The Sun.
London, England, 1826-05-25 00:00:00

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

EPSOM RACES.
s/COND DAT, WEI)NrSDAY, HAY 24.
The Downs to-day did nut present a very numeroum attendance,
the great majority of the people keeping themselves in reserve for
to-morro* (this day). The tympany, however, wee respectable.
There were not many betting men here; and those who did,
attend, came not so much cot' the sake of the races as to acquire
some information to guide them in the present complicated state
of the betting, which was never before known to be so uncertain.

Mr. Forth's winning again to-day, has given Premier a fine
lift for the Derby ; he is now first favourite, and, front being a
horse of fins action, and a bustler, has a good chanct.
It is impossible to describe the confusion which prevails; but
it may be ►magined, when we say that The General will tun start
for tho Derby ; nor will Rude, it is said, or two or three other
favourites for this great stakes.

The dismay which prevails prevent,' our givin!.,T any other than
ths.following statstnent of odds

4 to 1 apt Premier
6 to 1 apt Advance

DEM.
tl ill I ikrTat Monarch
10 to *gat The Alesleni

OATS.

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2 to I apt Problem I 6to 1 agst Parapluie
a to 4 one of the two wins.
We are assured that Chitiney is engaged to ride Premier.
Tiie running was as fidlows :
Ths'Woodcot Stakes of 80 sous. each, h. ft. The last half mile.
Mr. Forth's b. f. by Interpreter - 1
Mr. Ilockford's b. f, by Smolensko - 2
Mr. Griffith's b. 1. Sylph • - - ' S •
Mr. J. Smith's b. f. by Carbon - 0
Gen. Grosvenor's Sparkler - - 0
Lord Exeter's brother to Attica . - 'O.
The Surrey Stakes of £6 sous. asch,-15 ft. • Derby Course,
Mr. Mills' Triuculo - - - I
Mr. Pettit's Rigmarole - - 2
.
Mr. Mockford's Velaeiptes - - 3 •
Betting even on l'ritieulo against the held. • .
The Gold. Cup,. valueloo soya, by subscription of 10 sot% melt,.
and 20 added from the Stud Fund. Two miles.
General GIVIVOIIOOI Crockery ' - 0 1
Mr. Rogerit's h. e. Josko - - 0 2
Mr. Tatei'eFille de Joie - - 3
Mr. Smith); Jack Runes - - 0
Mr. Denison named f. by Whaleboue 0
Mr. Firrell's Tamar - - 0
Mr. Griffith's Speculum - - 0
Mr. rilicklbrd's Itionittiia . - 0
Mr..Pettit's Catiline - . . .. i.)
. The rain deseendsd all day in torrents.

• THE OARS.
The following fillies Lare expected to start fur the Oak Slitiki
at Upsoin to-morrow
D. of York's b. f. Rachel.
Ld. Jersey's ch. f. B►►ttertly.
1). of Orafton's ch. f. Problem.
D.'of Graften's b. f. Paraphtie.
D. of Orafton's br. f. by Woful.
141. Egremant'a br. f. Aligniortette.
Mr• (late GP. Grosvenor,.) ch. f. Tears.
Mr. Forth's b. L by Intermter.,
Mr. Forth's b. f. by Interpreter.
Mr. Mytton'a b. f. Louisa.
And perlvilig one or two more.

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Mr, Watt's Belzoni having beat Lord Kennetly4 'to st
York, is now twit favourite for the opproachinit
No less than sixty-three horses are natnol- Alt P'' 7 "
stakes to be run for at the Cheltenham Raw..

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THE LONDON JQURNALS.

ZAAY TRCTS FROM THE MOIINICI PAPER;6,

MAY 25, 1826.

[THE TIMES.]

The superiority of Ministera over their temporary
opponents was yet more apparent than :before, op the
last divisions on the Corn Bill now in. Progress through
..the House of Lords ; andrtheir, d'Ominion over those
.N.,:•he,ln. this instance, reluckantly yield submission,
lanai expressed by Lord king in the classical
ci 410 .
tiotation=:—

• '4:Nue loon= •
" Vinda recusautum."
One .might envy his Lordship the felicitous • appliCa-
Lien Of the passage. The, fate of opposition to a
more sane system of corn laws than the present may
be foreseen and predicted from the success of, the
expedients to which Ministers now recur. An im-
.pOrtatiim of corn, •therefore, like every other ar-
tide' corameree under a reasonable . duty, is what
*e may expect in the next &salon of Parfiament.—
The enemies of the measure may, however, console
themselves with the assurance, that the continental
growers, having no previous reason to apprebend such a
prowling on our part, will, for a while, be 'in no situ-
ation to supply our demand : their warehouses are at
present empty and even dilapidated, and the grain that
was -,put into the earth last seed-time was intended
only for home consumption, so that it carolot be till
after the harvest of 1827 that a prOper supply can be
sent to the British market. " If the pretended -friends
of: the agricultural interest would till up the internal.
with exertions really patriotic, let them strive tO;ob-
. :Niini4ters to reduce the public expences to a scale
proportionate to what it is predicted will then,be the
distressed state of the rural population. For onr-
selves, we neither fear such distress, nor hope for such
patriotism from the class of people to whom we would
prescribe it as a duty. 'Reduce the internal tette to
the utmost degree to which they can be redueed by a
proper economy, supplying the place of some that
. 'shalt have been remitted, by a moderate duty on im-
ported grain ; and the foreign groWer will have no ad-
vantage which will not be made up to the home agri-
,c..ulturist by the proximity of the latter to our markets,
_Ain& the superior condition of his article. •