The Sun.
London, England, 1864-04-05 00:00:00

SPORTING NOTES,

The Epsom Meeting commences on Thursday. 'Ma
first great event to be decided is the City and Suburban.
Handicap. A great many horses have been banked for.
this race. Liston held the premiership in the betting
for the last two or three weeks, but has now received the
coup de grace by having the pen drawn through his name.
Jamicoton very nearly met a similar fate, having retro-
graded in the betting from 15 to 50 to 1, but has now
returned to even a shorter figure. The French division
are now in great form, and if not the actual winner, he
is sure to finish in the first flight.s Gordian Knot and
Veterinarian are the most formidable of the light divi-
sion, Brindisi, a cast - off from Lord Stamford's
stable, will represent the Duke of St. Albans. There
is only one fool in the race, viz, Tom Fool, and as the
month of April is said to be rather propitious to that class
of animals, it is just possible he may share her favours and
those of the judge on the present occasion by his being re-
corded the winner. He has been banned to win a large sum
of money by his spirited owner., It' I was certain he would
only run kindly, I should prefer him to anything. He has
a bad temper, and there is no dependence to be placed on
hini. I shall give my final selection both for the City and
Suburban and the Metropolitan to-morrow. The winner
for the City and Suburban I expect will turn up in either
VETERINARIAN, GORDIAN KNOT, BRINDISI, JARNI-
COTON, or TOM FooL. The Metropolitan ought to be won
by LORD ZETLAND, but I would advise him to be let alone
at present, as it is quite possible he may not put in an ap-
pearance.

A FRESHMAN.

TATTERS ALLS'.-LAST EVENING.

CITY AND SUBURBAN HANDICAP.
6to 1 agst Gordian Knot (taken and offered)
7 to 1 agst Veterinarian (taken)
11 to 1 agst Jarnicoton (taken)
14 to 1 agst Brindisi (offered)
20 to 1 agst Flying Fish (taken)
20 to 1 agst Voluptas (taken and offered)
20 to 1 agst Lord Burleigh (offered)
25 to 1 agst Stockinger (taken and offered)
25 to 1 agst Marigold (taken)
30 to 1 agst Mail Train (offered)
66 to 1 agst Vivid (offered)

METROPOLITAN STAKES.
sto 1 agst Lord Zetland (taken)
20 to 1 agst Joco (taken)

THE DERBY.
15 to 2 agst Scottish Chief (taken)
14 to 1 agat Coast Guard (taken)
16 to 1 agst Forager (taken)
18 to 1 agat Birch Broom (taken)
22 to 1 agst Blair Athol (taken)
25 to 1 agst First Flight (taken)
25 to 1 agst Historian (taken)
100 to 1 agst Laomedan (taken)
100 to 1 agst Veterinarian (taken)

Ersou SPILING.SCRATCHINGS.—ApriI 4, at 150 p.m.:—
Liston, Blarney, and Lucky Star, out of the City and
Suburban ; Cachuca, out of the Metropolitan ; and Gunner
and all Mr. Bryan's horses out of their Epsom Spring
engagements.
THE GRAND NATIONAL STEEPLECHASE, MELTON MOW-
BRAY.—WO are authorised to state that Mr. Behrens, the
owner of Game Chicken, objected to Cooksborongh, the
horse that came in first, on the ground that Mr. Lotan, who
rode him, was neither a farmer nor gentleman jockey, as
required by the conditions of the race. The stewards will
investigate the case on Thursday at Epsom.
THE LATE CHERTSEY AlEETlNG.—Alcibiades, who came
in first for the Hunt era' Stakes on the second day, has been
objected to as not being qualified to run, and the matter will
be investigated by the stewards as soon as possible, and
notice of their decision given in due course.

RACING FIXTURES FOR 1864,

APRIL.

Epsom Spring
Newmarket Craven
LlAnboldy . 12
Newcastle and Gateshead 14
Knighton

Liverpool Hunt Club,... 15
Lewes Spring . 19
Cardiff
Newmarket First Spring 25

Chester
York Spring
Salisbury l2
Blaydon
Radcliffe l6
Ju:

Redditch l6
Bath
Manchester (Summer
Harpenden
Epsom 24
'NE.

Wye
Maidstone 3
Ascot
Hampton l5
Newton
Odiham
, Bibury
-

Beverley 22
Stockbridge
Chelmsford 2B
New Forest Hunt 2B
Ne ivcastle-on-Tyne 28
Worcester (Summer)
i Ipswich ..

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT

HOUSE OF COMMONS—Last Evening,
The SPEAR.ER took the chair at four o'clock.

NEW MEMBER.
Mr. TIIERERNE took the oaths and his seat on his elec..
tion for Coventry.

PRIVATE BUSINESS.
The following bills were read a third time and passed :
North Eastern, Lancashire and Yorkshire, and West
Yorkshire Railway Companies—South Yorkshire Railway
—and West Norfolk Junction Railway.

The order for the second reading of the Walthatnstow,
Clapton, and City Railway Bill was discharged, anc the
bill was withdrawn.
THE LISBURN ELECTION COMMITTEE.
Mr. ADAIR brought up the report cf the committee,
which was to the effect that Mr. Stirling was unable tronrA
indisposition to attend the committee on the 22d ult., trad
the sitting was adjourned until to-morrow at 11 o'clock.
Dr. llA.nuts was examined at the bar of the house., and
said that he attended Mr. Stirling, who was physically un-
able to leave bis residence.

Mr. ADAIR then moved that Mr. Stirling should be
exempted irom further attendance.
Mr. HUNT contended that the motion was irregular, as
the committee, by the rules of the house, could not he
adjourned during the recess beyond the first day of the
reassembly. The hon. member cited the authority of Mr.
Clerk, the barris'er,who had written a work on the proceed.
ings in Parliament, in support of the argument. He con..
sidered the subject should be referred to a select coin..
mittee.

Mr. ADAIR said that if the committee adjourned until
to-day they could not, according to the 75th section and,
proviso of the act relating to committees, transact any busi-

ness, or even adjourn to another day.
Sir G. GREY admitted that the matter was very ire_
portant, and he submitted that the proper course would be
to have the report printed, and brought up for
consideration to-morrow, when hon, members would under
stand the nature of the subject they would have to decide.
This suggestion was adopted, the original motion having
been withdrawn after a few words from Mr. WALPOLE.
ENLISTMENT FOR THE FEDERAL STATES IN
IRELAND, &c.
Colonel DICKSON gave notice that he would ask cer-
tain questions relative to the militia in Ireland, and also as
to the inducements held out_ for enlistment for the Federal
States in that country.
THE GOVERNMENT POLICY IN REGARD TO
THE DANISH QUESTION.
Mr PEACOCKE gave notice that he would move that
this house approves the policy of the Government to
adhere to the treaty of 1852, though he might object to the
mode in which that policy was carried out. (Laughter.)
He expressed a hope that the Danish Government would
not depart from the promises given in 1851 and 1852.

THE BALLOT.
Mr. H. BERKELEY gave notice that he would bring
on the subject of the ballot after Whitsuntide. (Laughter.)
NEW WRIT.
On the motion of Mr. BRAND, a new writ was ordered
to issue for the election of a member for the city of Oxford,
in the room of the Right Hon. E. Cardwell, who had
accepted the office of one of her Majesty's Principal Secre.
taries of State.

THE DANO-GERMAN QUESTION.
In reply to Mr. B, OSBORNE,
Lord PALMERSTON said that all the Powers who
were parties to the treaty of 1852 had agreed to send
representatives to the Conference, but no answer on the
subject had yet been received from the German Diet. The
basis of the Conference would be to restore the peace of
Europe. (Laughter.) It was thought it would not be right
to settle anytning before which could be best decided on at
the Conference. No armistice had been agreed on.

RESIGNATION OF MR. STANSFELD.
Mr. STANSFELD, in order to afford him an opportunity
of making a personal explanation, moved the adjournment
of the house. He said he felt bound on a former occasion
to tender his resignation, which the noble lord (Palmer-
ston) had refused to accept in the most chivalrous manner.
He thought, however, this was one of the occasions
when a man ought not to consult his own feolings,
and he had availed himself of the refusal of the noble lord.
Ha became convincel that by retaining office he would be
embarrassing a Government which he desired to support.
The hon. member then entered into a statement, and he
indignantly disclaimed the imputations made by the Pro-
careur-General of France, and said he felt it due to
Mazzini and to himself that the former should be the
first to state what use he had made of his house
which he had given for an address. From long experience
of Mazzini he believed he was quite incapable of the actions
with which he had been charged, but although he (Mr.
Stansfeld) had every sympathy with the object of his life,
the unity and independence of Italy, he might have
thought sometimes that the methods were not so practice I
as they were sanguine. He denied that he knew anything
of Greco or his alleged accomplices until he read in the
newspapers of their arrest, With regard to Tibaldi, he
might have seen him in 1857, but neither he nor any other
person dared to make such suggestions as had been stated.
Massarenti was a dealer in maccaroni cakes, and the only
money he ever paid him was for these arti-
cles. He knew Campanella well as a scholar,
and one who was incapable of doing what was attributed
to him,
Lord PALMERSTON expressed his regret at the loss
of the hon. member's services, and passed a high eulogiun
on him for his high intellectual and moral qualities which
endeared him to all who knew him, and must be of the
greatest benefit to any Government with which he was con-
nected. He contended that the hon. member was as in-

capable of the acts most basely imputed to him as any
hon. member of that house. That hon. member was
as much interested as any other man in the personal safety
of the Emperor of the French, who had been their
firm ally, and the continuance of whose dynastic
sway was so essential not only to his own country but tu
the whole of Europe. (Hear, hear.)
The motion was negatived.
POSTAL ARRANGEMENTS.

On the motion for going into committee,
Mr. LANG moved for a select committee on the Post-
office, with an especial view to the improvement of existing
arrangements for the transmission of mails in provincial
districts. _ _

The motion was seconded by Mr, G. CLIVE, and sup-
ported by several hon. members,
Mr. PEEL, after giving explanations in reply to Mr.
LONG, and stating the rules observed by the Post-office in
relation to the acceleration of mails, observed that he was
far from saying that there was not room for improvement ;
but this was the province of the Post-office department,
which had facilities for obtaining local knowledge, and he
should not be justified in agreeing to the motion.
After some further discussion,
The CHANCELLOR, of the EXCHEQUER sug.
gested that, as the Post-office department was not repre-
sented in that house the motion was premature until the
Treasury (according to the general principle observed by
the house) had had an opportunity of examining the subject
in conjunction with the Post-office.
The amendment was ultimately negatived, and the house
weut into a committee of supply upon the Navy Estimates.
On the vote of £1,164,100 for naval stores in the Store-
keeper-General's department, a long discussion took place,
embracing, among other topics, the state of the effective
list of the navy, the condition of the steam reserve, the
actual strength cf the iron-plated navy of France, the policy
of employing upon a larger scale private yards in the con-
struction of ships of war, the comparative merits of the
Royal and private dockyards, and the question whether we
were to rely upon armour-plated vessels alone, or whether
wooden ships were to form a part of our navy. Upon these
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away with.
The vote was ultimately agreed to.
The following votes were likewise agreed to, after dis.
cussion :
£662,212 for steam machinery in the Department of the
Controller of the Navy.
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£64,350 for medicine and medical stores.
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Committee.
The house adjourned at a quarter pact 10 o'clock.

THE PRINCIPALITIES.

BUCHAREST, AntiL 1.

The bill on rural law has been presented to the
Chambers. A vote of want of confidence in the
Ministry was rejected by a large majority.

THE FRENCH LANDSCAPE PAINTER Alexander
Calame, pupil of Fran9ois Didays, and one of the most emi
.
neat masters of our time, died a few days ago at Mentone.
A magnificent funeral has been prepared at the expense of
the French Government.
SUPPOSED CHILD MURDER.—Yesterday forenoon
an inquest was taken by Mr. John Payne, coroner
for the Duchy of Lancaster, at the Howard ms, Arun-
del-street, Strand (a Liberty of the Duchy) on Ar
view of the
body of a newly-born female infant, which was found on
Friday last, by a boy, in the Thames, off the Essex street
steamboat pier. Evidence of the discovery of the body
having been given, Mr. Walsh, surgeon, Blackmore-street,
said that he had examined the body of the deceased, which
he believed was born alive: It had not been. attended to by
a medical man. The umbilical cord was not properly tied,
and in his opinion death resulted from neglect at its birth
and the want of medica. attendance, A verdict was returned
to that effect.

. GARIBALDI AT SOUTHAMPTON.

(From the Morning Herald.)
COWES, Monday..

The enthusiasm of to-day has certainly made
up for any lack there might have been yesterday.
To-day there was an approach to an ovation, and
if wo interpret the word as loosely as now seems
usual, the ovation may be granted. The work of
the day commenced early. By a little after day.
light the High street was tolerably gay with
bunting, and the people lingered about the pave-
merit in the hope of seeing Garibaldi, who, after
all, passed through the crowd unnoticed, when be
went, between half-past nine and ten o'clock, to
pay a passing visit to Captain and Mrs. Richard-
son, across the Itchen, As he took the advice of
his best friends, who would fain save him from
the fate of Kossuth, he doffed his cloak and Tur-
kish cap, and appeared in a plain surtout, which
effectually shielded him from the gaze of the un•
penetrating multitude. Soon after breakfast he
received a deputation with an address from com-
mercial travellers visiting Southampton, and
another from the working men of London, who
presented an address, and to whom he replied,
saying that he was delighted to receive a depu-
tation from the working men of England, but
that he could not definitively say when he would
be in London, as his movements were uncertain ;
bat it would probably be on Saturday next. The
ex-mayor of Bristol presented an address from
that city, when the general said :—" The object of
my visit to this country is to thank the English
people for their kindness and sympathy to me, but,
above all, for the interest manifested by this great
nation for the welfare of Italy. lam unable at
present to make any precise arrangements. lam
going first to the Isle of Wight, and in a few days
I shall proceed to London ; but I intend giving
myself the pleasure of visiting Bristol, whose recep-
tion of the Neapolitan exiles I well remember."
Then, turning to a gentleman near, he added, in
Italian—" Tell Mr_ Hoile that I cannot express
myself well in English, but were I able to do so I
could not, nor could any Italian, express his grati-
tude to the people who have done so much for our
country."
Long before noon, the hour appointed for the
presentation of the Southampton address in the
Town Hall, the space in front of East Park House
was thronged by a crowd anxious to catch a glimpse
of the general. The Italian flag still floated from
the roof of the house, and everybody was bent
upon being very enthusiastic. At a quarter to
twelve the carriage with four greys was drawn up
to the door, followed by a string of vehicles, of
which I counted fourteen, and of which there were
at least as many more, all provided for the suite, the
aldermen and the town council, at the expense of
Mr. Brinton, the Mayor, who has shown himself
most generous. At ten minutes to twelve the general
started, amid the cheers of those assembled, and,
preceded by the band of the First Hants Engineers,
in uniform, went to the Town Hall, over the ancient
Bargate. Here it took some time for the proces-
sion, wending its slow length along, to get itself
unloaded; and by the time these composing it had
got into the Town Hall the throng down the streets
had gathered round the doors, and vociferously de-
manded admission to the hall, from which police.
men endeavoured to keep out the mere roughs. The
poor mace bearers, who had cut a very splendid figure
at the door of the Meyor's house, were detained far
behind the chiefs of the corporation, and when the
Mayor had taken his seat in the council chamber,
with Garibaldi on his right and Mr. Seely, M.P.,
and the Recorder, on his left, the noise was so
great that the Mayor, at first heard with difficulty,
was towards the close of his speech hardly audible.
He welcomed Garibaldi to England and introduced
him, with perhaps several touches of exaggeration,
bat with unfeigned heartiness, to the British
public. The Town Clerk was then called upon to
read the address, and as Mr. Deacon, one of the
most amiable and obliging of officials, is not blessed
with a very strong voice, he was interrupted several
times in the first sentence by cries of " Open the
doors"—the said doors not having been closed
against any respectable looking people. And then
there was a tumult in the Town Hall, one or two
gentlemen calling for silence, one or two shouting
for the doors to be opened, one or two crying out
that the room was not large enough. So the town
clerk, desiring that the general should find audible
at least one complete sentence in the address, and
wishing no doubt that the wording (which has al-
ready appeared) should be heard by the constituents
of the corporation, perhaps unwisely paused, and
the Mayor in vain trying to enforce silence, the
address was ultimately read in little more than dumb
show, and when the end had come the general rose.
In a minute you could have heard a pin drop, and
as he began people in the back of the hall could
hardly believe that those clear ringing tones—the
tones of a perfect, natural, though diffident orator,
were from the famous " Hermit of Caprera." Gari-
baldi said—" It is not the first time that I have
received proof of the sympathy of the English
nation—proof not in words only, but in deeds.
(Hear.) I have seen this sympathy in many cir-
cumstances of my life, but particularly in that in-
stance where without the help of the English nation
it would have been impossible to complete the deeds
we achieved in Southern Italy. The English people
provided for us men, arms, and money, and they
also helped the wants of the families of those who
sacrificed their lives for their country's cause. This,
then, was a proof in deeds, more than in words, of
their sympathy for us—such a proof as demands
the eternal gratitude of the Italian people. (Loud
cheers.) In answer to your noble and generous
words, Mr. Mayor, I am now glad that I did not
sacrifice my life for the cause of liberty to our na-
tion, but it I had I should have considered that I
had only done a part of my duty, and of the duty of
every man. (Laud cheers.) I finish by giving you
my thanks for your generous sympathy and kind
welcome to me." Garibaldi then bowed and aesumed
his seat.

The general having concluded amid rounds of
cheers which echoed through the quaint old hall,
the Recorder (Mr. Montague Bare) rose and pro-
posed that the thanks of the borough be given to
the Mayor for his conduct and generosity during
the first visit to Southampton of the Italian general,
and this motion having beau seconded by Mr.
Councilman Tucker, was unanimously carried, and
the proceedings in the Town Hall were brought to
a close. After a short delay the general, in the
carriage with the Mayer, and followed by the cor-
poration as before, came slowly through the streets
to the pier, with the band rousing the echoes of the
banks of the Test, which here joins the Itchen.
It was not easy to get near the steamer which Mr.
Seely had provided for the conveyance of his guest
to the Isle of Wight, She lay, blooming in new
turquoise paint, at the end of the Royal pier, near
the bottom of High-street, and on the pier for which
there was the usual twopenny charge of admiesioe,
there were assembled several hundred people, and
When the general came down in the carriage with
the Mayor and Mr. Seely it was a wonder that
there was not an accident, so reckless were the
people in pushing to get near the hero of the day.
Owing to the crowd which prevented the gangway
from being seen the carriage was driven past the
proper place, but the error was in a moment recti-
fied, and the general descended to the deck, stepping
on which he ceased to be the guest of the town, and
accordingly here he took leave of the Mayor and
Mr. Alderman Perkins. When Mr. Seely had got
his party on board the gangway was hauled ashore,
and the general, walking to the quarter deck re-
turned the salutes of those who, from pier, steamers,
and small boats, as well as from the shore, tendered
to Garibaldi a farewell which they were, one and all,
pluming themselves would be the preface to a very
short absence. A salute was fired from the platform
battery as the Sapphire moved from the pier, and,
turning round, glided down the Water. Nearly
opposite the entrance to the docks lies the Boscawen,
two-decker training ship, and here cccurred a most
interesting incident. Just as the steamer turned
Garibaldi lit a cheroot, and was proceeding to speak
to some of his friends when his attention was drawn
to the fact that the training ship was almost lite-
rally alive with blue jackete, who-, as the Sapphiresped by, waved their hats and caps to the general,
but were by etrength of diecipline restrained from

the cheer which they would willingly have given.
Perhaps their silent goodwill affected the general
even more than the noisy demonstration of the
shorefolks, inasmuch as he who the day before
had such reverence for discipline that he would not
go on the Ripon's paddlebox until he had asked
the captain's leave could not help admiring the self.
control which prevented British sailors under so
strong a temptation from breaking a very whole°
some rule of the service, which provides that no
demonstration shall be made except by order. It
was five minutes past one that the Sapphire left the
pier with Mr. Clarke, one of the directors, and Capt.
Corke, the superintendent, on deck ; and by twenty
minutes past one she was opposite Netley, when
the general accepted Mr. Seely's invitation to
luncheon below. First handing down a lady on
board, and then pointedly asking Mr. Negretti to
join them, Garibaldi descended to the cabin. It was
a pity, but there was no help for it, that the general
was hardly below when the Sapphire reached the
noble screw steamer, Ceylon, belonging to the
Peninsular and Oriental Company, and just on the
point of starting—lying at her buoy for the mails
—and the passengers o❑ the beautiful packet were
all on the tiptoe of expectation ready to cheer him
whom they were unfortunate enough not to see.
The party did not,ho wever, remain long at luncheon,
for Garibaldi is now more than ever abstemious, and
soon after he returned on deck the word was passed
that the steamer was nearing Cowes. Fifty minutes
only had gone by since she left the Royal pier in the
Test, when it was seen that West Cowes had made
as much as possible of the occasion. The pontoon I
of the pier was gaily dressed with banners and
streamers, and numbers of people had assembled not
only on the pier but in little boats around, cheering
moat heartily. Hardly had the sponsons touched
the pontoon when half a dozen gentlemen rushed
on board, at the head of them Captain Ledgard,
who, in the name of West Cowes and of the island,
congratulated the general on his arrival. The
Mayor of Newport was then presented, and, amid
the gratified looks of the islanders, Garibaldi
landed, and immediately proceeded in one of Mr.
Seely's carriages to Brook-house, where he arrived
about half-past three o'clock, no doubt wondering
in himself where so many people as he saw stowed
themselves at night in such a little island, and in
so few houses. At Brook House the general will,
with his sons and his suite, live in perfect quietude
for a few days—but for very few. He has, condi-
tionally upon his other engagements, accepted the
invitation of the Mayor and corporation of South-
ampton to a banquet at the end of the week; but
the day is not fixed, and, indeed, the occurrence of
the banquet is something more than improbable.
On Saturday afternoon he will probably arrive in
London, where he will be the guest of the Duke of
Sutherland at Stafford House. It is understood
that, as the Mayor of Southampton hinted in his
closing words in the Town Hall, a strong effort will
be made to keep the general beyond the influence
of designing persons. He is so impressionable, so
disinclined to offer the least slight even to one who
has no claim upon him, much more those who fancy
themselves to have a lien upon his time or his per-
son, that he would fall an easy prey to the popu-
larity-hunters who have tried to surround him. It
is felt that he is now in good hands, that at Stafford
House he will also be safe; but it is feared that some
of those immediately about his person will parade
him through town in the theatrical, though simple,
costume which is well enough when just landed
from a voyage, but which his sons have discarded,
and which it is by his friends strongly hoped he will
not wear in London, at least after his first formal
entry. There is some talk of a grand banquet in the
nave of the Crystal Palace, but his most distinguished
friends, who have perhaps done more concerning his
visit to England than the pablie will ever know,
think it will be wise that banquets at which speech-
making is to be the order of the day should be as
few and far between as possible. If his wiser
friends should have their way this visit to England
may be for many a year a matter for pleasant
thoughts both to Englishmen in general and to
Garibaldi himself. If, on the other hand, his more
selfish acquaiu tances carry their point both England
and the man whom such a large proportion of
England now delights to honour may for long
enough repent the doing of persons who will not
take a hi❑t, and to whom there is nothing for it
but to speak plainly. As a gentleman said in my
hearing to-day, " Nothing would better please
Italy's enemies than to see the general and his
friends repeat the Kossuth mistake."