The Sun.
London, England, 1847-05-21 00:00:00

MAY 21, 1847.

EPSOM RACES.
THURSDAY.
Under ordinary circumstances, the Grand Stand Han-
dicap would have been a good betting race, and would
have insured a large company ; but coming, as it did,
between the two great days, it excited butlati e interest
in the ring, and the assemblage, even more select than
on Tuesday.
The sport yesterday turned out very indifferent, every
race but the first having been won in a canter, without a
semblance of competition.
The weather was favOurable.

Ithe noilgdh, t
6bsetfobroei b running, four, ning,
Bstw ilth2lsbo ;
The DURDANS STAKES of 10 sovs. each, 5 ft, if declared
sboyysteandd
ed '
o'clock
• on
three yrs
five, 9st 611); six and aged, 9st 1011;; winners twice
in 1846 to carry 31b, and thrice, 51b extra ; winners
twice in 1846, and oace in 1847, to carry 51b extra ;
winners thrice in 1846, and once in 1847, to carry 71b
extra ; maiden four yrs old and upwards, and horses
which shall have run in any race on the day of the
Derby, allowed 51b ; mares and geldings allowed 31b;
horses entered to be sold, if demanded, &c., for 500
soya, allowed 31b ; for 300 sovs, allowed 91b ; for 250
sovs, allowed 121 b ; for 150 sovs, allowed 161 b ; and
for 100 sovs, allowed 211 b, over and above other al-
lowances ; the second horse to receive back his stake.
The last mile and a quarter of the New Derby Course.
Mr. Mytton's Miles's Boy, 3 yrs (200) ..(Dockeray) 1
Hon. S. Herbert's Sir Simon, 4 yrs (200)
Mr. O'Brien's Conceit, 3 yrs (100)
The following were not placed :—Mr. Drinkald's Wi-
dred, Mr. Mostyn's Queen Mary, Mr. N. T. Thompson's
Anna the Third, Mr. O. Hobson's Binnacle, Count Bat•
thyany's Teresina, Mr. O'Brien's The Emerald Isle,
Captain Gambier's Dean Swift.
Betting :-7 to 4 agst Emerald Isle, 4 to 1 agst Wi-
dred, 5 to 1 agst Queen Mary, and 6to 1 agst Miles's
Boy. Emerald Isle made the running, followed by
Miles's Boy, Conceit, and Binnacle. This lot held the
front to the turn, where Miles's Boy took the lead, Bin-
nacle declined, and Sir Simon and Widred became second
and third ; they ran this way to the half distance. where
Sir Simon attempted to go up ; Miles's Boy, however,
hung upon him, and thus maintaining his lead, won by
half a length, Conceit a good third, and Widred fourth.
Run in 2 min. 19 sec. The winner was objected to by
Sly, but the stewards, on hearing evidence, awarded the
race to Miles's Boy.
The GRAND STAND PLATE of 200 soya. in specie, added
to a Handicap Sweepstakes of 10 sovs, each ; the se-
cond horse to receive 50 sovs. out of the stakes, and
the third 25 soya. ; the winner of either the Chester
Cup or Suffolk Stakes to carry 71b, of both, 101 b
extra ; Great Metropolitan Stakes Course, two miles
and a quarter ; to start at the Winning-chair.
Lord Eglinton's Eryx, 3 yrs, Est 131 b (J. Prince) 1
Mr. Parr's The Attorney, 5 yrs, 7st 81b
Mr. O'Brien's The Liberator, 3 yrs, 6st 13Ib
The following also started, but were not placed :—Mr.
Mostyn's Camera Obscura, Sir J. B. Mills's Giantess,
Sir G. Heathcote's c by Amato, out of La Fille mal
gard4e, Sir J. Hawley's Bravissimo, Mr. Meiklam's De•
lorame, and Mr. Jackson's Conjugation.
Betting-2 to 1 agst Eryx, sto 2 agst Bravissimo, and
3to 1 agst Giantess. Bravissimo went off with the lead,
followed by Giantess, The Attorney.. and Eryx, the others
lying well up, with the exception of The Liberator and
Conjugation. They ran in this order to the turn, when
Giantess obtained the lead, which she maintained to the
mile-post, where Bravissimo again took up the running,
and carried it on to the road. The Attorney now showed
ahead, and with Camera Obscura, Eryx, and The Libe-
rator in waiting, cut out the work to the stand. Eryx
then came, had it all his own way, and won by a couple
of lengths ; The Liberator a bad third. Run in 4 min.
23 sec. _ _ _ _ _

The COBHAM STAKES of 5 sovs. each, with 30 added;
three yrs old, Est 71b; tour, Bst 71b; five, Bst 121 b;
six and aged, 9st llb; mares and geldings, and horses
which have run in either of the preceding races, al•
lowed 31b; the winner to be sold for 150 sovs. Heats,

one mile.
Mr. Parr's Icicle, 4 yrs
Lord Chesterfield's Maid of Saragossa
First Heat-6 to 4on Saragossa. Won by three
lengths.
Second Heat-5 to 2 on Icicle, who again won by
three lengths.
The DENBIES STAKES of 3 SOY& each, with 30 added;
three yrs old, 6st 101 b ; four, Bst 41b ; five, Bst 91b ;
six and aged, Bst 121 b; mares and geldings allowed
31b. The winner to be sold for 120 sovs. Heats, last
mile and a quarter of the New Derby Course.
(7 Subs.)
Lord Strathmore's Satyr, 6 yrs (Crouch) 1 1
Colonel Anson's Treacle, 3 yrs
Mr. C. Brewer's Sarah Sykes
Mr. Drewitt's Clemanthe, 3 yrs
- -

Betting—First heat, 5 to 4 agst Treacle and 2 to 1
agst Satyr—won by three lengths. Second heat, 3to 1
on Satyr, who won in a canter, by several lengths. The
winner was claimed.

PROBABLE STARTERS AND RIDERS FOR
THE OAKS.
TRAINER. JOCKEY.
Mr. Clifton's Brown Bess Daley C. Daley
Mr. Mostyn's Alsatia (Quilt
Arnold's dam) . Blenkhorn Calloway
Mr. Crockford's Kite Ridsdale W. Cotton
Lord Strathmore's Sultana Masser Crouch
Mr. Merry's Maid of Mother-
well... l'Anson Holmes
Sir J. Hawley's Vanity Beresford Boyce
Sir J. Hawley's Miami Beresford Templeman
Mr. Bradley's Exhortation Bradley Bradley
Mr. Drinkald's So Nice Lumley Ford
Mr. Payne's Clementine M. Dilly Nat
Sir G: Heathcote's Nannette
filly Sherwood Chapple
Mr. Douglas's Maria Louisa.. Price P. Price
Mr. E. Griffiths's Lady Lift E. Jones Marlow
Sir C. Monck's Cast-steel
filly J. Scott Butler
Mr. Robertson's Noiseless Forth Sly
Mr. G. Day's Farmer's
Daughter J. Day, jun. S. Day
Mr. Mostyn's Slander... Kent W. Abdale
Mr. Gratwicke's Joyful Kent H. Bell
Lord Exeter's Cosachia Harlock Mann
Lord Chesterfield's Game-
Lass filly Taylor J. Sharpo
Lord Chesterfield's Lady
Lurewell Taylor Whitehouse
Mr. T. Parr's Maniac (Maria
filly) Stinton Wakefield
Mr. Brook's Luminous Dawson Cartwright
Mr. Bowes's Ellerdale Dawson -

LATEST BETTING ON THE DOWNS.
2to 1 agst Clementina—t. 115 to 1 agst So Nice
8 to 1 agst Miami 16 to 1 agst Cast Steel filly
9 to 1 agst Ellerdale 16 to 1 agst Maid of Mother-
-15 to 1 agst Sultana I well
15 to 1 agst Slander '2O to 1 agst Vanity—taken to
15 to 1 agst Lady Lift 3004 aft. offered
15 to 1 agst Maniac (Maria f);

PRICB. SD.

FIRE ON THE GREAT WESTERN

RAILWAY.
Yesterday afternoon, shortly before 1 o'clock,
. con-
siderable confusion was caused upon the Great 1% el 'tern
Railway, in the immediate vicinity of Hanwell, about
seven miles from London, by the following occurrence
—From inquiries made on the spot it appeared that
some time after the 12 o'clock down train had fissw..'d
, the Hanwell station, smoke was to be seen issiung
I dense bodies from the bridge which crosses the U 2 -
bridge-road. An instant alarm was raised, and infor-
mation of the fact was dispatched to London. Before,
however, any one had time to get down the centre of
the bridge, it burst forth into a general blaze. The
various hands employed at the Southall and Ealing'
stations went to the spot, and did all they possibly could
to get the fire subdued, but it having previously worked
' into the bars and joistings cross they were unable, for a
long time, to do more than keep the flames from mount
inginto the air. Whilst they were thus engaged the 1
o'clock down train came along, but it was not allowed to
get near the bridge, and was detained some distance on
the line. After much trouble the fire was extinguished.
but not until the bridge was burned through, and so
injured that no train could pass over it either on
the up or down lines. This of course caused the
utmost confusion and delay; persons who wanted to get
to London were obliged to wait until the down trains
came along, and then they were shifted from the up-
trains to the down-trains, the space between being
performed on foot. This took up considerable time, and
most of the passengers, upon reaching Paddington, found
that they were nearly an hour and a half behind their
proper time. It is, however, exceedingly fortunate that
the discovery was so opportunely made; had it not been
perceived before the arrival of the one o'clock train,
which does not stop at the station, it is quite probable
that the weight of the engines and carriages would have
forced the bridge in. Up to ten o'clock last evening,
although an immense number of men had been employed
all the day, the bridge was not sufficiently repaired to
allow the trains to pass over, arid the passengers were
then obliged to be shifted from one train to another. It
was, however, expected :that before midnight the line
would be perfectly clear. How the fire originated is a
mystery; some of the officials are of opinion that it might
have been caused by a piece of burning coke falling from
the engines of the twelve o'clock down train, while
others say it was the work of an incendiary. The
bridge was little more than twenty-five feet wide, by
eighteen or twenty feet long; the loss, therefore, is not
of a serious character.

COURT CIRCULAR.
The Queen held a Privy Council at three o'clock yes-
terday afternoon at Buckingham Palace. It was at-
tended by his Royal Highness Prince Albert, the Mar-
quis of Lansdowne, Lord President ; Lord John Rus-
sell, First Lord of. the. Treasury ; Sir George Grey,
Secretary of State for the Home Department ; Viscount
Palmerston, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs ;
Earl Grey, Secretary of State for the Colonies ; the
Earl of Auckland, First Lord of the Admiralty ; Sir
John Hobhouse, President of the Board of Control for
the affairs of India ; The Right Hon. T. B. Macaulay,
Paymaster-General of the Forces ; the Earl Spencer,
Lord Chamberlain ; the Duke of Norfolk, Master of
the Horse ; the Marquis of Abercorn, Groom of the
Stole to Prince Albert ; and the Earl of Clarendon.
Her Majesty in Council was pleased to declare the
Right Hon. George Earl of Clarendon Lieutenant-
General and General Governor of that part of the
United Kingdom called Ireland.
The Hon. William Bathurst was the Clerk of the
Council in Waiting.
The Queen gave audiences to Viscount Palmerston,
Lord John Russell, the Marquis of Lansdowne, and the
Earl of Clarendon.

The Court was attended by the Marquis of Ormonde,
Lord in Waiting; the Marquis of Londonderry, Gold
Stick in Waiting; the Vice-Chamberlain, the Treasurer
of the Household, the Comptroller of the Household, and
Sir Frederic Stovin, Groom in Waiting.
The Queen and Prince Albert rode out on horseback
yesterday, attended by the Hon. Miss Dawson, Lieu-
tenant-Colonel the Hon. C. B. Phipps, and Captain the
Hon. A. H. Gordon.
Prince Alfred and the Princess Alice, accompanied by
the Dowager Lady Lyttelton, took an airing yesterday
in an open carriage and four.
The Queen and Prince Albert, accompanied by the
Prince of Leiningen, honoured Her Majesty's Theatre
with their presence yesterday evening. The Royal
suite consisted of the Viscountess Canning, Hon. Miss
Dawson, the Marquis of Ormonde, Lieut.-Colonel the
Hon. C. B. Phipps, and Captain the Hon. A. R. Gordon.
Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, attended by
Lady Augusta Bruce, also honoured the performance
with her presence.
The Queen inspected yesterday Mr. H. Moseley's
portrait of Major-General Sir Harry Smith, G.C.8.,
when her Majesty was graciously pleased to give per-
mission that the Lithograph from the picture should be
dedicated to her Majesty.
It being the Queen's intention to hold a Drawing
Room in St. James's Palace on Thursday, the 27th inst.,
to celebrate the Queen's birth-day, the exhibitions of the
Royal Pictures must close after Saturday next, the 22d
and it will be resumed on Saturday, the 29th inst.,
the interval being necessary to prepare the Palace for
the Drawing Room.
No tickets to view the Royal Pictures will be issued
from Saturday next, the 22d inst., to Saturday, the 29th
inst.

Her Majesty the Queen Dowager took an airing yes-
terday in a carriage. Her Majesty visited her Royal
Highness the Duchess of Gloucester on Wednesday at
Gloucester House.
Her Royal Highness the Duehess of Kent, attended by
Lady Augusta Bruce, left town yesterday morning for
her residence, Frogmore House, Windsor. Her Royal
Highness returned to Clarence House, St. James's, at
six o'clock.

Lord Sandon, M.P., had an interview with Sir George
Grey yesterday at the Home Office.
Mr. Richard Yorke, and a deputation from the city
of York, consisting of Sir John Simpson, Mr. Chad.
wick, Mr. Jackson, Mr. John Wood, and Mr. Richard-
son, had an interview with Viscount Morpeth yester-
day, at the offiee of the Commissioners of Woods and
Forests, in Whitehall-place.
The Right Hon. H. Labouchere (Chief Secretary for
Ireland) left town yesterday for Dublin.
The Commissioners for Metropolitan Improvements
had a meeting yesterday at their office in Whitehall-
place. There were present Viscount Morpeth, Lord
Lyttelton, Lord Colborne, the Right Hon. J. C. Herries,
Sir Robert H. Inglis, Sir Charles Lemon, and Mr. Milne.
The Ecclesiastical Commissioners for England bad a
general meeting yesterday.
Lord Wharneliffe had an interview with the Right
Hon. Edward Strutt yesterday at the office of the Com-
missioners of Railways, in Great George-street.
A deputation on the Health of Towns Bill, including
the Mayor of Sunderland and Mr. Alderman Moor, of
Sunderland, had an interview with Viscount Morpeth
yesterday at the office of the Woods and Forests.
The Rev. Dr. P. Shuldham Henry, and Mr. George
Bankes, had interviews with Sir George Grey at the
Home-office yesterday.
Dispatches were received yesterday at the Colonial-
office from the Governors of the West India colonies,
and also from the Governor of the Mauritius.

HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE.—The Queen and his
Royal Highness Prince Albert, accompanied by her Royal
Highness the Duchess of Kent and his Serene Highness .the
the
Prince of Leiningen, and attended by Viscountess Quan is
of
Lady Augusta Bruce, the Hon. Miss Dasivison,htlm. 11,1tal ui
and the
Ormonde, Lieut.-Colonel the Hon. C. B. 1' ppB
Hen. Captain Gordon, honoured the
yesterday
shursa))
at her
Majesty's Theatre with their presence
evening. Amongst the general company were his Royal High-
ness Prince George, Prince Louis Napoleon' the Conde Mon-
temolin, attended by the Marquis de Villa Franca, Gen. Don
Juan de Montenegro, and Colonel Don Francisco Merry, his
Excellency the Austrian Ambassador, and the Countess
Deitrichatein, the Duke of Wellington, the Duchess of
Sutherland, and Lady C. Levison Gower, the Duchess of
Somerset; the Baroness Brunnow, and Mademosielle Olga
de Lechner, the Marquis and Marchioness .of Aber-
corn, the Marchioness of Douro, the Earl of Mun-
ster, the Earl of Cardigan, the Earl of Lonadale
the Countess Kinnoul and Lady Sarah Hay, the Earl of De
la Warre, Viscount Cantilupe, Viscount Morpeth, Lord and
Lady C. Wellesley, Lord Burghleigh, Lord Gardner, Lady
Fitzroy and Miss Somerset, Lady Elizabeth Macdonald,
Lady Cane, Lady Wigram, the Hon. Colonel, Mr., and
Miss Cavendish, M. C. de Koudriaffs'Ey, Sir A. Woodford,
Hon. Mrs. Saunderson, Mrs. Stevenson and party, who occu-
pied her Royal Highness the Duchess of Cambridge's box,
Sir J. Conroy, Captain Conroy, Sir R. and Lady Howard,
Captain Meynell, R.N., Major Baring, Mr. W. Williams,
Major Buckley Mr. and Mrs. Montgomery, Mr. Grote, Mr.
J. L. Jones, Colonel Vaughan, Mr. Bateson, M.P., Mr. Sa_.c
ville Fox, M.P., Mr. Mackinnon, M.P., Mr. Hubert Vt
Burgh, &c. &c.
ExcaEQUER-BILL. s.—Thuvvrshclf
from the Exchequer-bill Office, Whitehall,
and at the Bank of England, that thef
June, 1846, under the 9th 15, 'aEgxeiratined
bills, bearing An interest
V,ipzricobl.l,lswi dated
he
paid off on the 15th of June. New ateYhanlol
payment of the principal a
of 3d. per centum per diem,
and
dre tionwtbeereisest issued
thein wahhoulle,eo. r partrhe
d bearing date the 16th of March, 1847, '
rate of interest on the Exchequer-bills issued under the
9th Vic., c. 15, an
new outstanding, will be increased to 3d. per centum per
diem on and after the 16th of June.
DESTRUCTIVE FIRE IN THE GOSWELL-ROA.D.--
Last night, a a few minutes before eleven o'clock, the ex-
tensive premises belonging to Messr.sr.oll.adi,ll
NNa-nerdeSodnisc, Nso.vheorleed-
aellfew minutes the tsoalebeiroonnmfiornegersi. Nthoe.
c9.lu,rsGe oesfw
parish-
engines of Islington and Clerkenwell arrived followed by
others of the London brigade from W
e rrneYiencit. uare stations,
BWrastidliwnge-esdt,reett, the
andsu Jeffrey-square
epns hit'ecross- street,
Two escapes
with 11r
pes
of
tlhe.
Royal Society for Protection of Life from Fire were
also on the spot. Not a moment was lost in
geting the engines to work, but such a strong hold had the
fire already obtained, that before a drop of water could be
thrown, the whole of the upper floors had become ignited,
and for some time it was feared that the conflagration
would extend to the adjoining houses, and it was nearly one
o'clock this morning before the fire was entirely extin-
guise& The whole 0 the furniture, &c., in the upper rooms
was destroyed, the building from the first A, ,or gutted, and
the stock in trade and remainder of premises extensivtly
damaged. The origin of the fire is wrapped in mystery. It
could not be learned whether or not the property was insured,
as Mr. and Mrs. Hill were both at Gravesend at the time of
the outbreak.