The Sun.
London, England, 1851-04-26 00:00:00

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1851.

PORT/NG INTELLIGENCE.

NEWMARKET FIRST SPRI':.7G MEETING.
BETTIZ+I.G ON THURSDAY NIGHT.

cues= ene.
7-to 2 cl. Tat Mr. Trecei's Moms, 5
.I.rs, 7st
10 to I agst Mr. Maugan's Ressberoueh, 4 yrs,Bst, Gib
10 Lois nest Kent's lot
12 to 1 agst Mr. Meiklani's The Italian, 4 yrs, 7st s:b
12 to 1 agst Mr:Saxon's-Black Thiieor, 3 yrs, sst 4lb
• 25 to 1 sgst LerdEgginton'• K. 'ehe cf ;Nene), 4 yrs,
7st 311)
50 to 1 agst Mr. Caress's Esa, 5 yrs, Oat 41b
DERRY.
4 to 1 egst Sir J. Hawley's Teddiogton
13 to 2 apt Mr. Hallord's The Prime Minister
7 to 1 seat Lord Enfield's Hernandez.
13 to 1 agst Mr. Osbuldeston's Mountain Deer
17 to 1 agst Mr. Higgins's Theseus
,20 to 1 agst Lord Eglinton's Ronnie Dundee—taken
50 to 1 agst Mr. Garner's Senn
OAKS.
7 to 2 agat Sir J. Hawley's Aphrodite
The fullowieg bets were laid in the course of the week.
DERBY, 1852.
4,000 to 80 agst Brother to Hernandez
3,000 to 45 agst Child of the Mist
2,500 to 50 ugst Augur
2,000 to 50 agst Wingenund
5,600 to 100 agat Peppermint
3,000 to 45 agst Ambrose
5,000 to 75 agst Princess colt
2,500 to 25 agat The Old Lad
Mr. Osbaldeston has refused an offer of 7,000 guineas
for the Mountain Deer and his bets.
FRIDAY'S RACES.
Sweepstakes of 10 sous. each, for two yrs old, 6st 71b ;
and three, Bst 711); mares and geldings 'allowed 31b;
the winner tote sold for 50 soya. if demanded, &c.
First half of Ab. M.
Mr. Delamere's Guy Mannering, 3 yrs (Bartholomew) 1
Mr R. Foster's Firebult, 3 yrs ......,..,,,(J. Howlett) 2
Lord Bateman's bf by St. Francis, 2 yrs (G. Mann) 3
Betting-7 to 4on Guy Mannering, who won in a
canter by four lengths. Run in 52 sec. The winner
claimede
The Newmarket Stakes of 50 sous. each, la fc, for three
yrs old'inoltse Bst 7113; fillies, Bst 21b; the second to save
his stake. D.M.
Lord,Ezeter's Midas (Norman) 1
Sir J. Hawley's The Confessor (J. Manson) 2
Mr. Batson's Abderrhaman
Lord Clifden's Harpsichord (Robinson) 4
Mr. Wigram's Napauk (W. Boyce) 5
Duke of Richmond's 800 (Flatman) 6
Betting-6 to 4on Confessor, 4to 1 agst Midas, and
10 to 1 agat any other. Midas, the Confessor, and Ab-
derrhaman laid together to the cords, where the latter
gave way, beaten; a severe race ensued between the
two favourites—Midas, who had made all the running,
and was never quite caught, winning by a neck, Abderr-
haman a bad third. Run in 1 min. 50 sec.
Match, 1001. A.F.—Mr. Barnes's Sotterley, 6 yrs,
Bst IMb, received 50 son. forfeit from Duke of Bedford's
Bordeaux, 4 yrs, Bst 61b.
INTELLIGENCE EXTRA.
SHREWSBURY RACES.
Acceptances for the Great Cleveland Handicap.
Age st lb Ago st lb
Eva 5 8 7 Salute
Egret
Zadoc
Panopo
Candlewick ...... 4 7 5 Ellerdale)
Flash
Miss 5pring.......... 4 7 1 Leap Year ... 3 5 7
The highest weight accepting being 7st 61b, it has
been raised to Bst 71b, and the others in proportion.
The following pay 5 soya, each :—Windischgratz,'
Raby, Cyprus, Sauter-la-Coupe, Melford, The Alp,
Haricot, Prior of .Lanercost, Aohyranthes, Abbess of
Jervaux, Glen Saddel, Wilinout, Snowdrift, Fhareup,
Aristos, c by John o'Gaunt, dam by the Sseldlecr, out
of Miss Etty, Newman Noggs, The Tout, Waterfall,
and Colibri.
The Shropslire Sweepstakes.
Acceptances to hos declared on or before the lit of May ;
Snowstorm, 5 yrs—Langton, 5 yrs—Spot, 5 yrs—
Doubt, 5 yrs—Woodlark, 5 yrs—Eva, 5 yrs—Zadoe,
4 yrs—Aehyranthes, 4 yrs—Candlewick, 4 yrs—Do-
ditty, 5 yrs—Ribaldry, 6 yrs—Grief, 5 yrs—Upton
(half bred), 5 yrs—Puleherinna (half-bred), 5 yrs—
Snowdrift, 4 yrs—Valmont, 4 yrs—Bscton, 4 yrs—
Master Friday, 4 yrs—Simplicity, 3 yrs—Lucy Haw-
thorn (half-bred), 4 yrs—Pic, Nono, 4 yrs—The Monk,
4 yrs—Manilla, 3 yrs—Badajez, 3 yrs—Le Juif, 3 yrs—
The Reaper, 3 yrs—Colsterdole (brother to Bile Male),
3 yrs—The Priest, 3 yrs.

ROYAL _HENLEY REGATTA.
The following valuable prizes are announced for com-
petition at the Great Regatta at Henley-on-Thames, on
the 17th and 18th of June:—

The Grand Challenge Cup, for eight-oared boats.
The Whyfold Challenge Cup, for eight-oared boats
for the winners of the trial-heats in the Grand Challenge
prize.
The Ladies' Challenge Cup (with medals) for eight
oars.

The Stewards' Challenge Cup (with medals), for four
oars.

The Visitors' Challenge Cup (with medals), for four
oars.

The Town's Challenge Cup (with medals), for four
oars.

The Silver Goblets, for pair oars.
The Diamond Challenge Sculls, with a presentation
Silver Cup, for scullers.
The Silver Wherry, for scullers.
The Champion Prize for 1001. with 201. for secomd and
101. for third boat, for four-oared bouts, open to alt the
world.

Entries for th© Gentlemen's Prizes to be made on or
before Thursday, the sth of June; fur the Champion
Prize, on Saturday, the 7th.
Mr. T. S. Egan has kindly consented to officiate as
umpire, and it would perhaps be difficult to find a more
competent man.

INTERESTING DISCOVERIES IN THE INTE-
RIOR OF AFRICA:
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M. de Gaysa, a Hungarian 'savant, who is at present
travelling in the interior, of• Western Africa, has just
sent home to the Imperial Society of Vienna a commu-
nication full of interest for France. He has found
amongst the Kommeuis, a small tribe in Senegambia,
traces of Jacques Compagnon, who was sent out by
the Duke do Choiseul about 1760 on a voyage of
exploration, but who was never heard of afterwards.
The Kommenis are in a state of half civilization; they
have some religious notions possesing a certain analogy
with the Christian tradition; they have a regular lan-
guage, an alphabet, and a mode of writiug. M. de
Gaysa discovered in one of their principal villages a
little stone monument of a conical form, covered with an
inscription in hieroglyphical characters. After care-
fully studying this construction, and after a careful in-
quiry amongst the old men of the country, and having
heard the traditions which existed amongst them, he
became convinced that the monument was the tomb of
Jacques Compagnon, who had been detained by the
Kommenis, and at last became accustomed to his posi-
tion, and instructed the natives in the principles of all
the useful arts. He died in 1775, leaving amongst them
the reputation of a sage or good genius. But the belief
of M. de Gaysa on the subject of Compagnon was
changed into certitude when the head of the tribe
showed him several objects which had belonged to a Eu-
ropean, and which were locked on by the people as
sacred; amongst them was a quadrant bearing the name
of Jacques Compagnon in full. M. de Gaysa intends
making some stay amongst this interesting tribe.—
Galignani.

EXTRAORDINARY CASE OF SUICID.E.
Last evening Mr. Langhana held a lengthened inquest
in St. George's Hospital, Hyde-park, on the body of
William Porter, a journeyman baker, aged 26. Jane
Howard, au interesting girl, eighteen years of age, said
that she lived servant at Bayswater. with Mr. M‘Gratli,
solicitor. Deceased, who served the family with bread,e
raid his addresses to her, which she received, as
considered him a single man, until his cousin asked him
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in her pressure how his wife arid family were?
witness questioned him upon the subject, he denied ho
was married, us did also his sister-in-law. Her master
made inqUiries about him, and found that he was mate
ried, and she ascertained that he bad a wife and four
children in 13alter-street, Lambeth. After this she re.
fused to have anything to say to him. On Saturday
night he came to her master': gate and asked her to
shake hands with him, declared that he was not mar.
ried, and begged she would go out and walk with him.
She refused. On Monday afternoon she received the
following letter from him, which bore the Lambeth post
mark:—
"My de`ar Jane,—This is to tell you that when you
read this I shall be no mere. If you inquire at Graves.
end or Greenwich, you will find the lifeless body of
" Your affectionate " WILLIAM PORTER.
" I wish you well through life."
In the evening of that day, however, ho called at her
master's gate, looking pale and faint. lie asked her if
she had received a letter. She said " Yes." lie shook
hands with her, bade her good bye, and, putting a bottle
to his lips, drank off its contents, and then walked off,
atter she had in vain attempted to seize the bottle, which
he flung from her. He then staggered along, and she
opened the gate and followed him, when she found hiss
about eleven yardi off; supported by some persons, who
put him in a cab, and conveyed him to the hospital.
Police-constable Alfred Tanner, 409 D, accompanied de-
ceased in a cab to the hospital, and upon arriving there
deceased pas dead. = Mr. Polton opened the body, and
found that deceased's death resulted from prussic acid.
Mr. W. IL Percy, master baker, Bayswater, deceased's
mister, said that on last Saturday he ascertained the
deceased had emhezeed 201. whice he had received from
his customers, and that he had stolen a watch from
fellow-servant, which, together with his disappointment
at the girl Howard not marrying him, in all probability
induced him to destroy himself. The jury, after a p,r,o-
tracted deliberation, returned a verdict of " Insanity.
A dr

- WOAD TO _IMMO ARTISTp.—Long bright days
may now be looked for, and we repeat the advice we have
before given, that our young readers should seize such brief
opportunities as occur, and be off with their sketch-books to
some of the fine old remnants of the past which stud the
country. Health, recreation; and knowledge may all be
found thus. For the second of these we are warm advocates
the provision of innocent amusement is of the utmost im-
portance to n: state. -

" Seek to solace when sadncsl thee assails.
In dolour long thy life may not endure;
Wherefore of comfort setup all thy sails
Without Gladness avails no Treasure.",

And if you' will; howeirer adverse the circumstances and
threatening the appearances, you may ever " smell the rose
above the mould." " All work and no play" does not merely.
make ," Jack a dull boy," but an unhappy one, and some-
times 4 44ogeirOw—Rui/der.

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