The Sun.
London, England, 1837-09-05 00:00:00

DONCASTER RACES.

At the terminatio❑ of the races of last year, the atten-
dance at which was truly splendid, whether as regarded the
long list of the nobility and gentry with their respective
equipages, or the number of visitors generally from all
parts of the country, as well as from Ireland and Scotland,
the expression was then generally prevalent that the ensu-
ing year would, if possible, be of surpassing excellence.
Whether this expression, which followed the remarks of
perfect satisfaction as to the superior quality of the running
and the magnificence of the whole scene on that occa,ion,
will be fully verified this year, remains to be seen. There
are certainly no just grounds for the entertainment of any
forebodings, although it has been surmised that the occur-
rence of the general election and the late pressure upon
the mercantile interests, would have the effect of dimi-
nishing the number of visitors. With respect to the former
of these assertions, which, by the way, applies not to the
nobility, the fears, if any, are groundless. The reverse
is rather the case. Many, indeed, escaped from the whirl
of political excitement, from the remembrance of subjects
which have been exhausted by discussion, amid incessant
wrangling, strife, and contention, until the heart has become
sickened of politics, will feel disposed to seek for relaxation
and enjoyment by visiting Doncaster, and participating in the
splendid scenes which the race week invariably presents. As
to the latter assertion, the prospects of the manufacturing
and commercial interest are brightening around—the
storm is passed—and full scope will soon be given for the
employment of capital, and far accelerating the progress
of manufacturing industry, and for again entering upon the
field of commercial enterprise. With respect, indeed, to a
large and important class of the community, the induce-
ments to enjoy the pleasures of the country, and the oppor-
tunities for doing so, now happily join. The duties con-
nected
with Parliament are yet in the distance—the elec-
tions have terminated—and the advantages arising from re-
laxation—from unbending the bow which has been long
tightly strung—are too apparent to be enforced. The no-
velty of moor-game shooting will have partly subsided ; and
many participators in that arduous, but invigorating, ex-
ercise will be upon the return, previous to a full participa-
tion in the field sports nearer home. The splendour of the
St. Leger and the numerous enjoyments connected with
the race week are, therefore, quite opportune. And by
what can these be excelled ? The fame of Doncaster is
spread far and wide ; it has gone on the wings of the wind
to distant lands ; it has attracted the stranger from many
a foreign shore. " Why (says Mr. E. L. Bulwer) should
not Doncaster turn out as classical a name as Elis ?—the
St. Leger or Derby become as famous in all future time as
the Pythian or Olympic games ? All antiquity can
boast of nothing to be compared to the Great Na-
tional Race at Doncaster. The splendour of the com-
pany, the beauty and the number of the contending
animals, the excitement of the contest, the skill of the
jockeys, and the fearful risk of the sportsmen, all combine
to make this one glorious race a grand characteristic of the
land we live in. Looking at it merely as a matter of taste,
without reference to the national utility of continued atten-
tion to the powers of horses, or to the great efforts spent
upon the preparation and getting up the contest in all its
perfection, the St. Leger race is, perhaps, one of the most
beautiful and exciting spectacles in the world. We can
compare it, in the sensation which it produces, only to the
falls of Niagara. The number of horses that start, each in
all the luxuriant pride of breed and beauty ; the well-
known skill, power, and resolution of the variegated
riders ; the thunder of the pace ; the alternation of the
chances of success agitating miriads of human beings in
masses, on perches, exalted in stands, swarming in booths,
altogether produce on the spectator a tremendous excite-
ment, only to be compared, as we have said, with one of na-
ture's grandest exhibitions. If we wished a foreigner at
once to penetrate the mystery of the English wealth and
power, we should plant him on the Grand Stand at Don-
caster, on the Tuesday afternoon in the race week." Few
sights, indeed, can compare with the one in question, which,
with all its varied associations and all its numerous conco-
mitants, casts into shade all the famed games of high anti-
quity.—Doncaster Gazette.

The rubbish and broken stones which covered the
ground in Trafalgar-square, opposite the National Gallery,
have been removed preparatory to finishing the square,
which is to be completed with all possible dispatch, and will
be a very great improvement to Charing-cross. The square
will contain serpentine walks, ornamented by shrubs, and
enclosed by a handsome iron railing.
The Reformers of Rochdale have been under the
necessity of serving more than their usual number of objec-
tions against county voters for this year, on account of the
numerous persons whom the Toties have put upon the list
that have no right to be there. Many whose names were
struck off the last year are claiming again for the very qua-
lifications which were pronounced bad twelve months ago;
and others for property that has not been two months in
their possession. The Reformers have issued nearly three,
and the Tories two hundred objections, in the different
townships that vote at Rochdale. In the Borough each
party has objected to about ninety names.—Manchester
Guardian.
DRESDEN, AUG. 26.—The King and Queen ar-
rived safe at Pilnitz yesterday, at two o'clock. Prince and
Princess John went to Toplitz, and Prince Maximilian,
with the Princesses Amelia and Augusta,ito Pinna, to meet
their Majesties. At Pinna they were received by the Mi-
nisters, a deputation of the Estates, the Clergy, &c. On
the frontier, and, on the road to Pinna, triumphant arches
were erected, where the Burgher Guards of the neighbour-
ing
towns were posted. From Pinna to Pilnitz their Ma-
jesties and the Royal Family
came by water in the Queen
Maria steam-boat. _ .

The Retford Municipal Magistrates have tied in
the highest penalty of 5/. each, between 20 and 30 English
labourers, for driving the Irish reapers from the fields, and
assaulting them.—Doncalser Gazette.