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SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

a clear lead, which he retained to the stand, when Dawdle
came with a rush, and won a fine race by a head; a length
and a half separating second and third Queen of the Gip-
sies was fourth, and Nereus neat; the others beaten off, the
last two being the Toy filly and Rosa.

READING RACES, AUG. 13.

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terday brought crowds to the King's Meadow and filled the
hotels of this quiet Berkshire borough to overfLwing. The
Great Western, of course, carried the greatest number of
passengers, but the more circuitous routes of the rival lines
were not disdained, and the trains from Waterloo and Lou-
don-bridge were heavy.
The entry for the Reading Stakes, it is true, dwindled
down to four starters, and the absence of Mr. Ten Broeck's
Derby colt Paris robbed them of a great deal of their inte-
rest; Mr. Merry's good-looking filly Crisis winning with
perfect ease.
A pretty race for the King's Meadow Stakes heralded
the event of the day—the Berkshire Stakes, for which only
five came to the post. Change and Blackdown were nearly
equal favourites, the former, from his running at Wolver-
hampton, having the call. The race was left to these two,
Change succeeding in defeating the Goodwood winner by a
neck.

BETTING ON THE COURSE.

MICR HANDICAP.
sto 1 agst Clarior (taken)
100 to 15 agst Golden Pledge (taken)
10 to 1 agst Melrose (taken)
10 to 1 agst Carisbrook (taken)
10 to 1 agst Piccador (taken)
10 to 1 agst Bellman (taken)
12 to 1 agst Captain Crow (taken)
15 to 1 agst The Monk (taken)
20 to 1 agst Oldminster (offered)

ST. LEGER.
sto 1 agst The Ranger (taken)
6to 1 agst Lord Clitden (taken and offered)
100 to 15 agst Queen Bertha (taken)
7to 1 agst Avenger (taken)

Mr. Merry was able to place the Ladies' Plate to his
account with Sister to Melsonby, and a very slow-run race
for the Nursery eventuated in the easy victory of Mr.
Trimmer's Verbena by two lengths.
The Stewards' Plate brought 11 to the post, and after
some delay in starting Kingswood landed his owner's
colours victorious by a head, after a good race with Bali-
♦erne.

YORK AUGUST MEET
Weights for the Chesterth

'ING.—TUESDAY, Aug, 18.
Led Handicap. One mile:

Age st lb
Dictator
Johnny Armstrong 4 9 5
Ace of Clubs .. 4 8 13
Calabria 5 8 7
Little Pippin 4 8 5
Lothian's King
Stanton
(lemma 4 8 0
Doncaster
Bertha
Toggery 6 7 7
Flash in the Pan a 7 7
Comet
Golden Pledge
Despair
Weights for the Nurs(

Age st lb
Beauvais ..
Old Orange Girl 3 7 1
Paddy O'Rourke
Angelus 3 6 13
Fluke 3 6 13
Dolphin 3 6 9
Michael Scott
Newchurch
Alice
Li ttlecote
Manchester
Trump Queen 3 6 5
Jer ny- Wren 3 6 2
Middlewatch 3 6 0
Coverdale
3ry Handicap. T.Y C.

The sport, though not first-rate, was satisfactory, and
the praiseworthy punctuality of the arrangements deserves
notice at our hands.

The Eaathampstead Park Stakes of 5 soya each, 2 ft, with
30 added ; for 3-yr-olds and upwards ; weight for age ;
winners extra, with maiden allowances. One mile and a

half. 11 subs.
Mr. Brayley's Golden Dust, 3 yrs, 7st 21b .... (Cannon) 1
Mr.lßeadman's Fontenoy, 3 yrs, 7st 31b (Plumb) 2
Mr. Merry's Lioness, 4 yrs, 7st 111 b (H. Covey) 3
Betting-7 to 4on Golden Dust.

at lb
The Clown 8 10
Madame Walton
Thimblerig 8 2
Tarleton ••••
Appenine
Rouge Crosse 7 11
Procella „„ .. 7 11
Goldylocks
Prescription
Lyra
Inverness
Balderstone 7 6
Coverdale
Good Advice
Ghillie Callum .. 7 3
Mysterious Lady
Rose
Theobalda
Lady de Trafford
Claxton
Oulton Lowe 7 0
Nemo
Skylark .. 7 0
Harvest Mell . 7 0
Jet colt 7 0

st lb
Ess Bouquet
lAle Girl
Fauconberg 6 13
Acolyte
Greville
Mother Carey's
Chicken
Cutaway 6 12
Kapund a 6 12
Ignorance filly .. 6 12
Daunus (late Stonewall
Jackson) ....
The Shuffier .. 6 10
Land of the West .... 6 10
Dawdle
B angle 6 9
Exile of Erin's dam o 6 9
Caroline
Jane Shore 6 7
Frondenr . 6 7
Villagiatura
Thornton 6 6
Alice Lee 6 4
Laura

Fontenoy took the lead, followed by Golden Dust and
Lioness, until the turn into the straight, when Mr. Bray-
ley's colt drew up, passed Fontenoy at the stand, and won
cleverly by a neck. A bad third.

The Reading Stakes of 15 sous, 5 ft, with 50 added, for 2-
yr-olds ; colts, Bst 101 b and fillies Bst 51b ; winners extra.

Half-a-mile. 32 subs.
Mr. Merry's Crisis, 88L 21b
Mr. J. Powney's Lady Williams (31b), Bst 21b .. (Judd) 2
Mr. W. S. Cartwright's Inca (31b), Bst 21b (Custance) 3
Mr. Greville's Bradamante, Bst 51b (J. Goater) 4
Betting-9 to 4on Crisis, sto 1 agst Lady Williams, and
6 to 1 agst Isca.
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The favourite, in company with Bradamante, Lady Wil-
liams, and Isca, made the running to the enclosure, where
Mr. Greville's filly was beaten; Crisis at the same time
drew slightly in advance, and won very cleverly by three
parts of a length. Lady Williams obtained the second
honours by a head ; a bad fourth.

The King's Meadow Stakes (handicap) of 5 soya each, with
30 added. Winners extra. Straight, 7 furlongs. 15
subs.
Mr. Reeves's Topsy, 3 yrs, 7st (T. French) 1
Mr. F. Jacob's Lufra, 3 yrs, 7st 121 b .......... (Daley) 3
....
Sir F. Johnstone's Tailor, 2 yrs, sst 71b
.. (Barrett) 3
The following also ran !—Rubini, Churchman, Tom
Sayers, Margery, The Dictator, and The Reserve.

HORSES STRUCK OUT Of THEIR ENGAGEMENTS.—
August 7, at 9 a.m. all Sir Joseph Hawley's horses out of
their engagements at York August Meeting. Bth, at 5.50
p.m. Mulberry, out of Chillington and Nursery Stakes,
Wolverhampton. -10th, at 9 a.m. Breechloader, Umpire,
and Polynesia (left in by mistake) out of Wolverhampton
Stakes ; Lytham out of Nursery Stakes, Reading ; Tro-
janus eut of Ebor Handicap, York ; at 10 40 a.m. Village
Belle out of Berkshire Stakes, Reading ; at 4 15 p.m.
Madame Walton out of Reading and Wolverhampton en-
gagements ; at 4 30 p.m. Turn of Luck out of Holyoake
Stakes, Wolverhampton. 11th, at 9 a.m. Blight and
Oneida out of Staffordshire Nursery, Wolverhampton;
Queen Elizabeth out of Stewards' and Borough Members'
Plates, Wolverhampton; Cachnca out of Yorkshire Oaks ;
at 11.40 a.m. Wild Rake out of Fifth Stamford Bienuial
and Chillington Stakes, Wolverhampton; Queen of Trumps
out of Patshull Stakes, Wolverhampton ; Trojanus out of
Stamford Biennial Stakes, Wolverhampton ; at noon, all
Mr. James Smith's horses, out of Wolverhampton and
Reading engagements ; at 2 5 p.m. Rouge Dragon out of
all engagements ; at 4 5 p.m. all Mr. Hodgman's horses
out of their Reading engagements. 13th, at 9 a.m. Brown
Duchess, Killarney, Countess, Jerry, and Ordeal out of
all their engagements, and Lady Superior out of all engage-
ments this year.

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Betting-100 to 30 agst Churchman, 4 to 1 agst Topsy,
5 to 1 each agst Rubini and Margery, 8 to 1 agst Lufra, 10
to 1 agst Dictator, and 100 to 6 agst The Reserve.

Upwards of half an hour was wasted at the post
before Mr. M‘George could get them in anything
like order. At last the signal was lowered, when
Topsy, next the rails, made play, closely attended by
Lufra, Margery, Churchman, and Tailor ; Rubini, with
Tom Sayers, heading the rear division. As they
rounded the bend into the straight, Margery and
Mr. Saxon's colt were beaten. The favourite, with Lufra
and Tailor lying up, came on with a decided lead to the
enclosure, when Lufra got up, the pair running a punish-
ing race home; Topsy winning in the last stride by a head.
Tailor, who ran extremely raw and ungenerous, was beaten
by two lengths for second; Dictator was fourth, The Re-
serve fifth, and Rtibini next.

The Berkshire Stakes (handicap) of 20 sovs each, 10 ft, and
5 only if declared, with 100 added. The owner of the
second horse to save his stake. Winners extra. About
two miles. The highest weight accepting being Bst 31b,
it has been raised to Bst 121 b, and the others in propor•
tion. 35 subs, 17 of whom declared.
Mr. Whittaker's Change, 3 yrs, Est 71b (J. Grimshaw) 1
Mr. Wyon's Blackdown, 3 yrs, 7st 41b (in 71b ex)
(H. Grimshaw) 2
Mr. Merry's Wasp colt, 3 yrs, Est 71b .. (H. Covey) 3
Mr. R. Drewett's Detective, 3 yrs, Est 91b....(Mordan) 4
Mr. Low's Gibraltar, 6 yrs, Bst (C. Searle) 0
Betting-6 to 4 agst Change, 7to 4 agst Blackdown, 100
to 15 each agst Gibraltar and the Wasp colt.
Gibraltar, as usual, rushed to the front, and made the
running at his best pace, followed by Detective and Black-
down, the favourite and the Wasp colt lying off. In these
positions they came past the Stand, but proceeding along
the river side the leader ran on the inside of two of the
post, but still went on in advance, closely attended by
Blackdown, the Wasp colt, and Cuange, to the bottom
turn, when Gibraltar again bolted and stumbled over the
rails, leaving Blackdown in possession of a clear lead, with
the Wasp (colt and Mr. Whittaker's colt lying close up
with him. At the distance Change came out, and in a few
strides obtained a slight lead, which he retained to the end,
and won a fine race by a neck. There were four lengths
between the second and third; Detective was fourth. Gib.
raltar did not pass the post.
The Ladies' Plate of 25 sovs, added to a sweepstakes of
3 sovs each; for 2-yr-olds and upwards. Weight for
age, with selling allowances. Straight five furlongs. 10
subs.
Mr. Merry's Sister to Melsonby, 3 yrs, 7st 51b, £5O
(H. Covey) 1
Mr. Chancellor's Wee Aggie, sst 51b, £5O (J. Grimshaw) 2
Mt. John Day's Eudora, 2 yrs, sst 71b, £5O ..(Mordan) 3

The Late Dreadful Accident near Lynn.

KING'S LYNN, Thursday Afternoon.

The proceedings before Mr. Belee, the borough
coroner, was resumed this morning at the Guildhall.
Mr. Edwards represented the railway company,
and Mr. Coulton, solicitor of Lynn, appeared for
the family of the deceased, Mr. John Dennis.
After some evidence had been adduced similar to
that given on the former inquest,
Captain Tyler read the following statements by
the permission of the coroner, as the company felt
the decision of the inquest as too strong :
" I will now, gentlemen, with the coroner's per-
mission, say a few words in my own defence, in
consequence of the censure which I have so unex-
pectedly, and as I think very unjustly, received in
a recent verdict.
" It was quite impossible for me to distinguish, in
passing over the line in September last, between
those ditches which retained and those which would
lose their water during the present summer. The
farmers who live on the land from year to year
have good opportunities of observing the rise and
fall of the water in the district, but no person
visiting the country for the first time, and for a
limited period, can pretend to form an accurate
judgment in this respect. It any of them had taken
the trouble to write ever so short a note to the
Board of Trade before the line was inspected, and
expressed, however feebly, the apprehension that
they now, after the lamentable occurrence, proclaim
so loudly, my attention would in that case have
been specially directed to the subject. I should have
placed myself in communication with them when I
made my inspection, and we should have had a dif-
ferent result. I need hardly tell you, for instance,
if I could have foreseen that the ditch opposite Mr.
Bloomfield's field would become dry in the present
year, and be for this reason a cause of danger to
the public, I should have required the railway com-
pany to place a higher fence on the inside of it.
" Mr. Valentine, the engineer who constructed
the line, who has had considerable
similar marsh districts, was himself deceived with
reg
ard regard to the water. The low fence was, of course,
only intended as an additional protection to wet
ditches. He paid great attention to the construc-
tion of those fences, and if
he could have formed a
more accurate judgment
extended he would, of course, have
the high fence fora greater
both sides of the line. distance along

The following also ran :—Maid of Lincoln colt, Canter-
bury, Buckhound, Skuddle filly, Falsestep, and Aber-
nethy.
Dawdle was weighed for by Loates, who was found to be
21b. overweight, and his number was taken down.
Betting-4 to 1 each agst Wee Aggie and Buckhound, 6
to 1 agst Eudora, 100 to 15 agst Sister to Melsonby, and 10
to 1 agst Abernethy.
Sister to Melsonby, with the favourite and Eudora lying
up, made all the running, and won in a canter by three
lengths—Wee Aggie defeating Eudora by a length for
second. The Maid of Lincoln colt was a bad fourth, and
Buckhound fifth, and Abernethy next; the others were
beaten off a long way, the last being Falsestep. The winner
was sold to Mr. Rayner for 280 guineas.
The Nursery Plate (Handicap) of 100 sovs ; for 2 yr-olds.
Winners extra. Straight run in, about seven furlongs.

33 subs.
Mr. Trimmer's Verbena, by De Ruyter, 7st
(J. Grimshaw) 1
Marquis of Hastings' Attraction, 7st 71b
Mr. W. Day's Signalman, 7st 91b (S. Adams) 3
The following also ran :—Lady Wild filly, Stainley,
Anglo-Saxon, Langford, Danaus, Heber, Elise, Petit
Oiseau, Fairy, Nervous colt, and Wheldrake.
Betting--7 to 4 agst Verbena, 4to 1 agst Attraction, 8
to 1 agst Wheldrake, and 10 to 1 agst any other.
The favourite getting the best of the start made the run-
ning, with Attraction at her side, the others pzior to reech-
ing the distance being widely spread. Verbena retained her
advantage to the end, and won in a canter by two lengths.
Signalman was a wretched third, Danaus was fourth, Whel-
drake fifth, the Lady Wild filly and Elise next; the others
were pulling up, the last being Anglo-Saxon, who got
badly off.

.‘ I have myself no cow,
of railways, and am only rol over the construction
them after they are supp sed called upon to inspect
ready for traffic; and I waould put the question to
to be complete and
you in this way. Supposing
near the end of next month--as
that I was called upon
e
round again—to inspect a similar
September is coming
'near line through a
similar country, and were to
wet ditches with a low fence, aold, as in this case,
the) I d en ineer, dry ditches with
a high one, should I say to
mis-
trust your wet ditches, and thereforevee '
e you shall now
h
add a high fence along the of the line, and
I will recommend the Board of Trade to postpone
tbn opening of the line from
until it is completed.' if 1 month to month
were to adopt
this course, gentlemen, shareholders and directors,
engineers and managers, would all
'would justly complain of being put cry out, and
to unnecessary
expense in construction and delay • opening ; de-
putations would be sent up to the Board'l.denouncing
of Trade,
, and
and an impatient public would lei, n
me as an unreasonable inspector,
such duties ought not to be entrusted,
one to whom
will
cry
,c The engineer of the line would w
ld
out, • Let us open the line, and we add to the
fences, from time to time, as experience
re
it to be necessary ;' and I should be oblitheged to may sho
co m-
w
mend the Board of Trade to allow
the railway upon that explanation, leaving it openingo
the of
railway company to maintain, from
time
to time, a
sufficient fence at the side of the railway, and to
clear them out and to repair them, and
to them
as may be required, taking due care of the safety
of the public while they did so.
"I can only, by recommending the Board
of
Trade to postpone the opening of the line from
month to month, cause such deficiencies to be recti-
fied as I am able to observe, and I feel, I assure you
a heavy responsibility in doing so ; but I am obliged
to trust to the care and watchfulness of the officerse(
and servants of the railway company in guarding
against contingencies which constantly arise—many
of them of far greater importance than the condi-
tions of the fences—in the working of a railway.
The present accident will, however, bring the ques-
.ion of fences into greater prominence than anything
that has previously occurred in railway history, and
will, no doubt, induce greater care on all hands
with • tegard to it.
"Government inspection, before the opening of a
line, does good in many ways. It is the means of
obtainingsv f or y(qi stronger bridges, a better perma-
nent ay, more substantial earthworks, ' superior
system
of signals,
anda more finished railway than
you would have in . of
the majority cases without it ;
but it cannot be expected to make up for defect of
maintenance, inasmuch as the inspector has no con- -

The
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and
a quarter. 36 subs.
Mr. S. Thellusson's Kingswood, 3 yrs, 6st 91b (Mordan) 1
Mr. W. Burbidge's Baliverne, 4 yrs, let 41b (Midgley) 2
Mr. T. Hughes's Remunerator, aged, 7st 21b (T. French) 3
The following also ran :—Berkeley, Ripon, Flash in the
Pan, Everlasting, The Drone, Dux, Salisbury, and Lady
Emma.
Betting-9 to 4 agst Ripon, 6to 1 agst Everlasting, 7to
1 agst Kingswood, 10 to 1 each agst Lady Emma and Flash
in the Pan, and 100 to 8 agst Remunerator.
Remunerator jumped away in advance, having Dux,
Salisbury, Everlasting, and Ripon in close attendance,
Kingswood, with Baliverne at his side, lying two or three
lengths in their rear. As they rounded the bend into the
straight Ripon ran into the second place, and came on in
waiting upon Mr. Hughes's representative to the distance,
where the pair were headed by Kingswood and Baliverne,
who came on together, the former with a slight lead, which
he retained to the end, and won on the post by a head ; a
bad third, Flash in the Pan was fourth. Everlasting fifth,
and Salisbury sixth ; the others, who were widely spread,
were pulled up and did not pass the post.
The Borough Plate of 25 sous, added to a sweepstakes of 3
sovs each; 2-yr-olds and upwards. Weight for age. The
inner to be sold for £BO, if demanded, &c. Half a mile.
_ _

16 subs. ~.
Mr. W. Hart's Dawdle, 2 yrs, 6st 41b ...... (E, Taylor) 1
Mr. E. Law's Duke of Cambridge, 4 yrs, Bst 81b

(Customer) 2
Mr. Simpson's Neilgherry, 3 yrs, 7st 111 b (Fordham) 3
The following also ran :—Bubble, Nereus, Queen of tha
Gipsies, Blanche of Lancaster, Rosa, Telacombe, Irishman,
Toy ally, Good for Nothing, and Lawrestina.
Betting-6 to 4 agst Neilgherry, sto 1 agst Good for
Nothing, 100 to 15 agat Dawdle, 8 to 1 agat Queen of the
Gipsies, and 10 to 1 agst Duke of Cambridge.
Blanche of Lancaster cut out the work, with Dawdle,
Duke of Cambridge, the favourite, Queen of the Gipsies,
and Nereus lying at her heels to the distance, when Mr.
York's filly was beaten,
leaving Duke of Cambridge with

THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING. AUGUST 14, 1863.

trol whatever over the lines, nor even an oppor-
tunity of seeing it after it has been opened for traffic.
" And I would here ask to be permitted to make
an observation upon a doctrine laid down by Mr.
Wilkins in his address to the former jury.
" That learned coroner represented the Great
Eastern Company as sitting in London, and as
having a right to assume that having the certifi-
cation of the Government inspector, the fences were
in a fit and proper state. It was impossible (he
said) for them to know, being in London, and not
having constructed the fences, that they were not
so. But having taken upon themselves the work-
ing of the line, immediately they saw the state of
the fences they were bound to take notice of them
and to repair them. And the best evidence that
they did so is this—that they have gone to consi-
derable expense in putting up a good new fence, so
as to prevent the possibility of an accident of this
kind ever occurring again from such a cause.' Now,
gentlemen, a railway company, in taking over a
railway from another company and in undertaking
the responsibility of working it, is bound to see
through its own officers that it is in a safe condition
in all respects, according to the mode in which it
is worked, and—irrespective of any Government in-
spection which may have taken place—to main-
tain it and improve it from time to time, and you
have heard from Mr. Sinclair, in his evidence. that
he did go on the line, on the part of the Great
Eastern Company, as was his duty, and that his
inspection was made previous to mine.
" A railway is a complicated concern, requiring
constant attention and supervision from month to
month, from day to day, and from hour to hour.
Those only who have charge of it can only be re-
sponsible for the safety of the public using it. The
doctrine which the learned gentleman has laid
down, besides being entirely erroneous, has a most
dangerous tendency, because it would absolve rail-
way companies from their legitimate responsibi-
lities. Parliament, taking a contrary view, has
always wisely abstained from permitting Govern.
ment interference in the management of railways,
and principally for this very reason, that responsi-
bility 'tight not be shifted from the shoulders of
those who alone are in a position to undertake it."
Mr. Edwards having addressed the jury on the
part of the railway company, the coroner summed
up.
The Jury returned the following verdict :—" We
find unanimously that John Dennis died from in-
juries received on the Lynn and Hunstanton Rail-
way on the 3d of August, in consequence of an ac-
cident caused by a bullock having strayed upon the
line. We are also of opinion that the accident was
owing to the insufficiency of the fences and the
neglect of the same by the Great Eastern Railway
Company ; that the driver and guard of the train
to which the accident occurred acted to the best of
their ability and in accordance with the instruc-
tions issued to the company's servants. The Jury
strongly recommend that the carriages used by the
company should be more frequently subjected to
close examination. We are further of opinion that
Captain Tyler, the Government inspector, was per-
fectly justified in passing the line in September
last."

_

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

leagues north of the capital. In all these places he
will probably cause them to pronounce against
Barrios and in favour of Mr. Francisco Duenas, who
been set up by Carrera, and acknowledged as
provisional president iu the departments of Santa
Ana and Eonsonate, and where he has organised a
Government.

" It will be seen that on the west and north the
capital is threatebed and its communication cut off.
Cerna will undoubtedly pass on to Cojutepeque to
aid the Indians, who will gladly adhere to him, and
thence to San Vicente, where there is a complete
disaffection. If this be done, the only department
really under General Barrios is that of the capital,
for San Miguel will undoubtedly declare in favour
of that candidate for president whom they think is
strongest.
" San Salvador itself is a strong position, and can
easily be defended. The streets around the plaza
are barricaded, the people are rapidly leaving, and
General Barrios has some 2,500 men there, who
may be (or may not be) reliable. The approaches
to San Salvador are easily defensible (the Barranca
or ravine of Guaramul and the declivities of Abajo
and Milingo), but General Barrios has no force in
either. He seems to have determined to confine
himself to the plaza of the capiall. Meantime he is
without resources, except the monthly assessment
on those who remain, and the sales he can make of
some confiscated goods. It is probably the inten-
tion of General Carrera to surround the capital, not
to attack it, to cause the whole country to pro-
nounce, and shut General Barrios up in San Salva-
dor alone, occupying the port of Libertad also pos-
sibly, or at any rate the road to it; if so, and no
sortie or attack on Carrera's forces is made by
General Barrios, it is hard to understand how he
can maintain himself another month.

" There are many who will regret deeply the
overthrow of President Barrios. Individually he has
many warm friends among the people of Central
America, and the wholesome reforms he has ini-
tiated in the administration of affairs in Salvador
(not the least important of which was to check the
influence of the priests by making them amenable
and subordinate to the civil power) will not soon be
forgotten. The rock upon which Barrios split was
his Minister Irungary ; a man without another
friend in Central America ; a sly, sneaking, mischief
maker ; an unprincipled adventurer from Guate-
mala, whence he had been banished ; a man with a
character so bad that even his family, his wife and
children living still in Guatemala, will have, and
have had, no intercourse with him. What could be
expected from a Minister with such a character but
ruin and disgrace. It is stated on very good autho-
rity that Carrera had said, it he caught Barrios and
Irungary, he would send the former to Guatemala
and give him the freedom of the city, but the latter
he would hang on the highest tree he could find
around San Salvador.

" There is no news of consequence, from the other
States. Nicaragua had despatched a force to invade
Honduras, otherwise all is quiet. I also under-
stand that General Martinez, the worthy President
of Nicaragua, in view of the success of Carrera in
Salvador and Cerna in Honduras, is about to recall
his troops from the frontier and disband them,
that their labour may be made available in plant-
ing cotton, the season for whin is just approach-
ing."

Naval and Military Intelligence.

THE NAVY.

take

The Royal yacht Victoria and Albert, Captain
his Serene Highness Prince Leiningeu, arrived and
came into Portsmouth harbour at 4 p.m. yesterday
from Antwerp, whither she had conveyed her Ma•
jesty and the Royal Family.
The annual inspection by the Lords of the Ad-
miralty was commencen at Devonport on Wednes-
day by Rear-Admiral Charles Eden, C.B. He, in
company with the Controller of the Navy, Rear-
Admiral Thomas Spencer Robinson, went on board
the training-ship Impregnable, 78, Capt. Francis
M. Tremlett, and her tender, the sloop Squirrel, 8,
Lieut. Arthur H. Wright, both in Hamoaze, when
the boys were exercised at the sails and guns. Sub-
sequently Vice-Admiral the Hon. Sir Frederick
William Grey, K.C.8., Admiral Robinson, and the
Director of Engineering Works, Colonel Godfrey
Thomas Greene, visited the new long dock in the
Devonport yard, the works of which were com-
pleted by the contractors about two months since.
The dock proper is enclosed by a pair of iron gates,
but, between them and Hamoaze there is a apace of
50ft., the outer part being protected from the sea by
an iron caisson. The sea can be excluded from the
the dock by the caisson only, in which case the
length of the dock is increased 50ft. There is at
present inside the caisson a quantity of mud and
rubbish ; when this is removed the dock will be
ready for use. The new long dock is constructed
on the sites of the old docks Nos. 2 and 3,
which were one inside the other. It is 437 ft. long
over all and 915 ft Gin. below, and can take in the
Warrior class of ships: On the arrival of the Agin-
court, which is larger than the Warrior, she will
probably be placed in this dock. The sheer hulk
moored outside will, it is said, be fitted with a steam
capstan, for the purpose of hauling ships into and
out of the new long dock. From the dockyard
Sir Frederick Grey proceeded to Keyham steam-
yard, where, between I and 3 o'clock in the after-
noon, he mustered the men belonging to the Steam
Reserve, who are commanded by Capt. William
Edmonstone, C.B. His lordship next went on
board the training-ship Implacable, 24, Comman-
der S. B. Dolling, and the receiving-ship Canopus,
8, Capt. Charles H. May, and inspected the crews
of both. When landing at the dockyard Sir Fre-
' derick examined the new lifeboat constructed by
Mr. Turner, master shipwright of Woolwich yard,
Which had been sent to Devonport to be tested.
The paddle-wheel steam-yacht Enchantress, 1,
Master-Commander J. E. Petley, from the Channel
Islands and Dartmouth, arrived at Plymouth yes-
terday morning. Instead of landing at Devonport
dockyard or Keyham steamyard his Grace the
Duke of Somerset proceeded at once to New Pas-
sage. Thence he and his colleagues, the other
Lords of the Admiralty, obtained an easy access to
the Devonport park, where they went in order, if
possible, to settle the question of a site for naval
barracks.
The screw steam corvette Brisk, 16, Capt.
John
W. Luce, from the West Coast of Africa, last from
g
Portsmouth, arrived in Plymouth Sound yesterday
morning.
The officers composing the Ordnance Select Com-
mittee of -Woolwich Arsenal have been engaged at
the proof butt during the week in order to test the
Broadwell breach-loading principle, which they
have had under consideration for some months past.
As previously stated, this system consists of a pecu-
liarly shaped self-acting gas ring or valve, which
during the former trials was placed in the wedge
or breech block of the gun, the position and shape
of which Mr. Bioaa well has since changed. The
chief object of this week's trials, it is
stated, was to
test the advantages of the alteration. The as'ring
is now fitted behind the bore, and.g
sets against e
bearing in the face of the breech block. The intention
of the inventor in making this alteration appears to
be to improve the facility of its application to guns
not constructed expressly for its use. The issue
of the trials is pronounced exceedingly satisfac-
tory, and, according to the opinion freely given at
their termination, the merits of the system were
fully established, in so far, at least, as it is applica-
ble to guns of a calibre equal to an 18-ponnder, with
which it had been tested. The method is now to
be tested in a similar manner with the 110-pounder
or larger guns. An important feature in the inven-
tion is, as in the case of a common steam valve, that
the greater the pressure the tighter the breech be-
comes closed against the escape of gas. This justi-
fies the opinion that the subsequent trials about to

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will be equally successful.
Yesterday the steam dtedging machine employed
in clearing and deepening the harbour at Chatham
was removed to the,entracee of the harbour, at Gil-
lingham Reach, where it will be occupied effMP time
in (IcepFning the liver at the berth which ie
tended to be occupied by the iron frigate Achilles
as soon as she has been unlocked.

His Norwegian Majesty's sailing corvette Ornen,
16, Capt. H. %%retie' Jarlsberg, from Quebec, which
arrived on Sunday last at Plymouth, left the Siund
on -VI ednesday, and was towed back again yester-
day, in eonsEquence of the appearance on board of
one positive and one suspected case of smallpox.
The following gentlemen passed their eamina-
lion and received their certificates as acting lieu-
tenants yesterday at the Royal Naval College at
Portsmouth :--R. H. Harris and C. E. Read. As
sub-lieutenants :—A. Little, L. A. Moncrieffe, C.
A. Harris, R. Barton, L. Ching, W. B. M•Hardy,
C. J. Doxat; R. P. W. Powney, R. H. W. Cornwall,
and C. B. Theobald. As actin.. masters :—A. E.
Dowdall and H. V. Russell.

THE ARMY.
A general regimental order signed by Col. C.
Bingham, Deputy-Aejt.- Gen., has been issued from
the Horse Guards by order of Field-Marshal the
Duke of Cambridge, containing the following an-
nouncements :--Col. G. It. H. Kennedy to be Col.
on the staff of the army serving at Malta, while
holding the command of the Royal Artillery in that
island, vice Col. Crofton, deceased ; Brevet-Col. E.
Wodehouse, C. 8., to command the Depot Brigade,
Royal Artillery, vice Col. Kennedy ; Second-Capt.
C. L. Tredcroft appointed to the Royal Horse Artil-
lery, vice Capt. Williams. The following officers
are posted to the Depot Brigade, and will join at
the stations named on the 20th inst., for duty until
required to embark for India—viz., Lieuts. Pratt and
Sorell, Hilsea ; Lieuts. Brinkley, Bomford, and
Graves, Shorncliffe; and Lients,Barker and Rawle,
Aldershott, to do duty with the 4th Brigade. The
following removals have been ordered :—Lieut.- Col.
Elgee, from Ireland to Shorncliffe; Capt. Williams,
from Dorcester to Hilsea ; Capt. Higgon, from
Ireland to Davenport ; Capt. Tredcroft, from
Devonport to Dorchester ; Capt. Gilmour, from
India to Ireland ; Capt. Welch, from Woolwich to
the Isle of Wight; and Lieut. 11. Murray, Coast
Brigade, from Carlisle to Alderney. The under
mentioned officers are posted as follows ;—Lieut.
R. Warburton, to No. 1 battery, 24th Brigade ;
Lieut. J. R. Disney, to No. 4 battery, 25th Bri-
gade ; Lieut. E. Waller, to No. 5 battery, 25th Bri-
gade ; Lieut. C. R. Foulger, to No. 6 battery, 25th
Brigade; Riding-Master Sampson, to sth Brigade,
Royal Horse Artillery ; Riding-Master 13utler, to
9th Brigade; Riding-Master Barnett, to the depot
of the Horse Brigade; Lieut. H. L, Armstrong, from
No. 1 to No. 3 battery, 17th Brigade ; Lieut. F. L.
Weston, from No. 3 to No. 1 battery, 17th Brigade ;
Lieut. H. W. Ferrier to 2d Brigade, and to join at
Dover on the 20th inst. ; Lieut. G. S. Perry to Ist
Brigade, and to join at Sheerness on the 20th inst.;
Lieut. G. A. Ernpson to 13th Brigade, and to join
at Woolwich on the 20th inst. The following officers
are raised to increased pay:—Lieut.-Col. J. R. An-
derson, C. 8., 4th Brigade, vice Marriott, promoted ;
Lieut. C. Kirk wood, Ist Brigade, vice Gilmour, pro-
moted; Lieut. J. A. Kelso,l4th Brigade, vice Welch,
promoted. The following transfers have been sane-
tioned—viz., Col. R. R. Kinleside, from 19th to
25th Brigade ; Col. G. R. H. Kennedy, from 2d to
3d Brigade ; Brevet-Col. W. J. Smythe, from 14th
to 13th Brigade ; Brevet-Col. J. M. Adye, C. 8.,
from 13th to 14th Brigade ; Capt. F. B. Urquhart,
to H battery, 19th Brigade ; Capt. F. Alexander to
7th battery, 25th Brigade ; Capt. A. R. Fuller, to
25th Brigade, as a supernumerary; Capt. J. D.
Higgon, to E battery, Bth Brigade; Second Capt.
and Adjutant J. Hana ell, to the head-quarters of
the Depot Brigade; Second Capt. W. B. Cumber-
land, to E battery, 19th Brigade; Second Capt. F.
Fitzroy, to 6th battery, 24th Brigade ; Second
Captain G. Cracklow, to 7th Battery, 24th Bri-
gade; Brevet Major W. Wilson, to the 6th bat-
tery, 25th Brigade ; Second Capt. C. Hunter, to
25th Brigade; Lieut. A. S. Heyland, to D bat-
I tery, 16th Brigade; Lieut. J. F. Cooksley, to E
I battery, 16th Brigade; Lieut. H. L. Jones, to H
battery, 16th Brigade; Lieut. W. S. Alexander,
to H battery, 16th Brigade; Lieut. H. Munro, to
Bth battery, 25th Brigade ; Lieut. J. H. G. Browne,
to 6th battery, 7th Brigade; Lieut. Macartney, to
4th battery, 7th Brigade ; Lieut. F. Johnson, to 2d
battery, 7th Brigade ; Lieut. Slessor, to C battery,
Depot Brigade; Lieut. Egan to Ist division, Depot
Brigade ; and Lieut. Grey, to F battery, 14th Bri-
gade. The following exchanges have been sanc-
tioned :—Between Second Capt. Capt. J. R. Dyce,
of G battery, Bth Brigade, and Second Capt.R. P. L.
Welch, of Bth battery, 7th Brigade ; between Lieut.
G. E. Handcock, of G battery, and Lieut. T. FL
Trappard, of F battery, 18th Brigade. Lieut..
Coilew is posted to No. 6 battery, 7th Brigade, and
is to join at Gosport on the Ist September. Lieut.
Sutton is posted, temporarily, to the Depot Brigade`
and will join at Shorncliffe on the Ist September,
for duty with a field battery at that station.
A detachment of the Ist division of the Depot
Brigade, Royal Artillery, in the Chatham district,
numbering 40 non-commissioned officers and
gunners, will leave head-quarters this morning and
proceed to Portsmouth, under the oonamand of Lieut.
Parry, and embark on board the iron screw troop-
ship Orontes, 500-horse power, for conveyance to
Gibraltar. Detachments have also been placed
under orders to embark for British North America,
to augment the Royal Artillery stationed in Canada,
Nova Scotia, and Bermuda.

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