The Sun.
London, England, 1861-03-18 00:00:00

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The Liverpool and Shrewsbury meetings last week were
decided successes. The metropolitan division left London
by the express from Euston-square on Monday afternoon,
and a goodly gathering there was. On Tuesday there
were seven items on the card, but the first, the Trial
Stakes, was a walk over, by Avalanche ; First Lord
was on the ground, but he divided the forfeits with her.
In the Aintree Plate, they laid odds on Hartley Wintneh
both in London and on the spot. He, however, tired in the
heavy ground, and Tyrant defeated him easily. The event
of the day, the Liverpool Spring Cup, brought out thirteen
runners, and Calpe was chosen for favouritism, and was
backed rather extensively at 3to 1. North._ Lancashire,
Feodorowna, The Prophet, and Desmond were also backed
rather spiritedly. There were many false starts prior to
the race, but, .when they did get off, Calpe, my selected, won
easily enough. The reason she was not backed until the
day was that last week she received a scivere kick ; she was,
however, none the worse for it at Liverpool. The Wynn-
stay Cup—a claret jug—was ono easily enough by Medora.
The Tyro Stakes brought out two good looking youngsters
in Neptunus and Bonnibelle, who will be heard of hereafter.
The Handicap Plate, which wound up the proceeclinfs of
the day, was won easily by Lady Derby, the second favour-

pY.ICE 4D. STAMPED, SD.

speaking of the present state of affairs he would
call attention to two items which were perhaps
generally not sufficiently thought of. The
accounts contained an item of £8,931 lls. paid
within the year for the purchase of policies. What
an immense advantage it was to persons who did
not wish, or were unable, to continue their policies,
that they could at once find a good market for them
at the office of the society. (Hear.) In such cases
policies were purchased on a certain scale, regulated
by the age of the assured ; and he repeated, that it
was a great advantage to many persons that in the
cases which he had mentioned the assured could
obtain a good price for their policies. Another
satisfactery item was that of loans advanced on
the security of policies. The society had in that
way lent the sum of £74,935 10s. If persons
who were assured wanted a loan for a short
period they could by means of their policy
obtain one at a very trifling expense ; while,
on the other hand, it was an advantage to the office
to have a safe and excellent investment for such a
large amount of money. Since the Ist of January
the society had lent more than £4,000 on policies.
Now as regarded the present position of that office,
he would remark that on the Ist of January they
had 8,471 policies, assuring the sum of £6,697,572,
upon which there was a bonus of £609,568, making
the total liabilities £7,307,140. To meet this they
had an income arising from premiums 0fq.:199,445,
and an assurance fund of £1,911,505, the latter
having been increased within the year by the sum
of £96,081 Bs. id. He thought that he had now
shown that the last year was not on the whole a
bad one, although not quite so good as 1859, and
he would conclude by moving the adoption of the
report.
Mr. ROUTS, the deputy chairman, seconded the
motion,

ite, at 5 to 2; Queen Bee, who was third, being the fa-
vourite at 2 b 1.

On Wednesday the weather cleared up, and a brilliant
sun having dispelled the mists which usually hang over
Aintree, the course and adjacent country never looked to so
great an advantage, a happy change for the myriads aseem-
bled to witness the Grand Steeple Chase, who for the nonce
were permitted, thanks to the clearness of the atmosphere,
an uninterrupted view of the entire line. For the All Aged
Selling Stakes, all the six entered put in an appearance.
Billy Banks and Birdlime were the only pair backed, and
the former won all the way. Seven then came to the post
for the Sefton Ifandicap. The contest was left to the pair
placed, First Lord and Calpe, running locked together all
the way up to the stand, where First Lord shook her off,
and won easily by alength, Rosamond coming home third.
After the race thergirwere several inquiries made about the
winner for the City and Suburban, and he would have been
backed for money if 20 to 1 could have been obtained.
Furious, who gave Calpe 71b, and beat her at Notting-
ham, quite as cleverly as did First Lord, has only Est
Sib in the City and Suburban, penalty included ; and he
has thus llb the best of the weights with First Lord, in
addition to which the horse is on his own ground—a
great advantage to such a strange-tempered animal. One
luiur's rest was now granted, in order that the competitors
might be got ready for the Grand National, the operations
upon which were conducted with much spirit in the interim.
On no previous occasion did so many casualties occur,
The Irish Emigrant, Master Begot, Conductor, The Fresh-
man, Cockatoo, and Anatis having at different places come
to grief, a succession of misfortunes that were certainly not
occasioned by the severity of the pace, which appeared to
be very moderate throughout. Redwing, Bridegroom,
dianthus, Old Ben Roe, The Dane, and Jealousy only
were in the race after crossing Betcher's Brook the second
time, but on entering the course it was soon apparent that
Jealousy had the race in hafkl, though her accomplished
steersman was in no hurry to quit his antagonists until over
the last hurdle, when he took her to the fore, and won by two
lengths from the Dane, who, after blundering several times,
was by the judicious riding of W. White enabled to secure
second honours, and make a considerable inroad on the
place books. The race was a slow one, compared with the
time it was accomplished in 1850 by Abd-el-Kader, who
carrying just the same weight, ran the distance in 9min
57sce ; and in 1851 in 9min 59sec, carrying lOst 41b; in
1852, by Miss Mowbray, in 9min 58Isec, carrying lOst 41b;
in 1853, by Peter Simple, in 10min 31sec, carrying lOst
101 b ; and last year by Anatis, in 9min 63sec, carrying 9st
71b, the lightest impost it was ever won with. On this
occasion the time was 10min 14sec, which may be ac-
counted for by the heavy state of the course, as there was
quite as much of it under plough as when Abd• el-Kader
first won in 1850. My anticipations were fully realised on
this event, as in ray remarks of last Monday I predicted
that Jealousy would be heralded the winner of the Grand
National of 1861.

The resolution for the adoption of the report was
then put to the meeting and carried unanimously.
A resolution awarding £l6O to the auditors was
unanimously agreed to.
On the motion of the CHAIRMAN, seconded by
Mr. RICK ARDS, the auditors were re-elected.
Br, ILIFF moved—" That the best thanks of the
members be given to the directors for their judi-
cious management of the institution."
Mr. W. J. LEWIS seconded the motion.

A POLICYHOLDER thought that sufficient means
were not adopted to make the great advan-
vantages which that society offered generally
known ; otherwise, he said, there would be a much
larger number of policies effected. Many persons
who wished to assure were very much influenced
in their selection of an office by solicitors and
agents. (Hear, hear.) He believed that if the real
merits of that office were known to the public at
large the number of assured would soon be greatly
increased..

The CHAIRMAN said he thought it would be found
on inquiry that very few, if any, of the other offices
had issued more than 500 policies within the last
year. As he had before intimated, the society had
no class support, and had to rely entirely on its own
merits, and he must say he thought they had no
cause to complain of want of success. The fact that
the policies were increasing at the rate of 500 a
year was in itself one of the best advertisements
they could possibly have. (Hear, hear.)
The motion of thanks having been carried unani•
mously,
The CHAIRMAN, in acknowledging it on behalf
of himself and his colleagues in the direction, said
he hoped that at the next annual meeting it would
be announced that the assurance fund amounted to
more than £2,000,000.
Thanks were also awarded to Mr. Downes the
actuary, and to Mr. Macdonald the secretary, for
their exertions during the past year.
The compliments having been acknowledged the
proceedings terminated.

The Shrewsbury meeting was well patronised. The
proceedings commenced with the County Members' Plate,
given for 2zyr-olds, which secured an entry of 13, four only
of which ran. The principal of these was Ballerino, the
highly-prized son of Fandango out of Ralpho's dam, bought
by Lord Stamford from Sir Lydston Newman, who won in
a canter.

The Cleveland Handicap was another success for Goding's
stable with Prince Imperial, and in the Corporation Plate
Tyrant had some difficulty in shaking off Lord of the

Manor. •

On Friday the proceedings commenced shortly after one
o'clock, with the Attingham Stakes, which was carried off
in clever style by Zingari, who was the favourite at 6 to 4
on her, while in the succeeding two contests the fielders had
no better luck, the selected horses carrying them off in both
instances.

The Warwick Spring meeting commences to-morrow,
and extends over three days. The bill of fare comprises
steeplechases, flat races, and hurdle races. On the first
day the Trial Stakes is undoubtedly the most attractive, as
it comprises 14 first class horses. The allowances taken by
maidens cause the weights to stand thus :
age st lb age at lb
Amsterdam .. 6 9 4 Lady Clifden
Lifeboat 6 9 4 Cynic 3 7 0
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Twilight
Thunderbolt 4 8 9 Atherstone .. 3 7 0
The Rap •
First Lord 4 8 9 Isthmian
Light 5 8 6 Palaiseau
Light has an advantage of 101 b, and Palaiseau 31b., but i
Lady Clifden is in anything like her last year's form she
cannot loose. In her absence Thunderbolt should not be
overlooked.

The Willoughby Handicap has a very poor acceptance,
and Worcester might turn out the best. The 20 sovs.
Sweepstakes will fall to D' Orsey or Palmella. The Han-
dicap Plate of 50 sovs. has an entry of twenty-three, the
best of which appear to be Astarte, Bradfield, and Tonio
There are six items set down for decision on the second
day. Out of the forty nominations for the Warwick-
shire Handicap only fifteen haN c accepted, and no
doubt most of them will go to the post. Mouravieff,
with all his weight, will run well, and I shall couple him
with Calpc and The Alderman to represent me. The
two-year-old race has fourteen fillies and twelve colts en-
gaged, five only of which have appeared in public—Miss
Swift, Ethel, Lass o' Gowrie, the Piccola filly, and Mercia.
I expect a strong muster of the " dark" division at the post,
which may include Egyptian, a filly by Touchstone out of
Area (a Gladiator mare) ; Perambulator, by Filbert, dam
by Cotherstono out of Polydora ; Sugarstick, by Ratan out
of Delilah ; Over the Sea, by the Flying Dutchman out of
All's Lost Now; Master Fenton, by Tom King out of
Anne Page ; Lord Durham, by Lambton ; and Peignoir,
by Rataplan out of Trousseau. Lass o' Gowrie and Ethel
are the best of the public performers, and Sugarstick of the
dark division. The Debdale Stakes looks well for Miss
Eleanor, and so does the Welter Handicap for Forager or
Ancient Briton. There are fifty-seven subscribers for the
Grand Annual Steeplechase, and without going through
the performances of the animals engaged, I will merely
state that I have a strong fancy for Anatis, Skylock, and
the selected of the French division.

A FRESH MAN.