The Sun.
London, England, 1868-08-27 00:00:00

NQTICE.

The Third Edition of " The Sun" of last Evening, con-
taining the Latest Betting, and Races at Canterbury
and liaby, was published in time for delivery in town
at 7.15 p.m.

_
Aug. 2, at 9 a.m., Lucifer and Belle of Warwick, out of
Cautel:bury ngagements.

Au! r. 24, a t 9 a.m., Kidderminster, out of the Trades-
men's 'llandf..eap at Derby.

Aug;24., At 9 a.m., Success, out of the Warwick Cup.
Aug 1,424, at 9 gia.ra., Zeloo, out of Weymouth engage-
ments.

Anwast 24, at 2.25 p.m., Kettleholder, out of all handi-
caps to date.

Auuust 24, at 4.35 p.m., Glenmore, out of Abingdon,
Canterbury, and Margate engagements.
August 25, at 9 a.m., Goodwood, out of the Warwick
Cap.

August l's, at 9 a.m., Acorn and Lampoon, out of all
ha udElaps f or which the weights have appeared.
Aug. 25, Jit 9 a.m., Gulnare, out of Abingdon engage-
ments-

Aug . 25, at 9 a.m., Lady Ilighthorn, out of the Port
Moado,w Plate at Oxf,rd.

AuB- 25, at It Sea Breeze, out of tho Stratton
AudievlNursory at Oxiord.

Aug. '23, at 2.30 lYni., Hop Leaf; out of Yarmouth en-
gap-netts.

nt 1.30 p.m., Dick Turpin, out of all engage-
ments iu 1868.

Aug. 2U, at 9 a.m., Cape of Good flop an I Camillo, out
of I.)Jac.tstJe

OF RIDZIC3.—Ur J. S. B 1 bud, whit.) and sky
bida ss tiu iteket, cap taw same,.

dTa. PLEC.I.IiE FklitrEir Liar.—The forfeits; of the fol,-
bwias -torsos hair,' pl—Birl of Passago, Kiug
Arthur, Lady Blanche, Mirdnal tu, Unliterine
(2 soya), Su- Wad.% u, SpJt, Sutton, Tuna Sayors, Win
and Pay.

ILL3IIiOND.—The L.)'lowing nomination for the Mom-
bars' Plate was accidentally omitted by the Clerk of tho
Cour.e in the list sent for last Calendar, viz., Mr. Snow-
den's b c Man of Ross, 4 yrs.

STLIKESLEY.—Seampstm has baen disqualified for the
Hunters' Stakes on tha ground that h 9 had been liable to
pay racehorse duty, and the race has been awarded to Phi-
losopher, the horse wh'ch came in second.

E. Chaplin, Esq„ is the 11JW Steward at York, in place
of the Duke of 13eaafort, wk.) retires by rotation.

OXFORD RACES—Tins DAT.

(BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.)
MEMBERS' PLATE.
The County Members' Plate of 30 sovs, added to a Han-
dicap of 3 sovs each ; winners of any handicap after
August 20 (at 10 a.m.), 71b extra; three quarters of a
mile, straight ; 13 subs.
Sister to Vedette
Highland Mary
Vani • 3

Seven ram,
HANDICAP PLATE.
A Handicap of 5 sovs each, with 50 added ; the winner to
be sold for 50 sovs; winners of any handicap after
Aug. 20, at ten a.m., flb extra. Half a mile straight.
19 subs.
Heather Bell
1
Paris
Brontia
3
Four ran.
OXFORDSHIRE STAKES.
The Oxfordshire Stakes (Handicap) of 15 soya each, 10 ft,
and 5 only if declared, with 100 added; winners of any
handicap after Aug. 13 (at ten a.m.) 51b, of two 71b extra;
the second to save his stake; two miles; 21 subs, 12 of
whom declared.
Virginia Creeper ...... 1
Child of the Islands 2
Papillon
Five ran.
SELLING PLATE.
The Selling Plate of 50 soya; two year olds 7st 31b, three
9st 11b, four 9st 121 b, five 10st, six and aged lOst 21b;
mares and geldings allowed 31b ; the winner to be sold
for 150 soya ; if entered for 100 sovs allowed 71b, 75
101 b, 50 141 b, 30 211 b ; half a mile, straight.
Filirfax
Paris
Kemal 3
Eight ran.
PRINCE OF WALES'S STAKES.
The Prince of Wales's Stakes of 10 soya each, h ft, with
50 added, for two year olds; colts Bst 101 b, fillies Bst 71b;
winners of a st Lica of the value of 50 soya 31b, of two
fifties, or a stake of 100 sovs 51b, 200 71b extra ; starters
twice without winning allowed 31b, thrice 51b. Ha'f a
mile straight. 11 subs.
Luna
Canteen
2

PORT MEADOW PLATE.
Tho Port 313adow Plate (llinclie.ap) of 100 SOTS; any
winn3r after Aug. 20 (at t3n a.m.) Olb extra; fire fur-
longs, straight.
Marshal Yey
• ••
Squire
Miss Hayes

3
Nino ran.
FREENIEN'S PLATE.
Tho Freemen's Plate of 30 says, adelnl to a Handicap of
3 sws each ; wiauers of auy hAndi,:ap after Augast 20
(at 10 a.m.), 71b ext:a; o'lo Mild straight ; 13 subs.
Sister to V.lette
S ugarstick .
Cawdor

3
Six inn.

VICTORIA CLUB BET riNG-THIS DAT.

ST LEGER.
5 to 4 apt The Earl (offered—take 6 to 4)
4 to 1 agst King Alfred (offered)
13 to 2 agst Formosa (offered)
7to 1 agst Viscount (offered)
25 to 1 agst 'Typhoeus (offered)
100 J to 30 agst St. lt_man (offered)

DERBY.
2000 to 100 agst Portsmouth (taken)

Bank of England Returns,

An Account, pursuant to t:
cap. 32, for the week ending
ISSUE DEP

;he Act 7th and Bth Victoria,
Wednesday, Aug. 26, 1868.
P 4.IITILENT.

Notes issued ....X34,617,335

Governmt. Debt.Xll,ols,loo
Other Securities.. 3,94900
Gold Coin and

Bullion
8 il ver Bullion

£34,617,335
BANKING D.

at,617,335

'ARTMENT.

!ropriotors' Capi-

tal £t4,553,000
Rest
Public Deposits
(including Ex-
chequer, Sav-
ings' Banks,
Commissioners
of National
Debt, and Div.
Accounts
Other Deposits.. 19,838,830
seven Days and
other Bills 502,933

Govarnmt. Semi-
rities(ineluding
Dead Weight
Annuity) .... £13,790,181
Other Securities 15,507,07 d
Notes 10,6'31,765
Gold and Silver
Coin ... 1,156,766

£41,2 )5,680

1 £41,205,680
a Foam, Chief Cashier.

THE CASE OF MADAME RACHEL.

Notice has been given that to-morrow Mr.
Davis, of Russell-court, Covent-garden, glass and
china warehouseman, and Mr. Thomas Preston
Stack, of New Church-street, Edgeware-road,
wholesale and retail boot manufacturer, will attend
before the presiding Judge at Chambers (Mr. Jus-
tice Willes) to justify as bail, each in the sum of
£5OO, for the appearance of Madame R tchel at the
September sittings of the Central Criminal Court.

MARICE 7 S-7111 S D4l.

METROPOLITAN CATTLE.
There As a fair supply of stock for this day's market,
and a steady trado ruled.

Of beasts there was a full supply, the number being
1,880, but Blond ►y's rates were supported, and a fair clear-
ance made.

Of sheep and lambs there were 13,150, and for both the
demand ruled steady at late rates.

HAY.

The markets are quiet, with moderate supplies, and
prices somewhat irregular. Meadow hay, .£4 to £3 15s ;
clover, £1 10s to -V lOs ; straw, 30s to 38s per load.

The Telegraph alludes to the plethora of Liberal candi-
dates. Given six candidates as the product of two months'
labour in Hackney,how many more may be expected to
appear during the three months that still intervene before
the concentrated struggles of the polling day ? No doubt
it would be rash to anticipate that all the eager competitors
for parliamentary honours will hold out till the final heat.
The list will be considerably thinned, from various causes
creditable to the prudence of the several competitors.
But the effcrt involves an incessant rivalry, during which

the competing candidate of similar opinions comes to be
regarded almost as an enemy, and personal predilections
—the most dangerous of all—are inevitably brought into
play. With feelings thus embittered, even a withdrawal
at the last moment may not conciliate support or induce
the long-divided ranks to re-unite. Dissension is easier
to dencunce than to destroy, and jealousy is a fiend most
difficult to exorcise from the body which it has con-
vulsed.

The Times notes that a goods train was so timed as to
leave .Abergele only half an hour before the Irish mail was
due at that station ; that it was bound to Llanddulas, a
station three-and-a-half miles further on ; and that at
Llanddulas it was expected to be shunted and broken up.
We must wait for the evidence at the inquest to establish
the time actually kept in all these proceedings ; but what
we know already is, that though a swift mail train was
within half a dozen miles of the spot, a fragment of a
goods train was left standing on the main line upon a steep
slope without a guard. The Times thinks there is no
remedy for these disasters but running the goods
and passenger trains on separate lines. The
block system would be inefficacious, because some
of its waggons might get separated from a train.
The Times draws attention to two points. The destruc-
tion was confined to that portion of the train which had
been put on at Chester in front of the carriages from
London ; in other words, four carriages, owing to their
position next to the engine, were consumed, while the rest
escaped. Now, if three or four empty trucks or luggage-
vans had been in this post of danger, might not much have
been saved ? Again, it is really necessary that some
impartial and independent inquiry should be made
into the system of locking carriage - doors. It
does seem to be probable that on the present
occasion the doomed victims could not have availed
themselves of any chance of escape, even if all the
doors of the carriages had been open ; but, still, the
reflection that passengers are exposed in locked vehicles to
risks so dreadful is enough to alarm the public mind.
Itailway directors are always ready to assure us that the
practice is for the traveller's advantage. It may be so,
but we see only too clearly how terribly it may tell in
an opposite direction, and this point, among others,
should be investigated in the public interest by the light
of this deplorable disaster.

The Herald remarks that the report of the preliminary
proceedings at the inquest reads as if it bad been taken at
some meeting of excited village politicians, over which no
chairman presided, and at which, therefore, everybody
said, without let or hindrance, whatever happened to come
uppermost. Lawyers and laymen by turns took up the
parts which they had chosen for themselves, and the
audience chorussed their assent or dissent at the beginning,
the middle, and the end of every speech. One gentleman
complained that the property found in the d6bris had been
placed under the care of a private gentleman, and " drew
down the gods" when he said " it ought to have been left
to the police." The clerk to the magistrates explained
that this was done from considerations of safety ; the
police inspector described the place where the valuables
had been put, and the discussion threatend to become
interminable, when Sir H. Edwards very properly
protested against " this stuff and nonsense about the
custody of the property " being imported into an inquiry
with which it had nothing in the world to do. This senti-
ment was " received with applause," and having been
endorsed by Lord Farnham, there seemed a chance of
beginning business, when some one objected that
property could not be identified unless it were in some
public place. The objector having been applauded in
turn, Mr. Kane, a legal gentleman, won three successive
rounds of " applause " by pressing for an immediat
interment. The coroner, good, easy man, thought there
was no particular hurry, and, "as the bodies would
keep," he proposed to adjourn till Thursday, and postpone
the burial till then. This was received with angry
cries of " No, no," and something very like a free (wordy)
fight ensued, the upshot being that the relatives adjourned
to hold a meeting on their own account, where they
criticised the coroner to their hearts' content, and passed
a resolution in favour of a funeral on the following morn-
ing. They came back to court, where there was a furthez
discussion about giving certificates for burial, a good deal
of wrangling, a very little actual business, and a series of
coronatorial proposals to adjourn till next day, next week,
next month, and all manner of intermediate dates, ending
in ail appointment for Wednesday, at which we are not
surprised to learn the proceedings were commenced by
Lord Farnham, with the avowal of his opinion that the
coroner was totally unfit to continue the inquiry without
assistance, and that he meant to apply ti) the Higctogeore.
try 12P913t_ketiMn% "*"*'

There was a very large gathering of the Conservative
party in the county of Essex on Tuesday night, at the
Corn Exchange, Colchester, to bid farewell to Mr.
Du Cane, who has represented the northern division of the
county in Parliament for the last eleven years, previous to
his departure for the colony of Tasmania, of which he has
recently been appointed governor. Mr. S. 0. Onley occupied
the chair, having on his right hand the guest of the
evening, Mr. Du Cane ; Mr. James Round and
Colonel Brise, the Conservative candidates for the
eastern division at the coming election ; Major Jervis,
M.P. for Harwich ; Mr. F. S. Corrance, M.P. for East
Suffolk ; Count Maffei, Sir W. O'Malley, Hon. R. Strutt,
Hon. C. Stria, &c. A number of ladies, including the
Hon Mrs. Du Cane, graced the balcony at the rear of the
principal guests' table. In returning thanks for the toast of
his health, Mr. Du Cane said, as he looked around that
building, and saw gathered together in his honour that night
not merely those who had fought his battles as members
of a great and united party, but also many of those whom
in private life he had for many years honoured and
esteemed as his most intimate friends, he must confess
that he could wish the curtain was rising instead of falling
upon the events of the past eleven years. He knew full
well that if he attempted to thank them as he could
and as they deserved, he should fail utterly.
The only way in which it occurred to him to
do so was one which might appear somewhat ungrateful,
as it was an endeavour on his part to cast upon them the
responsibility of their separation. If they bad not taken
him by the hand in early life, he would never have
become a member of Parliament ; if they had not
when he became a member of Parliament rallied round
him on every occasion when an opponent shewed his
face, he would never have remained there ; if he had
not remained there he would never have had the
honour to become a humble member of her Majesty's
present Government ; and if he had not become a member
of the Government, he thought it was probable that he
would never have had offered him that honourable
appointment which now for a time parted them asunder.
He then went on to deny the rumours he had heard
that the reason he accepted the post of Governor of 'Tas-
mania was that he shrank from the contest which the
Conservative party had provoked in East Essex, and
giving as his reason for accepting that office that he be-
lieved it would give him a chance of serving his country in
a highly honourable and creditable position, and one of
which his constituents might be proud. Speaking of his
political career, Mr. Du Cane said that all knew very
well the part he had taken in general politics, and he did
not suppose that anyone there that evening would impugn
either a single vote he had given or a word he had
uttered during the eleven years he had represented them
in Parliament. He had humbly endeavoured to be a good
friend to agriculture, and to walk in the path of that con-
stitutional liberty and rational progress which he believed
to be the true essence of a true Conservative policy, and

which, he said boldly and unhesitatingly, had hot been
departed from by the Conservative party in that recent
great constitutional change which during their tenure of
office they had effected. Be expressed a hope that before
long the malt-tax would be swept from the roll of political
questions, and having uttered his sincere trust that his
governorship might be a prosperous one, and one marked
by impartiality, he concluded by bidding farewell to both
his political friends and his political opponents, among
which latter he said he believed he had at that time none
but well-wishers.