The Sun.
London, England, 1856-09-08 00:00:00

THE tr. I.l* 0 1t.71 MO DA Y .14,: NJ NO) SEPTEMBE It 8, ;16:".

M?LIaKET NEWZ.—(This Day.)

LAW INTELLIGENCE.—(TI Lis Day.)

CORN EXCHANGE.

Great heaviness prevailed in tho wheat trade in the
whole of the country markets held on Saturday, and a con-
siderable fall took place in the quotations. Most kinds of
spring corn were in fair request, at full prices, but flour
was very dull.

COURT OF BANKRUPTC Y.
IN RE TEE ROYAL BRITISH BA/s

To-day being appointed for hearing arguments on the
petition for adjudication in bankruptcy in this case the
c )urt was crowded by persons interested, , in the hope
that his Honour would depart from the usual rule in
this case, as the matter has been so publ Ft3ly and fully
discussed elsewhere. They were, however, disappointed,
as his Honour determined on hearing the c ase in private.
Mr. Chidley appeared for the petitioning creditor, and
argued in support of the petition, but after some time it
was announced that his Honour had held that the peti-
tion could not be maintained, and it was consequently
dismissed.

The French markets have been rather drooping, and the
supplies of produce have increased. Large quantities of
wheat and flour continue to be shipped from America.
Increased supplies of English wheat came fresh to our
market last week. The imports of foreign produce were
12,317 quarters of wheat, 2,784 barley, 19,116 oats, 10
beans, 450 peas, 3,575 seeds, 40 sacks, and 34,473 barrels
of flour.
The fresh arrivals of English wheat up to our market
this morning was only moderate, and we observed a great
difference in the quality of the samples. Some portion of
last week's supply was a;ain brought forward, and the
stands were, consequently, fairly supplied. The attend-
ance of millers was tolerably good, and the demand for
all kinds of wheat of home produce ruled inactive, at a
decline in the quotations realised on Monday last of from
ss. to 6s. per quarter.

The result was looked for with great an' iety by many,
as it appeared that if the petition could not lie supported,
there was little hope of bringing the c 2 we within the
Winding•up Act; but much depends on the shareholders,
who, according to the official return in the London
Gazette of February last, amounted to 2 87, amongst
whom are 14 widows, 24 maiden ladies, and 17 servants,
on whom the loss will fall heavily.

There was a tolerably extensive show of foreign wheat.
Even the finest parcels were much neglected, and the busi-
ness doing in all kinds was so trifling that the quotations
were almost nominal.

The number of creditors are stated at ab taut 5,0001.

Floating cargoes of grain commanded very little atten-
ion.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—(T his Day.)

There was a moderate demand for the best barley at last
week's currency. Inferior kinds, however, were rather
dull, and the turn in favour of buyers by is. to 2s. per
quarter.

SOUTH WARK.

ATTEMPTED SIIICIDE.-Emily Davies, an elderly
female, who bas been is custody more tha n a month for
attempting to destroy herself by taking a quantity of
laudanum, was brought up for further mil nination.
The prisoner was seen by Thomas Curti I, 78 L, lying
near Christchurch, in the Blackfriars-ro d, about two
o'clock in the morning, in a state of inseniiibility, and,
believing her to be drunk, he attempted to raise her up.
She was, however, powerless, and on Minty,- her up he
saw fall from her an empty phial labe lied outside
"poison." He immediately procured assistance and
conveyed her to the hospital, where the stomach pump
was used, and it was then ascertained she had taken
laudanum. After considerable difficulty animal ion
was restored, and after remaining in the hos-
pital a week she was brought before Mr. Con ibe
and charged with attempting to destroy him--
self. She refused to give any account of herself or rela
tives, which induced his worship to remand her seven d
times. Through a report of the circumstance appearin g
in the newspapers, a letter was received from her rel
a-
tives in the country, when it was ascertained that h er
late husband had been under groom in a branch of tl le
Royal family, and since then she had been living in diif-
ferent parts of the country, but was missed by he ,r
friends about two years ago. One of her friends cam e
forward and promised to take her back to the country,
if she promised to remain there.

Malt Was in moderate supply, and fair request at late
rates.

We were but moderately supplied with oats, in which
a steady business was transacted, at late rates.
Beans and peas—the supply of which were limited—
were steady, at full prices.

The flour trade ruled heavy, and the quotations were
drooping. The show of American was extensive. Town
made fell 60s. per 2801bs.

The prisoner said she was extremely sorry for havin g
attempted to commit such a rash act, and on her pro
mising not to repeat it, she was discharged and
up to her friends.

SPORTING NOTES.

MANY MATTERS.

The two roost important sporting incidents of
the past week were unquestionably the investigation
into the Aladdin case, and the publication of the
weights for tne Cesarewitch and Cambridgeshire
Stakes. They who attentively read the evi lence
given before the referees with respect to the identity
of the horse Aladdin can only arrive at the con-
viction that Mr. Edwin Parr has been made an
unfcrtunate victim, and that he has been compelled
to pay dearly for his whistle. The facts may be
thus briefly stated : A man goes to Tattersall's and
purchases a horse for fifteen guineas, and imme-
diately by ringing the changes sells it to a friend
with a false pedigree for 71 guineas ! As it is, however,
the Gretna horse, the veritable Aladdin, about whom
all the fuss has been made, proved to be a lucky and
valuable purchase ; but the Ukraine horse, which was
sold at Tattersall's for 741. 11s., went blind, and after
working on a farm is now driven in a baker's cart. The
conduct of the "Guernsey witness" was throughout the
entire affair most suspicious and discreditable. The
referees acquitted Mr. Parr of all blame, but the framers
of the Cesarewitch Handicap have very properly marked
their opinion of the whole proceeding by putting Aladdin
at the top of the list, with the steadying weight of
9st. 121 b. If Handicappers, by the way, would always
place the heaviest imposts upon horses that have been
used in any manner for the purpose of duping and vic-
timising the public, something like honesty and fair
de•kling would be obtained. I would have those horses
placed at the top of the list, with a black line to separate
them from the others.

I have scarcely had time to examine carefully the
weights for the Cesarewitch and Cambridgeshire, which,
by the way, I supplied exclusively to the first edition of
The Sun on Friday. The imposts, however, appear to
have been most carefully distributed. It is said that a
celebrated Northern Handicapper was desired to
make a handicap "as a guide," and it is said that in
certain instances nearly a stone difference was discovered
in his estimate of a horse, and that formed by the stewards.
One animal in particular, the property of a nobleman,
was so leniently treated by him that if the impost had
not been altered the ring would have immediately
discovered a rather hot favourite. The Trapper and
Pole Star have been backed with some show of spirit
since the publication of the weights, and they are
certainly not over handicapped. I should advise
the reader, however, to reserve his operations until
after the publication of the acceptances. I shall not at
present hazard an opinion about the chances, as I have
no pretensions to a knowledge of stable secrets or the
intensions of owners of horses.

A letter from Newmarket informs me of the death of
Mr. John Bottom, who was wall known to a large ma-
jority of sporting men, and who was widely respected
in the town of Newmarket. Mr. Bottom, of late years,
kept the Jockey Club Rooms, and he discharged the
duties of his situation in a manner which created general
satisfaction. He has left a widow and a young family
to deplore their loss.

The opinion which I expressed respecting the War-
wick meeting in my letter from Leamington on Tuesday
night was fully borne out, and it is said that the commit-
tee were not best pleased that Mr. Merry should reserve
the most attractive " bill " for his benefit on Thursday.
Isaac Day was in great force with his lot of horses, and
I am glad that Lord Clifden possesses so undeniably
good an animal as Melissa. Isaac Day is a clever
trainer, a shrewd tactitian, and a very popular man
withal. lam told, too, that he is a constant reader of
The Sun, and at admirer of " The Fresh Mao," two very
amiable traits in his character. I had some of his eham-
pagne after the race for the Cup, and drank his health,
although he didn't know it. Another source of gratifica-
tion was opened at Warwick by the success of Lord Rib-
blesdale's Greyling, and we trust that this wilbe only the
forerunner of many triumphs on the turf. His lordship's
horses will, I hope, soon sport his colours. William
Day was, too, "as pleased as punch" by Lord Ribbles-
dale's good fortune, and there is often a good deal of
pleasure to be derived from seeing the success of a
nobleman now a days, for it is not often that the return
lists have any very respectable names amongst the
winners.

What is Mr. E. R. Clark about with Mr. Sykes !
Why is be knockfng him about in so extraordinary
a manner as we have seen of late ? In a word, what is
his game I

Ellington is spiritedly backed for the St. Leger, but
his partisans bad better reserve their shouting until the
race is over. The Wizard of the North is in earnest
and means mischief, whilst an outsider is talked of as
coming—where from I can't tell.

The races appointed for the current week are not very
attractive. The Lichfield Meeting will commence to-
morrow, but its programme is not at all promising.
Whichever Tom Taylor sends for the Staffordshire
Stakes—Typee or Shoreham—will win, whilst Mr.
Mather will have the negative satisfaction of seeing his
bad-tempered little brute St. Clare second.
Tricolour ought to win the Champagne, but if she is
not sent for it, Yorkshireman will pull through.
Illuminator may carry off the Biennial Stakes, and
the City Members' Cup I shall assign to Shoreham.
The Lincoln Meeting will, perhaps, afford the best
racing of the week, but somehow the officials in that
locality do not exactly " put their horses' heads to•
gether." For the Handicap my fancy points to the; two
top weights, Courtenay and Yorkshire Grey. Augury
will win the Granby Stakes. For the Brocklesby Han-
dicap I shall select Vindex and Prince Plausible.
Metropolitan turfites will patronise the Rochester and
Chatham "appointment." The sport, however, will not
be remarkably attractive. Either Caledonian or Emu-
lation ought to win the Tradesmen's Plate. Index is
turned loose fer the Rockingham Handicap. Should
Fulbeck start for the Members' Plate his number will,
perhaps, be first hoisted on the telegraph. For the
New Stakes I fancy Barbarity.
Sept. 8.

A FRESH MAN.

Racing Fixtui
SEPTE

res for 1856.
MBER.

Lichfield
Lincoln 10
Doncaster 16
Geio Ater 24

Cardiff 04
Walsall 24
Manchester Autumn 26
Newmarket F 0 30
IBER.

OCTC
Kelso...
Chester Autumn 7
Bedford
Wrexham Autumn
NOVE

Newmarket S 0 l3
Warwick Autumn 2l
Newmarket LI 27

MBEIt.
I Liverpool Autumn l2
1 Shrewsbury Autumn —A

Worcester Autumn 4
Tarporley Hunt

Irish Racing Fixtures for 1856.
gEPTENIBER.
Curragh 2 I Johnstown 23
Tramore
Jenkinstown Park l6 I Limerick 3O

One Yorkshireman understands that the Lady Char-
lotte Scott, daughter of the Earl of Eldon, and niece of
Lord Feversbam, is about to be united to her cousin,
Elion Surtees Bankee, Ezq , of Corfe Castle.
EAST SUFFOLK RAILWAY.-Sir S. Morton Peto has
offered to extend his 14 years' lease of the line and tolls,
already provisionally agreed upon, to the term of 21
years at the same guaranteed rent of 6 per cent. per
annum. It is also proposed that the Lowestoft and
Beccles and Yarmouth and Haddiscoe Companies shall
be amalgamated with the East Suffolk. Special meet-
ings are to be held shortly for the purpose of consider
ing these arrangements-
The Lord Chancellor has presented the Rev. Henry
Linton, M.A., of Magdalen College, Oxford, to the
rectory of St. Peter Le Bailey, Oxford ; and the Rev.
William Travers Sandy, M.A., of Pembroke College,
Cambridge, to the rectory of Burton Coggles, Lincoln.
shire
The Bank of Prussia, which reduced its rate of Zis
ccunt to 4 per cent. shortly after the termination of the
war, has found it necessary to return to its former rate
of 5 per cent. A rise of a half per cent. by the Bark of
Be'gium was mentioned on Saturday, and it is evident that
on the continent generally a considerable pressura f r
money prevails, which has most Idtely been augmented
by the active employment of gold in the purchase of
silver

THE AMERICAN MAILS.—LIVERPOOL, Saturday.—The I
British and North American Royal Mail steam-ship
Asia, Captain Edward Lott, sailed from the Mersey this
afternoon, at 2 o'clock, for New York, with the usual
hi-weekly mails for the United States and Canada ; 140
passengers, amongst whom were Major-General Trollope
and suite, and a large and very valuable cargo of mer-
chandise on freight. Previous to her departure, copies
of the daily papers of this date were sent on board the
Asia by Messrs. Willmer and Smith, of Liverpool, for
the press and public institutions of the Western Con-
tinent. The next mail steamer due from the United
States is the British and North American Royal Mail
steam-ship Canada, with advices from New York to the
26th, Boston to the 27th, and Halifax to the 28th ult.
The Royal West India mail steamer Thames will
leave Southampton on the 20th inst. for the West Indies
to relieve the Clyde. The Tamar, which arrived home
on Saturday with the South American mails, made the
voyage between Lisbon and Southampton in 3 days and
3 hours, the quickest on record ; 50 or 60 years ago the
j luruey from London to Edinburgh would Lavc occu-
pied as much tim i
e. The Tamar was not due it' England
before the 16th inst.; she accordingly reached )iorne 10
days before her time, an unprecedented event. She was
built by White, Cowes. A new line of screw steamers
1
will commence running between Southampton and South
America on the 23d, touching at Bahia and Rio de
Janeiro only.