The Sun.
London, England, 1864-05-09 00:00:00

SPORTING NOTES.

Although all the sporting writers failed to predict the
winner of the Chester Cup, after having selected all the
favourites, besides several others, to beat the field, it affords
me great gratification that my only selected, Little Stag, ob-
tained the second situation. He was at 12 to 1 last Mon
day, when my letter appeared in 7h. Sun, so that those
who backed him to win and for a place cannot complain of
my advice. It is most absurd for handicappers to give old
horses the same weight as three-year-olds.
The York Spring Meeting commences to-morrow. For
the Craven Stakes Little Stag has only to put in an ap-
pearance to carry it off. In his absence, either Antoinette
or Donnybrook will win. The Great Northern Handicap
will likely be contested by a large field. King Charming,
one of the dead-heaters for the Metropolitan, I do not ez.
pect will see the starter. Major, the other dead-heater, will
nearly win. Wingrave, from his running with Stradella
and Isoline, must be very dangerous. East Lanca-
shire, from his forward position in the Chester Cup,
is bound to run well. Fontenoy, it is said, will not
stay the distance, but I have a different opinion, and think
if he does not win he is almost certain to get a place,
Greville is another that must not be despised. Guerilla is
a good sound horse, but I expect Wingrave will beat hint
again. Dr. Rooke is a great good-looking colt, with fine
speed, and if he can stay the course, he will nearly win,
The winner, I expect, will turn up in either Wingrave,
Major, or East Lancashire. The Flying Dutchman's
Handicap will be only a canter for Little Stag.
A FRESH MAN.

SHIPPING-THIS DAY.

BY MAGNETIC TELEGRAM.

GRASESIIND Monday Morning.
Arrived, May B—Visserie from Worcum—Roland, from
Andsund—Mentor, from Vorcum.
Arrived, May 9—William, from Ystad—Agnes Fraser,
from Seville—Omen, from Dantsic.

DEAL, Mony Morning.
Passed—Conclops for Bombay—Jane, for Algoa Bay—
Candidate, for Barbadoes—all from London—Austrian
gunboat Seehund, from Gravesend, for the Downs, after
pairing.

SACRED HARMONIC SOCIETY, EXETER HALL.—
Handers great choral work, "Israel in Egypt," will be
performed for the last time this season on Friday next, the
13th inst. Madame Parepa, Miss Banks, Madame Sainton-
Dolby, Mr. Sims Reeves, Mr. Weiss, and Mr. Santley will
be the principal vocalists,
The Patrie and the Constitutionnel have recently
made great fun of the war articles of our ministerial con-
temporaries, the Patrie exclaiming, a night or two since,
after quoting the Post, " Here is England marehblg again
—in the columns of a newspaper. How many campaigns
of the kind have not our worthy neighbours carried on for
some time past."
Two Austrian men-of-war left Breston Saturday
for the North to join the Austrian squad
PLEASANT !—" Colonel," said Butler, " should the
chances of war throw me into your hands, what would you
do with me P" " I should execute you upon the spot." "Is
this purpose entertained generally by the officers of your
army P" "Yes, and by the privates too." " Sir, I thank
to
it
you 2 , for your candour." "Sir, you are entirely welcome

OF
on Saturday, the 7th inst., the
piacErTons,....At a meeting of the
were elected members :—Mr. J. Ald•
followingCouCnOe Li l LoEfgGet
gentlemen
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los, m e n
ridge, Ningston, Yeovil; Mr. J. S. Bruce, Falkland
House, Fiachlay ; Mons, P. J. Jaeckel, the College,
iworthing ; Mr. J. Langton, 111. A., British and Foreign
School Society ; Mr. 11 Newman, Wordsley, Stourbridge ;
Rev. J. W. Tti,:)er. Wood Green, Tottenham ; Dr. T. E.
Watson, Eagle lihll,
Southgate,
AUSTRIA AND THE
POLES.—"
Austria," says the
s'iecle, "continues to give up to Russia the Poles who take
refuge in Galicia, but those extraditions no longer occur at
Brody, Where facts of that nature excite general indigna-
tion ; the prisonere are sent off through small villages on
the frontier. The Austrian authorities have been instructed
not to give up the refugees directly to Russian agents—the
Poles are taken to the frontier and forced to enter the
kingdom, the Russians having been previously informed of
the place and hour at which their prey would be thus driven
into their nets. This is not called giving up, but removing,
and thus the semi-ofileial organ, the General Correspon-
dance, was enabled to say that the Poles were no longer
given up to the Russians."
PRESIDENT LINCOLN AND THE SENATE.—The
Preeidert says that in the Senate ho "owns nine of
the senators and one half of another." " Who owns the
other half F" asked a gentleman to whom the President was
speaking. "Henry Wilson, of Massachusetts," replied the
chief magistrates. " Wilson is for me," says the President,
"before breakfast; rather against me whi:e his digestion is
going on after it; loves me like pie during the hours which
he spends in visiting the various departments and asking fcr
places and patronage; and is bitterly my enemy from 7
every evening until he goes to bed, drops asleep, and eorn-
ruences snoring. Wilson is carrying water on both shoul-
ders, but I guess he'll get a wetting, and soil his clothes
before h,) gets through,"--Yew York, .11(rald,