The Sun.
London, England, 1849-12-19 00:00:00

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

WOODFORD AND LOIJaIiTON STEEPLE-
CITASES.—TUFSDAY.

Sweepstakes of 3 suns. each, and 29 added, the second to
save his stake. Three miles. (Five Subs.),
Mr. Slit's Alexander, lOst 121 b (Salt) 1
Mr. Montgomery's Brigand, lOst 131 h (lt. Reed) 2
The following also ran:—Mr. Drew's Master Murray,
list 41b (Mr. Allen)—Mr. Thomas's Yellow Dwarf,
lOst 71b (Archer)—and Mr. Salt's Alfreda, lOst (Mr.
Butler).-6 to 4 agst Yellow Dwarf, and 2 to 1 agst
Alexander.

All bungled at the first fence except Alexander, who
maintained his lead throughout, and won easy. Only
two passed the post.
Sweepstakes of 2 sous. each, and to added. Heats, 2
miles. (Four Subs.)
. _

Mr. Thomas's Yellow Dwarf, lost 71b (Archer) 2 1 1
Mr. A. Jackson's Sampson, lOst 71b...(Jaeson) 1 dis.
Mr. Salt's Alexander, lust 71b (Sait) 3 dis.
Mr. Montgomery's The Clown, lOst 71b (Reed) die.
Even on Alexander, 3 to 1 each apt Clown and Yel-
low Dwarf. Won easy. Alexander came iu second in
the second heat, but did not pass the post, and was
distanced.

COURT CIRCULAR.
OSBORNE, TUESDAY.
The Queen and Prince took an early walk this
morning in the park and grounds of Osborne.
The younger members of the Royal Family walked
and rode as usual.

The royal dinner party yesterday included Colonel
:he Hon. C. B. Phipps.

Lady Canning, Lady in Waiting to her Majesty,
left Osborne this morning, and will be succeeded by.
the Marchioness of Douro, who is expected at Os-
borne this day.

Their Serene llighnesses the Duchess of Saxe-
Weimar and the Princesses Anne and Amelia of
Saxe-Weimar, arrived at Marlborough llcule, Pall-
mall, yesterday afternoon, from the Priory, Stanmore.
Colonel Perceval had an interview with Sir George
Grey yesterday at the Home-office.
Mr. John Wood, Chairman of the Board of Inland
Revenue, had an interview with tho Chancellor of the
Exchequer on Monday. Colonel Anson had also an
interview with the Right Hon. Baronet, at his official
residence in Downing-street.
Mr. Robertson, agent for the Mexican Bondholders,
transacted business at the Foreign-office yesterday.
Lord and Lady John Russell left Pembroke Lodge,
Richmond Park, yesterday, for Bowood Park, Wilts,
on a visit to the Marquis and Marchioness of Lans-
downe. _ _ _ _

The Chancellor of the Exchequer and Lady Mary
Wood, left town yesterday, for Mickleton Hall, near
Doncaster.
The Earl of Carlisle has left Penshanger, the seat
of Earl Cowper, for Trentham, the seat of the Duke
of Sutherland. _ _

VA NA
Mr. W. Grey, M.P., left town yesterday for Cul-
verton.

't TILSLEY ON THE STAMP Laws."—(Published by
Stevens and Norton, Bell-yard, Lincoln's Inn.)—A new
edition of this useful work has been published by the
Assistant-Solicitor of Inland Revenue, who from his
official situation must be thoroughly conversant with the
subject, and is more likely than any other person to
write clearly and authoritatively upon it. Since the first
edition appeared the Stamp-office has been consolidated
with other public departments, under the title of the
Inland Revenue-office, but under this change of name
the chapter of the law of which the work before us
treats still remains as complicated and vexatious as ever.
A new edition of Mr. Titsley's book will therefore be
welcomed by the mercantile world and the legal profes-
sion as a valuable accession to their libraries, as it re-
lieves them from the drudgery of ascertaining from less
accurate sources of information those minute but impor-
tant points of practice which the operation of the stamp-
laws involves. The work in its new form appears to be
simply and well arranged, and while much matter which
has now become superfluous has been expunged, a variety
of important additions have been made. The several de-
cisions of the courts are set forth under each head in a
concise and valuable shape, and the book, being still con-
fined within its original limits, may be referred to with
ease and confidence by all whom the stamp-laws concern.
And whom do they not concern? The table of contents
exhibits an array of subjects to which stamp duties are
attached sufficiently formidable to secure a lively, though
not very agreeable, interest on the part of all her Ma-
jesty's liege subjects. Among the heads treated of are
agreements, appraisements, awards, apprenticeships, in-
dentures, bills and notes, bonds, leases, and receipts.
Nor, in the long catalogue, should we omit to mention
two items which touch ourselves more nearly than the
public at large, namely, the duties on newspapers and
advertisements. On these and a great variety of other
points, Mr. Tilsley has explained with great precision
the present operation of the stamp-laws; but the chapters
to which he has devoted the greatest care, and which
he has dwelt upon most elaborately, are those on
" Conveyance," " Mortgage," " the Probate and Legacy
Duties," and " the General Enactments relating to In-
struments." The subdivisions under this last title show
the variety of general points arieing from the modes in
which written documents are affected by the operation
of the stamp-laws. The work includes complete tables
of all the duties, including those made payable by the
recent Act in lieu of fees in bankruptcy. Mr. Tilsley's
book has already been recognized by the Courts as an
authority on the subjects of which it treats, and we
ere much mistaken if the new edition does not add
greatly to the repute in which it has, hitherto been held.
—Times.
WESTERN LITERARY AND SCIENTIFIC INSTITU-
TION.—On Mooday evening a concert of.a very at-
tractive character was given by Mr. A. Sedge ick, the
celebrated concertina player. When we mention that
Miss Poole, Mr. Viotti Collins, Mr. Gene, in additiun
to a host of other celebrities in the musical world, were
the artists engaged,'no one can fora moment's doubt but
that it was ono of a very superior deecriptiow. Miss
Poole sang some ballads in her usual quiet, unobtrusive
manner; and never did we hear a song more sweetly
sung than was " Sally in our Alley," by Mr. Genge. He
was rapturously encored. Mr. Collins's brilliant execu-
tion of the " Carneval de Venise " is so well known and
appreciated by the London populace as to require no
comment from us; as usual, he was loudly:encored, ani
with difficulty escaped playing it a third time. The
other artists acquitted themselves in a very creditable
manner, and we might suggest to Miss Wells that if
she ceased that peculiar movement of her body while
singing it would be decidedly in her favour.- It would
be but an act of justice to pass a short eulogium on Mr.
Malcolm, the spirited, enterprising, and intelligent secre-
tary, whose indefatigable exertions in catering for the
amusement and gratification of the members cannot be
spoken of toe highly.
Mr. Francis Bayley, the-' Revising Barrister, son
of the late Mr. Justice Bayley, has been appointed by
the Lord Chanceller judge of the Westminster County
Court, in the Nona of the fete Mr. Aloylen.