The Sun.
London, England, 1851-05-07 00:00:00

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(THIS DAY.)

Palmyra filly
Montpensier
St. Fabian

Suffolk Stakes.

John o' Gaunt colt
King Charming...
Fortuna ...

Sweepstakes.
Knight of the Thistle ... ...
Black Sea ... ---

Visite ...
Santiago

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i Wilton-place, the lady of R. B. She.
BIRTH&
OF A SON.
On the 2dinst., at Tunbridge-wells, the wife of Joseph
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A 4 RIZIED
At St. Mary's, Bathwick, on the .29th ult. the Rev. Thoma.l
Cox, M.A., curare of Timberscombe, Somerset, to Laura
Eleanor,
Pembrokeshire second daughter of H. Jones, Esq., of Bawdry

On the ad inst., Mr. James
z.
arcade Hayin ark et. Concannon,: of the Opera
On the 4th inst., at Islington, R. Oldershaw, Esq., aged 55;
On the 3d inst.. tit Tunbridge-wells, Caroline Weohner
the wife of the Rev. ,r). Winhain, aged 34.

THE LATE MELANCHOLY CASE OF SHOOTING IN
CUMBERLAND.—The Carlisle Patriot states that the Rev.
onond Printed and Published by MURDO YOUNG,
Joseph Smith is in much better health, and that the Rey.
Gently L
,man was admitted H
to bail on 'uesday. His sureties No. 112 a
The Sun Office, No. 112
Oliddleux, Wednesday, May 7, Isa
were W. P. Johnson, Es
ton. q., Walton ouse, and the Rev. C. , Strand, Ft;:,141
Beson, vicar ofJ3ramp
I Strand, in the Precinct cr, m the savoy, to the oonoty 9

NEWMARKET KA.CESe

(BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPIL)
(Continued from our Afternoon Edition.)
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FRENCH IGNORANCE OF EN''-
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MANNERS Fro
The absurd ignorance of our neighbours a %on
Wallupon all matters relating to England is so
oIL
coif
to our readers, that an illustration of it new
raises a smile; but we have translated the folloesl,l3e7 list
tract from Le Siècle of the 27th April, in the balsas that
nothing more ridiculously false or more abtJar reek,
variance with the manners of Londoners of anYween
class, profession, or age, has ever been produce d' IoW
we reflect that this is not extracted from a the 01),40 the
class newspaper, but from a journal which 13,.,u,0icl
position in Paris that our Times or Morning Chi
holds in our metropolis, we may allow that if , w
to
but to undeceive our credulous friends, the;,tr l'efa;*
London in this present season, and the attraction
World's Fair, will not be valueless:—
"Inarin London people can hardly be said to Vivo ~,e to
the day; they are so busy that they hardly have °cote
think whether they exist. After dinner the mer° see:
gentlemen of fortune, and noblemen go to the tb6their
when the performance is over they adjourn 10 , tee
clubs, where they smoke and drink, but this is Ti!`isb'
last nocturnal resort. There yet remains the 'llAtiluceS
either an ignoble pothouse, or a vast and sulml3,oo
tavern, so called because the amusements of the nig' jit'e
finished in these places. In some of them merells
clerks and men of that rank drink ale and o°l4
abominable tobacco; in others, the fashionable drink td
wines of France and the Rhine—port end madeirae o '
smoke the most expensive cigars; but in both orgies stie.
carried on to the height of brutality. I had freqlien
heard of these Finishes,' and a friend of mine'
Frenchman, who had resided for ten years in LonOoi
offered to act as my cicerone to one of them. I accepted 0, his offer and went. These splendid taverns barbs,
physiognomy peculiar to themselves. Outside you 134,
take them for temples of sleep or silence ; but ,`"".
passing through a little door, carefully closed ands
fps`.
toned, you are almost bewildered by the blaze of a tboll
sand gaslights. You find yourself in an immense Dll,
divided into two parts; in the one tables are armorl,
shut up by high partitions, as they are in all EDO 0
hotels, ard with handsome sofas on each side. Befb/
you, in the other division of the room, is a sort of OW f,l;
with benches, where splendid women, magnificent
dressed, sit on show,' like statues, without speaking of
,
moving, till some gentleman invites one of them to d e
scend and partake of the luxurious provisions and winedwhich are furnished on demand by the waiters. ~,
bd
habitues of the place arrive about one in the morning,:
Many of these gin palaces' are the daily rendezvous el the elite of the aristocracy. These young Lords WI.
honourable Members of Parliament, who all day,ll6lll
been stiff and solemn, answering Yes' and ' No, an
not daring to make any further remark on the romance`
and literature of the day than shocking' or beauti
tul,' all these slaves of cant and conventionalism, uncle
the influence of champagne and the alcohol of madeir
and port, throw off their costs and cravats, open thei
waistcoats, and in fact undress in public. The great
amusement at the 'Finish' is to make a poor girl dee ;
drunk, and then pour some vinegar mixed with pep"( '
and mustard down her throat, which throws her int 0
horrible convulsions. This is capital fun! Another gate a
much appreciated by these fasbionables is to thro a
glasses of punch and other liquids over the dresses ,
these miserable girls whom they have intoxicated. I
have seen the most gorgeous satin dresses, of which t' Se
original colour could not be discerned amid a confus
mixed of stains of porter, brandy, wine, and coffee ee
which made a thousand fantastic patterns. Where
foreigner is present at a scene like this he will see the iS
there is at least one man who is better understood
this proud and powerful British empire than Steaks •
pere—it is Fals Taff. About seven or eight in the
morning they retire from the 'Finish.' The stervanto
call cabs. Gentlemen who can stand search for their clothes in a heterogeneous mass of great coats, paletots,
Coats, and waistcoats. As to the others, the waiters
dress them with the first garments they can lay their
hands on, carry them to cabs, and tell the driver where
the package' is to be delivered. If they do not know
their address, they stow them away in a particular room
until they have sense enough to say where they live. I
need hardly say that the charges at these establish-
ments are enormous, and that those who get drunk are
generally relieved of their purses, watches, and gold
chains. In fact, the science of theft is so well known to
the deities of these places that, although drunk them-
selves, they always manage to pick the pockets of their
noble victims. The next moment the same people go to, their clubs, ask the news with the greatest nonchalance,
but never wake any allusion to the adventures of last
night. They meet as if they had never seen one
another at the Finish;' on this subject there is a sort
of mutual assurance established in London on a large
scale. London is the town of colossal debauchery and
ridiculous modesty in language. All the legs of the
sofas and chairs have trousers. It is the same with the
pianos. I asked my hostess why these articles of fur-
niture were clothed more than the ballet girls at the
Haymarket and Covent-garden. ' Oa, sir,' said she,
would not you be shocked to see the legs of the chairs?'
In England, if you were to speak of the legs of a
chair it would be very shocking.'"

COFFEE AND EATING-HOUSE KEEPERS' ASSOCIIL-
TioN.—The annual festival of this society took place yester-
day evening at the Freemasons' Tavern ; Donald Nicoll, Etaq„,
late sheriff of London, in the chair. About one hundred
members of the association sat dawn to dinner.
The customary loyal toasts were proposed by the chairman, who, in propo'ing the principal toast of the
evening, referred to the opinion expressed by a celebrated
statesman, who had been compelled to seek an asylum in this
country, that while charities on the Continent were sup-
ported by the Government, in this country they were self-
suppor .
t•ng Among these the present association was one of
the most important and influential, since it provided for
those of its body who, i brough reverse of fortune might, but
for its assistance, be compelled to resort to the union work-
house. More than this, they took charge of the orphans'
of deceased members, who, under its fostering care, were
enable l to become industrious members of society. From
the report submitted to him he was enabled to congratulate
them on an increase of their funds, and an improvement ge-
nerally in their income: and he trusted that his unskilled
advocacy would not tend to the prejudice of the institution,
whose welfare and prosperity he was anxious to promote.--
(Cheers.) The health of the chairman was afterwards pro-
posed by Mr. Leeson. The Chairman, in acknowledging the
compliment, said he had always felt it his duty during his
shrievalty, and he did so still, to evince his sympathy with
those benevolent institutions whose object was to rblieve the
wants or alleviate the sufferings of their fellow-creatures.
The " Health of the President and Vice-President" was duly
responded to by Mr. Allen, and " The Treasurer and Trus-
tees," " The Committee and Auditors," were cordially re-
ceived, and appropriately acknowledged by Mr. J. B.
Humphreys, the treasurer, who read a long list of subscrip-
tions in the course of the evening, among which the name
of the chairman was included to the amount of 10 guineas,
and many of his friends for smaller sums. A portion of the
band of the (Coldstream played various pieces, and there
was some excellent singing by Messrs. Perren, Banks, and
Becket in the course of the evening. Mr. Harker, as usual,
was an efficient toastmaster.
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