The Sun.
London, England, 1864-03-15 00:00:00

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE,

TA TTERSALLS'.—LAST NIGHT.
THE GREAT NORTHAMPTONSHIRE STAKES,
Sto 1 agst Lioness (cfnred)
11 to 1 agst Blithfield (taken)
100 to 8 agst Wingrave (taken)

CHESTER CUP.
600 to 40 aget Golden Pledge (offered)
20 to 1 agst Blackdown (offered)
30 to 1 agst Aocidcnt (taken)
40 to 1 agst Greenland (taken)
THE TWO THOUSAND GUINEAS STAKES.
6to 1 agst File de l'Air (taken)
7to 1 agst Cambusoan (taken and offered)

THE DERBY.
Bto i agst Scottish Chief (offered)
14 to 1 agst Coastguard (taken)
100 to 7 agst Cambuscan (taken and offered)
23 to 6 agst Ackworth (taken)
33 to 1 agst Idler (taken)
40 to 1 agst agst Copenhagen (taken and offered)

BETTING AT MANCHESTER—MONDIY.
There was a fair attendance of members at the Rooms
to-day, and the speculation was chiefly confined to the
Northamptonshire Stakes, There were plenty of offers to
take 20 to -,bout Jarnicoton for the City and Suburban,
but no layers could be found at that figure. Closing prices

NORTHAMPTONSHIRE STAKE 6.
S to 1 agst Lioness (taken)
10 to 1 agat Blithfield (taken and offered)
100 to S agst Gardener (taken)
14 to 1 agst Dollar (taken)
15 to 1 agst Wingrave (taken)
16 to 1 agst Fairwater (taken)
20 to 1 agst Touch and Go (taken)
20 to 1 agst Union Jack (taken)
20 to 1 agat Gibraltar (taken)
CITY AND SUBURBAN.
20 to 1 agst Jarnicoton (wanted)
DERBY.
100 to 6 agst Forager (taken)

DONCASTER SPRING MEETINGS-MONDAY.

'the Trial Stakes of 5 cove each, with 30 added, for three-
yr-olds and upwards; penalties and allowances. T.Y.C.,
three quarters of a mile. 7 subs.
Mr G. W. Morris's Siva, 3 yrs, Get 91b (Carroll) 1
.1r T. Parr's Blondin, 4 yrs, Oct (inc. 71b ext) (Heslop) 2
Mr H. H. H. O'Hara's Burnfoot, 3 yrs, Get 61b (Sayers) 3
Mr Walters's Sapper, 3 yrs, Gst 91b (J. Marson) 4
Betting-5 to 4 agst Blondin, sto 2 agst Siva.
The latter made play throughout, and won easily by
three lengths; Burnfoot was a bad third.
The Hopeful Stakes of 5 cove each, with 100 added, for
two-yr.olds; colts, Bst 101 b; fillies and geldings, Set
71b ; penalties and allowances. Hopeful Course, about
five furlongs. 59 subs.
Mr John Dawson's Money Spinner, Bst 71b (H. Custance) 1
Mr H. Wilkinson's East Lynn, 9st 31b (in 51b ex.)
(H. Grimshaw) 2
Mr E. A. Watson's Frangipani colt,
_Bst 101 b _

... .
(J. Snowden) 3
Mr Samuel's Blackbird, Bst 41b (allowed 310.... (Perry) 4
The following also ran :—Rondoletia, Zeuave Jun.,
Rose of Denmark, King Arthur, Spring•gun, Friday,
Weatherglass, Catalogue, Anonyma, Grace Darling, and
Nothing More.

Betting-7 to 2 agst the Frangipani colt, 9to 2 agst
Blackbird, 11 to 2 agst King Arthur, 10 to 1 (at first 100
to 15) agst Money Spinner, 100 to 6 agst Friday.
Attar a delay of about half an hour in futile attempts to
effect a start, King Arthur made play, followed by Black-
bird, Grace Darling, Weatherglass, the Frangipani colt,
Spring-gun, and Zouave Jun., the others headed by Money
Spinner, the two last being East Lynn and Rondoletia.
Coming round into the straight, about a quarter of a mile
from the finish, Blackbird closed upon King Arthur, the
pair being waited upon by Money Spinner to opposite the
stand, where Blackbird stopped, completely beaten, and
immediately afterwards King Arthur also compounded.
Two hundred yards from the Judge Money Spinner rushed
to the front, and "stalling off" East Lynn and the Frangi-
pani colt's final effort, won cleverly by half a length. A
neck separated the second and third, and a head only divided
the third and fourth. Spring-gun was fifth, King Arthur
sixth, and the next three were Nothing More, Anonyma,
and Zouave Jun., the absolute last being Rondoletia.
The Municipal Stakes of 5 sous each, with 40 added, for all
_ _

ages; selling and other allowances. Half a mile. 6 subs.
Mr. Saxon's Romola, 2 yrs, £3O, sst 101 b.... (H, Sharp) 1
Mr. I'Anson's Little Hannah filly, 3 yrs, £3O, 7st Sib
car. ist 91b (A. Edwards) 2
Mr. T. Bancroft's Cronstadt, 6 yrs, £3O, Oat 10Ib
(Challoner) 3
Mr. J. Osborne's Vatty colt, 2 yrs, VO, sst 131 b
(Carroll) 4
Betting-5 to 4on the Little Hannah filly, 3to 1 each
agst Romola and the Vatty colt,
The Little Hannah filly led to within 200 yards of the
Judge's box, where Romola, on the outside of Cronstadt,
joined the pair, and won an exciting—though evidently
easy—race by a head. A neck separated the second and
third ; the Vatty colt a bad fourth.
The winner was bought fn for 75 guineas.
The Doncaster Spring Handicap of 10 soya each, sft, and
only 3if declared, with 100 added; winners extra. St.

Leger Course, one mile and three-quarters. 43 subs, 19

of whom declared.
Mr Lowe's Anglo-Saxon, 3 yrs, Gst 31b (J. Loates) 1
Mr Samu9l's Fontenoy, 4 yrs, ist Slb (car. ist 91b)
(A. Edwards) 2
Mr J. Osborne's Mantrap, 3 yrs, Gst 31b (Carroll) 3
Mr Hodgman's Truant, 4 yrs, Gst 81b (Morris) 4
Mr Watson's Unfashionable Beauty, 4 yrs, 7st (Storey) 5
Mr Fobert's Ghillie Callum, 3 yrs, Gst 7ib .. (J. Marson) 6
Mr W. I' Anson's New York, 3 yrs, fist 21b (It. Kelly) 7
Betting-3 to 1 agst Truant, 100 to 30 agst Anglo-Saxon,
7 to 2 agst Mantrap, 5 to 1 agst Fontcnoy.
The instant the start was made Truant went away with a
clear lead, followed by Mantrap, 'Unfashionable Beauty,
and Anglo-Saxon, which three were four or five lengths in
front of Fontenoy, who was a similar distance in advance of
Ghillie Callum, New York being tailed off early. A mile
from home Anglo-Saxon took second place, and half a mile
from the finish he secured a clear lead for the succeeding
quarter of a mile, and was challenged by Mantrap and Fon-
tenoy at the distance. Half-way up the distance Mantrap
died away, and opposite the stand Fontenoy got his head in
front, but Anglo-Saxon, answering gamely to the frequent
and determined calls made by young Loates, won a splendid
finish by a short head. Tw o lengths separated the second
and third; the ethers beaten off.

The United Hunt Stakes of 3 sovs each, with 30 added, for
local hunters ; gentlemen riders. Two miles. 13 subs.
Mr G. Walker's Pigeon, 5 yrs, 12st 21b (Owner) 1
Mr James Haliday's Vandal, aged (h b), 12st
_9lb

(Owner) 2
Mr G. Simpson's Red Robin, aged (h b), 12st 41b
(Mr C. Boynton) 3
Mr G. Nelson's Ballinasloc, 6 yrs (h b), list 1 llb
(Owner) 4
Mr T. Croft's Lady Sutton, 4 yrs (II b), lOst 121 b
(Mr T. Price) 5
Mr C. Reynard's Young Aladdin, 4 yrs, I_lst 71b

(islr Spence) 6
Mr Lee ns Resolute, aged b), list 111 b (car Ilst 12th _

(Mr Fewsou) 0
Betting-11 to Son Lady Sutton, 3to 1 agst Vandal, 6to
1 agst Pigeon.
After going a few hundred yards Vandal deprived Reso-
lute of the lead, and made the rest of the running to the
distance, where ho was passed by Pigeon, who won easily
by three lengths; the others beaten off.

The Londesborough Plato of £lOO, for three•yr•olds and
upwards ; winners extra. Red House in, 5 fur. 152 yds.
10 subs.

Mr J. Jackson's Veterinarian, 3 yrs, Gst 101 b

(J. Marlon) 1
Mr W. Phillips's Persuasion, 3 yrs, Gat 91b

(Williamson) 2
Mr J. Osborne's Mantrap, 3 yrs, Gat....
The following also ran : —Miss Armstrong, Faith, Wis-
dom, and Ess Bouquet.
Betting-5 to 2 agst Veterinarian, 3to 1 agst Miss Arm-
strong, 100 to 15 each agst Faith and Persuasion, 100 to 12
agst Ess Bouquet, 10 to 1 agst Wisdom.
Veterinarian waited to the distance, where he came
away and won by six lengths—a length between second and
third.
There was no betting on future events.

GRAND MILITARY AND RUGBY BUNT
STEEPLECHASES.—MONDAY.
Thr Open Handicap Steeplechase of 10 sovs each, with 50
added; winners extra. About four miles. 15 sovs.
Mr J. de Chadwick's Jerry, aged, llst 31b (Mr B. Land) 1
Mr Tempest's Merrimac, aged, list slb .. (J. Knott) 2
Mr M'Naghten's Thomastown, aged, 12st 71b (Murphy) 3
Betting—Even on Thomastown, 5 to 2 each agst Jerry
and Merrimac.
Won by six lengths, the same between second and third.
The Selling Steeplechase of 3 soya each, with 30 added.
Two miles. 8 subs.
Capt. Tempest's Redwing, list 71b (£3O) (Owner) 1
Capt. Fitzgerald's Trumpeter, 12st (£5O) (Mr Lawrence) 2
Mr D. Collins's Nereus, aged, 12st (£5O) (Owner) 3
Capt. Handley's Doubtful, aged, list 71b (130)
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Mr G. W. Coleman's Sir Harry, list 71b r(£3o) and) 4
(Mr. Hickman) 5
Volunteer, Lady Lovell, and Lord Derby also ran.
Betting-2 to 1 agst Trumpeter, 3 to 1 agst Redwing, and
4 to 1 agst Doubtful.
Won in a canter by ten lengths—a bad third.
The winner was bought in by Mr Chadwick for 71 gr,g.
The Grand Military Gold Cup, value 100 soya, added to a
Sweepstakes of 10 soya each, with 100 added; 12st each ;
winners extra ; allowances. Three miles over a fair
hunting country. 17 subs.
Major Wombwell's Bell's Life, 12st (inc. 10lb extra)
(Captain Smith) 1
Captain Starkey's Cannibal, 12st ( \lr. Lawson) 3
Captain Blurgell's Elshatn, 12st (Owner) 3
The following also ran :—Miss Arthur, Agnes, Useless
Brute, Tupsley, Windsor, Deacon, and Wide Awake.
Betting-2 to 1 agst Agnes, 9 to 4 agst Bell's Life, 9 to
2 agst Elsham, 7 to 1 agst Miss Arthur, 8 to 1 agst Can-
nibal, 10 to 1 agst Tupsley.
Cannibal led the way, followed by Useless Brute, 'Wind-
sor, and Bell's Life, Agnes well up to the fence next the
winning-post, which Useless Brute and Tupsley refused,
and Agnes at the same time fell, and broke away. Bell's
Life and Cannibal led alternately until rounding the win-
11in-flag fvr Wine, Where Windsor retired boatep, tad

Bell's Life, Cannibal, and Elsham had the finish to them-
selve3, Major 'Wombwell's horsy winning by a length and
a half; three lengths between second and third ; Tupsley
fourth, close up.

The Farmers' Maiden Plate of 60 sous; weight for age.
About three miles over the Steeplechase Course.
Mr E. Burdett's Deception, 6 yrs, 13st (Owner) 1
Mr Daniel's Long Enfield, aged, 13st (Mr liipwell) 2
M: C. Norton's The Spider, 6 yrs, 13st .. (Owner) 3
Mr Elick na Master Oliver, 6 yrs, I.3st (Mr. Cryer) 4
Mr Johnson's Miss Galt, aged, 13st (Mr J. T. Smith, jr,) 5

The following also ran :—Sir Peter, Carissa, escape,
ntleface, end Paddy Shields,

Betting-3 to 1 each agst Tho Spider and Long
5 to 1 agst Deception.
Won by 20 lengths—a bad third.
The Veteran Stakes of 10 sous each ; gentlemen riders,
12st 7!b each ; winners extra. Military Steeplechase
Course.

Mr Duffield's Bounce, aged, 13st 71b (in. 141 b extra)
(Mr Coventry) 1
Capt. Park Gale's Rifleman, 13st 71b (inn. 14Ib extra)

(Capt. Holyoali) 2
Capt. Wilkinson's Fusee, 13. it (inc• 71b extra)
(Mr. Lawrence) 3

The Nobbler also ran.
Betting—Even on Bounce, 6 to 4 agst Rifleman.
Won by three lengths—a bad third.

SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS.

TIMES.—Few persons will, we think, consider
the renewed mention in the House of Commons of
the matter in which the names of M. Mazzini and
Mr. Stansfeld are implicated to be superfluous. On
the contrary, when the incident was first brought
before the House, a short time back, there was a
general feeling that it required an explanation from
the parties concerned, and that a very indifferent
explanation was given. We propose to recall to the
minds of our readers the circumstances of the case,
and leave them to judge whether a high-strained
tone of indignation, such as has been adopted by
Messrs. Stansfeld and Layard, is the most fitting
on this occasion. At the trial of Greco and. his
companions the Procureur-General said—" Greco
was to write to that address in London if he was in
want of money. It is as follows M. Flower,
35, Thurloe-sqnare, Brompton.' I searched the
London Directory.' At page 670 I found what I
was looking for, and it was not without sadness
that I recognised the name of a member of Parlia-
ment of England, who already had been in 1857
appointed to be the banker of the Tebaldi conspi-
racy against the Emperor's life " These expres-
sions of the Procureur-General, of course, attracted
no little notice in France. Much indignation was
expressed, not only in Imperialist circles, but also
by the public at large, for it was not difficult to
ascertain that at 35, Thurloe-square, resided Mr.
Stansfeld, a member of the present Government.
The matter was alluded to in the French press, and
was made the occasion of an attack on England by
that zealous Imperialist savant, M. Leverrier. Na-
turally enough, curiosity was excited on this side
the Channel, and the other night the attention of
Mr. Stansfeld was called to the speech of the Pro-
cureur-General in a very temperate manner by Mr.
Cox. That anybody insinuated or believed that
Mr. Stansfeld was engaged in a plot to murder
Napoleon 111. was, of course, out of the question ;
but it undoubtedly was the fact that in the posses-
sion of one of the conspirators was found a letter
bidding him, if in want of money, to write to a
certain Mr. Flower, at the address of the member
for Halifax. Who, then, was Mr. Flower ? Was
there such a person ? Was the name used by
Mazzini or any other person as an alias ? Could
Mr. Stansfeld, by making inquiry of Mazzini, or
any one else, throw any light on the subject ?
In short, had Mr. Stansteld the power to clear up
this mystery, which had caused so much specula-
tion both in Paris and London ? Mr. Stansfeld rose
and at once ascended the height of moral indigna-
tion. "The astonishment with which he had read
the speech was mingled with somewhat of a
stronger feeling." He trusts it is unnecessary
that he should plead to such an indictment as this,
or declare that he shares the feelings of all decent
men with regard to attempts of this kind, about
which there can be but one opinion. So far, good.
Mr. Stansfeld told the House plainly that he dis-
approves assassination and was not an accomplice
of Greco. Still we want to hear something about
Mr. Flower. But this curiosity Mr. Stansfeld
will not satisfy. He improves the occasion for a
eulogy on his friend Mazzini. It is a satisfac
tion to him from that place to bear his testimony
to the character of a man whom he has known
for some 18 years. "I say," he continues, " that
M. Mazzini, whose name has been associated with
this attempt—l pledge my personal knowledge of
him for the conviction that he is personally inca-
pable of being concerned in it." Still no informa-
tion about Mr. Flower. At last we have all that
Mr. Stansfield permits himself to say—"l have
made inquiries, and I am satisfied in my own mind.
I will not anticipate declarations which it is the
right of others to make in this case. But I have
satisfied my own mind that if the case should come
to be tried the answer to it will he complete and
satisfactory in every respect." When questioned
again, he merely says that he " has no knowledge"
of the letters addressed to Mr. Flower ; that he
" has not the slightest knowledge of proceedings
of this character," meaning, apparently, assassina-
tion ; and that he " has not been the medium which
some hon. gentlemen seem to imagine." That is
all that Mr. Stansfeld says on the subject. Who,
then, is M. Mazzini, to whose innocence this gentle-
man and Mr. William Forster pledge themselves ?
Let any one read the passages quoted by Mr. Hen-
nessy last night and say whether the friends of M.
Mazzini have any right to indulge in high-flown
indignation when it is alleged that he might pos-
sibly be engaged in a conspiracy against a Poten-
tate's life. There may be those who will de-
fend M. Mazzini's character on the ground which
he himself takes—that when nations are op-
pressed they must be excused for resorting even to
the dagger to rid themselves of their oppressors.
It is legitimate to justify the Italian Republican
by justifying his doctrines, but to deny that M.
Mazzini has held such doctrines is simply to pee,
sums on the forgetfulness of those who have lived
through the last 20 years, We believe him to be
innocent of the Greco plot, but it is most unreason-
able for any one to rise and repudiate the suspicion
as one totally absurd and inconsistent with his cha-
racter. Let us refer to the trial and see what was
the evidence adduced, recollecteng that even though
Franca have an Imperial master there are still open
Courts and a formal procedure quite worthy of our
confidence. That Mazzini was connected with Greco
is not denied. He wrote to this journal on the 14th
of January last, " Greco is an enthusiastic patriot,
who has taken an active part in the expeditions of
1860 and 1861 in the South of Italy, and, as such,
was in relation with me." This "enthusiastic pa-
triot" declares that Mazzini was the prime mover
in the plot. In the acte d'accusation it is stated,
among many other incidents, "It was decided in a
correspondence between Greco and Mazzini that
the attempt should be postponed." Again, " Eight
days before Mazzini quitted Lugano he left 1,300 f.
with Greco. He next sent him I,ooof. from Lon-
don, and again 2.000 f. in bank notes. At the
same time he collected arms. Greco received
ten bombs, revolvers, and poniards through
various Mazzinian agents, and particularly
through a person named Mostet, of Genoa.
Finally, Greco selected, with the approbation of
Mazzini, the comrades who were to accompany him
to France." These are definite charges, and not to
be set aside by one or two members of Parliament
getting up and "pledging themselves" that Mazzini
is totally incapable of doing anything of the kind.
We repeat that it is very probable M. Mazzini may
not have been concerned in the plot to assassinate
the Emperor Napoleon, but he himself admits that
he was closely connected with a man who purposed
assassination, and his only defence is that this per-
son, whom so late as two months since he called an
"enthusiastic patriot," is one of the most infamous
of mankind. Now, can it be for the credit of the
British Government and the nation that when a
matter of this kind is very properly noticed in Par-
liament official people should adopt a cavalier tone,
and talk of repelling such accusations with con-
tempt ? Mr. Layard was asked last night whe-
ther any correspondence had passed between
the French Government and our own. In answer,
he declared that " the moat prompt and dignified
way of the country vindicating its honour in a mat-
ter of the kind was to treat such an accusation with
the contempt it deserved." "It would be unworthy
of her Majesty's Government to take notice of
such a charge." This is, we must submit, not
at all the spirit in which this very unpleasant
matter ought to be treated. If we must speak
plainly, it seems to us that if Mr. Stansfeld's house
was used by these people as they describe, it is a
circumstance very much to be deplored, and even if
it were done without his knowledge it demands an
expression of regret, and not a swagger of defiance.
The Government of France has happily shown none
of that irritability which marked its =duet six
years ago ; the English people will also judge the
question calmly, and their decision wilt be that it
is the duty of Government to show the utmost, coins
tesy to the French in an affair of this kind. France
is our nearest neighbour, and the whole tendency
of recent legislation and enterprise has been to bring
the two nations together. Express and tidal trains,
submarine telegraphs, and cheapened correspondence
are all employed with the single object of making
the leaders of the European world one people. The
Commercial Treaty of the present Government,
theoretically a departure from pure free-trade prin-
ciples, was defended and carried through on these
especial grounds. Are we, then, to see the object
of so much genius and perseverance endangered
merely because Miuistero think it dignified to Affect

indignation when asked a question ? In our opir,"
ion, :he manner in which this oubj:ict has beet
treated is as little respectful to the House of Coto'
mons as it is courteous to the French Emperor act
the French people.

lIERALD.—Mr. Roebuck expressed last night, in
a few very significant words, the almost universe
feeling with which her Majesty's present Govern
meat has contrived to inspire the people of England
Without endorsing Mr. Rgehuck's "personal 61110.
don" for the Premier, we may admit that thin toms,
try holiesi:s that he has at heart the honour of tut
country, that he shares the national views of feretgr
policy, and that he desires to maintain an hones'
and impartial neutrality in the American quarrel
And yet there is a growing discontent with the pro.
ceedings of his Government, and, above all, a tote
distrust of its foreign policy, especially in regard t(
America. The Government has announced, by the
mouth of a gentleman who was lately legal advise:
to the Federal embassy, its intention to remonstrate
with the Confederate States on their alleged viola
tion of our laws in purchasing vessels in our ports
Is it also their intention to remonstrate with di
Federal Government on its notorious violation 0.
the seine laws in enlisting Irishmen for the'
armies within her Majesty's dominions ? I
is well known that large numbers of men are es
ported from Ireland, month after month, not, as Mr
Bright pretends, attracted by the rumours of hii.,7l
wages on the other side of the Atlantic, but regu
canvassed, bribed, collected, and provide'
witli a passage by Federal agents—exported, not t(
make railways in Michigan, or work on the farms
of Illinois, bat to burn Southern plantations in tbt
Mississippi Valley, or to manure the fields of
.Vir-
ginia. The Ministry consider that they are just'.
fied in protesting against an alleged breach of on'
laws by one party; can they justify themselves it
not remonstrating against an undoubted breach °
those laws by the other ? It is very doubtful tn'
deed whether there be any legal offence involved it
the purchase of ships by a belligerent power. Ii
is pretty well agreed that such purchases are per
mitted by international law; and at least half thi
best lawyers in England hold that they are not
prohibited by the Foreign Enlistment Act. Bel
there is no doubt that that act forbids the enlist,
men of men. Nevertheless, the Government re,
monstrate against that which the Lord Chief
Baron and Sir 11. Cairns deny to be violation 01
the law ; they do not remonstrate against the)
which is admitted on all hands to be so. Thee
excuse is that the facts in the case are more
easily proved than in the other; a goo!
reason for a distinction in legal proceedings, btl
one which will hardly be satisfactory in interne'
tional controversy. Diplomacy should be equitable,
When the Confederate Government says " Ypt
should deal impartially ; if you quarrel with us tot
buyiig ships, you must quarrel with out erterniet
for enlisting men," it wilt not do for Lord Russel
to answer that he has no legal proof of the enlist'
meat ; till be can put a stop to the illegal prO•
ceedings of the Federals he has no right to make
didlomatic complaint against the illegal pro'
ceedings of the Confederates. Lord R. Cecil put
the case very clearly. The Confederates buy 0'
armed ships, and arm them beyond our jurisdiction
the Federals carry off recruits, and enrol them be'
yond our jurisdiction. If the one be a legal act, Bo
is the other; if the first be an evasion of the lad
and a ground of diplomatic action, so is the second'
If we have no technical proof against the Federal!'
a court of law has declared that we have no 01'
deuce against the Confederates,. Both cases stand
on exactly the same footing, with this single dit''
ference, that the law which the Federals here
broken is perfectly clear ; that infringed by the
Confederates is extremely doubtful and uncertain*