The Sun.
London, England, 1851-02-14 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON,

two acceptances on last year's, which leaves us seven below
the average, as the following table will show :-
1847. Nominations 114. Acceptances 59
1848. 77 91 51
1849. 105 63
1850. 7/ 17 68 42
1851. 102 17 44
Turning from this somewhat disheartening subject, I will
proceed to scan the chances of those animals left in for the
Metropolitan Handicap for the present memorable year.
Starting with the Danebury stable, out of four entries, two
have accepted, Brother to Dough at 6st 101 b (at present not
likely to run) and Peep-o'-day-Boy, Bst 101 b (said to be the
odd 101bs at the least better than Cossack); the latter is
doing excellent work, is intended for this race in
particular I understand, and must be very handy
at the finish ; his couple of performances last year
were, running fourth with 9st up for the Chester Cup, and
last for the Emperor's Plate. Messrs. Payne and Greville
have accepted with four, viz., Glance, 5 yrs, Bst 81b ; [he
Mouse, 4 yrs, 6st 81b; Estafette, 4 yrs, Est; and Ondine, 4
yrs, 6st. Of these, Estafette and Glauca look the most like
business ; the former was out twice last year, obtaining the
fourth place for the Oaks, and second to Baroness for the
Palatine Stakes at Chester; at 6st she must have a tolerable
chance, if she can but stay the distance. The old mare had
a try for the Cup at Chester last year, at ist 51b, but was
nowhere; the same ill-luck, at 7st 71b, attended her in the
race for the Northumberland Plate, and likewise in that for
the Leamington Stakes ; but, still the same weight, she came
out at Newmarket and won theCnsarewitch, and afterwards a
plate, carrying Bst 121b_ Her chance, however, I think, is
not so good as Old Dan Tucker's ( who is in the same stable),
whose Picaroon blood will pull him through occasionally by dint
of sheer gameness. Russborough, 4 yrs, Bst 61b, on this course,
is quite out of the question. Clincher, 4 yrs, Bst 31b, ditto.
Lord Eglinton has a trio left in—Elthiron, 5 yrs, Bst 21b,
Cnmus, 3 yrs, sst, and Pandemus, 3 yrs, 4st 81b; we may
overlook the first and last, as Cnnus is the representative of
this lucky stable; he has sprung into notice during the last
week, is well suited to the length and severity of the course,
very forward in work, and ought to nail one of the handi-
caps. Treen has two in the fray—the bugbear of last sum-
mer, Windischgratz, 4 yrs, at 7st 101 b, and Rhesus, 5 yrs,
ist—the latter, if he runs, will monopolise the general at-
tention. Tom Dawson, also, has two—Snowstorm, 5 yrs,
7st 91b, and Raby, 5 yrs, 7st 71b—the latter said to be the
horse ; further deponent saith not. Sir Joseph Hawley cries
content with three out of four, all mischievous, especially
the old-un (Vatican), who, at 7st 91b, and a five year
old, if he never had a good chance before, has
one now ; The Ban, 3 yrs, Est 41b, and Brother
to Truthteller, 3 yrs. 4st 101 b, are the other two.
Percy has a trio among the acceptances—viz. Vampyre,
aged 7st 71b. Kathleen 4 yrs, Est 91b, and the colt by Sir
Hercules out of Empress, 3 yrs, 4st 61b; Vampyre's
running last year was respectable, although he did not win
once out of six starts, with one exception, he was placed in
each race ; his weight is very favourable, and should Major
Pitt mean mischief with him, which it is not clear he does at
present, I shall most certainly row in the same boat. Kath-
leen at Est 91b is also a dangerous customer, and well worth
a trifle at a long shot. Kent has William the Conqueror,
4 yrs, 7st 71b. colt by Gladiator, out of Khorassan's dam,
4 yrs, 6st 101 b, and Hesse Romberg, 3 yrs, 4st 101 b; the
Conquerer will be conquered, the colt by Gladiator will run
well, and Hesse Homberg is not to be despised,—more of
these anon. Lord Strathrsore's Sunrise, 3 yrs, 4st 101 b,
can not only manage the distance, but go the pace, and
were it not for Cnseus being handicapped to give
but four pounds to her, I should like her chance
as well, if not better, than any ; as it is
I shall take leave to think again before giving a decided
opinion. The colt by John O'Gaunt, out of Miss Etty, 3 yrs,
sst 21b, I'm afraid is not fast enough, he can go the distance,
but not the pace. Mr. Drinkald's couple, Sauter-la-Coupe,
5 yrs, 7st 51b, and Dulcet, aged, Est 101 b, are completely out
of the scramble. The colt by Dromedary dam, by Mulatto,
4 yrs, 7st 81b, is over-weighted. Mr. Carew's couple, Agis,
6 yrs, Est 81b, and Eva, 5 yrs, Get 41b, will not have their
backs broken by the weight; neither will the Squire's Mini-
mum, 5 yrs, Est 121 b (who ought to be very handy), or the
Count's Valentine, 4 yrs, sst 121 b. cEdipus, 5 yrs, Est 121 b,
will be unable to solve the winning riddle here, whatever he
may be able to accomplish elsewhere. Little George, John
of Berwick, and Gillyflower, all four years old, and all at
6st 61b, must be content to form a portion of the nick. In-
gratitude and Don Pedro, a couple of three years old at the
bottom of the scale, require no consideration. Damask, by
Touchstone out of Moss Rose at Est 101 b, and four years of
age, looks formidable on paper, and he may be so in the race ;
that, however depends upon his owner, who is not in a
hurry to proclaim his intentions to the world, therefore I'll
leave him an open subject, to be discussed hereafter. I may
as well observe, before Bumming up and recording my ver-
dict, that the winner of any handicap of 200 soya. value, sub-
sequent to the publication of the weights, will have to carry
Sibs; or of two such races or more 101bs extra. From the
top-weights I should select Peep-o'-Day Boy and Old Dan
Tucker; from the middle-weights, Vatican and Vampyre
(if meant), in preference to Raby and Rhesus; from the four-
year old light-weight division, Kathleen and Estafette; and
from the three-year old light weights, Cnmus, Hesse Homberg,
and Suurise ; running these through the sieve of judgment
leaves me the two V's, Estafette, Cnoeus, and Hesse Horn-
berg, a repetition of the sifting discards Vatican and the
German principality ; and I find myself able to do the Shilli-
beer move of 1839 with VAMPYRE, ESTAFETTE, and
CNiEUS.
I am Sir, yours, &c.,
Feb. 14, 1851. THE SPIRIT OF THE TURF.

THE LONDON GAZETTE.

(THIS EVENING.)

ST. ,TAMES'S PALACE, FEB: 7, 1851.

The Queer; has been pleased to appoint the following
Chaplains in Ordinary to her Majesty :
The Roverend Charles Baring,
The Reverend Dr. James Cartmell.
The Reverend Dr. Charles John Vaughan.
DOW NIN G -STREET, FEB. 14.

The Queen has been pleased to appoint David Robert
Ross, Esq. to be Lieutsvnant-Governor of the island of
Tobago.
Her Majesty has also been pleased to appoint Aston
Davoren, Esq. to be Cbief Justice for the island of &tin'
Christopher.

22d Foot—Eu.4ga Charles Robert Moore, from the
17th Foot, to be Ensign, vice Boyd, appointed to the
17th Foot, Feb. 14.

25th Foot—Ensign John Henry Nott to be Lieute•
nant by purchase, vice Brisco, who retires, Feb. 14.
40th Foot—George Augustus Bentley Buckle, Gent..
to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Brodhurst, promoted
Feb. 14.

47th Foot—Thomas Palmer, Gent., to be Ensign, by
purchase, vice Perceval, promoted, Feb. 14.
52d ioot— Alfred Benson GriZths, Gent., to be
Ensign, by purchase, vice Lyon, promoted, Feb. 14.
60th Foot—William Walter Fox, Gent., to be Second
Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Robertson, promoted,
Feb. 14.

62d Foot—William Nicholas Wrixton Becher, Gent.,
to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Wilkieson, promoted,
Feb. 14.

65th Foot—George Buck, Gent., to be Ensign, by
purchase, vice Slegg, promoted, Feb. 14.
67th Foot—James John Wood, Gent., to be Ensign
by purchase, vice Houston, appointed to the 54th Foot,
Feb. 14.

68th Foot—Ensign Cavendish Charles Fitz Roy from
the 82d Foot, to be Ensign, vice Viscount Russborough,
who retires, Feb. 14. .

69th Foot—Henry Thomas Allen, Gent. to be Ensign
by purchase, vice Coast, appointed to the 94th Foot,
Feb. 14.

78th Foot—John Finlay, Gent., to be Ensign, by pur-
chase, vice Hunter, promoted, Feb. 14.
82d Foot—Charles Newton Biggs, Gent , to be En-
sign, by purchase, vice Fitz Roy, appointed to the 68th
Foot, Feb. 14. . . . .

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91st Foot—Walter Rice Olivey, Gent., to be Ensign
by purchase, vice Greenhill, appointed to the 92d Foot
Feb. 14.

99th Foot—William John Denny, Gent., to be Ensign,
by purchase, vice Gaynor, promoted, Feb. 14.
STAFF.

To be Assitants Quartermaster-General—Lieutenant-
Colonel Richard Airey, on half-pay unattached; Major
John Enoch, on half-pay unattached (now Deputy As-
sistant Quartermaster-General), with the rank of Lieu-
tenant-Colonel in the Army, Feb. L
MEmoaaNnum.—The dates of the commissions of the
undermentioned officers in the 93d Foot, are 7th not 6th
February, 1851, as previously stated—Captain Evan
Duncan Macpherson, Lieutenant James Dalzell, and
Ensign Edward Augustus Stotberd.
Commissions by the Lord-Lieutenant of Staffordshire.
Josiah Spode, Esq., to be Deputy Lieutenant, Feb. 4.
The Queen's Own Royal Regiment of Staffordshire
Yeomanry Cavalry—Henry Dalrymple Des Vceux,
Gent. to be Coronet, vice Robertson, resigned; Richard
Bisse Richard Bedford, Gent. to be Cornet, Vice Peel,
resigned, Feb. 4.
Commission by the Lord-Lieutenant of Staffordshire.
Commission by the Lord-Lieutenant of Staffordshire.
The Queen's Own Royal Regiment of Staffordshire
Yeomanry Cavalry—Captain William Armstrong (late
of 10th Hussars) to be Captain, vice Majendie, deceased,
Feb. 8.