The Sun.
London, England, 1844-09-02 00:00:00

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.
STIRLINJ RACES.—TH lIRSDAY.
The Forth Stakes of 20 sovs. each, h ft, with 25 added,
for two yrs old colts, Bst 71b, Und fillies, Bst 411).
T. Y. C. (4 Subs.)
Mr. Merry's Collier, by Sheet Anchor ... (G. Noble) 1
Lord Eglinton's Pythia, by St. Martin 2
Sir J. Boswell's b c by Galewood, out of Madame
St. Clair 3
Won by half a length, after a fine race.
The Gold Cup of 100/., with 50 sovs. added to a Handi-
cap o:* 15 sovs. each, 10 ft, and 5 only if declared. The
second saves his stake. (19 Subs., 5 of whom declared.)
Two miles.
Mr. Merry's Armytage, 4 yrs, ist 91b ... (G. Noble) 1
Mr. Johnstone's The Era, 4 yrs, Bst 31b 2
.5 to 1 agst The Era (taken). Won by two lengths.
Thu Members' Flate of 501. Heats, once round and a dis.
Mr. Ramsay's Whistle Binkie, 5 yrs, Bst 121 b ... 1 1
Mr. Dawsou's The Biddy, 5 yrs, Bst 91b 4 2
Mr. Merry's Cable, 5 yrs, Bst 121 b
Captain Griffith's Bugle, 6 yrs, Bst 131 b
Mr. Merry's Patrician, aged, Bst 131 b
The first heat was won by a length, and the second easily.
The Hunters' Stakes of 3 sovs. each, with 21 added ;
five yrs, list 71b ; six yrs, 12st 41b ; and aged 12st 101 b ;
thorough-bred, 71b extra ; gentlemen riders ; two miles
(4 Subscribers) ; were won cleverly by Mr. Robertson's
Arnagill, 6 yrs (Captain K. Erskine), beating Mr. Wan-
chope s Erato, 5 yrs (Mr. W. H. Johnstone), and Sir J.
Hampson's I'll-see-you-through-it, 6 yrs, by half a
length.
The Buchanan Stakes of 3 sovs. each, with 50 added.
Heats, once round. (8 Subs.)
Mr. W. R. Ramsay's Lady Skipsey, 4 yrs 2 1 1
Mr. W. H. Johnstone's The Era, 4 yrs 1 2 dr
First heat won by a length ; second in a canter.

(RECEIVED THIS DAY.)
STIRLING RACES—(CONCLUDED).
FRIDAS.—The King's Park Stakes of 501. each, 20
added, for colts, Bst 71b; and fillies, Bst 41b. T.Y.C.
(4 Subs.)
Mr. Merry's Collier, by Sheet Anchor (Noble) I
Mr. Ramsay's Milden, by Inheritor
Won by a neck.
The Bannockburn Stakes of 20 sovs. each, 10 ft., with
20 added.—No race.
The Burgh Stakes of 5 says. each, with 25 added. Two
miles. (6 Subs.)
Mr. Ramsay's Whistle Binkie, 5 yrs walked over
The Falkirk Stakes of 3 sovs. each, 1 ft., with 25
added, once round (8 Subs.), were won in two heats by
Mr. Wenchope's Erato, 5 yrs (W. Noble), beating Sir
J. Boswell's Interest, Mr. Anderson's Maid-of-the-Mill,
and three others easily.
The Sanch:.'e Stakes of 5 sovs. each, 2 ft, with 5 added.
.The winner to be sold for 1501., &c. _Mats, once
round and a distance. (6 Subs.)
Mr. Robertson's Arnagill, 6 yrs (W. Noble) 1 1
' Mr. iNferry's Christopher, 5 yrs
Sir J. Boswell's Geneva, 3 yrs dis
The St. Ninian's Free Handicap of 5 sovs. each, and 25
added. One mile. (6 Subs.)
Mr. Ramsay's Lady Skipsey, 4 yrs (Robertson) 1
Mr. Bobertson's Arnagill, 6 yrs .
Mr. Merry's Cable, 5 yrs 3
Sir J. Boswell's Geneva, 3 yrs
Mr. Wanchope's Erato, 5 yrs
Won on the post by a head.

FLANDERS MAIL.
BRUSSELS, Auc. 29.—His Majesty the King will go
shortly to the camp at Beverloo.
The King will go into mourning for 11 days on occa-
sion of the death of her Imperial Highness the Grand
Duchess Alexandra, consort of Prince Frederick of
Hesse Cassel..
On the 27th the Minerva, Captain Theissing, arrived
at Antwerp, having on board the crew of the English
brig the Providence, of Newcastle, Captain Elliot, bound
from Memel to Boston, in England, which was aban-
doned on the 20th inst. It seems that Captain Elliot was
on the 16th of August in the Cattegat, where he was,
run down in the middle of the night by a large vessel
which carried away her bowsprit, and proceeded on
her voyage. Captain Elliot could not distinguish to
11 hat nation it belonged. The men immediately
hastened to the pumps, and found that the Pro-
vidence was quite dry. It was not till the 20th that
it sprung a leak, and that water rose so rapidly that the
crew was obliged to make their escape in the long-boat,
the ship threatening to sink every moment. They were
at that time 120 leagues west of the coast of Norway.
After being tossed about for two days, they had the good
fortune to fall in with the Hanoverian barque the
Minerva, the captain of which took them on board, and
afforded them all the assistance that their situation re-
quired.
BRUSSELS, AUG. 30.—The King and Queen of the
Netherlands have arrived at Weimar, the King on the
27th in the evening, and the Queen on the morning of
the 28th. On the 28th a destructive fire broke out in the
fine cloth manufactory of M. Hofermans, at Dixon, near
Verviers. The upper part of the building, containing
the machinery, was destroyed. The two neighbouring
manufactories of Messrs. Bleyforest and Desert sustained
some injury from the measures taken to preserve them
from the fire. The loss is estimated at 15,000 or 20,000
francs. The whole is insured.

THE GREAT SWIMMING MATCH FOR FIFTY
POUNDS ASIDE.—This morning the great contest between
Pewters (the London champion) and Hounslow (the Oxford
champion), came off in the Serpentine, Hyde Park, in the
presence of a great number of spectators of the highest re-
spectability. Both men having obtained so much notoriety
as first-rate swimmers, any comment would be superfluous.
The conditions of the match were—to swim once across the
Serpentine to a flag, and return to the starting-place. In
betting, both competitors were freely backed at even ; and
the signal for starting being given, the men plunged into the
water, and swain away with great swiftness, and kept an
equal position for some distance. Pewters was the first who
reached the opposite side ; the men walked out of the water to
the flag, and immediately returned for the winning goal,
both making strenuous exertions, Pewters slightly in ad-
vance ; and, after an admirable contest, Pewters came in the
winner by twenty yards. The match created great interest
among the promoters and admirers of this useful science ;
and although the race came off as early as seven o'clock,
there was not less than 800 persons present. The distance,
which is about 400 yards, was swam in five minutes.
The British and North American Royal mail
steam-ship Britannia leaves Liverpool on Wednesday, for
Halifax and Boston.
The Chancellor of the Exchequer has to acknow-
ledge the receipt of 100/., to be placed to the credit of the
nation, transmitted to him in a letter signed " Peccavi."—
Downing-street, August 31, 1844.
SMUGGLING FROM HER MAJESTY'S SHIP THUNDER.
—The Board of Customs, upon receipt of the depositions
against R. J. Ruffels, a waterman of Chatham, taken before
the Mayor of Rochester, Mr. L. Allen, on Monday the 26th
ult., and which appeared in The Sun of last week, directed
Mr. W. Sawyers, the collector of customs at Rochester, to
proceed against the prisoner, and also the gun-room steward
of the ship, under the 49th and 85th sec. of the 3d and 4th
William IV., cap. 53, for the penalty in each case of 1001.
The case was accordingly investigated before the Mayor and
other Magistrates for the borough of Rochester, whenßuffels
was fined in the full penalty of 100 L, and Richards, the
steward in the mitigated penalty of 25/.
THE EXHIRMON OF FINE ARTS AT WESTMINSTER
HALL—On Saturday, the exhibition at Westminster Hall,
of the cartoons, fresco painting, and sculpture, finally closed,
having been on view two months. During that period, from
the Ist to the 15th of July, visitors were admitted by the
payment of a shilling each person, and for the last six weeks,
with the exception of the Saturdays, the exhibition was
free, and many thousands were present each day. There
were one hundred and eighty-three works of art, of which
eighty-four were specimens of fresco painting and cartoons,
and 99 of sculpture, there being 58 contributors of the
former, and 69 of the latter. Last year the number of
competitors was one hundred and thirty-two, who forwarded
one hundred and forty cartoons. Of these twenty-one re-
ceived rewards, but sixteen of them have only appeared
before the public this year. Above a hundred of the con-
tributors, on the last occasion, have sent in no specimens.
The whole of the works must be removed in a few days.
Owing to the activity of the police, who were daily on duty,
we have not heard of any robberies taking place.
SOUTHAMPTON, SEPT. I. The Peninsular and
Oriental Company's steamer Royal Tar, Captain Henry
Foster, arrived this day at half-past eight P.M., bringing the
following mails--from Gibraltar, Cadiz, Lisbon, Oporto, and.
Vigo. Her dates of departure are as follow :—from Gibral-
tar Aug. 24th, Cadiz 25th, and Lisbon 27th. Ships of war
iying at Gibraltar—Her Majesty's ship Formidable, 80;
Scout, 20; steamers, Ueda and Sydenham ; Acheron, sailed
24th, with Malta mail; two Danish frigates and one steamer,
one Norwegian corvette, one Sardian corvette, one United
States store ship, and one French steamer. Cadiz—Three
French steamers, one American frigate, and one Spanish
corvette. Lisbon—Her Majesty's ship Caledonia, and three
French steamers. Specie on board-11 packages. List of
Passengers—Mr. Lang, Colonel Dumford, Lieut. Dundasa,
Mr. Beckwith, Mr. Mulcasten' Mr. Trupi, Mr. Pridgen, Mr.
Coalback, Mr. Lawrence, Mr. George Warre, Mr. M`Carthen,
Mr. Dunlop, Miss Bell, and Mr. Porto.
CAPTAIN WARNER'S INVENTION. —M. Jobard, of
Brussels, who has devoted much attention to pyrotechnic
works, has communicated to the French Government what
he states to be the composition of Captain Warner's destruc-
st reonagtwh, hcicohntiasinpilnageead
tkhielougsruaamlm
chargefouflmthi-
e
rocket, of which the body is twice destruc-
tive power. It consists, he says, of a Congreve rocket, made
in this way :—The head of it is composed of a hollow iron.
ncoantee,oof
of
mercury,great
as long as those in general
use. He discharges his projectile from • ' a directing tuba
from the port-hole of the vessel, and on a level with the
water, so that his projectile, skimming along the waved,
which support a part of its weight, fixes itself the side f
t
the enemy's vessel, where it bur 0
fulminating powder, and, making s s, whe en the fire resches the
sinks it at an immense opening in
once. The proper range of this rocket is only
three or four miles, but Captain Warner imagines he can
send it five or six by discharging it from a cannon. He does
not say that he will attain his object in the first attempts
but he will try on until he succeeds.
CAPTURE OF Two SLAVERS.—Her Majesty's sloop
Star arrived at Ascension on the 7th of July from
Prince's Island (Cape Coast) after a successful cruise of
five months on the west coast of Africa, during which
time she captured two slavers—a small schooner and *
large brig upwards of 500 tons register—both of which
have been proved lawful prizes. The commander and
some of his officers had been ill, but none had died, with
the exception of the purser, who died on shore in the
hospital on the Bth of July from the effects of the climate.
The surgeon was still unwell. The commander and his
officers and crew were all in good health at Asccnsi'
n.
The Star was to sail for St. Helena about the 15th of
July. farmers
are that the harvest is pretty well over, the. mere
are beginning to discharge their labourers or lower th,
it
wages. In several parishes near Lewes, this has beets,
done, and the winter is again looked forward to wi:b,
dread by the agricultural population.—Brighton Herald,
It is said that Count Protasow, President of the
Synod of St. Petersburgh (sent to Rome on a :reds/
mission by the Emperor of Russia), has been received
with every distinction at the Papal Court; and that the
long existing Church difficulties appear to approach to s
satisfactory settlement. His Excellency M. de Bcuteni• ff.
who, since his arrival at Rome, resided in locanda, has
just taken the palazzo Gustiniani for a term of six years.
—.Dublin Evening Post.