The Sun.
London, England, 1853-03-25 00:00:00

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

SPORTING NOTES.—No. CCCXCVII.

NORTHAMPTON NEWS.—The following list of horses I
have ascertained are are in active preparation for next
week's races:—At Roger's—King of Troy, Sharavogue,
Dear Me, and Luxurious. At Manning's—Defiance.
At Bradley's—Hambletonian and The Marquis of
Sevign4. At T. Taylor's—Jacqueline and the Hero colt.
At Smith's—Conmore, Charley, and Epaminondas. At
Robert's—Lucio. At Tom Dawson's—King of Trumps
and Russborough. At Scott's—Hobby Horse, Long-
bow, and Ranee. At Dockeray's—Frantic, Muscovite,
Spinaway, Bobby, and Young Norval. At Stephen-
son's (jun.)—Molasses, Hothorpe, and a couple of two
years old, "whose names I could not ascertain. At
Butler's—Gossip and Ernestine. At Steven's—Ethel-
wolf and Chilton. At M. Dawson's—Colt by John
o'Gaunt, Lady Audrey, and Bridget.
THE SPIRIT OF THE TURF.

TATTERSALIIB--THuRsD AY.
NORTHAMPTONSHIRE STAKES.
7to 2 agst Defiance.
6to 1 agst Hobby Horse (taken and afterwards
offered.)

25 to 1 agst Llanforda (taken and afterwards
offered.)

25 to 1 agst Lampedo (taken and afterwards

offered.)

Llanforda and Lampedo opened st 1,000 to 30 each,
but at the close were backed at 25 to 1 each, to about
501., the layers ready to go on. Maria met with an
accident on Tuesday last, and is declared not to start.

ALTHORP PARK STAKES.
3to 1 agst Epaminondas. •
4to 1 agst Spinaway.
METROPOLITAN HANDICAP.

11 to 2 agst Contentment (taken and afterwards
offered.)

Bto 1 agst Snowdon Dunhill (taken.)
13 to 1 agst Richmond (taken).
100 to 6 agst Pug Orrock (taken).
20 to 1 agst Terpsichore (taken). .
20 to 1 agst Candlewick (take 25 to 1).
1000 to 10 agst Hirsuta.
Business dull, and an improvement in Contentment,
and a strong disposition to back Snowdon Dunhill, the
only features. Lampedo's price did not transpire.
TWO THOUSAND GUINEAS STAKES.
7to 2 agst Sittingbourne (taken to 2001.)
CHESTER CUP.
25 to 1 agst Scarecrow (taken and offered).

DERBY.

9to 1 agst West Australian (taken to 1001. and
afterwards offered).
12 to 1 agst Orestes (taken).
12 to 1 agst Cineas (take 13 to 1).
15 to 1 agst Honeywood (take 16 to 1).
16 to 1 agst Reiver (taken to 2001. and aft, off.)
17 to 1 agst Pharos (taken and aft. offered).
18 to 1 agst Ninnyhammer (taken and aft. off.)
30 to 1 agst Ethelbert (taken to 1501.)

NEWCASTLE-ON-TYNE SPRING MEETING.
WEDNESDAY.

WELTER STAKES of 3 sovs. each, and 20 added ; the
second saves his stake. Two miles. (14 Subs.)
Mr. Nixon's Moses, 5 yrs, list 51b...(Mr. W. Nixon) 1
Mr. Boynton's Newport, aged, 12st 81b 2
Mr. Gregson nd Mirehill, 4 yrs, lOst 3
Mr. Harper's Freebooter, 5 yrs, list 51b 4
HUNTERS' STAKES of 5 sovs. eacli, for hunters, 12st each.
Two miles. (8 Subs.)
Mr. S. Parker nd Sir Harry Smith, aged, 12st 71b
(Mr. Gregson) 1
Mr. Arthur nd Penny Post, aged, 12st 71b . 2
Captain Morris's Buckland Buck, 5 yrs, 12st 3
LARK STAKES were won by Elopement (Mr. R. Gra-
ham), beating Susannah, Gum flower, and three others
easy.
MATCH, 50 sovs.—Mr. A. Stavert's Polly (Mr. J.
Robinson) beat Mr. Jardine's Bobby.

AN) STEEPLECHASES.
IPOLITAN STEEPLECHASE.
red on or before April 5.

EPSOM (METROPOLIT2
WEIGHTS for the METRO.
Acceptances to be declar
st lb st lb
Sir Peter Laurie ll 7 The Unknown 9 13
Peter ll 7 Charlton 9 13
Miss Mowbray ll 3 Fazeley 9 11
British Yeoman ll 1 The Brewer. 9 11
The General lO 7 Talisman 9 11
Simple Peter lO 3 Goi:aldus
Maria Day lO 3 Vi.s..count 9 9
Forest Lad lO 3 Grey Momus 9 9
Quickstep. lO 1 The Senator.. 9 9
Shinrone lO 1 Janus 9 7
The Hero 9 13 Sam Hood 9 5
Ringleader 9 13 Honest Tom . 9 ' 1
WEIGHTS for the FREE HAN DICAP HIIEDLERACE.
AeoPptanePe to be declared April 5.
st lb
Sir Robert lO 7
The General lO 7
Caurire lO 0
Gulnare
Quickstep 9 12
The Hero 9 12
The Unknown 9 10
Fazeley 9 8
Giraldus 9 6
Malmesbury 9 4

at lb
Sir non the Cellarer 9 4
Ormsby 9 4
RI 3indeer 9 3
Sam Hod 9 2
St amford 9 0
-adford 9 0
entre-h-terre 9 0
U nion Jack 8 10
Gerard 8 9

THE STEAM-BOAT EXPLOSI:ON OFF SHIELDS BAR.—
TYNEMOUTH, TUESDAY NIGHT,.—The coroner's jury, after
sitting two days in the Town Ball in this town investi-
gating into the circumstances of a fatal boiler explosion
which took place on board a mew steam-tug named the
Engineer, on Thursday week; off Tynemouth Bar, by
which Robert Coulson, a joiner, was killed, and eight
other persons were severely s aalded, returned their ver-
dict this evening, which wa , that deceased had been
killed by the boiler exploding at the fire-hole, and that
such explosion had been cause). by a wooden plug having
been left in the pipe communicating between the boiler
and the safety valve, and tha t Robert Findlay, foreman
to Mr. Almond, the builder o f the engine, is censurable
in not having seen that the pl rig was removed before the
fires were heated under the bo'i'lers.
ADVANCE OF WAGES IN LIVERPOOL.—There has
been a great advance of wages; in Liverpool during the
past week. The extra porters: :at the Albert Dock have
been raised 6d. per day ; and. the seamen engaged on
the various steam-boats plying to and from this port
'have obtained an increase of 2s . 6d. per week, with pe-
culiar exemptions. The plas te:rers have given notice of
a strike if their wages are not increased to 265. per week
from 245. ; and the journey rcien bootmakers, watch-
makers, and paper hangers, ar e also demanding increased'
wages. •On Friday the porte- rs at the Tithe-barn-strectt
station struck for an advar e, and on Monday the
carters of the town were to strike unless their wages
were raised to the uniform nite of 245. a week. The
journeyman bootmakers, not satisfied with an increase
of wages, now insist upon tb teir employers discharging
the apprentices. The cabine t--makers have obtained an
advance of 2s. per week ; the > upholsterers have given
notice that they expect a similar increase, to commence
last Monday, and the corn-pc ters have respectfully re-
quested their employers to :advance their wages 6d.
a day.
NEW COMET.—Mr. Hind ba s published the following
particulars :—On the 6th of tl ie present month a comet
was discovered at the Obser v-atory of the Collegio Ro-
mani), at Rome, which pre ;nth strong indications of
identity with that of 1664, .co ne of the most minutely
described comets recorded in history. Supposing these
bodies identical, the. period •of revolution will be 188
years, and the mean distance from the sun a little greater
than that of the planet Ne p tune. In aphelion, how-
ever, the comet must recede t o a distance of more than
6,000 millions of miles. It •cv ill have been rather con-
spi
cuous in the southern h er nisphere during the latter
half of February, but is n, v. moving away from the
earth and sun, and consequ wetly growing less distinct
every evening. On the 19th. ,of March, at eight o'clock,
its right ascension was 4h. 3 6 m., and its north declina-
tion 2 deg. 48 sec. ; the form .er changes very little at pre-
sent, the latter is increasing a t the rate of from 20 to 30
minutesc
meeting of
Full descriptions, with engrav-
ings, of the comet of 1664, will be found in the " Co-
metographia" of Hevelius, and in the " Theatrum
Cometicum" of Lubienietski.. When best seen it exhi-
bited a bright nucleus with a tail 20 deg. long, and
curved towards the extremity . If the comet lately dis-
covered be the same, its app a arance would rather favour
the idea that these bodies are gradually dissipated ; yet
Halley's comet may be tra
ied backward in history to
the year 11 before the Chris Uian era, or through a period
of
03101 years.
DLAND JUN' 7. PION RAILWAY.—The half
yearly thisof
many con any was held at Perth on
Saturday ; m
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chairman moved the adopti on of the report, which was
agreed to, and after the tra aisaction of the usual routine
business, the meeting adjor umed.
EMIGRATION AND LANDL ORDISM.—AR unusually large
number of emigrants pass ed through this town on St.
Patrick's-day, on their way sto Liverpool for embarkation.
Our attention was particularly arrested by the respectable
appearance of one party. 1 Jpon inquiry, we found them
to be persons from the Km )cklofty estate, who have been
enablpd by the Earl Donou ghmore to emigrate with their
families to America. They consisted of about thirty-five
individuals, all comfortably clothed, and furnished with
ample supplies for a voyage across the Atlantic. The
noble earl's house steward accompanied this batch, with
orders to provide in every way for their comfort on the
passage from Waterford to: Liverpool, while his lordship
has taken his departure fr oin Knocklofty so as to meet
them at the latter port, that he may personally secure for
his dependents good berths and every accommodation
on board the emigrant vessel.—Clonmel Ch,ronicle.
IMPORTATION OF GERM:.A.N CLOCKS.—Five scores of
tons weight of German clocks are imported into this
country, at Southampton, in the course of a year. They
are brought from Germany into France by the Strasburg
Rail Way, and are exported from France at Havre, from
whence they are conveyed across the Channel by the
South Western Steam-packet Company's steamers.