The Sun.
London, England, 1864-08-04 00:00:00

SPQR , LING INTELLIGENCE,—This Day,

BRIGHTON RACES—THIS DAY.
(BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH)
FIFTH BIENNIAL STAKES.
Durham .............................. 1
Olivia
CLARET STAKES. ...... 2

Eight
ran. ..................
Nebula ..

LATEST BETTING,
EBOIL HANDICAP.
sto 1 agst East Lancashire (taken)

ST. LEGER.
20 to 1 apt Knight of Szoudon (taken)
Scottish Chief reported scratched.

ACCEPTANCES AT LEWES.
Do Warrenne Handicap. T,Y.C.
Age st lb Age st lb
Cranbury
Marigold .. ..
Attraction ... 38 3 Olivia....
Summersiie ...... 4 7 10' Starbeam
Gallus
Deception
Peignoir
Rouge Crosse
7 7
Attache .. ..
ldrake
Confederate
- --

Lewes Handicap.
Age st lb
Bally Edmond 6 8 12
Magnum Bonum 5 8 4
Summerside
Canzonette
Dr Syntax 4 7 8
The Clown
Canary
Suspicion
Portland
Welter Cup.

Two miles.

b
The Stranger .... Ag
3e 6et
'4
Redcap ......... . 3 6 4
Madcap .......... 3 6 4
Retainer ........ 3 6 1
Sheridan ......•. 3 6 1
Jeanette.......... 3 6 1
The Sluggard .• •• 3 6 1
Orphene

at. lb. et. lb.
Deerfoot ........ 11 12 Plover
Bally Edmond ...... 11 9 ' Portland
Monk
Nanrico
Accident
Nebula
Disappointment .... 10 0 ' Greenland 9 0
Margery
Ace of Hearts

Weights for till
st lb
Aristocrat
Nakubova 8 7
Attache 8 4
Vest colt
St. Vincent
Auditor
Lord Waldegrave 7lO
Gipsy Boy 7 10

Nursery plate.

st lb
Trines . ............. 7 0
Rose of Denmark.... 7 0
Herschel .......... 6 12
Corporal Trim ...... 6 12
Lovelace
Volatile
Ptarmigan 6 10
Little Pickles
Quit
Thublet .. 6 10
Imogene filly .. 6 10
Scylla
Victory
King of Greece 6 7
Contraband
Chesterfield
British Queen
6
H pe

Doetord -
Provisor 7 7
Salliet 7 7
Vigilant .. 7 4
Spain
Simple Maid 7 4
Sisyphus
Flying Horso . . 7 2
Tilt 7 2
Sympathy
Cedrie

A Scene in the Belfast Council Chamber.

The Belfast Northern Whig reports a quarterly meeting
of the town council, in which Mr Rea figures prominently,
and is treated after the manner in which he was dealt
with by the committees of the Houses of Parliament. Mr
Rea had made long speeches upon the various subjects
that had come before the council, and at about the middle
of the business he discoursed upon the packing of the
burgess roll, a question which, in the Mayor's opinion,
had nothing whatever to do with the subject in hand.
When the Mayor remonstrated, Mr Roa replied—" 1 tell
you not to stifle debate, and if you do, I charge you with
being one of the conspirators. (Clamour and confusion.)
You will be the first man I will put in my informations."
(Order, order.) Mr Rea frantically gesticulated, and waved
his hand as if wishing to be heard—the Mayor standing,
and the whole council room in disorder. Mr Rea shouted
away, and concluded with the words—" Perjury and subor-
nation of perjury of the foulest description. The case of
John Lytle and John Rea will last longer than the case of
the Queen against Potts and others." Mr Rea then sat
down, and Alderman Mullen got up. Mr Rea then rose
again, and said, "1 have not done yet; but I will yield
pro tempore to Mr Mullen." Mr Mullen was then pro-
ceeding to say, " After this extraordinary conduct," when
Mr Rea called to the Mayor---" I charge you with being
one of the conspirators that aided to procure the bill by
fraud ; and I charge you with a violation of your oath de-
liberately committed." The council chamber was then in
confusion, and the public outside the bar were in ecatacies.
Mr Rea declined to withdraw the expression and refused to
apologise. "I repeat it," said he; "and that you prosti-
tuted your cffice to it, and committed a fraud on the rate-
payers of Belfast." The Mayor rang the bell, and the two
chief constables appeared in the room. The Mayor directed
to have Mr Rea removed from the room. Chief-constable
Green touched him upon the shoulder and told him to go
out with him. "Touch me, and I will go ; you know by
whose orders," said Mr Rea, He then walked out with the
chi of constable and was taken to an ante-room, where he
was followed by a great number of people. When he had
collected himself, he walked into the portion of the council
room allotted to the public outside the bar, and, rushing
through the people, he sprang over the barrier, his foot
caught in the rail, and he fell full length on the floor. Chief-
constables Green and advanced to him, and, tak-
ing him by the collar, commenced to remove him. He threw
himself on the ground on his b ack, and caught the large
table by one hand and a chair by the other, determined to
rebel every inch of the way to the door. The council table
and the chair was taken from him, and he was pulled along
the ground by the neck and feet until the constables arrived
with him at Mr M'Geagh's chair, which they all fell over.
The two chief constables having got to their feet, pulled
him out on his back, and delivered him to a posse of coil,.
stables in waiting to take charge of him.
The scene was the most exciting ever witnessed in the
council room, and was a climax to all the outrageous pro-
ceedings which have taken place there during the last two
years.

When taken out, Mr Rea asked the chief constable by
whose order he had been taken out the second time; he
had done nothing, he said, deserving of expulsion by force,
and the Mayor would rue it to the latest day of his life. The
business of the council was proceeded with, and was quietey
got through.
At the conclusion of the business Mr Rea entered the
council chamber and demanded and obtained from the Town
Clerk copies of all the resolutions passed from the time he
was so summarily rejected. He told the mayor that salmis
consequences would result from the proceedings of that day,
The mayor shortly after left with Mr Preston, and was
cheered by the crowd assembled in Police-square. When
Mr Rea appeared he harangued the crowd for a few minutes,
threatening all sorts of action for conspiracy. And thus
one of the most extraordinary meetings ever held in ti)
Town Hall terminated.

• EAST LONDON BANK. —(THIS DAY.)—The first
general meeting of the shareholders of this bank
was held to-day. The report stated that the gross profits
have been L 10,576 178 lld ; against this had been charged
the current expenses of the head office and branches for
the half year amounting to £3,941 4s; interest on current
and deposit accounts amounting to £2,037 108 2d; rebate
calculated at the Bank rate, at the date of making up the
accounts, viz., 6 per cent., amounting to £1,640 6s Id;
leaving an available balance of £2,957 17 Bd. The
directors recommended that this sum be appropriated
as follows—A dividend at the rate of £5 per cent.
per annum for the past half-year, free of income tax, on the
original capital (X 60,000); which absorbs £1,500. Interest
at the same rate, also free of income tax, on the new capital
(S 10,000), from the date of calls to June 30, which amounts
to £683 Gs 83, leaving a balance (including rebate) to be
carried forward to the present half year of £2,414 17s ld.
The premium of 30e per share on the 8,000 new shares,
amounting to £12,000, had in accordance with the circular
of Dec. 26 last, been appropriated to the formation of a re-
serve fund, and was now invested £13,296 8s consols. The
directors would submit to the meeting, for confirmation, the
resolution of the board increasing the capital of the cora.,
pany frm £1,000,000 to £2,000,000.
Vice-Chancellor who refused an
an appeal from
theWdEeScTisOioNn'Soif the t
application made to him to disch„arge the undertaking given
by Mr Weston not to open his Retreat" at Kentish-town
for public entertainment until the cause of Copestoke v.
Weston had been decided, was made to the Lords Justices,
on the ground of delay in proceeding with it. It was finally
arranged by their lordships that the plaintiffs should pro-
ceedwith:the suit with all
possible expedition, and that in
the meantime the undertaking should stand, except that
mr Weston was to be allowed to have any music for which
a licence would not be required, and he was to be permitted
to send up balloons,
The citizens of Dublin are most anxious that the
Channel fleet, now on passage to Cork, should visit Dublin
Bay. The town commissioners of Kingstown and Daltay
have sent memorials to the Admiralty on the subject.
There is no doubt but that such visits are very useful in
manning the navy, as they excite a desire for the service
among the young men, while entailing no extra expense on
the Government.

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ALARMING ACCIDENT TO A BALLOON.—On Tues•
day Captain Orton ascended in his balloon—the
" Princess Alexandra"—from Aston-park, Birmingham ;
but, before doing so, an accident occurred which had well
nigh caused the destruction of the aerial machine. Some
one, it is supposed, struck a match for the purpose of light•
ing a pipe or cigar, close to the balloon, and in an instant a
flitme some 12ft, high was found issuing from the valve.
With great presence of mind the aeronaut covered up the
aperture with a piece of canvass, and the lane was at once
extinguished by the attoppage of the exit of gas into the
air. Little damage was ne to the balloon,
The number of patients relieved at the Hospital
for Diseases of the Chest, 67, Margaret .street, Cavendish-
square, was 67 during the week,