The Sun.
London, England, 1841-09-22 00:00:00

SPORTING INT ELLIorENCE.

LEE AND ELTHAM RACES.
TUESDAY.
The Eltham Stakes of 5 sovs. each, with 30 added.
Mr. Balchin's Affection, 3 yrs, (Esling) 1 I
Mr. S. Scott's Fama, 3 yrs
Mr. J. Oliver's Diplomatist, 4 yrs . 3 3
Mr. Goodman's Mungo Parke (bolted) ; Mr. Stirling's
Comptroller, 3 yrs; Mr. Sherrard's Lady Mary, 3 yrs; and
Mr. Coleman's Carlos also started.
The Licensed Victu,llers' Plate of 20!., added to a Sweepstakes
of 3 soya. each.

Mr. Clifton's Whalebone, aged (Hornsby) 1 1
Mr. Skingsley's Tenebrosa, 5 yrs 3 2
Mr. Stiles's Playfellow, 3 yrs ...... .. 2 3
Mr. Scott's Fama, 3 yrs, and Mr. Gambier's Prince Nicholas
also started. The latter bolted, ran into a hedge, fell, and
broke his back; he was afterwards killed. His rider was very

much hurt.
The Ladies' Plate of 20/., added to a Sweepstakes of 3 says each.
Mr. Goodman's Ailing° Park, 4 yrs. (Crouch) 1 1
Mr. Balchin's Slang, aged
Mr. Cassidy's Ferryman, 5 y.-s 4 3
Mr. Robins' Zephyr, 5 yrs
Mr. Benton's KensLngton, 5 yrs 2 dr
The races tick place in a new course at Eltham, and were
attended by an immense concourse of spectators.

SIIIPL'ING INTELLIGENCE.
(LLOYD'S.)

VESSELS SPOKEN WlTH.—The St. George, from China,
May 23, lat. I S., lon. 107 E.; Wilhelmina Maria, Manills
to Hamhurgh, July 27, lat 13 S., lon. 9 ; Standfries,Perr.am-
bueo to Tres e, 21st ult., off Cape de Verde, by the Duchess
of Clarence, arrived at Cork. Gertrude, from London, 6th
ult., lat. 40 S.. lon. 21 W.; barque Medora, 7th, lat. 12 N.,
lon. 21 W. ; Hoop, Rotterdam to Batavia, 161 h, lat. 14 N.,
lon. 25 ; Agueda, Clyde to Bombay, 16th, lat. 14 N., lon. 25;
Oscar, of Stockholm, 24th, lat. 21, lon. 35; Runac, Lima to
London, 30th ult., lat. 34, lon. 39 ; barque Mountaineer, 13th
inst., lat. 48, lon. 14 ; barque Glasgow, lat. 55, lon. 10. by the
Buchephalus, Small, arrived in the Clyde. Barque Arachne.
13th ult., lat 13 N. lon. 25, by the Parluna, arrived at Li-
verpool. Lucy, Sharp, London to New Zealand, June 2, lat
11-S., lon. 26 W. ; Pearl, Plymouth to Sydney, June 6, lat.
18 S., lon. 26, by the Arabian, arrived at the Cape of Good
Hope. Cygne, Table Bay to Bourbon, June 23, off Algoa
Bay, by the Deborah, arrived at Ditto. Centurion, Jersey to
Mauritius, lat. —, lon. 11, by the Eliza, arrived in the Clyde.
Bengal, London to Sydney, New South Wales, July 21, by the
Runac, arrived off Portland.
VESSELS SPOKEN WITH.—The St. George, from China to
London, June 15, lat. 20 S. lon. 73 E. ; Assam, China to Lou-
don, sth inst., lat. 35, lon. 35, by the Java, arrived off
the Isle of Wight. The Creamore, Newfoundland to Per-
nambuco, 4th inst., lat. 37, lon. 39, by the Ca.s.-iopa, arrived
at Liverpool. British Queen, of John's, New Brunswick.
and Albania, Liverpool to New Orleans, 15th inst., lat. 50.
lon. 16, by the Rochdale, arrived at ditto. Z inte, Londoi.
to Malta, Bth inst., 10 miles East of Gibraltar, by the Lotus,
arrived off Falmouth. Nonpareil, bound to Smyrna, Ist inst.,
off Malaga, by the Elizabeth, arrived in the Downs. Mary,
Africa to Liverpool, off Cape de Verds, by the Flora, arrived
in the River.

Mn. WARButtToN.—Betides the official re-
elections, there have been a few casualties, one of which
is singular in its kind. After he was returned at she
general election, Mr. Warburton accepted the Chikers,
Hundreds. That sudden retreat caused the utmost, sur-
prise, except to the initiated few. The facts on th
surface of the ease are odd enough. At the election fol
Bridport is July, there were two Liberal candidates.
Ir. Warburton and Mr. Mitchell, and one Tory, Mr.
Baillie Cochrane. Mr. Cochrane is defeated ; he pe-
titions against the return on account of bribery and cor-
euption; and Mr. Warburton accepts the Chiltern Hun-
dreds, and politely makes room for the very Mr. Baillie
Cochrane whom he defeated two months before. The
Tories laugh at the admission implied in his hasty re-
treat. It is hardly alleged against him that he bribed ;
but it is understood that his money was used for vet-)
questionable purposes ; and that, rather than risk tle
toes of both seats, expose others to worse than could be
inflicted upon himself, and unveil the shameless cor
ruption at Bridport, he withdraws. That a politica
purist like Mr. Warburton should be entrapped int,
such an awkward position, is sufficiently ludicrous ; bu
the grand absurdity is the state of the representative
system, which admits of such perverse results. Hen
s Mr. Warburton, one of the mo=t able and industriote
.ilembers of the House, thrust out to keep in a gentle-
nan of whom nobody knows much, to admit soothes
gentleman in the same predicament, and to =Ten th,
misdeeds of electioneering folks and corrupt voters in e
distant seaport town. Mr. Warburton was an ornament
snd a stay to the Liberal cause in the House ; but s.nne
of Isis Committee-men have put themselves at a disad-
antage with other Committee-men. aura the electors ss
Bridport are not immaculate ; so Mr. Warburton must
.vitha...,Lw. It was wont to be said of rotten boroughs,
hat they were useful for ail-flitting persons whuus it wa:
,nost desirable to have in the House, though they 'cot&
not find other modes of admission ; but that was befork
the Reform Bill !—Speclater.
On Tuesday evening last we were
visited by
the Aurora borealis, or -northern lights. They latgat
about eight o'clock, and continued at intervals to slice
vast sheets of lurid fleme over a.space of SO or 90 degree:
of the heavens, until midnight. The fog, which has',
accompanied the south-east winds during the day be-
rune more dense with ni,ghtfalle and contributed, t,
1-le borealis dismel end sepernatural, covertn.
the face of 11:!ttirt, with a ,to and si:!dy
he 1111
singular phenomenon was f.ollowed by 'vivid flashes of
lightning, accompanied- by thunder and rain.--Dundee
Chronicle.

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