The Sun.
London, England, 1868-04-11 00:00:00

WESTMINS TER.

MR. THOMSON'S " KIDS."—THE LAW OF " MOV-
ING ON."—Mr. Charles Thomson, a very respect-
able-looking man, was charged with finding fault
with a pair of " kids" so markedly as to induce a
policeman to lock him up and the magistrate to
let him go. _ _ _

Henry Coulston, 105 A It, said that at a little
after seven o'clock on Thursday evening the defen-
dant was at 93, Brompton-road, making a disturb-
ance in the shop because he had bought a pair of
gloves there that had split. When 'witness got there
the defendant came outside and was exhibiting the
gloves to the people assembled. Witness requested
him to go away, but he said he would not ;
he would annoy and expose them, for it
was a robbery. Defendant, after some per-
suasion, went away, but returned in a few
minutes and recommenced speaking about the
gloves. He collected nearly a couple of hundred
people round him, and when witness told him he
must " move on," said he paid paving rates, which
was more than the policeman did.
Mr. Arnold inquired why he took the defendant
into custody ?

The Policeman replied—Because he refused to go
away. Ile had been drinking, but perfectly well
knew what he was about. Ile had not been charged
with drunkenness,

Mr. Arnold said that this case involved the
same principle of law as one recently before him,
in which, he regretted to say, his expressions
had been misunderstood. lie would now repeat
his opinion for the information of the police. If a
person was creating an obstruction he must be told
to " move on ;" if he refused he might be " put
on," and if he resisted, he resisted the officer in the
execution of his duty and could be punished ac-
cordingly. There was no authority to take into
custody for the mere fact of making an obstruction,
and defendant was discharged.

in spite of the fine weather and the attractions offered
by such places as the Crystal Palace, where Sims Reeves
sang sacred music, the London churches were probably
more crowded than on any previous Good Friday. At an
increasingly large number of churches the old style of
service of morning prayer, with 0 come, let us sing unto the
Lord" (when there is nosiuging), Litany, Communion, and
sermon crowded together into one, is being superseded by a
service more suitable for the day ; and though there may be
no authority for the " innovation," we understand that
there is nothing illegal in it, provided morning and evening
prayers are read during some portion of the day. At
some of the " advanced " churches the service consisted of
the 1111serere (51st Psalm), chanted alternatively by the
priest and the people ; the Litany, intoned, but not
chanted ; the " Reproachee," adapted from the Missal;
and the first part of the Communion Service, it being the
rule not to celebrate on that day, even in churches
where there is a celebration every day of the year besides.
After an interval of a quarter of an hour, this service was
followed by a Meditation on the seven last words from the
Cross. This consisted of the chanting of the seven
utterances, with a hymn, short address, and private
prayer between each. At three o'clock the bells were
tolled, to mark the hour at which Our Lord expired. A
large number of persons remained through the whole of
both sery ices, or altogether nearly six hours. Everybody was
dressed in black, and the altar veiled in crape. At St.
Paul's there was, for the first time on a Good Friday, a
special service under the dome, commencing at seven.
Long before six the congregation began to assemble. TI •
service was of the usual cathedral fashion, the hym: •
being chosen for the day, and one of them being the com-
position of the Dean, Dr. Milman. The preacher was the
Rev. Prebendary H. P. Liddon, who preached from the
text—" And I, if I be lifted up, will draw all men unto
me." Mr. Liddon has a very clear voice, which could be
heard almost everywhere ; but it was evident that he was
exerting himself to an extent especially painful in one
who is known to be a great bodily sufferer, and who
bears upon his worn and ascetic face the marks of
pain. Pain was the chief subject of his discourse.
The sermon was eloquent, but of inordinate length—
eighty minutes--and many persons left before it was over,
The service, including the final voluntary (the Dead Mani
in " Saul " played with grand effect), lasted over 21 hours,
and some of the congregation must have been present
nearly four hours. The Bishop of Capetown and Lord
Justice rage Wood were present. The John Bull men-
tions that considerable excitement was caused by a gen-
tleman being taken in an epileptic fit. A similar event
occurred at Gower-street Station of the Metropolitan
Railway just as a large number of the congregation were
returning home. Archbishop Manning conducted the
Three Hours' Meditation at St. Mary's, Moorfields.
Foremost amongst the engagements of the ensuing week
are those arising out of the visit of the Prince and Princess
of Wales to Ireland. It is naturally the great subject of
conversation in the Irish capital. All the preparations
are being pushed on rapidly, and the warm-hearted Irish
population is exhibiting the highest degree of interest in
anticipating the long series of national fetes which
are to be so richly graced by Royalty. Seldom,
if ever, will Dublin, with its magnificent bay, its
pretty river, its large and beautiful park, its ambitious
public buildings, its capacious and handsome cathedral,
and its numerous streets and squares, have appeared tc
greater advantage than on the present occasion. Its
citizens are looking forward to the events of the week
with the most pleasurable anticipations. They have so
very few opportunities of public enjoyment that such an
event as a Royal visit is sure to be appreciated. Al]
the auguries for the coming festivities promise the most
happy results, and both Orangemen and Ultramontanes
look forward to the heartiest manifestations of pleasure
from all classes and at all places where the Prince and
the Princess shall appear during their brief sojourn in
Ireland.

Nearer home the British volunteer, and an immense
crowd of holiday folk who never fail to make the most of
Easter Monday, hope to enjoy the annual review. The
obstacles which threatened its success have been overcome,
and there is a hope that the spectacle may prove credit-
able alike to the volunteers and to the War Office.
Four divisions of volunteer infantry, comprising fifteen
brigades, each as nearly as possible 2,000 strong, will
form the body of the Portsmouth army, and to this force
will be added a few squadrons of cavalry and two brigades
of artillery, with forty-six guns. These numbers are ex-
clusive of the regular troops to be contributed from the
garrison and the camp at Aldershot, so that the entire
army may, perhaps, be little short of 40,000 men. Great
battles have been won with smaller numbers, and it
happens, too, that the operations projected will derive
unusual interest from the nature of the ground. Every
species of force known in actual warfare will be called
into service. It will be necessary to construct roads and
extemporise bridges, and on this work not only the
Mounted Pontoon Train from Aldershot and the Volun-
teer Engineers, but even the contractor for the Hilsea
earthworks, will be employed. In short, the difficulties
of the scheme, instead of discouraging the projectors, are
now evoking that very spirit of universal co-operatior
which would be needed in real emergencies.
The latest accounts from Abyssinia puzzle one more
than ever, as to what course King Theodore will take
whorl our army approaches his headquarters. Will he,
carrying cut the character which he now assumes before
the captives, greet Sir Robert Napier as a friend, and ask
to see the army manceuvre, and give up the captives
without opposition? Or, on the other hand, will he stand
out to the last? Mr. dad's recently received letter,
together with other circumstances, had almost led us to
believe that we should get over the matter without fighting.
But the Times correspondent is by no means so sanguine.
Writing on March 14th, he says that "from the latest
accounts it would seem that Theodore is bent on offering
resistance, or at least is putting himself into a position for
offering resistance, should he fail to secure peace on his own
terms. He has changed the plan of defence he had formed
in expectation that the British force were coming by
Sokota, and has taken up other ground." However, he
gives to the captives no clue to the policy he intends to
adopt, though lie discusses our advance freely.
The Duke of Cambridge, as Field-Marshal Com-
manding in Chief, will leave Gloucester House either on
Monday evening or Tuesday morning for Dublin, where
Iris lduring the visit of the Prince
and
n the event of his Royal High-
ness e will accompany the Prince and
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Princess in the Royal train.

The Prince and Princess of Wales, attended by
Sir W. Knollys, the Hon. Mrs. W. Grey, Major Grey,
and Dr. Holzman, attended Divine service on the morning
of Good Friday at the pretty little church in the park of
Sandringham, where service had been held every day
during the week. The Rev. W. Lake Onslow, rector of
Sandringham, and private chaplain to the Prince of Wale;
officiated and preached, assisted by the Rev Hope Grant,
vicar of Kimbolton and priyate chapb in to the Duke ,f
Manchester,

Sunday Times.—Sweepstakes of 50 Sovs. : Res-
titution. Sweepstakes of 100 Soya.: Sir David
Gam. Tenth Biennial : Blue Gown. Sale Stakes :
Pyrenees. Sweepstakes of 100 Sovs.: Nyanza.
Beacon Stakes : Flower Girl. Newmarket Handi-
cap : Manceuvre filly and Blueskin ; Beauclerk
and the French representative for place. Sweep-
stakes of 25 Sovs.: Artesian. Column Stakes :
Sunbeam colt or Maesllwch. Two Year Old Sweep-
stakes of 50 Sovs.: Pearlfeather and St. Angela.
Three Year Old Sweepstakes of 100 Sovs.: Sun-
beam colt. Ninth Biennial : Julius. Claret Stakes :
Friponnier. Abingdon Stakes : Sister to Hermit.
Bennington Stakes : Sunbeam colt.
Sporting Times.—Free Handicap Sweepstakes
Ischia filly. Sweepstakes of 50 Soya. : Restitution
or Citron. Sweepstakes of 100 Sovs.: The Parson.
Sale Stakes : Osprey. Newmarket Handicap: Beau-
clerk and Nyanza ; Pyrrhic and Guy of Warwick
for place. Tenth Biennial Stakes : Blue Gown.
Sweepstakes of 100 Soya.: Nyanza. Beacon Stakes:
Flower Girl. Sweepstakes of 25 Soya. : Artesian.
Column Stakes : Miesliwch. Sweepstakes of 50
Soya. Pearlfeather. Aske Produce Stakes : Queen
of Beauty. Abingdon Stakes : Armada or North
Lincoln filly. Ninth Biennial Stakes : Julius. Ben-
nington Stakes : Herald. 100 Sovs. Sweepstakes :
Pace or King Alfred. Port Stakes : Julius.
Weekly Times.—Sweepstakes of 50 Sovs.: Knight
of the Crescent. Newmarket Handicap : Manceuvre
filly or Mr. Savile's representative. Tenth Biennial
Stakes : The Earl; Beacon Stakes : Flower Girl
or North Lincoln colt. Sale Stakes : Pyrenees.
Sweepstakes of 100 Sovs.: Courtmantle or The
Parson. Sweepstakes of 25 Soya.: Artesian. The
Column Stakes : Maesllwch. Aske Produce Stakes:
Queen of Beauty. Abingdon Stakes : Sister to
Hermit. Claret Stakes : IVroughton or Dragon.
Port Stakes : Vauban.

SPORTING (:PINIONS.

(From the Sporting Gazette.)

The first meeting at head-quarters for 1868 takes
place in the ensuing week, with a fairly filled list,
the prominent features of which are, as usual, the
Free Handicap Sweepstakes, with 200 soya added,
the Newmarket Handicap, the Three Year Old
Biennial, the Beacon Stakes, the Four Year Old
Biennial, the Claret, the Port, and the Bennington
Stakes, in which are engaged several horses, the
performances of whom will afford a pretty reliable
guide to the future, in respect not only of the
Two Thousand and the Derby, but of many other
most important events in embryo. Thelist for Mon-
day contains six races and two matches; but, as at
the time of my writing, owing to the required num-
ber not having accepted for the Free llandicap,nnlY
one race—viz., the Sweepstakes of 50 sous, for
three year olds—remains for discussion, my task
for the " opening day " is comparatively light.
In the Sweepstakes named, which is run on the
Rowley Mile, seven horses are engaged, including
Brother to Knight of the Crescent, Restitution,
Naivete, and Coup d'Eclat, besides Citron, Papil-
lon, and Cork Jacket, all of whom take a 41b allow-
ance, and consequently meet on equal terms. Only
the first named has run this year, and he showed
fair form on each occasion of his three performances.
Restitution is a remarkably good-looking horse, by
King Tom out of Lady Louisa by Touchstone, her
dam by Lanercost out of Caroline by Whisker.
This colt is consequently out of the dam of Orest,
who, being a fair horse himself, Restitution ought
to race. Coup d'Eclat was tried to be a good filly
with Bounceaway last year, but failed to run so
well as Prince Soltykoff anticipated, as she only
won two of the ten races in which she started.
The several performances of Citron, Papillon, and
Cork Jacket have been equally indifferent, conse-
quently I consider the race a " moral" for either
RESTITUTION or Brother to Knight of the Crescent,
the former of whom ought to achieve an easy vic-
tory if worthy of the support he has lately received
for the Two Thousand and Derby.
In the Match between Retty and PUFF, I prefer
the chance of the latter.

On Tuesday two of the most important events of
the meeting will be brought to issue—viz., the Three
Year Old Biennial and the Newmarket Handicap,
which, together with the Beacon Stakes, the Sale
Stakes, a Sweepstakes for three year olds, a Two
Year Old Plate, a Selling Sweepstakes, and the
Match between Bounceaway and Bel Giorno, will
make up the best day's racing of the five. There
are seventy-two nominations to the Biennial, but
the field will, nevertheless, not exceed a dozen.
It is not improbable that Danebury will have two
representatives—viz., The Earl and Herald, but if
it be true that the former was easily beaten by
Silenus in their trial, which the state of the market
on the Two Thousand and Derby hardly leaves
any room to doubt, neither has any chance of being
enrolled the winner of this rich prize. The Earl
unquestionably distinguished himself on or three
occasions last year, but lltrald, as we saw at the
Duke of Beaufort's sale, has improved considerably,
but his easy defeat by Idalia and Hatchment in the
Ham Stakes, at Goodwood, showed him to hardly
possess second class form, which will not do in such
company as Blue Gown, Suffolk, and others, likely
to be opposed to him here. Baron Rothschild has
also two to chose from in Suffolk and King Alfred ;
but I presume the first named will be the trusted one
this journey, as through him the Baron will be en-
abled to judge of what chance Restitution pos-
sesses for the Two Thousand. My conviction is
that Suffolk will be compelled to succumb to BLUE
GOWN, whose easy success I anticipate.
Though there are forty-four acceptances for the
Newmarket Handicap, the field will hardly reach a
dozen. The Miss Sarah colt is one of the best look-
ing horses at Newmarket, and has shown good form
on two or three occasions, having wou the Queen's
Plate, at Doncaster, beating Goodwood and Lec-
turer ; whilst at the Newmarket Houghton Meeting
he finished only a neck behind The Palmer and
Julio, is their celebrAted dead heat for the Free,

In the 100 Sovs Sweepstakes (D.M.) there are
eight three year olds engaged, including COURT-
MANTLE, The Parson, and Sir David Gam, for the
first named of whom it is a " certainty," if he will
only do his best.

The eleven horses entered in the Sale Stakes are
so moderate that 1 can select nothing better than
OSPREY or PYRENEES to supply the winner.
In the 100 Sovereign Sweepstakes for fillies, five
of the six are engaged, and it looks a " good
thing" for either MIRACLE or NYANZA, for the
latter of whom I have most fancy.

In the Beacon Stakes (last half mile of the 8.C.)
thirteen youngsters are engaged, including Flower
Girl, Little Lord, Sister to Veda, Badsworth, and
Workman, all of whom we have seen run, but
FLOWER GIRL is so much the best that I must take
her to furnish the winner; Badsworth, who was
not quite fit at Epsom, being her most troublesome
opponent.

Wednesday is a very unimportant day from pre-
sent appearances, the old Column being reduced to
a match between Maesllwch and the noisy Sun-
beam colt or Picnic, so that Mr. Hodgman has a
really good chance of getting back the greater por-
tion of the money he gave for the filly at Ascot.
There are two other three year old Sweepstakes
on the off day, resting between St. Angela and
Pyrenees, and Pear Heather and Thorsgill ; and we
shall take the first named fur choice in each
instance.

Thursday's list boasts nine completed races, but
the majority are of the most insignificant character,
the cattle in a couple of 100 sovs Sweepstakes and
the Aske Produce Stakes being so bad that it would
be ridiculous to snake selections from them.

The Claret will provoke a race, because Fripon-
nier was amiss not long ago, and the second saves
his stake. It is singular that the lot engaged to
run this " D. 1." are reputed to be non-stayers, with
the exception of the young Melbourne colt, and he
has ever been troubled with the slows. Sir Oliver
and Pirate Chief can scarcely get half the course,
and probably only Wroughton and Dragon will go
in for the second money, or the off chance of bowl-
ing over Friponnier, who should, however, outstay
all comers, and credit Ir. Pryor with the stake.
The Ninth Biennial, on the same course, bas a
better entry. Vauban and The Hermit being in
the same interest, will not both be wanted now,
and the latter's match with Julius may keep him at
home ; but " with a run" we shall stand by Julius
to beat Vauban. Both the latter being in Friday's
Port Stakes, perhaps their owners will arrange so
as they shall not meet, as one will look very like a
certainty in the absence of the other.

Notwithstanding the resume of the meeting at
" head-quarters," racing will be carried on
during the week at Durham, Lichfield, Knighton,
Kingsbury and Hendon, Aberystwith, Isle of Wight,
and Beverley. Durham takes place on Monday
and Tuesday, when a well filled list gives pro-
mise of some most interesting racing, as most of the
northern stables will send representatives to the
meeting. There are sixteen acceptances for the
Durham Handicap, for which I consider LIBERAL,
4 yrs, 7st 41b, and Miss Osborne, 3 yrs, 7st, to have
the best chance ; and of the twenty-four horses
weighted for the Corporation Plate I consider
WARWICK, 5 yrs, 7st 51b, and Zingari, 3 yrs, sst
91b, to be best in.

In the Elemore Stakes nineteen youngsters are
engaged nearly all of whom are dark. Clarionette,
from the form she showed in the Ravensworth
Stakes, at Newcastle, is bound to run well, and I
must couple her With NUMBER NIP and Retort to
furnish the winner. The former was not quite fit
when he ran at Lincoln, and I hear a very flattering
account of Retort, who is by Kettledrum or Little
Hastings out of Repartee.
The great impetus given to breeding good half-
bred horses by the establishment of races exclusively
confined to hunters is proved by the large entries
for the Durham Hunt Cup, for which the entry
reaches the large number of thirty-five. Among so
many untried horses it is not easy to hit the right
nail on the head, but I am told CASTANETTE is as
likely to win as anything.
On the second day LIBERAL and Miss OSBORNE
are again " well in" in the North Durham Handi-
cap ; and as RETORT is also engaged in the Lambton
Stakes, it is not unlikely that both the two year old
races will fall to Mr. Eastwood, and thus recoup
him for his disappointment with Lord Hastings at
Northampton.

The United liunt2rs Stakes looks like falling to
DENMARK or Scarrington ; the Wynyard Plate to
DONALDBAIN ; and the Raby Stakes to SKYLARK.
Lichfield takes place on Tuesday and 'Wednesday
with a list filled sufficiently well to afford two good
days' sport.

The Anglesey Plate, for which sixteen horses
have been weighted, is likely to fall to BEDFORD,
4 yrs, 7st 131 b, or St. Valentine, 3 yrs, 7st 21b.
In the Two Year Old Plate ten youngsters are
engaged, of whom VERMICELLI, MASQUER, or MISS
WHIFFLER have the best chances, and the former is
entitled to the preference.
For the second day there is an excellent entry of
thirty-four horses for the Grand Handicap Steeple-
chase, but as the acceptances are not to be declared
until this day (Saturday) I must defer any com-
ments on the race until Wednesday.
There are large entries for all the races to be
brought to issue at .Kingsbury, on Monday and
Tuesday. The Middlesex Steeplechase, on the first
day, will probably fall to RISK, 6 yrs, list ; the
Trig klAndicaptitudie Race to HIT TiQ 11 ir I 4 pi,