The Sun.
London, England, 1849-02-05 00:00:00

8t lb
... 8 5
... 8 4
... 8 3
... 8 3
... 8 2

FIRST CLASS.
at lb Miles.
... 9 4,2 Surplice ...
... 9 02 The Cur ...
... 8 12:1i Canezou
... 8 912 Ellerdale
... 8 8:1 Springy Jack
... 8 7i2 Flatcather...
SECOND CLASS.
Miles. st lb Miles. at lb
2 Inheritress... ... 8 0 2 Executor ... 7 5
2 Lady 'Midair ... 712 2i Blucher ... 7 5
2fr Peep-o'-day Boy ... 7 10 l Distaffina ... 7 2
1 Shylock ... 7 9 2 Dough ... ... 7 0
1 Glendower .. ... 7 7 2 Sy
...
lvan ... ~. 7 0
2 Swiss Boy ... 7 7 1 Honeycomb 0
l Dacia ... ... 7 5,1 Do-the-Boys ... 5 7
THIRD, OR DERBY CLASS.
Miles. st. lb. Miles.
Tadmor 8 7 1i Saucy Dick ... 7 12
1 Flying Dutchman... 8 71i Indus ... ... 712
1i Nunnykirk ... 84 2 Ferozepore... ... 712
2 Strongbow ... 8 3 1 Flambeau colt ... 712
2 John Bull ... ... 8 o'2 Elthiron ... 712
Ili Osterley ... 8 0 1 Bro. to Evenus ... 7 10
The Knout... ... 713 2 Chatterer ... 710
1 Honeycomb ... 713 Thringarth 710
Uriel . 7 13 1/ The Jester ... 7 10
Old Dan Tucker ... 7 12 2 Rebecca colt ... 7 8
Garrick, Chantrey, Idle Boy, Cotton Lord, Eau de
Vie, Vanguard, Glenlyon, Crucible, Oquetos, Newport,
and Windermere, may be classed from 7st. 71b. to 7st.;
but as they stand but small chance of showing on the
eventful Wednesday much less winning, their classifica-
tion is of no account.
The first two classes are formed of the principal han-
dicaps and stakes winners of the past year ; the third
shows my opinion of the relative qualities of the Derby
nags, taking my pick of last year (Tadmor and the Flying
Dutchman) as the standard of excellence ; I have also
added the distance most suited to each horse. The most
notable facts of the past year were the victories of Fla

2i Chanticleer
2 The Hero .

2 Van Tromp
11; War Eagle...
2 Pyrrhus •• •
1 i Cossack ...

st. lb.

catcher, Glen Saddel, Peep o'day Boy, Executor, Surplice
Cymba, Diplomatist, and Lady Wildair, respectively for
the 2,000 Guineas, Metropolitan, Chester Cup, Somerset-

shire, Derby, Oaks, Suffolk' and Northamptonshire
Stakes, and their subsequent defeats in every instance
later in the season, showing clearly the " glorious un-
certainty of the turf."

Surplice (the champion of 1848) and Chanticleer were
decidedly the best horses of the year, and Canezou with-
out doubt the best mare.

Lord Clifden was the elect of fortune, and Lord
Eglinton and Colonel Peel her trainbearers ; the
Colonel bad some pretty pickings from the Goodwood
ham, as he likewise had at Newmarket from the first
Triennial and Cambridgeshire St(e)akes.
Now that I've done with Times's news, I will, as
sporting counsel to your readers, lay before them my
brief of the ensuing season ; in Shakspere's words I can
exolaim—

" I have been in continual practice ;
I shall win at the odds ;"
and if my past success attend me still, I may hope for
the fifth year in succession to name the Derby winner.
Foremost in the list of sport stands the Liverpool
Steeple Chase, although it's hazardous work to tempt
fortune in these ventures, as my only effort for the Wor-
cester Steeple Chase of last year was correct, I will again
essay to select the winner. The following lot include
him, or I shall miss the mark :—Chandler, 12st. 21b, ;
The Curate, I Ist. 111 b. ; Proceed, 1 ; St. Leger.
list. 61b. ; Mathew, Ilst. 21b. ; Brunette, list. ; Father
Mathew, 10st. 131 b. ; Charm, lOst. 101 b.; Abd-el-liader,
lOst 81b—Dicky Misfortune, 10st 61b—and Jerry, lOst
41h, giving the preferenceto.Proceed; the Curate or
Dicky Misfortune close up, with Chandler and St.
Leger handy.
For the Great Northamptonshire Stakes—War Eagle,
Bst 131h—Lady Wildair, Bst 61b—Eryx, Bst 61b—Mrs.
Taft, 7st 51b—*Sylvan, ist 51b—*Dacia, 7st—Vesta,
7st—Abbot of Meaux, sst 51b—Loupgarou, sst 21b—
Flycatcher filly, 4st 131b—Goodwood, 4st 101 b—and
*ldle Boy 4st, are my pick, those asterisked for choice.
For the Tuesday's Riddlesworth—Sister to Ark-
wright, the Column, Tadmor.
The Port—Flatcatcher or Springy Jack.
For the Newmarket Handicap—Canezou, Bst 71b—
Mrs. Taft, 7st 316—Sylvan, 7st 31b—Keraan, 6st 71b—
Westow, fist 111b—Flycatcher filly, sst 31b—Vaso, sst
11b, and Retail, 4st I llb; Sylvan or Mrs. Taft for choice.
For the Metropolitan Stakes—Surplice, Bst 101b—In-
heritress, Est 91b—Eryx, Bst -61b—Canezou, Bst 11b—
Limestone, Bst—Flatcatcher, Bst—Mrs. Taft, 7st 21b—
Sylvan, 7st—Dacia, 6st 111b—Loupgarou, sst 21b—
Do-the Boys, sst—Lugar, 4st 101b—Cotton Lord, 4st
91b—Flycatcher filly, 4st 81b—and Idle Boy, 4st. Ca-
nezou, Sylvan, Dacia, and Idle Boy, for my loose cash.
For the Somersetshire Stakes—Sylvan, ist 21b—
Brandyface, ist ?lb—Sponge, 7st Ilb—King Hal, 6st
I llb—Loupgarou, sst—ldle Boy, 4st 41b. The first
two and the last against the field.
For the Chester Cup—Lady Wildair, Bst—Dough,
7st 131b—Swiss Boy, 7st 111b—The Tartar, 7st 81b—
Blucher, 7st 81b—Mrs. Taft, 7st 21b—Dacia, 7st 21b—
John Cosser, 7st 21b—Sylvan, ist 21b—Vesta, 7st—
Joe-o-Sot, Est 1 lib—Farewell, Est 101b—Reality, 6st--
Honeycomb, Est 21b—Garrick, sst 81b—Lugar, 4st 1 Olb
—and Loupgarou, 4st 101 b. From the above, at the
present moment, I should select Lady Wildair, Blucher,
John Cosser, Dacia, Farewell, and Reality. I cannot
be more particular in my choice, but will be so at the
earliest opportunity.
For the 2000 Guineas—Honeycomb, Uriel, Nunny
kirk, and Mr. Milner are by far the best—Nunnykirk,
if meant, I should prefer.
For the 1000 Guineas—Escalade, or Sister to Ark-
wright, Highland Fling third.
For the Dee Stakes at Chester—Elthiron.
For the Derby—Tadmor, or the Flying Dutchman,
former for choice.
For the Oaks—Escalade or Sister to Arkwright read
the best on paper, but there are several capital fillies in
the Stakes, to wit—Highland Fling, Mirror, Glauca,
Farthingale, Quinine, Philippa, and Nina, and it would
not surprise me were one of this latter lot to win.
Thus ends my brief, although not so brief as it might
have been, take its counsel if your undecided how to
act, and in the words of the immortal bard, I say. " Go,
make money."—l am, Sir, your obedient servant.
THE SPIRIT OF THE TURF.

February 2.

" Dublin Castle, Jan. 26,1849.
" Sir,—As the period is now approaching
when the
CAocrtptuts ttd,l2 Victoria, cap. 35, by which the Habeas
was suspended in this country, will expire,
I feel it 6.2 v daty to bring under the consideration of her
Majesty's - Got.
ernment the reasons which induce me to
recommend the continuation of that law for a further
limited period.
It was with des' regret, that on a former occasion I
"
felt myself compelled to ask for the enactment of this
measure, but circumst,.„nces have since fully confirmed
my opinion of its urgeila .necessity, and I can have no
OD te by
doubt that the course the a% a d d her Majesty's
Government, and the moral
effect
they
in
prßodilulce receivedd b
almost unanimous support which the
Parliament, mainly contributed fe
the suppression o f
I the rebellious movement which unbsclLY
broke out. in
this country.
" While availing myself of the extramdinarY
power
confided to me by the Act, it has been my
-earnest en-
deavour to limit its operation as far as possiblO and to
confine the deprivation of personal liberty to the
gases of
those individuals who were actually engaged in trek:son"
able designs, or wbo, by encouraging the disaffected, en-
dangered the peace and tranquillity of the country. l'sto
instance occurred of any arrest taking place except on
sworn informations; no person was retained in custody
longer than the public safety appeared to require; and
although the number of individuals whom it was my
painful duty to place in temporary confinement was con-
siderable, having amounted in all at different times to
about 120, yet, considering the extent to which treason-
able organization had been carried, not only in the me-
tropolis, but in several counties of Ireland, the number
can hardly be said to exceed what might have been anti-
cipated.
The security afforded by the enforcement of the km,
and the Conviction that. its provisions would only be ap-
plied against those whose conduct had rendered their
[detention absolutely necessary, has been felt by the
community at large; and the restoration of order, in
place of that which for a time was a reign of terror,
has been hailed with universal satisfaction. But on
the part of those engaged in the late treasonable move-
ment, no indication whatever of sorrow or repentance
for their misdeeds has been observed. Their regret is
confined to their failure, and their hopes are direeted to
a more successful issue on the first favourable opportu-
nity; nor is there any reason to believe (and upon this
point I have collected information from various persons
on whose judgment and local knowledge I could rely)
that the recent orderly conduct of the people in the dis-
tricts where disturbances prevailed or were threatened,
proceeds from any improved feeling as regards either
the law or the executive government. The total ab•
sence of support of the authorities in their endeavours-
to suppress insurrection, the renewed attempt at re-
bellion in the vicinity of the town where the leaders of
the movement were being brought to justice, and the
disregard of proclamations requiring the surrender of
arms, are facts which indicate that, however the failure
of past attempts at insurrection may have weakened
the confidence of the disaffected, the feeling which gave
rise to and encouraged that movement still remains un-
changed, and would again become active upon any oc-
casion that appeared to offer even a distant prospect of
success.

" It is true that any future attempts at rebellion will
be much discouraged by the failure of those which have
passed, and the originators of any new agitation will
have none of the prestige of success to aid, and much of
the sense of past discomfiture to damp, their exertions;
but still this country has been too long trained to a sys-
tem of agitation to be at once weaned from such a
course, and nothing but a continued enjoyment of that
peace, which the absence of all political excitement has
now created, and improved habits it will generate, and
the social advantages it will not fail to produce, can save
Ireland from wasting her energies in the strife of rival
factions, instead of exerting them by industry for the
improvement of the country.
" It is to secure for Ireland this continued repose
which is so vitally essential to her prosperity—
to protect the country from the renewal of an
agitation for objects that cannot be attained, and
which for many years has disturbed its tranquillity,
scaring away capital, destroying confidence, and ren-
dering impossible the steady application of industry,
that I desire strongly to impress on her Majesty's Go-
vernment the importance of applying to Parliament for
a renewal of those powers which the 11 and 12 Pict.
c. 35 placed at the disposal of the Executive Govern-
ment in Ireland. lam well aware of the grave respon-
sibility I incur by this recommendation, and it is with
extreme repugnance that I venture to ask for the re-
newal of an Act which infringes the constitutional rights
of any portion of her Majesty's subjects; but I think I
should fail in my duty if, from any personal feelings of
my own, I hesitated to state the facts which I know to
be correct, or to recommend the course which I consci-
entiously believe to be necessary; and if her Majesty's
Government should see fit to propose, and Parliament to
sanction, the renewal of this Act, I trust that the manner
in which it has hitherto been carried into effect, will be
an earnest that its future administration will be marked
by leniency and justice.
"I am, Sir, with great truth and regard,
" Your obedient servant,
" CLARENDON.
" The Right Hon. Sir George Grey, Bart., i&c."

NOTICE TO MARINERS.
ABERDEEN HARBOUR LEADING LIGHTS.
Harbour Office, Aberdeen, Jan. 20, 1849.
The Parliamentary Commissioners of Aberdeen Har-
bour, having taken into consideration the existing regu-
lation for extinguishing the leading lights when it is
dangerous for vessels to enter the harbour, have resolved
to do away with the same.
Notice is therefore hereby given, that, on and after
Monday, the 12th day of March, 1849, the leading
lights will be exhibited at all times, but that there will
be a change in the colour of the lights when it is con-
sidered dangerous to enter the harbour.
The leading lights are of a red colour, but when it is
dangerous to attempt entering the harbour the lights
will be of a green colour instead of red.
By order of the Aberdeen Harbour Commissioners,
JOHN ANGUS, Clerk.
Observe—The red lights are the ordinary lights, and
the green lights the danger lights.
The leading lights have no reference whatever to the
state of the tides, and are exhibited from sunset to
sunrise.

QUARANTINE NOTICE.
Madeira, Jan. 10, 1849.
Sir,—The quarantine regulations here have this day
been modified, and vessels arriving from ports of a
country in which cholera has appeared will henceforward
—if in ballast or with non susceptible cargoes—receive
free pratique after performing five day's quarantine, and
eight days' if their cargoes are of a susceptible charac-
ter; but in no case to be subject to quarantine after the
expiration of twenty days from the last port of depar-
ture, unless cholera or some contagious disorder should
manifest itself during the voyage.
(Signed) STODDART AND CO.

WESTMINSTER AND MARYLEBONE PATENT RA-
MONEUR SOCIETY.—The second half-yearly meeting of
this company was held on the 31st ult., at their offices,
22, Bedford-street, Covent-garden, Col. T. Dickinson
in the chair, It appeared, by the directors' report, that
the efficiency of the company's patent machinery for
cleansing chimneys, and the general completeness of
their arrangements, are obtaining that support from the
public which was anticipated ; that the deposit and call,
amounting to 31. per share, had been paid upon 2,867
shares, and that 224 shares were in arrear, which the
directors recommended to be forfeited. The report and
accounts were received and adopted unanimously. Col.
Dickinson, C. W. Dornan, Esq., and J. H. Barnes, Esq.,
were re. elected directors, and Major-General De la
Motte, C. 8., was elected to fill the remaining vacancy in
the direction. The 224 shares in arrear were forfeited,
and 130 of them immediately taken up by the share-
holders present. It was stated, as a most satisfactory
circumstance, that not one of the large number of nae:
employed by the company had been guilty of
beenth
slightest dishonesty in any house where they. had
employed. Thanks were voted to the chairman
directors for their management, and to t.
toyfscptahniesriecaealdriec.,re, secretarym an
and
for his unremitting attention to the business of the
company.
LUCILE BELMONT.—Many characters in-
troducedof the .
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work.
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or diplomacy,
into this work are personageseshie
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recognised with ease
and interesting;
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truthfulness of its character,
manner in which the a ct proves
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EFFICACY Or PREVRNTIVE. MEASURES I -
—According to a report just furnishedl''
Health by Dr. Sutherland, the planof • '
been attended with most satisfactory
ing cholera in Dumfries and Glasgow.
January there were only four
Dum-
fries, while there were 92
many of which would have cases
proh probably passed CHOLERA..
to. the Board of
visiting. houses has
results in suppress-
On the loth of
cases of cholera in
had they been left to thelmselves.. Tuhpleamsroseensdau pulmonary
it diarrhea,
quite cholera
It is more elacsa
accordance with med.
of cholera. Persons inyordoinpar
Europe.
texperienctet overcutrbeeawnhaotltaecoj
lifen caannnot be made to
reve h
among
understand the danger of allowing a slight attack of
dia,rrlicea to continue unchecked; hence house visitation
the poor is absolutely necessary to prevent the
spreading of the disease.—Medical Gazelle.
TRIAL or RUSH.—The Norfolk assizes, at which
Rush is to be tried for the murder of Mr. Jermy and his
son, commence on the 26th of March. The woman fa-
miliarly known as the " Widow James," is enceinte, and
the probability is,:.that at the time appointed for the trial,
' she will not be in a condition to attend. In case it
should happen that at the period mentioned she should
be in her confinement, it has been determined by the
judge on that circuit, Baron Rolfe, not to postpone the
trial until the next assizes in July or August, but to
adjourn it for ten or twelve days, as judges have the
power to do. It is very unusual for assizes to be ad-
journed even for a day, but as the " Widow James" is a
material witness, and as the whole case excites great in-
terest in that part of the country, the judge has deter-
mined to exercise his power.
SOUTH DEVON ELECTION.—This election will be
fixed for the 13th of February. Sir Ralph Lopes will
be proposed by Sir Trayton Fuller Elliott Drake, of
Nutwell Court, and seconded by Mr. Stroud,
We do not hear that any opposition 15 likely to ariac.—
we believe.
Western Times.