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

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

NEWMARKET FIRST SPRING MEETING.
The betting
WEDNESDAY EVENDIG, FIVE O'CLOCK.
...lila betting last night was on a limited scale, the cm-
,7"stion turning chiefly on the events of the day, and
rere Particularly on the Two Thousand Guineas' Stakes,
the result of which, as we mentioned in our dispatch from
ilke heath, materially altered the positions of some of the
Derby favourites. Planet's defeat sent him from
to 4 to 13 to 1, but must not be looked upon as decisive
Of his real merits. He coughed several times before start-
& and sweated as much as if he had been running
s
_severe race, in fact, was decidedly off;" this will ac-
rtnit for his defeat in a very slow run race, and makes his
chance for the Derby a very doubtful one. Conyngham,
whs Was backed for four or five hundred pounds on the
rttil et 5 and 6 to 1, was quoted at night at 5 to 1; 30 to
aid against Cossack, 40 to 1 agst Ulysses, and 7 to 2 agst
~___"1111 Dare let; no others mentioned. Several hundred
Pounds were laid on the match between Alarm and the 3 Tra-
;lover at 6 to 4on the former ; and 3or 4 bets on the 1,000
nuirleas Stake:, at 6to 4 agst Slander. The Chester Cup
ritt_is were 9to 1 agst Dulcet, 10 to 1 each agst The Lamb
Mendicant, 20 to 1 agst Camera Obscura, and 35 to 1 agst
lepot
the settling for yesterday's racing took place this after-
• and that it was a heavy one may be judged from the
._bet that Mr. Green, Mr. Hargreaves, and one or two others,
• :21_71 about 5,0001. The Conyngham party are moderate
..7„nera • their investmeats having been checked by a dread
'",„,tee Goodwood nag.
the
racing this afternoon had no feature of interest beyond
s great match, in which Alarm received a most signal
Dints of
Sweepstakes of 20 soy. each. A.S.
Ord of Rutland's Paultons, 5 yrs, Bst 101b...(Robinson) 1
11,:rd Orford's Tarella, 3 yrs, sst 101 b 2
Zr• Neville's ?Lament', 5 yrs, Bst 51b
Pigot's Birthday, 4 yrs, Est 101 b 4
iitg to 1 :•-et Tarella, 2 to 1 agst Paultons, and 5 to 2 agst
3.matilday- The running waa made alternately by Tarella and
p--.„,w‘ until near the cords, where it was taken up by
""tstle, ',rho was never afterwards caught, and won easy
117 a length. Run in 2 minutes 21 seconds.
Sweepstakes of 50 SOT. each, for three year olds. A.F.
(6 Subs.)
Lord
,Stradbrook'e Coningsby, Bst 71b, and Mr Watson's Dr.
""9"11, Est 31b, divided the stakes, and Dr. Goodall
walked over.
Match, T.Y.C. 1,000, h. ft.
11111,..!. O'Brien's The Traverser, ist 71b ...(Maroon) 1
Greville's Alarm, Bst 71b
Lat to 8 on Alarm. The Traverser, made all the running,
„,
a citing pace, disposed of the favourite in the first quarter
%mil% and won by five lengths. Run in 1 min. 12 secs.
I,eePatakes of 200 soy& each, h. ft., A.F. (3 subs. )
sTirisseow's Conspiracy, Bst 81b (Nat) 1
. Havrley's Humdrum, Bst 51b ... 2
Colonel Anson's Lag% Bst 1211)
114 ting— to' on Conspiracy, who took the lead
at the n" und, made the rest of the running, and
ro easy by a lengthgre ; lago, who was beaten a length from
"tun drum, Pulled up lame. Run in 2 min. 40 sec.
?dr. ),5 del, for four-yrs-old, &c. B.C.
.emorse, 5 yrs, Bst 111 b ............ (Manion 1
Lord E Wigvenits Kesheng, 5 yrs, /Ist 111 b .................. 2
sate-'* cby Coiwick, out of Lucetta, 4 yrs, 7st 81b 3
Betting. to 4on Kesheng. Remorse made all the run-
RnT:_and Won by two lengths; the Lucetta colt beaten off.
8 rain. 41 secs.

(RECEIVED THIS DAY.)
ICEW num RE T, WEDNESDAY NIGHT, ELEVEN O'CLOCK.
ENTRIES FOR THURSDAY.
f ,Sweepstakes ; winner to be sold for 801.
Asti "alai 7 41.81asein, out of Esmeralda—Tennis—Millwood—
go_ —lbrahim PacLa—b fby The Saddler, out of Fau-
n--and Jollity.
Iliabo Handicap, T.Y.C.
P of Romford's Cob, aged, Bst 101b—Garry Owen,
7r. 83t 61b—Jinglepot, 5 yrs, Bst—Best Bower, 6 yrs,
61b--Cocoa Nut, 6 yrs, 7st 31b—Kite, 3 ,yrs, Est 101b—
onfir, 3 yrs, sst 101b—Jollity, 3 yrs, gst 31b. Three paid.
Queen's Plate, R.C.
riAlarint 5 yrs--woudog, 5 yrs--Flahowlagh, 5 yrs-.
Ydranger, 4 yrs—Humdrum, 4 yrs.
LATEST BETTING.
e a. 1,000 GELICEILS VASES.
t° aget Slander
2 agat Brown Bess 3/to 1 agst Clementine
to
The above three and two
CXY

thers are expected to run•

8 to 1 ,sa cwt.
9._ agst Dulcet 16 to 1 agst Clermont
1 agst Mendicant
, 28 to 1 ag:t Inheritress (t)
10 t': !
agst The Lamb
30 to 1 agst Annandale
17 f"
A agst Camera Obscure 30 to 1 agst Plaudit
(taken) 40 to 1 agst Gwalior
°Ling and Jinglepot are declared not to start.
ilt
Leto IMIR DERBY.
VA
00JOnhynn Day'sghm lot 20 to 1 agst Cossack
30 to 1 agst Mr. Martin
"" VA Tan Tromp 40 to 1 agst Oxonian
No others mentioned.
gliict Wont.—The result of the Two Thousand Guineas,
Ithich
sent b wags not run until a quarter past three o'clock, was
dio_Y our correspondent, by horse express to Cambridge, a
to ;,,use of thirteen miles, within thirty minutes, and thence
enoreditch by electric telegraph.
RE-

CISTRY of BIRTHSd DEATHS
Death THE WEEK ENDING APRIL 17.
—llanis registered in the week. Births registered in the week.
17 et" ... 493 Males ... ... 694
ornale. 488 Females ... 644

Tntal. . 981

Total ... 1,338

41,-UHr ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH, ADMIRALTY ERTEN-
tuuN"--Yesterday evening the operation of laying down the
irmetik.l tubes through which the communicating wires pass
the Strand
The course taken from the telegraph offices
ii.l7,Strand is as follows :—On the north side of the Strand
gordeenlson's across. Cockspur-street, through Spring-
; passing Lord Fitzhardinge'a mansion into St. James's
Park,
alongside the railings of Spring-gardens and under-
ueath the Admiralty garden to the Telegraph-offices, which
_are already fitted up with the necessary apparatus, so that
c"ltrlunication can be transmitted as soon as the wires are
connected with the terminal. The above circuitous route
bail 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.
DASTRUCTION OF AN ANCIENT MONUMENT.—The
Inveniess Courier meutions, amongst other casualties of the
late gale which visit,d Scotland on Thursday week, the par-
tial destruction -ft ancient obelisk, or standing stone at
Stanwick, parish Nigg, which was thrown down and
broken. The obeli . had various hieroglyphic sculpturing,
and was supposed to commemorate the death and burial of
a Danish sea king, who, in the days of the Vikingr, was
Wrecked and drowned off the coast.
THE LATE ACCIDENT AT THE EARL OF HAR-
EINGTGN'S.—The footman who received the 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
Priends, Old Friends, Foresters. Manchester Unity, Odd
Fellows, Druids, and all societies having gift funds. It was
numerously and respectably attended, and consisted of a
the
agreeable and judicious musical melange, selected from
VA works of Barnet, Turner, Weber, Bellini, Rossini, Horn,
&c. Moat of the popular vocal performers at concerts
were engaged. who acquitted themselves most creditably, and
11. were generally applauded. Among the numbers were the
Adams. Taornton, and O'Connor; Mesdames A. New-
tn7Elis, and Dixon; Messrs. Shoubridge, Sporle, Buckland,
biedgeidck, and Cornish, whose names are a sufficient
Warrant of the *Lyle and efficiency with which the perform-
ances were conducted.
DRATIL Or A LADY FROM ALLEGED DESTITUTION.
"rzYStterday Mar. Wakley held an inquest at the University
_ll7lllollPitalls an the body of a female, supposed to be
7
kivß sixty years of age, and named Lydia Ann Downes,
whose death took place under the following circdmstances.
Thomas Delaney, police-constable 230 S, deposed that on
Sunday
Inour-etree, Euston-square, when he was sent for by the
landlord of the Coronation public-house, and informed that
there was a woman in his tap-room he feared dying. Wa-
yless went thank. and found deceased lying upon one of the
benches is an apparently dying state. The landlord said
she came in about ten o'clock, and asked for half a pint of
eorter made hot, which she took with her into the tap-room.
_Whims procured assistance, and brought deceased to that
hospital, where stimulants were administered. She was in-
Sensible 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 had 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 she had
been highly connected. Among them were receipted bills
made out in the deceased's name, to the amount of 23,0001.
One bill was for pose-horses at a guinea per day; another,
1001. 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 est &tee in Northamptonshire. Another bill
showed she had paid four guinteas 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 wila 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. Demised left home on Sunday night, about
ten o'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 plate. 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."

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EXAMI,NATION 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
clerkship and arsignment, if any, with answers to the ques-
tions as to due service according to the regulations approved
by the Jadges, 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 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
part,

DEPLORABLE IGNORANCE.—If the " Education
xueation" is allowed to pass, we propose that the first per-
tris to receive the benefits of the new Act should be kir.
int agher and the Irish patriots who have been lately dis •
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
the bounden duty of the Government to teach them better.
"—Punch.
CARZIAGE ROBBEItY.—On Tuesday afternoon
lame ex_pert thieves contrived to purloin from the carriage
g for that lad
of Mrs. Ponsonby, of the North-road, Fulham, whilst wait-
in Regent-street, a jewel case containing a
nye of diamonds valued at 1501., a China crape shawl, and
tVein.th of French satin. The coachman was on the box at
141/6. and the footman on the pavement in front Of the
'ONUS 49%