The Sun.
London, England, 1869-05-01 00:00:00

NATIONAL SPORTS.

Backers hqd an extraordinary time of it on the One Thou-
sand day. For the One Thousand itself the favourites were
beaten ; the fourth on the list in popular esteem carried off
the prize. But all the other events fell to favourites. 'rho
Maiden Plate was won by the King of Trumps filly,
on even terms; the Handicap Sweepstakes by Lady
Beaconsfield, at 5 to 4 ; another Sweepstakes by
Stork, at 7 to 4 on ; the Handicap Plate by Acaster, at
2 to 1, and the remaining two races were also secured by
the favourites. Bu.. the One Thousand would amply recom-
pense the fieldsmen, for Scottish Queen was backed but
very slightly. This is the fifth time that Fordham has won
this race since 1859. The recent betting movements for the
Chester Cup have been important. Xgeau has risen to 5 to
1, it having been found that there is nothing the matter
with him. Knight of the Garter is at the same
figure, and at Newmarket there was no disposition evinced
to make an advance beyond i to 1 against Romping Girl,
and 10 to 1 agst Fairwind. The latter odds were taken to
a hundred pounds about St. Mungo, and Vansittart came to
15 to 1, the only other of the middle division mentioned
being Dolby, who was supported for a small amount at 20
to 1. The most significant transactions were with regard
to Paul Jones, about whom 3 to 1 was booked to all that
could be obtained. _

It is believed by some good judges that the One Thousand
running will be reversed in the Oaks. Morna ran well on
Thursday, and is a better stayer than Scottish Queen, who
is a notorious "roarer." This defect did not prevent Ler
winning the One Thousand, but the case will be very diffe-
rent on the Epsom course. The Newmarket Ditch mile
is a very easy course ; the Epsom hill very diffi-
cult. As to the Derby, it is pretty certain that
Belladrum will rise very highly in the market before the
race is run. The bookmakers who laid against him are in a
terrible fright, and are anxious to "hedge on almost any
terms. "Hotspur," of the Telegraph, who formerly opposed
the horse, now believes that he will win. .tle Says :—" There
is scarcely a dissentient from the opinion that Belladrum
ought to have won the Two Thousand; for, bad Kenyon
waited with him at the girths of Pretender, and then
gone up with one run, he would have certainly
cut down his adversary. Nearly every jockey 'who
rode in the race is of this opinion; and, bearing in mind that
Belladrum was absolutely leading three lengths at the
Bushes, the best stayer in the world might have got beaten
under the circumstances. I am certainly of opinion that
Belladrum was quite 71b below condition compared to what
be can bo made by the Derby day, and with his fine stride
there is nothing with any prospect of beating him, if he only
continues well, unless it be Pretender."

The late Mrs. Cavendish, a daughter of the Lord
Chief Justice, was a Roman Catholic, and her husband,
who was formerly an English clergyman, seceded to Rome
several years ago.

The miners locked out at Thorncliffe have been
conducting themselves in a disgraceful manner. On Thurs-
day an attack was made upon the dwellings of the non-
unionists, and also upon the houses of people who wore sup-
posed to be hostile to their cause.
The Langdale Memorial Fund exceeds 0000 ; the
Lund raised to compensate the poorer Roman Catholics of
Ashton who suffered from the Murphy riots of last year is
over 200 guineas. The subscriptions to the Pope's Jubilee
Fund reach £2,600.

The Cork correspondent of a contemporary
telegraphs that the Mayor, in a letter to a local paper repu-
diates the construction placed on his speech. He says :—" I
would be the last man in Ireland to justify the taking of the life
of either prince or peasant. I called O'Farrell noble,' not be-
cause of what he did, but because I considered him to be
sincere in his love for Ireland. That is, in my mind, a great
virtue, end ono that should endear his memory to his

couutrymen."

A 111 r. Aronson), a jeweller, of Bangor, forwarded
£EOO worth of watches and other jewellery for Australian
exportation in March last. The box containing tho entire
stock was stolen from the North-Western train at Bangor.
A large portion of the stolen articles and a quantity of goods
carried off in two former robberies have been found under
the hearthstone in the house of a respectable Bangor citizen
gamed Hughes. Wilson, a Scotchman, and Parcel, a rail.
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