The Sun.
London, England, 1840-03-02 00:00:00

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

LATEST BETTING AT MANCHESTER.
The aspect of the turf market thir morning was en a par
with the condition of trade. The actual business was confined
to a few simple bets. We may state that Gilbert Gerrity has
had to give up the second position, 12 to 1 is offered agaiest
either him or Cruiskeen; 13 to 1 against Cole (take 100 to 6) ;
7 to 1 is Cowboy's price, ofered, take half a point more ; 110
to 6 laid against St. Bennett, who is evidently getting out of
favour. George has been backed at 100 to 3, rather with zest;
the Dean also at the same figure. 40 to lis asked oa
\Cirrestreµ•, 33 to 1 offered; also 8 to 1 against Colonel Pee,'
en the same, against Lord Milltown.
THE Ds:liar.— We have seen nothing done since Tuesday.
12 to 1 offered on the field.
Tats LIVERPOOh STEEPLE CHA,E.--ii to 4 offered against
Lottery to-day ;6to 4 taken yesterday to a sum. Long odds
wouldbe laid against " Seventy-four," or any other, if sir. El-
more's luck did not banish hope of a tumhle extra vn this *eel'.
sion, so as to bring it off a win fir the fieldsmen.

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DEATH OF 'MAJOR-GENERAL STANHOPE.
—We regret to announce that Major-General the lion. Lin-
coln Stanhope died at one o'clock on Saturday morning, Liter
an illness of three hours, arisin: from an obstruction of the
bowels.

It is reported that Lord Levcson, the late Meat.
ber for Morpeth, and eldest son of Earl Granville, oar Am-
bassador to the Court of the King of the French, is to sue-
ceed the [ion. Mrs Fox Strangways, as one of the Under-
Secretaries of State for the Department of Foreign Afairs.
CAPITAL PUNISHMENT.--A memorial is 11017
in the course of signature to our two lion. Members, intreat-
ing them to support Mr. Ewart's motion on the sth of March,
for the entire abolition of capital punishment.— Western Times.
ENGLISH HOSPITAL AT CONSTANTINOPLE.
—The manner of ccnducting the New British Hospital in
this capital has has happily removed almost all cause of com-
plaint against our countrymen in authority, se far as the oom-
forts of the patients are concerned. The recent change front
the "black hole of Galata," to the new buil:line', has been, al
it were, a change from darkness into light. The Maltese doctor,
who was no favourite with the" bluejackets," has bee* dismissed
from office, and a Dr. Casalani (not a mere apothecary, but at
M.D.) appointed in his stead. To the assiduity and good
management of the latter gentleman the greatest praise is
due. He resides on the premises, and, with very scanty fends,
has already accomplished wonders. It is hoped, however, on
the return from England of Mr. Cumberbatch (Consul-Gene-
ral Cartwright's Vice-Consul), that a small tax will be levied
on all British, Maltese, and lonian vessels visiting Constanti-.
nople, by which means the funds of the hospital will be cow-
siderably increased, and the institution rendered fit for the ac-
commodation not only of seamen, but people -of
every occupation who may require such assistance. A good
hospital in a country like this, subject to plague, is a great del&
deratutn, which every one cannot but wish to see supplied, sup-
ported, and properly appreciated.
Mr. Grenville will give his third grand dinner in
Hamilton-place' on Thursday next. The Right Hon. Gen-
-1 tleman, notwithstanding his advanced age, having entered its .
80th year, is in the enjoyment of excellenthealth.
LONGEVITY OF A PONY.—About 18 years
since, a gentleman, gave to Mr. Titchmarsh, of Knresworth,
in this county, a grey pony, aged 23 years, which was supposed
to be worn out, requesting him either to shoot it, or to give it
gentle work. The latter request was acted upon, and, singstlar
to state, revived the strength of its younger days. Six years
ago, the same pony went through a hard day's hunt, cod ear.
ried its rider, who weighed 12 stone, to the death of the fox.
Till within the last three weeks it became restless, and lava-
p,able of being held at the sound of a horn or the repot t of a gnu.
From that time she gradually drooped, and on Saturday last,
the 22d, died a natural death at the great age of 41 years.—
Cambridge Chronicle.
Church agitation is the order of the day in both
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ends of the island. In Scotland the war cry is " ird p
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come from public meetings. They are of the regular " hole
and-corner' class, manufactured by the clergy, and subscribed 1
by the churchwardens, beadles, clerks, gravediggers, and the
"nobodies" of high or low rank with whom the parson is on
good terms. The petitions very generally pray that a saffieieet
number of churches may be built with the public money to
accommodate the whole popelation ; and it is thus modestly
proposed to tax the Dissenters to put themselves down ! It is
pretty evident, however, already that the Church Extension
cry is a failure.—Scotsman.
DO YOU WANT THE SALT TAX?-- The
Parsons are manufacturing, on a wholesale reale, petitions to
Parliament for Church Extension, and the farmers are eagerly
signing the same. Now, if Parliament grant the prayer of
these petitions, there must be more taxes laid on, as fliers is
already a deficient revenue, and SA LT perhaps may be timid
for the benefit of the Church.

The term "Puseyite" is derived from the Rev.
Dr. Posey, Professor of Hebrew in the University of Oxford,
who is one of the loading agents in semi-Popery. The Pt.
serites exalt Tradition almost to an equality with Scripture,
and hold the doctrines of Apostolical Succession, the mystic
efficacy of Sacraments, Ste. &c.
THE WADEBRIDGE MURDER.—A subsCiip
tion on behalf of the widow of Mr. Norway, who was so par_
barously murdered on theBth instant, has been opened at Bed-
min. me prisoners, William and James Lightfoot, appear
quite uleon.erned about this horrid affair, and relate to any
one that sees them, how they murdered Mr. Norway, with the
greatest ease imaginable. N\re understand that the tablet be-
longing to Mr. Norway has been found this week in possession
of the wife of one of the prisoners.— West Briton.
The subscriptions for the Wellington Testimo-
nial in Glasgow, and the West of Scotland, now amount to
6,3161.

The Glasgow Chartists, amid all their vagaries,
have occasionally had the merit of striking out novelties. They
have resolved that, "as it is impogible for them to approach
her Majesty with any petition, a letter should be written t•
Prince Albert, requesting him to use his influence with that
Queen in obtaining a free pardon for Frost, William's, and
Jones !" It has been said that Prince Albert has, as th•
Queen's consort, no constitutional status in the country. The
Chartists of Glasgow, however, seem to think otherwise, and
have resolved t address him as one of the official advisers of
the Crown.—: Glasgow. Argus.