The Sun.
London, England, 1850-12-06 00:00:00

• SPORTING INTELLIGENCE
VIEI(SALL'6 —l-EsTilillw Y.
The r- •
•9•1 O) Vinla a list or i tie bets nod yes,erd •)
"e°11; they do nut chow an:‘, ch•legi :
Two THOUSAND GUINEAS STAKES.
°0 10 400 or. Greciar: Mollatain :,•,y :ph
1000 CHESTER CUP.
to 20 agst Lord S:r,thinoru's Montaguo—t :ken
u° to 20 ag.tt Lord Cliflen's tAen
r
,000 to 20 a,gst Greville'sa.rissa—taken
I'MO to 20 sgst Lurd Milltown's Brother to Dough—t
MO to 15 agst Mr. Payne's Glaucl—taken
'°°° to 15 agst Mr. Mere 's Miss Ann—!aken
l iOOO to 15 agst Mr. Foster's Musician—taken
Offers to take 15 to 1 about Langton.
DERBY.
5 to 1 agst Mr. Howard's Grecian—taken and
kfterwards off..red
::;o°oo
tt oo 25 agst Mr. Hill's Ipsus—taken and afterwards
offered
20 agtt Sir J. Hawley's Confesor—taken
Greciati Was errootously returned as Mr. Hill's in
"4' ndaY's quotation-].
bEPTFORD INN COURSING MEETING.
WEDNESDAY.
• The Derby.
Firit Tier—Lobster b: Exiututn, Merryman bt lop.
• . Thu Oaks.
Irst Ties—Cigarette bt Sully Grey, Indiana bt
'le, bt Gimsy.

rhe Cup.
RPirst Ties—Staymaitor bt Llzzy, Mildrfd bt Eddy,
Republican bt Fairtoes, Lady of L0..-bleven bt
ueer.

Fisherton Stakes
tahl)eciding Coune—Mr James'a Fame bt Mr. L.kw-
-ee'd Leading Article,. and won the stulles.
Virg . Deptford Stakes.
t Ttes—Myrra tit Fuudholder. Syntax agst
"it undecided

The Stonehenge Stakes.
rapt. Windham's Victory bt Mr. Bowles's Charmesu.
Lawrence's Leghorn bt Mr. Miller's Mgc.a!en.
Mr The Amesbury etakes.
Lawrence's Lucifer bt Mr. Morant's Manimus.
Lr• E 4 daile's Gadabout a g
o st Mr. Bowles's Jack's-the-
.) tot run.

THURSDAY.
Virg Tie The Drptford Stakes.
s continued—Bandit bt Syntax (drawn).
The Amesbury Stakes—(continued).
Lad!' tadailtes Gadabout bt Mr. Bowles's Jack's-the-

kr 101, The Fargo Stakes.
+Am' ..• Long's Lion Queen bt Mr. Millet's Mav,gie
r; Biggs 's Blazing Billy bt Mr. Bowles's

Te Wiorne Stakes.4r• M h
iller's Byrsa btnterb Mr. Grainger's Gay Lad; Mr.
Gr4llger's Gay Lass bt Mr. Miller's Milliner.
The Oaks.
Second Ties—Whiff ran a bye; Cigarette bt Indiana.
Se The Cup.
kith e"d Ties—Mildred bt Lady of Loch Loven; Stay-
er bt Red Republican.
Do, HUNTING APPOINTMENTS.
Zite-ile of Beaufort's hds., Mon., Hallavington; Thurs.,
4,°,eks; Sat., Silk Wood.
041.,',A. Smith's hds., Mon., Shoddesden-e.ate;
leria","l; Wed., %V her% ell- wood; Thurs., Waiter-
s/1-r; ri Boscombe Windmill; Sat., Winterslow-1 1.
la c,m• Ingram's Hs., Mon., Lorley; Thurs., Drake-
' °at., Winchnor-park--
ufford hds., Mon., li,
rues., Walesby Village;
4r8., Norwood- park; Sat., Clown-10i.
beekr* Lumley's hds., Mon., Serooby Inn; Tues., Sand-
•-.4.11tk; Thurs., Haugton Bar; Fri., Darlington Bar
All)wlik,e of Rutland's hds., Mon., Piper Hole; Tues.,
lt,„ °°Y-park; Wed., Croxton park; Fri., Lenton

rovROYAL GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY.
e Monday the reading of Captain Robert Fitz •
1.42 Paper on the Isthmus of Central America wsa
Pe-I,rneel• In the first part of this summary of the
L
44thrn facts affec ing a passage across the
ti 118 much stress was laid on three considers-
beo , alike influential over all routes supposed to
Nieligible—namely, the climate, the situation
grew respect to inter-oceanic communication on a
port s°ale), and the indispensable necessity for a
fev" each end of either railway or canal. After
vernb, reflections on the instability of the local go-
on account
on the liability of the land itself to change
e-en°llnt of volcanic convulsions, on the opposition
Plan for
natives, and on the scarcity of labour, each
The '°r crossing the isthmus was briefly reviewed.
re e four principal lines were—the Mexican, the Nica-
ottla, the Panama, and the Atrato, besides several
im`r routes, either branches of the Nicaragua line, or
4thePendent tracks across other parts of the great
taa,,Tints; The Mexican line was shown to be
lezrd.h:eaho for the general intercourse of the
however locally valuable ; its high level,
Porgtt-In and situation, besides the want of
take:' are
against its general utility. In any route
B.atea 6-• -h thrau
‘ the great Lake of Nicaragua three
tioned ',re immediately concerned—that just men-
very rta Rica, and Mosquitia. The country is
ouldt°anic—many locks, viaducts, and bridges
the le„' „necessary for either canal or railway ; and
a deC;el4 of such works must be great. There is
de ?Lency of harbours on this line. iSan Juan
only Nicaragua (or Grey Town) anchorage, the
only One on the Atlantic side, is small ; and the
,T„ g°ocl ports on the Pacific are remote. Sun,
ier,l,l, del Sur is "an exposed cove five cables
across. " The lake is shallow near its
bores, and ex exposed to violent winds. There are six
orseve.n propositions for connecting the unmanage-
able river San Juan with the Pacific, by way of
Leon to Fonseca or Conchagua, to Realejo, or to the
Tamarinda' by Nicaragua to San Juan del Sur,
Cong the Sspoa to Salinas, and by the San Carlos
to Nicoya Gulf. The Panama line is short, and a
railroad seems feasible; but it wants good ports.
A. railway is in progress by an American com-
tally, who have made very exclusive terms with
New Granada. The Atrato river and the isthmus
between the Gulf of Darien and Cupica Bay (on
the Pacific, in 6 N. lat ) are described as offering
but not
to a ship 'canal on the largest scale,
not to a railway. Other routes are suggested-
-Ir°,lll Caledonia Bay to San Miguel Crulf, from San
3,48 to Chepo, and from Chriqui to Dulie Gulf.
reference is given to Panama for a railroad, but t?
4Darien for a canal. The great Mexican " desagiie,
senSejibed so fully by Humboldt (in his "New
ii;rata") as one of the most wonderful hydraulic
Ce a man, was alluded to as an in-
lta-n7 a what had been effected by human
leatxl),_a;rativen in Central America. That enormous
~„'n is some miles in length, for three of which
The feet deep, and at the top 300 feet in width.h
in-re°te,h colony in Darien at the end of the 17t
111111411,-.Yani and
still independent Aborigines of the isth-
thllbt be the various places from which labourers
procured, were also touched on cursorily in
paper Paper. The discussion upon this important
keetialigaving been postponed for the next seance, the
Was adjourned to Monday, the 9th of Dec.

° Dr
befit4EW STEAM MARINE BILL.—There are at the
e"„tne 1,110 steam-vessels in the mercantile navy of
N,r oritain, and upwards of 3,000 accidents have occurred
Years. t steamers and sailing vessels within the last three
thisThThe attention of Government having been drawn to
to pr-'',,,,aLter,Captain Denham, R.N., F.R. S., was appointed
411(1,.in'eect to the various ports to which the vessels belonged,
44. tiebta-,erric any instances, to the places nearest where the acci-
, Feedett urredand sue-
. 41_
eitt iu ,to make inquiry into their causes,
lett M obtaining much valuable information on the sub-
a • Th
-atho • . 6 gallant officer is now engaged with the legal
es drawing up a Bill, to be brought before Parlia-
Mar' session, for the better regulation of the steam
Estate EavY, and to' compel those in charge of them to adopt
4et r Precautiona measures than they do at present, the.
state °f l!arliamen previously passed being in so many !n-
-es .
etoe„ napplicable, and not by any means imperative
the pu, or sufficient to award punishment for neglect of
,egulations.
tthy„,
th ', CALEDONIAN ASYLUM.—A quarterly court
14eattevernors of this corporation was held yesterday at the
tllreoassphirtearl, C necourt Fleet-street ; Mr. J. A.
inrathe chair'. It appeared that there
I'llor at Present 63' boys and 51 girls in the establishment.
,ee are also two other girls on the books of the instatu
"°loaelt h-°', consequence of ill health, were now resident at
the of the boys and eight of the girls will have
la
04; a," age for leaiing the asylum before the next e ec-
i!t4BY—ejliodr children—two boys and two girls—were yes-
snetitig teeted- The principal resolution passed was one di-
aee hat in future absence on the ground of illness for the..
charge of months should be considered to warrant the dis-
aB/I°Old:s4f. the child so absent, unless the medical office-3
l'tason",,tne expiration of that time, report that there was
period ,f 76 probability of the child's return within a further
f,,B(lse j; ~, ule months The chairman stated that the
been considerably reduced in the items of cloth-
-the ty,-ats bread, milk, and articles of consumption generally.
tio4 Cont routine business was then transacted, and the elec-
eonntieheed.
Zoo
monthly
LOGICAL
geher„ SOCIETY or LONDON.—At the
v". Meeting, held yesterday at the society's house in
• 'he :Or'square, Admiral Bowles, M.P. Vice-President, in
eaptsiairqdessrs. Thomas Brooksbauk,'James Busain, and Croat, u ,
Uunblett were elected Fellows, and Mes rs. James
the p„.-% and Lancelot Dent were proposed as candidates for
Viaito:"°wship. The report of the council ,tated that the
reas.:B. to the gardens daring November exhibited an in-
p0.,e.,,,n their number of 4,06 U as compared with the corres-
te6,BTs.lnonth of last year, making a total excess of
stiew,,‘ di 1850 over 1849. A comparison of the income
fOrthe,e': an improvement of 5,8011. 15s. 11d., which will be
increased by the receipt- of the current mcnth. The
froin have received communications from Lord Harris and
Sin Lieutenant-Colonel Butterworth, C. 8., Governor of
ValasVre, of their respective intentions to transmit several
Sein, Le additions to the collection in the course of the en-
spring
to FATAL AL ACCIDENT AT BOOTH' S DISTILLERY.7Y
welies-
,37 four workmen were employed making repairsin a
stag', the wooden supports across which were in a decayed
gave Suddenly the one on which the men were standing
to th'•aY, and three of them fell into the narrow gulf beneath
Vigoumre depth of about sixty feet. The fourth, a young
(4 the "8 man, felt the stage sinking, and clung to a
,portion
rope wooden frame lett projecting from the well-side, till a
dew e9uld be lowered to him. Aided by this he was let
(the in search of his companions, who were, after some
ttiewe,43lt,,,Y, raised to the surface and carried to St. Bartholio-
itju •_4llospital. Whilst the surgeons were exrearmirdg
the
410., otherrict:ire men bad sustained, one of„th„teirseuatfeetates
Whether
ere found to be in a seriouslyi
sentnjthe men down a well
%t77-' trh.to Ilse
4ttaebed,l?.t°b9irbodies,,\vill,_
htdeeoubhteelfejsr,e,
e.dan wheu tlin,fequisitAiiietlturs takes
_p: ,
~.turager venue. man, anti:tuts
wad: a A 4
aufkeby,hia,h;oa.nt,:q's