The Sun.
London, England, 1866-03-10 00:00:00

Calvorleigh
John Gully
Irish Poy

Seven ran.
CHERTSEY OPEN HANDICAP.

Fair Play
Portland
Doubloon

Five ran.
TRADESMAN'S HANDICAP.
Sporting Irishman ...
White Stockings
Redwing

Four ran.

MANCHESTER BETTING.-THIS D.T.
NORTHAMPTONSHIRE STAKES.
11 to 2 agst Mail Train (taken)
TWO THOUSAND GUINEAS.
11 to 4 agst Student (taken)
3to 1 agst Lord Lyon (taken)
11 to 1 bar two

CHESTER CUP.
100 to 7 agst Gong (taken)
40 to 1 agst Baladin (taken)

CITY AND SUBURBAN.

10 to 1 agst Out-and-Outer (taken freely)

VIE DERBY.
30 to 1 agst Stabber (taken)

VICTORIA CLUB BETTING—Tnts DAY.
NORTHAMPTONSHIRE STAKES.
9to 2 agst Mail Train (taken and offered)
100 to 8 agst Lansdown (taken)
15 to 1 agst Scamandor (taken)
100 to 7 agst Raglan (taken)
25 to 1 agst Alerte (taken)
CITY AND SUBURBAN.
10 to 1 agst Out and Outer (taken and offered)
100 to 7 agst Pepper's Ghost (taken)
100 to 7 agst Brahma (taken)
100 to 6 agst Mephistopheles (taken)
CHESTER CUP.
100 to 7 agst Gong (taken)
DERBY.

1000 to 15 agst Knight of the Crescent (taken and oft.

HORSES STRUCK OUT OF THEIR ENGAGE-

MEN TS.

March 2, at 1 15 p.m., Victorious out of all en-
gagements.

March 2, at 1 45 p.m., Joker, out of Liverpool
Spring Cup.

March 2, at 4 32 p.m., Innellan, out of Liverpool
Grand National Steeplechase.

March 2, after 6 p.m., Sylph, out of City and
Suburban Handicap.
March 5, at 9 a.m., Night Hawk, out of Grand
Prize at Paris.

March 5, at 9 a.m., Double Stout, out of Mersey
Cup at Liverpool.
March 5, at 9 a.m., Jack o' Newbury, out of all
engagements.

March 5, at 9 a.m., Lady Wilton, out of Flying
Stakes and Sefton Handicap, Liverpool.
March 6, at 9 a.m., Bonaparte and Aldcroft, out
of Doncaster Spring Handicap.
March 6, at 9 a.m., Grapeshot, out of Liverpool
engagements.

March 7, at 9 a.m., Broomielaw, out of City and
Suburban Handicap.

March 8, at 4 30 p.m., The Czar, out of Don-
caster engagements.

March 9, at 9 a.m., Laura, out of Grand Annual
Steeplechase, Warwick.

March 9, at 10 10 a.m., Creole, out of the
Steeplechase, and Greenland, out of the Hurdle
Race, at Doncaster.

Trout Breeding in Windsor C reat P ark.

-

There are twcior three hundred acres of artificial
water on the royal domain ; the oldest piece of
which is a small lake near the east end of Virginia
Water, where an old monastery stood in Henry the
Eighth's time. They are all stocked with jack, carp,
tench, &c., some of which are of a very great age.
About a year ago it was thought that something
better might be done, and that one good trout lake
would be worth all the remainder, if that could be
managed. Many consultations were held over the
subject, and Mr. Frank Buckland was called in to
advise. The Obelisk Pond was selected, because it
had a gravelly and sandy bottom, and a nice
little stream running through it. This Obelisk Pond
is eighteen acres in extent, and there being only two
smaller ponds up above it, it was decided to dry the
whole out. A beginning was made at the upper
ponds, which were laid dry, and every fish taken out ;
then the Obelisk Pond itself was served in a similar
manner. This was done in February, 1865, as it was
thought advisable to prevent the jack spawning for
the season. No water was allowed to remain in any
of the ponds for some weeks. About five or six cart-
loads of jack and carp were taken out, placed in a
cart with a straw bed, and taken away into another
lake.

In the spring of 1865 a temporary hatching ap-
paratus was knocked up of wood, and a small
stream of pure water, as much as would fill a half-
inch pipe, was turned on. A consignment of eggs
was then brought by Mr. Buckland, almost entirely
of the Great Lake trout of Geneva, which he
thought would do best in the Obelisk Pond.

The ova were put in the boxes, and watched by the
fisherman. In due time they came to life, with their
little storehouse of provisions attached to them ; not
very elegant, certainly, but very useful ; like the
canny Scotehmen, two hundred years ago,who always
went out to flight with their bag of oatmeal on their
backs.

After about a month the fish were taken out of
the boxes and put into the nursery, which was a
trough, 12 feet long, two feet wide, and one foot
six inches deep, with the stream from the hatching
boxes flowing through it. Some young salmon and
sea trout were added to them. The fisherman fed
them with bits of fine biscuit and eggs, rubbed into
em more
e oelbow andve
d
to
crumbs ; a little later in the summer, at Mr. Buck-
land's advice, he hung up a dead rabbit, or rat, or
jackdaw, and let the maggots drop into the water.
If the food reached the bottom before they caught
it , they
sportsmen, did
shotseem
their to care about it, but, like
true
game flying. Some water-
cresses and green weed were put in for them, to
large
nnuginktree trout
oft
required
t
shelter them from the sun, and to give them the
ethem
kingfishers
w e r
chance of catching a stray fly. A wire guard was
also put over them to p outh
herons.
About
so
sniaJulya thea rg young
b
andanother
fish-pond,which could eprotected ;
room,
by November they could eat a
good
big worm, and
when one was put in the clear water, the little ras-
cals would hold a regular good tough battle over it,
and tug and pull at one another.
Messrs. Buckland and Ponder lately decided that
the fish must be put out into the wide world and
shift for themselves. The largest of - them were
nearly three inches long, and the smallest about
one inch. The lake trout are the largest, and full
of energy and mischief. They have all, therefore,
been taken carefully out of their summer quarters,
and introduced to the Obelisk Pond, where they
will find many a wonder awaiting them.
As the lake has been down all summer, there is a
fine feeding ground ready in the shape of rushes
and other plants, which will, no doubt, in due time,
yield insects in abundance for the fish to eat.
The salmon and sea trout were also put into the
Obelisk Pond. We wonder what they will do when
their migratory habits (evidently of Scotch nature
again) come strong upon them?
Au exceedingly pretty rustic house has been
erected ill a valley in Windsor Forest, near the pond,
for the hatching-season of 1866, and the hatching
troughs have again been stocked, under the manage-
ment of Mr. Frank Buckland, with Great Lake
trout ova (presented by the French Government
establishment at Huuingue), and with
ova of trout
and salmon from various parts of the United
Kingdom.

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THE SONf LONDON
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The following also ran :—The 'Unknown,: Doubtful,
. ----.
'sss-
Diploma, Cossack, Tambour Major, and Lot 81
rffrERIAL PARLIAMENTBetting-3 to agst Tambour Major, 4to 1. each agst
o f thesis,t he motion.ln s c tlotr -wGaesncleur ai quite
oftrue lm that
por t
plied to the Customs' authorities to forward a petition to theethaencdleErk:;ehrt.e.ebehlaiodyeepd,_
ande Aggravator and Lot 84, 5 to 1 agst Od Wind
HOUSE 6 to 1
HOUSE OF LORDS.—LAST EVENING.
it was perfectly true that the Customs'
Treasury, asking fora reconsiderationoafutthheeristei
f d, each agst Woodpigeon and Cossack. Doubtful jumped off
The Lord Chancellor took his seat on the woolsack athesenireeus,
forward their petition two miles, when Aggravator, who had been lying well up,
stating that they were not at present disposed to do so,. but
. with the. lead, followed by Lot 84, and they ran thus for
five o'clock, those clerks were perfectly free to
and
he believed took thelead,followed by Woodpigeon, but the latter
INNOVATIONS IN THE RUBRIC.
The whole subject could never reach Aggravator, who won easily by four
The Bishop of PETERBOROUGH presented a petition
that such had actually taken place... to the Treasury directly from themselves, .
lengths three lengths • Lot 84
from the parish of Christchurch, Warmington, Essex, was an extremely difficult one, and required much cons], ; between second and third ;
against any alterations in the Rubric. was fourth. Unknown refused at the brook, Diploma fell
deration heavily at the post rails, Cossack and Tambour Major also
GRIEVANCES OF INDIAN OFFICERS. the right hon. the member came togrief. There was no advance on the selling price
The Earl of ELLENBOROUGH drew the attention of , Sir H. W. BARRON asked
• PARLIAMENTARY OATHS BILL.
the house to this subject, and asked the Government for for Buckinghamshire, when he proposed laying his of the winner.
information with reference to the same. amendment on the Parliamentary. Oaths Bill on the table.
Earl DE GREY and RIPON said that he had not yet Mr. DISRAELI said on Monday next. MANCHESTER BETTING—FRIDAY.
made up his mind as to the conclusion at which he would In answer to Mr. CHAMBERS,
NORTHAMPTONSHIRE STAKES.
arrive in regard to this matter. He was aware that it was The ATTORNEY-GENERAL said he should bring in
6to 1 agst Mail Train (taken freely)
desirable there should be no unnecessary delay, but the a Bankruptcy Bill immediately after Easter.
CHESTER CUP.
Sir R. PEEL called attention to the nuisances arising
subject required consideration. 100 to 6 agst Gong (taken freely)
PRIVATE BUSINESS. from the smoke of furnaces in towns and country districts. 22 to 1 agst Dalby (taken)
The Cork Harbour and Curraghbinney Extension Rail- After referring to the increased consumption and export 100 to 3 agst Surney (taken)
Way Bill was read a second time. of coal, and the importance of economising our supplies, Very little betting.
THE ABYSSINIAN CAPTIVES. heArew an alarming picture of the deleterious effect of the
poisoned atmosphere of large manufacturing towns on the
In reply to Lord Cinnamortn, DONCASTER SPRING MEETING—MARCH 13.
The Earl of CLARENDON said that he had received a health and comfort of the labouring classes. He showed
telegram, from which
nia • Age st lb
Weights for the Londesborough Plate. 5 fur. 152 yds.
been summoned to the presence of the King of Abyss' the use of efficient smoke-consuming apparatus, and that
Twilight
and from the result of that interview it appeared that there legislation by private bills for particular towns had for the Dawdle 5 8 7 Carnizette 3 6 4
was every prospect of the speedy release of the Abyssinian most part failed, he Lytham
and he asked Sir G. Grey whethers 8 4 , Gundrede
3 6 2
captives. intended to bring in a general bill on the subject this Skylark 5 7 13 ; Warwick
3 6 0
Reindeer
PRINCESS HELENA'S ANNUITY BILL. 'session. 3 5 12
Roderickßandom . 4 7 10IVigorous
Earl GRANVILLE moved the second reading of this Mr. HENDERSON made some remarks on the injurious 3 5 9
Confederate - 4 7 8 ' Beg=
bill, in the absence of Earl Russell, who was still unable effects of coke-burning and iron furnaces. La Mechante 4 7 51IInheritress
to attend from indisPoeition• He referred to the excellent Mr. HANBURY mentioned that his firm saved £2,000 The Count 5 7 0 t Mrs. Wallett 3 5 7
manner in which the royal family had been educated, a
and to the domestic happiness that resulted from
p aratus.
After some observations from Mr. A. EGERTON and Sir mile and three quarters.
year by the use of an efficient smoke-consuming op- Weights for the Grand Handicap Hurdle Race. About a
the royal marriages which had already taken place Age st lb Age st lb
There was every prospect that the Princess Helena's
6 10 7 Clairvoyants ap- M. PETO, Lucette •
5 9 10
proaching marriage would be equally fortunate, and the Sir G. GREY expressed his readiness to concur in any 610 2 John Gully ...
Charming Woman alO 11 Betsy Copeland 69 12
Sandford
5 9 5
happiness of her Majesty would be increased by the rosi- general measure for uttin dawn this nuisance, but Turcos • alo 0 Rosins
dance of the royal couple in this country. The noble earl Elsham
also adverted to the admirable qualities exhibited by the - bated out that the pLocalgGovernment Act, which had
Greenland 5 10 0 Foxholes
beP°en adopted in hundreds of towns, contained powers Emma g
Prince Alice, and her devotion to her Majesty on the occa- quite adequate for the purpose, and that the real difficulty 6 9 13
Weights for the Chesterfield Handicap. One mile.
pion of the death of the Prince Consort. - was to get the local authorities to put the law into execu- Age st llal Age st lb
The bill was then read a second time. a 8 12, Lady Vane
tion. He mentioned that the success of Lord Palmerston's Twilight
6 0
PRINCE ALFRED'S ANNUITY BILL. Act for the metropolis was owing to active supervision of Lytham 5 8 51Lady of the Tees... 3
3 5 13
On the motion of Earl GRANVILLE, this bill, provid- the police • •
under the directions of the Home Secretary,
Skylark 5 7 10 ;Vigorous
ing his Royal Highness with an annuity of £15,000, was suggested that if the local authorities would give the same Success
and Charming Woman a 7 12 Cerarnique
4 7 10 Duty Free 3 5 12
also read a second time; and both bills were ordered to be instructions to the police the existing law would be found Roderick Random._ 4 7 6 Kingfisher 3 511
committed.
equally effective. Arkansas
4 6 6 Inheritress 3 5 8
CONSOLIDATED FUND (£1,137,772) BILL. Mr. WATKIN called attention to the importance of Minnette
3 5 -7
Musician
On the motion of Lord STANLEY of ALDERLEY this adopting breech-loading rifles in the British Army, and
Miss Williams
bill was read the second time. gave some details of the great success of the Spencer and Scarf
Cashel's Divorce Bill was read a third time and passed. Henry rifles in the late campaigns in America. Gundrede
On the motion of the LORD CHANCELLOR, the ( THE DOG TAX. Weights for the Selling Handicap Hurdle Race.
Divorce and Matrimonial Causes Bill was read a third Mr. ELLICE called attention to the ravages committed Age st lb Age st lb
time and passed. by the ownerless dogs allowed to roam about the country, Sandford
Veluti 5 10 3 Umballah
The house then adjourned. 4 9 6
which on the sheep farms of Scotland amounted to a loss
Jacob , 6 10 1 Foxholes
of 10 per cent. of the whole value of the stock. He corn- Betsy Copeland 0 9 13. Arbitration
HOUSE OF COMMONS—LAST EVENING. plained that the Revenue Department did not take suffi- Weights for the Great North of England Steeplechase.
Mr. DunsoN,"owing to the indisposition of the SPEAKER, dent pains to enforce the payment of the dog tax, which About three miles and a half.
took the chair at four o'clock. practically, he said, was a voluntary tax, and he pointed Age st lb Age st lb
METROPOLITAN RAILWAY AND THE INDUS- out the additional damage these dogs might do during the Penarth al2 7 Meanwood...m alo 9
TRIOUS CLASSES. prevalence of the rinderpest. Ho mentioned that acts had Alcibiade
Pigeon
Mr. T. HUGHES moved the resolutions which stood on been passed within the last year or two to put down this 612 4 Sinking Fund ,islo _9
a 11 13 tßhodomontade 5 10 6
Doubloon
the paper in his name to compensate the labouring classes nuisance in England and Ireland.
Creole a 11 9 The Czar a 10 6
for the inconvenience and losses they might sustain in con- After a few words from Major WALKER, in corrobora- Elsham - all 7 Rossington
sequence of their houses or residences being required for tion of Mr. Ellice's statement. Tho Hornet 6 11 6 L. S. D. 5 10 5
the purposes of a railway. He said the subject had The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said the Laura 5ll 3 I Montrose
5 10 0
assumed a very serious aspect, and it was to dog tax, in which were mixed up considerations both of
Accident ilitant ... all 0 , Skiff
6 11 0 Dermot Asthore ... 5 10 0
alleviate the inconvenience that he took the liberty revenue and police, had for many years been a standing The Rogue
of bringing the matter under the attention of the house. difficulty of the Revenue Department, but he claimed for Globule
By his resolutions tenants at will were made entitled to the department a fair amount of success in dealing with it, Emma gelding 6lO 9 ISutton
Weights published March 8, at six p.m.
compensation as much as the rich landowners, and inasmuch as the tax was paid on 300,000 dogs. He ad-
he could not see that any great objection could mitted that the tax was too large to be universally levied,
. CROXTON PARK MEETING.
be entertained to his proposal, because it was only a and sketched out a plan for changing the system of levy- FRIDAY, March 16.
matter of justice that the labouring classes should ing it—involving the abolition of all exemptions, its re- Weights for the Croxton Park Plate. Three-quarters of
be considered in the wholesale destruction of houses duction to 4s. or 55., and an alteration in its character— a mile.
which was threatened by the railway projects now before making it a licence duty instead of an assessed tax. To Age st lb Age st lb
the Parliament. He :proposed that railway companies do this, however, he said, he should require the assistance Historian
Pantaloon 4 8 4 Professor Anderson 3 6 12
should, prior to the demolition of small houses, construct of Parliament, and suggested that the subject should be Clairvoyants 5 7 6 Caustic
dwellings of a similar description to those destroyed, that considered by a select committee. Vespasian 3 7 3 Panacea 3 6 10
all tenants at will and lodgers should be compensated just as Mr. BAXTER was of opinion that the changes men- Miss Harriette 3 7 3 Mazurka
much as the rich man,because the loss occasioned to them by tioned by Mr. Gladstone would be generally satisfactory, , Weights published March 8, at six p.m
---
being driven from their homes was much more serious than and that a select committee was necessary.
BOSTON STEEPLECHASE MEETING.
the same inconvenience was to those who had ample means After some observations from Mr. BLAKE, to which Mr. Weights for the Boston Steeplechase.
at their command. If something was not done they might LAwsoN replied, on the sea fisheries of Ireland, Age st lb Ago st lb
as well give np the metropolis to the promoters of railway Sir E. DERING made a statement as to the position of Bridegroom, by Vienna... .. alo 10
schemes, and convert it entirely into one large and general the engineers of the navy. Pompey a 12 5 Luck's All.. a 10 6
railway terminus. Lord C. PAGET intimated that their case was under Creole all 7 Foresight
Eltham
Mr. PATTEN said it was not a fact to say that the the consideration of the Admiralty.
affairs of the labouring classes were not cared for in that The subject was continued by Mr. Otway and Mr. Ser- -s•-s-- Weights published March 8, at six p.m.
house. He thought the session was now too far advanced geant Gaselee, who complained of the dilatoriness of the ''''-
WINNERS OF THE GREAT ST. LEGER.
to alter the standing orders for the present year. He sug- Admiralty in coming to a decision, and the house then
gested that thehon. membershould withdraw his resolution, went into committee of supply on the navy estimates. Yr. Owner. Winner. Rider.
and that a committee should be appointed to consider the £173,655 was voted for the Admiralty-office.
whole matter. He thought the resolutions were not at all On the vote of £1,368,971 for dockyards and naval yards,
1776 Ld. Rockingham Allabaculia J. Singleton
1777 Mr. Sotheron Bourbon Cade
calculated to affect the object he desired. Tho right hon. a long and at times rather warm discussion arose on the 1778 Mr. T. Gascoigne Hollandaise
gentleman the President of the Board of Trade had a bill grievances of the dockyard labourers in regard to their pay 1779 Mr Stapleton Tommy G. Lowry, son.
which he had brought forward, and perhaps he-could in- and allowances ; and, ultimately, the vote was agreed to. 1780 Mr Bethell Ruler Mangle
duce him to adopt the principle of compensation he had in In committee on the Mutiny Bill, Mr. Taylor renewed 1781 Col. Radcliffe Selina Foster
view. his attempt to strike out the clauses relating to flogging 782 Mr Goodricke ... Imperatrix Searle
1783 Sir J. K. Kaye ... Phenomenon Hall
Sir F. GOLDSMID said without something was done, and branding, but was again defeated by divisions of 56 to Kirton
1784 Mr Coate
and that very speedily, the greatest suffering would be 17 and 53 to 15. 1785 Mr Hill
entailed, as there were two railway projects which The Marino Mutiny Bill was read a third time and passed. 1786 Ld A. Hamilton Paragon()
would nnhouse and turn adrift a largo body The Pensions Bill was read a third time and passed. 1787 Ld A. Hamilton Spadillo
of poor persons, whose loss by such a proceeding would be Mr. M. Gibson obtained leave to bring in a bill for con- 17887 Ld A. Hamilton Young Flora Mangle
17
89 Ld Fiz william Pewett Singleton
absolutely ruinous. solidating in one act provisions applicable to metropolitan 1790 Mr Goodricke Ambidexter Searle
Mr. M. GIBSON said he could not give tho hon. mem- and other railways ; and another to make better provision 1791 Mr Hutchinson Y. Traveller Jackson
ber for Lambeth any hope that he could embody the for the security of reservoirs, and otherwise to amend the 1792 Ld A. Hamilton Tartar Mangle
principle he had in view in his bill. The hon. member law relating to waterworks. 1793 Mr Clifton
1794 Mr Hutchinson BeningbroughJackson
proposed that the railway companies should build largo The house adjourned at five minutes past two o'clock. 1795 Sir C. Turner ..•
Hambletonian Boyes
model lodging houses, but then some one would have to 1796 Mr Cookson Ambrosio Jackson
be removed to clear the site for such a building, and SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. 1797 Mr Goodricke ... Lounger Shepherd
somebody would be sure to be inconvenienced. He 1798 Sir T. Gascoigno Symmetry Jackson
-11. - 1799 Sir H. T. Vane... Cockfig.hter
said that every person who could show a loss should be CHERTSEY STEEPLECHASES.—FRIDAY. 1800 Mr Wilson Champion Buckle
compensated, but he could not go the length of saying This meeting, after being post oned by the flooding of 1801 Mr Goodricke ... Quiz
. lBO2 Ld Fitzwilliam ... Orville Shepherd
that the whole of the law of the land should be altered by the course, wasg'commencedunderpvery favourable circum- Singleton, jun.
making such extensive alterations in the standing orders 1803 Ld Strathmore ... Remembrancer
stances. The attendance was very good, a number of
of Parliament. 1804 Mr Mellish Sancho Buckle
carriages, intermixed with a drag or two, being on the 1805 Mr Mellish Stavele Jackson
Mr. HENLEY said ho was quite convinced something course. The racing was particularly interesting, and there 1806 Mr Clifton Fyldenor Carr
ought to be done to protect those who could not protect
themselves. was some spirited speculation on the results, generally in 1807 Ld Fitzwilliam ... Pauline Olift
1808 Dof Hamilton ... Petronius ...... Smith
favour of tie backers. The course was excellent going,
Mr. SCOURFIELD said he should like to know 1809 D of Hamilton ... Ashton Smith
taking the right hon. gentleman, the President of the and the fallowing is a return of the running :—'a 1810 Dof Leeds Octavian Clift
Board of Trade's view of the matter, what was the good of The South Western Stakes (handicap) of 5 sous each, 1 ft, 1811 Mr Gascoigne .... Soothsayer Smith
being entitled to compensation if you could not half. 1813 Mr Watt Altisidora Jacksont it ? with 25 added. Winners extra. About two miles and a 1812 Mr Rob
(Hear, hear.) The poor wore told they should beg mply Mr. 3.
Dolby's Banker, aged, 12st
compensated for loss and inconvenience, yet when the Mr. B. Land's Strike, aged, lOst 12113 (iir(.lll;lllmlorrrYdj 2
) 1 1814 Dof Hamilton .. William Shepherd
1815 Sir W. Maxwell Ffillo da Puta Jackson
matter was put into practice the theory was all that was Mr. Woodson's John Gully, 5 yrs, ICst 1218 ...(T. Clay) 3 1816 Sir B. R. Graham The Duchess Smith
found to exist. - Goshawk and Sporting Irishman also ran. 1817 Mr Peirse
Ba:ker, 2 to 1 agst John Gully, 5 1819 Mr. Ferguson ... Reveller Johnson
Nicholson
Lord STANLEY said he sympathised very much with Betting-6 to 4 agst
the lion. member for Lambeth, but ho thought the resolu- to 1 ngst Strike. Goshawk jumped off in front, but carried 1820 virr
T. U.
tions embodied a dangerous principle in a one-sided and on the running fora short distance only, when Sporting 1
1822 Mr Petro Powlett Jack Spigot Scott
o Jackson
incomplete manner. He thought, however, that the matter Irishman went to the front, and led (past the stand the 1823 Mr. Watt
was one that should be thoroughly investigated in coin- second time, followed by Banker, John Gully, and Strike, 1824 Mr Gascoigne ... Jerry Smith
mutes. Goshawk several lengths in the rear. The three placed 1825 Mr Watt Memnon Scott
Mr. HUGHES said he could not agree with his noble cleared the last fence, slightly in advance of Sporting Irish- 1826 Ld Scarborough Tarraro Nelson
friend in the view he had taken of the matter; and as for man, Strike and Banker drawing away as they neared the 1827 Mr Petro Matilda Robinson
1828 Mr Petro The Colonel ..... Scott
the right hon. gentleman the President of the Board of stand, but the latter came out and won by a length and a Rowton Scott
1829 Mr Petro
Trade saying he would not give him any countenance, he half. A similar distance separated the secnd and third. 1830 Mr Bwardsworth Birmingham Conolly
begged to say he did not wantit, because he had the coun- Sporting Irishman, close up, was fourth. Goshawk fell at 1831 Ld Cleveland Chorister J. B. Day
tenance and support of six or seven of the largest railway the brook. 1832 Mr Gully
1833 Mr Watt Rockingham ..... Darling
companies in existence, that they were perfectly willing to A Local Hunters' Race of 2 soya each, with 20 added ; 1834 Ld Westminster Touchstone Calloway
take upon their shoulders the burdens he was desirous list 71b each ; professionals or gentlemen:who have rid- 1835 Mr Mostyn Qn. of Trumps .. Lye
of imposing, He hoped the house would not now say there den a winner of a public steeplechase, 71b extra. About 1836 Ld Lichfield
was no necessity of their doing so. He felt that the sub- three miles. 1837 Mr Greville ' Mango S. Day, jun.
jest was one of the greatest importance, and as he could Mr. B. B. Harvey's Firebrand, aged, 12st, inc 71b extra •1838 Ld Chesterfield... Don John Scott
Y b h
not induce the-house to agree to the resolution, he would (Mr. Baring) 1 1839 Major ar urgCharles XII. Scott
Hon S. Montgomery's Queen Mary, aged, llst 81b 840 Ld Westminster Launeelot Scott
accept the suggestion of the hon. and gallant gentleman t 1841 Ld Westminster Satirist Scott
opposite, and'introduce his re4olutions on the understand- 1 (Lord C. Kerr) 2
Sir Peter and King Arthur also ran. Lye
ing that the matter should be considered in committee. . 1842 Ld Eglinton
1843 Mr S. Wrather ... Nutwith
J. Marson
THE NEW REFORM BILL. Betting-6 to 4on Sir Peter, 3to ISagst any other. After 1844 Mr E. J. Irwin ... Faugh-a-ballagh H. Bell
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER brought up getting over the brook below the stand the favourite took 1845 Mr Watts
the papers relative to the election returns for boroughs , a clear lead, followed by King Arthur, Queen Mary several 1846 Mr W. Scott Sir Tatton Sykes Scott
1847 Ld Eglinton Tromp J. Marson
and counties. lengths in the rear of Firebrand. They ran in this order
1848 Ld Clifden Flatman.
ELECTION PETITIONS. all round, and Sir Peter came down two fences from the 1849 Ld Eglinton
Mr. DODSON intimated that letters had been received brook, and was not persevered with. King Arthur held a 1850 Ld Zetland Voltigeur J. Marson
stating that it was not their intention to persevere with: clear lead till approaching the last fence, when he delibe- 1121 Mr A. Nichol Newminster Templeman
Surpn lice
the petition against the return for Sandwich. The rately stopped and kicked, allowing Firebrand and Queen asa2 Ld Exeter Stockwell Norman
re- 1853 Mr Bowes W. Australian .. F. Butler
cognisances of the Galway petition had been found Buff-len
gths.Mry to pass him ; Firebrand winning easily by two
1854 Mr Morris Kt. of St. George Basham
dent. n
1855 Mr T Parr Saucebox Wells
RIFLED GUNS. The Woburn Park Plate (Handicap of 50 soya ; winners 1856 Mr A. Nichol Warlock Flatman
In reply to Lord ELcHO, extra. About two miles and a half. 1857 Mr J. Scott lmperieuse Flatman
The Marquis of HARTINGTON said he had no objec- Mr. Belham's Acolyte, 5 yrs, lOst 41b (IL States) 1 1858 Mr J. Merry Sunbeam L. Snowden
Lion Mr. Steele's Rapture, aged, 14st (B. Land) 2 1859 Sir C. Monck Gamester
nto produce the papers referred to in the first portion Mr. H. W. Peyton's Almeric, aged, lOst
L. Snowden
of the noble lord's question, but he could not give him the (Mr. C.Goddard) 3 1861 Mr W. l'Anson... Caller On Challoner
other, as the matter was still unsettled. The following also ran : Sir Bobby, Goshawk, Tam- 1862 Mr S. Hawke The Marquis Challoner
1863 Ld St. Vincent... Lord Clifden Osborne
WESTMINSTER SCHOOL. bour Major, and White Stockings. 1864 Mr W. I'Anson... Blair Athol J. Snowdon
In reply to Mr. MOWBRAY Betting-2 to 1 (at first sto 4) agst Acolyte, 4to 1 agst 1865 Count Lagrange Gladiateur H. Grimshaw
Sir G_ ap ...., -1 .L _ _ ' .. + v

WESTMINSTER SCHOOL.
In reply to it if a. .... -if
OWBRAY,
Sir G. GREY said the arrangement was still under con-
siderat'
yet been but no scheme, as lie stated the other evening,
had
com-
pleted, the completed. When the arrangement was sanction of Parliament would be required, so
that a me ire
,Would have to be introduced in that
house. There
vo
pbc no objection, when the scheme was
~e° 3' of it on the table of the house.
iitoops IN
CHINA.
Colonel NORTH asked the Secretary of State for War
whether, in conformity \vitt%
12,11.3 reiterated recommenda-
tions of the Army Medical
thorities, the Government haZret:',eat and Military au-
employment of native troops in Chintale?termined upon the
The Marquis of TIARTINGTox „iii it
was
tion of the Government to send a portion the inten-
:'.rte Ceylon
Rifle Regiment to Hong Kon g in place of hthe British
troops.

Mr. Belham's Acolyte, 5 yrs, lOst 41b (H. States) 1
Mr. Steele's Rapture, aged, 14st (B. Land) 2
Mr. H. W. Peyton's Almeric, aged, lOst
(Mr. C.Goddard) 3
The following also ran : Sir Bobby, Goshawk, Tam-
bour Major, and White Stockings.
Betting---2 to 1 (at first sto 4) agst Acolyte, 4to 1 agst
Rapture, 5 to 1 each agst Tambour Major and Goshawk,
to 1 agst Almeric, 7to 1 agst Sir Bobby. Acolyte made
play, followed by Rapture, Tambour Major, and Goshawk
to the stand brook, where Tambour Major came down,
rolling over Captain Shaw, and Goshawk took second
place, White Stockings going in third, Rapture close up
next. On passing the stand the second time the favourite
was still leading, but Almerie, who had been lying off, fol-
lowed him, Rapture lying next, White Stockings bringing
up the rear. Goshawk rushed to the front after clearing
the brook, followed by White Stockings, Almeric, Rapture,
and Acolyte. About a mile from home Goshawk broke
down, and Almeric took a clear lead, followed by the
favourite and Rapture, and thus they cleared the last fence,
but Almeric when several lengths in front ran very un-
generously, and swerving right across the course Acolyte
shot past him, and won by two lengths. A neck separated
the second and third. White Stockings was fourth, and
Sw Bobby fifth. Captain Shaw was carried into the weigh-
lisngaknr,oom insensible, but soon recovered, arid although
se... was Ewtunately not hurt seriously.
two
.13:1,e8 Steeplechasesi ew g
4-Yr-olds and upwards. Selling allowances. About
of
13 sous each, with 25 added ; for
Mr. B. Land's StilnettO4(s26o)4,goe-;r7st 71b
Restyilneattord, 12st (Mr. M (Ownerf
rd) 21
Betting—Even on aslloars::2ol2.alagst Redwing, and 3
thßevinyng ard did Intohte runntihneg'paonstd.
wtooln abgyst
two lengths.
There was no advance on the selling price opfastls
A Hunters' Stake of 3 soya each, with 20 added winner.
allowance. About three miles.
Mr. Morley ns The Aggravator (£100), aged, 12s t 71b
(Colonel Enox) 1
Mr. M. Henry's Woodpigeon (Z 10), aged, list 91b

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was expended in constructing the Pennsylvania Central or
the Erie.

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THE S(IN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING-, MARCH. 10, 1866,

THE UNIVERSITY BOAT RACE.

In a few weeks the great aquatic contest of the
year will be decided at Putney. The Oxford and
Cambridge eight-oared match has become a national
institution, and even the non-academic public would
feel great regret were anything to prevent its oc-
currence. At one time, hewever, the dispute pro-
' yoked by Cambridge, in raising the question
whether students of more than a ce.tain standing
should be allowed to row, threatened to prevent the
match, at least for the year. Into the merits of
the controversy we need not now enter. There was
much to be said on both sides ; but, even assuming
as a matter of hypothesis that the pretensions put
forward by Cambridge could be justified on abstract
grounds, it is clear that her representatives would
have acted most unwisely in insisting upon rights
which, if recognised, must prove fatal to the possi-
bility of an aquatic meeting between .the two Uni-
versities. They were not in a position to dictate
terms. Had they persisted in their original de-
mands, and declined to compete with their former
victors, unless certain rowers were virtually ex-
cluded from the Oxford crew, they would have ex-
posed themselves to unpleasant and unanswerable
comments. The step would have been taken as a
confession of inferiority. Everybody would have
said that they raised the objection because they
knew they must fail ; and the most loyal of Cam-
bridge men would certainly rather see the " light
blue" beaten hallow year after year, than have it
asserted that the modern representatives of the
grand old rowing club were afraid to meet their
hereditary antagonists. Happily this danger has
been avoided. Whatever may be the issue, we are
sure to have a gallant contest, in which, as
usual, each side will do its best to win. Pro-
bably there is no other_ competition in which the
best man so invariably gains the day as in an
University boat race ; and impartial spectators
will no doubt decide with truth that the victors de-
serve their honours. Already the banks of the Isis
,and the Cam are crowded daily by youthful spec-
tators, each concourse anxiously watching the pro-
gress of those who have been picked out to represent
their University on the Thames. No doubt the
same eager discussions, and the same surprises and
disappointment, attend the selection of the Univer-
sity Eight, as Cambridge used to witness when she
carried all before her. We may safely assume, too,
that the interminable controversy about the respec-.
tive advantages of a long stroke and a quick stroke,
is now carried on at college dinners and boating
suppers, with quite as little chance of settlement as
when it was first started years and years ago. And
lA/Q may still more safely assert, that—in order to
qualify themselves for a task of intense physical
exertion and clinful endurance, involving no other
reward than honour--owe score of young men in
the very prime and flower of youth are now under-
going a course of discipline and train:." from which
many a soldier or sailor would shrink in disgt.74.
5

But our object in referring to the subject is, not
to celebrate the glories of racing, or the prowess of
our aquatic athletes ; what we want is, -to put in a
word for the non-rowing and non-muscular portion
of the community. Those chiefly interested in the
match intend, it is said, that it should take place at
some unearthly hour of the morning. Now, on be-
half of the public, we protest against such an
arrangement. It is all very well for boys of seven-
teen to get up before daybreak, take a hasty
breakfast, and then rush down to Putney, at the
time when common people are beginning to think
of getting up ; but to nine-tenths of the vast
crowds who, of late years, have gone to see the
contest, the necessity of rising at an untimely
hour, with the consequent sacrifice of rest and
breakfast, is a serious matter. Moreover, even
if they could nerve themselves to the effort,
they know very well they would not be repaid for
the trouble. A boat race in the middle of the day,
while the river's banks are lined with gaily-dressed
ladies, with lunching looming in the future, pre-
sents a delightful prospect ; but a race in the chill
of the early morning is a different affair. Prac-
tically, if the managers should fix upon the hour,
the non-professional public will stop away. The
ardent devotees of boating may answer that the
absentees will not be missed ; but their opinion will
scarcely be shared by men of common sense. The
University crews, indeed, do not row to please the
crowds along the, river side ; but their members
must be • different from ordinary lads if the presence
of a crowd of spectators is not a powerful incentive
to exertion. The juvenile aristocrats of the Uni-
versities may sneer about the " mob," but, as a
matter of fact, they would be sorry if the mob were
not there to see them. Last year the occasion of the
Oxford and Cambridge race was made a holiday
throughout London; and while the muster w2s
never before so numerous, probably no contest
between the light and the dark blue ever won such
favourable reports, or provoked so few objections.
The " Derby day" of the river is becoming one of
the national anniversaries, and it would be a mis-
fortune if any want of consideration for the public
deprived the race of its chief attraction.

Indeed, the advantages of having the contest at a
reasonable hour are so obvious, thatan inconvenient
selection would be impossible, were it not for two
considerations. In the first place, it is thought that
in the fresh of the morning the boats arc not so
likely to-be impeded by the over-
crowded steamers.
If such were the case, we should at once admit
the cogency of the argument
; but we doubt
the correctness of the belief. The steam-
boats are chiefly filled with persona who take a pe-
cuniary or professional interest in the matter, and
theyts etaz fneer
eewouldsn.
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hoc
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stances.
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ness
river
te orsteamboats from taking too many passengers on
board, or following too closely upon the rowers. If
nobody has the power or the will to make such re-
gulations as are essential for the safety of the pub-
lic, then somebody should forthwith be invested with
the requisite authority. The advocates of an early
race will probably add, however, that time and tide
wait for no man ; and to the fact thus urged con-
siderable weighs must be allowed. We cannot for-
get the difference in point of date between the Ox-
ford and Cambridge vacations, or the objections
entertained in many quarters to the occurrence of
the race in Passion Week. The number of days
during which the match can take place, therefore,
is extremely circumscribed. The crews are natur-
ally anxious to have as much practice as possible ;
and the hours during which the tide is just upon
the turn are naturally preferred to any others.
Leaving aside all question of the extra labour in-
volved when the stream is running strongly, the
effect of a powerful current either way is to give an
undue advantage to that party which has the choice
of sides. Yet, in spite of all these considerations,
the force of which we should be the last to deny, we
believe that the convenience of the public need not
necessarily be sacrificed to that of the
~ eights."
After all, the event may be fixed for any one
of some seven days ; and as each day shows a dif-
ference of about an hour in the rise and fall of the
tide, it seems incredible that the time chosen should
not be such as to let the Londoners witness the con-
flict. In making this appeal, we are speaking in
the interest both of the Universities and of the
public. Anything which tends to render Oxford
and Cambridge more and more part and parcel of
our national life, is an advantage to the country ;
and the character of a national festival is not a thing
to be despised. Mere idlers may think of nothing
but their own comfort ; still more naturally may the
crews think of nothing but the manner in which
they can get through their task with the least strain
upon themselves and the best chance of success.
But persons who have at heart the social interests
represented by the party of sightseers must express
a wish that the two objects may be found compa-
tible ; and it is for the promoters and managers of
the contest to consider how far a reconcilement may
be practicable.—Telegraph.

SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS.

TIMES.—We are entering upon a question of a
kind which will occasionally recur, and, though
sometimes entailed as the consequence of error, is
seldom invited. It is the comparison of impossibi-
lities. If universal consent is worth anything, not
to speak of public self-respect, it is impossible to
get on without a reform bill, at least it is quite im-
possible for the present Ministers to get on without
it. On the other hand, it is no secret that it is also
impossible to bring in a bill that has a good chance
of passing. A double-barrelled bill, it -is alleged,
will be certainly beaten by the representatives of the
doomed boroughs, who must either be so few as to
make the measure ridiculous, or so many as to com-
mand the division. We do not hesitate ourselves to
declare a single-barrelled bill also impossible, be-
cause it is itself palpably incomplete, and because it
involves the discharge of the second and more im-
portant barrel under much more perilous circum-
stances, and when, instead of its being in the hands of
the present bearer, he will most likely be looking
into its muzzle. So here are three impossibilities, all
we believe utterly impossible—no bill, a double bill,
, and a single bill. Our case looks as bad as that of a
man who, pursued by a bear, finds himself on the
edge of a precipice, or has to choose between run-
• ing in to the jaws of a tiger or a crocodile. In ordi-
nary circumstances, and with ordinary people, life
is full of impossibilities, which some surmount or
break through. There are, however, those who, like
Napoleon, have erased the word from their vocabu-
laries, and they sometimes make great failures,
sometimes great successes. The failures, of course,
are natural, and according to programme. The suc-
cesses are often plainly ascribable to lucky chance or
special interposition. Caesar himself, whose talents
were such that it was said he could not fight a battle
without winning it, nevertheless held that luck had
a great deal to do with military affairs. Discounting
the luck, which might be on one side or the other,
he took care that the balance of skill, audacity, and
determination should be on his side. But the truth
is, such people do a little gentle violence to the con-
ditions of the problem. It is really impossible to
make an egg stand on its end ; so Columbus crushed
in the impossible basis, and made it stand, though
with some damage to the refractory shell. Lord
Grey found it impossible to get his bill through the
existing Parliament, so he crushed in the shell; that
, is, he changed one house, added to his own side in
the other, and let it be understood that he would do
anything else that he found necessary. The eggshell
of our protective system was crushed in by the Irish
famine. But if several courses are equally impossible,
how are we to decide between them ? There are seve-
ral considerations that are valuable, and applicable,
even in extremity. It is better to be beaten in agood
cause than in a bad one. It is better to be defeated
in the attempt to carry a really good measure than
for the sake of a measure which is only politic or
plausible. In the one case you fall in a cause • in the
other you are beaten in a game. In the latter case
your enemy trips you up when you are trying to
trip him up ; and he can laugh at you without re-
morse, as he certainly will without stint. A measure
confessedly incomplete is intrinsically bad, and is
either a folly or a fraud. It must have a tricky and
disreputable look. The proposal is like the scheme
of the importer who sent 5,000 dozen right-hand
gloves by one ship, and their fellows by another,
thus escaping, or hoping to escape, the duty charge-
able on complete pairs. A revolutionist may think
any break-up of our political system good as far as
does ; but the Cabinet cannot possibly think a
mere ex u'c:aion of the franchise good as far as it
goes, for it will; ,vidently aggravate all the ano-
malies, and hand over many seats to a class less
settled, less respectable, less educated, less honest,
and less constitutional in their opinions. Many good
Reformers, anxious as they may be to have some-
thing done, will certainly feel it their duty to vote
against a half measure. There is a dignity in these
matters, and if people are to victimise themselves
and go back to the country, not to speak of the
part they have to act in the eyes of all the world,
they would much prefer to fall decently, and with as
much of the heroic as is possible. The conductors
of a cause are bound to consider not only what best
suits their game, but also what suites the consciences
of their supporters, many of whom will refuse to be
dragged through the mire, even with the possibility
of good coming out of it. The bill should not only be
conscientious, and addressed to the conscience, but
also of a sort to command the conscience. There are
Reformers with a game of their own, Reformers
who wish to be independent, Reformers who can
afford to be critical, Reformers who are so rather by
party ties than by private choice, and Reformers who
have a good deal to lose, more, perhaps, than the
much-dreaded boroughmongers. All these will look
at the bill, and, if they don't like it, will be able at
once to except to the bill its gross one-sidedness and
its manifold imperfections. Thus, if the bill is not
complete, it will not only be unable to resist oppo-
sition, but will create opposition for itself. But that
leads to the worst objection of all. The bill will have
no momentum. It will not be able to force its way.
There will be neither the intrinsic gravity nor the
external impulse to send it crashing on through
all difficulties, as a great political change can only
advance. It ought to overbear opposition by a
sort of brute force, as well as by reasons of a higher
order; and neither of these can such a bill ever
possess. By brute force, of course, we do not mean
violence, which is about the last thing to be either
desired or apprehended in this instance, but that
momentum and weight which excellence of charac-
ter, design, and performance always obtains. The
proprietors and conveniences of society require great
things to be done out of hand, once for all. Medio-
crity—mediocrity of enterprise, as well as of talent
—always wishes for less rigorous conditions. It
would like to try and try again ; to try so that failure
shall not be without retrieval ; to make sure of some-
thing and leave the rest to luck; to get a footing in
the business and hold on ; in fact, to do things by
halves, so as not to exhaust the chances. History
is full of such attempts, neither successful nor
glorious, which are only known to students, and
have to be extricated from Annual Registers or
older recurd There are reforms, indeed, that may
is.
be shoved on an inch at a time ,for thirty or a
hundred years, such as reforms in our administra-
tive practice and in matters of local or departmental
management. But even these suffer by never being
settled, never completed, and-never let alone, The
statesmen concerned also suffer. ;We might instance
Sir James Graham, whose greatpersonal powers and
high respectability never obtained for him propor-
tionate achievement, position, or renown, from a
fatal want of moral courage. Even a revised Budget
is held to be a reproach to its author, still more
a second or a third. This once-for-all way of doing
things is almost a national maxim with us. It is in
the essence of our trial by jury. " Show your case,"
the country says; " tell your story, produce your
witnesses, state your argument, and give your
view of the law; fight it out now, abide by the
verdict, and let's hear of you and your complaints
no more, if possible." This, if not ideal justice, is
practical mercy, for it is far better than that foolish
or wrong-hea.ded people should spend their whole
lives and fortunes in litigation to their own misery,
and the misery of all around them, by perpetual
attempts to repair the supposed injustice of Courts.
But if anything can be worse than a life of litigation
it is a life of revolutions, in which one change is only
made to necessitate another. At present we all feel
something like terra firma under our feet. We
are aware that the public convenience may require
it to be newly levelled or undermined at long inter-
vals. But we would rather not feel that the ground
was always ready to heave, and as if, in fact, there
was no firm ground at all. We can get accustomed
to it, no doubt ; but we shall have to renounce some
of our comforts, unlearn some of our tastes, dis-
card some of our ideas, and be prepared to sink not
a little in the general scale, if we take to this sort of
life. If the pavement must be taken up, and our
houses underpinned, pray let it be done effectually
once for all in our lifetime at least.
POST.—Demands for money, whether they are
made by a son at Oxford, or in a crack Hussar re-
giment, upon the governor who has outlived the
pleasures of either or both, or whether they are pre-
ferred by the head of a public department to a House
of Commons many of the component parts of which
owe their seats to the practice of that kind of cor-
ruption which is begotten out of theoretical economy
and loud-tongued parsimony, are always received
with no welcome ; and even on each recurrent oc-
casion their presentation provokes an onslaught
which is more distinguished by discursive vehemence
than by accurate or laborious knowledge. Army
and navy estimates afford the most convenient oc-
casion for loose objections to expenditure ; and they
are, and have been for many years, the pet peg on
which to hang harangues upon economy generally,
and upon the enormity of expending money wrung
from the band of the hard-working honest man
upon aristocrats clothed in scarlet and gold. We are
now going through the annual performance, and
demands for sweeping reforms and wholesale reduc-
tions in the' house are backed by strongly-drawn
illustrations of the evil system in articles of journals
out of doors. In the house we aro told that the
soldier of Continental Governments costs a large per-
centage less than the soldier of Great Britain ; and
out of the house we are assured that the officer who
commands the comparatively over-paid English pri-
vate lives in scarlet and fine linen, at a luxurious
mess, at the cost of the overwhelmed taxpayer. It
is quite right, quite just, quite wise that a due
economy should be enforced in all branches of
public expenditure, and that care should be taken
that the nation gets value for its money laid
out. It is most desirable that the House of Com-
mons should carefully watch the estimates and
bring under discussion every item which demands

The largest crowd ever assembled in Pittsburg
to witness any amusement wero gathered at the Central
Skating Park on Thursday, Feb. 19, to witness Miss Carrie
W. Moore's skating; it is estimated there were from 10,000
to 15,000 persons present, including many of the clergy.

discussion, but the house, whose time is occupied,
and the country, whose attention and support is
demanded, have a right to require that those who
originate discussion and initiate objections should
take pains to previously master the subject. Now,
first, with regard to the officer. What is his real
pecuniary position in relation to the Exchequer ;
what is his cost to himself and what is his cost to
his country ? He buys at various times, as he rises
from one grade to another, a very inadequate
annuity, technically called his pay. 'This pay in a
cavalry regiment would, in the case of suppose we
say a captain in a Hussar regiment, just about
cover his mess bills, and he has, besides meeting
this demand, to buy his chargers, his saddlery, and
his unifzrms—the latter enormously costly in the
first instance, and rendered much more so by the
frequent alterations introduced in the shape or
materials of caps, busbies, sabretaches, and other
paraphernalia, by authorities who busy themselves
with such things. Who than stands the larger part
of the cost of the Hussar officer—the officer or the
tax payer ? Let any representative of the economi-
cal school go on parade when the Inspecting-Gene-
ral looks over a cavalry regiment, let him take a
captain as he sits on his charger—let him analyse
him and pick out of him the items of his purely
regimental expenditure—let him make a debtor and
creditor account, items on one side and pay on the
other, and then say which is in debt to the other—
the country to the officer, or the officer to the coun-
try. But then it will be said, with a look of incre-
dulity, why does a man accept such a position if it
is pecuniarily.such an indifferent, not to say such a
bad one ? For this reason : The officer does not
look at his profession, as the Parliamentary and
newspaper complainer does, from a purely money
point of view; and for the country it is fortunate
that he does not, or we should have to make a very
different bargain with him. Pecuniarily the position
of the officer is not a good one, not even an equit-
able one, but socially it is better than that afforded
by almost any other profession. And there is the real
secret of the willingness with which gentlemen enter
the service. Whenever that state of things ceases, or
is changed, our army will cost us a good deal more
than it does now, when Mr. White and some news-
papers raise together a voice of complaint. Then
as to the private soldier. He costs more, it is
complained, than the French soldier. This is true
to some extent, but not to the full extent of the
allegation. It is not, however, worth while to go
into any calculation of degree, for there is really no
parallel between the two. The circumstances under
which the English and French soldier enter into
and remain in the armies of either country are so
essentially different that the comparison is worth-
less ; there is little to be learnt from it, and no
practical result can be evolved from its institution.
Complain as they may, calculate as they may, the
White school will find that the cost per man of the
privates of our army will increase instead of de-
crease, unless we can be induced, which is not pro-
bable, to substitute compulsory service for volun-
tary enlistment. That it should be so is no more a
circumstance to be lamented than the, fact that the
produce of the customs revenue has increased, not-
withstanding the large reductions which we have
yearly been making in various important duties. It
shows that' employment is more accessible, that
labour commands a higher price, and that the
working man has more resources independent of
the State and in his own hand. That the soldier,
however, may be made more generally useful, that
he may be relieved from that ennui which is the
bane and destruction of the private in the English
army, and that he may be made thus to contribute
to the diminution of the general expenditure; we are
far from denying. We believe that many reforms
might, with great benefit to the army and to
society, be introduced into barrack life to the great
improvement of the men, both as soldiers and citi-
zens ; and we should be heartily glad to see many of
the vaguely active members of Parliament turning
their attention to the reality of reform' in detail.
We believe that something, perhaps something
considerable, may be saved by the institution of
an improved organisation of the civil departments
charged with the conduct of the business of the
army, although the Committee of the Treasury did
report that they saw no prospect of reducing the
establishment without impairing the efficiency of the
service. We believe that the Treasury Committee
are so far right that it would be difficult and unwise
to make reductions in the force of clerks employed
so long as the existing organisation of offices is
maintained, and so long as, Parliament and its
members are permitted as their own fancy, or any
statistic-collecting constituent, may suggest, to em-
ploy clerks in departments in the construction of
returns which can serve no purpose but that of
enabling patriots who have a passion for the acquisi-
tion of vicarious knowledge to write pamphlets and
compose social science congress speeches at the
public expense. In truth, a reform of our admi-
nistration is much more required than electoral
changes, and very much more money might be
saved by it.

THE ANGLO-AMERICAN TIMES" ON AN Ex-
CoNTEDERATE ON THE Ex-CONFEDERACY.
Ex-United States Senator Henry S. Foote, lately
Confederate Senator at Richmond, has given to
the world .his history of the Rebellion. Being a
participant in the crime against the Union, he is
probably as good an author on that side as we could
expect to hear from on the question of treason, its
phases while it existed, and the finale which over-
took it so suddenly last April. Mr. FOOTE is an
erratic genius, and altogether egotistical. While in
the national Congress he gave unequivocal proof of
this at divers times. He possesses a restless dispo-
sition, and can never brook restraint. Dissatisfied
with the National Government he went over to the
rebels, and had not been in their ranks but a short
time before he began to find fault with the whole
rebel establishment at Richmond. Nothing could
or did please him, and in this book he does not
hesitate to say so. Of course he has not a word to
utter against slavery. He appears unable to see
that it was the sole cause which led the South into
Secession. On the contrary, he lays the blame
upon the Northern Abolitionists and the ultra
Secessionists of the South, and calls them section-
alists, just as if there was no cause which produced
a feeling of hostility between the two sections.
Any schoolboy, of ten years of age, can enlighten
Mr. Foote in this matter. Had not slavery existed
there could have been no grounds for this ani-
mosity. Yet Mr. Foote wholly ignores a fact
patent to the world, and illustrated to its entire
satisfaction by the bloody war of the Rebellion.
But there are some things in his book which will
be perused with interest. The author never seemed
to have a very highly exalted opinion of Jeffer-
son Davis, and this opinion was not changed dur-
ing his observations of Davis's administration as
President of the so-called Confederacy. He says
that--" Mr. Davis and his official associates had,
no correct conception of the true character and
dimensions of the war into which they had so
hastily plunged, as was afterwards frankly con-
fessed in many a lugubrious harangue, and in
more than one solemn official document. They
did not believe at first that the conflict would
endure for a twelvemonth, and were even weak
enough to calculate most confidently upon strong
Northern aid, which it is now well known there
never was the least probability of [their receiving ;
albeit ex-President Pierce and several others,
whose letters to Mr. Davis have recently seen the
light, had plied this confiding personage with
secret promises of support, upon which he built
in part his hopes of one day wielding an im-
perial sceptre. . . . Mr. Davis vetoed more
bills during the short provisional reginze than
all the Presidents of the United States put together,
from Washington to Lincoln inclusive, and no at-
tempt to pass a single bill over his head was ever
made." Of Davis's Cabinet Mr. Foote speaks in the
most contemptuous terms, and intimates that
there were only two of these functionaries whose
official qualifications were even respectable—the
Attorney-General, Mr. Watts, and the Post-
master-General, Mr. Reagan." Of Mr. Benja-
min, the Confederate Secretary of War, he remarks
that—" Besides his inability to meet the military
exigencies which he hadj been encountering, :as
well as the more serious ones in prospect, he was
subject to other objections as the incumbent of a
high Cabinet position of the greatest and most
vital character. His reputation for integrity had
never been good, and of late years it had become
deeply tarnished by his known participan cy in
schemes of notorious corruption, both in the
State of Louisiana and in Washington city. The
offensive moral odour arising 'from the celebrated
Houinas fraud (one of the most unblushing and
profligate legislative transactions that had ever
disgraced the annals of a free people) had affixed
such a stigma upon the reputation both of Mr.
Benjamin and his friend and patron, Mr. John A.
Slidell, as it was not possible that any lapseof
time would entirely efface." This is severe on
Benjamin, and will not assist him much in his
endeavours to attain position at the London bar.
For Mr. Seddon, who was also at one time Secre-
tary of War, Mr. Foote has not a single eulogistic
word, and says of him, that " it may be safely as-
serted that he :did not possess one of the qualities
needful to a creditable and useful performance of ,
the duties which were now devolved on him. He
was never able to learn even the ordinary routine
of official business, and often scornfully declined
attendance to matters of the most urgent import-
ance. He was as arrogant and insulting to those
who approached him in his official sanctum, as he
was notoriously servile and fawning to his own
executive chief. He evinced, from his very en-
trance into office, an utter disregard of all con-
stitutional obligations; and in the exercise of the
authority committed to him, he proved himself to

be the most heartless and ruffianly tyrant whom
I ever yet saw in the possession of official power."
Hindman, of Arkansas, the Gessler of the South,
was a pet of both Davis and Seddon, and notwith-
standing his cruelties to the people of Arkansas and
Texas, he was kept in position, andused to boast that
when sentence of death was pronounced on his victims
he always took care to be present and witness their
execution. In proof of Seddon's inhumanity, Mr.
Foote relates the fact of there being confined in
the Richmond prison house, under the orders of the
War Department, several hundred men, " not one
of whom was charged with anything but suspected
political infidelity, and this too, not upon oath in 3
single instance. Many of these prisoners died
in their dungeons and the remainder dragged
along their miserable lives until released
by the Union army when it entered Richmond."
But we have neither time nor space to comment
further on Mr. Foote's revelations. One thing is
certain ; they prove beyond cavil the weakness of
the men who undertook to destroy the Government,
and their wanton heartlessness, not only as dis-
played toward the Union prisoners who fell into
their power, but also to the poor white people who
were in very deed their subjects. Thus it Is that
gradually the world is getting an insight into the
ambitions, the workings and the wickedness of the
leaders in the great Rebellion, and out of the
mouths of their own dupes are they convicted be-
fore the bar of public opinion, if not before the bar
of justice.