The Sun.
London, England, 1850-04-02 00:00:00

THE SUN,

Bst 71h; and fillies Bst 31h; the second saves his stake.
Straight run in. (27 Subs.)
Mr. W. Allen's Neasham ... (Holmes) 1
Mr. J. Scutt's Presto ... (Simpson) 2
Mr. Dawson's br by Trueboy ... (Cartwright) 3
Mr. Jaques's (Prince) 4
2to 1 agst Neasham. Won by a neck.
Second year of the First Easby Triennial Produce
Stakes cf 10 soya. each, 5 ft, for 3 yrs old colts Bst
71b, and fillies fist 31b; the second to save his stake.
To start at the end of the straight run in, and go once
round and in. (28 Subs.)
Mr. Meiklara's The Italian (Templeman) walked ovi r.
[ADVERTISEMENT.]—BETTING.—Mr. John Moore,
the Sporting Publisher (established 1819), ccntinues to
lay the nsarket odds against all horsfs for the Nor-
thamptonshire Stakes, Althorp Park Stakes, Earl Open-
cer'a Plate, Bath and Somersetshire Stakes, Nevva)..Ket
Handicap, Chester Cup, Derby, and Abergavenny
Steeplechase Commissions from the country faithfully
attended to on the remittance of a post-office order,
payable to John Moore, Charing-cross, London. Ali
bets paid the day after the race.

S PORTEN G NOTES.
No.
"In nature's iufialte book of secrecy,
A little I can read."
" Maktt thee a fortune from me."

►SHABBPERE.

SIR, —ln No. 1 of these notes I committed a most un
accountable error respecting the Column Stakes, which
I will at once rectify; I stated, that " the race for the
Column Stakes will lay between Mickleton and Har-
ding., Cariboo third; Pontifex and Longinus. I presume.
will be non est." It should have been—" the race fur
the Column Stakes will lay between Mickleton
and Longinus, Cariboo third; Pontifex, I presume,
will be non est." The error, however, must
have been palpable to any one versed in
turf matters, as Hardinge is not entered for the stake.
Alonzo's victory for the Trial Stakes at Warwick, had
but little effect upon the Derby betting, beyond advanc
ing Clincher (who is said to be 21Ibs better than his
stable companion, Alonzo) from 20, to 14 to 1 takers; it,
however, sent the chances of the Knight of Gwynne,
Brennus, Torpor. and Osbaldeaton, if they ever had
any, to the rightabout, and confirmed the Goodwood
cracks in their positions.
Warwick started, and the present week fairly precipi-
tates us into the racing season of 1850, for from Cat-
terick Bridge to-day, to the Newmarket Houghton at
the latter end of October next, it is one unbroken chain
of meetings.
Colliugwood, I fancy, will be the first trump card
played off at Northampton on Wednesday, his principal
opponents for the Trial Stakes being The Swindler and
Mark Tapley. The second event on the card is for the
Great Northamptonshire Stakes, for which the
following will in all probability start, viz :—Wanota,
6 yrs Bst 71b—Halo, 6 yrs Bst 21b Sylvan, 5 yr.
7st 101b—Ballinafad, 6 yrs, 7st 121b—Belus, 4 yrs,
7st 51b—Iron Rail, 6 yre, 7st 21b—Grief, 4 yrs, 7st—
Osterley, 4 yrs, 7st—Chantrey, 4 yrs, 6st 131b—Moun-
seer, 4 yrs, 6st 131b—Topbana, 5 yrs, Est 131b—Giselle,
aged, Est 121b—Velox, 4 yrs, Est 111b—Mahratta, 4 yrs,
sst 111b—Harriott, 3 yrs, sst 101 b—and Bastinado, 3 yrs,
4st 61b. I shall summarily dismiss their pretensions b)
declaring it to be my firm belief that Osterley has all the
top-weights safe, as Harriott and Mahratta all the light
division, and that OSTERLEY will be the first to catch
the judge's. eye, Cbantrey, Mounseer, and Harrioti
in attendance. Were Flatcatcher or Wanota at
their respective weights of Bst 51b and Bst 71b meant,
should say, over the Northampton course they would be
highly dangerous.
Bee Hunter will win the Harlestone Produce, and
Watch Dog the Open Stakes.
Harriott (41b extra) will not be a bad speculation, I
take it, for the Pytchley Stakes, although opposed by
Impression, Compass, and Give-and-Take.
Mark Tapley ought to win the Northamptonshire
Cup, if intended for that event; if not, I must look to
Priestess or Quiver.
The 10 Soy:. Stakes to Blackcoek; and Lord Spen-
cer's Plate, out of a field of twenty, may probably show
Alonzo, 3 yrs, .sst 101 b, and Crucible, 4 yrs, ist 121 b, in
front at the finish; the Bishop of Romford's Cob handy.
The Althorpe Park Stakes, by the betting, (7 to 4
being taken about Buckhound, and 2 to 1 about Prestige)
seems to be a certainty for the Danebury or Goodwood
creeks, but it would not surprise me to see Olivia a-head
of Prestige and Buckhound at the judge's chair, with
Forlorn Hope and Mr. Merryman in close attendance.
I am, Sir, yours, &c.
THE SPIRIT OF TIIE TURF.

April 1, 1850.

ENGLISH DANCING.—AII the rooms were thrown
open, and the crush was so great in the appartment devoted
to quadrilles and waltzes, that the dancers were shut up in
little rings, with hardly space enough to poise themselves to
the time of the music. The pursuit of dancing under diffi-
culties is a lugubrious and equivocal pleasure, and to judge
from the solemn faces of the young people who dedicate
themselves to this amusement, a looker-on, who happened to
be ignorant of the gravity that lies at the bottom of our en-
joyments, might suppose that they were performing some
kind of painful sacrificial rite.—" The Ladder of fold" in
Bentley's Miscellany for April.
DEATH OF THE EARL OF MACCLESFIELD.—
Thomis, the fifth Earl of Macclesfield, died on Easter
Sunday, at Ensham-ball, one of his seats in Oxfordshire, in
the 87th year of his age. He was the father of the peerage
of England. His Lordship was but little known in public
or political lite, having succeeded to the earldom only eight
years ago, when he was at the advanced age of 79. The
tenor of his life was that of a quiet, elegant English gentle-
man. When (on the death of his veneroble brother in
1842) he emerged from the position of a commoner to the
fortunes of the family earldom, he retained, unaltered, the
unostentatious and amiable bearing which endeared him to
all who were connected or acquainted with him. His Lord-
ship was born on the 9th of June, 1763. As a young man he
for some years held a commission in the Foot Guards. He
married first on the 16th of March, 179 g. Miss Edwards.
daughter of Mr. Lewis Edwards, of Ludlow, by whom he
had four daughters, three of whom are living, and are—
Lady Amelia Montgomery, Lady Matilda Montgomery, and
Lady Louisa Parker; and on the 19th of March, 1807, his
Lordship married the present Dowager Countess, who was
daughter of Mr. William Breton Wolstenholme, of Sussex,
by whom he left a son and two daughters—Thomas
AugustusWolstenholme Viscount Parker(now the sixth Earl
of Macclesfield), the Countess of Antrim, and the Lady
Lavinia Dutton. The present Earl (who is in his 40th
year) is married to Lady Mary Frances, daughter of the
Marquis of Westminster, and has a family of four children.

HOLIDAYS AT TDB COURT or BANKRUPTCY.—
Yesterday a provision in the Bankruptcy Law Consolidation
Act took effect. Hitherto there were no holidays in Easter
week, but they are now specially ordered, and further, the
commissioners in London can regulate the sittings in vaca-
tion. The following is quite a new provision in bankruptcy,
and appears in the Bankrupt Consolidation Act, section 10,
" That the Court shall sit for the dispatch of business daily
throughout the year, Sunday, Christmas.day, Good Friday,
Monday and Tuesday in Easter week, and the days appointed
for public fast or thanksgiving excepted, and in London and
in each district in the country the commissioners of the
court, or such of them as occasion may require, shall attend
for that purpose; provided always that in each district in
the country in which there is only one commissioner of the
court, such commissioner, or in his absence from illness or
other reasonable cause, the registrar of the court in such dis-
tricts shall so attend; provided also that during the time ap-
pointed by order of the Lord Chancellor for vacation in the
several offices of the Court of Chancery, the commissioners of
the court in London and in the several districts in the country
respectively shall have full power and authority to regulate
the sittings of the court, and appoint the attendance of such
as vacation commissioner or commissioners for that purpose
as shall appear fit and necessary for
,the administration of
justice in the said court."

• LONDON AND NORTH-WESTERN RAILWAY.—The
engine-drivers upon this line have appointed deputations
from the several locomotive stations to wait upon the loco-
motive superintendent, for the purpose of obtaining redress
of certain alleged grievances. One of the grievances is an
alleged unaccountable delay in the payment of the premiums
they are entitled to for good conduct.
PRESENTS FOR HER MAJESTY.—The Rosamond
steam-vessel, which arrived at Plymouth from
.'rangier on
Saturday, has landed at the Royal William Victualling-
yard some native African animals and birds, sent as presents
from the Emperor of Morocco to her Majosty the Queen of
Great Britain. They consist of a lion, lioness, tiger, five ga-
zelles, and two pair of ostriches. The three former are con-
fined separately in strong close wooden boxes, with small
iron gratings on either side to admit light and air. The lion
and lioness are young, and appear to be good specimens. The
spots on the tiger are not yet distinct, and it thus has for the
present a leopard-like appearance. The gazelles, so called,
lsoepeme
andra a rather to be an intermediate species between an ante-
goat, combining the graceful agility of the former
with the vigorous strength of the latter. They are of a rich
tan-brown colour and in fine condition. None of the animals
are arrived at maturity. The ostriches, when erect, carry
their heads nearly seven feet high; their plumage is of the
ordinary black and white, but they are not at present in
perfect feather, and the bodies of two are cased in clothing
to protect them from the uncertain temperature of
a northern climate. Having had a comparatively
short passage by steam, both the animals and birds
retain their native freshness. Two intelligent Arab keepers
who speak Spanish, have come to England in the Rosamond.
They approach without fear the lion, lioness, and tiger;
and these ferocious beasts allow their swarthy attendants to
fondle them and to handle with impunity their formidable
teeth and powerful jaws. The feline animals are placed in
the Saw-mill Store, the others are in the Melville Store.
They wilt remain at the Victualling-yard until orders are
received from her Majesty, who, it is expected,will send down
a royal messenger to take charge of these gifts.
THE LATE COLONEL WEARE, K.H.—Last week
this distinguished °Meer died (27th ult.) in Herefordshire,
having lately retired from the office of commandant of the
provisional battalions at Chatham. He entered the army as
an ensign in the 35th Foot in the year 1804, and the follow-
ing year served with the British and Russian army in Italy.
Lieutenant Weare served in Egypt in 1807, against the
Turks, and was present at the second attack on Rosetta, as
well as the capture of the enemy's guns and camels on the
thehanks of the Nile and in the retreat to Alexandria. In 1809
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one of the aides-de-camp to the Queen.
A man should live with his Friends on such terms
that no change of fortune may oblige him to alter his con_
duct towards them. Eltza Cook's Journal.
SAYINGS' BANKS.—The National Debt Commis-
sioners have called upon the unenrolled. friendly societies, of
every description, to forthwith be certified by the Govern-
ment barrister, or else withdraw their amounts deposited in
savings' banks. Another stir into those institutions!