The Sun.
London, England, 1846-06-16 00:00:00

SUN,

JUNE 16, 1846.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.
TATTERSALL'S. --YESTERDAY.
The Ascot account claimed the undivided attention of the
Subscribers until after six o'clock; and from the frequent
inquiries after parties whose names were quite new to us,
did not appear to have been altogether satisfactory.
Late in the evening the books were opened, and a little
business transacted on the undermentioned events.

THE NORTHUMBERLAND PLATE.-
6 to 1 agst Mr. Kitchener's Lucy.
10 to 1 agst Mr. Cookson's Fair Star—taken
10 to 1 agst Mr. Bell's Winesour
12 to L agst Mr. O'Brien's Mentor—taken
12 to 1 agst Mr. Stephenson's Sheraton—taken
14 to 1 agst Sir C. Monck's Glossy—taken
14 to 1 agst Lord Eglinton's Dolo--taken
14 to I agst Mr. St. Paul's Telemachus—taken
15 to 1 agst Mr. J. Scott's Curiosity—taken
15 to 1 agst Mr. Johnstone's Roper's Daughter—taken
ST. LEGER.

5 to 1 agst Mr. W. Scott's Sir Tatton Sykes—taken
7 to 1 agst General Shubrick's Brocardo—takeu
8 to 1 agst Mr. Gully's Pyrrhus the First—taken
10 to 1 agst Mr. Meiklam's Fancy Boy
16 to 1 agst Mr. Cranston's Cranebrook—taken
DERBY.
40 to 1 agst Duke of Richmond's Old Port—taken
40 to 1 agst Mr. Payne's Sister to Cobweb mit—taken
50 to 1 agst Mr. Worley's Old Port—taken
50 to 1 agst Lord G. Bentinck's Crozier—taken
50 to 1 agst Lord Caledon's Cassandro colt—taken
50 to 1 agst Mr. Bowes's Epirote—taken
50 to 1 agst Mr. Bowes's Lunedale—taken
50 to 1 agst Col. Anson's Bingham—taken.
HAMPTON RACES.

Acceptances for the Surrey and Middlesex Stakes :
Mobarek, aged, Bst 71b ; Jack Cade, 5 yrs, Bst 31b ; Master
Stepney, 4 yrs, 7st 121 b; lEoline, 4 yrs, 7st 51bs ; Jenny
Wren. 4yrs, 7st 31b ; Marquis of Conyngham, 3 yrs, 7st 31b ;
cby Velocipede, darn by Emilius, 3 yrs, 7st llb ; Tit-bit, 3

yr;, Gst 1016 ; Sister to -Pergularia, 3 yrs, 6st 1016 ; Alexa, 3
yrs, 6st 71b ; Polka,3 yrs, 6st 71b ; Geraldine, 3 yrs, 6st 61b.
The entries in our next.

PEDESTRIANISM.

E. SMITH AND ROBERT MAREPEACB.—These swift ones ran 440
yards, yesterday, at Fig's Marsh Level, for 25!. aside. The race
came off a little before five. We do not know that we ever saw Ned
Smith in better condition, and for one now a little passee, he looked
everything his friends could wish. Nevertheless, those who fancied
the younger and fresher man were in the ascendant, and ruled the
market, 6 to 4 and longer odds being sported on Makepeace, till " the
business" became stagnant, and money went begging. The issue,
however, proved the correctness of prevalent opinion, for after a fair
start, Makepeace, whose competitor ran beautifully with him for the
better half of the distance, drew ahead, and finally defeated Smith
by half a dozen yards. Smith never ran better, but when his opponent
has done half his work, we shall be prepared to concede him yet
higher praise than that of defeating his antogonist of to-day. Never-
theless, Makepeace has proved himself a speedy, galac, and clever
runner at the distance.

GREAT TEN-MILE MATCH AND HURDLE-RACE, AT WALWORTIL—
The announcement that the three first walkers in England had en-
tered to compete in a ten-mile match, for a cup of 251. value and
other secondary emoluments, might alone have been expected to as-
semble a numerous gathering of people, on a line Monday in June ;
but to witness such " tall walking" as it was this day our sweltering
lot to time beneath a scorching sun, was " passing strange, 'twas
wonderful." The first match then for ten miles, fair toe and heel,
brought Benjamin Butler, Charles Westhall, and George Bradshaw.
To give a summary of their performances would be to recapitulate
the best matches in our pedestrian chronology for the last
three years. The men had all met before, and knew each others
prowess and peculiar qualifications. At ten minutes before five
all being in readiness, a fair start was effected, and the trio toed and
heeled it an awful pace. Butler led at the first lap round by 20
yards, Bradshaw four yards in his rear, and Westhall last. The
second round Westhall was in advance, with Butler in close attend-
ance, Bradshaw well up. The third Butler led, and at the fourth,
which completed the first mile, Westhall came by with a lead of only
three yards, Butler second, and Bradshaw fifteen yards in the rear.
Time 8 min. 22 sec. It may be as well here to remark, that upon
measurement, it was decided that the roped circumference of the
ground was taken for general purposes to be a quarter of a mile, al-
though, as it fell some yards short of that distance, it was decided
that forty-one circuits should be taken by the men to complete the
ten miles. We shall not detail every round as recorded in our note-
book, bet merely give the close of each mile

Ist mile, Wesih-all, Bm. 225., Butler 3 yds, Bradshaw 15 yds. be-
hind. 2d mile, Butler and Bradshaw, 16m. 455., Westhall 16 yds.
behind. 3d mile, Butler, 25m. 75., Westhall 20 yds, Bradshaw 3
yds. in the rear. 4th mile, Butler and Westhall together, 34m.,
Bradshaw 40 yds. behind. sth mile, Butler (4 yds. in advance)
42m. 295., Westhall and Bradshaw level. 6th mile, Butler (first by
2 yds.), 50m. 485., Westhall 2, Bradshaw 3. 7th mile, Bradshaw
(20 yds. in advance), 59m. 135., Butler and Westhall together. Bth
mile, Bradshaw, 68m., Butler and Westhall together. 9th mile,
Westhall, leading by 20 yds.. 76m. 18s. Bradshaw, who was evi••
dently walking in difficulties, was here said to have given in, but he
came again. 10th mile, Westhall, 86m., Butler being second by
about 100 yds. When we consider the ground walked on (sun-dried
turf) and the tropical heat of the day, we take this to be an un-
matched pertormance for endurance of fatigue and as a specimen of
speed. The company in the ground was estimated at 2,000, and the
outsiders, who obtained surreptitious peeps, were innumerable.

THE HURDLE RlCE.—This'affair, the prize a silver snuff-box, was
contested by four men—George Martin Warwick, Knott (of Leicester),
and Brown (an amateur). There was also a 14fth man, in the person
of Nickle, the Glasgow runner, who never having tried hurdle jump-
ing, stripped anl went off with the racers, without being entered
competing for the prize. This caused some perplexity among the
spectators. Nickle went off with the lead, but could not hold it,
Martin soon showing in front, and taking his hurdles like a deer;
Knott, of Leicester, cast a shoe, and Warwick, though he ran gamely
and came in second, was only favoured with a distant back view of

little Martin, was bounded in an easy winner by his own distance,
The race was never in doubt ; Knott third, Brown fourth, and Nickle
any where,

Some minor races followed, but as the parties engaged therein are
unknown as public men, we shall leave them unnoticed till their feats
deserve recording.

AQUATICS.

PRICE SD.

COURT CIRCULAR.

Her Majesty the Queen Dowager, attended by the
Marchioness of Ormonde, visited the Queen yesterday.
Her Majesty arrived at Buckingham Palace at half-past
three o'clock, and was received by his Royal Highness
Prince Albert.
His Royal Highness Prince Albert, attended by the
Equerry in Waiting, Colonel Bouverie, honoured the
establishment of the Public Baths and ashhouses with
a visit yesterday.
Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales, Prince
Alfred, the Princess Royal, and the Princess Alice, took
their accustomed walks and rides yesterday in the
pleasure grounds of Buckingham Palace.
Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent visited her
Majesty yesterday.
Her Majesty the Queen Dowager, attended by her
Lady in Waiting, the Marchioness of Ormonde, visited
her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent yesterday at
her residence, Clarence House, St. James's. Her Ma-
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drive yesterday to Kensington.

Her Royal highness the Duchess of Kent (attended
by Lady Fanny Howard and Captain the Hon. James
P. Murray), and her Royal. highness the Duchess of
Cambridge (accompanied by the Princess Mary, and
attended by Baroness Ahlefeldt and Mr. Edmond Mild-
may), honoured the performance of Mr. Benedict's Con-
cert with their presence yesterday morning.
A Cabinet Council was held at two o'clock yesterday
afternoon, at the Foreign .Office. The Ministers present
were Sir Robert Peel, the Duke of Wellington, the
Lord Chancellor, the Duke of Buccleuch, the Earl of
Haddington, the Earl of Aberdeen, Sir James Graham,
Mr. Secretary Gladstone, the Chancellor of the Exche-
quer, the Earl of Ellenborough, the Earl of Ripon,
Lord Granville Somerset, the Earl of Lincoln, the Earl
of Dalhousie, the Right Hon. Sidney Herbert, and the
Earl St. Germans. The Council sat an hour. _

Count Bjornstjerna, the Swedish Minister, has re-
turned to town, after a temporary absence, and has
resumed bis diplomatic duties. His Excellency had an
interview with the Earl of Aberdeen on Friday, at the
Foreign Office.
Mr. Dean, Chairman of the Customs, had an interview
with the Chancellor of the Exchequer yesterday, at his
official residence in Downing-street. Viscount Bernard
had also an interview with the Right lion. Gentleman.

Lord Hatherton had an interview with the Earl of
Dalhousie yesterday, at the Office of the Board of Trade.
Dispatches were received yesterday at the Colonial-
office, from the Governor-General of Canada, and also
from the Governor of the other North American pro-
vinces.

Mr. Denison, M.P., had an interview with Sir George
Clerk yesterday, at the office of the Board of Trade.
The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council sat yes-
terday. The Lords present were, Lord Brougham, the
Master of the Rolls, the Chancellor of the Duchy of Corn-
wall, and the Judge of the Admiralty Court.
The Solicitor• General was heard in support of Mr.
Muntz's petition for extension of a patent. The case
was adjourned until Saturday next.