The Sun.
London, England, 1853-05-24 00:00:00

HAY MARKETS.

SMITUFIELD.—Moadow hay, 31 Os to 4/ 5s ; clover
ditto, 31 153 to 5/ 5s ; and straw, 1/ 8s to 1/ 141 per load.
A full average supply, and a dull trade. •
CUIIDERLAND.—Meadow hay, 3/ 3s to 4/ 108 ; clover
ditto,* 153 to 51 5s ; and straw, 1/ 8s to 1/ 16s per load.
•Trade dull.

WHITECHAPEL.—Meadow hay, 3/ Os to 4/ 5s ; clover
ditto, 3/ 153 to Si 8s ; and straw, 1/ 7s to 1/ 158 per load.
Supply but moderate, and trade dull.

COLONIAL.

SUGAR.—The demand is slacker for foreign sorts at about
previous rates, and there is a larger quantity of other de-
scriptions offering. Refined has been supported at 47s to
50s for low to fine grocery lumps.
COFFEE.—The market is -very "Steady. Native Ceylon
47s 6d to 48s, with a fair business doing. Plantation has
been at full prices.
SALTPETRIL—At auction 895 bags Bengal partly sold at
26s to 27s for mid 6i to 74 per cent. refraction.
SPICES.—Popper-89 bags Penang black sold publicly
at 3ad to 3/d for ord dusty. Ginger-190 bags African re-
alised 25s Gd to 26s Gd for small and mid. Nutmegs-71
packagas,33 cases mace, and 10 cases cloves were withdrawn
for duty.
ARROWROOT.—At auction 50 boxes Sierra Leone partly
sold at 34d to 4d per lb.
TALLOW.—P.Y.C. is 478 per cwt on the spot, and town
49s 3d per cwt.
COTTON.—Thero are buyers at last week's rates.
TsA.—The demand is good for both black and green, and
holders are not offering much.
GAMBIER.—The market continues very firm, 32s per
cwt. has been paid, and prices have still an upward ten-
dency.
CUTCH.—SaIes have been made at 37s per cwt, and the
market is firm... Holders are now asking 40s per cwt.

OUGHT THH FAVORITE TO WIN 'l.—Looking at the
nature of the probable field for Wednesday next, it may
be worth while to take a retrospect of past years, in
order to ascertain how the favourites have hitherto come
off ; and to facilitate that we have, in another column,
given the results of the Derby for the last forty years.
In that time this great prize has been carried off by
fourteen first favourites—about one in three. In the
last ten years it has been carried off by four first fa-
vourites. To those who are fond of calculating chances
by rule it may be worth while for us to follow up these
figures: We begin with 1815. If we take that for the
first year, and take the average of first favourites win-
Ding as one in three, we shall find that, according to
this mode of calculating, West Australian ought not to
win, because he stands third in the last three ; and the
first of that three (Teddington) was first favourite at
starting. According to this system of calculating the
chances, it is not the turn for a favourite to win. Of
course we attach no serious weight to this kind of cal-
culation, but still it is interesting. If we add the odds
at starting together for the last forty years, and take
the average, we shall find that it is 14 to 1. If we do
the same for the last ten years it is just the same aver-
age ; but what is still more remarkable, if we take the
last four years in the same way it comes out nearly the
same—as, for „instance, Flying Dutchman, 2to 1 ;
Voltigeur, 16 to 1 ; Teddington, 3 to 1 ; and Daniel
O'Rourkp, 40 :to 1. This again may set athinking
those who are fond of calculations of the kind.—. Racing
Times.
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