The Sun.
London, England, 1852-05-08 00:00:00

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''SPIIITING INTELLIGENC.g.,
"1:7 CHESTER RACES.—FRIDAY.
The Cheshire Stakes (Handicap), of 15 sovs. each, 10, tt,
and 5 only, if declared, with 60 added. A winner of any,'
handicap race after the publication of the weights, ' to
carry' extra weight; the second to save his stake, and the
winner to pay 10 sovs. to the fund. From the Castle Pole,
once round, and in. (22 Subs., 10 of whom declarecl4 s
Mr. Osbaldeston's Mountain Deer, 4 yrs, Bst 41b ...(Hiett
Mr. Saxon's Black Doctor, 4 yrs, 7st (J. Osh6rne 2
Lord Waterford's The Marquis ~4 yrs, Tat 41b (D. Doyle 3
Betting-6 to 4 agst Black 'Doctor, 6to 5 apt Moulatairi
Deer. Wonby a neck; the Marquis a 'bad third..' Ran 44
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2 min.'36 secs. - ,
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The Wirral Stakes of 10 save. each,- h ft, With 30 added,'
for two and three yrs olds ; two yra old bolts, 7st ; fillies,
Ost 11lb; three yrs old colts, 9st; fillies, 84,11/1) suasion. '
' at starting, allowed 31b. T.Y.C. (5 Subs:,) . ~a,_ ....
Mr. Taylor's Maid of Avon f, 2 yrs... (Arnold) walked over..
Fifth Year of the Cestrian Stakes of 10 sovs. each, with AU
added, for three yrs old, colts, Bst 61b ; fillies and geldings,
Bst 31b ; the winner to pay 10 cove. to the fund. One mile
and 'three quarters. (12 Subs ) ,
Mr. Thompson's Lily b c, Bst 6lb (Wilberfordb) walked over,
A Handicap Stakes Of 5 soya, each, with 50 added; the win-
ner to pay 5 sovs. to the judge; the winner of the Cheshire
Stakes or Grand Stand Plate (if run previously), 101 b
extra; the second in either, 51b extra. Seven furlongs.
(15 Subs.)
Mr. E. Pssrr's Sanita, 3 yrs, Est 91b (Hiett) . I
Mr. Bleiklanga.Eyadne, 3 yrs, sst 31b .. ...... ...(Aldcroft) 2
Lord W ford's Lancaster, S yrs, 7st 21b (D. Doyle) 3
Mr. J. oorne's Puritan, 3 yrs, Est 91b ...... ...(Wells) 4
Mr. T pson's Aegean, 5 yrs, Bst 4lb (Wilberforce) 0
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Mr. H greave's Oshaldeston, 5 yrs, Bst 21b ...(Denman) 0
Mr. Dcwson's Galvanism, 3 yrs, 6st 121 b ..(Arnold) 0
Mr. W. Moseley's Sir Charles Napier, 6st 61b (Sherwood) 0
Sir C. Ruehout's Flounce, 3 yrs (Rickards) 0
Betting-5 to 2 agst Evadne, sto 2 agst Flounce, and sto
1 agst Sanita. Won by a neck, a length between second and
third; Puritan a bad fourth. Ran in 1 min. 23 secs.
The Ladies' Purse, value 50/. ; for three yrs old, Bst; four,
9st bib; five, lOst; six and aged, lOst 21b; mares and
geldings allowed 31b; winners extra; the winner to be
sold for 250 sovs., and allowances if to be sold for less.
The winner to be sold by auction immediately alter the
race, and any surplus to go to the fgad. Once round and
4 distance.
Mr. Talbot's Emerystone, 3 yrs, 6st 81b (501.) (Aldcrofi) I
Laid Chesterfield's Jemima filly, 3 yrs, Est 51b (504) ... 2
.Mr. W. Stebling's Young Hawthorn, 3 yrs, (50/) ........ 3
Mr. J. Alfred's Le Belward, 3 yrs, fist 51b (800 (10ewap) 14
Betting-7 to 4, agst Jemima filly, 2to 1 agat Young -
Hawthorn, and 2to 1 agst Emerystone. Won easily by a
neck, Young Hawthorn a is oast third, Le Belward beaten off.
The race teas not timed. ' .
' • The-Eaton Stakes of 10 soya. each, h ft, With 30fi added, for
three 312-01 d. 7st 21b,' and four, Bst.l2lh ; .fillies And geld- ings allowed 41b, and maidens at the time of naming 81b;
winners extra. Grosvenor Course. (6 Subs.)
Lord Caledon's Kiteflyer, 3 yrs, Est 131b...(T. Sherwood) 1
Mr. Saxon's Black Doctor, 4 yrs, Bst 121 b... (J. Osborne) 2
Betting-6 and 7t04 on Kiteilyer, who won cleverly-by a
head. Hun in 2 min. 55 aces. '
The Grand Stand Cup of 100 sovs., added to a handicap_
sweepstakes of 10 sovs. each ; the second to receive 20
sovs. out of the stake, and the winner to pay 10 to-
wards expenses and 6 sovs. to the judge-. - OncryrsOund
and a dis. (13 Subs.)
Mr. J. Osborne's Lady Agnes, 3 yrs, sst 101 h (Carroll) 1
Lard Waterford's Dnc-an-Dhurras, aged, 7st 1.61 b (car-
ried 7st 121 b) ... ......
....... (J. Doyle) 2
Mr. Dawson na Jenny Whent, sst 1011 s ...(Waddington) 3
Mr. Holdforth's Wilmot, 5 yrs, Est 81b ...........(Cowap 4
Mr. Mangan's Russborougb, 4 yrs, Bst 101 b (E. lieegan 0
Mr. Dawson's Italian, 5 yrs, 7st 101 b ... .. .. .. ..... .(Lye) 0
Lord Chesterfield's Gladiole, 5 yrs, 7st 21b ...(Charlton 0
Mr. Spencer's Benita, 3 yrs, sst 61b (Well 0
Mr. E. Buckley's Royal George, 3 yrs, sst 21b (Aahmall 0
Betting- 5 to 4 agst Benita, sto 1 each agat Duc-an-
Dhurras and Gladiole, 8 to 1 agst Russborough, and 10 to 1
agst Lady Agnes. The race was not timed.
Handicap of 5 sovs. each, and 50 added, the second to re-
ceive 20/. out of the stakes. T.Y.C. (8 Subs.)
Lord Chesterfield's Humphrey, 5 yrs, 7st 51b (Wells) 1
Lord Waterford's Sharavogue, 3 yrs, Est 121 b (Doyle) 2
Mr. Talbot's Emerystone, 3 yrs, 6st 121 b (Charlton) 3
Mr. Mangan's Tancred, 4 yrs, Bst (J. Arnold) 4
Mr. Shirley's Miss Fanny, 4 yrs, Bst llb (W. Sharpe) 0
Mr. R. Martin's The Niece, 4 yrs, 7st 51b... (Cowap) 0
Betting-5 to 2 agst Sharavogue, and 3to 1 agst Hum-
phrey. The non-favourite made all the running, and won
by a length and a half easily.
In concluding our report of this brilliant meeting, we
ought not to omit to offer a tribute of praise to the clerk of
the course and his assistants. The course was admirably
kept, and time was observed with a punctuality worthy of
Newmarket. The weak point in the management was the
starting, which, in the Cup and two or three other races,
was the subject of very general complaint. The receipts
at the Grand Stand amounted in the gross to 2,398:. 4,5.
showing a large excess over last year; the proprietors have,
in consequence, determined to contribute an additional
100/. to the Spring Meeting next year (making the amount
8002.), and to make several improvements in the Grand
Stand and the approaches to it.

COURT CIRCULAR.
The Queen and his Royal Highness Prince Albert took a
drive in an open carriage and four yesterday. The Equer-
ries in Waiting, Lord Charles Fitzroy and Lieutenant-Colonel
the Hon. A. Gordon, attended on horseback.
Her Majesty and his Royal Highness Prince Albert, aft-
tended by the Countess of Charlemont, the Hon. Mary Sey-
mour, Lord Polwarth, Lord Charles Fitzroy, and Lieutenant
Colonel the Hon. A. Gordon, honoured the performance of
the French Plays with their presence last evening.
His Royal Highness Prince Albert, attended by Colonel
the Hon. C. B. Phipps, presided yesterday morning, at the
Council for the Management of the Duchy of Cornwall, at
the Duchy-office, Somerset House.

Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales and Prince
Alfred visited her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent
yesterday, at Clarence House, St. James's.
The Tyrolese singers bad the honour of attending, by
command of her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, at
Clarence House on Thursday evening, and singing before
their, yoyal Highnesses the Duchess of Kent, the Dachess of
Cambridge, and the Princess Mary, a number of their most
beautiful national melodies, which were executed with such
escellence as to obtain the marked approbation of the royal
party.
Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Bent visited her
Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester yesterday, at
Gloucester House.

Mr. Horsman, 111. P., had an interview with Mr. Secretary
Walpole yesterday at the Home-office. Mr. Packe, M.P.,
Lad also an interview with the Right Hon. Secretary.
A deputation from the London Necropolis and National
Mausoleum Company had an interview with Lord John
Manners yesterday, at the office of Public Worke and Build-
ings, in Whitehall-place.
Colonel Mundy, of Sydney, and Mr. Rose, from British
Guiana, had interviews yesterday with Sir John Pakington
at the Colonial-office.
Mr. Masterman, M.P., had an interview with Mr. Secre-
tary Walpole yesterday at the Home-office.
A deputation including Sir Lucius O'Brien, M.P., Sir R.
Ferguson, M.P., Mr. French, M.P., and Mr. Tenison, M.P.,
had an interview with the Earl of Derby yesterday at his
official residence in Downing street.
Dispatches were received at the Colonial-office from the
Governor of the Gambia yesterday. Dispatches were sent
yesterday to the Governor of Canada.
The Finance Committee cf the Royal Commission for the
Exhibition of 1851 had a meeting yesterday at the Palace of
Westminster. 'Present: Earl Granville (chairman), Sir
Alexander Spearman, Sir William Cubitt, Mr. T. F. Gibson,
and Mr. Edgar Bowring (secretary). Captain Owen and.
Mr. Dilke were in attendance.

ARRIVAL OF THE MEG2ERA AT THE
CAPE.

The :nag:era has at length arrived at the Cape with Le
division of the Rifle brigade which had been embarked at
Dover. The most painful anxiety appears to have been lk)it
at Cape-town as well as in England as to the fate of this
steamer and its luckless crew and passengers. The circuna_
stances of the case more than justified these apprehensions,
The Meg/era actually took 76 days in her outward pa az
that is to say, one day less than eleven weeks. Nsi e--
or n this
instance is it competent to the partisans of the Admiralty is
,contend that the enormous disproportion between this rate of
steaming as compared with that of the merchant steamers la'
referable to any particular regulations
crew lac and the soldierstions of the service which enforce economy of coal. The
the last part of
were actually placed on half rations d
the voyage. This circumstance affordlisrinabgundant proof that
with the duty of victual-
the persons who were charged
ling the ship never contemplatedNvti he probability of so pro;.
tracted a passage. But, in truth, such an argument, if it
at all serves one departmentrioefraedministration, entirely cuts
up the credit of another.
and calamitous character is a war of a most virulent
raging at the Cape. It is of the
utmost importance that reinforcements should be conveyed
with as little delay as possible to the scene of action. Go-
vernment transports are not unnaturally selected as the most
competent to the discharge of the duty. So far is expoc-
tation baffled by theLesult that had the troops destined for
service against the firs been intrusted to the very worst
description of Merchantmen which has sailed from the
shores of Eng land for some weeks after the Governmeat
steamer
enpgilt
town l btoeforseea, herthey would have reached cclipper
aps-
will heave up her anchorarriva and spralilythera, sails at
Hong-Kong and reach England is eighty-seven lays, and
here has this Government
N-essel steamed away for seventy-
seven days between Plymouth and the Cape I The average
passage of an ordinary merchantman—impelled only by
sails—is but six weeks for the same distance--that is to
say, little more than half the time occupied by the Govern-
merit steamer in accomplishing the feat. The steamer Har-
binger, which has brought us home the blessed intelligence
of the Alegscra's arrival at Cape-town, took but thirty.
seven days for her homeward passage. She was impeded
by head winds. The. Bosphorus arrived recently in Eng.
land, having accomplished the homeward passage in thirty.
three days. Compare these runs with the performances of the
Megmra. The passage of the Hydra was execrable enough, but
it is absolute speed as compared with that of the filegamsa. In
49 days the Hydra accomplished the passage—that is to say,
she took about a fortnight longer than was necessary. What
comment can we add which should give additional fore. to
the obvious inference to be derived from these simple
figures?
It is merely idle to contend that the protracted run of this
or that ship is owing to a series of unavoidable accidents.
Accidents will occur even to that particular vessel which
may be carrying out the reinforcements on which the event
car
of a war may depend. Accidents, however, which oe
..
we
mig
every day are no longer entitled to that name. As ale'
ht we speak of tof he rising or setting
sun as e
a fortunate accident. The failures .
of th
et
Admiralty steamers are made scraper, übique, air
gaged upon
omnibus. No matter whether the ship may
be
engaged
en ti to the
trial cruise at the Nore or in conveying a regi. .
.___ort.
a is of the last imP
spy at which its immediate presence
me disappointments,
au*, we invariably meet with the
ssaiVe speak advisedly,
and are exposed to the same anxietie .
ainst the administra-
and with no wish to point a phrase ng
i be
tors of the navy, when we say that nts the public
f.it should
to the Cape, necessary
to send out any fresh reinforcements
would rather hear that they had been embarked on board au,
of the Government steam
than in any
ordinary merchantman
ships. NVe should have
a moderate degree of certainty that
.
i port f destination within a rea-
sonable.d arrive at tawo
__
they woul
However, the Illegxra and Hydra are not
time.
burnt or sunk, thoug _
h the former was several times a
tarved to death thou
on re,
and the soldiers are not s , ough they were
- on half allowance There is some comfort ' for some time in
such strange goOd fortune.—Tinies.

a NEW PLANET.—A gentleman bearing
ANOTBE
ourable name of Luther, director of the observatory
at theßhillne, near Dusseldorf, has discovered a new planet in that
ualifornia of astronomers, the space between Mare and Ju-
piter. The new orb appears like a star of the eleventh mag-
nitude; it was discovered April 17, at 38 min. past 10, r• 31.•
Bille mean time, in 180 degs. of right ascension, and 8 degs'
of north declination.