The Sun.
London, England, 1840-10-19 00:00:00

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

MANCHESTER, FRIDAY EVENING.
Clarion's success for the valuable and imperial stakes of
Wednesday seems to be a, great a wonder to the cognos-
centi both here and at Newmarket, as Little Wunder's
victory over Epsom Downs. We are not aware that he
was ever backed in this market for a shilling I indeed, his
public running might well place him hors de combat in
the list of favourites. No doubt 100 to 3or even 2 could
have been had by asking for. There was a very slight as-
semblage this afternoon ; but still the betting on the Mos-
tyn Stakes was brisk and important. It opened with offers
of 6 to 4 on the field, which increased to 7 to 4, when Gal-
lipot was backed with avidity in two or three quarters at 7
to 2, this price could not be long obtained; sto 2 was
taken, and the same gentleman soon accepted 100 to 50,
which placed him within an ace of premier ; 20 to 11 was
offered on the field. Epirus's party rallied and laid 6to 4,
and then 120 to 80 that he beats Gallipot ; then the back-
ers of the latter laid 20 to 10 against Epirus, and at the
close it was quite a " toss-up" to say which bad the call ;
since, however, we have seen 25 to 20 offered that Epirus
beats the other.
2 to 1 agst Epirus—taken
2 to 1 agst Gallipot—taken
5 to 1 agst any other.
7 to 1 agst Spring-heeled Jack—offered
15 to 1 agst Prince Albert—taken
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and being
DESTRUCTIVE FIRESLAsT NIGHT INSOUTII
WARK.—Between eleven and twelve o'clock last night a
most destructive fire broke out in the manufactory , f
Messrs. Smuda, brothers, engineers, in Sumner-street,
Backside, Southwark. In a few minutes after the disco-
very of the tire, the engine and men from the Southwark-
bridge-road
destroyed, and
bridge-road station of the London Fire establishment ar-
and about
at anend.
rived, followed by
belonging NV e st o f
te Englandthe brigade, engine,
plentifully supplied with water, played with such effect
a dozen other engintiese
upon the burning mass as to confine the devouring element
to the stack of buildings (occupying nearly half an acre of
impossible to
ground) in which the fire originated, but not before the
bw3hotl:ooof,cAlloecsksrsa.llSfnelaurdsao'sf mfuarnouiefarcdtoarnyger
Were
The loss of property must be very great indeed, but
form any thing like a correct estimate. A strong posse
from the confusion which prevailed, it was
of constables of the M division, under Superintendent
Murray and Inspector Mason, were in attendance, and
rendered great service in keeping the crowd from imped-
ing the firemen in their operations. Just as the firemen
belonging to the London Fire Establishment, and those
of the West of El-wised, assisted by the police of the M
division, had succeeded in extinguishing this fire, another,
and a far more destructive one was discovered to be raging'
in the centre of the
of Messrs. Itoslings,
extensive piles of
pro-
prietors of the steam sawmills,
hundred yards of the spot
It presented
of timber, about forty
sheet of flame. timber in the yard
extensive men chants, and
of the
ificet - ankside, and within a
other scene of destruction.
a most magn high bpeetaele, five or six
worked its way to the
feet , being
I the fire
Wi" e etches b
ar
valuable timbers were kept,he. the g
destroyed. Through t
men, they succeeded judiciouspiles
g enveloped in one
was thus raging above it
beneath, in which the more
rester part of which were
exertions of the fire-
insalvTg the premises facing the
water side, otherwise theex
eoi:ssivand destruction of property
would have been most t
e.The
loss of property
exceeds 5,0001., butfortunately Messrs. Itoslings are in-

a Sussex continues indisposed at his ap''art-
sured.
Palace. His Royal
We are concerned to state that his Royal MA-
Highness caught
cold during his visit to Frogmore Lodge, soon after the
late princess Augusta, and has not left his
decease of the
inquirie.s a. ter his health during the last
nmeeses apart-
ments DKucknes in g
to n
apartment since that pedrioDd. The Prince and Princess
of Capua, the Dake anDuchess of Somerset, and other
olland is in constant attendance on the
intimate personal friends of f his. Royal Highness, have
SELLING AGE ST
POST A AlPS.—Attempts hay
been made in various parts of the country to disfranchise
madeweek.Roya f
Dr ellur
.ce
.n
ut
those who oblige the public by selling postage stamps, on
the plea that having a license from the Commissioners
same previous to selling them,
they arc the servants of the Government; but it has been
decided that where these individuals were purchasers of
they rote not sub-distributors having to account to the
\
Commissioners of Stamps, and therefore not disqualified
from being placed on the register.—Leed's Intelligencer.
for
.the
stamps, and paid