The Sun.
London, England, 1845-01-29 00:00:00

EAST INDIA SHIPPING.

Arrival:—Fier Majesty's ship Dido, Keppc.ll, from
Singapore, at Portmnoutt, saied Oct. 16, Penang Oct.
31, Cape Dec. 18. St. Helena a c. '2B.
Arrivals in Table Bay, Cape of Good Hope—Au-
gustus, Hart, from Adelaide, and sailed Di.c. 5 to Lon-
don ; True Briton, Consitt from Portsmouth, and sailed
Dec. 6 to Madras ; Thomas Yohng, Rumford, from
Bengal, and sailed Dec. 7 to London ; Cher,, Ross, from
Liverpool. and sailed Dec. 9 to Ichabee ; Timandra,
Skinner, front Calcutta. aid sailed Dec. 11 to Loudon ;

Courier, Frye, from Mauritius, and sail.-d Dec, 12 to
Monte Video ; Emma Eugenia, Kettlewell, from Mauri-

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tius ; Harriet, Duthie, from Liverpool, and sailed Dec.
11 to Algoa Bay ; Stedfast, Merritt, from Bristol; Esse-
quibo, Cain, from Ichabee ; Grace, Smith, and John
Thomas Carr, Wilkie s, from Shields; Sirius, M`Kinnon,
from the Clyde ; Active, Bruce, from ; Mary,
Jane, Harper, from Liverpool, and sailed Dec. 16 to
Ichaboe ; Janet Izat, Squire, Dec. 5, from Newport ;
Exeter, from Liverpool ; Regent packet, from Crozets ;
William Metcalfe, Philipson, from Calcutta ; Phoenix
steamer, from Algoa Bay; Velox Dec. 7, from Rio; Ar-
temise, from Gothenburg; Lemmos, Bth, from Simon's
Bay, and sailed 14th to Mauritius ; Emerald, 11th, from
Bristol ; Isaac, from Ichaboe ; her Majesty's steamer
Thunderbolt, from Ichaboe ; British Settler, 12th, from
Bowie River ; Adele, from Ichaboe ; Parkfield, 15th,
from London ; H.F.M. ship Sirens, 17th, from Macao.
Departures from Table Bay—Elizabeth, Jansen, Dec.
6, to China; Earl Durham, Bth, to London; Sophia,
10th, to Mossell Bay; Tunor. 12th, to Batavia; Active
and Grace, 14th, Rosanna, 16th, to Ichaboe; Antigone,
16th, to Havre; Governor, 16th, to Liverpool.
Arrivals in Algoa Bay—Lalla Rookh, from London;
John William Dare, from Table Bay; Ann Caithness,
Dec. 3, from Mauritius.

Departure from Simon's Bay—George the Fourth,
Parsons, Dec. 7, to London.

Arrivals at St. Heleua—Timandra and Mary, Ridley,
from Calcutta.

Arrivals at Wellington, New Zealand—Nelson, Aug.lB,
and Raymond. Sept. 5, both from London.

GREAT FOOT RACE.

Notwithstanding the unfavourable state of the weather
upwards of four thousand persons assembled on Monday
at Gannick Corner (about a mile and a half beyond Bar-
net), to witnese the great foot race between Jackson,
the American Deer, iind Sheppard. of Birmingham, which
has excited so much interest in the sporting circles dur-
ing the past fortnight. Both these men have. in a num-
ber of contests, exhibited the most extraordinary speed,
and in a race between them only a few days ago sur-
passed anything ever known in the annals of pedes-
trianism. On that occasion Jackson, who was the win-
ner, after a most spirited run, performed upwards of
leven miles in an hour, a task hitherto unprecedented,
and which surpasses the great American's trial of speed
which h s deservedly been the subject of much talk.
l'he exceeding closeness of the race between Jackson
and Sheppard, until the latt•'r fell at the conclusion of
the tenth mile, with the extraordinary game displayed
by both, was the theme of conversation amongst some
gentlemen shortly after the struggle, and a match was
made for 50/. a-side, and the money deposited in the hands
of Owen Swift at once for a five-mile race.

Both men had been in very active training, and shortly
after two o'clock made their appearance on the ground,
and exhibited first rate condition and great confidence.
Betting was 6 to 4 on Sheppard, and a great deal of
money was laid out at that price. Preliminaries having
been adjusted, the men went to the starting-place near
Frank Key's, to run one mile out and return (the dis-
tance being measured towards London). Jackson lied
the lead, which he maintained until nearly the whole of
the distance had been accomplished, his opponent malt-
ing upon him the whole of the way, and being but a few
yards behind him. The speed throughout the race was
most extraordinary ; the first two miles were perlOrtned
in 10 min. 10 sec.. arid the four miles under 21 mm. In
going up to the fifth mile the men appeared to increase
their spred, and Sheppard, whose style is the most ex-
traordinary and beautiful ever seen, ran right up to his
opponent, and they were together for about fitty yards,
when Sheppard, almost within sight of the distance post,
gradually went in advance, and won by about four yards,
accomplishing the five miles in 25 min. 45 sec. It was
admitted to be the finest race ever witnessed.

THE ROYAL BUCKHOUNDS.—An untried deer was
uncarted on Monday at Winkfield-street, the meet, at
which nearly one hundred were present, taking place
close to the church. The deer took away across Foli-
john-park to New-lodge, where it doubled to the left to
Bray-common, on to Fifield, through the f Test to St.
Leonard's-hill, and thence by Spital to Clever-green,
crossing the New. road to Clarence-crescent, at
Windsor, swimming over the Thames to the Boreas, on
the Buckinghamshire side of the river, and then making
for Barnspool-bridge, close to the College, beneath
which it quietly reposed up to its haunches in mud.
The hounds and huntsmen in the mean time proceeded
from the Berkshire side over Windsor-bridge. The
deer, upon being dislodged, made for Tangier Mill, at
Eton, and again swam ovt r the river to the Lock, and
thence again crossed the Thames for the third time,
landing in the Eton College playing fields, and was run
into and secured at Blackpots, the residence of Mr. Bat-
cheldor, after a run, from first to last, of an hour and a
half. The deer was housed at the Christopher Inn, at
Eton.

MEDICAL REFORM.—Monday a meeting cf mem-
bers of the medical profession took place in the Com-
mittee-room of the General Medical Protection Assem-
bly, at Exeter Hall, for the purpose, among other things,
of considering a motion, of which Mr. Wakley gave no-
tice at the last meeting of the assembly, for the adoption
of a petition to the Queen, praying that her Majesty
would not sanction any alteration in the existing charter
of the College of Surgeons, until the members of the col-
lege, amounting to upwards of 10,000 persons, had an
opportunity of staling their grievances, and what they
felt to be their incorporated rights, before her Majesty's
Privy Council. The Hon. Gentleman said he thought
there would be this advantage in. taking the course he
proposed—that it would be impossible for a Minister of
the Crown, after learning from them how the Crown
had been deceived in the grant of the last charter
to the College of Surgeons by the representations of
the members of the Council, to listen to them again.
The members of the college tad not been con-
sulted on the last occasion of g anting the charter,
but the Crown had been deceived by a majority of
twenty-one of the Council, although it was stated in the
charter that the constitution of the body had been
altered on the representation of the members. That was
an immoral fraud and. after having been thus trea-
cherously betrayed by that body, the prefessic n would
be simpletons to trust them again. The Hon. Gentle-
man then proceeded to urge strongly the importance of
union. pointing out the advantage disunion gave their
enemies, who would have this obvious answer to give
when asked for reform—that the profession were not
agreed among themselves on what conditions or prin-
ciples they would be governed. The power against them
was immense; they had an enemy in the Government—
they had an enemy in Parliament ; and if they were
enemies to their own interests, and remained disunited,
nothing but defeat and discimfiture, and disgrace, would
be their lot. Mr. Cooper seconded the motion, which
was carried unanimously, arid a Committee haying been
appointed to prepare the petition, the meeting ser4hted,