The Sun.
London, England, 1839-05-24 00:00:00

BANBURY.

The inhabitants of the borough of Banbury, in the
county of Oxford. approach the throne with their hum-
ble approval of her Majesty's noble repulse of the Tories.
They pray the Queen to promote progiessive Reform.

PRICE sd,

SPORTING INTELLIGLNCE.

TATTERSALL'S.—MAY 23.
The room was opened as usual, with a moderate attendance,
but nothing was done towards settling the outstanding Derby
accounts, and very little on future events; the Bloomsbury
affair, in fact, still keeps the market in a feverish state, and
will in all probability prevent complete settlement for several
months. Mr. Fulwar Craven and his friends protest against
the decision of the stewards, as having been gi,,en on exparte
evidence, and without affording them time to substantiate their
objection; they declare that in a Court of Law they shall be
able to negative the testimony of Mr. W. Ridsdalc's witnesses,
and prove that Arcot Lass was covered by Tramp as well as
Mulatto. Should they succeed in this another question will
arise—will the verdict of a Court of Law be powerful enough
to upset the decision of the stewards in its operation on the bets?
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Of the few engagements made yesterday, the only important
ones were those on the
.St. Leger. Four to was offered against
and The Provost were also in some request ; The Apothecary
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The Ascot Cup betting was flat; nor was enough done on
the Derby to call for any observations. The following were the
last prices :

Grey Alomus
ASCOTn Ck s .
6 to 1 agst Colonel Peel's lon--taken
ST. LEGER.
6 to 5 agst Lord G.

7 to 2 agst Mr. Ridsdale's Bloomsbury—take 4 to 1
7 to 1 agst The Commodore
12 to 1 agst The Provost—taken
20 to 1 agst Hetman Platoff
5 to 1 agst The Commodore and Apothecary—taken
5 to 1 agst Scott's lot—taken
9 to I agst John Day's Lot—taken
200 to 100 on Bloomsbury agst the Commodore—taken
DEKEY.
8 to 1 agst Lord Jersey's lot
13 to 1 agst The Field
MANCHESTER RACES, WEDNESDAY.
The Wilton Stakes of 10 sovs. each, with 25 added, for allages.
• Mile and a quarter. 7 Subs.
Lord Eglinton's b. g. the Potentate, aged, Bst. 131 b. 1
Mr. Buckley's ch. f., Sister to Gilbert Gurney, 3 yrs,
6st. 11b. . .
2
Mr. Simpson's ch:ln. Restore, 5 yrs, Bst. 81b
Betting. —7 to 4 agst Potentate, and 3 to 1 agst Sister to
Gilbert Gurney.—Won easily.
Sweepstakes of 15 sovs. each, 10 ft., with 20 sovs. added, for
3 yrs old fillies, Bst. 31b. Mile and a half. 6 Subs.
Lord Stanley's b. Velocity, by Velocipede.
Mr. Smith's b. Margaret, by Margrave
Mr. Worthington's ch. by Recovery, d. to Bastard.
Betting.-6 to 4 agst Margaret, and sto 2 agst Velocity.
Two others started.—Won by a head.
Free Handicap Stakes of 10 sovs. each, with 30 added, for 4
yrs old. Mile and a quarter.
Lord Eglinton's b. f. Bellona, by Beagle, ist. 71b (Lye) 1
Mr. Ogden's b. c. St. Leonard, ist. 31b 2
Sir. Worthington's b. c. Northendon, 7st. Sib
Mr. Fowler's b. f. Prudence, 6st. 121 b
The following also started, but were not placed :—Mr.
Dockeray's b. c. Brush, 6st. 101 b., and Mr. Hornby's ch. g.
Achilles, 6st. 31b.
Betting.-6 to 4 agst Bellona, sto 2 agst Northendon, 3to 1
agst Prudence, and sto 1 agst any other. Won cleverly.
Her Majesty's Plate of 100 guineas, for three-year olds and
upwards. Three miles and a dis.
Lord Eglinton's g. The Potentate, aged, 10st. 51b. (Lye) 1
Sir. Dixon's b. h. Anvil, by Gaberlunzie, 5 yrs, lOst 2
Potentate the favourite. Won easy.

INTELLIGENCE EXTRA.
GOODWOOD, 1839.
The Goodwood Cup of 300 sovs., the rest in specie, by Subs.
of 20 sovs. each, and 100 added from the Fund. Cup Course.
Colonel Peel's lon, 4 yrs ; Mr. Bowes's Accelerator, 3 yrs ;
Mr. Weatherall's ch. m. Rachel, 5 yrs ; Mr. Dixon's Hyllus,
3 yrs; Mr. Ferguson's Harkaway, 5 yrs; Sir J. Gerard's b.c.
Albemarle, 4 yrs; Lord Exeter's Alemdar, 4 yrs; Lord West-
minster's Richard Roe, 4 yrs; Mr. A. Smith's gr. g. Vasa,
3 yrs ; Mr. Ramsay's The Doctor, 5 yrs ; Duke of Richmond's
eh. c. Bulwark, 3 yrs; Lord G. Bentinck's Grey Momus, 4
yrs; Mr. W. Ridsdale's Bloomsbury, 3 yrs; Mr. Rash's Sis-
ter to Pickwick, 3 yrs; Mr. Theobald's br. g. The Major;
Lord Exeter's Bosphorus, 3 yrs ; Lord Albemale's Domino,
3 yrs ; Mr. Shelley's Bay Hampton, 4 yrs; Lord Cantalupe
names March First, 4 yrs ; Sir. Thornhill's Euclid, 3 yrs;
Mr. Rush's eh. g. Obelisk (late Perkins), 6 yrs; Mr. Cole-
man's Calmuck, 6 yrs; Mr. St. Paul's Galewood, 6 yrs ; Mr.
Robertson's eh. g. Olympic, aged; Lord Bathurst ns ch. g.
Huxter, 5 yrs ; Duke of Beaufort names Caravan, 5 yrs; Mr.
John Stanley ns Leonidas, aged ; Mr. Sadler's Dart, 3 years ;
Lord Jersey's Phcenix, 4 yrs ; Fulwar Craven's Deception, 3
yrs ; Prince George of Cambridge ns b. g. St. Andrew, 4 yrs;
Lord Chesterfield's Industry, 4 yrs ; Colonel Anson's Zim-
merman, 3 yrs ' • Mr. W. Russell ns Miss Eliza, 5 yrs ; Mr.
Houldsworth's Tarnation, 3 yrs; Lord Southampton ns St.
Martin, 4 yrs ; Lord Anglesey ns Confusionee, 3 yrs ; Lord
Villiers ns Beggarman, 4 yrs ; Count A. Esterhazy ns Tam-
burini, 3 yrs ; Colonel Anson's Epirus, 5 yrs ; Lord Lichfield's
The Corsair, 3 yrs; Mr. Ford's Quo Minus, 4 yrs; Mr. I'.
Walter's King Cole, 6 yrs ; Mr. Cookes's Talleyrand, 4 yrs.

METROPOLITAN IMPROVE-

MENTS.

The following is the First Report of the Select Com-
mittee appointed to take into their consideration the
several plans for the tinprovement of the Metropolis,
concerning which Reports were made to the House of
Commons in 1836, 1837, and 1838, together with any
other plans for the same object which they might deem
deserving of consideration, and to report their opinion
as to the expediency of adopting any of the said im-
provements, and also as to the best means of carrying the
same into effect ; to whom several petitions were refer-
red; who were empowered to send for persons, papers,
and records, to report the minutes of- evidence taken
before them, and their observations from time to time
to the House :

Your Committee, having had before them the Re-
ports of the several Committees appointed in preceding
Sessions to examiae various plans suggested for the im-
provement of the Metropolis, and having more particu-
larly had under their consideration the first and second
Reports of the Committee which sat in 1838, have pro-
ceeded to inquire what steps, if any, have been taken
for carrying into effect the recommendations therein
contained.

The most prominent and specific of those recom-
mendations being the alterations connected with the
rebuilding of the Royal Exchange, your Committee
directed their inquiries to that subject in the first
instance.
It appears that all progress towards the execution of
this very important undertaking has been from the
month of October, 1838, suspended in consequence of
a misunderstanding between the Lords of the Treasury
and the trustees of the Gresham estates respecting the
the intentions of the Committee of 1838, and of the
Legislature itself, as to the manner and degree in which
the Treasury should be either authorised or required to
exercise a controlling judgment in the adoption of the
plans and estimates for the new Royal Exchange.
The Treasury had refused to give their official ap-
proval to the plans and estimates for the site and ap-
proaches of the intended building, unless the plans anti
estimates of the intended building itself were also sub-
mitted to them for their approval and sanction. The
reason assigned by the Lords of the Treasury for taking
this course was the construction put by the Treasury on
the Report of the Select Committee of the last session,
which they considered as recommending that the plans
and estimates of the new building snould receive the
sanction of the Treasury before they were commenced.
The Committee on Gresham affairs had, on the con-
trary, resolved that the Report of the Select Committee
" applied only to the ground plan of the intended site
of the Royal Exchange, and the improvement of the
hies of communication in the immediate vicinity,
which are the only works to be performed under the
authority of the 1 and 2 Vict., cap. 100."
Upon a review of this part of the case, your Com-
mittee adopted the following resolution :—" That it is
the opinion of this Committee, that as, in addition to
the funds furnished by the Gresham Committee for the
erection of the building itself of the Royal Exchange,
the completion of the works thereof, and of the ap-
proaches thereto, involves a large expenditure of public
money, the plans and estimates of the said building,
and of the approaches thereto, as proposed iv the Trus-
tees and the Corporation, ought to be submitted to
and approved by the Lords of the Treasury before any
of the said works shall be undertaken."
The Chancellor of the Exchequer, on the part of the
Treasury (and in concurrence with the Committee),
explained on the 26th February 1839, to Mr. R. L.
Jones, who then appeared on behalf of the Gresham
Trustees before your Committee, that " there is no
power claimed or sought to be claimed by the Treasury
to force on the Corporation or the Gresham Committee
the adoption of any plan which they have not them-
selves previously approved ; but that, on the contrary,
the discretion of the Treasury would only be exercised
" upon such plans as the Corporation and the Gresham
Committee may themselves have previously approved ;"
and that this duty would not be so exercised as " to
produce any excess of expenditure beyond the 160,000/.
which the Gresham Trustees have agreed to expend
towards the building."