The Sun.
London, England, 1864-01-26 00:00:00

SPOR ZING' INTELLIGENCE .

TATTERSALL'S, MONDAY.
A determination to remain quiet by the bookmakers
upon the Chester Cup, until after the acceptance, has had
the effect of materially affecting the returns from the
Corner. Notwithstanding a more than average attendance
this afternoon, among whom were the principal bookmakers,
speculation " dragged its slow length along ;" but left but
little in its trail to record, if the importance of the wagering
be taken into consideration, although the list of names
given below would lead to the belief that some heavy
transactions had taken place. _ _ .

The Two THOUSAND, first in priority, was the first event
touched upon. The two favourites were supported for
small amounts at sto 1, but we fancy if the I,yers had
exhibited more liberality they would have been backed for
money. Cembuscan was asked after, but his price, 6to 1,
was not clasidered his market mice.

The CHESTER Cur, was all but a dead letter, notwith-
standing many of the best judges naming several animals,
as being wonder:ully well in ; but siill there appears a great
disinclination upon the part of the layers and backers to
meddle with the handicaps until something more tangible
than exhibits itself at pres2nt is made manifest. Oar re-
turn will therefore be accepted merely as the " waifs and
strays" of individual fancies than the effect of any demon-
stration made in favour of any particular stable.
THE DERBY.—The transactions hereon were noticeable
solely for the anxiety to get on Coast Guard, as litttlo as 16
to 1 being repeatedly taken in hundreds, but towards the
close the furore somewhat cooled, and at the close of the
room 100 to 6 was repeatedly offered, Historian also was
backed at 22 to 1 to win some hundreds. Of the others
whose names will be found given in our return of the
closing prices the majority were only supported for small
amounts.

TWO THOUSAND.
sto 1 agst Fille do l'Air (taken)
sto 1 agst Paris (taken and offered)
6to 1 agst Cambuscan (offered)
10 to 1 agst any other (offered)
CHESTER CUP.
25 to 1 agst Blackdown
25 to 1 agst Anfield
30 to 1 agst Carisbook
33 to 1 agst Tippler
33 to 1 agst Mail Train
4U to 1 agst Canary
40 to 1 aget Lord Zetland
40 to 1 agst Marigold
50 to 1 agst Tattoo
50 to 1 agst Greenland
50 to 1 agst Gardner
THE DERBY.
11 to 1 agst Scottish Chief (offered)
13 to 1 agst Paris (offered)
100 to 6 agst Coast Guard (taken freely)
18 to 1 agst Forager (taken)
1000 to 45 agst Historian (taken)
33 to 1 aget Idler (taken)
40 to 1 aget Appenine (taken and offered)
50 to 1 agst Horse Marine (taken),
1000 to 10 agst The Count (taken)
1000 to 10 agst Baldernock (taken)
1000 to 10 agst War Dance (taken)

HORSE RACING IN EGYPT.—The Cairo races es-
tablished by the present Viceroy were run for the
first time on the fifth on the desert near the Abbassiels, dis-
tant about three miles from the city. The course was an
oval of two miles in length by half a mile in width; the
ground was hard and mixed with pebbles, and was broken
by transverse ruts formed by the rain—on the whole, toler-
able ground, and not too deep. The first race !vas for Arab
horses, three miles, for £5OO and £lOO to the second; it was
won by Hamdany, belonging to Mr. Smart, after a close
contest with Dukhy, owned by Halim Pasha. The
second race, for horses of all nations catch weights,
was five miles for £3OO, and £lOO to the second.
Four English horses ran, but were beaten without
a struggle by an Arab horse of the Obeyan breed,
who, however, lost the race by his rider dismounting at
the third mile, which permitted a chesnut mare of Ali
Pasha's to come in first, the Obeyan recovering the second
place. The English horses greatly discredited themselves,
and it is a pity that Companion, who has hitherto won all
his races, did not run, as he would almost certainly have
maintained our precedence. The third race was for £lOO,
two miles, and was gained by Ali Pasha after a close race
with a grey mare belonging to M. Guichard, but not well
ridden. Altogether it was a great success. A kiosk was
erected for the Viceroy, and a grand stand for the
Europeans a buffet was provided of 25 tables, each of
six covers, besides the private table for his Highness and
bis guests, all at the Viceroy's expense. The course was
properly staked and corded, and kept by cavalry pickets
and mounted police, and the whole passed off without a
single quarrel or accident of ann kind, The first race was
run in about seven minutes, the second in fifteen, and the
third in six. At the conclusion of the day a purse of £lOO
was run for by the Beshi-bazeuk cavalry, who dashed off
in a dense clump, forming a very pretty and animating
spectacle. Among the Viceroy's guests were Count De-
genfeld, Austrian Minister at war; Sir Charles Macarthy,
governor of Ceylon; Count Bariatinski, Count. Nobili, and
several of the Consuls General. It is to be hoped that the
English will endeavour to retrieve their name at the next
meeting to be held in May, at Alexandria, for it cannot be
doubted that a good English horse will have no difficulty
in beating Arabs at any distance. The horses which ran
on the 6th were Blazeaway, Young Syntax, Tadcaster,
and Engraver's Daughter. None passed the post.—letter
from Alexandria.
TRADE OF SWANSEA, LLANELLY, &C.—During
the year 1863 the total number of vessels engaged
in the trade of Swansea reached 5,513, with an aggregate
registered tonnage of 618,966 tons, and the shipping rates
received amounted to £16,149 ISs 100. As compared with
the year 1862 the returns show a slight decrease in the
number of ships trading with the port, and also in the ton-
nage; but there has been an increase of nearly .E4ot; in the
shipping rates received, which is accounted for from the
fact that a larger class of vessels has visited the port of late.
Three thousand one hundred and ten vessels, with an [ag-
gregate registered tonnage of 253,183 tons, were engaged in
the trade of Llanelly, Carmarthen, Ferryside, Pembrey,
and Penclawdd during the year, against 3,486 vessels, with
a registered tonnage of 262,122 tons in 1862. The depressed
state of trade during the first six months of 1863 was to a
great extent the cause of the failing off in the number of
shtps and the tonnage. _

A bottle has been picked up on the coast of Nor
way since the December gales, containing the following
message :—" Scbooner Jessie, of Shields, seven days from
Stockholm, and within sight of Scotland, April 1, 1863.
The master washed overboard this morning ; two men and
a boy remaining. Any one finding this is requested to
communicate with the editor of any newspaper. 11 a.m.
the boat getting ready. 11i a,m. the water gaining
rapidly."
A great number of large salmon are now spawn-
ing in all parts of the River Avon in Hampshire, even high
up the river towards Salisbury, which is very unusual.
BEE SWARMING EXTRAORDINAAY.—It is not
always either agreeable or safe to have a swarm of
bees almost inside your house; in such cases efforts to re-
move or even get rid of them may be deemed excusable.
On Friday last a swarm which for years past has taken
possession of the space between the drawing-room floor and
the dining-room ceiling of the residence of Mr. Buchanan,
at Poulton-cum-Seaconabe, Wallasey, came out in vast
numbers from their winter quarters, and disported them-
selves in front of his house as if it had been mid-
summer. The annual movements of this swarm have
long been a source of interest end curiosity in the neigh-
bourhood, On ono occasion the entrance to their cells
was closed up during the winter; but in the following
spring the bees made their way out into the light through
the same aperture which had been barred against them ;
and on another occasion, when it was thought they had
been effectually destroyed by the action of burnt brimstone,
great numbers of them were nevertheless untouched, and
forced their way into the air in the following spring, and the
swarm has never since been disturbed.—Liverpool Albion.
FATHER MATHEW'S "CROSS CORN ET."—The
greatest of all Father Mathew ,3 difficulties was,
perhaps, his servant John. He was a wizened, unwhole-
some little "familiar," who hated children, hated poor
people, and loved whisky. His love for Father Mathew
was his one redeeming characteristic. "If you will go on
in this way, John, I must really leave the house," generally
recalled the tyrant to his senses. Requesting the servant
to leave the house evidently never occarred to the master
as an available alternative. Then, again, the prophet did
not meet entirely with the "honour among his own people"
that he hoped for. It must have been a sore moment when,
after praising Brother John's healthy appearance as a living
testimonial to temperance, an accidental visit to the dining-
room after he had retired to rest disclosed John busy with
the "materials," and sadly disconcerted at the apparition.
CLERICAL VACANCIES.—The rectory of Ham, in
the county of Wilts, and diocese of Salisbury, worth
between £4OO and £5OO per annum, and in the gift of the
Right Rev. the Lord Bishop of Winchester, population 249,
is vacant by the death of the Rev. David Morgan, who has
held it for the last 20 years. The rectory of Biddestone-
with-Slaughterford, in the same county, and in the patron-
age of Winchester College, is likewise vacant by the decease
of its incumbent, the Rev. A. Quicke, who had held it for
a period of upwards of 30 years.
It appears that the authorities at Frankfort have
declined to grant a concession to draw the Great Eastern
lottery in that city; and the ship will br-, clL;red for sale at
Liverpool on the 17th of February, "without any reserve."
At Drury Lane, "Henry IV." is to be produced
with great splendour at Easter. Mr. Phelps is to play the
part of Falstaff and Mr. Walter Montgomery that of
Hotspur.
M. MAZZINI AND TEE FRENCH PLOT.—It appears
from inquiries made by the Swiss authorities that M.
Mazzini left Lugano in the beginning of October last, and
that the men who have been arrested on the charge of a
conspiracy against the life of the Emperor Napoleon did not
arrive at that place till the aonth of NoYeatber.