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

THE SCE, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, JULY 7, 1866,

any handicap, after July 5
of two such, or one of 201
furlongs.

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

Age at lb Age st lb
Pantaloon ... 4 8 12 Under the Cloud ... 5 6 11
Attache ... 4 8 9 King of Spades 3 610
Skirmish. ... 4 8 1 Junius 5 6 9
Mongrel ... ... 4 7 10 Quirina, 3 6 7
A. D. Wagner 4 7 10 Bitter Sweet 3 6 5
Salliet ... 4 7 5 Sabrina . 3 6 0
Jevington 4 7 4 Frolic 3 6 0
Pegasus (h b) 5 7 1 Opposition... 3 5 7
Pepper's Ghost ... 4 7 0 Elegance ... 3 5 7
Wild Bee 4 7 0 Countess 8010 ... 3 5 7
Viceroy •.. ... 4 612 Elcot's dam f(hb) 3 5 7
Fat Jack ... 6 6 12 Glowworm
3 5 7
The ABBEY STAKES 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 Verg,y out of Sneer, Commissioner, Charade,
Dick Turpin (31b), Priority (31b), b c by Musjid out of
Miss Aldcroft, b f by Dundee out of Sacrifice, b c Knight
of St. George, b c Vulcan (31b), Chieftain' The Porter's
Knot, Nancy '(3lb), ch c Young Lord (31b) King Charles,
The Duchess, Hornet, Regentess, Strathclyde, f by Rata-
plan out of Carlotta. (31b), c Alladin (31b), Brother to Bay
Leaf, Tempest (31b), Knight of the Garter (31b), ch c
Giund March, br f Columbine, f Amour Propre(3lb), 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 (31h), bk f Confessional, br c General
Kmety (31b), b c Colenso (31b), bk c by Gibraltar out of
Cicada.

The FORBURY 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.

Lady Pam Bst 101 b, Lavorna Bst, Master Robert 7st 121 b,
Pyrrhic 7st 101 b, Rosa N era 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.
Ago st lb Age 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 Viva ... 3 8 0 Sylph ... ... 3 6 5
Pupil ... a 7 13 I Bay Leaf 3 6 4
Star ... 4 7 131 Naiad ... 3 6 4

Alice Lee ... 5 7 121 Opposition ... 3 6 2
Salliet 4 '7 8 B f by Tho Dupe,
Bigote ... 4 7 8 out of Elcot's d,
The Colt ... 3 7 7 h b ... 3 6 2
Crossbow 4 7 51Elegance ... 3 6 0
Blackbird ... 4 7 31Countess 8010 3 6 0
Viceroy ... 4 7 31Chevalier d'Esprit 2 5 7
Marshal Ney ... 3 73, Gen. Sherman ... 2 5 7
Princess Dagmar... 4 7 01Lady Margaret ... 2 5 7
Desir6e ... 4 7 01
The EASTHAMSTEAD 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 ; 1G subs.
Age st lb
Edinburgh 4 8 10
Paris 5 8 7
Glondusk ... 5 8 6
Star 4 8 4

Ago st lb
Bigoto ... ... 4 7 7
Viceroy ... ... 4 7 7
Veluti ... ... 5 7 4
Comet ... ... 6 7 0

Alice Leo ... 5 8 0 Kingmaker 3 7 0
Gulnara, ... 5 7 12 Barege colt 3 6 8
Filbert ... ... 47 12 Bay Leaf 3 6 0
Mephistopheles 3 7 81 Zingyni 3 6 0
SATURDAY.—The PRINCE OF WALES PLATE of 40 sovs
(Handicap), for 3-yr-olds and upwards; a y winner
after Monday, July 9,51 b extra ; about seven furlongs,
straight. To close on or before Tuesday, July 10, at

8 p.m.
The ALEXANDRA PLATE of 30 sous (Handicap), for two and
three-yr-olds ; about half a mile straight. To close on

or before Tuesday, July 10, at 8 p.m.
A SELLING STAKES of 3 sovs each, with 20 added; the
winner to be sold for 50 soya, if entered for 30 sous
allowed 71b ; about half a mile, straight. To close on

or before Friday, July 13, at 6 p.m.
A HURDLE RACE STAKES of 3 sovs each, with 25 added, for
3-yr-olds and upwards; the winner to be sold for 200
sovs, with allowances if for less; about one mile and a
half, over six hurdles. To close on or before Thursday,

July 12, at 8 p.m.
A MAIDEN PLATE of 25 sovs (Handicap) for all ages that
have never won a plate or a sweepstakes of 30 sovs at
any ono time ; mares and geldings allowed 21b. To close
on Friday, July 13, at 6 p.m., at the Grand Stand.

PROGRAMME OF PONTEFRACT AND WEST
RIDING MEETING.
MONDAY, July 9. The LONDESBOROUGH STAKES of 5
sovs each, with 50 added, for 2-yr-olds ; colts Bst 101 b
fillies, Bst 61b ; winners once 31b, twice 51b, thrice 71b
extra ; starters twice, and never won, allowed Bib ; the
second to save his stake. T.Y.C. 15 subs.
Stewards—The Hon. S. Hawke, Henry Chaplin, Esq., R.
H. Jones, Esq., the Hon. Capt. Lawley, J. Hope Barton,
Esq., and H. L. Jones, Esq. Judge and Handicapper—
Mr. Richard Johnson. Starter—Mr. George Dawson.
Secretary—Mr. J. Wright. Clerk of the Course—Mr.
John H. Peart, of Malton.
Mr. Benjamin's br c Blairgowrie.
Mr. Bowes's br f Rondinella.
Mr. A. Harrison's gr f Policy.
Marquis of Hastings's b c Whirligig.
Marquis of Hastings's b c Romney.
Mr. W. E. Hobson's b e Newland (71b extra).
Mr. Jackson's b f Narino.
Mr. R. H. Jones's b c Ballot.
Capt. Lawley's b f Aramiuta.
Mr. Jackson's b f by Newminster out of El Dorado.
Mr. Masterman's b f The Nun, by Weatherbit.
Mr. A. de Montgomery's br c Livarot.
Mr. J. Osborne's br c Rabbit Trap.
Mr. J. Scott's b c Clinker (dead).
Lord Westmorland's bl c by Gibraltar out of Orloff's dam.
The GREAT WEST RIDING HANDICAP of 10 sovs each, h ft,
with 100 added ; the second to save his stake ; winners
of any handicap value 100 sovs after June 10 (at 9 a.m.)
51b, of two, or of a handicap value 200 sovs 81b extra ;
one mile and a half ; 11 subs.
Age st lb
Nothing More 4 8 12
Treasure Trove 3 8 2
Lady Durham 4 7 13
Missile 4 7 5
Claros 3 7 5
Begum 3 7 5
The WEST YORK NURSERY PLATE (Han'licap) of 70 SOVb;
winners of any race after the publication of the weights
51b extra ; T.Y.C.

Age st lb
Amazon 3 7 1
Hobe 3 7 1
Douro 3 6 13
Dark Agnes 3 (pd)
Archery 3 6 12

st lb
Louisa ... 8, 10 Gipsy Queen ... ... 710
Lady Estor 8 8 Pear Blossom ... ... 7 8
Gloire 8 2 Little Treasure ... 7 6
Slap Bang 8 0 Breeze f 7 4
Rondinella 8 0 Tidy ... 7 0
The YORKSHIRE WELTER Cur, value 50 sovs, added to a
Handicap of 5 sovs each, 2 ft (to the fund) ; winners of
any handicap value 100 sovs after June 25 (at nine
a.m.) 51b, of two, or of a handicap value 200 soya 81b
extra ; gentlemen riders,:professionals 51b extra. One
mile.

Age st lb
The Count ... 5 11 7 Sweet Jessie
The Turner ... 4 10 12 Dolan ...
Miss Haworth ... 310 10 Custaloga
Phillis (h b) ... 610 7 Dark Agnes
Lady Sykes (h b) 4 10 5 Antique

Age at lb
... A 9 12
... 3 9 12
... 3 9 12
... 3 (paid)
...396
... 3 9 5
... 5 (paid)

Malta ... a 10 5 Hanover
Wise Man ... 8 10 2 Poetess
Brown Willy 4 10 1
The PoNTEntAcT BOROUGH Our, value 50 sovs, added to a
Handicap of 5 sovs each, 1 ft (to the fund); winner of
any handicap value 50 sovs after the weights are de-
clared 51b, of two or of a handicap value 100 sovs 81b
extra. T.Y.C.

Age st lb
The Count ... 5 8 10
Bonaparte ... 4 8 7
Cora ... ... 3 7 9
Miss Dora ... 5 7 8
Claros 3 7 7
Kismet ... 3 7 6
Chessman ... 3 7 5
Chepstow ... 3 7 4
The SPECULATION PLATE OP 25 sovs, added to a Sweep-
stakes of 3 Boys each ; two-year-olds 6st, three Bst 101 b,
four 9st 71b, five and upwards list 121 b ; mares and
geldings allowed 31b ; the winner to be sold forloo sovs ;
if entered for 80 soya allowed 31b, 50 71b, 40 141 b, 20 181 b;
T.Y.C. To close and name between the hours of six
and ten o'clock on Saturday night, July 7.
TUESDAY.—The PARK HET, STAKES of 5 soya each, with
50 added, for two-year-olds ; colts Bst 101 b, fillies Bst 61b;
winners once3lb, twice 51b, thrice or the Londesborough
Stakes on the first day 71b extra ; starters twice and never
won allowed 31b ; the second to save his stake ; T.Y.C.
16 subs.
Mr. Benjamin's br c Blairgowrie
Mr. Bowes's br f Rondinella
Mr. R. Chilton's bk f Gulnare, by Musjid
Mr. A. Harrison's gr f Policy
Marquis of Hastings's b c Whirligig
Marquis of Hastings's b c Romney
Mr. W. E. Hobson's b c Newland (7lb extra)
Mr. Jackson's b f by Newminster out of El Dorado
Mr. Jackson's b f Narino
Mr. R. H. Jones's b c Ballot
Captain Lawley's b f Araminta
Mr. T. R. Masterman's br f Snowflake
Mr. A. do Montgomery's br c Livarot
• Mr. J. Osborne's br c Rabbit Trap
Mr. J. Scott's b c Clinker (dead
Lord Westmoreland's bk c by Gibraltar, out of
Orloff's dam
The ALEXANDRA PLATE of 50 soya (handicap) ; winners of
any race after June 25 (at nine a.m.) 51b extra; three
quarters of a mile.
Age st lb
The Count ... 5 8 10
3 8 0
Naples 4 7 10
Caithness4 8 4
BMralowtan Win.; 4a 77 69
Claros 3 7 5
Custaloga 3 7 4
The luxurzas' PLATE of

Age st lb
Nelly Gray (h b)... 4 7 0
Carnizotte ... ... 3 6 12
Coleraine f ... 3 6 12
The Choker ... 3 6 12
Louisa ... ...2 6 12
Gloire ... ...2 6 5
Gipsy Queen ... 2 5 12

Age st lb
Klarnet 3 7 3
Dark Agnes ... 3 (pd.)
Antique ... ... 3 6 12
Archery ... ... 3 6 12
Bachelor ... ... 3 6 10
Hanover ... 3 6 10
Mayfair ... ... 3 610
Poetess ... ... 5 (pd.)
10 fiQYS (llandicaP) for all

ages ;' winners after the declaration of the weights 51b
extra; the winner to be sold for 30 sous; T.Y.C. To
close and name on Monday night.

The PONTEFRACT HANDICAP of 10 sovs each, I. ft, with 100
added ; the second to save his stake ; winners of any
Tr 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 ... 4 711 Hobe .. 3 612
Raunds 3 7 5 Lady of the Tees 3 6 12
Missile 4 7 4 Dark Agnes 3 6 11
Claros •3 7 4 Archery 3 6 9
The BADSWORTII HUNT CUP, 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.

Age st lb Age st lb
The Count... 5 11 8 Corb, ... 3 10 2
Wild Huntsman ... 5 11 0 Claros ... 3 10 2
Lady Sykes 410 7 Mayfair ... ... 3 911
Prof. Miller 4 10 4 Carnizette ... 3 9 9
White Stockings 610 4 Archery 3 9 9
The CONSOLATION SCRAMBLE (Handicap) of 3 sous each, 1
ft (to the fund), with 25 added, for all ages ; the second
to save his stake ; T.Y.C. To close and name by nine
o'clock on Monday night, and the weights to be declared
at nine o'clock on the morning of the race.

RACING FIXTI
JU:

Pontefract
Abingdon
Rea mAg
N ottinghain
Down Royal
K nu tsford
Stamford l9
Radcliffe 23

'RES FOR 1866.
,Y.

AUG

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

Airdrie 2
Deauville
Ripon 6
Brighton 7
Brighton Club
Lowes lO
Egham 14
Wolverhampton l4
Stockton l5
Oxford l6

Hastings 2l
York August 2l
Dover 2?
Plymouth 2,
Lichfield
Tunbridge 2B
Yarmouth
Derby Summer 29
Weymouth 29
Baden Baden 3l

OCTOBER.
Northampton 2 Newmarket2d October... 8
Lothians' Racing Club 3 Hereford ..... 18
Ryl. Cal. Hunt and Kelso 3 Newmarket Houghton ... 22
Bedford 4
SEPT

Warwick September 4
Leicester 6
Doncaster
Brecon l7
Canterbury lB
Richmond
NOVI

'MBER.
Monmouth
Manchester Autumn 25
Newmarket Ist October 23
Walsall
Lanark 4B

MBER.

Lincolnll
Liverpool
19
IRISH RACING FIXTURES.
JULY.

Carlow

SEPTEMBER.

Curragh ......................................................... 4,5, 6

Curragh
FRENCH RAC.i
JU.
Toulouse ..................... 1
St. Omer
Rouen
Metz B, 9
Amiens

16, 17 18
G FIXTURES.

- Abbeville
Lo Pin 22
Chalon-sur-Saone ... 22, 23
Saintes 2B, 29
Caon
rUS T.
Le Mans

AUG
Deauville....., 4, 5, 6
Rochefort 5
Bourge5...
Valenciennes
Moulins
Cherbourg l9

Laon l9, 20
Tarbes l9, 22
Blois 26, 28
Baden-Baden 3l

SEPTEMBER.

Badon-Baden 3, 5, 7 I Paris (Autumn) 23, 30
Chantilly

OCTOBER.
Paris 7 I Vincennes
Chantilly l4, 18 I

Miscellaneous American News.

(From the Anylo-American Times.)

Cholera is hanging about some of the cities of
the Union. Several cases are reported from New
York, and at Elizabeth, New Jersey, 11 have
proved fatal out of 40 attacks. The epidemic ap-
pears as yet to have little of that virulence which
on former visitations have proved so wide-spread
and disastrous.

The Evening Gold Exchange has been re-opened
in New York. The gold speculating fever has re-
turned, and the fluctuations become as violent as
during the war. From 1471 it rose to 1531, on the
intelligence received by the City of Paris, closing at
night at 160—an advance of nearly 13 per cent. in 24
hours. The range continued between 160 and 170
during the next two days, when the China' arrived
with intelligence that sent gold down at once to
150, breaking several reckless speculators. The
last price is 156.
into the work-
ing inquiring
ge
recommended
gfßiovruen by General Sherman to
Bureau
that T
of fe
theth commissioners
eFar e d
Islands,m en s
the negroes, shall be returned to the original owners,
provided they pay the negroes for their improve-
ments. General Steedman and Fullerton's report
extends to South Carolina and Florida. They speak
highly of the working of the Bureau under General
Scott in South Carolina, but condemn Florida, and
recommend the exclusion of civilians from the
Bureau, and that it be placed exclusively under
military control.

Professor Goldwin Smith, in a letter to the Daily
News, suggests that, considering the admirable way
in which the Americans have behaved about the
Fenian invasion of Canada, the present would be
a proper time to consent to an inquiry on the Ala-
bama question. What the Americans demand (says
Mr. Smith) is a fair inquiry into a case in which
they believe themselves to have suffered wrong--
such an
u notinquiryiliousas honour need not refuse, as filo
most honour on the contrary would
p
court for its own vindication.

Mr. Minister at Paris, writes to Mr.
Se
of June 4, that in a recent con-
under Bigelow,
date
ward
con-
versation M. Drouyn de l'Huys had assured him of
the entire good faith of France in respect to the
promised withdrawal of troops from Mexico ; that
the report of an intention to bring away small de-
tachments only for the present is unfounded, and
that no troops, have been sent from France to
Mexico since the announcement of the withdrawal,
except 916 to fill vacancies in the existing corps.
As for the sending of Austrian troops, that is a
matter with which France has nothing to do, and
for which no contract has been made.

Captain James Keimedy, commanding the Inman
screw steamer, City of Paris, has crossed the At-
lantic, from New York to Ireland, in eight days.
It has been the good fortune of this gallant gentle-
man not only to distinguish himself by making one
of the most rapid runs on record, but by being in-
strumental in saving the crew of the American ship
Meridian on New-year's day. The President has
acknowledged Captain Kennedy's service by the
gift of a splendid gold chronometer, and by a letter
addressed to the Lords of the Admiralty from the
appropriately de-
scribing the manner in which the rescue of the crew
American Minister in London,
of the sinking ship was effected, in a heavy sea-
way, by this sailor and his picked boat's crew. The
runs of the City
of Paris are worth recording. On
June 24th she
made 290 miles ; 25th, 302 ; 26th,
334 ; 27th, 322
_
; 28th, 328 ; 29th, 327 ; 30th, 324 ;
July Ist, 344 miles.

A correspondent of the New York Times relates
how the Messrs. Moss worked their tobacco estates
in Virginia into a more productive state by means
of free African labour than these estates had ever
attained to under the old system
of slavery. When
emancipation came, their former slaves, following
the universal African practice, went off to seek
labour elsewhere ;
but as their own negroes de-
parted, those from other plantations came to seek
each hand $l5 a month, furnish to
work. From these they selected good men, con-
tracted to give
each family a house, fuel, and rations, and to each
house ground sufficient for a kitchen garden. To
work this ground each hand was allowed half the
Saturday to 'himself. Not only were these terms
observed, but means were furnished to enable the
negro children to attend school. A site was given
for a church, and Mr. J. A. Moss subscribed $lOO
for the erection. People settled on the estates,
which were never before under better cultivatidin,
and the labour bestowed on them has never been
more reliable and productive.
Perry's life-saving raft was tried on Friday, 29th
June, on the Mersey, under the superintendence of
Captain Cornish, who for many years commanded
a packet between Liverpool and New York, Cap-

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 Artiunz 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
havehad 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 Dic-
tator 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 ! 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 he
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. nut 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 wighed 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 wonld 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.