The Sun.
London, England, 1845-07-16 00:00:00

SPORTING.

(FROM OUR CORRESPONDENT.)
The entries for the races at Liverpool, which I was
not in possession of when I wrote yesterday, being now
published, a few remarks upon them may not be unac-
ceptable.
For the Croxteth Stakes there are ele‘en animals
named, and Out of them I expect to see at the post Vau-
deville, The Shadow, Alamode, Mid-Lothian, and Lan-
caehire Witch.
This will he the first appearance of the Lancashire
Witch since her defeat for the Oaks, and will give her
an opportunity of redeeming the character she lost at
Epsom. As she has had a one. rest, and the weight on
her being wry feveurable, I exp-et to see her announced
as the winner. Cot retina and Ihe Shadow will, I have
ne doubt, make a good fight of it for second.
To the Maiden Plate there are six subkcribers, and, as
far as public running is any criterion of an animal's
merit, Lord eglinton's Brelwalda should be able to beat
the others with little difficulty.
For the Queen's Plate, I do not expect Lothario will
start. Bretwalda and the Shine colt will never live the
distance. Midlothian must be too sore from her recent
running, I think, to enable her to get her head in front
of old horses like the Shadow and Areanus. Poussin is
a very moderate animal. The merits of Dr. Wood aed
Jack Palmer are, I imagine, known only to their owners.
l'ug's chaec by no means a despicable one, and to her
and the ofd Shadow I leave the race, with a strong pre
ference for the latter, as she has won more Queen's
Hites than any mare in England, with the exception of
Alice Hawthorn.
The Stanley Stakes will be one of the most interesting
races of the meeting. The entry includes Pluto, the
best two-veer-old out last year, seeing that he boat the
Cure and Retell at Richmond, and, at Nottingham,
Sweetmeat, Stitch, and Rowena ; Lancashire Witch,
another capital two-year-old performer ; Hope,
the second in this year's Oaks, and Lord Harry, a colt
with some pretensions to speed, and a pretty good win-
ner this season; and although Pug, Hope, and the Witch,
by the conditions of the race, receive 21b., still, I think
if Pluto is in his two-year-old form, and starts, we shall
hear of him as the winner. If he does not go, why,
hen, I lean to Hope.
The Selling Stakes looks a certainty r Poussin.
London. TEfoLEGRAPH.

EXTRAORDINARY ROBBERY.—The Rev. Mr. Fotti-
cary, of Blackheath, was jobbed in a singular manner on Friday
last. The Rev. Gentleman, who Is on a visit at Brighton, had
been into the country, and on his return, about eleven o'clock at
night, was walking from Sewell's stables, in Church street, to the
Grand Parade. Between Marlborough.place and the Grand Pa-
rade, and northward of the entrance to the Pavilion, is one of the
" enclosures," a Jawn surrounded by a gravel walk, a border of
flowers, shrubs, and trees, and a fence of iron palisades. While
wa'king cn the footway outside these palisades the Rev. Gentleman
was suddenly seized by two arms, which were passed through the
palisades, and which drew him backwards, so as completely to
pinion him ; and, while in this position, he found his macintosh
raised, and a third hand passed into his pocket, whence his puree,
containing three sovereigns and some silver, was taken. The
whole operation was over in less time than we have been describing
it ; and the Rev. Gentleman gave an alarm to the sentinel at the
Palace gate, who crossed the road, and assisted him in searching
for the thieves. No trace, however, could be found of any one;
and it is a remarkable fact that the Rev. Gentleman heard no voice
during the whole affair. Some London thieves have the credit of
planning is.a ~eee.tiee this extraordinary and impudent robbery.
DISSOLUTION OF THE UITY OF LoNvox ,-:moot. OF
INnusTuT.—Yesterday a meeting of the governors and subscribers
of this school, which was foundtel in 1816, for educating, clothing,
maintaining. and instructing, in various useful trades, legitimate
children of the indigent poor, was held in the beard-room of the
institution, Mitre-street, Aldgate, to consider the circumstances of
the charity, and the propriety of continuing or discontinuing
it. James Sehooling, Esq., treasurer, was called to the chair,
and was supported by Doctor Alexander M'Caul, rector of St.
James's, Duke-place, the Reverend J. V. Povah, A.M.,
minor canon of St. Paul's, and other old supporters of the school.
Thomas Saunders, Esq., City Comptroller, stated the position of
the school, which he said had been funded by the
late Rev. R. Neal', LL.D. Latterly their finances were to re-
duced that they were compelled to give up the boys' school, and
now, in consequence of a further decrease in the subscriptions and
donations, they found that they could not continue the girls' school.
He then explained that the receipts for the last two years were only
395/. 6s. 6d., and that they were indebted 231. to the treasurer. In
conclusion, be said that they had only the painful alternative to dis-
solve the girls' school. After some discussion it was resolved to
call another meeting for the purpose of appointing a committee to
wind up the affairs of the charity, and to collect funds for the pay-
ment of its liabilities. After which, and a vote of thanks to the
chairman, the meeting broke up.
There were present at her Majesty's Theatre last
evening, her Royal Highness the Ductless of Gloucester, their
Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, attended
by Lady Augusta Cadogan and Mr. Edmund Miliimay, his Royal
Highness Prince George; the Dukes of Somerset and Beaufort;
the Duchesses of Somerset and Beaufort; the Marquises of Ailes-
bury, Abercorn, Huntly, Granby, and Clanricarde ; the Mar-
chionesses of Ailcsbury, Douro, Aberdeen, and Westmeath ; the
Earls of Shelburne, Lonsdale, Jersey, Wilton, Harrington, and
Falmouth ; the Countesses of Shelburne, Westmoreland, Wilton,
Dalhousie, and Harrington; Baron and Baroness Brunnow ; Ba.
11 USE SE
ron Talleyrand ; Lords Macdonald, Cranstoun, Charles Wellesley,
0 OF CO MMONS.
GROUP A. F. Fitzclarence, John Hay, Alvauley, Somerton, Leveson,
Paget; Ladies Ea
Alford,
Wetherell,
The Committee, having adjourned from Saturday last to this
and
Paget, Barra Lennox,
Go 1 els George
cllmi d t Fitzroy Somerset, 'ford, Francis,
day, met this morning at their usual hour, and proceeded with the
Hope, Mena, boddrell, and Maynard ; Count Noailles, Count
examination of the preambie of the Bill of the Kielmansegge, Count and Countess de Jarnac; Hon. Booth Grey,
IVIINSTE.R.II.IVID DEAL num Hon. Mr. Mildmay, Hon. General Upton, Hon. Mrs. Warneford,
Mr. MeratEWETIIER objected to the admission of the opposition Hon. Mrs. Carew, and Hon. Mrs. Fitzgibbon ; Sir H. Willoughby,
of Mr. Hill (on the part of certain landowners petitioning against Ban . Meux, and Sir R. Wilmot; Mrs. Bowyer Smith, Major
the line) on the ground that Mr. Curling, the solicitor who in.
ng, &c.
Our gallant townsman, Captain Thurtell, last week
owners whom he represented. art of the d
structed Mr. H.ll, had received no instruction from the land-
Our
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shlyiapilnecaosemdpatro cceabalegpetra;naiunmds, whichCaptain
M r. HILL insisted •on his right to appear on the p
Thurtell had the honour of receiving an appropriate acknowledg.
landowners alluded to.
Mr. Sully, Mr. Lee, Mr. Benil, and Mr. Xernpe, the four land-
snent of the same.--Devonport Telegraph,
owners alluded to, were called and examined as to the na-

time of war.
Sir C. Napier, M.P., examined—l am well acquainted with the
ports of Plymouth and Falmouth. I know that the Ilamoaze is
one of the great naval estuaries of England. I heard what has
been said by Captain Berkeley, and I think the passing of railway
trains over a steam-bridge would cause a great deal of delay
occasionally. It 'night cause no delay to ships, for I sup-
pose provision would be made against that by the Admiralty,
but it would certainly occasion delay to the trains in
time of war. 1 know the Government is now form.
lug a large steam basin at Plymouth. Falmouth is a
most important naval station, a good harbour of refuge, and a good
seat for men-of-war. Formerly it was not much used in conse.
quence of the difficulty in getting out of it, but the case is now
attend, as there is a steam navy. Lord Cornwallis used
Falmouth, and there were at the time of the war eight sail
of the line there. I am generally opposed to all lines
of railroad running near the coast unless they run so near to it
that it can be fortified with Martello towers and used as a meal s
of defence ; if they cannot be so used I think the further inland
the y are the better. My only reason for opposing this line is a
regard for the interests of the country, for I have no personal
concern in it one way or the other.
The 1-L.m. and Gallant Officer was cross-examined, but his les.
timoriy, so far from having been shaken, was rather strengthened by
his answers.
Ir Thomas, an engineer, was called to prove that the Central
.
line was superior to the Cornwall line in point of engineering
capability,
'1 Ilea' Lordships adjourned at four o'clock till to-morrow morning.