The Sun.
London, England, 1849-09-11 00:00:00

SPol>Tlvr r<Tri T,TnENCE.
iiACES.

DONCASTIOZ, MONDAY AFTEROON, FOUR °TLC:CZ.—
If we may form an opinion from present appearances,
the ensuing meeting is not likely to be remarkable °Aber
for the iti.erest or quantity of the racing; very few horses
have arrived, the fivlels for all the standing engage mews
will be small, and the entries made this afternoon for the
Cup, Plates, &c., show a great ailing cif. :3et.reely
any lodgings have as yet found tenants, but as none
of the spec ial trAins have arrived, it is impossible to
lay what effect the next half-doz .n hours may hare ou
the prospects of the town; the indications all lead to
the co: elusion that the attendance will be consie:erably
bel,ew the av rage. Tha large sum contributed to
the race-fund by the town-council, and their u-ireserved
abandonment of the manage meat of the meeting to the
Jockey Club, entitled the inhabitants to expect better
things; if they are disappoint( d on the present
wash n, we have no doubt, from the alterations
Which will be made is the appropriation of the public
Money, and in the conditions and arrangement of the
principal stakes, that the future progress of the meet-
ings will be upward ; albeit from the great number of
rich two and three year old stakes previously run for at
the Spring meetings, and at Goodwood, Liverpool, York,
.tkse-, the fields for engagements of a similar class at
aioncaster must be materially affacted.
The Subscription-room, newly painted and re-deco-
rated, in a style creditable to the liberality and taste of
the proprietors, was opened on Saturday, but up to the
present hour not a blow has been struck. The Flying
•Dutehman, who arrived on Saturday, is looking remark-
ably well, and never went better in his life. The " field"
will be much smaller than was calculated on last week,
no one here believing that it will exceed nine or ten.
Chatterer is not coming, and Uriel, Volcano, Loup-
Mon, and Vatican, are looked upon as " doubtful."
The following list of the horses now in the town will
bear out our remade as to the prospect of sport :
Ifoneycombe, Castanette, William the Conqueror,
Flying Dutchman, Keleshm, Manifold, Elthiron,
Ellerdale, St. George, Knight of Avenel, L-titia,
Ehe dycina, Ellen Middleton, Ili rbert, Little
Cassino, Maid of Team Valley, Westow, the Cantab (3
Yrs), Swiss Boy, Gleam, Swift, Lammermoor, Confede
I.4eYe Steppingstone, Lady Superior, Leonidas, Lady
Speedy, ‘Vitcheralt, Fellow-commoner, Cockermouth,
Lady Evelyn, Pheesant, Old Dan Tucker, Penthe ilea,
Sirs. Taft, Ferule, Humphrey ; T. I)ansott's, J. Dawson's
liesseltine's, Scott's, Dilly's, Ford's Dockeray's, and A.
Taylor's, and some other lots have not yet arrived.

ENTRIES.

TUEBDAF.—Bitzw•illiam Stakes. No race.

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Sweepstakes of 5 sovs. each, for two yrs old:—Step-
Pingston e, Leghorn, Manifold, St. George, Rhedycina,
and Witchcraft.
Selling Stakes—The Little Queen, Little Cassino.
Pheasant, Confederacy, and Lammermoor.
WEDNE,DAT.—Sweepstakes of 10 sous each, for two
and three yrs old:—Lady Bountiful, the Recluse, Step-
Pingstone, Italian, St. George, Rhedycina, Humphrey,
Potentia filly, and Goldfinch.
Queen's Plate—Ellerdale and Swiss Boy.
FRIDAY.—The Cup : —Ellerdale, Snow storm, Canezou,
Swiss Boy, Westow, and Maid of Team Valley.
DONCASTER, TUESDAY MORNING.
LATEST BETTING (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH).

ST. LEGER.
2 to 1 on The Flying Dutchman
9 to 1 agst Old Dan Tucker
14 to 1 agst Nunnykitk
20 to 1 agst Herbert
THE CHAMPAGNE STARES.
6 to 4 on William the Conqueror

SPORTING NOTES.

No. XII.

" I'll go for the Field,
My lut cast, by tho gods."

YATES.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

Srn,—Upon information received by telegraph this
Morning, I hear that the field for the St. Legtr
not exceed ten, and they are the folluwing:—Oid Dan
Tucker, Saucy Dick, Flying Dutchman, Honeycomb,
Elthiron, Herbert, Westow, Nunnykirk, Volcano, an 1
Vatican; the starting of Uriul and Loup-pron is
extremely dubious. Old Dan, Volcano, Saucy
Dick, and Nunnykirk are in splendid con-
dition—quite up to the mark ; and it strikes
ate the Dutchman, although in superb fettle,
will have more to do than he can accomplish, when he
tackles the D.'s both " old" and " saucy," for the finish-
ing struggle to-morrow, without taking into considera-
tion the volcano that Scott is preparing.
I am, Sir, yours, &c.,
THE SPIRIT OF THE TURF.
Sept. 11, 1849.

CRICKET.

ELEVEN OF ENGLAND v. EIGHTEEN OF LEAMINGToN.

Thia match commenced yesterday morning at .
Lea-
mington. The following was the score at the end of
the first day's play :

ENGLAND-FIRST INNINGS.
Chatterton—c Parr, b Armitage ... •••
Clarke—b Wisden ...
Box—c Leigh, b Armitage ...
F. Pilch—c Rose, b Armitage ... •••
Sampson—c Leigh, b Armitage ...
D.q.—c Selby, b W istlin
N. Felix, E, q.—c Guernsey, b Armitage ...
Guy—c Selby, b Wisden ... ...
Martingell—c Wisden, b Armitage ...
fl. Pickford, Esq.—not out ... ..• •••
Rillyer—c Armitage, b Wisden
B 6, w 0, nb 0

Total •••
LEAMINGTON.--FIRST INNINGS.
A llaygartb, --b Hillyer
Rev. H. H. Anderson—run out •••
fir. Davis—not out ...
Ps.lethorpe—not out ... ..•
82,w0, nb 0 ...

... 7

... 20
... 5
... 5

... 2

Total

... 39

THE ARMY.

ROYAL ARTILLERY.—WOOLWICH, SEPT. 10.—The
Master-General has been pleased to approve, by general
order, of the following transfer of officers:—
Second Lieutenant L. B. Higgins, from Major Turner's
company, 6th battalion, to Captain
.Stnythe's company,
6th battalion.
Second Lieutenant T. L. Danes, from Captain Poole's
company, 2d battalion, to Captain Bereford's company,
10th battalion.
Second Lieutenant C. Carpenter, from Captain Col-
lington's company, Ist battalion, to Captain Hamilton's
company, 12th battalion.
Second Lieutenant F. Luard, from Captain Young's
company, 7th battalion, to Captain Crawford's company,
10th battalion.
Second Lieutenant A. H. Murray, from Captain Bing-
ham's company, Bth battalion, to Captain M'Coy's com-
pany, sth battalion.
Second Lieutenant J'. A. P. Adams, from Major
Thorndike's company, 4th battalion, to Captain St.
George's company, 10 battalion.
Second Lieutenant R. Mackenzie, from Captain Ken-
nedy's company, 7th battalion, to Captain Townsenn's
company, 12th battalion.
Second Lieutenant W. G. Lo Mesurier, from Captain
Morris's company, 2d battalion, to Captain Cockburn's
company, 12th battalion.
Second Lieutenant T. C. Molony, from Captain
bacre's company, sth battalion, to Major Rowan's com-
pany, 12th battalion.
Second Lieutenant G. B. Garvey. from Captain Fitz-
gei ald's company, sth battalion, to Captain Wodehouse's
company, 10th battalion.
Second Lieutenant A. Noble, from Capta'n Hill's
company, Bth battalion, to Captain Ntarriott's company,
10th battalion.
&Toad Lieutenant G. K. Taylor, from Captain Gam-
bier's company, 2d battalion, to Captain Mitchell's
company, 10th battalion.
Assistant. Surgeon Allinson has been appointed to the
Royal Horse Artillery, Assistant-Surgeon 110 ward being
on duty at Dublin.

CHEAP OMNIBUS TRAVELLING.—Last night Z.
highly respectable meeting of the inhabitants of Ken-
sington took place at the King's Arms, for the purpose
of forming an association to start some omnibuses which
will give the inhabitants of K.,nsington the same cheap
travelliog which is now enjoyed by all the other environs
of the metropolis. This being only a preliminary meet-
ing, the business was confined to the appointment of a
committee of 13 of the inhabitants of Kensington, who
aro to endeavour to carry out the intentions, and who
will call an early meeting of the inhabitants, and lay
before them the plan they may decide upon. It is a
singular fact that the old fares of 61. and ls. are now
charged from Kensington, whereas to any other part of
the suburbs the fares are only 3J. This must act very
prejudicially upon the intere4s of the town of Kensington.
THE LONDON NEW FEVER HOSPlTAL.—Yester-
day the new hospital, erected iu the Liverpool-road, Is-
lington, was opened for the reception of patients. The
building contains accommodation for 200 persons, and
its cost, together with furnishing, amounts to about
20,000/.
METROPOLITAN WATER SUPPLY.—Last evening,
a meeting of the inhabitants of St. Pancras was held,
to consider the present supply of water, and the means
of promoting a more abundant increase of pure soft
Water to all classes of the metropolitan community "
Churchwarden Francis Healy, Esq., was called to the
chair. Mr. Taberrer explained the objects of the Me-
tropolitan Water Supply Association. As the pro-
Pectus has been already before the public, it will per-
haps be sufficient to state that the general principle is to
incorporate the whole water service of London into one
establishmnt, under the control of a responsible public
commission; to be self-supporting, and the necessary
funds to be raised upon rates to be levied for a term of
thirty years, for which purpose it is proposed to apply
to Parliament next session for an Act. A parochial
committee was appointed to support the project, and the
meeting then dissolved.
The colonelcy of the 19th Foot, vacant by the
demise of Sir Warren Peacocke, has been conferred on
altir-General Charles Turner, commanding at Cork.
sterday on the report of Dr. Gavin Milroy, the
General Board of Health ordered the Spafielda burial-
gyounds
and also the buritil-grounds at St. Butolph,
Bishopsgate, and tho St. Thomas's burial- ground,
o
ideu-lane, S. Luke's, to be cloted.