The Sun.
London, England, 1858-01-08 00:00:00

THE SPRING HANDICAPS.

Nominations for Tar METROPOLITAN STAKES. Run
April M. Distance—Two miles and a quarter. Weights
to be published in due time. Forfeits to be declared
February 2.

Sweet William, 4yrsZigzag, a Fisherman, 5
The Old English Black Tommy, 4 Bird-in-the-hand, 4
Gentleman, 4 Plurnstone, 3 Vandal, 6
Duuboyne, 4 Garnish, 3 Compromise, 3
Orchchill, 3 Amelia, 4 Amsterdam, 3
Admiralty, 3 Mary, 6 Beacon, 3
Barege, 3 Queen Bess, 4 Bannockburn, 4
Monarque, 6 Hamlet, 4 Rocket, 3
M4-11.de Chantilly,4 TheFlyingEnglish- Poodle, a
Etoilo du Nord, 3 man, 4 Horne, 3
Sally, 3 Newington, 5 Gourd, 3
Tame Deer, 5 Star of the East, 3 Villikins, 4
Good Friday, 5 Cock •a - doodle. Dulcamara, 4
Wrestler, 3 doo, 3 Bridal Tour, 3
Wouyermans, 3 Omar Pacha, 4 Martha, 3
The Lamp, a Hobgoblin, 4 Fearful, 3
M. Dobler, 4 Bellefield, 3 Maelstrom, 3
Fright, 4 El Hakim, 4 Blackthorn, 3
Riseber, 4 Minnie, 4 The Orphan, byßo-
Special Licence, 4 Miss Hulton, 3 bert de Gorham
Peeress, 3 Pole Star, 6 Yawn, 3
Underhand, 4 Telegram, 3 Supple Jack, 3
Fulbeck, 6 Bashi Bazouk, 4 The Flying Duke, 3
The Dupe, 4 Wychwood, 3 Borderer, 4
The Brower, 5 Little Sam, 3 Costrol, 3
Worcester, 4

Nominations for THE NEWMARKET HANDICAP. Run
Apia G. Distance—l. mile 6 fur. 55 yds. Weight 3
to be published in due time. Forfeits declared Feb. 2.
Amsterdam, 3 yrs Excelsior, 3 Odd Trick, 4
Bannockburn, 4 Fadladeen, 3 Omar Pasha, 4
Barege, 3 Flying Duke, 3 Pavilion, 3
Bel Esperanza, 4 Fright, 4 Peeping Tom, 4
Bellefield, 3 Gammoner, 3 Peter Flat, 5
Bird-in-the-Hand 4Garnish, 3 Queen Bess, 4
Black Tommy, 4 Gourd, 3 Queen of the East, 4
Brewer, 4 Haymaker, 3 St. Giles, 4
Bridal Tour, 3 Hobgoblin, 4 Sichmus, 4
Brother to Bird-on- fby Jericho Soothsayer, 3
the-Wing, 5 Dividend, 3 Stapleton, 3
Cock-a-doodle-doo 3Lamp, the a Star of the East, 3
Cockatoo, 6 M. Dobler, 4 c by Surplice, out
Compromise, 3 Mdle do Chantilly 4 of Boe'e-wax, 4
Convert, 3 Mary, 6 Vanity, 4
Cotswold, 5 Media Noce, 4 Villikins, 4
Dulcamara, 4 Messenger, 4 Worcester, 4
Dnnboyne, 4 Monarcine, 6 Wouvermans, 3
Dupe, the 4 Negress, 3, Wrestler, 3
East Langton, 3 Newington, 5 Wychwood, 3
Etoile du Nord, 3

Nominations for the CITY and SUBURBAN HANDICAP.
Run April 16. Distance—Mile and a quarter. Weights
to be published in due time. Forfeits declared Feb. 2.
Omar Pacha, 4 yrs Black Tommy, 4 Weatherglass, 4
Harry Stanley, 3 Honeystick, 3 Stapleton, 3
Sweet William, 4 Huntington, 4 Kaffa, 4
Oakball, 4 Little Treasura, 3 Sir I. Newton, 3
Old Eng. Gent., 4 Plumstone, 3 Little Tom, aged
Kestrel, 5 Pensioner, 3 Brother to Bird on
Orchehill, 3 Lambourn, 4 ‘ the Wing, 5
Barege, 3 Maggie Lauder, 3 cby Flying Dutch-
Odd Trick, 4 Vandermulin, 5 man—Barba, 4
Old Noll, aged Meta, 3 Windward, 3
Brazen, 5 Dupe, the, 4 Fisherman, 5
Gilliver, 4 Ibex, 3 Wychwood, 3
Lord Berkeley, 4 Tournament, 4 Rocket, 3
Chaperone, 3 Blue Jacket, 4 Schiedam, 4
Monarque, 6 Blue Bell, 5 Terrific, 3
MdlledeChantilly,4Convert, 3 Good Friday, 5
Etoile du Nord, 3 Supple Jack, 3 Lord Stately, 3
Stork, 5 Beadsman, 3 Accurate, 3
Humbug, 4 Flying Duke, 3 Wouvermans, 3
Minnie, 4 Costrel, 3 The Lamp, a
Peliesier, 3 Kent, 4 M. Dobler, 4
Miss Halton, 3 Bridal Tour, 3 Fright, 4
Gen. Bosquet, 4 Excelsior, 3 Saunterer, 4
Matlas, 3 Vrow, 3 King of the Isles, 4
Barbarity, 4 Hobgoblin, 4 Risebor, 4
Pyrrhus Second, 4 Tricolour, 4 Lord Nelson, 4
Blackthorn, 3 Fearful, 3 Woodmite, 3
Kingmaker, 3 Martha, 3 Nereus, 4
Brunswick, 4 Dulcamara, 4 Flog Englishman,4
Scribbler, 3 Erringham, 3 Bir One, 4
Cultivation, 4 Little Sam, 3 Coroner, 5
cby Alarm,Plush,4Wardermarske, 4 Cock-a-doodle-doo 3
Benefield, 3 Vanity, 4 Star of the East, 3
The Brewer, 5 Bird in the Hand, 4Maid of Kent, 3
Peeping Tom, 4 Raven, 4 Negress, 3

Nominations for the GREAT NORTHAMPTONSHIRE STAKES,
Run March 23. Distance, 2 miles. Weights to be pub-
lished January 20. Forfeits declared February 2.
Supple Jack, 3 yrs. Yorkshireman, 4 Telegram, 3
Fulbeck, 6 Mary, 6 Fisherman, 5
Cockatoo, 6 Pretty Boy, 5 Skirmisher, 4
Tame Deer, 6 Yaller Gal, 3 Garnish, 3
Barege, 3 Night Ranger, 3 Haymaker, 3
Plumstone, 3 Pyrrhus 11., 4 Fadladeen, 3
Villikins, 4 Weatherglass, 4 Beeswax colt, 4
Apathy, 4 Lawn, 5 Lambourn, 4
Borderer, 4 Hamlet, 4 Honeytree, 3
South Western, 4 Plush colt, 4 Mongrel, 4
Tricolor, 4 Gen. Bosquet, 4 Pensioner, 3
St. Giles, 4 Evelyn, 4 The Brewer, 5
Sweet William, 4 Dulcamara, 4 Silicia, 3
Omar Pacha, 4 Bridal Tour, 3 Conductor, 3
Hobgoblin, 4 Palmister, 3 Underhand, 4
Dunboyne, 4 Martha, 3 Nougat, 4
Old English Gen- Laodamia, 4 Barbarity, 4
tleman, 4 Imperieuse, 4 Fright, 4
Orchehill, 3 Warlock, 5 Neva, 4
Admiralty, 3 Vandal, 5 The Prince of Don-
Odd Trick, 4 Forbidden Fruit, 5 mark, 3
The Dupe, 4 Cheery Chap, 3 Amelia, 4
Cotswold, 5 Thornhill, 3 Queen Bess, 4
Zigzag, a Vanity, 4 Bay Hilton, 4
Z nyder Zee, 4 Polestar, 6 Herne, 3
Peeping Tom, 4 Gourd, 3 Broadlands, 3
Soothsayer, 3 Oakball, 4 Beacon, 3
Costrel, 3 Messenger, 4 Star of the East, 3
Misty Morn, 3 Lord Stately, 3 Cock-a-doodle-do 3
Wychwood, 3 Wouverrnans, 3 Newington, 5,
Mitraille, 4 Riseber, 4 Compromise, 3
Sam Spode, 3 Peeress, 3 Queenstown, 3
Pactolus, 3 The Lamp, a Poodle, a
Little Treasure, 3 M Dobler, 4 Sicchaeus, 4
Huntington, 4 Bird in the Hand, 4 Worcester, 4

TEE WELSH IRON MARKETS.

NEWPORT, JAN. 6.

Since the report which appeared in this journal on
Monday last, an improved feeling has appeared through-
out the iron districts of Monmouthshire and Glamor-
ganshire, in which the recent strikes took place. The
large body of men who turned out at Aberdare—be-
tween seven and eight thousand—have come to the end
of their means, and though a.portion of them attempted
to support themselves by begging, by far the greater
manifested a disposition to return to work at the reduc-
tion, which amounts in the total to five per cent. more
than in the neighbouring county. Threats of the most
violent cbaracter were used to prevent them adopting
this course—placards in Welsh were distributed at the
houses of those who were suspected "turncoats," inti-
mating that their blood would be taken, and their houses
destroyed. Towards the close of last week, however,
several thousands returned to their pits and furnaces,
and although a portion still hold out, the strike is
comparatively at an end. Many of the furnaces cannot
be relit and the attendant pits placed in a condition to
work in less than six months, some not even in that.
On• fuinace had never been extinguished previous to
this strike since it was erected, and the cost of relighting
it will be considerable. Many of the pits have been
seriously injured by water, owing to the intimidation
used towards the engineers by the colliers at the com-
mencement of the strike. Hardly a single furnace
throughout the valley was at work, and trade was en-
tirely suspended. The loss occasioned to the masters j
by all this is of course considerable, but with an im-
pi ovement in the demand for iron it may he hoped tha
this will be regained in a few months, and it is certain
that the district cannot permanently suffer;
In Monmouthshire, also, I am happy to report
more favourably than at the close of last week.
The Pontypool men now alone remain out, and on
inquiry in the neighbourhood to-day, we learn that
they are ready to resume work when the furnaces,
which have been extinguished, are relit. While
the colliers and furnacemen at Abersyoban, Golynos,
and Varteg were on strike great encouragement was
afforded to all the others in the county, but now that
they have accepted the reduction—aementing iu the
whole to 20 per cent.—it is hardly possible for these at
Pontypool to refuse it. A deputation has accordingly
waited upon Mr. Phillips, the manager, offering to come
to terms, and they were told that a decisive reply would
be returned in a few days. It is said that about 150
have gone away to Risca, where work has been offered
them, In a short time, therefore, we may fairly presume
that a series of strikes which have already proved unfor-
tunate to all parties, and which promised to exercise a
disastrous influence over the trade of the district, will be
terminated.

DINNA YE HEAR IT 7 DINNA YE HEAR IT

( Written on a touching incident in Ilavelock's Relief of

Lucknow.)

'Mid the khunder of battle, the groans of the dying,
The wail of weak women, the shouts of brave men,
A poor Highland maiden sat sobbing and sighing,
As she longed for the peace of her dear native glen.
But there came a glad voice to the ear of her heart,
The foes of auld Scotland for ever will fear it
" We are saved ! we are saved !" cried the brave Highland
maid,
"'Tis the Highlanders' slogan ! 0 dinna ye hear it ?"
Chorus—Dinna ye hear it ? dinna ye hear it ?
High o'er the battle's din, dinna ye hear it?
High o'er the battle's din, hail it and cheer it !
" 'Tis the Highlanders' slogan ! 0 dinna ye
hear it ?'
A moment the tempest of battle was hushed,
But no tidings of help did that moment reveal ;
Again to their shot-shattered ramparts they rushed—
Again roared the cannon, again flashed the steel !
Still the Highland maid cried, Let us welcome the brave !
The death-mists are thick, but their claymores will
clear it !
The war-pipes are pealing " The Campbells are coming: "
ehd
hail
iart y e hear it ?
Dinna ye hear it ? dinna ye hear it ?
They are charging and cheering 0 dinna ye
ch eheerarititt ?
0 dinna ye
The heroes of Lucknow ! fame crowns you with glory ;
Love welcomes you home with glad songs in your praise!
And brave Jessie Brown, with her sonl-stirring story,
For ever will live in the Highlanders' lays.
Long life to our Queen, and the hearts who defend her !
Success to our lag ! and when danger is near it,
May our pipes be heard playing " The Campbells are
coming;'
And an angel voice crying, " 0 dinna ye hear it?"
Dill riggThnhi as
00
iTeeherre hoar
ttHhheeigbhi
st,
ta?
battle'silbattles
dinna
:rdin,dan
slogan
hear it?"
ALEXANDER MACLAGAN.

LINENDRANIBS' INSTITIITION.—L9.st night the 21st
anniversary ball in aid of the funds of the '• Linen-
drapers', Silk Mercers, Lacemen's, Haberdashers', and
Hosiers Institution, took plaoa at Willie e Rooms.
The company numbered 400.

LODGING, TEAVELLING,AND SPITTING

IN AMERICA.

The Adelaide steamer conveyed us to Portland, in
Maine, where we obtained our first lesson in the enter-
prise of the States. Ido not now speak of the commerce
nor of the jetties which are in the course of erection as
the land.ng-place of the Great Eastern. I allude to the
hotel system. It has been described too often to require
that I should go over the ground again. It is certainly
well adapted to those who lead an unsettled life, and
consequently displays the wisdom of the peoplein accem-
modatiog themselves to the part they have so largely
to play in the world's history—the part, I mean, of
pioncere—of an advanced guard to reduce to their do-
minion the boundless expanse of forest and prairie land
which forms the background of their immediate position,
No sooner is a village planted than two or three hotels
rise oat of the dust—large rough buildings at first. As
the village grows into a town, more costly erections fol-
low, until at last a superb palace springs up and be-
comes, as in the Eastern tale, a caravanserai. The pm-
solvers by the Great Eastern will probably find the new
hotel at Portland ready to receive them. When I saw it,
the principal elevation of white marble was complete,
and it struck me that the beauty of the design corree-
ponded with that of the material. Perhaps it is rather
smaller than might have been expected. In most of the
principal towns the hotels are of unwieldy dimensions.
The largest in the States is said to make up 3,060 bedr.
This is, no doubt, a great exaggeration, but the princi•
pal houses in New York do make up about 1,000 beds
each, and the style of the public rooms is quite princely.
The simplicity of the mode of accounting is admirably
suited to a progressing people. On entering the office,
you write your name in a book. The clerk enters oppo-
site to it the hour, or rather whether it is before or after
dinner, and the number of your room. You are then
fres to the house, and must look after your own interest.
No ene will trouble himself whether you eat all day,
or eat not at all, and you will pay the same in either
case—about 10e. per day. I had the curiosity to count
the number of entries, along with my owu, on the
day I arrived at the St. Nicholas, in New York, and
found it 250.

As I have just been speaking about betels, I will now
draw to a conclusion my remarks on American travel-

ling, by saying, in one Word, that if you have no squeam-
ishness- about spitting, ycu will find all the arrangements
as peKeet as can be desired. Your luggage is safely
stowed in your waistcoat pocket in the shape of a label,
and you may travel a thousand miles by half a dczen
lines of railway without giving it even a thought. A
lady travelling alone finds a separate window devoted to
her use at the stations, where she may take out her
ticket apart from the crowd. She Inds a separate car-
riage in the train, into which gentlemen unaccompanied
by ladies are forbidden to enter. At the' principal hotels
she finds a separate entrance, and the master of the
house thinks it his duty to attend personally to her
wants. If she goes to the post-office for her letters, she
finds a separate window railed off for her convenience ;
and should she return to the hotel five minutes after the
dinner ball has rung, she finds the lobbies crowded by a
set of hungry gentlemen, who dare not enter the dining
room until she has taken her seat.

This is the perfection of travelling arrangements, but
to an unaccustomed traveller, male. or female, it is all
clouded and disfigured by the vile habit of spitting.
Doubtless, the presence of the ladies is some check on
this filthy practice. What it might be I dare not conjec-
ture. What it is, amply suffices to mar the beauty of
outer life in America. You meet it at every turn. Marble
pavements and Turkey carpets are alike constantly and
copiously befouled. Spitting is the monster vice of the
country. Next to slavery, it is the great obstacle in the
way of perfect civilisation. Do you ask me how ? I
will tell you that it promotes and keeps up a want of
social union between the sexes. If you look into the
drawing-rooms of an hotel, you will ree elegantly-dressed
ladies pining for occupation—some listlessly oscillating
in the horrid rocking chairs—some nervously passing
from the mirrors to the windows, anxious, perhaps, that
others should enjoy a sight which has gratified them-
selves so much—whilst the lobbies, and the bar, and the
tobacco-rooms are crowded with their husbands and
brothers—aye, and their lovers, too, perhaps, who dare
not spit before the ladies. I counted at one time, in an
hotel in Kentucky, 125 gentlemen in the lobby, the
pavement of which they had rendered slippery and un-
safe to the feet.—Kelland's Transatlantic-Sketches.