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

THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENIN-G, MAY 22, 1851.

COURT CIRCULAR.

The Queen and Prince Albert, with the Princess
Royal, left Buckiugham Palace at nine o'clock yes
terday morning, to proceed with the inspection of
the Exhibition of the works of Industry of all Na-
tions. Her Majesty and his Royal Highness were
accompanied by their Royal highnesses the Prince
and Princess of Prussia, Prince Frederick William,
and the Princess Louisa of Prussia, his Royal High-
ness the Dul:e of Saxe Cobourg Gotha, and his Royal
Highness Duke Ernest of Wurtemberg. The Royal
suites were the Countess A. de Hacke, Count Pok-
ier, Colonel the Honourable Charles Grey, Lieu-
tenant-Colonel Francis Hugh Seymour, and Lieut.
Von Heinz. The Prince of Wales and Prince
Alfred, attended by Mr. Birch, also visited the Ex-
hibition. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent
accompanied by his Serene Highness the Prince of
Leiningen, and attended by Lady Fanny Howard,
Baroness de Speth, and Sir George Couper, paid an
early visit yesterday to the Exhibition.
Her Majesty and Prince Albert, with their illus-
trious circle, returned to Buckingham, Palace at half-
past ten o'clock.
Their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of
Prussia, Prince Frederick William of Prussia, the
Duke and Duchess of Saxe Coburg Gotha, and the
Duke Ernest of Wurtemberg, and his Serene High-
ness Prince Edward of Saxe-Weimar, left Bucking-
ham Palace at eleven o'clock yesterday morning to
witness the Epsom races. In attendance on the
illustrious party were, Countess A. de Hacke, Coun-
tess Oriolla, Lord Alfred Paget, Count Pukler, Col.
Fischer, M. B. de Treskow, and Lieut. Von Heinz.
The Royal party travelled in three open barouches
and four, and returned to Buckingham Palace at half-
past seven o'clock.
Her Majesty and Prince Albert, with the Prince of
Wales and the Princess Helena, took a drive yesterday
afternoon in an open carriage and four. The Equerries
in Waiting, Colonel the Hon. C. Grey and Lieut.-
Colonel F. H. Seymour, attended on horseback.
The Queen's dinner party yesterday included her
Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, their Royal
Highnesses- the Prince and Princess of Prussia, and
Prince Frederick William, their Royal Highnesses
the Duke and Duchess of Saxe Cobourg Gotha, his
Royal Highness Duke Ernest of Wurtemberg, his
Serene Highness the Prince of Leiningen, the
Duchess of Sutherland and Lady Constance Leveeon
Gower, Lady Fanny Howard, Countess A. de Hacke,
Countess Oriolla, Baroness de Wangenheim, Baroness
de Speth, Count Pukler, Major Von Boyen, Count
Goltz, Colonel Fischer, Lieutenant Von Heinz, and
B. de Treskow.
The band of the 2d Life Guards attended at the
Palace, and performed the following pieces during
dinner :

Overture in D (op CO) Andre Romberg.
Quadrille—" The Standard Bearer" Jullien.
Potpourri—" Lucia di Lammermoor" Donizetti.
Polka—" The Beaufort" Milsom.
Waltz—" Jenny Lind"
Galop—" The Victory"
God save the Queen

Her Msjesty afterwards gave a concert.
His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge ar-
rived at ten o'clock at Buckinghain Palace.
His Royal Highness Prince Henry of the Nether-
lands arrived, attended by the Chevalier Van Rap-
pard, the Chevalier de Casembroot, and Capt. May.

_ .
The following is the programme :
PART I.
Overture (Le Negze di Figaro)
Ballade, Der Wirthin Tochterlein,"

Herr Pischek
Romanza, " Cassikia," Madame Marra
Vollmer

ness the Duke of Saxe Cobourg Goths.
Lieder, "Der Neugierige Resedehen," Herr Reichardt.
Thema and Variazionen, Mdlle. Anna
Zerr H. Proch.
PART 11.
Fantasia, Violenceilo, Herr Menter Herr Menter.

Spanischcs Lied, Herr Reichardt
Frublingslied, Aidlle. Anna Zerr
Violono Obligate, Herr Laube Dessauer.

Lied, " Die Threw," Herr Pischek.
limsiten Lied (300 Jahre alt)
Lied, "Das Strausli" Madame

Russiches Nationallied
Marra Vollmer.

Die Nachtigall"
Terzettc, " Trenne nicht das Band der
Liebe," Madllo. Anna Zerr, Herr
Reichardt, and Herr Pischek (Das
Nachtlager in Granada) C. Kreutzer.
Mrs. Anderson presided at the pianoforte. Her
Majesty's private band attended.
ahe following had the honour of receiving invita-
tions :—His Serene Highness Prince Edward of Saxe-
Weimar, his Excellency Mons. and Madame Van de
Weyer, his Excellency the Chevalier and Madame
Bunsen, the Lord Chancellor and Lady Truro, the
Duke of Wellington, the Marquis and Marchioness
of Breadalbane, the Marquis and Marchioness of
Stafford, the Earl and Countess Howe, the Earl of
Denbigh, the Earl and Countess Grey, the Earl of
Aberdeen, the Earl of Liverpool, Viscount and Vis-
countess Ilardinge, Viscount and Viscountess Pal-
merston, Viscount and Viscountess Canning, Vis-
count and Viscountess Barrington, Lord and Lady
Ashley, Lord and Lady Blantyre, Lord and Lady
George Lennox, Lady Caroline and Miss Barrington,
the Right Hon Sir George and Lady Grey, the
Right Hon. Sir Charles and Lady Mary Wood, the
Right Hon. T. B. Macaulay, Lieutenant-4Jolcnel the
Hon. C. B. and Mrs. Phipps, Hon. Mrs.. Grey, Sir
George Couper, Lieutenant-Colonel Francis Sey-
mour, Rear-Admiral Meynell, Mr. Birch, and the
Gentlemen in Waiting on Prince Henry of the Ne-
therlands and the Duke of Cambridge.
Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent visited
her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester yes-
terday at Gloucester House.
M. Zohrab, the Commissioner for the Ottoman
empire, was unavoidably prevented from being pre-
sent at the dinner given at Richmond by the Metro-
politan Commissioners.

A deputation from the borough of Wolverhamp-
ton, headed by Lord Lewisham, M.P., bad an inter-
view with the Commissioners of Railways yesterday,
at their office in the Board of Trade. The deputa-
tion consisted of the Mayor of Wolverhampton. Hon.
C. Villiers, M.P., Mr. Thornely, M.P., Air. Bailey,
M.P., Mr. Dimmocb, and Mr. Baldwin.

ADULTERATION OF COFFEE.

In continuing to expose the adulterations practised
by London tradesmen, the Lancet during the past
few weeks 'nes given the result of some renewed in-
vestigations regarding coffee and chicory. Out of 42
fresh trials of coffee adulteration was detected in 31
samples, and very often under peculiarly disreputable
circumstance. In some case?, fur example, houses
professing to sell pure coffee or coffee and chicory
mixed, according to the wish of their customers, are
discovered, nevertheless, to vend an adulterated article
on all .occasions. One house, which parades its desire
to enable its friends to obtain genuine coffee by fur-
nishing them with mills at c,st price, so that they
may grind it for themselves, nevertheless does not
hesitate to palm cif the spurious mixture whenever
reliance is placed upon its own honour. Another,
which reminds the public that "quality is the test of
cheapness," sells a compound of which chicory is the
principal ingredient ; and the same is the case with
a house which is noticed as attracting customers
by expressly cautioning them against that "in-
iquitous " system. I❑ fact, the most specious
puffs uniformly accompany the worst specimens,
and the words " warianted genuine" are used
to dispose of the vilest trash. The price at
which these preparations are sold is from ls. to ls.
4.1. per lb., and their real value being about 6d. to
Bd., the extent to which the poor are defrauded may
easily be estimated. At the same time it appears that
under the encouragement of the Chancellor of the
Exchequer the resort to chicory is increasing, while
the revelations of the Lancet have succeeded in check-
ing the use of roasted corn, beans, and other cheaper
though not more objectionable substances, which
cannot be defended by the plea of Government pa-
tronage. The most daring delinquencies, however,
occur when the article is sold in canisters, packages,
or bottles—a circumstance which was to have been
expected, since, although the canister, Scc., cost 2d.
or 3d., there i 8 no difference in the price charged.
One adulterator upon a large scale calls parti-
cular attention to his signature, " without which
none is genuine," and another, who adopts a similar
plan, adds, "to counterfeit which is felony."
some stuff described as the " celebrated Exhibition
coffee, consisting of a combination of the finest
coffees of all nations," contained scarcely anything
besides chicory, except a vegetable substance resem-
bliag The taste and odour of an
analogous compound, called the " True Parisian
Coffee," were also very disagreeable. Out of 29
specimens purchased in this form the whole, with
only a single exception, were adulterated with chi-
cory, so as frequently to consist of little else, while
in five cases roasted wheat and substances resembling
msngold-wurtzeland acorn were likewise detected.
In some degree, however, justice is now likely to be
done, since the Lancet boldly publishes the name and
address of every one of the parties, and although the
majority belong to poor districts, where it is not
likely a medical journal will extensively circulate,
yet there are many well-known west-end and city
shopkeepers included in the list. At the same time
mention is made of the firms whose coffee has been
found genuine. These are—Mr. Betts, Oxford-
street (second trial); Knight and Sons, Grace-
church-street (second trial) ; Ridgway and Co., King
William-street ; Henry Sharpe, Bishopsgate-street ;
E. Deane, Shoreditch ; Fortnum and Mason, Picca-
dilly ; Branscombe and Co., Pall-mall ; Dann, John-
ston and Co., New Bond-street; G. Payne and Sons,
Regent-street; Staniforth, Oxford-street; and W.
Holland, Oxford-street.
While coffee is adulterated principally with chi-
cory, chicory is understood to be in turn adulterated
with carrot, mangold-wurtzel, dog-biscuit, red-earth,
horse chestnut, acorns, tan, mahogany sawdust,baked
horse's arid bullock's liver, and burnt blood. Out of
23 samples tried by the Lancet, eleven were found to
contain spurious ingredients—such as roasted carrot,
wheat, and acorns, mahogany sawdust, mangold-
wurtzel, and Venetian red. With respect also to the
Chancellor of the Exchequer's defence of this
"wholesome and nutritious root," the public are
again reminded that apart from its inherent worth-
lessness, it is regarded as an aperient and diuretic,
and a question is raised whether the great increase
which is known to have taken place of late years in
renal disorders may not probably be traced to its use.
A belief is also expressed that from its narcotic cha-
racter it produces injurious effects on the nervous
system, and it is said that Professor Beer, of Vienna,
the celebrated German oculist, is so convinced of this
fact that he has enumerated chicory-coffee as among
the causes of amaurotic blindness.—Times.

SPORTING NOTES.
No, LVII.
REMINISCENCES OF TfIE DERBY.—OAKS

AVICIPATIONS.

,6 The tree of knowledge has been pluck'd—all's known."
BYRON.

TO THE. EDITOR OF THE SUN.

Sin„—The following oliervatiors, made is my various
Notts on the D.,2rby, were rearzA, to the letter, by the
;tinning yesterday. In Note, No. V., of the 31st
January, I remarked that Ariosto was no De,rby
winner. That " the Lord of the Tournament may have
a tilt at Epsom for the Olympic crown, but this year he
will most certainly be thrown over. That Midas had a
" diminutive outside chance." That Stebbing's sting
was a dead failure this year. That " Teddington has
been out five times and won twice—he loops well, and is
visib,Y improved since last October." That "Tort _Dawson
is coming out.wan a CONSTELLATION, but it strikes me

very jorczb,y they are fixed stars, shining brightly enough
on •Middlehanm Moor, but, when ?moved, not likely
to do so on the Downs of Epsom. That
" Storms understandings' are very erahky, 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 1849." That " Lightjbot is not worth a
thought!" That " Mr. Saxon's The Black Doctor will
find the company too good for him." That " Mr. St.
George't 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, Newminster, Lamartine, and Storm, had fallen off
fromits high estate, bat still thought that The Premier
had a chanceleft. That The Ban was " not equal to the
task or pulling through." That "Mr. Hill's Mountain Deer
will find his master again, as he did before, in Her-
nandez." That "great things are expected of The
seus—much more, in my opinion, than he can
accomplish." And, in my " Finishing touches to our
contribution to the Great National Exhibition on the
Dpwns Epsom," in Note No. 56, I gave it as my final
opinion that "Buckhound, England's Glory, Serus,
Azeth, colts by Epirus and Tearaway, Bro to Chanti-
cleer, Runnymede, The Black Doctor, Hungerford,
Newminster, Louis Napoleon, Guy Mannering, 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 Deer,
Hippolytus, Bonnie Dundee, and Theseus," would
form the foremost portion of the ruck; NOT ONE OF Tars
SECOND LOT BEING GOOD ENOUGH TO WIN!" I also gave
as 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 Marson, he
won, from thelargest Derby field (33) on record,in a canter
by two lengths ! The Buck, under the guidance of
Whitehouse, was where I placed him, second; Neasham,
by sufferance, third by a neck from Hernandez; the
Premier fifth ; Lamartine sixth. The horses at the
head 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'a last year, but was superior to
Pyrrhus the First's, Cossack's and The Flying Dutch-
man's. It will be 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 believe, with the exception of my wido•awake
contemporaries of the Racing Times, I was the
only dabbler in racing judgment that accomplished the
abovementiooed feat. Most of the other races at Epsom
have been decided exactly as I prognosticated. The
field for " The Oaks " to-morrow, will not be anything
like in proportion to that for the Derby; the following
being all that is likely to ru❑ for it, viz.:—Payment
(Bartholomew), Hesse Homburg, Aphrodite, linthe,
Sis. to Wanota (Marlow), IriS (Butler), Perdita filly,
Catalpa (Nat), Misserrima, Emily (Wintringham), Terp-
sichore, Phlegra (Norman), AnSpach (Kitchener), Pres-
tige (A. Day), Prima Donna, Incurable, Priecons 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 tbm 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 t 0,3 agst Payment, 4 to 1 agst
Hesse Homburg, 5 to 1 agst Aphrodite (offered), 8 to 1
agst lanthe, 8 to 1 agst Iris, 12 to 1 agst Sis. to Waucta,
12 to 1 apt Catalpa. Perdita filly not mentioned.
I am, Sir, yours, &0.,
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 hav_e_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 en 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 tact, showed a marked im-
provement on last year. Great care was taken by the
head of the police to prevent stoppages on the three
thorongheares from Epsom CO 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 instineted, 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
coarse pretty generally impressed with the idea that
some " outsider" would win; they had had no Flying
Dutchman or Voltigeura en whom to place their affec-
tions, and next- to that (to the ring) very useful animal
Lightfoot, the only horae to whom they evinced a de-
cided leaning was the Marlborough Buck, and on him,
owing, perhaps, to the recent list defalcations, their in-
vestments were much lighter than would have been th
case had the "money market" been in a healthy state.
rho first race of the day got over, the paddock became
the centre of attractions the starters speedily emerged
from it, and within a few minutes of the time fixed—
three o'clock—were 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,
were conducted from it
the slightest failure at
one more than ever started for Derby, Oaks, or St.
o may be described in a
• waited in front to the
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three,
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turn, was never afterwards headed, and won in a canter;
th(Olarlberough Buck beating Neasham by a length, and
the latter defeatinCßernandez for the third place by a
neck. Sir Joseph avaley, who has now won both Derby
and Oaks, and his party, win an immense stake, and most
H
of the gentlemen a& on the right side; on the other hand
" loses,plmost to a man • and Mr. Davis, who
the " ringbook, that the win-
,mething liko.aa 80,0001, admits
had
St
and the MarlherOugh Buck were the worst horses he
Vottigeur, and it is somewhat m-
iler
_ll;al.ass is very heavy. Job Masson won
had in the race ,
favourites were the first
past the winning chair.
Ofaac it is only necessary to refer to the
the other 43,
niate, in which Icntbe wade su ridiculous an
Exhibition a
her hairs, that she immediately ecame a
example of
e for the Oaks. Thanks to the aboli-
tionprominent fa.aourat
s v brought to a c'ose shortly
the Teeing as
of heats.
thisrkraabeleelatisltoat•etahreofiare
leading
after six o'clock.,
Occi state of the stand, and the en-
closure rendered it quite impossible to obtain a list of
few
perfect; we give anames, however,
the company, .
to show that the WO stilt has patrons in the higher
The densely-crow

classes:— •
Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Ne-
mours, his Royal Highness Prince Henry of the Nether-
lands, his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge. his
New-
port,rny..or LLSerene Highness the Prince of Saxe-Weimer, the Mar-
quis of Waterford, Marquis or Worcester, Lord Gran-
ville, Lord Glasgow, Lord Enfield, Lord March, Lord
Eglinton, Lord Zetiand, Lord Bessborough, Lord Strath-
more,
UGergrgidegMe,"LdnonrersM Lord Wilton, Lord
aidstono, Lord A. Fitz-
clarence, Lord Stanley, Lord Exmouth, Lord Bateman,
Sir J,
rJ, ossierp
Hume
Campbell,
pSbier
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The racing commenced a few minutes after two o'clock
with
The Burgh Stakes of 3 sovs. each, and 40 added; for
three years old, 7st 101 b; four, Bst 71b; five and up-
wards, sat 81b; mares and geldings allowed albs; the
winner to be sold for 100 sovs., &c. Half a mile.
(11 Subs.)
Mr. Hornsby's The Old Fox, 5 yrs (C. Hornsby, jun.) 1
Mr. Osbaldeston's Joc-o'-Sot, aged (Simpson) 2
Mr. Shripton's Arlette, 4 yrs (Gilbert) 3
The following also ran West's Solomon, 3 yrs
(Mann); Mr. King's Boyce Snailsfoot, 5 3rs (Benskin);
Mr. Herbert's hr c by Sir Hercules, out of Miss Letty,
3 yrs (Sly); Mr. Dorrien's Chaplet, 3 yrs (Hiett);
Drewett's Charley, 4 yrs (Abrahams); Mr. A. Bartley's
Laundrymuid, 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 Joc-o'-Sot, and 6to I agst Chaplet or any
other.
Won cleverly by a length, a head between second and
third.i Run in 51 sees.
The Derby Stakes of 50 sovo. each, h ft, for 3 yrs old
colt°, B.t 71b; fillies, Bst 21b; the second to receive lOU
, soya., " and the winner to pay 100 aura, towards the
police and regulations of the course, and 50 sovs. to
the judge. Ouo mile and a half on the new course.
(IVStabs.)
Sir J. Hawley's Teddingtou (J. Marson) 1
Mr. J. Clark-a Marlborough Buck.. (G. Whitehouse) 2
Mr. Wilfsirson's Neushaut (J. Holmes) 3
_ _

Lord triel3's Hernand. z (S. Mann) 4
Thel'ollowing also started, but were not placed:—
Mr. wney 's Lainartiue (A. Day) 0
Mr. lhlfora's Prime Minister (W. *harpe) 0

► Sir J. Hawley's The Ban (Pearl) 0
Lord Chnstet field's II( artLreaker (F'. Butler) 0
Mr. Wallet's Enterprise colt (WeltA field) 0
Mr. Greville's Ariosto (Flatman) 0
Mr. Higgins's Theseus
Mr. 11. Hill na The Mountain Deer ( Aston) 0
Mr. E. R. Clark's Glenhawk (Dockera) ) (1
Lord Exeter's Midas (Norman) 0
Mr. Moore's Atompra (Cllai lton ) 0
Mr. Wentworth's Azeth (Booby.) 0
Mr. A. Nichol's Newminter (Veal!) 0
Mr. Delamere's Guy Mannering- (Bartholomew) 0
Mr. Morris's Hungerford (Fenn) 0
Sir T. Burke's Bro. to Chanticleer ...(11. Robertson) 0
Baron Rothschild's Tearaway colt (Robinson) 0
Mr. Nevilt's Telescope (H. Bell) 0
Lord Eglinton's Bonnie Dundee (Cartwright) 0
Lord Eglinton's Hippolytus (C. Marlow) 0
Mr. Meiklam's Constellation (fempleman) 0
Mr. Saxon's The Black Doctor (W. Abdale) 0
Mr. Thompson's Oholab Singh (Winteringbam) 0
Mr. F. Garner's Serus (11. Edwards) 0
Mr. Worthington's Goliah (Osborne) 0
Mr. Merry 's Louis Napoleon (J. Ilovvlett) 0
Duke of Richmond's Buckhound ........(Kitchener) 0
Sir R. Figot's lEolus (W. Boyce) 0
Sir R. Pigot's Runnymede (Sly) 0
Betting-3 to 1 agst Teddington, 7to 1 agst Marl-
borough Buck, 7 to 1 agst Hernandez, 7 to 1 agst Prime
Minister, 15 to 1 agst Constellation, 15 to 1 agst The-
seus, 15 to 1 agst Neasbam, 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 agst any other.

Buckhound took the load from the post, and with the
Enterprise colt in his wake, the latter waited on by Ted-
diugton, Constellation, Neasham, and Ariosto, led the
way nearly to the top of the bill, 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 Egliuton's two.
Phis order lasted only to the mile post; Teddington
then quitting his horses, and going 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 held 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
band from the time he took up the running, left them
without an effort, and won in a canter by two lengths,
the 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 sees.
Epsom Town Plate ot 50 soya. (handicap) for three and
four yrs old, the winner of any race alter the publica-
tion of the weights to carry 51b extra. One mile.
Lord Stanley's Croupier, 3 yrs, 6st 101b...(Charlton) 1
Mr. Douglass's Lybourne, 3 yrs, bat (A. Pavis) 2
Lord H. Lennox's Theorem, 3 yrs, Est 31b (Garvey) 3
Mr. Greville's Estafette, 4 yrs, ist 71b...(car. 7st 91b) 4
Mr. J. Perren's Fornande, 4 yrs, Bst 21b (J. Howlett) 5
Mr. Payne's Guardsman, 3 yrs, 6st 61b (Hiett)
Betting-2 to 1 agst Croupier, sto 2 agst Fernande,
4 to 1 agst Theorem, and 4 to 1 agst Estafette.
Fernand© 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 in a canter by
two lengths. Run in 1 min. 46 secs.
The Great Exhibition Plato of 100 soya. (handicap). A
winner subsequent to the publication ot the weights to
carry Slb extra. One mile and a quarter.
Mr. Jones's lanthe, 3 yrs, 6st 21b
Captain Arehdall's Badajoz, 3 yrs, sst 10113(N. Treen) 2
Mr. Dennett's Subterfuge, 4 yrs, 65t...(T. Sherwood) 3
Magennis's Ingratitude, 3 yrs, sst 12e (Pavis)
Betting-2 to lon lanthe, who made all the running,
and passed the winning chair twelve lengths first. Run
in • 15 2 minsees.

The Carew Stakes of 3 sovs. each, with 40 added, for
three yrs old, ist 61b; four, Bst 71b; five and up-
wards, Bst 111 b; mares and geldings allowed 3111;
the winner to be sold for 1501., 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. Carow's Soufflé, 3 yrs (Barham) 3
Mr. Thomas's Durdans, 3 yrs (Donaldson) 4
Betting-5 to 4on Old Fox, who made the running
from end to end and won, hard held, by two lengths;
Soufflé a bad third. The winner was claimed.

BETTING ON THE OAKS.
7 to 2 agst Payment (taken) 9 to 1 agst Iris
4 to 1 agst Hesse Homburg 9 to agst lanthe (taken)
7 to 1 agst Aphrodite (t) 12 to 1 agst Miserrima (t)

' FRENCH PLAYS.
The reign of the one. act screamers of the Palais Ita3 alo
still continues. No.less than four of these little pieces
were performed last evening, two of them for the tlrst
time. Levassor appeared in them, and was the Ills and
soul of both. They have evidently been written:for him
as farces at the Lyceum or Acivipld are written ter'
Charles Mathews or Edward Wrisht. They have
nothing in them either in the way of incident or plot,
but just consist of a few scenes, in which some gro-
tesque original is the prominent object with a few other
characters, rt ho merely serve to bring him out, and set
off his ludicrous absurdities. Levassor absolutely revels
in tun and frolic, and indulges in the most extravagant
flights; but his humour, though rich and broad, is free
from vulgarity. Compared to the humour of some of
our popular farceurs it is the effervescence of cham.
pagne to the briskness of bottled beer. It is a plesant I
thing to enjoy a most hearty laugh without being
offended by indelicacy or coarseness.