The Sun.
London, England, 1866-08-08 00:00:00

PROGRAMME OF LEWES RACES.

FRIDAY, Aug. 10.—The QUEEN'S PLATE of 100 gs ; 3-year
olds st Mb, four 9st 71b, fife and upwards 9st 121 b ; two
miles.

A SWEEPSTAKES of 5 sovs each, with 50 added, for 2 and
3-year olds ; two-year olds 7st, three Bst 91b ; mares and
geldings allowed 31b ; the winner to be sold for 100 sovs ;
if entered for 50 sovs allowed 51b ; half a mile.
The BOROUGH blemimcs' PLATE of 50 sovs ; 2-year olds
7st, three Bst 91b, four 9st 41b, five and upwards 9st 71b;
mares and geldings allowed 31b ; the winner to be sold
for 200 sovs; if entered for 100 sovs allowed 71b; one

mile.
A PLATE of 50 sovs ; 2-year olds 6st 71b, three Bst 71b, four
9st 71b, five and upwards 9st 121 b ' • mares and geldings
allowed 31b; the winner to be sold for 200 sovs; if en-
tered for 100 sovs allowed 71b ; one mile.

The above four 'aces close and name by eight o'clock on
Thursday evening.
The WELTER Cur of 50 sovs, added to a Handicap of 50
sovs each, 2 ft (to the fund); gentlemen riders, profes-
sionals 71b extra ; winners after the publication of the

weights 51b extra ; one mile and a halt.
Folic 3 yrs, Sealskin 3 yrs, Ostreger 4 yrs, Actma 4 yrs,
Harkaway 4 yis, Jack's Alive 6 yrs, Musketeer 4 yrs, Vic-
toria 3 yrs, Lydia 4 yrs, Disappointment aged, Wildair 3
yrs, Maid of Erin aged, Zeloo 6 yrs, C by Froginore, dam's
pedigree unknown, 4 yrs, The Tartar 5 yrs, Trapeze 4 yrs,
Iconoclast 5 yrs, Soapstone 6 yrs, Effervescence 3 yrs,
Bertie 3 yrs, Cranford 3 yrs, Oulton Lowe 5 yrs, The
Plover 6 yrs, Black Prince 3 yrs, Surney 4 yrs, The
Proctor 3 yrs, Melinda 3 yrs, British Tar 3 yrs, Goldy-
locks 5 yrs.
The DE WARRENNE HANDICAP of 10 sous each, h ft, and
1 only (to the fund) if declared by noon on Tuesday,
Aug. 7, with 100 added; winners after August 2 (at 10
a.m.) 71b extra ; T.Y.C.; about five furlongs.
Age st lb
4 8 12
3 8 8

Kilkenny ...
Miss Roland

Age st lb
Brenta ... 3 7 7
Woldga ... 6 7 7
Valmia ... 3 7 5
Gamecock ... a 7 5
Viceroy : 4 7 4
Tina ... 3 7 2
Mineral ... 3 7 2
Panacea ... ... 3 7 0
Sylph ... 3 612
Python ... ...2 6 5
Lady Blanche filly 2 6 5

Lady Valentine ... 5 8 7
Historian ... ... 5 8 5
Scheldt ... ... 4 8 5

King Hal ...
Acolyte ...
Gretna ...
Arbutus : ...
Indian Star

... 3 8 2
... 5 8 2
... 3 7 10
... 5 7 10
... 5 7 10

Acta3l

... 3 7 8

Chibisa 3 7 7
The PRIORY STAKES of 15 soya each, 5 ft, with 100 added,
for two-year-olds ; colts Bst 101 b, fillies Bst 71b ; winners
of 100 sovs 31b, of two such stakes, or of 500 sovs at any
one time, 71b extra ; maidens which have Tun three times

allowed slb ; the second to save his stake; T.Y.C.
• (about 5 fur.); 42 subs.
Knight of Downe, Dick Turpin, Stokeley, Parasol
Timolaus, Antipodes, Stolen Kisses, Silence, Lochaber
Hermit, Ruthven, Sir Walter, Great Gun, Binnacle, Gaiety
Lupa, Hornet, Fascination, Miss Sellon colt, Slut colt,
Plantago, Strathclyde, Miss Bateman, Florican, Glengar-
nock, Coxcomb, Lady Rose, Miss Ada, Archimage, Ayles-
bury, Pioneer, Cannon Ball, D'Estournel, Christmas
Chimes, Fairfield, Stradbroke, Scipio, Laverna, The Rock,
Promised Land, Sunnyside, Brother to The Clyde.

SATURDAY.—The TOWN PLATE (Handicap) of 50 sovs ;
half a mile. To close and name by seven o'clock on

Friday evening, and the weights to be published as soon

as possible.
A SCURRY HANDICAP of 10 soya each, h ft; gentlemen
riders ; professionals 71b ex ; T.Y.C. To close as above.
The JUVENILE STAKES of 5 sovs each, with 90 added, for
two-year-olds ; colts, Bst 101 b, fillies Bst 71b ; the winner
to be sold for 100 soya ; if entered for 50 soya allowed
71b ; T.Y.C.
The CASTLE STAKES of 5 soya each, with 30 added ; two-
year-olds 7st, three Bst 91b, four 9st 41b, five and upwards
9st 71b ; mares and geldings allowed 31b ; the winner to
be sold for 50 sova ; if entered for 30 soya allowed 71b ;
T.Y.C.
A PLATE of 50 sovs ; three-year-olds 7st 71b, four Bst 121 b,
five and upwards 9st 41b ; mares and geldings allowed
3lb ; the winner to be sold for 100 soya ; if entered for
50 sovs allowed 51b ; if for 500 soya 141 b extra ; one

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mile and a half.
The LEWIS GRAND HANDICAP of 15 sovs each, 10 ft, and 3
only if declared by noon on Tuesday, Aug. 7 (to the
fund), with 200 added; winners of any handicap value
200 sovs after Aug. 2 (at ten a.m.) 71b, of two such stakes
or of T. 5.00 sovs at any one time 101 b, tho winner of the
Goodwood Cup 101 b and the second in that race 51b, any
other winner 31b extra; the second to save his stake.
Two miles.

John Davis
Breadalbane
Salpinctes:...
Wild Agnes
Gomera ...

Age et lb
... 5 8 12
4 8 7
... 4 7 13
4 7 9
... 4 7 4

Dulcimer ...
Actrea ...
Forester ...
Defy ...
Miss Grimston

Age st lb
... 4 6 6
... 3 6 6
... 4 6 4
... 4 6 2
... 6 6 2

Scheldt
Trapeze
The Lizard
Rama

...4 7 2
-.4 7 0
... 4 7 0
...3 612

Ninco Nanco (late Bro.
to Guerilla)(in7lb)3 6 2
Fonder ... ...4 6 0
Cranford ... ... 3 5 12

Wild Poppy ... 4 6 12 Violent 3 5 12
Lucifer ... ... 3 610 La Dauphine 3 512
The Tartar 5 6 9 Denmark 3 5 9
The COUNTY CUP, value 200 sovs, by subscription of 10
soya each, with 100 added ; 2-yr-olds 7st, three Bst 91b,
four 9st 41b, five and upwards 9st 71b; mares and geld-
ings allowed 31b ; winners of 100 sovs 51b, of 500 at any
one time 101 b extra ; maidens allowed in the following
proportions :—Two-yr-olds 31b, three 71b, four and up-
wards 141 b ; second to save his stake. T.Y.C. 24 subs.
Two-year-olds :—Python, Bismark, Plantago, Sweet
Home, Pericles, Julius, Ornament, D'Estournel, Primrose,
Seville, Harpenden, Seringapatam, Commissioner, Pirate
Chief. Three-years:— Potomac, Vespasian, Cecrops, Aps-
ley, Chepstow, Redan. Four-years :—Broomielaw, The
Duke, Ostregor. Six-years :—Soapstone.
The RAILWAY NURSERY STAKES (Handicap) of 10 sovs
each, h ft, with 50 added by tho London, Brighton, and
South Coast Railway Company, for 2-yr-olds ; winners
after Wednesday next 71b extra; the second to save his
stake. T.Y.C. 43 subs.
The Hatter, Python, Canard, Miller's Maid, Cannon
Ball, B c by Marsyas out of Palmeria, Charade, Opoponax,
Julius, Novice, Primrose, Bandmaster, Seringapatam,
Pirate Chief, Miss Fanny, Alice, 0 by Kohinoor out of
Topsail, Bonnie Doon, Ch c by Rattle out of Chamounix,
Rose Stock, F by Surplice out of My Niece, Vicious, Chal-
lenge, Lady Craven, Miss Elizabeth, Stokeley, Carnage,
Lady Clinton, Bravura, Verdi, Satyr, Musa,
_Lady Pam,
Hatty, Prima Donna, Charles the Second, Venom, Vice
Versa, Ingratitude, Highland Sister, Land Tax, Master
Robert, and Sweet Boy.

RACING FIXTL
AUG

JRES FOR 186 G.
UST.

Egham l4
Wolverhampton l4
Btockton
Oxford l6
Hastings 2l
York August 2l
Dover 2?
SEPT.

Plymouth
Lichfield
Tunbridge 2B
Yarmouth
Derby Summer 29
Weymouth 29
Baden Baden 3l
:MBER.

Warwick September 4
Leicester 6
Doncaster
Brecon l7
Canterbury lB
Richmond

Monmouth
Manchester Autumn 25
Newmarket Ist October 25
Walsall
Lanark 2B

OCT

Northampton
Lothians' Racing Club 3
Ryl. Cal. Runt and Kolso 8
Bedford 4

NOVI

Newmarket 2d October— 8
Hereford
Newmarket Houghton ... 22

!MBE R.

Lincoln
I Liverpool
IRISH RACING FIXTURES.
SEPTEMBER.

Curragh---__ _ _______
4,5, 6

Past and Prospective Importations into

America.

From the New York Commercial Chronicle.)

The total imports at this port, for the fiscal year
just closed, reach the very extraordinary figure of
$301,000,000. It would, perhaps, be rash to pro-
nounce this an extravagant importation, all things
being considered. The close of the war found us
with a general scarcity of goods. Domestic pro-
duction and importation had both been regulated
with a conservative regard to supplying the wants
of the Northern markets only. The South, which
had been shut out from regular supplies of mer-
chandise for four years, had to be supplied chiefly
from this market. With nearly two and a-half
millions of bales of cotton, worth, on an average,
forty cents per pound, the people of that section
had adequate means of supplying their large wants.
In this extraordinary condition of supply and de-
mand there was surely a basis for an unusually
large importation, alike for the business of last Fall
and the season just closed; perhaps it would be
more just to credit the importers with sagacity than
to charge them with recklessness in making such
ample provision.

At the present juncture the question presents it-
self—Are the importations of last year to be re-
garded as the measure of those for the year on which
we have entered ? For very obvious reasons we
think not. There is no longer any extreme pressure
upon the South to purchase goods; and having
supplied their more urgent necessities, they will,
perhaps, during the next season, show a disposi-

tion to economise consumption, so as to provide
themselves with the means of producing or trading.
It is, in fact, only through the most rigid economy,
for a series of years, that the South can recover
from the injuries it has sustained by the war. It
would, therefore, be unreasonable to expect that
the same amount of goods will be sold to the South
during this year as last. Nor does there appear to
be any reason for supposing that the Fall trade, at
least, there will be any large demand for foreign
goods for the Northern market. Since the close of
the war there has been a heavy decline in the value
of many commodities, which has limited the profits
of some, and involved not a few in actual loss. To
the majority of traders their balance-sheet for July
Ist, 1866, affords little satisfaction ; and this lack
of commercial prosperity is quite likely to be suc-
ceeded by a contraction of expenditures among the
trading classes. At the same time the burthens of
taxation are felt with greater severity, as the internal
revenue laws are enforced more completely, which
again becomes an incentive to economy of consump-
tion.

Nor is it to be overlooked that domestic manufac-
turers are now in a position to turn out a larger
amount of products than a year ago, owing to labour
and capital having returned to their wonted chan-
nels ; and, as the result, the markets are better sup-
plied, and goods are slightly accumulating. It is
reasonable to suppose that importers will take into
consideration these facts connected with the demand,
the condition of the markets, and the production of
domestic goods.

On the other hand, the panic at London, and the
outbreak of war in Europe, have raised peculiar
difficulties in the way of importing. Just at the
time when the importers were arranging their orders
for the Fall importation the money markets of Eng-
land and the Continent were convulsed by panic ;
and notwithstanding the assuring effect produced
by our large shipments of specie, a large amount of
American commercial credits on Europe become un-
available, and orders consequently have been cur-
tailed. English merchants, owing to the loss of the
Continental trade, will probably be found -willing
to credit our importers to any extent they may
desire; but the latest private advices from London
bankers indicate that Americans are ordering with
much moderation. The German markets are, to a
large extent, closed to us by the operations of war.
Military movements appear likely to centre in the
heart of the industrial States. Large numbers of
operatives have been drawn into the army, and
manufacturing operations are very extensively in-
terrupted. More than this, the transportation routes
are partially closed, and foreign credits are still de-
ranged. Under these circumstances, there can be
but little regular importation from Germany. It is
supposable, however, that should it, at a later period,
prove possible to move merchandise from the interior
to the ports, the manufacturers may consign to
this market any surplus of goods they may_have on
hand. ,

At present the markets of France are wholly
open to us, and are likely to remain so. There will
doubtless be a disposition among importers to par-
tially make up, in the French markets, the defi-
ciencies of their purchases in Germany. But here,
again, comes in the question of credits. It is now
very generally anticipated that France will ere long
become a participant in the war ; and under this
prospect Paris bankers are becoming very conser-
vative in the matter of foreign commercial credits.
They are anxious to keep their capital within ready
control, and prefer employing it in handling secu-
rities during the large fluctuations iin their value
which naturally occur pending a period of war. The
largest of European capitalists has almost entirely
suspended his credits to the American trade from
this motive ; and it is reasonable to suppose that
others will take a similar course.
Again, it is not improbable that the losses upon
much of the Spring importation will induce impor-
ters to operate with caution for the Fall trade. The
comparatively high prices of gold, and the apparent
possibility that the premium may fluctuate vio-
lently under the derangement of our foreign, com-
mercial, and financial relations may be expected also
to deter some from importing as fully as they other-
wise would.
The foregoing considerations would appear to
point very directly to the probability of a material
reduction of our importations as compared with
those of the past fiscal year. On the other hand,
it would seem by no means improbable that we may
have very large receipts of merchandise from Great
Britain. The effects of the panic are likely to pro-
duce dulness in the home trade ; while the serious
interruption of her large trade with the Continent
will induce strenuous efforts to find a market for
her surplus in the United States ; so that it is pos-
sible we may have unusually large consignments
of British merchandise. We leave the reader to
form his own conclusions from these diversified
forecastings.

THE MISSISSIPPI.—OId steamboat men declare
the signs of the past four or five seasons point to the per-
manent drying up of the Mississippi river, reducing it from
a stream navigable for the largest boats the whole season
to one of uncertain navigation like the Missouri, passable
at certain seasons, and the rest of the year shrunk to a
mere creek, winding along among sand-bars and shoals.
There is certainly some change taking place in our climate
that is affecting our lakes and rivers. The average of
water in steadily decreasing. Our " June rise," once as
d.
certain as the coming of the month, has totally
now do not seem to affect it in the least.
Adonvtehloepment of
Rains which would have once swelled the river several feet
rivers are gradually shrinking up. Butttien-n-o.
our railroad system makes river naivningaesoloto
Pioneer.
longer the
necessity it once was.—St. Paul Tie
Darwinian theory,
TAILS.—AII animals, says
m
.le presence of a tail
itself. When a lion, witness, not merely the
wagging of their
about to make the fatal spring, lashes
his tail, it is only an
innate habitual trick, inherited from
his r!
spring
fmnia
n
tai but origin
simple
other several millions of times re-
moved—some sharp-like scourge of primeval seas. Take
a r
ofishv e ofh is air-bladder
prey—and very few are not fishes of preST —im_
p
io vge
d! ts-ogmre: m
into a lung, stiffen his four fins into
legs, finish
hem off with claws, leave him his scales, or,
if your prefer it, either weld them into a pachydermatous
hide, or convert them into shaggy fur, with bristling mane
and whiskers to match ; above all, leave him his tail, which
may terminate in a fly-brush or in a sting, and you have
at once a land animal, from which, if you met it in a nar-
row lane, you would probably run away. The Dragon of
Wantley was thus generated, perhaps, as well as other
monsters slain by heroes. When an animal has no tail, as
apes and others, the proof of its watery birth is none the
weaker. It dropped its tail when it came out of the water,
as a lady leaves her bathing-dress in the machine. The
frog, for instance, when it ceases to be a tadpole, bequeaths
its tail to its younger companions. The newt does not;
preferring to retain that appendage as an ornament in after-
life. It is a mere matter of taste and fashion. The absence
of a tail is no guarantee whatever that any creature is not
a fish out of water.--Dickens's " All the Year Round."

SUN OFFICE, HALF-PAST 7 O'CLOCK.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCA.—This Day.

BRIGHTON RACES.—This DAT.

The PAVILION PLATE of 100 sovs, added to a Handicap of
10 sovs each, 2 ft (to the fund) if declared by five o'clock
on Tuesday evening ; winners of any race (except
matches) after Aug. 3 .51b extra ; tristol mile.
Norwood w.o.
The SUSSEX STAKES of 5 sovs each, with 100 added ; two-
year-olds 7st 101 b, three 9st 81b, four and upwards lOst;
mares and geldings allowed 31b ; the winner to be sold
for 120 sovs ; if entered for 80 sovs allowed 71b, 60 141 b,
50 211 b ; last half mile.

Usher
Miss Fanny

Five ran.
The BRIGHTON NURSERY STAKES (Handicap) of 10 sovs
each, h ft, with 100 added, for two-year-olds ; winners
of any race after Aug 3,71 b, if of the value of 400 sovs
101 b extra ; T.Y.C. (three-quarters of a mile) ; 50 subs.
Seville

Vice Versa...
Water Cure.,

Nine ran.