The Sun.
London, England, 1845-03-21 00:00:00

ADVENTURES OF PHILIP CLINTON.

A striking and original work of fiction is now in the
course of publication in a London weekly newspaper
called the Sentinel. It is entitled " Philip Clinton; or,
a Tale of Modern Times," and is written with the in-
tention of embodying certain political occurrences
connected with the movement which took place a few
years ago among the working-classes for obtaining
the " Cbarter." It is well known that these attempts
failed as much through the folly and treachery of
some of the leaders, as from a want of proper organiza-
tion among the people themselves. A fine scope is
thus opened for the skill of the writer, who in de-
scribing these events and unmasking the villany of
baser agents, may preach a useful lesson, and unfold a
moral of the greatest importance to all ews, namely,
the necessity of education, political and otherwise, to
fit the people truly to comprehend their duties as well
as their rights, and to enable them to distinguish their
true friends from their false misleaders. The work
opens with great spirit, and immediately interests the
reader. There is a domestic story of singular beauty
interwoven with the detail of political matter, which
affords relief and contrast to the work, and carries the
reader forward with an intense relish of the elmacters
and the subject. In tracing the political occurrences
of which we have spoken, the author treads on ticklish
ground, for he must necessarily sketch the characters
and doings of certain well known popular leaders;
nevertheless, he walks over the " glowing embers"
fearlessly. The work must excite great notice, and
its progress will no doubt be watched with consider-
able anxiety.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.
TATTERS ALL'S—YESTERDAY.
CHESTER CUP.
The betting on this event was trivial in amount, and
at prices so nearly similar to those laid on Monday as to
render comment superfluous. The following were the
average quotations at the close:-
11 to 1 agst Mr. Jaques's Semiseria—take 12 to 1
12 to 1 agst Mr. A. Johnson's. Obscurity—t. and aft. of.
13 to 1 agst Mr. A. Johnson's The Era—taken
13 to 1 agst Mr. W. Scott's Cataract
25 to 1 agst Mr. Bell's Winesour—taken
25 to 1 apt Duke of Richmond's Strathspey
30 to 1 agst Mr. Davis's Yheomun-ac-Knuck—taken
33 to 1 agst Mr.H. Stebbing's Celeste—tak. and aft. off.
40 to 1 agst Mr. Cuthbert's Queen of Tyne--taken
40 to 1 agst Mr. Hesseltine's Fitz Allen—taken
40 to 1 agst Mr. Irwin's Ould Ireland—taken
45 to 1 agst Mr. J. Day's Portrait
50 to 1 agst Mr. Ongley's Mystery
500 to 8 agst Mr. Collett's The Dean
1000 to 15 agst Mr. Irwin's Faugh-a ballagh—t. sev. times
1000 to 20 agst Mr. Hutchinson's Ratan—taken
DERBY.
The speculations on this race, although not generally
important, were in some respects of considerable interest.
We may instance Clear-the-way, Pam, the Cobweb colt,
and two or three outsiders. Against the first of this lot
14 to 1 to nearly 200 L, laid in the early part of the af-
ternoon, was followed by current offers of 15 to 1, those
who were so liberal in their investments on Monday
showing very little disposition to add to their responsi-
bilities ; 18 to 1 was taken freely about Pam, and 20 to
1 (a fall of three or four points) to two or three hundred
pounds about the Cobweb colt, whose opponents, we
strongly suspect, were willing to go on ; 25 to' 1 was
taken in fifties about Newsmonger—the same to a small
amount about Miss Whip colt ; 1,000 to 30 each about
Mentor and Pantasa, and 35 to 1 in fifties about Old
England, and a few ether bets, of which the list of
prices appended will be a sufficient index
12 to 1 agst Forth's lot—taken to 100/.
• 10i to 1 agst Mr. Greville's Alarm
15 to 1 agst Lord Stradbroke's Idas- -taken
15 to 1 agst Mr. Ferguson's Clear-the-Way
15 to 1 agst Colonel Anson's Kedger
18 to 1 agst Lord Chesterfield's Pam—taken freely
20 to 1 agst Colonel Peel's Cobweb colt
25 to 1 agst Lord Chesterfield's Newsmonger—taken
25 to 1 agst Lord Glasgow's Miss Whip colt
1,000 to 30 agst Mr. St. Paul's Mentor—taken
1,000 to 30 agst Mr. Mostyn's Pantasa—taken
35 to 1 agst Mr. Gully's Old England—taken
1,000 to 25 agst Mr. A. Johnson's Annandale—taken
40 to 1 agst Mr. Lintott's Cabin Boy (1,000 to 20 laid
nnce)
1,000 to 20 agst Mr. Colvi-s.n's Young Eclipse—t. freely
1,000 to 10 agst Mr. Merry's Collier—i.v.-m
1,000 to 10 agst Mr. A. Hill's Libel—taken
1,000 to 8 agst Mr. Irwin's Hermit—taken.