The Sun.
London, England, 1853-05-26 00:00:00

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

SPORTING NOTES—No. CCCCXXX.
M Derby fancy, notwithstanding his uncommonly
'resit state, and well adapted as he is to the nature of the
course, electrified my vision amazingly when he cried
Mottunt suf at the beginning of the Stand. I still
hold a geol opinion of him, and fancyle will do a good
thing in the time to come. The majority of my re-
niarks, in my
:aths
analysis of the Derby published three
oago, and again on Tuesday, were remarkably
correct. In the beginning of March I stated that the
°IIIY antagonists Orestes had to fear were West Austra-
lian,; Prince Leopold, and the Reiver. The two last
..ere disposed of—one by going altogether to pieces, and
tri;other by being a month or more back in his prepa-
rn•
tones my final observations on Tuesday I gave
either in ; but if anything beat him it would be
ca.
di
'West Australian or Pharos ; so that I may take
tieru_lminutive amount of credit to myself in having re-
4iarvkccl. West Australian in case Orestes should miss the
day Was as hot as that in Surplice's year, and I
the attendance was, without exception, the greatest
ever witnessed ; the mass of carriages completely
)o,oA...cling the hill—the favourite resort of past days—
Year-lg equal to the Derby day in Merry Monarch's

THE OAKS.
tone only event requiring any particular attention to-
• , wis the Oaks Stakes, of 50 sous. each, h ft. New
hororLY p•ourse. Out of the one hundred and forty-three
to a'Aenis I think we shall not see more than twenty
taielntY-three at the post, namely, The Queen, Tell-
eggY, Hybla, Miss Tennyson, Itch, filly by Don
Tell-
toe 74°,tit of Miss Sarah, Coalition, Maria Bell, Mistle-
-elena, Charity, Sylphine, Amazon, Lady Louisa,
Beau atreore Lass, Catherine Hayes, Mabela, England's
twoT, and on or two of Lord Exeter's. Another or
iea , Perhaps, may start, and one or two of the foregoing
Tbe deducted, such weather as the present being
Y to affect them.
fRbO e
QUEEN, the representative of Scott's stable, by
Abe "t ef rickstress' dam, claims my attention first.
yo itall three times last year, making her debat at the
ferrj BPring, where she beat Grapeshot by half a neck
e Zetland Stakes, Lambton being close up. Her
sheeo rici appearance was at the York August Meeting,
les,e,arried off the Prince of Wales' Stakes by half a
ezir, beating a very moderate lot, however. Her last
she
fin was as Doncaster, where, carrying Bst 111 b,
T4,l7lseed a very bad third to Lambton, Bst 11113, and
qa.ke'4ll' Bst 71b. This was for the Two Year Old Sweep-
row, I,* expect she will run uncommonly well to-mor-
o"ut I do not think the winner will be found in her.
be t„-:, all the noise made about PEGGY, she ought to
Itiiiii-4'ewhere about winning, but it is my opinion she
e
first 'c't be able to get into the third place, much less
TL 1,
Exeter HIBLA, MISS TENNISON, THE ITCH, and
_ s
, hl ,uerses I have not the slightest fancy for.
but bt:111' Lord' Glasgow's couple will run tolerably. well,
ale 154,11,Le.h luck as winning is in store, I am afraid, for
ouip.
4tollorttitßELL made some sensation in the market a
back, but I have no reason to think she will
111ee
rro
ruck, or that she will finish anywhere but in the
5 to-rT", after having been first favourite, receded
Part,- but yesterday came back again to sto 2. Her
bet,";;Leenled to be very sweet upon their horse, but,
f(T
Yet tanding, she i; a nice showy-looking animal,
Ift,t"bt her capabilities for winning.
ff she ENO's running in Ireland was uncommonly good.
hate a en, improve upon it on English ground, she may
CC,benance of winning—not otherwise.
gyI7ITIr will only make one of the field.
14his t;
„ after the knocking she
.has received
ti4l and her very doubtful condition, is of no
AkA7e'
'eubtfli-i°ll, they say, will run well, but I am very
about it.
'l4.by
*ell Louisa. I should hardly fancy would run as
beenaB,her stable companion Mentmore Lass. She has
too 4 duaelted though by rather knowing parties for a
, lof the circulating medium..
Z4eoil;,„4lc°RE LASS has her reputation founded on her
seas 7°lllY easy victory for the One Thousand Gui-
"4l h "at performance was quite good enough to en-
tl4 e
ber
chance to grave consideration. She is
,a regular
mato; I,er of the Melbourne blood, and shows it. Her
„Nast "Aneraid, by Defence, is a capital brood mare;
A eesq;(l.,ently she comes from good blood on both sides.
Veil 11,4'er that she will run uncommonly forward, and
anagel4l-,, a place at least.
fig,'A A ip. vv aueho e's celebrated br filly CATHERINE
11 by LanercostP out of Constance, is, to my think-
\74ttn-e finest animal in
tea race. She is as yet un-
-I;orewlet. She !made her fir ppearance last year at the
,ile spring, when she ran a dead heat with won
self for two year old stakes, and afterwards won
b'e4 vinitung heat in a canter. She next shows
.her-
'ark --R", alisbury, where she wins the Wilton
foie 1.-'akels very easily, having nothing, however, of
or beat• Her third and most extraordinary per
11 4-" Was ca in the top weight for the Nursery
14P 4t, good "37 g .
last wood, and winning cleverly by a length.
Totg. PPearance was a walk over.. This mare, I
ii "lien 'will be the absolute winner. I think
o 4'B quite as fine an animal among the Oaks' fillies
)4 "t Australian was among the Derby gentry.
z;'nELLA I have very little opinion of.
14ala LAND', BEAUTY though one of the best bred ani-
(li ;11 the race, is, I'am afraid, not equal to the task
eoti g More than a third place at the outside.
doubt,Talg rny observations to a point, I have but little
thal Marlow on
CATHERINE HAYES
ktiue first past the judge's chair, and that THEEEN
-`I,NTMOBE LASS will be her nearest attendants.

THE SPIRIT OF THE TURF.

•tli EPSOM RACES
—DEI
cc ttraction of the Derby has
Rl3lt7hisDyAeaY.
year
surpassed
41
ktedent. Never, ourM
the multitude collected upon
long remembrance, was so
in the morning the
occasion on
similar
• iti,
town
IN' °WIIII. From an earl hour in
poured into the
4), •„ continued to arrive in quickht succession, each add-
-1,.4e•1ii)1 numbers to the crowds t
4,,"),,eed up the streets from
0.
the
approaching c
Ittitli' Itead, where the chances
animated
ttaheSpread Eagle to the
t the subject of
the professionals
transacted,"the
professionals
e •411-- - •
etit4_ ..r reserving themselves for
EJ ring" on the
by the rail, hundreds
the I•i'les the immense number of visitors who preferred
et peeady and rapid mode of transit
44tit:4118, tempted by the extraor in fineness of the
Vellie, selected the road, which.
ttllenz,„e: °f every grade and fashion,
w asfretmh rotnhgee de
eme-tietrh.
•Iler:1• donkey-cart to the aristocratictten
gblaerrioueechefethoef
(44,.11;hatid, recalling the almost forgo
Se - highway on the Derby day.
14 414
the , Produced, however, its invariablee consequencebrilliancy of
Tb
l'ltt,i °wilds of dust with which the outsiders were cora-
TilY enveloped.
,IN:ell,trzl?st praise is due to the officials at the London-
"l," tkation for the admirable arr g.
without the
atnraienmsents by which
ihte•ll-lie, were admitted to the
NIII 4t difaculty or confusion, and for the order and
thigetitY with which the transit of so vast an assem-
Thov'as effected to and from
Nit, 48t race the Carew Stakes—being Epsom• over, the
t1.:1114,414.1ebt coro merited in earnest as the timeT hfeordadrek-
'ta• of is" great event of the day
covered,
gmi, wally beings by which the
wasapproached.
,14;ii aLtY formed itselfinto an dengrseobuenitdon bhsidbees.
'We:, °ours° which lay like a broad green ribbon
44k?" the aoli
At length, after an
14'1.-‘ tour
(1 dc. borders,liferonmee.Tattenham Corner farn
4411 oil, iote., (.1 Stand
Ive).°llneed rval, the telegraphic lrearndsaminedtheenitnhceloesaurrd
tic to that 28 of the 32 horse
isoo,,,call_d ,
" The horses
1( el3tonete for what the late Lord George Ben-
d°'the blue ribbon of the turf.
P and
tr&4Witheilltch,alt ctaiiiieteraeedee%o the course from the ad-
modation of owners -
ttlit• 111.34.1, herses, was again throw:_
been allowed for
open by Mr. Ar
1:01i.44,4c00te. After due time
Hibbard,
..,
d the starter,
eti,,, char 4 Of the horses, Mr. Bib
Leant 4k ,boe of the troupe, and conducted them to thein
NIP Bt, and at the first signal got them away •
1 (o'der
scene than the
(1111114giiie • At this moment it would be difficult
\,,,;„1'1% , a inore animated and exciting
'4
ah-t.reBellted The Grand Stand was resplendent
stewards
4oc•alv'led-sg4w°l4°,l• fashions, and the private stands were
the
be't the "4 the members and friends of
more
11114 Retitle/0
, a
Ntont Iteeti en of the Jockey Club ; in short, 441) 111 atid t,ng! both as regards the number of the
It ?ti ixi .e fineness of the weather, has never been
,io „Is 341 Downs.
''L -11Q1 -' Years since the Derby was inveastecdircwuimth.
44ce •111Yster • Illov ehiefi_ Y,. interest, and importance,
u
qie thelne...r attributed to the Cineas and Honeywo.od.
144 tegard Illey, however,
and Sitting-
who, with an unprej
'l,ll tne, who' scrutinised West Australian
eee°,ll'ianel,ll they pulled up after the race for the Two
l' -114 f ' "ad never d übt of their being .
tl,,,rt w°leate berbjr.anyThroough good. report and evil
11;4 qe Ili Australian firmly maintained the lead in
to baokeeg' • and fully did he justify the confidence,,r ofr
t' wed
atilt% thieve la doubtless well remembered that Ai !
kno .14ke. •ruo a Similar triumph last year with Daniel
111111843 1-11. 1835 he won the Derby with Mundig,
41,1:
,efr...svith Cotherstone.
114.1" Y a 7 "lent rooms in the Grand Stand were ex-
W nd abun
A A 1-, latkirliff dantly supplied by Messrs. Jaquet
't I, '°ng tl •
ti
terti
_ie inarl
111 c. olir, h Yfashionable visitors were the Duke
th, liar of RiA if, xeelleney the French Ambassador, the
~io'lareli,-•-"Ill°11d, the Duke and Duchess of Montrose,
Welees `1."13 of Exeter and Clanricarde, and the Mar-
Va,
0., 0 "tylesb
t,,l;', grany.„ ury ; the Earls of Jersey, Derby,
14,i ' St 1"°, Annesley Chesterfield, Bessb.orough,
Ilhci''t(le taivt"l°re, Bruce and Longford ; Viscounts
Itiv ekl3 ViliceewPort, Anson, Curson, Clifden Lascellees,
'S401,(1111° • t... 1•08. and Viscountess Villiers ; 6ountll;
4 ,I,a 11. 07 ;I, Baroness, and Meyer Rothschild__
ur4"")E, er °roon Lennox, Geo. G. Lennox, Alex. G.
toeilldani,e°',Matiners, M.P., Burleigh, Exmouth,
lan Airr §, : G-oranhinakmellin and Lon.desboreughß;.Spirigeßt:
~,,44k1 • and Mrs , Sir G. Armitage, Sir
...
'ltz,enald "'l' It Lawl Gen. Anson Hon. J .
1/ ' lion G • eY'
'th °lls, ke • • S. Smythe, Hon. W. Begot, Ad-
o, 'iPort at.
yt..Z%llltw , e no off as follows
‘1441% NilikkEs of 5 soya. each, with 50 added ; 2-
Mlo ~,a'tds, sat three, Bst 61b • four, 9st 71b ,• five and
44 grade,
f 121 b ; mares allowed• 51b and geldings 31b ;
k, kter,,
of 6r beaten horses, &c New T.Y.O , three
,; E. ii. a Inile• (13 Subs' ) • .
I.ou rf,,, 7 Clark's mi.
~ . • .
:11 ell4t 1216 ' Sykes, by Sir Tatton Sykes,
,j„G . eri,_
,_ ........................ . .... (J. Osborne) 1
`-tullive,," -Nightshade, 2 yrs, sst 5113 ..... (Oliver) 2
`ftt fob ' 13 Village Lass, 2 yrs, sst 121b...(We115) 3
gowin
g 44° ran :--Detemination, Don quixote,

Pelopidas, The Kafir, Folly of the Day, Blondel, and
Miss Delamere.

Betting-5 to 4 agst Village Lass ;3to 1 agst Night-
shade, 4to 1 agst Pelopidas, 6to 1 agst Mr. Sykes. A
good race from the distance with Mr. Sykes, Night-
shade, Village Lass, and Blondel. Won by a neck, a
head only between the second and third. Blondel
good fourth. The others beaten off. The winner was
objected to on the ground of not carrying proper weight.
DERBY STAKES of 50 sovs. each, h ft, for 3-yr-olds ;
colts, Bst 71b ; and fillies, Bst 21b ; the owner of the
second horse to receive 100 sovs. out of the stakes. New
Course. One mile and a half. (195 subs.)
Mr. Bowes's West Australian, by Melbourne
(F. Butler) 1
Duke of Bedford's Sittingbourne, by Chatham
(S. Rogers) 2
Mr. Powney's Cineas, by Touchstone or Epirus
(Bumby) 3
..(Wells) 4

Mr. Howard's Rataplan, by The Baron

The following also ran :
Baron Rothschild's Orestes (Charlton) 0
Lord Londesborough's Mayor of Hu11...(3. Holmes) 0
Count Batthyany's Stone Plover (W. Abdale) 0
Mr. E. R. Clark's Mr. Sykes (Bartholomew) 0
Mr. Mare's Pharold (Pettit) 0
Lord Exeter's Filbert (Norman) 0
Mr. Perren's lonic (Hornsby) 0
Lord Derby's Umbriel (Templeman) 0
Duke of Richmond's Pharos (Flatman) 0
Captain Lane's Ninnyhammer (Sly) 0
Lord Clifden's Cheddar (A. Day) 0
Lord Caledon's Prince Leopold (W. Sharp) 0
Mr. B. Way's Brocket (Thick) 0
Mr. Knowles's Talfourd (Basham) 0
Mr. J. M. Stanley's Orinoco (Marson) 0
Mr. Howard's Lascelles (W. Day) 0
Mr. Oliver's Ethelbert (Crickmere) 0
Mr. Surtee's na Honeywood (J. Osborne) 0
Mr. Rowan's Fion ma Coule (D. Wynne) 0
Mr. J. Ayling na Rattle (G. E. Sharpe) 0
Mr. Thompson's Coomburland Stathesmon(Aldcroft) 0
Lori Glasgow's Barbatus (Whitehouse) 0
Lord Eglinton's Vanderdecken (Marlow) 0
Mr. Wilkins's Peggy (H. Neale) 0
Betting at Starting-6 to 4 agst West Australian, sto
1 agst Orestes, 6 to 1 agst Honeywood, 8 to 1 agst Sit-
tingbourne, 20 to 1 agst Umbriel, 20 to 1 agst Pharos
(off), 25 to 1 agst Ninnyhammer, 30 to 1 agst einem, 30
to 1 agst Peggy, 50 to 1 eaoh agst Cheddar, Barbatus,
and Rataplan, 100 to 1 agst Coomberland Stathesmon.
An excellent start, all getting off in a cluster, except
Coomburland Stathesmon, who was some lengths behind.
Cheddar and Cineas started in front, but they had scarcely
proceeded halfway up the hill when Umbriel took up the
running, with Cheddar, Cineas Orestes, Ethelbert,
Ninnyhammer, and Rattle, well laid up, and directly in
their wake were Pharos, Honeywood, and Filbert ; West
Australian, with Sittingbourne in close attendance upon
him being the next two. No material change occurred
until they arrived at the turn into the straight, when
Umbriel began to drop off. Rattle immediately went
on with the lead, but at the road was passed by Cineas,
and at the same time West Australian, with Sitting-
bourne at his quarters, was seen to draw forward. At
the distance theseitwo singled themselves out, and a very
exciting race home ended in favour of West Australian
by a neck. Rataplan, who left the ruck in the last
quarter of a mile, and gradually improved his position,
finished about half a length behind the third. Honey-
wood and Rattle were the next two. Barbatus pulled
up lame.
Run in 2 min. 56 sec. Amount of the stakes, 5,4251.

Jerry Kent was scratched at 10.30 a.m.
EPSOM TOWN PLATE of 50 sovs. (Handicap) for all ages.

Winners extra. One mile.
Mr. Drinkald's Snarry, by Sleight-of-Hand, 4 yrs,
6st 101 b (Aldcroft) 1
Mr. Reeves's Abdallah, 6 yrs, Bst 71b (Bartholomew) 2
Mr. Magennis's Sandhurst, 3 yrs, 7st (Oliver) 3
The following also ran :—Telescope, Merriment.
The betting opened at 6 to 4 agst Telescope, but closed
at 2to 1 agst him. 2to 1 agst Snarry.
A fine race with Snarry, Abdallah, and Sandhurst.
Won by a neck ; the second beating the third by three-
quarters of a length. Telescope a bad fourth.
GREAT EXHIBITION PLATE of 100 soya. (handicap),
for all ages ; winners extra. One mile and a quarter.
Mr. Magennis's Clair de Lune, by Lanercost, 3 yrs,
sst 51b (Oliver) 1
Mr. Wigan's Forester (h b), aged, 7st 71b (Wells) 2
Mr. Y. King's Narcissus, 6 yrs, Bst 4 lb...(Charlton) 3
The following also ran :—Puritan, Sweetheart, Iresine,
f by Confederate.
Betting-6 to 4 agst Narcissus, 3to 1 Clair de Lune,
sto 1 agst Forester, 6 to 1 agst Puritan. Won cleverly
by a length ; a neck only between the second and third.
Sweetheart and Iresine were fourth and fifth.
DIIRDANS STAKES of 5 soya. each, with 50 added, for
2-yr olds and upwards. Optional selling weights. Half
a mile. (10 subs.)
Lord Londesborough's Gold Dust, by Dulcimer, 3
yrs (601.), 7st 51b (E. Harrison) 1
Captain Little's m by Counsellor—Miss Lucy, 5 yrs,
(401.), 7st 101 b (Charlton) 2
Mr. J. Dawson's Shipwreck, 3 yrs (401 ), Est 121 b
(Aldcroft) 3

Betting-2 to 1 agst Gold Dust, sto 2 agst Empress
colt; 3 to 1 agst Venison filly, 5 to 1 agst Counsellor
mare, Bto 1 agst any other. Won by half a length ; a
length between the second and third. The winner was
afterwards sold for the 230 guineas ; the fund thereby
realising upwards of 1801.

LATEST BETTING ON THE OAKS.
2to 1 agst Catherine Hayes (taken).
sto 2 agst Misletoe (taken).
6 to 1 agst Mentmore Lass (taken).
7to 1 agst The Queen.
10 to 1 agst Lady Louisa.
10 to 1 agst England's Beauty.

DESTRUCTION OF THE A DELPHI THEATRE,
EDINBURGH, BY FIRE.

On Tuesday afternoon a fire broke out in the Adelphi
Theatre, Edinburgh, which ended in the entire destruc-
tion of that building, and nearly all its properties and
accessories. The fire was discovered about a quarter to
five o'clock by a carpenter, who observed smoke issuing
from the omnibus-box and the coulisse on the left of the
stage, and coming apparently from the music-room im-
mediately below. The manager, Mr. Wyndham, who
resided within the building, was immediately apprised
of the fact, and an alarm was speedily conveyed to the
fire-engine stations.
Within a very short space of time the fire caught the
scenes and proscenium, and before a quarter of an hour
elapsed, the flames had traversed the whole area of the
interior, and sought egress by several windows at the
side and by the roof. The work of destruction was fear-
fully rapid, and the beams of the roof and wooden gal-
leries, ripened for combustion by age and the 'drying
heat of the gas, were quickly encompassed by a general
blaze. In little more than half an hour after the fire wa
discovered the roof fell in, and the flames burst forth
with intense strength and fury, causing great alarm for
the security of contiguous buildings. So great indeed
was the mass of fire that, though the wind was light, it
caught the window-frames of a house on the opposite
side of Little King-street, fully 60 feet distant.
The Adelphi Theatre occupied a site in the corner of
Broughton-street and Little King-street, these streets
being respectively to the east and south. On the west
was a high and thickly-populated tenement, into which,
by a gable window overlooking the theatre, the flames
obtained success. On the north was St. Mary's Roman
Catholic Chapel, and between it and the theatre was a
small cloister or ante-chapel. The roof of the cloister
and the astragals of the Gothic windows of the chapel
took fire, and considerable apprehension was entertained
as to the safety of the consecrated edifice. The altar-
piece, a painting of the Virgin, valued at nearly 5,000/.,
was dislodged from the wall, and all the sacred vessels
and properties removed to a place of safety. By the
praiseworthy and well-directed exertions of the fire-
brigade, however, the chapel was preserved, and the
flames which caught the two other buildings were ex-
tinguished before they had gained strength, or had
caused much damage. The efforts to confine the fire to
the building in which it originated were thus happily
successful ; but, though the fire-engines had arrived
very soon, and the supply of water was most abundant
and well applied, the progress of the flames could
not be stayed till they had left the theatre a complete
ruin. The building was about 130 feet long by
60 feet broad, and the front of it towards Broughton-
street was occupied as the manager's residence.
A stone wall separating the house from the theatre, the
manager was able to save a large portion of his ward-
robe and property, as the fire did not immediately en-
velope that portion of the building which contained
them. On either side of the box entrance and corridor
and under Mr. Wyndham's house were shops, a large
part of the stock in which was saved.

- The Adelphi theatre has for 60 or 70 years been a
place of public entertainment in Edinburgh. It was
originally known as Corri's Rooms, and subsequently as
ee
aa st
re
ed
Rb by
ytahl e,
tl ah tues Mp
rre.
vNeVu .t
g.
dMr
aumr raatyi
e,
the Caledonian theatre. Latterly, and for a long series
n
aolfonygeawl IhitthweasThl
opposition. Since Mr. Murray's retirement, however,
nearly two years ago, the two theatres have been let to
different managers. In the competition which ensued
Mr. Wyndham was able to keep his ground against suc-
cessive lessees of the Theatre Royal ;
and, the latter
having become for the third time vacant since Mr.
Murray's retirement, Mr. Wyndham offered himself as
one of the candidates, and was accepted as the lessee ;
and it is a somewhat singular coincidence that the
Adelphi theatre should have been destroyed the day
previous to that on which Mr. Wyndham was to enter
on the lesseeship of the Theatre Royal.
The Adelphi Theatre was insured to the extent, we
believe, of 3,0001. or 4,0001., on the building, and the
manager was insured to the amount of 1,2001., a sum
which will not, it is feared, be adequate to meet his
losses. Unfortunately, the whole wardrobe of Mr.
Wyndham's large and respectable dramatic company
was destroyed ; several of the musicians likewise lost
their instruments.
It is truly fortunate the fire did not occur three hours
later, when the audience would have been assembled.
The quick destruction of the building would in such a
case have been most frightful and calamitous, for the
means of escape were scarcely so ample as would have been
needed for a crowded audience, such as would probably
have assembled on the evening of the Queen's birthday.
The engines continued to play for above four hours
upon the building. There was no accident, except a
fireman, who was scorched and bruised by a fall. The
Lord Provost and the civic authorities were present at
the scene ; and the ground was kept by the police and a
detachment of the 4th Regiment from the Castle. The
conflagration attracted many thousands of spectators,
the crowd being all the more numerous as the day was a
holiday.
The origin of the fire has not been ascertained.