The Sun.
London, England, 1850-01-15 00:00:00

TO THE. EDITOR OF THE SUN.

Sir.,—l was distressed to read in the Evening Mail
of the 9th inst., the death of Lieutenant Waghorn,
R.N., to whose zealous and persevering exertions we
mainly owe our rapid and certain communication with
most parts of India and China, via overland route.
Lieutenant Waghorn was in the prime of life, and
might have lookei for ward to years of usefulness to
hia country and family, but his once iron constitu-
tion had been so impaired by his unheard-of zeal in
the promotion of England's best interest, that he sank
beneath the load he had borne fJr many years, in
establishing that which he was allowed to see fully
matured; and the least a generous public can do to
perpetuate his name is to erect an appropriate monu-
ment to his memory, and to raise a fund for the bene-
fit of his widow and children; and I consider this
might be done in the most simple way, by all mer-
chants, traders, and all officers of both professions,
with officers of the Indian civil service, and every,
one who has connexions or friends in India, subscrib-
ing from half-a-crown to ten shillings. On my seeing
the late Lieutenant Waghorn, a few years ago, at
Malta, he expressed to me his most earnest desire to
spend and be spent for the benefit of his country, and
that his greatest desire was, that when he was no
more, his remains might rest on the traffic road be-
tw(en Cairo and Suez; and although this cannot now
he the case, his memory can be handed down to the
latest posterity by a suitable column being erected
over his tomb.

Trusting these imperfect remarks may lead to
some one taking them up and carrying them out,
I have the honour to be, &c.
W. J. COLE, Capt. R.N., K.H.
Lechlade, Gloucestershire, Jan. 14, 1850.

DIAMOND DUST.
(From Eliza Cook's Journal.)
Betray mean terror of ridicule, thou shalt find fools
enough to mock thee. But answer those their laughter
with contempt, and the scoffers will lick thy feet.
Correct taste is always true t.) nature The "beau-
tiful appearance of the esrth and heavens," the regular
change of the seasons, the succession of day and night,
fill the heart of him who is influenced by it with rap-
ture. Tho nearer works of art approach the perfection
of nature, the more consonant they are with good taste,
and they command lasting and universal admiration.
Gravity is ant necessarily a component part of wicked-
ness. Malignity is often wreathed in smiles. TI
are jests which destroy; destroy as surely as the keen-
edged dagger or the poisoned bowl.
In every generous mind there is a string, which, if
touched rightly, yields fine Ones, but if struck by an
unskilful hand, produces only discord.

UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE.
OXFORD, Jam. 14.—1 n a congregation holden this
day the following degrees were conferred:—

MASTERS OF ARTS.
Rey. T. C. Southey, Taberdar of Queen's.
Rev. 11. G. Merriman, Fellow of New College.
R. W. Gilbert, Fellow of St. John's.
Rev. T. Podmore, Fellow of St. John's.
Rev. John H. P. A. M. Maynard, Pembroke College
Rev. E. Coffin, Demy of Magdalen.
BACHELORS OF ARTS.
E. W. Culsha, Magdalen Hall.

11. B. Earle, Exeter.
The Regius Professor of Pastoral Theology in-
tends to begin his course of lectures of the present
term on Tuesday, the sth of February.
CAMBRIDGE, JAN. 14.—The following will be the
subjects of examination in the last week of the Lent
term, 1851:-
1. " The Gospel of St. Mark."
2. "Paley's Evidences."
3. " The Old Testament History."
4. "Apology" and " Crito" of Plato.
5. " Ars ?oetica" of Horace.
6. " Elements of Euclid," Books I. and 11. ; and
Arithmetic.

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PROSPECTS or CANADA.—Large quantities of Ca-
nadian produce are now arriving in the Mersey via New
York. An inportant element in the commer( e
Canada therefore is opening; and although the State of
New York will derive the advantage of internal earl iage
from the St. Lawrence to the city <f New York, yet to
the trade and industry of the colony itself a powerful
and momentous impulse will be communicated, more
especially during the period when the navigation of the
St. Lawrence is closed by ice.—Liverpool Albion.
Continued frost has hitherto completely arrested
the sporting doings of January, and seems not unlikely
to do so for some (lays yet to come. Earl Fitzhardinge's
foxhounds have kept close in their Berkeley kennels,
instead of coming over, as a week ago it was intended
they should do, last Saturday, to resume hunting in the
neighbourhood of Cheltenham.--,Cheltenham Looker. on.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.
TATTERSALL'S.—YESTERDAY.
METROPOLITAN HANDICAP.
20 to 1 agst Lord Eglinton's Testator—taken
25 to 1 agst Sir G. Heathcote's Black Eagle—taken
25 to 1 agst Lord H. Lennox's Borneo—taken
40 to 1 agst Mr. Crawfurd'a Glutton—taken
40 to 1 apt Mr. Gregory's Damask—taken
The investments on the above event did nor, we be-
lieve, exceed a pony on each horse.
LIVERPOOL STEEPLECHASE.
15 to 1 agst Lord Strathmore's Rat-trap
15 to 1 agst Mr. Stevens's Knight of Gwycne
15 to 1 agst Lord Waterford's Sir John
25 to 1 agst The Oaks—taken
25 to 1 agst Agitation
30 to 1 agst Mr. Mangan's Farnham—taken
30 to 1 agst Rory be Aisy—taken
50 to 1 agst Mulligan
50 to 1 agst Grand Luna'4l:e
All the above prices were taken, and in most cases to
about 50/.

CHESTER CUP.
to 1 agst Lord thwart's Peep-o'-day Boy—taken
to 1 agst Mr. Payne's Glauca—taken
to 1 agst Mr. Greville's Clarissa—taken
to 1 agst Mr. Ed:Won na John Cosser-50 to 1
taken
40 to 1 agst Lord Ches:er6eld's Lady Evelyn—take
50 to 1
40 to I agst Mr. Merry's Chanticleer—take 50 to 1
40 to 1 apt Captain Harcourt's Ellerdale-50 to 1
taken
40 to 1 agst Mr. St. George's Whim colt
,000 to 15 apt Mr. Colgan'. Horn of Chase— t siren
000 to 15 agst Mr. Halford's 11.rri.,tt—taken
,000 to 15 agst Mr. Isaac Day's Cockermouth—taken
2,000 to 30 agst Mr. Meiklam's Wensleydale—taken
1,000 to 15 agst Captain Haworth's The Baroness—t
1,000 to 10 agst Mr. Pad wick's The Flea—taken
1,000 to 10 agst Mr. Meiklarn's Snowstorm—taken
1,000 to 25 each in one b. t agst Glauca, Clarissa, Peep•
o'-day Boy, Ellerdale, Chanticleer, John Cosser, Lady
Evelyn, and the Whim colt (taken).
The general betting was sot by any means heavy; but
Peep-o'•day Boy, Glauca, Clarissa, Lady Evelyn, and
Ellerdale were in high favour. The largest outlay was
on Glauca and Clarissa.

TWO THOUSAND GUINEAS STAKES.
300 to 50 agst Beehunter winning the 2,000 Guineas,
and The Flying Dutchman the Emperor's Plate—taken.

DERBY, 1850.
10 to 1 apt Duke of Richmond's Ghillie Callum—
• taken to 3001.
16 to 1 sgst Mr. Meiklam's The Italian
1,000 to 60 agst Lord Zetland's Voltigeur—taken
18 to 1 agst Mr. Gratwicke's The Nigger-1,700 to
100 laid once
20 to 1 agst Lord Airlie's Clincher—taken to 501.
25 to 1 agst Mr. Jaques's Mildew—taken to 751.
30 to 1 sgst Lord Eglinton's Mayors—taken
30 to 1 agst Lord H. Lennox's William the Con-
queror
2,000 to 30 agst Lord Palmerston's Yew Tree—taken
In the ;those quotations the only alteration will be
found in the Nigger, who, after he had been backed for
about 1501. at 17 to 1, receded to 18 to 1 layers; 10 to 1
was laid to two or three hundred pounds agst Ghillie
Callum, 1,000 to 50 twice about Clincher, and 1,000 to
60 about Voltigeur. Bulingbroke was not mentioned.

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THE OAKS.
8 to 1 agst Lord Eglinton's Probity—taken freely
10 to 1 agst Mr. Hobson's Rhedycina—taken
DERBY, 1851.
2,000 to 30 agst Lord Eglinton's Juggernaut--taken

DERBY, 1852.
10,000 to 75 agst Lord Eglinton's Claverhouse-5,000
to 50 also laid
INTELLIGENCE EXTRA.
CHESTER RACES.
CHESTER, MONDAY EVENING.
Handicap for the Chester Cup.
Age st IL Age st lb
Chanticleer a 9 6 Quinine
Collingwood
Cossack
Peep-o'-day-80y... 6 9 0 reflis
Surplice
Fiatcatcher 5 8 8 Grief
Dough 5 8 5C by Verulam...... 4 6 7
John Cosner
Ellerdale 6 8 3 Rathmines
Wanota
Epirote
Lady Evelyn
Malton 5 8 0 mons
Nunnykirk 4 8 0 Melody
Inheritress
Ballinafad
The Horn of Chase 6 7 10 Luxor
Hotspur
Sylvan 5 7 9 Lady I-am-off 5 6 5
Eszeiarius .... ..... 4 7 9 Gaffer Green a 6 3
Vatican
Bo❑-spot 4 7 8 Cauriri 4 6 3
Defaulter 5 7 7 Old Fox
Uriel
Glenalvon ...... .. 4 7 6 Yardarm a 6 0
The Baroness 4 7 6 Fleur de Seine ... 5 6 0
Lady Hylda 6 7 5 Fern 5 6 0
Vesta
Clermont 6 7 5 Andalusian 4 6 0
Loadstone
Chatterer 4 7 5 Pity-the-Blind ... 4 6 0
Bellus
Rsby
Glauca 4 7 5 Diana
Dulcet a 7 3 Rodney
Ciiitf Baron
Legerdemain

Wo-olaieh
Ellerslie
Strongbow 4 7
Langton
Vanguard
Montague
W. stow
Idle-boy ' 5 7
Quiz (late Rais-
thorpe)
Fogleman
Lambs'-wool
Chorister 5 7

Cby Gladiator 4 510
rho Miner 4 5 10
Reception
Rarriott ...... 3 5 9
Gulliver
Roland 4 5
General Sale
Wensleydale
13 fby Vulcan
rheodoreHook(hb) 4 5 8
Pitsford
King of Oude 3 5 6
Seneca

Post tempore
Loup-garuu 4 7 0 The Castle 3 5 5
Pelham
Osterley
Honeycomb 4 7 0 Countess of Albe-
Clarissa
Miss Ann
Snowstorm 4 7 0 Knight of G Wynne 3 5 0
Saucy Dick 4 7 0 Stepping-stone ... 3 5 0
Lady Superior
Velox
Justice 5 6 12 Jack Briggs
The Darter 5 6 12 Little Jack 3 5 0
Midia
RWoodlark
4 6 12 ness
Thringarth
Sir Richard . 4 6 12 Modesty
Strychnine
Tarn Wadlin ...... 4 6 11 Laura
Maid of Team Val- Brennus
ley
The Cocktail .. ... 4 6 11 Seaman
Cockermouth
Hagley 5 6 10 Witchcraft
Eagle's P1ume...... 5 610 lanthe
Eiipus
Van Dieman
Abbot of Meaux... 4 6 10 Sidus
Kissaway
Priestess
The Arab
Ada Mary
The Alp
The Flea 4 6 10 Luxury
Chant ey 4 6 10 Baroness
Dac de Brabant ... 4 6 10 Deception
Newcourt a 6 9 St. George
Pantomime 6 6 9 Sprite . 3 4 4
Backbiter
Imperatrix
Mounseer
Giselle a 6 8 California
St. Antonio 5 6 8 Wallace
Lismahago
The Knout 4 6 6 Kennington paid.
Acceptances to be dealarel on the Ist of February.
BATH RACES, 1850.
Handicap fir the Somersetshire Stakes.
Age st lb Age at lb
Cossack
Fernhill
Epiroto
Essedarius ....
Elleralie
Hotspur
Halo 6 8 2 Old Fox
Bon-mot (paid) ... 4 8 1 Red Doe 5 6 7
Sylvan 5 8 1 Seagull
Woolwich ... 4 8 0 Gulden Pippin ... 4 6 6
Glendower
Montague
Glenalvon
Strongbow
O.terley
Due de Brabant ... 4 7 7 Hinds c
St. Antonio 5 7 7 Thug
Chantrey 4 7 6'Damask
Edipus
Sunnyside
Knout 4 7 4 Taunton Dean ... 3 5 7
Chorister 5 7 3 Won't-you-come-
Cockermouth 5 7 3 out-to-Night ... 3 5 0
Eagle's Plume 57 3i Greenwich
Mount,ea
Midia

Mr. WILLI'S CONCERT.—Mr. Willy's fourtil.a
con-
cert took place last evening at the St Martinr_ 1
was well attended. The vocaliAi were his is
Ellen Lyor,
who acuitted herself favourably), 24 Kenneth
f andorm the Mr.
strength L and Land; and
Messrs. Sterndale Bennett, Willy,
of
the the
concerts,
Wri :pieces,
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apt.i.)e,coens 0 were.
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,tsh
piano-
forte v eu'agrand quintett ( . ,_,
concertos (played by M.. b. Bennett, accompanied
by Willy.. Zerbint, Westlake, Reed, and Mount), Men-
delashows grand quartett (in D major, op. 44), and
Mozart's quartett (in B flat), for pianoforte, violin, viola,
and violoncello. All these were given in a high style of
excellence. Bach's concerto was encored.
DESTRUCTIVE FlRE.—Last night a fire broke out
in the premises of Messrs. J. Buchanan and Co., coach-
builders, St. Enoch square, which terminated in. the al-
most total destruction of the property and valuable
stock inside. The total loss is estimated at about 8,0001.
—North British Mail.