The Sun.
London, England, 1845-12-11 00:00:00

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

RIDGWAY COURSING MEETING.—STOURPORT,
DEC. 3d, 4th, and sth.
The Ridgway Challenge Cup, for 16 dogs, was won by Mr.
Ridgway's Ratan ; Mr. Craven's Canino ran up.
The Scariabrick Cup, for 16 dogs, was won by Mr. E. G.
Hornby's Homeopathy; Mr. Temple's Tripod ran up.
The Martindale Stake, for 16 dogs, was won by Mr. Eden's
Exquisite ; Mr. Graham's Rough ran up.
The Fleetwood Stake, for 16 dogs, was won by Mr. Hamp-
,‘on's Highflyer ; Mr. Standish's Shoveller ran up.
'The Bolton Cup, for 16 dogs, was won by Mr. Craven's
Clarena Mr. Knowles's Kentish Fire ran up.
The SOCtkport Stake, for 16 dogs, was won by Mr. Gebb's
Lapwing; Ridgway's Ravenswood ran up.
The Hesketh Stake, for 12 dogs, was divided between Mr.
Graham's Agitation .?nd his Confessing Penitent.
The Bold Stake, for 8 dogs, was won by Mr. Garven's
Grimaldi ; Mr. Temple's Titan ran up.
The Churchtown Stake, for 8 dogs, was won by Mr.
Hampson's Hercules ; Mr. Temple's Tricksy ran up.
The Cropen's Stake, for 8 dogs, was won by Mr. H.
Hornby's Handicraft; Mr. Jebb's Lodore ran up.
The Finale Stakes, for 4 dogs, was won by Mr. Swan's
Secretary; Mr. Garven's Giant ran up.
ADLINGTON COURSING MEETING, Dac. 5.
The Adlington Cup, for 8 dogs, was won by Mr. Foster's
Blackburn Dick ; Mr. Thomas's Puss ran up.
The Butly Cup was won by Mr. Howard's Bess; Mr.
Brocklehurst's Harriot ran up.
LATEST BETTING AT MANCHESTER—TUESDAY.

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DERBY.-7 to 1 agst Sting, 16 to 1 agst Brocardo, 28 to 1
agst lago, 30 to 1 agst Spithead, 30 to 1 agst. Malcolm,4o to 1
agst Humdrum.
CHESTER CUP.-50 to 1 agst Wolf-dog, 50 to 1 agst Chert-
sey, 50 to 1 agst Intrepid, 1,000 to 15 agst Nereus (500 to 7
taken once).

MEMOIRS OF LADY HESTER STANHOPE.—The fol-
lowing is the character of Lady Hester Stanhope, as drawn
by the Quarterly Review, in its account of the very interest-
ing memoirs of her Ladyship lately published, and which are
attracting so much attention :—" Lady Hester Stanhope was
the grand• daughter of Lord Chatham; she had all his spirit
and fire, much of his penetrating quickness, some of his fancy,.
not a few of his eccentricities. In the great faculty of seeing
clearly into character she excelled to the last, and was sel-
dom mistaken, unless when her temper or her prejudice dug
pitfalls for her judgment. ller courage was undaunted at all
times; her pride towering like that of all her house; her
honour, like theirs, pure from every stain ; her generosity so
boundless as to spurn all the limits which he: means pre-
scribed. In her ideas and projects there was ever somewhat
of the romantic—much of fancy—little of reason or reflection.
—yet with all this, which points to the ideal and impractic-
able, she acquired an influence, an ascendant, oval, thcae
with whom she came in contact, whether public or private
partie which seems all but fabulous. She might well have
been the chosen solace of the private hours of Mr. Pitt. She
was the daughter of his favourfle sister, and lived with him
for the last years of his eventful life. With 4er great talents,
her lively and various conversation, her admirable manners,
her frankness, so likely to relieve one whose shyness Was -,4-
bitual and painful—she became the favourite associate of his
leisure, and was quite necessary to his existence."