The Sun.
London, England, 1866-07-07 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY tIVENING, JULY 7, 1866

any handicap, after July 5
of two such, or one of 20
furlongs.

(at 10 a.m.), of 100 sovs 71b,
10, 101 b extra; straight seven

Age st 11
•
Pantaloon ... ... 4 8 12
Attache ...4 8 9
Skirmish. ... 4 8 1
Mongrel ... ... 4 7 10
A. D. Wagner ... 4 7 10
Salliet ...4 7 5
Jevington 4 7 4
Pegasus (h b) 5 7 1
Pepper's Ghost ... 4 7 0
Wild Bee ... 4 7 0
Viceroy 4 6 12
Fat Jack 6 6 12

Age st lb
Under the Cloud ... 5 6 11
King of Spades ... 3 6 10
.Tunius 5 6 9
Quirina, 3 6 7
Bitter Sweet ... 3 6 5
Sabrina 3 6 0
Frolic 3 6 0
Opposition... 3 5 7
Elegance ... 3 5 7
Countess 8010 ... 3 5 7
Elcot's dam f (11 b) 3 5 7
Glowworm ... 3 5 7

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The ABBEY STARES of 10 sovs each, 3 ft, with 50 added,
for 2 yr-olds; colts Bst 101 b, fillies Bst 61b; untrieds
allowed 31b ; winners of any two year old stake or plate
31b, of two or one of 200 sovs value 51b, of three or two
of 200 71b extra ; the winner of the Reading Stakes
101 b extra, but no other extra weight; five furlongs.

55 subs.
Ebbisham (31b), ch c by Lord of the Isles out of Split-
vote, b c by Lord of the Isles out of Intimidation, b c by
Big Ben out of Lady Wild (31b), Bonnie Doon (31b), br f
by Gemma di Vergy out of Sneer, Commissioner, Charade,
Dick Turpin (31b), Priority (31b), b c by Musjid out of
Miss Aldcroft, b f by Duudeo out of Sacrifice, b c Knight
of St. George, b c Vulcan (31b), Chieftain,The Porter's
Knot. Nanc/(31b), ch c Young Lord (31b) King Charles,
The Duchess, Hornet, Regentess, Strathclyde, fby Rata-
plan out of Carlotta (31b), c Alladin (31b), Brother to Bay
Leaf, Tempest (31b), Knight of the Garter (31b), ch c
Grand March, br f Columbine, f Amour Propre (31b), Resi-
duary Legatee (31b), f by Dundee out of Rambling Katie,
Sister to Scottish Chief, br c by Vedette out of Testy,
Ammunition (31b), ch c by Nutbourne out of Lady Bird
(31b), Misfortune, Novice, Littleport (31b), Stodare, Prin-
cess Thyra, br f Beeswing (31b), b f Moonbeam, b f Lam-
bourne Lass (31b), ch c by Rattle out of Chamounix (31b),
Scipio, Daffodil, b f Ethelinda (31b), The General (31b), ch
c Captain Kidd (31b), bk f Confessional, br e General
Kmety (31b), b cColenso (31b), bk c by Gibraltar out of
Cicada.
The FORBITRY STAKES (Selling Handicap) of 5 sovs each,
with 50 added, for two year olds ; the winner to be sold
for 500 sovs ; winners after June 20 (at 10 a.m.) 71b
extra ; seven furlongs, straight. 8 subs.

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Lady Pam Bst 101 b, Laverna Bst, Master Robert 7st 121 b,
Pyrrhic 7st 101 b, Rosa Nera 7st 101 b, Stud 7st 81b, Clay-
more 7st 81b, Piano 7st 81b.
The STAND PLATE (Handicap) of 80 sous ; winners of any
handicap after July 5, at 10 a.m., 71b extra; half a mile.
Age st lb I Ago st lb
Queen of Trumps... a 9 6; Quirina ... 3 6 10
Cranbury 5 9 3! lon ... 3 6 10
Soapstone 6 9 3 Her Ladyship ... 3 610
Pantaloon 4 8 13 Tina ... 3 6 9
Cedric ... ... 4 8 6' Crown Prince ... 3 6 9
Glendusk ... 5 8 3! Gay. Tom ... 3 6 7
Qui Vivo ... 3 8 0; Sylph ... 3 6 5
Pupil ... ... a 7 131 Bay Leaf ... 3 6 4
Star ... ... 4 7 131 Naiad 3 6 4
Alice Lee 5 7 12 Opposition ... 3 6 2
Salliet 4 7 8; B f by The Dupe,
Bigote ~. 4 7 81 out of Elcot's d,
The Celt ... ... 3 7 7 h b 3 6 2
Crossbow ... 4 7 5 Elegance 3 6 0
Blackbird ... 4 7 3 Countess 8010 ... 3 6 0
Viceroy ... .i. 4 7 3 Chevalier d'Esprit 2 5 7
Marshal Ney 3 7 3 Gen. Sherman ... 2 5 7
Princess Dagmar... 4 7 0 Lady Margaret ... 2 5 7
Desir6e ... 4 7 0

The EASTKAMSTEAD PARK STAKES (Selling Handicap)
of 5 sovs each, with 50 added ; the winner to be sold for
500 sovs after the race, and any surplus to be divided
between the owner of the second and the fund; win-
ners after June 28 (at ten a.m) 71b extra ; six furlongs,
straight ; 16 subs.

Ago st lb
... 4 8 10
... 5 8 7

Bigoto ...
Viceroy ...

Ago st lb
-. 4 7 7
... 4 7 7

... 5 8 6
... ... 4 8 4

Veluti ...
Comet ...

... 5 7 4
... 6 7 0

ages ; winners after the declaration of the weights slb
extra; the winner to be sold for 30 soya; T.Y.C. To
close and name on Monday night.
The PONTEFRACT HANDICAP of 10 soya each, h ft, with 100

added ; the second to save his stake ; winners of any
I" handicap, value 100 sovs after June 18 (at nine a.m.)
51b, of two, or of a handicap value 200 sovs 81b, or of
the Great West Riding Handicap on the preceding day
101 b extra (extreme penalty) ; one mile ; 12 subs.
Age st lb Age st lb
Exceller 4 8 12 Begum 3 7 4
Treasure Trove ... 3 8 0 Klarnet ... 3 7 2
Lady Durham 4 7 11 Hebe ... 3 6 12
Raunds 3 7 5 Lady of the Tees 3 6 12
Missile ... 47 4 Dark Agnes ... 3 611
Claros 37 4 Archery ... ... 3 6 9
The BADSWORTH lima Cur, value 50 sovs, added to a
Handicap of 5 sovs each, 2 ft (to the fund); winners of
any handicap value 50 sovs after the weights are de-
clared 51b, of two, or one of 100, or of the Welter Cup on
the first day, 81b extra ; gentlemen riders, professionals
71b extra. One mile.

Ago st lb st lb
The Count... ... 511 8 Cora ... 30
10 2
Wild Huntsman ... 5 11 0 Claros ... 3 10 2
Lady Sykes ... 4 10 7 Mayfair 3 9 11
Prof. Miller 4 10 4 Carnizette ... 3 9 9
White Stockings 610 4 Archery 3 9 9
The CONSOLATION SCRAMBLE (Handicap) of 3 sovs each, 1
ft (to the fund), with 25 added, for all ages; tho second
to save his stake ; T.Y.C. To close and namo by nine
o'clock on Monday night, and the weights to be declared
at nine o'clock on the morning of the race.

RES FOR 1866.
,Y.

Winchester 24
Spilsby
Chesterfield
Southampton 25
Huntingdon
Caen 29
Goodwood 3l

UST.
Hastings' 2l
York August 2l
Dover 2?
Plymouth
Lichfield
Tunbridge 2B
Yarmouth
'Derby Summer 29
Weymouth 29
Baden Baden 3l
)BER.
Newmarket 2d October 8
Hereford lB
Newmarket Houghton ... 22

Monmouth
Manchester Autumn 25
Newmarket Ist October 25
Walsall
Lanark 2B

IMBE R.
Shrewsbury
Leamington Hunt l9
•G FIXTURES.
LY.

1 Downltoyal Corporation 18
:31BER.

4,5, 6
IBER.

. 16, 17 18
NG FIXTURES.

LY.
Abbeville
Le Pin 22
Chalon-sur-Saone ...
282-2, 23
Saintes , 29
Caen
UST.
Le Mans
Laon l9, 20
Tarbes l9, 22
I Blois 26, 28
Baden-Baden ............... 31

tain Pryor, Royal Navy, was present, and about
30 gentlemen from Liverpool and Birkenhead. The
raft consists of two or more air-tight cylinders, en-
cased in heavy duck cylinders, connected together
by duck flaunches, which, being connected with the
outside casing of the air cylinder, forms a complete
deck surface. Across the top of these cylinders
planks are lashed. These planks keep the cylin-
ders, when inflated, apart, and act as seats for pas-
sengers. Across these, at each end, and lengthwise
to the raft, are stringer pieces of timber, which
answer for the double purpose of gunwales, and
for attaching rollocks for propelling the raft.
Bellows are used for inflating the cylinders, and
the whole is put in readiness to launch in the space
of six minutes or less. This raft has a buoyant
capacity of 8,0001 b., and a deck surface for
passengers of 180 square feet, though it is
stowed away in a space of 18 inches by 11
feet, and weighs only 4001bs. The steam tug
Sailor King took the raft down to the Bell Buoy,
and it was got ready and thrown overboard in five
minutes and a-half. It can be safely launched in
the heaviest sea, being always sure to right itself.
Some 20 persons got into the raft, and it was tried
in the roughest water the steamer could make, and
allowed to drift smartly against the buoy. All the
gentlemen expressed their high approval of this
American invention, and Captain Pryor stated he
would recommend it to the Government for pas-
senger ships. It is easily steered, and propelled
through the water with oars.
The Spectator may see a list of female graduates,
--the degrees and honours awarded—by referring
to the last meeting of the "Baltimore Female Col-
lege." The 18 young unmarried ladies were seated
on the stage, and their theses were read before one
of the most intelligent and refined assemblages.
The President, Nathan C. Brooks, LL.D. presided.,
The first honours of the college, consisting of the
large college medal, were conferred on Miss Amanda
C. Dalby, of Northampton County, Virginia, for
eminence in the Greek and Latin languages. The
third honours, consisting of a similar medal, were
conferred on Miss Effie M. Hoffman, of Baltimore,
for eminence in belles lettres. The sixth honours,
consisting of a like medal and a beautiful white
French wreath, were conferred on Miss Sarah
Elizabeth Ward, for exemplary deportment and
devotion to study. Although " exemplary con-
duct and devotion to study" rank last in this
list, the reward very properly as it strikes us
—appears to be the greatest. Miss Ward has
carried off the French wreath, in addition to
the medal, and although ranking last, in this, at any
rate, takes the first place. A list of the graduates
is given, with their theses and residences, and
another list enumerates the young ladies upon whom
the degree of Artium Magistra was conferred.
Two other young ladies receiving honours were
crowned with laurel. Dr. Brooks must have had a
pleasing and most enviable duty to perform.
Maryland expects a large emigration from Ger-
many, and is exerting herself in Prussia to remove
a disability, and thus to secure this object. Mr.
Wright, the Minister in Berlin, has been discussing
the preliminaries with Count Bismarck, whose last
proposition is that all who left Prussia before the
age of 17, and all above that age who had been in
the United States seven years, should. be exempt
from molestation on returning home. As every
man, from the prince to the peasant, from the age
of 17 upwards, is subject to be drawn in the military
lottery for service in the army or the landwehr, or
reserve militia, and called upon in an emergency to
take the field, the value of this concession may be
imagined. Every emigrant when he attains that
age, even in a foreign country, is held to be a citizen
of Prussia, and liable to the service. Thus the
emigrant paying a visit to his parents and friends
may be arrested to complete the term he has to
serve. Between ,the years 1857 and 1861 over 200
naturalised citizens of the United States were in
the Prussian army against their will. At present
half-a-dozen are known to be so, and this number
would have been larger but for the indefatigable
exertions of Mr. Wright. Wealthy American
Germans have been arrested as deserters, and others
have had the humiliation of being compelled to evade
the law officers. If the American passport were as
potent for the naturalised as for the native Ame-
rican citizens emigration would be greatly stimu-
lated.

An American paper describes the effect of a
9-inch percussion shell used by their iron-clads for
sweeping the deck clear of boarders. The shell
is passed up from below, and was tried on the. Di-
ctator with wooden men. The force of the explosion
tumbled everything on deck into the sea, and a
fragment cut the chain cable in two. The Ame-
ricans give this shell the appropriate name of " deck-
scrapers."

" I believe," exclaimed Head Centre Stephens,
"the British press to be the vilest in the world,—
unless it be that foul press of Ireland, which may
be fairly designated the journalistic refuge' of
England." Poor, "The Irish People"—poor, " The
Nation"—why should you be thus abused 1 But
perhaps the Head Centre meant you to be excep-
tions. Mr. Stephens' opinion of the English press
—we presume he means the English—may be fairly
taken as a sample of the Irish abuse of this country
in America. The Americans are much better
judges of what that press is, and have fully as fair
an opportunity of knowing what it is as Mr.
Stephens, and we leave them to judge of the truth
of his assertion. We believe most of Mr. Stephens'
statements will be found, on examination, to be
equally true.
The New York Home Journal tells us that Col.
Sanderson's purpose in visiting Europe is to take
charge, in Paris, of an American restaurant, which it
states he is well fitted to do, being the best caterer
in America. We would be sorry that Colonel
Sanderson's talent should be lost to those who visit
Paris during the French Exposition, but we would
be still more sorry if the extraordinary talent of his
brother, Harry Sanderson, the American pianist,
should be lost to the public here. We are in hopes
that this wonderful performer will give the public
an opportunity of judging of the singular skill with
which nature has endowed him ; for we believe be
owes little to the teachings of Art.
The estimates of the growing cotton crop in
America are becoming more reliable. These esti-
mates are often made, and widely stated, with no
basis of facts, to influence present.prices. But con-
current testimony begins to show that the crop
will be somewhere between 1,500,000 and 2,000,000
bales. The planters are doing their best, but they
have great difficulties to struggle against—the want
of capital, the destruction of roads, the neglect of
the estates, and the lack of labour. The dykes
along the Arkansas and Mississippi rivers have been
injured, and the water has overflowed millions of
acres, the estimate for the Mississippi alone being
23,700 square miles, of which 12,300 are sugar
lands and 10,000 cotton lands. At present a tax
of two cents a pound is levied on all cotton
grown. This tax, by a new law, is raised to five
cents, but a committee has recommended that it
be reduced to two cents, and the Senate has
adopted their recommendation. It is thought that
a compromise of three cents will ultimately be
agreed upon. A strong party wished to amend
the Constitution, so that Congress may have the
power to levy an export duty on cotton, but the
motion was defeated by 61 to 58. Louisiana has
been the chief sufferer from the destruction of the
dykes. The vast plains of this State became seas,
and the waters retired leaving ruined crops and
buildings, drowned men and animals, over a vast
expanse of mire. General Humphreys reports that
$1,200,000 will be required for the repairs neces-
sary to protect that State alone. The estimate far
the Mississippi is $2,700,000, and $1,200,000 for
the Arkansas. It is calculated that the available
alluvial lands of the Mississippi are of the most
fertile description, capable of growing a bale of
cotton per acre. There are 7,000,000 of acres,
enough to double the whole cotton crop of the
United States in 1860. When we consider that
the sum of £15,483,361 was paid to the United
States for the cotton imported into this country up
to the 30th April last, from the beginning of the
year, some idea may be formed of the value to
the world of this rich tract.

The University of Michigan has been in operation
less than thirty years, but is now the largest in
America. According to its most recent catalogue

it has thirty-two instructors, and twelve hundred
and thirty-five students. Besides these it has three
hundred and eighty-five students in its law school.
The libraries, museums, and cabinets are of the
most complete kind, its endowment being more
liberal than that of any other American institution.
It charges nothing for tuition. Each pupil who is
a resident of Michigan pays a, matriculation fee of
$lO, and if he comes from any other part of the
world he pays $2O ; but a youth who might go from
London would have precisely the same advantage
as a resident of Michigan, with no other payment
during his four years of tuition than this $2O. The
university is entirely unsectarian, students being
permitted to go to any church or no church, and
not required to attend morning prayers. • The in-
quisitorial plan is entirely dispensed with. Each
student is permitted to lodge and board where he
likes. If he commits an offence he is amenable to
the laws like any other citizen. The instructors
have no authority to interfere with the private
affairs of any student. The effect of this method
is declared to be that the university has less trouble
than any other in the world, and that any disorder
among students is almost unknown.