The Sun.
London, England, 1836-06-20 00:00:00

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

CURRAGH JUNE MEETING, THURBDAr.
The Northumberland Handicap Sweepstakes of 20 sovs., 10 ft.,
with 100 sous. added. Rathbride Post.
Mr. Disney's Maria, 3 yrs .E. Edwards 1
Mr. Flood's The Water Witch, 3 yrs
Mr. Knox's Barefoot

Three others started, and two paid.
The King's Plate of 100 gs., for horses, &c. ; four 2,rs, lOst. 71b ;
five, list. 71b ; six, I Ist. I2lb ; aged 12st.
Colonel Westenra's Freney walked over.
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Match, 58 sovs. each.—Lord Mulgi:ave's Conjuror beat Lord
Miltown's Argirio, Bst. each.
The Mulgrave Cup, presented by his Excellency the Lord Lieute-
nant, added to a Sweepstakes of 20 sovs., h. ft. Red Post.
Lord Howth's Wrangler
Mr. Disney's Langford
31r. Ryan's Quicksilver
Six others started, and three paid half forfeit.
The Milltown Stakes of 50 sous., h. ft., for three yrs old; colts,
Bst. 41b; fillies, Bst. Last mile and a half.
Mr. Disney's Birdcatcher
Colonel Westenra's Fusileer 2
Mr. Watts's Blackfoot
rani SY.

King's Plate of 100 gs. ; three yrs old, Gst. 71b ; four, Bst. 41b. ;
five, 9st. ; mares and geldings allowed 51b. Three miles
Mr. Somers's br. c. by Economist, 3 yrs
Mr. Farrell's Maria, 3 yrs 2
Lord Milltown's Fusileer, 3 yrs
Colonel Westenra's Thump
Nineteen others started, but were not placed.
Sweepstakes of 10 soya., h. ft., with 25 sous. added. Conolly's mile.
Second horse to save his stake.
Lord Mulgrave's Conjuror ... E. Edwards 1
Mr. St. George's Barebones...
Lord Milltown's Argirio
Mr. Barry's Corsair
Three others started.

THE DUKE OF SUSSEX.-The following is a copy
of the bulletin issued on Saturday morning :
"The progress of his Royal Highness continues to be in
every respect satisfactory.
( Signed) " H. HOLLAND.
T. COPELAND.
H. ALEXANDER.
" Kensington Palace, 9 o'clock, A. M., Saturday, June 18."

The highest personage in the realm has, it is said,
on the intercession of a Noble Duke, expressed his willing-
ness to grant a patent for another Theatre Royal; a great
law authority, however, gives it as his opinion, that the right
of so doing was taken from the
.Crown by the 25th George 111.
An Act of Parliament must, therefore, be first obtained. The
patentee will be a well knowr. dramatic writer.—Observer.
Wheat is rising in all the markets of France. In
consequence the price of the 41b. loaf, best quality, is aug-
mented to 11 sous for the second fortnight of June.
We understand that the high credit of drawing up
the unanswerable Reasons of the Commons for dissenting
from the Irish Municipal Bill, sent down to them by the Lords,
is due to the Chancellor of the Exchequer. To no Member
of the Commons could that task have been more appropriately
confided. That Right Hon. Gentleman it was r:ho had the
honour last year also to draw up the Reasons for dissenting
from the amendments of the Lords on the English Bill.—
Observer.

Malibran s engagement is drawing to a close, to-
night being her last appearance but four. Her Majesty com-
manded the Maid of Artois on Wednesday, and the Duchess
of Kent and Princess Victoria commanded it on Friday. It
draws 5001. a night on an average.
CIMAROSA.—After the first performance of the
Matrimonia Segreto, the Emperor Joseph ordered an encore of
the whole opera, after a two hours' rest, during which refresh-
ments were served to the orchestra and company engaged. A
young artist, in the enthusiasm of adulation, told Cimarosa that
he preferred him to Mozart. " What would you say to me,"
replied the musician, "if I were to prefer you to Raphael?"--
Musical World.

, Charles Kemble, Mrs. Kemble, and Miss Kemble
will shortly depart for Italy, where their continuance is indefi-
nite. It is said Mr. Kemble will himself return to England
towards the end of the year, for the purpose of acting for a
very limited period in the great theatres in the United King-
dom for the last time, after which he will perform in his own
theatre (Covent-garden) all his principal characters, and then
bid adieu to the stage.
An affair of honour took place in the vicinity of this
town on Thursday morning last between the Hon. S. M.
B—t, and W. S. ,G— ' Esq., when, after two shots were
exchanged without effect, the challenger declared himself satis-
fied, and the parties left the ground.—Jamaica Standard,
April 28.
An inquest was held on Saturday at the Three Tuns,
Moor-street, Soho, on the body of Thomas Randall, one of
Mr. Cloud's omnibus conductors, who destroyed himself by
cutting his throat. It appeared that the deceased had been
unwell and delirious for some days previously. On Tuesday
morning he got up, and on his brother wishing him to go to
bed he refused, saying a policeman was waiting for him at the
bottom of the stairs. He then took out a cigar from his pocket,
which he said he would smoke, as it would be the last one, and
as he had got it from one of the omnibus conductors. He
then asked a young man for a knife to cut his throat with, ad-
ding it would be as well to do it himself as to have it done for
him at Newgate. The young man then endeavoured to put
the knives in the room out of his way, when he threw him
down, and said that he would cut his throat also, as there would
then be no tell-tales. The deceased soon after thrust a knife
into his throat, and immediately afterwards attempted to stab
the young man, but the latter happily made his escape. De-
ceased died soon after. Verdict—Temporary insanity.
POLITICAL PARSONS.—Has there ever been a
county meeting or a county election in Kent, in which the
priests have not acted as out-riders or whippers-in ? Mr.
Wyndham Lewis could have told the House that at the last
Maidstone election he had no less than four priests in his ser-
vice at the same time, scouring the town like lamp-lighters,
with purple bows in their hats as large as pickled cabbages.
Mr. Lushington might have mentioned that a Rev. Gentle-
man at Canterbury was so warm in " the good cause," that he
actually presented himself to vote a second time, after having
once voted; and a very instructive hint or two might have
been furnished respecting the Rev. Gentlemen of the three
towns, and the Tory-paper-editing propensities of the Rev.
Mr. Gleig.—Maidstone Gazette.
There is now living, an old man, named Henry
White, who has been a footpost between Barlborough and Ches-
terfield, the last 30 years. He has walked 28 miles every day
( Sunday excepted) during that period, which, at 52 weeks to
the year, gives 227,080 miles. He is now about 78 years of
age, and to all appearance may continue to " plod his weary
way," for some years to come.