The Sun.
London, England, 1847-05-26 00:00:00

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

SETTLING FOR THE DERBY AND OAKS.
The winners of the above races, having et the time
been generally supposed to be " harmless" horses, we
fey expected to have to speak of an easy settling. We re-
gret to say that it haS turned out quite the reverse—not
merely a bad one, but one of the worst that has been
known since Cotherstone's year. Two parties were non
est, whose losses cannot he stated at less than 20,0001. ;
ore of them, who is connected with the highest families
tn the kingdom, is a loser of about 12,0001., of which
there is no immediate prospect of payment ;—the
other is a Mr. P** • * of whom there- is no hope
whatever. It appears that this worthy, not satisfied with
drawing all he could on Monday without disbursing a
Farthing, enclosed a-list of debts due to him on the race,
to one of the parties from whom he had received, bheg-
ging him to -6 collect all he could, and retain the hall for
his trouble," adding that he was-" utterly ruined," an:!
concluding by graciously permitting his victim to make%
any excuse he might think fit for collecting for,hi !
Of-course, this impudent attempt at swindling was im-
mediately made public. It is almost needless to add that
these heavy defalcations seriously embarrassed the set-
'ling, and that many parties who entered the room with
balances in their favour, quitted it lasers. Sir Joseph
Elawley, Mr. PedlPy and their friends are good winners.

WINDSOR, MONDAY EVENING.—HER. MAJESTY'S
birth lay was celebrated in %Vintisor to-day by the ring-
ing of bells, the firing of cannon, ani a noire than ordi-
nary consumption of "creature cornfrts." To write
by the card, the morning wa. ushered in by joyous peals
from the bells of St. John's Church, well . seconded by
those in the tower on the Castle walls called " Julius
Cazsar's Tower," and between them they condoned
ringing nearly the whole day. At noon the corpora-ion
ordnance thundered forth a royal salute in the Bache
tor's.acre, answered by the royal guns on the Belvidere
,attery in the Great park At five o'clock, P M., the
Mayor and Corporation, assisted by one of the borough
Members (Colonel Reid). and a large parry of the pi in-
cipal inhabitants and neighbouring gentry, did ample
justice to a splendid dinnerset before them by the artistes
de cuisine of the White Hart Inn, after which mail')
loyal Goats were given and heartily responded to. Th re
were many other dinners in hononi of the day. As the
evening set in all the inns and principal shops were
very brilliantly illuminated. Company still crintinues to
flock ii.to Windsor, notwithstanding the state apart-
ments have been closed, in order to prepare them for the
reception of the illustrious and distinguished persons ex-
pected to visit her Majesty and the Prince C.insort
pending the races at Ascot; but the public goaerally,
however they may be disappointed at not seeing the in
terior or the Castle, have bad tie unusual gratification of
being allowed free admission to the private parterre and
both terraces for the last three slays, and the same
pri-
vilege may also be enjoyed to morrow. On Sunday
afternoon the parterre was so crowded with well-dres,ed
company that the band of the Ist Lite Guards were
glad to retreat up the fight of steps leading to the
eastern terrace. To-morrow (Whit-Tuesday) is the natal
-lay of the infant Prince's tioena Augusta v ictoria, now
with the Court-at Clartmont, and it is possible, there-
fore, that the Court will remain at Claremont until tb'
following day, instead of returning to Buckingham
Palace, as stated.

ARRIVAL OF THE GRAND DUKE AND DUCHESS or
SAXE WEIMAR.—WOOLWICH, MAY 24.—Intelligence
was received at an early hour this morning, that the
Grand Duke and Duchess of Saxe Weimar would ar-
rive in the Cyclops. a war steamer of the King of the
Netherlands, and at nine o'clock A.M. a guard of horour,
under the command of Captain Elliott, proceeded to the
dockyard in honour of the royal visitors. Lord Den
bigh, Master of the Horse iu the Queen Dowager's
household, and Sir Andrew Barnard, with three royal
carriages, arrived in the course of the forenoon; and at
twenty minutes before two o'clock P.M. the signal was
given that the Cyclops was in sighs, with the standard
of the Grand Duke at the mizen. At ten minutes past
t.wo o'clock the Cyclops arrived opposite the dockyard,
and Commodore Sir J. Gordon Bremer having hoisted
his broad pendant on the barge of the William and Mary
Focht, proceeded with Lord Denbigh, Sir Andrew Ibr-
naril, and several members of the Queen Dowager's
household to the Cyclops, and escorted the Grand
f)uchess on shore, and conduct' d her Royal Highness t
one of the royal carriages ; Captain Hall attended on
the gentlemen and members of their Royal Highnesses'
-uite. Their Royal Highnesses left Woolwich dockyard
at half-past two o'clock for Marlborough House, on a
visit to her Majesty the Queun Dowager.

The tenth -volume of Miss Strickland's popular
.• Lives of the Qu..elis of England," is announced for
publication this week.
EVELYN HARCOURT. A Novel. B_y the Author of.
" Temptation ; or, a Wile's P.,rils."—This is, from th..
variety of its scenes and characters, one of the best and
most pleesing novels which has been published during
the present season ; and it must be confessed that its
object and moral are hound and good. The heroine of
the story, Evelyn Elarcourt, a young. beauty jasuveynbyg
into life ; a cousin of a Noble Marchioness, is
in
her to her town mansion in Grosvenor-square, is adopte,
by her, ant carried into all the scenes of fashionable 116.,
for the purpose of making a splendid match. The effect
of all the splendours of rank and wealth upon this young
country beauty are powerfully painted. A good and
effective contrast is introduced in the character of Helen,
.not her young lad) from the country, who being st school
tehlow of Evelyn. has also been invited by the Marchio
ness to accompany er young friend on this visit, but
whose understanding is of a higaler ord. r, and under
~he discipline of Christian principles. We feel no hesi-
tation in recommending this novel, as exceedingly well
written and conceived, and as proceeding throughout
upon an unexceptional and sound moral lesson of real
life.—Bell's Messenger.
FRENCH PLAYS, ST JAMES'S THEATRE.—His
Im-
perial Highness the Grand Duke Consta,itine of Russia.
attended by the Hon. Colonel Grey, the Baron Brun
now, Admiral Lutke, Monsieur de Berg, Monsieur
Roudiraffsky, and the Baron Friedriks, honoured the
French plays with his presence on Monday. His Im-
perial Highness occupied her Majesty's box. Her
Royal Highness the Duchess of Cambridge, attended
by the Baroness Ilamerstein and Mr. Edmund St. John
giidmay, also honoured the theatre with her presence.
We observed also the Duka de Palmella, the Baroness
Brunnow and Mademoiselle Olga de Lechner. Lord
Clitden, Lord Somerton, Lady and Missa Macdonald,
Lady Jodrell. Sir W. and Lady Martens, Lady Meux,
Monsieur and Madame Uzielli, Mrs. Mountjoy Martyn,
Sir Henry Mildmay, the Count Kielmansegge, the Baron
Nicolai, and Mrs. Milner Gibson.