The Sun.
London, England, 1868-06-19 00:00:00

MEETING OF TIIE JOCKEY CLUB.

A general meeting of the Jockey. Club was held at
Messrs. Weatherby's office, Old Burlington-street, on Mon-
day, Juno 15, 1868. Present: Hon. Admiral Roils, Steward;
Lord Annesley, Mr. Barns, Count Batthyany, Lord Brad-
ford, Sir R. Bulkeley, Mr. Clmplin, Lord Coventry,
Lord Fahnoutb, Mr. G. W. Fitzwilliam, Colonel Forester,
Sir Joseph Hawley, Captain Douglas Lane, Lord George
Manners, Colonel Pearson, General Peel, Duke of
Richmond, Mr. Smile, Prince D. Soltykoff, Lord
Stradbroke, Lcrd Zetland. The following resolu-
tion, proposed by the stewards, was passed unani-
mously :—" Whereas it is expedient that the Rules
of Racing which prohibit defaulters for stakes and forfeits
from entering or running horses should extend to de-
faulters for bets, and to all persons guilty of malpractices
on the turf, it is resolved that : 'No person convicted of
any fraudulent practices on the turf, and no person that
has been reported by the committee of the Subscription-
rooms at Newmarket or at Messrs. Tattersall's as being a
defaulter in bets, shall be permitted to name, enter, or
run, either in his own name or in that of any other per-
son, any horse of which he is either wholly or in part
owner, for any race whatever." The rule proposed by the
stewards to be added to the rules of the Jockey Club was,
after some discussion and the suggestions of some amend-
ments, finally passed ascender —" If any member of the
Jockey Club, or of the New Rooms or Coffee Room at
Newmarket, should appear in the published forfeit list
as a defaulter for stakes or forfeits, or be reported by
the committee of the Subscription Rooms at New-
market or at Messrs. Tattersall's, as being a de-
faulter for bets lost. on horse racing, the stewards shall
cause notice to be sent to him that if his default be not
cleared by a certain time, to be stated in the said notice
(nut to exceed three months), his name shall be erased
from the list of members; and if a member of any of these
clubs should bo convicted of fraudulent practices on the
turf, or should compound with his creditors, he shall cease
to be a member." The proposal to alter Rule 10 of the
Jockey Club was withdrawn.

MR. BENEDICT'S MORNING CONCERT.—TO.
morrow Mr. Benedict will give his annual concert at St.
James's Hall, and, as customary, will be assisted by a
host of eminent artists, including th 3 chief operatic and
concert singers and many of the principal in,trumeutalists.
The programme is unusually long and particularly in-
teresting, embracing nearly,so subjects. Mr. Benedict de-
servedly enjoys the patronage of many members of the
Royal family, and therecan be no doubt that he will be
favoured with the presence of many friends on the occa-
sion. The concert will be the 33d Mr. Benedict has given
as ono of the annual musical events of London ; and it is
a remarkable though melancholy fact that he is now the
solo survivor of all the artists who assisted him at his first
entertainment.

In accordance with orders received at Chatham
from the Horse Guards, detachments of the Ist
Battalion of theist Royals, Ist Battalion of the 15th
Regiment, 50th (Queen's 0 wn) Regiment, and 109th
Bombay Infantry Regiment, have proceeded from
the garrison to the Isle of Grain, for the purpose of
being employed with the Royal Engineers on the
defences at the confluence of the Thames and Med-
way. Lieut. J. Rolleston and Ensign E. J. Robin-
son, 50th (Queen's 0 ivn) Regiment, proceeded with
the troop?.