The Sun.
London, England, 1844-06-15 00:00:00

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

(RECEIVED THIS DAY.)
TENBURY RACES—THURSDAY.
The Hurdle Stakes .of 5 sovs. each, with 20 added, heats
once round and a. dis., were won in two heats by Mr. Willis's
Blue Pill (Frisby), beating Mr. Langley's, Rancour, Mr.
Vevers's Voyager, and Mr. Onion's chance, easily.
The All-Aged Stakes of 5 sovs. each, with 25 added (two
miles), were won by. Mr. E. Jones' ch f by the Tulip, out of
Kalydor, 4 yrs, Bst 51b, beating Mr. Herbert's Joanna. 3 yrs,
7st 31b,• who came in first, but was disqualified by her jockey
being short weight.
The•Farmers' Stakes of 2 sovs. each, with 10 added (one
mile and a-half), were• won in three heats by Mr. Taylor's
Glowworm, 5 yrs, 9st 91b, beating Mr. Warman's Captain
Page, 5 yrs, 10st ; Voyager, 9st 41b, and two others, In a
canter.- -
NEWTON RACES.—TIIURSDAY (CONCLUDED?.
Plate of 50/. ; for three yrs olds, Est Blb ; 4 yrs, Bst 5 b ; and
fillies, &c., allowed 31bs. Winners extra. Heats, one
mile and a halt'.
Mr. Standish's Little Hampton, 3 yrs (S. Darling, jun.) 1 1
Mr. Dawson's Merry Andrew, 4 yrs
Sire. Cockerell's Aurungzebe, 4 yrs 4 3
Mr. R. J. Mostyn's Miss Miggs, 4 yrs ...... . . 3dr
FRIDAY.
The St. Helen's Purse of 504 added to a Sweepstakes of 15
sovs. each, 10 ft, for 2 yrs old, Est 71b, and 3 yrs, Bst 10lb ;
fillies allowed 3 lbs. The second saves his stake. (Nine
Subs.)
Sir John's Gerard's Pluto, 2 yrs
Mr. Hesseltine's Dr. Husband, 3 yrs
Mr. A. W. Hill's Beaumont, 3 yrs 3
The following also started, but were not placed :—Mr.
Meiklam's The Best of Three, 3 yrs, Mr. Mostyn's Master
Stepney, 2 yrs, and Mr. Cook's Yellow Boy, 2 yrs.
Won by a head.
The Borough Cup of 100/, added to a Handicap of 20 sovs.
each, 10 ft; and 5 only if declared, the second to receive
251. One mile and a half. (33 Subs. 17 paid.) •
Lord Warwick's Yardley, 4 yrs, 75t.........( Whitehouse) 1
Mr. Stephenson's Freedom, 4 yrs, 7st 121 b (and 31bs ex.) 2
Mr. Meiklam's Philip, 4 yrs, Bst 21b
The following also ran :—Mr. Mostyn's General Pollock,
4 yrs ; Mr. Merry's Cable, 5 yrs ; Sir G. Houston's Foxberry,
5, yrs; Lord Eglinton's Quebec, 4 yrs; Mr. Edmonstone's
Erinengardis, 6 yrs; Mr. Thompson's Hudibras, 6 yrs; Col.
Harcourt's Sir Abstrupus, 4 yrs ; and Sir J. Gerard's Erebus,
3 yrs. Won in a canter.
The Newton Handicap of 5 sovs. each, with 30 added, for
three yrs old, &c.; the second to receive 10/. Heats, once
round and a dis. (11 Subs.)
Mr. Merry's Armytage, 4 yrs, 7st 7lb (G. Noble) 0 1
Sir G. Houston's Foxberry, 5 yrs, Bst 21b
Mr. Hall's The Viscount, 4 yrs, Est 101 b 0 2
Mr. Owen's Fair Ellen, 4 yrs, sst 2 0
Sir W. Stanley's Forester, 6 vrs, 7st 71b
BETTING AT MANCHESTER.—(FRIDAY.)
NORTHUMBERLAND PLATE.
sto j agst; Hesseltine's lot—t 10 to 1 agst Bashaw
7to 1 agst Bay Mornus—t 10 to 1 agst The Cure
10 to 1 agst Poussin—t 12 to 1 agst 'Whistle Binkie
10 to 1 agst Parthian 20 to 1 agst Best-of-Three.
20 to 1 agst What.
DONCASTER ST. LEGER.
7to 1 agst The Cure. . 9to 1 agst Ugly Buck
8 to 1 agst The Princess 12 to 1 agst Ithuriel.
9 to 1 agst Bay Momus Very little doing.

The sale of the exceedingly handsome furniture and
selected articles of taste and vertu throughout the man-
sion called Knowle House, at Cranley, in Surrey, col-
lected by a man of fashion and unquestionable taste, has
been twice delayed by circumstances beyond the reach
of control. These difficulties having arrives at a termi-
nation, the sale is positively fixed to commence on Mon-
day next, and continue until Thursday. It has created
an extraordinary sensation throughout all Surrey. The
gentleman's known taste and liberal expenditure has
extended far and wide, and the anxiety to possess, amid
sd many, one or two of the relics, will in all probability
cause the competion to be of unusual extent. The pub-
lic,view this week has attracted already many hundred
persons, including a great portion of the rich and in-
fluential gentry of the country. The estate, which is
accounted one of the prettiest things throughout Eng-
land, with a demense exceeding six hundred acres of
finely-timbered park and farms, is at length doomed to
the uncertain fate of the hammer, and Mr. George Robins
has fixed on the 11th of the ensuing month as the day
for competition. There is no doubt a considerable ex-
citement will be visible with a view to possess one of
the most favoured suits throughout Surrey.
DESTRUCTIVE FIRE.—FAVERSHAM, JUNE 13.—0 n
Tuesday morning, about 10 o'clock, a fire broke out at a
thatched house in the village of Newnham, about five miles
from Faversham, Kent, which totally destroyed 14 or 15
houses and cottages, besides a carpenter's shop, lodges,
stables, &c. The fire is supposed to have originated from
sparks falling from the chimney on to the thatch of the
house, which of course was very dry from the long absence
of rain, and so rapid was the progress of the flames; which
were driven with great fury by a south-westerly breeze,
that several of the poor people were unable to save their
furniture, and are thereby plunged into the deepest distress,
being in some cases uninsured. The Kent and Norwich
Union engines, from Faversham, and the Kent engine,
from Sittingboume, attended, and succeeded towards evening
in subduing the fire. The greatest fears were at one time
entertained that the whole village of Newnham would have
fallen a sacrifice. A subscription has been commenced for the
poor sufferers.