The Sun.
London, England, 1855-07-02 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, JULY 2, 1855.

LINES I,:.j.SED •.T FIXED RENTALS.

MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY.)

SPORTING NOTES.

Company

(towing Pr COB
this ch 4%.

CORN EXCHANGE.

NEWMARKET AND CARLISLE.

The leading country markets held on Saturday were but
moderately supplied with wheat, yet the demand for all
kinds ruled very inactive, at barely stationary prices. Bar-
ley and oats realised full quotations, but all other articles
)mmanded very little atiention.

Few turates regret their long and tedious journey te
Newcastle. They foUnd ample employment, for the
racing was interesting and important. The proceedings
too were is certain respects efficiently conducted, but
" administrative reform " was sorely required in the
weighing department. The Clerk of the Scales scarcely
understood his business, and lacked determination in
the discharge of his duties. People too 'were indiscri-
minately admitted into the weighing-room, and the.
"many queer charaaters" " monching " about caused
jockeys to keep a sharp eye to their "properties." A
trick was played just before the race for the Gold Cup,
which was fortunately discovered in time to prevent its
taking the intended effect. Basham weighed for King
of Trumps, and was pronounced "all right ;" on mount-
ing he received a "hint " which induced him again to
go scale, when to his astonishment be discovered
he was about 41bs overweight ! The meeting was brought
to a termination amidst a " stunning row." Cardsharper
beat Whitelock by half a length for the Corporation
Plate: On retnreing to scale, however, Clement, the
rider of Cardsharper, was found to be 21b?. over weight.
The scene of riot and confusion which ensued may be
easily imagined when I state that "Kit" was present.
First, it was stoutly maintained that Clement had de-.
Blared his weight. This the clerk of the scales as stoutly
denied. The case was subsequently investigated, and
the stakes were very, properly given to the owner of
Whitelock.

The last advises from New York bring a further decline
of 12 cents, in the value of flour. In grain very little was
doing. The near Continental markets have been inactive.
Up to our market, last week, the receipts of English
grain were very moderate. From abroad we received
16,508 quarters of wheat, 2,347 barley, 30,516 oats, 525
rye, 3,200 beans, 2,320 peas, 730 tares, 2,174 linseed, 1,837
rapeseed, 95 mustard seed, 29 sundry seeds, and 2,217
sacks of flour.

The arrivals of English wheat fresh up to our market
today, coastwise and by land carriage, were on a very
moderate scale, yet tolerably good for the time of year,
and in excellent condition. The show of samples was
far from extensive,. though it included several parcels left
over from last
.week, and the'demand for nearly all de-
scriptions was rather flat. However, factors almost gene-
rally succeeded in obtaining the prices of Monday last
for both red and white qualities.

There was a full average supply of foreign wheat on
offer, fresh as well as ex granary. Millers evinced very
little disposition to purchase any kind ; nevertheless, im-
porters were firm, and the few transactions reported were
at prices equal to those of Monday last.
In floating cargoes very little business was transacted.
With both home-grown and foreign barley we were
fairly supplied. The trade ruled very inactive, but no
change took place in the quotations.
So little was doing in 'malt that the currencies were
almost nominal.

Mr. Mather's luck has evidently turned, and his good
fortune has created considerable gratification. The race
for the Northumberland Plate requires little comment.
They who saw it state that Vindex appeared winning in
a canter at the distance, and that had he gone up to
Whitelook at that point his success would have been re-
duced to a certainty, When "called upon" he dis-
played his usual currislaiess and swerved, Young Wal-
ters rode Whitelock with admirable tact. Deter-
mined not to "give a chance away," he kept his horse
going throughout, and his light weight brought him
home. Rylstone, who had been very "fishy" in the
market several days before the race, was withdrawn,
and Blooming Heather, who had been much fancied, did
not put in an appearance for one of her engagements.
dorcebus, too, was an absentee—a circumstance which
excited some surprise, for there were two stakes which
on paper appeared certainties for him.
I may refer with some satisfaction to the correctness
of my anticipatory remarks published in The Sure of the
25th ult. I then wrote in reference to the Northumber-
land Plate as under:—

The show of English and Irish oats was small, of foreign
extensive. The trade was in a sluggish state, but we have
no change to notice in prices.

We hail a dull sale for both beans and peas, and the quo-
tations were barely supported.
The flour trade was dull, al
CURRENCY PEI': 1511
Wheat—Essex It Kent,
Rod new 67s to 78a
Ditto.. •• ........ old —s —s
Ditto, White new 823 BGs
Ditto.. •• .... old 85s 88s
Norfolk and Lin-
coln, Red, old 68s 813
Ditto new •• •• •• 68s 803
Rye—Old ••......•• —s —s
New ...• 42s 443
Barley—Grindings... 30s 33s
Malting . .. 33 343
Chevalier—. . • 353 3Gs
M dt—Suffolk and Nor-
folk ...... 62s 67s
Crown .•• •• •• ........ 58s 60s
Kingston and Ware 68s 70s

last week's currency.

'ERIA.L MEA.SURE.

Malt—Chevalier .. •• 70s to 71s
Oats—Yorkshire and
Lineolnsk., Feed 26s 30s
Potato •• .. 28s 31s
Youghal and Cork
Black 25s 29s

• Cork, White ..... 26s 30s
Scotch, Feed. •• •• 27s 30s
Beans—Tick .... 41s 44s
Pigeons ...... •• • • 433 47s
Peas—Grey .•••• • • • • 353 388
Maple ....•.....• 38s 40s

W1iite........... 39s 45s

Boilers .......... 43s 46s
Flour—Town-mado..- 65s 70s
Suffolk .......... 525 56s
Stocktn lk Norfolk 51s 55a

METROPOLITAN CATTLE MARKET.

Tho total imports of foreign stock into London last week
amounted to 5,681 head. In the corresponding week in
1851 we received 6,179 ; in 1853, 6,246 ; in 1852, 6,676;
in 1851, 4,810 ; in 1850, 2,747 ; in 1819, 3,974 ; in 1848,
3,233 ; and in 1817, 3,282.

" Of the outsiders my preference is for Whitelock, in
consideration of his easy victory at the late meeting at
Shrewsbury. On a careful comparison of the chances
I am induced to assign the foremost places to
VINDEX, BLOOMING HEATHER, and COURTNEY.
Should an outsider be destined to pull through, George
Mather may give the fielders a "good turn" with
Whitelock. His success would be hailed with general
satisfaction, for no man on the turf is more respected.
His ill luck with his horses is, however, notorious, but
he may yet experience The truth of the old proverb about
the long lane that has Sao turning."
Blooming Heather did not start ; Vindex was second,
Courtney fourth, and the " outsider," Whitelock, won !
The meeting which took place at Cheltenham was
comparatively unimportant. Stevens had the " best of
the good things," Hercules proving a capital stalking-
horse for him.

The July Meeting will commence to-morrow. An ave-
rage supply of sport is promised, and we all know what
that is. The July Stakes excites little interest. At
present my fancy is for Intimidation ; Cerv,a, I am in-
formed, is not expected. Should Illuminator start, I
have received so favourable a report of him that I shall
be inclined to entertain expectations of his chance.
If sound, Tumbler will win the Midsummer Stakes.
In his absence Hazel may pull through. The Chester.
field Stakes requires no discussion. The success.of Bird-
in-Hand appears to be a foregone conclusion.
The sport at "merry Carlisle," in quantity at least, is
likely to be satisfactory. Twelve .items are distributed
over the programme, and for those stakes already closed
good entries have been obtained. Of the ten nominations
to the Corby Castle Stakes, the Heir of Linne seems
most attractive. For the Prince of Walea's Plate, Long-
staff's "two"—Caliph and Corin—are entitled to notice.
Van Winkle stands next in my estimation. For the
Cumberland Plate I am inclined to select Rataplan and
Courtney. Should Patience not go to Worcester she
may win the Lottery Haaidicap. The next noteworthy
names among the entries are Sir Rowland Trenchard
and The Assayer. For the Stewards' Plato I shall stand
on Little Jack and Billy Richardson.
On Wednesday I will endeavour to indicate the win-
ners for Worcester. A FRESH MAN.
July 2.

SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS.

( Prom the l'imes of this day.)

Surely at the present moment we have got real trou-
bles on our hands in sufficient abundance without solicit-
ing, in mere wantonness, any further causes of anxiety
here at home. Yesterday afternoon there was a most
serious disturbance in Hyele-Park, and the worst of the
matter is that the sympathies of nine-tenths of the edu-
cated population are on the side of the rioters. The
pretext for the assemblage was of course this most absurd
and ridiculdus bill of eortil Robert Grosvenor for what
he calls "the better observance-of the Sabbath." The
result was just what might have been expected,— that
yesterday afternoon Hyde-Park was crowded by a
vast multitude, determined in some way or another
to make their voicss heard and their wishes known
upon this preposterous attempt on the part of
a small, of a very "small minority, to impose
their 'bigotry and prejudices upon the mass of the
community in the form of law. This was no vulgar
mob. For the most part the people were decently at-
tired, in their " Sunday" clothing, and were exactly
taken from that class of ;persons who habitually resort
on the Sunday afternoon to Hampstead, Wimbledon,
and other suburban localities of the like kind for the sake
of a little fresh air and innocent recreation. As the
scene was described by eye-witnesses, weilnigh " every
a man had decent coat up,sri his back." The police regu-
lations of the day were of the worst description. The
police made the worst of the bad regulations, and in
every way exceeded th6r duty. This will • sufficiently
appear from a mere state& nent of the evils which could
by any possibility have' been anticipated, and the
precautionary measures which were taken to resist
them. What the evils were we know from our
experience of last Sumday. The people hooted
and groaned at every carriage which passed along
the drive near the Serpentine, and exhorted the occu-
pants to "Go to church," in place of desecrating the
Sabbath by inhaling the fresh air of the park on the
Sunday afternoon. Last week was any mischief done?
Who was hurt? Was a carriage—was a horse injured?
The truth is, that no injurykvas done to anybody, and
therefore it was perfectly absurd to plan against the
crowd a campaign of a far more vigorous description
than any of which we have yet had notice in the Crimea.
Six hundred police constables were directed upon the
Serpentine. The attacking force was dexterously con-
cealed in and about the Humane Society's premises—the
reserve was located in the powder magazine. This place
was also prepared for the reception of the prisoners who
might be captured in the course of the operations.
Here they might be confined with their broken heads to
meditate upon the abilities of Lord Robert Grosvenor
and the perfections of Sabatarianisru, as evidenced in
their own bloody scalps, until they were forwarded un-
der escort to Vine-street, or elsewhere, supposing the
police to have maintained the communications, despite
of indignant ladies and fluttering parasols.

Nov, it really cannot but strike an unprejudiced ob-
server that, although it might require six hundred police-
men to keep a crowd of a hundred thousand persons in
order, yet in all probability six policemen might have
prevented any carriage at all from entering the drive,
and so all cause of offence would have been removed.
The crowd would have strolled about, the younger mem-
bers of it would have smoked cigars of a stupendous
flavour, the ladies would have indulged in pop and gin-
ger-beer, or sought for yet cooler libations at, Lord
Douro's fountain. There would have been some
rough joking and a round of well-deserved groans
for Lord Grosvenor, and in due time these dis appoined
rioters would have returned home. It seemed, how-
ever, a wiser course in the eyes of our rulers to give to
these " high jinks" of the people the dignity of an affair.
Carriages were admitted to the Drive, and when, the
hooting began the police rushed out from their ambus-
cades, and made unsparing use of their truncheons on
every person within their reach. So vigorous was their
onset that the people were driven about in all directions,
the constables pursuing, and bitting away right and left.
By a very clever manoeuvre, for which the very highest
credit is due to the gallant constable in command at that
particular point, a portion of the crowd was driven into
the Serpentine. To avoid the truncheons some of the
baffled foe—as it is reported to us—absolutely took to the
water, and endeavoured by swimming to gain the oppo-
site bank ; but no resource is unknown to British valour.
The police had boats ab their service, and the fierce
creatures were brought back in triumph to the shore.
Need we say that the police were victorious in this
hotly-contested affair ? Tranquillity was finally re-
stored, and we can but express an earnest wish that a
medal may be given to every police constable engaged
in this spirited affair. On the one side let the inscrip-
tion be " Serpentine, July 1, 1855 ;" on the other
" Lord Robert Grosvenor and the Sabbath unpro-
faned." Next Sunday we are threatened with a
repetition of similar scenes, and probably on repe-
tition they will be found to be of a more serious
nature. Such occurrences as those of yesterday do not
take place without leaving much exasperation behind.
At the present moment we cannot afford to waste
time and attention upon Lord Robert Grosvenor and this
Sabbatarian tomfoolery. The people of London don't
want a Sunday bill, and there's an end of it. Lord
Robert Grosvenor has as much right to force such a
measure down their throats against their will as any
private individual would hake) to interfere in the ar-
rangements of his household. We can inform him
that while the bludgeon-work was at its heightmu-
murs and curses against the " aristocracy" were heard,
as though they were the cause of this dire confusion.