The Sun.
London, England, 1846-10-21 00:00:00

COURT CIRCULAR.
Ilighuess the Dur.he.;s of Gloucester r
ii:"lsed • vli tii is tuor in t1i(!
at Her R Highness proceeded to her residence
br•dc,e'n3oni. His Royal Highness tbe Duke of Cam -
t,,l bride arrived at Richmond in the afternoon, from a tour
VI a visi, to the Roy al Duchess.
bny Count de Reventlow,tlie Danish Minister, transacted
le,, al yesterday at the Foreign-office. His Excel-
Yeater the Brazillian illinister, also transacted business
daY at the Foreign-office.
officesPatchos were received yesterday at the Colo-nial-
tute, from the Governor of Sierra Leone.
e Marquis of Lansdowne (Lord gresdent), has re-
d to his seat Bowood-park, Wilts, from a sisit to her
Majesty at Windsor Castle.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE
The t TATTERSALL'S—MornaY.
prop wo leading favourites for the Cambridgeshire im-
the ed on the last betting at Newmarket, less, however, from
be
tanlount of money sent into the market than from the re-
-6(1 offers to back them. Next to them, the only horses
I,o:ree were Best Bower and Alexa ; both were in high fa-
with Pith many parties. In no other respeet did the betting
ans event possess any interest. Closing prices : .

THE CAMBRIDGESHIRE STAKES.
8 to 1 agst Mr. Greville's Alarm
Ito 1 agst Mr. Nunn's Sister to Joanna colt
0 to 1 agst Colonel Anson's lago
5 to 1 agst Lord Glasgow's Conspißowracy
'4) to 1 ag
st Mr. Pemberton's Best er—taken
to 1 agst Lord E. Russell's Sting
20 1 agst Major Yarburgh's Red Robin
25 to 1 agst Lord ~dChesterfield's Lady Wildair
to 1 agst Colonel Peel's Garry Owen
to agst Mr. P. Rolt's Alexa—taken freely
25 to 1 agst Mr. Forth
Richmond's Refraction
's False Rert
25 to 1 agst Duke of po
17 to 1 agat Mr. Roles Evenus
I,!0 to 1 agst Lord Exeter's Sister to Pergularia
to 1 agst Mr. Hook's Buttress—taken
'33 to 1 agst Mr. Wyatt's Laundrymaid
40 to 1 agst Colonel Anson's Tom Tulloch
9 to 2 agst lago and Sister to Joanna colt.
DERBY.
33 to 1 agst Mr.
Payne's Sister to Cobweb colt—taken
to• agst Mr. Mostyn's Projectile—taken
so agst Mr. Gully's Tantivy—taken
to O6 1 agst Mr. Mostyn's Miss Iris colt—taken
1,00 r „ "
1-aget Mr. Mostyn's West Indian Planter—taken
agst Mr. Mostyn's King of Morven—taken.
~EW,„„ 11ARKET HOUGHTON MEETING.
'Noe 4ch between Lord Eglinton's Thersites and the
betw- 'DJ Bedford's Paragone, is off by consent, and in that
the IP ErYx and Esther, belonging to the same nobleman,
joke pays 50 sous. forfeit.
hist forth portion of the Bentinck stud was put up for salo
11.1,,17i'1aY, but only three lots disposed of, viz. :—Let-us-stop-
Yeari,!'e'saYs-slow, 160 guineas; Joyous, 46 guineas; and a
ng colt by Colwick, out of Skilful, 26 guineas.
Th,,,,EIVMARKET CRAVEN MEETING, 1847. r
toar„4_bAor•—M 3,r. Greville's Alarm, Bst 41b, agst Mr. y t
•rAte Baron, Bst Ilb. T.M.M. 500, h ft.
Tr, SECOND OCTOBER MEETING, 1847. _ _
11W...8..1)47.-Idr. Barns's Sotterlj, Bst 71b, agst Duke of
."I\ts Duplicity, Bst 51b. T.Y. . 100, h ft.
The
DUMFRIES RACES.—FILIDAY.
"Ittern Handicap of 10 sovs. each, 5 tt, with 40 added.
lijr. -A , Once round and a dis. (14 Subs.)
i; 'Johnstone's Rowena, 5 yrs, 7st 101 b walked over.
s,,Ave and Take Plate of 25g., added to a Sweepstakes of
kr. each, 3 ft. Heats, once round and a dis. (7 Subs.)
!litelock's Fair Rosamond, 5 yrs (Joy) 10 1
Ni;irl'ing's Jane, 3 yrs O. 1 3
b1t,4•,11. Johnstone's Jack Cade, 5 vrs
lere Mace's False Position, 4 yrs ...... ..
.2 dr
kr. Vlandicap of 5 sovs. each, and 25 added.
,Twomiles.
kr. It • 11. Johnstone's Roper's Daughter, aged, 9st 111 b... 2
Robertson' Tom'
Torn Tough, 6 yrs, lOst
kr. IN hitelock's Fair Rosamond. 5 yrs, Bst
t ;1: Johnst one's Fair Helen, 3 yrs, 7st 121 b 4
The • Johnstone's Jack Cde, 5 rs, Bst 71b 5
I\`WhipStakes Handicap ofa one guinea each, and a purse
kr. 1, dded. Once round and a dis. (5 Subs.)
kr. prasa
er's Queen of the South, llst 101 b .
raser's Burnie-my-boy, list

NAVAL PREPARATIONS IN
FRANCE.
hoer e Presse announces, that important contracts have
or lie°ncluded by the Minister of Marine at the ports
• included
Brest, L'Orient, Toulon, and Rochefort.
4nrinlB I(b°‘cn,'' adds the Presse, " that the
,Chamhers
eienegi the last session, struck with the deplorable defi-
Yalls3' which appeared in the stock of oak in the dock-
kay ' Voted considerable credit to the Minister of
The'ne to enable him to procure a sufficient supply.
with late contracts were concluded in compliance
to t„,this resolution of the Chambers, and amount
ire less than from 25,000 francs to 30,000
12 he s'na aad embrace a period of three years.
leapor a aunt of these contracts, and the political
ever tance, which is so legitimately attached to
itisti3ri 'natter which constitutes our maritime resources,
infor Y the care which we have taken to collect accurate
diffnlation relative to the contracts concluded in the
Minient peter fn •
•s, and which have been submitted to th,..
knoll or opprobation. The contracts for Toulon
for ch .
nt t° 32,260 steres of oak; for Brest, 40,150 steres;
4,4
'hug 24,960 stares; for L'Orient, 34,463 steres ,
tht ZiLallii°teith; contracted for fort, 32,910 stems. The comparison
ports of
with
the secondari;
kiai.«llat for Toulon, leads us to suppose at he.
relies upon other resourcfs, otherwise itlwou. ld
our lineult to ex lain the improvidence of neglecting
hi Prirl_eiPal naval arsenal in the Mediterranean,
importeh,,`"aY be called some day to perform an
land ,"'t Pare during a political complication. Eng-
9.4atirseilses more foresight ; she purchases enormous
lies. 'ties
1„, of timber in the Adriatic and in the Black
/37,1144,,.'37 should not we imitate her ? After the
44arilai 01 the Mourillon, at Toulon, the Minister of
engine have orders to one of our most experienced
sh b ,s, to expre the abundat stock ot timer for
lili iptektitding to be found in then neighbourhoodb of the
rend Sea. That engineer has returned, he has
info;ered
an account of his mission, and, if we are well
r his report has full y justified the .previou, s in-
i;e) taatiOn. A new source of supply for our arsenals may
°Pened in that quarter. But even that must not dis-
Pease With our internal resources, and in this respect the
administration of some of our ports has ill understood
the mission intrusted to it.

We are authorised to state that Mr. Bancroft, the
American Minister, did not arrive at Liverpool by
the steamer Cambria. He intended to leave New
York by the steamer Great Western on the Bth inst.
The Hon. Harriet Grimston expired at an early
hour on Sunday morning, at her residence in Upptr
Grosvenor-street, in her 70th year. The deceased was
the only surviving sister of the late Earl of Vernlam.
CANADA AND THE CANADIANS IN 1846. By
Lieut.-Colonel Sir Richard Bonnycastle, 2 vols., 21s.
bound. The abuse work is published this day by Mr.
Colburn, and may now be had of all booksellers. Mr.
Colburn has also just published:-2. Vol. 6, of Madame
d'A.rblay's Diary and Letters. 3. A third and cheaper
edition of " The Nemesis in China," comprising a com-
plete History of the late War, &c., in 1 vol., with Maps
and Plates, 12s. bound. 4. Burke's History of the
Lkanded Gentry, complete in 2 vols., royal Bvo., 21. 10s.
1"111(1- Q 5. Vol. 9, of Agnes Strickland's Lives of the u's of England, comprising Mary of Modena, Con-
Sort
een ,
of James 11. 6. The Nelson Letters and Die.
E's, complete in 7 vols.. 8vo.; and 7. Travel's and
4 ravellers, by Mrs. Trollope', 2 vols., 21s.
THE BONDING WAREHOUSES AT MANCHESTER.
f„I el have much pleasure in laying before our readers the
;,„_"°.wing statement of the amount of customs duties
ending at the custom-house here, during the quarter
there
the 10th of October last. It will seen that
iilrreteirS,aanudin3cBre, increase of 2,6101. above the receipts of last
176/. above the corresponding quarter of
eliding 10th of October, 1846, was 56,640/. ; during the
quarter ending 10th of October, 1845, 18,4641.; increase
Zoo the quarter, 38,176/.
LllParatives tatement showing the amount of cus.
"Is' duties collected in Manchester during the firs
th
;n g qua me-qartrters oers f
o 1 f the present year, and the correspond
`B4s:
1845.

1846.

1846.

qr. en
dg. sth Kprl 11,043 sth Apr 138,427 Incrse 27,384
,s sth July 12,689 sth Ju1y54,030 „ 41,341
90 10th Oct. 18,464 10th Oct. 56,640 „ 38,176

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£149,097 ~ Z 106,90,
It it £42,196
eei gratifying to observe that there.alisstatinnidnicnrgeasthee olafrrgee-
t,,,Dts during the last quarter, notwithstanding Celnit of duty paid during the former
suproni
t.Peel'swheat,
core
of
meal immediately after the passing
iitasur. We understand that it is accoluntedtafgoor boyt. thethe
aler.eased number of parties taking
fLl'l,ng of charges, as well as the convenadievvieicahndissantois;
Cie l' h attending the bonding system, na_ eg generally, adopted by the
' s and spirits, &c.,
in GIs in tobacco, tea and coffee,Twine
Manchester
all principal wholesale
Ex anche3ter and the neighbourhood.
—Manchester
OUr
:1\
El, CASE.—On Monday one of thelatbdtorins in
n
gaol died, and the gaoler has been p
't be•
legal
4wkwar position t'.s to what he shall do with the body,
lte, Ing the opinion of some of the most eminent
„ivil,l here, that if the gaoler delivers up the body, be
:ehlliob€' "swerable for the debt. Cases have been cted
ia, Z° !he debt had to be collected before the body could
buried but whether in this case they think, thepoor_
with:,ltlaving paid the debt of nature is to get.
hff ferm.ee-.
Without PaYing his creditors, is likel to furnish —ent f decidethe case —Norwzch
.driverliser,er Clever men to
MuR s
Zthe,3-IC's"--ThiS is an old remedy, which, like many
that ha„ been thrown aside, might in many cases.
,se employed with advantage. Every one must have el.
Ferieneed its influence in soothing or exciting the fee t.3gB' and 'withdrawing the mind from. painful recollee-
-1°713. In some stages of fever, and in many nervous
diseases I have no doubt it would be highly useful, and
that it would
opiates fail—Doften succeed in procuring sleep where
Moore.
hWANTON DESTRUCTION Or SHEEP IN THE ESSEX
4CBREB.—For the last two or three Sundays the in-
habitants of Plaistow and East Ham have been subjected
t° e°nsiderable annoyance by the incursion of a large
cumber of Cockney sportsmen into the parish, for the
ostensible purpose of spending the Sabbath by shooting
in the marshes, but as the following will show, for the
eal purpose of doing considerable damage to the sheep
and cattle turned into the marshes prior to being brought
tp to Smithfield Market. The " sportsmen,' who ge-
nerally belong to the working classes from the neigh-
bourhood of Shoreditch and Whitechapel, muster in con-
siderable force. as many as from thirty to forty being
"ell " popping " at whatever may come in their way at
a time. During the last week a number of sheep have
been taken ill, and on
were ?pone or two of them dying they
opened insides' and a large quantity of shot discovered in
their
he s with which the marshes abound, and have been
drowned: Three men Were arrested on a charge of the
above description and
ptaken before the magistrates at
Ilford Petty Sessions. They were, however, discharged
ng t 9 39E48 iaformalit ,
iy.