The Sun.
London, England, 1849-09-19 00:00:00

CESAREWITCH BETTING.

8 to 1 asst Vatican 25 to 1 agst Lady Evelyn
16 to 1 oast GlenalvGn—t 25 to 1 asst Amaztsment
20 to 1 smut Glen Saddel—t 30 to I agst liissaway.
Vatican was backed for an immense sum.
BETTING AT MANCIIESTER.—TUESDAY.

CLIE6TEBFIELD HANDICAP (MANCUESTEI ).-5 to 2
agst Furnh,ll—taken, 3 to 1 ag6t Horn of Chase—taken,
5 to 1 agst Snowstorm—taken, 5 to 1 agst Ada Mary—
taken, 7 to 1 agst Pity the Blind—taken.

CESAREWITCII STAKES.-12 to 1 agst Essedatins—
taken, 13 t, 1 agst Glenalvt '3—taken, 15 to 1 agst St.
Rosalia—trlen, 18 to 1 ngst Vaticau—taken, 25 to 1
aga Snowstorm—taken' 25 to 1 apt Raby—taken.
Nuthing done on the Cambridgeshire or Derby.

GREAT TAKE OF PERCH..--OUT Macduff fisher-
men, having dropped the herring, have betaken them-
selves to the haddock fishing, in which they have had
fair success; but towards the end of last week they have
had a fully greater number of perch than of haddocks.
The perch is rather a rare fish in this quarter. They
are generally got about the close of the herring season;
but never during the memory of the oldest fisherman
have they been got here in such quantities. On Satur-
day last every fi.herwoman had u good creelful; and to
atundant were they that they sold at about id. a pound;
fish weighing two and three pounds selling at 2 ). and
3d.— Busff hire Journal.
PORT AND HARBOUR OF CIIESTER.--RIVER
A m' :at important inquiry took pace at the Town hail,
Chester, during the last week, before two Admiralty
Commissioners. The object of the inquiry was to ascer-
tain how far the River Dee Company had carried out its
engagements respecting the maintenance of a depth of
water for vessels drawing fifteen feet at high water of a
moderate spring tide, in this important and once flourish-
ing naNigation. It is contended by its opponents, that
th 3 company Las embanked large estates from the estuary
of the Dee, at the sacrifice of the navigation. The
meetings were numerously and respectably attended, and
among those present were Sir A. Dalrymple, Mr. Ran-
kin, and Mr. W. A. Provis, C.E., on the part of the
company; Mr. Henry Robertson, C.E., and Mr. Robert
Roy, secretary, and Mr. Marten, Parliamentary agent,
reprcsentirg the Chester and Shrewsbury Railway
Company; and Mr. T. L. Marriott and Mr. Hamilton
Fulton, C.E., on the part of the shipping and manufac-
turing interests. The report of the Admiralty is looked
for with much interest by all parties concerned, and the
citizens of Chester are sanguine as to the Dee Company
heir., compelled to restore the navigation to its former
efficiency.
MELANCHOLY EVENT.--.A YOUTH SHOT NEAR
ROTHESAY.—On Monday last a party of young gentle-
men, who were out on a pleasure excursion from
Rethesay to Arran, were passing near to the vitrified fort,
one of the company, intending to signal another boat
that left at the same time, took a gun from the den for
the purpose of firing it, when it unaccountably went off,
and lodged its fatal contents in the neck of the unfortu-
nate youth, causing instant death. This painful event
has caused considerable emation and sympathy
for
respected family of the deceased. All who knew bite
regret the loss of one so promising, and in all respects
so amiable as be is said to have been. He was about, 17
years of age, the eldest son of James H. Semple, Esq,
banker, and was on the eve of leaving the parental roof,
for a highly-respectable situation in London. We trust
this instance of the danger resulting from the injudicious,
use of fire-anus will not be lost upon all. It is melan-
choly to thiek on the loss orso many valuable lives from
similar causes, and especially at the licence given to
youths to carry fire-arms. It would be an act of hu-
manity, and spare the anxious fears of many a parent
could measures be adopted to prohibit those under 20
years of rge, at least, from handling such deadly and
dangerous wcapons.—North British Nail.
DUNDMI. HERRING FISHING, SEPT. Is.—After
every one believed the fishiag• to be over, and many of
the boats had been drawn up for the season, the fish
have set in ss abundant as ever, and for the last three
days the boats have come in nearly full. The mer-
chants are purchasing them at three shillings per mu.
The shoal is so large, that, had even one-half of the
boats which attended this station during the season been
present now, there would have been little or no room to
work up the fiih. They are young and of excellent
quality.—Caledonian Mercury.