The Sun.
London, England, 1866-05-09 00:00:00

tastes.

THE ENGLISII MECIIANIC.—This is a well-known
periodical of standard reputation in its peculiar line.
and it is plentifully illustrated with appropriate
engravings. It is an excellent companion for an
intelligent mechanic.

THE TRUE HISTORY OF A LITTLE RAGAMUFFIN.
By the Author of " A Night in a Workhouse."
Nos. 2 and 3. Beeton.—The excitement which
was created by the revelations of the " Amateur
Casual" have encouraged the author to venture on
another picture of the lowest strata of London life
this time in a more elaborated and collected form. Thero
is little doubt that the Little Ragamuffin, what with the
previous performances of the writer, and the interest lately
excited respecting our homeless boy, will introduce him-
self into a very wide circle of acquaintances.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

BATH AND SOMERSET RACES-TUESDAY.

The LANSDOWN TRIAL STAKES of 5 sous each, with 50
added, for three-yr-olds and upwards; weight for age;
the winner to be sold for £6OO, or to carry 71b extra;
selling and other allowances. One mile. Ten subs.
Duke of Beaufort's Mr. Pitt, by the Prime Minister—
Lurley, 3 yrs, 7st 101 b (Cannon) 1
Mr. Saxon's Lord Craven, 3 yrs, 7st 31b (£600) (H. Clark) 2
Mr. W. Day's Out-and-Outer, 4 yrs, Bst 51b (£400)
(Parry) 3
Duke of Beaufort's Todleben, 4 yrs, Bst 51b (£400)
(H. Day) 0
Mr. M. Dennett's Langham, 3 yrs, 7st 101 b (Whitehorn) 0
Mr. H. Smith ns Mrs. Stratton, 3 yrs, 6st 111 b (.£400)
(Phillips) 0
Mr. C. Grimshaw's Shrapnel], 4 yrs, Bst 51b (£400)
(Clement) 0
Betting-3 to lon Mr. Pitt, 100 to 15 agst Outer-and--
Outer, and 10 to 1 agst any other. Won easily by a
length.
The COUNTY MEMBERS' PLATE (Handicap) of 50 sous;
certain winners extra. One mile. Thirty-one subs.

Marquis of Hastings's Lecturer, by Colsterdale—
Algebra, 3 yrs, 7st (11. Day 1
Mr. Chaplin's Raven, 3 yrs, 7st 41b (H. Covey 2
Mr. John Thomas's Brigand, 4 yrs, sst 121 b (IL Clarke 3
Mr. E. Brayley's Pelios, 5 yrs, 7st 121 b (inclu. 51b ex.
(Cannon 0
Mr. Brayley's Viceroy, 4 yrs, 7st (Murray 0
Duke of Beaufort's Jack in the Green, 3 yrs, 7st
(Phillips) 0
Mr. E. Edwyn's Princess Dagmar, 4 yrs, Gst 131 b
(G. Sopp) 0
Mr. J. B. Starky's Tattoo, aged, 7st 61b) (inclu. 51b ex.)
(8. Adams) 0
Mr. H. Goater's Grace Clitheroe, 3 yrs, sst 101 b
(Kenyon) 0
Lord Stamford's Isabella, 3 yrs, sst 71b (Glover) 0
Betting-2 to 1 agst Lecturer, sto 1 agst Raven, 6to 1
agst Brigand, 10 to 1 agst Tattoo, and 100 to 8 agst
Isabella. Won very easily by a length.
THE FIFTEENTH BIENNIAL STAKES Of 10 SOUS each, with
50 added; for two-yr-olds ; colt; Bst lOst ; fillies and
geldings, Bst 7st ; untried horses or mans allowed 31b;
the second to save his stake. Half a mile. Eighty-
three subs.
Mr. H. Chaplin's Hermit, by Newminster—Seclusion,
Bst 101 b
(IL Covey 1
Lord Stamford's Cellina, Bst 71b (A. Edwards 2
Colonel Baillie's Seville, Bst 41b (Cannon 3
Duke of Beaufort's Ophicleide, Bst 71b (H. Day 0
Lord Ailesbury's bl f by St. Albans—Cantine, Bst 41b
(Challoner) 0
Marquis of Hastings' Lufra, Bst 41b
Prince De Soltykoff's Bounceaway, Bst 71b J. Mann) 0
Sir P. Johnstone's Faux Pas, Bst 71b (Parry 0
Mr. W. G. Craven's Spangle (late Staines), Bst 71b
(J. Goater) 0
Mr. W. Day's ch f Miss Middleton, Bst 71b ...(Clement) 0
Mr. T. Parr 's Opoponax, Bst 71b (Loates) 0
Mr. Smith's Stapenhill, Bst 71b . (Doola 0
Mr. Hugh Smith's Harpenden, Bst 71b (Cowley) 0
Mr. J. B. Starky's Land Tax, Bst 71b (S. Adams 0

Betting.-7 to 4 agst Cellina, sto 2 agst Seville, sto 1
agst The Hermit, and 100 to 7 agst any other. Won, hands
down, by a neck.

Tho BEAUFORT Cur, value 300 sovs, by subscription of 10
sovs each, the surplus in specie ; for three-yr-olds, ist ;
four Bst 101 b; five, 9st 41b ; six and aged, 9st 61b; penal-
ties and allowances; the owner of the second to receive
25 sovs. About two miles and a half. Thirty-eight
subs.
Mr. R. Sutton's Elland, by Rataplztn—Ellermire, 4 yrs,
Bst 101 b
(Thomas) 1
Mr. Chaplin's Breadalbane, 4 yrs, Bst 101 b ... (Challoner) 2
Mr. W. G. Bennett's Dalby, 5 yrs, 9st 41b (Hibberd) 3
Marquis of Hastings's Ackworth, 5 yrs, 9st 71b (inc. 71b
extra) (Cowley 0
Mr. Pryor's Friday, 4 yrs, Bst 101 b (Loates 0
Mr. Launde's Miner, 5 yrs, 9st 41b (Osborne 0
Mr. Hugh Smith's John Davis, 5 yrs, 9st 41b (Cannon 0
Betting —6 to 4 agst Dalby, 3 to 1 agst Breadalbane, 5
to 1 agst John Davis, 100 to 15 agst Minor, and 10 to 1
agst Elland. Won by thirty lengths.
The FOURTEENTH BIENNIAL STAKES of 10 says each, with
50 added, for three-yr-olds ; colts, Bst 101 b; fillies and
geldings, Bst 71b ; with certain allowances ; the owner
of the second to save his stake. One mile and a half.
Sixty-nine subs.
Duke of Beaufort's Ceylon; by Idle Boy—Pearl, Bst 101 b

(Cannon) 1
Lord Portsmouth's Robin Hood, Bst 71b (We 111 2
Mr. T. Parr's Lochiel, Bst 101 b (Challoner 3
Mr. R. W. Cameron's Peer. Bst 101 b (Edwards 4
Mr. H. J. Smith's Monk of Avon, Bst lolb J. Goater 5
Betting-6 to 4on Ceylon, sto 2 agst Robin Hood, and
7to 1 agst any others. Won by three parts of a length.
SELLING STARES of 3 sovs each, with 25 added ; for two-
yr-olds and upwards ; weight for' age, with selling al-
lowances. Half a mile. 11 subs.
Mr. T. Hughes's Glendusk, by Mildew—Hop Blossom, 5
yrs, Bst 101 b (X3O) • . .................. (D. Hughes) 1
Lord Westmoreland's c by Tadmore—Merry Sunshine,
3 yrs, Est (.£3O) .......................... t ........ (ICenyon 2
Mr. Stevens's Newnham, 3 yrs, Bst (X 3.0) (Payne 3
Lord Rendlesham's Preferment, 3 yrs, Bst (.80) (Parry 0
Mr. Howard ns Opposition, 3 yrs, Bst w 0)... J. Mann 0
Mr. W. Thomas's Roarer, 4 yrs, Bst 101 b (.£3O) Clement 0
Lord Coventry's Cotillon, 8 yrs, 7st 111 b (.£3O
I. Covey) 0
Betting-2 to lon the Merry Sunshine colt, 3to 1 agst
Glendusk, and 10 to 1 agst any other. Won cleverly by
three parts of a length.
The BATH HANDICAP of 10 sovs each, 5 ft, with 100 added ;
for three-yr-olds and upwards; winners extra; one
mile. 35 subs, 24 of whom pay 5 sovs each.
Captain G. Day's Stinger, by Big Ben—Nettle, 3 vra, Est
llb
nyon 1
Lord Coventry's Drum, 3 yrs, Est 71b (ICe
(H. Clark) 2
Mr. E. Brayley's Bitter-Sweet, 3 yrs, Est lib... Murray) 3
Duke of Beaufort's Siberia, 4 yrs, Bst 101 b ...(Cameron 0
Mr. E. Brayley's Viceroy, 4 yrs, 7st 71b (Good 0
Mr. Maund's Wild Bee, 4 yrs, 7st (llibberd) 0
Mr. John Thomas's Brigand, '4
yrs, 6st 121 b (Clement) 0
Mr. T. V. Morgan's Contraband, 4 yrs, Est 121 b

ove 0
Mr. Edwyn's Elegance, 8 yrs, Gst llb ( (IL G. C
Sopp)y) 0
Betting-5 to 4 agst Drum, 3to 1 agst Stinger, and 7to
1 each agst Bitter-Sweet and Wild Bee. Won cleverly by
half a length.

THE SCOTCH REDISTRIBUTION OF SEATS BILL. -
In the Scotch bill, the distribution of the seven additional
seats does not seem open to the slightest objection—pos-
sibly, indeed, the town of Aberdeen may think she ought
to have a second member as well as Dundee, but she can
comfort herself with the fact that the county gets what
site does not, and that what a friend gets is not lost.
The franchises are, of course the same as the English,
with the necessary exception of the county ownership
franchise, which is brought down to £s.—with the
condition of residence, a condition which the Lord Advo-
cate would have done well to extend to all ownership
qualifications under £lOO. As a sort of set-off to this, the
new ownership electors in burghs must reside within the
boundaries, and not, like the ten-pounders, take a margin
of seven miles round. The Scotch bill is a peculiarly good
bill ; but it is sure to be severely attacked from both the
English and the Irish camps —from the English because
we have got seven of their seats, from the Irish because
the spoil of England has all come north, and none gone
west. Nothing, however, can be clearer than the claim of
Scotland to at least these seven seats, alike on arithmetical
and on moral grounds.—Scotsman.

CHARLOTTE WlNSOR.—lmmediately after the
decision of the judges with reference to the case of this
wretched woman she was taken back to Newgate, and after
having partaken of some refreshment she was at once taken
to Exeter gaol in charge of one of the warders. It appears
that since she has been in custody she has conducted her-
self very well, and in a manner becoming her position, and
although she did not offer any opposition to the course that
was taken on her behalf, she was to a certain extent com-
pletely passive in the matter, and it would seem from ob-
servations that dropped from her that she has all along
been prepared for the worst, and did not entertain any
expectation that she should escape the sentence of the law.
It is a fact that is probably not generally known that
the
the
Government have paid the whole of the expense of
the
of
legal proceedings that have been taken on behalf the
prisoner, the advisers of the Crown considering pointse
that were raised to be of such importance as to
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the
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advisable that a solemn decision should be
judges upon them. The prisoner was, of cornscourse, utterly
unable to find the necessary funds, and the Government e
felt it their duty to do eo.