The Sun.
London, England, 1850-04-29 00:00:00

FUTURE.

My opinion on the Derby, as expressed in my ":introductory
epistle" of the 18th of March last, remains unaltered. Ghillie
Callum, I am convinced, is the best of the Goodwood let, as
Sweetheart is of the Danebury. No one, I presume, will
doubt Boiingbroke's superiority over the Newmarket divi-
sion ; and they need not The Italian's over the northern
stables, without the dark Mayors shcaild turn out a prodigy,
for the Voltigeur party are making a dreadful mistake in
their calculations.

Should Ghillie Callum go amiss, I shall haul up The
Nigger and William the Conqueror; to represent the Sussex
stable. Clir,cher I cannot fancy, nor can I any of the fol-
lowing :—The Knight of Avenel, Mickleton, Blarney, Har-
dinge, Cyprus, Compass, Mildew, Penang, The Swede,
Windhound, Pitsford, John-o'-Groat, Deicoon, Yew-tree,
Lady Geraldine colt, Garfortb, Moulton, St. Fabian, Charley,
Cranberry, Cadger, and Confidence, whom I set down as a
hopeless lot; Nutshell would be my choice from the outside
division.
For the Oaks, my team must still consist of Probity,
Countess of Albemarle, Tingle, and Tiff ; the second and
last for choice.
At the present time Chantrev, 4 yrs, Est 101 b, would be
my pick for the Chester Cup, taking Collingwood, aged, 9st
lb ; Cossack, 6 yrs, 9st 21b ; Ellerdale, 6 yrs, Bst 31b ; Esse-
darius, 4 yrs, 7st 91b; Osterley, 4 yrs, 7st; The Knout, 4
yrs, 6st 81b ; and Gulliver, 4 yrs, sst 81b, as a reserve corps.
Two or three of these, however, are very doubtful starters.
Herbert and Chicot, at 7st 21b and Gst, are well-in for the
Suffolk Stakes.
As I remarked before, "The Flying Dutchman and
Canezou will be the pets of fortune for the Emperor's Plate;
and it will be a mere question of health with the former
for the Great 300 Sovs. Stakes at Goodwood."
The Newmarket First Spring Meeting commences to-day
with a Sweepstakes of 300 soy& each, which Solon or
Queensberry will win. •
A 50 sovs. Stake will go to the Knight of Gwynne;
and the matches to William the Conqueror and Surplice.
To-morrow Testator ought to win the 300 soya. Stakes,
B. C. ; and Brington the Coffee-room Stakes.
For the 2,000 Guineas Stakes Nutcracker or Ghio, Zadoc,
Hardinge, Mickleton, Beehunter, Moultan, and Pitsford will
in all probability be found at the post. The struggle,l ima-
gins, will be between Beehunter and Pitsford, and may pos-
sibly end thus :
BEEHUNTER
PITS FORD
HARDINGE

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The remaining races, I opine, will come off as follows

WEDNESDAY.
Stake. Probable Winner.
50 sovs. D.ll.—Bee Hunter.

55 sovs. D.I.- Nutcracker 1, Necklace 2.
50 sovs. A.F.— Satire 1, The Trump 2.
50 sovs. T.T.C.—Crucible I, Rathmines 2.
50 sovs. A.F.—Puffy 1, Impertinence horse 2.
50 sous. R.hl.—Rearguard.

THURSDAY.
1000 guineas D.M.—Tiffl, Countess of Albemarle 2.
10J sous. Stakes D.M.—William the Conqueror.
FRIDAY.

Newmarket Stakes, D.M.—Nutshell Ist, Cariboo 2d, Moul-
tan 3d.
But see, the morn is up, the dewy morn,
With breath all incense, and with cheek all bloom;
Mighty nature bounds as from her birth,
The sun is in the heavens, and life on earth ;
Flowers in the valley, splendour in the beam,
Health in this gale, and freshness in the stream."
Hoping that I have not burnt the midnight oil in vain,
I am, Sir, your's &c.,
THE SPIRIT OF THE TURF.

April 29, 1850.

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

PORTSMOUTH, SUNDAY.—The Maria Somes transport
came up to Spithead from Cowes to•day.
The Griffon brigantine, ordered to this port to be paid
off and refitted for an instruction-brig fJr naval appren-
tices for the Cork station, is not to be fitted for that
service; a vessel will be selected from Devonport for that
purpose.
The Crocodile is ordered to take the place of the Per-
seus off the Tower of London.
By letters from the island of St. Helena, we learn that
the Waterwitch, 8, Commander Quin, sent in a prize on
the 14th ult., with 300 slaves.
The Lily, 12. Commander Bedford, arrived at Lisbon
from this port on the 20th.
Commodore Martin's squadron had not left the Tagus
for another cruise on the 21st inst.
The Birkenhead iron steam• frigate will embark the
4th (King's Own) for Plymouth garrison to•morrow.
Mr. J. Robinson has been appointed assistant-master
of the apprentices' school in this dockyard.
During the past week 30 naval apprentices, instructed
in the various duties of seamanship on board the Rolla,
have been drafted from the above school for service on
foreign stations.
The Amphitrite, 25, Acting Captain Walker, was at
St. Blas on the 25th of February, collecting freight for
England. She was to be at Valparaiso in April, and to
sail on the 25th or 26th of February for Mazanilla, to
complete her last shipment of specie. She would sail on
the Ist of March for Spithead: