The Sun.
London, England, 1860-08-16 00:00:00

THE POPE AND THE FRENCH PRESS.

The Pope having, in his letter to the Patriarch
of Antioch and the Maronite bishops, announced
that he was prevented from sending more pecuniary
assistance by the circumstance of his being placed
in considera'le embarrassment, the Steele seizes on
the occasion to inquire whose fault it is that his
Holiness finds himself in such a situation :—" It is
certain that if these embarrassments did not exist
the Pope would feel paternal joy in sending larger
sums to the Maronites. But whence come those
embarrassments ? From the fact that the Holy
See defends with puerile obstinacy a temporal
power which is escaping from it, and which it
cannot retain at any price. If, then, instead
of playing at soldiers, as the Roman Govern-
ment does; instead of disbursing so many millions
borrowed from a good people who might have em-
ployed them better; instead of purchasing at great
cost muskets, rifled cannon, gunpowder, and ball—
things which have little connection with Evangeli-
cal prescriptions; if, instead of thus wasting pre-
cious resources, the Holy See would understand
that Providence is evidently bringing back the
Papacy to its primitive starting point—to Evan-
gelical simplicity and humility; if the Papacy were
spontaneously to abandon its temporal authority,
which no human power can longer preserve to it—
it is very evident that the Pope might immediately,
with the sole resources of Peter's pence and the offer-
ings of the faithful, increase ten and a hundredfold
the relief he sends to the Maronites. Charity would
gain thereby, but the Holy See would gain still
more. The Christians of the East must, then, know
that, if the Roman Court does not give them more
efficacious assistance, the reason is that it will not,
inasmuch as it depends on itself alone to set aside
in a single day the embarrassments of which it un-
justly complains. The Papal missive is also re-
marked on by the Charivari, although in a diffe-
rent point of view. It says :—" Given the follow-
ing situation : One of your friends, stricken in
what is most dear to him, having lost by a catas-
trophe one of the members of his family, and you
writing to him a letter of condolence, should .you
think of mixing up your own petty troubles with
the expression of painful sympathy suitable in such
a letter? Certainly not. You would assuredly
never conceive the idea of choosing such an oc-
casion to lament over the difficulty of
collecting your outstanding debts, to bewail
your conjugal squabbles, to speak of the shooting
pains in your corns owing to the rainy weather, or
any other little annoyance peculiar to yourself.
Whence comes it, then, that the Pope, in replying
to the unfortunate Patriarch of Antioch on the sub-
ject of the Syrian massacres, has thought proper to
treat of a host of matters in which that dignitary
can hardly be expected to take much interest at
such a moment ? Why has he blended with bis
consolations a short essay on politics, an epitome of
the Italian question, recriminations against the
House of Lords, and other things equally irrele-
vant ? Alas ! we have no doubt that, if left to his
own impulse, Pius IX. would have felt that charity
and respect for misfortune made it a duty for him
not to let his pen wander into these unseasonable
deviations. But Cardinal Antonelli probably de-
cided otherwise."

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

EGITAM RACES-WEDNESDAY.

The Egham . Stakes of 5 sovs each, with 30 added; op-

tional selling weights. One mile. 4 subs.

Mr. J. Lowe's The Nun, 3 yrs (£80), sst 81b (J. Plumb) 1
Mr. B. Land's Lord Milton, 3 yrs (L 80), sst Illb
(J. Daley) 2
Mr. Saxon's The Quaker, 3 yrs (£150), Est 51b (Verraby) 3
Mr. J. Bird's The Nugget, 3 yrs (£80), Est 21b .. (Mills) 4
Betting-7 to 4 agst Lord Milton, 2to 1 agst The Nun,
5 to I agst any other.

Won by ten lengths ; a good third. The Nugget beaten
off. The winner WAS sold to Mr. Hughes for 150 gs.
The Baron Stakes (handicap) of 5 sovs each, with 50
added ; for two-yr-olds ; winners extra, the second to
save his stake. Straight T.Y.C. 15 subs.
Mr. Fleming's Nemesis, 7st 101 b (car. Bst) (G. Fordham) 1
Mr. G, Payne's Nunnery, 7st 101 b (L. Snowden) 2
Mr. W. Nelson's Selina filly, 7st 41b (Maidment) 3
Ellerton and Clotilda colt also ran.
Betting-7 to 4on Nemesis, 4to 1 agst Nunnery.

Won by six lengths; a bad third.
The Queen's Plate of 100 guineas; three-yr-olds, Bst 21b;
four, 9st 61b ; five, 9st 111 b ; six and aged, 10st. Two

miles and a distance.
Mr. Saxon's Defender, 4 yrs, 9st 51b .... (L. Snowden) 1
Lord Stamford's Newcastle, 4 yrs, 9st 51b .. (A. French) 2
Mr. Rigby's Blue Jacket, 6 yrs, lOst .... (G. Fordham) 3
Merrimac and Sandy M'Pherson also ran.
Amsterdam was struck out at 2 p,m. on Wednesday.
Betting 7 to 4 agst
.Blue Jacket, sto 2 each agst De-
fender and Newcastle.

Defender was in front throughout, and ran home the
winner by 40 lengths.

The Town Plate of 50 soya (handicap). Straight half-mile.
Mr. Peddie's Zitella, 4 yrs, Bst 51b (Plumb) 1
Mr. Hodginan's Inder, aged, Est 121 b (J. Adams) 2
Mr. Flooring's Margery filly, 3 yrs, Est 41b .. (J. Daley) 3
The following also ran :—Von Stroom, Emotion, Tuccio,
Codicil, King of the Forest, Sparta, Diploma filly, Morella.
Lizzie filly, and Parapet.

Betting-3 to 1 agst Inder, sto 1 agst Tuccio and Zitella,
10 to 1 agst King of the Forest, Parapet, Sparta, and the
Margery filly.

Parapet and the Margery filly were Yery fractious at the
post, and ultimately Admiral Rouse went to the post to
take the place of Mr. Starling, who officiated as starter, in
the absence of Mr. E. Hubbard. " The Admiral" succeeded
in effecting an excellent start, the Margery filly making
running, closely followed by Sparta, Zitella, the Diploma
filly, and King of the Forest. At the distance Zitella went
to the front, with Inder at her quarters, and the former ran
home the winner by two lengths; the same between the
second and third ; Sparta was fourth.

The Magna Charta Stakes of 5 soya each, with 30 added,
Optional Selling weights, &c. T.Y.C. 5 subs.
Mr. G. Payne's Tartlet, 2 yrs, (£200), 7st (Drewe) 1
Mr. G. Lambert's Stella, 2 yrs (X 100), Est .. (J Adams) 2
Mr. Matthew's Longhope, 2 yrs (£100), Est 41b
(W. Bottom) 3
Mr. S. Jacob's Russley, 2 yrs (£150), Est lllb

A. wards) 4
Betting.-5 to 4 agst Tartlet, sto 2 (
agstEd an
Stella d
Longhope.
Won by a head ; the same distance between the second
and third ; Russley beaten off.
LATEST BETTING ON THE COURSE.
EBOR HANDICAP.
4to 1 agst Defender (taken and offered)
10 to 1 agst Satellite (offered)
12 to 1 agst Moorhen (taken)
12 to 1 agst Gladiolus (offered)
ST. LEGER.
3to 1 agst Thormanby (offered)
4to 1 agst The Wizard (offered)
12 to 1 agst Sweetsauce (taken)

BETTING AT MANCHESTER, WEDNINDAY.

We had very little betting to-day, and, as is often the
case during such quiet days, there were some curious things
done. For the Ebor Handicap, 9to 1 was taken and
offered against Gladiolus ; and cite gentleman laid 100 to 5
against 'Underhand, but upon the backer expressing a wish
to go on at that figure, he offered 100 to 6, which, as it was
not taken, we quote as his price. Defender met with some
support at 12 to 1, and 100 to 6 was taken and offered
against Horace. For the St. Leger 3to 1 was offered on
the field. Closing prices :

GREAT EBOR HANDICAP.
9to 1 agst Gladiolus (taken and offered)
12 to 1 agst Defender (taken)
12 to 1 agst Cape Flyaway (taken
100 to 6 agst Horace (taken and offered)
100 to 6 agst Underhand (offered)
THE DONCASTER ST. LEGER.
3 to 1 on the field (offered)

EBOR HANDICAP.—YOTJATT Wsr. GRAY requests that
his subscribers will not speculate on the Ebor Handicap
until they receive his next advice. A trial took place yes-
terday at —, and the horse he now recommends beat two
of the best trial horses out this season. He is so confident
of the result that, in the event of the horse he recommends
being beaten, he will return the money paid for advice.
Underhand was selected last year when at 33 to 1. The
acceptance is very small this year, consequently the prices
are less, but independent of this 100 to 6 can be obtained.
Terms for advice to the end of the season, 155.; to the St.
Leger, 78. 6d. ; the York Meeting, 2s. 6d., and per tentage.
Address 15, Charing-cross, Louden.

THE HARVEST IN BRITISH AMERICA.--A number
of showers, succeeded by warm weather, has had the effect
of completely ripening the fall wheat, so that harvesting
had begun in the Upper Canada sections of the country.
The weather had been all that could be desired, and by the
end of the month the great bulk of the crop would be safely
housed. The spring grains were rapidly ripening, and every-
thing promises a full crop of all cereals. The barley crop,
which is unusually large, would turn out well. The quality
of some of the new wheat crop brought to market had never
been surpassed, and the samples of all the grains yet exhi-
bited equal to any ever before shown here. Business had
been very dull throughout the week, and no revival could
be expected until after harvest. There had been only a
limited business in produce, and prices remained much the
same.—Canadian News.

THE POTATO CROP.—The Cork Constitution says
—The fears entertained for the safety of the potato crop are
unfortunately beginning to be generally realised. Through-
out Tipperary and Limerick, and in some districts of th
county Waterford, the crop has been destructively attacked
in several localities, and farmers are digging up the
oing,
imma-
ture roots and using them as food for
so to the risk of leaving them in the ground. The species
damage is that
of potato which has sustained the greatest _
known as the " black bull," which, at season,thi.eaVyarm is
pigs, pref?rrino-
t,
s
almost unfit as an article of human f 9d who
of the p ants, which
were sanguine of their crops a fortnight since.
.aerres now
discouraged by the appearance have
assumed all the traditional characteristicsl of the blight.
The disease or distemper which has I..cen y spread amongst
the pigs is ascribed to the disFased potatoes given to the
at the Baden
animals as food. Good descriptions of potatoes fetch from
sd. to 6d. per stone in our local markets.
GREAT CASE OF TABLEA URNING.—The Prince of
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