The Sun.
London, England, 1848-10-06 00:00:00

FIRIDAY _RVENING, OCTOBER 61 MA

DEFENCE OF LAMARTINE.
(Cono'uded from The Sun of Tuesday.)
" June I.—The Commission decided, upon the de-
mand of M. de Lamartine, that three hundred bat-
talions of the Garde Mobile should be created in the
departments (making, in all, three hundred thousand
men), a force invincible both for internal and external
purposes ; a military institution which would consti-
tute the federalization of property and country." Was
this also, let me inquire, an arm which I raised for
the purpose of recruiting the powers of anarchy ?
It is little, however, in comparison with what fol-
lowed. On the Bth of June, on the opening of the
sitting of the Government, I addressed the Council in
this language The aspect of the Republic fills
me with affliction and disquietude. We are rapidly
approaching a crisis. It will not be an entente,
neither will it be a battle ; it will be a campaign of
several days' continuance, and a campaign more-
over waged against many united factions. The
National Assembly, in which reposes the national
sovereignty, may, possibly, be compromised; it may,
perchance, even be forced to withdraw temporarily
from Paris. It is necessary, therefore, to provide
against these eventualities by employing all the
energy of republican authority. Fifty-five thousand
men, although sufficient for the preservation of Paris,
will be scarcely enough to protect the national repre-
sentation within its fortifications. I consequently
demand, in addition to a decree providing for the
public security, that the Minister of War shall cause
twenty thousand more men to concentrate themselves
forthwith upon the capital." This was the camp
under the walls of Paris which was thus indicated
fourteen days before the battle. The entire Commis-
sion acquiesced in my proposition. The Minister of
War was present. We could, therefore, on the 23d
of June, count not only upon the fifty-five thousand
men before enumerated, but upon the twenty thou-
sand additional troops who were already marching,
or were about to march, direct upon the metropolis.
Altogether there were assembled within a few days a
force of seventy-five thousand bayonets which would
support the movements of a National Guard, giving
the enormous aggregate of one hundred and eighty
thousand men !
What becomes now of the reproach that we closed
our eyes to the advancing evil, and neglected the
necessary armaments?
Irreproachable as the Commission was in making
preparations, was it nevertheless feeble or hesitating
in action ? Behold the facts ! for it is time that the
members of that Commission should appear under their
veritable aspect.
At midnight, on the 22d, the Commission assembled
at the Palace of the Luxembourg in company with
the Ministers and general officers. All the requisite
orders were given ; all the essential measures were
arranged in preparation for the casualties which
might transpire on the day anticipated for the morrow.
On the 23d, at six o'clock in the morning, there
was a new reunion at the Luxembourg with the com-
mandants of the civil and military forces. The
Minister of War was thereupon officially invested
with the supreme command, in order to impart unity
and authority to the orders which might become in
evitable.

At seven o'clock the assemblages began to take
place in the Pantheon. A column of troops of the
line, of the cavalry, and of a detachment of the
Eleventh Legion was formed for the better occupation
of that locality. M. Arago, the President of the
Commission, was anxious to proceed thither himself.
M. Quinet, the Colonel of the Eleventh Legion, was
already present from the early morning, and dis-
played great activity and resolution throughout the
day. The crowd then dispersed itself, and directed
its steps towards the Bastile. About this time the
Executive Commission proceeded from the Luxem-
bourg to the Palace of the National Assembly, where
it established itself in permanence, together with the
head- quarters of the Commander- in-Chief.
The day advanced in watching the struggle, and
in giving the necessary directions. The troops,
themselves, admirable in heroism, appeared to be
feeble in number. At four o'clock in the
evening some barricades were erected in
the faubourg of the. Temple. They began
to be raised around the site of the Bastile ;
and they threatened to multiply themselves during
the night. Several of the representatives were ad-
mitted into our council-chamber. They summoned
us to
give
in
ur resignation voluntarily. We re-
jected this advice with indignation. Then it was that
I rose and spoke as follows :—" We will reply to all,
at once boldly and explicitly. Men of courage have
never retreated in the midst of a combat. After the
victory of order shall have been achieved we will be
at the direction of the National Assembly." The
representatives retired. Immediately upon their de-
parture I observed, " Four hours of the day are still
remaining; do not let us abandon those four hours to
the seditious. The darkness of night will recruit the
ranks of the rioters with the undecided and intimi-
dated population of the faubeurgs ; they will increase
the number of the barricades in all directions ; there
will be more blood to shed and to lose to-morrow; let us
form a last column with the few troops' still scat-
tered about the neighbourhood of the National As-
sembly, and let us go at once to the deliverance of
the faubourg of the Temple." My colleagues coin-
cided in my suggestion. General Cavaignac formed
the column; I mounted on horseback, accompanied
by Al. Duclerc, the Minister.
of Finances, by the com
mandant, Pierre Bonaparte, to whom I had lent one
of my horses, and by M. de Treveneue, one of the re-
presentatives of the people. The National Guard
and the crowd encouraged us, both by voice and ges•
ture, as we passed along the boulevard. We left the
Commander-in-Chief to dispose of his forces at the
Chateau d'Eu. I then advanced alone in the midst
of the waves of the people into the street of the Temple,
and hastened towards the boulevard of the Bastile. The
multitude surrounded my horse, pressed my hands,
and lamented over themselves and over the fate of the
country. They evidenced the fluctuation and inde-
cision of a mass without guidance, who were ready,
at the least impulse, to pass over to the side of order
or of sedition. I was at once disquieted and affected
with the appearance presented by this crowd ; I con-
soled them, I calmed them, I restored them, as much
as I could, by my words to patience, to peace, and to
a sense of confidence in the Assembly. I could not
hide from myself the deplorable truth that within
a few hours afterwards the whole of this multitude,
who were then innocent, would go over to swell the
ranks of the insurrection. A few battalions would
render them steadfast. These battalions were occupied
elsewhere. I then retraced my footsteps. I returned with
four pieces of cannon, and, with the column of the
Garde Mobile and the troops of the line, marched to
the attack of the barricades of the faubourg. These
barricades remained under fire three-quarters of an
hour, in a state of stubborn resistance. Ultimately
they were demolished by the artillery ; not, however,
until the discharges of musketry, by the insurgents,
had wounded or killed four hundred brave soldiers
The horse which I lent to the
and two generals.
Commandant Pierre Bonaparte was killed under that
while be was standing by my side.
courageous officer,
M. de Treveneue and M. Lassant received balls in
their clothes. I returned for the purpose of myself
carrying to the Minister of War the order
with which General Cavaignac had charged
me —an order commanding the troops of
the surrounding garrisons to hasten inwards during
the night. The roar of the day was succeeded
by a profound silence. There was an intermission in
the civil war. With the next morning the struggle
recommenced. We each of us sustained the brunt of
that struggle with the same energy. Among the
auxiliary forces which arrived were the National
Guards from the departments, the cannon from Vin-
cennes, and a regiment from Orleans. The triumph
was cruelly purchased, but it was no longer
doubtful. We were then, and not till then, de-
the co-operation of labour
prived of our part in
for the public safety. At eleven o'clock the
National Assembly named General Cavaignac—the
man whom we ourselves had selected already—to
accomplish and consolidate the victory. We rejoiced
on being able to resign authority into those hands
which would not abuse it, either by the law or by
the sword. I penned in great haste the following
letter, which was conveyed to the National As-

sembly :
"Citizens I
" The Commission of the Executive Power would
have been wanting at once in its duties and in its
honour if it had retreated in the presence of a sedition

and of a great public danger. It only retires before
a vote of the Assembly. In restoring into your hands
the authority with which you had invested them, the
members of the Executive Commitsion re-enter into
the ranks of the National Assembly, to de% ote
themselves with joy to the common danger and
to the safety of the Republic."
From that moment, citizens, become once more
a simple representative, I offered my services to
General Cavaignac, as the chief who worthily re-
presented the Republic. On quitting office I said
to him, " I am not among those who on falling
from power take refuge in the Opposition. lam
rather one of those who sustain the Republican au-
thority in the hands of their successors as earnestly
and as cordially as in their own. Count upon
me to day as fully as yesterday." My
friend General Negrier was present when I said this
—he was soliciting that order which was to conduct
him to a glorious death. These were the last words
which he heard me utter. Whilst I wept, whilst the
Archbishop of Paris went to offer his life to God as a
ransom of peace ; while so many generous and volun-
tary victims, generals, officers, soldiers, citizens,
children of the Garde Mobile, hastened forward to be
decimated under the fire of the insurgents, Calumny,
already taking possession of my name, accused me of
complicity with those balls, every one of which I
would gladly have received to have spared the blood
of a single citizen, or of a single soldier
Such are revolutions ! . . . . Their greatest
phenomena are not their crimes, they are their errors
I am far from accusing any one, since nobody can be
considered as culpable on account of an obscurity of
judgment at a time when the whole world is covered
with night and darkness.
Citizens ! Behold the light ! Recognise your friends!
Those parties who cherish an evanescent resentment
against the Republic endeavour, above all things, to
calumniate the moderate Republicans. They know
well that the Republic can only triumph by modera-
tion; that the French soil will not allow itself to be
dismembered during one hour by the influences of
Communism ; that the French soil will not sustain
for fifteen days the hideous mechanism of the scaf-
fold; that the French soil will vomit forth the blood
with which the plagiarists of the Reign of Terror
would willingly saturate it—seeking I know not
what savage grandeur in excesses and in crime—not
knowing how to discover glory in moderation and
virtue ! It is in these men that must be recognized
the worst enemies of the Republic ; for the sole
danger of the Republic is its name. It is the sou-
venir of 93 which these men are striving un-
ceasingly to recal to recollection, when all true
Republicans, like ourselves, are striving unceasingly
to bury those recollections in oblivion. But 93 was
not the Republic ; it was the Revolution. Shall
then a few months of our history be allowed to ca-
lumniate the government of liberty among us for
ever ? Shall the blood spilt during those few months
be permitted to spread over and pollute a whole cen-
tury ? No! We will prove to the world that we
can at once conquer and preserve the Republic—that
reign of all. The Republic, inspired by Washington,
will triumph over the Republic of Babceuf, of
Robespierre, and of Danton ! Another age,
other thoughts ; other thoughts, other men.
That is the true law of societies. The choice which
you have made of your representatives to the Na-
tional Assembly is a guarantee of the triumph of the
popular and regular Republic, such as we understand

it to be. It is the honesty of the people which you
have sent to the National Assembly in those repre-
sentatives. The honesty of the people—it is its safety !
The National Assembly will save France. Our only
glory will be the thought that we have foreseen and
evoked it. Attach yourselves more and more de-
votedly to the National Assembly : it is your sove-
reignty : it is worthy of you. Only give it time!
Impatience is the destruction of good intentions-
The government of an age is not constituted in three
months.

Citizens ! accept my farewells! Named ten times
by you as a signification and not as a man ; con-
founded henceforth in the ranks of the simple repre-
sentatives ; descended from a power too high for my
ambition, and never wishing to rise to that altitude
again—forget me, but do not accuse me ! Perhaps
on one day I have indeed merited your suffrages—it
is on that day when I sacrificed them to concord. As
for myself, I shall bear you in remembrance all the
days of my public life. Each time that I cast into the
urn a vote of good intention for the people, of firm-
ness against the factions, of safety for the country, for
family, for property, for conscience, for society, I
will say to myself that I cast in your thoughts with
my thoughts! I will say that two millions of citizens
vote with me for this unanimous Republic, which in
your eyes as well as in mine, implies the interests of
all, legitimated by the rights' of all, and defended by
the hands of all, in the most free and the most power-
ful of Governments.

LAMARTINE,
Representative of the People.
Paris, 25th of August, 1848.

COURT CIRCULAR.
OSBORNE, THURSDAY.
The Queen and his Royal Highness took their usual
early walk in the pleasure-grounds at Osborne this
morning.

His Itoyal Highness the Prince of Wales, and the
younger branches of the Royal Family, walked and
rode as usual, accompanied by the family of her Se-
rene Highness the Princess of Hohenlohe Langenburg.
Captain Hamilton, R.N., arrived at Osborne yes-
terday evening. There was no other addition to the
royal dinner party.

Dispatches were received yesterday at the Colonial-
office from the Governor of the Cape of Good Hope.

COWES, ISLE OF WIGHT.
FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)
COWES, OCT. 5.
The Washington steam-ship arrived here from New
York this afternoon, after a passage of 15 days; her
mails and two passengers were forwarded to Southamp-
ton, and she proceeds, at nine o'clock this evening, for
Bremen. She has a valuable cargo, but only eight cabin
passengers. At the time we write, 8.45 P.M., the night
is very fine, with a light breeze from the westward ;
Bar. 29 92.
The American frigate St. Lawrence arrived here on
Tuesday, and proceeded on, at 2 P.M. yesterday, for
Bremen. She is a fine ship, mounting forty-eight
32 pounders and four 64-pounders. She saluted the
royal standard in passing Osborne.
The Court leaves Osborne on Monday next.

TILE COMMON Courtcm.—Yesterday a Court was
held for the dispatch of business—tho Lord Mayor in
the chair.—Deputy Peacock presented a report from the
Commissioner of Sewers, recommending the appoint-
ment of a competent medical officer for the City and
liberties, in consequence of the approach of the cholera,
and that the corporation be requested to pay him until
January next, when the City Sanitary Act would come
into operation. Re moved the adoption of this recom-
mendation.—Mr. D. Wire said such an appointment
would be an extravagant piece of humbug; and another
member said it was no more than might have been ex-
pected from such proficients in jobbery as were the mem-
bers of the Court of Sewers.—Mr. Richard Langton had
great pleasure in supporting the adoption of the recom-
tnendution, which was also advocated by Sir Peter
Laurie.—Alderman Gibbs did not see how the Common
Council could now act in a matter which in January
would be placed by an Act of Parliament in the hands
of the Court of Sewers. Deputy Obbard replied that
the Court of Sewers had no power whatever at present,
and the services of a medical officer might be most in-
dispensable in the space between now and January.
After some conversation, in which Mr. Kemp, Mr. Norris,
Mr. R. Taylor, Mr. Bower, Mr. Anderton, Mr. Stacye,
Alderman Laurence, and others took part, the following
motion was carried:—" That this Court do agree with
the Commissioners of Sewers, that it is highly necessary
that a medical officer of health be forthwith appointed,
and that a sum for the purpose, not exceeding 1501, be
paid out of the City's cash, and that the Court of Sewers
be requested to nominate two fit and proper persons, of
whom this Court will appoint one to be the medical
officer of health for this city and liberties." After the
transaction of other business, the Court adjourned at a
late hoar.
CHELTENHAM ELECTION.—At the Cheltenham
County Court, last week, a publican named Gillman
sued George Parsonage for 71., the amount of a bill for
cider and refreshments supplied to the voters for Sir
Willoughby Jones at the election in 1847. Mr. Par-
sonage was a warm partisan of Sir W. Jones, and can-
vassed plaintiff, who sought to have his house opened.
His Honour said that no action could lie, because Gill•
man sought to become a party to an illegal act, and
whether Parsonage gave the order or not, his right to
recover was vitiated. lie therefore nonsuited the
plaintiff.
HORSHAM ELECTION.—At the Horsham County
Court on Tuesday, an action was brought by Mr.
Thomas Stapleton against Charles Fiest, an electioneer-
ing agent, rendered somewhat notorious by the proceed-
ings before the late election Committee, for 5/. money
lent. The defendant pleaded that it was given as a
bribe for his vote, but his honour decided in favour of
the plaintiff, and ordered the 51. to be paid in a month.
Prince Metternich and his son, Prince Richard
Metternich, and Baron Huegel, have become members of
the Brighton conservative Club.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.
TATTERSALL'S.—YESTERDAY.
The prima feature of the Cesarewitch betting was the
advance of Surplice. 20 to 1 v.,as laid to a few small
sums early in the afternoon, and the odds were offerc.4
currently until near five o'clock; a large bet was then
taken, and s 9 rapid was the subsequent movement, that
before the books were closed he was backed at 6 to 1,
and was quite as good a favourite as The Cur, notwith-
standing a considerable sum was laid out on the latter
at 5 and 6to 1. Lanesborough gave way both for this
and the Cambridgeshire; and from the feeling shown in
various quarters, is likely to undergo a further decline.
Fern was backed steadily at 12 to 1, and three or four
outsiders at liberal prices; Ulysses being mcst in request.
Latest prices:—

CESA.REIWITCIT STAKES.
6to 1 apt Lord Clifden's Surplice, 3 yrs, Bst 51b—
taken
6 to 1 agst Mr. Crawfurd's The Cur, 6 yrs, Bst 31b
—taken
7 to 1 agst Mr. Clancy's Lanetborough, 4 yrs,
7=t 91b
12 to 1 agst Major Pitt's Fern, 3 yrs, sst 91b—taken
15 to 1 agst Col. Anson's Backbiter, 3 yrs, sst 71b
18 to 1 agst Colonel Peel's Dacia, 3 yrs, 4st 131 b
25 to 1 agst Colonel Peel's Palma, 4 yrs, sst—taken
2.5 to 1 agst Mr. Walsh's Panic, 5 yrs, 6st 101 b
25 to 1 agst Mr. Verity's Diplomatist, 4 yrs, 7st 101 b
30 to 1 agst Mr. Murphy's Dough, 3 yrs, Est 101b—
taken to 2001., and afterwards offered
30 to 1 agst Duke of Richmond's Hornpipe, 3 yrs,
6st 121 b—taken
L,OOO to 30 agst Mr. A. Johnstone's Ulysses, 4 yrs, 6st
10113—taken
40 to l agst Captain Harcourt's Ellerdale, 4 yrs,
Bst 51b—taken 5,000 to 100 laid once
40 to 1 agst Lord Howth's Peep o'Day Boy, 4 yrs,
Bst 41b
,000 to 25 agst Mr. Drinkald's Pillage, 4 yrs, Est 21b
—taken to 100/.
,000 to 20 agst Mr. J. Day's The Tartar, 4 yrs, 7st 81b
—taken
50 to 1 agst Mr. Bell's Winesour, aged, Bst 21b—t
CAMBEIDGESEIRE STARES.
20 to 1 agst Mr. Clancy's Lanesborough, 4 yrs,
7st 101 b
30 to 1 agst Mr. Merry's Chanticleer, 5 yrs, 9st 1116
taken

30 to 1 agst Lord Clifden's Loadstone, 3 yrs, 7st Mb

DERBY.
15 to 2 agst Colonel Peel's Tadmor—taken
18 to 1 agst Mr. Gully's Osterly—taken
CHESTER AUTUMN MEETING.--THURSDAY.
The Saracen's Head Handicap of 5 sovs. each, with 30
added. Mile arid a half. (12 Subs.)
Mr. Dawson's Prince Charlie, 3 yrs, Est 41b ... 1
Mr. Gray's Little Casino, 5 yrs, Est 71b
... 2
5t02 on Prince Charlie. Won in a cant Time, 3
min. 32 secs. canter,
The Mostyn Stakes of 15 sovs. each, 10 ft, and 20
added; for two yrs old, colts, 7st, 51b; and fillies, 7st
21b; three yrs old, colts, Bst 121 b; fillies, Bst 9113; win-
ners extra. Three quarters of a mile. (6 Subs.)
Mr. Green's Cigarette, 2 yrs ... (Longstaff) 1
Mr. Lord's Cauliflower, 3 yrs... ... 2
M. Meiklam's Raby, 2 yrs—Mr. M. Jone's Victor, 2
yrs, and Mr. W. Jones's Disbury, 2 yrs, also ran.
5 to 4 agst Raby, 5 to 2 agst Cauliflower, and 5 to 1
agst Cigarette (not backed). Won easy. Victor nearly
distanced. Run in 1 min. 21 secs.
A Free Handicap of 10 soya. each, h ft, and 30 added.
Once round and a distance. (14 Subs.)
Mr. Fowler's Ribaldry, 3 yrs, sst 31b (Osborne) 1
Mr. Armstrong's Vesta, 4 yrs, Est 31b ... 2
Mr. Edwards's New Forest Deer, aged, 7st llb ... 3
Mr. B. Giles's Gaffer Green, aged, 6st 101 b... ... 4
Romance, 7st 31b—Tallyho, sst 121b—Alderman's
Daughter, sst 81b, and Confederacy, sst 31b, also started.
Won cleverly.
The Sell:ng Stakes of 5 Soya, each, and 20 added, for 3
yrs old and upwards. Heats, Once round and a dis.
(8 Subs.)
Mr. Carters's Premier, 4 yrs ... (W. Oates) 0 1 1
Mr. Henderson's Louisa Newell, 4 yrs ••• 1 0 0
Mr. Wilkin's b f by St. Martin, dam by Liver-
pool, 4 yrs ... 0 0 2
Mrc T. Walter's Little Casino, .5 yrs... ... 0 0 0
Mr. Phillips's Little Mary, 6 yrs ... ... 20 dr
Mr. Lawson's Pizarro, 5 yrs ... ..• 0 2dr
CALEDONIAN MEETING AT EDINBURGH.
TUESDAY.
The Caledonian St. Leger Stakes of 25 soya, each, with
100 added; three yrs old, colts, Bst 71b; and fillies,
Bst 41b. One mile and three quarters. (14 Subs.)
Lord Eglinton's Paphos ..• (J. Prince)
Mr. T. Dawson's Snuffbox
Mr. Robertson's Diadem .
Mr. M. Dawson's Bletchington ••• •••
Won easy.
The Caledonian Handicap of 25 sovs. each, 15 ft, and
only sif declared, with 150 soya. added. Two miles.
(16 Subs., 4 of whom declared.)
Mr. Meiklam's In heritress, aged, Bsti3lb(Templeman) 1
Mr. Baker's Cracow, 3 yrs, sst 111 b ... 2
Lord Eglinton's Plaudit, 6 yrs, Bst ... ..• ... 3
Mr. Merry's Aspasia, 3 yrs, 6st 21b
... 4
Won easy by two lengths.
The Athenian Handicap of 10 sovs. each, 5 ft, and 3 ft
only if declared, with 20 sovs. added; for hunters.
Two miles. Gentlemen, &c., riders.
Mr. Campbell's Waverley, aged, lOst 81b 1
Mr. W. H. Johnstone's Rough and Ready, aged 2
Mr. Harper na Precursor, aged, lost 511
.. 3
Won cleverly.
Her Majesty's Plate (Euinburgh) of 105 sour.; three
rs old, ist 51b; four, 9st 11b; five, 9st 1111' six and
aged, lOst 21b. Beats, two mile.
Mr. Merry's Chanticleer, 5 yrs ... (Riley) 1 1
Mr. R. Jolly's Dog Billy, aged
... 2 2
Any odds on Chanticleer. Won in a canter.
YORK UNION HUNT RACES.—TIIIinaDAV.
The Scurry Stakes of 5 Sovs. each, and 25 added.
T.Y.C.
Mr. Ellis's Acomb, 3 yrs ..• (Mr. T. Parker) 1
Sir J. Gerard's Morocco, 5 yrs ... ••• ... 2
The Tally-ho Stakes of 5 Sovs. each. One mile.
Sir J. Gerard's Mackie, 5 yrs. ..• Walked over.
The Union Hunt Stakes of 5 Sovs. each, and 25 added.
One mile and a half.
Sir J. G erard's Morocco, 5 yrs ...
Mr. C. Peck's Sally Maggs, 4 yrs
Sir J. Gerard's Concert, 4 yrs
The Cup of 50 soya. given by the Club. One mile.
Mr. C. Reynard's Mount Pleasant (Capt. Broadley) 1
Mr. 11. B. Thompson's Augela, 4 yrs ... dis
Handicap of 5 sovs. each, 2 ft., and 25 added. One mile
and a quarter. (Six subs.)
Mr. Peart's Ennui, 5 yrs ... (Hon. S. Erskine)
Mr. Jaques's Sir Martin, 4 yrs
Mr. Hobson's Billy from Brigg, 4 yrs
Sir J. Gerard's Blackie, 4 yrs ••• •••
LINCOLN RACES.—THURSDAY.
The All Aged Stakes of 3 soya, each, and 20 added.
Heats. Once round.
Mr. Denning's The Railway King, 4 yrs . 1 1
..
Mr. Bennett's Cottesmore Lass, aged ...
••• 2 2
Mr. Cave's Bella Donna, aged ... ... 4 3
Mr. Waring's Givendale, 3 yrs ... ..• ... 3dr
The City Handicap of 15 sovs. each, 10 ft, and 5 only if
declared, with 50 added, the second to save his stake.
One mile and three quarters.
Mr. J. Clarke's Maid of Lyme, 5 yrs
Mr. J. Osborne's Brandy Face, 4 yrs ... ... ......2
Lord Burleigh's Lucy, Neal, 5 yrs
... ••• ... 3
The Brownlow Stakes of 5 sovs. each, and 20 added,
one mile, were won by Mr. C. Hall's Ada Marv, 2 yrs,
beating Ellen Loraine, 3 yrs, Bohemienne, 4 yrs, and
two others.

... 2
... 3
... 4

(Owner)

... 2

... 3
... 4

ROYAL ARSENAL, WOOLWICH.—A very large re-
duction in the existing establishment of the Royal
Arsenal has been ordered to take place, and will com-
mence with the superannuation of the men who, by age
or infirmity, are declared to be unfit for their labour;
and whose places will not be filled up by the entry of
new workmen. Sir Thomas Hastings, R.N., principal
storekeeper of the Ordnance, visited the Royal Arsenal
a few days since, and gave instructions to the various
heads of departments to carry this order into effect.
Some very extensive alterations have recently been made
in the royal carriage department, by the erection of
large galvanized iron roofs for sheltering the timber and
stores. Mr. Latuzell, the overseer of the Justitia, con-
vict hulk, at the Royal Arsenal, has been appointed
deputy superintendent of the hulks at Woolwich, an
office established in accordance with a recommendation
made by Captain Williams, inspector of prisons, in his
report on Mr. Duncombe's inquiry at Woolwich.
ENCKE'S COMET.—An observation of this remark-
able body, whose returns take place at intervals of about
three years and a quarter, was obtained with the equa-
torial telescope at Mr. Bishop's observatory in the Re-
gent's-park, on the 3d of September. Its position was
a little in advance of the place predicted from Encke's
elements. Since the 17th of September the comet has
become much brighter, and is now visible with telescopes
of very ordinary power. On the Ist of October its
diameter was found to exceed 65,000 miles, though very
small stars might be seen through its centre. About
the middle of this month, or somewhat later, the comet
will most likely become visible to the naked eye. It
will remain continually above the horizon of London for
the next fortnight. On the 7th of October it will be
seen near the star 27 Lyncis; on the 14th between
Theta and lota Urste Majoris; on the 19th near Omega
of the same constellation; on the 23d, at midnight, in a
line with Nu Ursse and the well-known star of Canes
Venatici, called Cor Caroli, about 6 deg. distant from
the former; while at the same hour on the 28th of
October, it will be near a star of the fourth magnitude,
numbered 23 in Coma Berenicee. Nearly ten years must
elapse before another such favourable opportunity of
seeing this comet will occur.
A NEW CHURCH CONSECRATED.—The first stone
of the church of St. Michael, York-town, was laid on
Friday last by the lady of Lieutenant-General Sir George
Scovell, K.C.8., Governor of the Royal Military College,
assisted by the Lieutenant-Governor, Major-General
T. Taylor, C. 8., and the clergy of the surrounding dis-
tricts. Although the day was not very favourable, a
large number of the neighbouring nobility and gentry
assembled to witness the interesting ceremony. The
service was read in an impressive manner by the Rev.
J. Randell, rector of Hawley; the 100th Psalm was sung
by the school children, accompanied by the band of the
Royal Military College, which also performed the Na-
tional Anthem at the close of the proceedings. This
church is built entirely by voluntary contributions for
the benefit of the population brought together in the
vicinity of the Royal Military College, as well as of the
families of the members of that valuable institution, for
whom there is not sufficient accommodation in the
College chapel. The Queen and Prince Albert, the
Queen-Dawager, the Duchess of Gloucester, and many
noblemen and gentlemen, especially military officers,
have liberally contributed to the fund, which now
amounts to 2,0001., about 9004 more being required to
conlete the work.