The Sun.
London, England, 1849-04-05 00:00:00

SPORTING.

" Were such things done as we do speak about?
Or have we eaten of the insane root,
That takes the reason prisoner ?"
Macbeth, Act 1., Scene 3.
" That which to us seems but mere accident
Springs from the deepest sources of design."
" In these indexes, although small pricks
LLERSZEIN.
To their subsequent volumes, there is seen
The baby figure of the giant mass
Of things to come."
" I'll issue notes,
Which may on Fortune's 'change be barter'd
For much money." WALLYNGE.

SNAKSPERE.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
NOTE IL

SIR,—" The earth hath bubbles," as the past week can
testify, for it has witnessed the bursting of the largest
and most enduring of sporting bubbles ever recorded in
the annals of the turf; the Tartar or Stockbridge bubble
will go down to posterity, at least to the racing portion
of it, as a fair specimen of the gullibility of the " cutest"
division of John Bull's speculative children. This bubble,
unlike Mr. Day's nag, was gifted with lasting qualities
of the first order, this being the fifth time, I believe,
that it has been played off upon the unsuspecting public
as a " crack thing."
I naturally enough,:ilike many others, thought that
young John, at last, was in this Tartar about to pro-
duce a flyer, especially as the stable was " ou" him;
and, in consequence, in my last letter placed him first
for the Great Northamptonshire Stakes, and Fernhill
(the winner) "well up;" but time has told another tale
—the bubble's burst, and left a vast wreck of hopes
behind.

Quiver, after winning the Guineas, and " polishing "
off The Hero of Stockbridge, and seven others, in a canter!
was sold to the Duke of Richmond for 600 guineas, and
I have no hesitation in declaring that his Grace has the
best of the bargain.
In my first note bartered on " Fortune's 'change," on
the Northampton meeting, I was right in four instances
out of seven, and in two of the remaining three I
named the second horse, to wit—Cadger for the Althorpe
Park Stakes, and Miss Burns for the 10 sous. Stakes; if
the like success attend me through the season, my notes
will be a profitable speculation to your numerous sport-
ing readers. I will now attempt through the double lens
of my judgment to peer into the future, and bring to
your view " the baby figure of the giant mass of things
to come," or in other words to select such horses as have
first rate chances, and are intended, for the leading stakes
of the present year; those asterisked I consider to have
the best chance.

NEWMARKET CRAVEN.
Hinchinbrook—Colonel Peel.
Riddlesworth—*Sister to Arkwright or Indus.
Newmarket Handicap—Canezou, Bst 71b—Sir Peter
Laurie, 7st 81b--Sylvan, 7st 31b—*Sagacity, 7st 21b—
*Tisiphone, Est 11113—Fernhill, 6st 10113.
Column—*Tadmor, The Knout, Sister to Arkwright.
Port—*Springy Jack, Flatcatcher.

BATH.
Weston—*Officious, Remnant, Dactyl.
Somersetshire—*Brandyface, 7st 71b—Sylvan, 7st 21b
--King Ilal, 6st 111b—Glenalvon, sst.—*Loupgarou, sst
—Fernhill, Tat 21b, not likely to start.

EPSOM SPRING.
Great Metropolitan—Canezou, Bst llb—Mogador,
Bst—Sylvan, 7st—*Dacia, 6st 111b—Fernhill, Est 131 b
Loupgarou, sst 21b—Do-the-Boys, sst--Lugar, 4st 10Ib.
NEWMARKET FIRST SPRDiG.
Two Thousand Guineas—*Nunnykirk, Honeycomb,
Mr. Milner.
One Thousand Guineas—Escalade, Sis. to Arkwright.
Newmarket—*Bernadotte,thgbfligher, Bro. to Evenus.
CHESTER.
Chester Cap—lnheritress, Bst 61b—Blucher, 7st 81b—
Clermont, 7st 61b—Dacia, 7st 21b—John Cosser, 7st 21b
—Joc o' Sot, Est 111b—Ratbmines, Est 101b—Farewell,
6st 101b—Ada Mary, sst 61b—Lugar, 4st 101b—Loup-
garou, 4st 101 b.
Dee—*E Ith iron, Garrick.
Cestrian—Honeycomb.
(To be continued.)
I am, Sir, yours, &c.,
THE SPIRIT 01? THE TURF.

March 31.

UNDER-SHERIFF'S COURT, LIVERPOOL,
March 31.
(Before Mr. WATSON, Q.C., Acting Assessor.)
CRIM. CON.—HARTLEY V. THOMPSON.
This day a jury was empanelled before the Under-
Sheriff of Lancashire, at Liverpool, to assess the da-
mages in a case of trim. con., in whileh the defendant
had allowed judgment to go by default.
The plaintiff, Mr. J. B. Hartley, in a surveyor in
Liverpool, and is in partnership with his father, who
holds the office of surveyor to the Liver pool Dock Estate.
The defendant, Mr. Thompson, is a civil engineer, and
for the last year or two has been. residing in the
neighbourhood of Liverpool, having been employed by
the Lincolnshire and Yorkshire Railway company as
their acting engineer during the construction of the
Liverpool and Bury portion of their li tae. In construct-
ing a part of the line of railway which COMQS near the
Liverpool docks the defendant had frequent interviews
with the plaintiff of a business natenre, and these re-
peated interviews laid the foundatio n of a close inti-
macy which subsequently sprang up between the parties.
This led to the defendant being received as a frequent
guest at the house of the plaintiff„ to whose family he
was introduced, and, the friendship between the parties
increasing, the defendant was in the habit of paying
complimentary visits to tho plaintiff's house, and was
there during the absence of the plaintiff from home.
It was during the time the defendant was so pri-
vileged to visit the house as the friend of the plain-
tiff that the unfortunate intimacy between Mrs.
Hartley and the defendant was contracted, and in conse-
quence of which the present action had been instituted.
Mr. Martin, Q.C., and Mr. Crompton, appeared for
the plaintiff, and Sir Frederick Thesiger and Mr. James
for the defendant.
The damages were laid at 10,000/.
The jury having been sworn,
2Clr. MARTIN rose to address them for the plaintiff.
He said he was happy to state that they would be
spared the hearing of a very painful investigation. It
he (the Learned Counsel) were merely to consult the
feelings of Mr. Hartley, they would have such a detail
of 'circumstances laid before them in connexion with
the ease as were probably never before proved in a
coeirt of justice. From certain communications which had
bean made to Mr. Hartley, referring to a false allegation
of unkindness towards his wife, he had been exceedingly
desirous that this matter should have been fully and pub-
Hely investigated; but there were other parties to be
con sidered besides the plaintiff's wife--thy re were the
feelings of the relatives of the lady, the feelings of her
aunt and an unmarried sister, to be considered, and,
under these circumstances, the plaintiff had consented
to submit, notwithstanding his strong desire to have
this matter fully investigated, to the advice of
his 'counsel and to his own good feelings, and
was content to take a
verdict fo 4,. at their band;a. It was better on all occasionsr thatooo/ such matters
as these should not be made a subject of public inves-
tiga' Be would only again say that Mr. Hartley
had bqen actuated by the feelings he had mentioned—
by a wrong desire to spare the feelings of the woman
who lior five years had been his wife,also the
and feel-
ings esf her family.
Si r .F. THESICIER then rose,
an
uncle taloa the conduct of th.nat the fullest reparation for
defence his htihsat when h
desire was
that Mr. Hartley should obtain
the deep injury which had been inflicted on him by the
deepdefe natant,
sparing,
bu
as much
t that such reparation
possationsihboleu,ld
the
made, by
fedi! cgs ofile
the parties
F. Thes whoiger)
felt it were
hi connectednaty,onwtibthe
the c us e.
part of the defendant, to make the only atonement now
at tho: :last moment, late as it was, which it was in his
power to make. He acknowledged that Mr. Hartley had
been di eply injured, and, if any imputations had been
placed upon him, they were entirely unfounded and com-
pletely untrue.
A 'ass rdict was then returned for the plaintiff, damages
4,0001., and the proceedings terminated, .uot having occu-
pied nature than ten minutes.

Sia'Z URES AT THE CUSTOM-HOUSE.—The entered
value of the silks, lace, and ribbons detained by the Cus-
tom-hoc Ise officers from January to August last, on the
plea or - under-vlauation, amounted to 4,1481., and the
value at which they were delivered at 5,2331.