The Sun.
London, England, 1868-04-20 00:00:00

up,"one of which the Prix de Montesson, was gained
by M. Wombwell, mounted upon his celebrated
horse Doge ; the other by M. Flersheim riding Par-
thenia. I regret to say that the race for the Prix do
Reclamer was characterised by a sad accident—viz.,
the fall of the horse Lady Donegal, ridden by
M. Flersheim, which occasioned the fall also of
another (Harriet Watts), one of the hoofs of the
latter horse coming into contact with the head of
M. Flersheim, which has, it is much feared, caused
concussion of the brain. Much regret is evinced in
sporting circles at the accident which has befallen
one of the most persevering sportsmen of the French
turf. It is said that orders will shortly be given for
several brigades of the Imperial Guard to meet for
exercise during a period of fifteen days in the plain
of St. Maur. The exercise will be that appointed
in the year 1866, and the troop officers, generals,
and all will remain encamped under tents during
that period. It is reported that the plans of a new
mitrailleuse have been deposited with the Minister
of war; the gun is supposed to be capable of throw-
ing 150 bullets per minute of from eight to ten
inches in calibre.

Detective Baker has sued the City of Washing-
:on for the $20,000 reward offered for the arrest of the
assassins of President Lincoln, and summoned Secretary

Stanton as a witness.

The Pall Mall Gazette says :—" A member of
,he New York State Legislature has disgusted all his

colleagues by publicly asserting that their votes on the
Erie Railway Bill were bought. The informer, Mr. Glenn,

states that he was offered 500 dollars for his vote, that 12,000
were offered to a fellow member, and 500 dollars to a
third. These cases came within his own knowledge. His

charges are not denied in any quarter, but several Re-
publican papers attack him for playing into the hands of
the enemy, and one reminds him that 'it is a dirty bind

which fouls its own nest.' Mr. Glenn is not likely to
profit by his indiscreet revelations, and it does not appear
from the spirit in which they have been received that tho

cause of public morality is destined to be advanced by

;Lem."

Two daughters of Captain Rame, the lighthouse
keeper at Crown Point, New York, wore drowned while

attempting to cross Lake Champlain on the ice.
William Oliver's house on the Catskill Moun-
tains, New York, was burned recently ; and Mr. Oliver,

his wife and four children, being driven out of doors, were

fatally frozen.

Three brothers named Cullen were murdered by
a travelling companion, fifty miles from Denver, and in
Los Anemes County there is au organised band of thieves,
which the sheriff is now devoting himself to broak up.

Mrs. Johanna Hill has applied for a divorce from
her husband, Britton Hill, one of the most prominent
lawyers of St. Louis. Mrs. Hill is well known in Europe,

having lived for several years past at Frankfort, Florence,

Geneva, and Paris.

The Times gives Mr. Goldwi❑ Smith the benefit of
the Easter holidays, when it has little else to talk about, to

discuss him in a leading article two columns king. The
Times seems to rejoice that Mr. Goldwin Smith is going
to the United States, where it hopes he may make

up his mind to settle, and be a means of drawing a good
many of his countrymen.

Dr. Crossley, of Lowell, Massachusetts, is manu-
facturing coffins of slate instead of wood. They may b©
soaled air-tight.
Ex-Governor Seymour has indignantly refuted

the falsehood of an Ohio newspaper, charging him with
having been in confidential correspondence with Confede-
rate agents in• Canada. Mr. Seward, he says, originally
conceived the slander, adding, that " the public would be
interested by a view of the system of informers and per-
jury in use (notably in use by Mr. Seward) during the past
seven years."
Thaddeus Stevens now raises his voice for Grant
as President and Wade as Vice-President, the former
being " honest, firm, and well indoctrinated in principles,
without ostentation, and without pride ; the bast selection
that could be made. With Grant and Wade to guide and
defend us, this nation in four years will have acquired a
prosperity which will he the wonder of the world."
The Naples and Florence Observer says :—" It
seems to he generally believed that the Abyssinian cor-
respondent of the Times is Dr. Russell, of Crimean fame.
This is not the case. The Times correspondent is Mr.
Austin, once editor of the Madras Atheitxum.
The New York Ledger has added private O'Reilly
to the list of its distinguished contributors.
William Mestell, a prominent lawyer of Missis -
sippi, was assassinated on Monday night, the 23d of
March.