The Sun.
London, England, 1854-01-20 00:00:00

YORK SPRING MEETING.
THE GREAT NORTHERN HANDICAP.
WEIGHTS for the GREAT NORTHERN HANDICAP. For-
feits to be declared by the Ist of February. Two
mi es over the Old Course.

Yrs st lb Yrs st lb
Hungerford
Kingston
West Australian 4 .8 12 Orson 3 6 5
Newminster
Nabob
Ariosto
Little Henry 5 8 6 Charity
Torment 4 8 6 Dear Polly 4 6 4
Red Lion
Goldfinder 6 8 5 Contentment ...... 4 6 4
Chief Justice aB 5 Sine qua non 36 4
Adine 5 8 4 Bracken 3 6 3
Balrownie
Cobnut
Eulogist 4 8 2 Waterfall 6 6 2
King of Trumps... 58 2 The President 36 0
Daniel O'Rourke., 5 8 0 Dan Cupid. .....
Little David 4B 0 Miss Peddle
Songstress ......... 5 7 13 Trio 4 6 0
Um briel 4 7 12 Sir Mark ...... .... 3 6 0
Talfourd
Exact .. ............. 4 710 Brown Brandy
Lambton
Catherine Hayes.. 4 7 9 Mincemeat 3 6 0
Ethelbert ......... 4 7 9 Georgy 4 6 0
Joe Miller 5 7 9 Exhibition
Hunca Munca ... 47 8 Queen's Own 35 13
Haco
Brocket
Indian Warrior ... 5 7 7 Caliph 3 5 12
Vindex
The Cruisk 57 7 Merry Monk 35 12
Feversham ...... .. 4 7 7 Baal bee
Defiance 4 7 6 The Event .. ....... 3 5 11
Cariboo
The Deformed
Snowdon Dunhill a 7 4 King Alfred 3 5 11
Alonzo
Lindrick . 5 7 4 Syvagee 35 10
Jouvence
Poodle
Sleeping Partner 6 7 4 Pauline
Little Fawn 6 7 3 Moss Rose 3 5 10
Haricot
Testator a 7 3 Amos .
Annie Sutherland 4 7 3 Ptolomy .... 3 5 10
Grapeshot 4 7 3 F. by Napier, out
St. Michael
Lerrywhent
Lough Bawn 6 7 2 Epinician
Typee 4 7 2 Master Adams ... 3 5 10
Ireland's Eye 4 7 2 Sister of Mercy... 3 5 9
King Pepin
Little Jack a 7 1 Dr. O'Toole
Audubon ... ..... 4 7 0 Glenstrae
Nutshell a 7 0 Selina 3 5 8
Bird on the Wing 5 7 0 El Dorado .
Itch
Aquila (bred in Nelly
France)
Crusader
Mayor of Hull ... 4 7 0 Jonathan Martin 3 5 7
Dove
Revolver
Musician
Nutpecker 4 6 13 Shamock
Lord Fauconberg 4 6 13 Streatlam Fairy 3 5
Llanforda
Kilquade
Captain Cornish 4 6 12 Horatio 3 5 1
Scarecrow 5 6 12 Adelaide
Brother to Grey Hermitage 3 5
Tommy
Colsterdale 6 6 12 Adeline
Charley
Mr. Sykes 4 6 12 Remunerator 3 5
Guicowar 4 6 11 Cable 3 5
Saguenay 4 6 11 Gamekeeper
Catherine Parr.... 4 6 11 Julius Agricola 3 5
Honeydew 4 6 10 Device
Jack the Giant Lady Elegant(late
Killer 4 610 , Pillion)
Aaron Smith 4 6 10 Diligent 3 5 I,
Maid of Team Ham 3 5
Valley a 6 10 Brigadier
Radcliffe Hero .... 4 6 10 C. by Cotherstone
Janey 4 6 10 —Duchess of Lo-
Bit of Blue 5 610 raine
Prince Leopold ... 46 10 Lady Napier 3 5
Peggy
Hazelnut 4 6 101 St. Clare
Miss Sarah 4 6 9 Tros
The Surveyor..... 5 6 9 Lamprocle 3 5 0
Ann Eliza
Jacqueline 4 6 8 Cardsharper
Lady Flora 4 6 7 Mark Anthony ... 3 5 0
Gauntlet a 6 7 Phcenix
La Belle 4 6 7 Monimia
Veteran
Augusta 4 6 7 Bianca
Barrel 3 6 7 C. by Ratan, out
Lady Vernon 4 6 7 Miss Martin ... 3 5 0
Hobby Horse 46 7. Little Jem 35 0
Aldford (late Fri- Pebble
day
Tavistock ...... .... 4 6 6 Jujube
Ulster 4 6 6 Br. to Little Swift 3 4 12
Ammonia 5 6 6 Lurley
Heapy 4 6 6 Determination ... 3 4 10
Braxey 5 6 6 Penitent 3 4 7

RACING FIXTURES FOR 1854.
The Jockey Club having determined to commence
their season on Easter Monday (April 17), the princi-
pal meetings—supposing the usual arrangements are ob-
served—will stand as under. Should the stewards, in
any instance, determine to vary the fixture, it will be
advisable, as a guide to others, to give us immediate
notice :

FEBRUARY.

Newton Spring 2
Derby Spring 8
MA
Liverpool Spring 1
Doncaster Spring 7
Salisbury
Coventry Spring l4

Lincoln Spring 14
Nottingham Spring 21
,CH.
Warwick Spring 21
Catterick 27
Northampton 29
Abergavenny 30

AP:
Croxton Park 4
Epsom Spring 6
Cheltenham Spring 12
Newmarket Craven 17.
OCT(
Chester Autumn 3
Yorkshire Union Hunt 5
Wrexham 5
Newmarket S 0 9

ZIL.
Catterick Bridge 19
Abergavenny . 2O
York Sprivg 25
Malton 27
IBER.
Warwick Autumn 17
Caledonian Hunt 17
Newmarket H 23
Worcester Autumn 31

STEEPLECHASES TO COME.
FEBRUARY.

Newton (1)
Derby (2) 8 Carmarthenshire 2l

MARCH. •
Liverpool (1) 1 1 Birmingham 27
Beverley (1) lO I

APRIL.
Liverpool Hunt Club Cheltenham lB
(Hoylake) (2) 8 Rothbury l9

NOVEMBER
Cowbridge Hunt

THE PORT OF LONDON.—The new warehouses in
course of erection at the St. Katherine's Docks are fast
approaching completion, the works having progressed
with all possible celerity. The new warehouses, which
are on the same scale of magnitude as the other build-
ings of the kind in the St. Katherine Docks, and which
are well known to be some of the most perfect and
complete of the kind in the kingdom, are now being
roofed in, and present a very imposing appearance.
When complete and ready for occupation, additional
facilities will be afforded for the bonding of goods at
this already extensive establishment. When it is borne
in mind that not only have the directors of the London
Docks recently found it necessary to extend the accom-
modation of their already immense establishment by the
erection of new warehouses and other works of an im-
portant nature now in progress and in perspective for
the purpose of affording facilities to trade, but that there
are schemes in progress for the establishment of new
docks and warehouses on a large scale, it is evident
that the trade of this vast port is on a most flourishing
and increasing state, notwithstanding the greatly in-
creased trade of late years at Liverpool, Glasgow, and
other large ports in the kingdom.
NOTTINGHAM TRADE.—There is a slight improvement
in the lace trade for the present week, both in respect of
transactions and manufacturing activity. The attend.
ance of London as well as country buyers, and especially
of considerable purchasers from Glasgow, has imparted
an impetus in the first direction—the second portion of
the progress has, however, been more necessitated by
the advance of the season than by any other induce-
ment. The low state of the stocks on hand and the near
approach of spring conspire towanrenoutr manufacturers
of the propriety rather than the ness yof commencing
their usual preparations, whichthey have accordingly
done though without any great alacrity, as the firm prices
maintained both by cotton and silk, but especially the
latter, and the continued high rate of wages, consequent
on the unusually high prices of subsistence, are very un-
propitious to speculative production. Raw silks exhibit
surprising firmness in the face of very large deliveries. •
We observe by Messrs. Durant and Co.'s returns, that
whilst last years importations amounted to something
over 54,000 bales, and the stocks on hand at the close
of 1853 (including solid bales, however) were above
22,000, those now on hand are only 23,000 in amount,
notwithstanding the tremendous importation of 7,000
bales of China silks in December, which it is obvious,
therefore, must have been nearly all absorbed. Ad-
vices also announce the arrival of the July and
August ships from China, with 7,000 bales more.
And yet the firmness of the market is such that one
letter which we have seen advises the actual refusal
of 325. 9d., and a stand for 335. to clear a parcel of six
bales of Italians, which could not have in any respect
affected the market. Hosiery is rather duller this week
than last. The impression created in many minds by
the apprehensions of war, and political excitement, has
done a great deal to limit transactions to mere hand to
mouthsiness • and at stocks are low, the manufacturers
only go on keeping them up as orders come in. There
is not at present, therefore, the same amount of orders
on hand as usual at this season of the year ; but busi-
ness, notwithstanding, proceeds quietly and fairly, the
hands obtaining altogether ample employment, and the
warehouses finding •no reason to complain.—Notting-
ltanuairs Guardian.