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THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, MARCH 17, 1863.

SPORTING NOTES.

Ellerton, and the Handicap Hurdle Race to Sinking Fund
or Jacob. The Great Warwickshire Handicap has obtained
a moderate acceptance, the following being best in :—Dul-
cibella, Oldminster, Catch-'em- Alive, and Bedouin. What
the intentions of the stables may be I cannot say, but Dul-
cibella and Oldminster are sure to stay the course, and one
of the two may win, with Lord Stamford's mare for choice.
To-morrow I shall be able to speak with more distinct-
ness on the probable result of the Great Warwickshire
Handicap, when I shall at the same time refer to the
eNents of Friday. PEGASUS.

TATIERSALL'S—LAsT EVENING.
EARL SPENCER'S PLATE.
14 to 1 agst Bi mdella (taken)
NORTHAMPTONSHIRE STAKES.
15 to 2 agst Grunstone (taken)
Bto 1 agst Knutsford (taken)
16 to 1 agst Grisi (taken)
20 to 1 agst Freeholder (takes)
20 to 1 agst Canzonette (taken)
25 to 1 agst Lady Evelyn colt (taken)

CITY AND SUBURBAN:
20 to 1 agst Gardener (offered)
30 to 1 agst Beachy Head (taken)
33 to 1 agst Alchymist (taken)
33 to 1 agst Oberon (taken)
33 to 1 agst Adventurer (taken)
33 to 1 agst Jacqueline (taken)

CHESTER CM'.
18 to 1 agst Stradella (taken)

TWO THOUSAND GUINEAS.
3to 1 agst llopodar (ofthred)
9to 2 agat Saccharometer (take 5 to 1)
11 to 1 agst Rapid Rhone (taken)
11 to 1 agat Michael Scott (taken)
12 to 1 agst Blue Mantle (taken)

THE DERBY.
6to 1 agst Lord Clifden (taken)
11 to 1 agst Saccharometer (taken)
11 to 1 agst Hospodat (take 12 to 1)
28 to 1 agat Automaton (taken and offered)
40 to 1 agat Early Purl (taken)
50 to 1 agst Melrose (taken)

DC SCASTER SPRING MEETING.—MONDAY.
The Trial Stakes, of 5 soya each, with 30 sovs:added ;
weight for age; allowances, &c. ; winners extra. The
winner to pay 5 soya towards expenses. T.Y.C.
Mr. Temperley's Wetsail, 4 yrs, Bst 41b (Snowden) 1
Mr. J. Osborne's Comet, 3 yrs, 6st 12Ib • • (Whiteley) 2
Mr. H. Savile's Miranda filly, 3 yrs, 6st 61b (Woodhouse) 3
Mr. T. Parr's Judex, 3 yrs, Est 91b (J. Plumb) 4
Count Lagrange's Semiramis, Est 61b (Hunter) 5
Betting—Even on Semiramis, 7 to 2 agst Wetsail, 4 to 1
agst the Miranda filly, 6 to 1 agst Judex.

Wetsail got away with a lead of three lengths, and he
showed the way to the half-mile post, where he was joined
by the favourite, Judex bringing up the rear. At the bend
the latter came up on the outside, but he died away before
getting to the distance, where Semiramis dropped back, her
place being taken by Comet, between whom and Wetsail a
splendid race ensued. Opposite the stand the young one
had slightly the best of it, but Wetsail getting up in the
last stride, he won by a head, the Miranda filly finishing
three lengths from the pair. Judex was a bad fourth, and
the favourite last.

The Doncaster Spring Handicap of 10 sovs each, sft, and
only 3if declared, with 100 soya added. Winners extra.
The second to save his stake. The St. Leger Course. 40
subs, 13 of whom having declared, &c., pay 3 sow. each.
Mr. Temperley's Joey Jones, 5 yrs, 7st lllb (Snowden) 1
Mr. Hodgman's Soothsayer, aged, 6st 611) (Morris) 2
Mr. Fobert's Upperhand, 6 yrs, 7st 121 b.. ..... (Doyle) 3
Mr. Osborne's Flytrap, 4 yrs, 7st ,21b (includ. 61b extra)
(Whiteley) 4
The following also ran :—The Lawyer, The Monk, Amy,
Little Dick, Bernice, Fontenoy, Dirt Cheap, Devotee,
Sledmere, Picco, and Jenny Wren.
Betting-5 to 1 agst Joey Jones, 6to 1 agst Amy, 7to 1
agst The Lawyer, 8 to 1 each agst Upperhand, The Monk,
and Fontenoy, 10 to 1 aget Soothsayer, 100 to 8 agst any
other. _ _ _ _

Directly the flag descended Joey Jones went to the fore,
and attended by Picco, Soothsayer, and Sledmere, he made
the running up the back of the course, Bernice, Upperhand,
Dirt Cheap, and Flytrap heading the others, who were
whipped in by The Lawyer, Devotee, and Amy. Ascend-
ing the rise, Jenny Wren, taking a wide line to herself,
joined the leading division, and at the top of the hill she,
with Bernice, went to the front, but, dying away again
along tho woodside, Fontenoy came through and took a
place next to Bernice ; the next lot, consisting of Joey Jones,
Upperhand, Soothsayer, Flytrap, and The Lawyer, the
last named of whom got nearer as they approached the Red
House, where Fontenoy held tho lead. Before coming to
the bend Joey Jones resumed the command, The Lawyer
following second into the straight, and then giving way to
Soothsayer and Upperhand, the remainder presenting a
lengthened tail. At the distance the favourite had all safe,
and he won in a canter by two lengths from Soothsayer,
Upperhand coming home two lengths behind the pair.
Flytrap finished a bad fourth, and then came Fontenoy,
Bernice, Devotee, Picco, and The Lawyer in the order
named, the last consisting of Amy, The Monk, and Jenny
Wren.

The Hopeful Stakes, of 5 sovs each, with 100 added by the
Corporation of Doncaster, for 2-yr-olds ; colts, Bst 101 b;
fillies and geldings, Bst 71b; winners extra; the second
to receive 20 soya out of the stakes. Hopeful Course
(about 5 furlongs), 16 subs.
Captain Rennie's Starbeam, Bst 71b (Reeves) 1
Mr. Drummond's Area colt, Bst 71b (Fordham) 2
Mr. Orme's Sabra colt, Bst 161 b (French) 3
Mr. John Osborne's Lord Adolphus, Bst 101 b
(J. Osborne) 4
The following also ran :—Daniel, Langholm, and Tib
Tacket filly.

Betting--2 to 1 agst the Area filly, 3to 1 agst the Sabra
colt, 4 to 1 agst Starbeam, 6 to 1 agst Lord Adolphus.
Starbeam, closely followed by Lord Adolphus, the Sabra
colt, and the Area filly, made the running up to the turn,
when Lord Adolphus gave way to the Sabra colt and the
favourite, who got on nearly equal terms with the leader
before coming to the distance. Starbeam, however, drew
away again at the stand, and won cleverly by a length, a
neck separating the second and third. Lord Adolphus was
a bad fourth, Daniel fifth, Langholm sixth, and the Tib
Tackot filly last.
The Londesborough Plate of £5O, winners extra. Red

House in.
Mr. Gilby's Adventurer, 4 yrs (Noble) 1
Lord Bateman's Peignoir, 4 yrs, (including 7lb extra)
(Fordham 2
Mr. H. Savile's Miranda filly, 3 yrs (Woodhouse) 3
Mr. Chadwick's Charles Fox, 4 yrs (Metcalf) 4
Mr. Saxon's Churchman, 4 yrs
Mr. Drapers Ripley, 3 yrs (Midgley)(Gurry)
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Betting—Even on Adventurer, 3 to 1 agst Peignoir, 5 to
1 agst the Miranda filly, 7 to 1 agst Churchman, Bto 1
agst Charles Fox.

The favourite got the best of a straggling start, and,
attended by Charles Fox and Peignoir, ho made the
running to the turn into the straight, where the Miranda
filly, who got badly off, joined the leading trio. At the
distance Charles Fox dropped behind Peignoir, who failed
to reach Adventurer, the latter winning easily by two
lengths. Four lengths separated Peignoir from the Mi-
randa filly, at the girths of whom finished Charles Fox and
Churchman, but Ripley, who was beaten a long way, did
not pass the post.

RUGBY HUNT AND GRAND MILITARY
STEEPLECHASES—MoNDA.y.

The Grand Military Gold Cup, value 100 ZvB, added to a
Sweepstakes of 10 soya each, 5 ft, with 50 added ; 12st
each ; winners extra ; gentlemen riders ; second to save
his stake and receive 20 soya. Three miles. 26 subs.
Captain P. Yates's Rifleman, 12st 101 b.... (Mr. Riddell) 1
Mr. Justice's Jealousy, aged, 13st (inc. 141 b extra)
Mr. Feathoratonhaugh's Windsor, 124 (Captain M( atchell)Owner 2
) 3
The following also ran:—Cannibal, My Mary, Emily,
Glenatros, Redwing, Inkerman, Frank, Doubtful, The
Nabob, Hazard, and Elehaw.

Betting-5 to 4 agst Jealousy, 6to 1 each agst Hazard,
Cannibal, and Windsor, 9 to 1 apt any other. Won easily
by three lengths; a bad third; Elshaw was fourth,
Hazard fifth, Redwing sixth, and Doubtful seventh.
The Rugby Hunt Cup, value 50 sovs, added to a Sweep-
stakes of 5 sous each; weight for age; winners extra.
About three miles.
The Hon. N. North's Antelope, aged, 13st.. (Mr. James) 1
Mr. H. F. Chichester's Bridesmaid, h b, aged, 13st
(Owner) 2
Mr. Arding ns b g Jacques. aged, 135 t.... (Mr. Parker) 3
The following also ran :—Rattlebone, St. George, St.
James, and The Doctor.

Betting-6 to 4 agst Antelope, 7to 2 agst Jacques, sto 1
agst any other. Won easily by six lengths; a bad third.
The Open Steeplechase (Handicap), of 10 soya each, with
30 added ; winners extra. About four miles.
Mr. B. Land's Deceiver, lOst 131 b...... (B. Land, jun.) 1
Mr. 13riscoe's Yeller Gal, list 71b (Mr. Dixon) 2
Mr. Handley's Doubtful, lOst 71b (C. Boyce) 3
The following also ran :---Heads or Tails, Light of Other
Days, Countess, and Ben Lomond,
Betting-7 to 4 agst Yeller Gtd, 5
I agst Light of Other Days, 9to 1 to 2 agst Deceiver, 3to
agat Heads or Tails, 7 to
1 agat Doubtful, and Bto 1 agst Countess. Won easily by
six lengths; a bad third ; Heads or Tails was fourth; and
the others did not pass the post,

The Veteran Stakes of 10 sous each ; 12st each; gentlemen
riders ; winners extra. Military steeplechase course.
20 subs.
Mr.Duffield's Bounce, 13st 71b (inc. 141 b extra) (Owner) 1
Mr. Handley's Tommy, 12st 71b . „ (Captain Beverley) 2
Mr. J. A. Park's The Lady of La Garaye, 12st 71b
(Owner) 3
The following also ran :--Tuscarora, Antelope, The
Monmouthshire, and Dice-box.
to 4 agst Bounce, 6 to 2 agst the Monmouth-
shire, other. Won easily by ten lengths; a bad
Batting— 17 any
third.

PRICE..... -..4d.
STAMPED ....sd.

a monarch of England, Prussia, Spain, or France,
would inevitably goad the people into a violent re-
volution. But in this city despotism seems to be
taken as a matter of course. Nothing is strange,
nothing is unusual, nothing is unconstitutional,
nothing is wicked to people who are prospering
upon the war, and have set their minds upon fat
contracts. Neither is anything strange cr uncon-
stitutional to the zealots and bigots of the Republi-
can party, or to the manufacturers of New England
and Pennsylvania, who thrive upon the new tariff
which is ruining the country. In the eyes of all
these people nothing is objectionable that tends to
perpetuate this miserable strife, and liberty, hap-
piness, and the best hopes of this and succeeding
generations are all sacrificed without exciting their
alarm or disapprobation. When Mr.Vallandigharn,
Mr. Pendleton, Mr. Cox,or other leading Democrats
denounce with fiery eloquence the wrong that has
been done, the galleries make no sign, and when
these gentlemen defend the Constitution and the
law, and urge that under no circumstances ought
they to be abrogated, a hiss spreads among the
geese who have got into the Capitol, which Mr.
Galuaha Grow, the Speaker, mildly reprobates.
He threatens to clear the galleries, but does not
carry the threat into execution, and the interrup-
tions continue as before. The scene recalls to mind
the sittings of the Jacobins in the French Revolu-
tion. Robespierre is lord of the ascendant. The
people applaud him and his followers only, and rea-
son, justice, and law are not to be tolerated.
The week will be a memorable one in the annals
of America. It has sealed the doom of the liberties
of the North unless there shall occur in due time a
counter revolution to restore a Constitutional Go-
vernment. Three extreme measures have been
passed, and were intended to make Mr. Lincoln
Dictator, and have accomplished their purpose. By
the first he is authorised to suspend the operation
of the law of habeas corpus whensoever he shall
deem fit, expedient, or necessary. He or his secre-
taries may cause to be imprisoned and kept in pri-
son, without trial, for an indefinite length of time,
any person, high or low, in any of the States of the
Union. He may order a military force to seize the
Governor of New York or Connecticut, or any other
sovereign commonwealth. He may arrest and
hold in Forts Lafayette, Warren, or Mllenry, the
members of any Legislature whose proceedings he
may adjudge to be treasonable or dangerous. He
may seize a judge upon the judgment-seat, and
carry him off to prison, as his secretaries did Judge
Carmichael, of Maryland, and hold him there as a
common malefactor, without specifying the offence
committed. He may silence any tongue, or pen,
or printing press in the country, and no judge or
jury shall question the legality of his act. It is true
that the Secretary of State and the Secretary of War
" are directed to furnish to the judges, as soon as
may be practicable, the names of the persons ar-
rested, that they may be presented to the grand jury
for indictment;" but the President and his secretaries
are alone to decide on the "practicability" of such a
step ; and if they are of opinion that it is unwire or
unsafe to liberate or bring to trial any such prisoners
during the two remaining years of the Presidential
term, there is nothing in the act of Congress to cora
pel them to make an earlier decision. This proviso,
therefore, counts for nothing. And in order that the
President may have the power to carry this gigantic
tyranny into effect, and become de facto the
strongest despot in the world, Congress has passed
a Conscription Act, which calls out, at the discre-
tion of the President as to members the whole able-
bodied male population of the country between the
ages of 18 and 45. The first call of 600,000 men is
to be made, with what success will not be known
until after the 10th of July, when the Act comes
into operation. The Democratic party was power-
less to defeat the measure. It was so obviously
necessary that the Government should have the
means of recruiting its fast disappearing armies—
which in two months will be reduced to one-half of
their actual strength by the expiry of the term of
service of the two years and nine months volunteers
—that any real opposition would have been con-
sidered factious. The Democrats, therefore, made
up their minds to accept the measure and propose
two important, though not essential amendments.
The framer of the bill had, in a parenthetical pro-
viso, given power to the Provost-Marshal to arrest
" all persons suspected of treasonable practices." In
order that there might be no mistake, Messrs. Val-
landigbam, Vortices, Cox, and other Democrats,
supported the omission of the words and the restric-
tion of the powers of the Provost Marshal to the
conscripts to be enrolled under the Act. After a
spirited debate, in which the galleries for the first
time during the Session applauded a Democratic
speaker for asserting the liberties of his country
against the encroachments of irresponsible military
power, the amendment was carried. Another amend-
ment, to insert the word " white" before the words
" male able-bodied citizens" was rejected ; so that
under the new Conscript Law the negroes will be
liable to serve side by side with the white race b
the future armies of the Republic. Should this lead
to difficulty the President has the remedy in his
own hands, and has simply to order the enrolment
officers not to call upon the negroes for military
duty, to obviate the danger of mutiny among the
whites that might otherwise result. There
needed but one other measure to complete the
charmed circle of Imperialism, and that was
provided by the Currency and Banking Acts of
Mr. Secretary Chase, which, after a series of
amendments and reconsideration in both Houses,
and a Committeee of Conference of the two,
have been finally passed. In one way or the other,
by loan, and by the issue of greenbacks the Govern-
ment is authorised to issue about 1,100,000,000
dols., a sum that, before the rise in gold, would have
represented about £220,000,000 sterling ; but that,
with gold at 72 per cent. premium, only represents
about £137,000,000. Mr. Chase has also carried his
favourite projects of taxing the existing banks upon
their circulation, and of introducing a uniform
Federal currency of greenbacks that are not to be
taxed. These are stupendous measures. The three
form a perfect unity, solid, substantial, and artisti-
cally dovetailed one into the other. Were Mr.
Lincoln a man of genius, a great soldier, an astute
and far-seeing diplomatist, or an ambitious and de-
signing intriguer, having the will to make himself
King, Emperor, Czar, hereditary President, Lord
Protector, or anything else, they would afford him
the means of putting a speedy and ignominous end
to the Republic. But these powers have not been
given to him for such purposes. The Republican
party know their man, and think that they can
trust him. Neither have they been conferred upon
him in order that he may more effectually carry on
the war for the subjugation of the South. He is no
more the man for that purpose than he is the man
of whom to make an emperor. In this respect, too,
the Republicans know him and have taken the
measure of his capacity. The restoration of the
Union is felt to be impossible, not only by the Pre-
sident, but by every prominent man in public life.
Both the Union and the Constitution upon which it
was founded are defunct. The Southern Congress
destroyed the Union ; the Northern Congress has
destroyed the Constitution. The revolution has
completed its first cycle. North and South are two
for evermore, and are as incapable for the future of
being united under one Government as England and
France or Ireland and Italy.

NEW , March 3.
The legal term of Congress expi YoRK
res to-morrow at
12-o'clock. It dies a quiet death—a fate that at one
time seemed improbable, having done its best or
-ill worst to destroy the liberties of the people by
whom it was elected, and to leave to its successor a
legacy of doubt, perplexity, and danger. The Pre-
sident, needing the assistance of the Senate to con-
firm some of the decrees which he may think it
necessary to issue, and some of the appointments of
Brigadier-Generals and Foreign Ministers which he
may deem it expedient to make during the nest
few weeks, has called an extra session. of that
. body,
to assemble immediately on the expiry of its. pre-
sent. term. In other words, its ordinary session is
at an end at 12 o'clock to-morrow, and its extraor-
dinary session is to commence the moment after-
wards. A flagrant act of tyranny and unconstitu-
tionality has signalised its last moments. On the
bill granting an indemnity to the President and his
Ministers for all the arbitrary acts of the last year
having been brought forward, Mr. Bayard, of De-
laware, one of the ablest and least passionate mem-
bers of the house, spoke earnestly against it, Ihe
discussion lasted till half-past 4in the morning,
when a motion Was made to adjourn. The motion
was not carried, and Mr. Bayard attempted to re-
sume his speech. The chairman, Mr. Ponl:roy, of
Kansas, culled 11;m to order, declaring that the bill
was no longer before the house, and had been car-
ried. The shameful attempt to extort a party
triumph excites
both alarm and disgust, and one of
the Democratic journals of this evening declares
the republic to be virtually at an end in conse•
quence.
The House of Representatives has not been called
together, and in consequence the country will wit-
ness the unusual, though not, it appears, the uncon-
stitutional, spectacle of the sitting of one House of
the Legislature without the other.
The agitation of the Republican senators at Wash-
ington to eject. Mr. Seward from offi
oe, and to in-

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