The Sun.
London, England, 1829-04-20 00:00:00

DEPARTURES.

The Duke of Gordon and Major Macdonald, from Grillon's
Hotel, Albemarle-street, for Kimbolton Castle, the seat of the
Duke of Manchester; the Earl of Beauchamp, to Madresfield,
Worcester; Earl and Countess of Carlisle, for the Duke of De-
vonshire's seat at Chiswick; Sir E. and Lady Kerrison, for
Brome Hall, Suffolk; Augustus Atkyns, Esq. from Arreton
Vicarage, Isle of Wight, to Southsea; Lieutenant-Colonel Purvis
and Mrs. Purvis, from the Berners Hotel, Berners-street; Capt.
Welstead, from ditto, for the seat of his Grace the Duke of
Manchester, Kimbolton Castle; the Rev. Robert Biscoe, from
ditto, for Godstone, Surrey; the Rev. Mr. Mills, from Batt's
Hotel; P. Mills, Esq. from ditto, for Essex.

THE KING.—The royal apartments at St.
James's Palace are kept constantly aired for the reception
of his MAJESTY and his suite, who are expected from
Windsor in a few days. The magnificent state rooms have
all been renovated ; the superb chandeliers and state cur-
tains uncovered; and the splendid furniture placed in actual
readiness, preparatory to the Levees and Drawing-room,
which will be held soon after the KING'S arrival. A ju-
venile ball, upon a very extensive scale,will also be given to
the younger branches of the Nobility. His MAJESTY is
likewise expected to visit Drury-lane and Covent-garden
Theatres, and in the month of May the Italian Opera-house.
On that evening SONTAG and MALIBRAN GARCIA will
sing iu the same opera.

The Earl of ABERDEEN left town on Satur-
day morning, fur the purpose of having an audience of
his MAJESTY, at his palace at Windsor. The Noble Earl
had a long audience of the KING, and returned to town
about six o'clock in the evening. His Lordship had after-
wards a conference with the Duke of WELLINGTON at the
Treasury.

The Duke and Duchess of CLARENCE came to
town on Saturday morning, from their seat in Bushy Park.
The Duke of SUSSEX and the Duchess of GLOUCESTER
visited their Royal Highnesses in the course of the day.
The Duke and Duchess partook of -a dejeune with the
Princess AUGUSTA, at her re,idence in the King's Palace,
St. James's, and in the afternoon returned to Bushy.
The Princess AUGUSTA attended Divine
Service yesterday morning, in the Chapel Royal, St.
James's.

The Duchess of KENT and the Princess Vic-
TORIA attended Divine Service yesterday morning in the
private chapel attached to the apartments of the Royal
Duchess, in the King's Palace, at Kensington.

The Archbishop of CANTERBURY visited the
Princess AUGUSTA on Saturday.
Mr. Secretary PEEL, and Mr. W. PEEL,
Under Secretary of State for the Home Department, h•ft
town on Saturday morning on a visit to their father, Sir
R. PEEL, at his seat, Drayton Pak, Staffordshire.
The Duke of A THOLL, Lord ELLENBO-
noucir, and Sir H. TAYLOR visited the Duke of WEL-
LINGTON on Saturday.

The Marquis de PALM ELLA and Count
LUDOLF, the Neapolitan Minister, ttansacted business at
the office of the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, on
Saturday.

Prince POLIGNAC, the French Ambassador,
had a long conference yesterday with the Duke of WEI.-
uNGTox and the Earl of ABERDEEN, at the Foreig❑ Office.

KING'S THEATRE.—There was a grand
rehearsal of Otello at the Italian Opera-house, on Satur-
day, when Madame MaLlonat4 GAncra delighted a large
assemblage of fashionable amateurs, and musical professors,
who were present to witness, for the first time in this
country, the great efforts of this extraordinary lady in this
favourite Opera. DONZELLI and CURIONI were both in
excellent voice. Mademoiselle SONTAG is expected here
early in May, so that the King's Theatre will be full of
attractions until the close of the season.

SOUTHAMPTON.—The members of the Ju-
dicial Society held their last meeting for the season, at the
Assembly Rooms, on Wednesday evening, when upwards of
800 persons attended, being admitted by tickets. The
case was a trial for murder, which was uncommonly well
got up, and conducted in a style that could only be sur-
passed by one of the superior Courts of Justice. The
party consisted of many of the mast respectable families in
the town, who were much gratified.—Nazis Chronicle.

SOMNOLENCY.—A singular circumstance oc-
cur* at I„eominster, on the night of Friday week. When
a widow in that town was about to retire to rest, she
missed the eldest of her two children, about ten years old,
and the window of her room being open, she was in
formed by the youngest that his brother had leaped from it
into the street, a height of sixteen feet, An alarm was
instantly given, and after some search, the child was
discoVered in a field beyond the church, at a consi-
derable distance from his home. When he saw the per-
sons in pursuit of him approaching, he fled back
to the town, and meeting his mother in the street,
ran to her, and asked her to save him from the mur-
derers. It appeared the child had dreg:led some persons
were about to mikrcier hint, arose. in his sleep, opened the
window; and jumped into the street. When he awoke he
found himself in the field, and seeing the persons in pur-
suit (still under the impression of his dream) ran from
them back to the town, where he encountered his anxious
parent. The child escaped unhurt, although he was naked,
and, to use his brother's expression, leaped like a dog from
the window into the street.--Leamington Spa Courier.

SPORTING iNTiLLiGENCE.

NEWMARKET CRAVEN MEETING.

NEWMARKET, SUNDAY AFTERNOON.
From the very high character of those whose names
stand most conspicuous among the patrons of the turf, and
the enormous amount of the prizes to be contended for,
the racing season of 1829 cannot -fail of being the most
brilliant on record. Foremost in the list of its supporters
stands his Most Gracious Majesty, who takes the field
with decidedly the best stable in the kingdom, and with a
corresponding feeling of interest in this truly classic and
popular amusement. The Duke of Rutland is also in
good force—indeed Boyce's stable this year is more than
usually promising. The Dukes of Grafton, Richmond,
and Portland, Lords Exeter and Cavendish, are also very
prominent, while other Gentlemen are looking up, who
hitherto have not been remarkable for their good fortune.
In the country racing has improved to an astonishing ex-
tent : one stakes at Bath has upwards of 100 subscribers ;
the great St. Leger has 98 ; one of the Liverpool cups had 50
entries (the most numerous ever known); the Ascot cup
brings out the finest field ever brought together, and all the
other nominations in various other parts of the country, for
this and two or three years to come, are liberal to a degree
unparalleled in the annals of the turf. A slight notice of
the immense sums annually subscribed in sweepstakes,
cups, matches, &c., may not be uninteresting. In France
their 5,000 francs gifts are considered magnifigue, and
certainly they do sound well, but what will they say to the
subscriptions for one race week amounting to nearly
30,000/. ! This is the case at the ensuing meeting here,
nor are the entries for the other meetings out of keeping.
The first Spring Meeting is at present between 14,000/.
and 15,0001., which, added to the other five meetings,
give a total of considerably more than 50,0001., inde-
pendent of many stakes and matches &c. to be made in the
course of the season. The different produce stakes up to
1833 are also numerously filled, several of them reaching
the value of 5 000/. or 6,0001. each, and swelling the
amount of the engagements at Newmarket, now on the
books, to upwards of 126,000/. ; and this sum would be
more than doubled if the lists were completed to that pe-
riod, The meeting which commences to-morrow is the
most important of the year, deriving its interest less from
the value of the prizes, than from the number of Derby
and Oaks favourites it brings before the public, the majo-
rity of the stakes being for those colts and fillies which are
now rising three years old. The great race of the week
is the Riddlesworth, a stakes established in 1815, and
which has ever since been• a heavy betting race. The
Duke of Grafton has won it four times, and Mr. Udny
twice ; no other gentleman has carried it off mere than
once. For the information and amusement of those who
may not have books of reference, we' subjoin a list of the
winners and winnings, from the commencement in 1815
to the present time. In 1815 it was won by Mr. Neville's
famous horse Sir Joshua, its value being then 2,600 gui-
neas ; 1816, by Mr. Andrews's Nectar, value 2,700 gui-
neas; 1817, by Mr. Wilson's Young Wizard, value 3,300
guineas ; 1818, by Sir J. Shelley's Prince Paul, 4,700
guineas ; 1819, by General Grosvenor's Blue Stockings,
5,000 guineas ; 1820, by the Duke of Grafton's Pindarie,
3,400 guineas; 1821 (first class), by Mr. Batson's Rosi-
crucian, value 2,200 guineas ; same year (second class),
by Mr. Udny's Ibla, 2,500 guineas; 1822 (first class), by
Lord Egremont's Wanton, 1,350 guineas; same year
(second class), Duke of Grafton's Posthuma (Post Obit's
dam), 1,850 guineas; 1823 (first class), by Mr. Udny's
Emilius, 2,600 guineas ; same year (second class), by
Mr. Wyndham's Spermaceti, 1,800 guineas ; 1824, by
the Duke of Grafton's Rebecca, 3,000 guineas; 1825, by
the Duke of Grafton's Rufus, 3,000 guineas; 1826, by
Lord Verulam's Moslem, 2,600 guineas; 1827, by Lord
Jersey's Glenartney, 2,300 sovereigns ; and 1826, by
Duke of Portland's Brother to Emilius, 1,300 sovereigns—
total value (winners' stakes' included) 48,3301. And were
we to look into the performances of the above winners, we
should find that the majority of them turned out very indif-
ferent nags. The favourites for to-morrow's Riddlesworth
are Luss and Canvass, who are backed chiefly from their
having the allowance of 51b. ; but neither these, nor
Romp, Windfall, or Reformer belongs to lucky stables;
those who from their breed ought to be backed are not ex-
pected to start, so that the race ought not to have such a
wonderful effect on the Derby odds. Besides, if either of
those having the allowance should win, we do not see that
the Derby betting ought to undergo those changes which
generally follow the Riddlesworth, unless it was won very
easy' indeed. It must be a poor thing ;that cannot win a
mile race with 51b. less on hie back against another with the
full weight ; what can be a stronger instance of the influ-
ence of even 31b. than the race for the Riddlesworth, in
1827, when the Donna Clara filly ran in first? (Subse-
quently deemed distanced, and the stakes given to Glenart-
ney.) On that occasion Mameluke was not placed ; but
he afterwards won the Derby in a canter, and Donna
Clara turned out a complete impostor. In fact, the Rid-
dlesworth has very rarely been won by a horse of any pre-
tensions, and a reference to the list of Derby winners will
show that there is some difference between running a mile
at Newmarket and a mile and a half at Epsom.
The late rains will have a good deal to do with the race
to-morrow; the turf is heavy, and must give a great ad-
vantage to the strong horses. Canvass is spoken of as a
powerful colt, and will therefore have a chance; besides,
his backers have found out that he would have won the
July stakes, had not Mr. Wilson's Juggler filly swerved
right before him. Some others say that he was not then
in the hest possible racing trim.
In quoting the latest odds on this race we should ob-
serve, that they will, no doubt materially alter to-morrow,
for much uncertainty prevails as to the number that will
start. The majority seem to think that the field will be
limited to six or seven. 7to 4 agst. the Luss filly ; taken.
7to 2 agst. Canvass colt. 7to 1 agst. Augusta; taken.
No change amongst the outsiders.
Next in importance to the Riddlesworth are the Oat_
lands and Claret stakes, both of which bring out good
horses; in the first named so much judgment has been
evinced in the handicapping, that it will not be easy to
pick the favourites ; at present Souvenir has the call, but
she will have all her work to do to beat the three-year
bids. The Claret appears to rest between Cadland and
Rough Robin, and will be a sporting race; the odds are—
Even on Cadland, against the field ; 7 to 4 against
Rough Robin ; 4 to 1 against Zinganee ; no others
thought of.

There does not seem to be much change in the Derby
odds, except that Espagnolle has got to S to 1. As the
betting on this an I the Oaks will be affected by the run-
ning to-morrow, we shall defer any quotation at present.
The Craven Stakes of 10 sous. each, for 2-yr-olds, 6st. ;
3 yrs, Sst. 41b. ; 4 yrs, Sst. 131 b. ; 5 yrs, 9st. 51b. ;
6 yrs and aged, 9st. 91b. A.F.
Mr. I). Radclifle's Fleur-de-Lis (the King's), fi yrs
ch. g. by Reveller (the King's), 2 yrs
Lord Cavendish's Amphion, 4 yrs
Duke of Rutland's Oppidan, 3 yrs
Mr. Chifney's Zinganee, 3 yrs
Mr. Greville's Goshawk, 5 yrs
Lord Verulam's Brocard, 4 yrs
Mr. Payne's Belzoni, 5 yrs
Lord Exeter's Goldpin, '2 yrs
Lord Egremont's Gaberlunzie, 4 yrs
All these are expected to start. Fleur-de-Lis is the
favourite.

Handicap Sweepstakes of 10 sovs. each, for 2 and 3-yr-
olds. Ab. M.
The horses to be entered to-night.

The Riddlesworth Stakes of 200 sovs. each, li. ft. ; colts,
Bst. 71b.; fillies, Bst. 41b. Ab. 111. (12 subs.)
Mr. Thorohill's f. by Sam—Morel
Mr. Batson's f. by Reveller—Luss (allowed 51b.)
Mr. Rush's f. by Reveller—Romp (ditto)
Mr. Hunter's c. by Gustavus—Canvass (ditto)
Mr. Shard's f. Windfall, by Reveller (31b.)
Lord Anson's f. Frederica by Phantom—Elizabeth
Reformer
Duke Wilson's Brother to
Duke of Rutland's Brother to Moses
f. by Phantom—Sorcery
Lord Exeter's c. by Partisan—Augusta's dam
Lord Jersey's Will-o'-the-Wisp
Duke of Grafton's Burman
The Virgin Stakes of 150 sous. each, b. ft. ; colts, Bst.
71b. ; fillies, Set. 31b. ; untried stallions allowed Sib.
R.M. (12 subs.)
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Duke ofPortland f. by Teasdalo—Gabrielle
Mr. Petre's Flirt, by Blacklock—Vaultress
Mr. Greville's f. by Moses—Sister to Zeal
Sweepstakes of 100 sous. each, h. ft. for fillies, Bst. 51b.
T. Y. C.

Duke of Richmond's Estrelle, by Blacklock—Leopoldine
Mr. Nowell's, by Orville or Walton
Mr. Rogers's br. by Tiresias--Bronze
Mr. Wilson's, by Cervantes—Juggler's dam
Duke of Gratton's Lyric, by Merlin—Piquet
Mr. Greville's Semiramis, by Tiresias—Diana
Mr. Payne's, by Moses—Quadrille
Sweepstakes of 200 sous. h. ft. ; colts, 85t. 51b. ; fillies,
Bst. 21b. D.M.
Duke of Grafton's b. c. Artist, by Emilius
Lord Cavendish's Brother to Sontag
Mr. Dilly's Windrush, by Whalebone
Xeuxis, by Reubens
Lord Wharncliffe's c. by Whisker—Octavisna
Mr. Rogers's c. Bazaar, by Tiresias,,Bizarre
Lord Exeter's c. by Pliantom—Ada
Mr. Nowell's c. by Phantom—Sister to Election
Match for 500 sous. h. ft.—Mr. Hunter's c. by Gus-
tavus—Peablossom, agst. Mr. Pettit's f., by Waverley or
Tramp—Rosa Mundt, Sst. 71b. each. R.M.
ft.—Duke of Grafton's Deacon
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Alohican, Bst, Alb. each. UM.
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h, ft.—Duke of Portland's c. by
Tircsia,_Zora, apt the Duke of Grafton's c. by Woful—
Miltonia, Bst. 71b. each. D.M.

Match for 200 Boys. h. ft.—Mr. Btonehetver's Chiron
apt Mr. Greville's Nessus) Bst. 51b. each, A.F.