The Sun.
London, England, 1862-08-25 00:00:00

SPORTING NOTES.

There are several small meetings to be held this week.
In the north the metallies will find occupation at Stockton,
in the west at Bridgewater and Ludlow, in the south at
Egham and Tonbridge, and in the midland counties at
Lichfield. At pleasant Stockton, so happily situated within
reach of the beautiful watering places of Scarborough and
Redcar, Mr. Craggs has issued a hill of fare tnarcely less
inferior to that of York itself, but which must, to some ex-
tent, suffer from so many horses being used up last week on
the Knavesmire. The list extends to 21 items, spread
equally over Tuesday next and the two succeding days, the
majority of which are already closed. The most interesting
event for the first day is the Cleveland Stakes, fir two-yr-
olds, in which no fewer than 48 horses are engaged, hut
with a likelihood of only the following runners :—Early
Purl (doubtful), Trust, Laura, Princess Louisa, Tease Me
Not, Borealis, Formidable, Trump Queen, Corydon, Erin
go Bragh (doubtful), the Wasp colt, Cistercian, and Bohe-
mia. With the exception of the two former and Corydon,
all are penalised, which ought to give Early Purl and Trust
great chance; and the best worth trusting in the Trades-
men's Plate, for which 13 horses accepted of the 28 entered,
are Virgilius, Brighton, and Pembroke. For the Three-yr-
Old Zetland Biennial, the field is not likely to exceed halls
dozen, to be .elected from Bonny Breast Knot, Lord of
Linne, Lachesis, the Pilot, Grimston, Cellarius, Q. E. D.,
and Pice'clor. Q. E. D., if nothing the worse of the work
she got at York, ought to w:n. Twenty-five horses are
weighted for the Harry Fowler Slakes, of which the best
in, to my thinking, are Queen of Trumps and Tommy
Jones. On the second day Livingstone cannot lose the
Hardwicke Stakes; and the Nerthern St. Leger seems as
great a certainty for Zetland, unless opposed by Johnny
Armerong, who will, however, hardly run, in the face of
the Doncaster St. Leger, for which he was last week backed
to some tune. Bohemia, in the absence of Michael Scott,
will win the Lambton Stokes; end the high bred Boatswain
ought to be good enough to pull off the Thornaby Stakes.
Of the two year olds engaged in the Elton Juvenile Stakes
I know so little that I dare not venture an opinion on it, and
the result of the Wynyard Plate being dependent on previ-
ous running, commenting on it is best let alone. On
Thursday the Two Year Old Zetland Biennial must fall to
either Old Orange Girl or The Comet. In the Billingham
Grange Stakes, Brahmin will very likely oppose Zetland
successfully, as the latter is penalised 51b, and the distance,
a mile and a quarter only, is not in his favour. The Mid-
dlesborough Handicap must fall to Caller Ou, 'oho, consi-
dering the excellence of her performances last year was let
in on very easy terms, as the handicapper made Ivanhoff
give her 71b, and Lady Trespass 21b I The County Mem -
bcrs' Plate ought to fall to either The Knave or Brighton,
and the horses likely to pull off the Garbutt Nursery
Handicap are Corydon and Tease Me Not.
The programme of Egham in its original state gave pro-
mise of excellent sport, but the handicaps seem to have
pleased so few, that the Runnymede will hardly prove so
attractive as on many previous anniversaries. For the
opening event, the Runnymede Stakes, six only cried
"content" of the 29 horses handicapped. Mermaid has
incurred a penalty of 41b, so the race must fall to Wombat.
In the King John Stakes, Tom Fool and Soapstone will
probably fight their Reading battle o'er again, and I think
,he 61b extra on Soapstone must give Mr. Brailey's horse
the victory on th's occasion. The winner of the Betting
Stand Plate, for which 41 horses are handicapped, is
not unlikely to be among the following half dozen:—
Astarte, Acco, the Grey Hen colt, Tom Sayers,
Surbiton Hill, and Freestone; and Bloodhound ought
to win the Welter Stakes. On the second day the
Surrey and Middlesex Handicap is a still greater
failure than the Runnymede Stakes, as five only of the
thirty weighted have: accepted, and of these Fannie colt
is, from last year's running, entitled to the preference. The
Baron's Stakes seem likely to fall to either Barrister or the
filly by Kingston out of Dinah. The other races, which
include the Que.n's Plate (very likely to be won by Paste),
the Egham Stakes, the Town Plate, and several selling
stakes, have all to be yet named for.

The Lichfield meeting being now patronised by the lead •
ing resident noblemen and gentlemen of Staffordshire, has
been restored to something like its former importance. The
bill of fare extends to fourteen items, spread over the two
days, Tuesday and Wednesday next, no fewer than nine of
which are already dosed with very fair entries, The three
with the best chance for the Staffordshire Handicap are
Defender, Donne Canne, and Ophelia, and Lapidary seems
likely to carry off the Beaudesert Welter Cup. The Cham-
pagne Stakes seems to lie between Gipsy Girl and Taje,
the form er for choice, the distance being only half a
mile; and the Nursery Handicap ought to fall to Muffler
or Golden Drop, the former being entitled to the prefe-
rence.

The only feature of importance last woek was the support
awarded to Bonny Breast Knot for the St. Leger. The
filly is vastly improved, but she can have no chance with
such horses as The Marquis, Caractacte, Carisbrook, and
Buckstone. But I would sooner trust to Lord Olasgow's
Stockwell colt than any of the favourites, and those who
back him at his-present long price, both to win and a place,
will have no cause to regret their investment. There is a
filly named Moula in William Day's stable, which must
not be lost sight of if zny demonstration is made in her
favour, as she only ran once last year, and has not been
out this. At the Newmarket Second October Meeting,
over the T.Y.C., carrying weight for age, she beat the fol-
lowing field in a canter :—Nottingham, Costa, Watchman,
Clarissa colt, Fig, St. Alexis, Equation colt, Palm 0:1, Jung
Frau, Paradox, Malek, Exactitude, Eden, and Queen
Elizabeth.

A FRESH MAN.

The Sacred Harmonic Society, Exeter-hall, will
repeat their perforroarce of the Messiah on Friday next,
August 29.
WINCHESTER COLLEGE.—An extra week has
been added to the holidays at Winchester College in honour
of the recent marriage of her Royal Highness the Princess
Alice. The day fixed for the return of the College boys is
Saturday, September 6, and that for commoners Tuesdays
September 9.
THE REPRESENTATION OF STOKE-11PON-TRENT.
The Liberals of the Parliamentary borough of Stoke-upon-
Trent have invited the Hon. Frederick Leveson Gower,
member for Bodmin to fill the vacancy occasioned by the
death of the late l‘lr. J. L. Ricardo. If Mr. Gower accept
the invitation his election will not be opposed by the Con-
servative party. Mr. Sergeant Slice is likely to come for-
ward, but only in the event of Mr. Gower declining to do
so. Mr. Edward Buller, late member for North Stafford-
shire, and Mr. Samuel Pope, of Manchester, who contested
the borough at the last election, are aleo named as probable
candidates.
Duras JUSTICE.—In the French law reports for
he end of February, 1860, stands a report of a case before
the High Court of Revision, with. these headings in italics
Judicial error—two innocent men condemned to hard
labours—their deaths in the hulks--condemnation of the
guilty—prohibition to publish the report—appeal in cassa-
tion"—i.e. revision. Four or five years after the burglary
—unhappily more than four or five years too late—and
after the innocent had died of the sufferings due only to the
guilty in the month of February, 1860, three men, named
Jambon, Olivier, and Mallon, and a woman called Widow
Sinquin, were clearly found guilty of the burglary com-
mitted in the house of the Guigourcs family, and were
justly condemned to the identical penalties under which
the two innocent men had died. But when trying and
punishing the guilty, the assize court of Finistere, which
had permitted the publication of the evidence against the
innocent, prohibited the publication of any report of their
proceedings. The power appears to have been' conferred
upon the tribunals by a claw e in a decree issued by the
Prince-Preei,lent of the Republic, on the 17th Feb., 1852.
Oddly enough, certein of the guilty prisoners appealed
against the sentence which condemned them, and one of
the pleas of their appeal was, that there had been an
unconstitutional prohibiticn of the publication of the pro-
ceedings of the court which tried them. xt
-%-ly publicity
was more inconvenient in 1860 than in 1851 the court did
not say; yet not one paragraph, sentence, or line, of the
evidence establishing the innocence of Baffet and Level'
was allowed to be published. The only amends made was
the following sentence from the speech of the imperial pro.
curator :—" The real criminals are to-day in the hands of
justice. They await the chastisement they have so justly
merited. The deaths of Lonarn and Baffet make it impos-
sible to repair the judicial error of which they were the
victims; but the detates of this trial, and the newverdict
of the jury, will be a brilliant and solemn restoration
no
their memory." Very brilliant, and Tels, 501e,1191 me
doubt. But hardly patiafactorY.—.Diacto
Par 'Roma,"