The Sun.
London, England, 1830-04-19 00:00:00

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

BETTING AT ST. JAMES'S Tills MORNING.
The betting at the West-end since the Neu-market Meet-
ing has occasioned the following changes:—
nraßY.
5 to 1 agst Mr. Chifney's Priam (Cressida)
S to 1 agst Mr. Petre's Brunswicker
S to 1 agst Lord Cavendish's Mouse colt
10 to 1 agst Sir M. Wood's The Mummer
11 to 1 agst Augustus
12 to 1 agat Sir M. Wood's Cetns
15 to 1 agst Mr. Ridsdale's Red Rover
20 to 1 agst Lord Exeter's Mahmond
30 to 1 agst Lord Exeter's Red Rover
30 to 1 agst Lord Verulam's Varennes colt
Mr. Ridsdale's horse has been named "Little Red Ro-
ver," to prevent mistakes.

GAYS.
5 to 1 agst Lord Sefton's Monche
5 to 1 agst Lord Queensberry's Maria
9 to 1 agat Duke of Grafton's Brainbilla

TEIE 1100 RACES.

This meeting took place on Saturday, in Lord Dacre's
Park, Herts, and was attended by most of the nobility
who were present at the Newmarket races. The sport
was as follows:

Match, 130, h. ft. Country Course.
Lord Verularn's c. by Whalebone (Conolly) 1
Mr. Theobald's f. Celerity
Maiden Stakes. A Sweepstakes of 17 sous. each, 6st. 41b.

each.
Mr. Latour's 1. Emperance (Chapple) 1
Mr. Sowerby's f. Janette
A Produce Stakes of 50 soya. each, h. ft. ; colts Bst. 71b.,

fillies Bst. 41b. T.Y.C.
Mr. Sowerby's ch. f. Amoret (Wakefield) 1
Lord Verulam's c. by Whalebone

The County Stakes. A Sweepstakes of 10 soys. each, for
horses bred in the county of Harts, 6st. 101 b. each.
Lord Verulam's c. by Whalebone (Mann) 1
Mr. Latour's f. Marplot 2
The Two-year old Stakes. A Sweepstakes of 25 soya, each ;

colts Bst. 71b., fillies sat-. 41b. T. Y.C.
Mr. Sowerby's eb. f. Amoret (Wakefield) 1
Mr. Latodr's b. f. Marplot 2

NEWMARKET FIRST SPRING MEETING.

The entry for this meeting is one of the fullest ever
known, and is likely to afford more running than the
Craven week. On Saturday Hight the list was completed
as follows :

MONDAY, APRIL 26.—The Scrub Stakes of 200 sove-
reigns each. R. M.
Lord Orford's c. by Anticipation—Addy.
Lord Roberts's c.—Sister to Sailor.
Lord Anson's Portrait.
Lord Jersey's c.—Sister to Cobweb.
Duke of Grafton's Orbit.

Lord Tavistock's c. by Middleton, d. by Soothsayer.
Sweepstakes of 100 sovereigns each, D. M., for fillies.
Lord Verulam's, by Figaro.
Duke of Grafton's Citron.
Mr. Stonebewer's The Fairy.
Lord Tavistock's, by Middleton—Governess.
Sweepstakes of 100 sovereigns each, h. ft. Ab. M.
Lord Grosvenor's c.—Moonshine, 31b.
Duke of Grafton's Abbot, Sib.
Colonel Russell's Envoy, 31b.
Lord Exeter's Augustus, 31b.
Mr. Chifney's Priam, 31b.
Mr. Dilly's Trinket, 31b.
Sir R. K. Dick's Brabam, 31b.
Mr. Wilson's c. by Middleton—Nanine, 31b.
Mr. Vansittart's Darioletta colt.
Colonel Wilson's c. by Medin—Spotless.
Sweepstakes of 200 sovereigns each, h. ft. D.M.
Lord Anson's f. by Morisco—lna.
Lord Tavistock's f. by Partiaan—Lyrnessa.
Lord Chesterfisld's, by Tramp, d. by Filbo.
Sweepstakes of 300 each, h. ft. A.F.
Mr. Chifney's Priam.
Mr. Thornhill's Captive.
Lord Anson's Zillah.
Mr. Nowell's Rosanne f.

The Trio stakes of 50 sovereigns each. Claremont Course.
Sapio, Wat Tyler, and Mouche.
Matches.

Mr. Greville's Lady Emily, agst. 111 r. Gully's Clotilde,
Bst. 51b. each, 500 sovereigns, A. F.
Duke of Portland's Agatha f. agst. Mr. Stonehewer's
Emma f. Bst. 51b. each, 200 sovereigns.
Mr. Thornhill's Merchant, Bst. 101 b. agst. Lord Wor-
cester's Coulon, Bst. 21b. Ab. M. 200 sovereigns.
Lord Sefton's Mouche receives 60 sovereigns from the
Duke of Richmond's Cores.

The Duke of Richmond's Refugee receives from General
Grosvenor's Fashion (dead) 100 sovereigns.
TIIZSDAY.-The 2,000 guineas stakes. R. 51.
Mouse colt. 1-" Edgar.
Portrait. C. by Figaro—Bella.

Augustus. I C. by Tramp, d. by Shuttle.
Red Rover (Lord Exeter's). I Marathon.
Rupert. I Thermometer.
C. by Orville, d. by Election. I Zoraida c.
C. by Merlin—Gavotte. Bertha.
Sweepstakes of 100 each, h. ft. D.M. Four subscribers.
Portrait, Augustus, and Glenalmond (Pastille c. dead.)
Sweepstakes of i 0 each, for fillies. R.M.
Mr. Nowell's, by Shutlier.
Mr. Ramsbottom's Phrynia.
Mr. Nowell's, by Bustard.
Mr. Wilson's Pinwire filly.
General Grosvenor's--Barbara Allen.
Sweepstakes of 200 each, h. ft. D.M.
Lord Exeter's filly, by Catton—Miss Candy.
Lord Orford's Coventry.
Lord Anson's Zillah.
Lord Ranelagh's Imprudence.
Mr. Petre's Laura.
Sweepstakes of 100 each, h. ft. A.F.
Tranby, Set. 111 b.
Bolivar, 7st. 131 b.
Tyke, 7st. 131 b.
Canvass colt, 7st. 111 b.
Merman, 7st. 91b.
Acacia, 7st. 91b.
Netherby, 7st. 71b.
Epsom Lass colt, 7st. 31b.
The King's Plate of 100 guineas for mares. R. C.
50/. for 4-yr olds and upwards. Last three miles of B.C.
WEDNESDAY.—The Spring Underley Stakes of 100, h. ft.

IL M.
Mr. Noltevveellnd,s
Nowell's t,
Sheldrakeb colt.
yßustaredotr Orville.
Lord
Lord Lowther's colt, by Tiresias, d. by Ruhens.
Sweepstakes of 100 each, b. ft. for fillies. R.M.
Mr. Maberly's Zeiss.
Mr. Nowell's Johanna Southoote filly.
by Bustard.
Mr. Shard's Revellina.
Lord Lowther's Victorine.
Marinette.
Sweepstakes of 100 each, h. ft. for fillies. R M.
Mr. Milner's f., by Reveller—Lady Henry.
Mr. Rush's, by Whalebone—sister to M`Adam.
Mr. Nowell's, by Bustard—Bequest.
Mr. Ridsdale's, by Whisker, dam by Cervantes.
Mr. Walker's, by Nkolo.
Lord Exeter's, by Sultan—Ada.
Sweepstakes of 100, h. ft. T.M. M.
Locket, 4 yrs., Bst. 71h.
Lucetta, 3 yrs., Bst. 41b.
Oppidan, 4, yrs., Sst. Slb.
Rasselas, 4 yrs., Bst.
A Plate of 501, in addition to Sweepstakes of 5 soli. each.
50/., for 3 yr. oils and upwardes
Match, 200—Lord Taristock's Governess filly receives
from General Grosvenor's Fashion (dead.)
THURSDAY.—The 1,000 guineas Stakes, by subscription

of 100 each. 20 subsoribers. D. M.
Lord Jersey's Filagree filly.
Lord Anson's Ina f.

Lord Exeter's Shumla.

Duke of Grafton's Emerald.
Brambilla.
Duke of Richmond's Corea.
Mr. Ridsdale's Claudia.
Mr. Houldsworth's, by Filho—Borodiuo's dam.
Duke of Rutland's_Lacerta.

Adeliza f.
Mr. Radcliffe's, by Moses.
Mr. Sowerby's Januette.
Mr. Gully's, by Master Henry.
Mr. Stonehewer's Johannah Southcote f.
I.ord Grosvenor's Tartan—Bertha.
Sweepstakes of 100 each, h. ft. D. M.
Mr. Rush's c., by Moses—Reserve.
Duke of Richmond's c., by Middleton—Bream.
Tavistock's c., by Middleton, d. by Soothsayer
Mr. Nowell's f., by Wanton, d. by Haphazard.
Mr. Rogers's, by Tiresias, d. by Rubens.
Lord Exeter'. Mabinoud.

Sw..epstalies of 100, h. ft. R. M.
L(..,1 Anson's Portrait.
Ina filly.
Mr. Nowell's c., by 'Wanton—Lucinda.
Lord Lowther's c., by Iliddleton—Nanine.
Lord Exeter's Augustus.
Mr. Rush's Reserve colt.
The King's Plate of 100 guineas. R. C.
—The Newmarket Stakes of 50 sovereigns each,
h. ft. D. M.

Lord Wharncliffe's b. c., by. Cervantes.
Duke of Grafton's Rupert.

Orbit.

Mr. Houldsworth's brother to Lancastrian.
Lord Exeter's Augustus.
Mahmoud.
Mr. Batson's Suffolk Punch.
Mr. Rush's Romp colt.
Reserve colt.
Lord Anson's Portrait.
Lord Lowther's Lapidist.
Lord Sefton's Captain Arthur.
General Grosvenor's Moonshine colt.
Lord Cavendish's c., by Morisco, d. by Scud.
Mr. Barnard names c. by Skim.
Duke of Portland's c. by Tiresias—Emily.
Duke of Portland's f. by Tiresias—Agatha.
Mr. Payne names c. by Tramp, dam by Shuttle.
Mr. Vausittart's Darioletta c.
Mr. Stonehewer's Bella c.
Lord Grosvenor's Thermometer.
Lord Grosvenor's Marathon.
Sweepstakes of 100 each h. ft. Last 3 miles of B.C.
Souvenir, 5 yrs., Bst. 51h. ; Jocko, 6 yes., 7st. 13111. ;
Hindoo, 3 yrs. 6st. 101 b. ; Epsom Lass, c. 3 yrs. 6st. 41b.
Mr. Cooper's c. by Bustard or Orville, agst Mr. Thorn-
hill's Esprit, by Emilius, Bst. Ilb. each. T.Y.C. 100 h. ft.
Mr. Roberts's Sister to Sailor e., Bst. 6ib. agst. Mr.
W. Wyndham's f. by Comus, out of Dorina, Bst. Sib.
Ab. M. 100 b. ft.

The Sister to Sailor c. receives from the Selina c.
;dead) 200 h. ft.

SATURDAY.-Lord Worcester's c. by Cervantes, dam
by Walton, receives from General Grosvenor's Fashion
(dead) 100 h. ft.

PEARL DIVING.

If it be difficult to learn to swim, it is in-
finitely more so to dive. In my first attempts I
Could only descend about six feet, and was im-
mediately obliged to rise again to the surface, but
by degrees I got down to three or four fathoms ;
at which depth the pressure of the water upon
the ears is so great, that I can only compare it
to a sharp-pointed iron instrument being violently
forced into that organ. My stay under water,
therefore, at this depth was extremely short ; but
as I have been assured that so soon as the ears
should burst, as it is technically called by the
divers, there would be no difficulty in descend-
ing to any depth ; and wishing to become an
accomplished diver, I determined to brave the
excessive pain till the bursting should, as it were,
liberate me from a kind of cord which limited my
ravage downwards, in the same way that the ropes
of a balloon confine the progress of that machine
upwards.

Accordinglyoaking a leap from the bows of
the boat, full of hope and resolution, with my
fingers knit together over my head, the elbows
straight, and keeping myself steadily in the inverse
order of nature, namely, with my feet perpendi-
cularly upwards, the impetus carried me down
about four fathoms, when it became necessary to
assist the descent by means of the hands and
legs ; but, alas ! who can count upon the firm-
ness of his resolution ? The change of tempera-
ture from warm to cold is most sensibly felt.
Every fathom fills the imagination with some new
idea of the dangerous folly of penetrating further
into the silent dominions of reckless monsters,
where the skulls of the dead make perpetual
grimaces, and the yawning jaws of sharks and
tintereros, or the death-embrace of the manta,
lie in wait for us. These impressions were
augmented by the impossibility of the vision
penetrating the twilight by which I was sur-
rounded, together with the excruciating pain
that I felt in my cars and eyes ; in short, my
mind being assailed by a thousand incomprehen-
sible images, I ceased striking with my hands
and legs ; I felt myself receding from the bottom ;
the delightful thought of once more beholding
the blue heavens above me got the better of
every other reflection ; I involuntarily changed
the position of my body and, in the next instant,
found myself once more on the surface. How
did my bosom inflate with the rapid inspirations
of my natural atmosphere, and a sensation of in-
describable pleasure spread over every part of
the body, as though the spirit were rejoicing at
its liberation from its watery peril !

In fact, it was a new sensation which I cannot
describe. I did not suffer it however to be of
long duration,—once more I essayed with a
more fixed determination. Again I felt myself
gliding through the slippery water, which, from
its density, gave one the idea of swimming
through a thick jelly ; again I experienced the
same change of temperature in the water as I
descended ; and again the agonizing sensation in
my ears and eyes made me waver. But now,
reason and resolution urged me on, although
every instant the pain increased as 1 descended ;
and at the depth of six or seven fathoms, I felt
a sensation in my ears like that produced by the
explosion of a gun ; at the same moment I lost
all sense of pain, and after wards reached the
bottom, which I explored with a facility which I
had thought unattainable. Unfortunately, I met
with no oysters to repay me for my perseverance ;
and as I found myself exhausted fbr want of air,
I seized hold of a stone to prove that I had
reached the bottom at eight fathoms water, and
rose to the top with a triumph as great as if I.
had obtained a treasure.

I no sooner found myself on the surface than
I became sensible of what had happened to my
ears, eyes, and mouth ; I was literally bleeding
from each of these, though wholly unconscious
of it. But now was the greatest danger in
diving, as the sharks, ►nantas, and tintereros,
have an astonishingly quick scent for blood.—
However, I was too much pleased with my suc-
cess to attend to the advice of the diver, and I
continued the practice till I had collected a con-
siderable number of shells, out of which I hoped
to reap a rich harvest. But although constancy
has a great deal to do with success, it will not
command it ! Six very small pearls were all
that the large number of shells produced,
although many of the oysters were large, and evi-
dently of considerable age ; but, like myself, they
were "quite old enough to be better."—Hardys
Travels in Mexico.

An experi►ne►►t of a novel and extraordinary
description was undertaken here (Derby) last week in the
transplantation of a tree of large dimensions, the weeping
ash, which has so long been the admiration of the public.
This beautiful tree has been removed, without sustaining
any damage, to the picturesque domains of Chatsworth,
where his Grace the Duke of DEVONSHIRK has selected a
most favourable and appropriate situation for it in the north
front of his princely mansion. On wresting up the tree
with the well-adapted and powerful machine_ applied
for the purpose it is calculated that the resistance of about
fourteen tons of soil in which its widely-spreading roots
were embedded was to he overcome. The weight of the
tree in the state in which it was conveyed, a distance of
twenty-eight miles, to its present situation, is understood
to be from seven to eight tons. One of the roots drawn
up had extended itself to more than twenty-eight feet from
the bole of the tree.—Derby Reporter.