The Sun.
London, England, 1860-05-14 00:00:00

BATH CHAPS.

People are anticipating the Bath Races with much eager-
ness, not because the programme is unusually exciting, but
because they expect to witness certain hostile and favourable
demonstrations respecting the Derby horses. The week's
knocking out has aheady commenced ; for this meeting St.
Albans has been sent to the rear. Various reports are in
circulation to account for his retrogression ; some state that
he is lame, and others that the origin of the movement was
to be attributed to the rumour of his being sent to Bath.
The " Chaps," however, do not seem inclined to take great
liberties with him. At my present writing both The Wizard
and Umpire are firm, and I have heard offers made
to bet even money that the American colt starts
first favourite. By the way, it appears to me somewhat
ominous that his backers occasionally suggest that their
bets about him should be entered first past the post. Great
talk is being made about high Treason, and indications aro
given that all faith in Tom Bowline is not destroyed.
These matters, however, I shall have a better opportunity
of discussing when the knocking out movements at Bath
arc concluded.

.he courteous secretary is all activity and anxiety to
render the meeting as attractive and as pleasant as possible.
Already the city of old fogies is filling with visitors, and a
most prosperous gathering may be anticipated. A discus-
sion of the probabilities will not detain the reader long, for
really the events to be decided possess little interest
in themselves. For the Lansdowne Trial Stakes
my fancy points to Rara Avis and Simple Simon. It is
said that St. Albans is sure to run for the Biennial Stakes,
and, despite his recent hard work, I do not think that his
trip will hurt him. Horror is amongst the nominations,
and should he, Brother to Rainbow, Seclusion, and Cape
Flyaway enter the lists, the result of the race must pro-
duce a complete revolution in the Derby betting. If St.
Albans starts he will meet a very dangerous opponent in
Cape Flyaway, whose success will, I am certain, cause
Tom Bowline to take a prominent position in the Derby
betting.
The Biennial Stakes is sure to produce a hot favourite,
but I have no fancy for the race. So much uncertainly
4n ife rncillt. flint T shall mnrnly .4," -
my determination to stand azainst the favourite at starting.
For the Bath Handicap I shall select Maid of Orleans
and Jenny Longlegs. For the Kelston Stakes The Rover
ought to vin, but in his absence I shall look to Mr. F.
Robinson's trusted animal, probably Acton.
Either Ancient Briton or Pomona ought to win the
County Members' Plato.
For the Badmintaca Stakes I shall place faith in Ariadne
and Avalanche, in the full expectation that the "Ayes will
have it."

The Somersetshiro Stakes has not occasioned much
speculation, and it is likely to bring out a very small field.
Calculating upon the absence of St. Albans, I shall assign
the foremost places to Claire and Timandra.
Big Ben will bear away the bell for the "Weston Stakes ;
and Informer may carry off the Dyrham Park Handicap.
Bath, Monday Morning. A FRESH MAN.

DEAIII OF A VETERAN.

We have been so accustomed of late to read of the
exploits of our soldiers in the Crimea and India that
a little relief to the strain may be afforded by re-
cording the services of a thorough good soldier of
the great war, of which we are beginning fast to
lose sight. The following is a statement of distin-
guished past service which will favourably contrast
with any record of individual services of the pre-
sent day. John Rowley, a well-known sergeant of
the Royal Artillery, enlisted into that regiment at
a time (1803) when the nation was in alarm about
the threatened invasion of Napoleon. In August,
1808, gunner Rowley, belonging to the famed Major
Lawson's company, commenced his active career in
the Peninsula, and left it at the peace in 1814.
During that stormy period, he fought in fifteen
battles and sieges, besides numerous lesser affairs,
and was twice wounded. The mention of the con-
tests which he bore a part will at -once show the
hard nature of his service, his fatigues, his dangers
and privations. He was at Rolica, Vimiera, Oporto,
Talavera, Busaco, Fuentes d'Onor, Badajoz, Ciudad
Rodrigo, Salamanca, Burgos, Vittoria, St. Sebastian,
Nevelle, and the sortie from Bayonne ; in all of
which he conducted himself as a firm and steady
artillerist, combining energy with courage, and a
faithful discharge of duty with every other military
excellence. For these services he received the war
medal and eleven clasps! perhaps the greatest num-
ber awarded to any soldier in the British army.
Twice ho served at Gibraltar, and the rest of his time
was passed at Guernsey and at Woolwich, where he
was discharged in 1827. Subsequently he was em-
ployed for more than a year as a clerk in the military
repository at Woolwich ; whence he was removed
to Portsmouth, where he filled the office of steward
of the Ordnance Hospital for 22 years. In this
way he was close on 50 years in the service of his
country. He died at Woolwich on the 30th of
April, 1860, in his 75th year. His excellent widow,
now suffering from paralysis, was a daughter of
Sergeant-Major Collins, of the Irish Artillery, who
died at the good old age of 90. For nearly
23 years
she was matron and stewardess of the Ordnance
Hospital at Portsmouth, and is happily in receipt
of ls. a-day pension for her approved services,
" will keep the wolf
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FUNDS IN TUE BAN ill27UTi.ntyY COURT .—.The un-
claimed dividend account, which is constituted by the in-
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of of bankrupts'
of what may payments
sinof excessdivi-
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The
charges incidental to the working of the
?states. . surplus interest of this fund now applied
in the firm:ll4,u of another callei the " Chief Registrar's
Account," and which already amounts to £128,745. The
compensations payable from the funds of the Bankruptcy
Court amount to £17,101 a-year, but are slowly diminish-
SUFFOCATION OF CHILDREN.—On Saturday, at
an inquest taken by Mr. Wakley on the body of an infant,
in whose case a verdict was returned that the deceased was
accidentally suffocated, the circumstances being that the
infant, on the evening previous to its death, was placed in
bed between its parents, Mr. Wakley observed that, from
experience he had found that in the winter months he held
inquests upon above a hundred children, who were found
dead under similar circumstances. The fact was, that in
the winter months children are covered over by the bed-
clothes, the effect of which was, that they inhaled their own
breath, which was almost instant death. Whereas, in the
summer months, the bed-clothes are flung off the mouths of
infants, who are thus allowed to breathe freely. In the
former case the various breaths poisoned the atmosphere,
which did not take place in the latter case. He had often
made similar remarks, but which were not attended to.