The Sun.
London, England, 1858-02-18 00:00:00

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

NOTTINGHAM SPRING MEETING.
WEDNESDAY.

The Innkeepers' Plate of 25 sous, added to a Handicap
Sweepstakes of 3 sous each. One mile.
Mr. J. Parker's Martha, 3 yrs, let 1015 ...(Fordham) 1
Mr. T. Cliff's Prince's Mixture, 5 yrs, 7st leib
(Snowden) 3
Ms. Barling's Earthstopper, 6 yrs, Bst 71b ...(Coulter) 3
Betting-2 to lon Prince's Mixture, 4to 1 each apt
Martha and Earthstopper. A good race in, won by a
neck ; same distance between the second and third.
The Forest Plate (Handicap) of 50 sous, for all ages.

Winners extra.

T.Y.C.

Mr. Craven's Yeller Gal, 8 yrs, 6st 71b - (Edwards) 1
Mr. J. Osborne's Silica, 3 yrs, sst 121 b ...(Cballoner) 2
Mr. Saxon's Woodmite, 3 yrs, sst 121 b ...(B. Cooper) 3
The following also ran :—Blewbury, Queen Lilly,
Peter Flat, Maggie Lander, and Lady Aintree.
The betting opened at 2 to 1 agst Peter Flat and closed
at 10 to 1 eget him, 3 to 1 agst Yaller Gal, 4 to 1 agst
Silica, 5 to 1 agst Queen Lily, 10 to 1 each agst B!e's-
bury and Woodmite. Won cleverly by half a length ; a
neck between the second and third ; and a head between
the third and fourth ; good fifth.
Selling Stakes for all ages of 5 cove each. Straight half-
mile. 3 subs,

Capt. Saville's Steeple, 4 yre, (201), Bet 41b...(We11e) 1
Mr. Pall's Cerisette, 5 yrs (201.), 11Ib (G. White) 2
Betting-5 to 2on Steeple, who won by a neck.
The Great Annual Hurdle Race Handicap of 5 soya
each, with 50 added ; the second to save his stake ;
winners extra. About two miles and a half. 17 subs.
Mr. Barber's Miss Harkaway, by Sir Tatton Sykes,
5 yrs, Pet 121 b (inc. tilb ext.) (Green) 1
Mr. H. Edwards's Border Chief, 6 yrs, 9st 121 b
(Watling) 2
Mr. Andinwood's Little Yeoman, aged, lOst (Greave-) 3
Englemere, Glautius, Nicholas, and Hindley also rar.
Betting—Even en Miss Harkaway, 5 to 1 each agst
Nicholas, Englemere, and Hindley; 10 to 1 agst Border
Chief.

Won easily by a length and a half; same distance
between second and third ; a length between third and
fourth ; the other two were beaten off.

The Hunt Cap of 30 soya for horses not thorough-bred,
&c. Winners before starting, extra. Jockeys, 141 b
extra.
Mr. Harrison na Little Wonder, aged, 12st 71b
_ _

(Peers) 1
Mr. H. Edwarda's The Miller, 6 yrs, 13st 71b
(Grimmer) 2
Mr. Lambert's Brunette, 5 yre, 12at 21b ...(Harris) 3
Old Toro, Weethorpe, and Whaley also ran.
Betting-2 to 1 agst Little Wonder, 7to 2 agst
Whaley, 8 to 1 agst any other.
Little Wonder came in alone.

Before the race an objection Wad lodged against him
en the ground that he is a thorough bred.

LATEST BETTING.
LIVERPOOL STERPLECHAIR.
11 to 1 agst Little Tom (taken freely)
100 to 8 aget Knight of the Shire (taken)
15 to 1 agst The Brewer (taken)
15 to lagst Lough Bawn (taken)

LUDLOW SPRING MEETING.

Weights for the Corporation Plate. About 5 furlongs.
Forfeits to be declared on or before Monday next,
Feb. 22. If the highest weight accepting be under
95t, it will be raised to that weight, and the others
in proportion. This condition also applies to the
Weston Stakes, the Stewards' Cup, and the Ludlow
Handicap.

Age et lb
Leamington
Polinoodie 5 7 12
Lambourne . 4 7 3
Welharn
Peter Flat 5 6 11
Raven 4 6 10
Forget-me-not 4 6 9
Elfrida
Eardrop 4 6 5
Preetbnry 5 6 1
Yeller Gal 71b _ _ _

Age at lb
Queen Lily
Plague Royal
Silica
Maggie Lauder
Lady Aintree
King David
Peeress
Lizzie
Darling
Satinatone 3 5 2
HeBe, by Herbalist 3 5 0
Magnus Troll
Kilaby
Nelly 3 4 6
Lady Nelson
Esperance 3 4 5

extra) 3 6 1
Toffey
Amorous Boy
Martha (in. 71b ex.) 3 5 10
Fashion 4 5 9
Salmon
Weights for the Weston Handicap. About one mile and
quarter. Forfeits to be declared as for the Corporation
Plate.

Age'at lb
Leamington .... 5 9 2
Vandermulin (inc.
__ _

Age st lb
Toffey 4 5 11
Martha (in. 71b ex.) 3 5 9
Salmon
Queenstown 3 5 5
Queen Lily
Peeress
Happy Prince
Thornhill ........
T. P. Coolie 3 4 9
Blewbury 3 4 7
Nally 3 4 7
Lady Conyngham 3 4 6
Esperanee 3 4 6
Chaperon
Vrow 3 4 5

71b ex.
Polmoodie 5 713
Lambourne
Landami• 4 7 3
Barbarity
Queen of the South 5 6 7
Elfrid a
Eardrop 4 6 5
Shirah
Baronage
Honeytree 3 6 12
o. by Alarm, out of
Plush 4 511
Weights for the Stewards' Cup. About one mile. For-
feits to be declared as for the Corporation Plate.

Age et lb _
Age at lb
Leamington
Polmoodie
Knight of the Shire a 7 5 Maggie Lander 3 5 5
Lambourne
Welhanx a 6 13 Pla.gueßoyad 3 5 4
Pater Flat 5 6 13 Broadlands
Queen of the South 5 6 10 Queen Lily 3 5 4
Eardrop 4 6 6 Lady Aintree' 4 5 3
Elfrida
Shirah
Woodman, late Ly- Lizzie 3 5 2
mington ... a 6 2 T. P. Cooke
Laverne 5 6 1 Lady Nelson ...... .. 3 4 7
Baronage 4 6 1 Nelly 3 4 7
Toffey 4 6 0 Apollo .
Prestbury
A morons Boy
YallerGall(in7lbex) 3 5 12 Kilsby . 3 4 5
Martha (in 71b ex) 3 5 10 MagnusTroil
Salmon
Weights for the Ludlow Handicap. About one mile an 1
three-quarters. Forfeits tp be declar,l by Monday
next, Feb. 22.
Age st.lb. Age at.lb.
Leamington
Vandermulin (incl Baronage
71b extra) 5 8 9 Sunbeam
Special Licence 4 7 12 Queenstown 3 5 4
Dnlcamara ...... .... 4 7 4 Broadlande ......
Laudamia 4 6 12 Peeress
Romeo
The Dope 4 6 10 Thornhill
Bay Hilton
Barbarity
Elfrida
Woodman ( late Lady Conyngham 3 4 5
Lymington)
Honeytree 3 5 12 f by Jericho—Divi-
Nougat
The Avenger 4 5 11 Esperance 3 4 5
Weights for the Handicap Hurdle Race. !About two miles
and a quarter, over nine flights of hurdles. Forfeits to
be declared as for the Ludlow Handicap.

Age st.lb.
Knight of the Shire a 11 0
Sluggard
Baud Boy 4 10 2
Chester
Minerva
Teddealey
.. .n
Walterstow .....
R.Erreillee
Little Davie
Zig Zag ... . . ......... a 9 9

Age Ilia,.
Boadicea
Heads or Tails
Toddy a 9 7
Sweetbriar a 9 6
Woodman 6 9 6
Sans Culotte 4 9 5
Red Rose! a 9 5
Brompton
Perseverance a 9 0
Geneva .„ 3 8 2

P RECH OF VINCEIVT _PEKE, ESQ., LATE
MEMBER OF THE VICTORIA LEGISLA-
TION, AT TAUNTON.

VINCENT PrKB, Esq., was received very warmly.
He said he was not present to interfere in the
slightest degree with English politics. He should
not dictate to the people what should be their
franchise, or how they should use it. He was
present to give them a plain statement as to the
practical working of the ballot in the Australian
colonies. He was there to speak of that working
because it was not patent to all. (Hear.) He
must say that it appeared to him rather remark-
able that the English public bad not arrived at a
political position to appreciate between open 0
voting and ballot voting, and to see the efficiency
of the latter principle. Hence, he found many
good and wise men—men of superior intellect and
discernment—viewing
.the ballot as through a fog,
and beholding in it an imaginary. monster. (Laugh-
ter, and hear.) Let himhimask them to view the
question calmly and consistently. It was nothing
for them to say that the ballot or any other plan
of reform had been introduced and advocated by
men whose characters they disapproved. The
richest gold in Australia was often grasped by the
rudest hands, but it did not lose any of its virtue
and was not the less precious on that account.
(Hear.) Therefore, if there was any virtue in the
ballot—if they found any power in it that protected
them in voting, be trusted they would accept it for
its intrinsic merit. (Applause.) In judging the
ballot, they must not Judge it per se by its effects
in some other countries. In France, for instance,
the ballot had lost its virtue, and exhibited little
more than a forgone conclusion ; whilst in America,
although the system was working well, there was
a great laxity in those salutary and necessary
checks which ought to accompany it, and the
absence of which opened the door to chicanery and
bribery. Those, however, were local evils ; they did
not belong to the principle. Most of them, doubt-
less, remembered the celebrated ballot-box dis-
closures in California, and perhaps they blamed the
ballot. Let them, however, ask themselves the
cause of the evil, and they would find it was the
want of a registration—one like the English—with-
out which there was no safety against the evils
spoken of. He did not wish to boast of Australia,
the country of his adoption ; still he felt a love for
it, and he could safely affirm from his own personal
knowledge that the ballot in Victoria was free from
the abuses that characterised it in other countries,
and that it had secured to the elector everything he
could desire, and had done away with bribery and
intimidation. He would, with their permission,
explain the mode in which the ballot operated in
Victoria. He must at the outset presume that
every year all persons entitled to vote saw that thew
names had
.been duly enrolled on the register for
the district in which they resided. [Mr Pyke here
introduced a large diagram cf the polling-place.]
Let them suppose, he proceeded to say, a contested
election to be at hand, and that the polling day had
arrived. The elector is supposed to enter a room
framed off from the rest of the polling booth. He
passes up the room, and enters a door on the left,
and there finds himself in another compartment, in
which is placed the ballot-box on the top of a table.
It is staring the elector full in the face, and is in
full view of the scrutineers and returning officer.
Behind the ballot box sits the returning officer and
poll clerk, and around are other gentlemen, termed
scrutineers. These are agents of the candidates,
who each appoint one. Their duties are-Ist, to
prevent unqualified and unregistered persons vot-
ing, and 2d, to record the number of votes polled.
For this purpose each is provided with a certified
copy of the electoral roll. When the elector enters
the room he goes up to this table, and the returning
officer demands his name. " John Brown," says he.
If there is more than one John Brown, he adds his
residence and profession. Each scrutineer refers to
the roll and find John Brown's name, and against
it the number 1832, that being the order in which
he stands on the list. A tick or mark is then placed
against his name to indicate that he has voted.
Then the returning officer, having first ascertained
that John Brown is the person whom he represents
himself to be, and that he possesses the same quali-
fication as when registered, bands him the ballot
paper. This papers a fac simile of which I hold in
my hand, contains on the face the names in full of
all the candidates. On the lower right-hand corner
of the back is the returning officer's signature, and
on the upper right hand corner is a blank "No.—"
which is filled in with the elector's number "1832."
Then John Brown goes into a screened recess or
niche, of which there are several in the room, pro-
vided with pen, ink, and blotting-paper, and strikes
out the names of the candidates to whom he ob-
jects. He then folds the ballot paper so as to con-
ceal the nature of his vote, exhibiting the returning
officer's signature to the gentlemen around the
table, and finally deposits it into the cleft of the
ballot box. The meeting would see by the Victoria
system of voting that, whilst it was a secret mode
of voting to the elector, it was also sufficiently
public to prevent any deception, and acted as a
check against the evils apparent in the open mode
of voting. (Hear, hear,) Whilst the American
system of vote by ballot allowed each candidate to
provide his own tickets to the electors, whether
Whig, Democratic, and so on, the Australian
system did not alloy any candidate to issue a single
voting paper. They were all issued by the govern-
ment and countersigned by the returning officer.
The American system allowed the possibility of the
sryetsutermninghada
officer acting wrong, but the Australian
complete check against anything
of the sort. In Victoria the voting papers were
counted out to the returning officer as carefully as
if they were bask notes, and that officer had to
make a return to the Government in the presence
of the scrutineers!, none of whom could know how
the elector voted, for they so acted and reacted
upon each other that nothing like fraud could occur
without collusion with every man in the room. In
case an elector could not read, there was a pro-
visionshould
be made is the act that the returning officer
allowed i
to go into the room with him
and strike out the names be did not wish to vote
for. But that allowance would work itself out,
because the law enacted that any man who could
not read or write after a certain period should not
be allowed the exercise of the elective franchise.
But he might observe that at present the returning
officer was sworn to secrecy as to how uneducated
(gear, hear.) At the close of the
poll electors
the voted.th
the in the presence of
the scrutineer, added up the numbers of names ;
the ballot papers were taken out of the box, placed
upon the table, and counted out to ascertain the
exact number, so as to see whether they tallied
with the number of electors that lad polled. That
process havi beenreturningg
g officer,
duly performed, the returning
I nftohbree
Rr nooubfmi
avlineotre
s,Polled—so many for
smith,
die.,
each candidate.
The officer re-
cording The result of the poll was then recorded, and the
officer
sdeclared
othe
m a
nn
many
ballot papers were sea led up and placed in the ee
se Tecate parcels,which were labelled "ballot
papers used," "
ballot papers not used," and
"ballot papers not issued." They were then
sent off in charge. of a proper officer to the
Clerk of the Parliament at Victoria in case
there should be any question raised as to any
particular return. He did not know whether he
bad made himself suffici▪
ently understood. If not,
he should feel happy to answer any individuals any
question they might thi▪
nk fit to put to him. (Ap-
plause.) )
P • He felt that the meeting would agree with
him when he said that it was someting congratula-
tory to the inhabitants of the Antipodes to have
been the first to succeed in introducing the best
and most perfect mode of voting that had as yet
been framed.
.(Applause.) The ballot was a distinct
act from the original coninitution of Australia, and
English statesmen had had no voice whatever in its
framing. The colony of Victoria had no one to
thank for the ballot but his friend Mr. Nicholson,
Mr. Medly, and a few colleagues. (Applause.) They
might naturally ask how it had worked. He was
prepared to answer that question. (Hear, hear.)
He had only recently left the colony, and he hesi-
tated not to assert that its success was entire and
thorough. (Applause.) It not only far exceeded
the expectations of its warmest supporters, but it
had also, from the capital way it had been found to
work, won over many of those who had no doubt
honestly and conscientiously opposed it. (Ap-
plaus-.) The ballot ought not to be looked upon
with party spirit. It was like a two-edged sword,
that cut both ways, for it not only protected the
poor man against the undue influence of those
above him, but it also protected tie rich and inde
pendent electors against the fury of the mob ; and
perhaps at elections they had sometimes specimens
of what that was. (Laughter.) He wished to state
that, because some people looked upon the ballet
as a democratic measure. At the last Melbourne
election the ballot had actually proved itself a truly
Conservative measure and a great friend. The
ministerial candidates were pursued everywhere by
the populace : they were not allowed to address
meetings ; and had open voting prevailed this
would no doubt have prevented the return cf
the members of the Ministry. They, however,
voted by ballot, which allowed every one to
record his vote without molestation or intimide-
tion ; and the result was, that ministers had a de-
cided majority. How was that? Because tbe elec-
tors were sheltered from popular clamour and out-
rage, and allowed to vote quietly. (Applause.) lle
might also add, that netwithstandiug the force and
the inflammatory character of copular feeling, not
one single instance of disorderly conduct occurred
during the polling day. He thought that being
allowed to vote peacefully and quietly was not
one of the least important features in vote by ballot.
(Hear.) That must be most gratifying to all lovers ,

of order, however much it might "disappoint the
Rowdies." (Applause.) So quiet was the election
conducted in this district, that one Irishman said
to him on the polling day, " Oh, sir, this is as dull
as a funeral !"—(laughter)—the people all look as
if they were going to church, instead of the poll.
There is no fun at all. (Renewed laughter.) But
he would leave it to the meeting to say what sort
of fun the man meant. In Australia now the poli-
tical duties of the citizens were discharged in a calm
thoughtful way ; and no one would imagine that a
closely-contested election was going on. At the
outset it was true that many of the colonists urged
that the reasons brought forward in England for
the ballot were not applicable to Victoria, because
of the differences that existed between the electo-
ral law in the two countries ; and they maintained
that it was not required. He must confess that at
first he was of that view, but when be thought of
the large class of people that required protection,
and when he thought of the outrages that had been
perpetrated in Melbourne, he felt convinced that
the ballot would be a boon to all. (Applause) He
remembered being taken quite by surprise when
Mr. Nicholson said to him, " Mr. Pyke, lam
going to put a notice in the paper for the introduc-
tion of the ballot." He had heard that the old mem-
bers were divided, and Mr. Nicholson said he was
certain of carrying it if the "diggers" were in favour
of it. 1-le(Mr. P.) replied that the " diggers" would
carry it ; and he was the first member to present a
petition in its favour, as the representative of Old
Forest Creek, from the " diggers." The sequel
was, that the ballot was carried, and the Ministers
resigned. Mr. Nicholson was sent for to form a
Minisitry ; but, having found that many who voted
for it did so considering it an open question, he de-
' dined the honour. The Ministers therefore re-
turned to office ; but they would have nothing to
do with the ballot, and the whole onus of carrying
it out was thrown upon the ballot members. Mr.
Nicholson at once set to work, framed the ballot
clauses, and the work was successfully carried cut.
(Applause.) Shortly afterwards came the general
election, and amidst the credulity of friends and
the sneers of opponents the success of the ballot was
admitted as decisive, and the press raised its voice
in its favour. (Applause.) He believed that
almost every newspaper in the colony spoke in its
praise. He would with their permission read the
opinion of the Melbourne Herald, dated Sept. 11,
1856 :—" At the date of our last summary, the
Upper HOUS3 elections were pending, and the
utmost public interest was excited as to the result.
The polling for the Central Province (Melbourne
and suburban districts) came off on the 26th ult.,
when the blot was tested for the first time in the
colony, and operated in a manner which not only
satisfied the expe.itations of its most sanguine advo-
cates, but actually won over as converts some of
those who were previously its most determined op-
ponents, both in and out of the Legislature." (Ap-
plause.) The next extract he would read to them
was from the Melbourne Argus, and had reference
to the Kildare election. It was as follows :—" The
polling for the two representatives to serve this
district in the legislative assembly took place yester-
day, and passed off with the most exemplary good
order and quiet ; indeed, with the exception of all
the dead walls iu the neighbourhood being covered
with placards in all the colours of the rainbow, a
stranger in the district, accustomed to election
scenes in the old country, would have exhibited
some amount of incredulity on being told that an
active election contest was proceeding. Not a single
complaint against the working of the ballot, or of
any under hand or unfair practices reached our ear
during our visits to the polling places. The excitement
which prevailed during the day was anything but
active, so far as we could observe by the collections
of persons about the booths ; but at the close of
the poll considerable interest was manifested in the
result." He (Mr. P.) might also add, that the re-
turning officer for the Kildare district was an op-
ponent of the ballot, yet that gentleman after the
close of the poll, on behalf of himself and his assis-
tant officer, bore willing testimony to its favourable
working. The Herald of Sept. 27 also said :—" To
the silent operation, the ballot must undoubtedly
be attributed, in a great measure, the freedom from
disturbance and popular turmoil which has charac-
terised the election proceedings. Viewed in its so-
cial aspect, secret voting may be considered to have
proved itself as successful as it certainly has in its
political effect. With only very few exceptions,
the demoralising intrigues which are often put in
operation at elections have failed to produce those
results which in other times, and under a different
order of things, would have followed. Even is
those instances where indirect influence was re
sorted to, the efficacy of the ballot was proved by
the notoriety which suchpractices at once acquired."
At the South Melbourne election, the following
were the words of the returning officer, on declaring
the poll :—" I hope one day all will bei in favour of
the ballot, for the ballet never will be overturned.
(Cheers.) The report of its successful operation here
will go home and strengthen the hands of the popu-
lar party in England, who are working towards the
same end." He thought it was quite unnecessary
to continue those extracts. Since his arrival in
Taunton he had been asked about a statement that
had appeared in the Times, and which was professed
to have been copied from the Adelaide Despatch.
He had never heard of the paper in question till he
saw it quoted in the Times, and for his part he
thought it was a kind of myth. He knew Adelaide
well, but he certainly must say he did not know
the Adelaide Despatch, and he never heard of a
colonist that knew of such a paper, till the
Times discovered it among some old papers.
(Laughter.) There was another subject in con-
nection with the Times. That paper said some
time since, in commenting on the ballot in the pro-
Asthfeoyr
t,f_wmoi
at
with
gißill,htst e r
)a
—nd
concomitants
hTi
acmh h e
sofe said, hopedpolitical
jug.
has lowered the character of every com-
munity into which it has been introduced." He
which he could point to his adopted country. The
gdtraptioieisesgre,,ihYbdn'taclitßl:loyeeo Reform
denied that assertion, and in proof of
Times was—what should he call it—the great cha-
meleon of the day—proverbial for its fickleness and
recklessness of assertion. It had long since failed to
le td, and now it only followed in the wake of pub
lie opinion. It was like the weathercock, indicative
of the wind. (Laughter.) Let the voice of the people
of England be once raised in favour of the ballot,
and the Times would then discover that it was a
good measure. The charge brought forward by the
Times against the ballot was a very grave one,—
"The ballot has lowered the character of every com-
munity in which it has been adopted." That was a
grave charge, or would be if it could be substantiated.
With regard to the term "political j ugglery," he was
at a loss to know what that implied, if it implied
anything at all. He considered that the
charge of jugglery could be retorted upon those
who gave the people the shadow of the franchise
and withheld from them the substance. (Applause.)
With regard to the ballot in Belgium and America,
he considered that these countries must vindicate
its operation themselves ; but for the country to
which he had the honour to belong he was proud
to say that the operation of the ballot had rendered
brute force of no effect—it had destroyed bribery,
corruption, and intimidation, and had obliterated
those disgraceful scenes recorded in the blue-books
of a Parliamentary 'Committee. (Applause.) He
had, he must confess, spoken warmly on behalf of
his adopted country, but upon the aspersions
that had been cast upon it by the Times tie felt
bound to speak his mind. (Applause.) Although
a colonist, he could not forget he was an English-
man—(applause)--yes, an English citizen. He
knew from experience that when a colonist beheld
the brave and time-honoured banner of Old Eng-
land floating bravely over the southern colonies,
his heart warmed towards it and the land that gave
him birth. (Applause.) Whatever her enemies
might say to the contrary, he could fearlessly assert
that the colony of Victoria contained as loyal, as
trustworthy, and as warm hearts as any portion of
her Majesty's dominions. (Laud applause.) What
must be said, then, of those papers that scattered
broadcast the seeds of animosity, distrust, and, ho
was going to add, rebellion between the parent and
the child—between the mother country and her
colonies ? (Great applause.) He thanked the
meeting sincerely for the kind attention it had paid
him. For his own part he could assure them that
it afforded him the sincerest pleasure to address a
Taunton audience—which pleasure was enhanced,
if possible, by the fact of his being a native of
So mersets ire. (Loud cheers.)
W. E. GILLETT, Eici. —May I be allowed to ask
what time elapses between the deposit of the ballot
papers and the sealing them up by the returning
officer.

Mr. PYKE —The box is placed upon the table,
and at 4 o'clo:tk the ballot is close]. The papers
are immediately taken, and not a man is allowed to
leave the room until the papers have been added up
by the returning officer and the other officials, and
sent off to the clerk of the Parliament by a compe-
tent officer.

JERSEY AND GUERNSEY MAILS.—On the evening of
Saturday, the 20th hist., and on the evenings of every
succeeding Thursday and Saturday, additional mails will
be made up in London for Jersey and Guernsey, for
conveyance by the packets rhich at present run to those
islands from Weymouth, on the mornings of Monday
and Friday. Additional return mails will be conveyed
by the packets at present leaving Jersey and Guernsey,
for Weymouth, on the mornings of Tuesday and Satur.
day. —By command of the Postmaster-General, ROWLAND
HILL, Sec.—General Post.office, Feb., 1858.
AMERICAN MAILS.—The Cunard steamer Europa sails
from Liverpool for New York on Saturday, with the
mails and passengers. The Liverpool letter-box closes
at 10 a.m., with late fees at 11, and on the inding•
Stage at 12.