The Sun.
London, England, 1859-07-23 00:00:00

SPORTING. INTi.,'LIGEIV-CE.

BETTING AT MANCHESTEIL—PRIDAY.
GOODIVOOD STAKES,
7to 1 agst Lifeboat (taken)
10 to 1 agst Gaspard (taken)
10 to 1 apt Leamington (taken)
12 to 1 agst blue Jacket (taken)
12 to 1 agst Lord Nelson (taken)
100 to 3 agst Gargrave (taken)
GOODWOOD CUP.
6to 1 agst Promised Land (taken)
7to 1 agst Lifeboat (taken)
12 to 1 'igst Prioress (offered)
The other betting was confined to the races' decided to-
day at Stamford.

TATTERSALL'S SUBSCRIPTION ROOM.
We are requested to state that the room will be opened
this day (Saturday).

STAMFORD RACES-FRIDAY.

The Welland Stakes of 10
,sous each, sft, with 25 added,
for two and three-year-olds. Allowances and penalties.
Half a mile. (10 subs )
Duke of Beaufort's Blue Ruin, 2 yrs, 6st (Bray) 1
Mr. T. Stevens's Ardour, 3 yrs, Bst 131 b
,(inc. 61b extra)
(Keeler) 2
Mr. C. Booth's Stateman's dam filly, 2 yrs, 6st 41b

. ,
l') 3
Mr. C. Devon's Sir
_lsaac, 3 .sr Oan
Betting-7 to 4on Blue Ruin, 5 to 2 agst Ardour. Ar-
dour held a slight lead to the distance, when the fayourite
headed him, and won by a length and a half ; bad third.
The Scurry Handicap of 10 sous each, h ft. Gentlemen
riders. Professionals 61b extra. Five furlongs. 7 subs. -
Mr. Barber's Abron, 4 yrs, list 31b .... (Mr. Edwards) 1
Lord Clifden's Fadladeen, 4 yrs' list .... (Capt. Little) 2
Sir W. Booth's Beatrice, 5 yrs, list 51b.... (Mr. Bevill)
The following also .ran :—King William, Maradan, and
Stapleton.

Betting-5 to 4 agst Fadladeen, sto 2 agst Abron (with
whom Mr. Barber declared to win). Abron made nearly
all the running, and beat Fadladeen, who got very badly
off, by four lengths; two lengths between the second and
third ; bad fourth.

The Clifden Cup, value £2OO (handicap), by subscription
of 10 sous each, with 100 added. Winners. eitra. New

T.Y.C. 25 subs.
Mr. J. Woffinden's Tom King, 3 yrs, 7st 21b . • (Daley) 1
Lord Palmerston's Romsey, 3 yrs' 7st 101 b .. (Fordham 2
Mr. Payne's Production, 3 yrs, sst 91b .... (Grimshaw 3
Mr. J. Smith's Blackthorn, 4 yrs, Bst lib (French 4
Betting-3 to 1 agst Blackthorn, 7to 2 agst Romsey, 6
to 1 agst Olympus, 7 to 1 each agst Bankrupt and Clemanthe,
100 to 8 each agst Production and Noisette, 25 to 1 agst Tom
King. Olympus made the running with Blackthorn and
Romsey, Tom King lying on the outside. Olympus dropped
back a quarter of a mile from home, and the other three
ran nearly in a line to half-way in the distance, when Tom
King came away, followed by Romsey and Production, and
won by a length and a half; a head between the second
and third; same distance between the third and fourth;
Clemanthe was a moderate fifth; Solomon, Bankrupt, and
Vulcan next.

The Wothorpe Biennial Stakes of 10 soya each, with 50
added, for 2 yr-olds ; colts, Bst 101 b ; fillies and geldings,
Bst 71b ; allowances, &c.; the second to save his stake.
T.Y.C. (24 'subs.)
Duke of Beaufort's Blue Ruin, Bst 101 b (A. Day) 1
Mr. T. Parr's Lupullus, Bst lthb (Marlow) 2
Mr. G. Fitzwilliam's Spouse filly, Bst 41b (Fordham) 3
Mr. T. Parr's Newby, Bst 71b ... , (G. Hall) 4
Betting-5 to 2on Lupullus, 3to 1 agst Blue Ruin.
Blue Ruin made all the running, and won cleverly by half
a length.

The Ketton Stakes of 50 soya eanh, h ft, for 3-yr-olds;
colts, Bst 71b ; fillies, Bst 41b ; allowances and penalties.
Ab.out a mile and a half. (5 subs.)
Lord Exeter's Heroine of Lucknow, 7st 131 b (Fordhatn) 1
Lord W. Powlett's Zaretan, Bst 21b (Flatman) 2
Betting-6 to 4on Zaretan. Heroine of Lucknow made
play throughout, and won by two lengths.

The Stamford Cup, value £lOO, by subscription of 10 sovs
each, tha surplus to be paid in money; for 3-yr-olds and
upwards; weight for age, with allowances and penalties.
Three miles. (16 subs.)
Mr. Shelley's Lifeboat, 4 yrs, 9st (L. Snowden) 1
Mr. Coverdale's Heir-at- Law, 3 yrs, 7st 31b..(Fordharn) 2
Mr. H. Johnstone's Whitewall, 4 yrs, 9st .... (French) 3
Betting-2 to lon Lifeboat, sto 2.agst Mir-at-Law.
Whitewall made the running at a good pace, with Heir-at-
Law second, and the-favourite third. Lifeboat waited to the
half distance, when he came out, and won in a canter by
three lengths ; a neck between second and third.

Selling Race of 5 sovs each, with 40 added ; for 2-yr-olds
and upwards. Three quarters of a mile. (5 subs.)
Mr. Johnstone's Smut, 2 yrs (£3O), sst 41b (W. Bottom) 1
Mr. Evans's Stratagem, 2 yrs (t3O), 6st 41b.. (J. Daley) 2
Mr. Devon's Yorkshire Miss, 3 yrs (£3O), 7st 21b
(F. Adams) 3
Mr. E. Batson's Admiralty, 4 yrs (£3O), Bst.. (J. Mann) '4
Mr. Angell's Ivor, 2 yrs (t3O), sst 41b (Rayner) 5
Betting-2 to 1 agst Smut, 3to 1 agst Stratagem, 4to 1
agst Yorkshire Miss, 6to 1 agst Admiralty. Smut made
all the running, and won by three-quarters of a lehgth.
Bad third. The winner was sold to Mr. Evans for 54
guineas.

THE BOROUGH MEMBERS' PLATE (Thursday).—The
objection to Abron was withdrawn.

LATEST BETTING.
GOODWOOD STAKES.
6to 1 agst Lifeboat
Bto 1 agst Gaspard
12 to 1 agst Blue Jacket
14 to 1 agst Lord Nelson
20 to 1 agst Cytherus
20 to 1 agst Starke
20 to 1 agst Compromise
20 to 1 agst Leamington (offered)
40 to 1 agst Harlestone (offered)
GOODWOOD CUP.
9to 2 agst The Promised Land
6to 1 agst Leamington
6to 1 agst Prioress
SALE OF BLOOD STOCK AT WOTHORPE STUD PAD-
DOCKS (NEAR STAMFORD), Friday.--The only animal sold
was Nuthatch, a bay yearling by Nutwith—As You Like
It, who was knocked down to Mr. T. Parr for 150 guineas.
Zitolla is struck out of the Stewards' Cup at Goodwood.

MARLBOROUGH RACES.-FRIDAY.

The Members' Plate (Handicap), of 60 sovs. Winners

extra. One mile.

Mr. Tallett's The Gem, 3 yrs, 6st 51b (inc. 51b extra)
(Sadler) 1
Mr. Stone's Arcanum, 4 yrs, 7st 21b (Ducker) 2
Mr. Merrifield's c by F. Dutchman—Gale, 4 yrs, 7st 71b
(Chil(man) 3
Betting— 2 to 1 agst Theory, 5 to 2 agst The Gem. Won
by a neck ; half a length between second and third.
A Sweepstakes of 10 sovs each, 5 ft, with 25 added, for 2
and 3-yr olds. About three-quarters of a mile. (8 subs.)
Mr. Copperthwaite's Lady Kingston, 3 yrs, Bst 111 b
(Johnson) 1
White Rose and Skittles also ran.

Betting—Even on Lady Kingston, who won in a canter
by eight lengths. The other two beaten off.
The Ladies' Plate of 20 sovs, added to a sweepstakes of 3
sovs each. Optional selling weights. Heats, three-
quarters of a mile.
Mr. Laird's Hassock, by Footstool, 3 yrs (£3O), 7st
71b (Dickenson) 3 1 1
Mr. Evans's Fanny Booth, 4 yrs (£2O), Bst 31b
(Clements) 1 3 2
Mr. Stone's Czarine, 3 yrs (£80), Bst 71b.. (Ducker) 2 2 0
No betting. First heat won by three-quarters of a length;
second by 15 lengths, and the third by 10 lengths. The
winner was sold for 42 guineas to Captain West.
The Savernake Forest Stakes of 10 sovs each, 5 ft, and 2 if
declared, with 50 added. One mile and a half. 19 subs.
Mr. B. Land's Ascot, by Pyrrhus the First, 3 yrs. 7st
121 b (inc. 51b extra) (Gammage) 1
Mr. Greville's Soothsayer, 4 yrs, Bst 71b (Gudner) 2
Mr. E. Beazley's Mushroom, 3 yrs, Bst 71b 3
Mr. S. Williams's Commodore, 3 yrs, Ist 61b
Betting—Even on Ascot, who got off badly, but caught
Soothsayer at the lowerturn, and won by a neck; a length
between second and third.
The Town Stakes of 5 sovs each, with 25 added ; optional
selling weights. Once round and a distance. 5 subs.
Mr. Willoughby's Donna Carmen, 3 yrs, 7st 71b
(Dickenson) 1
Mr. La Mert's The D0n.,2 yrs, Set 101 b (Johnson) 2
Mr. Beazley's The Poet, 3 yrs, 7st 71b (Ducker) 3
No betting. Won by half a length ; bad third. Little
Poll fell.

BOULOGNE ANNUAL RACES.
BOULOGNE, THURSDAY EVENING.
There was more good running on this occasion than has
ever before been seen on Boulogne racecourse, but the at-
tendance was thinner than usual. The following are the
results of the sport :
Prix Imperial (4,000 metres, heats), 4,000 francs.
Baron de Niviere's Duchess 1
Baron Schickler's Martel .en-Tete 2
A. severe contest.
Emperor's Cup (2,100 metres), 1,500 f. given by his Majesty,
and a sweepstakes of 150 f.
Baron de Niviere's Goelatte
Mr. Banby's Diamond
Prix des Haras, a special prize of 2,000 f. for horses kept in
the northern division of France far the last two years.
Baron de Niviere's Light
M. Fasquel's Fort a Bras 2
Grand Prize of the City of Boulogne (Handicap), 3,500 f.
given by the city. Entries, 300 f; forfeit, 200 f.
This was a most exciting race, and was run at a great
pace during the last half mile by four or five horses nearly

neck and neck. It was won by Baron de Niviere's Paquo-
rette, who thris carried off all the principal prizes of the day.
He withdrew his mare Commelles front the Sellers' Stakes,
which wound up the sport in order, as it was reported, that
he might not be the sole winner. The latter prize was won
by Mr. Hurst's Miss Finch

1 . ISLE OF WIGHT RACES—THURSDAY.
A Sweepstake4 2 Boys each, with 20 sovs added.
Mr. Vallance's b g Volunieer
Mr. Bidgood's g g Merry-Lad • 2
Mr. E. Jakeinan's b g Cannon Ball
A Sweepstake of 2 sovs each, with 20 sovs added.
Mr. T. E. Bull's b g• The Rogue..
Mr. Bidgood's br g Thistle Whipper 2
Mr. Vallanc..brs ch ra The Valley
A Stake of 20 says for Isle of Wight bred horses.
Mr. Bull's ch g Novelty
Mr. Lambert's hr. m Ima 2
Mr. W. Pragnell's eh g Prince William
A Sweepstake of 3 sows each, with 15 sovs added
Mr. E. T. Bull's b g Rogue • • • 1
Mr. Mew's Wks Turpin . • ...
Mr. Vallanee's ch m Valley

IREL :ND.

DUBLIN, FRIDAY MORNING.

THE PIRENIX CLUB PROSECUTIONS.

The rumour - respecting the turn affairs were
likely to take ,at the prosecution of the Kerry
Phwnixites has proved correct. The prisoners have
been well advised to plead kuilty, hoping for the
favourable consideration of the court, and the
Crown has shown its • leniency by permitting the
offenders to stand out on their own bail. The

commis,ion was opened at Tralee yesterday by Mr.
Juitiee.lUogh, and t w o—ef, thei.elaAmen, Florence
and J. D. Sullivan, who had been in gaol since last
assizes having been put to the bar, and their counsel
having withdrawn their plea of • Not Guilty, and
pleaded Guilty, the Attorney-General said he would
deal leniently by them, and he would permit them
to stand out on their own recognisances. The'right
hon. gentleman, after some prelimina: y remarks, ob-
served:—

" I was not present at the last assizes, but I have
read through the informations, and have also read
the evidence then given, and really, in the course
of reading it, I could not help smiling at the folly
and absuidity of the conspiracy that those persons
were induced to enter into. Yet lam not the less
bound to say that it was one which should be cha-
racterised as wicked. The prisoners have now sub-
mitted, and pleaded guilty to the serious charge
made against them ; and it is the more serious when
one considers that this ,combination was entered

into to a 17ance what is called liberty, although not
in all Europe, or in the world, is there a country
where more rational liberty is enjoyed, and by ra-
tional liberty .I mean well regulated liberty, that is
guided by wisdom and judgment, and carries with
it peace and prosperity. These misguided men
were induced to enter into this combination, but

they have now done the only act they could do to
atone for their misconduct. They have submitted
to the law and confessed their error ; and I have
no hesitation, as her Majesty's principal law officer
in Ireland, in adopting a lenient coarse towards
them under the circumstances. I propose to take
this course. I will not ask the court now to pro-
nounce the judgment of the law, although I know
what the judgment would be if 1 called on the court
to pronounce it: but I will consent that the prisoners
should be discharged at the close of the assizes, to
come up forjudgrnent when called on, upon getting
due notice. It would not be my intention, nor would
it, I am sure, be the desire of any one who might
succeed me in office, to call on either of the pri-
soners to come up to receive judgment so long as.
they conducted themselves with propriety, and con-
tinued good and faithful subjects of the Queen, and
ceased to be connected with such absurd conspira-
'des. lam induced to adopt this very lenient mode
~f proceeding, particularly because I understand
that one of the prisoners is a very young man, and
because both prisoners, up to this occasion, have
been persons of unimpeached good,character ; and
further, because each of them has already suffered
to this extent, that they have been in close confine-
ment for a period of seven or eight months. lam
►lso induced to adopt this course by the recollection
that this combination—wicked and absurd as it is

—did not originate in this county ; indeed, I may
say for the county of Kerry, which I have now
known for a period of about ,tvv„enty, years, partly
as an advocate and partly as the chieff-law adviser,
that at all times, and under all difficulties, and in
all periods of hardship and distress, its people have
been remarkable for peace and their love of quiet
and order. My experience of agrarian offences here
in this county is comparatively unknown ; for those
illegal confederacies, which are the bane of every
place in which they exist—l mean the Riband
societies—have never made their appearance in the
county of Kerry. As I have said, this crime with
which the prisoners were charged had not its origin
here, but in another county, and the prisoners were
not the originators of it, and were only seduced by
others to join it. I have the authority of the stipen-
diary magistrates of this county for stating that it
is at this moment in a condition of unexampled
peace and quiet; and under such circumstances I
the more readily adopt the.course I have indicated.
t wish to take this opportunity of stating that the
Government have received from the constituted
authorities of the county, and from the Roman
Catholic bishop and clergy of the county, every as-
sistance to put an end to this foolish combination.
Every assistance was given to suppress the con-
spiracy, and it is entirely suppressed ; and under
these circumstances I am exercising wisely and
discreetly the powers vested in me in tak-
ing the very lenient course I pointed out. I
would say one word more in conclusion, and express
my most sincere hope that the prisoners at the bar,
as well as others who may have been engaged in
this. ludicrous and absurd confederacy, have at
length had their eyes opened to the illegality of the
course they pursued, and that they are now aware
that the only result of such misconduct must be
punishment and injury to themselves ; and warned
by the experience they have so dearly purchased, I
hope and trust they will hereafter refrain from be-
ing engaged in anything of the same kind, and that
this county will long maintain the high character
it has so long upheld for peace and order.
" Judge Keogh—l need scarcely say that the
course taken by the Attorney-General meets my
cntire approval and concurrence. It is plain that
the course adopted is justified by the circumstances
to which the Attorney-General has alluded, and
not only by the tranquil state of this county, but
from our experience of the general tranquillity of
the country, derived from the information we have
received from every County throughout the entire
of this part of the United Kingdom. lam glad
the Attorney-General has arrived at the conclusion
he has stated. By so doing he has relieved the
jurors from the discharge of a laborious duty, and
relieved me, in all probability, from the discharge
of a most painful duty. The prisoners having now
submitted, and having been well advised by their
counsel to do so, I may say that, in all probability,
they would have been found guilty, and in such an
event I should have been inevitably obliged, con-
sidering the high position of the eminent judge
who tried the case at the last assizes (Baron Greene),
to pronounce the same sentence which he felt
called upon to a ward ; because can scarcely be
supposed that, with my limited experience, I could
have ventured to arrive at a different conclusion
from that which was arrived at by the merciful
judge who sat in this seat on the last occasion.
It is not for me to make any observation upon
the other general remarks made by the Attor-
ney-General ; but there was one remark made
by him which I do not wish to leave this place
without alluding to. He has said that this
combination—scarcely deserving the name of con-
spiracy—has been peculiarly absurd and uncalled for,
because of the freedom which we enjoy in this
country ; and that remark is justified by thel know-
ledge of every man in court; and I believe may say
that this country is, fortunately, the only country in
which true lib,- rty of thought and action exists. I
shall say nothing further than that I highly approve
the course taken by the Attorney-General. The
present advisers of the Crown have, I consider,
shown great leniency and moderation, and I trust
that the prisoners will act on the advice given to
them, and that there .will be no repetition of such
misconduct.
"The Attorney-General—l would ask your lord-
ship to let the prisoners be discharged at the end of
the assizes by the Clerk of the Crown, upon enter-
ing into bail to come up for judgment when called
on ; and I would now merely say that, if the pri-
soners should be engaged in any combination of a
like kind hereafter, they will be called onto abide
the judgment of the Court. I may state, however,
that I have received such assurances as satisfy my
mind that this conspiracy has wholly ceased to exist
in the county of Kerry.
" Judge Keogh—There are other prisoners on
bail, what is to be done with them ?
" The Attorney-General—As to the two prisoners
on bail, I will respite their recognisances to appear
when called upon, getting 10 dad s' notice, and if
they conduct themselves in a peaceable manner they
will never be called on."