The Sun.
London, England, 1837-01-16 00:00:00

SECOND DAY.

Handicap Sweepstakes of 10 sovs. each, with 80 sovs. added by the
Earl of Derby. One mile.
Trap Ball, 4 yrs ; Sunbeam, 4 yrs; Jupiter, 4 yrs; Friar Jack,
5 yrs ; James, 5 yrs ; Theano, 4 yrs; Chats, 3 yrs; The Bard,
4 yrs ; Cyprian, 4 yrs ; The Black Diamond, 4 yrs.
The St. Leger Stakes of 35 sovs. each, p. p., with 100 sovs. added.
Metal, gr. f. by Dr. Syntax ; Flora; Abraham Newland ; Mel-
bourne ; Slashing Harry, b. c. by Priam, out of Idalia ; Cardinal
Puff.

THIRD DAY.
Sweepstakes of 30 sovs. each, with sovs. added, for two-yrs old.
Ch. c. by Felt, out of llosalba ; b. c. by Priam, out of Mermaid ;
f. by Trap, out of Bamfylde's dam ; bl. c. by Voltaire, out of Dispatch.
The Stand Cup, value 100 sovs., added to a subscription of 10 sovs.
each ; closed Nvith 1 2 Subs.

THE HATES STEEPLE CAASE.—The Cup and bets are claimed
by Mr. Weston, the owner of Jerry, on the ground that the Flyer
went upwards of 200 yards on the road, in violation of the instruc-
tions given by the umpires at starting. We understand that Red
Deer and Lottery fell into the same mistake, and that an odmission
to that effect has been made by two or three of the riders.

Lord Holland had a small dinner party on Saturday
evening.

I.—The Gospel of St. Mark.
2.—Paley's Evidences of Christianity.
3.—Demosthenes' First Philippic and Oration " de pace."
4.—The Fifteenth Book of Ovid's Metamorphoses.
The Rev. William Webster, 8.A., third master of the
City of London School, was on Wednesday last elected by
the President and Fellows of Queen's-college, to the Fel-
lowship founded in 1694, by D.'Edwards, Gent.
The Rev. Henry Robinson, 8.A., of Trinity-hall, in
this university, has been instituted to the vicarage of Ba-
braham, in this county, on the presentation of H. J.
Adeane, Esq.
On the sth instant, the Eon. and Rev. TI-omas Keppel,
M.A., was presented to the rectory of Warham St. Mary
Magdalen and St. Mary the Virgin with Waterden an-
nexed, Norfolk, on the presentation of Thomas William
Coke, Esq., of Holkharn-hall. •

OXFORD, JAN. 14.—This being tile first day of Hilary Term
a Congregation' was holden for gravting Degrees, &c., when
the Jotlowing were conferred :
MASTERS OF ARTS.—Rev. G. Hill, Trinity. College; Rev.
H. Blisset, Balliol College.
BACHELOR OF Enrs.—R. Alexander,Christ Church College.

A fine eagle was killed last week near Ostend, mea-
surini eight feet between the extremity of each wing.

The insults of the Tories directed against Mr.
Turner, on account of his advocacy of the Reform :cause,
vibrated through the whole body of Reformers in the ho.-
rough, and has knit them together in a bond which Tory-
ism can never shake. Anxious to assure the. Hon. Gen-
tleman of their good will, they sought an interview with
him on Thursday last, which he readily granted, and al-
though but a few hours' notice was given, about sixty of
the most influential Reformers of the borough waited upon
their Liberal Representative, to tends• to him the expres-
sion of their gratitude for his steady support of Reform
principles, and to invite him to a public dinner as the most
appropriate testimony they could offer.--Blackburn Ga=ettc.

It has been announced at Paxis that Queen Rana-
volo-Maerdjaka, Sovereign of the island of Madagascar, is
about to send Ambassadors both no England and France.
The object of this mission is probably to propose friendly
and commercial relations with France .on a more secure foot-
int, than that which now subsists.
On Tuesday marling, about half••past live o'clock,
an alarming fire broke out in a rick-yaz d, on the premises
of Mrs. Ledbrook, of the Woodloes, near Warwick. At
the time above mentioned the waggoner went into the rick-
yard with a candle and lantern to fetch some hay ; while en-
.
g3ged in removing it the lantern was placed near to a straw
Tic.k, against which, it is supposed, the wind blew it during
his short absenpe, as on his return he found the straw on
fire. The weather being boisterous the flames were spee-
dily communicated to a hay-rick on the right, and a peas-
rick on the left ; the peas-rick, which contained about 90
bags was entirely consumed, and about five or six tons of
hay, as well as the whole of the straw. The greatest praise
is due to a gentleman who went from the Cape, and also to
others who assisted him in his successful efforts. The gen-
tleman alluded to obtained all the blankets he could get
from the house, as well as bags and cloths, which he had
soaked in water and hung round a large wheat-rick which
was standing beside.

The Censeur of Lyons gives a frightful picture of
the state of the working classes of that town, 50,000 of
whom are, according to that journal, out of employment,
and most of whom subsist upon the bounty of charitable
societies, from which they receive barely enou;l1 to save
them from actual starvation.

The following is an account of the number of per-
sons brought into die different hospitals of the metropolis,
hating met with accidents • through the slippery state of
the pavements and other places during the late frost :
Guy's Hospital, 27 ; St. Thomas's, 22 ; London, 19 ; North
London, 23 ; Middlesex, 24 ; Charing-cross, 18 ; West-
minster, 16 ; St. George's, 32 ; St. Bartholomew's 14.
Total, 195. Of these patients 63 were females, and in many
of the eases severe fractures of the skull and violent concus-
sions of t ue brain had been sustained, the others were gene-
rally injury to. the limbs. Amongst the whole, 7 cases ter-
minated fatally, and 93 were the result of intoxication.

THE MAlLS.—There was a considerable fall of
snow during Thursday in the north, which. melting as it.
descended, has made the roads very heavy, and caused
several of the northern mails on Friday to be behind time,
but not so much as to prevent the full delivery of letters at
the usual hour. The Glasgow mail did not arrive on Fri-
day till jug upon seven o'clock. Its proper time is twenty-
five minutes past five, consequently there was a loss upon
the journey of a little more than one hour and a half. It
is a fast mail, averaging' ten miles an hour throughout. The
Edinburgh mail, which ought to arrive at ten minutes past
seven, was not in till a qua, ter past eight o'clock. The far-
ther they get north the worse are the state of the roads.
The following distressing death occurred from the
shameful practice of making slides on the footpaths :—An
inquest was held on Friday night in the Board-room of St.
George's Hospital, Hyde Park-corner, before Mr. Higgs,
on view of the body of Thomas Cooper, aged 53. It ap-
peared from the evidence that the deceased was a muffin-
baker, residing in Church-street, Kensington. On the 28th
of December the deceased was passing through Pembroke-
square, Kensington, with his basket on his back, when he
slipped in consequence of a long slide being formed on the,
foot-path by some idle boys ; the poor man was unable to
rise so severe was the shock he had received. He was as-
sisted to his home, and subsequently removed in a coach
to the above hospital, where he lingered until Tuesday lust,
when he expired. Mr. Stafford Berkley, the house-sur-
geon of the hospital, stated that the deceased died of frac-
tured ribs, which had perforated a part of the left lung.
The Jury commented upon the gross iwpropriety of boys
being allowed to make slides on the footpaths ; during the
late inclement season numberless accidents had taken place ;
it certainly was punishable as a misdernernour, and the po-
lice ought to prevent so grievous a nuisance. The Coro-
ner fully concurred with the Jury as to the improper and,
dangerous•practice. Verdict—" Accidental Death." The
deceased has left a widow and six orphans.

During the snow storm on the 26th ult.,- a ves-
sel got on the Goodwin Sands. The Deal boatmet: imme-
diately put off, but owing to the sea being so tremendously
rough, they could give no assistance to the sufferers, and at
night were compelled to leave the whole crew, consistieg of
four man and a boy, on the wreck. The next day no at-
tempt was made, it being impossible to reach the Sands ; a
Ramsgate boat might have done so with scarcely any
trouble, but great negligence was manifested in that quar-
ter. On Tuesday night the crew showed lights, and next
morning the Deal boatmen put off again, and succeeded itt
rescuing the four men, the poor boy having perished the
night previous. Such was the anxiety which pervaded the
minds of the inhabitants of Deal, that thousands were on
the beach to hail the approach of the sufferers ; and though
they were in a large boat, it was drawn up by the by-
standers as if it had been a punt. Two of them could
not walk; the others were less exhausted. They were
taken to the Sydney, where they were attended by Messrs.
Hulke and Dixon ; and after being,-rubbed with snow, they
were put to bed, and are now doing well. Various subscrip-
tions have been entered into to reward the boatmen for
their noble and intrepid conduct.—Kentish Paper.
MOST INFAMOUS AND DARING OUTRAGE.—
On Sunday evening the following most atrocious attempt
at kidnapping was practised in two of the leading through-
fares of the metropolis, and as it occurred at both places
within the same hour, there can be very little doubt but
that the parties were acting in concert. About half-past
seven in the evening a little girl of about seven years of
age, was leading home her younger sister and brother, the
latter a fine little fellow of about three years of age. On
passing down Holborn, it was observed that a genteelly-
dressed woman was following close to their heels, and
that at every stop made by the children the woman
stopped klso. This fact so much excited the attention of
a gentleman that he determined to watch the issue, and
when just abreast of Turnstile, the woman, having first care-
fully looked round, and fortunately not perceiving any one,
as she thought, watching her motions, she pounud upon the
poor little fellow, and before the elder sister was aware
of the circumstance, the infamous creature had got half
way through Turnstile, when finding herself pursued she
violently threw down her terrified burthcn, and although
hotly pursued by the cry of " Stop thief," she made her
escape, it is supposed, down Duke-street, into Clare-market,
or somewhere in that direction. There can be no doubt of
this attempt havinc, been made with a view to claim the
reward which would probably have been offered by the dis-
tracted parents for the safe recovery of the poor child ; and
if that reward had not met with the brutal and mercenary
approbation of those engaged in such dreadful traffic, the poor
child would in ell probability have been stripped, and thrown
naked into the world, and probably have perished from the
inclemency of the weather before the helping hand of charity
could be extended in its relief. .On the same evening, a few
minutes before eight o'clock, a similar attempt was made in
Fleet-street, and the delinquent in this instance was, as in
the former, a woman. The screams of the children, howe-
ver, rendered the scheme abortive in the very outset, and the
miscreant in female attire escaped by dartitoup Shoe-lane.
Amid the varied shapes which guilt and crime take in this
metropolis, it is impossible to say whether this outrage he
part of an organised system, or 'whether it is the mere
pient attempt of an abandoned few. At all events it holds
out a caution to parents and guardians of the danger which
arises from permitting children to go unattended after night-
fal, and also conveys an admonition to the metropolitan
police to be always on the alert. • • -