The Sun.
London, England, 1861-03-22 00:00:00

FRANCE.

BOURSE, March 21.--There has been still but
little business doing, but prices have obtained a
slight improvement on those of the previous day;
Threes, for the account, being now at 68f 25e.
Railways firm, but quiet. The following are the
last quotations :
If per per Cents ... 95 90 Credit Foucier 940
Do end month.... 95 80 , Belgian 4i.. —
3 per Cents
Do. end month 6B 25'' Roman
Bank Shares .. 2890 —; Austrian
Credit Mobilier.... 665 Spanish Threes 4B
Do. Account 666 25 Home Debt

RAILWAYS.
Cash. Account.
Orleans
Northern 970 971 z 25
New ditto
Lyons and Mediterranean 952 60 .. 952 50
Geneva 386 25 .. 388 75
Southern
Western
Eastern
Sardinian
Austrian
Lombard , . 473 75 .. 472 60

A Parliamentary return states that from the
year 1845 to the year 1855, both inclusive, 157,485 sum-
monses in bastardy were issued in the counties of England
and Wales. 124,218 applications were heard; 107,776
orders made; and 15,981 orders refused.

SALE AT ASTLEY'S AMPHITHEATRE.—Yesterday,
in consequence of Mr. Batty retiring from the management
and profession, the whole of his performing stud of horses
and other trained animals, together with the carriages, &c.
were disposed of by public auction. The sale took place in
the theatre, and, although there was a very numerous attend-
ance, the biddings were confined to a comparatively small
number, no doubt from the fact that most of the animals
are too conspicuous for private use. The horses fetched
various prices, none of them remarkably high. The cele-
brated cream-coloured horse Beauty, known to most of the
frequenters of Astley's, fetched only 14 guineas. A very
handsome skewbald, named Guy, was disposed of to Mr.
Cooke, the equestrian, for 50 guineas, while Diamond, a
black horse, recently performing in " Dick Turpin," fetched
34 guineas. A remarkably handsome bay mare, named
Brunette, a lady's horse, was sold for 81 guineas, the
highest price reached in the sale. A pony called Tom
Thumb, said to be one of the smallest in the world, and
which the groom carried on his shoulders, fetched 151
guineas ; White Surrey and Raglan, 31 guineas each. A
Brahmin cow, trained to various purposes, but not very
highly venerated, was disposed of fur 81 guineas ; and a
pair of performing camels fetched .58 guineas. The Robin
flood stag, a rather stately-looking animal with very good
antlers, was sold for £4 10s. This concluded the sale of
the live stock ; after which the carriages and paraphernalia
brought the sale to a conclusion. An announcement by the
auctioneer that Mr. Batty has granted Mr. Cooke the use
of the theatre for a night at Easter, for the purpose of a
benefit, in consequence of his recent loss by fire,was heartily
welcomed.

THE PROPOSED REVIEW AT
BRIGHTON.

The proposed Volunteer review and sham fight
on Easter Monday next at Brighton is a subject
which is just now causing considerable agitation
and even ill-feeling among the various metropoli-
tan Rifle Corps. By some commanding officers the
scheme is warmly approved, and energetically sup-
ported. Other commanders take precisely an oppo-
site view, and not only decline to allow their regi-
ments to attend by summoning them to parade else-
where, but are otherwise active in their determi-
nation to oppose every detail in the plan. The
result of this disunion among the commanding
officers, of course, extends to a certain degree
among the subalterns and men, and the effect of the
whole must certainly be disadvantageous to the pro-
gress of the metropolitan Volunteers by perhaps
eventually leading to the retirement of some of
their ablest commanding officers. Earl Grosvenor,
Viscount Bury, Lord Elcho, and Lord Truro support
the intended :review at Wimbledon-common, or, at
least, will not attend with their regiments at
Brighton ; Lo.rd Ranelagh, Colonel Lindsay, Col.
Brownlow Knox, M.P., and other commanding
' officers; are in favour of the Brighton display.
It is contended on one side that Brighton is too
far from the metropolis, and that the railway ar-
rangements will not be equal to the rapid transport
of a large body of men and a considerable number
lof spectators, in addition to the vast holiday
traffic always on the South Eastern line to the
Crystal Palace and other places. The last objec-
tion is of course the gravest, and is met by Lord
Ranelagh and his friends saying that whatever
weight it has applies with infinitely greater force
Ito the Wimbledon demonstration, as the South-
Western Railway has confessedly an infinitely
smaller passenger traffic than the South-Eastern,
and has consequently not only less experience,
but less of the facilities required in the way of
rolling stock to meet an unusual run.
Distance from Loudon, they contend, secures
them from the presence of an overpowering
crowd, and the choice of Brighton has been
made in order to secure a station that has unex-
ampled facilities for accommodating large numbers,
and getting off the trains in rapid succession.
There is no doubt but that the choice of Wimbledon
is open to the objection that the station was never
meant to accommodate more than 100 passengers
or so, and that from the want of sidings more than
two trains cannot remain there. This, in the case
of a large number of Volunteers coming down by
rail, and the certainty of an immense crowd of
spectators, would be a cause of delay and incon-
venience sure to give rise to bitter complaints.
Both parties seem quite to have overlooked a place
which is probably better fitted than any other
in the kingdom for such Volunteer re-
views on a large scale—we mean the Epsom
Downs. There is space of ground there and to
spare for all the London Volunteers and any amount
of spectators. The town is large enough to meet
any demands in the way of commissariat, and, above
all, there are two lines of rail to the spot, both of
which could, and actually do, on a Derby-day take
down from 15,000 to 20,000 passengers. Those
who have chosen Brighton have, in our humble
judgment, gone too far; and on the other hand
Wimbledon is too near, and is otherwise in the
choice of its railway station most unfortunate.
If the weather is fine both displays may,
and we trust they will, be most successful ; if,
on the cbntrary, it is wet and stormy, there
will not be much to choose between the discomforts
of either party. The force to be reviewed at
Brighton will consist of five brigades. As great
doubt still exists about the numerical strength of
these, and as, in fact, the return of the tickets
issued will not be known till next week, we will
say nothing about the numbers that are expected to
be present. It is sufficient to say that the railway
company state they have made arrangements for
the rapid transport of a much larger number than
are likely to go down. The resources of the South-
Easter Company for passenger traffic are greater
than those of any other line in the kingdom.

The Six Feet Guards (32d Middlesex) have
volunteered to assist their rifle comrades in Sussex in the
sham fight. The supt;osed enemy will land at Shoreham,
and the whole of the manoeuvres will take place in the
neighbourhood of the Race Hill, whence a perfectly unin-
terrupted view of them may be had.