The Sun.
London, England, 1863-09-15 00:00:00

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

BETTING AT 11IANCHESTER-YESTERDAY,

CHAMPAGNE STAKES.
6 to 4 agst Fille de )'Air (taken)
2to 1 aget Linda (offered)
GREAT YORKSHIRE HANDICAP.
13 to 2 agst Dr. Syntax (taken)
9to 1 agst Schoolmistress (taken and offered)
10 to 1 aget Dulcibella (offered)
11 to 1 agst Blondin (taken)
THE LEGER.
11 to 2 agst Avenger (taken)
11 to 2 aget Queen Bertha (offered)
13 to 2 agst Lord Clifden (offered)
10 to 1 agst Ranger (offered)
11 to 1 agst Golden Pledge (taken)
16 to 1 agst Borealis (taken)
18 to 1 agst Blue Mantle (taken)
20 to 1 agst Donnybrook (taken)
30 to 1 agst National Guard (offered)
40 to 1 agst Dr. Syntax (offered)
40 to 1 agst The Serf (offered)
1000 to 5 agst Gladstone (taken)

The Doncaster Cup, value 300 sous; 3-yr-olds, 7st; four,
Bst .51b ; five, Bst 121 b ; six and aged, 9st 21b ; m and g
allowed 31b. The winner of the Derby, St. Leger, the
Doncaster, Ascot, or Goodwood Cups in 1861, 1862, or
1863 to carry 71b, the second for any of those races 31b
extra. Maiden 4-yr-olds not carrying extra weight for
running second allowed 71b ; maiden 5-yr-olds and up-
wards not carrying extra weight for running second al.
lowed 141 b. Cup course, about 2 miles 5 furlongs.

Yr.
Golden Pledge 3
The Ranger .......
Drummer Boy 4
Macaroni
Carnival
Isoline .. 3
Jack o' Hearts 3
Dr. Syntax
Blondin 3
Zetland
Lord Clifden 3
Caller Ou 5
Knave .. 4

Bonny Bell
3
King of Utopia 3
Knowsley .. 4
Anonyma 4
Rapid Rhone
Blue Mantle 3
Queen Bertha
Avenger
Onesander
Oldminster
Johnny Armstrong .. 5
Amazonian . . 3
Littleoote

A NICE PREDICAMENT.—Just at this moment a
cloud, which bad been gathering along the ridge,
turned vicious. A. bright flash of lightning seemed to
singe our beards, whilst a simultaneous roar of thunder
crackled along the valley. A violent hailstorm rattled
down, blinding and bewildering us. It was impossible to
catch a glimpse of our route. We scooped some big holes
in the snow with our axes, and cowered down in them to
get some shelter. My hands were in that miserable condi-
tion when the more vehemently I rubbed them, the wetter,
and colder, and more numbed they seemed to grow. The
hail got in at the back of my neck ; the cold wind touched
uP my nose; the snow got into my boots and up my trou-
sers, and filled my pockets.—Rev. Henry _Leslie, in the
New Number of the Alpine Journal.
FORCE OF THE ATTACKING FLEET AT CHARLES•
TON.—As the number and character of the vessels
engaged in the present attack on Charleston differ mate-
rially from those of Dupont's fleet, of which we printed an
analysis, we subjoin a statement of the force of the present
fleet, its officers, men, and guns :
Iron-clads. Officers and men. Tons. Guns.
1r0n5ide5......600 844 2
Passaic .. 100 844 2
Kaatskill .. 100 844 2
Montauk 100 844 2
Nanant .. 100 844 2
Weehawken .. 100 844 2
Patapsco .. 100 834 2

.Wcoden vessels.
Steam corvette Canandaigua .. 253 1,395 10
Side•wheel steamer Mahaska.. 140 832 6
Double-ender Cimmarone .. 150 860 9
Steam gunboat Ottawa .. 120 507 5
Steam gunboat Wissahickon .. 120 507 4
Steam gunboat Dal Chang .. 100 607 6
Steam gunboat Lodona .. 200 860 7

Total . • • • 2,180 11,376 60
It will be observed that three of the Ericsson iron-clads,
the Sangamon, the Lehigh, and the Nantucket, do not
participate in the present attack. As statements have been
going the rounds of the papers about the armour of the
Mew Ironsides at the expense of the New York iron-clads,
it is only proper to say that outside the bow and stern of
that vessel sand-bags are piled as thick as possible, just as
they were piled in Dupont's attack. And it has been
proved by experiments with the ship that a 10-pound shot
would sink her, eithez fore or aft, without those sand•
bags. No such thing could be said of the New York iron.
clad 81