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EUROPE. ‘The Inman steamship City of Baltimore, Captain Roakell, from Liverpool May 27, via Queenstown the 28th, arrived at this port yesterday. She brings Getails of our cable telegrams up to date of sailing. ‘The King of Prussia intends to restrict hia journey to Hanover, Bremen and Oldenburg. It ts rumored that the Minister of Finance has tendered his resig- ‘Ration. In consequence of the continuation of Monsignor Talbot’s ulness, his post in the Pep=’a household has been given to o Neapolitan prelate, Monsignor Bisogno. ‘The aunouncement relative to the offer of the crown to Prince Caryuito, brother to the reigning King of Portugal, and of his proposed marriage ‘With the second daughter of the Duke of Montpen- mer, gains consistency. i ‘There is no truth whatever in the statement that the Russian government intends tocede Samarcand to the Emir; Samarcand 1s to become one of the Jargest depots of Russia in Central Asia. Mustapha Fazil Pacha, brother to the Vieeroy of Baypt, arrived at Vienna about the 25th ultumo, m route for Switzerland, where he 1s to spend the summer. The reception by the King of Duke Charles of ®lucksburg, his bother, and formerty the chief of she Scirieswig-Holsteim party, has causea much dis- pleasure among the Danes. Ono of the journals published at Copennagenrsays: ‘Ilia Majesty Chris- Wan 1X. ought to remember that he 19 King and bound to represent the feclings of the Danish na- tion.” An International [lorticultural show was*opened on the 17th nit, in St, Petersburg with great pomp and cerecneny. ENGLAND. The Letter of Messrs. Laird on the Building of the Alabama. The following letter was published in the English Papers of the 27th ult., an extract from which was published in the HERALD of the day following:— We have hitherto refrained from answering any of the attacks made upon us, as builders of the Ala- Dama, not wishing to prejudice in any way the ne- gotiations entered into between the government of this country and the United States, which, if they had been concluded in a satisfactory manner, ‘Would, probably, have led to an inquiry into ail the circumstances connected with the building of ships and supply of war materials by various parties to Northern and Southern belligerents Guring the American war, and thereby have given us an oppor- tunity of jexplaining the part we took in building and delivering the Alabama in this port. The Johnson-Clarendon convention having been rejected by the United States, we think the time has ome to remove the erroneous wupressions that have prevailed on this subject, as it cannot be to the advantage of the country that uniounded state- ments as to this one transaction should remain un- contradicted and be used adversely to this country, While the larger question of the assistance in naval, military and other supplies rendered to the North aswell a8 the Soutu, during the war, should be bushed up. ¥ The allecaiions made, and so often repeated that ‘wey people believe them, are—that we pot oy built, but armed, manned and equipped the Ala- bere to cruise agaist the Northern States, and therefore committed an illegal act; and that to iu- Quce us to enter into such arrangements we wero paid an extravagant price for the ship aud machin- ery. We shall, therefore, proceed to show that these statements are uniounded, and that the contract to build the Alabama was entered into by us in the usual course of our business, as & mere commercial transaction, and ata price moderate for a vessel of her cl: the firm which we now <a having for upwards of thir- z years been in Yhe habit of building vessels of war r our OWn government, for foreign governments direct, and for the agents of foreign governments. The Alabama was buiit in our works, where about 2,500 men were at that time employed, without any secrecy, and ceing nee building was constantly in- spected by visitors from various parts of the world, and by officers of her Majesty’s customs, as ved by the following report from Mr. Morgan, jurveyor of her Majesty’s Customs, Liverpool, dated June 23, 1862:—‘The officers have atall times free access to the building yards of the Messrs, Laird at Birkenhead, where the said vessel is now lying, and there has been no attempt on the part of her bulid- ers to disguise, what is most apparent to all, that ahe is intended for a ship of war.’ (Alabama Pa- pers, 24th March, 1863.) When ready she was uched and taken into our graving dock to have her ery put on board and be masted and n the 12th of June this work was so far advanced ‘that the vessel was taken for a trial trip outside the rt, and all being found satisfactory was brought k to our graving dock to be py On the 12th of duly, more than a fortnight before left the Mersey, she was moved from our works placed in the Great Float public dock at Bir- Kenhead, to which all parties had access, and was there supplied by the purchaser with coals and pro- ‘visions for her voyage. There was no haste or so- recy observed Seent et these ny onpigeay ong had there been anything wlegal in the build or the fitung e ship there was ample time and oj Aiba oy By 2, 4 for the government then to have seized fe did not do so, although they were informed on the Bist of July by their officers that the snip a) be ready for sea and might leave at rd hour she This appears by the following extract m # letter addressed by the Collector of Customs, verpool, to the Commissioners of Customs, Lon- jon, and dated July 21, 1862, @ week before tho ship dock:—“I 8 feel ob! by the Boara leased to instruct me b; iph how I am ‘act, as the ship appears to ready for sea, and leave at any hour she pi ” it would in fact ap) that the intention of the ernment to detain the ship was based not on the Obaracter or condition of the ship herself, but be- Cause @ man named Passmore and two others made ailidavits that they were eng: to serve on board her, although they did not s1 that they were en- pe builders. Sir Roundell Palmer, on the ith of March, 1863, alludes to this as follows:—*But * Velo — House to agp gen in byes depo- tions there Was a great mass o! lence, taken by itself, could not forms any action. Of the six depositions transmitted on the 22d of July, only one was good for anything at ali—viz., the evidence of a person named Fesepos , which was sufficient to prove the material facts. Two more were sent, corroboi Passmore, on the 24th, and were received by Earl Russell on the 26th,” and Mr. Sumner alludes to Passmore’s affida- vit In ms of April, 1869, If it had yoon however, there is no proof) Doard,. th engaging’ thein would have © parties 60 ei wor ve been involved in pecuniary penalties, for payment of ‘hich the ship might have been detained until the ties Were satisfied or good bau given. See copy @ letter trom the Commissioners of Customs to the Collector of Customs, Liverpool, dated July 22, 1802, namely:—“We acquaint you that we have com: municated With our solicitor on the subject, who has sdvised us that the evidence submitted is not sum- Client to justily any steps being taken against the ‘vessel under gid the oe = seventh section of et 59, Geol cap. you are to govern arse accordingly. Fhe solicitor has, however, Stated that i there should be sufficient evidence to —_— @ court of enlistment of individuals they would be liable to pecuniary penalties, for security of which, if recovered, this department might detain the ship untu those penalties are satisied or good bail given; but there 1s not sufficient evidence to re- Quire the Customs to prosecute, It 18, however, com- | tent for the United States Consul or other n do so at their own risk if they see fit.” ‘Lhe United States Consul, however, did Dot avau himself Of this power to prosecute, A week elapsed after the opinion was given by the Bolicitor of Customs in London and the Collector of Customs in Liverpool had reported tnat the ship ap- to be ready for sea, and might leave at any yur she pleased, and she still remained in the Burk- nhead public dock. We were not requested by the goyernment to detain the ship, and on the afternoon ofthe 28th she was moved from the berth tn the Great Float, and the same ae undocked and ae, iy chor = pF pan of ae ong Ag Stage in Liverpool, until the morning of th orsuiy" when the river about ten o'clock. At Shis ime the ama had not on any part of her armament, ammunition or warlike stores, as is shown by the Surveyor of Customs’ report, 80th of July, 1862:—"1 have only to add that your directions to keep a strict watch on the said voasel have been carried out, and I write in the fullest confidence that She left this port without any part of her armament on board; she had not as much as a signal or musket.” (Alabama Papers, 24th of March, 1808.) er ge oar special ayo Pang! ae oe we hot supply, or engage Bu , the Alabam: either before or after she left ihe MT ocsey, with any part of her armanent, provisions, coal, or warlike #tores of any description, or raed’, ny men toservo on board her, or to join her after she left the port. We merely completed @ contract to build anil de: liver au unarmed and yo gd Ship in the port of Liverpool. We were never intormed by the pur- Chaser of the Alabama of the arr ments he had made for manning, arining, equipping and commis- t & fore! Rots enters ny her having gone to the Azores until that fact ‘Was generally known by the public, Our opinion as to the legality of building and de livering the ship in the way we did may not be of much value; but we submit that the opinions of me of the most eminent lawyers of the day should ve My oF find, me i give the fpltewrine ‘3 esto ern after the Alabama had left Liverpool: eae OPINIONS OF MR. MRLLT ® un KENPLAY 48 TO Tie Choatare or aun OTHE fan fon that Messrs. Lath hada seat ett ace wi eforenot to that ahige't sors of, tt ty bad af Scat gathee ip to a purchaser in Rnglian pean eve Ly i fea E = a # NEW YORK HERALD, TUESDAY, JUNE 8, 1869.-TRIPLE SHEET. me to have been at the Azores, meted fgg ara Shower MELLIBE. No. ya BUIL pInas, Feb. 6, 186, @ entirely conc the statements laid before hita, and our altered if the fact were that’ Messrs they were rate APaiL 17, 1863, We also give the opmion of Chief Baron Pollock, on the trial of the Alexandra, sane, 3208;—“Many allusions in the course of this case been made to the Alabama, but he held that as tbat vessel left LY unarmed, and a3 a simple ship, she com- ees aeecarae o with the at @ sul ai armed and converted into a of war at Ter- coira. We have stated that the Alabama left the Mersey an unarmed ship, and was not fitted or furnished as @ man-of-war. Lis is confirmed by the following frqm the letters and speeches of Lord Clar- argon ane Sir Roundell Palmer, the SelicHor Gene- LORD CLARENDON'S LETTER TO MR. ADAMG, DEORNBER 5s Pe BY BARL RUSSELL, IN M18 SPEECH, oH, It ia, neverthel: duty, in closing this corresponden toobserve thatne sraed easel Senanes terse tates teak 9 British port to cruise against the commerce of the United SOLIOLVOR GENERAL'S (818 ROUNDELL PALMER'S) SPEEOH 1N THE HOUBE OF COMMONS, MAnOH 21, I Jt was not ull the Alabama reached the Azores that abe re celved her jer captain or her anc hoisted the Confederate fag. It ie not true that abe departed from the shores of this country as a ship armed for war, Lora Palmerston also, in the debate of Mareh 27, 186, Makes the following statement:—‘I have my- self great doubts whether, if we lrad seized the Ala- bama, we should not have been lable to considera- bie damages, It is generally known that she sailed from this country unarmed and not properly fitted out for war, and that she received her armament, uipment and crew in a loreign port. Therefore, Whatever suspicions we may have had—and they were well foumded, as it afterwards turned out—as to the intended destination of the vessel, her condition @t that time would not bave justatied a seizure,” (Speech, March 27, 1983) 4nd the yiews he then ex- pressed were proved to be correct by the result of the trial in the Aie<andra case, which Vessel was re- leased after the decisioa of the House of Lords, and £3,700 damages and costs paid by the government to the owners. See memorandum attached to Earl Russell's letter to Mr. Adams, dated November 3, 1806:—“'The trial ended in the discharge of the ves- sel, and, the costs and damages having been com- promised for £8,700, she was delivered to the owners, She was then sent to Nassau, where she was agai tried on @ similar charge of violation of the Foreign Enlistment act and again acquitted,” We now come to the question oi the price paid for the Alabama and her machinery:—The price we re- ceived for constructing the hull, masis, rigging, Sails, anchors, cables and general mercantile out! ofthe Alabama and her machinery was less than the cost of similar vessels in her Majesty’s service, ulthough she was buiit and her engines made in every respect equal to them, The detaila of the price we are quite wiuling to give to her Mujesty’s govern- ment should they desire it, It has been stated that in the conduct of our business im these transactions we sougnt our own gain irre- spective of municipal or international law, thereby endangering the relations between this country and America, The opinions of the eminent statesmen And lawyers we have aucied show the butlding of the Alabama to bave been in accordance with the existing laws of England, and in 1861, when we undertook the contract, and for long atter, there was nothing to show that our domg 80 was at varlayce with the opinion of our own coun- trymen, or with the practice of foreign nations, But in 1861 other questions had arisen as to the rights of neutrals and belligerents, which rendered it apparent that a strict interpretation of the exist- Pe law would not satisfy those whose interests were fected, and in that year we declined to accept an order to build a large fron-clad vessel for on nt Of the Confederate government, eeaotgh ‘one condi- tion of the contrac was ig aE been that the ship shouid not be deliyere: til the conclusion of the war. The Gost, however, was to be paid to us by instalmens in such @ Way and 80 secured as to make or us @ perfectly safe and profitable com- mercial transaction, and we were advised by the best authority that there was nothing in our muni cipal or international law to prevent us taking the contract. Our private gatn here was willingly sacrificed, pecause we felt that from the complica- ttons that had arisen tn reference to neutral and bel- ligerent rights @ strict interpretation of the law might tend to aggravate the then existing differences between this country and the American government; and had there been the same feeling on the subject - 1861, the Alabama would not have been built y us, We have given these facts and quoted these oe as to the building of the Alabama to clear that transaction from the erroneous statements with which it has been surrounded. It cannot be to the interest of this country to allow eer opinion to turn on imperfect informadon, and as the Johnson- Clarendon treaty has been rejected, an inquiry tstt- tuted by @ royal commission, or & commitiee of th House of Commons, into the support given to the North and South di the war, in reference to Polo warlike stores, guns, ammunition, srmor plates and the enlistment of men to serve for either of the belligerents, would tend to place all the mat- ters in dispute clearly before the British Parliament and people, and enable them to approach any further negotiations with the United States onj@ more satisfactory basis than they have hitherto done. Should a genera! inquiry of this kind be decided on ‘we shall be glad to give any information and assist- ance in our power. in America, and by many fe Laird, ember ead, was the ‘builder of the Mr. Laird’s inter- and some time before his election to serve in Parlia- ment; but we may add that Mr. Laird knew we ie Eaniing this ship and for whom we were ing her. We ona apologize for the length of this letter, but hope that the importance of the sabject will justify our requesting its insertion, We a are, reapeetiully, your obedient servants, LAIRD BROTHERS, BIRKENHEAD IRON Wonks, } BIRKENHEAD, 26th May, i869. Frightfal Colliery Explosion in Monmouth- shire—Seven Persons Killed. {From the London Star, May st] on Tuesday night a fearful explosion of fire damp took place in the upper pit belonging to the Ebbw Vale Company, by which seven persons lost their lives. So faras can be ascertained it appears that three men were working in a heading some distance higher up in the pit above the deceased, and noticed @ quantity of sulphur in the air. They at once le their escape, and directly after an explosion was by man named Charles rge, and he went to the spot, but the gas was too pow- erful for him. Fhe two horses which were with the three men were killed, but tne latter escaped unin. jared. At twelve o'clock at night search was made for the men in the lower vein, and at three o'clock yesterday morning six of the bodies were discovered. All except the i of Cooke were frightfully burned id dis! |. It was then discovered that Anniah ‘illiams was not at home, and another search was made. His body was shortly afterwards found, but fo fright ‘scarcely the trace of a feature id be discerned. The pit is situated at Owmmantdda, about two miles from Pontypool, and had the explosion taken place in the day upwards of fifty lives would have been sacrificed. Cooke, Davies and David Rees are married men and leave their families unprovided for, There is no knowing how the acctdent happened, all the poor fellows who could give any information having lost their lives, FRANCE. he ‘Brotbers knew atiding the Alabama f¢ at of the Confede- re CATER. JAMES KEMPLAY. Result of the General Elections. PARIS. First Circumscription, Gambetta (rad. op.), 8,061 majority. Second Circumscription, re-election be- tween Thiers (Parl. op.) and Devinck (off). Third Circumscription, Bancel (rad, op.), 9,573 majority. Fourth Circumscription, Ernest Picard (dem. op.), 16,052 majority. Fifth Circumscription, re-election between Raspail (rad. op.) and Garnier Pages (dem. op.) Sixth Circumscription, re-election between Jules Ferry (dem. op.) and A, Cochin (off.). Seventh Circumscription, re-election between Jules Favre (dem. op.) yand Henrt Rochefort Fad). Eighth Cir- at ption, Jules Simon (op.), 21,009 majority. Ninth Circumscription, Eugene Pelletan (op.), 15,504 majority. The above figures denote the actual ma- jority of the candidates. The total number of votes polied in Paris was 295,875, being 66,117 for the omictal canaidates and 220,758 for the opposition. In 1862 the figures were respectively 192,006 and 86,101; in 1857, 111,013 and 101,207, andl in 1863, 83,690 ‘and 149,406, Considerable excitement was created in the dis- trict of'the ae) Paris, on the evening of Sun- day, the 28d ult., by reason of a visit made by; M. ‘ters, acon led by some friends, after ml night, to he ballot urns, which were depost- ted at the ‘or’g office under a . He ex- amined the seals very carefully, and when convinced that they had not tampered with, withdrew, It 18 supposell that bis suspicions were fren tock learning that an unusual movement had been noti among the oficials during the evening. THE DEPARTMENTS. Throughout the departments pS) elections have resulted generally in favor of thebMctal candidates, and although the complete returns had not been re- ceived up to the date of our mail, the teaue clearly defines that there are only two prominent parties— the revolutionists and the government, All other denominations #0 low that they not worthy of a o tricts :—Ardéche, Bouches-du-Rhdne, Cantal, Cher, nut Gironde, Térault, Doubs, Eure, Eure-et-Lotre, Indrese Loti, Lotre-et-Cher, Loire, Lotret, Nord, hdne, Seiné-et-Marne, Seine-et-Oise, Sein rieure, Vaucluse, Vendée and Yonne, ' THE PIONEER ENGINEMAN OF THE PACIFIC ROAD, San FRANCISCO, Cal., May 20, 1860, At the laying of the ‘last rail’ which connected the Central Pacific and Union Pacific Ratlroads, the firat locomotive that crossed was the beautiful engine Jupiter, of the Central Pacific Pore te wa driven by Ger Booth, of Seymour, Conn. It was moat beautiful and tastily trimmed with fi evergreens and +: white blue” ribbons. Booth Is decidedty thé joneer engineman of the Pacific road, and is a jorough gentleman. DERBY DAY IN ENGLAND. FROM OUR LONDON CORRESPONDENT. Lonvon, May 27, 1960, THB COOKNEYS AND THELR CARNIVAL. ‘There were some people on the hill and stand at Epsom yesterday who ventured to aasert that the atwendance was ies3 than usual, and some others who had survived the perils of the road held that the patrons of that mode of getting to the Downs were falling off year by year. The former opinion I stoutly combat; to the tatter, with somo misgivings, 1 am Gisposed to give in my adherence. J don’t think I everesaw such @ crowd gathered on that great Surrey upland, which is almost as famous in the history of As to the road, I do beMeve that it is hardly so popular as it was in the days ef my youth, when people England as battle telds of another kind. turned up thelr noses at the very idea of the rail. ‘There are classes who even yet, when you can be Jandea within five minutes’ walk of the race course for something like halfa dollar, would think it a desecration of the Derby day to travel over the iron instead of the macadamized high road—the ‘swells,’ to-wit, who go down in the famtly carriages, or the aristocratic drags; the young city men who cannot refrain from a contemplation of humanity from the knife board of an omnibus, and the humble east- enders im their family coaches, the unassuming barrows and trucks drawn by the faithful put stub- born “neddies.”” However they get over the four- teen miles that separate the Downs from London, the cockneys will go there on this particular Wea- nesday of May, and folks who talk of the cecline of the turf are either totally blind to the signs of the umes or have never been to Epsom. It is, of course, absurd t) suppose that any but a small fraction of the visitors are attracted by the love of sport; for I should fancy that a con- siderable percentage have some difficulty in dis- tnguishing a horse from @ jackass, The Londoners sunply look on the Derby day as the occasion for an annual wild burst of enjoyment, when they may be allowed toruncompletely loose, throw aside con- ventional restraints, as arule get drunk, induige in all sorts of extravagances, and after spend- ing a lot of money, laying the seeds of chronic dys- pepsia, and, curing immediate headache, once more becoming respectabie citizens for another 364 days. The British, a French humorist informs the world, take their pleasures sadly. It may be so; but he either has not seen them on the Derby day or he has observed as intelligently as the illustrious Count Smorltork. Whatever their conduct generally, on that particular occasion they take their pleasure, like madmen, or, to put the case more mildiy, they bebave like the warm blood Southerns—of Evrope, not America—at caraival time, THE DERBY AS A NATIONAL EVENT. Though the Londoners care little for the race but as the excuse for a grand burst of enjoyment nothing could prove more sausfactorily the imtense love of the Englishman for horseflesh than the inter- est taken in this, the greatest equine struggle in the world. It is that to which all our racing during the whole year leads up, and as the day approacues for its decision the excitement it arouses can hardly, I should think, be fully appreciated by a foreigner. The sporting community, pure and simple, is a comparatively small fraction of the population; but it 1s wonderful to observe how their spirit pervades the entire nation, It is more than twelve months since betting commenced on the great event which, after one of the most magnificent contests on record, was won yesterday by Pretender. From that tune the incerest in the result, as favorite after favorite triumphed or was “bowled over’? in the successive races of minor importance, such as the Champagne at Doncaster, the Middie Park Plate and Criterion at Newmarket, the City and Suburban and the Grea’ Metropolitan at Epsom and the Biennial and Two Thousand at Newmarket. For months past the Tesults of these struggles have been eagerly watched and commented on by the public at large; the won- derful market changes they occasioned have been everywhere canv: , aud the sums of money that have been invested on various candidates amount to many hundreds of thousands of pounds, People who would be ashamed even to talk of horse racing at other times are caught deep in the con- sideration of the prophetic articles of the morning ana sporting journals; grave parsons, lawyers with heads stuffed full of cases, merchants who can only tear themselves with an effort from their ledgers, are not ashamed, as the last week of May ap- hes, to ask their gons and nephews what trey” think = will Folks who do not bet a shilling during the rest of the year now send their sovereigns to the commussion agents to back their fancies at any odds shey can get. There 1s not a club, or government office, or mercan- tile estabiishment, or workshop in London, perhaps in the whole country, that has not its sweepstakes from half @ crown upwi In defiance of the police betting is carried on to @ fabulous extent in every public house and hotel. In fact, for months before the race, the sporting fraternity are set all agog with the Derby, and for weeks prior to the great day the gonerai public give the go-by to every other topic of interest. THE DEPARTURE PROM TOWN. Deep was the anxiety felt all over London on night with regard tothe weather, which was far from reassuring. Rain fell for hours in torrents, and many looked forward to an afternoon such as those on which Daniel O’Rourke and Maca- Toni won the race. far from being a pleasant place on a wet day, for on those uplands it can rain ‘with a will, and masiins, and white petticoats, and veils, and light dust coats, and summer articies generally look far from comfortable when thoroughly soaked and covered with mud. The moi was not calculated to dispel anxiety; for the cold was such as to give rise to misgivings that we should see the race Te terrific oe. ‘storm, as we did when Bloomsbt a when Hermit caught the judges’ eye. Nothi daunted, however, the sight-seers went off by respective routes in the devil-may- care humor of the Derby day, and well were they re- warded by one of the most glorious afternoons with which we were ever favored on the Surrey Hills. THE ROAD AND ITS HUMORS. Though, as I have said, the procession to the course was considerably smaller than in past yi could have discovered the fact until assembiii som. They ovserved that the gathering of carriages showed a perceptible falling of. At an early hour of the mornii the fumbler class = Me pe) the ream a ty ol rh a ee ought out of nosp' for the , the eggshel 6 pony phaetons, all, in fact, that ran the atest risk of coming to grief were on their way through the pleasant lanes that lead from the southwest district of London. As time went on and people began to get feverish as to the chance of seeing the race, the cay- alcade swelled in its proportions until it was one un- broken line of conveyances of the most heteroge- neous Kind, that reached almost from the outskirts of the metropolis to the course itself. The weather ol ig—for the clouds had now broken up into bright, suimer-like cumuli, through which the sun streamed in all his glory—the travellers indu in all the extravagances with which experience has made us so familiar. Sport commenced as soon as they got into godly Clapham, wnen the peashooters were brought out of their pockets .and broughtJnto us USC, false Noses were donned, salutes were with the servant maids who peered out exc of all the windows along the road, chaff was hurled at the dowagers and sexagenarians enjoying the pleasant warmth in their front gardens, and Kisses were wafted to all the boarding school misses peer- ing over the walls of their estallishments, Cockney humor is rather same and tame, and tt would weary your readers to tell them of all the mad prank: which the travellers induiged as they passed ng those glorious lanes, overshadowed by the thickest foliage, bordered by fresh green hedges and casting up not a particle of dust to mar the enjoyment of the procession. THE ROUTE BY RAUL. Very many thousands of holiday makers preferred to journey down by one or other of the three lines of rail, and the commotion they caused at tae vari ous BI ‘Was tremendous, Scores of trains were despatched from each at intervals of ten minutes But, notwithstanding the crowded state of the rails, they were sent out without stoppage as without ac dent. It is estimated that upwards of 69,000 peop were taken down by the dierent companies; but pes A] Was no incident to which it is necessary to refer. THR ASPECT OF THE DOWNS. As I have already stated, I never before saw so many People gathered together on the Surrey uplands. The stand, which is the largest in the world and towers up to the sky like a Babel, was crowded with all the rank, fashion, wealth and beauty of the empire, ‘The vast enclosure sloping down from it to the course was crowded almost to suffocation with bet ting men, backers and loungers, and the great roar that unceasingly rose from it was almost deafening. ‘The scores of stands that stretch along the north side of the track, on either side, were densely fled, and the crowding in the attached to some of them was dreadful. Outstde all these reserved spots— ‘admission to which — from five shillings to Qs many guineas—the throng was particularly, on either hand, unusually great. On the other side of the course w: ihe caso, & long line of tonably dre: Cialy the lafeer, and the Mill ‘beyorrn ares accu © 0 9 was occupl by hundreds of vehicles of all descriptions. A thick fringe of spectators surrounded the Derby track from start to fnish—about @ mile and a haif—and at the Dor Tottenham corner, where they te 4 down hid for the straight run home, thousands w VISITORS. DISTINGUISHED Tt had been announced by the chief commissioner of plice that thetr Nayal Highness uh rinse and Princess of Wales would honor the races with their and ta had been made to keep road ag clear as bie. They came down from nin an ‘unaasumt . at ores pe Ing enner in a car. horses at Banstead, and they arrived oh the Downs just before iro o'6L00ky Risa! A anette fol waar in their re turn from the East there wes ‘but Tittle ae ig Uon of excessive loyalty on the part of the publie, And"they»were allowed to reach their stand new the Judges’ box with only a faint cheer. ‘Phey were as- companied by ihe Princess’ brotner, the Crown Prineget Denmark, and other swells whom | pave Do honor of Knowing. Strange to say, the Epsom mapbagement have no royal box in connec- tion with their stand, and as the Prince of Wales Was on previous Oecasions accustomed to take iis place among big nobles and no royal princess had ever before honored the races no provision had been made. for them, ‘they were indebted for their Present posttion to the kindness of Mr, ‘Tod Heatley, who gave ap to them his private stand. The Princess, who, as wellas her husband, looked remarkably well, was dressed in dark materials, the jacket being black sik, trimmed with gold, I ought to mention, how- ever, that by far the most popular color was blue, which was worn in every variety of make-up. Within a dozen yards from the royai visitors was seated an- other iliustrous personage, no leas than the Newab of |, Surrounded with a brilliant suite dressed in allithe colors of the rainbow and some others. ‘The two,parties did not seem to be acquainted with each other, and no communications between them. The English “btood” disap) to luncheon for an hour before the Derby and rode off immedi- ately after it Was decided. The Orientals stuck to the last and saw the whoi¢ proceedings. TUE DOINGS IN THE PADDOCK. As usual the pacdioos was crowded long before the time fixed for the great race, and the interest of the connoisseurs tm the cracks was profound, It 18 un- necessary to give any detalis of the appearance of the various candidates; but | may stale that Mr. Merry’s Belladrui, who has all along been the seu- sation horse of the PR eae and the idol of the public, look remarkably well. Sir Joseph Hawley’s Pero Gomez, as hon- @st @ horse as ever ran, but not a good lookin, one, showed the perfection of the trainer’s art. Lor: Strafford’s Rupert looked like a great coach horse, but Mr. Graham’s The Drummer had fined down and looked in capital condition. Every one was on the que vive for the favorite, Mr, Jardine’s Pretender, but he and his stable compantons, Thorwaidsen and Lord Hawthorn, were saddied at the post to escape the presence of the crowd, THE BETYING AT THE FINISH. Pretender, the wimner of the Two Thousand Guineas, maintained his position at the head of the quotations to the very last, and was backed down five ww four—a shorter pr than that at which the notorious Lady Elizabeth start- ed last year, Pero Gomez, the Middle Park Pilate and Newmarket Biennial winner, had been temporarily displaced from bis position of second favorite by Belladrum, but ultimately settled down at eleven to two. in the Two Thousand, who has seen such wonderful Vicissitudes in the betting, was stuck to by the pub- lic with the most unflinching {idelity, and was backed by hundreds who believed that he would re- verse his T Thousand ruaning, prove he could “stay” the distance and win the Derby. Next in de- mand were Perry Down at ven to one, The Drummer and Martyrdom at twenty to one each. The others in the quotations it 1s unnecessary to specify. THE FIELD. The following was the iield that came to the sb— The ninetieth Derby Stakes of fifty sovereigns each, h. tt, for three-year-olds; colts, 5st. 101b., and fillies, Sat. 5Ib, Tne Owner of the second horse re- ceived 300 sovereigns and the third 150 sovereigns out of the stakes. One mile and @ half, 247 sup- seribers. Mr. J. Johnstone’s br. ¢. Pretender, by Adven- Sir J. Hawiey’s br. c. Mr. G, Jones’ b. ¢, She Drummer. Sir J. Hawiey’s b. c. King Cophetua Mr. Brayley’s b. v. Duke of Beaufort Mr. J. Johustone’s b, c, Lord Hawthorn, Mr. J. Jonnstone’s ch, ¢, Thorwaldsen Mr. H. E. Surtee’s b. c. The gean. Sir. Legard’s ch. c. Border Knight, Lord Calthorpe’s ch. c. Martwrdou Mr. Merry’s b. ¢, Belladrum, Mr. Savile's b. c. Rysuworth. Mr. Savile’s bi. c. Neuchat Lord Kosebery’s br. c. Ladas. Lord Koyston’s ch. c. Alpenstock. Lord Strafford’s ro. ¢. Rupert. Mr. T. Jennings’ br Mr. J, Dawson’s ch. Duke of Newcastle’s Sir R. W. Bulkeley’s br. Mr. Padwick’s b. c. Ethus. Mr. John Denman’s br. c. i FROM THE START TO TATTENHA RNER. Im their preliminary canters Pretender, Pero Gomez and Bellaarum were, naturally euough, the observed of all observers, and of the lot Mr. Merry’s horse was by far the most popular, and was received with loud cheers a3 he went down the course. At twenty minutes past three they put themselves in the hands of Mr. McGeorge, the starter, who sent them off at the second attempt. For a few strides The Drummer held a slight lead, but as soon as the; had settled down Neuchatel took up the running, fol- lowed by Lord Hawthorn, both making pace for their stable companions, Close up were Thorwald- son and Border Knight, at whose quarters lay The Drummer and Pero Gomez. Pretender and bella- drum were among the rear lot. They went for half @ mile without any material alteration, except that Pretender ran through and joined the leading aivi- sion. The pace was hitherto very slow, but at the mule rs. Hudson sent along Lord Hawthorn and he and Neuchatel then raced along side by side two jJengths in front of Pretender, Kyshworth, The #gean, Perry Down, The Drummer, Duke of Beau- fort, Alpenstock and Pero Gomez. As they went through the “‘furze,”” Ethus dropped away into the rear with Beliadram, hill were at least ifty ys behind Caen bet and the further they went the more hopless became their chance. At this point @ great change took place in the character of the race; for the speed was now greatly inc |, the “tailing” commenced in earnest, and the fleld presented a long line. Ladas and Tenedos were toiling heavily along; Neuchatel soon disappeared from the frout and the lead was then left with Lord Hawthorn. FROM TATTENHAM OORNER TO THE JUDGE'S BOX, ‘The leaders had now reached the famous corner, the most dangerous point of the race, and not un- juently the cause Of horses coming to grief. A scrimmage actually did occur; for Thorwaldsen swerved across in front of Duke of Beaufort, who pearly came down, and, to avoid a collision, Wells was compelled to pull Pero Gomez right out of his track and thread his way into the “straight” on the outside. This accident caused a great deal of con- fusion; but when matters were in put right it was found that Lord Hawthorn iad retired and that the leading division was composed of Tne Drummer, Perry Down and Rupert next the rails, King Cophetua, The Agean and Pretender in the centre and Kyshworth and Pero Gomes on the right nand or upper ground. Almost as soon as Lf were in the line for home The Drummer took up the running, while Tue Aigean, King Cophetaa and Perry Down “turne it up,” and just beiore reaching the distance Ryshworth followed suit. For a moment Duke of Beaufort and Rupert, lyiag on either side of The Drummer, were so formidable that the flelders screamed with de- light; but when the three had fought out their strug- ,gle to the advantage of Mr. Graham’s horse, and when they were rignt opposite the stand, Pretender and Pero Gomez, who had for the moment escaped attention, shot to the frout like rockets, and the race at once became @ match between them. Tull within fifty yards of the chair the Two Thousand winner haa slightly the best of tt; but at this point Weils, lifting nis horse in that grand style which has made him famous, got his head slightly in front of Pretender’s. it was, however, only for @ second, for Osborne called on his gallant steed with the utmost deter- mination, and the call being gamely responded to, Mr. Jounstone’s horse was declared the winner of the Derby of 1860 by a short head that is, about the breadth of @ man’s hand. The Drummer, hard pressed by Duke of Beaufort, Rupert and Ryshworth, was third, length behind Fero Gomez. Belladrum was second fast the whole of the way, and Ladas did not fan the post, DOUBTS AS TO THE WINNER, So close was the finish between the first and sec- ond that thousands of people believed that Wells, when he made his effort, had ‘ianded"’ Pero Gomez first in the ring. Any odds were offered that he had won it, aud it Was not till the numbers went up that the actual «state of affairs was known. 1 myself turned round to _ Porter, the tramer of Sir Joseph Hawiey's horse, and warmly congratulated him, and he rushed down stairs crying, “By G—, I've won!” Even now many will not believe that Judge Clark was right in his decision, and hint that he was ‘on’ Pretender, as they did when he decided that Macaroni beat Lord Clifden under similar circumstances. RECEPTION OF THE WINNER. The public were by no means enthusiastic about Pretender, and the cheer that greeted him as Osborne steered him to the weighing room was not at all warm. They could not forgive him for beating thetr popular idol, Beiladram, and it was chiefly the Northern folks—he is trained in the North—that had invested on him. They were, however, radiant about the victory, and I never small forget the coun- tenance of Mr. Steele, the great bookmaker, who won such @ fortane over him for the Two Thousand and did so again, when be ran out to meet the horse, 80 overpowered with joy that he could hardly speak and looking as if he would almost kiss him. The public, on the other hand, were tearful over the fate of poor Belladrum, who cut such a dreadful figure. it is evident pow that this horse, who was one of the finest two year olds ever known, has turned a lifeless “‘roarer,’’ and that he wilijnever be able to win @ race over three-quarters of a mile of ground. Many are already biaming Mr. Merry tor not soraicyjng him and thereby preventing the public investihg on him, but he has acted an honorable part throughout, and would have been ten times more severely handied had he strack the horse out of the race. THR OWNER AND JOCKEY OF PRETENDER. Pretender belongs to Mr. Jardine, who races In the name of a Mr. Johnstone, and ts the head of a Ft shipping house. He is a Scotchman, living at yumfreeshire, and he ts very well known after hounds and in the coursing feild, having won the Waterloo Oup thrice, with Hughie Granam, Selby and King Lear, The ene) borne, on this occasion won his first Derby, but he had yi carried off two Two Thousands and one which he may take again with Pretender. The ‘by winner is by young sire Adventurer, out of a Venison mare, FEATURRS OF THE RACE. je features of the race were the eccoccoceececccocc]es: 33 rand Pri the capital form shown by The Drum- mer, Who has now a it chance for the French event; the une: tediy good rmance of Ru- pert, and the fact Duke of Beaufort, always an excellent horse, wiped away the atain that he cast om his name by hie miserable exhibition in the Two Mr. Merry’s horse, second | CUBA. The Recent Revolution in Havana—Volun- teers Demand the Head of Pelaez and Ab- dication of Dulce—The Regulars on Guard— The People Quiet—Fight im Villa Clara— Landing of Arme—Arrival of Political Pris- oners—Ofticial Report of Landing at Bay of Nipe. ve Havana, June 2, 1869, ‘The'past has been a night of excitement, such a8 has been scarce surpassed since the outbreak of the insurrection. The volunteers, pointed in the oft-repeated assurances given them that “the tri- umph of the Spanish cause in Cuba ts inevitable, it is Imminent, the insurrection is controlled, 1s con- quered,”’ and each day more suspicious of the au- thorities, have broken out in open, threatening, notous demonstrations, which like to have resulted in the death of the Captain General, followed by Heaven only knows what. While the feeling has been along time culminating its immediate occa- sion was the recall and arrival here of General Pelsez, who, as is known to the read- ers of the HERALD, has been in command of troops Operating in the jurisdictions of Cienfuegos, Villa Clara and vicinity. He is of the new régime, having come out with Dulce, and is his firm sup- porter. While he has aceomplished nothing in the Held it cannot be said that his failare has been more marked than that of others, It is claimed, however, that his antecedents are bad; that while in command in San Domingo he made everything subservient to the accumulation of gold, and further, that, in keep- ing with such antecedents, he has been recently selling salvo conductas to insurgents. The indigna- Uon against him was very bitter in Cienfuegos, and upon his arrival there the volunteers made such threatening demonstrations that he did not land, but proceeded to Batabano, en route for this city. Notice was given of his coming, and on his arrival, during the afternoon of Monday, the 31st ult., pre- parations had heen made to receive him with a mock celebration. He went to the Telegraph Hotel, where soon after an excited crowd gathered with tin horns, pans and other articles where- with to make a noise, and a demonstration rival- ling pandemonium followed. The General, who bad been forewarned, soon made his escape from the hotel and, when the crowd, more fierce each moment, made @ rush for the hotel he was far away and in safety. The proprietor entreated them not to injure his establishment, assured them that Pelaez was not there and, throwing open his doors,.told them that they could look for themselves. Soon realizing that their prey had escaped them, with a howl of dtsap- pointment they immediately proceeded to the palace, on the Plaza de Armas, when they made vociferous demands for their intended victim, shout- ing “Death to Pelaez! Death to Dulce !” and other similar cries, Some twenty of them were allowed to pass by the guard and peuetrated into the palace, where they were inet by Dulce, indignant, yet power- Jess, who assured them that Pelaez was not there and ordered the doors thrown open that they mignt search for themseives. They were finally induced to retire, and though gome excitement continuea througi the night no further demonstrations were made. During the day yesterday, though quiet was on the suriace, meetings were held and, as is now undersiood at the hour of this writing, a demand has been made upon General Dulce to turn over the command and embark for Spain. The volunteers are in uniform and in arms over the city. The regular troops are on guard at the palace. ‘The cavalry are standing vo horse in front of the plaza and elsewhere in the vicinity, and a body of marines are on shore and prepared to operate if called on, While all necessary preparations to resist au outbreak have been made by the war vessels in the harbor. Naturally a thousand rumors are afloat, but fi is pretty well authenticated that a commission waited upon Dulce at an early hour this morning demanding his retirement; that he was given up to ten o'clock for his answer. He has expressed a desire for forty-eight hours in which to telegraph to a ain aud receive a2 answer, with result not stated. The people are quiet, seemingly enjoying the com- motion, but not anticipating anything serious. The volunteers scattered about the streets or formed at different pointe are very vhreateuiug, swearing to have the head of Pelaez and the abdication of Duice. The mail steamer irom Cadiz ig outside with 600 Vasque volunteers, for whose reception great pre- parations have been made. She ts detained outside in order that nothing ve added to the existing ex- citement, As the steamer is wvoutsailing | am com- pelled to close my account. Ere the reception of tis you will have been informed of the resuit by telegraph. The volunteers, though flerce enougn for the moment, have not shown themselves persistent, and the prospect is that the worst is over. Our new: m the seat of insurrection indicates more activity than was antictpated at this season, and that the insurgents are making good their ex- pressed determination to keep the Spauiards acuvely employed during the warm weather, in Villa Clara @ considerable body of patriots are operating. A gentieman recently from there reports a figut be- twen 1,200 of them and @ company of troops on the hill of Santa Cruz, thirteen miles from the city, from which ouly three of the latterescaped. My informant went over the field shortly after the engagement aud counted twenty-two dead Spaniards lying there. The Diario de (a Marina reters to the fight on the road from Puerto Padre to Las Tutias, between the insurgents and a column escorting a convoy to the latter piace, accounts of which have appeared in the HERALD. It places the troops at six hundred, and gays they were compelied to return to Puerto Padre, bringing their wounded with them, Some of the lateer bave arrived in Havana. By the coasting steamer Almendares, from Sagua, Remedios and other —_ on the north coast, we Jearn that @ party of insurgents had appeared in Encrucyada de Sagua and that a column of troeps had at once gone out after them. The steamer brought here nineteen political prisoners in custody of the ardia civil. Their names are as follows;— lorentino Jimenez, Francisco G. Junco, Jacinto Borroto, Francisco Navarro, Juan N. Cristo, Ricardo Casanova, Juan M. Lopez, Rafael Capote, Leonardo Morejon, Justo Hernaudez, Francisco Casamadrid, Salvador Dominguez, Rafaei Subian, Antonio Ibarra, Eugenio Herrera, José Domingo Gonzalez, Casiano Machado and the muiatto Leonardo Capote. Some of the oifictals, civil and military, of Remedios came hither by the Almen- dares, us is said, with the intention of not returning. A passenger by the Moctezuma steamer, receatiy arrived from Santiago de Cuba, reports that on her way hither she ran ito the Bay of Nipe, where she sighted a foreign schooner which had landed war materials ata port adjacent. She was making ail haste to get away, and when the gunboat which was notified arrived there she had disappeared. The steamer yo, which arrived on Saturday last, brought General Lesca and 180 soldiers, some of whom were wounded at Altagracia during the march of the convoy from Nuevitas to Puerto Prin- cipe, She aiso brought one of the cannon captured from the flibusters at Nipe. it i8 understood tnat Genera! Lesca will shortly proceed to Cinco Villas to assume command of ail the forces there. The Captain Generai has made the following ap- pointments, viz.:—Coionel Meras, to be Governor of ‘nant Colonel Antonio Palacios, to rot Jiguant. The Local Counc! has issued an order, dated May 29, to the effect that for the necessary service of the State all the employes ror Puerto Principe who have remained tn this capital will at onee proceed to their destination, communication with Nuevitas having been re-established. These include members of the judicial tribunal and attaches of the Treasury. On the dist arrived the war steamer Hernan Cortes, Captain Gonzaies Quevedo, from Ferroi, via Ca- baries and Puerto Rico, with 105 troops. The Cadiz mail steamer left on the 30th, filed with Passengers, including many families, Don Joaquin Galvez, ex-General Military Intendeate; Don Manuel Jose Posadilio, ex-President of the High Court of Justice; Brigadier Mena, Don Joaquin Posadillo, Navy Captain and'ex-Harbor Master, satied im ber, eneral Neilson, Minister to Mexico, with family and Secretary of Legation, arrived here from New Orleans on Monday last on the steamer George Crom- well. He will proceedhence on the sloop-of war San- bm) or by the French steamer, as he may hereafter ecide. The following is the oMctal account published in the Gazetie of the ianding at the Bay of Nipe:— Cartaty 6 .'6 OFrior, Hranquaw By official accounts from the Commandant Ueneral of san- tlago de Cubs, with reverence to report from ihe Commandant of Mayari, it is known that on the 1b of some $0 adventurers was effected at the port ines, in he Bay of Nipe. Ae soon wa notice thereot nA column went forward, composed of 10) troo} ygiment and fc Agustin Mozo Viejo, in ti at Kamon, on the ot! a ‘embarked on the 16¢ wen A.M, tb gots intrenched seven cannon, il column iately And sueceeded 1n oeeupyin, the seven carmon and » 1 by Our men againat th ieceg for ot e Eauneh the enemy the [oes of atsty Killed dred wounded. On our eid acl a lowe of two oficers and feventeen men Killed and seventeen wounded. y.five volunteers, under irection of the rebel encampment aide OF the bay, and 0} steamer Guantaname, with @ convoy of ane which force, joined by others which bad gone to the noai formed in the pentnaula of Ramon a column of four bund and fifty men of the Firat battalion of arililery of the Coronn Dubs 4 Aragon chasseurs, all under the command o Solovet Hidalgo de Guintana, ‘hd, sodording to his commu nication of the determined to attack on the morning daybreak the fortiGed pointe which the inaur- gente occupied in ald. peninsula. For this be furgon (or gun eg ep et ee ber of ns. these fared’ shate seetataice but at the shou} of two discharges on the troops; “Vive “Espana!” made ‘by “oar soldiers ‘at tho "very commencement of the attack, the enemy fied in @ cowardly manner, abandoning bis arms, munitions and other mal and leaving several carriages of artillery on the besides War utenails and provisions. The column it arrived at the central ‘several reconnol were prao- tised, from one ofsiock onwards, until It becains wane eeiee in scueegnenan of © heavy shower of cuurinl seen any more of the eneray. During thts materials were found, as in ee EReanying list. All of which is made known by order of ublig. weaey the Captain General for the tnformation of the P CARLOS NAVARRO, rigadier, Chief of Biaff. List of the principal war materials copenres, or de- stroyed by the column of operations in i of OL. 1b the Bay of Nipe:. ia a CAPTURED. Three Armstrong cannon of twelve centimetres; ped carriages for ditto; one ambulance; oné ery car of munitions; 157 grenades of eighteen Spanere, eight grenades of twelve centimetres; four canisters of shot; eighteen boxes quick matches; three levelling’ screws; eighteen p! guns; three cannon sponges of twelve centimetres; one cannon sponge of eight centimetres; one Worm. for drawing wads; ten bayonets; one box cartridges: for Spencers; three signal lanterns. DESTROYED, One portable printing press, with lithographic stone; one campaign forge; four munition cara; two ambulance cara; one field gun carriage; thirty rines, in bad condition; 60,000 cartridges for piston guns; 10,000 cartridges for Spencer guns; 100,000 friction quick matches; 400 fuses; salt; twenty barrels biscull ten barrels pota- toes; elghteen horses, of no use; sundry mountin; guns, rifles, carbines, apparel correspondence an other papers, &c. AID FOR THE CUBANS, Detention of the Steamship Tybee. ‘The steamer Tybee, which has been loading with coal, &¢., at pier No. 4 North river, has been lately the object of special attention on the part of the numerous sbirri connected with the Spantsh Consu- late in this port, Rumors have been freely ctrcu- lated as to her being intended to carry from 100 to 600 men and a large quantity of arms and ammuni- tion to aid the Cubans, and yesterday morning, when the captain went to clear at the Custom House, he was quietly informed that the Spanish Consul had entered a protest against the vessel leaving, asserting that she was loaded with arms and ammunition for the Cuban rebels. The HERALD, which was, perhaps, better informed than any one on the subject, sent a reporter down to collect the facts, and it appears that the Tybee, which is a crack little steamer ef some 800 tons burden, with powerful machinery, was about half loaded with coal ana could accom- modate at the utmost 100 persons, including the crew; that the provisions on board would, perhaps, Jast to St. Domingo if the ten passengers and thirty seamen and officers were not too hungry en route, and that although there were several cases of arms on board they wouid not suffice to equip a fair com- pany, and the fact of their being there was by no means suspicious, as a trade has lately sprung up south for these usefal artioies, every vessel clearing for southern ports carrying from five to 100 cases of muskets or pistols, As to their ultimate destination, that must be belt to the mouchards infesting the ports the ves- Sels arrive at. For New York they are as merchant- able articles as tea, coffee, Bibles or rum, and still luvce so than missionaries. ‘Tue vessel Was all ready to leave and was flying the Dominican fag at the fore, with the national one @t the peak, whea the order to delay her =e came, and her captain, who was a@ little “riled” at the proceeding, told of part of the crew to get upan old rusty gun on deck and mount it, to sti further a the wiseacres, When questioned a to his cargo i said, “I ain't got no cargo; there are arms aboard; every vessel leaving this | carries arms, and i don't see why any vessel hasn’t the right to carry them and dispose of them at any abe considered & neutral one.’’ In the meantime Mr. Grinneil had ordered a committee to report on the affair, and the members oy sy On board shortly after two P. M.,. and having found everything tn accordance with the ship’s manifest she was allowed w clear. By the time this tavestigation had futshed it had become too late for the vessel to perfect her clearance papers. She will sati at eleven o’clock this morning. Among heed pron pin is Mr. B. P. Hunt, of Phila- deiphia, understood to represent the United States government on @ secret mission tw St. Domingo. THE SOROSIS IN COUNCIL. A Hospital to be Founded for the Benefit of the Meurbers. The Bohemians of the paniers—that 1s, the forlorn thirty of the Sorosis—met at Delmonico’s yesterday afternoon for the consideration, over a cup of Delmon- ico's best Bohea, of the great social problems of the age and the propriety of the immediate introduction of Fourierism into this country, the system of the learned philosopher having been found rather ily adapted to the land of its nativity. The society met at eleven o’clock in the forenoon—of course no member thereof could be suspected of meeting at that hour of the night—and continued im sessfon until six, sipping tea and cogitating—the former ex- ceedingly, the latter with endless wagging of that member, the Wagging of which cost Baron Jomini his reputation a3 4 diplomatist. The fair president of the august body of wag- tongues was present, and opened the seasion withan address, insinuating that the sisters of the Sorosis had assembled for the consideration of a grave ques- tion, which Mra. June went on to explain and eluci- date at considerable length, ending in point of logic exactly where she began—that is, by saying the same thing over @ number of times and saying it more em- phatically every time. The ghost of poor Hazlitt could not have done better (or worse) in the respect of say- ing the same thing in as many ways as possible, though, at last, Mrs. June managed with grave dig- nity to enunciate the purpose of the meeting, which, otherwise, might have been suspected of having no. purpose at all except talk and tea. In fact, the two (talk aad tea) succeeded, the one to the other, with a regularity 60 even apd unflagging that, as it were, the logical purpose of the assemblage was quite lost sight of. At last, however—and, of course, late is better than never—Mrs. June stated the logi- cal purpose distinctly; the proposition being to found a hospital for the Sorosis (and other women), than which, making ao exception of the parties in parenthesis included, nothing could be more proper and necessary. At this stage of the proceedings some member, under the benignant and tongue-loosening influence of tea, suggested that ingtitution should be calied the Foundling Hospital, which igeestion waa pointedly repudiated by Mgs. Ju and cries of “Put her out |"? “Put her out!” resounded from all parts of the house, at which the poor creature was but out eo thoroughly as to deciare (to her next neighbor) her exceeding preference for free press over free and talk. With this preference the said neighbor, expressing an emphatic colncidence, It was proposed to toast the free press of America, ‘This diversion in favor of the enemy was, however, speedily seperomnet the majority insisting that the projected hospital was greatly needed, particularly by the Sorosis, and order and nervous sipping of the Bohea were once more resumed. Mrs. June then announced that the committee on the proposed hospital was prepared to report, ex- ao & hope tat, for the sake of the Sorosis, the astitution might be hastened to an early comple- tion, and insinuatiag that inmates enough to fill it might be culled from the ranka of the Sorosis, Te was here that the unruly member aforesaid, having once proposed to designate the tastitution a the Foundling Hospital, added inault to injury by proposing to sty-e rt @ lunatic asylum instead. Poor Bohea-befuddied Kohemienne that she was |—never Was proposition more severely suppressed or more bitterly resented. Im\no lunati ‘ou please,’? and “I'm no lunatic, if you please,” and “I'm no lunatic, if you please,” and “I’m no lunatic, if you Please,” was buzzed, and hissed and spiuttered from all quarters of the table, in the midst of and punc- tuated with the clanging of teaspoons and the rattiin; of porcelain—thougl, @t this juncture, a platoon o! Waiters was put on guard, with strict injunctions to fee that none of the said teaspoons (of the true metal) were inadvertently iaserted in the pockets of the fair disputanta, be ‘ ther the waiters were over-vigilant, or the sis. ters of the Sorosis, unlike their brother Bohemians of the other sex, are not addicted to the inadvertent putting of plate in their pockets; for Lelmonico’s Silver was saved intact, much to the delight of the pr rietor, Whose experience with the Bohemians in this respect been rather unfortunate, 4 The refractory mewiver suppressed, the committee reported progress, not of the hospital in question— for in these days hospitals are not erected without ound of hammer or saw—but progress in the con« sideration of the project. In conciusion the com- mittee ventured to suggest funds—whether for the personal use of the committee or for the erection of the hospital was not stated—and was immediately ordered down, with the remark that other mem. bers wanted funds a# anxiously as the com. mittee, Hereupon, every eye was turned longingly upon the silver, ag if in speculation as to the ainount it might command at “Uncle's” —ail Bohemians, bu tne walters tetng Yoo rigilant tn np Pd ut the ing o witht hav g, too vigilant the m broke realize at the next vist to the office of ¢ accom~ modating relative, se en AN UNUSUAL Law €ase.—The Conny, = of the deceased upon his two daughters and the of their bodies, disinhert! the other children. The ps I Bg ory gene (: I, Ngee) the cou je the e by 4 the chitdren of the deceased ville (Ky.) June 8, 4 t