The Sun.
London, England, 1853-10-12 00:00:00

THE RACE FOR THE CESAREWITCH.

Regarded as a " betting race" simply, the Cesarewitch
was uninteresting and unsatisfactory. King Pepin, and
at the last moment, Songstress, were the only animals
that were supported with sustained spirit ; the in-
vestments on the " outsiders" were comparatively insig-
nificant, and so unsettled was speculation that no animal
figured steadily in the betting. The "state of the odds"
at starting fully attests the truth of these observations ;
by comparing it with the " Doings at the Corner" of
the preceding week, it will be seen that in almost every
instance the quotations show a wide difference. The
prejudice against King Pepin having increased, and the
reports of his lameness not lacking confirmation,
so determined was the hostility of his opponents,
that his partisans were unable to maintain him in
his pride of place. Indeed, in the course of Mon-
day afternoon I saw 200 to 10 betted against
him by a nobleman of some literary celebrity ! Song-
stress's advance kept pace with King Pepin's retro-
gression, and she ultimately became the leading fa-
vourite. The changes relative to the other animals
were quite as remarkable, but not so important.
The race admits of a brief description. Haco,
Nabob, and King Pepin started in close company, and
occupied the foremost positions in the encounter
throughout. Haco achieved the victory cleverly
—his youthful jockey riding with great patience
and with much skill. Although Alfred Day suc-
ceeded in getting Nabob head and head with
Haco within a short distance of home, yet the
rider of the latter evinced no impatience to get away
from him, and, with all the coolness and judgment of a
veteran, landed his horse a clever winner by a head—an
achievement of no little difficulty for a lad when pitted
against so experienced and skilful an "artist" as Alfred
Day. The casualties of the encounter were two—
both Bardolph and Songstress broke down ! The
result of the race was most fortunate to the fielders,
few persons excepting the owner and about three or four
of his friends having backed the horse. Indeed, Haco's
pretensions were generally deemed insignificant, and
were widely ridiculed. In the Subscription-room, on
Monday night, several persons declared that he was in-
capable of defeating a common hack ! His " antece-
dents" notified his unpopularity, for until his present
achievement he had been always disgracefully beaten.
For the Yorkshire Handicap—a race for which he
started first favourite—he was weighted at 4 stone, and
was not even placed ! His present performance is,
therefore, glaringly incompatible with his previous
" exhibitions." The horse was sent to the post in capi-
tal condition—his clever trainer, Young King, having
evidently bestowed the greatest care upon his prepara-
tion. Nabob ran a good, game horse, and the forward
position which he obtained showed that the high opinion
which I formed of his chance was quite commensurate
with the horse's pretensions. King Pepin obtained a
more forward position than I had anticipated. By the
accident mentioned above, Songstress was early placed
hors de combat.

The principal winners are Mr. Barrett, the owner of
Haco, who nets, in stakes and bets, upwards of 20,000 b,
Mr. Barrett of Stockbridge, Mr. Perry, and Mr. Ben-
yon of Liverpool. The "Leviathan" won about 5,000/,
oa his book ; had the second horse won, however, he
would have brought off a " dollop."
The withdrawal of Stockwell left only three competi-
tors for the Whip. Kingston went away with a lead at
a steady pace, which he maintained to the end, winning
by six lengths. Teddington and Weathergage broke
down. In running Teddington for the Cesarewitch and
subsequently for this event, his owner is obnoxious to
the charge of cupidity and cruelty. On Monday I stated
that he would not run for both events, unless his owner
intended either to break his heart or break him down.
The racing appointed for Thursday requires no elabo-
rate discussion. Judging from the support which Der-
vish receives in the market for the Derby, his party must
have implicit confidence in his ability to carry off the
200 sovs. Sweepstakes. In his absence Boer would be
the most noteworthy name in the list of nominations.
Sortie is likely to win the Bretby Stakes. The Pren-
dergast is the only event of importance to be decided on
Friday. Alembic, Brother to Mountain Deer, and the
colt by Cowl, out of Minerva, are likely to fill the fore-
most places. Alembic and Brother to Mountain Deer
have each a 61b penalty, the Minerva colt may therefore
" pull through."
Newmarket, Tuesday Night. A FRESH MAN.

MIDDLESEX SESSIONS.-(THIS DAY.)

(Before Mr. Witham, at Westminster.)

OUTRAGE BY THE MILITARY.

Hugh Rowland, Daniel Kerwin, Michael Nowland,
and Frederick Robinson, four privates in the 17th Lan-
cers, were indicted for assaulting and wounding.
The prosecutor, who keeps the Hope coffee-house, in
Middle-row, Knightsbridge, stated that on the morning
of the 6th of this month, at about half-past two, Now-
land and a woman came into his coffee-room, and called
for some tea and other things to the amount of 6d., and
when the waiter took them to him he (Nowland) said
he had no money, and offered to leave his cane and
gloves, which was acceded to, and he shortly
afterwards left, but almost immediately returned
and wanted to have his gloves back, which
prisoner refused. He then went to the door, and
called in the other prisoners, who began quarrelling
about the amount due. Prosecutor told them to leave
his shop, and tried to put them out, Upon which a
scuffle ensued, and he got much beaten and his coat torn
to pieces. His wife, hearing the disturbance, came to
his aid, but was kept back by Kerwin and Robin-
son, and just as prosecutor had got Nowland
to the door, Bowland went to the fire-place, and,
taking the poker, came behind prosecutor and
struck him senseless with it, making a fearful gash
in his head. The police by this time came, and the
prisoners were secured and prosecutor taken to the hos-
pital. It did not appear that the other three took
any part in the outrage beyond a scuffle to prevent being
turned out.

The jury acquitted them ; and Bowland having pleaded
guilty to the common assault, was, to the surprise of
every one in court, merely ordered to enter into recog-
nisances to appear when called upon for judgment.

This, with a few unimportant assault cases, finished
the business of the session.

THE NEW STAMP DUTlES.—Yesterday the new stamp
act, 16 and 17 Vic., cap. 59, came into force. It has re-
lation to other duties than receipt stamps, which are to be
at the uniform rate of one penny on 2/. and upward. In
case of any insurance for lives a stamp policy is to be
made out, and the officers of insurance companies are
to be answerable for any default. A reduction is made
on articles of clerkship to attorneys of the county Pala-
tine, which may be stamped for admission into the su-
perior courts on the payment of the additional duty.
Licenses to perform divine services while churches are
being repaired, are to be free from stamp duty. Where
property is sold subject to any mortgage, the mortgage
money is to be deemed part of the purchase money,
whether agreed to be paid by the purchaser or not.
Where property is sold in consideration of a redeemable
annuity, the redemption money is to be deemed the pur-
chase money. The commissioners o fthe Inland Revenue
may adjudge what deeds are liable to stamp duty.
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without the stamp on the ace of spades. The stamp
duties in Ireland are now made perpetual. Such is an
outline of the new duties which came into operation.

LATEST FOREIGN NEWS.

FRANCE.

It is rumoured that the French Treasury has
been expending four millions of francs per day, for
some time past, in purchasing corn.

The subject of the loan which the Government,
it is said, was about to contract, was yesterday again
very generally spoken of at the Bourse. It was
affirmed that the intention at present is not to have
it taken by tender, but that the bankers, when once
the price may be agreed on, will undertake to place
amongst their clients, at a certain commission, the
amount which the Government may require.
In the invitations to the Imperial hunting party
at Compiegne sent to the female portion of the
guests, it is intimated to them that they will do
well to buy riding habits, in order to partake of
the pleasure of the chase with the Empress. This
intimation seems to imply that her Majesty is not
likely at present to give an heir to the Empire.
It is affirmed that at the Ministries of the In-
terior and of War, a measure is now in preparation
for organizing, in case of need, the ban and arrier-
ban of the National Guard mobilisee.

The Emperor and Empress came to the Tuileries
on Monday afternoon. The Emperor visited the
works of the Louvre, and afterwards manceuvred
two squadrons in the court-yard of the Palace.
Their Majesties afterwards returned to St. Cloud.
The Patric contradicts a report, which it says
was prevalent at the Bourse on Monday, with re-
spect to the health of the Emperor. It has autho-
rity for stating that the health of his Majesty is
excellent.

The Octroi duties on iron and cast-iron entering
Paris for building purposes has been raised. The
duty on iron to 3f. per 100 kilogrammes, and on
cast-iron to 2f. per 100 kilogrammes. The duty
on coals, which is at present fixed at 28c. per hec-
tolitre, is raised to 48c. per hectolitre, or 60c. per
100 kilogrammes. The duty on firewood has been
slightly reduced.

The' Moniteur contains an article which states
that the decree of the 28th March, 1852, relative
to the herring fishery, has already produced ex-
cellent effects. Before the decree the herring
fishery was in a state of decay, and it had become
a usage with French fishermen to purchase instead
of fishing for their herrings ; thus, for example, in
the season of 1850, out of 40,000 casks introduced
free of duty, not ten were really fished by them.
The mew decree has restored the fishery—two hun-
dred vessels having gone this year to the north of
the coast of Scotland alone, whereas last year there
was only one hundred, and the gain of three-fourths
of the fishermen has averaged between 400 f. and
500 f. for two months' fishing. The decree, more-
over, seems to have entirely extirpated the abuse
of purchasing fish. From the surveillance exer-
cised, that abuse has become almost impossible,
and off Scotland not a single offence was detected.
The article of the Moniteur says en passant, that
" off Scotland as elsewhere the cruisers sent to
protect the fishing vessels maintained excellent
relations and good harmony with those of Great
Britain, and with the authorities of that friendly
power."
The French officers who were sent by the Go-
vernment to be present at the manceuvres at 01-
mutz have returned to Paris.

There was a considerable fall in the price of pub-
lic securities at the Bourse yesterday, caused it was
said by heavy sales on account of German houses.
It was reported that the Emperor of Russia, on
hearing that the Sultan had declared war against
him, became exasperated, and commanded that ad-
ditional troops should march towards Turkey.
The Three per Cents. opened at 73f. 60c., but
fell subsequently to 72f. 85c., at which they closed
for the end of the month. The Four-and-a-Half
per Cents. closed at 99f. 70c. ; Orleans Railway
shares, 1,150 f. ; Rouen, 1,005 f. ; Havre, 487 f.
50c. ; Great Northern, 830 f. ; Paris and Stras-
burg, 905 f. ; Paris and Lyons, 890 f. ; Lyons to
the Mediterranean, 725 f. ; Western of France,
700 f. ; Bordeaux and Cette, 590 f. ; Great Central,
512 f. 50c. ; Lyons and Geneva, 505 f. ; Shares of
the Bank of Credit Mobilier, 705 f.