The Sun.
London, England, 1844-04-11 00:00:00

TWE SUN, LONDON, THURSDA iLfirrritziga, APRIL 11, 1 44.

.SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.
NE WM AR h.' ET.—WEDNEsn.s.v.
The Burghley Stakes of 100 sous. each, h ft, for colts,
Sst 71.13, and fillies Sst 31b, foals of 1841. D.M.
(7 Subs.)
Mr. Payne's c by Touchstone, out of Vat ...
Lord .Lcibenaarle's Robinia, by Liverpool
Duke of Bedford's Panther, by Liverpool 3
Mr. Crockford's c by Bentley, out of Emma 4
Mr. R. Watson's bc by Lamplighter, out of Tigress 5
Betting 5 to 2 agst Vat colt, 9 to 4 agst Itobinia, and
4to 1 agst Emma colt. Lord Albemarle's filly made the
running at an indifferent pace, the Vat and Emma colts
second and third, Panther and the Tigress colt lying
well up ; they ran thus half way up the cords, when the
Vat colt quitted his horses, and won by a length, Ro-
binia beating Panther by about three parts of a length.
.P.M ' 200, h ft.—Lord Glasgow's by Re-
tainer, out of Purity, 7st (Pettit), beat Mr. Payne's
Mania, Bst 131 b (Nat). sto 4 on Mania, who was beaten
a ter a fine race by a head.
Subscription Plate of 501, for three yre old, 7st; four,
Bst 71b; five, 9st; six and aged, 9st 21b. T.Y.C.
Duke of Bedfbrd'S Oakley, 6 yrs (Robinson) 1
Duke of Rutland's Cowslip, 4 yrs 2
Colonel Wyndham's Master Henry, 3 yrs 3
3 to 1 on Oakley, who had the race to himself, and
cantered past the post five lengths ahead of Cowslip.
The Column Stakes of 50 sous. each, h ft, for three yrs
old colts, Bst 71b, and fillies, Bst 41b; those by untried
stallions or out of untried mares allowed 31b; if both,
51b. R.M. (17 Subs.)
Duke of Rutland's Crenoline, by Liverpool (W. Boyce) 1
Mr. Osbaldiston's f, by the Saddler—Partisan (31bs) 2
Duke of Beaufort's c, by Agreeable—Esmeralda (31bs) 3
The following also started, but were not placed:—
Lord Exeter's Economy (31bs), L. Exeter's Cloak,
Lord W. Paulett's c, by Plenipotentiary, out of Alea
(31bs), and Lord Stradbroke's Repealer.
Betting-5 to 4 agst the Saddler filly, 7to 2 agst
Crenoline, 7 to 2 agst Alea c, and 4 to 1 agst Repea!er.
Won by a head, Agreeable colt a good third.
ARRIVALS.—The Duke of Bedford, Earl of Orford,
and Lord W. Paulett.
BETTING BEFORE THE RACES.
CHESTER CUP.—I 2 to 1 agst Pagan, 16 to 1 agst
Bramble, 17 to 1 agst Red Deer (t), 20 to 1 agst Alice
Hawthorn (t), 25 to 1 agst Everton (t), 30 to 1 agst
Nutw ith.
DERBY.-7 to 2on the field, 30 to 1 agst Campanero
(t), 30 to 1 agst Mount Charles. Even betting between
Rattan and the Ugly Buck, the latter for choice ; take
4 to 1 about either.

(Nat) 1
9.

(RECEIVED
NEWMARKET CR.

THIS DAY.)
AVEN „MEETING.
WENNESDAY
it CUP.
18 to 1 agst Red Deer
20 to 1 agst Alice Hawthorn
25 to 1 agst Everton
30 to 1 agst Nutwith

rHESTE'

.2 to 1 agst Pagan
3 to 1 agst Cattonite
14 to 1 agst Bramble
16 to I agst Roscius
16 to 1 agst Pharaoh—t

IRELAND.

MIL O'CONNELL IN COllli.-LORD ELIOT'S

FR A.,N C 11161: BI LE.

DUBLIN, APRIL, Ereniny Poq of this
afternoon publishes, in a second edition, the following.
letter :

" Eit3:cr 2,loLdity, Api il r, 1814.
" Before. closing this letter I will Irt you know the
result of the meeting Convened for this day-, in the Court-
house, for the purpose if ;;iving expres„,ion to the in.
dignunt feeling of this city un-I province at the fresh at-
tompt made upon Ireland by Lord Flint's Registration
Bill.

" The popular enthusias!a is utterly indescribable—
utterly indescribable by th,se who are imiamiiiarised
with the fervour, the bnrninfi, but yct perrectly regu-
lated fervour, of the Irish movement under O'ConnGli-
" The corporations of Cork, Limeliek, Kilkenny,
Cionmel, and Waterford, have sent their Mayors and
deputations from their bodies to give testimony to their
sentiments at the present crisis of O'Connell's martyr-
dom and imprisonment, alter more than f;n-ty years of
public service to Ireland, ❑nequalled by the services to
his country and the human race of any other man living
or who ever lived.

The following Members of Parliament are to be pre-
sent :—Daniel Callaghan, the city Member ; Edmond
Roche, the county Member ; Sir David Recite, Sir Win-
ston Barron, William Stn:th O'Brien, Maurice O'Con-
nell, John O'Connell, Morgan John O'Connell, Caleb
Powell, Nicholas Maher ; and Sir Richard Musgrave is,
I understand, expected in the course of the day.
Dinner is prepared for 800, in the Laneasterian
School, which has been beautifully fitted up for the oc-
ea: ion. _ _

" All yesterday and this morning the Liberator's
apartments were crowded with friends • and strangers
also, both one and the other eager to give expression to
their sentiments of symplthy and of indignation.
" Amongst the first visitors yesterday morning was
Father Mathew.
"The Liberator, accompanied by the two other Ca-
tholic conspirators—the Rev. Mr. Tierney, and the
Member for the city of Kilkenny—yesterday attended
mass, and the three Protestant c.nviets went to church,
and in the evening they all, Catholic and Protestant,
partook of the splendid hospitality of the Mayor of
Cork, Mr. Fagan, with a large party, at his country
house, in the icinity of this city.
" Five o'clock, P.l.—As I promised, I send you, be-
fore the post-office closes, a note of the great meeting at
the Court-house.
"The County Court-house was crowded almost to
suffoaat.ion, the Mayor in the chair, -in his robes of
office; also in the same robes the ex-Mayor, Alderman
Lyons, and, sitting on the bench with them, Mr. O'Con-
nell.
" A number of the Members of Parliament, and of the
most respectable citizens of Cork, and gentry of the
country around were present.
" Several admirable speeches were made, in which the
repeal spirit glowed with its deepest fervour, as well as
denunciation of Lord Eliot's nefarious' (as it was called
by Edmond Roche) Registration Bill.
" Mr. O'Connell made a speech of extraordinary
power in denunciation of the Bill of the Irish Chief Se-
cretary, and his speech breathed the most obdurate re-
solution of perAeverance, under all possible circumstances,
in his efforts for the restoration of the doinestic Parlia-
ment of Ireland, and the enthusiasm with which he was
heard is almost without precedent in Ireland.
" He could venture, with perfect security, to give this
pledge, for he is certain, under every possible contin-
gency, of the unbroken peace of Ireland.
" This is the crisis of existence and of Ireland—and
the talismanic influence of his name and services was
never so tried as at the present hour ; but Ireland will
not be lured from her 'vantage ground, and play the
game of the enemy by any outbreak or disturbance.
" The Mayor and ex-Mayor of Limerick, and about
45 of the corporation and citizens of Limerick, have just
at rived.
" John O'Connell, of Grena, the elder brother of the
Liberator, has, I have been just this moment informed,
also arrived, with a great number of the gentry of Kerry,
to give testimony of their feeling on this occasion."
Toole, the person in custody, charged with the mur-
der at Rathfarnham, will be tried at the approaching
Commission.
THE LATE MURDER IN ESSEX-STREET.—Yesterday,
at two o'clock, the prisoner, John West, was removed
from Mercer's Hospital to Newgate, in order to abide his
trial fur the crime of which he is accused. For the last
few days the prisoner's health remained in the same state,
and as there was no appearance of inflammation or other
dangerous symptoms, it was the opinion of the medical
gentlemen at the hospital that he might be removed with
safety. He has expressed the deepest sorrow for what
has cccurred, and states that it was purely without the
slightest premeditation, and that he was goaded into a
fit of ungovernable passion by the ill conduct of the un-
fortunate deceased. On the arrival of the van at New-
gate, the prisoner had to be supported by two men, and
he looked almost more dead than alive. He was al-

lowed to rest a few minutes in the hatch, and had a
drink supplied to him. He could harlty articulate a
word, and shook violently ; but after some time he be-
came more comp,sed, and was enabled to speak, but in
a very low tone of voice. He was then given into the
charge of Mr. Bourne, the Deputy-Governor of the pri-
son, and conveyed to a cell, where he was promptly visited
by the medical gentlemen of the establishment, Sur-
geon Read and Dr. Harty, who deemed it .prudent to
have him removed to the hospital of the house, where
every attention was paid to his state. Ile had a conversa-
tion with Mr. Bourne, and mentioned to that gentleman
some particulars relative to the melancholy affair. Ile
stated that he was well known in Dublin; and cc uld have
a good character from several most respectable gentle-
man. He never was before a magistrate in his life, nor
was he ever charged with the smallest offence of any kind.
From general report, he is a person of quiet disposition
and regular habits, and was always very industrious.
The deceased, he states, from her unfortunate propensity
to drunkenness, and ill language while indulging in the
vicious habit, used to annoy him greatly ; and on the
evening of the tragic occurrence she had almost driven
him to madness, so much so that he was bereft of reason
altogether, and knew not what he did. A day or two
since he stated, in the presence of our retorter, that he
had 69L saved up, and that his wife, in the course of a
few months, contrived to spend this sum, together with
having pledged or sold every particle of furniture, wear-
ing apparel, &c., of which he was possessed.
THE TENURE COMMISSION.—Lord Devon and the
other Commissioners of Tenure commence their inqui-
ries in Londonderry. On Thursday they proceed to
Newtown Limevady and Innishowen, and on Saturday
to other parts of Donegal.
NATIONAL EDUCATIONEL—The Evening Mail reite-
rates once more its " appalling announcement" of Sir
Robert Peel's instructions to Lord de Grey to with-
hold " the loaves and fishes " from such of the Esta-
blished clergy as refuse to identify themselves with the
National System of Education. Referring to a recent
article in the Standard, the Mail says—" As Mr.
Frederick Shaw continues to haunt the diseased imagi-
nation of our Contemporary, we beg to assure him that
he was not our informant, nor had we ever a communi-
cation directly er indirectly with that Right Hon. Gen-
tleman upon the subject. The authority upon which we
made the statement could not err; and the inquiries set
on foot, and the conjectures hazarded, as to the how, the
where, and the whom, by which the information was
conveyed to us, only tend to prove the receipt and ex-
istence of the document, for if there was nothing to tell
there could not have been anything to reveal; and inves-
tigation upon the one hand, and surmising upon the
other, would be needless."
In another part of the same journal, apropos to the
same subject, we find the following passage :—" That
many men now in office, from Sir Robert Peel down to
Mr. T. B. C. Smith, made use of the religious opposi-
tion to the \% scheme of education, as a fulcrum
whereupon to place a lever to raise themselves into
power, s plain enough—as is also the fact that they now
make of that fu7erum a pedestal upon which they hope
to stand. That the mass of the Irish clergy are actuated
by any such motives, we must repeat, we do not believe
At all events, we presume the subject will be more or
less cleared up at the approaching meeting of the Church
Education Society, to the proceedings of which public
attention is now strongly directed."

A TIGER STORY.—Early on Friday morning in•
telligenc?. was brought to town that a tiger had been
caught during the previous night in a pit on a Fambier
plantation, abut three miles from Singapore. Iwo or
three gentlemen repaired to the spt, which is
about a quarter of a mile from the public road.
The secretary of the Sporting Club was the first
in the field, and commenced the proceedings by put-
ting a couple of balls into the tiger s head, one of which
, and glancing along
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agreed to wait until their brethren in arms came up, and
a considerable interval elapsed before any more balls were
fired, during which time some of those present amused
themselves by stirring the brute up with a long pole,
a proceeding which greatly enraged him, as was testi
fled by the loud growls he uttered, and the fury with
which he laid hold of the bamboo with his teeth. He
made several desperate attempts to reach the top, but
without success, partly ()wing to the bottom of the pit
being filled with mud to the depth of one or two feet, by
which he was prevented from taking a good spring.
After having amused themselves in this manner for about
an hour, the party then resolved to give him his coup de
grace, and it was arranged that they should fire in the
order in which they arrived on the scene of operations,
but the first ball fired went true to its aim, producing in-
stant death, and the tiger sank beneath the mud without
a struggle or dying groan. A considerable discussion
then arose as to whether it would be safe to raise the lid
of the trap, but at last it was carried in the affirmative.
However, on raising it nothing was to be distinguished
in consequence of the thick smoke which filled the pit,
and the party then dispersed, highly gratified, with
the proceedings of the morning. The tiger was after-
wards brought to town, when it appeared to be
a full-grown animal, though not of the largest
size. The Chinese on whose plantation it was caught
a Catholic convert, received 9100 from the Tiger Club,
and $5O from Government, besides selling the flesh for
some 910 or $l2, so that it was a very remunerative oc-
currence for him. He seemed much pleased at having
caught the tiger, indeper dent of the prospQa of reward,
as he had suffered from ti,e ravages of those animals,
having lost two men on his plantation, who were de-
stroyed by them.—Singapore Free Press, Jan. 4.
FOREIGN TRADE WITH CHINA.—Some very curious
items are to be found in the list of articles of Chinese exptrts,
in the tariff of duties on the foreign trade with the Celestials.
Among them we read of " Eittysols, or paper umbrellas
(very useful, doubtlessly, in heavy rain !) ; "birds' nests,
first quality, cleaned;" birds' nests, second quality,
,good
middling;" and" birds' nests, third quality, uncleaned ;' also
" unicorns' horns," " sharks' fins," " crackers and fireworks
of all sorts," and various other concerns " 6414 strallge to
relate,"

SAFE RETURN TO MALTA OF
THE XANTIIIAN EXPEDITION.

The Xanthian party, after contending with aim -P-4
insurmountable difficulties, from the destruction, by a
delu4e of rain, at the very moment they were most
wa:,ted, of the newly constructed roads and bridges,
finally mustered, with the collected treasures, at the
mouth of the river, on the 12th of March, when her
Mgjesty's ship Medea, Commander Warder, ran over
from Macri to take in her valuable cargo. Comman-
der Warden, for some- five weeks previous, had been
indefatigably engaged in personally superintending
the packing and removal of the marbles from the val-
ley, where they have lain strewn about and undis-
turbed for centuries, save by the hand of time ; but it
came on to blow so heavily, that in towing the lighter
over the bar, the hawsers parted, and the pinnace and
t-,vo cutters got swamped and beached. Several of the
party got thrown out of the boats by the sea, and Mr.
"lore, a mate of the Queen, and three men were,
with difficulty, rescued from a watery grave. Un-
able to proceed with the embarkation, or even to com-
municate with the shore, the Medea had to retrace
her way back, leaving some thirty officers and men
with the ships' boats, besides the exploring party, on
the sands, exposed to the inclemency of the weather
without any other shelter than the bushes there-
abouts (for all but two small tents had been already
shipped), until the 15th, when the weather lulled
sufficiently to enable the steamer to return, and by
the 18th every one was snugly housed on board, with
twenty cases of marbles and casts, leaving on the
beach some other seven cases containing the unwieldy
portions of the horse and chimera tombs, which must
remain until such time as a larger vessel is sent to
hoist them in. It is currently rumoured that the
Warspite, 50, has proceeded from Athens for this
purpose.
The steamer then steered for Macri, to water, and
on the 20th she hove to off Rhodes, where the Cap-
tain and Mr. Fellows landed, to return the Pacha of

the place the acknowledgments of the British Go-
vernment, for the facilities and protection he had
afforded the expedition, the Xanthus district forming
a portion of the pachalic of Rhodes, where also the
lighters were left.
On the evening of the 20th the steamer again pro-
ceeded on her voyage, intending to make the best of
her way to Malta ; but on the 21st, in consequence
of a gale of wind from the south and westward, she
was forced to put into Suda, in the island of Candia,
and did not leave until the 24th. Throughout the
2.5tb, and apart of the 26th, she encountered quite as
strong a gale from the northward and eastward, when
she made fair way at the rate of ten miles an hour;
but on the 27th and 28th the wind headed her, blow-
ing excessively hard from the westward, and,
although she made Malta soon after noon on the
latter day, it was not until ten at night that she came
to an anchor, owing to the heavy cargo of marble she
had on board.
The vessel has suffered considerably, and will
require a thorough overhauling before she proceeds,
as it is said it is intended she shall, to England. Mr.
Hawkins, who has proceeded to Smyrna overland, in
hopes of meeting with objects of interest for a future
campaign, is the only one of the party, besides two
who have died, who has not returned.
Great praise is due to Captain Warden and the
officers of his vessel, and the expedition under his
command, for having so satisfactorily performed this
arduous service ; and it will, no doubt, afford the
friends of another zealous officer, Commander Graves,
of the Beacon, some satisfaction to know that his
plans and suggestions for the carrying the same into
effect have tended, in a great measure, to the attain-
ment of this happy result.