The Sun.
London, England, 1859-01-08 00:00:00

17U: L. 121.;•: I:.1,1: I, 1.0 Rli

Just at the close of last year death added tethe
bead roll of the sporting aristocracy of England the
name of th6nbeve nobleman. Such an event our
readers could hardly have been unprepared for,
from the advanced age of his lordship, who was
born in 1783, and consequently was in his 76th
year. Descended from the great statesman,".Sir
Robert. Walpole, who after serving as , Prime
Minister to George the First and George the
Second, was raised to the peerage as Earl of Orford,
the late nobleman succeeded to his ancestral honours
in 1822, and soon became a frequenter of Newmar-
-
ket, and the other great' racing meetings' of that
period. The first horse of any 'consequence his
lordship may' be said to have possessed was Clear-
well, by Jerry, with whom, in 1832, he won the
stake of,that name, beating Nonsense and a very
large field ; and the Two Thousand Guineas in the
following year, after which lie was beaten for 'the
Newmarket Stakes by Forester : and beyond win-
ning the Wokingham with him at Ascot, as a four
year old, with the top weight, Clearwell did little
more worth remembrance. - In 1855 Lord Orford's
luck improved, as he won the St. James's Palace
Stakes, at Ascot, with Ascot, as well as the New-
market St. Leger, and was only beaten a head with
the same horse for the Derby, by Mundig, after
one of the severest races ever remembered at Epsom.
The defeat of Ascot was mainly attributed at the
time to the style in which William Scott rode
Munclig,, as he fairly " flung him ,tin" by sheer
physical force. PasSing' over several years,
Viieh, although he had many horses
in training, Lord Orford seldom acquired a
nod from the judge, we find him in 1846 and
1847 winning some good stakes with Footstool and
Prussic Acid; arid in'lBso he won the One'Thou-
sand and the Coronation Stakes at Ascot, with'the
filly b_y Shine itut Of EXOtic. ' 1852 he brought
out A.korsM,‘,bY Theon,.which horse it will be re-
collected beat Stockwell at Newmarket in the
Craven, mind wori.",a, large sweepstakesin'. the
First Springi !therefrom he became a promittthit
favourite for theiDerby.;, arid but for' his temper,
which inteifere3lWith-his preparation, there is no
doubt the horse would have been a formidable op-
ponent to the winner, Daniel O'Rourke. With his
increasing years his. stud diminished in numberS,
and was not of, a character to require farther refe-
rence. Lord 'Orford 'preserved in a remarkable
degree the eccentricities Of his family ; and hiS re-
ply to the Bishop of Norwich, when asked for a
subscription to 'the Society for the Propagation of '
the Gospel in Foreign Parts, will long be remem-
bered as a curiosity for its quaintness and reasoning.
By the older school of Turfites, more than the pre-
sent generation, Lord Orford will be missed, for
when seated on his pony, or standing on the seat
of his carriage' (his lordship was of a very short
stature), watching the running of his horses, he
was frequently apt tc, 'betray his excitement in
terms which, hpwever amusing to certain of the
bystanders at the cords, were hardly calculated for
ears polite. His lordship's horses of late years ,
were f9i,merly, trained by Beresford, and more
recently by Arnull, at Newmarket, and generally
ridden by Flatman, Sly, Bartholomew, and the late
Frank Butler. The present. Earl has as yet exhi-
bited but a slight tendency to the pastime to which
his father was so attached, but it is to be hoped'
the white jacket and orange sleeves will long re-
main in the pages of " Weatherby " as a memento
of the old associations of Newmarket,--Bella Life,

HIS .ROTAL HIGHNESS P.RINCP,

ALFRED.

On the 24th of Dec. the Admiral commanding
the Mediterranean fleet issued the following order
to the captains of her Majesty's ships in Malta Har
bour :—“Her Majesty having permitted her son,
his Royal Highness Prince Alfred, to enter the
Royal Navy, intrusting him to the care of the offi-
eers, seamen, and marines of the naval service, and
his Royal Highness having joined the Mediterranean
fleet, under my orders, as a naval cadet on board the
Euryalus, in order to commemorate the event of his
passing his first Christmas in the naval service, it
is my direction that all men under punishment on
board the ships in port be forgiven, and that an
extra allowance of, spirits be issued to the respec.
tive ,ships' companies to-morrow afternoon." Wei
learn that 26' civilians were released from Conti'
dino Prison by the local authorities in commemora'
tion of the auspicious event of Prince Alfred's visit
to Malta, and also about the same number of pri.
soners belonging to the two services, naval and
'military, who were sentenced to imprisonment by
the Courts of this island. A splendid illumination
of the public buildings and principal streets of Val-I
letta took place on the occasion of the memorable
Malta Exchange ball. On Tuesday, the 28th of
December, his Royal Highness honoured Rear'
Admiral Codrington, C. 8., with his company at%
dinner, at the Admiralty-house. The Prince, ac'
companied by Major Cowell, R.E., and Captain
Tarleton, C. 8., arrived there' a few minutes before
7 p.m., • and was received on landing by Admiral
Codrington, his Flag-Lieutenant Fellowes, and
secretary, Mr. Telfer. During dinner the fine band
of H.M.S. Conqueror performed several beautiful
selections of music. In the evening. Mrs. Codring-
ton gate a ball, which was numerously attended by
the principal personages of Malta, among whom
were his Excellency the. Governor, Vice-Admiral
Fanshawe, 'and Lieutenant-General Sir J. Penile-
father. lis Royal Highness opened the ball with
Mks. Codrington, and dancing was kept up with
spirit till 2 a.m. The beautiful 'arrangements
made for illuminating the whole front of the Ad'
miralty residence were partially frustrated by the
tempestuous state of the weather. Blue lights
were burnt on the arrival and departure of his
Royal Highness. The Prince cadet left on the
30th of December, in her Majesty's ship Euryalue,
amid Royal salutes, for Tunis, from which place, it
is said, his Royal Highness will return to Malta in
about a fortnight, and then proceed to Corfu,
Athens, and back again to his home, Old England'
—Malta paper.

TURKEY AND TILE PRINCIPALITIES

Memorandum, dated 28th INTovember, 1858, ad'
dressed to the Sublime Porte by the representa'
tires of the .contracting powers in the treaty el
Paris respecting the late acts of the Caimakann
of Moldavia and Wallachia.
"To the demand of the Minister of Foreign
Affairs of the Sublime Porte, the representatives of
the contracting Powers of the Convention of Paris,
being assembled to-day in conference to take into
consideration the, irregular conduct in certain
respects of the Caimakamies of the Principalities of
Moldavia; and Wallachia, are unanimously agreed
on the following points :
" 1. That the conduct of the Caimakams has $
manifest tendency to surpass the limits traced for
them by the.firmans. • • .
"2. That the ,authorities in the Principalities
ought to display a suitable respect for the suzerain
power; both out of regard for its peculiar position
relatively to said Principalities, and by reason of
its capacity as the organ of all the great Powers
collectively when it enjoins the observance of the
Treaty of Paris.
" 3. That the refusal made by the Caimakams of
Moldavia to' 'send a 'telegraphic message of the
Imperial Cc mmiksioners of ' the Subliine Porte is $
want of courtesy that- no .eircunistance can
justify ; and that. if th.e..Ottoman Commissioner,
Abstains from All interference in the affairs of
the country, he
.is entitled in the present
case • to. prolong his stay in the Principality,
for the 'object .of keeping his Government ap'
prised of events ; for that the basis of the conduct
to be followed by the •Caimakams ought to be the
.organic regulation, and that all deviation from this
rule should be justified by. a serious and urgent
necessity, or by the exceptional case previously
'arranged, viz., the immovability of the ministers
and directers of departments, as well as of the
functionaries nominated after the 19th of August 131
the ex-Caimakam.
"5. That the ordinary affairs of the administro'
tion can be decided by the majority of the Caimo'
kams, but as to questions referring to the interpre'
tation of a treaty or of a firman, they must be sub'
mitted to the Sublime Porte. In cases of serious
differences of opinion; as for the nominations of
employes, as it touches a principle announced in the
firman, it seems to them that it would be more ay''
propriate to assure themselves of the unanimous
approbation of all the members of the Caimakamie,,
that it would be a guarantee against the spirit of
faction or party ; it being necessary to take account
of the opinion of the Caimakam on whom directlf
depends the agent to be nominated or dismissed.
'"6. It 'being- seen the difficulties which may-arise
in seeking to annul certain acts that the Caimakanis
may have sanctioned unanimously, or by a majorityrl
the representatives admit that these "acts, provide°
at least they do not seriously contravene the con'
ditions on which the Caimakamies• have been con'
ithtuted, may.not be revoked..
" 7. They consider, nevertheless, the dismissal of
the dircetor, or of otlter employes of the Minister of
the Interior, or of one of the Caimakams by his two
colleagues, without his consent or knowledge, as an
abuse that it is so much the more just to reform,
that the conditions, on which the Caimakamie re-
pose established him chief of his own department.
• "•They think, finally, that in the case of a partial
vacancy in the Caimakamie, the member, or the
two members remaining, shall have the power to
provide for the vacancy by the appointment of one
wo Ministers. in the order of their rank; and
thal• thc cos, (.1' totpl vweanev. thp 14rovision,1
Administration of the Prineipaliiv shall havel.,lll.ight 'wafer-fed. on a- Council of Ministers by
analogy with the terms of Article 11 of the Con-
vention of the 19th August; in either case, the
Provisional Caimakamie so constituted must refer
the matter to the Sublime Porte, whose opinion is
expressly reserved, as also that of the guaranteeing'
Powers. The representatives express the wish
that the Government of the Sultan will be pleased
to give instructions to its commissioners of Bucha-
rest and of 'Jassy to understand, with the members
of the consular body, who will on their side be
advised as to the unanimous opinion of the guaran-
teeing powers at Constantinople."