The Sun.
London, England, 1857-11-09 00:00:00

LORD MAYOR'S DAY.

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SUN OFFICE, Seven o' Clock.

TATTERSALLS'—(This Evening.)

LIVERPOOL AUTUMN CUP.
11 to 2 agst Underhand (offered)
11 to 2 agst Special License (offered)
6 to 1 agst Cotswold
7to 1 agst Wardersmarske
9 to 1 agat St. Wes
20 to 1 agst El Hakim (taken)
20 to 1 agst Sir Humphr y (ta'zen)
20 t 9 1 agst Victoria (taken)
20 to 1 agst December (taken)

DERBY.
18 to 1 agst Kelpie (taken)
25 to 1 agst Ditto (taken)
20 to 1 agst Lord Clifden's lot (taken)

NAVAL APPOINTMENT.—(This Day.)

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The following appointment was made this afternoon
at the Admiralty :
Midshipman—C. V. Udney to the Heron.

There is no foundation for the report that Capta
Milne is about to leave the Admiralty for au appoint.
meat at Devonport Dockyard.

SPORTING NOTES.

THE LIVERPOOL MEETING.

The Worcester committee were sadly disappointed by
the unpropitious weather. The rain spoiled their sport,
and rendered their meeting a failure. The stand on the
first day seemed dreary enough, and only a few dread-
nought tnrfites were huddled together in the enclosure.
Speculation was, therefore, du'l in the extreme ; but
had there been more backers of horses the b )okreakers
would not have had much cause for complaint. The
Selling Stakes did good service to the race fund, and the
money derived from them went far to make up for the
deficiency in the grand stand "takings." The alterations
and revisions that were made in the programme proved
most effective, and, but for the foul weather, the very
praiseworthy exertions of the committee would have been
most successful. Mr. Frail is not the man to be dis-
couraged, or else he would abandon his attempt to
establish a meeting at Wenlock, after the poor reward
which he received on Friday. The same cause, how
ever, that militated against the Worcester gathering also
operated prejudicially against his undertaking at Wen-
lock. The racing incidents at the two localities under
notice excited only a passing interest, and, as they are
lot likely to influence coming events, I shall not refer to
them. _ _ _ _

Really the Liverpool people. owe a deep debt of gra-
titude to Mr. Topham for the energy and liberality with
which he promotes sport at Aintree. Why the incomes
•f certain hotel keepers must be nearly doubled by Mr.
Topham's exertions, and yet, to their shame be it spoken
they do sot give him much pecuniary assistance.
Nearly all the " sinews of war" are derived from him,
and on him rests the entire responsibility of either the
failure or the success of the meeting. Racing men
alone are capable of appreciating his efforts, and they
do so cordially, despite the little grumblings in which
they occasionally indulge. That the supply of sport
will be satisfactory we may confidently expect from the
rich promise of the programme, and that the muster
of tteskites will be large is evident from the numbers
who at my present writing ho'd themselves " under
orders" for Liverpool.
Six events will be decided on each of the first two
days, and seven on Thursday, racing enough surely for
these dreary November days. The Antree Plate may
attract a somewhat large field. Uzella and Flyaway
appear to me to be as trustworthy as anything amongst
the nominations. The Sluggard and Little Cob will
perhaps show the way for the \Vclter Cup.
Thirty-two youngQters are entered for the Knowsley
Nursery, and at present it is difficult to "spot" the
starters. Polly Peachum, Anne Develin, and one of
Mr. Merry's will, however, b 3 the best to stand on.
Fur .he Juvenile Stakes I shall Eeltot Old Times.
Theorline may win the Hurdle Race, unless, indeed,
Miss Harkaway and Chester discover jumping qualities
" I wot not of."

Lit.le Tom and Dusty Miller ought to carry their
colours forward in the Surrey Corinthian Handicap ;
and for the Sefton there are three names—Special Li•
cense, Queen Bess, and Weatherglass—which attract
my fancy, and which may be as close together in the
race as they are in the handicap.

Unlucky as Fisherman invariably is in a handicap, yet
I am not inclined to believe tbat his chance is " out" for
the Autumn Cup. Whether the game old horse, how-
ever, is to be brought out again this season I cannot
tell. Special License came out with " a rattle" at Man-
chester on Friday. He is certainly well io, but I be.

Have him to be tuited to a shorter course. I shall
therefore give my prehrence to William Day'B intentica
(either ST. GILES er DECEMBER), and to UNDERHAND.
The other stakes have yet to close.

A FRESH MAN.

CORONER'S TNQUEST,—An inquest was held at the
Z Aland Arms, Bute-street, Old Brompton, on There-
ally, by the Deputy-coroner, upon the body of Charles
Morel, livery stable-keeper, Zetland Arms-yard, Bute-
street. who was accidentally kicked by his horse in
the stable yesterday (Friday) week, from which he
lingered and died a ithin 24 hours, leaving a widow
and eight children totally unprovided for.
Het Majesty has been pleased to issue to the late Lord
Mayor (Mr. Alderman Finals) a new Commission of
Lieutenancy for the city of London. and the following
gentlemen have been appointed commissioners :—Mr.
Lewis L oyd, 4r. C. Masmiac, Mr. J. M. Daniel, Mr.
Duncan Dunbar, Mr. W. Lindsay, M.P., Mr. G.
M .ffatt, M.P., Mr. Undersheriff Parker, Mr. J. P.
Fisher, Mr. J. Bonus, Mr. T. K. Lynch, Mr. C, Skipper,
Mr. R. L. Taylor, Mr. G. G. Glyn, M.P., and Mr. C.
W. Dilke
THE SMITHFIELD CLUB CATTLE SHOW.—The annual
cattle show of the Smithfield Club for 1857 is fixed to
take place en Tuesday the Bth, Wednesday the 9th, Thurs-
day the 10th, and Friday the 11th of December, at the
Baker-street Bazaar. The club have increased their money
prizes this year from the usual average of about 650/ to
1,0511. The number of classes into which the show istolie
divided this year has been increased from 32 to 42,
separate classes have been assigned, pursuant to reso-
lutions passed at the last annual general meeting of the
Smithfield Ciub, to the Sussex breed of cattle, Norfolk
or Suffolk polled breed, Scotch polled breed, Irish breed,
and Welsh breed. The stewards for the ensuing show
are :—For beasts and long-wooled sheep, Mr. James
Hole, Mr. Win. Sanday, and Mr. Wm. Torr ; for short-
wooled sheep, cross-bred steep, and pigs, Mr. Edward
Rust, Mr. Henry Fookes, and Mr. Jonas Webb.
THE LIABILITIES OF MESSRS, NAYLOR, OF SHEFFIELD.
—The satisfactory intelligence has been received from
Sheffield that the liabilities of Messrs. Naylor, Vickers,
and Co,, instead of amounting to 1,000,000/., as reported
in some quarters, do not exceed 450,0001. or 500,0001.,
and that no other firm in the district is likely to be
brought down by their suspension. Some of the prin-
cipal creditors are in Sweden, and the only reacon for
delaying till the 24th inst. the meeting at which a precise
statement will be presented is in order that representa-
tives of these parties may be present It is understood
that the stt'ck of iron held by the firm in America and
England is worth 270,0001., and that every debt owing
to them in America is of a character on which any sound
and prudent house might have implicitly relied. The
blow, therefore, has been one of the most sadden that
has ever fallen on any mercantile establishment, and it
is believed that the entire proceedings connected with it,
instead of damaging the future reputation of the partners,
will add to the confidence hitherto placed in them.—
Times.
THE MEDITERRANEAN TELEGRAPH.—'t We are pleased
to ruestion," sap the Malta Times of the 27th ultimo,
" that Mr. Andrews, the superintendent engineer of
the Mediterranean Extension Telegraph Company, has
arrived in ibis island, accompanied by a staff of clerks,
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direction of Cagliari the cable will be placed in Malta at
the point of land called the Dragonara Point, between
St. George's Bay and St. Julian s, and there the wires
will be carried across the country upon posts of from 18
to 21 feet high to Sa Maison, at the foot of the Marsa-
mu,cetto Harbour. All this part of the work will 1 e
performed by the contractors, Messrs. Newell, who have
shipped the requisite hands and material for the purpose
on board the Etba. • On laying down the cable, the con-
tractors will, no doubt, in a brief space of time fulfil their
portion of the work. Meanwhile, the superintendent
engineer is already busy in making preparations for
the fulfilment of the company's engagement—that is,
to lay the wires front Sa Diaison along the Marsa-
muscetto Bastions to the Jews' sally port, and thence
up Strada San Nicolo to Strada, San Paolo, on posts
at distances of about 100 feet, to the offices Of the com-
pany, in the building of the Old Exchange. The civil
and military authorities have given every facility in
their power to aid the completion of the wrorl
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worthy superintendent, the Hon. Admiralt
Desperantea to
Stopford, has despatched the etearn-frig
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THE SITE OF THE Fees
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the City Lands Committee. inquiry
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at present been effected,—Qtty Pau.