The Sun.
London, England, 1837-08-19 00:00:00

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

• TATTERSALL' S—lierrszp4r.
THE ST. LEGER.
The °lily bets made to-day were seven ponies to two, and
three fifties to one agst Cardinal Puff. 10 to 1 was offered
agst Heuriade, 12 to 1 agst Slashing Harry, and the same
agst the Robin Hood colt. The Prime Warden was named at
12 to 1, but as no one offered to back him we cannot state to
what extent he has actually improved by his victory over a bad
horse at Wolverhampton.

The Q

uecn has shown her desire for the religious
education of the infant poor, by becoming the patroneas of
the Home and Colonial Infant School Society. This So
ciety has recently taken extensive- premises in Gray's Inn-
lane-road, for the purpose of establishing a model infant
school, and receiving teachers for instruction. They have
already qualified upwards of 100 teachers.
The Duke. and Duchess of Somerset arrived at Lea-
mington Spa on Wednesday last, where their Graces will
sojourn for several days, before pursuing their route to Scot-
land, on a visit to the Duke and Duchess of Richmond, at
Gordon Castle.

Count and Countess Danniskiold Samsoe have re-
wned to Grosvenor-square from visits to the Earl and
Countess of Bruce, at Savenache Lodge, near ;Marlborough,
and the Countess of Pembroke, at Wilton House, Wilts.
The Noble-Count and Countess leave town in a few days
for Denmark,
Sir Thomas Dvke Acland, Bart,, M.P., his lady
and family, have arrived at Wimbledon, Surrey, from their
seat in Devonshire. They will leave town in a few days,
for a cruise of about six weeks, in his yacht, now lying off
Greenwich.
General Rumigny, an eminent French diplomatist,
is expected to arrive in town in a few days on a special mis-
sion to the English Government.
Lord Waterpark, and his accomplished bride,
daughter of Viscountess Anson, have left Sir George Phil-
lips's seat, Weston Hall, Warwickshire, on a tour.
The French Academy of Sciences has adjudged to
Dr. Jules Guerin, editor of the Gazette 11/Ldicale the
prize of 10,000 f. for his treatise, L'Histaire et k 'fraite-
ment des Principales Difortnities du Systeme Osscux.
Among other metropolitan improvements proposed
in Aljerman Wood's Bill is the total removal of Middle-
row, Holborn, so as to render the thoroughfare of the same
width as it is opposite to Furnival's Inn.
The Duke of Buckingham is now convalescent, and
will remain at Stowe until his health and strength are quite
restored. The death of the Duchess happening at a time
when the Duke's health was so much impaired, occasioned
a severe shock to his Grace.
THE BATTLE OF WATERLOO.—In Bell's Life in
London of this day is a splendid Engraving of the Waterloo
Shield, presented by Lord George Bentinck, and ran for
at the late Goodwood Races. It is a spirited picture of
the Battle of Waterloo, in which the sanguinary contest
between the contending armies is beautifully pourtrayed.
To all who wish to preserve a record of the national triumph,
and especially to every soldier in the kingdom, this sketch
is invaluable. Price of Yells Life in London Fivepenee. To
be had of all newspaper agents.
Tocqueville, in his celebrated work on the democracy
of the United States of America, ascribes the stability of
the Republican i:sstitutiona of that country its a great mea-
sure to the strong religious tendencies of the people. The
Americans, he observes, regard religion as the pillar of their
Government; not, indeed, a form of belief by law established,
but the willing homage of the instructed mind to the pre-
•cepts and ordinances of Christianity.
Game, it is believed, will be plenty, healthy, and
strong this season in the highlands ; because, although
during the time of incubation the weather was cold, it was
generally dry, which is allowed to be more favourable than
a wet season.—Edinburgh Observer.
COAL HOLE TAVERN STRAND.—_Tlll3 Old esta-
blished and highly respectable place of public amusement con-
tinues to draw from all quarters. It is crowded every night
by Noblemen and Gentlemen, who, we need hardly say,
evince the highest gratification from the well conducted and
unrivalled convivial meetings. The singing is, as it always
has been, of the first order. The wines and spirits are of
the choicest quality.
The Lord Provost's Committee, to whom was re-
mitted the personal summonses which were lately served
upon the Members of Council, at the instance of the trus-
tees for the City creditors, in an action to have them found
liable in payment of upwards of eight hundred pounds ex-
pended in carrying on the business of the City, reported,
that they had obtained from the trustees a list of the items
comprising the sum for which they were held personally
liable (which the Clerk here read), and they had now to re-
commend to the Council to remit to the agents for the
City to take steps to defend the interests of its Members.—.
Edin 6 web Cowan/.
The Foundling Hospital and the Children's Friend
Society, No. 9, 2hrogmorton4freet, are
the only Institu-
tions that rescue and maintain children without regard to
their being legitimate.
mews. j. and J. Holmes, shawl manufacturers to
her itoyal highness the Duchess of Kent, displayed on
Thursday evening two brilliant stars of gas in front of their
premises, with the initials " D. K."
tereLast week
w, 15 packets with 9,9.'Z' passengers en-
d, and 14with 121 pasuogers left Boutoggc.
A petition; signed by females Is about to be
forwarclod from this' city to the C'zueen, praying her to use her
influence to doaway \vith the present system of negro ap-
prenticeship in our colonies by full emancipation.—Here-
iford Journal,