The Sun.
London, England, 1838-08-08 00:00:00

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

INTELLIGENCE EXTRA'4
NEWMARKET SECOND 0 CTOBER MEETING,

838. —FR Y.
Match, 50 sovs. h. ft. 1
Last mile andl
a half of T.M.lll.—Cap-
'Lin Gardnor's Reuben, 9st., agst Mr. Shelley's Bay Hampton, 7st.

NEWMARKET CRAVEN MEETING, 1840.
WEDNESDAY.
Match, 500 sous., h. ft. A.F.—Lord Lichfield's Firefly, (sister
t
,e;) Phosphorus) agst Mr. Thornhill's f. by Lamplighter, darn by
usear, out of Camarine's darn, Bst. 71b. each.

LEE RACES.—YESTERDAY.
The Borough Cup Stakes of 5 sovs. each, and 25 sovs. added from
the Fund, free for any horse, &c. The winner to be sold for
,_6O sovs., if demanded, &c. Heats, twice round and a distance.
3arker's b. h. Reform, aged, 9st. 71b Owner 1 1
errard's Subaltern, 4 yrs, Bst. 71b 2 2
'3lr. Lock's b. f. by Camel, 3 yrs, 7st. llb
Won easy.
The Galloway Stakes, with 10 sovs. added, for ponies, 14 hands
high, 8,c., ;mats, twice round and a distance, were won in three
be by Mr. Landridge's br. m. Matilda, 9st. 71b. (Higgins),
I;,t
atiewr.intg Mr. Whittington's Betsey (who won the first heat), Mr.
's Haphazard, and three others.

, -Ile grand entertainment to be given by her Ma-
'esti' at the new palace, on the 17th instant, in honour of her august
kother's birthday, will be a sumptuous dejeuncr, and not a ball, as was
at first rumoured in the higher circles.
Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of
Cambridge Will remove from Cambridge House, immediately after the
Prorogation of Parliament, to Kew Palace.
KS Excellency the Marquis deßrignole (Ambas-
sador Extraordinary from Sardinia) and Marchioness de Brignole, are
expected in town to-day, atom a tour in the provinces.
The Earl and Countess de Grey leave town in a
few Hall, Borougbrige,Yorkshire.
days for their seat, Newby h d r
The Earl of Yarborough has left Cowes, Isle of
for a cruise to Cadiz, in hie fine yacht the Kestrel.
Lord Prudhoe is shortly expected in this country
frollt the continent, to be present at the meeting of the British Associa-
tion at Newcastle.
The Bishop of Llandaff is, we are happy to state,
quite recovered from the serious indisposition which that reverend prelate
wasa
vi labouringLady Wundizna,short time since. His Lordship is at present on
at Sidmouth.
MARRIAGE IN HIGH LlFE.—This morning Lord
Thomas Cecil, brother to the Marquis of Exeter, led to the Hymeneal
altar Lady Sophia Lennox, youngest daughter of the Dowager Duchess
nf Richmond, and sister of the present Duke. The Duke and Duchess
Of Richmond returned from Goodwood to be present at the cert..
Men
„ 3', which took place in Trinity Church, Regent's Park. After
lesoleninisation of the marriage, Lord Thomas and his bride returned
lotif,the house of the Dowager Duchess, where a grand breakfast to upwards
forty„,.. distinguished persons was given.
the We are authorised to state that there is no truth in
rePort of Lord Shelburne's marriage with Miss Elphinstone de Fla-
}Malt
~,,---Aferning Chronicle.
."READFuL OUTRAGE.—Yesterday morning the
Zebbou
d -Lood of Doberry's-court, Clerkenwell, was a scene of alarm
confusion, in consequence of a report that a man named White, a
;Ivpuu-illlarorrterbeefienner, had murdered his wife. It appeared that White and his
_ Were passing through White Lion-street, Islington, when they
ed, and the former beat her about the head and body in a dread-
:4:er with a heavy bludgeon, and he would have murdered her had
itron for the interference of Sergeant Collins, 24 N division, who
her to her residence. On entering the house, White began
the to belabour her in a cruel manner, and her cries of murder alarmed
neighbourhood, and at length Collins and other officers entered the
a ace, and found the wife bleeding, and her head beaten horribly. White
bod"ourished a poker, and swore that he would dash out the brains of any
Y Who dared to interfere with him, or try to take him; but he was
ir,e,,nttlanY secured and taken to the station-house, after a determined
v-aistarlee. The wife was carried to a surgeon's for assistance, and she
at Put to bed in a precarious state. Yesterday the prisoner was charged
Hatton garden, when the officers only attended to give evidence
481,:inst him, his wife having expressed her determination not to prose-
e'
The magistrates convicted him in the penalty of 51., or two
months' imprisonment.
An inquest was held yesterday in Saffron-hill on
„oti*,, body of James au infant f air mouths 01,1. The parents of the
2-t f child are drunken, profligate character s, living in an attic in one
"L.' courts leading out of Saffron-hill. On Saturday night they both
Vhnt licine very much intoxicatral, and going to bed overlaid the child,
tCnwas found dead in the morning. The Coroner and Jury expressed
ittrnost disgust arid indignation at the conduct of the man and
I~,itiao, and regretted they were not able to return a verdict of man.
7ghter against them. Verdi 'it—" Died of suffocation in being over.
41 by the parents in a state of intoxication."
011 Sunday night last, about twelve o'clock, as Mr.
2.lorgan, of No. 8, Denmark_street, Soho, was walking along
echo,
Westminster, towards home, he was stopped by two men,
ec:'°, after treating him in a very rough manner, tore Millis pocket,
lataifling a sovereign and a half, with some silver, and a snuffbox.
ginY also knocked off .his hat, which they took possession of, and run-
g orr with the plund ?r, effected their escape.
ICAAI ItIOTS.— Bills of indictment were found by
~,:th-ratia Jury, on Tuesday, against only 13 of the persons charged
ala rintiog on the occasion of the burial of Mr. Burke, in Tomo, last
--Y• The bills of indictme tit against the three Roman Catholic cler-
gymen- have been thrown m it. One of the reverend gentlemen who
--`4 Major Burke indicted for the assault has given up all further pro.
-4117.ings.—Galway Patiwl.
KENSINGTON PET TY SESSIONS.—On Monday
a-„°rt'ilig the Magistrates who ually sit at these sessions refused to hear.
1,-"Yi eases, in consequence, as wt • have heard, of the Commissioners of
t °Cie; having, contrary to their wish, transferred an inspector, named
t ack, from that district to Bow-street district. It appears that, previous.
)t) the introduction of the new po.ilice system, all charges occurring in the
tileelisington district were heard .at Queen-square, and that the arrange.
posilt which since that time has taken place, of having the cases dis-
thee(' hy local Magistrares, -was perfectly volunary on the prt of
• functionaries, who :have now, as we are told,t discontinued their
ce,t_ es, for the reason ab ove stated. A public tric!eting is said to be in
and :lnPlation to memoria lise the Commissioners to reinstate Mr. Black,
request the Magistr ates to resume their sittings.
GLANVIL LE FAMILY.—BY A LADY OF
‘ic —Had the title page not stated the fact, we could at once have
uterr from the h;ed , a perusal of the work itself, that the author belonged to
;goer circles of society. No one that had not moved in tile fashion-
th_• enreres of life could have shown so Intimate an acquaintance with
e"heever_anners and the co aversaition of the Aristocracy. The work is
e.t,_.lay written, and ther e is much dramatic effect in many of the scenes,
ay towards the den ouement. The latter volume, indeed, displays
reds b• ldbetr:ble power. If tl his be the first effort of the author, as we have
believe it is, she is a writer of very great promise.—Observer.
While the free watermen and lightermen of the
ih'''.‘a cTharnes are very properly restricted by the law from carrying more
:_-4anvYeefireiretsaiinf tiy
number,e t passengers in their wherries, and are liable to
ihi
cai !Ty more than the number expressed in their
orm.o:d their boats the proprietorsi
ti of some of the private ferries on the Thames
,v a shameful manner, work them without a
Licence from the Wa.termn ' Company, and claim exemption from
fines. This certainly ought to
adopteer to altered by a Legislative enactment,
and means ought also to be
prevent the over-crowded state of
the Woolwich and Gri 'enwich steamers and those above bridge, particu-
larly on Sundays.
lay,
Monday e veiling a carman named Francis Bat-
fro, was run over b y his own cart whilef proceeding across the road
Vauxhall to Butt ersea. One of the wheels passed over his right
thigh and severely fractured the bone.
GUILDHALL.--In addition to the cleaning and re-
. Itilding which this mimic !tit hall generally undergoes some time previous
!outa the 9th of Novernbe.r, orders have been issued this r.theotho-
gh renovation of the rich Saxon and Gothic stone work which fch
Work,
the eastern end. ,Large portions of the elegant cornicei andeh rfret.na.
which had become :much dilapidated from age, are in the course of
removal, and new materials are in preparation to supply their place.
Three niches are also to be added, of which the centre one will be ap.
I,ropriated, to a statue of queen Victoria. The work is rapidly
approach-
n _gperoornpletion, and when finished will have the effect of considerabl
ving the appearance of this venerable scene of civic pomp. y
An inquest was t held lag night, in Hemming's-row,
ortn theabody of an old wc man named Prosser, whose death originated
fractured leg, frct in falling down stairs. Verdict—. Accidental