The Sun.
London, England, 1851-04-07 00:00:00

THE SUN,

SPORT ING NOTES:
No XXIX.
SCRAPS FROM EPSOM AND NEWMARKET.

"Pregnant with thousands fii s the scrap about."--PorE,

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

SIR —The Bin's vic,ery at Epsom in the race (or the
Metrepolitan Hanebeep bail a most electrical effect upon
tee nerves of the fll:lie; the horse sent to the scene of
actien at thelest moreeet was actually left out of the
t''t tif starters on the cards of the day, and
eons: silently, except while running, and in a
-few other rare instances, not backed for
a siegle farthing; severed of the hook-makers cleared
handsome sitekes very in" from 2001 to 10,0001., but in
ime single iestaree have I heard of any of the pubic,
with the exception of Sir J. Hawley, who only sported
a cool hundred on it, dropping in for a "good thing." I,
having understood that be would not be sent, did not
teee his elaaree into censideretion, but gave the race to
Comas and Suertse, who ran home a bad third arid
fount,. My seine ion for the Two years old Stakes, Flirt
at,d the Old Lid. were first and second; they beat a
large field, but all b hind them belong to the trashy
class. The great City crack, Prince Rupert, that was to
have carried all before him, verified my prophetic words
in Note No. 26, where I remarked, that it was " with
him as with The Grceh at Northampton, HIS DAY has not
arrived. I was on the wrong eceut altogether for the
City and Suburban handicap; old Eithiron, with
Bst 51b on his hack, winning very cleverly from Eva,
same age, 6st 91b, and Pitsford, 4 yrs, Bst 51b—there was
not halt a length between the trio. The performance of;
the last named must be borne in mind; it was first rate
he gave his year to Eltkiron, and hie year and 191bs to
Eva, allowing for her sex. The day's sport altogether
eas excellent, and indicative of what we may expect
throughout the year.
01 Friday list I put forth my view of the New-
market running for the present week, and up to the
present time bud I have but few alterations to make
in the same. To-day's races will have a slight
effect upon future events, as, bar an accident, in
my opinion, it is a certainty for Midas for the
R. M. Stakes, which if it proves so, he will
put in a stronger appearance in the Derby market, and
may find supporters for the Two Thousand Guineae; a-d,
moreover, should Iris win the D. M. Stakes, beatieg
Cuticula, it will make her a great pet for the One Thou-
sand Guineas and Oeks. The running and jumping ca-
pers of the high-spirited Hesse Homburg at Epsom sent
her up some fifty per cent, in my estimation for the New-
Dttrket Ilandiesp; which fact, with the price at which
she was being backed on the Downe, was published in
the Express Edith nof 7/c Sun on Friday evening. In
note No. 28, of that day, I selected Antigone as the re-
presentative of the Goodweod stable; she is, however,
now superseded by Hesse Homburg, who, in my opinion,
will sui,ersede all others in the race; the result, 1 fancy,
will be something alter this style:—
HESSE HOMBURG 1
QUASIMODO or CHAMPION
BUSIIRANGER or WINDISCHGRATZ 3
Bushranger and Windischgratz have been supported
heavily during the last few days, and their prices this
morning are quoted at 6 and 4to 1. It is said I'itsford
will co; if he does, he will run up. Hernandez will win
the Riddlesworth, and find backers for the Derby at 33
to 1, or else will be beaten by Naptbtt, and sent to the
right about. The field for the Column Stakes, it is pre-
sumed, will consist of Lady Sale filly, Payment, Ariosto,
Merry Peal, Blade Sea, or Palmyra filly, Trinket and
Hatherton; the result as follows :
ARIOSTO (Nat) 1
PAY el EN I'
MERRY PEAL (Marson) 3
The field for the Port Stakes is likely to be larger than
I anticipated last week, viz:—Clincher, the Knight of
Avenel, Bee hunter, Officious, and King of Outie.
The latest betting up to twelve o'cleek this day:—
Riddlesworth-2 to 1 on Ilereantlez. Neremerket Han-
dicap-2 to 1 err, Haase Homburg, 9to 2 agst Win-
dischgratz, 6 to 1 agat Bushranger, 8 to 1 eget Cham-
pion. Clown Stiikei—Even on Arioeto. Port Stakes
—Even on The Bee Hunter, 3 to 1 at..,,st the Knight of
Avenel, sto 1 egst Clincher. 2,000 Guineas—New-
Leicester in force at 3to 1. 'Derby and Chester Cup—
no change.

April 7, 1851.

I am, Sir, yours, &e.,
TILL SPIRIT OF THE TURF.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.
TATTERSALL'S—SaTuRDAY.
The settling on the Epson evenzs drew a large muster,
and led to the transaction of a little business on the
undermentioned events:—

NEWMARKET HANDICAP.
9 to 4 agst Mr. G. aor.dekk,'s ilisso Homburg, 3 yrs,
sst 51b—taken
5 to 1 agst Captain Arcbdall's Windi6chgratz, 4 yrs,
7st 131 b—taken to 2001.
6 to 1 ogst Mr. Etwall's Bubhranger, 4 yrs, 7st lib
PORT STAKES.
11 to 10 agst Lord ELfirlu's lieehunter—tuken
3to 1 Eg.st L--rd t-m's Knight of Avenel
TWO THOUSAND GUINEAS STAKES.
6 to 4 apt Mr. Howard's Grecian—taken and after-
wards offercd
3 to 1 agst Mr. A. Nichol's Newminster

LONDON,

4,548,2E6
1,9i6,137
1,518,1'113
167,784
2,089,950
272,000
40,000
21,974
129,614
132,151
141,908

11,080,092

TO THE SECRETARY OF THE RI
REFORM ASSOCIATION

,ADFORD

(EVERY MONDAY AND WEDNESDAY.)

Sir,—On Wednesday the 2nd care the question of
the second reading of the County Franchise Bill. No-
body doubts that the extension of the county franchise is
a good thing, as it is a good thing for a man to open his
doors and go away to his work by six o'clock in the
morning. But if the man have got a hint that an enemy
is waiting to enter and take possession, he will bo a wise
man if he defers the epenieg till nine.
This is precisely the present case. There are clear
indications that the County Franchise Bill is pushed
forward, not with a view to promote the obtaining its
object, but to serve some project of the actors, involving
the weightiest loss and damage to the ultimate pros-
pects of progress in the direction professed, even to the
extent of diving out the Government which has engaged
to move in the direction desired, and bringing in one bit-
terly opposed to it.
For my own share in this business, I Ml back upon
professional prejudices; and if you jent to them, you
onght to have consPerea' it before you elected me. I
won't give up my post. I was sent to Parliament to sup•
port Free Trace 4bd the Extension of the Suffrage. And
though it has been grief and bitterness of heart to me to
see how the first of these causes in particular was aban-
doned to the enemy,—to see how the golden opportunities
for exploding the blunders and fallacies of the Protec-
tionists during three sessions of Parliament have been

:brown away, and now the question is to he broug

ht to

the test of a General Election while one shin liai-been
Casting away its advantages, and the other has been
fighting up its cause from tLy to day with all the vigour
vt hich great talents, great interests, and great influence
can coutmand;—though I have been doomed to see this
without h, ing able to help it, because when one wet of
advocates have been sent to the house of Commons u.•
the declared supporters of a cause, the House will net
tolerate the interference of au interloper in the shape
of a borough representative who makes his appear-
ance in the following Parliament;—though to all
this I may be obliged to submit with such patience
as I may, I will not be cajoled into giving up
my post and entering into a plan for bringing in
a Protectionist Government, by any representations of
the good that is to arise to anybody from fighting the
Corn-law question over again, or the exct.llent men who
are to be brought into notoriety aLd power as the final
result of thus throwing the thing away when we have
got it.
. . _

I am. not inclined to mince the subject. If ever
there was a political party thst deserved to bo beaten,
it is what calls itself the Free-Traders. They have
wooed and courted defeat and the restoration of their
enemies, by acts both of omission and commission. The
latter part begins to explain the former. Without
charging them with anything beyond human infirmity,
they have allowed themselves to be bewildered by the
phantom of some power which they could never wield, and
which no substantial portion of the community would
trust them with for a fortnight; and for the sake of this
phantom, like the unhappy dog in the fable, they heve
been content to give up the meat that was in their
mouths, and try the chances of restoring your bitterest
enemies to power. And all the time they have been thus
engaged, their opponents have been sowing the seeds of
strength, by quietly rallying all whom a sense of indivi-
dual interest could collect to their banner, planting their
dogmas in Parliament with the reputation of being an-
confuted and unanswered, and displaying all the qua-
lities of foresight, perseverance, and discretion, which are
equally at the command of a bad cause and a good. I
say again, if the merits of the combatants on the two
sides were to settle it, you would ail have to turn into
the poor-house, that Lord Stanley and his regiment
might take the bread out of your mouths.
I confess to having been once under the delusion, that
the commercial community of England under its actual
organization was competent to find rulers for
,the State.
Tyre, Carthage, Venice, Genoa, Holland, floated before
my eyes, and made me believe in the possibility of such a
consummation. The single fact that they had not the
genius to maintain their post while they had it, has
plunged me into the lowest depths of that change of mind
which constitutes repentance and conversion.
I have been told I said a strong thing on one part of
the subject. I said I had as lief see London six weeks in
the occupation of a foreign enemy, as the Protectionists
six weeks in power ;—that though the evil might be more
concentrated, it would not be greater in amount. I
used the obsolete but thoroughly English phrase,
on purpose to be able to swear to it; and I am
here to maintain the literal truth of the assertion. That
there would be great suffering, fearful loss of life, before
the one conclmien was arrived at, nobody can deny. But
what would be the suffering, what the loss of life, if yon
and ail who tithed in your position throughout this wide
country, were to be starved down to the measure of Pro-
tectionist permission to exist? Have I not seen the
Siege of Belton? Do I not knew how the weak among
you must die in holes and corners, under lingering
courses of thin porridge in which a little arsenic would
,be a mercy? And have I not the power to calculate
hOw:far the totahof the suffering thus spread like rein-
sikrui butter over the surface of the lend, isolild ex-
ceed the lump, - however disgusting, which could be
tkefeeiarily cencentritted in the limited area in the otter
case supposed? - No; if we- were to have our choice
like David, let us fall into the hands of all and anybody
rather than of such men, as those who cull themselves the
Free-Traders are at this moment eager to bring into
the Government. I am glad to see an evening paper
(Globe) repeating my figure of speech, and a noble Duke
giving it vogue by referring to it at a political dinner.
He does not seem to have quoted from a vexbally correct
report; and if he had, I should have disabled his infer-
ence, by asking what reason there was for concluding
me disposed to do the Lord's work slackly, in either of
the cases which were presented as parallel.
Liberal atter Liberal, men of undoubted attachment
to the cause they profess, rose to implore the mover not
to persist in his motion; and be ended by an indecisive
kind of declaration, that he would not personally de-
mand a division. But the power that is behind, did it
for him, and not more than one or two known Liberals
had the resolution to resist the imposition by voting
against it. The morsel prepared for us is this. A party
blinded by some prospect of power or influence to accrue
to themselves, shape a motion for a purpose laudable
in itself, but under circumstances where it is visibly
intended to do mischief and bring in an enemy.
And then we are to be asked on our allegiance, to
swallow the pill. It is exactly the case formerly pre-
sented. An enemy stands at your door at six in the
morning and says, " Now as you value the reputation
of an industrious hard-working man, go to your work
and let me in." And this is what is to be presented to
us, as often as may suit. Though the presenter should
clothe himself as an angel of light, I will do again as I
did before, and vote against everything that is hostile
to the permanent interest of my constituents.
In the " Votes and Proceedings" of Thursday, is a
curious mistake in the notice of a Petition from Brad-
ford. It is found commemorated under the head of
" Slave Trade," as a Petition for " suppression of the
slave trade in the United States of America ;" the fact
being, that it was a Petition for interference in behalf of
British seamen taken out of their ships in ports of
America, and imprisoned during the stay of their vessels,
on account of their complexion. As mistakes
will happen in the best-regulated families, this
may be set down as a clerical error; and you
will see the matter correctly reported in the ac-
count of ' Petitions in the morning papers, as notably
the Times and Post. On the whole, however, it might
not be amiss, if some who were not engaged in the pre-
sent Petition would petition again, either in the same
terms or with such amplification as should make a re-
petition of the mistake impossible.
On Friday the Chancellor of the Exchequer brought
forward his altered Budget. His progress was a tri-
umph. The Free-Traders, with the exception of their
accredited leaders, gathered round him, and avowed the
from
contest to be, between raising the public supplies
the rich and from the destruction of monopolies, and
raising them from a tax on bread. It was quite sur-
prising to see the number of Members who turned out
in support of the principle of an income-tax; I had no
idea the truth had made such way. The moment is
critical for the working classes, who are in the act of
rising in political power and importance. Either they
will know that it is their battle that is fighting, or they
will not. According to the knowledge they display en
this subject, and the course they take in consequence,
_will depend whether. they shall .gain or not by the pre-
sent tide which is in their favour.

MONDAY