The Sun.
London, England, 1865-09-07 00:00:00

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

WARWICK RACES.—WEDiasDAY.

The Welter Cup, value 100 sous, the rest in specie, by
subscription of 15 soya each, 10 ft and 5 if declared, &c.
Winners extra. To be ridden by gentlemen. Profes-
sionals extra. One mile. 27 subs, 19 of whom declared.
Mr. G. Angell's General Hess, lOst 101 b ...(Capt. Little 1
Mr. J. Barber's Lady Bohn.; 4 yrs, lOst 71b (in. 51b ex.
Mr. C. T. Perry's Principal, (Mr. W. Bevill 2
Gyrs, 9st 121 b (Mr. Edwirds 3
Mr. W. Saunders's Charming Woman, 6 yrs, list 61
(in. 61b ex.)
(J. Adams) 4
Mr. W. Morris's Warrior, 4 yrs, list 101 b ...(Mr. Dixon) 5
Betting-9 to 4 agst Principal, 100 to 30 each agst Gene-
ral Hess and Lady Bohun, and 8 to 1 agst Warrior.
After two failures they left the post in straggling order,
in which Principal, having the best of it, made play, fol-
lowed at an interval of a couple of lengths by Lady Bohun,
at whose girths were General Hess and Charming Woman,
Warrior lying off. They ran thus to the T.Y.C. post, when
Lady Bohun joined Principal, and raced with him to the
distance, where she obtained a slight lead. At the enclo-
sure General Hess, ridden with great patience, was
brought to the front, and, biding his time, Captain Little
waited until within a stride or two of the. chair, and won w
a fine race by a head. Lady Bohun, who as second, de-
feated Principal by three parts of a length ; Charming
Woman was fourth, close up.
The Nursery Handicap of 10 sous each, 3 ft, with 100
added, for 2-yr-olds ; the second saved his stake. Win-
ners extra. Three-quarters of a mile. 25 subs.
Lord Westmoreland's Stoic, 7st (inc. 51b ex.) (Kenyon) 1
Mr. Naylor's Grey Stocking, 7st 21b (Sayers) 2
Mr. Saxon's Monitress, Est 121 b (11. Covey) 3
The following also ran:—Mazurka, Amazon, Chicken
Hazard, Cotillon, and Wreath.
Betting-5 to 1 each agst Cotillon, Wreath, and Amazon,
6 to 1 each agst Grey Stocking and Chicken Hazard, 100 to
15 agst Monitress, and 10 to 1 (at first 6 to 1) agst Stoic.
They left the post to an unsatisfactory start, in which
Chicken Hazard and Amazon got badly off ; Mazurka was
the first away and made the ruung for the first hundred
yards, when she dropped back, anTthe lead was left with
Cotillon, who:was closely attended by Stoic and Grey
Stocking to half-way in the distance, when Lord Coven-
try's filly was beaten, and her place was taken by Moni-
tress. At the enclosure Stoic drew away and won a fine
race by a head. There were three lengths between second
and third ; Cotillon was a bad fourth, Chicken Hazard fifth,
and Wreath sixth ; Amazon and Mazurka were the twolast.
The Warwick Cup, value 200 sous, by subscription of 10
sous each, with 75 added, 50 of which were given to
the second horse, and 25 to the third ; for 3-yr-olds and
upwards. . Weight for age, with certain allowances.
Winners extra. Two miles and a halt. 22 subs.
Lord Portsmouth's Sydmonton, 3 yrs, ist 41b (H. Covey) 1
Mr. C. R. W. Ramsay's b g by Voltigeur--iris, 4 yrs,
6st 111 b (Heartfield 2
Mr. S. Harvey's Stanton, aged, Bst 81b (Edwards 3
Mr. Buckley's Success, 3 yrs, 7st 41b (J. Grimshaw 4
Betting-6 to son Sydmonton, 9to 4 eget the Iris geld-
ing, and 100 to 15 agst any other.
The favourite was the first away, and came past the stand
with a clear lead of.the Iris gelding, who was followed by
Stanton and Success a couple of lengths in their rear. Pro-
ceeding up the hill, Stanton quitted his companion, and
rounding the turn he ran past his horses and joined Syd-
monton. From this point the pair raced for the lead into
the meadows, when the favourite gradually drew away,
and on reaching the three-quarters-of-a-mile post he was
clear of his horses, the Iris gelding still lying second, with
Stanton in attendance. These positions were retained to
the distance, where the gelding upon sufferance got to the
favourite's quarters, who as they neared the stand shook
him off, and won with hands down in a canter by a couple
of lengths. Stanton trotted in a wretched third. Success
walked in a distance in their rear.
The County Handicap of 10 soya each, 3 ft, with 100 soya.
added. Winners extra. The second saved his stake.
One mile. 28 subs.
Mr. Hodgman's Vixen, 3 yrs, Est 101 b (Heartfield) 1
Lord Coventry's Exchequer-, 6 yrs, Bst 31b (J. Adams 2
Mr. W. Goodman's Nu, 3 yrs, Est (Goodwin 3
Lord Westmoreland's Sidewind, 3 yrs, Est 101 b (Kenyon 4
Mr. Perry's Principal, 6 yrs, 7st 41b (IL Covey 5
Mr. R. Ten Broeck's Scheldt, 3 yrs, 6st 91b ...(Murfett 6
Betting.-2 to 1 agst Exchequer, 100 to 30 agst Scheldt,
4 to 1 agst Nu, 6 to 1 agst Sidewind, and 100 to 15 agst
Vixen.

Vixen, in company with Exchequer and Nu, got away
in close company, and ran together for a quarter of a mile,
when they were joined by Sidewind, who, in the next
half-dozen strides, became second, and followed the leader
into the straight. Here she was beaten, and the favourite
and Nu joined Vixen. A good race home then ensued.
Exchequer, who appeared to have the best of it at the
stand, cut it a few strides from the chair, and was beaten
cleverly by a head, but defeated Nu by a couple of lengths
for second; half a length separated the latter from Side-
wind. Scheldt was last throughout.
A Sweepstakes of 5 sous. each, with 50 sous added; 2-yr-
olds, 6st 121 b ; 3-yr-old, Bst 101 b ; winners extra. Three-
quarters of a mile. 6 subs.
Mr. W. Morris's Ambition, 2 yrs, 7st 21b (inc. 71b ex.)
(J. Grimshaw) 1
Lord Westmoreland's lon, 2 yrs, 7st 21b (inc. 71b ex.)
(Morris) 2
Mr, Saxon's Miss Harriette, 2 yrs, 7st 21b (inc. 71b ex.)
(Clement) 3
Mr. G. Angell's Attache, 3 yra, 9st 31b (inc. 71b ex.)
Parry) 4
Mr. 11. (
Sutton's Gunlock, 2 yrs, Est 121 b (Carter) 5
Betting—Even on Ambition, and 4 to 1 each agst lon
and Attache.

The favourite, with lon and Attache, got away nearly
abreast, but after settling into their places Ambition took
up the running, followed by lon to the Stand, when the
two joined issue, and finished a fine race home, Mr. Morris's
filly winning at last by a head ; lon finished three parts of
a length in advance of Miss Harriette.
Handicap of 5 sovs each, 3 ft, with 25 soya added, for 2 and
3-yr-olds. The winner to be sold for £lOO. Winners
extra. Half-a-mile. 9 subs.
Captain Machell's Carnizette, 2 yrs, 7st (Kipling 1
Mr. Ten Broeck's Czarina, 3 yrs, Bst 21b (Fordham 2
Mr. G. Angell's Leoville, 3 yrs, Bst 61b (Parry 3
Mr. Hodgman's Gem, 3 yrs, Est 101 b (Morris 4
Colonel Martin's Clotilde f., 2 yrs, Est 101 b (Kenyon 5

Betting-5 to 1 agst Czarina, 2to 1 agst Clotilde filly
and 100 to 15 agst any ogler.

Czarina,withLeoville and the Clotilde filly lyingnp, made
play to the turn into the straight, when the last named ran
out, and her place was taken by Carnizette, who waited to
half-way in the distance, when she took a clear lead and
won by a head ; two lengths between the second and third.
The winner was bought in for 210 guineas.
The Grand Stand Plate (handicap) of 100 soya, for all
ages. Winners extra. Three-quarters of a mile.
Marquis of Hasting's Sisyphus, 3 yrs, 6st 71b
(J. Grimshaw) 1
Mr. Astley's Overture, 5 yrs, Bst 91b (Clement) 2
Mr. R. Ten Broeck's Idler, 4 yrs, 7st. 51b (Murfit) 3
The following also ran :—Warrior, Lima, Bishopton,
Dulcimer, and Gay Tom.
Betting-2 to 1 agst Sisyphus, sto 2 agst Warrior, and
7 to 1 agst any other.

Sisyphus jumped away in front, followed by Overture,
Warrior, and Idler, the Lima colt in the rear. Coming into
the straight Overture closed up with the leader, but Grim-
shaw calling upon the favourite, he came out and won very
easily by two lengths ; the same distance separating Idler
from Overture. Warrior was a good fourth, Dulcimer

fifth, and Bishopton sixth. The Lima colt was last.

The Members' Plate of £5O ; 2-yr-olds, Est 121 b; 3-yr-
olds, Bst 51b; 4-yr-olds and upwards, 9st 11b. Winners
extra, with certain allowances. Two sovs entrance; five
furlongs.
Colonel Martyn's Clotilde, 2 yrs (.£3O), sst 111 b (Kenyon) 1
Mr. Piddaman's Yaller Gal, 3 yrs (.£30),. 7st.
(J. Gnmshaw 2
Mr. Waller's Latitude, 3 yrs (1.30), 7st llb (Morris 3
Mr. Saxon's Merry Lass, 2 yrs (£3O), sst 71b (R. Seaton 4
Betting-6 to 5 agst Yaller Gal, and 2to 1 agst Clotilde

filly.
Yeller Gal made play, followed by the Clotilde filly, who
soon, however, beaded the favourite, and after a good race
won by a head ; Latitude a bad third. The winner was
bought in for 115 guineas, and. Mr. Hodgman claimed

Yaller
The Scurry Handicap of 10 soya each, h. ft., for 3-yr-olds
and upwards; to be ridden by gentlemen; professionals

extra; winners extra. One mile.

5 subs.

Capt. Macholl's Trap, 5 yrs, list 91b (A. Edwards 1
Marquis of Hasting's Sisyphus, 3 yrs, list 31b (inc. 51b ex.
(Mr. W. Bevill 2
Mr. Elyod na. Lord of the Manor, aged, lOst 101 b
(Mr. Edwards 3
Mr. Barber's Cutler, 6 yrs, list (Capt. Little) 4
Betting-2 to 1 agst Sisyphus, sto 2 each agst Lord of
the Manor and Trap, and 4 to 1 agst Cutler.
Sisyphus and Cutler made the running to the turn when
Trap came to the front and won easily by a length ; three
lengths between the second and third.

The latest medical bulletin from Marseilles gives :
—On the 2d, up to two o'clock, 34 deaths, 16 being from
cholera.

MoTHEßs.—Maternal love is a mystery which
human reason can never fathom. It is altogether
above reason ; it is a holy passion, in which all others are
absorbed and lost. It is a sacred flame on the altar of the
heart, which is never quenched. That it does not require
reason to feed it and keep it alive is witnessed in the in-
stinctive maternal love which pervades all animal nature.
Every one must have instinctively felt the aptness of the
Scriptural illustration of maternal solicitude, which likens
a great love to a hen, which gathers her chickens under
her wing. The hen's maternal care, so patient, so un-
selfish, is a miniature replica of Nature's greatest work.
No doubt, it is carried on and on ad infinitum, until we want
a microscope to see it. There are myriads of anxious
thenof
gbeyond.
The
mother i ands th ten,em
mothers in a leaf, whose destiny is to live for a single day
and then die for ever ; as there are millions of anxious
mothers in the human family whose span. of life is three-
scorewaiinthsparingglonrifoaulsl
netaetrunriet,y fountain lying
all pure love—the first likeness on earth of God himself.
e
Man did not deserve to have the first entry into the gar-
den of Eden. Burns, with his great sympathetic soul,
seems to have felt this when he sang of Dame Nature,
"Her 'prentice han'
She tried on man,
And then she made the lasses, 0 !"
—Dickens's 'All the Year Round."

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE—This Day.

BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.
DOVER RACES-THIS DAY.

LADIES' PLATE.

- --
Maid of Usk 1
Duchess St. Albans 2
Domino
3
TOWN PLATE.

Surney
Gibraltar 1
Triumpher

. 3

VICTORIA CLUB BETTING.

YORKSHIRE HANDICAP.
sto 1 agst Claremont (taken)
7to 1 agst Verdant (taken)
ST. LEGER.
Even on Gladiatour (taken)
sto 1 agst Ragalia (taken)
10 to 1 agst Klarinska (taken)
100 to 6 agst Christmas Carol (taken)
CE SAREWITCH.
1000 to 30 agst Chimney Sweep (taken)

An Encounter betweeii Mr. Cobden and Sir

Charles Napier.

Tho proceedings of the Peace Conference at Edinburgh
consisted of two morning and one evening meetings of the
society, sitting as a society (to which, however, the general
public were also admitted), and a public meeting, supposed
to be entirely composed of persons who indicated by their
presence neither that they agreed with nor differed from the
principles of the society. At that meeting an amusing and
stirring incident occurred of which the writer had also the
good fortune to be a spectator. He had accompanied to the
platform an aged relative—one of the kdinburgh committee
for the reception of the delegates—and sat in one of the
back seats immediately behind the chairman, Mr. Duncan
M'Laren, at that time chief magistrate of the city. He saw,
to hie surprise, that the seat of honour immediately on the
left of the chair was reserved for a gentleniau, whose face
he did not recognise as belonging to any one who had ap-
peared at all at any of the previous meetings of the confe-
rence. This gentleman pushed his way in a somewhat
rough and unceremonious manner to his place, and his ar-
rival created no little stir amongst the occupants of the
platform, who were composed in almost equal proportions
of Peace Society delegates from various parts and of per-
sons of all degrees of local importance. It was evident,
however, by the courteous attentions paid to this gentle-
man, ere the opening of the meeting, by the chairman and
others, that he was " somebody." His appearance, however,
belied the idea of his importance which was produced by
the attentions paid him. Neither laundress, peruquier, nor
tailor seemed to any large extent to have beerPtaken into
consultation as to the preparation of the outer man. Nor
did the few words that fell from his lips in answer to the
courtesies and greetings which he received indicate that
either his instructors in his early life, or himself at its later
periods, had bestowed much attention upon the graces, or
even the proprieties, of his diction. The then spectator,
and present narrator, was mystified. And this mystifica-
tion lasted some time—lasted through the chairman']
opening speech ; through the reading of Mr. Richard, the
Secretary of the Society, of the list of the resolutions passed
at the Conference ; through an eloquent address by Elihu
Burrit, and through another, overflowing with the richest
humour, by the late esteemed Rev. John Burnet, of Camber-
well, one of the great representative Nonconformist leaders
of our century. Then rose Mr. Cobden. He had not spoken
long before the mystery was resolved. "I am glad," said
he, "on this occasion, that we have a gallant gentleman
with us—if he will allow me, I will call him my gallant
friend, for we have walked into the same lobby generally,
if not always, when we were in the House of Commons
together—we have a gallant officer here, who, if ever you
have to fight instead of arbitrating, will do your business
as well as anybody you can find. This gallant gentleman
—this gallant admiral—has come from London, warm from
the City of London Tavern, bringing with him a spirit
impatient /or some decisive proceedings in this troubled
Eastern Question." All at once it flashed upon the nar-
rator's memory that, a week or two before, Sir Charles
Napier had announced his intention, at a London Tavern
meeting, of "bearding the Peace Society in its den," or
some such phrase, which in the lapse of years has escaped
our memory. This had been generally put down as a
flourish of trumpets. But no ; here was the hero of Acre
presented to our gaze, and—what was even better for
juvenile hot blood, the prospects of a set-to between "Old
Charley " and the great Peace heroes. " What a pity,"
thought we, " that Cobden speaks before him." But when
we heard Mr. Bright reply to the Admiral our regret
vanished. The audience received all three with an equal
share of plaudits—a circumstance not so much, perhaps,
to be attributed to any vacillation or fickleness of the
popularis aura, as to a just and fair determination to give
equal justice. Cobden's speech was diversified by an oc
casional gruffly given interruption from the admiral, most
of which, however, were inaudible.—.2llcGiichrises Life of
Cobden.

PREPARATIONS OF STRYCHNINE.=-Mr. C. J. Cart-
tar, coroner for West Kent, hold an inquest yesterday on
the body of Frances Symonds, aged 68, a married woman,
who committed suicide by swallowing a quantity Of pre-
pared powder usually sold for killing rats, and known as
" Battle's Vermin Killing Powder," the ingredients of
which contain a large portion of strychnine. The evidence
showed that the deceased, who was addicted to habits of
intemperance, left home on Sunday morning last and pur-
chased a 3d. packet of the above powder at a neighbouring
chemist's, and on returning home mixed it in some liquid
and drank it. The chemist at whose shop the poison was
supposed to have been purchased said it was generally sold
to persons who asked for it without any questions being
put, and Dr. Cogan, who had been called to the deceased,
said that a 3d. packet of the poison would contain a grain
and a half of strychnine, and that the deceased must have
suffered excruciating agony. The Coroner said it could
never have been the intention of the Legislature that such
a compound should not come within the Sale of Poisons
Act. Verdict, . " That the deceased committed suicide
while labouring under temporary derangement."

DOCK'YARDS OF THREE NATlONS.—England has •
nine dockyards—Deptford, Woolwich, Chatham,
Sheerness, Portsmouth, Plymouth, Pembroke, and, in time
of war, Deal and Yarmouth. France has six—Cherbourg,
Toulon, Brest, L'orient, Rochefort, and Indret. America

has eight. Portsmouth, New Hampshire, has au.area of 63
acres, but nearly five acres must be filled in before the land
can be used. The yard is situate on an island, and has a
water front of about I,oooft. ; it has one floating dry-dock
and three building slips. Charlestown, near Boston, covers
80 acres of ground, but 16 acres of this are marsh, and must
be filled in. The water frontage that is of any value is only
about 600 ft. The yard has one stone dry dock and two build-
ing slips. Brooklyn covers a surface of 80 acres of available
ground and 40 acres of marsh that can be filled in-120
acmes in all. There is at presenl an available water frontage
of 1,200 feet, one stone dry dock, and two building slips
Philadelphia yard has only 15 acres' surface,
and one acre
of this must be filled in to be available. The yard has one
floating dry dock, two building slips, and a water front of
ftrwoon
taaacrees
of o9foowfheeicthwaitrhe
tmaworsbhu.ildTinhgerselipiss.aTukseef3ul,arwdaht,essr
about 600 feet. Washington yard has an area of 42 acres,
no dry dock. Norfolk and Pensacola yards were destroyed
by the rebels, and at present no work of tiny importance is
done at either of them ; and Mare Island, on the Pacific, is
yet unfinished, and is used only as a place of temporary
repair. The British dockyards above enumerated contain
1,000 acres of ground, 50 building slips, and 34 dry
docks; the French Imperial yards cover 1,129 acres,
and comprises 75 building slips and 26 dry docks;
the five navy yards of the United States now in use
contain only 218 acres, 12 building slips, and four
dry docks. It is easy to refer to the " brilliant record"
of the war just past, and to thousands of miles of
coast guarded by a navy created in six weeks; but it must
be remembered that it consisted almost entirely of merchan,
built craft, unsuited to naval service ; and had our enemy
been a naval Power they would have been almost worth-
less. . . . Without the aid of private establishments our
navy would have made a very poor show in our late war.
But England and France also, in addition to their immense
public works, have the vast resources of their private ship-
yards, which in one case are as great as our own, and in the
other case much greater, to draw upon. The French Go-
vernment are empowered by law to seize private establish-
ments in time of war, and either work them by their own
employes, or else have Government work done by private
owners. England, it has been calculated, could turn out war
vessels at the rate of one a day, indefinitely, of all sizes
docks, isn the
proper proportions for a navy. Hard presseda
week.we
have been, we have not turned out one in
never
built one.
yards. They
are for the most part badly planned. The
extent,pt f o rd
the smallest of
3wBitalicreps
We want also are-arrangement of all our nav
Eyokl
We want a yard and works for the coconstructionof iron
vessels, of which our Government has
rboui.l yn-yard,
with 120 acres all told, has one dry dock, two ding slips
one of thom double, so as to centain two
five building slips, aud 1,700 ft. of wharf. Be-
ships at once,
and 1,200 ft. of ißvhriatrifshfryosnit.d.
wChoiicnhp,aiw.eitt
sides these, it has a wet basin covering more than an acre.
The want of our yards is not more
has two dry
space (except at Phila-
delphia), so much as it is better arrangement, and that they
should have at once. . • . England and France are
both in trouble about their principal dockyards—
Plymouth, and Cherbourg. gngland has planned and be-
gun fortifications for the defence of Plymouth which aro
to cost $20,000,000. But the yard is situated so near the
channel that our Monitor Dictator, or any of the other
Monitors for that matter, Could steam under the shore
batteries, calmly receive their shot, and plant her le-inch
theh
shell in the docks, shiphouses, and machineshops
The
pard. Cherbourg is in precisely the same predicament.
harbour is an artificial one, formed by the construction of
a breakwater, and is one of the finest pieces of engineer-
ing skill in the world. So very fine,
in fact, that it cost
$40,000,000 to construct all the works at the station. But
acknowledged to
the officers of the yard franklyour emis-
sary
Navy Department that a few iron-
clads could easily destroy the whole place. The French, as a
consequence, no longer a 9 ddt the works of Cherbourg. They
bend their efforts to perfecting Brest, Toulon, and Indret.
But the work away at
Plymouth
English with John Bull obstinacy,
all the while, confessing that when it is done itwill be unsafe in war.—New York Times.