The Sun.
London, England, 1857-11-18 00:00:00

Silioia

Keystone
Joe the Quack
COLUMN HANDICAP

Stork
M. Dobler
Oetavia

Twelve ran.
STEEPLECHASE.

Torn Moody
Odiham
Bellman

Ten ran.

SPORTING NOTES.

ANENT SHREWSBURY.

The return of yesterday's racing at Shrewsbury really
makes quite a respectable show. The sport, too, was
not devoid of interest, and the Handicap was speculated
upon—in town especially—with much briskness. The
"office" in London %as, perhaps, the strongest in favour
of the Epsom horses, of which the jumper and turned-
loose Red Rose figured the most prominently in the
race. The success of St. Giles proves the truth of the
emarks which I made respecting his Liverpool running,
and would seemingly indicate that to the heavy ground
only must his defeat at Aintree be attributed,
The Anglesey Stakes, for which four " baby " horses
ran was won by a most promising youngster belonging
to Mr. Barber. He is a brother to Mary. This stake
last year introduced the public to Heroine and Polly
Peacbum, but it is questionable whether it has brought
animals of equal "calibre" on this occasion.
The events set for to-morrow will, of course, be mate-
rially regulated by the result of to-day's racing, I shall,
therefore, only refer to them with the utmost brevity.
With such ease did Special License wi❑ at Liverpool,
that, looking at the field he his likely to meet here, I
shall not, despite his 14lbs. extra, be surprised to wee
him win the Stewards' Cap ; he is, however, also
entered for the Gold Cup—for which Le has much the
best of the weights—it is, therefore, at present impossible
to say for which event he may be intended.
For the Nursery Plate I shall select The Happy Prince
and the Glenluce colt, and either Mabel or Master Begot
may win the Monkmore Plate.
. . . .

So few sporting topics are there at present that it is
almost impossible to extend my notes to a respectable
length ; when I next address the reader, however, I will
endeavoer to entertain him with some Derby gossip.
A FRESH MAN.

SHREWSBURY AUTUMN RACES.—TIIESDAT.
The Abbey Stakes, of 3 cove each, with 20 added, fir
3-yr-olds and upwards. Optional selling weights, Stc.
About six furlongs. S cube.
Mr. T. Walker's Oitenitza, 4 yre (301.), 7st 111 b
(French) 1

Mr. Starkey's Laverne, 4 yrs (501), 84 3.1)
(A.. Cowley) 2
Mr. Woodhouse's Florence, 4 yrs (301.), 7st 71b
(L. Snowden) 3
The following also ran :—Echo, Unexpected, Little
Dorrit, and Spinet.
Betting-7 to 4 egst Oltenitze, 2to 1 asst 'Unex-
pected, 4 to 1 eget Spinet.
Wan by a bead ; a length between the second and
third ; bad fourth. Unexpected broke a blood-vessel.
The winner was bought in for 65 guineas.
Sweepstakes of 10 cove each, h ft, with 25 added, for
2-yr-olds ; colts, 9st 91b ; fillies, 9st 61b. The winner
to be sold for 2001. ;if for 1001., allowed 101 b. Cer
tain winners extra. The second to save his stake.
Five furlongs. 6 subs.
Mr. Craven's Yeller Gal, by Woolwich (1001.), 9st llb
(French) 1
Mr. Gulliver's Apollo (1001.), Bst 131.1) (Yates) 2
Mr. Goodwin's Lady Nelson (100/.), Bst 10Ib
• (AAmall) 3
Mr. J. Wright's Lady Macbeth (1001.), Bst 1011,
(Boyden) 4
Batting-5 to 2 and 3tol en Yaller Gal, who made
play throughout, and won by two lengths ; same die.
tauce between the second and third ; Lady Macbeth
I was beaten off.

The winner was bought in for 120 guineas.
The Shorts Handicap Selling Race of 3 sieve each, with
25 added ; the winner to be sold for 30 co►s ; the
isooond to save his stake. Six furlongs. 12 subs.
Mr. Payne s Orianda, 3 yrs, rst (Plumb) 1
Captain Boyd's South-Western, 3 yrs, bit 21b
(J. Ryan) 2
Mr. R. Jones's Esperance, 2 yrs, sst 51b...(Mttchell) 3
The following also ran :—Queen of the South, Ma-
dame. Cliquot, Oyster Girl, Thistledown, Trot, and
Brother to Laird Duff. .

Betting-7 to 4 aget South-Western, 4to 1 each apt
Orianda and Brother to Laird Duff.
South-Weetera twice broke away before starting, and
on the last occasion ran upwards of half a mile before
he was stopped.
Won by half a length ; two lengths between second
and third ; bad fourth ; Thistledown was fifth, and
Madame Cliquot next ; Brother to Laird Duff was last.
The winner was bought in for 105 guineas.
The Shrewsbury Handicap of 50 save, widest to a Han-
dicap Sweepstakes of 15 sovs. each, 3 it if declared ;
the second to receive 20 soya out of the stakes, and
the third to save his stake ; certain penalties. About
two miles and a quarter. 60. subs., 26 of whom pay
3 soya each.
Lord Thbblesdale's St. Giles, by Wornereley, 3 yrs,
let 31b .. .........(Fordham) 1
r. Robinson's El Hakim, 3 yre, 78t 51b (Little) 2
Mr. Dix's Ruth, 3 yrs, sst 91)j (Brown) 3
The following also ran :--I,led Rose, Vandal, Panto-
mime, Good Friday, EmulMor, Breeze, The Tattler,
' Tiff, Hobgoblin, Knight of Avon, Grey Pyrrhus,
Hamlet, Shirah, and Pyrrhus the Second.
Betting-5 to 1 eget Red Rose, 6to 1 aget St. Giles,
8 to 1 aget Hobgoblin, 10 to 1 each eget Vandal, Breeze,
Grey Pyrrhus, and Shirah ; 100 to 6 agst The Tattler ;
20 to 1 agst Hamlet.
Vandal made nearly all the running to below the die-

tance, where he gave-way to El Hakim and Red Ruse
Half-way up, St. Giles, who had been lying off, came
with a rush, headed El Hakim in the next few strides,
and won very cleverly by a neck ; three lengths between
the second and third ; Red Rose was fourth, close up
with the third; Vandal was fifth, Hobgoblin sixth,
Grey Pyrrhus seventh, and Tiff eighth ; Emulator,
Breeze, and Hamlet were the next three ; Pantomime,
Shirah, Tattler, Good Friday, and Knight of Avon
were pulled up, and walked ;.n.
The Anglesey Stakes of 10 Boys eacb, 5 ft, with 25
added, for yearlings of the present year, 1857, foaled
in 1856 ; colts, 7st 71b ; fillies, 7st 41b. Quarter of a
mile. 6 subs.
Mr. Barber's Tomboy, 7st 71b (Dales) 1
Mr. W. Day's Schism, 7st 41b (Fordham) 2
Mr. T. Stevens's Bachelor, 74 71b (Prior) 3
Mr. Shepherd's Willie Wright, 7st 71b (H. Robertson) 4
Betting-6 to 4 eget Willie Wright, 2to 1 each eget
Schism and Tomboy.
A very close race in with the first two ; won by a
head ; four or five lengths beta riven the second and third ;
about the same distance betwe en the third and fourth.
The Aristocratic Plate, value 50/., for three-yr-olds and
upwards ; weight for age. The winner to be sold for
2001. ; allowances if entered to be sold for less, &c.
Gentleman riders ; professionals 71b extra. The last
to give the second 51. One mile and a halt.
Mr. B. Land's Englemere (5.01.), 3 yre, lOst 41b
(Mr. Edwards) 1
Mr. Dawson's King of Scotland, 4 yrs (501.), list 13Ib
(inc. 71b extra)
Capt. Boyd's South-Western, 3 yre (501.), list (inc.
71b extra)
Betting--Even on Englentere, 6 to 4 agst South-
Western, 4 to 1 agat King of Scotland.
Won by six lengths ; South-Western was pulled up
at the distance, and did not pa 83 the post.
The winner was bought in for 105 guineas.
The Astley House Stakes of 5 cove each, with 25 added,
for two•yr-olds. Optional selling allowances, &c,
Winners extra. The second. to save his stake. Seven
furlongs. 6 subs.
Mr. Moseley's Geneva (301.), 7st slb (Fordham) 1
Mr. J. Dawson's Polly Joht:son (301.), Bst 21b
(Bamham)
Mr. Ragg's Miss Waters (301.), 7st slb (Bray) 3
Secunda and Dot also ran.

Betting—Eves; on Polly Johnson, 5 to 2 agst any

other.
Won by half a length ; bad third.
There was no hid for the winner.

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PARLIAMENTARY REFORM MM'I-

FE;,TO.

An address to the people of the United Kingdom,
embodying a scheme of Parliamentary Reform, of
which a copy is given below, and emanating from
a committee composed partly of members of the
House of Commons and others of the advanced

iberal class of politicians, has just been printed,
and is now in course of circulation and signature.
It may not be generally known that towards the
end of Juno last a meeting was held at the King's
Arms Hotel, Palace-yard, of men both in and out
of Parliament, with the view of enlisting under one
banner, so to speak, as many notable individuals
as possible in all parts of the country in favour of a
reform in the representative system, and of reducing
their views upon the subject to something like a
creed, for which they would be prepared to contend
whenever the question was again brought under the
consideration of Parliament, either by Lord Pal-
merston or any other member. At that meeting,
which was held with closed doors as being only of
a preliminary character, there were about thirty
members of Parliament and others present, includ-
ing among the rest Mr. Roebuck, M.P., who acted
as chairman, Mr. Ayrton, M.P., Mr. Clay, M.P.,
Sir John Trelawny, M.P., Mr. Platt, M.P. (now
dead), Mr. U. N. Philips, M.P., Mr. Gilpin,
M.P., Mr. White, M.P., Mr. W. Williams, M.P.,
Mr. Samuel Morley, and Mr. Edward Miall. The
result of their deliberations was the appointment of
a committee, consisting of several of the gentlemen
already named and others, with Mr. Roebuck at
their head, who were charged with the duty of
drawing up a programme of Parliamentary Reform,
and of ..übtnitiing it for approval and suggestion to
the leading Reformers throughout the kingdom.
The committee prepared such a project accordingly,
and have lately been engaged by means of corres-
pondence iu eliciting the opinions upon it of men
of that class reriiiling at a distance from the metro-
polis, and subsequently in altering and remoulding
it so as to bring it into harmony with the prevail-
ing feeling on the subject. Iu this shape it was
finally settled and adopted at a meeting of the com-
mittee held recently at the Guildhall coffee-house,
at which Mr. Ayrton, M.P., Mr. Clay, M.P., Mr.
Gilpin, M.P., Mr. White, M.P., Mr. W.
M. P., Mr. Edward Miall, Mr. Samuel Morley,
Mr. J. P. Gassiot, Mr. Whitehurst, secretary to
the Ballot Society, and others, were in attendance.
It was not, however, wo b Hove unanimously
agreed to. Mr. Ayrtou, for one, it is understood,
took exception to parts of it, and especially to the
proposition for extending the county franchise to
101. occupiers, which lie thought would swamp the
legitimate influence of property in the election of
knights of the shire, and tend to array town against
country in a way to which he was altogether ad-
verze. Too manifesto as approved is as follows :
"To TU PEOPLE OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND.
" Fellow Countrymen,—Her Maj ;sty's Government
hare led you to expect that they will lay before Parlia-
ment, next sessi,n, a bill for the reform of the house of
Commons. In that announcement you heard the echo
et the determination you asowel at the late general
election. It bids you speak again, and with more pre-
cision. That that promise may not be illuiory, it behoves
von to make known the sense in which you will acc,.pt

" You seek Parliamentary Reform in order to insure
Ministerial responsibi.i!y. No mea.,,ure failing of this
would answer your object. Have you a right to antici-
pate that with this end in view Goveriement will spun-
tatieously offer what you wid be satisfied to receive f If
disposed to help you, they will be glad of your instruc
tionv—if indisposed, it were well to let theta know your '
demands. In any case you are called upon to say what
will content you, or your silence will surely beconstrued
into a lack of interest in the subject.
" The existing machinery for the constitutional expre,e-
Rion of public opinion is inadequate, and to a large extent
untrustworthy. The constituent body is needlessly re-
sincted. Considerable portions of it are expsed to the
disturbing action of illicit infieencoe. A largo mej,rity
of members is returned by a small minority of elector,.
Tee legal term of Parliaments is too long to insure the
responsibility of t opreeen tativee to the represented.
These are the main defects of the present system. The
results are class legislation, bad administration, financial
extravagance, and a foteign policy always beyond your
control, and often opposed to your wishes.
" A Reform Bill that will remedy these defects will
no doubt satisfy you. Moro anxious fora substantially
true representation of your wants and interests than for
a theoretically perfect one, you will not reject a ma-
chinery which promises to do your work because it is not
scientifically exact. But, while, on the one hand, you
forbear to demand what, in the present state of public
opilion, is plainly unattainable, beware on the other,
lest, presuming on your inaction,theGovernment should
force upon you a deceptive and inadequate measure.
Should you permit yourselves to be defrauded, of the
advantage which the passing opportunity offers you, a
quarter of a century may elapse before you are favoured
with another.
" Fellow-countrymen—Wo, whose names are here-
unto subscribed, cii,;claimincg all right or desire to dictate,
but anxious to elicit a definite expression of your will,
and waving abstract rights, recommend you to insist
upon the following leading features of Parliamentary
Reform, as calculated to unite in support of them the
largest number of voices, as capable of being attained by
resolute and united efforts, and, as promielng. if adopted,
to secure a real and effective representation of your po-

litical interests :
" 1. The extension of the borough franohise in Eng-
land and Wales to every male person of full age, and not
subject to any legal incapacity, who shall occupy as
owner or tenant in part or whole any premises within
the borough which are rated to the relief of the poor.
" 2. The extension of the county franchise in England
and Wales to all 101. occupiers at least ; and the assimi-
lation, as far as possible, of the franchise in Scotland and
Ireland to those of England and Wales.
" 2. Protection to the voter by the ballot on a plan
similar to that adopted in the Australian colonies.
" 4. A reappointment of seats, that shall make such
an approach to an equalisation of constituencies as shall
give in the united,.kingdom a majority of members to a
majority of electore.
"5. Abolition of property qualification for members.
6. The calling of a new Parliament every three years.
"Fellow.countrymen,—lf this broad outline of Par-
liamentary reform meets your view—if, in your judgment,
it is adapted to the occasion—if it comprehends as much
as you can hope to get and as little as you could be
satisfied to accept—it is for you to say so, and to say so
in time. This business is yours, and if you wish it done
you must do it yourselves. On our part we are ready to
aid you, as best we may, in placing this sketch of reform,
properly filled in, upon the statute book of the realm."

THE

'RIA I.

This case has at length been brought to a conclu-
sion. At the afternoon sitting of the court on Sa-
turday, M. Langlois pleaded for Lemairo ; be en-
deavoured to convince the jury that, though guilty,
the man was only the instrument of Hugot and
Villet, and that the revelations he had made entitled
him to merciful consideration. M. Salmon, advocate
of Villet, contended that there was no positive
proof of his participation in the crimes committed,
and that he ought not to be condemned on the as-
sertions of such men as Hugot and Lemare ; the ut-
most, the learned counsel said, that could be proved
against him was that he had been a receiver of stolen
goods. The same learned gentleman pleaded for
Villet's wife, son, and daughter. At the sitting of
the court on Sunday evidence was given to prove
that the elder Villet had gone to Beraneourt, and
minutely inspected the scene of the murder of De-
champs—a fact which, like all others alleged against
him, he had energetically denied. Counsel then
pleaded in succession for the other prisoners, and
the procureur-general replied. That done, the Pre-
sident asked Lemairo if he had anything to say
for himself. "Sir," answered the prisoner, who
seemed greatly discouraged, "I have told the
truth—l have nothing to add !" " And you,
Hugot, have you anything to say ?" "I also have
told the truth, Monsieur le President !" answered
the man, who was deadly pale. The same ques-
tion was thi.n put to Bourse, and he answered it
with apparent indifference in the negative. The
elder Villet was then called on, and gesticulating,
with a handkerchief in his hand, he said :—" Gen-
tlemen of the court and of the jury, you have heard
my learned and illustrious advocate. I confide in
what he has said to you in such eloquent terms—
ho has proved to you that I am not guilty.
Gentlemen of the court, and gentlemen of the jury
—I can say so s demnly, because it is the truth—
lam innocent 1 There is a God in heaven ; he
will sooner or later make known the guilty patties,
and proclaim my innocence !" Villet, who for
the last two or three days had lost much of the
marvellous self-possession and acuteness which he
ha l at first manifested, displayed great agitation
as he spoke, and sat down with tears in his eyes.
The other prisoners severally declared that they
had nothing to say. The President then com-
menced his summing up, and had not concluded
when the court rose. At the sitting of the court
on Monday morning, the four principal prisoners,
on being placed at the bar, manifested much dis-
couragement. The genda'mes watched over them
with incessant attention, to prevent them from
committing any desperate act. The President then
resumed his surnialin, up, and concluded it at
half-paA twelve, by submitting not less than 800
questions to the jury. The jury afterwards retired,
and remained in deliberation until three o'clock the
next morning, when, as we learn by telegraph, they
acquitted Jean Villet and Fournier, and convicted
the other twelve. The court condemned. Lemaire,
H ugot, Bourse, and the eLler Villet to death ;
Prosper Villet to hard labour for life ; Villet's wife
to ten, his daughter to eight, Rabache to seven,
end Hugo''s wife, Pillot, Prevost, and Caton, each
to live years of the same punishment. The interest
excited by the trial in the town continued unabated
to the end, and to a late hour at night a large
crowd remained collected in the vicinity of the
Palais du Justice.

FIZN:NCH OPINIONS ON TILE FALL OF

DFLHI.

Several of the journals comment with asperity
on the events that occurred on the capture of
Delhi. Thu Constutionnel says :
"All Frenchme❑ have rtad with surprise and indig-
nation that passage from a letter of an officer of the
victorious army of Delhi (and not in an official report,
as was at first stated, owing to a mistake of the
translator), in which it is coolly narrated how all the
inhabitants of the town that were met by the English
soldiery were put to death. The officer says :--` Forty
or fifty persons had got together and concealed them-
selves its some houses ; they were not mutineers, but
resident, who, relying upon our habitual clemency,
'mood for pardon. I ant glad to say they were disap•
pointed.' Such an act and such a sentiment require
no comment. . . . Oar neighbours have latterly
complained that they are not liked in Europe. We feel
hound to tell them frankly that acts such as these ara
not of a nature to conciliate sympathy for them in
France. We cannot rejoice at their successes in India,
unless they observe the laws of humanity, and maintain
the honour of European civilisation."
The Univers exclaims :

"Disappointed 1 What a delicate expression to intl•
mate the fact that the throats of these individuals were
cut for no other reason but because they resided in
Delhi I The English journals, while gloating over de-
tails like these with delight, continue to protest against
the cruelty of their enemies 1"

The Gazette de France, as might be expected, is
more violent than any of the other journals
" We see in these atrocities, against which no voice
has been raised in the London press, a proof that Eng-
land has renounced all hope of bringing back to sub-
mission to her sceptre this vast empire which has thrown
off its allegiance. The war is not one of repression or
reconquest, it is a war of extermination. England
openly adopts the doctrines of terrorism, and puts them
in practise in Hindostan England fs the
only nation of the present day capable of stretching the
rights of warfare to the extent of slaughtering, without
mercy, the entire population of a city taken by assault.
The spectacle which she has given to the world places
her out of the pale of civilisation awl humanity. It is
impossible to doubt that the sentiment of universal
reprobation which she has excited must have impor-
tant consequences for her. She may conquer the
Sepoys, but she cannot conquer the publsc opinion
of Europe—she cannot conquer God. No, we will never
believe that she can restore her rule over the Indian
peoples by these horrible means. Conquests, unaccom-
panied by moderation, clemency, and that solicitude for
the well-being of the subjugated people which springs
from a sense of right, are never durable. A ttila, and
other man-slayers of his class, passed over the earth like
a pestilence; they founded nothing, never conqueredany-
thing in reality. Arid so will it be with the English in
India ; the blood they have shed will cry out against
them and engender new martyrr."
It is a relief to the foregoing to quote the follow-
ing remarks from the Presse :--
"The English victory at Delhi, at which we rejoice
with all our hearts, was accompanied by some acts of
excessive severity. These acts aro to be regretted ; but
let us beware ot exaggeration ; and, above all, let us
avoid that ridicule which must ever attach to a display
of indignation in cold blood. We love clemency, we ad-
mire generosity, and we are not of those who think that
to strengthen the foundations of any power whatever it
can be a good thing to bathe them in blood. This, in
our view, is but an elementary teaching of morality, or
of what is the same thing, policy enlightened by
experience. But, although these doctrines cannot be
too often called to mind in the face of parties who
forget and Governments which violate them, can
it iu conscience be said that they are rigorously applic-
able in India after the frightful tragedy which has been
playing there for the last four months t Is it possible,
is it just, to institute a comparison, as certain journals
have done, between the Sepoys and the English sol-
diers—between Nana Sahib and General Havelock t
The Sepoys surprised and cut the throats ot defence-
less English—men, women, children—without allowing
them time to escape to the mountain and the
jungle, there to trust to the tenderer mercies of
tigers and hyenas. The English showed no mercy to
scoundrels who had ripped up, cut in pieces, burnt, and
violated their wives and children. There is, it appears
to us, a very considerable difference between the two
cases ; and therefore the Spectateur very sensibly re-
marks when we think of the savage acts committed by
the Hindoos, and the horrible situation in which the
English troops were placed during upwards of four
months, one can neither wonder
"at their exasperation
nor judge their conduct harshly.'

THE LATE SIR T. ST. GEORGE. —Sir Theophilus John
St. George, Bart., whose death at Port Natal, in Au.
gust last, is just reported, was the second but eldest sur
viving son of the late Sir Richard Bligh St. George, o
Woodegift, co. Kilkenny, by hie second wife, Bridget,
eldest daughter of Theophilus Blakeney, Esq., of Abbert,
no. Galway. He was born in 1810,and succeeded to the title
at his father's decease, in January, 1852. He was twice
married ; Ist, in 1836, to Caroline Georgiana, 2d daugh-
ter of Mr. Joseph de Lautour, of Hottom House, Herts;
and secondly (having been left a widower in 1842), in
1847, Maria, eldest daughter of Mr. John Power, of
Ctiurchtown, county Waterford, who survives him, and
Liy whom he has left a dangoter. By his previous
narriage he had a daughter and two sons, the
,lder of whom, Richard tit.. Latent., born in 1837, has
succeeded as fourth baronet. Sir Theophilus, who had
been a magistrate at Port Natal, since December, 1852,
traced his pedigree up to Captain Richard St.
he George,
tli
who went over to Ireland in the early part of
rn of the
the
became
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gov
century with the royal army, and beesn
town and Castle of Athlone, and whose
as elder brother wa
raised to the peerage of Ireland
Lord St. George in
1715—a title which, having been ag in 1775,
grandsonain revived in 1763,
became extinct at the death of his
without having male issue.
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