, 30 guineas ; Mr.
Mainwaring, lot 10, 130 guineas ; Mr. R. Suttee, lot 11,
360 guineas ; the Earl of Stamford, lot 12, 74 guir,eas ;
Mr. R. Sutton, lot 13, 260 guineas ; Mr. Collier, jut 14,
105 guineas. This sale was the most important of its
kind thait bAa talseu place fir many pare past.