The Sun.
London, England, 1867-10-09 00:00:00

THE PUBLIC RECORDS.

The Deputy Keeper of the Public Records, Mr.
T. Duffus Hardy, gives in his 28th annual report an
interesting account of the progress made during the
year 1866 in the classification and calendering of
the valuable State papers and other documents
under his care. it apt ears that the distinction for-
merly drawn between literally and legal applicants
have been abolished, and that all-persons, whatever
their objects may be, can inspect and copy the
public records gratuitously. The photozincography
operations at the Ordnance Survey Office at South-
ampton were continued during the year under the
superintendence of Mr. William Basevi Sanders,
the second part of the English series having been
published in the course of the summer. The third
part will comprise documents of the reigns of Queen
Mary and Queen Elizabeth. Mr. Sanders has
selected for photozincography a number of curious
documents relating to State prisoners in the Tower
of London. Among them are the warrant for the
commitment of Sir Henry Vane, July 7, 1660 ; the
warrant for the commitment of the regicides, Colonel
Martin, Colonel Downe7, Colonel Lilburne, and
others, August 15, 1660 ; a Secretary of State's
order to " put Dr. Heyden into the dungeon this
night, that wee may see what effect this will have
upon him towards his confession," January 24,
1666-7 ; an order under the Royal sign manual to
suffer the Lord Archbishop of Canterbury to have
access unto the Lord Strafford "to confer with
him upon certaine matters in which Wee have given
him Our commands," January 21, 1678-9 ; writ for
the delivery of Algernon Sydney to the Sheriff of
London on the 17th of December, 1683, for execu-
tion—the writ specifying that he is to be dragged
through the city of London to the gallows at Ty-
burn, and recites all the details of a sentence for
high treason, the Sheriff's receipt being attached,
witnessed by Sir George Jeffreys, Chief Justice of
the King's Bench ; an order under the Royal sign
manual, signed with a trembling hand, for the
commitment of the Duke of Monmouth's children,
July 9, 1685 ; warrant for the delivery of the
body of James, Duke of Monmouth, to the Sheriff
of London on the 15th of July, between the
hours of 9 and 11 in the forenoon, for execu-
tion on Tower-hill, July 13, 1685 ; the King's
order to allow the Duke of Monmouth and Lord
Grey to have each a servant ; that the Bish_op of
Ely is to acquaint the Duke of Monmoutk " that he
is to dy to-morrow," and that he, may gr2o his
children, 14th July, 1685 ; the 'Ling's order for the
Duchess of Monmouth to 'nave access to the Duke,
either this day "or to-morrow morning," 14th
July, 1685; the King's order to permit the
Duchess bi Monmouth " to dispose of the body of
her 'laughter, that is now dead in the Tower, as
shee shall think fitt," 12th of August, 1685 ; au
order for the commitment as "safe" prisoner of
George, Lord Jeffreys, 12th December, 1688 ; an
Order in Council to permit Mr. Laurence Braddon,
who wrote several works respecting the mysterious
end of the Earl of Essex, " to see and viewe ye
chamber in the Tower of London where the late
Earl of Essex was found dead," 24th January,
1688-9 ; an order under the Queen's sign manual
to deliver the body of George, late Lord Jeffreys,
to his relations, and permit them to carry it out of
the Tower "in a private and decent manner" for
burial, 30th September, 1692 ; and the Speaker's
order for the commitment of Mr. Secretary Wal-
pole for corruption in receiving 500 guineas and a
note for 500 more on account of two contracts for
forage for the troops in North Britain, January 17,
1711-12. Mr. Prendergast and the Rev. Dr.
Russell, the commissioners appointed to select for
transcription the Irish official documents now among
the Carte papers in the Bodleian Library at Ox-
ford, prosecuted their labours during the year with
much zeal and discretion, having examined 28
volumes, containing upwards of 10,000 documents,
ranging in date from October, 1619 to 1689, a
period full of events of the utmost importance in
the history of Ireland. The papers selected for
transcription amount to between 2,500 and 2,600
in number. Ou the value and importance of these
papers the Commissioners remark that, as they
proceed in their researches they are the more con-
firmed iu the belief that it is to this great collection
of papers that the statesman and student must
principally have recourse in order to form an ade-
quate conception of the events which have most
materially influenced the later period of Irish
history. Of the papers selected by the Commis-
sioners transcripts of 1,157 documents have been
made in duplicate in 16 volumes and deposited in the
Public Record-office, one copy to be preserved there
and the other to be kept in such place in Dublin
as may be selected for its deposit. The calendar
of the Carew papers, which likewise contain highly
valuable materials for the elucidation of Irish history,
has been continued by the Rev. J. S. Brewer and
Mr. William Millen. It will thus be seen that her
Majesty's Government has not been unmindful of
the claims of Ireland to have the materials for its
history made public. As the important historical
documents in Rymer's " Fcedera " are cotupara-
tively unknown to scholars in consequence of the
scanty and almost useless indexes to the various
editions, the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D., has
been engaged, at the suggestion of the Master of the
Rolls, to draw up a syllabus, or catalogue raisonne
of the contents of the entire work. Various other
catalogues and calendars calculated to facilitate the
labours of literary inquirers were also in course of
preparation ; and during this year nine volumes were
published of the " Chronicles and Memorials of
Great Britain and Ireland during the Middle Ages,"
making a total of 75 volumes. It is satisfactory to
learn that the public demand for these publications
continued to increase, 17,014 haying been sold up
to the end of the year. The fees received at the
office in respect of searches, authenticated copies,
and attendances amounted to only £628 12s. 10d.
The decrease in this item, however, is simply owing
to the fact that all fees were abolished after the
26th of May, 1866.

A Tribute to Wheeler and Wilson.

Not alone are you exulting
At your Grand Gold Medal sheen,
In tho triumph of your Sewing
And your Button-Hole Machine :
We, Britannia's own women,
Also take a noble pride,
And our lips, from hearts exultant,
Into fostal music glide.

That your skill and mighty effort,
Which has kept vile drudgery's chain,
Better far than any other,
From the household's great domain,
Is acknowledged by th' impartial;
And 'tis beautiful and grand,
In our gratitude to sparkle
Thus o'er all the joyous land
Onward, then, ye benefactors,
With your industry and skill,
Never resting on your laurels,
But supplying millions still !
Not in present years this medal
Only decks your work sublime,
But your memory shall be by it
Honoured in all coming time.

EFFECT OF NEW MILITARY ARMS.—An article in
the Illomteur gives some details of the effects of the new
military arms. According to the writer the improvement
made in cannon and muskets, far from increasing the
slaughter on the fold of battle, has diminished it. Ito gives
the subjoined figures: —" At Austerlitz the French loss was
14 per cent. of the effective engaged, the Russian 30 per
cent., and the Austrian 44 ; at Wagram the French 13 per
100, and the Austrian 14; at Borodino the French 37 per
100, and the Russian 41; at Bautzen the French 13, and
the Russians and Prussians 14 per cent. ; at Waterloo
French 36, the allies 31; at Magenta, French, 7, Austrians
8 ; at Solferino the French and Sardinians 10, and the
Austrians 8 per 100." According to the report of the
United States General Rosencrantz on filo battle of Mur-
freesborough it required 27 cannon shot and 155 musket
balls to kill one man. On each soldier of the enemy killed
there was an expenditure of 9001 b. weight of iron. The
mortality in armies is not duo to the field of battle, but to
disease; bivouacking on cold nights, halting in the midst
of snow, marches under a burning sun—those are the real
and terrible foes of the soldier.
THE EASTERN FISHERIES. The deliveries of
herrings at Great Yarmouth have been somewhat reduced
during the last few days by stormy weather. The quality
of the fish landed has been good, and prices have ranged
at from £lB to £3O per last (13,200 fish). Several of the
boats have lost gear, nets,

SPOR PING INTELLIGENCE—This Day.

NEWMARKET RACES—(Tura DAY).
(Br ELECTRIC: TELEGRAPH.)
SWEEPSTAKES OF 50 SON'S.
A Sweepstakes of 50 SOV3 each, h ft, for two year olds ;
colts Bst 101 b, fillies 8;t 71h, not engaged in the July,
Chesterfield, Rutland, Clear well, or Prendergast Stakes;
winners of 200 sovs or upwards 51b extra ; maidens
allowed 51b. Criterion Course.
Victress filly
Potupier
Four ran.
OATLANDS PLATE.
The Outlands Plate (handicap) of 50 sovs, for 3 yr olds and
upwards. Cambridgeshire Course.
Viridis 1
Porter's Knot
Camellia 3
Twelve ran.
BEDFORD STAKES.
Tho Bedford Stakes of 50 sovs each, h ft, for two year
olds ; colts Bst 101 b, fillies Bst 71b; winners of a sweep-
stakes amounting to 500 sore, with ten subscribers or
upwards 71b, all other winners of sweepstakes or plates
Bib extra; weights accumulative. Bretby Stakes Course.
Earl
.• 0 0 1
Ouragan
Four ran.
MIDDLE PARK PLATE.
The Middle Park Plate of 1,000 sovs, added to a Sweep-
stakes of 30 sovs each, 20 ft, for two year olds; colts
Bst 91b, fillies and geldings Bst 61b; winners of a stake
value 1,000 sore 71b, of 500 410 extra ; maidens at start-
ing allowed 31b ; the second to receive 200 sovs and the
third 100 out of the stakes; Bretby Stakes Course.
Green Sleeve 1
Rosicrucian
Lady Coventry
•• 3
Formosa
• • 4
Lady Elizabeth
Sixteen ran. Won by a bead.
FREE HANDICAP SWEEPSTAKES.
A Free Handicap Sweepstakes of 25 soya each, 10 ft.
Bretby Stakes Course.
_ _ _

Grand Duk©
Historian 2
Four rau.

HANDICAP OF 10 SOVS.
A Handicap of 10 sous each, for two and three year olds.

T.Y.C.

Bessie Dixon
Salvor 2
Seventeen ran.
BEAUFORT STAKES.

The Beaufort Stakes of 150 sovs each, h ft, for three year
olds; colts Bst 101 b, fillies Bst Gib; uutriods allowed 31b,
if both 51b.
Summertime
SELECT STAKES.

Tho Select Stakes of 50 sovs each, h ft, for three year
olds ; colts Bst 101 b, fillies Bst 71b ; the winner of any
one of the following stakes 51b, of auy two of them 101 b
extra, viz.:—Tho Two Thousand Guineas, or One
Thousand Guineas Stakes at Newmarket, the Derby or
Oaks at Epsom, the Prince of Wales's Stakes at Ascot,
the Great Yorkshire Stakes at York, and the St. Leger
or Don Stakes at Doncaster; the second to save his
stake. R.M.
Priponuier
1
Montgoubert
Won easily.
MATCHES.
Maid of Masham beat Maid Marian.
Lord Glasgow receives forfeitl
Shrapuell beat Usher.
LATEST BETTING ON THE COURSE.
CAMBRIDGESHIRE.
6to 1 agst Bliukhoolie (taken)
40 to 1 agst Gardevisure (offered)

DERBY.
4to 1 agst Sir Joseph Hawley's lot (taken)
10 to 1 agst Lady Elizabeth (offered)

JOHN STIRK,
25, WELLI:IGTON-UTIMET, STE.A.NI),
Bxecutes Commissions ou all th• rang to auy awouut.

Th• full market •dds laid.
Price list daily.

PROGRAMME OF TO-MORROW'S RACES.
THURSDAY.

A Plato of 50 sovs ; two yoar olds fat 101 b, three Bst 101 b,
four 9st 81b, fivo, six, and aged, 9st 10Ib ; maiden three
year olds allowed 51b, four and upwards 12lb; R.M.

A Plato (handicap) of 100 soya, for three year olds and
upwards;

A Handicap of 15 sovs, 10 ft, with 50 added, for three
year olds and upwards; D.I.

A Handicap of 15 sow; each, 10 ft, for two year olds;

T.Y.C.
A Sweepstakes of 10 sovs each, for two year olds icolts
Bst 101 b, fillies Bst 81b; T.Y.O.

A Swoopstakos of 10 sovs each; two year olds 6st 131 b,
throe Bst 101 b, four, fist 31b, five and upwards fist 61b;
fillios allowed 3113; T.Y.C.
A Handicap of 20 sovs each ; T.Y.C.

The Newmarket Oaks, a Sweepstakes of 25 sovs each, 10
ft, with 100 added, for throo year old fillies; Bst 101 b
each ; the second to receive 100 sovs out of the stakes ;
the winner of the One Thousand Guineas or Two Thou-
sand Guineas Stakes at Newmarket, the Oaks or Derby
at Epsom, the Prince of Wales's Stakes at Ascot, the
Oaks at York, or the Park Hill Stakes or St. Leger at
Doncaster 71b extra ; maidens, if they have never saved
their stake in the above-named races, allowed 71b ;
T.M.M. ; 65 subs.
Lady Fyfield, Midwife, Henrietta Temple, ch f by New-
minster—lrish Queen (paid), Belle Duchesso, br f by
Gamma di Vergy out of Sneer, Charming May, Lady Hes-
ter, Rinderpest, Corybantica, Ringtail Scream ,r, Boadicea,
Stolen Kisses, Preface, Merry Christian, Sunnylocks, Dove-
tail, Artesia, Skysail, Maydew, The Empress, The-Duchess,
Ines (71b extra), Red Riband, Arpello, Narino, Cauthleen,
Sweet Home, Faux Pas, Sister to Vedette, Mdlle de Charo-
lais, La Fregate, La Marechale, Iris, Ruth, Pussy, Etoi'e
Polaire, Floranthe, Catherine, Line, lona, Minster Bell,
Marmite, Lexovienne, f by M%lcolm out of Manoeuvre, f by
Lord of the Isles out of Miss Ann, Miss Bateman, La Puce,
Pussy, Ornament (paid), Manuella (paid), Evergreen,
Hidee, Camilla, Janus, Ravioli, Seville, f by Wild Dayroll
out of Rupee, f by Voltigeur out ofßlondelle, Rust, Blush
Rose.

A Sweepstakes of 300 Boys each, h ft, for two year olds;
colts Bst 101 b; fillies Bst 61b; untrieds allowed 31b ;
Bretby Stakes Course ; 8 subs.
St Ronan, Brother to Strafford, Innerdale, Angus,
Athena, Paco (31b), Glenderg.

A Sweepstakes of 500 sovs each, 200 ft, for three year olds ;
colts Bst 101 b, fillies Bst 71b; the winner of the Two
Thousand Guineas, One Thousand Guineas, Derby, Oaks,
or Doncaster St. Leger, 51b, of any two of those stakes
101 b extra ; maidens allowed 71b ; R.M. ; 6 subs.
Hermit (Mb extra), Cyclone, Ines, br e by Young Mel-
bourne, dam by Teddiugton—Maid of 3iasham, c by Thor-
manby out of Cordelia, Friponnier.
The Apethorpe Stakes of 100 sovs sovs each, h ft, for
two-year-olds; colts Bst 101 b, fillies and geldings, Bst
7lb ; maidens allowed 51b ; each subscriber to name two,
one to the post ; T.Y.C.; 5 subs.
Carlowrie, My Lady, Pace, Piper, Moll, Sweet Kate,
Adele colt, Westmoreland, Principio, and Peace.
The Bretby Stakes of 100 sovs each, h ft, for two-year-old
fillies ; Bst 101 b each ; last three quarters of R.M. ; 12
subs.
Lady Grace, Europa, Booty, Cymbal, Poarlfeather, Sister
to General Peel, Adosinda, Morgan la Fayo filly, Lady
Lure well filly, Nell Gwynne, Queen of Beauty, and
Mysotis.

A Biennial Post Match, 200 ; colts Bst 101 b, fillies Bst 71b

T.T.C.

Duke of Beaufort's Lady Grace and Herald against Mr
Chaplin's Grandee.

RES FOR 1867.

Elleamor3 l7
Newmarket Houghton
Leek 2l
Liverpool Huut Cup 26
Worcostor 29
Chelmsford
Lincoln Autumn
/ABE

Shrewsbury Autumn it
Leamington Bunt