The Sun.
London, England, 1845-05-12 00:00:00

TELEGRAPH.

SALE OF THE
RACING S LATE LORTUDD .
WESTMINSTER'S
The sale of the racing and breeding stud of the late Mar
quis, took place at Eaton Hall, on Saturday last. The fol-
lowing prices were realised :
BROOD MARES.

Gs. Gs.
Maid of Honor ... ...... ... 320 Phryne
Languish ........."••• , ...... 360 Maria Day
Sarcasm ..... - ......... 360 Fanny Eden ...
Retort ... ..................... 350 Thais ...
Lampoon ... . .............. ... 220
TEARLIIIGS. Gs.
- . _

Br c by Pantaloon, out of Retort l4O
Br c by Touchstone, out of Decoy
Br f (sis to The Libel) by Pantaloon, out of Pasquinade 310
Br f by Pantaloon, out of Banter
B fby Touchstone, out of Ghuznee 2OO
Br fby Pantaloon, out of Shiraz
Br f by Pantaloon, out of Lampoon l3O
Br f by Pantaloon, out of Aura 25
TWO YEAR OLD.
B c by Touchstone, out of Laura
Br c (bro to The Libel) 270
•
Br f by Touchstone, out of Maid of Honor 290
TISREE TEAR OLD.

Falstaff l6O
Br c, by Touchstone, out of Morea 240
Br c by Touchstone, out of Laura
B f by Touchstone, out of Languish 340
The sale of Mr. Foljambe's hunters on Thursday last,
realised 3,0121., not 1,600 g,s. as erroneously reported last
week.

ON THE DEATH OF THOMAS
HO f_)D, ESQ.,
AUTHOR OF " THE SONG OF THE SHIRT."
Alas I poor. Hood ! thy kindly heart is now at rest ;
Thy playful fancy, which was wont to raise
Delightful thoughts to soothe the aching breast,
Is quench'd in death—no more to win our praise.

Peace to thine ashes ! For if mortal man
E'er did the duty which his Maker wills,
Thou bast done thine in the brief span
Of mortal years which now thy destiny fulfils.
Long will thy memory live whilst hearts can feel
For wrongs and woes which carking care and want
Inflicts on those who are without a meal,
Or scant can gain it, by the use of fingers gaunt.

How true thy pathos ! How exact to life,
The wretched life of many a British maid,
And widow'd mother, and heartbroken wife,
Who seeks her pittance for a shirt or braid.

" Song of the Shirt !" Long may it ring with quiv'ring note
In ears that tingle—hearts that learn to feel
The truthfulness of what thy genius wrote,
And have the means such want and woes to heal !

Blest be thy shade ! "Itis a good and holy thought
To pray for the departed" souls of those
Whose acts true charity and kindness taught ;
I therefore pray for thee, at thy mortality's sad close.
May 9, 1845.

COWES,-ISLE OF WIGHT.
(FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)
ROYAL VISIT TO OSBORNE.
At six o'clock the Lightning steamer arrived off Osborne
House, and her Majesty, and suite embarked in the barge,
intending to land on the sands, but it being dead low water,
and the royal barge drawing 4 feet water, it could not be
accomplished; she was therefore rowed round by Norris
Castle into Cowes harbour, and a landing made at East
Cowes.
Royal salutes were fired from the several R.Y.S. yachts in
the roads, from the Castle, R.Y.S. House, and from a
Swedish barque. Her Majesty was received on her landing
by the Earl of Errol and his daughter, with whom her Ma-
jesty most cordially shook hands, as did Prince Albert.
The Corporation of Newport propose presenting an address
to her Majesty, if she will allow her privacy to be intruded
on by their visit ('tis strange her Majesty's known wish for
retirement should be so intruded on), and no small confusion
has been created amongst the Mayor, Aldermen, and Coun-
cillors to obtain suitable- dresses, they never before having
appeared in corporation robes.
But for the passage of the royal barge up the harbour,
nobody at Cowes would be aware of the Royal Family being
so near them. Almost the whole of the supplies necessary
for the royal establishment are found at Osborne, or supplied
from London; and the town is as dull and quiet as in mid-
winter. There are very few Louses taken, much less than
in any former season. It is supposed that her Majesty's
talked-of visits prevents those coming who generally resort
here at this season and her Majesty bringing no company,
and living so strictly private, there are no calls for accom-
modation for visitors, and trade suffirs accordingly.

VAUXHALL GARDENS.—The cP,Jebrated wid.
ilicombe;of Astky's, bas.b
sw.,,ovor to the late
iminorthl Simpson, master of the eere
. oniei the' "royal
property," -,,iwhich opens this every;;og la all its tilitine splen-
dour, and Tfith incrtased At aGti01~8;