The Sun.
London, England, 1853-04-11 00:00:00

SPORTING NOTES.—No. CCCOIX.

NEWMARKET CRAVEN MEETING.
This meeting, now in its eighty-second year, having
been established in 1771, and named in compliment to
the Earl of Craven, will commence to-day at half-past
one with the Craven Stakes. I have already commented
upon to-day's racing, and I have merely to add that
Frantic and Gossip will receive forfeit in their respective
matches.
The races commence to-morrow also at half-past one,
I believe with the sweepstakes of 10 sovs. each for three-
years-old and upwards, over the first half of the A.B.M.
'this, with the 501. plate for two-years-old over the same
course, does not close and name until this evening. A
two-years old plate is,a bit of a novelty at Newmarket
in the Craven meeting —this being the first that I can
recollect ever having been proposed.
The Newmarket Handicap, the ninth of the serie
out of a subscription -list of eighty-eight has obtained
fifty acceptances ; the field, however, will but little ex-
ceed a baker's dozen, if it does at all, the great fa-
vouritism of Contentment and Ethelbert frightening the
majority of the animals away. The latest accounts name
the following as the starters :—Weathergage, Conmore
or Charley, Koh-i-Noor, The Little Savage, Antigone,
Herbert, Peacock, Grapeshot, Ethelbert, Jack the
Giant Killer, Gavotte, Contentment, sister to Cara-
earn, and Nerva. Any addition to, or subtraction
made from this list by five o'clock this evening will ap-
pear in the seven o'clock edition of The Sun. My opi-
nion of the result of the race I expressed last week,
when I awarded the first, second, and third places to
NERVA, ETRELBERT, and Contentment. Antigone and
Herbert I expect will be fourth and fifth, with Grape-
shot heading the ruck.
The twentieth Tuesday's Riddlesworth. Stakes of 200
sovs. each, h ft, over the D. M., according to present
arrangements—which may be capsized with respect to
one horse, Constantine, by the running to-day--will be
contested by Glenavon, Phrygia, Constantine, Diomedia,
and perhaps Talfourd ; DIOMEDIA and GLENAVON being
the probable occupLnts of the first and second places.
A Sweepstakes of 100 sovs., over the D. M. will only
live two at the post, the result being—EsnucLLA
(Nat), 1 ; Phrygia (Norman), 2.
Another Sweepstakes of 100 sovs. each, over the
D. M., is uncertain in the number of starters ; for
should Filbert put in an appearance he will have but a
solitary opponent, who, of course, will not be able to
beat him. Should he be reserved, however, for the
Column on the following day, War Whoop will have the
felicity of beating Dabchick, Jupiter Tonans, and
Cubnut..

THE SPIRIT OF THE TURF:

.O.I.ELANCHOLY AND FATAL ACCIDENT.—A painful sen-
satioa was excited throughout the city on Thursday, by
a lamentable accident which occurred on the works of
the Dublin Great Exhibition building, causing the almost
instantaneous death of 3 men, and such injuries to several
others as, it is feared, some of them will not recover
from. The following official account of the distressing
occurrence was furnished in the course of the afternoon
by Inspector Stokes, of the metropolitan police force,
who was on duty at the works :—Between 10 and 11
ELECTION PETITION'S
that he bad o'clock this morning, a gang of painters, fifteen in
number, were engaged in paintinr, the arch of the ma-
; also
it was
The SPEAKER acquainted the house.
rchinery-court of the Great Exhibition building, when
received a letter from the agent to the itioner in the suddenly.the scaffolding on which they stood save way,
case of the Carlow election petition, staPiliti and thirteen of the party were precipitated to the floor having clung to the ropes by which the seat':
intended to proceed with said petition
to kilt.ig had been suspended, and these only were saved
the same effect from the agents in the cases of letter to
1 'uninjured. The injured sufferers were instantly con-
Salisbury,
Claamrsentto itloags.-aoyt: street. Hko.slpi,,i tal, . and placed
Salisbury, and Cashel.
NOTICE OF MOTION.
ti 2 the aufflaetrielnYgs
Mr. HENRY DRUMMOND gave notice that when uoufdtieirreem. e'dTichael
followingpaend suraical treatment,
was unavailing
, in.e Smi3rnene
wehasoes;enfowrithdetaitteh
scaffolding
putaa:_rheNtvhienniaamm
Hes
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amendment.
injured ; Charles Killeen,
Col. HARCOURT gave notice of his intention to
p 0 e
to t
recover
eßr o; oßkeenr,.
jamin;
slightly injured • James Carr, ditto ; John Nolan,en'
move an amendmat to the 4th clause of the County Fi-
nancial Boards Bill.
Hancock,
dairtkoe, ditto ; Edward Tay
Mr. WILSON gave notice that, on Thursday next, he . ditto ; William el
nWilliarn Cardiff, ditto ; Peter.
should move for the production of papers connected with ' Philip
MarchTnAtE .1-11; Taylor, ditto
the Customs, and he should take that opportunity of •I Leary, thigh bone brteke
The returns for the month
stating the alterations which Government proposed to
Nava been published. The
make in the management of the Customs. endingP theRES
85tohp
CLERGY RESERVES. , elated value of exports is 6,272,649/ being ' de-
-
~ an increase
Sir J. PAKINGTON wished to ask Lord John Rus- of 919,0971. over the corresponding month of last year.
sell what, in the opinion of her Majesty's Government, The items upon which the increase is chiefly shown are,
the cottons linens woollens silks
11 be the force and ffect of the upon „ , , gloves, haberdashery,
ofact 3 and 4 Vic. C. , hardware, and iron.
Consolidated Fund, in sec. 8,