The Sun.
London, England, 1854-10-18 00:00:00

THE LONDON

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

BETTING AT MANCHESTER.—YESTERDAY
On Saturday the principal book-makers were early in
attendance, and at once commenced paying, and con-
sidering that the settling days at Manchester are Mon-
day and Tuesday, a good deal of money changed hands.
On Monday the rooms were thickly atttended, the
backers of horses mustering in strong force, which
afforded proof positive that they were on the right side.
To-day the rooms were again well attended, and the
settling has gone off tolerably well. One or two, whose
names we shall withhold at present, have not yet put in
an appearance, and whose creditors begin to fear that
their absence is too significant ; however, all hopes are
not yet lost, but should they fail to come to a settle-
ment, it will serve as a lesson to backers, and perhaps
cause them in future to invest with men whose long stand.
ing insures stability, in preference to seeking for those
whe lay the longest odds. We may here remark that
great credit is due to the Manchester book-makers for
displaying their usual promptitude, in discharging their
liabilities upon this occasion, notwithstanding their heavy
losses. The ring is supposed to have lost upwards of
100,0001., and it is said that Messrs. Payne and Greville
and friends have won up wards of 60,0001.
Of course, there has been very little time to speculate
on the Cambridgeshire Stakes; however, from what little
was done, we are enabled to give the following list of
quotations :

CAMBRIDGESHIRE STAKES.
sto 1 agst Rattle (tak. and off.)
Bto 1 agst Orinoco (taken).
15 to 1 agst Helena (taken).
20 to 1 agst Scherz (off.)
20 to 1 agat Early Bird (off.)
20 to 1 agst Stonehenge (tak: 25 to 1).
25 to 1 agst Little David (t. and off.)
30 to 1 agst Hervine (taken).
100 to 3 agst Khadidjah (off.)
WARWICK AND LEAMINGTON OCTOBER
MEETING.
TuEsDAY.—Match : 100 sove. One mile.
Mr. G. B. Price's Gossip, 4 yrs, lOst 71b ...(Owner) 1
Captain D. Lane's Apostate, 5 yrs, lOst 81b (Owner) 2
Betting : 7to 4 on Apostate. Won easily by half a
length.
A SWEEPSTAKES of 5 •ovs each, with 20 added, for two
and three year olds. Optional selling. weights, &c.
Five furlongs. 9 subs.
Mr. Wood's Duet, 2 yrs (301.) Est (Snowden) 1
Mr. Powell's The Despised, 2 yrs (301.), 6st (Prior) 2
Mr. -Merry's Florida, 2 yrs (30/.) sst 101b(Fordham) 3
The following also ran :—Fury, Vandyke, Sir Oliver
Martext, bro to Twinkle, c by Idle Boy out of Lady
Speed's dam.
Betting : 2 to 1 agst The Despised, 4 to 1 agst Duet,
sto 1 agst bro to Twinkle. Won by two lengths
three lengths between the second and third. The winner
was sold by auction for 100 guineas.
GREAT WARWICK HANDICAP of 15 Boys each, 5 ft, with
100 added. The winner of any handicap value 100/
after the declaration of the weights 51b extra. The
second to save his stake. Once round, starting at the

stand. 40 subs,
Mr. Greville's Kaffir, 4st 91b (Fordham) 1
Mr. Magennis's Pantomime, 4 yrs, Est 101 b (Ashman) 2
Mr. Mather's St. Clare, 3 yrs, sst (Walters) 3
The following also ran :—Vanderdecken, Little Davie,
Wild Huntsman, Shakspeare, Blossom, The Spinner,
and Pyrois.
Betting-5 to 2 agst Kaffir, 7to 2 agst Pantomime,
8 to 1 agst St. Clare, 9 to 1 agst Wild Huntsman, 10 to
1 each agst Pyrois and Little Davie. Won by a neck ;
three lengths between the second and third. D. 0. wa,
on the course, but his owner having neglected to make
stakes, the horse did not start.
A SWEEPSTAKES of 5 soya each, with 20 added, for three-
yr-olds and upwards. Optional selling weights, &c.
One mile. 6 subs.
Mr. Wood's Falcon, 3 yrs (1001.), 7st 21b...(Kendall) 1
Captain D. Lane's Apostate, 5 yrs (301.),
Bst lib
(A.ldcroft) 2
Mr. J. Adkins' Copenhagen, 3 yrs (1001.) (Corderey) 3
Mr. Tasker's Songster, 5 yrs (301.), Bst llb (W. White) 4
Mr. Fry's Nestor, 4 yrs (30), 7st 71b (Midgley) 5
Betting-2 to lon Falcon. Won by a length ; half
a length between second and third. The winner was
bought in for 310 guineas.
I The TWO-YR-OLD HANDICAP Of 10 soya each, half ft, with
50 added. A winner of a handicap, value 100 soya,
after the declaration of the weights, 51b extra. T.Y.C.
19 subs.
Mr. Merry's Cock of the North, 7st 51b (Kendall) 1
Mr. R. Morris's Priestcraft, 7st (Wells) 2
Mr. Osborne's c by Chanticleer—lno, Est 71b (Carroll) 3
The following also ran :—Gossip, Maid of Cadiz,
Plausible, Contention, Banbury, colt by Red Hart, out
of Refraction.
Betting-2 to 1 agst Priestcraft, 3to 1 agst Refraction
colt, 7 to 1 agst Cock of the North, and 8 to 1 each
agst Banbury and Contention. Won by a neck ; throe
lengths between the second and third, Banbury wax a
bad fourth, Maid of Cadiz fifth.
The LZAMINGTON WELTBR CUP, value 100 soya ; the
rest in specie, by subscription of 15 soy* each, 10 ft,
and 5 only if declared; &a. The winner of any han-
dicap value 100 'sou, after the declaration of the
weights, 51b extra. Gentlemen riders. Professionals,
61b extra. Once round. 18 subs, 7of whom pay 5
soya each.
Mr. Stanley's Veteran, 4 yrs, 9st 41b (Mr. Thompson) 1
Mr. Merry's Morning Star, 5 yrs, lOst 131 b (Marlow) 2
Mr. G. B. Price's Warwick, aged, lOst...(Capt. Lane) 3
Mr. Elwes's Florist, 4 yrs, list 41b (Owner) 4
Mr. J. Davies's Titterstone, 5 yrs (h b), list 61b
',Owner) 5

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Mr. Bevill's Gerard, 5 yrs, 9st 121 b (Owner) 6
Mr. Blood's Star of England, aged, lOst (Taskiar) 7
Won by two lengths. Bad third

TURKEY; ITS HISTORY AND PROGRESS From the
Journals of Sir James Porter, British Ambassador at
Constantinople; Continued to the Pre" sent Time. By.
Sir George Larpent, Bart., 2 vets.—This highly in-
teresting work consists of two distinct parts. The first
volume, alter a memoir of Sir James Porter, proceeds to
give a general description of the Turkish empire, of its
natural and industrial production; and its commerce, a
sketch of its history from the invasion of Europe to the
reign of Sultan Mahmud 11., and an account of the re-
ligion and the civil institutions of the Turks, and of their
manners and customs, chiefly from the data supplied by
the papers of Sir James Porter. In the second volume
we are made acquainted with Turkey as it is ; the reli-
gious and civil government of Turkey, its Legislature,
the state of e lecation in the empire, its finances, its mi-
litary and naval strength, and the social condition of the
Turks, are all in succession brought under review. The
work gives a fuller and more life-like picture (f the pre
sent state of the Ottoman empire than any other work
with which we are acquainted."—John Bull.
STATISTICS OF CANADA.—It appears from the trade
and navigation returns of Canada for the year 1853, re-
cently submitted to the Canadian Parliament, that the
exports for the last year amounted to 23,801,303 dole.,
and the imports to 31,981,436 dols, The exports to
Great Britain were 11,455,408 dole., and the imports
therefrom 18,489,121 dole. ; exports to the United
States, 11,725,455 dole., imports from ditto, 11,782,147
dole. Exports to North American colonies, 1,380,465
dole. ; imports, 632,660 dole. ; to British West Indies,
20,184 do's. ; from ditto, 3,479 dots. ; to other countries,
209,791 dole. ; from ditto, 1,074,029 dole. The increase
of the aggregate imports and exports since the preceding
year wee 57 per cent.