The Sun.
London, England, 1832-09-25 00:00:00

STRAND THEATRE,

Another amusing and smell 'frit novelty was brought out
here last night in the shve of a farce, entitled Captain
Stevens, but which, with equil propriety, might be styled
The Aventures of a Coat. The principal characters are,
Captain Stevens (Mr. SELBY, who is al.o the author) ;
Tim Timhins, his servant (Mr. Oxrartartv); Harry
Splashton (Mr. FouEsTstt); and Torn Stag, a laughing
bailiff (Mr. MA NDERS). Captain Stevens is a friend
whom we should be sr:Ty to lose; and we recommend
those who have not yet beer introduced to him to make
kris acquaintrnce as soon as p 0541,1,.

SPORTING INThLLIGENCE.

TAT TERSALL' S.

The town settling for Doncaster took place yesterd: y,
and went off without any thing to call for particular t o-
fee. The Derby for 1833 is now in the market, and a
few engagements have been made on it. The following is
as near tie present state of the betting as we could rid-
ect :-10 to 1 agst Mr. Rawlinson's Revenge ; 12 to 1
agst Lord Cleveland's c. by Muley ; 13 to 1 agst Mr. Hun.
ter's Forester by Gustavus ; 20 to l agst Sir M. Wood's
Brother to Margrave; 20 to 1 agst Duke of Rutland's out
of Moses's dam ; 800 to 100 agst Lord Exeter's lot (con-
sisting of Brother to Beiram, c. out of Emmeline, c. out of
Marinilla, and c. out of Dahlia's dam, all by Sultan ;) 8 to
1 agst Lord Jersey's three—lsmael, Glenmore, and Ltt
cius ; 1,200 to 100 agst Duke of Grafton's lot (viz c. I y
Centaur out of Pastillo, c. by Centaur out of Zinc, c. by
Sultan out of "tontine, and c. by Sultan out of Dervise's
dam ;) 900 to 200 agst Revenge, Iguley colt, and Forester.
The first favourite Revenge won the two-year-old stakes
at Ascot, Forester the July stakes, and the Muley colt the
Champagne stakes.

THE LUDLOW AFFAIR.
TO THY FDITOR OF THE MORNING CHRONICLE.

SIR,—As an old Member of the Turf, although not per-
sonally interested in the late discussions on the subject of
the sale of the horse Ludlow, at Doncaster, perhaps I shall
be excused for offering one or two observations. Who or
what Mr. Bond may be is a matter of perfect indifference
to me. It is sufficient for my purpose that he was publicly
announced at Doncaster as the purchaser of Ludlow ; that
be declared he meant the horse to run and win, if he
could; and that he backed him, and offered to back him,
to a considerable amount. That there was a fourth party
interested with himself and his two brothers in this pur-
chase seems to be admitted, and the great charge against
him appears to be, that he did not publicly proclaim who
this fourth party was. I can see no reason why he shoult"..
be called upon to make such a proclamation. As, in all
probability, he was pledged not to betray that person, as
a man of honour he was bound by every consideration to
maintain his pledge, and not to forfeit the word he had
given. While looking after the " mysterious fourth,"
however, the public seem to have lost sight of the true
question at issue ; namely, whether Mr. Bond bliOit the
horse for the purpose of running hint to win or not ? I ern
see no reason to doubt this fact from anything I have seen
in print. As far as he was concerned, he evidently did
all that was in his power to secure an honest race ; hut the
truth is, his power was extremely limited ; for, after the
purchase, the horse remained, I presume by agreement, in
Mr. Beardsworth's stable, under the control of Mr.
Beardsworth's trainer, and, last of all, was ridden by Mr.
Beardsworth's jockey, contrary to the new owner's express
wish ; for, according to your account, he wished to have
substituted his own jockey, instead of Mr. Beardsworth's,
at the moment of starting, but was prevented. Why he
did not put faith in Mr. Beardeworth's jockey, perhap, if
asked, he can explain ; but it certainly must strike every
impartial person as extraordinary, that this crack horse,
whose public performances had made bins such a favourite,
and whose former owner valued him at the moderate priest
of five thousand guineas ! should, while still under the en-
tire control of that owner, and ridden by his own jockeys
actually prove to be the worst horse in the race. If the
horse did his best, Mr. Bond, as was described in all the
papers, certainly has proved himself to be a " Jemmy
Green" by making such a purchase; anti, if he did not,
Mr. Bond was surely not to blame. These observations,
I trust, may assist your readers in eliciting the truth.
Sept. 24, 1832. ONE of the OLD SCHOOLS

DUEL.—It is reported that a duel has taken
place between Mr. OSBALDESTON and Mr. GULLEY, in
consequence of a dispute arising on some subject concreted
with the Doncaster Races. Neither of the parties were
hurt, though it is said Mr. GULLEY'S hat was pierced by
his adversary's ball.—Macclesfield Courier.

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GENERAL MEETING AT MR. OWEN'S IN-
STITUTION KING'S CROSS.—An extremely numerous and
respectable meeting took place at tie.; above Institution,
yesterday, at one o'clock. The subject of the meeting was
to devise means to prevent the middling or non-1)10,11w-
dye industrious classes, such as shopkeepers, retail anti
wholesale tradesmen, from being injured by the establish-
ment of Equitable Exchange Banks. The Rev. Dr.
Wane took the chair, and commented at some length on.
the advantages that had already arisen, and would still
farther arise, from their Institution. Mr. OWEN then,
'sad the following resolution :—" That a Committee he'
formed to take into immediate consideration the hest mode
of relieving the non-productive industrious classes from
their present distress, and from the anticipation of much
greater suffering, and report thereon at a subsequent meet..
ing." Mr. SAVAGE seconded the motion, which was put
from the chair, and carried. Thanks were then voted to
the Rev. Chairman, after which the meeting dispersed.
THE HARVEST.—We have had another
glorious week for gathering in the latter harvest. In some
of the low lands, and in almost all the high lands, from
the Derbyshire hills along the extensive range called " the
Backbone of England," from Blackstone Edge to the north
of Scotland, a great deal of the corn remained to he housed
ten days ago, but it has been rapidly disappearing from
the fields during that time, anti it is now nearly all se-
cured. This is not much of a corn district, but the dif-
ference between its produce being well or ill-secured often
strikes the balance which determines a year of plenty or
a year of scarcity. The corn markets are happily settled
to a fair price, and so soon as the produce finds its way
fairly into the market, the eff-ct must be felt upon the
trade and commerce of the country. The second crop of
clover is nearly all in stick. If we may judge from the
elevation of the mercury, the fine weather is likely to con-
tinue, as, on examining the barometer yesterday morning
we found it 23-100th higher that it has been any day
during the summer. The nearest approach to its pre-
sent elevation was on the 12th of Aug.—Leeds Mercury.
Walnuts and filberts are represented as being
every where abundant; but the crop of common nets is
not by any means so great as was expected.