The Sun.
London, England, 1851-09-05 00:00:00

FRIDAY

TO THE EDITOR OF TEE SUN.

SlR,—Notwithstalaling the position of the first fa-
vourites in the odds being only 2 and 4 to 1, with
Aphrodite close upon their heels at 7 to 1, the public
generally feel inclined to leek upon this St. Leger as the
darkest we have had since The Baron's year (1845),
and if the strength of the field, which at the present
moment, it is pre,unsed, will number from fifteen to
twenty, is any criterion to judge by, without doubt
it is so. The qualities of two or three of the pro-
bable starters, such as Clasher, Lough Bawn,
and First Fruits are altogether dark to seven-eighths of
that vast community, denominated the sporting world;
and with regard to several others whose private trials
and public performances have not tamed in the slightest
degree with each other, making them almost, if not
quite, as dark to the public as those that have not yet
made their debuts, it is very clear from this that of V 620,41
have some foundation for the dark opinion before-men-
tioned, and that, consequently, great care must be exer-
cised in deciding cn their merits. The Doncaster St.
Leger is now in its seventy-fourth year; some people
would say its seventy-sixth, but that is not the case, for
although a sweepstakes on exactly the same conditions
as that which was afterwards named The St. Leger
was won by Lord Rockingham's br f by Samp-
son, in 1776, and in 1777, by Mr. Sother-
ton's Bourbon, yet the first St. Leger, so called at
the time, was not run until 1778, when it was
won by Sir Thomas Gascoigne's Hollandaise. Like
many other affairs on the face of this sublunary ball, this
great race was christened at a convivial meeting of the
sporting bloods of that day, under the influence of the
grape, and in compliment to a very celebrated character
then present—Colonel St. Leger. The conditions have
been repeatedly altered; in 1778 it was a sweepstakes
of 25 guineas each; colts Bst, and fillies ist 121 b; two
miles. In 1790, same distance, colts Bst 121 b, and
fillies Bst. In 1825, a sweepstakes of 25 sovereigns
each. In 1826, colts Bst 61b, fillies Bst 31b; St. Leger
course. In 1832, a sweepstakes of 50 sovereigns each,
h ft. In 1835, the owner of the second horse received 100
sovs. out of the stakes. In 1839, the weights were finally
settled at—colts, Bst 71h; fillies, Set 21b. In 1843, the
owner of the second horse received 200 soya. out of the
stakes, and the third saved his stake. The winner paid
30 soya. to the judge. In 1844, the winner paid 100
sovs. towards expenses. In 1846, the owner of the se-
cond horse received 300 soya. out of the stakes, and the
third 100 soya. In 1850, the winner paid 25 sovs. to the
judge. In the present year it is once more to be a
sweepstakes of 25 sovs. each; the owner of the second
horse to receive 100 soya. out of the stakes. The winner
to pay 100 soya. towards expenses, 25 soya. to the judge,
and 25 soya. to the starter. The new plan of 25 soya.
each, pp, it is obvious must be Letter than the old one
of 50 soya, each, half forfeit; it will, I am convinced,
result in enlarged fields, instead of the eight, nine, or
ten starters that have generally mustered at the
post of late years. During the seven years that I have
wielded the prophetic pen I have had tolerable success
on the first great race of the year—the Derby ; but on
the second—the Great St. Leger, have been favoured
with much greater success, and in three instances out of
six was successful enough to place the first and second.
The following is my summing up each year :-
1845 hintua (third).
1846 lago (second).
1847 Van Tromp
Cossack ...
1848 Surplice .
Canes iu
1849 ... The Flying Dutchman 1
Nuanykirk ... 2
1850 ... Voltigeur.
If my antecedents are any indication of what I may do
in this essay, my present peep behind the curtain of
futurity will be a successful one. Among the horses
that have at various times made some stir in the list
portion of tho betting market for various races,
and who ate entered for the St. Leger, the
following will ba non cat on the forthcoming
Occasion, viz.: The Saxon, The Tout, Badajoz,
Hools'em Snivvy, Sister to \Veneta, Glenhawk, Olean-
der, The Cutler, Vivandtere, Jack Leming, Jugger-
naut, Pandernue, Phlegethon, I?blegra, Deceitful, Bal-
samo, Ipsus, Confidence, 800, Primitious, Brother to
Chanticleer, Croupier, and Lightfoot. From the remain-
naaining ninety-seven I shall subtract the following
' batch as forming the lot from which the starters must
be selected, which batch consists of Lough BUM,
Clasher, Heart Breaker, Comas, Hippolytus, Midas,
Bonnie Dundee,* Grosvenor, Exeter, The Prime
Minister, The Confessor,* The Ban, Aphrodite, Ho-
thorpe, Grecian, Hernandez, First Fruits, Constellation,
Newminster, Sir Rowland Trenchard, Mountain
Deer,* The CaktiNitor, liam;.•.,r tine, Miserrima,*
S:orno,*Fsnook Knoll, Glsoiab Singh, Azsth, and Ephesus.
These having an asterisk piefixed to their names are
the most dubious as to starting. The market this morn-
ing exhibits the following as the prices of the St. Leger
candidata; :—Hernandez, 5 to 2; The Ban, 4 to 1;
Aphrodite, 7 to 1; Hothorpe, 12 to 1; Newminster, 12
to 1; Lainartine, 15 to 1; The Primo Minister, 15 to 1;
Grecian, 20 to I; Ephesus, 25 to 1; First Fruits, 25 to
1; Exeter, 33 to 1; Clasher, 33 to 1; 50 to 100 to 1
against auy other. My information on one or two points
not being complete at the present moment, I shall defer
the analyzation of the chances of the candidates for the
Great St. Leger of 18M until to-morrow, when the name
or names of the horse or horses destined to play the most
important part or parts in the quadrupedal drama at
Doncaster the week after next shall be, at least I hope
so, duly announced.

... ... 1

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

Sept. 5, 1851.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.
TATTERSALL'S—YE STERDA.Y.
GREAT YORKSHIRE HANDICAP.
4 to 1 agat Mr. Parker's Calculator—taken
8 to 1 agst Mr. Meeson's The Castle—taken
12 to 1 agst Mr. Merry's Miss Ann
12 to 1 agat Mr. T. Parr's Panopo
No others mentioned, and not half a dozen bets laid.
ST. LEGER.
2 to 1 agst Lord Enfield's Hernandez—take 5 to 2
4 to 1 agst Sir J. Hawley's The Ban—taken
7 to 1 agst John Day's lot—taken and afterwards
offered
7 to 1 agst Sir J. Hawley's Aphrodite—taken and
afterwards offered
20 to 1 agst Mr. Halford's Prime Minister
25 to 1 agst Mr. Howard's Grecian
Aphrodite was backed for about 3001. at 7 and 8 to 1,
and ISTroff at 7 to 1 layers; Johu Day's lot, Grecian,
and Prime Minister were friendless.
CE SA REWITCH STAKES.
20 to 1 agst Mr. Saxon's Tho Black Doctor—taken
25 to 1 eget Lord H. G. Lennox's Mokanna
50 to 1 agst Colonel Anson's Champion—taken
1,000 to 15 eget Mr. J. Scott's Trickatress—taken
1,000 to 10 agat Mr. Gratwicke's The Nigger—taken
1,000 to 10 agst Captain Lowther's Bastinado—taken
ROCHESTER RACES.—THURSDAY.
Tho Maiden Plate of 401. Heats, once round.
Mr. Douglas's Irene, 7st llb ...(R. Sherwood) 1 0 1
Mr. Austio's Miss Talbot, 7st llb (Clements) 0 0 2
Mr. Sherrard's b g by Slave, 3 yrs, 7st llb ... 3 3 dr
Mr. Pearce'a Tilsit, 5 yrs, Bst I llb (Wakefield) 2 Q dr
Mr. Halliday na Wintonia, 9st llb (Hornsby) 0 Q dr
Mr. T. Prica'ai Bullfincher, 9st llb ...(Owner) 0 dr
Mr. Land's f by Galaor, 3 yrs, 7st llb (Lowe) 0 dr.
The first heat was won by three parts of a length,?,the
second was a dead heat between Irene and Miss Talbot,
and the third beat was won by two lengths.
The Innkeepers' and Tradesmen's Plate of 501. with 5
sovs. added for the second. One mile and a half -
Mr. Cowley's Ella, 3 yrs, fist 61b ...........,(Kendall) 1
Mr. Bloomfield's Simplicity, 3 yrs, 7as 61b (archer), 2
Mr. Kimmins's Jessie, 5 yrs, 7st 91b ...(Underwood) 3
Mr. C. Form's f by Slave, 4 yrs, 7st 51b (Sherwood)` 4
Won by two lengths.
The Rockingham Stakes of 3 soya. each, and 40 added.
Heats, one mile and a half. (8 Subs.)
Mr. Wotton's Marchioness, (1501.), 7st 101 b 2 1. 1
Mr. Riehardson'a Firebolt, (150/.), Est 41b a. 0
Mr. T. Price's Cheddington, (1501.) bet 41b 0 2 3
Mr. Massingberg's Epira, (1500, 6st llb 3 0 dr
Mr. Douglas's Don Pedro, (1500, 6st 41b a 1 di
Mr. W. Balchin's Durdam, (1500, 7st 131 b 0 dr
a
The first heat was won by half length, the second
by a length, and the third by two lengths.
The Speculation Plato of 304, added to a Sweepstakes
of 2 sovs.; the second to save his stake. Once round.
(6 Subs.)
Mr. Cowley's Ella, 3 yrs (60/), 7st ......... (Archer) 1
Mr. Austin's Tommy the Tinman, 5 yrs (604), Bst 91b 2
Mr. Laud's Eden, 3 yrs (601.), 7st (Lowe) 3
Mr. Messer's Malmesbury (800, 9st 21b...(Hornsby) 0
Mr. Roberts's Duster, 3 yrs (601), 7st 71b (Hammond) 0
Mr. Inverarity's Laundrymaid, aged (600, Bat 121 b 0
Won by two lengths.
The Medway Stakes of 2 sovs. each, and 30 added; the
second to receive 51. Once round and a distance. (7
Subs.)
Mr. Oldacre's (Maine, 4 yrs (501), 7st 31b (J. Lowe) 1
Mr. Gulliver's f by Epirus, out of Blanche of Devon,
2
Mr. Laud's Eden, 131 b ..
(501.), sst 131 b (Kendall)
3 yrs (501.), sst . May)
3
Mr. Dalrymple's Pomp, 6 yrs(7s/.), BstBlb (dßemrnt4balrl), 0
Mr. Formby's f by Slane, out of German's Jierwooyd) 0
Sh
(500, 7st 131 b
Mr. Rose's Willingham, 5 yrs (501.), 7st 101 b (Maxted) 0
Mr. Drewe's Forest Flower, aged (501.), Bst (Hacker) 0
Won in a canter, by a length.
LINCOLN RACES.—TII RSDAY.
First year of the Lincoln Triennial Stakes of 10 SM.
each, h ft, with 50 added; for two yrs old colts, Bst
71b;
Bat 31b; sod 51b allowed, &c.; winners
his stake. T.Y.C.
fir: secondBi
to
Mrex3tr.at ilihelnmt an's Maid of Lincoln, 7st 12 da(Whitehouse) 1
La: Yarborough na Merry Bird, Bst 51b (W. Abdale) 2
Mr
Valentine's Day, 7st 121 b (Simpson) 3
'
Mr.. W. Wright s
W. E. Hobs
Barbota, Bard 11b ...(J. Osborne) 4
Betting —a to 1 on Merry . Won by a length.
Tho others beaten oft
The Lincolnshire Handicap of 15 revs. each, 10 it, and
only 5 if declated, with 100 added; winners extra; the
second to save his stake, and the winner to pay 20 sovs.
towards expenses. Two miles.
Mr. Wratber's Maid of Masbam, 9st (G. Abdale) 1
Air. J. Osborne's Lady Hylda, 7at 31b ...(J. Osborne) 2
Mr. Oliver's Ischia, 3 yrs, 4st Sib ............... (Ashall) 3
Mir. J. Osborne's C heap John, 3 yrs, 42t 101 b (Carroll) 4
Betting-5 to 4 on Maid of Masham, 7 to 4 agat
Ischia, and 5 to 1 agst each of the others. Won easily
by a length; the two light weights beaten off.
The Selling Stakes of 3 sovs. each, with 20 added; for

three yrs nid, 85t; four, 93t; five, 9st 71b; six and
cg,d, 98‘ I'.::b. Me,res and gile.ings allowed 3:b. no
winner to he sold for 100 sow. it dunsudcd, BEd
pllowanees if to be sold for less. Heats, one mile.

Mr. Pell:l's Sweotbeert, 4 yrs, 7st 41b (301.)... 1 cr. 0.
Mr. Cx' Dospair, 93t 21b (601.) (J. Howell) 2 dr
Mr.lluttoh'6Nutgirl, 6st 41b (80/.) (E. Harrison) 3 dr
Betting—First heat-2 to 1 on Sweetheart, and 5 to
2 a,gst Despair.
Won easily by half a length. Sweetheart walked over
for the second heat.
Hunters' of 50 sove. each, with 20 added for
hors&s that have been regularly hunted during the
st:.alons of 1850 or 1551. Three yrs old, 9st 51b;
four, 10st 711;; 6v,-, list 51b; EDE and aged, I 2 st.
Mares and geldings allowed 31b, and maidens, 51b.
Winners extra, Gentlemen riders. Professionals al-
lowed to ride by carrying 51b extra. Heats, two miles.
Mr. Gregson's Waishy, 5 yrs, list 71b...(Owaer) 1 1
Mr. Collingwood's Queen, 9st 21b (E. Doley) 3 2
Mr. Davis's Gay Lad, 6 yrs, Ilst 71b (Mr. Bevil!) 2 fir
Mr. Hutton's Nut-girl, 3 yrs, 9st 21b ...(Skeene) 4dr
Betting—First heat— 6 to 4 cn Ormsby. Won by four
lengths. Second heat—Any odds on Ormsby. Won is
a canter by ten lengths.
The Hunters' Stakes of 5 ECM. each, with 20 added.
Heats, two miles. (5 Subs.)
Mr. Gregson's Ormsby, 5 yrs, llst 71b (Owner) 1 I.
Mr. Collingwood's May Queen, 9st 2ib...(DoleY) 3 2
Mr. Davis's Gay Lad, 6 yrs, list 61b (Mr. Bevil') 2 dr
Mr. Hutton'a Nutgirl, 3 yrs, 9st 21b (Skeene) 4dr
Both heats won in a canter.
BETTING ON THE COURSE.
GREAT YORKSHIRE HANDICAP.
7to 2 agst Calculator J 7to 1 agst Nancy (t)

T. LEGER.

7to 1 apt Aphrodite I 15 to 1 agst Newminster
CESAREWITCII.

1000 to 20 agst Sunrise
:000 to 15 agst Borneo
000 to 15 agst Dan Tucker

1000 to 15 agst Knight of
Gwynn°

CAMBRIDGESHIRE.
000 to 60 agst Eliza Middleton.

DERBY, 1852.
to 1 apt Hobby Nobble 12000 to 60 &gst Treasurer

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE;

Captain Thomas Ferris, whose promotion from
commander (1815) to the reserved half-pay list of
captains, we announced on Wednesday, has served 17
years on full pay. He entered the navy February
20, 1801, as a boy on board the Edgar, 74, Captain
Edward Buller, with whom and Captain James
Wallis, he afterwards served in the Achille, 74, on
the Channel and Irish stations, latterly as midship-
man, until May, 1802. From the following Sep-
tember until promoted to the rank of lieutenant,
October 19, 1807, we find him employed under Sir
Richard John Strachan in the Donegal and Renown,
74's, and the Caesar, 80. He assisted during that
period in the Donegal's capture in 1804, of the Spa-
nish 44. gun frigate Amfitrite, and a ship it
cargo on board worth 200,000/.,present,wh a
in
and was
the Cmsar, at the capture, November 4, 1805, of the
four line-of-battle ships escaped from Trafalgar, as
also at the destruction, September 14, 1806, off
Cape Henry, of the 74 gun ship Impetueux. Re-
joining, March 8, 1808, the Donegal, then com-
manded by Captain Pulteney Malcolm, Mr. Ferris
escorted, in the following summer, Sir Arthur Wel-
lesley's army from Cork to Portugal ; was present at
the destruction, February 24, 1809, of three French
frigates under the batteries of Sable d'Olonne ; wit-
nessed the ensuing discomfiture of the French ship-
ping in Aix Roads ; and assisted in an attack made
by Captain Charles Grant, of the Diana, on the two
French frigates Amazone and Eliza, protected by the
fire of several strong batteries, near Cherbourg,
November 15, 1810. After a further servitude of a
few months with Captain Malcolm in the Royal Oak,
74, he was appointed, March 3, 1812, to the Hannibal,
74, Captain Sir Michael Seymour ; and while in that
ship he contributed to the capture, March 26, 1814,
of La Sultane, of 44 guns and 330 men. On leaving
the Hannibal he became first lieutenant, Sept. 5,
1814, of the Tennis, 38, Captain Joseph James, in
which frigate he served on the Irish and Jamaica
stations until his return home in March, 1816. lie
then took up his commission as commander, having
been advanced to that rank on the 20th of September,
1815. With the exception of an appointment in the
coast guard, which he held from July 6, 1830, until
the year 1833, he has since been on half-pay.
Lieut. Henry Watson Hall's name having been
placed by mistake on the reserved half-pay list, will
now be transposed back to the active list of Lieute-
nant, R.N.

GALLANT RESCUE.--" H.M.B. Rolla, Sept. 2.
As the above-named vessel was passing through the
Straits of Dover, on Tuesday, the 26th ult., having
a five-knot breeze, with studding sails claw and aloft,
George Thorn, naval apprentice, fell overboard by ac-
cident, and would certainly have perished, he being
unable to swim, had it not been for the gallant and
courageous conduct of Charles Lorton, sailmaker,
who at the imminent risk of his life (being dressed in
heavy woollen clothes), jumped overboard, and suc-
ceeded in supporting the boy till both were picked up
by the ship's boat. The young man was some time in
' the water with the boy on his back, and when picked
up was exhausted, and unable to attend his duty for
several days."—Portsznouth Guardian. [lt is to he
hoped that all the naval apprentices will be speedily
taught to swim. They have en excellent instructor
at Portsmouth in William Morgan, a naval appren-
tice, who has obtained a silver medal for his profi-
ciency in the useful and necessary, but much-neg-
lected art of swimming.]
Buzzard, oteam-sloop, at Davenport, was taken
out round the Eddystone on Wednesday to exercise
her machinery.
Defence, old 72, stationary convict in Portsmouth
Harbour, has been cleared of her convicts, brought
alongside the yard jetty, and is being jury-rigged, for
the purpose of being sent to Woolwich. None of her
fittings have been disturbed, as she will be still used
as a convict-ship.
Trafalgar, 120, Captain Greville, and Use Oberon,
steam-packet, in charge of Lieut. Veitch, were at
Gibraltar, from Portsmouth, on the 25th ult., and
were to leave for Malta on the 27th. The Trafalgar
will proceed to join Sir William Parker.
has been taken into dock
at Vesuvius,Devonpor
t fsotreatmliepslpuoropOse of expediting her fittings.
DLVONFORT DOCKYARD.—A survey was held on
Tuesday at the superintendent's office on the arti-
ficers above sixty-five years of age, a large superan-
nuation being about to take place in the dockyard.
It was stated that Captain Lord Edward Russell,
of the Vengeancc, 84, had lost 1401. in bank-notes on
Wednesday I:.st on his return from London, but as
he stopped for some considerable time at Brighton,
he was unable to decide whether the money was
stolen at London, Brighton, or Portsmouth. We are
authorised to state that on his Lordship's arrival in
Portsmouth the notes and bills were quite safe, there-
fore, there is no difficulty in deciding that, if stolen,
the robbery must have been committed here.—Ports-
mouth Guardian.

Captain
William Henry Anderson Morshead, C.B.
(1842), who has been appointed to command the
Dido, 18, Chatham, entered the navy in 1823, passed
his examination in 1830, and was promoted in 1832.
His succeeding appointments were to St. Vincent,
120 ; Malhbar, 74 ; Talavera, 74 ; and Edinburgh,
74 ; September 28, 1837, as senior to the Favourite,
18, Captain Walter Croker, whom he accompanied to
the East Indies ; and June 1, 1838, in a similar capa-
city, to the Hyacinth, 18, Captain William Warren.
On Mareli.l3 and 14, 1831, he commanded the boats
of the latter vessel at the capture of the last fort
protecting the approaches to Canton, and also of the
citY; itself.- During the second series
of operations
against it he was slightly wounded, and gained the
public mention of Sir Fleming Senhouse. Being
rewarded with the rank of commander June 8,1841,
and.appointed,l6th of October following to the Co-
lumbine, 16, he further distinguished himself by the
manner in which he destroyed a large number of fire-
junks intended for the destruction of shipping in the
neighbourhood of Ningpo, March 10, 1842. In the
course of the lame year he participated in the attacks
upon Claim and Woosung, and in the operations on
the Yang-tse-Kiang. For these services he was re-
compensed with a post commission dated December
23, 1842, and the next day with the companionship of
the Bath. He paid the Columbine off in the early part
of 1843, and has not been since employed.
Commander Lord William Compton (1842), who
has been appointed to command the Modeste, 14,
Sheerness, is second son of the Marquis of Northamp-
ton. He entered the navy June, 1831, passed his ex-
amination in 1837 ; was promoted to the rank of lieu-
tenant December 16, 1839; joined a few days after-
wards the Melville, 72, flag-ship, at the Cape of Good
Hope, and then in the East Indies, of Hon. George
Elliott; and, on the 13th of February, 1841, was Wellesley,tip-
er. T 72,he Commodore pjooihnnt eGd
Gordon Bremer. B reua
great
exertionsodore Sir
am
of
fheiss
Lordship when in command,
jointly
with Acting-
Lieutenants George
Campbell Fowler and John
Astle, of the barge and two cutters belonging to the
Wellesley, had the effect on the evening of May 24
following, of preserving that ship, then in the Boca
from a most formidable and well-planned
attempt made on the
Part of the Chinese to destroy
her by means of a flotilla of nearly 20 fire vessels, the
whole of which, although in many instances chained
in couples, and some even three together, were towed
clear without doing the slightest injury. On Oct.
10 further commanded the Wellcsley's boats at the
reduction of Chinghae. He married, August 21,
1844, Elizabeth, daughter of Rear-Admiral Hon.
George Elliott, C.B.—Herald.
PonvmouTu. WEDNE2DAL—The Centaur steam.
frigate, Captain Cannon, flag of Rear-Admiral W.
W. Henderson,C.B., hss been swung to-day to ad-
just her compasses, prior to dropping out to Spithead.
The Hercules troop and store ship, Master-Com-
mander Fulton, has had her paying off deferred until
next Tuesday.
The Rodney, 92, Captain Charles Graham, C. 8.,
is fitting her spare topmasts. She mans but slowly
notwithstanding the popularity of her captain