The Sun.
London, England, 1851-06-09 00:00:00

WOOL.

The public sales, at which about 50,000 bales were
actually disposed of, were brought to a close on Satur-
day. Although the biddings were somewhat spirited,
prices ruled about Id per lb lower than at the preceding
emotions. By private contract so little is doing that the

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quotations are almost nominal. Lat., week's imports
were under 2,000 b3l€,:, chi, fly °al fort Philip.

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rntry gm:€.l-1,144 ca IC3, Our m.lkot i 3 in a very Lien
titre szat,-, tintl per uvrt. luwer titan un
Nit Tu-rity, on the spot is selling at
37.. GI per eve. Fur forward titlivery, next to nothing
: Town 35. 6,s ptr cwt. net cash;
-liteu4h Rl's, 2. p,,r

Stock this day .... •.1
Price of Y. • . ••• . .

Delivery last week
Ditto from June 1. • • •
lait week •
Ditto from June 1 ...

Price of Town .....

1847. 1848. 1849. 1 1850. 1851.

7.275
150 s Od
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8,616 24,325 2%956 I 36,250
I
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to 45sod to CsOd 37s ( d to Os Od
1,573 ' 1,1'35 723 1,144
2,051 1,303 955 1,144
509 ' 155 1,t02 861
' 3 141 155 1,287 b6l
lii Od I 47s 6d 39s 6d 38s Od 31s Od

735
1,339
264
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QUEEN'S BENCII.-(THIS DAY.)
(Sittiot,s 111 Benno.)
THE QUEEN v. GRIFFITH.
Sir F. 'FUESIGER moved for a rule for a quo war-
ranto,,-callingupon Mr. Griffith to show by what au-
thority he claimed to hold the office nrid perorin the
dulf6 ,f clerk to. the guardians of the poor of the parish
of Sr.-Martio's in the Fitlds.
The Court grsnted a rule nisi.

BAIL COURT.—(THIS DAY.)
Mr. Justice WIGUTMAN sut in BALCO this morning,
awl heard several motions; but none of them was of
sufficient intereit to justify a report.

SPORTING NOTES.
No. LXIV.
II AMP FON MEETING.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN
SIR,—So far as the attemisnee Is concerned, ibis "meet"
on the banks ..f the Thames may be set down as a second
Epsom; it boasts a couple of days' compound of racing,
donkey-riding, " three-throws-a penny" etick throwing,
" f,rty-and-the-bull's-eye" nut speculating, and nume-
rous other amusing capers, which the multitude pratonize
as being highly delectable. Iltwever, I must turn to the
racing depat tment of this odd medley. On Wednesday
six stakes figure on the list for decision, including the
principal one, the Surrey and Middlesex, which, out cf
forty-three nominations and fourteen acceptances, will
probably have about eight starters, 'the beat moiety of
whom, I take it, will con,ist of Gladiola, 4 yrs, 7st; Ab-
dallab, 4 yrs, 6st 81b; Guardsman, 3 yrs, 6st; and Don
Pedro, 3 yrs, sst 71b. GLADIOLE for choice. The Clare-
mont Stakes, half a mile, look destined for the owners of
URBANITY or FREEDOM; Lady Blanche running for-
ward. The South-Western Railway Plate, one mile,
may be set down as a certainty for The Moor or Ley-
bout no. With the exception of the Corinthian, the other
stakes, numbering seven, have yet to close and name. A
deficiency in one or two material points of information
compells me to adjourn my remarks on the Derby of
1852 until Wednesday. Betting very languid this
morning, little or nothing doing.
I ern, Sir, yours, &c.
THE SPIRIT OF THE TURF.
June 9,1851.

THE NON-STAR PING OF RUSSBOROUGH
FOR THE EMPEROR'S PLATE.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
SlR,—With reference to the comments in the report
of Ascot Races published in your impartial columns—
and which comments have been repeated with increased
scurrility in Bell's Life to-day—relative to the non-
starting of Russborough for the Emperor's Cup at Ascot,
I beg leave, in my own defence, to say that imme-
diately upon landing in England on Monday last, and
finding the commission I had given to back Russborough
not executed, I went to Tattersall s, and publicly de-
clared that I should not start my horse for the Em-
peror's Cup unless I could get a stake on him, and ad-
vised my friends to refrain from backing the horse until
he came to the post, when they might back him for any
sum they pleased, as the horse was fit and well. Sub-
sequently I had two applications to purchase the horse;
one party I declined to treat with; but when applied to
from the Earl of Eglinton I - was immediately ready to
come to terms, knowing that if his Lordship bought the
horse he would run upon his merits.
On Wednesday evening last Mr. Fobert, his Lord-
ship's trainer, saw Russborough in the stable, and
offered me two thousand for him ; that offer I then de-
clined to accept, Mr. Fobert and I agreeing to wait until
one o'clock on the ensuing day to meet his Lordship, to
make a final arrangement as to the purchase. I was
on the ground at half-past twelve, and waited till Mr.
Fobert met me at one o'clock, and said it was too late,
and on the part of Lord Eglinton declined to purchase
Russborough.
I have only to add, that I stated throughout that I
would never run the horse merely for the purpose of
winning a piece of plate which was of no use to me,
and that as to the betting, I never heard the horse's
name mentioned in the " ring" on the course, on eittur
day of the races previously to the Cup being run for.
I am, Sir, &c.,
London, June 7, 1851. M. MANGAN.

THE LATE 11 ARWICH ELECTION.—The second
election for the borough of
.Harwich, it appears. is not to
pass by undisputed, for on Piliday evening aktetition against
the return of Mr. Crawford was presented to the House of
Commons. The document alleges as the foundation for the
petition, that the poll was closed on the day of voting before
four o'clock prematurely and unlawfully by the returning
officer, without any sufficient excuse for or notics of such
closing; that a number of voters were then waiting to vote
for Mr. Henry Roby Prinsep, but were prevented from so
doing by the premature closing of the poll ; that the pro-
ceedings at the said election were, before the closing of the
pull, interrupte I and obstructed by open violence, that many
persons not properly qualified had voted for Mr. Robert
Wigram Crawford, end that their votes ought to be struck
off; that divets persons had voted for Mr. Crawford, who
had a..ked, raised, and taken money or other reward, and
were, therefore, disqualified; that the agents of Mr. Craw-
ford had been guilty of bribery, treating, intimidation, and
other unlawful acts and practices in order to procure votes,
and that the votes of properly qualified persons had been re-
fused for Mr. Prinsep; th-tt, under all these circumstances,
the election of Mr. Crawford ought to ba held null and void.

—Sunday Paper.
Tiger, a new steamer of 400-horse power, navi-
gated to this port from Woolwich some time ago and now
lying in the old basin, got up her steam on Tuesday to try
her engines. She is a fine capacious vessel, but as we have
before stated, has the Siion's propensity to list over; indeed
a short time after her arrival, the coal being unequally di-
vided in her bunkers, there was said to be much danger at
one time of her falling right over. In consequence of this
she has received extensive alterations, her coal bunkers,
which came up on each side to the under part of her weather-
deck, have been lowered, and her main-deck made flush fore
and aft ; two portholes have been cut about the midship part
of the main deck, and two heavy guns will be removed to
these ports from her weather deck, whereby her top weight
will be decreased. She is rigged and will be tried at Spit-
head shortly.—Portsmouth Times and Naval Gazette.
THE ETON ANNIVERSARY.—OR Saturday last the
thirty-third anniversary banquet to the gentlemen educated
at Eton took place at Soyer's Universal Symposium, Gore
House, Kensington ; Lord de Tabley presiding. Among
the company present were Lord De Tabley, Lord Vernon,
Lord Grosvenor, Sir William Fraser, Sir Henry Vavasonr,
Dr. Hawtrev, G. A. Shadwell, Esq., Rev. S. Y ounge, Rev.
E. Vt yatt Edgell ; and R. Pigott, W. Bladyn, W. F. Far-
mer, B. H. Wilkinson, W. S. Mitford, M. Greenwood, J. S.
Rolland, W. H. Stone, A. Barnard, W. W. Hayward, M.
Bell, R. Cust, G. Bruce, A. R. Pickering, W. P. Pickering,
F. C. Keppel, 11. B. Bourne, W. Strahan, J. B. Ramsbot-
tom. W: H, Vanderstegeo, D. P. Le Grice, E. Bullock, W.
L. Hardesty, W. E. Heathfield, W. Hudson, R. W. Jones,
J. A. James, A. H. Shadwell, C. Wolley, B. Gosling, E. A.
Carlyoe, J. Brown. J. C. Wright, C. J. D'Oyley, C. J.
Pole, J. M. Brooke, W. Booth, C. Booth, J. Denman, A. H.
Morgan, A. G. Cumming, L. H. Bayley, L. Fort, R. Ca-
pron, W. M. Burslem, W. Seekers, G. C. Legh, W. Egerton,
J. W. Law, J. Greenwood, J. Davies, M. Birch, W. Apple-
yard, Esqs. After the usual toasts, the company separated
a few minutes before twelve o'clock.
ROYAL MILITARY ACADEMY.—WOOLWICH, JUNE
7.-53 candidates came forward at the last examination for
admission as gentlemen cadets at the Royal Military Aca-
demy, and of these the following are the names of the 18
who pased saisfactorily, and they have been ordered to join
on the re-opening of the academy after the summer vaca-
tion :- 1. Charles John Dsrrah. 2. Rodney Ashbrook Mit-
chell. 3. William Rooke. 4. Henry Chamberlayne Farrell.
5. Richard Betton Rimington. 6. Frederick Augustus
Anley. 7. William Norton Persse. 8. George Cochrane
Thesiger. 9. Edward Osborne Hewett. 10. George Robert
Saunders. 11. Lewis Kekewich. 12. Arthur Robert Mac-
done 1. 13. Sidney Augustus Bazalgette. 14. Edward
Harding Steward. 1 Henry Barlow Maule. 16. George
Adam Crawford. 17. Edward Townsend. 18. Graham R.
T. Stevenson.
GOVERNMENT ENCOURAGEMENT OF FLAX GROW-
ING IN IRELAND.--A numerous deputation of Irish Members
waited on the Chancellor of the Exchequer on Friday, for
the purpose of requesting that a Government grant of 1,000/
should be made to defray the expenses of public instructors
of flax.growing. The Right Hon. Gentleman granted the
application.
EXTENSIVE ROBBERY OF JEWELLERY AT A LI-
CENSED VICTUALLER'S.—The police has received information
of the stealing of a large and valuable suite of jewellery from
the Albion Tavern, Caledonian-road, Islington, the property
of Mr. Burnman, consisting of a gold chain with split ring,
gold pencil-case and trinkets attached, a mosaic brooch (sub-
ject, a butterfly), three diamond rings, a turquoise ditto, a
hair ditto, a gold ditto, set with a stone; a diamond snake
ditto.
a single stone turquoise ditt , a pebble ditto, a gold
brooch, set with amethysts and pearls; a jet ditto, with hair;
a cornelian ditto, a pebble ditto, with amethyst in centre;
bracelet, r snakeacelet, with gold clasp • gold brooch, set with hair; a gold puzzle ring, a hair
a geld bracelet, two opera glasses,
and other articles.

AERIAL NAVIGATION.—Mr. H. Bell, whose ascents
last year in his propelling machine created much excitement
in the scientific world, ilirposes again, this evening, to ex-
perimentalise at Vauxhall This ingenious projector claims
naving discovered the means of steering in the air. _Nous
rerrons. We opine the announcement will attract vast
crowds.

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THE BRITISH MUREUm.--Tnis museum is now
days,
a:
M. ell t
seven
P.M„ P.M., but from some unexplained cause the outer
visitors
door i s
still kept shut on Tuesdays and Thursdays, so that
will have to knock to gain admission on those days.
SUICIDE AND MATRIMONY.—A disappointed old
bachelor says it makes little difference whether a man
commits suicide or matrimony. In one case he loses his life,
and in the other his influence.
CAUTION TO OMNIBUS PROPRIETORS.—On Satur-
day, at the Inland Revenue Court, Messrs. Carpenter, pro-
prietors of a Paddington omnibus, were fined 201. for going
of their licensed line of road—namely, having driven one of
their carriages from it on the New-road to the Northern line
of railway. Police-constable 24.1 S said the defendants had
been frequently plying for hire et the terminus, without any
right whatever. The Court informed the defendants that it
would enforce the penalty unless they showed in a petition
some circumstances in mitigation, as it was necessary to en-
force the law respecting such vehicles.