The Sun.
London, England, 1861-03-26 00:00:00

SPORTI2VG INTELLIGENCE.

BETTING AT MANCHESTER-MONDAY.

Zitella, for the Earl Spencer's Plate, was very freely sup-
ported to-day, and finished a better favourite then Spanish
FJy, against whom fo to 1 was offered ; and Seclusion was
also backed for this event. For the Northamptonshire
Stakes, King of Diamonds was in force. The City and
Suburban remains without change. 10 to 1 was offered on
the field for the Chester Cup, and 100 to 6 was taken about
Mau-at-Arms ; Butterfly would have been backed at a
small advance on 100 to 6, and Wallace was much talked
about. but stood at 30 to 1 (offered), take 100 to 3. Bto 1
was taken against Diophantus, and 10 to 1 would have
been taken about Matador, for the Two Thousand Guineas.
For the Derby, 9 to 2 was taken about Dundee, and it is
evident that Rouge Dragon is coming strongly into favour
for this raoe, 100 to 7 being taken very freely. Closing
prices :

EARL SPENCER'S PLATE.
10 to 1 agst Zitella (taken)
.10 to 1 apt Spanish Fly (taken and offered)
le. to 1 agst Seclusion (taken)

NORTHAMPTONSHIRE STAKES.
100 to 7 agst King of Diamonds (taken)
100 to 7 agst The Rap (taken)
110 to 6 agst Moorhen (offered)
100 to 6 agat Man-at-Arms (offered)
20 to 1 agst Rattlebone (offered)
CHESTER CUP.
10 to 1 agst Chere Amie (offered)
16 to 1 agst Man-at-Arms (taken)
25 to 1 agst Sweet Hawthorn (offered)
30 to 1 agst Wallace (offered, take 100 to 3)

CITY AND SUBURBAN.
10 to 1 agst East Sheen (offered)
100 to 7 agst First Lord (offered)
100 to 6 agst Industrious (offered)
20 to 1 agst Benbow (offered)
40 to 1 agst Dover (taken)

TWO THOUSAND GUINEAS.

7to 1 agst Klatikoff (taken)
Bto 1 agst Diophantus (taken)
10 to 1 agst Matador (wanted)
10 to 1 agst Sweet Hawthorn (offered)
12 to 1 agst Russley (taken)
DERBY.

4to 1 agst Dundee (offered, 9to 2 taken)
100 to 7 agst Rouge Dragon (taken freely)
30 to 1 agst Matador (offered)
35 to 1 agst Bombardier (taken)
66 to 1 agst The Drake (taken)

DESCENDANTS OF DANIEL DE FOE.

In the month of June, 1857, James De Foe, the great
grandson of the author of "Robinson Crusoe," died, having
derived support during the last years of his life, part from
a subscription set on foot for his benefit, but principally
from tin industry and self-denial of two unmarried daugh-
ters. Protracted sickness, and much unavoidable distress
consequent upoa it, occurred to these daughters after the
death of their father ; whereupon, at the commencement of
the present year, a few persons to whom the fact was known
appealed to Lord Palmerston for the grant of a small sum
out of the Queen's Bounty. It ought to be generally known
that this appeal was at once generously responded to by the
Prime Minister, and that the sum of £lOO was with great
kindness granted to the poor descendants of one of the most
remarkable writers of England. Such details of the case
as wore submitted in support of the application to Lord
Palmerston may be interesting to our readers, and we there-
fore append a copy of the memorial :
"The undersigned respectfully submit to Viscount Pal-
merston's kind consideration the subjoined statement in
support of an application for a small sum out of the Queen's
Bounty in aid of the present distress of two great great-
granddaughters of Daniel De Foe :—On May 19, 1857, Jas.
Deeru Foe,eee,
, dtihede great-grandson
cottage in Kennington, where he had
t-
grandson of the author of ' Robinson
lived in great poverty for many years. He was upwards of
80 years old. Disabled by a severe rupture from working at
the business he had followed as a carpenter and boxmaker,
he was chiefly maintained by his wife's earnings as a laun-
dress. His wife died, and his means necessarily became
more straitened. During the last three years and a half of
his life he received assistance from a small subscription set
on foot by a few persons to whom his circumstances had be-
come known, and to which Lord Lansdowne very liberally
contributed. After the death of his wife his principal sup-.
port had been derived from the industry and self-denial of
two unmarried daughters, to whom a small balance of the
subscriptions was paid over at his death. These poor women
are not the sale survivors of James De Foe. A son is clerk
to a timber merchant at Chelmsford, but is unable to render
them assistance. Another daughter, who is married to a
working undertaker, and a fourth, who is teacher in a school
in France, though with sufficient means to support them-
selves, cannot render any assistance to those, the only re-
maining members of James De Fee's family, for whose
benefit aid is now respectfully solicited from Viscount Pal-
merston. The eller, Sarah, who devoted herself to the care
of her father, is a dressmaker. The other, Jane Amelia, is
of extremely delicate health, and is wholly dependent upon
her sister for support. During 1860 the elder has been un-
able to obtain continuous employment, and her occasional
labour has not been sufficient to procure the common neces-
saries of life for herself and her invalid sister."

DULWICH COLLEGE.—The second mastership of
Dulwich College, rendered vacant by the preferment of the
Rev. Alfred Pavah, M.A:, to the rectory of St. °lave's,
Hart-street, has been conferred upon Mr. Henry John
Raby, M.A., Fellow and Classical Lecturer of St. John's
College, Cambridge. •