The Sun.
London, England, 1860-07-09 00:00:00

SPORTING NOTES.

The most important race which will be decided
at Liverpool to-day is the Two-yr-old Plate of 500
sovs, by subscription of 25 says each, 10 ft, with
100 added; colts Bst 71b, fillies Bst 41b. Dundee,
who has a penalty of Sibs, should have no difficulty
in disposing of Brown Duchess, the only other with
the slightest pretension being Dictator, and if
these three could only be brought together we
perhaps might get a guide to the winner of next
year's Derby, as Brown Duchess has defeated every
horse of consequence that has been brought out
this year.
The Liverpool Cup (run to-morrow) will bring
to the post nearly the half of those left in, and I
expect the field will be made up from the fol
lowing :

Yrs st lb Yrs st lb
Gladiolus
Adam Bede 4 8 7 The Pitman 3 7 0
Petra 4 8 6 Moorcock
Aston 4 8 4 I Flitch
Northern Light (51b I Horace
extra)
Druid 37 2 1 The Baronet 36 10
Edmund Kean.... 3 7 Itarbec
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Aston, Adam Bede, and Gladiolus have too much
weight ; and the same remark applies to Northern
Light, who, with his penalty for winning at Stock-
bridge, has the steadying weight of Bst., but it
would not astonish me to see him in the first flight
at thQ finish, as Mr. Merry is always dangerous
over this course. Petra will run a better horse

than many imagine, and no liberties ought to be
taken with him, as I believe he has been specially
reserved for this journey. The Druid has been
running well in the sister island, and if he do not
quite pull through, is almost sure to be one of the
first three past the judge's chair. Viatka and
Weatherbound ar© the property of Fred. Swindells,
and if Viatka is better thanWeatherbound, I need
not look farther for the winner, but of that I have
my doubts, and if Weatherbound was brought to
the post she would be my sole representative. Her
performance with Predictor in the Queen's Guineas
at Ipswich stamps her as one of the best fillies of
the year. Moorcock, if worth keeping in training,
ought to run away with the race. Horace, who
has always shown himself a game horse over short

distances, appears to me to have the best chance of
anything if he can only stay the distance, but the
company he will have to run with is so moderate
that I unhesitatingly award him the preference
over everything in the race. Last year the whole
of the prophets, with the exception of " A Fresh
Man," said that Ancient Briton could not stay ;
but he stayed so well that after the race it was
difficult to get those who had taken liberties with
the Briton to " stay" and fork up their losings. To
sum up, as I do not expect to get a start with
Weatherbound, I must discard her stable companion
Viatka, and expect to see the Cup carried off by
HORACE or PETRA,

to be followed by THE DRUID and NORTHERN
LIGHT.

A Sweepstakes of 15 sovs each, 5 ft, with 80
added by the Earl of Derby ; two-yr-olds, 4st 121 b ;
three, 7st 91b ; four, Bst 111 b ; five and upwards,
9st 21b ; mares and geldings allowed 31b, should be
carried off by Damascus (late colt by Tadmor), or
Brown Duchess.
The Handicap Plate of 100 SOTS may find Griffin
leading at the finish.
The Mersey Stakes I expect will prove an easy
victory for Dundee, although Sambo may save his
stake.
After Master Bagot's running last week I will
look no further for the winner of the Molyneaux
Plate.
The Liverpool St. Leger appears a gift to
Northern Light, although Sir William and Wild-
man may fight their battle over again for the 50
sovs given to the second horse.
The Knowsley Dinner Stakes of 100 soya each
will be a walk over for Northern Light, as Thor-
manby is not expected to show.
Abingdon and Pontefract races, which commence
on Thursday, I shall refer to in my letter of Wed
nesday.

A FRESH MAN,

London, July 9.

TATTERSALL' S.-SATTTRDA .

Few people were aware that the room was open for busi-
ness to-day, and they who had a knowledge of the fact dis-
played the utmost indifference to it. The muster was very
small, and comprised only those who were in expectation
of a little chance settling on the Newmarket Meeting. The
following were the only bets laid :

LIVERPOOL CUP.
7to 2 agst Viatka (taken and offered)
4to 1 agst Moorcock (taken)
Bto 1 agst Adam Bede (taken)
GOODWOOD STAKES.
12 to 1 agst Satellite (taken)
12 to 1 agst Techer (taken)
DERBY.
50 to 1 agst Matador (taken)

THE ECLIPSE OF THE SUN. —The screw steam-
ship Himalaya, Captain Seccombe, left Plymouth Sound
on Saturday morning with the Astronomer Royal and party.
Professor Airey's staff consists of about 60 persons. On
arriving at Bilboa he will take the chief portion a distance
of 160 miles, to secure a clear atmosphere and a cloudless
sky. The rest will proceed'to Santander. The eclipse will
take place on Wednesday, the 17th.
SAILING OF THE AMERICAN MAIL STEAMER
AFRICA.—The British and North American Royal Mail
steamship Africa, Captain Shannon, sailed on Saturday
from Liverpool for New York. Besides the usual mails
and a valuable cargo the Africa also took out about 100
passengers. In consequence of a contract with the Atlantic
Steamship Company, for conveying the mails between
Galway to Newfoundland and New York having been trans-
ferred to the Montreal Ocean Steamship Company, their
screw steamer North Briton, which sails from Liverpool on
Wednesday, will call at Galway for the Newfoundland and
United States' mails.

FEMALE EMIGRATION TO TASMANIA.—On Satur-
day the Isles of the South, a very fine ship, 821 tons regis-
ter, under the command, of Captain George Gray, sailed.
from Gravesend, bound to Hobart Town. Among the pas-
sengers were 106 respectable young women who had re-
ceived free passages from the Tasmanian Emigration
Agency. The secretary, Mr. T. B. Parker, states that
they were all used to domestic work and of good character.
The medical superintendent in charge was Dr. James
Heene ; the matron, Mrs. Campbell. Another vessel will
sail in August.
A ZEALOUS VOLUNTEER.—Captain Harrison, of
the Brownhills and District Rifle Volunteer Company
(Staffordshire), has offered a prize of £ 00 to any member
of his company who shall gain the first prize at any future
meeting of the National Rifle Association.
ELECTION EXPENSES.—The election auditor has •
just made his return of the expenses incurred by Sir W.
Russell and Mr. Warner, the Liberal sitting members for
Norwich, at their election in March last. It appears that
the hon. gentlemen expended £l3B in stationery, £l7 in ad-
vertisements £97 in the hire of cabs, &c., £6O for commit-
tee-rooms, ad-
vertisements,
for refreshments at the polling-booths, £5B
for the conveyance of distant voters, £146 for clerks at com-
mittee-rooms, £ll7 for check clerks, card writers, card col-
lectors, and markers off, £l7 for cab conductors and super-
intendents, £6l for special messengers on canvass, £l2l for
messengers, bill posters, &c., £BB for sundry small bills,
postages, telegrams, and petty disbursements; £25 to
" Mr. Stevens for adjusting accounts, attending auditor for
checks to pay, and paying the several bills and employes
prior to and since election ;" £133 as a moiety of the
sheriff's bill, and £36 for the auditor's fee. The total out-
lay, including shillings and pence, approached £1,198, and
it will probably be admitted that the art of making an elec-
tion an intricate and expensive affair is pretty well under-
stood at Norwich. It should be stated, however, that Mr.
Warner and Sir W. Russell had to encounter a sharp oppo-
sition from two Conservative candidates, of whose expenses
no official return has yet been made public.

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INCREASE OF STEAM.—Lough Erne, described
by Inglis, in his " Tour of Ireland," as the Irish Winder-
mere, has a navigation of 45 miles from Belturbet to
Belluh, being connected by the Ulster Canal with Lough
Neagh, and by a canal, lately opened, with the Shannon.
the largest river in the United Kingdom, navigable for
steamers 160 miles above Limerick and 70 below. The
Midland Company have withdrawn their steamers from
plying between Killaloe and Athlone, but there is nodoul?te
but the Limerick people will put on a new line. Theretion
(i),.
steam also on Lough Gill and Corrib. The introduction
en!
boats on the models of those on the St. LaWrellrd
Hudson would induce hosts of tourists. The:
to Americans,nder-
from their vast rivers and ocean-like lakes, appearfor
stand inland navigation and its requirement" ,
1 but from this
gers and goods better than any other la P
- ec'sieesippi and Ohio,
passen-
we must except the boats on the Miser_.
where they are reckless of life and prePo. 'Tic.
1 Georges
THE SKIN OF THE
-II ek'newn work on " Spon-
taneous published an alreadyt,7the
Academy of Sciences on
Pouchet, son of Professor Pouchet, Rouen, who has
taxteous Generation," writ s
inmate
of l' Hotel Dieu, of Rouen.
is, on the contrary, nparly
the hand of a negro, an
iTshuespuaallmwiotfhhit insead of being of a light colour, as
roof
the palm of the hand was eaten
black. The epidermisapplied to cure an abcess, and M. G.
away by blisters,wi
th attention the growth of the new
shehTelft
Pouchet observerded
fi
rst,nf a light tint, but in a few days,
skin. It appeared race,
when it had acquired a certain thickness, turned rapidly
b
k No one
has studied the black races more than
lqc .
' back. This savant, happening to be one day in
enlden, the well-known actor, Kean,was introduced to him;
Blnume,,bach had seen Kean in Shakespeare's tragedy of
4, Othello," and Kean wished to know if he had succeeded
in imitating the natural type of the African. " You have
not only perfectly imitated Nature," answered Blumen-
bach, " you have actually surpassed her ; to imitate the
hands'of Othello, I saw you put on black gloves, doubtless
because you were not aware that in the negro race the
palms of the hands are almost white,—The Photographic
, lfews.