The Sun.
London, England, 1845-11-12 00:00:00

LATEST BETTING AT MANCHESTER.

THE DERRY.-7 to 1 agst Sting-20 to 1 agst Brocardo
(t)--25 to 1 agst Spithead-25 to 1 agst lago 30 to 1 agst
Malcolm (t)-25 to 1 agst Lord Exeter's lot, and 1,000 to
20 agst c out of Manilla (t).
CIIESTER Cur (ENTER OR NOT.)-1,000 to 2 agst Hope
(t)-1,000 to 15 agst Magnate.

(FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)

The Newniarket Houghton Meeting brought to a close
the turf season of 1845, a season without a parallel for the
number and quality of the races it furnished. The weather
was like the sport, excellent, and so mild that the only Ches-
terfield to be seen on the course was the popular and kind-
hearted nobleman of that name, whose success always gives
satisfaction to all classes of sportsmen.
Like the famous fox-chase of Ballyporeen, the past meet-
ing, I imagine,.

Will ne'er be forgot
By those who were there, or those who were not "
In the first place, fifty races were rue during its continuance,
six of these were won by a head, one by a neck,- six
by half a length, and twenty-four by a length, There
were also four dead heats, and two of them with
three horses. In the second place, the weather induced
many to imagine it was one of the July meetings they were
attending, and when I saw the start for the Criterion I could
not help thinking upon the contrast in the weather from
when Cartoon won that race; on which occasion the snow
had so covered the ground that the course was obliged to be
swept before the horses were allowed to start. In the third
place, there was the row between the "gentlemen by birth"
and the "gentlemen by courtesy," which ended, as might bo
imagined, in the entire defeat of the latter. In the fourth
place, it was the first meeting ever attended by his Royal
Highness Prince George of Cambridge, who bids fair to be a
constant visitor. And in the fifth place, the settling was the
worst ever known at Newmarket; scrip was offered in many
instances instead of money, and such was the state of the
market that it was gladly received. To comment upon all
the races run during the meeting would take up more of
your space than you can conveniently afford, I shall, there-
fore, merely devote a few lines to the principal events of the
week. The attendance on the Heath on Monday was im-
mense, nearly every member of the sporting aristocracy being
present, and the ring was crowded with the Manchester and
Liverpool divisions. As each horse made his appearance,
he was criticised most minutely, and the preliminary
canters were watched with breathless silence. Intrepid looked
well, went well, and found some friends, who for auld lang
sync entrusted him with a fiver for luck. Ould Ireland, the
favourite of the ring, and for whom I had so strong a pre-
dilection, looked as fat as a prize ox, went short, and gave
me but slight hopes of seeing my predictions of his success
verified. Alarm's form and action alarmed only those who were
against him, and the confident manner of Nit assured many
others, besides myself, that he was again going to ride the
winner of the Cambridgeshire. The Baron's appearance was
waited for with all the anxiety attending the debut of a
new singer, or danseuse, at the opera. Directly he showed
I mentally exclaimed se d quantum mutabus ab ilk qui, at
Doncaster, on the Curragh, and Newmarket, defeated all his
antagonists in such gallant style. He looked as fine drawn
almost as Coldrenick did for the Derby, and when I considered
the hands he had got into, and the disadvantage he laboured
under in being ridden by Bumby, the jockey who
lost Alice Hawthorn the Doncaster Cup at the late meeting
there, and who is, in fact, little better than a postboy, I
was surpriSed at his maintaining the position in the market
that he did. Had the course been longer, and the pace not
so severe, I think we should have had a better account of
him. Best-bower and Wolf-dog were in splendid condition,
and their running was by no means discreditable to them.
Yardley gained friends just before the start, and he ran a
game horse. The race, like the Cesarewitch, was never in
doubt, and won just as easily. The result clearly evinces
how dangerous a customer the winner would have been, but
for his accident, to Merry Monarch; and, consequently, that
Nat's chance of riding a second time in succession the winner
of the Derby, was an excellent one.
Mr. Greville and Mr. Payne won a tolerable stake; but
the Napoleon of the turf, who is very much prejudiced
against all Venison's stock, on account of their size (being
so unlike his Bat Middleton), laid against him to the extent
of 2,200/. Agi cat deal has been said and written about Mr.
Greville's conduct, relative to his declaration about his horse,
but as Mr. Greville is a gentleman who, for some years, has
religiously acted up to the Duke of Newcastle's idea—viz.,
"of doing what he likes with his own," he is not likely, at
the present time, to feel acutely remarks made by parties,
who would very likely, if an opportunity served, treat him
in the same way. And with regard to the opinions of the
press, Mr. Greville having previously displayed how little he
regards them, I think it would only be a waste of time and
paper to discuss the matter further. Mr. Clarke's endeavour
to play the part of Lord Lichfield and Lord George Bentinck,
was as miserable a failure, and has been productive of as
much laughter, as the piece called The Princess who was
Changed into a Deer at Drury-lane. Had the horse not been
started, I much question whether he would have been of any
use to him again; and, on dit, he had a hint to that effect
conveyed to him. It is extraordinary the love of notoriety some
people have, especially those to whim retirement Is most be-
coming. My selections, Ould Ireland and Best Bower, although
not fortunate enough to get the honour of a place, ran respect-
ably,and rose from the time I wrote—theformer from 18 to 1 to
3 to 1, and the latter from 33 to 1 to 13 to 1; so that their
backers could not be hurt unless they wilfully refused to
hedge. Vol-au-vent, my favourite for the Great Ebor Han-
dicap, came with a rush at the last, and from her place in the
race it is clear that had she been started at York she could not
have been far off winning. From the reasons I have before
stated, I incline the Cambridge Stakes for this year will not
be forgotten for many a long day to come. The Match be-
tween the Heroine of Goodwood and Old Oakley was a
splendid one, and delighted everybody.
TUESDAY.—We had nine races this afternoon, two of which
only call for any observation, viz. the Handicap Plate of
200 sovs., and the Criterion. The former brought out a field
of fourteen, of which Boarding-school Miss was discovered to
be the best, to the great delight of her backers, who were
very fond.
In the latter, which is the most trying race for two-
year-olds either at Newmarket or elsewhere, nine noblemen
and gentlemen, being desirous of getting a taste of the Derby
favourite with his penalty, sent their nominations to the
post, and a taste of him they did get with a vengeance, for
he beat them all in a canter with the most perfect ease. This
was his last appearance previous to the Derby for 1846, in
which he will no doubt cut a conspicuous figure.
TIIURSDAY.—The race which caused the most interest and
the heaviest betting to-day was the match between Ould
Ireland and Ides, which was won by the latter by three parts
of a length, with 5 to 2 and Nat on him.
FRIDAY.—The sport we had to-day, I venture to say, was
never equalled on any race-course in the world in one day,
and was,worth travelling from John o' Groat's to the Land's-
env,' to witness. Prince George of Cambridge, who was only
entered to it (as Nimrod would have said) on Monday,
looked as happy as the man who had drawn a thirty thousand
pound prize in the lottery. Would that he could induce his
royal relative, the Prince Consort, to extend more patronage
to the Turf than he does at present. It is somewhat singular
that racing in England is more encouraged almost by the
Royal Family of Russia than by that of its own. From the
manner in which Dexterous, a half-bred two-year-old, beat
Chandelier and a small field, she was objected to by Mr.
Shelley, but that gentleman took nothing by his motion. I
know nothing of Mr. Godwin; but I should imagine him
to be a very goodnatured man. There were times when,
if such a line of conduct was pursued by one gentle-
man towards another, a horsewhip or a pistol would
certainly have been put in requisition. On the match be-'
tween Wolfdog and Oakley the Irish division succeeded in
getting back a large portion of the money they dropped on
their favourite in the Cambridgeshire. The Glasgow Stakes
produced a dead heat between three (the first which has
occurred since 1836), and it was entirely owing to the fine
riding of Nat, who, upon Arkwright's being drawn, was
placed upon Binnacle, that he secured this splendid stakes
by a head. We had hardly recovered from the effects of
this magnificent finish, when we were treated with another
. of exactly a similar character for the 50/. plate. Had not
Bumby been on Alice, I think she would have won this race,
bad as her running has been this season. Yet the manner
in which she disposed of Naworth at Chester makes me be-
lieve she could have beaten him here. The second heat, like
that for the Glasgow Stakes, was only won by a head by
Little Hampton, who, in my opinion, should have taken pre-
cedence of Naworth in the betting, judging from his former
doings.
Friday's races were chiefly small sweepstakes, idteresting
only to the owners of the animals engaged in them ; and I
shall only touch upon the Nursery Stakes, the only two-years-
old handicap in existence. For this the almost Derby field
of eighteen started, and the objectionable Cocktail, after a dead
heat, with the winner of the Rutland, beat him cleverly by
half a length. In the Audley End Stakes, Wolfdog again
behaved well, and did not deceive his backers.
On Saturday this unequalled meeting was brought to a
close by eleven races, all well contested, but as the results
are not likely to bear upon future races, I refrain from corn-
mentieg upon them.
In my next I shall take a cursory review of the past
season. TELEGRAPH.
London, Nov. 12, 1845.

IMPORTATION OF CORN AND CATTLE. A me-
morial to the Queen is in course of signature in Exeter,
praying her Majesty, by Order in Council, to give fres im-
portation to corn and cattle, and every description of food for
" man and beast," and " the abolition of all taxes and dues,
of whatever description, on the necessaries of life."— Devon.-
port Telegraph.
THE DOWAGER MARCHIONESS OF BREADALBANE.
—By the will of this distinguished lady, her son, the present
Marquis of Breadalbane, has acquired a large addition to his
fortune. Her Ladyship's will was recorded in Scotland on
the 6th ult., and has just been proved in England by his Lord-
ship, the sole executor; the personal estate in tngland is
sworn under 120,000/. Her Ladyship has bequeathed a legacy
of 10,0001. to the Earl of Lauderdale, in testimony of her
sense of the valuable services which his Lordship had ren-
dered to the Breadalbane family. With the exception of such
legacy, her Ladyship has left the whole of her estate to her
son, the present Marquis, absolutely. The will was made in
Scotland, in the ear 1843.—Scotch paper.
GLASGOW COLLEGE A RAILWAY TERMINUS.—
' Though some doubts were at first entertained regarding
Glasgow College becoming a railway terminus, at least with
the consent of the Principal, Professors, &c., we now learn
that all speculation on the subject is at an end, and that the
heads of the college are themselves to apply for an Act for
"- n"rnose. This resolutiou was, we believe, come to last
• Rhe4.
week.— Glasgow .