The New York Herald Newspaper, May 11, 1876, Page 3

PAs The Game as flayed in that Asiatic Country. A PINE BXMIBITION INTHE CHTY OF ‘TUKEL Description of the Tournament by an American. To rus Eprror or raz Hrnauy:— ‘The reading of a paragraph in the Home Journal of ‘ast week, to the effect that a Polo Club had been “his shoulders, his top- formed in this city, recalled very pleasant memories of that game which J have so olten witnessed in Japan. T believe this manly sport, one ef the best calculated to educate’ eye, nerve and muscle, bas been introduced tuto the United States from England, It has, how- ‘ever, been one of the standard outdoor-sports in Japan for centuries past. Instead of borrowing it from the East wo might have transferred it from our now near- est Western neighbors, the Japanese. ‘The name d&-kiu (a pronounced asain arm, kiuas kee-00) applied by the Japanese, means a game of bail on horseback. This gamo is playod in most of the large Cities, scrub: matches being frequent; but it obtained its full dignity and deserts only In the old daimios’ capitals, when On specified annual days, after months of practice, the iu tourmament was witnessed by thousands of rsamid all the pomp and circum- Stance ef Ja) feudal display. ‘Tite finest exhibition of polo I ever witnessed was in® the city of Fukui, inthe province of Echizen, a city lying 300 miles west of Tokio (formerly Yedo), where I was then living, having been engaged by the Daimio and feudal government to establish a scientific school oa the American principle. On the occasion of the @akiu tournament I was given aseat near the Prince and judges, The ground selected was in front of the Prince’s stables, in which there were fitty thorough- bred ponies, The course wasa smoothly rolled, sanded Space, about 600 fect long, planted at the sides with rows of cryptomenta and fir trees. The width was about 60 feot. The stables occupied half the space orth of and parailel to the courso, Tho southern balf was along covored building, with a row of rooms filled with the daimios, ae and gentlemen in waiting, the jndges and scorerf, &c. On the opposite side were hundreds if not tWousands of spectators, among whom were about 100 shaven-pated monss, priests and students, allin monastic robes and collars, from the Buddhist monastery near by. Everybody was dressed tn Ins and especially in her best, for the female spee- ‘ators were very numerous, Black aud oblique-eyed beauties, with wondrous glossy capillary architecture and silk gowns and girdles and gay fans rained i1n- mense influence onthe handsome young contestants, Most. of the players were my own students, young fellows of tho samurai or gentry class, of from seven- teen to twenty-two, whose eye, hand and nerve had been trained at fencing, wrestling, archery and spear exercise, as well as with bridle and shddie. At the signal, two hammer taps on tho clapperless bell, shaped like Columbus’ egg after he had made it Mand, the twelve players mounted. Another tap, and they rodo into the lists, saluted their Prince and the judges, Another, and dividing into two files of six tach, the horsos faced to the extreme end, on either nde of the course, each horseman holding up his saji, jpoon, made of bamboo, five fect long, with crook p at the exd, netted with cord. saw that it ‘was a gume of shiuny on horseback. The two parties were named respectively Genji and Heike, after the two renowned rival military families who struggled for supremacy in Japan during the tenth, eleventh .and twellth centuries, giving Japan a War of the Roses, which ended in the uttcr annibila- Sion of the Heiké in 1184 at Shimonosék1. The flag of tho Genji was white, that of the Heiké wasred. In the game six players wore red lacquered helmets, while those of the other six were white. All had bound their flowing sleeves tightly under the armpits and their girdles to their loins, for the work in hand was ‘Qo girl's play. Two old supes now entered, each with a basket of what appeared to be red and white eggs. These were the balls. They were laid at intervals of two or three, leet apart, the white balls in front of tho red helmeted players, and the white before the red hats. Two rows bf thirty-six balls each thus lay alongside of each player and extending before the leaders a distance of dome yards, At the end, whence they bad entered, were two wickets uf bamboo poles. ‘ihe wickets sto about twenty fect from cuch other. The poles of cach wicket were four feet apart, and the cord joining them three feet from the ground. By the rules of the game tach bali must. go over the cord and between the wicket pools, failmg to do which the balis falling outside were tossed back into the course, Tho Genji or whites were to scoop up and toss the red balis ov ind the Heiké or reds vice versa, Each was to hinder the other, ‘At the given eignal both parties rode up the list slowly at first, picking up and hurling th Is forws toward the goal. When within throwing distance they attempted to fling‘them over the wickets, Ina tew | minutes severat balls had gone over, and the upper end of the course was now a pied field, looking some- thing like irregulariy picked paper of mint drops. It was now no longer a dress parade, but a pitched battle and a | Gercely contested struggle of excited men, clashing horse gear and bamboo spoons. There a red flaps hia saddle with bis heavy metal stirrups (spurs. being un- known) and his steed flashes toward a white ball. He ié just about to scoop it up when click goes a white spoon under his and, the ball goes whirling back. There a victor whose defiant white helmet gieams like ry lume of Kivg Henry of re. Ho has already | dg seven red balls clear over the wickets, he is now | dashing for an eighth! Whocan stop him? He is al- | ready shouting his triumph, when, like an arrow, a | young fed dashes before him. ''The red spoon missed the mark and the horse's shoulder, striking his white | rival's flank, sends steed and rider roiling over the | sand, Quick as lightning white hat leaps nimbly off | tho saddle and, beiore his horse is on his hoofs again, scoups ap tho ‘ball and whirls it over the wicket. A tempest ot clapping bands {rom the tadics and shouts | from the men greet the vivtor, who, without pausing | to acknowledge the applause, is in saddie again, the white lacquer of his helmet as the sun strikes it daz- tling hys admirers, A number of lively episodes and passes and some ee teats of horsewanship fill ap the game toward | e last. It ts evident that in spite of the fine playing ‘of two of the reds the whites have the advantage | of coolness and practice. One of the reds has been put | hors du combat, with a bruised right arm anda broken | 8) Nevertheless, the tit for the last ball is at | hand.- All the balls aro over and out—one alone ro- mains. To bag the last ball iseven a, ter hogor than | the first. Now fer the final tug! Eleven men and horses after one tiny ball! Now backward, now for- ward, now in midair, tossed on tho top ol the netted sticks like a bali on a fountain jet, now hurled back a dozen horse lengths! See how they dash to it! What aclash aud mass of horse legs, manes, heads, gilt sad- die flaps, with clanging of metal stirrups, banging of spoons! It reminds one of tho battle of the centaur® with the ee at tho marriage of Hippodamia and Pirithous, the clay group sghagedet § which I had so | often seen in the old rotunda of the Philadelphia Acad- emy of Fine Arts. Snap—a spoon has been crushed b; g hoof, and a white hat is unhurt but dors du co Hai! hai! hat! shouts ared bat, and the ball is thrown by a back stroke far on tow: he goal. Out dashes another red trom the mass of contaurs, His helmet on knot all awry, his hair loose, his face streaming with perspiration, his eye flashing, yet pool and sure df triumph, he aet ly awaits his rv Tne spoon of one is within a foot of the pri: with a yell he lifts it and sends it flying through Ufty fect beyond the wv ckets, Tho applause is tumul- uous. And soon reappear as spectators, says to me, ‘You like, teacher? You hay ” Then I had to say “No, saw by the IUustrated 80 play in Next yoar London News that .t had been introduced into England. Several other games ot dakiu followed, | After the final scure the prizes were presented. Of U om eg the crack contestants the white hat jenji, won two, The Daimio presented with his own hands a roll of figured white silk,a gold embiazoped | belmet, with the armorial bearing of the Genji upon it, ® porcetain vase of red Kaga ware, and to the subordi- nate players scrolis of ornamented Echizen paper, with | bis autograph written thereou. At present dakia is stil played in many Japanese | ‘cities, but the gamo lacks the imposing surroundings of feudal display. Its value in affording good exercise, health, enjoyment nnd discipline tv eye, nerve wna miscle is exceedingly great. 11 has all the excitements of war, with only an extremely low per cent of its e g danger. lam ad that it fa to be bs: gs 7 eountry. juliy yours, BG ‘Naw Yonx, Say 10.1570. - CRICKET, ‘The Staten Island Cricket and Base Ball Club will pen the season of 1876 by a clab match at cricket on their grounds at Camp Washington, Staten Isiand, on Thursday, the. 11th inet. Play to ‘commence at ‘one A WRESTLING CHALLENGE. - | to rar Eprton or tie Hkraty:— L hereby challenge William Austin, pupil of Professor Miller, to a wrestling match fora purse of 9200, the time and place to ve selected hereafter. 1 have wrestied with him upon two occasions, both winni) fall each. This oe paper aeitle the aueation pubhshing ailenge you will ob! yours areeatelty, TUCTEN MAR, Paris, Franca, a ROWING. PREPABA’ ricut 4? THEIR PRAC- TICE—STYLE OF ROWING AND LORING'S COACHING—-THE SPRINGFIELD YALE BACE— THE SIX FOR SARATOGA, Boston, May 3, 1876. The Harvard boating men have plenty of werk cut out for them thi year. The day aiterthe eight-oared race with Yale, on Juno 30, they will burry on from Springfield to Saratoga, where their business manager will be waiting for tnem with a new six ear, fresh from Blakey’s shop on the Charles, and, with the best sx men solected from their eight, they will fall to work again in preparation for the lutercoliegiate Regatta, WINTER WoRK. Throughout the loug winter they have been kept hard at work, When Mr. Bacon, captain of the '%5 crew, withdrew fast fall, Mr. Loring, a Sophomore, was elected to the office. Taylor, '77, the strong man of last year’a erew, quit rowing for long distance walking, and, with only James left from the crow of '75, matters began to look blue—a color which Harvard oars do not take to very kindly. OTIS BACK AGAIN. After the Christmas holidays Mr, Otis, L.8.S., con- sented to r¢ gain, and Mr. Loring immediately re- signed the captaincy in his favor. Eight rowing- weights were fitted up tn the boat house, and the crow kept toa steady round of regular daily practice, con- sisting of a pull of 1,000 strokes, sparring, fencing, club swinging and the like, with asix milo run three times a week. LORING’S COACHING, Mr. A P. Loriag, of Boston, a graduate of '69 and captain of the international four of that year, gave three afternoons of every week to the work/ot couching, and as soon as the river opened put tho eight intoa heavy practice barge, which they havo not exchanged for the shell yet. It is a lap-streak, built of quarter inch’ plank, iron shod keel, with short, sturdy out- riggers made of halt inch steel, and weighs over 400 pounds, THE CREW, I saw the crew go out last week, and its make-up was as follows:—Bow, Otis; 2, Lo Moyne; 3, Warden; 4, Irving; 5, James; 6, Jacobs; 7, Bolan; stroke, Ban. croft; coxswain, Cheney. They went away from the float at am easy swing, all reaching well and going further back at the finish of the stroke than used to be customary hero, They disappeared under the bridge pulling twenty-eight to the minute, On Mon- day the arrangement was slightly altered, Thayer tak- ing Warden’s seat. The form of the crew was better om Monday than on the last day I saw them. The only faults particularly noticeable were atendency to dip too light and feather too low. The crew will in all probability row as follows:— Lbs. Bow—W. J. Otis, L.3.8. a 156 Le Moyne, '78,. 166 Thayer, L.3.8. 164 Irving, L338. 158 5—M, James, L.S,5. 169 6—M. R. Jacobs, °79. 169 i—J. C. Bolan, '76. 102 Stroke—W. A. Bai 162 Coxswain—G. L. Cheney, '78. 108 Average weight of oarsmen, 1634 Ibs, Theso are tho weighis of the men when stripped. The only change which 1s at all probable 1s an exchange of seats between James and Jacobs. Warden, '78, will g0 as a substitute, with one other who hus not yet been aclected, Mr. Bancroft, who®is pulling stroke at present, has rowed in that seat for the last three weeks. Mr. Loring, '78, was stroke during tue early ‘part of the season, but has bad to withi of sickness, Bancroft is giving satin %c coach and will unduubtedly keep his place, not doipg quite as well as when the erew first took to the water, but with more pair oar work it is thought he aud Mr. Jacobs will soon get in capital form, James, whose fauit last year was a tendency to watt at the end of his stroke, is doing much better this season and {s rowing 1 excellent form. — Irving and Thayer both row very strong, but are a trifle stiff on the swing, | while No. 7, who ig one of the heaviest and most powerful of the lot, has the fault of getting lis outside shoulder too tar forward, The crew, as a whole, rew excellently well together. The stroke isa long one in the water, intended to dip quite deep, so that the oar ig entirely covered, ull except the upper shoulder of the biade, The whole eight go back turther at the end of thoir stroke with the body thau any Harvard crow bas Deen accustomedto in past years. One fine quality they show 1m an eminent. degrec—the ability to get the hands away trom the body ou the recover, with a won- derfully good union of rapidity and smocthuess, Tho | boat was titted for the first time with sliding seats last Thursday, and, although there was a Little stiffness in the swing at starting, on the return they drew up to | the float rowing up to thirty-six, and ali sliding to- gother in excellent time. The tunners are two deet and the slide nine inches The crew are not an old set of men, but they look tough and in good condition. Neither do they impress one us a Very powerful crew, taking them as a whole. Yet they sit so wellup in the boat and aro so weil balanced (there being but four pounds difference between the total welgnts of the two sides) that port and starboard row at about equal strength. The crew hag lost by the Withdrawal of Mr. Loring, | He wus a good our, and, above all, a steady, faithful worker, and put the best | Sreshman crew Harvard bas cver seat out on Suratoga Lake last July. It seems a pity that the college should have to lose three such men as Yaylor, Bacon and ‘Wetmore, all members of last year’s crew, and in the University now, but unable to row. The exertions of Mr. Loring, the coach, have done much to make guod the joss by turning out a crew which will be pre-emin- ently good, at least in form, whatever may be farcking nm strengto. THE SARATOGA CREW, The men who will be taken fram the eight after the | race with Yale to make up w six for the Saratoga re- gatta will probably be the first tour in the boat—that is, Bancroit, Bolan, Jacobs and yames rowing, in their usual places, with the Captain, Otis, as Dow, and either Irving, Thayer or Lemoyne as No, 5. Otis pulled bow in the race of "74, so his skill 1n steering will once more be called into requisition.” AT SPRINGFIELD tho crew will occupy their old quarters of °73, at Top- hain’s, on the west sido of the river, just below the city, at the Agawam forry. Yale, too, wil! go back to Bartholomew's, where they trained in ‘73. Their quarters will be at the start of the present four mule course, opposite Hampden Park. OPINIONS REGARDING THE RACE. The crews will have to shoot the Agawam Bridge, at Springtield, during the race, and au opportunity will be given to the coxswains to display their skill; for at low water, as in 1873, alter the long dry season, there are ‘one or two shaliow spots under the bridge which it will Fequire some skill and cooiness to avoid. As to the result of the race, it would be foolish at this early dato to hazard a prediction. Popular opinion seems to favor Yale. She has most of her last year’s crew to pick from, all are men of age and experience, and her cap- tain 1 he bas filled jor the last three years, To counterbal- ence these odds the Harvard men bavi skiliul and painstaking coach, who has not only seen but rowed against the best four Oxfurd ever showed. With these balancing advantages on cach side the trienis of both colleges are warranted in looking forward to an inter- esting and exciting race. THE NEPTUNE BOAT GLUB, The action of the Executive Committee of the Na- tional Association of Amateur Oarsmen, in the case of James Riley, of the Neptune Boat Club, is severely commented on by a number of amateurs, Mr. Riley is | disqualified as an amateur oarsmen; bat the Neptune Club is determined not to let the matter rest hore, and is resoived to investigate: the subject fully require a hearing at the next regular meeting of the committee or at a special meeting called for (hat pur- pose, Tho Captain of the Neptunes holds proot to sup- Port him im maintaining that Riley is au amateur—all of which will be forthcoming at the next moeting of the Executive Commpittes. BOATING NOTES. All the preliminary arrangements are made for the | Harlem regatta, Union College will send a crew to the University re- Gatta this season. The Wilsons ef the Boaverwycks havo joined the Woolvenhook: Tom Fearon has applied to the National Association to be admitted ay an amateur, An Irish amateur sculler will compete tn the Centen- nial regatta, The menthly race for the senior medal of tho Nae@- tilus Club will be rowed on the Harlem on Thursday. It ts not likely that Ostrom, of Cornell, will have o seat in the Neptune boat, The Freshman crew of Princeton is made up, and is said to be a good one. The Athletic tour have improved very much since Jast season. The Philwlelphia clabs are preparing for an extraor- dinary rowing season. James O'Neil is anxious to meet George Engelhardt | again in a maton race. The Argonauts, of Canada, intend to send a four to the Schuy!kall this summer, Nine mien are selected from which to pick the Cornell Frestmeu crew for the college race. Goodwin, of Columbia, has his crew out every day on | the Harlem. The Dauntless four ar making rapid improve Loring, of the ‘69 crew, is coaching the Harvards for their race with Yale, at Sprivgtield. ‘The monthly races ot the Gramercy Clab will shortly be inaugurated. The Grand River Boat Club intend to be represented at the Toledo regatta «5 ried oar, who will occupy the same seat which | ng in good form and are | Sadter and Treckett will row for the championship of the world June 24 on the Thaincs, ‘The regatta on Seneca “Lake will be hela some time “Tue Union Coll take their day prac- ‘ion crew take ev r Mann ry ry pauta Boat Clab, A representative French crew from the oarsmen of Havee, Paria, Toulon and Brest may visit us this summer, . le Rowing Club intend to visit Philadel The Woodsid phia and pnil there from their boathouse. It is likely that an international regatta will be held at Lake Saratoga this summer uuder 05 of the Saratoga Rowing Association, T! the pal Association has deemed it not advii to have any other than the regatta on the Schuylkill, it is more than probable that thp Saratogians themselves will take the matter in band. ‘The anoual regatta of the Passaic oarsmen will take place on the 17th of Jane. This date was fixed durin, ‘the winter season for the Hariem River regatta; an as beating men would like to witness both events, it is regretted shat the two regattas should be arranged for the same day ? THE CANADIAN YACHT. THE YACHT COUNTESS OF DUPFERIN BUILT TO COMPETE FOG THE QUEEN'S CUP—DESCRIP- TION OF THE VESSEL. . Mowreuat, May 7, 1876, ‘There will be launched at Coburg, Ontario, to-morrow, the: schooner yacht Countess of Dufferin, which has been built by subscription, to compete at the Centen- nial Regatta, in July, for the Quecn’s Cup, which was wrested from the Royal Yacht Squadron of Great Britaim, by the America, August 24, 1851, and which has been held for nearly twenty-live years by tho original winners and the Now York Yacht Clu The event promises to be of great interest and importunce to American amateur navigators, and a few words of history connected with tho enterprise may be accept- able just at this time. Interest in the Centennial Régatta has been profound among the yachtsmen of the Dominion, and the desire was expressed months ago of sending a representative of thé Royal Cavadian Yacht Club to compete, in ac- cordance with the invitation of the Centennial authori- ties, Further discussion of the matter and tho speed of several of the crack yachts of the club engendered the idea of challenging the New York Yacht Club to SAIL VOR THE “QUEEN'S CUP.” ‘The Oriole and Cuthpert, both built by Captain Cuth- bert, of Coburg, were named, but were found too small to warrant any hopes of su It was, there- fore, determined to build a yacht capable of competiag with the flyers of Now York, aud Major Gifford, ex- member'of Parliament, undertook to raise the tunds for this purpose. Subscriptions were immodiatel: forthcoming, and Captain Cuthbert commenced worl upon the new vessel, which has been compicted, and which promises to bo very fast. WER DIMENSIONS ARK:— Length of keel, 96 teet;length on deck, 107 feet; length over all, 114 feet; beam, 24 feet; depth of hold 9 fect 6 | inches;’ tonnage, RC.Y.C. measurement, 221 tons; N.Y.Y.C., 28% tons; keison, Mxl4 inches; timber 8x12 inches; pocket pieces, 14x7 inches; stem, 10x1 inebes; sternpost, 10x14 Inches; bilge ‘cellings, 4x24 | inches; clamps, 4x12 incties; shélfpieces, 4x12 inches. | The timbers are of white oak, planks of the same ma- | terial, from kelson to water line, 23, inches; from water line up, clear white pine, 2% inches; deck, white pine, 2% inches; bilge ceiling, white ‘oak; mainmast, deck to hounds, 65 feet; fore- mast, deck to hounds, 62 feet; main boom, 53 fect; | main gaff. 30 feet, Five tons of ber baliast will con- | swt of cast iron, fitted in blocks of five owt. each next the kelson, with shoulders resting on the tim- bers, She will be ready for sea in a very short time. The Earl and Countess of Dufferin are expected to be present at the launch. . ‘THE CHRISTENING CEREMONY will be performed by the Countess after whom the vessel 1s named. The new yacht will be commanded by Major Gifford, and sailed by Captain Cuthbert. ‘The peremptory challenge sent by Majer Gifford a tew weeks since was prompily accepted, the conditions of the race named and assented to, and the six months? notice courteously waived by the holder ofthe cup. It | 18, therefore, arranged that in July the third series of races for possession of the coveted piize since it passed into American hands will be decided. A CIRCULAR YACHT, | To Tax Epriror ov tax Heratp:— When-at Tom’s River, N, some weeks since I called upon Mr, Joseph Francis, now in his seventy- sixth year, and tound him busily engaged in completing | a small yacht; which, from its total acparture from the | old established rules of coistruction, 1s worth a de- scription. Being an experiment, Mr. Francis preferred at first to build a bout of small dimengions in order to test the new principle, She is spherical in shap., being 12 fect in Jength and 12 cet Leain (a true circle), and 15 mebes deep. She 18 about hulf docked over, leaving a cockpit of 7 feet by 9 fect; i sloop rigged, with 23 feet mast ; st, 18 = feet ; bowsprit 10 fect outboard, and jib 14 feet on the fot; boom, 20 tect (12 feet outboard); keel, 10 inches deep, with Perpendicular stem and ‘sternpost; draft of water, 3 | inches (without the keol), giving ‘ber great holding | powst. It is expected that the yacht will careen but | jittle in sailing, aad will go over and not through the | water. As her keel is deep she will be almost at right | angles with the surface of the water; she cannot fall to leeward with a heavy press of canvas, und she will be forced ahead with great power, greatly reducing the ordiiary resistance aud friction. ’ In comfort and.ca- pacity she must be nearly equal toa yacht double her length of the ordinary construction. Mr. Francis had no guide, model or information, ex- cept that he had heard that there bad been built in Russia a yacht shaped like a saucer. | Thear that the spoed of this boat will be tested in | the coming regatta of the Tom's Kiver Yacht Ciub, to | take place in June. EX-YACHTSMAN, BAY FINAL AT NEWMARKET. The running of Mr. M. H. Sanford’s bay colt Bay Final (brother to Preakness) in the groat Metropolitan | Stakes (handicap) at Nowmarket, 26th ult,, receives | the annexed relerence in the London Sportsman of tho | following da; Mr. Sanford introguced another of his American team, the débutant on this occasion being Bay Final, who is much the same stamp of horse as Mate, whose | inlertor he was said to be, while, according to the form in America, Preakness can conceao 14 Ibs. to Mate. | | Some interest uttached to the running of Bay Final, as | | iv'was the first time the American horses had been | asked to travel a Jong distance tn England; but a coach | and four could not have drayged the English backers to support Bay Final, upon whom Parry again sported the dark blue jacket of the plucky American, | prdeesh | | _ One of the most admired of all the runners was Bay | Final, a horse in the American string, and although he, | ) like Preakness and Mate, was not so thoroughly wound | | up as we are accustomed to sce horses when stripped | for racing 1m this country, he w n much better cor dition than was either of his stable companions when | | making their respective débuts on English soil. } | It will be r:membered that the distance was about | two miles and a quartcr, and that tho contestants were Prince Soltzkof’s New Holland (the winner), 4 years, 100 | | Iba. ; Captain Stirling’s Whiteban, 5 years, 101 Ibs. ; Mr. | Henago’s Freeman, aged, 124 bs; Mr. Sunford’s Bay Final, 4 years, 114 Ibs. ; Lord St. Vincent's Beau Brum- mel, 5 years, 104 lbs,; Mr. W. 8. Crawfurd’s F.ying | Scotchman, 4 years, 99 ips, and Mr. C. Bush’s Rob | Roy, 5 years, 03 lbs, Bay’ Final, says the report, | brought up the rear at the start, Turning out of the | straight, Rob Roy assumed command, when New Hol+ | land went to the front, and entering “the new course,” Rob Roy fell back, ‘eaving Bay Final only in attendance | on Prince Soltzkoft's horse. “At the top of the hid? Bay Final joined New Hoilana, bat ‘descending tho | hil” New Holland drew himself clear of Bay Final and Flying Scoichinan, ond the pair was followed into tue | straight by Freeman, When, finally, in the ‘bend for | home, Bay Fival hung out signals of distress, and, | | notwithstanding Parry’s resolute call, rapidly retired | from the front rank. New Holiand romped home a | winner by a length and a half, Whitebait second, Free- man third, Beau Brummel fourth, Flying Scotchman fifth, Bay Final sixth and Rob Roy last, ‘Time, 4:2234. KING ALFONSO. ‘The report that Mr. D. Swigert’s famous bay colt, King Alfonso, has broken down is received with universal regret by all turfmen hereabout, Great expectations had been indulged in that this son of imported Phacton | and Capitola would commence and continue through | the season in fine form, as, with no. drawbacks, many | felt that he would encounter but few superiors. He is | now four years old, and was engaged in the principal Cup contests, and already qyite a “lump of money” | had been posted on tim at the Jockey Club rooms in | the Westchester Cup and Centennial Stakes, to be run | at Jerome Park, In the former he was the favorite | and for the latter was held in high estimation, King Alionso made his racing name by honest work, as, taking part in aX events last season, he proved tho winner on four oecasions, Hix first appearance was in | a sweepstakes ior three-year-olds, one milo and an + eighth, sall meeting of the Kentucky Association, Lex- | ington, when he ran second to tiob Woolley, Katie Pierce, Elemi, Ten Broeck Redman being mong the defeated, Three days thereaft milar race, one mile and five turlongs, he was next to lust in @ field of five, Ten Brocek leading home, wita Bov Woolley second ‘and Elemi turd, Eleven days | after his scevnd defeat Alfonso ran in the Kentucky st. Leger at the Louisville Jockey Club meeting, which he captured in capital style, the distance being two miles. His old antagonist, Ten Broeck, was secoud and again | behind him were eight other good oues, The sume | meeting he won the Tovacco Stakes, mile heats, beat- | ing five others, and the next day placed the third vie- | tory vo his credit by capturing the Guilt House Stakes, two mile heats, W. T. Linek's George Graham won the | first beat and Alfonse the second and third. His last | appearonce was at Nashville in the Linck’s Hotel | Stakes, when he beat Misdeal (the winner of the mile | dash for all ages, at Lexington, on Monday lnst) and two others, Alignso was expected to meet Aristides and Ten Broeck 1n the race for four-year-olds, two miics end an ofgbin, to bo run yesterday in Le: | | | dial engraver, who has carried on busi | constant habit of re | cireumstances under which the box TOM ALLEN. WHAT H¥ GAYS ABOUT HIS PROPOSED FIGHT WITH JOR Goss, {From the Cincinnati Enquirer, May 9.) Tom Allen arrivea here yesterday from St. Louis, in order to sign articles to fight Joo Goss for the cham- pionship of the world, He is in tip top condition, weighing some fifteen pounds lighter than when here last, and he now pulls down the beam at 198 pounds, Ho says he never felt better in his life, and is willing to Goss for all the money he can raise in eight, ten or twelve wesks from the time of siguing articlea Ho professes to mean business, and nothing e! and he gays that ho will never consent to having the mency now in the hands of the stakeholder drawn, and that he will fight Goss for th $500 now up if ne cannot get any more, ‘He gets up no exhibition match with mx were his words, ‘How was it that your former Uzi with him was a draw?’ said we. ‘‘Because darkness came on and we h ad to adjourn the Aight untilthe next day,” was the reply, “In the morning the referee, Charlie Westhal!, could not be found, and Goas was in bed blind in both eyes, while I had not a mark on my face, that’s how it was,” said Tom. “Would zee fight Maco again?” was our next question. “Of course I would,” said Tom. “I'l fight any body, and I would rather fight Mace than Goss, and if they wish it 1°! let the money lay for bim. Mace has been giving sparring exhibitions in England on the strength of intending to come here and tight me, and now when he comes hero he does not say a word about fighting me, Put that in for ime, will you?” We bave put it in, and the reader can see by it that Allen is hot fora fight. He says also that he 1s willing to fight within a bundred miles of this city or of St. Louis, and that he will do all in bis power to accommodate Gbss or Mace with a fight, i: FINE ARTS, THE AVERY COLLECTION AT LEAVITT'S, ‘There are on exhibition at the Leavitt Art Rooms about 120 o:] paintings, water colors, pen and iuk sketches, &c., and @ few statuettes, bronzes, &c., which have been imported during the past winter by Mr. Samuel P. Avery. This gentleman is too well known as a collector of first class works of art for the pictures to neod other recommendation than that of having been imported by him. Among the oil paint- ings isa life-sizo head of an “Italian Girl,” by Bot- guereau, and one of ‘A Moorish Beauty,’ by Perrault; “Tho Caravan” and “A Turk- ish Interior,” by F. A. Bridgeman are strong pictures, both in color and the drawing of tho figures; “The Mouk Reading,” is a small interior, and “Travelling Mountebanks,” containing severat very small figui are by Castres; “Barbara,” by G. H. Boughton, is smal! figure having the uppearance of brilliant color, a decided departure from the usual line of this artist’s pictures; the manaer in which be has lowered the key of the mass of red in the drapery and flesh is by the introduction of a bright pink flower, which changes the entire coler; “Guess Who?’ by Walter und ‘Castles in Spain,” by’ Serrure, the latter representing a happy young couple marking out with a cane on the gravel the plans for their new home, are both highly finished and pleasti in ject; “Children Bathing,”’ is by Monticelli; ej 15 Poor Artist,” an offective example of the Antwerp school, with its fine color and broad treatment, is by Lennig; “Pussy and I,” by Perrault, 1s a little girl with her little arms around ono of those beautiful crea- tures, an Angora cat; an Italian girl tending sheep isalso by him. “Return from ine Hunt’? is by Viry ; “A Magical Party,” by Paseutti; ‘Landscape and Cat- tle,” by Otto Weber; ‘First Beach, Newport,” by Will- tam T. Richards; ‘‘A Rat! A Rat!’ by Coe, and ‘Feed- ing Doves,” by Graefle. Among the water colors aro two figures by Boldini; ‘Brigands of Alicante, Spain,”” and “The Pacha’s Days,” by Clairin; “Un’ Guard— 1776." by Julian Scott; “Zephyr,” vy Louis Leloir; “A French Soldier,” by Detailld; ‘two little tigure pic- tares by Chaplin; “at the Fountain,” by Delort; “The Merry Thought,” by Postellini; “The Old Masters,” by De Nutis, and’ “Spanish Bull Fighter,” by Fauslini, There are two pea and ink sketches by Fortuny and one by Vibers “An Episode of 1870," by Jules Breton, represents two of the French peasants, whose homes are seen burning in the distance, and the figures of horsemen, suggesting war. The face of the elder is full of care, and that of the young girl, resting againat her, shows how little she appreciates the sad- ness of their present surroundings and prospects of future misery. ‘Women’s’ Slaves,” by Couture, both charcoal drawings; ‘Seaside Sports,’ by Meyer von Bremen, and “Washing Up,’ by Boughton, in India ink, Two charcoal sketches of fgures by Knaus and examples of Voitz, Doré, Greil, Pietie, Winslow Homer, Keek-Kock, S:moni, Jiminez, Troyon, Merlo and others, The works will be on exhipition until to-night, when they will be sold from Cliuton Hall, the sule commencing wt half-past seven o'clock. SALES ON PAINTINGS AT MATTHEWS’, The most important sale which has taken place from a downtown gallery this season begins at Mathews’ now gallery, No 07 Liberty street, at noon to-day, and will | continue to-morrow and next day, The water colors, | which will be sold to-day, are mostly importations of | Knoedler & Co. They having renewed tho pictures of | ‘tiir gallery lately these have beon consigned to Mr. Mathews tor sale. There are among them specimens | of Louis Lelair, Vibert, Preyer, Simonetti, Detaille, | Vaint, Winslow, Homer, Bianchi, Bracquemond, Joba | Berg, Tilosa and many others, all being first class | works, Among the oil paintings is a snow scone by Wiggins, which attracted much attention while at | Snodicor’s. George Story’s picture from the Brooklyn | Academy ‘The Crossing Sweeper,” “The Seasons,” by | William Hart, four small pictures which have been exhibited only at the Lotos Club, a small autumn sceno by David Johnson, and among the foreign artists a small | work by Corot, twa E, Sarri, one by Picou and ex- | amples of Sonntag, Moran, De Haas, Bristol, P. P. | Ryder, Cropsey, Silva, Coman, Kallock,’ Parton and other favorite artists, EXPLOSION IN LONDON. THE BREMERHAVEN ASSASSINATION OUTRAGE REPEATED ON A SMALLER SCALE, j [From the Glasgow Mail, April 20,] ‘Yesterday morning a terribie explosion took place | in Clerkenwell, resulting in the destruction of a large quantity of valuable property und the ulmost certain death of one of the leading tradesmen in the parish. THB INVERNAL PLOT AND MACHINE, From tho factsat present gathered thore is every | reason to believe that a most diabolical attempt to | destroy life has been made, the means employed being | a machine of as wicked a construction as that invented by the miscreant Thomassen, and which caused sach | frightCal loss of life at Bremerhaven a short time ago, | At nine o'clock yesterday morning one of the vans | of the Parcels Delivery Company, was driven up to the | door of Mr. Wiliam Larkin, of No. 6 Northampton | square, Clerkenwell, a chrouometer maker and watch — s there jor many years, The servant took from the driver an | OBLONG DEAL BOX, which was addressed Mr. Larkin, Northampton square, | and gavo it into the hands ot Miss Larkin, who shook it violently to ascertain what was in it, but hearing noth- | ing rautle inside she conveyed it into the workshop and handed itto her father, Ihe old gentleman is in the iving such boxes, containing | dials, &c., for engraving, and he therefore at once pro- coeded to open the box by priyng up the hd with » | chisel, when a slight click was heard inside, which was by a terrific explosion, blowing out the win- dows, wrecking the shop and contents, and huriing Larkin against the wall, THE BOX WAS BLOWN TO FRAGMENTS, small pieces only of the wood and the internal mecban- ism being found, and the volume of flame that issued from the box set fire to the clothes of Mr. Larkin, who was fearfully barned over the bands and face, The sound of the explosion was heard sowe distance off, and many persons having congregated round the house willing hands oxtinguished the flames, while some one ran to the surgery of Dr. Langston, of No. 12 Northampton square, and begged him to come over | pos jo assistance of Mr, Larkin, who was in- di A PITIABLE OBJECT, being nearly insensible, burned extensively over the whole of the fac and head, and suffering from trac- ture of some of the fingers of the right hand, In due course THE POLICE were on the spot, and, baving seen the unfortunate victim taken to bed and placed under the cafe of the | doctor, proceeded to make med wy | inquiry into tho | ‘had been delivered | and the explosion caused. The servant who took in | the box it as ber opinion that it was of deal, and about engi hes long by five broad, something atter | the shape of rdinary cigar box; and she had no | suspicion whatever as to the nature of its contents, | handing 1 to her young mistress in utter ignorance of ity deadly construction; and the fact that Miss kin sbook the box violently showed conclusively | that everything in it had been properly secured against possibie displacement. Upou the arrival of Inspector | reestone.and Sergeant Wade at the house a minute | exam nation of the premises was made with the follow- result:—The box was found to have been con- pom and sticking im the wall, showing that tho force of the explosion had | Agat not been m one direction, but had spread to every | point, and the force with which some of the pieces of | tin had been driven into the wall showed that the box | bad contained some highly expiosive substance, while | the smelt of the various pieces of wood led to the belief | that the agent employed was gunpowder. In various parts of the room were discovered pieces of | SPIRAL SPRINGS AND NIPPLES, | indicating that some secret internal machinery bad been $0 afranged that the mere opening of the box would inevitably lead to the dixustrons results men- toner above, No time has been lost by the police, and Inspector Harnett, with those under him, were ac- tively engaged the whole of yesterday in trying trace the place at which the box was booked and party who booked it, but at eleven o'clock last wight, upon inquiring iuto the imatjer, we were informed that | the police had no direct iniormation as to the guiity — parties, It roems somewhat strange that such apap. | parent attempt on the life of Mr. Larkin should bave | been made, 9 he stated that he had not an enemy in the whole world, There seems to be no other solution to the mystery’ than thas tt was a DRLUORRATE ATTEMPT TO MURDER, planned in cold biood, and if the energies of the police cs are directed in the right channel the hension of fuseasia OF eagagsius wil in all probebllivy follow, | first who used such a crown was Henry Ill. THE EMPRESS QUEEN. VICTORIA'S NEW TITLE PROCLAIMED TO THE PEOPLE. [From the London Gazette, April 28.) BY THE QUKEN—A PROCLAMATION. Vieroua RB. Whereas an act has been passea in the present ses- sion of Parliament iutituled “An act to enable Her Most Gracious Majesty to make an addition to the royal style and titles appertaining to the imperial crown of the United Kingdom and its dependencies,” which act recites that by the act forthe union of Great Britain and Ireland it was provided that aiter such union the reyal style and titles appertaining to the tanperial crown of the United Kingdom and its dependencies should be such as His Majesty, by hia royal prociama- tion, under the great seal of the United jngdom, sbould be pleased to appoint, and which act also recites ‘Uhat by virtue of the said act and of a royal prociama- tion under the great seal, dated the Ist day of January, 1801, our present style and titles are “Victoria, by tho grace ot God ot the United Kingdom vf Great Britain apd Ireland, Queen, defenaer of the faith,” and which act also recites that by the act forthe better government of India it was enacted that the gov- ernment of India, heretofore vested im the Kast India Company in trust for us, should become vested in us, and that India should thenceforth be governed by us and in our name, and that it 18 expedient that there should be a recognition of the trausfer of government 80 made by means of au addition to be made to our style und titles, und which act after tho said recitals enacts that it shall be lawful for us, with a view to ch recognition as aforesaid of the transfer uf the gov- ernment of lndia, by our royal proclamation under tho great seal of the United Kingdom to make such addi tions to the style and titles at present appertaining to the imperial crown of the United Kingdom and its de- pendencies as to us may seen mee! ‘© have thought fit, by and with the advice of our Privy Council, to ap point and declare, and we do hereby, by and with the said advice, appoint und declare that henceforth, so far as conveniently may be, on all occasions and in all instruments wherein our style and titles areused, save and except all charters, commissions, lettera patent, instruments, pot extending in their operation beyond the United Kingdom, the following addition shall be made to the style and titles at present apportaining to the impertal crown of the United Kingdom and its de- pendencies, that is to say, in tho Latin tongue in these words, ‘“Jndi@ Jmperatriz,’’ and in the Englieh tonguo in these words, “Empress of Ludi.” And our will and pleasure further is that the said addition shall not be made in the commissions, char- ters, letters patent, grants, writs, appointments and other like instruments Lereinbelore specially excepted. ‘Aud our will and pleasure further is that all gold, silver and copper moneys now current and lawful moneys of the United Kingdom, and all gold, silver and copper moneys which sball on or alter this day be coined by our authorities with the lke impression: shall, notwithstanding such addition to our style ans titles, be deemed and taken to be current and lawful moneys of the said United Kingdom; and, furthor, that all monoys comed for and isaued in'any of the depend- encies of the said United Kingdom, and declared by our proclamation to be current and lawful money of such dependencies respectively, bearing our style or titles, or any part or parts thereo!, and all moneys which shall hereafter be coined and issued according to such proclamation, shall, notwithstanding such addition, continue to be lawful and current money of such dependencies respectively until our pleasure shall be further decired*thereupon. Given at our Court at Windsor, tho 28th day of April, 1876, in the thirty-ninth year of our reign. Gop Save THE QUEEN, ENGLISH EMPERORS AND EMPRESSES. [From the London Post, Feb, 18.] Amid the fictitious excitement which has been got up about tho title of empress it appears to have been totally forgotten that the term queon was not always 80 mieh in favor as it is now alleged to be. It isloudly proclaimed that queen isa good old Saxon title, and the fact is conveniently shelved that in one at least of the most powerful Saxon kingdoms, at the very height” of the Saxon dominion, the term of queen was abol- ished. About A. D. 780, Brihtoric, a King of the West Saxons, or Wessox, marricd a daughter of the famous and mighty monarch King Ofla, whose name is vari- ously spelt Ethelburga and Eadburga Sho was a woman of the Lady Macbeth typo—a turbulent spirit, ‘and did not hesitate to destroy thanes and nobles by vison, till at last her husband by accident partook of a potion she had prepared for another and died. Then the people rose, drove her fromthe country and abolished the name of queon, Hollinshead writes:—‘For her hein- ous crimes it is said that the kings of the West Saxons would not suffer their wives to be queens nor permit them to sit with them in open places,” They werecalled “Jadies,” and to this day a reminiscence of the prac- | Uce survives, as we still address the monarch as “Our Sovercign Lady.”” The truth is that quoon did not originaily mean an independent sovercign, but stmpl the wife of aking. ‘Tho expression “king’s queons”” ts met with occasionally, and in Saxon documeuts the | queen frequently igus horsolf simply “Legitima con- jux,” the lawtul wife, not regina So that it would be as easy to find argument against the use of queen asa titie as against empress. Her Majesty is not the first English sovereign who has borne the title of empress. The only daughter of Henry |, married the Roman Emperor at Mentz, A. D. 1140; and was over afterward called the Empress’ Maud. Upon the desease of Henry I, Maud returned to England, and Stebbing, Somorsot Herald, im his work on “the Genealogy of the English ility swore fealty Royal Line” (1707), “Lady of the t at the present On ber epitaph she is described as “Cwaaris Uxor’—the wife of Cesar, Empress was not at that date considered a title which ought not to be borne by an English sovereign. Her son, calied Henry Fitz-Empross, son of the empress, ascended the throne of England as Henry Il. Other mombers of tho royal line have vorne the imperial title. In A. D. 1257, Richard, Fari of Cornwall, was crowned King of the Romans, or emperor, and wrote himseif “Ever Augus- tus.’? Upon his seal are the words “Semper Augus- tus” His epitaph (translated), speaking of his impo- rial dignity, says:— By whieh the eagie in his shiold he wore, And scorned the lian which he bere before, Her Majesty aoes not propose to seurn the lion. THE KAOLE may be found, however, upon more than one royal coat ofarma. Boutell writes, ‘he eagie of four emperors charged in rehef upon the early shield in the north chuir uisle of the Westminster Abbey has a single hoad and is not crowned.” Edmond Plantagenet, K. G., Duke of York, A. D. 1402, who was buried at King’ Langicy, Herts, displays ao imperfal eagle upon his arms, with two heads, but not crowned. The crown of ngland 18 always described an imperial crown; “tuperially crowned—i ¢., surmounted by the crown of England." uardunt, or imperially crowned.’ Gwillim says that King George’s achievements of arma was “charged with imperial crown of Charlema:ga;” and at the coronation the King “is crowned with an imperial crown.’ The Other authorities seem to say that an empress noed hot be crowned or go through the ccremony of coronation upon obtaining that dignity—there might be a titular empress, perhaps tho strongest statement upon the point to be found in any authority ts that of W. Segar, Norrey King of Arm: his work. printed at Londou A. D, 1602, lib. 4, “Of Queenes—And if she were a Queene of thre kingdomes (as our soueraigne is) & may assume the title of an empresse."” Three kingdoms aro now in- cluded in tue phrase Great Britain, and if such was the opmion of a heral that date, how much more so now when the vast realm of India has been addea to the Crown! It is admitted that EMPEROR: originally meantageneral. De Lolmo, ‘“Constitntion of kugland,” writing of the prerogatives of the monarch, ways, of ail sea or land forces whatever’’—that is, he ia Im- perator in the original Roman gonse. tates that the nol 8. fullaciously stated, tor consuls and pro-covsuls in tho time of the Republic were called imperators when in command of an army. Bat the most extraordinary misrepresentation whch bas been made is that SULIUS CASAR lost his life the moment he called aimselt an emperor, as if there was @ particular hatred on the part of the Romans to that title, The fact is well known that it ‘was Lot Imperator, but rex that the Romans hated and feared, It was the title of rex that they abolished (for much tho same reason that the West Saxons did that of qucen); It was when Julius Casar was saluted rex that the tribune tore the fillet trom his sistue, And a bitter epigram was made upon Bratus to the effect that he was as ynuch a king (under a specious title) as the man he had slain, It was not till a very late period that the emperors dared to assume the name of king. Selden says of king of emperor, ‘ef which in tho elder times plainly the first was the ‘superior, und that of emperor denoted only a general.” An inde; at king was an emperor, and a queen was empress. “But withall as Rex semoti Jusuy denotes the empe so Regina did the empreas.”? Seldew is iu f evidence that the monarchs of Britain, from the very carliest timed, ed themselves eu) 18 oF Were eMperors in point of fact, Chapter 2 of second on, 1631, says, * The title of emperor given to tho ‘kings’ of England.” 10, “ The kings of England or Great Britam have also justly used it (the vitle of emperor) and that {rom anciont ages.’ King Edgar called himself emperor of the sea as well as of the land. He calls himselr KING OF KINGS, ’ in a charier of A. D. 974, and im another is as explicit as words can be, “Ego Edgar Basileus Anglorum et Invyperator um losularom.” Canute med the same author Edward lL, was held to have imperial rights over sea as Well as the Jand, and this was ad- ther actually call mitted by those ‘strangers (the French) who, bewg | next neighvors to the sea, bad most reason to quarrel with t.’’ William IL, though he did not directly use the ttle of emperor, yet laid claim to the substance of i. Under ih Vill. ‘the whole Partia- ment so conceived and so expressed themacives that by divers and sandty old aatenuq bisiores and chronicles it is mantiesuy declared expressed that this Reaime of England is an linpire, and so hath been in the World, governed by one supreme Head aad nt having the dignitie and royal estate of the Inperiall crown of the same, and the King’s power is also cailed imperial in another act of tho same Parlia- ment. And the Crown of England, in other Pariia- ments of Jater times, is titled THK IMPRRIALL CROWN; the Ki of id boing also he TSA aes 3 “He 14, in right of his crown, tho generalissimo | i “4 | change The royal arms display “a lion statant, | Assuming he ce It is not by any | stole | means a Utle indicative of serverted liberty, as bas been | now, they-would bave taken the title of emperors im the most unmistakabie manner. No one, however, now wishes to have an Empress of Engiand itself, AN EMPEESS OF BRITAIN. It is not generally known that Britain has bad, so far back as A. D, 270, an Empress, and her pame was Vietoria. In a work called “The Kings ot Europe, Past and Present,” it is said:—‘‘In 270 there reigned im Britain the wife of Bonosus, Victoria. She was con- temporary with Zenobia, Empress of the East, and was called the Empress of the West.” THE RIOTS IN BARBADOS. WHAT THE COLONIAL DEPUTATION BEPORTED TO LORD CARNWARVON—THE PLANTERS’ VER~ SION OF THE CAUSES AND CONSEQUENCES OF THE OUTBREAK, On the 25th of April, in London, Earl Carnarvon, Seerctary of State for the Colonies, received a deputa- tion from the West Indian Committee, who represented tho present rebellious state of the island of Barbados, and asked Hor Majesty’s government to recall the Govs ernor, Mr. Pope Hennessy. Mr. Thomas Hankey, M. P,, introduced the deputation, THE STATEMENT. Mr. Nevitle Lubbock read a long statement, in which he quoted speeches made by Mr, Hennessy to show, ad he said, “their tendency to excite prejudice and dis- content, to set class against class, to fill the negro mind with grievances to a great extent imaginary, and excite it with prospects of vast material changes, which wera equally delusive—to call class apd party feeling into play, which was likely to develop, and unhappily had developed, into acts of violence and lawlessness,’” LORD CARNARVON'S REPLY, Otber gentlemen having spoken Lord Carnarvon said he did not feel clear, eyen after tho statements of the commitice, as tothe precise stato of the case at that moment in Barbados. They were aware how serious was a disturbance in any of tho West India Islands, and thoso who knew the past history of Bar bados looked with regard and great surprise atany cause for such a deputation, Mueh had been suid at to the supposed oriyin of the ditficulties—via, the mooting of the question of confederation. It had never been the intention of Her Majesty's govern- ment in “any way to force that question upon the Legislature or the people of Barbados, There had been in his and his predecessor's opinion very considerable advantages to be gained to the colony by the adoption of some form of confederation, but the essence of the wholo matter was that 1t should proceed from the spontanoous wish of the Legislature itseif, and that nad been repeated in every form of language to the present Governor of Barbados. It was impossible t! he couid be ignoraut of tbe clear opinion and mstruc- tions on that subject, and it was almost incredible after such strong; reiterated, unmistakable expressions of opinion that he could have lent bimself to any agitation which would bave tho effect of enforcing the measure upon a reluctant people and an unwilling Legislatu: The question wt present was the restoration and maintenance of order in tho island, (Hear, hear !”’) The telegrams which be had Fecerved through the West India Committ were really not in si telegrams be had received fro bados. The last telegram re Ubrough the India Committeo was one published in the morning papers, dated the 22d, and flatly contradicted one Pf from the Governor, dated the 23d, which was ag follow! Walked all through the town last night. Byerything quiet, as tranquillity appears restored. I have had some consultations with officer in command. Countermanded Felntorcements trom the other island. |More plun captured by the police. Troops patrolled in ai but have had no necessity to act. Proclamat nouncing special commission for speedy trial ot off It was simply incredible that a Governor of ‘any colony, after riots so serious, so frightful, whereby so much property was destroyed. ry persons were shot and houses wero ransicked and pillaged—sbould not mention the circumstances to the Secretary of State and should write im the terms stated. The matter must have been exaggerated on the spo, ‘There had been @ painful alarm, and he admitted that matters had beon in @ highly unsatisfactory state, The mere fact of the Governor having thought 1 neees- sary to telegraph for troops from adjoining colonics scemed impossible alter a statement hike that he bad quoted. Since the telegram of the 23d was received another had come to hand, in which the Governor comsaunieated certain names of ollicers to act upon the commission for the trial of the offenders, and made no allusion whatever to any ef those scenes which were supposed to have occurred, It was not to be denied that the matter was a very serious one, He well knew how inflammable were the populace to be dealt with, and how incautious expressions often Jed to serious coasequences. He understood Jrom the Admiralty that there was a man-of-war on the gtation that could supply a considerable force, and thero wore in the island ot Barbados about 700 men, besides the artillery in Jamaica. He had comma- nicated with the Admiralty, and requested them to ivse no time in strengthening the naval force in the neigh- borhood as effectually us they possibly could. He trusted the precautions werd unnecessary, but it was his bounden duty to omit nothing that could main- tain order im the island. (‘‘Hear, bear!) He re gretted that such aproposal should have been tmade by such a body as the deputation as the immediate reeall of Governor Henmessy, The great rule in such matters was, while the safety and the welfare of the colony stood, first and foremost, i act with justice, and it would not be justice to apy Governor—unloss in the case of most vital meces sity—without any evidence proved against him and without giving him a chance of making his defence, The report read had run through a number ot minute details which did not connect the Governor with the disturbances on tho subject. There was nothing ia lerert tri before the Legislature that would percwptory recall withous givin opportunity to explain that langua) Nothing could be more seriéus than thi Hennessy; which were that away. charges against Mr. having been directly instructed by the home gov- ernment not to force the question of confederation see he had recourse to secret omisaries inorder to carry out this nd cries 6f “That 1s true, Ho thought they must be content with having made a statement. It had alread, been intimated to the Governor that he would do wel to give full explanations of the charges brought against him, but to recall him without evidence would fix aa indelible stigma upon his name. At a inoment, too, it would be perilous to make 8 m =the «Executive. (Hear, hear!’) had exceeded instructions, it was the duty of tne Minister of the Crown to consider very carefully, indeed, at such a moment, when there was @ risk of general disturbance throughout the whole of the island, beture be 0 achange which might precipi- tate matters more than was vho case already, e hoped the deputation would remember that the ia- formation received from the Governor showed he was acting with great vigor in the mers of the riots, had called out troops and other things, and had shown no indisposition whatever to meet the difficulties boldly and vigorously, The deputation might be assured shat pains should be spared to ascertain the real facts of case, and to take every, means for restoring the condition of the island to its tranquillity. Messrs, Wilkinson and Gaviller, of No. 34 Great Tower sirect, communicate tho foliowing despatch, dated April 23, which they received from wl 13 Mangrove and loaded; valle to-morrow. stolen. it is stated, princl> iy rovisions at Oldbury, Bark Lady Harewood i nt and Newton, peavision The provisions roferrod to ar paily yams and potatoes, DEPARTMENT OF PARKS, At the meeting of the Board of Public Parks neld yes. torday the proposals were opened for paving the City Hall vark and sidewalks, There were fiyo bids, The lowest, at twenty cents a square foot, by Mr. Herman A. Gunther, was accepted. The bias for lighting the City Hail Park recetved on April 20 havang been for the same amount were reopened. Tho result was that the Manhattan Gas Company's bid, $12 a lamp for the Anat was accepted over that of the Mutual Gas Ligh * pany, whion was $13 70. ‘MM. STRBHING PORTED RESIGNATION Inquiry was yesterday made of Mr. Houry G@. Ste bins concerning his reported regjgnation (rom the Come mission of Public Parks. He said that he bad not con- sidered the matter at ali as yet. FOREIGN LETTERS. The following caution has been issued by Postmaster James:—"De not enclose coin or jewelry in letters, ordinary or registered, addressed to any foreign coun- try in the Postal Union, By the Treaty of Berne gach lettors are excluded from the maiis,” 4 BOOKS RECEIVED. Pinto’s Bost Thoughts. Ry Kev. C. H. 8. Bulkley. Sew York: fertoner, Armstrong & Co, 0 and Letiers of Lord Macantay. G, Otto Tree velyan. Two volumes, York: Harper & Achsah By Kev. Peter Penvet. Boston; Lee ord The Variation of Animals and Plants Under Darwin. Two volames, New York: PEC eging Theis Own Coatne, By O. M. Cornwall, ‘Henry Grattan’ By John George Mactarthy. Dabun: B. Mindbouk ot Ameriedn Cities, New York: D. Appletom oO sine Grex, Sy Paiptae. By Hesba Stretton, New ‘se Si Annual for 1870 New York: Dodd, Ge be