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

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

NEWMARKET JULY MEETING.

WEDNESDAY.

Handicap Plate of 701., for three-yr-olds and upwards.
Chesterfield Stakes Course (3 fur. 212 yds.
Mr. Payne's Strutaway, 4 yrs, 7st 5113 (Wells) 1
Mr. Powney's Contention, 3 yrs, 6st 13Ib (Webb) 2
Lord Orford's Affghan, 3 yrs, Bst 41b...(Bartholoreew) 3
The following also ran :—Foam, Canute, Donum.
Betting— 7 to 4 agst Strutaway-4 to 1 agst any other.
Won easily by two lengths ; a head between second
and third, and a length and a half between the third and
fourth. . _

The Midsummer Stakes of 50 sovs each, h ft., for three-
yr-olds, colts, Bst 71b ; fillies, Bst 31b. Certain penal-
ties and allowances. The owner of the second horse
to receive back his stake. (B.M. 7 fur. 19G yds.) 13

subs.
Duke of Bedford's Pugnator, Bst 81b (S. Rogers) 1
Sir C. Monck's Vandal, Bst 71b (Bartholomew) 2
Lord Orford's f. by John o'Gaunt (Quintofi) 3
Mr. Pedley's William the Third, Bst 71b (A.. Day) 4
Betting-7 to 4 agst Vandal-3 to agst Pugnator.
Won by a neck ; a length between the second and
third, and a neck between the third and fourth.
Sweepstakes of 10 sovs each, for two•yr-old colts, Bst
71b ; fillies, Bst 41b. The winner to be sold for 200
sovs, if demanded, &c. Last half of B.M. Three subs.
Sir W. Codrington's Blast
Mr. Kenyon's Plumpton Maid
Mr. Payne's Lord Raglan 3
Betting-7 to 4on Blast.
Won easily by a neck. Two lengths between the
second and third. The winner was claimed.

The Town Plate of 501., for three-year-olds ; colts, Bst
71b ; fillies, Bst 31b. B.M. (7 fur. 196 yds.)
Duke of Bedford's Paros ......(S. Rogers) Walked over.

LATEST BETTING.
LIVERPOOL CUP..
3to 1 agst Shoreham (taken)
9 to 2 agst Cock Pheasant (taken)
sto 1 aget Bianca (taken)
GOODWOOD STAKES.
18 to 1 agst Epaminondas (taken)
Offers to take 20 to 1 about Calamus
Few spectators were present, and the racing possessed
little interest. The weather was again delightfully fine.
The principal book-makers left Newmarket by the after-
noon train, to "assist" at the meeting at Worcester, this
day.

CARLISLE RACES-WEDNESDAY.

Speculation Plate.

Florida
Goldfinch

Three ran.
Stewards' Plate.

Billy Richardson
Little Jack

Five ran.
Lottery Stakes.

Assayer
Blarney
Nine ran. Courtenay fell
Travellers' Stakes.
Small Parcel

Chisel

Two ran.
Queen's Plate.

walked over

Rataplan

NOTTINGHAM JULY MEETING.

Acceptances for the Nottinghamshire Handicap. Two

miles and a quarter.
Age st lb! Age st lb
Hungerford
Typee 5 8 7 The Herald ..,... 3 6 6
Hercules
St. Andrew
Le Juif (h b) a 7 4 Anthracite 3 5 6
Goorkah
Domino 4 7 0 Siding
Braxey
Arribas
Newbold
La Belle 5 6 11 Neoptolemus 3 4 10
Itylstone

Acceptances for the Chesterfield Handicap. One mile
and a half. The highest weight accepting being Bst;
it has been raised to Bst 71b, and the others remaining
in in proportion.
Age st lb Age st lb
Tindex
Eulogist 5 7 12' Rotherham
Domino 4 7 10 i Lla,
Orson 4 7 8 Siding
Newbold
Miss Allen 4 7 3 Lily
Rylstone ...... 3 7 2 ,

EXTRACT OF A LETTER FROM AN
OFFICER IN THE CRIMEA.

Camp before Sebastopol, June 22, 1855.
It is no use my attempting to tell you what was done
or doing on the 18qi. We failed, I fear, altogether, and
with great loss. There was a complicated plan of at-
tack, of the success of which I always had doubts. Had
70,000 men been let loose at the place at an appropriate
time and at all points, with no other word of command
than go-head at a certain signal, I do believe the
place would have been taken with a loss of from
7,000 to 10,000 killed and wounded, and this would
have been about the proportionate loss in such a
number in any hard-fought engagement. Still the
loss in such a mode of attack might have been less
than even our loss on the ISth, for the Russians
might not have withstood the onset of such a host ; but
when they saw driblets of only 400 coming here and
there and straight at their strangest points, they natu-
rally felt confidence in their superiority of numbers and
position. During the flag of truce on the 19th, a Rus-
sian officer, speaking to one of ours of the attack of the
Redan, said, "How could you think of attacking such
a plaee with 400 men ? Your men are indeed lions,
but your officers must be donkeys." Our Second
Brigade took a cemetery and a house near the town,
which we still bold at a considerable loss in killed and
wounded every 24 hours. I cannot hear or form an
opinion as to what is to be our next step. Several
generals and others are becoming very tired and dis-
gusted, and are likely to leave. I wish to goodness I
could get clear of the business too.

CHARGE OF BOLDING A DEAD BODY. —On Wednesday,
at the Bucks Quarter Sessions, Mr. Thomas Tibbetts, of
Buckingham, a builder in a most extensive way of busi-
ness, and Wm. Leeds, a man in his employ, were charged
with stealing a shroud of the value of 15s. The court
was densely crowded. The prisoners were defended by
Serjeant Wilkins, with whom were Mr. Power and Mr.
Lucas. It appeared that Mr. Tibbetts had been em-
ployed by a draper at Buckingham to make a coffin for
the wife of Mr. Morris, a tradesman. The coffin was
taken home by Tibbetts and his man Leeds, who were
directed to screw the body down. At this time two
nurses were in the room, but Tibbetts would not screw
the coffin down until they had left. From something that
transpired the coffin was subsequently uncovered, and
the flannel shroud was found to have been taken away,
it having, before the coffin was screwed down, been seen
lying on the body. The defendant Tibbetts, when
spoken to on the subject, merely said that he had com-
mitted a thoughtless act. It appeared that the shroud
was almost useless when taken off the body.—Mr. Ser-
jeant Wilkins made a forcible address to the jury, con-
tending that the accused had no felonious intent, but
that the body of deceased was so offensive that they
could not make use of the shroud. He called a num-
ber of witnesses, including several magistrates, who gave
the defendant Tibbetts a very high character.—The
Chairman summed up very favourably for the prisoners,
and the jury, after being locked up till six o'clock, pro-
nounced a verdict of " Not guilty."
WESTMINSTER NEW BRIDGE.—A report from the en-
gineer, as to the progress and present state of the new
bridge at Westminster, was published yesterday. The
report, which emanates from Mr. Thomas Page, is
dated June 18, 1855. The contract requires the com-
pletion of the works by the Ist of June, 1857. The tem-
porary works for the service of the bridge were com-
menced in May, 1854, consisting of platforms at the
Bridge-wharf, on the Surrey side of the river, two large
platforms on the north and south sides of the bridge,
opposite the blocked-up arches, and the hoarding for
the bridge, and the piles, girdings, and framing for
the travellers. The last-named work, as it precedes
the piling for the piers, is still in progress. The driv-
ing of the first elm bearing pile was commenced on
the 3d of July, 1854, and the driving of the iron
piles and plates, which commenced in September,
has been progressing regularly. The works provided
for fixing are 77 granite slabs for the facing and foun-
dations, a quantity of granite for the plinths of the
piers, 72 iron piles, and 104 iron plates for the first
033
principal
feet of the bridge. The casting of the ribs is in Prfeert;
:Ph; ien c e d b
and the wrought-iron segments forming the centraraisL
at
of the ribs are being made at Mr. Mare :8 Pre
atteibutauie
Blackwall. A total delay of two month
to the late severe winter ; beyond thiss,e
mid in
causes of delay have been the difficultt. _
of
sufficient
the eontractor in obtaining bearing Plies
edieney of driving the driving of
length and scantling ; secondly',
stainte of the the
iron piles and plates ; the loose
sum .the piers,
affording
the Surrey abutment, and thefexePxoavation in
ad-
the
resist-
ance piles over the area 0
Fot
. The difficulties which presented themselves in
owing to the substratum
the construction of a .7 bridgeof th were—firstly, those
caused by the found "r e ola bridge ; and, se-
condly, the necessity
for
Providing sufficient water way
under both bridges navigating the river. In sur-
mounting the r ese difficulties the engineer is
A The width
now arranged to .. required for navigation has
been arrange
~ tile satisfaction of the water bailiff,
deputed hY the Navigation Committee of the port of
London. Owing to various it would not be
causes,
prudent to estimate the completion of the bridge before
.