The Sun.
London, England, 1852-07-01 00:00:00

POOR HOOD I

WRITTEN AT KENSAL-GREEN CEMETERY,
(From Eliza Cook's Journa4)
What gorgeous cenotaphs arise,
Of Pariah shrine and granite vault,
Whose blazoned claims on purer skies
Shut out all earthly flaw and fault.
Who lies below yon splendid tomb
That stretches out so broad and tall?
The worms will surely ne'er exhume
A. sleeper locked within such wall.
And see, that other stately pile
Of chiselled glory, staring out;
Come, Sexton, leave your work awhile,
And tell us what we ask about.
So! one belongs to him who held
A ecoro of trained and tortured steeds;
Great Circus Hero, unexcelledl—
On what strange stuff Ambition feeds.
The other guards the last repose
Of one who shone by juggling craft;
Methinks when such a temple rose
Row Esculapius must have laughed.
And see that tomb beneath you tree!—..
But, Sexton, tell us where to find
The grave of him we came to see;_.
Is it not here, or are we blind?
We mean poor Hood, the man who made
That song about the "
show Bridge of Sighs ;"
You know the song t well, leave your spade,
And please to US where What, there I without
g lhe lies.
a sine marke—
Without a stone, without a line,—
Does vratchfire Genius leave no spark
To note its ashes as divine ?
Must strangers come to woo his shade,
Scanning rare marbles And, when they pause Wherethey he ispass ;id, la Stop at a trodden mound of
grass ?
And is it thus ? well, we suppose England is far too poor to
spare
A slab of white, where truth might write
The title of her Poet•lleir.
Let us build pillars strong and high,
On which the sculptured form is set ;
And when our growing sons ask why,
Name Royal Duke and Royal Debt.
Let us raise statues far and near,
Amid our busiest highways,
Colossal yonder—life-like here—
Where all the world may pass and praise.
And when Posterity asks who
We bore so far from Lethe's flood,
Lot Record couple Waterloo
With one whom Fame baptized in blood.
Let us adorn our oity walks
With idiot king and senate chief,—
Carve toga-folds and laurel stalks,—
There's something grand in robe and leaf.
Bat Hood—" poor Rood!"—the poet fool
~,,Who sung of Woman's woes and wrongs,
Who taught his Master's Golden Rule,—
Give him no statue for his songs.
Give him the dust beneath his head,
T Give him a grave—a grave alone;
411,Life he dearly won his bread,—
In Death—he is not worth a stone!
Perhaps we rightly think that he
`-' Who flung God's light round lowly things
L soar above, in Memory's love,
Without the aid of marble wings.
Cal32°l' Rood!" thy spirit will not fret,
r I'4ll hold its own immortal torch,--
„, Shakspere only can be met
"ithin a narrow Playhouse Porch.
" Poor Hood!" for whom a chaplet wreaths
Of heart-born flowers that never die;
" Poor Rood!" for whom a requiem breathes
.1:1 every human Toil-wrung sigh.
Let
Horse.tamer's bed be known
By the rich mausoleum-shrine;
Give the bold
Their Quack his
thaneeharnel-thron,—h.
Works were worthier far t thine.
And
blet thy soul serenely sleep
While pilg rims stand as I have stood,
To worship at a nameless heap,
And sadly, fondly, say "1300
ELIZA COOL
r Hood!"

MR' S ------===---
-"RETARy WALroLE.--This Honourable
and Learned Gentleman seems destined to get into continual
scrapes through utti g literal interpretation on the jocular
observations of the Nnotlea Premier. Last evening the dinner
hour of the Ministerial White Bait banquet at Greenwich
was fixed for seven o'clock, but, we are informed by a
morning contemporary, in consequence of Mr. Walpole
having misunderstood 'or rather taken literally, a casual
suggestion of the Noble Premier, that, out of compliment to
the Duke of Richmond, a Protectionist Ministry should dire
at the Star and Garter, at Richmond, the party did not sit
down until past eight, at which time the Home Secretary,
having discovered his error, arrived by special train.
Trill PRINCESS GAUROMMA.—We understand that
the Princess Guaromma, whose christening took place yester-
day ira
Buckinhas,
the ei.gham Palace, by an agreement between
Raja of Coorg, on the one hand, and the Board of
Control and the Board of Directors of the East India Com-
pany, on the other, been placed under her Majesty's protec-
tion, to be educated in the principles of the Church of Eng.
land in this country, and that her Majesty has appointed
Mrs. Drummond to take charge of her.
TIIE BARQUE CAUCASIAN.—We have much plea-
sure in publishing the following very flattering letter, which
was addressed by a body of emigrants to Mr. William
Chandler, chief officer of the above vessel :—" Port Adelaide,
aucasi
Feb. 9, 1851. Sir,—We, the undersigned emigrants,
veyed from Plymouth to Adelaide by the barque C con-
Captain Davidson,
feel ourselves under an obligation to vou,an,
'
as chief officer, and wish to return you our sincere tha'nks 1 :
int Your kindness to us during the passage, and as 4 token of
respect we tender you these few lize4

SPORTING NOTES.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCB.
CARLISLE RACES—WEDNESDAY.
The Cumberland Plate of 100 sovs., added to a Handi-
cap of 10 sovs. each, 5 ft, &c. Twice round and a dia. Mr. Cook's Red Lion 3 yrs, 4st Blb
Four others ran. Won easy.
The Speculative Plate was won by Mr. Morris Flo-
rence, beating }Tecate colt and Farmer's Boy.
CHELMSFORD RACES—WEDNESDAY,
The Hyland's Stakes of 10 sovs. each, and 50 added, for
two yrs old colts, Bst 71b; and fillies Bst 31b; winners
of 100 sovs. 41b, of two 71b extra; the' winner to pay
10 sovs. to the fund, and the second to save his stake.
Four furlongs. (7 Subs.)
Mr. Howard's Vaultress (71b extra) ~,......(A Day) 1
Mr. G. Drew's Defianca ..................... (C. Knight) -f
Lord John Scott's Pug °frock ............... (Flatman)
Mr. Mare's Cock Pheasant.. ............. (It. Osborne) 0
Mr. Jaques's Auchinieck ............ .(Bartholomew) 0
Mr. H. King's Hermione ............... (R. Sherver,od) 0
Betting-7 to 4on Vaultress, 3to 1 agst Pug Orrock.
Won by a bead. A dead heat between defiance and
Pug Orreck for a second place.
The Marks Hall Stakes of 10 soya. each, and 25 added;
three yrs old, 9st; four, lOst 71b; five, 1 Ist 311); six
and aged, list 91b; mares and geldings allowed 31b;
winners n
riders. One mile. (4 Subs.)
Mr. Elwes's Lnnginus, 5 yrs Mr. Daley 's ....,;P Jill; 4 (Owner) 1
yrs ........... (Captain Stanley) 2
Mr. Adlington's Medora, aged
Betting-7 to 4on Longinus: ....
Won in a(Ocannteerr). 3
The Chelmsford Stakes of 15 sovs. each, 10 ft, and only
two if declared, with 50 added. The winner to pay
20 sovs. to the fund, and the second to save his stake.
Two miles.
Mr. J. Bullock na Hampton, 3 yre, sat 61b Smith) 2
Mr. Bird na Ingratitude, 4 yrs, 7st ...... (liammond) Smith) 2
R ogers
Mr. R. Honeywood na Ballet Girl, Bst 71b ()
Mr. Arnold na Jack-in-the-corner, aged,
(Fl 7
tmant 131 b 0
3
Mr. E. Round na Breba, 4 yrs, 7st 51b ...as ) 0
Mr. Hodson's Coral, 3 yrs, Tat (Palmer) 0
Betting-6 to 4 agst Ballet Girl, 3to 1 agst Hampton,
and sto 1 agst Breba. Won by a head; two lengths
between second and third.
The Members' Plate of 50/, added to a Sweepstakes of
5 soya, each; three yrs old, 7st 51b; four, Bst 51b;
five, gat; six and aged, 9st 31b; mares and geldings
allowed 3ib; winners of plate or sweepstakes slb; of
two, 51b; of three or more, 71b extra; the winner to
be sold for 1201., and the second to save his stake.
Heats, the new mile.
(8 Subs.)
Mr. Barnard's Newport, 6 yrs
(Dockeray) 1 1
Mr. T. Robinson's Glee colt, 4 yrs (S. Rogers) 0 2
Mr. Steven's Vesta, aged (Gates) 0
Mr. Smith's Miss Sar, 0
3 yrs (Bennett) 2 3
Mr. Hill's Wee Mickey, 6 yrs (W. R) 0 0
Mr. R. Foster's 'the Broken-hearted Lady, eeves6
yrs 0 0
Mr. Messer's Grasshoper, 6 yrs (W. Abdale) 3
Mr. Rayner's Gay Lass, 4 yrs
..(E. Sharpe) 0 d
The first heat was won in a center by three lengths,
...
r
and the second by a neck; Vesta a bad third, beaten
two lengths.
DAY.)
ENTRIES FOR THE QUEEN'S PLATE.—(THISagtI3Ida-1--Vst,3agYedr—s—Bjaatetek;flini,t3he-
Yrs—tora Puff, 5 Yra—
Cornßer,lletagGedir--1,./E5 ayirs;
—Robert, 3 yrs--Presto, 4 yrs—Doc
Wee Mickey, 6 yrs—Scar, 4 yrs—Miss
Glee gelding, 4 yrs—Shadow, 3 yrs—Newport,
36
yrs—
Charley, Ch0a,11ey1.5..yrn5,,Au..,,,
TUESDAY.—,and
—By an error in transcribingr the
-THE Extr.D HANDICAP.
first, 'return" of this race,
Lady Agnes was placed Nancy second, in our
impressicn of yesterday,
instead
of The Puritan first,
and Chief Justice second.

MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS.
CITY. TWO O'CLOCK.
The sales of Cotton at Liverpool yesterday were esti-
mated at 5,000 bales, of which 500 American were
taken for export, and 500 on speculation. The market
closed heavily, but prices underwent little change,
though the tendency was downwards. The sales com-
prise ,d 4 000 American, 200 Pernam and Maranhara, at
61d. to 71d.; 100 Egyptian, at qd.
to Bd.; and 1, 00
at 3id. to W. per lb. Railßay Shares were ac-
prices continued steadily advancing.
ac-
tive,
ix weeks' average price of Wheat is
40s. Bd. per
quarter.
The last week's railway receipts, ascertained
up to
this day, are in round figures as under:—

1852. 1851.
Great Western £21,277
£25 234 North-Western
65 387
South-Western l3
.802

Brighton
Midland

22,703
Sonth-Eastern 15,135
North Stafford 5,141 17,061
Caledonian
Great Northern
Lancashire and Yorkshire
York and North Midland
Newcastle and Berwick
HEAL?'"

_H OF LONDONDURING THE WEEK.
(From the Register-General's Report.)
In the week that ended last Saturday the deaths
registered in the metropolitan districts were 990. Ir,
the ten weeks corresponding to last week of the years
1842-51 the average number of deaths was 952
which, with a correction for increase of
population'
during these years and up to the present
time, be
s
comes 1,047. The mortality of last week
i-
fore, less than the estimated amount by 57. ' there-
In the present return the deaths of 490 males and
Sol females aree recorded, and they occurred at the
flowing ag :-467 under 15 years of age, 340 at
15 knd under 60, and 180 at 60 years and upwards.
In comparing the facts of the previous
those of last there appears an increase weintek h
the
totalwit
mortality
bec oo typhus
eepidemicsmf
rentlyscarlatina,and other fever, which have type-
Tbe fatal cases re-
ferred to scarlaintionrae last week
fever carried off one person,
prevalent.were 58, those of
typhus 47. Intermittent
remittent fever 2, rheumatic fever 2, erysipelas 4, in-
fluenza 2, diarrhoea and dysentery 18, small-pox 24.
Three children and an adult died of syphilis. Five
women sunk undet puerperal fever, besides five others
to whom other diseases incidental to childbearing were
fatal. _

Two deaths from cholera occurred on the same day,
the 20th June, and were registered as follows :
At 1, Pelham-street, Mile-end New Town, the
daughter of a bricklayer, aged 4 months, died of
" cholera (2 days)."
At 116, Wentworth-street, Whitechapel North, the
daughter of a fur-dyer, aged 5 years, died of " Eng-
lish cholera (48 hours)."
Of 9 deaths ascribed to the organs of locomotion in
the present return 1 was caused by arthritis, 5 by
rheumatism, and 3 by undefined diseases of the joints.
Of the 24 lives destroyed by small-pox last week 20
were those of children, 4 those of adults. It is reported
in three cases that the sufferers had been previously
vaccinated, and the ages of these were 7, 21, and 28
years. At 222, High-street, Shadwell, on 23d
June, the daughter of a beer-shop keeper, aged one
year and 6 months, died of " small-pox, not vac-
cinated, no 'medical attendant." Mr. Ross, the
Registrar, adds, " I regret to state that this loath-
some disease still continues very rife in my district."
At 18, Bethnal-green road, on 25th June, the son of a
weaver, aged 7 years, died of " confluent small-pox
(16 days)." Mr. Briggs states that "he had been
successfully vaccinated ; two other children living
with the above were also vaccinated, and have not
been affected." At the Homoeopathic Hospital, 32,
Golden-square, on the 13th June, a female servant,
aged 21, died of " variola confluent (7 weeks),
laryngitis and larnygeal abscess (7 days)." Post
znort. The medical attendant remarks that " the de-
ceased was sent from Ground-street, Lambeth ; she
had been vaccinated ; there was a good cicatrix ; the
had recovered from small-pox, but exposing herself to
the cold air, laryngitis ensued."
Mr. Long, the Registrar of the South subdistrict
of Chelsea, registered 14 births but no deaths during
the
healthy state of the sub-district, in which, though it
numbers upwards of twenty thousand inhabitants, he
has not been called to register a single death, not-
withstanding many parts of it are densely crowded by

No . CCLVI.
REMARKS ON THE RACING AT CARLISLE
AND CHELMoFORD.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
Sin,—A curious misstatement crept yesterday into
my remarks on Chief Justice's running for the Free
Handicap, at Carlisle ; somehow or other the words
"fast grey colt Puritan" were, by some extraordinary
means, transmuted into " fast filly Lady Agnes." The
error must have been palpable, however, to ali racing
men, as the Return Lists only gave four starters, and
Lady Agnes's name did not figure amongst them.
Davison yesterday brought his much-talked-of Red
Lion out, for the first time, to win the Cumberland
Plate, which he did very cleverly, from Liudrick
and several others. He is spoilt for the Ebor
Handicap, by the town talk having caused him
to be weighed at sst 121 b, a very heavy appreciation
of his merits in my opinion. He will probably be struck
out for that race. His chance at Goodwood is not
altogether bad, but at the weight I should prefer Ileu.
lakin.
The Hylands Stakes at Chelmsford decided
merits of Pug Orrock; for, after one of the prettiest
races of the season, Vaultress, carrying Bst 101 b, just
managed to defeat Pug Orrock and Defiance, which last
two carried Bst 71b each, and ran a dead heat for
second place by a head; that head, in my opinion, being
Alfred Day's more than the filly's. It is very evident
that through Vaultress having been prepared so early in
the season she is already beginning to grow stale, and
probably will get worse and worse every race she runs,
spoiling likewise her chance of doing anything good
next season.
In the olden times two years old racing commenced
with the Newmarket July Meeting, instead of in March,
as is now the case. In this particular I think the
Tarfites of the past generation had the start of us in
wisdom, for no practical racing man can deny that it
mint damage the future chances of a race-horse by
being brought out at two years old so early as March.
I did intend publishing my comments on the July Meeting to-day, but for very potent reasons lam ob.
liged to defer the same until tomorrow.--I am, &c.
July 1, 1852. THE SPIRIT OF THE TURF