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THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, JUNE 10, 1853:

of 5 per cent. only, and when 60 per cent. was kept on ' •
native cottons that was not done from kindly feelings, or •
from a feeling of liberal reciprocity. The deep interest,
therefore, of the constituents of the hon. gentleman oppo-
site was not to benefit the natives of India, but still further
to throw them out of employment. (Hear.) It had been
stated by Dr. Bowling that the effect of throwing the
trade open, and not allowing India to send her home-made
sugar, would be this—that the plains of the Deccan would
soon be bleached with the bones of the cultivators. What
he had principally to say was this, before the system was
destroyed by which India had derived enormous advan-
tages, and by which England and his constituents had de-
rived enormous advantages, he wished hon. gentlemen
would inform the house what it was proposed to substi-
tute. He should be glad to see the plan If the hon. gentle-
man before the house, and if the plan was better than the
existing system, he would adopt it. (Hear, hear.)
Mr. HUME did not agree with either hon. gentlemen,
but he agreed that before destroying the present system
the house ought to know what was to be substituted. The
question was whether the Government established by the
act of 1836, which invested in the East India Company
the management of India, had been productive of all the
good intended, and had produced results such as India had
a right to expect? He believed that much which had been
stated as to mis-government was true. Much had, no doubt,
been left undone by the Court of Directors but much more
had been done- by them for the benefit of India than many
hon. members seemed disposed to allow. The present at-
tempt to legislate in almost total ignorance of what had
taken place in India for the last twenty years was alto-
gether premature. On the present occasion he should be
disposed to follow the course adopted in 1831, 1832, and
1833, and to inquire into every department of the Indian
Government. Instead of doing so the Government had
brought forward this measure suddenly, as if some great
emergency had rendered it necessary. (Hear, hear.) He
could not believe that the Government had any idea of le-
gislating permanently for India without sufficient inquiry.
•n every former occasion lengthened negociations had
taken place between the Government and the India House,
and had been laid on the table. He should prefer to the
present measure a temporary bill to continue the present
charter till 1854 or 1855, in order that the subject might
be fully inquired into. He had never witnessed such a
precipitancy, not even with regard to the pettiest parish
bill, as had been shown to introduce and pass the pre-
sent measure. A great deal had been said by those who
were opposed to the Court of Directors as to the great
misery of the people of India. His desire was to inquire
into the cause of it—to find out who was at fault, and to
attend to every complaint that might come from India
against the company. In his opinion the committee up-
stairs had not been selected from amongst-those best qua-
lified or most inclined to inquire into the whole ques-
tion. He had proposed to the committee that all petitions
from India should be received, and the parties invited to
prove their allegations. Yet, out of the seventeen members
composing that committee, only one had supported the
motion. (Hear.) He had presented petitions from Madras
and Bombay, praying for inquiry, and was delighted to
hear the hon. member for Rochester admit that the natives
ought to be heard, and that no injury would arise from
postponing legislation. He regretted, on that ground, the
course which the Government proposed to take, but he still
hoped that they would not allow themselves to be led blind-
folded into this hasty, rash, and inconsistent legislation.
The right hon. gentleman the President of the Board of
Control had in his speech praised the Court of Directors,
and had painted every part of the present system couleur
de rose, yet, to his no small astonishment, had concluded
by proposing to destroy the very system which he had so
praised. (Hear, hear.) Some hon. members thought that
India might be ruled like Canada, or the Cape, or any
other of our colonies • but how did it happen that every
one of our colonies ha'd been in a state of rebellion, while
India alone had remained tranquil and contented? (Hear,
hear.), One of the principal reasons why he wished for in-
quiry related to the financial difficulties and the increase
of the debt. If the Court of Directors, in justice to the
proprietors, ought to have protested against the wasteful
expenditure of her Majesty's Government, he had no
hesitation in saying that if the principles upon which we
had attempted to govern Canada and the Cape were applied
to India, our empire there would not be worth ten years'
purchase. (Hear, hear.) It was impossible to over-estimate
the value of India to this country. (Hear.) He wished
for inquiry, to show that the excess of expenditure had
been caused by the Board of Control interfering with the
Court of Directors, who were by law the guardians of the
proprietors. At present the Government was pledged not
only to the redemption of the 12,000,0001. stock, but if he
had read the act rightly, they were also pledged to pay
the dividends till 1874. Parliament had decided that the
East India Company were to be retained, and though the
number of directors might be reduced and their power
lessened, yet they could not be dispensed with. They were
now going to degrade the Court of Directors, and instead
of 24 independent members, to reduce the number to 18,
with six members to be nominated by the Crown, taking
away from them at the same time the patronage they had
hitherto enjoyed, and adding some 2001. to their salaries.
He hoped there was not a director who would not spurn
such an offer. (Hear.) It was an insult, not only to them,
but to the people ofllndia, to suppose that they wished to pay
their servants 5,0001. a year, and their masters only 500/.
(Hear.) The Court of Directors in individual cases might
have been guilty of partiality and favour, but that was not
the general rule. The tenour of those dispatches proved that
their object was the benefit of India. Every question con-
nected with the army—with the revenue—with the adminis-
tration of justice—with the navy—was submitted to ono or
other of their committees, and their army of 300,000 had
been kept in its high state of discipline not so much by the
agents in India, as by the care and circumspection of the
committee at home. (Hear.) They were about to destroy
that system. He would not have destroyed the present con-
stitution of the Court of Directors, but he would have made
it a qualification for the office that each director should be
an independent man, and able to devote his whole timo
to the duties of the office. He would also have extended
the number of electors by giving a vote to every holder of
5031. of stock instead of 1,0001. as at present. Above
all things time was required at present in order that an
inquiry might be made as to the best means of im-
proving the country and elevating the condition of the
people of India. But the Board of Control had stepped in
to check such inquiry, and India had been made a political
foot-ball. He should be able to show that but for the war
India would have had a surplus revenue every year since
1833. The whole difficulties had arisen from the Court of
Directors not having been allowed to exercise that central
which the law intended they should possess, and from their
having been kept in ignorance of the most important facts
until the expenditure had been incurred.. There had
been an expense of no less than 5,000,0001. sterling in-
curred by this country in connection with that war in
Scinde, and ho was of opinion that the extension of our
territory which had been consequent upon the war, so far
from tending to the maintenance of tranquillity in India,
would be the occasion of fresh disturbances and renewed
expenditure. Upon the whole there had been an out-
lay of not less than 26,000,0001. incurred by England for
the purpose of prosecuting hostilities in the east, and
that vast sum had, for the most part, been squandered
without the authority or even tho knowledge of the
Court of Directors. At the present moment another war
was being waged in India, in connection with which he
had no doubt large sums of money would be sacrificed, and
it was against a system of useless expenditure such as that
that he called upon the house most emphatically to protest.
He should now beg leave to call the attention of the house
to a resolution passed by the secret committee of the 7th of
June, 1833. That resolution stated that the committee ad-
hered to the opinion which they had repeatedly expressed,viz.
that some share of publicity, to be exercised as a rule, not as
a privilege, would be necessary, in order to preserve to the
company a due control, and enable them to perform efficiently
their part with respect to the government of India. The
capabilities of that country were very considerable, and
what he asked for its inhabitants, as well as for the people
of this country was, that the power should not exist to
squander its resources, and to render all attempts at effect-
ing improvement absolutely insufficient for any useful pur-
pose. He was the advocate of giving a salary of 5,0001.
a year to the Minister at the head of the Board of Con-
trol, and of making him in the eyes of England and of
tke world responsible for the government of our Eastern
possessions, while he should wish to see the Court of
' Directors acting in the capacity of a council to that Mi-
nister, and exercising a certain control over his proceed.
ings. He was anxious, too, for the existence of publicity
with respect to the transactions of this country in dealing
with the affairs of India, because he believed that by
making these transactions public many evils might be cor-
rected. A witness who had been examined before the com-
mittee that morning had stated that his principal com-
plaint against the government of India was, that trials
often took place in that country, and parties were removed
from the offices which they held, and yet nobody could
ascertain the cause of those proceedings. Ho, therefore, was
the advocate of publicity, where abuses were known to
prevail, and he felt confident that with a free press, which
would be ready to bring its influence to bear upon those
abuses, they could not be of long continuance. He was of
opinion that the measure of the Government ought to be
opposed in every stage, as a proceeding both unstatesman-
like and precipitate ; and that a full opportunity of being
heard should be afforded both to the natives of India and
to the people of this country, before we proceeded to legis-
late upon so important a subject as the future government
of our possessions in the east. (Hear.)
Mr. BLACKETT wished to observe that his hon. friend
the member for Poole (Mr. D. Seymour) having been
obliged to leave the house from indisposition, had requested
him (Mr. Blackett) to state that the words which he (Mr
D. Seymour) had used in reference to certain newspapers
being in the pay of the Government had escaped him in the
heat of debate, and that he wished to recal them.
Leave was then given to bring in the bill.
CUSTOMS ACTS.

would apply with equal force to a proposal for abolishing
the duties on tea, and on various other articles. It would
no doubt be very desirable that they should admit oranges
into this country without the imposition of any duty. But
they should, to use a homely phrase, cut their coat accord-
ing to their cloth. He believed that it was not the opinion
of house generally, that the Government, in framing
their financial scheme, had proposed to reserve too large a
surplus. Ther!luestion of the duty on oranges and lemons
was not an insignificant one—was not an insignificant one
as regarded the amount of the national revenue. The duty
produced at present a sum of more than 80,0001. a year.
The Government proposed to reduce that sum by fully one-
half ; but as they calculated on an increased consumption
under that reduced charge, they could not admit oranges
and lemons duty free without sacrificing a sum of between
50,0001. and 60,h001. a year. He believed that the best
course they could pursue in that case would be to proceed
by degrees, and not precipitately to abolish taxes without
making any provision for supplying the deficiency which
would be created in the public revenue.
Sir C. BURRELL supported the proposal for the aboli-
tion of the duty on lemons and oranges. No comparison
could be fairly instituted between those articles and the
article of tea, for they were perishable commodities, while
tea might be kept for an indefinite period.
Sir W. JOLLIFFE said he thought the duty in that case
ought to be altogether abolished.
The resolution, as proposed by the Government, was then
agreed to.
The resolution for a reduction of the duty upon currants
having been put,
Mr. MOFFATT moved that the duty on currants should
be reduced to the same extent as the duty on raisins.
There was no reason whatever why a distinction should be
made in favour of the latter article. Currants were grown
principally in Greece and in the lonian Islands ; and the
Chancellor of the Exchequer ought not to impose a higher
duty,on an article which was produced in our own posses-
sions than that which he proposed to impose on an article
produced in Spain or Turkey.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said he
agreed in the premises of his hon. friend, but felt com-
pelled to dissent from his conclusion. He readily admitted
that the lonian Islands had a fair claim to the favourable
consideration of that house ; but there were other circum-
stances which they ought specially to bear in mind in
coming to a decision upon these questions. The first thing
they had to consider was, whether the reduction of the im-
port duty would diminish the price of the article to the con-
sumers in this country ; and the next thing they had to
consider was, how the change would affect the public re-
venue. Until they had disposed of this point they had no
right to go into the question of whether the reduction
would or would not be beneficial to the people of this
country. The hon. gentleman said there was a differential
duty in favour of raisins, as against currants. But the
committee would bear in mind that the price of currants
was as nearly as possible double that of raisins.
Mr. MOFFATT—They are generally lower.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER.—When
that was the case then the hon. gentleman might make his
proposition, and he (the Chancellor of the Exchequer)
would be ready to entertain it. At present they had to
deal with a state of things amounting almost to a famine
in currants ; and if the duty was reduced to ss. he did not
think the consumer would derive any benefit, nor would
the revenue gain a farthing. Why ? Because at present
they were at a famine price, and all the currants that
. could be drawn to that country had been drawn from the
lonian Islands. It would be neither more nor less than a
boon to the importers. The duty had been, in 1819,
400,000/. ; in 1850, it was 350,0001., and in 1851, it was
285,0001.; and even at that low amount he could not afford
to give away upwards of 400,0001. of revenue. He should
be quite ready to re-open the question as soon as a different
state of things arose ; and as the hon. gentleman had now
discharged his duty to the lonian Islands, he hoped ho
would withdraw his amendment. _ _ . .

The house went into committee upon the Customs Acts.
The proposed reduction of the duty upon oranges and
lemons having been submitted to the consideration of the
committee,
Sir W. JOLLIFFE begged to explain the reasons why he
had upon a former occasion asked for the postponement of
the debate with reference to the above-mentioned articles.
The Chancellor of the Exchequer might have been of
opinion that by postponing the debate upon the subject, he
would be causing some inconvenience to the progress of
public business, but he (Sir W. Jolliffe) could not hold
himself responsible for being guilty of any dereliction of
duty in entering upon the course which he had taken.
In his opinion they ought to reduce the duty on oranges
and lemons to 6d. instead of Bd., as proposed by the right
hon. gentleman the Chancellor of the Exchequer. It
should be remembered that these were articles which were
largely consumed by all classes in this country, while they
did not enter into competition with any of our native pro-
ductions.
Lord J. RUSSELL said he had not understood his right
hon. friend the Chancellor of the Exchequer to have ac-
cused the honourable baronet (Sir W. Jolliffe) of having
offered any unbecoming opposition to the progress of the
committee on the Custams duties on a former evening.
Mr. WILSON said that the duty which the Government
then proposed to levy on lemons and oranges had been de-
cided upon after a good deal of communication with parties
engaged in the trade. All those parties thought that Bd.
would be a fair sum to charge on the import of those arti-
cles ; and he (Mr. Wilson) believed that that duty would
amount as nearly as possible to one-half only of the sum
formerly levied.
Mr..HUME said he thought that they ought altogether
to repeal the duty on oranges and lemons. Those articles
did not come into competition with any home production,
and the abolition of the import duty upon them would be
beneficial to people of every class. (Hear, hear.)
Sir W. JOLLIFFE said that, as he perceived the right
hon. gentleman the Chancellor of the Exchequer then in
his place, he wished to inform that right hon. gentleman
that he (Sir W. Jolliffe) could not be fairly charged with
the postponement on a former evening of the resolution for
a reduction of the duty on lemons and oranges.

Mr. MOFFATT, after an explanation from the right
hon. gentleman, would not press his amendment.
Mr. HUNTE suggested to make the duty 4d. per cwt.,
in order to facilitate calculations with respect to fractional
parts.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said he
feared that, if he assented to this proposition, he might be
called upon next year to alter it in order to meet the
change to a decimal coinage, in the event of the committee
now sitting on the subject recommending such an altera-
tion.
On the resolution with regard to books being read,
Mr. COWAN recommended the postponement of this
item till the question of foreign paper came on.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER objected,
as he did not think they ought to fix any duty upon books
beyond that which would pay the excise charges.
Mr. COWAN said, there was a printing establishment
now started at Jersey which would be enabled, under this
arrangement, to print books with paper paying no duty,
which would give these parties a decided advantage over
the booksellers and printers of this country.
The resolution was then agreed to.
On the proposition to impose a duty of 6d. per dozen on
stockings,
Mr. HiTME, wished to know why these articles should
still be protected? He objected to retaining these protective
duties.
The CHANCELLOR of theEXCHEQUER said it was
eonsidered necessary to afford some protection tO those
small trades in which so much hand-labour was employed.
Sir J. TROLLOPE congratulated the right hon. gentle-
man on having acknowledged the necessity of a protective
principle. (Hear, hear.)
The resolution was then agreed to.
On the resolution imposing a reduced duty on articles of
cotton or linen fabric,
Mr. CROSSLEY objected to the continuance of these
productive duties, and did not see why they should not
all be removed.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said the
duty on all these articles was being gradually reduced.
He could not remove the whole at once, otherwise he could
not in fairness retain the duty on silk and silk goods. The
house would not probably enable him to go to that extent,
as he should be obliged to make up the deficiency from
other sources.

On the articles of paper, &c.,
Mr. COWAN offered some observations as to tho vexa-
tious nature of the Excise regulations on the home mama-

facture.

On the article of watches,
Mr. SPOONER made a few remarks as to the competi-
tion to which English watchmakers were subjected; and
asked the Government to make an alteration in an act
of George 111., which imposed certain restrictions upon
them.
Mr. CARDWELL said he would consider the subject.
The other articles were agreed to, and the house re-
sumed.

The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said that he
had not meant to advance any charge against the hon. baro-
net upon that point. The hon. member for Montrose
wished that lemons and oranges should be admitted into
this country free of duty. But the reasons which the hon.
milamaa had pat fozward in fan= 0 that suggestion

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE,

ASCOT HEATH RACES.—THIIRSDAY.
THE EMPEROR'S PLATE.
The anticipations of an immense attendance on the
Heath to-day were quite fulfilled, notwithstanding some
threatening indications of the continuance of the rain
which commenced overnight, and falling at intervals in
light showers had the effect of cooling the atmosphere
and laying the dust on the roads, although it produced
no impression on the course, which was still as hard as
granite.
The race for the Emperor's Plate has of late years
been much more attractive than any other event of the
meeting. It acquired an additional attraction this year
from the day being chosen as the only one on which her
Majesty honoured the meeting with her presence.
Thousands, therefore, who had determined on a visit
to Ascot selected this day as being the most important
and fashionable. Accordingly, from an early hour, the
roads from Windsor to Ascot exhibited extraordinary
scenes of gaiety and animation. Public vehicles and
private carriages of every description, following in rapid
succession, formed an unbroken line as they approached
the Heath. So many carriages were never seen on the
ground since railroads were established. The Grand
Stand presented a brilliant array of company, amongst
whom were numbers of elegantly dressed ladies. The
other stands were thronged with spectators, and the
crowd of pedestrians scattered over the heath was im-
mense. The distinguished leaders and patrons of the
turf mustered numerously, but we missed from the aris-
tocratic circle the new Chancellor of the University of
Oxford and the Duke of Richmond, whose presence at
the installation ceremonies prevented their appearance
at Ascot.
As the time (half-past 1) for the first race approached
the roofs and balconies of the stands were densely filled
with eager gazers, by whom the royal cortege was dis-
covered advancing up the New Mile, a very few minutes
after the appointed hour.
Slowly the cavalcade approached, headed by the Earl
of Bessborough, the Master of the Royal Buckhounds ;
Mr. Davis, the Royal Huntsman, with attendant hunts-
men and outriders in the royal livery, immediately pre-
ceded the open landau in which sat her Majesty, accom-
panied by his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales and
her Majesty's illustrious guests, the Duke of Genoa and
the Grand Duchess of Mecklenburgh-Strelitz. The se-
cond carriage contained his Royal Highness Prince Al-
bert, the Princess Royal, the Hereditary Grand Duke
of Mecklenburgh-Strelitz, and the Duchess of Suther-
land. The cortege consisted of seven other carriages,
containing the guests and suite of her Majesty, the
names of whom will be found in the official Court Cir-
cular, in another part of our paper.
As the procession passed up the course the Queen
was received with the respectful and affectionate greet-
ings of her loyal subjects, which she acknowledged with
her wonted condescension. Similar loyal demonstra-
tions were made by the multitude assembled on the course
in front of the royal stand whenever her Majesty ap-
proached the window.
The sky, which had been lowering darkly all the
forenoon, cleared up soon after the arrival of the Queen,
and the day continued uninterruptedly fine to the close.
The Emperor of Russia's Vase, manufactured by
Messrs. Hunt and Roskell, was exhibited after the race
in front of the Stewards' Stand. It is a magnificent and
beautiful piece of workmanship, designed in the renais-
sance style by M. Vechte.
After the race for the New Stakes—at a quarter-past
4—her Majesty and the royal cortege quitted the heath
in the same order, and accompanied by similar loyal de-
monstrations, as on her arrival.
The spert was every way worthy of the royal counte-
nance, and the contest between the Derby hero of 1851
and the St. Leger hero of 1852 for the Emperor's Plate
was truly worthy of so magnificent a prize. Had not
Tcddington swerved at the finish the victory would have
keen more distinctly achieved.
Autocrat's performance for the New Stakes fully jus-
tified the confidence of his party, and had the effect of
raising him, nominally, to the position of first favourite
for the Derby.
The lengthened details given below render further
comments here unnecessary.
SWEEPSTAKES of 50 sovs. each, h ft, for three-yr-old ;
colts, Bst 71b ; fillies, Bst 31b ; those by stallions or out
of mares that never bred a winner allowed 4113 ; if both,
61b. Swinley course. (11 subs.)
Lord Exeter's Cobnut, by Nutwith, Bst 3lb (Norman) 1
Mr. C. Dorrien's The Golden Plover, by the Baron,
Bst llb
Mr. Combe's Alamode, by Alarm, Bst 11b...(Rogers) 3
Betting-7 to 4on Cobnut, 3to 1 agst Alamode, sto
1 agt Stone Plover. Cobnut made all the running, and
won very easily by six lengths. Two lengths between
the second and third.
VISITORS' PLATE (handicap) of 100 sovs., and 25 sovs.
for the second horse, by subscription of 5 sovs. each ;
the surplus, &c., to go to the fund. Once round and a
distance. (25 subs.)
Mr. W. Cooper's Torment, by Alarm, 3 yrs, Est 51b
(J. Streggles) 1
Lord Exeter's Dove, 3 yrs, 7st 111 b (Flatinan) 2
Mr. J. M. Stanley's Corybantes, 3 yrs, 7st 91b
(Charlton) 3
The following also ran :—Pancake, c by Cotherstone
—Lucy Banks, Sandhurst, Lady Speedy, Lady Louisa,
Don Quixote, Angelo.
Betting-3 to 1 agst Dove, 3to 1 agst Pancake, 4to
1 each agst Torment and Corybantes. All got well off
at the first signal. Lady Louisa, next the rails, started
with the lead, but at the Queen's Stand was passed by
Sandhurst and Torment, the former overpowering his
jockey and making strong running—Lady Louisa and
Corybantes lying -well up in their wakes, Dove in the
next division. No, change of moment occurred until
they arrived at the road near the brick-kilns, when
Sandhurst dropped off. Torment then took up the run-
ning, and from that point the race was not a moment in
doubt. Torment inaintained an undisturbed lead the
remainder of the di-stance, and won very easily by four
lengths. Two lengths between second and third ; Angelo
was fourth ; Lady :Louisa fifth.
A PIECE OF PLATE, value 500 sous., the gift of his
Majesty the Empetror of all the Russias, added to a
Sweepstakes of 20 soya. each ; for 3-yr-olds, 9st 101 b ;
four, Bst blb ; five, 9st ; six and aged, Oat 31b ' • mares
and geldings allows d 31b. About two miles and a half.
(22 subs.)
Mr. J. M. Stanloy's Teddington, by Orlando
5 yrs, 9st (J. Marson) 1
Lord Exeter's StocAwell, 4 yrs, Bst 51b (Norman) 2
Capt. Lane's Ninny hammer, 3 yrs, 6st 101 b

(Wells) 3
The following :also ran : Defiance, Lady Evelyn,
Kingston, the Indi an. Warrior.
Betting-5 to 4 :agst Stockwell, 3to 1 agst Kingston,
4 to 1 agst Tedditygton, 8 to 1 agst. Ninnyhammer, 10
to 1 agst Defiance, 50jto 1 agst Lady Evelyn. Weather-
gage was scratched at 1.10 p.m. this day.
After taking their preparatory canter they were
paraded before the Queen, and on returning into the
course they were immediately called to the post by the
starter. At the first signal the exciting contest com-
menced. Indian IVarrior led the way, Kingston taking
second place, Stockwell third, and Teddington fourth,
with Ninnyhammer Lady Evelyn, and Defiance close
together in his wad :e. In Indian file they proceeded at
a strong pace down t Swinley-hill into the bottom where
Stockwell passed :Kingston, and on entering the Old
Mile Course, he • went to the front, Indian Warrior
falling back ; Tedi lington then drew into the third
place, Ninnyhamra er being fourth ; the others beaten off
at long intervals. After rounding the turn into the
straight Teddingto) I gradually neared the front. At the
distance, followed by Ninnyhammer, ho passed King-
ston, and at the ha if distance he reached Stockwell ;
most interesting race with the two ensued. Teddington,
despite a little ewe] wing to the left, achieved the victory
by a head ; the se( :ond beating the third three lengths ;
Kingston was fount ,h, Lady Evelyn fifth, and Defiance
sixth. Indian W: irrior trotted in last. Run in 4
minutes 33 seconds.

NEW STAKES Or 10 sous. each, with 100 added, for
2-yr-olds ; colts Z3k t 71b, and fillies Bst 31b. Winners
extra. T.Y.C. (39 subs.)

Mr. E. R. Cooper's Autocrat, by Bay Middleton, Bst
71b
Mr. Payne's f by Bay Middleton—Lady Strut, Bst
..... _

31b.... (Flatman) 2
Mr. J. M. Stanley's Rosaline, Bst 31b (Marson) 3
The following tile° ran :—Farsa, Sine qua Non, Her-
mitage, Jack Frost, Phcenix, Ptolemy, Diana, Adelaide,
Diable Boiteux.

Betting-6 to -4 on Autocrat, 3 to 1 agst Sine qua
Non, Bto 1 agst Lady Strut filly. Lady Strut filly,
with Autocrat, Ptolemy, and Rosaline lying well up,
made the running- to half-way between the road and the
distance, where A utocrat went up and took possession
of the lead, which he maintained to the end, winning
very easily by a length and a half. Rosaline took third
place at the distance, and finished a length behind the
second. Sine qua, Non was fourth, Phoenix fifth, Jack
Frost sixth, and Ptolemy seventh.

ST. JAMES'S PALACE STAKES of 100 sovs. each, h ft,
for 3-yr-olds ; colts Bst 71b ; fillies Bst 41b. Old Mile.
(12 subs.)
Lord John Scott's The Reiver, by Pantaloon, Bst 71b
(Whitehouse) 1
Lord Exeter's Co,j)nut, Bst 71b (Norman) 2
Mr. Payne's Speed the Plough, Bst 71b (Flatrnan) 3
Mr. J. M. Stanley's Veteran, Bst 71b (Marson) 4
Betting—Even on the Reiver ; 3 to 1 each against
Cobnut and Speed the Plough. After the first 200 yards
Reiver rushed to the front ; but before they had pro-
ceeded a quarter of a mile, he was pulled back, and Cob-
nut went on witk the running. At the stand the latter
was joined by Reiver and Speed the Plough, and a fine
race home with the three ended in favour of The Reiver
by a head. Half a length between the second and third.
Veteran beaten off.

HANDICAP PLATE of 0 sows. for ages. Three•quarters
of a mile.
Lord Exeter's Hazlenut by Nutwith, 3 yrs, fist 41b
(S. Steggles) 1
Mr. J. M. Stanley's Bloomer, 3 yrs, sst (Oliver, jun.) 2
Lord Chesterfield's Humphrey, 6 yrs, 7st 71b (Flatman) 3
The following also ran :—Allington, Benita, Hirusta,
Tested, and Merlin.

Betting-7 to 4 agst Hirsuta, 3to 1 agst Humphrey,
7to 2 agst Bloomer, 4to 1 agst Hazlenut. Bloomer,
followed by Humphrey, and Hirsuta made the running
to the distance, where Hazlenut came out, and the race
finished in his favour by two lengths ; Bloomer beating
Humphrey for second place by a head.
Benita mu to have been ridden by Denby, but *Het
cantering up the course Allington twisted round, ran
against Benita, and knocked Denby off. The poor fel-
low sustained a slight concussion of the brain.

WINDSOR TowN PLATE of 50 sovs. • for 2-yr-olds and.
upwards ; mares allowed 51b ; geldings 31b. The win-