The Sun.
London, England, 1830-05-27 00:00:00

THE DERBY STAKES (THIS DAY).

As this stakes engrosses nearly the entire interest of the
meeting, it may not he amiss to take a short review of the
performances of the favourites.

Priam.—This colt was bred by Sir John Shelley, and
purchased at the sale of the Baronet's stud by Mr. Dilly,
by whom he was sold in the October meetings last year
to Mr. W. Chifney for 1,500 guineas; he stood then an
unusually severe system of training, was tried to a nicety,
at which the Chifneys only can attain, and proved to he
a very superior horse. As a matter of course he came
strong into the market for the Riddlesworth, Derby, and
St. Leger ; his running for the ioriner showed how eosely
they had taken his measure ; hut his race for the Column
stakes was not so satisfactory, for he was run in to a head
by Augustus, who had previously run two severe races
with Gondolier, and one of equal severity with Sheldrake
not more than an hour before the Column stakes was de-
cided, and was whipped ; this running, therefore, is of a
negative character, unless it he true that he bad a bad
start. He is a remarkable fine colt, but rather " leggy,"
and is not the best starter in the world ; he has been backed
to an immense amount for all his engagements, and must.
be a very dangerous horse to stand against.
Augustus.—Has run six races, two of them dead heats,
and the others, except with Mouse, all to a head, so that
it is fair to infer that a great deal, has been taken out of
him. This was the case last year with Patron, who was
in consequence " stumped up" in the Derby race ;
Augustus, therefore, must be something more than com-
mon if he wins the Derby after so much knocking about ;
he is a perfect racer in app trance, and something like
Patron, but a finer horse altogether. The party have
several times stated that Malimmuris the best Derby horse,
notwithstanding he was beat so cleverly for the Riddles-
worth,

Captain Arthur.—Beat Mr. Moreton's Prodigy in a
ranter, and has not run either before or since; his private
performances have been undeniable, and large sums have
been laid out upon him. He is a large powerful horse,
and has a great stride; the party are lrry fond.
Brunswicker.—Ran second for the Champagne stakes
at Doncaster, bring amiss at the time ; so that if Raby is
good, Brunswicker is not to be slight,d if he comes well to
the post ; he is about the largest and best put together we
have seen of the Figaro get. The Scotts think him the
best Derby horse they ever brought from the north.
The Mummer and Cetus.—They both ran good 2 yr.
aids; but, like most of the horses in Pettit's stable, went
amiss towards the spring, and have all along been short of
work. But for this they were both to be dreaded. Sir
Mirk 'Wood will do his best to win, and we have reasons
for believing that his expectations are sanguine. The two
cost 4,500 guineas.

Sir Harry Beagle (Orion).—Was first tried with Hin-
dostau, and convinced the King's people that he was a
rattler. It was afterwards stated that he had had a spin
with Gondolier (who ran so good a horse with Augustus,
giving slbs.) and beat him. If this be true, it brings
hint pretty close to Priam. He comes fresh to the post,
but we do not like his blood.

Little Red Rover.—Ran second to Mummer at Ascot
last year, and beat a large field in a handicap last Craven
meeting with great ease; he is not much larger than a
pony, but has great strength and symmetry for his size.
Zucharelli and two or three country horses have ex_
cellent private characters, and have nothing else to recom-
mend them to the public. Of the Derby horses generally
we think very favourably ; they are certainly super for in
breed, appearance, and public running, to the lot sent to
not much chance for an outsider.
and we are inclined to suspect there is
Epsom last year,

THE OAKS (TO-MORROW).
The field for this stakes do not present so many public
runners as the Derby, nor do they as a lot bear so high a
character : our notice of them therefore will be very short.
Charlotte West is by far the best in the race, if we look at
the Newmarket running, for she won both her races with
perfect ease, pulling hard all the way ; in her last she beat

Zillah, Brambilla, Shumla, Tartan, Zelus, and Bertha,
Brambilla being defeated more 'completely than by Priam.
Mouche beat the Leeway filly, and a large field for the
Clearwell Stakes by ahead only, Leeway being afterwards
defeated by Cetus by a couple of lengths; this therefore
does not say much for her. In the Craven meeting, she
ran third in the race between Gondolier and Augustus.
and afterwards heat Portrait (a very bad one) in a match ;
it-must be admitted that her public performances are not
by any means first-rate. Maria won the two-year-old
stakes at Rotheram last September, beating the Cardinal
and tilt ee others cleverly. As the Cardinal has since run
a very good horse, it is fair to conclude that she is a likely
mare ; at all events, she has plenty of backers amongst the
best judges, and has all along kept well up in the odds.
Her sister ran at York last week, and cut a very poor
figure. Lady Blanche is known only by report, which
makes her a clipper. Mr. Benson has backed her heavily,
but she does not come from a part of the count! y where
they are in the habit of breeding fliers, nor is her blood of
the most fashionable kind. Zillah, Ada, Shumla, and
Brambilla, are celebrated only for their defeats, and Brown
Duchess, Carmine, Harmony, &c., by their private trials.
The following is the most accurate list we have been able
to collect of those likely to run, and the :,ockies. Before
the stat t, however, it is not improbable that a change or
two in the arrangements may take place :
Duke of Grafton's Brambilla (J. Day)
Lord Jersey's Charlotte West (Robinson)
Lord Sefton's Mouche (H. Edwards)
Mr. Benson's Lady Blanche (Darling)
Jenny Vertpre (Pavis)
Mr. Sadler's Design (Chapple)
Mr. Stonehewer's Leeway filly (unknown)
Mr. Payne's Brown Duchess filly (Goodison)
Lord Anson's Zillah (Arnull)
*Lord Exeter's Shumla
Lord Queensberry's Maria (Lye)
Lord Lowther's Victorine (Wheatley)
Verdict (Buckle, jun.)
Mr. Thornhill's Carmine (unknown)
Mr. Greatorex's Citron (unknown)
Mr. Gratwicke's Frederica (Forth)
*Sir G. Heathcote's Jane Shore filly.
It is not known whether Mr. Rush or Mr. Malter'y
will start any thing. Those marked (*) are doubtful.
It is said that Lord Exeter will run all three for the Derby.

STAFFORD RACES.

TUESDAY, MAY 25.—Plate of 50 SOVS. Heath, twice

round and a distance.
T. NV. Gifford, Esq.'s Sampson, 6 yrs 1 3 1
Mr. Yates's Douglas, 4 yrs 2 1 2
Mr. Applethwaite's Zodiac, 4 yrs
Mr. Thorn's Worcester, 4 yrs 0 4 dr
Hunters' Stakes of 5 soya. each, with 20 added. Heats,

two miles and a distance.
Mr. Burton's Post Captain, 4 yrs 0 2 1 1
Mr. Smith's Duplicate, 5 yrs 0 1 2 2
Mr. 'Webb's Master Budd, 5 yrs
Mr. Massey's b. f. by Swap, 3 yrs 1 0 0 0
Mr. Kempson's Hebe, 4 yrs

coc:

ING.

WARWICKSHIRE.

LORD W. LENNOX AND MISS PATON.

It is impossible that the public should not take a deep
interest in the fortunes of so great a favourite as Miss Pa-
ton. The reports lately circulated of her final separation
from her husband, Lord William Lennox, have naturally
led to anxious inquiries as to the cause. It is understood
that the parties have lived unhappily together for a consi-
derable period. In these matters third parties can be very
ihadequate judges, becau.e much of which the knowledge
may he of great importlnce to allow a correct judgment
to be formed, cannot easily he communicated. It is un-
derstood, however, that Miss Paton complains generally
of long-continued harsh treatment and neglect. As Mr.
Wood has been connected by report with the separation,
we believe we may say that the conduct of that gentleman
throughout is spoken of as redounding very much to his
credit. Mr. W. acting in the same entertainments with
Miss P., was naturally on terms of intimacy with her,
and was a. not unfrequent guest at Lord William's
table. Mr. Wood, as all the world knows, is a hand-
some man, and he is besides said to be a general favourite
from his amiable qualities. A lady who conceives her-
self neglected is not likely to he the last person to per-
ceive merits such as we have alluded to, where opportu-
nity is allowed, and it is understood that Miss P. cherished
a warm regard for Mr. Wood. It is not, however, even
insinuated that he endeavoured to gain her affections by
any culpable attentions. On the night of Wednesday
week, when Lard W. Lennox was at the races of St.
Albans with a well-known Noble Lord, his friend, Miss P.
left Lord W's farm, near Westend, taking with her neither
jewels nor clothes beyond those on her person, and claimed
the protection of Mr. Wood. Under such embarrassing
circumstances, Mr. Wood had a difficult part to plry. He
immediately procured apartments for her in which she
could be secure from intrusion, but took especial care that
his conduct should not be open to misconstruction, by
having constantly third parties present at any interviews
with Miss P. When intelligence of the affair reached
Lord W. L., he naturally repaired to Mr. Wood's, who in
the frtnkest manner offered to put his Lordship in posses-
s'on of all the letters he had received from Miss Paton. The
lady was induced to perform in Cinderella on Saturday
night, at Covent-garden, on Mr. Bartley (themanager) un-
dertaking to protect her to the theatre and back to her apart-
ments. At the close of the performance,we understand, a scene
of rather an agitating kind took place in Mr. Charles
Kemble's room. Lord W. L. was accompanied by Colonel
Berkeley and several other friends. Lord W. -L. pre-
sented Miss P. with her jewels, and expressed great
anxiety that she should return to him. Colonel Berke-
ley, with much good sense, appealed to Mr. Wood's feel-
ings—represented to him the injury which Miss P would
suffer from any irretrievable step, and urged him to pause
in time when the consequences might be so very serious.
Mr. W. was greatly agitated, and it is understood that
Miss P. exclaimed, on seeing this, " Wood, be firm."—
Appealed to in this manner, Mr. W. said he would pro-
tect her, if his protection should be required. On its
being announced that Lord W. L. would avail himself of
his rights as a husband to take her home, Miss P. re-
minded Mr. Bartley of the assurance under which she hsd
left her apartment to act. However, it was at length
arranged that Miss P. should return to the hotel in Con-
duit-street, where she had lodged with Lord W. L., on
an
assurance
i a te interfered pith.
being. givenit to her that she should not be in
the least

Such is the state in which things now are. The hope
is not renounced by the friends of the parties that mats• ri
may yet be arranged.

DOVER, MAY 26.—Arrived from Boulogne
the Royal George steam-packet, Capt. HAYWARD, from
Boulogne, with his Excellency the Right Honounbl- Lord
BURGHERSH, and his family, from Florence. Hi, Excel-
lency landed under the usual salute, and will proceed im-
mediately towards London.

The Right Hon. Sir ROBERT PEEL, Bart.,
was on Wednesday elected high steward of the !.°rough of
Tamworth, in the room of his father, deceased.—Man-
chester Mercury.

The Earl of ILCHESTER has presented the
Reverend EDWARD STRANOZWAYS to the consolidated
rectories of Melbury Sampford and Melbury Osmond,
vacant by the resignation of the Rev. ROBZRT BROAD_
LEY.—Exeter Alfred.

We understand that in the very week in which
Mr. PEEL'S Forgery Bill was introduced, one country
banker had no less than three forgeries committed on h'm
—so ineffective is a sanguinary law in protecting the pro-
p•mty of bankers !

PAUL CLIFFORD has been universally pro-
nounced to be the best novel which has yet proceeded
from the pen of the celebrated author of " Pelham"—
The story is that of agentleman highwayman, a person:ige
belongicg to a race now happily extinct. Such things
have been, and not longer ago than forty or fifty years.__
The opportunities given to the novelist by the life of a gay
and gallant marauder of this kind, lead to delineations of
incident and character which must be, to the last degree,
sta. tling and curious; and Mr. BULWER, it must be ac-
knowledged, has made the most of them

We are given to understand that a meeting of
the mercantile and manufacturing interests of Dublin is
about to take place, for the purpose of passing a vote of
censure on the 62 Irish Members who were absent from
Parliament during the late debate on the coal question.--
Dublin Morning Register.

The lovers of the drama will he much pleased
to learn that 1111 U FANNY KIMBLE is orgaged for eight
nights at our theatre, during which time she will repeat
nn.st of the charact,rs which have established her repu—
tation in London as the first actress at present on the stage.
Her engagement commences on Monday next, and with
it terminates the present theatrical season.—Bath Chron.

The custom of presenting a besom to the
Lord of the Manor of Shaftesbury by the Mayor and Cor•
poration of the town, for water brought from the parish
of M,,tcombe, has been discontinued this yt ar.

NEW PUBLICATIONS.----The following
Works have been lately published by Messrs. CoLaval;
and BENTLEY, New Burlington-street :—Women as they
Are, or the Manners of the Day ; second edition, threa
v.ols.—Cloudeiley, a Novel ; by the Author of " Caleb
Williams"—CArwE's Travels to Timbuctoo, two vols.,
Bvo., with illustrations—Carvell, or Crime and Sorrow;
one vol.—Sir EDMOND Tiatrr.E's Travels in Peru, in-
cluding a Year's ResiJence at Potosi ; two
LLOYD'S Field Sports of the North of Europe—Sydenhsm,
or Memoirs of a Man of the World ; three vols.—and
Lord LONDONDERRY'S Narrative of the late War in Ger-
many and France ; one vol.

We regret to learn by a letter which we have
received from Constantinople, that the Greel.e have re-
commenced their piratical practirei. An American ship,
which had arrived at Smyrna, and which was chased for
some time, escaped by superior sailing; but it was said
that another vessel had been captured, and all her crew
murdered. Our correspondent also states that there has
been great sickness among the Russian troops at Adria-
nople. Out of 11,000 who were left there, no more than
1,000 survived ; and it is computed the Russians have
lost during the war 100,000 eten.—Brighton Gazette.

We are requested to state that Mr. 13uRKE's
" Official lialendar," for 1830, is published this day
by Messrs. COLBURN and BENTLEY, New Burlington-
street, who will, in a few days, publish the following .--
" The English at Home," by the Author of " The Eng-
lish in Italy ;" " The Undying One, and other Poems,"
by the Honourable Mrs. NORTON, Authoress of " Ro-
salie;" the Thitd and Fourth Volumes of Mr.D'lsaArcu'a
" Commentaries on the Life and Reign of CHAaLas I. ;"
a new Work, entitled, " De L'Orone," by the Author of
" Darnley, or the Field of the Cloth of Gold." " Riclte•
lieu," &c. is likewise nearly ready.

At a meeting of the Mexican bondholders,
held yesterday, Sir ROBERT WILSON mentioned that Lord
ABERDEEN bad suggested that the British Consuls in the
different ports of Mexico, should be appointed to receive
the proportion of the import duties assigned for the interest
of the loans, and that Messrs. BARING and Co. should be
appointed agents to the bondholders. Mr. A. BARING,
who was present, cautioned the meeting against expecta-
tions of early remitt inces, although the country of Mexico
was undoubte•lly improving.

. -
The fifth report of the Committee of the Com,
mons on East India affairs has been printed. It con -
mences with the examination of Mr. Mu.vit.LE, auditor
of the Company, who controverts most of the statements
of Mr. RICKARDS. The statement of the latter gentle-
man respecting the prime cost of teas at Canton, he main-
tains, is too low. To this Mr. Ittexanns, whose farther
evidence is also given, replies that the prices which he
stated are those at which private merchants could purchase,
but lie argues that prices always rise at Canton when the
Company goes into the market. From October to Ja j
nuary, Congo is gook(' in the Canton price current fre-
quently at 26 tales per picul ; immediately after the 5, a-
son of the Company's purchases, it falls to IS or 20, and
50 continues. The prices paid by individuals ft Cantor,
even during the season, according to Mr. Ricsaiins, are
invariably lower than those quoted in the price currents.