The Sun.
London, England, 1859-08-12 00:00:00

Half a mile.

Mr. La Mert's Zitclla, 3 yrs, Est 121 b (Clement) 1
Mr. Hare's Little Gerard, aged, Bst 121 b . (Plumb) 2
Lord Ailesbury's Plumper, 2 yrs, 4st 121 b (car. sst) _

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(DreWe) 3
The following also ran :—Boundaway, Maud, Clemanthe;
Arcanum, Frederick, Hammersmith, Felicitas, Palm Leaf,
Gwellyon, Assyrian, Apollyon, Phcebe, May!lower, Smut,
Edisia, and Neophyte.

Betting-5 to iagst Felicitas, 11 to 2 (at first 100 to 30)
agst Zitella, 7 to 1 agst Neophyte,. 10 to 1 each agst
Plumper and Clemanthe, 100 to 7 agst Little Gerard. Wen
very easily by half a length; three lengths between the
second and third; a neck between the third and fourth ;
Clemanthe was fifth, Neophyte sixth. Maud headed the
next lot.

Selling Handicap of 5 soya each, with 25 added. The

winner to be sold for 100 sovs. One mile.
Mr. Sadler's Whimsical, 3 yrs, 7st llb (Saddler) 1
Mr. Ten Broeck's Dove, 3 yrs, 7st 111 b (Fordham) 2
Mr. Mellish's Halliford; 3 yrs, 6st 91b (G. Mills) 3
Mr. Hitchen's Timon, 3 yrs, 7st 51b (Grimshaw) 0
Betting—Even agst Dove, sto 2 agst Whimsical. Won
by a head ; bad third. Timon bolted whilst leading, at the
last turn.

The Reading Stakes of 15 sovs each, 5 ft, with 50 added,
for two-yr-olds ; colts, Bst 101 b ; fillies Bst 51b. Winners
extra. Half a mile. (36 subs).
Sir J. Hawley's Madame Eglantine, Bst 81b (inc. 31b ex.)
(Wells) 1
Mr. Hare's Hartley 'Whitney, Bst 101 b (Fordham) 2
Mr. J. Ingham's Predictor, Bst 131 b (including 31b extra)
(L. Snowden) 3
Troica filly, Sister of Pandora, and Ireland's Glory also
ran.

Betting—Even agst Madame Eglantine, 2 to 1 agst
Hartley Wintney, 7to 1 agst the Troica filly. Madame
Eglantine was very fractious at the first, and the start was
thereby delayed some time. Hartley Wintney was first off,
but Madame Eglantine was soon up with him, and coming
on by herself won in a canter by eight lengths; bad third.
Free Handicap of 5 sovs each, with 40 added. Five

furlongs.

Mr. S. Williams's Hop Merchant, 3 yrs, 7st 101 b
(Fordham) 1
Mr. Blanton's Neophyte, 3 yrs, 7st 121 b .... (Mortimer 2
Mr. Lowther's Brine, 2 yrs, 6st 61b
(J. Daley 3

Miss Eleanor and Turn of Luck also ran.
Betting-2 to 1 agst Hop Merchant, sto 2 agst Turn of
Luck, 3to 1 (at first 6to 4) agst Neophyte. Won by a
head ; bad third.
The Forbury Stakes, of 3 sovs each, with 30 added, for
2-yr-olds and upwards. Optional selling weights, &c.
One mile. 5 subs.
Mr. Saxon's Treacherous colt, 2 yrs (X,50), sst 61b
(Grimshaw) 1
Mr. Evans's Pipo, 2 yrs (£3O), 6st 21b (J. Daley) 2
Mr. Bird's Haliford, 3 yrs (X;30), 7st 41b (Fordhara) 3
Betting-5 to 4 agst Pipo, 7to 4 agst the Treacherous
colt. Won by a length; bad third. The winner was
bought in for 100 guineas.
The Selling Stakes of 3 sovs each, with 25 added, for 2-yr-
olds and upwards. Half a mile. 10 subs.
Mr. Angell's Smut, 2 yrs, sst 81b ........... (Bottom) 1
Mr. Saxon's Maria, 2 yrs (X3O), sst 81b .
(Grimshaw) 2
and Specu a ion also ran.
Mr. Hitchen's Timon, 3 yrs (no), 7st 31b • (Fordham) 3
been RACE
given A To LLE:d'
Arminius, Hammersmith, 1 t'
1;8 'CleTorhgee, DweliWo came in
HandicapTHE
second.

PUBLIC WORKS IN IRELAND. —The 27th annual
report on Public Works in Ireland shows that the total
amount issued from time to time to the 31st December,
1858, was £9,915,181• the amount remitted, £4,940,074;
the principal to be repaid, £4,975,107 ; and the total par
ments of principal and interest to her Majesty's Exchequer
to the 31st December, 1858, £3,285,102.

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'I? POSTAL CO TRA N 3' ''-1!-: : ! •p.,
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The .Select Committee on Packet and Tele `l•llEkluil.,-- .• ..,
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• Contracts, 1859",.1has .agreed, to the f0110w1.4
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" 1.
_The_ attention_ of your comnutttee, Awing
the short time wbich:has elapsed, since they were F 1 I
appointed, has been chiefly directed to the postal x
packet service:for 'Doer.. :
" 2. A contract, dated April 1, 1854, to continue.
until' Oct. 1, 185q.'w-Q'nntered into with Messrs.
JenkingS and Uhurcliswaro (who had offered the
lowest terin3 by public tender), for conveying the
mails between Dover and Calais and Dover and
Ostend.
" 3. An agreement was signed on or about June
20, 1855,_ substituting for the above contract
another, extending the term from Oct.' 1, 1858,
until June. 20; 1868; 'this_ extension, which was
agreed to by the Admiralty without previous con-
sultation with the, Treasury or 'the Post-office,:does
not appear, from the evidence laid before this com-
mittee, to have been made with due'eare and con-
sideration for the.publie interest.
" 4. On April 26, 1859, an agreement was en-
tered into, again substituting another contract,
further, extending the 'term until 'April, 26, 1870.
Your committee have failed to discover suf-
ficient public grounds to justify this exten-
sion, which appears to have been conceded by the
Treasury on the recoinniendation of the Admiralty,
but in opposition to the views of the Postmaster-
General, and, as appears to the committee, without
sufficient inquiry, into the grounds,,,lpcn which the
claim for the extension of the contract was pre-
ferred. •
"5. It is in evidence, before this committee that
Mr. Churchward, one of the contractors, on the
eve of the -last.general election, at the time when
the extension of his contract was underconsidera-
tion at the Treasury, volunteered his support, as
an influential elector for Dover, to the Hon. Cap-
tain Carnegie, one of the Lords of, the Admiralty,
if he should become a candidate for that borough,
on the -expectation that his Contract Was- to be ex-
tended, and expressed his intention; ierequirek to_
,'-
vote for two GOVe•Frinieht candidateS for Dover ;
though.tha:committee think it right to add that
the renewal of the contract had been recom-
mended by the Admiralty to the Treasury :at
least six weeks before the date of the conversa- •
tion referred to, and that it appears to your com-
mittee that the officers with whom the- decision of
the question rested,7that neither the Amdiralty nor
the Treasury were influenced in granting the re- _
' newal of the contract by any corruptor political,
motive. Your corrimittee consider, that the con-
duct of Mr. Murray, the privitteisecretary of the
First Lord of the Admiralty, was open to grave
censure, but they have not sufficient evidence to
show that any member of the Government was
cognisant of the conversation between Mr. Mur-
ray, Mr. Churchward, and Captain Carnegie.
"G. While most anxious for the fulfilment of
all engagements entered into in 'good faith be-
tween the Government and individuals, the com-
mittee submit for the -consideration of the House--
whether Mr. Churchward, in having resorted
to corrupt expedients . affecting injuriously the
charadter of the representation of the people in
Parliament, has not rendered it :impossible for the
House of Commons, with due regard to_its honour
and dignity, to vote the sums of /money necessary
to fulfil the agreement to extend :;I.lr. Churchward's
contract from the 20th of June, 1863, to' the 26th'
of April, 1870.

" f. Although some evidence has been taken re-
specting the general management of, the postal
packet service, the Conimitfee abstain, in the pre-
sent incomplete sfate of their inquiry, from offering
any opinion, on the subject, beyond the expression
of a desire that the important matters referred for
their inYestigaion may be again brought under the
notice of a committee at the earliest opportunity."

ROYAL STRAND THEATRE.
Lessee and Directress, Miss Swanborough
THIS EVENING, CAPTAIN CHARLOTTE. Miss M.
Wilton.
After which, A SCHOOL FOR COQUETTES. Misses
Bwanborough, Oliver, and Lavine.
Followed by THE VERY LATEST EDITION OF THE
LADY OF LYONS.