The Sun.
London, England, 1868-04-03 00:00:00

GRAND NATIONAL STEEPLECHASE
COMMITTEE.

At a meeting of the above committee, held at G, Old Bur-
lington-street, on Monday, March 30, present Mr. B. J
Angell, Mr. E. C. Burton, Mr. C. H. Carew, Mr. Sumner;
and Lord Westmovland.

It was proposed by Mr. B. J. Angell, seconded by Mr.
A. R. Sumner, and resolved, that Rules 3 and 4 should be
altered as follows Rule 3, after the words " winners
of steeplechases," to insert tho words "in any country ;"
and in Rule 4 the same.

The rules will now read as follows :
Rule 3. The term "winning horse," in reference to
those liable to carry extra weight, or those to be excluded
from any race, shall apply only to winners of steeplechases
in any country of 20 soya or upwards, not including the
winner's stake, or of some prize of equal value, and not to
the winners of hurdle races, flat races, or matches of any
kind.

hula 4. A maiden horse or mare is considered one that
has never won a steeplechase in any country of the value
of 20 sous or upwards, not including the winner's stake ;
and a horse that has never started is one that has never
started for a "steeplechase" in any country of the value
of 20 soya or upwards, not including the winner's stake.
The objection made by Mr. Jones to Garus starting
for the Liverpool Grand National, on the ground that the
horse had never been paid for in the Selling Race at
Hereford, having been brought before the committee, they
decided that the objection, not having been made withi❑
the period prescribed by Rule 67, could not now be enter-
tained.

The objection made to Npbswortli (late Jacob) for the
United Hunters' Stakes at Cheltenham, on the ground
that the horse should bo perpetually disqualified from run-
ning, in consequence of having run under a wrong pedi_
groo at Warwick, having been referred to this committee,
they decided that there were no valid grounds for the dis-
qualification.

The case of lblett's riding in the Selling Steeplechase
at Streatham having boon brought before the committee,
it was stated by Ablett that ho rode according to the
orders ho received from Mr. Gilkes, tin owner, which
wore, "to pull up the horse after ho had jumped a fence,"
and this having been admitted by Mr. Gilkes, it was ordered
—" That Ablett be suspended from riding until the Ist of
January, 1819, and that Mr. Gilkes bo prohibited for a
period of five years from running any horse in his own
name, or in that of any other person, at any meeting where
the rules of this committee are in force."

The following gentlemen were elected as qualifiei to
ride : —Mr. Lloyd, Mr. T. Vivian Gurney, Mr. A. N. Camp-
bell.

HORSES STRUCK OUT OF THEIR ENGAGE-
MENTS.
March 30, at 9 a.m., Flying Spanker, out of the Bromley
Plate and Spring Handicap, at Bromley.
March 30, at 9 a.m., Confederate, Garus, the Switcher,
Nu, and Endsleigh, out of all engagements.
March 30, at 9 a.m., Ackworth, Beeswing, Gipsy King,
and The Rescue, out of the Northamptonshire Stakes.
March 30, at 2 p.m. (to clerk of the course), all Mr. F.
G. Hobson's horses, out of Bromley engagements.
March 30, after 6 p.m., Stradbroke, out of the Northamp-
tonshire Stakes.
March 31, at 9 a.m., Etiquette, out of Knighton engage-
ments.

March 31, at 9 a.m., Christmas Carol, out of the
Northamptonshire Stakes and Cup, at Northampton.
March 31, at 11.20 a.m., all Mr. T. V. Morgan's horses,
out of Northamptonshire engagements.
March 31, at 11.20 a.m., Chesterfield (dead), out of all
engagements.
March 31, at 11.20 a.m., ford Waldegrave, out of all
handicaps for which the weights have appeared.
March 31, after 6 p.m., Tarquin, out of the Althorp Park
Stakes, at Northampton.
April 1, at 9 a.m., Slander, out of the Norton Manor
Handicap, at Knighton.

NOMENCLATURE.
The following names have been given :
Mr. H. Padwick's two-year-olds:
B f b Orlando—Bouquet Flower Girl.
Oh cby Trumpeter—The Roe ... ... Standard Bearer
Mr. J. Scott's yearlings.
B f by The Marquis—Cypriana
31archess.
B f by Neptunus—Tooi-Toni Thetis.

FORFEIT Llsz.—T he forfeits of following horses have
been paid : —Festival (to qualify), Kenilworth (to qualify),
and Needle Work.

TILE DISPUTED RACE AT NEWPORT PAGNELL.—TIO
objection against Lizzie was entertained ly the Grand Na-
tional Committee yesterday, and the mare disqualified.
Tho
_objection against Vision,
who came in second, was
not gone into, and therefore the stakes and bets remainin
ab-yance.

NAVAL AND MILITARY IN7ELLIGENCE.

The screw steam corvette Pelorus, 21, Captain
Haswell, from China, which arrived in Plymouth
Sound on Wednesday, as already stated in The
Sun, left lYokohama, Sept. 16 ; llongkong, Oct.
16 ; Manilla, 26th ; Singapore, Nov. 7 ; Batavia,
21st ; Cape of Good Hope, Jan. 5 ; St. Helena,
Feb. :4 ; and Ascension, Feb. 13. After passing
the Azores light easterly winds prevailed. The
Pelorus was put in commission Sept. 7. 1863, and
has been employed on the Japan and China sta-
tion.. She spoke Nov. 26, in the Straits of Sunda,
the bark Gleta; homeward bound, Jan. 2, off the
Cape, the French bark Rele, homeward bound ;
Feb. 6, lat. 16 45 S., long. 5 W., an English bark,
showing 3d distinguishing pendant 9,430, 53 days
from Foo-chow, for London ; 9th, lat. 11 7 S.,
long. 11 27 W., the Spanish bark Egeria ; 21st, on
the line, several vessels outward bound ; 26th, the
Hamburg bark, Madagascar, and the French brig
Eloise, with emigrants, outward bound.
This morning the 2d Regiment of Life Guards,
commanded by Colonel Palmer, left the Spital
Cavalry Barracks, Windsor, at eight o'clock, and
marched by
.road to London. The troopers will
take up their quarters in the Albany-street bar-
racks, Regent's Park. The 2d Life Guards will
be relieved by the Ist Regiment of Life Guards,
which left London this morning for the Spital bar-
racks, Windsor.

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21IE SI7'UATION.

(From the Anglo-American Times.)
Public feeling has little changed in the United
States since the date cf the preceding mail ; that is,
in the interval from the 7th to the 14th of March.
The nation quietly awaits the development of the
game being played at Washington. The moves are
watched with interest, and the backers of the poli-
ticians loudly applaud, and even more loudly con-
demn, at each of the steps taken, some of them
sufficiently unscrupulous, and even revolutionary.
In truth, it is a desperate contest, pushed on at
railway speed, of which the people are such quiet
spectators. The country gives no sign of approval
or the reverse ; Republican conventions support
Congress and denounce the PRESIDENT, Democra-
tic Conventions support the PRESIDENT and de-
nounce Congress. The New Hampshire election is
pronounced by the Republicans to be the emphatic
approval by the country of the Congressional course.
Impeachment was the only question before the elec-
tors; there were no side issues; both parties ap-
proved of redeeming the Bonds in coin, and the
Impeachers carried the day. The Democrats, how-
ever, assert that the Republicans sustained a heavy
loss in this year's majority, compared with that of
last year; that the State which has long been Re-
publican, is less so now than ever, and that there-
fore the decision is rather against than for Con-
gress. The Impeachment trial came on last Mon-
day, when President JOHNSON'S Counsel filed his
answer, denying all the Impeachment charges.
They then applied for a delay of 30 days to prepare,
which the Senate refused by a vote of 41 to
12. The Managers of impeachment filed the
reply of the House next day, re-affirming all
the Impeachment charges, and the Senate Court
ordered the trial to commence on Monday, the 30th
inst. While this direct issue marches thus rapidly
to a denouement, there are side issues in the grand
struggle which almost escape observation, though
scarcely of less importance. The main attack pre-
sents a battle line, and every eye is fixed on the
glittering advance. But the unseen, detached force
acting on the enemy's flank or rear may defeat the
array, and hurl it back in confusion and rout. A
bill has been passed through Congress actually un-
noticed even by the members, though momentous in
its import. The Democrats positively aided in its
passage, allowing it to be adopted without even a
division. It amends the Judiciary Act of Septem-
ber 24, 1789, so as to place officers of the internal
revenue on the same footing as officers of the Cus-
toms in respect to suits in civil actions, &c. Mr.
WILSON proposed an amendment, which was ac-
cepted, and the bill was passed by an almost unani-
mous vote, and sent to the 'loose, where it was
also passed without discussion, nearly all the Demo-
crats, as in the Senate, voting for it. The amend-
ment provides that the United States Supreme
Court shall not have appellate or original jurisdic-
tion in cases arising under the Reconstruction
Acts of Congress. Few understood the true im-
port of the ingeniously framed clause added to the
bill, and it caused much excitement when it became
known. Of course the PRESIDENT has vetoed the bill,
which we learn by a telegram, dated Washington,
March 23, and equally, of course, it will be passed
by Congress over his Veto. The vital point it is
intended to meet is the decision of the Supreme
Court on the M'ARDLE case, the Justices being now
in deliberation on the arguments, which have been
concluded. If they pronounce against the con-
stitutionality of the Reconstruction Acts before the
bill becomes law, the PRESIDENT will be empowered
to withdraw the military from the South, when
the government of the States lately in rebellion will
revert to the men who held them for years at the
point of the sword against the stupendous efforts of
the Northern people fighting to the bitter end be-
fore yielding an inch. We all know what ANDREW
JOHNSON is prepared to do. He is neither to be
reasoned nor frightened out of any conviction. He
is alike beyond coaxing or concession, and above
any paltry considerations of consequences. We be-
lieve that nothing would give him greater pleasure
than to nullify at one stroke the Congressional le-
gislation, to re-unite the nation, freed from the
curse of slavery, since the close of the war. If the
Southern Conventions be permitted to elect dele-
gates to nominate the Presidential candidate at
Chicago, and if Alabama and other States be re-
ceived into the Union on such terms as Congress
may devise, the Republican party will strengthen
itself beyond attack. There is every appearance
Alat Gin. GRANT will be the successful candidate for
the Presidency ; it is more than probable that AN-
DREW JOHNSON will be found guilty by the Senate and
deposed. The Republicans will then have a
thorough-going member of their own party in the
Presidential Chair (Mr. WADE), as well as every
chance of a Republican President to follow. The
Democrats speak of the desperate measures of the
Radicals adopted as the only means of saving their
party from annihilation. Desperate or not, they
appear to be successful, and the party, judging from
appearances, is decidedly in the ascendant. But
should the Supreme Court pronounce the Recon-
struction Acts to be unconstitutional and the PRE-
SIDENT in obedience to the Constitution and the
laws of the United States, declaring these Acts to
he null and void, withdrew all the power now in
the hands of the district commanders, and allowed
the State Governments to revert to the men for-
merly elected by the people, another bomb would
burst and a real explosion follow. It is possible
that the Justices, knowing ANDREW JOHNSON'S un-
compromising character, may withhold judgment
either till the close of the trial or till the bill remov-
ing such cases from their jurisdiction be passed
over by the PRESIDENT'S veto. Senator CHANDLER,
of Michigan, and Senator TRUMBULL, of Illinois,
presented petitions to abolish the office of President
of the United States. The question has been a
good deal discussed throughout the Union, though
it has not yet any advocates sufficiently able or
prominent to draw towards it public attention.
That we are on the eve of changes, few can
doubt. It may be little less than a revolution
that is now progressing, the full scope of which is
not as yet perceptible, though some profess to see
curious things looming in the distance. No de-
cision up to this date can have been given by the
Supreme Court on the M'AP.DLE case, and it is pro-
bable that Congress lost no time in passing the Bill
over the PRESIDENT'S veto. Mr. JOHNSON kept it
as long as the law allowed, before returning it with
his veto to Congress, hoping, we presume, for a
judgment. If he be disappointed in this we cannot
see any other means of opposition open to him ;
and from the present aspect of affairs we conclude
that Congress will be triumphant in every point of
the struggle. At the same time there are rapid and
unexpected changes in such a tooth-and-nail fight,
and everybody's calculations may be overthrown by
some unlooked-for event.