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vane() on the selling price, and the winner was eventually
sold for 14 sovs.
The Grange Stakes of 15 sovs each, 10 ft, with 50 added,
for two-year-olds ; colts, Bst 101 b ; fillies, Bst 61b; win-
ners extra. T.Y.C. (about five furlongs). 27 subs.
Mr. R. Kelso's Gretna, Bst 101 b (J. Goater 1
Mr. G. Rigby's Abergeldie, Bst 101 b (J. Mann 2
Lord Portsmouth's Midia colt, Bst 101 b (Wells 3
Betting— 7t02 on Gretna. The favourite lay off to the
distance, when she passed the pair, and won with the
greatest ease by three lengths ; a similar distance separat-
ing second and third.

The City Members' Plate of 50 sovs for three-year-olds and
upwards ; selling allowances. Five furlongs.
Mr. H. Goater's Fairy Land, 3 yrs, Est 7113,-.£30 (Scorey) 1
Mr. Redford's North End, 4 yrs, 7st 91b, £30...(. Mann)) 2
Mr. Notley's Kill'em and Eat'em, 3 yrs, Cat 71b, £3O, . _ _

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(Davis) 8
Betting-6 to 4on Fairy Land, who took up the running
immediately after the start, and won in a canter by four
lengths. Kill'em and Eat'em a bad third. The winner
was bought by Mr. Starkey for 42 guineas.
The First Year of the Winchester Biennial Stakes of 10
sovs each, with 50 added, for two-year-olds ; colts, Bst
101 b; fillies and geldings, Bst 61b; certain allowances.
About five furlongs. 28 subs.
Lord Portsmouth's Robin Hood, Bst 71b (Wells) 1
Captain Gray's Chronbmeter, Bst 71b
Mr. R. Kelso's Gretna, Bst 6lb (J. Goater) 3
Mr. Starkey's Kingsley, Bst 71b (Fordham) 4
Betting-7 to 2on Robin Hood, who came away with a
slight lead, which he increased opposite the stand, and won
in a canter by six lengths ; Chronometer defeated Gretna
by half a length for second place ; Kingsley a bad fourth.
Her Majesty's Plate of 100 guineas, for three-year-olds and
upwards. Two miles.

Lord Portsmouth's Sydmonton, 3 yrs, Bst 31b (Pordham) 1
Mr. H. Goatees Filbert, 3 yrs, Bst 31b (J. Mann) 2
The following also ran :—Real Jam and The Gunner.
Betting-5 to .1 on Sydmonton, who made all the run-
ning, aid won in a canter by ten lengths, Filbert being
second; the other two were pulled up before reaching the
post.

SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS

TIMES.—Some very important elections were de-
cided yesterday, and the Liberal party maintains its
ascendancy in the contest. The gains have been
four seats, of which three are in Scotland. In Stir-
lingshire Admiral Erskine has been elected in the
room of Mr. Blackburn; in Renfrewshire Mr. Spiers
has displaced Sir M. Shaw Stewart; and in Bute-
shire Mr. Lamont succeeds Mr. Boyle. In England
one county seat has been won by the substitution of
Mr. More for Sir Baldwin Leighton in South Shrop-
shire. The losses have been two seats—East Nor-
folk, where Mr. Reed, the Conservative, supplants
Col. Coke, and Oxford University, where Mr. Hardy
has been elected in the place of .Mr. Gladstone.
Thus, the gain to the Liberal party on the polling
of the day is two seats. The elections of East Kent
and East Surrey are also highly satisfactory, as in
both these important divisions the Liberals have
kept their position, though attacked with all the
strength of their opponents. These results promise
well for the numerous contests which will take place
during the present week. There is little reason now
to doubt that the Liberal successes will exceed the
most sanguine anticipations. One division of the
United Kingdom, Scotland, will support the Govern-
ment by an overwhelming majority. The boroughs
have always been Liberal, and now the Tory do-
minion in the counties has been attcked with vigour,
and in many places overthrown. Never since Scot-
land has had a real representation—that is, since
the year 1832—has it been so nearly unanimous in
its political principles. In Ireland the gain may be
already estimated at nine seats, and it is probable
that two or three more will be won, or steady
Liberals substituted for some who were not to be
relied on. The principal gain of the Liberal party
in that island is, however, to be found in the
break-up of the so-calledCatholic-Conservative
alliance, and the return of the Catholic popula-
lation to juster views as to their political position
and duties. Even the chiefs of the Church are
said to have given their countenance and help to
the Liberal candidates, while their flocks have
been animated by a spirit far more praiseworthy
than that which, in the early days of Italian liberty,
induced them to give their support to the English
Tories. The result of the elections promises well
for the future contentment of Ireland, for it gives a
death-blow to the hopes of the party which would
purchase the right of oppressing and humiliating
Catholics at home by pandering to the prejudices of
the most extreme of their body with respect to
foreign policy. Turning to England, it is impos-
sible not to be interested by the important contests
which are to be decided during the present week.
In Berkshire and in West Kent the Liberals should
use all their efforts to secure the representation, and
to show, as was shown in East Surrey yesterday,
that the heart and understanding of the country are
on the side of rational progress. But not even
these elections equal in importance that which is to
be decided to-morrow in South Lancashire. To
gain a great and decisive victory here every nerve
of the Northern Liberals should be strained. They
have now a rare opportunity of showing their
attaclunent to the principles they profess, and at
the same time of rendering an important service
to the country, by placing in Parliament one )f the
most eminent statesmen of the time. They can-
not have a more worthy declaration of
principles
than that which was made by the Chancellor of the
Exchequer at Liverpool last night. Just at the
time when the poll which excluded him from the
representation of the University was closing, Mr.
Gladstone advanced to address an immense assem-
blage of the people of his native county. Those
who imagine that the verdict of Oxford is likely to
prejudice him in the eyes of the nation may be in-
vited to consider the reception which he obtained
on the platform of the Liverpo )1 Amphitheatre.
The mass of people who awaited so eagerly Mr.
Gladstone's coming, and welcomed him with such
long continued applause, saw in his rejection by the
University the inevitable penalty which liberality of
thought and honesty of purpose must at some
time or another suffer at the hands of a
University constituency. There was, we will
venture to say, not a single unfriendly critic
of the old English seats of learning who did
not feel a secret satisfaction that Oxford should
have shown precisely the spirit which its enemies
charge it with, and given the scoffer so ready an
occasion for his sneers. But the meeting, though
it would doubtless have assented eagerly to any
disparaging remarks on the University which had
rejected him, was destined to hear none from Mr.
Gladstone. Nothing could be in juster feeling and
better taste than his allusions to the event which had
just taken place, and his declaration of continued
respect and affection for Oxford. In the tribute
which he pays to the more liberal part of the con-
stituency, which, as may be supposed, comprises the
greater part of the resident body, the puLlic will
readily join. "I have been dismissed,"
says Mr.
Gladstone, " not by academical, but by political
agencies. The great majority of the teaching
body at Oxford, the great majority of those who
devote their nights and days and the best years of
their lives in rearing youths, have at all times been
my supporters in the election, and have not now
abandoned me." This we believe to be the case,
and it is the best defence for the Universities, when
charged with ostracizing their most eminent mem-
bers, that the deed is done not by those who are the

intellectual representatives of the place. Passing
from the subject of the University election, Mr.
Gladstone gave an able sketch of the financial
history of the Government, in reply to the charge
that the only reductions they had made in taxation
were where they had themselves imposed it. This
allegation had been made more than once during
the elections, and the Chancellor of the Exchequer's
time was not lost in refuting it. We rejoice, how-
ever, especially to hear from him that in his opinion
the expenditure of the country may be still further'
reduced, and we hope that the country will adopt
his advice, and not fail to send up members who will
enforce on the Government the duty of retrench-
ment. Mr. Gladstone is beyond a doubt right in
saying that the influence exercised by the Opposi-
tion has not been in favour of economy, and for
this among many others reasons we hope that the
erectors of South Lancashire will do their best to
return him and his two colleagues. It is only by
giving a substantial majority to the Liberal Govern-
ment that it will be strengthened sufficiently to take
a bold and patriotic course on this most important
portion of national policy.
HERALD.—The press has not had a more pleasant
office for some time than to write up Lord Derby's
project for an Exhibition of National Portraits.
There must be always the beau ideal of a good thing
in his lordship's recommendation, but the collection
he is now recommending to us is exactly the good
thing itself coming in good season. It will supply
us with much more than a record of the progress of

British art, though even under that aspect itwill be
inconceivably interesting. It will be history speak-
ing to us by a new voice ; philosophy teaching and
taught by portraits. It is the charm of portraiture
that it sums up a good part of a great man's bio-
graphy. The life is photographed on those sensi-
tive plates of the face which have mirrored through
so many years the play of every emotion, and pas-
sion, and experience. It is not an idle curiosity that
excites us to desire to know of what form was
and
man that accomplished great things. His face is
part of the res gestx of his life. It explains why
how he was what he proved himself to be ; and
opening to us phases of character not suggested by
his actual achievements, gives perhaps the only key
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