The Sun.
London, England, 1859-09-08 00:00:00

(BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.)

TRIAL STAKES.

The Gift
Armenia

The Gem

Six ran

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

WARWICK SEPTEMBER MEETING-WEDNESDAY.

The Welter Cup, value 100 soya, the rest in specie by sub
scription of 15 soya each, 10 ft, and 5 only if declared.
Gentlemen riders. Jockeys Mb extra. One mile. 14
subs, 4 of whom declared.

Mr. Barber's King William, 4 yrs, lOst 51b (inc. 31b ex.
(Mr. Edwards)) 1
Captain Little's Theodora, 6 yrs, 12st 121 b (inc. 51b ex.)
(Owner) 2
Mr. S. Jacobs's Queen of the South, 6 yrs, 9st 71b
(Mr. Thomas) 3
The following also ran :—Lord Berkeley, Babylon, The
Courier, and Tease.

Betting-5 to 2 agst King William, 3to 1 agst Theo-
dora, 7 to 2 (at first 2 to 1) agst Lord Berkeley, 6 to 1 agst
Queen of the South. Won, after a fine race, by a head ;
bad third; Lord Berkeley was close up with the Queen of
the South,,", wide intervals between each of the others.

The County Stakes of 100 soya, added to a handicap of 20
soya each, 10 ft, and 5 only if declared, &c. Winners

extra.

The second to receive 30 sovs out of the stakes.

One mile and a half. 26 subs, 12 of whom declared.
Mr. J. Hunt's Master Bagot, 6 yrs, Bst 71b (C. Marlow) 1
Mr. J. Merry's Conjuror, 3 yrs, Est 121b....(Challoner) 2
Mr. Towsey's Conductor, 4 yrs, 7st

The following also ran : Cock-a. Hoop, Bevis, and
Roman Candle.

Betting-7 to 4 agst Conjuror, 3to 1 each agst Master
Bagot and Conductor, 5 to 1 agst Roman Candle. Won
by a head ; three lengths between the second and third.
Cock-a-Hoop was close up to Conductor; the other two
were beaten off.

The Nursery Handicap of F) sovs each, h ft, with 50
added; the second to save his stake. T.Y C. 26 subs.
Mr. Copperthwaite's The Rising Sun, Bst 31b 51b ex.)
(French) 1
Mr. Merry's Apollyon, 7st 31b
Lord Clifden's Mesmer, 6st 81b (Bray) 3

The following also ran :—Rose Middleton, Fenella, Fern
Leaf; Common Sense c, Tuccio, Ellen, Lady Eglinton, and
Magic.

Betting-6 to 4 agst Apollyon (taken freely), 3to 1 agat
Mesmer. Nothing else backed. Won by a neck, half a
length between the second and third ; Tuccio was fourth.
Fern Leaf, Magic, and Rose Middleton, headed the next
lot, which walked in. _ _ _

The Warwick Cup, value 200 sovs, by subscription of 10
soya each, with 100 added, for 3-yr-olds and upwards.
Weight for age, with allowances and penalties. The
second to receive 30 sovs out of the stakes. Three miles.
27 subs.

Mr. R. T. Ten Broeck's Starke, 4 yrs, Bst 71b (Fordham) 1
Mr. M. Phillips nas the Liveryman, 3 yrs, sst 91b
(A. Edwards) 2
Mr. Shelley's Lifeboat, 4 yrs, Bst 71b ..... (L. Snowden) 3
Betting-7 to 4on Lifeboat. Liveryman made the run-
ning, and soon put an interval of upwards of 100 yards be-
tween himself and his two pursuers, Starke running with
his nose at Lifeboat's quarters. They travelled in this
way until within half a mile from home, when Lifeboat
gave up the race, and Starke went to work to catch Livery-
man, who ai that time still held a long lead. The Ameri-
can, however, got on fait terms with him at the Stand, and
won, amidst much excitement, by half a length. Lifeboat
trotted in a long way astern.

The Members' Plate of £5O. Winners extra. Three
quarters of a mile.

Mr. W. H. Smith's The Rover, 3 yrs (in. 5 ex.) 6st 101 b
(James) 1
Mr. Gullivers Contract, 3 yrs, 7st 71b (Grimshaw) 2
Lord Clifden's Rosary filly, 2 yrs, 4st 111 b .... (Daley) 3
Mr. Lucy's Benevolence colt, 3 yrs, Est 111 b --(Bray) 4

Betting-5 to 2on the Rover, who won easilyby aneek ;
bad third.

The Town Plate of 50 sovs, added to a handicap of 5 sovs
each, 2ft. Winners extra. One mile. 14 subs.

Mr. J. Merry's Conjuror, by Touchstone, 3 yrs, 7.t 31b,
(Challoner) 1
Mr. Barber's King William, 4 yrs (inc. blb. ex.) 7st 21b,
(Pritchard) 2
Mr. La Mert's Katherine Logie, 6 yrs, Bst 51b.. (French) 3
Bel Esperanza, Cynthia, and Broadlands also ran.

Won by a length and a half; a length between second
and third ; bad fourth.

LATEST BETTING.
ST. LEGER.
6to 4 on Promised Land (offered)

WEYMOUTH RACES—WEDNESDAY.
Melcomb Stakes.

Tame Deer 1

Grillade • • .

Weymouth Stakes.

_
Minster

Fun

Entries for the Queen's Plate (This Day)—Wild Rose,
Schism, Fisherman, Pirate, Minster, and Tanie Deer. Ali
here but Fisherman.

The instalments were paid in full yesterday on a
further sum of about £300,000 of the New Indian Loan.
The total paid-up now amounts to about one-half of the
entire loan of £5,000,000. These payments in anticipation
are much larger than any immediate wants of the India
Council, and it is found difficult to employ them tempo-
rarily even at 2 per cent.
THE CHANNEL FLEET.—Torbay has been again
honoured during the past week with a visit from the Chan-
nel fleet. On Wednesday the Melpomene, 51, Capt.
Ewart ; Diadem, 32, Capt. W. Moorsom, C.B. ; and the
screw despatch gunboat Flying Fish, 6, Commander Hope,
arrived in the bay from the westward. On inquiry it was
learnt that a day or two before the fleet encountered a very
heavy westerly gale in the chops of the Channel, in which
the Diadem sprung her mainyard, and that with the vessels
above-named she was detached from the squadron and
ordered to rendezvous at Torbay. Early en Friday morning
they were rejoined by the remainder of the fleet. The
vessels were discerned in the offing standing in for the bay
in splendid order. They consisted of the Royal Albert, 121,
Capt. E. B. Rice, bearing the flag of Rear-Admiral Sir
Charles Fremantle, K.C.B. ; the James Watt, 91, Capt. E.
Codd ; the Algiers, 91, Capt. G. W. D. O'Callaghan; the
Ctesar, 90, Capt. T. H. Mason ; the Agamemnon, 91, Capt.
T. Hope ; the Aboukir, 91, Capt. F. Schomberg ; tilt) Nile,
91, Capt. A. P. E. Wilmot; the Hero, 91, Capt. G. W.
Seymour, C.B ; the Emerald, 51, Capt. A. Cumming ; the
Topaz, 51, Capt. the H on.W . S. Spencer; and the Imperieuse,
50, Capt. John J. B. E. Frere. At noon the whole of the
ships had come to an anchor about midbay. It was a noble
sight to the spectator ashore to witness these magnificent
specimens of naval architecture taking up their respective
positions. Thousands of persons were, as on the last occa-
sion, attracted to the quays, and the bay has been every day
studded with boats and steamers conveying excursionists
around the vessels. By the kindness of the commanders the
ships were again, subject to necessary regulations, thrown
open to the public, and during the whole of the specified
hours an immense number of visitors have availed them-
selves of the privilege. The Diadem and the Flying Fish
got under way on Saturday morning and proceeded to Ply-
mouth, but the rest remain at anchor.
DARING HOTEL ROBBERIES.—On Wednesday
morning a gentleman (Mr. Winaerls, of Hillgay), staying
at the Bath Hotel, in Yarmouth, with his wife, went out
at half-past six o'clock to bathe, leaving his wife in bed.
On returning in about half an hour he discovered that some
persons had entered the room and carried off from the table
the lady's gold watch and chain and a gold pin, which had
been lying there. The alarm was given, but no clue could
be obtained to the robbery, except that one of the ser-
vants had seen a strange individual on the staircase,
who requested to be shown to a closet, and shortly
atter, as the servant was coming out .of one of the
rooms, was seen by her to put his head out of the
closet and draw it in again. The police were sent for,
and one officer looked round the house, and of course
disct,vered nothing. It was afterwards found that a purse
containing £9 4s. 6d. was taken at the same time from
under the looking-glass on the dressing-table. On Thurs-
day morning a similar robbery was committed at the Royal
Hotel, Norwich. A commercial traveller, Mr. W. Crigh-
ton, sleeping in the house, awoke at six o'clock, and looked
at his watch, which hung from a hook above his head, and,
having gone to sleep again, on awakening about seven
o'clock, saw a man backing out of the bedroom, evidently
watching the occupant of the bed to see whether he had
been disturbed. Thinking some gentleman had entered his
room by mistake, Mr. Crighton allowed him to leave it un-
questioned, but the next instant missing his watch rushed
to the door, and seeing the person running as fast as he
could down' the stairs, followed him, and ultimatelypursued
him to the yard, where he was captured and brought back
by some men. The watch was found on some boxes on the
landing. The individual thus apprehended, who gave his
name as Meyer Hirsch, a German, residing in London,
and professed to be unable to speak English, was charged
before the magistrates the same day, when one of the ser-
vants in the hotel stated that she saw the prisoner, after
brushing his clothes in the passage, walk up stairs, after
which she saw him upstairs, at the door of one of the
rooms, and again a few minutes later at the bottom of the
stairs, when ho followed her, and tried the door of one
room and afterwards went to two others. The prisoner
said another man was going down stairs at the same time
as himself, dressed like himself. He was remanded for
further inquiries.—bury and Norwich Post.
The Irish greyhound is a remarkably fine animal,
being four feet in length, and very firmly built. Its hair is
of a pale fawn colour, and muck rougher than that of the
smooth English greyhound. Unless excited by the sight
of its game, or by anger, it is a very peaceable animal ; but
when roused, exhibits a most determined spirit. In former
days, when wolves and wild boars infested the Irish forests,
this dog was used for the purpose of extirpating those ani-
mals ; but in these days their numbers are comparatively
few. When fighting, it takes its antagonist by the back,
and shakes the life out of its fee by main strength. One of
these dogs measured 61 inches in total length ; 281 inches
from the toe to the top of the shoulder, and 35 inches in
girth."—Routledge's Illustrated Natural History, by the
Rev. J. G. Wood.
AN EMPRESS AND HER HOTEL BILLS.—" The
Empress Dowager of Russia," says the Avenir of Nice,
" will arrive at this place in the beginning of October from
Interlaken, where she is at present. Her Majesty has proved
that, however rich sovereigns may be, they are not always
disposed to submit to the extortionate demands of hotel-
keepers. When her Majesty passed through Basle two
years ago, the landlord of one of the hotels there charged
17,000 f. for accommodating the Empress and her suite for
a single night. The worthy innkeeper, on learning that
her Majesty was coming to Switzerland, expected a second
visit, but the Empress, on leaving gt. Petersburg, adopted a
defensive strategy, by engaging several cooks, who go be-
fore and prepareher repasts in the towns where she intends
to stop. This year, on passing through Basle, her Majes-
ty's dinner was prepared as usual beforehand, and served
in one of the railway refreshment rooms."