The Sun.
London, England, 1847-05-19 00:00:00

MR. COBDEN IN ITALY.

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Letters from Bologna, of the Bth instant, state that Mr.
Cobden arrived in that city in the evening of the 4th. On
the following morning he was waited upon by M. Minghetti
and Count Annibate Ranuzzi, in whose company he visited
the curiosities of Bologna. On the 6th Mr. Cobden was
present at a grand banquet, given in the Palace Bac-
chiochi, by the members of the Society of Economical
and Moral Sciences, and at which were present—M. Pe-
roti, the English Vice-Consul; the Marquis Mazzacurati,
President of the Chamber of Commerce; the Secretary of
the Legate, Cardinal Amat ; and the deputation from Fer-
rara, who had come to invite Mr. Cobden to their city. Se-
veral speeches were delivered by Messrs. Cobden, Minghetti,
and others, and toasts proposed to Pius IX., to Queen Vic-
toria, to the English nation, to the Commercial League, to
the prosperity of Italy, &c. In the evening Mr. Cobilrn
repaired to the theatre, and on the next day lett for Tus-
cany.

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SALE OF MIL ANDERDON'S COLLECTION OF PIC-
TURES.-The sale of this collection, consisting of 38 pic-
tures of various masters of the continental schools, took place
on Saturday last, in the great room of the establishment of
Messrs. Christie and Manson, King-street, St. James's. A
vast number of persons were present, and the bidding.
were Carried on with spirit. As the public had largely
availed themselves of the opportunity of seeing the collec-
tion, which once former' the ornament of Farley-hill, and as
some account of it has already appeared in our columns, it
will only be necessary to notice the prices fetched by the
principal lots. Lot 9. "A Group of four Infant Angels"
(Murillo), fetched 53/. 11s. Lot 13. "A View of Dordt"
(Cuyp), 2251. Lot 15. " The Virgin in a red dress, seated,
holding a book with the Infant Christ, and Ss. John
and St. Joseph" (Fra Bartolomeo), 194/. ss. Lot 16. "An
Old Woman with a Dish of Porridge, a Peasant Boy derid-
ing her," a picture mentioned by Colonel Davis in
his life of Murillo (Murillo), 2021. 13s. Lot 17. "A Vil-
lage Feast" (Teniers), 2101. Lot 18. "A Rocky En-
trance to a Harbour, with a Ship careening, &c."
(W. Van de Velde), 341/. 10s. Lot 19. " The Em-
barkation of the Prince of Orange" (Van der Cappellen),
139/. 9s. Lot 20. "A Watermill," formerly in the collec•
tion of Lady Holderness (Ruysdael), 509/. ss. Lot 21.
" Two Bulls and two Cows, cattle in the background"
(P. Potter), 751 12s. Lot 22. " Coral Fishers on the
coast of Africa;" this picture was purchased in 1826 liven
the collection of the Duc d'Ascoli (S. Rosa), 2101. Lot 23.
"Christ and the Disciples on the way to Emmaus" (Teniers),
137/. 10s. Lot 24. "The Triumph of David," from the Co•
lonna Palace (Guercino), 400/. Lot 25. " A light bay and
gray horse, standing near a group of trees" (P. Potter),
701. Lot 26. " A road under a bank, with a sportsman
shooting at a bird on a decayed oak, an attendant holding his
gray horse, &c.," formerly in the collection of Lord Monson,
(Wynants and Wouvermans), !2571. os. Lot 27. " The Re-
pose of the Holy Family" (N. Poussin), 551. 13s. Lot
28. " A Cavalier and a Lady halting from hawking at a
Cabaret" (Wouvermans), 1821. 14s. Lot 29. "Joseph
and Potiphar's Wife" (Luino Bernardino), 93/. 9s.
Lot 30. " A grand Landscape, with a Warrior on a
gray horse and two attendants, a stag breaking through
the underwood, &c. (Domenichino), 1731. ss. Lot 31. "A
Stag Hunt, a Cavalier and Lady on Horseback, Hunters,
&c." (Wouvermans), 231/. Lot 32. "St. John baptizing
Christ," mentioned by Captain Davis (Murillo), 96/. 12s.
Lot 33. " Silenus with Bacchanals and Nymphs" (Rubens),
90/. 6s. Lot 34. "La Carita,", a female in a red dress with
three children (A. Del Sarto), 4511. 10s. This picture is
stated to have been brought from the Ruspigliosi Gallery,
and purchased by the late Mr. Anderdon in 1826 of the
Contessa Compagnoni Marefoschi. Lot 35. "The Virgin
seated, holding the Infant Jesus, St. John presenting the
Cross" (Raffaelle), 325/. 10s. Lot 36. "The Virgin kneel-
ing and extending her hands over the Infant Christ and St.
John" (Leonardo da Vinci), 295/. Lot 37. "Il Visggio di
Rachele," formerly in the collection of the Contessa Maria
Teresa Spinelli (S. Rosa), 640/. 10s. Lot 38. "The Saluta-
tion" (S. del Piombo), 9131. 10s. The aggregate sum pro-
duced by the sale amounted to nearly 7,000/.
A MURDERER ARRESTED.-On Wednesday se'n-
night, Mr. Brown, an officer in the Irish police force, arrived
in Cardiff, having in his custody two Irishmen, named Te-
rence Curboy and Michael Banan, who had contrived to
escape from Ireland to this country after committing very
serious offences against the law. Curboy, who appeared a
young man about 20 years of age, is charged with having
barbarously murdered a man named Gleeson, at Toomavara,
in the county of Tipperary, by shooting him with a blun-
derbuss, and then, when his victim lav struggling in agony,
terminating his existence by beating his brains out with the
butt-end of the piece. This atrocious outrage was, it is said,
committed without the slightest reasonable provocation. The
prisoner was taken at the Drim colliery, in this county, by
Mr. Brown, after a protracted and arduous search, which he
continued under great difficulties with unabated ardour and
determination. He left Tipperary in order to trace the pri-
soner (if possible), and after making minute inquiries
through the several iron and coal works of Monmouthshire
and Glamorganshire, he succeeded in capturing the suspected
murderer, as above stated. In the course of his search he
accidentally fell in with Michael Banan, who escaped from
justice, after being involved in some Whiteboy transactions,
about two or three years ago, his comrade in that outrage
having been transported. The prisoners were lodged in the
county gaol on Wednesday night, and left by steamer on
Thursday morning for Bristol, whence they proceeded to Ire-
land by one of the Irish packets. Curboy seemed to feel
acutely the position he was placed in.
Mn. GROOVE'S TULIP SIIOW.-The annual display
at the garden of the celebrated cultivator of these beautiful
flowers, Mr. Groom, was opened on Monday at Clapham-rise,
where a private view was afforded to the elite of horticulture
and fashion. The tied of tulips this year surpasses what
former 3 ears have produced ; the season has not been propi-
tious, and the cold winds and stormy weather have co-
operated to throw back cultivation and destroy the labours
of the gardener; nevertheless, in this garden art has tri-
umphed over the niggardness and opposition of nature, and a
crop has been brought to perfection which shows what per-
severance and scientific knowledge can achieve. Some of
the tulips exhibited this year are of the most unqualified ex-
cellence; indeed of so admirable a character that it may be
said that they have never been surpassed in the history of
floriculture. The n. mes of these flowers. will amuse the
general reader, and instruct the initiated. such matters.
They are these :-the 4, Countess Wilton"
L"iLndad,x,,PNeoeul,r"i
Victoria Regina," "Marshal " Jenny_
Effendi" (an old acquaintance),„ Rose Brilliant," Louis
These flowers are very
XVI.," and " Imperatrix Florum.
splendid, and certainly matchless. In the course of the day
the gardens were visited by many of the nobility and persons
of distinction; amongst them were-the Archbishop of Can-
terbury, the Duke of Beaufort, Lord Crewe, Lord St. Ger-
mans and party, the Earl of Arundel and party, the Earl of
Harewood, 860.

EPSOM RACES
TUESDAY.
The Summer Meeting cmimei,ced yesterday with very in-
viting weather, and there being a similar series of engage-
ments to that which filled Mr. Dor:ing's " broad sheet" of
last year, it may be calculated that the sport, unless the
Plates should be less abundant in heats than usual, will be
terminated not very far from twilight on Friday evening
next. 'With respect to the importance of this meeting to the
racing community, at any rate, there can scarcely be two
opinions. Every one must allow it still stands preeminent
over all other great racing assemblages, chiefly and perhaps
solely, in consequence of the universal interest excited by the
great events of the week—the Derby and the Oaks.
The programme of yesterday's racing exhibited no very
marked feature, scarcely any in fact to stimulate the public
appetite, or to attract more than the passing attention of the
betting men. This, we conceive, may be attributed to an
injudicious arrangement of the stakes. Had the Grand Stand
Handicap been included in the first day's amusement, it
would have "told" with the majority, and, as a consequence,
the attendance would have been more numerous, and specu-
lation would have taken a wider range; but coming off as it
does on Thursday, when the minds of betting men are
distracted by the one great event that has just
been decided, and by the other almost on the eve d
being so, and when, moreover, the pure votaries of pleasure
are recruiting themselves from a day of excitement and
fatigue, we do not think we are asserting too much in saying
that the money so liberally granted in the shape of a bonus
is comparatively thrown away; and that the strength of the
" off" days, such as Tuesday and Thursday are, ought to be
thrown into the former, in order to make a good solid com-
.mencement. Enough, however, of mere matter of opinion.
The sport afforded yesterday was upon the whole up to
"par," and, touching the Woodcote Stakes, was vastly
superior to any opening day on record, an entry
of 31 horses having produced 15 starters; none
of them, however, possessing such superior public
pretensions as to mar the betting. The same can be said of
the characters of the competitors for the Craven Stakes, a
more ordinary lot than which could scarcely be seen in a
race, which heretofore used to be witnessed with interest.
With refereace to transit from London to the course to-mor-
row (Wednesday), we advise those who start from London-
bridge by train direct to Epsom, to book themselves by the
early express trains, for we are confident that the
later trains, and particularly the ordinary ones,
whether early or late, will, on account of the cheapness of
their third-class carriages (3s. there and back), be incon-
veniently crowded, to predict nothing worse of them.
The route by Nine Elms, though longer and dearer,
may be found in the end shorter and cheaper. In
terminating our notice of this first day's proceedings,
we have merely to add, that the " select " more than
averaged their u ual numbers, and amongst them we observed
the Duke of Richmond and the Ladies Lennox, Duke of Rut-
land, Marquis Exeter' Earls of Chesterfield, March, Granville,'
Strathmore; Lords Maidstone G. Manners, H. Lennox,
Burghlev, B. Cecil, C. Fitzroy, Suffield, G. Lennox, G. Ben-
tinck, W. Powlett, E. Russell; Count Batthyany ; Sirs C.
Cockerill, W. W. Wynn, G. Heathcote •' Honourable H.
Rous, G. Byng. Colonel Anson, H. Pitt. F. Villiers, H. For-
rester; General Charrittee; Colonels Knox and Peel; Messrs.
Greville, Payne, Shelley, Nevill, Fitzroy, Jaques, Bowes,
Delme Ratcliffe, Graham, S. Stanley, J. Stanley, Batson, he.
In the afternoon an unfavour ible change in the weather
took place, and the wind shifted from south-west to almost
the opposite quarter, and was accompanied with somewhat cold
but not very heavy rain, which continued to the close of
the racing at half-past five. Having on a former occasion
spoken of the arrangements of the meeting, we have only
to observe here that they were satisfactorily carried out,
with one exception, viz., the time of starling, which was
very badly kept. The racing commenced with—
The Craven Stakes of It) sovs. each ; for three yrs old 6st
81b; four, Bst 10lb ; five, 9st 41b; six and aged, 9st 101 b.
The last mile and a quarter of the New Derby Course.
Mr. Mostyn's Crozier, 3 yrs (Kitchener) 1
Mr. Greville's Spider, 3 yrs 2
Mr. Worley's Wintonia, 3 yrs . 3
The following also started, but were not placed :—Mr. Os-
baldeston's Vice Consul, Mr. Osbaldeston's Giselle, Lord
Glasgow's The Provost, Mr. S. Hawke's New Era, and Mr.
O'Brien's Bedlam.

Betting— 10 to 6 agst Crozier, 4to 1 agst Spider, 5 to 1
agst New Era, and sto 1 agst Wintonia. New Era took the
lead at starting, and, with Spider, Wintonia, and Bedlam in
attendance, made play to the distance; it was then taken up
by Spider, who carried it on to the stand; Crozier, who laid
off in the commencement of the race, and did not get through
his horses until round the turn, here went up, headed him
in a few strides, and won cleverly by a length. The same
distance between the second and third. Run in 2 min.
16 sec.
The Woodcote Stakes of 10 snvs. each, with 100 aided, for
two yrs old colts, Bst 61b; fillies, Bst 31b. The second to

receive 50 sovs. out of the stakes. T.Y.C. (31 Subs.)
Mr. B. Green's Flatcatcher (E. Edwards) 1
Mr. Payne's Woodcraft
Mr. Nevill's Dovor
The following also started but were not placed :—Mr.
Bateman's Bacchanalian, Count Battbyany's Egremont, Sir
C. Cockerill's Brother to Auckland, Mr. Death's The Moor,
Mr. Francis's Little Red Riding Hood, Mr. Godwin's
Sis. to Dexterous, Mr. Gratwick's Awkward, Mr. E. Grif-
fith's Dinedor, Sir G. Heathcote's Bro. to Khorassan, Mr.
M‘Keller's f by Metal, out of Mrs. Baggs, Mr. Mostyn's
Daughter of Toscar, and Mr. Worley's Caversham.
Betting-6 to 4 agst Flatcatcher, 7to 2 agst Dovor, 7to
2 agst Woodcraft, 6to 1 agst Daughter of Toscar, and Bto
1 agst Dinedor. This was one of the hollowest races ever
seen. The start a good one, all getting well off, but, in an
instant, Awkward and Flatcatcher singled themselves out,
and ran in company for about 300 yards. Flatcatcher then
took a decided lead, went right away from his horses, and
won in the commonest of canters, by three lengths; Wood-
craft second, beating Dovor by two lengths, the Moor and
Little Red Riding Hood fourth and fifth. Run in one mi-
nute 17 seconds: •
The Manor Stakes of 5 sovs. each, with 40 added ; three yrs
old, Est 41b; four, Bst 71b; five, Bst 121 b; six and aged,
9st 11b. Mares and geldings allowed 31b, the winner to be
sold for 300 sovs.; and the second to save his stake. Last
mile and aquarter of the New Derby Course. (7 Subs.)
Mr. O'Brien's Emerald Isle, 3 yrs.. (Duncan) 1 1
Mr. C. Liley's Glory, 3 yr 5.....
_dr. Parr's Icicle, 4 yrs
Mr. Balehin's Selina, (h b), 3 yrs
Count Bathyany's Mater Stepney, 5 yrs 2 dr
Mr. G. Hobson s Binnacle, 4 yrs .....
Ist Heat—Betting— 6to 4 agst Emerald Isle, 3 to 1 agst
Icicle, 4to 1 agst Glory. Won by a length. 2d lleat-6 to
4 agst Emerald Isle, and 4 to 1 each agst Glory and Icicle.
Won by a neck.
The Hooton Stakes of 3 soya, each, with 30 added; for three
yrs old, Est 101 b; four, Bst 41b; five, Bst 91b; six and aged,
Bst 121 b. Mares and geldings allowed 31b. The winner
to be sold for 120 sovs. Heats. Last mile and a quarter
of the New Derby Course. (5 Subs.)
Mr. R. J. Shafto's Captain Pepp, r, 3 yrs...( Myers) 4 1 1
Mr. Minor's Carissima, 5 yrs ...
Mr. Dawson's Bretwalda, 5 yrs
Sir G. tic athcote's cby Cwsar, out of Gipsyana,3 yrs 2 dr
Mr. Drewitt's Clemanthe, 3 yrs
First heat-6 to 4 agst Carissima, and 7to 4 agtt Bret-
walda. Won by a length. Second heat —5 to 4on Carissima.
Won by foarlengths. Third heat-5 to 2on Captain Pepper.
Won in a canter.