The Sun. — London, England, 1867-08-17 00:00:00

ammo SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. OXFORD RACES—FIu:DAY. The Stand Plate Handicap of 50 soya ; for three year olds and upwards ; winners extra. Three-quarters of a mile. Mr. De La Ce's Madlle. Cleopatre, by Stockwell—Ada,4 yrs, Est 101 b ........................ : .................(Butler 1 Mr. Samuels's Amour P r opre, 6 yrs, 7 st (Peppier 2 Mr. H. Wright's Venturer, 4 yrs, 7st 51b (iuc. 71b era (Quin xt ce 3 Knight of St. Michael, Diamond, Catherine Hayes filly, and Viscount St. Albans also ran. Betting 7to 4 agst Madlle. Cleopatra, sto 1 each agst Venturer and Knight of St. Michael, 7 to 1 each agst Amour Propre and Diamond. Won by two lengths. The Stratton Audley Nursery Handicap of 10 sovs each, 3 ft, with 100 added ; for two year olds ; winners extra. The owner of the second to save his stake. Three quarters of a mile. 57 subs. Mr. J. Wood's Beauty, by Knowsley, out of Bargain, 6st 111 b (inc. 31b extra) (Butler i 1 Mr. Smith's Harmony, 6st 61b (Kenyon 2 Mr. G. Jones's Cactus, 7st (C. Page 3 Morgan la Faye filly, Paul Jones, Glentarsen, Frailty colt, Violet colt, Thorndyke, Dunoon, Expectation, and Triana also ran. Betting-9 to 4 agst Beauty, 4to 1 agst Paul Jones, 5 to 1 agst Expectation, 100 to 15 agst Harmony, and 10 to 1 agst Trims. Won by a length and a half. The Innkeepers' Handicap Plate of 40 sovs, added to a sweepstakes of 5 sovs each, 1 ft to the fund; for all ages ; winners extra. Half a mile. 50 subs. Mr. Chaplin's Veda, by Lambton—Christabelle, 2 yrs, 6st 41b (Jefferey) 1 Mr. De La Ce's Madlle. Cleopatra, 4 yrs, 7st 31b (inc. 51b ex.) Mr. Saxon's Peggy, 3 yrs, Est (Barnard) 3 The following also ran :—Liddington, Zisca, Miller s Maid, Flying Jib, Gretna, Deceiver, Lillie, Gaiety, Feemy colt, Masson, and Texans. filly. Betting-5 to 2 agst Liddington, sto 1 agst Veda, 6to 1 agst bladlle. Cleopatra, 8 to 1 agst Flying Jib, and 100 to 8 each agst Zisca and The Masson. Won by ten lengths. The Prince of Wales Stakes (Handicap) oi 200 secs in specie ; for all ages ; winners extra. Three-quarters of _ . a mile. 42 subs. Mr. G. Payne's Tremble, by Toxophilite—Flutter, 3 yrs, 1 6st 91b (Mordan) Mr. Smith's Squire, 4 yrs, Est 31b (Williams) 2 Mr. Merry's Sister to Scottish Chief, 3 yrs, sst 121 b (Butters) 3 The following also ran : —Moulsey, Moonbeam, Pro digal, Vixen, Tortuga, Cora, Elegance, and Calot colt. Betting-5 to 2 agst Tremble, 100 to 30 agst Moulsey, 5 to 1 agst Vixen, 10 to 1 agst Squire, and 100 to 8 agst Tortuga. Won by three lengths. The Selling Plate cf 5 0 soya; weight for age, with selling allowances. Half a mile. Mr. Heathcote's Her Ladyship, by Lord Fanconberg— Tiny,. 4 yrs, Bst 21b (.£3O) (Pryor) 1 Mr. Swindell's Sister to Abergeldie, 2 yrs, sst Bst (.00) (Butler) 2 Mr. Covey's Distaff, 3 yrs, 7st 51b (1,30) (Huitable) 3 The following also ran : —La Mute, Sultana, and Metallic. Betting-5 to 4 agst Her Ladyship, 3to 1 agst Sultana, and sto 1 agst La Muta. Won by a neck. The City Members' Plate of 50 sovs, added to a handicap sweepstakes of 5 sovs each, 1 ft; winners extra. One mile and a quarter. 28 subs. Mr. Lapidist's Vampire, by Vengeance—Miss Mar 6s gra 111b ve, 1- 4 yrs, 7st llb .. (Peppier) Lord Westmorland's R u p ert's dam colt, 3 y rs,t Ken (yon) 2 Mr. H. Wright's Hopvine, 4 yrs, 6st 131 b (Jefferey) 3 The following also ran :—Musketeer, Nutrition, Killaloe, General Sherman, and Little Ragamuffin. Betting-7 to 4 agst Musketeer, sto 2 agst Killaloe, and sto 1 agst Rupert's dam colt and Vampire. Won by half a length ; bad third. The winner was objected to onlthe ground of a cross, and the objection stands over. STOCKTON RACES. FRIDAY. The Corporation Plato of 50 sovs; winners of any handi cap after the weights are published 51b, of one value 100 sovs 71b extra. Five furlongs. Mr. R.-liirby's Treasure Trove, by Fandango or Colster dale—Secret Treasure, 4 yrs, 9st (J. Osborne) 1 Mr. R. PAnson's nd Musjid filly, 3 yrs, Est 71b (Cradock) 2 Mr. Williams's Derwent, 3 yrs, Est 51b (Walker) 3 Mountain Buck, The following also ran :—Gulnara, Inheritress, and Paleface. Betting-3 to 1 agst Gulnara, 4to 1 agst Treasure Trove, and 5 to 1 each agst Musjid filly and Paleface. Won by a head. The Eleventh Zetland Biennial Stakes of 10 sovs each, h ft, with 50 added, for two ye ar olds ; colts Bst 101 b, fillies and geldings Bst 61b ; the second to save his stake. Five furlongs. 23 subs. Mr. C. Percy's Russian Bear, by Wild Dayrell - Chow, Bst 51b..... .............................................. (Carroll) 1 Lord Durham's The Nymph colt (allowed 31b), Bst 41b (T. Challoner) 2 Mr. Bowes's Merry and W ise, Bst 61b (Fordham) 3 Lain and Tutela also ran. Betting-6 to 4 agst Russian Bear, sto 2 agst The Nymph colt, 100 to 30 agst Lais, and 8 to 1 agst Merry and Wise. Won by a length and a half. The Middlesborough Plate of 80 sovs, added to a handicap of 10 sovs each, h ft; winners extra; the second to save his stake. One mile and a half. 24 subs, 12 of whom de- dared. Mr. Robert Williams's Declaration, by the Great Un known—Cecilia, 4 yrs, 7st 131 b ..(Whiteley) 1 Mr. Bowes's Klarinska, 5 yrs, Bst (Fordham) 2 Mr. R. Kirby's Little Treasure, 3 yrs, sst 101 b (G. Platt) 3 Liberal and Deceit also ran. Betting.-5 to 2 agst Declaration and 4to 1 agst Kla rinska. Won by a length and a half. The Stockton Four Year Old Claret Stakes of 15 sovs each, 10 forfeit, and 5 if declared, with 100 added, for four year olds in 1867; colts Bst 101 b, fillies and geld ings Bst 71b. Mr. Bowes's Westwick, by Stockwell—Mowerina, Bst 101 b (Fordham) 1 Mr. Watt's Strathconan, Bst 101 b (J. Snowden) 2 Betting.-65 to 40 on Strathconan. Won easily by three lengths. The Grand Stand Selling Stakes of 5 sovs each, 3 ft, with 40 added ; two year olds Bst 31b, three 9st 131 b, four lOst 71b, five list, six and aged list 31b. Half a mile, straight. Mr. J. Osborne's Jenny Mills, by Marquis—Saidee, 2 yrs, Est 71b (.£3O) Mr. John Watson's Roderick Random, 5 yrs, (£3O) (Whiteley) 2 Mr. Johnstone's Zingara, 2 yrs , Est 71b WO) (Cameron) 3 The following also ran : —Neasham, Highland Chief, Berezina filly, Themisto, and Inheritress. Betting-3 to 1 agst Jenny Mills, 4to 1 agst Zingara, and 100 to 15 each agst Berezina filly, Themisto, and Ro derick Random. Won by a neck. The Stockton Stewards' Cup (Handicap), a piece of plate value 200 sovs, by subscription of 10 sovs each, with 50 added ; winners of any handicap value 100 sovs after Aug. 7 (at noon) 71b, of any race value 200 sovs 91b, of anyrace of 500 sovs value 141 b extra (extreme penalty); the second to save his stake ; one mile ; 23 subs. Duke of Beaufort's Lord Ronald, by Stockwell—Edith, 5 yrs, 9st (Fordham) 1 Mr R. H. Jones's Skylark, 6 yrs, 7st 91b...(R Challoner) 2 Mr R. Williams's Declaration, 4 yrs, 7st 121 b (car. Bst 311) (J. Snowdon) 3 The following also ran :—Alruna, Red Earl, Castanet, Corporal, Repulse, and Comus. Betting-5 to 2 each agst Lord Ronald and Corporal, 10 to 1 each agst Declaration, Skylark, Castanet, and Alruna, and 100 to 8 agst Repulse. Won by a head. The Garbut Nursery Pedestrian Plate <Handicap) of 100 sovs, for two year olds. Mr Johnstone's Lady Flora, by Stockwell—Fair Helen (Cameron) 1 Mr Johnstone's Timaru, Bst (T. Challoner) 2 Mr John Watson's Popgun, 6 st (M‘Ewen) 3 The following also ran :—Thankful, The Clipper, Miss Osborne, Shibboleth, Camillo, Hawke, Escape, Albatross. Betting-4 to 1 each agst Timaru, Camillo, and Lady Flora, and sto 1 agst Popgun. Won by a head. LATEST BETTING ON THE COURSE. EBOR HANDICAP. 4to 1 agst Bradamante (taken) 7to 1 agst Goodwood (taken) 12 to 1 agst Challenge (offered) Even Challenge does not run (taken) ST. LEGER. 400 to 200 agst Hermit (taken) sto 2 agst Vauban (taken) 9to 1 agst Marksman (taken) 10 to 1 agst Fervacques (taken) 25 to 1 agst Taraban (offered) PLACE BETTING. 2to 1 agst Marksman (taken) 4to 1 agst Fervacques (taken) 5 to 1 agst Taraban (taken) THE DERBY. 3,000 to 9 agst Glenderg (taken) PROGRAMME OF YORK AUGUST MEETING. WEDNESDAY, Aug. 21. The Zetland Stokes of 5 soya each, with 100 added ; two year olds Est, three Bst 41b, four 9st 21b, five and upwards 9st 81b. One mile. The Brambam Park Stakes of 100 sovs each, 30 ft, for three year olds; colts Bst 101 b, fillies Bst Glb ; winners in 1867 31b, of the Derby or Oaks 71b extra ; ono mile and a half; 5 subs. Argentel, Dulcibella filly, Emily filly, Carnage. The. Convivial Stakes of 10 sovs each, h ft, with Madded, for two year olds; colts Bst 101 b, fillies Bst flub; 31b al lowed; winners once Mb, twice 71b extra; the second to receive 10 per cent. out of the stakes, and the third to save his stake; T.Y.C. ; 54 subs. Merry and Wise (31b), Thorsgill (31b), B o oty (31b), The Duke of Cambridge (31b), Torpedo (31b), Frolicsome (31b), Mother Neasham (31b), Courtmantle, Trogeagle (31b), Election, Maid of Derwent filly, Lady llightborn, Narrow Escape, Pace (31b), Samson (31b), Lady Tatton (wrong nomination), Quality (31b), Footlight (31b), Slanderer, Skedaddler (31b), Bosee (Sib), Sunbeam colt (31b), Sun flower colt (31b), Rogerthorpe colt (31b), Queen of York (31b), Lady Lurewell filly, Traviata (31b), Antonina (31b), Gleuder (31b), Hatchment, Rouge Rose (31b), Bright Vision (31b), Young Alice (31b), Peter (319, Warrington, Queen of Beauty (31b), Happy Thought (31o), Idalia (31b), Helvellyn (31'o), Miss Agnes filly, Agnes de Mansfeldt, Amendment, Beautiful Star, Mysotis (31b), Chantilly, Miss Gladiateur(3lb), Pyrenees, Molinara (31b), .thou (31b). The Chesterfield Plate of 100 soya (Handicap) ; winners of any handicap of 100 soya value after August 13 (at ten a.m.) 71b, of any other handicap 51b extra. One mile. Age st lb Age at lb Lord Ronald 5 9 0 Ischia ... 4 612 Crown Prince ... 4 810 Vixen ... 5 612 Success (inc.7lb ex) 5 8 9 Begun ... 4 6 11 Caithness ... 4 8 0 Python ... ... 3 611 Westwick 4 712 Miss Harriette ... 4 610 Declaration 4 7 11 Paxton ... 3 6 10 Lion 5 7 11 Elegance ~. 4 6 8 Skirmish 57 10 The Priest... ... 3 6 8 Landlord 4 7 10 Deceit 3 6 6 Centaur 4 7 9 Seville 3 6 6 ;,;kylails 6 7 9 Capitols 3 6 2 ... 3 6 2 Treasure Trove Cranmore 4 7 9 Child of the Islands 3 6 0 Bob Chambers Merry Harp 57 7 out of Emily 4 3 6 12 0 Raglan ~. a 7 5 Elfeta (dead) ... 5 Friday ... ~. 57 4 Little Treasure ... 35 11 Repulse 4 7 4 Derwent...... 3 5 1 0 K n ight Errant Mongrel 57 2 Sujah Dowlah 35 10 Mrs. Allan 4 7 0 Compensation ... 4 5 9 Audax 5 7 0 Star of the East ... 3 5 7 Ailesbury Three per Cent 4 Chepstow The Burgundy Stakes of 100 soya each, h ft, for four year olds ; colts Bst 101 b, fillies Bst 61b; two miles (over the Old Course.) 5 subs. Ro cby Bro. to Bird on the Wing (foaled in 1853)- Rapid Rhone's dam, Rustic, Bertie, Duke of York, Esca. The Bradgate Park Stakes of 5 soya each, with 50 added ; two year olds Gst 101 b, three Bst 71b, four 9st 71b, five and upwards 9st 121 b; mares and geldings allowed 31b. The Black Duck Stakes of 1,000 soya each, 300 ft, for two year olds ; colts Bst 101 b, fillies Bst 61b ; untrieds allowed 31b and 61b; each subscriber to name two foals, and bring one to the post ; three quarters of a mile ; 5 subs. Herald, Lady Grace, Grandee, Brother to Stafford, colt by Brother to Bird on the Wing (foaled in 1853), dam by Young Melbourne (31b), Ouragan, Souveraine, colt by Thormanby out of Sunbeam (31b), colt by Thormanby out of Sunflower (31b). The Eleventh North of England Biennial Stakes of 10 soya each, with 100 added, for three year olds ; colts Bst 101 b, fillies Bst 51b; two miles (over the Old Course). Dellah, Vauban, Ophicleide, Lady Hester, Charming May, Taraban, The Wild Wind, Blinkhoolie, The Hermit, Lochaber, Stolen Kisses, Thornapple, Wroughton, Mussul man, Plaudit, Chatsworth, Argentel, Jewel, Domestic Bliss, King Charles, Prodigal, Ines, The Duchess, Frost, colt by Orlando out of Raillery, Knight Errant, Barmaid, *filly by Newminster out of El Dorado, Bost Returns, The Dean, Honestish, colt by Thormanby-Rogerthorpe's dam, colt by Thormanby out of Cordella, Somerled, Gipsy King, Walton, Rabbit Trap, Romping Girl, The Rake, Nor manby, Raviola, Roquefort, Moleskin, Dear Tom, Princess Mary, Sir Oliver, Arundel, Kidderminster, Feodor, Collins, filly by Voltigeur out of Blondelle, Stradbroke, Scipio, Senngapatam, The General, Kingley Vale. The Yorkshire Oaks of 15 sovs each, 5 ft, with 100 added, for three year old fillies ; Bst 101 b each ; the winner of the Oaks at Epsom 71b, the second 31b extra ; one mile and a quarter. Mettle, Susan, Delilah, Seville, Rinderpest, Lady Hester, Charming May, Waterhen, Corybantica Rondinella, Bel lona, Ringtail Screamer, Stolen Kisses, Problem, Boadicea, Butterfly c, Vestal, Cymbal, Red Riband, Hawthorn Bloom, Dovetail, Sunnylocks, Nancy, Skysail, Sister to Strafford, Maydew, Mochrie, Peg Fife, Ines, the Duchess, The Em press, Hornet, El Dorado, Barmaid, Narino, Ltttle Trea sure, Araminta, Lino., Minster Bell, Sunflower f, Blanche of Middlebie f, Lexovienne, Mcestissima, La Puce, Romping Girl, Perdition, Fair Weather, Ornament, Polly Perkins, Riavioli, Moleskin, The Sister to Claverhouse, Peggy, Nursery Girl, Princess, Mary, Blondelle f, Rupeo f, Lady Eaton, Rust, Lalage. The Juvenile Stakes of 100 soya each, 30 ft, for two year olds ; colts Bst 10Ib, fillies Bst 81b ; the second to save his stake ; three quarters of a mile ; 6 subs. Herald, Nell Gwynne, Beeotia c (11 b), Slanderer, War rington, Mysotis. The Old Three Year Old Produce Stakes of 100 sovs each h ft, for three year olds ; colts Bst 10st, fillies Bst 71b 31b allowed ; the second to save his stake ; each sub scriber to name two mares, and bring the produce of one to the post ; two miles ; 5 subs. New Calabar (3 1 b), Phantasmagoria (31b), Sunflower (31b), Thorsday (31b), Blanche - of Middlebie f (31b), Stock still (31b), Artesia (31b), Little Rover (31b), Miss Eliza beth (31b). A Sweepstakes of 100 sovs each, li ft, for four year oldsi colts Bst 101 b, fillies Bst 61b; maiden four year olds al lowed 71b ; winners of the Derby or St Leger 71b, of the Oaks 51b extra; two miles (over the Old Course) ;3 subs. Ben Battle, Prince of Wales, Freedom. TRURSDAY. The Twelfth North of England Biennial Stakes of 10 soya each, with 100 added, for two year olds ; colts Bst 101 b, fillies Bst 51b ; winners of any race in 1867 value 500 soya 31b extra; starters and not won allowed 31b; the second to receive a sum equal to 10 per cent. on the whole stake, and the third to save his stake ; T.Y.C. Fugloman, Corporal, Herald, Lady Grace, Europa, The Roe f, Thorsgill, Booty, Tympanum, Curse Royal c, St. Ronan, Schiedam, Inspiration, Melbourne, The Nymph c, Brother to Ariel, The Sawyer, Frolicsome Red Comyn, Lanark, Little Prince, Lady Barbara, Equerry, C Sweet Waters, Asbplant, Bi llet (Bro. to Bivouac), Bouquet c, Shibboleth, Cawdor, Rogerthorpe's dam c, Hawke , La d y Hi g hthorn, Harvester, Clarion, Casse Tete, Upluathan, Boanerges, Entremet c, Vale Royal, Blueskin, Brother to Claverhouse, Jim Crow, Benefactress, Viscount, Antonina, Warrington, Harebell, and Pilmoor. The Filly Sapling Stakes of 50 soya each, 30 ft, for two year old fillies ; Bst 101 b each ; the second to save his stake. T.Y.C. (5 fur 44 yds). 14 subs. Leis, Lady Grace, The Roe f, Buttercup, Clemence, Lady Barbara, Tutela, Lady Highthorn, Chanson, Witchcraft, Miracle, Sedella, and Mysotis. The Ebor St. Leger of 25 sons each, for three year olds; colts Bst 101 b, fillies Bst 51b ; winner of the Derby 71b, of the Oaks, or of any other three year old stakes value 500 sovs 41b extra ; the second to save his stake. One mile and three quarters. 7 subs. The Wild Wind, Lochaber, Blinkhoolie, Coldstream, Argentel, Tremble, Stockman The Prince of Wales' Stakes of 10 sow!, with 50 added, for two year olds; colts Bst 101 b, fillies Bst 51b. T.Y.C. (5 fur 44 yds). Lady Grace, Ylang-Ylang, Haymaker, Paco, Belfast, Equerry, Narrow Escape, Brother to Bombastss, Donald bain L'Epte, Clarion, Queen of York, Thunderstorm, Bro. to Redmire, P rogress , Idalia, Queen of Beauty, Philoso pher, Goodlass, Alacrity, and Madrid. The Glasgow Stakes of 30 soya each, h ft, for two year olds ; colts Bst 10Ib, fillies Bst 61b ; T.Y.O. ; 3 subs. Braxey f, Ritualist, Helvellyn. The Rawcliffe Stakes of 10 soya each, h ft, with 50 added, for two year olds; colts Bst 101 b, fillies Bst 71b; 31b and 51b allowed. T.Y.C. Welton (Bib), Percussion (31b), Latooka (31b), Timaru S3lb), English Rose filly, Janet Rawc liffe, Camillo, The phynx, Ritualist, Privilege, Philosopher (31b). The Lottery Stakes of 5 soya each, with 50 added ; two year olds 7st, three Bst 101 b, four 9st 101 b, five and up wards lOst ; mares and geldings allowed 31b ; the winner to bo sold for 100 soya; if entered for 80 sovs allowed 41b, 60 81b, 40141 b ; the second to save his stake. T.Y.C. The • Great Ebor Handicap of 200 sovereigns, added to a sweepstakes of 20 sovs each, 10ft, and 5 only if declared; the winner of any handicap value 100 soya after July 31, at 6.30 p.m., 71b ; of two of that value, or one of 200 sovs, 10lb; of three, ler one value 500 soya, 141 b extra ; the second to receive 50 soya ; 2 miles, over the Old Course. 62 subs., 38 of whom pay 5 soya each. Age at lb Age st lb Lecturer ... ... 4 9 4 Challeng e ... 3 7 5 Gomera ... 5 9 3 The Peer ... 4 7 2 John Davis ... 68 9 Goodwood.. ... 36 12 . Dalby ... 6 8 8 Lord of the Dales.. 3 6 6 Beaming ... 4 8 0 Fairwind 3 6 5 Bradamante 6 7 13 Ailesbury 3 6 5 A.ckworth ... 6 7 11 Mandrake ... 3 6 2 Retrousse ... 47 10 Minster Bell ~. 36 2 Sealskin ... ... 47 9 Sevill e ... 3 6 0 Lady Vane... ... 47 8 Leap Year ... 3 13 Treasure Trove ... 7 5 Fortun Treasure 3. 5 7 The Fairfield Stakes of 10 soya each, with 100 added ; two year olds 7st, three Bat 121 b ; fillies and geldings allowed 31b, winners of any stake in 1866 or 1867 amounting to 2,000 sova 101 b, 1,000 51b extra; maidens at starting if they liavo run twice allowed 31b, thrice 51b, four times 71b ; the second to receive 20 soya out of the stakes, and the third to save his stake ; three quarters of a mile ; 16 subs. Uncas 2 yrs, Skysail 3, Sister to Little Agnes 2, Mer cury 2, Lady Flora 2, Amelia colt 2, Orion 2, Faii field 2, Ines 3, Lady Elizabeth 2,•Witchcraft 2, Tom Crinkle 2, Grand Cross 3, Progress 2, Lady Zetland 2, Bessie Dixon 2. Her Majesty's Plate of 100 sovs; three year olds Bst 51b, 4 yrs 9st 71b, five, six, and aged 9st 121 b; two miles. The Londesborough Cup of 50 sovs in specie, added to a Handicap Sweepstakes of 5 sovs each, for all ages ; the second to save his stake ; three quarters of a mile. FRIDAY. The Great Yorkshire Stakes o f 10 sovs each, with 100 added for the second, for three year olds ; colts Bat 101 b, fillies Bst 51b; the winner of the Derby at Epsom 71b, of the Oaks 41b extra, of both, the highest penalty of such two ; one mile and three quarters ; 49 subs. Ophicleide, Vauban, Caucasus, Charm in g May, Birdforth, Taraban, The Wild Wind, Bellona, Sister to Vedette, Bergeronette, Fan-fan, Knighthood, Walton, Brother to Ascham, Sister to First Flight, Sister to Rapid Rhone, Mochrie, Domestic Bliss, Honesty, Guy of Warwick, Manuella, Monolith, Blinkhoolie, Beauclerck, Sceur de Charite (dead), King of Spades, Cromwell, Harrogate, Cyclone, Q.C., Golden Plover, Brave Buckley , Sunflower filly, Blanche of Middlebie filly, Rambling Katie filly, Livarot, Summertime, Prodigal, Rattoon, Achievement, Rouge Sanglier, Stanhope, - Rupee filly, Dulcibella filly, Londesborough, Thick Thorn, Imperator, 13umblekite, and Graziosa. The Gimcrack Stakes of 10 sovs each, with 100 added, for two year olds; colts Bst 10Ib, fillies Bst 51b; the winner of the Convivial, the Prince of Wales's, or the North of England Biennial Stakes 51b, of two of those stakes or of any stake value 500 sows 71b extra ; the second to re ceive 25 sovs out of the stakes, and the third to save his stake. Ono mile. 30 subs. Ylang, Thankful, Tympanum Bemis colt, Aquila., Ylang ie Bear,Ada, Di Vernon, Rosed , w , Frolicsome, Berens, The Ear Brother to Bombastes , Billet, Ouragan, L'Ept e , T a b rt ' Sunbeam Anto c n o i l n t, a , S lan d e rer,Ci Chelsea,Ph ilosopher, Goodlass: Rus sian Al acrity, Clarion, The P o p e Madrid, Earnley, and Philosopher. The York Cup, value 200 sovs, by subscription of 10 soya each, with 100 added ; three year olds 7st 51b, four Bst 71b, five Bst 121 b, six and aged 9st ; mares and geldings allowed 31b; the winner in 1865, 1866, or 1867 of the Derby, St. Leger, Ascot, Goodwood, or Doncaster Cups 71b, of any two of the above 12Ib extra ; the winner of the York Cup, Thousand Guineas Sta s, Oaks, Alex- andra Plate, or Prince cf Wales's Stakes at Ascot during the same years 31b extra ; maiden three year-olds never having received 50 sovs for running second allowed 61b, four 141 b, five 181 b; the second to receive 20 sovs out of the stakes. Two miles, over the . Old Course. Moulsey 6 yrs, Dalby 6, Salamanca 3, John Davis 6, Lecturer 4, Lord of the Dales 8, Archimedes 5,- The Peer 4, Strathconan 4, Rama 4, Roquefort 3, Grand Cross 3, Knight of the Crescent 4, Honestish 3, Lord Hastings 3, Tynedale 3, and Corporal 3. The Nursery Plate of 200 sovs (Handicap); winners after Aug. 13 (at ten a.m.) 71b extra. T.Y.C. (about five furlongs). st lb ljucas (inc 7lb ex) 8 13 Philosopher . 8 10 Brother to Bombastes... 8 10 Earl, The ... ... 8 7 Affection 8 6 Evelina. 8 6 Morgan la Faye filly_ 8 4 Brunette ... 8 4 Donaldbain ... 8 0 Paul Jones ... 8 0 Sawyer, The ... 7 12 Scotchman's Pride 7 11 Pride of Erin... 7 10 at lb Queen of Beauty 7 0 Hermosa ... 7 0 Aquila ... 7 0 Miss Osborne ... 6 13 Lady Flora ... 6 13 Secret Service ... 6 13 Yardarm ... 6 13 Kettleholder ... 6 12 F by Gomma, di Vergy —Capucine 6 12 Patrician 612 The Clipper (h-b) 6 12 Cawdor ... 6 12 Zingers 6 11 Camillo 6 10 Jenny Mills ... 6 8 Percussion ... 6 8 Donation ... ... 6 8 F by Newminster— English Rose 6 7 Bright Vision... ... 6 7 William ... 6 7 Cornet ... 6 7 Orange Blossom ... 6 7 F by Lambton—Bat terT ... 6 7 Morning Star ... 6 6 Mother Isitiasham 6 6 Airgill z ... 6 4 Vortigern ... 6 0 Popgun ... ... 512 Painshill 7 10 Traviata 7 7 Lady Grace 7 6 Cuckoo... 7 6 Lady Barbara 7 Peninsula 7 4 Festivity 7 4 Amendment 7 3 Birdseeker 7 3 Bessy Dixon ... 7 3 Catawba filly ... 7 3 Miracle 7 3 Lady . Zetland 7 3 Warrington ... 7 2 How d'ye Do ... 7 2 Canute... 7 2 Mr. Briggs ... 7 2 Janet Rawcliffe 7 2 Meliora 7 0 The Aske Produce Stakes of 50 sovs each, h ft, for three year olds ; colts Bst 101 b, fillies Bst 71b; untrieds allowed 31b; T.Y.C. 4 subs. Rosee (31b), Queen of Beauty (31b), Warrington (31b), Molinaro, (31b). The Colt Sapling Stakes of 50 sovs each, 30 ft, for two year old colts; Bst 101 b each; the second to save his stake ; T.Y.C. 9 subs. Herald, Viridior, Innerdale, Little Prince, Equerry, Pace, Samson, Thunderstorm, Vale Royal. The Knavesmire Stakes of 200 sovs each, h ft, for three year olds ; colts Bst 101 b, fillies Bst 61b ; the winner of the Derby 71b, of the Oaks or any sweepstakes of the value of 1,000 soya 41b extra; maidens allowed 51b and 31b; the second to save his stake. One mile. 8 subs. Ruthven, b c by Barbatus, dam by West Australian (31b), The Hermit, Summertime, Sunflower filly (31b), Siclder minster, Arundel, Cyclone. The Consolation Scramble of 50 sovs, added to a handi cap of 5 soya each. T.Y.C. The Badminton Stakes of 5 sovs each, with 100 added, for two year olds ; colts 9st ; fillies and geldings Bst 101 b. T.Y.C. The Members' Plate of 50 soya ; th r ee year olds Tat, four Bst, five and upwards Bst 71b. Three quarters of a mile. PROGRAMME OF WEST DRAYTON SUMMER MEET IN G.—MONDAY. The Middlesex Stakes of 3 sovs each, with 20 added ; three year olds Bst 71b, four milelb, five and upwards 9st 71b. Three quarters of a. The Ladies' Plate (Handicap) of 40 sovs; winners after Aug. 15 (at 10 a.m.) 51b extra; about 5 furlongs. Age st lb Age st lb Rustic Beauty ... 5 8.12 Sprig of Shillelagh 6 7 7 The Squire ... 48 6 Knight Templar 37 7 Marshal Ney ... 48 6 Bouquetiero ... 27 7 Wellesley ... ... 48 5 Odd Fellow ... 37 5 Volbynia ... 4 8 4 Hue and Cry ... 2 7 5 The Clyde 4 8 4 Vigor 3 7 4 Killarney ... ... 4 8 2 Glowworm ... 4 7 4 Tina ... ... 48 2 Ruth ... 3 7 0 Distaff ... ... 38 2 Albion 2 7 0 Feemy ... 3 7 12 Thorncroft ... 2 7 0 Amy Scott filly ... 3 710 Vicious ... 3 612 Hopleaf ... 4 7 8 Cleopatre ... 3 6 12 Warcop ... 3 7 8 Magnolia ... 2 6 12 Tribune ... 4 7 7 Lady Emily colt 2 5 7 Gaiety ... 37 7 Toy ... ... 25 7 The Hurdle Race (Handicap) of 5 soya each, 5 ft, with 30 added; one mile and a half, over six hurdles; 19 subs. Age st lb Age st lb Patience ... al2 7 Clarina (paid) ... 610 10 Robin Adair a 11 7 Helice "'5 10 9 The Guide ... 5 11 7 False Al arm 4 10 7 Milford (h ... 611 5 Prenez Garde 410 7 Triumpher 611 5 Lydia ... 510 7 Jassy 5 11 4 Banshee ... 4 10 5 Rina1d0...... 5 11 0 The Clyde ... 410 5 Gay Ned 4 11. 0 Fair Rosamond ... 4 10 0 Sandford ... a 10 12 Busy Body 3 9 7 Genievre a 10 10 The Colne Handicap of 5 soya each, 1 ft, with 30 added winners after Aug. 15 (at 10 a.m.) 51b extra; one mile 19 subs. Age st lb Rally ... 4 7 8 Rod in Pickle ... a 7 7 Lord Wahlegrave... 5 7 Little Peevish ... 4 7 5 Busy Body ... 3 7 5 Rinaldo ... ... 5 7 3 Lady Margaret 37 2 Pas de Charge ... 4 7 0 Romney ... 7 0 Age at lb Star of India ... 38 12 Musketeer 5 8 10 N u ... 5 8 10 Wild Bee ... 5 8 10 Vampire ... 4 8 5 Erin go Bragh a 8 5 Leading Suit 3 7 12 Quirina ... 4 7 10 Olivia 6 7 10 Faint Heart ... 4 7 10 , The Open Hunters' Stakes of 5 sovs each, 2 ft, with 25 added, for hunters ; llst 71b each, professional riders 71b extra; way horse not having won 50 soya on the flat previous to the time of entry allowed 71b ; two miles on the flat ; 8 subs. Chelmsford, False Alarm, Newick Lass, Rod in Pickle, Milford, Zeeloo, Humphrey Davy, and Mrs. Naggleton. HONORARY DEGREES. (From the Nation.) In a college calendar July may be called " the month of degrees." The present season has been as prolific as any of its predecessors in these academic distinctions. Not only has . there been the staple harvest of bachelors, and a full assortment of mas ters " in course" and " out of course," " honorary" and " ad cundem," but there has been, considering the cool weather, :a very fair crop of honorary democrats in law, medicine, and theology, with some show of fruit, as the gardeners would say, in the varieties which have been newly introduced into this country—the democrats of philosophy and music. Oue institution which, so far as we know, is not distinguished for its advantages in the way of instruction, has bestowed, for several years, more honorary titles than it has numbering students in its graduating classes. For some time past we have watched these coronation ceremonies, when modest worth and ambitious intrigue are both rewarded with university distinctions, endeavouring to dis cover the law of selection by which some men come to doctorates and other men do not. Our curiosity has at least been repaid with amusement. Knowing some of the managers of our oldest and most honoured institutions, we have been favoured with glimpses behind the scenes, and have learned a little of the arts which are employed to secure the docto rates in divinity and law, these being the grand prizes in the commencement lottery. We have followed the steps of one candidate and another, and have sometimes seen the same person doubly dubbed with the mystic initials bestowed on two different colleges, by a surprisingly simultaneous recognition of his merit, when all the world was wondering that he was dubbed at all. The conclusion to which we have come is this, that the mode in which hono rary degrees are conferred in this country is a sham and a shame. Institutions of learning, which should be vigorous , and independent enough to resist abuses, are 'lea by the fashion, or by the demands of their graduates and friends, con sciously or unconsciously, to perpetuate an evil which has gradually crept in, and which is fast becoming a positive nuisance. To understand how these modern abuses have grown up, we must bear in mind the history of academic titles. Oar fathers brought them to this country from England, where they formed a part of the paraphernalia of medisaval society. A college was an association or guild. None could enter it except by conforming to the prescribed formalities. Once admitted, various privileges were open to the scholar, and the diploma he received conferred in fact, as well as in form, Jura, Insignia, Ilonores, Privilegia, Dignitates. Many positions in life were accessible only to those who had . passed through the academic portal. In this literary guild were grades or ranks. The bachelor had the right prxiegendi, or of teaching sr ith a text-book ; the master had the right profitendi, or of being a professor, and of teaching without a mAl nal his own accumulated wisdom. Gradually the doctor's rank became even higher than the master's, and was considered as the mark of superior distinc tion in some branch of learning. Like the lower degrees it was conferred upon examination, and was the certificate of the college or university which conferred it that the recipient was a proficient in medicine, divinity, or law. In accordance with the modesty which distinguished the foundation of our oldest Americain colleges, honorary doctorates were not, for many years, conferred at all. Even the honorary master's degree was sparingly bestowed. After a while, when the primitive simplicity of manner was yielding to the dignities and forms of the revolutionary period, doctorates of divinity and law were freely bestowed on men distinguished in church and state—never, we believe, in this coun try, for merit in examination, but always honoris causa. As letters became a profession, the docto rate of law was conferred on men of scientific and literary attainments, without reference to their skill in jurisprudence. While the population was scanty, and the colleges were but half-a-dozen in number, no great harm came from this bestowal of degrees. The colleges were chary of their honours, a . .id the recipients were commonly men who were, at least, as worthy of academic distinction as any in the land. The college managers were responsible also to public sentiment. But now the number of col leges has largely increased. No one pretends to keep the run of them. The doctorates which they confer are innumera ble. Designing men are con sequently enabled to make use of their academic titles to impose upon unwary people. They use their degrees to sell their literary wares, puff their schools, and secure consideration from their neigh bours. The real distinctions of scholarship are are depreciated because their populmarelny uofndleetrtreartsed, and many modest and emi nentmore pushing neighbours have borne away the en dorsement of their colleges. We hold, therefore, the older colleges ought to recast their mode of con ferring degrees. Let Harvard and Yale inaugurate a change, and the smaller colleges will follow suit. There are several considerations which ought to of such a change. be ln tbhoerfinerstinplamcein, din allthe th c i o n l k le i g n e g s of the land, some hundred in number, claim the same privilege of creating doctors. A " female college" out West, or a chartered corporation without any students, can furnish the same brand as Harvard or Yale. " LL.D." looks just as well at the end of a name, and the "Reverend Dr." sounds just as well for a prefix, when the degree is conferred by the unheard of University of Montana, as when it is received from Oxford or Cambridge. The public are very forgetful, and though the dons in our older colleges may scoff at the degrees of their younger sisters, there is no one else to care. Again, all these in stitutions, old and new, "male and female," bestow their honours, so far as we can discover, without any grindin g principle. Certainly there is no avowal of reasons, nor any show of examination, nor any publicity of discussion iAt the so o as tounded by f commence ment exercises the gapng assembly is the announcement that A, B; and C are constituted doctors of theology or law, and this grave distinc tion is telegraphed at once, through the associated press, to every city in the land ; but no key is given to the proceeding. Who can tell why Professor Pierce was honoured this year at Cambridge, or Secretary Stanton at New Haven ? But this indiscriminate bestowal of titles by well known and unknown colleges is not the worst evil. It is so easy to get a degree, so many men of slight acquisitions have obtained degrees, that it is now the way to apply for these honours ; and if the secret sessions of college corporations were made public, there would be an astounding revelation of intimations and open requests and indorsements. Members of the faculties of colleges are constantly applied to to lend their influence to secure a doc torate for this person or that. By designed coin cidences letters are sometimes received from dis tant points and from very different writers, calling attention to the peculiar merits of this or that can didate, and recommending him to f av ourable con sideration. What now is the remedy for this state of things ? Three occur to us as possible. First, the older and firer colleges might refuse to give honorary doc m The smaller and . torates under any circumstanc es. younger colleges would be likely to follow the ex ample. Or, secondly, doctorates in law or theology mi g ht be given on examination —the candidate of fering himself, like the candidates for the baccalau reate, openly and honourably, with a thesis or trea tise which should exhibit his attainments. This is the usage of some of the foreign un iversities. Or, thirdly, a college might declare its purposa to ad vance its own graduates to honorary distinctions on certain recognised principles of promotion—the publication of some scholarly work, the, accom plishment of some literary task, or the attain ment of some high position. In every case the reasons for bestowing the degree should be openly avowed. If a man is made doctor of laws, the public have a right to know whether it means he has fought a battle, or is on the right side in politics, or is a donor to the extent of " five thousand dol lars and upwards." At present everything looks accidental. Two years ago, General Grant, on his way to Canada, happened to take a commencement dinner in a town down East, and came away LL.D. General Meade, on his return from a wedding, visited Cambridge, and bore away the same diploma. General Howard left the Freedmen's Bureau to visit his home, and the nearest college christened him doctor of laws. General Terry, on the other hand, came out a simple master of arts at New Haven, on the principle that a prophet is not without honour save in his own country. A few years before, a professor of Greek found himself proclaimed at Cambridge a doctor of divinity, when he had not even been ordained as a minister. Bismarck is announced as having just been made a doctor of philosophy in one of the Ger man universities. George Peabody is doctor of civil law at Oxford. The newly arrived minister from Greece has turned up an LL.D. at New Haven. How many of the corporation could tell his name? So it goes year after year. Take the lists of any respectable college, and see whom they have ho noured and whom they have not. One hour's scrutiny would be sufficient to show that the whole system, as at present maintained, is full of fraud towards the public, unfairness towards men of let ters, and dishonour to the name of learning and the thought of academic honour. 711 E REFORM BILL. TUESDAY. The Selling Hurdle Plate of 30 sovs (Handicap); the win ner to be sold for 40 sovs ; ono mile, over four hurdles. The Cowley Plate of 30 sovs ; two year olds ist 71b, three 9st, four 9st 71b, five and upwards 9st 121 b; about five furlongs. The West Drayton Handicap of 5 sovs each, 2 ft, with 50 added ; winners after Aug. 15 (at 10 a.m.) 51b extra ; one mile and a half ; 19 subs. Age et lb Nabocklish ...6 7 7 Littte Peevish 4 7 6 Lydia 5 7 5 Romney ... 3 7 2 Busy Body ... 3 7 . 2 Knight of Downe 3 7 0 Changeable 3 6 12 Lady Margaret 3 6 12 Clarina ...6 (pd) Age st lb Nutrition ... 4 8 12 Musketeer ... 5 8 12 Black Prince ... 4 8 12 E ndsleigh 5 8 9 Vampire 4 8 Erin go Bmgh a 8 2 Mischief ... 4 7 10 Slender ... 4 710 Faint Heart 4 7 8 Quirina 4 7 7 The Welter Cup (Handicap), value 30 gs. ; professionals 71b extra; winners after August 15 (at ten a.m.) 51b extra ; one Ili le. Ago st lb ... 5 12 5 5 12 5 al2 0 4 11 7 4 11 5 Musketeer Wild Bee Erin go Bragh Killarney Quirina Age at lb Pas de Charge ... 410 12 Rod in Pickle ... alO 7 - _ Busy Body ... 3 10 5 Lion King 3 10 5 Romney 310 5 Mrs. Naggleton ... a 10 4 Viscount St. Albans 3 10 4 Warcop...3lo 4 Gaiety...3lo 3 Odd Fellow 3 9 5 Newark Lass (II b) 6 9 10 Humphrey Davy Olivia Faint Heart 4 11 6 11 4 11 Rally ... ... 411 3 Elsie Venner ... a 11 0 Lord Waldegrave... 5 11 0 The Guide... ... 5 10 12 Hurdle Race Plato (Handicap) of 40 sovs ; entrance 2 soya; winners after August 15 (at ten a.m.) 71b extra one mile and a half ; over six hurdles. Age at lb The Guide... 5 11 9 Sportsman... a 11 7 Robin Adair a 11 7 Triumpher... 6 a 11 11 7 7 r Liston u Milford ... ... 611 5 Jassy 5 11 4 Humphrey Davy 411 2 Nabocklish ... 6 11 0 Erin go Bragh ... all 0 Rinaldo ......5 11 0 Genievre a 10 12 The Ivor Plate (Handicap) August 15 (at ton a.m.) Age st lb 3 8 12 5 8 10 5 8 10 5 8 9 5 8 7 4 8 4 4 8 3 4 8 2 3 8 2 4 8 0 3 8 0 5 7 11 Camillus ... Age st lb 5 10 12 Sandford ... a 10 12 Helice ••• ... 5 10 9 Lydia ... 5 10 7 Prenez Garde ... 410 7 False Alarm ... 4 10 7 Rod in Pickle ... a 10 7 Banshee ... 410 5 The Clyde... ... 410 5 Fair Rosamond ... 4 10 0 Order ... ... 3 9 0 of 40 Boys; winners after 71b extra ; about 5 fur. Age st lb Star of India ... Nu ... ... ••• Rustic Beauty ... Wild Bee ... ••• Oppressor ... ••• The Squire ••• Wellesley ... ••• C by Wild Dayrell —Calot ... ... 3 710 Feemy ... ... 3 7 9 Hop Leaf ... ... 4 7 6 Tribune ... ... 4 7 5 Knight Templar ... 3 7 5 Sprig of Shillelagh 6 7 5 Gaiety ... ... 9 7 5 Glowworm... ... 4 7 2 Ruth ... ... 3 6 12 Cleopatra ... ... 3 6 10 Volbynia ..• ••• Prima Donna Killarney ... ••• Distaff • .. ••• Yellow Girl ... RACING FixTL AUGU DIES FOR 1867. IS T. ICanterbury Derby Yarmouth 2: Weymouth Tunbridge Baden Baden .]II,IBER. Ri c h m ond l7 I Hendon l9 Monmouth Manchester Autumn 2'J Newmarket Ist October 24 Hastings 2O York August 2l Dover ............ . ..... 22 West Drayton 22 Plymouth 22 Lichfield 26 SEPT ] Margate Warwick Spring 3 Abingdon 5 Leicester Doncaster Brecon l6 OCT I Northampton Autumn 1 Edinburgh Bedford 3 NOV] 3BEIL Newmarket 21 October 1 7 Ch e ltonham Newmarket Houghton :MBE It. ILoamiugton Hunt Liverpool Autumn 5 Shrewsbury Autumn ll COURSING. COURSING MEETINGS TO COME. SEPTEMBER. Name. Judge. Days of Running Brampton, Cumberland Mr OCTOBER Warwick ...... 26 V' . A.ncaster and Willoughby, 'Lincolnshire Mr. Spafford 1 2 The crop of kuckleberries in New Jersy, it is estimated, will amount, in dollars and cents, to more than the combined crops ,of strawberries, raspberries, and blackberries. Daily hucklebury trains are run over the railroads leading to New York and Philadelphia. THE SUN. LONDON, SATURDAY EvENING, AUGUST 17, 1867. ful must be the disturbing influence of the future constituencies on the filling up of casual vacan cies. On the other hand, parties must be restored to some semblance of their former organised con dition, and the candidates whose political dis crimination is confined to saying that they would, if elected, support the leader of the Ministry or of the Opposition may be spared the difficulty conse quent upon being asked to explain what measures they mean to promote. At present elections are matters of chance. Some trifling element, ordina rily powerless to influence the result, decides the day. It is anybody's victory. The best qualifica tion for success is probably the possession of local connections, and we observe that all the five candi dates named and unnamed for Stroud are said to belong to local families. It is desirable that this element should weigh in the judgment of electors, but it is easy to overrate its importance. IVG would prefer a proclamation of principles on the hustings, but we are conscious that to secure it we must have clear principles enunciated by the leaders of Parliament. Ignorance of the Clergy in the Reign of Elizabeth. (Prong the the Times.) Speculation has often busied itself about the feel ings of a man under sentence of death, and novelists have found in the Last Days of a Convict opportu nities for minute analysis of character, harrowing descriptions, and sensational situations. The result has never been satisfactory. Fine writing has been powerless to describe the dull inability to under stand his situation which appears to befall the ordi nary man left for execution. We are now, however, entering on a period having no remote analogy to the last days of a criminal's life. For the next 17 months we shall have opportunities of watching the behaviour of constituencies under sentence. The existing constituencies of England are condemned. Execution is, indeed, deferred until the Ist of January, 1869. Until that time comes all casual vacancies must be filled up, and a General Election —should by any unforeseen chance a General Elec tion be held—must be conducted as if no Reform Act had been passed. But in 1869 new classes of electors will be invested with the power of election. What will the old constituencies do in the interval? There must, according to the ordinary law of chances, be forty or fifty vacancies before 1869. Will the £lO householders make their peace with their future masters? Will they court the favour of the multitude ? Will they attempt to disinte grate the formidable mass so as to retain some of their present influence in the future? Or will they die hard and unrepentant ? The first note of the first contest after the pass ing of the Reform Act has been sounded. Mr. Poulett Scrope has retired from the representation of Stroud. It has been known for some time that Mr. Scrope would not seek re-election, but the announcement, of his immediate withdrawal from Parliament seems to have surprised his constituents. Stroud is a borough which was called into existence by the Act of 1832, and almost from the date of its birth Mr. Scrope has represented it. lie contested it in 1822 ; he was returned in 1833. He has been one of its members ever since. Ile has been the colleague of Lord Russell ; he is the colleague of Mr. Horsmau. Through the long and unbroken period of his political career he has always voted with the Liberal party, and on economic subjects he has been an authority. But the Stroud created in 1832 is about to be merged in the Stroud created iu 1867 ; and Mr. Scrope takes the opportunity of retirement. We can well understand his feelings. Stroud, though called into existence in 1832, is a rural borough running into many parishes, and it was, according to rumour, made so extensive with a very definite object. But though thus enlarged, and though Lord Russell has sat for it, its popula tion has dwindled and is dwindling. It has fallen off about 121 per cent. since 1832. It had, -how ever, last year within its limits 1,483 £lO house holders, and of these no less than 1,400 appeared on the register. These are the electors who re turned Mr. Scrope. But the male occupiers in the borough are 6,927. The Small Tenements Act was never adopted, except in a small part of its area, and more than 6,300 of the male occupiers have always been separately rated. There will thus be no difficulty in the enforced rating of every occu pier. The future member for Stroud must, there fore, represent a cmstituency nearly five times as large as that which has so faithfully supported Mr. Scrope, and any ono canvassing the electors of to day must be anxious to consult the wishes of the unknown electors of to-morrow. We can sympa thise with the daring candidates who are wooing the electors of Stroud. Three of them are already named, and have issued addresses ; two others are in partial obscurity, being only mentioned as aspirants for the seat. How embarrassing is their situation ! They want to get in now, and, on the other hand, having got in, they would like to stop in after 1869. They must court the voters who are at pre sent so powerful, yet they must beware of too closely echoing their sentiments, lest the unenfran chised householders who two years hence will be omnipotent should take umbrage at their conduct. They are bound to respect the 6,000 or 7,000 men of the future, and yet not too devotedly, lest the £lO householders should be jealous. Perhaps, how ever—for these electioneerin t , o• personages are far sighted men—some one or two of the candidates are careless about the result of the present contest, and merely wish to make their names known in the neighbourhood, suspecting that the senti ments of the other member for Stroud may not be altogether approved by the new constituency. However that may be, the hazard, and doubt, and difficulty of running at the same time with the hare and the hounds at Stroud form but half the embar rassment of the candidates. They must be sorely put to it on both sides when they have to explain their parties and their principles. The expiring Session has made terrible havoc with the old party distinctions. We observe that a Mr. Dorington has been put forward by what are called] the Con servatives of Stroud, but Mr. Dorington makes no declaration in his address of political principles. Flow could lie? If he called himself a Conserva tive, he might be asked on the hustings whether he would vote with General Peel ; if he declared that he was a follower of Mr. Disraeli, he would be asked whether he was prepared to secularise the revenues of the Irish Church and to endow a Roman Catholic University at Dublin. The Chancellor of the Exchequer must in the ensuing recess invent some formula for his friends. At present their position is cruel. They have not that exceeding power of words in which he rejoices, and when they venture forth upon the hustings their nakedness is discovered. Air. Disraeli may boast that he has destroyed the monopoly of Liberalism, and rejoice that the House of Commons has been " renovated, not reformed ;" but what are these dazzling ex pressions to Mi. Dorington before the electors of Stroud? He would most probably have been glad had the monopoly of Liberalism been undisturbed. It is olds that he dislikes renovation as much as re form. Ile can only declare that he is an independent man in favour of freedom and the British Monarchy. On the other hand, it cannot be denied that a decent Liberal is about as ill off as a decent Con servative. If the Conservative party have, as Mr. Disraeli proclaims, no principles, the Liberal party have no leader. The chaotic condition of the Op position is the single consolation of the Ministry. The Whicrs have been " dished." One half of the Reform question has been settled, and upon the other half Lord Russell and Mr. Gladstone differ ; and the intelligence of the party supports the first against the second. We believe Mr. Winterbotham came before the electors of Stroud as a Liberal candidate early in the year, and at that time his course may have been easy ; but the events of the session and the convulsions of party must test his independence and his firmness. Like his Conservative opponent, he will be bound to abjure persons and to renounce party ties, and he may find it equally difficult to make a more definite profession of faith than is expressed by a belief in freedom and the British monarchy. We suppose next session will remove some of the difficulties of Parliamentary candidates if it aggravatci others. The more nearly we ap proach the let of January, 1869, the more power- Early in the reign of Elizabeth the chaplain to the Archbishop of Canterbury had occasion to ex amine the curate of Cripplegate, and by way of testing his knowledge asked him the meaning of the word " function." To this difficult question the rev. gentleman, not having paid much atten tion to the niceties of language, was unable to make a satisfactory reply. Several years later the clergyman of Farnham, All Saints, was examined by the Bishop of Norwich. The conversation which ensued is deserving attention ; and it is preserved by Strype, whose devotion to the Church of Eng land no one will think of questioning. " The Bishop asked him the contents of the third chap ter of Matthew : he answered nothing ; and the contents of the eleventh chapter ; neither could he answer to that. He asked him how many chapters the Epistle to the Romans contained, and what the subject of that Epistle was. To neither of these could he answer. And when he adventured to answer, he showed his ignorance as much as by his silence." But I might fill a volume with similar in stances, and I can only afford room for one or two more examples. In 1574 a certain William Ireland was presented to the rectory of Harthill. The Archbishop of York directed his chaplain to exa mine him. The chaplain first desired him to trans late an easy Latin sentence. This he was unable to do ; but as such knowledge was not very common in the clerical profession, the absence of it did not amount to a disqualification, and the examiner proceeded in his inquiry. He asked the rev. gen tleman " Who brought up the people of Israel out of Egypt ?" He answered King Saul. And being asked who was first circumcised, he could not answer. It is not to be expected that men such as these should display any remarkable ability when they had occasion to mount the pulpit. Indeed their apostolic deficiencies were so glaring that it was found necessary to draw up sermons which they might read to the people. But some of the more adventurous of the sacred order, disdaining to shine by such borrowed light, ventured to address their parishioners in their own language, and with their own ideas. One of them, with the view as I suppose of moderating the presumption of his flock, preached in favour of mediocrity, and his sermon was considered such a masterpiece of theology that it was repeated in two or three dif ferent parishes. " God," says this great divine, "delighted in mediocrity by these reasons—viz., man was put in medio paradisi : a rib was taken out of the midst of man. The Israelites went through the midst of Jordan ; and the midst of the Red Sea. Samson put firebrands in the middest between the foxes' tails. David's men had their garments cut off by the middest. Christ was hanged in the middest between two thieves."—A Posthumous Paper by Mr. Buckle in Fraser's Magazine for August. LIBERTY BECOME LICENSE.—Week after week our better taste has boon outraged by the appearance of a series of cartoons intended to heap ignominy on members of tho Royal family. These miserable prostitutious of art are almost beneath our notice, and we do not envy their perpetrator the reputation they are calculated to procure for him. They may perhaps find admirers among the more vitiated classes of the people, and pos sibly a feeling of morbid curiosity may tend to a tem porary increase in the Sale of the journal in which they appear. We cannot sufficiently condemn the cowardly feeling which conceived and caused to be executed the last design. In the first place ono would have imagined that the sex and virtues of the high personage assailed would have protected her from such dastardly attacks; but not so, apparently. It is indeed valiant and honourable to couch pen and pencil against those who, from their very position, cannot notice the assaults of individuals so utterly their inferiors. lu making these remarks we are but echoing the sentiments of the majority of the British people. —Echoes from the Clubs. NIAGARA FALLS.—TabIe Rock was successfully blown away from the main rock on the 26th ult. by a second blast of powder, which removed what a first blast had left. Visitors can now reach the sheet of water at the base of the Palls without danger from falling rock. — Toronto Globe. THE SCHISM AMONG TIIE MORMONS.--A few weeks ago a shipload of 400 Mormon emigrants landed at this port from England, and set out across the plains for the city of Great Salt Lake. By all accounts it seems certain that they will find their paradise in a sad turmoil when they got to it, and the Saint. in a most ungodly rumpus. The schism to which we alluded a short time ago has become so wide, and has made such an ugly wound, that there is but little prospect of its ever being healed. Brigham Young is boldly denounced. his followers have ceased to obey him; his adversaries set him at defiance. When ho falls the keystone of the Mormon structure is overthrown. The Latter Day Church cannot outlast its great pro phet. It is said that Young is about to remove to the newly-discovered gold mines of Utah; but we are loth to believe that he so quickly gives up the right, and it is more probable that ho will make a determined stand at his capital. At any rate the Mormon diffi culty, which has perplexed us for so many years, seems to be rapidly solving itself without our assistance. In another ge neration wo may hope to see the polygamists of the groat plains quietly absorbed by a law abiding and indus trious race of new settlers. If they withstand the com bined influence of internal discord, the Pacific Bailway, and the tide of immigration which will be attracted to Utah by the discovery of gold in the territory, they will show a stability and strength of character to which his tory affords no parallel.—New York Tribune. The New York Times has contracted with Cush man Brothers, Amherst paper manufacturers, to take all the paper they make, which will be just about half the amount consumed by the Times. An important Shaker case is assigned for trial in the September term of the superior court for Tolland county. Some years since Zolotes Terry, acting as trustee for the East family at Enfield, bought a house and several building lots, giving his obligations in payment. Zolotes having since died, Omar Pease, his successor in office, refused to pay, yet keeps possession of the laud, pays the taxes, and receives the rent. Some of the young men of Worcester are forming a league to emigrate to the far West. State Liquor Commissioner Baker has appointed three sub-agents for the sale of liquor in Boston. Each is supplied with a seal on which is cut his name and place, and an impression on wax is to accompany each package sold. This, it is asserted, will give evidence of the purity of the liquor. The Paris Prefect of Police has refused permis sion to the International Co-operative Congress to meet. This is the more strange as the co-operative movement was taken by the Government under its own immediate protection in the commencement. No reason is assigned for this change of opini n, which was intimated to the Presi dent of the Congress by a commissary of police. [ADvgitTisEmEsr.]—Avoid Medicines: they always aggravate c h ron ic complaints: but Du Barr 's delicious health-restoring R ev elenta Arabica Food, which yields . three times the nourish ment of the best meat, saves 50 times its cost in other remedies, and invariably restores perfect digestion, strong nerves, sound lungs, healthy liver, p ure blood, refreshing sleep, functional aml energy to the most disordered or enfeebled. We extract a few out of 63,000 cures ;—" The Pope's health restored by h e Barry's Food. Cure No. 6813.—" " Rome, July 21, 1866. —The health of the holy Father is excellent, especially since, abandoning all other reme dies, he has contlued himself entirely to Du Barry'sß eva l eu ta Arabica, rook ed aof which he surprisingly ficial effect on his health, and his Holiness cannot praise this excel lent food too highly." From the "Gazette de Midi, July 25. Cure No. 58,216, of the Marchioness .le Brehan, of sevei? years nervous a ' liver co mplaint, wasting away, debility,nervousess, with PalPitatiou all over, bad digestion,. constant sleeplelssnes 1; s, and the most intolerable nervous agitation.. ' Cure No. ,77 Lord Stuart de Decies, Lord Lieutenant of Wa ' terford, of many years' dyspepsia. No. 49,832: " Fifty years mdeserlbable agony from dyspepsia, nervousness, astlna., cough, co.nstip ation, flatulency, s pasms, sickness, and vounting:—Maria July. 'Cure No. 46.270: Mr. James R oberts, of Frauloy, Surrey, of 30 years' diseased lungs, spitting of blood, liver derangement, and partial deafness. Important Caution.--- . Beware of the many unsavoury and more than sloppy. imitatioanisataociwouhsr,atNtVaitrut Utid grtt t3taW;.nltli.e•bit'lsb.thrsi°9,llB. most audaciously 4s. 6d.; 12 lbs., 225.; 21 lbs., 40s.—BA.5tnY Do BARRY and Co., No. 77, idegent-street, London; also Fortnam and. Mason, 182, Piccadilly; - and at 61, Gracechurch-street; 4, Cheapside ; 63, 150, and 289, Oxford-street; 330 Strand; and all grocers and chemists. COUN LIVERPOOL.-FRIDAY. There was a small attendance at to-day's market, and, with a moderato demand for wheat, we quote generally the rates of Tuesday last. Flour was in quiet request, at former rates. Barley very scarce. Oats and oatmeal very difficult to sell, and prices unchanged. Beans, being mo: o plentiful, aro rather lower. Indian corn in fair request, and prices declined 6d per qr. LINCOLN.-FRIDAY. A moderate supply of wheat. Trade dull, and prices 2s per qr down. For oats there was a fair demand, and unchanged in value. Beans were steadily disposkid of. Barley was a scarce show, and pr:ces fully supported. New white wheat, 70s to 76s ; new red, 68s to 70s per 36 stone. Barley for malting, 49s to 51s per qr ; grinding, 3,'s to 3' per 30 stone. Oats, 29s to 355. Beans, 47s to 508 per 38 stone. STAMFORD-FRIDAY. Wo hal a middling show of wheat to-day, and the business done was limited, at lower currencies. Barley was in small show at high prices. Oats firm, at higher rates than of late. Beans a fair trade, and prices must bo quoted as before. New white wheat, 68s to 75s ; red do., 63s to 708 per 86 stone. Barley, malting, 40s to 50s; grinding, 27s to 353 per qr. Oats, new, 28s to 33s ; old, 30s to 32s per 24 stone. Beans, 46s to 54s per 38 stone. Peas as of late. DERBY-FRIDAY. There was a tolerable supply of wheat on offer to-day, and trade heavy, last week's prices declining is to 2s per qr. A small show of grinding barley, and business firm. Beans in short supply, at the extreme rates of last week. Oats were steady. Peas unaltered. Now white wheat, 62s to 75s ; do. red, 56s to 65s per 36 stone. Barley for malting, 40s to 48s per qr. ; grinding, 33s to 34s per 30 stone. Oats, new, 26s to 345; old, 34s to 36s per 24 stone. Beans, old, 58s to 60s; new, 38s to 453 per 38 stone. WAKEFIELD. FRIDAY. At our market to-day English wheat met a slom demand, and the business done was at the rates of last Friday. Other articles unchanged. Weather fine up till yesterday, when we hal heavy rain. BRISTOL SUGAR-FRIDAY. - There was little demand for sugar during the early part of the week, but it has now become more active. There have been sales of Barbadoes to a fair extent at rates which could not be obtained last week. Ruin unaltered. COAL MARKET. Price per ton at the closeof the market. s. d. s. d• liolywell Main l7 0 Bradyell'sHetton...... 18 9 Haswell Tunstall Walls End Hetton ... 20 0 Ships at market, 31—sold. 21. MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL NEWS. (Front Messrs. Bowles, Dread, and Co.'s Circular.) Paris, August 14, 1867. We issue our circular under to-day's date, to-morrow, the 15th, being observed as a national holiday. The markets since our last have baen active, and animated, and prices show considerable advance. Americans have improved steadily throughout the week, and the demand has been large, influenced by the greatly unproved tone of the Bourse and advance in quotations iu Now York. The issue of 186'2 closes firm, at 83 to I . Advices from the United States aro to the 12th inst. Gold 14 01 U.S. Bonds (1862) 1131 The - Rent() closes at 69 80 The Italian closes at Exchange on London 25 181 (From E. F. Satlertlacaite and Co.'s Weekly Circular, Aug.l4.) The advices from Now York, by the Cuba, are to the 30th ultimo. There had been unusual activity on the Stock Ezchange during the week. Government Stocks were well supported at former rates, the demand being chiefly for investment ; the only change of importance was a slight decline in 5-20's of 1865 issue, consequent on a relaxation of the demand for export to Europe. In railroads there had been a large speculation, the gene ral feeling being that quotations would, on cheap money, be carried, notwithstanding the great falling off in traffic receipts. Eries again attracted most attention, and exhibit a rise of 83; they close 7b to 76, after having touched 79. A powerful party aro collecting proxies with a view to control the election of directors in the autumn. Next to this stock, Chicago and North Western was most in de mand. Readings were well supported, and show a further advance of 81. State Stocks were freely taken, with the exception of Tennessee, which, on the anticipation of disturbances, was offered at a slight decline. Money was unusually easy, loans on Government Secu rities being negotiated as low as 3 per cent., and first-class commercial paper not commanding more than 6 to 6i per cent. Tho Bank returns for the week show a falling off in specie of 52,400,000, and an increase in deposits of some thing over $1,000,000. Gold was firm at 1401. We have had a strong and active market in London during the past week in American Securities, United States 5-20 Bonds of 1862 have been In good demand for invest ment, and close strong at 731 to 74. The 1865 issue on importations from New York, notwithstanding large buy ing both on home and continental account, close without alteration from the price of this day week; at ono time 1 they were taken as high as 721 but have reacted to 72} to 721. Illinois Central Shares have been in good demand, and at 771 to 781 show an advance of one-half per cent. Eries, after touching 47, have declined to 45 to 46, the public ap pearing at last to be aliva to the fact that the market in New York is controlled entirely by speculators. and that as an investment the shares under the existing state of affairs have little real value. First-class railroad bonds, such as Michigan Central and Illinois Construction have been inquired for, and full quo tations are maintained. Atlantic and Great Western De bentures have declined to 24 to 25, and the Consolidated Bonds to 21 to 22. Foreign Mail Packet List. MAILS DUE. ---- - linetralia and New Zealand, via Sonthampton.....Aug. 19. Ditto, via Mazseillee .....Sept. 13 Ditto, via Panama ....... .......... ........ Brazil, Buenos Ayres, and Monte Video Sept. 3. Ditto, by French packet Cape Verde, by Brazil packet Sept. 3. Cape of Good Hope, Ascension. and St. Helena Aug. 27, China. Penang, and Singapore, via Southampton Aug, 24. Ditto, 'la Marseilles. .. Sept. 2. Falkland Islands Sept. 3 Gibraltar, via Southampton India, via Southampton . • ... ... Aug,. 29. Ditto, via Marseir es Malta, Egypt, 4to. Aug. 19. Ditto, Marseilles Aug. 23. Mauritius, Cape of Good Hope, and Natal, via Southampton Aug. 19- Ditto, via Marseilles Sept. 1 3 . Newfoundland Aug. 2 1 . Portugal Sept. 3. Ditto, by private ship to Oporto ... Ditto ditto to Lisbon United States, Canada, California, &c., by British packet .. Aug. 2 . 1. Ditto, by United States packet Ditto ditto (New York) Ditto ditto (New York) Ditto ditto (Baltimore) Ditto, by Canadian packet West Coast of Africa, Madeira, and Teneriffe..... Sept. 4. West Indies and Pacific (except Mexico and Baha mas) Aug. 23. Cuba and Mexico Aug. 28. Bahamas, via New York Aug. 2 2 . Bermuda, via ditto r A.DTERTISEMENT.I —Holloway's Ointment and Pills are the most appropriate remedies for the blotches, pimples, boils, and carbuncles, which are annoying, so metinl _ ° dangerous, and always disfiguring, when summe r heal.' alternate with wet, wintry weather. The subtle, Per meating powers of this Ointment, by repressing inflalo mation and irritation, reduce the skin to its actual OM; perature and colour, while radically expelling the cause the blemishes from the system. The Pills assist the cooling and purifying influence of the Ointment, by polling all that is gross from the bowels, and by thorougby rectifying digestion. Under this treatment every orgel of the body is forced to cast off both irregularities 01 impurities, whereby the health becomes robust , the feeling' joyous, and the skin soft and silky. Births. GAMBIER—On the 14th inst., at Richmond,S.W.l S.W the wife of James Gambier, Esq., of a son. of WILSON —On the 1 5 th inst., at W althamstow, the wife Alfred Wilson, Esq., of a daughter. WELLESLEY—On the 15th inst., at Forton, Gosport, the wife of Colonel W. H. C. Wellesley, of a son. Marriages. DEARSLEY—WAY—On the 15th inst., at St. Mark's Chnrit Kennington, Henrietta, daughter of henry Esq., of Holland-nlace,Clapham-road,and Lower Thallle-ci street, City, to F. 11. Way, Esq., of Digware-road, an Torquay. L EWI S—IVORY—On the 15 th inst. , at St. Mary's, Horn.„.sc'c. H o rise, enry William, second son of A. J. Lewis, P° loway and Moorgate-street, to Emily Keates, sec°ll daughter of the late C. Ivory, of Edmonton. Deaths. On the 14th inst., at the Woodridings rinn°o,ll ALCOCK— Middlesex, Ann, wife of Wm. Alcock, of Old 'Chang City. lIENDERsox—On the 11th inst., at 20, U ppe r Sern k ir street, it. H. Page-Honderso n, Esq., of Os wald Yorks, and Beckenham Place, Kent, aged 39. NAssnu—On the 15th inst., at Si, Montagu-square, - Leonora Nassau, aged 67. „ ye PAGET—On the 15th inst., at Wor thin g , Susses, F. 1 ' I D Esq., late of Vienna, and of Be ech House, aged . Si.vmAN—oll the 15th inst., at Cave rshom-road, Londom Captain Slyman, R.N., aged 75 . est/ TENNENT—On the 15th inst., at 121, West Regent -st y , . Glasgow, John Tennent , Esq., of St. Folios, aged 04 London : Printed and Published by WILLIA.II ANDIVEVIS,; of No. 112, Strand , Printer ct , a t THE SUN Office, o. 11 ' '' t Strand, in the Precin of tho Se voy, in the CoN my Middlesex.—SaturdayAugust 17, 1867. TS. 1