The Sun.
London, England, 1851-11-14 00:00:00

ITALY.

The Official Milan Gazette publishes a proclama-
tion, dated the sth, by Baron Schult, Commandant
of the fortress of Mantua, announcing that Don Gio-
vanni Grioli, a priest of the parochial church of Ce-
resa, was shot on the preceding day for having by
presents attempted to induce several Austrian soldiers
to desert, and for having eighteen copies of a revolu-
tionary pamphlet in his possession. The Official
Venice Gazette of the 7ch publishes has other sen
tenets condemning one Curti to derth for having a
coupon of the Mazzini loan in his possession, and one
GiAcomelli to 10 years' imprisonment for having been
found in possession of a plan for the organisation of
revolutionary committees thoughot Italy. Marshal
Radetzliy has commuted the former sentence to eight
and the latter to five years' imprisonment.

SPORTIN G NOTES.
NoTHE ItA.CING OF 185. IC;LVITS EFFECTS UPON
TEIAT OF 1852.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

SIR,—It has become the fashion with those writers of
the present day who devote their pens to the interests of
the sporting world to review the racing season during
the winter months; I, however, in common with a large
portion of the fraternity, think it a needless waste of
time and paper, those productions never being read in
one instance out of a hundred; therefore I shall not
follow iu the. course pursued by several of my contem-
poraries, but instead, in this brief epistle shall attempt to
show how far the racing of the past season will affect the
great state* of the next year. With respect to the
Chester cups, the public have already placed their eff-c-
Lions upon some half-dozsn horses, on one in particular,
the Hies Sheriff, not without good' reason, as it is re-
ported that it' all goes on well he will be brought to the
post meant, and in first-rate condition. Mr. Topham not
being able from his performances to place anything but a
light weight upon him,
and may
will no doubt turn out a great
favourite before tot,
ace,
tmay run well in the race; be
is a sure entry and
request, but upon what Nancy also is in great
grounds I hardly know, as the
weight allotted to her in alt probability will be about Bst.
9 lb. handicapped, at which her being able to win;
should she get in a few pounds lighter,
matter of course be just about firsf shete awnidli'maasya,
like War Eagle in 1848, attain a positionseCollaruri-' to some
light weighted crack in disguise. The l!iaclt Doctor,le
after his running this year, if not weighted too
would he a dangerous animal, and must not be heavily
would
looked. I will return to this aubject at some futurer
period. I must now attend to the principal race of
next year—the Derby. The running of the past season
has entirely demolished what chances the following
might have, possessed:— Princess colt, Bulls-eye,
Bugot Weathergage, Knight of the Shiro, Hamp-
ton, Islagnese, all Lord Clifden's nominations,
Pelopidas, Themistocles, Poodle, ail Lord Exeter's,
not even excepting Stockwell, Joe Miller, Maid-
stone, Canterbury, Delis colt, Bob Major, all Sir
Joseph,_er Hawley's lot, excepting Crelio, all Mr. Sidney
"-1.1/7.°
A.
-nominations, Richard Primer, Alhambra, all
Rupert, -10hnstone's, including the Old Lad, Prince
P"rts Convulsitn
, Saredon, Norham, Lord Orford's
- Couple- Buckt.li
Malibrati colt tire, Wingenund, the Nabob, LiVeiMere,
Homebeedtmaouhlakin. Harbinger (aed I almost think
thorn, together ywiteh added), Don Carlos, Young Haw-
thorn,
showman, _al.l. Mr.:Stebbings's nominations,
Anabi:ote,Mw,tescl2'rethey Sweep, Child of the Mist,
and the Wedlock filly. Tloe,Peacock, Mr.Williams's trio,
O'Rourke (whose
attention in
ray ~pinion are Daniel
belie (whose wretched running
st Newmarket I cannot
be true), Barbarian,
Elcot, Claverhouse, Lapidist,Kinto
2 Kingston,
Vortex. and lest, but not least
ne, Hobble blare 's
, King of 'frumps,
redoubtable
son of Piritalooll and Phry
if he stands the Derby preparation, is übsle. The last,
reteating the:Flying Dutchman feat of glususea.capable of
the crack, at the presseut moment I feel inclined to to
to place
my faith in Barbarian, a remarkably strong-bred n
.. g- red son of
Simoom, and quite equal in every particular to his half
bro'hnr Sdylocic, who managed to run third to Surplice
in 1848.
On Monday or Tuesday I shill enter fully into the
crack programme for the Warwick and Leamington
Autumnal Meeting.
I am, Sir, yours. &c.,
THE SPIRIT OF THE TURF.
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Nov. 14, 1851.

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