The Sun.
London, England, 1835-06-17 00:00:00

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

ASCOT HEATH RACES, TUBBPAY, Jums 16.
The commencement of the meeting yesterday was not marked by
anything superior either in the attendance or in the sport ; both
reached the average and nothing more. That they did not exceed
it is owing to the inferior quality of the horses this year, which has
materially lessened the interest generally excited by the Three-
year-old Stakes, while the Cup is so shorn of its attractions by the
vast superiority of Plenipotentiary's public performances that to
eouple his name with defeat would amount almost to heresy. That
the company was so good is to be attributed to the extreme beauty
of the weather and the promised visit of their Majesties.
In the general arrangements of the meeting every thing was ex-
cellent, but nothing new ; there were the usual number of stands,
booths, and gaming tables—the latter, perhaps, more numerous
than formerly, in consequence of their prohibition in the town by
the Windsor Magistrates. The only change was in the Steward-
ship, wherein Lord Errol has succeeded Lord Chesterfield, by virtue
of his office as Master of the Buck Hdunds. His Lordship, al-
though not on the turf, seemed quite au fait to the business of the
Race Course.
About half-past one o'clock the Royal party reached the race
ound, in thirteen carriages, the procession being headed by the
Earl of Errol, and between thirty and forty yeomen prickers and
grooms ; in the first carriage were his Majesty the King and his
Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge ; in the second were her
Majesty the Queen, her Royal Highness the Duchess of Cam-
bridge, the Princess Augusta of Cambridge, and Prinee Esterhazy.
The remainder of the Royal party consisted of his Royal Highness
the Duke of Cumberland, his Royal Highness Prince George of
Cambridge, the Duke and Duchess of Gordon, Duke of Dorset,
Prince Leopold of the Two Sicilies, Earl of Albemarle, Lord and
Lady Frederick Fitzclarence and daughter, Prince Paul Esterhazy,
Princess of Esterhazy, Lady Clinton, Sir H. Wheatley, Lord El-
phinstone, Sir F. Watson, Hon. Miss Eden, Miss Wilson, Hon.
Mr. and Mrs. Ashley, Sir A. Barnard, Colonel Bowater, Colonel
Seymour, Sir J. Wyattville, Mr. Davis, &c. Their Majesties
were received with every demonstration of respect on their appear-
ance at the front of the stand ; and, on their departure, on the
close of the racing, were loudly cheered by the spectators. We are
enabled to state that their Majesties will honour the course with
their presence on Thursday; and that, after the race for the Cup,
in which his Majesty has expressed considerable interest, the King
will leave for town, to partake of the anniversary dinner given by
his Grace the Duke of Wellington in commemoration of the battle
of Waterloo.
Besides many others we noticed on the Course—Count Matus-
zevic, Noori Effendi and Prince Voghoride, the Marquis and Mar-
chioness of Worcester, the Earl and Countess of Lichfield, the Earl
and Countess of Chesterfield, Earl Stradbroke, Earl Verulam, Earl
Orford, Lord Andover, Lord A. Beauclerc, Lord G. Bentinck,
Lord J. Fitzroy, Lord and Lady Maryborough, Lord Castlereagh,
Lord Clanwilliam, Marquis of Downshire, Earl of Warwick, Sir M.
Wood, Sir G. Heathcote, Sir L. Glyn, Sir J. Shelley, Sir G.
Quintin, Hon. F. Berkeley, Hon. Colonel and Mrs. Anson, Hon.
B. Craven, Colonel and Mrs. Vyse, Colonel and Mrs. Fox, Colo-
nel Chaloner, Colonel Peel, Colonel Stapleton, Colonel Standen,
Mr. C. Greville, Mr. Gisborne, M.P., Mr. Shakerley, Mr. Irby,
Mr. Worrell, Mr. Payne, Mr. A. Hunter, Captain Hunter, Mr.
Batson, Mr. Mills, Captain Vyse, Mr. Cotterell, Mr. Cosby, Cap-
tain Gardner, Captain Ricardo, Mr. Baring, Mr. Paulett, Colonel
Udny, &c.
The racing commenced at two o'clock with—
The St. James's Palace Stakes of 100 sovs. each, h. ft., for three
yrs old; colts, Bst. 71b. ; fillies, Bst. 81b. ; the winner of the
Derby to carry 71bs. extra ; the winner of the Oaks 51bs. extra.
New Mile. 5 sovs.
Lord Orford's Ascot ......
Lord Warwick's c. Pelops
Betting-5 to 2 and 3tol on Ascot. The horses kept together
for the first quarter of a mile at a moderate pace, when Ascot took
up the running, which he continued throughout ; at the betting
stand, however, he had so little the best of it in appearance that
Natt touched him with the spur, and lifted his whip, but without
using it; he immediately regained his advantage, and in the end
won very cleverly by a length, being precisely the same difference
that showed itself in their running for the Derby.
The Oatland's Stakes of 30 sovs. each, 20 ft, &c. 3 subs.
Mr. Cosby's Pussy, 4 yrs., 7st. 71b
Lord Chesterfield's Glaucus, 5 yrs., Bst. 41b, and Lord Jersey's
Glencoe, 4 yrs., Bst. 71b, paid 10 soya. each.
Sweepstakes of 100 soya. each, h. ft, for two yrs old; colts, Bst. 71b;
fillies, Bst. 41b. (bought at the Hampton Court Sale, 1834).
T. Y. C. 3 subs.
Lord Exeter's f. by The Colonel—Lamia Conelly 1
Mr. Kent's f. Whisper 2
Lord Lichfield's f. Moll Flaggon, by the Colonel, 2 yrs 3
Betting-6 to 4on the Lamia filly, which started in front and
kept so to the finish, winning cleverly by a length ; Moll Flaggon
was beaten off.
The Ascot Derby Stakes of 50;sovs. each, h. ft. ; for colts, sst. 61b. ;
fillies, Bst. 31b., then three years old. To start at the Swinley
Post and in. The winner of the Derby and Oaks to carry 51bs.
extra. 10 subs.
Mr. Greville's Griselda, sister to Pussy Natt 1
Lord Lichfield's Gipsey, 3 yrs
Lord Chesterfield's Fergus
The betting commenced at 7 to 4 on Fergus, and 2 to 1 agst
Griselda, and, on its being statedthat Fergus " had a leg," changed
to 6t05 on Griselda, and sto 4 agst Fergus. The race is soon
told—Griselda took the lead, was many lengths in front throughout,

.Natt 1

and won by twenty lengths.
His Majesty's Plate of 100 guineas ; three yrs old, 7st. 21b ; four,
9st. 21b ; five, lOst ; six, and aged, lOst. 51b. To start at the
new mile-post, and go once round and in.
Mr. Maloney's Lucifer, 3 yrs
Mr. Cosby's Pussy, 4 yrs
Sir G. Heathcote's Samarcand, 5 yrs
Mr. Robertson's Olympic, 4 yrs 4
Betting-5 to 4on Pussy, 3to 1 agst Lucifer, and 4to 1 agst
Se.marcand. Pussy made play, followed by Olympic till near the
distance, where Lucifer ran by them both, made the rest of the
running, and won in a canter by six lengths.
Matc, 200, h. ft. Old Mile.—Mr. Gardnor's Comet, 4 yrs,
Bst. 71b., received from Mr. Tobin's Tauntenian, 3 yrs, 7st. 71b.

ASCOT GOLD CUP.-THURSDAY.
6 to 4 on Mr. Batson's Plenipotentiary (taken)
350 to 100 agst Bran and Shillelah (taken)
Nothing else done.

CURRAGH JUNE MEETING, FRIDAY.
The King's Plate of 100 sovs.
Mr. Watt's ch. c. Rush, 4 yrs, 7st. 111 b 1
Mr. Pottinger's Confusion, 3 yrs
Mr. Hunter's Lupin, 4 yrs ...
Lord Miltown's Lodola dist
Sweepstakes of 10 sovs. h. ft., with 25 added. Anglesea Post.
Mr. Wetherell's Needle 1
Mr. Hobson's Isabella
Mr. Davis's Thistle
Lord Howth's Mirza

Lord Charles Wellesley, as Major, commanding the
sth or Northumbrian Regiment, is appointed Commandant of
Dover garrison. The struggle for the desirable quarters of
Dover Castle lay betwean Lord Charles and Lord William
Thynne, of the 7th Fusileers.
Yesterday a Court of Directors was held at the East
India House, when Thomas Campbell Robertson, Esq., was
appointed provisionally an Ordinary Member of the Council of
India.

Lord Fitzroy Somerset's visitors at the Horse-
Guards yesterday morning, consisted of Lieut.-General Sir
H. Lowe, Major-General Stratton, Major-General Sir J. Tay-
lor, Colonel Keane, Colonel Sir H. Berkeley, Major- General
Maxwell, Colonel French, Colonel Hill, Colonel Hay, Colonel
Sir B. Camac, Major-General Wilson, Colonel Collet, and
about forty other officers.
We lament to announce the death of the Duchess
of Argyll, which took place yesterday morning after a lin-
gering illness. Her Grace's disorder was of a ♦ery compli-
cated character, comprising, it is said, dropsy, disease of the
heart, and water on the brain. She was sedulously attended
by her daughters during the progress of her illness, especially
by the Duchess of Richmond, who Oas constantly with her
for fifteen days.
A vacancy occurs in the number of the Knights of
St. Patrick by the demise of the Earl of Courtoun.
HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY.—The ordinary
meeting of this society was held yesterday, Dr. Henderson,
Vice-President, in the Chair. Amongst the company we
noticed the Countess of Stradbrooke, Lady Sarah Amherst,
Sir John and Lady Trevylyan, Sir Oswald and Misses Mos-
ley, General St. George, &c. Dr. Lindley made several in-
teresting remarks on the specimens in the room. The meet-
ing adjourned till Tuesday, 7th July.
The Princess Mary of Wirtemberg, whose hand is
sought by the Prince of Orleans, has not completed her 19th
year ; she is, like her sisters, distinguished for her beauty and
accomplishments, and seems well fitted, in every respect, to
sustain the high destinies to which she is about to be called.
Her mother was Catharine, sister of the Emperor of Russia,
and her cousin Pauline is the consort of the Grand Duke
Michael, his brother ; thus the young Princess is doubly con-
nected with the Imperial family.
The Spanish expedition, under the management of
Colonel Evans, is proceeding with even greater rapidity and
success than could have been anticipated by the most sanguine
friends to the cause. Upwards of two hundred officers in the
British army, we understand, have already sent in their ap-
plications, and the only difficulty seems now to choose from
the list such as will be most effective in furthering the inte-
rests of the expedition in its commencement. In the course
of the day, however, such a choice will be made, we learn, as
to dispatch by to-day recruiting officers to Exeter, Plymouth,
and Cork, and other parts of the country. A great many
troops have already enlisted, and it is thought that a batch of
from 400 to 500 will sail by the end of the week.

COLONEL THOMPSON.—On Friday morning a nu-
merous meeting of the Hull Reformers was held, when resolu-
tions expressive of a determination to support the gallant and
highly-gifted Colonel were passed. It was understood that
Colonel Thompson declined offering himself, if Mr. Hill should
wish to serve them. Colonel Thompson is a writer in the
Westminster Review, and the son of the late Mr. Thompson,
banker, at Hull.—Hull Observer.
GRAND CONSERVATIVE FAILURE.—The Con-
servatives of the Liberal borough of Mary-la-bonne mustered
the whole of their forces yesterday afternoon. An affecting
appeal was put forth by the loyal and constitutional association,
calling upon its members to assemble at the Riding School,
Albany-road, Regent's-park, for the purpose of receiving a
report from the Committee of Management, and of adopting
measures the; During the last three or four days, the

Conservative agents have been peculiarly busy to ensure a
grand attendance, and a very mortifying contrast to the last
public meeting held in the premises, viz., that for furthering
the return of Mr. Hume for Middlesex, was joyfully antici-
pated. The failure was complete and most mortifying. The
meeting was called for three o'clock ; at half-past three, not a
greater number of Mary-la-bonne loyal and constitutional men
than one hundred, including paid agents, &c., was present, and
these cut but a sorry figure in a building which at the last Re-
form meeting held in it contained at least 2,500 persons.
Zumalaearregui is of a highly respectable family of
Ormaisteguy. He served as a Captain under Mina, and under
the Constitution of 1820 he was a Lieutenant-Colonel of the
regiment of the Military Orders. On the return of Ferdinand
he obtained the rank of Colonel, and at a later period he His
intrusted with the chief command of the Regiment of Estra-
madura, the 15th of the line. He was dismissed, however, in
1832, and retired to Pampeluna, where he married. His
brother is President of the Tribunal at Burgos.—Sentinelle
de.

's Pyrenees.
The Ipswich Election Committee have been re-ap-
pointed to inspect the minutes of evidence, and select such
portions of it as relate to their special report. The following
are the members :—Mr. P. Stewart, chairman ; Mr. W. F.
Campbell, Mr. Blackstone, Mr. Burton, Mr. Fort, Mr. Hughes
Hughes, Mr. Gully, Mr. Ryle, Mr. M. L. Chapman, Mr. C.
Fitzsimon, and Mr. Plumptre—three to be a quorum.
BERLIN, JUNE 9.—We hear that the Polish Go-
vernment thinks of contracting a loan with the house of S.
Frankel, in Warsaw, for 25,000,000 of Prussian dollars. The
loan will be in the form of a lottery.

The Emperor Nicholas, in order to put an end to
the surmises and rumours relative to the non-appointment of
a successor to Count Pozzo di Borgo as Ambassador to the
Court of Paris, hastened to nominate to that office one of his
aides-de-camp, General Count Pahlen ; and the uncertainty
having been thus put an end to, Count Pahlen received leave
of absence for several months. He will remain during the
season at the baths of Germany, and in September attend the
camp at Kalisch, so that he cannot repair to his new post till
the end of October at soonest.— German paper.
The failure of the Banking-house of Messrs. Lee,
Brassey, and Co., will prove detrimental to Mr. Justice
Patterson, the bulk of whose property was invested in the
firm to one of the partners to which he is allied by marriage.
The learned Judge having lately been visited with deafness,
has signified his wish to retire from the bench—he will not
be entitled to a retiring pension. Lord Bexley, it is said,
has lost three thousand pounds by the failure.
SHEFFIELD REFORM ASSOCIATION.—A meet-
ing is to be held in Sheffield on the 20th, on the requisition of
the leading Reformers in that town, to establish a Society un-
der the above title.
Mr. Stanley, Secretary to the Treasury, has re-
moved with his family from Upper Brook-street to the official
residence attached to the Chancellor of the Exchequer's office,
in Downing-street, lately occupied by Sir Geo. Clerk.
Considerable preparations are making at the beau-
tiful villa of the Duke of Devonshire, at Chiswick, for the
forthcoming grand fete to' be given there, at which their Ma-
jesties intend to be present.
Mr. Childs, of Bungay, has commenced legal pro-
ceedings against the parties responsible for his committal.
The measure of Corporation Reform, introduced by
Lord John Russell, has given very general satisfaction to the
Reformers of Hastings. Objections are entertained to some
of the provisions of the Bill—still its enactments must work a
mighty change in the state of society in this country.—
Brighton Guardian.
WEST INDIAN APPRENTICES.—The Anti-Sla-
very Committee met on Monday week at Leeds, and pass, d
several resolutions, expressive of an opinion that the Act with
respect to apprentices was not complied with by the planters,
who thereby rendered themselves undeserving of compensa-
tion-money.—Lincoln Gazette.
On Sunday, during divine service in the Church at
Aardenburg in Holland, the steeple was struck by lightning.
As the weather was extremely fine, and there had been no
thunder or rain, so that nobody could expect such an occur-
rence, the congregation which was remarkably numerous, was
seized with terror, and all with loud cries and screams, en-
deavoured to leave the church, so that more persons were
trampled under foot in spite of the exhortations of the preacher,
who remained in the pulpit, and begged the people to Le
calm. His voice was overpowered, and the people hastened
out, leaving prayer-books, pocket-handkerchiefs, &c., behind.
No damage, however, was done to the church.
Both Nottingham and Leicester were visited with a
violent thunder and hail-storm on Thursday. The hailstones
were remarkably large, and destroyed a great quantity of glass
in all directions, besides doing other damage. The fine
painted window of the new church at Leicester, which cost
seven hundred pounds, has been totally destroy by the hail-
stones.

The new Vaudeville Theatre, which may be said to
be in a course of rapid construction in King-street, between
St. James's-square and St. James's street, is intended to con-
tain an audience which will produce from 2501 to 3001. The
plans, &c., have been prepared by an architect of the name of
Broad, who has had considerable experience in those matters ;
but we have not heard what the building is to cost. There is
no doubt, therefore, that the licence has been obtained. It
will be about the size and very much the shape of the English
Opera House, but without any balcony to the lower circle of
boxes : the pit will not extend under the boxes, and the gal-
lery will be small, the chief accommodation being afforded in
the boxes, as it is hoped and expected that the undertaking
will be supported by the aristocracy. The license is for the
six months during which Mr. Arnold's theatre and the Hay-
market are closed.—Observer.
THE ANCESTOR OF THE EARL OF MULGRAVE.
DIVING BELLS.-The first diving bell was nothing but a
very large kettle, suspended by ropes, with the mouth down-
wards, and planks to sit on fixed in the middle of its con-
cavity. The Greeks at Toledo, in 1588, made an experiment
with it before the Emperor Charles V., when they descended
in it with a lighted candle to a considerable depth. In 1683
William Phipps, the son of a blacksmith, formed a project for
unloading a rich Spanish ship sunk at Hispaniola. Charles 11.
gave him a ship with every necessary for the undertaking ; but
being unsuccessful, Phipps returned in great poverty. He
then endeavoured to procure another vessel, but failing, he
got a subscription, to which the Duke of Albemarle contri-
buted. In 1687 Phipps set sail in a ship of 200 tons, having
previously engaged to divide the profits according to the 20
shares of which the subscriptions consisted. At first all his
labours proved fruitless ; but at length, when he seemed almost
to despair, he was fortunate enough to bring up so much
treasure, that he returned to England with 200,0001. sterling.
Of this sum he got about 20,0001., and the Duke 90,0001.
Phipps was knighted by the King, and laid the foundation of
the fortunes of the present house of Mulgrave.
ISLE OF MAN.—Sir John Rennie has completed
his plan for the improvement of the harbours in the Isle of
Man, and drawn up a report, which has been transmitted to
the Harbour Commissioners. Sir John has suggested the pro-
priety of building a breakwater and other measujes for the im-
provement of the bay and harbour of Douglas.
CAPITAL PUNISHMENT IN PRUSSIA.—The
paucity of executions is the first point. In the 17 years from
1818 to 1834, inclusive, there have been, in all, 123 executions,
and the crimes for which they took place are as follow :—Ar-
son, 1 ; " voluntary manslaughter," 22 ; murder, 100 ; total,
123. The one execution for arson took place in 1818, since
which time, consequently, the punishment of death has been
inflicted only for the intentional homicide of different degrees.
Even for murder the sentence is nearly as often commuted as
executed. In the whole 17 years there were sentenced to
death for murder 187, of whom 100 only were executed.
POPULATION OF SPAIN.—The following patti-

culars of the population of Spain are copied from Marshall's
Statistical Tables :—Population of Spain, 1799, 10,351,079 ;
1825, 13,953,959 ; increase, 38 per cent. Population of the
Basque Provinces :—Biscay, 144,870 ; Guipuzcoa, 135,838 ;
Alava, 92,807 ; Navarre, 288,244 ; total, 661,764. Of the
kingdom of Arragon, 856,219 ; Catalonia, 1,116,416 ; the
Castiles, 1,580,140. The whole of the insurgent provinces
bear thus a proportion of only one-sixth of the amount of the
neighbouring provinces.
Thursday a dreadful accident occurred near the new
market in the course of erection in the Nun's-fields, Newcastle-
on-Tyne, by which several lives were lost. Parts of the build-
ing on the south side of the street leading from the Turk's
Head Inn, which had been raised nearly to its intended height,
came down with a tremendous crash, and the men being at
work, were precipitated along with them, and buried in the
ruins. Five men were killed and eleven wounded, several

seriously.
NEW NOVEL BY COOPER.—Readers of all classes
will be glad to hear that the celebrated author of " The
Pilot," " The Last of the Mohicans," &c., is about to publish
a new work of fiction called " The Monikins." In depicting
the manners of the Anglo- Americans, whether in their cities,
or in their remote western settlements, Cooper is without a
rival ; and no novelist has succeeded more eminently in pre-
senting those striking situations in which consist the very
power and essence of romance. Witness the many successful
dramas derived from his masterly stories, dramas which have
maintained a permanent station on the English stage.
HADDINGTON.-011 Tuesday week, a man named
Angus, in a fit of despair, drowned himself in the Tyne, in
presence of his wife, who had followed him to the spot, al d
saw him plunge into the water..—. Edinburgh Evening Courant.
On Tuesday the Ramsgate steam-boat arrived at
Dunkirk with a party of ninety-one individuals from England,
some to remain for several days, and others to revel in the de-
lights of France for 48 hours, and then return to whence they
came. On Wednesday morning a large party hired nearly
all the conveyances in the town for an excursion to Mon Cas-
sel, but a temporary difficulty arose from their having neg-
lected to furnish themselves with passports. This, however,
was soon obviated by the courtesy of the authorities, who, re-
flecting that their object was nothing more but innocent amuse-
ment, and that at the same time they benefitted the country by
the free expenditure of their money, granted them the necessary
permission.
MISS MITFORD'S NEW WORK " BELFORD R E-
DIS."—" To those who have been delighted with ' Our Vil-
lage'—and who has not ? this book will afford a pleasure
similar in kind and degree. The plan of the work is the
same, and its execution is in 110 respect inferior. In place of
a village, Miss Mitford has taken as her subject a large
country town at great distance from London; and, in a
series of charmie., ...ketches, has described the changes which
thirty years have .a nought in the state of its society, and the
manners and habits of its inhabitants. The sketches are told
with that sweet and gentle playfulness which belongs so pe-
culiarly to our amiable authoress, and brimful of the best
feelings and affections of human nature."—Chronicle.