The Sun.
London, England, 1851-05-22 00:00:00

NEWSVENDERS' SOCIETY.

The twelfth annual general meeting of the News-
venders' Society was held last night, at the Belle
Sauvage Hotel, Ludgate-hill. The chair was taken
by Mr. L. Wild.
The CHAIRMAN read a letter from Mr. Harmer,
stating that he was prevented by an accident from
attending to take the chair, and enclosing a subscrip-
tion of 101. _

The SECRETARY read the report, from which it
appeared that the capital of the society now amounts
to 1,2501. Bank Stock. It contained an appeal to the
members generally to use their exertions to extend
the sphere of the society's usefulness, by procuring
contributions to its funds, and announced that the
annual dinner had been postponed till autumn. The
report also directed attention to the statistical account,
to be read by the Treasurer, as a matter for serious
reflection. The committee pointed strongly to the
sum expended for temporary relief, distributed, with
two eveptions, to non-subscribers. They stated that
they bed received many other applications from in-
eligible parties, and begged to remind the members
of the body that, with extraordinary exceptions, the
funds cf the society ought to be retained for the
benefit of the bond fide subscribers, unencumbered
by disbursements to parties who have not had the
provident feeling to consider for themselves till the
hour of need overtakes them, and who only do so
then by seeking a remedy for their incautious ne-
glect from the accumulated pittances of the careful
and prudent.
The TREASURER read the statement of accounts
for the year, from which it appeared that the receipts,
including 571. 103. 10d. balance on last year's ac-
count, amount to 1221. Bs. 4d., and the outlay, in-
cluding 48/. 4s. paid for Three per Cent. Consols,
amounts to 981. ls. 101., leaving a balance in hand of
241. G. 61.
Mr. T. G. GuIsLIN moved the adoption of the re-
port, ani that it be printed and circulated amongst
the friends of the institution. In doing so he called
attention to the great services rendered to the public
by the newsvenders. He likewise referred to the ad-
vantages conferred by the society on persons engaged
in the trade, and to the encouragement which was
thereby offered to them.
Mr. GRAVAT seconded the resolution, which was
put and carried.
Votes of thanks were passed to the treasurer, com-
mittee, secretary, president (Mr. Harmer), and to the
proprietors of the journals that have advocated the
claims of the society.
Elizabeth Ilidmade was elected a pensioner of the
society, and it was agreed that she should receive 10/.
per annum.
A vote of thanks was passed to the Chairman, and
the meeting separated.

THE NEW LAW FOR THE PROTECTION OF Ar-
PRENTICES AND SERVANTS.—Yesterday the important Act
of Parliament, which received the Royal Assent on Tuesday,
for the better protection of persons under the care and con-
trol of others as apprentices or servants, and to enable the
guardians and overseers of the poor to institute and conduct
prosecutions in certain cases, was printed. This Act, which
resulted from a late painful case, contains nine clauses, and is
now in force. It is provided that persons—masters or mis-
tresses—refusing or neglecting to supply necessary food to
apprentices or servants, or unlawfully assaulting them, are
guilty of a misdemeanour, and liable to three years' impri-
sonment, tsith or without hard labour. The costs of such
prosecutions are to be allowed. A register is to be kept of
young persons under sixteen years hired or taken as servants
from any workhouse, with particulars as prescribed in a
schedule annexed to the Act. Young persons who are hired
from workhouses, or bound out as pauper apprentices, are to
be visited twice at least in every year, and the officer is to
report to the guardians "in writing hether he has found
reason to believe that such young person is not supplied with
necessary food, or is subjected to cruel or illegal treatment in
any respect.' Where the residence is more than five'miles
the parties are to be visited by the officer of the union or
parish in which they reside. The Act authorises and re-
rjuires parish officers to prosecute in certain cases where in-
jury has been inflicted on a poor person under sixteen years
of age. Justices are to bind over parish officers to prose-
cute, and the costs of such prosecutions are to be allowed.
The Act extends to England and Wales.

THE ADVERTISING VAN NulseNcE.—Yesterday
Mr. Bedford hold an inquest in the board-room of St. Mar-
tin's Workhouse, on view of the body of Richard Nicholson,
aged sixty-three, who for above twenty years had a print
stall adjoining St. Martin's Church. Samuel Newman, car-
man, 14, Stockwell-terrace, said that about two o'clock in
the afternoon of the 2d inst. he was in a taxed ca t, drawn
by one horse, which was proceeding down St. Martin's-lane,
when near St. Martin's Church he passed a huge advertising
van, at the sight of which the animal shied, and began to
plunge and leap. He pulled the animal in, but while doing
so the shafts broke at the step iron, and he was thrown out
under the horse's hind legs. The animal went off at a
furious rate, and knocked the deceased down, who was
standing with his stall, which extended several feet along
the street. He was picked up and carried to King's College
Hospital. Mr. C. Lewes, visiting surgeon at the hospital,
said deceased, after being a few days at the institution, left
of his own accord. Witness attended him at his lodgings.
Ile died on Sunday last. Deceased had two ribs broken,
which had penetrated the lungs, and produced effusion on
the pleura, which caused death. Verdict—" Accidental
death, caused by.an advertising van."
[ADVERTISEMENT.] —Bell' s Life in London, Sunday
May 25.—Great Exhibition on Epsom Downs—the Derby
and Oaks - and other sources of competition. Final awards
by the judge, with remarks by Pegasus. Average sale of
hell's Life in London, 30,0000. Bell's Life is regularly pub-
lisheda by Mr. Clement, jun., 170, Strand, at 4 o'clock on
S• turday morning, in time for the Saturday early morning
mails and railways':
COST OF LITERATURE.—A century ago the amount
expended in books, periodicals, and newspapers, did not ex-
ceed 100,0001. a
year. 'whereas'
the sum now so expended
annually i 4 calculated at 2,100,0001.

SPORTING NOTES.
No. LVII.
REMINISCENCES OF THE DERBY.—OAKS
ANTICIPATIONS.

'The tree of knowledge has been pluek'd—all's known."
BYnox.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

Sin,—The following obiervations, made in my various
Notes on the Derby, were realized, to the letter, by the
running yesterday. In Note, No. V., of the 31st
January, I remarked that Ariosto was no Derby
winner. That " the Lord of the Tournament may hare
a tilt at Eponi for the Olympic crown, but this year he
will most certainly be thrown over. That Midas had a
" diminutive outaide chance." That Stebbing's sting
was a dead failure this year. That " Teddington has
been out five times and won twice—he loots well, and is
visibly improved since last October." That "Tom Dawson

is coming out with a CONSTELLATION, but it strikes me
very forcibly they are fixed stars, shining brightly enough
on • Middleham Moor, but, when removed, not likely
to do so on the Downs of _Epsom. That
" Storms undcrsitandings' are very cranky, and
likely to give way altogether in the course of a Derby
preparation." That " Mr. Clark's stout half-bred son of
Venison and a Defence mare, the Marlborough Buck, is
quite capable, I imagine, of repeating on a pinch the Hot.
spur dose of 1349." That "Lightfoot is not worth a
thought!" That " Mr. Saxon's The Black Doctor will
find the company too good for him." That " Mr. St.
George's Brother to Chanticleer has been backed for a
good deal of money; all gone into the Sinking Fund."
In Note No. 51, of the 12th May, I remarked, that my
original Derby team, which consisted of the Prime Mi-
nister, Newrniuster, Lamartine, and Storm, had fallen off
frowits high estate, but still thought that The Premier
had a chaccelcfc. That The Ban was " net equal to the
tuck of pulling through." That "Mr. Hill's Mountain Dee r
will find his master again, as he did before, in Her-
nandez." That " greet things are expected of The
sous—much more, in my opinion, than he can
accomplish." And, in my " Finishing
touches to our
contribution to the Great National Exhibition on the
Downs Epsom," in Note No. 56, I gave it as my final
opinion that " Backhound, England's Glory, herus,
Avail, colts by Epirus and Tearaway, Bro to Chanti-
cleer, Runnymede, The Black Doctor, Hungerford,
Newminster, Louis Napoleon, Guy Mannerieg, The
Tout, The Ban, Ariosto, Telescope, and Glenhawk"
might be " turned into the hopeless class; not one of them
possessing THE GHOST OF A CHANCE of winning!" Also
that " Midas, Constellation, Neasham, Mountain Iher,
Hippolytus, Bonnie Dundee, and Theseus.," would
form the foremost portion of the ruck; NOT ONE OF THIS
SECOND LOT BEING GOOD ENOUGH TO WIN !" I also gave
es my opinion, that the first flight would " consist of
The Premier, The Buck, Hernandez, Teddington,
Heartbreaker, and Lamartine," placing The Premier
first, the Marlborough Buck second, and Teddington
third. Now, what was the result? Why, that Ted-
dington's trial was correct; for, tooled by Job Matson, he
won, from the largest Derby field (33) on record,in a center
by two lengths ! The Bock, under the guidance of
Whitehouse, was where I placed him, second; Neasham,
by sufferance, third by a neck from Hernandez; the
Premier filth ; Le.martine sixth. The horses at the
heed of the ruck were Theseus, Bonnie Dundee, Hip-
polytus, Midas, Heartbreaker, and Constellation. The
time (2 min. 51 secs) was not equal to Surplice's in
1848, or Voltigeur's last year, but was superior to
Pyrrhus the First's, Cossack's end The Flt ing Dutch-
men's. It will he seen by the foregoing statement, that
though I did not exactly accomplish the feat of placing
the first three as they passed the post, I was as nearly
right as possible in every other respect ; the four I se-
lected to occupy the foremost places actually passing
Judge Clark's Chair, first, second, fourth, and fifth.
I ly Have, with the exception of my wide-awake
oontemporaries of the Racing Times, I was the
only dabbler in racing judgment that accomplished the
abovementioned feat. Most of the other races at Epsom
have been decided exactly as I prognosticated. The
field for " The Oaks " to-morrow will not bo anything
like in proportion to that fur the, Derby; the following
being all that is likely to run for it, viz.:—Payment
(Bartholomew), Hesse Homburg, Aphrodite, Loathe,
Sis. to Wanota (Marlow), Iris (Butler), Perdita filly,
Catalpa (Nat), Misserrima, Emily (Win tringham), Terp-
sichore, Phlegm (Norman), Anspach (Kitchener), Pres-
tige (A. Day), Prima Donna, Incurable, Princess Alice
filly (Holmes), Irene, and perhaps another or two. Ac-
cording to my view of this very ticklish race, I must go
for the three favourites—Payment, Hesse Homburg, and
Aphrodite; expecting to see them pass the post as I
have placed them. The next flight to consist of Iris,
Catalpa, Sis. to Wanota, and Perdita filly.
Latest Betting-10 to 3 agst Payment, 4 to 1 agst
Hesse Homburg, 5 to 1 apt Aphrodite (offered), 8 to 1
agst lanthe, 8 to 1 agst Iris, 12 to 1 agst Sis. to Wanota,
12 to 1 agst Catalpa. Perdita filly not mentioned.
I am, Sir, yours, &c.,
THE SPIRIT OF THE TURF.
May 22, 1851.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.
EPSOM, WEDNESDAY.
In point of weather, the seventy-second anniversary
of the Derby was remarkably fortunate; a shower fell
early in the morning, enough to lay the dust, but neither
heavy nor long enough to have any effect on the course,
which, as may be imagined, from our report of the first
day, was anything but favourable for horses with doubt-
ful feet.
From the unusual facilities offered by the railways, we
anticipated a monster gathering, and we were not disap-
pointed, for we will venture to affirm that a greater con-
course was never before seen on Epsom Downs. The
South-Western line and the road contributed liberally to
the mass, but a vast majority patronised the Brighton
Company, where trains were started from an early hour
in the morning, at short intervals, up to half-past one,
and with much less pressure and confusion than might
reasonably have been expected on so exciting an occa-
sion;
the arrangements, in fact, showed a marked im-
provement on last year. Great care was taken by the
head of the police to prevent stoppages on the three
thoroughfares from Epsom to the Downs, by placing
horse patrols in different points; in short, all concerned
in the management of the course, or of matters con-
nected with it, were well instructed, and carried out their
orders in a businesslike and efficient manner. With re-
ference to the great event we may observe that it is many
years since the race, up to the day, was looked upon as
so " open;" of this the number of starters alone may be
quoted as a proof; the " million," in fact, arrived on the
course pretty generally impressed with the idea that
Marlborough
Buckth e yi
in
a , evinced
healthyand
h state. de-
cidediin ,
some " outsider" would win: they had had no Flying
Dutchman or Voltigeur on whom to place their affec-
tions, and next to that (to the ring) very useful animal
Li
gletfloeoeht,inthge
wasonlythe horse
owing, perhaps, to the recent list defalcations, their in-
vestments were much lighter than would have been th
case had the "money market" been
The first race of the day got over, the paddock became
the centre of attraction; the starters speedily emerged
from it, and within a few minutes of the time fixed—
three o'clock—weio mounted, the course having pre-
viously been cleared with a tact, temper, and rapidity
highly creditable to the police. Having taken their
preliminary canters, the horses, thirty-three in number,
the
icy):
rsb eng,
jt,a,rloe:lsn
iduo:sephehnhi
loses almost
one more than ever started for Derby, Oaks, or St.
Leger, returned to the paddock, were conducted from it
to the post, and got off without the slightest failure at
ten minutes pest three. The race may be described in a
very few words. Teddington waited in front to the
turn, was never afterwards
whheoa dheads,
naonvid,
won won inbo at h
Derby
agnN immenseea h an
bsyt stake, lee, naga mostnd
the latter defeating Hernandez for the third place by a
and Mr. Davis, who
allpraaerwotlin7the right side; on the other hand
Balumckosbteatiotnina
man ;
neck.oat
hnf edt h ‘e4
had something like an 80,0001. book, admits that the win-
ner and the Marlborough Buck were the worst horses he
had in the race—his loss is very heavy. Job Marson won
that the five leading favourites were the first
re-
markable
hair.
past the winning c
..
this race last year on Voltigeur, and it is somewhat
Plate, in which lanthe made so ridiculous an
Exhibition
horses, that she immediately became a
Of the other races, nly necessary to refer to the
example of her
the racing was brought to a close shortly
aboli-
tion of heats,
after six o'clock.
ded state of the stand, and the en-
closure,prominent favourite for the Oaks. Thanks to the
The densely-crow
i c ,
give a
we few names, however,
has patrons in the
to show that the turf still higher
classes:—
ses the Duke and Duchess cf No-
rendered it quite impossible to obtain a list of
the company perfect;
Prince Henry of the Nether-
lands,mours, his Royal Highness ]t
Duke of Cambridge, his
Serene Highness the Prince s
Their Roy
his Royal Highness
of Saxe-Weimer, the Mar-
quis Lord
of Waterford, Marquis of Worcester,
Gran-
ville, Lord Glasgow, Lord Enfield, Lord March, Lord
Royal Highnesses
Lord Wilton, Lord Strath-
more, Lord George Manners,Maidstone Lord A. New-
port,Fitz-
Lord Uxbridge, Lord
Lord Exmouth, 'Lord Bateman,
Sir Lord Stanley, .
on S. G. an,
Eglinton, Lord ZetlandeLad Bessborough, Lord
Army-
tage,Sir Hume Campbell, Sir ii
.r i zie_
few minutes after two o'clock
The racing commenced a
Sir Joseph Hawley, Sir W. Colr.in_gete..,.,
c.ir

with— h,Bstan7dlb4; 40 added;
ThtehrßeuergyheaSrstaokleds,for
five and Up-
warth, Bst 81b; mares and geldings allowed 3lbs; the
winner to be sold for 100 SOTS., &e. Ralf a mile.
(11 Subs.)
Mr. Hornsby 's The Old Fox, 5 yrs (C. Hornsby, jun.) I
of7st 310s1°45.foeuarc,
Mr. Osbaldeston's Joc-o'-Sot, aged (Simpson) 2
Mr. Shripton's Arlette, 4 yrs ................. (Gilbert) 3
The following ako ran :—Mr. West's Solomon, 3 yrs
(Mann); Mr. King's Boyce Snailsfoot, 5 yrs (Benskin);
Mr. Herbert's br c by Sir Hercules, out of kiss Letty,
3 yrs (Sly); Mr. Dorrien's Chaplet, 3 yrs (Iliett); Mr.
Drewett's Charley, 4 yrs (Abrahams); Mr. A. Bartley's
Laundrymaid, aged (Howlett); Mr. White's Clare,
aged (Cartwright); Mr. Drew's Forest Flower, 6 yrs
(Grubb).
Betting-7 to 4 agst Old Fox, 4to 1 agst Solomon,
5 to 1 agst Jec-o'-Set, and 6 to 1 agst Chaplet or any
other.
Won cleverly by a length, a bead between second and
third. Run in 51 secs.
The Derby Stakes of 50 sews. each, h ft, for 3 yrs old
colts, Bst 71b; fillies, Bst 21b; the second to receive 100
aovs., and the winner to pay 100 sous. towards the
police and regulations of the course,
and
50 soya, to
the judge. One mile and a half on the new course.
(192 Subs.)
Sir J. Hawley's Teddington ............... (J. Manson) 1
Mr. J. Clarks Marlborough Buck.. (G. Whitehouse) 2
Mr. Wilkinson's Neashara (J. Holmes) 3
Lord Enfield's Hernandez .....................(S. Mann) 4
The following also started, but were not placed:—
Mr. J. Powney's Lamartino (A. Day) 0
151 r.
Halford's Primo Minister ............(W. Sharpe) 0

6ir J. jiawley's The Ban (Pearl) 0

Lord Chesterfield's Heartbreaker (F. Butler) 0
Mr. Waller's Enterprise colt (Wektifield) 0
Mr. Greville's Ariosto (Flatman) 0
Mr. Higgins's Theseus (S. Rogers) 0
Mr. 11. Hill na The Mountain Deer (slston) 0
Mr. E. R. Clark's Glenhawk (Dockeray) 0
Lord Exeter's Midas (Norman) 0
Mr. Moore's Alompra (Charlton) 0
Mr. Wentworth's Azeth (Bumby) 0
Mr. A. Nichol's blewmiuster (Pettit) 0
Mr. Delamere's Guy Mannering (Bartholomew) 0
Mr. Morris's Hnngerford (Fenn) 0
Sir T. Burke's Bro. to Chanticleer ...(H. Robertson) 0
Baron Rothschild's Tearaway colt (Robinson) 0
Mr. Nevill's Telescope (H. Bell) 0
Lord Eglinton's Bonnie Dundee (Cartwright) 0
Lord Eglinton's Hippolytus (C. Marlow) 0
Mr. Med;lsm's Constellation (Templeman) 0
Mr. Saxon's The Black Doctor (W. Abd ale) 0
Mr. Thompson's Gholab Singh (Winteringham) 0
Mr. F. Garner's Serus (11. Edwards) 0
Mr. Worthington's Golich (Osborne) 0
Mr. Merry's Louis Napoleon (I Howlett) 0
Duke of Richmond's Buckhound ........(Kitchener) 0
Sir R. Pigot's ./Eolus (W. Boyce) 0
Sir R. I'igot's Runnymede (Sly) 0
Betting-3 to 1 agst Teddington, 7 to 1 egst Marl-
borough Buck, 7 to 1 agst Hernandez, 7 to 1 agst Prime
Minister, 15 to 1 agat Constellation, 15 to 1 agat The-
sats, 15 to 1 agst Neasham, 22 to 1 agst Black Doctor,
30 to 1 agst Lamartine, 30 to 1 agst Hippolytus, 40 to 1
agst Bonnie Dundee, 50 to 1 agst Ariosto, and 1,000 to
15 egst any other.
Buckhound took the lead from the post, and with the
Enterprise colt in his wake, the latter waited on by Ted-
dington, Constellation, Neasham, and Ariosto, led the
way nearly to the top of the hill, the running being then
taken from him by the Enterprise colt, Teddington fol-
lowing Buckhound, in company with Neasham and
Ariosto, next to the latter lying Constellation, Heart-
breaker, the Marlborough Buck, and Lord Eglinton's two.
This order lasted only to the mile post; Teddington
then quitting his horses, and goieg on with a decided
lead, the Enterprise colt and Buckhound giving way to
Hernandez, the Marlborough Buck, Neasham, and
Ariosto, to which lot the race, after making the turn,
was confined. Marlborough Buck took the second place
at the road, and hold it to the distance, where Neasham
went up, and by sufferance, got within a neck and
shoulder of the favourite, by whom, however, he was
very speedily disposed of. The Marlborough Buck
and Hernandez were thus left within half a
length of the favourite, who, having had the race in
hand from the time ho took up the running, left them
without an effort, and won in a canter by two lengths,
rho Marlborough Buck beating Neasham by a length,
Hernandez, who would have been third but for a disap-
pointment opposite the stand, finishing a neck from the
latter. Prime Minister was fifth, and Theseus, Ariosto,
and Lamartine well up. Run in 2 min. 51 secs.
Epsom Town Plate of 50 says. (handicap) for three anti
four yrs old, the winner of any race after the publica-
tion of the weights to carry 51b extra. One mile.
Lord Stanley's Croupier, 3 yrs, Est 101b...(Charlton) 1
Mr. Douglass's Lybourne, 3 yrs, 6st (A. Pavis) 2
Lord H. Lennox's Theorem, 3 yrs, 6st 31b (Garvey) 3
Mr. Greville's Es3tafettet 4 yrs, 7st 71b...(car. 7st 91b) 4
Mr. J. Perren's Fernande, 4 yrs, Bst 21b (J. Howlett) 5
Mr. Payne's Guardsman, 3 yrs, 6st 61b (Hiatt) 6
Betting-2 to 1 agst Croupier, sto 2 agst Fernando,
4 to 1 agst Theorem, and 4 to 1 agst Estafette.
Fernande took a clear lead at starting, and with Esta-
fette and Leybourne in attendance, cut out the work to
the road, where she was beaten, and Leybourne took up
the running at the stand; however, Croupier went up,
quitted him without a struggle, and won iu a canter by
two lengths. Run in 1 min. 46 secs.
The Great Exhibition Plate of 100 sovs. (handicap). A
winner subsequent to the publication of the weights to
carry 511) extra. One mile and a quarter.
Mr. Jones's lanthe, 3 yrs, 6at 21b
Captain Archdall's Badajoz, 3 yrs, sst 101 b (N. Treen) 2
Mr. amnett's Subterfuge, 4 yrs, 65t...(T. Sherwood) 3
Mr. Magennis's Ingratitude, 3 yrs, sst 12b (Pavis) 4
Betting-2 to len lanthe, who made all the running,
and passed the winning chair twelve lengths first. Run
in 2 min. 15 secs.

The Carew Stakes of 3 sovs. each, with 40 added, for
three yrs old, 7st 61b; four, Bst 71b; five and up-
wards, Bst 111 b; mares and geldings allowed 31bs;
the winner to be sold for 150/., if demanded; three
quarters of a mile. (7 Subs.)
Mr. Hornsby 's The Old Fox, 5 yrs (C. Hornsby, jun.) 1
Mr. Burgess's Handsome Doe, 4 yrs (Burn) 2
Mr. Carew's Soufflé, 3 yrs (Basham) 3
Mr. Thomas's Durdans, 3 yrs (Dcnaldson) 4
Betting-5 to 4on Old Fox, who made the running
from end to end and won, hard held, by two lengths;
Souffle a bad third. The winner was claimed.
BETTING ON THE OAKS.
7to 2 agst Payment (taken) 9to 1 agst Iris
4to 1 agst Hesse Homburg 9to agst lanthe (taken)
7to 1 agst Aphrodite (t) 12 to 1 agst Miserrima
THE WOODCOTE STAKES.
Elcot was examined before the races yesterday, by Mr.
Field, who pronounced him to be only two years old.