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

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EPSOM RACES.
(THIS DAY.-BY EXPRESS).

The Durdans Stake,.

Theorem
Joe o' Sot

Flare-up
Estafette

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The Two Years old Stakes.

Adino ... ..
Lady in Waiting
Galipoli filly ..
Dorothea ...

Won by a length.
OAKS BETTING.
5 to 1 agst Payment
6 to 1 agst Ilesse•Homburg
7 to 1 agst Iris
10 to 1 agst Breba—takQn
10 to 1 apt Apbrodit6
II to 1 agst lanthe
12 to 1 agst Merry Peal

frourtliXbition

The Grand Stand Plate.

Ballet Girl
Narcissus

Clothworker

Won by a head.
The Cobham Plate.

Dulcet ...
Tees water
Coola ...

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Won by a head.
LATEST OAKS BETTING.
7 to 2 agst Breba
5 to 1 agst Hesse Homburg
6 to 1 agst Iris
6 to 1 agst Payment
10 to 1 apt lanthe

WOOLWICH, MAT 21. The Master-General and
Board of Ordnance have approved the erection of new schools
to be constructed two stories in height in front of the Royal
Artillery Arms Tavern, at the north-west gate of the bar-
racks, for the instruction of EOO boys and 250 girls, sons and
daughters of the non-commissioned officers and men of the
Royal Artillery and Royal Sappers and Miners. The quar-
ters of the schoolmasters will be on the right, and of the
schoolmistresses on the left, and on an elevation in the centre
will be placed a clock. The officers of the Royal Artillery
intend giving a grand ball on Wednesday, June 11; and the
officers of the Royal Marines intend giving their third soirée
this season on Wednesday, June 18, in the mess-room of
their spacious barracks.
SEIZURE OF AN ILLICIT DisriLLEßT.—Yesterday
morninz the detective officers of Inland Revenue, Messrs.
Scott, Elmy, and Pargeter, proceeded to a house, No. 7,
St. James's-place, Chapel-street, Shoreditch. They found
',the front door open, a female being engaged cleaning the
steps leading thereto. Having entered the house, they soon
discovered that they were on the right scent, and in a back
room they discovered a copper still erected, and charged
ready for commencing the process of distillation. Another
copper still was in the room, but this was unset, and was
evidently intended for the purpose of rectification of the
spirits produced from the other still. Upon going into the
place they discovered a man engaged in setting molasses
wash for working, who was immediately taken into custody,
and who gave the name of Henry Montague. The officers
found a small quantity of spirits forty per cent. over proof,
about a hundred gallons of molasses wash, that was destroyed,
and the usual description of utensils. A communication for
the discharge of the waste wash had been made from the
cellar to the common sewer, in a very ingenious manner, by
means of a surreptitious pipe, and the whole place was ad-
mirably adapted for carrying on the trade. The whole was
conveyed to Broad-street warehouses.
The following paragraph, from the Southern Cross
(published at Auckland, New Zealand) of the 31st of De-
cember, illustrates the effect of the Californian traffic in
altering the route of communication with the Austrian
colonies. The vessel alluded to is owned by a Liverpool
house, and had previously performed some remarkable
voyages. In the present instance, as the sailing distance
between San krancisco and Auckland is estimated at not
less than 6,000 miles, she must have kept up a speed of 207
miles a day throughout that passage :—" On Saturday last
our citizens were startled by an extraordinary 'Novelty,'
the barque of that name having arrived in port from San
Francisco in the short apace of twenty-nine days, and bring-
ing London news of the 2d and New York news to the lath
of October. Here is another and a remarkable testimony to
the change in our geographical position which the Panama
route is certain eventually to effect, since with all the circuits
and delays of American and Californian transmissions,
we
have been put in possession of European intelligence inthe
hitherto unprecedented space of eighty-seven days."
The Lord Mayor wee, on Wednesday, elected a
Director of the Union Bank of London— the bankers of the
Corporation.
A FAT •FRENCHWOMAN.—A few days since a
.obine.shlte.Y:.
female, only 25 years of age, died at the Hotel Dieu, Anna
rently from no other complaint than her extreme
Without any known cause, and without
tany change
usual regimen, which, moreover,
be
very nourishing
she became so fat in four years as to be incapable of moving'
about. She weighed nearly 4501bs.—Galignaxes Zessever.
GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY.
withGr rim thes3,, aa nr
committee
on this company's Bill for communicationnan
chester, Sheffield, anc.l Lincolnshire.
bour branch and station at Sheffield, have declared the pre-
amble proved.
WATERFORD AND
KILI"Nzir RAILWAY.—The
ppow ersreambisle
p ro of
vedthis Bill for ale or 4msTgamation and °that.
CORI AND WATENPORD AND KILLARNEY JUN C-
crON RAILWAY.S.—The preambles of the:* Bills are declared
proved.

TUB LATB RIOT AT BIREEMIEAD.—Peter Fitz -
simons, one of the prisoners tried and convicted at the
Chester assizes of taking part in the riot at Birkenhead, was
discharged from custody last week, Mr. Justice Williams,
who tried the prisoner, having certified to Sir George Grey
that the conviction was against evidence.— Chester Courant.
INCENDIARIsx—The Dowdstown National School
(county of Louth), of which Mr. N. Callan is the patron,
was burnt maliciously on Sunday night, between the hours
of twelve and one. The house and every article it contained,
including books, maps, desks, and forms, were totally con-
sumed. No reason can be assigned for the disgraceful act.
Mr. Callan is a gentleman of kindly disposition, and gives
a great
deal of employment to the rural population of his
neighbourhood, and for many years has expended a good
deal of money to provide the children iu education, and
Con-
which the regent act i 3 A poor return.—Drogheda Conl
acrvative.