The Sun.
London, England, 1832-11-02 00:00:00

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

NEWMARKET HOUGHTON MEETING•
Wednesday Night.
Subsequent to Lord Exeter's sale, the following horses,
the property of Lord Worcester, were sold by auction :
Carthago, 9 yrs. old, for 300 gs. ; Coulon, 7 yrs., for 320
gs.; Juryman, 7 yrs., 52 gs. ; Haymaker, 3 yrs., for 130
gs. ; and Copper Captain, 3 yrs., for 200 gs.
Entry for the Audley End Stakes. —Camarine, Mazeppeo.
Ludlow, Fang, Alea, Hokee-Pokee, and Argent.
Thursday.
Match, 300, h. ft. T.Y.C.—Lord Mountcharles's Min-
ster received 30 sovs. from Mr. Henry's Tam o'Shanter.
Lord Worcester's c. by Zealot agst. Mr. Thornhill's c.
by Etnilius. T.Y.C. Off by consent.
Mr. Pettit's Little Fumy received 20 soya. from Mr.
M. Stanley's c. by Buzzard. T.Y.C. 50 h. ft.
Colonel Peel's Frailty beat Sir Mark Wood's Count Ro-
binson. T.Y.C. 50, half length.--6 to son loser.
Match, 100, h. ft. T.Y.C.—Sir M. Wood's Fawn f.
beat Mr. Thornhill's Silly Billy ; length and a half.-5 to
4 on loser.
Mr. Mills's Kate beat Mr. Vansittart's Rubini. D.M.
100, h. ft., head.-2 to 1 on loser.
Lord Jersey's Alea and Lord Mountcharles's Carwell,
D.M, 50, ran a dead heat.-11 to Bon Carwell.
Mr. Ley's Partiality beat Mr. M. Stanley's c. by Buzzard.
T.Y.C. 25, length.-3 to lon winner.
Sweepstakes of 10 soya, each for 2 and 3-yr.-olds. T. Y.C.
Mr. Wreford's Temperance
Sir M. Wood's Fawn f.
Four others started, but were not placed.-4 to lon
Temperance; 5 to 2 on Fawn f.; 2 to 1 on Frailty; 7 to
2 on Enchantrcent,and 7 to 1 on f. by Comus.
Match, 50.—C01. Peel's Sluggard beat Mr. Gulley's
Salute by a bead. A. F. 2 to 1 on Sluggard.
Handicap Stweepstakes of 10 sovs. each, T.Y.C. won
by Mr. Yates's Gab, 4 yrs. beating Mr. Payne's Corset,
Mr. Forth's Scandal colt, Duke of Richmond's Gondolier,
Mr. Stanley's Blythe, Mr. Petttit's Little Fanny, and Mr.
Ridsdale's Fedora. Betting, 2 to 1 agst Corset, and 4to
1 agst Gab. Won by a head.
Subscription Handicap Plate of 501. D. I.—Mr.
Gulley's Lady Fly and Mr. Wilson's Argent ran a dead
heat, and divided the Plate. '7 started. sto 2 agst Lady
Fly, and 7 to 2 agst Argent.

Kingston House-room', Thursday Night.
The betting on the great match (to-morrow) between
Crutch and Camerine is even, the mare for choice.
5 to 4 on Glaucus apt Lisette ; two new matches are
made, one for to-morrow, between Victoria and Mr.
Hunter's c. by Partisan, T.Y.C. 50 p. p., and tie other
for Saturday, between Partiality and Silly Billy. T.Y.C.
50 h.ft.

No change in the Dell)), betting, except on Revenge,
who is at 10 to 1.

DUBLIN, OCT. 31.—The greatest interest
has been occasioned by the melancholy fate of the much-
respected Captain SKINNER, who was washed overboard
the night before last, crossing to Holyhead, after 48 years'
service on that station.

EXTRAORDINARY ►SENTENCE ON JAMES
HODNETT, Esst.—ln the City Court, this day, JAMES
Hons Err, Esq., was called up to receive judgment. Af-
fidavits in mitigation of punishment were put in for him.
Btruu PEN NEFATHER sentenced him to pay a fine of 1001.,
to spend three months in the city gaol ! !! and to find
two sureties in 500/. each to keep the peace for seven
years:—Cork Chronicle of Monday.

NEW RAIL-RoAD.---A line of railway is
projected from Limehouse, following the direction of the
Commercial-road, to the termination of the East India
Docks, and from thence across the marshes to a point a
little below Woolwich, on the opposite side of the river,
where it is intended to construct a steam-boat dock, so
that steam-vessels will no longer navigate the pool, but
enter here and land their passengers, from whence a train
of carriages will be ready to take them to London, where
it is expected they will arrive in less than half an hour.—
Kentish Gazette.

Accounts from Rome, of the 18th instant,
speak of the drought being so severe as to seriously menace
the existence of the cattle, which depend on the pastures
for their support. Letters from Syracu.e, of the 4th
instant, contain similar complaints, and also mention that
Sicily has been infested this year with extraordinary
swarms of locusts.
UNIVERSITY OF LONDON.—Yesterday Mr.
MALDEN, the Greek professor, delivered an introdatstnry
address as the opening of a ogee of lectures on the**
of arts. He informed his atiOks,that a new arrange**
had been made for the maintet‘ee of the discipline oche
University, by means of a senate,
,esspposed of the., PrP-
lessors, and divided into faculties. There was is4ing,
however, in this arrangemeni that, intpesed any new re-
strictions upon the students; .4;thar, was required of
them was orderly conduct within, the precincts of the
University. Neither were any. regulations introduced
which could throw any impediment in the way of gentle-
men more attaiumtdin life who might wish to attend a
course of He dwelt at some length and with
particular straiii iiina the great advantages offered to
students of mil age who directed their attention to poli-
tical economy, by the able lectures of Mr. M'CuLtocx
upon that 'science.. The conclUding part of, the discourse
was on : the -nature' of mathematical reasoning.. The
theatre was nearly filled with students and visit Ors.!

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