The Sun.
London, England, 1852-01-13 00:00:00

DENMARK.

The Prussian Government has informed the Duke
of Augustenburg, that the Governments of Europe
are decidsd to uphold the integrity of the Danish
jonarchy, and that the claims of the Augustenburg
fitnily will be compensated by an annual allowance
01-* money. The Augustenburg estates will remain in
the hands of the Danish Government.

THE IMPOSSIBLE 7,439,216.
Among the many extraordinary circumstai:Te, con-
nected with the present revolution in France, it is not
the least of such that M. Louis Bonaparte has been able
ro gull the people into the belief of his having received
the affirmative votes of more than 7,400,000 persons.
That he should seek to deceive in this, as he has in many
other ways, should not surprise us; but that he should
have so completely forgotten the prudent advice offered
to a deceiver in the fable, to " keep probability in view,"
is extraordinary, since he has laid himself open to de-
tection in his falsehood by every one who will bo at the
pains to examine his figures in connexion with the popu.
baton returns, which are free to the inspection of every
one. The numbers advertised in the Moniteur as having
voted on the question of his dictatorship, Oui or Non, are
Out •• ... 7,439,216
640,737
Annutes ... 36,820

Total who voted ... 8,116,773
The total population of the 86 departments
of France at the last census, in 1846, was 35,401,761
From which must be deducted the inhabi-
tants of Corsica, not included in the re-
turns of voters

230,271

32,171,400

Of this number one-fourth only are men 20
years did and upwards ..• •.. 8,792872
Deduct further the number given in the
French sables as between 20 and 21 years 303,500

Leaving 8,489,372
as the greatest possible number inscribed as electors
capable of voting, being only 372,502 beyond the
number who are asserted to have voted, and conse-
quently allowing only about 1 in each 100 of adult
males to have abstained from voting. More than one-
fonrth of the above number, viz., 97,023, are stated in
the census returns as being above 85 years of age, and
may on that account be assumed as unlikely to have voted.
I.; addition to this, there are the sick, and those absent
, -ing the days of election from the district in which
y were inscribed. A very moderate allowance on
:e accounts would more than make up the above-
:: ~ ;:ed excess of 372,599, without reckoning any of the
7 numerous class who, upon principle, abstained from
r ring on the question, and who, in the department of
Seine alone, are stated to have been 96,819 out of
394,049, the number inscribed in the department. If the
proportion who thus abstained is assumed as correct data
fur the whole of Franca, then the number who did not
vote would be 2,085,863; leaving the 6,403,509 as the
ex -eme number whose votes were recorded, or 1,713,264
fewer than the number asserted by M. Bonaparte to have
eeo given. The number of negative votes is stated in
rh Moniteur to have been 640,737, of which number
96 511 were given in the single department of the Seine
--‘nout 1 in 3 of the total number said to have voted;
wh. teas, in the rest of France, the adverse votes are
eated to have been only 544,226, or only 1 in 20 of the
alleged voters! Cr eclat.qui cult.—Examiner.

SPORTING NOTES.

No. CLXVI.

ANALYSIS OF THE SEVENTY-THIRD DERBY.
(Continued from No. CLXV.)
TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
Sat,—Since dotting down my last remarks on the
ll?rby, I find by my last communication from New-
market, that ray observations concerning Butler's stable
!re in several resrwets incorrect. As I before re-
marked, Hugo and Weathergage are not worthy any
s,lae man's consideration for the great race now in hand,
• Hesperus I made little or no n;inark about. lam
now in a posiPiou to state, that he is in gentle work,
touch improviA since the close of last season, and that
no will probably turn cut to be the best of that stable.
Labouring under the idea—from not having heard any
thing about them—tlnt Maid: tone and Canterbury—
two purchases from the Goodwood stable—were thrown
at of training. I did not takf, their chances into con-
1-11tation in de9csnting in my last letter on Butler's
Canterbury is doing no work; in fact, is out of
:-.hair;; and Maidstone, though doing gentle exercise,
• looking well, is by no means a Derby horse in any
• !pact. I shall make a point of concluding the Derby
!icle to-morrow, when I will give the summing up to
,1 best of my judgment.
Before closing this brief note I will take a glance at the

OUNDLE STEEPLECHASES.
The principal one, marked on the list to be run at
twelve o'clock, will in all probability have some seven
eight starters, namely, the Bri,ish Yeoman, the Ge-
neral, Isaac, Verax, Carrig, Maria Monk, and perhaps
another or two. The Yeoman has on this occasion to
concede a stone to his next-door n,ighbour, and
coosiderebly more to others in the race. This
of course will militate much against his
chance ; I, however, think, that as the course
i 4 in anything but a light condition, the
in—man, if run to win, will be one of the first three.
`II, General, at lOst. 41b., is bold perfectly safe by Isaac,
pound less. Venture, Miss bray, J-Mnnie
Lam e, Caricz, C a, Mischanco and Gulnare, I have
ho!arny for. Hinton's running is oucertain, so I shall pass
chance over without comment. This weeding of the
leaves me the two credo Verax and Maria
Isaac and the British Yeoman to dispute
t palm of superiority. It I place 111a.rtrA MONK and
YEatx th,, first two positions, with „Isaac and the
Y ~vnan tolerably wail up I think my venture will not
1,, very wide of the mark:
the Selling Stake', over three miles of country, I
sliould book as a certiuty for YOUNG LOTTERY or UUT-
C AST, with Bullfinch, Gulaare, and the Parson's Daughter
in attendance.

The latest betting on the Otindle events quotes Verax
as the favourite at 7 to 2 (taken), Maria Monk 5 to 1,
Carrig 5 to 1, General 8 to 1, Isaac 8 to 1, and the Yeo-
man the same figure. For the Selling Stakes—Outcast
is marked at 3 to 2, 3 to 1 taken freely; young
Lottery,
4 to 1; a ormsby, Bullfinch, or an
&y other, 6 to 1.
I m, Sir, yours, c.,
THE SPIRIT OF THE TURF.

Jan. 12, 1852.

THE " PRESERVED" MEATS AT
PORTSMOUTH.

- -
FoRTSMOUTII, SATURDAY.—At the eleventh hour the
Admiralty have given orders to Sir E. Parry, at the
Clarence Dockyard, Gosport, not to give any more in-
formt-Aim to the newspar:ers in reference to the exami-
wlti(4n of the tin eases of putrid matter supplied to the
navy as " preserved meat, warranted to keep for fiveßut the following short summary of facts, col-
by a gentleman on the spot, may be relied upon as
o._F,lientic. Goldner, who was, and has been ever since
5, the contractor for the supply, of these provisions,
lately resident at Greenwich. The last contract
consisted of 8,660 canisters, or over 73,0001b5. weight of
food. The result of ten days' examination is, that out
of 6,671 cases only 189 have been found " good." For
this contract Mr. Goldner was paid at the rate of
6kd. per lb. for the best beef and mutton. Mr.
Goldner is or was also a contractor with the
Russian Government for a supply of tallow,
and for the production of which he bad a tallow
litetory at full work, in Galatz, in Moldavia; and there
can bo little doubt that the offal and refuse of this fac-
tory is the " preserved meat" which he has supplied to
the English navy. About four months ago an agent of
was allowed to remove and take away 2,000 of these
eviistors from the Clarence Victualling-yard, in conse-
(ponce of a report having got abroad that their contents
ere emitting a very unpleasant odour; what became of
t4ese 2,000 remains a mystery, but they were included
in the 8,660. Yesterday the examination came to an
l';rupt close before one o'clock; but it resulted in the
adetanation of two hundred tin eases, out of which not
single one was found " good;" but any person apply-
for information on behalf of a newspaper received al
~,ocided refusal until such time as some communication
can be had from the Admiralty un the subject. However,
it is now confidently as'erted in Portsmouth that a large
portion of this foetid stuff wiz, put un board the ships of
Sir John Franklin,
Up to a late hour last evening no communication of
any sort had been received by the Board of Examiners
either from the contractor'a representative in London, or
his sureties, and nothing whatever is known of the
:f,trneter himself, beyond the fact that he is no longer
:u found in Greenwich.

s=ince last Tuesday week, the Board of Examiners ap-
poiuted by the Admiralty to discharge the dis4tisag
dn:y of revealing this foul fraud, have gone through
tiivir task as well and as long each day as their physical
energies permitted. The operation of forcing open the
tin cans took place :n ale,rge empty store of the Clarence
Victualling-yard,
ard, and it was simply this:—upon two
empty barrels was placed a large board, around which
stood the examiners, and as the cover was raised each
and all present mechanically started back from the
fearful effluvia emittad; but they Went a step further;
'hey emptied the Cstit of its P-gilon, and finding it to