The Sun.
London, England, 1851-05-07 00:00:00

NEWMARKET RAC

(THIS DAY.)
(BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAI

The Jeckey Club Plate.

Nutcracker .

Sweepstakes of 50 goys. each. Last three miles 41
Nutshell ... ...
... ... ... walkel

ENTRIES FOR WEDNESDAY.
Handicap Plate of 50/. New T.La
Montpensier, aged, 86t 81b; St. Fabian, 4 Y.,1
Visite, 3 yrs, 6st 71b; Longinus, 4 yrs, Set Slb; JI
5 yrs, 61t 121 b; IL.rp, 3 yrs, Est 71b; klicklettso
BAt 41b; Sardanapalus, 3 yrs, 6st 81b; Mange' *1
filly, 3 yrs, 6st lib; Prkslau, 3 yrs, 7st 131 b; Khill
the 'Thistle, 3 'yrs, 6st 8lb; Black Sea, 3 yrs, se:lSagacity, aged, 7st llb; Palmyra filly, 3 vrO, 6
Virago fill), 3 yrs, sst 81b.

btri) gatti°
NEWMARKET RAC/
(THIS DAY.)

(BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH
(Continued from our Afterficon Edina.)
I Handicap.

Palmyra filly
Moutpensier
St. Fabian

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Suffolk Stakes.

John o' Gaunt colt
King Charming...
Fortuna
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Sweepstakes.
Knight of the Thistle ...
Black Sea
V►site
Santiago

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FRENCH IGNORANCE OF viva]
CP' MANNERS. the I • 00
The absurd ignorance of our neighbourawen :
upon all matters relating to Enland is 6° ew 0( if;
to our readers that an illustration "
raises a smile; but we have translated the fi,°„ hell Pi
tract from Le Siècle of the 27th April, in S';best dlfa
nothing more ridiculously false os were i to'
variance with the manners of Londoners %ed.
class, profession, or age, has ever been prodnueo ) or I)
we reflect that this is not extracted from b, gilds
class newspaper, but from a journal which Clir°Pr
position in Paris that our Times or Mormng t t ei
holds in our metropolis, we may allow that if
,isit
but to undeceive our credulous friends' '"el or 10,
London in this present season, end, the attract
World's Fair, will not be valueless:-- dank
:"In London people can hardly be said to lire
timer
the day; they are so busy that they hardly 11/..„lv;rabalj
think whether they exist. After dinner ala tbsabl
gentlemen of fortune, and noblemen go to the
.10 Sal
when the performance is over they adjourn sot
clubs, where they smoke and drink., but &hie ii,
t 00
last nocturnal resort. There yet remains -11° IsP,,tes
either an ignoble pothouse, or a vast and ~se
the sligu" „0
.avern, so called because the amusecuents of
finished in these places. In some of their ° 4 tansm
clerks and men of that rank drink ale an dsiok;
abominable tobacco; in others, the fltshiona_bf kite'
wines of France and the Rhine—port; and u.- ogies ar
smoke the most expensive cigars; but in WO; feel
carried on to the heiht of brutality., bad e 'et&
heard of these Finishes' and a friend n' i,soutsAv"
Frenchman, who had resided for ten years in' OP"'
offered to act as my cicerone to one of' thew. •
his offer and went. These splendi a taver as ,e, I
nd wigbt
physiognomy peculiar to themselves. Outside .Ifrbat,e
take them for temples of Bleep or silence) 00,1
,a
passing through a little door, carefully close"
tened, you are almost bewildered by the blase° oes
sand gaslights. You find yourself in an ininsiossEi
divided into two parts; in the one tables are ssfri,
shut up by high partitions', 'as they are in
„a'
hotels, and with handsome sofas on each Niue' of
sidSa
you, in the other division of the room, a sort
iioso a
with benches, where splendid women, magi,og dressed, sit on
show,' like statues, with out ape: to. es' moving, till some gentleman invites one of then 010,
scend and partake of the luxurious provisions 5 n
which are furnished-on demand by the waile'eisqi
habitues of the place arrive about
one in the' 400, 41
Many of these gin palaces' are the daily renal 11.11-0
the elite of the aristocracy. These young I I,joibl.s,,d
honourable Members of Parliament, who all
been stiff and solemn, answering Yes' and
not daring to make any further remark on the ~baege~
and literature of the day than
shocking' or 117
tul,' all these slaves of cant and conventionali ,4
the influence of champagne and the alcohol of tti
and port, throw off their coats and cravats, 0
waistcoats, and in fact undress in public.
aft*
amusement at the 'Finish' is to make a poor I it! coPP:
drunk, and then pour some vinegar mixed wit't
and mustard down her throat, which throws ."4,104;
horrible convulsions. This is capital fun! Abel of
much appreciated by these fashionables is t°
glasses of punch and other liquids over she dreg 4
these miserable girls whom they have in toxioa,V
have seen the most gorgeous satin dresses, of wh°
original colour could not be discerned amid a 00' estfee:
mixed of stains of porter, brandy, wine, and.,../ets:
which made a thousand fantastic patterns. I'4'
tit
foreigner is present at a scene like this he will tna
there is at least one man who is better under Ing str
this proud and powerful British empire than ').0,1118
pere--it is Fals Taff About seven or eigh t
morning they retire from the 'Finish.' The Os $llOll
call cabs. Gentlemen who can stand search I of esifh
clothes in a heterogeneous mass of great costs,
°oats, tend waistcoats. As to the others, the -,# Veit
dress them with the first garments they can lt dore
hands on, carry them to cabs, and tell the driv( $ ptr
the package' is to be delivered. If they do n. 70,
their address, they stow them away in a pectic& ar
until they have sense enough to say where they ,Altsib
need hardly say that the charges at these et itar,
ments are enormous. and that those who get dr lirgslit
generally relieved of their parses, watches, a au p
chains. In fact, the science of theft is so well b 0,700'
the deities of these places that, although drut tit
selves, selves, they always manage to pick the pockets 010.0 is
noble victims. The next moment the same peoi plc ris-ese
their clutts, ask the news with the greatest non ohs Iptl
but never make any allusion to the adventure fOOl
night. r..Chey meet as if they, had never I lees sari
another .at the Finish;' on this subject th ars /
14
of mutual assurance established in London ell 6
sl
scale. London is the town of colossal deb ialohefff
,
the
ridiculous modesty in language. All the lega4,thS
sofas and chairs have trousers. It is the sa me with far
pianos. I asked my hostess why these art isles .0 ~,the
niture were clothed more than the ballet girls o,l'
Haymarleet and Covent-garden. Oh, an said its?'
would not you be shocked to see the legs of E be chuof a
In England, if you were to speak of the leis '-
chair it svould be very shocking.'"

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COFFEE AND EATING-UOUSE KEEPERS' AsSOCI4;
TION.—The annual festival of this society took f 'Pace getter,
day evening at the Freemasons' Tavern ; Donald k ikon,
late sheriff of London, in the chair. About ( ale hulau'er".
members of the association sat down to dirillba
The customary loyal toasts were propose d by ,ho
chairman, who, in propo'ing the principal t oast of rd
these the present association was o,ref:r
evening, referred to the opiinniotnhisexcporuensstreyd
tliyey.
wceelreeb:tife is(
statesman, who had been compelled to seek an as r lum in
country, that while charities on the Continent • were al,
and inilueatial, since it wide. t
ba
tstphhtolOeprstpeemodrootfisbntyigtsituhblepAooGdnry'otoavwnneghtrno, through reverse of fortune t night'
for its assistance, be compelled to resort to the un ion woeto
house. more than this, they took charge of th a "Pilo
of deceased members, who, under its fostering c are W 0
enable to become industrious members of societ:3". P,r1:1°00 the report submitted to him he was enabled to co
agral'—s.-
them on an increase of their funds, and an improv truer lt,if„t,
nerally in their income: and he trusted that hi
unf,Xl' '-
advocacy would not tend to the prejudice of the i tisti.,utiont
whose welfare and prosperity he was anxious to p/ •oracte.'
shriev a compliment,a
y,
nada
a dha so d
still, alwayst to evince
(Cheers.) The health of the chairman was afterw, ards
he
posed by Mr. Leeson. The Chairman, in acknowledging
the
efevlitncehis vrnp d
aii
thy iring
it
his duty
io•r
those benevolent institutions whose object was to re Hire ),
wants or alleviate the sufferings of their fellow-cr eaturea'
The " Health of the President and Vice-President" a vas dull
responded to by Mr. Allen, and The Treasurer ar TOP
dil
teas," " The Co!, •mittee and Auditors," were cordi
re-
ceived, and appropriately acknowledged by Mr. J;
Humphreys, the treasurer, who read a long list of s alPacrjr
tions in the course of the evening, among which
is maze
of the chairman was included to the amount of 10. guinea'
and many of his friends for smaller sums. A porti .n of t._
baud of the LColdstream played various pieces, : utd thud
was some excellent singing by Messrs. Perren, B auks; sl3`,'
Becket in the course of the evening. Mr. Harker, as us."
was an efficient toastmaster.
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or four years, and during that period _
but without the least benefit whatever being derived fr thenii
Ramsey, was severely afflicted with scrofulous wounds for three
In this deplorable state Mr. Joseph Sergeant, eh( !mist, °
Ramsey, recommended him to use owty's Ointr lent and,
Pills, and these invaluable medicines have been the means of
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legs, space
and rheumatism.—Sold by all ruggist,
legs, old sores, gout,
Holloway s Establishment, 244, Strand
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London.

BIRTH.%
or A BON.
On the 3d inst., at Wilton-place, the lady of R. :e:. She•
ridan, Esq., M.P.
On thg 2d inst., at Tunbridge-wells, the wife of JpjePh
Stevenson, Esq.

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VARBIED.
At St. Mary's, Bathwick, on the 29th ult..the Rev. T i0n291
Cox, M.A., curate of Timberscombe, Somerset, to ,f eaura
Eleanor, second daughter of W. H. Jones, Esq., of Ba...wdri
Pembrokeshire.

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On the 3d inst. NEL.
, Mr. James Concannon,: of the ()Pe"'
arcade, Haymarket.
On the 4th inst., at Islington, R. Oldershaw, Esq.. ag ad 55"
On the 3d inst., at Tunbridge-wells, Caroline W•ohner
the wife of the Rev. D. Winham, aged 84.
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