The Sun.
London, England, 1863-08-17 00:00:00

SPORTING NOTES.

The York Meeting commences to-morrow, but it will
not throw much light on the St. Leger, as none of the
favourites arc expected to enter an appearance. Lord
Clifden, after having been knocked about in the betting,
has now returned to his old price. I believe it is only a
matter of health for him to place this rich stake to his noble
owner's credit. The Yorkshire Oaks, in the absence of
Queen Bertha, will be secured by Marigold. The Con-
vivial Stakes will be between Durham and King George,
now that Paris has been withdrawn. The Black Duck
Stakes of 1,000 soya. each will be secured by Mr. Merry's
nomination. The Three-year-old Biennial has been
patronised to the same extent as the Convivial, and among
the long array of names attached to it are those of The
Ranger, Trumps, Avenger, Scamander, Onesander, Old
Orange Girl, and King of Utopia, Naturally the prefer-
ence of the public will be given to The Ranger, whose form,
from the way La rouging ran at Goodwood, is very nearly
the best of the year, and should Mr Savile run him for it, he
will, is my opinion, have no cause for regret. Should
he, however, be kept back for the Great Yorkshire
on Thursday, then Lord Stamford's representative.
Avenger or Onesander, will be found the hardest to beat,
The Bramham Park stakes of 100 soya each will hardly
furnish a race, Borealis seeming to hold her opponents
quite safe; and in the Sweeptakes that stands next in suc-
cession to it, I fancy Bonny Breastknot :nay just beat
Citadel. The Chesterfield Handicap has thirty subscribers,
and as the distance is only a mile, I venture to think that
Bertha or Trump Queen will be returned the winner. On
Wednesday the sport will commence with the two-yr-old
Biennial, which is rich enough to insure a good assemblage
of two-yr•olds at the post. Much will depend upon the
result of the Convivial, as to the issue of this race, the no-
minations being eo much alike. Hollyfox, it is reported,
will not run at present ; neither will Blair Athol show him-
self in the other race. Scottish Chief does not run, Crytheia
is penalised 31b, and as Linda has an allowance of 31b, I
shall give the preference to Mr. Naylor's filly. The Ebor
St. Leger, in the absence of The Ranger, will be won by
Lord Glasgow's Physalis colt. For the Ebor Handicap the
field will be made up from the following :
Caller Ou, 5 yrs, 9st lib
Oldminster, 5 yrs, Bst 91 Doyle.
Carisbrook, 4 yrs, Bst W. Boyce,

Fantail, 3 yrs, 6st 21b
Loates.
Maguum Bonum, 4 yrs, 7st 131 b Corey.
Bellman, 5 yrs, 7st 101 b

The Monk, 6 yrs, 6st 131 b J. Grimshaw,
Piccador, 4 yrs, Est 101 b
Golden Pledge, 3 yrs, Est Carroll.

Clarior, 3 yrs, 6st
Melrose, 3 yrs, sst 121 b Noble.
Trust, 3 yrs, sst 101 b J. Mason.
Wasp g, 3 yrs, sst 71b

Caller Ou, if the Lewis running was correct, can have
no chance with Bellman at the weights, Carisbrook
would prefer a hilly course, and besides he has
the worst of the weights with Bellman. The latter will
be near winning, but I do not think he will beat
Lord Zetland's horse. Oldminster and Magnum
l3onum have both penalties of 141b5., which puts out any
chance they might have had. The Mouk, if he can only
stay the distance, must be very formidable, as he has sa
much the best of the weights. Ficcador's running at
Goodwcod with Ace of Clubs I entirely throw aside, as the
latter, having now recovered his wind, is one of the best
horses in training, and it was no disgrace for him to be
beat. \Vita the lenient weight of Gst 101 b, I think he will
land the stakes for his noble owner. Clarior, Golden
Pledge, Fantail, and Melrose I have no fancy for. It will
be seen from the above that I expect the judge will pint)
PICCADOB,
THE MONK 2
BELLMAN 3
Tho York Cup will be won by
Macaroni if Mr. Naylor plat
him out.

A FRESH MAN.

KENSINGTON, or the
I' Old Court SUbUrb,'' as
London Leigh Hi? loved
the vedt o call it, is spoken of by the
spot where the great red-brick pa-
lace of William and Mary reposes with a kind of Dutch
somnolency in the midst of its leafy woodland—where the
solid,p warm tinted,• high-roofed houses of the Revolutionary
h
yet linger in the High•street,—where the quaint,
epoch
brick-built church, with its formal row of pollard, trees in
front, still stands in the mid-stream of omnibuses and cabs
—where Holland House, in which Addison lived and died,
rises venerably from among its trees, though, at the Not-
ting-hill end, the park is being invaded by a road of new
houses—where the mansion built by Princess Ann and
Prince George of Denmark remains side by side with the
ruins of the still older Campden House, recently destroyed
by fire, after an existence of two centuries and a half—
where the dwelling once tenanted by Sir Isaac Newton
hides away in a back street, and the shadows of 18th cen-
tury wits and statesmen are visible to the literary eye at
every equare yard of ground.

" THE ARCHIMANDRITE NILOS."—This moat
reverend ecclesiastic of the Greek Church was to
Lave the Coburg Hotel, Charles-street, Grosvener-square,
on Saturday last, for Paris, en route for Constantinople. In
the morning of Friday the Archimandrite paid a farewell
visit to the Lord Bishop of London, at Fulham Palace; izi
the afternoon of the same day, Miss Burdett Coutta had the
honour of receiving the Archimandrite at her villa, Holly
Lodge, Highgate. The Archimandrite has been, we are
informed, for many years principally resident at Constan-
tinople, at which court he is "the official representative of
the four Greek Patriarchs," and he is also "head of the
community of the Holy Mountain" (comprising the various
monasteries of Mount Athos). The Archimandrite's visit
to England and France, we believe, has had reference to the
recent conduct of Prince Couza, Hospodar of the United
Principalities of Moldavia and Wallachia, in seizing the
lands and revenues of the dedicated convents in the Prin-
cipalities, and in imprisoning and ill-treating certain of the'
monks.

THE OftDNANCE EXPERIMENTS AT NEWHAVEN.
—These experiments were continued daily during last week
up to Saturday, when they were suspended fur the purpose
of enabling the earthwork that served as a target to bo
cleared of the pieces of shell and other debris. On an ave-
rage about 60 rounds of shot and shell have been fired each
day, with varying results. On Friday a 10-inch Smooth-
bore gun was added to the battery, which now mounts
nine pieces of hekvy ordnance. The town of Newhaven
has presented quite a military appearance while these ea.
periments have been conducted, and has been visited by
numerous military and naval cfhcers in addition to those
officially engaged in the experiments. A visit from the
Duke of Cambridge was expected on Friday; but his
Royal Highness, it was understood, was prevented from
being present in consequence of indisposition. The eve•
riments will be returned on Thursday nest.
CRYSTAL PALACE.-1141F-CROWN DAY, Satur-
day, Aug. 15.—Admissions on payment, 1,108; ditto by
season tickets, 1,769. Total visitors, 2,877.