The Sun.
London, England, 1862-07-14 00:00:00

SPORTING NOTES.

The Newmarket July Meeting did not attract so many
visitors as might naturally have been expected. The un-
settled state or the weather, coupled with the fact that
most of the two year olds engaged in the July Stakes and
the Chesterfield were on the sick list, no doubt occasioned
this state of things, which was not improved by the Stam-
ford Plate, with its munificent addition of £2OO, failing to
bring out a field commensurate with its value, while the
minor races only filled indifferently, with the exception of
the Maiden Plate on the second day. Cut down though
the field was for th© July Stakes, in the antagonism of the
two year olds for that race and for the Chesterfield centered
nearly all the interest of the meeting, the contest for both
being watched with great anxiety by the respective parti-
sans of Blue Mantle and Saccharometer. The public fondly
clung to the hero of Ascot, while Lord Strathmore and his
friends were equally "sweet" on the son of Sweetmeat and
Defamation, whose performance for the Newmarket Plato
at the Spring meeting was sufficient to inspire confidence, 1
backed up as it was by a most favourable trial with Sugar_ 1
stick. Their opponents Weatherbow, Falcon, Wild 1
Toni, Armagnac, and Tease Me Not, had but few
backers, the running of the two public horses,
Weatherbow and Falcon, not being good enough to gain for
them any friends, while Armagnac and Wild Tom, though
powerful, good-looking horses, were too backward to induce

any outlay on them. v Aldcrott, who wanted a pace for
Saccharometer, seeing that nothing else intended making it,
had to "go" himself, a piece of business the horse did not
seem at all to understand at first, as he swayed from side to
side so much that very early a cry was raised, " Saccharo-
meter's beat," but his clever steersman steadying him, ho
soon settled so well to his work that the favourite was never
fairly able to close with him, and after two or three efforts,
in one of which he had reached Aldcroft's knee, Fordham
gave in, and the richest July ever run for was accredited
to Lord Strathmore, whose success was hailed with im-
mense enthusiasm, the fiat or the judge being two lengths
in favour of Saccharometer. The Stamford Plate cut into
very small dimensions, as the forty-one horses nominated
ouly furnished five at the starting post, of which Thunder
bolt and Argonaut were alone backed for money, though
some "long shots" were accepted aboutPalestro and Canace,
a report being prevalent that the latter had been favourably
tried with King of Diamonds ; but be that as it may, neither
the youngster, the three year old Argonaut, nor the
four year old Palestro had a chance with Thunderbolt, who
passed the two latter as they commenced to breast the hill,
and won easily by half a dozen lengths. Palestro ran a
fair horse, but he only obtained second honours from Wells
ceasing to ride Argonaut when his chance was gone. Canace
ran well to the foot of the hill, and perhaps might have
finished a little nearer but for Daley very properly holding
in remembrance that she had another engagement to fulfil
in the course of the afternoon. Notwithstanding the clever
performance of Saccharometer in the July, the field for the
half••mile spin on the Chesterfield course, to the surprise of
everybody, reached 17, including Lord Strathmore's horse,
Blue Mantle, and Bright Cloud, who were each penalised
71b. Saccharometer, rolling about as he did in the com-
mencement of the race for the July, seemed quite out of the
fight; but running with wonderful gameness, and in the
hands of such an artist as Aldcroft, he faced the hill like a
lion, and getting up in the last stride, won by a short head
from Blue Mantle and Lord Stanford's filly, who passed
the winning-post so level that the judge was unable to se-
parate them, while Cadeau and Armagnac finished next,
close together.

The ensuing week will be devoted to Liverpool, Ponte-
fract, Abingdon, and Hungerford, four meetings fixed to
take place within the limited period of five days, commenc-
ing on Tuesday next. Liverpool first claims attention
with a tolerable bill of fare, in which handicaps, as usual,
preponderate, to the exclusion of other species of races,
such as the Queen's Stand and Royal Stand Plates at
Ascot, which, if once established, would doubtless soon be-
come as popular in the north as they are now in the south.
The list for the three days extends to twenty races, six
being set for the first day, and seven for each of the re-
maining. The six for Tuesday embrace no fewer than four
handicaps, including the Croxteth Trial Stakes, for which
Abron takes my fancy. Neptunus ought to credit the
Sefton Handicap to Mr. Jackson's account. The Liverpool
Cup is the principal race of the Meeting, and from the im-
mense sums of money heaped upon Carisbrook, it looks a
foregone conclusion. Lady Ripon is also very steady in the
market, but I expect to see Fairwater finish before her.
Neptunus, Seville, and Sir William have been backed for
small sums. Mr. Merry's horse has a very fishy appear-
ance at present, but if be is backed in earnest on the day he
will prove a dangerous opponent to the favourite. The
race in my opinion lays between CARISBROOK, FAIR-
WATER, and NEPTUNUS, giving a slight preference to the
former. I shall take SIR WILLIAM as a cockboat. The
other small meetings of the week are not worth offering an
opinion upon.

With regard to the GoodwoDd Stakes, my advice at pre-
sent is to let it alone until a demonstration is made in fa-
vour of either William Day's or the American stable.

A FRESH NAN.

BETTING AT MANCHESTER-SATURDAY.

There was but little done on either the Liverpool Cup or
Goodwood Stakes. For the former Cariebrook and Lady
Ripon remain very firm. All the money at 9to that couli
be obtained was taken about Fairwater. Both Seville and
Sir William had their friends, but neither of them were in
very great force.—Closing prices

LIVERPOOL CUP.
9to 4 agst Cariebrook (wanted)
6to 1 agst Lady Ripon (taken)
9to 1 agst Fairwater (taken)
10 to 1 agst Neptunus (offered)
11 to 1 agst Seville (taken)
16 to 1 agst Sir William (taken)
16 to 1 agst Victrix (offered)
40 to 1 agst Bombardier (taken)
GOODWOOD STAKES.
12 to 1 agst Canary (offered)
14 to 1 agat Earl of Westmoreland (t. and offered)
14 to 1 agst Rubicon (offered)
16 to 1 agst Myrtle (taken)
20 to 1 agst Dalesman (taken and offered)
200 to 9 agst Queen of Spain taken)
25 to 1 agst Umpire (offered)
33 to 1 agat Magnum Bonum (taken)

A JAPANESE EXECUTION.

The appearance of the prisoners was horrible;
the effects of starvation and torture were plainly
visible through the thick white powder which was
upon their faces, and they were hardly able to stand
upr fight; but the contemplation of their doom seemed
to have no effect upon their minds. They laughed
and telked quite rationally, bidding their fellow-
prisoners in the gaol good-bye with as much coolness
as if they were going into the country for a day or
two. When all was ready they were conducted to a
small chapel, out of sight,where for the space of three
minutes, perhaps, they received some consolation
from the priests. Then one was led, tottering from
sheer weakness of the body, into a small enclosure
and told to kneel down upon the brink of a slight
declivity, which he did with most perfect good nature.
The executioner, a shoemaker (as being the lowest
order of Japanese society), armed with one of those
terrible weapons, the sword of this country, stepped
forward and told the prostrate wretch to turn his
head a little more on one side—if he pleased. (I
would have given twelve and a half cents to
get out about this time, for there was at viterwyacsooldf
spot right in the pit of my stomach, b
no use to think of such a thing, for I Was hedged in
all round, and ten feet in front of me were the exe-
cutioner and his victim ; so I put on as good a
countenance as was in my power at the moment,
terrible s
.
and looked full at the deed-) The executioner
measured carefully his distanced,ratrewdihth
is w
and with a shout brought it ow
force upon the willing
neck, and the head was
severed from the body. Immediately after the
blow was struck, a manfrom behind pushed the.
victim forward, and he fell prone, and was in-
stantly
covered over with a mat. Not a moment
elapsed before the second sufferer was brought for-
ward and asked to kneel. beside the first, which he did
with the same coolness, and when asked by an officer
if he saw the other man (meaning the headless body
within a foot of his very eyes), he replied, " Yes,
all right." A second executioner, with more dex-
terity, if possible, than his predecessor, operated
upon this one. (I forgot to mention a third, who
suffered at the same time for a different offence.)
The last, kneeling by the side of the other two,
bore his fate with even more tranquillity than
either of the others. My first impression was that
these men must have been stupified with some
powerful drug to have walked with so much men-
tal firmness to their death ; but I am now convinced
that the effect of the parting words of the priests,
telling them that they were going to a " much bet-
ter country," together with the method of punish-
ment and starvation before death—was to produce
an indifference to life, and so they walked to have
their heads eat off with as much abandon as they
would to their dinner.—Letter from Japan.

EAST LONDON PARLIAMENTARY REFORM Asso-
CIATION.—A public meeting, under the auspices of this
association, was held in the lecture-hall, Three Mills-lane,
Bromley-by-Bow, on Friday evening, when addresses were
delivered by John Noble, Esq,,of the Middle Temple, Geo.
Herbert Thompson, Esq., Mr. George De Jersey Evans,
Mr. John Warren, the treasurer, and Messrs. IV. IL
Allen, Thomas Buffham, and J obn Ford, the honorary, se-
cretaries of the association. Joseph Homer, Esq.,
F.S.S., the chairman of the association, presided on the
occasion.

THIRD EDITION:

SUN OFFICE, SEVEN O'CLOCK.

SPORTING---THIS DAY.

TAT TE RSALL'S—THIS 'EVENING.
LIVEnPOOL CCP.
9 to 4 agst Carisbrook (taken and offered)
sto 1 agst Lady Ripon (taken)
6to 1 agst Fairwater (taken)
Bto 1 agst Seville (taken)
100 to 6 agst Ophelia (taken)
GOODWOOD STAKES.
11 to 1 agst Canary (offered, take 12 to 1)
100 to 7 agst Myrtle (taken)
14 to 1 agst Dalesman (taken)
100 to 6 agst Umpire (taken)
20 to 1 agst Magnum Bonum (taken)
GOODWOOD CUP.

3 to 1 agst Wizard
9to 2 agst &nand
ST. LEGER.
9to 1 agst Carisbrook (taken)
10 to 1 agst Buckstone (taken)
20 to 1 agst Argonaut (taken)
ICOO to 8 agst Torn Sayers

NEB mARKET.— The following hav left here for Liver-
pool :—Millionaire, Carisbrook, Coonfectioner, Oscar,
Peneus, and Livingstone.

IMPERIAL PAItLIAMENT

HOUSE OF LORDS—Tms EVENING.
The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the Woolsack
at the usual hour.

THIRD READINGS.

The following bills were read a third time and passed
Glasgow Barony Parochial Boards, Breton Ferry Dock
and Railway, North British, &c., Railways, Brecon and
Merthyr Tydvil Junction Railway, and Cowbridge Rail..
way.
MALICIOUS INJURIES, &c. (IRELAND).
The Earl of LEITRIM brought in a bill for further
strengthening the law with respect to murders and
malicious injuries in Ireland. The measure proposed that
where a person was murdered in Ireland a jury should
be summoned with the view of assessing the compensation
to be paid to his survivors by the inhabitants of the locality
in which the crime was committed.
The bill was read a first time.