The Sun.
London, England, 1867-09-18 00:00:00

RICHMOND RACES.---TUESDAY.

TheEasby Trial Stakes of 5 sovs eacb,with 25 added; two
year olds 6st 31b, three Bst, four 9st, five and upwards.
9st slb ; mares and geldings allowed 31b One mile.
Mr. J. Ridley's br c Scarth Nitch, by Hospitality, dam
by Inheritor, 2 yrs, sst 111 b (car. 6st) (G. Walker) 1
Mr. P. Smith's b f Orange Blossom, 2 yrs, sst Blb (Platt) 2
Mr. Johnstone's b f lona,, 3 yrs, 7st 51b (Dooley) 3

Betting-5 to 4on Scarth Nita', 7to 4 agst lona, and 5
to 1 agst Orango Blossom. Won by three lengths; a bad
third.

A Sapling Stakes of 10 sovs each, h ft, with 50 added, for
two year olds ; colts Bst nib, fillies and geldings Bst 61b.
Grey Stone in.
M. A. do Montgomery's br f La Mousse, by Flying
Dutchman —Amazon, Bst Blb (T. Challouer) 1
Mr. J. Johnstone's eh c Donaldbain, Bst 10Ib...(Osborne) 2
Lord Zetland's br c Gdant des Batailles, Bst 101 b
(Mr. G. S. Thompson) 3
Betting—Even on La Mousse, 6 to 4 agst Geant des
Batailles, and 3to 1 agst Donaldbain. Won by three
lengths; two lengths between second and third.
The Richmond Handicap of 10 sovs each, h ft, and 2 if de-
clared, with 80 added ; the second to receive 10 soya

out of the stakes. About one mile and three quarters.
Major Stapylton's bl h Sundeelah, by Jeremy Diddlor—
Madeline, 6 yrs, 9st (Snowden) 1
Mr. Johnstone's ch f Minster Bell, 3 yrs, 6st 41b (Hudson) 2
Mr. Bowes's b c War, 4 yrs, 7st 51b (11. Challoner) 3
Chronometer, El Cid, and Little Treasure also ran.
Betting-5 to 2 each agst Sundeelah and Little Trea-
sure, 4 to 1 agst Chronometer, and 6 to 1 each agst Minster
Bell and War. Won by a neck.
The Members' Plate of 50 sovs, added to a Handicap of 5

sovs each, 2 ft. One mile.
Mr. B. Chilton's br f Capitols, by Oxford—Sadie, 3 yrs,
Est 51b (G. Walk-r) I
Mr. Watt's gr c Strathconan, 4 yrs, 9st 101b...(Suowden) 2
Mr. IL Wilkinson's b c Bob Chambers, 4 yrs, 7st 10Ib
(Curry) 3
Armlet, Corporal, and' Tutela also ran.
Betting-7 to 4 agst Capitols, sto 2 apt Strathconan,
sto 1 agst Corporal, and 6to 1 agst Bob Chambers. Won
by a length.
Tho Licensed Victuallers' Plato of 25 sovs, added to a
Selling Stakes of 3 sovs each ; two year olds Bst 71b,
three lOst 31b, four lOst 111 b, five and upwards llst 41b.
Grey Stone in.

Mr. J. Osborne's Bishopdale, 2 yrs, Gst 9lb (Walker) 1
Mr. Jaques'a Shibboleth, 2 yrs, tist 91b (tlayhoo) 2
Mr. U. Clarkson's Mountain Maid, 3 yrs, Bst 2lb
(R. Challoner) 3
Mr. T. Dawson's Sister to Mrs. Stowe, 2 yrs, 6st Gib
(Hudson) 4
Betting-5 to 4 agst Mountain Maid, sto 2 agst Bishop-
dale, and 3to 1 ngst Shibboleth. Won by a neck.
The Richmond Cup of 50 soya (Handicap). Grey Stone in.
Mr. Jackson's Repulse, 4 yrs, 7st 81b (R. Challoner) 1
Lord Zetland's Hermosa, 2 vrs, sst 121 h (Roberts) 2
Mr. Eastwood's Hawthorn 'Bloom, 3 yrs, 7st (Noble) 3
The following also ran :—Dear Tom, Palissado, Sujah
Dowlab, Tabouret, Harrogate, Eliza, Bob Chambers.
Betting-6 to 4 agst Repulse, sto 1 agst Bob Chambers,
to 1 agst Dear Tom, Bto 1 agst Eliza, and 10 to 1 agst
any other. Won by two lengths.

THE BOUNDARY COMMISSIONERS AT
MACCLESFIELD.

Yesterday Lieut.-Col. D. C. C. Gordon, of the
Royal Engineers, and Mr. Cumin, barrister-at-law,
attended at the Town Hall, Macclesfield, for the
purpose of inquiring into the boundaries of the
borough. The Town Clerk (Mr. Parrott) produced
a map showing the present boundaries of the muni-
cipal and parliamentary boroughs which are con-
terminous, and stated that the General Purposes
Committee of the Corporation, which comprised the
whole of that body, had passed a resolution recom-
mending that the following townships should be in-
cluded in the borough: —Sutton, Hurdsfield, Upton,
Titherington, Gawsworth, Over Alderley, Rainow,
part of Macclesfield Forest, Henbury, and Riffles.
The only expense these townships would be put to, if
included with the borough of Macclesfield, was the
small sum that would be required for preparing the re-
gister of voters. The population of these outlying dis-
tricts, with the exception of Sutton, Hurdsfield, and
Upton, was principally agricultural. The inhabi-
tants of Sutton, Hurdsfield, and Upton were for
the most part employed in the silk mills of Maccles-
field. The only community of interest which the
persons residing in the outlying districts had with
Macclesfield was being near a good market town for
their produce. Gas was supplied from Macclesfield
to the out-townships of Sutton, Hurdsfield, Tither-
ington, and Upton, but none of the townships pro-
posed to be included were supplied with water by
the Corporation. Titherington possessed one of the
largest mills in England. There was no doubt that
all these outlaying districts would in course of time
be very greatly extended. Mr. Wadle, a county
magistrate, residing at Titherington, said he differed
from the Corporation as to the propriety of including
that township, as there was only a very small piece
of land in Titherington which adjoined the township
of Macclesfield. The people of the districts pro-
posed by the Corporation to be included had not
been consulted en the matter, and had therefore ex-
pressed no opinion either one way or the other. Mr.
William Smith, a member of the Town Council,
gave evidence in favour of including the out-town-
ships adjoining the borough.—Mr. J. Holden, cotton
spinner, Manchester, said his firm had erected a very
large mill, which was partly in Titherington and
partly in Hurdsfield. When the mill was erected
his firm expected it would remain outside the Par-
liamentary borough of Macclesfield, and would not
be liable to taxation. If Titherington were brought
within the proposed boundary there would not be
more than 40 houses which would come within the
meaning of the Reform Act. lie therefore objected
to Titherington being brought within the boundary.
His firm now employed about 400 people, but when
the mill was completed they would employ between
1,300 and 1,400.—The Mayor of Macclesfield (Mr.
G. Wright) gave evidence in favour of the proposed
extension. lie was convinced that if the people of
the districts proposed to be incorporated with Mac-
clesfield knew that there would be no additional
taxation they would gladly consent to be included.—
Alderman Joseph Clarke said Out a considerable
number of people residing in Ilenbury came to
Macclesfield to work at the mills. If the Commis-
sioners declined to act upon the recommendation of
the Corporation, he would suggest a smaller bound-
ary, which might include that part of Sutton which
adjoined Raiuow, and the whole of that portion of
Sutton called Langley and Lane Ends, skirting over
the canal, taking in Woodhouse End, Gawsworth,
and a portion of Henbury. The Commissioners
then invited opinions from working men.—John
Edwards, an operative silk weaver, living in Mac-
clesfield, said he did not know how soon he might
be compelled to live in one of the out-townships,
and it would be hard if on removing thither he

should be disfranchised. There was a community
of interest between the outlying districts of Mac-
clesfield. If Macclesfield prospered those who.
lived in" Sutton, llurdsfield, Titherington, and
other places prospered ; also if Macclesfield suffered
these districts suffered with it. For the most
part the people of the outlying districts did the
same kind of work as the Macclesfield people, and
ought to have the franchise as well as those who
lived within the borough. In Titherington, Sutton,
lltirdsfield, part of Upton, and Itainow there were
many inhabitants who competed with the Maccles-
field operatives for work, and ought to have the
same privileges. if the educational institutions of
Macclesfield prospered it was a great advantage to
the outlying districts, because they sent their chil-
dren to Macclesfield to be educated. Ile suggested a
boundary that would include all those who resided
near the large mill at Titherington, Higher Hurds-
field, part of Rainow, up to what was called Plunge
Brook. Ile would not include the whole of Higher
Sutton. The people of Titherington considered
themselves as almost natives of Macclesfield. They
identified themselves with everything connected
with it, and particularly when there was a nomina-
tion for members of Parliament. The inquiry was
then adjourned until Wednesday week, to afford the
inhabitants of the outlying townships an opportu-
nity to express an opinion upon the points at issue.

THE ABYSSINIAN EXPEDMON.

Mr. H. B. Lynch, in a letter to a contemporary,
says :—I beg leave to send you a route across the
country from Suakin to Berber, which will show
the nature of the country and climate, about 200
miles north of the proposed line of operation of the
Abyssinian Expedition, and probably dispel some
of the gloom with which it is regarded.
We, a party of four Europeans, crossed it in 1833,
after shipwreck in the Red Sea, and, with the ex-
ception of our arms, depended entirely on the re-
sources of the country. The distance from the Red
Sea to the Nile we found nearly 260 miles, about
west by south, and found neither difficulty nor
danger on the road.
I cannot think the difficulty of the roads west of
Massowah (about 200 miles to the south) will be
found so great as your correspondents suppose, and
generally in the East such difficulties disappear as
you approach them.
When at Berber we felt much inclined to go
further south towards Abyssinia, and the inquiries
made led us to believe there would have been no
difficulty in doing so had time allowed us to prolong
our journey; and you may, I think, take it for
granted that, with this line open into Abyssinia, the
Indian authorities would not have chosen a path
anything like that which the imaginations of your
correspondents have drawn from Massowah to
Abyssinia:—
Route from the Port of Suakin, on the Red Sea, to
Berber, on the Nile.—By Lieutenant (now
Captain) Lynch, C.B.
1833, Dec. 12.—Crossed the harbour from the
island, on which the town of Suakin is built, to Deaf.
A few huts on the main land. Heavy rain and cold
weather. Slept for the night at the Turkish guard-
house.

13th, 8 a.m.—Mounted our camels and went over
plains, W.S.W., 13 miles to foot of hills. Slept in
desert. Night cold.
14th.—Went through and over low rough hills,
W.S.W., 10 miles; thence over Jibbool Ghuble,
about W.S.W., 12 miles. Road winding, ascending
about 1,200 to 1,5001 t. A few trees scattered about
the mountain.

15th.—W.S.W. Ten miles through low hills of
dark, reddish stone and over small plains to well ;
thence 20 miles S.W. by W. over small stony plains.
IGth.—S.W. Ten miles over large plains, and
through higher hills. Halted at a few huts belong-
ing to some Bedouins, where we procured and killed
a bullock.

17th.—W.iS. Through high hills into Wady
Ilameed, stony and barren. Mount Iloroor to the
northward ; thence W. by S. 13 miles over plains.
Passed some Jowaree cultivation, and a few Be-
douins.

18 th.—W.IS. Six miles into Wady Hareb. Halted
at some Arab huts, and Jowaree cultivation. Men
dark complexion, woolly hair, with little beard and
no moustache. Then W. by S. 16 miles to Beer-
Sheddee
19th.—Road lay over low, hilly, stony ground.
W. by N. 25 miles to a plain. Met a few Arabs
to-day.
20th.--Road over sandy plain. Mountain of
Moosmar to the southward, with low dark hills to
the northward. Direction of road W. by N. 12
miles, and W. by N. iN. 16 miles. Country getting
more level.
21st.--W.S.W. 16 miles over plain and through
low hills. Thence over plains W. by N. to bushes.
Country level, barren, and stony.
22d.—Through bushes on plains four miles W.
by N. to Beerool Bak (well) ; water good ; filled our
water skins, and went over a sand hill on to a large
plain. W. by N. 21 miles. Jebbool Shacrib to
the north, rising like an island out of the plain on
the horizon. _ _ _

23d.—Over plains 32 miles west. Met a few
Bedouins.

21tb.—West, over plains to the town of Berber,
on the Nile, 8 miles.
Note.—There is no defined road or beaten path,
but the soil is generally firm and fit for the passage
of horses and camels. In the hills the path is
sometimes steep and winding, but could be ren-
dered passable for light field artillery. Water in-
different, and found in wells at intervals of one or
two days' journey along the line of route.

IRELAND.

DUBLIN, Sept. 17.

The great question of reform which is now agita-
ting the Irish mind is the substantial one of butter.
A meeting of the Cork Farmers' Club was held o n
Saturday to consider the report of a committee who
had conferred with the butter merchants on the
subject. While admitting the existence of abuses
the committee attribute to other causes the falling
off in the London markets. They state that, so far
from the demand for Irish butter having decreased
in the English markets, the returns of the Cork
market show that it had largely increased, but the
exports which were formerly consignei to agents in
London are now sent direct to the provinces. Hence
the London agents regard Irish butter with disfa-
vour, because they no longer make a commission
upon it, while, on the other hand, the foreign but-
' ter, not having the quality branded on it and the
selling quotations known, as the Irish has, they are able to
make Ss. or 10s. per cwt. more than by
butter of the same quality. They say thatthe lr
in-
ferior quality of one-half the butter which comes to
the Cork market is owing to the fact that many
farmers have not suitable cowhouses or dairies, and,
as they have no leases or right to compensation for'
outlay, they cannot be expected to build such
houses. The committee therefore recommend that
the attention of landed proprietors be called to the
matter. They condemn the practices of soakine,
firkins, °Niers al ti and overholding, suggest that
the size of the firkins :should 1 e diminished, and
two sets introduced, one to contain not more than
701 b. and the other 351 b., smooth inside and neatly
finished, and that frauds should be severely pun-
ished. In the course of the discussion on the re-
port it was stated that the Macroom Farmers'
Club recommended that uniform casks of 561 b.
and 281 b. be substituted for other large ones
now in use, and that all butter branded
in the Cork market and not sold within a month
be re-inspected. Mr. Maguire, M.P., has ob-
served that the complaints were such as could be
rectified by the farmer. To illustrate the magni-
, tilde, of the trade, he mentioned that one merchant

The sudden death of Mr. Harbison, the Fenian
heal-centre of Belfae, whoie trial was postponed
by the Attorney-G2tieral to the next assizes, :tits re-
lieved the Crown of so-ne perplexity, and afforded
occasion for a remarkable manifestation of sympathy
on the part of his friends. Atte.upts were made to
excite suspicion that he had been ill-treated in gao],
but the coroner's jury were sitistied after a post-
mortem examination that he died of disease of the
heart. His remains were held over for interment on
Sunday last, and upwards of 8,000 people, chiefly
of the lower classes, attended the funeral. There
were 43 cars in the procession, which passed through
the principal streets of the town, taking the "Pound''
in its route, and went off to Ballinderry, a distanco
of 15 miles, where the body was interred. It is
due to the Roman Catholic clergy to state that they
utterly discountenanced the demonstration, and,
failing to receive a promise which they required
that there should be no manifestation of sympathy
with the cause with which the deceased was identi,‘
lied, they all refused to attend the funeral. The
magistrates and police were in attendance lest
any breach of the peace should be committed
during the procession of the cortege through the
town—a precaution which their experience of
the last riots forcibly suggested; but there was no
interference with the display, and all passed off
quietly.