The Sun.
London, England, 1840-09-12 00:00:00

SPORTIN

commerce.
As regards imports from India of the great staples,
cotton and opium, the prospects are, I think, very en-
couraging on the re-opening of the trade. The total
import of cotton this year, say since the foreigners
quitted Canton in May last, and including all the cot-
ton which was in ships outside (which had arrived just
immediately previous to, or after the imprisonment of,
all foreigners, and which, iniconsequence, could not
carry up their cargoes to Wharapoa), amounts only to
164,819 bales, which consists of the following :—Bom-
bay, 113,599 bales ; Bengal, 38,220 ; and Madras,
13,000—total, as above stated. The whole of this
quantity (with the exception of 15,000 to 28,000
bales, which will remain in deposit at Macao and
Manilla), will have reacted the market before the
port is clased, and will, Kith the stocks now in Can:
ton, be worked off before the re-opening of the trade.
The supply of the season, you will notice as stated
above at 164,819 bales, has been very short, in conse-
quence of which very high prices have ruled throughout
the season. The same arguments that apply to the
prospects of advantageous results of shipments of
European manufactures, which reach the China market
on re-opening of the trade, apply also to prospects for
cotton. With regard to opium, I must remark that
the prudence of embarking in it at all will vary much de-
pend upon the course adopted regarding it by the British
Government, and the force which is coming here. So :ong
as the British Government refrain from taking any
active steps for putting down the smuggling of opium on
the coasts of China, the opium trade will continue to
flourish, and continue (if it be managed with prudence)
the most lucrative branch of business here. The Chinese
cannot, I am now quite convinced, put the trade down
of themselves, and I see no reason why (nor do I think
it all likely to happen) Britain should interfere, and be-
come the preventive-service men of China. It comes
to be a question, if the force coming here will interfere
with the operations of the opium ships on the coast
(this point will, I fancy, be ascertained in India), in the
event of a general blockade being established.
To prove to you the fact that the Chinese have not
has been 19,000 chests. This
themselves the power to put down the opium trade, I
that have gone to Manilla ; but
must only state that I have ascertained that the quan-
tity=ported to China. From the
of opium imported (including the quantity that was
not delivered to the Chinese, in April last, and that
as it is all destineladllcfoaaronsthcloenlylCecheti,,.nidfseenen:
sent to Manilla by the Portuguese) since the Ist of
fkeot,volr think it
Jfnuenhiedleasstmuapnytilelanrgoowe,s
delivery since Jung last of 11,000
appear at first sight
market,
I am led to believe
ibutast fairinformation to include
that the stock at present in China is about 8,800 chests,
whichche sthesis.
. will
TheB li ow a
present
large ; but its being so large may be accounted for by
stock may
o_ last year tiie supply
Up to December f was so li-
mited, the demand so great, and the parties engaged
in the trade so few, that prices were very high, say as
other means, than
high as $800 or $9OO per chest,f and in some instances
as much as $1,400 was got for small quantities sold in
single balls at Tong 1(oo andff. Hong Kong. Since
De-
cembei , however, the importations have been very large ;
in fact, the greater part of
Manilla
!ib ove-named importation
has arrived here and at
while, owing to the limited number of vessels on the
coast and the few parties engaged in the traffic, the
menus of quitting the drug have been much below the
wants of either the supply of the drug or the demand
on the coast. In consequence of the supplies having
come in since December last., all in lumps as it ware,
much opium has beep store. at Manilla and Tong Koo,
which would, had th on pl
piesbeteo vela i extent coma on
gradually, have long ere thiso ridetivered to the Chi-
nese. The consequence f such large supplies beim;
thrown into the market atl once, and the carelessness
of parties to bold, seeingbt let they could easily quit at
an enormous profit, has roug it prices down.
quotations
I have seen are as follow
The last quota :
Patna and Mehra on the coast $
far 600 to $650 ; Be-
nares, not saleable, except to the northward, where
small quantities went at same rate\ as Patna ; at Macao,
$5OO, and Lieber,. $5OO. At Tong
Patna $49 to
by $lO than at Macao. Prices on
Koo prices lower
sou expected to go down to $5OO,
the coast were
on account of conapetaion. Considering the nutter
altogether, I see reason to think that even under the pre-
sent severe restrictive measures adopted by the Chi-
nese Government, the people will manage to take
off about two.thirds of former average annual im-

CAUTION TO TRAVELLERS.—The following
would not be worth notice had not the reporter seen the
g,
same trick on travellers played at least twenty times during
the last six months. A gentleman, the other evening, had
got out of a cab at the corner of Euston-square' and
(about a quarter before eight) was protesting strongly
against the rascality of the cabman driving him to the Bir-
mingham instead of the Great Western Railway station.
The cabman, knowing that the gentleman's object was not
to miss the train to take him horse, and that he could not
punish such gross imposition without a journey from the
west of England for the purpose, was excessively abusive.
He, however, modestly proposed for a fresh fare to gallop
his horse to the Great Western, and be in time, if the
gentleman would pay for five miles. It is barely
two miles and a half ; but the reporter advised
the gentleman (whom he recognised as the prin-
cipal manager of a large concern in the Vest
to submit to the imposition as one of the annoyances
of life, knowing that although there were at least fifty cabs
close to hint not one cabman would take him. The trick
is almost universally with these cabmen, to drive a stranger
in the dark to the wrong railroad station ; to delay on the
road to the last moment, and then, when the unfortunate
traveller finds himself on the point of losing the night, to
extort a high fare for carrying him to the proper destins-
tion. They dare not play these tricks upon persons re-
sident in town ; they only play them upon travellers—
strangers ; and it is to be hoped that they will be, some
of these fine days, caught in their own trap. The only
advice that can be given to gentlemen so annoyingly
situated is this—take the number of the cab, and on your
next journey to town go to Somerset House and find out
the proprietor of it. Lay an information against him.
The police Magistrates will have no mercy on such nefa-
rious practices.
THE LAW RESPECTING GAME CERTIFie
ekrits.—At the Uxbridge Petty Sessions, on Tuesday,
Mr. G. Newman, jun., the son of a farmer at Hayes, ap-
peared before the sitting Magistrates, to answer an infor-
mation preferred against him by the Earl of Berkeley, for
having used a gun on the 15th of August, without having
previously taken out a certificate under the 52d of Geo.
111., cap. 93, according to the 12th section of the schedule
of which he had thereby rendered himself liable to a pe-
nalty not exceeding 20/. It appeared that, although the
defendant, at the time he had used the gun, which was in
one of his father's own fields, had not obtained his certifi-
cate, he had actually paid for the amount of it to the col-
lector of assessed taxes, and had the receipt. Several
gentlemen here said the greatest difficulty had of late
been experienced in obtaining certificates, and that in
consequence the course adopted by Mr. Newman of
paying the duty to the assessor was frequently Fur-
sued. Mr. Woodbridge (who is clerk to the Magistrates
as well as assessor) observed, the certificates had not been
sent down from the office of taxes in time to enable per-
sons to shoot this season. Even the complainant himself
had several times applied before he could obtain his. Sir
W. Wiseman remarked, it would perhaps have been better
had not Mr. Newman, jun., commenced shooting before he
got his certificate. The Bench said they were called upon
to execute a painful duty. They would do all they could
in favour of the defendant, which at that moment would
only be to inflict the lowest penalty—viz., of 10/., in addi-
tion to which they would join in a recommendation to the
Board of Taxes to remit even that penalty, as they were
convinced the defendant had no intention to deft aud the
revenue. The defendant immediately paid the morey.
TRICKS OF HORSE DEALERS.—A person,
who gave his name William Pitt, applied to Mr. Rawlin-
son, at the Marylebene Police-office, for his advice and as-
sistance under the following circumstances :—Applicant
stated he attended Barnet fair, and being in want of a
horse, purchased one which he thought would answer his
purpose for twelve sovereigns. The animal was warranted
perfectly sound and free from blemish ; but, after he had
got it home, he found out that it was broken-winded, and
was likely very soon to be a " dead 'tin." Mr. Rawlinson—
On making this discovery, what did you do? Apphcant
—I tried the next morning to find out the man as I bought
him on, but afore I got as far as Finchley the poor cretur
died. Mr. Rawlinson—What do you think I can do for
you? Applicant—l've been reg'lar done, your Worship,
that's quite clear; and it's likewise certain that the horse
had summit given to it as was wrong. Mr. Rawlinson—
How do you know that ? Applicant—Because hc'e been
opened, Sir, and a large quantity o: lead was found in his
inside. They gives it often to the broken-winded 'tins;
there's nothing like lead for stopping the lights from blow-
ing, and thereby deceiving the purchaser. After some
further conversation, the Magistrate granted a summons
against James Golding, the seller, for "fraudulently ob-
taining twelve sovereigns from the applicant by selling him
a horse warranted sound, but which proved unsound, and
soon after the purchase was made died."
By the barque Sancred, Batten master, from St.
Lucie, in forty-tour days, arrived off Fahnouth, we have
had letters, of little importance, however, as to detail, in
consequence of the recent arrival of the West India p acket.
A proclamation had been issued by M. Everard, Esq.,
Acting Governor, by which a current sterling value is placed
upon the colonial coins. Mocoes and semi marques as fol-
lows :—the moco to be equivalent to
feud to 10d. stcrl
the
; the
two mocoes piece to Is. 83. ; tae 2s. 63. ; and
dog, or sous marque, id. sterling.

From a Correspondent of the Morning Post.)
If I am to believe atl I hear, the horses engaged in the
St. Leger are every one of them amiss. This is very
disagreeable intelligence to one who, from personal obser-
vation of the horses, their running, and the betting, under-
takes to supersede the judge in naming the winner.
The betting on this great race has been favourable to
bookmakers. In the absence of competition, the two or
three have been enabled to regulate the market. Had
Cr. e fix stood her ground we should not have seen 8 to 1
taken about a Galen or a Broad wath.

Launcelot opened the market at 3 to 1. He then re-
ceded to 11 to 2, the greatest odds ever bet against
him, and has very gradually attained his present honour-
able position. Crucifix was backed at 3 to 1, sto 2,
and 4 to 1 previously to the declaration of her being
amiss before Goodwood. She then was dead, at least
so

. surmised by what took place at the last-named
course. She has been backed, nevertheless, to win
thousands upon thousands. Alas, for those who have
backed her 1 It was announced on Thursday that she had
broke down, and, consequently, would not go to Done is-
ter. The highest odds bet against her were 25 to 1.
Gibraltar was backed first at 10 to 1, then in the Liverpool
Meeting at 20. finally ns high as 7 to 2. where be is sta.
tionary as old Time. Galen, immediately after the Derby,
was backed at 33 to 1, rose to 25; in consequence of his
lefeat at Newcastle receded to 50 to 1, offered; for the
same reason, and no other, was backed at Goodwood at 8
to 1!! Oh you foolish public 1 Broadwath also first ap-
peared at 30 to 1 : be never ran a race in his life, but
was so heavily backed for the Liverpool Cup that 8 to
1 was taken freely about him for the St. Leger; he
ran last, but bas since been talked of at 15 to 1. I
never would, ►►or will I now, hear of him on any terms
whatever. The Shah was fancied from 20 to 12 to 1 :
since his defeat by Dr. Caius 40 to I has been taken
to a small sum. Maroon, after being beat at the
Hippodrome. was at a 1,000 to 15—he was then amiss :
by Goodwood he had risen to 25 to 1 ; in the mid-
dle of last month as little as 12 to 1 was taken about him,
lfter which 20 to I was offered in vain. He has been
backed for a great deal of money at various odds. Here
ends the lot up to 20 to 1, at which price Welfare, Theoa,
And Dr. Caius have been quoted, but scarcely backed for
300 the trio. From this to 25 to 1 we have beheld Con-
federate, St. Andrew, Calypso, and Drayton. St. Andrew
was backed to win a great stake at Liverpool, but this
did not affect him in the odds : he has been at New-
market. Calypso, without being backed for an old shoe,
rose in two days from 50 to 1 to 20 to 1, taken, and this
speaks more for her merits than her public running, which,
without being first-rate, is, however, good. The Young.un
was backed for the Liverpool St. Leger, but was beat a
distance by Dr. Caius, a horse in the same stable ;
30 and 40 to 1 have been booked to a small sum
about him. Viceroy, Drayton, and Amurath complete
the division under 40 to 1 ; the two former I really
believe are amiss ; the latter is one of those bene-
ficial investments that can run but won't. Ho was
tracked in consequence of his dead heat for second place
with the Melody colt at Ascot, when St. Francis won the
Vase. I perceive I have omitted Trustee, the only other
horse backed under 40 to 1. A pony or reuleau has bee❑
occasionally thrown away on the following, but they have,
none of them been what I term backed :—Alonzo, Muley
Ishmael, July, Mountain Sylph, Christinetta, Fitzroy, and
Gambia. Twenty-five, therefore, is the number of horses
and mares in the betting for this great race.
I have usually been enabled to give you a pretty accu-
rate list of the horses and their riders on the Saturday pre-
viousto the great race : the following is as nearly correct
as I can make it, but changes of jockeys will occur at the
eleventh hour :
Launcelot Holmes.
Maroon W. Scott.
Gibraltar
Dr. Caius Tommy Lye.
Calypso Cartwright.
Trustee Darling.
Broadwath (doubtful. )
Fitzroy Trenn.
St. Andrew (doubtful.)

. am aware my selection will be considered singular, but
shrewdly suspect that the field will not exceed the above
number, being but two more than started in Don John's
year, although there are ,nearly double the;number of no-
minations.

If there is any outsider I fancy it is the Doctor. Cru-
cifix will not go for the St. Leger. Theon has been amiss
so recently that he has not the shadow of a chance. St.
Andrew, Fitzroy, Trustee shall win no St. Leger for me.
Gibraltar must occupy the same position in the race he
does in the betting; he will undoubtedly get second place,
unless, as has twice happened within twelve months, my
first and second horses should choose to run a dead heat.
It is my firm and deliberate conviction that Launcelot,

well, and fit to run, would give any horse likely to start
for the St. Leger 7lbs. and beat him. I opine that Laun-
celot is not himself. Under such circumstances, this ce-
lebrated horse is out of the question, and for a variety of
reasons too long for present explanation, I must select Ma-
roon and William Scott to carry off the Great Doncaster
St. Leger.
Sept. 11.

JUDEX.

ARRIVAL OF HORSES AT DONCASTER.
(From the Doncaster Gazette.)
The period of the arrival of the respective competitor►
for the ensuing races, by the very general adoption of the
van system, being rendered somewhat protracted, prevents
the list of arrivals from being large ; but there is every
reason to believe the number will equal former years. The
horses arrived for the ht. Leger tip to the time of going
to press, are :
Mr. Mosty's br c Trustee, by Sir Gray or Birdeatcher
Mr. Dawson's br c The Young- un, by Satan—Miss Branch
Mr. Meiklam's ch c Broadwath, by Liverpool—Albany
' Mr. Powlett's b c by Liverpool, out of Miss Fanny's dam
Col. Synge's b c Polydorus, by Priam, out of Rose
Duke of Cleveland's eh e by Langer, out of Emigrant's darn
Mr. Harrison's br f Tornado, by Liverpool, dam by Wanton.
Beside. these, are expected Gibraltar, Diderot, Fitz-
roy, Confederate, Pathfinder. Doctor Coins, Calypso.
s and others. The string of horses from Pigburn,
including Launcelot, The Shah, Maroon, Gambia,
Sleight of-Hand, The Morning Star, Satirist, Chris-
tinetta, and many others, will, as usual, arrive
an Sunday. Those under the care of Heseltine, Johnson,
Cooper, and J. Day will be here either to day or to-
morrow, as well as some others of Dawson's, and several
under the care of private trainers. The horses now in the
town for the other stakes, are—

Lord Eglinton's br h St. Bennett, by Catton, 6 yrs
Mr. Fairlie's ch h Abraham Newland, by Malek, 6 yrs

. . ,
Lord Eglinton's b f Cbivalry, by Muley Moloch, 2 yra
Col. Craufurd's br c Ermengardis, by Langar, 2 yrs
Mr. Powlett's b f Kedge, by Sheet Anchor, 2 yrs
Duke of Cleveland's b c Sampson. by Cetus—Pucelle, 4 yrs
Lord Kelburne's b c by Muley Moloch—Actaeon, 2 yrs
Lord Kelburne's b f by Jerry, 2 yrs
Mr. Maifleet's br c Lothario, by Lambtonian, 2 yrs
Mr. Milner's b c Humphrey, by Sandbeek, 5 yrs
Mr. Richardson's ch c Kingston Robin, 3 yrs
Mr. Allen's b f Orelia, by St. Nicholas—Peter Lely, 4 yrs
Mr. Allen's b f Antigua, by Mulatto, out of Alice, 4 yrs
Mr. Allen's ch c Belgrade, by Belshazzar— Alice, 2 yrs
Mr. Brooke's ch f Moonbeam by Tomboy—Lunatic 2 yrs

ABINGDON RACES--THURSDAY,

The Produce Sakes of 50 sovs. each, h ft ; for three yrs old ;
colts, Bst 71b ; and fillies, Bst 31b ; untried horses and mares
allowed 31b. One mile. (2 Subs. )
Mr. I. Day's f, by Nimrod, out of Busk (Chapple) 1
Mr. Forster's f, by Bizarre, out of Maria
Won easy.

The Cup, by Subscriptions of 10 sore. each, far all ages ;
three yrs old, Gst 121 b ; four, Bst 31b ; five, Bst 12Ib ; six,
9st 31b; and aged, 9st 51b; mares, &c., allowed 31b; winners
of a Cup or of 100 sovs. this year, 71b extra. Heats, about
two miles and a half. The winner to be sold for 500/., &c.
(11 Subs.)
Hon. S. Herbert's Clarion, 4 yrs
Mr. I. Day's Tamburini, 4 yrs 9
Mr. Corbet's Jenny Jones, 4 yrs
A fine race, and was won by half a length.
The Old Berkshire Hunt Sweepstakes of 10 sovs. each, for
horses that have been hunted ; three-yrs-old, 9st 21b ; four,
lOst 51b ; five, I Ist ; six, llst 51b ; and aged, I Ist 71b ; tho-
rough-bred horses 101bs extra, and a winner of 200 sovs.
71bs extra. The second horse to save his stake, and the win-
ner to be sold for 1001. Heats two miles. (Nine subs.)
Mr. B. Wrought= nd Harkaway, 6 yrs (Mr. Hussey) 1 1
Mr. H. Palmer nd Cerebus, 4 yr.
Won easy.
The Holme Park Stakes of 10 sovs. each, h ft, with 15 added;
three-yrs-old, 6st 131 b ; four, Bst 31b ; five, Bst Illb ; six
and aged, 9st 11b. The winner to be sold for 1001., &c.
Heats, the Abingdon Course. (Nine subs.)
Lord Barrington nd bc by Longwaist, (Chapple) I 2 1
Captain Pettat's Caliph, aged
Mr. Osbaldeston's Auburn, 4 yrs
Mr. I. Day's Science, 4 yrs
The first heat xas won by half a length; the second by half
a neck ; andthe third by a neck.
The Witham Stakes of 25 sovs each, 15 ft; for three-yrs-old,
ist `)lb ; and four yrs, Bst 71b ; mares, &c., allowed gibs.
Two miles. (3 Subs.)
Hon. S. Herbert's Clarion, 4 yrs

!NORFOLK AND NORWICH RACES.--WEDNESDAY.
The Norfolk and Norwich Plate of 501. Heats, two miles ar d
a half.
Mr. J. Turner's Fitzambo, 4 yrs (May) 1 1
Mr. Horner's Powick, 6 yrs •••••• •••••••' 3 2
Mr. Land's Foxhunter, 5 yrs ...................... 4 3
Mr. Reynold's harlequin, 5 yrs ..................... ... 2 4
Fitzambo the favourite. Won both heats easily.
Sweepstakes of 3 sovs. each, and 40 added. Mile and a (puler
heats.
Captain lye's Folly, 2 yrs, Bst (E. Edwards) 1 1
1
Mr. Bircharn's Diana, 3 yrs, Bst 2b
Mr. Abel's Luther, aged, 9st 3lb
Mr. homers Clifton, 6 yrs, Bst lnlb 4 4
Won by half a length.
The Licensed Horsedea' threes of 3 tot
s. each, and 30
added, &c., NVCI e won in heats by Mr. Smith's Daniel,
beating two others easily.

. _
RADCLIFFE BRIDGE RACE )
S—WEDNESDAY.
(CONCLUDED.
The Ladies' Purse, with a handicap of 2 SON'S. each, added,
aged, 9st. 121 b. (owner), beating Lady bless'.ngton,
twice retold and a dis., was won in two heats by Mr. smith's
Mischief,
gst., and
Bravo, Bst., easily.
The Back Stakes, with 5/. added, were won in two heats
by Mr. Parkes Felt filly (owner), . ;

THE ARCHINIEDES.—This vessel, which has
excited so much attention from her being propellc d by an
Archimedean screw, was on Thursday hauled into the
King's Dock, at Rotherhithe, to undergo repairs. It ap-
pears that during her recent voyage off the coast of Hol-
land she struck a shoal of rocks, which caused a large
breach in her keel, from which she was got off with great
difficulty, and the hole temporarily secured with canvass.
The repairs will only occupy a day or two, when the Ar-
chimedes will bo again ready for sea.
BRIDGEWATER.—At
J. R. Ward, Esq., of Brid given to
his late deliverance from an unparalleled prosecution,
billin
I Leveisha, of Stogursey, near that town
gewaatperu,btoliccodnignrialteurlat him on
i
1 with a loaf of bread weighing upwards of 30IbPsrl
.„ a man of 0
, inustice tends, and often aims, to depri s
t of producing
bread, it has in
this instance had the effix presented
for its object an unusual allowance.