The Sun.
London, England, 1855-06-22 00:00:00

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SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

STOCKBRIDGE RAOES.-TIIIIREDAY.

Meth Triennial Stakes of 10 R3VS each, for four-yr-olds ;
•colts, Bst 101 b ; fillies, Sst 51b. Certain
Ipenalties and
.allowances. Two miles and a half. 51 suds.
X lloward's Scythian, Sit 71b (Wells) 1
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Dcrby's BrackEn, Bst 10lb (Bal tholornew) 2
2I r. Knowles's Mars -as Bst 101 b (Bumby) 3
Betting-4 to lon Scythian, who made play throughout,
ar ,d won easily by a lengJi. Marsysz lay second to the last
to rn, where he broke down.
Si ath Stockbridge Triennial Stakes of 10 sovs each, for
tb.ree-
_yr-olds ; colt; Bst 1011); fillies, Sat rib. Certain
p.malties and allowances. One mile and a half. 63 subs.
Mr. J. Dawson's Corcebus. Est 7111
Du ke of Bedford's Pares, Bst .10lb (S. Rogers) 2
11fr J. Osborne's Lord Alfred, Bst 10ib (J. 111:"P'e) 3
1 'he following also ran :--i'v'illiam the Third, Lyining-
;on.. Phylace, and Ontario.
I ;etting —g to 4 ag:3t. Pare; 7 to 4 agst Corce‘mis (2 to 1
1- ak an freely), 5 to 1 agst any other. '
1 iron very easily by half a length. Five lengths between
i ,he necoud and third. Phylace and Ontario did not pass
1 Tic, Post.
SCI,) Arottisfont Stakes of 15 Boys each, 10 ft with 100
A
i a lied, for 'two-yr-olds ; colts. Sot 716'; fillies, Est 41b ;
eA rtain winners extra. T.Y.C. 41 subs.
Mr. H. Hill's Mincepie, by Sweetmeat, Sat 41b ...0 . Dal-) 1
Lax., I Bruce's Ifitiwidation, Bst, 41b .. ...... (BirtholorneW) 2
Mr. Parker's f by Annandale—Extravaganza., Bst 4lb
(B Goatee) 3
7 he following also ran :—Pyrrha, Rip Van Winkle,
Mar k Foulis, Sister to Rifleman.

H ,tting-2 to 1 on Mincepie, 9 to 2 agst Pyrrha, 8 to 1
agst any other. The favourite made all the running, and
won very easily by three lentils ; a neck between the second
and third ; bad fourth.

Swe ?pstakcs of 5 sovs each, with 25 added ; two-Sr-olds,
6a h 121 b ; three, Bst Sib ; four, 94 61b ; five and up-
arc's, 9st 101 b; f and g allowed 31b. The winner to be
io Id for 1501. ; allowances if entered to be sold for les3.
r. Y. C. 6.subs.
M... Parker's Jenny, by Flateatcher, 2 yrs (301.) Sat 21b

(Hibberd) 1
Bar an Rothschild's Mr Huffam, 2 yrs (301.), sst Mb

(Salter) 2
Ms Osbaldeston's Lascelles, 5 yrs (1000, 9st Mb
(Bartholomew) 3
'0 intention and Rose of Ellol also ran.
1 3tting-7 to 4 apt Contention, 3 to 1 agst Lascelles, 4
to 1. agst Mr. Hallam 5 to 1 agst Jenny.
A. capital race ended in favour of Jenny by a head;
neck between the second and third, and the same between
eacli of the others.

A. charge of crosAng was made against the rider of Jenny,
butt, the steward decided that there was no ground to alter
the j'udge's decision. The winner was afterwards sold by
aunt :on for 76 guineas.

The Stewards' Plate, of 100 sows, added to a sweepstakes
o i 10 so vs each. aft; three-yr-olds' Est 101 b ; four, Bst
41. b ; five, Bst 111 b ; six and aged, 9st. Certain penalties
r aid allowances. Two miles. 57 subs.
Mr. Howard's Oulston, by Melbourne, 3 yrs, 6st 101 b
. .

(Wells) 1
Ali:. H. Hill's Kingstown, 3 yrs, Est 101 b (Ashman) 2
M c. Parker's Noisy, 3 yrs, Est 101 b (J. Goater) 3

Rataplaii and Ireland's Eye also ran.
113etting-5 to 4 on Oulston, 2to 1 agst Kingstown, 4 to
1 arst Rataplan.
Noisy cantered off with the lead, Rataplan going on
seca md, and Oulston third, Ireland's Eye and Krugstown
hri oging up the rear. On passing the mile-and-a-half post
Oulston, pulling hard, took second place, and the pace
wal increased. No further change of moment occurred
mot ii they made the last turn, when Kingstown took
thi^d place. When near the Stand Oulston went to the
fr mit, with Kingstown in hot pursuit ; Oulston, however,
rwhieved the victory easily by a length, the second beating
the third two lengths, half a length between third and
fourth. Ireland's Eye pulled up and walked in.

Self enth Stockbridge Triennial Stakes of 10 sovs. each for
two-yr•olds—colts Sst 101 b, fillies Bst 51b, untried stal-
lions or mares allowed 31b. Only one allowance, T.Y.C.
49 subs.
Sir J. B. Mill's Cerva, by Venison, Bst 21b ...(A. Day) 1
Lo rd Zetland's Eglantine, Bst 21b ( Ashinall) 2
MI .Y. King's Pincher, st 71b • (lluckin) 3
The following also ran :—John O'Gaunt, Brother to
Orinoco, Alastor, and Palikar.

Betting-2 to 1 agst Eglantine, sto 2 agst Brother to
Or'noco, 4 to 1 agst Cerva, 5 to 1 apt Alastor.
good race—won by a length, a head between second
and third, and three lengths between third and fourth.

The Hurstbourne Plate of 50 soya, added to a Sweepstakes
of 10 sovs. each, 5 ft-2-yr-olds 7st 41b, three 9st. Cer-
tain penalties and allowances. T.Y.C. 24 subs.
Mr. Duke's Furioso, by Orlando, 2 yrs, 6st 131 b

(Wells) .1. 1
Mr. Powell's Plausible, by Springy Jack,
,3 yrs, Bst 41b
(Yates) 1. 2
Mr. r_argent's Jane Shore, 2 yrs, 6st 101 b (Salter) 3
Lord Anglesey's The Flying Duchess, 2 yrs, 7st 41b

(J. Goater) 4
Betting.-6 to 4on Furioso, 3to 1 agst The Flying
Thichess, 5 to 1 each agst Plausible and Jane'Shore.
At the Stand Plausible and the favourite singled them-
selves out, and a fine rate in with the two ended in a dead
he at. The third finishing two lengths behind them.
Deciding Heat.—Betting-5 to 4 on Farioso, who won,
after a fine race in, by a neck.
The Stand Plate (Handicap) of 50 sovs., with 10 added for
• the second horse ; for three-yr-olds and upwards. New
mile.
Lord Anglesey's Old Rowley, by The Merry Monarch,
6 yrs, Bst 101 b (H. Goater) 1
Mr. Hewitt's Postulant, 5 yrs, Bst (J. Mann) 2
Mr. Powney's Contention, 3 yrs, 7st 61b ...... (Castleman) 3
The following also ran :—Marlborough Buck, Pharos,
Namur, Herculea, and Wild Rose.

Betting-7 to 2 agst Namur, 4to 1 agst Marlborough
Buck, sto 1 asst Old Rowley, 6to 1 each agst Hercules
and Contention.

Won by two lengths. Head between second and third.
Delightful weather. A much larger attendance of com-
pany than the previous day, and the sport for the most
p:►rt created a very lively interest. Seldom has Stockbridge
ha.d a better meeting.

BEVERLEY, HULL, AND EAST RIDING RACES.
THURSDAY.
East Riding Handicap. One mile and a quarter.
Little Brownie
Cardsharper
Lady of the Lodge

Seven ran.
The Hull Stakes. About three-quarters of a mile.
Gamester
Queen of England
Seven ran.
Holderness Hunt Stakes. Two miles.
Cardsharper
Trio

Yentick..
Phoebus

Six ran.
Stand Stakes. One mile.

Scurry Stakes. About three quarters of a mile
Menzie
Catherine Parr
Miss Birch

GOODWOO
Acceptances for the Goodwo
a h

Age st lb 1
Hermit
Ivan
Mortimer
Epaminondas
Hervine
Baalbec
Dr. O'Toole
Domino
St. Andrew
Humboldt 4 7 11
Goorkah 5 7 8
Cobnut
Mincemeat 4 7 8
Kingstown 3 7 7
Ireland's Eye 5 7 7
D.O.
Pumicestone
Newbold 4 7 6
Calamns 4 7 4
Robgill
Sultan 3 7 2

)D RACES.
lod Stakes. Two miles and
,alf.

Age st lb 1
Mishap
Quince
Bianca
Siding 3 6 7
Syvagee 4 6 4
Raglan
Venison 3 5 12
Katel fel to
Challow Boy 3 5 10
Imogene 3 5 10
Surgeon-General 4 5 10
Malmsey
Jujube
Le Fripon
Bantheon
Badinage
Instructress
Homily
Fulbeck
High Priest
Supplicant 3 4 10

Newinftrket
Carlisle
Worcester .

Abingdon l9
Marlborough 04
Chelmsford 24
Ludlow 24
Kuutsford 95
Teigubridge 30
Goodwood 31

Lancaster
Liverpool ll
Odiham l3
Stamford l7
Nottingham l9
AUGUST.

North Staffordshire 7
Brighton
Airdrie
Brighton Club lO
Wolverhampton.

Lewes... l6
Toubridge l7
Great Yarmouth 2O
York 22
Radclffe 27
Derby 2B

Reading l4
Eghana l4

SEPT.

Warwick
Doncabter ll
Pontefract 17
Lichfield • 17
Leicester l9
OCTI

Warwick Autumn l6
Richmond 17
Newmarket 22
Worcester 30

Chester
Wrexham
Bedford
Newmarket S 0
Royal Caledonian Hunt 10
NOVEMBER.
Liverpool
IRISH RACING FIXTURES FOR 1855.
JUNE.

.. -.26

DownlloyalCorporation 17
Ballyeigh 23
Heath of Maryborough 30
:UST.
IRoscommon 21
Kilcock 28

.Tlll3 SEBASTOPOL. COALIIITTEE.

"-•

L,l7cxvinz re.3,-,!utiong were proposed
by the elnirman, Mr. Rcebuck -
"1. Me is:zre tki ir:),l% its arrival in th
Crimea to the pe:i.-al-at we were appointed to in-
quire kto its ec.ndit;on, va,s one-of almost unparalleled
prl7.e.ticin, and sulk! in.
"2. The men, when on duty,g
were over-woiked, were
hadiy f;‘3, badly housed, and v rc cxr.osed, io this un-
protected state, without the c, mfort of fir; t•.) cold, wtt,
and t CrPPee.

" 3. The men in hospital, On account of wounds or
sicknncs, in addition to much of this misery, bad to suffer
from insufficient men eal attendance, and insufficient
medicine, and an absence of medical comforts.
" 4. When wounded, the men bad often to remain for
-a long period deprived of medical aid. Thi,, suffering
en-i limbic:A mainly by the, want of an effective ambu-
lanc,. and iiru t'y from the inautiiciimt supply of surgeons.
"5. ca'a,mitons state of things was the result
mainly of the circumstances in which the expeditioJ to
the Crimea was planned and executed. Tee Adminis-
tration which authorized that expedition had no adequate
inCorination as to the account of force in the Crimea and
Sebastopol ; they knew nothing of the strsngth of the
fortreses to be attacked, or of the resources of the
country to be invaded. In this state of ignorance they
threw our army upon the shores of the Crimea, relying
confidently on the valnt'r of the troops and that the expe•
dition would he immediately sucees,ful ; and, as they did
lint foresee the probability of a protracted strucgle, they
made no proviAon for a winter campaign. What was
Planned and undertaken in ignorance was conducted
without sufficient care or forethought: . .

plied by the energy " "I"l3ew ant of knowledf4e and forethought on the
part of tho(7c who planned the expedition was not sup-
was to execute this ill-devised measure. The Com-
m
ander of the Forces, .Loral Raglan, by his want of
and ability of those whose duty it
vigour and foresight, is in a great degree responsible for
y
the sufferings of the army. Had the requisite firmness
and prudence been shown b him,
much of the misery
result's;from tl,e wantof land transport, from the want
of an efficient ambulance, from insufficient and improper
food, from the want of shelter, clothing, and fuel, might
have been prevented.
" 7. It is but too plain that Lord Raglan did not
keep the Administration at home duly informed of the
actual condition of the army under his command. By
the statement of Lord Abet deen himself it appears that
the Commander of the Forces failed in this part of his
duty, and, therefore, in so far as the .wants and suf-
ferings of the army resulted from the continued igno-
rance of the Administration, Lord Raglan is respon-
sible for the misery which was the consequence of that
ignorance.

- "8. Lord Raglan appears also to have been without
the assistance of an abie and an effective staff ; indeed,
there seems to have been no head to conceive what was
needed for the army, and no hand to execute the thing
needed, even had it been foreseen. The men died from
ovarwetk, insufficient and bad food, cold, and exposure,
while their leaders looked on in helpless imbecility or
culpable apathy. _

. -
" 9. Arnong the first duties of those who plan a cam-
paign is providing for the due care of the sick and
wounded of the army. This great duty the Administra-
tion and those in authority signally failed to perform.
The crindition of the hospitals at Scutari and Balaklava,
and of the haspitals on the field before Sobastonol,
during the whole period to which our inquiry is con-
fined, was a disgrace to a civilised people, and to any
body of men taking upon themselves the government
of Vie concerns of such- a people. The persons
set over the• medical department of the army, were
wholly incompetent to the task imposed on them. They
were ignorant for the most part of the duties of their
office, and what they did know they had not courage or
capacity to perform. • Here, again, we see that the men
suffered and died from the incompetence of those whose
duty it was to watch over them.
"10. The duties of the Commissariat were irade-
quately performed. The resources of the countries ad-
jacent to the Crimea were not made available for supply-
ing the wants of the army. When, by the exercise of
forethought and activity, the army might have been
provided with fresh meat and vegetables, and sickness
by this means might haVe been in a great measure pre-
vented or cured, the soldiers were kept on salt and un-
wholesome food ; and this food, from the same want of
forethought and activity, they were compelled often to
eat uncooked. Coffee was served out to the men raw,
no provision being made of wood or other fuel where-
with to roast it, and thus render it fit for human food.
" 11. The sea transport was also insufficient for the
ants of the army. When the expedition to the Crimea
was undertaken, the Commander of the Forces and all
the military authorities were utterly ignorant of tbe ca-
pabilities of the country to which the army was going to
supply them with the means of transport. In this state
of things it was the part of prudence to carry to the
Crimea that which possibly the Crimea would be unable
to supply—viz., land transport. But this could not be
done, because of the insufficieney of sea transport ; and
this insufficiency arose in spite of there being a period of
three months afforded in which to supply the requisite
shipping. The absence of land transport was the cause
of great suffering and great loss ; and it may indeed be
considered amongst the most efficient of the proximate
causes of calamity to ti:_e army.
" 12. The transport also of the sick and wounded
from Balaklava to Scutari was marked by the want of
precaution of every description. The ships were unpre-
pared for the reception of the sick and wounded ; the
men were crowded into the holds of the vessels, often
without be:: s, generally without proper ventilation, and,
for the most part, insufficiently attended. The sufferirg
consequently was intense during the transit t • while the
horrors of the passage were often increased by the un-•
necessary delay that occurred in putting the men on
shore and in hospital after their arrival at the Bosphorus.
" 13. The civil duties of the Boari of Ordnance were
also very imperfectly performed. The stores needed by
the army were seldom adequate, and were not for the
most part furnished in time, and, when furnished, were
despatched without order or proper precaution. Cargoes
destined far Scutari were often carried to Balaklava,
and detained for months on board the transports, be-
cause no one. had authority to receive them. Ships
were also so loaded that, on arriving at the port to
which part of the cargo was destined, the position of
that part of the cargo was unknown, and the ship had
to proceed onwards in her course, carrying with her
things that ought to have been delivered at the inter-
mediate port. Much suffering was the consequence of
this fau'ty mode of proceeding, the sick at Scutari being
in need of stores, which, in consequence of the improvi-
dent manner in which they were put on board of the
vessels transporting them, were carried to Balaklava.
"14. Much of this confusion and error is doubtless
owing to the state in which the Board of Ordnance was
placed by the injudicious proceedings of the Administra-
tion with respect to it. Just at the time when the board
was called upon for extraordinary exertion and effi-
cienoy—viz., at the commencement of a great war--
the Master-General of the Ordnance was appointed to
the command of the forces in the East, and sent 3,000
miles from England. A lieutenant-general of the Ord-
nance was appointed in his place, with inferior power,
and without the influence which his high office
gave the Master-General. The members of the board, no
longer under the superintending control of a superior, differed among themselves, and the public service suf-
fered because of this dissension.
_ _

" 15. Much of delay, confusion and infficiency has
resulted from the faulty distribution of power among the
the different departments of the public service, and
from the want of certainty and precision as to the pre-
cise nature and extent of the separate authority of each.
The forms of office, too, have been made effective to pro-
duce delay and confusion, and have seldom contributed
to the security of the public. Intricate routine has en-
abled the timid and supine to avoid responsibility, has
been effective as an obstruction, but has seldom or
ever acted as a safeguard or check upon dishonesty.
The intricacy and confusion that prevail in every part
of the business of the public departments are of them-
selves sufficient to account for the failures and disasters
that have occurred in the proceedings of all of them.
"16. There is, however, one bright spot in this dark
picture. The patience and fortitude of the army which
has been the victim of all this incompetence and error
demand the admiration and gratitude of the nation on
whose behalf they have fought, bled, and suffered.
Their heroic valour, and still more heroic patience under
suffering and privation, have given them claims upon
their country which a grateful nation will doubtless be
eager to satisfy, in the hope of atoning in some measure
for the misery to which, by incompetence and improvi-
dence, they have been unduly subjected."
In the report of the committee read to the House
of Commons the following concluding paragraph,
proposed by the Chairman, Mr. Roebuck, and
carried upon a division was omitted :

" What was planned and undertaken without suffi-
cient information was conducted without sufficient care
or forethought. • This conduct on the part of the Admi-
nistration was the first and chief cause of the calamities
'which befel our army."

GENERAL ANDRIJANOW AND THE
COSSACKS.

ST. PETERSBURG, Jun 12.
Goneral Andrijanow, acting substitute of the Hetman
of the Don Cossacks has published a proclamation to
the inhabitants ,of that populous district (the banks of
the Don) ordering the organisation of a sort of Land-
sturrn, and in which the Following significant passages
are to be found :
Dear Cowrades,—The bitter enemies of our 'beloved
country. after collecting an immense force in the Straits of
Kertcb, have taken -possession of our fortifications there,
pushed into the Sea oth.zoff, and threaten to ravage our
coasts.

Your acting iletman called on you
last year for your
assistance in repelling
to show
the enemy the invincibility. of your arms. Collect,
then, friends,
with all despatch, from the furthest stations
of the province, and hasten to Nowo Tscherkask, from
whence, united in one corps, you can march to the defence
of the threatened coast.
You, venerable old men, once the terror of the French
and Turks, place yourselves at the head of your children,
and lead them to the courageous defence of your native
country: Was it ever known that a foreign enemy trium-
phed over Russia ? No. Let us thou prepare to meet him
in a manner worthy of the approbation of the Emperor, and
thereby give our fellow-countrymen an example of our
bravery
ion, mdenyitiends as many arms andprovii:nws,
Take
waint,l h
as possible. On your arrival here you will be provided
with ammunition, and find us ready to join Jour
corps. .....—..—,--..

No fewer than 451 inventions in machinery and arms
have been submitted to the Ordnance Board for approyal
Pince tho Ist 0 January.