The Sun.
London, England, 1824-07-17 00:00:00

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

HAMPTON RACES.--Lawr PAT,' JULY 16.
The weather was unfavourable, and the Course was very
thinly attended.' '
Handicap, with 20 tov. added. Heats, two miles.
Hon. (I-. Berkeley's Philip, aged, Bst. 21t. - ,1 1
Mr. Colman's Fortuneteller, 4 'yrti, list. 11b. - 23 •
31r. Scaithe's Sir Walter Raleigh, 3 yrs, 6st. sth. 2 3,
31r. Jones's Mortimer, aged, 75t..101t. - - 5 4
Mr. Cooper's Remnant, 3 yrs, 7st. - - 4 A
Mr. Weatherall's b..e. Evergreen, 4 yrs, 7st. 21h. 0 n.
Good racing.' Fortuneteller, rode by Mr. M' Donald on the
preceding day, having won the. Coburg Stakes, was backed
against the field at even. After, the beat Gto 4, and 2tol on
Philip, who won the Cocked-hat Stakes on the preceding day.
Mr. Jones's Fitima.beat Mr. Berkeley's Evergreen, Ostia.
each, 50 stiv.,--6 to 4 on the winner.

NEWCASTLE RACES, JuLy 13.
The X Y Z Stakes of 25gs each, for 3.yr olds.—Colts, Bst. 31b.
fillies, Bst.—Two i tiles.
Mr. Gascoign's bl. c. Jerry - . 1
Marquis ot4 Londonderry's h. c. by Ebor - 2
olds, 10it, 71b.; 5 yr-olds,
The Filly Stakes of 25gs each, lOis ft. for 3 yrs old, Bat. each.
One Mile.
walked over
1 Ist. 71b.; 0-yr olds, 121 b.; and aged, 12st.—Four
o4t.icydr
111in:111111j Majesty's Plate la'rant Londonderry's
YllOB fligiiisg,

Miles;
Mr. 'Whittaker's br. c. Lottery, 4 yes old
LA Kelburne's ch. c. Caledonian, 4 yes old
Mr. J. Croft's b. c. ‘Vernor, 4 yrs 014

BATH RACES.—JuLY 14.
The Sornersetshire Stakes (handicap). '
Mr. Feßowes's Escape, by Colossus, 6 yrs, est. 31b. -
Mr. Robinson's, 4 yrs, ILL Cr. . . .
Several others started.

ORIENTAL CLUB..-- Under this title another club
has been just established at the West End, in Lower Grosvenor.
street, Grosvenor-square. The building selected for this esta-
blishment is the spacious mansion, No. 16, lately occupied
by his Grace the Duke of Rutland. The staircase opens
into a number of apartments on the first floor, the
two principal of which are appropriated to the public'
dining-room and the reading-room. These rooms,‘ from the
centres of which are suspended two beautiffil lustres, are
finished in a style which shows that a due attention to con-
venience, as well as splendour, has not been disregarded.
—On the second floor are also a number of apartments,
fitted up in the same qyle, some of which are to be appro:
printed for the use of those who may prefer privacy in
entertaining their friends.—Neitheir has amusement been
neglected, as far as a club can contribute to it, a bid.
Hard room being set apart for those who may choose to
pass away their leisure hours in that way. The house has
undergone a completely new repair, and the whole is nr-
ranged in a style corresponding with the ideas of splen-
dour and magnificence indicated by its tide. The furniture,
which has been supplied by Mr. Seddons, of Alderwite-
street, is of the richest and most elegant. description.—
The Admission is confined to those who have travelled or
resided in Asia, Saint Helena, the Cape of flood Hope, the
Mauritius in Egypt, or at Constantinople, or whose official
situations connect them with • the administration of our
Eastern Government Abroad or at home, or who are Mem-
bers of the Royal ,Asiatic Society, and the number is at
present limited to 800. The object, of. this . Club is the
same with those' already established, 'and (*tom the cheap-
ness of their .dinners and the excellence of their . wines, be-
side the advantage 'of a pleasant and ;elect Society, they
are likely to interfere -with the interests
rip of Ilotel and Tx-
vern.keepert. ithi"annual subsction is only Nil gUi'•
neas. ;When For so small a subscription a man can shown
make -sospleritild' a building his residence, while he Ivo the
oppOrtiftltY tit obtrtfning a breakfast for, Xs. od. and stn
lent dianCr tp low 411:25. if he be diSposeitto consult the. lti-
tetikt4 11( PPOcit,' he' will have bot little temptation to
dnc-
tiOn by ProtCpce the, greater charges of Ilowl 1114,TAV.CM.
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