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

PAST.

Nothing of sufficient importance having occurred at Liver-
pool or Warwick, to claim my particular attention, I must
leap over them, and one or two other small meetings, to that
at Northampton, where the first great contest of judgment
and opinion was fought, much to the disadvantage of the ad-
mirers of the favourite theory, who were bowled over in
nearly every instance; but
"Fortune's a changeful jade, a steed whose rein
Requires an iron hand. At times the boldest rider
Is unhorsed, left in the deepest mire: anon
A child may guide her;"
as the triumphs of the cracks in the forthcoming week will
testify.
Collingwood was the first trump card played off at North-
ampton. He won the Trial Stakes there as easily as he has
since won the Lansdown Trial Stakes at Bath, both perform-
ances being accomplished almost without an effort. He has
been backed quietly for the Chester Cup to win a good round
sum; and if Peep-o'-day Boy's chance of winning
that stake is good, his is much better—at least I think so.
The running fur the Harlestone Prodnce and Great
Northamptonshire Stakes was far from being true;
as I remarked in No. 111. of these Sporting
Notes, Bee Hunter's defeat by Clelia for the former stake,
was attributable "to the state of the ground and drawing
the race too fine ;" and the success of Priestess, 4 yrs, Est 10Ib,
over Chantrey, 4 yrs, Est 131 b, and Osterley, 4 yrs, ist, in the
race for the latter stake, was owing, at least so far as
Osterly is concerned, to the curious style in which Mr. Hill's
horse was handled; he began by almost running away, cut-
ting out the work at a great pace, then charging the Hill a
la Tartar, was completely pumped out by the time he was
half way up the distance, and Priestess, well in hand, won by
a length from Chantrey, who bad a head the best of Oster.
ley ; this trio will be heard of to considerable advantage ere
Many months have passed away.
The filly by Slane, out of Receipt, one of the Bretby stud,
lately purchased by Mr. Ford of Lord Chesterfield (for Mr.
;C. G. Kemys Tynte, I believe) won the Althorpe Park
!Stakes in a canter by three lengths, in 44 seconds; one of
'the most extraordinary performances on record, beating Pres-
tige (a known fast one), and Buckhound (said to be
Ithe best of the Goodwood youngsters) in the easiest style
'imaginable.
Penang, another member of the Bretby stud, won the
ißelvoir Castle Stakes, at Croxton Park, with great ease,
beating Confidence, and two others; he has materially im-
proved since last year, will do a good thing some of these days,
but I am afraid is of no use for the Derby.
Backbiter, after winning the Granby Handicap with lost
,11.1 b up, proved to the world that for once he was in form,
by winning the Great Metropolitan Stakes at Epsom, carry-
rMg 7et 31b (a very easy weight for a 5-year old), a neck from
ounseer, 4 yrs, 6st 1.016; Cheerful, 4 yrs, Gst, losing the
second place by a length.
. .

Buckhound won the Epsom Two-year-old Stake in a style
that speaks volumes for his superiors, Prestige and the Slane
filly.
i The Newmarket Craven Meeting, in the " good old times,"
commenced what has since been termed the " legitimate
racing 'season ;" but now-a-days Northampton and Epsom
anticipate it in that respect.
The first gathering at head-quarters was rendered pecu-
iarly interesting by the signal defeat of Mickleton and Clelia
(who ran fourth and fifth) for the Column Stakes, Longinus
and Cariboo having the race to themselves, the former win-
ning by a head ! Cranberry a bad third. This of course
4ettles Mickleton's, Cariboo's, and Cranberry's chances for
he Derby, and Clelia's fur the Oaks; Longinus being cle-
•ierly' defeated the following day by Nutshell in the spin for
Ole 100 sous. Stakes.
The race for the Newmarket Handicap, the truest run this
year was wen by Cheerful, 4 yrs, sst 121 b, from end to end,
nothing having a chance with her, except the Knight of
lwynne, 3 yrs, sst lib, and Herbert,- 4 yrs, 7st llb, both,
However, cleverly disposed of.
Hardinge and Officious. respectively won a . couple of
,takes • the former beating Nutcracker and Tomboy in a veryslovenly manner • and the latter A.bdallah and Falcon, in
her usual off-hand style, in a common canter, by several
lengths.
Osterley, the pitch of perfection; so far as training
goes, a very true rung
goes, won the Port Stakes, cleverly,
by half' a length; this, of course,
race with Lady Evelyn,
annihilates her ladyship's chance at Chester.
The Somersetshire Stakes at Bath, thanks to Halo's break
down, was a coup de fortune for Mr. Drinkald with his
Sauter-la:Coup ; and the I)yrham Park Stakes an easy win
for Deicoon, without however improving his position in the
Deiby market.
It is peculiarly remarkable how unfortunate I have been
this year in my predictions on the three great handicaps,
although singularly successful on all other races.ll
For the Northamptonshire I selected Osterley to win, and
Chantrey to fill the second place; the- reckless 'manner in
Which Osterley was handled sent him past the post a good
third ; Chantrey, however, was second.
For the Metropolitan I placed Cheerful first and Moun-
seer second; here again I was right with respect to the
second horse, but through the wretched pace at which
the race was run, I was made anything but cheer-
ful by seeing my primal choice third. And as if to
reach the acme of contrarieties, the race for the Newmarket
Handicap, the truest run this year, ended by placing Cheerful
and Herbert first and third ; the very animals whom I had
selected to be second and third; but

"Fortune at my time of life,
Although a female moderately fickle,
Will hardly leave me (as she's not my wife)
For any length of days in such a pickle,
To strive to with our fate were such a strife
As if the corn-sheaf should oppose the sickle :
Men are the sport of circumstances, when
The circumstances seem the sport of men."

Having touched on the past as much as the limits of this
epistle will allow of; before plunging into the future, I have
a few words to say on the

• PRESENT
state of the betting market, which, just now, is in a highly
sensitive condition. Rumour, with her hundred tongues, is
hard at work on the merits and conditionsof various high-bredl
cattle; reports are rife, telling how Pitsford bas beaten Os-
terley
at even weights • how Mayors gave the. Dutchman his
work to do; how Ghillie Callum is coughing; how t.,lincher,
on the strength of his trial with Cariboo, to whom be gave
101bs and a beating, is a wonder; how Bee Hunter is not up
to the mark ; bow Bolingbroke, with his enormous
stride, looks and goes as well as his most ar-
dent admirers could wish; how John Day is to produce
the winners of the 2,000 Guineas and Chester Cup; how
John cosser is to do wonders in the race for the Coop ; how
Voltiguer is a rare thing for the Derby; and how Woodlark
may tune up merrily on the banks of the Deo. This, awl
much more, has made the betting very feverish. For the
Guineas, Pitsford, after many ups and downs, was last night
once more eleyeted to the premierehip Bee Hunter gettwg

pepper at 6, 7 to 4, and 2 to 1 ; Hardinge oscillated between
3 and 4 to 1 ; and Moultan, Mickleton, and Zadoc were
severally backed at small sums at from lf-.; to 33 zo 1. For
the Cup, at Chester, John Day's nags, as ust al, were
in great force, but looming the background, sere-
rat dangerous outsiders were on the rise., .For some
days past the ring have been playing at shuttlecock
with Ghillie Callum; he has been rising and falling in the
market in the most extraordinary manner imaginable, atone
time at 18 and 20 to 1, then up to 10, then back again to 16,
and so on. All I have to say respecting him is, take care
you don't burn your fingers at this coprioski ; for, mark my
words, should he go to the post on the Derby day well and
fit, there are but few horses, bar Bolingbroke, who can come
anywhere near him for stride and pace; he and Bolingbroke
look very much like second editions of the Dutchman.
Now for a dive into the
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 lot, as
Sweetheart is of the Danebury. No one, I presume, will
doubt Bolingbroke's superiority over the Newmarket divi-
sion; and they need not The Italian's over the northern
stables, without the dark Mayors should turn out a prodigy,
for the Voltigeur party are snaking 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. Clilicher 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, Garforth, Moultan, 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 tor choice.
At the present time Chantrev, 4 yrs, Est 10Ib, would be
my pick fur the Chester Cup, taking Collingwood. aged, 9st
k 1 b ; Cossack, 6 yrs, 9st 21b ; Ellerdale, 6 yrs, Bst 31b; Esse-
darius, 4 yrs, 7st 91b ; Osterley, 4 yrs, 7st ; The Knout, 4
yrs, Est 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 6st, 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 Sow. Stakes at Goodwood."
The Newmarket First Spring Meeting commences to-day
with a Sweepstakes of 300 sovs. 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 Boys. Stakes,
B. C. ; and Brington the Coffee-room Stakes.
For the 2,000 Guineas Stakes Nutcracker or Ghio, Zadoc,
Hardinge, Mickleton, Beehunter, Monitan, and Pitaford will
in all probability be found at the post. The struggle, I ima-
gine, will be between Beehunter and Pitsford, and may pos.
sibly end thus :
BEEHUNTER
PITS FORD
... 2
HARDINGE „..
„. 3
The remaining races, I opine, will come off as follows :••••••
WED NESDAY.
Stake. Probable Winner.
50 sovs. D.M.—Bee Hunter.
sovs. P.M. - Nutcracker 1, Necklace 2.
50 soya. A.F.— Satire 1, The Trump 2.
50 soya. T.Y.C.—Crucible 1, Rathmines 2.
•50 sow. A.F.—Puffy 1, Impertinence horse 2.
50 soya. R.M.--Rearguard.

THURSDAY.
1000 guineas D.M.—Tiff 1, Countess of Albemarle 2.
10'J sou. 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 heavenw, and life on earth ;
Flowers in the valley, splendour in the beam,
Health in the gale, and freshness in the stream."
Hoping that I have not burnt the midnight oil in vain,
I am, Sir, your's &c.,
April 29,1850. THE SPIRIT OF THE TURF.

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.
PORTSMOUTH, SUNDAY.—The Maria SWIM 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 for 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. Helene, 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 24a.
Commodore Martin's Tkuadron 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 hoard the Rolla,
have been drafted from the above school for service on
foreign stations.
The Amphitrite, 25, Acting Captain Walker, was at
St. Bias 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 Spitbead.

ebtro --,xlttton.

NEWMARKET RACES,

(THIS DAY.)

(BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.)
~wrseepsr es._
Knight of Gwynn° ...
Harum•Scarum

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••• ••• ••• ••• •• • 2
Handicap.

Newport
Vasa

... 1
"' 2

••• •••
Sweepstakes.

Falcon ...
Osbaldestoa

... 1

... 2

Match—St. Romlift beat Surplice.

THE Naw WORK ON NINEVEM—We are requested
to state that Mr. Colburn has published this day, "Notes
from Nineveh. and Travels in Mesopotamia. Assyria, and
Syria," by the Rev. J.P. Fletcher, in 2 vols., 21s. bound. Also
just published, 2. Madame Pulszky's Memoirs, with Inte-
resting Details of the late Events in Hungary, 2 vols., 21s.
3. Evelyn's Diary and Correspondence, New and Cheaper
Edition, with Additional Notes, vols. 1 and 2, comprising
the Diary. 10s. 6d. each. 4. Diary of a Lady's Travels in
Northern Africa, 2 vols. 21s. 5. Revelations of Prince Tal-
leyrand, by M. Colmache, the Prince's Private Secretary,
Second and Cheaper Edition, 1 vol., 10s. 6d. 6. A Cheap
Edition of Sam Slick's "Old Judge, or Life in a Colony,"
1 vol., 10s. 6d.

Our minds are like certain drugs and perfumes
which must be crushed before they evince their vigour
and put forth their virtues.—ElizaCook's Journal.
THE CLOSING OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM.—On
Saturday the trustees issued a notice that the British Mu-
seum will be do ed on Tuesday, the 30th day of April, till
Tuesday, the 7th day of bitty, for the purpose of the reading
rooms and museum being thoroughly cleansed, when it will
be again re-opened to the public.
APPOINTMENTS.— Lieutenant-Colonel Fitzgibbon
is appointed to the vacancy amongst the Military Knights of
Windsor.' The
hasla r
appointed
q u
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Frederic r ircearedric
e,h eRr. Majesty'sjackst PEosstci...
master-General,
President of the Money Order-office in London.
ANGLING IN THE GARRT.—The Hon. H. Dudley
Ward and friend, Mr. Holyoake, hive been angling on this
famous river during the last seven days, and bad good sport.
They captured forty-two clean salmon, weighing from ten
to twenty pounds, and two trout, weighing six and seven and
a-half pounds.—lnverness Courier.
TAR MADRID AND VALENCIA RAILWAY. On
Saturday a numerous meeting of the parties interested was
held before the Master in Chancery (Blunt) for the appoint-
ment of one or more official managers to investigate and
wind up the affairs of this concern. Mr. James, Q.C., Mr.
Daniel, Mr. J. H. Palmer, Mr. Russell, Mr. Glasse, and
Bagshawe, attended to watch the proceedings. The names
of the gentlemen proposed to fill the office of official manager
amounted to ten. They were—Mr. Henry Norris, Mr. H.
Adron, Mr. G. C. Begbie, Mr. Ernest, Mr. F. Ewart;...Mr.
Goodchap, Mr. Harding, Mr. Quilter, Mr. Franklyn, Mr.
Ainger, and Mr. Abraham. A discussion of some hours, in
which the before-named gentlemen and Mr. DaVid Wire, Mr.
Daniel Whittle Harvey, Mr. Field, Mr. Galsworthv,y and
others, took part relative to the ability and business qualifi-
crtions of the respective candidates ensued. His Honour
said he should take time to read the affidavits, and would
decide to-day (Monday) on the gentlemen to he appointed.
The proceedings, which commenced at eleven, did not termi-
nate until three.

THE CHARTIST FROST.-111S Excellency has ex-
presed his intention to recommend this indivinual for an
emancipation • and, consequently, the memorial which was
drawn up in favour of the Chartist has been superseded.—.
Hobart Town Guardian.
IMPROVEMENTS AT KENSINGTON.At the augges.
tion of her Majesty, the Comrnis3ioners of Woods and Fo.
rests are about to make a series of important improvements
in this district. The houses in High-street, diretctalyysowpaptoe-r
oppo-
site the Queen's-road, newly formed, will be thrown down,
and a road will be constructed therefrom into Brompton ; a
Cc.
hjj l
Johnstone,
d snneai
e,sedtt,
direct communication from the latter place to
will thus be acquired. The old barracks at Kensington
will be thrown down, and a new pile of buildings will be
erected in lieu of them in another part of the grounds.—
John
Bull
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Wood, Sir
eisd3rTi..a:
The Earl of Carlisle had a dinner party on Satur-
dayhanendLd oLe Johnr° ad: company
i adoß Ladyoi dio,neen
Mr, and Lady Anne Tufuell, Lord Strafford, the Countess
of Carlisle, Lady Mary Howard, and the Hon. Charles
Howard.

DEATH OF LADY SARAH FINCFI.—We regret to
state that this young lady, second daughter cf the Earl of
Aylesford, and sister to Lord Guernsey, died on Wednesday
last, at the town residence of the family, in Tylney-street.
Her Ladyship was born June 21, 1843. Her mother, the
Countess of Aylesford, died in 1845.

•
Death and the sun have this in common—few can
gaze at them steadily.—Eliza Cook's Journal.
Her Majesty has granted a free pardon to Thomas
Glenny, convicted at the late assizes for Surrey, at Kingston.
for the mure.er of his illegitimate child. This decision has
been arrived at in compliance with the recommendation. of
the judge (Baron Mettle) who tried the case. The evidence
upon which the conviction took place was altogether unlade-
factory and incomplete.