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SPORTING NOTES.
No. COLXXX f.
COVENTRY AND LY:.N'MEETINGS, &c,

_ TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
SlR,—The colt by Slalom, out of Verb,rui, uill nproved
upon hi; running in Ireland by winning the Cl.ington
Stakes at Wolverhampton yesterday very easily. It is
butte enough that he had nothing of consrquenc,
to beat;
W• considering his travels lately, nd, c ntii quently, some-
hat deficient work, his victory is very creditable to
la • lie is a horse that will make some
Licit() in the
world before he closes his racing career.
Patshull Handicap was won very cleverly by
hisownddird, who found himself perfectly at home over
St ar peculiar length—a ile an a hal. Morning
En? receiving 151bs of the m
winner,d and 32. f bs of Youngnglandg
managed to beat the latter for second honours.
tnp`i" !, who won the Free Handicap last year with the
Sh'ewhealsht u jt contrived to ditto that performance.
• evidently improved in form duri.og the present
Bering and
her sunimr, and not improbably may
the
course
tuourLiemknt: p thing or two with her in
enable
thn
Galr
a"18111 ub t whom there has been so much said
,
thcit'cu.:eilo of late, was brough; out yesterday, " n
v.eland Cup from Trifle and Cotliwoiltcr. The
Itatte,-, evidently stale, had to concede some three stone
fro ° the winner, and his chance, in cons 4 quence, was out
is
noegwn diasutiaom
animal,
will, slashingTlahce i daughter
fillyll , a' tatinoltb.h''ei orn gnijenoxcvtteorry spring,aSSaind
If not over weighted d:, a " good thing."
The only stake at Coventry that the public seem in-
, ato bet about is the aptly, though strung,,ly,
b..-113,3ed Peeping Tom Handicap, a three-quarters of a
t..hiiired, o
spurrt; out of an entry of eighteen it
will
have
a
Tn more, at the post, Wila THE KNIGHT (F THE
-ISFLE, or BULLFINCH the winner.
At the Lynn meting only two races are likely to
Norfolk
speculation in town. For the first, the %Vest
Aorfolk 'Handicap, a two mile run, SURPRISE and KING
OF TROY, to my thinking, will be first and second; and
for the other race, the Stradsett Hall Stake,s,
SCANDAL is reported to be as good as any thing.
Both these meetings come off to-morrow.
The betting was not very bri,k last night, nor is it
to this morning; the principal investments were on the
Ebor Handicap and St. L,,ger. The following were the
latest quotations:—Reading Stakes-5 to 4on Vaultress,
Sto 1 agst Michaelmas Maid. Innkeepers' Stakes-5
and 6 to 4 agst Kilmeny, the latter odds tak, a freely;
4to 1 each agst Theorem and Earns. Peeping Tom
Handicap-6 to 4 agst the Knight of the Thistle, take
2to 1. Ebor Handicap-6 to 1 agst Weatberg,ige,
taken freely; 7 to 1 agst Li, de Elerry ; 8 to 1 agst Vol-
tiaeur; 12 to 1 agst Sir Rowland Trenchard; long odds
cffared sgst Nancy. Great St. Leger-3 to 1 agst Song-
tress; 4 to 1 agst Stockwell, taken freely; 5 to 1 agst
Daniel O'Rourke; 40 to 1 agst Lapidist; 100 to 1 agst
the Major.—I am Sir, &c.,
Aug. 11. THE SPIRIT OF THE TURF.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.
WOLVERHANIPTON RACES.—TUESDAY.
The Patshull Handicap of 15 soya. each, 10 ft, and 5
only if declared, with 30 added. One mile and a half.
.t.(17 Subs., 5 of whom declared.)
au% Dtleiklana's Paddy Bird, 3 yrs, fist 51b ...(Carrol) 1
Mr. Shelmerdine's Morning Star, 3 yrs, 5s 41b
lir. Phillips's Le Juif, 4 yrs, Bst
Si!. R.
,Denman no, b g Young England, 5 yrs, 7st 81b 0
fir, J. Saxon's Courier, 6yrs, 7st file ~
kb.r. Gifford na Sir Charles Napier, 3 yrs, flit 31b
1113 Cleveland Cup, by subs. of 10 sovs. each; second
to receive 201. out of the stakes. Three miles. (7
Subs.)
)dr.
• Foley na Galvanism, 3 yrs (Carrol) 1
Lord I,,wisham na Trifle, 3 yrs 2
r •
,„,_ Bi gneil, s Clothworker, aged 3
artfeoretts old;i;rgtonStakes of 10 soya. each and 50 added,
colts, Bst 70); fillies, Bst 51b; winners
ones 3lbs extra. T.Y.C. (12 Subs.)
Lo by
krd Caledon's br c Simoom—Verberia (White) 1
Cdr, J. Merry's Desdemona 2
r__ tiatford's f by Assault—Newton Lass
L`
1;r. T. Shepherdson's Pastrycook
0
491.r.Plintoff's Whalebone 0
Tile Borough Members' Plate of 60 soya., added to a
sweepstakes of 5 sovs. each. One mile-and-a-half.
~(7 Subs.)
ailti jr.. M___onntford's Thunderbolt, 3 yrs, (50/)...(Clif) 1
...r. Bartlett's Tancred, 4 yrs, (301) 2
Brown's Lucy, 6 yrs, (300 0
The Dawson's Miss Truth, 4 yrs, (30/ ) 0
'-ue Free Handicap of 5 ova. each, 3 ft, with 30 added,
f°r three yrs old and upwards, the second to save his
ke
Lordl, Warwick's Grief, 6 yrs .................. (Croucb) 1
..,..I.r. Pliritoff's The Reaper, 4 yrs
Mr. Sparrow na Sir Charles Napier, 3 yrs
1,441:: li_argrave's Osbaldeston, 5 yrs
lir; tilgnell's Clothworker, 6 yrs ...................
its!. J Adey's Liberty, 5 yrs
-'4r. Holdforth's Wilmont, 5 yrs
GREAT YARMOUTH RACES.--IIIESDA.Y
bThe Vauxhall Stakes of 3 sovs. each, and 30 added,
eats, three quarters of a mile, were won by Chorus
Thanng Sabra • Miss Sarah.
.. anti
e Zlorfolk and Suffolk Handicap of 10 soya. each, 5
Mr,
ft, and 3 only if declared. Two miles. (6 Subs.)
1-I,,_ri; C. Boyce's Ingratitude, 4 yrs, 7st 51b...walked over.
'',. Tradesmen's Two Yrs Old Stakes of 10 sovs., 5 ft,
11:71.1.,nre,vtiltih550 added ; colts, Bst 7ib ; fillies, Sat 21b ;
AI
1., .
Francis'sLti s
t oi extra.iDnign
sdePrlacid
The Bora •
Won by a length and a half.
aiad uproar ,I•gh Members' Plate of 501, for three yrs old
Ingrßat,Atud:st;ehaZ one mile and a (pricier, was won by
LTTING A m Urbanity.
AT I: MANCHESTER.--TDESDAY.
THE,e GREAT EBOR HANDICAP (YORK).-8 to 1 agst
.7.. atnergi.ge (t),
„Ilyacinth 12 to 1 apt Haricot (t), 100 to 6 agst
(t), 100 to 6 agst Sir Rowland Trenchard (t),
~„ I.e GREAT YORKSHIRE STARES,-2 to 1 apt Stock-
well (t), 2 to 1 agst Songstress (t).
Stockwell
LEGER _3 to 1 agSt' Sonptress (t), 4 to 1 agst
-"°ekwell (t), 5 to 1 agst Daniel O'R,mrke (t).

CREMORNE GA RDENS.
NOVEL AND STARTLING PERFORMANCE.
t The wonderful and unprecedented feat performed
uere on Monday evening by Edouard Boutellier, one
cf. the Italian brothers, whose gymnastic exhibitions
created BO much interest at Drury-lane last year,
!4(1 have excited great enthusiasm in the circus and
4u the garden at Cremorne this season, will be re-
peated to-morrow, as though resolved to outdo all that
had been previously attempted. The trapeze (a light
bit of wood, about an inch and half in thickness and
three feet long, suspended by two cords twelve feet
long), is fixed beneath the car of the balloon, and as
the gigantic machine rises majestically into the air,
the daring athlete (accompanied by Mr. Chambers
and Mr. L. Mermead, the intrepid aeronauts), is seen
hanging by his feet, and so continues, swinging with
his head downwards, until the balloon attains a con-
siderable elevation, when he swings himself up, and,
seating himself upon the bar, commences his amazing
evolutions, with the same fearlessness and skill as
though he had been performing in a drawing-room,
instead of being some thousand feet perched up in
air. The balloon on Monday took an easterly course,
thus traversing the greater part of the metropolis,
and eventually made a safe descent in Victoria-park.
The intrepid gymnast continued his bold and startling
evolutions throughout the whole of the aerial voyage,
and, as the balloon never attained avery great eleva-
tion, he was seen by myriads in all parts of London,
and the cheers of the multitude evidently nerved him
the more for his daring achievements. He ascended
into the car just before the descent of the balloon,
and reached the gardens between nine and ten o'clock,
in time for his customary performances in the circus.
We need hardly add that his reception on his return,
by the thousands that thronged the gardens, was such
as Englishmen are always ready to give to those who
display such courage as he had done. Of all feats
that have yet been attempted this is the greatest, and
to appearance the most daring and venturesome, but
the great muscular energy and strange presence of
mini of the intrepid performer take away the feeling
of fear, and make that certain success with him
which it would indeed be dangerous for others to at-
tempt. We have no doubt the gardens will be
crowded to-morrow to witness the repetition of his
bold and daring ascent.

DREADFUL THUNDER-STORM AND Loss OF LIFE
IN MANCIIESTER.—Yesterday forenoon Manchester and
neighbourhood were visited by a severe thunder-storm, ac-
companied by heavy showers, which, it is feared, must have
i?ccasioned great damage to life and property. Among the
'Mal consequences already known are the death of four men
and the serious injury of another, who were employed at a
114,?7( building in Ridgway-street. The blackened corpses of
the four unfortunate men present a horrible spectacle in the
of !in:llyard public house, near the scene of the calamity. One
the deceased was a fine youn a
g man, aged 19, named
iThomas Dowd, an apprentice to mason. The sashes and
nof of the building were shattered to pieces by the destruc-
ive element.
THE MILITIA.—On Saturday orders were issued
tiT the Lord_Lieutenant of the county of Middlesex, and by
Lord-Lieutenants of other counties, to their deputies to
iKo immediate steps for raising the required number of men
their respective districts to serve in the militia, to be em-
ndied in aceordance with the Act passed in the last session
yie...l".arliarnent, and during the next week general courts of
t, qtetlancy will be held in most of the counties throughout
he kingdom to settle the preliminary matters.
FA- PARTY OF PLEASURE FOR AUSTRALIA.—Among
o Passengers who went out to Australia in the mail steamer
gormosa, which left Southampton on Saturday, were two
eutletnen of that town, who went out in her on pleasure,
mild intend returning to England immtaliately. One of the
erth.
,tttlernen took his wife with him ; the other only made up
riMind to go in her a day or two before she sailed, and as
,°°n as he did so went and paid his 90 guineas for a first-class
Fancy rnen going on a pleasure trip to the anti-
es, and getting to the end of their voyage in 10 weeks!
me 413' we live in an age of marvels. The fact that is just
ttioned is of considerable significance, as it shows that
l'e,;'P'a are benning to think that a voyage to Australia is
Im,ve--'37 grea effort after all. Next year, when the Austra-
p. 'an and Pacific Company's steamers begin to run between
holiday and
LOOS
a and Sydney, a man with a six months.'
tie whole of the way. If any one had
tit in his pocket may go round the world and live splendidly
nig a century ago he would have been placed in a madhouse.
PRINCE OF WALES YACHT r
prognosticated such a
ha fourth
/patch of the season came off yesterday. The first class sailed
r:orn Blackwall to Gravesend and back, and the race was won
fy,o the Valentine, Mr. B. Wallis. Th.re were six competitors.
and back, there were three stelae
f..r. the second ace, which wag from Blackwall to G:een-
, and
Proved tub the Calliope, Mr. W. Tuckwrsell. the winner