The Sun.
London, England, 1867-04-24 00:00:00

The Fat; of Dr. Livingstone.

Sir Roderick Alurchison, in a letter to the limes,
says :—" By a letter received yesterday from Dr.
Kirk, dated Zanzibar, Feb. 8 (eleven days later
than the previous dates), I learn that a despatch
reached his Highness the Sultan on the previous
day from the Governor of Quiloa, containing an im-
portant statement with regard to Dr. Livingstone.
The despatch stated that traders had arrived at
Quiloa from the far interior, beyond lake Nyassa,
and that at the end of Nov. last (i.e., two months
after the time of the reported catastrophe) when
they were at Maksura (within t.:l miles of the sup-
posed place of the ina.isiere), nothing was known of
any mishap having befallen Livingstone. They
said, on the contrary, that the traveller had con-
tinued on ward towards the A visa or Babisa -country,
after having met with a hospitable reception ott the
western shore of the north end of Lake Nyassa. Dr.
Kirk adds, however, that as Maksura is short of the
place of attack described by the J,hanna men, I.e
almost fears to communicate this intelligence, lest
it should buoy up hopes which may too soon be
broken.

At the same time, as I have all along questioned
the veracity of these cowardly runaways, the
Johanna men,
founding my distrust on the testimony
of those who know them well, this latest information
from very near the scene of the reported disaster
gives me further grounds for the hope that the great
traveller may still be alive, a hope which I ex-
pressed when this painful subject was first brought
before the public.
At all events, it is now more than ever obvious
that the course which I suggested, and which is sane•
tioned by the council of the Royal Geographical
Society—namely, to have an • expedition sent out
to clear up the mystery—is the proper one to pur-
sue. It is proposed to intrust the command of the
search party, with the permission of the Board of
Admiralty, to Mr. E. D. Young, who managed
the Pioneer, steam-vessel, on the Zambesi for
two years under Livingstone, and who has
now a post on board her Majesty's yacht
Victoria and Albert. Provided with an iron boat,
to be sent out with him, it is hoped that her Ma-
jesty's Government will instruct the naval autho-
rities at the Cape to forward Mr. Young and his
companions to the Zambesi. Once arrived there,
the leader is so well known to the natives
that, after selecting a negro crew, his boat will
be carried, in pieces, past the cataracts of
the Shire, and afterwards launched on that
river, thence to navigate the Lake Nyassa to its
northern end, near which the disaster is said to
have occurred. If the sad story bo true, and Living-
stone has really been killed, the news will doubtless
have spread along the shores of the Lake, or great
line of traffi.: of the country. Again, his instru-
ments, note-books, guns, &c.—the relics of his ex-
pedition—will have found their way as articles of
barter among the natives. In the absence of such
signs, and in the event of the exploring party find-
ing no proofs whatever of his death, why, then, I
shall firmly believe that the man who was appointed
her Majesty's Consul to all the chiefs in the interior
of South Africa is still carrying out his great mis-
sion.

In conclusion, I do not hesitate to say that this
search after Livingstone would meet with the hearty
approval of the country. It can be carried out at
small cost, and accomplished within a few months,
thus clearing away the painful suspense which hangs
over the fate of the illustrious traveller ; and surely
the civilised world will expect that such a tribute of
respect, at least, shall be paid to so renowned and
disinterested an explorer ?
In proof of the intense interest which is taken in
the desire to ascertain the fate of my valued friend,
I may state that I have received inure than 20 appli-
cations from competent men to serve as volunteers
in the " Livingstone Search Expedition."

PARODY ABOUT MR. BERN 41, OSBORNE.

The following we take from to-clay's number of
Fun and at once give it as one of the finest parodies
we ever remember to have read :
Sung by Dodge-eio'(Colonel T-3-1-r) in th© Burlesque

Play of "Thu Reform Rovers."
It is a most provoking do !
To think that I was potting 'em—
Tho guileless Dillwyn and his crow,
When who should twig us but the hu-
morous M.P. for Nottingham—
morons M.P. for Nottingham.
[Weeps and pulls out a true blue Baform Bill. Gazing
tenderly at it, he proceeds—
Sweet Measure! checks of truest blue
They soon had found garotting'emi
If they had helped to pass yon through,
Without detection by the hu-
morous M.P. for Nottingham—
morons M.P. for Nottingham.

[At esch repetition of this lino Dodge-ere cracks his whip

in cadence.]
Bah ! Bah ! As Raroy trotted Crui-
ser, I was calmly trotting'em,
When, hang it ! who should enter—who?
But that confounded pest—the he-
mores M.P. for Nottingham—
morons M.P. for Nottingham.
The very form, in which they drew
My words up, clearly spotting 'em,
Ho offered to the House, as scru-
tineers—he did indeed, the hu-
morous M.P. for Nottingham—
morons M.P. for Nottingham.
My eyes! (with soda corks, it's true,
I have a way of dotting 'cm
At awkward times)—a rare to do
Was thus created by the hu-
morous M.P. for Nottingham
morons M.P. for Nottingham.
And since they can't escape the cru-
el sentence he's allotting 'em,
Their only chance is to abu-
se, and heap strong terms upon the hu-
morous M.P. for Nottingham—
morons M.P. for Nottingham.

[During the last stanza Didge-ere perceives that be has
run his head against a wall, so hard as to produce a visible
confusion. The curtain drops.]

THE TIN TRADE.—About the commencement of
March this branch of trade, which had so long laboured
under considerable depression, began to show signs of re-
turning activity, and the position of both the home and
foreign markets gave countenance to the opinion that
prices had seen their lowest point, for at least some time to
come. The large and rather unexpected decrease in the
sales of Dutch banca materially eontribu'ed to this im-
proved feeling, and the fact that a good many unprofitable
British tin mines had been stopped also influenced the
market. An advance in prices was declared by the
smelters, and for three or four weeks this advance was
fairly maintained. A reaction has now, however, again set
in, and the result is a considerable relapse in quotations.
Foreign tin meets with a very slow sale, and in English
means equal to anticipa-
nisytrue, gone back to the old
tt ihonn st r.
point, but fully one-half of the advance established has
a n
Pricessa t i o n
haves
nnoott
yety,
he
ty, at
been lost, and prospects are decidedly less encouraging
than they were a month ago. Owing to the state of the
trade a large number of Cornish miners are still out of
employ, and much distress prevails in many of the mining
d stricts of Cornwall.
THE POET LAUREATE AND THE VOLUNTEERS.—
Mr. Alfred Tennyson, having been asked to sub-
scribe to a testimonial to Colonel Richards as the originator
of the volunteer movement of 1859, has forwarded a sub-
scription, accompanied by a letter, dated Freshwater, Isle
of Wight, April 19, in which he says; "I most heartily
congratulate you on your having been able to do so mud'
for your country, and I hope that you will not cease from
your labours until it is the law of the land that every man-
child in it shall be trained to the use of arms.--I have the
honour to be, yours faithfully, A. TENNYSON."
TILE BLUE-COAT BOYS.—Yesterday morning,
according to long-established custom the scholars
of Christ's Hospital proceeded to the Mansion House on a
visit to the Lord Mayor, by whom they were regaled with
buns and wine, and presented each with a new silver
shilling: The long line of quaintly-dressed boys, as the
procession moved along the crowded streets of the City,
naturally excited much attention. In the afternoon they
attended Christ Church, where a sermon was preached by
the Rev. J. Russell Stock, the Lord Mayor's chaplain.
SHIP LAUNCIL—An iron screw-steamer, for the
West Coast, was launched on Saturday afternoon from the
iron shipbuilding-yard of Messrs. Schlesinger, Davies, and
Co., at Wallsend.—Newcastle Daily Chronicle.
SWEET WlLLlAsl.—Certain Tories are fond of
sneering at Mr. Gladstone as " The People's William."
Of course it is a question of taste ; but surely ono may be
allowed to prefer " The People's William" to Mr. Disraeli's
Bill.—Fun.

We understand that the Bishop of Iceland, who
is suffering from ill health, has arrived in Edinburgh for
the purpose of consulting some of the famed physicians of
our city.—Edfttburgh courant.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

NEWMARKET FIRST SPRING MEETING.
TUESDAY.
THE TWO THOUSAND

Fine weather, and the extraordinary interest which the
Two Thousand Guineas Stakes has excited, attracted more
than the usual number to the Newmarket Heath to-day.
The vast racecourse was crowded with pedestrians, car-
riages, and equestrians, nud during the afternoon the Prince
of Wales arrived by special train, and paid a visit to the
course mounted on a grey cob. He witnessed the Two
Thousand and the other races that followed.

The programme for the day's sports comprised seven
events, the third of which was the Two Thousand. Julius
and Vauban, the night o: fore the race, were heavily backed
and finished in the betting as first favourites at the expense
of Plaudit. On Tuesday morning, however, Julius became
somewhat out of favour, and Plaudit, in spite of the hosti-
lity evinced towards him on Monday, and a prevailing
opinion that be wanted work— or, as it was elegantly ex-
pressed, that he appeared too fat—revived somewhat from
his fallen position, outlays being not infrequent on him
during the morning. Challouer was substitute 1 for Grim-
shaw as Marksman's jockey, but the change did not affect
his pric The only other feature in this Derby trial was
ar;corded to Owain Glyndwr, whose price on Monday night
was 30 to 1, after being in the 100 to 1 division for some
time, and on Tuesday the highest offer in the ring against
him was 100 to 8. The race itself early decided the fate of
Plaudit; ho was beaten before half the mile was run, and
the horse that had been so much thrust on the public never
even could make the semblance of a struggle to finish with
honours in the front. Vauban, the latest favourite, was in
the van from the start to the finish, and won, after a fine
race with Knight of the Garter and Marksman, by two
lengths. He immediately became in strong favour for the
Derby, and he was backed to win that race for large sums
of money at 4to 1. Trocadero, who had figured a little in
the sensational way as a favourite in weeks gone by, snot
with inconsiderable support, and as much as 25 to 1 was
laid against him during the day. The running proved
him a better horse than many which started ; but ho is
now proved to be a long way off the Two Thousand qua-
lity. The freak of backing Owain Glyndwr was not ac-
counted for in-the running, however much it might have
been understood in the ring. As an inevitable sequence
after the great race was over interest in the remaining.
events nearly subsided, and the last being a walk over, the
heath was forsaken by half-past 4.
A Plato of 100 sovs (handicap), for three year olds and
upwards. Criterion Stakes.
Mr. J. Lowe's Amour Propre, by Lord of the Isles, 3 yrs,
sst 101 b (car. sst 131 b) (Peppier) 1
Mr. Lowther's Assineboine, 8 yrs, sst 71b ...(liammond) 2
Lord Westmoreland's Indian Star, 4 yrs, 7st 41b
(Kenyon) 3
The following also ran :—Volunteer, Whitby, Monitor,
Confederate, Porter's Knot, Batthyany, Vixen, Magpie,
' Kato Kearney, Montaigle, Excitement, Cataline, and
Signal filly.
Betting-2 to 1 agst Batthyany filly, Bto 1 each agst
Amour Propre and Indian Star, and 12 to 1 each agst
Assineboine, Vixen, Confederate, and Volunteer.
After innumerable breaks away the flag was lowered to
an equitable start, in which Indian Star, in company with
Magpie, Volunteer, the favourite, Amour Propre, and As-
sineboine, came on slightly in advance to the rails. Here
Batthyany gave way, and shortly after Volunteer headed
Magpie and took his place on the right of the leader, the
pair being followed on the left by Mr. Lowe's colt and
Assineboine, who headed the heavy weight half-way up
and then challenged Indian Star, whom they headed after
a few strides from the chair, and finished an exciting race
home, Amour Propre winning in the last stride by a head.
Indian Star finished third, a length in their rear. Horror
was fourth, Volunteer fifth, Vixen sixth, Batthyany
seventh, and Magpie next. The last two were Monitor
and Kate Kearney.

A Plato of 100 sous ; three year olds ist 21b, four Bst 101 b,
five 9st llb ; six and aged 9st 21b; the winner to be sold
for 300 sovs; if entered for 100 sovs allowed 71b; if not

for sale 71b extra. R.ll.
Mr. R. Sutton's Lord Lyon, by Stockwell, 4 yrs (71b
extra) (Thomas) 1
Mr. J. B. Day's Golden Leaf, 3 yrs (X 100) (Sadler) 2
Mr. G. Angell's Ben Nevis, 3 yrs (71b extra) (Perry) 3

No betting.

After the first few strides the favourite went to the front,
and taking a clear load came on alone and won with ridi-
culous ease by a length and a half; a bad third.

The Two Thousand Guineas Stakes, a subscription of 100
sovs each, h ft, for throe year olds ; colts, Bst 101 b,
fillies Bst 51b; the second to save'his stake. R.M. 93

subs.
Duke of Boaufort's Vauban, by Muscovite (Fordham'
Captain Machell's Knight of the Garter (Custance`
Mr. Merry's Marksman (elmßoner,
Sir R. Bulkeley's Owain Glyndwr (Goatee,
Mr. Eastwood's Lord Hastings (Doyle,
Major El won's b c flau.lit (Snowden'
Lord Falmouth's Star of India (T. French`
Mr. Fleming's Van cintburgh (Cartwright',
Lord Glasgow's br c by Toxophilito —Miss Sand
. (Norman'
Lord Glasgow's br c by Young Melbourne, dam by Ted
dbigtun—Maid of Masham (A.ldcroft
MArquis of Hastings's 'Mess (Cannon
Mr. G. Jones's huntsman (llearttield,
~.

.
Count F. de Lagrange's Trocadero (ffibbert
Mr. Alackenzie's ch c Mandrake (Osborne'
Mr. Merry's oby Thortuanby—Cordelia (Grimshaw,
Duke of Newcastle's Julius (Edwards,
Duke of Newcastle's Pricles .. (Daley;
Mr. Savilo's f Ravioli (Loates',

Betting-5 to 2 agst Vauban, 100 to 30 agst Plaudit, 9to 2
agst Julius, 6 to 1 agst Marksman, 100 to 8 agst 0 wain
Glyndwr, 20 to 1 agst Knight of the Garter and Trocadero,
25 to 1 agst Maid of Mashani colt, and 100 to 3 agst any
other.

A slight delay at the post preceded the actual start,which
was attended by some thousands of eager visitoro, and
shortly after they wore seen nearly in a line widely spread.
across the course, but before they had proceeded a dozen
strides Uncas qu ted his horses, and with Pericles in at-
tendance, came on with the running, the pair acting as
pioneers for their respective favourites, in order to insure
a true pace. To these succeeded Marksman by himself on
the lower ground, having the favourite, Julius, Trocadero,
Star of India, Owain Glyndwr, Plaudit, and the Maid of
Masham colt on his whip hand, and on their right were
seen the colours of Van Amburgh, the Miss Sarah colt, and
Mandrake, Knight of the Garter holding alone to himself
on the upper ground, Rtvioli, who appeared to have got off
but indifferently, bringing up the rear. They ran thus for
a quarter of a mile, when Uncas, having performed his
allotted task, disappeared from the front, leaving Pericles
in advance, and who led them along at a cracking pace, the
effects of which became visible as they neared the T.Y.C.
ending post, the leader being the next to succumb, and
immediately after Plaudit, whom Snowden had been riding
for some distance, was noticed to give way, and shortly
before they reached the Bushes Hill, his retirement was
announced by the occupants of the Stand, followed in a
few strides further by Mandrake, the Miss Sarah colt, and
Huntsman. As they came over the brow of the hill Vau-
ban drew up to Marksman, the pair being closely attended
by Julius, Trocadero, Star of India, Van Amburgh, Knight
of the Garter, and the Maid of Masham colt nearly in a line,
hut as they came down the hill Custance brought Captain
Macholl's colt nearer the front, and as they entered the
Abingdon Mile Bottom he was upside with Julius, Vauban,
and Marksman; the latter, however, was seen to give way
to Vauban, who with Knight of the Garter came on with
the running, Marksman going on third, with Julius and
Trocadero next. Half way up the hill Julius was disposed
of, leaving the issue with the three, Vauban, who gradu-
ally drew away as they came on, stalling off the challenge
of Knight of the Garter, and winning very cleverly by two
lengths, Marksman finishing a head only from the Knight,
close up with whom came Julius fourth, Trocadero fifth,
Star of India sixth, Van Amburgh seventh, with the Maid
of Masham colt and Plaudit, side by side, next. Then
came, at wide intervals, Owain Glyndwr, Ravioli, Hunts-
man, Pericles, the Miss Sarah colt, and Mandrake last.
'rime as taken by Benson's chronograph :
Hour. Min. Sec.
Start
Arrival
Duration of race
A Handicap of 20 sovs each, 5 ft., if declared by 10 o'clock
on Monday night.. T.Y.C.
Mr. Mackenzie's Sycee, 3 yrs, 7st 12113 ......... (Edwards) 1
Mr. H. Chaplin's Problem, 3 yrs, 7st 71b ...... Mibbel 2
Mr. Savile's Maid Marian, 3 yrs, 6st 121 b... (Hammond) 3
Lord Westmoreland's Timolaus, 3 yrs, Ist 21b (Kenyon) 4
Mr. T. Clayton's Foemy, 3 yrs, 7st 41b ............(Jarvis) 5
Betting-5 to 4 agst Timolaus, 4to 1 (at first 2to 1) agst
Sycee, 5 to 1 each agst Faemy and Maid Marian.
After running a few strides, Timolaus took a slight lead
of Problem and Sycee, Maid Marian and Feemy lying off.
Half-way in the cords Sycee ran past his horses, followed
by Maid Marian, the pair joining Lord Westmoreland's
colt a few strides from home, Sycee winning easily by two
lengths; three-quarters of a length between second and
third.
A Sweepstakes of 10 sovs each, for two year
asoolldo
olds; colts
ocloults
Bst 101 b, fillies Bst 71b; the winner to i
sovs • if entered for 50 sovs allowed elb. Last half of

Ab. M. Six subs.
Mr. Hodgman's br f Correction, by Chevalier d'lndustrie
(£59, Bst 21b • (Morris) 1
Captain Machell's Pocket Hercules (.£5O) Bst 51b
(Cannon) 2
Mr. G Angell's The Shrew (X5O) Bst 21b (Parry 3
Mr. R. Ten Broeck's b c Duffer (X5O) Bst, bib (Pordhain 4
Mr. Pelham's c The Skinner (X5O) Bst 51b (Loates 5
Betting--:5 to 4on The Shrew, and sto 1 agst any other.
The three placed ran together within a few strides from
the chair, when Correction came out and won easily by
ball a length ; a bad third.
Captain Machell claimed Correotion.
A Sweepstakes of 200 sous each, It ft, for 2-yr-olds, colts
Bst 71b, fillies Bst 51b ; winners 51b extra. Last half of
_ .

R.M. 6 subs.
Mr. Pryor's Grimston, by St. Albans, Bst 121 b (including
51b extra) (Coates) 1
Lord Stiunfoi-d's f Queen of Beauty, list 51b (Morris) 2
Duke of Hamilton's Arran, Bst 71b (Edwards) 3
Betting —3 to 1 on Grimston, who made all the running,
and won in a canter by eight lengths. Queen of Beauty
finished second by a neck.
The Coffee Room Stakes of 50 sovs each, for three yr olds;
colts Bst 101 b, fillies Bst 71b. A.P. 4 subs.
Mr. Pryor's Fripounier, by Chevalier d'lndustrio
(1406t0e) Vr.o.

A Sweepstakes of 300 sovs each, 100 ft, for 4-yr-olds; colts
Bst 101 b ; fillies, Bst 51b. B.C. 4 subs.
Mr. Bowes's Westwick, by Stockwell, Bst 101 b
(Carroll) w.o.

MIDNIGHT BETTING.
CHESTER cur.
it to 1 agst Lucifer •
12 to 1 agst Proserpina (offered)
100 to 7 agst Gomera
100 to 6 agst Archimedes (taken freely)
25 to 1 agst 'Holstein
500 even on Mr. Price's lot agst John Day's lot ; G to 1
agst the latter's lot taken.

DERBY

7 to 2 agst Vauban
• 6to 1 agst The Rake (taken freely)
7to 1 agst Dragon (8 to 3 taken freely)
100 to ll agst Hermit (offered)
1000 to 15 agst Thsornappla
2000 to 2,i agst Fitz-Ivan •

DUREI AM RACES—TUESDAY.
The Wynyard Plato (liandicap)of 3'J sovs. T.Y.O.
16 subs.

Mr. Lund ns E lith of Lora, by Lord of the Isles—
Kitten, 4 yrs, 7st 12Ib (W. Martin) 1
Mr. Miller's Murillo, 4 yrs, Bst (Whiteley) 2
Master:ins.'s Gry 6 • •8: -lb .. ,(Qradok)

Mr. _ Lasterman's _ayous, .., yrs' Bst 7
Mr. T. Dawson's King of the Fairies, 5 yrs, 7st 61b
(Cameron) 4
Batting-6 to 4 agst. Murillo, sto 2 each agst Edith of
Lorn and King of the Fairies, 3 to 1 agst Gayous.
Won by half a length.
The Lambton Stakes of 5 sovs each, 3 ft, with 50 added,

for two and three -yr-olds ; penalties and allowances;

second to save his stake. T.Y.O. 15 subs.
Mr. Masterman's Honestish, by Young Dutchman—All's
Well, 3 yrs, 9st 41b (inc 4lb extra) (Cradock) 1
Mr. Walker's Merry Andrew, 2 yrs, 7st (Hayhoe) 2
Mr. Hudson's Narrow Escape, 2 yra, Gst 111 b (Walker) 3

_ .
Betting-9 to 4on Honestish, who won by a length.
The Raby Stakes of 50 sons, added to a Handicap Sweep-

stakes of 5 sovs each, 2 ft; second to save his stake.
One mile. 13 subs,
Mr. Brigg's Armlet, by Underhand—BAngle, 3 yrs, sst
121 b (Walker) 1
Mr. Falshaw's Ladylike, 3 yrs, sst 131 b (Uradock) 2
Mr. Osborne's Lady of Coverdale, 5 yrs,. 75t,4.1b
(11. ChaHoner) 3

Arkenside, Nothing More, and Dagmtr also ran.

Betting -7 to 4 agst Armlet, 7 to 2 agst Ltdylike, 4 to 1
agst Arkenside, sto 1 agst Lady of Covordale, 6 to 1 agst
Nothing More.
Won by a neck.
The United Hunters' Stakes of 40 sous. Two miles.
26 subs.

Mr. C. J. Dove's Carperby, by Bunton —Bolton's dam,
4 yrs, list 1011+ (Mr. G. S. Thompson) fi 1
Mr. F. A. Milbank's Comus, aged, 13st llb
(Mr. R. I'Anson) fi 2
Mr. G. Ringrose's Lady Sykes (h b), 5 yrs, list lllb
(Mr. C. Boynton) 3

The following also ran :—Oustwici (h b), Miscot (h b),
Aycliffe Lass, Artemus Ward (h b), and Lady Middleton
(h b).
Betting-5 to 4 agst Comus, sto 2 agst Lady Sykes, 6
to 1 agst Carperby, 10 to 1 agst Miscot.
Dead-heat between Carperby and Comus; Lady Sykes
finishing a neck from the dead-heaters.
Deciding Heat.-6 to 4on Comus. Carperby won by a
neck.
The Wear Selling Handicap of 3 sovs each, with 25 added;
winners extra. 5 furlongs. _

Mr. T. Dawson's Sister to Stabbor, by Stiletto—Bit of
Blue, 3 yrs, 7st 31b (Cameron) 1
Mr. Bragg's Minna, 3 yrs, 6st 101 b (Walker) 2
Mr. T. Lund's Edith of Lorn, 4 yrs, Bst 71b (inc. 51b ex)
(W. Martin) 3
Mr. F. Gordon's Timbrel, 3 yrs, Est 121 b (Whiteley) 4
Betting-6 to 4 agst Sister to Stabb3r, sto 2 agst Minna.
Won by a short head.
The North Durham Handicap of 50 sovs, added to a
Sweepstakes of 7 sovs each, 5 ft; second to receive 10
sovs. One mile and a quarter. 13 subs.
Sir W. Elliott's Three per Cent., by Bondholder—The
Folly, 4 yrs, 7st
Mr. Chilton's Capitols, 3 yre, sst 10Ib (Walker) 2
Mr. Gordon's Wise Man, 4 yrs, 7st 21b .........(Cameron) 3
Mr. Bowes's Rondinolla, 3 yrs, sst 91b (Parker) 4
Major Stapylton's Bundeelah,6 yr., Bst 101 b (Whiteley) 5
Mr. Cowen's Moldavia, 5 yrs, Bst 21b (Lawrence) 6
Betting-7 to 4 agst Moldavia, sto 2 agst Sundeelah, 4
to 1 agst Three per Cent., 6 to 1 agst Rondinella.
Won by three-quarters of a length; a short head be-
tween second and third.

HENDON SPRING STEEPLECHASES-TUESDAY.
The Volunteer Cup, added to a Sweepstakes of 3 sovs each,
list 71b each ; winners extra. About two miles.
Mr. Ellison nd The Guide, by Knight of Avenel—Allow
Me's dam, 12st (inc. 71b ex.) (Riekaby)
Mr. Mumford'a Kingfisher, 12st 21b (inc. 91b extra)
(sir. Reynolds) 2
The following also ran :--Betsy Copeland, Laura, The
Robber (late Quicksilver), Bandoline, and Oscar.
Betting— 2 to 1 agst Kingfisher, 3 to 1 agst The Robber,
7 to '2 agst Oscar, ti to 1 each asst The Guide and. Laura.
The Guide cantered in alone.

The Selling Steeplechase Plate of 30 sovs; weight for age;
with selling allowances. About two miles.
Mr. Giduey's Salamis, aged (.£3O), list 91b... (Pegg) 1
Mr. G. Lane's Maud, aged (..£3O), ilst 91b (Kennedy) 2
Confederate and Garry Owen also ran.
Betting-2 to Lon Salamis, 4to 1 agst any other. Won
by a distance.
The Maiden Hunt Steeplechase Plate of 30 sovs, list 71b
each ; h b allowed 71b. About two miles.

Did not produce a raco.
The Hendon Open Steeplechase of 7 soya each, 2 ft, with
50 added; winners after April 10, at 11 a.m., 71b extra.

About three miles. 13 subs.
Mr. George's Sprite, by Marten—dam by Rocket, aged,
list (Page) 1
Mr. Daily's Sir Bobby, aged, 12st 101 b (T. Ablest) 2

Serious Case and Wade also ran.

Betting— 6 to 4 on Sir Bobby, 2 to 1 agst Sprite, 3 to 1
agst Serious Case. A most splendid race ensued up to a
distance from home, where Sir Bubby, who was completely
pumped out, was pulled up, and Sprite came in alone.
A Scurry Handicap of 15 sovs, once round the course,
was won by Mr. Last's Oscar, 6 yrs, list 71b (Jarvis),
beating Mr. G. Lane's Maud, aged, lOst 4lb (Kennedy),
second, and two others. Oscar made all the running, and
won easily.

. SUICIDE FROM DISTRESS.—Ou Monday an in-
quest was held in Catherine-street, Bromley, on the body
of Samuel Blackford, aged 37, a hammerman at an engi-
neer's. Deceased had been some months out of employ-
ment and that preyed upon his mind. lie was suddenly
seized with paralysis, and has since bowl bed-ridden. Last
Thursday evening his wife found him hanging by a rope
to the bedstead. Ho was seated on the floor, and quite
dead. The jury returned a verdict of suicide while in a
state of temporary insanity.
NEW VOLCANO IN THE SOUTH SEAS.—The fol-
lowing is an extract from a letter from Mr. J. C.
Williams, her Britannic Majesty's Consul, Navigator's
Islands : —"A volcano has broken out at sea, at Manua,
about two miles from the island of Olosega. It was pre-
ceded by a violent shock of earthquake, which commenced
on the sth of •September, and on 12th dense thick smoke
rose out of the sea. Lava was thrown up, discolouring the
waterier many miles round, and destroying large quanti-
ties of fish. Wherever the ashes fell on the adjacent
island they destroyed all vegetation. Up to the middle of
November dense smoke was still being, thrown up, and my
informant says that the smoke rose higher than the neigh-
bouring island, which is over 2,000 feet high. We cannot
at present ascertain if there is any bank. thrown up in the
water. Last July we steamed over the place- in her Ma-:
jesty's ship Brisk, and there were no signs ~-of shoals or
anything of the kind."
CHILD MURDER NEAR GLASGOW.--A shocking
case of child murder occurred on Saturday, at Pollock
Ehaws, near Glasgow. The perpetrator was a woman
named Margaret Hunter, or Beaton, the wife of a labourer,
and the victim her child, an infant two months old. It is
said that about 12 months ago Mrs. Beaton exhibited symp-
toms of mental aberration, which led to her being confined
in an asylum. Latterly she has again become very eccen-
tric in her habits, so much so that for a week past her
husband remained at home to keejcwatch over her. On
Saturday afternoon the husband ha.ppehed to go out for a
few minutes, and the wretched woman, taking advantage
of his absence, cut the child's throat from ear to car with a
table knife. She made no attempt to injure two other
children who were sitting by the fireside, but ran at once
to a sister's house and told what she had done. She was
there taken into custody and removed to the county prison
at Paisley.
NEW LIFEBOATS.—The National Lifeboat In-
stitution has just sent to Exmouth, Devon, a fine new
lifeboat, mounted on a transporting carriage. The boat is
32 feet long, 7 feet 4 inches wide, and 3 feet 6 inches deep.
It possesses the usual characteristics of the lifeboats of the
institution in the way of stability, self-righting, and self-
ejecting water. Tho new boat replaces a previous one at
Exmouth, which was found too small for the station.
This was the gift eight years ago of Lady Rollo to the
society. The new boat is named the Victoria, after her
Majesty, the Queen, in continuation of the name borne
on the old boat. The institution has also sent this
day a fine now lifeboat and transporting carriage to
Blyth, on the Northumberland coast. Tho boat is 3
feet long, 8 feet 6 inches wide, and rows ten oars double
banked. It had its harbour trial a few days since in the
Regent's Canal Dock, Limehouse, when its self-righting
and other qualities were fully and sati.factorily tested.
The boat is named the "Salford," and is the tenth boat
presented to the institution by the city of Manchester,
through Robert Whitworth, Esq., and the Rev. E. Hew-
lett, and is the second boat the Manchester people have
sent to the Northumberland coast, the first boat being
stationed at Berwick-on-Tweed and named the Albert
Victor, after tho eldest son of the Prince and Princess of
\Vales. It will probably bo remembered that a beautiful
model of this lifeboat was presented to the Prince of Wales
when he presided a few weeks since at the annual meeting
of the NAti9,24 Lifeboat J,altituti 9 the Maingion liguiss•

SPO RTING INTELLIGENCE—This Dad'.

VICTORIA CLUB BETTING.—THIS 11.1 a.
But a very scanty attendance were present, and. the only
noteworthy business which transpired was in respect to
Archimedes for the Chester Cup, who was supp,rted again
at as little as 12 to 1. Lecturer receded to 20 to 1, which
was laid several times. The other business done is mi.
cated below :

•
CHESTER CUP.
12 to 1 ngst Archimedes (taken)
12 to 1 ngst Lucifer (taken)
100 to 6 apt Proserpitto (taken)
20 to 1 agst Lecturer (taken and offered)
25 to 1 agst 3loulsey (taken and offered)
25 to 1 agst Iwuun (taken) •
100 to 15 agstLuciferan,lArchimedescourled (taken)
THE DERBY.
7 to 2 agst Vauban (offered - take 4 to 1)
33 to 1 not Julius (offered)

NOTICE.-011.1NGE OP ADDRESS. —JOHN STIR; WA Of
Beaufort Buildings, Strand, returns his best thanks for the
patronage ha has receiv-ed during the past year, and begs
to inform his friends that he has removed to 25, Wel-
lington-street, Strand, London, where commissions will be
executed to any amount. Price Lists as usual.

T. and G. LEE, of the Whoatsheaf, Worship-street,
Shoreditch ; at Three King-court, Lombard-street ; auct
at One Swan-yard, Biahopsgate-street.

W. HOPKINS Und JOHN AMBROSE (member of Tattersall's,
Victoria, and other Clubs) Execute Commissions on all
racas throughout the year. Address-33, OXENDEN-
STREET, HAYMARKET.

Commissions.
JOHN PERCIVAL,
Oxford Cigar Stores,
8, Panton-street, Haymarket,

Mr. GEORGE WEBB has lists posted on all forthcoming
events daily from ten till two at the City Arches; also in
George-yard, and through his agent, Mr. Frank Butler,
near Meux's Brewery.

THE HAVEIACK Turf Agency's Representative can be
seen daily in Talbot-court, Gracechurcb-street, from
Eleven till Three. N.B.—lf you want a good foreign
cigar call at the Havelock Cigar Stores, 10, WalvrOrtb.-
road, three doors from the Elephant and Castle.

PARTNER WANTED.—A gentleman haying a first-rata
connection among Sporting Circles desires a partner with
a CAPITAL of .£2,ooo.—Applications, from principals only,
to be addressed S. S. Putter's Newspaper Office, 53,
Piccadilly.

RACING FIXTURES FOR 1867.
APRIL.

Newmarket let Spring.. 22 I Catterick
Durham .. O2 I Chester BO
MAY.

Ascot Spring
York Spring... 7
Doncaster Spring
Salisbury 9
Bath

Ascot Summer 4
Windsor Summer
Manchester Summer
Hampton l3
Odihatn l7
Bibury Club lB
JU'

ILsrpenden
Epsom
Croydon
Newton 29

Beverley
Stockbridge l9
Chelmsford Summer
Newcastle .. '25
Ipswich 27
WorcesWr Bummer 27
-LY

Carlisle 2
Newmarket July 2
Pontefract
Reading
Liverpool July Meeting 10
Hungorford
Nottingham l6
KUM.

Ripon
Brighton .
Brighton Cluu 8
Lewes
Eghs.m
Wolverhampton l3
Stockton
Oxford •• 15
Hastings
York August
SEPT.

Margate
Warwick Spring 3
Abingdon 5
Leicester
Doncaster
Brecon l6
OCTI

Northampton Autumn 1
Edinburgh
Bodford 3

NOV

Liverpool Autumn
Shrowbbury Autumn ll

Down Royal Colporeln
Stamford
Radcliffe
Ha ntingdon
Winchester '
Southampton
Goodwood
IST.
Dover
West Drayton
Plymouth
Canterbury
Derby
Lichfield
Yarmouth
Weymouth
Tunbridge
Baden Baden
;MBER.
Richmond
Hendon
Monmouth
Manchester Autumn
Newmarket Ist October

Newmarket 2d October
Cheltenham
Newmarket Houghton

:MBER.
ILeamington Hunt

COURSING.

COURSING MEETINGS TO COME.

17
19
19
20
21

SEPTEMBER.
Name. Judge. Days of Running
Brampton. Cumberland ...... Mr. Warwick
OCTOBER.
Ancaster and Willoughby,
Lincolnshire .................. Jar. Spat:ford

LONDON GAZETTE.-LAST EVENING.

WAR-OFFICE, Aram 23.
The Queen has been graciously pleased to make and
ordain a Special Statute of the Most Honourable Order of
the Bath, for appointing General Williatu Thomas Knollys,
Comptroller and Treasurer of the Household of his Royal
Highness the Prince of Wales, to be an Extra Member of
the Civil Division of the Second Class, or Knights Com-
manders of the said Most Honourable Order._

The Queefn°llllGbil nO:ria .nyArptseld7.
to appoint
George Strachey, Esq., late Secretary to her Majesty's
Legation at Buenos Ayres, to be Secretary to her Majesty's
Legation at Copenhagen.
APRIL 18.
The Queen has been pleased to approve of M. Victor
Place as Consul-General at Calcutta for his Majesty the
Emperor of the French.
The Queen has also been pleased to approve of Mr. John
L. Armitage as Consul at Colombo for his Majesty the
King of the Belgians.
The Queen has also been pleased to approve of Don
Alfredo I ascua ' 1 Colomer as Vice-Consul at Quebec for her
Majesty the Queen of Spain.
Aram 20.
The Queen has been pleased to approve of Mr. Ferdi-
nand Schott as Gonad at Gibraltar for his Majesty the
King of Bavaria.
The Queen has also been pleased to approve of Don
Manual Contreras y Crooke as Vice-Consul at Halifax, Nova
Scotia, for her Majesty the Queen of Spain.
WHITEHALL, APRIL 9n
The Queen has beau pleased to direct letters patent to
be passed. under the Great Seal granting unto Admiral
Sir Fairfax Moresby, G.C.8., the office of place of Rear-
Admiral of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ire-
land and of the Admiralty thereof, in the room of Admiral
Sir Phipps Hornby, deceased.
DOWNING-STREET, Arum 22.
The Queen has been pleased to appoint James Richard
Holligan, Esq., to be Government Secretary and Secretary
to the Court of Policy and Combined Court, and Edward
'Noel Walker, Esq., to be Assistant Government Secretary
for the Colony of British Guiana.
Her Majesty has also been pleased to appoint Augustus
Frederick Gore, Esq., to be Colonial Secretary and Clerk
of the Council for the Island of Barbadoes.
DOWNING-STREET, APRIL 24.
The Queen has been pleased to appoint Lorenzo Xuereb,
Esq., LL.D., to be one of her Majesty's Judges for the
Island of Malta.
WAR OFFICE, -PA LL-NEALL, /trim 2q.
Royal Regiment of Artillery—Captain and Brevet-Major
'William Todd Brown, C. 8., Irma the Second List, to be
Captain, vice George Holland, cashiered by sentence of a
General Court Martial

BREVET.
The Commission as Brevet-Colonel of Lieut.-Colonel
Charles Harris Blunt, C. 8., Royal Artillery to be antedated
to 22d November, 1865.

COURSE OF EXCHAN GE.—Last Evening.

Amsterdam Short. 11 17} 11 18
Ditto 3 Months. 11 19 11 191
11 19} 11 191
._. . _

Rotterdam ,
Antwerp .........
Brussels

25 40 25 45
25 40 25 45
13 9 13 91

Hamburg —
Short 25 12} 25 22
Paris •••
Ditto 3 Months. 25 34 25 40
Marseilles
Frankfort on tho Maine 119 120
1
Vienna — 13 .Gu 14 0
18 60 14 0
SO

Trieste
Potersburgti
Berlin

Jladrid ..................
Cadiz ........................
Leghorn .....................
Milan .................... ....
Genoa, ........................
Nttplos ........................
Palermo .....................
51essina ................
Lisbon ............ ............
Oporto ...........

29i
6 '26
6 g5l 48k
48 49

2-
8481 287-80
0 28 80
28 GO 28 80
28 GO
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28 --
28 G4
284 60 28 80
28 GO 28 80
b 2 on
...-
52 52i

BRIEFING INIELLIGENCE.

(By Telegraph.)
GRAVESEND, Wallis lay lioTnier

Arrived, April 21.—Wilhelm, from Wolgast ; Lady
havelock, from Engelholm ; Sharpsburg from Philadst-
phis ; Hester Norland, from Fredericksladt ; Annette, from
Sagas Grand; Rosalie, from Grenada ; Holland, steamer,
from Ostend ; Maas, steamer, from Antwerp ; Orion and
Batavier, steamers, from Rotterdam ; Victoria, steamer,
from Gothenburg,

Sailed—Belgium, steamer, for Ostend; Fleechs, steamer,
for Ghent ; Fusilier and Sir It. Peel, steamers, both for
Dunkirk; Albios, steamer, for Boulogne. _ _

DEAL, Wednesday Horning.
Passed, April 22.—Johanna Ilerutoiug, from St. blartin's,
for Hamburg.
Passed, April 24.—Seino and TAWS°, RCreW Stemeri
fronl Paris, for 14oudou,

Inauguration of the Cobden Memorial in

Manchester.

On Monday, the statue erected in St. Ann's-
square in memory of the late Mr. Richard Cobden
was publicly inaugurated with a befitting cere-
mony. The weather was fine, and not fewer than
15,000 persons would be present to witness the
proceedings. The Mayor (R. Neill, Esq.) presided,
and on the platform surrounding him were Mr. C.
Cobden (the brother of the great free-trader), Sir
E. Armitage, Mr. Bazley, N.P., Mr. B. Whit-

worth, M.P., &c.
Mr. GEORGE WILSON, who was warmly received,
said that in taking the part assigned to him by the
committee he could not but regret the absence of

that distinguished legislator, Mr. W. E. Gladstone.
(Applause.) If he had thought that the merits of
his deceased friend required to be p'aced in an elo-

quent setting he should have declined the honour,
which would more probably have been left in the
hands of Mr. Bright—(applause)—but, having been
the official representative of that large organisation
with which Mr. Cobden for years linked his political
fortunes and existence, he felt that he was not step-

ping out of his province when he accepted the in-
vitation made to him by the committee. (Hear,

hear.) It would be beyond the duty imposed upon
him if he attempted to give a sketch of the life or
labours of Richard Cobden. It was not to be ex-

pected that he who for seven years was in almost
daily contact with Mr. Cobden should be able in a
few short sentences to give a sketch of the labours
that were imposed upon his friend during that
period. He might, however, state that having en-
joyed for years before the origin of the League the
personal friendship of Mr. Cobden, and having
laboured with him for other objects besides free
trade, he might state for the encouragement of the
young men of Manchester that Mr. Cobden was no
favourite of fortune ; he had no advantages of birth
or education above the average of young men who
occupied a similar position to his at the present time.
If they had passed down Mosley-street 30 odd years
ago they would have seen him seated at his desk,
attending to his correspondence, or striving to build
up a large and prosperous business; they would also
have found that he possessed leisure to give atten-
tion to public objects, or to applications made for
charitable purposes. No one who called upon
him could but have been convinced that he de-
sired from the bottom of his heart to under-
take the discharge of those public duties which
would confer a benefit on his fellow-towns-

men. From the first he desired to succeed in busi

ness, and he paid close attention to it ; but he also
emancipated himself from the desire to ama-s wealth
merely for the purpose of enjoying it, and he con-
quered and overcame that desire of amassing it for
the purpose of self-gratification. He sought the
benefit IA his fellow-countrymen from the first. He
would not say that in early life Mr. Cobden might
not have wished to have the approbation of his fel-

low-countrymen, and that such a feeling might not
gave been a great stimulus to him in his public
work ; but after the commencement of his public
labours no man desired less to serve the people for
the purposes of applause, and to no man did that
applause become so disagreeable as to him during
the latter days of his life. (Hear, hear.) He sepa-
rated his duty as a citizen from the applause which
usually followed good works, and he wished,
from the very desire of doing good, to benefit
those around him. (Applause.) If they looked
at his political life they would find that he was not
exempt, like other public men, from the vicissitudes
which affected an honest course of public action.
He stood for Stockport in 1837, but lost the election.
He was called from the Council of the League in
1841 to Stockport, and was returned by a large ma-
jority. In 1847, during his absence, and free of ex-
pense, he was elected for Stockport and the West
Riding of York-hire ; but ten years later he was
unsuccessful in his endeavour to obtain a seat for a
moderately sized borough in the West Riding, and
yet, when he closed his career, he closed it not in-
appropriately as the member for that borough which
was the birthplace of his great friend, his compa-
nion in arms, and political brother, John Bright.
(Applause.) But if there were were vicissitudes in
his political career outside Parliament, there was none

from the first in the House of Commons. He en-
tered the 1-louse at a time when protection was at
its climax, when the Whigs, advocating a fixed
duty, were displaced by Sir R. Peel, and when, to
all appearances, the sliding scale was to remain
throughout all time. He took his place in the House,
and an attack was made on him by Sir R. Peel in
1813, which called forth expressions of his fellow-

countrymen on his behalf ; in 1846 the same Sir R.
Peel passed one of the most graceful eulogiums on
Mr. Cobden that was ever heard in the walls of
Parliament. He was offered a seat in the Cabinet

of Lord J. Russell in 1846, which he declined ; he
afterwards declined to sit in the Cabinet of Lord
Palmerston, and the present House of Commons re-
cognised his great and eminent services by passing
at his death a tribute to his memory which would
be read by his fellow countrymen for all time.
(Applause.) Such were the opinions of the HOLM
of Commons ; scarcely less influential was Mr.
Cobden abroad. In 1847 he left England and held
free-trade meetings in Russia ; he was the guest of
Louis Philippe in France ; and he was a correspon-

dent of the most eminent men in Prussia. At a later
period he went to America, and so greatly was he
respected there that he was passed over all the rail-
ways free of expense, and when he returned home he
found a seat waiting for him in the Cabinet, but he
declined it. He subsequently went to France, and
passed the French treaty—(applause)---he came back
to England and declined the honours of his Sovereign.
Where was the man who had not been benefited by
the labours of Richard Cobden, where was the nation
which might not adopt his views with advantage,
and where was the limit at which his principles were
destined to be suspended? Wherever ignorance
disappeared before education, wherever monopoly
receded before the advancing armies of free trade,
wherever the red splendour of the battle-field paled
before the light of peace, there were Cobden's prin-
ciples extending and advancing. (Applause.) They
that day inaugurated a monument as a graceful re-
cognition. by his fellow-townsmen of Mr. Cobden's
great and lasting services. They might pass down
Peter-street and see the theatre of his world-re-
nowned labours; they might pass along Bond-
street and recognise one of the results of his desire
to benefitthe young men of Manchester, and in other
parts of the city they might pass public schools
in which he was deeply interested. Thus they might
seek to localise and perpetuate his memory in Man-
chester ; but the great monument of his labours was
to be seen three times a day in the homes and on the
tables of the working men of this country, when they
received not the limited allowance of food granted
by protection, but freely enjoyed the harvest of the
civilised world. (Applause) The statue was then
uncovered, amidst the cheers of the audience ; and,
in the name of the Committee, Mr. Wilson formally
handed over its custody to the Mayor, as represent-
ing the corporation.
The MAYoR said that the voluntary and entirely
spontaneous demonstrations made that day by so
many of the
people of Manchester were both grati-
fying and significant. There was but one feeling
animating the whole community—a desire to do
honour to the memory of a man who had, left
behind him so much that was worthy of admira-
tion and recollection. (Applause.) Mr. Cobden,
although not a native of Manchester, was a resi-
dent here during the whole time of the free-trade
struggle, and first made himself known as a public
man by his writings tinder the signature of a
" 'Manchester Manufacturer." Ile was personally
known to the great bulk of the citizens, and a very
large number were privileged to call him their
friend. lie was one of the earliest to perceive the
necessity for a complete change in the administra-
tion of local affairs; and, together with the late Mr.
Alderman Neild, and &Ir. George Wilson, who had
so ably and fittingly performed his duty that day,
was mainly instrumental in procuring a charter of
incorporation for the borough ; and he (the Mayor)
had often heard it raid in the Corporation, that so
arduous and active were the services of those gen-
tlemen, and so fierce the opposition they had to en-
counter, that if any one of the three had relinquished
the cause the charter would not have been obtained.