The Sun.
London, England, 1849-08-22 00:00:00

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

Six—Before concluding my remarks on the York
Meeting, I will try to disperse a little of the fog hanging
over the two great Newmarket Handicaps; for I have
once more plunged into the " gulf of futurity" and now
emerge therefrom
" cramm'd
With observation—the which I'll vent

In mingled fancies."

For both Cestiiewich and Cambridgeshire Stakes the
public have supported from 80 to 100 nags—l will not
say nominations, for many that have been backed
will not be found among the entries on the 27th
instant ; and from what I have seen and
heard, I should say the book makers have
the pull on the Cambridgeshire and the public on the
Cesarewitch, so that this thoroughly John Bullish spe-
culation, in the dark to all appearance, will be pretty
fairly balanced. It is my present intention to lay before
you a list for each race of horses that will enter, and in
all probability accept, with such weights attached as I
presume, withi❑ a few pounds, they will have to carry.
CESA ItE WITCH. CAMBRIDGE SHIM.

st. lb.
Chanticleer, 6 yrs 9 8
Collingwood, 6 yrs
Canezou, 4 yro 8 7
Peep o'Day Boy, 5 yrs 8 5
The Cur, aged 8 3
Wanota, 5 yrs
John Cosser, 4 yrs
Melton, 4 yrs

at. lb.
Collingwood, 6 yrs 9 4
Canezou, 4 yrs... . . 8 7
Conyngham, 5 yrs 8 0
The Tartar, 5 yrs 7 7
Shylock, 4 yrs 7 5
Glendower, 4 yrs
Tadmor, 3 yrs 7 4
Honeycomb, 3 yrs
Vatican, 3 yrs 6 10
SaUey Dick, 3 yrs
Repletion, 3 yrs
Woolwich, 3 pa 6 6
Vasa, 3 yrs .

Blucher, 4 yrs 7 0
Sotterley, 4 yrs 7 $

Iron Rall,_s -yrs

Volcano, 3 yrs 6 6
Bon Mot, 3 yrs 6 5
Whim colt, 3 yrs 6 3
Montague, 3 yrs

From the foregoing batclies I should select The Cur,
Peep- o'- day Boy, and the last three or four lightweights,
for the Cesarewitch, and Shylock, Conyngham, Tadmor,
and Vasa, for the Cambridgeshire; but I would advise
you to

"Consider what you venture, weigh discreetly
The dangers of your project,"
for, to my mind, it is the height of absurdity attempting
to pilot the public in such a tog of doubt and difficulty
as surrounds these stakes at the present time.

For the Leamington Stakes, tollingwood, Bst. 121 b.,
Wanota, 7st. 51b., Eagle's Plume, 6st. 11b., Ribaldry, sst.
101 b., and Eva, sst. 21b., are the most attractive in my
eyes; Wanota for choice.

Since the publication of No. 7 of the " Sporting
Notes," no change has "come o'er the spirit of my
dream, at least with respect to the Ebor Handicap; the
letter G is still in the ascendant. Giselle or Glen
Saddel for my money, although I anticipate seeing
Blucher, Executor, Ellerdale, and Malton well up at
the finish of the race. I have to add Fernhill and Alp
to the list of starters for this race, and to withdraw Van
Di( men, and, it seems probable, Chantrey, St. Winifred
colt, the Hero, and Weatow.
Several changes of consequence have occurred in the
Stakes run for to-day; for instance, Mildew wins the
Colt Sapling Stakes ; Lady Evelyn opposes Lady
Superior for the Yorkshire Oaks; and it is somewhat
doubtful whether Honeycomb runs for the Ebor St.
Leger; if he does not, I presume the Tartan jacket will
catch the judge's eye first; but these observations are
to but little purpose, as to-day's races will be decided
before this " Note " appears in print.
I must correct an error which crept into my last Note
on the Bramham Park Stakes, in which I state that one
of Lord Stanley's nominations, probably Escalade,would
would win—it should have been Strongbow.
For the Chesterfield Handicap, to-morrow, Spit-
head, 7st 71b—Post Tempore, Est 121b—The Iron
Duke, 7st—Defalter, 6st 101b—Cotton Lord, 6st
61b—Fellow Commoner, 6st 51b—and Jest, 6st 21b,
are all that are likely to show at the post ; Spithead,
Cotton Lord, and Post Tempore, would not surprise
me were they to run in as planed, first, second, and
third.

For the Great Yorkshire Stakes, on Friday, the fol-
lowing, I think, will await the starter's orders:—Old
Dan Tucker, Ellen Middleton, Snowstorm, The Iron
Duke, Wensleydale,' Honeycomb, Nunnykirk, Velox,
Hotspur (doubtful), Montague, Cotton Lord (doubtful),
St. Winifred colt (doubtful), Alp, Escalade, and Robert
de Brus (doubtful). I will dispose,of the race in a few
words—Nunnykirk or Honeycomb must win ! And if I
place Old Dan Tucker third, and Ellen Middleton close
up, I think I shall not be far from the mark.
For the Filly Sapling Stakes, Emma or Rybinska;
and the Convivial to the Italian, if he runs, otherwise
Lady Speedy.
The Potentia filly, .Esculapitts Hippia, Mildew, Can-
tab, and Achyranthes will probably be the runners for
the Gimcrack Stakes, and the Potentia filly or Hippia
the winner.

Next week I will analyse the qualities and capabili-
ties of the St. Leger nags, and then have a word or two
.0 say on the " sporting houses."

lam, Sir, yours, &c.,
THE SPIRIT OF THE TURF.

Aug. 22, 1849.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.
YORK AUGUST MEETING.

YORK, TUESDAY AFTERNOON.—Additional Arrivals—
Gardenia, 2 yrs—Bon Bon, 3 yrs—Maid of Team Val-
ley, 3 yrs—Cotton Lord, 3 yrs—Giselle, 3 yrs—Alpheia,
4 yrs—Dolly Varden, 2 yrs—Malton, 4 yrs—Lady Su-
perior, 3 yrs—Athelstane, 4 yrs—Swiss Boy, 4 yrs—
The Arab, 3 yrs—Postempore, 3 yrs—Achyranthes, 2
yrs—Executor, 5 yrs—Mildew, 2 yrs—YEsculapius, 2
yrs—Penang, 2 yrs--Lady Evelyn, 3 3 rs—Fernhill,
4 yrs—Cynthia, 3 yrs—Hippia, 2 yrs—Paultons, aged—
Elthiron, 3 yrs— Glen Saddel, 3 yrs.
Dawson's lot, consisting of The Italian, Inheritress,
Alp, Ellerdale, c by Coronation, out of Mullane, Wen-
sleydale, Emma, &c., will be here to-night. Peck's lot
of ten, including Old Dan Tucker, Cockermouth, f by
Piccaroon, out of Bonny Bonnet, The Duchess, Fellow
Commoner, Lady Speedy, &c., will also be here to-night.
Nunnykirk, Strongbow, Blucher, Bingham,lron Duke,
Potentia filly, 2 yrs, Rybinaki, and Spithead are not ex-
pected until Wednesday morning.
BETTING AT MANCHESTER—TUESDAY.

EBOR HANDICAP.-4 to 1 agst Glen Saddel (t), 7to 1
Wst Giselle (t), 7 to 1 apt Ellerdale (t), 8 to 1 agst
estow, (t), 10 to 1 aget Cockermouth (t), 13 to 1 aget
Melton, 15 to 1 agst Fernhill, 15 to 1 agst Blucher.
GREAT YORKSHIRE STALES.-5 to 2 agst Nunny-
kirk (t), 4 to 1 agst Ellen Middleton (t), 5 to 1 agst
Honeycomb.
DERBY, 1850.-1,000 to 30 agst Mildew (t).

CRICKET.
KENT V. ENGLAND.
This return match was resumed yesterday at Canter-
bury. At the close of the day the score stood thus:—
KENT—FIRST INNINGS.

... 12

Adams—b Clarke ... ••• •••
W. Pilch—b Wisden 1111. ••• "' ".
Hillyer—b Wisden 1111. ••• "'
F. Filch—c Guy, b Wisden
A. Mynn, Esq.—c Lillywhite, b Wisden
1111.
N. Felix, Esq.—run out .•• ••• •••
Martingell—b Wisden ••• •••
Clifford—b Wisden ••• • • •"
Wenman—not out ••• '•'
Martin—b Wisden ... ••• "•
Hinkly—b Lillywhite 1111. . ••• ••• •••
88, w 0 ... .•• 0U 1190

-34
14

... 26

... 10

Total ...
ENGLAND—FIRST INNINGS.
Hon. R. Grimston—run out
W. Nicholson, Esq.—b Hinkly
C. Brown—b Hinkly —•
Box-b Hillyer ••• ••• •••
Guy-b Hinkly .••• ••• •••
Wisden—st Wenman, b Hinkly
Chester—c Hillier, b Hinkly
H. Fellows, Esq.—b Hinkly
Dean—c Hillyer, b Hillyer
Clarke—c W. Pilch, b Hinkly •••
Lillywbite—not out ...
83, w 0 ••• O•

...127

... 5

Total ...

KENT-SECOND INNINGS.

Adams—b Wisden
W. Pilch—b Wisden
Hillyer—b Lillywhite
F. Filch—c Guy, b Lilly white
A. Myra], Esq.—c Nicholson, b Wisden ~,
N. Felix, Esq.—b Fellows ...
Martingell—hit w, b Lillywhite
Clifford—b Fellows
Wenman—b Wiaden ... • ... ...
Martin—not out
Hinkly—b Wisden
••• •••
B 18, w 2 ...

Total
ENGLAND-SECOND INNINGS.
Hon. R. Grimston—b Hillyer •
W. Nicholson, Esq.—not out
Guy—not out ...
Dean—c Adams, b Hillyer
B 1, w O.:.

'

Total

... 0

... 48

••• 7
••• • 6

... 54
... 47
... 35

... 11
... 24
... 20

...227

... o

... 15

... 4

... 7

... 27

RAILWAY ACCIDENT.—About half-past eight
o'clock in the evening of Sunday last an accident, at-
tended with serious consequences, occurred st the Bury
station of the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway, by an
excursion train from Fleetwood to Rochdale and Halifax
running against a train ready to start for Manchester.
At the petty sessions of the bench of magistrates at Bury
on Monday, it appeared from the evidence of the station-
clerk, the signal•clerk, and the superintendent of the
police, that if the driver of the excursion train, Thomas
Jones, had paid proper attention to the, signal, the acci-
dent would not have happened; that he was in a state of
intoxication, and that the result of the collision was that
two of the iron pillars by which the roof of the covered
platform of the station was supported were knocked
down, the carriages shattered, and two persons, viz., Mrs.
A. Burton, of Oldham, and Mr. Handforth, of Heywood,
seriously injured, the leg of the lady being broken, and
the gentleman having received a concussion of the spine.
Both are in a very precarious condition. The magis-
trates decided to commit the driver for trial at the Sal-
ford sessions, and refused to accept bail in consequence
of the near approach of the sessions and the uncertainty
u to the sufferers surviving the injuries.