The Sun.
London, England, 1849-03-15 00:00:00

THE INDIAN VICTORY(!).
aL Tar 1;877 SLaOpRYJ].—SOPIIOCLLS•
Droop thy head, my country, now,
Though the world thy sorrows ace;
With the cypress bind thy brow,
'Tis a time of woe fur thee.
Mourn the thousands of thy sons
In their flush of manhood slain,
Where the tide of Jhelum runs,
Crimsoned through the battle plain.
O'er thy glory's sun on high
Clouds foreshowing ill have passed;
Darkly now their shadows lie
Like a shroud around thee cast.
Oh the shame to hear it told,
British soldiers fly and yield
On the far-famed spot of old,
Alexander's battle-field.
Spirits of the mighty dead,
Did ye hover 'mid the fight
When the irun death-bolts sped,
When the red fires scared the night?
Did ye mark, then, turn and flee
Men who ne'er had flinched before,
And amid the tumult see
Coward fears their hearts creep o'er?
'Twas thefiesh that sunk to earth,
Crushed amid the battle's din—
Worn sod weak, 'twas Title worth,
Though proud spirits throbbed within.
Men of England, ask of those
In whose hands your power is given,
Why your brothers 'gainst their foes
Were like beasts to slaughter driven?
Say, shall deeds like this be done?—
Shall they still unheeded fall?
Every father, brother, son,
Earnestly on you I call.
Southwark.

J. B.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

COVENTRY STEEPLECHASES.-TUESDAY (coN.

CLUDED).
The Hack Steeplechase was won by Mr. Claridge's
Accidental (Jellings), distancing Countess and Fairy.

THURSDAY.
The Hunt Steeplechase Stakes of lOsovs. each, h ft, and

25 added.

Three miles.

➢Zr. Bedford's The General, 12st (Lord Strathmore)
Lieut.-Colonel Richardson's Chance, lOst
Captain W. Peel nd My Uncle, 12st.

... 9
... 0

Won in a canter.

The Handicap Steeple Chase, of 5 soya. each, and 30
added. Four miles. (13 Subs.)
Mr. W. Taylor's Queen of Hearts, lOst 71b (Owner) 1
Mr. Cartwright's Justice to England, lOst Sib ... 2
Mr. Welfit's Oily Gammon, lOst ... 3
Lord Lurgan's Sobriety, list... ... 4
The following also ran:—Slashing Painter, 1 Ost 91b;
Camphine, lOst 81b; Merryman, lOst; Lucy Neal, lOst;
and Cynthia, 9st 121 b. Won easy by a length.
The Free Handicap Hurdle Stakes of 10 sons. each,
and 100 added. Two miles. (18 Subs )

Mr. Denham nd Yardarm, lOst 41b
Lord Lurgan's Fugitive, lOst 101 b
Mr. Eskrett's Exhort, list 31b
Tallyho, 1 Ist 61b; Urania, list 31b; Mosque, lOst
121 b; Widred, lOst 121 b; Wild Hero, lOst 1010; Solace,
lOst 101 b; Miss Collingwood, lOst 61b; and Ballybar,
lost 31b, also started.
Yardham made all the running, and won a fine race
with Fugitive, cleverly.
ROYAL LEAMINGTON GRAND ANNUAL
STEEPLECHASE.

... (Archer) 1

Handicap for the Grand Annual Steeplechase Stakes of
25 sovs. each, 85 ft, and 5 only if declared on or before
the 21st inst., with 100 added. Four miles.
at
Peter Simple
Chandler
Proceed
The Doctor
Victim.......
Master Bobbin
Wolverhampton lO 13
British Yeoman lO 12
Knight of Gwynne lO 11
Pullaway lO 9
Rachael
Firefly lO 9
Prince George
Dicky Misfortune
Alfred lO 5
Hope
Father Mathew lO 4
Thurgartou lO 1
Flycatcher
The Page
Ahd-el•Kader.
Chatham 9 13
Mosque
NORTHUMI3ERLANI
at lb

st lb
Verax 9 12
Laniquenet
IChaldean 9 11
Little Fanny
Alice Gray 9 11
Venom
Israelite
Camphine
Solace 9 9
Vengeance
Fugitive
Link Boy
I'he Young 'Un 9 6
Duncan Gray 9 5
Sir Henry
The Witch 9 5
Grenade
Merriman
Ballybar 9 3
Cynthia
Vindictive
Sparta 8 10

) PLATE WEIGHTS.
st lb
Lord Saltoun, aged 6 4
Whiz-gig, 4 yrs
Miss Harrison, 4 yrs
Maid of my Soul, 4

Footstool, 6 yrs
Cossack, 5 yrs
Ellerdals, 5 yrs 8 7
Inheritress, aged
Flatcatcher, 4 yrs 8 4
Cam zou, 4 yrs 8 4
Limestone, 5 yrs
Executor, 5 yrs
The Tartar, 5 yrs 7 11
Dough, 4 yrs 7 11
Shylock, 4 yrs
Swiss Boy, 4 yrs
Plaudit, aged... .....
Ballinafad, 5 yrs
Fireaway, aged 7 3 l
Joc o'Sot, 5 yrs 7 3 1
Vesta, 5 yrs
Ellerslie, 4 yrs 7 2
Finvaragh, 6 yrs
Bingham, 5 yrs 7 0\
John Cosser, 4 yrs
Sylvan, 4 yrs
Athelstane, 4 yrs 7 01
Distaffina, 4 yrs
Keleshea, 5 yrs
Camphine, 4 yrs
Eagle's Plume, 4 yrs 6 13
Railway King, 6 yrs 6 11
Great Western, 4 yrs, 6 11
Headsman, 6 yrs: 6 10
Escape, 4 yrs
Big Jerry, 4 yrs
Tom-tit, 5 yrs
Ellen Loraine, 4 yrs 6 8
Sheraton, 6 yrs 6 6
Impertinence, c. 4 yrs 6 5,
Milton, 4 yrs

yrs 6 2
The Convict, 4 yrs
1 Vanguard, 3 yrs
Vermicelli, 4 yrs 5 10
Primrose, 4 yrs 5 10
Fleur de Seine, 4 yrs. 5 10
Belus, 3 yrs
Weatow, 3 yrs 5 8
Nunnykirk, 3 yrs 5 ?
Thringartb, 3 yrs 5 5
Kennington, 3 yrs .. 5 5
Cast Steel c, 3 yrs
The Knout, 3 yrs 5 5
Reversion. 3 yrs
Abbot of Meaux,3 yrs 5 5
IRaby, 3 yrs 5 3
Lugar, 3 yrs 5 3
il Pyrland, 3 yrs 5 3
Andalusian, 3 yrs 5 2
Quiver, 3 yrs 5 0
Puffy, 3 yrs
Rodney, 3 yrs
Brother to John Arm-

strong, 3 yrs 4 12
Rowland, 3 yrs 4 12
Alp, 3 yrs 4 12
Wensleydale, 3 yrs
Legerdemain, 3 yrs 4 8
The Durbar, 3 yrs
Penny Post, 3 yrs
Miss Ann, 3 yrs
Cocktail (h b), 3 yrs
Burghley, 3 yrs

COURT CIRCULAR.
OSBORNE, WEDNESDAY.
Her Majesty and the Prince walked this morning in
the grounds at Osborne, and the Prince of Wales and
Princess Royal took their usual ride.
The younger branches of the Royal Family walked in
the Park.

There was no addition to the royal dinner party yes-
erday.

Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent arrived
in town at half-past twelve o'clock yesterday, attended
by Sir George Cowper, from her residence, Frogmore
House, Windsor. Her Royal Highness visited her Royal
Highness the Duchess of Gloucester at Gloucester House.
I❑ the afternoon her Royal Highness the Duchess of
Kent, accompanied by his Serene Highness Prince
Ernest of Leiningen, left town on her return to Frog-
more house.

The Prince of Hohenloho Waldenbourg has left Marl-
borough;House, the residence of her Majesty the Queen
Dowager, for the Continent.
The Archbishop of Canterbury had an interview with
Lord John Russell yesterday, at his official residence in
Downing-street.
The Earl of Carlisle gave a dinner to the Cabinet
Ministers yesterday evening, at his residence in Gros-
venor place.
Dispatches from the Governor of the Cape of Good
Hope were received yesterday at the Colonial-office.
Dispatches were also received yesterday from the Gover-
nors of the West India Colonies.

Lady John Russell gave a sozree yesterday evening, at
the official residence of Lord John Russell, in Downing-
street.

ASTLEY'S AMPHITHEATRE.

The feats of the young Hernandez, the Apollo of the
Circus, the most daring, and at the seme time, the most
graceful equestrian who has ever appeared, continuo to
draw crowded houses to Astley's every evening. Last
night the house was crammed to suffocation, and
bouquets innumerable were showered on the young
Hernandez.

EXTENSIVE ROBBERY AT THE BRIGHTON SAYINGS
BANK.—Yesterday information was received by the
Metropolitan Police, that Mr. Robert Buckell, actuary
of the Brighton Savings Bank, had gone off with 8504,
the property of the depositors.
WHOLESALE SHEEP STEALlNG.—Yesterday morn-
ing, between one and two o'clock, the constable on duty
in Bishopsgate-street Within, observed two men, of
suspicious appearance, driving a large flock of sheep and
lambs through that thoroughfare. On interrogating
them as to where they were going, they ran away and
made their escape. The animals are all marked with
red ochre across the loins, and are supposed to have
been stolen out of Essex.

CABINET DINNER.—The Earl of Carlisle had a
Cabinet dinner last evening at his residence in Grosve-
nor-place, when the following members of the Cabinet
dined with his Lordship :—Lord John Russell, the Mar-
quis of Lansdowne, the Marquis of Clanricarde, the
Earl of Minto, Earl Grey, Viscount Palmerston, Lord
Campbell, the Right Hon. Sir George Grey, the Right
Hon. Sir F. Thornhill Baring, Sir John Cam Hobhouse,
the Right Hon. Henry Labouchere, and the Chancellor
of the Exchequer.
LEGAL APPOINTMENTS.—J. Crawfurd, Esq., one of
the Deputy-Advocates, has been appointed Sheriff of the
county of Perth, vacant by the death of Robert Whig-
ham, Esq., George Young, Esq., advocate, has been ap-
pointed one of the four Depute-Advocates, who are now
(in the order of their appointment), George Deas, J. M. I
Bell, E. F. Maitland, and G. Young, Esqs.—Scotsman.
The Captaincy of St. Mauve's Castle, vacant by the
death of Sir George Nugent, will not be filled up.
FIRE IN ST. LUKE's.—Last night, about nine
o'clock, the house of Mr. Thomas Scott, 57, Banner-
square, was seriously damaged by fire, and the lives of
the inhabitants placed in great jeopardy. The occupier
was insured to the amount of 3004 in the Royal Ex-
change-office.