The Sun.
London, England, 1864-06-30 00:00:00

Royal Horticultural Society.

The great rose show of the season (with which
is incorporated the national rose show) took place
yesterday in the gardens of this society at South
Kensington, and, despite the threatening aspect of
the weather, was numerouslyattended. Fortunately,
however, on the present occasion the rain during
the afternoon, although continually threatening,
did not descend, and the company were not com-
pelled to confine themselves to the conservatory and
the arcades. But still there was wanting the bright°
ness of the sun to reflect the full beauty of the
flowers, and to give animation to the company,
whose enjoyment was too obviously alloyed by the
apprehension that umbrellas and goloshes might
probably be brought into requisition. As to the
I floral display itself it would indeed be difficult to
say anything which has not been said many times
before, and even during the present season. There
was visible in every direction the same apparent
determination on the part of the exhibitors to sur-
pass each other, as the patrons of these gardens
have always had the opportunity of witnessing;
and the race between the amateurs and nurserymen
was so well sustained, that it would be almost invi-
dious to bestow any special marks of commendation
on any of the competitors. The tea scented and
noisette roses, the yellow and moss roses, and, in
short, every variety of that queen of flowers now
obtainable, were there to captivate the eye, and the
display was in all respects strikingly effective and
satisfactory. It might be possible to particularise
certain specimens which, from their beauty and de-
velopment, commanded somewhat more notice than
others, but as the fortunate exhibitors of these find
their reward in the prizes allotted by competent
judges, it is well that comparisons should be avoided.
A floral show devoted almost exclusively to the ex-
hibition of one species of flower might, not unnatu-
rally, be thought to partake in some degree of mo-
notony, but the arrangements were so skilfully
carried out that the prevailing characteristic was
one of harmony rather than sameness. Towards
the latter part of the day the rain poured down in
earnest, and caused a large portion of the company
to bring their promenade to a premature close.
Amongst the more distinguished persons present
were the Marquis of Bristol, Lady Egerton of Tat-
ton, Lord H. Lennox, Earl and Countess Grey,
Lady Ross, Lady Lewis, Lady H. Campbell, Lady
Bell Harden, Lady Burgoyne, Lady G. Grey, Lady
Blakley, Lady Laurie, Sir William Topham, Sir W.
W. Wynn, Lord Grantley, Lady Bagot, Lady Elcho,
and Lady Sandford.

The entertainment was enlivened by the perfor-
mances of two military bands.

The Darien Canal.

As to the undertaking being toe stupendous to be practi-
cable, we have only to look to the other side of the Pacific,
and reflect upon what has been done in China. Compared
1 with the canalisation, drainage, and irrigation of the Celes-
tial Empire, to say nothing of its great wall, cutting a canal
across Darien is but a pigmy work after all. " Its execu-
tion," said the engineer sent in 1852 by Messrs. Fox,
Henderson, and Brassey, " offers no engineering difficulties
and no risk of future failure; it is simply a question of
cubic quantity of excavation, dependent on the dimensions
of the cross sections." It is, then, merely a question of
pounds, shillings, and pence. Compare the small amount
of work to be done in Darien with the difficulties overcome
in the case of the Forth and Clyde Canal-35 miles in
length, with a summit level of 160 feet—which had to be
carried through moss, quicksand, gravel, and rocks, over
precipices and across valleys ; in the course of which, be-
sides smaller ones, 18 drawbridges and 15 aqueducts had to
be constructed. It was commenced in 1768 by Mr
Smeaton, and finished in 1790, at a coat of two
hundred thousand pounds. Compare it also with the
Desagiie Huehuetoca in Mexico, a canal 200 feet deep and
300 feet wide for 1,000 yards, and above 100 feet deep
through an extent of 3,000 yards, executed within the last
three centuries by the Mexicans. To expatiate on the in-
conceivable
importance of this design would be waste of
time ; nor is it necessary to allude to the eager anxiety that
has long existed to see a canal across the isthmus effected
somewhere. The Darien route is so feasible, it possesses
so many favourable features, it will be so easy of execution,
and the circumstances attending it will be so advantageous
independently of the immense, the incalculable result—
that every commercial man, and even the merest smatterer
in science, must feel a deep interest in the consummation of
the greatest work, viewed in connection with its conse-
quences, that the world has ever beheld—a work that will
be the grandest effort of engineering science, and ihe surest
basis on which to found our hopes of the future esta-
blishment of universal peace and the brotherhood of
nations, forming, as it will, the neutral ground and
place of congress where the nations of the earth
will meet in peace. This design of joining the two
oceans, and thereby, as it were, approximating the two
hemispheres, is worthy of a progressive age, although it
only seeks now to supply an acknowledged necessity to the
commerce of the world. t,‘ hen we look back some 30 years,
there was not one ocean steamer afloat, Who shall count
their numbers 30 years hence? Before the discovery of
gold in California there was not one steamer on the Pacific,
Now, from Panama to California, and from thence to China,
the lines are as continuous as on the Atlantic. The result
of increased facilities of travel is to diminish distauce and
link the uttermost bounds of the earth together. A new
nation is rising in Australia, and in its neighbourhood an
old and powerful empire is gradually expanding its com-
mercial relations with the rest of the world. The jealousies
of monopolised commerce have originated many wars, but
international free trade is the great peace-maker of the
world. Shall a narrow strip of land, not 40 miles across, be
allowed to remain any lon,4er a barrier on the highway of
nations ? Shall the engineering genius of the most civi-
lised nations confess itself batlel by the notion of cutting
a canal less than 40 miles in length,—The Isthmus of
Darien Slap Canal, by Dr Cullen.

The Undergound Mail between Richmond

and the North,

In several of the most prominent refreshment
saloons and gambling dens in Richmond are posted
placards announcing "Letters sent to Baltimore
and the North, and replies brought in return. For
particulars inquire of the proprietor." The pro.
prietors of these establishments are principally
Marylanders, and therefore favourites with
General Windor. They are permitted by that
functionary to receive letters for the North,
examine them and pass upon their pro-
priety, and despatch them to their desti-
nation. By the proprietors of these dens these
letters are transferred to the carriers, or, as they are
called, bloc Lade runners, who deliver them at rega-
tar depots in Oaltiti.ore. The under-ground post-
master at the later point distributes them in
various ways among tLe parties to whom they are
addressed. Persons in the city known to be
devoted to Jefferson Davis receive them directly
from the hands of the postm,;:ster—others find
stuck under the door, while persor:s outside the
city receive them through the Un;‘ted States
mail. Hundreds of letters from Dixie, brought
North and thrown into post offices in Mary ;Ind,
pass through our mails every week. The differen:
couriers, in going to and from Richmond, take
different routes. Some work their way up through
Loudoun county, and on reaching the Shenandoah
river, a few miles above Harper's Ferry, pass their
mail over to other parties, and wait on the Loudoun
side until the return mail is brought to them. On
the river mentioned is an establishment known as
Coleman's Mills, about four and a half miles from
Charlestown, which the people of that village
(nearly all of whom are rebels of the most desperate
character) are permitted to go to and from at
pleasure with grain and flour. Several persons in
this village, who profess to be loyal but are in
reality traitors, have taken the oath of allegiance
in order to obtain permission to go to and from
Frederick and Baltimore to purchase necessaries
for their families, so that there is not the
slightest difficulty in getting the mail from the
Shenandoah to Baltimore. At Coleman's Mills
the letters are concealed in bags of grain or flour,
and are carried to the village, wliere they are
taken out and handed over to one of the "loyal"
residents, who happens to be ready to proceed to
Baltimore to procure necessaries for his family.
Other carriers go by way of Mathias and Rock
Points, and at night cross into Maryland, and work
their way to Baltimore, sometimes overlaed and
sometimes in boats up the Chesapeake. About a
fortnight ago a mail, consisting of upwards of &00
letters, many of them of much interest and impor-
tance, was captured in the Bay on its way to Balti-
more. Carriers proceeding iu this way invariably
have weights fastened to their mail, so that, if they
are in danger of capture, they can readily sink it ;
but in the instance alluded to, e.s the mail was
Carown overboard the weights became deteched,
and the letters ;were left floating on the water.—
New York Tribune.

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT

HOUSE OP COMMONS.--Yesterd. A, y.

The SPEAKER took the chair at a quarter past 1,2 o'clock.
POOR LAW (IRELAND) ACTS AMEND ALENT

BILL.

HENNESSY moved the second reading oft his bill,
which he said would give to the Poor Law Commit •sioners
in Ireland the same permissive power now possessed by the
English Poor Law Board of issuing orders for tho out-
door relief of the able-bodied. He contended that, while
the system was expensive, it operated against the Inurality
of the people.

Lord NAAS regretted the hon. member had renewed
this question, which was discussed very fully at the com-
mencement of the session, when it was shown that a com-
mittee which had sat upon the subject had reported almost
unanimously against the proposition proposed by the hon.
gentleman. He denied that this bill would assimilate the
Irish law with that of England, and contended that if it did
the English law could never work in Ireland. He believed
that public opinion was altogether against the measure in
Ireland. He, therefore, moved that the bill be read a
second time that day three months.
Mr BAGWELL supported the amendment. Ho ad-
mitted that the people of Ireland had too much pride to go
into the workhouses, but he had no hesitation to say there
was not a farmer throughout the country who would not
receive outdoor relief. The people paid the rates, and ac-
cepting relief, they considered they were merely getting
back a portion of what they had paid. He had himself
known applicants for relief who had a thousand pounds in
the bank. (Loud laughter.)
Mr P. URQUHART supported the bill on account of
its permissive character, and because it was only designed
to meet special cases of distress.
Sir R. PEEL said as the feeling of the house appeared to
be against the bill, the hon. and learned gentleman would
not press it to a division. He believed the law of the two
countries could not be assimilated with advantage.
Mr. BLAKE denied that the impression of the house
was against the bill. He thought it a good one, and he
should therefore give it his support. He hoped his hon.
friend would go to a division.
Mr O'REILLY supported the bill.
Mr GEORGE thought the bill quite unnecessary, and
therefore he should vote against its second reading.
Mr MONSELL said if they wished to destroy Ireland,
to increase emigration tenfold, and to impose taxation too
heavy to be borne, the best course they could adopt would
be to agree to the principles advocated by the mover of the
bill. It was perfectly idle to talk of this bill being popular
with the intelligent classes in Ireland.
The house then divided, when there appeared—

For the second reading 2l
Against it
Majority -177
The bill was consequently lost.
TEST ABOLITION (OXFORD) BILL

This bill passed through committee, and was reported.
Mr SELWYN gave notice that he should oppose the
third reading.
STREET MUSIC (METROPOLIS) BILL.
The house went into committee on this bill.

Mr HANKEY inquired whether " Punch" would be
prohibited by the bill ?

Mr BASS—Certainly not.
Mr. KNAMIBULL-HUGIIESSEN said " Punch"
was generally accompanied with a drum and fife, and
might be removed under the scope of the bill.

Mr BASS said that if the hon. gentleman would intro-
duce a bill protecting the ancient exhibition of " Punch,"
he would gladly consent to it.
Mr AYRTON amusingly criticised the letters which Mr
Bass had circulated from parties in favour of the till, all
begging him to persevere with his bill. He thought a
person in a handsome house when music was played in
front of his house, might go to the back room.
Mr BASS said one organ came before, and one behind.

Mr AYRTON felt it to be a measure of tyranny, and
that if people did mot pay the musicians they would not
come. In private streets the music was encouraged by the
domestics, and no one ever saw these wandering Italians
look up to the drawing-room windows for payment. They
always cast their eyes to the kitchen, and this bill would
be directed not against musicians so much as against
domestic servants, who were the great supporters of this
sort of music

Sir J. PAKINGTON thought the bill should remain
as it is, or that every householder should have the power
of sending away street musicians if they wished to do so.
He should be sorry to interfere with the German bands,
because he had heard some well worth listening to, but upon
a balance of considerations, he was prepared to give power
to the householders he had indicated.

Sir J. SHELLEY opposed the bill on the ground that it
would deprive the poor of a means of amusement.
Sir G. GREY thought the bill would be of great service,
as it would enable the magistrates to come to a decision on
a matter upon which there was now great doubt. He
thought it fair that every householder should have the
power of removing that which he considered a nuisance
from before his door.

Mr BASS said Mr C. Dickens had remonstrated against
this sort of _music, and it would simply be ridiculous to say
that ho was one who wished in the slightest degree to lessen
the enjoyments of the poor and industrious classes. (Hear.)
Poor Thackeray was driven from house to house by this
street music, and it was known that Tenn 3 son was driven
away from London for the same cause.
Sir J. TRELAWNY objected to this species of penal
legislation.
Mr HANKEY also objected to the bill.
Mr CLAY thought the object of the bill had been mis-
understood. It would not stop street music, but merely
have the effect of sending it from districts where it was
objected to to places were the people did not object to it.
Mr A VIITON having moved an amendment to one of
the clauses, the house divided, when there appeared—

For the amendment
Against it
Majority

The amendment was therefore negatived.

Mr BENTINCK moved an amendment, which gave to
magistrates before whom a street musician might be con-
victed power to imprison him for any period not lonexr than
three days.
Mr. W. R. CRAWFORD asked the hon. member how
he proposed to make provision for the unfortunate monkey
during his master's incarceration. He presumed the
monkey could not be sent to the workhouse.
Mr BENTINCK said he proposed that the monkey
should be maintained at the expense of the metropolitan
members.

The committee then divided, when there appeared—
For the amendment l2l
Against it
Majority .... --10
The amendment was then agreed to.

Mr. AYR TON proposed that the proviso empowering
a policeman to take a street musician into custody without
a warrant be omitted.

Mr. BUTT rose, but as the committee refused to hear
him, ho moved that the chairman report progress.

The committee divided—
For the motion
Against it
Majority —l2l
The committee then divided on Mr. Ayrton'a proposal—
For

Against
Majority —B3
Sir G. GREY moved to insert words whtch rendered it
necessary that the offence should be committed within
view of the constable apprehending such offender.
The committee then divided, when there appeared—
For the amendment ..
Against it
Majority --36
The amendment was lost, and it being now a quarter to
six, the Chairman repotted progress, and the house resumed.
WEIGHTS AND MEASURES BILL.
This bill was read a third time and passed.
The other orders of the day were then disposed of, and
the house adjourned.

TIE VOTE OF CENstrBE ON THE
_
GOVERNMENT.

Mr. Kingiake,; iimendment,
Last evening,
just at the rising of the house,
Mr. Kinglake
put the following on the notice
paper of the House of Commons :
MR. KIN GLAKE....—DENMARK AND GERMANY.
—" In lieu of the last paragraph of the Address
proposed by 31r. Disraeli, to substitute, by way of
amendment, the words following :
To express the satisfaction with which we have
learnt that at this conjuncture her Majesty has
been advised to abstain from armed interference in
the war now going on between Denmark and the
German Powers. [Monday, 4th July.]

Despatches were received yesterday at the Colonial
Office from the Governors of the Cape of Good Hope, Natal,
St. Helena and the Bahamas.
DEATH BY FIRE.—On Tuesday Mrs. Beckett, 30
years of age, residing in the Borough, was burnt to death
in her own house in consequence of her dress catching fire,
She was alone at the time, and it is conjectured that she had
placed the candle on the floor while engaged in some house.
hold duties, and set herself on fira by incautiously approach-
ing it. When discovered by her neighbours she was en-
veloped in flames from head to foot.
PRESERVATION OF bILKWORSIS.—M. ()need has
found that wood-soot, if sprinkled over silkworms
attacked with fibrin*, effects an almost certain cure, or, at
all events, prolongs their lives until the cocoons era finished.
The French Minister of .9.griculture has addressed a circular
to the pi efets of the sericultural departments of France, and
has requested that a commission be foruiad to report on the
value of M. Oncsti's discovery,— Qwrterly Journal of
Science.

SPORTING INTELL IGENCE—This Day,

(By ELECTRIC IRLEGRAP7I.)
WORCESTER RA ,CES—TEns DAY.
,TRIAL S rAKES.

Moulsey
Umpire
.......... ........... 2
Suburban....
...................... 3
Four

Liverpool Cotton Market—This Day,

Market steady. The d e mand for American for
export to America' is veiv great, at advancing
prices. Sales probably 10
,1100 boles or more.

2d Surrey Artillery Vc dunteer Field Brigade.

PRESENTATION OF A PARK OF ARTILLERY,
This corps mustered ye iterday in great force in the
Major-Commandant's grow.tds to receive a battery of 14
field guns, presented to the corps by Mr William Water-
man, of Shirley, near Southampton. The grounds pre-
sented a very interesting as well as formidable appearance,
there being no less than 20 field guns, the property of the
corps, drawn up in lino, and all in work at one time.
The first muster was at four o'clock, when sundry field
movements were gone through, during which several excel-
lent pictures were taken by Mr A. T. Melhuish.

At half-past 4 o'clock the corps retired, a regiwental
dinner having been prepared in honour of Mr Waterman's
presentation to the corps, at which the Major Commandant
presided. The usual toasts were given. The healthy of
her Majesty the Queen, the Prince and Princess of Wales,
were drunk with much enthusiasm, after which Major
Darnford, in an appropriate speech, proposed the health of
Mr Waterman, and dwelt at some length upon the present
unhappy I,osition of Denmark, which was a source of regret
to every Englishman. Our sympathy for Denmark was
increased by the respect we all felt towards our beloved
Princess, who had won the affection of every Englishman,
4nct especially of the volunteers.

The 2d Surrey Artillery fully appreciated Mr Wa-
terman's motives in offering his battery to the King of
Denmark as well as his loyalty towards his Queen, and
felt proud at having been selected by Mr 'Waterman as
worthy of his kind present. The usual toasts being con-
cluded, the corps again mustered in the major's grounds
and resumed drill, during which a royal salute of 21 guns
was fired from the Waterman Battery in honour of her
Majesty, it being the anniversary of her Coronation, after
which the Royal Anthem was played by the band, and the
oorps dismissed. Three times three were then given for
the Queen, the Major-commandant, and officers, and Mr
Waterman.

The ladies and gentlemen in the grounds appeared much
delighted with the proceedings of the evening.

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCELThis Day,

LONDON, June 20.—Wind this day at noon—South-
West; moderate breeze and fine weather, but rather
cloudy.

FALMOUTH, June 30.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Sophie,
from London for Rio Janeiro.

CLYDE, June 29.—Wind W.S.W.—Arrived—Ailsa,
from Quebec.

NEwrop.T, June 22.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Conrad,
from Jersey for Brazils. Sailed—Marie Amalia, for Ea-

vannah.

DARTMOUTH, June 29,—Wind W.—Arrived—Ramsey,
from New Zealand.

HULL, June 29.—Wind N.W.—Arrived—Lady Emma
Bruce, from Quebec.

PORTSMOUTH, June 29.—Wind W.—Sailed--Her Ma-
jesty's ship Irresistible, for a cruise.

(81/ MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH,)
GRAVESEND, Thursday Morning.
Arrived, June 29 Crawford, from Colomba—Per se.
verance, from Medemblik—John and Mary, from Monte-
video.

Arrived, June 30—Volent, from Egersund —Vickenger,
from Quebec—Zuma, from Riga—Elizabeth, from St.
Petersburg—Marnhill, from Gurnsey—Xolus and Lancet,
from Dantsic—Vanquisher and Skeene, from Cronstadt ;
Albion, and Crosach, from Colombo—Dines, from New
Carleby—Hannah, from Trinidad—Jeseie and Witch of the
Wave, from St. Vincent—Dolphin, from Wismar —Fides,
from Helsinborg ; Brodrene, from Namsas—Eagle, from
Memel. DEAL, Thursday Morning.
Passed—Psyche, from London, for Brisham.

MADAME DE Li POMMERAIS, under the title of
Sister Clothilde, has joined the Ursuline Convent in Paris.

THE CONFEDERATE LOAN.—We have the plei4
sure of being able to state, with positive certainty, that the
semi-annual interest and dividend of sinking fund due on
September 1, and which by the terms of the contract
with the Confederate Government, must be deposited
with the contractors 60 days in advance, is ready for de-
posit. This fact, coupled with the continued absorption of
large quantities of the bonds by conversion into cotton cer-
tificates for blockade-running purposes will no doubt give a
vigorous stimulus to transactions in this stock.—The Index.

BLOCKADE RUNNING.—The Index publishes a
list of the vessels entering and leaving the Ports of Wil-
mington and Charleston, during the period from Jan. 1,
1863, to April, 18C4. From this list it results, that during
15} months, out of five hundred and ninety attempted trips,
four hundred and ninety eight were successful—in other
words, as nearly as possible, cf every six vessels that dared
the blockade five went through, or that only one-sixth of
the Confederate marine has been disturbed, speaking of car-
goes and not of bottoms."

THE FIRST TURNPIKE.—Seeing that to-night all
the metropolitan turnpikes are swept out of view
for ever, the following paragraph from the new number of
the " Cornhill," way be read with interest :—Exactly five
hundred years have elapsed since a hermit, weary of the
labour of having nothing to do, and tired of sitting the dull
day through, by the side of the stone which supported the
sun dial in front of St. Anthony's Chapel, on Highgate-
hill—that stone which subsequently beceme known as
Whittington's—resolved to mend the ways between the
summit of the hill and the low part of the vale ending in
Islington. This hermit was a man of some means, and he
devoted them to bringing gravel from the top of the hill
and laying it all along the unclean track which then, as
now, bore the name of " Hollow Way." By Gigging out
gravel, he gave a pond to the folk on the hill, where it was
greatly needed, and ho contributed cleanliness and security
to the vale, whore neither had hitherto been known. Tra-
vellers blessed the hermit who had turned constructor of
highways—the pilgrims to St. Anthony's found their
access to the shrine of the saint made easy and pleasant by
him ; and as for the beneficent hermit himself, his only
regret was that in accomplishing this meritorious act for
the good of his fellow-men, he had entirely exhausted all
his fortune. The King, however, came to the rescue. He
set up a toll-bar, and published a decree addressed to " our
well. beloved William Phelippe the hermit," that he and
the public might know wherefore. The King declared he
highly appreciated the motive which had induced the
hermit to benefit " our people passing through the high-
way between Heghgate and Smethfelde, in many places
notoriously miry and deep." Asia in order that the new
way might be maintained and kept in repair, the King
licensed the hermit to take toll, and keep the road in order
and himself in comfort and dignity. This was the first
road-bar erected in England, and William Phelippe, the
hermit, was the father of that race of turnpike keepers
whose sovereignty of the roads within 50 miles of London
came to an end, after a reign of five centuries, on the
fitst day of the month of July of this present year, 1864.
A FIGHT IN A CANAL.—Two boatmen, named
Samuel Ashley and Joseph Chambers, were charged
at Wolverhampton Police Court on Friday last, with being
drunk and disorderly under the following singular circum-
stances :—Police-constable Cooper, stationed at Wednes-
field, stated that on the previous afternoon, from information
received, he went to a branch of the canal near the Dog and
Partridge public house,.Old Wednesfield, and there found
the defendants drunk and fighting, and from what he saw
they were apparently endeavouring to drown one another.
At the time he arrived at the spot both men were in the
water, trying which could hold the other's head longest
under the surface, and in in spite of hie (witness's) inter-
ferenc.e as fast as they got out on to the bank, each dragged
the other back into the canal, both of them being encou-
raged in what they were doing by the cheers and shouting
of a number of men and lads who were watching the pro-
ceedings with evident interest. At length one of the com-
batants was thrown with great violence to the bottom of
canal boat that was lying alongside, from which he
received a severe wound on his left eye-brow, and was also
rendered insensible—the other man was likewise eo com-
pletely exhausted with his frequent immersions in the
water, that Cooper, fearing lest dangerous consequences
might ensue, at once procured a conveyance and brought
them to the police station at Wolverhampton, where he then
called in the assistance of Mr Dehane, surgeon. Restora-
tives were administered to them, and their wet clothes
having been taken off, they were both wrapped up in blankets
and placed before a fire, but in one case it was some time
before consciousness was restored. The defendants denied
that they were fighting, and said they were only wrestling,
and as they expressed themselves as being sorry for their
foolish conduct, Mr Spooner agreed to set them at liberty
on payment of 10s each to defray the expense of the surgeon
and the cart. The money was at cnce forthcoming.
General Lee is the last man of note to whom
our Scotch friends have laid claim. He is claimed as a
native both of Tweedmonth and Hewick; and it would
probably be cruel to tell the good folks of these places that
the great Confederate leader is a member of an old Vir-
ginian family
I, UNABASHED DEFOE!" (Vide. Pope).—lt is very
unpleasant to discover that men whose works have
been the solace of our leisure hours were villains and
dastards. We have been dee il'usionne somewhat roughly
of late respecting Sterne; it is now Defoe's turn. The
Lonckn Baview has disinterred from the State Paper-office
a mass of documents which show that the writer of
"Robinson Cruse's" was the hired spy and the venal doer
of all sorts of literary dirty work for the Whig Government
cf George I,—Guarazr.

Naval and

itelligence,

The paddlewheel steamer Terrible, 21, 800-horse
power and 1,850 tons, the largest paddlewheel
steamer in the British navy, having been upwards
of two years in dock undergoing a most extensive
_ _ _

repair, has been undocked, and is now being fitted
for the Chatham Steam Reserve in readiness for
immediate commission. Daring the time she
las been in the shipwright's hands, she has
bt en almost entirely rebuilt. In consequence of
the size of her engines it was found impossibi.e to
fit them in the erecting shop of the dockyard,witha
out incurring considerable expense in altering the
erecting pits. The machinery and engines will
therefore be fitted on board the ship, prior to their
being finally fixed in their places. The Terrible
will, as soon as completed, join the Channel fleet
before proceeding on particular service.

The screw gunboat Surly, 2,60• horse power,
having been supplied with new boilers, and had the
whole of her defects in hull and machinery made
good, has been removed to moorings in the Medway,
where she is awaiting orders from the Admiralty.
In accordance with instructions from the Admi•
ralty, the screw corvette Scout, 21, 400-horse
power, is undergoing a thorough repair at Sheer-
ness Dockyard, in order to be brought forward to
replace the Clio in the first division of the Chatham
Steam Reserve, the latter vessel being daily es.
petted to be commissioned. The Scout, not having a
spar deck like the Clio, is being fitted with a top-
gallant forecastle, to serve as a protection to the
crew in inclement weather.

The screw despatch gun•vessel Serpent, 4, 200-
horse power, is being brought forward for the first
division of the Steam Reserve in the Medway, and
completing rigging,
The appointment of Second Captain Harrison
Woolwich was yesterday announced at as succes-
sor to Captain E. J. Bruce, secretary to the Royal
Artillery Institution. Captain Bruce has been
appointed assistant-inspector of studies at the
Royal Military Academy, in succession to Lieut.a
Col. Gibb, and wi:l enter upon his new duties at the
forthcoming half-yearly meeting of the classes.
By the death of Gen. Sir R. Gardiner, G.C,8.,
K.C.H., Royal Artillery, a pension for distinguished
or meritorious service is placed at the disposal of
Field Marshal the Duke of Cambridge.
The following appointments were made yesterday
at the Admiralty :—Lieut. J. S. Trotter to the Cor-
delia ; G. S. Goddard, assist.-paymaster, to the
Victory, as supernumerary ; R. H. Hansel', assist.-
paymaster in charge, to the Vindictive ; G. Park,
of the Majestic, promoted to first class assist.-engi-
neer ; J. S. Hall, assist.-clerk, additional, to the
Indus; and W. F. G. Hitchcock and H. IV: Phelps I
nominated to naval cadetships.

The Hon. Artillery Company and the Prince
and Princess of Wales.

Yesterday afternoon was a great day for this body,
the sole remnant of the ancient train bands of the
City of London. Mrs Robinson, the wife of the senior
major, having presented a new pair of colours to the
regiment, the opportunity was taken of requesting
the Prince of Wales to inspect the regiment, and the
Princess to present the new colours. Their Royal
Highnesses graciously accepted the invitation, and
the result was that the spacious grounds attached to
headquarters and the neighbourhood became a scene
of the greatest animation and excitement during the
greater part of the day. The Hon. Artillery Corn.
pang was fortunate in inheriting from their prede-
cessors, when space was not so valuable as it now
is in London, and when their training and exercise
ground was suburban, such ample room for military
evolutions and display as that which they possess on
one of the busiest main arteries of the metropolis,
north and south. The houses flanking this spacious
paradesground,and the gardens abutting upon it were
crowded to the housetops, and on the north side are
rangements were made for seating within the railings
hundreds of the fair sex, who on such occasions al-
ways muster in strong force. The day was rather
lowering in the morning, and rain seemed imminent,
but that did not prevent the assemblage of the ladies,
attired in the rich and tasteful dresses appropriate
to the summer season, it not the particular day. A
large number of members of other metropolitan
volunteer corps were present. Half an hour before
the time appointed for the arrival of the royal party
the rain, which had threatened all the afternoon,
came down ia earnest; and when at last the Prince
and Princess, attended by their suite, drove into the
ground, it wag under such an " even-doon pour," as
the Scotch folks say, that it reminded us of the day
when her Majesty, accompanied by her lamented
Consort, reviewed the troops on the Curragh of
Kilciare. The courage of the English ladies yester-
day was not inferior to that displayed by their
Lich sisters on that occasion. Umbrellas of all sizes
and colours were expanded, presenting in the con.
crete rather a new and unique picture for the phoe
tograpber, but which, though they might fora short
time have protected the upper part of their owners,
could have little virtue as regarded the expansive
crinolines and the rich skirts spread over them
which are now the fashion. In the midst of this
pelting shower the Prince and Princess drove into
the ground. Previous to their arrival Lord Elcho,
Colonel of the London Scottish Rifles; the Marquis
of Donegal], of the Irish Brigade; Col. Warde, of
the London Rifle Brigade ; Gen. Lord F. Paulett,
Cal. Wilson, Royal London Militia ; Col. Pepin,
Inspector General of Militia; Col. Douglas, sth
Lancers; Col. Delarue, Tower Hamlets Volunteers;
and other officers, had in various ways tried to pro-
tect themselves from the storm. When the royal
carriages took their place, the Prince seemed for
some time rather disinclined to get out and mount
his charger, but at last, a military overcoat having
been procured he took up his position at thesale'
nang
point, attended by Gen. Kupuys, Col. Ke-
,epe , and
the staff of general and field ()facers see',nave already
named. For a considerableper .
p ed the carriage in
which were seated her
-341 Highness the
t:de Prince and Princess of
Princess of Wales and
Leiningen, and in which her Reese H-
iess
arrived, was kept closed, but as the weather gra ghndu-
ally cleared el, it was opened, and gave an
°lvor.
ot
tunity for exhibiting the kindly and warm feetteg
with Neatch the Princess is regarded. From one
the gardens at the rear of the houses on the eastern
side of the grounds a ladder was lot down in the
'cry thick of the rain, and a beautiful, fair-haired
little girl was assisted down it, who tripped across
the wet grass to the royal carriage with a magnifi-
cent bouquet. It was only after a second sffort to
present it that one of the footmen comprehended
what was meant, and lifted donor and gift to the
window of the carriage, when the latter was gra.
ctously accepted, and the small heroine of this little
episodes regained her old position, from whence,
with others, she eagerly watched every movement
of the Fair Rose of Denmark.
The regiment was under the command of Lieut..
Ualoncl Lord Colville and Majors Robinson and
Snell. The troop of light artillery, with two guns,
Ras commanded by Captain Jay, the troop of light
cavalry by Lieut. Keam es, the field battery of four
guns be Captain Blockley, and the battalion of six
companies by Captains Fox, Biden, Bnekenhans,
Riviere, Eglese, and Davis. The line was formed
by the battalion in open column, with the horse
artillery on the right, and the light cavalry and
field battery on the left. In this position the cere-
mony of consecrating the new colors was performed
by the Rev. T. Hance the chaplain of the regiment.
Qiertermastersergeants James and Gilchrist, who
held them during this ceremony, then handed them
to Majors Robinson and Snell, who presented tiaein
to the Princess, end she graciously gave them into
the keeping:of Ensigns Webb and Fairl;e, who re-
ceived them kneeling on very long and wet grass.
The Prince, accompanied by his spite and the field
offieers on the ground, rode forward and closely in.
spected the line, passing up the front and down the
rear, and returned to the saluting point. The bat-
talion then marched past in slow and quick time,
the cavalry and artillery at slow and quick trot, ac-
companied in both cases by appropriate music from
the 'ham].

The new colours were escorted to the front by the
Ist company, and the old ones were removed to the
armoury by the left flank company, to the tune of
" Auld lang sync." Then came the usual, bat
always striking movement of advancing in full
column to give the grand salute, and the Prince

be adopted for immediate use in the event of a shoe being
lost upon the march, The Ist Royal Dragoons contributed
a pair of fretwork brackets, the design and execution of
which was highly creditable; and a model of a man-of• war
brig, showed on the part of the exhibitor, Private Davis,
a practical and extensive acquaintance with the details
of naval architecture. There were a:so shown by this
regiment a number of articles of furniture adapted for
camp and barrack life, which were very carefully designed,
and well made. The 13th Hussars showed some excellent
photographs; and Sergeant Blamires exhibited some very
pretty ornaments in gold work; among other things a
silver snuff-box made from old lace, and a horse's hoof
snuff-box mounted in old lace. The 14th Hussars showed
some good specimens of leather work. The collection of
the Royal Artillery was a very interesting one. Some excel-
lent saddle-trees were shown, and a very carefully executed
model of the Armstrong gun and some very prettily em-
broidered dresses, smoking caps, and slippers by the wives
of the non-commissioned officers and privates. The Royal
Engineers had some very excellent photographs, some
models of earthworks and fortifications, paper weights,
chests of drawers, stationery cases, portable baths, and a
large number of useful and ornamental articles. The
greatest feature in the display of the Military Train was a
series of very well-finished water-colour sketches by Col.
and Mrs Col. Robertson and Private Brown. Farrier Major
Holmes showed his peculiar skill in the exhibition of some
admirably-finished sets of horse shoes. The sth battalion
Military Train also exhibited some very good views of In
dian and other scenery. Lieut. Wilkinson makes a most
interesting display of ivory work, turned and carved. A
rose, shown as a specimen of ivory turning, is a most cre-
ditable piece of work, remarkable alike for the gracefulness
of its form and the beauty of its decoration. There are
snuff-boxes, cigar-cases, monograms, hand- glasses, ther-
mometer-stands, and a number of well-formed and well-
designed articles in this case. Here, as in the other regi-
ments in which there are horses, the farrier sergeants show
their skill in the production of horse shoes, and of a variety
of ornaments made from the hoofs of horses, capital sad-
dlery, bits, and spurs. It is a curious coincidence that, at
the time when it has been solemnly decided that our troops
shall not be employed in warlike operations, the most
highly finished specimen of workmanship in the whole ex-
hibition is a model of a plough, and there are several of
these models, as though the soldiers had indulged in a no-
tion that the happy time had come when they were to beat
their swords into ploughshares. The best miniature plough
of polished iron is by Farrier-Sergeant Naylor, of the Car-
bineers. The 6th Foot make the greatest display in inlaid
woods, some specimens of which are very neatly finished.
Majorßoissier,of the37th,shows a locomotive engine,Cramp-
ton's patent,exhibiting the working parts made in pasteboard
and zinc. The great feature of the display of the 59 ch is patch-
work quilts and hearthrugs, lace, and doyleys, petticoats
and antimacassars, and pinafores for the school-children of
the regiment, feather flowers, and an elegant smoking-cap,
by Mrs Major Lloyd. The 60th Rifles are strong in draw-
ings and carved woodwork. Of the latter there are some
good specimens of breadplates and bookbacks, all of which
were speedily bought up at the low prices affixed to them.
The 2d Battalion of the 60th made an attractive display
for the ladies, in the shape of collars and cuffs, braided
slippers, night-shirts, pillows, children's frocks and socks,
worked by the women and children of the corps. The
73d made a very good display of miscellaneous articles.
A wonderful piece of patent patchwork was shown by
Corporal Busby of the 24th. It was if ft in length, Bft in
breadth, and was formed of 10,650 pieces, sewn together by
140,105 stitches. The loan collection was a most interesting
one, and contained a large number of articles of Chinese
and Japanese manufacture, brought from the Summer Pa-
lace and elsewhere. One interesting relic was a small
remnant of the colours of the 31st, to which was attached
the names of the battles in which they had been torn, and
of 20 officers who had fallon under them during those en-
gagements. The names of the battles were—Mazeena,
Tazeen, Jugdulloch, Cabool, Moodkce, Ferozeshah, Budi-
wal, Aliwal, and Sobraon. The exhibition will remain open
until the 14th July. It will amply repay the visit of any
person who feels an interest in the doings of the British army,
and who is desirous of encouraging anything calculated to
promote the welfare and happiness of the soldier. On
Friday, Ist, Wednesday, 6th and 13th, the admission will
be 2s 6d ; on Friday, Bth July, Is., and upon all other days
the admission will be 6d only.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

CHELMSFORD RACES, WEDNESDAY.
The County Members' Plate (Handicap) of 50 sos, for
all ages ; winners extra. Half a mile.
Mr Saxon's Jane Shore, 3 yrs, 6st 41b ...... (H. Sharp) 1
Mr Alexander's No Name, 3 yrs, Est slb ...... (Savers) 2
Mr G. Hodgman's Confederate, 3 yrs, Est 81b (in. 516 ex.)
(Gasston) 3
The following also ran:—Welland, Etna, Antoinette,
Disappointment, Land of the West, Baliverne, Rose,
Overcast, and Lady Warwick.
Betting-2 to 1 agat No Name, 9to 4 agat Confederate,
sto 1 eget Jane Shore, 7to 1 agat Lady Warwick, 10 to 1
agst Disappointment, 100 to 8 agst Overcast.
After some delay at the post Disappointment was first
off, but he soon gave way to Jane Shore and No Name,
who were joined at the distance by Confederate. A good
race ended in favour of Jane Shore by a neck; a head sepa-
rated second and third; Land of the West and Disappoint-
ment headed the ruck, and Etna was last.
The Nursery Handicap Plate of 100 soya, for two-yr-olds.
Three. quarters of a mile.
Mr Morris's Radcliff, 7st 7;b
Mr Fleming's Camillus, 7.t 41b
(11. White) tMr Brayley's The Star, 7st (Cannon) t The following also ran :—..‘loney Spinner, Black
Draught, Stockwell filly, Flageolet, Colombine, Wings of
the Wind, and Perfume filly.
Betting-5 to 2 agst Money Spinner, 3to 1 agst The
Star, 4 to 1 agst Radcliff, 10 to 1 agst any other.
After one b....eak away the flag fell to a very fair start,
Black Draught, followed by The Star, making play with
Moley Spinner and the Stockwell filly in close attendance.
They ran thus to the distance, where Radcliff came out
and won by a length and a halt; The Star and Camillus
running a dead heat for second place; Money Spinner was
fourth, Mack Draught and the Stockwell filly were next;
Colombine being the absolute last.
The Essex Stakes, a free Handicap of 15 sovs each, 5 ft,
with 100 added ; winners extra. About 7 fur. 12 subs,
Mr Alexander's Peon, 3 yrs, 63t 61b (J. Smith) 1
Mr Hodgman's Confederate, 3 yrs, Est 6lb (inc Sib extra,
car Est 71b) (Gasston) 2
Captain D. Lane's Blue Mantle, 4 yrs, Sat 121 b
(Fordham) 3
The following also ran :—Village Belle, Zeloo, Amazo-
nian, Starbeam, and Regina.

Betting-9 to 2 agst Blue Mantle, 4to 1 agst Regina, 5
to i each agst Village Belle and Starbeam, 8 to 1 each agst
Confederate and Amazonian, 10 to 1 agst Peon.
After a false start Regina jumped off with the lead, f .1-
lowed by Peon, Amazonian, and Village Belle to the dis-
tance, where Regina and Amazonian were beaten, and
Peon went on with the lead, and after a good race with
Confederate and Blue Mantle won by three quarters of a
length ; a neck between second and third ; Regina was
fourth, Starbeam fifth, Village Belle sixth, and Zeloo
last.

The Maiden Two Year Old Plate of 50 Boys ; colts,
Bst 191 b ; fillies, Bst 71b; the winner to be sold for 50
SOW.

Mr G. Bryan's Rialto, Bst 71b (Custance) 1
Mr England's Lydia Thomson, Bst 71b .. (A. Edwards) 2
Betting--6 to lon Rialto, who made all the running and
won by two lengths.
.....

The winner was bought in for 130 guineas.
The Queen's Plate of 100 guineas; weight for age. Two
miles and a half.
Baron Rothschild's Ilippolyta, 3 yrs, Tat 10lb (J. Daley) 1
Mr J. Low's Gibraltar, aged, lOst .......... (Custance) 2
Mr W. Marrs Jessie, 3 yrs, Tat 101 b (carried 78t 111 b)
(F".rahim) 3

1 agst Found Again, 100 to 3 agst Borealis, 50 to 8 agst
Sundeelah.
Baktchi-Serai made play for 200 yards, when Sundeelah
carried on the running to the Newcastle turn, where Alice
took the lead, but was passed by Baktchi-Serai and Caller
Ou in the straight, Mr I'Anson's mare winning in a canter
by three lengths ; a head between second and third ; a bad
fourth ; Lady de Trafford was fifth.
The Commercial Visitors' Stakes of 5 soya each, 3 ft, with
25 added; weight for age; selling and other allowances;
penalties; second to save his stake, T.Y.C. 7 subs.
Mr J. Watson's Eola (h b), 3 yrs, £25, 7st 61b (Martin) 1
Mr Masterman's Black Duchess, 2 yrs, £25, 6st
(Craddock 2
Mr W. Miller's Skipjack, 5 yrs, £4O, Bst 91b.... (Austin) 3
Mr Dawson's Charcoal, 3 yrs, £25, 7st 31b.. (J. Marson) 4
Betting-6 to 4 agst Eola, 2 to 1 agar Black Duchess, 4
to 1 agst any other.
Won by a head, three lengths between second and third;
same distance between third and fourth.
The winner was bought in 43 guineas.
Her Majesty's Plate of 100 guineas; 3-yr-olds, 7st 111 b ;
four, 9st 71b; five, lOst llb; six and aged, lOst 31b. Three
miles.
Mr Bowes's Claremont, 3 yrs, 7st I Ilb ..,.(Loates) w. o. ,

Denham also ran.
Betting-2 to lon Hippolyta,
9. 'co 2 agst Gibraltar.
"
Denham made play at a.'
and Hippolyta, J move pace, followed by Gibraltar
Stand ther`. 6,.,te last. In that order they passed theHiPP°' time. At the Windmill, at the top turn,
1 _old ;ta rushed to the front, and increasing the pace soon
a lead of a dozen lengths ; and Denham was left a long
way in the rear. As they neared the bottom turn Gibraltar
and Jessie began to draw up, and they entered the straight
in a cluster—Hippolyta, however, soon quitted her horses,
and cantered home an easy winner by 20 lengths.
The Malden Stakes did nc,t produce a race.

THE SU?4, LONDON', THURSDAY EVENING, JUNE 30, 18644

of it; and for this reason, even more than for its
I strategical importance, was held by the Danes long
after it ceased to be tenable. Small as the island is,
it was considered in tm;:.1.7
otiations which preceded
the armistice as en equivalent to tnv ;:ovince of Jut-
land, and the allies proposed to evacuate the ter
in consideration of the surrender by the Danish Go-
vernment of this apparently insignilcant island.
But the same sentiments which induced Denmark to
contest evary inth of ground north of the Eider, and
led her to sacrifice no small portion of her army in
the defence of the ruins ot the Duppel fortifications,
equally deterred her from voluntarily withdrawing
from a poet which she knew it was out of her power
to retain. 'When the atreietiee expired the Danish
Government were well aware that the Germans
would throw a bridge across the narrow Sotrud,
and, as a wetter of course, take possession of the
island. They knew et tally well that the small gar-
rison which they thought proper to retain there
could scarcely make the show of resistance, and
that, whenever the assault was made, it would be
compelled if possible to rave itself by flight. But,
nevertheless, it was deemed expedient to remain in
Alsen until actually driven out by the invaders, and,
no matter at what cost, to maintain the unequal
struggle to the last, The consequences of the en-
gagement of yesterday morning mast have been an-
ticipated, and we cannot help thinking, in so far as
they concern loss of human life, ought to have been
guarded against. We do not know what the respec-
tive loss on each side was, but, whenever war is made
a gams of exchanging pieces, it is the belligerent
with the largest army that alone derives the
benefit. It can make no difference to Austria and
Prussia whether the number of men sacrificed yes-
terday morning on their side was great or small ;
but Denmark's losses must, or at leaet ought to be
regarded by her in a different light. The occasions
have unfortunately been too numerous on which
her troops have given unquestionable proof of their
valour, and no further evidence was wanted to
establish their heroism in the eyes of Europe. No
justification can be offered for the continued prose-
cution of hostilities by the German Powers ; but
war is war, and, as the first step in the new cam-
paign might reasonably have been supposed to be an
attempt to capture Alsen, it would have been wiser if
the assault had been anticipated by an evacuation.
The German Powers now make no secret of their
intention to appropriate the entire of the Danish
peninsula. Earl Russell, in making the Minis-
terial statement a few nights since in the House of
Lords, alluded to a declsration made by the allied
Powers that they would content themselves with
the occupation of Holstein and Schleswig. The
Foreign Secretary, however, with great truth
admitted that the promises of Austria and Prussia
were no longer to be depended upon, and he cau-
tioned Parliament against placing too much reliance
on them. Since, then, a semi-official statement in
a journal at Vienna has contradicted the allegation
of Earl Russell, and we now learn from Berlin that
the allied Powers intend to occupy Jutland as a
pledge, and by means of forced contributions, to
compel the inhabitants to pay the expenses incidental
to the war. It is curious, and, if the consequences
were not of so lamentable a nature, amusing to
note the mild colouring which the Germans have
given in turn to each of their aggressive acts.
The occupation of the Duchy of Holstein was
purely an act of domestic discipline, and one which
concerned no one except the reigning Duke and
the Germanic Confederation. It was not war, nor
anything approaching to war, since the act of
execution of necessity recognised the right of the
Sovereign whose territiaries were temporarily seques-
trated. Again, when Schleswig was invaded Europe
was assured that its possession was sought simply
as a material guarantee for the fulfilment by Den-
mark of certain obligations entered into by her in
the year 1851. Austria and Prussia did not mean
war when they marched an army of 70,000 men
across the Eider, and they were rather to be pitied
than blamed when, owing to the foolish obstinacy
and impenetrable atupiclity of the Danes, they were
compelled to make use of their breech loaning
muskets and rifled artillery. 'When the " mate
nal guarantee" was secured, the allied Powers dis-
covered that it was necessary, for strategic reasons,
to cross the homier of Jutland, and immediately
afterwards bethought themselves of retaining a
portion of that province as a pledge for the repay-
ment to Germany of the value of shipping taken
by Denmark in the course of the war. Presently,
however, by means of forced contributions, the
requisite indemnity was obtained, and then one
would have supposed that, the avowed object of
the occupation having been attained, the German
troops would have retired into Schleswig. Not so,
however. To the astonishment of civilised Europe,
Austria and Prussia revived the exploded prectice
of making war support itself. They compelled the
unfortunate Jutlanders to supply everything, in-
cluding money and provisions, of which they stood
in need ; and, now that hostilities are resumed
after a suspension of six weeks, they declare that
they will retain Jutland as a pledge for the pay-
ment of the expenditure occasioned by the con-
tinued prosecution of a war the ostensible objects of
which have been so long since attained. It would
be idle, however, to hope that even the possession
of the entire peninsula will content the aggressive
Powers. The islands must follow the mainland, or
German ambition will remain unsatisfied. Already
preparations are being made to cross the Sound
which separates Fuen from Fredericia, and ere long
we may expect to hear that this island has shared
the fate of Alsen. Denmark will then be reduced to
the island of Zetland. But having gone so far Ger-
many might with some plaueibiiity argue that no
possible good could result from the further mainte-
nance of a monarchy whose territorial possessions
have been reduced to the area of a few square miles,
No one would pretend that Denmark could, under
such circumstances, maintain an independent
existence, and the sole matter which would
remain for decision would be the fate of the remain-
ing vestiges of that unhappy kingdom. As Europe
has allowed germany to take so much, why should
she not then allow her to take the remainder?
Great Britain, as a maritime Power, possesses an
interest in the preservation of Danish independence;
but, under these circumstances, she might well de-
spair of reconquering all that Denmark will then
have lost. Even if, as Lord Palmerston observed,
Copenhagen was bombarded, its citizens slaughtered,
and the Danish Sovereign made a prisoner of war,
what possible motive could an English Government
have in reconsidering that decision which has
hitherto marked out for .his country a neutral
policy. The difficulties with which we are beset are
increasing every day ; and it is certainly high time
to decide, once for all, whether they are to be boldly
met or ignobly evaded.