The Sun.
London, England, 1849-08-27 00:00:00

though superior to both by from five to eight pounds a
the least, proves this incorrigible cur'N'cli'.n,.'e to be cum-
picy'y cut for this great Doncaster strugglo.
Nuiioy kirk's cljedt. ciid not astonish rue, a-3 I enter-
taiu:.d av, ry good cpinion O'd Dan 'cudLer, v-. Loin,
it may be reniGnibercd, I placed third to Nunnykirk nn.l
comb, being quite confident that Old .I_Ln wool I
I),•at the rest of the field easily enough. I will venture
to predict that 0. D. T. will be placed tor the St. Leger.
The Ita!ivn regaimid his lost Lurels by winning, the
Prince of Wales's Stakes from Penang, and five others,
in very clever style:

In following " the money" for the Ebur Handicap.
I Wai led astray; my couple of G.'s.. Giselle and
Glen Saddel, were about as much ute a
couele of donkeys. The winner up to the Ltit
moment was considered a doubtful starter, and
it he did start, it is presumed it would be to make the
running for their other horse. It is a curious fact, that
of the seven " minis'era of fate," I was the only one
who fancied The Hero for the Handicap, and Old Din
Tucker for the Greet Yorkshire Stakes. In tdonda)'s
note I said, " The Hero might do the deed of note;'
end in Wednesday's, after Nunnykirk and Honeycomb,
I took Old Dan Tucker in preference to the rtst of the
field.

The Chesterfield Handicap, as I anticipated, was won
by Spithead, Cotton Lord and Post Tempore being,
second and fourth. In Wednesday's note I placed them
second and third; thus being within an ace of placing
the first three.

For the Stourbridge Stakcs, run this day, I think it
(Ices not require much second sight to ditcover that the
batch foremost in the fray will be Mr. Cowley's filly,
Cbeepdde' and Chorister. •
The Gold Cup Stakes to-morrow may be won by
Egret.
If the Abbot of Meaux cannot win the Wilton Cup at
Radcliffe on Wednesday, I shall take Lady Hylda in
reversion.

The Manchester Cup has among the entries two of
Mr. Green's, Pelham and Abbot of Meaux, former for
choice; Brown Fly, 6st bib; Magician, sst 81b; and
Lady Barrymore, sst. If the Lady cannot win, the
suover she is put out of training the better.
The Mede, or Mead, on which the great charter of
British liberty was signed by King John some 600 years
ago, will be the centre of attraction for two days during
the present week to the metropolitans.
The business at Egham commences on Wednesday
with the Gold Cup Stakes, for which I'll venture to anti-
cipate the seeing Companion first, and CE lipus second.
The King John Stakes, what with penalties and
allowances. stands thus:—Officious, Bst 111b—Blarney,
Bst 101b—Golden Eagle, Bst 71b—Bullfinch, 8-t 71b-
13eington, Bst 71b—Slang, Bst 41b—Fernande, Bst 41b—
Heroine, Bst 41b—and Side Saddle. Bst 1113. At the
present moment it is impossible for me to tell
what is likely to run, but I fancy Blarney,
Golden Eagle, Slang, and perhaps Fernando,
and Side Saddle, will go to Egbam, whether they run or
not; if Blarney does not win, I suppose Slang or Gulden
Eagle must.
Oa Thursday the field will not be very ex-
tensive for the Surrey and Middlesex Stakes, con-
sisting of one of Lord Exeter's, one of the Duke of
Richmond's, Antagonist, Buckstone, Ambaisadress, and
the Lanereost colt; the last-named the winner.
Fernhill's superior performance et York has male
him premier on the list of favourites for the Leamington
Stakes; between him, Wanota, and Collingwood, the race
I think will lie. My remarks on the St. Leger nags
must stand over to next week, when I, amidst this

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" Storm of fortunes
May trumpet to the world"
the not improbable defeat of the Fl 3 ing Dutchman, anl,
as is my annual custom, anticipate the destinies of the
principal stakes of the autumn, and of 1850.
I am Sir, yours, &c.,
THE SPIRIT OF THE TURF.
Aug. 27,1849.

DEPLORABLE ACCIDENT AT
PORTSMOUTH
A most deplorable accident happened at seven
o'clock on Saturday evening off the King's Rooms, at
Southsea beach. Mr. Allen, a gentleman who had
recently established at Som -rset-place a seminary for
young gentlemen, had, in the afternoon of that day,
taken six of his pupils for a sail in a small yacht.
Tne yacht had returned, and for the purpose of
landing on the beach he had put his boys into a
small boat or punt, and was stepping in himself when
the punt sheared off and capsized, Mr. Alen and the
boys being thrown into the water. This occurred
lavin'bout a hundred yards from the shore; the yacht
g
her sails up could not render assistance. A
umber of persons on the beach witnessed the catas-
rophe, and rendered all the aid they could,
articularly Mr. Hollingsworth, and a soldier of the
77th. Boats put off, and the unfortunate persons
were all picked up or saved, but most of them in an
insensible state. One little boy, Lewis Jones, tried
to swim on shore ; he was, however, rescued by a
gallant fellow from the beach, who threw off his coat
#nd plunged into the sea, and brought the boy safe
to shore. The man's name is Thomas Norman, a
sihipwright, belonging to the dockyard. Mr. Alen
Eind the five boys, when brought on shore, were all
ciarrieil to Mr. Hollingsworth's bath room, and that
gentleman and Mrs. Hollingsworth (as they have
frequently done before in somewhat similar cases) ren-
dered their personal assistance to restore animation,
yad also afforded the hot-baths, blankets, and other
ttecessaries to promote resuscitation; medical aid
vas procured, and the boys were soon partially reco-
ered ; but Mr. Allen, who was not dtad when
brought on shore, soon afterwards ceased to breathe,
dnd every endeavour to restore him proved ineffectual.
doctors Rolph, White, &c., were in attendance. Mr.
heppard, of the Post-office, afforded much assistance
in saving several of the 3 oung gentlemen, and also
in promoting their resuscitation, he kindly had several
off the boys sent to his house for the night, instead of
their returning to the house of the disconsolate
viddow, Mrs. Allen.
Mr. Allen was most highly respected. He had
resided at Southsea for a length of time, having been
ohe of the masters of St. Paul's School for more
t4an twenty years. When that establishment was
broken up, about three months back, he established a
school himself. He leaves a widow and four children
(girls) to deplore his sudden and untimely end. We
may add that he was a most careful and attentive
master to his pupils, by whom he was much beloved.
He attended them in all their amusements and walks,
and had on Saturday morning personally attended at
their bathing on Southsea beach.

ELOPEMENT IN HUMBLE LIFE.

the Victoria, New York and London line-of-
packet ship, which was chased by her Majesty's
steamer Fire Queen down channel, and hoarded by
Langley and Thornton, two of the London detec-
tives, on suspicion of having the Mannings on board,
had, previously to leaving the English shores, an-
other and more real incident happen on board, which
required the attention of the borough magistrates of
Portsmouth to arrange without a breach of the peace.
The facts are simply these :—ln the early part of last
wtek, Mr. Charles Daniel Ebdy, a respectable beer-
slop keeper and :agent, residing in the neighbourhood
oft Vauxhall-road, missed his wife, Mrs. Louisa Mar-
gAret Ebdy, with numerous boxes of wearing apparel,
beds, pillows, bed linen, and other useful articles.
A cousin of the lady, Joseph Bennett (a young man
about her own age, who was a frequent visitor at Mr.
Ebdy's house of business), suddenly absented himself
at the same moment, and inquiries soon satisfied the
neglected landlord that they had decamped together.
The boxes were traced to a booking-office in the City
fcr passengers to New York, and it soon became
eoar that they had left old England by the Victoria,
which sailed from the London Docks on Friday.
They had both booked themselves and luggage in the
name of Jackson. Hearing that she would put in at
Spithead on her way down channel, Mr. Ebdy was
determined not to be outdone without at least making
an effort to re-capture his rib, recovering the pro-
perty she had with her, and giving the unlucky cousin
into custody for carrying off both. lie
kept his promise, for no sooner had the Victoria
appeared off St. Helen's than Joseph Bennett,
the cousin, was arrested, and introduced to
Major Travers and other magistrates siting
at the Portsmouth police-office. the injured hus-
band stated his case, whereupon the cousin assured
the Bench that Mrs. Ebdy had merely employed him
to move the goods, and that was all. It was well
known that Mr. Ebdy was constantly ill-using her,
and sooner than be subject to such treatment she hid
resolved upon leaving him. He admitted that il )e
was
going to New York, and it was his intentionto
act
the part of a protector to her during
confirmed the
the tediousvoyage. The lady came forward and
and it
cousin's story, the boxes were here
them.proemp.erty
Mr. Ebdy
was her wish that be should
she
sheln ahaasdw e r
paidt) thethe
cousin'sßen h, rass.e
passage
days
admitted
e vtebra.t
well as her own. The Magistrate said it v‘ as clear
the husband's property had been removed by the sanc-
tion of the wife, therefore the case was at an end. The
poor husband asked for advice how to recover the
boxes, but the Bench declined. The happy pair then
hastened to the ship, while the husband was left to
mourn over his loss.

AN EXTRAORDINARY CURE.—A few days since a
man named Steward, an excavator, working on the
Great Western line, was admitted into the 11,yal Free
Hospital, Gray's Inn-lane, suffering from Severe com-
pound fractures of the right arm, a loaded truck, weigh-
ing upwards of three tons, having passed over and so
crus)ied the limb that, upon a consultation, it was deemed
that immediate amputation must be resorted to to save
life. Mr. Thomas Wakley, jun., however, took the
casein hand, and having reduced the numerous fractures,
was on Saturday able to pronounce, in the presence of
his patient and several of his medical brethrtn, that he t.'
had ; effected a complete cure. It is impossible accu-
rately to describe the horrible mutilation of the limb
when first brought under treatment, and the wondtr:ul
preservation of it is considered a surgical triumph. :e
BiLoiari HOPS.—A vessel arrived from Ghent,
has brought ten bales of hops as a portii-Aa of her cap,
consigned to a firm in London. We have had occas on
to allude to some arrivals of hops from the United S:atea
of America, tut we are not aware of any supply of t Ifs
nature from this state of Europe, and the arrival is,
therefore, of some interest.