The Sun.
London, England, 1847-06-25 00:00:00

TUE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY MORNING, JUNE 25, 1847.

devote any portion of —their idle time to m Airing the
proper preparation. If remonstrated with., and the
folly of their conduct pointed out, they will
murmur—surely there is time enc ;ugh yet;
may be the fish might not come this year.
When, however, they do appear in the greatest
abundance, they will wish for the boats and
nets, which they have not tried to provii le, exclaiming
against their bad luck in not havir.g them ; but
when the season is over they will relapse into their
former apathy, and again let similar opportunities
pass away without effort or exertion.

In some few districts the wealthier farmers pro-
vide the necessary materials, and lend them
to volunteer crews, receiving, in return, a certain
portion of the produce. In. every such case it is ex-
traordinary the anxiety that is evinced by the people
to obtain places ; the owner of the boat is literally
besieged with applications from eager candidates.
Those who are accepted materially improve their con-
dition, and render their families comparatively com-
fortable, while the hosts of disappointed expectants
console themselves with the vague hope of " having
better luck a.nother time:' Strange to say, although
the profits realised by the boat-owners are very great,
amounting, we believe, to nearly cent. per cent. on
the outlay, and the good effected in the locality is
almost incalculable, there are few indeed who enter
into the speculatiqn, and in the great majority of
instances the results are materially lessened from
an unwise economy. The boats are too small and
of frail materials ; the nets are not of a good de-
scription, and too often there is no means of saving
the fish brought to the shore—it is suffered to go to
waste from want of common salt to save it. In this
country everything of the kind might safely be left to
individual enterprise—there is always an abundance
of capital ready to be applied to any purpose that
affords a reasonable prospect of a fair return ; and
there is also skill and industry to make the most of
all within their reach. In Ireland, unfortunately,
this is not the case. A fostering hand is necessary to
guide and direct them. The Government have wisely
decided on affording the necessary aid, and perhaps
there is no manner in which a moderate expen-
diture can be more beneficially applied, or where it
will be productive of more valuable results in
proportion to the outlay. The erection of piers ; the
establishing of proper stations, where the boats can
be safely kept ; curing establishments at proper dis-
tances, where the fish brought in will be saved for the
owners, at a cheap rate ; instruction given to those
wishing to learn, and depots of salt kept for distribu-
tion at a fair rate, will all be most valuable. And if,
in addition thereto, boats of a proper description, with
suitable gear and tackling, were provided and hired
out at a fair and reasonable rate to crews willing to

man them, the result would indeed be surprising.
We trust, however, that because the Government have
interposed there will be no relaxation of individual
exertions. It is peculiarly worthy the attention of all
who have properties in the neighbourhood of the sea,who
will find a moderate advance for the purpose produc-
tive of the greatest benefit to their estates and tenan-
try. It would also in such localities be found that
by such a course the burden of the poor-rates will be
perceptibly mitigated. The great advantages derived
by some of the Claddagh fishermen from a small
pecuniary advance made by a benevolent English
gentleman in the beginning of the present year, when
more than 1,2001. worth of fish was obtained within a
few weeks in consequence of the judicious application
of 1001., and many families thereby preserved
from misery and starvation, furnishes a strong ex-
ample of what may be done by a trifling outlay. We
do not know any mode by which a portion of the
funds recently contributed by British liberality for
the relief of Irish distress could be applied to a better
purpose, or in a manner more consonant to the wishes
of the beneVolent donors.

The Moniteur Grec of the 10th June states that
the British Consul at Patras had demanded satisfac-
tion of the Greek Government for an insult offered
to the British flag, and for the arrest of two natives
of Zante who were under British protection.

Intelligence has been received from Portugal, of
the surrender of SA DA BANDEIRA to Admiral
PARKER, and of the refusal of the Junta of Oporto
to accede to the terms offered by the QUEEN.

Madrid papers of the 16th and 17th have arrived

The Gaieta of the 16th contains a royal ordinance,
appointing Senor ARCHE President of the Directing
Junta for the Management of the Public Debt ; Senor
PEREZ, Accountant-General ; Senor ARIBAN, Di-
rector of the Treasury ; and Senor PASTORS, Director-
General of the Public Debt.

The Marchioness SANTA Cauz, the chief of the
late Afrancesado Camarilla, and the accomplice of
CHRISTINA in all her intrigues, died on the 16th June
at Madrid.

The main body of the Spanish army has not yet
entered the Portuguese territory, although detached
bodies are doing garrison duty in some of the frontier
towns in conjunction with the troops of DONNA.
MARIA. It is said that the Spanish Go-
vernment has, at the request of the Queen
of PORTUGAL, refused to accede to the wish
of the French and English representatives for the
withdrawal of the Spanish troops from Portugal.
The decree to prohibit the discussion of the rights of
the Duchess of MONTPENSIER to the throne was
issued only at the pressing desire, amounting to a
command, of the
.Court of the Tuileries, and it was
only at the last moment, and with the greatest re-
luctance, that Senor PACHECO felt himself compelled
to consent to its promulgation.
MADRID Boma, JUNE 17.—The Three per Cents.
closed on the 17th at 30i for cash; Four per Cents.
at 18; Coupons at 15; and Passives at 6 for paper.

We have received the Paris papers of Tuesday.
M. EMILE DE GIRARDII4 appeared before the
Chamber of Peers on Tuesday, and being interrogated
by M. DE BROGLIE, admitted that he was the author
_ _ _ _

of the incriminated article in the Presse, and spoke
with some warmth of the allusion made by M.
GUIZOT from the tribune to the secret of his birth
(M. EMILE DE GIRARDIN iS supposed to be the il-
legitimate son of General ALEXANDER DE GIRAR-
DIN). On being asked what he had to say in his
defence, M. DE GIRARDIN read a short address, in
which he expressed his regret at having made a
statement which he considered himself in honour
bound to leave unexplained. The assembly, com-
posed of illustrious warriors and of eminent men,
who had ever carried susceptibility to the highest de-
gree, would, he was sure, appreciate and approve his
discretion. Such was his confidence in the justice of
the Chamber, that he slid not hesitate to present
himself before it unassisted by counsel. That confi-
dence he had at all times professed. He had con-
stantly expressed it in his journal, and proclaimed
it on every occasion. Se could not distrust a body
for which he entertained the most profound
respect. In writing- the article inserted in the Presse,
he did not, and could not, consequently, mean to offer
the slightest insult to the Chamber of Peers, nor to
attempt to lower in the eyes of the pceople a great
political power, which he had always vindicated, and
endeavoured ,to raise in public estimation, as his
writings sufficiently attested. He had merely stated
a fact of which he had a precise knowledge when he
mentioned, in the heat of a polemique with the Minis-
terial press, that the promise of a peerage had been
sold. That promise had not been fulfilled; no
appointment had taken place in consequence, and he
of course could have no intention of questioning the
right of any member to sit in the assembly, but a
feeling of honour prevented him from proving the
truth of his statement, When he had terminated,
M. DE BROGLIE asked him if he had anything else to
add in his defence. OEI his replying that he had
nothing more to say, he was told that he might retire.
The Chamber then proceeded to deliberate with
closed doors until four o'cl,)ck, when the public were
admitted, and the Presidvlt having given orders to
\ call in M. E. DE GIRARDIN, informed him that the
from thehim.GIRARDIN
indie elpe
n(lence and justice of the Noble
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be andhouset
the
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This
`mostti'o lame
impotent conclusion" is said
compromise be-
tween the Government and M. E
This PEACHUM and LOCKIT settlement of the i
ought not, however, to be permitted to remain affair
disturbed. It is not sufficient for M. GEIZOT and M.
DE GIRARDIN to say mutually, "Brother, brother, we
are both in the wrong," and there an end. The honour

of the French nation is concerned in the exposure of
this wrong, and in the punishment of the wrong-
doers; and that such exposure will take place we
cannot doubt, for at a meeting held at the residence
of M. Tuixits, which'was7attended by MM. ODILON
BARROT, BILLAULT, VER VIER, BERRYER, and
several other members of the Chamber, and at which
were found men of almost every shade of political
opinion, from the Legitimatist to the Republican, it
was resolved to institute an inquiry into the facts
alleged by M. EMILE DE GIRARDIN to have occurred,
and which caused his being summoned before the
Chamber of Peers. In the meantime the minor
agents of the Government seem to be following the
example of their superiors, and corruption is the or-
der of the day in every public department in France.
The National publishes the following instances of
peculation recently discovered :
" The scandalous examples given by personages occu-
pying high positions bear their fruits. Peculation and
corruption infuse themselves into all the degrees of the
administrative system. The affair Benier disclosed the
disorders of the war department ; the Rochefort trial
those of the marine, and the prosecution commenced
before the Chamber of Peers against the two ex-Minis-
ters, will no doubt complete the instruction of the pub-
lie. Each day brings to light some fresh disclosures.
We at present confine ourselves to asking the following
questions, to which we wish to have a precise reply :
Is it true that, in consequence of accusations brought by
the Propagateur de r Aube, relative to the house of Clair-
vaux, a superior employe of the department of the in-
terior has been obliged to give in his resignation ? Is
it true that an agent, concerned in the money matters
of one of the three military hospitals of Paris, has been
under arrest in his apartment for more than a week for
acts of such gravity, that one of the beads of the war de-
partment, employed to inquire into the matter, has been
forced to propose sending the agent in question before a
council of war ? Is it true that another agent in a simi-
lar situation, in prison for eight months for his conduct
in Algeria, is waiting for the result of the inquiry which
his acts called forth ? Would it be found inconvenient
to publish the results of this investigation ?"

On Monday the Chamber of Deputies commenced
the discussion of the Budget. The deficiency in the
revenue is so great as to cause alarm, and unless
Algeria be abandoned, and a sweeping administrative
reform be carried out in France, it is impossible to
reduce the expenditure. On this subject the Condi-
tutionnel says—

"The discussion on the Budget furnishes fittirgoppor-
tunity for examining the financial administration of the
Guizot Cabinet since its accession to office. One of the
boasts of that Ministry is to have lived so long. But
how, we shall ask—how has it employed that existence,
the longest that has ever been enjoyed by a Cabinet
since the year 1830? Where are its fruits? M. Guizot
replied to his adversaries who spoke to him of national
honour, ' Let us enrich ourselves.' Let us examine,
therefore, how he has employed the public wealth.
The account of our financial position will describe
it in a few figures. If we take the budgets since the
year 1840 they present to us a series of deficits,
which we shall submit to our readers. The deficit
of 1840 amounted to 138,000,000 f., that of 1841 to
18,000,000 f., that of 1842 to 108,000.000 f., and that
of 1843 to 39,000,000 f., which make 305,000,000 f.
of deficit for those first four years of the reign
of the Guizot Cabinet. In 1844 an equilibrium be-
tween the revenue and expenditure appeared to have
been established, and a surplus of revenue over the ex-
penditure, to the amount of 4,000,0001., was produced
in the year 1845 ; but the equilibrium of 1844 and the
surplus revenue of 1845 were produced solely by the
cancelling and carrying over of credits. Thus, we see
the deficit re-appear in the year 1846, with an increased
development. The budget of that year is not yet set-
tled, but we may calculate the deficiency at 58,000,000 f.,
and we may consider ourselves fortunate that it is not
more considerable, inasmuch as the supplementary and
extraordinary credits demanded of us amount to the
enormous sum of 124,000,000 f. The deficit for the pre-
sent year is already calculated at 105,000,000 f.; the
supplementary and extraordinary credits already de-
manded amount to 108,000,000 f., independent of further
claims to be made on the Treasury between the present
period and the end of the year. In fine, all
that we can say of the budget for the year
1848 is, that if it be passed with even the
reductions proposed by the commission, it will leave
a deficiency to be made up above the revenue of
30,000,000 f. It remains to be seen what may be the
amount of the supplementary and extraordinary credits
which reached the sum of 124,000,000 f. in the year 1846,
and 108,000,000 f. already in the present year. If we add
together these series of deficits to the conclusion of the
year 1847, we shall finds gross sum of 469,000,0001.
We should remark, moreover, that from the year 1841
to the year 1847 the ordinary receipts have produced an
increase of revenue amounting to 244,000,0001., which
were absorbed by current expenses, and which did not
prevent the deficiency from reaching the sum of
469,000,0001. We now pass to the extraordinary credits.
We find there, in the first line, public works regulated
by the Bill passed the 25th of June, 1841, amounting to
496,000,000 E ; secondly, the public works regulated by
the Bill of the 11th of June, 1842, amounting to
901,000,0001., after deducting the sums paid by the
railroad companies ; and this carries the amount of the
two series of public works to the sum of 1,397,000,000 f.
If we now add those 1,397,000,000 E to the
469,000,0001. forming the deficits of the budgets from
1840 to 1847, we find an aggregate amount of
1,866,000,0001., which the present Ministry has ex-
pended over and above the receipts of the revenue, and
for which we must provide by extraordinary measures.
We demand, do or do not these figures condemn the
present Ministry ? 1,866,000,000 f. ! That is more
than half the capital of our consolidated debt, if we de-
duct the sinking fund. It is thus seen that the passage
of the present Ministers has left a profound trace in our
finances. We have described our financial situation ;
let us now speak of that of the Treasury. The floating
debt will amount, on the 31st of December next, to
625,000,0001. To these must be added the advances ne-
cessary for the service of the State, which the reporter
of the budget calculates at only 50,000,000 f., but which
M. de Raineville, in a remarkable speech in the Chamber
of Deputies (just given), estimated at 140,000,0001.
Setting it down at 100,000,0001., the floating debt will
amount to 725,000,0001. The necessity for a loan is
consequently imminent, and such loan must be consider-
able, to juche from the probable deficit of the budget for
the year 1848, Such is a faithful picture of the situation
created for us by the Guisot Cabinet, after an adminis-
tration of seven years."

The commercial distress in Paris is very great, and
is daily increasing, particularly among the shop-
keepers and operatives.

It is said that Marshal MUGEAUD has been offered
the Presidency of the Council and the Portfolio of
Minister of War.

A letter from the Secretary of the Amiens and
Abbeville Railroad Company, published in these
papers, shows that the reported explosion of the
boiler of an engine on that line was incorrect. The
engine had, fortunately, only run off the rails. The
driver had his arm broken. The passengers escaped
unhurt.

Little business was done on the Paris Bourse on
Tuesday. Prices were little more than nominal.
The Three per Cents, closed at 77f. 75c.; the Five per
Cents., at 118 f. 15e.; the Orleans Railroad Shares, 1,277 E
50c.; Rouen, 972 f. 50c.; Havre, 657 f. 50c. ; Great Northern,
583 f. 75c.; Avignon, 716 f 25c. ; Vierzon, 613 f. 75e. ; Bor-
deaux, 512 f. 50c. ; Basle, 1871. 50c. ; Dieppe, 315 f. ; Paris
and trasburg, 427 f. 50c. ; Tours and Nantes, 410 f. ; Paris
and Lyons, 447 f. 50c.; Lyons and Avignon, 4481. 75c.; Bor-
deaux and Cette, 455 f. ; Spanish Three per Cents., 34i;
ditto, Deferred Debt, 14.

BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE
LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, JuNs 23.

,
Boulogne and Amiens, 16—Central of France (Orleans
and Vierzon), 16—Ceylon, %—Louvain a la Sambre, %
—Northern of France, 11%—Paris and Lyons, s%—Paris
and Strasbourg, 5.

THE UNITED STATES

LIVERPOOL THURSDAY MORNING.

By the Henry Clay, which arrived at Liverpool
this morning, we have papers from New York to the
7th instant inclusive.
The commercial accounts by this ship are of an
important character. The advices from England to
the 20th of May, taken out by the steam-ship
Hibernia, which reached Boston on the 2d, caused

the greatest excitement in the chief commercial ports
of the United States and Canada, which had the effect
of advancing the prices of grain and flour, which a
New York paper thus describes :

" The steamer's news is of a most extraordinary
character, and will be most astounding to all those who
have been making time contracts for breadstuffs. Public
sentiment in relation to the future price of breadstuffs
has been various and wide. One class of operators has
been fully impressed with the belief that prices would
fall in Europe, and that there would be a corresponding
decline here; while others have been most sanguine that
flour would go up to ten dollars, and other articles in
proportion. From those of sanguine feelings there has
bee❑ a wide field for speculation, which has been
embraced very extensively. The parties selling, however,
in most instances, have had their supplies under their
control, ready to be delivered as speedily as the same
could be transported on the canal."
Before, however, the Henry Clay sailed, the same
paper remarks that—
" The excitement of yesterday has subsided, and
holders of breadstuffs carried up the rates yesterday
quite as high as they will hear. Flour was rather a
drug at yesterday's highest point, and there was no
advance in corn or any kind of grain. The suspense in
cotton was broken, and sales were made at 1 per cent.
reduction. Freights are a little better than before the
arrival of the steamer; flour is taken freely at 3s. to
Liverpool. Private letters from London state that there
had been a tight time for money, but that the market
was sensibly relieved. They also state that the demand
for breadstuffs was unabated, and there was every
appearance that the demand would increase rather than
diminish."

The news by the same ship affected also the cotton
market, which became dull, and prices declined, and

in that state it continued up to the time that the
Henry Clay left.
On the departure of the Henry Clay the New York
market is thus described by a paper of that city :

Ashes—Sales of about 100 bbls. Pots at 4 dolls. 75c.,
and 75 ditto Pearls at 6 dolls. 31c. The stock on hand
is 2,167 bbls. Pots, and 401 Pearls, against 7,282 and
2,230 last year, being a total deficiency of 6,944 bbls.
The receipts to the 3d June have fallen short of those
to the same date last year, 9,179 bbls.
Beeswax—Sales of yellow at 25c.

Coffee—There is but a moderate demand from the
trade, at previous prices.
Cotton—There were sales of 600 or 800 bales, at a
decline since the news of I cent.
Fish—The market is firm for all kinds, with moderate
supplies. Dry Cod sells at 3 dolls. 94c. ; Connecticut
Shad, 7 dolls. 25c.
Flour—The market was unusually quiet, and prices
gave way a little. The sales reach 8,000 or 10,000 bar-
rels, within the range from 9 dolls. a 9 dolls. 25 cents.
Prices are unsettled, it being the general impression that
there are largo orders for export, but shippers have not
yet come into the market to any extent, and receivers
are not anxious to sell. Some are satisfied to realise
at present rates, and there were sales of Gennesee at 9
dolls.; 1,200 bbls. strait brands Michigan and Ohio
sold at 9 dolls. 19ic. a 9 dolls. 184 c. The receipts are
light, and must continue so for several days, the boats
being mostly at this end of the canal.
Cornmeal—Sales of 1,200 bbls. Jersey at 5 dulls.
69c. a 5 dolls. 88c.
Rye Flour-100 bbls. sold at 7 dolls. 50c. Receipts
from June 4th:—Flour, 15,241 bbls.; Meal, 275 do.
Grain—The markets were dull and lower. Gennesee
Wheat sold at 2 dolls. 20c. In the forenoon there were
sales of yellow Corn at 124 c.; afterwards the price fell
off, closing at 115 c. a 120 c. mixed and yellow, with sales
of 12,000 or 15,000 bush.; 3,000 bush. round yellow sold
at 120 c., and 3,000 do. Western at 115 c. For future
delivery, the sales amounted to 25,000 or 30,000 bu. p.n.t.
Rye—Sales of 1,500 bu. at 1,31 a 1,35 dolls. The
same quantity was reported sold at 140 cents. Receipts
yesterday : wheat, 28,876 ; corn, 25,442 ; oats, 8,781 ;
rye, 655.
Hay—Steady sales at 65c. a 75c.
Provisions—The market is quiet, but firm. The sales
were moderate at previous prices. Pickled meats are
in good demand at 7c. for shoulders and Bic. for hams.
Lard is firmer sii:ce the news, and has sold at 10ic. for
prime. Butter is in better supply, and lower ; Orange
co., 16c. a 18c.; Western Dairy, 12c. a 14c.
Whisky is held at 39c. a 40c.
Freights—Engagements were made to Liverpool for
flour at 3s. a 3s. 6d. Some agents demand 4s. Grain is
about 12d.

There was nothing new in stocks; Stonington
Railroad shares have advanced during the week five
per cent.

SALES AT STOCK EXCHANGE-2n BOARD.

5,000 Ohio 6s '6O
25 Stonington
400 Harlem s9O 561
200 ditto
50 Nor. and Wor 590 49

COURT CIRCUI,TR.
The Queen held a Court yesterday afternoon at Buck-
ingham Palace.
" Count de St. Aulaire, Ambassador Extraordinary
and Plenipotentiary from his Majesty the King of the
French, had an audience of her Majesty, on his return
to his Embassy at the British Court. His Exc. llency
was introduced by Viscount Palmerston, G.C.8., her
Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for Foreign
Afthirs, and conducted by Colonel the Hon. Sir Edward
Cust, K.C.H., her Majesty's Master of the Ceremonies.
The Queen was attended by Lord Byron, Lord in
Waiting, and Admiral Sir Edward Codrington, Groom
in Waiting.
Viscount Palmerston had an audience of her Majesty
yesterday.
The Queen and Prince Albert visited her Majesty the
Queen Dowager yesterday; at Marlborough House. The
Equerries in Waiting, Lord Alfred Paget and Colonel
Bouverie attended on horseback.
Their Majesties the King and Queen of the Belgians
visited her Majesty the Queen Dowager yesterday, at
Marlborough House ; the Duchess of Gloucester, at
Gloucester House • and the Duke and Duchess of Cam-
bridge, at Cambridge House.
Their Royal Highnesses the Duchesss of Gloucester
and the Duke of Cambridge visited their Majesties the
King and Queen of the Belgians yesterday, at Bucking-
ham Palace.
The Royal dinner party at Buckingham Palace yes-
terday included their Majesties the King and Queen of
the Belgians, the Belgian Minister and Madame Van de
Weyer, the Duchess of Suth( rland and Lady Caroline
Leve,ion Gower, the Countess Vandcrstraten, the Earl
Spencer, M. de Moerkerke and Dr. Carswell.
The Band of the Coldstream Guards was in attend-
ance during dinner, and performed the following

pieces :
Overture—" Leonora"—Beethoven.
Waltn—" The Garland"—Kcenig.
eQuartetto and Semi-Chorus " No, , no, ahimi !
(.t oseph)—Mehul.
Quadrille—" The Phantom Dancers"—Jullien.
Polka—" The Presburger"—Snoboda.
The Queen had afterwards an evening party.
Their Royal Highnesses the Hereditary Grand Duke
and Grand Duchess of Saxe-Weimar arrived at nine
o'clock, accompanied by his Serene Highness Prince
Edward of Saxe-Weimar, and attended by the Countess
of Assenburg, Count de Beust, and Baron de Ziegesar.
His Royal_Highness Prince George arrived soon af-
terwards.
Their Royal Highnesses the Duke ar.d Duchess of
Cambridge arrived at ten o'clock, attended by Lady
Augusta Cadogan and Mr. Edmond Mildmay.
Her Majesty's private Band attended.
The following had the honour of receiving invitations:
—His Serene Highness Prince Edward of Saxe Weimar,
his Serene Highness Prince Lowenstein, Princess and
Princess F. Leichtenstein, the French Ambassador and
the Countess de St. Aulaire, the Austrian Ambassador
and the Countess Dietrichstein, the Netherlands Minis-
ter, the Saxon Minister and Baroness de Beust, the
Duke and Duchess of Norfolk, the Ladies Mary and
Adeliza Howard, the Marquis and Marchioness of Dou-
glas, the Marquis and Marchioness of Westminster,
Lady Carolina Grosvenor, Earl Grosvenor, the Marquis
and Marchioness of Abercorn, the Marquis and Mar-
chioness of Worcester, the Lady in Waiting to the Queen
Dowager, Lady Augusta Cadogan, Mr. Edmond
Mildmay, the Countess of Assenburg, Count de Beust,
Baron de Ziegesar, the Countess of Mount Edgecumbe,
the Misses Macdonald, the Earl Howe, Viscount anu

Viscountess Palmerston, Count Potocki, the Right H.,n.
Sir John and Miss Hobhouse, Lord and Lady Alfred
Paget, Mr. G. E. and the Hon. Mrs. Anson, Lady
Harriet Anson, Lord and Lady Colborne and the Hon.
Miss Ridley Colborne, Lord and Lady Beauvale, Lord
Edward Howard, Lady Adelaide Pager, Lady Elizabeth
and the Misses Dawson, and Captain Francis Seymour.
Their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Gloucester
and the Duchess 01 Cambridge visited her Majesty the
Queen Dowager yesterday at Marlborough House.
The Duchess of Gloucester honoured the Duke and
Duchess of Beaufort with her ,company at dinner last
evening, at their residence in Arlington-street.
The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, attended by
Lady Augusta Cadogan and Baron Knesebeck, honoured
Viscount and Viscountess Combermere with their com-
pany at dinner yesterday evening, at their residecce in
Belgrave-square.
Bishop Wilson had an interview with Earl Grey yes-
terday at the Colonial-office.
A deputation consisting of Mr. Macgregor Laird and
Mr. J. I'. Clay, on behalf of the Birkenhead Dock Com-
pany ; Captain Charlwood, R.N., on behalf of the
Cheshire Junction Railway ; Mr. Rigge, on behalf of
the Chester and Birkenhead ; and Mr. Davies, on behalf
of Mr. Vyner, had an interview with the Chancellor of
the Exchequer yesterday.
The Hon. William Temple transacted business yester-
day at the Foreign-office.
Mr. P. S. Carey had an interview with Sir George
Grey yesterday at the Home-office.
Sir Robert Price, Dr. Bowring, and a deputation, had
an interview with the Right Hon. Edward Strutt yes-
terday.
The following Ministers were present at the Cabinet
dinner given by the Chancellor of the Exchequer on
Wednesday :—Lord John Russell, the Lord Chancellor,
the Marquis of Lansdowne, the Earl of Minto, the Earl
of Clarendon, Sir George Grey, Viscount Palmerston,
Earl Grey, Earl of Auckland, Sir John Hobhouse, Lord
Campbell, Viscount Morpeth, Marquis of Clanricarde,
the Right Hon. T. B. Macaulay, and the Right Hon. H.
La bouchere.
The Ecclesiastical Commissioners for England had a
general meeting yesterday.
Dispatches have been received at the Colonial Office
from the Governor of Hong-Kong.
Dispatches were sent off yesterday evening from the
Colonial Office for the Governors of Hong-Kong and
Ceylon.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.
TATTERSALL'S—THURSDAY.
The only effect of the running at Newcastle was to
raise Eryx to 9 to 1 for the Goodwood Cup, and to make
Van Tromp a shade better for the St. Leger than he was
on Monday. Burgundy was in force for the Goodwood
Stakes, and Stultz, although not backed for any money,
rose five points ; on the other hand, an outlay of about
2001. on Martext did not in the slightest degree improve
his position. The backers of The Questionable, for that
event, were disagreeably surprised by the following
qualified announcement :—" The owner of The Ques-
tionable, seeing that horse a great favourite for the
Goodwood Stakes, thinks it right to make known that
the horse has been very ill since Epsom Races, and that
it is uncertain if he will go to Goodwood." Pity the
owner did not " think it right" to communicate this in-
formation a little earlier. Closing prices:—
GOODWOOD STAKES.
15 to 1 agst Lord Chesterfield's Stultz—taken
20 to 1 agst Mr. Whaley's Burgundy—taken
20 to 1 agst Mr. Isaac Day's Milliner—taken
25 to 1 agst Col. Anson's Martext—taken
30 to 1 agst Mr. A.;Johnston's Sir George
GOODWOOD CUP.
2 to 1 agst Mr. J. Day's The Hero—taken
9 to 1 agst Lord Eglinton's Eryx-10 to 1 taken
10 to 1 agst Mr. Aumont's Fitz. Emilius
12 to 1 apt Mr. G. H. Moore's Wolfdog—no friends
15 to 1 agst Mr. Whaley's Burgundy
16 to 1 agst Mr. Isaac Day's Sir Tatton Sykes—taken
33 to 1 agst Sir J. Hawley's Mendicant—no friends
ST. LEGER.
5 to 2 agst Mr. Pedley's Cossack
6to 1 agst Lord Eglinton's Van Tromp—t. and aft. off.
12 to 1 agst Mr. Mostyn's Mr. Martin
16 to 1 agst Mr. J. Day's Farmer's Daughter—taken and
afterwards offered
25 to 1 agst Mr. Mostyn's Mogadore—t. and aft. off.
DERBY.
33 to 1 agst Col. Peel's Sesostris
40 to 1 agst Col. Anson's Corsican—taken
40 to 1 agst Mr. B. Green's Beverlac—taken
50 to 1 agst Mr. John Scott's The Stinger—taken
500 even between Stinger and Glendower.
NEWCASTLE RACES.—WEDNESDAY.
The Free Handicap of 10 sovs. each and 50 added; the
second to save his stake. (18 Subs.) Three quarters of a
mile.
Mr. Dawson's St. Leon, 3 yrs, sst 101 b... (Prince) 1
Mr. B. Eddison's Little John, 6 yrs, 75t... ...„... ........... 2
Mr. Merry's Marian Ramsay, 5 yrs, 7st llb 3
Won easy. Ten started.
The Produce Stakes of 50 sovs. each, h ft; for colts Bst 71b,
and fillies Bst 41b. Two miles. (15 Subs.)
Mr. J. Scott's Tim Whiffler (F. Butler) 1
Mr. Merry's Maid of Motherwell (allowed 31bs) 2
Mr. St. Paul's Ulysses
Won by a head.
The Northumberland Plate of 200 sow., added to a Handicap
of 25 sovs. each, 10 ft, and 5 only if declared ; the second
to receive 50/. out of the stakes, and the third to save his
stake. Two miles. (100 Subs, 45 of whom declared.)
Lord Eglington's Eryx, 3 yrs, 6st 21b, and 61b extra 1
Mr. S. L. Fox's Executor, 3 yrs, sst 51b
Sir J. Gerard's Grimston, 4 yrs, 7st 121 b
The following also ran :—The Conjuror, 4 yrs, 7st 91b—
Inheritre3F, aged, Bst 81b—Morpeth, 6 yrs, Bst 61b—Red
Robin, 5 yrs, Bst 21b—Pilgrim, 4 yrs, 7st 91b—Conspiracy,
4 yrs, 7st 51b—Milden, 5 yrs, 7st 41b—Blackbird, 4 yrs,
7st 21b—Tom Tough, aged, Est 131b—Dictator, 4 yrs, 6st 3lb
—Hannah Raine, 4 yrs, sst 121b—Glenwhelt, 3 yrs, sst 51b.
Betting-3 to 1 agst Conspiracy, 9to 2 agst Grimston,
11 to 2 agst Conjuror, 9to 1 agst Executor, 10 to 1 agst
Blackbird, 11 to I agst Eryx, 14 to 1 agst Tom Tough, 15
to 1 agst Inheritress, 10 to 1 agst Merpeth, 20 to 1 agst Red
Robin, and 20 to 1 agst Milden. Grimston and Dictator
made alternate running to the Coal-pit Turn; Eryx took
second place there, the first at the distance, and won a fine
race by a neck. Grimston was about a length from Exe-
cutor, Conjuror a good fourth, and Conspiracy fifth.
The Northern Oaks of 15 sovs each, 5 ft. One mile.
Mr. Brook's Luminous walked over.
The Grand Stand Stakes of 15 sovs. each, 5 ft, and 50 added ;
the second to save his stake. Half-a-Mile.
Mr.
TheD Dawson
following also
started St. Leon,
,e 3 yrs (Cartwright) 1
Mr. Scott's Christopher, 3 yrs 2
:—rsLord Stanley na f by Veloci-
pede, out of Porto Bello's dam, 2 yrs—Mr. G. L. Fox's White
Bait, 3 yrs—Mr. S. F. Fox's Prince Alfred, 3 yrs—Captain
Potts na Bletchington, 2 yrs—Mr. Hesseltine's na Miss
Margrave, 2 vrs—Mr. Meiklam na Spaniard, 2 yrs—Mr.
Johnstone's Black Ball, 2 yrs—Mr. Jaques na Tanuis, 3 yrs
—Mr. W. Allen's b f by Yaxley, out of Matrimony, 3 yrs
—and Mr. Merry's Jock o' Haziedean, 2 yrs.
Won by a head.
Her Majesty's Plate of 100 Guineas. Three miles.
Loid Zetland's llelias, 3 yrs, 7st 2lb ...... (Longstaff) 1
Mr. J. Scott's Alderman's Daughter, 3 yrs, 7st 21b 2
Mr. Pedley's Tanois, 3 yrs, 7st 21b
Mr. Robertson's Trojan, 6 yrs, 10st slb
Won by two lengths.

IMPOSITION.—This week a respectable-looking old
man, who pretended to be a lecturer on " PhilelogN end
the powers of the human mind," called upon several par-
ties in town, representing that he had engaged a public
room, and intended to deliv r a course of lectures on the
above topics. A number of parsons bought tickets, but
on their arrival at the room in which the lectures were
announced to be delivered in, they found that they bad
been duped out of their money, the room never having
been taken for such a purpose.—Glasgow Post.