The Sun.
London, England, 1860-01-05 00:00:00

SPORTING NOTES.

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THE NOMINATIONS FOR THE SPRING

Atlantic & St Lawrence
Leased at 6 per cent,.
Bom.,Baroda&Cent,lnd
gu. 5 percent
Do. Addit. Capital A
Do. Do. B
Buffalo and Lake Huron
Do. New
Do. Preference
Buffalo,Brant.&Godrich
6 p. ct. bds. 1 Aug., 1872
Do. do. 1 July, 1873
Do. do. 1 June, 1874
Clcutta.&S.Ew trn. Lim.
Cape,Eastn. Yrov.(Lim.)
Cape Town & Dock Scrip
Central Oude (Limited)
Ceylon Guaranteed 6p.c
Demerara
Eastern Bengal.gu.sp.c
East Indian, gu. 5 p. c
Do. F Shares Ext
Do. Jubbulpore
D0.4,1p.c. Bds. pay.'s9
Do. 4 p. c. Debentrs.
Geelong& Melbourne
Geelong Corporation 6
per cent. Bonds
Grand Trunk of Canada
Do. 6 per cent. Prot
Do. 6 per cent. Debentr
Do. 7 per cent. 18 62
Do. do. 1867
Do. do. 1872
Gt.lndiaPenin.gua.sp.c
Do. New, gua.s per cent
Gt.S.of Ind.Lim.—Scrip
guaranteed 5 per cent.
Gt.W. of Canada Shares
Do. New
Do. Bonds pay. '76,wlth
ot. till '6O I
Do.p do. '73 till '6O
Do. do. 73 without opt
Do. 54 p. c. do. '77 do
Madras, guar., 4i P. c
Do. do. 5 per cent
Do. 4} p. c. Extension
Do. Third Ex. gua.s.p.c
Do. Fourth do.
Do. do.
Melb. Corp. 6 p.c. Bonds
Newßrunswick&Canda.
Ry.&Land(Lim.)g.6pc
Class ACapitl.Share
Do. do. Land d 0...
Do. do. B. Capital do.
Do. do. Laud d 0...
Oude (Limited)
Scinde di -4
Do. New cc! g
Do. Punjaub ,O; ?„,
Do. Indus. St. Flo &NT
St. Andrews & Quebec A
Trinidad(Limited) Scrip

EVENTS.

86 88

881
1001 1

031 1001
171
1 cl; par
41 61d

The racing ball has been again set rolling, and it
will not be stopped until Novemler. The note of
preparation has been sounded in earnest, and
trainers, speculators, and clerks of courses have
been aroused from their recent inactivity. I have
received the first instalment of the Spring nomina-
tions, which I present to the reader. The lists fur-
nished below are necessarily incomplete. The
entries for the Chester Cup eh sot include many
nominations in London, and not en entry that was
made in York. The Northern official, in fact, seems
to have been somewhat "slow" :n completing his
list, for the Northamptonshire clerk of the course
has stated that he had not received the York nomi-
nations.
The listsbefore me are certainly satisfactory.
For the Northamptonshire Stakes there are already
107 names set down, and amongst them are those
to which much celebrity attaches. Amongst the
nominations for the Chester Cup are two "cracks,"
who it was believed had broken clown and finished
their turf career. These are, Fitz Roland, the
winner of the Two Thousand in 18,58, and Musjid,
who was last year de,corated with the Blue Riband
of the turf. Trumpeter, another cripple, also
figures in the list. The most important three-yrs-
old whose name appears in the imperfect list before
me is Nutbourne.

5f 61

par i p

li Icl

ff id
1021 1031
par ip
Par it)

100 301
19 21

41 43
95 96
73 74
8.5 87
75 77 •
73 75
1001 1011
d par
id
13 13i
7k 6/ d
98 102
98 102
98 102
92 95
91 93
100 102
90 94 ,

The Liverpool Steeplechase has obtained 53 en-
tries-11 less than last year. When the nomina-
tions for the spring events are placed before me in
their entirety, I will discuss at length the racing
prospects of 1860.

i I-

A FRESH MAN,

CHESTER CI P.

20 20
Ida 1
ad
id

The following are the whole of the Chester Entries re•
eeived up to 5 p.ns., January 4, with a portion of the Lon
don Entries, but none yet received from York :
Allegra Flitch
Ambush Fravola
Aneurin Fright
Apollyon Gaylad
Arsenal g by Surplice-
Artless Concertina
Anton General Hesse
Ataman Gibraltar
Athos Gridiron
Balnamoon Gwellyan
Bankrupt Hal o' Kirklees
Baron Munchau- Heiress
scn Helwith
Bastion Her Highness
Bevis Herne
Blue Jacket Hibernia
Blue Ruin Horace
Br. to Rainbow Independence
Bye Ways Lifeboat
cby Grosvenor— Little Dick
Common Sense Lord Nelson
cby Newcourt— Madrid
Treacherous Maid of Orleans
cby Surplice— Malpas
Rose of Cash- Mau at Arms
mere Marionette
Chance Shot Mesmer
Cheery Chap Miss Digby
Chere Arnie Mixture
Chirp Moorcock
Chirper Mouravidf
Clapham Mowbray
Clara Webster Musjid
Clovernook Napoleon
Corhampton Nessus
Defender - Nutbourne
Ditto Old Robert.
Don Cossack Optimist
Egbert Oxford
El Hakim Pensioner
Eskdale Petra
fby Surplice— Philomel
Concertina Physician
First Lord Polestar
Fitz Roland Precursor

Id fp

Prioress
Premised Land
Queen Bess
Rare Avis
Rattlebone
Remunerator
Rising Sun
Rocket
Rogerthorpe
Roman Candle
Ronconi •
Royal Sovereign
Sam Spode
Satellite
Satinstone
Schism
Simple Simon
Sir William
Special Licence
fipringwell
Telegram
The Baronet
The Brewer
The Greek
The Monk
Theodora
The Pitman
The Prophet
The Squire
The Tiger
Timandra
Tournament
T. P. Cooke
Traducer
Trumpeter
Tunstall Maid
Twilight
Uncle Ned
Underhand
Weatherbound
White Hart
Willie Wright
Winkfield
Woman in Black
Yoicks.

FOREIGN RAIL'

"ASS.

Antwerp & Rotterdam
Ardennes
Bah.&S.Fran.,Lim.7p.c
Belgian East. Junction
Beziers to Graissessac
Carmeaux Mine & Rail
Copiabo
Ditto Extension
Mitch Rhenish
Eastern of France
Euphrates Valley
Grand Rus. Guar .5 p.c
Great Central of France
Gt. Luxem., Con. she
Italian Junction .
Lake Constance & Bale
Lierre and Turnhout
Lombardo Venetian
Lyons and Geneva
Maria Antonia
Do. do. New
Namur and Liege
Do. do. 6 p. c. Pref
Northern of France
Do. New Shares
Norweglen Trunk Pref
Paris,Lyons, and Medit
Paris and Orleans
Recife& S. Fran. (Peru.)
gua. 7 p. ct. (Lim.)
Riga and Dunaburg
Rome and Frascati ....
Royal Danish
Royal Swedish
Do. 7 per cent. Pref
Sambre and Meuse

Do. 51per cent. Pref.
Southern of France
West Flanders

Do. 51 p. c. Preference .
W. & N.W. of France
Western of Austria
Western of Switzerland
Wiesbaden
Do 8 per cent. Pref
Zealand

COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SEGUE:

THE LIVERPi
CHASE.

H. b. by F.Dtitcb
man, out of Gala
Jealousy
Kibworth Lass
Kilcock
Link Boy
Little Bob
Lobster
Lord Oswald
Lottery
Luck's All
Macbonnie
Maria Agnes
Napoleon
New Broom
Nicholas
Red wing
Romeo

THE SUN,' LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, JANUARY 5, 1860,,

LITERATURE.

" The first overtures for peace from the British Govern-
ment wore made through Mr. Wickham, in Switzerland, in
1796, but failed, because France insisted on keeping all the
conquered territories which had bien annexed to it by a
decree of its own legislature—Savoy, Flanders, both
Dutch and Austrian, &c. The second attempt was
made by overtures from Great Britain in the same year,
through the Danish Ambassador; but they were flatly
refused by' France, on the ground of their not being
made by a direct communication to the Directory ; al-
though Lord Grenville's note requested a passport for an
ambassador, to go to Paris to negociate. A third attempt
was made in eeptember of the same year, by a direct
application, and at the and of October Lord Malmesbury
went to Paris ; but the terms were refused by France,
without any counterproject being offered, and ho was
ordered to quit Paris. The terms were, that Great Britain
should resign all her conquests ; France to restore the
Netherlands, to evacuate Italy, and to maks peace with
Germany. Lastly, another attempt at neg-octation was
made in Juno, 1797, in consequence of the preliminaries
being signed at Leoben between France and the Emperor,
and the plenipotentiaries met at Lisle. The terms offered on
our side were most liberal ;—to surrender all our conquests
from France, and to claim nothing in return ; but France
required the cession of all that we had conquered from Spain
and Holland besides ; and, by insisting upon this as a pre-
liminary, the treaty was broken off. And who was it in
England that opposed this peace ? Who was it that put
forth arguments as incentives for war ? It was Mr. Fox who
objected to the Ministers getting out of a contest, which, at
the same time he styles most unjust and most impolitic, by
a peace quelcongto ; and would not acquiesce in their mak-
ing such a peace as could be justified only upon the consi-
deration of the condition in which they had brought us."
" If further proof be required of Mr. Pitt's devotion to
pacific policy, as soon as a diminution of danger a:rpetired
to warrant a hope of success, we have it in the despatch of
Lord Grenville, declaring the minister's anxiety to make it
evident to the world that the negotiation in 1796 failed from
the, hostile determination of those who governed France,
and from their resolution to admit of no terms of peace
consistent with the safety, interests, and honout of the
other powers of Europe. And again in the following year,
when Lord Malmesbury was sent to Lisle to renew the ne-
gotiation, Lord Grenville was decidedly opposed to this
step,' and long argued it with Pitt ; but the latter remained
firm, repeatedly declaring that it was his duty as an English
Minister and a Christian, to use every effort to stop so bloody
and wasting a war. He said he would stifle every feeling of
pride to the utmost to produce the desired result. Why,
then, was this result not obtained ? Because, as we learn from
the negotiator, " there was a fixed determination on the part
of the French Government to continue the war with Eng-
land." Of the five Directors then ruling in France, two,
Barthelemi, and Carnet, were moderate men, who would
probably have listened to reason, and on that account ob-
noxious to the other three, who were violent haters of Eng-
land, and who succeeded in turning theircolleagues out of
office. The just conclusionrfrom all the correspondence is
that Pitt was not only sincere in his overtures for peace,
but anxiously eager to obtain it on almost, any conditions,
short of dishonour. Even this exception seems scarcely to
have had due weight with the Minister in the estimate of
his royal master as appears from a conversation between
the King and Mr. George Rose, mentioned by the latter in
a letter to his father."
The Administration of Mr. Addington met with
little favour from so warm a supporter of his
predecessor. Mr. Rose looked on with suspicion,
while Pitt was assisting Ministers with his advice
and nominal support. His opinion of the relative
positions of the parties may be gathered from the
following passage :

" Mr. Pitt feels it quite impossible to avoid the interview
with Mr. Addington, under so decisive a request, and I can
say nothing against it. Feeling, however, very consider-
able apprehensions that at the meeting, the low cunning
and artful management of the one, opposed to the candid
and generous nature of the other, may lead the latter to a
disclosure, not only of all his opinions, and a detail of the
gross blunders committed by the former in France ; but
also to give him his advice on every point of
importance--I thought it my duty to say everything I
could to put Mr. Pitt on his guard ; which I did with
the utmost earnestness, and supported by every argument
that occurred to me ; under a strong conviction that if Mr.
Addington's ignorance and incapacity is not detected and
made manifest now, he will acquire such a character with
the King and the public, as may be likely to fix him in his
situation for such a period as will ensure the destruction of
the country, by the tame and pusillanimous conduct of the
present Government. The concessions that have already
been made, must impress the French with a persuasion that
there is nothing they will not bear ; and, of course the First
Consul will go on from one aggravation to another, the
country will be so goaded, as to drive the Government into
a war, whether they are willing or not."
Mr. Rose's contemptuous opinion of the Ministry
seems, however, to have been by no means restricted
to himself. The Russian Ambassador Extraordinary
appears to have fully shared his sentiments.

" Count Woronzow having had information, on which he
could most confidently rely, of a Frenchman, of an infamous
character, and an agent of M. Talleyrand's, unquestionably
employed by him as a spy, he gave intelligence of the cir-
cumstance himself to Lord Hawkesbury ; and, after having
repeatedly urged him on the subject, his Lordship at length
told him the suspected person was found to be a vory dan-
gerous man, and that his papers were therefore seized, and
he sent out of the country ; on which the Count ex-
pressed some curiosity to know what was discovered from
his papers, or if anything important respecting his employ-
ment here had been brought to light by the seizure of
them. To which Lord Hawkesbury replied, he really
did not know, as that was in the department of the
Alien Office ! I I A Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs
had no desire to be informed of the contents of the papers
of a spy, but left the examination of them to a clerk in the
Alien Office, who was himself a foreigner (M. Lullis) ' • and
had not even the curiosity to inquire what they were I I I"
" The Count added, it would be endless t 3 attempt to
enumerate all the instances which had come to his know-
ledge of the imbecility and gross neglect of his lorship. He
mentioned, however, many others in the course of varicus
conversation."
We meet with many passages painfully reminding
us we are in the reign of the Georges. Thus
we find, a moclegt repot from a country gentle,

The Diaries and Correspondence of the Right Hon.
George Rose. Edited by the Rev. L. Vernon
Harcourt. Two vols. Bentley.
These volumes furnish a very valuable addition
to our national literature. Without belonginc, to
the direct annals of events or biographies of dis-
anguished men, they pertain to that class of works
which shows us the undercurrents of their time, the
secret workings of personal prejudice and. party
manoeuvres, and the difficulties against which the
statesmen of the day had to contend both abroad
and at home. Such works throw considerable light
on the vexed questions of bygone times. They admit
us, as it were, behind the scenes, and very often
prove the judgment of contemporaries to have been
erroneous. Our standard histories owe much of
their authenticity and many of their views to the
facts gathered from ambassadors' notes or secre-
taries' journals ; and it is generally from such
sources that those minor incidents and details are
gathered, which enable us to realise the events of the
past, and which give vitality to the misty shadows
of a distant era. Tho epoch brought before us is the
latter portion of the eventful reign of George 111.,
the age of Pitt and Fox, of the European War and
all its attendant evils :abroad, with the king
vacillating on the verge of insanity, and dis-
content fermenting among the masses of the
people at home. Mr. Rose, though never in
eminent office himself, was personally mixed up in
all the exciting events of the day. He filled a suc-
cession of subordinate posts, and appears to have
been well cared for by those in authority, after a
fashion very general with persons so well connected
and befriended. His chief distinction, however,
arose from his being the intimate friend and confi-
dant of the first statesman of his day. The numer-
outiletters contained in these volumes, addressed to
him by Pitt, prove the high estimation in which he
was held. From their first acquaintance it appears
that Mr. Rose entertained the highest esteem and
admiration for Mr. Pitt—a feeling which never
abated. After the Minister's death he retired from
the political world. Only on two occasions, he
tells us in his notes, did he differ seriously from his
leader, and en both of these occasions we suspect
that Mr. Pitt, though unable to carry either point,
will have the sympathy of modern readers.
These two questions were the introduction of a
Reform Bill and the Abolition of the Slave Trade.
With respect to the Catholic Disabilities, which
were the occasion of a change of Ministry in 1801,
Mr. Rose does not state his own opinion very de-
cidedly. He appears to have been a man of sense,
perception, and good principles, without any
striking abilities or much liberality of feeling;
seeming to have shared the wholesome
horror wiih which moht Tories of that
day regarded the slightest innovation or
reform, and not wholly uninfluenced by a sense of
of what he might lose were modern improvements
carried too far. At the same time, looking back on
that stormy period, we can make some allowance
even for obstinate prejudice, when we find the
principles of liberty and toleration carrying their
advocates so far as to induce the great leader of the
Opposition to observe in his correspondence—" The
truth is, I am gone something farther in hate to the
English Government thou perhaps you and the
rest of my friends are, and certainly further than
can with prudence be avowed. The triumph of
the French Government over the English does in
fact afford me a degree of pleasure which it is
very difficult to disguise." With regard to the
vexed question of the opening of hostilities with
France, Mr. Rose strongly supports the policy of
his chief, reiterating his assertion that Pitt was
really anxious for peace, but that war was forced
upon him by the necessities of the time, and that,
having been driven to commence it, he was deter-
mined to carry it through boldly. With regard to
this subject, there will probably always exist
great difference of opinion, but some of the details
given by Mr. Rose are not ,unimportant.
" On the 31st of December, the very day on which Lard
Grenliille signed his note stating the terms on which a rup-
ture might be avoided, Monge, the Minister of War, in a
circular letter to the seaport towns, said :—' We will make
a descent on that island ; we will hurl hither 50,000 caps
of liberty; we will plant there the sacred tree, and stretch
out our arms to our brother republicans. The tyranny of
their Government shall soon be destroyed.' Equally
violent and hostile language was used by other
members of the Convention ; but if such a dispatch had been
issued by Count Walewski or any other Minister of Na-
,poleon 111., at the present time, the plost factious Radical
in the House of Commons would have been clamorous for
war. Chaussard, who was sent by the Council to execute
their decrees in the Austrian Netherlands, about the same
time announced their object in these unequivocal terms :
"A war, ad internecionem, is declared against all monar-
chies."