The Sun.
London, England, 1864-04-15 00:00:00

'ISPORTING INTELLIGENCE—This Day.

NEWMARKET RACES.—THT s DAY.
(By ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.)
QUEEN'S PLATE.

Wingrave
Harlequin
Tourist

Six ran.
£5O HANDICAP PLATE.

Antoinette *** z..... 1
•
Chip of the Old Block
Bosh 3
Thirteen ran.
PORT STAKES.
-- -

Girt& colt 1
Jarnicoton
Anfield

LATEST BETTING ON THE COURSE.
TWO THOUSAND GUINEAS.
3to 1 agst Fille do l'Air (taken)
9to 2 agst Lord Glasgow's lot (taken)
20 to 1 agst Paris (offered)
CHESTER CUP.
9to 1 agst Change (taken)
THE DERRY.
14 to 1 aget Carats ean (taken)
11 to 1 agst Coastguard (taken)
9to 1 agst Lord Glasgow's lot (offered, take 10)
1000 to 30 agst Paris (offered)
40 to 1 agat Blair Athol (offered)
15 to 1 agst Blair Athol being let, 2d, or 3d

RACING FIXTU.

Lewes Spring l9
Cardiff

Cheater
York Spring
Salisbury.. l2
Blaydon
Radcliffe

Wye 1
Maidstone 3
Ascot ..
Hampton ' 16
Newton
Odiham
Bibury .. 22

Newmarket July
Carlisle
Pontefract
Abingdon
Cambridge .. l2
Liverpool July
Stamford l4

Au,
Brighton 2
Brighton Club
Lewes
Huntingdon.. 9
Wolverhampton
Reading
Egham
Oxford .. 18
SEPT:
Weymouth 1
Warwick September 6
Leicester. .
Bridgwater
Doncaster

OCT
Bedford 4
Northallerton 6
Newmarket Second Oct lO

Lincoln
Gloucester
Newmarket Houghton 24
UM.

Worcester Autumn .... 1
Shrewsbury Autumn .. 14
IRI
AP.
Kildare Hunt
Curragh
County Louth 2O, 21

Leamington &Wsr. Hunt 22

Fethard. .
Athlone 26, 27

Springhill 2
Galway Hunt 3, 4
Nenagh lO, 11
Juxu.

Cork
Tullamore
Tipperary .. 30, 31

Carragh....l
28, 29, 30

SE2TEURER.

Curragh 6, 7, 8

OCTOBER.

Curragh --
18, 19, 20
STEEPLECHASING FIXTURES FOR 1861.

NOVEMBER.
Leamington and Warwickshire Haut 22

Meeting of Middlesex Magistrates.

THIS DAY.

A portion of the folowing appeared in our impression of
last night :

A very full meeting of Middlesex magistrates
was held to-day at the Sessions House, Clerkenwell-

green.

ADMISSION OF CATHOLIC MINISTERS TO PRISONS. '
Mr. P. N. LAURIE moved the following resolu-
tion :

" That it appearing from the returns presented by the
Visiting Justices of the three county prisons to the court,
on the 18th February, 1864, that, at the date of such re-
turns, the number of Roman Catholic prisoners in the House
of Correction was 391, in the Westminster Bridewell 223,
and in the House of Detention 35, making an aggregate
number of 639, this court is of opinion that it is expedient
to provide for the regular ministration of a minister or
ministers of the Roman Catholic Church, or persuasion, for
the prisoners of that Church, or persuasion, who shall receive
a reasonable sum as recompence for his, or their services,
under the provisions of the Prison Ministers' Act, 1861' "
He thought it was the moral duty of the magis-
trates to do that for the Catholics what the law
compelled them to do for the Protestants, and that
it was unjust to deprive a prisoner of that consola-
tion of which he stood so much in need. The
magistrates would do well to imitate the example
set mankind by the apostle Paul, and give to every
one that which is right and proper.

Viscount ENFIELD seconded the motion.

Mr. E. W. Cox moved, as an amendment, the
following :
" That the Visiting Justices of the Houses of Correction
at Coldbath-fields and Westminster be requested to carry
into tffect so much of the L'd section of the 26 and 27 Vic,,
cap. 79, as relates to permitting a minister of the Church or
persuasion to which prisoners belong, to visit such prisoners
at proper and reasonable times, under such regulations as
they deem to be necessary to the preservation of the discip-
line of the respective prisoners. That the salary of the
minister for Coldbath-fields Prison be £l5O per annum, and.
the House of Correction £lOO per annum."

After some discussion,

Mr. Sergeant PAYNE moved a negative, both to
the motion and amendment, to the effect that, " To
allow Roman Catholic priests to attend at the
prisms on ail occasions, whether their ministrations
Ire required or not, would be unnecessary and im.
proper."

A division then took place on the amendment of
Mr. Cox, the members being—

For the amendment
Against it
This division left Mr. Laurie's still the original
motion, when a division was again taken on the
amendment of Mr. Payne, and the numbers were--
For Mr. Payne's amendment '7O
Against it ..... 24
The result being that the motion of Mr. Laurie
was lost by a majority of 46.

Bank of England Return.--Last Evening.

An Account, pursuant to the Act 7th and Bth Victorm,
cap. 32, foB
1r the
:week ending on Wednesday, the 13th day
oApril, 64
___

ISSUE DEPARTMENT.
:,Notes named ...N....427,026,915 Government Debt X 11,015,100
Other Securities .. 3.634,900
Gold Coin & Bullion 12,376,945
Silver Bullion ....

X 27,026,9151
BANKING D
Proprietors' Capi-
tal • ..£14453.000
Rest c, 3,164457
Public Deposits (in-
cluding Exche-
quer, Savings'
Banks, Commis-
mission ers of Na-
tional Debt, and
Dividend Ac-

X 27,020,915

EPARTMINT.
Government Seen-
rities
_(including
Dead IV eight A-
nnuity) £11,022.267
Other Securities 20,266,033
Notes .......... 5,770,725
Gold and Silver 703,05
Coin

counts) 5,929.922
Other Deposits— 13,56,049
Seven Day and
other Bills .

529,377

i 37,762.485

.£37,762,455

.RSHALL, Chief Cashier.

April 14, HU

We understand that the office of Junior Lord of
the Admiralty, vacated by Mr. Stansfeld and de-
clined by Mr Baxter, has been offered to Mr. Childers,
M.P. for Pontefract, and has been accepted by that gentle-
man. An election for Pontefract may therefore be expect ed
to occur witnia a few days.
It is stated that Mr. Lowe, the Vice-President
of the Committee of the Privy Council on Educs.-
lion, has tendered his resignation in consequence of the
vote of Tuesday night; but we are not positively informed
whether his resignation has been accepted. The friends of
the right hon. gentleman not in the Government, it is said,
aro of opinion that he cannot retain office after the adverse
vote of Tuesday.

'MISSING SuiF.—The Pioneer, which sailed from
Cardiff on the let of November for Constantinople with
iron, has not since been heard of.