The Sun.
London, England, 1842-03-07 00:00:00

SPORTING.

As there is magic in the very name of Epsom, I know not
why I have, until now, delayed all mention of the great race,
the Oaks. The entry is unusually great, the betting has been
unusually heavy, and, I believe, one Noble Lord has laid
against more than fifty mares engaged in this rate. So many
of these, however, were heard of only as yearlings, and have
ne cr been named in the Tattersall list, that the following
summary must be supposed to contain only the doings since
the Houghton meeting.
Exclusive of Scott's lot, then, about twenty mares have been
individually backed.
Passion,- still languidly heading the list, came with a rush so
soon as it was made public that John Day was to train her,
Mr. Etwall being named as the purchaser; 7 and 6 to 1 were taken
to many hundred pounds. She retired about Christmas to 8
and 9 to 1, and, as your reporter writes, the books seem to be
full about every mare except Passion, nevertheless first fa-
vourite still ! She is engaged in the 1,000 gs., and the Hyde
Park Oaks at the Hippodrome.
The second favourite, the Sister to Yorkshire Lad, has been
backed to win a sum of money at 12 to 1, nor more nor less.
She was beat a neck by Passion in a half mile race, and very
little more by Wiseacre for the Prendergast. No engagement
before the day'.•
83ren, one of Scott's, is next in favour ; 13 to I can scarcely
be obtained about Ler. She was fist backed at 25, then 20,
and rote in one day to her present position. No engagement.
The Adela filly ( Lord Jersey's) is reported to be a remark-
ably fine mare, indeed, the New marketites will hear of no
other. Most of the books were filled at 25 to 1, hence 14r
rising so sudden'y to 12 to 1. Present price 14 to 1. No en-
gagement. The three out of the four favourites do not come
out till the day ; the public have here shown unusual judgment.
Lord Exeter's Arnim filly stands next, and the most re-
cently imported she is, for until Monday last we never heard of
her. Shag is a rising favourite, and is in the 1,000 guineas.
The Lass of Louton (Scott) was for some period nominally
at 14 to 1, but I doubt if she ever was backed fur more than
Ll. at these odds. She was at 20 to 1, then 30 to 1, and is just
now out of the market. By Bay Middleton, an unpopular sire,
and has several engagements in the Spring Meetings.
In the 20 and •25 to 1 class are Belle Dame, sister to Fitz.
roy (no engagement); the Baleine filly, a mare that ran re-
spectably in the Ham Stakes at Goodwood, receiving fibs.
(no engagement) ; Topsail, backed for much more money
than any one would imagine who studies public sunning
(no engagement); the Duke' of Rutland's f. out of Flam-
beau's dam, twice well beaten in October (several engage-
ments) ; Eusebia, whose best: performance is the running
second to RoArum fur the Hopeful, half a mile, receiving —lbs.
(four engagements); Norma, Captain Gardner's, twice beaten
about fifty ya'ds (flamed in the Suffolk Stakes) ; Dilbar
(Scott) engaged at Newmarket ; and Rupture, first backed at
40, then at 35, then at 25 to 1, trained at the Curragh, and
no engagement. _

Thi; other mares speculattd, on to a trifling extent are
Dorothy at 30 to I (in the 2,000 end 1,000), haffie f. at 30
to 1, Mr. Connop's Mirabt Ila at 40 to I, Id9!atry at 33 to 1,
Blue Bonnet at 30 to 1, lole at 40 to 1 (no engagement), and
Guze;le, a mare well beaten last season, at 40 to 1 ; in the
mecatattelet
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has two, Mr. 'Thornhill three, besides the ore above named,
and very good looking they are : Forth, I believe trains four. I
do not fee: called upon to notice more particularly any of the
thirty or forty others reported to be in training at present.
A paragraph has appeared in several newspapers to the effect
that Lord George Bentinek refused to sign "the paper agreeing
to abide by the present laws of the JoekTy Club, and any
others that may hereafter be made," demanded of every sub-
scriber to the betting-room at Tattersall's. You will allow
me to explain, Sir, that Lord George Bentinck's objection was
limited to the after part of the conditions, which I write in
italics, and, considering all the circumstances, it is not sur-
prising. We very naturally think twice before taking a fence,
with ever so indis inet a notion that there may be possibly a
mail pit on the other side. As the proceedings of the Jockey
Club hare been the cause of so much d:scussion and some
correspondence, perhaps you will be so good as to publi h the
subjoined list of its mt mbcrs. JUDEX.
March 7.

LIST OF MEMBERS OF THE JOCKEY CLUB,
NEWMARKET.
STEWARDS.—Honourable Colonel Anson, Duke of Bed-
ford, lion. G. S. Byng.
The Earl of Albermarle, Honourable Coloyal Anson,
Sir D. Baird, Bart„ T. Batson, Esq., Duse of Beaufort,
Doti° of Bedford, Lord G. 13et.tinek, H. Biggs, Esq., J.
Bowes, Esq., Hon. G. Byng, Earl of Cheske4field, Marquis
Conyngbam, T. H. Cookea, Esq., T. Casby, Esq., Duke of
Dorset, Earl of Eglinton, R. C. Elwes, Esq., Earl of Errol,
R. Email, Esq., Marquis of Exeter, Lord J. Fitzroy, T.
Gardner, Esq., A. Goddard, Esq., Duke of Grafton, Sir S.
Graham, Bart., C. C. Greville, Esq., General Grosvenor Sir
G. Hcathcute, Bart., T. Houldsworth, Esq., W. H. Irby,
E,q., Earl of Jers..,y, Viscount Kelburne, Earl of Lichfield
Viscount Lowther, 'Viscount Maidstone, Lord C. Manners,
Farl of March, J. Mills, Esq ' Duke of Montrose,
Marquis of No: manby, Earl of Oxford, George Payne, Esq.,
Col.nel Peel, W. R. Phillimora, Esq., Duke of Portland,
Lord W. Powlett, Duke of Richmond, W. A: Roberts, Esq.,
Earl' of Rosslyn, Hon. Captain H. Roux, G. Rush, Esq.,
Duke of Rutland, Sir J. Shelley, Bart.., J. V. Shelley, Esq.,
T. A. !imiih, Esq., Lord Southampton, Lord Stanley, W. M.
Stan'ey, Esq., W. S. Stanley, Esq., W. S. Stonehewer, Esq.,
Earl of Stradbroke, Colonel Synge, Baron de Teissier, 'f.
Thornhill, Esq., J. R. Udney, Esq., Earl of Uxbridge, H.
Vansittart, Esq., Earl of Verulam, Viscount Villiers, lion. A.
Villiers, H. S. Waddington, Esq., R. Watt, Esq., Marquis of
Westminster, C. Wilson, Esq., Earl of Wilton, Colonel G.
Wyndham, General Yates.

LONDON FIRES IN 1841.—This week's numbei'of
the Mechanic's Magazine contains Mr. Baddeley's interesting
resume of the number, cause, character, and extent of the fires
in London and its suburbs in 1841 ; by which it appears that
II ere were in January, 59; February, 68; March, 63; April,
59 ; May, 56 ; June, 50 ; July, 45 ; August, 63 ; Sep-
tember, 51 ; October, 67 ; November, 63 ; DeCember, 52;
making the total number of fires last year, 696. The
number of fires wherein the premises were totally de-
stroyed was 24 ; seriously damaged, 234 ; slightly da•
maged, 438 ' • alarms which proved to be occasioned by
chimneys on fire (those known to be such are not included),
92 ; false alarms, originating in error or design, 67 ; making
the total number of calls, 855. The number of instances in
year. 'the
of the lives of
which an insurance bad been effected on the building and
by lists showing
contents was 343; on the building only, 149; on the con-
tents only, 52; neither insured, 152. There were 16 fatal
fires, attended with the loss of 19 lives. Of all the most
daily and hourly
important fires of the year Mr. 13addeley has given a full
' Y alluded to.
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firemen are justly commended. A description,. with three
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• is •enof a splendid marine fire engine, which
engravings, given
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preservation
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acre, London, for the iliperer of
.. Russ' ia. To all those
persons who take any interest in this important
d branch of
our domestic statistics, the authentic ant sioetuminous report of
Mr. Baddeley will be peculiarly aceep.ab_ ,containing, as it
does, the most complete and accurate information ever pub.
lished of these accidents.
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ENGLISII SAILORS. -Mr. Cooper, le ,
justly popu-
lar author of " the Pilot," " Red Rorer." " Water Witch,"
&c., who has, as a faithful delineator of the perils of the sea,
earned for himself, both in America England,an
earned an undying
reputation, has just presented the public•eith a new pro-
duction of his unrivalled talentin another story of the
sea, called " The Two Admirals." In this new romance he
brings before his readers a gallant English fleet, with its two
Admirals. We must not anticipate the story, which will be
eagerly read by every body, but merely congratulate the Author
on the production of' a work which will, If possible, add even
to the great celebrity of this most entertaining writer.
„
ZILE ITALIAN OPERA.
_Her Majesty's Theatre, it
is expected, will open on Saturday next, with the opera of
Gemmel di Vergy, in which Guasco, a tenor-sinner,
new to
this country, will make his debut. The lessee has issued a
prospectus, announcing his engagements for the season, which
seem to embrace a great variety of talent. In addition to our
old acquaintances, Grisi, Persiani, and Lablael,
-es senior and
junior, we are to have Madame Frezzolini, and sh,,no,. ~..____,
and Ronconi,, three of the most distinguished. sniers'•no";gt;nl
Italy. The first ballet to be produced is La Celle, which
has produced so great a sensation at the Grand
Opera in Paris.
Cent° is to be here in May. We. arc glad to ebserve that
measures are taking to
ventilate the theatre; ender the super-
intendance of Dr. Reid, which must contribute ersentially to
the comfort of the audience.
The ice is breaking up in the Baltic, as the last ac-
counts from Hamburg inform us, and the navigation of the port of
I
Kiel, In Denmerk, being open,
service. the steamers have resumed their

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