The Sun.
London, England, 1828-05-02 00:00:00

OAKS.

4 to 1 agst Lord G. H. Cavendish's Ridicule filly
4 to 1 agst Mr. Molony's Zoe
7 to I agst Mr. Nowell's Rosalia
9 to 1 agst Lord Jersey's Trampoline (taken)
13 to 1 agst Mr. Mytton's L'Estelle
It to 1 agst Mr. Peirse's Sarah, Sister to Swiss (taken)

DONCASTER ST. LEGER.
9 to 1 agst Mr. Armitage's Velocipede
to 1 agst Colonel King's Bessy Bedlam

SPARRING AT THE TENNIS COURT, MAY 1.
White-Headed Bob, otherwise Baldwin, took hie benefi
to-day. He had as he deserves a bumper, most of the
swells who attended his fight being present as well as most
of his friends who were absent, including several of
the veteran ring-goers. Bob shewed and exhibited
great sorrow at not having been able to tight out his match
with Ned Neal, as reported by us on Tuesday, as he ap-
pears confident that he should have won in two or three
rounds more. His friends have all the same opinion, and
even the Nealites are backward in asserting the contrary.
Bob showed very little punishment besides the cut on
his left eye, and declared himself ready to fight it
out at any time, and wished it to take place
next Tuesday ; but the gentleman who is to name the
day, has fixed it to c'me off on the 27th, the day on which
Carter and Jem Ward fight. The sports to-day were
very fair, and the audience, to all appearance, were
pretty well satisfied. Among some of the minor bouts,
the following elicited great applause :—Foote and Murphy,
Sweeney and Alexander Reid, Jem Burn and Nkcols,
in this Jem finished by a right-handed hit, which floored
the other on the spot; Harry Jones and Ricketts, Young
Dutch Sam and a countryman, from Southampton. The
latter led Sam such a dance, that he was almost
hit out of his fighting, the countryman was little more
than Sam's weight, and went in after a little sparring. Sam
played with him, and got such a rattling that Dick Curtis
and many of his friends got on the stage, and persuaded
him to take off the gloves and leave the stage. Sam, however,
went on, and the countryman, whose name was Brown (a
pupil of Alic Reid's) cut away, and gave Sam such ticklers
that ho received the loudest applause. His hands were
never out of Sam's face, who had no doubt booked him
as an easy one, and after more rattling, the gloves were
taken off the countryman, who received a shower of silver
for his bravery, and retired in full feather. Some of his
friends in court talked about backing him against Sam, as
they considered that the blows Sam received would have
beaten him without the gloves. Be that as it may, he was
not sorry to leave off.
At the conclusion Bob returned thanks, and stated that
be would not agree to fight at any other time (considering
circumstances) than on Tuesday next.
The person who had consented to its coining off on the
27th was not his backer, and had made that arrangement
without his consent. Another gentleman, who had been a
party to the arrangement, here got on the stage, and
stated that it received the concurrence of both backers,
and 13ob did not then dissent. Bob, however, now re-
plied, that it would be unfair against him to fight at
that time, as he had received only a black eye, and could
have won it if they bad continued.
The fancy then left the court, without coming to any more
definite conclusion. carter showed, and seemed in good
order for his match with Ward on the 27th of this month.

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NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

(From the Plymouth Journal of yesterday.) •
Pm-mount, MAY I.—His Majesty's ship Tribune,
Capt. J. Wilson, formerly of the Java and Boadicea, I°
expected to call at this poit, from Chatham, on her way t°

North America.
The Antelope (tender to the Ramillies) came in °I/
Monday, to convey back to the Coast Blockade the le
who were lent the Windsor Castle on a recent occasion%
and sailed to return to the Downs on Tuesday morning.
Various officers have been reported as likely to suede"
Captain King in the cowman(' of his Majesty's ship Windsor
Castle; but we believe no Captain is yet certainly ar,
pointed to her, though the probability inclines in favour°
Capt. Pym or Capt. Devonshire.
Capt. John Pilfold, C. 13., is appointed to the Ordionf
at this port ; Capt. W. F. Martin to the Sarnarno
ordered to be re-commissioned at Woolwich; Lieut. Phi'
' Pollard to the Ordinary at Chatham ; Mr. T. Stone tO
Purser of the Asia ; T. Triphook, Esq. to be Secretary t
Rear-Admiral the Hon. Sir Charles Paget, K.C.8., C°°;
mander-in-Chief at Corks A. Murray, Esq. to be itfe°,
to Malta Hospital ; Mr. 11. Tucker, Purser, to the Icar"'
Mr. W. 'Harris, Purser, to the Procris;: C. HolworVr
Esq. to be Agent at Chatham Hospital.
Mr. J. Rundle, late Acting M:uster of the Vigiltn;
ketch, is appointed to the Pike schomner, fitting at
tb
port; Mr. J. Pope to be Acting Master L't,( the Vigilant'