The Sun.
London, England, 1868-03-10 00:00:00

Trll SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, MARCH 10, 1868.

SHARE LlST.—This Day.

OI[DINAItY I A laai AND STOCKS.

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IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT

HOUSE OF COMMONS—LAST EVENING.
PIRATICAL VESSELS.
Mr. TAYLOR asked the Secretary of State for Foreign
Affairs whether any claim had been made upon her Ma-
jesty's Government by the Government of the United
States in respect of the alleged piratical seizure in the
Chesapeake River by British sailors during the civil war
of a vessel now registered as a British vessel at the port
of Kingston in Jamaica under the name of the Lizzie
Lina, and formerly the Happy go Lucky, commanded by
Lieutenant or Captain Edenborough ?
Lord STANLEY said he had caused search to be made
at the Foreign-office for such a matter from the year 18G1
down to the present time, but not a trace of any such oc-
currence had been found. Search had also been made at
the Colonial-office, but with no different result.
REGENT'S PARK.
Mr. 11. LEWIS asked whether the works now going on
for the purpose of improving the ornamental water in tl
Regent's-park would be completed bt fore the end of the
summer.
Lord J. MANNERS said be had every reason to believ
that such would be the case.
SCOTCH REFORM BILL.
On the motion for the second reading of this bill,
Mr. HADFIELD protested earnestly against an increase
in the numbers of the house, and formally moved the re-
jection of the bill, which was seconded by Sir WILLIAM
SCOTT.

Mr. B. COCHRANE hold the concession of seven mem-
bers to be very inadequate to the claims of Scotland, but
warned Scotch members that if they rejected this bill they
would get no increase at all.
Mr. SMOLLETT, premising that he accepted the bill
as an inevitable necessity, proceeded to eliscuss its provi-
sions and the question of reform generally, in one of his
amusing and caustic speeches. Illustrating his argument
by its presumed operation in Glasgow and Edinburgh, he
maintained that the bill would degrade the representa-
tion of the great town, and criticised severely the
grouping clauses, which he condemned as clumsy and
ignorantly drawn, predicting that the Radical party in
committee would so manipulate them that the Conser-
vative interest in Scotland would not for the future
return more than one or two members. After sketching
a portentous picture of the House of Commons of the fu-
ture—a compound of elderly landowners, rich traders,
working men, union delegates, and Fenian sympathisers,
which would very soon be found amenable to corrupt in-
fluences—he wound up by an emphatic declaration that,
nevertheless, he had no fear for the safety and invulner-
ability of the British constitution.
Mr. M'LAREN criticised the details of the bill with
much minuteness, condemning the rating clauses, and
showing that they would operate in a disfranchising sense
He urged the necessity of providing against the creation
of fagot votes, and, in a lengthy and elaborate analysis of
the population and taxation returns, he sketched a scheme
of redistribution which, he contended, was more consistent
with justice to Scotland.
Mr. M'LAGAN expressed great disappointment with
the distribution scheme. A great opportunity had been
lost for rearranging the borough representation, which
might include a grouping of the small counties. Neverthe-
less he urged his Scotch colleagues not to refuse this offer,
and warned them that it would be found impossible to dis-
turb the arrangement of last session.
Colonel Sykes, Mr. Graham, and Mr. Crum-Ewing de-
precated opposition to the second reading, and in answer
to Mr. Moncrieff, Sir James Pergusson intimated that the
Government had never insisted that the additional mem-
bers would be seven, and no more. It would be for
members who thought that particular constituencies
required additional representation to make out their case.
After some general observations from Mr. REARMS
and Mr. Gramm,
Mr. LAING assorted that though the old Whigs op-
posed the bill because they thought its defeat would em-
barrass the Government and retain the Scotch vote on
their side at the next election, and through the extreme
Radicals, more partisan than national in their feeling, op-
posed it, desiring to keep the question of Redistribution
open, yet the real independent and moderate Liberals of
Scotland were disposed to accept the bill on the con-
dition that ten additional members should be given to
Scotlam', that the distribution scheme wore amended, and
that the creation of fagot votes should be preventel. He
advised the Government, therefore, to consider, between
this and the next stage, the propriety of making their
concessions. These remarks provoked a strong protest
from

Mr. 2ILLICE (supported by Mr. KEN'ARD and Mr
OBAtYP who maintained that the state of opinion in
Scotland was diametrically opposed to Mr. Laing's view
of it. The Scotch members would not be bribed to ac-
cept some of the evils contained in the bill by any in-
crease in their numbers. Ho had every desire to settle
the question at once, and was ready to accept whatever
Parliament thought just to Scotland, but rather than take
the bill as it stood he would wait till the new Parliament.
The LORD ADVOCATE, in winding up the debate,
explained the rating clauses, and, while intimating that
both the amount of increase and the mode of distribution
were matters for commitee, he pointed out to those who
demanded 25 members that 12 at least on their principles
would have to be taken from Ireland—a suggestion which
nobody had been bold enough to make yet. The group-
ing scheme, he showed, was on the same principle as that
of 1832.

Mr. HADFIELD withdrew his amondmolit, and the bil
was read a Becloud time.

The Sea Fisheries Bill passed through committee.
The Railways (Extension of Time) Bill was road a third
:ime and passed.

The Metropolis Subways Bill was read a second time.
The LORD ADVOOA.TE brought in bills to improve
the system of registration of writs, the procedure in re-
gard to ecclesiastical buildings and glebes, and for the
consolidation of titles to land in Scotland.
Sir W. HUTT re-introduced his bill for the better credit
of railway accounts.
Sir S. NORTHOOTE brought in a bill to enable gua-
ranteed Indian railway companies to raise money on de-
benture stock.
The House adjourned at twenty-five minutes before
twelve o'clock.

The _Hants Advertiser mentions the death of Mr
‘lontgomery Dilley, the once famous horse trainer, I
Littleton, in Hampshire. He trained for Lord George
Bentinck, Lord Bruce, the Hon. Mr. Greville, and Mr.
George Payne. He was the trainer of 111a,ngo, which
won the St. Leger in 1837, and Alarm. He was a
wealthy and benevolent man and highly respected in
Southampton, where he lived retired for many years, and
where he died. He has left considerable sums of money
to charitable institutions in that town. He was nearly 80
years of age.

AN EXTRAORDINARY MARRIAGE CONSPIRACY.
A case of a very
singular nature lately came before the
magistrates at the Birmingham Police-court. A respecta-
ble-looking middle-aged woman, dressed as a widow, was
charged, with a man not in custody, with having conspiret
to solemnize a marriage, in which the man personated
gentleman since deceased, for the purpose of afterwards
Rising a specious title to his property. The circumstances,
Is detailed to the court, were as follows :—Mr. George
Brittan, the gentleman now deceased, was an ironmonge,,
and general merchant, who had for many years earner,
on business at Stourbridge, in Worcestershire. ni:sc
Brittan was a bachelor, and for a number of years the
prisoner, whose name was Mary Ann Shaw, aliaa
Osborn, lived with him in the capacity of housekeeper,
there being no other inmates of the cottage in which they
resided. On the morning of the 23rd of October last Mr.
Brittan died very suddenly, at the age of 75. He had just
completed the act of shaving, when he fell back in his
chair and at once expired. The relatives were called in,
and began to make some arrangements respecting the dis-
position of the property of the deceased, who was worth
several thousand pounds, and had died intestate. To their
surprise, in the afternoon, Mr. Roland Price, a local
attorney, came into the house and coolly proposed that
the relatives should take the freehold property of the de-
ceased and the half of the real estate, and that the
other half should go to his widow, and the relatives were
perfectly astounded when the housekeeper claimed this
whichin support of this claim
purported that she
deceased at St. Andrew's
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he Rev. J. Hill, the incumbent, in the presence of William
`isher, the sexton, and a woman named Susannah Kingdon,
who was said tc be her sister. The relatives at once enteres
a caveat at the Worcester Court to prevent letters of adnee,
'istration being granted to the alleged widow, and causA
nquiries to be made respecting the alleged marriage. A
register of such a marriage was found in the register las
St. Andrew's parish, in Birmingham ; but when .1.15
Rev. Mr. Hill and the sexton were taken over to Stour,
bridge and shown the corpse of the deceased they
both affirmed that he was not the man to
thorn the prisoner • had been married, and the
incumbent positively declared that no man like the
leceased had been married in his church. A photograph
•,f the deceased was also shewn to the clergyman and
the sexton, which further confirmed them in their opinion.
ft was also stated that on the morning after Mr.
Britten died the prisoner met a man named William
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2. n d had something to drink togeLlicr. There was also
indubitable evidence to shew that at the time when the
alleged marriage took place Mr. Brittan was in Stour-
bridge, and had not been able to leave it for some weeks
previously, in consequence of infirm health. The solicitor
for the prisoner stated that she had only been taken into
custody on the previous night, and, as there had been met
time to prepare a defence, he applied for a remand for a
e w days. This was granted, and the prisoner was ac-
Wrdingly remanded till Wednesday, bail being reNficlt
_

SPORTING NOTES.

There are not many points of interest to refer to in con-
nection with the three days' sport at Liverpool last week,
the Grand National Steeplechase, of course, being excepted?
and a brief resume of each day's sport is all that is neces-
sary for the purposes of the future. The first day's pro-
ceedings commenced with a walk ovar for the value of the
Mersey Cup by Lord Westmoreland's Master Willie. The
next event, however —a Handicap of 100 sovs—was a
dreadful blow to backers, who were so eager to be on that
before the flag fell the odds of 6 to 4 wore increased
to 4 and 5 to 1 on Mistletoe, who was defeated in the
commonest of canters by King's Daughter, which is an-
other proof how weight will tell, and bring most classes
of handicap horses together. Hilda next cut down the
five youngsters opposed to her in the Tyro Stakes, not-
withstanding her penalty of Sib„ with great ease, and the
gentleme❑ who again had to lay odds must have re-
covered a portion of their previous loss. The two next
affairs, the Trial Steeplechase and a Selling Stakes, were
too insignificant to require comment. A field of twelve
went to the post for the Spring Flying Stakes, but there
was a tedious delay at the post, and Chivalry, who,
be-
fore the flag fell, went ovar the course twice, and one
or two others who broke away and ran some distance,
must have materially injured their chance thereby. The
winner turned up in Dawdle, who won a similar handicap
here last November, and ought to have had 101 b er 141 b

more on her back this journey. It would be desirable,— in
my opinion, to expunge those conditions of several of the
races at this mooting, The Sefton Handicap and The
Welter Handicap to wit, wherein it states that horses
beaten for certain stakes, and not placed second or third,
are allowed Mb, because it appears to me an inducement
for owners to start their horses expressly to get the allow-
ance. It seems quite preposterous that Moonbeam, who
won The Sefton Handicap, on Wednesday, should be
able, after incurring a penalty of 101 b for previous win-
ning, to get off Mb of that weight by starting for
The Flying Stakes. Chivalry is another case in
point, as he claimed 6lb from a similar cause, and
won the Welter Handicap on Thursday. The
Annual Hurdle Race, which wound up the day's proceed-
ings, was won cleverly by Pearl Diver, but an unfor-
tunate scrimmage, caused by Archimedes, spoilt Steamboat's
chance, and brought ono or two of the other competitors

to grief.
Tho Groat Steeplechase attracted an enormous concourse
of people on Wednesday—a number, in fact, never excelled
in the memory of the oldest inhabitant. Very little atten-
tion was paid to the two prior events of the day, in the
first of which, the Welter Cup, Three per Cent., who
started favourite, landed his backers by a neck, and in the
next Brick upset a great " pet " on Musketeer, who
was backed against the field for The National
Hurdle Handicap, by a similar distance. In duo
course the twenty-one competitors for the Grand
Steeplechase proceeded to the starting place, and with
commendable punctuality, a few minutes only after the
appointed time, were despatched on their journey. Poor
Chimney Sweep was the first to come to grief, and in
crossing the lane struck his leg; against saara stonework
with such fearful violence and injury to himself that Lord
Coventry at once ordered him to be destroyed. Every
sportsman will sympathise with his lordship, who is not
only one of the staunchest supports of this national pastime,
but one of the finest judges also. There can be no doubt
from the Sweep's antecedents, and the amount of m eaey

for which his noble owner had backed him, that The Lamb
would have met with a more worthy opponent in him had
this unfortunate catastrophe not occurred. The pace was
first rate throughout, but a long way from home only The
Lamb, Pearl Diver, Alcibilde, Capt. Crosstree, Moose, and
The Huntsman's Daughter were in the hunt ; in short,
after jumping into the racecourse, it was any odds on one
of the first-named pair, who ran locked together until after
they landed over the last hurdle, when Pearl Diver's bolt
was shot, and Lord Poulett's horse won cleverly, amidst
the greatest enthusiasm, by two lengths. The Aintree
Plate was won by Dawdle, and Moonbeam's victory for the
Sefton Handicap, to which I have previously alluded,
finished the day's programme.
The attendance on Thursday was a wretched contrast
to the previous day, but it• was about on a par with the in-
difference of the sport, the only event of the slightest in-
terest being the Liverpool Spring Cup, in which Knight of
the Garter left ten others behind him as if they were
standing still. He was giving lumps of weight away to
every animal engaged in the race, but they were a bad lot,
with the exception of one or two, who had not been half
prepared, and will do their owners a good turn the first
time of asking.
Mr. Frail has received the usual amount of supportfor his
Spring Meeting, but we fear he will miss the patronage so
liberally bestowed upon him by the noble supporters of
John Day's stable on previous occasions.
The other meetings during the week are of too second-
rate a character to render it desirable for me to give any
advice about.

A FRESH MEN.

PROGRAMME OF CHELMSFORD SPRING
MEETING.
WEDNESDAY.

Tho Hyde Plato of 30 sovs, for two year olds ; colts Bst
101 b, fillies Bst 71b; five furlongs.
The Springfield Selling Stakes of 3 soys each, with 25
added; two year olds 7st 31b, three 9st 315, four lOst, five
six, and aged, lOst 31b ; half a mile.
The Boreham Handicap of 3 sovs each, 1 ft (to the fund),
with 30 added; one mile.
The Scurry Handicap of 3 sovs each, with 30 added, for all
ages ; three-quarters of a mile.
The Essex Plate of 30 sovs, for two year olds : colts Bst
101 b, fillies Bst 71b ; half a mile.
The Fairlands Handicap of 15 sovs each, 10ft, with 60
added ; half a mile.

SHREWSBURY SPRING MEETING.
The Wilton Plate of 80 soyaWEDNESDAY (handicap). About half a
mile, straight.
The Whitehall Handicap of 5 sous each, 2 ft (to the fund)
with 50 added. About three quarters of a mile.
The Spring Handicap Steeplechase of 150 sous, added to a
sweepstakes of 15 sous. each. About three miles and a
half.

A st st
Astrolabe ......... ...ge lb
a 12 7 MA ge
lb
:Noose
Doctor ............... al2 6 Orne
The Nun ............ a 11 13 Tusculanum 6 10 6
Daisy .................. a 11 9 Greenland
The Lamb ......... 6 11 7 Cameo
Northern Light ... a 11 6 Flying Horse
Globule ............... all 5 Corkscrew (II b)
Pearl Diver ......... a 11 5 Clansman 6 10 2
Hall Court ............ a 11 2 Helen
Despatch ......
...... a 11 4 Portland
Columbia ...... a 11 0 Thalassius
Garus ........................ alO 12 Owen Roe 5 10 0
L.S.D. ............... alO 11 Shove Carue...
Flandrin .......... 610 10 Woodbury Hill
Huntsman's Daugh alO 7 Golden Cross
A Steeplechase Plate of 100 sous (Handicap). Two miles
and three-quarters.
A Hurdle Race Handicap of 5 sovs each, 2 ft (to tho fund),
with 50 added. One mile and three quarters, over six
hurdles.

A Selling Stakes of 3 says each, with 25 added ; two year
olds Get 101 b, three Bst 121 b, four lOst 11b, five and up-
wards lOst 31b. About 5 furlongs, straight.
A. Plate of 40 sous (Handicap); winners after the declara-
tion of the weights 71b extra. About half a mile,
straight.

RACING FlX'r

MA.
Chelmsford Spring M lO
Shrewsbury Spring 10
West Drayton l2
Warwick Spring

Bromley Spring 6
Durham
Hendon 143
Newmarket Craven 13
Knighton l4
Abergavenny

Chester
5
Winchester
York Spring
Doncaster Spring
Salisbury l4

West Drayton 1
Croydon 2d Summer
Manchester 3
Ascot Summer 9
Beverley, Hull, and
East Riding lO
Windsor Summer

Chelmsford -
Worcester Summer
Carlisle 7
Newmarket July 7
Pontefract
Reading
Down Royal Corp. l5
Liverpool July M.

AUG

Brighton
Brighton Club 6
Lewes Summer ......
Wolverhampton ll
Stockton
Plymouth
Windsor August l3
Egham lB
Hastings
York August

rRES FOR 1868.
(~111.

Margato
Epsom Spring Meeting 24
Croxton Park
Northampton
tIL.

Catterick Bridge l6
Lewes Spring
Thirsk
Curragh April 2l
Newmarket Ist Spring 27

SEPT

Baden
Warwick September
Abingdon
Leicester
Doncaster September 8
Brecon l4
Richmond
Hampton Autumn l5

OCT

Bedford 1 '
Bromley Autumn
Newmark:A 2d October 5 I
Chelmsford Autumn
NOVE.
Shrewsbury Autumn
Leamington and Wary

Bath
Croydon Ist Summer
Harpenden
Epsom Summer

Newton
Hampton
Newcastle 23
Bibury Club 23
Stockbridge
Alexandra Park 3O

Odiham,
Stamford
Radcliffe .....
Huntingdon:
Nottingham July
Southampton
Goodwood

Dover
Oxford
Scarborough '24
Canterbury
Derby Summer
Weymouth.
Lichfield
Tunbridgo
Margate 3l

,MBER.
Kelso
Hendon
Monmouth ..
Newmarket tat October
Walsall
West Drayton
Royal Caledonian 'Lunt
and Western M
'BELL

Cheltenham l3
Ealing
IsT4wmarket Ileug-htuu 19
Worcester Autumn., 27
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