The Sun.
London, England, 1847-01-02 00:00:00

EPSOM SPRING} RACES, 1847.

Entry for the Metropolitan Handicap.
Finvaragh, 4 yrs—Wolfdog, .5 yrs—Buscot Buck, 6 yrs—
Hydrangea, 4 yrs—Pineapple, aged—Best Bower, 6 yrs—
Ajax, aged—Sir Simon, 4 yrs—b f by Elis, or Venison, out
of Odessa, 3 yrs—The Premier, 4 yrs—Flalowlagh, 5 yrs—
Duc-an-Durras, 5 yrs—Meanee, 3 yrs—Comme it Faut, 3
y-rs—b f by Heron, out of Hippona's dam, 3 yrs—Pimento, 6
yrs—Binnacle, 4 yrs—Marquis of Conyngham, 4 yrs—Queen
Mab, aged—Ally Croker, 6 yrs—Ferney, 4 yrs—The Little
Vulgar Boy, 4 yrs—Dexterous—lntrepid, 6 yrs—Duke of
Richmond, 4 yrs—Shelforth, 4 yrs—Hannah Rains, 4 yrs—
Plaudit, 5 yrs—Wyvern, 4 yrs—Ukraine, 4 yrs—Punch,
4 yrs—Humdrum, 4 yrs—Maid of Lyme, 4 yrs—Alli-
ance, 4 yrs—Diomed, 4 yrs—Annandale, 5 yrs—
Lord Saltoun, 6 yrs—Emerald Isle, 3 yrs —What,
aged—The Magnet, 5 yrs—Red Rover, 6yrs—Akbar, 6 yrs—
c by Amato, out of La Fille mal. Gardee, 4 yrs—Roderick,
aged—Satyr, 6 yrs—Secundus, 6 yrs—Gwalior, 5 yrs—Lady
Sarah, 6 yrs—Morpeth, 6 yrs—Sir Peter Laurie, 4 yrs--
Sheraton, 4 yrs--The Lamb, 4 yrs—The Comet, 4vrs—Agnes,
3 yrs—Counsellor, aged—Miss Shirley, 4 yrs—lcicle, 4 yrs—
Roebuck, 5 yrs—Boarding-school Miss, 6 yrs—Lynceus, 4
yrs—Buttress, 4 yrs—C by Euclid, dam by Taurus, 3 yrs—
Arthur, 5 yrs—Rufus, 4 vrs—Driffield, 4 yrs—Cossack, 3
yrs—Bourton, 4 yrs---PiA. Bonnet, 3 yrs—Lady Wildair, 5
yrs—Cherry, 4 yrs—Jenny Wren, 5 yrs—Bro. to Stitch, 3 yrs
—Guaracha, 4 yrs—Mildew, syrs—Sweetmeat, 5 yrs—Mosque,
aged—Giselle, 4 yrs—f by Lanercost, out of Camp Follower,
3 yrs—Little Jack, 5 yrs—Camera Obscura, 4 yrs—Crozier,
3 yrs—Devil-me-care, 3 yrs—Projectile, 3 yrs—Queen Mary
(late Twysages), 3 yrs—Refraction, 5 yrs—Halo, 3 yrs—
Vampyre, 3 yrs—Doleful, 5 yrs—Flitch, 4 yrs—Gannet,
5 yrs—Titbit, 4 yrs—Dulcet, 5 yrs—Sting, 4 yrs—Campa-
nile, 5 yrs—Queen Anne, 4 yrs—Alarm, 5 yrs—Geraldine,
4 yrs—Polka, 4 yrs—Mirmillo, 5 yrs—Headsman, 4 yrs—
False Report, 6 yrs—Laundrymaid, 4 yrs—My Mary, 5 yrs
—Clumsy, 5 yrs—Witsend, 4 yrs—m by Samarcand, out of
La Fille mal Gardee, 5 yrs—Correct Card, 5 yrs—lago 4 yrs
—Tom Tullock, 4 yrs—Farthing Candle, 4 yrs—Moodkee, 3
yrs—So Nice, 3 yrs.
Capt. D'Arcy has purchased for a large sum the celebrated
steeple-chaser Culverthorpe, and has sent him to John Scott's
to be trained.

The celebrated Alice Hawthorn was ssld yesterday at Yor2
for 800 guineaf.
The Metropolitan Handicap Fund amounts to 560/.

THE WEATHER, ACC.---THE PARKS.—Thursday,
the weather continuing its severity, the several metro-
politan parks were crowded with sliders and skaters from
the earliest hour of admittance until dusk. On the
ornamental water in St. James's Park, in the course of
the day, two very serious accidents occurred, but fortu-
nately unattended with loss of life. The first occurred
to William Simpson, a gentleman of property, residing
at Peckham Rye, who was skating, when, through an
accidental misarrangement of the skate, he fell backwards
with great violence, breaking the ice and immersing
himself in the water. Immediate assistance was ren-
dered, and with great difficulty he was extricated, totally
insensible from the effects of the fall. He was removed
in a very injured and weak state, being unable to walk
without support. The second accident occurred in the
afternoon to a lad named Somers, who was t•liding on
the ice near Buckingham Palace, when, coming in violent
contact with a gentleman who was skating, the poor
fellow was thrown heavily, causing a severe fracture on
the head and arm. The Serpentine, in Hyde-park, was
much frequented during the day, and many accidents
occurred, but not of any serious consequence, owing to
the prompt assistance rendered in each case by the ice-
men of the Royal Humane Society. The two frozen
lakes in Kensington-gardens, and that of the Regent's-
park, were visited by upwards of 5,000 individuals, and
with but one exception no accidents occurred beyond an
occasional breaking of the ice. On the ice of the Re-
gent's-park, a young man unfortunately slid upon a
" dangerous" spot, and in his anxiety to return fell, and
the ice broke; he was, however, speedily recovered.
HIGHLAND FUNERALS.—There is at present a
general movement throughout the towns and villages of
the north to do away with the entertainment usually
afforded on the occasion of funerals, so burdensome to
the humbler classes of the people, and which often de-
generates into excess. In the remote country parishes
it will be more difficult to eradicate this custom,lto
con-
sequence rn
of the distance which many parties travel
be present at these solemnities, but the subject is we 11
worth
striking the
memento consideration
of t
hoef the clergy
Highland and f proprietors.unerals
may
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still be seen a few miles from Corpach, near the western
terminus of the Caledonian Canal. Oa the southern
beak of the canal is an ancient burying-ground, and be-
,side it a curious green mound of earth in the form of a
horse-shoe, which was constructed in that singu'ar shape
some centuries ago, in order to accommodate the attend-
ants at funerals.
.After the interment the people were
seated on the grass in the curve, while the opening gas()
access to the servants to bring in the wine and spirits
consumed on
.such occasions. It is still the custom to
hold these orgies occasionally in this sequestered spot,
and many a fervid Gaelic address and full quaich have
been poured out to the memory of the various parties
committed to. .
the " narrow house" in the adjoining rest-
ing-place. bag-pine, too, sometimes adilid the wild
notes of a " lament," wliich heightened the effect of the
strange, scene.—lnverness Courier.
.Ihe Savings Bank of Paris has issued a notice re-
minding its depositors that, by the Act of June 22,
18,15, the maximum of account that one person can have
is a sum of 2,000 f. ; once that amount arrived at, it is
necessary either to withdraw part of the deposits, or to
give orders to have State Rentes purchased for the maxi-
mum specified. Many depositors having exceeded the
sum thus stated, the notice has become necessary.