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

Ago at lb
Ao at lb
Astrolabo a 12 7 TBlly g
a 10 7
Da'sy 11 9 Baffer
... a 10
11311 Court ... 11 9 Badminton. ... 510 5
Di-patch ... all 2 Chimney Sweep 510 .5
Horne. ... all 2 King Arthur ... alO 5
Pensioner 6 11 0 Greenland .
The Doctor ... 610 . ... 610 5
12 The Lamb... ... 10 5
The Nun a 10 10 Torpedo
... 5 10 4
Moose ... alO 10 Sylph •
a 10 4
Knave of Trump 3 a 10 10 Pixie •
6 10 0
Andover 6 10 10 Marengo a 10 0
Sprite alO 10 South Stoneham alO 0
L. S. D. 6 10 9 Pole Star 10 0
Portland ... a 10 7 Standard Bearer ... 6 10 0
THURSDAY.
The Croydon Cup, value 100 sovs, added to a sweepstakes
of 10 sovs each, h ft ; the second to receive 20 soya out
of the stakes ; four year olds lOst 121 b, five 12st, six and
upwards 12st 51b ; any winner of 500 sovs at any one
time in 1866-7 71b, of 100 sovs 31b extra ; maiden five
year olds allowed 51b, six and aged 101 b, aged horses,
not being maidens, but which have not won 100 sovs
in 1866 or 1867, 51b. About throe miles and a half. 28
subs.

Northern Light, Astrolabe, King Arthur, Moose, Hall-
Court, L.S.D., The Miller, Tennyson, Dr. Holloway, Said,
The Elk, Garus, Stourton, Patience, Revolver, Hornet,
Farnane, Marengo, Benazet, Flyfisher, Tally-ho,
Count Horn, Sensation,South Stoneham, Badminton,
Merry Horn, and Lawrence.
A Steeplechase Handicap of 5 sovs each, 2 ft (to the second)
with 50 added ; any winner after the publication of the
weights 51b extra T about two miles and a half. ' —"I--
A Selling Steeplechase Handicap of 3 soya each, with 25
added ; the winner to be sold fur 40 sovs, cue. ; about
two miles.
A Bolling Hurdle Race Handicap of 3 S3VEI each, with 30
added; the winner to be sold for 40 soya, ctc.; about one
mile and a half, over six hurdles.
A Hurdle Race Handicap of 5 soya each, 1 ft (to the second)
with 50 added; any winner after Nov. 27 71b extra;
about two miles, over seven hurdles; 46 subs.
Glendale, Foxholes, Lord Raglan, Excitement, Alberta,
Harrington, Lord Waldegrave, Fitz-Adine, Pakrita, Ap-
plecross, Vicious, Allow Me, Northill, Black Rock, Vin-
dicator, Will Scarlott, Vittoria, Liston, Jassy, Batthyany,
Daisy, Lady Lincoln, Valeria, Muezzin, Eltham, Excoller,
Diomed, Heurlys, Mountain Maid, Apaley, Faint Heart,
Wings of the Wind, Owen Roo, Caprice, Banshee, Wild
Chieftain, Nabocklish, Quirina, Endsleigh, Ace of Hearts,
Lord Craven, Lord Zetland, The Doctor, Knave of
Trumps, The Lizard.

NOMENCLATURE.
The Mamhead Yearlings.
Colt by Stockwell out of King of
Kent's dam (Scalado), by
Touchstone Royal Exchange.
Colt by Newminster out of Start
Point
Colt by King Tom out of Sneer
Colt by Crater out of Olympias
Colt by Crater out of Fair Agnes
Colt by Brocket out of Rita
Colt by Brockot out of a mare by
Genima di Vergy out of Petti-
coat Bustle.
Colt by Crater out of Medal
Colt by Francatelli out of Volition Ude.
Colt by Blackthorn out of Ship-
wreck Blue Light.
Colt by Crater out of Jetty Treffz Coldstream.
Colt by Crater out of Lady Blanche Mont Blanc.
Colt by Crater out of Crystal Sulphur.
Filly by Crater out of Madame
Clicquot
Filly by Crator out of Couleur do
Roso
Filly by Crater out of Botany
Filly by Crater out of Petticoat Nudity.
Filly by Crater out of Alice Grey Alice Maude.
Filly by Crater out of Columbine Danseuse.
Filly by Crater out of Belle
Filly by Crater out of Flower Girl Covent Garden.
Filly by King Tom out of Prioress Miss Rothschild.
Filly by King Tom out of Wild
Rose
Filly by Brocket out of Gizelle The Fawn.
Filly by Blair Athol out of Equity Chancery.
Filly'hv Stockwell out of Ernestine Stockhausen.
Filly by Macaroni out of Philomel Amalphi.

High Church.
King Theodore.
Naples.
Sorrento.
Palmerston.

TURF NEWS FRONI FRANCE.

Tun rotiowtng yearlings, bilking-tog --rartyn N. de
Rothschild, have arrived at Mr. T. Carter's stable:—Medoc,
bay colt by Gustave out of Illustration, Ostregot, colt by
Gustave out of Villefranche, colt by Tumbler, out of Cast
Off, colt by Muscovite out of the Cowl mare, colt by '['he
Curo out of Duplicity, and colt by Voltigeur out of
Chantress.

Quaker has been looked at by the inspectors of the Haras,
and an offer of B,ooof. has been made for him, which is not
too much, as this son of Quiz is undoubtedly the
stoutest horse West Australian ever got.
Thirty-five yearlings have been brought upfrom Dangu
to increase Count do Lagrange's establishment at Royalieu
and Newmarket.

Testament, by Fandango out of The Teat, 3 yrs, has
arrived at J. Spinks's stable to be trained.
Capt. Baron's establishment, at Chantilly, will bo broken
up for a time, two of his stud having been sold, and the
remainder will be sent to England.

M. Pol Nanquett has purchased Anglo-Saxon of M.
DeNtre, and it is said that this young steeplechaser is to
be added to the list of geldings.

French interest at Croydon will be represented by Astro-
labe, Niger, and Flandrin. Cassidy will go over to ride
them.

LATEST BETTING ON THE FRENCH DERBY, 1868.
n to 1 agst M. Andre's Miss Thunderbolt
25 to 1 agst M. Delamarro's Predestine
25 to 1 agst Count de Lagrange's Surcouf
30 to 1 agst M. Lunel's Cromwell
50 to 1 agst M. Andre's Bohemienno

The Object of Volunteer Organisation.

It might be supposed that the Pall Mall Gazette
had picked up something new as well as strange in
its account of the way in which many soldiers use
their firearms, as proved by the muskets collected on
the field of Gettysburgh after the battle. The Spec-
tator, in last Saturday's number, alludes to the figures
as something wonderful, and never seen before. A
year ago, however, these figures went the rounds of
the American press, and formed the subject of an
article in our columns. They furnish proof
how even the coolest lose their wits in the
hurry and excitement of action, and are no had
answer to an article of the Pall Mall on the " Les-
sons of the Battle of Mentana." The lesson afforded
by these statistics is the necessity of training men to
use their arms before employing them in war. The
lesson the Pall Mall derives from the Battle of Men..
tana is that the Volunteers of England are almost
useless, because they are not supplied with the orga.
nisation by which armies are moved and supported
in the field. " Volunteers cannot be depended on
against regular troops, and success in actual war-
fare depends almost entirely upon the discipline of
the men and the science of the officers, and hardly
at all upon the mere strength or courage of either,
taken as individuals." This is the instruction the
Pall Mall derives from the Battle of Montana, and
it goes on to say :—" If, then, we turn to the ques-
tion whether our volunteers are efficient, we reply,
Look at the battle of Mentana ; look at the war be-
tween Italy and Austria, and the performances of
the Garibaldians against the Tyrolese ; look, above
all, at the American war, and reflect upon the posi-
tion of the army, which, having been ignominiously
routed at Bull's Run, was literally stuck in the mud
for six or seven months, utterly unable to march out
of its position until all the necessary arrangements
which are required to make an army moveable
had been organised from the very beginning."
This article excited attention and favourable com-
ment, yet it is grounded on an error. The gist of
the volunteer question is whether the organisation is
effective for the end designed, not whether a volun-
teer army is fitted to do the work of a regular army.
The proposed end is the defence of England, the
home of the volunteers ; therefore the employment
of these bands is to be considered wholly in ref er_
ence to a campaign in this island. Great Britain
enjoys the best carrying facilities of all countries;
she is the storehouse of the world, containing in
abundance the necessaries and food required by men.
The organisation to supply every requisite to an
English army in England would be very different
to that required for an English army in Abyssinia.
The Commissariat failure which left the horses and
men of the Ist Dragoon Guards at Hounslow with-
out supplies of any sort when they marched from
Aldershot to take part in the intended review last
summer in Hyde Park seldom occurs on active ,

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/vjt(,, rvice, because the troops a elothedir" itbler4tor
authority, and everything m .gireiray:to. •
taiy exigencies. If Colonels\ rut '4iiihprised
irsue certificates of indebtedne- 'theirs:
regiments required, Commissariaihffiesa wAIX
be almost useless in England. The difference
between feeding a volunteer army in the fiil4
against an enemy, and one on an holiday review has
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been overlooked, the former being the combined
effort of the nation, tl:e latter only individual ac-
tion. Try soldiers under similar circumstances,
and we learn that volunteers arc peculiarly ad tpi
for foraging, the s Hers being mere children, will,
the others are able to support thewelves. If an army of
volunteers were collected together, would they be fed
by ravens—the Rd/ Mall asks —or, it a ids, woald ; hey
not be more likely to feed any ravens that might be
forthcoming ? Now, the ilea of an English army
on English, soil starving when operating ag dust an
invader is prepoiterous. N) ar:ne.l mea starve int,
district where there is plenty of food, and as no man
denies there is abut, l Luce of fool ia Euglan 1, an I
easy carriage everywhere, it is simphy absurd to talk
of the men being starved by deacient organisation.
Shelter, clothing, and food, the great requirements
of an army operating against an enemy, would be
supplied in overflowing abundance, and the most
perfect organisation to which an army ever attained
would be but a mere makeshift compared with that
which would furnish every requisite to -the volun-
teers of England operating on English soil. Tents,
knapsacks, and such baggage so essential in other
countries, are to English volunteers comparatively
useless, for they are but a bad substitute for what is
everywhere attainable in this island. So also with
hospitals and the medical branch. " Is there a single
surgeon to any volunteer regiment who has the faintest
notion as to what his position would be in active
service?" the Pall Mall asks. There is is no posi-
toff-UM off foi. etirgebns in aettte service. Ost--- --
every field the senior medical officers organise their
department according to circumstances. A certain
number accompany the troops in action, supplied
with tourniquets and restoratives for the exigencies
of the moment. But the main hospitals are always
established well to the rear, and to suppose that
this branch would fail, where the country is so
abundantly supplied both with medical men and
surgical appliances, is improbable. The question
of discipline is one easily answered. The moment
volunteer regiments take the field for war, the
Mutiny Act would be extended to embrace the
whole organisation, and not only would the same
laws control volunteers that control regular sol-
diers, but they would be found less difficult to deal
with, belonging as they do to a more educated class
of society. Thus the question of their worth nar-
rows itself to the very training which the Pall Mall
despises—the knowledge of drill they have acquired
and the power of handling their weapons effec-
tively. The Pall Mall sums up all its queries as to
the volunteers in one :—" What are they except a
number of bands of brave and sturdy men, ac-
quainted with regimental drill, and in many in-
stances pretty good shots ; and are not these just
the sort of men who were ignominiously routed at
Mentana ?" The error which underlies the article
is this :—The supposition is, that the opposing
armies are operating on equal terms—a volunteer
army against a regular army—the field being any-
where, and the inhabitants averse to both. In that
case, all that the Pall Mall has urged would bs
true. But that is not the case of English volun-
teers—their own country being their field, their
camp their hospital, and their base. Change this,
and all is changed ; but adhere to it, and every
argument of the Pall Mall falls to the ground. This
is very neatly shown by the illustrations our even-
ing
contemporary has selected. In every instance
the volunteers were the attacking party, having
constituted themselves into an invading army. A
volunteer organisation for the invasion of another
country is worse than useless, but the volunteer
organisation of England for the defence of the island
is effective and powerful. The first necessity of an
invading force is progress ; the inva ler must move
on till he secures the vital point at which he aims.
If he halts and is checked, he fails; to Hal defeat
is destruction, and he must overcome all obstacles
on his road. It is in this fact that the strength of
yohmtiecns-lks. - Place ivroltintee-r—artay.iu position,
and let it await the approach of the invader, and it wil 1
be found a very tough job for any army in Europe
of equal strength to carry that position ; yet the
invader must do this, or fail. Land the British
volunteers in Spain, and let them be opposed to a
French army, and it is probable they would all be
captured; because they would have to manceavre
on equal terms, when the skilful training and careful
organisation of the French would overwhelm the
crude preparations and pluck of the British volun-
teers. There they might indeed be food for ravens,
but in their own country so totally different
are all the circumstances, that the invader would be
much more likely to form that food.
The lessons of the battle of Mentana cannot be
construed into proofs of the worthlessness of
British volunteers, but a very strong instance
of the truth we advance. When GARIBALDI
defended Rome, acting as volunteers ought,
that is, at home, with a Roman mob he inflicted
heavy loss on a French army, maintaining for a
lengthened period his position in the face of a strong
effort of the greatest military power. When GARI-
BALDI attacked Rome, invading the Papal States
with a volunteer force, he was easily crushed. In
the first instance, he used his resources in a manner
for which they were adapted ; in the second, he re-
versed the position, using volunteers as an instru-
ment of attack. He expected the citizens would
rise and place Rome i:i his hands. Failing this he
was powerless, and failing this he would have been
equally powerless both in Sicily and in Naples. llis
success there is no argument in favour of volunteers,
nor is his failure at Mentana an argument against
them, as it is universally acknowledged that a vo-
lunteer army is not adapted for invasion. But
though this is true, it is opt illy true that
the defective organisation which kale to failure
abroad may be supplied at home by the facili-
ties every civilised country offers, and in coun-
tries where these facilities fail in enabling the
people, through defective carriage and other
causes, to keep on foot numerous bands massed
together, the volunteers are compelled to resort to
another mode of warfare for which Spaniards have
supplied a name as guerilla. Thus in both civilised
and savage lands, the invaded inhabitants who are
determined to strike with courage for their freedom,
are supplied with the means, au! wh2n newspapers
discuss volunteer organisations they should do so
with express reference to the end proposed, viz.—
the defence of their own country and homes.—
A n9lO- A erican Times.

I ADVERTTSEMENT.I—HoIIoway's Pills.—With the:dark-
ening days fan(' changing temperatures the digestion be-
comes impaired, the liver disordered, and the mind
despondent, unless the cause of the irregularity be expelled
from the blood and body by an alterative like these pills.
They go directly to the source of the evil, thrust out all
impurities from the circulation, reduce distempered organs
to their natural state, and correct all defective or contami-
nated secretions. Such easy means of instituting health,
strength, and cheerfulness, should be in the possession of
all whose stomachs aro weak, whose minds are much ha-
rassed, or whose brains are overworked. Holloway's is
essentially a blood-tempering medicine, whereby its influ-
ence, reaching the remotest fibre of the frame, effects a uni-
versal good.
[A D I'm arts n 3 g NT.] ConFamption, and all nervosa, bilious,
stomach and liver complaints in every stage are only ft;.;gravated
and accelerated by dru,,:s of every description, but perfectly
curable by Du flarry's float th-resterhrT Ilevalen:a Arabica F0..(1,
as proved by thousands of cases wl‘ii,h had been considered
hopeless; stieh afi indigestion olysper.ia.i, coti:.;11, tt,don I, eon-
sureption, habitual constipation, diarrhoea, all gastric derange-
ments, hremorrhoida, liver cotnplaints, flatulency, nervotrme,s,
biliousness, fevers, sore throats, 4.liphtheria, catarrhs, colds, in-
fluenza, noises in the head and ears, rheumatism, gout., impu-
rities, eruptions, hysteria, neuralgia, irritability, sleeplessness,
acidity, palpitation, heartburn, headache, debility, dropsy,
cramps, spasms, nausea and sickness, even in pregnancy or at
sea, sinking tits, bronchitis, scrofula, tilatness of the chest,
pains at the pit of the stomach, and befween the shoulders, &9
We quote a few.—The Pope's health restored by Dit Rarry s
Food. Cure No. 68,41 A—" Rome, .Idly 21, PAK—The health of
the Holy Father is excellent, especially since, abandoning all
other remedies, he has confined himself entirely to Du Barry's
Revalenta Arabica Food, of which he consumes a plateful
at every meal. It has pro Irt3ed a surprisingly be fieflciztl
effect on his health, and his ifoline n cannot praise this
excellent food too highly." From the "Gazette du Midi."
July 25. Cure No. 46,270. Mr. James Roberts, timber mer-
chant, -bf Frimley, Surrey, of thirty years tth,eased lungs,
spitting/io 1 ' blood, liver derangement, and partial deafness.—
Cure r.o. Lill. D
ill. Lord Stuart de ecies, Lord Lieutenant of
Waterton
OE, malty sears' ilyspepsia.—N, . 49,832. " Fifty
,
years' indescribable agony,. cl:oth dyspepsia, nervousness,
asthma, cough, constipation, flatuleney, spa:nits, sickness and
vomiting.—MariaJoly." Important Caution.—Be ware of the many
unsavoury and more than sloppy imitations to which, without
authority, Baron Liebig's name is most audaciously attached.
In.tins at Is. lid.; I lb., 2s 9d. 2 lbs., 4s. 6(1.; 5 lbs., lls.;
12 lbs., 225.; 24 lbs., 408.— BARRY Do BARRY and Co., No. 77,
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