The Sun.
London, England, 1863-05-09 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING

SPORTING PROPHECIES,

Bell's Life.

To the Somersetshire there has been a species of fatality
attached for years, in the shape of it becoming on paper a
certainty for some particular animal, who in general falls a
victim to what is called a rank outsider. On the present oc-
casion the same aspect presents itself, as the race after Had-
dington's performance with Asteroid appears to be a gift to
Canary, and in fact there would seem to be nothing in it
but him, Kingswood, and Fantail, and to this trio we
leave it.

AUGUR—Sporting Life.
The Someraetshire Stakes appears to be a gift for Canary,
according to the running with Haddingtou, at Epsom, con-
sequently it will be useless reeking further, and I ruu..t
therefore assign the race to Canary, and, for place-batting,
Vinegar Hill and Flirtation appear most trustworthy,

Portsmouth and Col. Forrester, who acted for the stewards,
and the decision was given in favour of Buckstone, for, al-
though on the card of the day a 51b penalty was printed as
to be carried by Buckstcne, who ran second for the St.
Leger, yet this penalty was counterbalanced by an allow-
at ce to the same amount, in consequence of the horse having
been foaled. in France. Only one-half of the money was
added in this race, as less than six horses ran.

The Dunham Massey Plate (handicap) of 5 sc.ivs each, 3 ft ,
with 59 added. Half a mile. 9 subs.
Lord Bateman's Gip,3 Girl, 3 yre, Cat 91 (J. Grirnshaw) 1
Capt. Christie's Miss Julia, aged, 9st Slb ....(Fordharn) 2
Mr. G. Angell's East. Sheen,' 5 yrs, 7st 71b.... (Clement) 3
The following also ran :—Garibaldi, Zara, Abernethy,
Hopeless, Rose, and Gertrwle.
Betting-5 to 2 agst East Sheen, 7to 2 agst Miss Julia,
11 to 2 agst Zara, 100 to 15 agst Gipsy Girl, and 7 to 1 agst
H9pcless.

Won by half a length ; a length between eecond and
third.

SCRATCHINGS—May 1, at 8 15 a.m., Automaton, out of
the Derby; at 9 a.m. Creole, out of Chester engagements;
at 12 45 p.m. Ernest, out of Chester engagements. May 2,
at 9 a.m. Lord Arthur, out of Chester engagements;
Trust, out of Chesterfield Handicap, and Westminster
Plate, Chester; Miss Livingstone, Sybil, and Coimbra,
out of Chester engagements ; Village Maid, out of all
engagements ; Dalesman, Ghillie, Voluptas, and Canzo-
nette, out of Chester Cup; at 12 32 p.m. Piccador, out of
Stewards' Cup, Chester; Z3pateado and Skipjack, out of
Derby. May 4, at 9 a.m. Catch'em Alive, Dualla, Emily
di Lona, and Glance colt, out of Chester Cup; Mrs. Hay-
den colt, out of Derby and St. Leger; Meanwood, out of
County Members' Plate, Bath; at 1 15 p.m. all Mr. Bryan's
horses, out of Chester engagements. May 5, at 2 15 p,m,
Anfield, out of Chester Cup. —,

MAY 9, 1863,

of the people and cruelty upon the pert of the Go-
vernment. They declared that the so-cal,ed brig-
andage existed only on the Roman frontiers, and
promised its immediate extinction. They denied
the thoroughly well authenticated accounts of
Piedmontese
brutalities. They would not behave
in the flames of Pontelandolfo—in the fusillades of
Pinelli and Cialdini. Her Majesty's Ministers
must have a very low idea of the intelligence and
information of the IlJuse of Commons, or they would
not try to palm upon it the contemptible fiction that
the so-called brigandage is organised at Rome. We
really wonder that the house could listen with
patience to Mr. Layard, Lord Palmerston, and Mr.
Gladstone, all repeatit g one after the other that
the bands which defy the Piedmontese authority,
and hold their ground Against 90,000 trained sol-
diers, are so many fo:eigners sent from Rome. Her
Majesty's consul may indeed say so, but his supe-
riors must know now what credit to attach to the
consul's statements, even if they know nothing of
the geography of the kingdom of Naples. Bands
sent from Rome ! foreigners, indeed ! Why, the
provinces of Naples which are especially in the
possession of the brigands are far distant
from the Roman frontier, whilst on that
frontier comparative tranquillity prevails—as well
it may, the Papal boundary being closely
guarded on the one side by French, and on the
other by Italian troops. The brigandage is most
rampant in Bari, to reach which the expedition
must pass through three provinces in the immediate
vicinity of the city of Naples, within sight of the
gates of that city, and at the very end of the boot
in Calabria, where Major Fume! has shot so many
hundreds of peasants as brigands. That the brigand
are not foreigners we have the assurance of the Ita-
lian Ministers themselves, who find in the fact of
their being Neapolitan peasants, and in the treat -
ment which the peasants have received at the hands
of the Piedmontese commanders, a reason for their
being brigands. The brigandage is merely the ex-
pression of the intense dissatisfaction of the people
of Naples with the present Administration, and it
can only be extinguished by reforming that Admi-
nistration so that it may satisfy the people. Un-
fortunately her Majesty's Ministers, who have some
claims by their thick and thin partisanship to at-
tention at Turin, instead of using their influence to
hasten this change of system, deem themselves
bound to defend everything the Piedmontese Go-
vernment has done as the best thing possible. All
the foul cruelties committed upon the unhappy pea-
sante of Calabria and the Capitanata, the wholesale
murders, the remorseless waste, find an eager advo-
cate in Mr. Gladstone, who was melted to tears by
the irons on Baron Poerio's legs. The influence of
England is employed to encourage the Piedmontese
Government to pursue a plan 'which must end in the
ruin of Italy. We must be just ; there is one im-
provement in the ministerial language to notice. For
the first time, as Mr. Disraeli observed, Lord Pal-
merston did not indulge in those mischievous clap-
traps about Rome which have done so much to irri-
tate France and mislead Italy. May we not hope
that this sobriety of language on the part of the
Premier is a sign of a larger change, and that al-
though in last night's debate the Government
deemed it necessary to defend the oppression and
injustice exercised in Naples, it will take an early
opportunity to impress upon the Cabinet of Turin
the necessity of acting justly towards the kingdom
of the Two Sicilies.
POST.—The proceedings in the House of Com-
mons on Thursday night on the Prison Ministers
Bill are not without their interest and instruction.
They suggest some curious reflections with refe-
rence to the alliance which it is scarcely disguised
that some of the Conservative leaders are en-
deavouring to form with the Ultramontane faction
in the house. The measure is one for securing to
Roman Catholic prisoners the ministrations of a
clergyman of their own persuasion. It is one en-
tirely in accordance with those principles of tolera-
tion and freedom which guide the whole policy of
Lord Palmerston's Cabinet. It is not, however,
exactly in unison with the maxims that are sup-
posed to find favour with the Tory party, and it is
unquestionably:encountered by a very large amount
of honest and sincere, although, we think, mis-
taken, Protestant prejudice. The great mass of
the Conservative Opposition voted against the bill
in every stage. Mr. Disraeli came forward on high
religious grounds as its advocate. No contrast could
be more marked than that which existed between
the views of Mr. Disraeli and those of his followers.
The right hon. gentleman was true to the new Holy
Alliance, and the wishes and feelings of his Ultra-
montane friends were consulted at the cost of
wounding the prejudices of his own party. It
scarcely needed the discussion on this measure to
prove the absurdity of the scheme which contem-
plates a party that is to embrace both Mr. Newde-
gate and Mr. Kendall, and Sir G. Bowyer and Mr.
Pope Hennessy in its ranks. Yet every one who
has watched the tactics of the Opposition leaders
knows perfectly that it is upon the formation of
such a party that their hopes of defeating or even
embarrassing the present Ministry rest. Lord Derby
was perhaps the first to enunciate this policy,when at
Liverpool he declared he saw with satisfaction that
the Roman Catholics were joining their natural
allies—meaning the Tory party of England. The
Italian question presented the point by which the
followers of the Pope might be induced to rally
under the banner of Lord Derby, and those who
owed their political enfranchisement to the
ascendancy of Liberal principles might be classed
with the opponents of a Liberal Ministry. To
some extent the scheme of this strange alliance
has unquestionably succeeded. Roman Catholic
votes have turned several elections in favour of the
Conservative candidate, and the representatives of
the Ultramontanes in the House are the most reli-
able votes of the Opposition. A question like that
of Thursday evening is, however, an awkward trial
of the strength of the cohesion. The leader of the
Conservatives is actually compelled by the necessi-
ties of this exacting alliance to set himself against
the convictions and the feelings of those whom he
is supposed to lead. We must do the right hon.
gentleman the justice to say that ho accepted the
position with boldness, and gave his support to the
Prison Ministers Bill with the tone of a man more
desirous of conciliating Sir G. Bowyer than fearful
of offending Mr. Newdegate. Had the leader of
the Conservative party gone with them in refusing
Roman Catholic chaplains to gaols, the "natural
alliance" would certainly have been shaken. As it
is the Ultramontanes may still believe that in Mr.
Disraeli they have their warmest friend, and vote
with a safe conscience for the advocate of Roman
Catholic chaplains and of the temporal power of
the Pope. It remains to be seen whether this
policy may not have alienated more than it has con-
ciliated. If one-half what we hear of the state of
feeling in the Conservative party be true, Mr. Dis-
raeli may yet find that even Mr. Pope Hennessy
may be secured as an ally at too dear a rate. Roman
Catholics must, after all, learn the truth that for
those privileges which they may fairly claim they
must rely on the strength of Liberal opinions in
Parliament and in the cauntry. It is to the very
principles which they denounce Lord Palmerston
for supporting abroad that they must appeal for
protection in every case in which their religious
rights and interests are concerned. They are, of
alt other persons in the United Kingdom, really the
most concerned in upholding Liberal principles.
No course was ever more suicidal than that which
places Roman Catholic members among the adhe-
rents of the Tories. Mr. Mure who filled the office
of Lord Advocate under Lord Derby's Administra-
tion, made an unsuccessful attempt to damage the
bill by exempting Scotland from its operation. The
answer to the proposal was conclusive that it is
in some of the Scotch prisons that the largest
number of Roman Catholic prisoners is to be found.
There was something specious in the argument
that in Scotland there is no obstacle in the way at
present of a Roman Catholic clergyman visiting any
prisoner. But it was neutralised by the statement
with which it was accompanied, that, in point of
fact, the clergy do not avail themselves of the power.
The very principle of the bill is that it is desirable
to have prisoners visited by a clergyman o ftheir
own persuasion, whether they express a wish for it
or not. The moment it is conceded that the
priso-
ners in point of fact have not the benefit oflatihnes
ise
visits, the necessity for appointiq,wapasap
established, and Mr. Mure's caesen
_re:lythat though
to Roman
the gaols in Scotland were op
Catholic priests, the priests donot visit them. This
shows the necessity f
of appointing some one for that
as we have said, the !Ilea-
special duty. No doubt,
sure is one that suns counter to many prejudices
entitled to respect. Yet we are sure that Sir George
Grey has adopted a wise and manly course in in-
troducing it. The more liberally we deal with all
mission freedomof
such subjects at home, the more effective will be our
support abroad of those great principles of
and toleration which it seems to be the
England to uphold.

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