The Sun.
London, England, 1844-05-28 00:00:00

THE DERBY.

(FROM A CORRESPONDENT.) sties
The settlement on the Derby is still a vexed (I°oo
at the Corner. The state of facts we believe t°
follows :—That the Derby stakes are in the heliihir
Mr. Wetherby, as stakeholder ; that the owner of 01
ning Rein and the owner of Orlando have both denifiggP
them ; that, on their being refused to the latter' id
Wetherby was by him served with notice of action to
that the stewards of the races of Epsom have reltio 111°
interfere. How, then, are the bets to be effected' to in
general rule is that bets follow the stakes. it sei,e bed
follow that while the stakes are in abeyance., t'ebo9o
will be in abeyance also. But it is asked—wAYAfihols°
not bets which affect neither the first nor seeo,ll-A
be settled? If any person backed the Ugly 9,,eis bet
Ratan, by no possibility can he win the bet ; I.'o be
will not be in any degree affected by the deeistleothe
tween Running Rein and Orlando—why should
s
pay? Because, say those who deprecate a partialpe:,
ment, the following is the state of the betting° VS
About 100 persons, bookmakers by profession, 100
against as many horses as they can ; if one 0 000
lays 30 to 1 against each of 40 horses, he wins 39000
bets and loses one, and gains on the balance a hall tie
professional remuneration. May of these inellod on
known to possess but a small capital,. but are trils'-ecr
account of the care and caution with which tbeboal
duct their business. The public, to the amount ei
thousand persons, are the backers of horses, ancitl'
quently the takers of odds. If a partial settle'sYin'
should take place to-morrow, each of these persFll sad
receive 38 out of the 40 bets which they hale Len In:
will not pay on either of the remaining two.
become the stakeholders of the whole money "1- 00
public has adventured on the Derby. This nioneY,ol
will hold during the II hole time that the courts ease
may take before they give a final decision on &Pother
In the interim they may die, or be subject tent the
casualties which are familiar to those who freque bee°
ring. As bets on the Derby and Oaks have alwniessboie
settled together, and set off against each other,lo,o6
reasoning is felt to apply in some, though, the 0111‘,,,5.
in a very minor, degree, to a settlement on
Considerable discussion has taken place with rgi.#34o
the account of Mr. Crockford, who died on 011)4
last. The general rule is that bets are not (100, blytP
regular settling day, and that they are avoiden_stoce!
death of either party. There are, however, 1%01E4:
in which the account of a party deceased has beenve'ry
e
The general rule appears the safer course. carin,,
admits that the representative of a deceased par Tothiirj
be called upon to settle, and it is obviously decceir`;
leave it at his option to come forward if the
er.
were a winner, and to abstain if he were a lc': leadirif,
understand that some gentlemen who take "ar° 4
part in these matters, will meet at Tattersall to lit
and from them probably some recoil:H:o°de- 00 tP,
emanate respecting the settlement of occousn7eolo,eh
Derby and Oaks. We are in possession 0f e. win
affai, 00
cumstances relative to the Running Rein the
we think it would be improper to make public 03
will be submitted to a legal tribunal.
Of'
TagA
GATHERINGS EXTRAOR-L7-0, big,' §
A venerable pair, man and wife, and -e
respectable people, died lately in Galli:01011i to B'o'
day of one another, whose effects, if broug t curl 4,
would furnish matter for one of the nos. _a
catalogues that was, perhaps, ever submiroidst Pio
auctioneer to the attention of the public. difficult e 0
popular reports abroad on the subject, it ishuave W
arrive at the exact truth; but as we „ of oe
,
some pains to inquire into the oppr°
case, the following will be found a close ted t
sore
mation : —Deposits of siver coin, dOO
places where no one would have vee' careflif •
of looking for such articles—one Parcel orner °old
wrapped in a piece of rag, found in aciotsol3,,,ir
lumber-drawer, others in paper crammed I,oo'oo
basket, or hid in outhouses or some equally en shat tbe
ing corner. These coins appear to have be (rola 5.44
from the light of day for a number of years.; is., 0;
different values they represent, such as 15. 6n'e'vee,
2s. 6d., and 55., and had become in consegavot 1511,
only tarnished, but nearly as black as ftrl is,
There were also gold coins, foreign as vvelLa greflt
of very small values, utos l. with, no. oftbog
riety of very different articles,' the la sloe eos
parties appearing to have been, to have ?
of everything. Of these, let the followiffgs 718 1.0
suffice :-8 richly-mounted riding-vvbif Sheets d'
broken pieces of linen ; 30 pairs of good silk 11P-0
dozen of towels ; about 250 rich-coloured metalsrs
kerchiefs ; 3 dozen thimbles, of divers
pairs of scissors, and 1 gold pair ditto.;
tiloisdeo,oi
silk stockings ; 30 gowns, made and kers flopcl,l
women's bonnets ; a lot of shoe-nisei 0
threads, with bristles attached coffin" split obcs4
great number of bottles of wine and ?la torcioeo
qualities. Part of these were found in an.", . but_ 10
supposed to contain nothing but rubbls_l"evgo-00,
the assistant to a professional gentlemnrow Itiesot
inventorying the effects, was directed tee hottioe,
he drew from their hiding-places seven': charaPit:h°
wine and spirits, some of the fortnern._,,no
.40
But there was an endless array of other 1100 pit
enumeration of which would oennP/the enroll;
space, if not exhaust the patience 0 ..,55 $ ill a,
reader. The husband, in this case, ,ssest-e,
pigeon-fancier for many years, an:, 4; he 1111
very large collection of these birds,. ,11''havds,
larly fed and cleaned with his 04,0reeti".skfiodor
p,‘4o.
which included nearly all the varying
ei,_ed perm
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the world; and, although a lengtn liointfug, eel;
intervened, we still recollect him PA„, thP., P
curious fact in natural history—n.tanl,,ht foot" 105
time the turtle-dove coos, it lifts s 1;t_lOt ail his
had also a number of fine canaries nince ,u 0 _
thered favourites have been dispersed;.!t, vit ni_fries
and vf
locality vviti:l knew him so long
among friends and acquaintances re
Courier. a god
go°

The Lords of the Admiralty have deteralo:'eve tio
in the trial cruises of the new experimeritai,e over.,
brigs, none of them shall gain an advantrtheit Ire
others in point of sailing, at the expensr h° hose,, psti°
bilities and efficiency as men of war, whic,", th!' stv
quently been the case with vossels in trYl'ib wine:ls/roil)
of sailing, when, in order to get ahead or t°ooyet„file
of their opponents, their guns have been rei ale 1" or
their breechings, and sent aft or below. ii-iweffird
coming trials between the Espiegle, Mutill.,,,eill bet 91°P14'
prey, and Flying Fish, not a single gen;,,,,spor
to be removed from its proper placc--We"

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