The Sun.
London, England, 1853-08-17 00:00:00

PAID FORFEIT.

County Plate—Longbow and Malice.
Ebor Handicap—Gossamer and Fancy Girl.
Prince of Wales Stakes—Applause, Exactly, Bonehill,
Tadcaster, and Beauty,
Great Yorkshire Stakes—Belle, West Australian, colt
by Melbourne, Auld Acquaintance, Mabella, and Bracket.
West Australian is scratched for all his engagements
here.

Lord Lieutenant is expected.
Ariosto does not go to York.
Flutter does not run.
LATEST OFFERS.
EBOR HANDICAP.
4 to 1 agst Pantomime.
S to 1. agst any other.
Nothing doing.

BETTING AT MANCHESTER—YESTERDAY.
GREAT EBOR HANDICAP.
sto 1 agst Pantomime (taken).
7to 1 agst Sally Warfoot colt (taken).
7 to 1 agst Lord Lieutenant (taken).
10 to 1 agst Adine.
14 to 1 agst Goorkah.
15 to 1 agst Newminster.
100 to 6 agst Indian Warrior (taken).
100 to 6 agst St. Andrew (taken).
100 to 7 agst Catspaw (friendless).
DUNDAS STAKES.
6 to 1 agst Snowdon Dunhill.

SPORTING NOTES.

FRIDAY'S RACES AT YORK.

The events to be decided on Friday now alone remain
for discussion, and I shall dismiss them with brief ob-
servations. The most important item in the list is the
Great Yorkshire Stakes for which there are 133 nomi-
nations. West Australian is not likely to figure among
the competitors ; should the field, therefore, be numeri-
cally strong, a good betting race, and an interesting en-
counter may be anticipated. The animals whose chances
appear formidable on paper are the Queen, Mayfair,
Umbriel, Vindex, Honeywood, and Lord Fauc-onberg.
The starting of the Queen will entirely depend upon her
nominator ; but should she go to the post, I shall ex-
pect to see her obtain a forward position in the race.
In her default, I shall expect either Honeywood or Yin-
dex to achieve success.

Boiardo and Cyrus are my selections for the Gimcrack
Stakes. Torment will probably carry off the York Cup.
My opinion as to the probable result of the Ebor
Handicap has undergone no change. lam still firm in
my allegiance to PANTOMIME and ADINE. The best of
Dawson's lot will be a formidable opponent, but I am
not prepared to say which of his horses will be intended.
I have received a mysterious hint about Dick Turpin,
whose day, it is said, has come.
York, Tuesday night.

A FRESH MAN.

RACING FIXTURES FOR 1853.

The figures within parenthesis denote the number of
day's racing.
AUGUST.
Birmingham and Spark- Egham (2) 23
brook (3) l5 Liverpool Hunt Cup (2)..24
Bungay (1) l6 Derby (2) 25
York (3) 17 Hereford (2) 25
Boulogne (2) 17 Eccles (3) 29
Paisley lB Lichfield (2) 29
Tonbridge (1) 18 Chelmsford (2) 30
Radcliffe (3) 22 Plymouth 30
Barnsley (2) ... ....... ....22 ,

SEPT:

:MBER.

Lincoln (2) 1
Bridgnorth
Marlborough
Cheadle (Staff.) (2)
Warwick (2) 6
Totnes & Bridgetown (2) 7
Weymouth
Morpeth (2)
Western Meeting 8
Rochester &Chatha,m (2) 8
Western Zoyland and
Bridgwater (1) l2

Folkestone, Hythe, and
Sandgate l3
Doncaster (4) 13
Dover 15
Pontefract (2)
Bedford (2) 2O
Leicester (2) 21
Lanark (2) 22
Manchester Autumn (2) 22
Canterbury (2) 22

' Newmarket 'P. 0. (3)....2
Walsall (2)
Northallerton (2) 2
IBER.

OCTi

Chester Autumn (2) 4
Monmouth
YorkshireUnionHunt(l) 6
Wrexham (2)
Newmarket S. 0. (5) _lO

War wick Autumn (2) lB
Caledonian Hunt and
Kelso 18
Richmond (2) l9
Newmarket (H.) (6) 24

IRISH RACES TO COME.
AUGUST.
15 I Down Royal Corpora-
-17 tion (4) 23
SPTEMBER.
Curraugh Sept. Meeting 6 I LimerickGrandNational2l
Tipperary Autumn l2 I Roscommon (3) 26
Tuam (2) 2O I Johnstown (2) 2B
NOVEMBER.'

Kilcock (2)
Bellewstown (2)

Worcester (2)
Epsom Autumn (2) 3
Cowbiidge Hunt (2) 9
Liverpool Autumn (2) 9

Shrewsbury (2) 15
Newton Autumn (1) 24
Aberystwith (3) Last week

TBE CAMP AT aIIO.I3IIAM COMMON.

The weather has held up well to the close of the
camp, and now at its last days it seems bent on giving
the troops another taste of Chobham inclemency. We
are afraid the men are destined to finish as they began,
and to wade out of their cantonments after all.

.......
Yesterday, as all the metropolitan world knows, was
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a very wet day, yet it did not in the least in tience the
attendance at Chobham. The crowds of visitors were
very great, and poured into the camp almst as con-
tinuously as the rain. Tho fares by the omnibuses (a
sure sign of the numerous concourse) rose at once to
4s. each way, and would, we doubt not, have run
higher, but that many visitors, deterred by the miser-
able aspect of the weather, went no further than
Chertsey.
Contrary to general expectation, a sham battle took
place, nevertheless, though its effect was much marred,
if not quite spoilt, by the drizzling showers which fell
during the whole time.
The troops paraded at ten in front of their tents, and
after inspection defiled by their right, and passed through
the tents across the Bagshot-road into the valley in the
rear of the lines. Here the whole force halted and un-
derwent the scrutiny of Lord Hardinge, Lord Seaton,
the Duke, and a numerous staff of officers.
The troops returned to their cantonments about two,
the evolutions having been considerably shortened owing
to the unfavourable state of the weather. _

Directly the sham battle was over the sightseers, who
had crowded the hills in great numbers, made a great
rush off the common, to seek some shelter from the
heavy rain which they had braved the whole morning.
The fares by vehicles to Chertsey instantly, and, as a
matter of course, rose to most exorbitant rates, though
even then there were not half sufficient to convey the
numbers of persons willir.g and anxious to pay them.

ODESSA.—The Odessa letters of the sth inst. state
that there was again great activity in the wheat market,
5,000 quarters having just been sold at 2s. to 2s. Bd.
advance, and transactions being checked only by the
high demands of holders. The purchases, however,
were apparently almost all destined for the Mediter-
ranean, scarcely any being now made for this country.
Freights were still enormously high, the quotations
being 100 s per ton for tallow, or 15s. 6d. per quarter for
wheat.
BANK OF NEW SOUTH WALES.—The report of the
Bank of New South Wales, one of the Sydney institu-
tions, for the half-year ending the 31st of March last,
has just been received, and presents a result which the
directors truly state to be without a parallel in banking
enterprise. It appears that on a capital of 300,0001. the
profits for the six months amounted to 141,6401., the
appropriation of which has just been effected by increas-
ing the capital from 300,0001. to 400,0001.—a step equi-
valent to a bonus of 61. 13s. 4d. on each 201. share, be-
sides declaring a dividend at the rate of 10 per cent. per
annum, adding 14,2801. to the reserve fund, which now
amounts to 40,0001., and carrying 4,9601. to a new ac-
count for future distribution. The report, however,
admits that no repetition of these things can be expected
since " the harvest of the gold discovery has now been
reaped, and the profits of banking are rapidly returning
to their former standard." At the same time, it is con-
tended that colonial banking, notwithstanding the com-
petition of the new London companies, must, from the
rapidly extending trade of the country, continue to prove
remunerative. The bi anches of the Bank of New South
Wales are at Moreton Bay, Melbourne, Geelong, and
Mount Alexander, and it has also opened an agency on
this side, in lieu of keeping an account, as had hitherto
been the case, with the London Joint-Stock Bank.

THE PILGRIM FATHERS.-A great day was the Ist of
August for New England in general, and the town of
Plymouth in particular. On the spot where the Pil-
grims landed, the corner-stone of a monument to com-
memorate their departure from Delft Haven was laid.
Two or three thousand persons—including the ladies, a
new and agreeable feature—partook of a sumptuous din-
ner, and some of New England's most eloquent sons
were present to complete the " feast of reason and the
flow of soul." The occasion was a great one, and the
ceremonies were in keeping.--New York paper.