The Sun.
London, England, 1863-10-26 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 26, 1863,

MARKETS—This Day,

MARK-LANE.
There was a moderate demand for most kinds of English
wheat in the country markets held on Saturday, and no
quotable change took place in prices. Malting barley, in
some instances, commanded more attention, but other ar-
ticles moved off slowly, at late rates.
Advices from New York state that the trade for wheat
and flour was firm, but that the export inquiry was much
restricted. In maize, an extensive business was doing, at
enhanced currencies. On the Continent, the corn trade
generally is flat.
Up to our market, last week, the arrivals of home-grown
produce were very moderate. The arrivals from foreign
ports amounted to 23,560 quarters of wheat, 15,061 barley,
49,880 oats, 1,780 beans, 1,037 peas, 300 tares, 5,595 lin-
seed, 9,657 oilseeds, 350 natuze, and 739 sacks of flour.
Fresh up to our market this morning the arrivals of
English wheat were very moderate, For most qualities
there was a fair demand, and a clearance was effected at
the rates current on Monday last. The quality of the pro-
duce on offer was excellent, but the attendance of buyers
was by no means numerous. The show of foreign wheat
on the stands was large. In all descriptions sales pro-
gressed slowly, yet no quotable change took place in prices
compared with this day se'nnight.
Floating cargoes of grain were in limited request, at late
rates.

The supply of English barley on sale was very moderate;
but the show of foreign qualities exhibited a slight increase.
Malting q •alities changed hands somewhat more freely, at
very full prices. Grinding and distilling parcels, however,
were a dull inquiry, and the quotations were rather lower
than on Monday last.

The supply of new malt was very small ; but with old
produce, the market was well supplied. The malt trade
generally was dull, at about previous rates.
The supply of foreign oats was very large. In the Eng-
lish, Scotch, and Irish produce the market was moderately
supplied, The demand for all qualities ruled heavy, and,
in some instances, prices further declined 6d per quarter.
Good and fine samples, however, steadily supported previ-
ous rates.

The supply of beans was tolerably large, and the trade
for all qualities was in a sluggish state, at a decline in
prices of 2s per guar ter from Monday last•
No change took place in the value of peas; but the trade
was far from active. The show of samples was small.

The demand both for English and foreign flour ruled in-
active at late rates.
CURRENCY PER IMPERIAL MEASURE.
Wheat—Essex and Kent, red, 1863, per qr 39s to 44s
Ditto, old 39s 43s
Ditto, white, 1863 43s 488
Ditto, old 4os 48s
Norfolk and Lincoln, red, old 4os 44s
Ditto, 1863
. Talavera,
Rye— 32s 33s
Barley—Grinding 26s 288
288 38s
Malting
Malt—Suffolk and Norfolk 6OB C6s
Brown
Kingstown and Ware 6OB 668
Chevalier 66s 58s
Oats —Yorkshire and Lincolnsh., Feeding lBB 228
Potato
Youghal and Cork, black lss 22s
Cork, white l6s 238
Scotch, Feeding l9B 228
Beans—Tick 3OB 31s
Pigeons,
Peas—Grey . 33s 348
Maple
White 368 38s
Boilers 368 38s
Floor—Town-made, per 2801 b
Suffolk 2Bs 30s
Stockton and Norfolk.. ..... .... 27s 29s
American, per barrel l7s 245

mania, 608 Adelaide, 22,458 Cape, 970 Swan River, and
14,953 from New Zealand, making a total of 54,850 bales.
To this must be added about 6,000 bales left over at the
close of last series, as well as a similar quantity expected to
arrive previous to their commencement. On the 4th Messrs.
Bradbury and Cosh will offer at public sale about 1,200
packs of English as well as a few parcels of Irish produce.

PRUSSIA,

BERLIN, Oct. 22.

The result of the primitive elections is by this time known
to you, at least as far as the towns are concerned. The
voters have been unusually numerous, and the triumph of
the Liberal Constitution party is undoubted. The Govern-
ment may gain a few votes in the remote country districts,
where it has the support of the feudal hobereaux, and is
better able to make its influence felt than in the cities and
towns, where even its own functionaries virtually defy the
pressure it fain would exercise. But I think you may rest
assured that the next Chamber will have a compact Libe-
ral opposition of 300 members, and that the remaining
52 will by no means be all constant supporters of the
present Government. A small compact minority is all
that has been ever hoped for by the most sanguine
of the Ministerialists, and, were that obtained, M. von
Bismark would, doubtless, present it exultingly to his So-
vereign, as a proof that the nation was recovering its sanity
and as an earnest of better things to come. As it is, the
registers a complete triumph, while
Opposition press already
the Ministerialists speak with bated breath. As anticipated,
it is the Fortschritt patty that will chiefly gain, but there is
the less need to analyse the opposition, since we know that,
on the two main questions—freedom of the press and the
necessity of having the budget voted by the Chamber—all
shades of the constitutional party are agreed. It is seen
with deep displeasure, although not altogether with asto-
nishment, that the King does not think it unbecoming to
endeavour personally to influence the elections. You were
informed of his words to the Burgomaster of Brefeld with
respect to M. von Sybel, and of the letter which he conde-
scended to write to the paltry village of Steingrund, by way
of antidote to the reports that had been based on his
interview with the King of the Belgians. There is a singu-
lar want of taste and tact in the persons who advise his
Majesty in such matters. It was reported, quite falsely, as
it happens, that certain words of King Leopold, at Baden,
had produced a great effect, and that the Cabinet tottered.
If it was deemed really necessary to dissipate the impres-
sion thus made, and which of itself would soon have died
away, many ways might have been found of so doing, but
certainly hardly a less appropriate or dignified ono than that
of a letter from the Sovereign to the bumpkins of Stein-
grund. The system, however, is persevered in. The papers
publish a telegram sent by the King to a M. von Jena-
Rett lebeek, who had applied to his Majesty to know whether
the Upper President at Potsdam, M. van Jagow, Coun-
cillor Breithaupt, of Berlin, and Major Blucher, would be
agreeable to him as candidates. Tho King replied that they
were so, and authorised the publication of that declaration.
As regards the course the Government means to adopt
towards the Chamber, various conjectures are made, but
nothing certain is known, It is generally believed, and
with good appearance of reason, that the session will be
extremely short, but the best opinions are to the effect that
the King will not sanction a coup d'etat. Ministers cannot
expect to get any thing out of the next Chamber which was
refused to them by the last. What the Chamber itself
ought to do will strike most Englishmen who have fol-
lowed the Prussian question. It ought to make up its mind
to speak very little, and to act sharply and decidedly. A
leading member of the Opposition should at once move a
strong vote of disapprobation of the ordinances of the Ist of
June, declaring them illegal, and also a vote of censure on
the Ministry. The Chamber should declare itself perma-
nently sitting until the committee had reported on the
proposition, and returned it to the Plenum, which
should then vote it at once. It is, to be feared there is not
much chance of this step or any tantamount one being taken
There are so many persons in the Prussian Chamber who
will speak in season and out of season, and so the discussion
is unreasonably prolonged on an important matter which in
reality demands only prompt decision, and the Ministers
get time to manoeuvre. Few words and speedy resolves
are what are now wanted on the part of the representatives
of the Prussian nation. The more they talk the more they
risk weak ening the cause they uphold. There is believed
to be no chance whatever of the King's seeing the error of
his ways, although he will hardly be got to the point to
which some around him would fain impel him. As to M.
von Bismark, there is no doubt as to what he desires. He
is here reported and is generally believed to have recently
said that he hoped that in another year there would be
no more constitution in Prussia. We are evidently
making progress under the reign of the Prince who, not
quite five years, declared that " Prussia must make moral
conquests in Germany, by wise legislation at horns, by ele-
vating all moral elements, and seizing upon all elements of
union." His Royal Highness the Prince Regent thus ad-
dressed his Council of Ministers on the Bth November,
1858 :—" A firm, consistent, and, if needful, energetic po-
litical conduct, coupled with prudence and circumspection,
must procure to Prussia the political consideration and the
power which she is not in a position to obtain through her
own material strength alone. Poor, indeed, is the perform-
ance that has ensued upon those words of promise. Five
years later we find the Prince who spoke them trusting
solely to "material strength," not only against the possible
aggressions of foreign enemies or rivals, but against his own
people and for his maintenance on the throne of his an-
:estors.

The difficulty about the command of the execution corps to
be furnished by Saxony and Hanover jointlyhaving been got
over, as well as those „Ivhich Hanover raised with regard to
the simultaneous movement of the Prussian reserve, the said
execution should, in ordinary routine, take place towards
the end of November, or, at latest, some time in December.
This would only be the logical Consequence of what has
taken place, and of the phasic in which the fair now finds
itself. Nevertheless, politicians are evidently unable to
Loring themselves to believe that the seemingly inevitable
consequence will come
and to pass. There have been so many
slips between
lip In thiS interminable Schleswig-
cup
Holstein question, that one has great difficulty in crediting
its approaching emergence from the intricacies of Dietal
discussions and the trammels of diplomatic, notes. Mean-
while, one hears nothing more of the reported new consti-
tution for Denmark which was to destroy the importance of
the patent of the 30th March.
The Berlin papers are still full of the Leipale celebration,
of the speeches made at the various ceremonies and dinners,
of the enthusiasm excited by the appearance of the veterans,
and of the satisfactory manner in which the whole affair
went off. As an interesting festival, they may be said to
have reason for self-gratulation. The affair would probably
have had more spirit, but for the wish to avoid making it a
demonstration hostile to France. This
was perfectly
sensible and proper, but it a little cramped the :eloquence
the patriotic speechmakers. Some of the song writers,
of
persons of less
mark Bed responsibility, felt themselves less
shackled, and one or two of their comporsitions reached my
hands which might not give pleasure to the defeated of
Leipsic or their countrymen, in the improbable case of the
poetry, for the most part very indifferent, ever reaching
their hands. The French would be exceedingly wrong,
however, to take offence at the demonstration, which was
got up in no spirit of animosity to them, but as a politico
liberal manifestation. It may, perhaps, also be considered
to embody the idea of resistance to foreign invasion, but
certainly not in an offensive way to any Power: Never-,
theless, it seems to have irritated the chauvinism of some of
the French journals, and the Opinions Nationale plainly
intimates surprise at
eatee, the Germans celebrating a battle in
which they were
although it certainly was followed
b
by the evacuation of Germany by the French army.
Whereupon a Frankfort paper remarks that it now per-
fectly comprehends how the Opinions _Nationale can urge
France to go to war single•handed with Russia, since there
can exist no possible risk for people who held Leipsic to
have been a French victory.

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THE QUEEN IN SCOTLAND.

BALMORAL, Oct, 23.

The Queen, accompanied by Princess Louise, and
attended by Lady Churchill, went out yesterday

morning.
In the afternoon ber Majesty, attended by Lady
Churchill and Lady Augubta Bruce, drove to the
BAlloch Buie and Glen Beg.

Princess Louise, attended by Baroness Schenck,
went out riding. . _ .

October 24.

The Queen, accompanied by Prince Louise, and
attended by Lady Churchill and Baroness Schenck,
drove yesterday to the Lynn of Quoich.

The Crown Prince and Princess of Pi us.,ia dined
with her Majesty.

The Succession to the Throne.

The Observer of yesterday states that her Royal
Highness the Princess of Wales is in an interesting
situation, which may be expected early in the
spring to result in an event of the greatest im-
portance to the country.
_

The Prince and Princess of Wales.

SANDRINGHAI4I, Oct. 25.

His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, the
prince Christian of Denmark, and the attendants,
went out shooting yesterday.
His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge left
Sandringham yesterday morning for town, after
paying a visit to the Prince and Princess of \Vales.
Toe Duke of Cambridge was accompanied to the
Wolferton station by his Royal Highness the Prince
of Wales.

PRINCE ALFRED.—His Royal Highness Prince
Alfred, with Prince William of Hesse and their
attendants, left Floors Castle on Friday afternoon. Their
Graces the Duke and Duchess of Roxburghe accompanied
their royal guests to the station, where they took an affec-
tionate leave of the youthful princes. The town was gaily
decorated with a profusion of flags, and the square and streets
were lined with a good number of spectators, who, as the
aoble party moved slowly onward, greeted them with hearty
demonstrations of welcome. The Royal party reached
Edinburgh about six o'clock, and proceeded to Holyrood
Palace.
His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge,
attended by Colonel Clifton, arrived in town on Saturday
from visiting their Royal Highnesses the Prince and
Princess of Wales at Sandringham.
The Duchess of Hamilton (nee Princess Marie of
Baden) and Lady Mary Hamilton will shortly leave Hamil-
ton House, Ailington-street, for Brighton, where the
duchess contemplates a protracted sojourn, having tasen a
mansion there for several months.
The Marchioness (Frances Anne) of Londonderry
has been surrounded by a large family circle at Seaham
Hall, Durham. The Duke and Duchess of Marlborough,
the Earl and Countess Vane, the Earl and Countess of
Portarlington, &c,, have been among the party assembled
there.
The Marchioness (Marie; of Ailesbury has
arrived in town from visiting the Marquis and Marchioness
of Ailesbnry at Savernake Park, near Marlborou-41.
The Earl and Countess of Scarborough have left
tieir country seat in Yorkshire for a lengthened tour in
the east—their first destination being Alexandria.
THE COLONIAL SECRETARY AT BERMUDA.—The
Hon. M. G. Eleon, Provincial Secretary of Bermuda,
accompanied by his estimable lady, arrived here (that is at
Halifax, Nova Scotia, says the Evening Express of that
place, under date Friday 9th October) yesterday from the
adjoining Province of New Brunswick, where we learn
they have been making an extended tour. We are pleased
to hear that wherever they visited they were most cordially
received,
much as strangers always are in these Provinces. We
have h pleasure as proof of this, in copying the follow-
ing from the aliramichi Gleaner of the 3d inst. :—" Last
week we copied a brief paragraph from the Halifax Express
which stated that the Hon. Mr. Keon, Provincial
Secretary of Bermuda, and his lady, had left that
city for Chatham, and that they purposed to
visit the chief places on the North Shore. They
arrived on Tuesday week, and up to Thursday
remained
as guests with the Rev. Dr. Rogers, Bishop of
Chatham. The weather being for several days exceedingly
wet and disagreeable, these distinguished strangers were
here
compelled to remain in-doors, and consequently deprived
of the opportunity of visiting the settlements on the river,
or of seeing the people. His lordship, to make some
amends for this untoward circumstance, and to enable his
respected guests to become acquainted with some of the
leading inhabitants on the river, invited a large company of
ladies and gentlemen to meet them on Monday evening
laat, and as his premises were too small to accommodate
AtheecZ Building, comfortably, he entertained them in the
Academy uilding, the numerous rooms of which were
thrown open on the occasion. The supper table was laid
out in the spacious school room. which was neatly fitted up
for the occasion, with pictures, flags, and other decorations.
The arrangement of the tables, and the tasteful manner in
which they were set out, displayed much taste and artistic
skill. The company numbered from seventy to eighty
ladies and gentlemen—all of whom apparently spent a most
agreeable and pleasant evening. At the supper table
several personal and other toasts were given, among
them—our beloved, respected, and honoured Sovereign,
Queen Victoria; his Lordship, Dr. Rogers, Bishop of
Chatham ; Hon. Mr. Leon and Lady ; Rev. Mr. Bacon ;
the Volunteer Movement ; the Ladies ; and several others,
all of which were responded to. It was a very agreeable
re-union of persons from various sections of the river, com •
prising all shades of opinion and of political oreed ; and it
was pleasant to Fee bow they became cemented, and fused
into a harmonious whole. No ripple appeared on the gene-
rally purturbed surface; not a harsh word uttered to mar
the festive scene ; or a discordant note struck to jar on the
most sensitive ear. In fact all proceeded as merry and as
harmoniously as a marriage bell. A. short time after they
rose from the supper table the company dispersed, pleased
with
s h
gentleman and his lady, together with a few other
guests, partook of a luncheon, and spent a most agreeable
at the hospitable mansion of Richard Hutchison,
afternoon,e htostn, evening's entertainment. On the following day
theu . e
at Douglastown. While there Mr. Keen and lady
visited the Shipyard and Steam Saw Mill. The latter was
a novelty to them, as they had never seen one in operation
before. They left Chatham for Halifax by way of Richi-
bucto on Thursday. We wish them a safe and pleasant
journey to their sunny home" in " the vexed Bermudas."
YOUNG PRINCE ALFRED AND OLD LORD
The
young Prince and the old
Chancellor most remarkable of the personages at
h
in Edinburgh. It was hard on Prince
gatheringre werelule
o
require
ehim to " do" the Social Science Congress
itAßnilleftrleat uedet midstA of' the vacation. But having once accepted a
the
task, ho performed it thoroughly. Addresses, sections,
meetings, eam•ersaxioni—he attended them all ; let us hope
that a violent fit of mental digestion may not be the result.
The Council owe him no small thanks, for evidently he was
with many the chief attraction of the meeting. At the eon-
versa:lord, where he goad-naturedly appeared in the High-
land dress, the Social Science ladies, this year more plenti-
ful than ever, swarmed round him, like bees round a honey-
jar. But indefatigable as was the Prince, the old President
fairly beat him. He looked more infirm than last year, and
—a confession of age which has never been extorted from
him before—he condescended to read a great part of his
inaugural address by proxy. But this was the only item
in which he shirked. Day after day he was übiquitous—
dining, discussing, complimenting everywhere. At the
monster working-men's meeting ho was audible throughout
the huge building, and almost eloquent, Once only he broke
down. In moving a vote of thanks to one of the sectional_
presidents for his address, he attempted to refer to Lord
Lyndhurst's death; but after vainly trying to forcet
sit
words out through his broken sobs, he was compelled ?wg
down. His conduct in the chair at the closing
aAe efi‘ t o f
was a wonderful display of octogenarian power.
temporary insanity had seized the assembly,
the wildest
motions were made and the most outrageous
nonsense
trem
endous,
was talked; occasionally the uproar
was
ct, eventu-
but the old man, clear, prompt, and full of tacrt,
sense
ally brought back all parties io commonand good
humour.

.~

ILLUSTRATED
to announce
-
DEATH OF THE EDITOR OF
LONDON NEWS.—We greatly rf:gßret
the death of W. J. Stewart, Beg., editor of the Illustrated
_London News, which occurred at his residelce on Saturday
last. Mr. Stewart had been for a considorehlo time in a
weak state of health ; but we believe that hisdeChatahv,:vlohsitcha
resulted from disease of the heart, was quite
tu,:exPeote d
until shortly before it took place. In him
w
gentleman endeared to his friends by the extreme awia-
bility of his disposition, as well as a young author
of ea
promise. We understand that a posthumous novel
is already
in the press, and will shortly be produced by
the pub-
libbers of his former successful work, "Footsteps Behind
Him."
DIE VENERABLE MRS. SOMERVILLE, now in her
eBroSaboydycianrg the latest discoveries
s has nearly completed
concerning hi
h g timportanthe work,
constitu-
tion of matter. It will embrace chapters anthe solar spec-
trum, heat, electricity,inm thet correlation of forces, and the
:constitution of the avhegeaeutatbiLe,
and mineral substances.
Tehaetbomoosk ofw formiallonimal,
a
illustration of its epigraph, taken from St Augustine-
4, Daus magnus in maguis, maximus in minimis.”
"LAMENNAIS : SA VIE INTIME A LA CHENAIE,"
Pg
by J, Marie ei nee, has appeared.

AMERICA.

REUTER'S UXYRESS.

NEW YORK, OCT. 13.

The steamships City of Baltimore, from Liver-
pool, and Columbia, from Galway, arrived here
yesterday.

Latest advices received in Washington from

Chattanooga state ;

" The rebels have removed their artillery from
Lookout Mountain, where they had about ten pieces
in position, and appear to have somewhat with-
drawn their forces. It is supposed they will concen-
trate their artillery on Mission Ridge. Some of
the enemy's pieces are very heavy, and all seem to
carry well. They hold both Lookout Mountain
and Mission Ridge, from which they threw shells
on the 4th and sth inst.

"We have several lines of intrenchments, and
extensive earthworks are still going on. The plan
of the enemy appears to be not to attack in front,
hut to compel us to abandon Chattanooga by hold-
ing us in our present position with their army in
our front, annoying us with their artillery, and
breaking our lines of communication by cavalry
raids in our rear. The last part of this programme
is now being carried out by Wheeler's cavalry, which
managed to cross the Tennessee at Cotton Port
Ferry, near Nashville. After crossing, the main
body moved in a northern direction. Part of the
force fell in with the train of the 14th Army Corps
in the Sesquatchy Valley, and destroyed
,between
two and three hundred waggons, thirty of them
being loaded with ammunition, and the remainder
with clothing and supplies. Part of a Federal
cavalry division, consisting of the 2d Indiana, Ist
Wisconson, and Ist East Tennessee cavalry, then
came up and attacked them. A running fight en-
sued, in which 120 rebels were killed and wounded,
and about 60 of our men.
On the 7th a general order was issued in accord-
ance with instructions from the War Department
consolidating the 20th and 21st corps into the 4th,
and ordering their commanders, Generals M'Cook
and Crittenden, before a court of inquiry at In-

dianapolis.
General Rosencranz officially denies having
brought any charges against General Milroy and
Crittenden.

With the assistance of reinforcements already ar-
rived, movements will soon be made to drive the
enemy from our front. The army is well sup-
plied with everything but clothing and blankets,
the want of which causes considerable suffering.
All the wounded capable of being moved have been
sent north. Our casualties in the late battles will
not be less than 15,000.
Wheeler's cavalry was attacked by Colonel Crook
on Wednesday, and defeated with a loss of 150
killed and wounded, 300 prisoners, and three pieces
of artillery. la a subsequent fight near Fayetteville
they lost 300 more prisoners. At last accounts they
were retreating to the interior, pursued by Federal

cavalry.
Roddy, with 100 rebel cavalry, has crossed the
Tennessee. He passed through Larkinville on
Thursday, going in the direction of Winchester.
There seems to be good reason for believing that
the rebels were fighting among themselves last
Monday, 600 or 600 being killed or wounded. De-
serters differed in their statements as to the cause
and force engaged. One version is that some
Georgia troops refused to cross the Chickamauga,
and that Withers' division was sent to compel
thew. Another story represents that Tennessee
troops refused to obey orders, and Longstreet's
forces were sent against them. A line of battle
and the flash of guns could be distinctly seen
from the mountain tops. This occurred on Mon-
day, at the time of their cannonading, from which
it was concluded that this was the nature of their

trouble.
A despatch from Knoxville, dated Oct. 11th,
states that General Burnside advanced along the
line of the East Tennessee and Virginia Railroad,
on Thursday and Friday. He overtook a rebel
force under Jackson and Williams, on Sa-
turday, at Blue Springs. A skirmish took
place. The rebel firing was sharp and de-
structive. They were, however, driven from the
field at sundown. Darkness prevented pursuit.
The rebel force, estimated at 6,000, retreated on the
Gr.eeville road.
Despatches from Washington state that on Satur.
day a force of Kilpatrick's cavalry attempted a re-
connaisoance on the south bank of the Rapidan.
They were attacked by a large force of rebel cavalry
and artilleu under Stuart. A brisk fight ensued,
lasting an hour, when our cavalry fell back
upon their iofantry supports, near James City.
Here another fight took place, in which the Union
forces were worsted and compelled to retreat. The
rebels captured IGO of the 120th New York re-
giment. The Federt.:l cavalry then charged on
the rebels, retaking neaf•ly all tke prisoners. Rebel
reinforcements coming lir/ our forces were pushed

back to Culpepper.
our forces have eva-
Later intelligence says
cuated Culpepper. Such stores as could not be
removed, were burned. It is reported that the
whole rebel army is over tb.e Rapidan, and that
General Meade has fallen back to the north bank
of the Rappahannock. It is said that Longstreet's
corps has returned from the Southwick. The rebels
began to cross the Rapidan on T.hursday, moving
Court House, evitlently trying to
towards l‘ladison
turn N.eade's flank. It is repot' ed that rebel
cavalry hold the gaps in the Bull Min Mountain.
Heavy cavalry reinforcements have cone to the

front.
It is asserted that a large cavalry form.' has been
sent to dislodge them from the mountains,a nd that
General Meade is amply prepared for any atx ack.
Extravagant rumours are afloat in Washin,3ton
of reverses to Meade, but no apprehension is .ceit
in military circles.

Latest advices from New Orions confirm the
reports of the fight at Morganza, or Morgan's
Bend. It appears that General Dana advanced
inland some nine miles from the Bend when he
came upon a large force of the rebels. The fight
which ensued resulted in the defeat of the Federal
forces, with a loss variously estimated at from 400
to 1,000 killed, wounded, and missing.

The advance of General Franklin's Texas expe-
dition reached Franklin, La., on the Ist of October,
and it was supposed that the main body would con-
centrate there before moving further. The Con-
federate forces are retreating intact before Franklin.
The New Orleans correspondent of the New
York World writes as follows of the situation in
that department :
"From Ship Island in the Gulf to the head
waters of the Missouri; along the Ohio,
e
Red, White, and Arkansas rivers, theuni I'
m:
deral armies are scattered, guarding
brilliant raids,'
portant points and making
uence,
par-
which are of no military conseq
suing the enemy through the welds of Arkansas,
or the fastnesses
the swamps of Western Louieianay
of the Cumberland mountains. And what is the
result ? The enemy retires, concentrates, and falls
back upon the isolated armies w2i,th crushing effect,
just when and whero he pleases

iTHE NAT—IONAL POR TRAIT GALLERY be
closed for repairs and alterationsduriug the month of No_

veniber.

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30 to 1 agst Woldga (taken)
Birdhill scratched.

SPORTING NOTES-,

The Newmarket Houghton Meeting, which finishes
the
racing on the Heath for the present year, commences to-
day. The all-important event to be decided is the Cam-
bridgeshire. Several of the horses engaged have been very
steady in the market during the last few days, more eve..
cially Limosina, Catch'em Alive, and Carnival, while
others have fluctuated considerably. A great number of
horses having appeared in the quotations at various times,
no doubt there will be a very large field. Prior, however,
to considering it at full length, I would fain revert to the
ungenerous and unjust remarks which have been mado
against the owner of Lioness and his respectable trainer, in
reference to the Cesarewitch. If there is one single stable
that commands more than another the confidence of the
racing world, it is that of Mr. Merry, who runs his horses
in the good old-fashioned style practised by Lord Derby,
Lord Glasgow, Lord Portsmouth, and General Peal.
Rarely, if ever, are complaints made about his being fore-
stalled in the market, nor is a jockey with a doubtful re-
putation ever permitted to ride his horses. Of their train-
ing it is needless to say one word, for the Calendar at the
close of every season is the finest advertisement that Mr,
Dawson can require. To accuse him and his employer of
having pulled the strings, and run the mare when unfit,
to blind the handicapper, is unfair in the extreme ; because
it was notorious in the district in which she was prepared
that she had been lame "all round" in the early part of the
season, and, moreover, had been fired, the marks of which
will never be obliterated. It was, therefore, a question
whether she might not have broken down in the races in
which she ran at Reading and York. So that, if by
superior treatment, Mat Dawson was enabled to get her
right, the circumstance was the more creditable to him, and
takes off any blame that might be attached to the handi-
capper, who ought not to be mortified at the success of
any animal.

The field for the Cambridgeshire will be selected from thq
following :
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Yrs at lb
Carnival .. 3 8 8 .... Challoner
Carisbrook 4 8 1 .... Boyco
Exchequer .. 4 7 12 .... J. Adams
Glenoichy ' 3 7 12 .... Thomas
Victor
Bathilde
Bellman 5 7 10 .... Reeves
Hospodar
Birdhill
Blue Mantle
Limosina .. 4 7 3 .... Edwards
Polynesia
Anfield
Tolurno 4 7 2 .... Doyle
Borealis 3 7 1 .... Covey
Catch 'em Alive 4 7 0 .... S. Adams
Baldwin
Giraffe colt A .
Port Royal
Despair
Blondin 3 6 12 .... Cannon
Cairncastle
Roman Bee
Topsy -
Jack of Hearts 3 6 8 .... Mordan.
Soapstone 3 6 7 .... Dowling
Turcos
Comet
Bohemia
Nebula
King Charming 3 6 1 .... Dixon
Juliet . . a 6 1 .... Prior
Fanfaron
Grand Dame
Muezzin
Merry Hart
Summerside

Carnival, after his defeat of Clarissimus, has been backed
for large sums, as little as 11 and 10 to 1 being taken about
him. There can be no question that he is one of the best,
if not the best, horse of his year. But it would be too
much to expect him to win with such a steadying weight
as Bst 81b, although Saunterer ran third to Odd Trick with
Sat 121 b. Carisbrook, if in anything like the form he showed
last year at Ascot, when he won the Prince of Wales
Stakes and the Fourth Biennial Stakes, ought to run well,
as the hill will just suit him. (lemma came with a rush
into the market last week, which caused Limosina to de-
cline a point or two, bat the demonstration was short lived,
as he has again been sent to the outside division. Ex_
chequer is very leniently treated, and ought not to disgrace
himself. Bathilde won her trial on Saturday by ten
lengths, but she has become a worse favourite ever since.
She meets Limosina at a difference of 7lbs from what they
carried last year, which should bring them close together.
Bellman, Birdhill, Blue INlantle, and Tom Fool may help
to swell the field, but that will be all, unless it be Blue
Mantle, who has a fine turn of speed, but is very uncer-
tain to trust. Limosina last year ran second for this race.
She was backed for heaps of money for the Cesarewitch, but
~suffered defeat by Lioness. The running of the latter since at
Kelso adds considerably to her pretensions for this race,
and Lord Stamford has every prospect of landing the good
thing that he has been so patiently waiting for. Jack of
Hearts is held safe by Limosina. Tolurno lacks quality for
a race of this description, and Borealis is too small, although
she is well in. Blondin has a fair chance from the very
forward position he held in the Cesarewitch up to the bushes.
Catch'em-Alive has been supported for more genuine
money than any other horse ; and as William Day seldom
makes a mistake in a large handicap, I would strongly ad-
vise an investment to be made on him. The only others
that may trouble the judge are Despair and Summerside,
the former from his light weight, and the latter from the
forward he maintained in the Cesarewitch for the last mile
I and a half. Having stated my opinion of the different
horses likely to take part in the race, I shall now attempt tt)
forestall the Judge's decision by placing
CATO H'E M.- ALIVE
LIMOSINA • 2
SUMMERSIDE 3
The other events to be decided are of no importance._
A FRES.II MAN'

CRITERION STAXES,—AII have paid forfeit but the fol-
lowing :--Ely, Knight of Snowden, Garotter, Caryophyllus,
Coastguard, Vauxhall, Fillo de l'Air, Beatax,
Linda, Gazza Ladra, Prince Arthur, An PheraY filly,
tinous, Bristles,
Beadle, Tomfoolery, Evelina, Guerilla, Battaglia'
CAMBRIDGESHIRE STAKES.--litzbert was struck out at
JO 30 p.m. Oct. 25.

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TATTERSALLS'—SATunDAy,

6 to 4 agst Coast
taken)
4 1 agst CRlTERlONrdsl.(;'alesn)
Let,'
osiva (taken and offered)
ntiat
4to ; agat Catch-'em Alive (take 6to 1
11 to 2 Carnival (take 12 to 1) )
11 to las et
Exchequer (taken and offered)
15 to
1 ag:stt Liummerside (taken and. offered)
20 o 1 az,
t
1 agst tport oyal (offered)
25 to
25 to 1 agst 801 ealia (offered)
30 to 1 apt Desp, tir (taken and offered)
33 to 1 agst Birdhi; I (offered)
33 to 1 aget Jack of ,Hearts (offered)
33 to 1 agst Tolurno loffired)
33 to 1 agst Giraffe colt kolf.)
40 to 1 agst Comet (taken;
40 to 1 agst Cairneastle (offered)
40 to 1 agst \Voldga (offered)
40 to 1 eget Hubert (offered)
40 to 1 agst Grand
takert.and offered)
40 to 1 agst Muezzin (offered)
50 to 1 agst Bathilde (off.)
50 to 1 agst Polynesia (off.)
fiG to 1 agst Hoppodar (off.)
1000 to 15 agat Gettntna (off)
2000 to 25 agat Bellman (taken)
1000 to 12 agst Merry Hart (taken)

Since Armageddon appears to be such a
dangerous place, it chn scarcely be a compliment to the
French Emperor to play the air " Partant pour la Syrie"
when he appears in public. To do so would indeed almost
amount to a hint that a loyal and devoted people had ha
enough Of