The Sun.
London, England, 1859-06-02 00:00:00

DESCRIPTION OF THE PLACED HORSES.

MUSJID is a brown horse, standing about 15 hands 3 in.
He has a blood-like head, which he parries high, and wide
ears. He possesses good shoulders and a moderate barrel.
His quarters are drooping, and he is not very good to look
at behind the saddle. He has plenty of length, and has no
white, except a star on the forehead.
TICKET-OF-LEAVE is a low, lengthy, hunter-like horse,
and is evidently endowed with great power. He has good
shoulders, and carries his heQd low. He has a white star
on the forehead.
TRUMPETER is a chesnut horse, and stands nearly 16
hands high. He has a racing-like head, strong neck, and
great depth of girth—good shoulders, short barrel, and is
somewhat high on the leg. He has a blaze on his face, and
three white heels. On his near fore-leg there were evident
marks of firing.
Promised Land is a "brown bay," about 15 hand's 3 in.
He has unexceptionable shoulders, but light back, ribs, and
quarters ; and, indeed, possesses many defects fatal to a
Derby horse.
The Epsom Town Plate of 50-sovs (Handicap) ; winners

extra. One mile.

Mr. Towsey's Stapleton, by Stapleton, 4 yrs, Bst 41b
(3'. floater ) 1
Mr. Shelley's Lord Berkeley, 5 yrs, 7st 101 b (L. Snowden) 2
Mr. Evans's Naughty Boy, 5 yrs, Est 101 b.. J. Searle) 3
The following also ran :—Tease, Tame Deer, Forerunner,
Newstead, Contract, Soapy Sam, Eltham Beauty, and
Tiney.

Belting-2 to 1 agst Tiney, sto 1 each agst Lord Berke-
ley and Soapy Sam, 100 to 12 agst Stapleton. Won by a
length; bad third.
The Epsom Cup of 100 soya, added to a Sweepstakes of 10
sous each, h ft, for three-yr-olds and upwards. Derby

Course. 11 subs.
Mr. F. Higgins's Fisherman, by Hern, 5 yrs 9st (Wells) 1
Baron Rothschild's Torth Lincoln, 3 yrs, 7st (Custance) 2
Mr. R. Chilton's Archduchess, 2 yrs, 6st 91b (Challoner) 3

Betting-6 to 2on North Lincoln, 3to 1 agst Fisherman,
and 10 to 1 agst Archduchess. Archduchess made the
running to Tattenham-corner, where the three closed. At
the distance Fisherman came out, followed by North Lin-
coln, and won by a length and a half; bad third.
The Burgh Stakes of 5 sovs each, with 30 added, for two-
.

yr-olds'and upwards. Optional selling weights. Half-

a-mile. 8 subs.
Mr. J. Bird's Simple Simon, 2 yrs, (£4O) sst .51b
(W. Bottom) 1
Mr. Challoner's Fusee, 3 yrs (SAO), 7st 31b (Vi . Bradley) 2
Mr. Dixie's Lady Bird, 2 yrs (t4O), sst (Mitchell) 3
The following also ran :—Marmalade, Genna, Gin, Sun-
ningdale.
Betting even on Marmalade, 5 to 2 agst Gin, 5 to 1 agst
any other. Won by a head ; a length and a half between
the second and third. The winner was sold by auction to
Mr. Coward for 145 guineas.

LATEST BETTING,
OAKS.
Even.on Mayonaise.

AQUATICS.

AMATEUR FOUR-OAR RACE ON THE THAMES.
A boat race took place on Saturday last between crews
selected from the Military College Sunbury, and the Cavalry
College, Richmond. The course was from the Crown and
anchor Inn at Thames Ditton to Kingston-bridge, a dis-
of about two miles. The race resulted in favour of the Sun-
bury crew. The following is a list of the crews :
Sunbury (Red) 1 Richmond (White) 0
st. lb. st. lb.
W. Duberly 9 6 Turner
P. F. Bulkeley .... 8 12 D. Griffiths
H. W. Baskerville .. 9 9 C. Ford
A. B. Wilbraham, str. 10 9 I Aberdy stroke
C. Hassan, cockswain 7 8 Gregg, cockswain 8 7
At starting the Richmond crew were the favourites.. The
choice of water was won by the Sunbury crew, who took
the Barge-walk side. A good start was effected at 3.30 p.m.,
the Sunbury crew taking the lead fora short distance; the
others, however, called alongside, and the two rowed on
for a short time bow and bow. The Sunbury boat again
drew ahead, and when they arrived at Messenger's. Eyot
they were a length and a half in advance. They then con-
tinued to gain gradually until the end, when they were a
good three and a half-boat's lengths a-head. The rowing
of the Sunbury crew was much admired.

THE DERBY SETTLING DAY-GOOD
NEWS FOR DEFAULTERS.

Mr. Westall, a common councilman of London,
waited yesterday upon Mr. Aldermrn Cubitt, at the
Guildhall Police-court, with the object of drawing
public attention to the nuisance so often complained
of with regard to the congregation of betting men
in Bride-lane, Fleet-street. He said--I appear be-
fore you, sir, to allege a complaint which must be
apparent to you and the other magistrates of the
City. As a citizen of London, I feel that if there is
one nuisance that deserves looking into more than
another, with the view of its being abolished, it is
that abominable nuisance in Bride-lane arising from
the assembling together in large numbers of betting
men. I was in hopes that this evil, so generally
complained of by the inhabitants, had somewhat
abated of late ; but I am informed by several gentle-
men whocalled upon me, knowing I am a member
of the police committee, that these notorious charac-
ters were yesterday congregated in Bride-lane, not
by scores, but by hundreds, gieatly to the annoy-
ance of the respectable people passing to and fro,
and to the great hindrance of business in the neigh-
bourhood. They wished to know, as betting men
had been driven from the West-end, if some steps
could not be taken to remove this sink of iniquity.
I am a warehouseman in the City, having a number
of persons in my employ, and, knowing how many
youths, apprentices, errand boys, and clerks have
been drawn aside from the paths of honesty and
virtue by the inducements held out in betting tran-
sactions, I am anxious to see something done to put
a stop to the iniquitous system of betting, so in-
jurious to the morals of young people. I am myself
surprised that no steps have been taken to stop such
practices in the City. I have felt it my duty to
make these representations to you, as the chairman
of the police committee, in the hope that you will,
with your brother magistrates, make every exertion
to suppress, by every means in your power, this
dangerous-system, which is calculated to be highly
prejudicial not only to the convenience and interests
of the inhabitants, but also to the morals and pros-
pects of young men in employ in the City.
Alderman Cubitt—l understand you to complain
on two grounds—first, that of the obstruction to
trade ; and, secondly, the immoral tendency of the
nuisance by drawing young men into betting trans-
actions

Mr. Westall—That is so, sir, for it is absolutely
impossible to pass through Bride-lane without being
subjected to robbery, insult, or violence from the
disreputable persons assembled there for betting
purposes.
Alderman Cubitt—You are aware perhaps that
the movement putting down betting-houses origi-
nated with the city, and that the legislative enact-
ment which followed subsequently enabled the
tnagistrates to suppress those establishments alto-
gether.
Mr. Westall—l am perfectly aware of that fact,
and for that reason I came here to ask the city
magistrAtes to again take the initiative in the pre-
sent instance.

Alderman Cubitt—How far the police can inter-
fere with persons found talking together in the
street I cannot at present say, but if this is such an
itktolerable nuisance as you describe, the sooner it is
removed the better.

Mr. Westall—There can be no doubt of the
object of these men assembling, as they stand about
with their betting-books in their hands without
any attemptat disguise.
Alderman Cubitt—On such a day as this I dare
say the nuisance will be as great as at any other
time, and I will therefore proceed there imme-
diately and judge for myself of the extent of the
nuisance. I will then consult with my brother ma-
gi,trates on the subject; and if we find our own
powersinsufficient, we must then consider what
other means can be adopted to stop the annoyance.
Mr. Westall—l am very much obliged to you,
sir, for the attention you have given to the matter ;
and I hope that if, on mature deliberation, you
find you have not the power to assist the inhabit-
ants, that you will propose, from your seat in Par-
liament, some measure that will have the effect of
removing or punishing these scoundrels, and, at
the same time, protecting the inhabitants from an-
noyance and our mercantile youth from being
plundered and ruined.
Alderman Cubitt—l think, Mr. Westall, you are
fairly entitled to the thanks of
.the public for the
trouble you have taken in drawing the attention
ef the authorities to the subject, and I will take
care that no time shall be lost in accomplishing the
object you have in view.