The Sun.
London, England, 1849-05-24 00:00:00

EAT BIBLELECETS.

SMITMFIELD.—Meadow Hay, 21 10s to 41 ; Clover
itto, 31 05 to 51 Os ; and Straw, 11 6s to 1/ 103 per
wad. Both hay and Straw moved eft slowly, at barely
stationary prices.
CUMBERLAND. Meadow Hay, 21 123 to 4/ 05 ;
Clover ditto, 3/ 5s to 41 163 ; and Straw, 11 65 to
11 105 vor load. A fair average supply, and a sluggish
demand.

WIIITECHAPEL.—MeacIow Hay, 2/ 103 to 4/ 03 ;
Clover ditto, 31 5s to Si Os; and Straw, 1153 to 11 lOs
per load. Supply tolerably good, and trade dull.

CORN AVERAGES.
GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITISH CORN
For the Week ended May 17. 1849, made up from the Returns of the
Inspectors in the different Cities and Towns in Euglaud and Wales
per Imperial Quarter.
i wirEAT. I BARLEY.' OATS. 1 RTE. BEANS. I PEAS.
PRICE .. 1 44s 9d I 28s Od I 17s Sd 23s Bd' 303 7,1 I 293 lid
DUTIES ON FOREIGN CORN.
WHEAT. 1
BARLEY. I OATS. I are. I BEANS. I PEAS.
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ANCERY.—(THISMAY.)
Continual indisposition prevented the Lord C
sitting in his court at Westminster to day.

ROLLS' COURT.--(THIS DAY.)
His Lordship the Master of the Rolls heard petitions
;o-day, none of which presented any feature of interest.

(Before the VIC,E•CIIINCELLOR of ENGLAND.)
HIS DAY.)
Vllli3CHELCouirl:PrioNceeCdcEd Rvv::::::e(hielaring of motions to-
day, but no case calling for a special report came before
the Court during the morning.
(Before the 'Vice-Chancellor KNIGHT BRUCE.)
The case of Laugh= v. Smith, which came before his
Honour upon further directions, occupied the Court the
greater part of the morning.
(Before the Vice. Chancellor WIGRAM.)
REYNELL V. SPRYE.
The further arguments in this part heard cause occu-
pied his Honour the whole morning.

BOW-STREET.—(THIS DAY.)
(Mani, a rcsFctahly dressed young man, %An)
described himself as an assistant to an artist in Bond-
street, was charged with damaging ono of the benches
in the Green Park.
A park-keeper (No. 6) stated that he this morning
saw the prisoner carving the letters of his name upon
the bench, when he took him into custody.
The prisoner said he did not know that he was doirg
anything wrong.
Air. Ham. thought that the prisoner, who was twenty.
two years of ago, hqd come to the years of discretion,
and must know very well that it was as wrong to dis-
figure public as private property. The prisoner might
just as well walk into a private house, and practice his
art of wood-cutting on a gentleman's table. The Act of
Parliament empowered him to inflict a penalty of 51.;
but, taking into consideration that the prisoner's wages
were only a guinea a week, he would only fine him 205.,
or send him to prison for ten days.

MARLBIVY-STREET—( THIS DAY.)
AN ABSURDITY IN THE LAW.—Captain Warriner, a
gentleman staying at the Waterloo lintel, Jermyn-street,
was brought before Mr. Bingham, charged with having
committed a nuisance against the shop door of a house
in Jermyn-street.
Bishop, 72 C, stated that this morning, about half-
past two o'clock, he saw the defendant committing a
nuisance in the doorway of No. 132, Jermyn•street. As
there had been frequent complaints made by the pro-
prietor of the house, he took defendant into custody. De-
fendant was perfectly sober at the time.
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was complained
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Mr. Clark, the occupant of the house in question, here
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to put a stop to it. In this instance the water had made
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its way under the shopdoor, and from thence through
the floor into the kitchen, the ceiling of which was com-
pletely saturated with the filthy fluid. He therefore
trusted the worthy magistrate would inflict the highest
penalty the law allowed.
Mr. BINGHAM said it certainly was a very filthy nui-
sance, argil if he had it in his own power, he would
certainly inflict the highest penalty the law allowed
him; but, unfortunately, the law only allowed him to
deal with the case by fine, when the person charged was
in liquor at the time of committing the offence. It had
been proved that the defendant was sober when caught
in the act of committing the nuisance. The proper re-
medy for the complainant to adopt, would be to sum-
mons the defendant to the County Court, for wilful
damage. He must, therefore, dismiss the charge.
Mr. Clark said the varnish on the door was totally
destroyed, and it would cost him a trifle to have it re-
varnished. If the defendant would pay for the varnish-
ing of the door, he would forego any further proceed-
ings.
Defendant readily agreed to this proposal, and the
parties having thanked the magistrate, left the court.

THE DERBY.
In the " golden age" of the turf, when the old
fashioned mode of travelling had not been superseded by
railway, the journey to Epsom was, to the journalist,
one of the most prolific subjects of the Derby-day, and
its incidents, from " the Elephant" to the Downs, were
productive of almost as much amusement as the race
itself. Steam, however, has materially diminished this
fruitful source of excitement, and we now rarely hear of
broken limbs and panels, of drunken postilions, or extor-
tionate tolikeepers. The glories of the road have de-
parted, and the journey,with prudent, quiet-going people,
is simply a case of getting into a railway carriage at
London-bridge, out of it at Epsom, and on by the
" bus," or a-foot to the Downs. We do not mean to
say that the road is deserted; on the contrary, great
numbers remain faithful to old predilections and cus-
toms, postmasters still hold out for and obtain high
prices, and the innkeepers are astonished with an amount
of patronage which, however unfavourably it may con-
trast with former times, affords some consolation for the
almost total absence of business during the rest of the
year. Still the falling off is so marked, that the ques-
tionable features which once made " the road"' so cele-
brated will be looked for in vain. Even the gadiering
in front of " the Eagle," on the morning of the race,
has fallen into disuse, the betting men, to avoid the
clamour and crush which have invariably made the
transaction of business at this time-honoured, bat most
articular) y inconvenient, spot, so difficult, reserving
their operations for the enclosure on the course. No
one will deny that these changes are improvements,
when it is borne in mind that whereas in bygone
times, in order to avoid the crush at Ewell, and
secure a good berth on the Downs, it was necessary
to be stirring with the lark, one can now. devote
a considerable portion of the morning to business in
town, and reach the scene of action long before
the commencement of the races, at one-fourth of the
expense which the trip would cost by the road. The.
changes on the Downs are not less important-=the ring
on the hill is one of the " has beans" of the ancient re-
gime, and pedestrians can now move about with little
danger of being trodden under foot; the horses are sad-
-1 died in front of the stand, without interruption from
the mob, are started without those vexatious failures
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to have been, the centre alike of business and pleasu're.
ducted meetings in the kingdom, is
which money, labour, and experience can make it.
Under ordinary favourable circumstances the success
of Epsom races has never been a matter of doubt; but
wo have this year seen the Metropolitan, and, in fact,
nearly all the spring meetings, prove the most complete
failures, not from lack of sport or good management,
but from the extraordinary inclemency of the weather;
and so inauspiciously did the present meeting commence,
that we had strong. misgivings as to the fate of the
" grand day." Happily our fears proved groundless, the
morning broke favourably, and, saving that one or two
heavy showers between eleven and twelve o'clock excited
was immense, but decidedly
some apprehensions, more agreeable weather for the
sport could not have been desired..
The Grand Stand was thronged. in all parts, and the
Most of the magnates
of the turf were present, still it is not to be gainsayed,
that in the item of "rank, beauty,. and fashion," there
absesle:Vb:lalnViCaritilgi:isfig;'vreergyarte4peFt..
was a marked falling off. Admitting this, however,
there can be no doubt that the parties interested in
keeping up the popularity of the meeting, must, in a pe-
cuniary sense, have met with. the reward to which their
endeavours to meet the public taste fairly entitle them.
And now for the Derby,. the only event calling for any
notice beyond the edictal return. As will be gathered
from what we have already said, little or nothing
was done in the town, but from the a offers,' it was
not difficult to make out that Nunnykirk was on the
go." This was more obvious on the course, and
it will be seen that he closed at nearly double the odds at
which he left off on Tuesday. This decline was partly
attributable to a belief that he was short of work, and
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partly to a misunderstending n the stable as to the
jockeys. Chatterer also went out of favour. On the
other hand, Tadmor and the Flying Dutchman were in
immense force, and left off at 2 to 1 each.
The race was fixed for half-past two, and by a few
minutes after that time the horses, 26 in number, includ-
ing no less than six from John Scott's stable?—were
conducted to the post, and started without a mistake.
The result of the race will be a heavy blow to the
" ring," scarcely a man, we should say, escapes. Lord
Eglinton and his friends, and the " public," win all the
money. The Carew Stakes came off about four o'clock.
and the heats being run in quick time, the races were
brought to a conclusion at an early hour.

The Darby Stnlcs of 50 sovs. each, h ft, for three yrs
oil; colts, Sat 71b; fillies. Sst 21b; the second horse to
rceive 100 sovs. out of the stakes, and the winner to
pay 100 soya. towards the police regulations. Mile
and a half. (237 subs.)
Lord Eglinton's Flying Dutchman ...(Marlow) 1
Mr. Goda in's Hotspur (Whitehouse) 2
Colonel Peel's Tadmor (Nat) 3
Lord CHl:lea's Honeycomb (Robinson) 4
Lord Ealinton'a Elthiron (Prince) 0
Mr. A. Niellol's Nunnykirk (Marson) u
Mr. B twes's The K- tit (F. Butler) 0
Sir C. Monk's Vanguard (J. Holmes) 0
Mr. 11. Hill's Henry of Exeter (W.Boycc) 0
Lord Stanley's Uriel (Bumby) 0
Duke of Rutland's c out of Flambeau's dam...(Pearl) 0
Mr. Pcdley's Old Dan Tucker (Templeman) 0
Mr. Watt's Chatterer (A. Day) 0
Sir J. Hawley's Vatican (Rogers) 0
Sir C. Cockrell's Thibalt (H. Darling) 0
Mr. Gratwick's Landgrave (Kitchener) 0
Mr. Disney's Montague (W. Abdale) 0
Sir G. Heathcote's Companion (R. Sherwood) 0
Mr. Farrance's The Old Fox (Hornsby, jun.) 0
Mr. Nicholl's Woolwich (W. Oates) 0
Mr. B. Green's Westow (Winteringham) 0
Lord Exeter's Glenalvon (Bartholomew) 0
Mr. Burgess's The Crowner (out of Sou-
venance) (J. Sharp) 0
Mr. Campbell's Robert de Brus (IL Bell) 0
Lord Bateman's Goodwood (Sly) 0
Mr. Jaques's Chantrey (G. Simpson) 0
Betting-2 to 1 agst Tadmor-2 to 1 agst Flying
Dutchman-6 to 1 agst Nunnykirk-10 to 1 agst Chat-
terer-20 to 1 agst Vatican-25 to 1 agst Honeycomb-
-25 to 1 agst Elthiron-30 to 1 agst The Knout-30 to 1
agst Uriel-40 to 1 agst Old Dan Tucker-40 to 1 agst
Robert de Brus-50 to 1 agst Hotspur-50 to 1 agst
Montague. Lord Eglinton declared to win with the
Flying Dutchman.
Westow went in front immediately after starting, and
made play at a moderate pace, followed by Chantrey,
Tadmor, Vatican, Elthiron, Uriel, Henry of Exeter, and
Nunnykirk, the Dutchman and Old Dan Tucker lying
close up. This order was maintained for rather more than
a quarter of a mile; Westow then dropped into the ruck,
and Vatican assumed the command, Uriel, Elthiron,
Hotspur, Tallier, and Nunnykirk lying with him, im-
mediately in their wake coming Old Dan Tucker, the
Duke of Rutland's colt, and the Flying Dutchman. On
reaching the turn the front rank was thinned by the de-
feat of Elthiron and Nunnykirk, the leading horses from
this point to the corner being Vatican. Uriel, Hotspur,
and the two favourites. Vatican and Uriel were beaten
before they got to the road, and the race was lett to the
Flying Datchmau, Hotspur, and Tadmor, the former
b.:ing first, the half-bred horse at his side, and Tadmor
third. Colonel Peel's horse was in difficulty half way
up the distance, but Hotspur made a gallant fight of it,
and was so nearly level with his opponent opposite the
Stand that the issue appeared very doubtful; the Dutch-
man, however, ran the stoutest, and won by halfa length.
Tadmor struggled on to the end, and was not beaten
more than a length from the winner. Honeycomb laid
off in the early part of the race, but passed his horses one
by one in the straight running, and obtained a bad fourth
place. Uriel was fifth, and the Duke of Rutland's colt
sixth. Chatterer never showed in front. The race was
run in three minutes; twelve seconds slower than last
Yr

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The Carew Stakes of 5 sovs. each, with 30 added; three
yrs old, 7st 10ib; four, Bst 111 b; five, 9st 21b; six and
aged, 9st Gib. Mares and geldings allowed 31b. The
winner to be sold for 150 sovs., if demanded, &c.

Three-quarters of a mile.
Mr. C. Hornsby's Bokhara, aged... (Hornsby, jun.) 1
Colonel Peel's Taffrail, 4 yrs ..• ••• ••• 2
Mr. Drinkald's Resolution, 5 yrs ... 0
Mr. Waller's Potting;er, 5 vrs ••• ••• ••• 0
M
r. Formby's br m out of Guzman's dam, 4 yrs ... 0
Mr. Carew's Philosopher, 5 yrs 0
Mr. Dawson's St. Oswald, 5 yrs „. 0
Mr. Bull's Mogador, 5 yrs 0
Mr. Death's Plebeia, 3 yrs ... 0
Mr. S. L. Fox's Faith, 4 yrs 0
Bating-7 to 4 agst Philosopher and Taifrail. sto 1
agst Resolution, and 7 to 1 agst Bukhara. Bokhara
made all the running, and, after a severe race, at the
finish won by a head, Pottinger a good third. Run in

1 min. 22 SEC.
The Burgh Stakes of 5 sovs. each, with 30 added; three
year olds, Bst 21b; four, Bst 111 b; five, 9st; six and
aged, 9st 41b. Mares and geldings allowed 31b. The
winner to be sold for SO sovs., if demanded, Scc. heats,

half a mile.
Mr. Burgess's Hind of the Forest, 4 yrs (J. Sharp) 1 1
Mr. J. Day's Colocynthus, 4 yrs ...(Wakefield) 7 2
Capt. Richard's Landrail, 4 yrs ... (Sly) 2 3
Sir C. Cockerell's Kennett, 3 yrs . . (Brooks) 6 4
Mr. Price's Gabbier, 5 yrs... ... (W. Oates) 5 5
Mr. Greville's Paquita, 3 yrs... ...(Dockeray) 3 dr
Mr. Drinkald's Grief, 3 yrs ... ... (Rodney) 4 dr
First heat-2 to 1 each agst Grief and Landrail; won
by half a length, Paquita a bad third. Second heat-
7to 4 agst the Hind; won by two lengths. The winner
was claimed.

BETTING ON THE COURSE.
THE OAKS.
11 to 2 agst Sister to Arkwright
11 to 2 agst Clarissa
6 to 1 agst Glauca
6 to 1 agst Woodlark
12 to 1 agst Imperatrix— taken
12 to 1 agst Escalade
14 to 1 agst Lady Superior.
ST. LEGER.
2 to 1 agst Flying Dutchman