The Sun.
London, England, 1855-05-07 00:00:00

CAPEL CURE, :Pm., and 11. HARWOOD HARWdOD, Esq

A t a ‘) eeting of dovernorr, held in Cra,en street on Welnesday, the
-d day of %tay, ;855, the ca-es or 27 Pet' tione,s Isere conside,ed,.of
which-12 were approved. 12 rejected, au d 3 inadmissible
Since the Mcetiog held o i the 4th ~t 4 prti, TIP ft TY. FOUR
D1,33101;4, of whom 25 had wives and r 8 children, have been die.
C;Arged from the Prisons of Eng;and and Wales; the ext'ense or
whose liberation, includinz every charge connected with the Society,
was 5061 I Is. 4d. ; and the following
BENEFACTIONS RECEIVED SINCE THE EAST REPORT.
Miss N 1 W , per If ssrs. Hoare ;
Miss Anne Harland, per Messrs. Hoare A 2 2 0

Benefactlint, Are received by Benj.,min Bon:I Cabinll, Esq., t'
Treasurer, No. 1, Brick-court, Temple; also by the following
fl,nkers: —Messrs. Cocks. Brummonds, Her Its, Howes, Veres ;
,nd by the Auer, tory, 1- o. 7, Craven•street, Strand, Where t!;:e Books
may be seen by those who are inclined to support the Chsrity, and
where the Society meet on the flrat Wednesday in mle

3edret4ryt.

JOZEATPS COPAHINE, or SACCHARARED
c A PSUL E. 4, approved of by the frewh College ofPitysicans,
succeSsfully-adm,nist..red in the Paris and London Hosp.tals,
rteknowieduNd by Lien to be the best remedy for a ce-taiit disoidef.
(See " Lancet" of Nov. i, 1852).--Frice per 1(0 4s. Gd. 50, 2s. t(d
fo he had of the investor, G )z EAU,' French thernist,. A.
Haymarket, London, and all the principal chemists.

:§PoIiTiNG NOTES.

NEWMARKET AND SHREWSBURY.

People talk dismally of a scarcity of .rocniey, and the
depressing influenceeof the war. Things, however, can-
not really be so bad as they seem, for at the Grand
Stand, at Chester, the receipts amounted to nearly
2,0001., and Mr. Howard, the owner of Scythian, is
reported, on undoubted authority,,to have won in stakes
and bets about 24,0001., and, what is more, there is a
strong probability of his getting every sixpence of his
due. So far as money is concerned, there is no real
"tightness" in the turf market, whatever there-may be
in the commercial world, and the sustained popularity of
a national pastime is unquestionably indicative of
national prosperity.
The heavy blow and sore discpuragement inflicted by
St. Hubert's defeat for the. Two Thousand have been
counterbalanced by the success of Scythian, and the
hopes of the Findon party have again revived and are
freely indulged. Report states that St. Hubert is as
good as Scythian at even weights. That his owner
deems him quite capable of defeating Lord of the Isles
hen next they meet, and obtaining the "Blue ribbon," is
fully proved by the horse's position in the batting. The
running of Corcebus for the Dee Stakes excited some
little astonishment, and exercised a most prejudicial effect

on the market with reference to Dirk Hatteraick

who has b,r many weeks been what is called, in the
slang of the. ring, " fishy." That Corcebus figured
in his true form at Clierter, however, few people

who saw him are inclined to believe. A boy might have
ridden him with pe►fect safety, for he evinced neither
power nor inclination to repeat his Metropolitan

" antics." The Crnisei iw drifting swiftly dovvn the
Stream of unpopularity. If the betting affords any trust-
worthy indication of " intentions;"—Kingstown after all
will be the trusted representative of the atnebury
stable. Within the last day or two Wild Dayrell has
been in steady request. This rise in the betting is attri-.
butable to the performance of Jack Sheppard at Chester
on Thursday. A rumour, however, is current that he

has been recently tried with Kingstown ! Despite
the support conceded to De Clare some people
regard him with suspicion, and evidenly entertain
expectations of Grmculus Esuriens, whilst others
Lave a deeply rooted conviction that the victory
of Daniel Oltuui ke will be paralleled by the success of '
Boonie Morn. I have just ben informed tl,at "Scott's
lot" is now at Leatherhead, but my late return to town
from Chester has prevented my ascertaining the truth
or falsity of the intelligence.
The Second Spring Meeting will commence to-morrow,
and it is likely t') be ;he slowest of the many slow meet-
ings' which have of late years taken place at Newmarket.
The programme comprises twenty items, but only four
stakes are at present closed. Ten "acceptances" are
appended to the Suffoik;Stakes. Ile winner will, per.
baps, be either Venison or Donald. The other evects
do not require anticipatory remark.
The authorities at head-quarters seem quite incapable
of sustaining a competition. Towns which, a few years
ago, possessed only a leather-fiapping reputation in the
spurting world, now, in many instances, present superior

roving attractions to those furnished at Newmarket.
The list of spit, compiled bs John Frail, Of Shrews-
bury, is sufficient ,tl.l shame, the Jockey. Club, jet()
cr,,ased exerti,:n, for it shows what ma& be dim,' with
a little well-.:irected energy. Mr. Flail, however, cer-
tattily presents the sporting public with odd speonnens
of haud.cappirg ; but the very discrconci, s which are,
displayed in the distribution of the weights a;:e arranged
with so much Tact, a•of an evident "ope,,tiess" of purpose,
that they merely provoke a smile. When, however, lie
ini,oclicapped Alonzo to give 61bs to Scherz, 1311 s
to Typ-e, ani 18 lis to Kit, flyer, he certainly did not
dist, ay his u-ual discrimination. lam al ways diffident
abou,, dealing with the " probabilities" at Stu ewsbury.
for therearese•crets which may influence them that perhaps
will not until the last moment come to my knowledge.
The Grea;, Cleveland Handicap is framed purposely to
`• flatter'.' e)wiiers of horses, and may bring out a nume-
rically strum: field. Could I calcu'ate upon a start, I
should be it,,clined to select Defiance, Seducer, and
Cossey. Ttiiy, Goldhill, and Diego will, perhaps, oc-
cupy the foremost places in the race for the Longner
Hall Stakes. the Shrup,,hire Handicap, toy present
fancies are for Cock Pheasant, Le Juif, Eulogist, and
See Clear. By the way a probability exists that Eult,
gist will have 141bP. extra to carry for his " walk 'over"
for the Queen's Plate 04 Chester, albeit the 100 Boys.
were divided between hits owner and Mr. Osborne. This
additional weight will destroy his charce.
March 7. A FRESH MAN.

NEWMARKVT.--MoNDAY.
SUFFOLK STAKES. —HU moffin, Tumbler, Alcyone,
Georgy,
.Donald, Samaritan and Katie Stewart—are
trained here.

Arrived—Venison and Postulant.
MALTON.—The following have left here for Epsom :
De Clare, G. Esuriens, Bonnie Morn, Bracken, Aurifer,
Marchioness, Meteora, Warlock filly, Fly by Night,
Cypriana, Professor, Dr. Cook, and Bianca.
Acrobat expected to leave for Newmarket.

THE GREAT FIRE AT MILLWALL.

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TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
SIR,—As accounts of- the fire in my dockyard have
been published which may give exaggerated impressions
of a calamity in itself sufficiently serious both to the
country and to myself, I beg you will do me the favour
to give such prominence as you think fit to the
following exact statements of fact, which may, I hope,
serve to moderate the anxiety of friends on my account
and of owners of steam•sbips building by me, whc in dis,
taint countries may hear of this calamity without know-
ing its limits:-
1. No ship was burnt on that occasion, except the
steam battery ; but that was hopelessly destr,yed.
2. Two ships on each side of the battery were injured,
but one only slightly, so that the injuries of one will pro-
bably be remedied in a week, and the other in a fortnight.
3. All the other ships in the building yard escaped
without the slightest injury, including the great ship of
the Eastern Steam Navigation Company.
4. The whole of the buildings and machinery of the
establishment escaped without injury, and continue un-
interruptedly at wi,rk.
5. The battery and the other ships now in the yard
are covered by the insurances I am in the habit of making

,r the benefit of those who intrust me with the construe-

tion of ships for th em, to the extent of 110,0001. It is,
however, ti ue that l'ihe loss by the battery is not entirely
covered by insurance., as the ships building in the yard at
the time of the fire exceeded the amount above stated.
But a lame proportion c.f the value is insured.
0. Besides this insurance, the works themselves, and

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be machinery they contain, are insured to the extent of
00,000/.

7. Owners of ships now on the stocks at Millwall
should not therefore be alarmed for the safety of their
property by the exaggerated statements they may hive
heard ; and my own friends will, I hope, allow 'me, in
thanking them for their ready sympathy, to assure them
that, excepting the vexation which I naturally feel m
lositrg all the thought and labour it has cost the execu•
tine of my estlblishiment and myself to do our work well,
and my dt,tress in disappointing the just expectations of
our Government that I would execute successfully one
of the works destint d for the defence of the country, I
shall not be a suffer er to any considerable extent.
I inu:t add that, but for the successful exertions of
the Fire Brigade, 0 f the authorities of Deptford Dock -
y 1-1, and of the foremen and workmen of Millwall ;
and, further, for tv ro providential circumstances—the
steady direction of t be wind towards the water, and the
spontaneous launch ing of the battery while in flames.
the conflagration co uld not have failed to have beeline
much more serious. —I am, sir, your obediet t servant,
J. SCOTT RUSSELL.
Millwall, London., May 5.

UNIVERSITY COLI iEGE UOSPITAL.—The friends of this
institution will be gratified by the information that the
munificent offer Of the treasurer to give 3001. if other
c mtributora raiiied :170/ had the effect proposed. By
the day fixed (slay 1) the subscriptions, in additiin. to
the 1,3301. collected, at tho late dinner, amounted to
480/. ; and the Bare in de Goldstnid has gladly paid his
promised 3001., thu s raising the collection to 2,1101.
We do not suppose that the benevolence of the public
towards this useful e stabliehmeut for the current year is
yet exhausted. It w ill be surely borne in mind that be-
sides the remnant ty.? its debt of 5,000/., new liabilities
are. of necessity heir) g daily incurred for purposes of
.hafty the Itaat veil to vzceptivn, the relief of the crick
1.04 r.