The Sun.
London, England, 1851-10-30 00:00:00

THURSDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 30, 1851.

PUNCH.
Kossuth comes in for a very handsome compliment
this week in the pages of our facetious contemporary.
The principal illustration represents the " Welcome"
accorded to that great man by England—Britannia
introducing bim to the most lively old gentleman in
her dominions, the national lion rubbing up against
the leg of the exile like some colossal semblance of
an ecstatic cat, while Master Toby is making a sa-
laam, not unlike the first half of a summersault, by
way of profound obeisance. The artist may easily
be recognised as that same comical John Tenniel,
who has for some months been endavouring to
compensate us for the loss of our inimitable
Richard Doyle by a series of very ingenious and
extravagant " initial capitals." Bloomerism, by the
way, is rather tolerably excoriated by the caustic
pencil of John Leech, the pleasantest of our periodical
caricaturists, in one sketch he gives a :group of
Bloomer genteases lounging, smoking, and drinking
in front of the counter of a public-house—in another
a specimen of the delightful results of the change of
costume in a Bloomer gallantess popping the ques-
tion to a very lackadaisical gentleman—and in yet
another an example of the superiority likely to be
assumed by the then unfair sex in the event of any
such petticoatical revolution. Several of the literary
squibs and jokes contributed to the same current
number of Punch are more than usually droll—as,
for instance, the complaint made by the " Appetite
of All Nations," and the revival of the sufferings of
the well.knovvn ex-Unprotected.

WILSON'S UTILITARIAN SERIES OF
___DIARIES FOR 1852. _ _

Messrs. Wilson and Son, of have just
published their " Utilitarian Series of Diaries " for
the ensuing year.
They are of various sizes, and
each size may be had either bound as a book for the
table or desk, or done up as a neat pocket-book. The
arrangement of the Diary is admirable.

TURKEY" AND EGYPT.
•
TUE SUEZ RAILWAY.
The French Ministerial journal the Patrie pub-
' lishes the following letter from Constantinople, dated
the 15th instant :
" The opposition of the Pacha of Egypt and his re-
sistance to the orders of the Sublime Porte were sug.
gested to him by the English Consul at Alexandria.
That agent had even succeeded, in the affair of the
railway, in persuading Abbas Pacha that be would be
supported in refusal of obedience by the English Go-
vernment. The English Ambassador at Constantinople,
Sir Stratford Canning, bad from the first token a wiser
view of the question, and, in accord with M. de Lava-
lette, had completely approved of the note addressed by
the Porte to the Viceroy of Egypt. The Cabinet of
London at length understood the serious incon-
venience of allowing Abbas Pacha to continue
any longer in a course of conduct which might
endanger his hereditary rights, and he was recommended
to fulfil the obligations taken towards the Porte by
Mehemet Ali in return for the privileged hereditary Go-
vernment in Egypt. The Viceroy has written a note
in which he explains the misunderstanding which had
taken place, and requests the Sultan to grant the autho-
risation for the railway from Alexandria to Cairo. An
examination has been commenced as to the capability of
the resources of the province of Egypt for this enter-
prise, and there is every reason to believe that
the railway will be established, but that it will not
exclusively devolve on the English. It will be open
to all nations, and will be managed by Turkish
functionaries nominated by the Turkish Govern-
ment. The political consequences of this railway have
been exaggerated in the most ridiculous manner. A
century will pass away before this little railway will be
extended into a large line from Egypt to the East
Indies, and even admitting that such a gigantic work
could be accomplished, the whole of Europe would op-
pose its being made a monopoly of by Great Britain,
and Turkey would to a certainty never consent to yield
up the direction of an enterprise so intimately connected
with her dearest interests. The financial crisis, which
has lately weighed so heavily on Turkey, has been the
subject of serious examination by the Turkish Cabinet.
The causes are now known, and measures will, it is
said, be promptly adopted to produce an equilibrium
between the receipts and expenditure of the State."

SPORTING NOTES.

No. CLI.
ODDS AND ENDS FROM NEWMARKET CON-
CERNING YE3TERDIY'S RACES AND MY
FANCY FOR THE NURSERY STAKES.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
SlR,—Dir. Field, the veterinary surgeon, having been
sent for, arrived by the morning train yesterday, and
having examined Truth, gave it as his opinion that she
was but three years old, consequently Mr. Phillips re-
ceives the Cambridgeshire Stakes,
and bets are settled
accordingly. As I imagined, Red Hind won the 50
sovs. Stake 3, Scarecrow the 200 sovs. Match, Sister to
Pyrrhus the First the 500 sovs. Match, and Fauxpas the
100 sovs. Match. The 15 sovs. Sweepstakes, to my
thialog, has decided the fate of Plumstead for
the Nursery, as Senorita made all the rnnning, and
beat him by a head; three others were tailed off:
That clever youngster of Captain Lc wther's Tumbler, won the Subscription Plate with great ease
from
.Liberty, Captain Flash, Pblegra
Valentine 'a Day. The last-named afte Snareyr passin' g
and
chair, thought she would have a small lark
of her ownthe
for she went straight up the road, and, after jum in
the ditch, fell heavily. The mare and jockey
escape dg
wonderful to tell, unhurt. Clincher, who always
se-ems,
to be changing hands, is now the property of Mr. Sturt
Plate, giving weight to all, he.
In the 501. Handicap
beat Retail (second), Aphrodite (third), Achyrantes
Prestige, and Cardinal Wiseman, in a common canter'
by a length; Aphrodite beaten by two lengths. That
wretched apt cimen of a racer, Gaylass, was actually good
enough to beat Lady Verbena and the no longer
mysterious Mokanna in the D.M. 15 Sovs. Makes. I
will now attempt the somewhat difficult task of selecting
the winner of the Nursery Stakes for the fifth year in suc-
cession. The top weight, Frantic, stands but little chance
at Bst 71b, Mountain Flower stands still less at Bst 31b.
Nlerry Bud, I think, is more or less dangerous at Bst 11b,
as is Scarecrow at 7st 131 b. Sophistry, Caracara, The
Faugh-a-Ballagh colt, Cytheria filly, and Equal, I shall
pass over as possessing no chance whatever. Orpheus,
at 7st 101 b, may have some hope, as Plumstead has at
7st 81b. The colt by Dromedary, Hirsute, Ilex, Lady
Agnes, Sabra, and Peacock, I also put down among
the useless. Poodle, at 7st 51b, is not badly in,
and Barbara Bell, at 7st 21b, must also be
looked to. Mary Ann has shown some running at times,
and as 6st 131 b is all the weight she is destined to carry,
her chance cannot be very desperate. The remaining
couple, the filly by,.Bay Atiddleton, out of His Royal
Highness, 7st 11b, and Happy Joe, 6st 91b, are probably
the two most dangerous in the race. Out of the twenty-
three acceptances I think it very possible that two-
thirds will go to the post, and that the race will lie
between Merry Bird, Scarecrow, Plumstead, Barbara
Bell, H. R. H. filly, and Happy Joe. From these I shall
select BARBARA. BELL, H. R. H FILLY, and HAPPY JOE
to fill the three first places; if taking any for choice
would be JOSEPH THE HAPPY.

I am, Sir, your's, &c.,
THE SPIRIT OF THE TURF.

Oct. 30, 1851.

SPORTING INTELLIGEN CE.

NEWMARKET HOUGHTON MEETING.
TUESDAY NIGHT.
THE CADIBRIDGESHIRE.—(Further Particulars,)—The
start took place at hall-past three, all to the credit of
Mr. H. Hibbard, getting off on good terms at the first
signal. Tonic, after they had gone about two hundred
yards, taking up the running, waited on by Truth, with
Manifold, Faux Pas, the Italian, Prime Minister, Her-
nandez, and several others closely laid up. They tra-
velled in this order at a great pace to the Duke's Stand,
where Tonic, Prime Minister, and the Italian were
beaten. Truth here took a clear lead, follow(' by Faux
Pas, Manifold, and Ariosto, went on with the race in
hand, and won in a oanter by two lengths, Ariosto
taking the second place about half a distance from
home, and beating Manifold, who was a neck before
Faux Pas, by nearly three lengths. Hernandez was
fifth, Officious sixth, and Candlewick seventh. Breba
and Newminster never had a chance after the first half
mile, and Mountain Deer and Grecian were beaten off a
long way from home. The race was run in 2 min. 2 sec.
The issue, should Truth prove to be of the right age,
will be another great triumph for the round betters ;
Mr. Davis alone will realise upwards of 20,0001.
The subscription•room was fully attended at the
reading of the list; bat the only bets laid were 20 to 1
that Truth got the stakes, and 50 to 1 each against
Orelio (now Sir J. Hawley's) and Barbarian, for the
Derby.

Acceptances for the Nursery Stakes (Friday.)
Frantic, Bat 71b—Mountain Flower, Sst 31b—Merry-
bird, 86t Ilb—Caloric, Bst Ilb—Sophistry, by Theon,
Bst—Scarecrow, Tat 131b—Caracara, 7st 111b—Orpheus,
76t 10—ch a by Faugh-a-ballagh, out of Delia, 7st 101b—
b Iby Lanercost, out of Cytherea. Tat 91b—Equal, 7st
91b—Plumstead, 7st Bst—c by Dromedary, out of My
Dear, 7st 81b—Hirsuta, "st 81b—Ilex, 7st 71b—Poodle,
7st 51b—Lady Agues, Tat 51b—Barbara Bell, 7st 21b—
I by Bay Middleton, out of H.R.H., 7st Ilb—Sabra, 7st
—Mary Ann, Est 131b—Peacock, 66t 121b—Happy Joe,
6st 91b.

The highest weight left in being Bst 21b; it was raised
to Bst 71b; and the others in proportion.
New Match for Friday—Mr. Morris's Hungerford, 3
yrs, Bst 71b, ogst Mr. E. R. Clark's Ylurnstead, 2 yrs,
7st. T.Y.C. 200, h ft.