The Sun.
London, England, 1847-04-16 00:00:00

THE _t7144. LONDON, FRIDAY

elected directors of the company, and 1,000/. voted as the dent that the contest would remain between Mameluke
annual allowance to the directors. and Victress. With the exception of The Roarer there
w
Stephen Care, Esq., and Jonathan Hopkinson, Esq., wereas apparently not the slightest chance that either of
elected auditors.
completely did they appear to be knocked up. Mame-
Mr. DGWAY then moved the re-election of the local com-
the others could oven thit.k of attaining the victory, so
mittee at Demerara t luke and Victress then had it all to thems,lves down the
lain and uy again, and at last the latter won by about
It was then moved that interest, at the rate of 5 per cent luke
should be paid on the deposits and calls, commencing on the P
Ist of April current. a length. Their clearing of the different obstacles pre-
Tue CiamaatAar, before leaving the chair, paid a very high Belated nothing worthy of remark. The incidents
compliment to the secretary of the company, Henry Hill, in this steeplechase were more numerous than in the
Esq., formerly the secretary of the Compensation Commission, other. Lord Strathmore was thrown, and M. de Perre-
and moved a vote of thanks to him, which was unanimously gaux fell three or four times—neither, however, sus-
passed. mined any injpry. Deodora went slap into the river, and
Diveher rider a famous ducking.
The CHAIRMAN moved that the thanks of this meeting be
t i :en to Jonathan Hopkintoi, Esq., and the other share- .-..-
holders, who had so handsomely come forward and offered So ended the great French Steeplechase of the pre-
the gratuitous use of their land to the company. sent year. The arrangements were admirable through-
A vote of thanks to the directors and the chairman, out, and the vast crowd made the scene exceedingly in-
Charles Cave, Esq., was then unanimously passed, and the teresting. The only thing to be complained of was the
meeting separated. weather, and that was most abominable.

LLOYD'S SHIPPING.

Smarms, APRIL 9.—A schooner, coal laden, making
signals of distress, was seen on the Bth inst., about fifty
miles off the land.

COURT-MARTIAL AT CHATHAM.
On Tuesday morning, at eleven o'clock, officers com-
posing a general court-martial assembled at the garrison,
for the trial of James Flanaghan, No. 2,212, a private in
the second battalion 60th Rifles. Colonel Samuel Bur-
don Ellis, Royal Marines, President, and Captain J. S.
Wood, Major of Brigade of the garrison, officiated as
Deputy Judge-Advocate, who read two charges against
the prisoner; Ist. For having at Chatham, on the even-
ing of the 27th of March last, disobeyed the command of
his superior officer, Lance Corporal Fish, by refusing to
go on sentry; 2d. For insubordinate conduct at the time
and place stated in the first charge, and wilfully drew
his sword and thrust it through a pane of glass of the
window in the officers' guard-room. The prisoner pleaded
Guilty.
Corporal James Fish stated that he assembled the re-
liefs at seven P.M. of that day. The prisoner being No.
2, when ordered to fall in for duty as sentry, refused,
saying " he would be d— if he would go sentry► any
more, or do any more duty as a soldier," and he imme-
diately drew his sword from his scabbard and thrust it
through the pane of glass, and said, " to h— with all
soldiery." The prisoner was then taken to the gar-
rison main-guard as a prisoner. In defence the pri=
soner stated to the Court that be would never soldier
again in the regiment, for since he had been in it he had
had repeated punishments. He was sorry in one sense
for what he had done, and not in another, and threw
himself on the mercy of the Court.
First Lieutenant Thomas H. Mitchell, acting adjutant
of the corps, produced the regimental book, and read
extracts of previous trials and convictions of the pri-
soner, who, it appears, was first tried by a regimental
court-martial at Paisley Barracks, on the 23d of March,
1846, for habitual drunkenness; convicted and sen-
tenced to fourteen days' imprisonment, solitary confine-
reent, and to forfeit Id. per day for three months. The
imprisonment was remitted in consequence of the pri-
soner being so young in the service. The prisoner was
again tried at Paisley, by a court-martial,_on the sth of
May, 1846, for habitual drunkenness, and was twenty
days imprisoned for the offence, and placed under stop
pages of Id. per day for six months. And again on the
4th of August, at Chatham Barracks, the prisoner was
tried by a district court-martial, for insubordinate con•
duct and abusive language to Corporal Grey, of the same
corps, for which he underwent a sentence of fourmonthsi
hard labour.

HUMANITY, &c., OF THE INHABITANTS OF ST.

KILDA.
Stanhope-street, Hyde Park-gardens, April 14, 1847.
Sir,—My attention has been drawn to a paragraph in the
morning papers of last Monday, which states that a letter
has been received by you from Stornaway, setting forth the
merit of the inhabitants of St. Kilda in affording aid and
protection to shipwrecked mariners, and also intimating an
apprehension that those islanders may at present be suffering
extreme distress in consequence of the failure of the potato
crop.

I know something of the people of St. Kilda, and consider
them fully entitled to the credit given to them by your cor-
respondent, for humane and hospitable conduct towards all
who have at any time been cast upon their shore. My ob-
ject, however, in addressing you is not to support any claim
which he may on that ground have advanced on their be-
half, but to assure you that they are not neglected and in the
ue3titute condition which he imagines, and that no fear need
be entertained for their safety, which is insured by measures
taken for that purpose by the proprietors of the island.—l
have the honour to be, &c. •••••••••....•
W. Dobson, Esq., Secretary, Lloyds.
LOSS OF THE TWEED.

It is understood to be the intention of the Committee of
Lloyd's, with reference to the noble and disinterested conduct
of Captain Camp, of the Spanish brig Emilio, in rescuing
the survivors of the crew and pas,engers of the Tweed
steamer, to recommend to the subscribers in general meeting,
to bestow upon him the honorary medal of the establishment
in silver; and to Don Vila Verde, his mate, the honorary
medal in bronze; and a sum of money to the crew of the
Emilio, as a mark of their approbation of the heroic and
generous conduct displayed by those persons on the occasion
of the wreck of the Tweed steamer.
RELATING TO THE . NEW PINK
_ _

A dispatch had been received at Lloyd's from the Foreign.•
office, announcing that the New Pink, from London to
Valparaiso, having foundered, after striking on the sunken
rock of Sopocalma, 22d Nov., 1846. Crew landed at St.
Domingo.

i.A.W INTELLIGENCE.
COURT OF EXCHEQUER April 1.5.
This being the first day of Easter Term, the Lord
Chief Baron, Baron Parke, Baron Alderson, and Baron
Rolfe took their seats on the bench at ten o'clock. Some
tune since it was arranged that on the first day of
Easter and Michaelmas Terms the judges should not re-
sume their sittings till one o'clock, and on Trinity and
Hillary Terms at ten o'clock, but this morning the
Court resumed at ten, and proceeded to business.
The antient custom of the judges breakfasting, on
the first day of term, with the Lord Chancellor,
WAS on this occasion dispensed with ; and whatever
may have been the cause of the departure from the old
practice, it was productive of considerable inconvenience
to many who were not acquainted with the change.
There was a thin attendance of Counsel and clients at
the opening of the Court.
BROADBENT V. FEARNLEY AND ♦NOTHEIR

The prisoner has been in the corps fourteen months,
and when attested was nineteen years of age. His
general character has been very bad. The issue
of the trial will not be publicly known until confirmed by
the Horse Guards.

ID this case Mr. Martin obtained a rule, calling upon
the plaintiff to show cause why the verdict returned in
their favour should not be reduced to such a sum as the
Court should think fit, upon consideration of the
circumstances. The action was tried before
Baron Rolfe, at Liverpool, the declaration
being a replevin to recover a large sum of
money which the plaintiffs alleged bad been wrongfully
distrained by their landlords, the defendants. The pre-
mises were taken for a term of fourteen years, to be
computed from the 24th of June, 1845, the rent being
1,4651. per annum during each of the first three years,
and 1,260/. per annum during each year of the remainder
of the term. According to the lease, the rent became
due and payable in a particular manner, the con-
sideration of which gave rise to a question whether
the money paid by the plaintiffs was rent pro-
perly so called, or merely a gross sum on account.
Accordingly, the first plea in bar traversed the tenancy,
and the second denied that at the time of distress any
part of the rent mentioned in the plaintiff's first avowry
was in arrear.

On the first part of the case the Court granted a rule
For the reduction of damages to 1,462/. I Is. 4d.
The Court rose at a half-past three o'clock.

THE GREAT FRENCH STEEPLE-
CHASE.
(From Galignani's Messenger.)
The great annual Steeplechase of France came off on
Sunday at the Croix de Berny. In the early part of the
morning the weather promised to be pretty fine, and the
consequence was that a vast multitude of the Parisians
wended their way on foot, on horseback, and in car
riages, to the scene of the day's sport. A great many
foreigners, especially English, were present ; and the
country people of the villages for miles around went in
great Lumbers. The gatht-ring altogether could not
have been less than thirty thousand persons, and they
comprised all ranks, from the very highest to the lowest.
The nuteber of carriages was enormous, and they were
of all kinds, from the dashing four-in•ha.nd, down to the
peasant's humble cart. Such was the anxiety to witness
the sport that many of the aristocratic vehicles took up
their stations near the ground marked out for me
chase at an early hour on Saturday morning. The
whole length of the ground was l►ned on both sides by
carriages, chiefly occupied by elegantly-attired
and by ped• strians packed closely together. The stands,
of which there were several, of prices to suit every
purse, were full to overflowing. On the whole the

assemblage of Sunday was the largest ever seen at any
sporting event in France ; and it is specially wortby of
remark, as showing the great enthusiasm of the people
for the sport, that, though disappointed in their expec-
tations of fine weather, rain having commenced falling
heavily on the opening of the day's business, and con-
tinued with ever-increasing violence until the close, not
a score individuals, and scarcely a single carriage, quitted
the course. The heroic fortitude with which they bore
the pelting of the pitiless rain was still more remarkable

froni the—fact thit the ground being naturally very
marshy, one might almost say a swamp, they had to stand
almost ancle deep in wet. Their good humour, too. was
unbounded, the slightest incident being seized upon to
turn into laughter ; and, Booth to say, such incidents
were not wanting, for many an unfortunate Wight,
anxious to show oil his skill in leaping ovtr some one of
the many brooks, went souse into the water, or mea-
sured his length in the mud. The ground selected this
year was somewhat different from that chosen for the

last steeplechase. Instead of running entirely on a flat,
the horses on this occasion had to ascend a hill, on heavy
ploughed land, they then descended it, and went to some
distance beyond the road from Paris to Orleans, and,
after describing a circle, came back nearly on the same
line, passing the starting-place to arrive at the winning
stand. The entire length traversed was about four miles.
The obstacles to be encountered were not fewer than
thirty-two in number, consisting of ditches, hurdles,
walls, hedges, a river, and a brook. Some of them were
rather serious, though not such as one is accustomed to
see in an English steeplechase. In height none exceeded
four feet, or in width ten feet. His Royal Highness the
Duke de Nem.,urs was present Count d'lledouviile and

Baron Leeontouix ably superintended the proceedings.
The weighing commenced shortly alter two, and a few
minutes after it was concluded the grand steeplechase
began. It was a
Handicap tor 12 5001. (500) acVed to a sweepstakes of
suor., forfeit 2501., nut only 1251. if declared to the
secretary of the Jockey Cub before the 12th of
March. The second horse to receive 1,250 f. from the
entry, and the third to save his stake. Distance about
four miles. A weight of 51b. to be allowed to gentle.
men riders. 42 subs.
Lord Strathmore's b h St. Leger, 12st. 41b (Mason) 1
M. erianieux's b h Young Lottery, lOst alb
Mr. Lambden's Discount, llst 81h
Lord Strathmore's Switcher, 12st 6lh
Mr. Stanlefs b m Mittchle.s, lOst 51b...
Mr. Rult's Peter Simple, lOst 13th
Baron N. de Rothschild's Hack, 9st 12th 0
Mr. Liingston's Commodore, 9st 121 b 0
Major Auslibrooke's lOst 71b
M. Autnont's Waggs Fits, 9st 41b
Odds at starting-6 and 7to 4 agat Switcher, Lord
Strathmore's two asst the field.
Tne start was good, all going together. At the brook,
Matchless got over first. On going up the ploughed
field Peter Simple took the lead, and kept it round the
turning and down to the river. The others kept close
to him, and all made the leaps, which were five or six
in number, and two of them presenting some difficulty,
remarkably well. Near the wall Discount got first, and
kept the lead until turning beyond the turnpike to come
home, Gaz_ly and St. Leger following close upon him.
St. L.ger wnd Peter Simple then got in front, Discount,
however, keeping close to them. On nearing the last
obstacles coming home, Peter Simple dropped off, and in
a few seconds after Discount dropped off too. Young
Lottery then came up, and went over the last wall at
the same time as St. Leger. They then pushed hard,
but the latter contrived to get in first by about half a
neck. It was a beautiful affair altogether. Experienced
judges declared it the finest ever seen in France. and
many said that it was not always equalled in England.
Ca,fosuitdering the number of obstacles, there were remark-
, and
tthte:hui,nivocozieidsents—not one fall, and only three horses
hO,OOOO
roriders went into the river. The winner gained
francs (1,2001.) including the forfeits
eridele
greeted
gentlemen him
di.:7beurdt not running. Loud applause
The above Wuaan his arrival at the goal.
by a second steeplechase, by
five horses start, the second to
n( receivet. Lt)o,
chaii,:yef rst fro,y:
.13;.s
.10;
baf 2it,us3eo fsa.ot(rls:ooo
0(1)r.
)a,didied3ibsto. 3iofoaft:
(2001.), the win-1
2,500 f. (1001) 1361 h s. Dis'tance about four
........ (Mr. Ricardo) 1
•
Montel's m Victress, 13:lb
Mr. Elmore's Mameluke, 1371 b.
Mr. Lawley's The Roarer, 1431 b. *************************** 2
Didier's Mary Jane, 1371 b. ********************************* 0
..........
Montel's Deodora, 1371 b. .

_ _ .......... . ..................
Mary Jane got over the first obstacles in good style,
and went ahead, keeping the advantage up the ploughed
land. At the turning Deodora got first, and kept the
advantage until arriPing at the hedge, which she re.
fused. She had taken the previous leaps very well,:
ll amad
o then went forward, and it now became eri4