The Sun.
London, England, 1868-04-03 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, APRIL 3, 1868.

COURT OF COMMON COUNCIL.

A court of Common Council was held at the

Guildhall yesterday, the Lord Mayor (W. F. Allen,
Esq.) in the chair.

MR. STUART MILL'S BILLS.

The TOWN CLERK (Mr. Woodthorpe) read the
following letter, dated Ist April, which he had re-
ceived from Messrs. Merriman and Buckland, soli-
citors, 28, Queen-street, City, relative to metropo-
litan municipalities :
"Mr. J. S. Mill has given notice of his intention
to introduce his bill affecting the Corporation of the
City of London ; and we are instructed to say that
he will be glad to be favoured with any proposals
to modify or amend the bill, and will be ready to
confer with the Corporation with the view and in
the hope of meeting objections now entertained."
(Hear, hear.)

be agreed to, and that the picture be hung up in the
Guildhall as a memorial of the reception of the Sul-
tan by the Corporation of London.
Mr. BEDFORD, in opposing the motion, said he
wanted to know where they were to stop. If they
wante l a portrait of the Sultan the more dignificl
course would have been to ask him to sit, and to
have given the order to a first rate artist. (Hear,
hear.) But he , believed the Sultan did not want
his portrait taken. He was told that this picture
was in a very valuable frame, which cost £l2.
(Laughter.) Surely it was a very extraordinary
thing to ask them to buy a piCture because it was
in a good frame, and because the decorations were
perfectly correct. (Renewed laughter.) It was
not worth the while of the Court to purchase these
absurdities. The artist's price was £lOO, and they
ought to have given that, or refused to take the
portrait at all. If it was very cheap, let somebody
else buy it. (Laughter.) Ile objected to the way
in which this affair had been gone about, and he
therefore moved as an amendment that the report
lie on the table, and that the reference on Mr.
Luutley's letter be discharged.
After some discussion the amendment was nega-
tived, and the report having been agreed to, the
Court shortly afterwards adjourned.

THE GREAT FIELD FOR ENTERPRISE.

(From the Anglo-American Times)

The English are beginning to take fright at the
rapid progress of the Western route to the Far
East. In the Standard last Monday a letter ap-
peared from Captain BEDFORD PIM, who wrote to
inform its readers that the Union Pacific Railroad
when completed will bring New York within 30
days of Hong Kong and 40 of London. Then " not
only will the shares of the Peninsular and Oriental
Company be a drug in the market, but our Chinese
business must fall into the hands of Americans,
and New York become the entrepot of that trade
which has cost us so much blood and treasure to
attract to our shores." If England has spilt blood
to attract commerce, she deserves to lose it. She
has a right to expend treasure for the purpose, but
not to cut people's throats. The writer embodies
all the crude and ill-informed ideas which have
caused so much jealousy, and will, if not corrected,
lead to disastrous results. The natural road to
China is through the United States. Captain Pus
desires to divert the line, that England may retain
the lead in commerce and the gains accruing there-
from. To prevent the fearful loss he says our only
course " is to open up a route of our own through
British America, connecting Vancouver Island,
England's Cuba on the North Pacific, with Mon-
treal and Halifax. This line of country through
which the British railway would pass is far superior
to that over which the American rails are laid ; and
here, to my mind, the real solution of the Irish
difficulty is to be found, here the alleged craving of
the Irish for land can, if true, be gratified to the
utmost. Instead of an emigration of 200,000 souls
per annum, a vast proportion of whom swell the
ranks of the evil-disposed towards us in the United
States, we might at one and the same time supply
the necessary labour and settle the country, open
an independent route, and add to our resources, re-
duce the power of the Americans for mischief to a
minimum, and add to our own strength and that
of Canada ; in short, both for Imperial and com-
mercial reasons this British-American overland
route is a necessity ; and, supposing that Mr. A.
WADDINGTON'g observations and conclusions will
bear the test of examination, not a moment should
be lost in taking up this matter with the utmost
vigour." Is not Captain PIM aware that if America
meant " mischief " by constructing such a line he
would be adding to, not detracting from, her power.
Uncle Sus might complacently smile at the pro-
gress of the work, wait for its completion, and take
it when finished. It should never be forgotten
here that North America belongs to the Americans,
that England's interest is merely on sufferance,
that she has no permanent nor real property in the
country, and that any expenditure of hers on the
soil would, in case of a war, go but to enrich her
enemy. Recognizing this she will see her true
policy. From the Rio Grande to the North-West
Passage the inhabitants are the natural allies of the
English. Every attempt to upset this, converting
them into natural enemies, is artificial,unreal, and
cannot therefore stand. The population is essentially
Anglo-Saxon on both sides the St. Lawrence. To
keep up restrictions is to injure the two sections of
the country; to foster an enmity between the branch
in England and the branch in America, is far mon
pernicious to England than to the United States,
though injurious to both. If the great centre of
the world's trade is to be in New York, England,
who must in time lose it, should rejoice still
to see it the inheritance of her race. France with
more wisdom endeavoured to establish in Mexico
a Latin counterpoise to the rival race. She saw the
Anglo-Saxons engaged in a deadly strife, which
seemed likely to spread into a free fight, embracing
every branch of the family. Had France succeeded,
she would never have had the folly to nurse into
enmity her own child—a folly peculiarly charac-
teristic of the Anglo-Saxons in days gone by—let
us hope never to return. If Captain PIM, instead
of transporting the Irish peasants into the icy wilds
of the Hudson Bay Company's hunting grounds,
proposed to his countrymen to take a large interest
in the Union Pacific Railway, he would show
a better perception of the position. The chief ob-
jection even to that line, though comparatively
far to the south, is that it is too far north.
Only the other day an avalanche five or six
miles in extent swept down on the road near Cisco
in California, killing six Chinamen and damaging
seven locomotives. Instead of keeping up this sense-
less jealousy and bad blood, would it not be wiser
for England heartily to throw herself into the de-
velopment of the resources of North America ? By
doing so with men and money she would quickly
gain a great control, find counteract the Fenian
element.

At this moment the finest field ever known for
emigration is ready in America. The Union Pacific
Railways from Omaha to San Francisco, from Lea-
vensworth to San Diego, open countries presenting
every variety of climate, of soil, and of characteris-
tics. Literally" the world is all before them where
to choose," with a positive certainty that if they
choose wisely, hold to their choice, and live with
common industry, temperance, and frugality, that
they must attain to independence. See what it is
that is offered : an open, fertile country in the best
latitude of the world ; if they fancy it, spreading
out into boundless prairies, or ensconced beneath
snow-capped sierras; by a broad river or a wide-
spreading lake ; in a growing city or on an untrodden
wilderness. Along the whole extent the road is the
great highway between the East and the West,
which must so attract travel that they will have
but a few years to wait before they see the traffic
swelled to an extent beyond even the most sanguine
anticipation. The emigrant gets
the benefit of a
waste—yet he settles himself on the greatest of
thoroughfares. He buys his land for almost no-
thing, and has but to wait to gain for it high value.
I.le may cultivate wine in California or grain on the
prairies ; he may dig for gold in Colorado or silver
in Nevada. On the one line he may choose Ne-
braska, Dacotah, Utah, Nevada, or Upper Cali-
fornia ; on the other, Kansas, Colorado, New
Mexico, Arizona, or Lower California, each passing
over thousands of miles, much of the land being the
richest and most highly
favoured in the world. Let
people glance at the history of such a State as Ne-
vada, and gain an idea of the prospects offered. It
was organized as a Territory in
March, 1861, that
is, just seven years ago, before which it was abso-
lutely unknown. Though shut in on one side by
the Sierra Nevada, and on the other by the Wall-
satch range, yet the unknown country within this
period has risen into an important State, having
one city containing 20,000 inhabitants, and others
rapidly growing as populous, with their daily
papers, daily mails, and exports, which from Vir-
ginia alone, in bullion, averages some £4,000 a
day. In Arizona the settler will make his home-
stead on the ruins of a civilization passed away. If
he can understand what he sees, he will find around
him relics of cities, aqueducts, canals ; he will
perceive traces of the mining and farming work of
his predecessors, and learn that an intelligent, an

industrious, and an enterprizing people had in by-
gone days selected as their home the country of the
Gila. • Nor do we write of what may occur, draw-
ing on our imagination to make the picture entic-
ing. From the East the Union Pacific Railway has
passed over the Rocky Mountains—from the West
it has penetrated through the Sierra Nevada, and it
is to the exploring parties tracing out the route for
the Kansas line that the world is indebted for much
of what it knows of Arizona. From Sacramento
to the Truckee river in Nevada the line is com-
plete, or nearly so, and by the end of May will set
its passengers down within 16 miles of the Com-
stock ledge. When the summer opens 10,000 extra
labourers will be thrown out along the line of the
Truckee and Humbolt towards Salt Lake, and by
the end of the present year 300 miles of railroad
will be laid down and put in running order, mak-
ing the aggregate length 405 miles. On the other
side, the Union Pacific is working on a bridge over
Dale Creek, West of Cheyenne, which when
finished will be 2,000 feet long and 110 feet high,
and a bridge is planned over the Missouri at Omaha,
at an expense of $2,600,000. The Secretary of the
Interior has so construed an Act of Congress as
to withdraw from sale for the present, both the odd
and even numbered sections of the land along the
road."' The odd is the property of the railroad ;
that is, the company owns half for a width of 20
miles on each side of the track. His object it
is quite clear was to prevent jobbing, and the most
valuable sections from passing into the hands
of speculators•—taking advantage of the wording to
construe the meaning in the interest of emigrants;
the interest of emigrants being ultimately the inte-
rest of the country. Let England join in this
great work, instead of howling in alarm at the re-
volution it will work. She cannot prevent the
change it will effect, but she can share largely in
the advantage ; and though doubtless this will be
greater to New York than to London, and to the
United States than to the United Kingdom, yet let
her rejoice in the advance of the world, and if we
must be jealous, be jealous of the Moon, or Mars,
or of Saturn.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

GRAND NATIONAL HUNT STEEPLECHASE.

THURSDAY.

Over the same course as last year, in the vicinity of
Bedford, what was supposed to bo the wandering Grand
National has again sot up its lent. We say " supposed
to bo wandering," because, when first started, the com-
mittee of the National Hunt expressly stated that their
meetings would be moveable, and it was understood they
would not be held two years in succession in the same
place. Bedford was Noted such a capital course, and the
interest the Duke of Manchester took in the meeting
made the claims of Kimbolton so paramount that it was
determined to hold it here agafn. That it was an un-
wise determination the committee must by this time be
aware. Only sixteen entries for the great race and a
similar falling off in the other events is a change for
the worse from last year, and it would have been wiser to
keep the charter of the society instead of seeking to
localise, the meeting over a course considered, erroneously,
to be severe.

Only seven came to the post for the Royal Hunt Steeple-
chase. Of these Father O'Leary— who ran very well in it
last year up to the brook, when ho fell—was thought to
have a moderate field to bear, but a horse of Mr. Welfitt's
by Canute, beat him some way from home, and eventually
won by six lengths.
The other events scarcely call for remark, and the first
day of the Grand National has passed away shorn of the
eclat that surrounded its predecessors.

There was a large attendance, and the Kimbolton party
comprised the Duke of Manchester, Maria Marchioness of
Ailesbury, Marquis of Hartington, Lord and Lady Grey do
Wilton, Lord and Lady Proby, Lady George Paget, Col.
Steele, and Mr. Chaplin.
The Grand National Hunt Steeplechase, a sweepstakes of
10 sous each, 5 ft, with 250 added, for maidon hunters ;
weight for age ; to be ridden by gentlemen. Second to
receive 50 soya, the third 20 sovs.• About four miles. 16
subs., three of whom pay 5 sous each.
Mr. S. J. Welatt's Tathwe]l, by Cauute—lmagination,
by Lanercost, 6 yrs, 12st 61b (Mr. Brockton) 1
Lord Poulett's Father O'Leary, aged, 12st 101 b
(Mr. Edwards) 2
Mr. F. Toynbee's Daniel O'Rourke, aged, 12st 101 b
(Captain Smith) 3
Mr. F. Calthorpe's Blairquorn, aged, 12st 101 b
(Mr. Goodman) 4

Drumroe, Joseph, Reginald, and Strasbourg also ran.
Prior to the start an objection was lodged against Stras-
bourg, on the ground of his having been in a training
stable.

Betting-5 to 2 agst Father O'Leary, 4to 1 agst Tath-
well, 5 to 1 agst Daniel O'Rourke, and 6 to 1 each agst
Strasbourg and Blairquorn.
Joseph was the first away, and made play, followed by
Strasbourg, but they ha I proceeded but a few strides
when he was pulled back, and his place was taken
by Daniel O'Rourke, Blairquorn going on third,
Strasbourg fourth, with Father O'Leary, Tathwell
and Reginald folio wing in the ordered named.
They ran in these positions along the meadows
and cleared the two first fences without a mistake,
but on rising the hill beyond they separated, and wido in-
tervals were then seen between the leader and his fol-
lowers, which was made the more apparent as they
rounded the clump of trees on its brow. Approaching the
water jump, however, they got somewhat closer together,
and Tathwell, rushing past his horses, cleared it in advance
of Daniel O'Rourke, Joseph, and Blairquorn, nearly
abreast; to these succeeded Father O'Leary, Strasbourg,
and Reginald. The latter, however, refused, and ran
round, and upon being put at it a second time he jumped
short and fell into the water, and repeating his refusal at
the following obstruction, he was not after persevered
with. Ascending the hill towards the stand Daniel
O'Rourke drew up to the leader, the pair being side by side
onpassing, and they cleared the fence in the rear together,
but on rounding the flag in the bottom Mr. Brockton
took a line to the left, and again held a clear
lead of Daniel O'Rourke, Joseph, and Blairqnorn,
closely followed by Father O'Leary and Strasbourg.
From this point the throe first named alternately
led to within a mile from home, when Joseph and
Strasbourg were evidently pumped out, and were judiciously
pulled up and returned home. On entering the enclosure
skirting the hill-side, Tathwell was soon in advance, still
closely pressed by Daniel O'Rourke, Blairquorn, and
Father O'Leary, who came on in close company to the cut
fence after rounding the turning flag. Here Blairquorn
ran through his horses wide on the left, and for a brief
period held a slight lead, but on reaching the fence in the
bottom be gave way beaten, leaving Tathwell, Father
O'Leary, and Daniel O'Rourke to fight it out; but half-way
up the hill for home the favourite was beaten, leaving Mr.
Welfitt's colt to canter home an easy winner by six lengths.
There were four lengths between the second and third ;
Blairquorn trotted iu fourth.
A Selling Handicap Steeplechase of 5 sous each, with 30
added. Tho winner to be sold for 150 sous. Gentlemen

riders allowed 41b. Two miles. 8 subs. -----
Mr. E. Clifford's Waterperry, by Middlesex, aged, list Blb
(Mr. Hobson) 1
Capt. Barclay's Savannah, aged, list 31b (Mr. Crawshaw) 2
Colonso and Atalanta also ran.
Betting-65 to 40 agst Colenso, 2to 1 agst Waterperry,
7 to 2 agst Savannah, and 6 to 1 agst Atalanta.

They ran in company to the first fence, at which We
favourite fell, the running being then taken up by Water-
perry, followed by Savannah and Atalanta to the fence by
the farm buildings, where Atalanta came to grief, his ex-
ample being imitated by Savannah, whose rider, however,
was quickly remounted and following in hopeless pursuit
of the leader, who won in a canter by a couple of lengths.
The Kitnbolton Castle Stakes of 10 sovs., with 100 added;
11st each. Winners extra. Maidens allowed 71b. Gen-

tleruen riders allowed 41b. The second saved his stake.
Four miles. 5 subs.
Mr T. Gough's Meanwood, by Oulston, aged, 12st 71b
(J. Page) w.o.
The National Heavy-weight Farmers' Steeplechase of 5

sous. each, with 50 added, for maiden horses; weight
for age. About 4 miles. 4 subs.
Mr V. Wilson's Nebsworth (late Jacob), by Sabreur or
Underhand, 5 yrs, 13st 41b (Mr. E. Wilson) 1

St. Jacur and King Arthur also ran.
Betting-2 to lon Nobsworth, and 4to 1 agst King
Arthur.

The latter made play at a slow pace, followed by the
favourite and St. Jacur to the water jump, which the two
leaders cleared safely. Not so Mr. Audiuwood's gelding,
who came to grief, and was seen no more in the race. King
Arthur retained his pride of place to within half a mile of
home, when he foil through sheer distress, leaving the fa-
vourite to canter home at his leisure.

NEWCASTLE SPRING MEETING.
TitunsDAY.

The Newcastle Spring Handicap of 50 sovs, added to a
sweepstakes of 2 sovs each, 1 ft ; the second to save
stake. Nearly ono mile. 22 subs.
Mr 'l'. Plummer ns. Caprera, by Carbineer—Maggie, 3
yrs, ist 6lb
Mr T. Dawson's Highland Duck, 3 yrs, 6st 131 b

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(Cameron) 2
Mr Falshawe's Ladylike, 4 yrs, 7st 121b...(R. Chaloner) 3
The following also ran : —War wick, A uchinleck, Scarth-
nitch, Popgun, Stafford, and Lady Cavendish.
Betting-3 to 1 agst Highland Duck, sto 1 each agst
Warwick and Caprora, 8 to 1 each agst Auchiuleck and
Popgun, 10 to 1 agst Ladylike.
Won by a length ; the same between second and third.
Au objection was raised to the winner ou the ground of a
cross, but was overruled.

The Northumberland Hunt Plato of 40 sovs, for half-brod

hunters. Two miles.
Mr T. Wilkinson's Searrington, 5 yrs, 12st llb
(Mr T. Spence) 1

Mr J. Simpson's Helen, 6 yrs, list 131 b (Mr R. Walker) 2
Mr G. P. Read's Doddington, aged, 12st 91b(Mr Robson) 3
The following also ran :—Little Nelly, Philosopher,
Minna, Bassinet,Vivid, Novelist, Once More, Young Game-
ster, and Stanton Vale.
Betting—Even on Scarrington, 4to 1 agst Helen, 10 to
1 bar three.
Won by a length ; three lengths between second and
third.
The Ravensworth Stakes of 5 sovs each, 2 ft, with 30
added, for two-yr-olds ; colts Bst 101 b, fillies and geld-
ings Bst 61b; the second to save his stake. Five fur-
longs. 8 subs.
Mr. Dobson's Hector, by Cavendish— Jenny Jones, Bst
101 b (Snowden) 1
Mr. H. Cowen's Clarionette, Bst 61b (Whiteley) 2
Mr. Fobert's Special Commissioner, Bst 61b (Noble) 3
Tho following also ran :—Olive Branch colt, Hippona,
and Red Cloak.
Betting-2 to 1 agst Special Commissioner, sto 1 each
agst Hector and Hippona-9 to 2 agst Clarionette.
Won by a head ; half a length between second and third.
The Tyne Spring Handicap of 50 sovs. New T.Y.C.
Mr. T. Dawson's Highland Duck, by The Drake —Relic,
3 yrs, 6st 31b .(11mdson) 1
Mr. C. J. Dove's First Blood, 3 yrs, sst 101 b (Clayton) 2
The following also ran :—Armlet, Roderick Random,
Ladylike, Popgun, and Caprera.
Betting-3 to 1 agst Armlet, sto 1 each agst Ladylike
and Caprera-5 to 1 agst Highland Duck, 6 to 1 agst First
Blood, 10 to 1 agst Roderick Random.
Won by a length. Caprera came in first, but M'Ewen
could not draw the weight, and the horse was distanced.
The Tyne Selling Stakes of 3 sovs each, 2 ft., with 25
added ; weight for age; maiden and other allowances.
Five furlongs. 6 subs.
Mr. John Osborne's Sleeping Beauty, by Loiterer—Un-
fashionable:Beauty, 2 yrs (no), sst 111 b (Platte) 1
Mr. Anderson's Stitch filly, 2 yrs (.£3O), sst 121 b
(Hudson) 2
Mr. W. Brown's Glennoy, 3 yrs (£3O), Ist 31b (Megson) 3
Vara also ran.
Betting-6 to 4 agst Sleeping Beauty, 2to 1 agst Vara,
4 to 1 agst Stitch filly.
Won by a neck; a head between second and third.
The winner was sold to Mr. Holmes for 50 guineas.
The North of England Hunters' Stakes of 40 sovs, added
to a sweepstakes of 2 sovs each ; gentlemen riders ;
professionals, 71b extra. Three miles cver hurdles.
Mr. G. Hopper's Verdi, by Adamas—Don't Come Late's
dam (II b), 4 yrs, 10st 91b
Mr. T. Brown's Prince (h b), aged, 12st 811 i (Mr. Smiles) 2
Mr. W. Robson's Jessie Brown (h b), 5 yrs, list 91b
(Mr. Harrison) 3
The following also ran Owl, Isle of May, Sam,
Whitesocks, Skedaddle, and Cabman.
Betting-2 to lon Verdi, 6to 1 agst Whitesocks, 10 to
1 agst The Owl and Prince.
Won by ten lengths ; double the distance between
second and third.

GRAND NATIONAL STEEPLECHASE
COMMITTEE.

At a meeting of the above committee, hold at G, Old Bur-
lington-street, on Monday, March 30, present Mr. B. J.
Angell, Mr. E. C. Burton, Mr. C. H. Carew, Mr. Sumner,
and Lord Westmorland.

It was proposc.d by Mr. B. J. Angell, seconded by Mr.
A. H. Sumner, and resolved, that Rules 3 and 4 should be
altered as follows ,—ln Rule 3, after the words " winners
of steeplechases," to insert the words "in any country ;"
and in Rule 4 the same.
The rules will now read as follows :

Rule 3. The term " winning horse," in reference to
those liable to carry extra weight, or those to be excluded
from any race, shall apply only to winners of steeplechases
in any country of 20 sovs or upwards, not including the
winner's stake, or of some prize of equal value, and not to
the winners of hurdle races, flat races, or matches of any
kind.

hule 4. A maiden horse or mare is considered ono that
has never won a steeplechase in any country of the value
of 20 sovs or upwards, not including the winner's stake ;
and a horse that has never started is one that has never
started for a "steeplechase" in any country of the value
of 20 sovs or upwards, not including the winner's stake.
,The objection made by Mr. Jones to Garus starting
for the Liverpool Grand Nationul, on the ground that the
horse had never been paid for in the Selling Raco at
Hereford, having been brought before the committee, they
decided that the objection, not having been made within
the period prescribed by Rule 67, could not now be enter-
tained.

The objection made to Nebsworth (late Jacob) for the
United Hunters' Stakes at Cheltenham, on the ground
that the horse should be perpetually disqualified from run-
ning, in consequence of having run under a wrong pedi-
gree at Warwick, having been referred to this committee,
they decided that there were no valid grounds for the dis-
qualification.

The case of Ablett's riding in the Selling Steeplechase
at Streatham having been brought before the committee,
it was stated by Ablett that he rode according to the
orders ho received from Mr. Gilkes, the owner, which
were, "to pull up the horse after be had jumped a fence,"
and this having been admitted by Mr. Gilkes, it was ordered
—" That Ablett be suspended from riding until the Ist of
January, 1869, and that Mr. Gilkes be prohibited for a
period of five years from running any horse in his own
name, or in that of any other person, at any meeting where
the rules of this committee a:e in Turco."

The following gentlemen were elected as qualified to
ride :—Mr. Lloyd, Mr. T. Vivian Gurney, Mr. A. N. Camp-
boll.

HORSES STRUCK OUT OF THEIR ENGAGE-
MENTS.

March 30, at 9 a.m., Flying Spanker, out of tho Bromley
Plato and Spring handicap, at Bromley.
March 30, at 9 a.m., Confederate, Garus, the Switcher,
Nu, and Endsleigh, out of all engagements.

March 30, at 9 a.m., Ackworth, Beesvving, Gipsy King,
and The Rescue, out of the Northamptonshire Stakes.
March 30, at 2 p.m. (to clerk of the course), all Mr. F.
G. ilobson's horses, out of Bromley engagements.
March 30, after 6 p.m., Stradbroke, out of the Northamp-
tonshire Stakes.

March 31, at 9 a.m., Etiquette, out of Knighton engage-
ments.

March 31, at 9 a.m., Christmas Carol, out of the
Northamptonshire Stakes and Cup, at Northampton.
March 31, at 11.20 a.m., all Mr. T. V. Morgan's horses,
out of Northamptonshire engagements.
March 31, at 11.20 a.m., Chesterfield (dead), out of all
engagements.

March 31, at 11.20 a.ru., Lord Waldegrave, out of all
handicaps for which the weights have appeared.
March 31, after 6 p.m., Tarquin; out of the Althorp Park
Stakes, at Northampton.
April 1, at 9 a.m., Slander, out of the Norton Manor
Handicap, at Knighton.

NOMENCLATURE.
The following names have been given :
Mr. H. Padwick's two-year-olds:
B f b Orlando—Bouquet Flower Girl.
Ch cby Trumpeter—The Roe ... ... Standard Bearer.
Mr. J. Scott's yearlings.
B f by The Ilarquis—Cypriana. Marchese.
B f by Neptunus—Tooi-Toni Thetis.

FORFEIT LIST.—T he forfeits of the follo wing horses have
been paid : —Festival (to qualify), Kenilworth (to qualify),
and Needle Work.

TIIE DISPUTED RACE AT NEWPORT PAGNELL. —The
objection against Lizzie was entertained by the Grand Na-
tional Committee yesterday, and the mare disqualified.
The ;objection against Vision, who came in second, was
not gone into, and therefore the stakes and bets remain in
abeyance.

NAVAL AND MILITARY INIELLIGENCE.

The screw steam corvette Pelorus, 21, Captain
Haswell, from China, which arrived in Plymouth
Sound on Wednesday, as already stated in The
Sun, left ;Yokohama, Sept. 16 ; Hongkong, Oct.
16; Manilla, 26th ; Singapore, Nov. 7 ; Batavia,
21st; Cape of Good Hope, Jan. 5; St. Helena,
Feb. :4 ; and Ascension, Feb. 13. After passing
the Azores light easterly winds prevailed. The
Pelorus was put in commission Sept. 7. 1863, and
has been employed on the Japan and China sta-
tion. She spoke Nov. 26, in the Straits of Sunda,
the bark Gleta, homeward bound, Jan. 2, off the
Cape, the French bark Rele, homeward bound ;
Feb. 6, lat. 16 45 S., long. 5 W., an English bark,
showing 3d distinguishing pendant 9,430, 53 days
from Foo-chow, for London ; 9th, lat. 11 7 S.,
long. 11 27 W., the Spanish bark Egeria ; 21st, on
the line, several vessels outward bound ; 26th, the
Hamburg bark, Madagascar, and the French brig
Eloise, with emigrants, outward bound.
This morning the 2d Regiment of Life Guards,
commanded by Colonel Palmer, left the Spital
Cavalry Barracks, Windsor, at eight o'clock, and
marched by
.road to Lond3u. The troopers will
take up their quarters in the Albany-street bar-
racks, Regent's Park. The 2d Life Guards will
be relieved by the Ist Regiment of Life Guards,
which left London this morning for the Spital bar-
racks, Windsor.

LADvERTisEmEsT.]-11olloway's Fills.—Our long and
trying winters undermine the health and prepare the way
to premature decay when freccant humours are thought-
lessly permitted to infest the frame, from which, at the
dawn of spring, they could readily be cast by these well-
known, long-esteemed pills. This medicine addresses it-
self directly to the stomach, which it rouses to its highest
healthy standard, perfects the assimilation of the toed,
and, incorporated with its nutritive elements, enters the
circulation, and through it is brought in contact with
every fibre and placed in a condition to remove all im-
purities. Holloway's pills thoroughly cleanse the blood,
regulate any disordered organ, accurately adjust secretion
and excretion, and gradually remove all corporeal imper-
fections.

2HE SITUATION.

(Prom the Anylo-American Ti»zes.)

Public feeling has little changed in the United
States since the date of the preceding mail ; that is,
in the interval from the 7th to the 14th of March.
The nation quietly awaits the development of the
game being played at Washington: The.moves are
watched with interest, and the backers of the poli-
ticians loudly applaud, and even more loudly con-
demn, at each of the steps taken, some of them
sufficiently unscrupulous, and even revolutionary.
In truth, it is a desperate contest, pushed on at
railway speed, of which the people are such quiet
spectators. The country gives no sign of approval
or the reverse ; Republican conventions support
Congress and denounce the PRESIDENT, Democra-
tic Conventions support the PRESIDENT and de-
nounce Congress. The New Hampshire election is
pronounced by the Republicans to be the emphatic
approval by the country of the Congressional course.
Impeachment was the only question before the elec-
tors ; there were no side issues ; both parties ap-
proved of redeeming the Bonds in coin, and the
Impeachers carried the day. The Democrats, how-
ever, assert that the Republicans sustained a heavy
loss in this year's majority, compared with that of
last year; that the State which has long been Re-
publican, is less so now than ever, and that there-
fore the decision is rather against than for Con-
gress. The Impeachment trial came on last Mon-
day, when President JOHNSON'S Counsel filed his
answer, denying all the Impeachment charges.
They then applied for a delay of 30 days to prepare,
which the Senate refused by a vote of 41 to
12. The Managers of impeachment filed the
reply of the House next day, re-affirming all
the Impeachment charges, and the Senate Court
ordered the trial to commence on Monday, the 30th
inst. While this direct issue marches thus rapidly
to a denouement, there are side issues in the grand
struggle which almost escape observation, though
scarcely of less importance. The main attack pre-
sents a battle line, and every eye is fixed on the
glittering advance. But the unseen, detached force
acting on the enemy's flank or rear may defeat the
array, and hurl it back in confusion and rout. A
bill has been passed through Congress actually un-
noticed even by the members, though momentous in
its import. The Democrats positively aided in its
passage, allowing it to be adopted without even a
division. It amends the Judiciary Act of Septem-
ber 24, 1789, so as to place officers of the internal
revenue on the same footing as officers of the Cus-
toms in respect to suits in civil actions, &c. Mr.
WILSON proposed an amendment, which was ac-
cepted, and the bill was passed by an almost unani-
mous vote, and sent to the base, where it was
also passed without discussion, nearly all the Demo-
crats, as in the Senate, voting for it. The amend-
ment provides that the United States Supreme
Court shall not have appellate or original jurisdic-
tion in cases arising under the Reconstruction
Acts of Congress. Few understood the true im-
port of the ingeniously framed clause added to the
bill, and it caused much excitement when it became
known. Of course the PRESIDENT has vetoed the bill,
which we learn by a telegram, dated Washington,
March 25, and equally, of course, it will be passed
by Congress over his Veto. The vital point it is
intended to meet is the decision of the Supreme
Court on the M'ARDLE case, the Justices being now
in deliberation on the arguments, which have been
concluded. If they pronounce against the con-
stitutionality of the Reconstruction Acts before the
bill becomes law, the PRESIDENT will be empowered
to withdraw the military froln the South, when
the government of the States lately in rebellion will
revert to the men who held them for years at the
point of the sword against the stupendous efforts of
the Northern people fighting to the bitter end be-
fore yielding an inch. We all know what ANDREW
JOHNSON is prepared to do. He is neither to be
reasoned nor frightened out of any conviction. He
is alike beyond coaxing or concession, and above
any paltry considerations of consequences. We be-
lieve that nothing would give him greater pleasure
than to nullify at one stroke the Congressional le-
gislation, to re-unite the nation, freed from the
curse of slavery, since the close of the war. If the
Southern Conventions be permitted to elect dele-
gates to nominate the Presidential candidate at
Chicago, and if Alabama and other States be re-
ceived into the Union on such terms as Congress
may devise, the Republican party will strength&i
itself beyond attack. There is every appearance
that G,n. GRANT will be the successful candidate for
the Presidency ; it is more than probable that AN-
DREW JOHNSON will be found guilty by the Senate and
deposed. The Republicans will then have a
thorough-going member of their own party in the
Presidential Chair (Mr. WADE), as well as every
chance of a Republican President to follow. The
Democrats speak of the desperate measures of the
Radicals adopted as the only means of saving their
party from annihilation. Desperate or not, they
appear to be successful, and the party, judging from
appearances, is decidedly in the ascendant. But
should the Supreme Court pronounce the Recon-
struction Acts to be unconstitutional and the PRE-
SIDENT in obedience to the Constitution and the
laws of the United States, declaring these Acts to
be null and void, withdrew all the power now in
the hands of the district commanders, and allowed
the State Governments to revert to the men for-
merly elected by the people, another bomb would
burst and a real explosion follow. It is possible
that the Justices, knowing ANDREW JOHNSON'S un-
compromising character, may withhold judgment
either till the close of the trial or till the bill remov-
ing such cases from their jurisdiction be passed
over by the PRESIDENT'S veto. Senator CHANDLER,
of Michigan, and Senator TRUMBULL, of Illinois,
presented petitions to abolish the office of President
of the United States. The question has been a
good deal discussed throughout the Union, though
it has not yet any advocates sufficiently able or
prominent to draw towards it public attention.
That we are on the eve of changes, few can
doubt. It maybe little less than a revolution
that is now progressing, the full scope of which is
not as yet perceptible, though some profess to see
curious things looming in the distance. No de-
cision up to this date can,have been given by the
Supreme Court on the M'ARDLE case, and it is pro-
bable that Congress lost no time in passing the Bill
over the PRESIDENT'S veto. Mr. JOHNSON kept it
as long as the law allowed, before returning it with
his veto to Congress, hoping, we presume, for a
judgment. If he be disappointed in this we cannot
see any other means of opposition open to him ;
and from the present aspect of affairs we conclude
that Congress will be triumphant in every point of
the struggle. At the same time there are rapid and
unexpected changes in such a tooth-and-nail fight,
and everybody's calculations may be overthrown by
some unlooked-for event.

Births.

BALLARD—On the 31st ult., at East Pallant House, Chi-
chester, the wife of Captain J. B. Ballard, Royal Navy,
of a daughter.

ilAwEs— On the 2d inst., at 34, Lonsdale-square, the wifo
of T. Gurney Hawes, of a daughter.
POOLE— On the 2d inst., at Lea-bridge-road, the wife of
Mr. Hugh Poole, of 48, Fish-street-hill, of a sm.