The Sun.
London, England, 1852-04-16 00:00:00

FRIDAY EVENING, APRIL l6, 1852.

they reached there in the old time, so it was also said,
" The Mayor of Northampton opens oysters with his
dagger."
Theso several counties and towns prided themselves
in their proverbial sayings, upon their respective quali-
ties; for instance, "Cheshire, chief of men," "Lanca-
shire fur women;" " &Wilk fair maids;" " Kent for
Yeumen;"—aceoroing. to the other proverb—
A Knight of Calee,
A Gentleman of Wales,
And a Laird of the North Countries
A Yeoman of Kent,
With his yearly re. t,
Will buy them out all three.
The Kentishmen al,o b.)Bst of being the first Christians
who were converted in England, and they have a saying
of "Neither in Kent nor Christendom." They are also
proverbial talkers, as their proverb bespeaks,—"
Dover
court, all speakers and no hearers."
"Suffolk stiles," "Norfolk wiles," and "Essex miles,"
are also proverbial. The Norfolk people were said to
be so skilful in the common laws, that they studied it when
following the plough-tail; and they were so litigiously
given that they would even• enter an action for their
neighbour's horse looking over their hedge! The "Es-
sex miles" were the longest in England,
something like
the " Yorkshire wee-bit," which was generally found to
be considerably longer than the longest mile. Hertford-
fordshire boasts of its "Hertford clubs and clouted
shoon," " Hertfordshire hedgehogs," and better than all,
"Hertfordshire kindness." " Cambridgeshire camels" be-
came a saying from the Fenmen stalking along upon
their stilts over the marshes in olden times, as the shep-
herds" of the
_Landes, in France, do now. " Cambridge-
shire men, is also a phrase of pride, for they gallantly
fought the Danes and Normans, when the East Anglians
ran away.

SPORTIN G NOTES.
No. CCVI.
YORK SPRING MEETING, &e.

TO THE EDITOR OF TETE SUN.
Sin,—Yesterday produced the best day's racing that
Newmarket can boast of during the piezent meeting,
but as four out of the half dozen races were uninterest-
ing to the public at large, I shall confine my observa-
tions to the 100 sovs. and Claret Stakes. For the
former Alcoran had his race in hand all the way, Glen-
lace cutting out the work for the first quarter of a mile,
Stockwell then taking up the running to half way up
the cords, Alcoran here heading him and clearing the
chair a very easy winner by half a length; Glenluce
beaten a couple of lengths. This performance of Al-
coran's is very respectable, but not good enough to en-
title him to the position be holds in the Derby betting.
Had Glenluce been in good form, her running so queer a
third as she did on this occasion would have justified me
in at once discarding her from my good opinion for both
1,000 Guineas and Oaks;`as it is I must wait a little
longer before giving a decided opinion in her form this
year.

"As bold as Beauchamp,"
is a saying in Warwick-
shire, and arose out of the bravery of the Earls of
Warwick. "He is true Coventry-blue," is applied, to
men of the right stuff—the best standing blues in Eng-
land having been dyed in Coventry centuries ago. In
the same way, in Yorkshire, the
to men of metal—these
roverb, " As true steel
as Rippon rowels!" is applied t
old Rippon spurs being that their rowels
could be struck through a shilling.
Many of the county proverbs extol the richness of the
of such temper
various districts. The Herefordshire proverb—" Blessed
is the eye that is betwixt Severn and Wye"—expressive
of the pleasure of blessedness or safety. " Where
should I be borne else than in Taunton Deane?" is the
brag of the peasant of Somerset—for the
place is said
to be so fruitful with the zurt and roil alone, that it needs
no manuring. Strange that The beggars of Bath"
should be proverbial in the same county! Cornwall
prides itself on its tin, as a
matter of course, and they
say of one famous place there—
"
Hengsten-down well ywrought,
Is worth London town dear ybought.
Cornish tin is better worth having than " A Cornish
Hogg"—figuratively applied to deceitful dealing.
"To carry coals to Newcastle," is a folly of which
only a" wise man of Gotham" would be guilty—the
a village in Nottinghamshire. In
the said
neing
ties the proverbial definition of a fool is
different, according u
emecoorbding to the localities famous for giving
birth to these lulus natures. In Oxfordshire they say of
such a one, "He was born at Hogs-Norton." In Lin-
colnshire they say, " He was born at Little Witham;"
and of thoroughly cracked parsons, they say, in the
same county, "As mad as the baiting-bull at Stamford."
"In Nottinghamshire they have a proverb—" The
little smith of Nutting brim, who loth the work that no
man cau"—applied to conceited persons who pretend to
do impossibilities. In Cornwall they apply a proverb of
similar meaning, "It will be done when Dudman and
Ramehead meet,"—two promonteries bonsiderably
apart from each other. There used to be a similar pro-
verb at Croylsnd, in Lincoln—" All the carts that come
to Croyland are shod with silver"—Croyland being
allowed among the fens, whither no cart could come.
Living in these tens brings on ague. and this the Ft n-
men call being " Arresteet by the liAley of Marshland."
In Lincolnshire they say w men who luso their point
through divisiona—" They held together, like the men
of Marbam, when they lost their common." In Glou-
cestershire, when a mat: has brc ken his word, they say,
"You are a man or Duresiy." And applied to men
who are slow but sure, they use the term, " It's long in
coming, like Cotswold barley," this being a heavy and
fine crop, thoegh a late one. In the same county, thy
-say of a person of rueful visage—"Ile looks as it he
had lived on Tewkesbury mustard."

- The Claret Stakes, contrary to general expectation,
were won by Osbaldestou's son of Touchstone and Moun-
tain Sylph, in a most ridiculously easy manner ; for
Ariosto, on whose chance 2 to 1 was laid freely, after
making the running at a strong pace to the turn of the
lands, ;cut it so dead that Mountain Deer passed him,
and, without the semblance of a race, won by at least a
third of a distance. The winner was immediately backed
for the Chester Cup, for which in my opinion he stands
but a very remote chance of winning.
The betting on the Heath was remarkable in one or
two respects; in the first :place, for the gradual decline
of Robbie Noble for the Derby, who has receded to 7
to 1 offered; for the steady advance of Alfred the Great
to 14 to 1; for the advance of Hothorpe to 16 to 1 for
the Chester Cup; and for the improvement of the Indian
Warrior, who has advanced to 25 to 1, taken.
The ensuing week has two meetings of some note to
engage the polite attention of the sporting fraternity. I
shall merely touch upon that of York at the present
time. This meeting, established last year, has aleady
rieeu into an important feature in the teeniores of the
season ; it extends over two days, Tuesday and Wed-
nesday next, and opens with the Craven Stakes, of
5 Boys. each, with 30 added, over the mile course. Six
nominations have been obtained to this stake, of which
twe, Iris and Clincher, I imagine, will be missing from
the tray ; the other four, in all probability, VI contest
the srke, and, to my thinking, LADY AGNES and 1?a•
du/phus ought to occupy the fist and second plume,
aitnough they will encounter considerable oppeei:ioe
from Croupier anti Peniston, both remarkable last mil, rs
Tee Z eland Stakes of 10 sous. each, with 50 added;
for two yes old; cells, Bst 71b;
fillies, Bth 310; over tee
T.Y.C., about 5 furlongs 44 yards. This stake may pro-
bably hornet to the post Strait Jacket, St. Andrew,
Plunderer, Mabella, Grapeshot, Lambton, and Dick
Turpie. I confess my inability to discover anything
capable of beating Osborne's LASIBTCN or Lard
land's GRAPESHOT.
The F
l)
eg
n peasfecrh-torbso- Handicap,
match
p ' instituted to com-
memorate
rival winners of the Derby and St. Leger of 1849 and
rn9
rag
1850, has obtained a subscription-list numbering sixty-
lour, and an acceptance of twenty-nine; it will be run
over the two miles of the old course. The list is headed
by the renowned Voltigeur, who, with Bst 131 b up, has
been backed at as little as 2 to 1 to carrry the stake off.
He is certainly the only animal that can be called a race-
horse in the entry, perhaps with the exception of Elthi-
ron, who at Bst 51b, however, stands no chance with
Voltigeur. Lord Zetland's nag. I expect will run un-
commonly well, perchance may get into the third place,
but I can hardly bring myself to believe he can give the
weight away to several in the race that he is required to
do. I cannot conceive for what performances the geld-
ing by Morgan Rattler is weighted to carry 7st 121b:—
he can have no chance whatever. Raby, at 7st 81b, stale,
fiat, and in every respect remarkably unprofitable,
as an investment will not do at any price. Sir Rowland
Trenchard, at four pounds less than the preceding, is
scarcely handicapped fairly; and although he may run
respectably, will not catch the judge's eye in a primary
position. Storyteller is a remarkably hopeless spec;
ditto Lough Bawn. Tom Holtby, I believe, is not
thoroughly himself, or at 6st 91b it would have been
almost impossible for his present rivals to have defeated
him. Knook Knoll may run respectably, as he has
been going to do many a time, but has not yet accom-
plished that undertaking. Haricot at 6st 81b,' if in
her three years old form, is without doubt the most
dangerous animal in the race to stand against; I con-
sider her chance to be as good as any. Osborne's
couple figure next side by side Achyranthus having,
ft owoidl
sl
do
obrantet remain
.1 , quietly
i,he perhapsPriorin
successfully, h
()
t er
L asnt abe
e r
of,
so
at
ht leaving
e 6 sltusc the
klby,
is another rather mischievous looking animal, it would
however, two pounds the pull of side,
the latter, I
houseb
formerelie v eo,
be highly imprudent to pepper: his form, hoe ever, I
know nothing about. Harp, Jack Leensing, and Hard
Labour are of very little account here; the first named
is by far the best. Little Fawn has shown some run-
ning at times, but is a bad one. Haresfuot and Bardolph
are no go. Goliah, at sst 101 b, is weighted lightly
enough, but his performances hitherto have been so very
wretched, that I hardly entertain any hopes den improve-
ment on this occasion. The Sally Wartoot colt is handi-
capped too heavy. Corypils is a doubtful runner.
Lucio may give us a taste of the Faugh-a-Ballagh run-
ning, but his doing so is not at all certain. Cyclops
may as well remain at home; ditto Poetess, the Jeinima
filly, Royalty, and Surprise. Euphony, if she starts,
will dispose of all the light weights. To sum up, the
finish of the race I anticipate will be among the follow-
ing—Voltigeur, Haricet. Achyranthus, Prior of Leper-
cost, and Euphony. HARICOT Or ACHYRANTHEs win-
ning, with Voltigeur next, Euphony and The Prior fol-
lowing in the order placed.
Tne Champion Handicap of 10 sow, each, with 50
added, Over the mile course, has a deem nominations,
a moiety of which will probably figure tat
the post. Clincher, I presume, will be an
absentee. Iris, if she can satisfactorily give
the weight away, will prove herself a clipper: I en-
tertain, however, serious doubts on the pant. The
Italian, Penang, and Croupier, are held safe by Lent
Derby's mare. Oxford Blue and fluirgerford are bottle;
up by the Cutler; and Prince Caradoc colt and Miss
Lydia fitly satisfactorily settle the other light weights.
I feel inclined to assign the first three places to the
PRINCE CARADOC COLT, MISS LYDIA FILLY, and Iris.
On Wednesday the Eglinton Stakes of 100 soya each,
h ft, with 50 added, three-quarters of a mile, will be car-
ried off by Longbow, if he runs, or by Phantom in his
absence, should they choose to start him; considerable
doubt, however, exists with respect to the composition of
the field.

The Northumberland proverbs have chit fly reference
to their restive neighbours—the Scots. " We will not
lose a Scot," that is, we will not abate a fraction. " A
Scottish mist may wet an Englishman to the skin,"—or,
small mischiefs' unleseheeded in time, may prove very
dangerous in the end. "A Scottish man and a New-
castle grindstone travel all the world over,"—this is a
well-known proverb. In Cumberland, also, the old pro-
verbs are of a similar character. Here is one—
When thy neighbour's house doth burn,
Take heed the next be not thy turn ;
alluding to the danger from the forays of the Scots, who
generally burned after they had robbed.
In Devonshire they had a proverb, similar to the
Scotch one of "Jedwood justice, first hang and then
try." The Devon proverb was—
First
hang, and then draw,
Then hear the cause by Ledford law.
Of the Londoners, in the same way, it used to be said--
"London jury, hang half and save half;" and also, " He
that is a low ebb at Newgate may soon be afloat at
Tyburn." In Dorsetshire they spoke of a man who
had been hanged, as " Stabbed with a Bridport dagger,"
—the beat hemp being grown thereabout in early times.
Thieves in Yorkshire had a salutary fear of three
places, as is shown by the surviving proverb, "From
Hull, --, and Halifax, good -- deliver us 1" At
Halifax they executed thieves caught in the act of steal-
ing cloth by means of an instrument resembling the mo-
dern guillotine. Buckingham seems to have been in bad
repute for thieves in early times, from the proverb,
" Here if you beat a bush, 'tis odds you'd start a thief;"
beech-trees (from which the name of the county) then
abounding in the district. In Kent there was a proverb
—" The father to the bough, the son to the plough;"—
the father, when executed for felony or murder, being
usually succeeded by his son in the inheritance.
Some ot the old proverbs bearing upon courtship,
marriage, and manners, are curious. In Cheshire they
have one, "Better wed over the mixon than over the
moor,"—that is, better wed a wife near the homestead
than go to a distance for one; for, as the Irish proverb,
to a similar effect, says, " Foreign cattle have long horns."
In Chester they say, " When the daughter is stolen, shut
Peppergste;" the mayor ot that city having once per-
formed this wise act after his daughter had eloped. It
is c quivalent to " when the steed is stolen, shut the stable (
door." In Cornwall, they say of a sloven, "She is to be
summoned before the Mayor of Halgaver"—an imaginary
office to try and condemn bad housewives. And in De-
vonshire, when that extraordinary phenomenon of a
man wh, is master of his wife is discovered, they say of
him, " He may remove Mort-Stone,"---a huge rock in
Mort-Bey, to lilt which would be a wonder. In Essex,
they still preserve the old proverb, applied to a wedded
quarrelling, " T hey
couple who have lived for so many years together without
may fetch a flitch of bacon from the
Prior of Duranoe." Not long ago, a happy couple
presented th,n,elves at Dunmue Church, and received
the treditiouel gammon. Shropshire wives would seem
not to turn out au well, it any reliance is to be placed
on the old provetb, "He that fetcheth a wife from Shrews-
bury
bec'erlau4id, tie'?—rrythhaet isri,utgoo Staffordshirew heret
r: or else
ofelse live i
sticks or quarters, affs to be hats! Perhaps the proverb
applies only to shrews,
Huntingdonshire, it is said of a spendthrift, "He
is on the way to beggar'e bush;" and in Suffolk, "You
plenty
cutn
are in the right road to Needham,"—Needhatn being
formerly a mat ket-town stocked with poor people. Iu
OXfordshire, " Taking a Burford bait, means getting
dtuok. Ated in the same county, " Send verdingales (or
ladies' hoops) to broad gates in Oxford," was applied to
those indecorous circumferences, which were supposed
to be often used for the purpose of concealing certain
(=sequences which shall be nitmeless.
Thu proverb, " As sure as God's in Gloucestershire,"
arose from the number of rich religions houses formerly
in that county; and of two southern sees, it used to be
said, " Canterbury's the high rack, but Winchester's the
better manger." Those who study " preferment" may
know that, now-a-day Bs both rack and manger are best
' Canterbury. In Shropshire they have an awful pro-
verb, " In Wotton under Waiver, where God came
never." In Lincolnshire, "He looks' like the Devil over
Lincoln," is still applied to envious persons. The Berk-
shire proverb of " The Vicar of Bray ,will be Vicar of
Brey still, is known over all England. This celebrated
vicar held his living under Henry VIII., Edward VI.,
Queen Mary, and Queen Elizibeth. He was first a
Papist, then a Protestant, then a Papist again, and lastly
a Protestant. Being taxed for a turn-coat; " Not so,"
he replied; 4, for I always kept my principle, to live and
die the Vicar of Bray I"
Many of the county proverbs are founded on local
peculiarities, popular
~, weather-signs, &c. Thus, " The
bailiff of Bedford is conning," means the river Ouse
sweeping down on the Isle of Ely after a freshet. " As
plain as Dunstable road," is plain enough. In Cumber-
land they say--
If Skiddaw bath a cap,
Scruffell wets full well of that ;
a proverb used in
. itokcicl sympathy for the suffering of
neighbours.
And n_ Leicestershire they say—
If Bever have a cap
You churls of the vale look to that.
In Westmoreland, it is observed ot any who would
violently alter or set at defiance the laws of Nature—
Let TJter-Pendragon do what he can,
The river Eden will run as it ran.
Any act done solemnly and legally is said to be " Done
according ' to the use of Saruro,"—a celebrated Ordinal,
or Office, having beenpromulgated in England by a
Bishop of Sarum, in 1090, for the use of the same words
, ,
in the Liturgy, and :"jcil was then received by the
Church as an unquestionable authority.
In Nettinghanuesire, many of the old proverbs are as-
sociated with Robin Hood—that county being the theatre
of his chief exploits. Of these, we may y cite two:—
"Many talk of Robin Hood who never shot with his
bow"—that is,
um* prate of matters in which they
have no skill; and "To sell Robin Hood's penny-
worth's," is applied to the eellieg of stolen goods under
half their value.
" The London, proverbs of "Dine with Duke Hum-
phrey" (that is, going dinner less, walking round St.
Paul's, where puke Humphrey was supposed to be
buried),—" Using one us bad as a Jew" (Jews baying
their teeth extrsoted by royal Operators, and being made
subj,ct to all sorts of indignities in the good old times),
—" Tottenham turned French" (which arose from the
large influx of French atezens in the beginning of
Henry VIII.'s reign, but afterwards applied to those
who adopted French fashions and infections),—"Fit for
Ruffians' Hall (as
West Smithfield was formerly called),
—" He will follow one like a St. Anthony's pig" (St.
Anthony being tbe patron saint of hogs, but aifice ap-
plied to servile souls and lick-spittle fellows),—" Born
within the sound of Bow•belle" (us applied to "Cock-
neys"),--" All goeth down Gutter Lane" (orignally

Should Scott start Sir Charles Monck's smart filly
Gossamer, and Sheppard Mr. Harrison's King of
Trumps, • in opposition to Mr. Worthington's h&c:bete,
and Osborne's Ltidy Agnes, a very pretty race for the
Darby Trial Plate will be the result; but as the King
of Trumps is a very dubiGus starter I shall look to
Gossamer or Raohete to pull me through, The field, in
addition to those already named, will probably include
Mftabana, Conrad, Dalton, and Hated. Stilton will
not run.

I am, Sir, yours, &c.,
THE SPIRIT OF THE TURF.

April 16, 1852.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

NEWMARKET CRAVEN MEETING.

Mr. Wigram's Peacock,
THURSDAY.
Handicap Plate of 701, for three yrs old and upwards.
D.I.
where Y
Lord Clifden's St. Antonio, aged, 7st 71b...(Fiatman) 2
Mr. Rogers's Harrier, 3 yrs, Est 121 b ...... (Hammond) 3
Mr. Stephenson's Ninus, 5 yrs, 9st 4ib ...(F. Putier) 0
Mr. Raynor's Presto, 4 yrs, 7st 121 b ...(G. E. SharP) 0
Mr. Armstrong's Coryptiee, 4 yri, 7st 21b (Charlton) 0
Mr. B. Parr's Sanita, 3 yrs, 6st 121 b ....... ....(Hiett) 0
3 yrs, sst 41b ...... (Steggles) 1
Mr. Kimbtou's b f by Ugly Buck, d by Vestris, 3 yra
6st 41b ............................................. (Speed) 0
Mr. Daley'a Columbine, 3 yrs, sst 121 b ...... (Perry) 0
Mr. Went worth's Scaurge, 3 yrs, sst 41b (W. Cowley) 0
Betting-4 to 1 agst Sanita.
Sanita, followed by Presto and St. Antonio, the
others, with the exception of Columbine, lying-well up,
held a lead of a couple of lengths to the turn of the
lands, whore the running was taken up by Presto, pea_
ran in this order to -the Duke's Stand,
cock, Harrier, and St. Antonio waiting on biro; the
gave way to Peacock, St. Antonio, and Harrier, Prestothe
former going on with
the lead, and wit, •
Harrier
a aling a well-
contested race by a neck;had third. Tae
winner was ridden in his clothes.r Run in 3 min. 59 sec.
Handicap Plate of 50/, tio,ryth.c.ce Yrs old and upwards.
Mr. Arnastrong's Sabra, 3 yrs, 7,:t 7ib I" (Charlton) 0 1
Lord Clitden'M Sagacity. aged, Sit 21b.. rMr. Newton's Old Lad, 7st 111 b ...(G.
,:c., earl) 0_ 2
Mr. Fox's Fernande. 5 yrs, Bht 7lh "„ za.,,,DbarP) 3
Mr.RegPre T 3 }rB .
'II _beechen, i . ke. 'Jowled) 0
6,t12!h (Hammond) 0
Betting-3 to 1 agst 1 alpid 3 Lad— to 1
op. Sabra
—4 to 1 oga Fei pouf! e.
Sagacity jealppd off first, but, after leading Joined b - , two bun-
dad yards, was Y Sabra and The Old Lad, and
the three ran nnal!3_.t_ngethor,
finishing with a dead heat
between Sabra and Sege. ,
...-eOld •tY, The Lud bAng beaten
only a e„k; the others were beaten several
lengths.
Run in l'inin. 9 sec.
Deciding Heat-6 tO son Sabra, who won easily by
a length.
Sweepstakes of 100 sm. each, h ft, for
colts, Sat 71b; fillies Sat silb• t, three yrs old;
the produce of m
that have bred • '
the Two ""
a winner of Thousand

from Guthurm Lane, in the City, but now applied to Guineas, Grand Duke Michael's, Derby, 0 ilia, or
gluttons and drunkards). these are very old proverbs, Doncaster St. Leger, to carry 71b extra; 31b allowed,
which have been hundreds of years in u.e. &c. D.M.
There is only one other familiar proverb that we shall Lord Orford's Alcoran, Bst 71b (Bu`ler) 1
allude to, which is the well-known one of " Tenterden Lard Exeter's Stockwell, Bst 41b (Norman) 2
steeple the cause of Go,-.dwin Sands," naw applied in Mr. Payne's Glenluce, Bst 41b (Flatman) 3
derision to causes and reults ludicrously incongruous. , Betting-6 to 4on Alcoran-5 to 1 apt Stockwell.
Yet the .assertion was seriously made, and not without j Glenluce jumped off first, and bad a strong lead fir
reason, by the old Kentishman who first uttered the ' about 300 yards; the running was then taken up by
words now grown into a proverb. For those sands," Stockwell, Alcorsit waiting on him, Glenluce at his
said the old man, "were firm lands before that steeple ' quarters. Half-way up ti-,e cords the favourite chal-
v,as built, which ever since were overflown with sea- lenged, and woo cleverly by half a leng,h, Stockwell
water." But where could be the possible reason for f heating the mare by a length and a half, Run in 1 nin.
snaking such an assertion? It lay in tbia-'—that to con - 148 sec.
siderable stun of money was collected for the purpose of Sweepstakes of 100 sous. each; for three yrs old, ist 71h;
fencing what were called East Banks against the sea, four, Bst 121 b; five and upwards, 9st 31b; mires and
then making rapid encroachments along that part of the geldings allowed 31b. The winner to be
sold for 200
coast. But the Bishop of Rochester, hearing of the soya. if demanded, and allowances if to be sold for
collection of money, ordered that its destination should less.
be commuted to the building of Tenterden steeple. So Mr. E. R.Clark's Laiy-ia-A'aiting,sst 111 b (Staggles) 1
Tenterden steeple was built instead of the sea-wall, and, Lord W. Powlett'a Fochabnrs, 7t 71b (701) (Shar2
at the next great storm the sea broke in upon the laud, Mr. Magenis's Ingratitude, 7st 21b (401.) (Charlton)n) 3
and Goodwin Sands were formed.- Thus, the old man Batting—Elm on Ingratitude. Won easily by two
of Kent was not without some solid ground for his as lengths. Run in 1 mi 0.62 see.
sertion, that " the building of Tenterden steeple was Subscription Plate of 501.; for throe yra old, 6st 121 b;
the cause of Goodwin Sands!' four, Bst 71b; five, 91t; six and aged, get 31b. The
winner to be sail for 300 son. if demanded, &c.;
D.M.

Duke of Bedford's Bordeaux, 5 yrs, 9st (Butler) 1
Mr. G. 0. Newton's The Old Lad, 6st 121b(Hamniond) 2
Betting-5 to 2on Bordeaux, who won in a canter by
two lengths. Run in 1 min. 47 sec.
The Claret Stakes of 200 soya. each. for four yrs old;
colts, Bst lib ; fillies, Bst 21b ; D.I.
Mr. Osbaldeston's Mountain Deer, Bst 71b ...(Hiett) 1
Mr. Greville's Ariosto, 81t 71b (Flatman) 2
:Betting-5 to 2on Ariosto.
The running was made by the favourite to the turn of
the lands, where it was taken up by Mountain Deer, who
had all the rest of it to himself; and won by at least i 0
lengthy.
Sweepstakes of 50 soya. each, h ft, for three yrs old ;
colts, Sat 71b; fillies. Bst 21b, &c. D.M. (3 Sobs.)
Mr. Herbert's Odessus (allowed 6lbs)
Match-100 sovs., 25 ft ; Bst 71b each ; D.M. Mr.
E. Batson's Ben Nevis, received forfeit from Mr. God-
dard's c by Auckland, dam by Redshank.
BETTING UP TO FIVE O'CLOCK.
CHESTER CI7P.
16 to 1 agst Hothorpe
25 to 1 agst Indian Warrior
33 to I egat Merry Bird
40 to 1 sgst Mountain Deer—take 50 to 1
DERBY.
7 to 1 agst Hobbie Noble—taken
25 to 1 agat Alcoran.
LATEST BETTING AT NEWMARKET.
PORT STAKES.
6 to 5 agst Prime Minister I 2 to 1 agst Lamartine
—taken I 4 to 1 agst Midas
FLYING DUTCHMAN'S HANDICAP.
5 to 2 agst Voltigeur
CHESTER CUP.
16 to 1 agst Hothorpe I 25 to 1 agst Nancy
DERBY.
No change.

SONGS OF THE FLOWER-SPIRITS.

BY E. E. M. K.
(From Ainsworth's Magazine for April.)
SNOWDROPS.
Stealthily, stealthily up to the light,
When his gleaming wand first passel,
We creep in our gurtnents of eazring white
Ere the vernal leaves al.cl grasses.
And the sun looks down with a wond'ring gaze,
As if, in Earth's bloomless bowers.
'Twere the virgin snow of the winter days
That had budded into flowers.
And we lift up our ice-crowned heads to feel
The ir.arcith of his pr.ind cares,,
For each kt,s hr gives iy a magic seal
Of strength and lo7eline,s.

CROCUSES.
From prison, and gloom, and the ruthless cold
We struggle, and rant, and ere free,
Ar 4 the noonday is rifli:w our leaves for gold,
Bin af nig:lt, right wanly
close the gay woot of our stainlers domes,
Lest the trust with his shining feet
Should wand: r within, and our fairy homes
Become his wicding-Aleet.
See, green swords bristle around us well,
And the crisp snows drift away.
And a trench lies round our citadel—
'Tis safe us in rosy day.

VIOLETS.

The [shies are weeping to behold us.
Hark, how the zephyrs call!
Feel how the sunbeams yearn to fold us,
Hear the sweet dew-drops fall!
We are not dead, but are sleeping late
On our mother's breast below.
Without us the Spring seems desolate,

She loveth her violets so.
Wake, sisters, wake! for the moss is green,
And cur herald-leaves have sped
Up to the thy, and the young bee- queen
Is singing songs overhead.

PRIMROSES.

Well may the pretty stars look down,

And wonder to see us here,
As if we had dropp'd from their purple crown,
To spangle the earth's green sphere!
But we are pale by their burning ray—
We wear not their gorgeous hue—
Pale with the knowledge of swift decay,
And pale with our labours too:
For long we wrestled with storm and breeze,
Ere the glad dawn touched our eyes,
And taught 114 the might of these forest-trees,
The glory of yonder skies.

BLUEBELLS.
Where sedges are fresh with a play of waters
That pause to toy with some favorite flower,
April's darlings, her blue-eyed daughters,
We cluster and bloom in each glancing shower.
The gnats hum round us in happy glee
The children riot in lightsome mirth,
Ocr azure tents in the grass to see;
They seem to have watched our sunny birth!
And near us the wan valley-lilies blow,
Whose sighs are sweeter, the south-wind says,
Than ever the lips of bright blossoms know,
Ah! has he forgotten the roses' rich days.
COWSLIPS.
We are the playmates of jocund May,
The light of whose laughing face
FaLs blushing over the &Ads to-day,
And blesses our fairy race.
But our knots of loosened gold are bowed
Under her burning glance,
While round us the cuckoo flaw'rets crowd,
Tee quaker-grasses deuce
Would they were here, the hours that 4arklr,
Gales that are Coolest, aces that weep!
Under our bells did glow-worms sparkle,
Soon were nor 12.:vy heads ash-ep!

THREE CHILDREN POISONED BY ORNAMENTED
CAKES.—Yesterday Mr. WaklPy, M.P., held an inquest at
the Hunter's Arms, Compton-street, Brunswick-square, on
Bridget Tyreby, aged four years. James Tyreby, deceased's
father, deposed that on Good Friday deceased received from
a relative, amp ngst other easier presents, a large cakesor-
mounted by variegated sugar ornameuts jf different colours.
Deceased divided the cake amongst two other of his
and
its who with deceased partook heartily of the cakeed
its ornaments. Soon afterwards all of them became
dan-
gerously ill, and were seizei with violent surgeon,etchin who
spasms. He instantly called in Mr. Hopi, but
esite
his
exerted The
exerted his utmost skill to save their live. ,
efforts, deceased died in dreadful agony last
other children, although better, ttntinaiie
_very ill. Mr.
Hopton, surgeon, Judd-street, said that he found the
three children suffering from all.t e symptoms of an active .
than
but
more
poison. He applied every,. possible antidote,
effect as regarded deceas_d, w_ ho had eaten
the others of the poisoned ornaments, and she Qied
with the exception of
on Monday. Upon a post mortem examination he found
which manifested themselves
that deceased had been very healthy
He made an analysis of the
the eff,icts produced by poison,
in the stomach and intesaee
stomach, which led him to, the conclusion that lead was the
;ler c‘ase.B ot death
poison that destroyed lite. 'I he_c,or,une.r, in summing up, ,
caused under such
re-
gretted that than, C 9
circumstances, bad come before him, anded
ex
that a stop would be put to the sale of cakes press a hope
a materials V • ornamented by
aches . . • erdict "Accidental '
death. '
Hopare entertained by Mr. Topton
the two other of the ultimate re-
covery of children.
COLNEY HATCH COUNTY LUNATIC
committee of visiting magistrates ASYLUM.—The
an-
nounced to the several pa to this asylum have
lunatics confined there rochial authorities having pauper
of this month, to reduce that they are enabled, from the first
9s. 4d. to Sssl . 2d. e the charge for maintenance from
/
fined there belon • per week for each pauper lunatic con-
longing to the gmg to the county; for those not be-
continued, county the charge of 14s. per week is
The beautiful
of estate of Arbigland, in the Stewartry
Kirkcudbright, has been sold for the sum of 38,000/. The
purchaser is
re, Colonel Ballow', a gentleman connected with
Fifeshi
The house on the property affords one of the
resi
finest d
en
Courier. ces in the south of Scotland.— Dumfries

LIFE IN THE ARCTIC SEA.—lcicles hung round
the deck, peaches became a mass of calcedone, butter was
cut with a chisel, beef with pickaxe and crowbar. Walking
out, you are conscious of a bracing atmosphere. Whiskers
and face are glanzed with ice. Put out your tongue, and it
is frozen to your chin. Walking on, you get into a fine
glow, often into a perspiration, but if the wind rises, then
you have a sensation of pricking pins. Extremes meet.
Extremes of heat and cold are alike. In our new life cold
gave a positive character to our existence, almost impossible
to describe. We protected ourselves from metals with fur
and buckskin. The crawl, the chi'', which is, with us at
home, the indication of varying temperature, was there un-
known. In fact, it was only by the direct attack of cold
that we were aware of it, and officers and men agreed that
we had sufferel more at home from cold. With such an
inveterate enemy, however, we could not hope to escape
scare, but we all returned alive. Cn one occasion, a poor
fellow, recovering from inflammation of the lungs, bring
asked how his frost-bitten ear came on, produced it in a
piece of paper, and said, " Doctor, I 'didn't want to trouble
you, but it dropped off.last night."—Dr. Kane's Lecture upon
the Arctic Expedition.
LONDON AND SOUTH-WESTERN RAILWAY.._The
works on this company's branch line from Alton to Farnham
are progressing towards completion. The permanent
"
with the exception of about a quarter of a mile in lens
'tbe
near Bentley, is laid. Considerable delay was caukt„stby , but
subsidence of an embankment in the Holt
expected that
that difficulty has been overcome, and
it it .de- for traffic
the line, which is a single one, will be re—
early in June.
mon named Ann
A WEALTHY VAGRANT.---
Louisvv of being a vagrant,
Small was recently convicted in S
securr
ity for her g;.od behaa
and required to give 500 dollar500 dollars in gold as
violin She forthwith banded
_ ttibu t7itoubeeni
collateral security, and 50 dollar e ove
fo..rha t,e ihgii,ch latadj
imposed on her, not, boweve4
getting it.—Lnwrican Farr'

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IBRI rISH NORTEI AMERIMISTAAILWAYS.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. ~ .
5",......My avention has been directed to a nom-
' muni 3:,,ti0rl wi,h which you farcured your readers a
few (1:,;s sioce, signed " An Englishman," which
porhadi was not fully understood by them in all its
invorant aspects. Allow me, therefore, to put you
in possession of a few important facts connected with
the subject. I will not occupy much of your valu-
able space to discuss the question, whether our colo-
nial dependencies have received, in all cases, that
attention from the Home Legislature which their in-
terests c:.ernan:-.f. Allow me, with all due deference
to your worthy correspondent, to express the opinion
that if any, permanent advantages are to result from
the connexion between our colonies and the mother
3' originate with themselves,
s'ies be kid aside, and every
bcoautnatlrlyloitcaml upsettlnyoitenoional
man put his shoulthr to the work. The means ere
theirs, and it only awaits for them vigorously and
with skill to apply their energies to the task, and no
obstacle will be found potent enough to resist their
win.

It is, however, the latter part of your correspon•
dent's letter to which I would more particularly advert.
It would appear that delegates from Canada, New
Brunswick, and Nova Scotia, are expected immediately
in England, on the subject of a great trunk railway
in those colonies, and which your correspondent
states will be the last appeal to Britain. Your
correspondent, who appears to be exceedingly well
informed on the state of our North American colonies,
and of their rich resources, affects not to be aware of
the existence of an undertaking the object of which
is to connect, by means of a trunk line railroad, the
whole of British North America ; and that a com-
pany (the S'. Andrew's and Quebec Railway Com-
pany), having a directory composed of highly influ-
ential gentlemen both at St. Andrew's and in Lon-
don, has been expending large sums in surveys, by
eminent practical engineers, and the construction of
which line is now in actual progress.
The company in question was incorporated in 1836
by an Act of the local Legislature of New Bruns-
wick, confirmed by Royal sanction, to construct a
railroad through a rich tract of country, from St.
Andrew's to Quebec. Their operations were sus-
pended in consequence of a remonstrance by the
United States' Government, that the surveyed line
would pass through the disputed territory, between
the province of New Brunswick and the United
States. On the conclusion of the treaty, by the late
Lord Ashburton, further Acts of the Legislature of
New Brunswick were obtained in 1847 and successive
years, td-extend and enlarge the powers of the com-
pany, and, amongst other privileges, conceding to
them five miles of land on each side of the railroad,
with a guarantee of 6 per cent, on 100,0001. of the
subscribed capital. By these Acts the company has
the power to make branch lines to St. John's, or in
any part of the colony ; and when the Halifax,
Windsor, and Annapolis line, which was advocated
by the delegates froin Nova Scotia at the recent con-
ference at Portland, shall have been completed, that
important province will be traversed, and placed,
also, in itnmedia:e communication with the Canadas.
Thus our British Atnerican colonies will be more
closely connected with the parent state, and rendered
ied-pendent of foreige means of access.
It may be remarked that, as in other parts of the
worn, tire' OdFAIDOIIIIt claims of the S. Andrew's and
Qu:bec Railroad were early sought to be damaged,
if cot c.holly ter midt, by rival prjects being sub-
mitted to the attention (:f the respective local Govern-
ments, es well as that of the Lome Government.
Phis occurred, allow tee to say, notwithstanding the

railroad in question had received the high-at patron 7

Gge and ithiiough it would 13d.v, iLvolved a breach of
public faith on the pat of N B-uusse,•ick Go-
verninflit, wlio bed, vs befor, s:awd, by acts of their
iJeal kgiAature, by grnots of 14144, and t 15.0 by gua-

tante:a and in other ways-, given st;liction
to the ccuipany. The resutt cf this state of things
was, alit the attention, both of tbj! Home and Colonial
Goverarrkents, was diverted from the primary object
on which, some 3 oars t•inee, a satisfactory conclusion
bad been come to. Pending these worse then fruit-
less nfgotiations and prvj,co., the strong claims of the
St. Andrew's and Qaelatc Trunk Railroad, which in

the end was considertd the alone feasible line, and re-
moved from all objections, were allowed to fall into
abeyance, and the company deprived of the aid from
the Home Government, which it was justly entitled to.
There is, therefore, no cause for the desponding
views which your correspond: Ant feels disposed to in.
tiulge in, burn, on the contrary, the positive certainty
may be entertained that when all obstructive influ-
ence which atood in the way of the progress of the
company is removed, the gigantic undertaking, which
has for its ulticelte object the connexion of the Atlan-
tic and Pacific Oceans, and which, by means of
Government and official surveys, is considered not
only practicable hut easy to accomplish, will proceed
to rapid completion.
The first great advantage that will arise from the
vast project embraced in the St. Andrew's and Quebec
Railroad will be to throw the Canadas open to Europe.
It may be stated that this first chain of railroad will
at once supersede the' circuitous end uncertain passage
by the River St. Lawrence, and will be open at all
seasons of the year for traffic, whilst the River St.
Lawrence is closed to all means of entry and exit for
six months in the year. In addition to these advan-
tages, our British and other vessels will concentrate

in the centre of the Atlantic continent the commerce
of Europe, which is now in no email degree aggran-
dized by ie United States.
To those of your readers who are alike interested
in the welfare of the colonies with your correspon-
dent, permit me to offer a few further observations, so
that they may be fully prepared to understand the
subject when brought more prominently, as it pro-
bably will be, at the instance'of the delegates, of whom
your correspondent writes, to the attention of a Bri-
tish Parliament, and who will possibly be asked to
grant, at this particular crisis, a loan of net less than
3,000,0001. for that purpose; but who will not, I feel
assured, suffer the rights and property of a company
to be trifled with, and who have subscribed their
capital on the faith of certain advantages and privi-
leges being ceded to them, and who are willing and
anxious, by the aid of the Government, to make the
line without the expensive apparatus ot a Government
Commission, over which the colonists will have no
control, and which liould cow:tit:we a mere monopoly
um.nsd
_taxation
and source of Gove.rement,
without end. I trus; thAt ,J. 1 1 Secretary
pe; himeielt possessien oi the 'll I •
will not sabetioo such an eet r • •
e injustice, to be done,
but
6o recognise the cleims of roe. company o e suojt-ct, and
them to compl€t to enable.
an unflertzlreie essential to the in-
terest of the colanie,, and their 17:1Thanent connexion
with the British Crown.In c.ttic!oiion,
if language cf mire c-in have any
''fl'et", 1 weuei
glee ati, of caution—
that it tniv -bi
ecee e ,e, it thou steps are cootewplated
%?':, your corrtspondent hiots
the whea
British N -I tune
Airmrica will have the triumph ot a
quilt reiiroed traversing its whole limits, will be
protrected to a period far too remote for "An En-
glithmen" to witeess.-1 arr, Sir, &a,

ONE MUCH INTEItESIEb IN THE
COLONIES.

QUICK PASSAGE OF AN AMERICAN CLIPPER SHIP
FROM CHINA.— A large American clipper built ship, named
the Witch of the Wave, Captain Ml'lett, commander, has
recently arrived in the East India Docks, Blackwell, from
Canton, having made one of the most ex,reordinary and
rapid voyages on record. She also brought one of the most
valuable cargoes of tea that, perhaps, ever entered the port
of London, having on board no fewer than 19,600 chests
of the choicest quality. She is nearly 1,400 tons burden,
the size of our largest Indiamer, and was built at Salem,
near New York, in the course of last year. She proceeded
to California, thence to Hong-Kong, and sailed front
Whampoa, near Canton, on the sth of January; made
the passage to Java-head in 7 days and 12 hours, then had
the wind W.S.W. to N.W. for several days, with light
trade-wind, and made the Cape in 29 days. Then encoun-
tered strong easterly winds from the Wetern Islands, and
took a pilot off the Dungeness on the 4th of April, making
a passage from China to the Downs in 90 days, a trip sur-
passing the celebrated runs of the Oriental and Surprise
American clippers. Had she not encountered the strong
easterly winds up Channel, she would have accomplished
the voyage several days earlier. As it was, she was only
four days bating up from the chops of the Channel, to
reaching the river, while some of our large vessels were
nearly a fortnight doing the distance. The Witch of the
e ave is the obkct of much interest as she lies in the docks.
Her bows are similar to those of a large-sized cutter yacht.
By the above it will be seen that she sailed round the world
in ten months and a half; incluuing loading and duichaTil
at the above ports. The greatest distance she ran 1"
hours on the voyage to London was 338 miles.
deems laoN VESCELS OF WAR.—The ex-
perimentsresult-
now in course of trial at the
yard would seem to establish the unfit_nee
small iron The all iron steamer
terial for the hulls of vessels of war. T :Vs Washington Na aniviy,..:
y rd for the purpose of
for further service,
Water Witch being condemned as unfit
has been lately moored efftherNa
ohts.hot and shell at point blank
trying en her sides the effecti
each shell was fired at her
ethsiadnesthofe
ae distance of three hundred and
range. A few days ago ;la
from a 5:-pounder gun,
fifty yards.
jaw fragments lion, which '
the vessel, too irregular for plugging), • N
teaTrihnegaltglledvaraegngteclebaorltehsr(omuguhchbolathrgtehr
diameter of the bbell., and too
of . ggingi, and
in an
, mot e dangerous
action would her own crew
from An enemy's oattery. Another than the shot
scattering smaliiklealnydpro,e,1
to
shell fired
at her wooden ibulwarksn an
e o_nly a clean round hole. We
derive these facts ro . of deer of the yard, who deemed
Worthy of pubiicay. He left •
hich are certa• ' with us two of the iron
looking things to
lf)tCDlCl):ienal;gsua: about
tLa umulTll E. TN Alt.Ti-Y°Chl.cielLrl3origi iLli3g. en-ce.
WATSON, C.B.--
Lieut6nunt-enel V.: alson, on the raked list of officers of
the East India Company ,s sett- ice,
u stunningdied on the 6th inst.
Lieutenant-Colonel Wilis n had served many years in India,
and 1410
the siege
~•,1,_,,. hi.stie Ir' e..,`j'ecleNs' t-. •i'.l:l, Ii
the C.N'oemp
apu. rpw'sa
rsiil
nv eri Isole4d7 fa
nwith a
atttNtvho
meeting. of Bburtpore in 1826; he was in 1836 nomi-
noted a Companion of the Bath.
TiE COURT OF CHANCERT.--It is stated that a
of the Equity judges will take place at the Lord
Chancellor's residence to-morrow (Saturday) for the purpose
of considering the new orders.
The Limerick Chronicle says that Judge Perrin
dued the Sheriff of Dundalk 501., for not having a dinner
ready for him. at the cpeniug of the aSetZta.

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