The Sun.
London, England, 1855-07-21 00:00:00

'SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

NOTTINGHAM JULY MEETING.
FRIDAY.
The Ilunney Park Stakes of 10 sovs each, h ft, with 50
added, for two-yr-olds ; colts, Bst 71b and fillies, Bst
31!): certain penalties and allowances. T.Y.C. 14 subs.
Mr. H. Lewis's Duet, by Jericho, 7st 121b....(We115) 1
Mr. J. Scltt's St. Domingo, by F/atca,tcher, Sst 41b

Holes
Mr. Barber's Miss Harka way, sister to Miss( Littlmer,) 2
Sat 31)
The following also ran :—St. Dunstan, Gaudy, Gar-
net, and Leaminvton.
betting-5 to 2 agst Leamington, 7to 2 agst Gaudy,
and sto 1 agst Duet. Won easily by a length ; two
lengths between the second and third ; trul fourth.
The Chesterfield Handicap of 15 sons each, 10 ft. and
only 5 if declared, with 50 added by the Earl of Ches-
terfield ; the owner of the second horse to receive
back his st.,ke ; penalties for certain winners. One
a!ld a bal. 21 subs, Bof whom pay 5 POW; each.
Mr. Johnstone's Rotherham, by Touchstone, 3 yrs,
6st 51b
......
Sir C. Monck's Vindex, 5 yrs, Sst 711, (Holmes) 2
Mr. J. Barber's Domino, 4 yrs, Sst llb (in. sin. extra)
(J. Forster) 3

Ida and Orson also ran.
Betting—Even on Rotherham, 3 to 1 agst Vindex,
and 7to 1 agst Domino. Won by a neck • the second
beating the third by a head ; very bad fourth.
The Grand Stand Stakes of 40 sous, added to a Sweep-
Stakes of 5 sous each for all ages ; optional selling
weights. Half a mile. 10 subs'.
Mr. Clarke's Cimicina, by Phlegon, 3 yrs, Gst 91b,501.

(T. Cliff) 1
Mr. Fryer's Nestor, 5 yrs, 7st 71b, 201. (Alderoft) 2
Mr. Sainwell's Usurer, 3 yrs, Get 121 b, 201. ...(Bates) 3
The followng also ran :—Cripple, Bright, f by
Pyrrhus the Firs`, Phyllis, Punch Box, Rudston, and
Garnet.

Betting-6 to 4 agst Cimicinti, sto 1 each agst
Usurer and Nestor. Won by half a length. Usurer
and Cripple were close up. The winner was afterwards
sold by auction for 125 guineas.

The Portland Handicap of 2 sous each, with 50 added ;
for all ages. One mile. 17 subs.
Mr. La Alert's Je Juif (h h), by Faugh-a-Ballagh,
aged, 85t 81b. (Wells) 1
Mr. T. Parr's Saucebox, 3 yra, 7st 81b (Aldcroft) 2
Mr. 'Morris's Sole Star, 3 yrs, Est (Mundav) 3
The following also ran :—Berezina, Hazlenut, Pa-
tience, Ammonia, Knight Errant, Ticton, Sine-qua-Non,
Happy-go-lucky, Merry. Monk, Hoddatn, and Beau
Morris.

Betting.--3 to 1 agst Saucebox, 4to 1. agst Patience.
5 to 1 agst Sole. Star, 10 to 1 agst Knight Errant, and
10 tl 1 agst any other. A good race. Won by a head
the third close up with the second.
The Forest Stakes of 5 sovs each, with 25 added, for
three-yr-olds and upwards ; optional selling weights.
One mile. 3 subs.
Mr. Hunter's Louvat, by Loup Garou, 3 yrs, Est 41b,
501
(Fordharn) 1
Mr. Kenyon's Merry Monk, 4 yrs, 7st 31b, 301.
(Charlton) 2
Mr. Moore's Medal, 4 yrs, 6st 131 b (carried 7st), 20/,

Kendall 3
No betting. Won by a length ; bad third, ( The winner
was bought in for 66 guineas.
Her Majesty's Plate of 100 guineas, for horses of all
ages ; three-yr-olds, 7st 71b ; four, 94 ; five, 94 61b ;
six and aged, 9st 91b. Two miles.
Mr. Thelusson's Rataplan, by The baron, 5 3ra
(J. Prince) 1
Mr. Barber's Goorkah, 5 yrs (Wells) 2
Captain Chr;stie's Defiance, 5 yrs ,(W. White) 3
Mr. Johnson's na br g by Sensation, and Happy-go-
lucky also ran.

Betting-6 to lon Rataplao, who won easily by a
length ; bad third.

SHOCKING MIIIIDER BY Two Boys, AT LIVERPOOL.—
Two boys, John Fitzpatrick and Alfred Breen, were
brought before the Liverpool
charged with the murder of a little boy, seven years of
age, James Hessen by name. It appeared that the.pri-
magistrates yesterday.
sorters and the deceased, with several other boys, were
brick, Heeson,
knockedthe former m
himer struck
down,
playing on Sunday in some brickflelds, near the Leeds
and Liverpool Canal, when some dispute taking place
the street a here
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and afterwards struck him again. Heeson appearing
senseless, Fitzpatrick and Breen dragged him to the
canal, and threw him_in. He sunk after a few brief
the boys lived, but the cl!seoeery of ther.bßoodstyoovnlOT:surlsN-
matter wasoEhNuTslis,edAlllN:in
Thurs-
day morning led to inquiry, and to the disclosure of the
above facts. The inquiry was adjourned until to-day.
struggles. The
appointments
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James Douglas and Edward Stirling,
Examiners in the Audit-office, Somerset House,esmsrsr..TGahrecordmvsoar;
951. per annum,
Hunt has been
appointed a Temporary Clerk. Dr.
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been
Price Edwards, Collector of n
appointed Superintendent of
Medical Statistics under
Customsewsyst at emofDruegbilsintr, hu
registration
es, and deaths in Scotland. Mr. S.
dmwards, b
been promoted to be Collector at Liverpool. .Mr. Frede-
rick Joyce has been promoted from Sixth to Fifth Claus
Clerk in the Tea-office, Custom-house, in London. Mr.
James M'Culloch has bean promoted from Seventh to
Sixth Class Clerk in the Tea-office in.London.—Civil
Service Gazette.
MILITARY AND WARLIKE STORES FOR THE SEAT 01'
WAR.—Yesterday morning the officials in the Ordnance
Stores, Tower, were more than usually busy indeliverixtg,
stores. The pressure of orders has matie it necessary to
engage upwards of 150 extra labourers, and every avail.
able man belonging to the garrison is constantly ern-:
ployed. Two thousand stand of Minie rifles, 700 car-
bines, a large number of sabres and accoutrements were
forwarded to Woolwich for conveyance to the Crimea ;
800 Minis rifles and accoutrements were sent direct from
the London Docks to Constantinople for the use of the
Polish Legion, and a large supply of round shot, grape,
canister, and howitzer shells were sent to the same place
for the service of the artillery of the Turkish contingent. ,
The Commissioners of Police have issued a notice that)
tivery.person who shall permit any dog to go at large un-
muzzled is liable, to a penalty of 51., and orders are given
to the police to destroy all dogs running loose.
Advices from Vienna announce a reduction in the
Austrian army occupying the Principalities, correspond-
ing to that which has just taken place in Gallicia. The
troops are embarked in steamers, and conTerd, pomp to
EUngarY And some to Vienna.

CONTRACTS FOR SUGAR, MAP, TEA, AND OATS.
Department of the Comptroller for Victualling,
Somerset House, 19th July, 1855.
Commissioners for-executing the Office: of
Lord High Admiral of the -Cullen Kingdom of Great Britain
and Ireland, DO HEREBY GIVE NOTICE, that on WEDNESDAY,
the Ist August next, at One o'clock, they will be ready to treat with
such *sons as may be willing lo contract for supplying and deliver-
ing into her Majesty's Victualling Stores, at Deptford, the under-
mentioned Articles, viz.:—

5UGAR............
SOAP

Tons. ) When to be delivered.
200 I Half of each in 3 weeks,
„50 i and the remainder in 3
"us" i weeks afterwards, Or
TEA •• •• • ..... .. 50,000 i
1 earlier ifpreferred by the
Qrs. j

0 A.TS ........ . ....... 500 party tendering.
Tenders may be made for the whole, or any portion of the Articles.
=Their Lordships reserve to themselves the power, when the Ten-
ders are opened, of contracting either for the whole, or for such part
thereof only as they may deem fit, or for a greater quantity, or of
not contracting for any, and also an unlimited power of selection.
The Sugar and Tea to be exempted from the Customs Duties,
and parties tendering are to state where they are respectively lying.
It will not be required that the Soap should remain in her Ma-
jesty's stores 14 days open piled before the same shall be weighed as
has been the practice hitherto.
Each Tender for Sugar must specify the several marks, the ships
hi which imported, and the countries or places of its growth or pro-
duce, and an average sample of the Sugar (not less than albs., for
each import mark) mast be produced by the parties tendering, and
not an average of different marks or several imports, and any parcel
that is found not to he of the same mark or average quality as the
samples tendered and accepted will be rejected by the officers.
Samples of the Soap (not less than a Bar,) of the Tea (not less than
from the bonded ware ho par and of the Oats (not less than 2
quarts,) must be produced by theies tendering.
The samples produced by persons whose tenders are not accepted
are requested to be taken away by them immediately after the con-
tracts have been decided.
No tender will be received unless made on the printed form pro-
ded for the purpose, and which may be obtained on application at
the said Office, or to Commander Bevis, conducting the Packet Service
at Liverpool, or to the Collector of Customs at Bristol.
The conditions of the revised contracts, to which particular atten-
tion is called, may be seen at the said office, and at Liverpool and
13ristol. No tender will be received atter one o'clock on the day of
treaty, and it will not be required that the party tendering, or an
agent on his behalf, should attend at the office on the day of contract,
as the result ofthe offer received ftom each person will be communi-
cated to him and his proposed sureties in writing.
Every tender must be addressed to the Secretary of the Admiralty,
and bear in mustfthand corner the wor, " Tender for
and also be delivered at Somerset House.

ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA, COVENT
GARDEN.—On TUESDAY next, July 24, will be performed
(for the Third Time) Meyerbeer's New Grand Opera,
L'ETOILE DU NORD.

EXTRA NIGHT.
On TRIMISDA.Y next, July 26, will be performed (for the Fourth
Time) bleyerbeer's New Grand Opera,

L'ETOILE DU NORD

LAST APPEARANCE OF MADAME GRIST.
LAST APPEARANCE OF SIGNOR MARIO.
LAST NIGHT OF " LES HUGUENOTS."
The Directors have the honour to announce that the engagements
of Madame GRISI and Signor Menlo will term:nate on SATURDAY
NEXT, July 28, on wrach occasion will be performed (for the Last
Time this Season) Meyerbeer's Grand Opera,
LES HUGUENOTS.
Valentine ............ —Madame GRIST.
Raoul .. .
(Being most positively their Last Appearance this Season.)

I'4l,l;AV:tel. Kt/I'AL BAYMARZYT.
Under tile management of Mr. Buckatone.
THIS EVENING,
Will be presented THE SECRET AGENT. Principal characters
br Mr. lFinckstone and Miss E. Chaplin.
After which, Senora Perea Nena will dance La Cachuca.
To be followed ty AS LIKE AS' TWO PEAS.
j fter which, the Ballet of the TWO PRETTY WOMEN.
To conclude with A DAUGHTER TO MARRY.

AOYAL PRINCESS'S TtIEATRE, OXFORD-STREET,
Under the Management of Mr. CasaLai BEAN.

EVENING,

Will be performed HOW STOUT YOU'RE GETTING.
To wuclude with KING HENRY THE EIGUTII. Queen Ka.
tharire, Mr.. C. Kean ; Cardinal WoLiey, Mr. C. Kean.

TIM'ATIUt ROYAL ADELPHI;
propel, Mr. B. Webster.—Directrem, Mr_.l3me Cele Ste.

THIS EVENING,

Will be performed HELPING lIANDS. Characters by Messrs
B; Webster, Keeley, L. Murray, C. Selby, &c. ; Madame Celeste.
Mrs. Keeley, &c.

After which, FRATERNISATION:
To conclude with OPEN SMS ANTE ; or, A Night with the Forty
Thieves. Characters by Messrs. P. Bedford and Keeley; plisse:
Woolgar, Cuthbert, Wyndttam, M. Keeley, and Mrs. Keeley.

W)YAL OLYMPIC THEATRE:
Lessee and Manage?, Mr. A. Wigan4
THIS EVENING.

Will be performed PERFECT CONFIDENCE. Characters 193
Messrs. F. Robson and G. Vining; Miss Marston and Miss Bromley
- • -----

Followed by PLOT AND PAS SPIN. Characters by Mr. F
Robson, and Mr. A. Wigan ; Yrs. Stirling, and Miss Brom ey.
To conclude with THE WANDERING MINSTREL. Jern
Bags, Mr. F. Robson.