The Sun.
London, England, 1840-10-27 00:00:00

EVENING 141DITION.

COURT CIRCULAR.

WIND2OR, MONDAY.—Prince Albert inspected the
First Regiment of Life Guards this morning in the
Great Park. His Royal Highness was attended by
Colonel Wylde, and other Gentlemen of his Suite.
The Queen and Prince Albert took their customary
drive in the Park this afternoon, in a pony phaeton,
attended by most of the Castle party.
Lord Hill, the Commander of the Forces, arrived at
the Castle this afternoon on a visit to her Majesty.
The Earl of Uxbridge will have the honour of joining
the Royal dinner party this evening.
The Hon. and Rev. Robert Eden, took his leave and
left the Castle this morning.
Her Majesty again honoured Mr. Herbert Smith with
a sitting for her portrait to-day.

The Duchess of Kent visited the Duchess of Glou
tester yesterday at Gloucester House.
;loesieur Gaizot, the French Amba•sador, had an
audience of the Duchess of Kent on Saturday afternoon
at Ingestrie House, Belgrave-square, to take leave o
her Royal Highness, on his Excellene)'s return to his
Court.

Despatches from the Governor of Malta were re-
ceived on Sunday at the Colonial-office. Despatches
from Sir C. Metcalfe, Governor of Jamaica, and from
the Got ernor of Upper CKnada, were also rccehed on
Sunday at the Colonial-officc.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

NEWMARKET HOUGHTON MEETING.
MONDAY.

Mr. Pettit's Langolee, Bst-31.b (Robinson), beat Mr.
Goodman's c by Agrceable, out of Antelope's dam, Bst
71b. Betting-6 to 4on Langolee. Won by three lengths.
Handicap Sweepstakes of 25 sous. each, for three-yrs-old,
&c. D. M. (3 subs )

Mr. Boyce's Scroggins, aged, 93t 81b (Rogers) 1
Lord Exeter's Rudest°, 3 )rs, 7st 131 b
Mr. Wright's Folly, 3 )rs, 6st 3lb (carried 7st Mb) 3

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Betting .-6 to 4 on Scroggins, and 2 to 1 agst Folly.
Won by half a length.
Mr. Greville's Pickwick, Bst 121 b (Nat). beat Mr. Shel-
ley's Hellespont, 7st Mb, A.F., 50, h ft. 6t05 on Pick-
wick. Won by a neck.
Mr. Treen'a Fitzroy, Sit 71b (Robinson), beat Mr. Gre-
vale's Perseus, 7.t 111 b, A. F, 100, h ft. 5 to 4 on Per.
sous, who was beaten a length.
Mr. Ilyng's Garry Owen (Nat) beat Lord Exeter's
Scutari, Bst 61b each, T. Y. C., 100, h ft. 6t04 on
Scutari. Von by Irilf a length.

Mr. Goodman's Mungo Parke, Sst (Butler), beat Mr.
Shelley's Hellespont, Bit 31b, T. Y. C. 25. 5 to 4 on
Hellepp-nt. Won by a neck.
The Cambridgeshire Stakes of 25 sous. each, 10 ft, and 5
only if declared, with 100 added by the inhabitants, &c.
The winner of the Cesarewitch to carry 71b extra. The
last mile and a dis. of B.C. (64
.subs., of whom 39
declared.)

Mr. Graydon's Roscius, 4 yrs, ist 31b.......(Chapp1e) 1
Colonel Peel's Dey of Algiers, 4 yrs, 8A 61b 2
Mr. Herbert's Clarion, 4 yrs, Bst 31b (and 71b extra) 3
Mr. W. Ridsdale's Diderot, 3 yrs, 7st.

Lord Mbernark's Janus, 3 yrs, bit 71b 5
The following also started, but were not placed :—Mr.
Sandiland's eh g Nubian, 5 yrs, 7st 81b; Capt. Gardnor's
10, 4 yrs, 7st 81b; Mr. Beresford's Bob Peel, 3 yrs, 6st
121 b ; Lord Exeter's Stamboul,3 yrs. 6st 91b ; Lord Strad-
broke's Hesione, 4 yrs, Est 71b; Lord Exeter's Silistria,
3 y ra, 6st 21b ; Mr. J. Day's f by Nimrod, out of Buck, 3
yrs, 6t ; and Mr. Eddison's The Ruler, 3 yrs, bat 101 b.
Betting-9 to 2 agst Clarion (taken); sto 1 apt
Ruler; 6 to 1 agst Diderot (taken); 7 to 1 agct The
Dey ; 10 to 1 agst Bob Peel (taken) ; 12 to 1 agst Janus
(taken); 20 to 1 agst Hesione ( taken); 25 to 1 apt
Nubian; and 33 to 1 agst Roscius (taken). Won by a
length.
The Criterion Stakes of 30 soya. each, 20 ft., for two-yrs
old; colts, Bst 7lb ; and fillies, Bst bib ; the winner of
the July, Clearwell, or Prendergast Stakes, 7lbs ; cr of
any two of these Stakes, 91bs extra; all other winners
2lbs extra; the second to save his stake. From the
turn of the lands in. (36 Subs. )
Lord Albernarle's ch c Ralph
Mr. Etwall's Thistle Whipper 2
The following also started, but were not placed :—Mr.
J. Newton's Yaratilda, Fulwar Craven's Benedetto, Duke
of Grafton's Mosque, Lord Exeter's f by Sultan, out of
Marchese, Colonel Peel's Cameleon; and Mr. Ford's
Young Quo Minus.
Betting-5 to 4 on Camelcon ; 7 to 2 agst Thistle
Whipper (taken); 6to 1 agst Benedetto (taken): 10 to
1 agst Yaratilda; and 12 to 1 agst Mosque. Wou by a
head.

Match—Mr. Pettit's Nicholas, 3 yrs, 7st 71b, received
forfeit from Lord Lichfield's Feather, 4 yrs, Bit 71b,
T. M. M., 100, h ft.

DOVER, OCT. 25.—The warlike preparations
making at our fortifications have created some sensation in

the place, and recal to mind days of yore, 'when the pomp
and circumstance of glorious war used to enliven this breast.

work of the kingdom. We have as yet received no;;;:
forcement of troops ; but the 34th regiment from Canter.
bury will march for this place on Tuesday. Arrived here
yesterday, by the Royal George, Captain Swaffcr, from
Boulogne; among other pa s-ngers:—G. R. Smith, E-q. ;
R Gage, Esq. ; Edwards, Esq. ; R. Biker, Esq ;
Miss Ward; Messrs. Coats, Cox, Lennox, Smith, Sce.

By the Widgeon, Captain Hamilton, from Caiais :7-Lord

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and Lady Burghersh, Lord John SomerEct, Mr. and Mrs.
Vaughatn, Mr. Warring, with despatches, Messrs. Epps,
Minuet, Delmar, &c. This day, from Calais, by the
Courier, Capt. Langlos; Dr. .Macauly and other distill-

guished passengers. Also Mr. Deudny and Mr. Glover,
by the Ostend packet. We have daily a more than usual
number of passengers from the Continent ; and the Bou-
logne and London boats are also crowded with passen-
gers, carriages, and other moveables for the metropolis.
There is no concealing the fact, that our countrymen and
countrywomen are being driven across the channel from
an apprehension of war or revolution.

B 1 LE FOR THE BLIND.—The Lords of her
Majesty's Treasury have just awarded the sum of 4001.
towards printing a Bible for the blind, under the
of a committee at Glasgow, and which was to be
finally completed this month. It will be contained in fif-
teen volumes, large super royal quarto, and in all there
will be 3,300 volumes printed. There will be in each
2,470 pages, each containing 37 lines, and will consist of
1,160 reams of paper, weighing 9,860 lbs. The New
Testament has been already completed in four volumes,
and contains 42 lines in each page. No fewer than
10,850 volumes have already been published by the Glas-
gow Society for the Instruction of the Blind.
MILITARY ADVENTURE —NOW that war is
so exclusively tl.e topic of all thought and all conversation,
nothing can be more apt than the republication (under the
universally available form of a volume cf " ('olburnss
Standard Novelists") of Mr. Glcig's popular work en-
titled " The Chelsea Pen,ioners"—a work which includes
more of the excitement and interest arising out of military
adventures than almost any other of its kind, to which the
late protracted contest gave birth. Mr. Gleig's is, per-
haps, the most graphic and spirited of all the military pens
that have illustrated the exploits of our army; and theme
cannot be a more fitting moment than the present for re-
producing his stirring military pictures to the public eye,
" The Chelsea Pensioners" partake so intimately of the
joint character of truth and fiction, that it includes the at-
tractions and will command the popularity of both.
DEATH OF LIEUTENANT-GENERAL SIR
JOSEPH STRATON.—By the death of this Gallant Officer
—one of the " Spirits" of Waterloo—which took place
on Friday, in Park-street, Grosvenor-square, the Co-
lonelcy of the 6th, or Inniskillen Dragoons, which he
held since April last, becomes vacant. Sir Joseph en_
tered the service in December, 1794, in the 2d Dragoon
Guards, in which corps he served two years and three
months. He purchased a troop in March, 1797, in the
13th Light Dragoons, and the majority of the same corps
in August, 1801. He studied at the Royal Military
College, High Wycombe, in leo4 and 5, from whence
he obtained on his examination a diploma of the first
qualification, and was appointed to the Staff of the
Duke of Gloucester. He accompanied his regi-
ment to the Peninsula in February, 1810, where he
served, partly in command of the regiment, and
partly as second in command, for three years, and
was in all the affairs and engagements in which it
during that time bore part. In June, 1813, the Com-
mnander-in-Chief gave him, without purchase, in reward
of services, the Lieut.- Colonel-y of the 6th Dragoons,
of which regiment he died Colonel. In April, 1815, he
embarked with his regiment, and commanded it in the
commencement of the battle of Waterloo until the fall of
the gallant Ponsonby, when the command of the brigade,
consisting of the Ist, 2d, and 6th Dragoons, devolved
upon him. This brigade, with the brigade of Life
particularlymenti o distinguishedn ed by
th e
Duke
uke
themselves. o f\\'ei
Guards, Blues, and King's Dragoun Guards, formed the
asbavoifnaCavairy
tir brigades
g t
Towards the close of the action Sir Joseph Straton
was wounded, and his horse wounded twice. Ile received
for his services the Order of St. Vladimir, of the 4th
class, from the Emperor Alexander of Russia, and was
appointed a Companion of the Bath. In 1816 he took
the name of Suwon, his previous one being Muter. Hie
ast commission of Lieut.-General bears date June, 1838.
1111 S morning, at seven o'clock, the mortal re-
mains of the late Lord Holland were removed from Hol-
land House, Kensington, for interment in the family vault,
at Amplitlell, Pcdf rdshire.
MELANCHOLY SUICIDE OF TWO (TWIN)
SLSTERS.—A paragraph with this heading bas appeared in
several of the papers, stating that two girls of the name of
Robinson, aged 19 years, had thrown themselves into the
Thames from Waterloo-bridge on Sunday night. The
same paragraph was sent for insertion in this Journal, yes-
terday. On inquiry no foundation for the statement could
be traced. None of the toll-keepers or watermen about
and
the bridge had hard of the " Melancholy Suicide,"
therefore we conclude there is no truth in the statement.,
This morning, between seven and eight o clock,
a number of horses were shipped on board a large steamer
at the Custom House quay, for Boulogne, being the first
draught of a contract entered into with the French Go.
Collins, the extensive horse-dealer of
vernment, by Mr.
1,200 by the Ist of December next.,
Lambeth, to supply
They are intended for the French cavalry and artillery,
GUERNSEY, OCT. 22.—Her Majesty s pac-
ket Cuckoo, which arrived this morning, brought infor-
mation that Government have issued orders for the inns.-
diate arming of the Post-office steamers. The Dasher is
to go to Portsmouth on Friday for this purpose. We
understand the packets on this station tall each be armed
with two 32-pounders, and that their crews will be ade-
quately increased.—Guernsey Star,
THE DIFFERENCE IN IL r,
LINDS. A pac
bounds costs John Bull to keep, in England, 20,000 dol-
lars per annum. A pack of hounds costs Uncle Sara to
keep (in Florida, for irieterkee) about 5,000,000 dollar per
I annum,