The Sun.
London, England, 1851-04-08 00:00:00

SPORTING INTEILLIGENCE.

NEWMARKET CRAVEN MEErI'ING.—MONDAY.
The Craven Stakes of 10 sovs. each, R nth 50 added ; for three
yrs old, Est 61b ; four, Bst 41b ; five, • Rst 131 b ; six and aged,
9st 51b; the winner to be sold for 600 sovs., if demanded,
&c., unless exemption from being sold is claimed at the
time of entrance, and horses for whiich this claim is made
to carry 91b extra. A.F. (6 Subs.)s
Mr. Barnes's Sotterley, 6 yrs ..... (Flatman) I
Mr. Arnold's Pitsford, 4 yrs (A. Day) 2
Lord Exeter's Little Jack, 4 yrs (Norman) 3
Mr. Rogers's King Charming, 3 Hammond) 4
Mr. Stephenson's cby Dromedary, 3 yrs. (G. Mann) 5
Betting-5 to 4on Pitsford, 7to 2i agst King Charming,
and 4 to 1 agst any other.
The Dromedary colt and King Cha r ming went off tote
ther, and between them cut out the work into the Ab. 51.
bottom, where the former dropped of L Sotterley, Pitsford,
and King Charming then joined Lit' fle Jack, and the four
ran home together, Sotterley winnin g by half a length, a
head between Pitsford and Little Jac. and King Charming
close up. Run in 2 min. 25 sec.
Handicap Sweepstakes of 20 soy. ea :b, and 5 only, if de-
clared, &c., aril go to the owner of the second horse, for
three and four years old. D.M.
,i(9 Subs., 1 of whom
declared.)
Mr. Greville'a Cariboo, 4 yrs, Bst I Ilb ......(F. Butler) 1
Lord Exeter's Rein Deer, 3 yrs, Gat 71D ...(W. Harlock) 2
Sir J. Hawley's Merry Peal, 3 yrs, 7st '7lb ......(J. Mann) 3
Colonel Peel's Longinus, 4 yrs, Bst 71b (Flatman) 0
Sir J. Hawley's Cranberry, 3 yrs, 7st 711 b ...(J. blarson ) 0
Lord Clifden's lieaufort, 3 yrs, 7st ..... (G. Moon) 0
Mr. Delamere's Guy Mannering„ 3 yrs, 7st (G E. Sharp) 0
Mr. Barne's Trinket, 3 yrs, 6st 71b ..... ...( Hammond) 0
Betting-3 to 1 agst Trinket, 3to 1. agst Longinus, 4to 1
agst Merry Peal, and 5 to 1 agst Carib ioo.
Trinket took the lead, and, with :Reindeer in waiting,
made running at a strong pace into be cords. Merry Peal
and Cariboo then joined company, an II the latter, heading
his horses a few strides from home, won cleverly by a length,
Merry Peal a very good third, Trinket an indifferent fourth,
and the others beaten off. Run in lin in. 49 secs.
Sweepstakes of 50 sovs. each, h ft, for• three years old fillies,
Bst 71b, those got by stallions, or ova, of mares that never
bred a winner allowed 31h, if both 51b. D.M. (7 Subs. )
Lord Stanley's Iris, Bst 41b (Flatman) I
Lord Clifden's Cotieula, Bst 71h -(Robinson) 2
dßmunadine al! ainthine.rsuonsneinn.g and won
in Betting—,
nbytofnln-ro n
enHandicap Sweepstakes of 25 soya. eat la, 10 ft, for four years
llgtrisb,s W.
old and upwards. T.Y.C. (3 Subs.)
Duke of Bedford's Newport (F. Butler) 1
Lord Exeter's Visite
Betting-6 to son Newport, who n lade all the running,
and won easily by a length. Run in 1 min. 19 sec.
Sweepstakes of 50 sovs. each, for three t years old. colts, Bst
71b. R.M. (7 Su' tas.)
Lord Exeter's Midas
Lord Clifden's Oleander . . .. (Robinson) 2

Betiing —lO to 1 on Midas, who too k a commanding lead
immediately after starting, and at tl to bushes appeared to
have it all his own way; the non-favou trite, however, drew
upon him in descending the hill, and . fitter swerving in the
bottern, got so dangerously near in the race up the cords,
that the judge's award in favour of Midas was only by a
neck. Run in 1 min. 54 sec.
The above return renders it almost unnecessary to add
that the sport was as meagre as it was unimportant, and but
an indifferent opening of the Newmark:et season. The wea-
ther was tine, but cold enough to rend w winter clothing in-
dispensable, the attendance thin, and sl peculation dull.
The following horses have arrived si. ice our last—Wool-
wich,Windischgratz, Nondescript, Knig ht of the Garter, c by
John o'Gaunt (in the Newmarket . ila,ndicap), liook'em
Snivy, and Antigone.
We understand that a 501. plate on\ Vednesday, and ano-
ther on Thursday, will be given in ad lition to the races al-
ready advertised.

LATEST BETTIN G.
NEWMARKET lIANDIC JP.

2to 1 agst Hesse Homburg. I sto 1 • agst Windisebgratz.

PORT.
6 to 5 against Beehun :ter.
TWO THOUSAND GUIN HAS.
5 to 4 agst Grecian. I 33 to 1 agst Midas.
CHESTER CUP.
9 to 1 agst Rhesus. I 16 to 1 agst Italian.
.2 to 1 agst Black Doctor.

DERBY.
12 to 1 agst Teddington (t) I 2,000 to 14 agst Midas (t)
30 to 1 agst Theseus.
NEWMARKET, MONDAY NMUT, TEN O'CLOCK.
LATEST BETTING.
NEWMARKET HANDICIAP.
2 to 1 agst Hesse Homburg (5 to 2 taken freely), 5 to 1
agst Windischgratz.

PORT STAKES.
6 to 5 agst Beehunter.
2,000 GUINEAS STAKE S.
5 to 4 agst Grecian..
CHESTER CCT P.

9 to 1 agst Rhesus, 12 to 1 agst Black. Doctor, 12 to 1 agst
Montague, 16 to 1 agst Italian.

DERBY.

12 to 1 agst Tedlington (taken to 2C0!.), 30 to 1 agst
Theseus, 1,000 to 10 agst Oleander, 1,0400 even between the
Ban and Midas.

OAKS.
9 to 1 agst Iris.
ENTRY FOR TO-MORROW.

Sweepstakes of 10 sovs. each.

Winitex to be sold for 80/

First halt of Ab. 8.L.1
Fuoco, 5 yrs Second Sight, 4 yrs--Alboni,3 yrs.
NEWMARKET HANDICAP.

The following are scratched :—Mool;:an, Glauca, Legerde-
main, Mouse, Knook Knoll, Harpsithord, Vatican, Uriel,
William the Conqueror, The Cutler, Brother to Truthteller,
Clermont, Gillyflower. Woodlark. Minimum. Entre Nuus.

FRACAS BETWEEN MR. SERGRANT WILRINS AND
BARON PLArr.—Oa Saturday the monotony of the Nisi
Prins Court at the assizes was enlivened by a little legal
fencing between the Learned Judge and the leading barrister.
During the trial of the cause " Armiste ed v. Wilde," Mr. Ser-
geant Wilkins put a question rather eha rply to a witness called
by him on behalf of the plaintiff, when Mr. Baron rlatt
reminded the Learned Sergeant that; he was examining ,
his own witness. Mr. Sergeant Wilkins—" I admit, my
Lord, it is my own witness, but we all well know that
very frequently our own witnesses are not favourable
witnesses." Mr. Baron Platt—" That is not the
mode in which witnesses ought to be treated, because
they are to be protected as well as yourselves." Mr.
Sergeant Wilkins—" Good God ! What have I said
to call for protection ?" Mr. Baron Platt—" The
manner of addressing the witness is niot such a manner as a
witness ought to be addressed in." 341:r. Sergeant Wilkins—
"I am sure the witness himself did not so feel it. I have
been spoken to by others above me with ten times less
courtesy." Mr. Baron Platt—" I hope you will have no
more." Mr. Sergeant Wilkins—" Eight or ten times these
assizes I have been spoken to in this way. lam not to be
schooled and rated." Mr. Baron Platt--" You are not to be
schooled and rated, but when you are irregular in your man-
ner or conduct I shall interfere." Mr. Sergeant Wilkin
" I submit to your Lordship that I was not irregular either
in manner or conduct." Bin, Baron Platt—" Of that. judge."
arn,
the best judge." Mr. Sergeant Wilkins—"You are aju ge.
Mr. Baron Platt—" And I shall not forget how to actt as a
judge." Mr. Sergeant Wilkins—" And I shall not fnorfheet
that lam a barrister and a man. Sub Sabse9 ,
trYetahteoed re-examinatiou, Mr. Sergeant Wilkins ingatunrueoutnot
ness whether he thought he (Mr. Will)
with proper courtesy, to which he replied e did not.—Liver-
poollm
Albion.
CURIOUS POTATOES..--We are favoured by Col-
lector Campbell, of the Inland Revenue here,. with half-a-
They bear
dozen specimens of a most curious description of potato,
which, as far as our information enables us to judge. seems to
sboemae k
il.edans least
yt nk thiso localb t g irtoy;
so long and
twist into such extraordinary shapes as to prove themselves
nreewsenviabrliaent-cve—nteowthaet
a different race from kidney. They taper away at the ends,
and form a very close resemblance to a snake, the head,
eyes, and mouth being remarkably well developed. Two of
the specimens before us are .
twisted like a snake coiled up
and sleeping, the head resting up the All that we can
neighbourhood of Elgin ; but
learn of the history of the potatoes is, that they were ob-
wtahineethdefrr oina person in the
they were grown by him or obtained from abroad
we bare no means of learning. A single specimen got last
year by Mr. Cogan, officer of the revenue here, was planted,
and produced at the rate of seventeen-fold, all sound and
good.— Inverness Courier.
SMALL TENEMENTS RATING ACT AMENDMENT.—
' The Bill brought in by Mr. T. Abel Smith and Mr. Aglionby
to amend the Act of last session for the better assessing and
collecting the poor-rates and highway-rates in respect of
small tenements, proposes that the right of voting reserved
by the 2d and 3d William IV., c. 45, s. 33, to persrins then
I entitled, should not be affected by the change of rating under
i the 13th and 14th Vict., c. 99, but that the occupier of any i
such tenement as s describ'd in the Act should be entitled
not only to the municipal privileges and franchises reserved
to him by the Act, but also to the right of voting at elections
for Members of Parliament