The Sun.
London, England, 1869-10-09 00:00:00

MARKE7 S-2 IDS DAY.

LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET.
Oct. 9.—Sales probably 7,000 bales. The marke
quiet

SPORTING PROPIIECIES.

NEWMARKET SECOND OCTOBER MEETING.
" BELL'S LIFE."

Clearwell Stakes—Chancelier or Prince of Wales.
Home-bred Sweepstakes—(in the absence of Bribery c)
Baron Rothschild's representative or Gertrude. Cesare-
witch Stakes—Cecil or Taraban. Windsor Stakes—
Florian or Pibroch. Beaufort Stakes—Midsummer.
Select Stakes —Bads worth. Bedford Stakes—Scarbro'.
Newmarket Oaks—Martinique. Bretby S takes —S un-
shine. Free Handicap--Typhon. S woopstakes of 300
so vs —Mantilla.

" SPORTING GAZETTE.

Royal S takes —Pero Gomez. Clear well S takes —S tock-
hausen or Atlantis. Home-bred Stakes—Gertrude or Baron
Rothscbild's representative. Cesarowitch Stakes—Cherie
or Cecil ; John Davis for a place. Windsor Stakes—
Gamos. Middle Park Plate—Frivolity, Sunshine or
Alaric. Bedford Stakes—Scarbro'. Solect Stakes—Bads-
worth. Beaufort Stakes—Midsummer. Newmarket Oaks
—Martinique. Bretby Stakes—Sunshine. Free Handi-
cap—Typhon. Sweepstakes of 500 sous—Sagittarius.
S weepstakes of 300 sovs—Mantilla. Prendergast S takes
--Hawthorn. Newmarket Derby—Pero Gomez or Martyr-
dom. Biennial Post Match—Duke of Beaufort.
THE FIELD."

Cesarewitch Stakes—John Davis. Clearwell Stakes—
Atlantis. Royal Stakes—Pero Gomez. Home-bred
Sweepstakes—Gertrude. Middle Park Plate—(in the ab-
sence of Sunshine) Matthew .Dawson's representative.
Windsor Stakes—Games. Beaufort Stakes—Midsummer.
Bedford S takes —Scarbro'. Select S takes —Typhon. Free
HandicapSweepstakes—Grasshopper f or Lady High-
thorn. Newmarket Oaks—Martinique. Bretby Stakes
Sunshine. Free Handicap—Typhon. Sweepstakes of
300 sous —Mantilla. Newmarket Derby—Pero Gomez.
Prendergast Stakes —Atlantis or Alahonia. Biennial Post
Match—Duke of Beaufort.

" THE ERA."

Royal Stakes —Pero Gomez. Home. bred S weepstakes
—Bribery cor Mentmoro Lass c. Clearwell Stakes—
Sunlight or Bribery c. Cesarewitch Stakes —Sylva or
Provider. Beaufort Stakes—Midsummer. Bedford Stakes
—Scarbro'. Select Stakes—Typhon. Windsor Stakes—
Guy Dayrell. Middle Park Plate—Sunshine or Bribery c.
Free Handicap—Typhon. Sweepstakes of 300 sow
Mantilla. Sweepstakes of 500 sov3 M)—Sagittarius.
Bretby Stakes—Sunshine. Newmarket Oaks —Tolson
d'Or or Martinique. Newmarket Derby—Martyrdom.
Prendergast Stakes—Hawthorn. Biennial Post Match—
Duke of Beaufort.

" SPORTING LIFE."
Cosarewitch Stakes—John Davis or Sylva ; Taraban
and Fairwind for a place. Royal Stakes—Pero Gomez.
Clearwell Stakes—Atlantis or Sunlight. Home-bred
Stakes-. Gertrude. Middle Park Plate—Sunshine. Windsor
Stakes —Gamos or Pibroch. Beaufort Stakes—Midsummer.
Bedford Stakes—Wheatear. Select Stakes—Typhon.
" SPORTING TIMES."
Royal Stakes—Pero Gomez or Duke of Beaufort.
Home-bred Stakes—Gertrude or Mentmore Lass c.
Cesarewitch Stakes—Vacuum or Cecil; Taraban and
Fairwind for a place. Clearwell Stakes —(in the absence
of Bay Roland) Chancelier. Beaufort Stakes—Midsum-
mer; Disguise for a place. Bedford Stakes —Wheatear.
Select Stakes—Badsworth. Middle Park Plate —S unshine.
Windsor Stakes—Gamos. Newmarket Oaks—Marti-
nique; Tolson d'Or or Curieuse. Bretby Stakes—Sun-
shine. Sweepstakes of 500 sovs—Sagittarius. Sweep-
stakes of 300 sovs— Mantilla. Newmarket Derby—
Boulogne. Prendergast Stakes—Atlantis or Mahonia.

"THE SPORTSMAN."
Oesarewitch Stakes—Sylva or Lopez. Middle Park
Plate—Sunshine.

" SUNDAY TIMES."
Cesarewitch Stakes—Sylva, 1; Cherie, 2 ; Birthday, 3.
Royal Stakes—Pero Gomez. Clearwell Stakes—Sun-
light. Home-bred Stakes—Gertrude or Moonstone.
Windsor Stakes—Stephanotis. Middle Park Stakes—
Sunshine. Beaufort Stakes—Midsummer. Bedford
Stakes—Wheatear. Select Stakes—Typhon or Bads-
worth. Newmarket Oaks—Martinique. Sweepstakes of
500 sot's—Prince Imperial. Free Handicap—Cardinal
York. Sweepstakes of 300 soya—Mantilla. Newmarket
Derby—Martyrdom or Pero Qtomez. Prendergast Stakes
—Mahonia or Cradle.

THE LEIGH HUNT MEMORIAL.—A meeting of the
committee of this fund was held last evening at 25, Nor-
folk-street, Strand, W.C. Mr. Charles L. Gruneisen,
F.R.G.S., presided, and there were present Messrs.
William Barry, J. W. Dalby, J. Durham, A.R.A., Charles
Kent, S. R. Townshend Mayer, F.R.S.L., and Edmund
Oilier. Mr. Walter Leigh Hunt represented the family.
Letters of apology for non-attendance were received from
Mr. S. C. Hall, F.S.A., and Mr. Bryan Waller Procter
(Barry Cornwall). A letter was read from Lord Houghton,
consenting to uncover the memorial at Mensal-green on
the 19th inst. It was resolved that the ceremony should
take place at one o'clock, and that the rendezvous should
be at the cemetery chapel at 12.30. It was also decided
that tickets of admission should be issued gratuitously
next Thursday. With a vote of thanks to the chair the
meeting separated.

THE STATUE OF LAMARTINE.—The sculptor,
Adam Solomon, has completed his model of the statue of
Lamartine, which is to be erected in the Place de l'ilotel
de Ville in Paris, and it is very highly spoken of by those
who have seen it. The figure of the poet is draped in a
mantle and scarf, so as to correct the sharp lines of our
modern costume. At the four corners of the pedestal
there will be four figures, representing Poetry, History,
Eloquence, and Commerce.

One of the most noticeable points in American
papers is the amount of dry humour they contain. Often
in discussing the most serious questions the writer is
tempted to joke, and we have actually seen religious papers
in discussing religion give way to the impulse. How is
it, then, the English ask, that there are no comic papers
published in the country ? If there aro not, there are
doubtless some that approach uncommonly near to them ;
but the fact is, there is a comic vein in nearly all, marked
in the New Fort• Sun, the drollery of which is occasionally
irresistible. and the wit sometimes sparkling. No number
of the Tribune can be taken up without seeing something
quaint and amusing in the little leaders which usher in its
more elaborately argued out papers. For instance, this is
the way it opens a subject in its issue of Sept. 22 :—" A
dry old hmnourist once gave notice that he would give his
farm to any perfectly contented person who should apply
for it. Several called on him, one after the other, and
made the requisite profession, but wore brought up all
standing by his instant inquiry—' Well, if you are per-
fectly contented, what do you want of my farm?'"