The Sun.
London, England, 1854-06-03 00:00:00

THE SELECT CO.

NAVAL AND MILITARY INTELLIGENCE.
The Hermes, 6, steam-sloop, Captain Fisbonrne, ar-
rived at Spithead on. Thursday evening, making the pas-
sage from Hong Kong in 106 days. She arrived at Singa-
pore on the 26th of February, sailed on the lst of March ;
arrived -at Angier on the 4th of March, and left the
same day; reached Algoa Bay on the 6th of April, and
sailed on the 7th ; reached Simon's Bay (Cape) on the
11th of April, and left on the 17th ; reached St. Helena
on the 27th, and left on the 29th; reached. Cape Yerd
(St. Vincent) on the 12th of May, and left on the 14th ;
reached 4adeira on the 23d, and sailed on the 24th. The
Hydra (broken down) as senior officer's ship, the Pen-
guin, Dee, and Dart were at Simon's Bay on the 17th of
April ; the Nerbudda in the Mozambique. The Ame-
rican frigate Constitution and corvette Marian were at
St. Vincent on the 14th of May. The Locust steamer
left Madeira' on the afternoon of the 23d of May for
England. The Hermes has been four years and a half
in commission, and in that time has been stationed at
the Cape, East Indies, and China. She has run 75,000
miles nearly all under steam, and has expended 7,000
tons of coal. Her engines have continued in good
order, owing much to the care and assiduity of Mr. Har-
vey, the chief engineer, one of the few officers now on
board who have served the whole commission. The
boilers have only required one trifling repair, and the
tubes put in in 1350 are still in use. The ship will re-
quire a thorough repair. The first lieutenant, sur-
geon, and, paymaster of the Hercules have returned
in Herme- to England. The Hercules, it will be
the s
remembered, took out Government emigrants from
Scotland to Australia, and is now given up to the
military at Hong Kong for an hospital ship. The follow.
ing passengers have also come home in the Hermes
Mr. T. W. Haverfield, Paymaster, on promotion from
the Winchester ; 14 seamen and marines (invalids from
China) ; 24 rank and file of Royal Artillery from How?
Kong ; Captain Adair, R.A., and Mrs. Adair, 40 rank'
and file, 5 women, and 6 children, from St. Helena; also,
Commander 4V. Rowlett, R.N., the Rev. R. G. Lamb,
Messrs. A.rmyat and Stirling, as private passengers. The
Hermes sailed- from Spithead yesterday morning for
Woolwich, -to be paid off.
The IlSrpy steam-vessel has been paid advance wages,
and is red.dy for sea.
Yesterday another Russian ship, the Victor, Captain
Berghenstein, was publicly noted on the Royal Exchange
to be condemned a prize to her Majesty's steamer Eury-
alus, Captain Ramsey, within 20 days, by the Court of
Admiralty, when ship, cargo, and tackle will be sold,
and the proceeds divided among her captors.
The Russian prisoners on board the Crocodile, off the
Tower, continue to enter the British service. Yesterday
several were shipped on board the Bombay hence to Car-
diff, and from that port to Virginia. One capable of act-
ing as ship's carpenter signed articles for 51. a month,
whereas while in the Russian service he received the
miserable pi4ance of three roubles monthly, in English
13s. 6d. Most of the Russians who have joined British
ships are receiving wages of from 3/. to 4/. per month,
and their only anxiety appears to be to keep clear of
their former masters.
By advices received yesterday at the Admiralty, the
blockade of Riga commenced on the 13th ult., and was
being vigorously prosecuted. The vessels entering that
harbour when overhauled, and warned off by the cruisers
of the fleet, run into Libau harbour.
Yesterday the Lords of the Admiralty gave notice at
Lloyd's that two ships were required of from 500 to 600
tons to convey 18 officers and 474 men from the river
Thames, Portsmouth, and Cork to the Cape of Good
Hope, and to bring back to England from the Cape the
same number ; as also a third ship of 500 tons to con-
vey 4 officers, 194 men, 4 women, and 4 children from
the Thames and Cork to Halifax.
The Kate, a vessel of 196 tons, has been engaged for
the conveyance to the East of about 100 tons of large
guns. They are the property of the Messrs. Walker, of
the Lowmoor Foundry, and are sent out at their risk
for the Sultan of Turkey. The guns will be ready for
shipment on Monday next.
The Industry steam-vessel, commissioned yesterday
by Master-Commander G. L. Bradley, is ordered to be
brought down from' Blackwall to woolwich dockyard,
and will be fitted there for sea service.
The following appointments have been made :--
Commanders—George 0. Willis (1854), recently pro-
moted to the Britannia, 120, flagship, in the Black Sea,
vice J. B. Dickson, promoted to be captain ; G. Smythe
(1847), to be a commanding officer in the Coast-guard.
Second Masters—G. Turpin (1847), from the St. Vin-
cent, guard-ship in ordinary at Portsmouth, to the Minx,
screw steam-vessel, commissioned at Woolwich for ser-
vice on the coast of Africa station ; H. P. Ward (1850),
from the Excellent, gunnery-ship, at Portsmouth, vice
Turpin.
Clerks--Charles Ross (1850), recently serving in the
Waterwitch on the West Coast of Africa station, to the
Victory, flagship, at Portsmouth ; J. S. Moore (1853),
recently 4 serving in the Meander, to thel Algiers, 91,
screw steam-ship ;C. E. Phillips (1852), from the
Simoom, 18, screw steam troopship, to the Meander, 44,
at Devonport ; C. B. L. Brockman, to the Scourge,
steam sloop.
We learn by electric telegraph that a captain, lieu-
tenant, and surgeon, 61 troopers,, and 57 horses be-
longing to No. 3 troop of the Gth Enniskillens, were
embarked at Devonport dockyard, between half-past 9
and half-past 12 yesterday morning, on board the
Escort, No. 97, Captain Liddell, which was towed
through Plymouth Sound at two o'clock, and sailed
immediately with a favourable wind for the Mediterra-
nean.

The same tugs brought from the Sound into Hamoaze
the transport ship Talavera, No, 98, which has just ar•
rived from London. The Sutlej, No. 90, will on Mon-
day embark the fourth troop, and the Talavera the fifth
and last troop, of the Enniskillens.
The military guards, who have for so many years
daily mounted for duty at the Royal Dockyard,
Woolwich, were entirely withdrawn from that duty
yesterday morning, and the entire charge of the
property in that extensive naval depot has now
been handed over to the constables of the It divi-
sion of the metropolitan police, under Superintendent
Mallalieu. The constables are now armed daily with
their cutlasses when upon duty in the dockyard, and it
is understood that they will shortly be supplied with re-
volver pistols. Notice has been given by the police
authorities that 20 volunteers are required to proceed to
Turkey to be employed as assistants in the commissariat
department, to have the charge of certain stores. The
ambulance corps of pensioners at present stationed at
Woolwich under the command of Captain Grant, wait-
ing a passage for Turkey, performed the duty of convict
guards at the dockyard yesterday.
Major Ponsonby, Private Secretary to the Lord-Lieu-
tenant of Ireland, and Captai❑ Thesiger, A.D.C. to
Lieutenant-General Sir E. Blakeney, have received or-
ders to proceed to join their regiment, the Ist Battalion
Grenadier Guards.
Major Forrest, Captain Robertson, Cornet Wilkinson,
and 40 men, 41 troop horses, and 9 officers' horses of the
4th Dragoon Guards left Portobello Barracks at eight
o'clock a.m. on Thursday morning, preceded by the band
of the 3d Dragoon Guards, and marched to Kingstown,
where they embarked on board the William Jackson,
transport, en- route for the seat of war. The last de-
tatchment of the Royal Irish waa to embark on Friday
morning.

MILITIA AND YEOMANRY.
In consequence of the unfavourable weather yesterday
morning the Essex Rifle Militia were prevented from
assembling in Hyde-park. In the afternoon the regi-
ment was mustered in the Tower moat and put through
a number of evolutions, crowds of people congregating
on the hill to witness the display. At ten o'clock to-
day the
g regiment was reviewed in Hyde-park by Lord
Hardine.
The time for the drilling of the Royal Berks Militia
will close next Thursday, and a thoroughly steady and
attentive set of men they have proved. It was supposed
that this corps would be permanently embodied, but, as
the chief portion of the men are agricultural labourers,
and their removal would occasion serious inconvenience J
to the farmers in the county, it has been deemed advis-
able not to detain them beyond the 28 days. There is j
to be a grand field-day on Monday, when the corps will
be inspected by Colonel Garratt.
Three at least of the six West York Regiments of
Militia are to be employed in barrack duty. Tile Ist
West is to occupy York Barracks for a short time, and
afterwards to go into garrison in a northern town. The
cL.West, recently dismissed at Pontefract, is to be called
sutuatt iaogna in
for
d permanent duty. The 3d West is already
Yesterday the enrolled pensioners of the Derby dis-
command of
avltig completed their annual training under the
by Lieutenant-captain Vaughan Jones, were reviewed,
Tulloh, military inspector of pen-
sioners, on the
of a large concourse ground Derby, in the presence
expressed himself highlyPectators. The reviewing officer
At the conclusion with their state of effi-
ciency.ment of Derbyshire Militia
of the review the Ist Regi-
was formed into a solids a, which was on the ground,
Tulloh presented SergeantMa' when Lieutenant-Colonel
Ist Derbyshire Regiment, Wfti:`; Henrya Burton, of the
gratuity of 151., for long service and silver medal and a
conduct. Ser-
geant-Major Burton was 21 years in good conduct. previously
to joining the militia,
under
The 4th 'Vest Yorkshire Regiment of Militia,
the command of Colonel Lord Beaumont, will
assemble
for training at Leeds cavalry barracks on the 4th of the
ensuing month.
Nearly the whole of the men of the Barnsdale troop
of the Ist West Yorkshire Yeomanry, under Captain
Sir W. R. C. Cooke, Bart., as well as several of the
other five troops composing the regiment, have volun-
teered their services for permanent duty, if required by
Government. The regiment will be disbanded on Mon-
day, unless any orders to the contrary should be pre-
viously received by Viscount Milton, the Lieutenant-
Colonel Commandant.
The Que,sti'S Own Regiment of Yeomanry Cavalry
have been reviewed during the past week by Colonel
Griffith, of the 10th Hussars, Commandant of the Maid-
stone Garrison, who congratulated Lord Ilchester upon
having the command of such a fine body of men.

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not
ness
but in printing and accuracy in arrangement. It can-
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complete delineation of a region with which every one
should now be as familiar as with the Map of England
or Palestine.—Nonconforinist. We have already found
it of great use for reference, and can confidently recom-
mend it to our readers, for it is, in our opinion, the most
useful Map of the Seat of War yet published.—York
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The following has been forwarded to ns as the re-
port of the select committee appointed to take into
consideration the case of the appointment of Mr.
Henry Stonor to the office of a judge in the colony
of Victoria, the said Henry Stonor having been re-
ported by a committee of the house to have been guilty
of bribery at the election for the borough of Sligo in
1853 :
" At their first meeting- Mr. Moore, at whose motion
the house had granted the committee, attended, and stated
his inability to prosecute the inquiry, and declined the re-
sponsibility of so doing, unless he were placed in a position
to conduct it himself; in which case he would undertake
positively to prove that persons, ' having the ear of
the Colonial-office, must have been cognisant of Mr.
Stonor's corrupt practices.'
" Your committee instructed their chairman to move
the house, in conformity with the course adopted iu the
Carlow Election Committee in 1836, that Mr. Moore be
added to the committee to conduct the case, and one other
member to watch the proceedings on the part of the Colo-
nial-office, but without the power of voting. This was
done, and Lord Elcho and Mr. Moore were added.
" The substance of the allegations which form the sub-
ject of the inquiry submitted to your committee appears to
be, that Mr. Stonor received the appointment of a judge in
the colony of Victoria as a recompense for political services
at Irish elections, at which he had been reported to the house
to have been guilty of corrupt practices ; that his appoint-
ment was made, not in ignorance of such practices or in
spite of them, but because of them, at the instance of Irish
members having influence with the Colonial Department.
"The witnesses before the committee were the Duke of
Newcastle, Mr. Peel and Mr. Merivale, Under-Secretaries
for the Colonies, Mr. Roberts, private secretary of the
Duke, and the Solicitor-General. The examination of each
witness was conducted by Mr. Moore.
"The evidence of the Duke of Newcastle was to the fol-
lowing effect :
" That on the 10th of August, 1853, a despatch was re-
ceived from Mr. Latrobe, the Governor of Victoria, in
which, after alluding to former despatches, in which he
had reported the absence on leave of 'Chief Justice
A'Beckett, and the difficulty he was likely to experience
in supplying the vacancy from the colony, he stated the
unanimous opinion of the Executive Council that, under
the peculiar circumstances of the colony, he had no alter-
native but to apply to the Home Government to select a
thoroughly qualified officer to fill the temporary vacancy
—one, if possible, whose standing would at once justify
the measure which he took upon himself to recommend ;'
and he urged the `importance, under the present circum-
stances and prospects of the colony, that the judicial bench
should be filled by men, not only possessed of unimpeach-
able character and general qualifications, which might
command the public respect, but also of high legal attain-
ments.'
" That upon the receipt of this despatch he (the Duke)
expected that candidates would offer themselves, as was
usual on similar occasions. That no applications, how-
ever, were made, which he attributes to the undesirable-
ness of the appointment, on account of its temporary cha-
racter ; that he spoke on the subject to Mr. Merivale, the
under-secretary, and Mr. Roberts, his private secretary,
both lawyers of distinction ; and that he was assured it
was exceedingly improbable he could find any person com-
pent to the task who would be willing to take a judgeship
that would last only a year or .18 months, with a possi-
bility, for it was no more, of an appointment to a fourth
judgeship, if that should be created, at some future time ;
that the
washeonlfyream a
pplicgaeteiotlemnheeewhom he d
received besidesid notth eeatonde
of Mr.
Stonor
eligible, because he was connected with the Australian
colonies.
" That Mr. Stonor made his application on the 30th of
November, and appended testimonials, signed by Chief
Justice Campbell, Vice-Chancellor Sir J. Stuart, Judge and
Master Sir G. Rose, Mr. Peter Brodie, Mr. J. Campbell,
Q.C., Mr. Measure, and Mr. Griffiths, to which two others
were subsequently added by the present Solicitor-General
and Mr. Bowyer. That these papers were passed in the
usual way to him from the two under-secretaries anti his
private secretary, and that he gave them a mere cursory
glance to ascertain that they were genuine.
" That there was attached to the packet of testimonials
an envelope, containing two printed papers—ono, a state-
ment as to the resolutions of the Sligo Committee, and the
other a pamphlet containing a report of the debate ; that
he certainly did not open this packet, and had no doubt he
considered it to hold another testimonial.
" That he had never heard the name of Mr. Stonor
before this application reached him, and did not know of
his existence.
"That Mr. Stonor was recommended to him by Mr.
Merivale, in some such words as the following, in the way
of conversation Your Grace has received a letter from
Mr. Stonor, applying for the judgeship which has been so
long vacant. I can, from personal knowledge of Mr. Stonor
for several years, express a satisfactory opinion of his capa-
bilities and fitness.'
" That he deferred coming to any decision from the 6th
of December, on which day the papers reached him, to the
20th, in order to make a further effort to find some one for
the office whose name would have carried to the colony a
more distinguished legal reputation ' • but, owing to the un-
certain nature of the appointment, and the doubt of its
leading to promotion, he felt there was no such prospect.
" Questions were put to the Duke as to the part he took
in the late Irish elections at Carlow, Dungarvan, county of
Dublin, Athlone, and Sligo ; from his answers, it plainly
appears that any interest he may have taken in these elec-
tions had no bearing whatever on the appointment of Mr.
Stonor.
" The Duke also stated distinctly that he received recom-
mendation, in favour of Mr. Stonor from no person, except
Mr. Merivale, and that the sole basis of the appointment
was that recommendation, together with the testimonials
appended to the application.
" The substance of Mr. Peel's statement corresponded
with that of the Duke in respect to the circumstances
attending the receipt of the application and testimonials.
With regard to answers made by him to questions put in
the house, he said that on the first occasion, when he stated
that the heads of the Colonial-office, having become aware
of the report of the Sligo Committee, were not prepared
to cancel the appointment, it would have been more correct
if he had said the Duke was not prepared to cancel the
appointment, and that he (Mr. Peel), having read the re-
port of the committee and the evidence on which it was
founded, did not think the Duke would be justified in
doing so.
"'That the packet containing the report of the Sligo
Committee attached to the testimonials passed unexamined
by him.
" That, although as this was an application from a per-
son who was not already employed under the department,
he did not consider it the duty of either of the under-
secretaries to examine the testimonials ; he at the same
time admitted that he would have done better in this in-
stance if ho had examined them, as the letter of Mr. Stonor
had been rendered official.
" That at the time that ho first replied to Mr. Moore's
question in the house he was unacquainted with the grounds
on which the application had been made, and knew nothing
of any other recommendation besides the testimonials.
" Mr. Merivale stated that he had had a long, though
not an intimate, acquaintance with Mr. Stoner ; that in the
course of last October and November, Mr. Stonor had occa-
sion to come to him at the Colonial-office, on business con-
nected with his brother, who had been for some years in
the service of the Government in Van Diemen's Land, and
whose health had broken down ; that Mr. Stonor spoke to
him about the vacant judgeship at Victoria, and said it
would suit him ; that he (Mr. Merivale) advised him to
apply for it in the usual manner, by a letter of a public
nature, addressed to the Duke of Newcastle or himself,
enclosing such testimonials as he could obtain ; that Mr.
Stonor sent such a letter ; but, as it treated of the office
as a permanency, he (Mr. Merivale) returned it to be
amended, which was done ; that, in a conversation with. the Duke or Mr. Roberts (he is not certain which), he re-
collects saying he thought Mr. Stonor a fit person, ' if that
affair of Mr. Townley's were not considered to militate
against him ;' but is positive the Duke made no remark to
him about it.
" That he was generally aware, at the time of the report
of the Sligo Committee, that he did not think it was his
business to call the atrention of the duke to the report, as
he supposed it must be known to him ; that having ob-
served that the house had ordered no prosecution, he
thought it was regarded as a dropped matter ; that, as
neither law nor justice allowed that a man should remain
under a charge without a trial or means of explanation, it
must be considered as a thing gone by.
" Mr. Merivalo acknowledged that ho saw his impru-
dence in supposing that the Duke and Mr. Peel must have
known the circumstances, but his impression had been that
it was a matter of notoriety.
" That he had had no conversation respecting this appli-
cation with any one but Mr. Stoner ; that Mr. Stonor
passed for a man of very fair legal attainments ; that he
possessed knowledge of equity law, which was particularly
wanted at Melbourne ; that the vacancy had long remained
unfilled, and that there was no other applicant.
" Mr. Roberts stated that he had several conversations
with Mr. Merivale as to the difficulty of making the tem-
porary appointment which was required by the Governor;
that Mr. Merivale told him that ho thought Mr. Stonor
would be willing to accept it, and that he would be a
fitting person ; that he (Mr. Roberts) suggested that Mr.
Merivale would be the proper person to bring the name of
Mr. Stonor before the Duke ; that no allusion was made to
any report of the House of Commons derogatory to Mr.
Stonor's character in any way; that he never knew or had
even heard of him until his name was mentioned by Mr.
Merivale ; that, if he had known anything that cast an
imputation on Mr. Stonor's character, lee should havecon-
sidered it his duty to communicate it to the Duke ; that
the Duke had never mentioned to him anything about this
report, and that he was confident, from the communica-
tions between himself and the Duke, that, if he had known
of it, he would have instituted an inquiry.
" That ho had never read the testimonials, because ho
had understood Mr. Merivale to have stated that Mr. Stoner
was a fit and proper person, and he thought there was no
occasion for him to do so when the permanent under-secre-
tary of the office had of his own knowledge recommended

" The Solicitor-General having been one of the persons
yourwho signedooairui
committee
testimonials
statedin ftahvaotuhr,3ofhMadr.gSivtoeunotrh,
eatrteeonudmed.
mendation as a testimony of his opinion of the legal abili-
ties of Mr. Stonor, and had never at the time heard a word
about the report of the Sligo Committee.
"Your committee, after careful consideration of the
foregoing evidence, have come unanimously to the conclu-
sion that it altogether fails to establish the charge brought
forward by Mr Moore with reference to the motives which
influenced the Duke of Newcastle in the appointment of
Mr. Stoner • and, while they think it clue to Mr. Moore to
state that he has withdrawn, in the fullest and most un-
qualified manner, all imputation of political corruption on
Du
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which deeply regr
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to this inquiry, so serious an accusation should have been
preferred.
"At the same time, your committee are also unani-
mously of Opinion that in tilling up the vacancy which had
occurred in the office of a judge in the; colony of Victoria, a
y
want of due caution and discrimination was evinced b
t'ho
colonial department, and that no sufficient care was taken
to insure compliance with the wishes of the Lieutenant-
Govern or of the colony, or to satisfy the requirements of
the public service."

KOSSUTH AT NOTTINGHAL—POLISH DEMONSTu
TION.—The Nottingham Review announces that prepays.
tions are being made for holding a great public meeting
in Nottingham in favour of Polish independence. M.
Kossuth, in a letter to one of the committee, says :
"Having accepted an invitation to attend the Polish
meeting at Sheffield, it is but a duty that I do the same
for Nottingham, endeared to my heart_bj; kts ppli!istegtr:
operative aympathylot the nation of politica! (miles."

The RAILWAY PLATE of 50 says. (handicap) for all ages.
Certain winners extra. New T.Y.C., three-quarters
of a mile.
Mr. Howard's Glenstrae, 3 yrs, 7st 101 b (Wells) 1
Mr. Drinkald's Monge, 2 yrs, 6st 41b (Ashmall) 2
Mr. Merry's c by John o'Gaunt, out of Valentinia,
3 yrs, 7st 71b
The following also ran :—Hybla, Florist, Spinaway,
New Brighton, Black Bess, Edward of York, Grimalkin,
Lioness, c by Sir Tattoo Sykes, out of Damson, and
Good Friday.
Betting-5 to 2 agst Monge, 4to 1 each agst Glen-
strae and Spinaway. Glenstrae led to the turn, where
he eased off a little, and Black Bess went on with the '
running. When near the distance, Glenstrae came again
with Monge and Valentinia, colt in close attendance. A
good race home with the three placed ended in favour
of Glenstrae by a head ; a neck only between the second
and third. Spinaway was a moderate fourth, Grimalkin
fifth, Lioness sixth, Damson colt and New Brighton the _
next two, Good Friday was last.
The FIRST GREAT SURREY FOAL STAKES of 10 soya.
each, with 100 added ; for three-yr-olds ; colts, Bst
71b ; fillies, Bst 31b. Certain penalties and allowances.
Last mile of the Derby Course. 22 subs.
Mr. Osbaldeston's Champagne, Bst 7lb (Flatman) 1
Baron Rothschild's Middlesex, Bst 71b (Charlton) 2 31
Betting-11 to Bon Middlesex. Champagne waited !
to the distance, where he began to draw upon the
favourite, wham he caught when opposite the Stand, and
quitting him in a few strides, he went on and won
cleverly by half a length.
The DERBY and OAKS STAKES of 5 sovs, each, with 50
added ; for two-yr-olds and upwards. Optional selling
weights, &c. Half a mile. 14 subs.
Mr. Walker's Child of the Mist, syrs (501.), Bst 111 b
(Palmer 1
Mr. French's Vaultress, 4 yrs (501.), 7st 91b (E. Sharp)) 2
Mr. Merry's c by John-o'-Gaunt, out of Valentine,
3 yrs, (501.), 7st (J. Goater) 3
The following also ran—Cyrus, Contender, Night-
shade, The Druid, Hybla, Black Bess.
Betting-5 to 2on Vaultress, sto 1 agst Nightshade, 2
Vaultress made the running to the distance, where Child
of the Mist went up, and at last defeated her by a length.
Two lengths between the second and third. The others
well up. A scene of great altercation and confusion
followed, the winner's number having been removed
from the telegraph which indicates the starters, in con- 2;
sequence of an intimation that he was not going to run.
The owner of Vaultress therefore claimed the race, and
tho case stands over for decision by the Stewards. Mr. 1,
Walker, however, declared in the Ring that no person
had any authority from him to 'withdraw the number. 41
The FOREIGN VISITORS' PLATE of 100 soya. (handicap), lj
for all ages. 'Winners extra. New T.Y.C. Three- 71
quarters of a mile.
Mr. R. Walker's The Assayer, 3 yrs, Est 51b.(Palmer) 1
Mr. Megson's Roebuck, 3 yrs, 7st (S. Steggles) 2
Mr. Saxon's Kennyside Hero, 3 yrs, Get 31b (Ashmall) 3
The following also ran :—Sweetheart, Snarry, Blon-
delle, Old Soldier, Memory.
Betting-7 to 4on the Assayer. Old Soldier, with
Roebuck second, the Assayer third, and Kennyside 2 Hero fourth, made the running to the Stand, and then
sounded a retreat. Assayer went on with the lead, and
after a good race in won by a length ; a length and a
half between the second and third.

PROGRAMME OF THE HALIFAX SPRING
MEETING.
MONDAY, JUNE 5.
The HOPEFUL STAKES, a Sweepstakes of 2 lova each,
with 10 BOVS added. The second horse to save his
stake. Three-years-old, 9st 41b ; four years, lOst
2113 ; five years, lOst 101 b ; six and aged, list. 'Mares
and geldings allowed 31bs. Heats about one mile.

Hernandez
Duchess
True Girl

White Nose
Trio
Hamlet

Westwood
Lescombe Lass

The WEST HILL PARK STAKES, a handicap of 3 soya
each, with 15 8093 added. The second horse to save
his stake. Heats about a mile and a half.

Age st lb I Age st lb
True Girl a 10 7 Misfortune
Paddy ............ a 10 0 Nancy Martinson 5 9 5
Duchess ......... a 910 My Mary 9 2
Old Rake 6 9 7 Mixed Up
A Ilunnut RACE for PONIES, not exceeding 14 hands, a
sweepstakes of 2 soya each, with 10 sous added. The
second to save his stake. Mile heats, over six hurdles,
3 feet high, brushed with gorse included. 14 hands,
9st ; 131 hands, Bst 71b ; 13 hands, Bst ; 121 hands,
7st 71b ; 12 hands and under, 7st. To leap the Stand
hurdle before starting.
Little Stephen Little Wonder Kate
Mischief Terror Albafont
TUESDAY, JUNE 6.
The SELLINff STAKES, a sweepstakes of 2 soya each,
with 10 soya added ; three yrs 9st 41b, four lOst 21b,
five lOst 101 b, six and aged list ; the second to save
his stake ; the winner of any race on the first day to
carry Sibs extra. The winner to be sold for 100 sore ;
if entered to be sold for 75 soya allowed 51b, 50 soya
101 b, 40 sous 141 b, 30 sous 201 b, 20 soya 281 b ; mares
and geldings allowed 31b. The winner to be sold by
auction after the race, and the surplus (if any) to go
to next year's fund. Heats about a mile.
Nancy Martinson True Girl Hamlet
Misfortune White Nose Lescombe Lass

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The CLAYTON HUNT HURDLR RACE, open to all, a ban.
dicap of 3 sovs. each, with 20 SOV3. added. The
second to receive 5 SOWS. out of the stakes. Heats
about a mile and a half, over 8 hurdles, 4 feet high,
...
brushed with gorse included, To leap the Stand
Hurdle before starting.
Duchess.,,
a Age et
t o
etlb Age st lb
Old Rake ...... .
9 Hernandez
a 10 0
........ 6 10 i br. g. Trio .........
Nancy Martinson 5 10 0
PONY ItecE 10 ; 6 Little Benjamin 912
.—A Sweepstakes of 2 sovs. each, with 7
,ito.ve, added, for ponies not. exceedinig fourteen' hands high,-14 Lauds; Ost 714 ; 13i hands, 9st 1$ hand',l