The Sun.
London, England, 1846-10-03 00:00:00

COURT CIRCULAR.
\YINDsoft, -FRIDAy.—Tbr, nnftcvonrshle state of the
weather, both in the morning and afternoon, prevented
her Majesty and Prince Albert and the Royal Family
from taking their accustomed drives and airings.

A Cabinet Council was held yesterday afternoon at
the official residence of Lord John Russell in Downing-
street. It was attended by Lord John Russell, the Lord
Chancellor, the Earl of Minto, Viscount Palmerston, the
Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Earl of Auckland, Vis-
count Morpeth, the Marquis of Clanricarde, and the
Right Hon. T. B. Macaulay.
The members assembled soon after three o'clock, and
sat two hours.
Baron de Moncorvo, the Portuguese Minister, had an
interview with Lord John Russell yesterday.
'The Adjutvnt-General to the Forces transacted busi-
ness yesterday at the Treasury.
Dr.' Phillimore and family have returnel to town
from the baths at Wiesbaden.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE
WREXHAM RACES—WEDNESDAY.
The Gold Cup of 100 sovs. Thrice round.
Mr. Skerratt's Intrepid, 5 yrs, Bst 131 b (Arthur) 1
Mostyn's b f by Revolution, 3 yrs, 6st 121 b
Mr. Worthington's Hooton, 6 yrs, 9st 81b
Mr. Fitzhugh 's Black Strap, 4 yrs, Bst 31b
Won by half a neck, after a fine race.
Handicap of 20 sovs. each, 10 ft, and 5 only if declared, with
50 added ; the second to save his stake. Once round and
a dis.
Mr. Worthington's Dr. Husband, syrs, Bst 71b, walked over.
Handicap of 10 sovs. each. 5 ft; 30 added. One mile.
Mr. Stapletord's Carrissima, 4 yrs, 7st 10lb (Simpson) 1 1
Mr. W. Smith's Foxwhelp, 4 yrs, ist 121 b ... 0 2
Mr. Price's Kissitt, 3 yrs, Est 101 b 2 0
Dr. Husband, Bst 71b, and Obscurity, 7st 131 b, also ran.
The Hurdle race was won 1)v Jesse, distancing two others.
CHESTERFIELD RACES.
The Chesterfield Plate of 401., added to a Sweepstakes of 3
sovs. each, second to receive 10/. Heats. Two miles.
(5 Subs.)
Mr. Baker's Redskin, 5 yrs
Mr. Dixon's Amason, 3 yrs 1 2 3
Mr. Wormald's Millepede, aged 2 3 2

The Ladies' Purse of .25/., added to a Sweepstakes of 3 sovs.
each. Heats. Once round. (5 Subs.)
Mr. Pepper's Hector, 4 yrs 1 1
Mr. Lancaster's Monsieur Perrot, 3 yrs
Mr. Lamplough's Boltsman, 3 yrs broke down.
Handicap of 3 sovs. each, and 25 added. Heats One mile.
Mr. Ird's Tottenham, 4 yrs 2 4 1 1
Mr. Pepper's Hector, 4 yrs 1 2 3dr
Mr. Raworth's Engineer, 3 yrs
Mr. Whales's Stranger, 4 yrs 3 3 2dr
CHESTER AUTUMN MEETING.—TMURSDAY.
The Hooto n Stakes of 7 sovs. each, 5 ft, with 20 added ; 3 yrs
olds, lOst ; 4 yrs, 1 lst4lb ; 5 yrs, Ilst 121 b ; 6 yrs and aged,
12st :21b ; mares and geldings allowed 31b. Cup Course.
(5 Subs.)
Mr. Tempest's Lucy, 5 yrs
Sir J. Gerard's Perpetual Motion, (h b), 4 yrs
Mr. Dawson's British Tar, 5 yrs 3
Won easy.
The Grand Stand Stakes of 10 sovs. each, with 50 added; for
2 yrs old colts, Bst 61b ; Bst 31b ; winners extra.
Three-quarters of a mile. (5 gulps.)
Mr. Mostyn's b f by Lanercost, out of L'Hirondelle 1
Sir C. Monck's b f, by Touchstone, out of Cast Steel 2
Mr. T. Dawson's c, by D'Egville, dam by Hum. Clinker 3
Mr. S. L. Fox's Chapeau Rouge
Won easy.
The Saracen's Head Handicap of 25 sovs., added to a Sweep-
stakes of 5 sovs. each. The second to sake his stake. Mile
and a half. (20 Subs., 10 of whom declared.)
Mr. W. Scott's Driffield, 3 yrs, sst 81b (Oates) 1
Mr. S. Fox's Psalmsinger, 4 yrs, 6st 51b
Mr. Meiklam's c, by Touchstone, out of Laura, 3 yrs 3
Won easy.
The Selling Stakes were not run for when our account
left the course.

KELSO RACES.—WEDNESDAY.
The Roxburgh Gold Cup of 200 soya., added to a sweeps of
1.0 sovs. each. One mile and half. (16 Subs.)
Mr. 31,eiklana's Fancy Boy, y
3 rs, 7st 81b (Lye) 1
Mr. Ni ormald's Quadruped, 3 yrs, Est 121 b
Mr. Sawyer's Lady Cow, 3 yrs, 7st
Mr. A. Cook's Shadow, aged, Est 61b..
Mr. Robertson's Blackbird, 3 yrs, ist 111 b
The favourite won easy.
The Bowmont Stakes of 10 sovs. each, with 25 added; for
two yrs old colts, Bst 71b ; and fillies, Bst 41b. Three-
quarters of a mile. (5 Subs.)
Mr. Merry's Maid of Motherwell (Holmes) 1
Mr. Wauchol.e's f by Camel, or Nonsense, out of Qneen of
the Gipsies' dam
Sir J. Boswell's f by Caliph, out of Bella
Won cleverly by a length and a half.
Sir 11. H. Campbell's Plate of 501. Winner to be sold for
04
Mr. Meary's Pilot, 425
yrs
Two miles. (Holmes) 1
Mr. Dawson's Magnet, 4 yrs 2
Won easy.
Plate of 501. Heats, one mile and a quarter.
Mr. W. 11. Johnstone's Marian Ramsay, 4 yrs, Bst 41b 1 1
Mr. A. Cook's Surety, 5 yrs, Bst 91b
Mr. Jobson's Tinderbox, aged, Bst 41b 3 3
Mr. Hepburn's Billy Rook, 5 yrs, 7st 71b
Mr. Moor's Ino, 3 yrs, Est 91b 2 dr.
Won easy.
CHESTER RACES.—FRIDAY.
The Mostyn Stakes of 15 soya. each, 10 ft, with 20 added ;
for two and three yrs old ; two yrs old colts, 7st slb ;
fillies, 7st 21b; three yrs old colts, 9st ; fillies, Bst 101 b.
Three-quarters of a mile. (6 Subs.)
Mr. Dawson's cby d'Egville, 2 yrs, 7st 101 b ...... (Crouch) 1
Mr. Worthington's Sharston, 3 yrs, 94 51b 2
Mr. Mostyn's f by Lanercost, out of L'Hirondelle
Won by a length.
The Chester Handicap of 15 soya. each, 10 ft, with 50 added ;
the second to receive 20 soya. out of the stake. Grosvenor
Ceurse. (39 Subs., 22 of whom pay 5 sous. forfeit.)
Mr. W: Smith's Master Downes, 4 yrs, sst 101 b (Brookes) 1
Mr. Skerratt's Romance, 3 yrs, sst 101 b
Mr. E. Peel's Spithead, 3 yrs 6st
The following also started but were not placed :—Patriot,
5 yrs, Est 121b—The Prince, 6 yrs, Est 131b—Erin-go-bragh,
3 yrs, Est 31b—c by Touchstone, out of Laura, 3 yrs, sst 81b
—and Factory Girl, 4 yrs, sst 111 b.
Won cleverly by a length.

FUNERAL OF THE DUKE OF ATHOLL.—The remains
of this Nobleman, which bad been brought from London
by the Dundee steamer, were interred in the family
vault in Dunkeld Cathedral, on Saturday last, at one
o'clock in the afternoon. The funeral was strictly pri-
vate, being attended only by the immediate relatives of
the deceased, the new Duke (the late Lord Glenlyon),
who is the nephew of the deceased, acting as chief
mourner. During the funeral the cathedral bell was
tolled, and all the shops of the town were closed as a
token of respect to the memory of the deceased, and the
illustrious house of Atholl.—Dundee paper.
A GOOD EXAMPLE TO LANDLORDS.—The Duke of
Rutland has, with the liberality which always marks his
Grace's conduct, given directions to have the village of
Codnor culverted and drained, at his sole expense.—
Derby Mercury.
BRANDING A DESERTER.—Thursday morning at
Windsor, the 2d battalion of the Scots Fusilier Guard:
in garrison at that place were drawn up in a hollow-
square at the barracks, in Sheet-street, for the purpose
of witnessing the branding, with the letter "D, the
arm of private John Saddles, who had been tried by a
regimental court-martial for desertion, and found guilty
of the offence. John Saddler, after deserting while the
battalion was quartered at the Tower, and being absent
about a month, gave himself up to the military authori-
ties in a state of great distress and destitution. The
charges and sentence having been read over, the opera-
tion was performed by the surgeon of the regiment; it
occupying but a few minutes.
BATHS AND -WASH-HOUSES FOR THE POOR.-011
Thursday the committee of the baths and wash-houses
for the labouring poor, situate in George-street, Euston-
square, made a statement of the numbers of individuals
who have availed themselves of its benefits since its open •
ing eight weeks since, being 22,568 males and 2,789
f males, who have bathed, and 2,132 poor women who
have washed 51,34 k articles of wearing apparel.
A man of herculean powers, named Paul, has been
exhibiting feats of strength at the Theatre des Vari6t6s,
at Nantes. On Sunday last, according to the Courrier
de Nantes, he performed one that no person can well
believe who were not eye witnesses. Being laid on his
back, he formed with his feet and hands a species of
frame or carriage, on which was laid a cannon weighing
1,2121b5. French, I,3oBilbs. English, and in this position
sustained it for 53 minutes, during which it was fired off,
without causing Paul to make the slightest movement.
THE PIINASANT SEASON —Thursday being the
first day of pheasant shooting ,the London markets, mil
many of the principal poulterers, exhibited pheasants
for sale, although they were scarce and insufficient for
the demand. Prime
young birds made from 6s. to 7s
and Bs. a brace, and small and inferior ditto sold at 5
wad 6s. a brace.
FIRE AND Loss or LIFE.—Thursday afternoon the
inhabitants of Ann-street, Globe-fields, Mile-end, were
alarmed by hearing loud cries of " fire' proceeding
from
Upon the house, No. 1, in that thoroughfare. enteric
he first floor, a most pitiable scene presented
young girl about five years of age, named Ann Elizabeth
Hollingdale, was perceived on the floor, with the whole
of her wearing apparel blazing away most furiously.
The fire was extinguished, and the unfortunate creature
was taken to the Loudon Hospital, where she soon died
from the effects of the burns.
DISCOVERY OF HUMAN Borns.--On Thursday a
human skull, together with various portions of several
others, and a number of thigh bones and other smaller
ones, were found amongst some rubbish in front of a
house in Edward-street, Barnsbury-road, Islington, at
present in course of erection. The circumstance occa-
sioned much speculation in the neighbourhood, and it is
imagined that as the street is little frequented, persons
employed to remove the bones from some of the burying
places in the metropolis have dropped them there in
passing.
HAIL STORM.—We learn that her Majesty has
contributed 201., and his Royal Highness Prince Albert
101., to the subscription for the relief of the nurserymen
and others who suffered by the late hail storm. We
understand that the losses are estimated at 15,0001., and
that the committee have only received at present about
1,5001.

A BEGGML.T.T OPINION —One of the begging fra-
ternity, in reply to a question propounded to him by a
captain at Pillgwenlly, "half seas over," of whom he
solicited and received alms, provided he admitted the
amount of his " income," made the following candid and
truly pithy acknowledgment.—" I doesn't know what's
come to Newport, it's bad times with the tradesfolk, for
I used to make my thirty shillings cadging it through
the town, when my rounds came that way, and was safe
for full thirty shillings. Now, I can't get more nor five
shillings, and a matter a two days about it ! It must be,
awful times with the tradespeople. How I pities 'em !'
-Roars of laughter were 'elicited by the sympathising
;manner and rich pathos in which the fellow spoke as to
the diminution of his " income," and the fallen forines
of Newport. Ile should have attributed his "lesser
fortune" to ill,. discrimination which now enables our
charitable townsfolk to perceive the difference between
the ri ally needy and those who trade in begging.—Mon-
niouthshire Merlin.