The Sun.
London, England, 1838-03-24 00:00:00

LOUTH STEEPLE CHASE.- THLTIISD4 Y.

The following horses started :—Mr. Cartwright's Trump, aged
(Mr. J. Smith); Mr. Wilson's Diana, aged (Owner); Mr. Cook's
Transport, aged (Mr. Nicholson) ; Mr. Whitworth's Gamester,
aged (Owner) ; Mr. Trought's Threosh, aged (Mr. Evisen) ; Mr.
H. Meredith's Corinne, aged (Mr. Brown) ; Mr. Walker's Caledo-
nian, 6 yrs (Owner); Mr. L. Holmes's Mazeppa, aged (Owner);
Mr. G. C. Healey's Sportsman, 6 yrs (Mr. Skipworth) ; Mr.
G. J. Skipworth's Dale Boggle, aged (Owner) ; Mr. Greetham's
Madcap, aged (Owner) ; Mr. Holland's Heather, 6 yrs (Mr. Bar-
tholomew). . . _

The race was very well contested till near home, when Trump got
.he lead, kept it, and won in a canter. Transport second, but disqua.
ified, being short of weight ; Caledonian third, and Gamester fourth,

We are inclined to congratulate ourselves on the
part we have taken in the promotion of the Shows at the
Egyptian Hall, for nothing can be more flattering than an
exhibition like that of last Saturday, and the manner in which
it was attended. It was the result of six months' perseverance
in a task which half the world would have abandoned the first
month. When we look at the list of the Royal and Noble
visitors, we feel assured that the Royal Society and Central
School of Horticulture and Agriculture is properly appre-
ciated, not on account of professions which may or may not be
fulfilled, but for the services actually performed during the first
half year of its existence. Its rewards for agricultural and
horticultural skill have been numeroucly and judiciously
awarded. There are no jealousies engendered by the mode
of distribution. The very best cultivators in the country are
among the exhibitors, and no shows are so interesting.— Gar-
dener's Gazette.

Yesterday morning workmen, under the direction of
the Commissioners of the Woods and Forests, commenced fix-
ing an iron railing along portions of the embankment of the
ornamental water in St. James's Park, to prevent accidents
occurring by children slipping down the shelving sides of the
walks into the water.
It is not generally known that the Royal Family
are subject to the demand of toll when passing over Battersea
and Fulham and Putney Bridges; but such is the fact. On
Friday, the 16th inst., Her Majesty Queen Victoria, on horse-
back, rode, attended by her suite of 17 persons along the
King's-road, passing down Smith-street, Chelsea. to Batter.
sea-bridge. A gentleman's servant paid 2d. to Lloyd, the
gatekeeper, for the horses of his master and himself, while
the whole cortege proceeded on, except her Majesty's groom,
who brought up the rear, and of whom 16d. was demanded
for the horse of her Majesty and 15 others. The man, who
taken by surprise, was totally unacquainted with the legal
established custom, and unprovided with other means of de-
fraying it, instantly, without hesitation, banded to the turn-
pikeman a silk handkerchief as a pledge for the payment of
his Royal mistress and her attendants.
ACCIDENT BY IVlActuNEar.--Yesterday morn-
ing, about half-past nine o'clock, William Lloyd, one of the
workmen employed on the premises of Messrs. Fowler and
Dyson, of Park street, Borough, was in the act of oiling the
cogs of a steam-engine While at work, when, by some means,
his left hand was drawn in between the strap of the drum, and
in an instant was torn completely of at the wrist. The un-
furtunate sufferer was directly conveyed to Guy's Hospital.
BELL ROCK LIGHTHOUSE.—Very heavy seas
have broke upon the Bell Rock during this winter, and the
turns of the light-keepers for liberty on shore bare been
irregular. On Saturday, the 25th February, in particular,
heavy sprays role 100. feet on the lighthouse, and caused a
considerable tremor throughout the building. Heavy stones
were thrown upon the rock by the sea, and some of them
passed through the pool called 4, Abbotsford," and were
lodged In tipµ fairway of Port Erskine. One stone, measuring
about three tons, Wwi removed to some distance from Dunskey-
ledae, but fortunately no do-me was done to the railways
leading from thC W4aFf§:.