The Sun.
London, England, 1841-06-12 00:00:00

SPURTING INTELLWENCE.

ASCOT HEATH 11ACESYESTERMAY.
This meeting terminated 3esterJav, with moderate sport, a
very select company, and miserably cold weather. As a gene-
ral summary of the week, we may observe that, for reason.
previously alludei to, it has fallen below the average in the
most essential }:articular, the receipts at the Grand Stand, the
carriage inelesuie, and the small stands having been consider•-
ably under the totals of 1839 and 1840. The racing, however,
has fully sustained its character, and in the arrangement affect.
ing the convenience of the visitors, all was done that the
most fastidious could have de,ired or expected. The
various improvements effected in arid about the Grand
Stand, gave great satisfaction, but there is to •rn for
one in re, clinch would be very • acceptable to the bet-
ting rnt•nviz., the inelosure of a small space appropriated to
the font people, immediately in iront of the lawn, so that those
within it might be enabled to see the horses take their canters
befor, starting, which at present is out of the question.
We stitjoin the usual returns of the raring:— •
Tile Wokingham Stakes, of 5 sot's. each, (handicap) for thrcg
ye trs old and upwards. Last three quarters of the New
Alile. (30 Subs.)

FIRST CLASS.
Mr. Treen's Una, 3 yrs, 7st Fib ' (Nat) I
Mr. S. Herbert's Factory Girl, 4 yrs, B,t 21b
Mr. Shelley's Hellespont, 4 yrs, 6st 91b 0
Mr. Dixon's Camelino, 5 yrs, Bst 10Ib
Mr. Bech:n's Launchmay, 6 yrs, ist 81b
Betting-5 to 21 a,t,,,t Hellespont ;3to 1 agst Una, (taken) ;
acd 4 to I against each of the others. Factory Girl,
:iellespont, and Launchaw ay formed the front rank to the road,
where Una and Camelino joined them. At the distance Una
w.nt in advance, and won cleverly by a length ; a dead heat
for second between Factory Girl and Hellespont, and Camelino
(who was ridden in a manner ehich, excited a good deal of
astonishment) well up with them.
Second Class of the Wokingham Stakes.
Mr. J. V. Shelley's Curlew, aged, fist 21b .......( Edwards) I
Lord Albemarle 's Spangle, 4 yrs, 7st 91b
The following a'so started, but were nqt placel:—Dl r.
Wright's Folly, 4 yrs, Bst ; Mr. Sadler nd Variety, 4 yrs, 7st
916 ; Lord Exeter's Silistria, 4 yrs, 7st 41b ; Mr. Houlds-
worth's Hampton, 3 yrs, 6st 101 b; Lord G. Bentinek's Pluto,
5 yrs, 6st 41b ; Lord Chesterfield's 1 a Gitana, 3 yrs, 6st, and
Captain itous nd ch c by Percy, out of Miss Craven's dam, 3
yrs, sst lib.

Betting-3 to 1 agst Curlew, 4to 1 agst Spangle, sto 1
asst Silistria, 6 to 1 agst Folly, and 10 to 1 agst any other.
La Gitana made the running, followed by Ilamp,on, the twit
lying well up to the distance, where Silistria took the lead,
Curlew, Variety, and Fully, ing at her side ; at the stand
Curlew and Spangle singled themselves out, and ran a splendid
racy home, Curlew winning on the post by a head ; Folly was
a bad third.
Sweepstakes of 10 sovs, each, w ith 50 added, fn. 3 yr old colts,
Bst 71b ; fillies and geldings, Bst 31b. The winner to be
sold for 5001. The old mile. (3 Subs.)
Mr. Goodman's Belgrade, 3 yrs (Crouch) 1
Captain Gardnor's Ben Brace, 3 yrs 2
5 and 6 to 4 on Belgrade, who made all the running, and
won in a canter.

The Borough (of New Windsor) Members' Plate of .501.,
added to a Sweepstakes of 10 soya. each, tor 2 yrs, 7st, and
3 yrs, 9st Ms; fiillies, &c., to be a:lowed albs. The winner
to be sold for 2001., &c. Three-quarters of a mile.
(3 Subs. )
Lord Albemarle's Minaret, by Ibrahim, 3 yrs ..(Robinson) I
Lord Chesterfield's La Gitana, 3 yrs
Mr. Greville's Myrtle, 3 yrs
Even on Minaret, and 6to 4 agst Myrtle. Minaret was
never headed, and won in a canter by two lengths.
Match, 200, h ft, Set 41bs each. 0:d mile.
Col. Peel's Cameleon, brother to Whim—receired.
Lord Kelburne's c, by Muley Moloch, out of his Actaeon
mare—paid.
No race for the beaten plate, as only two hones were on the
ground.

LATEST BETTING AT MANCHESTER—(FRIDAY).
THE NORTHUMBERLAND) PLATE.
sto 2 agst two I to 1 agst Galaor—taken
4tol on the field I6to 1 agst Neptune—t. freely
20 to 1 apt Chantilly.—taketi.
DONCASTER ST. LEGER.
2 to 1 apt Coronation 17 to 1 agst Van Amburgh

PREPARATION FOR LAUNCHING
tiLiFA LGAR.
WooLwlcif, Jul` F: conSeqiicrice of the near ap-
proach of the time appointed for IDtitichlitg the Trafalgar, of
120 vans, at Woolwich Dockyard, which will for a certainty
take place en Monday, the 21st instant, about half-past two
o'clock in the afternoon, being the anniversary of her Ma-
jesty's proclamation as Sovereign of the United Kiegdern,
great preparations are Malting to fender the spectacle one
of the most imposing ever with,-sSed bete. It it fully de=
cided urtsn that her Majesty Prince Albtirt; the itlinistere
t)f State, the Lords IA the Adtiiiralty, all the Voreign AM-
trissadoh, and the higher members of the Court, will be
pittelat ; and the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty
have issued instructions for the erection of covered scats to
accommodate about three thousand persolit, the Whole being
reserved, and only attainable by tickets preparing for admit-
tance to them,
Her Majesty, Prine6 Albert, anti the inittiediate Ott:Wants
upon the Itqal party, Will occupy scats on the south=west tide
of the Trafalgar, close to the river, and next to the handsome
new building in progress of erecticn, as a store and rinst-bottse.
From this situation the view ti of a, Stipetior deseilptiotb
as tie pos.tien tit' the Dan ftt the time of the launch will, ia the
event of the Weet6r being fai4otirable, shoe/ the animated
Ste ttl !he erteept adratittteie, the trly§ iif tliP htiafehli.ltimi-
nat•y tall'hit upon Ole fan broadside of this magnificent ship M
the glides into her future element in the presence of her M -
jesty and the t' ousands of persons assembled on the land acid In
vessels on the river on the occasion ; and, tilt kfafkictir tit the
sight will confines the great lerlatnan ct the deep turns
up the titer with the still floeving tide, until she is brought up
by heaving; oVerhoifd lik-o large anchors weighing 45 cwt.: each,
attached telprBpohietia4 steltitg leibletn
TileuDftrids O persons visit the Trafalgar daily, and twee
eeery facility afforded to them to examine her minutely if ap-
plication for admittance is made at the Dock-yard gate
before half-past four o'clock In the. afternoon; on 014 dey
except Sunday: As thb prekent, ei'dteri ire Nit .4te Wilt
only rtmain iii tho riVlr One nikht after she is launched,
and will he towed to Sheerness on the next day, to be docked,
the following particulars may prove, interegtiiig 18 aft:Be
who may not have an opportunity of periotially Visiting
her prev,ous to her removal. 1.11. e hews and helm have been
already cupperedk and the portion above *Sect has liven
fully paintet4 outside and inside: The is'tn hits teen finished
in D. ha.Mleenie a chaste and light ap-
peaPareale, similar betwixt the decks to the ballustrades on
bridges. The upper deck is supported in the centre by 39 pillars
of the best African teak, nearly as hard as iron, and eleven
pilla--s of softer wood next the stern. The seeottl AA is
supported by 21 pillars of At lean teak, flee of hard woad, and
twelve or iron, and the lower (leek by thirty-five pillars of
African teak and the beams Co each deck are joined to the
sites by immense joints of iron, presenting an appeal-a-Az of
the greatest strength and durability in all parts.
The outward dimensions of th's splendid vessel are as fol-
low :—Length from the fore part of the figure to the after part
of the stern, 246 feet 2 inches; length on the gun deck, 205
feet 5 inches ; length cf keel for tonnage, 170 feet 5 inches ;
breadth, extreme, 513 feet 7 inches i breadth Mt tonnage, 54
feet 91 inches ; breadth moulded, 53 feet II & incli‘e-t l depth
in hold, 23 feet 2 inches; burthrn in tons, 2,721 21-94 old
measurement; 2,553 2,578-3,500 new measurement; height
from the lower part of the keel to the upper part of the Stern,
64 feet 114 inches.
When the Thunderer, 84 gun ship, was launched in the
Woolwich dock-yard, the public were admitted about half an
rulehou wi
beforerlbe a
tdhehelraeudnetho
a t the launchingtookplace at
,anditis probable the tattle
the Tra ;beuatt
as the numbers who will be present would likelyeaflg
cause
great
rush, rush, many persons have stwed their intentions are to oecepy
stations on the opposite side of the river. The situation do the
Essex side will be excelent for a full view of the entrance of
the ees,el into the river, but it will he advisable, to pretent
secirients, not to stand too close to the bank of the water, as
the velocity of such a large body entering the rivet, stirrounded
as the place will be by steam vessels, will eause a large volume
of water to rush up the bank, and be atterded with risk to the
siretators. The river at the launch of the Thunderer was
comparatively empty of vessels, and y'e't the water roc° on the
I,:ssex side so as to reach the knees of the crowd, causing great
alarm.
Th' whet, of the arra,ngetitenta in 04:mess are excellent, and
naval and military °facets will hail roma, in addition to
the parties reviously enumerated.

Tilt 15APTISTS ANb Cuttk-LAWs.--
~ We rejoice to oh ere that tile irrtriigintia inOverrie,t against
the br,ad not IS .hN:ilming general." So says the Pettrfat..
We rejoice tb hear that it is so ; it has alwa.:l striick es as be=
leg highly d'agraecfnl to the rrfigichiS WeEld that it has sholth
Si much apathy en a stibie.-;t. of Mich vital importares, and we
glad to learn that that apathy is giving way to a better, a
kinder, and It More Christian feel'ng We find that in this dis-
t+ t, the Baptists, a very influential
bod, hate taken up the
question. The Southern Association of Baptist Churches hare
j ast held their Session at Salisbury, during which, petitions to
Parliament, praying for the abolition of the Corn-laws, were
voted with acclamation, conceiving them to be most unhal-
lowed in principle and wicked in their operation. After this
we shall be disappointed if each individual Courch.do not fol-
low the example set by the Associatica, and forward a petition.
to Parliament signed by the minister and-every member of the
congregation.
nomination of :Th.enters, as well
hope the Independent, and every other de-
ell as the EvangelLial Clergy,
will now ci,me forward and speak their minds on the Aihject.
.
1 ct them not I,ay. it said that their. synipatLy f'r their fel-
w I ity-creatori
exhatistOd in their abkitATorts to enaan.
their black brethren.-:-'Wiltshire fazdepc±4€l,t•