The Sun.
London, England, 1854-10-07 00:00:00

SPORTING NOTES.

LITTLE OR NOTHING.

The First October Meeting presents its usual "power-
ful" attractions in its Cesarewitch and Clearwell, and
"weather permitting," it is likely to be attended with
marked success. This afternoon I start for head-quar-
ters ; it would therefore be beside my purpose to enter
into a discussion of the comparative chances for the
Cesarewitch to-day, but shall despatch my " notes" from
Newmarket on Monday morning. The sudden advance
of Rattle, in the betting on the Cesarewitch, has caused
the slight retrogression of Muscovite, against whom a
strong current of opposition has set in. At Newmarket,
indeed, the tide of prejudice was high against him, and
touts, with their customary knowingness, unhesitatingly
declare that he is lame, and has an enlarged hock. He
has, nevertheless, been doing good steady work, and, if
I am not misinformed, on Thursday he went a rattling
sweat with Adine. On my arrival at headquarters I
will endeavour to collect some particulars respecting
him.
The promised "explanations " relative to the Acrobat
affair have been placed before the public. They who
expected " curious disclosures," as to the " working " of
favourites, and the " rigging " of the market will be dis-
appointed on perusing them. Many persons will, per-
haps, deem the statement scarcely full or satisfactory
enough, but I have no hesitation in asserting that it vin-
dicates the character of John Scott, who can now only
be charged with having committed an error of judgment
in reference' to_ the horses—Boiardo, Acrobat, and Der-
vish. The remarks which I have, from time to time, made
on this affair Were not more severe than the nature of the
subject demanded ; but I am now fain to confess that
John Scott appears to have been over hastily abused
and censured.

A FRESH MAN.

October 7.

UNFOUNDED IMPUTATIONS ON VIE
CHARACTER OF MR. LA WFORD.

The following letter (says the Times) is from Mr
Lawford, of Draper's-hall. Mr. Lawford is solicitor to
the East India Company, as well as to some of the high-
est London firms, and bas always been held in great
esteem. It appears he has found himself involved in
some pecuniary difficulties, and that these have been
made public, with some wholly unfounded imputations
on his character, which, from their pointed nature, al-
though they have probably had no weight with his im-
mediate friends, he feels it necessary to repel :
" Draper's-hall, Oct. G.
" Sir,—My attention has been called to a paragraph in a
newspaper of Sunday last importing that ' an eminent so-
licitor's firm, acting as the legal adviser of a great public
company, had been committing extensive forgeries, to the
injury of clients who had title and trust deeds deposited
with it.' The paragraph proceeds to allude to ' instances of
a grievous character, and to prospective disclosures, which
will throw into the shade those arising out of Mr. Coles's
frauds, so lately exposed under this head.'
"The criminal charges imputed by the paragraph in
question are so wholly untrue and without the shadow of a
foundation, so far as it can be conceived to relate to me, or
to any member of my firm, that I have forborne to notice
it publicly until I find a general impression to prevail that
I am the person indicated in it, and that silence on my
part may be misconstrued. And I would even now abstain
from intruding myself upon the public, but, as another
paragraph appeared in a daily paer
p of Tuesday last, in
which I am specifically named, I venture to hope that you
will permit me through your columns to give the most en-
tire contradiction to the criminal charges imputed by the
paragraph in question.
" I am, sir, your most obedient servant,
" EDWARD LAWFORD."