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JAPANESE POLO.
The G-ame as .Played in that
Asiatio Country.
A PQ(I EXHIBITION 8 THE C1T1 OF fUKUL
Description of the Tournament by
an American.
T* rn Kmtor or tu Ukbald:?
The reading of ? paragraph in the Horn* Journal ol
laat ?Mk, te tke effect that a l'olo Club had been
formed la this city, recalled very pleasant memories of
that game which I have so oltea witnessed in Japan.
I believe this manly sport, one ef the best calculated to
educate eye, nerve and mascle, bas been introduced
Into the United States from England. It has, how
ever, been one of the standard outdoor-sports in Japan
for centuries past. Instead or borrowing It from the
East we might have transferred It from our now near
est Western neighbors, the Japanese.
The name dfc-kiu (a pronooncod as a la arm, kin as
kee-o?> applied by the Japanese, means a game of ball
oa horseback. This game Is played In most of the large
dues, scrub Batches being frequent; but It obtained
Ha lull dignity and deserts only In the old daiiniOs'
capitals, wben 00 specilled annual days, alter months
?f practice, the dakiu tournament was witnessed by
thoasanda of spectators amid all the pomp and circum
stance ef Japanese foudal display.
Tlio finest exhibition ot polo I ever witnessed was In
the city of Kukrit, in the province of Echison, a city
lying 3)00 mil** west of Tokio (formerly Y edo), where I
mm then Uvtng, having been engaged by the Dai in 10
tad leudal government to establish a scientific school
?a the Amerlcaa principle. On the occasion of the
lakiu tournament I was given a scat near the Prince
snd judges. Tho ground selected was in front ol the
Prince's stables, In whloh there were Ally thorough
bred pomes. The courso was a smoothly rolled, Banded
space, about 600 feet long, planted at tho sides with
rows of oryptomenta and fir trees. The width was
about 00 leot. The stables occupied half the space
north of and parallel to the courso. Tho southern half
was a long covored building, with a row of rooms tilled
with the daimios, ladies and gentlemen iu waiting, the
judges and scorera, &o. On the opposite side wero
hundreds If not thousands of spectators, umong whom
were about 100 shaven-pated monks, priests and
students, all in monastic robes and collars, Irom tho
Huiiilhl.it monastery near by. Everybody was dressed
111 las and especially in hor best, for the fomale spee
Uiiurs were very numerous. Black and oblique-eyed
beuuties, with wondrous glossy capillary architecture
and Bilk gowns and girdles and gay fans rained im
mense Influence on the handsome young contestants.
Host of the players were my own students, young
follows of tho samurai or gentry class, of Iroiu seven
teen to twenty-two, whose eye, hand and nerve bad
been trained at fencing, wrestling, archery and apeur
exercise, as well as with bridle and s&ddio.
At the signal, two hummer taps on tho clapporless
bell, shaped like Columbus' egg after he lutd made it
It&nd, tho twelve players mounted. Anotbor tap,
snd they rodo into the lists, saluted their Prince and
the judges. Another, and dividing into two tiles of six
each, the horso* raced to the extreme end, on either
ude of tho cour3e, euch horseman hulding up htu saji,
' or spoon, made of bamboo, five leet long, with crook
?r scoop at the ecd, netted with cord. I saw that It
was a game of shiuuy 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 twelfth centuries, giving Japan a
War of the Hoses, which ended in the utter annihila
tion or the Heikri in 1184 at Shluiouost'ki. Tho flag of
tbo Genji was white, that ot the Heikd was red. In
the game six players wore red lacquered helmets,
while those ol tho other six wero white. All had bound
ap their flowing sleeves tightly under the armpits and
their girdles to their loins, lor the work in hand was
00 girl's play.
Two old supes now entered, each with a basket of
Kbat appeared to bo red and white eggs. Theso were
ihe balls. 1 hoy were laid at Intervals or two or three,
teet apart, the white balls in (rout of tho rod helmvtod
player?, and the white b?rore the red bats. Two rows
?1 thirty-six bails each thus lay alongside of each
pla.vor and exteudlng bofore tho leaden a distance of
some yards. At tho end, whence they bad entered,
wore two wickets ol bamboo poles, 'ihe wickets Blood
kbout twenty teet from oach other. The poles of each
wicket were four loet apart, and the cord joining them
three feet from the ground. By the rules of the enue
each ball must go over the cord and between the
wicket pools, failing to do which tbo balls falling outside
were tossed back into the course The Genji or whites
were to scoop up and loss the red balls over, and tho
Uelktf or reds rice versa. Each was to hinder the other.
At the given signal both parties rode up the lists,
slowly at llrst, picking up aud hurling the balls forward
toward the goal. When within throwing distanco they
attempted to fling *ibem ovor the wtckois. Iu a few
minutes several balls had gouo over, and tho upper
end or the course was now a pied field, looking some
thing like irregularly picked paper of mint drops. It was
now no longer a dross parade, but a pitched battle and ?
fiercely contested struggle of excited men, clashing
liort-e gear and bamboo spoons. There a red flaps his
saddle with bis heavy metal stirrups (spurs beiug un
knot u) and his stoeu Hashes toward a white ball. He
Is just about to scoop it up whan click goes a white
spoon under bis and, tho ball goes whirling back. There
cues a victor vi hose'defiant whito helmet gleams like
ilijfpluuio ol King Henry of Navarre. Ho has already
UiMg seven red balls clear over the wickets, he is now
dashing for an eighth I Who can stop him 1 He Is al
ready shouting fits triumph, when, like an arrow, a
youiig fed dashes belore him. Tho red spoon missed
the mark aud tbo horse's shoulder, striking his white
rival's flank, sends steed and rider roiling over the
sand. Quick as lightning white hat leups nimbly off
the saddle and, belore his horse Is on his hoots again,
scoops up tho ball and whirls it ovor tho wicket. A
tempest ot clapping bands Irom the ladles and shouts
from the men greet tbo victor, who, without pausing
to acknowledge ttic applause, is In saddle again, the
white lacquer of his helmot as the sun strikes it dax
(ling h|s admirers
A number of lively episodes and passes and some
splendid feats of horsemanship fill ap the game toward
the last. It is evident that iu spite of the tlno playing
of two of tbe reds tho whites have the advantage
of coolness aud practice. One of tbo reds has been put
Kurt du combat, with a bruised right arm and a broken
spoon. Nevertheless, tho tilt tor tho last ball is at
baud.- All tho balls are over and out?one alone re
mains. To bag tho last ball Is even a greater boQor than
the first. Now for tbe final tug! Eleven men and
horses after one tiny ball 1 Now backward, now for
ward, now in midair, tossed on tho top ol the netted
?ticks like a ball on a louuiain jet, no* hurled back a
dozen horse lengths I See how they dash to It I What
a clash aud mass of horse logs, manes, heads, gilt sad
dle flaps, with clanging of metal stirrups, bauging of
?poonh! It reminds ono of tbo buttle of the centaur*
with tbo Lapttba-, at tbo murrlage of Hippodamia acd
Plrithuus, tho clay group representing winch I had so
often seen in the old rotunda ol the Philadelphia Acad- ,
emy ot Klne Arts. ?nap?a spoon hus bceu crushed by j
a hoof, and u whito hat is unhurt but /.or* du combat.
Hal! hat! hail shouts a red hat, and the ball Is thrown
by a back stroke far on toward the goal. Out dashes
another red from the muss ol contaurs. His helmet on
* his shoulders, his top-k no. alt awry, his hair loose, his
face streaming with perspiration, bis eye Hashing, yet
cool snd sure df triumph, he defiantly awaits Ins rivals.
Tne spoon or ono is witbin a loot of the prt*, when
with a yell he lifts It snd -units it living through aud
ally tool beyond tho si ckets. Tho applause is tumul
tuous.
Tbe red helmets have won. Tbo riders now pass by
(he judges, salute and stall their horses. The cop|wr
brown colored gentlemen adjust drr's?, hair and toib t,
and soon reappear as spectators. Tho leading white
lays to me, "tou like, teacher? You have so play iu
your country*" Then I bat to say "No." Next year
1 saw by the llluMratetl London A**'l that it had been
Introduced Into England.
several other games ot dakiu followed. After the
Inal score tho prizes were presented. Of tbo thieo
played tbe crsck contestants tbo white hsts, or
Uenji, won twrn Tbe Daimio presented with bis own
bauds a roll or figured white silk, a gold emblazoned
helmet, with the armOnal bearing of tbe Genji upon it,
n porcelain va*e ot red Ksgs ware, and to tlje subordi
nate players scrolls of ornamented Ecu lieu paper, with
his autograph written thereon.
At preaeut dakiu is still played in msnv Jspaneso
? Cities, tiut the game lacks the Imposing suiroundings of
feudal display. Its value In uflording good exercise,
health, enjoyment snd discipline to eye, nerve and
m'iscle is exceedingly great. It hss all the (IOMmei.ts
?f war, with only an extremely low per cent of its
dsnger. 1 am glad that it Is to bo introduced Into our
?ountry. Kespectfully ywirs, W. E. tiRlFPIH.
Nsw Yoak, May 10, l?7d.
CRICKET.
Th* Staten Island Crickot and Base Ball Club will
spen tbe season of 1870 by ? club match at cricket ou
their grounds at Camp Washington, Staten Island, on
Thursday, tbe lllb Inst, l'lav to comtneuce at ono
P. M
. A WRESTLING CHALLENGE.
ro th? Editor or Tnk HkkAL*:?
1 hereby challenge William Austin, pnpil of Professor
Miller, to a wrestling match lor a purse of s'JuO. the
time and place to be selected horoafier. 1 have wrestled
with him upou two occasions, both winning one tall
tach. This tlnal match will settle tbe question.
Hv publishing tins challenge you will oblige, yours
(Mneattaliy. MJCIKN MA lie,
Light weight champion of Paiia, t'nath
ROWING.
TflS BABTABD CHEW WOJl 1876?WIXTEB
fBBiBiTIOK/-THE UOBT At THUS FBAO
TIC*?STYLE OF BOWING AND LOBINGE
OOACB1NO THE BPBINOnXIJD ULI SACS?
THE UX YOU SARATOGA.
Boston, May 3, 1870.
Til* Uurvd boHtlng mei have plenty of work cut
out for theui this year. The day altor the elght-oared
race with Yale, on Jane 80, they will hurry on from
Springfield to Saratoga, whero tfcoir business iou.iiagar
will be waiting lor tnem with a new ux ear, fresh from
Blakey's (hop on tbe Charles, and, with the lK'8t aix
men eolected from thair eight, they will fall to work
again in preparation for the Intercollegiate Uegalta.
W1NTKU WORK.
Throughout the long winter tbey have teen kept hard
at work. Whoa Mr. Bacon, captain of lite '76 crew,
withdrew (hat fall, Mr. Lorlng, a Sophomore, was
elected to tbo office. Taylor, '77, the streug man ot
last year's srew, quit rowing for long distance walking,
and, with only James left from the crow of '76, Batters
began to look bias?* color which Harvard oars do nut
take to very kindly.
OTIS BACK AUAl*.
After tho Christmas holidays Mr. Otis. L.8.S., con
sented to row again, and Mr. Luring Immediately re
signed tho captaincy in his favor. Eight rowing
weights were fitted up in tho boat house, aud the crow
kept to a steady round of regular daily practice, con
sisting of a poll of 1,000 strokes, sparring, fencing, club
swinging and the like, with a six inilo run three times
a week.
LOEl.NC'8 COACH ISO.
Mr. A. P. Lorlng, of Boston, a graduate of '60 snd
captain of tho International four of that year, gave
three afternoons of every week to the work ol coaching,
and as soon as the river opened put tho eight Into a
heavy practice barge, which they huvo not exchanged
(or the shell yet. It Is a lap-streak, built ot quarter
Inch plank. Iron shod keel, with short, sturdy out
riggers made of halt inch steol, and weighs over 400
pounds.
THE CRBW.
I saw the crew go out last weok, and Us mako-up was
as follows:?Bow, Otis; 2, Lo Moyne; 3, Warden; 4,
Irving; 6, James; 6, Jacobs; 7, Bolan; stroko, Bun.
croft; coxswain, Cheney. They wont away from tho
float at aa easy swing, nil rcaohlng well and going
further back at tho llnish of the stroke than usod
to be customary hers. Tbey disappeared under tho
bridge pulling twenty-olght to the minute. On Mon
day the arrangement was slightly alterod, Thayer tak
ing Warden's seat. The form of tho crew was bettor
OB Monday than on the last day I saw them Tho only
faults particularly notlceablo were a tendency to dip
too light and leather too low. Tho crew will In all
probability row as follows:?
lbs.
Bow?W. J. Otis, L.S.S 140
a-W. M. l.e Moyuo, '78 10#
3?K. D. Thayer, L.S.S 101
4?O. W. Irving, LSS 158
6?M. James, LS.S 109
0?51 K. Jacobs, '70 109
7?J. C. Bolan, '78 10'J
Stroke?W. A. Bancroft, '78 102
Coxswain?G. L. Cheney, '78 los
Total 1,414
Average weight of oarsmen, 163 i4' lbs.
Tlieso are tho weights ot the men when stripped.
Tint only change which is at all probablo is an exchange
of seats between James and Jacobs. Warden, '78, will
go as a substitute, with one other who has not yet been
eclected. Mr. Bancroft, wbo*ls pulling stroko at
prosont, has rowod in that seat for the last three
weeks. Mr. Lorinii, '78, was stroke during the early
part of tho season, hut has had to withrtjuw on account
of sickness. Bancroft is giving ButiiXction to ihe
coach and will uudouhtedly keep his place. No. 'i la
not doing quito as woll as when the crew llrst took to
tho water, hut with more pair oar work it is thought
ho and Mr. Jacobs will Boon gel in capital loam.
James, whose fault Ix-t year was a tendency to wait ut
the end ol' his stroke, is doing much belter this season
and Is rowiug in excellent form. Irving aud Thityer
both row very strong, but are a trille still'ou tho swiug,
while No. 7, who is one ot the heaviest und mnsi
powerful of the lot, has tho fuult of gelling Ins outside
shoulder too tar forward. The crow, as a whole, rew
excellently well together. Tho stroke is a long otio iu
the water, intended lo dip quite deep, so that the oar
is entirely covered, nil except the upper should?r of the
blade. The whole eight go back lurther at tho end or
tboir stroke with tho body thau any Harvard crow has
boon accustomed to iu past years. One Uno quality
they show in an eminent degroe?the ability to gel tho
hands away trom tho body ou the recover, with a won
derfully good union of rupidlty and smoothness. Tho
boat wna lilted for tho first time with sliding Boats
last Thursday, and, although there was a little stifluoas
in the swid; at starting, on the return they drew up lo
' the float rowing up to thirty-six, and all sliding to
, goiher in excellent time. Thetunnors aro two feet
aud tho slide nine inches. The crew are not
I an old sot of moo. but they look tough and in
i good condition. Neitncr do they Impress one its a
very powerlul crew, taking them as a whole Yet Iboy
sit so woll up In the boat aud aro so well ba.uucod
(there bclnc but lour iniunds diR'erenoo between the
total weights of the two tides) that port and starboard
row at about equal strength. The crew has lost by tbe
withdrawal of Mr. Loriug. He was a good our, and,
above all, a steady, faithful worker, auu put the best
Freshman crew Harvard has ever soot out on Saratoga
Lake last July. It seems a pity that the college should
have to lose three such meo as Taylor. Bacon aud
Wetmore, all members of last year's crew, and in the
I'nlverslty now, but unable to row. Tbe exertions of
Mr. Lorln?, the coach, have dono much lo make good
the loss by turning out a crew which will be pre emin
ently good, at least in form, whatever may bo lacking in
strtngin.
THE SAJtATOUA CKXW.
The men who will bo taken tram the eight after tho
race with Yale to make up a six lor the Saratoga re
galia will probably be the first Inur In the boat?that
la, Bancrott, Bolan, Jacobs aud ^aiues rowiug, in their
usual places, with the Capt.ilu, Otis, as bow, and either
Irving, Tbuycr or Lemoyne as No. 6. Otis pulled bow
In tho race ot '74, so his skill lu steering will once more
b? called Into requisition.
AT STRINGrtCLD
tbo crew will occupy their oid quarters of '73, at Top
ham's, on the west sido of the river, Just below the
city, at tho Agawam forry. Yale, too, wll! go back to
Bartholomew's, where they trained in '73. Their
quarters will bo at tbe start of the present four mile
course, opposite Hampden Park.
OPINIONS HKUARDiaO THE RACE.
The crews will have to shoot the Agawam Bridge, at
Springticld, during the race, and au opportunity will bo
given to the coxswains to display their skill; lor at low
water, as in 1873, alter the loug dry season, there aro
ono or two shallow spots under the bridge which it will
require some skill and coolness to avoid. As to the
result of the race. It would bo toollsh at this early ditto
to hazard a prediction. Popular opinion soems lo favor
Yale. She has most of her last year's crew to pick
trom, all are men ol age and expcricucc, and her cap
tain U a tried oar, who will occupy tbo same seal which
he has filled lor tno last three years. To counterbal
ance these odds the Uarvard mou have a skilful and
painstaking coach, who litis uol only seen hut rowed
against the best four Oxford ever showed. With thee*
balancing advantages on each sido the lriemis of both
colleges arc warrantod lu looking forward to an inter
??ting and excitiug race.
THE NEPTUNE BOAT GLUB.
The action or the Kieeutive Commute* of the Na
tional Association ol Amateur Oarsmen, In the cs*o of
James Kiley, of the Neptune Boat Club, is severely
commented on by a number of amateur*. Mr. Riley la
dlsquallQed as an ainatour oarsmen ; but the Neptune
Club Is determined not to let the matter rest here, and
is .resolved to inveatiguto* the subject fully and
require a hearing at th* next regular meeting of lha
committee or at a special meeting coiled lor that pur
pose. Tne Captain ot the Neptunes holds proof to sup
port him in maintaining tb.it Riley is au amateur? all
of which will be forthi oming at the next meeting of
the Executive Committee.
BOATING NOTES.
All the preliminary arrangements are made for th*
Harlem regatta.
Colon College will send a crew to the University re
gatta tb:a season.
The Wtlaons ef th* Boavsrwycks hare joined the
Woolvenhook*.
lorn Fearon has applied to th* National Association
to be admitted aj an amateur.
An Iruli amateur scalier will compete In the Centen
nial regatta.
n?e monthly raco for th* senior medal of tho Nat
tllus Club will be rowo?l on the Harlem on Tbur*day.
It is not likely that Ostrom, of Cornell, will have a
seat In the Neptune boat.
The Freshman crew of Princeton is made up, and is
said to be a good one.
The Athletic lour have improved very mueh sine*
last s*a.?on
The l'bila>ii'lphta clubs are preparing for an extraor
dinary rowing .season.
Jamis o'Xfil is anxious to meet George Engelbardt
strain in a match race.
tie Argonauis, Of Canada, Intend to send a four to
the Schuylkill tins summer.
Nine nun are selected Ircm which to pick the Cornell
Fresh men crew lor the college race.
tio.xlM'iu, of Columbia, has his i row out every day on
the Harlem.
The I>aunileiw four ar >billing in good form snd are
making rapid t? proven a,
Lnrinr. ol the of crew. is roachlng the Harvard* for
their rare with Yale, at spriugtield.
1 he inohiiily races ot the Ur*n>ercy Club will shortly
be Inauxurateii.
The Urahd Utver Boat Club intend to be represented
| ol ta* Toledo regatta. *
Sadler and Treckett will row for the chaaploBlblp of
the world June 24 on the Thame*.
lb* regatta eu Htuet Lake will be held soma time
early in August.
The Union L'oliage crew take their every day prac
tice work on the Mohawk.
Walter Mann baa bean re-elected Captain of the Argo
nauta Boat Club.
A representative French crew (torn the oarsmen o(
Havre, Pari I, Toulon and Brest tuay visit ua this
laminar.
Tbo Woodside Rowing Club intend to vltit Philadel
phia and pnll thare from their boathouse.
It is likely that an int?rnattonai regatta will be held
at lake Saratoga this summer under tbo auspices of
the Saratoga Mowing Association. Though the National
Association baa deemed it not sdvisabln to have any j
other than the regatta on tbo Schuylkill, it In more
man probable that ihp Saratoglans themselves wiU
take the matter la band.
The annual regatta of tbo Passaic oarsmen will take
place on the 17th of Jane. This date wait died during
thu wiuter season for the Harlem River regatta; and,
iu> boating mon would like to witness both events, it la
regretted that tbo two regattas should be arranged for
the same day
THE CANADIAN YACHT.
THB TACBT COUNTESS OF DUPFEBIN BUILT TO
compete pos thb queen's cup?descbip
TION OP THE VESSEL. ?
MovrnHAL, May 7, 187#.
There will be launched at Coburg, Ontario, to-morrow,
the- schooner yacht Countess of DuflVriu, which baa
be*n built by subscription, to compete at the Centen
nial Regatta, in July, for the Queen's Cup, which was
wrested from the Royal Yacht Squad rou of Qreat
Britain, by tbe America, August 24, 1851, and which
has been held for nearly twenty-live years by tbe
original winners and tbe Now York Yacht Cloh. The
oveut promts** to be of great interest and Importance
to American amateur navigators, and a few words of
butory connected with tbo enterprise may bo accept
able Ju^t at this time.
Interest in tho Centennial Rlgatta has been profound
among tbe yachtsmen of the Domlnlou, oud tbe dosire
was expressed mouths ago of sending a representative
of the Uoyal Canadian Yacht Club to compete, In ao
cordance with the iuvilation of the Centennial authori
ties. Further discussiou of tbe matter and the speed
of several of tbo crack yachts of tbe clnb engendered
the Idea of challenging the New York Yacht Club to
SAIL VOR Tits "QClCKN'a Cl'P. "
The Oriole und Cutboert, both built by Captain Cutb
bert, of Coburg, were namod, hut were found too
buiall to warrant any hopes of hucccss. It was, there
fore, determined to build u yacht capable of competlug
with tho flyers of Now York, uud Major Gilford, ox
! member ol Parliament, undertook to rsiso the lands
] lor ibis purpose. Subscriptions were iiumodiutelv
forthcoming, and Captaitt Curtibert ceinmeuced work
upon tbo new vessel, which has been completed, and
which promises lo iio very last
{ HUlt IH.MK.SMKl.NB AUK:?
I Length of keel, W leet; length on deok, 107 feet; length
I over all, 114 luut; beum, -4 feet; depth ol hold U teet 0
) luches; tonnage, R C.Y.C. measurement, *221 tons;
N.Y.Y.C., -i>;; tons; kelson, 14x14 inches; timbers,
8x12 inches; pocket pieces, 14x7 iucbos; stem, 10x14
inches; sternposi. 10x14 inches; bilge ceilings, 4x24
luches; clamps, 4x12 incttes; Khelfpicccs. 4x12 inches.
The limbers are ot white oak, planks of thu same ma
terial, from kelson lo wator line, 2>, Inches;
from wator line up, clear white nine, 2'3
! inches; deck, white pine, 2% inches; bilge coiling,
1 white oak; mainmast, deck to bounds, 66 feet; fore
! mast, deck to hounds, ti2 feet; main boom, 53 feet;
main gull. 30 leet. Five tons ol bor ballast will cou
| sist of cast iron, lilted in blocks of live cwt. each
' next the kelson, wilh shoulders resting on tbo tlin
, bers. (the will be ready lor sea in a very short time.
The Earl and counters of Dull'erin are expcctcd to be
present ut the launch.
TIIK CUttlSTKXiaO CKHSMON'Y
will be pcrformod by tbo Countess alter whom tbe
vessel is named. The new yacht will hu commanded
by Major Gilford, and sailed by Captain Cuthbert.
'The peremptory challenge sent by Mujir GiU'ord a
tew weeks silica was promptly accepted, the conditions
of the race named and assented to. uiul tho six mouths'
notice courteously waived by tbo bolder ot the cup. It
is, thoreluro, arranged that in July the third series of
| races lor possession ol thu coveted pilse since it passed
j Into American hands will be decided.
A CIRCULAR YACHT.
! To tub Editor or Tns IIkralo:?
| When ? at Tom's Kiver, N. J., sonio weeks since 1
; called upon Mr. Joseph Francis, now In bis sevouty*
I sixth year, and lound him busily engaged In completing
1 a small yacht,* which, from its total departure Irota the
; old established rules of construction, is worlh a de
scription.
' Being an experiment, Mr. Francis prclerred at first to
build a bout of small duueutious in order to test tbe
now principle, She is sphcricul in sbap , bolng 12 feet
In length uud 12 leet beam (a truo circle), and Id inches
deep. She is about half docked over, leaving a cockpit
of 7 leet by U leet; is sloop ringed, with
2:1 feet mast ; hoist, 18 feet ; bowsprit
10 feet outboard, and Jib 14 teet on tbo loot; boom,
20 leet (12 leet outboard); keel, 10 luches deep, with
pcrpondicular stem and stern post; dralt of water, 3
inches (without the kuol), giving ber great holding
power. It Ij expected that tue yucht will careen but
little in sailing, a.id will go ovor uud not through the
water. As tier keel is deep she will be almost at right
angles with the surlace ot the water; she cauuet fall to
leeward with a heavy press ot canvas, und sho will bo
forced ahead with great power, greatly reducing tbe
ordinary resistance aud friction. In coinlort and ca
pacity she must be nearly equal to a yacht double ber
length of tbo ordinary construction.
Mr. Kraucis had no guide, model or information, ex
eept that be hud heard (hat there bad been built in
Russia a yacht shaped lilfe a saucer.
I bear that the H|*>cd of this boat will be tested In
the coming regatta of tho Tom's Kivor Yacht Club, lo
| take place m June. EX-YACHTSMAN. j
BAY FINAL AT NEWMARKET. I
The running or Mr. M. IL Sanford'g bay colt Bay
Final (brother to I'reakness) in thu groat Metropolitan
Stakes (handicap) at Nowtnarket. 20th nit., receive^
tbe annexed relerenco in the London Sportsman of tho
following day: ?
Mr. Hantord introduced another of his American
! team, tbe debutant on this occasion being Bay Final,
! who ih much tliu samo stamp of horto us Mate, whose
I inierior he was said to be, while, according to the form
! In America, PreaLncss can conceuo 14 lbs. to Male.
\ Some mif 10ft attached to the running of Day Final, aa
I it was tbe lirsi time thu American horses had been
asked to travol a Ion'.' distance in F.nglund , but u coach
and lour could not have dragged the Knglish bankers to
support Buy Final, upou whom Parry again sported the
dark blue jacket of thu plucky American.
Again
One or the most admired of all tbo runners wax Bay
Final, a horse iu the Amcricun string, and although he.
like Proakness and Mate, wan not so thoroughly wound
up as we aro accustomed to see hones when stripped
lor racing in this country, lie was in much belter con*
dition than was either of hU stable companions when
making tbelr res|>?ctive debuis on Knghsh soil.
It will be r membered that tho distance was about
two miles and a quarter, u.'.d that tbo contestants wore
Prince SoltzkofTs New Holland (the winner), 4 years, 100
lbs.; Captain Stirling's Whitebait, 6 years, 101 lb*.; Mr.
Henogo's Freeman, aged, 124 bs.; Mr. Sanford'g Bay
I Final, 4 years, 114 lbs.; Lord St. Vincent's Beau Brum
| mol, 5 years, 104 lbs.; Mr. W. S. Crawfurd's F yiug
| Scotchman, 4 years. 9V ins., and Mr. C. Bush's Bob
: K?y. & yearn, M lbs. Bay Final, says tho rep rt,
i brought u|> ihe roar at ttio start. Turning out oi the
straight, Bob ltov assumed command, when New Hol
land went to the Iront, an J entering 'the new course,"
ltoii Boy Ml l>ack, earing Buy Final only in attendance
ou Prince SoltzkofTs horse. '-At the top of the hi.I"
Bay Final joined New Holland, but "descending tho
ti j 11' * New Hollnnd drew himself clear of U iy Final and
Flying Scotchman, . nJ the pair was followed into tue
straight by Freeman. When, iinally, In tho 1?cud lor
home, Bay Heal hung out signals of distress, and,
notwithstanding Parry's resoltito call, rapidly retired
lrom tii6 front rank. New Holland romped home a
winner by a length and a half, WhitobaR second, Free,
man third, Beau Brummel tourth, Flying Scotchman
tilth, Bay Final sixth and Bol> Boy last. Time,
KING ALFONtiO.
The report that Mr. D. Swigert's famous bay colt. King
Alfonso, has broken down is received with universal
regret by all turfinon hereabout. Ureal expectations
bad b$cn indulged m that this son of imported Phaeton
and Capitola would commence and continue through
! the season in fine form, as, with no drawbacks, many
felt that he would cucounicr hut few superiors, lie is
now four year.-' < Id, and was engaged in the urincipsl
; Cup Contois, and already <mitu a "lump of money"
bad been posted on him at lite Jockey club rooms in
i (fee Woxlcheiior Cup and Centennial .stakes, to bo run
at Jerome I'srk. Ill tne former he was the favonto
and for the latter was hi-ld In high estimation. King
Alionso made Ins racing name by holiest work, as,
taking part in six event* la.-I season, he proved ttio
wmiii r on tour occasions ilw :ir-1 appoarauco was in
a Kweepstuko ;or Ibrta-yoar-oids, oi.e mile ami an
. eighth, lull meeting of mo Kentucky Association, Ui
ington, when he ran second to Hob Woolley, Katie
Pierre. Kleini, Ten ISroeck and Beduian being
among tho defeated. rtiree days tin reader, in
a similar race, nftn mile and live furlongs, ho was next
lo la?t in a Held ot live, ten HroocK leaiiing home. ? to
Bolt Woolley second and Klemi third. Kieven days
alter his socond defeat A i n o ran in tho Keninky at.
Ufcr at the Louisville Jockey Club mcefng, Which he
eapt'irod in ca[ Ital style, the distance being two miles.
His old antagonist, Tea Broeck, was secoud and again
beh.ml him were eight other good ones. The same
meeting he won the I(.ik?i to stakes, mile hent?, beat
ing live "liters, ami thu next day placed the third vic
tory to his eredu by capturing the Hall House Stakes,
two mile beats. W. T. I. nek's lieorge <; rati am won the
first best and ABoiimi the second and third. Bis last
appearance was at Nashville in the Liack's Hotel
stakes, when be beat Misdeal ('.he winner of the mile
| dash for all agea, at Lexington, on MondNy last) and
two others. AlKinso was expected to meet Aristldcs
1 and Ten Broeck in tbe race for foar-year-oltis, two m del
I and as efehio. to ha rua jresterduj ta Lsxtnjtou. Kjr.
TOM ALLEN.
WHAT UK SAXfl ABOUT BIB PBOPOBXS flOBT WITH
JOB OOKB.
[From the Cincinnati Enquirer, Mar ??]
Tom AUn arrive** hare yesterday from tit Louts, la
order to wgn article* to light Joe 9ess for the cham
pionship el the world. Ue la ib tip top condition,
weighing some fifteen pounds lighter than when here
last, and he now pulls down the beam at 198 pound*
He says bo nover felt hatter in hla lire, and ia willing to
fight Gose tor all the money he can raise in eight, tan
or twelve weiks from the time of stguing article*, lie
professes to mean business, and nothing else, and he
nays that he will never conaent to having the meuey
now in the handa of the stakeholder drawn, and that he
wtll fight tiosa for tbf $600 now up if he cannot get
any more. "Do gets up no exhibition match with me,"
were hia words. "How was it that your former light
with him was a drawl" said we. "Because darkness
came on and we h ad to adjourn the fight until the nest
day," waa the reply. "lu the morning the refeice,
Charlie Westbail, could not bo found, and (Joss was In
bed blind lu both eyes, wlille I had not a murk ou my
(ace, that's how It was," said Torn. "Would you fight
Muce again)"' was our next questiou. "01 course I
would," suid Torn. "I'll fight any body, aud I would
rather light Maco than Goss. and if they wish it I'll let
the money lay for hlui. Mace haa becu giving spurring
exhibition* ill England on the strength ol intending to
cumo here and light lue, and now whon he come* hero
he doe* not say a word about lighting me. 1'ut that in
for me, wtll you?" We have put it in, and the reader
can see by it that Allen Is hot lor a flgliL He says also
that lie is willing to light within a hundred miles of this
city or of St. Louis, uud that be will do all In hla power
to accommodate Gbss or Mace with a light.
PINE AKTS.
TUB AVERT COLLECTION AT LEAVITl's.
There are on exhibition at the Leavitt Art Rooms
about 120 oil paintings, wator colors, pen and ink
sketches, &c., and a few statuettes, bronzes, 4c.,
which have been Imported during tho past winter by
Mr. Samuel P. Avery. This geutleman is too well
knowu as a eolloctor ol tlrst class works of art for tho
pictures to neod other rocomtnendatiou than that of
having been Imported by hlin. Among the oil puint
iugs is a llfe gizo head of an "Italian Girl," by Boii
guereau, and one ol "A Moorish Beauty,"
by 1'errault; "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 Beading." is a Mriull interior, and ''Travelling
Mountebanks," containing several very small figures,
are by Castres; "Barbara," by G. H. Boughton, is a
small figure having tho uppearance ol brilliant color, a
decided departure Irom the usual line ol this artist's
pictures; tho manner le which lie has lowered the key
el tho mass of red in the drapery and flesh is by tho
Introduction ol a bright pink flower, wnich chanties the
entire eoler; "Guess Who?" by Walter and "Castles in
Spain," by Surrure. the latter representing a happy
young couple marking out with a caue on tho
gravel path tho plana lor their new home, j
are botli highly finished and pleasing in sub- j
joct; "Children Bathing." Is by Monticolli; "The ,
l'oor Artist," an effective example of the Antwerp
school, with its line color and broad treatment. Is bjr
Lennig; "Pussy and 1," by Ferrault, is a little girl
with her little arms around ouo of those beautiful crea
tures, an Angora cat; un Italian girl tending sheep
la also by hiui. "Beturn from the Hunt" is by Viry ;
"A Musical Party," by 1'aseutti; "Laudscapo uud Cat
tle," by Otto Weber; "First Beach. Newport," by Will
lam T. Kicharda; "A Rati A Rat!" by Coe, und "Peed
lug Do vos," by Graelle. Among the water colors uro
two figures by Boldlnl; "Brigands of Allcanto, Spain,"
uu<l "The l'acbu's Days," by Clulrin; "On Guard?
I77ti." by Juliun Scott; "Zephyr,'' by Louis Luloir;
"A French Soldior," by Detaillo; two little ilgure pic
tnros by Chaplin; "At tho Fountain," by Dolort; "The
Merry Thought," by l'ostelllni; "The Old Masters," by
Do Nittls, and ".Spanish Bull Fighter," by Fuuslini.
There are two pen und Ink sketches by Fortuny
and one by Vibcrt "Aii Episode of 1870,"
by Jules Breton, represents two ol the French peasunts,
whoso homes are neon burning in tho distance, and the
figures of horsemen, suggesting war. The face ef the
elder is lull of care, and that ol the young girl, restlug
against her, shows how little she appreciates the sad
ness of their present surroundings and prospects of
future misery. "Women's Slaves," by Ccuture, both
charcoal drawings; "Seaside Sports," by Meyer von
Bremen, and "Washing Up," by Boughton, in India
ink. Two charcoal sketches of figures by Kuans and
examples ol Volte, Dorti, Greil, l'lette, Winslow Horner,
Kt.ck K<>ek, Slmoni, Jiminc/* Troyon, Merle and
others. The works will bo on exhibition until to-night,
when they will be sold from Cliuton Hall, the salo
commencing at half-past seven o'clock.
BALES ON PAINTTNOS AT MATTHEWS*.
The most important sale which has taken place from
n downtown gallery this season begins at Mathews' now
gallery, No i7 Liberty street, at noon to-day, and wlB
contiDUO to-morrow and next day. The water colors,
which will be sold to-day, are mostly importations of
Knoedler It Co. They having renewed tho pictures of
their gallery lately these have beon consigned to Mr.
Mathews lor sale. There arc among them specimens
of Louis Lelalr, Vibcrt, Preycr. Simonettl, Detaille,
Vatut, Winalow, Homer, Biancbi, Druraiueinond, John
Berg, Tllosa aud many others, all being first claas
works. Among the oil paintiugs is a snow cccne by
Wiggins, which attracted much uttentlou while at
Snedicor'a. George Story's picture from the Brooklyn
Academy "The Crossing Sweeper," "Tho Seasons," by
William llart, lour small pictures which bavo Iteen
exhibited only at the Lotos Club, a small autumn scene
by David Johnson, aud among the foreign artists a small
work by Corot, two bV E. Sarri, one by Picou nnd ex
amples of Sonntag, Moran, Oe llaas, Bristol, P. p.
Ryder, Cropaey, Silva, Coinan, Kallock, Parton and
other favorite artists.
EXPLOSION IN LONDON.
THE BREMER HAVEN ASSASSINATION OUTBAOE
BEPEATKD ON A SMALLER SCALE.
[From the Glasgow Mall, April 29.]
Yesterday morning a terrible explosion took place
In ClorkenwelL resulting in the destruction of a largo
quaiillty of valuable property and tho almost certain
death of ono of tho loading tradesmen in the parish.
Till IMPKftjfAL PLOT AND MACHIXB.
From tho Tacts at present gathered thoro is every
reason to bolieve that a must diabolical attempt to
destroy life has been made, the meaus employed being
a machine or as wlekod a construction as that Invented ;
by tho miscreant Thomaaaeu, and which caused such
frightful loss of life at Uremerhaven a short time ago.
At nine o'clock yesterday morning one of tho vuns
of the 1'arcels Delivery Company, wan driven up to tho
door of Mr. William Larkin, of No. H Northampton
square, Clerkonwoli, a chrouomuter maker and watch
dial engraver, who baa carried uu business there lor
many years. The servant took from the driver an
OULoNO DKAL HOX,
which was addressed Mr. Larkin, Northampton square, ,
and gavo It into the hands ol Miss l^irkin, who shook it 1
violently to ascertain what wax in it, but hearing noth- i
I112 rattle inside she conveyod it into the workshop and
handed it to her lather. The old gentleman is in the
constant habtt of receiving such boxes, containing
dials, Ac., for ongravlng. and he therefore at onco pro
ceeded to open the l*?x by priyng up the lid with ft
chisel, when a alight click was heard Inside, which was
followed by a terrific explosion, blowing out the win
dows, wrecking the shop and contents, and hurling
Larkin against tho wall.
TUB HOX WAS BLOW* TO FIIAUMBNTS,
small pleoes only ol the wood and the internal mechan
ism being found, and tho volume ol flame that issued
from the box set lire to the clothes of Mr. Larkin, who
was fearfully burned over the hands and lace. Tho
sound of the explosion was heard soyie distance off,
and many persons having congregated round tho
bouse willing Hands extinguished tho llamea, whilo
some one ran to the surgery of Dr. Kingston, of No.
12 Northampton squaro, and begged him to cotne over
ut once to tile assistance or Mr. Larkin, who was In- I
deed
A riTIABLB OBJKCT,
beiag nearly insensible, burned extensively orer the |
whole of thii Irc i and itead, and suturing from frac- ,
turo of some of the fingers of the right hand. In due |
course
tbk roues
wi-roon the spot, and, having seen the unfortunate
tiotim taken to bed and placed under the care of tbo
doctor, proceeded to niaku sear< hing inquiry into tho
circumstance* under which the box had been deliveroU
and tho I'Xplosiou caused. The servant who took in
tue box gave It am lier opinion that It was of doal, and
about eight Inches long by live broad, something after
tho shape of an ordinary cigar box; and she hud no
ttirtpiciou whatever as to the nature of Us contents,
handing it to her young mistress in utter Iguoriinco
ol lt-> deadly construction; and the fact that Miss Lar
kin shook'the box violently showed conclusively
that everything in it had neon properly seta red against
possible displacement. t'pou tho arrival ol Insjitcior
Kreostone and iter gun lit Wade at tho bouse a minute
examination of the premises was made with the follow- j
lug result:?The b>>x was tound to have l??Hfn con- j
strutted of deal, with an inner lining ol tin, portions of '
which wore found ull over tne room and sticking In
the wall, showing that tbo lorco of the explosion had .
not been in one direction, hut bad Spread to every
point, and the force with which some of tlio pieces of
tin find hoea driven Into the wall showed that the box
liad contained some highly exploitive substance, while
the smell ol the various pieces ol wood led to the belief
that tho agent employod wa- gunpowder. In
varloas parts of the room were discovered pieces of
MPIRAI. KPHIMIS AM> BII'I'I.KB,
Indicating that some secret internal machinery bad
bicn so arranged that the mere opening of tho box
would inevitably lead to the disastrous results men
tioned above. No time hss bnen lost by the police,
and Inspector Harnett, with those under hi in, were ac
tively engaged the whole ol yesterday in trying Jm
trace the place at which the box was bookod and tlw
party who booked it, but at eleven o'clock la-t night,
upon inquiring Into the ins tier, we were inl'>riiicd that |
the police hail no direet miortiistlou as to the guilty
[Nirties. It seems somewhat str.mge that such nir ap
parent attempt oil the lileol Mr. I.irkin should have
been made, ss he slated that he bad tot an enemy In |
the whole world. There myiiis to be no other solution ,
to the mystery than that It was a
DKMIIBBATB ATTKMPT TO Mt RIIBR,
planned In cold blood, and if the energies of the police
are directod in the right chanuel the apprehension of
[ the assassm or mmsius mil la all probability follow.
THE EMPRESS QUEEN.
TlOTUU'l UV TITLS PBOCLA1XBB TO SO
PEOPLE.
[From the London Gazette, April '&.]
?Y TUB Ql'KSJI?A flQCUIUTIM.
VlCTOUU K.
Whereas an act has been passed tu tUe preseut Bet
?Ion of Parliaiueut intituled "An act to enable Her
Most Gracious Majesty to make an addition to the royal
style aad titles appertaining to the Imperial crown of
the United Kingdom and its dependencies," which act
recites that by the act lor the union of Ureal Britain
and Ireland It whs provided that alter such union the
reyal st> lo and titles appertaining to the imperial
crown ol the United Kingdom aud Its dependencies
should be such as Ilia Majesty, by Ins roval proclama
tion, uutler the groat seal ol the United Kingdom,
should be pleased to appoint, and which act also recites
that by virtue ul the oaid act aud ol a royal proclama
tion under the great ?eal, dated the 1st dav of January,
1601, our present style and title* are "Victoria, by Itio
grace 01 God ol the Cmtod Kingdom ul Great Britain
and Ireland. Queen, deleaaer of the faith," and
which act ulso routes that by the act lor the better
govcrument of India It was enacted that the gov
ernment of India, lierelolore vested in the Kast India
Company iu trust lor us, should become vested in us,
and that India should thenceforth be governed by us
and lu our name, aud that It is expvdicut that there
should be a recognition of tUo transfer of government
so mude by means of an additiuu to lio made to our
style and titles, aud which act alter Lho said recitals
enacts that it shall be lawful for us, with a view to
such recoguiti'iu as aloiesaid ol tho transfer ul the gov
ernment ol ludia, by our royal proclamation uuder lho
great seal of the Uuitod Kiuitdom lo make such add I
lions to tne style aud titles si present appcrtainiug to
the imperial crown ol the United Kingdom and its de
pendencies as to us may seem meet; wo have inought
tit, by aud with tho advice ol' our 1'rivy Council, to ap
point aud declare, and wo do hereby, by and with the
said advlco, appoint aud declare that henceforth, so
tar as I'.envenieutly may bo, on all occasions aad in all
instruments whorcin our style und titles are used, save
and except all charters, commissions, letters patent,
instrument*, not exteudiug In their operation beyond
the United Kingdom, tho following addition shall be
made to the style aud titles at present apportaiulng to
tho imperial crown of the Uuited Kingdom and its de
pendent ies, that is to say, lu the Latin tongue In theso
words, ''/ftiiics Jutperalrix," and lu lho English tongue
in theso word*, "Empress ol India."
Aud our will and pleasure further Is that the said
addition shall not bo made in the commissions, char
ters, loiters patent, grants, writs, appointments und
otiicr like instruments lioroinbolore specially excepted.
And our will and pleasure lurther Is that all gold,
silver and copper moneys now current and lawful
moneys of tne I'niteit Kingdom, uud all gold. Bilvor aud
cop|>c<r moucys which shall on or oiler this day be
coined by our authorities witu tho Iiko impressions,
shall, uotwithstaudlug suuh additiou lo our stylo ami
titles, bo deemed and taken lo lie current and lawful
moneys of the said Uuiteil Kingdom; und, furthor, that
ail uionoys coined lor and issued lu any of the depend
encies ol the said United Kingdom, and declared by our
proclamatiou lo be current and lawful money of such
dependencies respectively, Rearing our style or titles, or
any part or parts thereof, and all moneys which shall
hereafter be coined und insued according to such
proclamation, shall, notwithstanding such addition,
continuo tu be lawful uud current money of such
dependencies respectively until our pleasure shall be
further deciured'thereupou.
Given at our Court at Windsor, tho 28th day of April,
187(3, In tho thirty ninth yeur ol our reign.
Goo Have tub Qlkkn.
ENGLISH EMPKUORS AND KMPKK88E8. !
[From the Loudon Pout, Fob. 18.]
Amid the fictitious excitement which ha* been got up
?bout thu titlo of empress it appears to havu been
totally forgotten that tho term quuon was not always
ao much in lavor as It Is now alleged to be. It Is loudly
proclaimed that queen Is a guod old Saxon title, and
tho fact is conveniently shelved that in one at least of
tho most powerful Saxon kingdoms, at the very height*
of the Saxon dominion, tho term of queen was abol
ished. About A. Li. 7?0, Urihtoric, a King of tho Wost
Saxons, or Wesaex, married a daughter of the famous
and mighty monarch Klug oilu, whoso name is vari
ously spolt Hlhclburga and Kadburga. Sho was a
woman of tho Lady Macbeth typo?a turbulent
spirit, 'and did not hesitate to destroy
thanes aud ooblos by poison, till at last
her husband by aocident partook of a potion aba
had prepared ior another and dlod. Thon the peoplo
iosc, drove hor from the country aud abolished the
name of quson. Hollinshead writes:?"For her hein
ous crimes it Is said that iho kings of tho Wost Saxons
would not sutler their wives to bo quaous nor permit
them to sit with them in open places." They worecnlled
"ladles," and to this day a reminisconco of tho prac
tice survives, as wo still address the monarch as "Our
i Sovereign Lady." The truth is that quoon did not
originally nieau an independent sovereign, but simpl
I the wile of a king. Tho expression "kisg's queens" Is
met with occasionally, and in Saxon documents the
, queen frequently signs herself simply "Lcgltima con
| Jux," tho lawlul wilo, not regma So that It would bo
I as easy to Und argument against the uso cf queen as a
title at against empress. Uor Majesty Is not the llrst
I English soveroigu who has borne tho titlo of
empress. Tho only daughter of lienry L
t married the Roman Kmperor at Meats,
I A. D. 1140, and was ever interword called
: the Kmpress Maud. Upon the deeease ol Henry I.
Maud rcturuod to Kngland, nnd Subbing, Somerset
Herald, in his work on "The Genealogy of thu Knglish
Royal Lino" (1707). states that tho nobility swore fealty !
to her us an em press She was previously called '
{ "Lady of thu Knglish," which would not be a bad titlo I
at the present day. On her opilapb she is described ;
as "Ca>s?rls Uxor"?the wife of Ciesar. Empress was '
not at that dato considered u titlo which ought not to i
bo borne by au Knglish sovereign. Her sou, called
Henry Fltz-Kmpross, son ol tho empress, ascended tho
throne ot Knglami as Henry II. Othur inomlwrs of tho
royal Hue have oorue the Imperial titlo. In A. D. 1257, I
[ Richard, Karl ol Corawall. was crowned King of the 1
Romans, or emperor, and wrote hlmseif "Kvor Augus- <
tus." 1'iHin his seal are the words "Semper Augus- 1
tua" His epitaph (translated), speaking of his impo- I
rial dignity, says:?
liy wliicli tho eagle in hi* shield he wore.
And nconied tho liun which he bare in-fore.
Her Majesty uoes not propose to acorn the lion.
THJC KAllLK
may be found, however, ii]>on more than ono royal coat
ol arms, lioutell writes, "Tho eagle of four omperora
charged in relief upon the early shield in the north
choir aisle of tho Wostiainslor Abbey has a single lioad
and Is not crowned." Kdmond I'iantagenot, K. G.,
Duke of York, A. 1). 14<tt, who was hurled at King's
Langloy, Herts, dis|)iays an impcrral eagle upon lila
arms, with two heads, but not crowned, f he crown of
Kngland is always described as au imporiiil crown;
''imperially crowned?i surmounted by the crown
ol Knglaud." The royal arms display "a Hon stataut,
guardaut, or imperially crowned." Gwllliiu rays that
King Gnorgo's acbiovemems of arms was "charged with
imperial crown ot Charlcma:gn;" and at the coronation
the Kiug "?a crowned with an imperial crown." Tho
first who used such a crowu waa Henry 111. Other
authorities seem to say that an empress need
not be crowned or go through the ceremony
ol coronation upon obtaining that dignity?there
might lie a titular empress. liut perhaps tho
strongest statement upon tho noint to be tound in any
authority Is that of W. Segar, Jforroy Kiug ot Arms, iu
his work printed at London A. 1). Igu2, lib. 4, cap tl,
"Of Qtieenus?Aad it sho wcreaQuoouoot three enliero
ktngdoKies (as our souoraigue is) she may nssaniu the
title of an omprusBe." Three kingdoms aro now in
cluded in tao phrase Great Urilaiu, and if suck was Iho
opinion of a herald at that dale, how much more so
now whou the vast realm of India baa been added to
the Grown I It is admitted that
axraaoa
originally meant a general. Do Lolmo, "Constitution
of Kngland," writing oftlie prerogatives of the monarch, j
say?. "lie H, In right of nls crown, tho generalissimo ,
ol all sea or land lorces whatever"?that is, he is lm- |
yerator In the original Roman aonae. It la not by any
means a title in Jiuatlvo of sers'orted liberty, as ha* been
fallaciously stated, tor consuls aud pro-cousuls in tho |
time of tho Republic were called iinperators when in i
command ol an army, liut the most extraordinary i
misrepresentation wh ch has been made la that
JVI.IUM C.KSAK
lost bis life the moment ho called fcltnaelf an cmporor,
as If there was a particular hatred on tho parlor tho
Romans to that title. The lact Is well known mat it i
wss not Imperator, but rex that the Romans bated and
feared. It was the title ol rex that they abolished (lor
much Iho same reason that the West Saxons did that of
qiieeu); It waa when Julius Casar was saluted rex that
thu tribune tore the llllet from Ins statue. And a bitter
epigram was nude upon Ilrutiis to ibe efleet that ha
was as much a kiiw (under a spec ious title) as tlir umn
ho had slain. Il waa not till a very late period that thu
emperor* dared to a.-siime the n.une ol king. Selden
says ol king or emperor, "el which in tho eider times
plainly the llrst waa the superior, and that ol iwperor ,
denoted only a general!." Au lnde|>eudeat king
was an emperor, and a quctn wa* empress,
"liut wtlhall as Rax semntlnio-i aud Justly denotes
the emperor, bo Retina did the empress.'' j
Seldon is mil of ovidence tlmt the monarch* ot Hritain.
from tho very eat Ileal time#, either actually called
themselves cmperois or sere ? inperors in point of taet.
Chapter 2 ol the second edition, l'~!l, says, " The |
title of emperor given to tho kiug-> ot England." i
Again, " Thu kings of Kngland or Great Hritain have
also justly used it (the tula ol emperor) and that Irom
ancient sges. " King Kdgar called bluisull emperor of
tbnaea a> well aa ol llie land, lie calls himself
KINO or KINO*,
In a charter of A. D. W74, and in another is as explicit ;
iu words can bo, " Kgo Kdgar Has.lens Aligloruin et !
Imperator Reguni Insuiarum." Canute claimed the 1
same authority. Kdward 1. waa held to have imperial
rigbta over the sea as well a" the land, and tills was ad
mitted bv those " stranger* (the French) who, being
next ncigboorn 10 the sea, had most reason to quarrel
with It." William II., though ho did not directly uso
tho title or emperor, yet laid claim to the substanco
of iu Under Henry VIII. "tho whole Parlia
ment so e.onceived und so expressed themselves
that by dltcrs and sundry old auicnliq h'aiorie* and
chronicles it is ti.anilestly declared and impressed that
this iteaiime of Knglaitd i* *n linpire, and so hath been
accepted iu the Wbrld, governed by one supreme Head
sod King, having the dignilie and royal estalo of the
lni|>*riall 'Town of the aanie, and tho King's poaer la
aleocailed lm|>erlai| in another act ol the same I'arlis
ment. And the Crown ol knglaad, to other Parlia
ment* ot Uter times, la titled
THK IMI'KatALI. CROW* ;
the Klnga of Knglaud being also in the exprraso word*
[ of aa lriah Parliament nued Kings and km per era of
the Rsslms of England end df ths land ?< J**1"*
This last !? a bet for the home raters lo digs*. Bl l?J
betb'e uh of the imperial title baa bee* frsqnentlj
mentioned. Con?14?ring tb? iplrtl by tow*
E"!?he, tt may aa.eTy b. aa~rtsd th.tb.ul ibe.r
kingdoms keen so extended as the British tmpire la
now, Ihay would have taken thelitis of emperors in
the in?st unmistakable manner.
No ona, bowsver, now wishes to have an Lmpreas of
England lleelt
IS KMl'KF.HS O* BRITAIN.
It la not generally known tbat Britain ban bad, ?o
ftu- back aa A. D. 270, an Kmpreas, and her uamo was
Victoria. In a work "Th* Kinfs 01 KuroI*>
Rat and Prssent," It Is aaid:-"In 270 there reload Is
Britain iho wif- of Bono.ua, Victoria. ex
temporary with Zsnobla, Empress of the kast, aad waa
called the Empress ol ilia West.
THE EIOT8 IN BARBADOS.
WHAT TUB COLOWIAii DBPUTATIOB BBPOBTBD
TO LOKD CABBABVOB?TBB PLAKTXIIb' TO
SIOM OF THB CAU8BS AMD COK81QDMCII OP
TUB OlXnUKAK.
On the 26th of April, la London, Earl Carnarvon,
Secretary 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 aslced Hor Majosiy'a government to recall the Gov
ernor, Mr. Pupa Ueane^ay. Mr. Thomaa Hankey, M.
P., Introducud tho deputation.
TUt STATSMSNT.
Mr. Neville Lubbock read u long statement, la whlck
he quoted apeechea made by Mr. llenueasy to ihow, ad
ha aald, "their tondency to oxcito prejudice and dis
content, to get class against clans, to ttll the negro
mind with grievance* to a groat extent imaginary, and
excite it with prospects or vast material changes, which
wera equally delusive?to call class and party feelinff
into play, which was likely lo dovolop, and unhappily
bad developed, Into acta of vio'.ouce and luwlessneaa."
LOK? CAKSASVOX'S RKPLY.
Other gentlemen having apoken Lord Carnarvon
aaid ho did not feel clear, eyen alter tho statements ol
the commitloe, aa lo tho precise stato of the case al
that moment In Barbados. They were a*are ho?
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 BurprUo at any
cause lor such a deputation. Mueh had boeu said at
to tha supposod origin of the difficulties?viA., tha
mooting of tho question or confederation. It bad
nover bean the Intention of lier Majesty'? govern
ment m 'any way lo force that quoslion upon tha
Legislature or the people of Barbados. There
had been In his and his prodecessor a opiulon
very considerable advantages to be gained to the colony
bv the adoption of ttouio lorm of confederation, but tb?
essence or the wbolo matter was that it Should proceed
Iroui the spontaneous wish of the Legislature itself, and
that Had boeu repeated in every form ol lauguage to lh<
present Governor of Barbados. It was impossible thai
be could be ignorant of tho clear opinion and instruc
tions on that subject, and It was almost Incredible alter
such strong,' reiterated, unmistakable expressions of
ouiniou that ho could have lent hlinaalfto any agitation
which would have tho effect of enforcing the measure
niton a reluctant people aud an unwilling Legislature.
Tho question al present was the restoration
and maintenance of order In tho island.
(??Hear, hour!') The telegrams which ho had
received through tho West India Committed
woro roally not in stria accord nor consistent with ilia
telegrams tie had received lroin tho (iovernor ol Bar
bados. The last telegram received through the We*t
India Committee waa ono published in the morning
papers, dated the 22d, and llatly contradicted one re
ceived from tho Oovernor, dated the 23d, which was aa
followa:?
Walked all through the town lant nlglit. Everything
quiet, an tranquillity appear, restored. f inv. had some
commltatieus with officer In cotutaaud. Counurntandetj
rtdntorcelueals Irom tha oilier I'la'iJ. More ulun.lerert
captured liy the police. 1roep* patrolled In rural district.,
but have bad no uece?sity to act I reclamation ls?u?d an?
nouucliitf special commission tor *i>eedjr trial ol one nil a r?.
It was siiuply iacrcdiblo that a fiovornor ol any
colony, after riots so serious, so frightful, whereby
to much properly was destroyed?(arty porsous were
nhoi aud houses wero ransacked aud pillagod?should
not mention the circumstances to tlioSecretury ol Slato
and ahould write In the terms Muted. The mailer must
have beau exaggerated ou iho spot 1 here had been
a painlul alarm, and he admitted that matters had
been In a highly unsatisfactory stale. Tko mora
fact of tho Governor haviug thought tt ne?.c?
sary to telegraph lor troops iroui adjoining
colonies seemed Impossible alter a statement
like that ho bad quoted. Siuou tho telegram of tho ua
was received another had come to hand, lu which the
Governor communicated certain names of officers t?
act upou me commist-ion for tho triul of the ofleuders,
and made no allusion whatever lo any Sl thesa sceues
which were supposed to have occurred. It was nei to
ba demoil that thu manor waa a very serious ouo. US
well knew how inflammable ware the populace lo l>?
dealt with and how incautious expressions ollon
led to serious cossequencea. llu uuuerstood
irom tbo Admiralty thai lliore was a man or war
on iho elation that could supply a considerable tore*,
and thoro wore In the islaud ot llarbadoa about 700
man. besides tho artillery m Jamaica. He bad commu
nicated with tha Admiralty, and requested thorn to loss
no tlmo in strengthening tho naval fores In tha neigh
borhood as effectually as they posaibly cooliL Us
truHled tbo precaution* wero unBOOMtffi
his boundoii duty to omit notUing tbat ooula main
tain order is lbs island. (-Hear, bear. ) Ho ro
Broiled tbat such a propositi should have bean
made by such a body as the deputation as lbs
lmmodiato reaall of Oovoroor Hauacsay. lhi
great rule In such matters was, whlls the safety and
iho welfare of the colony atood tlrd and foremost. Id
act with justico, and It would not bo justice to roeal]
anv (lovernor?unless in tho case of most vital seces?
?ltv?without any evidence proved against hiui ana
without giving him a ebaiuoof making 1^
Tho report read bad run through a nuiubor ol
details which did not connect tho governor wllb thd
di.-lurbances ou Iho subjecu There was DOtbl^ll }?
tho language before tho Legislature that would
Justify bis peremptory recall without giving
him an opportunity to explain that
awav. Nothing could be more serWua than the
charges against Mr. Hennessv; which w?re thai
haviug baen directly instructed by the homo gov.
eminent not tolorco tho qacslion or confederation upon
the colony, ho had recourse to secret
occult agencies, aud gol up agitations by appealing tq
the passions or tho |Kjpn'aco in order C*?L 1 .Joi
measure. ("Hear, hear!'? ?nd cries of "That is true,
m> lord," ind ' I* lsso.") Ho thought they must be
content with having made a statement. It had already
been inliinate.l to tbo Governor thai lie would d<n wiel
to givo lull explanations ol the charges brought agalnsl
biui but to recall him without ovtdvlice would llx an
inde'liblo stigma upon his name. At a
too It wonld b? perilous to make s
change in the Executive. ("Hear,
Assuming he bad exceeded Instructions, It was
tha duty of tne Mincer of the Crown to consider very
carcrully, Indeed, nt such a moment, when thero was a
risk o! general dlaisrbanee ihroutihoui the whole ol ths
Island, before be made a chaligo which might precipi
tate matters more than was iho ca!>e "?
hoped tho deputation would remember that the in
rormatlon roce.ved Irom the Governor showed he wM
acting with great vigor in tho suppression^ the> rlota,
had called out troops aud other things, and had shown
no indisjiosttion whatever to incel the
and vigorously. The deputation might Its that
no pains (liould bo spared lo ascertain tho real acts of
the cano. and to tske evory, means lor restoring tbs
condition of the island to Its tranquillity. rraat
Messrs. Wilkinson and Caviller, ol No. 34 Great
Tower street, communicate tho following ^spalch,
dated April 2a. which they received from their agents
Id Barbados:?
h/ricHer? Su^?r iiiit 'touclieJ. lirlghia. all right ***
e"ami ^7-:^
ua.^fi'i Profitiont m lildi.ury, MaaijproTi Ml Mallowa
pt.>l,<ii Hatk Lady llarewood loaded, aallt to morrow.
Constant aud Newtuii, pr ivitions stolen.
Tbo provisions reforrod to are, it Is ststed, princi
pally yams and potatoes.
DKPABTMENT OF PARKS.
>t the meeting of the Board of Public Parks Deld ys?
lor.'.uy the proposals were opened lor paving lbs City
Hall 1'ark and sidewalks. Theru were five bids. Th?
lowest, al twenty cenls a square foot, by Mr. Uermaa
A Guntlier, was accepted. The buis lor lighting ths
Guy Hall I'ark received on April 20 havjngbeen l?r ins
?anie amount wero reopened. Tho result waa that ths
Manhattan Gas Company's bid, 112 a lamp lor the year,
was accepted over that of the Mutual Ga* I.lgb ? Coin,
pany, whicn was $13 70.
Mil. 8TKHBIHH' BSPOnTKn KKSIOMATIO!!
Inquiry waa yesterday made of Mr. Henry O. 8ts??
bins concerning bis reported resignation tromthe Com*
mission or Public Parks. He said that he hsd not con
sidered the matter at all as yet.
FOKEIGN LETTERS.
The following caution bas been Issued by Postmastef
James:?"Do not enclowo coin or Jewelry In letters,
ordinary or registered, addressed to any foreign coun
try In tbe Postal I n ion. By the Treaty of BerM such
loiters are excludej from ibe mads"
BOOKS RECEIVED.
Plato's Boat Tbeughts. R? Uev. C. 11. 8. Balklty. '*?
York . hcrlbasr, Arm.trong A
The Lite and Ult.r. ol l-on Maeanlay. By O Otte Tr*
Telysn t wo volume.. New V.rk : VATihe#.
Acb?ah By H?v. Peter l'SMMt. Bostoa. I^ee *
% The Varlatlnn ef Animal, and H.nt,rndrrl)om?.tlea;
tlon. By Charles Ilarwin. Two volumes. NewTora.w
AVrJt\ Yet Kortflng Tlieir Own Oiialaa. By 0. M. Cornwall
New York: Dead, Sead * Co. Dnhim B.
Hemy Grattan. B> J.din George MacCarthy. Dablia o.
Pont'.iioy.
Cruiennial (lelileboe*. _ . , D ADDicton
llsntlbook Ol Ameriean Oitlea. New Terk v. App
*Tb.t Crew of the Dolphin. By Hesba Htreltoa. Ne?
for >H7d. New Vork:
"A?i>aal*"keport H.cr.l?7 ef lat.raal Affairs of I'd
"inglnee? aad Mechanics'Po^e??HK*- ** 0k*
BaaweU. *ew*erti Utft ? Bretneia.