The Sun.
London, England, 1840-12-08 00:00:00

TATTERSALL'S-YESTERDAY

The betting yesterday afternoon widened the space be-
ta ixt first and second choice for the Derby, 3,100 to 200,
and 1,500 to 100 having been taken about the Rosalie
colt, Soult, or Coronation, who ran a kind of dead heat
for second. The Marshal was backed at 18, 19, and 20
to I, and the Oxfordshire nag at 18 to I, and the under-
mentioned odds were offered against each at the close; an
advance of a point would have been taken about
either. 20 to I was taken three or four times about
Camelion, and once about Mingo, ;and 24 and 25 to 200
about Prince Caradoc, who was not so generally fancied r,s
when we last spoke of him ; the 25 to I was offered subsr-
quently to the bets we have mentioned. Mongolia was
backed in hundreds at 40 to I, the Nob and Me:ternich re-

pe ttedly at 2000 to 35 and 2000 to 30, and Simonn to
about 1501. at 50 to 1. The last odds were as undc•r

TIIE DERBY.
30 to 1 agst lleatbcote's lot—taken
15 to 1 agst Rosalie colt—taken
IS to I ar!st Marshal Soult
IS to I agst Coronation
20 to 1 apt Er;ngo—taken
20 to 1 ngst Camelion—taken
25 to I agst Prince Caradoc
26 to I agst Sir Hans
30 to I agst Brother to Tom—taken
35 to 1 agstke of Wellingtontaken and afterwards
offered
40 to 1 agst Mongolian—taken
40 to 1 agst Sadlur's lot
50 to 1 agst Mustapha—taken
50 to I agst Simoen--taken
2000 to 35 agst .Metternich—taken
1000 to 15 agst the Nob—taken
1000 to 15 agst Tonquin
1200 to 1000 cn Marshal Soult agst Camelion—taken

The Streatley Coursing Meeting takes place next Thurs-
day and Friday, commencing at half-past ten the first day,
within a quarter of a mile of the Goring station, on the
Western Railway ; and a mile and a half the second day,
from the Moulsford station.

THE LATE MR. JAMES WOOD'S WILL.—At
the sitting of the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council
yesterday, the Solicitor-General said he was instructed by
his clients, the next of kin to the late Mr. James Wood,
r'ecadftetor
the late wealthy banker at Gloucester, to apply to their
Lordihips to name an early day for hearing the eppeal
ro-tant case.—Lord which had been preferred against the judgment of Sir El.
eLcen.
ttcaat
11,:i atnoeltet,indttdFil
contention
Friday,
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Such
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disco-
vered for the last hundred years.
VEGETABLE MONSTROSITIES.—Rather a
curious freak of nature may be seen on the premises of
Mr. Amery, tanner, at Preston Brook. It is a pretty
large turnip, perfct in every ieseeet, growing in a hole
at the trip of an old brick wall, between the bricks and the
flagged lodging. The seed is supposed to have been blown
ngctjAsfeickainr:eedson :erebytnisrle}ini snyaie:g.rl::Gopifrpeithis their Lordships,im
there by the wind : it has received no sort of culture or
attention, and the growth of the pl nt—a perfection under
, such circumstance s—is regarded by gardeners, and others
acquainted with such subjects in the neighbourhood, as a
very great curiosity. On Saturday last, Mr. Emley,
seedsman, Nantwicb, exhibited a turnip, grown by Mr. S.
[larding, of Alpraharu, which was three feet two inches is
circuaiference, and weighed 28ib. l2ez. Mr. Joseph
Prince, of Utkinton, has also grown turnips this season of
the following dimensions-33 inches, and rneasu.ir 1 g
the foliage five feet three inches. Last year he produced across
one which was 361 inches in circumference. J. Parso
nege, of Kidnel, has grown potatoes of the Ox noble kind
in the present year, weighing 31b. 10ez A peison named
Farrell, of Great Seughall, Cheshire, set one potatoc in
his garden in the ordinary way, and the yield was ninety
pounds weight !—Liverpool (.'hronicle.
MURDEROUS b HOOTING ON THE HISCHLEY
ROAD —Atrocious attempts to deprive two respectable
graziers of life, have recently been made on the road be_
twecn this town and Hinckley. On Saturday evening
week, as Mr. Oldacrcs, of Kirkby Mallory, was returnng
home, he was tired at while going between Braunstono
Spinneys, but, fortunately, the shot did not take effect.
On Monday evening, while Mr. Burden, who lives at
a lodge near the half-way house, was returning from
Hinckley market, he passed a man on the road in the
valley this side of Earl Shilton, who, after saying "good
night," discharged a pistol at him, the shot of which en-
tered his left shoulder. Finding himself wounded, Mr.
B. turned his head, and observing his assailant standing
still and looking at him, exclaimed, " You scoundrel,"
and then rode off for his own residence, where Mr. Spencer
was speedily in attendance, and extracted the bail. It was
found lodged in front of his left shoulder, and the bone
was also fractured. The villain, in keeping his ground
after firing at Mr. B. was evidently desirous of ascertain-
ing what effect his shot had taken, before he attempted to
rob him. Mr. Burdett being a stout, high-spirited man,
he would, however, have had little chance of escaping
from him, had ho not been wounded. Mr. Burdett has
since had several pieces of bone extracted from his nound,
but is going on well.—Leicester Chronicle.
Mts. Edmunds, sister of the late, and aunt of
the present Earl of Lindsey, and Lady Charlotte Guest,
died on Sunday at the advanced age of 88 years.
it is with the deepest pain that we mention a ru-
mour, now grown into absolute certainty, cf the loss of her
Majesty's ship Fairy, 10 guns. She left Harwich on the
13th, for the purpose of surveying some neighbouring sands,
•••• •• ••• which were rapidly filling up, and must, of course, have
- encountered the late tremendous storm. It was ascer-
-40 paid) .. taincd, before she left Harwich, that she had no design
'
(70 paid) whatever of proceeding beyond a few hours' rail, having
)
Railway (40p)
of her safety has been resigned for some days, as had she
00 paid)
2.8 paid)...
refuge, we must have heard of her before this. She has
WILL OF THE LATE JAMES WOOD, ESQ.— been employed forodsohmase
otiomeboloracsit
age. a surveying ship
A decision in this important and protracted case may now alongof theco
Sir as
t ,
Charlesa Adam, who, with his family, midshipman, the
we hope be reasonably expected in the course perhaps of son
days past in a most 1: • • have been
for some.agonising state of suspeuso
a fortnight, as the appeal on the part of the executors 1 Uni ed
respecting tier.—United iService Gazette. .
• the decision of the Prerogative Court must in a
against
few days come before the Privy Council. Should the exe- SEssioNs —These
SURREY . sessions COM-
eutors succeed in reversing Sir Herbert Jenner's judg. menced yesterday before Mr. Puckle and a full bench.
rnent, they will then become the joint possessors of Mr. Some surprise was manifested at the absence of Robert
Wood's great wealth under the will, the validity of which [ledger, Esq., the late chairman. It is said that he has
they are now attempting to establish. The executors, it gone to the Continent, his wife and family having gone to
is hardly necessary to mention, except for the information Boulogne in the course of the week. Previous to the
of strangers and persons at a distance, are Sir Matthew opening of the Court, the Magistrates elected Mr. Puckle
Wood, Bart., Mr. John S. Surman, Mr. Jacob Osborne, as their chairman. The number of prisoners for trial is
and the representatives of the late Mr. John Chadborn. sixty-six. Only one is stated to have received a superior
Should the decision be adverse to these parties, the next
education ; five read and write well ; thirty-six can only
of kin, Mrs. Goodlake and Mr. Hitchins. will probably read and write imperfectly, and there are twenty-four who
inherit it. There is still another question—namely, the can neither read nor write.
validity of the codicil so mysteriously brought to light. The Countess of Chesterfield left Chesterfield
Could that document be substantiated, this city would be House, on Sunday, for Bretby, Derbyshire. The Noble
benefited to a most important extent, and several indivi. Earl, who left early in the week for Leicestershire, was to
duals, relatives and acquaintances of the deceased, would join the Countess at the above seat yesterday.
.
acquire large legacies. We will not venture to speculate Sir Charles Lemon, Batt , M. 13 as been en-
what the result of the forthcoming decision will be, nor tertaining a select party at Careew 1 •, h
indulge in any comments on the merits or intricate ques- Molesworth, Bart.,.
M. le , and M
, Cornwall. Sir W.
r. Grote, M.P., have
pro- been among the Hon. Baronet'sP.
bability of its early and final settlement.—Gloucester The Marquis. guests.
lions involved in the suit. We merely mention theMarquis and Marchioness of Aylesbury left
Journal. , . , town yesterday, for Peri in
ACCIDENTS ON RAILWAYS.—fk simple and tion ot the Noble M s, which capital it is the inten-
arquis and Marchioness to reside until
effectual way of greatly diminishing the disastrous conse- the first week in March.
quences collisions on railways may be obtained by each ,-, , arch,
quences of fir ward Lytton Bulwer's play of Money will
train having at its van and rear a platform, carrying a stack c .
l"u
of fascines made of brushwood, wool bags, or such mate- c rtatn y be produced this evening. Mr. Macready
vials, On two such masses of springy compressible mate- made his re-appearance last night for the first time since
rials coming together, the momentum of the trains would his domestic calamity.
be expended in squeezing them up, and the shock to the The Capitok, the organ of the Bonapartist
passenger carriages would be reduced so far as to prevent party, has ceased to appear.
the terrible destruction which ensues when the concussion 1 'l' he Messrs. Barnett closed the doors of the
takes place among the carriages themselves. Fenders of ' St. James's Theatre on Friday night. The ill success of
the same kind interposed between a few of the carriages the speculation, and the little prospect of any improve-
would be more effectual than the more elegant buffers doubtless induced the managers
at ment in the returns, have
present in use.—Scotsman. to abandon the concern before the losses became too serious.
THE PRESS.—If those who have the 1
cont uct THE FARML-rt •
—A good farmer should know
of the Press would strive to sustain the character due make heavy land lighter, and light land heavier ;
its importance and influence in society,
they must be to howcold tol
and hotter and hot land colder. He that knows theta
more
h. .
5 a farmer, and he who does not know them is no
independent of party and persons, more honest
personal than the generality of them are wont to,baend less
Let things
a ri nmgesr .j
them not forget that they have a loftier mission than. TURKISH NEWS.—A letter from the Constan-
party advocacy, and act accordingly, and they will find meretlie .11 It, p o correspondent of the Constitutionnel states that
respect due to the honest advocacy ofthe L their 13.
of the retirement of the Cabinet of the l
truth, and the news
Journals will become honoured t ' being i h has been
regarded as of bad omen et
teachers instead of of it are , by the
little better than the despised vehicles ' election squibs. Divan. "M. de Pantois," it is added, ‘• •
of is without in-
-Somerset County Gazette. structions, arid unable to contend against Lord Ponsonby.
Sir Francis and Lady Burdett and family have Russia is dissatisfied with the turn affairs have taken is
arrived in St. J Court, near Syr ,ie and the old Turks of the relic,'
t. arnes's.place, from Ember bums party bitterly de-
pier° the defeat of Mehemet Ali."
Moulsey Hurd,

Eastern Counties
Ditto Debenture 3
Great Western
..._ •

Ditto Fifths ... 4 .... 84...... to 9Si
London and Brighton
Manchester and Leeds
Ditto New Shares
11anchester and Birmingham ... 40

JOINT STOCK BANKS.
Provincial of Ireland 25 . .144 to
PRICES OF IRISH STOCKS, DUBLIN, DEC. 5.
3 per Cent. Consols
Three and Half Stock 97 Grand Canal Stock
Ditto Reduced ...... I Ditto Debs. per cent...

Ditto New, 1830 ...... 97i Ditto 4 per cent
3i per Cent. Debs.
Both the British and Foreign Markets, which had a heavy
appearance in the early part of the morning, Lave taken a
turn with a decided improvement. Since our first quota-
tions the Bank broker has been purchasing Reduced, and
other eminent brokers have appeared in the market as
purchasers of stock.
Consols, which were in the morning 881 k for the
Opening, have since been done at 89k for Account ; Re-
duced 884 89 ; Exchequer Bills, 3 5 prem. ; Bank
Stock, 156 k.
In the Foreign Market some purchases have been made
in Spanish Active, which caused it to improve to 241; 1-1-
ferred, 12k ; Passive, 5 .1- 4 ; Portuguese, 34 s ; Three
per Cents., 22k; Colombian, 244; Danish, 77i ; Mexi-
can, 29k ; Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents., 51Q ;
Five per Cents., 97i.
In Shares very little doing. Great Western, 87 ;
Fifths, 9 81,-; London and Brighton 30; Manchester and
Leeds, 79; New Shares, 29; Manchester and Binning
ham, 261 27.

CLOSING PRICES.
BRITISH FUNDS 3
Rank Stock ... 157 India Stock ......... ... ..
3 per Ci nt Red BBL Ditto Bonds
3 per Cent Cons ...... .. Ditto Old Annuities
31 per Cent Red— .. 97a Ditto New Annuities...
New 31 per Cent
New 5 per Cent ... Ditto 500/ 4pm
Long Annuities to expire Ditto Small 6 pin
Jan. 1860
Oct. 1859... — India Stock for Aect ...
Jan. 1860 ... ...... 13 3-16 Consols for Opg B9
FOREIGN FUNDS.
A ustrian, 5 per cent... 1071 Portuguese, 5 per cent.
Belgian, 5 per cent — Ditto, New Ditto..... 341
Brazilian Bonds ... ..
BuenosAyres, 6 percent Russian, 5 per cent....
Chilian, 6 per unit — Ditto, Metallic
Colombian, 6 per cent... Spanish, 5 per cent 231
Ditto, 1824 ..... Ditto, Deferred .. 12i
Danish, 3 per cent....: 71 French,s per cent... —f. —c.
Greek, 1825, spercent. Exchange .. f. —c.
Mexican, 5 per cent.... 30 French,3 per cent... —f. —c.
Ditto, 6 per cent, 1825. Dutch, 2% per cent sla
Pertivian,l 825,6 per ct. 16 Ditto, 5 per cent..... 97,7,
SHARES.
Birmingham and Gloucester Railway (90 p) 67
Eastern Counties Railway (23 paid)
Ditto Debentures ( 2 paid) 4%
Great Western Railway (65 paid) B7l
Ditto New Shares (40 paid) . 49
Ditto Fifths ( 4 paid) BBj

London and Brighton Railway (40 paid) ... 304
Manchester and Leeds Railway (70 paid) 78
Ditto New Shares (23 paid)
Manchester and Birmingham Railway (40p) 27
North Midland Railway (100 paid) 721
South Eastern and Dover (28 paid)...