The Sun.
London, England, 1841-07-01 00:00:00

LATEST BETTING AT MANCHES

TER.

MANCHESTER, TUESDAY EVENING.

The " nomination day" has been productive of some of the
heaviest betting we remember for a long time. The room was
well attended; a few influential Liverpool gentlemen dropt in to
give an impetus to speculation. Calypso amt Charles were backed
at .8 to 1, in hundreds, fifties, ponies, scores, &c. with much spirit;
the latter left off a point in advance, as his backer offered to
take 7CO to 100, or any part, about him, as the room broke up.
The Recorder, the Young-'un, and Orelia were all backed,
but were not in force yesterday ; Milksop a good deal inquired
after. The elections added a variety to the important Cup
proceedings.

THE SALFORD ELECTION.
6 to 4 on Mr. Brotherton—taken
THE MANCHESTER ELECTION.
40 to 10 offered v. Sir George
THE LIVERPOOL cur.
7 to 1 agst Mr. Johnstone's Charles the Twelfth—taken
8 to 1 agst Mr. St. Paul's Calypso—off
100 to 3 agst Mr. Allen's Orelia—off, taken to 7
500 to 30 agst Recorder—taken, then no layers.
100 to 7 agst Duke of Cleveland's Sampson—off.
16 to 1 agst The Young-'un—off, 20 taken in ponies.
20 to 1 agst Major Hay's Retriever—off.
25 to 1 agst Lord Westminster's Maroon—taken yesterday
500 to 15 apt Rough Robin—off.
50 to 1 :gst Mr. Wood's Longsight—then 500 to 10 off.
7 to 1 agst Recorder and the Young-'un (off); 7 to 1 agst
Recorder and Orelia (t) ; 7 to 1 agst Sampson and Orelia
(t) ; 3 to 1 agst Davt son's lot (takers.) Ten were freely
given against the field in two or three instances. 200
at evens Charles wins this versus his winning the Goodwood
Cup (for which race 5 to 1 was offered freely on the field);
7 to 1 versus Colwick (off) ; and takers of 10 to 1 on Poca-
hontas. Nothing has been done this evening on the turf events.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.
BIBURY CLUB MEETING.—TUESDAY.
Produce Sweepstakes of 50 soya. each. Last mile.
Mr. King's Hambleton
The Bibury Stakes of 25 sous. each, 10 f-, and 5 only &c.,
with 50 added. Two miles.
Mr. Knatchbull na Master Tommy (Mr. Bayly' 1
Mr. Herbert's Arctic '2
Lord March na The Currier, Mr. Waller na Cracksman, Mr.
Osbaldeston's Fickle c, were not placed.
Free Plate of 50/. Three quarters of a mile.
Captain Pellat's Victor, 3 yrs. .....
Mr. Etwall's Mermaid, aged 2
Mr. Fox's Hampton, 3 yrs
Handicap Plate of 501. One mile.
Mr. Osbaldeston's gr cby The Sadler—Tickle ..( Owner) 1
General Gilbert's Stork
Lord G. Bentinck's Pluto
Mr. Etwall's Auburn ........

TREATISE ON SOILS.—Mr. Moreton, of
Chester Hill, Gloucestershire, author of a pamphlet on this
subject, and who is carrying on Lord Ducie s Example Farm
at Crom Hall, Gloucestershire, whilst engaged in surveying
farms in Sussex, being asked his opinion of the proposed
change in the Corn-laws, replied, " In the years 1833, 1834,
1835. 1836, and 1837, wheat averaged 48s. the quarter. He
had 1,500,000 quarters of bonded corn, and in 1836, exported
so much to France and America as makes it probable, if
the Corn-laws are changed, the price of wheat will not on an
average be under 48s. per quarter. For the last fourteen years
wheat has averaged 565., and should it fall to 485.,
which is a shilling a bushel, this would not be a loss to the
farmer of a 7th part, but only of a 14th part ; because no
good tenant takes two seed-bearing crops in succession, and
roots often pay the farmer better than wheat. I have raised
twenty-six tons of turnirs per acre, and sold them to farmers
for twenty-six pounds, and the increased demand for fatted
meat, when wheat was low, occasioned the Scotch farmers to
give in evidence before the House of Commons, that by im-
proved agriculture, with wheat at 40s. a quarter, they were
making handsome profit."—June 24, 1841, with what else ap-
peared-in the Mark-lane Express of June 28. This is offered
in hopes of allaying the fears of a change in the Corn-laws,
which at this time was felt by many well-wishers to their
country.
ACCIDENT TO LUMLEY COTTON, ESQ.—

On Tuesday afternoon this gentleman, who resides in Euston-
square, was riding a high-spirited horse in Hyde Park, when
the animal suddenly became restive, and shying from one side
of the road to the other, threw his rider with great violence.
Assistance was procured, and Mr. Cotton was removed in a
carriage to his own residence, where he was found to have re-
ceived- a severe concussion on the brain.

CORONER'S INQUEST.—On Tuesday an inquest
was held before W. Carter, Esq., the coroner for Surrey, at
the Swan Inn,. Kennington, respecting the death of Arthur
French, Esq., who destroyed himself by leaping from the
third floor-window of his house, No 10, Holland-place, Brix-
ton-road. The deceased was formerly a ship-chandler in the
City, where he made a large fortune. He was 75 years of
ge. Verdict—" Temporary insanity."
STOP, ELECTOR, READ AND PONDER THE
FOLLOWING UNDOUBTED FACT BEFORE YOU 00 TO THE
PoLL.—A few days ago a gentleman of high respectability
related to me the following fact :—He said, " I belonged to a
manufacturing firm in a south-western country. Our buildings
cost ns 50,0001. We manufactured fine woollen goads largely,
for the American market. Our correspondent wrote to us, say-
ing, ' Gentlemen, it is impossible for us to pay you for your
goods any longer, unless von will take half in produce. Money
we cannot get.' We refilled, 'We cannot do so ; the law will
not allow us to import your produce, except at a ruinous loss.'
Our orders ceased, and we were obliged to shut up our
manufactory. Part of our men emigrated to America,
and are there employed in making the same kind of goods
which we had made. Part went to Russia, and compose with
others an establishment which the Emperor has established
there, employing 7,000 men. Our buildings, which cost us
50,00 a., we hare sold for 4,0001. to be pulled down. Thus
the whole business is lost to England for ever, and gained
by America and Russia, with all its collateral branches." This
is a specimen of what the Corn-law has done, is doing, and will
do for your working men, manufacturers, and merchants! Go
now and vote, if you please, for the supporters of this law, and
taus seal jour own destruction and that of your country ere
long ! Correspondent of the Liverpool Times.
FIVE LIVES LOST AT PLYMOUTIL—SiX
boys, aged from 7 to IS, took a ship's boat en Sunday, the 13th,
and went to Casssand, where they remained about two hours.
On reaching the Sound, on their return, one of the lads cried
so bitterly that a humane waterman who was passing took him
into his own boat and brought him home. No tidings were
heard of the others until Ss.turdav, the 26th, when the bodies
of two of them were picked up in Ilatten-bay. The lad who was
taken out states, that at Cawsand they had some spirits, and
when they got into the boat again one of the senior boys kept
stepping on the gunwale and rolling her from side to side, and
occasionally going to the mast-head. It is conjectured that
in one of these foolhardy freaks the ballast shifted, and the,
boat must have been insttntly swamped, thus consigning the
whole to an untimely end.
Miss Pardee, the well-known authoress of " The
Pity of the Sultan," has just received a present from Reschid
Casha, from Constantinople. It is a large brooch, of which the
centre is a yellow cornehan, with an inscription in Turkish,
thus translated :—" In this world it is merit which is really
worthy of honour, and thus those who possess it are the most
esteemed." The engraved stone is surrounded by a circle of
large brilliants of the finest Water, and of considerable value.