The Sun.
London, England, 1840-06-04 00:00:00

as a testimonial from Prince Albert of his admiration of his
jockeyship.
The Aiihstead Stakes of 5 sons. each, with 40 added ; 3 yrs
old. 7st. 19 b. ; 4 yrs Bst. 111 b. ; 5 ‘rs 9-t. 21. : 6 yr, and
9-t. 41b ; Mares and Gcldings-allowed :31h. The w in.
her ,o be sold fur 120 sons. I mile. 8 subs.
Mr. Faulco .er's b. m. March Fir t, 5 yr, ...( Butl.r) I,
\lr. Booth's ch. g. Halinenia.ti, 5 yrs
The. tollow ii,g also started, but weir, not placed : 1 i
NV!ckliam's h. t. Alan}, Wind, 3 yrs—Alr. Flititoff's eb. c.
intruder, ~ vrs—Mr. Brick's ch. In. Lacuna, ag, d—Mr Clit.
ton's b. m. Teuebrosa, 4 yrs, and Mr. Bacon's b. in. Maid of
Kent, 5 yrs. No betting. Elahnerraii made all the running,
followed by Tenebrosa and Latona, to the distance, where
March the First ran by them all, kept the lead to the end, and
won by a length : the winner was claimed.
The NValton Stakes of 5 sons. each, with 40 added ; 3 yrs old,
ist. 101 b ; 4 yrs, Bst. 111 b.; 5 yrs. Oat. 21b. ; 6 yrs arid aged,
9st. 41b. Mares and Geldings allowed 31bs. The winner of
the Ashtead Stakes to have carried 51b extra. The winner
to be sold for 1001. Last half-mile. 4 subs.
Captain Gardnor's b. f. by the Colonel, Mary Anne, 5 yrs.
(Mann)
Mr. Firth's b. m. Wilderness, 3 yrs. ....
Mr. Balchiu'a h. 1. Clematis, by Camel (h. b.) 3 yrs.
Mr. Faulconer's br. f. Sister to Professor, 5 yrs .
Clematis was first off, but shortly resigned the lead to
The Colonel filly, which remained in front to the chair, and
won cleverly.
The Burg Stakes of 5 sons. each, with 40 added ; 2 yr olds,
Bst 21b; 4 yrs, bat 111 b ; 5 yrs, 9st ; 6 yrs and aged, 9st
21b ; mares and geldings allowed 31bs. The winner to be
sold for 801 b. Last Half-mile. (9 subs.)
Captain Gardnor's gr f Pulcherrirna, by Rowton—Coma,
4 yrs.
Mr. Seffert's b c May First. 4 yrs.. 2
Mr. Hodson's b ra Kate Kearney, by Reveller, 5 yrs. 3
The following also started, but were not placed:—Mr. Ast
ley's ch. m. by Langar, out of Candia's dam, 4 yrs—Mr.
Goodwin's ch. g. Huckster, 6 yrs—Mr. Faulconer's gr. m
Sister to Professor, 5 yrs—Capt. Lamb's ch. f. by Zinganee,
out of Mettledown, 3 yrs—and Mr. Finch's ch. g. Forester,
4 yrs. . .

Puleherriraa made most of the running and won cleverly.
We did not hear any betting on the last three races.

THE OAKS.
The only bets we heard were 5 to 2 on Lord George Ben
tinck's Crucifix, arid 8 to 1 agst Col. Anson's Black Bess.

GOING A•HEAD

The project for cutting torou,i, the Isthmus of p„.
nama, is, ;t seems, at length about to be realiz..(l. Trahs-
ports have been freighted by a number of French en-
),l-leers for the conveyance of tools mid materiels of all
sorts necessary for the undertiiking ; arid form. 4 I I.‘ll
of (he canal will be tannin .nced yn their
reaching the Isthmus. While labours like these, corn-
tinted with the application of scien-e to the prin,
(aides of locomotion, are rapidly tire down the
i),ysical barriers by %%loch the races of the a were
11,r SO many ages kept. apart, arid making the re•
sources of all available for fault, the universal dif-
fusion of knowledge, under identical farms, is help-
n, on the good work—desroying all the fencc,s (ant
restrictiecs which form,rly made society 8.) pie;ure4quo
—and meoininodious. Fruit countries of which, bail
a century ago, our knovilialge was so vague 00(1
(low), as to belong to the donnaiii of fable, men are send-
oig lotth their sons for an European edae•ltion,
misgivings no greater than a couhtry gentleman of the
..St century f. It, on dismissing his he:r to Cambi-alge or
Oxford. From the land which Bruce reached with so
union roil and (tenger, and atterwa. ds described to i(ti
audience so utibilievinir, we ammunced, a welt or two
:Igo, arrival of certain you: hs. tor insinietion if( Rame
aim Paris ; and more reeeatly, we obsera e that the.
rut kialt Government 11,8 sent fi oat the couti„ry at
the Prophet a numb,tr of young NI uultnans to con,-
plete their education in the Liter city—one of the
trgh places of the Infidel. Tire work', is likely.
dud by, to intercommunicate by colannon signs—to
have something like universal in, ilia by which its
set arid parts may get at each of her' meaning. After
all, we are not, on this account, oecply grieved
for the dealers in romance ; because the world,
under any of its modifications, will always present
them with materials enough for their labours—
and the changes which are robbing it of many
quaint aspects, are replacing them by features
tar more magnificent, and materials of bouad-
less scope for active imaginations. But what is to be-
come of that excellent class of persons, whose sympa-
thies move in small circles, and whose humanities are
bounded by a meridian ?—who believe the attitude of
universal distrust to be the wise one, and of universal
defiance the safe one? Surely these ancient gentlemen
will be glad to shrink into their graves, from the cos-
mopolitan spirit that is abroad, scattering all those
wholesome prejudices and patriotic distinctions which
they nursed with such tenderness. and watered with so
much blood, in the good old days of the war-time
Athenceum.