The Sun.
London, England, 1865-11-24 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENIISG, NOVEMBER 24, 1865.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

LEAMINGTON AND WARWICK HUNT MEETING.

THURSDAY.
The gale had subsided this morning and the sun shone
brilliantly, but the weather failed to attract any larger at-
tendance, which has been below the aTerago during the
week.

The fields in the early part of the day showed a slight
falling off, and the sport, with the exception of the Leam-
ington Grand Annual, was not very interesting. Three-
sow. handicaps, with the munificent sum of 30 added, are
not events calculated to cause much excitement except to
mere gamblers ; neither were the horses who ran to-day
much above plating form.
Mr. Heathcote has been a very fortunate man lately, and
to-day his new purchase, Gulnara, bought at Lord Stam-
ford's draught sale on Monday, won the Shorts Handicap
very easily at the nice little price of 10 to 1. There was a
very fine race between Donnybrook, Venturesome, and
Naiad, in the Handicap Sweepstakes, the latter landing by
a short head, and the other two making a dead heat for
second place. The Bradgate Cup was remarkable for the
tedious delay of nearly an hour which preceded the start.
Mr. M'George was unable to get them into any order until
the stewards went down to the post, and then their autho-
rity got them despatched, the two favourites, Money-
spinner and Goldylocks, making all the running, and the
former winning by six lengths. The Hurdle Race, in con-
sequence of this long delay, was put off, and the Grand
Annual proceeded with. The late hour at which the race
was run, and the necessity of despatching our parcel, pre-
vents us from recording more than that the favourite,
L'Africaine, cut down his field after a fashion rarely seen,
and won amid loud cheers by 40 lengths. Mr. Powell has
thus well followed up his success with Fisherman yester-
day, and probably possesses in to-day's winner the best
steeplechaser we can show.
The starting was bad, and caused two events—the
Hurdle Race and the Hunt Cup Steeplechase—to be aban-
doned. At the same time we must remark that the chief
fault lies in the absurd overcrowding of the card with nine
events on a short November day.
The objection to Tiger, in the Tally-ho Stakes, on the
first day, has been withdrawn.
The Scurry Flat Race (Handicap), of 5 sovs each, Ii ft,
with 20 soya added, for all ages. The winner to be sold
by auction for 50 BM each. To be ridden by gentle-
men. Five furlongs. Seven subs.
Mr. T. Hughes's Glendusk, 4 yrs, list 21b
(Captain Little) 1
Mr. Chinnery's Doeford, 3 yrs, 10st 101 b (Mr. Edwards) 2
Mr. Saxon's The Abbott, 4 yrs, lOst 41b
(Mr. Wood) 3
Mr. W. E. Jones's Squire Hearty, 3 yrs, 10st

(Mr. Wickham) 4
Betting-5 to 4 agst Glendusk, sto 2 agst Doeford, and
4 to 1 agst any other.
Doeford slipped her horses at the start, and came on
with a clear lead of the favourite, who joined her at the
distance, the pair running together to half-way up, when
Glendusk drew away, and won in a canter by four
lengths ; a head separated the second and third. Squire
Hearty was beaten off a long way. The winner was not
sold.
The Winding-up Handicap of 10 Bove each, 3 ft, with 50
added, for all ages. The winner to be sold for 300 sovs.
Winners extra; the second horse to save his stake. One
mile. 12 subs.
Mr. T. Hughes's Juliet, aged, 9st 41b (T. French) 1
Mr. R. Ten Broeck's Forester, 3 yrs, 7st 71b ...(Murfitt) 2
Mr. Micawber's Liston, 5 yrs, 7st 10lb (Parry) 3
Mr. Heathcote's Convent, 3 yrs, Bst 71b (Hibbard) 4
Betting-7 to 4 agst Forester, 9to 4 agst Juliet, 3to 1
agst Convent, and 6 to 1 agst Liston.
The favourite got away with a clear lead, which he re-
tained for 100 yards, when Juliet came out and won in a
canter by a dozen lengths. The others widely distributed.
The Shorts Handicap of 3 soya each, with 20 added; the
winner to be sold by auction for 20 sm. Three furlongs.
16 subs.
Mr. Heathcote's Gulnara, 4 yrs, Bst 4lb (Hibbard ) 1
Capt. Machell's Jane Shore, 4 yrs, Bst (Cannon) 2
Marquis of Hastings's Hope, 3 yrs, Bst 41b (J.Grimshaw) 3
The following also ran :—Echo, Sir Guy, Rustic Beauty,
Saxon Beauty, Tesane, Illy Cob, and Merry Lass.
Betting-7 to 2 agst Hope, 4to 1 agst Tesane, 7to 1
each agst Jane Shore and My Cob, 8 to 1 agst Echo, and
10 to 1 agst Gulnara.
A long delay took place at the post in consequence of the
fractiousness of Tesane, who repeatedly broke away with
Heartfield. When the flag was lowered a most imperfect
start was obtained, in which Gulnara, in company with
Jane Shore, got away some lengths in advance of the fa-
vourite, who was on the turn, the others following at wide
intervals, with the exception of Echo and Tesane, who were
left at the post. At the distance Gulnara increased her
lead, and ultimately won by a length. There were four
lengths between the second and third; Sir Guy was fourth,
My Cob fifth, Rustic Beauty sixth, and Saxon Beauty and
Merry Lass next. The winner was bought by Mr. Wilson
for 65 guineas; Capt.. 31achellclaimed Hope, and the Mar-
quis of Hastings Jane Shore.
A Handicap Sweepstakes of 5 sovseach, for all ages. Win-
ners after the weights aro published to carry 51b extra.
Half a mile. 20 subs.
Mr. Giubilei's Naiad, '2 yrs, sst 91b (Cameron) 1
Mr. Hodgman's Venturesome, 2 yrs, sst 91b ...(Murray)
Mr. Heathcote's Donnybrook, 5 yrs, 9st (Fordham)
The following also ran : —Attraction, Reindeer, Erin-go-
Bragh, 'Wild Thyme, Miss Harriette, Acolyte, Jaqueline
gelding, Peewit, Puritan, Flutter colt, and Tesane.
Betting-4 to 1 agat Venturesome, sto 1 each agst
Donnybrook and Attraction, 100 to 15 agst Naiad, 8 to 1
each agat Puritan and the Flutter colt, and 10 to 1 agst any
other.

The flag was lowered to an excellent start, in which
Attraction, on the inside, got away with a slight advantage
of Reindeer on his right, the pair being followed by Naiad
and Venturesome, close in whose track came Donnybrook,
Wild Thyme, and Miss Harriette. On reaching the distance
Attraction gave way beaten, followed half-way up byßein-
deer, when the running was taken up by Venturesome on
the extreme right, closely pressed by N aiad and. D onnybrook
to the stand. Here the three were clear of their horsas, and ran
locked to the end, and finished a splendid race home, Naiad in
the centre being landed winner, through the fine riding of
Cameron, in the last stride by a short head. Donnybrook
and Venturesome finished so close together as to prevent
the judge separating them. Miss Harriette was fourth,
close up, Reindeer fifth, Attraction sixth, Wild Thyme
seventh, and the Jaqueline gelding and Erin-go-Bragh,
side by side, were next, the last throe being the Flutter
colt, Tina, and Tesane.
Two-Year-Old Plate of 50 soya; colts, Bst 101 b; fillies,
Bst 61b ; winners extra, with selling allowances. Five
furlongs.
Mr. York's Novice, Bst 41b (.£3O) (Loates) 1
Mr. A. Williams's Palm Leaf colt, Bst 31b (ao) (Cannon) 2
Mr. R. Ten Broeck's Slender, Bst 21b ((30)...(Fordha,m) 3
Mr. Dawson's Jura, Bst 41b (Morris) 4
Mr. Ballinger's Sabrina, Bst lb (DO) (Key) 5
Mr. Mitchell's Viper, 7st 131 b (a()) (11. Covey) 6
Betting-6 to 4 agst Novice, 3to 1 each agst Jura and
Slender, and 100 to 15 agst Sabrina.
The favourite, getting the best of the start, made play
for the first 200 yards, when she was headed by Jura, who
held the lead to the stand, where Loates brought up Novice,
whe won cleverly by a neck, the Palm Leaf colt and Slen-
der, who headed Jura a few strides from home, finished
second and third ; Jura was fourth, close up. The winner
was bought in for 200 guineas, and Mr. Ten Broeck claimed
the Palm Leaf colt, and Mr. W. Scott Slender.
The Bradgate Cup, value 100 sovs, added to a handicap of
10 soya each, 3 ft, for three-yr-olds and upwards ; the
winner of a handicap after the weights are out (Nov. 21,
at 5 p.m.) to carry 71b extra. Entrance, 2 soya. Three
quarters of a mile. 41 subs.
Mr. John Dawson's Moneyspinner, 3 yrs, sst 71b
(Kenyon) 1
Lord Uxbridge's Goldylocks, 4 yrs, Gst 91b (Heartfield) 2
Mr. Morris's Saccharometer, 5 yrs, Bst 121b...(Fordham) 3
The following also ran :—The Clown, The Plover, Blue
Mantle, Lady. Abbess, Catalogue, Pegasus, Wild Bee, and
Jupiter.

Searle a regular cropper. This error left the favourite in
attendance upon the leader, but after going a few strides
he was pulled back, and his place was taken by Sala-
mander, Sly Fox going on fourth, with the two French
representatives side by side next. Theu came at an in-
terval of several lengths Marble Hill, Sugar Candy, and
Merrimac, in close company, heading the next division,
in the rear of whom were seen Portland and General
Election, and the remounted Express. With little or no
alteration they retained these positions to the water jump,
which the three leaders came at abreast, Ace of Hearts,
however, being the first on his legs on landing, stole a
march of his attendants, and proceeded on with a clear
lead, which he increased as they entered the Lammas
Land, but Pago, overlooking the flag halfway up the hill,
ran some distance, followed by Salamander, before they
discovered their mistake, and by the time they had re-
traced their stepts they were left in the extreme rear,
in company with Mr. Heathcote's horse. This mistake
left the lead with Astrolabe, who was followed by Sly
Fox, the favourite, and Sugar Candy, wno formed the
van to the water jump a second time, the others, headed
by Portland, Valentine, and Merrimac, following at wide
intervals. On entering the meadows a mile from home,
L'Africain having disposed of Astrolabe, who shortly
after gave way to Sly Fox, the pair came on together to
the Star close, when Holman put on the steam, and
came on with a long lead, and won in a trot by 40
lengths ; Astrolabe was third, a length in the rear of Sly
Fox, Sugar Candy fourth, Merrimac fifth, and Portland
beaten off a long way.

damask section ' • and although noticed by our
earliest British writers little improvement or
increase in their number was effected till after

the beginning of the present century ; and even
now they are comprised in that very limited class
denominated damask perpetuals, the so-called per-
petuity of which consists in their producing a
scanty after-crop of flowers, the duration of which
seldom extends beyond the summer-like weather of
early autumn. To the introduction of the china,
tea, and evergreen roses from the flowery lands of
the east, and the mixture of their oriental blood
with that of the old Provenge, Gallic, and other
hardy roses of Europe, we owe our splendid modern
races of autumnal roses, of which even that now
most important tribe " the hybrid perpetuals " had
no existence till the second quarter of the present
century. The first of these eastern beauties, the

Wifia "bluish China," or, as it used to be fami-
liarly called, " the monthly rose," was introduced
to England in 1789, exactly ten years after the
birth of Tom Moore, the famous lyric poet of
Erin ; and as its growth was long restricted
to the greenhouse, without any place being
allotted for it in the rosebeds of the garden, it may

be presumed that when he wrote his charmingly
pathetic song, " 'Tis the last rose of summer, left
blooming alone ; all her lovely companions" were
" faded and gone" at what a modern rose grower
would consider an early period of the season, and
one at which he would expect to see his rosery
stocked with a profusion of gaiety, richness, and
depth of colouring which the roses of former days
never possessed. Little wonder, then, that au-
tumnal roses should -have become such universal fa-
vourites, even notwithstanding some drawbacks or
deficiencies which they undoubtedly possess, the
chief among which is their want of hardiness ; and
to such an extent does this defect exist, that in the
case of many of the Chinas and teas they cannot be
trusted out, even in ordinary winters ' • while most
of the others, either when well-trained or grown in
the open ground, are liable to be cut down by our
occasionally rigorous winters, in which the mini-
mum temperatures fall to, or nearly to, zero
of Fahrenheit. And, certainly, to the enthu-
siastic rosarian who has prided himself on the
possession of his unique gable covering, yellow
China, his long, high, and fully clothed wall of Isle
Bourbons and hybrid perpetuals, his clumps or beds
of well-grown dwarfs, large spreading-headed stan-
dards, and handsome pillar roses, nothing can be
more vexatious or disheartening than having them
all disfigured or destroyed ; while, as if taunting
him for their unmerited neglect, the hardy moss,
cabbage, French, Scotch, Ayrshire, and other old
loves, seem, by their varied and exuberant summer
grandeur to. say—" Compare us now with the
objects of your recent admiration, for which we
were despised and forgotten." o florist would
Ithink of leaving a favourite dahlia throughout the
winter in the ground, where it had been admired
when adorned with summer and autumn bloom;

and yet many would peril the existence of a still
more highly prized rose, rather than be troubled
by expending for its safety less manage-
ment and care than is required to preserve
the dahlia root safely through the dangers of
winter. In the case of tree or standard, as well as
dwarf border roses, nothing further is required than
to take them up carefully in November. A top
covering should be temporarily applied to exclude
heavy rains, which might injure the small roots by
over-saturating the soil. The mere act of lifting
the plants tends, by lessening their internal sap, to
fit them better for withstanding frost; and by
placing them in a cool northerly exposure, their
spring growth is much retarded, an object of con-
siderable importance in the alternating frosty and
warm weather at that season. Pot-culture is spe-

cially adapted for the growth and easy winter pre-
servation of the tender dwarf roses, such as teas,

Chinas, &e. The pots should be plunged in a cool
northerly exposure during that season, and pro-
tected as before described. In thus advocating the
cultivation of autumnal roses, it is by no means in-
tended to detract from the peculiar and unsurpassed
merits of the hardy summer flowering sorts, many
of which stand far in advance of the autumnals for
form, colour, and fragrance, to say nothing of the
early flowering, mossy, and other peculiarities of
some—qualities which should always secure for
them a large share of space in the rosarium, as
well as in the shrubbery, and even in woodlands,
rocky banks, and waste grounds.
THE " ANGLO-AMERICAN TIMES" ON THE NEGRO
RIOTS IN JAMAICA.—The late outbreak in Jamaica,
and the stern measures adopted by the local Govern-
ment to suppress NA hat was generally regarded as a
rebellion havingfor its object the extermination of all
the whites on the Island, has been the principal
theme of comment by the English Press during the
last week. The action of Governor Eyre and his
subordinates has been characterised by a portion of
the Press as judicious and praiseworthy, while
another party denounce his acts as those of a
monster of tyranny, like the Duke of Alva, or
Colonel Kirke, or Marshal Haynau. We propose
to review, as briefly as the circumstances will per-
mit, the facts before us regarding the outbreak
itself and the extraordinary measures taken to
repress it, and then to form an opinion as to the
moral responsibility of the authorities of Jamaica
for the scenes of bloodshed and horror which have
so disgraced that island, and so stirred the deepest
feelings of the whole British people. We
think it is not now a pertinent question whether
the negroes of Jamaica had or had not reason-
able grounds of discontent. It is claimed, on the
one hand, that they were the victims of severe and
unjust taxation, and that they were ground down
and oppressed by the dominant race. On the other
hand, it is stated that they have been unable to
make out even a shadow of a provocation, much
less a justification or reason, for rebellion. It is
probable that the mean between these two extremes
will best describe their actual condition. That they
had grievances cannot be denied ; that the remedy
for those grievances was in their own hands is
equally clear. But it is a question—and a very
serious question—whether the late outbreak in
Jamaica was simply an unpremeditated riot, or
whether it was a deliberate attempt on the part of
the black majority to destroy their white rulers and
to gain possession of the Island. On this point
rests the whole controversy. If Governor Eyre
adopted those stern and retaliatory measures simply
to repress an insignificant riot, he ought to be
held rigidly accountable for excess of duty ; if he
had good reason to believe that an organised rebel-
lion threatened the peace of the Island and the
security of the white inhabitants, he did no more
than his duty in adopting the sternest and most
uncompromising measures to put down that
rebellion at its very inception. We all know
the peculiarities of the negro race. Under
proper subjection and control they are sub-
missive and harmless. Amiable and affectionate
in disposition, highly imaginative and religious,
they are strongly susceptible to good influences ;
they possess strong attachments, and can be
educated into habits of industry and usefulness.
But these very traits of character which, pro-
perly regulated and controlled, make the negro
a good citizen, are elements of danger. His natu-
ral instincts are licentious and cruel. His passions
once aroused, he becomes a fiend in human shape.
With him, at such a time, no appeal to reason and
to moderation would be effectual. It is no wonder,
then, that upon the breaking out of the riot in
Jamaica, a panic should have seized upon the white
inhabitants, and that those in authority should have
been tempted into measures which seem unne-
cessarily cruel and vindictive to those removed
from the scene of disturbance. We cannot
believe, however, that the execution of Mr.
Gordon was justified by the circumstances. He
was a man of property, a prosperous citizen, and
a member of the Legislature. It is not claimed by
Governor Eyre that he actually identified himself
in person with the "rebels." He is simply accused
of having been an instigator of rebellion, and of
having made seditious speeches in and out of the
Legislative Assembly. He was in Kingston when
the riot broke out, and on learning that he was
suspected of complicity with the so-called rebel-
lion, lie instantly gave himself up to the autho-
rities. He was taken from Kingston to the dis-
turbed district, there tried by a drum-head court-
martial, and with shocking and shameless pre-
cipitancy dragged to the gallows. We much
mistake the temper of the English people
and the justice of the British Government, if this
ad of high-handed tyranny on the part of the
Jamaica authorities is not speedily made the
subject of a strict investigation. It is a new
doctrine that a man should be put to death for
the utterance of his opinions, however erroneous
they may be. From all the evidence yet before
us, we can see no reason for hanging Mr. G.
W. Gordon, which would not apply equally to Mr.
John Bright. Mr. Gordon, it appears, told the ne-
groes of Jamaica, who form the great bulk of the popu-
lation, that they were denied their just rights. Mr.
John Bright speaks the same language to the
working-men of England. Mr. G. W. Gordon
claimed that it was infamous to inflict corporeal
punishment for petty offences, and that the tread-
mill, as introduced and kept up in Jamaica, was a
diabolical institution. Mr. John Bright has no
occasion to declaim against corporeal punishment
and treadmills in England, but he has always advo-
cated the elevation of the working-man in the social
scale, and the levelling of the false distinctions of
aristocracy. If G. W. Gordon was au agitator in
Jamaica, John Bright is an agitator in England ;
and, so far as yet appears from the evidence, the
former deserved hanging as little as the latter.
W e make these remarks simply on the evidence
before us. It is possible that further details from
Jamaica may lend_ consistency and colour to the

accusations brought against the late Mr. Gordon,
and furnish some excuse for the shocking and high-
handed procedure which consigned him to a felon's
death ; but in the absence of all evidence, except
the unsupported assertions of Governor Eyre, we
cannot but feel that the execution of Mr. Gordon
was an act which, if not immediately disowned,
will cover the British Government and the Bri-
tish nation with ignominy and
_disgrace. We dis-
miss with a single remark the coarse fling of
the Times and other journals at the Baptists of
Jamaica. That they, as a body, had any thing to
do with the late outbreak is simply absurd. It is
quite possible that individual members of the
Baptist persuasion may have been implicated in
the riot, but there is no more reason for holding
the Baptists, as a body, responsible for these dis-
turbances than for holding the Presbyterian
Church of Scotland responsible for the death of the
late Mrs. Pritchard because Doctor Pritchard
happened to be a Presbyterian.

The Wigan Murder.

EXAMINATION OF THE PRISONER.

Yesterday, at the Moot-hall, Wigan, the prisoner
Thomas Walton, in custody charged on his own
confession with being concerned in the Button-pit
murder at Haigh, near Wigan, in January, 1863,
was brought up for examination. His appearance
was far from prepossessing, his sunken eyes and
overhanging forehead giving him the look of a per-
son of very low mental capacity, but the numerous
remarks which he made from the dock proved that
he was by no means destitute of education.
The first witness called was Alex. Shepherd,
keeper of a beerhouse at the Top Lock, Aspull. He
said that on Nov. 13 the prisoner came to him and
stated that he had taken part in the murder of Bar-
ton at the Button-pit, Haigh, in 1863, and a police-
man entering the house shortly afterwards the pri-
soner was given into custody.
Elias Worthington, police officer, stationed at
Aspull, said—On the 13th of the present month. I
went to the beerhouse kept by Alexander Shepherd,
and called Thomas Walton out of the kitchen into
the bar parlour. I asked him what he had been
saying about Barton's murder, and he said,
' " John Healey knows nothing about it, and I
can prove it at his trial. Who shot the dog of
Barry on the 18th Dec., 1860 ?" I said, "I do not
know." He said, " I do.. Who committed the
robbery and assault at the Standish Paper-mills in
1862?" I said, " I know nothing about it." He
said. " I do. The watchman was sleeping in one
corner of the room. I opened the door and found
no money. The watchman wakened up, and I
struck him with the stave of a barrel. The night
Barton was murdered a party of us was drinking at
a beerhouse called Dychers, in Wigan-lane. We
were drinking there up to shutting-up time, and we
brought some beer away with us and sat down in a
lane to drink it. While we were there a man came
in the direction of Chorley, and I asked him where
he was going. He said he did not know—anywhere.
We asked him to drink, and he sat down drinking
for some time. We afterwards went to the Bawk-
house-pit, where we found Barton with two lumps
of coal in his hands. Barton said to one of the party
(name mentioned, ' You will not see me put on,'
and he replied, I will, for you have been telling
tales.' Barton said, have not.' He was knocked
down and then thrown down the slack-hole, and I
opened the door of the furnace while the others put
him in. Barton was not murdered for the sake of his
watch and money, but more for the sake of revenge,
and because we suspected him of telling tales to the
keepers and to an assistant-keeper named Draper."
I (witness) asked him who the men were who were
there, and he said, " I dare not tell you ; if I do I
shall be shot. I saw one of the men two years ago
in Runcorn, in Cheshire. He said to me, ' What
news ?' and I told him, and he said, ' If you tell
anything you will be shot." Prisoner mentioned
the name of the man who, he said, struck Barton
down with a lump of iron, and then continued,
" When we came away we brought the watch with
us, and one of the men remarked that now we had
done for Barton we must make away with his watch.
The watch was ' chucked' into the canal near Pen-

dlebury-bridge." Subsequently the prisoner said
that the woman who stated she saw four men on the

night of the murder was wrong. There were only
three of them together.
Police-sergeant Gardiner stated that when he re-
ceived the prisoner into custody he said that the man
in Kirkdale charged with the crime was innocent.
If he was there, he was invisible. If he had been
there, he (prisoner) must have seen him. Witness
told him he should have to lock him up on the charge,
when he said " You are taking me my last journey.
I shall have to be hung for this."
It appeared that the prisoner was not quite sober
when he made the bulk of the statements, and he
now informed the court that he did not know whe-
ther he had said the -words or not. If he had said
them, they were lies. It was, however, stated
that next morning when quite sober he refused
to deny the truth of his story. Since the apprehen-
sion of the prisoner the police have been hard at
work collecting evidence which will either corrobo-
rate or refute the confession, principally with re-
gard to the persons Walton has implicated, whose
names for obvious reasons have not been made
public. Superintendent Ellison stated that he was
in hopes they might learn something more in a few
days, and he asked for a remand for a week. This
was granted, and the prisoner has been removed to
Kirkdale.
We may state that the story is received in Wigan
with far more credence than was attached to the
confession of Healey, who now lies in Kirkdale
•awaiting the assizes.