The Sun.
London, England, 1852-07-09 00:00:00

OUR FIRST SWEETHEART,"

BY ELIZA COOL
n You 9 must have a change, a decided change of air and
scene,.- said our kind and skilful ./Esculapius; "so just
pack up your portmanteau, enlist your traveling com-
panions, and start as soon as possible.' We heard
the sentence of transportation with as much pleasure
as our state of suffiring would permit, and formed a
small, but active " committee of management" imme-
diately. Being of the happy disposition that can
feel quite at home, at any hour of the day, in a grey
tweed or striped gingham, the wardrobe soon yielded
sufficient support fur two months' vanity, and as we
frequently incur a serious expostulation from divers
friends, whereby any listener might learn that on the
bonnet subject we are somewhat indifferent as to
whether our ribbon is worth a straw, or our straw
worth a ribbon, why it may be easily divined that
our " luggage" was ready with much "fuss;" and then
came the question, " Where shall we go?" "Suppose
you try a farmhouse in Derbyshire." We shook our
head, despite the charms of Monsal Dale and the lovely
pass of the " Dove," where wo once wrote a number of
sentimental stanzas while our companions devoured cold
chickens and other "vulgar condiments." " Well then,
what do you thiuk of the Lakes?" Another shake of
the head. " Will you go among the fields of Kent?"
Another of Lord Burleigh's signs of wisdom, of a very
decided character, was given; for dearly as we love the
rosy-lipped cherry orchards, and yellow-haired hop-
vineyards of this country, they are now incorporated with
the remembrance of cold and mercenary spirits; that
feelings, struck too
scoloswee
a balance between their interest and our
declined Kent with a very significant
Ni," and waited for another proposal. " What do you
say to Brighton s?"Wehesitated fora moment. The re
are a few small private reasons for our partiality to this
place; but now it was the height of the fashionable sea-
son there, when there are such cavalcades of ladies and
gentlemen tie horseback, with dappled roans, and long-
tailed piebaldst,haatuddapera_fecining canterers, and. high-step-
ping trotters,
Flng g'e- road and Marine Parade
form a compound of lisaton-row and Batty's Circus.
There are such innumerable Master Augustusses, and
Miss Lauras, in goat-carriages, smacking their whips and
tugging at the reins exuberant energy, though
they have persuaded their fond mammas a few minutes
previous that their dear little limbs were too exhausted
with fatigue to walk home. There are such dazzling
heaps oneverf " sapphires and diamonds found up on the
Y third she diamonds
reminding one of
h" i
the jewel-box of a third-rate actress. And
then the
houses are so consumpiivei-
,.6lase_ and white, and the
visitors so thoroughly
they were trying to be young, and
t all the old men look-
ing as though
all the
young men looking as though they wete try-
ing to be old; all
the old women wearing dark ring-
lets, which carry the name of " Truefitt" in their
and all the young women carrying
very gloss;
symptoms of baring exposed their beauty to a more
feverish influence than the " moon's;" somehow, the
whole place seems redolent of the unhealty regal per-
gentleman in Eurepe;" the trail of
fume of the " first
the gorged serpent teems over the place still, and we
often fancy that there is a want of freshness of soul and
warmth of heart in the majority of the people we run
against. Then at Brighton one is sure to meet the very
folks we care least to know, and one is asked to dine
with the prosy, Purse-proud Harleys, or to spend an
evening with the rude, shallow Hobsons, when we would
much rather exist without the flattering notice of either.
" NO, we won't go to Brighton in the height of the sea-
son—so that's settled." Dover, Cheltenham, Hastings,
were all objected to, and we suddenly de-
and Torquay,
termined to abandon all famous Hygeian places of
resort, and go and have a look at our first rural home, in
one of the wildest parts of Sussex. We had often seen
our second country locality, but had never revisited our
earliest paths among heath and forest, where we pos-
sessed our first P"Y' and met our " first sweetheart."
Away we
went,forty miles of rail, and five of a cross-
road, took us to our olden haunt; and we will just give
a few hasty reminiscences of our incipient life that ran
over our brain during the journey,
Our home at St. Leopards had been a nondescript
sort of domicile—half an English farmhouse, halt a
Gothic villa—situated in the neighbourhood of a
rabbit-warren, amid a vast range of hilly and woody
country, intersected with gurgling streams and large
patches of cultivated land; sheets of golden wheat
flashing out between dark brushwood
slopes, and
emerald fields of turnips, spreading at the feet of the
tall frowning trees. A noble espalier pear tree, and
a luxuriant vine, trailed all over the white fronts, and
many a clustering bunch of luscious purple fruits
might be seen in the autumn sunshine ripening on
the gabled roof, resting its juicy weight on the
patches of stonecrop, and causing divers speculations
among the juniors of the household as to whether
there was a possibility of reaching them from the top
casements; and occasionally they did disappear in a
most miraculous manner. There was a rude sort
of garden spreading round, where carnations and
cabbages, laburuams and lettuces, scarlet beans and
sweet-williams• brocoli and black currants, rosetrees
and radishes, sprang in plentitul and brilliant con-
tiguity; and there was one little corner where
some moss covered flints, a spontaneous profusion of
dockleaves, and an overhanging elder, afforded an asy-
lum for a couple of pet frogs, to the dismay of certain
boarding-school-bre d cousins who visited us in the mid-
summer holidays. One side of this Eden wilderness was
bounded by a broad thread of lucid water, known as
" Brook," across which, close by the frogs' her-
mitage, were a couple of rough planks, forming a bridge,
leading on to a fresh grassy bank, where flags, and
rushes, and forget-me-note, grew thick and odorous,
under the shadow of poplars and alder s, and beyoisd lay
the " Long Water Meadows," with Divas's farm in the
distance. On the other side was an ancie .t rambling sort
tt orenard, inclosed with old grey paling, all covered with
yellow lichens, and washed with wiry ivy, with an occa-
atonal azure periwinkle and red dog-rose peeping out, re-
minding one of In ancy 's blue eyes and ruddy cheeks
playing with the wrinkled brow and silver hair of grand-
!tuber. Ay, that was an orchard! where bouncing
eat'.-head apples shook their fists in the nigger-faces of
muscle-plums; where greengages, bursting with sugary
juice, tumbled into the cool grass, and gipsy filberts
rattled down about our ears with very gentle assistance;
ben the mulberries and the " swan's-egg" pears, and
the damsons and the cherries—oh, such cherries'.--
May-dukes and bigaroons, and blackhearts and morellos,
hanging like coral and jasper wreaths from the droop..
ing boughs, propped up here and there by a broken
rail. Ah, what mouths, what pinafores, what hands,
used to be seen in that old orchard during the
cherry season; what morning gluttony, what evening
excesses, were carried on in defiance of all paternal au-
thority and serious prognostications of cholera and sud-
den death. We taught the very sheep-dog to mumble
the delicious food, and old " Watch" was often seen
with his grizzled muzzle deeply stained with the for-
bidden fruit—to say nothing of the pony having real
nonpareils handed to him by dozens through a gap in
the paling, and whole capfuls of the finest " Orleans "
being bestowed in munificent generosity on any ragged
wayfarer who looked with longing eyes on our depreda-
tions. This paradise of an orchard led through a
gate into a lengthy sort of copse, the copse led
into a clover-field, and the clover-field skirted a lane
with luxuriant hedgerows, where bees, butterflies,
and grasshoppers, made assignations with the
honeysuckle and sweet-woodruff; where the in-
fant stragglers laid hid themselves among the wild
briony and tall foxgloves, and sat threading "cheeses"
from the mallow, or flinging ox-eye daisies at each oiler
by the hour together. About a quarter of a mile down
this lane, just at the commencement of the village, was
the blacksmith's rustic forge and thatched cottage,
where the ringing hammer made cheerful music, and as
happy a family dwelt as one might meet in a day's
march, and with whom we scraped an enthusiastic and
immediate acquaintance. Widow Hewitt was a dear
primitive old woman, with only two faults in the
world. The first, and by far the most terrible in
our estimation, was an inveterate prejudice in
favour of camomile tea, and the strength of her
prejudice was only equalled by that of the decoction.
Her preserves were superb, and her applepies—
her real " apple-pies"—were something to talk about,
putting to the blush the make-believe fashion of
trumpery tarts, where an ounce of fruit is spread
over any quantity or quality of crust, with prison tars
laid across, as if to protect the beggarly thing fee m in-
vasion; her cake was equal to her pie, and her home-
made wines were equal to her cake. Somehow we soon
got on such terms with the old lady that we had the run
of a certain corner cupboard, and revelled in raspberry-
jam, greengage marmalade, and sparkling gooseberry;
but alas! there was a " bubbly jock" to our gastric Ult-
city iu the form of that horrible camomile tea which t''El
dear old lady insisted on administering in the fullea do's❑
0
of half a pint to every luckless being withinirent,
her prescription, no matter what was the a m c 2
_ I
it could
toothach, sprained anclo, or limas es.
a tta
only be cured by camomile tea.
alla
was her " life-preserver:"
it
was
ae
necessary to exist-
breathe; and as old
ence, in her opinion, as the air
Gimble the wheelwright said, war a merciful
providence she didn't take to quack pison-stuff
the same scale." She bribed the Sunday-school
children into its bitterness once a month; she persuaded
a" that it would
the landlord of " The Chequer _ k remove
made the dressma er believe
his grog blossoms; she
OEO_ i , .
F ex on, anis it was as.
that it would " clear her c
ted to dose the old foxhound
sorted .that she had attempted
" when he came to them a puppy with the.dis-
" Music,
temper. Certain it is that old Music al ways displayed
active signs of d.-approbation whenever he caught sight
h
of the huge brown pitcher that held the elixir, and it is
also certain that he scratched up the camomile flowers
on the common with a force that savoured more of re-
venge than mischief. Dame Hewitt's other fault was in
thinking that her son Ben, who managed the business,
was the only son in the world worthy of a mother. Cer-
tainly, Ben was a fine-hearted, handsome young man; he
was seldom seen at the Chequers, and played the fiddle at
church every Sunday; ho knew a good deal of Shaks-
pere and Goldsmith; always had a flower in his jacket
button hole; managed to shoe the most vicious horses
without difficulty, and had a knack of quieting
iobstre-
perous babies in a magical manner. e'en's:Y:lsi the
whiskers were enough to disturb the peace 0- d when
Phillises and Daphnes in the neighbourhood;
anot to be
his mother declared that the Baronet's son
~'her
compared to him, there is little doubt
%hats than one.
was fully corroborated by more young
lateaffections to
It was our fortune to captivate
Bensister and our-
a very serious extent. His youngest
of children, and
selves had exercised the freemasonry
thee© accidental
grown very " thick " during two 9
had given her a volume
meetings in the lane. - on us a pincushion
of Fairy Tales, and she had bestowed
of her own making. Our aroWien of each other was
rivets
reading of Robinson
a
fully established over P
being taken to her home to
Crusoe, and ended in our jes. Good Dame liewit'
see a litter of woesierful
and said
took infinite notice of our "fine
complexion,"
all sorts of kind things; but we recollect that she insi-
nuttt a few Femigis se 0 tue emgiicY of " camomileed -6

tea" in " improving the skin." Ben came in and found
ue on the flour, squaw fashion, with three puppies on our
lap end one in each hand; whether it was our personal
beauty, our picruretque " pose," our somewhat saucy
tongue, or our interest in his canine family, that influ-
enced his feelings, we never knew, but certain it is that
Ben was " smitten" to a deep extent, and had ten years
been added to our eight, the consequences might have
been fatal. From that day, whenever we were missing
at home, the place of our resort was no mystery—we
were sure to be found at Dame Hewitt's.-:,
Dear, kind, manly, six-feet-high Ben, called us his
" little sweetheart," and conducted himself with the
most lover-like devotion. He permitted us to indulge in
all sorts of wilful abominations, from interfering with
red hot horse-shoes, to taking his best straw hat on a
butterfly hunt. He allowed us to hammer on the anvil
and work the bellows as often as we chose, and when
these occupations had metamorphosed us into something
that our own mother hardly recognised, his utmost re-
buke was " Look at your pinafore,"
accompanied by a
maternal-like attempt to restore our hands and face to
their primitive hue at the water-trough. Ben invariably
thought that a holiday would do him a world of good
when we proposed a nutting or wild•strawberrying party
in the woods; and how he would tread down the biggest
brambles in our way, and lift us in his strong arms that
we might have the pleasure of clutching at an unusually
big cluster of cob-nuts. How he would bring us the finest
strawberri,s he found, and make us sit down where the
moss was thickest on the sunny bank, while be smoothed
our rouglieued curls into something like humanity, and
insisted on a kiss for his trouble. We are afraid we
played the tyrant very often, end exercise our power
most ungenerously; but Bea seemed to like his
slavery, and encouraged our spirit of domination by
every possible means. The squire was in immediate
want of his hack, which had been sent to the forge to
have a cast shoe replac d, but if we expressed a strong
wish that Ben should mount and take us up before him
for a canter to the turnpike and back, why, the squire
might whistle for his nag until our desire was gratified.
The family might scream their loudest for Ben to come
in to dinner; but if he were engaged in swinging us
under the old walnut tree in the garden, the beet was
always allowed to get cold. We wanted a young sauirrel
to pet, and Ben, of course, risked his neck up the tallest
trees; we took a taucy to a large water-lily, springing
in the very middle of Miller's Brook, and Ben imme-
diately was bootless and stockingless, and knee•deep in
the lucid tide. He went to London the coldest, foggiest
day in the whole winter, in order to present us with a
superb riding whip on our birthday. He gave us the
exquisite myrtle which he had cherished for three
years, and trusted us with his valuable pocket-knife
for any blade-destroying purpose whatever; in short,
Ben was our devoted slave; many a mile he walked
over Darley Common beside our pony, his white
teeth gleaming as he laughed at some confidential
imp,rtineece of ours, his Issz,fl eyes, brown hair, and
slim lithe figure causing every rustic damsel that we
passed to imitate Lot's wife. And what a gentleman
be was on a Sunday: no corduroys, no velveteens, no
stripe of the rainbow about his neck; Ben was a bit of
a dandy, and his grey moleskin trowsers, olive green
shooting-jacket, and black silk " fichu" made him more
of an Apollo than a Vulcan. Ah, Ben, how you used
thet oloiter on the way home from church, pulling down
breach of May, or getting the most out-of reach
blackberry of the autumn for us • and when an itinerant
artist met us once, and guessed us' to be you sister, how
handsomely proud you looked as you equivocated, but
did not deny. Yes, Ben, you were certainly one of the
beings that loved us most! but Fate parted us. You
were tempted to better your fortune by accompanying
an uncle to America, and wo were removed to the
smoky streets of London; not one word have we heard
of you for many many years, and our first inquiries will
be about our first sweetheart.

Well, here we are put down by the stile that leads
into the churchyard—the stile which Ben has lifted us
over many a time. Let us walk through the churchyard
on our way to the village, and have a look at the
glorious old yew once again. Ab, there it is, grand
and gloomy as ever—not a tinge less beauti-
ful than it was when we rested under it on a
July Sunday to cool ourselves before we went under the
Gothic porch; but see, there is the Hewitts' family
grave; and whose is the last name carved on it? " Ben-
jamin, eldest son of the above William and Susan; aged
twenty-eight." Poor Ben I Our heart would have telt
more had it not been inured of late to suffering; but as
it was, we got very obscure about the vision, and it was
some half-hour before we bad courage to ask the sexton,
who was digging a grave close by, a few particulars
about the matter. And what did we learn? That Ben
had returned from America within a few years of his
leaving England to find all his family dead excepting
the sister—who vowed eternal friendship wi:h us over
the pincushion—and she, too, was falling fast into the
bony arms of the Great Despot. Ben watched over her
for three months, with his own cheek getting thinner,
and his own form growing weaker every day. Con,
sumption was in the family. and was ay busy as the worm
in a rose. Ben saw his favourite sister laid in the grave,
, and within six weeks the chisel was adding his own name
' to the long list already ou the stone; and now the osier
bands were firm and green over him; there were no
more llewitts to die, and the furge and cottage had
passed into the hands of strangers.
We s:ood for a while dreamily musing on days gone
by. We saw Ben leaning over the orchard-palings,
with his straw hat set jauntily on one side, and his
cricket-bat on his shoulder, while he coaxed our mater-
nal authority into permission for us to go and see the
" practise" on the green. We saw him decking our
pony's bridle with blue ribbon, under the apple-tree, be-
fore we started for Chartley Fair; we heard him whist-
ling over his anvil, and breaking off in the middle of
The J"Ily Miller" to bid us keep out of the way of
the sparks. We looked toward the Willow Grounds,
..nd remembered that it was there whi-re he carried us
(cross a bogy cramp some foot deep in uncertainl,
because our wiliulness insisted that it was the mghest
way home by some fifty yards: we saw him standing
before us in his holiday suit—tall, handsome, active, and
intelligent; and then we looked down and saw the pile of
green sward speckled with daisies: we knelt on the
heap of dust: we read once more the name that we
used to shout out in boisterous childish joy; and, Bowe-
how, a misgiving of all the after devotions we have met
with, rose up beside the shadow of Ben Hewitt, "our
first sweetheart."—Eliza Cook's Journal.

SPORTINCi NOTES.
No. CCLN.H.
THE LIVERPOOL JULY MEETING.

TO THEE DITOR ---
OF
TEE
w d
eekBU
Sirt,—The principal meeting of ting of nex
which ext is N.
ends overt be
e -
tt W
to
held on Aintree Race-course,
xt.
hawsil commence, as
nesday, Thursday, and Friday ne
name.
usual, with the Croxteth Stakes,
d ced to a match, will not
The Produce Stakes, now 1!,
which yet to close and
ear HER, THAMES walking
poNr,oedr.uce a race, Sir R. Pigottr':
so
each, h ft, with 100
The Lancashire Oaks of 102
Bst 7lb each, with a variety
added, for three years old fillies,ewhich turns the stake into some-
of penalties and allowances,
thing like a Handicap. distance is once round, being
resetakaerse, but the
sixty yards. Thirty-six
l e
subscriptionstb r e
he a
ve furlongs
heear a
obtaineddfou(.) thTill
' Sarah and
a n
fielde mw i
will scarcely number
dead, and of the rest, Captious, Acttaatcelth,,ehlli,a
Vision,rkaway
Lanercost fillies, Partlet, Lra ,
Ellice, Tearaway filly, Kestrel, and Rosary, are already
doubtful, as with
also er penalised three pounds, is
hors de, combat. I think theh . startingpenalty
bousf
the
fi Songstress
Il
B hu have ex-
tremely
Butterfly
and fit
ya
carry 9st. Bay Rosalind,.
scarcely likely to show, being
and May Blossom, at Bst 41b each,
t borne ' speculations.
Knight of the Whistle,
she is not the Butterfly by. but a
With regard to the former, it must a 3 in mind that
much inferior animal. I merely mention this to save the
anything
are hopeless
public from falling into a similar error to that they a short 8t
time since committed. Calot, s 41b, after her Chester
running can possess but little chance here. Water-
lily, Bst 21b, is on the forlorn list; ditto Caloric
with Bst 1015. Osborne may start one of his couple;_ but
whether it is to be the twenty-fifth appearance of Lady
Agnes this year, or the lately " off " Merry Bird, I am at
present unable to tell. Should either go their chance is by
no means bad. Hirsute, at Est 715, and Linnet and the
Queen of Spain, Sat 215 each, are not likely to figure in
the front fur this bout. Mr. Worthington's Jessica and Ra-
chetee have, by their running this year, proved themselves
so very inferior that I cannot trust them now. The Maid
of Lincoln may possibly run well, as she has no penalty.
Mr. Lawson's filly by Ballinkeele, has been talked about a
little ; but in my opitron it will all end as it has begun—in
talk. Last of all we come to Lord Westminster's brown filly
PLOT,
who, I have but little doubt, with only Bst 4lb up, will, in
the absence of Songstress, carry off the stake..
The Mersey Stakes of 25 soya. each, with 50 added, for
two yrs old, colts list 71b, fillies Bst 41b ; half a mile. Of the
eleven nomin,tions, nine are of the feminine gender, from
which sex the field will be composed, consising le obably of
Charming Woman, accompanied by Charity, as she on
fightlt°
be, Jaquenetta, an the Sister to Mountain Deer or —Yb a;
In the last two will centre all the interest of the race, one ().
other winning to the greatest of moral certainties; 10.:07,
the Sister to Mountain Deer is in another rata onu the It is
day, and which is, moreover, some 100/. morea•iti
eav'eVt, and
most probable she will be reserved for the latter
leave HYBLA
the half-m
alone in her glory.
The Great Lancashire Produce Sta,,,
win „ro
' of note a
course, out of a large nomination h , i n
f several --ar32.3 eBasyet dar,k,
notwithstanding the appearatnecae
i of tbe entrY
, a the dark list, to
goodly field. The major por
table borne, °and V d d k
an er ec en,
but as several of the most notable
b"se'
wit, Constantine, Umbriel, ?Inver will mostlikely come from
are
doubtful runners, the ' eared
dy app
in public, being not at all
those who have sires Stakes,
win
1 jaw have,
improbably IsTEN to
whoever it
'''' of Scott's stable,
AITNTAIN DEER,
the representative
a..a_____:,„
like a walk-over for :Sir R.
trey most powstllll tinog"kuv'ewry
The Foal Stakes
Fielrpool Cup, over the Two Mile Course, out of its
laved and six subscriptions, and sixty-twolaccep-
at the outside have more than a dozen
tances' runners, including Colsterdale, Poodle, and Lucio
or whicht . .
among trio, in my opinion, the race certainly lies.
Tee representative of the Fyfield stable, no matter whether
Po
inegTll3ttu'ijsa wrill not
Teddington, at Bst 1315, or Clincher, at 101 b less, I cannot
have; Cossack, although very stale, at Sat 31b I should pre-
fer. Miss Ann, ist 111 b, is not overburdened with weight ;
neither is Mark Tapley, ist 615, or Doubt, at ist 71b. Her-
bert, Gst 1215, has a few admirers of his outside pretensions.
Elcot and Allegro are over weighted. The Countess, at 6st
91b, is not badly in, or Termagant, 4st 71b. The rest require
no comment. At the present time I consider, as 1 have be-
fore remarked, the race lies with Colsterdale, Poodle, and
Lucio ; and if I take any for choice it shall be
COLSTERDAL E.

The Derby Handicap would seem to have been made for
one of the Earl of Derby's horses, Elthiron being the only
opponent of any note.
At the distance of a week, it is impossible to say what
will start for the Liverpool St. Leger, but as Claverhouse is
said to be a non-starter, the race would seem to be between
Alfred the Great and the representative of Fisher's stable.
The Knowsley Dinner Stakes, wh;ch will probably termi-
nate in a walk over, brings my observations on the Liver-
pool July niTniDg to a period.—l am, &c.
THZ Clif

I'URTING INTELLIGENCE.
NEWMARKET JULY MEETING.—THIYREDAT,
Match, 50 sovs. Last half B.M.
Duke of Bedford's ch f Oasis, 2 yrs, Bst (Pettit) I
Lord Ribblesdale's b f Torment, 2 yrs, Bst 71b
Betting-9 to 4on Torment. Won by a nek. Ran
in 57 seconds.
Match, 200 soya., h ft, Bst 71b each. New T.Y.C.
Mr. E. R. Clark's Mr. Sykes, 2 yrs...(Bartholomew) 1
Mr. Thomas's Young Beverlac 2 yrs (A. Day) 2
Betting-6 to son Young Beverlac. Won on the pout
by a head. Run in 1 min. 20 secs.
Match, 100, h ft. New T.Y.C.
Lord Exeter's Mountain Flower, Bst llb (Norman) 1
Mr. E. W. Hughes's Sophistry, Bst 71b (Flatman) 2
Betting-5 to 2on Sophistry. Won cleverly by *
length. Run in 1 ruin. 16 secs.
Handicap Sweepstakes of 15 sovs. each, 10 ft, for all
ages. From the starting post of B.M. to the end of
New T.Y.C.
Lord
dd Sot pf
oh re
Ribblesdale's
Ino'
sne, 3
Livermore,Solyman,yra,
8 Bstst 21b... (Bartholomew) 1
Mr. Wigram's Peacock, 3 yra, 7st 91b (G. E. Sharp) c.
771 s 121 b . . . 71b (Pettit)
( F I(aPt me t an) 4
t it
)3
Betting-6 to 4 agst Solyman, and 7to 2 each agst
Peacock and lona. A fine race between Solyman and
Peacock, the former, who never got up until within a
few yards of the chair, winning by a neck. Run in 1
min. 36 secs.
Plate of 501 for two yrs old and upwards; optional sell-
-56 bt
9(41b01e1 ). :B(s,H:i.a:tt(bißegrgotcleekl3B))) :2
sell-
ing weights. Last half mile of 8.111.
aged, 7st (401.) (J. Mann) 4
Mr. Armstrong's The Moor, 7st 71b (801.) (Flatman) 1
rrr.
Hwo.Hornsby
subs Shadow,iyt,hs,sj Ao c
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Mr. Hill's The Gre' kapsSirsloa,mv4esi,sies9,sitbS9s(lt4bo2(lllb)oo:4o.(Ts:Samoietho)
041
Est 131 b (804) (G. Mann) o
3 Y"' sst 91b (100 i )(E.Simpson)
DukeAlMrr .. TGo.i pts9ePHdhleo'caradst°'esa
LordLnrd CExl:fdteern's'eAFmeraarytelolitszf.,2 yrs, Est (150/0 (Toovey)
Mr. Rayner's Gay Lass, 6st 121 b (404) .... (Elliott) 0
Betting-2 to 1 agst The Moor, sto 1 agat Joc o' Sot,
6 to 1 each opt Oasis and Promise, 7 to 1 agst Hecate
colTt,heanfdoulrOhtoorslesagpsltacSehdabd
yowthaendjuGdgaey faair'in advance
throughout. The Moor, who bad shown temper at the
post, waiting on the Weatherbit filly and Shadow into
the cords, and winning by a length. Run in 53 secs,
The winner was claimed.
The Chesterfield Stakes, of 30 sovs. each, 20 ft, for two
yrs old; colts, Bst 71; fillies, Bst 41b; the winner of
the July Stakes to carry 91bs, and the second 41bs,
extra. Lust half of B.M. (33 Subs.)
Duke of Richmond's Dag. bert, Sat 7As (Bartholomew) 1
Mr. Payne's Warhoop, Bst lib (Fistman) 2
Mr. Wanchape's b I Bridget, Bst 411) ...(Wniiebouse) 3
Lord Exeter's Phr)gia, Bst 41b
Lord Exe er's f Vesta, Bst 416 (J. Mann) 0
General Anson's f Rumour, Bst 41b ...(G E. Sharp) 0
Mr. Armstrong's bl f The Creole, Bst 4ib...(A. Da)) 0
Betting-5 to 4 eget Warwhoop, 4to 1 agst Dago-
bert, 6 to I each agst Phrygia and Bridget, and 7 to 1
agst any other.
This race having been run some minutes after the
time fixed, we were obliged to leave the course imme-
diately after the horses passed the winning post, and are
only enabled to state that Dagobert won by three parts
of a length, and that Warwhoop, who made all the run-
ning, beat Bridget for second place by a length, Phrygia
was fourth, and Vesta fifth. Run in 51 secs.
In our return of the Town Plate on Wednesday, we
omitted to state that Plot was started solely to qualify
her for the allowance in the Lancashire Oaks; a decla-
ration to this effect was made in the ring.
Mr. J. M. Stanley is the new Steward of the Jockey
Club, in the room of Lord Glasgow.
WORCESTER RACES.—WEDNESDAY.
The Innkeepers' Stakes of 2 soya, each, and 20 added,
for three yrs old and upwards. One mile and a quar-
ter. (7 Subs.)
Mr. Flintoff 's Ibis, 3 yrs, Est 71b (Wells) 1
Mr. Kelly's Theorem, 4 yrs, 7st 111 b (Denman) 2
a3r
ynerstt;'amr. Aristos, 4 yrs, 7st 111 b... (J. Holmes) 3
-2
BMur.lck B, r"
Jones's
carr,s Gauntlett,L adsyyArsn;neMr.yrFs.. Taenadrnm'sr. J.
Day's ch g by Bubastes, out of Variety,3 3 y'rs, also ran.
Betting-6 to 4 agst Theorem, and 2to 1 agst Ibis.
Won cleverly by a length and a half.
The Railway Handicap of 5 goys. each, and 25 added;
winners of 100 soya. 51b extra. One mile and a
quarter. (7 Subs.)
Mr.Choyce's May Day, 6 yrs, 7st 101 b ..
G. ...............
31
Mr. Stevens's Sleeping Partner, 4 yrs, 7st (Charlton) 2
Mr.
Betting—EvenS t ock's Tanc roend ,s4l e
eypr
isn,
g Partner,
7st l3lb. 6
to 4 agst Tan-
.
cred. Won by a head, after a fine race with two.
The Flying Handicap, of 5 sovs. each, and 40 added ;
the winner to pay 5 sovs. towards expenses, and the
second to save his stake. T.Y.C. (18 Subs.)
Mr. G. Henry's Butterfly, 3 yrs, 6st 41b ... (Kendall 1
Mr. Fowler's Forrester, 6 yrs, Bst 71b ...(W. Sharpe) 2
Mr. Gulliver's Chilton, 2 yrs, 4st 10Ib (Prior) 3
Mr. H. Waring's Manifold, 5 yrs, 7st 101 b (T.Carlisle) 0
Mr. J. Davis's Gaylad, 6 yrs, 7st 61b (R. Archer) 0
Mr. Austin's Miss Julia, 6 yrs, 7st 51b...(Charlton) 0
Mr. T. F. Sharratt's Miss Helen, 4 yrs. Est 411) (Wells) 0
Mr. Little's The Macaw, 4 yrs, 6st 41b (Chilman) 0
Mr. F. Dalimore's The Ferret, 3 yrs, sst 71b (Quinton) 0
Betting.-7 to 4 agst Forester, 3to 1 agst Butterfly,
4to 1 agst Manifold, and 6to 1 agst Miss Julia. Won
by half a neck, three lengths between second and third.
The winner is objected to for not carrying proper
weight.
Sweepstakes of 5 soya. each, and 25 added, for three
years old anti upwards, not thorough bred. One mile
and a half. (5 Subs.)
Mr. Phillips's Le Juif, 4 yrs, 9st 91d (Charlton) 1
Mr. J. Davies's Titterstone, 4 yrs, 9st 71b (J. Sharpe) '2
Mr. Higgins's Forest Lad, aged, lOs 71b... (Planner) 3
Mr. D. Gleehili's Nonsuch. 3 yrs, Sat 51b (Denman) 4
Betting-6 to 4 on Le Jule and 3 to I agst Titter-
stone. Won by a length; Forest Lad a bad third.
The Ladies' Plate of 20 sot's., added to a sweepstakes of
2 Boys. each, for three yrs old and upwards; the
winner to be sold for 501, and the second to save his
st.ke. One mile. (10 Subs.)
Mr. H. Cowper's Prince Rupert, ist 71b (Charlton) 1
Sir C. Rusbout's Flounce, 3 yrs, 7st 11lb (Rs Archer) 2
Mr. Gulliver's Lady Blanche, 7st 111 b (G. Simpson) 3
Mr. I. Day's Variety g, 3 yrs, 7st 81b...(Wakefield) 0
Bullfinch, 5 yrs, 9st 81b; Amber Witch, 5 yrs, 9st 51b;
b m by Percy, out of Lucretia, 5 yrs, 9st 51b; and
Ariosto, 4 yre, Bst 121 b, also ran.
Betting-6 to 4 agst Amber Witch, and 3to 1 agat
Prince Rupert. Won by half a length; the second beat-
ing the third by the same.
LANCASTER RACES.—WEDNEaDA.T.
Handicap Plate of 30/. One mile and a die.
Mr. Johnson's Lady Jersey, 7st 21b...(J. Osborne) 1
Mr. Dawson na Emerystoae, sst 121 b (Waddington) 2
Mr. E. Parr's Sanita, 3 yrs, 6st 71b ... (Hiett) 3
Mr. J. Osborne's Puritan, 3 yrs, 6st 31b ... (Carroll) 0
Mr. Henderson's Crabbs, aged, sst 121 b (llayhan) 0
Mr. A. Phillips's Linnet, 3 yrs, 4st 71b (Cliff) 0
Betting-2 to 1 agst Puritan, and 4to 1 agst Lady
Jersey. Won cleverly by half a length; two lengths
between second and third.
The Lancaster Cup of 100 soya., added to a Handicap of
10 sovs. each, 5 ft, and 3 only if declared; the winner
to pay 10 soya. towards expenses, and the second to
save his stake. Two miles and a dis. (21 Subs., Bof
whom declared).
Mr. Harrison's Lindrick, 3 yrs, sst ... (Waddington) 1
Mr. E. Parr's John of Berwick, 5 yrs, 7st 31b (Hiett) 2
Mr. G. Barton's Little Fawn, 4 yrs, 6stBlb(Aldcroft) 3
Mr. J. Shepherd's Alp, 6 yrs, 7st 61b ...... (T. Lye) 0
Mr. J. Walker's Gholab Singh, 4 yrs, Tat (May) 0
Mr. J. Osborne's The Proctor, Est iolb (J. Osborne) 0
Mms rr.. T h Holdforth'somas na
from
.the
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Rose,W i! m Wilmont,
yrs,t, y.s ra st ,
1621:b.
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Fawn a good third,
four
Proctorand Betting-6
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Stand, was won by
and Wilmont fourth.
old, 7st 121 b; four, 9st 21h; five,
added; three yrs
aged, 9st 131 b; mares and geldings
winners extra, &, c.g
(Heats,j.o sobnoernmei)lelandl
ThOestGit:inbd;
iSiixtanadodStakes of 5 sous. each, 3 ft, and. 25
mara.lll3,oraw.it:vda3ltiebr;,o Mary Nobbles P ed
Lat.hl3l73n,ysrBy(r3sol(l(ilc. Oates) 02
dr2
. s neyes's Pioneer, aged (201) (Turner) 0 dr
Mr. J,,,lnherno plate of 501., given by his Grace:e):thgoleelDdl3inukg2e:
The 0-8-- -it n; three yrs old, 7st 41b; four, Bst 71b;
of 112°1 ° •
121 b• six and aged, 9st; mares
five B't '
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away,(ca r 4. 6375rt91, 05 tBbdi
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(Carroll)
23
efr.E.Parr's Sanita,3 yrs'
Mr. J C Johnson's Duxissubrtyl:
Mr. Meiklarn's Paddy ,OSib3,(43esars.4ststBl2lb)(Neap) 4
Betting-2 to agsBt tprda,d3d yyr
Bird,, e; 8 1 tWo b2a(aaGdgiasntYgcht ol nuli r:0
7to 2 eget Sauita, and 7to 1 agst Crabbs. Won by a'
length.
The Revival Handicap of 7 soya. each, 4 ft, and 2 only
if declared, with 50 added; the winner to pay 5 sows.
towards expenses and subscribe next year, and the
second to save his stake. Two miles. (22 Subs., Bof
whom declared.)
Mr. Holdforth's Wilmont, 5 yrs, 6st 31b (Carroll) 1
Mr. E. Parr's John of Barwick, 5 yrs, 7st ...(Hiett) 2
Mr. G. Burton's Little Fawn, 4 yrs, fist 101 b (Wells) 3
Mr. G Braddell's Little George, 5 yrs, 7st...(Doyie)
Mr. J. Osborne's The Proctor, 6st 121 b (J. Osborne) 0
Mr. Thomas na Sister to Fencer, 5 yrs, 6st 41b(111%0 0
Mr. Harrison's Lindrick, 3 yrs, sst 13Ib (Waddingt9l3),
0
Betting-5 to 2 each agat Lindrick and J
le o1:1!1 Breaand 7 to 1 agst Wilmont. Won by a head.
Won by
g
The Queen's Plate of 100 guineas.
Lwtottmillieeb,o
wick, 4 to 1 each eget Little Fawn and T
Mr. Osbaldeston's Mountain Deer, 4 yrs
himrr.. SAlleisprhShepherd's Alp,
Fancy 6 yr
Girl,. ... .
y.
r.
.. ( (Hiatt)
s
and a half.
Betting-5 to 4on Mountain Deer. Won by a length

The young Stratfords, late.ly released by the Tus-
can Government, have arrived ih Liverpool by the screw-
steamer Orontes, haring shipped off by the Governor of
nialta. Government refuses to do anything in their behalf,
I the mayor has headed a
and as they are tota.lly destitute
subscription for their benefit with the sum of 51.--Liverpool
Mercury.
ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS: The annual
election of fellows into the council took place yesterday,
when Messrs. Cooper and Coulson were re-elected, and
Messrs. Gulliver, of St. Mark's-crescent, Regent's-park, and
Richard Partridge, of New-street, sring-gardens, were
elected the new members on the vacanciee occasioned_ by
the resignation of Ur.
ryhaPle. Stafford gild the death of

ELECTION INTELLIGENCE
LAMBETH.

Though the contest for this borough terminated at
four o'clock on Wednesday afternoon, at which time it
was generally understood that the successful candidates
were Mr. Wilkins en (by an immense majority) and Mr.
Williams, yet, in consequence of the scrutiny to which
it was found necessary to submit the polling lists, the
official announcement did not take place before twelve
o'clock yesterday, at which hour, and long previously,
a very large concourse assembled in front of the hus-
einza, at Kennington-common.
The RETURNING OFFICER advanced to the front of the
platform, and informed the assemblage that the num-
bers were—
For Mr. Wilkinson 4,732
For Mr. Williams... ... 4,022
For Mr. D'Eyncourt . 3,829
Mr. Wuxi:lsm; came forward to address the elec-
tors, and was received with loud cheers. He said that,
at noon on Saturday last, he acceded for the first mo-
ment to the application which had been made to him
by what he supposed he might now be allowed to call
a respectable deputetion.—(Chaers.) He did not wish to
detain thorn long under the building. [A Voice--Don't,
or you'll drive us mad.] He had been returned
by the great mass of the working classes.—(No, no, yes,
yes, and clamour.) The poll-books would show that he
stated the fact.—(Clamour.) He observed it stated ia
one of the newspapers of that day that a large body of
men of a particular establishment voted for him because
of his subscriptions to the Amalgamated Association of
Engineers. He begged to state he never subscribed a
shilling to that body._(Hear, hear.) He believed one
element of his Success consisted in the treatment by the
other side; of the gentleman who preceded him—(Mr.
Harvey)—treatment which the honest indignation of
Englishmen rose up against—(Hear, hear.) Whatever
might have been Mr. Harvey's position in early years,
he had now lived in the borough thirty years, and had
ever sustained an irreproachable character and repute-
tion.—(llear, hear.) Therefore, to have attacked his
early character ia the manner in which it had been at-
tacked was neither a just, a generous. or a manly act.—
(Cheers.) The duties of the constituency were now for
the present concluded, whilst his duties were only about
to commence; and he hoped to discharge those duties in
the same holiest and exemplary manner in which the
constituency had discharged theirs in electing him as
their representative.—(Hear, bear, and cheers.)
Mr. WILLIAMS next came forward, and was warmly
greeted. He begged to express his deep and heartfelt
thanks for the honour which they had now for the se-
cond time conferred upon him. He had been charged
with coalition with the Right Hon. Mr. D'Eyncourt.—
(Cries of "'Tis true.") He did not complain nor find
fault with any man who believed so, as all appearances
tended in that way; but he could assure them that he
bad no more to do with the formation of that coalition
than any individual present.—(Hear, hear, and Oh, oh.)
Between Mr. D'Eyncourt and himself there had not
been a word of understanding on the question of coali-
tion.—(Hear, hear, from Mr. D'Eyncourt.) Now, as
regarded himself (Mr. Williams), be should say that as
they heretofore found him so should they ever find him.
At the end of the next session ho should invite them to
meet him and scrutinise his every act as their represen-
tative, and the more they looked into his conduct the
more pleased should he be to meet them.—(Cheers.)
Mr. D'ETNCOURT lastly presented himself, and was
very warmly received, there being a marked difference
in the reception as compared with that of Tuesday last.
He said that,. as this might be the last occasion on which
he should have the honour of aldresaing the electors of
Lambeth, and as even it might be the last day of his
public life, he hoped they would treat him with at least
some forbearance.—(Cheers.) It had been said that he
lost his election in consequence of certain slanders
heaped upon Mr. Harvey.—(Hear, hear.) He challenged
any man to say if ha had ever heard him utter any
such slander, or that he had ever been a party to its -ut-
terance.—(Cries of "Your committee.") He was not
aware that his committee ever uttered those calumnies.
—(Hear, hear, and Oh, oh) He understood there were
papers circulated in reference to that gentleman; but
neither he nor his committee had any concern in them.
He cccid not be a man it, after twenty years of intimate
and confident coneexion, the bond which united them
could be severed without a pang of feeling.—(Hear,
hear.) And now, whentht
he had'
from them, it was a
consolation to know
polled in his favour a leraeerpreviousthen den);
numberhalast
the
sufkient to return at the s.s ofelection.—(Cheers.)
Wits these observations, and wishing them collectively
and individually every happiness, ho then bade them
f31"ell--(Llear, and cheers.)

GREENWICH.
At one o'clock yesterday the returning officer for
the borough declared the final state of the poll to be as
followe:

Rolt ••• ... 2,415
Chambers ••• ... 2,360
Stewart ..• •,• •.. 2,026
Silomons ••• ••• ... 1,102
The officer then declared Messrs. Rolt and Chambers
to be duly elected Members to represent the borough in
Parliament, amidst deafening cheering of their respective
supporters.

The newly-elected members having addressed the as-
semblage, they were " chaired" through the three
towns, numerous bands of amain, and a profuse display
of flags and bann,,rs, with coaches and carriages, form-
ing the two processions.

ABINGDON.
The election of a Member to represent this borough
in the next Parliament took piles yesterday. General
Caulfield was the only candidate, his return being unop-
posed by the late Ikaabc7, Sir F. Thesiger, in conse-
quence of a mutual arrangeraqnt at the time of the ac-
cession to office of the present llinistny. A second can-
didate, in the person of G. W. Llope, issued an address
to the electors, but without any serious intention to
contest the borough, as ho withdrew early this morning.
The proceedings occupied a very short time. and the
town presented but little deviation from its accustomed
tranquillity. After the usual preliminaries had been
gone through, the Mayor called upon those electors who
had candidates to propose.
Mr. GA/ORIEL DAVIES proposed, and Mr. EDWIN
PAYNE seeocded, General Caulfield as a fit and proper
person to represent the borough.
After asking if there was any other candidate, the
Mayor declared General Caulfield duly elected.

MIDDLESEX.
A meeting of the electors was held yesterday at the
public rooms, Uxbridge, to hear addresses from Lord
Robert Grosvenor and Mr. Osborne. As the announce-
ment had been pit forward that_ morning of the intention
to start a Torycandlda
candidate, an additional interest was im-
parted to
the proceedings, and there was a crowded
attendance. It was market day in Uxbridge, and this
usually quiet little lace displayed all the bustle indica-
tive of an approeching election. Placards were posted
in all directions,
thatas well in the interest of the late Mem-
bers as in
horse,. of of the expected candidate, the " dark
an
~.Whom all that seems to be known is, that he is
lu‘ini.synooth man. His bills dwell emphatically
on the blessings of our " Protest int Constitution," and
wind up with strong recommendation to the electors
to " beware of Osborne." •
Cdr. T. N. Richer) presidA.
Lard R. GROSVENOR was received with gvat cheering.
Re referred to his kind reception on former occasions in
that room, and expressed a hope that he had not lost
their confidence, but that he had faithfully and eon-
ecientiously discharged the obligations conferred on him
at the last election. There were then three candidates;
now there were but two; and though he was sorry for
this on account of the electors, knowing how dull an
uncontested election was, he was not sorry for himself
and his colleague.—(Hear, hear.) The electors had been
asked to reserve their votes; he knew not whether they
were to have a contest or not; but, contest or none, he
was exceedingly glad of that opportunity of appearing
before them. He rejoiced in frequent personal inter-
course with his constituents, as a means of thoroughly
understanding and appreciating their opinions; for it
was only while convinced that he represented a con-
siderable majority of the electors that be wished to
trouble them.—(Hear, hear.) It was his desire to re-
present the electors, not to be brought in by influence.-
- (Cheers.) His opinions were the same as he had held
during a ;political life of thirty years; and he had no
reason to suppose that the electors of Middlesex had
changed their opinions any more than he had.—(Hear,
„site .great. changes had occurred In the five years
was,fermerly returned; but to these he would
not allude fa de
ealtieee Theuhange of Government was a
Minis-
ters ilentatillerested most. persons. The new
certainly
did not possess hire peculiar circumstance; they
his.d9y.not ta effe-e—tii—et,„elkee; but he had felt it to be
to snort *pen to carry factious opposition, but
-oLan acfPeall being made to alse-1 measures, on condition
at the; earliest possible,
PartOd.,4,%"ri on their principles
opposed the ipeopositie, to ‘--"lere hear.) He had
.mentarY seats, thinking .that ii—;4l‘ the four Torna-
dos& thee-qtteition of Parlianaentaere.l4"4e.._ t thereby to
had welts= to- consideristion.oh eisi; Cl";,%Cill. • Middlesex
braced several large districts—Cheise-4411th(7. -„it;e32l,-
leotirliood—which were entitled to -nland ---tatrZgu"
(Cheers.) He had opposed the Militia Bill 11
tuft—it=
thinking it .a moat absurd measure; and heik be 1?" Oil:
framers now saw it to be so. inefficient that
never be brought into operation.--(Cheers,)e.appeal:now Made to the• country, he should be
glad° the
W
know .who understood the Ministerialmaannyifoensteoesrethat
had been put forward.—(Laughter.) If
dii, he hoped they would explain them before theP meet-
leg separated. They had gone round the country agi-
tating against free trade; and now they dared not appeal
to the country on that principle.—(Cheers.) Bat it was '
said the Ministers were a barrier against the waves of
democracy. Where were those waves coming from 2—
(Hear, hear.) Next they were advocating a greater
share of representation for the people in the Reuse of
Coninons. Their pretensions were utterly inconsistent.
Protection was now to be abandoned for revsion of taxa-
tion, whereby the poor agriculturists were to be com-
pensated for the loss of the corn-laws. Still the Go-
vernment stubbornly refused to state what their pro-
posal was to be. ' Had they proposed such a reduc-
tion of expenditure, or to lighten the burdens of the
people generally.,they would have commanded his
respect..--(11
--el,3e; hear.) He bad always acted with the
.P.arty, wuCCU Wing. the last seventeen years, had car-
ried into eff.vt the greatest measures of reform that
ever were passed. Still, he was not a party man. He
had always acted as the representative of a party. If
the present Ministers brought in
good measures they
would r,-ceive his, support. -Though speaking in the
snag of an agricultural district, he must express his hope
that the old corn-laws were
It might have been better bad gone -ever.—(Cheers.)
they seen loss abruptly
-repealed,. for the tenant-farmers bad. undeubtedly.suf-
fered much. Prices had just been artificially rai34/1,
til/14 f:gaiii(2 Ir4aud, aid landlords na-