The Sun.
London, England, 1849-06-15 00:00:00

COSMOS,

'1849.

THE ROYAL GENERAL ANNUITY

SOCIETY.-FORTHCOMING FANCY FAIR.

Yesterday evening, by the politeness of Mr. Stephen J.
Aldrich, the indefatigable secretary of this excellent so •
ciety, andof Mr. D. Brewster, one of its friends, we had an
opportunity afforded us of inspecting the extensive and
imposing preparations which are being made for the ap-
proaching fancy sale, which is to be holden on Tuesday,
-Wednesday, and Thursdayl next, in aid of the funds of
the charity, in the new room, 58, Baker-street, Port-
man-square. _ _ _

The principal room, which is by far the largest we
have seen in this metropolis, has been fitted up for the
occasion with singularly good taste, under the direction
of Mr. Brewster, the gentleman to whom v;e have al-
luded. There are twenty-eight stalls in the whole,
eleven of which are placed along each side of the room,
and six thus occupy the centre. The walls are lined
with a beautiful drapery of red and white, and from
the lofty arched ceiling float some fifty choice
naval banners from the Tower of London,
forming altogether a spectacle unusually imposing. An
adjacent apartment, with a specious gallery, is assigned
to the exhibition of paintings, some of them, we under-
stand, of rare merit, which have been presented to the
society by artists.
'foe lady stall-keepers and donors on the occasion will
be the Duchess of Leeds, the Duchess of liarlb rough,
the Lady Charlotte Denison, the Countess Talbot, the
Countes; Manvers, the Countess of Harrowby, the
Countess of Verulam, the Countess of Stratibroke, the
Countess of Annesley, the Viscountess Sydney, the
Viscountess Combermere, the Visc,untess Dungannon,
the Lady Fanny Howard, the Lady Caroline Lane Fox,
the Hon. Miss Lane Fox, the Lag), Charlotte Bathurst,
the Lady &hey, the Hon. Miss Vernon, the Lady Mac-
naghten, the Lady Rodd, the Lady Blake, and the Hon.
Mrs. Milner Gibson. The sale will consist of useful and
ornamental work, paintings, drawings, music, prints,
books, autographs, minerals, shells, flowers, fruit, bota-
nical specimens, and a great variety of light articles of
manufactured goods.

Such is an outline of the preparations which are being
made for the approaching fancy sale on behalf of this
society, which is one of the most admirable and benevo-
lent in this metropolis. The Royal General Annuity
Society was founded in 1827, and has for its patron her
Majesty the Queen. It has for its great object the
granting annuities to decayed merchants, bankers, pro-
fessional men, master manufacturers, tradesmen, their
widows and clerks, and to single females, their daughters,
from all parts of the United Kingdom. There are at
present thirty pensioners on the charity chosen from the
classes just named, and five others will be elected in
July next. To the male pensioners an annuity of 271.
each is granted, and to the females an annuity of 13/.
each; and it is one of the features of this admirable
charity that the recipients of its bounty are not pre-
cluded from accepting relief from any other quarter.
The class of persons whom the society seeks toaid have an
especial claim on the humane regards of their fellow-
men, for they, perhaps, of all the children of penury and
misfortune, feel the most acutely the depressing circum-
stances and associations of adverse and altered fortune.
Poverty ceases to wound the sensibilities of those whose
lives have been begun and inured to nothing else. Not
so with those whom this society seeks to aid. When
poverty overtakes the individual nursed in the lap of
ease and affluence, he may say, in the eloquent language
of Jafiier,—

" There's not a wretch that lives on common bounty
But is happier far than I;
For I have known the luscious sweets of plenty."
Some idea may be formed of the strange vicissitudes of
fortune, if that were wanting, from the statement we
heard from the lips of the secretary of this society yes-
terday evening, namely, that there are eighty-four can-
didates for the five annuities which are to be granted
in July next, and that among them are four daugh-
ters of clergymen, the daughter of a baronet, se-
veral merchants, and two widows of bankers.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.
HAMPTON RACES.—THURSDAY.
Our anticipations with regard to the attendance yes.
terday were more than realised; it was great beyond al
precedent. The railway, of course, absorbed the lion's
share of the traffic; " monster" trains were started from
the Waterloo-bridge station, from nine o'clock in the
morning until between two and three, with as much ra-
pidity as the safety of the public rendered expedient,
and so well were they arranged that beyond a squeeze
at the station, no inconvenience was sustained, and the
majority reached the course in time for the first race;
some hundreds, however, aho had not read the an-
nouncement that the first race would come off at half-
past one, did not get to the ground till after it was run.
The road was not deserted; on the contrary, we ques-
tion if on any previous occasion it has been so thronged.
The steam-boats were also well patronized to some ex-
tent, and to those with whom time was no object, and
dust not a desideratum, they proved far more agreeable
than either rail or road. The assemblage, we repeat,
was enormous, insomuch that, although the managers of
the races had so far acted upon our suggestion as to in-
crease the number of the police, it was obvious that fifty
or a hundred more ought to have been employed; the
impediments in the running ground at the back of
the course in the early part of the afternoon were com-
plained of, and with great reason, by the jockies—that
they escaped without accident is miraculous. From the
experience of what the railway has done for these races,
the lessees will, we presume, take care in future to pre-
vent any cause of complaint on this head. The racing
was remarkably good from first to last, and, notwith-
standing the difficulty ofclesring the course, was brought
to a close without an accident by half-past six o'clock.
Taking the meeting altogether, we may compliment
Mr. Hibburd and his aid. de-camp Mr. Walton, on the
successful commencement of (their administration; that
they have pleased the public does not admit of a doubt,
and that the " influentials" of the turf are satisfied, is
proved by the acceptance of the Stewardship for 1850 by
the Marquis of Exeter and Sir Joseph Hawley.
The Claremont Stakes of 10 sovs, 5 ft. with 25 added;
for two year old colts, Bst 71b; fillies, 85t 41b. Half a
mile.
Major Martyn's Blondette
Mr. Steven's Knight of Gwynne (Crickmere) 2
Mr. J. S. Douglas's The Ballet Girl ... (W. Abdale) 3
Lord Strathmore's Secondhand . (Wakefield) 4
Batting-5 to 4 agst Knight of Gwynne, and 6to 4
agst Blondette. No others backed.
Blondette made all the running, and, after a very
severe race up the distance with the favourite, won by a
neck. The Ballet Girl a bad third.
A Plate of 40 soya., added to a sweepstake of 5 sovs.
each; three-year olds, 7st 21b; four, Bst 71b; five, 9st;
six and aged, 9st 21b; mares and geldings, allowed
31b; winners, extra. The winner to be sold for 100
sovs., if demanded, &c. Heats, once round.
Mr. Greville's Puffy, 3 yrs ... (Dockeray) 0 0 1 1
Mr. Drinkald's The Dark Lady, 3 yrs
Mr. Kirkby's Chorister, 3 yrs. (J. Balshin) 1 0 0 3
Count Batthyany's Lepidus, 3 yrs (Weaver) 0 2 2
Mr. Southby's Conveyancer, 4 yrs
Mr. Webb's Cybele, 4 yrs ... (Crickmere) 0 0 0
Mr. Smith's Lovelace, 4 yrs (J. Sharpe) 0 0 0
Betting—First Heat-6 to 4 agst Puffy, and 3 to 1
sgst Dark Lady. Won by a head, Puffy and Lovelace,
making a dead heat for second. Durdans was weighed
for and mounted, but was drawn lame.
Second Heat-2 to 1 agst Chorister, 3to 1 agst Dark
Lady, and 4to 1 agst Puffy. Won by half a neck.
Third Heat-6 to 4on Dark Lady, and 4to 1 agst
Puffy. Won in a canter.
Fourth Heat-4 to lon Puffy, who won by about
twenty lengths.
The Scurry Stakes of 10 soya each, la ft Gentlemen
riders; professionals allowed to ride by carrying 5 lb
extra. One mile.

Mr. John's New Forest Deer, aged, 12st 71b 1
Lord Strathmore's Spectator, aged, 12st.
Sir J. Malcolm's Miss Burn's aged, 12st 71b 3
Mr. Bolt's Cosachia, 5 yrs, 12st 101 b
Mr. Davison's St. Oswald, 5 yrs, 12st 21b
Mr. Rowley's Bellenden, 4 yrs, 1 Ist 81b
Mr. Hobson's Passion Flower, 4 yrs, 11st llb
Mr. Hussey's Merry Andrew, 5 yrs, lOst 81b 0
Mr. Hussey's The Ploughman, aged, lost 81b
Betting-6 to 4 agst New Forest Deer-4 to 1 agst
Cosachia, 6 to 1 agst Ploughman, 4 to 1 agat Passion
Flower, and sto 1 agst any other. Passion Flower,
with Merry Andrew, Cesachia, and St. Oswald in
waiting, cut out the work to the half-mile post, where it
was taken up by Miss Burns, who went on with it to the
distance; there Spectator and New Forest Deer joined
Miss Burns, and a close race ensued, New Forest Deer
winning by a neck; the same between second and third,
Passion Flower Fourth.
Queen's Plate of 100 guineas; three yrs old, 7st 51b;
four, 9st llb; five, 9st 11113.; six and aged, lOst 21b;
the winner to be sold for 500 sovs. if demanded, &c.
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Mr. Death's Antagonist, 5 yrs (Wakefield) odr
First Heat-7 to 4 agst Antagonist, 3to 1 agst Marl-
brook, and 4 to 1 each agst Gardenia and Giselle. A
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half a length, Gardenia a bad third.
Second Heat.-2 to lon Marlbrook. Won by a short
head. Fiddlestring a bad third.
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Mr. Price's Lysimachus, 3 yrs, 6st 81b (Weaver) 0
Mr. Tilbury's The Briar, 3 yrs, 6st ...(E. Sharp) 0
Mr. Darcy's Busy Foot, est (Wakefield, jun.) 0
Betting.-6 to 4 agst New Forest Deer, 4to 1 agat
Lysimachus, and 5 to 1 each agat Woodcraft, Busy Foot,
Seraph, and Valentina. Won by half a length.
BETTING ON THE COURSE.
GOODWOOD STARES.
6to 1 egst Ld. Exeter's lot 25 to 1 agst Clermont
20 to 1 agst Chanticleer 25 to 1 agst Executor
25 to 1 agst Remembrancer The other favourites as
on Wednesday.
GOODWOoD CUP.
4 to 1 taken about Tadmor.
NEWTON RACES.—Tnurtsnar.
The Curedon Stakes, of 10 sovs. each, 5 ft, and 25
added. One mile and a half. Gentlemen riders.
(4 Subs.)
Mr. Barton's Smuggler Bill, raged, llst 71b. Capt. White
Mr. Walter's Cavendish, aged, I Ist 101 b
Won easy.
The Drawing-Room Stakes, of 10 sovs. each, and
15 added ; for two-year olds. Straight half mile.
(3 Subs.)
Mr. Standish's Dttxbury, Sat 71b (Holmes)

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Mr. Stewart's Wilmont, Bst 21b . . 2
Won by a head.
The St. Leger Stakes, of 10 sovs. each, and 100 added.
One mile and half. (25 Subs.)
Lord Stanley's Strongbow (W. Oates) 1
Mr. J. Bateman's Strychnine ... 2
The following alio ran:—Mr. Jones's Magician, Lord
Caledon's Harry the Eighth, Mr. B. Green's Garrick,
Mr. Fowler's Cingari, Mr. Standish's Gaudy, Mr. C.
Hall's Ada Mary, Sir R. Bulkeley's Melody, Mr. Critch-
ley's Sir Henry Hardinge, Mr. Buckley's Lady Mar-
garet, Mr. Thompson's Fencer, and • Mr. Lawson's
Caurire. Won by a head.
The Borough Cup, of 200 sovs., added to a handicap of
20 sovs. each, 10 it., and 5 only if declared. Two
miles and a half. (34 Subs., 17 of whom declared.)
Mr. B. Green's Westow, 3 yrs, sst 111 b ...(Sharp) 1
Mr. Barton's Smuggler Bill, 6 yrs, 7st ... 2
Mr. Clatke's Maid of Lyme, 6 yrs, 7st 101 b... 3
Mr. Stebbinga's Malton, 4 yrs. 7st 6lb (Wintriogham) 0
Mr. Sharratt's Egret, 4 yrs, 7st ... ...(Ryder) 0
Wen by a head. Maid of Lymo was a gcod third, and
Malton beaten off. _ _ _