The Sun.
London, England, 1860-01-12 00:00:00

MEDICAL FRIEND AND MARRIAGE GUIDE

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SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

READING STEEPLECHASES.-WEDNESDAT.

The Erleigh Stakes (Handicap) of 5 sou. each, with 30

added. 3 miles.

Mr. E. Catton'a Brunette, by Rochester, 12st 71b
(Kendall) 1
Mr. 11. E. Johnstone's Border Chief, 9st 101 b
(Headland) 2
Mr. Adams's Fanny, 10st ....
The following also ran :—Lottery, Heads or Tails, and
Broadway Swell.

Betting-2 to 1 agst Fanny, sto 2 agst Brunette, 3to 1
agst Border Chief, 4 to 1 agst Broadway Swell and Heads
or Tails. Thebetting was very unsettled. At first 6to 4
was taken about Brunette; in running 10 to 1 was laid
against her.

The three placed charged the last hurdles abreast, Border
Chief being first over. The mare, however, collared him
on landing, and the two ran a very pretty race home,
Brunette winning by half a neck ; the second beating the
third by three lengths. Brunette fell at the water jump,
going out, but although she was quickly recovered, she was
left some distance in the rear. Kendall lost his whip.
Heads or Tails came down at the first fence ; he was soon
remounted, but was left hopelessly behind. Lottery over-
jumped himself at the fence beyond the brickfield the
second time round, and got loose.

The Selling Steeplechase, of 5 sous each, with 25 added;

optional selling weights. Two miles.

Mr. Willoughby's Profile, by Portrait, 6 yrs (£2O)
lOst lllb (English) 1
Mr. B. Land, jun's. Sportsman, aged (£2O), lOst lllb

(J. Land) 2
Mr. Peck's Tumbler, aged (V2O), lOst 111 b (Nightingall) 0
Betting-2 to lon Sportsman, who made all the run-
ning until reaching the last fence, when Profile challenged
him, and at last won by three lengths.
Sportsman broke his fetlock joint within a few strides of
the chair, and was ordered to be destroyed. Tumbler was
early out of the race, and was not persevered with after
going half the distanse.

The winner was sold for 47 guineas to Mr. Morris.
The Bulmash() Plate of ZO. Two miles and a half.
Mr. J..L. Manby's Kibworth Lass, 12st (Enoch) 1
Mr. S. Jacobs' Glautias, Ilst (IL M'Lean) 2
Mr. E. P. Longby's Magenta, lOst lllb ....(Burrowes) 3
The following also ran :—Rosa, Tho Curate, Venison,
Unprotected Female, and Peru.
Betting-3 to 1 each agst Glautias and Kibworth Lass,
4 to 1 agst The Curate.

liibworth Lass made all the running and won by six
lengths ; Unprotected Female went on the wrong side of a
post on passing the stand the second time, and lost much
ground. Peru and and The Curate fell.
The Berkshire Hunt Stakes of 3 sovs each, with 20 added.
Optional Selling weights. Tlueo miles.
Mr. Tompkins's (5.8. H.) ,Jessie (late West-End, by
The Hero (£25), list 71b (inc. 71b ex.).. (Nightingale) 1
Mr. Eden's (0.B.II.) Cinderella (X 150), 12st 71b (Owner) 2
Mr. Wiggin's (5.0.11.) Dame Alice (zoo), list 71b
(Owner) 3
The following also ran :—Homicide, The Whistler, and
Sweetheart.

Botting-2 to 1 agst Jessie, 5 to 2 agst Whistler, 4 to 1
agst Cinderella, 5 to 1 agst any other.:
Won by six lengths; a wide interval separating the se-
cond from the third. Whistler was pulled up after making
the first circuit of the course.

A very pleasant day's sport. An admirable stand was
erected, the enclosure was plentifully covered with straw,
and the business arrangements were carried out with order
and regularity.

GREAT FALL OF CLIFF AT RAMSGATE.—From
the East and West Cliffs some thousands of tons have fallen
in consequence of the breaking up of the late severe frosts.
On Sunday a very heavy fall happened from the East Cliff,
near the Refectory Tavern, blocking up the road running
between Messrs. Strong and Barnes's shipwright-yard and
the cliff, sweeping before it the yard fence, the trunk used
to steam plank in, as well as the copper and furnace, at
the same time burying a quantity of ship timber that was
placed under the cliff. Fortunately there was no one pass-
ing at the time of the fall. From appearances there is a
great deal more to fall, there being cracks on the top of the
cliff four feet from the edge.—Kent Herald.
[ADVERTISEMENT.]—HoIIoway's Ointment and Pills.—
Rheumatism, Gout, Neuralgia.—The damp weather com-
monly prevailing at this season renders the above diseases
almost epidemic. In some shape or other all, exeept the
most robust, are tortured by them. Let all such sufferers
turn with confidence to Holloway's Ointment and Pills,
which for a quarter of a century have been lauded above all
other drugs for their soothing and curative powers in these
complaints. The affected parts, first fomented in warm
water, should be rubbed with the Ointment twice a day
as briskly as is bearable. The Pills should be taken at the
name time to obtain the full beneficial effect, so that while
the Ointment soothes locally, the pills purify, stimulate,
and strengthen generally.

Majority for Sir F. Cloasmid .... 110
His Worship then declared Sir' Francis Goldsmid
to have been duly elected as member for Reading.
The cheering that ensued was enthusiastic and
lasted several minutes.
Sir FRANCIS GOLDSMID then rose, and was
greeted wiith loud cheers. He said he most heartily
thanked the electors for the position in which they
had placed him. Considering the various difficul-
ties against which they had to contend—consider-
ing the powerful*xertions that were made against
the Liberal party—considering, especially, the
exertions that were made to persuade a portion of
the Liberal electors of the bOkough that it was
their religious duty to desert their political prin-
ciples—(lTear, hear)—he thought that they might
well be satisfied wish the success which they had
achieved—(loud cheers)—not, indeed, by quite so
great a majority as he had expected—(hear, hear)
—but still by a majority substantial and cor lider-
able. (Cheers.) He desired not, after the close of
the contest, to refer by one word more than was
necessary to anything that was calculated to revive
the unpleasant feelings which would arise in the
course of discussions incident to such a contest. He
would. therefore refer to a statement made at the
nomination, nOt to renew any complaint with re-
spect to that statement against his late hon. oppo-
nent, Mr. Benson, but for the purpose of saying
that when the names of the parties were ?iron, in
accordance with the undertaking entered into, and
certain further particulars were given, it appeared
that the narrative or anecdote, which was taken
down in writing in the presence of four witnesses,
referred to two Tory voters—(laughter and cheers)
—one of whom appeared to have amused himself
with telling the other that he could obtain money
from some one of Sir Francis Golasmid's party to
induce him not to vote. (Hear, laughter, and
cheers.) The alleged briber was a person who, at
the election in April last, was active for the Con-
servative party—(hear)—he was a person in whose
Toryism they had so much confidence that they
placed him on the register at the last registration
against the opposition of the Liberal party. (Hear,
hear.) He was a person in whose Toryism the
Liberals had so much confidence that among the
1,400 electors of this borough he was one of the very
few with respect to whom they considered it so
certain they would vote for Mr. Benson, that they
did not think it worth while to ask him for his vote.
(Cheers) Neither he (Sir F. Goldsmid) nor his
agent, nor, he was assured, any of those of his
friends who canvassed for him, applied to that else=
tor on any subject with regard to this election.
(" Hear, hear," and "He was canvassed by your
party three times.") Neither directly or indirectly
was that person applied to on behalf of the Liberal
party. (Cheers, and "Name, name," from the Con-
servatives.) He had been asked for the name, and
he would tell them that the person alleged to have
attempted to bribe was Collinson, (Hear, hear.)
He would repeat that neither himself nor his agent,
nor anyone connected with his party, applied to him
on any subject in reference to the present election.
(Cheers.) That being the case, the Liberals were in
no way responsible for anything which that gentle-
man did. (Cheers.) In pursuance of the opinion
which they entertained, the person who was stated
to haVe made the offer to procure a bribe voted yes-
terday, as the Liberal party expected, in favour of
Mr. Benson, the Conservative candidate. (Cheers.)
Ho felt it necessary to make this statement, in order
that it might be seen that the Liberals were iin•
tirely unconcerned in the question whether this in-
teresting conversation, which it appears was taken
down in writing in the presence of witnesses and
duly, attested, be true or untrue—whether the con-
versation actually took place as BO forth in that
statement, or whether it be anion the number of
that class of works which some i genious writers
have amused themselves in compos ' F,
if
and publish-
ing—the imaginary conversations illustrious per-
sonages. (Cheers.) Ho would no roceedto some
more congenial topics. He begge to assure those
electors who had honoured him wi h their support.
thaiphe would do whatever in him ay to advance in
Parliament those principles on wh ch he had been
returned, and would attend to the duties of their
member with assiduity and diligence. Ho begged
also to state to all the electors, whether they sup-
ported him or not, that though he could not, of
course, 1 dvance the political principles of those op-
posed
to him, yet ix all matters of local interest he
w

:shed them to know that he was the representative
of all, and that he should be ready to receive, whether
from opponents or supporters, any suggestion that
could advance the local interests pf the town. (Loud
cheers.) He hoped that he might be permitted to al-
lude to himself personally, and to say that having
been for 25 years of his life engaged in the struggle
to procure a modification of that oath which alone
prevented the admission of Jews into Parliament,
he had during that period also looked forward to a
seat in the House of Commons as the great ambition
to which he would aspire ; and that being the case,
he had of course felt the greatest desire when, in
the year 1858, that struggle which lasted a quarter
of a century terminated by the House of Lords so
far giving way as to consent to a modification of
the oath—when, he must say, that was done, he
naturally felt the greatest desire that he might at
length attain the object of his ambition to which
his wishes were directed, and he only hoped that
his conduct in the House of Commons, when consi-
dered hereafter, might be found to have justified
the desire for his being placed there. (Cheers.) He
might be excused for saying that the 11th of Janu-
ary was a most fortunate day for him. After hav-
ing been called to the bar, the first of his religious
community, now about 27 years since, two years
ago, on the llth of January, 1858, he was the first
of that community to take his place in the courts as
one of her Majesty's counsel, and on the second an-
niversary of that same day he had the still greater
satisfaction of hearing the mayor of their borough
declare that he (Sir F. Goldsmid) had bun elected
by this constituency as their member in the Com-
mons' House of Parliament. (Cheers) He would
not detain them further than to repeat that he would
do his utmost to represent them faithfully, that they
might never regret the choice they had made; and
he would venture to say, in conclusion, that he did
not entirely dismiss from his mind the hope that,
when they should meet again for a similar purpose
to that forwhich they were called together onMonday,
there might pass through the minds even of some
of those who had on this occasion most strenuously
and even violently opposed him—(cries of ‘‘ No,
no !" and " Yes !")—a doubt whether it could be a
thing so dangerous to return to the House of Com-
mons a man, though a Jew, who had assiduously,
intelligently, and honestly endeavoured to discharge
his duties. (Loud cheers.)
Mr. BENSON, on rising, was enthusiastically
cheered by the Conservatives. He said he was
placed in a more difficult position, as regarded the
power of addressing them, than his hon. opponent
in the late contest, who was now the object of his
envy. (Laughter.) Mach had been said, in a sneer-
ing way perhaps, of the economy with which it
was supposed that the election had been conducted
on the Conservative side. (Laughter.) A suspicion
that the economy would operate against the Con-
servative interest seemed to have penetrated Print-
ing-house-square, for the Times of that day had
done Reading the honour to devote as article of
nearly a column in length to the election, and it
stated that as a principal reason for the Conserva-
tives losing the contest was that they came late into
the field, and upon special principles of purity.
(Loud and prolonged laughter.) Gentlemen seemed
to think that so ludicrous a thing in Reading.
(Laughter anl cheers.)
Mr. RoaEns said, it is a ludicrous thing on the
Tory side. (Laughter and disorder.)
Mr. BENSON said, the Times went on to remark
that " vacillation, delay, and economy are put into
the balance against promptitude, organisation, and
a liberality not limited, in the public imagination,
to opinions alone." (Cheers.) Now, Sir Francis
Goldsmid would permit him to tell him, as he had
thought it within the precincts of his duty to refer
to the quest ion of the financial conduct of the elec-
tion. (Cries of " No, no," and " Yes, yes.") He
was going to say nothing offensive to Sir Francis
Goldsmid. (Uproar.) He was going to say that
the opinion expressed—not in the terse, vigorous,
and elegant language of the Times—that he
(Mr. Benson) had charged Sir Francis Gold-
amid with bribery was not correct. He
never personally accused Sir Francis of cor-
ruption, nor suspected him of it. (Oh, oh.) A hand-
bill had been circulated pretending to give the facts
of the case of bribery, but it contained, and he was
sorry to say it, a deliberate falsehood. (Confusion.)
Whoever put out the bill thought fit to assert that
he (Mr. Benson), at the nomination, charged Sir
Francis Goldsmid's clmmittee with bribery. ThAt

Bert their right to have their party represented.
(Cheers.) And now, with the best wishes for Sir
F. Goldsmid, that he might live long t 6 enjoy the
honour which the borough had put on him, he bade
Sir Franci 3 farewell, and that he would go away
with as little feeling of rancour towards those who
opposed him in this contest as he (Mr. Benson)
should. (Loud cheers.)
On the mition of Sir F. GOLDSMID, seconded by
Mr. BENSON, a vote of thanks to the Mayor for hi►►
impartial conduct was carried by acclamation.
The MAYmt acknowledged the honour which the
meeting had done him.
Three cheers were given for Sir F. Goldsmid,
and the crowd dispersed.