The Sun.
London, England, 1844-10-14 00:00:00

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

NEWMARKET SECOND OCTOBER MEETING.
NEWMARKET, SUNDAY, TWO O'CLOCK, P.M.
In the programme of the ensuing meeting, published
on Saturday, we indicated by an asterisk the horses that
were in the town up to Friday, omitting, however,
Jamal, who should have been included in the arrivals.
Since that time the following have arrived :—Lord
Eglinton's Plaudit, Britannia, and Jamie Falshaw—Lord
Glasgow's Give-him-a-Name, Sister to Give-him-a-
Name, and colt by Velocipede, out of Amulet—Mr. L
Day's Zelinda filly—Mr. Payne's Sir Francis, Johnny,
Queen Mah, Mania, and Walpole—Mr. Greville's Rigo-
lette and Jamaica—Lord Stradbroke's Jeremy Diddler,
Erenus, and Boarding-school Miss—Mr. Ramsbottom's
Pine Apple and Brush—Mr. May's Corinthian Tom, and
f by Bentley, out of Battersea Lass—Mr. Hook's Una—
Mr. E. Clarke's Sir Edward—Lord Verulam's Charlotte
—Mr. Griffith's Wild Rose—Mr. Walter's My Mary—Mr.
Denham's Julia—Mr. Buckley's David—Mr. Meiklam's
Aristotle—Sir C. Monck's Glossy—Mr.Dawson's Light-
ning—Mr. G. Moore's The Bride—Mr. Worley's Example
—Colonel Anson's Marquise—Lord Chesterfield's Knight
of the Whistle, Cockfighter, Tiddly Winks, f by Hornsea
out of Gamelass, 2 yrs, fby Hornsea, dam by Sultan,
2 yrs, and f by Hornsea out of Industry, 2 yrs, and
several others ; making the number now in the town
greater than has been known in the memory of the oldest
inhabitant ; as a proof we may mention that, out of the
forty-six horses engaged in the Cesarewitch, all are on
the spot except Campanero, who broke down at Stam-
ford, Pickpocket, Haitoe, The Currier, Telemachus,
Rowena, William le Gros, and Everton. Una pulled
up lame yesterday morning. Lord Albemarle in-
tends to run the Emperor and The Brewer, but
not Delapre. It is not unlikely that William
le Gros will come ; he ran second to Alice
Hawthorn at Dumfries, and on the following night
was backed at Manchester, at 14, 15, and 16 to 1.
John Day has nothing here at present ; Old England
will arrive to-morrow, but from the number of horses
amiss in the stable, it is doubtful whether anything else
will come. As yet, the arrivals are few ; but, from the
orders for post-horses, and the number of places secured
for the extra coaches, there is every reason for expecting
one of the fullest meetings ever known. The only
fashionable names that have reached us are the Earl and
Countess of Chesterfield, Earl and Countess of Albe-
ovule, Earl and Countess of Miltown, Lord C. Manners,
the Lion. Capt. and Mrs. Rous, the Hon. Colonel and Mrs.
Anew. Hon. H. Forester, Hon. Capt. Spencer, Co-
lonel anal Lady Alice Peel, Mr. C. Greville, Mr. H.
Greville, Mr. S. Graham, Mr. Worrall, Mr. Ramsbottom.
Sir G. Hetti,'hcote will be at his old quarters, the Crown
Inn, Chesteri:ord-
Some shower,3 fell yesterday afternoon and the course
of the night, but .the ground is still harder than trainers
like ; a few hOurg of steady rain would be of immense
service in this neghhourhood. The Ratan case comes
on next Tuesday mori2ing previous to the races ; the
investigation is undertaken by the stewards in conse-
quence of a letter received from the Hon. Captain Rous
and Lord G. Bentinck, requesting them to inquire into
all the circumstances connected with the affair, in order,
to use an ancient but not inappropriate phrase, that the
saddle may be put on the right horse.

The daily journals have published an account of
an insult said to have been offered to Lieutenant Rose,
of her Majesty's ship Hazard, by the French naval
authorities at Otaheite. This announcement, of what
was deemed to be a fresh subject of complaint
and of demand for satisfaction by Great Britain,
has evidently caused great excitement in Paris. We
have the more pleasure, therefore, in being enabled
to state that the impression in the best informed quarters
in this country is, that no insult whatever was offered, or
intended to be offered, to Lieutenant Rose by the naval
officers of France, and that the whole proceeding can be
satisfactorily explained as regards the part the French
took in it.—Observer.
THEATRE ROYAL DRURY-LANE.—Albert's success-
ful ballet of The Corsair, in which that celebrated dan-
seuse, Mademoiselle Adele Dumilatre, has created such a
sensation, is nightly increasing in popularity ; yet, in a
determination to give as much novelty as possible, the
lessee has announced his intention of producing the last
opera by Auber, called The Syren, on Thursday next.
The music is extremely beautiful, and will be supported
by Harrison, King, Stretton, Borrani, Weiss, and Miss
I.Zainforth ; a host of talent, which must insure its com-
plete success. In the course of the last week the follow-
ing distinguished persons have visited this theatre :
Duke and Duchess of Beaufort, Duke of Devonshire,
'.Marchioness of Conyngham, Earl and Countess of Ches-
terfield, Earl and Countess of Tankerville, Baron and
Baroness Gersdorff, Countess of Pollington, Earl of Car-
,ligan, Earl of Munster, Earl Fitzhardinge, Marquis of
Worcester, Marquis of Douro ; the Ladies Somerset,
Wellesley, E. Bruce, S. Cocks, Campbell, Ross, Turner ;
Lords Gardiner, C rans toun,C an tel u pe,D uncan non, Dover,
Rosslyn, Canning, Alfred Paget, Duplin, Ross, Seaham,
Clinton, Dufferin, Shelburne ; Sir Charles Shakerley,
Bart. ; Sir W. Massey Stanley, Bart. ; Sir Jacob Astley,
Bart. ; Sir John Burgoyne, Bart. ; Sir Fred. Bathurst,
Bart. ; Sir Charles Ibbotson, Bart. ; Sir J. Lister Kay,
Bart. ; Sir Henry Webbe, Bart. ; Sir W. Curtis, Bart. ;
Sir alter Blunt, Bart. ; Sir Richard King, Bart. ; Sir
E. P. Turner, Bart. ' • Sir Henry Mildmay, Bart. ; Sir
Henry Webster, Sir John Campbell, Sir John Rennie,
Sir Henry Wheatley, Hon. Mrs. Norton, Hon. Sydney
Herbert, Hon. Mr. Curson, Col. M'Douall, Hon. W.
Ashley, Captain Balfour, Captain de Saumarez, Captain
Ridley ; Charles Standish, Esq., M.P. ; T. S. Duncombe,
Esq., M.P. ; Captain Curzon, and Captain Blayne.
THE RAILWAY ACCIDENT AT SOUTH SHIELDS.
—The inquest on the body of John Brown, one of the
persons killed by the collision, concluded on Wednesday
night. The jury found that John Brown had come to
his death by the collision, and levied a deodand of 300/.
on the locomotive which was " the moving cause of his
death." They also strongly expressed their disapproba-
tion of the practice which had prevailed of sending im-
portant messages by one inferior servant to another, and
be given to him by a third, and stated that the business
uf the railway had been conducted in a very negligent
manner. It is already reported that the Company intend
to remove the inquisition into the Court of Queen's Bench,
with the view of quashing it, on the ground of informality.
INCENDIARISM.—A fire broke out, on Saturday
on the farm occupied by Miss Fyson, at Exning, about a
mile and a half from Newmarket, which in a short time
destroyed a barn full of wheat, all the out-buildings and
stacks, four horses, several pigs, and some poultry. Lord
Thurloe's private engine (kept and horsed by his Lord-
ship for the use of his neighbours) and three others
were rendered useless by the want of water.
PROPOSED PUBLIC PARK IN LEEDS.—Some of our
benevolent townsmen, among whom we may mention our
public-spirited Mayor, are desirous that Leeds should not
be behind other towns in the formation of public parks
or walks for the healthful and rational recreation of all
classes. It has been suggested that the Zoological and
Botanical Gardens, which comprise nearly twenty acres,
in a beautiful situation and well laid out, might be pur-
chased for this purpose. Some of the larger shareholders
in the gardens are, we know, disposed to transfer their
whole property in them to the town-council, or some
other body, for the benefit of the public ; and we think it
likely that many others would follow this liberal ex-
ample, thinking it more agreeable to see their fellow-
townsmen of the humbler classes enjoying themselves
in the gardens than to walk there in comparative seclu-
sion. Those shareholders who took shares as an invest-
ment, and who could not afford to give them to the
public, would probably accept a moderate sum for that
which now yields them no dividend. A subscription
would, therefore, be required to purchase the gardens for
the public ; and we think this would be forthcoming,
as the amount would probably not be very large. A
yoarly subscription would also be requisite to keep the
gardenss i
inn otrhdiesr
laudable W e ho
attemptp e tbe able
o to
o promote shortl yto report
the
health
and recreation of the industrious classes.—Leeds
Mercury.