The Sun.
London, England, 1862-10-23 00:00:00

BETTING AT MANCHESTER-WEDNESDAY.

For the Cambridgeshire Umpire, Dictator, and King of
Diamonds retain their positions. The four-year-old Clarissa
colt was supported at 20 to 1, the three-year-old receding
to 66 to 1 (offered). During the day 30 to Ito a " pony"
was booked about Queen of Trumps, and 30 to 1 was
wanted about Conqueror; but, towards the close, they
both became friendless, 100 to 3 being offered against the
former, and 40 to 1 the latter. Closing prices :-

CAMBRIDGESHIRE STAKES.
11 to 1 agst Umpire (taken and offered)
100 to 8 agst Dictator (taken and offered)
15 to 1 agst King of Diamonds (offered)
20 to 1 agst Clarissa colt, 4 yrs (taken)
20 to 1 ;gat Queen of Spain (offered)
20 to 1 agst Limosina (offered)
25 to 1 agst Aurelian (taken)
25 to 1 twat Lady Evelyn colt (offered)
33 to 1 agst Myrtle (taken)
33 to 1 agst Queen of Trumps (offered)
40 to 1 agst Conqueror (offered)
40 to 1 agst Alchymist (offered)
50 to 1 apt Polynesia (taken and offered)
66 to 1 agst Clarissa colt, 3 yrs (offered)
66 to '1 agst Zelle (Babette filly) (taken)

LATEST MANCHESTER BETTING.

The chief feature in the business done was the advance
of Aurelian to 16 to 1, at which price the layers fought
shy, and refused to go on, al, hough as much as 25 to 1
could have been had to money against him earlier on in
the day. Limosina, Umpire, Alchymist, and Conqueror
retrograded several points on their afternoon's quotations.
Closing prices :

CAMBRIDGESHIRE STAKES.
13 to 1 agst Dictator (wanted)
100 to 7 agst Umpire (offered)
16 to 1 agst Aurelian (taken)
16 to 1 agst King of Diamonds (taken)
200 to 7 agst Limosina (offered)
50 to 1 agst Alchymist (taken and offered)
50 to 1 agst Conqueror (offered)
100 to 1 agst Doncaster (taken)

GLOUCESTER RACES.-WEDNESDAY.

The continuance of wet overnight caused the sticky
ground in many places to form a regular quagmire, and the
running ground very much resembled a marsh. Still
owners of horses supported the exertions of the Gloucester
committee, which resulted, notwith standing the deplorable
condition of the ground, in reepectable fields contesting the
half•dozen items, the first of which was fixed for one
o'clock, and the last at four. The only drawback to the
meeting, tarring the unpropitious weather, was the absurd
weights imposed for the Hurdle Race, the lightness of
which really appeared as though the framers of the handi-
cap were offering a premium for accidents. Below will be
found a detailed account of the day's sprit:—
The Corporation Handicap Plate of 30 sovs, added to a
Sweepstakes of 5 soya each, 1 soy ft, for horses of all

ages. Winners extra. One mile. 28 subs.
Mr. R. Walker's Colonel Crockett, 4 yrs, 6.4 61b

_
(S. Adams) 1
Mr. R. Sly's Yorkshire Miss, 6yrs,6stslb (J. Grimshaw) 2
Mr. Stevens's Shepherdess, 4 yrs, 7st 131 b (car. Bst)
(Payne) 3
Mr. Nelson's Grey Hen colt, 4 yrs, 7st 121 b (J. Plumb) 4
Mr. G. C. Morgan's Rockley, 6 yrs, 7st Illb (in. 7lb ex.)
(Drew) 5
Mr. E. Drayley's jack-in-the-Box, 3 yrs, 6st 81b (Asbbee) 6
_ _ _

Betting-5 to 2 agat Colonel Crockett, 4to 1 each eget
Rockley, Jack •in-the-Box, and Yorkshire Miss.
Colonel Crockett, in company with Jack-in-the-Box and
Yorkshire Miss, v ent away in front, Grey Hen colt being
last. After proceeding half the distance Yorkshire Miss
was a couple of lengths in the rear of the leading couple, the
running being still carried on by Colonel Crockett. Half a
dozen lengths behind Yorkshire Miss followea Shepherdess,
and at an interval of a couple of lengths came Rockley,
whilst the Grey Hen colt was at least twelve lengths from the
front division. Reaching the final tun, into the straight,
Jack-in-the-Box was beaten, and could not keep up with
Col. Crockett and Yorkshire Miss, who commenced racing
in earnest ere they reached the distance. Jemmy Grimahaw,
however, failed to reach Col. Crockett, who won by half a
length; Shepherdess, beaten off, was third, and the others
straggled in at long intervals.

The Highnam Nursery Handicap of '5O soya, added to a
Sweepstakes of 5 soya each, 2 ft, for 2-yr-olds; winnirs
extra. Three quarters of a mile. 18 subs.
Mr. Brayley's Pearl colt, sst 121 b (Cannon) 1
Mr. E. Griffith's Jesuista, 7st 31b (Drew) 2
Mr. F. Marshall's His Excellency, Bst 71b.... (Holman) 3
The following also ran :—Blondin, Ma Belle, The Wave,
Bucolic, Jack o'Newbury, S;ster to Stafford colt, and Fitz
Ruyter.

Betting-2 to 1 agst the Pearl colt, 5 to 1 each agst Fitz
Ruyter and Ma Belle, 6 to 1 agst Wave, 7 to 1 agat Blon-
din, and 8 to 1 agst Jesuista.
Fitz Ruyter, the Pearl colt, and Wave jumped away
slightly in advance of His Excellency, who headed the lot,
at the tail end of which, completely out-paced, followed Jack
o'Newbury. When half the distance had been run His
Excellency, in making the turn, rushed to the front, at-
tended by Jesuista and the Pearl colt, between which three
the race lay at this early period. Approaching the last turn
Jesuista (next the rails) obtained the lead, and at the dis-
tance was joined by the Pearl colt and His Excellency.
Half way up Mr. Brayley's horse quitted his opponents, and
le
head.
ultimately won easily by three lengths; a singular struggle
for second place resulted in favour of Jesuista by a
Blondin and Ma Belle walked past the post fifth and sixth,
The City of Gloucester Cup Stakes of 50 sous, ad3dedr-tooas
Handicap Sweepstakes of 10 sous each,
and upwards ; winners extra. One mile fan' fordald
half.-Y
19
subs. n
Mr. W. Owen's Brilliant, 4 yrs, Bst 101 b, (Clement) 1
(S. Adams) 2
Mr. H. Wyatt's Ledbury, 3 yrs, 6st ......
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Mr. T. Stevens's Violet, 3 yrs, 6st ...... 0 • un"'
Crockett, and
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The following also ran :—Tonio, Colonel
Proof.
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Mr. Brayley's Knightsbridge, 4 y 1,13
(480,J.8Pstlunt)) 2
The following also ran :
Betting-6 to 4 agst The Idea, Xenius, and Vesper.
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Knightsbridge walked past the post,
and the rest were beaten a distance. The winner was
claimed by Mr. Nelson for her present owner.
A Handicap Hurdle Race of 5 soya each, 2 ft, with 25
added
; Winners extra. Two miles, over six flights of
hurdles. 15 subs.
Mr. T. Wadlow's Pot Pourri, 3 yrs, Bst 21b (in. 71b ex.)
te
Mr. Hunt's Jacob, 6 yrs, 9st 71b (W Whi 1
(Knott)) 2
Mr. Weyman's The Miller, (h b), aged, 9st 91b .. (Sly) dis
Mr. A. Briant's Knuston' 4 yrs, Bst 10lb (Pegg) dis
Mr. W. H. Hunt's Wild Chieftain, 4 yrs, Bst(J Bendy) fall
Betting-5 to 4 on Pot Pourri, 5 to 2 agat The Miller,
5 to 1 agst Jacob.
After going a dozen strides Wild Chieftain rushed to the
front, and took the first hurdle slightly in advance or
Knuston, who was followed by Jacob, The Miller, and Pot
Pourri in the order mimed, Immediately they had passed the

fi Stand linuston took the lead, and on the opposite side of
the course, running out of the track, was virtually out of
the race. 'Wild Chieftain thereupon took his companions on
the right side of the poA, but almost immediately of r-
wards fell, and tor some mina. es t tie b .y lay motionless upon
the ground. Subsequently, however, he got up and walked
back to the weighing room, his fall resulting merely in i
severe shaking. Wild Chieftain's actions, when riderless,
fully verified his nomenclature, but his wild freaks were
soon stopped. After the above contretemps, Knuston,
though really out of the race, continued with the lead, fol-
lowed by The Miller, Jacob, and Pot Pourri, until entering
the straight the second time, where he was evidently dis-
tressed. On his retirement Jacob went ta-the front, and
The Miller, after clearing the hurdle opposite the Stand,was
in difficulties, and dropped into the rear. At this point
iinuston pulled up, and Jacob continued a short distance in
front of Pot Pourri, the latter all the while waiting on the
leader. In almost the same place where Wild Chieftain
came to grief did the Miller fall, and unfortunately (though
Sly remounted his horse) it was afterwards found he had
dislocated his collar bone. Pot Pourri headed Jacob a quar-
ter of a mile from the finish, and cantered in 30 lengths in
front of Jacob, who walked in.
A Selling Plate of 30 sovs, entrance 1 sovs, for all ages ;
selling conditions. Three-quarters of a mile. 7 subs.
Mr. Birch's Eryx colt, 2 yrs (X3O), sst 101 b (S. Adams) 1
Mr. Hex's Vesper, 5 yrs (X3O), rat 21b (Clement) '2
Mr. Ogden's Captain Knight, 5 yrs (130), 9st 61b

(Owner) 3
The following also ran :—Hurry Scurry filly, Yorkshire
Miss, and Early Charlton,

Betting—Even on the Hurry Scurry filly, 5 to 1 each
agst the Erys colt and Vesper.

Capt. Knight, Vesper, and the Hurry Scurry filly showed
in advance, but the favourite almost instantly, being in
difficulties, dropped into the rear, and the Eryx colt took
third place. A struggle at once commenced with Captain
Knight, Vesper, and the Eryx colt, and before reaching a
quarter of a mile from the finish, the former was beaten.
At the distance the Eryx colt challenged Vesper, and for a
few strides the pair seemed to stick in the mud, and the re-
sult was for a moment in doubt. The light weight, how-
ever, soon had the best of it, and coming away, won in a
canter by six lengths, Captain Knight cantered in some
distance behind the first pair.
The winner was bought by Mr. Rossitor for 55 guineas.

971 E CHANCELLOR OF .THE EXCHE-
QUER AI 'WREXHAM.

WREXHAM, WEDNESDAY EVENING.

To-cirly has been made a holiday here in conse-
que'sce of the visit of the Chancellor of the Exche-
q.r.er, who was accompanied by Mrs. Gladstone and
host of their family. The occasion of the visit was
'the cutting the first sod of the Wrexham, Mold,
and Connah's Quay Railway,a ceremony which Mrs.
Gladstone had gratified the promoters of the un-
dertaking by promising to perform. The line, which
will open up a very rich and hitherto almost nude-
veloped district, touching upon the River Dee at
Connah's Quay, will be 12 miles in length, and its
construction, including stations and other appur-
tenances, bas been let to Messrs. Savin and
Ward, contractors, for the sum of £150,000. It is
expected to be completed for opening within two
years. The tradesmen of Wrexham closed their
shops at about 11 o'clock in the morning. A public
procession formed in the Beast Market, and headed
by the militia band, with a troop of the Denbigh-
shire Yeomanry Cavalry acting as a guard of honour
to the carriage containing Mr. and Mrs. Gladstone,
and Mr. John Dickenson, mayor of Wrexham,
marched to the site of the ceremony, passing under
several triumphal arches erected across the roadway.
The line will run into the Wrexham station, but the
point of Junction with the Shrewsbury and Chester
Rail way will be about half a mile nearer Chester,
and in a piece of ground adjoining the line called
the Gravel Holdfield.

The ceremony of cutting the first sod was per-
formed in the presence of about 2,000 spectators,
comprising many influential ladies and gentlemen
from the neighbourhood. Amongst those on the
platform, besides Mr. and Mrs. Gladstone and family
and the mayor and corporation of Wrexham, were
—Sir J. Hanmer,
M.P., for the Flintshire boroughs,
Mr. T. Mainwaring, M.P., Mr. Whalley, M.P.,
Miss Burdett Coutts, &c.

The weather, which had been very boisterous
during the early part of the morning, cleared up to-
wards noon, and during the proceedings the sun
shone out with great brilliancy. A conspicuous ob-
ject of attraction on the platform was a very hand-
somely designed barrow and spade of polished oak,
with elaborate silver mountings, both of coarse mi-
niature proportions. On the barrow were the arms
of Mr. Gladstone on a silver shield, and its sides
bore medallions engraved " Wrexham, Mold, and
Connah's Quay Railway Company, 1862." The
blade of the silver shovel bore the following inscrip-
tion :—" Presented to Mrs. W. E. Gladstone, on the
occasion of her cutting the first sod of the Wrexham
Mold, and Connah's Quay Railway, October 22,
1862, by Thomas Sevin, contractor."

After a suitable prayer by the Rev. Mr. Davis, of
Wrexham, Mrs. Gladstone wheeled the barrow from
the platform down a plank to the field, cut a fair-
sized sod, and wheeled it on to the platform amidst
great cheering. The Chancellor of the Exchequer
did the same, and the example was followed by Miss
Gladstone, and others amidst renewed plaudits.
Mr. GLADSTONE, ilk acknowledging the plaudits
of the assembly, said he was not to think that this
.was an occasion in which personal feelings were in-
volved, but still he and his family felt very grate-
ful for the cordial reception which those assembled
had been pleased to give them. He must be al-
lowed to congratulate them upon the auspicious com-
mencement of this most important enterprise. It
-was a work which promised to be of immense pub-
lic utility, and one which would especially tend to
the development of the resources of that part of the
country, so blest with great advantages in the great
beauty of the surface and mineral wealth below the
soil. They had commenced that work in an appro-
priate and solemn manner, by commending it to the
blessing of God, from whom every good and perfect
gift proceeds. The right hon. gentleman congra-
tulated them upon the augury which had attended
the opening of that work, in the change from a
miserably wet morning to a brilliant sunshine, and
concluded by wishing success and calling for three
cheers for the Wrexham, Connah's Quay, and Mold
Railway. (Cheers.)
Mr. WHALLEY, M.P., begged to congratulate the
town of Wrexham upon the presence on such an
occasion of so distinguished a visitor as Mr. Glad-
stone, and though not himself connected with
the town, he took the opportunity on behalf of
the inhabitants of a large portion of the principality
to thank Mr. Gladstone for lending his countenance
to so important an undertaking as the railway just
commenced. (Cheers.)
The TOWN CLERK of Wrexham (Mr. James) read
an address to the Chancellor of the Exchequer.
Mr. GLADSTONE, in reply, observed that he was
impressed with a knowledge that the compliments
contained in the address as applied to himself were
far beyond what the most strong belief in his own
deserts could encourage him to claim ; but he had
experienced in his own person this fact, that there

'was a general conviction that those who advised the

Crown and those who were concerned with the legis-
lative business of the nation, although with much
weakness and many shortcomings, yet upon the
whole had now for a considerable period of years
past been labouring, as far as man's energy world
permit, to develop the resources of the country.
They had been pleased in their address to allude
to the changes which had taken place in the com-
mercial legislation of the country, and to the part
which he (Mr. Gladstone) had had in promoting
those changes, a small one compared with that
-which belonged to others. He claimed credit for
nothing more than that he had, ever since his mind
was directed to the subject upon assn ming the office
of Vice-President of the Board of Trade, now 21
years ago, under the administration of the late Sir
R. Peel, steadily laboured in the promotion of a cause
of which they had seen broadcast over the land the
blessed traits in the improved condition of the people,
in the greater energy of our commercial enterprises,
in the increased union of all classes among them-
selves, a more devoted respect for the laws, and in
their more enthusiastic attachment to the crown.
(Loud cheers.) it was indeed needless, almost idle,
to say that it was a real satisfaction, not for himself
alone, but for all of them who had in their several
spheres been engaged in this work, that it had
pleased the Almighty to bless and prosper it, and
that this dear old country of ours, though it might
present may things that we might all desire to im-

prove, and though in some parts its population were I
eadly and cruelly suffering, yet had made real ad-
vances, the sum of human misery had decreased,
and the sum of human happiness had advanced
amongst us, and we were going forward on a path
in which the results were likely to be still more
extensively accomplished. (Loud cheers.)
Three cheers were then given for the Mayor and
Town Council, for the contractors, &c., and the
crowds dispersed to find their way back to the town
of Wrexham.
In the afternoon a dejeuner took place at the
WYnnstay Arms, Wrexham. The Right Hon. W.
E. Gladstone presided, Mrs. Gladstone being on his
left, and the Mayor of Wrexham on his right hand.
The company
numbered about 200, and was a
fashionable one.
irle CHAIRMAN, in D
marked that whereverß proposing
"The Queen," re-
festive occasions abroadnr f
Englishmen might be on any
or at home, summer or
winter, in fair weather
o oul, on the occasion of
an election or the opening
of
would feel that they had performed railway, they never
k
they did not begin by drinio their duty if
Majesty the Queen. g the health of her
(Cheers.) Let them hope--
ndeed, he need not say let them hop
k.ee witas a certainty--that under theeheavy sor-
raW which she had experienced, she might enjoy
alolig with every consolation the consolation of
keo
ving this, of which every one of her subjects
could assure her, that by her admiersas, andblecond
she had so contributed to the happincounc !
firmed the loyalty of the people, that they revered
in her not only the representative of a long line of
illustrious ancestors, but likewise one of the best
sovereigns that ever sat upon a throne. (Cheers.)
The CHAIRMAN, in proposing the next toast, said
that within the territorial limits in which he was
speaking, the subject of the toast did not need to be
recommended to those assembled. They were all
welt aware that the Prince of Wales was an orna-
ment to the name which he bore, and at this happy
crisis of his life it was fortunate that he possessed
those high qualities which he was known to pox'