The Sun.
London, England, 1862-03-21 00:00:00

PRESIDBNT LINCOLN'S IifESS..,:GE.

The following is the text of President Lincoln's
Message to Congress, a telegraphic summary of
which has been already published :
" Fellow-citizens of the Senate and House of
Representatives,—

" I recommend the adoption of a joint resolution
by your honourable bodies which shall substantially
be as follows :

" Resolved,—That the United States ought to
co-operate with any State which may adopt a
gradual abolishment of slavery, giving to such State
pecuniary aid, to be used by such State in its dis-
cretion, to compensate for the inconveniences, public
and private, produced by such change of system.
" If the proposition contained in the resolution
does not meet the approval of the Congress and the,
country, there is the end, but if it does not command
such approval, I deem it of importance that the
States and people immediately interested should be
at once distinctly notified of the fact, so that
they may begin to consider whether to accept or
reject it.

" The Federal Government would find its highest
interest in such a measure as one of the most effi-
cient means of self-preservation. The leaders of the
existing insurrection entertain the hope that the
Government will ultimately be forced to
acknowledge the independence of some part of
the disaffected region, and that all the slave
States north of such parts will then The
Union for which we have struggled being already
gone, we now choose to go with the Southern
section.' To deprive them of this hope sub-
stantially ends the rebellion, and the initiation of
emancipation completely deprives them of it as to
all the States initiating it. The point is not that
all the States tolerating slavery would very soon, if
at all, initiate emancipation, but that, while the
offer is equally made to all, the more Northern shall
by such initiation make it certain to the more
Southern that in no event will the former ever join
the latter in their proposed Confederacy. I say
' initiation' because, in my judgment, gradual and
not sudden emancipation is better for all.

" In the mere financial or pecuniary view, any
member of Congress, with the census tables and the
Treasury reports before him, can readily see for
himself how soon the current expenditures of this
war would purchase at a fair valuation all the slaves
in any named State.

" Such a proposition on the part of the general
Government sets up no claim of a right, by Federal
authority, to interfere with slavery within State
limits, referring as it does the absolute control of
the subject in each case to the State and its people
immediately interested. It is proposed as a matter
perfectly of choice with them.

" In the annual message last December I thought
fit to say, The Union must be preserved, and hence
all indispensable means must be employed.' I said
this not hastily, but deliberately. War has been,
and continues to be, an indispensable means to this
end. A practical reacknowledgment of the national
authority would render the war unnecessary, and it
would at once cease. If, however, resistance continues
the war must also continue, and it is impossible to
foresee all the incidents which may attend, and all
the ruin which may follow, it. Such as may seem
indispensable, or may obviously promote greater
efficiency towards ending the struggle, must and
will come.

" The proposition now made, though an offer
only, I hope it may be esteemed no offence to ask
whether the pecuniary consideration tendered
would not be of more value to the States and private
persons concerned than are the institution and pro-
perty in it, in the present aspect of affairs.

" While it is true that the adoption of the pro-
posed resolution would be merely initiatory, and
not within itself a practical measure, it is recom-
mended in the hope that it would soon lead to im-
portant results. In full view of my great responsi-
bility to my God and to my country, I earnestly
beg the attention of Congress and the people to the
subject. (Signed) "ABRAHAM LINCOLN."

THE STATE OF HONDURAS.

ASSASSINATION OF THE LATE PRESIDENT,

GENERAL SANTOS GUARDIOLA.

On the 11th of January last, General Don Santos
Guardiola, President of the Republic of Honduras,
was brutally assassinated in Comayagua by Pablo
Agurcia, Commander of his body guard.
At daybreak Agurcia sought an audience of the
General, intimating that despatches of the utmost
importance had just been received. The General,
partially dressed, opened the door of his bedchamber,
and at that moment received from the hands of
Agurcia the contents of two pistols; the bullets
entered his heart; death was instantaneous ; he
expired, without uttering a word, in the arms of
his wife. Agurcia was a young man of no parti-
cular merit, but had been protected by Guardiola,
and raised to the rank of commander of his body
guard. The sequel shows how well he repaid his
benefactor.

Two hours after this brutal murder, in the ab-
sence of the Vice-President, the Senator Noberto
Martinez was requested to take the reins of Govern-
ment ; but Agurcia and his accomplices, having the
command of the garrison, were masters of the
capital. The inhabitants, horrified at the dastardly
crime, were prevented giving vent to their indig-
nation by the presence of the armed assassins. This
state of affairs continued for 19 days, but in the
meantime Martinez has not been idle, and having
collected troops from the neighbouring towns he
made a sddden attack on the rebels and totally
routed them: Agurcia and many of his accom-
plices were made prisoners, and before this will
have met the doom they so justly deserved.
Meanwhile, in Tegucigalpa, the partisans of Gen.
Guardiola refused to acknowledge the Martinez Go-
vernment, being desirous of placing Bernardo Ines-
troza in power, and, to carry out their views, a small
army was collected, which marched on Comayagua,
and were met by the troops of Martinez, and after a
short engagement the insurgents were completely
routed.

General Juan Lopez, on whom all eyes were fixed
as the future President, was stationed at Yusearan,
and had under his command a few regiments.
Envoys were sent to him from Tegucigalpa, entreat-
ing him to assume the supreme command. This he
declined, stating his intention only to obey the
orders of the Vice-President, Don V ictoriano Cas-
tellanos, who, according to the Constitution, was
entitled to occupy the seat that had become vacant,
and that no other authority could be lawfully.
acknowledged. General Lopez appointed a depu-
tation to wait on Senor Castellanos and request him
to take the reins of Government, offering to support
him with all the strength at his orders. Similar
proposals were made by the authorities of all the
principal towns.
Senor Castellanos has since been formally installed
Provisional President. The Legislative body had
been convoked, and measures taken to maintain
order throughout the State. Guatemala, Salvador,
and Nicaragua had united to assist in establishing
peace in the republic, and thus, through the energy
and patriotism of the principal authorities, the
spirit of rebellion was crushed, and Honduras
enjoys that peace which has prominently dis-
tinguished her among the States of Central
America,

A LIVING FROG FOUND IN COAL.--The follow-
ing is an extract from a letter received on Wednesday last
in this city, by John Russell, Esq., from the manager of
his Tyr Nicholas Colliery, Cwm Tylery, near Newport :
" Our men in the heading in the rock vein coal yesterday
(March 10), in a fall of coal in the face of the heading,
found, in a hole in the pricking, in the top of the coal and
in the nine-inch bed of coal, a live frog. The hole was not
more than 31 inches in diameter, and this found in the soft
holing. There is a slight hollow over the coal where it
was found. It began moving about as soon as it was
released, but seems larger and more live), to-day. It is
kept shit up in clay to exclude the air from it. Now this
is 200 yards below the surface where this little thing was
found, and I do not suppose any one can form an idea how
long it must have been there. I intend having it kept for
you when you return." (Signed) L. W. REES.—[Mr.
Russell is going to send to the Great Exhibition a block of
coal, between seven and eight feet long, selecting the piece
in which the frog was found, the locus tin quo being,exactly
in the centre, and the block will be so cut out that the frog
and its strange domicile will be clearly shown in front.]—
Worcestershire Chronicle.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCIT.

WARWICK SPRING MEETING—TRuzsDAT.
Scurry Handicap, of 10 sows each; gentleman riders; pro-
fessionals 71b. extra. Three quarters of a mile.
Mr. Heath's Reverie, 4 yrs, 4 yrs, 9st (inclu. 71b. extra) _

(W. White) 1
Captain Coates' Libellous, 5 yrs, list 71b (Mr. Edwards) 2
Captain ii. Rhys's Rink:bus, 4 yrs, lOst 51b (Mr. Wood) 3
Mr. Meeks's Southerly Wind, 3 yxs, gat 31b (in. 71b. ex.)

Fordharn) 4
Betting-5 to 4on Libellous, 4to 1 each agst Ithuobus
and Southerly Wind, 5 to 1 agst Reverie.

Reverie, after a few strides, took the lead, was never
headed, winning easily by half a length ; three, parts of a
length dividing the second and third ; BrAitherly Wind
beaten off.

Selling Hurdle Race, of 5 sovs each, with 25 added ; for
three-yr-olds and upwards; winners extra ; selling allow-
ances. Two miles, over five flights of hurdles.
Mr. E. W. Taylor's Knuston, 4 yrs, list llb (C4O)

(Pegg) 1
Mr. Hunt's Jacob, 5 yrs. lOst Glb (X3O) (Knott) 2
Mr. S. Houghton's Dora, 4 yrs, Ost 91b (£3O) (W.Jones) 3
Mr. B. Land's Diadem, 5 yrs, lOst Glb (£3O)
(F. Martin) 4
Betting—G to 4 agst Diadem, 3to 1 oach agst Dora and
Knuston.

The favourite refused at the fence going into the Lam-
mas Meadows, and fell at the one entering the S wan Mea-
dows, where Dora bolted, and leaving the lead with Knu-
stor, he won in a canter by three lengths. Dora was a bad
third. Diadem walked in. The winner was afterwards
bought in for 75 guineas.

Grand Annual Steeplechase (Handicap) of 20 sovs each,
with 100 added ; the second to save his stake ; winners
extra; the second in the Grand National 61b. extra.
Over about four miles of a fair hunting country. 43
subs.
Mr. Cameron's Levity, aged, Bst 101 b (W. White)
Mr. B. J. Angell's Bridegroom, aged, lOst 101 b (incl.
61b extra) (B. Land, jun, 2
Mr. B. Land's Yorkshire Grey, aged, lOst 21b (F. Martin) 3
Mr. 11. Riley's Medora, aged, list (G. Holmes) 4
The following also ran :—Brunette, Willoughby, Jeru-
salem, The Rug, and Harry.
Bettin4-11 to 4 agst Yorkshire Grey--7 to 2 agst Levity
—6 to 1 each agst Bridegroom and Brunette--100 to 12
agst Medora-10 to 1 agst Willoughby-100 to 8 agst Harry.
The start took place in the Lammas Meadows behind the
hill, and, when coming in sight, Bridegroom was leading,
Willoughby and Harry second and third, Yorkshire Grey
and Medora next, The Rug, Levity, and Jerusalem close
together next, with Brunette whipping in. On charging
the fence approacLing the two-year-old post, Willoughby
and Harry both refused, thereby losing a lot of ground.
The water jump in front of the stand was taken as follows
(all getting well over) I—Medora with a lead of a couple of
lengths, Bridegroom, The Rug, Yorkshire Grey, Levity and
Jerusalem side by side, Brunette ten lengths behind the two,
ith Harry and Willoughby thirty lengths in the rear. No
change occurred until after crossing the hill, where Harry
retired and returned by a near cut. On reaching the fenco
into the course Willoughby was again on better terms with
his horses, the lot coming on to the water jump in compact.
order, which all landed well over, and, putting on the
steam, went up the hill at a better pace, where Bride-
groom again held the lead, Willoughby went on for a few
strides second, Yorkshire Grey close at Willoughby's heels.
On coming in sight the second time, Medora, Bridegroom,
Yorkshire Grey, Levity, and The Rug were close together,
Willoughby, Jerusalem, and Brunette some lengths off.
Soon after this Willoughby retired, and Brunette passed
both Willoughby and Jerusalem. At the turn for home
the five were close together, and as fine a race as was ever
seen took place between them, all the lot jumping the last
hurdles in close order. At the distance Levity was about
a length in advance of Bridegroom and Yorkshire Grey,
when they each set to in earnest, Levity winning cleverly
by three parts of a length ; Yorkshire Grey was a bad
third ; half a length between third and fourth ; Brunette
was fifth, The Rug and Gibraltar next. The others did
not pass the pest.

The Hunt Cup Steeplechase of the value of £lOO, by sub-'
scriptions of 10 sous each, for hunters ; winners extra;
maiden allowances ; gentlemen riders. About three miles
over the Steeplechase Course.
Mr. Ashworth's Black Rose, l2st (car. 12st 71b)
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Mr. Uffingham's Broomstick, 12st 71b (inc.M D 71b extra) 1
Mr. Blake) 2
Captain H. Rhys's The Flat, 12st ( (Mr Wood) 3
Mr. Warren's Antelope, 12st (Mr. Rich) 4
The following also ran : —Waverley, The Monmouth-
shire, Nelly, Mickee Free, Brilliant, and Sutherland.
Betting—Even on Black Rose, 5 to 1 each agst Antelope
and The Monmouthshire, and 6 to 1 agst Sutherland.
Black Rose, after going round once, went to the front,
and won in the easiest manner by ten lengths ; The Flat
was a bad third; Antelope was placed fourth by the judge.
The others did not pass the post.

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The Leamington Hunt Steeplechase of 50 sovs, added to a
Sweepstakes of 5 soya each, for hunters, to be ridden by
gentlemen properly qualified. About three miles.
Mr. T. Holdford's Marmion, 12st 71b.... (Mr. Jennings) 1
Mr. Robertson's Quantity, 12st 71b (Mr. Grenville) 2
Mr. Hunt's Acrobat, 12st 71b (Mr. De Burgh) 3
Mr. Park's The Lunatic, 12st 71b (Mr. llolyoak) 4
Mr. George ns Burgundy, 12st 71b..(Captain Tempest) 5
Betting-7 to 4 agst Marmion, 3to 1 each agst Quan-
tity and The Lunatic,

Alarmion, after going the wrong side of the flag the fact
time round, returned and overtaking the others on entering
the straight, won in the most easy manner by ten lengths;
Acrobat was a bad third; The Lunatic next, Burgundy
whipping in.

The Leamington Light Weight Steeplechase of £5O, added
to a Sweepstakes of 5 soya each, over the Hunt Cup
Course (about three miles), for hunters ; winners extra;
to be ridden by gentlemen or farmers, with certain penal-
ties. 17 subs.
Mr. Stoke's Brother to Lady's Maid, 12st 71b (in. 211 b ex-)
Mr.wa rds) l
Mr. H. Lington's Sunflower, 11st 71b (in. ( 71b exEtrda)
Mr. Hendley's Proceed, list 71b (in. 71b extra) (Owner) 2
(Mr. Thomas) 3
The following also ran :—Greenwich Fair, Bird of Prey,
Vertumnus, Fleur-de-lis, Conservative, The Captain,
Lil-
lington, First Flight, Treley, and Precentor.
Betting-5 to 4 agst Sunflower, 4to 1 agst Greenwich
Fair, sto 1 agst Treley, 7 to 1 agst Brother to Lady's
Maid,

The favourite went off with the command, which she
maintained until coming over tho last flight of hurdles,
where Brother to Lady's Maid closed with Sunflower, and'
after a pretty good race, Brother to Lady's Maid won easy
by four lengths. Proceed was close up third.
The Match between Mr. Formby's Moonraker and Mr.
Park's Irish Stew, for £5O, 12st 71b each, was off by
consent.

BETTING AT ISIANCRESTER—THURSDAY.
For the Northamptonshire Stakes Prince Plausible wag
in great force, being freely supported at Bto 1. His at)'
vance has not had the effect of sending the other favouriteg
back, as Rapparee, Schism, and Agag were each supported►
and Paul Clifford was backed at 20 to 1. For the City and
Suburban the only horse named was Suburban, about whons
100 to 9 would have been taken. Closing prices :--
NORTHAMPTON STAKES.
Bto 1 agst Prince Plausible (taken)
100 to 8 agst Rapparee (taken an.d offered)
100 to 8 agst Schism (taken and offered)
100 to 6 agst Agag (taken and offered)
100 to 6 agst Finlande (taken and offered)
20 to 1 agst Paul Clifford (taken)
25 to 1 agst West End (taken)
25 to 1 agst Incitatus (taken)
TWO THOUSAND GUINEAS.
4to 1 agst 011 Calabar (offered)
100 to 7 agst Nottingham (taken)
THE DERBY.
leo to 12 agst Old Calabar (offered)
1000 to 35 agst Caterer (taken)
100 to 3 agst Zetland (taken)

SCRATCHINGS.—The following horses have been struck
out of their engagements :—On the 15th inst., at 9 a.m.
The Dane, out of Shrewsbury Hurdle Race. On 17th, a
9 a.m. Peahen, Apollo, Scorpion, Lord of the Manor, oil
of Members' Plate at Shrewsbury, and Heads or Tails, St
James, Brawn filly, Keepsake, Lord of the Tees, Lord of
the Manor, Wortham, The Greek, out of Shrewsbury
Hurdle Race; at 11 25 a.m. Contab, out of Shrewsbury
Borough Members' Plate, and Worcester, out of Warwiclf
engagements; at 11 45 a.m. Certificate, out of Membero
Plate, Shrewsbury; at 2 30 p.m. Flash in the Pan, out °',
Borough Members' Plate, at Shrewsbury ; at 4 30 p•ou
Doubtful, out of all engagements. On the 18th, at 9 a.133'
Peru, out of Members' Plate, Shrewsbury
and Harry and
Broadbrim, out of Hurdle Race, Shrewsbury. On the 20tlici
at 9 a.m. Joey Jones, out of Cheer Cup, and City and
Suburban, and Metropolitan Handicaps.—[The last named
scratching came from Mr. Richard Johnson, of York, v/110
states that he received it on the 17th inst, at 8 a.m.l

Mr. and Mrs. Entwistle and Miss Entwistle ha!:
arrived at Thomas's Hotel, Berkeley-square, from Sand'
hill, Hampshire.
HERRING FISHING ON THE DOGGER BAlsai::
The greatest enemy of the fisherman is the dogfish,
will not only clear the net of its etitire take, but makes great
rents in it. The French fishermen are likewise a consider
:
able annoyance, as they wantonly sail over and among '7:
English nets, and in return have their own nets cut adrift
Their boats are of considerable size, carrying as manYA„.°
$3 hands, and continuing at sea during two months 9' -
time, As the steamer which, to protect our fisheries, JOY
compel them to keep at a distance of three miles front
eor
the shore, is not visible at night, they can th
almost with impunity, inflict damage upon the
English nets, if so inclined. About five years since,
for the first time a French fishing-boat was cap-
tured and taken into Shields, fined 4'30, and forbidden °
fish for the season. The Englishmen's nets were found
board, headed up in barrels, and stowed away as if they
had been herrings. The Dutchmen have a better charac-
ter; but a year or two ago they landed from 60 sail of fish-
ing vessels at the little village of Kilnsea, betv,-een. k lam'
borough and Spurn Point, and actually carried off the
entire provisions cf the place. Unfortunately, the
bars of the boats were not taken, and no redress, in °°ll°°-
quence, was obtainable,—Once a Week.