The Sun.
London, England, 1845-05-05 00:00:00

FOURTFI DAY.

The Worral Stakes—Frances, Andrew, Brandy, The
Javelin, Malt, The Hermit, and Hope. Besides this race
there will be the Cheshire Stakes, the Free Handicap,
the matches between Extempore and British Tar, and
Nix•my-Dolly and Morpeth, and the Ladies' Purse, for
which the horses will be named on Thursday evening.
Arrivals—Dawson, with twelve horses ; I'eck, with
four; John Scott, with four; Fobert, with four; Clarke,
with three ; also Cataract, Ould Ireland, The Hermit,
The Era, and Dog Billy. Nearly one hundred are ex-
pected altogether.
St. Lawrence and Surella arrived in town on Saturday
and left yesterday for Chester ; four from Goodwood,
viz., Princess Alice, Miss Elis, Naworth and Strathspey
were in town yesterday, and start this day. My Mary
will go towards the middle of the week.
LATEST BETTING IN TOWN. . .

sto 1 agst Fitzallen (taken)-6 to 1 agst Semiseria-
-10 to 1 agst Ould Ireland (taken)-12 to 1 agst Ob-
scurity-20 to 1 agst Queen of Tyne-30 to 1 agst
Intrepid-33 to 1 agst Aristides-33 to 1 azst \Vinesour
—33 to 1 agst Counsellor-8 to 1 agst The Irish lot
(taken)—Otfers to take 20 to 1 about Cataract.. No
others mentioned.
No change in the Derby betting.
THE DERBY.—IRONMASTER'S QUALIFI-

CATION.
The following protest has been forwarded to the
stewards of the Jockey Club:—
Sir,—We, the undersigned, owners of horses engaged
in the Derby Stakes at Epsom, beg leave, through you,
to address the stewards of Epsom Races in reference to
the qualification of the horse Ironmaster.
We understand that the question of his qualification
has been submitted by Mr. Hill to the stewards, and was
to have been determined by them last week, but we are
now informed that he has withdrawn the case from their
jurisdiction, and consequently that no question has taken
place, or is likely to take place, thereupon.
From the tenour of the communication, which we un-
derstand has been made to the stewards, we infer that
Mr. Hill intends to bring Ironmaster to the post, and to
start him for the Derby, without the question of his
qualification having been decided.
We therefore protest against the right of any person
to start a horse under such circumstances, and we
hereby require the stewards not to allow the horse to
start unless his right to do so shall have been primarily
ascertained; and we give this, the earliest possible notice
of our objection, in order that Mr. Hill may have time to
establish his case.

Our objection rests upon the following plain and
simple grounds:—We find in the Racing Calendars for
1843 and 1844, the following entry for the Derby, 1845:
—"Mr. Marshall's ch c Ironmaster," &c. Mr. Marshall,
the admitted owner, and for all that appears to the con-
trary, the namer of this horse is dead, and no horse, the
nominator of which is deceased, can start for any
race ; of course, if Ironmaster was not named
for the Derby by the Mr. Marshall who died last year,
but by some other person of the same name living, our
objection falls at once to the ground; but this is pre-
cisely the matter in dispute, and the question is, not
whether Ironmaster would be entitled to the stakes in
the event of his coming in first, but whether he is entitled
to start at all for the race—a question which must of
necessity be decided before the race, and be determined
according to the laws and-usages of the turf, in respect
to nominations. We therefore submit that on the face
of the nomination it is void, and that, unless the owner
of Ironmaster can prove that it is good and valid, he has
no right to start, and ought not to be permitted to start,
the horse for the Derby.—We are, Sir, your obedient
servants, C. C. GREVILLE,

CHESTERFIELD,
VERULAM,
W. S. STANLEY,
GLASGOW,
J. GULLY,
S. WREFORD.

Newmarket, April, 1845.

This letter has been communicated by Mr. Weatherby
to the owner of Ironmaster, with an intimation, we
believe, similar to one given in the Craven Meeting, that
they are prepared to depute certain members, having no
interest, in the event, to hear, and determine the case,
which they shall be prepared to go into on Saturday
next. Mr. Hill, we hear, intends to rely on the legal
opinion,

Tna NEW LAW COMMISSIONS.—The Lord Chan-
cellor has given notice of his intention to move for a com-
mission to inquire into the law of insolvency and impri-
sonment for debt. In the year 1839 a commission was
issued on bankruptcy and insolvency, from which re-
sulted the present Bankrupt Act, and the new Insolvent
Debtors' Act, as administered by the Court of Bank-
ruptcy. A very great improvement has been effected
in the bankrupt law by placing the allowance of the
certificate in the hands of the Commissioners ; and
one of the principles of the new Insolvent Debtors'
Act was the power given of hearing parties witheut
going to prison, and notwithstanding the abuse of the
privilege, the provision has had a beneficial effect. But
last session a sudden alteration was made in the same
Act, which has produced a great change in the law
of debtor and creditor—namely, the abolition of im-
prisonment oa executions for debts not exceeding 201.
It is complained that no remedy has been provided
for the boon granted ; and it is understood
that one of the objects of the commission will be to
inquire whether a remedy can be suggested, so as to su-
persede the repeal of the clause in question. Prisons have
been Emptied, and debtors have defied their creditors
to take proceedings against them, as they cannot touch
their persons. A diminution of about one-fourth in the
number of writs issued by the law courts, since the ope-
ration of the last Act has taken place. There are two
laws (besides the Debtor and Creditor Act) relating to
insolvent debtors, and the Commissionera will have to
consider their assimilation ; and they will also have to
consider, before they recommend the full repeal of the
201. clausr, the instances of oppression by creditors, as
recorded in the last report of Captain Williams, the
prison inspector.
FATAL ACCIDENT ABOARD SHlP.—Thursday Mr.
Baker held an inquest at the Bull's Head, East Smithfield, on the
body of Thomas M. Forbes, aged 20. Deceased was a seaman on
board the barque Crusader, now lying in the St. Katherine
Docks. On Monday night last, as the vessel was passing the
North Foreland, the deceased was ordered to the mast head to
unfurl the topsails, and whilst doing so, the gasket he had hold of
broke, and he fell headforemost on to the deck, and fractured his
skull, from which injury he expired in a few minutes afterwards.
Verdict..—" Accidental death."
FIRE INSCRANCES.—From; a return obtained by
Colonel Sibthorp, M.l' , relative to fire insurances, it appears that
during the year 1844 the gross total amount of the sums insured
by all the fire-offices in town and country, on farming stock, ex.
empt from duty, was 54,927,572/., namely, 16,375,817/. in the
quarter ending the 25th of March, 1844 ; 5,080,772/. in the
quarter ending the 24th of June, 1844; 8,109,208/. In the quarter
ending the 29th of September, 1844; and 25,271,775/. in the
quarter ending Christmas-day, 1844.