The Sun.
London, England, 1848-02-26 00:00:00

liINSALE.

The Kinsale Election Committee were engaged the
whole of the day with the scrutiny case, but, up to the
hour at which our report left, no votes had been proved
to be bad.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.
BRIDGNORTH STE;EPLECIIASE.—TutrasDay.
Sweepstakes of 10 sovs. each, with 50 added. Four miles_
Mr. Maddock's Proceed, lOst 101 b (apt. W. Peel
Mr. T. Wesley's Gayhurst, lOst 21b... ••• ••• 2
Mr. Donaldson's Forest Boy, lOst 21b
The following also ran:—Mr. Moseley's Richard the
First. Ilst 71b—Captain Barnett's Marengo, I 1st—
Mr. Morris's Tamworth, lOst 121b—Captain Peel na
Pullaway, lOst—and Mr. Young's Sarah Sykes.
A splendid race with the whole lot.
Both the hurdle races were won by Mr. Davenport'►
Thurga! ton.
BETTING AT MANCHESTER.—FRIDAY.
Only a very few bets laid to-day, viz.:-25 to I agst
The Nigger (to 351.), 200 to $ agst Standard Guard, and
300 to 10 agst Tho Sailor for the Liverpool Steeple-
chase; Chester Cup —5OO to 10 agst The Magnet; and
for the Derby, 1,000 to 30 and 200 to 6 agst Swiss Boy,
35 to 1 agst Assault, and 500 to 10 agst Whitstene.

lIUNTING APPOINTMENTS.
Mr. Farquharson's hds., Mon., Glanville Wootton;
Tues., Burton Turnpike. gate.
The Worcestershire hds., Mon. Monkwood; Wed.,
Round hill; Fri., Kennel.

The Hopton hds., Mon., Ou1ton; Thurs., Thurlton-11.
Mr. Giles's hds., Mon., Halegend (Crsdley); Fri.,
Kennel.
The Herefordshire hds., Mon., Brockhall-gate; Thurs.,
Rothewas.

COWES, ISLE OF WIGHT.
(FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)
ROYAL YACHT SQUADRON INTELLIGENCE.
Sir Bellingham Graham, Bart., Vice• Commodore of
the Royal Yacht Squadron, and several members have
arrived at the Royal Yacht Squadron House this week,
for the purpose of forwarding the equipments of their
yachts.

We regret to state that Mr. Thomas White, ship and
yacht builder, of this port, met with a very serious
accident on board of one of the Peninsula and Oriental !
boats this morning, in the Southampton Docks: in a fall 1
he sustained a compound fracture of the loft arm. The I
fracture was reduced at Southampton, and the surgeon i
came to Cowes with him.

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M.Colmache, the Prince's private secretary, 2 vote. 3.
The Story of the Peninsular War, a companion volut se
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:nap, 7s. 6d. bound. 4. Memoirs of Mademoiselle De
Montpensier, written by Herself, 3 vols. 5. Zoologi cal
Recreations, by W. J. Broderip, Esq., F.R.S., &c. 1
vol., los. 6d. bound. 6. The Hall and the Hamlet, by
William Howitt, 2 vols.
MISCELLANEOUS ESTIMATES COMMITTEE.-1
following are the proposed members :—Mr. Vern via
Smith, Mr. Herries, Earl of Lincoln, Mr. Henry,
Henley, Sir G. Clerk, Mr. Rice, Mr. Stafford, Dr. Boy v..
ring; Mr. Parker, Mr. Bramston, Mr. Horsman, MI „
Hastings Russell, Mr. 11. A. Herbert, and Mr. Corbally. •
PROPERTY AND INCOME-TAX.—We understand al I.
attempt has lately been made by some of the Commi' i-
sioners in Basinghall-street, to get up an application t •,0
the Board of Stamps and Taxes in favour of a certa in
Government officer, who had got himself into difficulti es
from having, in defiance of the Act of Parliament, tak' en
2001. per annum from the clerk's income (received frt an
the poundage allowed him upon the amount paid in ,to
the revenue). We are glad to hear the attempt was
jetted by a large majority of the Board.