The Sun.
London, England, 1844-04-17 00:00:00

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE:

BATH RACES.—YESTERDAY. :,1,
The Lansdowne Trial Stakes of 15 sous. each, 10 ft., w""
100 added ; for three yrs old colts, Bst 101 b ; fiUie'
Bst 51b. Mile and a half. (17 Subs.) 1 i
Mr. John Day nd Seaport (John Dayiunv 2
Mr. Herbert's c by Elis, out of Odessa ..................
3
Mr. Meeklam's Godfrey 4

Mr. Minor's Molecatcher
5
Lord G. Bentinck's Best Bower
6to 4 agst Seaport, 3to 1 agst Godfrey, and 4 W 1
agst Best Bower.—Won easily by a length. A good ism
for second.
The Weston Stakes of 15 sovs. each, 10 ft., with ,Fst
added, for two yrs old colts, Bst 71b, and fillies, Bst
21b. Straight Half mile. (8 Subs.)
Mr. John Day's The Maid of Orleans (J. Day, jun.) 15
Lord G. Bentinck's Miss Elis 3

Mr. J. Dixon's Chevy Chase ..........................
Mr. Herbert's c by Ells, out of Charlotte ........... . ...
Mr. E.
Mr. Steven's filly, by Wintonian, out of Lucy Banks
6 to 5 agst the Maid of Orleans, and 6 to 4 agst D-115
Elis, won by a length. 5
The Somersetshire Stakes of 25 sovs each, 15 ft 20.,--„
only, if declared, with 100 added. 2 miles ands "A''
62 Subscribers.
Duke of Riehmond'sßed Deer, 3 yrs 4st 111b(Abdale)
Mr. Griffith's Newcourt, 4 yrs Bst (Crouch)
Mr. Ramsden's Roseius, aged 7st 101 b ...................
Betting.-7 to 1 agst Red Deer-5 to 1 agst'Ve"
court-5 to 1 agst Naworth-5 to 1 agst Ben y'G'h
7to 1 agst Greenfinch-8 to 1 agst Roscius—and 10 to la
apt Young Lochinvar. A dead heat between 11,e,u,
Deer and Newcourt, Boscius a good third. The decl
ing heat was not run when the last train left. II
The first heat of the Members' Plate was w°lll
sai
Una in a canter, beating seven others ; the second 11
was not run in time for the train.
(RECEIVED THIS DAY.)
BATH RACES.—TUESDAY.—(CONCLUDED.) ang
, The Somersetshire Stakes of 25 sous. each, 15 14

5 only if declared, &c.
DECIDLNG HEAT. 0 I
Duke of Richmond's Red Deer, 3 yrs, 4st 11113 (Abdale) o 1
Mr. Griffith's Newcourt,
Even betting. Red Deer made all the running, and
easy by a length. stskel
The County Members' Plate of 501., added to a 5we213,,)
of 5 sous. each. Heats, one mile and a half. (8 Sulam) 1
Mr. Dan's Jack, 5 yrs (Sly) 8 , 1 9
Mr. Gough's Fausta, 6 yrs 5 2
A 3 dr
Mr. J. Day's Mechanic, 4 yrs - 2 dr
Mr. Wilkin's Ima, 6 yrs
Mr. Hook's Una, 6 yrs 1 3 ""
Mr. England's Spring Bok, 3 yrs
Mr. Griffith's Haroldston, 5 yrs . 3dr
Mr. M‘Donald's Lottery, aged 4 dig'
Won easy.
BETTING AT MANCHESTER.—TuEsDIS•
TWO THOUSAND GUINEAS STAKES.
6 to 4 on The Ugly Buck—offered.
• CUP. '
8 to 1 agst Bramble—t CHESTER
25 to 1 agst Sir Roberfr't
9to 1 agst Pagan—t 40 to 1 agst What--t ,
12 to 1 agst Red Deer 40 to 1 agst Xaath '
u.. 1
14 to 1 agst Cattonite—t 40 to 1 agst Rowland--
20 tol agst Alice Hawthorn Nothing else named'
DERBY. e
Of
27 to
_1 agst sing

3 to 1 agst Ratan
3 to 1 agst Ugly Buck
25 to 1 agst Orlando
25 to 1 agst Cockamaroo
OARS.—N,

Gipsies'
30 to 1 agst Bay. 310110*
No others mentioned.
It an offer.

HUNTINGDON ELECTIOIN.
of,
(FROM A CORRESPONDENT.) tste
From the enclosed you will perceive the hopeless 0.."00
the Liberal cause here, in consequence of Mr. Martin's coo:
to stand as the free-trade candidate. If he would ban. tos,
sented, it is believed, notwithstanding the venal, corruP,;ool,
dependent state of the major part of the constituency, e pi
have been pretty well supported, as he is highly ogee"'
all parties here. the
Or
Mr. Thomas Baring, the "rejected of London," t'a
servative candidate, is likely to be unopposed now.
Huntingdon, April 16.
roguisLoptiell
[Our Correspondent encloses, in the fetter, a -,,d pr,,
to Mr. Martin, signed by forty-five electors, cal
_.„im'ai
terposi
him to suffer himself to be put in nomination as a nor
which he respectfully declines, on the ground that his
to the requisition would involve such sacrifices of w ss'
comfort, as, at his advanced age, cannot be reasons hi
pected.]

A Sey-a,
MILITARY•APFRAY AT WINCHESTER.---, bitso;4
affray, which caused great alarm amongst the ball gbo"/
took place at Winchester on Sunday evening fit' lion col
eight o'clock, between the privates of the Ist bake
Grenadier Guards (recently from Windsor) and the
Regiment of Foot. A quarrel having occurred at a„,ift, is",
house between two men belonging to each regitay-to
affair was taken up by their respective comradeatd fro,
number of between 300 and 400 on either side, lin„fuesc't
the severe blows which were exchanged, fatal conse'icifseli"'
were expected to ensue. Piquets from each rtellt*e coirel
amounting to 300 men, with fixed bayonets, under orje
niand of captains and subalterns, were immediate; of
out ; but it was upwards of two hours before the wheic„ectli,.
men could be captured and secured within their re`e'riotli!
barracks. We understand that several who were 46,11
Bet
injured are now confined to the hospital. The 44' cl'
GOps 00
ment is 900 strong, and the Ist battalion of the
Guards about 700. It is expected that one of the reb
of
will be ordered into another district. Ad
DESTRUCTIVE FIRE AND NARRO* ve,l
INHATES.—This morning, between the hours ofctiP ,t,
three, a destructive fire broke out in the preinises,,,4.— 1311 t,
by the undermentioned persons :—Mr. Barnes, .07,9tre„"0
and Mr. Stoddart, situate at No. 5, Upper Rosaraellieg
Clerkenwell. Police-constable G 149, in passing ir,,,Dve
beat, perceived smoke issuing out of the kitchen on wAle, rha
ment floor. The officer immediately sprang his rs‘i'ioclLl
raised the necessary alarm ; but such a strong be1",.00,'6
flames obtained, that they ravelled with surprising.,'"d eeo
quickly enveloping the whole of the lower flail folio,
building. At that time there were from twelve to to el
persons asleep in the premises. After some trouble, bat
stable succeeded in arousing the whole of the ininales.i 000
the time he had accomplished that object
_,..,w`dirif
had reached the staircase, and were fast ricers of or
the different apartments. At first the destructioo Sej
whole of the minutes appeared inevitable ; b antis
geant Clarke, with a number of private constables 4
into the house, and succeded in saving, one by one, 3,300 t
of the residents. The flames during the time were slie/os
rapid progress, and no sooner had the inmates take!,gli
in the adjoining house, than the fire broke 007
windows, and illuminated the whole neighbourlion-iattO
sengers having been sent to the engine-stations Wiltori!
genre of the outbreak, with all promptitude engines, eiio
parish were at the scene with a number of brigsugos alai'
with Mr. Braidwood, the superintendent, and also, coi9
of England and County engines, the former with D1.1.,,',gr,fr00,
ton. An abundance of water being soon obtained, 1t sti`ttil
portion of the engines were set to work, and a grey
into
of the antagonist element was thrown upon 11014f0P-ofY
flaming premises, which soon extinguished the 00_1,00,1,
but not before the building and its contents were
tirely consumed. The total loss must be considers,' iiporeo
to add to the misfortune, none of the persons wereiutel
The origin of the calamity is unknown. Mr. Stle„.rvic
Macey, with a strong body of police, rendered great " 40'
the inhabitants in guarding their property, &c. ,st
SUPPOSED SUICIDE OP A LADY.—Late 01
ing Mr. Higgs held an inquest at the Rising Sull,„0004,
street, Grosvenor-square, on the body of Miss El ;9020
sage, aged 69, a lady of property, stated to amount Yti, Abe,
Mr. Wm. Flower, of 3, Belgrave-street, Pimlico, 811/I
LB '
half-past two p.m., on Saturday last, he was wag'
sington-gardens, on the south bank of the SerPe;deosi!
observed deceased pass him in a hurried manner, had
rently disturbed in her mind. The moment she„ Elie sie
him he heard her say, " I'll never forgive him.
.„,orwf
stopped, looked at him, and he passed her. After .the
turned round, and passed him again, still uttering,.,.oiii,;
sentence as before. She then went towards the `"ti, 0)0,,e?
bridge, and he lost sight of her. Master T. W. 6,,celiff 0,
Lincoln's Inn-fields, deposed to finding a parasol, 6,17,0 Ov,
to have been deceased's, standing against the bei'trvisfy,",
bridge near the water side, on the north. He aft ";ti°'
the body of deceased floating on the water la. florliie;
of the first arch on the north side. He gave ;1y• tlj,
at the receiving-house of the Royal Humane
Wodhop, chief boatman of the Society, proveclecelss"A
body out of the water at the spot indicated by to I'oi
'less. Mr. Wooley, surgeon to the Society, trie".ojoa )1(:i
life, but without succeeding. *Witness was of e 11,31 ter. fO,
deceased had not accidentally fallen into the ``„,itte'vee',:
Samuel Clements, of No. 2, Conduit-street, 13g5,reirty°
deceased was his sister-in-law and resided in 11800 it
Camden-town. Deceased had slept at his bons forlo,o
night, and after breakfast went out it was thong P'o,o
The family had observed during the last four or 'der c
blf
a great alteration in her manner, accompanied,:: cleat, 1.,011,
of spirits, which was attributed to hearing of tu'zer ;rid
brother at the time he was expected lioni_re,_7l‘ v,
sojourn abroad. Dr. Anthony Thompson, of w ve- sfi"
ks eftek
said he had attended deceased about six we
found her labouring under deep nervous depression'
scribed for her, and advised mental amusernen!:,iii.
pression as deceased's often degenerates into /11-3'
attjr
diet, " Found drowned."
EARLY FRUlTS.—Yesterday, at Coir''st II
Market, there were displayed for sale, for:the firt 405.
season, peaches at 60s. per dozen, and cherries aoh
Hot-house grapes, strawberries, pine-apples 4
beans, and new potatoes, were also very plentli

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BIRTHS.
$ . 1) .
On the 10th inst., at Maida-hill, the lady 0-
ff.
Esq., of a daughter. ntSlll°
On the 11th inst., at Alderholt-park, lia
Key, of a daughter. , 'lt'
On the 13th inst., in Curzon-street, Mrs. v, • of
bant, of a son. ditli
On the 13th inst., in Blackfriars-road, the - folir
Robert Tebbit, surgeon, of twins—girls. ,d4jor
On the 13th inst, at Ipswich, the lady or Orw
M. N. Sturt, Bengal army, of a son. of. C 4.
On the 13th inst., at Nottingliampthe wire.„,kr
Esq., Enniskillen Dragoons, of a son. •_; ?ore' of iv
On the 13th inst., in Devonshire-street, if
the wife of A. B. Chisholm, Esq., of a daughteribe le
,ter
On the 13th inst., at Nonsuch-park, Surrey'sootoll
F. Gamul Farmer, Esq., of a daughter. ji
On the 14th inst., Mrs. henry T. Wright,
race, St. John's-wood, of a daughter, still-hell'

da V. 011 A
MARRIED. J ip'llls' °
On the 10th inst., at Danbury. the Rev. it et
". -
Vicar of Little Baddow to Emilia, youngest " Pr,
Rev. Henry Brooke Bridges, Rector of Danbu of "
On the 11th inst., at the Episcopal Cilall)005,00,
Edinburgh, Fretcheville Lawson Ballantine cost
Dovenby Hall, Cumberland, to Ann Eliza, e e,;o,rae•l
of the late Joseph Gunson, Esq., of Ingwellt rslB4iDi 10"
On tke 13th inst., at Borehain Essex, ittr" fott:00 pi°
thews, of Knightsbridge, to Miss brain, (d we ir. ty
it° of
On the 13th inst., at Wandsworth, the
dug
Welldon, M.A-, of Tonbridge, to Elinor, daub
Michael Turner, Esq., of Putney.

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DIED. „ a tii rof
On the 30th ult., Charles Chatfield, r,sci'' frllte Of
,Apst ,ttel/eC
Camberwell.
On the 4th inst., at Strasburg, Eleanor, o".-ory Or
the late Alexander Begbie,Esq9 Gun/131s f 01.°
Bahamas.
On the 7th inst., Carter Draper, Es+,
d'of 11 teg
ton, Loudon, aged 69. Vic :,dI)-
On the Bth inst., the Rev. Roger BASS, ally°
Warwickshire. gttri6l
On the llth inst., at Hastings, Horatis
of the Rev. John Kirby, of ➢iayfield, Sasso
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solicitor' ° .0010/'

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