The Sun.
London, England, 1867-07-22 00:00:00

SPORTING NOTES.

'Hayling Island, situate some six or seven miles from
Havant, may bo destined to become some day, what it cer-
tainly is not now, a fashionable watering place, and cele-
brated for its race meetings. The inaugural one, held on
Tuesday and Wednesday last, was a lamentable failure,
but the weather on the first day was wretched to a degree;
and to those persons who were on the outside of the
different vehicles, whieh9owing to the railway from Ha-
vant not being open, took them to and from The Island,
a gale of wind, combined with drenching rain, which were
both in full force each way, must have made the
journey confoundedly disagreeable. There does not
appear at present to be anything particularly attrac-
tive about the spot, but Rome was not built in a
day, and at least it can boast of a well-built sub-
stantial hotel; besides, I hear that two or three enterpris-
ing speculators, who take an interest in the place, aro
likely by next season to ornament it with villas
and marine residences, where all before was barren
waste. As regards tho sport it was of a second-
rate character, but Mr. Vorrall will perhaps see
the policy of making an addition to the value of the prin-
cipal stakes, if he wishes to attract a better lot of horses
than the leather-flappers which usually figure at these
places. Tho course, too, owing to the excessive rain, was
in a miserable condition, being in some parts up to the
horses' knees in a sea of mud; but the clerk of the course
has too much enterprise to allow these drawbacks to in-
terfere with the prospects of the meeting on another occa-
sion,
With more favourable weather, as well as railway and
other accommodation, which will doubtless bo provided by
next season, Hayling Island is short of none of the ele-
ments of sucoess to make it ono of the most pleasant ga-
therings throughout the yeas.
Nottingham, like many other old-established meetings,
is gradually falling off, and whether it is that now blood
is required, or that owners of raco-horses absent them-
selves and their cattle from a disposition to go in search
of "fresh fields and pastures now," I am at a losstono
w.
Stamford, which wound up the week's racing on Thurs-
dayak‘ groat
and Friday with two capital days' sport,
meeting for the gentlemen, who must have vwonacisooadvhoaotdfur of money ; indeed, such another reverse a
the week after next would mako a seri
present
oad in the
exchequer balance of the bookmakers up
lost his spring
period. Knfght of the Garter has o,vni °astoiatrho
ter for the Stamford
form, as Friponnier beat him inh
a cßurghlev Handicap in
St. Leg Bradatnanto
won
"11'101 inak;S DE.LCIMER'S
the commonest of canters, wd
)od Stakes if she has
chance second to nono for Goo w:
of this
alongside the winner
any pretensions togallop
ili
d to the running, could not
event. John Davis, accor n gis
bact,
which proves Mr.
have won with 14Ib less on
.bt
now.
on F
riday Bismarck
Payne's mare to be a clin sil and no doubt he will
won the Clifden Cup my,
turn out a much superior
horse to what the public gave
him credit
for. His owner, the Duko of Newcastle, won a
good stake, and of course all the "swells" followed suit.
Lecturer did the Marquis of Hastings another good turn
for the Stamford Cup.
Radeliffe takes place on Monday and Tuesday.
Huntingdon and Winchester on Tuesday and Wednes-
day, and Southampton on Thursday and Friday.
I have very little to say about the first-named meeting
3las. ALLAN or THE SQUIRE aro my fancy for the Wilton
Cup, the mare for choice. UNCAS will win the Two- Year-
Old Stakes, and the filly by VOLTIGELTR—MoREscA, the
Heaton Park Stakes.
On Tuesday MASTER BUTTERFLY or BEGUNI ought to

win the Grey do Wilton Onp, and UscAs the Craven Two-
Year-Old Handicap if he starts.
The programme for Huntingdon is a most attra:tive one,
and will unquestionably be the meeting of the week. For
the Huntingdonshire Stakes 29 owners have said con-
tent, but one-half of them, according to public running,.
,ian have no earthly chance. Pintail, should sine run, is by
:10 means out of the race. Jezabol is remarkably well iu,
Arta doubtful starter. The fourteen three year olds engaged
for this stake also look especially dangerous, amongst s hich
the Amanda colt and Challenge read most so, and Minster,
late Marco Spade, four year old, with a three year old
weight, should not be overlooked if his-number goes up,
hut I would rather stand upon CHALLENGE, who Li'
now in his best form, and likely to rug through his
present engagements. Of the M subscribers for the
Hinchingbroek Makes, the owner of LA BELLE JEANNE
(presuming Lady Elizabeth does not gait, otherwise, as
Griinston evidently wants rest, it would be any odds on
her) has nothing to fear, and will win. The Cromwell
Handicap Plato will just suit PARIS, whose favourite dis-
tance appears to be half a mile. I sea nothing so well in
the Cambridgeshire Two Year Old Handicap as GLENARM.
Whichever Mr. Elsworth runs of his pair—Cons. or Tort-
TUGA—should haven° difficulty in winning the Members'
Plate of 100 sous.
The Huntingdon Cup is run for. on Wednesday, and
LECTURER will win if ho starts, but should ho be an ab-
sentee, the COLT BY RATAPLAN out of Amanda, wko
claims allowances amounting to 121b5., holds all the re-
mainder safe. The Peel Handicap has GRETNA and AM-
MUNITION engaged, and as both aro " turned loose," one of
them will most likely furnish the winner. In the
Ramsey Abbey Nursery Handicap DEMONSTRATION or
SISTER TO MAID MARIAN appear to me to be most trust-
worthy.
I should think the Apelthorpe Scurry Handicap
would be won by INDIAN STAR or GOOIERAT. Lord Co-
ventry's horse looks, from his light weight and previous
performances, quite good enough to back against the field
if he goes to the post. In the absence of Lady Elizabeth
and Grimston, BOVQUETIERE, who is entitled to 31b allow-
ance, is my selection, and if defeated, it will be by
Pyrenees.
At Winchester the Hampshire Stakes will go to H.
Goatees representative, but which of the eight nomina-
tions, all in his stable, will be selected I am unable to say.
Limon is remarkably well in in The Nursery Plate. There
is nothing to beat EUROPA in The Third Biennial Stakes,
and The Second Biennial will probably be a walk over for
Concerning Wednesday's events SEE SAW will win The
Foal Stakes; TINA, The Crawley Stakes; Jumus or
SPECULUM, The Uxbridge Cup; and EUROPA, The Grange
Park Stakes.
The Southampton Meeting will occupy Thursday and
Friday. The South Hampshire Stakes should go to Mr. Parr
by the assistance of MOOSE, and whichever race on Friday
LADY GRACE runs for, The Cranbury Park or the Stone-
ham Park Stakes, she will win. The other events during
the meeting will be so dependent upon previous perform-
ances earlier in the week, as many of the horses are en-
gaged over and over again, that your readers will be far
bettor able to judge for themselves.
A FR,ESII MAN:

IMPERIAL P.ARLIATIENT

HOUSE OF LORDS—Tins EVENING.

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The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the woolsack at
five o'clock.
The attendance in the House of Peers this evening was
more than ordinarily numerous. The gallerios were
filled with elegant-dressed ladies, and the space before
the Throne and the bar was crowded. On both the
Government and opposition benches there was a large
attendance.
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REPRESENTTAION OF THE PEOPLE BI L L.
The Earl of DERI4Y rose to move the second reading of
this bill, which, he said, had passed the House of
Commons after the most anxious discussion. Ile
said he felt the difficulty of the task, but
having taken part in the vote which had brought about so
great a change many years ago, he felt some confidence in
submitting the motion to their lordships. The bill of 1832
effected the most extensive alterations, and was followed
by changes that might almost be called a social revolu-
tion. He was then a young man, and ho remembered
the fact in order to show the difference of the state of
public opinion at that stormy period with that of the pre-
sent time. Then every popular demand had been restricted
until it rose with tremendous power, and broke down all
the barriers that opposed it, and enabled the Government
to carry it into irresistible demand. At that time the cry
of "the bill, the whole bill, and nothingc, but the
bill," and such was the power of the movement
that the bill was carried amidst the utmost excitement
such as had never been known before. Fortunately, how-
ever, at that time they had a man at the head of affairs
capable of directing the storm and ultimately of passing a
measure which put all parties on a better footing and
added largely to the prosperity of the country. He
took an humble part in that great measure, and fortunately
they also had still another one amongst them who stood
prominently forward in the great struggle, and who had
rendered himself more to be remembered than the
rest by his opinions with respect to finality. (Hear,
hear, and laughter.) The bill he had now
the honour to submit to their lordships was one, he felt,
that would be productive of the most important results to
the country, and he hoped it would be acceptable to the
country. The question of reform had for years boon the
great effort of statesmen, for so long ago as 1818 the
tocasin of reform had sounded. It was again and again
brought forward, and successive Administrations had tried
to arrive at a settlement of the question. It was brought
forward in the years 1852, 1854, 1858, and in 1860, but it
was not until the present Parliament had taken up the
matter that the subject was brought to a successful
issue. When it was first introduced to the
House of Commons last session, it was done
so in such a dictatorial sense that the house re-
fused to give its consent to the proposal. Had the right
hon. gentleman who then filled the office of Chancellor of
the Exchequer dealt with the matter with a little more
discretion, it was possible that a more favour-
able issue might have been the result; but it
was left for others to work out a solution of the
problem that was fatal to the Government of that period
During the whole of the discussions that had then taken
place the question of the borough franchise had never been
alluded to. Her Majesty's Government had taken the =a-
-1 ter in hand, and the result had been a success, and although
they were threatened with an amendment, which if car-
ried, must be fatal to the measure passing during the pre-
sent session, yet he felt that the attempt to defeat a mea-
sure which had cost so much thought and anxiety would
bo defeated. (Hear, hear.) The noble earl then
alluded to the circumstances under which he was
called upon to form a Government, and said that
twice he had been called upon to direct public affairs with
a minority in the House of Commons and failed. On a
third occasion of the same kind arising, he determined
that he would not again be made a stop-gag until
his opponents had matured their plans of reform,
and therefore he accepted the task with a deter-
mination to change an existing minority into a
practical majority—(hear, hear)—and to devote the
closing days of a public career to the passing of a
measure that would be satisfactory to tho country at
large. 'they had been charged with change of political
opinions on taking the reins of Government, but what
under the circumstances, were they to do ? Were thefo
ignore the consideration of Reform altogether ? They de-
cided that they would net, and a measure was brought
forward, and in doing so the Government felt that the only
way of arriving at a successful issue was to take Parlia-
ment into their council, and by such moans
pass a
measure that had been brought forward with the. most
honest and sincere motives. (Hear, hear.) They in the
first instance attempted to proceeed by resolut!on,
with but ill success, and when at last it was d!termined
to proceed by bill, the great purport of which woull
in effect be household rating ancl personal payment
iots
taxes, such a proposition resulted in the loss of thro.%ost
most distinguished colleagues. However, her M. y
been dGeoavveorwunursleangnt daP thert
osen
erveetsii-uen
ildte htoin a their
had
obbeen
sendesea
success„rton etsht e and
~rbihc honest
hadon-
(L !WEANING.)

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HOUSE OF COMMONS—Tars EVENING.
The SFEAXIM. took the chair at 4 o'clock.
MOSTILITIES 1N CRETE.
Mr. MILL asked the Secretary of State for Foreign
Affairs whether he would undertake that, unless in the
event of a complete cessation of hostilities in Crete, Sir
William Wiseman would not proceed to Turkey or take
„1, his appointment until the house has had an opportuuity
of expressing an opinion on the subject ?
Lord STANLEY said he had no objection to give the
lint
considering
the rtiehear.)
ary
advancedto theyriPoodo Poor
of Law
THE POOR LAW BILL.
undertaking
sßeosMasriordn,lrrvith.ev/LthaEserWh'is intention to proceed withitthos3 clauses
in the Poor Law hilt which were likely to give rise to pro-
tracted-BOOTII said he proposed to omit from
iijsir. sdoisLcuAsTsiEen
the bill all the clauses that were likely to leld to pro-
tracted debate.
BUSINESS OF THE HOUSE. _ _ _

The CIIANCEL LOR of the EXCHEQUER said there
were 51 Government bills standing on the paper, and such
a circumstance at the present advanced period of tho ses-
sion must necessarily lead to the postponement of some of
them until a future session. The Government, therefore,
proposed to give up for the present session the Murder
Law Amendment Bill, Writs Registration (Scot-
land) Bill, Tenants Improvement (Ireland) Bill,
Land Improvement and Leasing (Ireland) Bill,
Sea Fisheries Bill, Admiralty Jurisdiction Bill, Intestate
Widows and Children Bill, Office of Judge of the Admi-
ralty Court, and Patent Juries (Ireland) Bill. There
would thus remain 41 bills, of which 11 had come down
from the Lords. Those he did not intend proceeding with
until some of the other bills bad been considered. To-
night the second reading of the Scotch Reform Bill and
the Meetings in the Royal Parks Bill would be taken.
To-morrow the house would meet at 12 to consider the
Tornado case and the Citizens D wellings Bill. On Thursday
the remaining military and naval estimates would be con-
sidered, and on the following Monday the vote for the
Bri-
tish Museum would be brought forward. Ou Friday the
vote for the packet service would bo taken.
REPRESENTATION OF
BTLLE PEOPLE(SCOTLAND)
The order of the day for the second reading of
this bill was put from the chair, and agreed to without,
discussion, Mr. Reardon, who had a motion ou the paper

for its postponement until next session, not being in his
place to bring forward his proposition. Just as the
Speaker declared the second reading of the bill carried,
the hon. member hurried into the house and took his seat,
but too late to do as he intended.
MEETINGS IN THE ROYAL PAR !-S BILL.
Mr. lIAIIDY moved the second reading of this bill. Ile
did not wish'to make the question a religions or sectarian
one, but that the parks might b 3 put to their proper use,
that of being a place of recreutioa tor the working clasees
and to benefit the whole of the inhabitants of the metro-
polis generally. lle had also iucluded in the bill the
question, which was founded upon an act passed !engage,
relative to meetings in Trafalgar :square, tchich was
within a mile of the Houses of Parliament. Holding such
meetings was detrimental to the public interest.
Mr. le EATE said he thought the bill was only intended
to deal with the holding public nieetmes in the Royal
parks, but it appeared to hint that the question ought
to be di,cussed whether it was net necessary
to include the question of right to hold any large public
meetings without the permission of the constituted authori-
ties. If it were right thatany large meetings should take place
was there any portion of the metropolis more suitable than
Hyde Park. He would ask was it right that half a dozen
people should have the right to call together a certain
section of the people to a largo meeting. The people
considered that when you restrained them front meeting
that the amusements of the rich were put into competition
with mlist they called the political rights of the people. He
denied that Lord Pemolagh or any one else bad the right
to call large meetings of the people at any one
place. What had happened at Bristol and at Bir-
mingham might occur on a much larger scale in Lon-
don at a moment of political excitement. The Go-
vernment had the greatest responsibility iu the
matter, for they after all had at length recognised the
sovereignty of the people and were bound to protect the
safety of the people. He should vete against this bill on
account of its inadequacy.
Mr. TAYLOR said that he rose to move that this
bill be read that day six months. He considered
it was a measure totally unfitted to the consti-
tution of the country.. It was intended to take
away the constitutional rights of the people by depriving
them of holding public meetings in the metropolis. He
knew that it did not assert that the people should not hold
public meetings in the metropolis, but it forbade them to
meet in Hyde-park and other places where alone they
could hold meetings. He would quote the words of
Shylock when he says, " You deprive me of my
house when you do take away the roof that does support
my house • you take my life when you do take my means."
Ho contended that the bill of the Government was an inno-
vation upon the constitutional rights of the people, which
had existed for more than a century. He contended that
the people had at all those public meetings conducted
themselves with great credit. It appeared from the
proceedings of July, on the highest legal authority, that
the Government could keep the people out of the park, but
that when they were once in they could only bring some
action of trespass; but what was the action of the Govern-
ment last July? A very feeble one. They locked the
doors of the parks, and put policemen and others
inside, and the consequence was that the immense mass of
people forced down the rotten rails and obtained admis-
sion. They all knew what occurred afterwards. The
Government got a new theory, on the authority of Lord
Cairns and Sir William Bovill. They found that
they could not prevent these meetings if the
people were orderly. The Government could not have
taken more vacillating steps steps than on that occasion
nor means more likely to stir up a riot in the midst of
such irritation and excitement. Ho did not believe that
the members of this Government intended to stain the
grass of Hyde-park with the blood of the people, but they
had carried out a system of irritation which was
very . likely to lead to most serious consequences.
He thought that the hon. gentleman might have taken
the words of a political opponent. Rol Rased!' had said
iu a most temperate speech that the course pursued last
year by the Government had led to a great diminution
of constitutional authority, and that the system this year
had not been much better, and therefore ho thought it
most advisable for the Government to leave Hyde Park
alone, (Hear, hear.) No disturbance would have arisen
at all even if 50,000 people had assembled in Hyde-park.
I It would be a most inconsistent thing that the last session
of an unreformed house of Parliament should pass such
a bill as this. By passing this bill her Majesty's Govern-
ment were creating a new statutable offence. In
Paris au iilegal meeting was when twenty-one
persons were assembled ; but as we liked to be
inure liberal than the French, had not the right hon.
gentleman introduced a clause limiting the members at a
meeting to 42 ?
Mr. J. S. MILL seconded the amendment.
r Mr. NEWDEGATE said that the hon. member for
Leicester had complained of the bill because it
; strengthened the power of the Government with
regard to the parks, inasmuch as it gave
great powers to the Board of Works. Now he quite
' agreed with the hon. gentleman that uo authority should
be given to the Board of Works. It migLt be
l considered by the honourable gentleman a very
monarchical restriction, but ho admired the act
pa din the time of George 111. that no meeting should
besseheld within a mile of Hyde-park. The Anteri-
f cans had really made such an edict, and very
wisely determined that no meeting should be held
I within six miles of their capital. In
Federal Columbia,
too, no meetings were allowed to be hold ; they wished to
keep' terrorism from(uhait7posrrtEioAnxoisf
olerica.

SHIPPING INTELIAGENCE.—This Day

LONDON, July 22.- -Wind this day at noon—South-
' Westerly; moderato breeze and flee weather, but rathe r
cloudy.
LxvnitrooL, July 22—Arrived—Napoli, saran. steamer
from Venice ; Langdale, from San Francisco ; Eta, from
Valparaiso.
ButirroL, July 20.—Arrived—Mary Duudas, from Sa-
vannah.
Ponrsmounr, July 21.—Arrived—Duke of Cornwall,
steamer, from Dublin for Loudon; her Majesty's ship
Scylla, from China.
OFF COWES, July 22.—Wind S.W. —An ived—Union
screw steamer, from New York, and then proceeded for
Bremen.
(By Telegraph.)
GRATESEND, Friday Morning.
Arrived, July 21.—Eden, from Porto Rico; Crimea, from
rQauierbyeQc ;uoSoun:ssestze, from
amer,
fßroommbElayiep;
Dieppe;
Clarence,;eiti from
zonisteaDmeemrera ;
, rfarom
Bordeaux.

Arrived, July 22.—Alexaudra, steamer, from Ri,a ;
Corcyra, steamer, from Alexandria; Orion, steamer, from
Antwerp; Darlington, from Gothenburg ; Hannah, from
Kongelf ; Orient, from Barbadoes; Ellen, from Guernsey ;
Albion, from Hoboo ; Alma and Toni, for Norkioping ;
Water Lily, from Genoa; John Bull, steamer, from Havre
Fyeuoord, steamer, from Rotterdam ; Princess Royal,
steamer, from Hamburg; North Star, steamer, from Chris-
tiana; Chanticleer, steamer, from Stettin.
Sailed.—Nord, steamer, from Harlingen.
. DEAL, Monday Moining.

Passed.—Paraguay, steamer, from London for Mediterra-
nean ; Ellen Radford, from Singapore ; Edward Hincken,
from Montreal ; 9,127 Ist die. pendant, from West—all for
London.