The Sun.
London, England, 1867-11-23 00:00:00

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

LEAMINGTON AND WARWICKSHIRE HUNT
MEETING.
FRIDAY.

Match of 200 BOYS, 50 ft; ponies not to exceed 13 hands

high.

Two miles.

Mr J. Saunders's Pride of Erin, aged, Est (Murphy) 1
Mr 'l'. Gilbert's Fanny, aged, Est
Betting-6 to 4on Fanny. Woc by 10 lengths.
The Welter Handicap of 5 soy-s each, 2 ft, for three year
olds and upwards; winners after the weights are out 51b

extra ; gentlemen riders, professionals 61b extra ; half a
mile.
Mr Payne's Marshal Ney, by Arthur Wellesley—Bonny
Blink, 4 yrs, lOst (Mr Bevill) 1
air Chaplin's Problem, 3 yrs, 9st 41b (inc. 61b ox)
(Custance) 2
Mr J. P. Craven's Sir Oliver, 3 yrs, 9st 51b (Mr. llobsou) 3
The following also ran :—Deceiver, Bessie, Moonbeam,
Nannie, and Greenford.

Betting-5 to 2 agst Sir Oliver, 100 to 30 agst Problem,
5 to 1 each agst Marshal Ney and Deceiver, 6 to 1 agst
Moonbeam, 7to 1 agst Nannie. Won by a head.
A Plate of 40 sovs (Handicap) for all ages: the winner to
be sold for 40 SOTS ; winners after the weights are out

51b extra; half a mile.
Mr Chaplin's Problem, by Nevrminster—Triangle, 3 yrs,
bat 101 b (Jeffrey) 1
Mr Heatbeote's Columbine, 3 yrs, Gst 111 b (Peppier) 2
Mr G. Angell's Lady NraleutinP, 5 yrs,Bst 61b ...(Parry) 3

The following also ran: —Lupus, Hop Leaf, Hatty
Premier, Gentle Kitty f, and Albatross.
Betting-3 to 1 agst Gentle Kitty filly, 100 to 30 agst
Columbine, 4 to 1 agst Problem, 5 to 1 agst Lady Valen-
tine, and 6to 1 agst Hop Leaf. Won by a neck.
The Winding-up Free Handicap of 10 sons each, in case
of acceptance, with 50 added, for all ages ; winners after
the weights are published 71b, twice 1-Ilb extra; three
quarters of a mile.
Mr, J. Dixon's Langham, by Itattlo Subterfuge, 4 yrs,
8s: 31b (S. Adams) 1
Sir C. Logard's Indigestion, 5 yrs, bat 61b (iuc. 611 ex.)

_(Challont•rj 2
Mr. Porter's British Tar, 4 )rg, Gst 111 b ...(S. Murdau) 3
Indian Star, Cclliva, Canard, and Young Lord also ran.

Betting-2 to 1 agstßina, 3to 1 agst British Tar.s to
1 each agst Indian Star and Laugh:tin, and 100 to 6 not
Indigestion. Won by a head.
'rho Selling Stakes of 5 aovs each, with 80 added; tws
year olds Sst 41b, three 9st 710, four, five, and upwards
gat 111 u; mares and geldings allowod 3.b; the winner

to be sold fur 150 sous ; if entered fur lOU sons allowed

716, GO 1115, 30 2115; live furlongs.
Mr. C.,rter's Substance, by Primo Minister—Kurnel,
2 yrs, Est Blb (.£3O)
Mr. T. Hughes's Catalogue, syis, Bst Ilb (X3d) (Cannon) 2
Captain Machell's Hereunianus, 2 yrs, Est 1111) (.£3O)
(Jefferey) 3
The following also ran :—VanDieman, Diamond, Much-
rie, La Muta, Rampart, Lady Mary col', Poleaxe, Benefac-
tress, Mexico, Queen of the Isles, Ala:aauthea, Finesse,
and Thorn.

Betting— 5 to 2 agst Catalogue, 5 to 1 agst Finesse, 7 to
1 apt Mockrie, 10 to 1 (at first 100 to 15) agst Substaue
and 100 to 7 agst Iferenuianus. Won by a ne.A.
The Bradgato Cup, value 100 sous, added to a Handicap of

10 sous each, 3 ft ; winners of a handicap after Nov. 15
(at ten a.m.) 71b extra ; one mile.
Mr, Beadmau's Aggravaor, by Stockwell —Miss Teas-
(tale 3 yrs, 6st 31b (Vinell) 1
Mr. Teas-
dale,
Breadalbane, 5 yrs, Bst (Challouer) 2
Mr. G. Angoll's Python, 3 yrs, 7st (Butler) 3
The following also ran : —Queen of Trumps, Ulphus,
Czar, Nu, Musketeer, The Peer, and Boauclerk.
Betting-4 to 1 each agst The Peer and Aggravator, sto
1 each agat Beauclerk and Breadalbane, 6 to 4 egst Nu,
100 to 15 agst Python, and 7to 1 agst Musketeer. Won by
a head.

The Leamington Grand Annual Hanlicap Steeplechase of
20 sous each, 10 and 3 ooly if declared on or before
Tuesday, Nov. 12, with 100 soya added; fur a:1 purses ;
a winner of a steeplechase after the weights are pub-
lished to carry alb; twice, 101 b extra; the second horse
to save his stake, and the winner to pay 25 sors towards

oxponses ; five horses to start, or tho publio money will

not be given ; entrance 2 SOPS. Four miles. 57 subs.
Lord Coventry's Chimney Sweep, by Ethslbert— Smut,
5 yrs, 10st (J. Adams) 1
Lord C. Ktlll'a Northern Light (ti b), 6 r•, plat
(Captain Harford) 2
Mr. J. Barber's Helen, 6 yrs, lOst (Thorp) 3
The following also ran : —Meauwood, Sir William, The
Lamb, The Nun, Pearl Diver, Balder, Gmouland, Tor-
pedo, Standard Bearer, Tally-ho, The Plover, Trap,
Marengo, and King Arthur.
Lord Coventry declared to win with Balder.
Betting-4 to 1 agst Chimney Sweep, sto 1 agst Helen,
100 to 15 agst Greenland, 8 to 1 oach agst Meauwool and
The Nun, 10 to 1 each agst Balder and King Arthur, 12 to
1 agst Standard Bearer, and 100 to 8 aget Sir William.
Mat in a canter by three lengths.

The Innkeepers' Plate of 50 sore (Handicap), for three
year olds and upwards ; winners after the weights are
out blb extra ; three quarters of a mile.
kr. Chaplin's Narino, by Rataplan—Olga, 3 yrs, Gat 91b
(Jefferey) 1
Lord Westmorland's Mistletoe, 4 yrs, Sst 61b
(Grimehaw) 2
Mr. Crawford's c, by Skirmishor—Tightfit, 3 yrs, Get 2lb
!(Butler) 3
The following also ran :—Langham, War, Syooe,
Watchbox, La Mute, Grand Duke, Aineley, Tribune,
Dean, and Nannie.

betting-2 to 1 agst Narino, 3to 1 agst Grand Duke, 7
;o 2 agst Sycee, and 100 to 15 agst Tight& c. Won by
throe lengths.

The Professional Jockey Steeplechase Stakes of 5 sore
each, with 30 added, for all ages, ecc. ; 9st 71b each.
Mr. T. Coalett's Wedding Peal, by Rataplan—Trous-
seat], 5 yrs, lOst (Owner) 1
Mr. I'. Cannon's Speculation (h b), aged, 9st 71b (Owner) 2
Mr. J. Cirimshaw's Fearnought, aged, 9st 71b (Owner) U

Betting 5 to 4 on Wedding Peal, and 2 to 1 agst Fear-
nought. Won, pulling double, by a length.
Pony Match-25 BOYS each. Once round the Steeplechase

Course.
Mr. Williams's Presto (late Tipton), 9st 101 b ...(Owner) 1
Mr. James's Virago, lost 101 b (A. Sadler) 2

Won by a head.

RACING FIXTI
FEBR

RES FOR 1868.
TARY.

Lincoln lB
Harrow 2O

Nottingham Spring . 25
Derby Spring

MA:

Liverpool Spring M 3
Chelmsford Spring M 10
West Drayton l2

Durham
Hendon l3
Newmarket Crayon 13

,CII.
Epsom Spring Aleeting 24
Northampton

Chester 5
Winchester
York Spring
Salisbury l4

Lewes Spring .. 2l
Nowmirkot Ist Spring 27

West Drayton 1
Croydon 2d Summer
Ascot Summer 9
Windsor Summer

Bath
Croydon Ist Summer
Harpenden
Epsom Summer
NE.

Worcester Summer
Newmarket July 7
Reading
Liverpool l6

Bibury Club 23
Stockbridge
Chelmsford Summer 3O
Alexandra Park 3O

AUG

Brighton
Brighton Club 6
Lewes Summer 7
Wolverhampton ll
Stockton
Windsor
Egham lB
Hastings

SEPT

Warwick
Abingdon 3
Leicester
Donca•tor 8
Richmond

Bedford v v 1
Newmarket 2d October 5
Cheltenham l3

Huntingdon 2l
Nottingham July
Good wood

Shrowsbury ......

York l9
Oxford
Canterbury
Derby Summer
Weymouth
Lichfield
Tunbridge

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT

HOUSE OF LORDS-LAST EVENING.
NOTICE OF 3101110 N.

The Earl of DEVON gave notice that he intended to
move, on Thursday next, for letters relating to instruc-
tions issued by the Poor-law Board concerning country
workhouses, and bearing date August, 1866.
DIOCESE OF SALISBURY.

Lord PORTMAN said that he was instructed to present
to their lordships a petition from a large number of the in-
habitar ta of Salisbury. It was very painful for him
to do so for many reasons, and ho wished that
some one else had been asked to do it. The petition was
signed by 3,000 persons of all conditions: some were
clergymen, some men of large property, some of the large
body of yeomanry, some small tradesmen and churchwar-
dens. He was told that out of this number two thirds
belonged to the Established Church, and that many
others were members of Dissenting bodies who had left
the Church of England because they disagreed with the
opinions against which this petition was presented. What
the signers of this petition complained of was the charge of
the Lord Bishop of Salisbury, and it directly named that
portion of it which states and claims for the bishops of the
Apostolic Church to have qualifications inhot ited from the
Apostles, that in the Lord's Supper the body and blood of
Christ is really present, and that the bishops have power
to retain sin or to remit it. It was not for him to enter
into a theological discussion, but he must tell
their lordships that this charge had created
great consternation in that diocese, because they
were not aware of any bishop of the Established
Church having put forward such doctrines as these as
those of the Church of England. The noble lord was then
reading the various extracts complained of, when
The Bishop of SALISBURY, interrupting, said that he
was perfectly prepared to discuss the whole charge para-
graph by paragraph, but he did not think that it was fair
to cull out pieces hero and there.
Lord PORTMAN said that he only desired to save their
lordships' time. He did not wish to discuss the question,
but to make their lordships aware of what was complained
of. Meetings had been held in many parts of the diocese,
and the answer of the bishop had been to all appeals that
he would answer by and by. He (Lord Portman), how-
ever, was not aware that he had enforced any of the clergy
to carry out his doctrine, bui, the opinion of the great mass
of the inhabitants of the diocese in presenting this peti-
tion was, that there was no remedy for them in the eccle-
siastical courts, and no sensible man could dream of seeking
it. He would impress upon their lordships what
a disturbed and unsettled state such a charge
as that of the Lord Bishop's had created
among all those residing within his diocese.
The noble lord then entered into the insufficiency and
dissatisfactory process which was necessary to obtain any
decision from the ecclesiastical courts and the ruinous
expense which was thus incurred, and, worst of all, the
denial of justice. Therefore they came to their lordships
to obtain some protection from what they feared might
possibly ensue. (Hear, hear.)
The Bishop of SALISBURY said that as the noble lord
opposite had not entered into spiritual subjects, it would
not be becoming in him to speak about them, although, if
it were not in that house, he should be happy to discuss
the whole of the charge. Several charges had been made
against him. They would recollect one of them had been re-
ferred to a committee, and he was by that committee justi-
fied. As to the whole of the charge, the Sacrament of
the Lord's Supper, Absolution, and Ritualism, he now did
again most solemnly declare that not one word of that
charge, which was written after deep consideration, did he
now withdraw. A petition had been presented to the Arch-
bishop of Canterbury that he had abused his position as a
bishop, and made an authoritative declaration to his
people. Now he denied this entirely, he had dono no
more than a simple clergyman did every Sunday in his
life, that was to instruct his people. He denied that
there was any diocese where there was so little ritualism.
He had been 30 years in Salisbury, and had never at-
tempted to interfere with anything in the diocese either in
cathedral or church. His diocese was one of the most
healthy in the kingdom, and he had ever been a thoroughly
English churchman. It was a very hard thing to say that
a high churchman was not a good churchman. High
churchmen had fought the hardest against the encroach-
ments of Rome, and therefore he felt no shame in saying
that he was a high churchman, and he could distinctly de-
clare that he had never practised any intolerance.
The petition was then ordered to lie on the table, and
The house adjourned.

HOUSE OF COMMONS—LAST EVENING.
The SPEAKER took the chair at four o'clock.
ITALIAN AFFAIRS.

Sir H. W. BARROW gave notice that on Friday next
he should call the attention of the house to the desir-
ability of the proposed Conference on Italian affairs.
CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY (IRELAND).

Mr MAGUIRE asked the Chief Secretary for Ireland
what course the Government intended to adopt with refe-
rence to granting a Charter for the Catholic University of
Ireland ?

E MAYO said the matter was under consideration,
but he hoped to be able to state what was to be done when
Parliament met at the ordinary time.

THE BREECH-LOADER COMPETITION.

Lord ELCHO asked the Secretary of State for War
whether the decision of the committee composed of offi ers
of the regular army and of civilians, which was appointed
to consider and report upon the various arms submitted
for trial, in accordance with the terms of the War
Office advertisement issued in October last, by
which " gunmakers and others" were invited to propose
"breech-loading rifles which may replace the present ser-
vice rifles in future manufacture," would be considered

final; if not, what were the grounds for not accepting as

final the decision of a committee which was invited " w
• report upon the best breech-loading rifle for use in tho
army ?" And, also, to what further inquiry would those
arms be submitted, by whom would it be conducted, and
within what pariod of time might it bo expected that a
final decision would be conic to as to the future service
rifle?

SirJ. PAKINGTON said the competition for breech-
loaders, arranged by the pliant member for Huntingdon,
had taken place only to a limited extent, as about
70 of the 100 rifles sent in for competition
did not comply with the regulations laid down,
and, therefore, the prizes given by ,that committee
could not be considered final. The first rifle conferred for
the first prize did not necessarily carry with it- the
arrat,gement that the rifle should be selected for
general use in the army. With respect to the large
number of rifles not complying with the regula-
tions it became necessary to make some arrange-
ments, and it had been decided that further experiments
should be carried on, and from the extreme difficulty of
selecting the best weapon for the army it would perhaps
be about two years before the matter was fully decided.
Mr. NEWDEGAT 5.3 asked whether there would be any
objection to lay a return of the number of converted En-
fields, and the number of those fit for conversion, on the
table.

Sir J. PAKINGTON thought such a return was already
on the table.

STORM WARNINGS.

Colonel SYKES asked the Vice-President of the Board
of Trade whether any further correspondence on the sub-
ject of storm warnings with the Scientific Committee of
he Royal Society would be presented to the house.
Mr. CAVE said he hoped to lay the final arrangements
on the table of the house within a very few days.