The Sun.
London, England, 1851-07-23 00:00:00

THE GOODWOOD HORSES.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

SIR,—As it is generally expected that the Goodwood
stable will be in great force during the ensuing meeting,
the names of those having engagements there that are
doing good work may be worth knowing; they aro the
following:—HEßNANDEz (engaged in the Gratwicke and
C. C. 300 Soya. Stakes, ANSPACH (in the Gratwicke,
300 Sovs. Filly, and Nassau Stakes), CANTERBURY (in
the Ham, Bentinck Memorial and Sussex Stakes),
HOULAKIN (in the Ham, Bentinck Memorial, and 200
Sovs. Stakes), HARBINGER (in the Ham, Lavant, Ben-
tinck Memorial, and Sussex Stakes), HONE-BREWED (in
the Lavant, Bentinck Memorial, and Molecomb Stakes),
HESSE .HOXBURG (in the Drawing Room, Richmond
Stakes and Cup), PLUBISTEAD (in the Nursery and
Bentinck Memorial Stakes), RED HIND (in the
Bentinck Memorial), OFFICIOUS in the 100 Som. Stakes,
Goodwood and Chesterfield Cups), LANDGRANE (in the
Chesterfield and Goodwood Cups), HURRY SCURRY (in
the Drawing Room, Nassau, Richmond, and Goodwood
Stakes, and the Chesterfield Cup); besides the foregoing,
The Squaw, Girdle, Maria and Buokhound are not
short of work; William the Conqueror, however, is not
quite " the thing," but, notwithstanding, will be pulled
out, I believe, for the Great 300 Soya. Stakes. The
stakes marked in italics are those for which, I imagine,
the respective horses against whose:names they are placed
will run. Betting flat this morning, latest quotations as
lollows:—Gratwicke-7 to 4 on Hernandez. Ham-7
to 4 agat Kent's lot. Goodwood Stakes-6 to 1 agst
Grand Duke; 8 to 1 agst Narcissus; 10 to 1 each, Presto
and Humphrey; 12 to 1 agat Harpsichord. Cup-5 to
2 agst Cariboo, 3 to 1 taken; 11 to 2 agat Nancy; 10 to
1 agst Russborough.

I am, Sir, yours, &c.,
THE SPIRIT OF THE TURF.

July 23, 1851.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.
CHELMSFORD RACES—TUESDAY.
The Chelmsford Stakes of 10 sous. each, 5 ft, and 2
only if declared, with 50 added. The second to save
his stake. Two miles. (35 Subs., 27 of whom de-
clared.)
Mr. C. Du Cane, jun., na Simplicity, Gst 41b...(Sabin) 1
Mr. W. Davis, jun., na Joc-o'-Sot, aged, Bst 61b 2
Mr. H. Bullock na Mountain Dew, Tat 131 b...( West) 3
Mr. A. Taylor na Michael Brunton, 4 yrs, 7st 1311) 4
Mr. Drew's Swordplayer, 6 yrs, Bst 41b ...(Howlett) 5
Betting-6 to 4 agst Simplicity, and sto 2 apt
Swordplayer. Won by two lengths; a neck between
second and third.

Sweepstakes of 5 sovs. each, and 50 added; the winner
to be sold for 1201., and the second to save his stake;
heats, the new mile. (3 Subs.)
Mr. Foster's Firebolt, 3 yrs, 7st 81b (Charlton) 0 1 1
Mr. Messer's Grasshopper, 3 yrs, 9st 21b
Mr. Drew's Forest Flower, 9st 51b ...(Hacket) 2 dr dr
The first heat was won by half a length, and the other
by a length.
The Hyland Stakes of 10 sovs. each, and i 0 added, for
two years old; about half a mile. (7 Subs.)
Mr. Drinkald's Grey Tommy, Bst 51b (Ford) 1
Mr. Morris's Fidgetty Girl, Bst 31b...(Bartholomew) 2
Mr. C. Parker's Columbine, Bst 31b .........(Howlett) 3
Mr. Harris's cby Buzzard, Bsi 51b (Pearl) 4
3tol on Grey Tommy. Won in a canter by three
lengths.

WOLVERHAMPTON, 1851.
The Holyoake Stakes of 20 cove. each, 10 ft, and 5 only
if declared on or before the 27th inst.
yrs. st. lb? yrs. st. lb
Backbiter 6
... 8 7,Unity ........... 3 .., 6 10
Snowstorm
Mark Tapley
Doubt 5 ... 7 11 The Castle
Herbert • . 5 ... 7 11 Tightwaist
Egret 6 ... 7 10 Britannia 3
... 6 4
The Dart aged 7 9 Snowdrift
Champion ... ...... 5... 7 9 British Boy 3 ... 6 1
Administrator ... aged 7 5 Labyrinth
The Ebor
Goldfinder 3 .•. 6 12 Aur0ra............ 3 ... 5 10
Pity the Blind .
Sunrise
3... 6 10 Leap Year..... 3 ... 5 8
BETTING AT MANCHESTER.—TUESDAY.
GOODWOOD STAKES —7 to 1 agst Grand Duke (t),
8 to 1 agst Narcissus (t), 9 to 1 agst Presto (t), 9 to 1
agst Humphrey (take 10 to 1), 15 to 1 agst Bacton (t),
15 to 1 agst Windiscbgratz, 20 to 1 agst Cocktail, and
33 to 1 agst British Boy. ,
GOODWOOD Cur.-7 to 2 agat Cariboo (t), 9to 2
agst Nancy (t), 8 to 1 agst Cossack, 12 to 1 agst Land-
grave (t), and 15 to I agat Clincher (t).
ST. _LEGEI .-4 to 1 agst Hernandez (t), 11 to 2 agst
Aphrodite (t), 9 to 1 agst Miserrima (t), 12 to 1 agat
Newminster (t), 20 to 1 agat Primo Minister (t), and
25 to 1 agat First Fruits.

CRICKET.—GENTLEMEN V. PLAYERS OF ENGLAND.
—This match terminated yesterday in favour of the Players.
The score at the close stood as follows :—Players, first in-
nings, 22g. Gentlemen, first innings, 100; second innings,
107.

A NEW FLYING MACHINE.
We find the following rather incredible statement in
the Patrie:—" The Academy of Sciences is a good deal
interested by the invention of a flying machine by DOD.
Diego de Salamanca. With this machine Don Diego's
daughter, Rosaura, rose in the air some time ago at
Madrid, to the great astonishment of the Spaniards, who
are but little accustomed to this sort of miracle. Den
Diego de Salamanca and big daughter are *out to ar-
rive at Paris to show the effects of his marvellous inven-
tion. The machine is very simple; it consists in a case
two feet long, and one foot wide, adapted to a band of
leather round the waist buckled behind. Two iron rode
fastened to the case support a small piyce of wood, on
which the feet repose. Tho ca.o contains a sitar& and
iegeniouo mechanism, similar to that employed to se;
an automaton in motion. The mechanism is worked
by means of a handle. It sets in work two large wtnes
ten feet long, made of very thin caoutchouc, covered with
feathers; and the wings may be so worked as to produce
vertical, perpendicular, or horizontal flying. The number of
turns given to the handle determines the height to which.
it is desired to go. The handle has also to be turned
every quarter of a league to regulate the distance; tho
operation of turning lasts a minute. Horizontal flying is
the most difficult; the wings beat the air like the oars of
a boat, or rather as the feet of a swan when it swims.
By moans of this curious machine, a man can go
almost as rapidly as a carrier pigeon from the
Hotel-de-Ville to the Arc de Triomphe de l'Etoile in
eight minutes, and in half an hour to Versailles. The
experiments, which will be made at Paris, will be on a
small scale, and the flights of Don Diego will not extend
beyond the department of the Seine; but at a kreer
period he proposes to go to Lyons, to Bordeaux, Tou-
louse, Marseilles, and Tours, and to take the liars of
railway. He pretends that he can travel quicker
than by rail. The price of each maohine will not
exceed 1,2001. for men, and l,ooof. for women. If the
experiment succeeds, Don. Diego will take out a patent,
and will make the sale of the machines a branch of oom-.
merce. Although greatly astonished at this new inven-
tion, several members of the academy have pointed out
the inconvenience of bringing it into general use.
In point of fact, there will bo no security for any
one, if by the aid of such machine all our usages and
customs be overthrown, and if malefactors can fly on
the roofs of houses, afterwards get into apartments and
commit all sorts of depredations. It will be very
curious to see policemen in France or England pursuing
thieves in the air, in order to lock them up on earth. It
appears that 1852 promises us all sorts of
marvels.

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TERRIFIC THUNDER-STORM.
On Friday evening last, about half-past 6 o'cloelr, the
town of Sunderland was visited by a destructive thun-
derstorm. From a vessel lying in the roads a largo baH
of fire, having a blue appearance, and being tinged
with' red, was seen to descend and fall upon the
lower part of the town. This was immediately
followed by a tremendous peal of thunder, re-
sembling a salvo of artillery. The sit for several
moments was completely illuminated with sheet light-
ning, which was followed immediately by a heavy
shower of rain. The electric fluid struck the chimney
of a house in Burleigh-street, which was shattered to
pieces, and the bricks strewn in all directions, and
broke in the roof. The electric fluid passed down
the chimney. Several pieces of wood and iron were
thrown about in the attic; it passed down to a room in
the third story, and threw the plaster off the wall,
and tore up the flagstones of the hearth and turned
them upside down, and broke all the windows. In
the second story there was a largo cast-metal BIT
around the fireplace, which seemed to haveat-
tracted the electric fluid, for a large stone chimney-
piece was thrown out of the wall on to the floor, a largo
quantity of crockeryware was broken, and a door shat-
tered to pieces. In the lower or basement story a
shat_
tared door near to the fireplace wascompletely
tared to pieces; the tester of the bed, which wds faked
with iron pins, was thrown down, and part of the
furniture and the windows
wreearreedpilnayainrgampant posi-
tion on his hind legs
„rg was standing in the
moment a horse and
with d the
abriwghheteihsleoof
the cart were completely
sdtirseteant,ce thed thhorresee esehdilddernenly were broken,
at
Biz
fora
illummoinmaetendt,
electric light. several persons had a narrow escape
from the falling bricks._ T_we9_ of the children received
Baily, was severely cut on the toes of the
severe blows from the 1: ihng missiles. A
boy,
and was also struck with lightnui. 4'. Ile
named
right foot,
was ' a state of insensibility, and expired the
same taken op in
evening at nine o'clock. In a neighbouring house
in the same street, as Mrs. Woodcock, a married
woman, was sitting sewing her husband's clothes in
an upper room, the electric fluid struck the needle
and thimble on her finger, and she received a power-
ful shock and was thrown . down on the floor, and
when taken up she was found to have completely
lost her speech and hearing. She was immeditktely at-
tended by Mr. Dickson, surgeon, and recourse was had
to galvanism. The apparatus was brought, and a gen-
tle current of the electric fluid was passed through
her frame for about a quarter of an hour, and she
again received her speech and hearing, and although
extremely weak, she is likely to recover. Dur-
ing the whole evening the street was crowded by a
dense mass of people, and the greatest excitement pre-
vailed among the inhabitants of that part of the town,
which is principally occupied by the poorer part of the
population. This violent storm was of short duration,
and about two hours afterwards the sky beeame calm,
clear, and serene.

THE ENCUMBERED ESTATES COMMISSION.--Yeg-
terday a return was printed by order cof the House of
Lords, of some importance in reference to the Encumbered
Estates Commission. It appears that the amount of en-
cumbrances, as set forth in the petitions, which have been
left unpaid in cases where the lands have been sold and the
produce of the sales distributed by the Commissioners) Was
set forth at 1103,2861. ss. 2d., and the amount paid oven to
the owners by the Commissioners out of the proceeds of
the sales after the discharge of the enctuabranCUlPo.o 7Ng I,
10g. 10d.