The Sun.
London, England, 1844-05-03 00:00:00

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The annual distribution of prizes to the pupils and students
of Charing-cross Hospital most distinguished for their acquire-
ments in the various branches of medical study, and for good
conduct during the past session, took place on Wednesday, in
the lecture- room of the hoSpital, which was filled with the
friends of the pupils and those interested in the institution.
It has just been notified to the authorities of Eton College,
that his Royal Highness Prince Albert will lay the foundation
stone of the extensive new buildings which are to be erected
forthwith, at an expense of 26,0001., immediately contiguous
to the ancient edifice, in that portion of the premises known
as Weston's-yard. •

The Fortieth Anniversary Meeting of the British and
Foreign Bible Society was held on Wednesday, in Exeter-
hall, under the presidency of Lord Bexley. The meeting was
not probably so well attended as on former occasions, for the
room was not more than three-fourths filled. Amongst the
gentlemen on the platform were the Marquis of Cholmon-
deley, the Earl of Chichester, Viscount Sandon, M.P., the
Bishops • of Worcester and Cashell, Lord Teignmouth,
Mr. Evans, M.P., Mr. Plumptre. M.P., General Sir J.
Bathurst, the Dean of Salisbury; the Archdeacon of Win-
chester, Hon. and Rev. B. W. Noel, &c. From the report it
appeared that the Society had now translated the Bible into
138 languages and dialects, and had, during the past year,
issued nearly 1,000,000 copies. The total receipts of the year
were 98,0001. _ . .

The annual meeting of the Colonial Church Society was
held in the evening in the same place, Captain Sir E. Parry,
R.N., presided. The Hon. W. Cowper, M P., Mr. J. P.
Pluniptre, M.P., Mr. G. Finch, Mr. J. Labouchere; the Rev.
A .Thelwall, and a great number of the lay and clerical friends
of the Society were on the platform. The secretary read the
report, which gave a detailed account of the Society's opera-
tions in Nova Scotia, Western Australia, the Cape of Good
Hope, the Bahama Islands, and various other parts of the
world. The subscriptions and donations received during the
past year amounted to 3,7751., exclusive of collections in the
colonies.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.
TATTERSALL'S.-- YESTERDA Y.
The attendance, although more numerous than might
hare been expected, from, the attractions of Chester, had
little or no influence on speculation, and it would, there
fore, be absurd, under such circumstances, to attempt a
quotation of prices ; suffice it to say that 20 to 1 (to
601.) was laid against Campanero, 2 to 1 offered agst
Ratan, 6 to 2 agst Ugly Buck, and 14 to 1 agst Orlando
(Mite 12 to 1 about the Colonel's lot), Offers to take 20
to 1 about Ithuriel fur the St. Leger.

CHESTER RACES—WEDNESDAY.
In no respect has our estimate of the attractions of the
Cup Day exceeded the truth ; it has unquestionably
proved the best, not only as a great public holiday, but
as a source of profit to the city, that has ever been
placed on record—a consummation ascribable as much
to the surpassing beauty of the weather, as to the in-
terest excited by the principal race. nd if the event
turned out so favourably for the citizens, it cannot alto-
gether hard been unprofitable to that portion of the pro-
fessional speculators who open books on the publication
of the weights. and were lucky enough not to miss any
of the horses that came to the betting ; some, however,
were not so fortunate, and, as is usually the case when a
great favourite wins, have burnt their fingers. It will be seen
below that twenty-six horses started, one more than we
mentioned in our last, as likely to show. The difficulty
of getting such a field off upon anything like equal
terms must be obvious to those who are acquainted with
the course, and, had the ordinary system been adopted, it
is more than probable that several false starts, if nothing
worse, would have occurred; we were therefore the
more agreeably surprised to learn that the stewards had
prevailed upon Lord George Bentinck to relieve the
clerk of the course of a most responsible and unthankful
office, and that his Lordship had devised a plan ex-
cellently suited to a large body of horses in a narrow
course. It was simply to divide them into two divisions of
thirteen each, their rulers drawing tickets for their chances
of the first or second rank. Having taken their
positions, according to their tickets, nearly a quarter of
a mile below the starting-post, they were paraded up to
it with extraordinary precision, and got off without the
slightest failure ; it is impossible that anything could
have been more admirably, managed. Of the race itself
we have given a description underneath, and we have
only to add that, notwithstanding the immensity of the
crowd which encircled the course, the day's sports were
brought to a close without a single accident that• led to
serious consequences. 'ln short, the only fault we feel
bound. to notice was the utter disregard of punc-
tuality ; a moderate allowance may always be
conceded at provincial meetings, but two hours
between the first and second races, and the
horses walking about the course a great part. of the time
was a little " too bad." In future we would suggest
that the principal races be run off at reasonable intervals,
and that the heats should be made subservient to the in-
terests of the publicans. The first race on the card was
the Stand Cup, which ought to have been run at half-
past two o'clock; and about that time the horses were
mounted and on the course, but it was at least twenty
minutes before the bell rang for saddling, and more than_
half-an-hour beyond the, proper time before they were
started—this, under a broiling sun, was no " treat" to
the jocks. Of this and the succeeding events we subjoin
the customary details:—
The Dee Stand Cup, by subs. of 10 soya. each, with 50 added;
3 yrs, 6st 101 b ; 4 yrs, Bst 21b ; 5 yrs, Bst 121 b ; 6 yrs, 9st 21b,
and aged, 9st 41b ; winners extra ; once round and a dis-
tance (7 Subs.)
Mr. Meiklam'a Best-of-Three, 3 yrs
Lord Westminster's Phryne, 4 yrs
6 to 4 on Best-of-Three. Won easy by a length.
The Tradesmens' Plate of 200 sovs., added to a handicap of
5 sovs. each, 15 ft; second to save his stake. About two
miles and a quarter. (94 Subs., 39 of whom declared).
Duke of Richmond's Red Deer, 3 yrs, 4st (.Kitchener) 1
Mr. Plumber's Alice Hawthorn, 6 yrs, 9st Bth (Heseltine) 2
Mr. Stephenson's Freedom 4 yrs, 7st 31b
Mr. Most 's General Pollock, 4 yrs, 7st 81b (Cartwright) 4
The following also started, but were not placed :—Mr.
Wrather's Nutwith, 4 yrs,' Bst 61b---,Colonel Cradock's Pagan,
6 yrs, Bst 51b—Mr. Collett's Cattonite, 5 yrs, 7st