The Sun.
London, England, 1866-05-25 00:00:00

Tiie Re-distribution Bill.

Lord George Gordon Lennox, under date May
23, writes thus to the Times: Would you do me the
favour of permitting me to call the attention,
through your columns, to the arbitrary and absurd
mode in which the 'Government Bill proposes to
deal with Lymington, the borough I have the
honour to represent ? The boroughs which the bill
proposes to leave in Hampshire are Portsmouth,
Southampton, Winchester, Newport, Lymington,
Christchurch, and Andover. To form the new
Hampshire group the Government propose to join
Lymington to the borough most remote from it—
viz., Andover. Christchurch is 11 miles from Ly-
mington, Newport 16, Southampton 19, Portsmouth
24, Winchester 29, and Andover 36. Nor is it
merely a question of distance. There are no
two boroughs in the county with less direct
means of communication than Lymington
and Andover. But even this is unimportant
compared with the diversity of interests exhibited
by the two boroughs. Lymington is at the extreme
south on the sea coast, while Andover is the agri-
cultural centre of the north-east district of Hamp-
shire. There are, in fact, no boroughs in the county
the interests of which are so dissimilar. On the
other hand, if the principle on which Mr. Gladstone
proposes to form his groups in the bill were to be
fairly carried out, there would be no difficulty- in
associating Lymington with the neighbouring bor-
ough of Christchurch, giving them two members,
or the extent of the borough might be increased by
adding to it the area of the Lymington Union,
which would give the borough so augmented a
population of 12,023 inhabitants, comprising within
its limits a most wealthy and influential class of
residents. It must be patent to every one that the
additional expense incidental to such a system of
grouping must be very considerable, while at the
same time no advantage in the direction in which it
is so desirable will be realised.

Bank of England Returns.---Last Evening.

An Account, pursuant to
cap. 32, for the week ending

he Act eith and Bth Vidoria,
Wednesday, May 16, 1866.
'ARTMENT.
Governmt. Debt.£ll,ols,loo
Other Securities 8,984;900
Gold Coin and
Bullion
Silver Bullion

ISSUE DE
Notes issued ....X26,300,435

£26,300,435

£26,300,435

BANKING D:

Proprietors' Capi-
tal £14,553,000
Rest 3,385,877
Public Deposits
(including Ex-
chequer, Sav-
ings' Banks,
Commissioners
of National
Debt, and Div
Accounts) 5,994,761
Other Deposits 18,790,917
Seven Day and
other bills

:PARTMENT.
Governmt. Secu-
rities(including
Dead Weight

Annuity) .:. £10,837,056
Other Securities 31,050,405
Notes 830,866
Gold and Silver
Coin >« 557,351

551,128

£43,275,678

.£48,275,678

Foreign Mail Packet List.

MAILS DUE.
Australia and New Zealand, via Southampton June 19
Ditto, via Marseilles June 13
Brazil and Cape Verde. by British paeket ...... June 4.
Ditto, by French packet
....... May 2?.
Cape of Good Hope, Asoension, and St. Helena.... May 25.
China, Penang, and Sing !pore, via Sou, hampton..June 3.
Ditto, via Marseilles .................... . ...... May 23.
Falkland Islands
Gibraltar, via Southanton May 29.
India (Calcutta), and Ceylon, via Southampton.... June 3
Ditto, via Marseilles
....... . May 28
India (Bombay), via Southampton. •
May 29
Ditto, via Marseilles ... May 23
Malta, Egypt, and Aden, via Southampton May 29.
Ditto, via Marseilles /day 23.
Mauritius, via Southampton
Ditto, via Marseite s June 7.
Newfoundland
Portugal .
Ditto, by private ship to Lisbon.. •..• ............. . .....
United /States and British North America, by Bri-
31
May
. ......
tish packet .. • . •
Ditto, by United States packet, via SouthamP--
ton ....... ......... .....

Ditto, via Cork
Ditto, oy Canadian packet, via Londonderry —My 25.
West Coast of Africa, Madeira, and Ileneriffe... . June 10.
West Indies and Pacific (except Ba.llamas and
Honduras).

SPORTING IN FELLIGENCE.

MANCHESTER SUMMER MEETING—THURSDAY.
The Two-YR-OLD STAKEtkof 10 sons each, with 50 added ;
colts Bst 101 b, fillies Bst 71b; winners extra. Five fur-

longs.
Mr. Mackenzie's Thermometer, by Weatherbit—Pera,
Bst 131 b (Morris) 1
Mr. Fobert's Timbre], Bst 71b (J. Snowden) 2
Mr. Stevens's Premier, Bst 101 b .(Payne) 3
Mr. Ea,stwood's Rejoinder, Bst 101 b (W. Buck) 4
Mr. Buckley, jun.'s, West Lancashire, Bst 101 b (Britton) 5
Mr. Osborne's Tidy, Bst 71b (Whiteley) 6
Mr. Wardlaw's Miss Alice, Bst 71b (J. Grimshaw) 7
Bating-5 to 4on Thermometer, 6to 1 each agst Re-
joinder and Timbre], 7 to 1 each agst Miss Alice and Pre-
mier. Won by a length. Three lengths between second
and third.

The CITY llA2inicAr of GO SOV3, for 3-yr-olds and upwards ;

winders extra. Three-quarters of a mile.
Mr. Painter's Caithness, by St. Alban's— Sister to Little
Lady, 3 yrs, 6st 91b (ine. blb extra) - (Cameron) 1
Mr. Eskrett's Edinburgh, 4 yrs, ist 131 b (Whiteley) 2
Mr. George's Wallet, 3 yrs, ast 71b (Kenyon) 3
Lord Bateman's Queen of Trumps, aged, Bst 121 b
J. Grimshaw) 4
13etting—Even on Caithness, 2 to 1 agst Queen of
Trumps, 2 to 1 agst Edinburgh, and 10 to 1 agst Wallet.
Won by a length ; bad third.
The MANCHESTER TRADESMEN'S CUP of 150 sovs, added to
a sweepstakes of 15 sovs each ; winners extra. Two
miles.

Mr. Han 4103-'8 Retrousse, by Tournament—Couleur de
Rose, 3 yrs, sst 101 b
(Kenyon) 1
Mr. Tophatn nd The Clown, 5 yrs, 7st 81b J. Grimshaw) 2
Mr. Masterman's Honesty, 3 yrs, 6st 71b (Dunbar) 3
Mr. Ferguson nd Carperby, 3 yrs, sst 81b ...(G. Walker) 4
Mr. Barber's Helen, a yrs, 7st .... . . .. Sir H. de Trafford nd Arkansas •4
yr, 4 s (Ward) 5
..... .
6st 131b(Cameron) 6
Betting-6 to 4 agst Honesty 9to 2 agst The Clown, 5
to 1 agst Arkansas,, 6 to 1 agst Retrousse, and 10 to 1 agst
Carperby. \%r cleverly by three parts of a length ; a
th ne
third
a.
'
The SELLING HANDICAP of 3 sous
each, with 40 added.
One mile.
............... (Kenyon) 1
Mr. George's Wallet, by Knight of Kars—Lazy Lass, 3
of France,a:ey, irsit tbm .... . ..(Carrol) 3
MrY.rpo6bsetrtj"2BlVb a.g";n.t., .... yrs, .
‘,7:is. t. ............... . ....... .......... (Bates) `3
Mr. 4
p 3 to 1 agst
Betting-5 to 4on Vagrant,
Mr.mr. Rich'sTuim e
'Turner's
s King
E
Won by three lengths; France,othst
o
and 4 to 1 agst Wallet.
ast Stanley, aged,
to Mr. W. Phillips.
guineas
lengths between second and third. Winner sold fo'r 170
The TRAFFORD PARK STAKES HANDICAP of 7 soya each,

with 80 added, for 3-yr-olds and upwards; winners extra,

One mile.
Lord Bateman's Queen of Trumps, by King of Trumps—
Catherine Parr, aged, Bst 91b (Morris) 1
Capt. Gray's Castanet, 3 yrs, 6st blb (Kenyon) 2
Mr. E. Buckley, jun., ad Wynnstay, aged, 7st 91b '
(J. Grimshaw) 3

Betting-5 to 4on Wynnstay, 6to 4 agst Castanet, and
7to 4 agst Queen of Trumps. Won by a head ; the same
between second and third.

HER MAJESTY'S PLATE of 100 guineas, for 3-yr-olds and
upwards ; weight for age. Three miles and a distance.
Mr. Lincoln's Selim, by Ivan—Light of the Harem, 3
yrs, 7st 81b (Maidinent) 1
• •
Mr. Slater's Dart, 3 yrs, 7st 81b (Whiteley) 2
Betting— 3 to 1 on Selim, who won in a canter by two
lengths.

F. —THURSDAY, June 7.

iliddlesex Stakes (handicap:
10 added. Two miles.

Age st lb
War ... 3 6 10
Dulcimer ... 4 6 8
Puebla ... 4 6 6
Domino ... .. 3 6 4
Black Prince, by
Knight of Kars 3 6 4
Hebe ... 3 6 4
Alberta, by King
Tom 3 6 4
Melinda ... 3 6 2
Hasketon 3 6 0
Pinchbeck ... 3 5 12
Duchess of St.

bans ... 3 5 7
Black Tulip ~. 3 5 7
Signet ... 3 5 7
Wildair 3 5 7
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