The Sun.
London, England, 1853-07-12 00:00:00

SPORTING NOTES.

ANTICIPATIONS ANENT AINTREE.
Two movements of considerable importance have pro-
duced a perceptible effect on speculation ; one caused the
rapid advance of Cariboo, the other the sudden retrogres-
sion of Goorkah. Neither was unexpected, although
both were made with a determination and confidence
which occasioned some little surprise. So eager was the
desire displayed to " get on" Cariboo yesterday at the
" Corner,' that scarcely 3 to 1 was obtainable about
him at the close of business. Goorkah was quite out
of favour, and not until late in the afternoon, when 9 to 1
was booked to small sums, was any attempt made to arrest
his downward tendency, 'Montague was advanced to
10 to 1, to the prejudice of his stable companion, Water-
fall, against whom " any odds went a begging."
In discussing the Cup chances on Saturday, I pre-
pared my readers for these changes in the betting. I
then selected Cariboo (the best of Isaac Day's) and
Goorkah against the field. Cariboo was then quoted
at 10 to 1, and Montague was just rising into favour.
I expressed, too, an unfavourable opinion of Goorkah, but
in consideration of the " money interest," I was induced
to include him in the " dangerous division." Now, how-
ever, I entertain very slender expectations of his success,
and taking Harbinger in his place, my final decision will
be, CARIBOO, MONTAGUE, and HARBINGER. Should an
" outsider" be destined to achieve success, that outsider
will, perhaps, be either PELION or MISSIVE.
The minor events remaining for consideration require
only brief discussion. In the absence of Hobbyhorse,
Doublethong will carry off the Foal Stakes ; the Pro-
duce Sweepstakes I assign to the Reel colt.
Longbow, Evadne, and Faux-pas are likely to be the
foremost competitors for the Derby Handicap. For
this event, however, The Deformed is much fancied by
his owner, who, yesterday, backed him at Tattersall's
for 2001.

At present, I shall not touch upon Friday's races.
Much excitement prevails at the various betting-offices
this morning, in consequence of the Attorney-General
having obtained leave to bring in his "Bill for the Sup-
pression of Betting-houses." The motion has already
materially checked business.
July 12.

A FRESH MAN.

TATTERS ALL'S.—MONDAY.
The sale of a portion of General Anson's blood stock
induced many provincial turfites to visit "The Corner"
to-day, but although several of them now and then turned
into the betting-room to ascertain the progress of busi-
ness there, very little activity was imparted to specula-
tion ; in fact, during the early part of the afternoon
scarcely a bet was laid.

LIVERPOOL CUP.
At the commencement Cariboo was the only horse in
demand—at 4t01,7 to 2, and 3to 1 numerous invest-
ments were made ; 5 to 2, finally, the highest offer. To-
wards the close, doubts of Montague's being allowed to
start, in consequence of his nominator being in default for
bets, appeared to give way to favourable impressions
from the expressed opinions of persons of authority-8
to 1 was taken to upwards of 4001. His advancement
caused Waterfall to sink to 30 to 1. Goorkah at one
time receded to 10 to 1, but one or two late-corners
brought him back to Bto 1. Owing to some ill-omened
reports, Daniel O'Rourke was quite friendless.
DERBY HANDICAP.
5 to 1 was taken to 2001. about The Deformed, and
5 to 1 betted against Longbow's winning this and the
Licensed Victuallers' Handicap.

GOODWOOD STAKES.
Sextus was quiet. 8 to 1 was taken to some money
about Hobby House, and 13 to 1 each about Tedding-
ton and Vindex. The other transactions were to various
small sums.

ST. LEGER.
Slight odds were offered on the favourite. 7to 1 in
fifties in betted agst Sittingbourne, and 8 to 1 agst the
Reiver. 13 to 1 taken about Cineas, and 18 to 1 about
Cobnut.

TEE DERBY.
2,600 to 200, and 2,400 to 200 were laid against
Autocrat ; the layers of the latter odds were very willing
to go on. 20 to 1 taken about Prince Arthur ; 25 to 1
each about Reel colt, Dervish, and Paxton ; 33 to 1
taken to upwards of 300/. about Mandricardo, by
Orlando out of Duvernay—a new importation into the
outside division.

LIVERPOOL CIIP.
sto 2 agst Cariboo (3 to 1 taken).
7to 1 agst Montague (8. to 1 taken).
Bto 1 agst Goorkah (taken).
30 to 1 agst Waterfall.
10 to 1 agst lanthe and Waterfall coupled (t).
DERBY HANDICAP.
sto 1 agst The Deformed (taken).
GOODWOOD STAKES.
Bto 1 agst Hobby Horse (taken).
10 to 1 agst Joe Miller (12 to 1 also laid).
11 to 1 agst Trifle (taken).
12 to 1 agst Muscovite (taken).
13 to 1 agst Teddington (taken).
13 to 1 agst Vindex (taken).
15 to 1 agst Goorkah (taken).

ST. LEGER.
Gto son West Australian.
7to 1 agst Sittingbourne (taken).
Bto 1 agst The Reiver (taken). ,
12 to 1 agst Cineas (13 to 1 taken).
18 to 1 agst Cobnut (taken).
DERBY.
12 to 1 agst Autocrat (taken and offered).
20 to 1 agst Prince Arthur (taken and offered).
25 to 1 agst Reel colt (taken and offered).
25 to 1 agst Dervish (taken and offered).
25 to 1 agst Paxton (taken and offered).
1000 to 30 agst Mandricardo (taken).

LIVERPOOL-(THIS DAY.)
ARRIVALS.
Evadne, Lerrywheut, Black Doctor, Deformed, Red
Lion, Chief Justice, Redmond O'Hanlon, Alembic, Reel
colt, Abdallah, Antigone, Montague, Goorkah, Vander-
decken, Octavia, Julian, Lady Margaret, Poodle, Har-
binger Waterfall, Hungerford, Crabbs, Lamprocles,
Longbow, Hobby Horse, Auld Acquaintance, Sorlie,
Umbriel, The Queen.

LATEST BETTING AT MANCHESTER.
(By Elethic Telegraph.)
MANCHESTER (This Day), 2 p.m.
LIVERPOOL CIIP.
4to 1 agst Cariboo (taken).
8 to 1 agst Goorkah (offered).
Bto 1 agst Montague (offered).
9to 1 agst Harbinger (taken).
100 to 8 agst Chief Justice (offered).
100 to 6 agst Missive (taken).
20 to 1 agst Candlewick (taken freely).
20 to 1 agst Waterfall (offered).
100 to 1 agst Daniel O'Rourke (offered).

MARKET NEWS-(THIS DAY.)

COLONIAL

SUGAR.—The market is firm, but not much is doing
either for home use or exportation, at previous rates.
The quantity of British plantation landed last week at the
East and West India Docks was 3,176 hhds, 273 tierces,
930 barrels; there were taken for home consumption 1,761
hhds, 149 tierces, 557 barrels. The stock in the same
places is 12,217 hhds, 1,924 tierces, 5,351 barrels.
COFFEE.—There has been an inactive market for the
lower kinds of plantation Ceylon, and purchases can be
made at previous rates. Fine and good sorts are wanted,
and realise very full prices. Native is nominal! at former
quotations.

Rum.—The quantity landed last week was 809 puns. 63
hhds. There were taken for home consumption 223 puns
6 hhds., and exported 116 puns. 141 hhds. The stock
in the samelplace is 8,965 puns. 435 hhds.
RICE.—Of 3,385 bags Bengal at auction 1,360 sold at
Hs 6d to 12s for good and fine, the remainder being taken
at the same prices.
SALTPETRE. 141. bags Bengal at auction sold at 28s 6d
for 3/ per cent., and 967 bags were taken in at 28s to 29s
for 5 to GA per cent. refraction.
TALLOW.—P.Y.C. is 53s to Ms per cwt on the spot, and
town 54s 3d.

TEA.—There is no change in prices, and the transactions
are limited.

COTTON.—The demand is not brisk, but lower rates are
Leclined.

HAY MARKETS.
SMITHFIELD.—Meadow hay, 3/ ss to 41 6s ; clover
ditto, 4/ Os to 5/ 59 ; and straw, 1/ 7s to 1/ 14s per load.
A moderate supply, and a steady demand.
CIIMBERLAND.—Meadow hay, 3/ 5s to 41 8s ; clover
ditto, 4/ Nto Si 5s ; and straw, 1/ 7s to 1/ 15s per load.
Supply tolerably good, and trade rather dull.
WHITECITAPEL.—Meadow hay, 3/ 5s to 4/ 6s; clover
ditto, 4/ Os to 5/ 8s ; and straw, 1/ 6s to 1/ 14s per load.
Supply good, and trade rather inactive.

p ED SUICIDE AT CHELSEA.—Yesterday after-
noon information R
info7rlTrn-Nation was forwarded to Mr. Chas. Bedford,
the coroner for Westminster, of the death of Mrs.
Elizabeth Groom, aged 53, under the following melan-
cho iy circumstances :—lt appears, from what has trans-
pired,that the unfortunate woman was married, and
resided in Marlborough-road, Chelsea, and has been in
a very desponding state of mind for some length of time,
but it was not considered necessary to place any watch
on her movements. One of the inmates, hearing a noise
in the room, knocked at the door and found her labour-
inr, under the effects of a large quantity of oxalic acid,
and a severe gash in her throat. She was immediately
conveyed to Wellington ward, St. George's Hospital,
when Mr. Henry Potter, the physician of the hospital,
assisted by the medical staff, rendered every aid that
medical skill could suggest, when the ill-fated woman
sank gradually and expired in the above-named institu-
tion. No reason at present can be given as to the catise
of her committing the rash act. The deceased was much
espected in the neighbourhood.

LATEST FOREIGN NEWS.

FRAN CE.

The Minister of Marine visited the different works
and naval establishments of Brest on the 9th, and-ian
Sunday, after these visits, he went to church to hear
mass. The Ploniteur states, that when the clergy sang
the "Domine salvum fac Imperatorem" all the congre-
gation joined in it.
We have received accounts from Algiers to the sth.
The Governor-General had arrived there on the Ist in
the Titan steamer from Djidjelly. All the civil and mi-
litary authorities were in waiting at the Government
House to receive him, and through the Prefect congra-
tulated him on the fresh conquests he had achieved in
Kabylia.

Moniteur contains a degree authorising the con-
cession of the thermal establishment at Vichy to Messrs.
Lebobe, Callon, and Co. for the term cf thirty years,
stipulation being made for a certain number of gratui-
tous baths daily for the military, &c., and a maximum
price for baths, &c., being fixed by the Minister of the
Interior.

An article in tho Moniteur is devoted to a considera-
tion of the fortified cities in Germany, of the value of the
majority of which, in a strategical point of view, but an
indifferent opinion is entertained by the writer. Of
Vienna it is stated that experience has repeatedly shown
its inability to resist an army, viz., in 1805, 1809, and
1848. Antwerp is included amongst the German for-
tresses, as it is stated it ought to be regarded as serving
rather to the defence of Germany than of the country
in which it is situated.

M. Brault, Juge d'lnstruction, is following up the in-
vestigation relative to the plot of the Opera Comique,
which it now appears was but a ramification of the one
which was to have come off at the Hippodrome. It is
ascertained that the chief conspirators, who are most of
them strangers (Belgians or Germans), had made every
preparation for an insurrection—had engaged surgeons and
an ambulant hospital for the wounded. The moment they
had dispatched the Emperor and all who were with him,
groups who had been stationed in various spots contigu-
ous to and at a distance from the theatre, were on a given
signal to have raised the cry of "Aux armes l" to have
thrown up barricades, and immediately to have put to
death all the public functionaries they could lay hands on.
The Red Republic was to have been proclaimed, and a
reign of terror established. Such, at all events, is
what is reported. The parties who were to proceed to
the construction of barricades were to do so on a given
signal, but it appears that they were not aware of the
intended murder of the Emperor and his Court. I have
not ascertained that the people of the faubourgs to any
extent had any knowledge of, or connection with, the
plot—but that the conspirators relied on chance, well
aware how comparatively trifling spark is sufficient to
light uy a conflagration. The Emperor and those that
were with him were to have been murdered to the cry
of " Viva l'Empdreur !" Every one remarked the
unusual crowds that thronged the boulevard near
the Opera Comique, and it did not escape notice
that they did not disperse, as is generally the case, when
the Emperor and Empress entered the theatre, but still
remained outside. A good many waited also in the
Place des Italiens, no doubt in expectation of the signal.
On the whole it appears to have been the attempt of
some most desperate men, who had made up their minds
to risk their lives on the chance of destroying the
Emperor and establishing a Red Republic.
Although, since the improvement in the weather, the
reports from the provinces respecting the harvest are
more favourable, the Government has made extensive
purchases of corn both in England and elsewhere.
The Paris papers contain no additional news from the
East. They continue to disbelieve the new attitude attri-
buted by the Pays and some other papers to Austria in
that question. The Assembles Nationale notices a re-
cent dispatch published in London under the head of
Constantinople, June 26, and expresses its conviction
that the news that it gives is unfounded, and that the
chance of maintaining peace, which would be very slight
if that news were true, is becoming stronger rather than
weaker. The Assemblee Nationale says :
" The telegraphic dispatch from Constantinople, pub-
lished in the London journals, and which announces
that the Russian fleet had quitted Sebastopol, bears the
date of 26th June. It is consequently anterior by one
day to the dispatch which we published on Friday, and
which is dated the 27th. The dispatch of the 27th is
quite pacific, whilst that of the 26th, on the contrary,
announces that war is imminent. We dwell on these
dates to show that no great importance ought to be at-
tached to private communications by the telegraph. We
are of opinion that the situation has not changed, and
that the diplomatic agents are endeavouring to find
a middle term which can conciliate the interests and
the amoursTropres engaged in this matter. We do not
believe that Russia, after the occupation of the provinces
will want to make a new act of aggression against Tur-
key, and place the ambassadors of France and England
under the necessity of causing the fleets to enter the
Dardanelles. No incident could well arise at the pre-
sent moment, to be of any gravity, except a rising of
even a partial character, of the Greek populations. It
has been repeatedly said in these latter times that the
Sultan could reckon on the devotedness and fidelity of
his Christian subjects. We fear that great illusions have
been indulged in on that point. We remember that in
1840 the French journals pretended that the Emir
Bechir disposed completely of the Christian populations
of the Libanus, and that these populations would make
common cause with the soldiers of Ibrahim. It may be
remembered, however, what took place. At the first
appearance of the English fleet on the coasts of Syria the
populations of the Libanus turned their arms against the
Egyptian forces, and abandoned the Emir. It is to be
feared that the same may be the case at present, and
that the Greek populations, should the present state of
things be prolonged, may rise in several provinces,
and that in that way the Sultan's empire may all
at once have to grapple with insurmountable diffi-
culties. We desire most ardently in consequence
that the diplomatic agents may hasten to come to a
close, and extricateusfr from
beingthsseploriroesonfgecdo.mpTlihcaetiEonngs.,
which can only increase by
lish Cabinet showed a praiseworthy moderation in ad-
journing the discussions in Parliament. The language
of Lord Palmerston has been as conciliatory as it could
be, and we trust it will produce a good effect at St.
Petersburg. If, in spite of the calm, moderate, and
conciliatory attitude of the Cabinets of Paris and Lon-
don, Russia should refuse all arrangement, she would
assume, in destroying the peace of the world, a respon-
sibility which we trust she will never incur."
The Univers points out some errors in the French
translations of the manifesto of the Emperor Nicholas.
It says :

"One would say that the translator wished to veil
from the eyes of Europe the pretensions of Russia. The
manifesto does not only say that the promise of the Sul-
tan was soon broken, but there is in the text the word`tram
torously' (vi6olomno). The last phrase of the manifesto
also weakens the idea ofthe Emperor. 'Full of h ope in God,
says the Czar, 'we shall march to the defence of the ortho-
dox faith.' The translator has omitted the word vpered
(forward). The Czar does not declare in a general man-
ner that he will continue to defend the orthodox church,
he announces that he will not remain in Moldavia and.
in Wallachia, but that he will go further, and will pur-
sue his march into the States of the Grand Seigneur.
This conclusion is in perfect harmony with the spirit
which dictated the Imperial manifesto."
Considerable firmness was evinced throughout yester-
day at the Bourse, and a slight advance in prices had
even taken place in the Three per Cents, at the termina-
tion of business, the quotation for money showing an
advance of 10c., and that for the end of the month of
15c. The following were the final quotations :—For
cash—Teree per Cents., 77f. 10c. ; Four-and-a-Half per
Cents., 102 f. For the account—Three per Cents. 77f.
10c. ; Four-and-a-Half per Cents., 102 f. Bank Cents.,
2,665 f. In the Railway Share arket yesterday there
was a considerable amount of business transacted, and
in several instances at improved prices. Closing prices :
—Northern, 857 f. 50c.; Paris and Orleans, 1,072 f. 25c. ;
Paris and Strasbourg, 900 f. ; Paris and Lyons, 895 f. ;
Paris and Rouen, 1,047 f. 50c.; Lyons to Mediterranean,
720 f. 50c. ; Western of France, 725 f.