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THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, JULY 15, 1863.

No. 22,167.

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foolery taking a slight lead, which she held until half way
along the straight, where the favourite, with Agatha and
Mulberry, passed her, and the three ran a good race home,
Echo winning clearly by three. quarters of a length ; Mul-
berry was third, beaten a head from Agatha; Tomfoolery
was fourth, Rob Roy fifth, Oceola sixth, Bubble and Galileo
the two next.

would have been 65, or equal to that of Roberts ;

but, according to the rules of the association, there
would have been no tie, and Graham would

according to the rules of the association have been
declared the winner, as he was better placed at the
first stage. He made a very capital centre for his
last shot, making his total number 64. Private
Wisker, who carried off the silver medal, and came

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The Marcham Park Stakes of 5 soya each, with 40 added ;
2-yr-olds, 7st 101 b; three, 9st 71b; selling, &c., allow-
ances. Three quarters of a mile. 10 subs.

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Mr. R. Ten Broeck's Curie, 3 yrs, rat 131 b (LSO)
(Fordham) 1
Mr. Stinton's Foie de Gras, 3 yrs, Bst 21b (EA
(Cowley) 2
Mr. J. B. Starkey's Souveraine, 3 yrs, 7st 131 b (£5O)
(S. Adams) 3
The following also ran :—Vates, Rest, and West-
minster.

in at the head of the 60, was completely displaced
at the longer ranges, being among the very lowest
of the scores, and Sergeant Millard, who was second
at the close of the first stage, fared very little better
than Wisker. As compared with the shooting last
Seer a very marked improvement is manifest. Pix-
ley, the winner of 1862, made 18 points at the 800,
11 at 900, and 15 at the 1,000 yards. Among the
best shots of that year, who were greatly distanced
on this occasion, were—Simpkins, Ist Notts, 42 ;
Fergusson, Ist Inverness, 42; Williams, 19th Mid-
dlesex, 41; Crawford, 13th Suffolk, 41 ; Gee, 55th
Lancashire, 41 ; and Anderson, 22d Middlesex, 40.
The remaining scores were one each at 39, 36, 35,
34, 32, 30, 29, and 28. There were three at 27,
two at 26, one at 23, one at 21, four at 20, and one
at 19. The average of the shooting at the 800 yards
by 46 competitors was 1230 points ; at 900, by 37
competitors, nine having retired, 9.56; and at the
1,000 yards by 27 competitors, 10 more having
retired, the average was 6.29. The average through
the three distances was 3074. The following
scores of yesterday's shooting will enable the reader
to trace the improvement made during the last
twelve months among the volunteers, so far as it
has been tested by this competition for the Queen's
Prize :

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Betting-5 to 4 agst Rest, 4to 1 eget Curie, 6to 1 each
agst Westminster and Souveraine.
Won easily by a length; Souveraine a bad third.
The winner was bought by Capt. Moss for 150 guineas.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

The Berkshire Stakes of 15 soya. each, 10 ft. and 3 only
if declared, &c., with 100 added ; winners extra. Two
miles and a distance. 15 subs., 5 declared.

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The Welter Cup of 5 sovs each, with 40 sovs added; for
all ages. Winners extra. Gentlemen riders; jockeys 31b
extra. One mile and a quarter. 6 subs.

Lord Stamford's Gavazzi, 5 yrs, 6st 41b ........ (Gray) 1
Mr. S. Thelluson's Rubicon, 5 yrs, Bst 91b (inc 71b ex)
(G. Fordham) 2
Mr. Saxon's The Monk, 6 yrs, 7st 71b.... (Midgley) 3
M. J. Stephenson's Turn of Luck, 4 yrs, Bst 31b (inc.
71b ex.) (B. Forster) 4
Betting-6 to 4 agst Rubicon-2 to 1 each agst The Monk
and Gavazzi.

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Mr. T. Hunt's True Heart, 3 yrs, Bst 13Ib (in. 31b extra)
(Challoner) 1
Mr. Barber's Cutler, 4 yrs, lOst llb (in. 31b ex.) (Noble) 2
Betting-2 to lon Cutler.
True Heart slipped his adversary directly the flag was
lowered, and came on with a commanding lead, and won
in a canter by 10 lengths.

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The Monk went away with the lead, and carried on the
running at a slow pace, followed by Turn of Luck and
Rubicon, side by side, second and third Gavazzi in wait-
ing. Coming down the straight, Rubicon slipped Turn of
Luck, and took second place. Gavazzi immediately after-
wards passed Mr, Stephenson's filly, who fell back into the
rear, and on rounding the bottom turn was a dozen lengths
behind: Opposite the Stand, on the far side, Rubicon
went up to the Monk, and, racing with him for a few
strides, obtained the lead, Gavazzi taking his place by the
side of The Monk. This order they maintained until ap-
proaching the top turn, where The Monk dropped back a
couple of lengths in rear of Gavazzi, and Rubicon looked like
winning easily, until approaching the distance, where Lord
Stamford's horse challenged Rubicon, and giving him the
" go-by" opp )site the stand, won easily by eight lengths ;
a length between the second and third ; Turn of Luck
beaten off. _ _ _

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The Mersey Stakes of 15 sovs each, 5 ft, with 50 soya
added, for 2-yr-olds ; colts, Bst 101 b, and fillies, Bst 71b.
Second saved his stake. Winners extra. T.Y.C. Nine

MADAME LIND•GOLDSCHMIDT.-WED-
NESDAY MORNING. July 22.—Hanover-square
Rooms.—Madame LOUISE MICHAL (of her Majesty's
Theatre) has the honour to announce that her MATINEE
MUSICALE will take place at the above Rooms, on Wed-
nesday, July 22, 1863, commencing at half-past Two o'clock
precisely, on which occasion she has the gratification of an-
nouncing that she will be assisted by the following eminent
Artists :

subs.

Mr. W. Phillips's Persuasion, Bst 121 b (in 51b extra)
(Challoner) 1
Mr• Goodlass's Gnicowar, Bst 71b (Whiteley) 2
Mr. W. G. Craven's Practitioner, 9st 41b (in. 81b extra)
(J. Goater) 3

Madame LINT)-GOLDSCIIMIDT,.

Madame TREITELLI, Madlle. VOLPINI, Madlle. ARTOT,
Signor BETTINI, Signor GASSIER, and
Mr. SAN fLEY.
Violin—M. AUER. Pianoforte —Mr. CHARLES lIALE
and Mr. 0. GOL DSCHMIDT.
Conductors—Signor ARDITI and Mr. 0. GOLDSCHMIDT.
Reserved and numbered seats, Half-a-Guinea unreserved
seats, Seven Shillings ; which may be secured at Mr Mit-
chell's Royal Library, 33, Old Bond-street, W ; of Messrs.
Addison, Hoilier, and Lucas, 210, Regent-street ; and at the
principal Libraries and Musicsellers.

Betting—Even on Praetitimer, and 2 to 1 agst Per.
suasion.

Persuasion, being the quickest beginner, obtained a de-
cided lead at starting, which she retained to the end and
won in a canter by a couple of lengths, Guicowar defeating
the favourite by a length for second.

The Liverpool Cup, in specie, value 200 soya, added to a
Handicap Sweepstakes of 25 soya each, 15 ft. Winners
extra. Second to save his stake. Two miles. 63 subs.,
23 of whom declared, and pay 5 soya each.
Mr. Merry's The Knave, 4 yrs, 7st 81b (A. Edwards) 1
Mr. Ashworth's Dr. Syntax, 3 yrs, sst 101 b (J. Marson) 2
Mr. J. Osbome's Flytrap, 4 yrs, 6at 61b (Whiteley) 3
Mr. T. Hunt's Blithfield, 3 yrs, Sat 111 b (car. sst 131 b)
(Thomas. 4
Mr. R. Boyce's Fantail, 3 yrs, sst 131 b (Dixon) 5
The following also ran :—Joey Jones, Victor, Erin-go-
Bragh, Barchettina, Lady Maria, and Oakapple.
Betting-100 to 30 agst The Knave, 6to 1 each agst Joey
Jones and Oakapple, 100 to 15 agst Fantail, 7 to 1 agst
Victor, 10 to 1 agst Erin-go-Bragh, 100 to 8 each agst Fly-
trap and Dr. Syntax, and 25 to 1 each agat Barchettina and
Blithfield.
After one break away, in which Fantail, Erin-go-Bragh,
and Blithfield were the performers, the lot were despatched
from the post in close company, but on settling into their
places, Fantail, with Dr. Syntax and Oakapple at her quar-
ters, made play at a steady pase, followed by Joey Jones,
Erin-go-Bragh, and the favourite, the others, who were
headed by Victor, Blithfield, and Barchettina on the right
lying close up with them. In this way they came past the,
stand, but, on rounding the top turn, Victor got his head up
and ran out, taking with him Blithfield and Lord Stamford's
filly, the three being left a long way in the rear of the
leading horses. Proceeding along the far side, the pace
somewhat mended, Joey Jones, on reaching the mile, taking
the third place, closely followed by The Knave, Oakapple
going on next, with Erin-go-Bragh and Flytrap at his side.
Little or no alteration occurred in these positions until they
entered the straight, where Joey Jones and Oakapple
dropped back, leaving The Knave, next the rails, in attend-
ance upon Fantail and Dr. Syntax, who came on abreast to
the distance, where the former was disposed of, leaving the
Doctor in possession of the lead, but who in a few strides
further was headed by The Knave, who won very cleverly
by half a length, Dr. Syntax beating Flytrap by a length
for second. Blithfield was a bad fourth, and Fant ail fifth
placed. Barchettina was sixth, Erin-go-Bragh seventh,
and Joey Jones next. Oakapple was last, and did not pass
the post, having been cut badly by Joey Jones in the race.
A Plate of 30 soya (Free Handicap) ; 1 soy entrance in
case of acceptance ; a winner this day 71b extra. Half a
mile.
Mr. T. Hunt's Misfortune, 4 yrs, Est 121 b (Thomas) 1
Mr. Bowler's Fig, 5 yrs, 9st Goater) 2
Lord Sefton's Boeotian, 2 yrs, Sat 91b.... (J Grimahaw) 3
Mr. Bell's Flower Safety. 3 yrs, sst 71b
Mr. Noble's Teddy, 5 yrs, 9st 31b (Speight) 5
Betting-7 to 4 agst Teddy, sto 2 eget Fig, and 7to 2
agst Misfortune.
The three first ran in front throughout, Misfortune hav-
ing a trifle the best of it, which she retained to the end, and
won easily by a length. A like distance between the second
and third. A bad fourth.
A Sweepstakes of 10 sovs each, 5 ft, for 2-yr-olds, Bst 101 b
each; fillies and geldings allowed 31b. Winners of 100
soya clear 51b extra. The winner to be sold for £l5O, if
demanded. Half a mile. 7 subs.
Mr. Orme's Sabra colt, Bst 51i) (Challoner) 1
Mr. Barber's Gertrude, Bst 21b..
Betting-10 to lon Sabra colt,who was never approached,
and won in a trot by eight lengths.
The Aintree Plate of 50 sovs, for all ages. A winner of
any handicap after the publication of the weights (June
22, at 11 a.m.), 81b extra. Three-quarters of a mile. 15
subs.
Mr. H. Owen's Antipodes, 3 yrs, Est 41b.. (J. Grimshaw) 1
Mr. Barber's Cutler, 4 yrs, Est 101 b . (G. Noble) 2
Betting-7 to 4on Antipodes, who made his own run-
ning and won by ten lengths.

---- ---
The Ladies' Plate of 20 sous, aaded to a sweepstakes of 3
sous each; 2-yr-olds, 7st 41b ; three, Bst 121 b ; four, 9st
5%; five and upwards, 9st 101 b ; selling, &c., allowances.

T H E
0 X F 0 D,
e, OXFORD STREET.
Will be performed Selections from the following Operas:—
LA CIRCASSIENNE, MARTHA, and
MASANIELLO.

Half a mile. 18 subs.
Mr. Jaye's Grisette, 4 yrs, Sat 21b, £2O .. (G. Fordham) 1
Mr. Willin's Sanita, 3 yrs, 7st 91b, £2O (Bradley) 2
Mr. Chancellor's Wee Aggie, 2 yrs, 6st 11b, £2O (Gray) 3
The following also ran, Tubal Cain, Surbiton Hill, Our
Nell, Stonewall Jackson, Locket colt, Promotion, Hes-
perus colt, and Evelina.
Betting—Even on Gzisette, 5 to 1 agst Wee Aggie, 8 to
1 bar two.

Supported by Miss Russell, Miss Townley, Miss Ellison,
Messrs. Albert, Green, Bernardi, Huish, Kimberley, and
W. Evans, with full band and chorus.
Conducted by Mr. Jonghmans.
Drew Dean's Flute Solos
Master Sanders, the Juvenile Vocalist.
UNSWORTH, the modern Demosthenes.
Eugene, W. Randall, J. Hutchenson, and the marvellous
ARTHUR and BERTRAND.
The HALL has been newly Decorated and Ventilated, and
is now one of the most Beautiful in the Metropolis.

- Won by a length, two lengths between the second and
third ; Surbiton Hill, Stonewall Jackson, and Tnbal Cain
finished next. _ _

The winner was bought by Mr. Sutton for 115 guineas.
The Craven (free) Handicap of 5 sous each, with 30 added
winners extra. About one mile.

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for him.
SAM COLLINS, with new Songs.
UNSWORTH, the celebrated Stump Orator.
EUGENE, and TAYLOR.
GRAND SELECTIONS from OPERAS, GLEES, and
CANTATAS.
Principal Artistes—Miss Russell, Miss Townley ; Mr. Green,
Signor Bernardi, and Signor Tivoli.
In a few days will e produced on of J. . with all the neEsq., THE
OPTICAE
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EFFECTS, b
and
by permiss
GHOST, Medium, Mr. A. Silvester.

Mr. York's The Principal, 4 yrs, 6st 10lb (Gray) 1
Mr. H. J. Smith's The Baron of Avon, 3 yrs, sst 71b

(Ward) 2

Major Wombwell's Alcibiade; 3 yrs, 6st 21b
(J. Nightingall) 3
Y, Manrico, Bedford,
Rapture, T The
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er
a following,Daalys, Sovereign,
onroaynal:—Fonteno
Nancy, Fanatic, and
Barmaid.
Betting-5 to 1 agst Alcibiade, 6to 1 each agat The
Baron of Avon and Nancy, 100 to 15 agat Fontenoy, 8 to 1
agst The Principal, 100 to 1 agat Manrico.
Won easily by three lengths; Alcibiade a bad third;
Monrico was fourth, Fanatic fifth, and Royal Sovereign
last.

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"Don Giovanni," &o.
LEVY, the great wonder on the Cornet-a-Piston, plays
from half-past Nine to Twelve. •
Admission, is.

WIMBLEDON PRIZE MEETING.

The firing for the last stage of the Queen's Prize
yesterday, although the most valuable and honour-
able prize which the competitors can obtain, failed
to draw any large number of visitors, and the Com-
mon presented a striking contrast with its busy
aspect of the previous day. At a few of the firing
points where the competitors were firing through
the second stages of 800, 900, and 1,000 yards,there
were knots of spectators assembled—attracted and
held to the spot by professional interest rather than
by curiosity in the proceedings. At the longer
range of 1,000 yards the admiring spectator could
see in the far distance a dark mound of earth,
and by close scrutiny he might also observe a
white speck, which is the target ; and a still smaller
black speck, which forms the centre. The volun-
teers who are engaged in the firing are wholly ab-
sorbed in their work ; they are seriously, oppres•
sively in earnest, and their earnestness extends to
those who are standing by. As each volunteer
ascends the small rampart of earth from which he
is to fire he does so with all the solemnity of
being one of a firing party at a funeral or an execu-
tion,. Every eye is directed to him as he falls
slowly and cautiously on one knee, us though care-
fully avoiding in every motion anything calculated
to disturb the nerves or even to quicken the pulsa-
tion. He then slowly assumes the well-known
Hythe position, kneeling on the right knee, and
seated on the heel of the right foot, the elbow on the
left knee supporting the rifle. In this position he
carefully surveys the distant target, to be sure that
he has the right one before him ; from that he gives
a glance to his trusty rifle ; again his eye wanders
to the distant target, scanning more closely the
darkened mass before him, until his eye rests on the
small white speck to which he hopes to send his
leaden messenger ; again there is a look to the rifle,
and, one might almost fancy, a prayer to the god of
rifles that his trusty weapon will send the bullet
home to the coveted mark. Crouching beneath the
shade of the temporary canvas awning, the volun-
teer slowly raises his rifle to his shoulder, the sun-
light gleams along a portion of its well-polished
barrel, and a closely-observant spectator can notice
how the flickering light dazzles the eye of the marks-
man, Again and again he tries to adjust the rifle ;
sometimes there is a nervous unconscious twitching
of the hand that grasps securely the lower portion
of the barrel ; sometimes the weapon vibrates as
though the hand that held it were stricken with
palsy ; in other hands it is rigid and motionless as
it is steadfastly directed towards its aim; men and
women standing around speak only in whispers, for
they fear to distract the attention of the rifleman
from his target, and at last, in the midst of a
silence broken only by the crack of the rifle at
the next range, or the whizzing noise of the
bullet from a neighbouring firing point as it speeds
en its way, the trigger falls, there is a flash of fire,
a sharp report, a puff of white smoke, the rifle starts
backward at the stock, and upward at the muzzle,
and all is anxious, earnest expectation. Looking
through one of the many excellent telescopes which
the enterprise of competing opticians have placed
upon the ground, the result of the shot may be seen
by the signal of the markers. If a bull's-eye or
centre is made thsre is no great cheering, and no
outward display of enthusiasm, for with due con-
sideration for the great prize at stake it is thought
that any such display would but disconcert the com-
petitors. When, however, the last shot is fired, the
pent-up feelings find expression in one general shout
of applause.
The winner of the Queen's Prize this year is
Private Roberts, of the 12th Shropshire. His name
does not appear in the list of the first 30 for the
Queen's Prize, and he made but 40 points in firing
through the three first ranges—standing last but
three in order of merit in the GO. The Winner is a
working man, and it is certain that he had never
before shot with a smallbore rifle. Last year the
prize was won by Sergeant Pixley, of the Victoria's,
with the moderate score of 44, while this year the
score made was 65. The maximum this year that
could be made, as in the last year, wee 84 Pixley
made little more than one-half of the highest pos-
sible number ; while this year Roberts makes more
than three-fourths of the highest possible score.
Pixley scored two points over the moiety of the
total number possible; Roberts has also scored two
points over the three fourths of the whole number
that could be obtained by making
of the seven shots in the three ranges. The contest
between Roberts and Graham—the next best shot,
was a very close one. At the • sixth round of the
1,000 yards range, Graham had scored 61, with one
shot yet to fire, Had he Made a bull's-eye his score

ABINGDON RACES—TUESDAY.
The Trial Stakes of 5 soya each, 2 ft, with 50 added; 2-yr-
olds, 6st 71b; three, Bst 51b ; four, Bst 121 b ; five, six, and
aged, 9st 21b; allowances and certain penalties. T.Y.C.,
three-quarters of a mile. 22 subs.
Lord Coventry's Umpire, 6 yrs, 9st 71b (J. Adams) 1
Lord Bateman's Queen of Trumps, 4 yrs, 9st
(H. Grimshaw) 2
Mr. E. Brayley's Golden Dust, 3 yrs, Bst 71b (Cowley) 3
The following also ran :_Nervous colt, Kennet's dam
colt, Kemptown, Hind colt, and Idumma.
Betting—Even on Umpire, 2 to 1 agst Queen of Trumps,
Bto 1 agst Golden Dust-100 to b bar three.
Queen of Trumps led for the first 100 yards, when she
was passed by the favourite ; the two, with Golden Dust
and Idumesa, entering the straight with a clear lead. At
the distance Queen of Trumps again joined Umpire, and
the two raced home neck and neck, Umpire winning by a
head; Golden Dust a bad third ; the Kennett's dam colt
was next ; the Nervous colt whipping in.
The Nursery Plate of 50 toys, for 2-yr-olds ; winners extra
About three-quarters of a mile.
Mr. Handley's Wangle Eye, 7st 41b... (Drew) 1
Mt .H. J. Smith's Sensation, Est 101 b ........ (Ward) 2
Mr. Marsh's Measure for Measure, 7st 101 b (H.Grimshaw) 3
The following also ran :—Attraction, Stainley, Mystery,
Fanny Seaton, Toy filly, Evelina, Wheldrake, and Petit
Oiseau.
Betting-5 to 2 agst Petit Oiseau, sto 1 agst Wangle
Eye, sto 1 each agst the Toy filly and Measure for Mea •
sure, 7to 1 agst Attraction, 8 to 1 each agst Sensation and
Stainley.
After several failures, the lot got away to a straggling
start. Wangle Eye, with Evelina, Sensation, and the Toy
filly, getting away with a slight lead, which they main-
tained to the turn into the straight, where running wide,
they let up Measure for Measure, who came on side by side
with Wangle Eye to the half-distance, where both Wangle
Eye and Sensation came away, the f.ormer winning by a
neck ; Measure for Measure was third, beaten three lengths
from the second ; Petit Oiseati was fourth, the Toy filly
fifth, Attraction and Fanny Seaton tailed off.
A Handicap Sweepstakes of 5 toys each, with 60 added, for
all ages ; winners extra; the winner to be sold for 500
Mr.itar. W.
illeyllsoorn,s'soGvreerytuHr_
,een3 h,
yrs.s y6rsst,l7oslth 71.1:
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soya, if demanded. Three-quarters of a mile. 20 subs.
ends ))
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Mr. S. Thellusson's Dirt Cheap, 3 yrs, Est 91b
(S. Hibberd) 3
The following also ran :—Peignoir, Lord of the Manor,
Ashford, Tornado, Odine, Fanatic, and Outpost.
Betting-7 to 2 agst the Grey Hen horse, 4to 1 agst
Tornado, 5 to 1 agst Lord of the Manor, 6 to 1 each eget
Dirt Cheap and Peignoir, 8 to 1 agst Overture, 10 to 1 agst
Outpost.
After several failures the flag was lowered to an indiffe-
rent start; Fanatic and Ashford, jumping round at the mo-
ment,were left at the post. The favourite, in company with
Peignoir, Lord of the Manor, Dirt Cheap, and Overture
comprised the front lot into the straight, were Overture and
Dirt Cheap took second and third places. Opposite the
Stand, Overture made her effort tcthe Grey Hen
horse, but never got quite up, as the lo rea
ch won cleverly by
a neck; Dirt Cheap a bad third; Lord of the Manor was
fourth, Odine fifth, Tornado and Fanatic were sixth and
seventh; the others beaten off.
A Maiden Twe-yr-Old Stakes of 6 soya each, with 50
added ; colts, Bst 101 b ; fillies, Bst 71b. Half a mile. 20
subs.
Mr. R. Ten Broeck's Echo, Bst 101 b Fordham) 1
Mr. J. B. tarkey's Agatha, Bst 71b.... (H. Grimshaw) 2
Mr. Meredyth's Mulberry, Bst 71b .... (Sopp) 3
The following also ran : Lobelia, Paris, Wild Huntress,
Cervus, Oceola, Tomfoolery, Galileo, Bubble, Verbena,
Rob Roy.
Betting-2 to 1 agst Echo-5 to 2 eget Oceola-7 to 1
agst Agatha— 8 to 1 agst Tomfoolery.
The lot got away in good order after one false start, Tom-

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a word, the experiment which so signally felled when
the North was the aggressor would equally rail if the
South in its turn bscame the attacking party. If so,
then why is it that not only has the Southern
Commander-in-Chief adopted an aggressive policy,
but that in the opinion of most men it is beiieved
that policy will be crowned with success? The
answer to this question is to be found in the
peculiar nature of American institutions, and the
strangeness of the light in which the issue ci.f
the war is regarded by one at least of the belle-
gerents. However singular it may appear, there
are many in the Northern States who are perfectly
indifferent which of the contending sections of the
republic should prove victorious provided that ulti-
mately the Union should be re-established. To
these persons—and they aro mere numerous than is
imagined—it would matter little whether Lincoln
should dictate to the Southern Seites from Rich-
mond, or Davis to the Northern States from "Wash-
ington. Hence it happens that the advance of the
Southern Commander-in-Chief is regarded with
feelings which on this side of the Atlantic it is BD
diffieutt to comprehend. The attempt to dictate
terms to the South has f:dled, and now there
appears to be a willingness to discover whether a
similar end cannot be attained by allowing the
South to dictate to; ens to the North. To this feel-
ingtile mustpenn Pennsylvanians:,
v niascribedans, strange To) gpti%oaspeadtltl.oy
ri,.tvhe
rwy.hich
re-
garded the inyision of
iroagtewCaosmwtrieulnl Caen. Lee. To the Conicdc-
diinlro-rw'n-Chief the existence of this feel-
enterprise which wno,ualdndoitthderowubistelechs
in the extreme. Nine months have elapsed since the
ayperobmeepn4rdasahn
that period much haso ed the Potomac, and during-
Confederates last crossed
occurred to shake the confi•
dence of the Northern
ine populationw
in the pro' ss of
one
fondly imagined
awroinuitedsuvwehrricuh a
overrun
thet
ti
the Southern Con-
federacy. But supposing that Gen. Lee should de-
feat Meade and enter Washington as a victor, what
would be the consequences ? Again we
to the singular condition of public opinion
nst in revert
North for a reply. Would the North act in such
a contingency as the South would have acted i6'
Richmond had fallen ? We are inclined to think
not. Neither strategically nor politically is the
security of Washington indispensable to the North ;
but still if it was occupied by a Confederate army we
believe the war would come to a close. The North
is utterly disgusted with the Administration which
has now for two years and a half done its best to
lead the country into irretrievable ruin. We con-
sider that, with the fall of Washington, the Go-.
vernment would equally fall, and its successors,
appointed, would command the homage of the
multitude. There is at this moment, as indeed there
has been throughout the entire war, a thorough
want of patriotism, in the European acceptation of
that term, in the Northern States. The sentiment
expressed' by the Federal officers when flying from
the first battle of Bull Run of having been " licked.
into a cocked hat," has never ceased to pervade the
language in which the Northern population have
always spoken of their reverses. The people
of the free States have witnessed, without the
slightest feeling of shame, an army cross their fron-
tier and threaten their principal. towns. And with
the same absence of shame we verily believe they
would see General Lee march into their capital at
the head of a victorious army, and dictate the con-
ditions which should henceforth regulate the politi-
cal system of the American Federation. Already
sanguine politicians in the North have begun to
speculate on the possibility of the Union being re-
stored in its original integrity under Southern
auspices, and have gone so far as to express a hope
that, under the restoration, the North may once
more secure its previous supremacy. "We will
fetch up again on that arrangement," writes Man-
hattan, the correspondent of one of our contempo-
raries, " for we can outvote if we cannot outfight
them." But it might possibly have occurred to
Manhattan and those whose spokesman he is,.
that the South has not "outfought" the North in
order to afford the latter an opportunity of after-
wards " outvoting" it. Setting aside political con-
siderations, is it at all probable that the South
would ever coalesce with a people which has laid
its territory desolate, and which would, if it had
been possible, have exterminated its population ?
The bare idea of such a contingency appears to our
mind so inexplicable that again we are obliged to
account for its being entertained by referring
to the singular condition of opinion in the North,.
It is scarcely necessary to say that the Southern
States will, if they prove victorious, form
an independent league. They have learnt too bitter
a lesson during the administration of an ultra-
republican President not to profit by the moral
which it inculcates. Slavery is no doubt an odious
institution ; but for that very reason there can be
no amalgamation of States if by some it is tolerated
and by others disavowed. The separation which has
et length taken place between the free and slave
States of America was foreseen long since by Ame-
rican statesmen ; and the only cause for wonder is
that it was so long postponed. It is much to be
regretted that the separation was not effected, es it
might and ought to have been, in peace; but having
occasioned a war, the bloodiest and most disastrous
with which modern history has made us acquainted,
it would be strange indeed if it was not final.
HERALD.—Lord Russell is the last man in the
world to get out of a mess with dignity. The award.
of the King of the Belgians has given him an excel-
lent opportunity for abandoning the absurd position
he now cccupies in respect to Mr. Christie's demands
and Admiral Warren's reprisals. Still be cannot
make up his mind act upon Sir Lucius O'Triggor's
principle, that an affront handsomely apologised for
becomes an obligation. But he endeavours to con-
ceal his defeat and his errors by the agency of the
Portuguese Minister at the Court of Brazil. Well,
we do not desire to see an English Minister on the
stool of repentance, a butt for all the jests of foreign
journalists, and we shall be heartily glad if the good
offices proffered may be made the means of restor-
ing friendly relations between the Governments of
Brazil and this country. But we cannot too strongly
speak of the perversion of facts of which our
Foreign Secretary was guilty last night, when he
accused the Brazilian authorities of refusing to
produce the bodies from the wreck, or to hold
an inquest to know what bad become of them.
There is not a shadow of proof to substantiate
Four bodies were produced. The
authorities did not refuse to produce
euitrhazeirliachnarge.
the remaining bodies, they
simply asserted their
this country t
discover them. And there is not
iantaibtitlliety o
of to
that would be received in any
court it was iny
their p
court ofo w law
power to in
produce
an investigation was held over the bodies that were
discovered, and the verdict was e Found drowned ;"
hem to. prove
As to the inquest,
but who ever heard of an inquest on bodies that
could not be found, or an inquest to ascertain what
had become of them? As L
ob-
served, the British Governmentord llalmesbury
once the offices of judge, had assumed at
appraiser, and executioner
.he might add, with
for more perfect truth, of false wit-
ness;_unwarranted accusations than those
made by Earl Russell
to have head. INlrast night we never remem-
bere sincerely trust that the
good offices of the P
up this most i
ortuguese Minister may patch
sell, content with h unseemly quarrel, and that Earl Rus-
to make some Bpresent triumph, will see fit
which he has so advances to the friendly Government
cruelly outraged.

TIMIs --We cannot think that the came of eco-
nomy has gained much by the debate on the Spit-
head Forts. Those who object to our present large
expenditure on armaments and fortifications should
be careful how they descend from the high vantage
ground long since occupied by Mr. Bright to the
detailed criticism of schemes the principles of which
they are forbidden to question. There may be some-
thing to be said for reducing the whole scale of our
naval and military establishments, and preferring
the remote chance of being invaded to the yearly
reality of heavy taxation. There raay be something
to be said for trusting entirely to our navy, and
keeping up such a fleet as would sweep the
Channel and drive our enemy's ships into
their own 'ports at the first outbreak of war.
When Mr. Cobden recognised the reason-
ableness of our maintaining a marked naval
superiority over our neighbours, he probably
had some each idea in his mind, and believed that
with a powerful steam fleet we could dispense with
coast defences as well as with a costly military force.
We need not here discuss the wisdom of these theo-
ries, but they at least profess to rest upon principles,
and deserve for this reason to be treated with re-
spect. We can hardly say as much for the position
taken up by Sir Morton Veto and Mr. Osborne on
Monday night. These gentlemen do not openly call
in question the expediency of contemplating the in-
vasion of our shores as a possible contingency, and
taking practical steps to meet it. They do not, so
far as we understand, consider our navy an ade-
quate safeguard by itself. Whatever be their pri-
vate opinions, they meet the Government upon its
own ground. "I entirely admit the importance of
our sea defences," says Sir Morton Peto. " I
have never denied," says Mr. Osborne, " that
the protection of our dockyards against attack
should be the first consideration in providing de-
fences." To what, then, did they take exception!
Not to floating defences in the shape of ironclad
vessels, nor even to permanent fortifications on terra
firma, but to the three forts called respectively-
Horse Sand," " No-man's Land," and " Stur-
bridge," at the entrance of Spithead. This narrowed
the issue materially, and if the opponents of forti-
fication showed bad generalship in selecting their
point of attack, they must not complain of having
been left in a somewhat ignominious minority. We
freely admit that if we had to make our option
between forts and ships, and if we were
bound to be governed exclusively by the expe-
rience of the last year, we should be inclined
to suspend our judgment a little longer. It
was thus that the subject was treated by
the most adroit supporters of Sir M. Veto's motion,
and they were able to make good use of the fact
that the vote was postponed last year till further
experiments should be tried in gunnery and iron
plating. Since that time two remarkable but con-
flicting piece of evidence have been famished by
the American War. Several Federal ironclads suc-
ceeded in running past the batteries on the Mis-
sissippi, while a well-equipped fleet of the same
class was discomfited in half an hour by the forts of
Charleston. It is said, on the one side, that the
former were favoured by darkness, and, on the
other, that the latter were confronted by obstacles
peculiar to Charleston harbour. For our own part,
we are quite content to set the one precedent against
the other, or rather to abstain from generalising at
all from a single case, even if it were not weakened
by a contrary instance. Unless common sense and
well-ascertained facts can guide us in this matter, it
is better to remain where we are and wait for more
complete information. If, on the other hand, we
have already quite sufficient materials for our dui.
skin, it would be folly to stop halfway in the execu-
tion of a great project. The first thing is to re-
member that we are not discussing whether forts
can take the place of ships, but whether ships can
take the place of forte, so as to make the construction
of forts, at the mouth of an important roadstead and
in front of our greatest naval arsenal, superfluous and
useless. The mere statement of the question is enough
to settle it. Forts cannot do the work of ships,because
they ere available only for defensive, and not for
offensive purposes; because they cannot bring an
unwilling adversary to close quarters ; because they
are incapable of being used as rams—in short, be-
cause they are immovable. For equally cogent and
still more obvious reasons, ships cannot do the
work of forts. They cannot, even with the aid of
steam, operate independently of wind and weather ;
they cannot be mounted with guns of indefinite
weight and calibre ; they cannot be coated with
armour of indefinite thickness ; they cannot defy
the corrosive agency of sea water ; they cannot be
repaired without being sent into dock. It would be
easy to extend the list of these disabilities if our ob-
ject were to damage the reputation of ships instead
of defending that of forts. Far be it from us to pre-
dict what may be the ultimate form which the in-
genuity of man may devise for these floating for-
tresses, but as we follow with our mind's eye the
progressive rivalry between ordnance and naval
architecture till we lose sight of it in a dim vision of
Titanic encounters on the ocean,the powers of destruc-
tion always seem to have the best of iL We cannot
help believing that explosive forces mighty enough
to stave in the side of anything that can navigate
the sea will be discovered, if they are not already in
existence ; but it does not follow that such engines
can be carried on shipboard. On the contrary, the
presumption is that the ship of the future will be
impregnable to the assaults of any similar antagonist
and will be vulnerable only by guns planted upon
the solid earth. After all, we need not carry our
calculations quite so far as this. The sum voted for
these works, considerable in itself, is absolutely trifl-
ing compared with that which would be required to
provide an equal armament if the alternative of ships
were adopted. Ships must be built of perishable ma-
terials, their screws will always be tearing the stern
to pieces, their armour-plates will always be working
r
loose in spite of fastenings, their bottoms will ned"oef
cease to corrode, their crews must be comp,OS.en
_y,
skilled men and kept in a state of constant efficiency,
cor oust
going as soon as they prove inferior in
going qualities to some new model theylinast for ever,
aside. Forts, if massive and well built, speed ut he cast
and no change in the art of war can everm
spithead,
worthless. Placed on the shoals aroundnes ,
aka them
well BS our
they would shelter our merchantmaend
a twoaunldy e npaabi
in
dockyards, arsenal, and
effectively
our navy to operate d It is true that in
arrison
where it might be most wantiet
would be just possi-
the present state of gunn_erviyar
which might have
ble for a hostile ship f
Channel eieet, and which should
slipped through our Choan
not to
admirable precision as
edth from the mid-channel,
be steered with such
bre
deviate by a hair's being sent to the bot-
to run between them without
n it must run the
and shore
useantrme our gunboats same gaunt-
.
nothing,
torn. To get out again
gaunt-
let, and in the
must be presumed to be doingl
conditions required by ir. Osborne's
batteries
illustrate
__the inutility of these
Such are the
own showing to
.
forts. The moment Whitworth or Sir W.
Armstrong
produces
rr a gun Which will pierce a
in motion 1,000 yards,"
vessel he confesses that his
argument is gone," and that We may " build the
forts at once. ' The advocate h o admits as much
as this, in a case where delay may be dangerous,
puts himself out of court.
posT.—The tide of i
invasion having been rolled
backwards by the
armies of the Southern Confede-
racy, and the
offensive, an observer latter having in turn assumed the
is naturally led to inquire
into the probable
well appear a e results of what at first sight may
hazardous course of proceeding on the
pert of the weaker of the belligerents. Mfrs possess
no Precise information
respecting the comparative
strength of the Northern and Southern armies ; but
"eh supposin
that General Lee has at his com-
mand a more numerous force than Meade, the lately
appointed Federal general, there must still be thrown
into the scale, as egainst the South, the population
of the invaded States. Regarding the inhabitants
of a country as the raw material out of which its
armies are formed, the North possesses, in the nume-
rical superiority of its population, an imrneesut able
advantage over the Southern Confederacy. If the
inhabitants of the Northern Border States viewed
the advance of the Confederate army with the same
feelings that the Southern population regarded the
invasion of APClellan, Pope, and Hooker, it is
needless to say that the Confederate army would
experience no less difficulty in approaching Wash-
ington than the grand army of the North did in
attempting to enter Richmond. The States of
Maryland, Pennsylvania, Ohio, and New York could
with ease supply 150,000 militiamen who, combined
with the army of the Potomac, would certainly
suffice to stem the stream of Southern invasion. In

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EDUCATION.—From 1839 to the close of 1862 the
Government Aran's made to schools connected with
the Church of England amounted to £1,039,333; to schools
connected with the British and Foreign School Society to
£587,279 ; to Wesleyan schools to £308,113 ; to Roman
Catholic schools England and Wales) to £288,110; to pa-
rochial union schools of £75,677; to schools connected with
the Church of Scotland to £106,185; to schools connected
with the Scottish Free Church to £322,778 ; to schools con-
nected with the Scottish Episcopal Church to ze34,664 ; and
to the Scottish Roman Catholic Poor School Committee to
£18,793. Including charges for inspection, administration,
the total expenditure of the Committee of Council on
Education from 1839 to 1862 amounted to X 6,710,863. The
scc." included ;£20,036 for " poundage on Post-office
orders."

JOINT-STOCK COMPANIES.—Not less than 297
joint-stock companies, with limited liability, have
been registered in England in the first half of the year 1883.
Thirty-three of them are banking companias, but one of
these has already registered a resolution dissolving the van-
11Y, and others may probably have come to nothing. The
nominal capital proposed for there banking companies was
more than £18,000,000.