The Sun.
London, England, 1855-08-17 00:00:00

LUDLOW RACES-THITESDAY.

The Oakley Park Stakes of 5 sous. eacb, with 25 added,
for 2-yr-olds ; colts, Bst 71b ; fillies, Bst 41b ; certain
penalties and allowances ; the second to save his
stake. Three-quarters of a mile. (10 subs.)
Mr. Wilkinson's b f by Flatcatcher—Skilful, Bst 41b
(T. Cliff) 1
Mr. Copeland's The Lune, Bst 71b (in. 31b ex.) (Knott) 2
Betting-3 and 4tol on The Lune. Won easily by
two lengths.
The Powlett Stakes of 3 sovs, each, with 30 added ;
3-yr-olds, Bst 51b ; four, 9st 81b ; five, lOst ' • six and
aged, lOst 31b ; mares and geldings allowed 51b ; the
second to save his stake ; the winner to be sold for
801.; allowances if entered to be sold for less ; maiden
3-yr-olds allowed 31b, four and upwards, 71b. One
mile. (3 subs.)
Mr. Flintoff's Whalebone, by Heron, 5 yrs (400, 84t
71b (W. White) 1
Mr. Moseley's Romeo, 5 yrs (401.), Bst 21b...(T. Cliff) 2
Betting-3 to lon Whalebone, who won by half a
length.
The Ludlow Stakes (Handicap), of 10 soya each, 3 ft,
if declared, &c., with 50 added by the Hon. Percy Her-
bert, M.P.; the second to save his stake. Certain penal-
ties. Two miles and a quarter. (21 subs., Bof whom pay
3 soya each.) The highest weight accepting being Bst, it
was raised to Bst 71b, and the others remaining in pro-
portion.
Mr. J. Davies's Titterstone by Greatheart, aged, bat
101 b (T. Cliff) 1
Mr. Treen's Imogene, 3 yrs, sst 131 b (including 61b
extra) (Salter) 2
Mr. Palmer's Lurley, 4 yrs, 6st 81b (J. Walters) 3
Mr. Pell's Polestar, 3 yrs, sst 71b (Stagg) 4
Mr. Longmore's Brinklow, 3 yrs, Sat 1 llb (Bray) 5
Betting—filth 4 on Imogene, 3 to 1 each agat Lurley
and Titterstone. Won by half a length ; a bead between
second and third ' • very bad fourth.
The Bromfield Handicap of 3 sous each, with 30
added, for 3-yr-olds and upwards. A. winner of any race
after the declaration of the weights, 71b extra. The
winner to be sold for BR ; the second to save his stake.
Five furlongs. (6 subs.)
Mr. Samwell's Usurer, by Flatcatcher, 3 yrs, sst 121 b 1
Mr. Griffiths' The Cripple, 4 yrs, 7st 4lb
Mr. J. FlintofFs Timotbeus, aged, Est 101 b 3
Mr. Stone's Scarecrow, 6 yrs, 7st 4
Mr. J. Davies's Gaylad, aged, Bst 71b
Won by a neck.

The Herbert Plate of 2 sovs each, with 25 added, for
horses that had never won 501., for 3-yr-olds and up-
wards. Certain penalties and allowances. The winner
to be sold for 1501., &c. One mile. Heats. Only
the winner of the first and second heats allowed to
start for the third. (3 subs.)
Mr. Jones's The Weasel, 5 yrs, (401.), Bat 131 b ... 1 1
Mr. Minton's Garland (11 b) aged (401.), Bst 101 b... 2
Mr. Weyman's Brompton (h b), 4 yrs (401.), 7st 91b 3
First heat won easily. second heat, Weasel walked over.

ABINGDON R.
Weights for the Berkshire
feits to be declared o:

ACES—AuG. 28.
Stakes. Two miles. For-
on or before Aug. 21.
Age st lb
Imogene 3 6 13
Jenny Wreu 4 6 13
Incubus 4 6 13
Wantage
The Cropper
*Venison
Vulcan
Diana 4 6 0
Maybe), 3 5 7
Piccadilly
The Despised 3 5 1
tlerculea

Age st lb
Rataplan 5 10 7
Mortimer
Domino „ 4 8 6
B. to Grey Tommy 5 8 5
'Speed the Plough 4 8 5
ltobgill
Ethelvvolf ...... 6 8 0
Hercules.
Florist
Le Juif
Jack Leeming
Octavia
Noisette 5 7 1
* This horse having been
ledge of its owner will be st
scribed, unless specially ordi

entered without the know.
truck out by the time pre.
ered to remain in.

WARWICK SEPTEMB:
Acceiitanoes for the Leami
course. (70 subs., 38 of

ER MEETING—SEPT, 4.
Lngton Stakes. Two mile
E whom pay 5 80Vt each.)

Age st lb
Rataplan
Early Bird 4 8 2
Little Harry 6 8 0
Nabob
Kingof Trumps 6 7. 7
G oorka..h
Pa.ntotnime - 6 12
Indian Warrior 6 6.11
Le Juif
Little Davie 6 6 9
Lerrywheut
Amalgamation
La Belle
Mishap
Weathereook, 4 6 4
New Warrior
'Kaffir 4 6 3
Gamekeeper
Newbold ..., 4 6 0
St. 4 5' 13
Blossom 4 5 13
Surgeon-General 5 121

Age st lb
Diana 4 5 12
lanthe
Gamerad. 4 5 11
Escape
Sultan (by Cres-
cent)
The Chicken 3 5 9
Dame Judith 3 5 8
Homily
Instructress
The Jolly Marine
(late Sailor)
Shoreham
Imogene 3 5 0
The Earl 3 4 11
Cock of the North 3 4 11
Cossey
Lady Rachel 3 4 9
Lily • 3 4 8
Brinklow
The Butler ... 3 "4' 8

, ST.A.TE of TRADE.---MANCHESTER, Aug. 16.—There is'
.tmuderate business doing in cloth, where sellers are not
'oel7sed to insist-upon a full advance 'commensurate with
,I.t! rise upon the raw material. Manufactures are much
'"..e_sat4,B:sd
.that the speculative feeling at I.4ivrpool
that, they are
-.i7..5.
tntep in to deprive them of the prospects they had
irat;)lveci;leaabusiness for India, which any attempt at
,vices; while-a • amounts to, seeing that the recent ad-
"sopght ellin Trainf
the prices Peatat peaking'
of large' sales at Calcutta, report
is mm
with a depression in value. The
offers making
to sellers were mostly under
Spinners were alo-ve tles
ay, and hence a limited trade.
those who had pressiorg-Y-firr in asking an advance, and
it ; but buyers !united '.
their`'
Were obliged to concede
immediate requirements: el!. purchases a good deal to
At a meeting of the Efifilb ~,,,), Town Connell on
o
Tuesday, a letter was read fr
ro'"
v.
effect that the state of his healtli rofessor Alison to the
to be relieved from the chair of :3a palled him to ask
the University, and expressing-his great:2.l Medicine in
proposal made by Bailie Morrison to a nl. sense of the
ritus Professor, and to' recommend thePreinatt%lnA Erna e-
micas to make him a retiring allowance. null- --e4"e"
Wail tin
nirnously agreed to accept of Dr. Alison's_ resignation'
expressipg their sympathy and regret on the occasior,
to appoint him Emeritus Professor, and to remit to the
College committee to bring the recommendation 'as. to
the retiring allowance -nndet*the. notice of the Sepattia'
Academicnc• It was slsO agreed to fill up the vacancy
in the chalr'of Mdicine on the first Tuesday of October
—the vacancy to; be' advertised as is usual. In his letter
of resignation, Professor Alison says that the attack of
his complaint by which he was confined to the hobse all
last week was the most, severe of any .he has hiffered
during. the last eight. y4tii •• • ' -' . "'' . : ''
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