The Sun.
London, England, 1847-07-14 00:00:00

BOOKSELLERS' PROVIDENT
RETREAT.

Those who have inte;st4titenselves, as all ought to
do, in the progress of those charitable institutions, the
rise of which during the last few years confers so much
honour on the middle classes of the country, are doubt-
less well aware of the existence of the Booksellers' Pro-
vident Institution, established for the benefit of aged and
impoverished members of that branch of trade. The
Retreat, the name of which appears above, is an offshoot
from that goodly tree, and yesterday being the day of
the annual festival of the institution, it was determined
that it should be held at Abbot's Langley, in Herts,
where the Retreat is situated, and that advantage should
be taken of the opportunity to lay the foundotion stone
of the lodge intended to stand at the entrance to it. Ac-
cordingly a train started from the Euston-square station
at half-past eleven, and arrived safely at the King's
Langley station, close to which the Retreat stands.
There the party alighted and proceeded to view the
building.
A procession was then formed, and marched, accom-
panied by the band of the 3d Fusileers, to the spot
where the fouudatioe stone of the lodge was to be laid.
This ceremony was performed under the superintend-
ence of Mr. Cooper, the architect, by Mrs. E. Hodgson,
assisted by Mr. Baldock. The next ceremony, though
not so important, was, perhaps, on the whole, more
eagerly attended to—we mean the breakfast, which
took place in a tent on the grounds, and was presided
over by Mr. B. B. Cabbell, M.P., assisted by Mr. Evans,
Mr. B. E. Green, Mr. C. Seymour, the Rev. Mr. Gee
(vicar of the parish of Abbot's Langley), &c. Mrs.
Cabbell was also present, and many ladies.
The dejeuner was furnished in a very elegant style by
Mr. Staples, of the Albion.
The loyal toasts were drunk with the usual en-
thusiasm.
The CHAIRMAN then proposed, " Prosperity to the
Booksellers' Provident Retreat."
The toast was drunk with applause, and Mr. D. G.
Hodgson proceeded to read the first report of the sub-
scriptions, amongst which were the following :—Mr. B.
B. Cabbell, M.P., 211.; Mr. T. Brown, 101. 10s.; Mr. D.
Green, 101. 10s.; Mr. T. Seymour, 10/. 10s.; Mr. Vir.Sey-
mour, 101.10 s.; Mr. R. Parry, 101. 103.; Mr. H. Seeley,
51. 55.; and others, the names of donors which we did
not learn.
Mr. HODGSON then proposed the health of the Chair-
man, which was favourably received ; and several other
toasts were proposed and duly honoured.
The company returned to town in a special train at
half-past six.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.;
LIVERPOOL JULY MEETING.
LIVERPOOL RACE COURSE,
TUESDAY AFTERNOON, FOUR O'CLOCK.

The following list of the horses now at Aintree, or war..
tained to be on their way, holds out promise of a good
meeting :
Sagacity, Mary, Queen Mary, Sotades, The Conjurer,
Sloth, Lush (Brother to Winesour), Abdiel, Bowstring,
Mary Stuart, Maid of Motherwell, Circassian Maid, Claribel ;
Fandango, 2 yrs ; De Witt or Eagle's Plume, 2 yrs ; Tuscan,
2 yrs • Tim Bobbin, 2 yrs ; Assault, 2 yrs ; Matadore, 2 yrs;
The frish King, 2 yrs; Lahore, 2 yrs; Secundus,
Spithead, the Dart, Burlesque, Plaudit, Comme it faut, Brown
Fly, Maid of Mouton filly, Talley filly, Dipthong, Flahovr-
lagh, Cock Robin, Alsatia, Little Cassino, Lazarillo, Chanti-
cleer, Gwalior, Conspiracy, Pilgrim, Sheraton, Quadruped,
Hydrometer, Pic Is.;ie, Woodpecker, Romance, Punch, Camera
Obscure, Wiseacre, Miss Cantling, Prior of St. Margareeris
Sharston, Merman, Princess Alice, Deceiver, Walmgate-Bar-
Without, Fair Rosamond, Chat, Limestone, The Swallow,
Discontent, Plover; Volley, 2 yrs; c by Quid, out of Speed-
well ; c by Plenipo, dam by Ishmael, 2 yrs ; The Swiss BOY,
2 yrs; Bedouin, Pantasa.
Dawson's horses have not arrived ; he is expected to have
Rowena, Inheritress, St. Leon, Inglewood, The Spaniard, Oa'
three or four others.

PLATE ENTRIES.
WEDNESDAY.--The Croxteth Stakes.
Rowena, Sagacity, Pantasa, Mary, Queen Mary, Sotadego
Brocardo, The Conjurer, Sloth, and Inheritress.
•
601. Plate.
Maid of Monton filly, Flahowlagh, Cock Robin, AlsatiSt
and Little Cassino.
THURSDAY.—Her Majesty's Plate.
Deceiver, Comme it faut, The Conjuror, Princess Alice,
Walmgate-Bar-Without, Fair Rosamond, Lush, Sagacity,
Rowena, Inheritress, Inglewood, 11PGregor, and Sheraton.
FRIDAY.—The Stanley Stakes.
Abdiel, Sloth, Discontent, Volley, Quid colt, Alsatia, Maid
of Motherwell, St. Leon ; Plenipo colt, 2 yrs ; Spaniard, •
Lush, Mary, and Swiss Boy.
Selling Stakes.
Deceiver, Dipthong, Bedouin, Flahowlagb, Alsatia, Little
Cassino, and McGregor.

(RECEIVED THIS DAY.)
LIVERPOOL, TUESDAY NIGHT, 12 o'CLocic.—Doc'
son's lot arrived late this evening ; it consisted of
Lightning, Inheritress, Rowena, Inglewood, The Spanisr°'
M'Gregor, Little Cassino, and St. Leon. Not a bet has beer!
laid on the Cup, and the only Derby bets are 600 to 100 agst
Mr. Green's lot, and 5,000 to 150 agst Surplice.
BETTING AT MANCHESTER, TUESDAY. 1
LIVERPOOL CUP.-6 to 1 agst Pic Nic (taken), Bto
agst The Conjuror (taken), 10 to 1 agst Quadruped 000°4
12 to 1 agst Rowena (taken), 12 to 1 agst Inheritress, .1.,
to 1 agst Gwalior (taken), 100 to 5 agst Inglewood (takeuP
100 to 5 agst Camera Obicura (taken), 100 to 5 agst Queen Mary (taken).
ST. LEGER-6 to 4 on Van Tromp (offered).
No other event mentioned.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
SlR,—The meeting at Liverpool, will tend a great
deal to enlighten the public on the ensuing St. Leger and
the Derby of 1848. In the first place, should there be
a collision between Van Tromp, Limestone, Tyrone,
Foreclosure, The Irish King, and Chat or Mogaaore
the Liverpool St. Leger, or any part of them, it will
bad to important results, for in the above lot we halo
the " lines" by which the winner of its namesake of
Doncaster may be with some degree of certainty de-
tected. The inference I'll lay before your readers in Lai
Goodwood letter.
The appearance of Springy Jack,
Eagle's Plume, The King of Kildair, Great Western. and Flatcatcher, or
Assault, in the Mersey Stakes, and one or two con
sequentials," in the Aintree, may leave behind them a
trace wherewith to guide the speculator in the odds in
his Derby pilgrimage of the thirty-two nags in the St:
Leger, from which I expected the field would be formed
and the winner spring. I am able to dispose of
few, whose pretensions can never allow them a piaci:
in the Gallery of St. Leger winners :—First an
c 1
foremost—Lord E. Russell's Nottingham, who possesses
none of the capabilities required for a Leger horse, being
slow and very uncertain in his running. Wanota, Mee-
tem, Chainbearer, Mathematician, Pavilion, Swallow,
Christopher, Coningsby, Old Port, Sally Maggs, Le"
Moore Carew colt, Prince Alfred, The Reiver, Oxonioe'
and Executor, one and all, may be put in the foregoing
class, some requiring staying powers, others speed
others temper, in short, all are "found wanting," and nv
one worth an investment.
Sixteen remain from which to select the winner ; thts
task at present is not required of me, all I shall from time
to time do, will be to give a correct report of the pro
;
spects of the following sixteen, from which the
must spring :—viz., Planet, blontpensier, Van TroloP,
Eryx, The Horn of Chase, Limestone, Mr. 211.nrtin;
Tyrone, The Cossack, Foreclosure, The Irish
Red Hart, Halo, Black Dwarf, The Farmer's Daughte''
and Mogador or Chat.
The Liverpool July Meeting commences on Weael
day with the Croxteth Stakes, nominations to be tne
at the time of naming for the plates.
For the Mersey Stakes—Springy Jack and Orel/
Western, two sons of Hetman Platoff, with the hing
Kildare, and perhaps Eagle's Plume, will compete l'll4
Mr. Green's Assault or Flatcatcher, most probably tu
former, for the honours of victory. Now, accordiog
public performances, it must be naturally inferred the
nothing has a chance with Mr. Green's starter, and I I°3
inclined to think that such is the fact; yet, nevertheless'
in Eagle's Plume, or one of the Hetman Plstoffs,
difficult customer to get rid of might be found ; the re,s,
are of no consequence whatever, and will only hell) '
swell the field.
The Bickerstaffe Stakes, Villiers and Bowstring
ought to manage between them. The latter, bad as be
is, for choice.
The Sefton Stakes will most likely fall to the lot of
Mr. Merry, with the Maid of Motherwell, or to Mr;
Mostyn, with Queen Mary. Claribel filling the third
place.
The business of Thursday will commence with the
Foal Stakes of 100 sovs. each, 5 subs. The contest will
Jay entirely between Colonel Anson and Lord Stanley,
the former having Lazarillo, and the latter Abdiel and
Bowstring.
For the Liverpool Cup or Plate, at least eighteen r 059.1
be expected at the post when the saddling bell rings °l2
Thursday next, including two of Mr. Meiklam's, Ladl
Wildair, Pantasa, Chanticleer, The Conjuror, Con-
spiracy, Woodpecker, Flahowlagh, Plaudit, Career:
Obscure, and perhaps Cossack, the latter, althong
winner of the Derby, can have but little chance A
ist. Mb. ; having to give 51b. and two years to Platitli
and Ist. 91b. and a year to Camera Obscura—a perfornr '
ance not very likely to come off successfully. aria
Of the heavy weights, Lady Wildair, Bst. 51h., t
The Conjuror. 7sl. 121 b., may be considered the bect:
notwithstanding Lightning is very favourably
di
capped at Bst. 51b. The Lady will have some little re
culty in disposing of him, his sticking qualities bei
well known.
Of the middle weights I should fancy Plaudit 75t.,
e
Woodpecker 6st. 111 b.; and of the light weights, Cam"-
Obscura sst. 10Ib., and Queen Mary, sst. Mb.
With Lady Wildair, Plaudit, and Camera Obscurt4
think I can pull through without catching " a crab.
td
In the event of Mr. Meiklam missing the mark ill '73°
Derby Handicap, I shall look to the Cur or Blackio to u
the trick.
The Grosvenor Stakes will lay between The Traverser
and St. Leon. rat
On Friday, the Liverpool St. Leger, which has seye,.
times brought out the winner of the Great St. Leg ~..1;
and may do so this year, will have a select field of sevs4
starters, and without the Irish division can bring °be-
another Foig-a-Ballagh or Baron, the race Wig
between Lord Eglintoun and Mr. Merry.
The Knowsley Dinner Stakes to Chat or Limestonete_
The Aintree Stakes to the Great Western or T' •
Spaniard.
The Bentinck Testimonial Stakes depend so much on
those preceding it, that I shall not hazard an opini°l3'
July 13.

I am, Sir, yours, &c.,
THE SPIRIT OF THE TURF.
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CUSTOM-HOUSE REGATTA.
Six free watermen of the Custom-house Upper-stairs 3;es3terday contended for a new skiff and various other Pr
subscribed by the inhabitants of the vicinity. The rated
which was in four heats, was exceedingly well contested,
afforded much gratification to a vast assemblage of Pers'''
cougregatcd on the quay and craft stationed in the cotioo•
First Heat.

John White
Ce.,l-4"e Moxwell .......
Joseph Wright
The distance in this as in the other heats(wliags:Ylft(reolE;mli°lttkois
site the Customhouse, twice round the eel chain/ ad v2/111