The Sun.
London, England, 1855-07-30 00:00:00

(LEFT SITTING.)

Isaac Pinnock, sentenced to death at Northampton
Assizes for the murder of a farmer near Kettering, has
been reprieved. It is said that circumstances have
transpired to shake the belief in his sanity entertained
at the trial, and his life will consequently be spared.
CIIILD MURDER.-At an inquest before the borough
coroner of Liverpool, on Saturday, on the body of a
newly-born male child, which had been found in an ash-
pit in a low part of the town, a verdict of wilful murder,
against some person or persons unknown, was returned,
death having been found to have resulted from suffoca-
tion, in consequence of a piece of coal having been forced
down the infant's throat. s 4

Letters from the East Indies mention that Miss Cathe-
rine Hayes has departed from Calcutta for Australia,
where her popularity is described as being almost with-
out a limit, and her gains beyond all precedent.

DESTRUCTION or A FRENCH BRIG BT FlRE.—Advices
received at Lloyd's on Saturday mention the total de-
struction by fire, on Thursday, off Dover, of the Jeune
Louise (French brig), Lefieux, while on her voyage from
Rouen to London, with a cargo of turpentine and oil.
The crew were fortunately saved, and landed at Bou-
logne.
IRISH EMIGRATION.—The number of emigrants who
left Cork for the United States and the colonies, via
Liverpool, during the past seven weeks, was 4;486 ;
while in the corresponding period last year the number
was 4,388, showing an increase of PS for the present
year.
EDUCATION.—The Committee of the Privy Council on
Education have passed a minute whereby they extend to
all parts (urban as well as rural) of Great Britain, the
minute of the 2d of April, 1853, for promoting voluntary
assessments towards the expense of building schools in
rural districts. A supplementary estimate for 15,0001.
has been presented to the House of Commons to meet
the increased expenditure.

SPORTING NOT ES.

GUESSES FO[ GOODWOOD.

The programme c mtains thirty-three items, and pre-
sents a promise of sport which is likely to bo folly
realised. For the leading Handicaps the field will, per-
haps, be numerically important, while the principal
Two-year-old events are likely to attract many animals
to the starting post. The only "short-comings" which
will be displayed with respect to the number of com-
petitors will, perhaps, be with reference to the Good-
wood Stakes, and certain races for three and four-year-
olds. The betting has, down to the present time, been
marked by little activity ; the paralysing effect produced
on all turf speculation throughout the year by the war
exercieing a peculiar influence on the meeting under
notice. Still, the Stewards' Cup, which will be run for
on Tuesday, is likely to occasion what sporting men call a
good betting race. Sixty horses, of all ages, have been
handicapped for it, and many have already been
backed. The filly by Van Tromp out of Queen Mab
and Cineas are the leading favourites. Goodwood is a
popular meeting among our French Allies, who attend
it in large numbers. Their interest will be repre-
sented for this event by Monarque, a horse bred
iii France, and the winner of the P.-ix die Jockey
Club (the French Derby) at Chantilly, in May last.
For that event he beat Baroncino--the second fa•
vourite for the Goodwood Cup—very easily by
two lengths. In addition the Stewards' Cap will
be decided on the opening day, the Ham Stakes,
for which Fly-by-night, the first favourite for next
year's Derby, is engaged. The 300 Sovs. Sweepstakes,
which were won't to occasion such stirring encounters,
will be:this year comparatively barren of interest.
The most important items on Wednesday's list are
the Goodwood Stakes and the Great North and South
Biennial Stakes. On the former event speculation is
almost at a stand still. Only three horses are now
backed, Epaminondos, Quince, and Surgeon-General.
The field for this event is not likely to comprise more
than a dozen runners. A French mare, named
Hervine, who has before run in England, has arrived in
this country, it is said, to run for this stake. St. Hubert,
the sometime first favourite for last year's Derby, but
who broke down and was "scratched," will, it is ex-
pected, fulfil his engagement to-day. The " Cup" race
will, in the opinion of sporting men, be confined to two
horses. 0 niston, after a temporary depression, is again first
favourite, Baroncino, another French-bred horse, being
the only other really backed. Expectations are excited,
however, that the starters will also comprise Rataplan,
Muscovite, Neville, Andover, and Scherz, who are re-
ported under orders. The most prominent "features"
on Friday's list are the Chesterfield Cup and the Nur-
sery Stakes. Such are the leading characteristics of the
programme. I will now endeavour to determine the pro-
babilities and calculate the comparative chances.

The 300 Sovs. Sweepstakes for four-year-olds, Queen's
Plate course, seems likely to be reduced to a match be.
tween Honeysuckle and Baalbec. Both animals have
been saved and " bottled up" for it, the stake being
worth at least about 2,0001. Honeysuckle will receive
an allowance of fibs. for the difference of sex, but her
owner will not in my opinion taste the sweets of success
with her. Moderate, as he is, Ba; lb 'c I fancy will be
able to gallop the longest. The Ham Stakes will,
doubtless, be placed in the Fly-by-Night's list of achieve-
' ments. Polmeodie will perhaps obtain the barren
honours of second place. The Gratwicke Stakes may
bring out Cavalier, Chalice, Paletot, Dirk Hatteraick,
the Miss Whip filly, Ferrara, and Glenfiddich. Chalice
will, doubtless, place this stake to her owner's ac-
count. Still, she would prefer a shorter distance,
and Dirk Hatteraick may be capable of making
a race with her. Should Voivode put in
appearance for the Lavant Stakes, I shall be inclined
to place some faith in his chance. If reports, however,
have overrated his racing ability, I shall expect eith•
Spindle or Pyrrha to carry the black jaoket and orange
cap of Mr. Howard first to pass the chair. I
The handicapper for the Stewards' Plate has cer-
tainly made a most lenient estimate of the Queen Mab
filly's racing ability. If she had been merely a moderate
three-years-old he could not well have placed a lighter
impost upon her. Her weight will unquestionably
render her formidable. Cineas, too, has not been harshly
treated, and if ever he possessed a chance of winning a
large stake he could not have bad a more favourable
opportunity of fulfilling his owner's wishes than is
afforded him on the present occasion. Still, despite the
prominent positions to which these two animals have
been advanced in the betting, there are others whose
pretensions must not be overlooked. Among the top
weights Orinoco, Dervish, and Comfort may be marked
"dangerous ;" from the " middle weights" I shall select
Strutaway, Rosaline, and Duke of Lancaster as being
worthy of consideration ; and among the three-year-old.
Daffodil and Sicily are entitled to notice. Whether
Comfort or Sicily will represent Mr. Morris's interest I
am of course unable to determine. My present partiality
is, however, for the former. The lot which, in my opi.
nion, is most likely to comprise the winner comprises
Dervish, Comfort, Strutaway, Duke of Lancaster, and
Daffodil.

Opinions seem pretty well agreed respecting the nu-
merical insignificance of the field likely to contest the
Goodwood Stakes. So far as the betting affords any
criterion the race seems virtually confined to four or fire
horses. I have so recently expressed the favourable
opinion which I entertain of EPAMINONDAS, that I am
spared the trouble of recapitulating the arguments which
I adduced in support of it. To me he seems every inch a
race horse, and among the comparatively moderate ani-
mals which he will encounter he can scarcely fail—how-
ever large the field—of getting home in the foremost
flight of competitors. Ivan is another animal of proved
racing merit, and although sinister reports are circulated
respecting his staying qualities, yet I have sufficient
faith in him, and in the skill and judgment of his trainer,
not to regard his chance slightingly. SURGEON-GENE.
RAL owes his position in the betting to his very light
weight, and his reported favourable trials. It is said
that he has been tried with Mishap three or four times
at Est each, and that on each occasion he was successful.
If this rumour be founded on truth—and I have no rea-
min to discredit it—the probability of seeing Mr. Stan-
ley's colours in the van is certainly very strong. Still I
scarcely deem it possible to bring a good horse and a
bad one together within the range of "racing weight
and shall, therefore, allow my faith in Epaminondas to
remain unshaken. After his temporary depression
QUINCE has risen with increased force in the betting.
Since his performances at Epsom and Northampton, his
running has been so utterly bad that I have lost all con-
fidence in him, and do not expect that he will figure
sufficiently forward in the race on Wednesday next to
regain whatever good opinion I was once inclined to
entertain of him. Some expectations have been ex-
cited about Kingstown and Ireland's Eye, but
the absence of both these animals will not sur-
prise me. Robgill and Mortimer have been occa-
sionally mentioned with favour, but their chance
of placing the stake at Mr. Parr's credit seems somewhat
remote. I see nothing among the three-yr-olds division
with a chance, unless indeed Mr. Drinkald surprise the
ring agreeably with either KATERFELTO or LE FRIPON.
On comparing the chances carefully, I have formed the
deliberate opinion that the three most formidable competi-
tors will be Iv" EPAMINONDAS, and SURGEON-GENERAL
—and were I inclined to stand on one alone, that one
should be