The Sun.
London, England, 1848-05-15 00:00:00

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STIFFLY AT MARKET.
Beasts. I Sheep. II Calves. Pigs
2,790 21.690 180 381
Foreign supplies.—Beasts, 412; Sheep, 1,140; Ceilr'es,
84,

NEIWGATE AND isEThe arrivals of slaughtered m LteaDt from Scotland and
all parts of England during the week hate
very limited scale; but the supplies on offer been on a
killed in the
metropolis have been seasonably
figures.
extensive. M. utton and
Lamb are in good request, at very full prices.
Other-
wise the trade is in a sluggish state, at barely
:te
About 500 carcases of foreign meat, slaughtered in
London, have been on offer.
At per atone by the Carcase.
11. cl.tos.
s. d. to a. ' d.
4 3 6
lleef,inferfor•• .• •• 210 3 0 Mutton, inferior •• -
a
d.
middling .• 3 3 2 Middling— 310 4 4
prime largo •• 3 2 3 4 prime •• ••
310 4 6
-- prime small . 4 6 4 8
• 3 4 36 , Pork, large• •••• • • • 8 5 0
Veal•••••••••• •••• 3 10 410
small •• •••• •• 4
Lamb. Ss 6d to tis 6d.
BOROUGH AND SPXTILLFIELDS.
Coastwise the arrivals of Potatoes, since Monday last,
have been seasonably extensive, and of fair average.
quality. The imports from abroad have consisted o
520 tons from Antwerp, 204 dito from Hamburgh, and
t
18 barrels from Lisbon. The demand for all kinds is
heavy, and, in some instances, the quotations have a
downward tendency :
Per ton.
Per ton.
York Regents 140 s. to 160 s. Essex Blues ... 120 s. to 130 s.
Ditto Slums— 80s. to 100 s.
Wisbeachßeg Belgian Whites 90s. to 100 s.
ants 90s. to 120 s. Guernsey Blues 100 s. to 120 s.
Ditto 81ue5....,, 80s. to lkOs. Scotch Whites 955. to 1000.
Essex Regents 120 s. to 130 s.
110ROUGEC 110 P MARKET.
The plantation accounts being considered somewhat
favourable, our market for all kinds of hops is exceed-
ingly heavy, and, to effect sales, a slight abatement in
the quotations must be submitted to. The show of
samples is somewhat on the increase. Sussex pockets,
3/ to 31 Go; Weald of Kent ditto, 3/ Ss to 31 10s; Mid.
and East eut ditto, 315 s to 518 s per cwt.
WOOL.
The public sales of
raw oat heavily since our last reportl have passed off some, and the
ave ,
fallen from id to ld per lb. The quantity actually is
h posed
of has been small. Large imports have taken place
since Monday last, viz., 2,458 bales from Sydney, 48
ditto from Antwerp, 9 ditto from Ostend, and 47 ditto
from Hamburgh.
TALLOW.
Although the deliveries of Tallow have been sea.
sonably extensive since Monday last, the market has
r atiuled heavy as to price, at a further decline in the quo.
tons of fay 6d per cwt. P.Y.C. on the spot, is selling
t:.,-day at 47s per cwt. For forward delivery we have
no sales to report. Town Tallow is 49s per cwt; rough
fat, 2s 8d per 81b.

COMMON PLEAS.-(THIS DAY.)
(Sittings at Nisi Trills at Westminster, before the
CHIEF JUSTICE and a Common Jury.)
DROWN V. WRIGHT.
This action was brought to recover compensation in
damages for injury sustained by the plaintiff in conse-
quence of having been thrown from a scaffolding through
the alleged negligence of the defendant's servant.
It appeared that the plaintiff was a journeyman brick-
layer, and in January last year he was employed with
others in repairing a building in Bridle-lane, Golden-
square, in front of which a scaffolding had been erected
for the purpose of allowing the repairs to be made. A
quantity of rubbish,
.arising from the repairs, was de-
posited i❑ a coach house adjoining the building, and the
builder who was carrying ou the alterations directed
his men to allow any one to have the rubbish who
chose to cart it away. It appeared that a cart
belonging to the defendant was brought for this
purpose, but whether by the direction of the defendant
or not it did not appear, and as it was leaving
the premises the hinder part of it came in
contact with the upright poles of the scaffolding
and threw them outwards, and the supports of the other
portions of the scaffolding having given way, the work-
men were thrown to the ground. The plaintiff had his
left thigh fractured, and was otherwise severely injured,
and it was proved that he remained two months in the
hospital, and was unable to pursue his occupation for
three months afterwards.
Mr. Sergeant Byles appeared for the plaintiff, and
Mr. Crowder for the defendant.
For the defendant it was contended that it had not
been shown that the carman who drove the cart was
acting at the time under the direction of the defendant,
and that the scaffolding was not properly and securely
fixed, as it ought to have been in a public thoroughfare.
The JUDGE summed up.
The jury retired, and after being absent some time
returned into court with a verdict for the defendant, but
they found that the scaffolding had been properly fixed.

BANKRUPTCY—(THIS DAY.)
M. JULLIEN'S BANKRUPTCY.
(Before Mr. Commissioner FANE.)
It will be recollected that the further progress of
this case was adjourned until to-day, for the choice of
assignees and the proof of debts. The court was fully
attended by creditors and others interested in the pro-
ceedings.
Mr. Cole, a solicitor, appeared for the creditors.
The following were amongst the debts admitted,
having been ascertained to be correct by Messrs. Banks
and Co., the accountants :—Mr.Foulkes, of Little Russell-
street, Covent-garden, linen draper, &c., 4431. 16s. Bd.;
Haigh, Wellington-street, for silk hose, &c., 581. 55.;
Mallets, printer, 84/. 75.; Benham and Co., of Rtgent-
street, upholders and decorators,l,6Bs/. 16s. 3d.; Francis,
of Museum-street, printer, 3151.; Mr. Cole, house deco-
rator, Park-street, Dorset-square, 2501; Equitable Gus
Company, 1844 17s. Mdlle. Doras Gras is a creditor
for 1,5674; but the proof was not tendered.
Mr. COLE called the attention of the Learned Com-
missioner to the fact that it was not unlikely, in the
course of the proceedings, that a question might arise
with respect to joint debts—debts incurred by Messrs.
Jullien and Barry during the continuance of their part-
nership. It would no doubt be within the recollection
of the Commissioner that the business of Messrs. Jullien
and Barry, Regent-street, was sold by arrangement to
Messrs. Chappell and Co., the music-sellers, for 3,000/.
or 4,000/.
Mr. GREIGSON, a solicitor, said he appeared for
Messrs. Chater and llamheart, trustees under a deed
executed by Messrs. Jullien and Barry, for the benefit
of their creditors, on the 3d of February,
After some discussion,
Mr. Commissioner FANE said he should deal with the
matter when the first proof under the joint estate was
offered."
Mr. WALWORTU, a bookbinder, then tendered a claim
for 681. 9s. 4d. lie stated that the debt was contracted
by Messrs. Jullien and Barry, from July to December,
1847.

Mr. Commissioner FANE—Have you any security fur
the payment of that claim?
Mr. Walworth—None, except the deed. When I
went for my account I was referred to Mr. Lewis, as the
affairs of the firm were under his management, but I
did not go to him.
Mr. Commissioner FANE inquired if he wished to
abandon the security which he possessed under the deed
referred to.
Mr. Walworth said ho did not.
Mr. Commissioner FANE objected to receive the proof
unless he abandoned his interest in the deed.
The proof was then withdrawn.
Mr. COLE applied for a private meeting, in order that
he might be enabled to examine Mr. Lewis on behalf of
the creditors. He had given notice to the sheriffs to re-
tain the proceeds of the sale of the furniture in Harley.
street, which had realized about 800/.
Thursday next week, at eleven o'clock, was fixed.
Mr. Commissioner FANN said creditors would never
receive justice until the law was altered; for now a
debtor might assign over his property to his brother, or
some other relative, to the serious injury ofhis creditors.
Mr. John Cole, house decorator, was then appointed
trade assignee.
Several small debts having been proved, the further
Proceedings were adjourned.
REPORTERS ATTENDING THE COURT OF BANKRUPTCY.
Mr. Commsssioner FANE took occasion, on taking his
seat this morning, to allude to a paragraph appended to
the report of the proceedings in the Court of Bank-
ruptcy in the Times of Saturday, to the effect that no
accommodation whatever was afforded to the reporters
who attend the court, and complaining that when the
counsels' box was unoccupied, they were not allowed to
pursue their arduous avocations in it. Now he (Mr.
Commissioner Fane) was no party to that prohibition,
us he had never issued any order that reporters should
not occupy the barristers' box when it was not filled by
counsel. lie had not the slightest objection to the
presence of reporters ; in fact he believed that
great public good arose from their presence, because
reports of the proceedings showed that fraudulent
debtors were punished, that the rights of creditors
would be protected by the Court, and further reporters
promulgated the decision of the Commissioners ; but it
must be borne in mind that the Court was a small one.
It was also stated that eighteen or twenty eases were
set down for adjudication by one Commissioner in one
day. He had looked into his diary, and he found that
the statement could not apply to him, inasmuch as he
invariably never set down more cases for one day than
could be conveniently got through. It was true that some-
times there were fourteen or fifteen audits in one day, but
they were frequently only attended by one solicitor, and
did not occupy more than two or three minutes. The
imputation was unjust, and he denied its truth. For
instance, thinking that the case of M. Jullien might oe.
cupy some time he had fixed his case alone for to-day.
Mr. Lowrance attending his Court, a gentleman for whom
he had the greatest respect, had complained through
the columns of the Times, that the solicitors to the
fiats were chosen by the debtor. He (Mr. Commissioner
Fane) had seen great inconvenience from this, and be
considered that the appointment of a solicitor should
not rest
betawih taint debtor, and that some person
ought to pped by the Commissioner 3, or by
somebody else on behalf of the creditors. After some
further observations, in which the Commissioner corn-
re
et iene dt he
e d
with.
plimented the solicitors attending the Court for the
business o
great ability they invariably displaye
case d in
vveoansdpu
ge f their clients, the above

SOUTHAMPTON, MAY 14.—The Oriental COM-
pany's steam ship, Montrose, Captain Bowen, arrived
here at 4 30 A.M., this day, from Gibraltar, and landed,
under charge of Lieutenant Ranier, R.N., th© Peain_
solar, and other mails, which were forwarded to London
by 9 A.m. train. Her dates are—Gibraltar May 6
Cadiz 7th, Lisbon 9th, Oporto and Vigo 10th. The
Montrose brought fifty-six passengers, and also a full
cargo of oranges, onions, wine, and twenty-two pack-
ages of specie, and two oxen. At. Gibraltar was her
Majesty's steamer Polyphemus, at Lisbon her Majesty's
steamer Stromboli, Oporto the Comet, The Royal
West India mail-packet Medway, Caption Simonds, will
sail with Rails an,qassinerk on the 174.

Y ,Ig4 1848.

CRIMINAL COURT.—(THIS DAY.)
• OLD COURT.;
These sessions, the seventh of 'the present mayoralty,
commenced to-day, before the Lord Mayor, the Re-
corder, Aldermen Musgrove and Hunter, the Sheriffs,
&c. In consequence of six weeks having elapsed since
the last session, there is an unusually large number of
prisoners for trial, 261 being already in the calendar,
and that number will probably be increased to 300 by
Wednesday. = : c

The judges on the rota are Lord Chief Justice
Denman, Mr. Baron Alderson, and Mr. Justice Coltman.
The following summary is descriptive of the offences
with which the prisoners already committed severally
stand charged:—
Assault with intent £o kob, 2; burglary, 6; unlawfully
uttering counterfeit coin, 16; cutting and wounding with
intent, 7; feloniously attempting to drown, 1; embezzle-
ment, 16; forgery, and uttering forged instruments, 3;
horse stealing, 1; house-breaking and larceny, 10; lar-
ceny in dwelling- houses, 11; larceny from the person,
42; larceny by servants, 35; general larceny, 76, mis-
demeanour, 12 ;-• murder, 1 ; unlawfully possessing
moulds for the making of counterfeit coin, 2; rape, 3;
receiving stolen goods, 9 ; robbery, 4 ; sheep stealing
and killing, 2; feloniously forging a bill, 2.
London committals, 50; Middlesex ditto, 140; Essex,
8; Kent, 19; Surrey, 35—total, 261.
The grand jury having been empannelled and sworn,
The RECORDER proceeded to deliver his charge to
them. He observed that the calendar contained a list
of no less than 261 persons charged with various
offences, and that large number was doubtless partly
attributable to the length of time that elapsed between
the late session and the present, and partly to the very
large mass of the population over whom that Court
had jurisdiction. The calendar contained charges of
murder, of rape, of robbery, of cutting and wounding
with intent to do grievous bodily harm, with attempting
to drown, with forgery, and forty-two cases of larceny
from the person. Notwithstanding, however, the num-
ber and the seriousness of the charges, it would be neces-
sary only for him to refer to but a few of them particularly,
in order to assist the grand jury in the discharge of their
important duties. With regard to the serious charge of
murder, he would not anticipate any of the details, as
they were disclosed in the depositions, but would only
observe that they were of such a description as,
in his opinion, to render it the duty of the grand
ljury to put the case in the course of further inquiry.
There was a melancholy case in which a woman was
charged with attempting to drown herself and her child.
With respect to that case the grand jury mast be
governed by the facts that were brought before them,
would be a ground
and give their opinions according to them. If there was
any answer that could be given to them afterwards that
for their
for further inquiry,
Ile merely alluded
of but anything relating to or bordering
on the plea• putting the case in a train
sition, where insanity, they had nothing to do with.
cases, there was a
tno motive could
to this, because in this perhaps,
as in other
for the act, to attribute
rt rciabsue tei a it
whichto aa departureweesaanbaewt uaresafl discernedd
reason.chargedsp-
wTihtehreatwtertnei
attempting to stab
that husband, and probably in
would
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With
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insanity.wo
mpted to be shown that it arose
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committed
to that charge, it appeared'
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erreaphea'd been somPelittnatacy between the parties
have led to.a marriage,
against the
whichbut t h ewaacst
consent of the party, and that- such
used as to produce insensibility. violence had been
tell the grand jury, that if the act was It was his duty to
the party was in a state of insensicbolliCmitted while
insensibility was produced by violence, The and that
acting was equally amenable to the law. There was also
another charge of rape, which rested upon less co la
sive evidence. With respect to the first case,
henewa;
prepared to recommend the grand jury to put it in the
course of further inquiry; but as to the second he
would leave it to them, after they had heard the
evidence, to adopt that course which they
thought would best meet the justice of the case.
There was another case to which he wished particularly
to allude, and that was of a person practising as 'a
medical man without being regularly educated for the
profession. The charge against him was of unskilful and
neglectful treatment of a woman he had attended in
childbirth. Questions like these were of considerable
difficulty and anxiety ; but it was right that he should
tell Them that it had been distinctly laid down by
the first legal authority that, whether the party was
licensed or not, if he displayed gross ignorance, or
carelessness, or rashness, he was liable to criminal
punishment; and in one case it had been decided that
where a person had not properly treated a woman in
childbirth, he had been properly found guilty of man-
slaughter. One point in the case which would come
under the consideration of the grand jury was, whether,
after the delivery of the woman, the person charged had
left her for a considerable time without removing the
after-birth, leaving it to the chance of whether nature
would or would not completely perform her work. The
Learned Judge, after shortly adverting to some of the
other cases in the calendar, remitted the grand jury to
the discharge of their duties.
The Court then proceeded to swear in the petty jut..

MARLBRO'-STREET—(THIS DAY.)
Benjamin Beeston, a private soldier in the Coldstream
Guards, was placed before Mr. Bingham, charged with
assaulting George Ilatherwell, coachman to the Lord
Chancellor.

The complainant said that about half-past nine o'clock
last night he was walking in Hyde- park with his
daughter and another young woman, who were walking
a few yards before him, when the defendant and
another soldier rushed past him, and ran up against the
females, and tried to throw them down. Witness ran
up to them and told them not to interfere with the
females, but to pass on their way- The prisoner asked
witness what he had to do with it. He replied that he
had a deal to do with it, the females were under his care,
and he would not allow them to be insulted. The pri-
soner then tried to strike him, and witness put out his
stick to keep the prisoner off. The prisoner then laid
bold of him and threw him down on the ground
and tried to get his stick away. The pri-
soner then ran away, and witness pursued
him. The prisoner, finding that he was followed,
turned round, and threatened to split his skull if he
dared to follow him. Witness, however, persisted in
following the prisoner till he saw a constable, when he
said he would give him in charge. The prisoner no sooner
heard this than he ran off, and bolted down a mews,
whore he was stopped by a police constable, who took
him into custody.
The prisoner said ho did not intend to assault tho
females, he was running fast at the time when he acci-
dently ran against them.
Mr. BINGHAM fined him 205., and in default committed
him to the House of Correction for a fortnight.
-Richard Connor, an old man, 60 years of age, was
charged with having indecently assaulted Bridget
Cronen, a child seven years of age. The evidence ad-
duced is totally unfit for publication, but from the clear
manner in which the child gave her evidence, Mr.
Bingham decided in committing him for trial.

LERKENWELL.-(THIS DAY.)
Three boys, of very decent appearance, named lia-
loway, Hoskins, and Monslow, the eldest about twelve
years old, were placed at the bar before Mr. Combes,
charged with gambling in the streets on Sunday.
Policeman 131 N stated that yesterday, about three
o'clock, the prisoners were playing at "Heads and Tails"
with halfpence, on the Green-terrace, Clerkenwell,
Holloway, throwing up the half-pence, and the others
calling to the game. The inhabitants complained much
of the annoyance and the profanation of the Sabbath
every week at that spot, by groups of boys such as the
prisoners.
Another constable corroborated the evidence ; but the
boys protested that they had nothing to do with the
group who were gambling on the Green-terrace, as they
passed on their way to the bath. When the policeman
came townrds the spot where they were, the other boys
ran away, and they (the prisoners) were taken.
The magistrate said that he (should fine them five
shillings each, or send them to prison for ten days.
with
.Two boys, under twelve years of age, charged also
gambling in the streets (Old-street-road) yester-
day, and whose parents were respectable, and appeared
in their behalf, were ordered to be locked up until four
o'clock.

...
b _IDDLE TEMPLE, MAY further call to the
ai(l they bar of students of this society was made this evening,
comprise the after-mentioned gentleman ::
Wm' Bayley Money, Esq., Frederick Gosnell, Esq.,
.Francis Gisbourne, Esq., Marcus Staunton Lynch, Esq.,
Edward Howard Howard Gibbon, Esq., John David
Bell, Esq., John Harford Battersby, Esq., the Hon.
Edmundrummond, and Frederick Pearse Camp-
bell E
sq.
An order has been issued by the Mayor of Lyons
directing D
the fine statue of Louis XIV., by Lemot, to be
removed from the Place ,Bellecour. This decision has
caused great regret, and protests have been sent in to
him from all parts of the town against it.
THE ROYAL SOCIETY.—The Earl of Rosse has
consented to accept the post of President of the Royal
Society, in the place of the Marquis of Northampton,
who has resigned.
Prince Soltikoff and Suite, and Major Alexander
Abazia, embarked from off the Tower on Friday night,
on board the General Steam Navigation Company's mail
steam-ship John Bull, for Hamburg.
The Animals' Friend Society last week charged
Robert Mann, before Mr. Seeker, at Southwark, with
the following outrage, first having driven a horse which
had a wound in its shoulder, and when spoken to having
deliberately unharnessed it and tied it behind the vehicle,
dragging it along till it was unable to move ; fined ss.
The society also caused James Barbur to be fined Bs.,
by Sir Peter Laurie, at Guildhall, for cruelty to a horse.
The price of wheat has never been so low, perhaps,
In France, as at present. The price is twenty per cent.
below the average. The coming harvest also gives every
promise of being excellent.
Poor Vernet, so well remembered by the fre-
quenters of the St. James's Theatre, was buried qn
Tuesday last at the cemetery of Nre-Lachaise. The
funeral seri ice was performed—performed! startling is
the accidental occurrence of the word in its present sense
and on such an occasion—at the church of St. Denis du
Saint Sacrament, in the Rue Saint Louis, but no dis-
course was pronounced at the grave. Among those who
attended at the interment were his old comrades Odry,
Cazot, and Lefevre (Bouffe was absent in consequence
of a slight indisposition), the- director of the theatre of
which he was a member (Les Varietes), and the greater
part of the company; Klein, Perlet, and (as representa-
tives of the Theatre Francais) Samson and Guyon.
Several actresses of the different theatres, all in deep
mourning, and some dramatic authors and critics, we
also present. Vernet was of the best time of tlo
Yarietes, and contemporary with Bruret, Tined*
Lepeintre, Besquier Gavandon, and the riever-equalleid
I)43ie-1.--17"trrel7coN'rsi..-ixwo: Z.:3,4G, 7o 309,e-d.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

LATEST BETTING AT THE WEST-END,
SOMERSETSHIRE STAKES.
5 to 2 izst Mr. Harding's Silver Eel.
DERBY.

5 to 1 agst Lord Clifden's Surplice—taken freely
6 to 1 agst Mr. 4.l3,Pay's Nil Desperandum-13 to
2 taken
8 to 1 agst )6. 16i-es's Springy Jack
8 to 1 agit Mic:Payne's Glendower
9 to 1 agst 144 Clifdtm's Loadstone _
10 to 1 agst Mr. B. Green's Swiss Boy
18 to 1 agst Duke of Rutland's The Fiddler ',+v
20 to 1 agst Lord Eglinton's Eagle's Plume
20 to 1 agst Mr. T. Parr's Sponge—taken 1134:
25 to 1 agst Mr. J. Scott's The Stinger—taken'
30 to 1 agst Mr. Lillie's Great Western
40 to 1 agst Mr. Hussey's Telegraph—talc'en''
40 to 1 agst Mr. Sandford's The Sheriff ."'
No others mentioned.
Surplice and Nil Desperandum have been backed for
an immense sum.

OARS.
7 to I agst Mr. Dixon's Do-it-again—taken
9 to 1 agst Mr. Foljambe's Queen of the May—tkn
10 to 1 agst Lord Stanley's Sister to Satirist—taken,
INTELLIGENCE EXTRA.
NEWMARKET YRST OCTOBER AIEETING,
11343.— TUESDAY.
Match, 100, h ft. T.Y.C.
Mr. Payne's Woodcraft, Bst 71b, agst Mr. S. Stanley's
St. Ann, Bst 21b.

SECOND OCTOBER MEETING, 1848.
Match, 100, h ft. T.Y.C.
Mr. Barnes's Sotterley, Bst 91b, agst Duke of Bedford's
Mink', Bst 21b.
HOUGHTON MEETING, 1848.
Match, 500, 200 ft. A.F.

. -

Lord Clifden't Loadstone, Bst 71b, agst Lord Exeter's
Tisiphone, 7st 71b.
Match, 200, h
Lord Clifden's King of Morfo, Sist agit,Colonel
Anson's Backbiter, ist 71b. nos 5081 f - '

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
SIR,—In attempting to pick out the winner of the race
of races, so shortly to be decided.on the well-known (at
least to every Englishman) Downs of Epsom. I trust
that the same success which has hitherto attended all
my efforts on this important stake, will stand by me in
the present instance ; should it do so I shall have ac-
eomplished the unparalelled task of selecting the winner
four successive times with the Merry Monarch (in whose
year I made my debut as " sporting 78:1811
thtoa, yourdash
speculative readers) in 1845, Pyrrhus-the First ir11846,
Cossack in 1847, and with
I hope to replace a week hence, by tlE4::Dame of the
high bred nag destined in sporting circles to give his
cognomen to the present year of grace.
The field this year is not likely to exceed five-
and-twenty, which will be selected from the fol.
lowing :—Besborough, Surplice, Springy Jack, Shy.
lock, Eagle's Plume, Beverlac, Telegraph, Voy-
ager, Fugleman, 'Corsican, Loadstone, Sponge,
*Buffoon, *Big Jerry, Swiss Boy, *e spa.
niard, Deerstalker, *Cervus' 'Backbiter, •Confede-
racy, *John Orridge, Nil Desperandum, Flatcatcher,
*Nightshade colt, Oscar, *The Prince, Glendower, Great
Western, 'Sir Anthony, The Stinger, *Johnny, *Dean
of Guild, The Fiddler, *Keratin, *Franciscan, The
Fowler, *Glutton, *lron Crown, *The Painter, *Whit-
stone, *Jock O'llazeldean, *Fern, *Farewell, *Cannibal,
*lapis, The Sheriff, *Lancaster, *Ochiltree, *ltoths-
child's colt.

Those marked with an asterisk, are not likely to show,
yet they might, therefore I include their names in the
above list.
The great Malton stable has seven Derby nags of
more or less repute ; four of them, Corsican, Backbiter,
1 Coal Tar, and Cannibal cannot possibly possess a chance,
and of the other three, The Fowler is the worst. The
Stinger, by iletman Platoff, out of Cyprian; and Springy
Jack, another son of Hetman Platoff, have pretty nearly
equal pretensions, both have the same fault, "tender
understandings," and both resemble their sire ; should
the present hot weather continue, the chances of both
will be rather dubious.
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e willmost
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Fd
ihd ids
iewr, ay
Dawson's stable will have but.one representative, and
-home in the ruck.
, a fine looking horse,
but as the fiddlers are but little regarded on the Downs,
I cannot fancy a repetition of the Cadland dance:
Kent has a mysterious couple in Loadatone and Sur-
plice, of the two, at present, I should take the latter,
but would much rather defer giving an opinion until'
Monday next.
Day has this year a most formidable lot, and is of
opinion that he shall again, for the third time running,
produce the winner of the Derby ; his lot consists of
Deerstalker, Edie Ochiltree, Whitstone, Nightshade
colt, The Sheriff, Nil Desperandum, and five others of no
consequence whatever.
Deerstalker, at one time much fancied, has, with Edit)
Ochiltree and Whitstone, retired into the background,
for which potential reasons can be given ; at the present
instant the odds are against any one of the trio going to
the post.
The colt by Ratcatcher, out of Nightshade,
_cannot
stay the distance.

'lle Sheriff, one of the handsomest nags ever seen on the
turf, and very well bred, being by the Provost, out of Trea-
cherous, it quite recovered from his slight lameness, and
fully prepared, will be found the most dangerous of the
outside division ; it has been averred that the Fiddler can
give him ten pounds; whoever started the report had some
interest of his own to serve in deceiving the public, for
it is a well known fact, in a certain diminutive circle, that
the Sheritl can give the Fiddler 51ba, and a good beating
into the bargain.
Nil Desperandum, half brother to the Hero, by Veni-
son, out of Grace Darling, will show the way to the
distance post ; whether he is capable of staying the lest
220 )ards ts a fact that I am not by any means convinced
of; though strongly asserted by some. If he can do so,
he will be placed. More of him anon.
Dilly's lot will be represented by that game and mus-
cular litttle nag Glendower, who will be assisted by
Cerrus, the son of Venison and Ruby. The latter pos-
sesses some of the best blood in_ Europe, but cannot stay
above a mile. His stable companion, Glendower, by
dint of gameness, will finish in the front.
Mr. Green's lot consists of eleven, but only four stand
a chance of being at Epsom, viz.—Beverlac, Swiss Boy,
Shylock, and Flatcatcher. It is expected that either
Flatcatcher, Shylock, or Beverlac will be scratched on
or before the day, and that Mr. Green will start two if
not three.
Swiss Boy, bar an accident, is a certain starter, and
will be the pick of the stable. He is the money horse,
and next to him in that respect stands Beverlac.
The Boy has accomplished the difficult task of show-
ing the way home to Beverlac, Flatcatcher, and some of
the minor fry in Stebbing's stable. As to Skylock, if
Flatcatcher can dispose of him, surely Swiss Boy can.
I cannot bring myself to believe that Oscar, Great
Western, John Urridge, Sponge, Fugleman, Voyager, or
Telegraph, stand the slightest chance of catching Mr.
Clark's eye first, or that any of those which I have
marked with an asterisk will pass the chair a winner.
Besborough, by Quid, out of Speedwell, I think, will
find the pace and company too good.
Lord Eglinton's Eagle's Plume, by Lanercost, out of
Blue Bonnet, possesses rare blood, is in good condition,
doing first rate work, and will be one of the first four.
I am, Sir, yours, &c.
;THE SPIRIT OF THE TURF.
Saturday Evening.

COWES, ISLE OF WIGHT.
FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)
COWES, MAY 15, 1848.
DESTRUCTIVE FIRE ON A FARM ADJOINING
HER MAJESTY'S PROPEUTY IN THE ISLE
OF WIGHT.
About half past five o'clock, on Saturday:afternoon, a
fire was discovered in the rick-yard at Fatting-park
Farm, near Woottenlcotton, the property of Mr. Lam-
bert, proprietor of the stage-coach running between
Newport and Ryde. It appears that the fire was occa-
sioned by some little boys playing with lucifer matches,
with which itr tfielr play they set fire to the straw in the
rick-yard near the barn, whie immediately carried the
flames to two ricks of wheat, containing about 16 loads,
one rick of oats, about 10 loads, and one of hay, con-
taining about 16 tons. The whole were soon one sheet
of fire. Expresses were sent to Newport for the engines,
two of which were soon on the spot, and water being
obtained from a pond, the neighbours used great exer-
tions to get the fire under, without success; but they
succeeded in saving the farm-house, barn, and other
farm-buildings. Fortunately the wind was from the
eastward, which carried the flames from the buildings;
but the :fire was not got under till two :o'clock this
morning, though as many as 200 men were employed on
the engines, &c. The premises were occupied by Mr.
Jones, whose brother was lying dead on the premises,
having died the preceding day. The stock belonged to
Mr. Lambert, and was insured in the Phoenix for 4001.;
it is valued as follows: _
16 loads of wheat at £l2
10 11 oats ,9 6
10 „ straw „ 3
15 tons of hay „ 3
The settles

... £192
••• 60
... 30
••• 45
••• 30

dotal- £357
The Fatting-park is about 2i miles from Newport, and
from Whippingham Church. The names given to the
lands in this neighbourhood are not kartionlarly at-
tractive, us Small-gains, Mount-misery, Starve-grounds,
Fern-hill, and Heath-farm.
DEATH ATTENDS OUR GAYEST HOURS.--At Lyming-
ton fair, on Saturday afternoon,•l Dore, master of the
Glasgow, Isle of Wight steamer, fell down and expired.
He had been employed during the day in bringing plea-
sure folks to the fair.

His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge was
prevented from attending the Queen's drawing-room,
and also the royal christening at Buckingham Palace
o❑ Saturday, from a severe attack of the gout, which
has confined him to his bed for the last te❑ days.
Hu ROYAL HIGHNESS THE PRINCESS SOPHIA.,—
We are happy to announce an improvement in the
health of the Princess Sophia, who, during the earlier
part of last week, was very seriously indisposed.
KING'S COLLEGE llosPlTAL.—Yesterday morning
a sermon was preached at the College Chapel, on behalf
of this valuable charity by the Right Rev. Lord Bishop
of St. David's. Very warm allusion was made to ~the
benefits the houpital daily conferred upon the distressed
and afflicted, and at the conclusion_of divine service a
liberal collection was made in aid of its funds.

LIVERPOOL, SATURDAY EVENI/Cd:3.4. The royal
mail steam-ship Hibernia sailed for New?ork, via Hali-
fax, this afternoon. She carries out fifty passengers,
among whom is Mrs. Butler,late Miss Fanny Kemble.
itoizß TEMPLE BUY 12. Henry Munster,
of Trinity College, Cambridge.

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