The Sun.
London, England, 1840-02-18 00:00:00

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

TATTERSALL'S—YESTERDAY.
The only striking alteration in the betting was in the rela-
tive positions of the two favourites for the 2,000 Guinea Stakes
and Derby ; Angeliea is now, indisputably, first favourite for
both, the difference being even greater for the race at New-
market than for that at Epsom. The quotations below will
explain the extent of the change quite as satisfactorily as if we
were to write a column on the subject.
If we are enabled (speaking of the Derby) to recognize a
first, it is not by any means so easy to say which, out
of three, is second favourite, their prices being respectively
15 to 1. We confess ourselves fairly at fault on this head, and
shall not hesitate to leave those interested to make their own
selection. Bokhara was backed at the old quotation, and was
not so much in favour as of late. We saw one or two bets on
Tduley Ishmael and Warden at the odds stated underneath, but
they were not generally in demand. St. Andrew and Gambia
were backed at Thursday's prices. Amongst the outsiders, illo-
nops, Chameau, and Defendant were most m estimation, the first
two at 40 to I—taken, and the latter, first at 50 and afterwards
at 40 to 1, the higher of the two figures taken freely ; at that
quotation Glenerchy was also /backed for a trifle i his party
however, is uncommonly select.
Notbine fresh on the Oaks, and no fluctuation in the Two
Thousand Guinea Stakes beyond what we have already inti
mated.

LATEST ODDS.
TWo TnotrsAND GvINEAs sTAXES.
4 to I agst Angelica—taken, and afterwards offered
5 to 1 agst Confederate—taken, and afterwards offered
11 to 2 agst Ottoman—take 7 to 1
71 to 1 agst Muley Ishmael
7 to 1 each apt Ottoman and Muley Ishmael laid in one
bet

THE DERBY.
14 to 1 agst Angelica—taken
lb to 1 agst Confederate—taken, and afterwards offered
15 to 1 aget Theon—taken, and afterwards offered
15 to 1 agst Launcelot
18 to 1 agst Bokhara—taken, and afterwards offered
20 to 1 aget Muley Ishmael—taken
21 to 1 agst St. Andrew—taken
24 to 1 agst Ottoman—taken
25 to 1 agst Gambia—taken
20 to 1 agst Wardan—taken
40 to I agst INlonops—taken freely
40 to 1 agst Chameau—taken
40 to I agst attendant
1000 to 10 agst Brother to ikhlbourne—taken
3000 to 30 agst Morgan Rattler—taken
2000 to 10 agst Black Bess—taken
1000 to 25 each, agst Monops, Chameau, and Prince Albert
laid in one bet
500 even between Muley Ishmael and Ottoman—taken
550 to 500 on Theon agst Bokhara—taken
500 on Bokhara agst Lord Jersey's Lot—taken

THE 0_11:-S.

3 to 1 agst Crucifix
14 to 1 agst Black Bess---talen
18 to 1 agst Pocaliontas—taken
25 to 1 agst Diploma—taken

CAPT. CISAMIER'S NEW NAVTICAL 110.
MANCE, " THE Serrnar.",--We arc pleasad to sae that this
new tale of one of our most popular national novelists has met
with deserved success. A second edition has just appeared with
the incrersed attraction of a Portrait of the Author, engraved
by Freeman, and Illustrations by Phi; of which it is sufficient
to observe that they are in this very clever artist's best style- -
the one depictin,, Carlos and the Pirates gambling in the vaults
of the church at La Guayra, is as full of mingled humour and
of pogarth's himself. Capt. Chamier has
alp
greatlyto his reputation by the production of " The
many
which contains many features of novelty that will ex-
chSitotderiretot6dorr:e asards it a great dcgree of interest. Though essentially
a tale of the sea, it is busied in an equal measure about the shore
and its doings, furnishing materials for a very
i varied and ex-
citing course of adventures by flood and field, n which a wide
range of characters are brought before us, with. that truth of
outline and strength of colouring which invariably mark the
productions of this clever writer.

MISS STRICKLAND'S LIVES OF TILE QUEENS
OF ENG LAND.— The first volumes of this important work has
at length made its appearance. 'The entire series to be com-
pleted in four or five volumes, will include the life of every
Queen of England from the time of William the Conqueror to
our own day. Thework commences with Matilda of Flanders,
Queen of the above-named monarch; and the other lives in-
clecti in the present volume are those of Matilda of Scotland,
first Q seen of Henry I, ; Adelicia of Lorraine, second Queen
•f Henry I. ; Matilda of Boulogne, Queen of Stephen • and
Eleano •of Aquitaine, Queen of Henry 11. The materials fur
th( se Memoirs have evidently been collected with infini'e taste
and judgment ; and we can only add that they promise to form
one of the most useful, agreeable, and essential additions to our
historical library that we have had for many years. The work
is published at an extremely low price (Bs. 6ti, for a closely
printed octavo), with the laudable view of bringing it within
the reach of that universal taste to which it appeals.—Nava
ar d Military Gazette.

MILITARY TORTURE IN THE NINETEETH
CENTURY.—A feW days since, a poor soldier, named Thomas
Green (aged about 24), of the 20th regiment, stationed in
Stockport, was tried by a court-martial on a charge of stealing
a pair of shoes. This Offence would probably have been
punished by ordinary law by seven days' imprisonment, but
the sentence of the court-martial mostly partakes of the cruelty
of the war system, and sets at defiance that good old axiom
of the laws of England, that " No freeman shall be anywise
hurt or injured, mails by the legal judgie,rit of his peers,
or by the law of the land." And Judge Blackstone says,
" Military law is no law at all." So says also Sir Matthew
'rale. Now what do our readers think was the punishment
awarded by this military court, held in Stockport barracks,
for stealing the pair of shoes. Why the priioner was adjudged
to receive ILO lashes with the cat-o'-nine-tails on his naked
body ! and this inhuman sentence was actually inflicted as far
as 100 lashes, when the young man was unable to endure fur-
ther torture; and his life being in danger, he was taken down,
and now continues very ill. , Surely the public will, in good
earnest, lend their aid te abolish these barbarities, so entirely
unsuited to the age in which we live, and epposed to the best
feelings of our nature. Flogging has been abolished in the
West Indies, and is now only to be found in the army and
navy.— Stockport Chronicle, Feb. 7.
An English merchant brig, the Recovery, laden
with wool, has been wrecked eff the island of Trielan, near
Brest. The vessel is entirely broken up; the crew have been
all saved ; part of the cargo has floated ashore. Her Britannic
Majesty's clatter Devon sailed from Brest on the 11th inst.,
with the crew of the above vessel and of the Liffey on board, for
England.
RUMOURED WAR WITII AMERICA. —We
are enabled, upon authority above all exception, to set at rest
the extraordinary anxiety which has been excited by the ap-
pearance of what purported to be an extract from a recent pro-
clamation of Sir John Harvey, the Governor of New Bruns-
wick. We have before us a letter dated Quebec, January the
16th, 1840, and addressed to the head of an eminent Canada
house in the City, containing the following perfectly satisfac-
tory solution of the difficulty, which the Colonial Secretary was
totally unable to give :—" I mentioned in my last letter a
memorandum published by Sir John Harvey, which looked
_
very warlike, and blamed him very mach for publishing it;
but it now appears that it is all a mistake of Mr.
Kemble's ( the
editor of the Quebec Mercury), and that these observations
wi re made three years ago at a public dinner, and some offi-
eicus person has now for the first time published them. The
Maineae3 have no money, and must remain quiet, whether
t'ney will or not, which is all the better for all parties ; and
there is every reason to hope that all matters in dispute between
the parties will be:settled amicably. "._Standard.
DEATH OF THE COUNTESS OF HAREWOOD.—.
We regret to anncunce this event, which took place at Hare-
wocd House, Yorls'iire, on Saturday last. The deceased lady
was the eldest daughter of the late Sir John aunders Se-
tright. Part., and was married to the Earl of Harewood on the
CAI of Se, Lumber, 1794.