The Press. — London, England, 1854-06-17 00:00:00

506 Sporting. ASCOT-HEATH RACES. This annual meeting commenced on Tuesday, but the gathering was indifferent, so far as the numbers of the company were concerned. For this falling off in attend ance many reasons existed—the weather was bad; the Russian war had carried into distant regions many of the best patrons of the turf; and it was known that the Queen would not be present until the Thursday. The " events " came off in the following order The TRIAL STAKES of 5 soya each, with 50 added. Winner to be sold for 6001. Captain Lane's Crosslanes (Garvey) I Lord Exeter's Filbert 2 _ Twelve ran. The WELcoma STAKES of 20 soya each, with 60 laded, for three•year•olds. Lord Brace's Bribery (Flatman) 1 Duke of Bedford's Weathercock 2 SIVEEPSTAXES of 50 soya each, fur two-year-olds. Lord Eglinton's Cortebus (Mallow) 1 Mr. Vickers's Narayr 2 Mr. Greville's Gerald 3 The QUEEN'S GOLD VASE.—This stake presented this year a strange misnomer, for it is not gold, nor is it a vase, but a silver tankard, on the lid of which is modelled a group consisting of a startled horse held by an Arab, while another Arab appears to be soothing an irritated snake by the music of a pipe. The withdrawal of Virago and Stockwell left only two starters in the race, which thus became a mere match between Hermit and Rataplan. They finished thus : Mr. Gully's Hermit (Wells) 1 Mr. T. Parr's Rataplan ('latinan) 2 When the flag was dropped Hermit walked off, followed by Rataplan ; after proceeding about three hundred yards Hermit ventured upoh a gentle trot, and so they went on until they arrived at the foot of Swinley-hill, when a canter Was raised, and alter entering the Old Mile Course the pace Was gradually improved until the race began in earnest; Hermit then made strong play, and at last won easily by a length and a half. FIRST YEAR of the Small ASCOT TETENNIAL STAKES, fin two-year-olds. (53 Subs.) Mr. Bowes's The Bonnie Morn ( Templeman) 1 Mr. Greville's Joshua 2 Mr..l. Clark's The Hind 3 Lord Eglinton's Cortebus 4 Won by three-quarters of a length. The ASCOT STAKES of 25 sous each. (78 subs.) Mr. Howard's Little Harry (Wells) 1 Mr. Milner's Grapeshot 2 Mr. Morris's Kingston 3 Sixteen ran. Kingston was favourite at starting, the odds being 5 to 2 against him, and 10 to 1 against the winner. In the last few strides before reaching the post Kingston tired, and Grapeshot shot up, and secured second honours by a head, Little Harry very cleverly obtaining first place by a length. The ASCOT DERBY STAKES of 50 sous each, for three year-olds. Lord Eteter's Phaeton • (Flatman) 1 Lord W. Powlett's Bobby 2 WEDNESDAY. The sport on the " off-day " was excellent, and the weather finer than on either of the great days : never- theless the attendance of company was limited almost exclusively to the professionals. The nets were run in the following order:— The CORONATION STAKES of 100 soya each, for three-year old fillies. (18 subs.) Mr. J. M. Stanley's Mishap (3. Marion) 1 Lord Exeter's Delia 2 Lord Derby's Sortie 3 Mr. Payne's Strutaway 4 Betting: IS to 4 against Sortie, sto 2 against Mishap, *ho won easily. The FERN HILL. STAKES. Mr. Powell's Bessie (Wells) w. o. HANDICAP PLATE Of 100 BOWL Captain Lane's John o' Bruges (Wells) 0 1 Mr. J. M. Stanley's Calamus 0 2 Mr. Bailey's New Brighton 3 Thirteen ran. Betting : 5 to 4 against John o' Bruges, 5 to 1 against Calamus. John o' Bruges and Calamus ran in front throughout, and the race with the two terminated in a dead heat. On the deciding heat the odds were 6t04 on John o' Bruges, who won by three-quarters of a length. The ROYAL HUNT Cur, value 200 sore. (dl subs.) Mr. B. Way's lirocket (A. Day) 1 Mr. R. Harrison's King of Trumps 2 Lord Chesterfield's c. by The Emperor 3 The following also ran:—Alembic, Lascelles, Prime Minister, Catherine Hayes, Mentmore Lass, Exact, Nervous, Grey Tommy, King Pepin, Tormentor, Cross lanes, Nicotine, Sandhurst, Humboldt, Little Tom, Swift sure. H ermitage, ill andricardo, .lep h son. Betting : 2 to 1 against Alembic, sto 1 against Sand hurst, 100 to 7 each wainst Brocket, Nicotine, and Begum colt, 20 to 1 against King of Trumps. Won by a head. SECOND YEAR Of the FIFTH ASCOT TRIENNIAL STAKES, for three-year-olds. (49 subs.) Lord Derby's Meteors' (A. Day) 1 Mr. Osbaldeston's Champagne 2 Mr. Newland's Bracken 3 Betting: 6 to 4 against Champagne, 5 to 2 against Meteors. Won cleverly by a neck. THIRD YEAS of the FOURTH ASCOT TRIENNIAL STAKES, for four-year-olds. (43 subs.) Mr. Bowes's West Australian (A. l)ey) 1 Mr. Magenis's Vanderdecken Lord Exeter's Filbert 3 THE PRESS. liettlhg: 6tol on West Australian. Wail very easily by four lengths. SWEEPSTAKES of 15 sous each, for three-year-olds. Lord Exeter's Delia (Flamm') I Mr. Death no. Cranbourne 2 Betting : 5 to 4 on Delia. THURSDAY. The " Cup " day was honoured by the presence of her Majesty, accompanied by the king of Portugal and a dis tinguished cortege. The attendance was otherwise only moderate, on account of the weather, which, though dry while the races came off, was dark and threatening all day. There were seven events on th e list, beginning with The Sx. JAMES'S PALACE STAKES of 100 soya each, for three-year-olcht (52 subs.) Mr. F. Knowles's Baalbec (Bumby) 1 Mr. Howard's Prince Arthur 2 Mi. J. M. Stanley's Lincoln's•inn Betting: 5 to 2 on Prince Arthur, and 3 to 1 against Blialbeb. Won Cleverly. The VISITORS' PLATE (Handicapi. Mr. E. R. Clark's Jujube , ( J. Rogers) I Mr. H. W. Des Vcaux na. Little Jack 2 The GOLD Cur, value SW SOTS, the surplus in specie. (18 subs.) Lord Londesborongh's West Australian.... (A. Day) 1 Mr. Moiris's Kingston Mr. T. Parr's Rataplan 3 Orestes, Nabob, talfourd, and Cobnut also ran. Betting: 6 to 4 on West Australian, 3 to 1 against Rataplan, 6 to 1 against Kingston, 14 to 1 against Orestes, and 20 to 1 each against Nabob and Cobnut. Upon round ing the turn into the straight, West Australian, Hataplan, and Orestes drew together, and made towards the front; Kingston maintained the lead to the Stand, where West Australian went up, and, after a most exciting sct-to, won by a head. The pace was very moderate throughout. The NEW STAKES, for two-year-olds. Mr. Drinkald's Monge , . (A. Day) 1 Mr. C. Fanning's Border Chief 2 The WINDSOR CASTLE STAKES, for three-year-olds Lord Zetland's Hospodar (J. Marson) 1 Mr. J. Brown's Balmoral 2 SWEEPSTAKES of 50 sovs each, for three-year-olds. Mr. Payne's Boer ( Flatman) 1 Duke of Bedford'i Pelham 2 Lord Derby's Meteors walked over for the last race, the Windsor Forest Stakes. FIUDAY. SWEEPSTAKES of 50 BOYS. Epaminoriclas Weathere,,ek Three ran. FIRST-CLASS WOKINOHAM STAKES. Hobby Horse 1 Octavio. GREAT WESTER:: STAKES. Diana and Kennyside Hero ran a dead heat. Diana walked over for the deciding head. QUEEN . ; GUINEAS. Rataplan Epaminondaa SECOA'D•CLASS WOKINOIIAM STAKES. Brocket hider Ten ran. MEMBERS PLATE. Little VIM Nicotine 2 Eight ran. SWEEPSTAKES 20 SCWS. Bonnie Mort► walked over. Mn. W. SEYMOUR BLACKSTONE, descended, it is said, froM the eminent judge, and formerly member of Parliament for Wallingford, appeared on Thurs. day at the Insolvent Court upon an application for discharge from Oxford prison. His case bad been appointed for hearing so far back as November,lBs2, but the insolvent then did not appear, having gone to the Continent, but had subsequently returned and been arrested. His debts were considerable, amounting to 24,0001., of which, however, 9,0001. were " without consideration." He stated that he had accepted vast numbers of bills, many of which he entrusted for discount to parties who never ac counted for the proceeds, although he was after wards sued for their amounts. His property at Wal lingford was sold in 1845 to a relation. The ease occupied the court for many hours on Thursday, and was only partially heard when the Commissioner ad. journed the sitting. AN IRISHMAN " WITH A GRIEVANCE," named Luke Clarke, described as a labourer, was charged at Westminster Police Court on Thursday with threaten ing to shoot Mr. Roebuck and Sir George Grey. Mr. Lucas, M.P. for Meath, was the chief witness against the prisoner, and deposed to an interview in which Clarke complained of his sufferings and wrongs, which be believed that Mr. Roebuck and Sir George Grey ought to have found means of remedying, and wound up by declaring that he would buy a pistol and shoot them both. Mr. Roebuck, on being sworn, said that he was really apprehensive of personal in jury from the defendant. Clarke made a rambling defence, setting forth that he was a respectable and much-injured man, whose case Mr. Roebuck bad taken up in 1851, and had given him to understand that Sir George GI ey would interfere in his behalf, but that both gentlemen had deceived him. He was ordered to find bail to keep the peace for twelve months, and committed to prison in default. SeltnibAi, LOSS OF THE EUROPA " TRANS --'. PORT. TUE destruction by fire of the Europa transport wa s telegraphed to Lloyd's on Thursday. The catastrophe occurred oh the 31st ult., wh en the vdfearsyosemfolrwptrhyetooEffoutbasthtiai w Sc h i e ll n y ce ls s le h s e , s i a n il d ed ab o o n ut the 2oo p re ra vio il u e s s With three officers and sevent, cavalry soldiers, with their horses, from the Ist division of the Inniskilling Dragoons. Colonel Moore sailed in the transport and the crew numbered thirty-five officers and men. b nr elo s n e g rg in e g an to ts t , htewterloovep,manend, woman perished By the accident Colonel Mo ore , V e t er i nary S urgeon Kelly, fo the orew. Full details have been received at the Admiralty in two letters from Captain Carnegie, of H.M. screw-frigate Tribune. His despatches are dated Jtine 2 and 5 "at sea," the Tribune being on her voyage to join the Black Sea fleet. He writes : " June 2.—Abort 7.30 a.m. on June j smoke was dis covered in the N.W. from the mast-heads, which was per ceived to arise froM a vessel on fire. 'the ship's course was immediately altered, and at 0.15 a.pa. we had ap proached sufficiently near to make out a large ship burnt down to the water's edge abaft, with the bows only re maining above water. At 9.40 a.m. she suddenly went down, and shortly after 10 a.m. our boats were hoisted out and lowered, and commenced a minute search amongst the floating spars and wreck, which was con tinued until 5 p.m., without finding any vestiges of crew or passengers. The weather was fine, the sun bright, and the horizon clear in every direction for many miles, but no boat was visible from the mast-head before or after the vessel went down. The sea was covered with charred timbers, hen-coops, floating hay, casks, and iron tanks containing biscuit. The contents of the latter re mained on fire for some hours after the ship had dis appeared. The presence of a cavalry detachment was manifested by picking up a trooper's stirrup, and a pair of fatigue-trousers, in the pocket of which was found a purse containing some English money. The stem of the ship appeared to have been blown out ; and the fire must have raged most fiercely in the after part, for the mizenmast was burnt to a cinder, whilst the foremast was comparatively uninjured by fire. Finding no appearance of any human being, and no relics of the boats, I felt disposed to think that the crew had made their escape in them, or had found their way on board some other vessel. " June 5 —On the morning of the 4th, when about 120 miles north-west from Cape Finisterre, we had the plea sure of receiving from the British brig Clemanthe, Lieut. Black ( Admiralty agent), the master, two of the crew, and eight privates of the Ist Dragoons, in the Europa, and later in the day, from the Prussianischooner Kennet Kings• ford, and the British barque Maranon, three officers, thirty five non-commissioned officers and privates, one servant and two women, with four officers and twenty-eight seamen, belonging to the Europa—in all eighty-five, of whom seventy-seven are on board this ship, and eight on board the Sir Robert Sale transport. 1 regret to add that of the number originally embarked in the Europa, twenty-one have doubtless perished ; two officers (Lieutenant-Colonel Moore and Veterinary Surgeon Kelly) are amongst the missing, and six non-commissioned officers, ten privates, two of the ship's company, and one woman, have shared the same fate. The greater number of these were washed away from the wreck of the masts, to which they had clung, but Lieutenant-Colonel Moore remained at his post to the last ; and, having repeatedly declined to leave the burning vessel until all his men bad been safely removed, was at last driven into the mizen channels by the violence of the flames, and there unfortunately perished. " From the concurrent testimony of those left on the burning wreck from 11.30 p.m. of the 30th ult. to 2.30 a.m. of the Ist, it would oppear that the conduct of the master (Mr. Gardner) was marked by great coolness and intre pidity throughout these trying hours : he was the last man to quit the wreck, and, had his zealous endeavoursto main tain order and save life been as ably seconded by his ship's company, there can be little doubt that the list of casualties would have been reduced. " It is my Intention to disembark the crew and passen gers at Gibraltar, provided the governor sees no objection. Some of the soldiers are suffering from burns and bruises, but none beyond the reach of ordinary medical treatment." The Europa belonged to Mr. Somes, the great shipowner. She was valued at 15,0001., and had been insured for 10,0001. FROM THE LONDON GAZETTE. Tuesday, June 13. BANKRUPTS.—SsmrEL POTTS, Hove, Sussex, carpenter -- GEomis BUTLER, Nicholas-lane, Lombard-street. auctioned— JotiN ALLEN, Courthorpe-terrace, Bermondsey New-roam an ick d York-place, Kent - street - road , grocer—Wm. SPELLER, ars road West, Paddington, builder—Wm. ADAM, Great Timer street, and Lloyd's, City, merchant—THOMAS ROBINSON WARP. Wiebeach St. Peter's, Cambridgeshire, scrivener—Joint GREAT. woon, Birmingham, confectioner— THoMAS STONE JISSLET, Tiverton, Devonshire, grocer—OBADIAH WILLANS and HENRY RAWSON, Leeds, cloth merchants—JAMES RANKIN, Liverpool, clothier—Room BAucL.Av, Liverpool, commisiden agent—Wm. WILKINSON BAWLING, SAMUEL BAWLING, and JOHN BAWLING, Manchester, curriers. Friday, June 16. BANKRUPTS.—PETER THOMSON, ilirchimlane, City, mer chant—JAmEs HOPE, Burnley, Lancashire, grocer—Enwtw ASHLEY, Manchester, sinallware manufacturer ;titmice WoDRALL, Bolton, manufacturer—ALFßED Buusows, Stockport, silk manufacturer—l'wEnEmcs GEORGE RICHARDSON, Commer cial-road, timber merchant—JOHN TODD NIERRICIC, Hereford road, builder—LATIMER ALLEN, Peterborough, carpent THOMAS BURTON , BURTON, IfllKley, bUBJCP—BICHARD GoULSTON WOLLASTON, Bishop's Castle, Salop, surgeon—ROßEßT MASON Louth, innkeeper—JOHN COURTIS, BOeTILISIOD, Devon, grow ltlca,tup Bsciumr, Liverpool, currier. , ,N 1