The Sun.
London, England, 1860-10-25 00:00:00

WEDNESDAY.

The sport to-day was excellent, and the weather
as bright and sunny as springtide. Large fields
contested the various events, but they were not of
a nature to call for especial comment, and the de-
tailed account given below fully explains all the
features. Perhaps the most remarkable thing
of the day was the success of George Fordham,
the famous jockey, who rode no fewer than five
winners. Notwithstanding the publication of the
acceptances for the " Nurseries," there was no bet-
ting on those events, the ring having evidently
had enough of it in the " facer" they got with
Weatherbound. Mr. Marshall officiated as starter,
and gave entire satisfaction. This day (Thursday)
Mr. M'George, the next candidate for the vacant
office of starter, will commence the three days'
"trial" which have been accorded him by the
Jockey Club, previous to making a final appoint-
ment.

A Free Handicap of 25 sovs, 10 ft, and only 5 if declared;
winners extra. The second to receive 25 sovs out of the
stakes. R.M., one mile and 17 yards. 13 subs.
Mr. S. Jacob's Amsterdam, 5 yrs, Bst 121 b (Aldcroft) 1
Mr. Sargeant's Crater, 3 yrs, Bst 41b
Mr. Bryan's Precursor, 4 yrs, Bst llb (G. Fordham) 3
The following also ran :—Cynricus, Jenny Longlegs,
Allington, Comforter.

Betting-7 to 2 agst Jenny Longlegs, 4to 1 each agst
Amsterdam and Precursor, 5 to 1 agst Comforter.
Crater was first off, with Cynricus and Precursor in close
company, Amsterdam next. Rising the hill, Cynricus,
Jenny Longlegs, and Comforter were• beaten, and half way
up Amsterdam got on good terms 'with Crater and Pre-
cursor, a very fine race, ending in favour of the former by
three quarters of a length ; a neck between the second and
third; Cynricus a good fourth ; tie others close together.
Sweepstakes of 10 sous each, for iwo-yr-olds, 7st ; three,
Bst 71b; four, Bst 121 b; five and upwards, 9st lib. The

winner to be sold for 250 sovs if demanded. Last half

of Ab.M. 3 furlongs 217 yards. 7 subs.
Mr. Nelson's King of the Forest, 6 3rs, 9st llb (J. Goater) 1
Mr. Jackson's Polyolbion, 2 yrs, 74 (Challoner) 2
Mr. Smith's Miss Fanny, 2 yrs, 7st .... (13 Grimshaw) 3
The following also ran :—Fravola. Bravo.
Betting-2 to 1 agst King of the Forest, 100 to 30 each
agst Miss Fanny and Polyolbion, 5 to 1 eget Fravola.
Polyolbien was first off, but directly King of the Forest
got up to her head she "cut it." Kintg of the Forest going
on wii;tt the running, followed by !Ilse Fanny, Polyolbion
6,
,:',7; coming ,ain" half way up the cords, but failing to head
King of the
Forest, who won easily by a length and a
half, a length sepb.:
rating the seconl from the third, half a
length between the
ird and four-h.Sutscription Plato of 50 ,scvs)
for two-yr-olds, 7st; three,
Bst 121 b. The winner to be sold for 350 sous, &c.

T.Y.C. 5 furlongs 140 yarc.'•
Mr. W. Day's Isthmian, 2 yrs, 7si
Mr. W. G. Craven's Mantrap, 2 ye, 7st (11. Grimshaw) 2
3
Mr. Jackson's brother to Riseber, 2 Yl.B, 7st • • (Madden)
The following also ran :—Spanish Fly, Norman, Subur-
ban, Cayriana, Strike, Priestess cot, Cantab, and Niger.
Betting-3 to 1 apt Isthmian, i to 1 each agat brother

to Riseber and Cantab, 7 to 1 each a2;st Mantrap and
Norman.

They ran abreast about half way, Mantrap and Cantab
having a slight lead, Isthmian in the centre. Half-way up
the cords Isthmian made his effort, winning by a length
and a half. A length between second and third ; Cavriana
and Cantab the next two, some lengths off. Spanish Fly
and Itsse Middleton the last two.

The winner was claimed by Mr. Craven, Mr. Jackson
claimed Spanish Fly, and Mr. W. Day claimed Priestess
colt.

Sweepstakes of 10 soya each, for three-yr-olds, 7st 71b;
four, Sat 41b ; five and upwards, Oat 11b. The winner to
be sold for 40 sous. if demanded. T.Y.C., 5 fur. 140 yds.
Mr. It. H. Nevill's Sneer filly, 3 yrs, 7st 71b (G. Fordham) 1
Mr. Saxon's Orcus, 4 yrs, Bst 41b (L. Snowden) 2
Mr. H. P. Delmc's British Grenadier, 3 yrs, 7st 71b
(Charlton) 3
Betting-6 to 4 agst Orcus, 7to 4 agst Sneer filly, 2
to 1 agst the British Grenadier.
They ran together until within the cords, where the
Sneer filly came out and won by three-quarters of a length
a bad third.

Handicap Sweepstakes of 15 sous each, 10 ft, for 2-yr-olds.
First half of Ab. M., three furlongs 215 yds. 19 subs.
Mr. Mellon's Sporting Life, Bst 41b (G. Fordham) 1
Mr. Jackson's Longshot, Bst 41b (Bullock) 2
Lord Stamford's Little Lady, Bst 7st (A. French) 3

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The following also ran :—Forester, Mousetrap, Isabella,
Nunnery, Sage, Redpole, Lady Derby, Dotterell, Heliopo-
lis, Lady Louisa filly, and Blemish filly.
Betting-5 to 2 agst Little Lady, sto 1 agst Mousetrap,
7 to 1 each agst Sporting Life, Longshot, and Redpole, 8
to 1 agst Lady Derby.

Lady Derby made play for a short distance, with Sport-
ing Life, Longshot, and Little Lady, the lot running in a
line across the course. Sporting Life took up the running,
after going about 200 yards, and Lady Derby fell back, and
within po yards from home, Ihe leader was challenged by
Longshot and Little Lady; a splendid race between the
first three, ending in favour of ‘l.The Life" by half a
length; a head between the second and third; Redpop
was fourth.

Sweepstakes of 10 sovs each, for 2-yr-olds ; colts, Bst 71b ;
fillies, Bst 41b; the winner to bo sold for 70 sovs, if de-
manded, &c. First half of Ab. M.; 3 furlongs 215 yards.
9 subs.
Mr. Henry's Dr. Nichol, Bst 71b (G. Fordham) 1
Mr. S. Smith's Bayonet, Bst 71b (J. Snowden) 2
Mr. R. Ten Broeck's Bayard, Bst 71b (Wells) 3
The folloming also ran :—Mountebank, Damsel, Bandit,
Golden Cloud, and Postage.
Betting-2 to 1 agst Mountebank, 3to 1 agst Dr. Nichol,
7 to 1 agst Bayard, 8 to 1 agst Postage, 10 to 1 agst
Bayonet.
Won by a length, a head between the second and third,
and a head between the third and fourth.
Sweepstakes of 50 sovs each, h ft, for 2-yr• olds ; colts Bst
71b, fillies Bst 51b. Winners extra. D.M., 7 furlongs, 210
yards. 5 subs.
Duke of Bedford's Hesper, Bst 71b (S. Rogers) 1
Mr. I'. Parr's Parasite, Bst 121 b (inc. 51b extra) .. (Wells) 2
Betting-6 to 4on Hesper, who made all the running
and won in a canter.
ISO Plate, for three-yr-olds, 7st 71b ; four, Bst 71b ; five,
Bst 111 b ; six and age 1, Bst 121 b ; maidens allowed 71b.
A.F., one mile two furlongs 73 yards.
Mr. G. Bryan's Faultless, 3 yrs, 7st 71b (G. Fordham) 1
Mr. W. S. Crawiurd's M. Philippe, 6 yrs, Bst 121 b
(Wells) 2
Lord Zetland's Lanchester, 3 yrs. 7st
Light, Master Bagot, Ipswich, Predictor, and Cottyto
also ran.

Betting-6 to 4 agst Faultless, 3to 1 each agst Master
Bagot and Lancb.estor, 6 to 1 agst Predictor, 10 to 1 agst
Light.

The favourite came out going through the dip, and won a
good race by a length, the same between the second and
third.

Selling Handicap Sweepstakes of 15 soys each, 10 ft, for
three-yr-olds and upwards ; the winner to be sold for 100
sovs, if demanded, &c. R.M. One mile 17 yards. 8
subs.

Mr. Whittaker's White Rose, 3 yrs, Bst 41b (Fordham) 1
Mr. Hodgman's Doeskin, 4 yrs, 7st 41b (Grimshaw) 2
Mr. Eastwood's Tommy Noble, 3 yrs, Bst 41b (Snowden) 3

Narcissus, Battlagoom, Romsey, and Volunteer also ran.
Betting-3 to 1 agst White Rose, 4to 1 agst Romsey, 5
to 1 agst Narcissus, 7 tl 1 apt Volunteer, 10 to 1 agst

Tommy Noble.

White Rose came out on breasting the hill, pursued by
Doeskin, Narcissus, and Tommy Noble, the favourite win-
ning easy by two lengths ; half a length between the
second and third. Tho winner was claimed.

Optional Selling Plate of 50 sous, for three-yr •olds, Bst ;
four, 9st; five, 9st 51b; six and aged, 9st 71b. Selling
allowances. Cambridgeshire Course.
Mr. It. Ten Broeck's Pedlar, 3 yrs (ED), 6st 71b
(Grimshaw) 1
Mr. Saunders's Lady Bird, 3 yrs (£5O), Est 71b (J. Adams) 2
Mr. H. S. Hunt's Miss Digby, 4 yrs (£5O), 7st 71b
(Chaoner 3
Mr. Fuller's Ambush, 4 yrs (£100), Bst ..(D. Hullghes) 4
Bctting,-2 to lon Pedlar-4 to 1 agst Ambush.
Won by a length; bad third. Winner was claimed.

NAPOLEON AN D

TILE FRENCII

CLER a Y.

The French clergy have shown remarkably for a
few years past the temper of a sect. When Napo-
leon 111. first started he was the great augury, the
sign from Heaven, in their behalf. He was hailed
as a new power and force on the religious side, he
was made an argument of, and the weathercocks of
the French Church crowed shrilly on feeling them-
selves rising in the world. Now that the sign and
augury changes a little their puerile vexation and
disgust betrays alike the temper of a sect. They
cannot control themselves, or put the least check
on their tongues ; they are furious and stormy,
they bluster and threaten, they insult the Emperor
to his face, and are as seditious as they were once
servile. All this shows the wounded selfishness of
a religious party, looking after its own interests
and anxious for its own watchwords. It is like the
rage which idolators vent upon their idols when
their idols are intractable and do not give them
what they want or answer when they call upon
them ; the image before which they prostrated
themselves is dragged through the dirt and
whipped. Nothing could be more impolitic than
such an angry demonstration at such a critical
time, when the Emperor is understood to be
wavering between one side and another. These
men are alarmed at the prospect of loss of power ;
they think the fall of the temporalities of the Pope
will be a blow to the clergy generally, and that
they will cease to occupy the place they do
now in the world's ideas. But, if they are
anxious about their power, is it politic in them
to show how unscrupulously they are ready to use
that power upon any emergency ? Is it a motive
to Napoleon 111. to stand up for the preservation
of it that they are now wielding this very instru-
ment to excite a sedition against his Government ?
Are they not rather supplying him with the best
of all arguments for clipping their wings ? That
appears to be the only inference which Napoleon
111. has drawn from it, to judge from the step
which he has taken,—viz., the suppression of the
Gazette do Lyon. We cannot, of course, be ex-
pected to approve such an act of force on the part
of a Government ; it is contrary to English princi-
pies and English ways. We let anybody say what
he likes, on the ground that " words break no
bones," and we find the policy answer ; we find the
free press is a criterion as well as a power and
liberty, and a criterion which extravagant parties
cannot abide, only exposing and weakening them-
selves by it. We cannot give our sanction, then,
to such a step, but the French clergy have not a
word to say against it; their tongues are tied. A
party which is exerting its whole force to keep up
a despotism in Italy cannot object to an act of
self-vindication in French despotism. The Empe-
ror knows the weakness of their position, and their
argumentative exclusion from the right of com-
plaint, and he takes that advantage of it which we
might expect him to take. But this is just what
a headstrong and infatuated faction does not
see itself; it does not see its own weak points,
and how completely the very cause which it so
impetuously advocates shuts its mouth argu-
mentatively when retaliation comes, and leaves it
the ready, defenceless victim, of any hostile mea-
sure. The French clergy are now gagged, and
nobody can pity them ; they are only receiving a
treatment themselves which they recommend for
others. They are interfering in politics, and they
receive a warning to confine themselves to their
spiritual duties. This interference in politics is the
old charge against the clergy, and it is a charge
which at the present day they can less and less
afford to meet. There is little sympathy with them
in such attitudes. At all events, the French Em-
peror, even if he wavers, is not one of those who
will think it an additional argument for abandon-
ing the cause of Italian unity that the French
clergy would, if he did, be able to take to them-
selves all the credit of the step, and represent it as
the inevitable concession of the French Emperor to
their infallible power.—Times.

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