The Sun.
London, England, 1845-05-28 00:00:00

TIE SUN, LONDON, WEIVNESDAY EVENING, MAY-28, 1845:

Vice-President of the Board cf ral ,the Secretary to the
Postmaster-General, the Covernnr and Deputy-Governor of
the rank of England, tl,r Chairman of the Customs, the
Chairman and Deputy-Chairman of the Excise, the Chairman
and Deputy-Chairman of the Stamps arid Taxes, the Chair-
man of the Audit Office, Air. Greene, M.P., the Lords of the
Treasury, and the Secretaries of the Treasury.
The Ear] of Liverpool, as Lord Steward,gave a gr.ind ban-
quet, in celebration of the Queen's birthday, at his residence,
Fife House, Whitehall, to a party of between forty and fifty of
the nobility and gentry.
Her Majesty's Hon. Corps of Gentleman-at-Arms had a full
dress dinner to celebrate the day.
The Queen gave a concert yesterday evening at Buckingham
Palace. The following was the programme
Part I.

Overture (Der Vampyr) Lindpaintner
Recit " Der Holle Selbst," Herr Pischek ( Faust) Spohr
Aria " Liebe ist die Zarto Bluthe" Herr
Pischek (Faust) Spohr
Gesang " Die Boths-chaft," Maddle. Rupplin Kucken
Cavatina, Madame Blaes Meerti (Catarina Cor-
naro) Lachner
Duet " Folg' dem Freunde mit vertrauen,"
Madlle. Rupp'in and Ilerr Pischek ( Faust) Spohr
Air " Nina jolie et sage," Madame Thillon( Ac-
teon )
Lied " Zaar and Zimmerman," Herr Oberhotfer Loi tzing
ilomanze de Blungini.—" Der A b,chied de.
Troubadours," voice, Madame Alaillard ; Mayseder and
harp, M: Godefroid ; violin, Mr. Lila- Moscheles
grove; and pianoforte, Mr. Moscholes

Part 11.
Duet—" Die Sehvralben and der Jager,"
Madlle. Hupplin and Herr Oberhoffer........ Kucken
Air.—" 0 mon Fernand," Madame Maillare
(La Favorite)
Lied—" Die FahnentNacht," Herr Pischek ;
harp obligato, M. Godefroid
Fantasia sur des molifs des Bellini—Clarinet,
M. Blaes
Romance—" Dieu m'a conduit ver vows"--
Madame Blaes Aleerti
Air Varie—" La Biondina"—Mad. Thillon Paer
Duet—" Jetzt alter! jetzt hat es Eile"—Herr
Pischek and Herr Oberhoffer (Fidelio)
Mr. Moscheles presided at the pianoforte.
Her Majesty's private band, under the direction of Mr.
Anderson, was in attendance, and accompanied the vocal music.

Beethoven

EPSOM RACES -TUESDAY

Last year, and for years antecedent, the administra-
.on of the Epsom races was entrusted to Sir Gilbert
E( athcote and Baron De Teissier, with Mr. Clark as
udge ; the veteran, but almost worn-out " Joe Ferran "
as clerk of the course, Mr. H. Dorling steward's clerk,
and Mr. Perrin as starter. This ministry had no con-
nexion whatever with the Jockey Club. Racing men
had, in consequence, fur a considerable period argued,
and their opinions were fortified by the notorious Blooms-
bury case, and by the untoward Running Rein. affair of
last year, that this isolation of the Epsom executive was
defective in principle, and a meeting so likely to produce
disputed questions, and to moot points of racing
law, ought to be, like Ascot, connected with an associa-
tion, which, though far from having perfect laws or un-
objectionable Methods of carrying them into effect, must
still be regarded as the legislature of the Turf. This
isolation, so long, and we think so justly impugned,
has been got rid of, and, for the present and future, the
Epsom meeting will be under the conjoint direction and
control of the two local, aed of those fur the time being
of the Jockey Club.
Within the last, twelve months other changes affecting
Epsom have occurred. Mr. Farrell has quitted the
course of this life, and the duties of the office he so long
tilled are now discharged by Mr. Henry Dorling. Mr.
Perrin, in consequence of not having fulfilled satis-
factorily to all, the arduous and very difficult appoint-
ment of starter, has been displaced, and succeeded, both
at Epsom and Newmarket, by Mr. W. Hibburd, clerk of
Ascot Heath. Mr. Clark, we are pleased to find, still
retains the office of judge, so long and ably filled by him.
The races commenced yesterday with a meagre list,
both as to the number and quality of the races it
announced; for this no blame can with justice attach to
the management, as the usual amount of stakes to be
contended for was advertised, notwithstanding the de-
crease in the racing funds, caused by the extinction of
gambling booths and tables. The list of races for the
following days, exclusive of Derby and Oaks, contains
the accustomed number of events, but the struggles for
first places will, we fancy, cause but little excitement.
We do not see the necessity for three secondary races
following the almost universally interesting Derby, and
we would suggest the withdrawal of one to be added to
the first day. It would cause no hiatus to be regretted
on the Wednesday, and would stop a gap desirable to be
filled on the Tuesday.
The weather was delightful, exactly suited for the
enjoyment of out- of-door sports. Aft six o'clock in the
morning the sun broke through a misty atmosphere, and
shone steadily and serenely, its brilliancy being softened
by fleecy clouds, and its sultriness by a moderately blow-
ing north-east wind throughout the day. The company
was not numerous, for the celebration of her Majesty's
birth-day by a Drawing-room retained most of the
haul ton in town ; and the paucity of the day's races at-
tracted very few of the human fractions that compose
the metropolitan million and a half. This day will
compensate for these drawbacks, and should the weather
be as fine, and there is every appearance that it will,
the Derby meeting of 1845 will be one of the most nu-
merous that an attendance of more than a quarter of a
century shall enable us to record. We hope for the
pleasure of speaking flatteringly of it, and pending its
eventful circumstances, shall detail briefly the very mo-
derate sport provided for the opening day :
The Craven Stakes of 10 sovs. each; for three yrs old,
Gst Blb ; four, Bst 101 b ; five, Jet 41b ; six and aged,
9,t 10Ib. Craven Course. (8 Subs.)
Lord Chesterfield's Knight of the Whistle, aged 1
Colonel Cradock's Pagan, aged
Mr. Ford's Attorney (carried 41b over), aged 3
The following also started, but were not placed:—Sir
G. Heathcote's f by Sateareand, out of La fille mal
GarC63, 3 yrs—Lord Stradbroke's Evenus, 5 yrs—Mr.
T. Dawson's Crim Con, 3 yrs—Mr. G. Maffatn's Irene,
3 yrs—and Mr. Forth's Remorse, 3 yrs.
Betting-7 to 4 agst Crim Con, 3to 1 agst Kuight of
the Whistle, and 6to 1 agst Evenus. Crim Con made
running at a strong pace, followed by The Attorney,
The Knight of the Whistle, Evenus, and Pagan, all
keeping well together to the turn, where Evenus was
beaten. The Attorney hero obtained the lead, which he
kept to the road, and there gave way, and Crim Con
having had enough of it, the Knight and Pagan singled
themselves out, the former with a lead of nearly a length.
At the distance Pagan crept up, made his effort at the
stand, and, after a close race home, was beaten by a
neck. The Attorney a bad third. The effect of this
running was to drive Idas back a shade, and to raise the
hopes of the Jinglepot party, to what extent the quota-
tions on the Derby, given underneath, will show :
The Woodcute Stakes of 10 sovs. each, with 50 added;
fur two-years-old colts Bst 6lb, and fillies Bst 31b. New
T. Y. C. (14 subs.)
Lord Bentinck's Cherokee..., (Nat) 1
Mr. John Day's The Hero
Mr. Dawson's Lord Harry 3
The following also started but were not placed :—Sir
G. lleathcote's b f by Liverpool out of Carolina—Mr.
W. Scott's Malt—Mr. Nord's Ipecacuanha—Mr. Baker's
br c by Camel out of Dais3—Mr. E. Walker's Guzman
—Mr. Boyce's Tom Sare—and Mr. Herbert's f by Elis
out of Delightful.

Betting::-11 to 8 agst Cherokee, 3to 1 agst Lord
Harry, and 5 to 1 agst Tom Sare.
Two words will describe the race. After one false
start, owing, not to the starter but to the jockies, Chero-
kee jumped ofr with the lead, made all the running, and
won easy by a length. Lord Harry a bad third.
The Manor Stakes of 5 sovs. each, with forty added ;
3 yrs old, 6st 101 b ; 4 yrs, Bst 71b ; 5 yrs, Bst 121 b ;
6 yrs and aged, 9st 111 b. Mares arid geldings allowed
31bs ; the winner to be sold for 3001. ; and the second
to savo his stake. Heats, two miles. (7 Subs.)
Mr. Dockeray's Dalesman, 4 yrs ...(Buckle) 2 1 1
Mr. T. Dawson's Montgomerie, 3 yrs
Mr. Worley's John Davis, 3 yrs
Mr. Roles Hampton, 6 yrs
Mr. C. Smith's Antonio, 3 yrs
sto 2 agst Dalesman (taken). John Davis won the
first heat cleverly by a length, and was mounted for the
next, but, to the chagrin of his backers, was drawn, in
order that he may take his chance for the Derby. Dales-
man, who was second in this heat, won the two next in
a canter.

DERBY.
From the following list of the probable starters, with
the names of the riders, it will be seen that the field is

likely to be larger than has hitherto been calculated
upon:--
Lord Stradbroke's Idas—G. Edwards
Mr. Gully's Weatherbit—John Day, jun.
Mr. A. W. Hill's The Libel—Calloway
Mr. Greville's Alarm—Nat
Mr. Gully's Old England—J. Day
Mr. Gratwicke's Doleful—H. Bell
Mr. Mostyn's Pantasa —Marlow
Lord Chesterfield's Pam—F. Butler
Mr. Ford's Fuzbos—Sly
Colonel Cradock's Jinglepot—Templeman
Duke of Richmond's LAird 'Cockpon—Whitohouse
Mr, Wroforcr4 Woohless—j. Howlett
Mr. i4t. Paes Mentor—Lye
Colonel Peel's Cobweb colt—B. Edwards
Mr. Waller's Columbus—Wakefield
Lord Exeter's Wood Pigeon. -Mann
Mr. Worley's John Davii—Unknowii
Mr. A. W. Hill's Salopian--Arthur
Mr. Gratwicke's The Merry Monarch—F. Bell
Colonel Anson's Kedger—Unknown
Mr. 4. 401-illstow's Annacdale—Marson
Lord Glasgow's Miss Whip colt—Holmes
Mr. Wyatt's Sister to Laundress colt—Crouch
Lord Verulam's Corumba colt—W. Cotton
Sir G. Heathcote's Gwalior—Chapple
Mr. Theobald's Desperation—nom
Mr. Lintott's
Mr, W4t'i nd Adonis—Macdonald
Mr. Ferguson's Clear-the-way—Robinson
Mr. Coleman's Young Eclipse—W. Coleman

It is not improbable that one or two of the horseg
enumerated above may remain in the stlAhlet

),311. OAKS.

The following mares were expected at Epsom last
night from Goodwood :—Rose of Cashmere, Miss Elis,
Refraction, and Longitude. No material change oc-
gurred in the betting on this moo,
rtilE OLP ENGLAND Ay.FApt.—For 112,Q0 to. 400, as
printed yesierdaY, read 12,000 to 400,

LATEST IiETTING
OV:

[N TOW N—TIMVE
,qc4.
;BT.
28 to 1 agst Jing,lepot
30 to 1 agst Fuzbos
33 to 1 agst hedger
1000 to 30 agst Columbus
140 to 1 agst Cobweb colt
40 to 1 agst Worthless
40 to 1 agtot Laircl co"t:Tockpm
50 to 1 agst Mentor
66 tot agst Vilood Pigeon
le doing.

5 to 2 agst Idas---:take 3 to 1
5 to 1 agst Weatherbit—t.
6 to 1 agst The Libel—taken
7 to) agst Alarm
17 to l agst Pantasa -
1S to 1 allst Poleful
to I 4s§t. (1(1 Pgl4lld--'
taken freely
tOragst
Very litt

11 PROPHECY for the OAKS, 1845,

In days Of chi when fervent spirits wrought,
And 'Ml:he's Oracle the future taught,
When ge d Seers, through dar:est gloom of night,
Were gated to forese,J, like second sigh:‘,
Through chaos the event! of coming strife,
When man 'gairst man was doom'd to wage his life,
And in old Troy Cassandra's voice was heard,
Majestic with great mind a prophetess appeared.
Into the depths of darkness dared to pry,
With wond'rous wisdom show futurity ;
But though Cassandra's visions are no more
And Delphe's shrine has crumbled to the shore,
And I am little skilled in Grecian lore,
But, following such bright examples great,
A humble scrawler seeks to emulate,
And dares the Pythias priestess imitate.
Greece, now debased, is not what once she was
When the Parthenon rang with loud applause ;
But to my theme—the Derby day is o'er,
Tho' many aching hearts the clay deplore.
The Oaks remain some comfort to impart
To the desponding and the sick at heart ;
Their blighted prospects still may find relief
And bring a panacea for their grief.
Haste to the ring, from moody- thoughts relieved,
The ruined fortunes yet may be retrieved,
For in the race see Hope is there to-day,
Let's trust that she the distance long will stay,
Tho' pressed by one whom children's taught to shun
The Witch of Lancashire the dangerous one ;
But sec, to snatch the frighten'd from despair,
The lovely, beauteous, Rose of fair Cashmere,
With Lady Wildair, and a virgin guide,
Called Miss hlis, Goodwood's joy and pride,
Aided in glittering armour, too-remark, -
The Maid of Orleans, glorious Joan of Arc.
" Though burnt by wicked Bedford-for a witch,
Behold her statue placed in glory's nich ;"
And with them witness moving gallantly
Rogers' lively, laughing filly Glee.
The start is made, and up the hill they hie,
The Wild Rose making running recklessly;
Miss Elia doing all a maid should dare,
Yet cannot reach th' aristocrat Wildair;
The Persian Cashmere, dazzling and bright,
With generous ardour rushes to the light,
To save her bosom friend frOm dire disgrace;
But she, alas! herself can't live the pace :
Hope will not aid her, and her course is o'tr,
Expiring nature can achieYe no more.
And see who comes, urged on with gory spur,
That petted dame the Pride of Lancashire,
Orleans, heroic maid, so fleet of foot,
And Lady Wildair, now are coming out.
They run so close, one knows not which is which;
Not Lancaster's, but wicked Bedford's witch,
First meets the unerring eye of Mr. Clarke.
The mist dispels, and nothing now. is dark,
Lancaster's beauty and tbe proudWildair,,
Second and third will pass the
.Judge's chair.
Bicester, May 27, 1845.

ESAU,

THE DERBY DAY.
(From Mr. D'lsraeli's "Sybil.")
" Will any one do anything about Hybiscus ?" sang out a gentle.
man in the ring at Epsom. It was full of eager groups ; round
the betting post a swarming cluster, while the magic circle itself
was surrounded by a host of horsemen shouting from their saddles
the odds they were ready to receive or give, and the names of the
horses they were prepared to back or to oppose.
" Will any one do anything about Hybiscus ?"
" I'll give you five to one," said a tall, stiff Saxon peer, In a
white great coat.
"No; I'll take six."
"Seven to four against the favourite; seven to two against
Caravan; eleven to two against Mango. What about Benedict?
Will any one do anything about Pocket Herc•4les ? Thirty to one
against Dardanelles."
"Done."

' Five and thirty ponies to one against Phosphorus." shouted a
le man vociferously and repeatedly.
T will give forty," said Lord Milford. No answer—nothing

done.

"Forty to one:" murmured Egremont, who stood against Phos.
phorus. A little nervous, he said to the peer in the white great
coat, " Don't you think that Phosphorus may after all have some
chance l'''

" I should be cursed sorry to be deep against him,' said the peer.
Egremont with a quivering lip walked away. He consulted his
book; he meditated anxiously. Should he hedge ? It was
scarcely worth while to mar the symmetry of his winnings; he
stood "so well" by all the favourites; and for a horse at forty to
one. No ; he would trust his star, he would not hedge.
" Mr. Chippendale," whispered the peer in the white great coat,
"go and press Mr. Egremont about Phosphorus. I should not be
surprised if you got a good thing."

At this moment, a huge, broad-faced, rosy-gilled fellow, with
one of those goad-humoured yet cunning countenances that we
meet occasionally on the northern side of the Trent, rode up to the
ring on a square cob, and dismounting entered the circle. He was
a carcase butcher, famous in Carnaby.market, and the prime coun-
cillor of a distinguished nobleman for whom privately he betted on
commission. His secret service to-day was to bet against his noble
cn:ployer's own horse, and so he at once sung out, "Twenty to one
against Man-trap."

A young gentleman just launched into the world, and who, proud
of his ancient and spreading acres, was now making his first book,
seeing Man-trap marked eighteen to one on the cards, jumped
eagerly at this bargain, while Lord Fitzheron and Mr. Berners, who
were at hand, and who in their days had found their names in the
book of the carcase butcher, and grown wise by it, interchanged a
smile.

" Mr. Egrernont will not take," said hump Chippendale to the
peer in the white great coat.

" You must have been too eager," said his nebla friend.
The ring is up ; the last odds declared; all gallop away to the
Warren. A few minutes, only a few minutes, and the event that
for twelve mouths had been the pivot of s much calculation, of
such subtle combinations, of such deep conspiracies, round which
the thought and passion of the sporting world have hung like eagles,
will be recorded in the fleeting tablets of the past. But what
minutes ! Count them by sensations and not by calendars, and
each moment is a day and the race a life. Hogarth in a coarse and
yet animated sketch has painted "Before" and "After," A
creative spirit of a higher vein might devclope the simplicity of
the idea with sublimer accessories. Pompeius before Pharsalla,
Harold before Hastings, Napoleon before Waterloo, might afford
some striking contrasts to the immediate catastrophe of their for-
tunes. Finer still the mariner who has discovered a new world;
the sage who has revealed a new planet; and yet the " Before"
and " After" of a first.rate English race,
in the degree of its ex-
citement, and sometimes in the tragic emotions of its close, may
vie even with these.
They are slddling the horses ; Caravan looks in great condition;
and a scornful smile seems to play upon the handsome features of
Pavia, as in the becoming colours of his employer, he gracefully
gallops his horse before his admiring supporters. Egremont in the
delight of an English patrician scarcely saw Mango, and never
even thought of Phosphorus—Phosphorus, who, by the bye, Was
the first horse that showed, with both his forelegs bandaged.
They are off!
As soon as they are well away, Chifney makes the running with
Pocket Hercules. Up to the Rubbing House he is leading; this
is the only point the eye can select. Higher up the hill,. Caravan,
Hybiscus, Benedict, hiahometan, Phosphorus, Michell Fell, and
Rat-trap are on the grey, forming a front rank, and at the new
ground the pace has told its tale, for half a dozen are already out
of the race.

The summit is already gained ; the tactics alter : here Pavia
brings up Caravan with extraordinary severity—the pace round
Tottenham corner terrific ; Caravan leading, then Phosphorus a
little above him, Mahometan next, Hybiscus fourth, Rat-trap look.
ing badly, Wisdom, Benedict, and another handy. By this time
Pocket Hercules has had enough, and at the road the tailing grows
at every stride. Here the favourite himself is hors de combat, as
well as Dardanelles, and a crowd of lesser celebrities.
There are but four left in the race, and of these, two,
Hybiscus
and Mahometan, are some lengths behind. Now it is neck and
neck between Caravan and Phosphorus. At the stand Caravan
has decidedly the best, but just at the post, Edwards, on Phos.
pharus, lifts the gallant little horse, and with an extraordinary
effort contrives to shove him in by half a length.
" You look a little low, Charley," said Lord Fitzberon, as taking
their lunch in the drag he poured the champagne into the glass of
Egremont.

.. By Jove !" said Lord Milford, ~ Only think of Cockle Graves
having gone and done it I"

PARLIAMENTARY BUSINESS.
MONDAY, MAY 26.
The following Bills were read a first time:—
Diss, Beccles, and Yarmouth Railway.
Goole and Doncaster Railway.
West London Railway.

Standing Orders Committee,Resolutions reported ;
1. " That, in the case Of the Brighton, Lewes, and Hast-
ings Railway (Hastings, Rye, and Ashford Extension) peti-
tion, the Standing Ordrs ought to be dispensed with :—That
the parties be permitted to proceed with their Bill."
'2. " That, in the case of the North Wales Railway peti-
tion for additional provision, the Standing Orders ought to
be dispensed with :—Tltat the parties be permitted to intro-
duce such additional provision on proving to the Committee
on the Bill the consent of the owners of the lands through
which the proposed deviation is to be made."
3. "That, in the case of the Newport and Pont). Pool
Railway petition for additional provision, the Standing Or-
ders ought to be dispensed with :—That the parties be per-
mittedit te d
Committeetoiiitro introduce et
hseu clluilll th additionalec()ns of the owners, lessees,
ent provision, on proving to
the
andoe
is occupiers,
brs,eonflatdhe.„elands through which the proposed de-
viation
4. "That, in the case of the Guildford, Chichester, and
Portsmouth Railway petition for additional provision, the
Standing Oi'ders ought to be dispensed with :—That the par-
ties be permitted to introduce such additional provision, on
bro to the Corn-
e permitted to in-
troduce to the Committee on the Bill the consent of the
owners, lessees, and occupiers of the lands through which
the proposed deviation is to be made."
5. "'That, in the case of the Preston and Wyre Railway
petition for additional provision, the Standing Orders ought
o
:—'That
provision,the partiesn
o p
proving
mittee on the Bill the consent of the owners,
t be
dispensed
s
spuecuhseaddntiltimal :
lessees, and oc-
cupiers of the land through which the proposed deviation is
to be made,"
6, " That, in the case of the Birmingham and. Gloucester
Railway (Worcester Branch and Cheltenham Extension)
petition, the Standing Orders ought to be dispensed with :
That the parties be permitted to proceed With their Bill on
omitting such clause or clauses as enable the Company to
sell or lease their Railway to the Midland Railway Com-
pany."
" Tharthe eemmittees on this and the three preceding
Bills'do examine, in the first place, how far such Orders have
been complied with, and do report the seine to the. Souse on
the' report of the Bills."
7. " That, in the ease of the North British Insurance
Company Bill, amendmenla on consideration of report, the
said amentlin,ao are of such a nature as to justify the
Houst--, in entertaining them, if they shall think fit."
8. "-'That, in the case of the Athlone and Galway petition
for leave to present a petition for a Bill, the Sessional Order
ought not to he dispensed with."
9- "That in the ease of the Southampton and Dorchester
Runway petition for additional provision, the Standing Or-
ders ought not to be dispensed with."
10. "That, in the case of the Sheffield Waterworks peti-
tiontheStanding for additional provision,
be dispensed with :—That the parties be permitted to intro-
duce such additional provision."
11. " That, in the case of the Portr,r,ix,gion and Tullamore
Railway Petition.4 OP Standing Orders ought not to be
dis-
pensed with;' -
12. ..f That, hi the case of the London and Brighton Rail-
way' (Wandsworth Branch) petition, the Standing Orders
ought to be dispensed with:—That the parties be permitted
to proceed witlitheir Bill.'