The Sun.
London, England, 1847-04-22 00:00:00

SPORTING INiEELI-dENCE.

NEWMARKET FIRST SPRING MEETING.
NEWMARKET, WEDNESDAY EVENING, FIVE O'CLOCK.
The betting last night was on a limited scale, the con
I,-
ersation turning chiefly on the events of the day, and
nior particularly on the Two Thousand Guineas' Stakes,
her esult of which, as we mentioned in our dispatch from
l'oe heath, materially altered the positions of some of the
ltring Derby favourites. Planet's defeat sent him from
to 2 to 13 to 1, but must not be looked upon as decisive
'Cs his real. merits. He coughed several times before start-
g' and sweated as much as if he had been running
severe race, in fact, was decidedly " off;" this will 'ac-
e's:Ault for his defeat in a very slow run race, and makes his
chance for the Derby a very doubtful one. Conyngham,
who was backed for four or five hundred pounds on the
Reath at 5 and 6 to 1, was quoted at night at 5 to 1 ; 30 to
1 laid
, against Cossack, 40 to 1 agst Ulysses, and 7to 2 agst
21,11 Day's lot ; no others mentionel Several hundred
pounds were laid on the match between Alarm and the;i Tra-
lerser, at 6 to 4 on the former ; and 3 or 4 bets on the 1,000
;iolneas Stakes, at 6to 4 agst Slander. The Chester Cup
bets were 9 to 1 agst Dulcet, 10 to 1 each agst The Lamb
Jindgialtpeootd.icant, 20 to 1 agst Camera Obscura, and 35 to 1 agst
The settling for yesterdev's racing took place this after-
that Mr. Green, Mr. llargreaves, and one or two others,
„p7n about 5,0001. The Conyngham party are moderate
Inners; their investments having been checked by a dread
(4 the
Goodwood nag.
he racing this afternoon had no feature of interest beyond
"e great match, in which Alarm received a most signal
Wen,
Handicap Sweepstakes of 20 sov. each. A.F.
Lord of Rutland's Paultons, 5 yre, Bst 10Ib...(Robinson) 1
k.r" Orford's Tarella, 3 yrs, sst 101 b ... 2
:74% Neville's Remorse, 5 yrs, Bst slb •3
101 b 4
jite;:irgod. fyi.Pt's Birthday, 4 yrs, Est
agst Tarella, "2
to 1 agst Paultons, and 5 to 2 agst
The running was made alternately by Tarella and
p '',,,?tse, until near the cords, where it was taken up by
;-"°118, who was never afterwards caught, and won easy
A *length. Run in 2 minutes 21 seconds
8 "Pstake3 of 50 soy. each, for three. year olds.. A.F.
Lora (6 Subs.)
Stradbrook's Coningsby, Bst 71b, and Mr Watson's Dr.
Goodall, Bst 31b, divided the stakes, and Dr. Goodall
Walked over.
Match, T.Y.C., 1,000, h. B.
26jr: O'Brien's The Traverser, lit 71b ...... ......(Marson) 1
Mr. Greville's Alarm, Bst 71b
13 to Bon Alarm. The Traverser, made all the running,
at
a killing pace, disposed of the favourite in the first quarter
rattle,and won by five lengths. Run in 1 min. 12 secs.
Sweepstakes of 200 soy& each, h. ft., A.F. (3 subs.)
Lord
sir *Vow s Conspiracy, Bst 31b .(Nat) 1
ilawley's Humdrum, Bst 51b
Colonel Anson's lago, Bst 121 b
I3etting-6 to 4on Conspiracy, who took the lead from Hum-
nol at the new ground, ruade the rest of the running, and
.7,0 n easy by a length
,• lago, who was beaten a length from
Jaunadrum, pulsol. led ufoprlfaomsuerNi.r Run in 2 min. 40 sec.
Mr. Neville'a yrs-8.
sotldiitc. B.C.
Lord Exetelgersatcll 3 Kesheng,(Maroon) 1
, Remorse,
2
5 yrs, Set Illb
Bettin by Colwicic, out of Lucetta, 4 yrs, 7st 81b 3
g-6 to 4on Kesheng. Remorse made all the run-
- g' and won by two lengths ; the Lucetta colt beaten off.
Run in 8 'tin. 41 secs.
EWMARKET,
CwEIVED THIS DAY.)
RDWESDAY NIGHT, ELEVEN O'CLOCK.
ENTRIES FOR THURSDAY.
Sweepstakes • winner to be sold for 80/.
NIB
atif by Assassln, out 'of Esmeralda—Tanais—Millwoocl—
er,_si a—lbrahim Pacha—b f by The Saddler, out of Fau-
ua--•and Jollity. _

Handicap, T.Y.C.
„12ish op of Romford's Cob, aged, Bst 10Ib— Garry Owen,
7r, Bst 61b—dinglepot, 5 yrs, Bst—Best Bower, 6 yre.
Ib--Cocoa Nut, 6 yrs, ist 31b—Kite, 3 yrs' Est 101b—
r, 3 yrs, sst 101b—Jollity, 3 yrs, sst 31b. Three paid.
Queen's Plate, R.C.
ttiatra, 5 yrs—Wolfdog, 5 yrs—Flahowlagh, 5 yrs--
Ydrauger, 4 yrs—Humdrum, 4 yrs.
6 to 4 apt Slander LATEST BETTING.
1,000 GUINEAS STAXES.
ato 2 agst Brown Bess 3to 1 agst Clementina
The above three and two
car

,thers are expected to run.
98 tt° agst Dulcet cat CUF.
I 16 to 1 agst Clermont
10 e agst Mendicant
t° 1 mat The Lamb I2Bto 1 agst Inheritress (t)
30 to 1 agst Annandale
to 1 agst Camera Obscura 30 to 1 agst Plaudit
(taken) 40 to 1 agst Gwalior
Sting and Jinglepot are declared not to start.
to 2 THE DERBY.
agst John Day's lot 20 to 1 agst Cossack
11
agst Conyn ham 30 to 1 agst Mr. Martin
2 agst Van Tromp 40 to 1 agst Oxonian
No others mentioned.
Wallet( wonic.—The result of the Two Thousand Guineas,
disew, was not run until a quarter past three o'clock, was
sc V our correspondent, by horse express to Cambridge, a
to lzilee of thirteen miles, within thirty minutes, and thence
oreditch by electric telegraph.
Itt

GisTity of BIRTHS and DEATHS
t,..,DURING THE WEEK ENDING APRIL 17.
registered in week. Births registered in the week.
"' ••• 493 Males ... ... 694
Pelll al..
••• 48S Females ... 644

Total .• -9
8-1

Total ... 1,338

n_ Tau ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH, ADMIRALTY EXTEN-
rIt--Yesterday evening the operation of laying down the
e
tal tubes through which the communicating wires pass
Zas,noncluded. The course taken from the telegraph offices
the Strand is as follows :—On the north side of the Strand
gaae nelaoB
calm's Pillar, across Cockspar-street , through Spring-
ark, Passing Lord F.itzhardinge's. mansion into St. James's
neat" d d °ngside the railings of Spring-gardens, an un er-
the Admiralty garden to the Telegraph-offices, which
mre already fitted up with the necessary apparatus, so that
conitnunication can be transmitted as soon as the wires are
connected with the terminal. The above circuitous route
as been adopted to obviate the inconvenience which must
necessarily have occurred by the passage of the pipes through
the principal entrance. To preclude the possibility of any
defect in the communication, each wire is tested previously
to being encased in the tubes.
DESTRUCTION OF AN ANCIENT 7410NUMEICT.—The
Inverness Courier mentions, amongst other casualties of the
late gale which visited Scotland on Thursday week, the par-
tial destruction of the ancient obelisk, or standing stone at
Stanwick, parish of Nigg, which was thrown down and

broken. The obelisk bad various hieroglyphic sculpturing,

and was supposed to commemorate the Cie-aih and burial of
a Danish sea king, who, in the days of the Vikingr, was
wrecked and drowned oil' the coast.

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THE LATE ACCIDENT AT THE EARL OF HAR-
RINOTON'S.—The footman who received Ihe other day an
accident at the Earl of Harrington's, while carrying a trunk
upstairs, died yesterday at the Westminster Hospital.
NATIONAL HALL, HIGH HOLBORN.—A concert
Was given last night at this hall, in aid of the Metropolitan
Benefit Societies' Asylum, Ball's Pond, Islington, established
for the reception of aged and infirm members of benefit so-
cieties of both sexes, and the members of the Loyal United
14:fiends, Old Friends, Foresters, Manchester finity, Odd
&Cows, Druids, end all societies having gift funds. It was
numerously and respectably attended, and consisted of a
,7'Y agreeable and judicious musical mélange, selected from
the works of Barnet, Turner, Weber, Bellini, Rossini, Horn,
&c. Most of the popular vocal performers at concerts
ere engaged, who acquitted themselves most creditably, and
Wereyeses
generally applauded. Among the numbers were the
'8.8e5 Adams, Thornton, and O'Connor; Mesdames A. New-
*, Ellis, and Dixon; Messrs. Shoubridge, Sporle, Buckland,
Sedweick, and Cornish, whose names are a sufficient
"arrant of the style and efficiency with which the perform-
anted were conducted.
DEATH OF A LADY FROM ALLEGED DESTITUTION.
~..Yesterday Mr. Wakley held an inquest at the University
College Hospital, on the body of a female, supposed to be
about sixty years of age, and named Lydia Ann Downes,
'l°,,hose death took place under the following circumstances.
,Thomas Delaney, police-constable 230 S, deposed that on
canday night, about twelve o'clock, he was on duty in Sey-
!tour-street, Euston-square, when he was sent for by the
landlord of the Coronation public-house, and informed that
there was a woirtaif in his tap-room he feared dying. Wit-
tress went there, and found deceased lying upon one of the
patches in an apparently dying state. The landlord said
she came in about ten o'clock, and asked for half a pint of
rter made hot, which she took with her into the tap-room.
• ,witness procured assistance, aud brought deceased to that
hospital, where stimulants were administered. She was in-
sensible at at the time, but rallied sufficiently to state that she
lived is Johnson-street, Somers-town, but again relapsed
into a state of insensibility, and died in an hour after. She
was in a frightfully emaciated and filthy condition. Mr.
Francis Cook, of Johnson-street, Somer's Town, said the
deceased bad occupied one of the top rooms of his house for
four years, for which she paid 2s. per week quarterly. She
Was a most eccentric character, and no human being ever

entered her apartment but herself, until since her death, and
from documents he had found, there was no doubt ale had
been highly connected. Among them were receipted bills
. made out in the deceased's name, to the amount of 23,0001.
One hill was for post-horses at a guinea per day; another,
1004 for garden seeds; but the most important were legal
documents, showing that the deceased had been the defend-
ant in a Chancery suit, and that by an adverse decision of
- the court she had been entirely deprived of very
large estates in Northamptonshire. Another bill
showed she had paid four guineas and a half for a
white silk bonnet. Deceased was a remarkably fine
and high-spirited woman, and although she appeared in the
deepest poverty, she would never ask a favour. He be-
lieved deceased was a recipient of some annuity, which she
obtained from the Strand somewhere, but he could not tell
where. It must, however, have been very small. She
always paid her rent punctually, and a quarter was due on
the 27th inst. Deceased left home on Sunday night, about
ten •'clock. On entering her apartment since death a
frightful scene of misery presented itself, the whole of the
furniture, consisting of a broken table and chair, and a mat,
which served as a bed. The floor was sole deep in filth, and
on the mattress being moved, it was one mass of vermin.
There was no property, or a particle of food, clothing, or,
firing in the place. After some further evidence the jury re.
turned a verdict, " That deceased died from natural causes,
but whether from exhaustion produced by the want of com-
mon necessaries of life, there was not sufficient evidence to
Show."

EXAMINATION OF ARTICLED CLERKS.—The exami-
nation of persons applying to be admitted attorneys is fixed
for the 27th inst., at half-past 9 A.M., and the articles of
• e!erkship and assignment, if any, with answers to the ques-
Ilona as to due service according to the regulations approved
'33' the Judges, should be left at the usual place before the
23d inst. The number of attorneys applying to be admitted
In the present term is 131.
SULPHUR AT THE ISLAND OF 0 WYBEE..--.A. dis-
. Patch has been received at Lloyd's, from the Board of Trade,
, Announcing, from a letter received from the British Consul
at the Island of Owyhee, the existence of sulphur in abun-
dance in that island, at a distance of 26 miles from a shipping
P3rt.

DEPLORABLE IGNORANCE.—If the " Education
gaestion" is allowed to pass, we propose that the first per-
ilous to receive the benefits of the new Act should be Mr.
I'leagher and the Irish patriots who have been lately die
playing their sad want of education at the Irish Confederation
Dublin. It is pitiable to think that persons who have the
Power of doing so much mischief should be allowed to re-
main in their present hopeless state of ignorance. It is
Tme bounden duty of the Government to teach them better.
---Punch.
• CARRIAGE ROBBERY.. On Tuesday afternoon
Illatne expert thieves contrived to purloin from the carriage
Mrs. Ponsonby, of the North-road, Fulham, whilst wait-
mg for that lady in Regent-street, a jewel case containing a
Ignite of diamonds valued at 15U:a China crape shawl, and
Lieugth of French satin. The coachman was on the box at
tune, and the footman on the pavement in front of the
age door.