The Sun.
London, England, 1855-04-09 00:00:00

SPORTING NOTES.

SCRAPS FROM NEWMARKET:-
The aspect of affair') it !head-quarters is.nat very chee -
ing. The "special," which left liondon at halftp,st bn ,
arrived here • algrut foge o'clock,- conveying pnly Fa cp •
i l
paratively few turfites. —Not—half-a-doze ge lem
sportsmen werd in 06 train. No -bustle, no ctivi
prevails ; noshing to mark the adveiit'afa bsy etiol
A duller "raven" Sunday my remembr nce
parallel ; the different inns and hotels art •de'
guestz, and time hangs heavily on the hands i:.f ext
waiters and landlords. The long straggling stl
deserted, even , the usual group of idlers is ndt to .
seen at Bailey's corner. A cold, boisterous wiiid, inp
deed, confines:people to their homes ; heavy laden, lurid
clouds are gathering ominously, and altogether tlie.weii-
ther has a dkeary, winterly aspect. 1:- 1
The reporied " bolting" of the Hon. F. V.; oni Of the
stewards of the Jockey Club, and well knownimitlie
turf for the Infruence which he exercised °Twit that bbd4,
and his connection with a certain nOhlenian‘e* stud in
training at Newmarket, is the engrossing topic of con-
versation. His defalcations are talked about freely, Oil
they are alleged to be of a seemingly :fabulous' eiten.
A northern ;nobleman is said to have claims upon him to
the extent df many thousands, whilst the owner arc -
tain provincial favourites now in the betting finds hi -
self in the unenviable character of a, creditor to near
a similar arnhunt. There are other rumnurs,l which, f r
Pe -
obvious reaspns, I cannot at present refer to.; "'The
kinses, the Redgraves, and others surely keep nob e
company, but this was the unkindest " cut" Of all,
Rambling Katie arrived this morning, and liek-fir

cairn,
-aid

lreet is

slapping appearance has tended somewhat to, ri•eio
that prejudice which was so unequivocally, !eviric
against her 'esterday. Indeed many persons seem at
loss to discover the origin of the opposition which s
has recently encountered. Their, opinion is,. that s
will net only run for the Column Stakes, but that's
will win. Little Bonnie Morn has not apparent'y gro
an inch since last year. Acrobat seems in capital fettl
and he will be the only formidable competitor that t
Findon Flyer; Virago, will meet for the Port Staked.

The demonstration made against St. Hubert

Saturday is not a little perplexing. So far as the Tt
Thousand is concerned it possesses, in my opinion,
ominous significance. Some "stir" has, it is reports ,
been made in his stable, and certain parties have be*
" warned" out .of the establishment. The exercise grow
is closely watched by troops of touts, who are detect
in all manner of curious positions, which they assn e
to avoid discovery. St. Hubert is, however, we I
guarded, and two policemen are constantly on dut .
Among the Newmarket folk Polydore is much fancied.
f
Having loosely thrown together the gossip of the
town, I will redeem my promise by briefly referring to the
principal events appointed for decision.
The field far the Newmarket Handicap will, perhaps,
be numerically insignificant. Quince maintains the
position of leading favourite, but, although I acknow-
ledge his title to support is sound, yet I am disinclined
to be numbered among his staunch adherents; The
, inner will; its my opinion, be either Dr. O'Toole or
Crow. Pigeon. The latter has been recently tried and
not Eniid wanting. Still rumours are circulated of his
owner having been prestalled in the market. and that a
probability exists that he will be "scratched." Of their
truth lam at present unable to judge. Were I com-
pelled to "stand on", one horse only, I should unhesi-
tatingly make election in favour of
DR. O'TOOLE.

GRATUITIES ,TO WOUNDED -OFFICERS.
(From the, Times of Saturday.)
If it man were asked to Sell in cold blood any one
his limbs—either eye or both eyes—both hands or bo
feet-..0r to-consent to the introduction into any porti i
of his frame of a regulation musket-ball or leaden co e
devised upon the Minie principle, in return for a certa n
amount of money, at what figure would he agree o
deal I We may be singular in our views, but we shou d
mosteekainly decline the transaction -altogetherna ,
would rather step out of a Brougham on to the mo t
deserted spot of Salisbury Plain, in the simplest fur
of ect4con which could be devised, danuded of all preselit
proparty or obvious expectations, than"consent to ariy
such , mutilation. The feeling is, we believe, a general
one, ;, so that there are great difficulties in the way
of procuring any such estimate as the one sug-
gested. The gentlemen of the. W-•r-office, however,
meet us half way. They have just furnished is
with a return which, it not all that a fastidiol-
curioasity • might desire, at least informs' us of the
scale of remuneration for bodily i,juries which bly
authority" is considered sufficient. Or course, there is
a wide difference between the estimate which an nitwit
man would set upon his limbs and body- before inutile,-
. tion, and the calculations of official gentlemen as to tile
peciiniary set-off due to our wounded officers for the
injuries they may have sustained in the course of their
'services. SWI, let ,ns make the most of what we hale
got. If Such a queStlon were fairly dealt with, we migllt
be able to arrive ai.sonie idea of our awn value by addidg
t!bge"ther the amount -of compensation, awarded for tile
loss or destruction of the various portions of the Ihuatan
body. The return before us, which has just been printed,
protessesto give the names of offieers•whoharereceiveda
gratinty,for wounds in the Crimea, stating the-amount 6f
each gratuity as well as the nature of each wound, arid
' eta,ssifyirti ttiem iiiobrding to their 'ehatnetWraellig-ht,
severe,dttelangertins.- -This- dist, of -wounded officers is
one whieir cannot Lie -read without the deepest- 'l4Yra-
`' gathf and' ertiotion throughout-the conritrY;" It' repre-
sents an imatineorstrfferitig, and, we 'fear; or fainily
-, - ,tdistrels, of which it is impOssibie to think without the
,1:15:•t heartf4CcOmmieeration.. Passing .t.i.eni this to the
mere queition of business, it appears to ,its that great
injustice is done ,by the_rule.which makes the amount
of compeimation awarded .depend in_ great .measure on
the rank in thejtervice hgd by the Wutitidicl ina,n, In
Z-Vei
.of iztaire - injury the'afimunt -9f gritiiity-'iti;." we be-
lieve, considered to be a year's priY—fit).'tlailit-Prestitiring
a Lieutenant• Colonel and-an- Ensign to receive each a
wound precisely similar in charaotek-i'tleisuPerior officer
K *mkt reeei ye fo der ti oiesrt he amount of,grateity-a warded
I 4.0' the anbiltern. ': The priacipl4 tiftliissoiitttaliriVitious
.ifoa-,matty'obvious' considerations i which will suggest
themselves at once-to-the mind of"the'reader -7 tut 'were
1 there no other, 'lt vfreald. intffielei,that, by a rule of the
servfce,s` An officer. ,who, iii clinsequence of his wound,
kP.B lost st-ilitily..!ir -4, 'e,.y.., iir Whoes flidliri.lit action
ih qovid tcPU ifyl*qii-al, to Oa Oiis_kri '4,144b,,,i*i1l
r*ecehve;,lll adaitiitiiiVe gra4iity, i.g`eapin'accOrding
...
~,
~. pension cemaieniiieg.ene
to his r;iire'-iiicli--"' ' •.
POLYTECHNIC .INSTItUIVIN
_____,...___... 7 • : ' .
The director,of thisinstitutikon invited a large party te
Year.olier the
wound
was received, aLpreseribed in her kajestY's war• be present on Saturday evening at a private view of
rant of the Ist of July, 1848," -;It rank is to tell in the " Sam Slick's Musical and. D ioramitt-Entertehiment,"
, case, athe officer who has heen disabled in his country'e the
the and
which is to cheer eyes
'''ser,Vies';:igia,shffladiat that4t-ellel'affec„liii- ..iiniof
novelty
• ,
Pita him. diotededi .Surely, 'the .airgeoni,fa"the-a ears of the Easter holiday-makvrs.. The nature of the
P°-
entertainment -
is similar to that presented to the pub-
thecary a bill, the charge for Milling fn the sense
of, tha.wordel-it • may. be,' • for:change -of climate, arelas lie some
_years back at the Egy ptiei Hall, where the
considerable to the poOrdatl;wha.bas earned the, cotours scenery of the Missisiippi was exibited to the spectator
.olhis regiment as to the coinraanginF. officer who may on what seemed an almost intermlimble length of painted
have led it into action. Tee-yea verY inotrified example
th !exhibit r theprogress of the
canvas, e o aceompanyim g
of what we mean—in the list before us we find the name
of a lieatenant, who receives 1,331.74 A. Sd.,fbr the loss of moving panorama with descriptioas of the localities te-
anarm; another of an Ensign; who has but 95/.165. 3d. presented. • • foiestlie-loss4ef at.legg *hit* elecesseilly in‘
v-p
Olies retire. Mr. Paul, who painted the movinariora ima alluded
0,
mntebonntttatirvice,--.• The szll'sum 'named Will cer- to, iA the
'tai
.help artist in the present case- • lie 1a nhquen r
ialy iicih" Alaiii . brave pi*, kneign,Nothby, of the b. tof illustration first th route b ackeifr m
su jec,, a- yip a
ttio,..9s.ttlitaeoNrotit ,uf the'deetet-'s hands '. for;
.by the
. • - •
England to America; and afterwards the prinPipal pities
arrdy a ministration'of this' codiatry,gnglieli. Officei-' s.are
'fiert '4it -ti .6
left to shift for themselves when' ties fiord the 11-aadg be of the Union. Judging from the, el jr, hi h
the regimental surgeoii:774iey find no military hospital he has repreiented Liverpool, we ,should,. be nclinied
.
ready, fur. their rec,eption: on their return until their
• Poti t eac lu-
ShatteeMVetN gosTote4,o74ttr;i ,41.44,,„2 ~. • to pronoubce l' most favourable judg mentn . q SiViriltsub" 6l etadi. 'r 7 9., qt must
.11.° 4 Pr/4 ../.1 e kadr bear' their racy of the.defineatiOns, which are ditremely well de-
f..
6,ivn w0rg0,...;,,0,, rillacti4he fikgfei, far.thoee.who a euted, and brought out in. the most effective iinatiner, by
'neve ample meamai theirruontinandy-and,such,' Wei trum ?T the means of admirable dierainig...contrivancea. The
;%iii,t,4l4.Ceseet Zneirtißooehise,r,g whatit,,ita, wikothi', ' beauty of the , paintings, we may observe;-_waa acknow-
but his name and his misfortuatal.,,Slionidaelai bth g ledged unanimously by the apecta-torer---Starting from
•niese; 161-!bibli viiitioebdd itairetdoforblie In hat Attie' f - Liverpool,0 the paeket ship which 'contains Mr. Sam Slick
rifteAscervtice avolitertalihbat itten tied isiolpeAt Kri4A and the passengers proceeds on ite jbutney vacrota the
r'?friiiint hiliive/f 'ftrkielhei likeipey ViigfiliZA iiirAlctii, ; Atlantic. Among the passe-nevi..lS a,,cOOkn'e_Y, who is
okliis cutillicislOti:*;-,Tiaii icgicilosion 'must to disposed f I introduced for the especial purpose of Refrig:n4irtified b Y
suniorarillr,.'arid-liilt will be itlielittl.g all, -0,10" f %eller the clockmaker.
.Bal4 imppovert..fila AppOrtunities by
a talliiig market. -* - '-' -"" ' ' - ' t•-...-ipouring into - - •
Ole ear of the astenished-Lendonata torrent
izi of the • •
It may, perhaps, add.a_certain degree of exadtne a most excruciatieg,,Yankee.yares.. ;The 'passage
to these remarks if wear:fete a few examples from t e across is not totally .devoid of;•inteveeti The lecturer
list befizre us.,, ,The offizert-who appear!! to .have) e diverges a little out of the path te•abow'tie the vpi4eck iof
dr
most Ma. !treated by AiiiheaeroxislpoPr
.Bir,:iilans Tro - the
aGreatecßritain in Dundrum Bay, Micti-tdinarrate sun-
-41.i41077a ;lane that,atanvie high.ii thArnartialvecords f yn. with varibus
t connected
.with the
,tnilainitjr: A ship pn ,Greak Britain.. This brave gent4emao, tthen, waif tarn fire, wit varibus dridianuc' effects 'll- alid made ' sub-
ject of interest. It •eb r ' 1 -
I 391 b shot, and wounded so severely that amputee _ _ . .
_e gsdiversify thetaorioton of the
..)y a • t voyage, and the a pectator arrives, in at
tion of the right leg and of left foot wascongdereil
Boston, without Iv • felt • imagination,
d a cripple for life and is e 4. • tving once ennui. Then necessary. He -He is rendered _ __ .
mences the series of •• views of the principal cities of the
h 't
bedearer I
tirely cut off from all hope of that
his
ms
Union. Bostoa CI tarlestown, Philadelphia, Newyork,
to such a man than the breath of nostrils—military
. i
and Washington, Si -e amongst the number. Many of
Well, he receives for this fearful_ injury distinction. the company who laid visited America bore testimony
5341. A little higher up on the list we find the name of !to the accuracy of ti le views, which certainly are calcu-
Brigadier-General Torrens, who-- received -a - dangerous '
fated to give us a fir ;;h opinion of the beauty of Ameri-
wour•d•from a musket ball in the left side of the thorax
! can cities. The pso orama concludes with a view of the
—considered equal to the loss of a, single limb—and tor 'interior of the k [cruse of Representatives, containing
1 t4is he has 5201. 2s. 6d. IVe do not say that'the corn- jikenesses of the principal statesmen. There is every
I,'„.',la,.'at,ima awarded to General Torrens is excessive as
reason to believe, judging by the beauty of the views
80604Tu8 the nature of the injury he has received, but ,
land the fun cnntai lied in the running commentary, that
- In-e tha+ if th • A - b' ne tn 113 • '• ' '. 1 d Dioramic Entertainment"
ca,e -sr,. T., e rewarn be a reasona le o • i ,‘. Sin buidk s, ills i„ica and .
cVea;i•wiat,bge should ha,Ve been more liberally' ! will prove unusua /ly attractive. The holiday folk who
.., Another
e-e-tesiirts. -The' •tontrait May afford yet more
.strik - '
do not intend to seek amusement out of London to-day,
_Bri.gade, receivers. R 1 ttf
f'49l3'
n; Captain in the Rifle
will he well revvarded by a visit to the Polytechnic.
. the
rigtniaed, _iliezera 4otindfrorn'a' Musket bili in i
I
amputation of the_indextertunitelf, necessitated the !
of the continued
, which is but triflinK ins 'w• Y.i,r this- rnutiCation— ! LONG SUTTON.--; In , consequence
surgeon,
mentioned in this -list, and s
..er??Parison with others severe indisposition of Mr. George Parsons, , ps
as-
frotre the serViee-, Or the sate,ol' h: ' involve 'ietiternent Yarrath, who for sett ne time has been acting as his
h him.
Errol }Melia -7s, lid. - Oil the
bitte'nennnission,- "Lord , sistant, entered into terms of partnership with
d,
Hon. H. Ainesley, an Ensign. in trlita"; We'find.the ' Everything Was, toall, apPearance, satisfactorily arrange
Guards, receiving. a gratuity of butiloo/. 7:44 'usileer and a final meeting bi etween the, yispresentatives of .
of thb most ghastly wounds which-it is well (14.
for one Parsons and Mr. Yeaveith took place on Tuesday even-
receive. A musket-ball passed through his I>oosnatilVe
.to ing last. and
.dneta-lay morning the astounding in-
occasioned the loss of 23 teeth and of a part of the too and telligence soon sp read that late on Tuesday, in the pre-
Surely, if the compensation awarded to Lord Errol and
Bence of some of the f' many, Mr. Yarrath swallowed
is prussic acid, and died i neteAtly.—Stamford Mercury.

For the Tuesday's Rddlesworth I shall select Almond,
and for the :100, SO-vs. Sweeepstakes• Ab. M. High
Priest. The suTid.on under which Rambling Katie is
placed compels me to hesitate before placing implicit
confidence in her a'bility to win the Coluenti Stakes.
With a clear field and no•favont,':hirWieVetil I ex-
pect to witness her success ; albeit she :ni4jr,:be hbtly
pressed by Bonnie Morn. Should any. mistake, how-
ever, be made with reference to- the favourite, I shall
expect to see the foremost places filled by the gallant
gey and--Habena. 'Thee two Handicap Plates :may be
carried off by Flageolet and Weathercock.

Virago and -Acrobat will, perhaps,, do battle for the
Port. The race will, I anticipate, be interesting, and
the mare may not obtain a very easy victory. '
The meeting at Catterick Bridge scarcely excites suffi-
cient attention to require notice even had I time and
space at my command, r
Newmarket, April 'B, rp p.m.

A FRESH MAN.

We are authorised to Eta to that Bright Phoebus does
not accept for the Somersets hire Stakes. ,