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N°. 22,095.

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THE SUN, LON DON, THURSDAY EVENING, APRIL 23, 1863,

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

NEWMARKET FIRST SPRING MEETING.
WEDNESDAY.

The events to be decided to-day were of the usual num-
ber, but, as before, only one race was of any permanent in-
terest, and that attracted very little attention beforehand.
as so many of the horses engaged were unknown to fame.
In the morning the general topic of conversation was the
progress of the unfortunate quarrel now going on between
the Jockey Club and certain members of the sporting press.
' Mr. Willes (" Argus," or the Morning Post), who had been
warned off Newmarket-heath by the Jockey Club at the
last Houghton Meeting, appeared on it for the first time
yesterday, when he was informed by the Earl of :Coventry
that the latter was requested by the club to give him notice
that his presence would not be permitted, and that the
legal notice which had been served upon him by their secre-
tary would be followed up by further proceedings if he did
not withdraw. Mr. Willes, as we are informed, replied
that he was present by the desire of the proprietors of the
Morning Post (in which paper his remarks Appeared), who
were determined to try the right of the Jockey Club
to exclude their representative from the heath at
those times when it is thrown open to the public. The
Jockey Club are also engaged in another matter some-
what of the same character, but varying to some extent, as
in the latter case the attack complained of has been made
upon a member of the club in his individual capacity, and
not upon the Jockey Club itself. Some remarks having ap •
peared in the Sporting .Life reflecting upon the Earl of
Stamford's proceedings on the turf, the editor of that paper
was summoned before the Jockey Club last evening and re-
quired to apologise to his lordship. On his refusal to do
this, he was informed that unless the demand was complied
with before next Saturday he would be warned off the heath,
and would not be allowed admission to any room or race
stand over which the Jockey Club have control. We offer
no opinion as to the truthfulness of the remarks made by
either of the writers complained of, but we cannot but
think that the Jockey Club have not exercised a sound dis-
cretion in attempting to exclude from their ground those
representatives of the press who venture to criticise the
proceedings of that body itself, or of those noblemen and
gentlemen who are its individual members. The public are
invited at certain times to Newmarket-heath, and among
them those who cater for their information and amusement.
Now, it appears to us that as the law of libel is specially
directed to the prevention of unjustifiable remarks upon
public bodies or private individuals, the Jockey Club should
have recourse to that remedy if the persons complained of
have laid themselves open to the punishment it inflicts; and
if not, the attempt to coerce them in the exercise of their
vocation by other means is scarcely worthy the high posi-
tion assumed by the Jockey Club. Mr. Willes has this
morning been officially applied to for the name of his solici-
tor, in order to avoid personal service of the writ, and thus
the matter rests for the present.
During the forenoon a heavy shower fell, which had the
good effect of laying the dust ; but the running ground was
made by it, if possible, harder than ever. Nevertheless, 13
horses came to the post for the Handicap Plate, and 21 for
the Two-yr-old Plate. The winner of the former was made
the favourite at 4to 1; but only justified the selection
by a neck. The start for the Two-yr-old Plate was a mag-
n4ficent one, and showed what can be done even in a five
furlong race, where the riders are obedient to the starter.
Here, again, the favourite, who is a fine filly, and as clever
a goer as is often seen, pulled through, the conjoint second
favourite with Royston not starting, owing to his having
kicked Alderoft off at the stables, who fell on his head, and
was a good deal shaken. Royston looked and went well,
but was outpaced. The other events decided to-day require
no comment.

W. H. MATURIN.
Deputy Commissary-General.
Deputy Commissary-General's Office,
5, New-street, Spring-gardens, London, S.W.,
10th April, 1863.

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A Sweepstakes of 50 ir vs each, h ft, for 3-yr-olds ; colts Bst
101 b, fillies Bst 61b, those by stallions or mares that never
_ _ _ _

bred a winner allowed 31b. D.M. 5 subs.
Lord Strathmore's Sea King (31b), Bst 71b (Aldcroft) 1
Lord Stamford's Oscar, Bst 101 b (Edwards) 2
Betting-2 to lon Oscar.

Sea King took a slight lead to the foot of the hill, where
the favourite made his effort, but, dying away in tho cords, he
was defeated cleverly by a length and a half.

The Prince of Wales's Stakes of 150 sovs each, h ft, and 25
if declared before the Ist of July, 1861, to go to the second
horse, for 4-yr-olds ; colts Bst 91b, fillies Bst 41b; win-
ners extra, maidens allowed 71b. Cesarewitch Course.
9 subs.
Lord Stamford's Citadel, Bst 21b (Edwards) 1
Lord Ailesbury's Teterrima, Bst 41b (Challoner) 2
Mr. R. Boyce's Lord Clyde, Bst 91b (W. Boyce) 3
Lord Fitzwilliam's Vanguard, Bst 91b ...... (J. Osborne) 4
Mr. Hughes's Barbadoes, Bst 21b (Hughes) 5
Betting-6 to 4 agst Citadel, 3to 1 agst Teterrima, 6to
1 each agst Barbadoes and Lord Clyde.
Teterrima made running at a slow pace to the bushes,
with Citadel and Vanguard next, on the upper ground.
The leader then gave way to the favourite, who came on
and won after some shaking by a couple of lengths, Lord
Clyde passing Vanguard a few yards from home, and
finishing a bad third. Barbadoes was beaten a long way.
Handicap Plate of £5O, for 3-yr-olds and upwards. Bretby
Stakes Course.
Mr. Hargreaves's Berkeley, 4 yrs, Bst 41b (Doyle) 1
Mr. R. Bignall's The Prophet, 6 yrs, 7st 71b (Edwards) 2
Mr. Naylor's Drummer Boy, 4 yrs, 7st 71b.. (Challoner) 3
The following also ran :—Canwell, Rest, Gem of the Sea,
Disappointment, Cadiz, Lady Harriet colt, Miranda filly,
Sandford, Harleston, and Anemone gelding.
Betting-4 to 1 agst Berkeley, sto 1 agst Canwell, 10 to
1 each agst Harleston and Prophet, 100 to 8 each agst Sand-
ford, Drummer Boy, and Rest.

After two attempts, the failure in which was caused by
the breaking away of Berkeley and the fractiousness of the
Lady Harriet colt, the lot (with the exception of the latter)
got away on excellent terms. The Prophet at once took the
lead, followed closely by Rest on the upper ground, Ber-
keley being next on the other side, and the others form-
ing a very level line across the course, the Anemone geld-
ing being last. At the foot of the hill Berkeley took the
lead, with Rest and The Prophet close up, but at the
bushes Sam Rogers brought Canwell to the front with a
rush on the lower side, Berkeley and Rest being next.
The first-named, however, soon died away again, leaving
the other two with the lead, Drummer Boy, The Prophet,
and Disappointment being at the head of the remainder.
Within the cords Rest succumbed, and Berkeley took the
command, followed by The Prophet, the latter being de.
feated after a good race by a neck, a length between the
second and third ; Rest was a good fourth, Canwell fifth,
Disappointment sixth, and the Lady Harriet colt was last,
beatten a long way.

A Sweepstakes of 60 soya each, hft ; weight for age. Last

Erythia, she made the running into the cords, Here Miss
Emma came through end took second place, but Good for
Nothing held the lead to the end and won by two lengths,
Erythia being a bad third. The winner was claimed by
Mr. T. Hughes, and Mr. Fleming claimed Miss Emma.
A Sweeptakes of 10 sovs each ; 2-yr-olds, 7st; 3-yr-olds,
9st; fillies all,lwed 31b ; the winner to be sold for 300
sous, if demanded, &c. ; if entered to be sold for 200 sovs
allowed 51b. Last half of Ab. M. 7 subs,

Lord Stamford's Chicquot the Jester, 2 yrs, Est 91b (£200)
(Loates) 1
Lord Westmoreland's Overcast, 2 yrs, Est Glb (£200)
(Morgan) 2
Mr. Brayley's Neilgherry, 3 yrs, Bst Gtb (£200) (Cowley) 3
Prince Soltykoff's Whitefield, 2 yrs, Gst 111 b (£3OO)
(A. Woodhouse) 4
Mr. W. G. Craven's llarleston, 3 yrs, Bst 91b (£200)
(J. Goater) 5

half of R.M. Three subs.

Marpesia filly also ran.
Betting--5 to 4 agst Overcast, sto 2 agst Whitefield, 5
to 1 agst Neilgherry, 6 to 1 agst Chicquot the Jester.
Whitefield took the lead, followed by Neilgherry and
Chicquot the Jester, tho Marpesia gelding bolting imme-
diately the flag descended. Halfway up Overcast joined
the leaders, and Whitefield and Neilgherry soon dropping
back, the issue was left to Chicquot the Jester and the
favourite, and terminated, after a good race, in favour of
the former by a head ; Neilgherry was a bad third. The
winner was not claimed.

Renewal of the Sweepstakes of 50 sovs each, for 3-3 r olds.
colts, Bst 101 b ; fillies, Sat 51b, not engaged in the 2,000
guineas or 1,000 guineas stakes; those by stallions or
mares that never bred a winner allowed 41b ; only one
allowance. A.F. 5 subs.
Mr. Wybrow Robertson's Dunkeld (41b), Bst 61b

_ .
(I3reutey) 1
Lord Strathmore's b c Sea King (41b), Bst Gib (carried
Bst ilk)
Lord Stamford's Revolver, B,t 101 h (Edwards) 3

Betting-6 to 4 each agst Daukeld and Sea King, 3to
agst Revolver.

Sea King led for a few strides, and then gave way to
Dunkeld, who led to the finish and won by half a length, a
length and a half between second and third.
Sweepstakes of 50 sovs each, for 4-yr-olds ; colts, Bst 101 b
fillies, Bst 51b ; winners of the Derby, Oakes, or Doncas-
ter St. Leger, Port, or Claret Stakes to carry 61b, of any
Iwo of those stakes, 101 b extra ; maiden horses which
have never received £lOO for running second allowed 51b
Last three miles of B.C. 3 subs.

Mr. Naylor's Biondella, 4 yrs, Bst 1016 (Challoner) 1
Baron Rothschild's Wingrave, 4 yrs, Bst 101 b .. (Wells) 2
Betting-11 to 10 on Wingrave.
Biondella made all the running, and cantered home the
winner by six lengths.
The Newmarket Two-year-old Plate, of 200 sous; colts,
Bst 71b; fillies, Bst 51b ; winners extra, Last five fur-
longs of R.M. 76 entries.
Baron Rothschild's Sister to Queen of the Vale, Bst 51b _ _

Mr. Savile's Harlequin, Bst 101 b ........ (J. Goater) w.o

LATEST BETTING, MIDNIGHT.
ONE THOUSAND.
3to 1 agst Tornado (taken and offered)
7 to 2 agst Lady Augusta (taken)
sto 1 agat Sister to Singapore (taken)
11 to 2 agst Amelia (taken)
10 to 1 agst Crafton Lass (taken)
11 to 1 agst Gold Dust (taken)
20 to 1 agst Cadeau (offered)
THE DERBY.
4to 1 agst Lord Clitden (offered)
1000 to 100 agat Saccharometer (taken)
1000 to 60 agst Ranger (taken)
2000 to 30 agst Giles the First (taken)
1000 to 15 agst Stockman (taken)
101.0 to 25 agst Early Purl (taken)
1000 to 10 agst Trojanus (taken)
1000 to 10 agst Golden Pledge (taken)
(00 to 5 agst Avenger (taken)
3000 to 90 agat Flying Fish (taken)
GREAT NORTHERN HANDICAP.
sto 1 agst Carbineer (taken)
6to 1 agst Fantail (taken)
Bto 1 agst Manfred (taken)
10 to 1 agst Physalis colt (taken)

(J..oaborne) 1
Marquir of Hastings's Garotter, Bst 121 b (in 51b extra)
(S. Rogers) 2
Mr. Savilo's Rigolbocke, Bat 51b (Phillips) 3
Mr. Elphinstone's Plague Royal filly, Bst 61b (Breutey) 4
The following also ran :—Elgiva, Rothschild, Lady
Maud, Royston, Lady Hylda, Horse Marine, Black Sarah,
Whitebait, Physalis colt, Drosera's dam colt, Comme-ga,
Yates, Alabama, Diviner, Toy filly, Yafa colt, and
Lytham.

Betting-3 to 1 agst Sister to Queen of the Vale, 4to 1
each agst the Brother to Bird on the Wing colt and Roys-
ton, 10 to 1 agst Alabama, 100 to 8 each agst Garotter and
the Tadmor colt.

The " Strike" Amongst The Preston Parish

Labourers.

Naval and Military Intelligence.

THE NAVY.

position is undisturbed.
Her Majesty's screw corvette Archer, 13, commis.
sioned at Woolwich for the West Coast of Africa

The regulations adopted by the Preston board of
guardians last week, relative to the employment of
tha able-bodied men in receipt of relief, and which
were "struck" against by all those working at the
new Cattle Market, came into operation on Mon-
day. The whole of the men proceeded to the ground
on which they are employed, but only about 90 out
of 1,200 commenced work under the new regula-
tions. The remaining 1,100 played about on the
ground, and during the day formed effigies of two
or three of the unpopular guardians. The me❑
paraded the effigies up end down the ground, to the

,nne of the "Dead March," and afterwards buried

them, amid groans and affected sorrow, in the soil
adjoining. The men who had been indulging in
this piece of mock sepulture subsequently left the
ground, on the understanding that they should
return the next morning and repeat the same
" game," and then apply for their wages in the
evening as usual. In the meantime full particulars
of their conduct had reached the ears of the guar-
dians, who straightway caused to be printed and
posted throughout the town a placard which ran
thus :—" To the parish labourers.—Those who do
not intend to work in a proper manner are requested
not to go to the ground. The mere attending upon
the ground will not entitle any to pay; no man
regulationsw will
b e
pai
paid
issued unless
by theguardians on the according to the
heworks
14th instant." This made more commence
work yesterday ; but still several lounged about,
determined to do no work according to the regu-
lations of the guardians. In the evening the men
proceeded to the workhouse for their pay. The
greatest excitement prevailed at the pay offices.
Many of the men went away without any money,
others said that they could not get any, and several
were shouting outside that they had been "shame..
fully" bated.

whole of the parish labourers, numbering between
Shortly before 7 o'clock on Tuesday night, the
had been informed the
2th,oeopooatinede 3st,oao6oo,nf,ovvrtnheerde in ion and went to
Mayor, the Town Clerk (who is the chairman of the
board of guardians), and the Chairman of the Re-

The Defence, 16, iron frigate, Capt. A. Phillimore,
is completing her new hammock berthing and after
quarter ports alongside Portsmouth Dockyard.
The Resistance, 16, iron frigate, Captain W. C.
Chamberlain, is ordered into Portsmouth harbour
from Spithead, for the purpose of being docked to
clean and examine her bottom.

The court-martial on Capt, Hillyar, C. 8., and
Lieut. Lillingston, of her Majesty's ship Cadmus,
was brought to a conclusion on Tuesday afternoon,
after having extended over 14 days. The evidence
for the defence was closed at 10.45, and at 3.40
the Court was again opened, when the Deputy
Judge-Advocate read the finding of the Court. They
acquitted Capt. Hillyar of the charge of cruelty and
oppression, and also of ordering punishments not to
be entered in the defaulters' book, but found him
guilty of an act to the prejudice of good order and
naval discipline in not making himself acquainted
with the punishments which were going on in the
Cadmus while he was in command, and seeing them
entered in the defaulters' book, for which the Court
adjudged him to be severely reprimanded. The
Court found the charge against Lieut. Lillingston
partly proved, inasmuch as he had been guilty of
unofficerlike conduct in ordering punishments to be
inflicted upon Robert Baker and other boys of the
Cadmus which were not authorised by her Ma-
jesty's regulations. The Court adjudged him to be
dismissed her INI ajesty's service, but in consideration
of his zeal and ability they recommended him to the
favourable consideration of the Admiralty.
A meeting has been convened for this evening by
the Mayor of Portsmouth to raise a public subscrip-
tion for the relief of the widows and orphans of
those who perished in the wreck of the Orpheus.
The following appointments were made yesterday
at the Admiralty :—Wm. B. Sheilabear, master, to
the Orontes; Wm. F. Murray, midshipman, to the
Curacoa ; Chas. R. Wood, midshipman, to the
Meeane ; Alfred A. C. Parr is nominated to the
naval cadetship , and Gerald J. H. M'Carthy, mas-
ter's assistant, to the Valorous.

lief Committee, were in attendance. The men ap-
pointed a deputation, and an interview took place.
The Mayor stated that those who felt themselves
aggrieved would have their cases investigated on
the following day. This the deputation communi-
cated to the men outside, whom they advised to pre-
serve order and keep the peace. Many did not re-
ceive this with favour, and afterwards Mr. Joseph
Livesey proceeded to address the assemblage from
one of the windows of the police station; a favour-
able impression could not, however, be made upon
the multitude; and after Mr. Livesey had retired,
serious symptoms of a disturbance were evident. A
rush was made towards the door of the station, and
the crowd for upwards of half an hour made a des-
perate attempt to get into the police station. This,
however, was prevented, and a strong body of police
was ordered to clear the approaches. Soon after wards
random stones were thrown towards the station, and
in a few minutes the missiles were hurled in greater
numbers. The police drew their truncheons and made
a " charge" upon the crowd, which they eventually
dispersed. Five officers were injured by the stones,
some of them rather seriously. Three or four persons
were apprehended, and will be brought before the
magistrates to-day Crowds are in the streets con-
d further disturb.
PRESTON, Wednesday Afternoon.
at ingeueosus
weret o the
apprehended.police sta to n , an

Some considerable delay occurred at the post, owing to
Aldcroft's getting a heavy fall from being kicked off imme-
diately after mounting Lord Glasgow's colt, which pre-
vented his starting. After waiting a quarter of an hour
Mr. M'George marshalled the other 20 in capital line and
walked them to the post, sending them on their errand with
one of the very best starts ever seen. Royston at once
took a very slight lead, the rest being all across the course
in a lino as level as water itself. As they neared the bushes
Baron Rothschild's filly had a slight lead on the upper
ground, and just at this point Lady Maud drew to the front
on the other side, but quickly fell back, leaving Garotter in
the second place. In the cords the latter made his effort,
but the Baron's filly won cleverly by a length, Rigolboche,
who came in at the finish, being a head behind the leading
pair. The Plague Royal fitly was placed fourth, beaten a
neck from the third, and then came Royston, Comme-ga,
Whitebait, and Alabama, in the order named ; Elgiva,
Diviner, and the Yafa colt being the last three.
A Plate of 50 sovs, for 3-yr-olds ; colts Bst 101 b, fillies, Bst
71b; winners 41b extra. R.M.
Baron. Rothschild's Giraffe colt, 9st (including 41b extra)
Mr. Savile's Miranda filly, Bst 71b ..... (Wells) 1
.... (J. Goater) 2
Betting-5 to 2on the Giraffe colt, who
made play from
end to end, and won in a canter by five lengths.
Sweepstakes of 10 sovs each ; 3-yr-olds, 7st 101 b ; 4-yr-
olds, Bst 81b ; 5-yr-olds, and upwards, Bst 111 b ; mares
and geldings allowed 31b; the winner to be sold for 100
sovs if demanded, &o. Last half of R.M. 7 subs.
Lord Stamford's Good for Nothing, 4 yrs, Bst 51b
(Edwardl 1
Mr. T. Hughes's Miss Emma, 5 yrs, Bst 81b (J. Hughes 2
Lord Uxbridge's Erythia, 3 yrs, 7st 71b ....(Challoner 3
Mr. Fleming's Jemima filly, 3 yrs, 7st 71b (Daley) 4
Mr. Payne's Perquisite, 3 yrs, 7st 101 b .**.
(Drew) 5
Lord Derby's Leotard, 3 yrs, 7st 101 b ........................ 6
Betting-5 to 4 agst Miss Emma, 3to 1 agst Erythia, 5
to 1 agst Good for Nothing.
Perquisite refused to go near her horses for some time,
and this, coupled with the eagerness displayed by the riders
of Good for Nothing, Miss Emma, and Erythia, caused the
start to be delayed some minutes. At last Good for Nothing
waited upon
trout; and,by the Jemima filly and
got off in

This morning the men assembled at the cattle
market as usual, but refused to commence work,
threatening to kill Jackson, the labour master, who
yoining about an hour, and
in proceeded
by the labourers
proceeded to the
conversingm lefto otrhte where
ghreo
rine:
theydg .r
o uAp fswt, eer t
earteshj
men proceeded to the
Moor, where they were joine
there, and the joint body then wont by way of the
ge, where they turned
the number of about
out the ht
ha
600. A meeting was afterwards held in the Orchard,
erdytooutthhse CatorsnehEo:lc,htaon
addresses being delivered from an empty cart which
happened to be there. .

were interrupted by loud cries
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soldiers
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copersons, however, remained. for a short time; but
sight, they dispersed
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ieemineg l it: A large number of
that they
cheer was then given for the military. The sol-
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give
of
ve thet hreeoperatives
tvive
diers about two or three hundred, Were marched in
front of the lock-up, to await the orders of the
Mayor and magistrates.

At 1 o'clock great excitement, prevailed through-
out the town. Groups of men had been begging in
some of the principal streets. The superintendent
of police had given directions to have them appre-
hended if they persisted in it. Some of the win-

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dows at the Guru Exchange were broken, and the
men torn up the books at one of the pay-offices,
Three of the persons connected with the disturbance
last night have been committed to the session for
trial.

At 3.45 the military still remained under arms,
A serious riot is apprehended to-night.

The Black Prince, 40, iron frigate, Capt. Wain-
wright, is coaling in No. 10 dock at Portsmouth, and
will be undocked about the 4th proximo. Her bot-
tom has been scraped over, and it is now ordered to
be coated with the l'l'lnnes composition on one side,
and with the composition prepared by Mr. Hay, the
Admiralty chemist, on the other, in order to obtain
a comparative result of their respective merits. A
good deal of corrosion is visible in places, but the
most serious injury exists on the third streak of
plating below the armoar-plates. These results
forcibly illustrate the danger which must always
attend the use of copper compositions, as at present
applied to the bottoms of iron ships. Fur about 40
feet along this streak of plating, where the vessel is
broadest, there run straight lines of indentations,
irregular in number, averaging about an eighth of
an inch in width, and at their greatest depth about
the 16th of an inch. The ship has hero evidently
rubbed against something, possibly the staging
alongside the dockyard on first leaving the dock,
and scraped through the composition to the surface
of the iron, and this done a powerful battery has
been at once formed, the power of which to destroy
the ship was only a question of time. In the in-
stance of the Black Prince this power has been ar-
rested, but it is a proof that all iron ships coated
with copper preparations require frequent docking
to ascertain whether the outer surface of the cora-

Capt. J. Bythesea, has been detained at the Arsenal
buoy to undergo various alterations. Her departure
is uow ordered to take place to-morrow, when she
will steam down the river on a final trial of her
speed. If it prove satisfactory she will retur❑ to
Greenhithe and adjust compasses for sea.
The Cadmus, 20, screw, Capt. Ross, sailed from
Spithead at 5 p.m. yesterday to dismantle and be
paid out of commission.

The Jaseur, 5, screw steam gunvesse], 425 tons,
80-horse power, commissioned a few days ago from
the Sheerness steam reserve by Corn. Walter J. H.
Grubbe for service on the West Coast of Africa, was
taken out to the measured mile off Maplin Sands
for trial of her machinery on Tuesday last. The
vessel was in charge of Commander 0. C. Read, of
the Cumberland, guardship of the Sheerness steam
reserve, and the machinery was under the superin-
tendence of Mr. W. Rumble, inspector of machinery
afloat, and Mr. G. Blaxland, chief engineer of her
Majesty's dockyard at Sheerness. The trial was
most satisfactory. The following were the results :
—True mean speed at full boiler power, 8.398 knots
per hour ; revolutions, maximum, 102, mean 99 per
minute; pressure of steam, 201 b, and vacuum gauge,
251. At half boiler power the true speed attained
was 6.876 knots ; revolutions, maximum 87, mean
811. The circle was made at full boiler power, helm
starboard 32 deg, in 4 min 7 sec; revolutions, 92;
diameter of circle, 200 yards ; at half boiler power,
helm starboard, 35 deg, in 5 min 17 sec ; revolutions,
73; diameter, 300 yards. The half circle was made
at full boiler power, helm port 28 deg, in 2 min 16
sec ; helm starboard 31 deg, in 1 min 48 sec ; at
half boiler power, with helm port 31 deg. in 3 min
30 sec, and with helm starboard 32 deg, in 2 min
57 sec. The vessel was started at full speed in 4
see, and stopped in 6 sec. She was started full speed
astern in 7 sec., and stopped in 6 sec. The force of
wind was from 5 to 6 ; and the draught of water,
forward, 10ft Bin ; aft, 12ft. The pitch of the screw
was 12ft ; diameter, 91t; immersion, lft 9in ; tem-
perature, on deck, 53 deg; engine-room, 84 deg;
stokehole, 90 deg ; weather barometer, 29.80 deg.
The Jaseur will be inspected today by Vice-Admiral
Sir W. J. Hope Johnstone, K.C.8., and Staff Com-
mander-in-Chief at Sheerness, after which she is
expected immediately to proceed to sea.
The Curacoa screw frigate has been commissioned
at Portsmouth to carry the pennant of Captain Sir
W. Wiseman as Commodore of the second class on
the Australian station.

E spApEh
r \ eta
pp V:t* : ISI4
nt , e erting the taeaetz .s; of titritijr
number of fluid gallons into a mews
,61.01.40dsNak
60 pounds weight per bushel for the vaKiotis'Vrirti-
of grain, and he moved an amendment OtarryloutZ.l
that proposition.
Mr. RUCKER seconded the amendment, but Mr.
Hubbard suggested that the amendment was rather
a question for the committee to consider th.o such
a meeting, and, Mr. Russell supporting that
in which Mr. M'Cann, M.P., coincided, the emend
meta w 45 withdrawn.
The resolution having bee❑ put to the meeting
was unanimously adopted, and the proce!iing ter-
minated with a vote of thanks to the chairman far
presiding.

PRICE— .—..4d.
STAMPED ...sd.

I regiment arrived esterdey at Portsmouth from
Aldersbott, and embarked on board her Majesty's
screw troopship Megiela, Commander Madden, for
conveyance to Plymouth, the Megmra sailing at
3 p.m. The detachment was under the command
of Major R. R. RockP, and comprised Capt tins
Thompson, Chalmers, and Drake ; Licuts. Tucker,
Gossett, Crawford, Boughey, Fosbroke, and Corbel;
Ensigns Grant, Davie, and Blyth ; Quartermaster
Mackie, Assist.- Surg. Roose, 337 non-commissioned
officers and men, 27 women, and 27 children.
Major-General Stransham, Inspector-General of
Royal Marines, yesterday went down to Woolwich
and brigaded the division on Woolwich-common.
They formed in three battalions and went through
a series of exercises under the command of Colonels
Gascoigne, Sather, and Marriott, their movements
being minutely inspected by the Major-General.
The annual course of rifle practice recently com-
menced in Woolwich marsh, under the direction of
Captain Bunce, musketry instructor to the division
of the Royal Marine Light Infantry, has been unex-
pectedly interrupted and is ordered to be suspended
for two months during the agricultural season in
consequence of the unprotected state of the targets.
It is much to be regretted that in a garrison locality
quartering upwards of 1,000 troops, the importance
of securing a rifle range available at all seasons of
the year, and especially at the present, when most
in request, should have bean hitherto overlooked.
The battalions of Royal Marines, numbering 1,600
men, who commenced their rifle course on April 1,
are in consequence unable to continue the most im-
portant part of their summer drill, viz., that of mus
ketry. The rifle party, in command of Capt. Bence,
musketry instructor to the division, assembled in
small numbers in the chalk quarry at Charlton, by
the permission of Capt. G. H. Graham, and went
through a course of musket firing over the short
range, in consequence of the long range being closed.
Col. Paradis, accompanied by a party of officers
belonging to the Imperial Austrian Engineers, yes-
terday went down to Woolwich to ascertain finally
the capabilities and result of the quarterly report
of Bray's traction engine employed in the dockyard.
His object was to close the negotiations for the pur-
chase of a number of the engines for use in the
Austrian service. The report states that the engine
at Woolwich has been doing the work of the yard
over four months, during which time it has been
in daily use without accident or delay of any kind,
and frequently working till 9 o'clock at night. Car-
goes of foreign timber constantly arriving at Wool-
wich are now landed and stacked by steam; ships
are masted and rigged by the same system, and the
teams of horses and gangs of labourers are in con-
sequence reduced upon the principle of expedition
and economy in the labour.

THE PRISON MINISTERS BILL.

---
(From the Times.)
There is a class of sayings in all mother tongues
o the effect that the worse leads and the better fol-
lows. In the mixed teams one sees abroad, while the
shaft horse is a colossus, the leader is a mule or an
ass. Accordingly, those terrible questions under
which acute politicians see "the point of the wedge,"
or " the snake in the grass," usu Illy relate to the
unfortunate, the neglected, and the criminal. The
point of the wedge showed itself last night, happily
not yet at the very heart and core of the old British
oak, but iu some of its sap and rotten wood. 4, 'rho
Prison Ministeis Bill" is a proposition to appoint
and pay chaplains forother than Churcli of England
prisoners when they are sufficiently numerous, and
after a severe debate it went through its second read-
ing with no very triumphant majority. Besides
pairs, 152 Liberals and Roman Catholics thought
it their duty to support Sir G. Grey, and a compact
phalanx of 122 ultra-Protestants voted against the
Bill. The majority is probably sufficient to carry
the Bill through the Lords, but the Division is close
enough to show how little real zeal there is for con-
sistency or fairness, or even the improvement of
criminals, when the least glimpse of a great horror has
once occupied the cowl. In the abstract, and in the
simple and natural view of the case, the 3,000
Roman Catholics in our prisons and the 1,500 in
our convict establishments require spiritual care
quite as much as their Protestant fellow criminals,
and are too considerable a body to be passed over.
We are bound to do for the Roman Catholics just
what we do for the Protestants, not leaving it to
their choice whether they will receive pastoral visits
or not, but sending the chaplain to them, and leav-
ing upon their own heads the responsibility of re-
jecting him. So long as we confine our attention to
the poor wretch absolutely in our grasp, and shut
up body and soul from all other influences, we can-
not dispute that we must get at his conscience as best
we may. Every consideration of humanity and reli-
gion brings us to this point. We pride ourselves on
the care we take of the prisoner. We keep him warm,
sweet, and dry; we sustain his spirits with plenty of
wholesome food ; we give him moderate work to
exercise and amuse him ; we cheer him with the
hope of release before his time, and flatter ourselves
that we send him out a wiser, and better, and
stronger, and happier man. We then compare our
prisons with those which Howard visited, and which
the old Bourbons kept up wherever they reigned.
The real difference is that our prisons sustain life,
and those prisons were only the plausible means of
a more cruel death than that of the scaffold. But
we cannot do all this without going a step further.
As wo take the body under our care, so have we
taken the soul—the soul of the Papist as well as the
soul of the Protestant. This duty, too, we must
discharge on our own established and now national
principles of religious toleration and equality.
It is the fact of our having the entire charge of
these poor creatures that leaves us really little
choice in this question. No doubt that charge is
troublesome and disagreeable. It is much easier and
cheaper to shoot, to hang, or to starve criminals, or
to let them rot and forget them. Not only is it
easier, but in some places you must either destroy
the class, or be destroyed by them. We, on the
contrary, are undoubted masters, and can do what we
please with the criminal, only at a rather inconve-
nient cost and trouble. Such responsibility cannot
be discharged without doing all we can for the
souls whose ill-conditioned state has brought them
to this pass. The very utmost that could be said
' in reply to these plain considerations last night
was that prisoners might have the priest if they
wished. This is as much as to say that the respon-
sibility of spiritual correction and improvement rests
on the prisoner, not on the authority which has put
him in prison. Yet we do not leave Protestant
prisoners to choose for themselves. We send them
the chaplain whether they wish it or no. Soldiers
are under our care, and, accordingly, we give them
Roman Catholic and Presbyterian as well as Church
of England chaplains. Being free, they can de-
mand chaplains of their own persuasion. The only
reason upon which we could refuse to prisoners
what we grant to soldiers is that they are not free
and are therefore at our mercy. But this is a plea
which the nation cannot entertain for a day. We
must do our best for these poor creatures. Nobody
pretends that they are best left alone, or that the
Church of England chaplain will have much chance
with them, or that it is even fair to give him either
the monopoly of access or the practical advantage
arising from being the authorised and paid official.
As a general rule nothing is well done that is not
paid for. The most zealous priest will flag before
long if his services are not acknowledged as services
usually are. He may be glad to see this prisoner
or that, if he can take his choice, but he will not
undertake all the Roman Catholics in a prison, with
all the variations of character and condition certain
to be found in it. So, if the work is to be really
done, it must not be left to an unpaid amateur, do-
ing what he pleases because he pleases to do it. But
is not this the point of the wedge, and are not fur-
ther concessions certain to follow ? So thought 122
gentlemen last night, and a good many more, count-
ing the pairers. It must be admitted that one thing
leads to another, and as this measure is advocated
as a supplement of existing arrangements, so it will
in its turn be the basis of further requirements. If
we provide chaplains in prisons for men hardened
in crime, and so far past gentle influences, whey not
yet
for the Irish poor in this country, who
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of doors, for we have not taken
him in hand at all. The prisoner we have taken in
hand, and we are therefore answerable for his
spiritual care. But
will not the precedent lead
further ? 2'h at
a is a question which it is needless to
answer, for it is impossible to do a generous act, or
even an act of justice, without being immediately
called on to do a good deal more of the same kind.
The world, disgusted and despairing of good, looks
about for some one better than the common herd,
and when it finds him engaged in some good actim-
mediately besets him with petitions for more. So

is only too probable that what we do for a few
hundred prisoners we shall have to do for others.
But it is no business of ours to put claims in the
order of precedence, and tell people what else they
may rightly ask when one thing is given. For the
matter now in hand, magistrates will not be very
lavish with the funds at their disposal, and will
take care that the priest performs his office strictly
with a view to the good of the prisoner's soul and
those poor amends which the worst man may make
by a full public confession.

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