The Sun.
London, England, 1859-09-16 00:00:00

THE DISASTER IN CHINA.

The following account is written by an eye-wit-

ness :
The less we expect the stroke, the more poignant
will be the pain it excites ; and no doubt the un-
expected and disastrous news which this mail will
bring you from China will cause a deep wail of
grief through the land ; while, at the same time,
there is reason to fear that popular indignation will
lay blame and dereliction of duty at the door of
the commander.
Admiral Hope was severely wounded in the be-
ginning of the engagement. Mackenna, Rason, and
most of his other personal attendants were lying
dead or dying around him, and yet these things did
not for a moment withdraw him from the post of
extreme danger. When the Plover, in a sinking
state, had to be abandoned, he removed his flag to
the Opossum, and, in the spirit of a Nelson, he got
himself propped up on her caboose, some eight feet
from the deck, and there, supplying the infirmity
of his wounded leg by holding on to a rope, he di-
rected the operations of the bombardment, and this
spirit of the Admiral leavened those under his com-
mand. Explosions of magazines followed each other
in quick succession within the forts, showing the
strength and accuracy of our fire, and must have
caused immense carnage among the enemy, as those
forts were at the time crammed with Mongol sharp-

shooters.
The removal of the Admiral's flag to the Opossum
at mice made that gunboat the special target for the
enemy's fire, and his own exposed position on her
caboose rendered him the bull's-eye of this target.
A round shot from the enemy cut asunder the rope
by which the Admiral was holding on, and dashed
him to the deck with great violexce, breaking one
of his ribs. By this time the Opossum was so severely
handled that she was obliged to draw off to plug up
shot holes, but the Admiral, though so severely
crushed, instead of retiring in her, again got him-
self removed, on board the Cormorant, into the very
thickest of the fire, and it was only late at night,
when the struggle was at an end, that he came on
board. the hospital gunboat.
As weary and fainting he was borne through the
midst of us, along that deck strewed with the dead
and wounded, the eye of many a poor fellow who
was smitten unto death himself filled with a sym-
pathy for that gallant man. Surely such a man
will meet with justice, aye, and tenderness, also, at
the hands of the British public
That we fell into a trap is now manifest ; but
is this the first time that a man of experience and
valour has been so caught? And, certainly, never
was a trap more skilfully laid to escape detection,
for, though numerous and well-built forts frowned
along the beach, we had constantly in China found
those formidable exteriors accompanied
ruwith corn-
plete rottenness within, the garrisons nni
ties lanngded,
for
their lives as soon as our attacking par
and everything that occurred. previous to the fight
led us to believe that those forts at the Peiho would
prove no exception to this general rule of Chinese
warfare.
When, some days previous to the attack, we tried
to open communications with the forts, our officers
were met by a man of the very lowest grade, and
• in reply to their earnest request to see a mandarin,
were told that there was no mandarin in the forts
or neighbourhood. It is only in accordance with
Chinese lying and Mongolian treachery that this
falsehood was solemnly reiterated every time we
tried to land ; whlle, at the same time, some of the
chief men of the empire were close at hand. It is
a curious fact that while the love of money is so
strong and patriotism apparently so weak in the
breasts of Chinamen, yet we have never been able
to get any information with regard to the move-
ments or force of the enemy in any of our wars in
China. In those forts no flags were flying. No
bodies of men were to be seen either within or
without them. There was nothing to give us the
slightest intimation that a formidable artillery, sup-
ported by a picked: army of 60,000 Mongolians, Sze.,
garrisoned and protected those forts. Under those
circumstances an um:versal impression prevailed
that there were only a itew Tartars in the forts, who
either would not fire at all or would merely fire a
few random shots to save appearances, It is true
that as soon as the storm of fire opened from
the forts we knew we Were dealing with a
very different enemy from any that we had
before met in China—that we had got into a trap ;
but it is not our British custom to turn tail, when
we find ourselves in a difficulty., without trying with
all our power to overcome it. The Admiral felt
that he could depend on the unflinching pluck of
those under his command to do whatever could be
done by men, and their conduct in thit assault
proved that his trust was not misplaced..
As his signal flew to land and storm the forts, a
simultaneous cheer burst from every breast. In a
moment our boats were off, and our marinas and_
blue jackets (English and French) were dasiling
through mud and water, striving for the first plcee,
and not yielding for a minute to as murderous a
fire as ever was poured down on the devoted heads
of men. But now we had to encounter a still more
formidable obstaole than even that deadly fire. The
mud-bank in front of the south forts runs out a long
distance with very little shelving, and the water on
it is consequently very shallow. You are aware
that in each spring the water at the mouth of the
Peiho is much shallower than in June. Prince
Sangkohlinsin when the water was so low got cir-
cular pits dug in this mud-bank at irregular dis-
tances. When we returned to the Peiho those pits
were invisible, being under water, while at the same
time the water was too shallow to float our boats
full of armed men. The result was that the storm-
ing party had to jump out in the very place where
the trap was laid, and you saw on all sides men sud-
denly disappearing in those pits, and then struggling
out with their rifles covered with mud and useless.
Thus three-fourtbs of even those who i cached the
front could not fire a shot, and consequently the
sharpshooters in the fort knocked over our poor
fellows almost with the same impunity as if
they were firing into a battue of game. De-
spite of all this, between 300 and 400 men
reached. the firm groand, and would have carried
the fort by storm in the face of all opposition, but
no scaling ladders were forthcoming. Those same
mud-pits had caught the men carrying the ladders.
As soon as one of the bearers got into a pit the lad-
der, of course, tumbled off on his side and either
stuck fast in the mud or got broken in dragging
it up. To this strategy of the mud-pits we owe
our repulse. No human wisdom could have fore-
seen the snare, and it clearly proves that in this
Mongolian Prince we have met with no ordinary
foe.
You will see by the Admiral's despatches that in
proportion to the numbers engaged our loss in
killed and wounded was greater than that in any
of the late great battles in Italy, and it will be a
melancholy satisfaction to some at home to hear
that many of our poor fellows received their
wounds and sacrificed their lives, not in the fierce
excitement of the advance, but as they retired, in
freely exposing their lives to save their wounded
comrades exposing
on the mud from falling into the
hands of the barbarous Mongols.
Already I nave trespassed too much on your
valuable space, but I cannot end without referring
to one matter that, in connexion with this battle,
should be ever remembered. Were we children of
the same mother, we could not have received more
sympathy and kin dness than we met with from
the Americans. Never were men more unwillingly
neutral. As we pass,cxl in to the assault Flag Offi-
cer (Anglice, Admiral) Tutnell was heard to say,
" Blood is thicker than water," and in 100 different
ways he and all his people, to the very cabin boys,
acted up to this homely proverb. When he heard
that our Admiral was wounded, at great personal
risk he went on board the Cormorant to see him.
Many of our men slept in the toeywan (American
tenders) on the night of the fight ; cigars, coffee,
brandy, everything a man could want was placed
before them. The American crew forgot them-
selves, and thought only of the British.
A few days after the fight a Chinese junk, with
a_flag of truce,- brought fresh provisions to the
ro whattan (United States frigate). These were
immediately sent to our wounded. The bond of
American brotherhood was indeed deeply cemented
in our trial at the Peiho. I believe re was not
a man in the fleet who
amwho did not feel it growing up
within him, and sure there are thousands, if
I may not say millions, at both sides of the Atlan•
tic who will join me in the fervent wish that that
feeling of brotherhood may take deeper and deeper
root in both lands.
The following is an extract from a letter written
by the senior lieutenant of her Majesty's ship
ITighflyer, present at the attack on the Chinese
forts at the entrance of the Peiho, and detailing
the' proceedings :
" Her .Majesty's ship Highflyer, June 28.
little thought, my dear father, when I began
this letter what a tale of woe I should have to tell.
It aiveers that the Chinese would have nothinc, to
say to our Minister, so it was determined to attack'
their forts and force the passage of the river.Co Alas
for the result ! The gunboats Nimrod and rmo-
rant went in to attack about 2 40 p.m. on the 25th,
acco aipanied some distance out by a hired
the(French)
kind. of temporary screw gunboat and Coro•
mendel. The forts on both sides of the river were im-
mensely strong, splendidly constructed by Russians
from Pekin, and loads of Russians fighting the
guns. It took eight gunboats till 630 p.m. to
sale lice the forts, and then they had got them corn-
`,ely under. At 7 p.m. all the marines from
Can ton (about 400 odd), 100 sappers, the marines
and small-arm men of the squadron were landed on
a m rad flat at dead low water, close under the
heft, rit st fort (their guns all :68 and 42-pounders).
I ha ,d the command of the blue-jackets, 84 strong,

. ._
though, having to replenish the gunboats out of
them, they only landed about 40 strong. We had
to tramp up this mud flat, a long quarter of a mile,
up to, and in some places over our knees in soft,
sticky mud. I should think it took us 20 minutes,
under a most murderous fire of round shot, rifle,
gingalls, matchlocks, rockets, arrows, &c., to get to
the first ditch. The men were hewn down by
dozens. They (the Chinese) had laid all their guns,
and the firing was accurate. The scaling-ladders
could scarcely be moved. There we stood within
about 80 yards, being ' potted like crows,' all our
ammunition wet, waiting for scaling-ladders to cross
a second ditch, which we had ultimately to swim,
and then could not get the scaling-ladders up. The
men were dead beat, and ammunition all wet.
The men and officers were shot down murderously
getting up the ladders. I was one of four to
et a ladder across the second ditch, up to my
shoulders in mud and water. Alas! it was no
good, they were too strong for us ; we could not
get in, and had to retreat. I got a blow on my leg
on an old wound not healed, when I landed, that
' thawed me ui.' Thanks to one of our brave fel-
lows of my small-arm men I got off, having to swim
to a boat, the scoundrels keeping up a most mur-
derous fire. Two round shots went through the
pinnace—my boat, killing the boatkeeper, and
smashing the boat ; immediately afterwards five
more went slap through her, demolishing her,
' chop-chop.' I lost my knapsack, haversack, water
bottle, waterproof coat, change of clothes, &c., and
a little silk ensign I intended to plant on the walls
of the fort. Our loss is awful. In my party I
i have four killed, three missing, and I think about
20 wounded, some minus legs and some minus arms,
and others badly and less badly wounded. Our
lieutenant of Marines—a nice fellow (at New-cross
with me)—was shot through the leg, and put into
a paddlebox boat, that had her boatkeepers killed ;
he fell into the hands of the enemy. I trust the
poor fellow was dead (since his body has been
picked up and buried), as the brutes came down in
the morning and cut of the heads of all they found
left behind, after stripping the bodies. Such a
scene 1 never witnessed. During the night the
Cormorant, despatch ; Lee, 80 horse-power ; Star-
ling, 60 do.; Plover, 60 do. ; and Kestrel, 40 do.,
grounded under the forts, and remained keel out ;
the Chinese ;,then returned to their guns, and
smashed shot Into them below the copper ' • and the
tide flowing into them, they had to be deserted.
Since which, we have succeeded in getting the
Starling and, I fancy, Kestrel out and safe, but
Cormorant, Lee, and Plover are going to be blown
up ; indeed, Lee is burning now. They keep up a
murderous fire on them. All the gunboats are in a
sinking state, keeping the pumps going. Luckily
they are out of range, in shoal water. Several have
sunk and been got up again. lam now on the sick
list on board my ship, from my leg, though it is
only stiff, and nothing, and will be all right in a
day or two more. lam the senior lieutenant (landed)
surviving. One only landed senior to me ; he was
killed. As yet there are three lieutenants (I know
of) killed—Graves, first of the Assistance ; Rason
(an old shipmate in the Fox), of the Plover ; and
Clutterbuck, of the Coromandel. The Admiral is
badly wounded, and my poor Captain, Shadwell,
who commanded the landing party, has a bullet
through his instep, breaking some bones. The
ball still remains there. He is doing well. Cap-
tain Vansittart, of the Magicienne, has lost a leg.
Colonel Lemon, commanding marines, badly
wounded •, and, indeed, all the heads of departments
are wounded, the captain of the only Frenchmen
here to boot. Ine ver saw or could have dreamt of
such a smash. Many a poor fellow was drowned,
from sheer exhaustion, in shallow water and mud,
trying to get off, and the groans of the wounded
were something awful. I had numerous narrow
escapes from round shot and rifle bullets—seem-
ingly bearing a charmed life. I don't know what
can be done ; we have not half force enough to do
anything, and I fancy we all go down to Shanghai
or Hongkong to make good damages and repair
gunboats, &c., that are all nearly sinking—such a
wreck ! I grieved for our own poor men that I
knew—and some fine fellows we have lost; three
of our marines are also killed, poor fellows ! Both
our cutters shot through with round shot, and our
pinnace gone. Doubts are entertained of the Ad-
miral's ultimate recovery, poor old m any Old ' Shad-
well' does well. We've had an awful licking, and
there is no use trying to hide it. WAR did what
we could, but fighting against such odds was some-
thing too much. They had not less than 90 guns
to our about 25, and theirs were monstrous heavy
' ones. We all saw Russians in the forts, laying the
guns
send
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inquiring friends.
aws.hoaturthloesys
will say at home to such a ' go.' I don't know the
entire loss yet. I suppose about 80 killed and
about 200 wounded. I can't write this all over
again, it is too painful a task, so I trust to you to
• alone in the Highflyer's men is 10 killed and 18
n iw
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flat;ndecl it I
wasam indeed
truly
frightful.
e very thankful
I steppedfo
r escaping
f
the storm of round shot, bullets, &c., on that fatal
the way of several round shot, and was constantly
spattered over with mud from round shot and bul-
l; M."
l'wo Paris journals, the Univers and the Presse,
contain letters from China giving details of the
affair. The correspondent of the Univers writes as
follows :
" The brilliant English sluadron, composed of
12 gunboats and of several other vessels of various
sizes, and the two French steamers Duchayla and
lorzagaray, anchored at the Peiho- on the 16th of
June. In the forts of Takou no movement was to
be discerned. A boat was sent ashore to examine
the place ; a Mandarin came down and prohibited
a landing. The officer then announced the arrival
of the Ministers for the ratification of the treaties
at Pekin, and demanded free passage for the ships.
The Chinese replied very rudely that no man-of-
war could pass, and that he might seek a passage
further north if he chose. It was soon discovered
that the mouth of the Peiho was obstructed by
numerous stockades extending very far inland. To
the questions addressed to them as to the object of
these stockades, the Chinese replied that the autho-
rities had nothing to do with them, that they were
the work of the people for protection against pirates.
These replies imposed upon no one ; three days
were given to the Mandarins to remove the barriers.
A formal refusal was the reply. During all this
parleying there was a complete silence in the forts,
not a flag nor a movement was perceptible ; the
works were so well concealed that one might easily
have thought the forts deserted. On the 25th of
June orders were given to the gunboats to advance
and force the passage. The Plover and Opossum
were fortunate enough to force the first two stock-
ades, but the third stopped them. The Chinese,
seeing them thus engaged, while the Starling and
the Banterer touched the ground, lifted the mask
by a cannon shot fired at the Plover, which carried
away Admiral Hope's flag. It was the signal for
a frightful butchery. The awnings (tenter) that
concealed the batteries were drawn aside in an in-
stant, and a terrible hail of cannon-balls fell on the
gunboats. These replied bravely, but the posi-
tion was not tenable. The Admiral received
two wounds. His flag was transferred to another
gunboat, and the action became general. The fire
from the forts was too heavy for the gunboats, and
had already sunk three of them. It was attempted
to land the 1,200 or 1,300 disposable men. But
these, unfortunately, found themselves up to the
waist in mud, their ammunition was quickly
damaged, it was impossible to advance except with
the most extraordinary efforts, and the enemy con-
tinued to fire on these brave men, who could not
make use of their arms. The officers performed
prodigies of valour to encourage their men, who
were harassed by fatigue. By nine o'clock at night
460 men were killed or wounded. The gunboats
had exhausted their ammunition. The remainder
of the troops regained their ships through fatigue
and dangers impossible to describe. Sixty French
of the crew of the Duchayla shared in the action ;
four were killed and 10 wounded. The brave Com-
mandant Tricault, of the Duchayla, is wounded in
the arm, not dangerously. Besides the three gun-
boats destroyed two others were sunk during the
action ; fortunately, they were recovered during the
night. This is the summary of the most terrible
check that the Europeans have ever experienced in
China."
The letter then remarks that this event will cause
a great sensation in Japan and Cochin China, and
that its consequences will be immense if speedy and
complete vengeance be not taken. Exemplary
chastisement must be inflicted, son the Tartar, or
European influence and honour will be seriously
compromised in that part of the world.
" Not only is trade no longer safe, but even the
lives of residents in China are more or less in dan-
ger. The merchants in Shanghai are getting ready
to depart, and at Hong Kong assassinations will
probably recommence. The forts of Takou were
defended by thousands of Mongol Tartars, and the
fortifications must have been directed by European
engineers. The English state even that they dis-
covered Russians on the ramparts. But other proofs
will
not
are necessary before admitting so serious an accusa-
tion. What appears more certain is that the
cannons
proceeded from Russian foundries ; that
suprise you if you accept as certain a
rumour universally spread here that the Russians
have just bought aarildirrepse extent of territory
nPthiernlP
on the Amoor,
whichlthe 710e?tecrannino2
in most of the essential points,
tw iitth
givesth e asboomv above
rFassrietn.a,,munitions of war, of
In the first place it:,says that
further particulars.
similar reports from all sides gave- warning that
the expedition would encounter great obstacles be-
fore reaching Pekin ; they said that the Takou
forts had been reconstructed and formidably armed,

and that a body of 20,090 Mongols vas massed on
the shores of the Peiho, under the orders of a
famous general named Sang-ko-lin-sin. Mr. Bruce,
it is added, acquired the certainty, on arriving at
the Peiho, that the Government would oppose the
fleet's entrance into the river, but the Mandarins
with whom he communicated said that the Ambas-
sadors would be received at Pekin, and offered
them an escort if they would leave their vessels and
soldiers. The number of guns opposed to the
squadron was estimated at 100, varying in calibre
from 30 to 50-pounders. They kept up a terrible
and very well-directed fire. The English Admiral
was one of the first wounded. Towards five o'clock,
says the letter, the tide having run down with
great force, several gunboats got aground, and
their hulls, thus exposed to the enemy's aim, were
knocked to pieces. When the lauding party got
embarrassed in the deep mud, the Chinese redoubled
the vigour of their artillery practice, and poured in
quantities of grape. Many of the men, over-
whelmed by, the fire, fell in the mud, from which
they had the greatest difficulty in extricating them-
selves. When darkness came on, the Chinese dis-
charged globes of fire from their guns, which
enabled them to see their enemies, and to aim at
them. At last, Captain Shadwell, commanding
the expedition, being badly wounded, the order to
retreat was given, and the retrograde movement
was hailed by the Chinese with a frantic shout of
oy.

ME ALLIED EXPEDITION TO CHINA

TO THE EDITOR OF THE TIMES.
Sir,—Your Second Edition announces on the
authority of the Moniteur that a large combined
Franco-Anglo expedition is foithwith to be de-
spatched to China, in order to avenge the late
treacherous attack on the attempted passage of the
Embassies into the entr inee of the Peiho river, the
highway to Pekin. It is evident that we must strike
a signal blow and amply revenge our slaughtered
countrymen, who have fallen by one of the most de-
liberate acts of treachery that history affords.
Let us by all means, and without loss of time,
prepare And despatch an expedition large enough to
render success undoubted, to recover our dimmed
prestige, and teach these vain barbarians that they
have grievously misapprehended the power of the
nation they have first of all befooled with the treaty,
and then so outraged when we trusted to their good
faith to execute its provisions. But, whatever action
we take, let us beware of falling into the mistake of
playing " second fiddle" to the French in the shape
of a mere weak contingent, leaving them to appro-
priate all the glory, and to decry when the business
is over our aid, as in the East formerly, and latterly
at Canton, where the few French present claimed
most vociferously through the columns of the Paris
press the whole honour of the capture of the city,
and did their best to ignore the English force alto-
gether. A success they inflate to any dimensions,
and take the lion's share ; but a failure they care-
fully hush up, witness Cochin China, where they
are now in an " impasse," and the operations, espe-
cially in the last fighting, have been anything but
advartageous to the expeditionary corps.
We have a splendid body of Sikhs in India; we
have plenty of Bombay, Madras, and even some
still faithful (?) Bengal Sepoy regiments. Any num-
ber of local corps of Mussulmans could be raised in
India for a special temporory service in China, and
these, with a nucleus of 8,000 Europeans, would
amply suffice for any purpose ; but let them operate
separately, without any entangling French auxiliary
corps. The entente cordiale is, as everybody knows,
a mere phrase, and the feelings of the French army
are well known to be anything but cordial towards
the English, who, on their side, are not overbur-
dened with affection for their late allies inthe field.
I believe that Government could not commit a more
unpopular act than to enter too closely at the pre-
sent juncture into a French military alliance. The
nation have had enough of that. We never ought to
have permitted their association with ourselves in
the first China war, which was even then felt to be
chiefly due to the prevalent spirit of the Ministry
of the day of toadying the French Emperor. The
force they contributed was very small, and, from
that fact alone. of little assistance, while the results
they obtained were a share of the (promised) bene-
fits of the treaty, an increase of prestige in the East,
and all the honours, to believe their own accounts.
Their only disappointment was the non-acquisition
of some territory, as they had fondly calculated upon
obtaining such a compensation; but Lord Elgin's
self-denying and astute policy on this head forced
them to yield in their demand on the Chinese nego-
iators.—l am, Sir, your obedient servant,
London, Sept. 14. A. C.

CONSERVATIVE REJOICINGS IN
WEST KENT.

Yesterday the Conservatives of West Kent cele-
brated their victory at the last general election by
a grand banquet in a marquee erected in the Mote-
park, on the confines of the town of MaidstoQe.
Nearly 1,000 guests sat down to dinner, among
whom were Lord Holmesdale and Sir E. Filmer, the
members for the division of the county, the Earl of
Romney, the Earl Gf Darnley, Lord Kingsdown, Sir
N. Knatchbull, Sir T. M. Wilson, Sir B. Bridges,
M.P., Sir J. H. Maxwell, Mr. G. Hardy, ALP.,
Col. Fletcher, and Admiral Marsham.
After the usual loyal and patriotic toasts,
Earl STANHOPE rose to propose the toast of the
evening, " Success to the Conservative cause in West
Kent." Before adverting to the political topics in-
volved in the toast, the noble earl begged permission
to say a few words in explanation of his presence
there. For the last few years he had felt it his duty
to abstain from taking a share in any party celebra-
tions, which he thought the proper course for him to
pursue, after the circumstances under which he lost
his seat in the House of Commons in the general elec-
tion of 1852. When, two years after losing his seat
there, he succeeded to a seat in the House of Lords,
he did not seek to connect himself anew with any
political party. As a new peer he was content to con-
sider measures as they came before him without any
reference to party considerations, and to decide upon
them as his conscience might determine. (Hear.)
But that course, however satisfactory it might be in
the ordinary current of affairs, was not so satisfac-
tory when a great contest was waging throughout
the country. (Cheers.) In the spring of the present
year, when there was in the House of Commons an
adverse vote to the Government of Lord Derby, and
when there was in consequence an appeal to the
country, several persons had referred to his judg-
ment and counsel as to the course which they ought
to pursue under the circumstances. The course which
might suffice for an individual member of the Legis-
lature was not so satisfactory when it became a
question of advising others. Looking to all the cir-
cumstances of the country, it appeared to him that
the vote of the House of Commons adverse to the
Government of Lord Derby was not justly founded
—(cheers)—and that it would be very desirable that
it should be reversed by the yote of the constituen-
cies then appealed to. (Hear, hear.) Taken as a
whole, the Government of Lord Derby, it appeared
to him, was entitled to support. (Cheers.) The
foreign affairs of the country had been conducted in
accordance with the just requirements of the honour
of the nation, and an unremitting anxiety for the
preservation of peace ; while in domestic affairs
there was, with a desire to maintain the institutions
Of the country, a readiness to frame and bring for-
ward measures of practical amendment. (Cheers.)
Holding those opinions, he had thought it desirable
that the judgment of the country when qppealed to
should not ratify the vote of the House of Commons
—(hear, hear)—and if the counsel which he then
gave to a few private friends had brought him
more prominently forward in a political character
than had been the case for some years past, he
did not regret it, if it also brought him into
more cordial connexion with those whom he
saw around him. (Cheers.) In West Kent
the result of that appeal to the country had been a
great and signal triumph. In no part of the king-
dom, under circumstances of great discouragement
and unpromising appearances, had so considerable
a triumph been achieved for the Conservative cause.
(Cheers.) In other parts of the country, however,
the result was not the same, and though the elec-
tion added very materially to the number of mem-
bers disposed to give a general support to Lord
Derby's Government, yet on the meeting of Parlia-
ment a vote was given by a small majority which
brought about its immediate resignation. Lord
Palmerston's Government followed it, and it would
ill become those vv ho hold the name of Conservative
to offer a predetermined and undiscriminating op-
position either to his Government or to any other
which might he formed in this country. (Hear.)
The policy of Conservatives should bet to support
good measures from whomsoever they might come,
and to reserve their opposition for such measures as
they might deem injurious to the public interest.
(Cheers.) Nay, it could scarcely be denied that if
Lord Palmerston should turn out to be able to carry
safe and moderate measures, it would be owing
solely to the generous forbeai ante of that very party
which he had done his utmost to expel from power.
(Cheers.) The measures of Lord Palmerston's Go-
vernment were not yet before the country; succeed-
ing to office so late in the year, it was natural and
unavoidable that they should content themselves
.with despatching the necessary business, and re-
serve till next session whatever more substantial
measures they had to propose. But in the forma-
tion of Lord Palmerston's Government there were
one or two circumstances of a most unfavourable

and unpromising character. In the first place, hav-
ing been recently in Ireland visiting some property
with which he was connected, he had found there,
in conversing with persons of all classes, a very
general and just resentment at the entire exclusion
of Irish men from any share in the new appoint-
ments. In all the Governments since the Union,
natives of that country, according to their
political connexion, had been called on to bear
their stare in the administration of public affairs.
In the late Government there was an Irish
nobleman in the • office of Secretary for Ireland,
another Irish nobleman at the head of the Board
of Trade , and an Irish lawyer of the greatest elo-
quence and ability—Sir H. Cairns—(cheers)— Soli-
f citor-General, not for Ireland, but for England.
But in t 1 le present Government there was not a
single Irishman. (A Voice.—" Palmerston.") In
this res pent at least the Conservatives were far
more I.,beral than those who claimed the name ;
and those who sought to vindicate the title of
Liberal for the present Government in its Irish
affairs as least would be obliged to have recourse to
the mode employed by Swift when with inimitable
irony he described the claims of William 111. to be
considers d a conqueror though he had never won a

battle—
"Nassau, who got the name of glorious
Because he never was victorious."
(Laughter.) There was, moreover, now pending
in Ireland one of the most momentous questions
which could engage the attention of Government—
the question of national education. The Roman
Catholic hierarchy and a portion of the hierarchy
of the Established Church had declared themselves
hostile to the present system. Whatever decision
the Government might come to—whether to main-
tain it, to abrogate it, or to modify it—their deci-
sion could not command the same confidence in
Ireland as if there were some man in their ranks
born and brought up in the country, and inti-
mately acquainted with the wishes of the people.
(Hear.) Again, when the Government was formed
there were three gentlemen (Mr. Labouchere, Mr.
V. Smith, and Sir B. Hall) who had formerly held
offices, but who were not invited to resume them.
In naming those gentlemen he desired to speak of
them with all personal respect, for with all three
he had lived for a long time on terms of friendly
acquaintance. It was not thought fit to propose
to them to resume the offices they had formerly
held, but the plan of the Government was to offer
them seats in the House of Lords by way
of compensation. . This certainly was a most
unusual course, and was, in fact, postponing the
public advantage to the convenience of party.
What would be said in the House of Commons if
the electors of a constituency were asked to send a
man to that assembly because he was not thought
fit or was not asked to take the office of justice of
the peace or deputy-lieutenant, for instance ? It
seemed to be a remnant of that system which was
affected by the Whig party until very recent years
—governing the country by means of the great
Whig houses ; for it went on this maxim, thzt any
one who had once held an office had a prescriptive
right either to that same office or to some substitute
for it. (Hear, hear.) In this respect the Conser-
vative or the Liberal-Conservative party, as it
might be called, had more right to the name of
Liberal than those who had usurped it. If he had
rightly read the annals of the party, their maxim
had been that no man who had once held an office
should be deemed to have a prescriptive right to
it, but the Prime Minister had a perfect right to
consider who were the persons best fitted for par-
ticular offices, and those who were excluded were
not entitled to anything by way of compensation
for their exclusion. He should be sorry if it were
for a moment supposed that the House of Lords had
any. jealousy of any fresh admissions to their ranks.
The very reverse was the case, so far as his obser-
vation and feelings went; and if he wished for an
instance of the cordiality with which additions were
received he would point to that of the noble and
learned lord near him, who, having achieved the
highest forensic reputation as Mr. Pemberton
Leigh, now, to the great advantage of the public,
lent his assistant 's to the despatch of the judicial
business of the House of Lords as Lord Kings-
down. (Cheers.) The House of Lords was most
anxious to receive among them any mau who
came there, having received the peerage as a re-
ward for public services ; but they objected to receive
those who came before them, net for services ren-
dered, but because they were not allowed or not
required to render services. (Hear.) In this re-
spect the prerogative of the Queen had not been
fairly dealt with by the responsible Ministers of
the Crown, and the importance of regulating the
admission to one branch of the Legislature had not
been considered with the fairness of justice which
it required. In these two instances there had been
in the formation of the Government some unpro-
mising indications, but nevertheless a predeter-
mined and indiscriminating opposition was not the
attitude which ought to be assumed by Conserva-
tives. (Hear.) If dangerous measures were intro-
duced they ought to put forth their strength to
oppose them, hut if the measure were satisfactory
Conservative feeling would best be shown in wel-
coming Conservative measures from whatever
quarter they might come. (Cheers.) The Conserva-
tive principle did not pledge its supporters to all
the details of measures, but merely to the general
policy of maintaining the ancient institutions of
the country. In every measure brought before
them, true Conservative policy would prompt them
to consider only whether it were calculated to
maintain those institutions. It did not exclude
measures of repair,—the very reverse. In material
matters repairs, and large repairs too, were often
found to be necessary for preservation. (Hear.)
Changes might be made in political matters—nay,
considerable changes—provided they were made
on the principle of supporting and strengthening
the institutions which our forefathers transmitted
to us. (Cheers.) There was a great difference be-
tween those improvements which tended to give
new vigour to the fabric, and those changes which
the revolutionists of the day recommended, seeking
to subvert the fabric altogether. (Cheers.) The
chief maxim in public affairs should be the safety of
our public institutions; and in adhering to that
maxim the danger of yielding to revolutionary
schemes and the danger of leaving unreformed old
and proved abuses would be equally avoided. Of
most of the attacks made on the institutions
of the county it might be said that they were
equally fallacious and disingenuous. For instance,
no argument was more frequently used against the
House of Lords than the apparent absurdity of
legislative functions being hereditary, and capable
of transmission from father to son, but those who
used this argument either suppressed or forgot the
fact that it applied with equal force to a heredi-
tary monarchy. Such an argument was not justi-
fiable except in the mouths of those who were pre-
pared to dispense altogether with a form of govern-
ment under which this country had so greatly
flourished. (Cheers.) In foreign countries this
same constitution of ours, which uninformed or
designing men decried, was the object of admiration
and of envy. He had travelled several times in
Italy, and if there was one feeling which animated
that pcople,'who were gallantly struggling for their
liberties, more than another, it was admiration for
the English Constitution ; and often, when persons
had found fault in conversation with our constitu-
tion, he had heard Italians exclaim with the deepest
feeling, " Would to Heaven that with all its faults
that constitution were ours ! " In Dryden's ele-
gant language, it was to them
" The people's prayer—the glad diviner's theme—
The young man's vision and the old man's dream."
The noble earl concluded by inculcating on the
Conservatives of West Kent the virtues of " union
and determination," by which their recent victory
had been won, and by which alone it could be won
again should another contest ensue.
" The Health of the Members, Lord Holmesdale
and Sir G. Filmer," was next drunk, for which both
returned thanks.
Lord DARN LEY responded to the toast of " The
House of Lords," and Mr. G. HARDY to that of
" The House of Commons." Various other local
toasts were also drunk, all with great enthusiasm.
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FESTIVAL.

GLOUCESTER, SEPT. 15.
The " May Queen," whit :h the oftener it is heard
the more clearly are its bet luties revealed, occupied
the whole of the first part of the programme last
night, when the second m 3 scellaneous concert was
held in the Shire hall ; the• audience as numerous as
on Tuesday evening, but riot quite so ready to ap-
preciate. The performance, however, lost both in
vigour and spirit by the continued indisposition of
Mr. Sims Reeves, whose p raiseworthy efforts to pre-
vent disappointment at the• cathedral, when " Elijah"
was given, brought on a relapse. Sooner than in-
cur the chance of a surmise; that he was wanting in
the respect due to his emiznent countryman, Profes-
sor Sterndale Bennet, Mr_ Reeves appeared at his
post, and though he has certainly delivered the
beautiful music of the " Lover" with greater power
and effect, he never exerts d himself more zealously.
That he was suffering severely must have been evi-
dent to all who heard hirre and this devotion to his
professional duties, under circumstances of such dif-
ficulty, was infinitely to his credit, and entitled him
to more consideration than (as will be seen further
on) he ultimately received. In the " May Queen"
Mrs. Clara Hepworth (with her formidable prede-
cessor, Madame Clara Novello, close at hand) had
to support alike an honourable and an onerous posi-
tion, and that she went through the ordeal right
well was the unanimous opinion. The least grate-
ful character in the " pastoral"—that of the Queen
of England—was very carefully sustained by Miss
Lascelles, while the graphic and picturesque music
of the Forester (the suppositious Robin Hood) could
hardly have been entrusted to a singer better fitted
by voice, style, and a legitimate desire for artistic
distinction than our young and clever English
bass, Mr. Thomas, to do it justice. The chorus
(some of them being from the metropolis were
" up" in the work) were far more successful in the
" May queen" than at the first concert in the
" Choral Fantasia," and more uniformly amenable
to the control of Mr. Amott, who with laudable
anxiety had made himself conversant with every
important point in the score, and did not this time
force the whole strength of his choir to execute
passages intended for solo voices. And yet had the
conductor of the Glocester Festival allottedthe trio,
" Shall a clown that beauty wear ?" to full chorus
in lieu of single voices, it would scarcely have been
more objectionable than the step which proved so
disastrous to the solo voice parts in the imaginative
work of Beethoven. A strict adherence to the
composer's own directions cannot too often be in-
sisted on as the only means of realising the effects
at which he aims. The band, of course, were per-
fectly at home in Professor Bennett's music, with
every note of which they must by this time be in-
timately acquainted. The " May Queen" will now
in all probability " go the round" of the provincial
music meetings ; and rarely has a new work been
better entitled to universal appreciation.
The " Pastoral" was followed (like " Don Gio-
vanni," on Tuesday) by an instrumental display.
This time, not the piano, but the fiddle—or rather
two fiddles—had the post of honour, and the entire
success of the performance was a strong proof that
in thus relieving the monotony induced by a long
uninterrupted succession of vocal pieces the direc-
tors of the festival act judiciously. The composi-
tion selected for the present occasion was one of the
best of the violin duetts of Dr. Spohr, a work in
which the very individual manner of that great
master,:the living Altnieister of "Vaterland," is ex-
hibited to consummate advantage. The players were
M. Sainton, the prince of French violinists, and Mr.
Henry Blagrove, who has long and Well maintained
the foremost place among our own. As
the duet, besides being intrinsically beautiful, is
full of brilliant passages, and written almost
throughout in what is termed the concertante style,
the two executants had ample and fairly balanced
opportunities of shining. Both shone conspicuously,
and both retired from the platform covered with
laurels. The opposition of styles formed an attrac-
tion of itself. The splendid energy and vigorous
expression of the Frenchman, the " silvery" tone
and unfailing delicacy of the Englishman, not only
contrasted most effectively, but blended to perfec-
tion, A greater treat could not be well imagined
than this display of friendly rivalry between two
first-rate artists; and the first part of the concert
was brought to a conclusion in such a way as at
once to rouse the musical enthusiast and satisfy the
taste of the most exacting connoisseur. The mis-
cellaneous selection was as follows :
Overture—" Oberon Weber
Spirit Song—Miss Dolby Haydn
Aria—Madlle. Tietjens, " Tacea la nottee" Verdi
Duet—Madame Clara Novello and Signor
Belletti, " Crude! perche" Mozart
Aria—Sig. Giuglini, " La Donna e mobile" Verdi
Aria—Mme. Clara ovell°, "Prendi per/no" 'Benedict
Trio—" Guai se ti stag; e" Donizetti
Song—Miss Dolby, "Broken Vows" F. Berger
Aria—Signor Belletti, " Sullapoppa"
Quartet—" 15n di se" .. Verdi
In the well-known trio front " Lucrezia Borgia,"
and the not less generally familiar quartet from
" Rigoletto"—each in its way faultless, but neither
quite suited for the concert-room—Mademoiselle
Tietjens, Signor Giuglini, and Signor Vialetti took
part, Miss Dolby being assigned the music of
Maddalena, and thus completing the parti carre
(or quarre). But the feature of the second
part was not either of these very popular
operatic pieces • nor was it the lively air
which the Duke of Mantua, that impudent
traducer of the fair sex, sings with such easy non-
chalance while exposed to unseen perils ; it was not
" La donna e mobile" (although sung to perfection
by Signor Giuglini, and as usual redemanded) ; nor
was it Mademoiselle Tietjens' magnificent execu-
tion of the great air of Leonora (Vrdi's Leonor—
not Peer's, nor Donizetti's, nor Beethoyea's) which
made the audience " beside themselves" with de-
light; nor Haydn's " Spirit Song," nor Ricci's
" Saila poppa," the former of which Miss Dolby,
the latter Signor Belletti, sings so frequently and
inimitably ; nor the duet in which Almaviva makes
love to Susanna, in Mozart's incomparable
" Figaro ;" nor " Predi per me," where Mr. Bene-
dict has contended gallantly with the most
favoured manufacturers of " cavatinas ;" nor M.
Francesco Berger's pretty ballad ; nor even the
irrisistible overture to " Oberon," revealing Weber's
genius in its brightest splendour ; not one of these
was the feature of the.second part. " What, then,"
our musical readers may inquire—and naturally
enough, every piece in the programme having been
signalized by name—" What, then, was the feature
of the second part ?" . Well, it was neither an over-
ture, nor an " aria," nor a ballad, nor a duet, nor a
trio, nor a quartet, nor a barcarole, nor. a " spirit
song ;"—it was a speech, and a speech out of :our.
No less than four speeches were adventured in the
course of about one hour last night—three short,
and little to purpose ; ono not very long, but much
to the purpose. Of the short speeches one was de-
livered by Mr. T. Gambier Parry, a " steward," and
two were furnished by the Mayor of Gloucester ;
the not very long speech flowed gently from the
lips of Madame Clara Novello. The origin of all
these improvised orations may be briefly stated.
The indisposition of Mr. Sims Reeves has been
alluded to. It was observed on all sides during
the performance of " The May Queen," and
no one ought to have felt surprise, how-
ever. he may have experienced disappomt•
went, at the omission of a ballad allotted to that
gentleman in the second part of the concert.
When, however, Madame Novello had sung
" Prendi per me" out of its place, and on her retir-
ing there were no signs of Mr. Reeves, the audi-
ence began to be restive, and would not be pacified
until one of the stewards (Mr. T. G. Parry) came
forward and addressed them. He said (as nearly
as can be remembered)—"Ladies and Gentlemen,—
It seems to be the principal duty of the stewards to
make apologies for Mr. Sims Reeves. The stewards
have done all in their power, but as Mr. Sims
Reeves has quietly walked off, the stewards cannot
fetch him back, and I hope they will not be blamed.
He has found a good friend in Madame Novello,
who has kindly consented to sing a song in his
stead." This address was received with mingled
applause and hisses. It did not, however, satisfy
Mr. Reeves's substitute, who, protesting that it
conveyed an erroneous statement of the facts, de-
clared that she would not sing until it had been
corrected. The Mayor of Glocester (on the refusal
of his colleague to set matters right) then volun-
ti ered an explanation, which amounted to this—
" Ladies and Gentlemen,—l have the pleasure to inform
you that Madame, Novello will give another song in place
of Mr. Sims Reeves."
Cries of " Not enough"—" We know that already "
--greeted the ears of his worship as he left the plat-
form after having delivered himself of this weighty-
piece of information. Bring apprised of the inade-
quate manner in which he had accomplished his
self imposed task, the Mayor returned to the charge,
and addressed his turbulent co-citizens afresh :
" Ladies and Gentlemen," he said, " I am to state
that Mr. Sims Reeves, being ill, was compelled to
leave." This speech, a worthy pendant of the other,
was answered by shouts of laughter, and it seemed
unlikely now that the disturbance would be quelled
at all. After a long interval, during the progress
of which the Shire-hall threatened to be turned into
a bear-garden, Madame Clara Novello made her
appear nce on the platform, to fulfil, as was
generally surmised, the task she had under-
taken as deputy. Shouts, cheers, and plaudits
greeted her from every part of the room, and when
these subsided-she opened her lips—hut not to sing.
Instead of " Bonnie Prince Charlie," it was " Ladies
and Gentlemen." Calmly, unaffectedly, and yet
firmly, Madame Novello, like a musical Portia, ad-
monished her hearers. She spoke to the following
purport :—" Before he went away, very ill, Mr.
Reeves explained to the conductor his total inabi-
lity to sing his ballad in the second part; but with

a desire that the audience might not bo losers
through his indisposition, which was not his fault,
he applied to me to introduce something in its
place, and even sent for a copy of the ballad I am
now going to have the honour of singing to you,
with much less ability than he would have shown.
Mr. Amott, with whom alone the artists engaged at
the festival can communicate on business, was con-

suited, and gave his approval ; and not satisfied
even with this, Mr. Reeves spoke with one of the
stewards, who also consented to the change. Had
this befall stated, no fault could possibly have been
laid to his charge. I thus take the liberty to ad-
dress you, ladies and gentlemen, because I will not,
if I can help it, allow a brother artist to be unjustly
accused, as Mr. Reeves was—of course uninten-

tionally--r-in the explanation given this evening, or
to be blamed when he is entirely innocent—and
especially when he had taken all the precautions in
his power to compensate for any disappointment."
The tones of the nightingale had more persuasive
eloquence in them than the voices of the steward
and the mayor. The fair apologist (who speaks,
by the way, quite as musically as she sings) was
completely overwhelmed with the demonstrations
of complete satisfaction that her quiet speech had
elicited, and the peace of her " brother artist " was
made with the public. We do not remember a
more graceful act on the part of one artist to an-
other—an act implying a strong sense of right, no
little moral courage, and the total absence of a cer-
tain feeling of jealous rivalry from which even the
most distinguished members of the profession are
not invariably exempt.
There was a larger attendance at the Cathedral
this morning than yesterday, and the collection
for the widows and orphans was in proportion.
The numbers present were 1,546, the amount
handed over by the plate-holders, £2ll 14s. ld.,
including the triennial contribution of £6O from
the Worcester fund, presented through the medium
of the Rev. R. Sarjant, the most active promoter
and directer of the Worcester Festival. The pro-
gramme was one of inordinate length—including
the whole of Beethoven's " Mount of Olives" (with
the new version of the words under the title of
" Engedi), Rossini's Stabat Mater," and Spohr's
oratorio of" Die letzen Dirge"—or, as we call it in
England, " The Last Judgment"—both entire. The
selection was highly attractive, but at least one
hour too long. The " Mount of Olives" was, on the
whole, well executed. Mr. Montem Smith doing
service with commendable spirit and artistic readi-
ness for Mr. Sims Reeves in the arduous and diffi-
cult tenor music ; Madame Novello singing the
equally trying soprano part splendidly, Mrs. Hep-
worth, assisting in the trio, together with Mr.
I Thomas, to whom was also intrusted the one bass
recitative, which he delivered in a most impressive
manner. The chorus (except in parts of the fine
dramatic scene where the soldiers of Saul are
tracing David to his place of refuge) was efficient,
especially in the " Hallelujah" which so grandly
terminates the only essay in the oratorio style that
Beethoven has left us. In the " Stabat Mater"—
like " The Requiem" of Mozart, has now taken
its proper place at the festival of the united choirs,
no less than at Exeter-hall—the singers were
Madame Novello, Miss Dolby, Mrs. Hepworth, Mr.
Montem Smith, and Signor Belletti. Of this, how-
ever (and of Spohr's very fine work, which should be
heard much oftener), we must defer speaking until
to-morrow, merely adding that in " Quis est home"
(Madame Novello and Miss Dolby), " Pro peccetis"
(Signor. Belletti), " Fac ut portem" (Miss Dolby),
and " Infiammatus" (Madame Novello), the singers
earned golden opinions, incontestably their due.
The audience rose and remained standing during the
performance of the " Hallelujah" in the " Mount of
Olives," and four choruses in the " Last Judgment,"
"Praise His awful name," "Holy, Holy, Holy, Lord
God of Hosts," " Blessing, honour, glory, and
power be unto Him that sitteth upon the throne,"
and the " Hallelujah" at the end.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

DONCASTER RACES-SEPT. 15.

After the excitement of yesterday, there was a lull this
monting,. But the remembrance of the St. Leger of 1859
will abide through many years, not to adorn a tale, but to
show, to say the least of it, the evil of entertaining too much
confidence, assuming that Promised Land was run to win.
We may perhaps be excused the remark,—" Why all this
swagger about Promised Land ?" The answer is found in
the fact, that the brightness of the Woodyeates stables has
been dimmed by Whitewall; Yorkshire has eclipsed the
south this year in the most marked manner possible. 6to
4 on the Land, and 20 to 1 agst Gamester, is tolerably sig-
nificant of a great triumph. The card of to-day had seven
events for decision, the most important of which was the
Eglinton Stakes, carried off most easily by North Lincoln.
The Zetland Stakes of 50 sovs each, h ft, for three-yr-olds ;
colts, Bst 71b ; fillies, Bst 31b. One mile and a half. 4
subs.

Lord Zetland's Qui Vive, by Voltigeur, Bst 31b
(J. Osborne) 1
Baron Rothschild's Bastion, Bst 71b (Wells) 2
Sir It. W. Bulkeley's Knuckle Duster, Bst 71b
(W. Boyce) 3
Betting-5 to 4 agst Qui Vive, 11 to 8 agst Bastion, 9to
2 agst Knuckle Duster.
Qui Vive led throughout, and won by three-quarters of a
length ; bad third.

Handicap Sweepstakes of 10 sovs each, h ft, with 50 added,
for two-yr-olds. Winners extra. The second to save his
stake. Red House in. 23 subs.
Mr. Saxon's Mixture, 7st 71b (L. Snowden) 1
Mr. W. Scott's Prologue, 7st 91b • (Ford ham) 2
Mr. O'Hara's Spoffnlh Maid, Bst 41b (Withington) 3
The following also ran :—Birdcage, Kneyton, Queen of
the Vale, Thirza, Adele, Herman, Tousle, and Dartmouth.
Betting-5 to 2 agst Dartmouth, 3to 1 agst Herman, 5
to 1 agst Mixture, 8 to 1 agst Prologue.
Mixture did not arrive on the course until just at the
time appointed for the start. As it was doubtful, there-
fore, whether he would get to the post, his number was
removed from the telegraph.
Won by half a length ; two lengths between the second
and third; Dartmouth was a good fourth; Herman was
fifth ; and Thirza sixth.
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The Cleveland Handicap of 20 sovs each, 10 ft, and 5 only
if declared, &e., with 60 added; certain winners extra ;
tho second to save his stake. One mile. 33 subs, 15 of

whom pay 5 sovs each.
Sir H. Des Vceux's Comforter, 3 yrs, Est 101 b (Custance) 1
Mr. Jones's Ditto, 4 yrs, Bst 71b J. Osborne) 2
Mr. R. Ten. Broeck's Woodburn, 3 yrs,ost
Bob 1b
(W. Bom) 3
The following also ran :—Maid of Masham filly, Hegira,
Amsterdam, Raspberry, Bankrupt, and Lovett.
Betting-100 lo 30 agst Maid of Masham filly, 4to 1 agst
Lovett, 4 to 1 agst Amsterdam, 6 to 1 agst Comforter, 7 to
1 agst Woodburn, 10 to 1 agst Bankrupt.
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From the distance the race was left to the first three,
Comforter going on with the lead, and winning by half a
length ; a head between the second and third ; Maid of
Masham filly was fourth, and Amsterdam fifth.
The Eglinton Stakes of 10 sovs each, 5 ft, with 100 added,
for two and three-yr-olds ; allowances and penalties ; the
second to receive 25 sovs out of the stakes; T.Y.C. 37
subs.
Baron Rothschild's North Lincoln, by Pyl(aj. de
9st llb (in. 31b ex.)
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Betting-5 to 2on North Lincoln, sto 1 agst Mixture
North Lincoln lay off until reaching the distance, when•
he came away, and won in a canter by a length and a half ;
a length between second and third ; half a length between
third and fourth.

The Juvenile Selling Stakes of 5 sovs each, with 50 added,

Half a mile. 9 subs,

Mr. Brown's Weatherbound (40), 7st 101 b (Fordham) 1
Mr. Smith's Pomona (X4O), 7st 101 b (Charlton) 2
Mr. Saxon's Jenny Longlegs (£4O), 7st 101 b
(L. Snowden) 3
Mary Stuart, Brown Agnes, Remedy, and Myrtle also
ran.

Betting-8 to 4 agst Jenny Longlegs, 4to 1 each agst
Weatherbound and Brown Agnes.
Won by three-quarters of a length ; a neck between the
second and third ; good fourth.
The winner was bought in for 140 guineas.
A Sweepstakes of 10 sovs each, with 50 added, for 2-yr-
olds ; colts, Bst 71b ; fillies, Bst 41b ; winners extra.
T.Y.C. 25 subs.
Mr. Jaques' High Treason, by Mildew, 9st (in. 71b ex.)
(Flatman) 1
Lord Annesley's Sweetsauce, Bst 71b (Aldcroft) 2
Mr. Hudson's Lady Trespass, Bst 91b (in. 51b extra)
(J. Osborne) 3

Horror Thirza, and Grenadier also ran.
Betting-2 to 1 agst Sweetsauce, 9to 4 agst High Trea-
son, 3 to 1 agst Horror.
Won by a neck ; four lengths between second and third.
The Scarborough Stakes of 20 sovs each, 10 ft, for 3-yr-
olds ; colts, Bst 71b ; and fillies, Bst 31b. One mile.
Mr. Watt's Souvenir
Mr. Merry's Conjuror
Colonel Smith's Uralian (Boyce) 3
Won by a length ; Uralian a bad third.

THE AURORA BOREALIS AND TELEGRAPHS.—
M. Bergon has communicated to the French Academy of
Sciences the following remarkable effects produced by the
aurora borealis of the 28th ult. On the following day,
about half-past ten p.m., all the bells of the lines which
were not worked at the time bega:n to ling; on the
ether lines transmission became impossible, and the
galvanometers marked the
passage of a permanent cur-
rent. The effect was more apparent on the lines of
Bordeaux, Marseilles, and Northern, than on the
Eastern and Western lines. On the following morning, com-
munication within a space of 40 leagues became compara-
tively easy, but there were still interruptions now and then.
'l'he perturbations continued on the Ist and 2d inst. Strong
sparks were obtained from the lightning conductors of Bor-
deaux add Toulouse. The fact that long lines are more
easily influenced than short ones was proved, by directing
one of the offices of the neighbourhood to detach its wire
from the long line and to use it ; and it was found that
while it was impossible to , send a despatch along the whole
was established through a
line, a perfect communication
part of it.