The Sun.
London, England, 1870-11-14 00:00:00

SPORTING NOTES.

The Shrewsbury Autumn Meeting, one of the most im-
portant of the season, will commence to-day (Monday)
and end on Friday next. There has been published a
highly attractive list. The completed items in to-day's
card are the Carnival Nursery, the Cleveland Handicap,
Wynnstay Welter Cup, and the Autumn Steeple-
chase. In the Carnival Nursery (one mile) fifteen
two-year-olds have accepted, and the weights
range from Sauntress, Bst 121 b, to Headingley, 6st 71b.
the winner will probably turn up in Inquisition or the
Claymore's dam filly. There are sixty-six nominations
for the Cleveland Handicap (above five furlongs),
Oxonion and Knutsford are the best pair to trust. A
capital entry has been secured for the Wynnstay Welter
Cup (six furlongs), thirty-six horses having been handi-
capped therein; Historian and Tim Weaver may attract
the notice of the judge. Seventeen horses have
accepted for the Autumn Steeplechase (three miles and
a half), but Holman's pair—David Coppezfield and Brick
—have only Punishment to fear. On Tuesday, six out of
the nine races in the list have closed with lengthy eutriss.
The Shobdon Cup (about five furlongs) has attracted a
brilliant array of names, we most esteem the chances of
Cymbal and Oxonian, between whom it must be a close
race, judging by their Liverpool positions. For the Tan-
kerville Nursury (five furlongs) seventy one horses have
been handicapped. Gascoigne and Conspirator ar.: parti-
cularly well treated, and the better of the pair
may win, if it can beat Pitteri. The Battlefield Handicap
(six furlongs) may be taken by King of Clubs or
Badsworth ; the Two-year-old Plate (four furlongs) by
Bide-a-Wee or Ainsty ; the Foregate Stakes (four fur-
longs) by Australia ; and the Salopian Hurdle Race (two
miles and a quarter) to which there are thirty-seven
entries, by Ampleforth or Marshal Ney. On Wednesday,
in the Shrewsbury Cup (one mile and three-quarters)
thirty-one horses have accepted, and Sornette, Bst. 121 b.,
figures at the head 'of the list. Neither Free Trade nor
Lord Hawthorn have, however, run this week at Liver-
pool, and, therefore, in the better of this pair the winner
is likely to be found. In the Monkmoor Handicap (four
furlongs) Mayoress and Our Tom have not been over-
weighted ; neither have Mahomet nor Ileadingley in the
Coldecot Nursery (four furlongs).—Field.
The Sporting Gazette says that all Mr. Morris's horses,
together with a great many others trained at Danebury,
will be sold, without reserve, at Tattersall's, on the 28th
inst.—Captain Mitchell bought Magnum Bonum before
the Sefton Steeplechase on Wednesday, and the following
day purchased Keystone, the winner of that race. The
latter's price is said to be 500 guineas.—There is no foun-
dation whatever for the statements that have appeared
relative to Mr. Chaplin's resignation of the matership of
the Burton country.—A pack of hounds is in course of
forniation for Derbyshire. The subscription list is headed
by the Duke of Devonshire with 225.

NAVAL AND MILITARY INTELLIGENCE
The Untied Service Gazette says : —" It is rumoured in
professional circles that- great pressure is being put upon
the First Lord of the Admiralty to suppress certain por-
tions of the " Minute" he has prepared relative to the loss
of the Captain, and we have some reason for believing
that such is really the case, and that great differences
of opinion of a serious nature exist on the subject
between the first Lord and the Controller of the
Navy. The Navy—in fact the whole country—are
waiting for a full and truthful account of this lamentable
loss; and the blame—for blame there is— must be brought
home to the guilty parties, be they who they may, and we
have little fear but that Mr. Childers will be true to his
trust.—Their Lordships have sanctioned the payment of
the balance of the contract money for the building of her
Majesty's late ship Captain to the contractors, the Messrs.
Laird brothers, of Birkenhead.—lt is understood that
the system of attaching the depots of regiments abroad to
regiments at home is not giving satisfaction. It has,
therefore, been under consideration to revive the lately
disbanded depot battalions ; but this as well as many
other important subjects, awaits Mr. Cardwell's decision.
The Army and Navy Gazette says -Lieutenant-General
the Hon. James Lindsay, who has just returned to Eng-
land from special duty in Canada, does not return to the
War Office. The Rev. R. L. M`Ghee, M.A., who has
been for some years senior chaplain at Dublin,
is to be removed to Canterbury, and will be
replaced in Dublin by the Rev. J. Y. Barton.
A rumour has been current of late that Captain Sherard
Osborn, R.N., C. 8., is about to retire from active service.
We have reason to believe that the gallant officer has, of
himself, taken no steps in the matter, although when the
time arrives for him to be entitled to retire, under Mr.
Childer's new scheme, he will probably bow to his fate,
but not until then.
The Broad Arrow says :—The Right Hon. Lord Napier
of Magdala has signified his intention of giving a " Com-
mander-in-Chief's Prize," consisting of a cup, value 2100,
to be competed for by the British troops stationed in the
Bengal Presidency who are qualified by musketry in-
struction.—The Irish Militia will not be called out for
training during the ensuing year.—The Calcutta Volunteer
Corps already numbers close on 500 men, and it is consi-
dered certain that by the time the cold weather sets in
Colonel Walton will !find himself at the head of a regiment
600 strong.—The armour-plated ship Defence is ordered
to remain on the coasts between Civita Vecchia and
Naples.

Prince Christian dined with the benchers of the
Inner Temple on Thursday evening.
Baron Channell is to open the suit of the petition
against Mr. Douglas Straight, at Shrewsbury, on the sth'
of December, and Mr. Justice Keating that against Mr.
Gwynne Holford after Christmas.
At Sandringham it is believed that her Majesty
will pay a visit to the Prince and Princess of Wales at
their Norfolk residence this autumn. The Queen has not
yet- visited Sandringham.
Sir Henry Barkly, Governor of the Cape of Good
Hope, has been appointed her Majesty's High Commis-
sioner for adjusting the affairs of the territories adjacent
to the eastern frontier of the colony.
The vicarage of St. Michael's, Coventry, which
becomes vacant by the acceptance of the Madagascar
bishopric by Mr. Baynes, is worth £4OO a year. It is in
the gift of Mr. Gladstone, on the part of the Crown.
A concert is to be given at St. James's Hall on the
24th instant, under royal and distinguished patronage, for
the benefit of female refugees of France, irrespective of
nationality.
ST. PETER'S COLLEGE, RADLEY—The Warden-
ship of St. Peter's College, Radley, has been filled by the
selection of the Rev. Charles Martin, M.A., an assistant-
master at Harrow, and one of the select preachers before
the University of Oxford. Mr. Martin was educated at
Winchester, from which school he gained a scholarship at
New College, Oxford. He obtained a second class in
Moderations and the Stanhope Essay Prize, and a first
class in the Final Classical School in 1863. In 1864 he
was elected a Senior Student of Christ Church, and was
appointed a tutor. He quitted his tutorship in 1869 on
his marriage with a daughter of the present Bishop of
Salisbury.
SNIDERS FOR MADRAS.—The Bangalore Herald
announces that " seventy-six cases of Snider rifles (1520)
have been sent out from England, for the use of the
Madras army, per Mooltan, and were, at the time
of the departure of the mail, waiting clearance in the
Madras Custom-house. We believe the 60th Rifles
at Bellary will get them, also the 2nd battalion 10th
and 2nd battalion 24th at Secunderabad, as well as the
2nd battalion 21st and 76th in Burmah. The Ist batta-
lion 21st and 45th Regiments are the only regiments in
this Presidency who are armed with the Snider. As Snider
ammunition costs seven rupees per hundred, whilst the
Enfield with caps costs about two rupees, the difference
to the Madras Government will be something very con
siderable on the wrong side of the ledger. What will
Lord Mayo now think of his retrenchment policy ? In
one item alone the bill has already trebled itself."