The Sun.
London, England, 1852-11-04 00:00:00

FRANCE.

Affairs and President of the Council ; Revel, Fi-
nanbes ; Sclopis, Justice; di Pollone, Interior; Mosca,
Public Works ; Broglie, War.
The Council of D ,legates at Turin, in its sitting
of the 29th ult., decided that the body of Gioberti
shall be conveyed to Turin at the expense of the mu-
nicipality, and that a subscription shall be opened for
a monument to be raised to his memory.

COURT CIRCUL4tR.

We have received the Paris journals of yesterday.
• When Abd-el-Kader was at St. Cloud on Satur-
day, the Prince President invited him to witness a
review of cavalry. The review was to take place
yesterday at Versailles. The Prince President would
be present, and the mancenvres commanded by the
Minister of War. After the review, the Emir would
visit the palace, and the great waterworks would
play. In the evening, Ab i-el-Kader was to dine in
Paris with the Minister of War. To-day, at two
o'clock, he was to be present at the Italian Theatre,
to hear the performance of Selant, an eastern sym-
phony by MM. Theophile Gautier and E. Never.
Abd-el-Bader paid a second visit on Monday to
St. Cloud, and rode out on an Arab horse with the
Princ.? President in the Park for the space of about
an hour. General de St. Arnaud was of the party.
The Prince inquired of the Emir how his aged
mother was at present? "During my captivity,"
replied the Arab chief, " my mother required a stick
to support her step; but since my liberation, she
has become younger, and can walk without any ex-
traneous aid." Yesterday Abd-el-Kader paid visits in
Paris to several personages of note. He first went to
see General Magnan, with whom he spoke of the
French Army, its courage, and glory, and expressed
a wish to see the manoeuvres at Vincennes. The
general promised to give him notice when his wish
could be gratified. The Emir afterwards paid visits
to M. Fould, Minister of State; M. de Persigny,
Minister of the Interior; and the Archbishop of
Paris. On leaving the archbishop he proceeded to
the Hotel des luvalides, where, in the absence of
the Marshal Prince Jerome Bonaparte, the gover-
nor, he was received by General Sauboul, and the
other officers of the establishment. He asked to
see the tomb of the Emperor Napoleon, and ex-
claimed on viewing it, " This sepulchre, so great and
so beautiful, is worthy of him whose immortal name
I fills the world ; his mortal remains are here, but his
glory is everywhere." He afterwards visited the
infirmary, and said, •" It is a cause of grief to
me to think that any of these brave men should have
been wounded by my followers ; but I was defending
my country, and the French will pardon me when
they think that I was an enemy worthy of them."
The Emir then went to see the Grand Chancellor of
the Legion of Honour, the Ministers of Finance and
Marine, and the menagerie of M. Huguet de Mas-
silia. He admired exceedingly the courage of this
latter individual, in entering the dens of the animals.
" Never," said he, " since the time of Daniel was
such a thing seen."

Sir Henry Lytton Bulwer returned to Florence on
the 28th, from Florence.

RUSSIA.

The Nouvelliste of Hamburgh, under date of Vi-
enna, 29th ult., says :—The Sultan had given orders
to Prince Ghika to compliment the Emperor Nicholas
at Wossnesensk, but the Russian consul, by superior
orders, refused his visa to the Prince. It is stated
that the Russian government has rejected the protest
of the Ottoman Porte against the declaration of in-
dependence by Montenegro. It is probable that all
the European powers will take the same view of the
affair as Russia.

"At the time of the return of General de Castel-
bajac, French Ambassador in Russia," says a Paris
correspondent of the Emancipation of Brussels, in a
letter dated the Ist, " it was every where stated that the
general would not return to his post. I put you how-
ever on your guard against this report, by saying
that the Emperor of Russia had demandedl through
an influential personage, the maintenance of this dip-
lomatist at St. Petersburg. General Castelbajac,
after an absence of two months, sets off this very day
for the Russian capital. Great importance is attached
to this departure ; and, it is said, that M. de
Kisseleff, the Russian minister, who left Paris at the
moment of the return of Louis Napoleon, may return
here before the proclamation of the Empire."

POST-OFFICE LONDON DIRECTORY

FOR 1853.

The annual publication of this vast volume has
come to be looked to as an essential and indisputable
harbinger of the approaching year to the metropolitan
inhabitants. It is certainly one of the most extraor-
dinary embodiments of industry and research that has
ever issued from the press, or, indeed, we might say
with justice, a compilation unequalled for the won-
derful accuracy and utility of its referential informa-
tion. With the incessant extension of the capital of

;he British Empire, the Post office Directory keeps

pace, omitting to record no necessary feature in any
of the enormously-spreading ramifications of the
Great City. Nothing can convey so striking an idea
of the enormous magnitude of mighty London, as the
contents of this volume. The map, prefixed to its
2,100 pages, presents a view of the great hive of popu-
lation embraced within the limits of a parallelogram
nine miles by five, the angles being respectively occu-
pied by Stratford and Kilburn, by Greenwich and
West Brompton. How different from the area of
the modern Babylon when the " Post-office London
Directory" first appeared, at the close of the past
century, for the present is the fifty-fourth annual pub-
lication of this authoritative work ! it is obvious that
the present edition must be considerably the most
copious that has yet been printed, but we can safely
endorse the truthful statement in the Preface that,
in the volume now lying before us, " the same at-
tention which has obtained for the Work the designa-
tion of " Handbook to the commerce of the first
commercial city in the world," has been devoted to
accuracy and appropriate classification." It is as usual
found to consist of separate Directories, namely, the
Official—the Street—the Commercial—the Trades'—
the Law—the Court—the Parliamentary—the Postal
—the City—the Conveyance—the Banking, and the
Assurance Directories. You are sure to find the
name of the householder, or man of trade or business,
without any puzzling search, all emergencies being
provided for by the clear and accurate subdivisions of
these component parts.
The exceeding accuracy, as well as comprehensive-
ness of the " Post Office London Directory " as a
work of reference, is attested by not only its increasing
circulation and its oracular character, but by the
signal failure of certain mischievous and active at-
tempts to damage its reputation, by the dissemination
of false statements which have been most signally re-
futed. The Editors, who in their " Refutation," pub-
lished last January, made summary work of the grossly
unfounded charges brought against their work, state,
with a pardonable pride, that the shabbily hostile efforts
to injure its repute, have had an effect very different
from that contemplated by Mr. F. W. Watkins's
" Review," as manifested by the fact that several
hundred more orders have been received for the
Edition of 1853 than were ever obtained on the can-
vass for any previous Edition. Strict and minute
accuracy must be the life and soul of such a com-
pilation ; and the general testimony accorded, by the
business world, to the scrupulous care bestowed on
rendering it a reliable guide through the gigantic
labyrinth of London, is the surest and most satis-
factory proof of the rigid fidelity which characterizes

A Paris letter, addressed to the Emancipation of
Brussels, says :
"It has already been said that Abd-el Kader had,
without knowing it, turned the heads of several fe-
males; he must now be aware of it, for I have it from
excellent authority, that however strange it may appear
to your serious readers, particularly to the fair
portion of them at Brussels, he every day receives re-
quests for audiences from some of the most charming
women in Paris. Whether ho is insensible to
their appeal or not I dare not say, but I should
b 3 inclined to think not, from the following fact, for the
truth of which I think I can vouch. A lady, well known
in the world, for which reason I shall refrain from men-
tioning her name, lately passing near Amboise, solicited
the favour of an audience of Abd-el-Kader, which was
granted. After a long conversation, the Emir charmed
with her manners, offered her the strongest mark of confi-

dente, that of visiting his wives. The proposition was ac-
cepted, and the fair ♦isitor was conducted to the depart-
ment used as the , seraglio. The sixteen wives of the
son of the Prophet were lying about pell-mell on the
carpet, enveloped in large shawls, or bournous,
either sleeping or ruminating, for with the women
of the East existence is confined to that. They never
roused themselves from their torpor, at the most only
turning their heads towards the stranger. One only
among the number, and apparently the youngest, rose
and coolly examined the dress,and particularly the rings
of the lady, and then without uttering a word, agai❑
seated herself in a corner. These women have the real

Arab countenance ; they are ugly, and, if we may judge
from this specimen, the Musaulman seraglios are the least
attractive institutions of the Prophet. It is well known,
however, that in Turkey there aro very strong excep-
tions to this fact. It is with this suite of companions
that Abd-el-Hader will repair to Broussa."

A grand stag hunt took place on Monday in the
forest of St. Germain, at which the Prince Presi-
dent, the Minister of War, several generals, and
other persons of distinction were present.
A deputation from the Costa Rica Company of
London for the junction of the Atlantic and Pacific
Oceans, consisting of E. Halswell, Esq., F.R.S., W.
Martin, Eiq., and Col. R. Wright Warren, has ar-
rived at Meurice's Hotel, and had several conferences
with the Council of Surveillance on final arrange-
ments for carrying out this important object.
M. de Sallandrouze has consented to accept the
post of chairman of the jury which is to decide on the
articles to be sent from France to the Industrial
Exhibition in Dublin next year.
The Government securities and railway shares
again rose yesterday. The Four-and-a-Half per
Cants. opened at 108 f., and closed at 1081. 25c. for
the end of the month : the Three per Cents. closed at
841. 75c.; Orleans Railway Shares, 1,800 f.; Rouen,
1,0501.; Havre, 570 f.; Great Northern, 9251.; Avig-
non, 6051.; Basle, 3801. ; Paris and Strasburg, 9151.;
Paris and Lyons, 1,020 f.; Great Western, 755 f.;
Lyons and Avignon, 760 f.; St Dizier to Gray, 5901.
Caen to Cherbourg, 6451.; Dijon to Besangon, 690 f.;
Bordeaux and Cette, 6841.

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its pages.
That the work has been corrected throughout to
the most recent period, and all possible emendations
introduced into each sheet as it passed through the
press, a specification of a few of the most notable
alterations effected very recently, will render suffi-
ciently apparent. Thus we find that the name of
the late Duke of Wellington has been erased from
the numerous offices he held, causing alterations in
the following parts :
Official Index, page 36 ; Chief Officers of State, page
38 ; Lord-Lieutenants, page 41 ; Privy Council List,
page 42 ; Commander-in-Chief's Office, page 46 ; Tower
of London, page 68 ; Trinity House, page 69 ; Street
Directory, pages 474 ; Public Schools (King's College),
page 1491; corrected in the Court Directory by omitting
the titles, page 1747 ; and in Parliamentary, pages 17.56
and 1771 ; ard the following alterations consequent
thereon, and occurring more recently, have been
made

BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE
LONDON bTOCK EXCHANGE, Nov. 3, 1852.

Dijon and Besancon, 81.—Grand Junction of France, 7/
—Luxembourg, 4%—Lyons and Avignon, 16—Namur and
L;ege (with interest), B%—Ncrthern of France, 36—ditto
201. 3 per cent. Bonds (fmy. and Amiens Shs.), 14%—
Paris and Lyons, 30—Paris and Rouen, 40—Paris and Stras-
bourg, WA—Paris., Caen, and Cherbourg, 3—Rouen and
Havre, 2014 —Sambre and ➢Meuse, 1034 —Western of
France, 181/2.

THE CONTINENT.

SPAIN.

The Marquis of Douro, erased from 3, Upper Bel-
grave-street, page 574, and struck out of the Court
Directory, page 1719 ;
Viscount Hardinge, gazAted Commander-in-Chief
Sept. 28 ; inserted as such in Chief Officer) of State,
page 38 ; Privy Councillors, page 42 ; Commander-in.
Chief's Office, page 46 ; and in Parliamentary, page
1767; - -

Madrid papers of the 29th have been received, but
they contain nothing of interest.
A Madrid letter mentions a report that the minis-
try intends to present to the Cortes a bill of indem-
nity for all that has been done by the cabinet in the
interval of the sessions; and, and another, containing
an authorization for modifying the constitution ac-
cording to the circumstances in which Europe and
the country might be placed if the Cortes was not
sitting.
Mad rid Bourse, Oct. 29.—Three per Cents,, 47 ;
Exchange on London, 50 40.

of Scots Fusilaer Guards, Sept. 28,
His R. H. the Duke of Cambridge, appointed Colonel
and Ranger of Hyde
and S. James's Parks, Oct. 21—so described at page
1764.

Lord Fitzroy Somerset, appointed Master of the Ord-
nanca, oc,, 1; creatod Baron Raglan, Oct. 12; and
gazetted as aP. C., Oct. 16—so described in the Official
Index, page 33, Chief Officers of State, page 28, Privy
Councillors, page 42, Ordnance Board, page 61, Court
Directory, page 1736 c., and Parliamentary, pages 1762
and 1769. _ _

SPORTING NOTES.

GER MANY.
The Cologne Gazette has the following from
Munich, 30th ult. :—" The news that negotiations
had been opened between M. Prokesch d'Osten and
the Baron de Manteuffel, in order to come to an ar-
rangement on the customs' question, has been already
contradicted. We now learn that no one State of
the coalition has sought to come to any understand-
ing with Prussia, who on her side has allowed the
matter to rest in statu quo. It is, however, certain
that the allies of Darmstadt have fixed on the follow-
ing points relative to the conferences of Vienna:-1.
The allied States will ratify the project of Vienna,
letter C, on the Ist January, 1854. They will enter
into a customs' union with Austria. 2. The path to
a reunion with Prussia will remain open. 3. The
resolutions which shall be adopted will not be con-
sidered as definitive, unless Prussia, before the Ist of
January, 1854, shall not show herself disposed to
accede to the conditions which the coalition had made
at Berlin. There are also other points, but they are
less important."
A letter from Vienna states, that the hereditary
Grand Duke of Russia and his wife will pass the win-
ter in that capital.
His Majesty the Emperor has been graciously
pleased to confer on Baron James Rothschild, the
Royal Imperial consul-general and head cf the
banking-house at Paris, the order of the Iron Crown
of the second class.
The Lloyd Steam Navigation Company has pur-
chased several steam-boats, barques, and materials,
which formerly belonged to the firm of Perelli and
Paradise, which has hitherto maintained the steam
navigation of the Po.
The different garrisons of the monarchy Lave, by
order of the Emperor, held military funeral services.
They were everywhere conducted on the plan of that
held at Vienna, and similar to what would be per-
formed for a native Austrian military field-marshal.
The Duke of Wellington, however, being a Pro-
testant, the other religious parts of the ceremony are
of course omitted. At Venice 4000 men were drawn
up in grand parade. The officers wore crape round
their left arm, and the flags of the men of war were
balf-mast high.

No. CCCXLI.
EPSOM AUTUMN MEETING.

His Royal Highness Prince Albert, elected Master of
the Trinity Hoube Oct. 19—so described in the Official
Index, page 19, and Official Directory, page 69.
The Earl of Derby, elected to ttse Chancellorship of
the University of Oxford, Oct 12—so described in the
Parliamentary, page 1765.
Viscount Berestord, appointed Colonel of the 60th
Foot, Sept. 28—so inserted in the Parliamentary, page
1763.

Viscount Cornbermere, gazetted Constable of the
Tower of London, and Lord• Lieutenant of the Tower
of Hamlets, Oct. 12—so inserted in Official Index, page
23, Privy Councillors, page 42, Tower of London, page
68, and Parliamentary, page 1765.

Among other recent changes, Henry M'Culloch, of
her Majesty's Stationary Office, who died only on the
22d October, has been struck out of Official Index,
page 30 ;
and under Government Offices, page 68,
Earl Somers, who died on the sth Octol,sr, has. been
struck out of Lords-Lieutenants, page 41, and cor-
rected in Parliamentary, page 1770. Earl Talbot's
eAwn small,
at
alpia, ghea 5t
appointment as Navel Aide-de-camp to the Queen is
inserted at page 1770. The important alterations in
the Inland Revenue Office caused by the removal of
the Excise branch to Somerset House, are properly
sh
9v.ery important addition is the list of
Chambsrs throughout the United Kingdom, given at
page 18.
The case is well worthy of its contents, in other
words, this beneficent monster of a book is admirably
printed and got up. It is full bound in strong mo-
rocco, an excellent protection against the wear and
tear which a volume in such constant use must un-
dergo, as well as a handsome ornament to the? desk
or table. In every respect the Post Office London
Directory for 1853, reflects an augmented degree of
credit on the Messrs. Kelly, for the pains and cost
they have for many years bestowed in producing an
annual boon of such extreme utility and importance.
The enlarged outlay necessarily attending the enlarged
tdhime egnrseiaotnlys wieielrl,ewaseedfedelemasaseudredfe,
rhea amplywork of such covered by
ab-
solute necessity to thousands—a work truly national
in its character, a monume it of industry and energy,
overshadowing all proclec:lons of a similar nature'
however praiseworthy, that
have ever yet been
launched into notoriety. It is, in truth, an unex-
ampled volume.

THE CIIARGE OF ADULTERY AGAINST THE VICAR
OF DUSTON.—In consequence of th© Rev. R. H. Cox,
vicar of Duston, Northampton, having been charged
with adultery with Mrs. Mary Ann Penton, a court of
inquiry was appointed, upon Mr. Cox's petition, to exa-
mine into and report upon the charge. The Rev. W.
Waters, vicar of All Souls', the Rev. F. F. Trotmore,
the Rev. J. P. Lightfoot, the Rev. Dr. Morton, and the
Rev. H. D. Saumarez,
were appointed commissioners,
and during three days last week held their investigation
in All Saints' Church, Consistory-court, Northampton,
the Rev. W. Waters, chancellor of the
commissioners gave the
y
following judgment:—" ‘V oyenl publicly declare
that there is not sufficient prima facie ground produced
for instituting further proceedings. The whole inquiry
with :the judgment, was on Monday laid before the
approved the same.
13i3hop of L'eterborough, who fully

THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 4, 1852.

WINDSOR, Nov. 3

The following had the honour of dining with her Ma-
jesty yesterday :—The Duchess of Kent, the Duke and
uchess of Nemours, the Prince and Princess of Hohe n-
loth) Langenburg, the Princess Adelaide and the Prince
Hermann of Hohenlohe, the Marquis of Exeter, the
Lady-in-Waiting to theiDuchess of Kent, the Earl and
Countess of Shaftesbury, and the Right Hon. B. Dis-
raeli.
Prince Albert, accompanied by the Duke of Nemours,
went out shooting this morning, attended by Lieut-Col.
the Hon. A. Gordon.

The Marquis of Exeter and the Right lion. B. Disraeli
left the Castle to-day for London.
The Earl of Eglinton has been invited, and is expected
to arrive this afternoon, on a visit to her Majesty.
The Queen and Prince, accompanied by the Duke and
Duchess of Nemours, and the Prince and Princess of
Haienlohe Langenbarg, drove out this afternoon in two
open carriages and four.
Prince Hermann of Hohenloho rodo on horseback.
Colonel the Hon. Charles Grey and Lieut.-Colonel
the Hon. A. Gordon were in attendance on horseback.
Mr. Edward Simons, of Birmingham, had the honour
of attending at the Castle with his patent safety lamp,
and other improved household lamps, for the inspection
of his Royal Highness Prince Albert.
PRINCE ALBERT ♦T TRINITY•HOUSE.—Yesterday, at
2 p.m., his Ruyal Highness Prince Albert visited
Trinity-house, and was installed Master of the Trinity
Corporation, in the room of the late Duke of Welling.
ton. The Prince wore the Trinity uniform. After
taking the oaths and his seat, the Prince partook of a
dejeuner with the members of the court, and having in-
spected the models, plans, and other objects of interest in
the establishment, took his departure.

Sir Robert 11. Inglis had as interview with Sir Jobn
Pakington yesterday at the Colonial-office.
The Chancellor of the Exchequer returned to town
yesterday from Windsor Castle. Mr. John Wood,
Chairman of the Board of Inland Revenue, had an inter-
view with the Right Hon. Gentleman at his official resi-
dence in Downing-street.
Mr Waddington, Under-Secretary of State for the
Home Department, arrived in town yesterday from the
Deanery, Durham.
Dispatches were received yesterday at the Colonial-
office from the Governors of the West India colonies.
Dispatches were also received yesterday from the Go-
vernor of Gibraltar.

Sir George and Lady Carroll will leave England on
Monday next for Gibraltar, en route for Malaga, where
they intend to pass the winter, on account of the delicate
state of Miss Carroll's health.

This being the customary period for effecting the re-
liefs of regiments serving in the Mediterranean, arrange-
ments have been made to send the service companies of
the 31st and 57th Regts. from Ireland to Corfu, to re-
place the 41st and 47th which proceed to Malta, to re-
place the,:76th which proceeds to Nova Scotia, to replace
the 97th which is to return home. The 48th and 71st
Regts. proceed to !Corfu, to replace the 49th and 92d
which proceed to Gibraltar, to replace the 44th which
proceeds to Canada, so as to bring the 20th Regt. home.
The 2d battalion Ist Foot proceeds from Cork to the
lonian Islands, to replace the 30th Regt. which proceeds
to Gibraltar, to replace the 26th which proceeds to the
West Indies, to replace the 34th which proceeds to Nova
Scotia, to replace the 42d to come home. The 85th
R,gt. proceeds to Mauritius, to replace the 2d battalion
12th Foot sent from thence to the Cape of Good Hope.

FRIGHTFUL CHARGE OF INFANTICIDE,

Yesterday, Mercy Steer, s young female, only 17
years of age, of delicate frame, inanimate expression,
and evidently labouring under severe indisposition, was
charged, at Lambeth Police-office, with the infanticide
of her female child, of which she had been delivered,
and with its subsequent mutilation, under the most
frightful and appalling circumstances. The prisoner
was without professional assistance. The first witness
called was Mrs. Elizabeth Whitby, a married lady, re-
siding with her husband, at No. 12, James's-terrace,
Commercial Road, Peckham, who deposed that the pri-
soner came into ber service on the 28th September last.
On the 20th of October, she told witness that she felt
very ill, and that as the place didinot agree with her, she
thought she had better go home. On complaining of her
illness she said she had got a severe oold. The witness
consented to her leaving the service, and accordingly on
the day last mentioned she went away, stating that she
was going to Billinghurst, Sussex. The prisoner was
then very ill, and witness, commiserating (with her, sent
a boy to assist her in carrying her box to the omnibus
to take her into the Borough. The witness had not
seen her from that time to the present day. During
the month she resided with the witness, she (the wit-
ness) had no suspicion that the prisoner was in the
family way ; but some friends having made some re-
marks about her, the witness told her that she thought
she was in the family way; that she had spoken to a doc-
tor about her, and asked the prisoner if she would go with
her to see him. Witness made this offer thinking it would
induce her to tell the truth. The prisoner replied, " Oh,
dear, no ma'am, nothing of the sort," and expressed her
readiness to accompany witness to the doctor. This satis-
fied witness at the moment, and she said no more to the
prisoner about it. On Saturday, the 19th of October,
about half-past nine, the prisoner lighted the fire and pre-
pared the breakfast. After the witness had breakfasted
she called to the prisoner, and found her in, her bed-
room, lying on the bed. She stated that she was not
well, but that she would be better presently. The wit-
ness inquired where she felt the pain, and she replied
in her back, end that she had often felt it before.
Tho witness observed to her that she did not like the
appearance ; that it was more like a married wo-
man's feeling than anything else, and again asked
her if she should like to see a medical man 71 The pri-
soner cried, and said she should not like to see one. The
witness then left her, and at about twelve o'clock she
came down stairs and said she was much better. Wit-
ness made her some gruel and told her to keep quiet.
Nothing more was said until the following Monday even-
ing, when the prisoner complained that her legs ached
very much. Witness ordered her to bed, but she did not
go until half an hour afterwards. The next day she
went away as already described by witness. On Tues-
day, the 26th ult., Serjeant Qainnear came to the
witness's residence, and then the prisoner's bed-room was
examined for the first time, and on taking up the carpet
by the side of her bed, the under side of it was found to
be very much stained; the floor under it was also stained,
but had been washed. The prisoner left behind her a
pair of boots, one of which on examination was also
found to be stained. The serjcant then came down-
stairs with witness, and they proceeded to the water-
closet. There the witness saw Quinnear find, thrown
into the soil of theicesspool, the body of a child, cut into
several pieces, which he took away. To complete the
depositions it was found to be necessary to have the
evidence of Mr. Flower, the police surgeon, who had
examined the body ; and for that purpose the prisoner
was remanded till a future day.

During the last week or two fate seems to have de-
creed that my views, with respect to the results of the
great races, and a few of the lesser ones, should be com-
pletely nullified. The steeple chases at Worcester, yes-
terday, fully exemplified this; for Proceed, my particu-
lar selection for the Grand Annual Steeple Chase, while
running very forward in the raco, and looking a winner
all over, at the second jump out of the moors, on landing,
could not maintain his footing, rolled over, and was
instantly out of the race. My principal selection for the
Selling Steeple Chase, Fazeley, although at Worcester,
did not start for either of his engagements; the horse
whom I had named as next best to him—the Greatbeart
gelding—was brought to a stand still suddenly, by get-
ting his foot in a grip, and came down a burster, by
which all chance of his winning was annihilated. At
the time he fell he was, to all appearance, the winner in
a canter. For the Hurdle Race, I gave the General and
Fazeley as likely occupants of the first and second
places; it was found, however, that the General had had
quite enough of it in his race of Tuesday, and in the
steeple chase, and, consequently, did not start. Fazeley,
as I before remarked, though in the vicinity of the
course, did not make his appearance there, for some un-
fathomable reason or other. My remark that Tomboy
was their principal opponent was verified by the race, as
he beat his field of seven, including Dr. Husband and
Harriet, in very clover style. The race for the Grand
Annual Steeple Chase, after Proceed had been disposed
of by his fall, and Chieftain had met with an accident,
was never in doubt, as the General was much too fast for
the Reiver and Quickstep, and Rat-trap's chance had
been thrown away by cutting out the work for his stable
companion. The General's victory was accomplished by
three lengths. Chieftain is said to be so seriously dam-
aged that he will have to be shot. Archer, his jockey,
escaped unhurt.
The sport provided by Mr. Dorling, of the. hybrid
class, to come off to-morrow at Epsom, consists of the
Scramble Steeple Chase—a two mile run; the Durdan's
Plate—a three-quallcrs of a mile spin; the Free Ilandi.
and the Epsona Autumn Steeple
cap Hurdle Race ;
Chase. The last-named—which will be run over the
usual steeple chase course, about four miles—will, in
all probability, be contested by Peter Simple, Victress,
Young Lottery, the Screw, Annie Laurie, and Forest Lad
the General, the Reiver, and Maria Monk, may also
run, but their exercise in the mud at Worcester yester-
day, must prove a serious drawback to any chance they
may possess. Sir Peter Laurie, whether he rims or not
at 11st 81b, can have no chance of running. I am not
over-confident of Peter Simple starting ; but if be runs
he ought to win with ease. Victress will probably run
well; and Young Lottery will, no doubt, be a candidate
for the third or fourth place. The owner of the Screw
has, I think, a fair chance this time of landing his horse
a winner. Ten and Sixpence and Ringleader, whether
are of no consequence. Annie
Laurin
several others. Forest Lad will
runners
is o
mader otherwise,
safe
by
probably represent M. r. Iliggin's interests. As I before
remarked, if Peter Simple runs, I think be will win; in
his absence the race will probably lie with Victress,
Young Lottery, the Screw, and Forest Lad, the lot not
unlikely finding their way home in the order named.
J. B. (Malton)—l am not aware of the exact time
that Hungerford was scratched for the Cambridgeshire
stakes; but thus much I do know, that he was struck
out some time before nine o'clock on Monday evening
the 25th ultimo.

THE SPIRIT OE THE TURF.