The Sun.
London, England, 1846-08-29 00:00:00

FRIDAY.

The Tiverton Stakes of 20 sous. each, 10 ft, and 5 only if de-
clared. Twice round. (20 Subs., of whom 14 declared.)
Mr. Carr's Dulcet, 4 yrs, 9st 51b (Owner) 1
Mr. Hook's Buttress, 3 yrs, ist 51b
Won cleverly by a length.
The Borough Cup of 301., added to a Sweepstakes of 5 soya.
each. Heats, mile and a half. (3 Subs.)
Mr. Parr's Dulcet, 4 yrs, Bst 121 b..... ...... (Owner) 2 1 1
Captain Crofton's Zuleika, 3 yrs, 7st 51b 1 2 dr
Mr. Treen's Wild Roe, 4 yrs, Bst 41b
First heat won by half a length ; second won easy.
The Plate of 20/., added to a Sweepstakes of 1 soy. each.
Heats, twice round.

Mr. Waring's Rosa, 4 yrs, ilst 101 b (Mr. Luke) 0 0 1 1
Mr. Treen's Wild Roe, 4 yrs, list 101 b 1 0 2 dr
Mr. King's Flash of Lightning, 3 yrs, lOst 51b 0 3 dis
The first heat was won by a neck, Rosa and Flash of
Lightning running a dead heat for second place. The second
was a dead heat between Rosa and Wild Roe. The third
heat Rosa won by two lengths; and for the fourth heat she
walked over.

The Forced Handicap was won by Felix.
HUNTINGDON RACES—FRIDAY (coxcLuDED).
The Cup Stakes, of 10 s.ys [each ; the winner to be sold for
4001., &c. Once round and the mile. (8 Subs.)
Mr. Desborough's Ruff, 4 yrs, Bst 41b (Edwards) 1

Mr. Beresford'l: Nutleaf, 3 yrS, 7st
Colonel Peel's I-am-not.aware, aged, 9st 21b
The Huntingdcn Stakes, of 5 sous each, and 20 added; the
winner to be sold for 1501. Heats, last mile. (7 Subs.)
Colonel Peel's Samphire, 3 yrs, 7st 71b
General Grosvenor's Scarlet Runner, 4 yrs, Bst 81b ... 2 2

The winner was clainled.

The Member's Plate, of 50 sovs. ; the winner to be sold for
2501. Heats, once round. (5 Subs.)
Ilobson's Chatham, 4 yrs, Bst (Sly) 5 1 1
Booth's Tit-bit, 3 yrs, 7st 51b
Batten's Sir Harry Smith, 3 yrs, 7st 21b
Treacher's Gell, 4 yrs, Bst ...............
Bird's Sister to Redcap, 3 yrs, 6st 131 b

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CANTERBURY RACES—FRIDAY.
The Queen's Plate of 100 Guineas. Heats, two miles.
Mr. Ramsbottom's Pineapple, 6 yrs, 10st 31b
Mr. J. Drake's Bold Archer, 3 yrs, Bst 21b 1 2 2
111 Greville's Polka, 3 Hst 21b-- 3 3 3

Ar. yrs, ,
Mr. Cooke's Auld Lang Syne, 6 yrs ... 5 4 dr
The City Plate of 251. was won in two beats, by Mr.
Moore's Devil-among •the-Tailors, aged, 9st 41b, beating Mr.
Cooke's Auld Lang Syne, 6 yrs, lOst 31b, Mr. Nunn's fby
Samarcand, out of La Fille mal Garde, 4 yrs, Bst 91b, and
Mr. Sherrard's Petrowna, 4 yrs, Bst 91b.
The Sweepstakes of 2 sovs. each, and 20 added, one mile
and a half (four Subs), were won in two heats by Mr. Nunn's
Dalesman, 5 yrs, Bst 71b, beating Mr. T. Hussey's Brunette,
6 yrs, 7st 71b, and Mr. Sherrard's Petrowna, 4 yrs, 73t.

CosrsnssloN OF LUNACY.—SECOND DAY.—Yesterday
the inquiry into the state of mind of Mrs. Charlotte West-
brook was continued, before Francis Barton, Esq., at the
Eyre Arms Tavern, St. John's Wood. The evidence taken
was that of Dr. Southey, who had examined Mrs. West-
brook by order of the Lord Chancellor, Dr. Monro, Dr. Co-
nolly, Dr. Barnes, and Mr. Bryant, all of whom declared the
unfortunate lady to be of unsound mind, and incapable of
taking care of herself and property. In cross-examination
they admitted that there was no striking delusion by which
they came to that conclusion, but, from the whole facts that
had been adduced, she appeared not to be a free agent. The
line of demarcation, Dr. Southey said, between a sound and
unsound mind was so difficult to make out, that it was almost
impossible to say whether a person was sane or not, but in
the present case he thought Mrs. Westbrook was on the
wrong side of the line. Mr. Petersdorff addressed the jury
at great length on behalf of Mrs. Westbrook, contending,
that the evidence had failed in making out she was of un-
sound mind. The Learned Commissioner having summed
up, the jury retired to consider their verdict ; and, after
being absent for a short time returned a verdict—" That
Charlotte Westbrook was in an imbecile and unsound state
of mind, and incapable of taking care of herself or her pro-
perty, and had been so from the 31st of December, 1836."
SNIPES NEAR LONDON.—This year a number of those
choice migratory birds, the sniper,-have domiciled and bred
in the marshes is Battersea-fields. They seldom made their
appearance before October.
MORE FORGED FIVE-POUND NOTES.—CAUTION.--
Yesterday's .Police Gazette gives the following description of
a man who succeeded in passing a forged 54 Bank of Eng-
land note to Mr. Harding, of No. 1, Holles-street, Caven-
dish-square, and, it is suspected, is about the metropolis :
About fifty years of age, five feet seven inches high, very
much sunburnt in the face; dressed in a dark frock coat,
black silk waistcoat, black hat, and wears generally a silver
guard chain round his neck.
Mr. John R. L. Walmaley (the solicitor to the London
Sewage Chemical Manure Company) accompanied by Mr.
William Higgs (the patentee), had an interview with the
Lord Mayor yesterda:: morning, on the subject of the appli-
cation of the plan in the metropolis. His Lordship took much
interest in the subject, and was pleased to express a very
favourable opinion of the measure. _ _

AUG3IENTATION OF CLERKS' SALARIES IN THE EX-
CISE DErARTISIENT.—We hear that a considerable and
graduated advance has recently taken place in the salaries of
the clerks in the Excise department, the minimum advance
being 501. per annum. The duties of the clerks are very
heavy at the present time, and although every possible
economy has been introduced, and where practicable a
reduction, by Mr. John Wood, the Chairman of the Board,
the present augmentation is considered as a proof that there
is no disposition on the part of the Commissioners that the
subordinates of the establishment shall be underpaid for
their labour. The merit of the proposition, we hear, is due to
the newly appointed solicitor, Dr. Bateman, whose long ex-
perience in the office of chief clerk has enabled him to judge
of the time and attention required. This spontaneous act of
liberality on his part was so little expected, that only a few
days before it came into operation one of the parties who
would have received the benefit applied for and obtained per-
mission to be placed on the retired list at the then existing
rate of salary, which would in a short time have been in-
creased in the manner described.
IRISH PROVISIONS.—The following list comprises the
principal arrivals of provisions and articles of food at the port
of Liverpool from the Irish ports during the past week :-
9,551 firkins, 178 half firkins, 1,587 baskets, and 139 boxes

of butter; 46 sacks, and 30 barrels of wheat; 656 sacks of
flour; 897 quarters, 295 tons weight, and 112 sacks of oats;
3G sacks, and 154 other packages of oatmeal ; 121 sacks, and
200 quarters of malt ; 132 kegs, 21 casks, and 20 firkins of
lard ; 350 barrels of bacon ; 63 casks of hams ; 541 packages
of linens and cottons; 15 kegs, and 221 barrels of pork; 73
casks of whisky; 64 bags of meal; several packages of beef
and tongues; 200 quarters, and 50 sacks of beans; 28 sacks
of farina flour, and various other articles of lesser interest
and importance. The following were the principal arrivals
which took place at the port of London from the same quarter
in the same period of time, viz. :-1,920 packages of bacon,
542 boxes of eggs, 264 casks of porter, 229 packages ct
paper, 5,606 packages of butter, 892 packages of lard, 240
of pork, and 39 of beef, 50 sacks, 340 barrels, and 1,616
quarters of oats, several packages of tongues, 70 hampers
of hams, 178 phckages of malt, 132 pigs, alive, 488 packages
of fresh salmon, and a variety of other articles too numer-
ous to be further enumerated and particularised. One im-
portation of 38 blocks of marble from Galway, however,
from its not being an usual article of supply, may be men-
tioned, as also that the arrivals of provisions at Bristol from
the same quarter have, in a lesser degree, been of a character
similar to that above specified as having taken place at the
larger ports.