The Sun.
London, England, 1851-08-28 00:00:00

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uy a a, 41... it a is.a.d.
The Chesterfield Stakes of 10 soya. each, and 50 added;
for two yrs old; the second to save his stake. About
half a mile. (14 Sube.)
Mr. ridfor(i's Pepper:nil— (Marlow) 1
Mr. Pedley's Conrad (S. a',...6.4:ernar,) 2
Mr. Drinkald's Grey Tommy
Lord Cheideriield's fby Lauero.;st (Fl.,ttnan) 0
Hon. H. Vernon na Big Wig (Denman) 0
Mr. Stewart's Banshee (W. Sharpe) 0
Mr. E, Buekle3's Royal George (Whitehouse) 0
Mr. J. Scott's Mountain Flower
Mr. T. Worthington's fby Lanercost (Osborne) 0
Won by a head.
The Innkeepers' Plate ot 601. Two miles.
Mr. T. Parr's Clothworker, 5 yrs, 9st 101 b (Owner) 1
Mr. Sh'rratt's Egret, 6 yr-2,9.5: 91b... (vk'hitehou,e) 2
Mr. Forster's Musician, 4 3 rs, Oat 41b., (Simpson) 3
Mr. Taft's fby Don John, 3 yrs, 7st 51b (Charlton) 4
Won by three-parts of a length.
The Selling Stakes of 5 soya. each, and 30 added; the
winner to be sold by auction for 2001. or under, &e.

Heats. One mile. -(5 Subs.)
Mr. T. Parr's Snowdrift, (20/) (Charlton) 0 1 0
Mr. P. Wallis's Buzz f. (301) (Freuborn) 1 0 0
Mr. Ward's Show-the-way, (301) (Sharp.) 2 2 2
Mr. W. Taylor's Old Claret (301) (Osborne) 0 0 0
Won by a length. Too winner sold for 451.
MANCHESTER, 1851.

Acceptances for the Manchester Great Autumn
Handicap.
Yrs st lb
Maid of Masham 6 9 01
Woolwich
Alp
Herbert
Lady Hylda a 7 3
Oxford Blue
Egret
Cocktail
Melody 5 6 10
Abbess of Jerveaux 4 6 8
Little George 4 6 8
Lady Eden 4 6 8
Haricot 4 6 6
Vancouver
Taly 4 6 6
Ringleader
The Ebor 4 6 2
Duxbury 4 6 2

Yrs st lb

3 6 0
Lou ,411 &ma
'ol6terdale ...... 3 5 12
rho Wren ...... 4 5 10
Prince Caradoc c 3 5 10
Pierre; de Tuuche 3 5 10
Gholab Singh 3 5 10
CriAstreks
Unity
Paquetta
Eleart of Odk 3 5 5
Cheap John 3 5 0
Follow-me-Lad
Rose 3 5 0
Stafford
Little Fawn
Once-more
ITrue Blue

METROPOLITAN COMMISSION of SEIVERS.

Oa Tuesday morning the first General Court of
Commissioners, held under the recent Act of Par-
liament, took place at the chief office, Greek-street,
Soho.
Mr. E. LAWES, the recently-appointed chairman of
the Commission, said, that being the first Court of
Sewers held since he had the honour of being
appointed chairman, it was proper that he should
formally announce that appointment to them. He
would take that opportunity of stating that he should
give his personal attendance at that office every day,
in order that persons desirous of seeing a member of
the board might communicate with him on the sub-
ject of their applications, whatever they might be.
He would also state that the Commissioners had
under their anxious consideration measures which it
might be expedient to adopt for the transaction of the
business of the Commission with the utmost dispatch,
and they hoped to adopt such a course as would
attain that object with the utmost economy and
efficiency. He should also notice the facilities
afforded by the new Act of Parliament by the
reduction of the quorum necessary to form a court.
That reduction would enable the Commissioners to
hold courts in the various districts to which the busi-
ness referred, as the Commissioners were most
anxious to adopt every course in their power with a
view to the convenience of the public. It would be
impossible to say more than this on the present
occasion, the Act of Parliament having so recently
come into operation, but the Commissioners wished
to give the public every assurance that they could of
their desire to do all in their power for the dispatch
of business.

The business paper before the Court was unusually
heavy, the aggregate amount of works recommended
being 6,7631. 2s. 91, including the contributions
ordered to be paid by various individuals and public
bodies.

The following are the principal works ordered :-
300 ft. of 12-inch pipe sewer in Holloway-road, at a
cost of 481. 15s. ; 1,280 ft. of brick sewer, 4ft. by
2ft. 6in., in Holloway-road, 665/. ; 150 ft. of brick
sewer, 3ct. 9in. by 2ft. 3m., in Grove-lane, Holloway-
road, 561.55. ; 1,254tt of 18 -inch pipe in open ditch
in the Merton-road, 261/. ; 1,356 ft. of 15 inch pipe
sewer in continuation of the above, 225/. ; reservoir
and overflow drain at Merton, 241 10s. ; 1,650 ft. of
15-inch pipe sewer in Church-street, Lower Tooting ;
240 fr. of 12-inch pipe sewer, ditto ; 430 ft. of 12-
inch pipe sewer in the Mitcham-road, 830tt. of 12
inch pipe sewer in the Merton• road, and 580 ft. of 9-
inch pipe sewer in Salvadore-place, Lower Tooting,
at an aggregate cost of 5001. Works amounting in
cost to 1,3121, and consisting chiefly of pipes and
sewers at Greenwich and the district, were agreed to.
There were also ordered to be constructed 700 ft. of
9ft. circular sewer along Victoria-road, Pimlico, at
an estimated cost of 2,600/., to be defrayed by the
Commissioners of her Majesty's Woods and Forests ;
500 ft. of 12-inch pipe sewer between Wandsworth
and South Lambeth-road, 60/. ; 220 ft. of 12-inch
pipe sewer in the rear of Queen's-row, and Grove-
place, Kennington-green, 30/. ; 320 ft. of 12-inch
pipe, with 40ft. of 16-inch branches at back of Vaux-
hall-road, 451. ; 2851 t. of 18-inch pipe sewer in
Wandsworth-road, 701.; 320 ft. of 12-inch, and 100 ft.
of 9-inch pipe sewer in Soapsuds-square, Norwood,
50/. ; 150 ft. of half-brick sewer, 3ft. 9in. by 2ft. 3in.,
in Britannia-street, Gray's inn-lane, 751. ; works
near Bedford-lane, Clapham, 851. ; 142 ft. cf
half brick sewer, 2ft. 9in. by 2ft. 3in., in Patriot-
street, St. George's • in- the- East, 591.; 412 ft. of 12 inch
pipe in Mount Pleasant, Upper Clapton, 571.; 165 ft.
of 9-inch pipe sewer in Rhodeswell-road, Limehouse,
141. 103. ; 208 ft, of camp-shedding to Earl sewer, on
emergency, 701. ; 450 ft. of,- sewer, 3ft. 9in. by 2ft.
3in. in Radnor-street, St. Luke's, 1961. 16s. ; 300 ft.
of 12-inch pipe sewer in Drury- court ; 110 ft. of 9-
inch pipe in Denham-court, and 160 ft. of pipe in
Pettyford-yard, 154/. ; 200 ft. of sewer, 3ft. 9in. by
2ft. 3in., and 120 ft. of 12-inch pipe sewer in Good-
man's-yard, 1001.; 110 ft. of 9-inch pipe in Essex-
street, Bethnal-green, 151.; 200 ft. of 12-inch, and
160 ft. of 9-inch pipe sewer, in Devonshire-street
West, 38/. ; 230 ft. of 12-inch pipe sewer in the rear of
Camberwell Collegiate school, 24/. District rates
were then ordered to be prepared at threepence in
the pound on the Holborn division and the Surrey
and Kent districts.
After hearing some objections to works ordered,
the Court adjourned.

FATAL BOAT ACCIDENT.•—On the evening of Fri-
day last a party of four left Dell-quay in an open boat, and
rowed down the harbour to Itchenor. The party consisted of
Mr. Henry Farndell, of Appledram, Mr. Apedaile, and Mr.
W. Stitch, jun., of Chichester, and a pilot named James
Farrow. On their return, after rowing about a mile, it was
suggested by Farrow (a breeze having sprung up) that they
should hoist sail; and as he was adjusting the mast for that
purpose, standing on the thwart, his foot slipped as he still
held by the mast, and being a stout man,
his weight cap-
szed the boat, precipitating the whole party into the water.
Mr. Stitch and Mr. Farndell soon swam to shallow water;
but their great difficulty was the mud, which they had to
wade through for about one hundred yards. By almost un-
paralleled exertion they at length succeeded in reaching the
13osham shore. Mr. Apedaile dun, to the boat for nearly
an hour. Messrs. Stitch and Farndell having, in the mean
time, hailed Silvester, of Itchenor, who most providentially
was dropping down the harbour with the tide; the assistance
came just in time to save him, es, to use his own words, " he
could not have held on two minutes longer." Poor Farrow
had sunk to rise no more, and we regret to add that he has
left a widow and three small children. Had it not been for
the extraordinary exertion of Mr. Stitch, the others must
have all perished. An inquest was held on Farrow the fol-
lowing day, at Itchenor, and a verdict of" Accidental Death"
was returned. Farrow, at the risk of his life, has cften been
the means of rescuing some of our own citizens from the
treacherous element when bathing at that dangerous place,
Dell-quay, and we trust that the poor widow and helpless
orphans will not now be forgotten by a generous public.—
Brighton. Guardian.

DEATH BY FALLING OVER A PRECIPICE.-A man
named James Nicholl, a cooper, betwixt 40 and 50 years of
age, lost his life in a very sudden and awful manner on
Thursday last in the parish of Cannonby. The unfortunate
man lived at Limydeuch, and was in the habit of working
occasionally in the garden attached to the Crosskeys Inn, in
the same parish. lie bad been there on Thursday, and kr.
Glendinning, the landlord, spoke to him about five in the
afternoon, when it was supposed he went away home. Next
morning a brother of the deceased called at the inn, and
stated that James had not returned on the preceding even-
ing. An alarm was then given, and almost immediately one
of the servants descried his body lying in the river Esk, at a
place called Priorspool, whence it was removed in a cart to
Limyclitich. It appears that the garden is situated near
the top of a precipitous bank, about 60 feet high, below
which the Esk flows, and that the unfortunate man had
after finishing his work gone beyond the garden to a dan-
gerous spot over-hanging the river in search of eggs, which
were occasionally found there. In making his search he had
slipped and fallen over, as was evident from the footmarks
and torn shrubs which he had vainly grasped in his descent.
The body was scarcely covered by the water, which was
only a foot deep at the spot where it fell. The head was
severely contused, and in or e hand a branch of broom was
convulsively grasped. Nicholl was an unmarried man.—
Dumfries Courier.
THE INTERNATIONAL JURORS AND AWARDS-
BREACH OF FAITH.--The first incident that occurred to us
when we reached Paris the other day caused us some an-
noyance. Every juror for the Great Exhibition, when he
accepted his office, signed a solemn declaration to the effect
that he would keep secret all the awards made by the juries
until these were officially announced by the Commissioners.
Our astonishment, then, may be guessed when we found men
on all the boulevards of Paris selling, fur a sous, a list of
the French exhibitors to whom great medals had been
awarded ! According to this paper, fifty-five great medals
have been obtained for France • and in it the appropriation
of thirty-eight of these, with the names of thirty-one reci-
pients, is given. The publication of this information, it will
be seen, implies a breach of faith, not on the part of one juror
alone, but of many, and shows the little importance they
attached to their deliberate pledge. Their apologists will
say, secresy is constitutionally impossible with Frenchmen :
they must talk:—primed with intelligence, they must either
burst or " blow." For our own parts we look upon the matter
as a breach of faith which deserves the severest reprehension.

rt. ,"? r TAT

DROPS OF WATER.

By _Agnes Catiow:

A most useful and interesting work to di thoSe
who take pleasure in hecoming acqw.inted with
the wonders of nature. It treats of "the marvellcu
and beautiful inhabitants" of drops of water. It is
illw-trated by severA beautifully coloured plates, which
convey a good idea of the creatures they repreicm.
The volume belongs to Reeve and I.3Juhaul's
ex ci-
lent set of scientific works.

THE EQUESTRIAN MANUAL. By S. C.
Waste.
In this work the author has undertaken the by no
means easy task of instructing theoreticaPy an art
which can only be perfectly acquired by long practice.
He seems to be fully aware of the difficulty of the un-
dertaking ; but, although he objects to the pupil
restricting himself entirely to the riding-:.choral, he
adheres with professional partiality to the advan-
tages derived from the first class riding master i;.;
preference to the inferior or amateur teacher. 11.1 r.
Waste has commenced with a somewhat long, but by
no means uninteresting, history of the horse, and of
hip
first adaptation to the use of won in different countiies,
and the various ways in which he was employed.
There are a variety of amusing anecdotes to be found
throughout the book, of which the following is a
sample:—
" The Persians are great admirers of horsemanship,
and a bad rider affords them in.finite aratriment. An
officer of one of the English frig ates having gone ashore
!o visit the envoy, and being mounted on a very spirited
horse and a very bad rider, caused great entertainment
to the Persian populace by his t ,ad horsemanship. The
next day the man who supplied the ship with vegetables,
who spebe a little English, met him on board and said,
Do7i't be ashamed, Sir, nobody knows you bad rider,
I tell them you like all English ride well, but that time
they see you very drunk.' We were much amused at
this conception of our national c haracter. The Persian
thought it would have been a reproach for a man of a
warlike nation not to ride well, but none for an Euro-
pean to get drunk."
Notwithstanding that the book is spun out to an
unnecessary length, whether in giving instruction or
advice to the pupil, or in exp.osing the frauds and
knavery of the dealer, the attention of the reader is
never suffered to flag, and the work is worthy of the
perusal of those who take an interest in its subject,
whether for instruction or amtteement.

PHYSICIAN AND PATIENT. By Edward
Bentley, M.D., from a tear by William Booker,

This is an abridged edition of a work by W.
Hooker, in which Mr. Bentley endeavours to present
to the reader, in a condensed form, the principal and
most interesting portions of Mr. Hooker's more volu-
minous work, by leaving out certain chapters and ex-
tracting the most interesting portions of others, which
from their length and prolixity would prove tedious
to the general reader. A grea i; feature in this work
is its endeavour to expose quackery, both in the
profession and with the pat4ent medicine vendors.
Amongst others, Homeopathy comes in for its full
share of censorship, the account of the origin of
which, as given by the author, may not prove unin-
teresting :—" Habneman, the founder of the homeopa-
thic system, was born at Meiss on, in Saxony, in the
year 1775. A t the age of twenty he went to Leipsic,
and while pursuing his education be supported him-
self chiefly by translating EngEtsh works of medicine.
After taking his degree, instead ,f practising medicine,
he gained his livelihood by translating books, and
contributed to various scientific journals. In 1790
he first broached the idea which is the great principle
of his system, and which was t o overturn all other
medical practice. In 1796 he published his first
paper on the subject of homcepa. thy ; in 1805 his first
work. He died a few years since at Paris at an
advanced age, having lived to see his system very
extensively adopted." The tourit een chapters to which
this book is confined treat reap.-ctively of the duties
of physiciens, patients, and theii• friends, end contain
many useful directions to them all ; and the author
comments without bias on the fa:ults of all.

HISTOIRE DE FRANCE.. Par Messrs. Mon.

tare,•is and Mag,eur.
A concise and instructive his, tory of France, con-
taining much information in a s i.nall coicp3ss. It i 5
clearly written, and is furnished with notes fur its
translation into English. It l?/ill thus attl.,:.in the
double object of instruction in French history and
English translation, and is especi. ally deserving of the
notice of schools.

LIGHTS and SHADES of IRELAND. By
Asenath Nicholson.
This volume is divided into th me parts :-1. Early
History ; 2. Saints, Kings, and Poets of the Early
Agea ; and, 3. The Famine, 184-7-8-9. The account
of the sufferings of the poor the late famine is
mournful and full of horrors; while the cruelties
thnt took place in the reign of 'Queen Elizabeth do
not add much to her fame. The re is much informa-
tion to be obtained from it, not o nly of the early his-
tory of Ireland, but of its latter state and fortunes.
Its kings, chief towns, and vaa ions classes are all
described.