The Sun.
London, England, 1844-07-24 00:00:00

a Paris, than which none in the word iz, more fertile in
invention, or more justly celebrated for pure taste. An'
other day we shall resume our conversation on the gay
world, its fashions, novelties, and articles of refinement.

SPORTING INTELIAGENCE.
HATCHAM PARK RACES—YEsTERDAL
Sw.epstakes of 5. sovs. each, with 25 added ; three Y
old, 7st 71b ; four years, Bst 81b ; five years,.9st ; r.
years and aged 9st 21b ; mares and geldings allowed 3L"
Winners once in 1844, 31b ; twice, 51b ; and Liar,
71b extra. The winner to be sold for 1201. Ilea'
once round. (3 Subs.)
Mr. Machin's Crocus, 4 yrs walked over,
A 0
The Old Kent-road Stakes of 3 sovs. each, an-A2.
added ; three yrs old, 7st 81b ; four yrs, Bst 91b t mic.
! \yrs, 9st 21b ; six yrs and aged, 9st 61b. Horses tb.ll!
1 \ave started once in 1844 and not won allowed 31°1
! tice, 51b ; and thrice, 71b. Heats, once round an"
.„,,.1. 5. Winner to be sold for 100 sovs. (3 Subs.)
1 1
21r. L'apel's Lady Flora, 6 yrs. ...(Pattison) 2 2
Mr. 136,•ce's Nora Creina, 4 yrs 1 2
is
he ,
Mr. Bt,a's Dane John, aged
three parts
3
T flit heat was well contested, the second won 131
Mr. H. \Rfng,alength, and the third easily.
Match agait,
hour, over twenty hurdles.
stowtime, 200 to 100, twenty miles in one
nd's Charming Poll (Paget) Wet:
Pushed the dis
with ease, in 55 minutes 49 sew
incliding foultativ,
ages. The betting was heavy °n
time.

Thecompany Was, if possible, more numerous than
yesterdsv,
DIT)LEY AND TIPTON RACES—MoNDAY•
.;
The Lachs' Purse of 254 for horses that never won't
3 yrs old, ist , 4 yrs, Bst 21b ; 5 yrs, Bst 101 b ; 6 yrs and2s,l
9st 21b ; marb, and geldings, and horses that haves
three times this
par without winning, allowed 31b; °We and a half ; was von in two heats by Mr. Emery's_uine•
away, 3 yrs (Potts). beating Mr. Parish's Victoria, vd
Mr. Saunders's ch f
the Tulip, out of Kalina, 4 yrs'in
three others.
The Horsley Stakes of
sous. each, with 20 added, for 4
!e:
old, 7st 41b ; and 4 yrs, Bst 101 b ; mares and geld
allowed 31b ; and maiden yrs old, 31b. 1
9
Mr. Hall's Brilliana, 3 yrs (W. Archer)
Mr. Flintoff's The Elbe, z. .•
Mr. Ongley's The Mouse, 3 yrs.._ . .......................... • 4
Mr. F. Dyche's Venture, 4 yrs .. .... ....
The Tipton Stakes of 2 sous, each, with 20 added,. for b..,;)
not thorough-bred, that never one 501. at any one time ;_,".1
mile and a half ; were won in two heats by lkir. Eow.fis
;lefs,
m Filby, 4 yrs (Denman), beating Mr. Wesley's Brirsjor•
6 yrs—Mr. Hall's Brewood, 6 yrs— w Mr. Aste° •
5 yrs—Mr. Price's Little abis.,, 4 yrs—and Mr. Par
ViclAniir, o yrs.
BRIDGNORTH RACES—MoNDAY.
The Patshull Stakes of 2 sovs. each ; twice round-
Lord Warwick's b c The Mule, 3 Ars .....(G. Whitehouse) 2
Mr. G. Pritchard's Pensive, 4 yr 5............
........
Mr. Ougloy's Queen of the Gipsies, 4yr5.... ............. 3
...... .•••••
A good race.
The Maiden Stakes of 5 sovs. each, with 20 added, for
horses that never won 501.-; the second to save his stake; one
1..
mile and a half ; 7 subs ; were won in two heats by.„,,
Wesley's Miss Lucy, 5 yrs (Sly), beating Mr. Wildin,rirk
Coheiress. 4 yrs—b g by Shrigley—Confab—and three Ow"

INTELLIGENCE EXTRA.
GOOD WOOD, 1844.
FIRST DAY.
Nominations for the Goodwood Club Stakes. 5
Fistieuff,. 4, yrs,—Fox, 4 yrs—Coal: Black lOse'
yrs—Quebec, 4 yrs—Naworth, aged—Lothario, ",i
r",.4
—Aristides, 4 yrs—The Currier, aged—Cattonite,
—Preissnitz, aged—Emma, 3 yrs—Queen Mab, 5 YL',
Seaweed, 3 yrs—Miss Miggs, 4 yrs—Pastoral, 3
Porto Bello, 4 yrs—Elemi, 3 yrs.
The Welter Stakes of 20 sous. each. Gentletne°
riders, &c.
Auld Lang Syne, 4 yrs—Pastoral, 3 yrs—Catt°
4 yrs—Ben-y G hlo, 4 yrs.
The match between Olive Oil and Lord Glasg3
Canada filly will be run on this day.

THIRD DAY.
The Anglesey Stakes of 15 sovs. each, &c.
rah
Seaweed, 5 yrs —Coal Black Rose, 3 yrs—Nov°,
aged—Nat, 4 yrs—Quebec, 4 yrs—Aristides, 4 Yr'l.,
Queen Mab, 5 yrs—The Currier, aged—Mechanic, 41
—Preissuitz, aged—Cattonite, 5 yrs—Lothario, 4 )34°
LA ST DAY.
Handicap for the Chesterfield Stakes.
Knight-of-the-Whistle, 6 yrs, 9st—Garry Owen,
Bst 81b—Lothario, 4 yrs, 6st—British Yeoman, 4 7'7
Bst 61b—The Altered One. 5 vrs, Bst 51b—Poropet'
yr
ts,l3 Bst 21L-..Poison, 4 yrs, 74 131/3—Scaltec;n' 5 Vsi 7slb—Our Aeii, 5 yrs, 7st 121b—Arundo, 4 yrs,,,
111b—Nat, 4 yrs, 7st 101b—Khorassan, 4 yrs, 7st 10,11."„_
Canton, 4 yrs, 7st 91b—Marna, 4 yrs, 7st--Franchise'
5 yrs, 7st 71b—Elegance filly, 4 yrs, 7st 61b—What' 4
yrs, 7st 61b--Little Vivian, aged, 7st 41b—Fisticlub,.
yrs, 7st 41b—Poussin, 4 yrs, 7st 41b—Princess, 3
-;;Jj;
7st 41b—Aristides, 4 yrs, 7st 41b—Ionian, 3 yrs, 7st
—Poor Soldier, 4 yrs, 7st 21b—Zeila, 4 yrs, Est 13,113-:.
Barricale, 3 yrs, Est 81b—Mickey Free, 3 yrs, 6st_,6°:ds
Rowland, 4 yrs, Est 61b—Dog Billy, 3 yrs, 6st 41b--L",
of Kildare, 3 yrs, Est 41b—Deerslayer, 4 yrs, Est 41v-0
Quebec, 4 yrs, 6st 21b—Marquis, 4 yrs, Est—Rowetn
3 yrs, 6st—Croton Oil, 3 yrs, 6st—Skeleton, 3 yrs9,ss`d-;
Elemi, 3 yrs, sst 91b—Example, 3 yrs, sst 71b—Ciall
r
Frollo.l 3 yrs, sst 71b—Fitz-James, 3 yrs, sst 711‘.
Seaweed, 3 vrs, sst 71b— Moustache, 3 yrs, sst.
NEWMARKET SECOND OCTOBER MEETlffth

1844.
FRIDAY.—Mr. 71b Physalis, Bst . ft.
Duke of Bedford's Glen Fishie, Bst ; T.Y.C. ; 150, 12
HOUGHTON MEETING, 1844.
MONDAY.-Colonel Peel's Garry Owen, Bst 11b, agtt
Lord Edward Russell's Nat, 7st 51b ; T.Y.C. too, 11.5-
WEDNESDAY.-Duke of Bedford's Glen Fishie2 ,71
71b, agst Lord Eglintoun's Britannia, 6st 416. Tl*".
200, h ft.

At the annual meeting of the Jockey Club notice wasre-
given that at the next meeting of the Jockey Clu,.•
,""
solution would be moved to the effect, " That no
who is a defaulter for bets shall be allowed to e
horse at Newmarket, either in his own name, or in
name of any other person." •
THE BENTINCE TESTIMONIAL.— The subsc,—r—°
amount to nearly 1,5001.

SOUTH DEVON RAILWAY.—Our readers,
fact, all persons interested in this important undertaking, "..s.
be pleased to hear that steps have already been taken to cois,
mence the works. They may, indeed, be said virtually to
st
have commenced, for on Monday last the Directors IlletAff.
Exeter, in order to' facilitate the proceedings, and
B Brunelining has for some time past, been engaged in the
contracts beingthe advertised. At Dawlish beach,
„a
soundings for the foundation have been taken by him,
are in some places about 17 feet. The station will be 011:nst
site of Mr. Kennaway's house ; the cuttings through the `T,..
will soon be worked out on t 3 the rocks the Parson and Cler,,
The Sand Rock being easily cut, will soon be got through'
and the outward sea-wall facing, built of Babbicombe
stone rock, will form its outward exterior, and will be of lo
finest workmanship. It is considered certain that the
line Newton will be completed within twelve months, and to ru.
mouth in about two years.—Deronport Independent.
APPOINTMENT IN THE ROYAL HOUS2HOLD.'"%,
consequence of the marriage of the Hon. kiss Lister (1"0,
was appointed one of the Maids of Honour to the Quell, upon her Majesty's accession to the throne in 1837) to E.... 4
Grove, Esq., of Shenston Park, near Lichfield, a vacancy,n
created in the Royal Household, which has jest been r11!`:
up by her Majesty conferring this honourable and distills
guished appointment upon the Hon. Lucy Maria Kerr, ta
youngest daughter of Colonel Lord Robert Kerr, the Ser-ie:,
ary to the Order of the Thistle, and the second cousin to tie
youthful Marquis of Lothian.
DEATH OF JAMES PEDDIE, ESQ. —We regret tO
announce the death of James Peddie, Esq., W.S., Edinhursigr.
which took place on the 17th .of the present month. ete
Peddle was well known in Scotland for his advocacy of 11
extended currency., His pamphlets on this intricate 219_,1
little understood subject show much thought and practiu,;
ht well.
knowledge of the business of the country, and mi
studied in England in relation to the present state of affairs'
Lord Charles Wellesley came to town from Stratt
tieldsaye, on Saturday, and after transacting business
Londoh, returned by an early train in the afternoon.
ARRIVAL OF THE RUSSIAN FRIGATE ADHORA'
STIEERNESS, JULY 21.—0 n Saturday morning a Russian frill
gate, reported to be the Aurora, and having a Vice •Admir
on board, was riding aqanchor at the Nore. She is reported to have gold specie, and some very valuable presents board for her most gracious Majesty. The Aurora, it pected, will leave the Nore for Gravesend on TueSdaY
(this day).
TAKING THE VElL,—Yesterday the imposing
ceremony of taking the black veil was performed at the
Convent of the Sisters of Mercy, at Parker's Folly, Ber-
mondsey.
At the early hour of eight o'clock the
chapel
the convent was crowded by persons, principally ladies, 5
witness the ceremony. At that hour the convent be
began tolling, anncenicing the entrance of the precession'
which consisted of the priests, incense-boys, and
assistant*
followed by the nuns, each of whom bore a lighted Wel
taper. The ceremony was then proceeded with, durinft
which solemn mass was celebrated; and at the conclusiea
each of the nuns embraced their newly professed sister,2lP,,h they returned to the convent in the same order in
IP/use':
they had left. The young lady who has thus embraced se—
profession is a Miss Dufl; and was possessed of considerable
property. She has been in the convent upwards of t's'o
years, arid is of great personal attractions.
MURDER NEAR STRATFORD-UPON-AVON.---tirest
excitement has been caused during the week in Stratford;
upon-Avon by a report of the discovery, of a murder conl.
matted more than eighteen months ago, at Binton-bridges
near Stratford. Thomas Knight, one of the parties con-
cerned,
has made a voluntary confession, from which 1
appears that three men, named Thomas Careless, Badenhaull
and " Sam," had been drinking at a public-house, when 1;
Jew pedlar was present. On the Jew leaving the hould
they followed him to the bridge, knocked him down, an took away his box. lie cried out, and offered them 51.
spare his life, but they beat him until he was insensible ;
and then, Inesiug torn away a large stone from the bridges
they tied ;i with a pitch rope round his body, and threw bia,
into the deep water. Persons have been employed in drag; ging the river, and it is said that on Friday the drag caught
against a hard substance which it could not bring
IIP,
that on a man diving to the bottom of the water he found
and brought up a large piece of stone, which, from its at;
pearance, and its correspondence with the stones on
bridge, is eeneidered to be that with which the body 011
been sunk.—Bienzingham Gazette.
EXTRAORDINARY ESCAPE.—On Thursday morning;
the 11th instant, at daybreak, one of the pilots of St. Ire
went to the head to look out for vessels, and on arriving
there, he was surprised by the sound of distress froma°o,
person near him. He looked around, and shortly saw in
distinctly a figure in the water, which he took to be a naked
body of a man. He ran instantly to call his comrades, Tf
were in bed, butsame immediately, and they launched tstel!
boat, and rowed in the direction where the object had beet
seen. It had drifted a considerable distance from the seed
where it was first ooserved, but, after a short time the's'
a young woman floating on her back in the water, and al_ll.
They, of course brought her speedily to land, and after so
time, by the treatment of Mr. Samuel Hocking, surgeon,
ehe
was sufficiently restored to give an account of herself. 'Le
was a servant at one of the shops in the town, and had bseol,;
pregnant, ley some one whose name she would not di
iclor,•
Her pregnancy had lately bean suspected by the persons
whom she lived, and to avoid the disgrace of its confirmael7o
she unhappily attempted to drown herself. She wen..A.
the water at the breakwater point, and drifted around
head, a distance of more than a quarter of a mile, and • fully
1"
not have been In the water less than, an hour. She
ersi_th,
—West Briton.
recovered, and removed to the
~.
ante of her friends OLE cu'