The Sun.
London, England, 1867-06-18 00:00:00

_TUESDAY EVENING, RTNE 18, 1867.

extra; winner to be sold foi CM. Threo quarters of a

mile.

.Mr. Groves's Tina, by WarlOck,--out of Queen of Tyne,
4 yrs,7st 911) (Lavis) 1
Mr. 11. Wright:4.: Hoprine, 4 yrs.,, 7st 131 b (llibberd) 2
Mr. Trimmer's Mignonette, 3:% rs, Gst 51b (H. Clark) f 1
Mr. Ruff's Cleopatre, 3 yrs, Gst 51b (Wyatt) 1
Mr. Sterol's .I4utkra, 3 Yrs,Gst 91b ..(l'epriler) 5
Duke of HaMilton's Miss Elizabeth, 3 yrs, 7st 11b
(F. Webb) 6

Betting-7 to 4 agst Laura, 3to I asst Thin, 4to 1 agst
ITopvine, and 4to 1 apt Mignonette. The latter led, fol-
lowed by Tina and Ilopvine, until crossing the road, when
the. former wont to the front and cantered in a winner by
five iengos. Mignonette was a bad third, Cieopatre
fourth, Laura fifth, and Miss Elizabeth last. The winner
was sold-to Mr. IL Wright for 90 guineas.

WORKING MEN'S CONSERVATIVE
ASSOCIATION. •

Last evening a public meeting was convened at
St. James's Hall, under the auspices of this associa-

" to express," as set forth in the circular sum-
moning it, " the attachment of all classes of her

Majesty's subjects to the monarchical and Parlia-
mentary constitution of the country, to protest

against revolutionary agitation, and to vindicate the

privileges accorded to the people by the Crown in
the peaceable enjoyment of the Royal Parks for the
purpose of recreation." In another advertisement it
was stated that the meeting was called " to protest
against the continued agitation of the Reform
League, and the pretensiOns of its spokesmen to in-
invade the Royal Parks for the purposes of holding
political demonstrations." It was well known for
some days that the Reform 'Anne had adopted-all
available measures to prevent filen-meting being held,
and the result showed that their plans of opposition
were widely and efficiently organised. Shortly after
the opening of the doors, at seven o'clock, the body
of the hall was filled with an audience in which the
supporters of the Reform League had an unmistak-
able majority. Col. Dickson, Dr. Perfitt, and Mr.
Odgers represented the executive, and each had a sec-
tion of followers under his command, obviously well
skilled in the duties which they were called upon to
fulfil. Mr. Baxter Langley sat behind the chair, on
the platform, and at his side was Mr. Mantle, whose
excited appearance when, in the stentorian voice
which has so often shaken the base of the Nelson
column, he called for "Three cheers for Mr. Bright,"
showed that he was fully ready for the fray. Mean-
while the Reformers gave vent to their enthusiasm
in cheering the names of Gladstone, Mill, and
Beaks, and vehemently groaning at the mention of
Disraeli and the Tories. The Reform minstrels,
too, whose vocalisation has so often roused the
echoes of Trafalgar-square, swelled. the gather-
ing, and sang, or rather shouted, without the
faintest regard to time or tune,- the choicest
lyrics in their repertory. The best friends of the
Reform League admit that recently the energies
of its members were declining and the funds dimi-
nishing. It was necessary, therefore, that some effort
should be made to show the world that " it was not
dead, but slept," and yesterday a most favourable
opportunity was offered for reviving its vigour and
restoring its fading vitality. How the opportunity
was employed the result will amply demonstrate.
At 8 o'clock the chairman, Mr. R. N. Fowler, ap-
peared on the platform, accompanied by a large
number of gentlemen. His arrival was the signal
for the most boisterous cheering from the supporters
of the Conservative Association, and vehement
groans from the Reformers, who, as we have said,
largely outnumbered their opponents. From this
moment it was manifest that the carrying out of the
programme for the meeting could not possibly be
effected. The wildest excitement prevailed, in the
midst of which a red Reform flag was hoisted in the
body of the-hall. The sight of this tattered banner,
which possibly had hem ridlled an I torn in 0:3

LL ,y tia
battle of the Marble-arch, seemed to have an effect
similar to that produced in a bullfight by the scarlet
kerchief of the matador. The audience became
frantic —they not only shouted, they danced, they ac-
tually grinned at the occupants of the platform. The
dulcet influence of music was made available to calm
the angry crowd, and the full deep tones of the organ
brokeforth, but in vain. Political enthusiasm pre-
vailed, and the tumult became more violent than
ever. These were but the preliminaries, and now the
fight began. While Sir Drummond Wolfe was
vainly endeavouring to be heard in moving Mr.
Fowler to the chair, Mr. Mantle, rather by mild gesti-
culation than by the agency of his voice, proposed
that Mr. Langley was the proper person to fill that
office. Mr. Fowler and Mr. Langley stood side by
side, looking calmly on the excited mob below them,
while a show of hands was called for to decide the
election. If all who were present had the suffrage
for the occasion Mr. Langley was certainly chosen,
but the Conservatives refused to acknowledge their
right to vote. And fairly, too, for it was expressly
defined that any one making use of the tickets of
admission circulated by the association was assumed
to be favourable to the objects of the meeting.
Then the struggle for the literal and material chair
began. The table on the platform fell on that at
which the reporters sat, and that again was driven
into an oblique direction into the body of the hall.
Sticks and umbrellas were.now wielded with more
or less palpable effect. The Conservatives were
driven from their places, but amidst the violence of
the inextricable confusion Mr. Fowler stood at his
original post, looking on the scene around him with
most laudable calmness and self-possession. Mr.
Howell, the secretary of the Reform League, be-
came for the time a political martyr; and if our
sporting contemporaries were describing the affray
they would state that he received various " whistlers
on the mug and optics." Soon, however, his assail-
ants had to fly. They took course by mounting the
gallery on the right, which in an instant some 20
roughs were struggling to reach. Down the stairs
went the assailants, down the stairs went their par-