The Sun.
London, England, 1857-03-21 00:00:00

Sporting Intelligence.

THE GRAND MILITARY AND PYTCHLEY
HUNT STEEPLECHASES.—FRIDAY.
Farmers' Steeplechase of 2 soya each, with 100
added by noblemen and gentlemen bunting with
the Pytchley hounds ; and a silver tea service
added by the stewards of the Grand Military
Steeplechases; for horses the property of farmers.
Weight for age. The second to receive 10 BM,
and the third 5 sovs out of the stakes. About
three miles. 21 subs.
Mr. C. Hewett's Acorn, 5 yrs, list 41b (Owner) 1
Mr. Daniels's The Rector, aged, 12st
(Mr. C. Norton) 2
Mr. C. H. Kirby's Countess of Elgin, 6 yrs, 12st
(Owner) 3
The following also ran :—Ajax, Rocket, British
Yeoman, Harry Lorrequer, Gazelle, Exmoor,
Speculation, The Little Sailor, Leek, Little Buck,
The Lurcher, Sesame, Village Lass, Longbow.
No betting. Won by two lengths ; bad third ;
Speculation was fourth, Ajax fifth, British Yelman.
sixth, Village Lass seventh, and Leek eightb ;
Little Buck fell at the small grip, on going out ;
the others, several of whom refused at the Brook,
did not pass the post.
Sweepstakes of 10 sovs each, h ft, with 100 added
from the fund, and 50 by the town of North-
ampton ; for horses the property of officers on
full-pay in the army ; 12st each ; certain winners
extra ; the second to save his stake and receive
20 sovs. About three miles. 17 subs.
Lieut. Blundell's (Rifle Brigade) Horniblow, by
Prot stant, 12st ' (Owner) 1
Lieut. Coates's (7th Hussars) Massa Mugo, 12st
(Capt. Severn) 2
Capt. F. Morgan's (Rifle Brigade) Veluti, 12st
51b, including 51b extra (Owner) 3
The following also ran :—Xanthus, Aquamarine,
Gentle, Beware, Windsor, Larry, King Dan Sul-
tan, and Taffy.
j. Betting-5 to 1 each aget Veluti and Xanthus, 6
to 1 each agst Massa Mungo and Aquamarine, 7 to
1 agst King Dan, and Bto 1 agst Horniblow. Won
by two lengths ; a neck between the second and
third ; Sultan was a bad fourth. Xanthus, Gentle,
and King D4n struggled in at wide intervals.
Windsor, whilst lying a forward position, over-
jumped himself at the brook the last time, and
came down. Taffy fell at the last fence but one, .
and broke his back.
The Grand Military Gold Cup, value 100 sovs,
added to a Sweepstakes of 10 sovs each, for
horses the property of officers on full pay ; list
each ; certain winners extra. About 3 miles.
12 subs.
Mr. W. G. Craven's (Ist Life Guards) Johnny
Raw, list 71b, inc. 71b extra...(Capt. Barclay) 1
Lieut. Day's (66th Regt.) The Despised, list,
car. list 31b (Sir W. Gordon) 2
Lieut.-Col. Mundy's (Royal Artillery) Pat Man-
ley, 11st (Mr. Morgan) 3
The following also ran :—Black Bess, Billy,
North Britisher, The Bishop, The Huntsman,
and Fearless.
Betting-4 to 1 each agst Johnny Raw and The
Despised. Won by six lengths. Pat Manley and
Black Bess walked in. The Huntsman, Fearless,
and North Britisher fell at the brook on going out.
Billy and the Bishop did not pass the post.
The Welter Stakes of 10 sows each, h ft, with 100
added ; for horses the property of officers, (to. ;
13st 71b each. Winners extra. About three
miles. Nine subs.
Lieut. Blundell's (Rifle Brigade) norniblow,
14st, including 71b extra (Owner) 1
Lieut. Hunt's (4th Light Dragoon's) Sir Charles
Napier (Mr. Ellis) 2
Lieut. Anderson (K. D. Guards) The Farmer,
13st 71b (Owner) 3
Captain Baker's (12th Lancers) Aquamarine,
13st 71b (Owner) 0
Betting—Even on Horniblow, and 7 to 4 agst
Sir Charles Napier. Won by two lengths ; bad
third ; Aquamarine refused at the brook, and did
not go the course.
Farmers' and Tradesmen's Steeplechase of 2 soya
each, with 40 added ; for horses the property of
fermers, &c. ; winners extra. About three
miles. 11 subs.
Mr. Tresham's Miss Knight, aged, 13st (Mr. F •
Loton)
Mr. Jackson's Veterinary, aged, 13st (Mr
Norton)
The following also ran :—Oakball, Vulcan, The
Colonel, Rep( sitory, Ka.tey, Bonny B
Betting-2 to 1 agst Veterinary, and 4to 1 agst
Miss Knight. Won by ten lengths. Nothing else
near.
The Veteran Stakes of 10 sovs each, h ft, with 40
added, for horses the property of officers on half-
pay ; 12st 71b each. About three miles. 3 subs.
Captain E. R. King's Don Quixote, by
Cotherstone, 12st 71b ... (Owner) 1
Capt. Durant's Cottonspinner, 12st 71b (Capt.
Crymos) 2
Cottonspinner fell at the Brook, and Don Quixote
went the course alone.

L A TEST BETTING.
NORTHAMPTONSHIRE STAKES.
5 to 1 agst Skirmisher (taken)
Bto 1 agst Adamas (taken freely)
15 to 1 agst Braeben (taken)

LLOYD'3 SHIPPIN ---(Thi.s Day.)

LONDON, March 21.
fine and very strong.
PORTSMOUTH, March 29.—Wind E.S. E. —A rrived—
H.M.S. Duke of Wellington, from Lisbon. 4 s''iii7o3- 1—
S
Catharina Maria, for Batavia ; Eliza Shairp, • w-.
The Pactolus, from Demerara, fur London, struck off the
Boulder this morning, but cave soon after and arrived
here making no water.
O vv.
PLYMOUTHA ; a Rs E.—Arrived—Clara,
March
from Perth, W. A.
FALMOUTH, March 20. ,•---
pho, for Guadaloupe ; Betsy, Santa
Martha ; Auglo-Saxon,
Alexandria.
SWANSEA, March 20.. .IC:'
teas of Bective, from eto_._
hip Off the port. —Carleton, from
20.—Find S. S. E. —Arrived—Coun-
cuAßLEsTowN, —47
Win I S. S.E. —Arrived-4 Bt °-
Liverpool,
March.
13. tilled with water, having been
SHIELDS,
with ca
dres, from --,
struck by A bea•
for Ferna,na_o

his day at noon,- N.E.;

(PER ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.)
SOUTHAMPTON, Saturday Morning.
'Wind E., fresh ; weather fine.
Arrived—Ann, from London ; Georges and Le Coq, from
Cherbourg ; Argyll, (s.), from Charentan ; John Stroud,
from Dordt.
Sailed--Charlotte, for Guernsey.

March 2J—Clara andFjor titude, for Sunderland
LIVERPOOL, Saturday Morning.

Wind S.E.
Arrived—Albania, (ea.), from Trieste.
QUE ENSTOWN, MA reli 19.

Wind S.S.E.
Arrived—Merida, from Barbados; Echo, Uvula.

The Ear; of ELLENBOROUGH said the motion for
the thirr'e reading of this bill announced the approaching
end of the session, and be trusted he should be allowed
to sad, a few words on the peculiar circumstances which
led ea its premature conclusion. He believed those cir-
f'eenstances were these:—The governor of Hong Kong
having taken ample reparation for an alleged offence, and
the circumstances being such as would have enabled biro
to come at once to a pacific settlement with the Chinese
authorities, thought fit to make what was at that time a
most unpropitious demand—a demand to which it was
impossible under the circumetancesfor the Chinese autho-
rities to accede. • Hence arose a war. That war had been
approved by her Majesty's Government, and the question
having been submitted to the House of Commons a small
majority of that house thought fit to express an opinion
that there was not feufficient ground for the measures
that had been adopted in China and approved by her
Majesty's Government, Upon that the course adopted
by her Majesty's Government was to advise the Queen
to dissolve Parliament, and the merabers of the House
of Commons were sent to their c instituents for judgment.
At first a charge/ was made of conspiracy and concert and
coalition, and ett the various offences which a dissatisfied
Government, Usually charged against successful opposi-
tions. However, that charge had been denied, and was
now he believed altogether withdrawn. It was from the
first eetterly unfounded and unreasonable, and no one
whets considered the matter for a few moments could be-
lieve it. He apprehended that two questions would
practically be put to the electors. The first was, whether
they preferred Lord Palmerston to any other Minister ;
and the other was whether they approved of this war.
Be thought it not at all improbable that the answer
given by the constituencies would be that they on the
whole preferred Lord Palmerston to any other Minister ;
but he telt the most perfect confidence that the answer to
the second question would be that they could not approve
of ;;he circumstances under which the war was com-
menced, and that their desire was that it should, at the
earliest possible period, be discontiaued. So that the
position of the Goversoneut after the dissolution would
be practically the same as now. But there was a very
important question involved in the commencement of
this proceeding, and that was the question to what ex-
tent it was proper to give support to a distant authority
in measures undertaken by that authority, which endan-
gered the pacific relations eubeieting between this coun-
try and a foreign state. If Sir J. Bowring was to be
supported becau-e he was governor of Hong Kong, he
knew not why, on the same principle, the Governor
of GiOraltar might not adept measures which might in-
volve us in a wer eith Spain, or why a governor of one
of the Ur ited Stites should not be supported in adopt-
ing measurei which woted involve us in war with
the United States. To give to governors of colonies
or dependencies the power to involve this country in
war appeared to him the moss darg-!rous doctrine
that could be conceived. New, when the representa-
tives of the people were sent. to their constituents,
who were the persons to suffer, were the 48 Whigs who
voted against the Government to suffer on this occasion?
It appeared that th-A was contrary to the usuar feeling
in this matter. Those gentlemen gave their confidence to
the Government, and in a moment of peril withdrew
that confidence. He remembered when in distant tames
he was a member of the House of Commons, if any gen-
tleman on the Ministerial side thought proper to give a
contrary opinion to that of the Government he wa fired
at on allsides. What he suffered in tee house they could
see, but what he huff :red out, they could nut tell. The re-
sult, however, was that the offence was never repeated.
But here where the offence was general, they were not.
only not to be punished, but to he rewarded. It was said
of a great personage that he loved the treason but he hated
the traitor, but the noble earl opposite was different, he
hated the treason but, he lived the trwter. He j meet with
the noble earl in hoping that no mischief weuld happen
to the e/ 48 getiVernen. They had given one honest vote,
he hoped they weekl live to give many ne Besides,
be confessed he had a feeling in favour of an of l Whig.
Ile could net say he ha I the same t.eling in tavoir, of
that party who were Whigs and something more. With
regard t the geet omen who firmed the Radical party,
he entertained very much the opinion which he recel-
lec.:.ed having heart ix Tessed in tea' house by the late
Lord Wellesh y, ho, with his tr- ual classical felicity,
said, "..IZ,idice 2rt TarNpo tenths." Whether, in fact,
trey weted arrive at, that distinction he would not say,
but unit. of let, years, and even very recently,
there had been certaie c rcueistances which le he:, to
the cene:u:ren teat that um might be, if no,
general y incorrect, certainly riot altogether inaccurate.
It these gentierneri, friends of the G Nernment, who
voted again:t the Ministers on that occasion, were not to
suffer, let him aele why the Censervativee were to suffer.
Trey nevi- r gave their suppor, t_o the Government. Were
they on that ecce-ion, widen 48 old Widgs v ted against
the Government, to be punished fer n t giving that con
fidence which tney had always withheld ? Then there
was another party, very mad in numbers, but
powerful in intellect and in ability iii the into •gement
of public affairs the party who were ca led Peel-
ites. He had never been a member of that party, and
had in fact never been a member of any party since the
Duke of Wellington retired from public life, hut he had
a respect for them. Taey had Lever given their confi-
deuce of late, at least, to the goterement. They acted
on their own independent judgment. Therefore really
he did not see bow these three different parties, ageinet
whom this charge of c edition bad been most untruly
made, would jestey suffer in consequence of this dissolu
tion. And now be would state very shortly certain cir-
cutnstaecire with %%Ilia some of t era et lea t might not
be acquainted, in order fo show what were practically
alreaey the effects of die w,:ir which had been so reck-
lessly undertaken by Sir John Bowring. The other day
he seated what he judeed a ould pr. b :bly take place. He
did uotkeow what had taken place, hut he s id he thought
the ieteirup:ien ~f ur trade with China would produce
the greatelt Teseeihle distress. He had since learned
something which went beyond all that he had antici-
pated. lie fourie that between the 7 h Jan. and sth Feh.
the rate of discount et the Bank of Bengal was raised
from 6 er cent. to 14. N(iw he unicrtunatrly was ac-
quainted with the diffieulties of carrying on co erwrce
in that city. If a geutleiean there go, 80,0001.
or
100,0001., he vent it to this country or be put it out in
Julia on I ars, and a great portion of the t-ade in that
country was catried on with berreee,d money. Now if
in this country, where commerce was :oiled, the rate of
discount were raised from 6to 14 per court. they knew
the wide-apneai ruin that would ensue, but in a country
where trade was carried on with borrowed money, such
a rise in the rate of discount
and utter ruin. The consequence failure
of many houses, and the einliariaß-tnent of g ,vernment.
What was the poeitien in which the government of In.
dia, was now placed ? The gtovernment ha' elver_
tised, since the cornmencemen
of
tthi.elior tiisniatertsut,pateer
war with China, fir a loan of three millions
c att. It had previously vainly
endeavoured to raise
the money at 4.1- per cent. It was aide to raise very
little at 5 per cent. ; and the general ().,inc_
was
now,
that it can only raise it at 7 per cent.,
urileor they gave
some indulgence to persons having Four per
Cent. sealk
See what an unfortunate position the h Hers of gevere
ment Four per Copt, stock were ia. They had 5 per
cent., and two or three years ago were induced to take
f rur having no idea at that time that Government would
raise a fresh loan at five. Their stock was now at 19
per cent. discount, and they could not borrow on it at
less than 1 per cent. discount. Then the price of opium
bad fallen greatly, so much as to make it perfectly cer-
tain that when tee next Government sales took place
there would be a loss of 25 per cent., which welsh' entail
loss t, the revenue from that source of 750,000/. a
year, if it did cot go beyond that. He was sure the diffi-
culties of that country would become so great, that it
would be, in his opinion, a matter for the immediate con-

eideretion of Government, whether they should not inter- I
fere with some pecuniary assiettenee, tali oteit3;m was, it
would be advisable at oteee tt ettain the authority of Par-
liament to advariee from two to three millions in Eiehe
quer bills by the borne Government to that t.toiintry. Why
the Government of India should hot obtain an indulgence
which was granted to datilinia, and bat been epeetted to
,
half the States of Europe, he know hot. limy must
consider also the effect wainh the war would have in
this country. As ho Understood two or threh weeks
ago there had been a diminution of ten Millions of pounds
in the importation of tea, bat now it was expected that
the diminution would extend from thirteafiete to forty
millions of pounds, and the remelts sees that this country
would lose one thir lof the revenue froin tea. He could
not calculate the e!tent of the injury which would be
done in
sal parts of the world by the interruption of the
trade with China ; but the direct lass to this country
woul I be one-third of the rerenue from tea, and consider.
ing the expense of the forces sent out, the loss this year
would not be less than four millions. Somewhere else
some one had expressed an opinion that it would be ad-
visable to part with Lord Palmerston for two millions,
hut they were now asked to pay four millions for Sir
John B iwring ; and he did think there never was a pub-
lic character bought at so dear a rate. The reason why
Lord Palmerston was to be supported was, it was stated,
because he conducted a glorious war, and brought it
to a satisfactory peace. He could not conceive any
war to be glorious in which Kars was abandoned.
In that war there was much which we might be proud
to remember, but there was also much which we should
be desirous to forget. They could not consider that a
glorious war which bad not advanced the character of
the British army, though it had advanced the character
of the British sol der. He could not consider that peace
as satisfactory in which, in canser'i'aence of the abandon.
ment of Kars, all the cese],on of territory in Bessarabia
for the purpose of tnproving the frontier of Turkey was
abandoned. TLaving originally obtained the promise of
the left ~auk of the Danube and the left bank of the
Pr-e'tte, 'he oeuupation of which, according to the line
agreed upon, would practically have thrown back the
Russians to the Dniester, he could not consider that
peace satisfactory by which that line on the Upper Pruth
was now gone Into the hands of Russia. We had lost
the Upper Prutb) which) lb a military point of view, was
alone valuable, Moreorer, the object of that war was the
independence of Turkey. Turkey had an empire in Asia
quite as important as in Europe. In Asia npthing WAR
(lone to preteo. Turkey. She lost Kars, and that mate.
rially affected her character in that country. It was his
firm hslief that the abandonment of Kars, the conse-
quent discouragement of the population in that country,
and the non-insertion in the treaty of any stipulation
which would Improve the condition of Turkey in Asia
had most materially contributed to the war with Persia;
and he felt sati,fied that if we had maintained Kars, and
given Turkey an advantage on the side of Asia, we
should not only have been supporting Turkey, but pro-
tecting our own possessions in India. Among the various
qualities which were required in a Minister there was
none perhaps which was more valuable than the quality
of economy. Notwithstanding that that quality had
ceased to hold so high a position as it formerly did
in the opinion of the public, he still thought that in
some places at the ensuing election there would be in-
quiries with regard to the conduct of Lord Palmerston's
Government on the subject of economy. He was not
going to trouble their lordships with any long details
on that subject ; but before he said anything on it
allow him to observe that it had always appeared
to him that the first duty of the Government
of this country was to place it in a state of security
against an invasion from a foreign nation. He wished
to see our naval and military establishments kept up in
full perfection, and never would become the friend of
any government which neglected the performance of that
duty. But consistently with that duty they ought to
carry out the most searching economy in every depart-
ment, to give the greatest possible efficiency at the
smallest charge, and they ought more espe3iall to be
economical in those parts of the expenditure which had
no connection with naval and military affairs. He bad
examined the public accounts from the year 1838 to
1858, an:l would give a comparative statement of cer.
tain items in the three years ending 1853 and the three
years ending 1856. The average charge for public build-
ings and palaces for the three years ending 1856 was
161,009/. ; the charge for the three years ending 1853
was 115,0001. The estimated charge for 1857 was
196,0001. The increase in the three years ending
1856 over the three years ending 1853 was 46,0001.,
and the increase in 1857 was 34;0001., making
a total increase since 1853 of 81,0001. The charge
for the royal parks and pleasure parks in 1851 was
41,0001. The vote proposed for 1857 was 114,0001.,
being an increase of 72,0001. In these two items alone
the increase since 1853 in the one case, and 1857 in the
other, was 141,0001. The next charge to which he
wished to call their lordships' attention was a most mon-
strous charge. The expense of printing and stationery
in the three years ending 1853 was 216,0001., whilst
that for the three years ending 1856 was 416,0001., and
the estimate for 1857 was 450,0001., showing an increase
over 1853 of 234,0001. Then there was a charge which
many of their lordships, and especially the noble earl the
President of the Council, could not consider too great—
the charge for education. . In 1851 the charge was
284,0001, ; in 1852, 324,000/. ; in 1853, 442,0001. ; in
1854, 456,0001. ; in 1855, 612,0001. ; in 1856, 679,000'4
and in 1857, 754,0001. ; showing an increase over the
year 1851 of .474,0001. Whilst an increasing vote
was yearly granted to make people good, let
their lordships examine the charge for looking
after the bad. In 1848 the charge for convicts
was 477,0001., whilst in 1856 it was 906,0001., being
an increase of 428,0001. Comparing the three years end-
ing 1856 with the three years ending 1853, the increase
upon that head alone was 152,0001. In 1838 the charge
for education was 80,0001., and for convicts 313,0001.,
making together 393,0001. In 1857 the charge for edu-
cation was 754,0001., and for convicts 906,0001., making
together 1,660,0001., being an increase over the first
year of 1,267,000/. The charge for special aud temporary
obecte was more remarkable than aey other. Of 126 dif-
ferent heads of charge, not lees than 60 had arisen within
the last three years, the increase in the lest three years
being 404,0001., and as compared with the'three years
ending 1810, 468,0001. Putting all these items together,
and comparing the votes of 1857, as far as they could be
ascertained, with the average of the three years ending
1853, the fallowing w old be found the amounts of in-
crease—puldic buillines and palaces,Bl,ooo/,; royal parks
and gardens, 59,0001.; printing and stationery, 234,0001.;
education, 404,0001.; science and art, 55,000/.; convicts,
152.0001 ;sp -cial and temp aryobjecte, 404,0001; making
altogether 1,392,0001. (Hear) No state could go on
with such a system of extravagance. He recollected
having complained during the late war of the extrava-
gance with which it was corned on ; and although
an inquiry had been promised, not one iota of informa-
tion had been given on the subject. Having gone
through these points, he would now ask their lord-hips
and gentlemen on the hustings, " What are Lord Pal-
mers:on's principles 1" Previous to Lord Palmerston
becoming First 'Minister, there had ben during the
time his lordship had occupied a seat in the House of
Caminows. thirteen goveinmentg, of not less than ten of
which his lordship had been a member. (Laughter.)
T oof these governments entertained most opposite
vie vs. Toe n,,ble lord was a member of the govern-
ment of Eeil Grey, and a ineuteer of the Government of
Mr. Percevai ; and no per,on ever knew that he made
a diff, rend; between his tro chiefs. He therefore did
not know what his 1 irdship's principles really were.
Most probably the noble lord was a remarkably agree-
ab'e and fa'ciueting colleague. That he was an ex iel-
lent man of business no one could doubt. His extraor-
dinney erience in various public office] made his
services of the greatest posale value. It was obvious,
h s lordship had hell office under so many Go-