The Sun.
London, England, 1845-03-15 00:00:00

LEAMINGTON CUP STEEPLE• CH ASE-Tu ESDAY.

Sweepstakes of 10 soya each, with a Cup added, 12st each.
(20 Subs.)
Captain Windsor's Major A • (Owner) 1
Mr. E. Nnnn's The Friar....... ........ 2

Colonel Wellingham's The Queen of Trumps ... 3
The following also started but were not placed:—
Mr. E. H. Clarke's Whitenose, Mr. H. 11. Faze-
kerley's Vixen ; Mr. J. Bruce's The Curate ; Mr.
Hobson's The Prince ; Mr. Maddocks' Oakstick; Mr.
Maddocks's Liaertv (owner); Sir A. Chichester's Chem •
pagne (Captain gutton); Mr. Gardener's The Countess
(Mr. H. Storey); Sir Wm. Russell's Pussey (Mr. I3ushe);
Mr. Carew's Waverley (Mr. Gage); Mr. H. M'Calmont's
Magicienne, 7lbs extra. (Mr. Ricardo) • Mr. Owen's Char-
ley (owner); Mr. J. Wilson nd. Grey dater (Mr. Rlcardo);
Mr. Bradshaw's Celarius (Mr. Bright); Mr. Bright's Em-
bassy; Mr. M'Alpine's Life Guardsman; and Mr. P. Ben-
nett's Martingale. The race which was over, last year,
Southern Course, was run in a snew storm, and was won by
six lengths; Whitenose was fourth. •

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
perceive that the Board of Trade have de-
cided in favour of certain railways, which will connect
the metropolis with the mouth of that large river, the
Humber, at Grimsby. Now, in case of war, all experi •
enced persons are of opinion that the Humber must be
protected by Government steamers; and 'would suggest
that land at Grimsby should be secured for a Coal
Depot, before the proposed improvements have increased
its value. I am, Sir, your obedient servant.
Woolwich, March 12, 1845. W. It.

CHARGE OF FORGERY.—The inspector of police of
Rochester received instructions from the Board of Customs
to apprehend Mr. Frederick Janes, the collector's clerk, at
the Custom-house, Rochester; the officer proceeded there on
Wednesday afternoon and apprehended the young man
whilst he was attending to the duties of his office. The pri-
soner is the son of Mr. Janes, a respectable coal merchant,
who has resided in Rochester for many years. The charge
against him is for obtaining from the comptroller, William
Sawyers, Esq., 121. 10s. on producing a receipt with the sig-
nature of Mr. Simmons, a blockmaker, residing at Graves-
end, who had sent in his account to the Custom-house for
payment. It is stated that there are other charges against
the prisoner.
ALARMING FIRE IN THE C ITY.—Yesterday morning,
about half-past one o'clock, a fire burst forth from the
lower part of a large pile of buildings occupied as warehouses
on the ground and upper floors by Messrs. A. and S.
111‘Lauren and Mr. G. Clapham, both stuff merchants,
situate behind the General Post-office. A valuable quantity
of stock is destroyed, and the premises much injured by the
fire and water.
AIETROpoLITAN IMPROVEMENTS.—The whole of the
old Fleet Ditch, so long allowed to remain open as a prolific
source of miasma and fiver to the crowded districts in the
neighbourhood of Cow-cross, on the line of the new street
from Farringdon-street, has been covered over, so that not
a vestige of the old river now remains. Great activity pre-
vails in the formation of the new street from Spitalfields to
the London Docks, the whole of the houses in the line being
pulled down, and the ground made ready for the erection of
new buildings. The part between Whitechapel and Spital-
fields has been paved, the road is being made, and the gas
lamps have been erected. An appropriate site, near Went-
worth-street, adjoining the line, is spoken of fur the erection
of a new district church. At the upper part of the line form-
ing Leman-street the road is traversed by the. Blackwall
Railway, over an iron bridge. In Leicester-square, the last
house iii the new street is levelled with the ground, and it
is expected the road will be opened for traffic in about another
month.
THE SHAPwICK MURDERS.—Sarah Freemn, the
woman charged with these frightful atrocities, and now in
the gaol of this town, is not likely to live until the approach-
ing assizes, a series of epileptic fits having daily led to the
expectation of her dissolution —Taunton thuriar.
FLIGHT OF SEA-GULL3.-111ursday afternoon some
curiosity was excited in consequence of au unusual flight of
sea- gulls, of the largest size, hovering near Bankside. A
Mr. Johnson, of Baukside, succeeded in shooting one of them,
when, under the wing was discovered a small bit of paper,
with the words, " From Dagenham, in Essex, 1831." It is
pretty evident friim the flight of these birds to London that
the weather must be very severe below bridge.
GIVING GIN TO INFANTS.--At a Coroner's inquest
held on Thursday before Mr. litggg.'on the body of a child aged three
months, it was stated that the mother of the infant, a young woman
who sings at 0011e-house concerts, had been often observed to give
it gin, she being herself in a state of intoxication. Mr. Leonard,
surgeon, stated that spirits to an infant are as poisonous as arsenic
to n adult and that upwards of a thousand children annually
lose their lives from that causes d
the neglect of drunken parents
combined.