The Sun.
London, England, 1845-06-13 00:00:00

MAJORITY-NOES, 51.

Baird, William Darby, George Lockhart, William
Barkly, henry Evans, William Mackenzie, W. F
Bernard, Viscount Fltzrov Henry M.Neill, Duncan
Boldero, 11. G. Flower, Sir J. Masterman, John
Borthwick, Peter Fremantle, Sir T. Manic, Fox
Bowles, Admiral Gaskell, J. M. Nicholl, John
Boyd. John (;orlon, Captain Pringle, Alexander
Itroadley, 11. tionlburn, 11. Rashleigh, W. •
Brotherton, Joseph Graham, Sir J. Richards, 'Richard
Bruce, Lord E. ' Greene, Thomas Scott, Frances
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rueo, C. L. C. Harris, Captain Smith, _.,....
T. B. c.
1-tige9, W. 11. L. Ilawes. Benjamin Stuart, Henry
ueliley, Edmund Henley, J. W. Sutton, 11. M.
arctwell, Edward Herbert, Sidney Thesiger, Sir F.

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Claute,V. L. W. I fJpe, G. W.
Wellemley, Lord C.
Clerk, iiir Georgo Junes, Sir Walter TELLERS.
Corry, llctiry Jertuyil, Earl Young*, John
Cripo, William Lincoln, Earl of Lennox, Lord A.

THE WHITE SLAVE ; OR, THE RUSSIAN PEASANT
GIRL. BY THE AUTHOR OF " REVELATIONS OF RUSSIA."
—This remarkable novel will floubtless meet with an
equal degree of public approbation as has been bestowed
on the analogous productions of Hope and Morier. The
fiction has been framed, not only to illustrate the con-
dition of the immense white•slaie population of the

,ussian empire—with a few of its horrors—but as a

living portraiture of men and things in that country. It
brings upon the scene personages drawn from the most
varied classes—from the Emperor dower to the slave-
girl Nadoshta. A connecting link throughout the tale
is the interesting Jane Grudzinska, the daughter of
Polish squire (created Princess of Loviez), the second
and beloved wife of the dreaded Grand Duke Constantine,
who, after repudiating his first wife—a Princess of Saxe
Cobourg—consented to renounce the Imperial throne
to secure her hand. This singular episode acquires an
immediate interest from the trial at present pending
before the Court of Berlin, between the creditors of that
lamented lady and the Emperor Nicholas, they grounding
their claim against him on the fact that he did not allow
her to inherit the fortune bequeathed to her by her
husband, and, after her death, claimed in vain by her
aged father, who retired to die in poverty and obscurity,
after having seen his daughter intermarried with the
Russian Caesars.
PENINSULAR SKETCHES, EDITED BY W. 11. MAX-
WELL, ESQ., AUTHOR OF " STORIES OF WATERLOO."—
Mr. Maxwell is so well known for the talent and variety
of his works, that his very name on the title-page of a
book is sufficient earnest that its contents will contribute
to the amusement of the reader. No one excels Mr.
Max well in his sketches of the military club and mess-
table, in the description of officers at home, and in his
pictures of their mixed labours, perils, and wild inter-
, va!s of sport and diversion in the field or on real service.
In the work before us we have perils by sea and land,
hold operations, and narrow escapes by night and by
day, the most picturesque narratives of service, and
incidents and adventures of the most attractive order.
These are subjects to suit the taste of every reader.—
Messenger.
LABOUR PROVIDED BY IZAILWAYS. That some
idea may be formed of the immense stimulus the trade of
the country would derive from the formation of the con-
templated railways, it is only necessary to state that were
2,000 miles of the projected railways to be constructed, it
would give employment to .50:),000 labourers and 40,000
horses for the next four years. The necessary building,
sheds, and permanent way would cover 20,000 acres of land,
and to lay a double line of rails would require 400,000 tons
of iron.—Railway Shareholders' Manual.

ASCOT HEATH RACES.
(THURSDAY.)
Having avoided the crushing at the Paddington and Slough
stations, and the crushing on the thoroughfare from Windsor
to the Heath, by patronising the quieter and more convenient
route by the South-Western to Woking, we reached the course
about the usual time, to find that our expectations of an attend-
ance consistent with the greatness of the occasion, and the fine-
ness of the weather were amply realised. The privileged in-
closure was filled with equipages, occupied by well-dressed
people, and the Grand and smaller stands crowded, and
the whole scene surpassingly animated and brilliant, serving to
prove that the substitution of the Emperor's Cup for a prize
that, apart from the presence of royalty, had for so long a pe-
riod formed the principal, indeed, the single feature of the day,
had not in the slightest degree tended to diminish the attrac-
tion ; on the contrary, we question if the assemblage, either in
number or rank, or those essentials to a genuine " grand day."
heat and dust, have ever been exceeded. It will have been ga-
thered from our notice of her Majesty's visit on the first day
that the royal circle at the Castle was select. Several additions
were made to it on Wednesday, and the cortege yesterday was
increased in extent, and was accompanied on horseback by the
Master of the Buck Hounds (who we were happy to find hail so
quickly rallied from the effects of his accident on Tuesday),
the Duke of Buceleuch and Sir Edward Bowater, Col. Drum-
mond and Col. Brooks.
Shortly after one o'clock it appeared on the New-mile, and
slowly making its way through the crowd up the course, arrived
at the Royal Stand a few minutes before the hour of starting
for the Queen's Plate, the horses for which were already
mounted, and ready to canter to the starting.post. Her Ma-
jesty, who we were delighted to ob'erve, looked in excellent
health, was greeted with every demonstration of loyalty arid
regard, and frequently, in the course of the day, was graciously
pleased to acknowledge a similar expression of feeling. The
Marquis of Exeter, who was in attendance on Prince Albert,
arrived on the course before the commencement of the races.
In the intervals between the races, several of the nobility paid
their respects to her Majesty, and were graciously received. On
the conclusion of the race for the New Stakes, he royal party
retired to luncheon, and immediately after the Visitors' Plate,
having been gratified by a succession of highly interesting races,
and not less so, it was stated, by the orderly and respectful bear-
ing of the multitude congregated on the course, her Majesty
departed for the Castle. Her Majesty was pleased to express
her unfeigned gratification that the truly royal gift of the
Emperor of Russia was won by a nobleman who so long and so
worthily filled the high office of Master of the Horse in her
Household.
Besides the royal visitors, the company present included a
vast number of the magnates of the sporting and aristocratic
circles. The private room appropriated to the use of the
Master of the Buck Hounds in the weighing stand was occu-
pied by several ladies of rank. The Jockey Club Stand was
also fully occupied by the members, and the principal floor
of the Grand Stand exhibited a display of beauty and fashion
that no other course—we may say, no other country—can ap-
proach. The lawn, too, notwithstanding the heat of the sun,
was so thronged, not merely with the betting men—for the
ladies seemed to recognise it as an agreeable lounge—that we
found some difficulty in ascertaining the amount and nature of
the business transacted oe the various events. It was clear, how-
-1 ever, that there was the same disinclination to speculate on the Cup
that bad been observable on the previous days; to account for
it, we should state that Mr. Irwin is supposed to have an in-
terest in Alice Hawthorn as well as in Faugh-a-Ballagh, and
these, up to the last moment, had it in their power to place the
layers of the odds at a great disadvantage—hence the absence
of the usual quotations on the Cup in our report of Tuesday's
races. In thus speaking we are guided solely by rumour,
which may be or may not be true; we merely allude to the
subject for the purpose of accounting for the great dulness of
speculation. It will be seen that the race brought out a field
of only four horses, and that it was won by the Earl of Albemarle,
with the same horse and jockey that carried off the Ascot Cup
in 1844. Ralph, belonging to the same nobleman, won the
Cup in 1843 1 But we must draw our account to a close, first,
howevsr, submitting as full a list of the company as our other
duties permitted us to collect:—
Duke of Richmond, Marquis of Clanricarde, Marquis of
Downshire, Earl and Countess of Albemarle, Earl of Vera-
lam, Earl and Countess of Chesterfield, Earl Sandwich, Earl
of Southampton, Earl and Countess of Wilton, Earl of Suf-
field, Earl of Lonsdale, Earl of Uxbridge, Earl of March,
Earl Bruce, Lord G. Bentinck, Lord and Lady Newport, Lord
Leveson, Lord Maidstone, Lord W. Powlett, Lord Villiers,
Lords A. and H. Lennox, Lord A. Fitzclarence, Lord Glamis,
Lord Sydney Osborne, Lord Somerton, Lord Duncannon, Lord
Ipswich, Lord E. Russell, Lord Stanley, Lord Charles Man-
ners, Count Batthyany, Count Caroli, Sir J. Hawley, Sir W.
Codrington, Sir G. Heathcote, Sir W. Wynn, Sir S. Spry,
Sir W. M. Stanley, Sir G. Houston, Sir H. Peyton, Sir H.
Mildmay, Sir R. Bulkeley, General Wemyss, General Pigot,
Colonel Peel, Colonel Bouverie, Colonel. Richardson, Hon.
G. Fitsroy, Hon. W. Pitt, Hon. E. M. Mostyn, Hon. Colonel
and Mrs. Anson, Hon. N. and C. Forester, Hon. Captain Rous,
Hon. Frederick and Francis Villiers, Hon. Captain Spencer,
Hon. J. Macdonald, Hon. Captain Boyle, Hen. R. Colborne,
Messrs. Batson, Copeland, Greville, Clive, Rush, S. Stanley,
J. Stanley, Pettal, P. Williams, J. Bayley, J. Mills, New-
ton, Lowther, R. Peel, S. Graham, Biggs, Seymour, Jaques,
Shelley, Wombwell, Bowes, &c.
The races terminated shortly after five o'clock, and there
ensued a scene of confusion that we have seldom seen sur-
passed on a Derby day—it was aggravated, in no small degree,
by the clouds of dust that completely encircled the course, and
rendered driving, sans accident, a task requiring more than
ordinary skill and carefulness. Several collisions took place,
panels out of number were smashed—two or three horses died
in the immediate vicinity of the Heath—many others were
beaten to a stand-still before they reached Windsor; on the
whole, however, the " Cup Day" of 1845, in all the attributes
of racing greatness, may fairly invite comparison with any of
its predecessors. The following is a sketch of the sport :
Her Majesty's Plate of 100 guineas for three years old, 7st
21b ; 4 yrs, 9st 91b; 5 yrs, lOst ; 6 yrs and aged, lOst 51b.
Once round and in.
Duke of Bedford's Minotaur, 5 yrs
Sir R. W. Bulkeley's Queen Pomare, 3 yrs
Sir S. Spry's f by Sir Hercules, 3 yrs 0
Sir G. Heathcote's Gwalior, 3 yrs ..
The following also ran : —Lord Lonsdale's Liverrnan, 3 yrs—
Mr. W. Scott's Cataract, 5 yrs—Lord Exeter's Adrianople, 5
yrs. Betting even on Minotaur, and 4 to 1 apt Queen Po-
mare (taken)-5 to 1 agst Cataract (taken)—and 6to 1 agst
Taglioni filly. Sir T. Spry's filly made the running, at a had
pace, followed by Cataract, Queen Pomace and Gwalior, the
others closely laid up. With two or three trifling exceptions
this order was observed to the distance, where Queen Pomare,
Minotaur, and Cataract closed with the filly, and they ran in a
cluster to the stand; the favourite then parted company and
wen cleverly by a length ; a dead heat for second between the
Taglioni filly and Queen Pomare, and Gwalior a very good
fourth.
The New Stakes of 10 soya. each, with 100 added ; for 2 yrs
old colts, Bst 71b ; and fillies, Bst 31b. Winners of 100 sovs.
51b extra. T. Y.C. (49 Subs. )
Lord Lonsdale's c by Bay Middleton, out of Jubilee
Mr. Forth's Sting by Slane
The following also started 'but were not placed :—Mr.
Balchin's Sir Edmund, Mr. Bateman's Fleur de Marie, Lord
G. Bentinck's Princess Alice (51b extra), Mr. Booth's Moose
Deer, Mr. Cooper's Madcap, Mr. T. Dawson's Grimston,
Mr. W. Edwards 's Breastgirth, Mr. Godding's Dexterous, Mr.
Greville's f by Emilius out of flint, Sir J. Hawley's Fugitive,
Mr. Herbert's c by Venison out of Pet, Mr. Hook's Buttress,
Lord Lonsdale's c by Bay Middleton out of Miss Milner, Mr.
E. Peel's Dejanira, Mr. T. Powell's Holloway, Mr. Rawlinson's
Cherry Bounce, Mr. W. Scott's Malt, Sir. Thompson's
Pyrrha, Mr. Treen's Astonishment, and Mr. Wreford's West
Countryman.
Betting.-9 to 4 agst Princess Alice-3 to 1 agst Sting-3 to
1 agst West Countryman-6 to 1 agst Lord Lonsdale's two-
-8 to 1 agst Cherry Bounce-10 to 1 agst Astonishment-12 to
agst Jubilee filly—and 15 to 1 agst Madcap. At the second
start all got off well, Breastgirth leading, followed by Sting,
the Miss Milner and Pet colts, Astonishment, Madcap, and
several others ; the Jubilee colt and the Rint filly lying off.
They ran nearly in these positions to the distance, where the
Rint filly joined the front rank, the J übilee colt also well up. The
lead was now taken by Sting to the railing, and appeared to
have the race in hand ; the Jubilee colt now showed a-head,
passed Astonishment and the Rint filly a few strides from home,
come with a rush at the last, and won on the post by a head ;
Astonishment third, flint filly fourth, and the Miss Milner
colt fifth.
The St. James's Palace Stakes of 100 soy& each, h ft ; for
colts Bst 71b, and fillies Bst 41b. Old mile. (6 Subs.)
Lord Stradbroke's Ides
Lord Exeter's Lyons
5 to 1 on Idas, who won, in a canter, by ten lengths.
A Piece of Plate, value 500 says., the gift of his Majesty the
Emperor of all the Russias, added to a Sweepstakes of 20
sovs. each ; for three yrs old, Est 101 b ; four, Bst 51b ; five,
9st ; six and aged, 9st 31b ; mares and geldings allowed 3.lss.
Once round and in, about two miles and a half. (26 Subs.)
Lord Albemarle's The Emperor, 4 yrs ...... ..( Whitehouse) 1
Mr. Irwin's Faugh-a-ballagh, 4 yrs
Mr. Salvin's Alice Hawthorn, aged
Lord G. Bentinck's Cowl, 3 yrs
Betting at starting :—7 to 4 on Faugh-a-ballagh (offered
in thousands), 5 to 2 agst Alice Hawthorn, 6 to 1 agst Cowl,
and 10 to 1 (nominal) agst Emperor.
Falgh-a-Ballagh took the lead at a strong pace, the
Emperor lying next him, Alice Hawthorn third, and Cowl,
who never appeared in front, last. The intervals between the
horses increased after making the turn at the top of the course,
but no change in the order of running was observable
until they reached the brickkiln, where Alice Hawthorn took
the lead, the favourite lying second, and the Emperor third,
well up. They ran so to the distance where the Emperor and
Faugh-a-ballagh went to the mare and defeated her, the run-
ning was then taken up by the Emperor, who carried it on
right gallantly to the end, and amidst cheers that bespoke the
estimation in which one of the most amiable men on the tur
is held, won by two lengths; Alice Hawthorn a bad third,
Cowl broke down at the last turn.

The Visitors Plate of 100 sm. (handicap) by Subs. of 5 sous.
each, the surplus to the second. Once round and a distance.
52 Subs.
Mr. A. W. Hill's The Libel, 3 yrs (Arthur) 1
Lord Exeter's Wee Pet, 5 yrs, 7st 41b 2
11r. Rogers's Glee, 3 yrs, 6st 4lb 3
The following also started, but were not placed :—Colonel
Peel's I-am-not-aware, aged, Sst 21b—Mr. Herbert's Ajax,
aged, 7st 21b—Lord Stradbroke's Boarding-school Miss, 4 yrs,
7st 41b—Mr. Withy nd Robin Hood, 4 yrs, 7st 41b—Duke of
Rutland's Welbeck, 4 yrs, 7st 41b—Lord Glamis's Arcanus,
6 yrs, 7st 21b—Lord G. Bentinck's Best Bower, 4 yrs, Est 41b
—Mr. Mostyn's Master Stepney, 3 yrs, sst 51b—and Lord
Exeter's Lyons, 5 yrs, sst 41b.
Betting--2 to 1 agst The Libel (taken freely), 6to I agst
Wee Pet, and 10 to 1 agst Best Bower and I-am-not-aware,
Ajax took the lead at a moderate pace, followed by Boarding-
school Miss and Lyons; the others laid up. No change was
observable till they reached the Briek-kiln turn, when The
Libel took up the running, and with Wee Pet, Best Bower,
and Glee in his wake, went on with it to the end, winninc, in
the most triumphant manner by two lengths. Glee a.bad
third.

Sweeps of 100 toys. each, h ft, for colts, Bst 71b, and fillies,
Bst 41b, out of mares that never bred a winner previous to
the time of naming. New Mile. (7 Subs.)
Lord Chesterfield's Javelin . _
Mr. Thompson's Mongrel
Lord Exeter's Tunick
sto 4 each agst Javelin and Mongrel. Won cleverly by
half a length; Tunick a bad third.
The Swinley Stakes of 25 sovs each, 10 ft, with 50 added,
if not walked over, for Swinley Course. (8 Subs. )
Mr. A. W. Hill's Sweetmeat, 3 yrs, 7st 41b walked over.
The programme for this day (Friday) consists of the Three
Hundred Sovereign Stakes, the Chesterfield Stakes, the Bri-
gade Stakes, the Borough Members' Plate, and three classes
of the Wokingham Stakes.

- (Nat) 1

In our preliminary remarks to the first day's races we glanced
at a subject that has during the last few days caused some little
excitement in the racing circles. It has been suggested that to
' prevent misapprehension it would be advisable to speak in more
definite terms. The " black cloud" then to which we adverted
refers to an alledged offer of a large sum to John Day,
jun., to " pull" the Melody colt (now called Dis-
cord) for the Derby in Little Wonder's year (1840),
which offer was refused, and subsequently communicated to the
owner, Mr. Etwall. A statement to this effect has been laid
before the Stewards of the Jockey Club ; and John Day, we
are informed, persists in his story. On the other. hand, the
party upon whom this very serious imputation has been
thrown, not only meets the charge with a flat denial, but de-
clares that lie is prepared to establish by his book, and by
letters from John Day, Jun., that so tar from being in a posi-
tion to wish to have the horse beaten, he had actually backed
him, for himself arid the individual whose integrity he is as.