The Sun.
London, England, 1865-06-19 00:00:00

SPORTING NOTES.

The meeting at Ascot was decidedly the most fashionably
attended I ever remember to have seen. The most im-
portant race on the first day was the meeting of Ely and
Baragah in the Eleventh Triennial. Although odds were
betted on the former, the latter made the pace so strong
that Custance only managed to land his old favourite the
winner by a neck, after one of the most exciting races
ever witnessed. It was over*Ascot this day twelvemonths
that-Ely lowered Fille do l'Air's colours in the Prince of
Wales's Stakes, on the strength of which performance,
coupled with Blair Athol's knocking about in his unsuc-
cessful Paris trip, odds were betted on him against
the Derby winner for the three-year-old heat of to-
day's Triennial, which resulted in the easy vic-
tory of the son of Stockwell and Blink Bonny.
Union Jack, who was an immense "pet" for the Hunt Cup,
was defeated easily by Gratitude, whose owner netted
£lO,OOO by the victory. Mr. Merry also is a winner of
about £5,000. The entrytor the Gold Vase was much
smaller than usual for her Majesty's gift, and though the
field mustered a quartette only, consisting of Tartar, Breeze,
Stanton, and Eltham, all shortcomings were made up for
by one of the finest contests ever witnessed, which resulted
in a dead heat between Breeze and the Derby outsider,
Baron Rothschild thus "almost" repeating his Leopold
surprise for the Vase in 1852. For the deciding heat,
which was run after the last race on the card, odds were
betted on Eltham, who ran the longest, and won almost as
exciting a race as the previous one by three-quarters of a
length. Though defeating one of the most popular patrons
of the turf, Mr. Robinson was warmly congratulated on
carrying one of the three valuable pieces of plate run for
at the Royal meeting, which from being the gift of her
Majesty, whatever its intrinsic value, is always cherished
with feelings of loyalty and pride by all true sportsmen.
Lord Stamford's Chibisa had some difficulty in defeating
the highly tried Young Monarque in the New Stakes.
Baron Rothschild did not pull out Janitor or he would
have defeated the pair easily, even with his 51b penalty.
Only six started for the Gold Cup, viz., Ely, General Peel,
Victorious, Fille de Zephyr, and Oppressor; Young
Rapid and Baragah being reserved for the Alexandra Plate,
Breadalbane for the Gratwicke and other valuable engage-
ments, and Union Jack for a "shorter cut." It was only
this morning that Count Lagrange decided by telegraph
(owing to legislative duties preventing his personal attend-
ance at Ascot,) to start Fllle de l'Air for the Cup in prefer-
ence to the Alexandra Plate, and though it was known that
the mare had been stopped in her work during the Bath
week, she became a rattling favourite when the stable
money went on, and left off " heads and tails" with
General Peel, about whom as little as 5 to 4 was taken I

early in the morning, when 4 to 1 was offered

" bar one," and 6 to 1 " bar two," nothing else but
Ely being backed for money besides the two "cracks."
The mare looked much lighter than horses stopped in their
work generally do, whilst Ely was full of bloom and
muscle, and seemed none the worse for his Tuesday's
gallop. The others were comparatively disregarded, nor
did they take any prominent part in the race, with the ex-
ception of Oppressor, who was sent to make running for
Fille de l'Air, and to see if he can stay, which ho managed
to do—in front, too—until reaching the last turn, up to
which point the pace was so very moderate that the three
" cracks " were all pulling. Ely then took up the running
and they set agoing in earnest, but General Peel "never
came anigh " until Zephyr gave way at the distance, when
he took her place on the outside of File do l'Air, who was
at Ely's quarters ; nor could she improve upon that posi-
tion, and suddenly giving way when it came to racing, left
the other two to fight it out, which they did in earnest,

Fordham waiting until within fifty yards of the chair when
he made his effort, and the General (after " wavering '
for a stride or two, it struck us) catching Mr. Cartwright's
horse on the post, made the fourth dead heat for this prize,
two of which have occurred within three years—to wit,
between Buckstone and Tim Whiffler in 1863 ; the pre-

,
vious ones having been between Brighton and Epsom—
remarkable coincidence—in 1808, and the more memorable
one between Camarine and Rowton in 1832. Many thought
Fordham waited a little too long, but he never rode a
better race in his life. Ely appeared to be the least dis-
tressed of the two, and recovered much sooner than his
more gigantic opponent, who fairly sobbed for some
minutes after his saddle was removed. They "ran it off"
immediately after the last race, and Ely showed the General
no quarter. The latter, though he appeared to pull over
the leader all the way until the pinch came, showed the
white feather (as he has done more than once before) the
instant Fordham called upon him, and swerving half-way
across the course, allowed Ely to canter in alone, amidst
tremendous cheering not only from the Ring, to whom he
did another " good turn," but the public at large, with
whom the winner has over been an especial favourite.
Half a dozen starters were stripped for the Twelfth Ascot
Triennial, and though the lot included two winners at the
present meeting in Celerrima and Gardevisure, neither
were backed for any amount, in the face of Broomielaw
(who represented Mr. Chaplin instead of Breadalbane) and
Farewell, each of whom had a strong body of partisans,
who "lumped it on" regardless of consequences—Broomie-
law was backed in three hands alone for close upon £6,000
—that first ono was favourite, and then the other, until at

last there was not a pin to choose between them. The race
itself was a much more one-sided affair, as Broomielaw
jumped off at score, and coming through as hard as ho
could split, was never caught, and won by a length and a
half, though the victory was anything but a bloodless one,

as his well spurred sides afforded evidence of. The
Alexandra Plate stood next for decision, and the
whole of the 14 " coloured" put in an appearance,
except Young Rapid, who, after being specially reserved
for this event, broke down on Monday last. John Scott

ran three, and on the strength of his close race with Ely on
Tuesday, Baragah was made first favourite at 5 to 2, Fille
de l'Air, who was backed for large sums, in spite of her
indifferent performance in the Cup on the day before, stand-
ing "next to the poll," having, by some extraordinary
oversight on the pert of the framer of the conditions, no
penalty for winning the Oaks, though the same was in-

flicted on the winner of the Derby, St. Leger, and Prince
of Wales's Stakes. Bto 1 was offered " bar two," and
taken about Blackdown, next to whom Cathedral, Breeze,
Planet, Armagnac, and Stafford, were most fancied of the
remainder. Such a goodloooking filed of old horses has
not been seen for many a day. The finish between Mlle
de l'Air and Strafford (who beat his more fancied stable
companion in the race) was one of the finest and most ex-
citing of the week, and Lord Glasgow was " within an
ace" of carrying off this rich prize, which would have been
some recompense for his disappointment in the Cup with
General Peel, as it was by the shOrtest of heads only that
the French mare, who seldom runs two days alike, placed
this valuable stake—worth £1,585 clear—to Count

Lagrange's already lengthy list of winnings. Fills do
l'Air's success created general surprise after her indiffe-

rent performance in the Cup only the day before, and is
the more inexplicable from the fact of Baragah, who ran
Ely to a head after a terrible race on Tuesday, finishing as
far behind the French maro to-day as she was beaten by
Ely on Thursday !
The meetings for this week are Liverpool and Hampton.
The Liverpool Cup I shall expect to see BRADAMANTE or
SUCCESS win, and the Middlesex Stakes Auditor or

Moose. The distance being half a mile shorter than the

Ascot Stakes ought to suit the latter.

A FRESH MAN.

STOCKBRIDGE MEETING.
THURSDAY, June 29.
The Beaufort Handicap of 20 soya each, with 200 added.
One mile a quarter.

Age st lb
Signalman 4 9 2
Tippler ... 5 8 10
Lord Douglas 4 8 9
Harcourt ~. 4 8 6
Raglan ... 5 8 1
The Monk._ ... a 8 0
Balham ... a 7 13
Bradamante ... 4 -7 131
Golden Dust 5 7 13
Black Rock 4 7 12
John Davis 4 7 12
Glendusk 4 7 10
Veluti 4 7 7

Age gt lb
The Swift ... ... 3 7 6
Swordsman ... 3 7 4
by Y. Melbourne
Flutter ... 4 7 0
Olivia ... 4 6 9
Scarborough 3 6 7
Scheldt ... ... 3 6 5
A. D. Wagner 3 6 0
Arkansas 3 6 0
False Alarm 3 6 0
F by Marsyas, out
of Banshee 3 5 11
Bow Bell ... 3 5 7

The Danebury Nursery Stakes (a free handicap) of 10 sovs
each, with 200 added, for two-year-olds; winners extra.
Three quarters of a mile.
st lb
Stockbridge ...810
Chronometer 8 10
lon ... 8 10
Proserpino 8 7
Gladiator 8 7
Nutrition 8 4
Acten 8 4
Ammunition 8 4
Duchess of St. Albans 8 4
Tina 8 4
Gretna 8 4
Staghound 8 2
Strathfieldsaye ... 8 0
Mother of Pearl 7 13
Queen Mary. ... 7 13
Loaf Sugar ... ... 712
Lecturer 710
Hop Vine ... 7 9
Stoic 7 9
Arethusa 7 9

st lb
Blot filly 7 9
Alberta 7 8
Vera filly ... 7 8
Flora ... 7 8
Ulphus 7 8
Venture 7 7
Blue Bell filly ~. 7 7
Garland ... ... 7 7
Nelly 7 7
Slender 7 6
Monitress 7 6
Panpipe filly ... ... 7 6
Mary Hill 7 5
Merry Lass 7 4
Wild Dove 7 0
Miss Lavinia filly ... 7 0
Kingsley 6 12
Fury 6 10
The Proctor ... 6 7
G 0

Matilda

Weights published June 17, at ten a.m.

ANTI-FOULING COMPOSITIONS FOR IRON SIM'S.
—Our attention has been called to the splendid
condition of H.M. troopship Himalaya, which is the admi-
ration of all who behold her, or have had the good for-
tune to make a passage on board her. She is always clean,
efficient, and ready to do her work to any port of the globe
at a few hours' notice. We learn as a curious fact that this
fine ship has the exclusive privilege in her Majesty's navy
of having her iron bottom coated with a well-tried
Southampton composition, whilst the rest of her Majesty's
iron fleet seem to be doomed to use the old Admiralty
chemical anti-fouling composition, and they, as a rule on
the lucis non lucendo principle, are "always foul as lawyers'
wigs."—[Lord C. Paget's remark in the House of Com-
mons.] The most extraordinary part of this strange
anomaly is that, as we understand it, the Admiralty com-
position costs nearly twice as much as the other.
A passenger named Dickenson, now lying ill at
the Charing-cross Hotel, asserts that his life was saved by
aLr. Dickens, who rescued him from being strangled.

CITY BETTING—THIS DAY.
LIVERPOOL CI7P.
sto 2 agst Success (taken)
4to 1 agst Sidewind (taken)
Bto 1 agst Helen (taken)
NORTHUMBERLAED PLATE.
4to 1 agst Revival (taken)
11 to 2 agst Caller Ou (taken)

LIVERPOOL RACES-THIS DAY.

BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.

'Her Majesty's Plate—Caller Ou, Helen, Nu, Orontes,
and Stanton, are hero.
Flying Stakes—Prescription, Lufra, Lucy Long, Gisca,
Jupiter, and Orontes, are here.

Handicap Sweepstakes—Early in the Morning, Fan,
and Orontes, are here.

Craven Stakes—Proserpine, Gretna, Grand Master,
Selina, and Caprice are here.

Stanley Nursery Stakes Belmont, White Gauntlet,
Sergeant Pacquot, Full Bloom, Life Guardsman, and
Merry Lass aro here.

Great Lancashire Produce Stakes—Full Bloom, Wallet,
Newminster colt, Daginar, and Blue Riband, are hero.
Molyneux Cup—Lufra, Arbutus, Zisca, Viola, and
Jupiter, are here.

Additional Arrivals—Eland, Chibisa, Macaroon, and
Persuasion.

LADVERTISEMENTS.I
" TATTERSALLS' TISSUE."—Commission Agency.
—James Hopkins executes Commissions on all Races
throughout the year. Place-betting and double events.
Cheques to be crossed National Bank, and Post-office orders
payable at the Fleet-street office. Address, 13, Rolls_
buildings, Fetter-lane, London, E.C.
James Lowe, 157, Strand, London, executes commissions
(by letter only) to any amount on receipt of cash. A list
of the latest betting sent free to any part on receipt of a
stamped addressed envelope.

Lord Licbfield on Aid to Discharged

Prison€rs.

It was decided at a meeting held at Stoke on Wednes-
day to form a Discharged Prisoners' Aid Society for North
Staffordshire. Lord. Lichfield, who presided over the
meeting, said the position of a discharged prisoner, per-
haps desirous of earning his living honestly, was in many
cases most distressing. He left the prison, probably with
no money in his pockets, without any prospect of being
able to obtain work when he returned home, and pro-
bably when he got home he found his family reduced to
a state bordering on starvation in consequence of the loss
of his earnings while he had been in prison. Even sup-
posing that that man had a fair prospect of getting work,
what was he to do in the meantime? He probably had.
but one course to pursue—to go back to those old as-
sociates who in all probability were the means of getting
him into difficulty; and, under these circumstances,
in many instances, he became a confirmed criminal.
Although there might be some difference of opinion
as to what number of cases could be satisfactorily dealt
with by such a society as that, there were few but
would allow that if timely assistance were given for, a
prisoner during that critical period he might be saved
from becoming a confirmed criminal. The law, as they
were aware, had always sanctioned some relief being given
to the prisoners on their discharge. The old law of Geo.
IV. gave power to visiting justices to award a certain sum
of money to prisoners on their discharge, in order to admit
of them being able to find their way home. To his mind it
was clear that in some cases such aid was absolutely neces-
sary, although no doubt in many cases it was clearly ob-
jectionable, because the money was as likely to be mis-
spent as not, and it frequently happened that prisoners who
had received this money had met their old associates on
leaving prison, and were taken to a publichouse, and from
that time there was little hope for them. But the course
which was adopted by these societies was a different one
to that. In 1862 the proceedings of the societies had at-
tracted so much attention that the Legislature gave
power to visiting justices in all cases to pay to the ac-
count of the discharged prisoner, on a certificate from
the Discharged Prisoners' Aid Society, a sum not
exceeding £2 ; and it had been found, by the experience
of the working of those societies which had been in exist-
ence—and one of the first, if not the very first, which
was started was in Birmingham—that the average expen-
aliture had not exceeded 15s. to 16s. per prisoner. The
scheme he proposed they should adopt was very much the
same as that in operation in Birmingham. The Birming-
ham society had a paid agent, who was in constant com-
munication with the chaplain of the gaol, and the visiting
justices authorised the expenditure of such sums as the
society thought fit, not exceeding £2 per head of those who
came out of gaol. In all cases notice was sent to the society
before the prisoner's discharge, and the society took care not
to undertake any case unless they saw their way clear for
giving some effectual aid. The agent of the society was
placed, so far as the prison rules would allow, in communi-
cation with the prisoners before their discharge as much as
would enable him to form an idea of what description of
work the prisoner could do, what mode of treatment would
be best adapted to him when he came out of prison, and the
course then pursued was that the prisoner on his discharge
was given over to the agent, who had to find lodgings for
him until ho could get work, and assist him with suffi-
cient to meet his daily expenses. Nothing more was
done for that man than was absolutely wanted during the
few days that in general elapsed before the agent was able
to obtain work for him. Besides the Birmingham society,
they had the experience of other societies, and one of the
most important was the central society, in London, which
dealt for the most part with convicts ; and between 1857
and 1863 (both inclusive), the total number of cases dealt
with by that society was 3,619. Out of this number 1,011
had emigrated. Where these men were placed in employ-
ment, their employers were invariably made acquainted
with their antecedents, and in the report of the Central
Society there was the statement that not one of the men
recommended by the society in service left his employ
through dishonesty. There was one objection made to so-
cieties of this kind, that they were doing more for those
who had fallen into crime than they were doing for the
honest poor. This was a fallacy, for the societies attempted
not to give discharged prisoners an advantage over others
of their own class, but as far as lay in their power to pre-
vent their being degraded below that class. He was one of
those who maintained that the punishment ought to be in
itself sufficient for the offence, and that, on the prisoner's
discharge from prison, his punishment should cease.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE-- This Day.

THE UNITED STATES.

(From the Correvondent of the Times.)
PHILADELPHIA, June 5.

The condition of the South is just now the sub-
ject
engrossing all the public attention of the United
States. It has been but a short time open to free
travel, and the report of tourists coincides with that
of the very few Southern journals still in existence
in representing the condition of the country as de-
plorable in. the extreme. The means of communi-
cation between different portions of the South are
almost destroyed. The people are sent back to the
old-fashioned roads of a day gone by, for where the
railroads and canals have not been destroyed by
raids they have been almost completely worn out
by the constant -wear and tear of the last four years,
during nearly all the time being deprived of repairs
on account of the impossibility of procuring mate-
rials to make them. The canal running between
• Richmond and the western part of Virginia was
completely broken up for a good part of the
distance by Sherichn's raiders, and but feeble

efforts are made to restore it. The Southern rail-
roads are deplorable, only the Great Trunk lines
were maintained in any thing like order ; but so
great was the exhaustion of the country that had
the war continued six months longer they would
have broken down and no trains could have passed
over them. When the blockade became stringent
all the branch railroads and side roads were aban-
doned, and their rails and ties taken to repair the
min lines. Even this resource ultimately failed,

and the main lines were gradually worn out, until
now it is only at the risk of destruction that a train
goes at a higher speed than five miles an hour. The
rolling stock is as bad as the roads. They have
worn out together. The worst feature is that none
of the Southern railroad companies have any money.
The control of most of the roads has been given by
the Government to their owners, but they are per-
fectly helpless. They have plenty of Confederate
money, but this has now only the value of waste
paper. The consequence will be that many of them
will be in the New York, or perhaps English,
market at an early day, for loans to place the roads

quotations of Government loans now exert great
influence upon the market here, and capitalists

anxiously await the news by each steamer. It is
reported that large quantities of the vc- ions loans
are being sent from Europe to America to be sold,
and the financiers are quite excite 1 al out it. At
present prices much profit can be realised by buying
the bonds at the English price and selling them at
the American one. It is also reported that several

millions of the bonds were sent abroad by American
bankers, but the prices not warranting their sale
they have been returned. There is a general belief
here that the American price of the bonds must
decline.

Movements tending to reconstruction are pro-
gressing in nearly all the Southern States. As the

policy determined upon for North Carolina will be
the policy for all the States, we everywhere hear of
meetings approving its liberality. President John-
son wishes to be lenient. He commuted the death

sentence of the Indian conspirators to an imprison-
ment for life, and gave Mr. Harris, of Maryland, a
_ _ _.

full pardon to prove his leniency. The Radical
Republicans are already declaring against him, and
the Northern Democracy are universally for him.

It is the general opinion that had M'Clellan been
elected measures more favourable to Democratic
views could not have been expected even from
him. The amnesty proclamation is regarded as too

sweeping in its exception, but opposition to it has
been disarmed by the statement that President John-
son does not include the Confederate armies of
others in these exceptions, as he considers them

already disposed of by the terms of their surrender.
If this is so, he should have announced it in his pro-
clamation. So far as the Confederate officers and
men are concerned, their treatment thus far has
been in full accord with the terms of surrender, and
no one molests them. General Lee still has hisfree-
dom in Richmond, and the rumours of his intended
arrest are all dissipated. _ _

- _
In Virginia the conflict between Governor Pier-
point and the newly elected Legislature will probably
retard reconstruction. It seems to be determined

that Pierpont will refuse to recognise the Legisla.

ture because the electors had not taken the amnesty
oath. He will declare their seats vacant and prevent
their meeting, and will have an adequate military
force to do this if necessary. Although Pierpont's
speech at the outset of his career at Richmond was

lenient and Conservative in every other respect, it
indicated no spirit of compromise in this matter.
Though there may be trouble in Virginia, however,
the rest of the South moves harmoniously. From
all parts of North Carolina that we have had ad-
vices since the issue of the reconstruction procla-
mation the universally reported opinion of the people
is in favour of it. Mr. W. Boyce, an &-Congress
man from South Carolina, has been in consultation
with the President and urges reconstruction in that
State. Governor Brown had consulted him about