The Sun.
London, England, 1848-07-31 00:00:00

A RETROSPECTIVE GLANCE AT

GOODWOOD.

The struggle's o'er, the race is run,
And some have lost, and some have won,
For, without risk of loss, 'tis plain
There never can be any gain. • • •
But still I trust, my friends, that you
Are number'd amongst Fortune's crew.
And that by backing up my letter
You have by Betting been made better.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
SlR,—There never was a week more admirably cal-
culated to baffle the wisest computations of the most
" clear brain'd seers" than that which has just closed
upon the meeting at Goodwood.
The immense quantity of rain which fell during',
and immediately previous to the races, having ren-
dered the course not merely ordinarily heavy, but
really in a state of absolute mortar, so that for
any thing in the form of a race-horse to gal-
lop over it, was almost a matter of perfect impossi
bility, and therefore the result of several of the contests
cannot be taken as a fair and safe criterion of the rela-

tive merits of the contending animals. This remark
applies more particularly to the juvenile competitors for
two-year old honours ; many of whom, although de-
feated, will live to snatch the wreath from off their vic-
tor's brows at the forthcoming reunion at Doncaster.
But although the weather has been greatly opposed to
us gentlemen who deal in " mystical lore," yet for my
own part I have nothing to complain of,—fortune, I be-
lieve, has dealt more kindly with me, than she has done
with any of my brother prophets, towards some of whom
she has acted really most cruelly, having given them of a
truth " scarcely ought but frowns."
For the benefit of those who may not have seen my
prophecy, in your columns of Monday last, or who hay •
ing seen it may not have retained it in their memory. I
shall here repeat it, placing the prediction and the result
of each race in juxtaposition, so that they may have a
fair opportunity of praising it or condemning it, as they
may feel inclined.
PROPHECY.
The Lavant Stakes.
I Glauca
The 300 Sovs. Sweepstakes.
••• 1 Van Tromp
••• i 2 Cossack ...
The Gratwicke.
-- 2 ...
1 Distaffina
Surplice ...
The Ham Stakes.
Tadnor ...
Honeycomb
The Goodwood Stakes.
... 1 Chanticleer
... 2 Plaudit ..•
... 3 Remembrance ...
The Orange Stakes.
1 Sagacity
Tlhe
2 Corsican
up. Van Tromp
2 Armin ...
Miss Sarah
The Hero started.
,g Stakes.
Glendower
Corsican
Surplice
The Molecomb.
1 I Mr. Milner
2 I Uriel
The 501. Sweepstakes.
I Highland Fling

RESULT.

Glauca

Van Tromp
Cossack ...

Wiasma
Surplice

Belus, or
Honeycomb

Chanticleer
Bantam ..
Plaudit ..

Red Hart
Keleshea

Halo
The Hero
Miss Lydia filly ... 3
Neither Halo nor
The Racin
21 I

... 1
2
... 3

Surplice ...
Glendower

... 1
••• 2
... . 3

Uriel
Solon

ighland Fling

The Nasiau Stakes.
Canezou
The Richmond Stakes.
I Hornpipe
(Loadstone did not run.)
The Chesterfield Cup.
The Marquis of Conyngham I The Marquis of Conyngham
The Selling Stakes.
Pyrrhus the First I Pyrrhus the First.
By this it will be perceived that I was right in the
Levant Stakes, the 300 Sovs., the Goodwood Stakes,
the 50 Sovs. Sweepstakes, the Nassau, and the Rich-
mond Stakes, and last, though not least, the Chesterfield
Cup and the Selling Stakes. Ia the Gratwicke Stakes I
assigned to Surplice the second place, which he held at
the finish ; and in the Ham and Molecomb Stakes my
horses both came second ; and for the Racing Stakes
Glendower, which I placed second, came first. As
neither of my horses ran for the Cup, that race must be
considered void, though I cannot but regret that Halo
did not show, as I feel strongly persuaded that it would
have been a very close tussle between himself and the
Dutch Admiral, though, from the latter's easy victory
otrioTmp,s colours.uesday,l
should certainly have sailed under Van
T
I am, Sir, yours, &c.,
GEORGE WIZARD.

••• 1
... 2

Canezou

Loads tono

BUNN S. JENNY LlNU.—This celebrated cause, in
for
which it will be remembered that Mr. Bunn recovered
averdict
breachwith
c 20,f50a0n1. ednagmagaegmesenat, is
g ainssttiliTvlidnile.Jetiny
Lind litigation.
The next proceeding will be a writ of error on the part
of the defendant, which cannot be argued in the Exche-
quer Chamber before Michaelmas Term in November.
Mr. Justice Erie has lately been engaged in settling a
bill of exceptions tendered on the trial, and by an order
made, the damages, with 1,000/. for costs, have been paid
into the Court of Queen's Bench. The costs in the
cause have been taxed at nearly 700/., and the residue
of the sum paid into Court is to meet the accruing ex•
penses. The action was commenced in March, 1847,
so that in all probability it will be about two years be,
fore it will be finally decided.—John

BURNING A RAILWAY BRIDGE.-011
Friday after-
noon the bridge which carries the Newcastle and Carlisle
Railway over the Tyne, about four miles on the Carlisle
side of Hexham, was destroyed by fire. It a wooden
structure, and in consequence of the high wind which
was blowing at the time the entire bridge
was speedily
in flames. The engines from the districts were but of
trifling avail in checking the conflagration. The passage
of the trains will necessarily be much impeded by this
unfortunate event. The bridge was known generally by
the name of the Warden.
DIPLOMATIC CHANGE......LOYcI Cowley, who is the
British Minister in Switzerland, will leave London to-
day for Frankfort-on-the-Maine, where he will continue
for some time as tho agent of Great Britain during the
important sittings of the German Diet, or Parliament of
the Confederation. As there is yet only a provisional
executive Government established, Lord Cowley cannot
be said to be accredited as a Minister or Envoy, but be
has received specific instructions upon which he will act
as occasion may require, and he will watch British in-
terests, and report to his Government the important
events which are expected to occupy the attention of the
Diet.—Observer.

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SUICIDE IN THE PENITENTIARY.—An inquest was
held in the Milbank prison on Saturday, on the body ofs
Lewis Cocks, a convict, who hanged himself in his cell.
The prisoner had been low-spirited, and had asked to.
have " Charley," another convict, to be allowed to work
with him; he had also received a letter from his wife,
which deeply affected him. The jury returned a verdict
of " Temporary Insanity."
A messenger arrived at Cambridge-house in the
early part of last week from the Continent, with the gra-
tifying intelligence to the Duke and
.Duchess of Cam-
bridge, that their eldest daughter (Princess Augusta),
the Hereditary Grand Duchess of Mecklenburg-Strelitz,
was safely delivered of a son and heir on the 22d inst.,
immediately
forwarded Strelitz. The gratifying intelligence was
forwarded to the different members of the Royal family.
The first infant of the Hereditary Grand Duchess was
born at Cambridge-house, and lived but a short time.
The young Prince is second cousin of the Prince of
Wales and the younger branches of the Royal family.--
Observer.