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

aSPORTIZG TSTELLIG.ENCE.

NEWMARKET JULY MEETING.

WEDNESDAY.

Handicap Plate of 701., fur tbr,:e-yr-olds and • upwards.
Chest.•rfield Stakes Course (3 fur. 212 yds.
Mr. Payne's Strutaway, 4 yrs, 7st, 5:13 (Well,,) 1
Mr. Powney's Contention, 3 yrs,.6st 131 b (Webb) 2
Orfort's Affghan, 3 yrs, Sat 41b...(Bartholomew) 3
The following also ran :—Foam, Canute, Donum. -
DvAing— 7 to 4 agst Strutaway-4 to 1 agst auy othet.
Won ehsily by two lengths • a head between second
and third, and a length and a half between the third and
fiurth.

The Midsummer Stakes of 50 sovs each, h IL, for three-
yr-olds, colts, Bst 7lb ; fillies, Bst 31b. Certain penal-
ties and al:owances. The owner of the second horse
to receive back his stake. (8.211. 7 fur: 196 yds.) 18
subs.

Duke of Bedford's Pagnator, Bst 81b (S. Rogers) 1
Sir C. Monck's Vandal, Bat 7lb (Bartholomew) 2
Lord Orford's f. by John o'Gaunt
Mr. Pedley's William the Third, Bst 71b (4.. 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, fur two-yr-old colts, Bst
71b ; fillieG, 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

Hr. Payee's Lord Raglan...
Betting-7 to 4on Blast.
.....

Won easily by a neck. Two lengths between the
second and third. The winner was claimed.

Tao Town Plate of 501., for three ;;;:oid. ; colts, Bst
71b ; fillies, Bst 31b. B.M. (7 fur. 196 yds.)
Duke of Bedford's Paros (S. Roger!) Walked over.

LATEST B.
. .
LIVERPOOL' MP.
3to 1 asst Shoreham (taken)
9 to 2a2 t Cock Pheasant (taken)
sto 1 ag3t, Bianca (taken)
GOODWOOD STAKES.
18 to 1 agst Epaminonda, (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.

FiorHa,
Goldfinch

Three ran.
Stewards' Plate.

Billy Richardson
Little Jack

Five ran.
Lottery Stakes.

Assayer
B:araey

Nine ran. Courtenay fell.
Travellers' Stakes.

Small Parcel
Chisel

Two ran.
Queen's Plate.

Rataplan

. walked over

NOTTINGHAM J
Acceptances for the Notting
miles end

ULY MEETING.
Mamshire Handicap. Two
a quarter.

Age et lb
nungerford
Ty nee 5 8 7
Hercules
St. Andrew
Le Julf (h b) a 7 4
Goorkah
Domino 4 7 0
Braxey
Arribas
Newbold
La Belle 5 6 11
Rylstone

Age st lb
Miss Allen 4 6 8
The Herald
St. Clare 4 6 4
Rotherham
Anthracite 3 5 6
Prince Plausible 3 5 5
Siding
Lucy Lockit, by
Collingwood
Lucy Banks
Neoptolemus 3 4 10

Aoceptances for the Chesterfield Handicap. One mile
and a half. The highest weight accepting being Bst,
it has been raised to Sst 71b, and the others remaining
in in proportion.

Age st lb
Vindex
Eulogist 5 7 12
Domino 4 7 10
Orson 4 7 8
Newbold
Miss Allen 4 7 3
Rylstone

Age at lb
Herald
Rotherham
Ida
Siding
Evangeline
Lily

EXTRACT OF- A LETTER FROM AN
OFFWER: 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 18th. 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 18th, for the Russians
might not have withstood the onset of such a host ; but
wh;:a they saw driblets of only 400 coming here and
there and straight at their strongest 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 hold 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 lersve. I wish to goodness I
could get clear of the business too.

CHARGE OF ROBBING A DEAD BODY.-0n Wednesday,
at the Bucks Quarter Sessions, Mr. Thomas Tibbetts, of
Buckin,l-:am, 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 borne 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 beeq 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
1 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 33
feet of the bridge. The casting of the ribs is in progress,
and the wrought-iron segments forming the central parts
of the ribs are being made at Mr. Mare's premises at
Black wall. A total delay of two months is attribincipal
*to the late severe winter ; beyond this, the p
causes of delay have been the difficulty
of sufficient
experiencedr by
the contractor in obtaining bearing piles_
of the ground in
iron piles and plates ; the loose st
of driving'-
length and scantling ; secondly, in the driving of the
the Surrey abutment, and the expediency
.th e piers,
ad-
ditional piles over the area
c ent owing to the substratum not affording
th
resist-
ance. The difficulties which ,
were—firstly,
cuiselves in
the construction of a bridge"wofthe oldere—firstly, those
tofafford_ing excavationeufain_ I
caused by the foundation
filiz.„,wefidttiihe.sreedquiftlt
furies tnhaeviegnagtiinoenerhaiss
se-
condly, the necessity for providing sufficient water way
under both bridges for navigating the river. In sur-
ncnoovugnotninggagele.
to_th . satisfa:;tion of the water bailiff,
oeslimngatetothvearious
dbeereinutaeldrebnygedthe Navigation Committee of the port of
ri.London.
to
:-1..,131/120r, IS6 8.
awl. Completion causes,
o theit wouldbrjd bridge
e not
before b e