The Sun.
London, England, 1845-09-16 00:00:00

DONCASTER RAVES.

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DO*A§TER, S tri'MAir NIGHT, II O'CLOCK—It :S too roon
to say to what extent the expectations of the inhabitants with
regard to the coming meeting will In realised. but that it
will be fully and .fmhiontOily attended. should the weather
continue fine, scarcely admits of a doubt. Several arrivals
took place so far back as Thursday- ; since then they have
considerably increased, and most of the principal lodgin:.;i
have been taken ; the list, too, promises well for sport, and,
if we may venture an opinion, from the number of horseS
now us the town, and the additions to be expected to-morrow,
the fields, except for the St. Leger, will be good in proportion
to the nominations. In our next parcel we shall be enabled
to give a complete list of the arrivals ; meanwhile, we sub-
join tile names of those that have reached the town in the
course of the day

DA.WS3N S LOT.
Mr. A. Johnstone's Annandale, 3 yrs.
Mr. A. Johnstone's Fair Helm 2 yrs.
Mr. Ramsay's Malcolm, 2 yrs.
Mr. Ramsay's Mid-Lothian, 3 yrs.
Mr. Ramsay's Inglewood, 2 yrs.
114 r. St Paul's Mentor, 3 yrs.
Sir C. Monek's Glossy.:, vrs.
Mofick's f by Velocipede, out of Garland, 2 yrs.
Mr. NI ich lam's Godfrey, 4
Mr. Mickiam's Trueboy. 5 VtB. -
Mr. A. Milbank's Lady Fu ford filly, P. yrs.
Several otleN are expected to join this let ,ow.

FOBEIreS LoT.
Lord EgHilton's Quebec, it yrs.
Lord 117,gHilton's Sotades, 2 yis.
LoT.
Mr. 1.. Fox June, 3 yrs.
Mr. 11r. Cuthbert's Banana, 2 yrs.
Mr.- Worthingtonn's !lope, and several platers have also
come in.

Scott's horses are still at PigLurn. Ile will have Tom Tel
loch, lago, Flash of Lightning, Punch, Kismet, Deuce Ace,
Kedger, Semiseria. As you like it, and several others.
Ilesseltine's, Wardlow's, and several other lots, will also be
here in the course of t,..)-morrow.
Lord Glasgow's small string now here inelndes the two er
old filly out of Miss Whip, engaged in the Five Hundred
Sovs. Stake ; his Lordship's colt out of the same mare is
lame, and pays for the St. Leger and Match with Miss Elis.
Latest betting. Proballe etarters. Riders.
7 to 2 agst ... Miss Sarah (t) ..... ..... Holmes
....
9 to 2 agst ... Weatherbit (t)
7to 1 agst ... Mentor (t) ... Gtrtirt fight
12 to 1 agst ... Ould Irehavl (ti IL Bell
12 to 1 agst ... The l'auha- (t)
• 13 to 1 agst ... The Baron
14 to 1 agst ... Old Englimd
14 to 1 agst . . Yantasa (t) Marlow
14 to 1 agst ... Red Robin ........ ..... Templeman
~
20 to 1 agst ... Mid Lothian
Fitz-Allen
Due-an-Durras G. Etivrards
Clear. the way
Cceur de Lion... -
-, 0111010 AM
Annandale
June
Unknown
Robin Burns - Chertscy, Collier, Kedger, an 4 l'am, are doubtful starters.
The above are, as near as 're can ascertain, the fair market
prices,- but it is proper .o add that business has not yet com-
menced in eatiles, and that many important changes may be
looked fc•riri our next report.

(RECEIVED THIS DAY.)
DONCASTER, MoxnAY EVENINIE
HousEs. ARRIVED SINCE OUR LAST.—.`iemiseria, 5 yrs—
lago, 2 yrs—Borghese, 2 yrs—Deuce Ace, 4 yrs—Tom Tui.
loch, 2 yrs—The Baron, 3 37S—Kismet, 2 yrs—Sheraton, 2
yrs—Fitzalleu 3 yrs—Alice Hawthorn, aged—The Helms-
man, •3 yrs—Extempore, brother to Millipede, 2
Sowerby, 3 yrs. Mr. A.W. Bill's horses have not yet arrival.
Four more of Dawsons, Sweetmeat, Ironmaster, and s,p7,le
others will be here to-morrow.

LATEST BETTLNG.
3 to 1 agst Dawson's lot—taken
- 7 to 2 agst Miss Sarah—taken
• 6to 1 agst Weatherbit
6 to 1 agst Mentor—taken.
12 t& 1.-agst The Baron
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1144 tow 11 aaggsrstt Tot?,
14 to 1 agst l'antp.:sa
15 to 1 agst Otiid Ireland
20 to 1 Midlothion
25 to 1 ags tc
35 to Annandale—taken
agst Fitzallen—taken
declared not to start at half•past thee this
aftCeraollri_otier,
Offers to back Mentor agst Weatherbit, who is
saifi to have "breathed very hard" in his gallop this morning,
aild is not all in favour.

ENTRIES.—TUESDAY.
The Fitzwilliam Stakes—Little John, Trueboy.
Plate of 50/.--Petit Morceau, 3 yrs--Sowerby, 3 yrs—Col-
leen Bawn, 3 vrs—Deuce Ace, 4 yrs—f by Sheet Anchor, out
Valencia, 3 yrs—f by Bay Middleton, out of Impertinence,
8 yre.
The Queen's Plate of 100 guineas—Coeur de Lion, Jingle-.
pot, The Shadow, Trueboy.

`WEDNESDAY.
The Selling Stakes—The Helmsman, 3 yrs--Collcen
Bawn, 3 yrs—Cock Robin, aged—Valerkai, 4 yrs—Merry-
man, 3 yrs—f by Sheet Anchor, out of Valencia, 3 yrs.
The Cup—Alice Hawthorn, E:.<tempore, Sweetmeat, Duc-
an-Durraa, Semiseria, Miss EM', M`. Mary, Pagan, Valerian,
(editor, The Baron, carertsey, Midlothian, The Shadow,
therb , AnnandalP„ Inheritress, Trueboy, Red Robin, Wea-
it,
fr and if Intasa.
fr,•
The .own Plate—Colleen Bawn, Jinglqot; Flattery, God-
Lord Saltoun, anti Little John.

(FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)
(Continued from The Sun of-Sept. 15 )
The Doncaster meeting commences tomorrow with a programme
of sport that must gladden the heart of every Yotkshireman and
every turnte. In accordance with my promise, I proceed to sum
upon paper my reasons for naming the probable winners of the vs.
rious ram.

For the Champagne I selected Mr. Ramsay's Malcolm, from
the superiority of his running at York and the strength of th
stable. My other fancy, Princess Alice, I chose merely from her,
improved form at Goodwood.

In the 300 Sovs. Sweepstakes thought Lord George Bentitnik's
filly would be found the best, from seeing that she w..s on her road,
and from an idea that his Lordship would nut take the trouble to
send her unless he deemed her good enough to win.
In the match between Semiseria and Nottingham I stood on the
former because her running at Goodwood showed a marked im-
provement in her form.

In the exciting St. Leger I selected Mentor, from his pu?tilc run.
ning being so good, from the stable being in such strong tome this
season, from the opportunities enjoyed by his party of a,certaialog
his merits, and the weight of money put upon him by those whose
judgment in racing cannot be disputed for an instant. Weather-
hit I would not have, from an impression that he will not have got
over his trying race for the Goodwood Cup, in which he ought.
had he been good enough, to have won the St. Leger; he should have
beaten a mare somewhat stale from running over so trying a course
the previous day. Miss Sarah I declined having from thinking her
victory by no means of that importance that others attached to it.
seeing Miss Elis's good qualities had been nearly all taken out of her
by her previous doings. Annandale's running at York already die.
plays Old England's pretensions ; that he will obtain a forward po—
sition in the race, I have not the least doubt. His being started
at Salisbury was by no means encouraging to his backers for this
race, inasmuch as it looked as if his owner was determined to get
as much out of Watt as he could while sound. The Baron and
Ould Ireland will run respectably, and perhaps remunerate those
parties who have drawn them in sweeps, by putting into their
pockets the third prize. The Welsh horse Pantasa will struggle on
well, but I think his forte more gameness than speed.
In the Cleveland Handicap I named Mr. Meiklam's Godfrey,
from the manner in which he fulfilled my prediction respecting hint
at York.

In the Municipal Stakes, the way in which I saw Arkwright
tinibh his race at Goodwood caused me to name him a:3 the probable
winner.

In the Foal Stakes my reasons for preferring Midlothian are un-
necessary to mention.

For the Great Yorkshire Handicap I preferred Glossy, from a
confident belief in her superiority to the rest of the field. My
Mary ought to run respectably.
Midlothian's doings in public made me pick him for the winner
of the Scarborough.

The same reasons led me to fix upon Mentor or Ould Ireland
for the Gascoyne, and Princess Alice or Freelance for the Two-yrs-
old Stakes.

The result of the St. Leger will determine in a great measure, the
Parkhill Stakes, and one of the Aliases I think will no doubt win it_
In the two matches that follow, I preferred the owners of Lora
Harry and Fazellen to those of their antagonists.
Sept. 15. TELEGRAPH.

BASINGSTOKE.—On Wednesday James Shackle-
ford, a youth of 14 years of age, was brought before Messrs. Sym-
monds and Cottle, magistrates for Basingstoke, at the Borough-
court, on a summons granted upon the information of Mr. Dalby,
the superintendent of
.police on the South. Western Railway, to
answer to the charge of throwing a stone at a railway train while
iin motion on that Company's line. John Bailey, a servant n the
Company's employment, deposed that on the morning of the Gth
inst.,'as the down slow train was proceeding under the Reading-road-
bridg.e, a stone was flung with considerable force from the top of
the bridge, which struck the carriage between two passengers, an d
bounded off to a considerable distance. Witness at the moment
looked to the bridge, and saw the defendant on the parapet and
looking over. The train stopped immediately, and witness went in
pursuit of the defendant, and secured him after a smart chace.
The defendant did not deny throwing the stone, but said it was not
larger than a walnut, and exptessed much sorrow for what he hse
done. Bailey, the witnoss, remarked that the stone thrown was
much larger than described by the accused. The magistrate com-
mented in severe terms upon the extreme danger and enormity of
the offence, and convicted the defendant in the penalty of 10s.,
together with 10s. eosts, or in default of payment to 14 days' lin-
prisonment. The uncle of the youth paid the penalty and costs.
111 E WEAThIER.—A sudden change has taken
place in the weather, From an early hour this morning, witihthe
change in the moon (first quarter) rain set in, and
dhas continued
Intermittingly, though not very heavy, during the 1:31i. A break.
in
in the weather just now would injure the oatucrop
out,.lourablecliange
slight degree. It is to be hoped the present
or a fornight more of
will blow off. If we had but one ten days
tineweoafthTeur,esadlal,the harvest would be gathered in. Limerick Re-
porterll It is well known that the red deer ira
RED —LER.—
killed
iwsterilciatsvea
jrurisvtehaetarad loarrgt:os.iinzaegtnliifiancenint,
sotatlgtes,rsl.atelAys
.an
of the respective weight of 40blbs. and 3531b5., as.
Including skin, head, and horns, they
stance, we
kw in
A•ielrildgeF.eudr3W3shlebts'. catteidne:2tillllbs. The fat on the haunches of those
animals measured in depth chose three inches. Thcs head of the
smallest, though nut so fine a head as the fotmer, h,as twelve good
points—the other ten.—lnverness Courier.
111 E WHIRLWIND AT ROUEN.—We have already
stated that the owners of the property destroyed near Rouen
by
the whirlwind of the 19th ult., have brought an action for' in-
demnity against the insurance companies, on the ground of the
calamity having been occasioned by electricity, in which case it is
contended that the companies are liabhr, the policies bearing the
following words :—" The company insures against fire, and against
the fire of heaven, and the damage which may result." Strong
evidence of the presence of electricity, which is the fire of heaven.
alluded to in the policies, has already been offered, but the com-
panies contend that the losses of the insurers were the result of a
storm of wind, and not of lightning. This is the point to be de-
cided by the Tribunal ; but, in the meantime, it may not be unin-
teresting to allude to a suit by theowners of the property destroyed
in a similar way at Celts, on the '...`3d of October last. The questions
having been brought before the Tribunal of Commerce of Mont-
pelier on the 10th of December, the Tribunal ordered that a cora.
missinn of scientific men should be formed, to report as to whether
electricity was present in such a way as to give the assured the
benefit •f the clause in their policies respecting " the fire of
heaven." The repOrt has 'seen drawn up, and seat to the Tribunal,
but it has not yet been read.—Rouen paper.
JENNY LI.:(D.—A German paper states that this;
celebrated vocalist, who has created such a furore in various.
parts of Germany, made her deEt at Cologne on the 20th
ult. in tike opera of Norma. Notwithstanding the prices d
admission were trebled, the theatre was filled to overflowing.
The fair eaneatr ice was called before the curtain, and applauded
, to the echo, at the termination of each act of the opera.
.The
greater portion of the enthusiastic audience consisted el English,
manv of whom have signified their intention of folio wing Jenny,
Lind from place to place. She is to appear next a. Frankfort.