The Sun.
London, England, 1859-03-14 00:00:00

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SPORTING NOTES.

WISHES FOR WARWICK.
Much has of late years been said and written to
the disparagement of the Warwick meetings. The
parsimonious make-money spirit which has actuated
the committee of management, the supposed bias
which the (with all his faults) popular C. C. has
shown towards certain parties, have been attacked
in clubs and censured in newspapers. Still the
gathering prospers, and although the programme
for the coming meeting presents little promise of
abundant sport, yet the meeting will be patronised by
turfites of all grades and distinctions. Leamington
has already added to its usual visitors many persons
of note who generally sojourn there for the race week.
Horses have arrived at Warwick, and the " curious
characters in cut-away coats" congregate at corners
to compare the chances in the cards. If the weather
be only propitious a large assemblage will be at-
tracted to the course; but at my present writing
there seems no signs of change in the skyey in-

fluence.
Although the list comprises a variety of items,
yet it really suggests few comments. Amongst
the entries to some of the races are the veriest
duffers that ever wore tt saddle; but, as large for-
tunes have been lost in betting upon races between
maggots, it is reasonable to suppose that a
struggle with bad horses, if their chances be
pretty evenly balanced, will meet all the exigen-
cies of speculation. The insignificant class of
animals amongst the acceptances for the Willoughby
Handicap is pretty accurately indicated by the fact
that Mysterious Jack's weight is the highest " left
in." lam really at a loss to determine the relative
chances, for they appear to be "much of a much-
ness." If Drapery can gallop at all she ought to
win, and with her I must couple Charles the
Second. Throughout last season I was a staunch
adherent of the King-at-Arms, who, I expect, will
prove the correctness of my judgment. He
showed gameness enough, and the only ques-
tion arises is, " Can he stay ?". His father,
however, did so before him, and why should
not he ? I shall not, therefore, look for a more
trustworthy champion for the Trial Stakes.
Farmers' Races are generally more ludicrous
than interesting. They afford opportunities for

the most extraordinary eccentricities of horseman-
ship, and, after all, amuse the spectators as much as
the amateur jockeys. I do not like to deal with
the probabilities for this description of race, but as
Broadway Swell has repeatedly shown in public, I
am inclined to think he will be able to cut out his
opponents. Rattlebone, a scion of the once savage
but now docile circus horse, Cruiser, will carry off
the 20 sovs. sweepstakes, and as the only animal
of known pretensions likely to oppose him for
the Two Year Old Stakes on the Wednesday will
be White Rose, we may place that event also to
the credit side of Mr. T. Parr's account.

For the Handicap Plate of 50 Sovs, the same
horse has been weighed twice. Chaucer and the
Poet are one and the same, and by what reasoning
the handicapper was induced to place 6st 41b on
Chaucer and 6st 121 b on the Poet I am at a loss
to imagine. Did he handicap names or horses?
Contract and Table Bay are, I opine, most likely to
show in front.

The "regularly hunted" Mr. Sykes ought to
gallop his opponents to death for the Debdale
Stakes. Tease will win the Welter Handicap if
he goes to the post.
Having a partiality for animals that have shown
form, I am compelled to select The Greek for the

Warwickshire Handicap, albeit my belief in him
would be materially shaken 'by the appearance of
Yellow Rose amongst the startets.
The " French division" have great hopes of Franc
Picard's chance for the Steeplechase. They have,

too, good grounds for their confidence, and I shall
fully expect to see the horse figure amongst the

foremost competitors. Escape Isrill find the course

somewhat more suited to him than that at Liver-

pool, and taking into consideration the forward

position which he held in the Grand National,
nearly from start to finish, I shall be prepared to
see him sustain his jumping reputation. Tease
will of course be dangerous, but lie has done quite
enough work of late, and I shall therefore place my
undivided confidence in ESCAPE. At this early
period of the week it would be absurd to express
an opinion on the probable issue of the other
events.

The two meetings of the past week were most
successful. The Nottingham gathering was par-
ticularly interesting; but those who assisted at it
complained bitterly of the inclement weather and
the riotous conduct of certain jockeys, who delayed
the start for the Two Year Old race upwards of an
hour. Their little " game" will, lam assured, bo
speedily stopped ; but how to do it? is a question
difficult to answer. The investments in the market
have been limited, but not devoid of interest, and
by the end of the week I shall doubtless have to
record several important changes in speculation.

A FRESH MAN

DISSOLUTIONS OF PARLIAMENT.—" A Member
of the House of Commons," says :—As some misconcep-
tion seems to have arisen on the question of a dissolu-
tion of Parliament, I may be allowed to state the
usual courso pursued by the Minister of the day when
desirous of advising, such a measure to the Sovereign.
It does not appear that a Premier can apply for a dissolution
without stating some reason or came for so doing. The
customary mode, from the various precedents in our politi-
cal history, seems to be for the Minister to state—" I am de-
sirous of promoting a certainmeasure; the opposition in the
House of Commons is too strong against me ; but I think,
if the sense of the country is taken, I shall have a majority
in my favour." Such was the course taken by Mr. Pitt in
respect to Fox's well-known India Bill ; such was the
course followed by Lord Palmerston in 1857 with regard
to the China war ; but can Lord Derby, as an honest man,
say to the Sovereign, that if he is beat on his Reform Bill,
and the sense of the country is taken, that it will be in his
favour!

ROYAL ENGLISH OPERA.— MR. HARRISON'S
BENEFIT.—it will be aeon by our advertising columns that
Plotow's light and riant opera of "Martha," which proved
so great a success last season with the Italian company at
has been selected by the leading English
of the New Opera House for his benefit
teeonvoern an t - gad
lesseerden o
this (Monday) evening. We doubt not he will be wel-
comed by a crowded auditory.
A new ballet, called
"Robert and Bertrand," supported by the inimitable pan-
tomimist, Mr. W. H. Payne, his talented family, and
Morlachi and Pasquale, will take the place of the
pantomime on this occasion.
RECRUITS WANTED BY HER MAJESTY'S WAR
STEAMER EDINBURGH.--Recruits, it appears, are wanted
by her Majesty's war steamer Edinburgh, at present lying
at Queensferry. It is not necessary that the men or boys
should have been to sea before. They must be of a specified
age and height, and able-bodied. A novel feature in the
announcement of the ship's requirements is, that boys on
offering themselves must be accompanied by one of their
parents, or if they have none, by their guardian. No boys
will be entered under seventeen, or above twenty years
age.—Caledonian Mercury.

for judicial declaration as to title of an estate, and en iniefry
into the subject, he found that practically there
only one such application. Therefore, reasoning from the
operation of the measure in Ireland, it would be evident
that such a bill as the present was not a requirement of the
time, and he contended that it introduced a dangerous inno-
vation into the law of the country to bind the rights of any
absent parties by judicial declaration. The insertion of
advertisements in a newspaper, and posting placards over
an estate, as was proposed, would not provide sufficient
safeguards, because it could not be expected that a man
would always be looking into such advertisements, or
employing agents to sea that no placards were put up on
his estates to guard against his property being taken pos-
session of by another party without his knowledge. There
was no analogy between landed property and other descrip •
tions of estates, and any attempt to equalise its facility of
transfer would inevitably fail. It was inherently impos-
sible that they could effect the same simplicity in the trans-
fer :of land as in that of a ship or similar property, and
it could not be doubted that at all events
it would be many years before the bill could
I come into practical operation. If, however, the measure
did come into operation, that operation would be most mis-
chievous to the interest' of the conununity. He arrived at
that conclusion from his practical experience, and it was his
sincere conviction, but if he could be satisfied that he was
in error, he would be only too happy to give the bill his
support.
Mr. HEADLAM supported the bill. The principle of
this bill was to impose on the registered owner the onus of
proving his title, and though there were difficulties to con-
tend with in reducing the principle into practice, they were
not unsurmountable. (Hear, hear.) Ihe advantages of
the measure far exceeded any disadvantages to which it
could possibly give rise, and it would introduce a
change that would be of great benefit, namely, that they
would have an experienced conveyancer investigating a
title with a greater degree of accuracy than was
provided for by the existing system. (Hear, hear.)
He contended that though the the effect of the bill would
be to enhance the value of band, because it would render
the title more secure, still the benefits of the provisions
far outbalanced by any drawbacks such as that in question.
Mr. BOWYER objected to the bill, because it proposed
to create a court •whose decrees would affect persons not
before it, an anomaly which did not exist in any country in
the world. If this bill did not make a bad title a good one,
it did nothing, and a person having a bad title
would not go the court, but rely on his possession. In
the case of a person having a good title, he
would not go to the court, so that really the
bill in nearly all cases would be inoperative. Any
person acquainted with the subject must know that
it would be quite impossible to render the transfer of land in
England as easy and simple as other property.