The Sun.
London, England, 1852-05-28 00:00:00

MAY 28, 1852.

SPORTING. NOTES.
No. CCXXXV.
THE MANCHESTER MEETING.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

SlR,—Three days of next week, Wednesday, Thurs-
day, and Friday, are devoted to the crack sport that the
Manchester boys have got up. The bill of fare, on paper,
is a most extensive looking one; and if the racing is at
all commensurate, it will be as good a provincial meeting
as we have yet had this year.
The ball opens as usual with the Biennial Stakes of
10 sovi. each, with 50 added, for three yrs old; colts, Bst
71b; fillies, Bst 31b. One mile and a half. This race
.I
book to TROUSSEAU or MERRY BIRD. What the field
will consist of, at the present moment I do not know.
The second race on the list is that for the Produce
Stakes of 10 so's. each, h ft. with 100 added; one mile
and. a half. This stake has fifty-eight subscribers to it;
but if the odd eight nominations_ come to the post, that
will be as many as can be expected. The result will
probably terminate in favour of WOMERSLEY or PEP-
PERMINT—the former for choice. The field for this, as
well as the other stakes, I shall postpone giving till
next week. .
The Union Cup of 200 SOTS. in specie, given by the
members of the Manchester Union Club, added to a
Handicap Sweepstakes of 5 soya. each, over the mile
and a quarter course, stands forth in a flou-
rishing way, with . seventy nominations, of which
some sixteen will go to the post. -It will be
to little aooount to wade through the respective chances
of the animals engaged in this stake, and I therefore
shall draw to a conclusion at once by stating that Ox-
ford Blue, who won it, last year, has no chance of repeat-
ing the performance this time; and that those most
likely to show to advantage will be, Iris, 4 yrs, 7st 121 b;
Trickstress, 4 yrs, 7st 41b; The Italian, 5 yrs, 7st 21b;
Aaron Smith, 4 yrs, Est 81b; First Fruits, 4 yrs, Est 41b;
Deceitful, 4 yrs, 6st; and Flounce, 3 yrs, 4st 71b. If
they can manage to get THE ITALIAN along kindly
thpre is nothing to prevent his winning, but if he plays
bis usuitifrinknThel inclined ttainktfrOsciefrfter
FLOUNCE for the winner.
The Meiklam Handicap of 5 sous. each, with 50
added, over the mile course, will, in all probability, be
won by OSBALDESTON or PENANG, Withotit the Ithuriel
filly bowls them over, which is somewhat dubious.
On Thursday the racing commences with a Handicap
of 5 sous. each, with 50 added; one mile and a distance.
PROCTOR and THE CUTLER look the most like business
.—one or other being tolerably sure of carrying off the
laurels.
The Two Years-Old Stakes of 10 Boys. each, with 50
added, will probably fall to the lot of Mr. J. Osborne,
without Nestor or the Queen colt can go faster than
Lambton. Whalebone is of but little account.
The Manchester Tradesmen's Cup of 200 soya. in
specie, added to a Handicap Sweepstakes of 20 soya.
each, 15 ft, and 5 only if declared, &c., over two miles
tied a distance, will probably be contested by a field of
ten or eleven, the winner, I have but little doubt, turn-
in out to be the BLACK DOCTOR, HERBERT, or GOLD-
FINg DER, Calculator and Hippolytus reading the next best
on paper.
On Friday the only Stakes that have yet closed are
the Salford Borough Cup and the Wilton Stakes; the
latter of 10 soya. each, h ft, with 50 added; for two yrs
old, fist 91b, and three yrs, Bst 121 b, over the T.Y.C.
It will probably fall to the lot of Osborne, with his
LADY AGNES, LAMBTON, or EXACT; the sister to
Mountain Deer being a doubtful runner, and Broughton
a certain non-starter.
The Salford Borough Cup of 100 soya. in specie,
added to a Handicap of 10 soya. each, 5 ft, and 3 only
if declared, &c., a mile and a half, will probably
attract a good field to the post. Unity, at 7st, and
Aaron Smith at the same weight, are favourably handi-
capped; as also is Paquette, at 6st 121 b, and Jessica,
4st 101 b. This lot ought to furnish the first two—
neater this mark I cannot go this week.
I am, Sir, yours, &c.,
THE SPIRIT OF THE TURF.
May 28, 1852.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.
EPSOM RACES.
Yesterday was in every sense of the word an " eff
day;" the races possessed very little interest, the fields
were small, the company was thin, and the weather dull
and misty.
The Oaks betting, usually brisk on the day before
running, was fiat, the only animals backed with any
spirit being Trousseau and Bird on•the-Wing; the fa-
vourite was on the decline. With reference to the
Derby, we collect that 'an easy settling is very generally
anticipated; Mr. Davis, the heaviest loser, is reported to
have been hit to the extent of at least 30,0001. Had
either Barbarian or Chief Baron Nicholson won he
would have " landed" an immense st ake.
The subjoined return of yesterday's sport will show
that there was little to attract the mul itude:—
The Durdans Sakes of 10 soya, each, and 5 only if de-
clared, &e., with 50 added; three years old, 7st I llb;
four, 83t 71b; five, Bst 131 b; six and aged, 9st; win-
ners extra; mares and geldings allowed 31b; maiden
four years old and upwards, and horses that ran on the
D-rby day allowed 51b. Horses entered to be sold, if
demanded, for 300 sovs., allowed 31b; for 2001., 91h;
for 1001, 121 b; for 80/., 161 b; and for 60/., 211 b. One
mile.
DI( of Bedford's Bordeaux, 7st 101 h (2001) (Flatman) 1
Mr. Greville's Greengage, 3.yrs, 511 (601.) (Harding) 2
Betting-7 to 4on Bordeaux, who mode all the run-
ning, and won in a canter by two lengths. Run in 1 min.
54 sec.
The Two-year-old Stakes of 10 soya. each, with 50
added; colts, 831 71b; fillies, 83t 31b; a winner before
starting to carry 51b extra Half a mile.
Mr. Howard's Vaultress, Bst 81b (A. Day) 1
Mr. E. B. Clark's Little Swift, Bet 71b (Bartholomew) 2
Mr. J. Arnold's Madeline ch e, Bst 71b ......(Maton) 0
Count Bathyary's The Pearl, Bst 31b (Charlton) o
Mr. Douglas's Playful, Sat 31b (W. Abdale) 0
Mr. Greville's Frenzy, Bst 31b (Dockeray) 0
Mr. Payne's Gloomy, 83t 31b. (Flatman) 0
Mr. Reeves's Deerhound, Bst 71b (Kitchener) 0
Betting-5 to 2 agst Vaultress; 6to 1 each agst Play-
ful and Gloomy.
Vaultress took the lead after crossing the road, went
on with the running to the end, and won in a canter by
two lengths; Gloomy and Deerhound close up with
Little Swift; The Pearl a good fifth. Run in 52 sec.
The Grand Stand Plate of 100 sovs., added to a Handi-
cap Sweepstakes of 10 sous. each; the winner of any
race after the publication of the weights to carry 51b
extra. Great Metropolitan Slakes Course, two miles
and a quarter.
Mr.Begbi©a Follow-me-Lads, 4 yrs, 7st 51b (Rickards)
Mr. M.agennis's The Ban, 4 yrs, Bst 21b ( Pearl) 2
Mr. Y. Young's Narcissus, 5 yrs, Est 101 b (Burns) 3
Mr. Fowler's Musician, 5 yrs, Bst (Simpson) 4
Lord Eglinton's Pelopidas, 3 yrs, sst 91b ..( w„lls) 5
Mr. Douglas's Irene, 4 yrs, set 101b...(T. Sherwood) 6
Betting-2 to 1 agat The Ban, 3to 1 agst Narcissus,
3 to 1 agst Irene, and 5 to 1 egst Pelopidas.
Follow me-Lads jumped off first, had a tremendous
lead from end to end, and won by at least eight lengths.
Run in 4 min. 18 sec.
Match, 100. One mile.
Mr. Elwes's Vesta, aged, list (Owner) 1
Captain Little's Bullfinch, 5 yrs, lOst 4lb (Owner) 2
Betting-5 to 4on Bullfinch. \Von by a head. Run
in 1 min. 48 sec.
The Cobham Plate of 50 soya. (handicap) for all ages;
the winner of any race, after the publication of the
weights, to carry 51b extra. Three quarters of a mile.
Mr. Snewing's Heroine, 6 yrs, Bst slb ...(Fiatman) 1
Mr. Drinkald's Thornhill, 6 yrs, Bst 71h (A. Day) 2
Mr. Collier's Hambletonian, 3 yrs, ist 41b (Charlton) 3
Mr. Edney's The Incurable, 4 yrs, 7st 71b (C.Bradley) 4
Mr. Shrimpton's Northman, 3 yrs, 7st 4lb ...(Burns) 5
Mr. Parker's Fuoco, 6 yrs, 7st sib (Collins) 6
Betting-2 to 1 agat Thornhill, 3to 1 agst Hamble-
tonian, and 7to 2 ngst Heroine. The three favourites
lay in front throughout, Heroine winning a very fine race
by a head; Hambletonian a good third; The Incurable
well up. Run in 1 min. 20 sec.
The Selling Stakes of 3 sous. each, with 40 added; thrnd
yrs ee
old, 7st llb; four, Set 71b;
five, Set 13lb; siaged, 93t. The winner to he sold for 100 Boys., and al-
lowances if to be sold for less; winners extra. Three-
quarters of a mile.
Major Martyn's Lela, Isabel, sst 81b...(T. Sherwood) 1
Duke of Richmond* Buckhound, st (401) (Garvey) 2
Mr. Armstrong's Equal, 3 yrs, Get 41b (60/.)...(We115) 0
Mr. Payne's Cotton Lady, sst 81b (401.)...(Riekards) 0
Mr. Smith's May Day, 4 yrs, 7st (40/.)...(8, urns) 0
Betting-2 to 1 agst May Day, sto 2 agst LquAal, 4to
1 agst Lady Isabel, and sto 1 agat Buckhound. very
fine raesE
between Lady Isabel, Buckhound, and
qual.
Lady Isabel, who made the greater part of the running,
winning by a head—the favourite nowhere. Run in 1
min. 23 Sec.

THE OAKS.
PRORART.E STARTERS. JOMEYS. LATEST BETTING.
Mr. J. Scott's b f Songstress ..... (F. Butler) sto 2
M. Fedley's ro f Trousseau. ......(lempleman) sto 1 '
Duke of Richmond's b f Red llind...(Fiatman) 7to 1
fir. R. Wright n (Rogers) abl f Bird on e Wing
(Rogers) Bto 1
Lord Westminster's b f Attack ..... . (probably
Charlton) 10 to 1
Lord Zetland's hr f Gossamer (J. Marson) 10 to 1 (t.)
Mr. Merry's b f Sally... . ......... (Whitehouse) 12 to 1
General Anson's b f Bay Rosalind (Unknown)
Mr. E. R. Clark's ch f Lady in Waiting (Dock-
eray or Pearl)
Mr. Copeland's ch f The Lady Amyott(Marlow)
Mr. Painle'S b f Glenluce. .... . (Bartholomew)
Mr. E.. 11. Clark's b f Plurnstead (Dock ray
or
Pearl)
Mr. Sargeant's b f Kate......... - (A. Day)
Lord Westminster's br Plot (Unknown)
Mr. Worthington's ch f Rachetee (J. Osborne)
Lord Chesterfield's b Infidelity filly (Unknown)
It is doubtful if e ther Plot or. Bay Rosalind will run.
TUE DERBY.—The betting at starting should have
been quoted at 25 to 1 apt King of Trumps, and 30 to 1
agst augur (taken).

LONDON CORPORATION.—Yesterday the Committee
on this Bill, Mr. BratilStoll in the chair, declared the pre-
amble not proved, and the object of the measure, which
was apposed by thirty-four out of the eighty-four City
Companies, was to extend the right of voting at muni-
cipal elections, now confined to liverymen, to every
_lOl.
hoseholder. . •

[PRICE SD.

ELECTION INTELLIGENCE.

THE NEW CANDIDATE FOR TEWKESBURY.

From the Somerset County Chronicle we quote the fol-
lowing interesting biography of Mr. Edward W. Cox,
the new candidate for TeA kesbury:—
" Mr. Edward William Cox was the son of the late
Mr. William Charles Cox, whose extensive iron and
brass foundry gave employment to more than two hun-
dred of the inhabitants of this town. The family are
very ancient and respectable residents of Taunton; and
through all its generations the late Mr. W. C. Cox was
not the least distinguished of them for that blameless
honesty and single-minded liberality in business which
has ever been the trust and safeguard of British com-
merce.
" The subject of the present memoir was born in the
year 1809, and received the foundations of a classical
education at the College School of this town, of which
the Rev. T. Forster was at that time the head master.
The intelligence and aptitude for learning exhibited by
the youth at once attracted the attention of the master,
and inspired him with an interest in the progress of his
pupil which proved of great advantage to the latter; for
when Mr. Forster resign el his office at the College
School and returned to New College, Oxford, be carried
his favourite pupil with him; and it was there, in thi
ancient seat of learning, with its impressive associations;
and under the guidance of Mr. Forster, that the a.
lion of Mr. Cox was completed. His family originally
destined him for the Church, but, wisely leaving him
discretion in the matter, he fixed his own choice. 04
that profession for which his mental culture and 'ae!iira
disposition so peculiarly fitted bias—the Law. Accord-
ingly, when he:had completed his studies at Oxford, he
returned to Taunton, and was articled to his uncle, Mr.
Trench ard, then one of the most respectable solicitors
in the town.

"At the age of 17 Mr. Cox edited the West of Eng-
land Magazine, which was printed and published at
Taunton, and which he conducted for about two years,
aided by his cousin, afterwards the Rev. W. Trenchard,
by whose early death the Church was deprived of one
at its most pivntieing ornamentL.wred poem. en-
titled ' The Opening of the Sixth Seal,' which was
much praised by the literary organs of the day and
passed into two editions; many occasional contributions
to the various' Annuals,' at that time so much in
fashion; and a semi-satirical poem, entitled' 1829,' may
be noticed among the early productitions of his muse;
and the meed of public praise awarded to all of them
might easily have tempted a less resolute mind into de-
serting the solid but more prosaic advantages of pro-
fessional life for the specious but delusive paths of
literature.

" More congenial, however, to his active disposition
seemed the pursuit of politics; and at this early age he
obtained employment as the Taunton correspondent of
the Sherborne Journal, in which cgpscity he acquired
the rudiments of that intimate acquaintance with the
mysteries of journalism which has proved so invaluable
to him in after life. At this time he also wrote a his-
torical romance, entitled "fhira, or the Cairn Braich,'
which was afterwards published in the columns of this
journal, where it excited a great deal of interest. We
are not aware if it has appeared in any more formal
shape.

"In the year 1830, when he was twenty-one years of
age, he went up to the metropolis for the purpose of
completing his legal education, and, having been ad-
mitted an attorney, during the same year, he returned
to Taunton, whore he had resolved to practise, and
busily occupied himself in the formation of a proles•
sional practice at once lucrative and highly respectable.
"At this period, the Reform party bad no public
organ in West Somerset, and Mr. Cox considered that,
in founding a newspaper to support them, he would not
only be advancing his own interest, but also effecting a
great amount of public good. Encouraged by the
leaders of that party ho established the Somerset County
Gazette. Maintaining on the one hand the principles of
the Whig party, and on the other strenuously opposing
everything that came in the guise of an irrational inno-
vation—a Liberal, without being a Democrat—Mr. Cox
successfully conducted this newspaper, without any as-
sistance, until the period of his leaving the country Er
the metropolis, when he transferred it to Mr. Woodley,
the present proprietor.
"In conjunction with other gentlemen of literary
tastes in this town, be established a sort of club for the
discussion of general questions and the reading of ori-
ginal papers, which were afterwards published under the
title of The Conversazione,' and were read with great
interest. To this periodical Mr. Cox contributed very
copiously, and it was in its pages that his 'Recollections
of the Life of a Lawyer,' an interesting series of tales
founded upon events in real life, originally appeared.
"In the year 1835 ho married Sophia, daughter of the
late Wm. Harris, Esq., surgeon, of the Royal Artillery.
She died, however, in 1838, leaving one child, a son,
who is still living.
Daring the whole of this period he was conducting
a large and steadily-increasing practice i❑ his prof• scion,
but after the death of his wife he resolved to abandon
the lower branch of the law for the more aspiring, if

less lucrative, practice of the Bar. Accordingly, in the
early part of the year 1838, having completed all neces-
sary arrangements, dispo,ed of his practice and of his
interest in the Somerset County Gazette, he entered his
name as a student. at the Middle Temple and finally de-
parted from his native town. From this time he bade
adieu to politics. Entirely engrossed by the earnest and
Liborious study cf his prorcssion, ho dedicated his
thoughts and his studies to the law alone. His long up-
preudoe.ship to the business of journalism, added to his
legal knowledge acquired in his acquaintance with both
brariehes of the profession, especially qualified
on theified him to
undertake such an enterprise, and accordingly
21 of March, 1843, the first number of the Law Times
appeared, and met with that unqualified success which
has ever since attended it. It is now the recognised
organ cf the legal profession; and from the time of its
commencement to the present day Mr. Cox has been
the sole editor and proprietor, aided by a large body of
learned contributors. To commence andctt.ih a conduct so
large an enterprise necessarily required
outlay of capital and a very expensive establishment;
but we are enabled to state that Mr. Cox undertook the
whole of this without having received the slightest as-
sistance, either pecuniary or otherwise, from any other
person. Finding that the machinery necessary for one
would also suffice for two periodicals, Mr. Cox's active
mind deviSed the plan of The Critic; and here, where
the ground indeed appeared to be !thready so fully occu-
pied by the Atheneum and the Literary Gazette, the in-
variable success which has attended him in all his ven-
tures did not desert him, and he has distanced all LiS
e:mpetitors. For several years The Critic was con-
ducted at a considerable loss, but Mr. C.tx had confi-
dence that steady perseverance and the undoubted talent
of its contributors could not fail sooner or later to at-
tract the notice of the public; and in this he was not
deceived. The Critic is now a most valuable property,
for it circulates upwards of 7.000 copies, and its adver-
tisements are far more numerous than those of any
other literary journal. During the following year, he
established The Magistrate, a monthly journal, to be a
medium for communicating to the magistrate of the
country such of the current law as more particularly
affects their duti,s. When the County Courts came into
operation, the necessity t'or a good collection of reports
of the law to be administered in these courts at
noenecde
occurred to Mr. Cox and he accord
aPffectie theei.
elusively devoted to them and the a.
The County Courts Chronicle, a months i ig IYe
r icoocra le
oin a figourish-
Beth of these publications are ntohwe
yc'ew.l.eer).e
himwithoutassistance;
to
and
the former to the care of A. Bittlestons, Esq., and the
Jitter to Morgan Lloyd, Esq., by whom they are now
ably edited.
"In she year 1846, Mr. Cox commenced the series of
criminal reports so well known as Cox's Criminal Law
Cases, which ho still continues. They are much in re-
quest by the profession, and received as the authority in
tnis branch of the law, Besides those periodical publi-
cations, Mr. Ccx has published, within the lust nine
Seaga,
' Thetf La
o II
o:i ng
and w orks'—
"Practice of Elections,'—(This has
gone through six editiot uo br 1 e '
I.
2lnovals:—(Two edi-
to)CnEso.o)ps
32: " The
Teo PracticeD l e sof

Lions.)
4. The Consolidation Acts.'—(Two editions.)
66 6. The Law and Practice of the County Courts,'
in connexion with Mr. Morgan Lloyd.—(Four editions)
.6 6. The New Criminal Statutes and Digest,' in
conjunction with Mr. Babington.
7. ' The New Evidence Act, with Notes, 8402
And he has now in the press a work in which he has
endeavoured to embody the matured results of his ex-
perience of the practice of the 'law, under the title of
The Advocate, his Training, Practice, Rights, and
Duties.'
" Mr. Cox was called to the bar in 1843, and imme-
diately joined the Somerset Sessions and the Western
Circuit, upon both of which he attained an almost im-
mediate success. lie soon became famous for the de-
fence of prisoners, for which part his mental quick-
ness, his comprehensive grasp of facto, and his
oratorieul powers, always ready for use,
fitted him.
" Before two years had elapsed, he removed to
the Devon Sessions, induced by another of those 15.;
portunitiea which opened for him there the path
4311CCOSS.

k ve r
Mace his estaldishmout in London, in thiCi,,-aof
1835, ho has married ItosaEnda Alicia, only daug"ie the
Mr. CAumissioner Ponblatique, granddaugherni°em, of
famous author of tho ' Trcat6e on Equity,' anu.
editor
Albany Fonblanque, Esq., the no less celebrated
of the Examiner. By
chil-
dren, of whom three daughters are no
w l
i
v
i
n
g
. which " Having thus, by an industry and perwiai
uncommon
are almost without a parallel,
combined created for himself. in
prudence and business-like habito, creand a
positicc, Mr.
'ho prime of life, a fortune,
"813399 °ho which our
this lady ho has had four l
Cox is now aspiring to the highestst
nearing citizn'ls,
tri:e country can confer upon its u.l:
—a seat in the Parliament.
Ile
Cestershirp, wi:ere, it il
borough of Tewkesbury, ill Gureipect and esteem of al
said, he has already Fecured theinhabitants by the mode-
ration of' his opinions
have re-
his opponents. d the doings ws
for "r 6
" To sum up -in i!
t and tal:courteous bearing towards