The Sun.
London, England, 1845-09-11 00:00:00

the able care of John Scott, Nvlip will no doubt bring him to
the post as fit as any man in Enghad can.
London, Sept 11, 1845. TELEGRAPH.
(To be continued.)

TO THE EDITOR OF

'HE SUN.

Slll,—We have now arrive within a few days of the great
northern event, the Doncaster St. Leger ; and it is high
time for me to give my opinion respenting the merits and.
capabilities of the animals likely to start for this important
stake. The betting upon this race has been; and in fact still
continues to be, the heaviest known for many sears, and, as
a matter of course, the excitement is proportional:la—two or
three individuals alone having laid against WeaOterbit,
Merry Monarch, Old England, and Mentor, to nearly man
hundred thousand pounds. This item will contribute tO
swell the already heavy books, and to make thefew minutes'
running of Wednesday next the most important and exciting
"grain of time" the sporting world has known this year.
The St. Leger, in 1839, was won by Major Yarburgh with
Charles the Twelfth, from a field of thirteen ; now, though I
expect to see a larger field this year, I should not be at all
surprised to see the colours of the above-natbedi
gentleman catch the judge's eye first, although to my
eye there are better nags in this stake than any
Major Yarbrugh possesses; but to the point, I expect to see
fifteen come to the post, neither more nor less, to be selected
from the following, viz. :—Weatherbit, Mentor, Old Eng,
land, Ould Ireland, Connaught Ranger, Miss Sarah, Annan-
dale, The Pacha, Fitzallen, Coeur de Lion, hedger, Worth.,
less, Bretwalda, Clear-the-Way, June, Foremost, Due-an •
Durras, Midlothian, Red Robin, The Baron, and Pantasa.
The exact number of starters, and their names, it is impos-
sible for anybody to tell at the present time ; but I shall oak
Monday, or Tuesday at furthest, give their names as cot-
rectly as I possibly can, together with their condition up to,
the latest moment.

I will now proceed to a careful analysation of the various
nags, commencing with the Danebury lot. Weatherbit, by
Sheet Anchor, out of Miss Letty, brother to Wee Pet, &c
which is no recommendation, by-the-by, is an animal of fair
proportions, but, like most of the Sheet Anchor get, cuts up,
badly, after his brothers Wee Pet and Lightning's fashion,
and, like the latter, I shall expect to see it occupy the fourth
place. Weatherbit's running for the Derby can be taken as
no criterion of what he can do ; but the Goodwood Cup
showed too plainly to his backers that it was a "case of
pickles," and the attempts made lately to hedge their bets
have been truly desperate.
Old England, by Mulatto, out of Fortress, by Defences is
the stoutest animal in the Leger, capable of going a long dia.
tance with weight on his back, and winning easily; but fora
mile and a half on the Leger Course, Weatherbit can give
him 7lbs. and beat him with the greatest ease ; therefore,
notwithstanding the money, Mr. Gully has put " on" him,
and his being the " great gun" of the stable, I have not the
slightest doubt he will be beaten several lengths. Worth-'
less has little more thon the shadow of a chance—l do hot
expect to see him at Doncaster. Of Dawson's formidable lot,
Mentor is the only one enjoying anygreat degree of favour Ira
the ring; and it is more than probable that only two will be
sent from this stable. Annandale, in my opinion, will hot
start ; and, if he should, would only figure to great disadvantage.
Mentor and Midlothian, I fancy, will be the couple selected to
represent this stable; of the former, got by Sheet Anchor,
out of Calypso's dam, I expect great things. This animal is
an exception in the Sheet Anchor stock; in fact, I think
Mentor may be considered the Sheet Anchor of the aristocracy
of the ring, for the cash invested on this animal by them is to
an enormous amount. This colt's running at Newcastle
was very good, but it could not be taken as any criterion to
go by, lie having run against but so-so fields : his winning
the Liverpool St. Leger in the following month settled his
station in the betting, and in the opinion of his friends and
backers, who after this affair snapped eagerly at all sorts of
odds from 7 to 12 ; and so confident were several of his
backers that it led one to suppose, that the " great event"
was' already settled. The odds lately have been running
up and down from 10 to 40 in such a very strange manner,
that I guessed something queer must be in the wind, and
upon inquiry found that there was a " something" which
might possibly stop him from visiting Doncaster this season;
his chance if he goes is decidedly first-rate, but more of him
mon.
Midlothian is a tough piece of stuff, can stand knocking
about, and can go well, but I think the pace at which
this race will be run will be found too severe for this spirited
gelding.
The once much-talked-of Clear-the-Way will, if he starts,
prove the correctness of his name, for he will most decidedly
leave a clear course behind him, and drive the field
before him.
I shall continue my observations to-morrow.—l am, See.
THE SPIRIT OF TILE TURF.

MORTALITY IN THE METROPOLIS.—The total
number of deaths for the week ending Saturday, September
6, was 762, being 73 less than the previous week, 142 less
than the average of four summers, and only about one-half
of the number of deaths that occurred weekly at the com-
mencement of spring. Deaths from measles and bronchitis
are considerably above the average, the numbers
being respectively 61, average 24, and 17, ave-
rage 7 ; nearly all the rest are greatly below
the usual amount. The deaths from small-pox were
only 4, and from violence, 13, of which 4 were fractures and
contusions, one from a wound thus described :—" A man 36,
dealer in turf. Hemorrhage (20 minutes), rupture of the
brachial artery, and diffuse cellular inflammation of right
arm and hand, arising from a slight cut in the thumb
whilst: cutting bread and cheese three weeks ago."
There were 4 suicides and one from poison, " a boy five weeks,
son of a labourer, by an over dese of decoction of poppy-head,
given by the mother to allay restlessness ; death in six hours."

THE MOORS.
The accounts from the moors continue favourable.
Amongst the sportmen in the Highlands this season is
Prince Edward of Saxe-Weimar, at Mar Lodge, with
the Duke of Leeds. We understand that, since the 12th
ultimo, Mr. Gisborne has killed twelve stags at Invere-
shie, and five of these in one day. Mr. Evans, M.P.,
has also killed five stags at the same place. At Strath-
vaich, on the 23d, Sir St. George Gore shot sixty-five
brace of gfouse ' • and on the 25th an equal number, two
snipe, and two hares. Sir St. George had also a double
shot at two fine stags, killing both, right and left. At
Culrain, Mr. Carter and friend bagged thirty-four brace
of grouse on the afternoon of the 25th. Mr. Leslie and
party had a fine day's sport in the woods at Glengarry
last week, killing twenty-two and a half brace of black
game, five brace grouse, three woodcocks, and five roe-

deer.-Inverness Courier.
The Perth courier remarks :—" The unusually preco-
city of the young broods of grouse this season, resulting
in many cases not only in second broods, but in a second
generation of birds in direct descent, has led to a greater
variety upon the same shooting-ground than was,
perhaps, ever before experienced. A much less propor-
tion than usual of cherpers, however, are met with, most
of the birds being strong upon the wing; but, in such cases,
the covies appear to have been partially broken up, the
brood having got sufficiently old to leave the parents' care.
On the wore extensive shooting in the north the sport con-
tinues more ual for several weeks. During the first five
days nearly 1,009 boxes arrived here from the north by
coach and carrier ; at the average of eight brace
in a box, would give a total of 8,000 passing south
through this road alone. lii addition to the results of
the first day's sport mentioned in our li:st, we may men-
tion that of the Earl of Mansfield, at Ra.nnoch Moors,
90 brace ; Lord Glenlyon and Captain Druomond, at
Falar, 89 brace ; Dalnamine, at Atholl Forest, Mr.
Cameron and party, 76 brace ; Calvin, near Blair, W.
Graham, 65 brace."
SALMON Fisunic.—Angling has been first-rate in the
Ness last week. On the 28th ult. Alister Fraser, son of
Afileck Fraser, Esq., and another young man, landed no
less than ten salmon and grilses, weighing from 71bs. to
I llbs. each ; and on Monday Captain Cator took nine
very fine fish. Some days ago, there was caught in the
Spey, near Orton, a salmon which weighed upwards of
401bs. !—lnverness Courier.

THE DUKE OF CAMBRIDGE.—His Royal Highness
who is travelling under the title of the Earl of Culloden, ar
rived on Sunday night at Cologne. He proceeded next day to
the Palace of Rumpenheim, on the road from Frankfort to
Wurtsburg.
STATE OF TRADE.—The market continues to 130
favourably influenced by the fine weather, and some descrie-
tions of yarn are rather higher than last week ; whilst goods
are in better demand at previous rates.— Manchester Guardian.
We hear with sorrow that during the last week,
Mr. Ruscombe Poole, of Bridgewater, second son of the late
Jos. Ruscombe Poole, Esq., with his wife and three of his
sisters and his servants, have seceded from the English Church,
and entered into the communion of that of Rome. Mr. R.
Poole, who is one of the churchwardens of Bridgewater, has
publicly announced this to the vicar, the Rev. D. Nihil.—
Western Luminary.
The keystone of the last arch in the splendid
bridge across the Lowther, on the Lancaster and Carlisle Rail-
way, was secured on Wednesday last. The height from the bed
of the river to the top of the parapet is upwards of 100 feet.--
Cumberland Pacquet.
CANDIDATES FOR HOLY ORDERS.—A short tints
since some of the Bishops, in their places in the House of
Lords, expressed their intention of allowing schoolmasters to
become candidates for holy orders, without undergoing an uni-
versity qualification. The Lord Bishop of London has recently
been written to upon this subject, and the question put to him,
whether he would or not allow schoolmasters to become candi-
dates in his diocese? His Lordship replied by stating that,.whatever other Bishops might do, be should not depart fromthe
ancient custom of requiring the candidates to hambvefirdauAratedd..
at the Universities of Oxford or Cambridge.— Ca ut
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has committed its ravages to a very treemantfietxftoerntuisne._thil driisthritet.
Gazette.
We rejoice to say that the accounts of the harvest
continue most favourable. On every side there is the appear-
ance of an abundant crop. —Brtghton Gazette.
CONFERENCE OF EVANGELICAL MINISTERS.—A
proposal having been made that a great meeting of Evangelical
Christians, of different churches and countries, should be held
in London for the purpose of " associating and concentrating
the strength of an enlightened Protestantism against the en-
croachment of Popery and Puseyism, and to promote the in-.
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cordingly been decided that this preliminary conference shalt
take place at Liverpool on the Ist of October. It is expected
that 200 ministers will be present, and that the proceedings•
will occupy three days.—Manchester Guardian.
WINDSOR CASTLE.—WO are happy to state that it
is her Majesty's intention to abolish the office of State House-
keeper at Windsor Castle by granting compensation to the lady
aho at present holds the office, and thereby getting rid of the
unpopular tampon the public in the shape of housekeeper .'s
fees for showing the stake apartments at Windsor, which will in
future be placed under the custody of the Lord Chamberlain.
We feel truly grateful for this concession to public opinion,
and sincerely hope that this excellent example mill be followed
in all public places where fees have teen hitherto exacted.--
Times.
Viscount and Viscountess Palmerston have left
town on a visit to Viscount Melbourne.
Viscount and Viscountess Villiers and family have
arrived at Drayton Manor, on a visit to Lady Peel, from Upton-
; house, Warwickshire.

Di.11314N, SEPT. 9.-.—STATE Or CAVAN.—Neither
of the projected meetings took place at Killishandra yesterday.
The troops were all in readiness, but fortunately there was no
occasion for their services. The Evening Post of this after-
noon says :—" Our letters from Cavan this morning state that
all passed off quietly yesterday. The Catholic clergy, from
their altars on Sunday, enforced the duty of obedience to the
law, and of avoiding all ocassious of strife and disturbance, and
the result was that the teetotallers, who had abandoned their
perfectly legal meeting and noble urpose, afforded no prete2,l
Orange Tiolonco or Pirgron4oll.