The Sun.
London, England, 1859-03-22 00:00:00

TATTERSALLS'-MONDAY.

The room was fully attended, but the early part of the
afternoon was entirely occupied with settling the ac-
counts of the past week. Gladiolus was firm for the
Northamptonshire Stakes, and Newcastle has advanced to
the position of second favourite ; the latter was also backed
at a long shot to some money for the Derby. 9to 1 was
offered on the field for the Chester Cup, and 20 to 1 was
taken freely about Royal Sovereign.

NORTHAMPTONSHIRE STARES.
100 to 15 agst Gladiolus (taken)
, 10 to 1 agst Newcastle (taken and offered)
10 to 1 agst Shafto (offered)
100 to` 8 agst Mutineer (taken)
15 to 1 agst Rio (taken)
20 to 1 agst Yellow Rose (taken)
25 to 1 agst Boldfaced Stag
28 to 1 agst Stapleton (taken)
EARL SPENCER'S PLATE.
sto 1 agst King-at-Arms (taken)
CHESTER CUP.
10 to 1 agst Drogheda (taken)
20 to 1 agst Royal Sovereign (taken freely)
40 to 1 agst Jordan (taken)
DERBY.
100 to 6 agst Gamester (taken) ,
30 to 1 agst Cavendish (taken)
33 to 1 agst Ticket of Leave (taken)
50 to 1 agst Schuloff (taken)
80 to 1 agst Gladiolus (taken)
1000 to 10 agst Newcastle (taken)
1000 to 10 agst Far West (taken)
DOUBLE EVENT BETS.
60 to 1 agst The Promised Land winning the Two
Thousand and Gamester the Derby (t)
60 to 1 agst The Promised Land winning the Two
Thousand and Volcano the Derby (t)
66 to 1 agst The Promised Land without the Two
Thousand and Musjid the Derby (t)

New Brighton is struck out of all his engagements.
Tease is struck out of his Birmingham and Shrewsbury

engagements.
Jealousy is struck out of her engagements at Coventry,
Birmingham, and Shrewsbury.

BIRMINGHAM, TUESDAY.

The following horses have arrived :—Gibraltar, Ballina-
sloe, Phoenix, May Day, Gipsy King, Harry of Hereford,
Humming Bird, Goldsmith, Young Magnet, Theodine,
Orkousta, Clear the Way, and Horniblow.

BIRMINGHAM S'

'EEPLECHASES.

THE ERDINGTON PLATE,

Age st lb
Sting
Odiham
Orkousta.
Theodine
Mahratta
Sportsman a 10 2
Nigger Lass 1. 10 0
Heads or Tails
Chelmerton
Harry of Hereford a 9 10
Adiantum
Weights published

Two miles and a half.
Age st lb
Boadicea
May Day
Firefly
Young Bagman
Topsy 5 9 5
Antic
Maria Agnes a 9 2
The Doctor
Physician, by Game-
boy 4 9 0
Johnny 4 8 10
March 21, at 9 a.m

AQUATICS.

FOUR-OARED CUTTER RACE.

An exciting four-oared cutter race came off yesterday
afternoon from Kew-bridge to the Queen's Head at Mort-
lake. The following were the crews :
MR. NOON'S CREW. MR. GODFREY'S CREW.
Mr. Wm. Day. Mr. W. Stoor.
Mr. Henry Goddale. Mr. G. F. Eydmun.
Mr. E. Stoor. Mr. A. Squire.
John Bewley, stroke. W. Goadale, stroke.
R. Noon, coxswain. F. Godfrey, coxswain.
Mr. Day belongs to the Old George, High-street, Mort-
lake, and Mr. Godfrey to the Queen's Head, Mortlake, and
it was a match between the houses, Mr. Noon's crew win-
ning the choice of station. They both got away excellently
together, and kept so at a clipping pace to the Maria Ward,
where Godfrey's crew took the lead, and kept it, winning
by two lengths. It was a very close affair all the way.

SUDDEN DEATH.—Yesterday Mr. Humphreys,
the newly-elected coroner for East Middlesex, received in-
formation of the death of a man unknown, apparently
about 56 years of age, who died under the following cir-
cumstances :—The deceased entered the shop of Mr. Pinch-
back, hairdresser, of Osborn-street, Whitechapel, when he
sat down to be shaved, and shortly afterwards a gurgling
noise was heard by the persons present. Some alarm was
manifested, as the deceased was very pale and fell insert-
aible to the ground. He was raised up and found to be
dying, and before a surgeon arrived life was extinct.
INSTABLITIY OF THE FOREIGN-OFFICE.—The fol-
lowing is a copy of the report of Mr. John Phipps, on the
state of the buildings now occupied as the Foreign-office,
dated the 12th of January :—" I have carefully surveyed
the whole of the buildings now occupied by the Foreign-
office in Downing-street and Fludyer-street, with a view to
ascertain their present condition, and of forming an esti-
mate as to the length of time for which they may still be
occupied with safety. I have to report that, from the repairs
and reinstatements which have from time to time been
effected, and indeed are at this moment being carried out,
and also from the care and attention which are constantly
devoted to the inspection of the various parts, I am not pre-
pared to say that the Foreign-office (as it at present stands)
might not with safety be used for the public service for,
many years, provided no material alterations are made in'
the interior parts of the building wiaich would involve an
interference with main walls and timbers. At the same
time I feel it my duty to state that, from the im-
perfect construction of parts of the building, the age
of other parts, and the bad foundation incident to the whole
structure, the cost of maintaining it forany length of time
must be necessarily large. As one proof of the character of
the soil upon which these buildings have been erected, it
may be remarked tliat on a recent occasion, when the houses
in the South-parade were pulled down, the fall of the walls,
though done with great care, shook in a sensible degree the
whole of the surrounding buildings, and was distinctly felt
in the vaults now used by the printing establishment. But,
while expressing the opinion I have ventured to offer as to
the possibility of upholding and maintaining the present
buildings for some time to come, it is proper I should statti
that I could not be answerable for the safety of them if new
public offices be erected on the surrounding land, which
would necessarily involve great depth of excavation for the
reception of concrete, and a considerable amount of pump-
ing awing that operation. I believe this would so interfere
with the stability of the bui dings as to make it necessary
to support them in all directions with timber shores and
struts, even if it did not render them absolutely unsafe."