The Sun.
London, England, 1862-08-01 00:00:00

Just published, Bvo, in cloth, price 55., by post free, 55. 6d.,
ON THE SUCCESSFUL TREATMENT of
STRICTURES of the URETHRA ; showing why they
so often appear Incurable, when in reality they might be
removed by the most simple means.
By F. B. COURTENAY, M.R.C.S.E.,
And formerly Surgeon to the Metropolitan Infirmary for the
Cure of Strictures of the Urethra.

" This work is the production of a surgeon whose special
attention has been directed, through a long professional life,
to the treatment of strictures of the urethra. The cases
which Mr. Courtenay has given supply ample evidence of his
great discriminative power in the diagnosis of the various
kinds of stricture, and of the scientific principles upon which
their management is founded. By his systematic management
an immense mitigation of pain to the unhappy sufferers is
attained, and future mischief prevented. The work we can
most unreservedly and confidently recommend as a valuable
contribution, both to the general and professional reader, and
ought to be found in the private study of all who are subject
to stricture."—Medical Circular.

London: H. Badlliere, 219, Regent-street.

Sweepstakes of 50 sovs each, h ft, for 3-yr-olds ; colts, Bst
71b, and fillies Bst 21b. Mile and a half. Nine subs.
Colonel Towneley's Imperatrice, Bst 21b (Bullock) 1
Mr. Henry's Malek, Bst 71b
Mr. Merry's The Knave, Bst 71b (Aldcroft) 3
Lord Stamford's Blackcock, Bst 71b• • • • (Edwards) 4
Betting-5 to 4 agst Imperatrice, 6to 4 agst The Knave,
and 5 to 1 agst each of the others.
Malek made the running, followed by Imperatrice, with
Blackcock lying off, to the top of the hill, on descending
which Blackcock approached the other horses, and all were
nearly abreast at the distance. Malek had his head in front
at the half distance, where lmperatrice challenged, and won
a very fine race by a neck. The Knave finished two lengths
behind the second.

The Racing Stakes of 50 sovs each sub, for 3-yr-olds; colts
to carry Bst 71b, and fillies Bst 41b. Winners extra. One

mile. 5 subs.
Lord Stamford's Cepheus, Bst 71b (A, Edwards) 1
Mr. Gratwicke's Ashford, Sst 71b
Mr. Henry's Duneira, Bst 71b (A. Day) 0
Betting opened at evens and closed at 7 to 4 on Ashford
and 5 to 2 agst Cepheus.

The favourite made play to the distance, where Cepheus
joined him, the pair running together to the stand, where
the latter took a clear lead, and won in a canter by five
lengths. Duneira, who bolted at the top turn, was pulled
up, and walked in some time after.

The Goodwood Cup, value 300 soya, added to a sub of 20
sovs each, h ft. The second horse to receive £lOO out of

the stakes. Two miles and a half. 26 subs.
Lord W. Powlctt's Tim Whiffler, 3 yrs, 7st 71b (Bullock) 1
Mr. J. Pilling ns Zetland, 3 yrs, 7st 71b.. (Hibberd) 2
Mr. A. Nichol's The Wizard, 5 yrs, 9st 71b.... (Rogers) 3
_ _

The following also ran :—Audrey, Umpire, Fairwater,
and Feu de Joie.

Betting-9 to 4 agst The Wizard, 10 to 3 agst Tim
Whiffler, 5 to 1 agst Fairwater, 6 to 1 agst Zetland, 100
to 8 each agst Audrey and Feu de Joie, and 25 to 1 agst
Umpire.

After the usual preliminary business of cantering and
parading in front of the stand and its enclosure, Mr.
M'George speedily got them in order, and despatched them
from the post, Tim Whiffler immediately rushed to the
front, followed by Zetland, Audrey, Fairwater, and Umpire,
Feu de Joie and the favourite being the two last. But on
fairly settling into their places Audrey rushed to the front
and made the running at a strong pace, Tim Whiffler
going on second, Zetland third, and Umpire fourth; then
came Fairwater, with the other two still lying away, in
which order they proceeded to the Craven Course turn,
when Lord W. Powlett's colt joined Audrey, the pair run-
ning together two or three lengths in advance of Zetland,
who appeared so far in front of Umpire and Fairwater,
the latter pair running close together. But on reaching
the woodside Audrey suddenly gave way, leaving Tim
Whiffler with the command, who was shortly after joined
by Zetland, the pair coming on together with a clear lead
of three lengths of Umpire. The latter, however, was
beaten half way up the hill, and Fairwater, with the favou-
rite in attendance, became their immediate follower, no-
thing else appearing to possess a chance. On rounding the
turn into the straight, Bullock slightly increased his lead,
which he improved as he proceeded, and leaving Zetland
in difficulties at the distance, he eased Tim, and cantered
home the winner by a dozen lengths. The Wizard, who
passed Fairwater half a distance from home, finished a
wretched third ; Feu de Joie and Fairwater, both pulling
up, were the next two; Audrey and Umpire being the two
last, beaten off a long way. Run in 4 min. 55 sec.
The Molecomb Stakes of 50 soya each sub, h ft, for 2-yr-
olds, colts to carry Bst 71b, and fillies Bst 41b. The owner
of the second horse to receive back his stake. T.Y.C.

18 subs.
Mr. Merry's Wasp colt, Bst 71b (Aldcroft) 1
Count F. de Lagrange's Armagnac (in. 51b ex),Bstl2lb
(Rogers) 2
Sir H. Des Vceux's Warhorse, Bst 71b (Custance) 3
Lord Stamford's Automaton, Bst 71b (Goater) 4
Mr. R. Ten Broeck's Curie, Bst 41b (Fordham) 5
ei
Mr. R. C. Naylor's Stampede, Bst 71b (Challoner) 6
Betting—.
4 to n
1 agst
g-6t
thes agst
Autmaton,colt.
3 to 1 agst Armagnac,
a Wasp
As the flag fell Curie jumped aside and lost a little groun
c
and
when Armagnac and Stampede set off in front, with Auto-
maton and the W asp colt almost level with them. They ran
thus to the dip, where Stampede was beaten, and the Wasp
colt took his place. At the stand Curie was passed by War-
horse, and Automaton endeavoured to catch Armagnac and
Wasp, who then singled themselves out. A magnificent
race between the two was decided in favour of Mr. Merry's
colt by a head, Warhorse being beaten three lengths from
the second.
The Chichester Stakes (handicap) of 10 sous each, h ft,
with 100 added, for three-yr-olds and upwards. T.Y.C.
21 subs.
Duke of Beaufort's Birdhill, 3 yrs, 7st . . (Judd) 1
Captain Christie's Spicebox, 5 yrs, Bst 101 b.. (Fordham) 2
Lord Westmoreland's Knight of the Bath, 3 yrs, sst 71b
(J. Grimshaw) 3
The following also ran :—Vancouver, Agag, Peignoir,
Enfield, Tisiphone, and Wild Duck.
Betting-5 to 2 agst Knight of the Bath, sto 1 each agst
Spicebox and Birdhill, 6 to 1 agst 1 isiphone, 10 to 1 each
agst Enfield and Agag, 100 to 8 agst Wild Duck, and 20 to
1 agst V aucotiver.

The favourite made play for the first hundred yards,
when he was passed by Tisiphone, Enfield, ailnddr,Supcikcefibfothx,,
Birdhill lying up. On reaching the half distance Birdhill
ran past his horses and took a clear lead. 'which he main-
tained to the end, and won cleverly by three parts of a
laennrphe.ignAobraldastth.ird. Agag was fourth, Wild
The Third Year of the Tenth Bentinck Memorial Stakes,
a triennial stakes of 10 sous each, for foals of 1858 ;
colts, Bst 71b ; fillies, Bst 21b. Queen's Plate Course.
29 subs.
Mrs. Osbaldeston's Camerino ......
Mr. H. Savile's Reveille (floater) 2
Betting-6 to lon Caraerino.

Mr. E. C. EGERTON, M.P., proposed " The health
of the Chairman." He said they had met for the
celebration of a great victory in the repeal of a tax
which they who,kived in the counties of Kent and
Sussex belie'ced to be a most objectionable tax, and
he was sure they would agree with him in saying
that they could have no better president than their
noble chairman, who, during the long period he had
attended in Parliament, had always voted in favour
of free trade, and who now at the close of 23 years
of public life was enabled to see the last stone put
to the edifice of free trade. He came from the
notthern counties, which, el thnii{,Ph having no direct
interest in hops, had felt the injustice that had been
done to the hopgrowers by the continuance of a re-
striction that had been removed from other branches
of trade. He had great pleasure in proposing the
heclth of their noble chairman as an honest and con-
sistent politician, who tor many years had been an
advocate of free trade, not only in corn but in hops
also. (Cheers.)
The CHAIRMAN, in responding, said the meeting
of that day was held for the purpose of celebrating
a great moral victory, which he held this to
.be,
inasmuch as the impost from which they were now
relieved was a most unjust and most partial one.
Its incidence fell sorely upon a certain class; it was
not shared in by the generality of the community
and therefore it was unjust. (Cheers_) He knew
it had been held, by political economists especially,
that none of its incidence fell upon the hop-
growers, but that the consumers in the long run
paid the tax. This might be true in some respects,
but it was not so in its entirety. Those who were
practical hopgrowers and had been engaged for many
years in the cultivation of hops, knew what the
operation of that duty was. It fell heavily on them
in years when they had a large abundance of hops
of inferior quality. The tax-collector was inexo-
rable—he had to be paid whether the growers re-
ceived their money or not. The growers were
forced by the circumstances of the case and the
nature of the market to hold their hops for a con-
siderable period, and the money they had to pay
never came back into their pocket. Therefore, he
said, it was an unjust tax,, and that inasmuch as it
was an unjust tax it was an immoral tax, and he
was happy now to congratulate the hopgrowers on
having got rid of an impost so heavy in its nature
and so unjust in its character. (Cheers.) They
had met for the purpose of congratulating them-
selves on the repeal of that tax, and also to pro-
nounce a funeral panegyric on the Hop Excise
Duty Repeal Association. They were indebted to
that society for the part it had taken in this ques-
tion for so many years. It had taken its rise in
this county under the auspices of his friend the
secretary, Mr. Bacon, who took a most prominent
port in this agitation and who refused from the
first all compromise. The prospects of the society
were gloomy for a short time. Mr. Gladstone then
somewhat altered the nature of the duty. Mr.
Gladstone proposed a certain repeal that was insig-
nificant in amount, and he proposed the introduc-
tion of foreign hops on an equality with English
hops. This threw into the ranks of those who
were trying to obtain the repeal of the duty the
great hop proprietors of Kent, to whom, with Mr.
Beresford Hope, they were in a great measure in-
debted for the result that had been attained. His
friend Mr. Dodson had taken an early and distin-
guished part in the movement for the repeal. Mr.
Dodson was joined by others, and the result was
the hopgrowers had been successful, and were now
met for the purpose of celebrating their triumph.
(Cheers.) The hop duty had been at length sur-
rendered, and those who chose to grow hops might
now grow them Without fear of the tax-collector.
(Cheers.) 'Whether it would be advantageous to
do so was another question. He did not recom-
mend those to grow hops who had not grown
them before, nor would he hold out prospects that
might not be realised. Hopgrowing was freed
from the incubus that had attached to it; but the
crop was a very precarious one, and it was for the
hopgrowers to say how far it would be advantage-
ous to continue
the cultivation_ But at any rate
they could continue it without fear of the tax col-
lector, and if there came a bad year, without the
necessity of raising by borrowing in order to satisfy
the Government demands. (Cheers.)
Mr. DODSON, M.P., in proposing " The health of
Mr. Body, the Nice-Chairman," remarked that the
Hop Excise Duty Repeal Association, of which that
gentleman had been chairman, had been of great
service. He was afraid that its history was not one
that could be thought sufficiently exciting or ro-
manticbut it might serve to point
l was how difficulties that
amoral,t oanaddotrhne a
nat aolrea,
seemed insuperable might be overcome by the firm-
ness and determination of hard 'working and hard
headed men. (Cheers.)
Mr. BODY returned thanks.

Mr. R. POMFRET then proposed "The
Ati Membersr.j.. s .
for East Sussex, Viscount Pevensey and
Dodson," who have advocated the repeal of the
excise duty on hops in and out of P •
ornament.
Mr. DODSON apologised for the absence of his
colleague, Lerd Pevensey, and remarked that at
length, in 1862, the hop duty was repealed. It had
been the lot of Mr. Gladstone to take off a tax which
Mr. Harley had imposed in 1711, and new, for the
first time for 150 years, the hopgrower might enter
his garden and walk about his farm wi •
thout having
his footsteps dogged by the exciseman, or he might
shut the door of his oasthouse in the face of any
myrmidons of the Government who might feel in-
clined to pry into his business. (Cheers.) He did
not know that it was possible to say what changes
might arise from an industry ;
being set free that had
been so long held in legi▪
slative trammels. He took
it, however, as quite certain that the hopgrower
would in future be free from the heavy losses which
the duty inflicted on hi▪ m in years of large crops
and small prices. Hopgrowing had now become
a simple farming operation, left to natural
causes. It might be that, owing to the costly
nature of the prduction and
the precarious
nature of the crop, it would always remain a
somewhat more speculative branch of business than
any other branch of farming- The hopgrower
might continue to be in a certain sense perhaps a
gambler ; but, at all events, he would be playing a
game of which he had a free opportunity of measur-
ing the chances; be would also have the Chancellor
of the Exchequer standing over him, and saying at ,
every opportunity, g 1 double your stakes." And
there was this peculiarity about the Chancellor of
the Exchequer doubling the stakes, that he doubled
them if the hopgrower lost, but he never doubled
them if the hopgrower won. (Cheers and laughter.)
So far as the public at large were concerned, be
thought the suPPIY of hops would be more abun-
dant,and, above all, more steady and uniform from
year to year. The consequence would be that the
beer we drank would be healthier and better. Owen
Burton, in his " Anatomy of Melancholy," said,
d Beer made without hops is productive of heavi-
ness
and melancholy ; and
If this .
were that well hopped beer is
an antidote to it." so, Mr. Gladstone
would, by the repeal of the hop duty, have contri-