The Sun.
London, England, 1861-03-11 00:00:00

NAVAL EXPENDITURE.

ZMr. LINDSAY said with reference to resolutions which
he had on the paper, he was not to offer any opposition
to Government carrying out the construction
of iron vessels. His only object was to
secure as far as possible the best expenditure of the public
money.

The house th an went into committee of supply.
Lord C. PAGET, in moving the naval estimates for the
year 1861-62, said they amounted to £3,122,580, which
was a reduction as compared with the preceding
financial year of £866,696. Events have turned
out to enable her Majesty to maintain a less
number of men than had been provided for
during the past year, and notwithstanding hostilities in
China, the public service, both for the defence of
the country and protection of commerce, had been dis-
charged with entire efficiency. (Hear.) The noble lord re-
ferred in detail to various reductions which had been effected
and drew a favourable prospect of the probable state of
public expenditure in regard to this matter for the future.
LLEFT SPEARING.)

POLICE INTELLIGENCE--(This Day).

SP OR 2 ING NOTES.

THE LIVERPOOL MEETING.

The meetings which were celebrated at Lincoln, Not-

Ingham, and Coventry, must be considered as merely pre-

ludes to the stirring business of the racing season. They
prepared all conditions of turfites for the active resumption
of employment, whilst the issue of the events decided at

them served to indicate the strength or weakness of many
of the principal training establishments. These circum-
stances and the opportunities which they furnished for
speculation, caused them to excite the transient atten-
tion of the sporting community ; but an enduring interest
will attach to the meeting which will commence at Liver-
pool to-morrow, and which is anticipated with no little
eagerness and curiosity alike by English, Irish, and French
turfmen.

Since the extension of the gathering to two days, and
since the Grand National Steeplechase, which still retains
its prestine popularity, has ceased to be the " all and end
all" of the Meetiag, the " fixture" under consideration has
annually increased in importance, until it has become the
first really great gathering of consequence of the season.
This year its growing prosperity is still more signiicantly
displayed, for on no preceding anniversary was the pro-
gramme :so attractive, the nominations for the principal
stakes being numerically large, and the character of the
animals engaged being raised far above mediocrity. Thir-
teen races are set for decision, seven being. appointed for
the first day and six for the second.
The Trial Stakes has five subscribers, and The Lawyer
will fiad some difficulty in disposing of Avalanche, as the
mare is in excellent condition.

The Liverpool Spring Cup has a very good entry, and,
notwithstanding tko speculation thereon has been confined
to but few animalsell do not anticipate that the race will be
below its average interest. Master Bagot again heads the
list with Bst 71b, the weights ranging thence downwards to
sst 71b, the minimum burden, and which has been allotted
to seven of the twenty-two three-year-olds engaged, a
weight so favourable that some of them is sure to hold safe
the "gallant grey" as well as all the top-weighted horses.
Calpe, after her run at Nottingham, should finish in the
front. North Lancashire has been backed by the public,
and on that account will very likely be an absentee. The
only others that Godding's mare has to fear are Birming-
ham and The Prophet, and one of them will no doubt fur-
nish the winner.

The Tyro Stakes, which last year served to intro-
duce three such celebrities as Lady Clifden, Dun-
dee, and Big Ben, can hardly be expected to do a like
office on this occasion. Those well spoken of are
Neptunus, by Woatherbit, out of Apollyon's dam (a
Birdcatcher mare), Barbadoes, by Yellow Jack (son of
Birdcatcher) out of Mary Anne, by Faugh a Ballagh, a
very close-bred one ; the Saxon, by Ethelbert (son of Faugh
a Ballagh) out of King of Kent's dam ; Lord Albert, by
Fandango out of Agnes ; b c by Wild Darrell out of Vest ;
Pot-pourri, by Sweetmeat out of Cicatrix, the dam of Nose-
gay, who possessed some form ; and Equator, the first of
Alonzo's produce out of Equity, by Sweetmeat. There are
a number of others quite as well bred engaged, including
Sister to Cecilia, and Bonnibelle, by West Australian, whom
Mr. Parr has thought good enough to engage in 16 races.
As Mr. Merry is generally successful at Liverpool I shall
follow his colours on this occasion.

For the Aintree Plate seventeen horses have been handi-
capped, the best " in" of which are New Brighton and
Hartley Whitney.
On Wednesday the interest and enthusiasm the " Na-

tional" is sure to evoke will place the fiat racing in the
shade, as on no occasion since 1850 have either the entries
or the acceptances for this exciting event reached the
standard of the present year.
The following will be found as nearly as possible a list of
the starters and their riders :

Age st lb Riders.
Brunette a 11 0
Old Ben R0e.... a 10 7 Waddington
Bridegroom .... a 10 7
Anatis a 10 4 Mr. Thomas
Comet a 10 7 ...... G. Stevens
Emperor a 10 2
Doubtful
Franc Picard.... a 10 0 Lamplugh
The Dane - 5 10 0
Master 8ag0t.... a 10 0
Jealousy a 9 12 Kendall
Longrange a 9 10
Prince Charming a 9 10 .. Bennett
Kilcock
Xanthus .. a 9 8
Redwing a 9 7 J. Land
Tho Colonel .... a 9 7 -
Freshman
Tom Sayers .... a 9 0 .. --
Doctor Leete .... a 8 8 --
Chester -
Cockatoo

Brunette, with all her weight, will run every inch of the
way to win, and it would not surprise me to see hec carry
her colours successfully past the judge. Old Ben Roe is
an old hand at jumping, and will finish in the front :he
ought to get a situation. Master Begot has come *ill a
rush into the market, and if ke can only perform as well
in the steeplechase as he lately did in the hurdle race, he
ought to be very handy at the finish. Jealousy has on
several occasions disappointed her friends, but it is said
that this is really her journey, and I would advise her to
be kept on the right side. Redwing ought to hold Anatis
safe, as he runs on 231 b better terms with her than he did
last year. The French division will be represented by
Franc Picard, The Colonel, and Jean de Quesne. It would
not surprise me to see Jean de Quesne turn out the best
of the lost ; but whichever they intend ought to be
backed. The Freshman, after a successful spin with
Jerusalem, now occupies a good position in the
betting, and will take a prominent part in the race. The
Emperor is one of the best steeplechasers on the turf. He
is entrusted by his party with a large amount of money,
and is sure to finish forward. It now remains for me to
make my final selection, and in doing so I shall discard all
the favourites but Jealousy, and I shall expect her to prove
the winner of the Grand National of 1861, and if she is
upset it will be by either Redwing, Brunette, or Master
Begot.

The list for the Shrewsbury Spring Meeting gives pro-
mise of much better sport than for several years past, but
the results of the various handicaps are so dependent on that
on the Liverpool running, that my discussing them would
be a mere waste of time.

A FRESH MAN.

March 11, 1861.

BETTING AT MANCHESTER, SATURDAY.

There was not that amount of speculation that might
reasonably have been anticipated from the near approach
to the meeting at Liverpool. For the Spring Cup, Calpe
finished as good a favourite as North Lancashire, about
whom not less than 8 to 1 was taken, and those two were
most in demand. For the Grand National, the business
doze was confined to the old favourites. Franc Picard was
not so firm. 100 to 7 was laid against him, but afterwards
12 to 1 was taken. A very small outlay brought Old Ben
Roe to his former position. The gentleman who laid 20 to
1 against him yesterday, backed him at 9 to 1 to-day. The
only horse supported for the Two Thousand Guineas States
was Diophantus, against whom 8 to 1 was taken (to good
money). Knight of the Thistle was inquired after, both
for this event and the Derby, but the offers against him of
100 to 6 for the former, and 1,000 to 35 for the latter, did
not suit. 100 to 6 was offered on the field for the City and
Suburban Handicap, 25 to 1 would have been taken about
Industrious, and 50 to 1 was taken to win a large Bum on
First Lord for this event.

CLOSING PRICES.
LIVERPOOL STEEPLECHASE.
6to 1 agat Jealousy (taken)
Bto 1 agst Master Bagot (taken)
9to 1 agst Old Ben Roe (taken)
10 to 1 agst Freshman (taken)
10 to 1 agst Emperor (taken)
10 to 1 aget Anatis (off. take 12)
12 to 1 agst Franc Picard (taken)
20 to 1 agst Bridegroom (offered)
20 to 1 agst Cockatoo (offered)
25 to 1 agst Xanthus (offered)
LIVERPOOL SPRING CUP.
Bto 1 aget North Lancashire (taken)
Bto 1 agat Gallic. (taken)
10 to 1 agat Birmingham (taken)
10 to 1 agst Feodorowna (offered)
11 to 1 agst Ariadne (taken)
11 to 1 agst The Prophet (taken)
12 to 1 agst Rosamond (taken)
TWO THOUSAND GUINEAS.
Bto 1 agst Diophantus (taken)
Bto 1 agst Kettledrum (offered)
16 to 1 agst Knight of the Thistle (offered)
DERBY.
1000 to 35 agst Knight of the Thistle (offered)
CITY AND SUBURBAN HANDICAP.
100 to 6 on the field (offered)
25 to 1 agst Industrious (wanted)
33 to 1 agst Benbow (taken)
50 to 1 aget First Lord (taken)

THE UNITED STATES NAVY.—Mr. Dowibs, of
wasrteedacreferred
theing etho
commission,
einssiistdiecednia t,s' et
ai
ntMe:eansrsaiaovgly:
parts of the world, 48 vessels ; that 23 are unfit for servic*.
Massachusetts, from the Committee of the House of Rservice,httoha swa
trheotpmho there olepre,.
s eft njtaa
appearsnt i.v se
and not to be repaired under several weeks' or even menthe'
time ; that the entire naval force available for the defence
of the Atlantic coast at the time this committee was ap-
pointed consisted of the steamer Brooklyn, of 21 guns, and
th 3 storeship Relief, of two guns ; the former being unable,
by reason of her draught, to enter Charleston harbour with
safety, and the latter being under orders for the African
coast. Under these circumstances, the committee refer
with much severity to the extraordinary disposition of our
naval force, by which it was kept out of the way in a man-
ner which would be injudicious at any time, but which now
clearly showed hopeless imbecility or a deliberate conspiracy
to give the country into the hands of traitors. The report
next takes up the matter of resignations by traitorous naval
officers, sets forth in plain terms the name and offence of
each of these, and places in a clear light the extraordinary
conduct of the Secretary of the Navy in accepting the
:resig-
nations, concluding by recommending the passage of flre._
solution of censure upon that Cabinet officer.—New ,or
Triixne,

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