The Sun.
London, England, 1863-06-04 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, JUNE 4, 1861

moment they touch American soil. Within 20 yards
of Castle-garden, the great emigration depot, where
all the emigrants are landed, are stationed two re-
cruiting tents, with flaming placards offering large
bounties to young men who will take arms in the
Federal service. No Irishman of military age or ap-
pearance can possibly pass into New York without
being subjected to the solicitations of the recruiting
agents at these tents and at half-a-dozen other offices
which are situated within a stone's throw of the land-
ing place ; and if he have formed no settled plan of
life, and have no friends or relatives in the rural
districts, or in the great agricultural States of the
West, whom he is desirous of joining, the chances
are that the strong temptation of the immediate pos-
session of a larger sum of ready money than he ever
had in his life, or that in all probability he ever saw,
will induce him to enter the ranks. Many of these
recruiting r gents are Irishmen, who know the
foibles of their countrymen ; and there can be
little doubt that
the Federal Government, in en-
couraging Irish immigration so vigorously, had in
view the probability of converting a large percent-
age of the ablebodted new comers into soldiers of
the Union. There can be as little doubt that it has
not been disappointed in its hope, and that if the
British Government should be unwise enough to
complain, it has its answer ready—that the encour-
agement of immigration is a national duty in
America at all times, and more particularly at the
present ; and that if the immigrants prefer the rifle
to the plough, there is nothing that the Federal
Government can or ought to do to prevent them
from indulging their fancy.

May 23.
Postscript. —The systematic falsification and sup-
pression of military news by the War Department,
and its agents in the telegraphic offices throughout
the country, causes the public to receive with incre-
dulity all reports of Federal successes that are not
corroborated by the Confederates. The recent im-
portant and yet pending operations of General
Grant in front and in the rear of Vicksburg are not
only imperfectly understood, but are looked upon
in many quarters as ominous of impending reverses
to the Federal arms. All those who, in this city,
sympathise with the South—a number that could
not be accommodated in Forts Warren, Lafayette,
and Mac Henry, were those fortresses a hundred
times as roomy and commodious as they are—assert
that Gen. Grant is in a trap, and that he will be
assailed simultaneously in the rear by the garrison
of Vicksburg, and in front by a large force from Mo •
bile, transported by the Tombigbee River to Selma,
and thence by railway to Jackson. The position is
critical enough to inspire the Administration with
alarm, and to paralyse to a considerable extent the
speculation in stocks which has driven Wall-street
wellnigh frantic with the excitement of gain. Nor
is the condition of the army of the Potomac such as
to afford much comfort to the ardent and ever
hopeful patriotism• that looks for a decisive victory
over the South as the essential preliminary to an
armistice. The President, fearful as ever for the
safety of the capital, is understood to have urged a
withdrawal of the army from the Rappahannock,
and to have persuaded General Halleck that such a
change of base was a military as well as a political
necessity. But the public feels little present inte-
rest in Hooker or his army ; does not believe that
Washington is in danger, though it may be before
many weeks are over; and looks upon the capture
of Vicksburg and Port Hudson as of more imme-
diate importance than any other point in the game
of strategy which the Government is playing.
There has evidently been a series of hard struggles
on the forty miles of ground between Vicksburg
and Jackson, and authentic news from that region
is therefore expected with almost feverish anxiety.
Bat it is Confederate, not Federal, news that is de-
sired, for no one believes Mr. Stanton's despatches
until they are confirmed by private letters and
official documents.

counted for all the circumstances. The answer also
alleged that the petitioner had acknowledged the title of
Sir E. Tierney when he applied to him in 1842 to sell the
estate, and again on a later occasion; and also that the pe-
titioner, having in 1854 obtained a renewal of a lease of a
certain portion of the premises which he formerly held un-
der Earl Henry, from Sir E. Tierney, and having punctually
paid rent therefor to Sir E. Tierney up to his death, and
subsequently to Sir Lionel Darell, without any protest or
objection, was entitled to no relief whatever, and therefore
the petition should be dismissed with costs.
The learned sergeant had not concluded a very able state-
ment when the Court rose,

Sir John Arnott has published an address to the electors
of Kinsale, in consequence of the allegation made by some
parties that he took the constituency by surprise, and had
entered into a compact or stipulation with Sir George Col-
thurst. He states that he sent a circular to them announc-
ing his resignation on the 26th ult., which could not have
taken them by surprise, inasmuch as upwards of 12 months
ago he went to Kinsale for the express purpose of tendering
his resignation. At the urgent request of a number of the
most influential electors, he was induced to retain the seat
till a suitable successor could be found. Several gentlemen
had been mentioned, but none of them appeared entirely
acceptable till Sir George Colthurst undertook to solicit
their suffrages. As to the statement that he had entered
into a compact with that gentleman, he says it is simply
ridiculous, and could only have been resorted to for an elec-
tioneering object.

The following also ran:—The Old Orange Girl, Tademus,
Stockowner, Crafton Lass, and Spitfire Kitty.
Challoner weighed for Carnival and A. Edwards for One-
sander, and their numbers were up, but subsequently taken
down.

Betting-2 to 1 agst Saccharometer, sto 2 agst Tom
Fool, 7 to 1 agst Old Orange Girl, and 9 to 1 agst Judex.
The Orange Girl carried her colours to the fore immedi-
ately after they left the post, with Tom Fool, Judex, and
Hospodar in close attendance, the rear being brought up by
Tademus, who laid away upwards of half a dozen lengths
to the bend into the straight, where Tom Fool took up run-
ning, with Judex and the favourite in close attendance, to
the half distance, when Lord Strathmore's colt went up and
won in a canter by three lengths; half a length between
the second and third ; and two lengths separating the third
and fourth. Spitfire Kitty was next, and Tademus last
throughout.

The Visitors' Plate of 100 sovs, and 25 for the second horse

(handicap), Once round and a dist ince. 19 subs.
Mr. Bryan's Millionaire, 6 yrs, Bst 131 b (Custanco) 1
Lord W. Powlett's Paste, 5 yrs, Oat .. (S. ltogers) 2
Lord Portsmouth's Vinegar Hill, 5 yrs, Bst 31b

• - (Fordham) 3
The following also ran :—Gardener, Flirtation, Gorse,
Dux, Necklace, and Wasp gelding.
Betting-4 to 1 each agst Gardener, Paste, and Million-
aire, 5 to 1 agst Flirtation, and 6 to 1 agst the Wasp c.

Millionaire made play, with Gorse and Paste in close at-
tendance, to the top turn, when Paste went to the fore, and,
with Mr. Bryan's colt and Vinegar Hill in waiting, de-
scended the hill in close company ; but on reaching the bot-
tom the lot closed up, and ran to the old mile-post, where
Paste gradually increased her lead, which she retained to
the distance, when Custance brought out Millionaire, who
at the stand obtained a clear lead, and won very easily by
a neck, Paste defeating Vinegar Hill by a neck for second
place. Gorse was fourth, Flirtation fifth, Gardener next,
the Wasp colt last. •