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CLTI)E.—Arrd. Ha:hel, Paraiba; Ann Powell, New-
foundland; Matilda, Mauritius ; Mariner, Miramiehi ;
Envoy, New Carlisle; Lcipz;g, Quebec.
idVATERFORD.—Arrd. M. Dcdd, Newfoundland.

WIGTOWN, SEPT. 30.—The Ant sloop La: been burnt
to the keel, her lime havirr, caught fire; crew saved.
HULL, SEPT. 30.—The YallaK ‘vhich arrived here
yesterday from Madras, got on the bank in the basin,
and has streinrd herself considerably.
WHITBY, SEPT. 30.—The Arne, of this port, struck
on the Lemon Sand during a heavy gale, and was aban-
doned; crew sand.

BOW-STREET.--(THIS DAY.)
. gentleman from Rugby, on a visit to the Exhibition,
preferred a charge against two girls, Mary Smith and
Jane Norman, of robbing him of three sovereigns.
It appears that the prisoners met the prosecutor in the
street, and induced him to accumpany them to a house of
ill fame, where he had not been very long before he
found his money gone. He immediately gave the pri-
soners in charge, but the money was not sound on them.
Mr. HENRY said there was no evidence against the
prisoners, and he must discharge them.
Prosecutor—But where's my money, sir?
Mr. HENRY—ph, I don't know that; if you will go to
such houses, you must put up with the consequences.

MAIILBRO'-STREET—( THIS DAY.)
ROBBERY.—Satnuel Bunt Nixon was placed at the bar
before Mr. Hardwick, charged with stealing the sum of
95/, the property of Mr. Thomas Broome, silk manufac-
turer, Bundsfield, near Macclesfield.
It appeared from the evidence of the prosecutor, that
the prisoner was a weaver in his employ. On the 24th
of last month the prisoner was entrusted by prosecutor
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warehouseman to take local bank notes of the value of
95/. to exchange for Bank of England notes. Instead of
doing so he converted the notes into gold and absconded
with the money. The prosecutor, however, traced him
to London, and having succeded in finding out his
whereabout, took a constable with him last night and
gave him in charge. On searching him a portion of the
stolen money was found upon him.
The prisoner, who did not deny the charge, was
ordered to be taken down to Macclesfield et once, in
charge of the officer who took him into custody.

WORSHIP-STREET.-(THIS DAY.

William Slater was charged before Mr. D'Eyncouri,
with embezzling thirty yards of silk velvet, value 201.,
the property of his ewployere, Messrs. James Lill and
Co., silk manufacturers, 30, Spital-square, Norton
Folgate.
The charge rested on the evidence of the prisoner's
own child, five years of age, who informed the inspector
that he had seen his father and another man cut the
work from the loom and carry it away in a box.—Re-
manded.
STEALING DUCKS FROM VICTORIA-PARK.—A?fred
Hastings, 16, was charged with stealing two live ducks,
the property of the Commissioners of her Mejesty's
Woods and Forests. _ _

The officer of the park observed the prisoner at seven
o'clock this morning decoy ono of the ducks from the
ornamental water. and put it i❑ his pocket. On search-
ing a second was found concealed on his person. Pri-
soner plead( d starvation, and begged for another chance,
when ho would go for a soldier. He was proved to
have been previously convicted at this court.—Two
months' bard labour in the House of Correction.

SERIOUS CONFLAGRATIONS at BLACK-
HEATH and HOLBORN.

This morning at an early hour, a fire of a very de-
structive character, and attended wii h a great loss of
property, happened in one of the spacious private real-
denees numbered 3, Montpelier-row, Blackheath, the
property of a lady nameel Webb, but sublet to several
lodgers. The fire was first perceived by a policeman
of the R division, who lost no time in arousing the
several occupants, who fortunately succeeded in Effecting
a retreat from the premises, but not before they were
nearly suffocated with smoke. The engines of the
parish quickly attended, as well as another belonging to
her Majesty's dockyard at Deptford. These powerful
machines were instantly set to work, but in spite of the
exertions of the police, &c., the work of destruction con-
tinued, and in lees than a quarter of an hour after the
commencement of the conflagration, the entire building
presented ono immense sheet of flame, the reflection of
which could be seen from every part of London.
This caused the engines of the brigade at the Southwark-
bridge-road Station, as well us that of the West of Eng-
land Company, to be taken out in search of the scene of
danger. After travelling some distance a mounted
express was met, who gave the firemen information of
the exact spot the flames were raging. Tho engines
were then driven with greater speed onwards, and on
reaching Blackheath-hill an occurrence took place which
was nearly attended with fatal consequences to Mr.
Deputy Barrow, of the West of England office. The
men, it appears, were in the act of getting off the en-
gine, to ease the horses up the bill, when Barrow was
thrown down by his foot catching the wheel, and before
he could be extricated, the fore-wheel passed over his
left foot and the hind-wheel ever his thigh. The horses
were immediately stopped, and the ladders taken off the
engine, in order to carry him to the police-station,
but fortunately he was found to be only seriously
bruised, no bones being fractured. Upon
reaching the fire the firemen act to work
in an indefatigable manner, but they were unable to sub-
due the flames until the premises in which the disaster
commenced were gutted, and serious clainage done by
fire,water, and removal to Nos. 2 and 4 in the same row,
belonging to Mr. Gilbert. Mrs. Webb was insured i❑
the Sun Fire-office, but Mr. Gilbert was uninsured.
The cause of the fire was unknown.—At a late hour last
night a fire of a serious character happened in the pre-
mises of Mr. Weeler, a japanner, No. 8, Newton-street,
Holborn. It originated in the manufactory, and speedily
extended to three of the drying stoves, which were
burned out, the roofs destroyed, and several hundred
pounds' worth of stock in trade consumed. The engines
of the parish brigade and West of England attended, and
the firemen eventually got the flames extinguished. The
loss will tall on the Sun Fire-office.

NEWMARKET RACES.

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Matches.
Knight of the Garter received from Strongbow.
Sophistry received from Songster.

CITY OF LONDON PENSION SOCIETY.
The annual meeting of this society was held at the
London Tavern en Monday. At the commencement of
the proceedings, Mr. North, on behalf of the secretary,
acquainted the meeting that, in consideration of the pre-
sent position of the society as regarded its income and
expenditure, and in deference to the wishes of some of
the members of the board of direction, the secretary re-
spectfully submitted that, in the event of his being re-
elected secretary of the charity, his salary for the future
should be reduced by 251. per annum. Mr. Mence (the
secretary) then read the report, which stated that the
society had been honoured with the patronage of the
highest and wealthiest in the land, and that hitherto the
endeavours of the directors to maintain the charity in its
integrity had been crowned with success; and they had
now to appeal for continued support to enable them to
carry out the objects of the charity, by the granting of
monthly pensions to the aged and decayed who had for-
merly moved in a respectable sphere of society. Since
the establishment of the society, thirty-three years
since, 882 persons had been elected pensioners, and
supported by an expenditure of 55,994/. During the
past year four pensioners had been elected from a list
of 35 candidates, and seven pensioners had died, of
whom two were 86 years of age, ono 84, one 79, one 73,
one 72, and one 60. There were now 55 pensioners on
the funds of the society, several of whom had been so
for more than a quarter of a century. Mr. Benjamin
Bond Cabbell having taken the chair at a festival in sup-
port of the funds of the charity, a sufficient amount was
subscribed to enable the directors to meet the annual
expenditure, and keep up the amount of pensions, with-
out reduction, out of the receipts of the year; but owing
to the redaction in the annual income of the society
through the deaths of subscribers and other circum-
stances, the directors were fearful that in the coming
year they would have to entrench upon the funded pro-
perty of the society to meet their expenditure, unless
means were found of adding to their regular income,
which the directors would use every effort to effect. The
balance-sheet showed the total receipts for the past year
to have been 1,115/. 17s. 4d.; the amount expended in
pensions, 779/. 18s.; the other expenditure, 2741. 12e.
101; and the balance in the hands of the bankers, 61/.
68* 6[l. The funded property of the society amounts to
7,155/. 16s. 6d. The report was adopted—the Duke of
Bedford re-elected president—and the other officers for
the ensuing year having been appointed, the meeting
separated.

ST. ALBAles BRIBERY COMMISSION.—It is BOW
definitively settled that the Commissioners appointed in the
last session of Parliament to " inquire into the manner in
which the elections for the borough of St. Albans have been
conducted, with a view to arrive at the extent to which
bribery and other corrupt practices have prevailed," shall
hold their court in the month of November, for which pur-
pose the requisite proceedings are now being taken. It ap-
pears, however, that the court is not to be an open one, al-
though it was originally intended by the Commissioners that
it should be. The grounds alleged for bearing the evidence
with closed doote are, that within the last lew days facts
have come to the knowledge of the Commissioners
that have induced them to believe that the publication of
the evidence would not only defeat the object the mouse of
Commons had in view when the Commission was proposed,
but that it would be the means of inducing some of the per-
sons implicated to abscond. A very large, number of witnesses
are to be examined, amongst whom will be Sir It. W, Carden,
Bart., one of the candidates at the last election ; Mr. Blagg,
the gentleman whose name has so frequently appeared
before the public in connexion with the election proceedings
in St. Albans; Messrs. Edwards, Birchmore, Waggett, and
others of equal notoriety. The Commission will sit in the
Town-hall, St. Albans, and is expected to last for a con-
sid.trable number of days. The precise day on which it will
hold its first sitting has not yet been fixed, nor, indeed, will
it be publicly known until the day previously.

SPOItTIN G NOTES.
No. CXXXVI.
A FEW WORDS ON YESTERDAY'S AND TO-
MORROW'S RACES Ar NEWMARKET.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

Sun—The majority of yesterday's races resulted in
favour of my judgment; one of the principal ones, The
Grand Duke Michael Stakes, baring fallen to Mountain
Deer, who I fancied, when I penned my observations on
this stake some days ago, would not start; the Deer,
however, came out in his old form, and won the race
cleverly from Anspach by a shortish length, the game
little Midas running home third, ~rEolus, Phlegra, and
Golieb beaten for poce. The Hopeful Stakes was con-
tested actually by only three nags; Kingston, a 3 I pre-
dicted, winning cleverly by half it length, Ambrose
having but a neck the advantage of Flirt. This was
the best race of the day. The Third Triennal Produce
Stakes attracted exactly the field to the post that I
announced it would; this of course was the race,
so far, however, only as money is concerned,
and the fe.ture chances of the celebrities engaged therein.
The first ,to cut out the work was, naturally enough, La-
mactine; he kept the game up as long as ho could, and
was then leaded by Midas; at the cords Hernandee and
Ariosto r,,,ent to the front, the litter maintaining a slight
lead until within a hundred yards of the judge's chair,
hut was stylishly defeated in the struggle by a length.
It is a curious tact that Midas should run third both in
the Grand; Duke Michael and these stakes. Weather-
gage, as I remarked before, would walk over for the
200 Soya. Stakes, and did so. The trio of matches,
without e:eception, ended in forfeits. Having disposed of
yesterday's races, I now turn my attention to te-mor-
which for a singular wonder has only four in the
list; two of them—the Queen's Plate of 100 guineas,
R. C., and the Town Plate of 50 sovs., D.l.—not having
yet closed, consequently I will proceed to give the probable
s+raters for the :Fourth Triennial Produce Stakes, T.Y.C.
They are as fellows :—Greyleg, H. R. H. filly or Hespe-
rus, Long-bow, Chaffinch or Glenluce (both dubious),
Calorie, Odessa colt, Poodle, Lapidist, Ambrose or the
Toga filly,, and France or Child of the Mist. The re-
sult, I imagine, will lay with Lord Ribblesdale's new
purchase, Longbow, and Greyleg, and it I were to place
them in the: following style I think I should not be wide
of the marle:—
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The Ruth 'nil Stakes will Eave the folios jug field et the
post:—XL irtinet, Lady in Waiting, Passion colt, Adine,
and perhaps Ambrose or Caloric; the race seems a cer-
tainty for .Adine if she runs ; the next two in my esti-
mation ar a Ambrose and the Lady. I must correct an
error with respect to to-day's races which appeared in
yesterday's notes, in which I stated that the Goodwood
party seensed determined to withdraw one if not both
their hors ea for the Second Triennial Produon Stakes:
it is now, however, Eill but-certain that they will, on the
contrary, a tart both of them, in which "case there cannot
remain the shadow of a doubt as to what quarter the
winner wi.ll come from; my weathercock points from
Sussex, the Nigger for choice.
I am, Sir, yours, &e.,
Oct. 1, 1851. THE SPIRIT OF THE TURF.