The Sun.
London, England, 1864-03-17 00:00:00

BANK NOTES (SCOTLAND.)

(BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.)

WARWICK RACES--THIS DAY.

DEBDALE STAKES.

Bayonet
Margery
Whinstone

Seven ran.

AM ERICA.

[REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.]
(Per the City of London.)

NEW YORK, March 4 (Evening.)
General Kilpatrick has arrived within the Fede-
ral lines on the Peninsula. He skirmished cc:mai
derably along his route, losing la men, of whoa
three colonels are missing. He destroyed a larg,
portion of the Virginia Central Railroad, an,
penetrated to the outer suburbs of Richmond.

It is stated that General Sherman has retnrne
after making an extensive reconnaisance. Ile di
not intend to go to Selma or Mobile, neither c
which places he approached.
Longstreet's army is reported to have arrived a
Richmond.

Fighting has occurred within ten miles of Nor.
folk, Virginia. The result is unknown.

The Confederates are in force along the Chesa-
peake and Albemarle Canals.

Admiral Dahlgren has arrived at Washington
'rom Charleston.

The draft in New York has been postponed,
Bounties will be continued till theist of April.
The steamer Scotia has been captured.

THE CALAMITY AT SHEFFIELD,

The streets of Sheffield, near the river, yesterday
began to wear their old appearance. Not so, how
ever, with the district over which the deluge poured
Many months must elapse before the buildings ar
restored, end years must go by before the face o
the country can wear the aspect of verdure an
careful cultivation which it bore on Friday night.
The river, though fallen, is far from being so low at
generally is at this time of the year, and the open
land is still for the greater portion under water, ant
as that drains off, a number of bodies will, it is
feared, be exposed to view.

The scene at the post-office last night was extra
ordinary, thousands of persons congregating toge
then to post letters and newspapers to their friend
to assure them of their safety. The town still con
tinues too much agitated for the transaction of th
ordinary business, and thousands pour into it fro!
Manchester, Hull, Lincoln, and other towns. Mr.
Rawlinson, the Government inspector, has bee;
occupied the whole day in inspecting the work
preparatory to giving evidence at the adjournec
inquest next Wednesday.
According to the returns made to the authoritie
at the Town-hall, yesterday morning, 258 person:
were missing, of whom the bodies of 178 had bee;
recovered•

The She§ield Telegraph of yesterday says th
conduct of those in authority has been, during th
whole of this melancholy business, in the higher
degree satisfactory. Everything has been done t
assist in recovering the bodies of the missing and
provide for the wants of those who have been le:
in destitute circumstances. Some dissatisfactin
has been expressed in consequence of the coront
not holding the inquest on a large number of 133 die
but we understand that Sir George Grey has inti
mated that he entirely approves of the course whit
the coroner has taken. The Home Secretary leav(
the inquiry entirely to the coroner's discretion, an
expresses his hope that it will be a full acid ccer.
plete one.

Mr. Layard on an Extension of the Suffrage

The fourth anniversary dinner of the Leather and Shot
mercery Trades' Institution was held last night at the It
ternational Hotel, London Bridge, Mr. Layard, M.P., in t)
chair. The company present numbered about one hundre
After the toast of " The Queen," " The Prince and Prince
of Wales"—alluding to the war, and asserting that it wt
not the duty of our country to interfere—and " The Arm,
Navy, and Volunteers," the chairman came to the toast
the evening, that of Success to the Institution, and said the
as tar as he could gather there were ab out 1700 persons en gag,
in the leather
attrdadueriontg' the metropolis,
lastnins
uio exclusivenths the ofjourney
men, ueuxot rpn e 3
amounted to £174,000. That must represent a very tart
number of persons, employed, and no one could dispu
that it vies highly desirable that some provision should 1
made for those who, through old age or sicknesF, were
ui
able to provide for themselves. He understood that
sum of L 1,153 had already been accumulated for this of
ject, In the distribution of that sum 213 persons were et
titled to share. The benefits proposed to be conferrt
were £25 a year to males, and Ll 5 to females, the allov
an their
raswyliudom ;wsholutldhet
beecne
dtoeeimdeadle,sthtsotbesomcoontikniune to
kind of
of a
formed for those to whom he had alluded, and he was gla
gentleman
ir
mdaiddonaont aampopueaint
to see that an attempt had been made in that directior
but as yet the sumalgoothfoonr.thgeant
mbehraelftohfanthesitstitution, and concluded by offering a sin
g
Mr. uapirntohepaeoss'oeoda
rsthee health o f
reply,the chairmansasaid
hhe
h 0 p
Mr. osLnlooyfelfiti
bLe
the time might come when there would be a Governim
in this country that would be in the position and al
to pass liberal measures of such a nature as would gi'
satisfaction to the country. He believed at this momel
the suffrage might be very much extended. During tl
last nine or ten years working men had increased in
it
telligence ; education had spread amongst them; th(
had a right to be represented in the Legislature of tl
country, and he would be ono of those who would adv,
cate to the fullest extent the right of the workir
classes. These were, however, difficult times, when men,
bers of the Government must give up some of their prin
ciples in order to bring together men who would carry o
the affairs of the country, and he believed there was scarce)
a man in this country who did not feel that this wasa tua,
extreme
opinions
the time
was could not be
not carriedtarta
ts utt.
hear.)when lie believedvoice of working men would bo heard in
the representation,
donwh(eHn ht
eta
of the country, and he hoped when that time came he might
be found in the foremost ranks.

The amount of subscriptions read during the evening was
£176 15s.

The chesnut tree in the garden of the Tuileries,
known as the "20 Mars," already shows a number of leaves,
as do two other rivals in precocity near the octagonal
basin. _ _

LITERARY NEWS.—Mr. Hanry J. Byton, thc
popular dramatic author, will commence u new novel in tht:
April number of Temple Bar Magazine.

LIBERTY OF THE PRESS is about to be established

in Turkey.

Sir J. HAY obtained leave to bring in a bill to authorise
and regulate the issue of bask notes in Scotland by bank-
ing. companies.
The bill was read a first time.
The other orders of the day were then disposed and
the house adjourned.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE—This Day.