The Sun.
London, England, 1864-08-25 00:00:00

PLYMOUTH RACES-WEDNESDAY.

The Licensed Victuallers' Plate of 50 BOW, added to a
sweepstakes of 5 soya each weigbt for age. Two
miles.

Mr T. Parr's Moose, 4 yrs, Bat (Fleslop) 1
Mr Porter's Mountain Doe, 4 yrs, Sat 91b (Kelly) 2
No betting. Won by two lengths.
The Nursery Plate (Handicap) of 60 sous. Three quarters

or a wile.
Mr I. Woolcot's British Queen filly, 78t 21b (Dowling) 1
Capt King's Bella of Kars, 83t olb (J. Mann) 2
No betting. Won by half a length.
Her Majesty's Vase (Handicap), value 100 guineas; win-

ners extra. About three miles.
Price D. Soltykoff's Douche, 4 yrs, 10st 51b ..(.T. Land) 1
General Holloway's Hartley, 3 yrs, 9st 21b ..(J. Mann) 2
Mr C. Cannon's Dauntless, G yrs, lOst 41b (S. Cameron) 3
Mr Brayley's Rappel, 3 yra, lOst 31b, inc 71b extra
(Cowley) 4
The following also ran :—Allow Me, Spitfire Katy, and
Burgess.
Bet in g-2 to 1 agst Rappel, 5 to 2 aget Burgess, and 3
to 1 agst Douche.
Won in a canter by eight lengths ; two lengths between
second and third ; a neck between third and fourth.

The County Members' Plate of 25 sovs, added to a Sweep.
stakes of 5 sovs each; weight for age. Once round and
a distance.

Mr T. Parr's Moose, 4 yrs, 10st 121 b ... S. Parr) 1
Prince D. Seltykolr's Nebuchadnezzar, 4 yrs, list 71b
(Mr &obeli) 2
Mr Brayley's Wee Aggie, 3 yrs, 9st 131 b (Capt Holloway) 3
Mr Brayley's Pearl Diver, 4 yrs, 12st 61b (Capt Barter) 4
Mr Porter's Mountain Doe, 4 yrs, list 31b (Mr Collins) 5
Betting—Even on Moose, 2 to 1 agst Nebuchadnezzar.
Won by half a length; a bad third.
The Devonport and Sconehouse Plate of 3 sous each, with
30 added; heats. One mile.
Mr E. Brayley na Ensleigh, 2 yrs, 6st 61b (Murray) 1
vnd
Mr Walker's Avoncliffe, 2 yrs, sst 121 b (G. Sopp) 2
General Holloway's Langholm, 3 yrs, 7st 121b(Lightfoot) 3
Prince D. Soltykoft's Belle of the Vale, 3 yrs, Bst 1 llb
(J. Mann) 4
Betting—Even gs--
BelleEv non
, 2 to 1 agst Endsleigh, and
3 to
Won by five lengths; a bad third. The winner was not
sold.
The Military Stakes was won in a canter by Best Man
(Owner), beating five others. Betting-5 to 4 eget Beat Man
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GREAT YARMOUTH RA
ES—WEDNESDAY.
Great Yarmouth Nursery Handicap. T.Y.C.

Kathleen
Toque
Black Draught
Seven ran.
Innkeepers' Handicap Plate. Half a mile.
Bold Houghton
T.Y.C. 1
Eleanor
Xurullo
Five ran.
Victoria Garden Stakes.

Eleanor .................................. 1
Magic .................................... 2
La Traviata ................................ 3
Three ran.
match-450. One mile.

a. . 2
mile,
Rejected .................................. 1
Jenny Joice ........ ...... ! .......
Commercial Travellers. Handicap Plate, Hal

Jaffa ...................................... 1
Paradise .................................. t
Tesane
Magic . ...........
Four ran,

AT YORK.
an ninebred yearlings belonging
Col. to Mr
Towne-
ley. Yesterdayß
theALEFMBesIisrOsOTD K
attSeTrsOalCl held their annual an-
owne-
tumnal sale of blood stock at York, th!animals which came
ujnohdner
jteklisoanmomferFianircfiluedlding sdix
,
ley. Two other animals also were sold. The attendance
was numerous, the buyers of the right class, and the prices
obtained were quite up to the average. One colt, by New-
minster—Boarding School Miss, realised the handsome sum
of 850 guineas, and fell to the bid of " Jno. Kent," Lord
Stamford, who was a strong bidder, failing to secure him.
The following is a list of the animals and their prices and
purchasers
Nit JACKSON'S LOT. Guineas.
Chesnut colt, by Lord of the Isles —PrincessMaud,
by Birdcat cher (Count Battbyany) ............ 50
Bay filly, by Scandal—Tunstall Maid, by Touch.
stone, dam by Tomboy (Mr Fish) ............ 30
Bay filly, by Voltigeur—Terrific, by Touchstone—
Ghuznee (Mr M. Dawson) .............. 80
Bay filly, by Voltigeur—Berezina, by Hamann
Platoff (Mr Hodgman)
Bay filly, by Knight of Avenel—Bret ze (Mr Hodg-

'
man) .... 75
Brown filly, by Barnton_Waterwitch, by Ernilila

(Mr Saxon)
COLONEL TOWNELEY'S LOT.
Conundrum, a chesnut colt, by Rataplan—Repartee
by Orlando (M. Henrinc)
King of Spades, a black colt, by King of Trumps—
Humming Bird, by Birdcatcher (M. Henrine) 185
Hermia, a bay filly, by Knight of Kars—Titania
(East Stanley's dam) (Mr Hodgman 6O
Kingfisher, a bay colt, by King of Trumps—
Nightingale, by West Australian (Mr Sutton) 200
lioneyoloon,a bey filly by Rataplan—lioneydew, by

Touchstone—Bee's Wing (M. Henrinc) 270
Arethnsa, a bay filly, by Rataplan—Hesperithusa

(h b), (Mr J. Kent) lOO
King of France, a chesnut colt, by King of Trumps—
Pompadour, by Stockwell (Mr H. Rich) ... 150
Schoolboy, a bay colt, by Newminster—Boarding
School Miss, by Plenipotentiary (Mr J. Kent).. 850
Flora, a bay filly, by Knight of Kars—Florence, by

Velocipede (➢ir Guibelei)

THE MISCELLANEOUS LOT.
Chesnut filly, by Stockwell—Ada, by Sir Hercules—
Filagree (Count (Batthyany) l5O
Sharper, by Ellington—Overreach (Mr Weatherby),2oo

Opening of the Northern of Spain Railway.

MADRID, Aug. 20.

At the inauguration of the Northern of Spain
Railway, at San Sebastian, on the 15th inst., M.
Isaac Pereire read the following address to the King
of Spain after the benediction of the locomotives :
"I have the honour to offer the testimony of my
profound gratitude to his Majesty the King of Spain
for having, by his presence at this solemnity of in-
dustry and labour, deigned to testify the high im-
portance which he attaches to the opening of a line
carried through the formidahle barriers preventing
the free expansion of the sentiments of two great
nations, the rapid transit of their produce, and the
communication of their ideas and sympathies.
" I welcome the august guest who presides at our
meeting in the name of my compatriots, of whom I
am certain to be the loyal interpreter; and I hail his
visit as a happy sign of the amity between the Sove.
reigns of France and Spain, and a proof of the inti-
mate and loyal alliance of the two countries.

Let us then, before all, unite our respectful accla-
mations in honour of their Majesties the Queen and
King of Spain and the Emperor and Empress of the
French.

" God grant, gentlemen, that we may be able to
destroy all the barriers between the nations, as are
now destroyed those of the Pyrenees, which by
their savage grandeur appeared to defy for ever the
power of man.
" Time and space disappear before the applications
of electricity and steam, before the marvellous re-
sults of credit ; and it can in truth be said, as much
in the physical as in the moral world, that every.
thing gravitates towards a majestic union in whose
bosom every people, assured and fortified in their
course, will see their natural qualities unfold, and
will fulfil with the greatest usefulness the destiny
assigned to their genius by Providence.
" If we congratulate ourselves upon these pacific
conquests, if we glorify ourselves, it is because they
powerfully second the religious tendency of societies
to unite their forces towards a common end.

" On all sides the way is opened by treaties whose
first result will be the free exchange of the various
products with which nature has gifted each country;
every day, in fact, prepares the new order of things
clearly indicated by the Emperor Napoleon 111.
when he proposed to Europe to substitute the judg-
ment of congresses for the deeds of force, and the
obstruction that only a blind impiety can term the
judgments of God.

" The establishment of railways is the first step
in this fruitful course of the future. Until now
everything has been precarious and uncertain, be-
cause no solid and durable alliance existed. Where
nature bad placed the greatest material obstacles
to communication between peoples or the treaties
of commerce, those bonds of societies were onerous
and difficult.

" Until now the words uttered by Louis XIV.
have remained in the condition of prophecy. To-day
they are realised, and it has been reserved to the
descendant of that King to consecrate them.
" And i❑ witnessing the celebration under such
august auspices of this inauguration, a sign
of an immense progress for both nations, we better
appreciate the recrardof our efforts and long► labours
and in such moments as these the expression of our,
gratitude ought naturally to elevate itself towards
the throne of the Queen, in whose fortunate reign
public works have received so notable an impetus.
" Your Majesty, our country prep ires to receive
you at every step on French soil ; your Majesty
will receive tokens of a sincere sympathy towards
your person and towards the.:nation of whom you
are the noble representative.
" It will always be joyfully remembered that
your Majesty's journey was made :by the new line
with which labour has just endowed Spain. and
each will consider himself happy to repeat after
your Majesty, There are now no Pyrenees.'
" Gentlemen—Long live the King of Spain:,

The whole assemblage responded by a prolonged
" Viva !" to the cry of M, Pereire.
Excursion trains have been organised to run be-
tween Madrid and Paris from the 21st to the 31st
inst. It appears that the through journey will be
made in about 36 hours; the train leaving ;Nladrid
at 4,40 p.m., and reaching Paris at 5.20 a.m. on
the third day.

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The Capture of the Georgia.

DOVER, Aug. 24.

The Federal steam frigate Niagara brought up
in Dover Roads this morning, having on board
Captain Withycombe, and 33 men belonging to the
screw steamer Georgia, which is the property of a
British merchant resident in Liverpool, and was
captured by the Niagara, while sailing under the
British flag, on Monday, the 15th August, about 20
miles off Lisbon. The capture was made by the
commodore in command of the Niagara on the
ground that the Georgia was formerly a belligerent
ship, and in the service of the Confederate States
as the celebrated cruiser of the same name. It
seems, however, that the Georgia was purehased
some few months ago by Mr E. Bates, ashipowner
of Liverpool, and some nice questions of an inter•
national character will therefore possible arise out
of this proceeding on the part of the Niagara.
The Georgia, it appears, was under orders for
Lisbon, having bean chartered by tho Portuguesepasn.
Government for the purpose of conveying se
gers between that place and the African Coast or
the SYest Indies. She had been regularly fitted
up for this traffic, having accommodation for 30
first class and 20 second class passengers.
There is reason to believe that the American
commodore was informed of the object and
destination of the vessel, and that she had
been kept closely watched at Liverpool. This
was her first voyage under her new ownership, and
her crew had all received a month's pay in advance.
Nothing unusual occurred till she arrived about 20
miles off Lisbon, when the Niagara was seen apps.
rently waiting for her. Capt. Withycombe did not
deviate from his course until brought to with a
couple of shots, fired across his bows. He was
shortly afterwards boarded by an armed boat's crew,
in command of an officer of the Niagara, who re-
quested his attendance before the commodore. He
protested against the insult which had been offered
to the flag under which he was sailing, and in-
sisted that us the Georgia was a British ship, en-
gaged in legitimate and peuceublo traffic, no right
could exist under which his course could be arrested.
Upon getting on board the Niagara the commodore
explained that it was his duty to seize the Georgia,
but that he desired to cause Capt.Withycombo and
his crew as little discomfort as possible. The ship's
papers were then taken possession or, and the crow
detained as prisoner3till the Niagara reached Dover
when they were landed and conveyed to the Dover
Sailors' Home, where they were kindly received.
From thence they will be forwarded to Liverpool.
The Niagara, which is a magnificent steamer,
resembling a little our own Himalaya, salu'ed on
bringing up in the bay, a compliment which was
returned by the discharge of a salvo of artillery
from the castle batteries. Soon after landing Capt.
SYith~combe and his crew she steamed off in the
direction of the Downs,
LIMRPOOL, Aug. 24.
Much excitement was caused in Liverpool yes.

STAMPED ....sd.

terday when it was announced that the iamous
Confederate cruiser Georgia had been captured.
Some months since the Georgia came to Liverpool,
and after lying the river several days, entered
the Birkenhead Docks, where she underwent a
thorough overhaul, after which she was put up for
sale by public auction, and Mr. Edward Bates' the
well-known Liverpool and East India merchant,
became the purchaser. There, however, still
remained a mystery about the future movements of
this vessel, as she was generally considered
to be anything but a merchant vessel, her very
build, &c., being against. her. Yet, notwithstanding
all the current rumours, the owner of the Georgia
stanchly maintained that the vessel was a bona fide
merchantman. Matters went on until about three
weeks ago, when the Federal war steamer Niagara
entered the Mersey, when the destination of the
Georgia (which was then loading in the Queen's
Dock) was again the subject of conversation. On
the morning that the Niagara left Liverpool the
Georgia was just leaving dock when the Federal
vessel passed down the river, when all at once the
" cruiser" hauled hack, and did not leave the river
until two days after the Niagara had sailed. The
Georgia sailed on the Bth of August for Lisbon
and the West Coast of Africa, with a very valuable
cargo under the command of Captain Withycombe,
a well-known blockade runner. On the 15th, when
off Berlingos Point, 12 or 15 miles north of Lisbon,
she was captured by the Niagara. The crew of the
Georgia were transferred to the Niagara, and a fresh
crew put on board ; and the vessel was headed for
New York, while the Niagara steered for Dover,
where she landed 35 of the crew—the other 20, we
understand, joining the Niagara, under the plea
that they were not British subjects. It is believed
here that the seizure is a legal one, and that pre-
vious to the sale of the Georgia the Government
had warned the public against purchasing any ves-
sel which was alleged to be or have been owned by
the Confederate Government.