The Sun.
London, England, 1853-07-27 00:00:00

SPORTING NOTES.

GOSSIP ABOUT GOODWOOD.

Foul weather only marred the opening day of the
MODEL MEETING at Goodwood. The sport was ample,
the various encounters important and exciting, and the
betting was occasionally brisk and heavy. All pleasure
and enjoyment were, however, entirely stopped by the
" skiey influences"—the wind was cold and boisterous,
and the rain fell in mizzling showers with little inter-
mission. Still the company was large and fashionable,
and only in the attendance of ladies was a marked dimi-
nution perceptible.
The most important incident connected with the day's
proceedings was perhaps the defeat of Andover for the
Ham Stakes. This horse has figured very conspicuously
in the Derby betting, and just before the race a large
stake was "got on" him at 1,000 to 40. His party cal-
culated upon his success with the utmost confidence, but
their sanguine expectations were sorely disappointed—
he obtained the third place only. My selection, Sortie,
was second, being beaten by three-quarters of a length
by an animal that had succumbed to her at Liverpool.
So much for the consistency of public performances ! The
winner was scarcely mentioned in the betting ; the re-
sult, therefore., was very fortunate for the fielders. I
am credibly informed that the "Leviathan" bookmaker
won about 1,.900/.
Sittingbourne cantered away from his opponents for
the Gratwick,e Stakes. At the stand he was leading
upwards of six lengths, but Sam Rogers stopped him,
and allowed. Umbriel to get within two lengths of him
at the post. Should anything happen to West Austra-
lian, Sittingbourne will be a formidable competitor for
the St. Leger.
A fine race for the 300 Sovs. Sweepstakes ended in
favour of Ilex, who ran with indomitable gameness and
"pluck."
Rataplan was scratched this afternoon for the Cup.
Pelion is now, therefore, the first favourite—a position
to which he is indisputably entitled. He will encounter
a " field" of somewhat moderate pretensions ; and, al-
though the diaance is not exactly suited to his capabi-
lities, yet I am induced to regard his success with much
confidence. Ambrose is frequently mentioned with
strong partiality. I have little satisfactory information
respecting him, but in consideration of the long rest
which he has enjoyed, and the favourable opinions which
were once entertained of his racing powers, I shall not
deem his chance utterly insignificant. The winner, how-
ever, will, I anticipate, be either Pelion or Jouvence.
Rattle is much fancied, and I shall couple him with
Ambrose, as being the most dangerous " outsider."
The Bentinck Memorial Stakes for three-yr-olds, I
assign to Sittingbourne, and the Bentinck Memorial
Stakes for four-yr-olds, to Daniel O'Rourke.
Cobnut and Cineas are engaged in the 100 sovs.
Sweepstakes. Cobnut defeated Cineas at Stockbridge,
last month, and I shall expect him to again evince his
superiority.
Worthing, Tuesday night.

TURKEY AND RUSSIA.
Advices from the Danubian Principalities state,
that the vanguard of the Russian army, under the
command of General Aurep, entered Bucharest on
the 15th inst., and that the Commander-in-Chief
was expected to reach that city on the 25th. The
head-quarters of the Russian army are to be esta-
blished at Bucharest.
Letters from Constantinople are to the 11th inst.
They do not mention any new few fact of import-
ance, :but give interesting details of some facts
which have been mentioned in the German papers,
and show that some other statements were alto-
gether unfounded. The Constitutionnel gives the
following resume of the accounts that it has re-
ceived from its correspondent at Constantinople :
" We have already expressed doubts of the news
given by a journal of Vienna that five vessels of the
Anglo-French fleet had left the roadsted of Besika
to approach Constantinople. We can now formally
deny this statement, for we have received by way of
Trieste, a letter from Constantinople dated the 11th
of this month, announcing that the combined fleet
was still at Besika, and that there was not for the
present any question of its going to Constantinople.
However, if the Porte has not yet summoned the
combined fleet, it has not abandoned the right of
demanding its presence ; it reserves to itself the
right of opening the Dardanelles, which the entrance of
the Russians into the Principalities gives to it. What
may have led the Austrian journal into error is that,
on the 6th of this month, the eve of the Beiram, it was
proved that the religious excitement which signalises
the end of the Turkish Lent, would lead to some colli-
sion between Mussulmans and Christians. The com-
manders of the six vessels of war at Constantinople,
namely, two English steamers, one French, one Austrian,
one Dutch, and an American corvette of 24 guns, as-
sembled, and addressed a collective note to the Pacha of
Tophana (the Arsenal), announcing to him that, in the
event of any ill-treatment being inflicted on the Franks,
he would bombard Tophana. And, in fact, the six vessels
of war, had taken up a position opposite the Arsenal. The
superior command, it was even said, had been given to
the commander of the French corvette as the oldest in
rank. Fortunately, everything passed off well. On the
Bth, the day on which it was least expected, the Mini-
sterial combination, which has been so much talked
of for some days past, took place ; it consisted in the
removal from the Cabinet of Mustapha Pacha Grand
Vizir, and of Reschid Pacha Minister of Foreign Af-
fairs. The bureaux of the Porte being closed on ac-
count of- the solemnity of the Beiram, it could not be
known at once who were named to these important
posts. It was only late in the evening that it was
learned that the ex-Seraskier, Mehemet Pacha, had
been named Grand Vizir, and Ali Pacha, who was re-
cently Governor of Smyrna, Minister of Foreign Affhirs.
Everybody saw in this choice, not only the formal inten-
tion of the Sultan to resist the pretensions of Russia,
but even that of abandoning any idea of ulterior nego-
tiations. Fortunately this combination could not
succeed—first, by the refusal of Mehemet Pacha to
accept the office of Grand Vizir under such difficult cir-
cumstances, next from a protest being made by Austria
against the nomination of Ali Pacha, and thirdly by
the intervention of the Ambassadors, who saw in the
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from us that the situation is very grave at Constantino-
ple. It is difficult here,' ho writes, 'to believe in the
maintenance of peace. The Russian and Turkish armies
are, as it were, in presence ; an imprudence would suf-
fice to, bring about a conflict, and one is to be dreaded
from the excitement of the Turks.' The ambassadors of
, the allied powers continued to have frequent confer-
ences between themselves and with the ministers of the
Porte. They appeared inclined to lean to prudence,
and sought means to renew negotiations in an honour-
able way. All the diplomatic body, adds our corres-
pondent, felt anxiety with respect to the interior situa-
tion of the country, which is calculated to cause serious
alarm, the discontent and irritation of the people being
always on the increase. A circumstance calculated fur-
ther to augment it is that every day it is learned that
Russian vessels of war, taking advantage of the inac-
tion of the allied fleets, begin to show themselves in the
Black sea."
A letter from Berlin,. of the 24th, says :—" An
Austrian Cabinet courier has left for St. Peters-
burgh. He is to pass by Stettin, where a steamer
is waiting specially for him. He is the bearer of
very important communications addressed to the
Russian Government by the Porte, and which the
Austrian Government has been charged to transmit
and support. From the tenour of these communica-
tions Turkey is disposed to cede in principle, and
only a question of form remains to be settled.
These communications are to precede an official
note of Reschid Pacha, which is to form the subject
of an extraordinary mission. But the Porte, de-
sirous not to expose itself to a useless step, wishes
to know before all things if Russia is disposed to
accept the project contained in these communica-
tions. The courier will arrive at St. Petersburg!'
on the 28th."—" If we are well informed (says the
Constitutionnel, alluding to the above), the delay, ;