The Sun.
London, England, 1852-08-30 00:00:00

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THE

SPORT/NG NOTES.

No, CCXCV.
THE LINCOLN MEETING.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUY.
SlR,—The programme of the Lincoln races is of about
the usual length, and possesses the limed interest. Out
of the four races en the card for the first day (to mor-
row) two—the Hunters' grid Selling Stakes—do not close
and Lame until this evening.
The Lincolnshire Handicap Stakes of 10 sovs. each,
5 ft, &c, notwithstanding the addition of 1001., has only
a dozen acceptances; of whom Ethelw olf and Merry Bird
seem to be as well in as any, although Little Queen, 6
yrs old, has only 6st 7th up; yet there is a marked dif-
ference in the grade between her and the couple of three
yrs eld. Alp, 6 yrs, 7st 71b, also is well in, and ought
to travel home in company with the leading horses. In
short, if Ethelwolf runs (which is by no means a cer-
tainty, as he is engaged to-day at Stourbridge), he will
be about winning; tailing him, I shall look to Osborne
to produce the winner.
The Lincoln Triennial Slakes; should Merry Bird
come to the post all right, she will carry off; in her ab-
sence the MAID OF LINCOLN and BALBATA will be first
and second.
On Wednesday Osborne, in all probability, will take
the Revival Stakes by a walk over.
Fur the 13rocklesby Stgkes, Waterfall ought to fall an
easy prey to 'DIE REAPER; yet I give this condition-
ally, fur it' he has not recovered from the lameness he
gay, signs of at York he will not do here, and Brawn
or Puritan will take the stake.
Her Majesty's Plate, the Brownlow and Burleigh
Stakes, have not closed as yet, and these stakes bring
the meeting to a conclusion.
For such a staunch supporter of the turf, Lord
Glasgow is one of the unluckiest mortals breathing; for
not only has ill success attended him for the last seven
or eight years, but now that he seemingly has a chance
to win a great stake, lo and behold, Mr. R. Stephenson,
the nominator of Caracara for the Leger, departs this
life, and thereby disqualifies the horse. This must Le
the more provoking as it is generally reported that, after
Caracara's victory at Liverpool, his Lordship deter-
mined en not starting him for either the Ebor, St. Leger,
or Great Yorkshire Stakes, for both of which he had a
fairish chacce, but would reserve him entirely for the
" great go" at Doucaster.—l am, Sir, &c.,
Aug. 30. THE SPIRIT OF THE TURF.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUE.
Sits,—Every person must acknowledge the good sense
of your leading article of Saturday, regarding the want
of proper respect shown invariably by many of our
journals to the head of the French nation.
such a reproach can be made without fear by you,
for as it is well known all over the country that the
principles which actuate you in conducting your paper
are liberal, some imagine almost to extreme, you need
not dread that your motives will be misinterpreted, and
that you will be looked upon as favourable to despotism.
If the scurrility of a journal that pretends to lead
others, and to instruct the world, were all that the
French President and the French people had to complain
of, it would be little, for it would deserve merely their
co :tempt; but when that scurrility is merely an agent to
produce impressions which are unjust, then it becomes a
real and serious cause of complaint, not merely by the
French, but by every Englishman who is anxious to
maintain friendly relations with one of the most power-
ful and mcst useful nations of the world.
The injustice of the journal referred to is easily
shown by recalling the opinions of the leading politicians
in the last House of Commons, from Lord Palmerston
downwards, who concurred in saying that the coup a tai
of the 2d of December was a necessity ; an unhappy
necessity perhaps—but still a necessity—for it put an end
to a state of uncertainty in France that could hardly
be surpassed—all business was at a stand-still,
the people were unemployed, every thing of value was
being gradually sent, for greater security, to other
countries; for the House of Representatives, instead of
legislating for the good of France, was split into rival
factions, who only combined to neutralize the efforts of
any that became for the moment paramount.
I t is true that Lord Palmerston confessed himself not
prepared to approve of the way the coup d'etat was
effected, but he could hardly be prepared to condemn it;
for decision, and even severity, under such painful cir-
cumstances was humanity, checking a resistance which
could only have ended in a greater loss of life, and per-
haps ripened from an emeute to a civil war. The subse-
quent acts of Prince Louis Napoleon were necessary to
secure the order he had restored—to call them cruel is
not only unjust, it is silly; it is as if a man with a mor-
tified leg, that required amputating, went to his doctor,
and then called him a brute for cutting it off.
It is a matter of surprise to some how a journal
which can regard despotism leniently, and even compla-
cently, in the north of Europe, is so rabid at the mere
sembance of it in the south. Does it dread that the
consolidation of power in France will check the progress
of Russian influence, which extends already nearly to
the Rhine? or would it revive passions in France and
England, which happily are every year becoming extinct,
to allay the quakings of a few paltry German princi-
palities? Away with such short-sighted and dangerous
policy! If the invention of railways makes amalgama-
tion necessary upon the Continent, let France have her
share, but it were a crime to jeopardize the friendly re- 1
lotions of France and England to protect the interests
of a family, should that family be even that of the
Queen of Great Britain.
The time, happily, no longer exists when en act of
the Legislature is possible to restrain the liberty of
the press. In the absence of such control it behoves
every man who would preserve that liberty which is so
necessary, to take care that it does not degenerate to
the most unprincipled, unbridled license, and, from being
devoted to the cause of truth and the interest of the
people, it should serve merely the purposes of a family
or the designs of a clique.—Yours, &c,, C. W. S.
Westbourne-grove.

AMERICAN NEWS.
LIVERPOOL, SUNDAY.
By the Royal Mail stearni•hip thagars, Stone,
commander, we have advices from Yew York to the
17th, and Boston to the 18th inst. She has 150,0001.
dollars in specie on freight.
The Niagara passed the steamship Asia, hence for
New York, at 3.30 A.M. on the 223.
The Royal Mail steamship Canada, Lang, com-
mander, which sailed from this port on the 7th,
arrived at Boston on the 18th inst. ; and the United
States' Mail steamship Franklin, Wootton, comman-
der, which sailed from Cowes on the 4th, arrived at
New York on the 16th inst.
The steamships Illinois and Northern Light bad
arrived at New York with advices from San Fran-
cisco to the 16th ult. The former vessel had 1,918,437
dolls. in golddust, and the latter upwards of 150,000
dolls. on freight and in the hands of passengers.
The West India Mail steamship Dee was at San
Juan. Her Majesty's ship Calypso was off the port
of San Juan on the Skth ult., on a cruise. Her officers
and crew were all well. San Juan was healthy, and
the interior perfectly quiet. The market was dull
and well supplied with goods.
From the Society Islands we have accounts to the
26th of May. The long disputed question regarding
the sovereignty of those islands had at length been
settled by the recognition of the elder son of Queen
Pomare as King of Raiatea, her second son as King
of Huahina, and her daughter as Queen of Bolobolo.
A. matrimonial alliance was in contemplation between
the latter and Prince Kamehameha, of the Sandwich
Islands.
In the Senate of the 14th the proceedings were
unusually interesting, Senator Se ward having deli-
vered a somewhat novel, and, at the same time, im-
portant speech, in defence of the administration of the
fishery question. It was novel from the fact that it
was seemingly an :attempt to smooth over the party
difficulty between himself and the President; and im-
portant from the fact that he had previously been in
consultation with Mr. Webster and Mr. Crampton,
and doubtless spoke under a full knowledge of all the
circumstances of the case. He showed that England,
so far from having increased her force in the vicinity
of the North American provinces, had actually re-
duced it by 33 guns during the last twelve months.
Speaking of the condition of the English power in
Canada and the British provinces, the Hon. Geutle-
man said—
" They have never, since the war of 1812, had so
small a military force in those provinces as now. The
Imperal Government has maintained heretofore some
show of naval defence upon our lakes; but within the
last six months it has broken up the whole naval force
there, and now none whatever exists. While thus show-
ing the supposed motives to peace on the part of Great
Britain, I confess that peace is no less the interest and
the instinct of our own country. The United States might
aggrandize themselves by war, but they are sure to bo
aggrandized by peace. I thank God that the peace of
the world is largely subject to the control of these two
great Powers, and that while they have common dispo-
sitions towards harmony, neither has teed of war to
establish its character for firmness or for courage. Each
has had enough of
"' The camp, the host, the fight, the conqueror's career.' "
The news from California is interesting. One of
the largest pieces of gold ever brought to San Fran-
cisco had been found at Viacita, Calaveras County.
Its weight is upwards of 20}1b., and it was valued at
5,400 dolls. It was found 60 feet below the surface.
The mines generally continued to yield well. The
waters throughout the country were rapidly falling.
Long canals were in progress of construction for con-
veying water to spots known to be auriferous, hut un-
productive from the want of it. Multitudes of Chinese
continued to arrive at San Francisco, upwards of 4,000
having arrived within the fortnight ending the 16th.
They made their way at once to the mines, the hos-
tility
of the miners towards them having, in a great
measure, abated. The 4th of July was celebrated in
San Francisco with great spirit by a long procession,
&c. Conspicuous in the procession was a long line of
Chinese, richly dressed, and bearing a huge national
banner of crimson silk, on which was emblazoned in
golden embroidery the royal dragon. They are said
to have expended 12,000 dolls. in getting up their
portion of the procession. The news of the nomina-
tion of Pierce and King had reached San Francisco,
and had created much surprise ; the democratic
party, however, were highly pleased with the nomina-
tions, and fired 150 guns from the plaza in honour of
the occasion. The parties who had left San Francisco
for Queen Charlotte's Island in search of gold have
returned without success. They were convinced,
however, that gold abounded on the island, as large
quantities were seen in the hands of the Indians. The
Hudson's Bay Company were working a vein on the
island with some success. In San Francisco the utmost
order and quiet prevailed; in the interior, however,
crime continued to:prevail, and numbers of execu-
tions by the people had taken place. The crops
throughout the whole of California were producing
an astonishing yield. A detachment of United
States' troops, who were in pursuit of some Indians
concerned in the murder of a party of miners ou the
head waters of the Merced, succeeded in surprising
them, killing five, and taking twelve prisoners ; they
also destroyed their rancheria and provisions. Another
party of United States' troops had also come in con-
tact with the Indians on Cow Creek, for having
stolen 19 mules, and 15 of the Indians were
slain. Murders and robberies by the Indians
were of every-day occurrence in the vicinity of
Canon Creek ; 57 murders, and robberies to the
amount of 20,000 dolls., having been committed
within a very short time. A duel had taken place
between Mr. J. Nugent, the editor of the San Fran-
cisco Herald, and Mr. J. Cotter, alderman of the
city, by which the former had received a compound
fracture of the thigh, and it was feared amputation
would become necessary. Great excitement pre-
vailed at Mariposa, in consequence of a party of
foreigners, principally Mexicans, who had been
settled for some time at a place called llariposita,
and bad found good diggings, having been ex-
pelled by a body of Americans, who denied the right
of the foreigners to work them. The foreigners,
to the number of 300 or 400, and headed by a
few Frenchmen, resolved upon defending their
megmwerato
expel all foreigners from the i-
s
held by the Americans, at which
claims, but an opposing force of 200 Americans hav-
ing collected, they deemed it prudent to retire, leaving
Ameri-
cans.
it
was of
resolved the
etiAn
their claims
district;rtalnyd after Property they had a retiredpossession a
resolu-
tion was immediately carried into effect. One of the
expelled, a Mexican, who had been working a claim
aboutto erect new
e
for five months, and had erected machinery at a cost
of 1,300 dolls., bad :to abandon all to save his life.
Many of the gulches in Mariposa
companywere had purchased
the Mount Ophir vein,
and extensive machinery upon it. The miners at
Carson's Creek, Angels, and San Andreas, were
averaging 12 dolls. per day. New . and valuable dig-
gings had been discovered at Soldiers' Gulch, Cala-
veras
on the Middle ' and exceedingly rich cayotte diggings
Fork of the Yuba; shafts had been sunk
County •
to the depth of 30 feet, and as much as 115 dolls. had
been taken out of a single panfull of the dirt. The
Bay State Company, at the Marrnaduke-hill diggings,
were cutting a tunnel of 500 feet in length through
the solid quartz rock. There had been great morta-
lity on board the steam-ships S. S. Lewis and Inde-
pendence, on their passages to San Francisco, 14
persons having died in the former, and 12 in the
latter vessel. Their deaths were attributed to their
having been tainted during a three weeks' stay at
San Juan del Sud, and in consequence of being left
without shelter of any kind during the rainy season.
Of the passengers by the Northern Light, from New
York, 34 had died-20 from exposure at San Juan
del Sud, and 14 on the passage thence to San Fran-
cisco. It was reported in San Francisco that a fire
had broken out in George Town, El Dorado County,
and that the principal part of the town had been con-
sumed. The city of Sonora was fast recovering from
the ravages of the late fire. A French, a Spanish,
and a German newspaper, bad been established in San
Francisco. There was no change in the quotations
for money or exchange, the ruling rates having been
established previous to the departure of the last
steamers. Stocks were quite animated. There was
an increased demand for dry goods, particularly for
heavy domestics and choice goods.
From Ecuador we have accounts to the 28th ult.,
being 22 days later. Flores had been completely
defeated in consequence of the steamer Chili having
gone over to the enemy with a very considerable part
of his force. Having been thus betrayed, Gennerhe
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New York papers :
" At 11 o'clock on July the 17th the fleet hoisted
anchors and set sail for Santa Rosa. It arrived at the
mouth of the river at about one o'clock, and anchored
there. On the morning of the 18th, at three o clock,
when all were asleep except the sentries who belonged
to Colonel Castleo's regiment of Lancers, the call to arms
was sounded. They ail immediately jumped up and
armed. Upon mustering en the poop, the cause of
alarm could not be di.,covered, but in about half an
Who had dare
hour a sergeant of Colonel Cutleo's Chilians came on
theta with 50 men, and asked, to
arm themselves?' Captain Owen replied, The Ame-
ricans had, in obedience to the call, as they were
always ready for duty. The sergeant then said that
the chiliens wanted to avoid any quarrel with the
Americans or English, but they were determined
to get free of the expedition, into which they had
,miinghthte ac-
company` been entrapped by false representations; that they had
bad no pay for five months, and were now determined
to pay
themselves by taking the steamer and going
secured
allCh a
the onfrideetrhsatexanceypnt
company` them if they wished. They had at this timo
ca-
bin, and disarmed thir't •eight sailors in the forecastle,
and the bow-gun was turnedY aft, pointing at the Ame-
rican troops,
Captain Owen saw that there was no use
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