The Sun.
London, England, 1849-04-16 00:00:00

COURT CIRCULAR.

WINDSOR, SUNDAY.
Her Royal Highness the Hereditary Princess of Parma,
attended by the Countess Lopez, paid a visit to the Queen
yesterday afternoon, in the Castle, and partook of a
jouner with her Majesty and Prince Albert. Her Royal
Highness the Duchess of Kent also visited the Queen
yesterday afternoon, and afterwards returned to Frog-
more House.

The Hereditary Princess of Parma took leave of her
Majesty and the Prince, and quitted the Castle, at four
o'clock, to proceed to Frogmore House, and after visiting
her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, returned to
her own residence, attended by the Countess Lopez.
The Marquis and Marchioness of Lansdowne left the
Castle yesterday morning.
The Marquis of Abercorn arrived at the Castle in the
afternoon.

The Queen and Prince Albert, accompanied by the
elder Royal Children, and attended by the Ladies and
Gentlemen in waiting, inspected the great Panorama of
the Mississipi and Missouri Rivers, in St. George's Hall,
yesterday afternoon. Mr. Banvard was in attendance.
The Royal dinner party yesterday evening included
her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, Lady Augusta
Bruce, Baroness de Speth, and the Marquis of Abercorn.
Her Majesty's private band played the following pieces
in the Castle on Friday evening:—
Overture, " Marie"
Fantasia, "Souvenir do Spa," Violoncello,
Servals.
Herr Cossmann
March, "Fidelio"
Meyerbeer.
Coro, " Nel Silenzio"...• ...........................
Zwei Lieder, Violoncello, Herr Cossmann Schubert.
MarienThis
morning
. i ..... ..
Ijili.a.;o. .......... state of the weather
and his Royal Highness Prince
prevented her Mo,jestY
accustomed early walk. The same
Albert taking their .
7.111 zienrg
prevented the Royal Family taking their usual
cause
airings.
The Queen and Prince Albert, the Ladies and Gen-
tlemen of the Court, and the domestic household at.
tended Divine service this forenoon, in the private a.
cha-
pel of the Castle. The Hon. and Rev. C. L. C
officiated.

Ileroid.

Their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Cambridge
and the Princess Mary dined with her Majesty the
Queen Dowager on Saturday, at Marlborough House.
Their Royal Highnesses, accompanied by the Princesses
Amelie and Ehse of Hohenlohe Schillingafurst, after•
wards honoured the performance at her Majesty's The-
etre with their presence.
A Cabinet Council was held on Saturday afternoon, at
the Foreign office. The Ministers sat three hours.

We understand the East India Railway Company
have specially met and accepted the terms of the India
House authorities.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.
_ .•
11(10 RACES.—SATURDAY.
The Farmer's Plate of 401, once round, was won in.W4CSA:
two heats, by Mr. Barrance's Streamer, 4 yrs, lOst 101 b
(Mr. Thorneley), beating Mr. J. Overman's Wild Boy,
agrd. 13st; Mr. Peacock's Young Ratan, aged, 12. t 121 b;
Mr. Oldaker's Chester, aged, I2st '2lb; MY. Archer's
Rebel, aged, Ilst 71b; M-. Nightingale's Acorn, 5 yrs,
llst lib; Mr. Brown's Providence, list 71b; and Mr.
John Howe's Resolute, aged. lOst 51b—by half a length.
The Hunters' Stakes of 10 Sows. each, list 71b each.
Once round.
Mr. D. Radcliffe's Margaret ............... (Mr. Beville) 1
. •n
in a—c•a•-t;te—r—. . (Mr. S. Batson) 2
Mr. Prince's Leewayvii;
The Claret Stakes of 15 Soya. each, 10 ft, and 25 added;
for three-yr-olds, 9st 91b; four, lOst 101 b; five, &c.,1 Ist 51b; half-bred horses, bred in Herts or Beds,
allowed 101 b. Winner to be sold for 350/. Once
round, about a mile and a half. (10 Subs.)
Mr. Brand nd Tufthunter, 5 yrs (Mr. S. Batson) I
Mr. D. Ratcliffe nd Bird of Paradise, 4 yrs 2
Lord Strathmore's Spectator, aged 3
Several others ran. Won by a neck, after a fine race
with the three.
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wereoh,
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won by Mr. Shelley's Philosopher (Mr. Batson), beating
Mr. Hobson's Tawney (Owner) and six others.
HUNTING APPOINTMENTS.
The Sinnington hounds will, meet to-morrow, at
Helmsley-10.
The Bedalehounds, Thursday, at Catterick Bridge-11.
Mr. Morgan's hounds, Thursday, at Chillaton-10.
The Devon and Somerset ssaghounds, to-morrow, at
Harford; Friday, at Dulverton-10f.
Mr. Furse's hounds, Friday, at Berry Moor, Petrock-
stow-10i.
The Pytchley hounds, to-morrow, at Weldon; Thurs-
day, at Biggen-10t.
Earl Fitzwilliam's hounds, Wednesday, at Moorhay
Lawn; Friday, at Bulwick-10.

"Say from whence
You owe this strange intelligence; or why
Upon this heath you stop our way
With such prophetic greeting."—SitiisrEm.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

SlR—The past week teems with strange intelligence;
in the first place, the first and second favourites for the
Oaks, Escalade, and the Sister to Arkwright, have suc-
cumbed to nags of no account in the marks* the former
being a wretched third to the Fire King and Quinine,
and the latter a good second to Sobraon, a remarkably
stout son of Harkaway, whoa, by the bye, Tadmor beat
into fits in the first October meeting last year; at present
Ido not consider that either have much damaged their
in
chances for the Epsom event, Escalade being but so-
so trim, and the Sister to Arkwright, by no means up to
the mark; as regards the defeat of the latter, it must be
borne in mind, that she was a very fair second to
Sobraon, a horse that will put many a hundred into the
Duke of Bedford's pocket before he closes his career.
Nina's easy defeat of Legerdemain will make Glance
premier favourite for the Oaks.
The Craven running has had a marvellous effect on
the Derby, having directly or indirectly annihilated
the chances of the following:—All Scott's lot but
Nannykirk and Strongbow; all Stebbing's lot; all
Dilly's but Saucy Dick; all Dawson's; all Kent's
and Peck's, but Rochester and Old Dan
Tucker; all Day's but Osterley; all Lord Ezeter's
lot; and many more too numerous and unimportant to
mention. Leaving the following list from which to pick
the runners and winner, vis.: Tadmor, Old Dan
Tucker, Drakelow, John Bull, the Flying Dutchman,
Elthiron, Garrick, Rochester, Landgrave, Vatican, Nor-
manton, Montague, Rebecca colt, Magician, The Seraph,
Saucy Dick, Vanguard, honeycomb, Osterley, Tire-
some, Nunnykirk, Fire King, Indus, Newport, Uriwl,
Strongbow, Captain Parry, Chatterer, Oquetos, and colt
by Venison out of Nuthourne's dam; the remaining 208
obscures rank so poorly in my estimation that I would
not back the lot at 1,000 to 15; the struggle on the
Downs of Banstead, or Epsom, will, I opine, at the dis-
tance be between Tadmor, The Flying Dutchman, Old
Dan Tucker, Saucy Dick, Nunnykirk, Strongbow, and
Osterley; and I see no reason why I should alter my
predictions of last summer, when I for the first time
assured your readers that, bar accident, the Derby of
1349 must come off in favour of the produce of those
splendid mares Palmyra, Beeswing, and Barbelle; in my
mind's eye I can fancy the result to be thus:—
Tadmor (Nat) I
Nunnykirk
or 2

Flying Dutchman ... (Marlow)
The victory of Flatcatcher, with " our ii em" up, for
the Port Stakes was a certainty; Dover, who started to
save his stake, never in any part of the race being able
to fully extend this rattling son of Touchstone and
Decoy, who won as he pleased, in the most absurd of
canters, by three lengths; he is worth an investment for
the Metropolitan, for he is sure to be handy at the finish,
if not the winner.

The forthcoming week is ono of consequence to the
sporting fraternity, containing three meetings of note,
to wit:—Bath and Catterick Bridge on Tuesday and
Wednesday, Epsom on Friday, and, to crown all, the
Metropolitan Steeple Chase on Saturday, plenty of
amusement for one week in all conscience.
The Catterick meeting is of but little importance to
the south'rons, but, as it generally introduces a good
many two• year-olds, the result will be read with plea-
sure. Among the debutantes will be found Mildew,
Weldon, The Italian, Lord Eglinton's Derby cracks for
1850, Mayor's, and the Knight of Avenel, the Canada
colt, Thackeray, and Cyprus by Ithuriel, all promising
youngsters, and safe to be on the winning side at Cat-
terick or elsewhere.
The Bath sport commences on Tuesday next, at two
o'clock, with the Trial Stakes, for which I presume Phi-
lippa, Volley, Hotspur, Woodcraft, Over Fork Over, and
perhaps Sponge will run. I see nothing likely to beat
Philippa, whom I place first, and Volley eeecnd.
For the Weston Stakes, half a mile, there are 21 sub-
scribers, but as:theformidable name of Officious,figures on
the list, not more than six or seven will run, to be se-
lected from the following:—Officious, Bst 41b—Remnant,
Bst 91b—Mountaineer, 91b—Dactyl, Bst 61b—Wans-
dyke, Bst 91b—Knight of Gwynne, Bst 61b—Miss Lark-
away, Bst 41b—St. Ursule, Bst 41b—The Old Commodore,
Bst 91b—and Kathleen, Tat 131 b. For the winner I look
to the first named or Dactyl, and expect to see Remnant
and Kathleen close up.
For the Somersetshire Stakes about ten will run, viz.:
st lb st lb
Radulphus, 6 yrs 7 8 Vaut-rien, 4 yrs
The Tartar, 5 yrs 7 8 Glenalvon, 3 yrs 5 0
Brandyface, .5 yrs 7 7 Loupgarou, 3 yrs 5 0
Lethargy, 5 yrs . .... 6 11 Cheerful, 3 yrs 4 19
Bacchanalian, 4 yrs... 6 4 Essedarius, 3 yrs 4 11
Brandyface and Loupgarou, from their previous running,
ought to be first and second, with Radulphus, Glenalvon,
and the Tartar filling the next three places.
The second day's sport is very inferior, and calls for
no remark.

The solitary day's rambling on the Downs next Friday,
to witness the race for the Metropolitan, if not too cold,
wilt afford infinite pleasure to numerous denizens of
" the village," who will be glad to escape, for one day at
least, from the cares and troubles of business.
For the Two•years old spin the Duke of Richmond
will officiate as proprietor of the Stakes, the Cowslip colt
and Giraffe being handy at the finish.
The Great Metropolitan Stakes.—ln all probability
eighteen will be found at the starting post, to be selected
from the following:—

_
at. lb. st. lb.
Peep- o'-Day Boy, 5 Bellenden, 4 yrs 6 4
yrs
Executor, 5 yrs 8 3 Muley Moloch filly,
Canezou, 4 yrs
Mogador, 5 yrs
Flatcatcher, 4 yrs ... 8 0 Slashing Alice,3 yrs 5 3
Gwalior, aged 7 7 Loupgarou, 3 yrs... 5 2
Giselle, 6 yrs
Fugleman, 4 yrs 6 13 Lugar, 3 yrs
Maid of Lyme, 6 yrs 611 Clarissa, 3 yrs 4 9
Valentinia, 4 yrs 6 10 Eva, 3 yrs
Fernhill, 4 yrs
Tuscan, 4 yrs 6 5
From the light weights, I should select Lugar, Loup-
garou, and Baby; from the middle weights, Fernhill,
and from the heavy's, Flatcatcher, Canezou, and Peep-
o'-llay Boy ; the struggle I imagine will lay between
Flatcatcher, Canezou, and Lugar, whom I place first,
second, and third, with Fernhill fourth. Should any
" move " affecting my decision take place between now
and the day of the race, I will notify the same on
Thursday next.
I am, Sir, your obedient servant,
THE SPIRIT OF THE TURF.
April 13.

whencefaKnatori.luijaPl:wi.int
MR. ROEBUCK.—The Sheffield Tunes, of Saturday,
corrects several inaccuracies which appeared inaformer
paper relative to Mr. John Arthur Roebuck.
w Mr.
h.Roe-
buck was not born in Canada, but at Madras, here la
Roebuck returned in 1824,
father held an appointment in the civil service of the East
1807 and IS mother, buck came to England in . , who
the agent of the Assembly of Lower Canada, was
India Company up to the time of his death.
h Mr. Roe-
married a second time, went with her husband and family
determined to devote himself to politics. In 1834, Mr.
Vigerdesirous of retiring from his post, and h strongly' ad-
to Canada,
happointment was obvious.
T. Roebuck as his suc-
cessor. The fitness of this
theki history,e
the laws, and
SY: .iced
Roebuckdtbe Assembly
the manners of the Canadians,
and had written with
great ability on their grievances.
ap-
pointed, wholly with Lie was therefore
out solicitation
either on the part of
ion himself or any of his friends.
more inaccuracy re-
mains to be noticed. Mr. JOn
J. A.Reoebuck's mother was
the daughter of Richard Tickell, the direct lineal de-
scendant of Addison's friend. He was the author of
many very pretty, but ephemeral poems, and a much-
talked of pamphlet entitled " Anticipation." He was a
gay man of fashion, brother-in-law of Richard Brinsley
Sheridan, and a Whig, though a friend of Lord North,
by whom he was made a Commissioner of Bankrupts and
also Stamps and Taxes.
THE " ARMY AND NAVY" IN YORKSHIRE.—At a
1 banquet given to Mr, Cobden in Yorkshire, a few days
since, "The Army and Navy" was omitted in the list of
toasts of the evening. We most heartily congratulate
the services on the omission, and we may add that we
wish we could say as much for the Sovereign. To be
toasted by such an assembly is one of the heavy penalties
which Royalty must, from its position, patiently endure;
but, on the part of the united service, we owe our
thanks to the ill.mannered and illiterate Yorkshiremen.
They seem to possess at least one faculty, and that is
the instinct to know that the toast of "The Army and
Navy" is only proposed in the society of gentlemen.—
United Service Gazette. _

A Glasgow firm is stated to have purchased, in
London, ready-made clothes to the value of 11,0001., in-
tended for shipment to California.

Vitrb Xbition

SUN OFFICE, Seven o' Clock.

AUSTRIA.

The Breslauer Zeitung gives the following con-
nected account of the late movements of the Austrian
and Hungarian armies. It appears that the Imperial
army, having received considerable reinforcements
from Austria Proper, took up its position eastward
from Pesth, extending from Waitsen and Godollo to
Hatvan and Czegled. The left wing was commanded
by General Schlick, who took up his quarters at
Waitzen, while the bulk of the army stood at Hatvan,
commanded by Windischgratz, and the right wing,
under Baron Jellachich, occupied Czegled and the
environs of that place.
The Magyar army, commanded by General Dem-
binski, had crossed the river Theiss, and advanced to
within nine miles from Pesth. Dembinski first en-
gaged the. Ban of Croatia at Czegled, and enticed him
from his post by the retreat of a lesser number of
troops than the Ban had, and induced him to follow the
flying Hungarians deeper into the country than he
ought to have done. Baron Jellachich was thus cut
off from the army of Prince Windischgratz, and
the only thing which he now can do is to proceed
further to the south to assist the Servians. On the
4th of April the Hungarians made a simultaneous at-
tack upon the Austrian head-quarters at Hatvan, and
upon the left wing under General Schlick.
,The two
armies tried their strength against each other in a
pitched battle, and the combat lasted the whole
day. The Austrian centre was pressed back to
the very walls of Pesth. As for the left wing
of their army, there are no positive accounts of
how they fared, but it is not unlikely that they,
too, shared the fate of Baron Jellachich—that they
were deluded by a retreat of their enemies and cut
off. The hopes---Whieli-Prince-Windischgratz, has of
them cannot be very sanguine, for the preparati▪
ons
which were making at Pesth on the sth and 6th i▪
nst.
show that no less than a general retreat to the right
bank -of -the Danube is_ in contemplation. The
Prince's, orders to fortify the city of Buda against an
attack from Pesth are peremptory. The houses next
the river and near the suspension bridge are being
evacuated by the. inhabitants and oocupied by sol-
diers ; they windows of these houses have barricades
of sand-sacks; -the seamen are constantly kept with
their steam up, so that they may be ready to start
ate moment's notice, and a number of waggons laden
with military stores and wounded soldiers are con-
tinually crossing the suspension bridge.