The Sun.
London, England, 1860-10-24 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 24, 1830.

mode of attack. No steam frigate can do this.
The shot-proof steam ram's most effective mode of

THE VOLUNTEER MOVEMENT.

attack is when she presents her sharp stem to the
enemy and uses her front battery. A shot striking
her in that position it either must glance off the
oblique surface, or, hitting the iron plate obliquely,
the shot must have double the quantity to pene-

Within the last few weeks a remarkably fine
Volunteer Corps, which has escaped public notice,
has been embodied at the extensive works of Messrs.

Cubitt and Co., the eminent builders in Gray's-inn-
road, of which the Lord Mayor elect has long been
at the head. It is composed of upwards of 100
young men, well educated and intelligent, belong-
ing to the class of skilled artisans employed by the
firm, and who devote themselves to the acquire-
ment of the necessary military knowledge and apti-
tude with commendable interest and spirit. They
form the 6th company of the 20th Middlesex, and
wear a handsome distinctive uniform, costing be-
tween £4 and .£5, towards which each man volun-

trate, which Whitworth's flat-headed bolt shot is
not likely to do. The steam ram is safe, therefore,
from the artillery of the steam frigate, the only

mode of offence or defence of the latter. The steam

ram, particularly if she has the superiority in speed
and quickness of movement, could knock away the
masts or bowsprit of the steam frigate or disable
her rudder by shot, so that, screw fouled by
wreck, or the rudder useless, the steam frigate
must give up or be sunk by the blow of the
beak. It is unnecessary to prove that no lateral
strength can possibly be given to the steam
frigate which would enable her side to resist the

tarily contributes a small sum from his weekly
earnings. They have chosen for their captain Mr.
Plucknett, one of the members of the firm ; Mr. W.
R. Rogers, another member, is the lieutenant ; and
on Mr. W. M. Dunnage, son of the senior partner,
the duties of ensign devolve. They drill on three
nights in the week, under the superintendence of
a non-commissioned officer in the Line, in a
commodious shed in connexion with the works,
cheerfully lighted with gas, which has
been expressly set apart and adapted for
the purpose by the partners. The company
is constantly receiving fresh accessions to its
ranks from among the skilled workmen in the ser-

blow or concussion of a vessel constructed
for the purpose, and running into her with the
weight and impetus of 3,000 or 4,000 tons and speed
of eight or ten knots, from instantly bursting in
her side. I now answer some objections, apparently
well founded, which have been made to me against
using the principle of the steam ram.
The steam ram cannot possibly foul her screw by
the wreck of the vessel she .destroys. Her working
screw must be the whole length of the vessel from
the locality of the wreck or the vessel struck, and
every stroke of the screw backing removes her fur-
ther from that locality. The foremost rudder and
screw blades, in preparing for the attack, are placed
and fixed fore and aft. I have the opinions of some
of our ablest ship constructors that the stern piece
can be made so strong as effectually to protect screw
and rudder from all harm where the concussion
takes place. It has been said also that if the steam
ram were going at a high speed against a large
vessel the force of the blow or concussion would
throw the engine out of gear and render it useless.
This opinion is abundantly refuted by innumerable
facts. We hear unfortunately almost every day of
steamers, some that have run down other vessels,
upon rocks, and going at 11 or 12 knots against
stone walls, as at Birkenhead, or into a stone pier,
mounting up the stones on either side as if it had
been an earthquake, as at New York, and in every
case the engines have never been injured or inuti-
lised until either the bottom has been beaten in by
the rocks or the fires have been extinguished by the
water rushing in, but the engines have never, and
even the stem of the vessel has but seldom, been
much the worse for the shock, We must recollect
that all these cases of collision or wreck have oc-
curred with merchant vessels of ordinary construc-
tion and strength, and as such, therefore, are far
inferior in solidity and strength to what the war
steamers would be expressly built and prepared for
purposely effecting what has been so often unin-
tentionally done. The beak of the steam ram rush-
ing upon a large ship with the momentum of 3,000
or 4,000 tons, can never encounter a sudden check ;
it is the gradual crushing blow—the side yielding
to it, the vessel struck heels over, and is more or
less driven before the blow. lam persuaded a man
in the gunroom of the steam ram could hardly know
that a collision had taken place. It is again said
that the application of the principle of the steam
ram has never been tried. I point out as my answer
the cases of collisions I have alluded to. Every
steam vessel that has destroyed another by running
into that vessel is to all intents and purposes a
steam ram.
The steam frigate has only one apparent advan-
tage over the steam ram, and that will disappear
on examination—namely, the line-of-battle ship's
masts and sails enable her to make long voyages,
but the steam ram has her five or six schooner
masts, and, if required for a long voyage, topmasts,
gafftop sails, stay sails, and square sails can be
added, so that she will spread almost as many yards
of canvass as the line-of-battle ship. To resist in-
vasion or protect seaports and harbours the steam-
ram is tenfold more serviceable than the steam frigate
or. any other description of vessel or shore battery.
In case of an invasion there must be a large num-
ber of vessels together heavily laden with men,
artillery, and all the necessary accompaniments for
the purpose. Two or three rapid and agile steam
rams would soon g©t in among them, and a
single touch from them would send the whole
cargo to the bottom, while their guns were
also reaching the more distant vessels. Three or
four mad dogs among a flock of sheep could not kill
and lacerate so great a number with more ease and
safety to themselves than these steam rams would
do amid such a convoy.
Treble the number of similar vessels could be no
protection to the convoy, unless they had a great
superiority in speed and quickness of movement.
Steam frigates could only depend on their chance
shots, and they could be equally met by other ves-
sels of the same description.
As protection for harbours the steam ram is un-
questionably the most effective, indeed infallible,
for no description of vessel can escape from its blow.
Amid all the incongruities so abundantly occurring
during and since the Russian war in public matters,
particularly in military and naval matters, none can
more readily excite a smile than when the Govern-
ment wished to know from the sub committee on
coast defences what would be the most effective
mode of protecting Portsmouth harbour and arsenal
from being bombarded by shot-proof vessels coming
into Spithead and throwing shells and incendiary
projectiles over the town. A plan and estimate was
seriously sent in for forming a complicated work of
Looms, chains, nets, and innumerable an-
chors to spread over so large a place
as Spithead, at a cost of £500,000 ! like
a net for catching tunny fish. The difficulty
of keeping all this cumbrous complication in
working order in winter and storm, and the impos-
sibility of spreading out the trap with sufficient
quickness to catch the interlopers, who necessarily-
would come on very suddenly, the enormous incon-
venience of embarrassing this important roadstead
with all this mass of materials, seemed to have es-
caped the attention of the committee, as we'll as the
simple remedy—viz., to oppose them by the same
kind of vessels. As these would be constructed for
harbour protection alone, they could be made more
t ot
important to
powerful and handy than those of the enemy.
Four iron-protected vessels are now in the pro-
cess of construction—two laid down by the late
Admiralty Board, and two by the present. All four
are fitted with the same powerful longitudinal
strength and form of stem for sinking by concussion
—the peculiar characteristic of the steam ram.
In spite of the remonstrances of the most experi •
enced and intelligent sea :11,ord under Sir J. Paking-
n and
the
ofnacilsbe nw;gspeuraiotlirat cutwater was subsequently
addeds,
Warrior,ydao_at es d, npda rendering9o-gu nship's
sel ss masts,her
most yards,o
well as the heavy extra
expense incurred in giving her that quality—the
sinking by concussion. The mischief may still be
remedied by taking off that cutwater excrescence,
and adopting another mode of masts and sails, suited
for a vessel built to sink by the blow when required.
She will still be able to use all her actual artillery,
spread almost as much canvass, and become tenfold
inure formidable by going back to the original in-
tention, and this without the sacrifice of a single
essential good quality. I think without the upper
decks, and every outside projection but catheads re-
moved, she would he lighter and livelier in the
water, and equally useful and safe.
Mr. Whitworth alludes to smaller non-protected
vessels to carry two or three guns of the heaviest cali-
bre, being able to send their shot through the iron
casing of the large ship, and so ultimately to de-
stroy her. Mr. Whitworth must recollect that his
flat-headed bolt shot will not frequently find a flat
surface to strike upon; that a verylittle sea will cause
the small vessel to be unsteady, consequently her aim
uncertain; that to enable her to send her shot
through the iron plate she must, be in very danger-
ous proximity to the large ship; that at such dis-
tances from the comparatively steady decks of the
large vessel the little one forms an admirable tar-
get, which
oichtrhey must he execrable gunners to mime
that many shots must strike the large vessel before
any serious mischief can be done to her; that in-
cendiaryexploding projectiles are harmless
against her, but a single shell of molten iron, liquid I
fire, k C.,
would destroy the smaller vessel.

vice of the firm ; masters and men are regularly to
be seen drilling together without distinction in the
evenings; and the immediate effect of the move-
ment has been in the generous cultivation of loyalty
and patriotism, to bring into more conspicuous re-
lief than ever, in the minds of both employers and
employed, a smite of their identity of interests and
their mutual relationship and dependence.

A good deal of activity continues to be displayed
in Suffolk, in connexion with the movement. The

Ist Suffolk battalion, consisting of the Sudbury,
Hadleigh, Bury St. Edmund's, and Eye corps, are
to be reviewed this week on Mellis green. The
Mayor of Eye (Mr. C. F. Costerton) has offered a
silver cup to be shot for by the members of the Eye
company.

The Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cam-
bridge has presented a silver cup to be shot for by
the Cambridge University Volunteers. The match
will take place on the 31st inst.
The Earl of Yarborough, Lord-Lieutenant of
Lincolnshire, intends to give one or more prizes to
each of the three battalions of Volunteers in that
county, to be shot for in the spring of next year.
The Countess of Yarborough will also offer a cup to
each battalion, to be shot for at the same time as
the Lord Lieutenant's prizes.
In Essex the services of the Waltham Abbey,
Loughton, and Buckhurst-hill Company have been
officially accepted, and the corps has been num-
bered the 22d in the county. The corps has at-
tained a total of 80 effectives, and £3OO has been
subscribed to meet the necessary expenses. Sir
Charles Wake has granted an admirable site for a
rifle range at Forest-side, Waltham Abbey. The
Witham Company have had their last field-day for
the season at Terling-place, the seat of Lord Ray-

leigh.
On Monday a review of the Volunteers of North
Staffordshire, and Macclesfield, and Congleton
(Cheshire) took place at Leek. About 1000 riflemen,
together with the Leek troop of Yeomanry Cavalry,
took part in the proceedings. The Volunteers were
divided into two battalions, the First (Cheshire)
under the command of Sir Charles Sbakerley,
Captain of the Congleton Volunteer Corps; the
second (North Staffordshire), commanded by Capt.
Buchanan, Adjutant to the Battalion. Lieut.-Col.
Buller held the chief command, assisted by Major
Walters (Liverpool Volunteer Artillery Corps),
Lieut. Campbell, and Captains Midgley and Adams
(Staffordshire Yeomanry Cavalry). The movements
were those of brigade, this being the first time the
Staffordshire Volunteers ever took part in brigade
drill. The movements were effected with very great
precision and efficiency, especially the skirmishing
by the Cheshire battalion. At the close of the
review Lieut.-Colonel Buller said he had been
astonished, and so had Major Walters, a gentleman
♦ery well qualified to judge, at the way in which
they had gone through their movements. The
ground was covered with spectators, and, the
weather being fine, the review passed off very
successfully.
Mr. C. S. Hannington (of the firm of S. Hanning-
ton and Sons, Brighton), with a view to assist the
Volunteer movement, a short time since proposed
to the authorities to raise an entire company of 80
men from among the assistants in his employ, to
augment the present artillery corps in Brighton,
which offer they have been pleased to accept. The
ceremony of swearing them in accordingly took
place on Friday evening last. The company " fell
in" at the establishment in North-street, and
marched to the Town-hall, escorted by the band of
the Artillery Corps, headed by a detachment of the
Ist company. On arriving at the Town•hall they
were received by the Ist, 2d, and 3d companies of
artillery, drawn up in two lines, under the command
of Lieut.-Col. Estridge. There were present Capt.
Dalbiac (Commandant), Capt. Johnson, Adjutant
Paisley, Lieutenants Sharood, Livesay, Bram well,
Surgeon Burrows, &c. The oath was then duly
administered by Capt. Dalbiac.

FATAL ACCIDENT ON TBE LONDON
AND SOUTH-WESTERN RAILWAY.

Yesterday Mr. Wm. Carter, the coroner for the
eastern division of Surrey, held an inquest at the
house of Mr. T. Bryon, the New Bell, York-street,
Lambeth, respecting the circumstances attending
the death of Thomas Ridley, aged 27, who lost his
life on the London and South-Western Railway,
under the following circumstances :
Mr. Inspector Bent attended to watch the case
on behalf of the direetozs of the railway company.
Thomas Violet said that he was a ticket examiner
in the employment of the above company. Last
Sunday afternoon witness was on the platform of
the up and down lines. At 4.20, after letting pas-
sengers into the train, he saw the deceased run be-
tween two carriages, one of which was not coupled,
as it was intended that the last one should not go by
the train, and the deceased only intended to let the
train pull it up a short distance along the line,
in order to get it to one of the turn tables. He
noticed him uncouple the carriage, and as he did so
he fell between the two carriages, and the axle of
the wheel of the last one caught him and twisted
him round, and the carriage passed over him. He
was picked up, taken into one of the booking offices,
and he saw no more of him whilst alive. He thought
he was then dying. He was behind him when he
fell. When• carriages were to be uncoupled it was
usual for a man to get between them to do so.
James Smale, a porter in the company's service,
gave corroborative evidence.
The Coroner—How do you account for this oc-
currence? _ _ _

Witness—l believe his object was to hook the
carriage on to the tail of the train, to save him the
labour of pushing it up to the turn table, which
was 40 yards distant. It would require only a
start before the carriage could be pulled up.

The Coroner—Was it a necessary part of his
duty?
Witness—Certainly not, and there were orders
issued that such should not be done, but it is a com-
mon practice to do so if they are not noticed by
their inspectors.
The Coroner—Now, was it not manifestly dan-
gerous to disobey the instructions issued by the
company ?
Witness—Decidedly it was.
Mr. Inspector Bent said that the orders were
very stringent in order to protect the lives of their
servants, and he had known men to be heavily fined
for so doing.
Mr. E. Dod, surgeon, who was called in to at-
tend the deceased, said he believed that he had
received an internal rupture of the viscera of the
abdomen. He expired in about an hour and a half
after meeting with the accident.
The learned Coroner having pointed out the
great danger of persons employed on railways if
they did not act up to the orders issued by the
companies,
The jury returned a verdict of "Accidental
death."

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THE NEW _KINGDOM OF rTALY.

, By this time, with an unanimity vhich is not
wonderful, the Neapolitans will have voted them-
selves subjects of the kingdom of Italy, under
Victor Emmanuel. The title, thenfore, will be
complete. Theoretically, unanimous election is,
without doubt, the best title by wlich any King
can hold a sceptre. The longest hereditary succes-
sion is but the original title of the first possessor '
transmitted through his descendants. Choice or
force, election or conquest, are at there& of all our
Royal trees ; and, of the two, electi►n is surely to
be esteemed more valid than conquest. It was the
title pointed out by God himself; it vas the title of
the chiefs of our German ancestors ; it is the title
of our own Royal House ; and it is tie title of. the
Emperor who has watched over and nurtured this

rising electoral kingdom. It may be suggested that
to make such a ceremony as election by universal
suffrage strictly valid there should be a vacancy, as
there was in the days of Saul, and also in those of
James 11., and also in those of Napoleon 111. But
perfect unanimity in the electors umost presumes
a vacancy, especially if there be moral reasons to
justify their casting off their old allegiance. The
Neapolitans have quite as good a case against their
Francis 11. as we had against our James 11. He has
certainly broken the original compact between
Prince and people, and, if he has not deserted the
kingdom, he has certainly abdicated the functions
of government. The title Victor Emmanuel has now
obtained is therefore perfectly good according to all
the principles of public law, if he can only reduce it
into possession.
This is how the transaction appears in our con-
stitutional eyes. We class it with a hundred pre-
cedents of tyrants expelled and lawful Princes
created by election to succeed them. But Victor
Emmanuel cannot expect that the same view of
this case is taken at Warsaw. " What God is in
Heaven the Czar is on earth" is the ortho-

dox creed taught to the Russian peasant; and
the pleasant doctrine is doubtless complacently re-
peated by Royal lips Teutonic as well as Tartar.
What is a cause of joy and congratulation in Lon-
don and Paris will be vexation at Warsaw, and will
lengthen official faces at St. Petersburg, Vienna, and
Berlin. Russia is a long way off, and very much
occupied, and not quite certain of having her own
way outside her own frontiers, or she would con-
sistently put down at once any unpleasant novelty
in that chain of precedents which tends to dis-
courage the right divine of Monarchs to govern
wrong. Prussia, with all her semblance of Consti-
tutional freedom, would crush it as ruthlessly as she
would the attempt of any newspaper to publish
truth, or the pretence of any unhappy traveller
upon the Rhine to protest against the pettifogging
ruffianism which has succeeded to the more gentle-
manlike brigandage of the former possessors of those
banks. But Prussia is afraid lest the French should
come as missionaries of civilisation to those parts if
she should do any unassisted act towards her
secret desires. Austria—but we know what Aus-
tria would do if she dare. These three potentates
have got together to warm each other's zeal, to
nurse the common wrath and keep it warm, but
not to do anything. It is at present only a con-
venticle of despotism where any sinner may go
and be converted. Lord John Russell seems to be
in a happy frame of mind, and Prussia has great
hopes of him; but we have not heard of any other
converts. It does not for the present pretend to
the authority of a settled Church, and it has been
explained by the Emperor of Russia to the Em-
peror of the French that there is no intention of
excommunicating the latter from the communion
of crowned heads. Still, however, it is a black look
from the north cast upon freedom, and especially
upon Italy. It is only at the present a " biting of
the thumb" at Victor Emmanuel and his new title.
If Russia has been politely prompt in her reassur-
ances to France, Austria has been no less expres-
sive in her declarations that she means nothing
serious. After a somewhat eventful interval France
and Austria have, in fact, reverted to their original
position. It is not difficult for the youngest reader
to recollect the time when Austria was declaring
to France that she had not the least intention to
strike the first blow against Sardinia, but that Sar-
dinia was acting so offensively that really, &c., &c.
And then, it will also be recollected, Austria in a
moment of excitement crossed the Ticino and France
came down upon her, and all that is.now going on
succeeded in natural sequence. But, as the Eastern
proverb says, "An ostrich will always be an
ostrich," and so we say, " Austria will be Austria
still." Austria is at this moment making the same
preparations and also the same declaratiors. She
is declaring she will respect the new English and
French borh heresy of non-intervention, which
causes to Pio Nono such paroxysms of disgust, and
she is massing her troops upon the Po, building a
steam fleet on the Guarda Lake, and making Verona
impregnable. Meanwhile Victor Emmanuel is
raising his insolent head as King of Italy and
Garibaldi is talking to his comrades in prophetic
strain of future campaigns in Venetia and in
Hungary. Will those plethoric citadels and their
overcrammed hosts of armed men, and will those
well drilled squadrons whose horses drink the
waters of the Po, look on quietly while Garibaldi
or while Turr marshals his array upon the
frontier ? It looks very like the old position.
Some day or other the young Emperor will again
lose his patience, the portals of the Quadrilateral
will open, and Austria will be unable to resist the
temptation to swallow her easy and insolent prey.
What will then happen ? M. Grandguillot tells
the sequel plainly enough when he declares on the
part of the Emperor that that important person-
age is fully convinced that " a purely defensive
attitude is the line of conduct which Austria has
adopted, and from which she does not intend to
depart." If Austria moves she is lost. Whether
if she remains still she is saved we do not dare to
say. Napoleon may or may not have determined
to break her up at any rate, and he may or may
not have secret sympathies with strange things
about Hungary which have fallen from Garibaldi
and are freely discussed on the heights of St. An-
gelo; but, unless M. Grandguillot has lost his in-
spiration, it is clear that an attack upon Sardinia,
openly threatening as is her attitude, and repulsive
as is this her new presumption to give a King to
Italy, it would bring on a campaign in the Penin-
sula, wherein Austria without a fleet would be like
a dog fighting an otter in the water.
This article in the Constitutionnel is probably
Napoleon's quiet reply to the divine right demon-
stration at Warsaw. Just at this moment Napo-
leon is by no means in a humour to allow Austria
to go down South and settle matters according to
her fancy in the South of Italy. He may love Ga-
ribaldi much or little, but he certainly loves the
three great Powers and the little Milky Way of
fragmentary Sovereigns who are met at Warsaw
less. They may write as lovingly as they please,
but he knows very well that if there had been no
Napoleon 111. there would have been no meeting at
Warsaw, and that they are not met to consult as to
his well-being and future happiness he is obstinately
persuaded. Therefore, he answers by a defense to
Austria to go out of her own fortifications, and by a
gentle intimation that she has broken the peace of
Zurich by her conduct towards Venetia, which had
been specially stipulated in that document. There
is a peculiar significance in this last hint, as we
shall probably see when Garibaldi makes his de-
scent upon the coast of Venetia. This seems to be
the position, It may not long endure. Now,
then, is the opportunity of Victor Emmanuel, If
he does not seize the opportunity to drive the
King of Naples into the sea, or, more humanely,
into a sea-going boat, he is not the man for his
time. A few words, a high bid, a new phase of
policy, may change all. This crown of Italy is
worth an energetic clutch, now that, after such
doubtful play for it, it is within reach.—Times.

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Match, 100, h ft. Last half of Ala. M., 3 fur. 217 yds.
Mr. T. Hughes's Ladylike, 2 yrs, Bst 71b (Hughes) 1
Mr, Savile's Desdemona, 5 yrs, 9st
Betting-5 to 4on Desdemona.
Won by a length.
Optional Selling Stakes of 5 sovs each, with 25 added; for
2-yr-olds ; colts, Bst 121 b ; fillies, Bst 81b ; selling allow-
ances. Last half of Ab. M., 3 furlongs 217 yds. 10 subs.
Lord Stamford's Sacerdos (£6O), 7st 51b .. (A. Edwards) 1
Mr. Copperthwaite's Bewitching Fanny (£6O), 7st llb
(W. Bottom) 2
Me. J. Abel's Epaulatte (£6O). 7st lib (H. Bradley) 3
The following also ran :—Addy colt, Stitch in Time,
Baroness, Moldavian, and Harlequin.
Even on Sacerdos, 5 to 1 aget any other offered.
Won by three-quarters of a length; a bad third.
Sweepstakes of 10 says each; for 3-yr-olds, 7st 101 b; four,
Bet 41b ; five and upwards, Bst 81b. The winner to be
sold for 80 soya if demanded, &c. Last half of Ab. M.,
three furlongs 217 yards. 7 subs.
Mr. Bell's Rosalind, 3 yrs, 7st 101 b (Grimshaw) 1
Duke of Beaufort's Blue Ruin, 3 yrs, 7st 101 b .. (Bray) 2
Mr. S. Lambert's Massa (late Negro) 7st 101 b (Challoner) 3
Oliver, Orcus, and Tuccio also ran.
Betting--2 to 1 agst Oliver, 7to 2 agst Massa, sto 1
apt Rosalind.
Won by a head ; three •quarters of a length between the
second and third.
Sweepstakes of 200 sons each, h ft ; for colts, Bst 71b each.
Ab.M. 6 subs.

Mr. Merry's Russley (Custance) w o
Tie Cambridgeshire Stakes of 25 soya each, 10 ft, and 5
only if declared, with 100 added ; extra weight for win-
ners; the second to receive 50 sovs out of the stakes
184 subs., of whom 92 pay 5 sow; each. Cambridgeshire
course. 1 mile 240 yards.
Mr. Swindell's Weatherbound, 3 yrs, Est 101 b (J. Adams) 1
Count F. de Lagrange's Mdllo de Chantilly, 6 yrs, Bst
(Hearnden) 2
Mr. Hodgman's Heiress, 4 yrs, Est . . (Mitchell) 3
Mr. Jacob's Amsterdam, 5 yrs, 9st (Alderort) 0
Mr. R. C. Naylor's Summerside, 4 yrs, (inc. 31b ex.)
31b (E. Sharp) 0
Mr. Henry's The Rap, 3 yrs, 7st 101 b (Britton) 0
Mr. Sherring's Chance Shot, 3 yrs, 6st 71b .. (Parsons) 0
Mr. Gibb's Golden Pippin, 3 yrs, Est 61b .. (T. French) 0
Mr. Jaques's Feodorowna, 3 yrs (inc. 31b ex.), 6st 31b
(H. Grimshaw) 0
Mr. Wareham's Australian Maid, 4 yrs, 6st 21b
(Maidment) 0
Mr. Fleming's Cavriana, 3 yrs, 6st 11b.... (H. Bradley) 0
Mr. H. Savile's Parmesan, 3 yrs, Est (J. Philips) 0
Mr. Spencer's Sermo, 3 yrs, Est (Woodhouse) 0
Lord Glasgow's c. by Barbatas—Flatter, 3 yrs, sst 71b
(Doyle) 0
Mr. H. Savile's Roesia, 3 yrs, Est 71b (J. Daley) 0
Lord Ailesbary's Cantine, 4 yrs (in. 71b ext.), Bst lib
(L. Snowden) 0
Mr. Alexander's Thunderbolt, 3 yrs, 7st 41b • .(Boggis) 0
Mr. H. S. Hunt's Moorcock, 4 yrs, 7st 41b.. (Auckland) 0
Mr. J. Osborne's Moorhen, 3 yrs (inc. 31b ex.), 7st 31b
(Challoner) 0
Count F. de Lagrange's Nuncia, 4 yrs, 7st lib (Watkins) 0
Sir C. Monck's Prelude, 4 yrs, st llb (Charlton) 0
Mr. Murland's Benbow, 4 yrs, 7st lib .... (J. Snowden) 0
Mr. W. S. Cartwright's Ripon, 3 yrs, 7st .. (H. Covey) 0
Sir W. Booth's Stampedo, 3 yrs, 7st .. (A. Sadler) 0
Mr. Hargreave's Sir William, 3 yrs, Est 131 b (car. 7st)
(Bullock) 0
Mr. Harland's Maid of the Mist, 4 yrs, Est 91b
( Weatherall) 0
Mr. J.Willington's Consolation, 4 yrs, Est 71b (Dickenson) 0
Mr. Greville's Contadina, 3 yrs, Est 71b (Drew) 0
Mr. R. Ten Broeck's Maggiore, 3 yrs, 6st 71b(A. Edwards) 0
Betting at starting-2 to 1 agst Weatherbound, 6to 1
agst Prelude, 9 to 1 agst Sir William, 12 to I agst Golden
Pippin and Thunderbolt, 100 to 7 agst Maggiore, 20 to 1
each agst Heiress, Summerside, and Roesia, 33 to 1 each
agst Moorhen, Ripon, and Amsterdam, 40 to 1 each agst
Mdlle. de Chantilly, Feodorowna, and Sermo.
After a number of false attempts, owing to the disobedi-
ence of several of the jockeys and the fractiousness of Aus-
tralian Maid, the flags fell to a wretched start, Moorhen,
Feodorowna and Australian Maid being left behind a long
way. Sir William, Contadina, and Maggiore on the whip
hand, wore the first to show in front, the others, with the
exception of the trio above named, being in close company
with the leaders. In about 200 yard. the running was
taken up by Contadina, Summerside, Consolation, Mag:
giore, Heiress, Roesie, Maid of the Mist, Mdlle. de
filly, Thunderbolt, Weatherbound, Golden Pippin, and
Prelude figuring among the first ranks. Approaching the
site of the old Duke's Stand, Weatherbound and Mdlle. de
Chantilly singled themselves out, and at once quitted the
whole of their opponents.
A slashing race home ensued,
Mdlle. de Chantilly appearing at one time to have the best
of the struggle, but her jockey tiring as they neared the
judge's chair, the French mare was beaten beaten by a head ;
there were five lengths between
the second and third horses.
Maggiore was fourth, close up with Heiress, and Roesia a
head behind the fourth• Golden Pippin, Thunderbolt, and
Prelude were the next lot. The last four comprised Nuneia,
The Flutter colt, Amsterdam, and Australian Maid.
Sweepstakes of 10 sovs each; weight for age; the winner to
be sold for 200 sovs, &c. Criterion Course. 6 subs.
Mr, H. Ten Broeck's Pomona, 3 yrs, 7st 71b3 yrs, 7st
7st
Fordham)7lb 1
Mr. Copperthwaitos Woman in Red,
(W. Bottom) 2
Tom Thumb, Lord of the Manor, and Catawba also ran.
Betting—Even on Pomona.
Won by a length; a bad third.

Acceptances for the Nirsery.—First Class.
Et. lb. I

st. lb.
8 7 Snapshot ............ 7 Hi
Miss Duustable.
8 5 Hilarity ........ ...... 7
TomYris
8 4 Sharpshooter ....... .. 7 8
Isthmian
8 4 North Wold ...... ... • 7 8
Sweet Hawthorn.
.. S 4 Orerton ...... .. ....... 7 5
Duchess
8 2 Shingle.. t . ........... 6 10
Litueflower
Prince Plausible.--
Wee Polly
t aised to Bst 71b, and the others in proportion.
Second Class.

st. lb. i st. lb.
Malta ............ 8 7 Rapture
Asteroid .......... .... 8 3 fby Lon
3
Knightsbridge ..... ... 712 ture
Henham Lass, ....... 7 11 c by West Australian
Gabrielle d'Est6res ... 7 9 —Lady Evelyn..... 7 2
7 I
Evenhand.... ..... ... 7 7 Redpole..
:: 7 1
Astarte .............. 7 5 Gaberdine
6 8
Eriethonius .......... 7 5 Brilliant
5 12
fby King Tom—Molly 7 5 Rose
The highest weight accepting being
7st 91b, it has been
Poised to, Bet 71b, and tbs rest in proportion.

STAY E OF TRADE.

NEWMARKET HOUGHTON MEETING. MANCHESTER, Oct. 23.—1 n the cloth-market there
is very little change since last Tuesday. The buyers,
TUESDAY. for India are holding back, owing to the bad ac-
Fifty Pounds, for 2-yr-olds, sst 71b ; three, Bst llb ; four,
9st 21b ; five and upwards, 9st 91b; the winner, with his rsleanta counts by the last mail, though hoping for better.
me the manufacturers of India goods are well
engagements, to be sold for 300 ga., if demanded. Last
three miles of B.C. engaged to order, and are very firm in prices. For
other foreign markets and for the home trade there
Col. Martyn's Somersault, 2 yrs, sst 71b .... plidgeleY) 1
Mr. Jaques's Weatherwitch, 2 yrs, sst 71b --(Hose is a moderate demand, and prices are (Mosey) 2 mostly steady,
Mr. Jackson's Claud du Val's dam colt, 2 yrs, sst 71b but buyers are naturally influenced by the position
(Burk) 3 of the India trade, and act cautiously, so that where
The following also ran : My Lady, Lopcatcher, The there is any change the tendency of prices is against
Falconer, Blue Devil filly, Fisherman, Auricular, Parapet, 1 the seller. In the yarn market there is nothing
Rose, Ochiltree, Lady Chesterfield, Stanton, and Lucy. ,Ic,ing for India, but there has been a little business
Betting-4 to 1 agst Somersault, 6to 1 each agst Stanton for China, and a fair demand for the home trade,
and Claud du 'Val's dam colt, Bto 1 agst Philip the Fal- and the prices of these kinds of twist are exceed-
coner, 10 to 1 each agst Auricular and Parapet. ingly ' etrong. For the markets of Germany and the
The three placed were in front throughout, Somersault medite,-eanean a little business is doing. Although
whole, is reported to be strong and
winning cleverly by a length and a half ; three lengths be
rather les'g :.s doing than up to ten days ago, the
tween the second and third. Rose was fourth, and Blue
.on ths
me s&”s. John Slagg and Co. report :
Devil filly next, the others pulling up, straggled in.
heaarlkthet, y-
The winner was claimed, and Mr. Lumley claimed the m
"There is little
0, no change to report since Tues-
Claud du Val's dam colt. day last. India and China goods are still neglected,
The All-aged Stakes of 100 sovs each, h ft, 15 sovs ft if de- but owing to the hea-''Ycontracts in hand, prices
dared in the Craven. 25 soya if declared in the July are on the whole tololt bly well supported. For
Meeting, to go to the first and second horses. Two-yr- long-cloths, 11 eioths, and inrinters, there has been
olds, 7st; three, Bst 121 b; four and upwards, Oat 51b; less inquiry for the last few trlays ; but the produc-
'
mares and geldings allowed 31b. Winners extra. Bretby tion is generally well engag‘ d, and there is no
Stakes Course, 6 fur. 16 subs. change in prices."
Mr. Alexander's Thunderbolt, 3 yrs, Oat 31b (in. 51b ex.) LEEDS, 23d.—There was a srnai attendance of
(Sharpe) 1 buyers in the cloth-halls this morning, and the eitles
Mr. Saxon's Brown Duchess, 2 yrs, 7st 21b (in. 51b ex.) of cloth were confinedchiefly to
(Midgeley) 2
Mr. Locke's Man Friday, 3 yrs, 9st 51b (Hughes) 3 presen t requirements. The trade at
small parcels for
the Iv arehous,%e
Mr. E. R. Clark's Rover, 4 yrs, 9st 51b .... (S. Rogers) 4 too is rather quiet, neither the home nor the foreigut
Betting-6 to 4 agst Brown Duchess, 7to 4 agst demand being active. The duties to be imposed on
Thunderbolt, 4to 1 agst the Rover, sto 1 agst Man Friday. English woollens imported into France under the
Thunderbolt made play, Brown Duchess and the Rover new treaty of commerce have not yet been finally
next close together. Entering the cords, Brown Duchess settled, but will be discussed in Paris this week ;
led slightly, but halfway up the hill Thunderbolt made his and in consequence of a communication from Mr.
effort, winning cleverly by half a length; bad third. Cobden the Leeds and Huddersfield chambeff's of com-
merce have just sent deputatione to represent the.
£5O Plate, for three-yr-olds, 7st 81b ; four, Bst 71b; five,
Yorkshire woollen trade before the Englit h. and
six, and aged, Bst 101 b ; maidens &lowed 71b. R.M.
French commissioners to whom the tariff is sub-
One mile 17 yards. witted. Mr. E. Wurtzburg and Mr. D. Bir-
Baron de Niviere's Pretendant, 3 yrs, 7st 81b (Watkins) 1
chall represent Leeds, and Mr. Weiss rep.re-
Mr. Copperthwaite's Twilight, 4 yrs, Bst 71b(L. Snowden) 2
Mr. Sargent's Crater, 3 yrs, 7st 81b
The following also ran :—Lady Trespass, Pastime, Gib- Hartley, woollen manufacturer, Calverley, near
raltar, Byewaya, Lupellus, Underhand, and Gallus. Leeds, whose suspension of payment has already
Betting-3 to 1 agst Gallus, 4to 1 each agst Crater and been mentioned in The Sun, was made a-
Twilight, 6to 1 agst Lupellus, 7to 1 agst Lady Trespass. bankrupt in the Leeds District Court of Bankruptcy
Crater was first off, followed by Pretendent, with Gallus, on Monday last. The petitioning creditor is Mr.
Twilight, Underhand, and Lupellus next in the order named. Riley, wool merchant, of this town. The liabilities
Descending the hill, Twilight went to the front, waited of the bankrupt are about £lB,OOO, and his assets
upon by Gallus, Crater, with Pretendant on the whip hand, about XlO,OOO.
the latter coming with a rush on the post, and winning a ROCHDALE, Oct. 22.—50 far as sales are concerned,
very fine race by a head, half a length separating the second this has been a rather slack market both for wool
from the third; Gallus a very good fourth; Lupellus, Un- and flannel. Holders of wool are stiff in their de-
derhand, and Pastime the next three. mands, and last week's prices were in most instances
obtained, but they were not freely given by buyers.
Selling Handicap Sweepstakes of 15 soya each, for three-
There were not mealy operations in flannels, but
yr-olds and upwards ; the winner to be sold for 200 sovs
if demanded, &e. R.M. One miles 17 yards. 5 subs. the manufacturers were in full work, many of them
Mr. Eastwood's Tommy Noble, 3 yrs, Bst 51b(J. Snowden) 1
(Drewe) having good orders on hand. Contracts for 14,000
Mr. Payne's Gwellyan, 3 yrs, Gst 81b 2 pieces for the Government have just been entered
Mr. Gratwicke's Alice Jane, 3 yrs, 6st 81b .. (J. Daley) 3 into-10,000 by Messrs. John Chadwick and Sons,
Betting—Even on Alice Jane, 2to 1 agst Gwellyan. and 4,000 by Messrs. Leach and others. Yorkshire
Gwellyan made play to the cords, when a fine struggle goods continue to sell well. The manufacturers
ensued between her and Tommy Noble, the latter winning are busy, and are rather difficult to deal with.
by a neck ; bad third.
Mateh, 200, h ft, first half of Ab.M.—Count Batthyany's
Rose Middleton, 3 yrs, Bst 121 b, and Duke of Bedford's
Plum, 2 yrs, 7st 51b, off by consent.
Handicap Sweepstakes of 15 soya, 10 ft, for two and three-
yr-olds. T.Y.C., five furlongs 140 yards. 8 subs.
Mr. Merry's Trovatore, 3 yrs, Bst 121 b (Custance) 1
Mr. Reeve's Cantab, 2 yrs, 7st 21b (Grimshaw) 2
Mr. Saxon's The Quaker, 3 yrs, 7st 121 b.. (L. Snowden) 3
Infanta, Atherstone, Heliopolis, and Louise Leclercq a
ran.

COUNT'RY DIABILETS.

LEEDS—Ocr. 23.
Our market to-day was fairly attended by millers, bout
trade ruled dull. Good decriptions of new and old whieat
held for former rates. Bat'h')' also fetches last Tuesday's
prices. Beans and oats fully as dear. We had some heavy
rain last week, which has greatly impeded harvest opera-
tions.

BRISTOL—OCT. 23.
A fair business doing in the wi`led trade to-day, and
at late values. Barley, beans, and Peas fetched is more
money. Oats at former prices.