The Sun.
London, England, 1858-09-27 00:00:00

SPORTING NOTES.

NEWMARKET, CHESTERFIELD, AND NORTH-
ALLERTON.
The racing last week was principally distinguished by
the many accidents which marked it. Six days of turf
casualties of a most serious nature were experienced, and
they, of course, upset all previous calculations. At Leices-
ter rain had rendered the course as slippery as the greasy
pavements in London under a November fog, and scarcely
a race was decided there which was not attended with an
accident of some description. The most alarming
occurrence was, however, at Monmouth on the Friday,
when Ctumoinesse fell and broke her neck, hurling
young Bray with great violence to the ground.
The poor fellow broke his thigh and
received
other severe injuries. Bray is one of the civilest
and
cleverest light weights of the day, and the catastrophe
which has befallen him has excited much conunisseration,
not only amongst his confrers, but also amongst the general
racing public.
The sport at Manchester was marked by only one incident
which will cause it to be long remembered. The Hadji ran
so badly that people are almost inclined to believe that the
St. Leger form was all wrong. Although an at-
tempted excuse has been made for him in the as-
sertion that Cornboro' hung towards him at the
finish, yet, granting the fact, I do not think that
the judge's decision would have been altered under any cir-
cumstances. Speculation on the Cesarewitch has not
undergone many changes within the last few days: Early
in the week 100 to 1 was offered against Warlock, and the
horse received his " quietus" on Saturday when he was
scratched. Some important alterations in the " tone" of
the turf market may be expected this week.
Newmarket is in a state of anxious expectation about its
meeting, and perhaps for many years the programme issued
from head-quarters was never so attractive. The series of
three gatherings promise abundant sport, and, to judge
from appearances, the First October, which will commence
to-morrow, will attain an extraordinary success. The
Eastern Counties Handicap is the staple attraction for to-
morrow, and it will bring out a large field. To discover the
absolute winner would be about as difficult as to find a
friend in the Grand Stand enclosure at Epsom on a Derby-
day. Casting my eye down the list of nominations it is at-
tracted by the names of Peter Flat, 5 yrs, Bst 51b ; Lord of
Lorn, 3 yrs, 7st 61b ; Orchehill, 3 ).-rs, 7st 31b ; My Niece, 3
yrs, 7st 21b ; Babylon, 4 yrs, 6st 101 b ; Frederick, 3 yrs, Est ;
and Melibceus, 3 yrs, sst 121 b. Of this lot I shall, perhaps,
be induced to stand Orchehill and My Niece.
Mayonaise, the handsome daughter of Teddington, may
have no difficulty in placing the Buckenham Stakes to Mr.
Crawford's account.

The principal starters for the Ninth Triennial Staked
D. 1., will perhaps be Bird-in-Hand, Kent, Queen of the
East, Delusion, and Sir Colin. Kent may have his num-
ber put up at the judge's chair.

Toxophilite will put in an appearance for the Gram/s
Duke Michael Stakes, and will perhaps hit the target of
success. The stakes are worth £BOO, so if any one Lad
given £3,000 for him at the hammer their investment would
not have been very unprofitable. The Hopeful Stakes will
produce a more interesting race, and the issue will perhaps
be with Prelude and Ariadne. Bad as Melibceus may
be, 4 stone 1 lb. is a lumping weight for Happy Land
to concede to him. The match may, however, bra compro-
mised, as the owner of Happy Land may be disinclined to
bring the horse out prior to the Cesarewitch. Mentmore
will, I fancy, beat Leontes, and Jaffa may sumumb to Harry.
Hepatica will experience little difficulty in winning the
St. Leger, and Meg Merilees will carry off the Granby.
Mayonaise is the only animal which at present attracts
my attention for the Triennial Stakes for two-yr-olds.
The match between Leontes and Northampton will be
won by the fernier, and Soothsayer ought to beat Grand
Duchess.

For the Triennial Stakes, A. F., I shall " stand" the
Ancient Briton. Nimrod will beat Morality ; and the two-
yr-old Pandora, with only 71b in her favour for the two
years, will bowl over Babylon. The sport at Chesterfield
will be disregarded by the majority of turfites, and indeed
it is not likely to attract attention from any one except
those persons in the immediate neighbourhood. Joyeuse,
with her top weight, may win, the Revival Plate, Target
the Chesterfield, and Cornboro the Chatsworth.
The meeting at Northallerton will present many attrac-
tions to Yorkshire folk, and it will, of course, be mainly
supported by the northern stables.

A FRESH MAN.

MANCHESTER AUTUMN MEETING.._SATIULDAY.
The Grand Stand Plato (Handicap) of 60 sovs. Winners
extra. Half a mile.
Mr. Allison's Layton, by Birdcatcher, 2 yrs, sst 12Ib
(car. 6st 21b)(Little) 1
Mr. Cliff's The Jade, 4 yrs, 7st 131 b (inc. 51b extra)
(Pritchard) 2
Mr. WadloW's Chantress, 3 yrs, 7st (in. 101 b ex) (Bullock) 3
Alfred and Slow also:ran.
L. Snowden weighed for Abron, 3 yrs, Bst 31b, and the
number was put up, but the horse did not go to the post.
Betting--5 to 4 agst Chantress, 3to 1 agst Layton, 4to 1
agst Alfred. A fine race in was won by a short head, a
length between the second and third, bad fourth. Slow
was beaten a long way.
The Two-Year-Old Selling Stakes of 5 sovs each, with 30
added. T.Y.C. 4 Subs.
Mr. T. Hunt's Little Girl, by Ratan (no) 7st (Bullock) 1
Mr. J. Osborne's Lady Lambkin (20) 7st .. (Challoner 2
Mr. Haywood's Amazon (£2O) 7st (Little 3
Th. D. (43e0) Tst 31b (James 4
Betting--5 to 4on Lady Lambkin, 3to 1 agst Liittle
Girl, sto 1 agst each of the others. Won cleverly by half
a length, two lengths between the second and third ; the
Deer was beaten off. The winner was knocked down to
Mr. Wood for 48 guineas.

LIT.ERATURE.

MR. lICTT, I)LP., OK" THE INVASIO.N.
PA.2l7a

At a municipal dinner at Gateshead, given on
Thursday, by the Mayor, B. J. Prockter, Esq., the
health of Air. Hutt, the member for the borough,
was drunk.
In returning thanks, Mr. iII:TT said, I did not
go to Cherbourg, and ,am therefore incompetent to
enligAiten the world, as more accomplished persons
have recently done, on the power and discipline of
the 'French navy, or on the secret designs and par-
poses of the Emperor Napoleon. I did not accom-
pany the Royal cortege to Cherbourg chiefly from
personal reasons. It was more convenient to me,
at that moment, to go in another direction ; but I
will not conceal from you that I do not regard with
perfect complacency the object of that expedition.
The parade of France of a vast naval force, and of
immense resources of naval warfare, almost within
sight of our own shores, was not, it seemed to me,
the circumstances of the two countries considered,
a very well-chosen entertainment to set before the
Queen of England, and I think you will have shared
my regret that our admirable sovereign should have
been constrained, by the arguments, of political ex-
pediency, to be an actor or spectator in such a scene.
(Cheers.) At the same time, I do not doubt the mo-
tive of the Emperor of the French, in sending the
invitation, was perfectly unexceptionable. I have
no doubt that he considered the Royal visit would
be a means of smoothing down those unreasonable
asperities which recent circumstances had excited
in France, and which the unfortunate, the unto-
ward concessions of the late Government of this
country had rather encouraged than allayed. If
the presence of Queen Victoria at Cherbourg has
had any such conciliating influence, ono cannot,
perhaps, much regret that it took place. It was
certainly a fitter means of restoring the good temper
of the French people than the modification of our
laws and institutions to suit their inclinations, or
than compromising the cause of the independence
of nations, which was then committed to our care.
(Cheers.) Gentlemen, the visit to Cherbourg has
called a great deal of attention in this country to
the formidable steam navy which has been created
in France, at a time of profound peace, and at a
crisis when the state of its finances seemed :'little to
favour such an expenditure. Such preparations and
pretensions have filled some persons amangst us
with dismay. They see in these things a design,
not merely on our security, but on our existence as
a nation; and they accordingly call for immense
and immoderate measures of defence. Such is the
feeling of one party. But there is another, which
seems seriously to believe in the song of "Rule,
Britannia"—(a laugh)—to regard any .attempt
among Frenchmen to create a navy as something
ridiculous—and to consider the specimens of it ex-
hibited at Cherbourg as not fit, either in regard to
the ships or the sailors, to hold a candle to ours.
And these gentlemen are backed by the peace party,
who look upon all war as impossible, and all inva-
sion of our shores as an absurdity. There is, depend
upon it, much blindness and fblly in all of these
exaggerations. Between two powerful nations,
jealous of their honour and past history, and daily
brought in contact on various points of rival and
jarring interests, there must always be the possibi-
lity of war, however remote or undesired ; and it
would be the height of folly—it would be a perfect
abdication of reason in us, to act as if we had any
patent of superiority in war, either by land or sea,
over other nations, except in those prudent prepa-
rations and in that science and discipline on which
all warlike superiority must ultimately depend.
(Cheers.) At the same time Ido not admire panic
fears, and I do not believe in the ambitious projects
so freely attributed to our ally, the Emperor of the
French. I am convinced, on the contrary, that when
he told the people of Bordeaux, "L'empire c'est la
paix," he announced the settled policy of his firm
and sagacious mind; and I don't think he is the man
to be driven from that policy of peace, because cer-
tain parties in France hostile to his power—Social-
ists, Orleanists, and Legitimists—are always labour-
ing to involve him in war—and especially in war
with England. What could the French Emperor
gain by war ? If his forces suffered a reverse, it
would be the ruin of his fortunes. If they were
victorious, do you suppose it would be for his inte-
rest to divide with their successful commander the
homage and the confidence of the French people ?
From every calculation, therefore, of self-interest as
well as from every consideration of an enlightened
and generous policy, I believe that the Emperor of
the French will hold firmly to the British alliance.
(Loud cheers.) Gentlemen, we must all desire it.
The alliance of France and England is the best se-
curity for universal peace, as well as for the progress
and civilisation of mankind. (The hon. member re-
sumed his seat amidst loud cheers.)

THE ELECTRIC TELEGRAPHS OF THE
UNITED KINGDO2IL

The Electric and International Telegraph Com-
pany had, at the close of last year, 5,637 miles of
telegraph, which were provided with 29,498 miles
of wire ; the British and Irish Magnetic Company
had 3,441 miles, with 15,688 miles of wire ; and
the Smith Eastern Railway Company 301 miles,
with 1,296 miles of wire, making a total of 9,379
miles of telegraph, with 46,482 miles of wire. The
number of stations open for the public were, on the
Electric and International Telegraph Company's
line 460, on the Magnetic 230, on the South Eastern.
Company's 80 ; and the number of instruments em-
ployed 2,938 in the Electric and International,
574 in the Magnetic, dl4 in .the South-
Eastern, making 770 tmtations, and 3,653 instru-
ments. The total number of messages transmitted
during the year was 1,241,163, which were thus
distributed :—Electric and International Company,
844,668 ; British and Irish Magnetic Company,
356,186 ; South-Eastern Company, 40,309. The
number returned by the first-named company does
not include the business messages sent by the 68
railway companies with whom the company has
agreements, and by public offices, and which are
estimated at three times the number sent by the
general public. Neither are there included in the
return the number of messages which were trans-
mitted by the company to 142 provincial newspapers
and 55 reading rooms, which are daily supplied with
the heads of the public news. In the case of the
British and Irish Magnetic Company no account
is taken of about 250,000 messages which were
transmitted jointly by that company and the Sub-
marine Telegraph Company to and from the Con-
tinent and from various railway companies, news-
papers, and news rooms. The telegraph of the
South Eastern Railway; Company has no working
arrangements with either of the telegraphic -com-
panies. The total increase in the number of Ines-
the last three years upon the lines of
sages during
companies above named has been from
1,017,529 the three re
in 1855, to 1,121,523 in 1856, to 1,241,163
in 1857, and the total mileage has increased from
43,720 miles in 1855 to 46,482 in 1857.

FUNERAL CAA OF NAPOLEON I.—Woolwich,
SEPT. 26.—1 n accordance with orders received from the
War-office for the immediate transmission of the funeral car
of Napoleon from Woolwich Arsenal to Paris, a number of
workmen were employed up to a late hour last night in the
construction of an encasement of wood in which the vehicle
will be placed. This encasement is ten feet in height, and
is so made that the funeral car may be inspected by tho
people of France at the various stations on its transit to
Paris. The car, with its entire drapery, feathers, &c., will
be placed in its encasement, the top of the latter having been
flitted with rods to which curtains will be attached. The car
will be accompanied to Paris by Gen. Sir J. F. Burgoyne,
G.C.8., inspector-general of fortifications, who is commis-
sioned to deliver the vehicle as a present from her Majesty
to the French =Pine

Era Desmond; or, Mutation 3 vols. Smith and
Elder.
There is considerable skill displayed in this story,
and some of the characters are described in an able
and forcible style ; but it cannot be said to be
pleasing, and there are some points in it which
might with advantage have been omitted. The
description of Clara Neville is painful ; and the
idea of Ernest sacrificing himself for gold might
have been conveyed in a more pleasing form. -Eva
Desmond, the heroine, is a delightful person, and,
indeed, constitutes the chief charm and attraction
of the work. It is very sad to notice how the
bright aspirations of her youth were clouded, and
her hopes dimmed, till at last she appeared but the
wreck of her former self. Eva's mind was too well
regulated, however, for her to sink into a despon-
dent state and lead a useless life. She roused her-
self, and, if she did not enjoy the happiness she had
expected, she was far from being altogether disap-
pointed. It may, indeed, be questioned whether
Charles Stanhope was not a more suitable companion
for her than Ernest Clifton, who must have been of
a mean and base disposition or he never would have
acted as he did. There was something inspiriting
to Eva in urging her husband forward till at last
he won the glorious awed which his superior abili-
ties so pre-eminently deserved. Charles Stanhope
himself is not a very interesting character. Had
he never met with Eva it is probable he might
never have been particularly distinguished ; but
her influence inspired and directed Mini her pru-
dence planned his actions, and her hopeful, buoyant
spirit sustained his drooping spirits and failing
courage. The domestic scenes in the family of the
Cliftons are described in a natural manner, and
various passages met with in the course of the
work give evidence that the author might, on a
future occasion, do better things, if the drawbacks
to the present production are avoided.