The Sun.
London, England, 1848-10-21 00:00:00

POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION.

This admirable establishment continues to attract
a numerous company, although it may be considered
the dullest time of the year. The reason is obvious
enough, as it contains within its walls a multitude of
models, machinery, &c., not to be met with elsewhere,
together with instruction in the various branches of
chemistry, natural philosophy, and art, by the
professors of the institution, who daily lecture
on subjects of importance. Models and machinery are
also described, and among these we were much de-
lighted with the lace machine for manufacturing this
beautiful article. The following description will give
our readers some idea of its uses :—The process
through which the cotton passes from the raw state
into various fabrics, first, by the spinning machinery,
the raw material is converted into thread, then
may be observed the platting of the threads to form
braid by the braiding machine, or we may pass to
the elaborate and beautiful lace machinery, and
the same thread may be seen converted into lace of
various kinds and patterns ; the delicate and intricate
movements in the lace machine appear to dazzle the
eye by their complexity, and almost lead us to sup-
pose the thing impossible, which we still observe going
on before us—that is, a number of threads in motion,
and the finished fabric slowly rising from this appa-
rently confused mass. There are also numerous other
inventions well worth the inspection of the visitors.

SPORTING AT ENVILLR, TUE SEAT OF THE EARL
OF STAMFORD AND WARRINGTON.—October 10:—Lord
Stamford and two gentlemen went out shooting and
bagged 136 partridges, 16 hares, 22 rabbits, 5 pheasants,
and 1 land rail ; of which Lord Stamford killed 82 par.
tridges, 5 pheasants, 12 hares, 10 rabbits, and 1 laud
rail. October 11.—Lord Stamford with three gentlemen
bagged 186 partridges, 9 pheasants, 27 hares, and 23
rabbits ; of which Lord Stamford killed 78 partridges, 3
pheasants, 5 hares, and 10 rabbits. October 12 (half a
day).—Lord Stamford and two gentlemen bagged 94 par-
tridges, 3 pheasants, and 5 rabbits ; of which Lord
Stamford killed 55 partridges and 2 rabbits. October
16.—Lord Stamford killed 86 partridges, 17 hares, and
5 rabbits ; and the lion. Mr. Russell 66 partridges, 9
hares, and 4 rabbits. October 17.—Lord Stamford and
three gentlemen killed 138 partridges, 19 hares, 13 rab-
bits, 1 snipe, 13 pheasants, and 1 wild duck. Total of
the four and a half days' sport-70G partridges, 88 hares,
72 rabbits, 30 pheasants, 1 snipe, 1 land rail, 1 wild duck'

-899.
RELIEr TO THE HOMEWARD-BOUND.—OUr mer-
chants and shipowners will be gratified to find that the
Lords of the Admiralty, of their own accord, and with.
out solicitation, gave orders yesterday by electric tele-
graph for her Majesty's steam-sloop Driver, Commander
Johnson, to proceed from Portsmouth immediately to
the chops of the Channel with water and provisions for
the relief of the homeward bound merchant ships pre-
vented from making their respective ports by the preva-
lence of north-easterly winds, and that the steamer left
Portsmouth yesterday afternoon at three o'clock. Their
Lordships have also ordered an available steam-vessel,
the Tridint, Lieutenant-Commander Risk, to be dis-
patched from Cork to the entrance of the Channel for a
similar humane purpose.

st. lb.
•Chanticleer, 5 yrs (in- Blucher, 3 yrs 6 13
eluding 61b extra)... 9 11 Psalmsinger, 6 yrs
Cossack, 4 yrs 9 4 *Circassi an Maid, 4 yrs 6 12
*Tho Cur, 6 yrs (in- *The Admiral, 4 yrs.. 6 12
61uding 71b extra) 9 1 *Cosachia, 4 yrs 6 12
Sir Tatton Sykes,s yrs 8 12 *Mrs. Taft, 3 yrs 6 10
*Miss Sarah, 6 yrs (in- •Big Jerry, 3 yrs 6 10
chiding 61b extra)... 8 12 *Doctrine, 4 yrs 6 10
*Collingwood, 5 ps... 8 16 Voyager, 3 yrs 6 10
*Surplice, 8--yrs (and Administrator,4 yrs 6 10'
121 b extra) 8 10 *Ulysses, 4 yrs 6 10
Lady Wildair, 6 yrs... 8 7 Marianne, 4 yrs
Dulcet, 6 yrs 8 6 *Blunderduss, 6 yrs... 6 10
*Wood Pigeon, 6 yrs 8 4 •Gaffer Green, aged... 6 10
*Cawroush, 5 yrs. 8 1 Athelstane, 3 yrs 6 10
Roscius, aged
Newcourt, aged 8 0 *Geraldine, 5 yr 5..... 6 7
Buscot Buck, aged
*Diplomatist, 4 yrs
Poynton, 5 yrs 8 0 Corsican, 3 yrs
The Dart, 6 yrs
Giselle, 5 yrs 7 10 *Fern, 3 yrs
*Executor, 4 yrs.
*The Widow, aged 7 10 *lodine, 3 yrs, 6 5
*Lanesborough, 4 yrs.. 7 10 Elope, 3 yrs
*Winesour, aged 7 10 Vsleutinia, 3 yrs 6 5
*Wanota, 4 yrs ........ 7 9 Pell Mel!, 4 yrs
*Meaux, 4 yrs 7 9 *Gardenia, 3 yrs
Vampyre, 4 yrs 7 8 *Lola Montez, 3 yrs .. 6 3
*Pie Nic, 6 yrs 7 8 Luminous, 4 yrs
Yardley, aged 7 8 *Paladin, 3 yrs
Radulphus, 5 yrs 7 8 *Kerann, 3 yrs
Vesta, 4 yrs 7 7 *Backbiter, 3 yrs 5 13
*The Fiddler, 3 yrs... 7 7 Maid of my Soul, 3 yrs 5 13
*Glendower, 3 yr 5..... 7 7 *Miss Orbell, 3 yrs 5 11
*NewForestDeer,aged 7 6 *Alpheia, 3 yrs .....
Maid of Motherwell, 4 *Dacia, 3 yrs 5 9
yrs 7 5 *Taffrail, 3 yrs ........ 5 7
*Bridle, 4 yrs
*Loadstone, 3 yr 5..... 7 5 Wilmot, 3 yrs
Foreclosure, 4 yrs .... 7 4 llagley, 3 yrs .
Christopher, 4 yrs .... 7 3 Acanthis, 3 yrs ......
Vanish, 5 yrs 7 3 •Slug, 3 yrs... ...... .... 5 3
*The Moor, 3 yrs
*King of Morven, 43. rs 7 2 Snuff-box, 3 yrs
Quicksand, 4 yrs 7 2 *Tophana, 3 yrs 5 2
Montpensier, 4 yrs .... 7 2 Reality, 3 yrs
Black Dwarf, 4 yrs ... 7 1 Confederacy, 3 yrs ~ 4 13
Blaze, 3 yrs
Dough, 3 yrs 7 0 Gr. c. by Theon, out
*Chat,4 yrs 7 0 of Ferneley's dam,
*Keleshea, 4 yrs. 7 0 4 yrs paid

71b; and fi
winner to,l
Handicap Sweepstakes of z 0 sovs. each, and only .5 if
declared, for three yrs old and upwards, the second to
receive the forfeits. T.Y.C.
Sweepstakes of 10 BOW. each, for three yrs old, 7st 91b;
four, Bst 31b ; five and upwards, Bst 81b. First half of
Ab M. Winner to be sold for 400/, &c.
Sweepstakes of 10 sm. each; for two yrs old, 7st 74b
and three, 9st 41b; the winner to be sold for 2001. if
demanded, &o.; if entered to be sold for 1504 allowed,
51b; for 1001., 101; and for 50/., allowed 151 k. T.Y.Q.
50/; for three yrs old, 7st 61b; four, Bst 51b; fire =4
upwards, Bst 101 b; the winner to be sold for 1004
A.F.
The ;Nursery Stakes of 25 soya, each, for two yrs old,
SATURDAY.
The Ercueiton Handicap of 15 sovs. each, and only fire
if deelszed,: for three yrs old and upwards, the second
to receive the forfeits. T.Y.C.
Sweepstakes of 2,0 soya, each; for two yrs old, Est 715;
three, Bst 7113; four, 9st; five and upwards, 9st 4113;
the winner to be .60;.(1 for 2001, &c. T.Y.C.
Sweepstakes of 5 soya e:ieh; for two yrs old, 6st 7113;
three, Bst 51b; four, Bst 20'b; five and upwards, Bst
121 b. First half of Ab. N. Winner to be ?sold for

251, Scc. •
Sweepstakes of 10 sovs. each, for three yrs old, 7st 91b;
four, Bst 71b; five, Bst 121 b; six and aged, 9st; vvinuer
to be sold for 1201., &c. Ab. M.
A Selling Handicap Sweepstakes of 15 sovs. each, 5 ft.
if declared; winner to be sold for 1201., &a. A.E.C.
MATCHES.

*Duke of Bedford's Sobraon agst *Lord Glasgow's f
by The Provost, dam by Actaeon, Sst 31b each. T.Y.C.
200 h ft.
'Lord Clifden's Loadstone, Bst 71b, agst *Lord Glas-
gow's Clerk of the Council, 7st 111 b, last half of Ab. M..
100 h f.
Mr. Gregory's f by Irish Birdcatcher, out of Gag's
dam, agst 'Duke of Bedford's f by St.. Francis, out of
Misnomer, 6st 31b. each, both yearlings, 100 h ft. t.a
• -Mr. Mostyn's c by Colwick, out of Concertina, Bst 71b.
agst *Duke of Bedford's St. Rosolis, Bst 41b, 200 h
T.Y.C.
*Lord Chesterfield's g, by domed, dam by Dr. Syntax,
agst *Lord Glasgow's f by the Provost, dam by &tuns,
Bst each, last 100 ;yards of Ab. M., 25 soya. No dap
mentioned.
The above outline will show that there is plenty of
work cut out for the week, and that in order to got
through it before dusk an early commencement each.
day will be indispensable. To enable all classes to enjoy
this wind-up to the season, special first-class trains will
start, from Shoreditch at half-past nine o'clock on
Monday and Tuesday mornings, returning at foie
(half-past five would have been more convenient), and a
cheap one at seven o'clock on the Cambridgeshire day
(Tuesday),er returning at the same hour in the evening
There is every reason to anticipate a most brilliant
meeting.

THE CAMBRIDGESHIRE STAKES.
The Cur and Pic-Nic were scratched yesterday after-
noon.

BETTING AT MANCHESTER.—FILIDAL
THE CAMBRIDGESHIRE STAKES.-500 to 100 agst
Backbiter (taken)-7 to 1 agst Dacia (taken)-8 to 1
agst Lanesborough (taken)—lo to. I agst Chanticleer-
-18 to 1 agst Geraldine (taken)-20 to 1 agst Bridle
(taken)-20 to 1 agst Wanota (taken)-25 to 1 not
Fern (taken)-30 to 1 agst Cosachia-500 to 10 agst
Yardley (taken)-50 to 1 agst The Cur.

DERBY.-5 to 1 agst Flying Dutchman-7 to I agst
Tadmor-9 to I agst Honeycomb-20 to I agst Uriel-
-20 to 1 agst Osterley-33 to 1 agst Chatterer-33 to 1
agst Escalade.
THE WILTSHIRE CHAMPION COURSING
MEETING.— WEDNESDAY.
The Great Western Puppy Cup.—First Ties.
Mersey beat Minerva—Brilliant beat Ellick
Widgeon beat Steam-engine—Leeway beat Mahomet
Sable beat Cobea Scandens—Venus beat Pliable
Greenwich Time beat Wilhelmina—Lace beat Old Joe
The Draid Cur.—First Ties.
Czar beat Jubilee—Olympia Peravia beat Royal George
Fancy Boy beat Merry Lad—Cactus beat Wildfire
Wulston beat Tom Bowling—Babylon beat Miracle
Shade beat The Eunuch—Royalist beat Edith
The Stonehenge Stakes for Dog Puppies.
Mr. Bowles's William Rufus beat Sir J. Boswell's Timon
Mr. Palmer's Pegasus beat Mr. Miller's Martock
Mr. Chitty's Leader beat Mr. Eyson's Formidable
Mrs Lawrence's Landgrave beat Captain Wyndham's

Wilfred
Mr. Fowles's Flatcateher beat Mr. Etwall's Old Harry
Mr. Langtry's Talisman beat Captain Wyndh.am's Van-
guard
Mr. Parkinson's Sam beat Mr. Osbaldeston's Oscar
Mr. Brewer's Bold Davy beat Mr. Biggs's Be Noted