The Sun.
London, England, 1863-04-21 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, APRIL 21, 1863.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

NEWMARKET FIRST SPRING MEETING.
MONDAY.

From half-past one till five o'clock th's afternoon the
racing public have been engaged here in looking at nine
struggles between horses which would not attract any at-
tention at a third -rate country meeting. It is needless,
therefore, to occupy valuable space with any remarks upon
them, and we shall confine our attention to the motions of
which notice has been given at the meeting of the Jockey
Club on Wednesday. The first of these is by the Earl of
Glasgow, who, with his characteristic love of fair play, is
naturally enough horrified at the disorderly scenes which
have lately a►most constantly occurred at the start for half-
mile races. He intends, therefore, to move " that after the
termination of the First Spring Meeting, 1863, no race
shall be run at Newmarket, over a shorter distance than
the Two-yr-old' course, with the exception of Two-yr-
old' plates and stakes, run between the commencement of
the Craven, and the end of the First October meetings,
which may be run not less than half a mile." An amend-
ment will be moved to this ,by Admiral Rona " that the
stewards be requested to give no public money for a shorter
distance than the Two-yr-old course,' excepting for two-
yr-olds," which has the same tendency as Lord Glasgow's
motion, in doing away with half-mile races, but does not go
to the same length. The gallant Admiral has written to
a weekly contemporary in support of short races as the
only means of encouraging the owners of speedy jades
which cannot run further under any racing weight; but
we confess that in our judgment, if this is the best argu-
ment in their favour, it is a very poor one. Unless rac-
ing
_can be shown to encourage the breeding of horses
useful for other purposes, the sooner it is abolished the
better, for there can be no doubt that it is accompanied
by a most fearful amount of demoralisation. We think,
however, it might be shown that half-mile races, with a
fair start, are useful in selecting the best mares among
those which- cannot stay, and as the breeder must fall
back upon some of these, if so large a number as
2,000 foals are to be reared each year, it is well to
give him this line to act upon. Admiral Rous argues
strongly in favour of the possibility of effecting that desir-
able feature, a fair start even in half-mile races, and here
we agree with him in his conclusion, though we cannot
quite go the length of admitting that "no animal is so
thoroughly under command as a race horse fit to run, and
well prepared by the strongest exercise," if by the latter
part of the sentence we are to understand—sufficiently well
prepared for a half-mile race, which is the point at issue.
Admiral Rous must be aware that many young horses, and
oven old ones, when trained only for a short race, are so full
of life as to be ready to jump out of their skins, and hence
we see so many of their riders unhorsed before they start.
Nevertheless, we believe that by the co-operation of the
trainer and the jockey, 99 horses out of 100 may be walked
quietly to the post, and started fairly enough for all common
purposes, and if so, the difficulty altogether disappears, and
under the new rule of the Jockey Club, properly carried out,
we believe it will. On the whole, therefore, we trust that
the amendment of Admiral Rous will be carried, and that
the stewards will be permitted to use their own discretion in
arranging the programmes of their future meetings. From
the absence of rain the Heath is, if possible, harder than at
the Craven meeting, and this will have a tendency to dimi-
nish the fields not only for the two great features of the
week, but for the secondary stakes.
Handicap Plate of 50 sovs. N.M.
Mr. T. Hughes's Miss Emma, 5 yrs, Bst 31b .. (Hughes) 1
Lord Stamford's Revolver, 3 yrs, 7st 91b .... (Edwards) 2
Mr. P. Price's The Maltster, 3 yrs, 6st 71b.... (Hunter) 3
Capt. D. Lane's Glance colt, 3 yrs, 7st 21b...... (Daley) 4
Betting-6 to 4 agst Revolver, 7to 4 agst Miss Emma.
The Glance colt made play to the bushes, where the lot
closed and ran together down the hill,at the bottom of which
the two favourites drew away, Revolver taking a slight
lead. Within the cords Lord Stamford's colt was challenged
by Miss Emma, who got the best of it in a few strides, and
won a good race by a head ; two lengths divided the second
and third, and a neck the third and fourth.
A Sweepstakes of 10 soya each for 3-yr-olds ; colts Bst
71b, and fillies Bst 41b ; the winner to be sold for
200 sovs, if demanded, &c. Bedford Stakes Course. 5

subs.
Mr. R. Ten Broeck's Santhal, Bst 71b (Fordham) 1
Lord Stamford s lEtna, Bst 41b (Edwards) 2
Baron Niviere's Columbine, Bst 41b (Watkins) 3
Betting-5 to 4on .Etna, 7to 4 agst Santhal, 4to 1 agst
Columbine.

Santhal jumped off with a clear lead, Columbine lying
second into the dip, when she gave way to the favourite,
who, failing to reach Santhal, was beaten cleverly by half a
length. Columbine was a bad third. The winner was not
claimed.

Maiden Plate of 50 scvs, for 2• yr•olds ; colts Bst 101 b, fillies

Bst 71b. Last half of R.M.

Marquis of Hastings' Garotter. Bst 101 b • ... (S. Rogers) 1
Mr. Savile's Rigolboche, Bst 71b
Mr. Flutter's Cybele, Bst 71b (Long) 3
Baron Rothschild's Giraffe colt, Bst 101 b ( Wells) 4
Lord Stamford's Diviner, Bst 101 b (Edwards) 5
Betting--5 to 4 agst Garotter, 3to 1 agst Rigolboche,
5 to 1 agst any other offered.

The lot ran abreast for the first hundred yards, when the
favourite went in front, attended by Cybele, Rigolboche,
and the Giraffe colt lying nearly together, and Diviner a
length or two in the rear. Nearing the bushes, Rigolboche
headed Cybele, and in the cords the Giraffe colt made his
effort, but, dying away immediately, Rigolboche was left in
attendance on Garotter, who won easily by three parts of
a length, Cybele being a couple of lengths behind the
pair. The other two finished together some distance in
the rear.

Free Handicap Sweepstakes of 25 soya each, 10 ft, for 3-yr-
olds ; a winner of a 500 soy handicap after the declara-
tion of the weights (Feb. 13, at 10 a.m.) to carry 101 b;
of all minor handicaps—once, 51b; twice, 10Ib extra,
which is to be the extreme penalty. D.M. 4 subs.
Lord Glasgow's Clarior, Bst 61b (Aldcroft) w. o.
Plate of £5O ; for 3-yr-olds, 7st 71b; 4-yr-olds, Bst 121 b ;
5-yr-olds and upwards, 9st 31b ; mares and geldings
allowed 31b. The winner to be sold for £2OO, if de-
manded, &c. ; if entered to be sold for £l5O, allowed 71b
if for £lOO, 121 b ; if for £73, 161 b ; if for £4O, 211 b.

D.M.
Mr. it. Cooper's Bedford (late Peneus), 4 yrs, £4O, 7st 21b
(E. Martin) 1
Mr. Birne's Pera filly, 3 yrs, £lO, sst 111 b ..(G. Clarke) 2
Mr. Goddard's Peru, 4 yrs, £4O, 7st 21b .. (Daley) 3
Tom King, and Foie de Gras also ran.
Betting-7 to 4 agst Peru, 2to 1 agst Foie de Gras, sto
1 agst Bedford.

Peru was first off, but she soon gave way to the Pera filly
and Bedford, the two lying together till half way down the
Bushes Hill, where Bedford took the lead and carried it on
to the end, winning easily by a length. Peru finished a
head from the second, and Tom King was a moderate fourth.
The winner was not claimed.

Sweepstakes of 20 soya each, for 2-yr-olds ; colts, Bst 71b ;
fillies and geldings, Bst 31b. A winner to carry 51b extra.

New Y.C. 6 subs.
Mr. W. G. Craven's Practitioner, Bst 71b (J. Goater) 1
Lord Stamford's Chicquot the Jester, 88t 71b.. ( E dwards) 2
Mr. Greville's Gossamer filly, Bst 41b (Challoner) 3
Mr. C. Rayner's Yates, Bst 71b
Betting-2 to 1 agst Chicquot the Jester, 3to 1 agst th e
Gossamer filly, 7 to 2 agst Practitioner, 4 to 1 agst Yates.
The favourite, closely waited upon by Practitioner, made
the running till within a few yards of the cords, when the
latter drew up, and a good race ensued, which terminated
in favour of Mr, Craven's colt by a neck. The Gossamer
filly was third, three-quarters of a length behind the second;
and Yates, last throughout, was beaten two lengths fro m
the third.

Handicap Sweepstakes of 20 sous each, 5 ft, if declared, ezo.)
for 3-yr•olds and upwards. T.Y.C. 5 subs., one of whom

pays 5 sous ft.
Mr. W. G. Craven's Almacks, 3 yrs, Gat (Morgan) 1
Lord Stamford's Cerintha, 3 yrs, 7at 10Ib (Edwards) 2
Mr, G. Bryan's Welland, 4 yrs, 9st 31b.. (Custance) 3
Mr. R. Ten Broeck's Curie, 3 yrs, 6st (Murfitt) 4
Betting-7 to 4 agst Welland, 2to 1 aget Almacks, 7to
2 agst Cerintha, 5 to 1 agst Curie.

Almacks got off in front and, attended by Welland, Curie,
and Cerintha in the order named, made the running to the
bottom of the hill, where Curie dropped behind Cerintha.
Almacks, however, held the command to the end, and won
in a canter by three lengths ; a head between the second and
third.

Free Handicap Sweepstakes of 25 sovs each, 10ft ; for 3-
yr-olds ; a winner of a 500 Bova handicap after the de-
claration of the weights (Feb. 13, at 10 a.m.) to carry
101 b; of all minor handicaps once 51b, twice 101 b
1 .extra, which is to be the extreme penalty. T.Y.C. Six

_-- -
subs.
Mr. G. Angell's Mountain Maid, 7st 121b..(Challoner) 1
Lord Portsmouth's Corroborator, Bst 21b (Ford ham) 2
Count F. de Lagrange's Dirt Cheap, Bst 111 b (Watkins) 3

Betting-2 to lon the Moun'ain Maid fily, who waited
neon Corroborator and Dirt Cheap to the Bushes, where
she joined the former, and, passing him in the cords, won
easily by a length and a half, Dirt Cheap being a bad
third.

Plate of £100; for 3-yr-olds, Est 91b; 4-yr-olds, Bst 71b;
s.yr-olds, 9st ; 6-yr-olds and aged, 9st 21b ; the winner
to be sold for £3OO ; horses may be entered to be sold for
any sum of money by carrying 21b extra for every in-
crease of claim of £lOO ; horses entered not to be sold to
carry 211 b extra. Au.dley• end Course.
Mr. Fleming's Harvest Moon, 3 yrs (£300), 6st 91b
(F. Mr. G. Bryan's Millionaire, 6 yrs (ZOO), 9st 61bCrouch) 1
Lord Stamford's Romanoff, 3 yrs W (Custaace) 2
st 91b (Loates) 3
Mr. Elphinstone's Lapidist, 4 yrs (£300), Bst 71b
. Brewle 4
Mr. R. Ten Broeok's Amy, 6 yrs (MOO) 9st(J (Fordham)y)
6
Betting—Even on Millionaire, 4 to 1 agst Romanoff, 5 to
1 agst Amy, 6 to 1 agst Harvest Moon.
Amy led along the flat and round the new stand to the
hill, where eke was joined by the others, the lot running

nearly abreast past the site of the old Dake's stand. At the
middle of the hill Harvest Moon took a plight lead with
Romanoff next on the upper and lower ground. Within
the cords the two challenged, and Millionaire, being unable
to get up, was defeated by a neck, Romanoff finishing a
head behind the favourite. Lapidist was a good fourth, and
Amy pulling up was beaten a long way.

letter of yesterday's date, requesting that instruc-
tions may be given for placing a Government mail
agent on board the Sea Queen, which is now at
Falmouth ; and I am directed to state to you in
reply that, at Lord Russell's recommendation, the
Postmaster-General will for the present relieve ves-
sels proceeding to Matamoras from the obligation of
carrying ship letter mails.—l am, gentlemen, your
most obedient humble servant,
(Signed) E. HAMMOND.
Messrs. James J. Bennett and Wake.

April 11, 1863.

Your Lordship,—We have this day received a
letter from Messrs. Spence, Pile, and Co., the
owners of the steamship Sea Queen, declining to
allow that vessel to carry the mail to Matamoras,
for which we applied to you on the 2d inst.
They state as their reason that they have been
unable to obtain any assurance of protection from
her Majesty's Government against the capture of
the vessel by Federal cruisers; and further, that
" in the case of the Udela, captured on her voyage
from Bermuda to Nassau, and taken to Key West,
that the seals of her. Majesty's mails were broken
open by the authorities, and the Judge then in-
formed Capt. W. W. H. Hewitt, R.N., command-
ing her Majesty's ship Rinaldo, that the seals of all
bags and letters would be opened, and letters read
for information relative to vessels seized."
We also learn that in the case of the steamship
Peterhoff, despatched by us, and lately seized by
the Federal war steamer Vanderbilt, that the mail
had been taken possession of by the Federal autho-
rities. _ _

In making this communication to your lordship,
we beg to point out the danger incurred under these
circumstances by taking a mail, as it is not in our
power, or that of the owners of the vessel, to control
the nature of the letters which may bp forwarded
through the Post-office, and it would be quite pos-
sible for designing persons to forward by the Sea
Queen fictitious letters of the most compromising
character, entirely without the knowledge of our-
selves or shippers. We are, therefore, desirous of
ascertaining, in the event of illegal seizure of the
Sea Queen on her present voyage, whether such
violation of her Majesty's mails can be justified, and
whether we should, in that case, incur the risk of
having their contents produced to strengthen
alleged suspicion, and delay the release of the ship
and cargo.—We have the honour to be, your lord-
ship's obedient servant,
(Signed) JAMES J. BENNETT AND WAKE.
To the Right Hon. Lord Stanley of Alderley,

Postmaster-General.

No. 77, Cornhill, E.C., London, April 15, 1863.
My Lord,—We had the honour of addressing a
communication to your lordship on the 11th inst.,
informing your lordship of the refusal, on the part
of the owners of the steamship Sea Queen, now de-
spatching by us to Matamoras, to carry mail bags,
under the impression that their contents, if opened
by the Federal authorities, might compromise the
ship and cargo.
We have not yet been favoured with any written
reply to our letter, but a messenger who represented
himself as sent by the Post-office authorities, called
on the 13th inst. to say that the mails had that
morning been placed on board, and wished to know
how they could be recovered, the vessel having left
the river.

Thero being nothing in the appearance of the
messenger to indicate the authority under which he
professed to call, we waited some more official corn-
mun'cation ; but the vessel being now at Falmouth,
we hasten to inform your lordship that the owners
are aware they cannot legally refuse to carry a mail,
and being indeed desirous to give the service of their
vessel, if they can do so without undue risk, now ask
your lordship to place on board a mail agent to take
charge of the bags; and if your lordship consents
to their request, are willing with ourselves in the
interests of all parties to support the expense at-
tending on his voyege out —We have the honour to
be, my lord, your lordship's most obedient and
humble servants,
(Signed) JAMES J. BENNETT and WAKE.
The Right Hon. Lord Stanley of Alderley,
Postmaster-General.

P.—Registered No. 27,623.
General Post Office, April 16, 1863.

Gentlemen,—lieforrir g to your letter of the 11th
inst., respecting the steamship Sea Queen, about to
sail for Matamoras, I um directed by the Post-
master General to inform you that previous to the
receipt of that letter three ship-letter mails for Ma-
tamoras, containing eight letters and two news-
papers, had been placed on board the Sea Queen.
The Postmaster-General must decline to express
any opinion with respect to the question raised in
the concluding paragraph of your letter.
lam further to state that his lordship cannot
accede to the proposal made in your second letter,
dated the 15th inst., that he should place on board
the Sea Queen a mail agent to take charge of the
mails.—l am, gentlemen, your obedient servant,
(Signed) F. HILL.
Messrs. J. J. Bennett and Wake, 77, Conahill.

p.—Registered No. 27,623.
General Post Office, April 17, 1863.

Gentlemen,—With reference to my letter of yes-
terday's date, I have further to inform you that if
the owners of the steamship Sea Queen shall desire
that the mails for Matamoras, which had been em-
barked before your letter of the 11th inst. reached
this office, should not be carried by that vessel, and
will instruct the com mander to put them on shore
at Falmouth, the Postmaster-General will autho-
rise the postmaster of Falmouth, by means of the
electric telegraph, to receive the mails and return
them to London.—l am, gentlemen, your obedient
servant,
(Signed) F. HILL.
Messrs. Bennett and Wake, 77, Cornhill.

No. 77, Cornhill, E.C., London, April 17,1863.

My Lord,—We have the honuur to acknowledge
receipt of your letters of 16th and 17th inst., No.
27,623, and in reply we beg to inform your lord-
ship that the shippers and owners of the Sea
Queen have applied to the Foreign-office for some
protection to their goods and vessel, and until the
reply has been received the owners are unwilling
to return the mails, in the hope that the extreme
position which caused them to dread having them
on board may be somewhat modified.
We may add that the letters and parcels of the
merchants in our care have not been posted while
the question remained pending, and we are also
aware of many houses anxious to avail themselves
of the opportunity of forwarding their letters by
the Sea Queen through the post if possible.
We hav3 the honour to remain, my lord,

Your lordship's most obedient and humble servants,
(Signed) JAMES J. BENNETT AND WAKE.
To the Right Hon. Lord Stanley of Alderley,
Her Majesty's Postmaster-General.

British Steamship Peterhoff,
Key West,
11th March, 180.
note Sir,—We have the honour to add!crsistisah
to
you to-dafas prisoners on board the
would use your
steam-
ship Peterhoff, requesting that
good offices to procure the removal° of the restric-
tion f
which has hitherto prevented us from going on
shore' and having free access to you, as the repre-
sentative of the British Government, at Key West.
We did:this in Coll.,i'anotion with other gentlemen
who are merely.; 'eassengers from Plymouth to Mata-
mores, an'?, not holders of bills of lading for any
par '., of the cargo on hoard the ship.
We now do ourselves the honour to address you
again, having learned this evening, from Lieutenant
Lewis, United States Navy, that the Admiral on the
station has ordered th 6 ship to Boston to have the
case adjudicated by the United States Government.
We believe that the Peterhoff was on a lawful

PRICE ...4d.
STAMPED ....sd.

voyage, with a lawful cargo, when she was seized
by orders of Rear-Admiral Wilkes, and we protest
in the most solemn manner against the act which
has deprived us of our property and our liberty, and
for which we hold the American Government re-
sponsible.
As holders of bills of lading for the greater part
of the cargo on board the ship, we are also anxious
to protect, as far as we can,the rights of the under-
writers as well as those of ourselves and the
parties in EngiBnd who ere interested in the goods
which we represent, and als ) the respective claims
for damages of all concerned.
We request that Captain Jarman may be celled
upon by you to extend his protest while the ship is
here, and that we may be furnished with three offi-
cial copies of the same, and that you will forward a
copy of this letter to the British Minister at Wash-
ington.
All the ship's documents and our own having
been demanded by, and given up to, our captors,
we are the more anxious that the protest should
not merely be noted, but extended.
May we further request the favour of your reply
at your earliest convenience.—We have the honour
to be, sir, your obedient servants.
ROBERT BOWDEN,
G. W. ALMOND,
SAMUEL J. REDGATE,
To A. G. Butterfield, Esq., her Britannic

Majesty's Consul, Key West.

Copy of reply handed to us by Captain Jarman,
as received from Mr. Consul Butterfield, in en en
velope addressed to Captain Jarman :
Key West, March 12, 1863.

Sir,—I have the honour to acknowledge the re-
ceipt of your communications of yesterday and
to-day, and in reply beg to refer you to the enclosed
copies of letters I have this day received from the
Admiral and Prize Commissioners.
By these you will see that nothing can be done
in reference either to your vessel or yourselves until
the arrival here of Admiral Wilkes, or until news
comes from Havana as to his movements.
I have the honour to be, Sirs,
Your obedient servant,
ANTHONY j. BUTTERFIELD.
(No address on the letter itself.)

District Court of the United Southern District
of F--, Key West, March 11, 1863.
Sir,—The matter of the passengers on board the
Peterhoff not being under my control, the case is
adjudicated in this Court, I have referred the com-
munication of yourself, and request to Admiral
Bailey, whom I trust will take the matter under
consideration, and see what can be done for them.—
I have the honour to be, your obedient servant,
(Signed) G. D. ALLEN, Prize Commissioner,
A. G. Butterfield, Esq., her Britannic Majesty's
Vice-Consul, Key West.

United States flag-ship St. Lawrence,
Key West, March 11, 1863.
Sir,—Your several communications of yesterday's
date and two others of to-day, relative to the steamer
Peterhoff, with enclosures from the captain and
passengers of that vessel, have been duly received.
In reply, I have to state that the Peterhoff was
seized by a vessel belonging to a squadron under
the command of Rear-Admiral Wilkes; that it is
probable that both the vessel and the Admiral will
arrive at this port within a few days; that all ap-
plications regarding the Peterhoff ought properly
to be made to him or to the commander of the cap-
turing vessel, and that I can only consent to take
action in the matter in case after the return of the
schooner Nonpareil from Havana it shall appear
that their arrival is likely to ba delayed indefinitely.
In the meantime the prize-master has charge of the
vessel until delivered over to the legal authorities.—
Respt. etfully,
T. BAILEY, Acting Rear-Admiral,
Commanding E.G.B. Squadron.
Antny. G. Butterfield, EEq.. her Britannic Ma-
jesty's Vice-Consul, Key West.

Per Europa Steamer, via Halifax.
New York, March 31, 1863.

Dear Sir,—The Peterhoff arrived at this port on
the 28th, for adjudication in the Prize Court. I
made application to go on board for the purpose of
having an interview with Capt. Jarman, but was
refused, and regret to inform you I have not yet
seen him, neither can I do so until his evidence has
been taken by the Prize Commissioners, which, I
believe, is this day being done.
The district attorney filed a libel against the
Peterhoff yesterday, and, such being the fact, I
doubt very much whether Lord Lyons will inter-
fere until her case has been argued. _ _

I will take the necessary steps for her defence,
and after the c,Ttain's protest is drawn and ex-
tended will proceed with him to Washington and
see Lord Lyons.
It certainly is a great outrage sending her here
from Key West, almost worse than her capture;
and I sincerely hope you will lay the facts before
Earl Russell, and induce him to make a formal de-
mand for her release, with damages on the Federal
Government.
I enclose you slips from the newspapers respect-
ing her, from which you will observe the authorities
would not allow any person to go on board of her.
I also have no doubt Captain Jarman writes you
this mail, and perhaps Mr. Bowden, who is also on
board.
I will render the former all the assistance and in-
formation in my power, and engage a solicitor of
high reputation to protect your interests in the
Prize Court; and I need not add the expense of so
doing must, with the damages, be charged to the
Government.
I hope to meet Captain Jarman before the mail
closes, and will add a P.S. should I do so.
The Nicholas Ist (S.), Granite State (S.), are re-
ported captured, and the Georgiana (S.), chased on
shore near Charleston and destroyed.
Gold is 148. Exchange 162.
I am dear sir, yours very obediently,
(Signed) EDWIN GERARD.
Five have just discovered the captain will
not be examined before to-morrow (Wednesday)
April 1.
Joseph Spence, Esq., 2, Cowper's-court,
ELoncd.on.
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demn the Peterhoff.

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l n E CONDEMNED CRIMINALS AT KK IRDALE.—
The‘hio cculprits, M'Phail and Woods,cro: Aain
vNirctede, atat
the last Liverpool Assizes of the murder of ,‘I
llibehester, will be executed at Kirkdale, on Saturday,
ur.less a reprieve be received in the meantime of which.
however, there does not appear to be any probability, the
prayer of a memorial in favour of Woods, the less guilty
criminal—if there be any difference between them—having
been already refused. Both tuna are devout in their attention
to the ministrations of the chaplain. BlThail is still buoyed
up by the hope that he will yet be reprieved, but Woods
has abandoned all hope of life in this world. Neither of
theleriminals has been visited by friends, but M'Phail has
corresponded with his wife, who has arranged to visit him
in the middle of the week. The prisoners continue to dis-
play great reticence on the subject of the murder indeed,
the topic is never alluded to by either of them,
hope is expressed that they will
make some statement
before their execution. but a general

The Viceroy's progress still concertres the inte-
rest of the North-West. His Excellency made his
entry into Meerut on Saturday, the 7th March,
wiZl.2 considerable military display, and Roorkee on
the 16th ideni.

The Commander-in-Chief of India arrived in
Meerut on the Bth Marco, and in Roorkee on the
18th idem.

Rebellion still lurks in various districts in Oudh.
Seditious letters have recently been circulated
among the Mahomedan inhabitants, inciting them
to rise against her Majesty's Government. Several
parties have been arrested, and committed to stand
their trial.

The cash balances on the 31st of January last,
as compared with the balances on the s'mc d,,yr in
the two previous year=, were as follows:-1863,
£l9 746,715 ; 1862, £18,615,617 ; 1861, £12,637,757
The last balance in hand is the largest the govern-
ment in Itidia ever had in its treasuries. The
balances have thus increased by upwards of two
millions since Mr. Laing brought in his budget in
April last, when they stood at 171 millions. Specu-
lation was rite as to what Sir C. Trevelyan would
do with his anticipated surplus; and the prices of
government paper were rapidly running up. The
4 per cents. had nearly touched "par.
Sir C. Trevelyan has appointed Mr. A. 0. Hume,
C. 8., son of the late Joseph Hume, M.P., to office
in the Financial Department, with a view to the
reorganising of official salaries.
The Commissioner of Scinde is about to proceed on
apolitical mission to the Persian Gulf, in connexion
with the telegraphic and other means by which
Government intend opening up a communication
with England.
The East Indira; Railway, which was begun in
1851, has been carried on at the rate of 90 miles a
year, and -ii completed hum to a point near
Delhi, with the exception of 140 miles. The girder
bridge over the Soane has been declared by the
Viceroy to be exceeded in magnitude by only one
bridge in (he world.
There has been some hard fighting in the Yyntealt
hills, and several of our officers have been wounded.
By last accounts the "little war" seemed at an end.
Very extensive flights of locusts have visited the
Punjaub. It is feared that the grub of next year
will cause immense damage, and efforts are being
made to destroy the eggs. In one district the eggs
were being collected by maunds.
The new scale of Indian military pay and allow-
ances will, it is expected, come into operation from
the Ist of May next. The Englishman says:—
" A leading feature in the code is the wish of Go-
vernment to hold out very advantageous inducements
to its officers to serve with native regiments of
cavalry- and infantry, even the commands of which
have since the mutiny been taken from necessity.
By the new scale a lieutenant-colonel command-
ing a native cavalry regiment will receive
1,550r5. a month ; and if commanding an infantry
corps, 1,450r5. From these rates the pay of com-
manding officers will graduate down by a slid-
ing scale according to their rank, a captain in
command of a native regiment receiving 900 rs.
month. The staff pay of a number of appoint-
ments will also be increased ; amongst others that
of assistant-adjutant-general of division, which
will in future be 500r5., instead of as at present
400 rs. a month."
The Cotton Adulteration Bill, in its amended
form, was before the Bombay Legislative Council,
and was causing considerable discussion.
Tae limes of India makes the following remarks
upon this measure :—" Mr. Scott will deserve after
all, we believe, the thanks of the public for his
Cotton Bill. It emerges at last from the select
committee, in a shape that will probably meet the
views of all parties. "The committee conceive,' says
the report, ' that the object of any legislation such
as that proposed is the prevention of the practices
which endanger the existence of the great cotton
trade of this presidency rather than the mere
punishment of offenders, and keeping this in view,
they now beg to submit for the approval of the
Council the draft of such a measure as appears to
them best calculated to meet the exigencies of the
case.' fhe bill accordingly makes the mere adul-
terat ion, or mixing, of cotton—whether fraudulent
or not—unlawful, and punishable by fine and im-
prisonment. This is to strike at the root of the
evil. The bill goes still further, and wisely taking
the matter out of the hands of the merchant alto-
gether, provides for the appointment of Inspectors
of Cotton,' whose duty it will be to suppress the
use of unlicensed presses, and to examine cotton
offered for compression, or exposed, or intended for
sale.' Ihe provisions under which the cotton
screws and presses' are to be placed seem also to be
honestly and carefully devised."
On the 16th of March the Senate of the Presi-
dency College assembled in the Town Hall, Cal-
cutta, to confer the degree of :Master of Arts on six
Hindoo students of that University. This was the
first time that that honour has been conferred in
Calcutta.
We read in the Bengal Ilurkarti:—" The report
of the probable removal of the seat of government
to Allahabad or Agra, with a summer residence at
Simla, has recently been revived—it being stated on
good authority, that orders have been received from
home not to proceed any further with the various
public buildings, some time since projected and sanc-
tioned, and the want of which is becoming daily
more urgent. No doubt, when railway communi-
cation is completed between Bombay and either of
the above-named cities, a more central point than
Calcutta will be found advantageous to Imperial
interests. Following the seemingly inevitable
course of empire to the westward, the chief seat of
Indian commerce will, ere many years have passed,
be transferred from Calcutta to Bombay, unless, in-
' deed, the merchants of the existing capital rouse
themselves to make such obvious improvements as
the construction of wharves and goods sheds, the
supersession of pilot brigs by fast steamers, and
large reduction of port dues.

speculative
increasing
CONMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.
(From the Bombay Gazette of the 28th March.)
The import market has continued active during
©h
past
fortnight, and the position and value of both piece goods
and yarns have further improved. A considerabie business
has been done in piece goods, owing to an active
as well as legitimate demand ; CanE.i
inquiry by up-country buyers in the bazaar, large
are being made, chiefly by Speculators for purchases
tran •
Calcutta, where, owing to sin
the sear • transhipment to
have advanced to a very high point, city of
goods, prices
ac-
tive inquiry, especially for shipment Yarns are also in
Mad-
ras, where the prices rule to Calcutta and
much
remain dull as before, with the exception of copper and yel-
low metal, which have e activity.
pro-
duce market the e shown nicz ln the
business
Cot-
ton is active, has been rather moderate. ,
and prices are firmly
and dearer.
maintained. Seeds are
scarce

Money Market—The money market is easier, and there
is a considerable increase in the cash balance of the Bank of
Bombay. The bank's rate of discount remains 9 Per cent.
for private bills and S per cent. for government bills.
(Front the Calcutta Englishman of March 19.)
Produce Market.—The amount of business transacted
since our last has been but limited. In the face of little
coming down holders are firm, while the state of the freight
market offers no temptation for eager purchases.

LONDON ARTILLERY BRIGADE.—Ou Saturday
evening this corps, in conjunction with the 4th and
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to St. James's Park, proceeding by the bridges Luad return-
,ng by way of the Strand.
Molt.FlNli
ENSTEIN.—ThiS gentleman has arrived
at Folkestone, on his way to France, where, fur the reco-
very f his health,he proposes taking the mineral waters.
He is anxious to thank the whole English Press for the truly
generous
and called the attention of Englishmen to the indignities
which he, a naturalised English subject, received at the
hands of the Russian soldiery. lie is still labouring under
physical sufferings, and is severely wounded in the hand.
Marie Antonette's hair, during her imprisonment, became
Such egbiana, greih4eoufmel,:ti.our may now be
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HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE.-
ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE WEEK.
THIS EVENING (Tuesday), April 21st, will be per-
formed, for the first time this season, Donizetti's favourite
Opera,

LUCIA DI LAMMER3IOOR.
With the following powerful east :

Edgardo, Signor Ginglini ; Arturo, Signor Übaldi ; Nor-
manno, Signor Casaboni ; Enrico Aston, Signor Gassier;
Raimondo, Signor Bossi ; Alisa, Madame Corsi ; and Lucia,
Mdlle. Titiens.

Conductor, Signor ARDITI.
1`,.) c3nclude with the New Ballet.
On Thursday next, April 23 (Subscription Night).—Titiens,
Cluglini. Debut of Madame Therese Ellinger, as Maffeo
Orsini. LITCREZIA BORGIA. New Ballet.
Doors open at half-past Seven. The Opera will commence
at Eight o'clock precisely.
Prices :—Stalls, One Guinea ; Reserved Box Seats, nalf-a-
Guinea ; Pit Tickets, Bs. 6d. ; Gallery Stalls, ss. and 7s. ;
Gallery, 2s. 6d. ; Private Boxes, in the Gallery Circle, to
admit three persons, 21s.
Notice. —lt will be necessary for thoss parties who intend
to attend
visiting the Reserved B3X Seats (at 10s. ect each),
in Evening Costume.
Boxes, Stalls, and Tickets may be had at the Bot-,office of
the Theatre (under the Colonnade in the Hayrnark ex ,
which
is open daily, under the superintendenceof Mr.. Nugent, from
Ten till Six ; and at all the principal Libraries and Music-
sellers.

THE ATR E-R OYA L, DRURY-LANE,-
Lessee and Manager, Mr. Edmund Falconer.
THIS EVENING, April 21, for the 360th time in London,
PEEP O'DAY. Mes,rs. Henry Lorraine, Walter Lacy, C.
Verner, Addison, J. Graham. G. Spencer, T. Neville &a
Misses Cleveland, Clara Weston, M. Hudson, &c. '
To conclude with MAGIC TOYS. Valentine, Miss Lydia
Thompson.

Commence at 7.

TH.EAT E -R0 IA L, HAY 111 ARK ET.
Lessee, Mr. J. B. %cicerone.
THIS EVENING, STILL WATERS RUN DEEP.
Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Wigan, Mr. W. Farren, Mr. Chippen-
dale, and Miss Louisa Angel.
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Alter which, an apropos Dramatic Sketch, introducing a
panorama of the Tour of the Prince of Wales in the East.
-

To conclude with BORROWING A HUSBAND. Pamela
Miss Maria Harris. Commence at 7.

THEATRE ROYAL LYCEUM OPEN, under
the Sole Management of Mr. FECHTER..
THIS EVENING, at 7, to commence with an Orizinal
Sketch, entitled A SUDDEN ATTACK. Messrs. Shore,
Garden, H. Widdicomb, Miss Henrade, and Mrs. Lee.
After which, at a Quarter to Eight, a New Romantic
Drama, in Three Acts, and Pr3lozue, entitled THE
DUKE'S MOTTO, by Paul Feval and John Brougham.
The principal character will be sustained by Mr. Fechter,
supported by Messrs. J. G. Shore, G. Jordan, J. Brongnam,
H. Widdi3ombe, F. Charles, Garden, Ra-ymond, Dawson ;
Misses Carlotta Leclercq, Kate Terry, E. Lavenne, and
Elsworthy.
Acting-Manager, Mr. H. Barnett.

OYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE
Lefseefs, vess s. Lindu. and Vining,
THIS EVENING the drama of AURORA FLOYD. Miss
Amy Sedg ck• bliss licndersou, and Mrs. Simpson ; Messrs.
K. wi
Roxby, U. Melville, G. Belmore, C. Seyton, Wallace, and
Cathcart.
After which, KILLING TIME. Mr. Get'. Vining, Mr. C
eyton, and Miss Amy Sedgwick.
To conclude with a new whimsical Extravaganza, entitled
BEAUTIFUL HAIDEE ; or The Sea Nymph and the Sallee
Rovers. Misses M. Oliver, Helen Howard, Hudspeth, Hen-
derson, and Murray; Messrs. C. Seyton, G. Belmore, Fitz-
) amts, Moreland, and Cockerill.

NEW THEATRE-ROYAL, ADELPHI.--•
Sole Proprietor and Manager. Mr. B. Webster.
THIS EVENING, DOMESTIC ECONOMY. Mr. J. L.
Toole, Miss Kate Kelly, Miss A. Seaman. and Miss Stok
After which, at Eight o'clock, AURORA FLOYD. MIS?
Avonia Jones, Miss H. Simms, Mrs. Billington ; Mr. Benj.
Webster, Mr. Paul Bedford,Phillips, Mr. Bilhngton,
Mr. Stuart, Mr. Sefton, Mr. Romer, Mr. C. J. Smith.
Commence at 7.

rip HE THIRD EDITION OF " THE SUN,"
Containing the Latest SPORTING INTELLIGENCE,
can be had Every Evening of
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