The Sun.
London, England, 1852-10-05 00:00:00

EVENING, OCTOBER

SPORTING NOTES.
No. CCCXX.
ANALYSIS OF THE CAMBRIDGESHIRE
HANDICAP.

TO THE EDITOR OF TEE SUN.

SIR,—We are rapidly approaching the termination of
the regular racing season, for I am now about to take
under consideration the last great stake of the year.
The Cambridgeshire Stakes were ushered into exist-
ence in 1839, under the auspices of the Jcckey Club;
and was wo❑ the first time by the celebrated Lanercost,
4 yrs, Bst 91b, beating the not less redoubtable Hetman
Platoff, 3 yrs, 7st 121 b, and ten others, including the
Mickleton Maid, 3 yrs, sst 121 b, who was third. Run-
ning second to Lanercost, at at difference of only 11 lbs
for the year, was one of the best performances of Hetman
Platoff. The winners of the subsequent years, ages and
weights, are as follow:-1840, Roscius, 4 yrs, 7st 31b;
1841, Vulcan, 4 yrs, 7st 41b; 1842, Ralph, 4 yrs,
Bst 71b; 1843, Nat, 3 yrs, 6st 91b; 1844, Evenus, 4 yrs,
7st 101 b; 1845, Alarm, 3 yrs, 7st 91b; 1846, Prior
of St. Margaret's, 3 yrs, Est 71b; 1847, The
Widow, 4 yrs, 7st; 1848, Dacia, 3 yrs, sst 91b; 1849,
Raby, 3 yrs, sst 101 b; 1850, Lsndgrave, 4 yrs, Est 11Ib
(carried Est 13ib); and last year, Truth, 3 yrs, sst 131 b.
Thus the pull of ago is equally divided between the four
and three years old, each age having won it six times.
It has, therefore only once Callen to any other age, that
being in the case of The Widow in 1847.
Of the hundred and seventy-three nominations to the
Stake this year, two-thirds—or rather ono hundred and
eight—have accepted; and, i❑ all probability, the field
will be as great as it ususlly is: all the great stables
being naturally anxious to carry off the last great stake
of the season.

As Teddington heads the list, I will begin with
ALEC TAYLOR'S

stable, which contains two of the entries, TEDDINGTON, 4
yrs, 9zt 91b, including 61b extra, and SISTER TO SINGA
PORE, 3 yrs, sst 71b; neither of whom oan have any
reasonable chance of taking this stake.
M. DAWSON

has only one—TuaNus, 6 yrs, Bst bib, who it is re-
ported, will start; but though the distance will sink
him, the weight will atop him, and he cannot win.
TOM TAYLOR

has a trio--LADY EVELYN, 6 yrs, Bst 81b (including 61b
extra for winning the Leamington Stakes); GLADIOLE,
5 yrs, 6st 121 b (including 31b extra for her Warwick
victory); and BABETTE, 3 yrs, sst 61b. The first
named, in my opinion, has no chance whatever of win-
ning; the second but an indifferent one; the third has
evidently the best, but bad is the best.
TOM DAWSON'S

string is the largest entered for the stake, numbering
not less than nine, nameIy—RUSSBOROUGH, 5 yrs, Bst
51b, whose chance is not altogether out; STILTON, 3 yrs,
7st 111 b, who cannot win; KING OF TRUMPS, 3 yrs, 7st
51b, in a not much better predicament than the last;
THE ITALIAN, 5 yrs, 6st 131 b, whose temper is so very
queer, that without he takes a fancy to go, no matter
what weight there is on him, neither jockey nor any one
else can make him win; colt by Melbourne, out of Sally
Warfoot, 3 yrs, 6st 91b, is a bad spec; EVADNE, 3 yrs,
6st 81b (including 61b extra), is a very dangerous
animal over this course, weighted perhaps a little too
heavily; BIT OF BLUE, 3 yrs, Est 21b, a very moderate
animal; LINDRIOK, 3 yrs, Est 11b, who has shown
some running and will again, but not in this race;
and VARMINT, 3 yrs, sst 71b, who, probably enough,
may be trusted with some of the stable cash. Ile is
well bred, being by Birdcatcher, out of Parasina, but
has never done anything worth mentioning. lam in-
clined to think, at the present moment, that Mr. Meik-
lam's Evadne will be the representative of the stable; and
if she had not undergone so many preparations this year,
having started very nearly a score of times, she would
have been the absolute winner of this race. As it is, if
she runs to win, her chance is decidedly above par.
KENT'S

lot consists of HERNANDEZ, 4 yrs, Sst 51b; who will not
run, having broken down • OFFICIOUS, 5 yrs, Bst 21b,
who is not in first-rate fettle at the present time; HAR-
BINGER, 3 yrs, Bst (including 61b extra), who, notwith-
standing the weight, will probably represent the stable,
but to no purpose; and CHIEF BARON NicnoLsoN, 3
yrs, 7st 81b, who is not thoroughly again himself as yet.
DOCKERAY
has a trio of Mr. Payne's among the nominations,
namely—GrAveA, 6 yrs, Bst 31b, who has been off her
work, but is now going on right again; ADINE, 3 yrs,
7st 41b, weighted rather too heavily; and COTTON LADY,
3 yrs, sst 51b, who, of course, bas no chance.
DILLY'S
batch is composed of ARIOSTO, 4 yrs, Bst 21b ; GLEN-
LUCE, 3 yrs, 6st 91b; SCARECROW, 3 yrs, Est 51b; and
KNIGHT Or THE SHIRE, 3 yrs, Est 21b. The interest
at the present moment entirely centres in the last
named; but, without I am very much mistaken, will
eventually be shifted from him to Ariosto or Adine.
More about this lot when I have ascertained which way
the money goes.

AMERICAN NEWS.

LIVERPOOL, OCT. 4.

•
By the Royal mail steamship Europa, Ryrie com-
mander, which arrived in the Mersey at four o'clock
this afternoon, we have advices from New York to
the 22d ult. She has 373,168 dollars in specie on
freight. The Europa experienced head winds during
the whole passage.
The United States mail steamer Pacific, Nye
commander, arrived at New York on the 18th
ult. ; and the Royal mail steamer Africa, Harrison
commander, on the 21st ult.
General Scott, the Whig Presidential candidate,
was on a political tour through the west. The official
returns of the elections in Missouri, North Carolina,
and lowa show (says the New York Herald) the
following general result in each of those States :

" 3IISSOURI.

W inston—Whig. Price—Dew
Vote for Governor ... 32,534 46,302

32,834

Democratic majority... ... 13,468
Newni CAROLINA.
Kerr—Wnig. Reid—Dem.
Voto for Governor ... 42,993 48,484
42,993

Democratic majority 5,491
lOWA.
Jenkins—Whig. M'Cleary—Dem.
Vote for Secretary of State 15,027 16,884
15,027

Democratic majority ...

... 1,857

Prom Maine and Vermont the official returns have
not yet been received, but the following is the result
as far as heard from :

MAINE.
Whig. Dem.
Vote for Governor (two Dem. candidates) 27,990 59,603
27,999

Democratic majority
VERMONT.
..

. _......___.
Whig. Dem. Free Soil.
Vote for Governor 22,487 14,028 2,137
14,028

Total Democratic and Freosoil vote 23,165
22,417

Majority against Whig candidates 678
Whig Majority over Democrat ... 8,459"
Advices from Tampico to the 12th ult., va New
Orleans, state that " the City Council opposes Car-
denas, though the Legislature clothes him with ad-
ditional powers." A telegraphic communication from
New Orleans says—

" Matamoras dates to the 4th inst. have been received,
at which date the excitement regarding Cardenas's
usurpation continued. The National Guard have de-
clared in favour of Prieto, and encamped on the Ameri-
can side of the Rio Grande. General Avalos has issued
a proclamation, which seems to be in favour of Car-
denas. The principal cities of Tamaulipas are opposed
to Cardenati. _ _ _

" Governor Letcher, the late Minister to Mexico, left
this morning for Washington."
Intelligence had been received at New York from
Para (Brazil) to the 29th August. At that date the
yellow fever prevailed to some extent among the
shipping. A French war steamer had arrived from
Cayenne in search of provisions, the inhabitants of
that colony being in a starving condition.
Telegraphic advises from Quebec of the 21st ult.
say—
" The Assembly have placed in the hands of the Go-
vernor-General the address to the Queen, requesting
power to pass a Bill for the distribution of the clergy
reserves. This address, after being debated for four days,
was finally adopted, by 52 to 22. Mr. Young, the Com-
missioner of the Board of Public Works, has resigned,
in consequence of the Government having resolved to
put on American vessels passing the Welland Canal the
same tolls as are paid by British vessels passing both the
Welland and St. Lawrence Canals, and to restore the
differential duties against direct American trade, by
placing higher duties on goods coming that way than on
those coming by the St. Lawrence. Mr. Hincks, in be-
half of the remaining members of the Cabinet, ex-
plained to the Assembly that the object of the new
policy was to induce the United States to grant reci-
procity."
The fishing schooner Charles Knight had been
seized by the British cruisers, and taken into Char-
lotte-town.

We have Havannah dates to the 14th ult. A
court-martial had sentenced the persons connected
with the Voice of the People to death.
The Spanish war-steamer Pizarro had been totally
lost on the bar of Marie'. At the time she struck
she was in pursuit of a suspicious-looking American
barque. The barque afterwards turned out to be a
merchantman. There were very few ships in the
harbour.

1852.

DEATH OF 111 R. THOMAS THOMSON.
We regret to have to announce the death of this
gentlemen, which took place at Edinburgh on the 11
inst. Mr. Thomson was a very remarkable man. lie
was a coadjutor of Jeffery, Sydney Smith, and Lord
Brougham in the establishment of the Edinburgh
Review, and was a prominent member of the Liberal
party at the Scotch bar. He had an incomparably
better knowledge of the history and antiquities of
Scotland than any one of his contemporaries. He
held for many years the office of deputy clerk register,
and in that capacity rendered the most valuable ser-
vices to the public, by collecting the national records,
and making them available. For these services he
was very ill-rewarded. And it is, perhaps, to be
regretted that he did not employ the time spent
in arranging and elucidating the muniments and
archives of Scotland in writing its history. For this
task he was admirably qualified, as well by his pecu-
liar attainments as an antiquary as by his refined taste
and the purity and ease of his style. But a certain
constitutional indolence rendered biin averse from
grappling with any great or continuous labour; and
he contented himself with preparing those materials
for others which he could have used better than any
one e'se. For several years past Mr. Thompson
officiated as one of the principle clerks of session.
Instead, however, of having had to write out the
judgments of others, he should himself have been
judge. But that perfect knowledge of the law, and
the possession of the other qualities that fit a man to
adorn the bench, do not always raise him to that
elevation. And superficial mediocrity, if assisted by
a lucky combination of circumstances, has little diffi-
culty in Edinburgh, as elsewhere, in rising above the
best sense and the most solid acquirements, if desti-
tute of such aid. Mr. Thompson was endeared to all
who knew him in private life by the gentleness of his
manners, the warmth of his affection, and the variety
and extent of his information. Though he had at-
tained to a very advanced age, his cheerfulness never
forsook him ' • and he preserved to the last the full
possession of his faculties.

THE LATE MR. WILLIAM FINDEN.
; It was only last week that we spoke of Mr. W.
Finden as one of the seven or eight eminent historical
engravers whose names were attached to a petition to
her Majesty for the recognition of the claim of en-
; gravers to the full honours of the Royal Academy,
and we have now to announce that the affixing of his
signature to that petition was one of the last acts of
' Mr. Finden's life. He caught cold on his retura
from a meeting of his fellow engravers—the cold
aggravated an old complaint, disease of the heaa't—
and on the 20th of September he was no more. ,Fie
died a widower, in the 65th year of his age. M:e
William linden was the elder brother of Mr. Rd-
ward Finden, in conjunction with whose name his
own is honourably mentioned, and will be
remembered hereafter in the history of art
in this country. He was, we believe, a pupil of
the late Mr. Charles Warren, known to collectors
y his exquisite engraving after " The Broken Jar"
by Wilkie. From Warren he learnt much, but he
was under more secret and really greater obligations
in his art to Mr. James Heath (father of the late
Mr. Charles Heath) than he was to Mr. Warren—
many of his early works done for embellishing book*
published by Sharpe, Suttaby, and others, bearing
unmistakable evidences how carefully he had given
his days and nights to the study of Mr. Heath's en-
gravings. In this style some of big early plates for
Smirke's " Don Quixote," are excellent examples of
his art. Mr. Finden's,great works—works great in point
of size—are not numerous. His largest and best is his
full-length portrait of George the Fourth seated cn a
ofa, from the original picture painted by Sir 'Thomas
Lawrence for the Marchioness of Conynis-ham.
The work is a true translation of the picture
rendered with the feeling of an artist. Uke
price for the George the Fourth was large. Mr.
Finden received 1,500 gunieas for engraving it—the
highest price, we believe, ever paid for engraving a
portrait. After the sofa King George, Mr. /linden's
next important large works in point of size and merit
are his " Highlander's return" (the Wilkie still an
ornament at Cassiobury) ; "The Village Festival,"
after the well-known picture by the same artist,
painted for Mr. Angerstein, and now in the National
Gallery; and "The Naughty Boy," a boy standing,
with dogged look, close to his broken slate—after the
original by Sir Edwin Landseer in Mr. Sheepshanks's
collection. For " The Highlander's Return" he re-
ceived 600 gunieas ; and for " The Naughty Boy"
150 guineas. What he received for " The Village
Festival" we do not remember to have heard. He
was never happier tlnan in this engaving after
Wilkie. Working for the booksellers as Mr. Finden
and his brother worked, gave them both a taste for
work on their own account. It was not long, there-
fore, before they became publishers—not ostensibly,
but really publishers, as sharing in the profits and
loss of their new undertakings. Their great work,
in this branch of their profession, was "The Byron
Illustrations"—a really beautiful work--conceived and
executed with great spirit, taste, and success. Except
in the remarkable instance of " The Byron
Illustrations," Mr. Finden and his .brother were
unsuccessful publishers. Buoyed up by the Byron
success, Mr. William Finden launched into other
expensive undertakings, and of which .the most
important, and perhaps the most costly, w,as " The
Gallery of British Art." In this venture he wrecked
his Byron savings, and he became a poor man. The
last great work on which Mr. Finden was emyloyed
was an engraving for the Art Union of London, after
Hilton's large picture of " The Crucifixion." Mr.
Finden lies buried in the General Cemetery at
Highgate.—Atheneum.