The Sun.
London, England, 1839-06-13 00:00:00

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

INTELLIGENCE EXTRA.
GOODWOOD, 1839.
Acceptances for the Goodwood Stakes.
The Potentate, aged, 9g. 21b. ; Zohrab, aged, 9st. 21b. ;
Heron, 6 yrs, 9st. 21b. ; St. Bennett, 5 yrs, 9st. ; Albemarle,
4 yrs, Bst. 101 b. ; Quo Minus, 4 yrs, Bst. 71b. ; Tallevrand,
4 yrs, Bst. 51b. ; St Martin, 4 yrs, Bst. 51b. ; Prizeflowcr
(h.-b.), 5 yrs, Bst. 41b. ; Magpie, 5 yrs, Bg. 41b. ; Mervan,
5 yrs, Bst. 21b. ; Barnacles, 6 yrs, Bst. 11b. ; Chit Chat, 5 yrs,
Bst. ; Ruby, 5 yrs, Bst. ; Adrian, 5 yrs, Bst. ; Leonidas, Bst. ;
Chemist, 4 yrs, 7g. 101 b. ; St. Andrew, 4 yrs, 7st. 71b. ;
kirktlale, 4 yrs, ist. 71b. ; Ashfield, 4 yrs, 7st. 21b. ; George,
4 yrs, 7st. 21b. ; Rachel, 5 yrs, 7st.; Clarion, 3 yrs, 7st. ;
Miss Eliza, 5 yrs, 7st. ; Joannina, 4 yrs, Gst. 131 b. ; Nickleby,
3 yrs, 6st. 131 b. ; Hooghley, 4 yrs, 6st. 121 b. ; I-am-not-
aware, 4 yrs, 6st. 121 b. ; 4 yr 3,
6st. 121 b. ; Cornborough, 5 yrs, 6st. 101 b. ; March First,
4 yrs, 6st. 101 b. ; Morella, 4 yrs, 6st. 101 b. ; Wee Willie, 4 yrs,
6st. 10ib. ; The Lord Mayor, 3 yrs, 6st. 101 b. ; The Friar,
4 yrs, 6st. 71b. ; Bristolian, 4 yrs, Est. 71b. ; Romania, 4 yrs,
6st. 41b. ; Bracelet, 4 yrs, 6st. 41b. ; Merganser,3 yrs,6st.4lb.;
Taunton, 3 yrs, 6st. ; Brush, 4 yrs, 6st. ; Caroline Elvina,
4 yrs, 6st. ; f. by Merchant, out of Turquoise. 3 yrs, sst. 101 b. ;
c. by Priam, out of Speculator's d., 3 yrs, sst. 101 b. ; and
Confusionee, 3 yrs, sst.

THE NEWMARKET RACES.
His Imperial Highness the Grand Duke Cesarewitch having
presented the Jockey Club with the sum of 300/., to be run for
annually, the first race for it will take place on Wednesday in
the Second October Meeting next, under the following con-
ditions:—
The Cesarewitch Stakes, a free handicap sweepstakes of 25
sous. each, 15 ft., with 300 added, the Lift of his Imperial
Highness the Grand Duke Cesarewitch, to start at the start-
ing post of the T. and of the flat. The owner of the
second horse to receive 501. out of the Stakes. Ten to ac-
cept, or no race. The horses intended to be handicapped
must be put down by their owners at Newmarket, or in
Oxendon.street, on or before the Monday after the Good-
wood Races, &c.

The inhabit'nts of Newmarket having subscribed a consider-
able sum, and placed it at the disposal of the Club, it will be
run for on Monday in the next Houghton Meeting, as an addi-
tion to the Cambridgeshire Stake‘ (handicap) of 25 sovs.,
13 ft., and only 5, &c. Last mile and a distance of 13. C.
There are already 33 subs.

DISTRESS IN THE WEST OF IRELAND.—We
regret to learn that much distress prevails in the west of
Ireland, and that provisions have reached almost a famine
price. Sir William Brabazin, one of the Members for
Mayo, has addressed a letter to the landed proprietors of
that county, calling their attention to these appalling facts,
and suggesting the propriety of a public subscription to
purchase a few cargoes of provisions, to be sold to the
poor at reduced prices. The lion.. Baronet has signified
his intention to subscribe 501. for this purpose, and we
trust this liberality will be imitated by the other large
lauded proprietors of the county. It is much to be feared
that if prompt and energetic measures be not taken to
avert it. there is every probability of a recurrence of the
melancholy visitation of 1822.

The Art of Photography, by which objects were
made to paint their own likenesses by means of the light,
would be cf vast importance as an engine of research in
astronomical investigations. (Dr. Nicholl here gave a
short account of the art, the process of which has now
been read by everybody, we suppose, and exhibited some
small drawings—one of a piece of lace, another of a leaf,
the fibril organisation of which was most distinctly shown,
another of fossil wood, &c., which were eagerly examined
by the audience.) By putting a piece of this prepared
paper, Dr. N. continued, into the focus of a telescope of
sufficient size, the moon would draw her own features, and
all the astronomer would then have to do would be to exa-
mine that drawing with a miscrope, to see those features
more truly than ever he had done before. He once put
down a lock of an infant's hair upon a piece of paper, and
in a few minutes he had the satisfaction of seeing clearly
on the drawing that the lock of hair consisted of tubes !
Considering that the art was only in its infancy, and the
vast number of fertile minds, which would no doubt be
hron7fit to hear upon it. he thought that it would he of the
utmost importance in advancing our ki:owledge of astro-
nomy. He thought it was scarcely too much to say ,that
we might, after the lapse of a necessary portion ofan tirriine,
congratulate ourselves and each other on having s
vention put into our handy., which would be the
theirnow n
f
making the heavens write down the whole of
characters !—Dr. Nicholl's Lecture
on Astronomy.
The usual range of expenditure
iii
Switzerland,
for persons living in wh.it we should call e
end asy
.eircum.
stances, is from 100/. to 3001. per annum ;it as.
sorted that not a single individual in the whole of SWUM'.
land spends 1,000/• per annum. ..•
Mr. William Turner was shut out from the divi-
sion on the Jamaica Bill.