The Sun.
London, England, 1831-09-22 00:00:00

P ORTSMO UTII.

A Reform meeting was held at the Town-hall this day (Sept.
21) D. HO WARD, Esq., Mayor, in the Chair, in consequence
of many noble personages asserting that the desire for Re-
form, which was (they say) engendered in a moment of great ex-
citation, bad 'died away, and that the people viewed the present
Bill with perfect apathy, now that it has arrived, triumphantly
over the boroughmongers, at the threshold of the House of
Lords. A requisition to the Mayor was signed by nearly 200
Inhabitant householders in less.than three hours, and upon that
call the Mayor convened the ateeting, the result of which will
be seen below, and entirely proves the falsity of the assertion
above mentioned. .The meeting separated with three times three
cheers for King, Queen, Ministers, and Reform. A Sunday
Paper vauntingly offered to stake its "reputation" (query) on
their assertion that there would not be ten meetings in the
whole country during the next week. If it were worth the
trouble I could give a list of some sixty odd meetings already to
be gleaned from papers received. All our county is preparing
for their last and grand effort towards the cause. The snbstance
of the resolutions adopted is contained in the following :
" That the meeting hails with the greatest satisfaction the
passing of the Bill in the House of Commons ; that it fully relies
on the concurrence of the House of Lords to the Bill for .the
Reform of the House of Commons about to be brought before
them, as it is the meeting's deep and unalterable opinion that the
speedy passing of such Bill is essential for the preservation of the
happiness, peace, and prosperity of the country, and that Lord
Brougham be requested to present the petition, which follows :
TO THE RIGHT HONOURABLE THE LORDS SPIRI-
TUAL AND TEMPORAL, &c.

" That your petitioners have seen, with the greatest satisfac-
tion, the gradual passage, through the House of Commons. of the
Bill for the constitutional Reform of that Honourable House ;
that your petitioners most firmly hope that when such Bill shall
be laid before your Right Honourable House, that it will receive
your most earnest and serious attention, and that your Lordships,
in the exercise of your legislative powers, will speedily pass such
Bill, as we deem it most essential to the peace, happiness, and
prosperity of the country, and your petitioners will ever pray."
The Corporation assembled yesterday, and prepared a petition
to the same effect, and forwarded it by yesterday's mailto London.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

DONCASTER RACES.

DONCASTER, TuEslo.tr NIGHT.—At an early hour this
morning the town displayed much of the excitement usual on the
St. Leger day; carriages came rattling in from every quarter,
and the dittbrent roads were alive with the immense numbers on
the journey to the scene of action; a stranger would not have
thought it possible that there•could have been any falling off in the
meeting. On the course, too, the scene was brilliant—the Grand
Stand was surrounded from the basement to the root; the display
of beauty and fashion in the balcony being scarcely inferior to
former days ; the other Stands were also full and the Course it-
self lined by many thousand spectators. Comparatively, how-
ever, the attendance was very small—we should say that not
above two-thirds of the number of persons were present that
witnessed the St. Leger last year. The deficiency of fashionables
was terrible; we missed the Duke of Devonshire, Duke and
Duchess of St. Albans, Lord and Ludy Londonderry, the Fitz-
willfam family, and many others 'of the Nobility and Gentry
resident in the North of England. Our list, therefore, will be
found meagre, indeed, when compared with those of " the good
old days." A few arrivals last night .and this morning fortu-
nately enable us to submit a more complete one than we have yet
been able to collect : "
Marquis and Marchioness of Cleveland, Marquis of Slig",
Earl and Countess Mulgrave, Earl and Countess of Scarborough,
Earl of Meaborough, Lord and Lady Petre, Earl of Uxbridge,
Lord Maxwell, Lord W. Paulett, Lord John Fitzroy, Lord Oakley,
Lord Dundas and family, Earl and Countess Wilton, Lord Kil-
burne, Hon. Mr. Butler, Hon. Lascelles, Hon. T. 0. l'owlett,
Hon. W. Saville, Hon. Berkeley Craven, Hon. W. L. Fox, Sir
Lewyn Glyn, Sir Mark Wood, Sir P. G. Egerton. SirJas. Fraser,
Sir Wm. Cull, Sir David Baird, Sir George Pigot, Sir G. L.Kaye,
Col. Hawkins, Col. Russel, Col. Cooper ~ardiner, Col. Han-
cock, Lieutenant-Col. Crowder, Col. Udny, Col. keane, Col.
Chaplin,Col. Crawfurd, Col. Charritie, Major Healey, Major Fer-
guson, Major Yarbergh, Major Hancock, Capt. Giffard, Captain
C. drington, Captain Grant, Capt. Byng, Capt. Macnamara, Capt.
Dowbiggin, Capt. Sisson, Capt. Clive, Capt. Tryon, Capt. Phibbs,
Capt. Ellis, Capt. Buller, Capt. Conyngham, and several Officers
of the queen's Bays; Messrs. C. Wilson, S. Stanley, Paynes,
Holyoake, Osbaldeston, Hungerford, Irby, W. Houldsworth, T.
Houldsworth, Loraine, Baker, Tempest, Armitage, E. L. Charl-
ton, Muscrott, H. Mills, Wormald, Crompton' Worrall, A.
Bowen, W vill, Foules, Ewbank, Prettyman, Hunter, Van.
sittart, Lum,ey, Antrobus, Stonehewer, S. Fenton, Hayworth,
Montague, For! escue, Prendergast, Constable, Maxwell. M.
Maxwell,.H. Maxwell, Peel, tiascoyne, G. Walker, Crosbie, &c.
The races commenced at two o'clock with the Two-yr old Pro-
duce Stakes ; after which the St. Leger was decided. We give
full and accurate particulars of them.
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Two-yr-old Produce Stakes, of 100 sovs. each, h. ft. Red House
in. Ten subscribers.
Mr. Ridsdale's c. by Rutland—Marchesa. ...... ....Scott I
Mr. Purse's ch. f. by Whisker—Swi,s's dam
Mr. Houldsworth's ch. c. Buffoon, by Combs . 3
No betting. Marchesa colt had it all his own way, and won
very easily.
The Great St. Leger Stakes, of 25 sovs. each. St. Leger Course.
Eighty-six subscribers.
Marquis of Cleveland's Chorister, by Lottery...J. Day I
Mr. Skipsey's br. c. The Saddler, by Waverlcy 2
The following also started, but were not placed by the Judge :
Mr. Golden's br. f La Fide Mal Gardee, by Lottery
Mr. A. ow2r's Chancellor, by Minos
Mr. RA ins ia's Liverpool, by Tramp
Mr. Ri par )son's b. f. Lady Elizabeth, by Lottery
Lord C eve and's br. c. Marcus, by Emilius
Mr. Bower's br. c. Sir John, by Tramp
Lord Fitzwilliam's b. c. t reole, by Catton
Mr. Houldsworth's b. f. Circassian, by Sultan
Mr. Sadler's ch. c. Achilles, by Rubens
Mr Sadler's b. f. Delight, by Reveller
Lord Scarborough's b. c. brother to Tarrare, by Catton
Mr. Beardsworth's br. c. Colwick, by Filho da Puta
Mr. Vansittart's ch. c. Rubini, by St. Patrick
Colonel Cradock's b. c. brother to Homer, by Catton
Mr. Wagstaff% Joan of Arc, by Bustard
Mr. Wagstaff's Streamlet, by Tiresias
Mr. R. Harrison's b. c Brathwaite, by St. Patrick
Mr. S. Reed's b. c. Pantos, by Arbutus
Mr. W. Turner's b. c Shrigley, by Macduff
Mr. Singleton's b. c. Tremaine, by Tramp
Lord Sligo's ch. c. Bras de Fer, by Langer
Mr. Ferguson's br. c. Tetotum, by Lottery
Before giving any details of the lace, we should state, that
for the last two or three weeks various indefinite reports have
been in circulation, the tendency of them being to create an im-
pression that some foul play would be attempted in the start for
the St. Leger; having at length acquired a snore tangible shape,
the Stewards thought it proper to interfere, and a meeting of
some of the principal Gentlemen of the Turf was held yesterday
on the subject, when it was resolved, That in the event of any
nefarious act of the kind being attempted, it be strongly recom.
mended to all future Stewards, not only to prevent every jockey,
who has been proved either to have created false starts, or other-
wise to have behaved unfairly during the race, from ever again
riding at Doncaster, but that the master of these jockeys, if af-
terwards proved to have been implicated in such transactions,
be prevented ever again starting a horse at these meetings." As
the names of the parties pointed at are not mentioned, we can
only give the above. The promptitude of the Stewards ti acting
upon the rumour entitles them to the thanks of the public, who
are thus effectually protected from the very disgraceful and ne-
farious trickery If a measure of the above desciiption had
been adopted in Mameluke's year, it is clear that the St. Leger
Would have had a Very different result. For the reasons stated
above, more than usual interest was manifested at the starting.
After the jockeys had received the initial instructions from Mr.
Lo. kwood, sen., Sir David Baird addressed a few werds to thc.m
on the propriety of avoiding false starts, assuring them, that if
anything unfair was proved of a jockey, he would not' be per.
mitted to ride any more at Doncaster. The horses were then
paraded before the Grand Stand, and after a very trifling delay,
taken to the starting-post: At this time the odds, after under-
going several important fluctuations, averaged as follow :-
3 to 1 agst Mr. Skipscy's The Saddler
7 to 2 agst Lord Cleytland's Marcus
0 to 1 agst Mr. Robinson's Liverpool
12 to 1 agst Mr. Sadler's Delight (taken)
13 to 1 agst Mr. Houldsworth's Circassian
14 to 1 agst Lord Scarborough's Br. to Tarrare (taken)
15 to I agst Mr. Bower's Sir John
18 to 1 agst Mic Beardsworth's Colwick (taken)
20 to 1 agst Mr. Bower's The Chancellor (taken)
25 to I cyst Lord Fitzwiliiam% Creole
25 to 1 agst Colonel Cradock's Brother to Homer
25 to 1 agst Mr. Richardson's Lady Elizabeth (taken)
40 to 1 agst Mr. Sadler's AChilles

The start was admirably managed by Mr. Lockwood, jun.,
who has started the horses for the St. Leger four successive years
without a single false go. They went off at the tir3t attempt.
Rriither to Tarrare had an exeellent start, and made first running
followed by Chancellor, Tetotum, and Mal-gat-dee ; The Saddler,
Liverpool, Lady Elizabeth well up to them, and Chorister about
the centre, with Rubini, Circassian and Sadler's two. Chifney
on Marcus went off last, and, strange to say, was little better than
last at any period of the race. Tarrare did not continue the lead
further than half way to the hill—he then fell back into the
Crowd, and Was heard of no more. Chahcellor carried on the
running, the other horses preserving their 'places as stated
above; nor did any movement of importance take place till
they got to the Red House, where symptoms of distress mani-
fested themselves. Marcus was the first to cry out, and, in point
of fact, he was now dead beat ; Colwick, who had sickened at thp
hill, followed Marcus ; and in a few strider, move, we perceived
Creole, Circassian, Delight, Archilles, and Sir John drop astern ;
at the rails all those were out Of the race cOmpletelY, together
with -roan of Arc, Streamlet, Parton, and two or three others
whose names do now strike us. To return to the Red House :
Tetotum was now in the crowd, and Chancellor was passed by Mal •
gyarericiai to the mare,eeua,stheyneared the rails; The Saddler at the same time
whom he, had paused a little below the dis-
tance.' Chorister, who had hitherto been waiting with great
patience, now began to draw on The Saddler, but it was not till
they were opposite the Stand that be made a serious effort; he
then challenged, and between these two a beautiful struggle en-
sued, the last stride deciding it in favour of Chorister by. h4lf
head only. Till the Judge's decision was g,iveo, the majority of
the lookers-on were of opinion that The Sadler had just' won it,
and those who had watched him up to distance declare that it
Was then a hundred to one upon him. That he.was fairly beaten,
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riding that Lord Cleveland's success is attributable. La File
Mal-gardee was third : thethonout of being fourth rests between
Chancellor?
Elizabeth, and Liverpool, 'who were 'all to-
gether. The pace was excellent, and the race yery truly run.
Chorister is the first of the Lottery stock that came out last
year : he is likely to make the blood fashionable, especially when
it is considered that Mal-gardee and 'Lady Elizabeth (both Lot-