The Sun.
London, England, 1861-04-16 00:00:00

The Craven Plate of 50 sovs, for three-yr-olds, Est 61b ;
four, Bst 41b; five and upwards, Bst 121 b. The winner
to be sold for £5OO, if demanded, or to carry 71b extra. A.F.
Mile and a quarter.
Mr. Sargent's Crater, 4 yrs, Sat 111 b (inc. 71b extra)
(F. Adams) 1
Lord Stamford's Malta, 3 yrs, Est (inc. 71b extra)
(A. Edwards) 2
Baron de Niviere's Palaiseau, 3 yrs, Est 61b .... (Daley) 3
The following also ran :—Hagur, Grand Secret, Subur-
ban, Solferino, Stanton, Lancaster, Paul Clifford, Rosedale,
and Lisbon.
Betting-6 to 5 agst Crater, Cto 1 agst Malta, and 10 to
1 agst any other.

Lisbon being first on his legs, made play, having the
favourite, Palaiseau, and Malta, laid close up, the others
lying off some lengths. On reaching the T.Y.C. post Lis-
bon gave way to Crater, who, followed by Malta, singled
themselves out, and ran a close race home, Crater running
the longest. Won cleverly at last by three-quarters of a
length. Palaiseau finished a bad third, Rosedale fourth,
and Stanton nest; the others beaten off.

Sweepstakes of 25 sous each, for 3-yr-olds ; colts, Bst 71b ;
fillies and geldings, Bst 41b; maidens allowed 71b. Last
half of the Abingdon mile. 7 subs.
Lord Stamford's Little Lady, 3 yrs, Bst 41b (A. Edwards) 1
Sir H. De Vceux's Snapshot, 3 yrs, Bst (Custance) 2
Sir C. Rushout's Conqueror, 3 yrs, Bst 71b .... (Payne) 3
Mr. Mellen's Sporting Life, 3 yrs, Bst 41b (Fordham) 4
Betting-6 to 4on Little Lady, sto 2 agst Conqueror, 4
to 1 agst any other.

Conqueror and Sporting Life made the running to half-
way in the distance, when the favourite, who was lying on
the whip hand, came out, and in a few strides obtained a
decided lead, which she held to the end and won, "hands
down," by two lengths, Snapshot obtaining the second place
through Payne easing Conqueror in the last stride or two.;
Sporting Life was beaten off.

Handicap Sweepstakes of 15 sovs each, h ft, for 3-yr-olds
and upwards. The Ditch Mile. 8 subs.

Mr. J. Day's Monastery, 3 yrs, 6st 1121 b (Roper) 1
Mr. W. S. Crawford's Nicholas, 4 yrs, Bst 21b(Fordham) 2
Duke of Bedford's Shingle, 3 yrs, sst 111 b (Argent) 3
Gouvienx, Molly filly, and Conundru.al also ran.

Betting-5 to 2 each agst Nicholas and Shingle, and sto
1 agst any other.
Shingle, in company with Gouvieux and Monastery,
made the running, followed by Nicholas, lying in, the centre,
the King Tom filly and Conundrum on the lower side, in
which way they ran into the cords, where Nicholas took
the second place, but was unable to reach John Day's colt,
who won easily by two lengths ; a bad third ; Gouvieux
was fourth, and King Tom filly fifth. Conundrum last.
Match, Bst 71b each. Rowley Mile. 200 h ft.

Lord Glasgow's Brother to Schiedam, 4 yrs, Bst 71b
(Aldcroft) 1
Duke of Bedford's Montenegro, 4 yrs, Bst 71b.. (Rogers) 2
Betting opened at 5 to 4 on Montenegro, but closed at 5
to 4 on Brother to Schiedam.

Montenegro jumped off with the running, waited upon by
Lord Glasgow's colt to the Bushes, when he went up, and
won very easily by three lengths.

Handicap Plate of 50 sous for three-yr-olds and upwards,

T.Y.C.
Baron de Niviere's Cosmopolite, 6 yrs, Bst 21b
(H. Grimshaw) 1
Lord Strathmore's The Sage, 3 yrs, Gst ..... (Phillips) 2
Lord Uxbridge's General Hesse, 4 yrs, Sat 21b (Charlton) 3

The following also ran :—Fractious, Queen of May,
Wing, Amy Robsart, Letty West, Nabob's Daughter, and
Neophyte.
Betting-4 to 1 agst Sage, sto 1 agst Fractious, 6to 1
agst Wing, 8 to 1 each agst General Hesse, Neophyte, and
Cosmopolite, and 100 to 15 agst Letty West.
At the third time of asking the horses left the post in
compact order, Neophyte having a slight lead with the
Sage, Fractious, Amy Robsart, Nabob's Daughter, and
Cosmopolite lying in a cluster at her heels. On entering
the cords Cosmopolitan ran through his horses and obtained
a clear lead followed by Sage, General Hesse, and Dawson's
mare, to which four the race was confined, Cosmopolite
winning cleverly by a neck ; the Sage beating General
Hesse by three lengths for second. Neophyte and Wing
were fourth and fifth. The others beaten off.

The Grosvenor Plate Sweepstakes of 100 sovs each ; h ft,
for three-year-olds, colts Bst 71b ; and fillies Bst 21b; un-
tried mares or stallions allowed 31bs. The Ditch mile.
9 subs.

Baron Rothschild's Janus, Bst 41b
Lord Zetland's Carbineer, Bst 41b (J. Osborne) 2
Lord Wilton's c by West Australian, Bst 41b(Fordham) 3
Duke of Beaufort's East Sheen, Bst 21b • . (A. Day) 4
Mr. Savile's Reveille, Bst 41b (C us tance) 5
Betting-2 to 1 agst Carbineer, 3to 1 agst Janus, 3to 1
agst East Sheen, G to 1 &get Reveille,

Janus made play with the West Australian colt, and
East Sheen closely laid up across the flat, CFlaineer going
on fourth, but ere the cords were reached the latter ob-
tained second place, but without reaching Janus, who won
by a neck, a head between second and third, East Sheen a
bad fourth, Reveille last.
A Sweepstakes of 50 sous each; h ft, for three-year-olds,

colts Bst 71b; fillies Bst 21b. R.M. 4 subs.
Lord Stamford's Imaus, Bst 71b....... (A. Edwards) w. o.
The Forty-seventh Riddlesworth Stakes of 200 sovs each;
h ft; colts Bst 71b ; fillies Bst 41b. Ab.M. 4 subs.

Duke of Bedford's Paste, Bst 41b,.. (Carter) w. o.

RACING FIXTI
AP

fRES FOR 1861.
al,.

Thirsk lB
Liverpool Hunt Club 20

Doncaster Spring 23
Newmarket F S 29

Chester 7
York l4
Malton l6
Salisbury l6

Bath . , . 2l
Alancho,t,:, 22
Harpenden 24
Epsom 2B
'NE.

Chelmsford 5
Beverley
Han gerford
Ascot ll
Hampton l9
Newton l9

Odiham 25
Newcastle 25
Bibury Club 26
Stockbridge
Winchester 2B

Newmarket - 2
Carlisle
Worcester .. 4
Liverpool July
Abingdon 9
Pontefract 11

Nottingham 16
Stamford lB
Southampton 23
Hartlepool 29
Goodwood 3O

AUG
Lewes
Brighton
Brighton Club
Wolverhampton l2
Reading l4

I Radcliffe l9
Egham 20
Oxford
York 28
Plymouth 29
;111BER.

SEPTE
Devon and Exeter
Stockton
Derby
Warwick lO
Lichfield
Doncaster l7

Richmond 24
Leicester
Walsall 25
Monmouth 26
Manchester Autumn 27

OCT(
Newmarket F 0 1
Newmarket S 0.. ~ l4

1BER:
I Newmarket H 28

NOVE:
Worcester Autumn 5
Liverpool Autumn 13

[BEA.
Shrewsbury Autumn....l9

IRELAND.
APRIL.

Curragh 23
JUNE.

Wicklow

JULY.
Bellewstown 18 1 Down Royal Corporation.. 24

AUGUST.

Heath of Maryborough .. 8 I Roscommon 22

SEPTEMBER.

Curragh..
Tramoro

OCTOBER.
Londonderry]
2 Down Royal Corporation.. 24
Curragh

The accounts of the Farringdon and Wantage
Bank (Barnes, Medley, and Ansell), which stopped on
Wednesday last, has been placed, notwithstanding the ad-
judication in bankruptcy, in the hands of Messrs. Harding,
Panda, and Co., for investigation preparatory to an in-
tended offer of a corsposition. The liabilities will not ex••
coed £90,000.

M. ALEXANDER DIIMAS.—A publisher named
Delavier on Friday brought an action before the Civil
Tribunal against M. Alexander Dumas, to obtain pay-
ment of 22,600 fr. He showed that he had been engaged
with Dumas in the publication of the journal called the
Monte Cristo, and that the result was that in 1848 that
gentleman was his debtor for 10,295 fr. ; that he subse-
quently made advances to Dumas for his expedition to Rus-
sia and Circassia, and also for the purchase of the brig in
which he contemplated visiting the Greek Archipelago—
the said advances, when added to the preceding sum,
making the total claimed. He further said that beforeleav-
ing for Italy, Dumas had entered into an arrangement to
pay him in a year, bat ho had not done so. In reply to the
action Dumas affirmed that in the .!fonts Cristo affair, De-
lavier had not acted fairly by him, and he therefore
prayed that their partnership in it should be declared for-
mally at an end, and moreover that Delavier should
be made to pay him damages as an indemnity for
having unjustifiably brought the present action.
But the Tribunal rejected Dumas's demand, and ordered
him to pay the plaintiff 22,600 f. in four instalments with
illteCegt) also tv pay WA 600 A dtimaseq and the cp§tle