The Sun.
London, England, 1866-10-29 00:00:00

THE JOCKEY CLUB.

A general meeting of the Jockey Club was held at New-
market on Wednesday in the Houghton Meeting, present :
—Mr. Craven, Admiral Rous, Duke of Beaufort (stewards),
Lord Annesley, Mr. Berne, Count Batthyany, Mr. Chaplin,
Lord Falmouth, Colonel Forester, Marquis of Hastings,
Sir Joseph Hawley, Captain Lane, Mr. Lowther, Mr.
Payne, Baron Rothschild, Mr. Saville, Lord Westmx-land,
Lord Winehilsea.

The notice as to dates of the Newmarket Meetings, 1867,
published in the last Calendar, having been read, it was
recommended by the stewards, and unanimously resolved :
—That on account of Easter falling so late, the Craven
Meeting, 1867, shall be brought forward a fortnight, and
commence on Monday, April 8." The Newmarket Meet-
ings, 1867, will therefore take place as follows:—
Craven Meeting, April 8 First Oct. Meeting, Sept. 24
FirstSpringMeeting,Apl.22 Second Oct. Meeting, Oct. 7
July Meeting, July 2 Houghton Meeting, Oct. 21
It was resolved by a large majority to improve the stand
at the end of the flat by adding a room on the first floor,
with a roof on the present plan over it.

THE NATIONAL HUNT.

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gentlemen were elected as gentlemen riders : -Mr. David
Pringle, Mr. C. 0. Wodehouse.
The following additions to the Grand National Steeple-
chase rules were agreed to:—
To add to rule XI. the following words :—" until it has
been duly registered in the book of Steeple-chases past."
To add to Rule XIII. :—" and in all minor handicaps
where there is any forfeit, and the highest weight left in by
4 p.m. the day before running is under 12st 71b, it shall
be raised to that weight, and the others in proportion."
Rule XIX. When the qualification of any horse is ob-
jected to before starting for the race ho is engaged in, the
owner must produce proof of his qualification to the
stewards or clerk of the course, and if the owner shall
start his horse without so doing, the prize shall be with-
held for a period, to be fixed on by the stewards, at the ex-
piration of which time, if the qualification bo not proved
to the satisfaction of the stewards, he shall not be entitled
to the prize though his horse should have come in first
but it shall be given to the owner of the second horse.
When the qualification of a horse is objected to after the
race, the person making the objection must prove the dis-
qualification. The objector shall at the time ho makes
his objection deposit iu the hands of the clerk of the
course the sum of 5. sovs, which shall be returned if the
stewards decide the objection to bo simply valid or invalid;
but if their decision shall be that the objection is frivolous
or vexatious, the money shall be forfeited to the Bentinek
Fund.

(Signed) W. G. CRAVEN.
BEAUFORT
GREY DE WILTON, I Members of the
C. H. CAREW, )- Grand National
B. J. ANGELL, I Hunt Committee.
WESTMORLAND j
H. COVENTRY
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The Committee recommend that clerks of courses should
write to each of their appointed stewards, seven clear days
before each meeting, requesting their attendance, or the
appointment of substitutes to act as stewards, should they
themselves be unable to attend.

IMPATIENT HEARERS.—One Sabbath morning
the Rev. Richard Watson, when engaged in preaching, had
not proceeded far in the discourse when he observed an
individual in a pew just before him rise from his seat, and
turn round to look at the clock in front of the gailerY, as
if the service were ak weariness to him. This unseemly
act called forth the following rebuke :—" A. remarkable
change," said the speaker,
people of this country in regard to the public service of
religion. Our forefathers put their clocks on the outside
" has taken place among the
their attondanee. We have transferred them to the inside
of theirplaces of worship that they might not be too l.ate. in
of the house of God, lest we should stay too long in the
service. A sad and an ominous changegreat danger
! "
heignorance and
whlicGhNOwßeAaNsCaE
people
are' t t et loi EfeSac—iTs
from
riches. There is no other nation in which ignorance is
so dangerous as it is in the
"United States. There is no
other nation whose stability is so dependent upon the direct
co-operation of the popular will. There is no nation,
therefore, whose salvation demands that, as a
policy, the common people should be educated.ninsurance
Schools,
books, newspapers, and the whole economy of intellige'neo en
are indispensable vitalisers of national life. In a nation
where men are intelligent, riches aro shorn of much of
their danger; but in a nation where men are ignorant
riches are despotic. There is no element that has such
csaopoittahl.e
And
pos sibilhitainesginogf despotism
and phoowrizeornoof
of
dothmeinfuiotun ares
I
and misrule, whichshall call for the se
correc-
tives, as the result severest penal of the misuse
affairs. ' Theof wealth in political
great national
instrument of progress and civilisation;leverage; the great material
by which God developer the l the great element
and civic virtue—.lower form of moral culture
this becomes,
capable of being despotic by the perversion of men,
and national peace. and destructive of national purity
in our time to inculcate The great truths then which we need
and about which we should, if pos-
sible,raise up an '
duties of wealth.— enthusiasm, are education and the moral
Waklonan and Reflector.

opening meeting and conversazioneUf this
society for the session of 1866-7 was held last even-
ing in its rooms, Conduit-street, Regent-street. Mr.
R. W. Edis, president of the association, took the
chair, and therooms were filled by a numerous com-
pany, of whom a fair proportion were ladies. Among
the members and friends of the society who were
present were Professor Kerr, Messrs. Donaldson,
Spiers, Christian, W. Cashill, and J. D. Mathews
and R. Plumbe, the hon. secretaries. Letters of
apology for their absence had been received from
Messrs. A. J. B. Hope, M.P., G. G. Scott, T. li.
Wyatt, D. Burton, T. Smith, and other gentlemen.
Several gentlemen were nominated as members of,
the association. Prizes awarded under the direction
of the society were presented to the following gen-
tlemen—Class of Design, Ist prize, Mr. W. Lons-
dale ;2d prize, Mr. J. Jones. Figure drawing, Mr.
J. Johnson. Tite prize for the best design of a street
elevation, Mr. T. W. Willis. Other prizes offered
for designs for a pair of semi-detached dwelling-
houses and for sketches from existing buildings had,
in the absence of competition, not been awarded.
The President delivered an address, in which he
dwelt at considerable length upon the duties and
opportunities of architects. He sketched the his-
tory of architecture in England during the last
two centuries and a half, and complained rather
severely of the manner in which architects
had recently been treated by the Government in
regard to competitions for the erection of public
buildings ; especially he impressed upon all young
architects and students the necessity for earnest,
honest, and laborious study, in order to qualify
them for the practice of their profession, and to
enable them to execute such works as would im- •
prove the public taste and connect their names with
the art history of. their country:- —Mr Donaldson
and Professor Kerr delivered brief addresses, in
which they commended this association to the sup-
port of those who were interested in architecture,
and referred with satisfaction to the good that it
had already accomplished. Mr. Donaldson specially
commended some of the drawings and sketches which
were exhibited by Mr. Spiers ; and to a certain ex-
tent, echoing the remarks of the president, com-
plained of the influence which had recently been
allowed to amateurs in the matter of public compe-
titions. After a short interval devoted to the con-
sumption of tea and coffee a selection of vocal and
instrumental music was performed by Madame
Gilbert, Miss Susannah Cole, and Messrs. Robert
Mason, Ralph, Aylward, and A. Gilbert, and the
proceedings were brought to a close soon after 11
o'clock.

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