The Sun.
London, England, 1849-06-15 00:00:00

HE -RO-Y-A-L-GrEN-E
SO(.IIETY.-->TORTIZCOSIINGr. FANCY" FAIR.

Yesterday evening, by the politeness.of Mr. Stephen J.
Aldrich,. the indeftigable sPeretary.,ef this excellent So •
cietj, and of Mr.-
D. Brewster, One of its friends, we had an
opportunity afforded us of inspecting the extensive and
imposing preparations which are being made for the ap-
proaching fancy pale, which is ,to be holden on Tuesday,
Wednesday,-, and Thursday next, in aid of the funds of
the charity, in the new -room, 58, Baker-street, Port-
man-square. :
The principal room,
‘which is by far the largest 'we
have seenin this metropolis, has been fitted up for the
occaPion With singularly good taste, under the direction
of Mr. Brewster, the gentleman to whom we have
luded. There; are ,twenty-eight stalls in the whole,
eleven of which ate placed along each side of the room,
and sit. thus occupy.the centre. The Walls. are lined
with'a beautiful drapery of red and white, and from
the lofty arched ceiling float soma fifty chOice
naval bannera from the Tower of Loudon,
forming altogether a spectacle unusually imposing. An
adjacent apartment, with a siiitelous gallery, is'assigned
to the exhibition of paintings, some of them; we under-
stand, of rare merit, wlaich have been presented to the
society by artists.
The lady stall-keepers and donors on the occasion will
be the Duchess of Leeds, the Duchess of Marlborough,
the Lady. Charlotte Denison, the Countess Talbot, the
Countess Manvers, the Countess of Harrowby, the
Countess of Verulam, the Countess of Stradbroke, the
Countess of Annesley, the Viscountess Sydney, the
Viscountess Combermere, the Vise untu ss Dungannon,'
the Lady Fanny Howard, the Lady,Caroline Lane Fox,
the Hon. Miss Lane Fox, the Lady Charlotte Bathurst,
the Lady Selsey, the Hun. Miss Vernon, the Lady Mac-
• naghten, the Lady Rodd, the Lady Blake, and the Hon.
- Mrs. Milner Gibson.. The sale will consist of useful and
ornamental work, paintings,. drawings,, ,music, prints,
books, autographs, minerals,.shells flowers, fruit, bota-
nical and a great variety 'of light articles of
manufactured goods. .
Such_is an outline of the preparations which are being
made for the approaching . fancy sale on behalf of this
society, which is one of thelnost admirable and benevo-
lent in this metropolis. The Royal General Annuity
Society was founded in 1827, and has for its patron her
Majesty the, Queen. , It has for its great object the
granting annuities Jo decayed merchants, bankers, pro-
fessional men; master manufacturers,- tradesmen, their
widows and clerks, and to single females, their daughters,
from all parts of the United Kingdom.. There are at
present thirty pensioners on tbe, charity chosen from the
classes just named, and five others will be elected in
Jetty next. To the'inale pensioners an annuity of 271.
each is granted, and to the females an annuity of 13/.
each; and it is one of the features of this admirable
charity that
,the recipients of its bounty are not pre-
cluded from accepting relief from any other quarter.
Theoclass of persons whom the society seeks toaid have an
especial claim on the humane regards of their fellow-
men, for they, perhaps, of all the children of penury and
misfortune, feel the most acutely the depressing circum-
stances and-associations of adverse and altered fortune.
Poverty ceases to wound the sensibilities of those whose
lives have been begun and inured ,to nothing else. Not
so with those whom this society, seeks to aid. When
poverty overtakes the individual nursed in the lap of
ease and afilince, he may say, in the eloquent language
of Jaflier,-- . •

"There's not a wretch that lives on common bounty
But is happier far than I;
For I have known the luscious sweets of plenty."
Some idea may be formed of the strange vicissitudes of
fortune, if that were wanting, from the statement we
heard from the lips of the secretary of this society yes-
terday evening, namely, that there are eighty-four can
didates for the five annuities which are to be granted
in July nest, and that among them are four daugh-
ters of clergymen, the daughter of a baronet, se-
veral merchants, and two widows of bankers.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.
HAMPTON RACES.—THURSDAY.
Our anticipations with regard to the attendance yes
terday were more than realised; it was great beyond al
precedent. The railway, of course, absorbed the lion's
share of the traffic; " monster" trains were started from
the Waterloo-bridge station, from nine o'clock in the
morning 'until between two and three, with as much iii-
pidity as -the safety of the public rendered expedient,
and so well were they arranged that beyond a squeeze
at the statjpn, po inconveniet:ce was sustained, and the
majority reaphed the course in tithe for the first race;
some hnndieds, howeier,- Who had not read the an-
nobncement that the first race would come off at half-
past one, did not get, to the greund till after it was run.
Tl2e.xoad we§ not deserted; on the contrary, we ques-
tion If on' any preiimis occasion it has been -so thronged.
The steaM-bouts were also welt patronized to some ex-
tent, and to those with whom time was no object, and
dust not a desideratum, they .proved far more agreeable
than either rail or road. The assemhlage, we repeat,
was enormous, insomuch that, although the managers of
the races had so far acted upon our suggestion as to in-
crease the number of the police, it was obvious that fifty
or a hundred more ought to have been employed; the
impediments in the running ground at the back of
the course in the early part of the afternoon were com-
plained of, and with great reason, by the jockies—that
they escaped without accident is miraculous. From the
experience of what the railway has done fur these races,
the lessees will, we presume, take care in future to pre-
vent any cause of complaint on this head. The racing
was remarkably good from first to last, and, notwith-
standing the difficulty of clearing the course, was brought
to a close without an accident by half-past six o'clock.
Taking the meeting altogether, we may compliment
Mr. Hibbard- and his aid de-camp Mr. Walton, on the
successful commencement of their administration; that
they have pleased the public does not admit of a doubt,
and that the " influentials" of the turf are satisfied, is
proved by the acceptance of the Stewardship for 1850 by
the Marquis of Exeter and Sir Joseph Hawley.
The Claremont Stakes of 10 soya, 5 ft. with 25 added;
for two year old colts, Bst 71b; fillies, Bat 41b. Half a
mile.
Major Martyn's Blondette
Mr. Steven's Knight of Gwynne (Crickmere) 2
Mr. J. S. Douglas's The Ballet Girl ... (W. Abdale) 3
Lord Strathmore's Secondhand . (Wakefield) 4
Betting-5 to 4 agst Knight of Gwynne, and 6to 4
agst Blondette. No others backed. .
Blondette made all the running, and, after a very
severe race up the distance with the favourite, won by a
neck. The Ballet Girl a bad third.
A Plate of 40 soya., added to a sweepstake of 5 sovs.
each; three-year olds, 7st 21b; four, Bst 71b; five, 9st;
six, and aged, 9st 21b; mares and geldings, allowed
31b; winners, extra. The winner to be sold for 100
sovs., if demanded, &c. Heats, once round.
Mr. Greville's Puffy, 3 yrs ... (Dockeray) 0 0 1 1
Mr, Drinkald's The Dark Lady, 3.yrs
Mr. Kirkby's Chorister, 3 yrs. (J. 13alshin) 1 0 0 3
Count Batthyany's Lepidus, 3 yrs (Weaver) 0 2 2
Mr. Southhy's Conveyancer, 4 yrs 0 0 3
Mr. Webb's Cybele, 4 yrs ... (Crickmere) 0 0 0
Mr. Smith's Lovelace, 4 yrs (J. Sharpe) 0 0 0
Betting—First Heat-6 to 4 agst Puffy, and 3to 1
agat Dark Lady. Won by a head, Puffy and Lovelace,
making a dead heat for second. Durdans was weighed
for and mounted, but was drawn lame.
Second Heat-2 to 1 agst Chorister, 3to 1 agst Dark
Lady, and 4to 1 apt Puffy. Won by half a neck.
Third Heat-6 to 4on Dark Lady, and 4to 1 agst
Puffy. Won in a canter.
Fourth Heat-4 to 1 on Puffy, who won by about
twenty lengths.
The Scurry Stakes of 10 sovs each, h ft Gentlemen
riders; professionals allowed to ride by carrying 5 lb
extra. One mile..
Mr. John'a New Forest Deer, aged., 12st 71b 1
Lord Strathmore's Spectator, aged, 12st.
Sir J. MalColm's Miss Burn's aged, 12st 71b 3
Mr. Roll's Cosachia, 5 yrs, 12st 10Ib 0
Mr. Dawson's St. Oswald, 5 yrs, 12st 21b
Mr. Rowley's Bellenden, 4 yrs, I Ist 81b
Mr. Hobson's Passion Flower, 4 yrs, list lib 0
Mr. Hussey's Merry Andrew, 5 yrs, lOst 81b.... - 0
Mr. Hussey's The Ploughman, aged, lost 81b ... 0
Betting-6 to 4. agst New Forest Deer-4 to I agst
Cosachits, 6 to 1 agst Ploughman, 4 to 1 agst Passion
Flower, and 5-to 1 agst any other. Passion Flower,
with Merry Andrew, Cosachia, and St. Oswald in
waiting, out out the 'work to the half,tnile post, where it
was taken up by Miss Burns, who went on with it to the
distance; there Spectator' and NeW Forest Deer joined
Miss Barns, and a close race ensued, New. Forest Deer
winning by a neck; the same between second and third,
Passion FlOiyer.:EOurth. •
Queen's Plate of 100 guineas; 'three yrs old, 7st 51b;
four, 9st' llb; five; 9st 111 b ; six and aged, lOst 21b;
- the winner to be; sold-for 500 sovs. if demanded, &e.
Heats, two miles. .
tiMrr..,NE.eteCelFaridkdelsesGtriisnegll,e6, 6yyrsrs (Hornsby,.M jun.)ann)
Sir J. Hawley's Marlbrook, 3. yrs l2 12
Lurd,Exeter's Gardenia,.4 yrs ...(Bartholomew) 3 4
(11. Bell) 0 3
Mr. Bolt's .Cosachia, 5, yrs. ...(Pettit) odr
Mr. Death's Antagonist, 5 yri (Wakefield) odr
First Heat-7 to 4 agat Antagonist, 3to 1' agat Marl-
brook, and 4 to 1 each agst; Gardenia
good race between Marlbrook .and .piselle. Won by
half a length, Gardenia a bad third.
Second ireat.-2 to 1 on Marlbrook. Won by a short
head. Fiddlestring a bad third. -2
Sweepstakes of 3 toys. each; 1 ft, with 25 ,added, for 3-yr
olds :and upwards. Three-quarters of a mite.
Sir G. Heathcote's Valentina; 4 yrs,' Bat 41b
Mr. John's New Forest
IDoweeerr,;- aged, s7l
st(
iabk fi el
.d.).
32
Mr. Hobsons4
. Bell) 0
Bst 4lbs (S Mann) 0
Mr. Drew's Tamarind, 4 yrs, 7st 121 b ...(Balkia) 0
DMr. D,Ewrsonsnt',ss
Mr. Hussey's The Ploughman, aged, 7st 41b
SPirt"oOOsdweraalfdt9, 54
Y;rB;,9"
Mr. Price's Lysimachus, 3 yrs, 6st 81b (Weaver) 0
Mr. Tilbury's The Briar, 3 yrs, Est ...(E. Sharp) 0
Mr. Darcy'a Busy Foot, Est (Waketield, jun.) 0
Betting.-6 to 4 agst New Forest Deer, 4to 1 agat
Lysimachns, and 5 to 1 each agst Woodcraft, Busy Foot,
Seraph, and Valentina. Won by half a length.
BETTING ON THE COURSE.
GOODWOOD STAKES.
6to I agst Ld. Exeter's lot 25 to 1 agst Clermont
20 to 1 agst Chanticleer 25 to I agst Executor
25 to 1 agst Remembrancer The other favourites as
on Wednesday.
GOODWOOD CUP.
4 to I taken about Tadmor.
NEWTON RACES.—THURSDAY.

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-Mr.-Stewart's Bst-21b-- -
Won by a head. ,
The St. Leger Stakes, of 10 soys. each, and 100 added.
• One.mile and hale. (25 Subs.)
Lord Stanley's Strongbow (W. Oates) 1
Mr. J. Bateman's Strychnine 2
The following al.o ran :—Mr. Jones's Magician, Lord
Caledon's Harry the Dghtb, Mr. B. Grcen's Garrick,
Mr. -Fowler's_ Giusti, Mr. Standisies.Gandy, M. C.
Hall's Ada Mary, Sir H. Bulkeley's Meledy, Mr. Critch-
ley's Sir Henry. Hardinge, Mr. Buckley's. Lady Mar-
garet, Mr. Thompson's . Fencer, and Mr. Lawson's
Caurire. Won- a
Non-by ahead. _
The Borough Cup, of 200 soya., added to handicap of
20 goys. each, 10 'ft, and 5 only if declared.. Two
miles and a half. (34 Subs., 17 of Wliodltti6ltiffed.)
)sir. 13..Grreen'-§ WestoW.3yra,-sst 1.11b:-Frii.(Shatp) 1
Mr. Barton's Smuggler Bill, 6 yrs, 7st ... 2
Mr. Clarke's Maid of Lyme, 6 yrs, 7st 101b::.-- .-.. 3
Mr. Sttibbings's.gaif.on,4 yr5,.7461b (Wintringham) 0
Mr. Sharratt's Egret, 4 yrs, 7st ... „.(Ryder) 0
Won bya bead. Maid of Lymevaa-'a gold third, and
Milton beaten off. .

The Plate of .501. Heats, one mile and a half.
Mr. Grimes's Anthony, 3 yrs, sst 111 b (Sharpe) 1 1
Mr. J. o.,borne's Pity the Blind, 3 yrs, 6st - 0 2
Mr. Shelmerdine's Lanercosta, 3 yrs, sst Illb ... 2 3
Mr. Thompson's b fby Gladiator, 3 yrs, sst 1111 s .0 dr
Mr. J. Clarke's The Stunner, 3 yrs, 6st ... 0 dr