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THE SUN, LONDON, TUWEIDAV*IIrRNJWOIII4i,

system which has had such ruinous effects, he must be
removed from his post, if not by the Government, by the
voice of Parliament and the nation.

Pecuniary corruption is not the sin of English states-
men ; and we do not at all participate in the fears of
some of our Contemporaries, that the recent unfortu-
nate disclosures in connexion with the Ordnance will
be likely to damage the general character of our public
men. The fact is, that Captain BOLDERO and Mr. BON-
HAM are startling exceptions to the general rule, even of
our Members of Parliament, and much more of our
holders of political office. The universal surprise ex-
cited by the revelations of Mr. BONHAM'S parliamentary
transactions of 1836, and the condemnation of his con-
duct and of Captain BOLDERO'S much less serious pecca-
dillo by a Committee, containing a majority of their
political friends, are strong and honourable proofs (if
proofs be needed) of the high standard of public cha-
racter in England.
But while we speak of Mr. BONHAM'S pecuniary
transactions with the South-Eastern Company, as an ex-
ception to the general rule of our Members of Parlia-
ment, we de not, of course, mean to say that no others
have done likewise ; and we regret that one part of Mr.
WRAY's evidence was not a little followed up by the
Committee, to an elucidation of the motives of the
activity of some other of the South-Eastern Company's
Parliamentary friends in 1838. Mr. WRAY states
that some other Members of Parliament were
very active in the cause of the South-Eastern
Company ; and, when asked whether they received
valuable consideration, can only say that he does not
knew. Mr. FEARON, the solicitor to the Campany, does
not know either. An investigation into the names of
the other active members, and the nature of their rela-
tions to the Company, would not have been further
beyond the province of the Committee than an inquiry
into the conduct of Mr. BONHAM in 1836, when he was
not an officer of the Ordnance ; to have established the
fact that no other Member of Parliament did receive
bribe before, or gratuity after, would have been much
more satisfactory to the public than to leave it,
as it is left now, to be surmised that other
Members of Parliament were tampered with ; or should
such further investigation have led to the discovery of
other misdeeds, it were only just that they should have
been exhumed with Mr. BONHAM'S. But, with Mr.
ROEBUCK and Mr. DUNCOMBE on the Committee, we are
bound to suppose that there has been some good reason
for not pressing the inquiry suggested by Mr. WRAY'S
answer.

The salutary changes which have taken place since
1836 in the constitution of committees on private bills,
and, most of all, the great improvement, effected during
the present session, in the constitution of Railway Com-
mittees, have necessarily diminished greatly the possibi-
lity of such transactions as that of which Mr. BONHAM
is now paying the tardy penalty. We trust that the
new constitution of Railway Committees will be ex-
tended in the next session to all private Committees. A
small number of Members, consequent concentration of
respectability, and the exclusion of personal or local in-
terest, are the best securities which can be given, and
are securities which the experience of the present ses-
sion of the Railway Committees shows to be effectual,
for honest and careful cisions. And though, when
the Bills have got out of ittee into the House, the
system of canvassing, to which Mr. HAwEs's Committee
has so properly directed attention, has been almost in-
variably resorted to, not less gratifying is the experience
afforded by the present session of the prevalence of jus-
tice and right feeling in the House of Commons over all
the exertions of interested parties.
In all the cases of attempts to overturn decisions of
Committees, with the single exception of one, where an
overwhelming majority showed that . there were
strong reasons for differing from the Committee,
the just men of the House of Commons have turned the
scale against the attempts of disappointed interests. And
let us hope that this may lead to a cessation of such
attempts in another session. For, though right prevails,
wrong is done, and in both majority and minority,
on these occasions, will be seen men vot-
ing with an obvious personal interest, or in ob-
vious accordance with the wishes of constituents. And
this is a far more dangerous snare to public character in
this country than any pecuniary temptation. The Mem
ber of Parliament who votes on a railway Bill in which
he has a direct pecuniary interest, as much for-
gets his duty as he who receives a present
from the promoters of a Bill; and Sir THOMAS FRE-.
MANTLE who, it will be remembered, made a speech and
gave a ♦ote for an Irish railway, in opposition to the
standing orders of the House, that he might gain a spu-
rious popularity in Ireland ; or the CHANCELLOR of the
EXCHEQUER, who threw the weight of his official infiu-
glee in favour of another violation of the rules of the
House, in order to gratify his constituents' desire for
'he success of the Cambridge and Lincoln Railway,
night not to be entirely exempted from the censure
which is now so freely meted out to Mr. BONHAM.

We have accounts from Lisbon to the 9th instant, which
announce a rare piece of intelligence. The Portuguese Go-
vernment have at last shown some honesty in their en-
gagements to putting down the slave trade. Official in_
Lelligence had been received from Benzuela that a successful
fort had been made by the Portuguese navy, on the coast
Africa, by which three different slaving expeditions had
been defeated at the same period, two prizes made, and a
third ship destroyed. The preparations throughout Por-
tugal for the elections were going on with great activity, and
it was confidently anticipated by the Government tkat they
would have a large majority. We hope it will be obtained
by honourable means. No decision had been come to by
Ministers respecting the projected railways. The Ex-
change on London was 541.

Accounts from Barcelona of the 7th instant state that the
resistance to the new conscription in Catalonia was extending.
In addition to the towns mentioned yesterday two others
Igualada and Villafranca, has also risen, and General CONCHA,
who was still at Barcelona, was only waiting for reinforce-
ments to act against the insurgents. The Heraldo, a Madrid
journal, states that a dispatch had been received from the
Spanish Consul at Perpignan announcing to the Go-
vernment that a number of Spanish refugees had
left Marseilles and Toulouse for Spain, and orders
had consequently been sent to the authorities to pro-
vide against their [irruption into the country. CAB/tERA
had addressed a letter to a Madrid journal, in which, after
contradicting the rumour of his escape and subsequent cap-
ture, he protests his firm and unalterable allegiance to Don
CARLOS, and his concurrence in the manifestos of the 23d
May. He affirms that he abhors the idea of replunging his
country into the horrors of civil war.

The Funds on the Madrid Bourse were still further de-
pressed on the 7th, by several failures which had taken
place in consequence of the previous fall in prices. The
Three per Cents. closed at 28 for cash, and 28% at 60 days;
the Five:per Cents. at 2036 cash, and 21 at 60 days ; and
the Passives at 61, cash, and 6% at 60 days.

The Paris papers contain no later intelligence from
Algiers respecting the horrible massacre at Dahara, but
the Eclui de I' Atlas confirms the statement respecting the
numbers that died after having been taken from the
cavern where so many had perished in such agony; of
150 men, women, and children who were taken out alive,
only 37 survived. The Chamber of Peers had passed
the Paris and Lyons and Lyons and Avignon Railway
Bills. The Dieppe and Fecamp and Avignon and Aix
branch Railway Bills, it was understood, would also be
passed, The Paris and Strasbourg line is to be post-
poned till next session. Files of the Oceanie Francaise,
a journal published in Otaheite, had been received in
Paris. The intelligence is more satisfactory than usual.
Captain BM:UT appeared to be on good terms with the
English missionaries and the British officers on the sta-
tion. The following is an extract from the paper of the
17th of December :

" On Tuesday last the Governor, accompanied by a numerous
staff, and by some native chiefs of Otaheite, embarked on boird the
Phaeton steamer to visit the island of Morea. The Phaeton pro-
ceeded first to the anchorage of Papetoai, and brought to opposite
the village. In the evening the principal chiefs of the island dined
on board. The following day the chief Tairapa gave a grand
breakfast to the Governor and his staff, at which each of the chiefs
delivered a speech protesting their attachment to the present order
of things. Presents were afterwards offered to the Governor.
While at Papetoai Captain Bruat received a visit from Mr. Simp-
son, the English missionary, which he afterwards returned at the
residence of that gentlemazt. Mr. Simpson is well known for the
spirit of intelligence and love of peace and moral order which he
instils into the natives who surround him. The Governor after-
wards visited Mr. Henry, the elder of the missionaries in those
islands. He has been here since 1797, and was the person
to whom is due the conversion of Queen Pomare. On the
morning of the 7th the Phaeton quitted Papetoai, and making the
tour of the island to the southward and westward passed through
the Straits of Haonmi and came to an anchor opposite the village
of Afareaiton. The reception here given to the Governor and
suite by the chiefs and the inhabitants who assembled on the beach
was no less friendly than what they had experienced at Papetoai.
After receiving and returning the visit of Mr. Baffle, another Eng.
lish missionary, and going round the village, the Phaeton got under
weigh and returned to Papeiti. The marriage of Capt. Hamond, of
the British steam.frigate Salamander, to the daughter of General
Miner, her Britannic Majesty's Consul-General for the islands in
the Pacific, was celebrated at Papeitl on the 15th. All the officers
of the Salamander, the French authorities, and the principal officers
of the land and naval services, were present. Capt. and Madame
Bruat officiated at the ceremony as the parents of the gentleman.
In the evening there was a display of fireworks from the vessel,
and the band of the Uranie played the English national air of
" God save the Queen."

At TonzoNfs, on Sunday, the Three per Cents. were done
at 83f. 25c., and the Fives at 121 f. 30c.

The following are the quotations, at Lyons and:Marseilles,
for the new lines of railway;_

MARSEILLES, JULY 9.—Diarseilles and Avignon, 960 f. ;
Boulogne, 6201. ; Orleans and Bordeaux, 675 ; Vierzon,
740 f. ; Avignon and Lyons (Talabot), 531 f. 25c. ; ditto
(Sebastiani), 510 f.; ditto (Compagnis Meridionale), 5001. ;
Bordeaux and Cette (Espeleta), 5024 50c. • Toulon, 496 f. 25c.
LYONS, JULY 10.—Avignon and Marseilles, 9751., end of

July ; Paris and Orleans, 1,163 f., ditto; Paris and Rouen,
1,035 f., ditto; OrlPans and Vierzon, 745 f., ditto ; Orleans
and Bordeaux, 660 f, ditto.

Her 11, sty and Prince Albert, and their august
visitors Le sing and Queen of the Belgians, left the
Nine Elms terminus of the South-Western Railway, by
a special train, at half-past nine o'clock this morning,
for Gosport, for the purpose of reviewing tl.e naval
squadron. After the grand review, the illustrious party
will proceed to the Queen's new marine residence,
Osborne-House, Isle of Wight, where they are expected
to pass a few days, and will then return to the metropolis.

SHERIFFS' COURT.-(THIS DAY.)
(Before Mr. Under-Sheriff BURCHELL.)
BENDRZY V. PROSSER.

The plaintiff in this action is a wholesale grocer, the de-
fendant a retailer, in Golden-lane, Barbican.

Mr. Tuo DI as appeared for the plaintiff, and said that he was
willing to shorten a long ease by admitting all payments except
two, to the amount of 171. 16s. 4%d., which he had to contend
had been paid to a person unauthorised to receive them. They
had, ever and over again, offered to refer the matter to arbitra-
tion, and would do so now if defendant's solicitor would under-
take to pay if he lost.
This offer was rejected, and, after a long-and tedious ex-
amination of witnesses, .

The UNDER...SHERIFF said it was quite " unconscionable" to
expect the jury to go through an account of three or four
hundred items, item by item ; to do justice to it, it would pro-
bably occupy a whole day.
The case, however, %as cut short, in consequence of one of
the witnesses proving himself to be a partner of plaintiff during
part of the time, and a nonsuit was claimed, on the ground that
he ought to have been a party to the action, and also that he
was an interested witness. _ _

Mr. Tisomes contended, that as the action was one for a
balance of account, and part of the goods had been delivered
after the partnership had been dissolved, plaintiff had a right to
sue.

The UNDER-Suzazv7 expressed himself doubtful on this
point, but inclined to an opinion that the plaintiff could not, as
the whole account had been delivered from the commencement.
It was ultimately agreed to refer the matter.

Eastern Union l5 .. ...
Ditto Extension ... 114 21.43 214
Edinburgh and Glasgow 50
Ditto Quarter Shares 121/ ...... 1814 lBl/1
Ely arid Bedford
Great North of England..100
Ditto New
Great Western BO 214 212 214
Ditto 1/2 Shares 50 118
Ditto, Fifths
Hull and Selby
Ditto, Quarter Shares 12% 21% 2ll/2
London and Birminghm (Stock)...
Do. New Thirds
Do. 4 Shares
London and Blackwall. 161. 13s. 4d. 934 %3f3 lO
London and Brighton... 50
London and Croydon, 131. 15s. 9d. 22:%% 22%
Do. Guaranteed 5 per
Cent.
Lond. & S.Western 41/ 6a 10d
Do. Consolidated Bths 12
Do. New
London and York 2% 3l/2 3/8
Lynn and Ely
Lynn and Dereham
Manchester and Leeds... 76
Manchester, Buxton, and
Matlock 225....... 4%% 4%
Midland 100 195 193 193
Do. New
_.... ___

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Midland Great Western
(Irish)
Newcastle and Darling-
ton Junction -
Do. New Brandling... 10 38%14
Newcastle and Berwick 11/,, 1914 1914
Newpt & Abergavenny 2% 3l/214 314
North British
Do. New
North Kent ., 23!1.... 21/, 2%
North Staffordshire 22s. ...... 2:-N 2l/8
Norwich and Brandon... 10
Do., New ... ..... ..... 1
Oxford and Worcester... 21/ 74 7l/2
Richmond and West End

Junction
Rugby, Worstr, & Tring 1
Scottish Midland 1 1-h . .... DA 2l/2
Shrews., Wolverhamp.,
Dudley, and Birm 2%. . .
South Eastern & Dover 33/ 2s 4d...
Do.,
No. 3
'South Wales ..... ... 21A... .. 4% 4 3f,
Trent Valley
Trent Valley and Holy-
head Junction
30
Waterford and Kilkenny 1 ...... 2:% .1• 2 4
Welch Midland
West Cornwall 11A...
Yarmouth and Norwich. 20
York and North Midland 50
Ditto Scarboro' Branch. 25
Do. Extension PA 21% 2134
FOREIGN RAILWAYS.
Boulogne and A miens... 6
Great North. of France

(Laffitte's)
Do. do. (Rosamel's) 2
Jamaica Junction ll,¢ 5
Louvain and Jemeppe... 4 ... . 43/4
Orleans and Vierzon ... 6 ......
Orleans and Bordeaux... 4
Paris & Lyons, Laffitte's '
Paris and Rouen
Paris and Strasbourg
(Ganneron's)
Do. (Compt ede L'Est ) 2
Rouen and Havre
Sambre and Meuse
Verona and Ancona__ 1
West Flanders

MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY.)

H.B.T AI.dUKETS.

SMITHFIELD.—Coarse Meadow Hay, 31 18s to 4/10s ; useful
do., 41 12s to 51 6s ; fine Upland do., 5/ 8s to 5/ 12s ;
Clover Hay, 4/ 10s to 6/; Oat Straw, 1/ 18a toll ; Wheat
Straw, 21 to 2/ 2s par load. 'Trade steady, at the above
quotations.
CUMBERLAND.—Coarse Meadow Hay, 4/ to 4/ 12s ; useful
ditto, 4114 s to 5/ 5s ; fine Upland ditto, 515 s to Si 12s ; Clover
Hay, 4/ 10a to 5/ 18s; Oat Straw, 1118 s to 21; Wheat
Straw, 2/ to 212 s per load. A fair average supply and a
fair demand.

WITITECHAPEL.—Coarse Meadow Hay, 31 188 to 4118 s ;
useful ditto, 5/ to 5/ 5s ; fine Upland ditto, 5/ 6s t.
51 12s ; Clover Hay, 4/ 10s to 6163 ; Oat Straw, 1116 s to 1/ 18s ;
Wheat Straw, 2/ to 2/ 2s per load. The best Meadow Hay
sold freely at full prices. Otherwise the trade ruled heavy.
New Meadow Hay sold at from 318 s to 4/ 108 per load.

•

SPORTING.

(FROM OUR CORRESPONDENT.)

The Newmarket July meeting, although a little superior to that
of last year, when only five races were run during the three days,
was a wretchedly dull one. The only remarkable feature in it
was the introduction of the telegraph, which was much needed to
prevent the unwary being " picked up" by those who had the
good luck to ascertain what horses really would start. In the
October meetings I have no doubt that the printer of the lists will
becompelled to prefix numerals to the nominations--as it was the
telegraph was useless to the betting man unless he had both a card
and a list. The announcement that Lord George Bentinek would
be the junior steward of the Jockey Club, in the room of Lord
Stradbroke, whose three years had expired, gave great satisfaction
to all classes of sportsmen. Woe be now to those individuals who
have been of late years so industrious in making favourites safe.
Lord George is armed with treble power, and I think the public
already have a sufficient acquaintance with him not to doubt that
he will make use of it to its fullest extent when required. His
first duty will be of course to examine into the history of the Idas
plot, which seems to have been discovered on purpose to give him
an opportunity of showing his capabilities for the office which has
been conferred upon him. I will now glance at the results cf
the week.

The meeting opened as usual with the T. Y. C. Handicap, which
Paultons won from two wretches that could scarcely beat a donkey.
The betting men laid 3 to 1 against the winner, who may be said to
have won all the way. Then followed the race of the day, the
July Stakes, for which nine were saddled and started. Moonbeam,
the favourite at Tattersall's the day before, was beaten very early
in the race, so soon indeed that her party insist that she must have
been amiss. Smuggler Bill, for whom I had a slight prediliction
from seeing him backed by reputed good judges, ran very respect.
ably. I think I may take some credit to myself as being the only
sporting writer that recommended the winner to the attention of
the public. I felt convinced she was the only opponent that the
Smuggler had to dread. She is a remarkable fine scare, and re-
sembles her sire in every respect, even in her temper. The pace
was never first-rate nor the race in difficulty after Nat got his mare
through the ruck of horses.
WEDNESDAY.—Nothing could be a more hollow affair than the
match between Science and Blanchie ; the latter, with 7 to 4 on
her, was beaten by four lengths. The sweepstakes that followed
was won by Colonel Peel's Seakale filly, beating three others by a
neck, and the aid of Nat's fine riding. The winner was claimed
for 100 toys., and will, I should think, pay her way.
Panther lost his match with Hartshorn entirely by his temper :
he ran out at last, and was beaten a length.
The result of the 50 Sovs. Plate was a startler to nearly every.
body that saw the race. lonian, said to be better than the winner
of the Derby of 1844, with 3 to 1 on him, was beaten with the
greatest ease by Metal and Keppel, animals of a very different class
from that of Col. Peel's horse. Nat, however, in order to make
some amends to those gentlemen who had so freely backed his fa-
vourite, won for them the Town Plate, beating five others, amongst
them Stamp, a mare much fancied for the Oaks.
On Thursday Lord Exeter surprised the fielders by winning the
newT.Y. C. Sweepstakes withTunick, and Lord Chesterfield, as I anti.
cipated, with his Freelance made sad havoc of the field in the Ches.
terfield Stakes.

The Liverpool Meeting commences on Wednesday, under the
able stewardship of Mr. Mostyn, Lord Sefton, and Lord March.

On Wednesday there are Ave races down in the list, four of them
only will be run, as the Black Prince will walk over for the Pro.
duce Stakes.

The Croxteth Stakes will be, as usual, the trial race of the
meeting, and afford the public a peep at the schoolmasters of the
different stables. The entries for it, as well as the Maiden Plate,
Lave not been made public. _ _

The Sefton Stakes has eight subscribers, and the only animal
that in my opinion has the slightest chance with Lord George's lot
is Extravaganza.
T. the Mersey Stakes there are 22 subscribers, and in spite of
Princess Alice's defeat at Ascot nothing that has as yet been out,
or talked of in private, can, in my opinion, beat her.
On Thursday the Foal Stakes will be reduced to amatch between
Sowerby and Chertsey, and won by the latter. I now come to the
Cup, upon which there has been some spirited betting. There
were 131 horses named for this race, but only 23 have been left in,
as most of the horses that were nominated for it on the Ist of
January are either out of training, or else have been running so
frequently as to have destroyed any chance they might have had of
winning. lam convinced that if the horses were named three
months later in the year it would materially benefit the race. As
Heseltine has out of his lot only left Winesour in, and the public
being very fond of backing his judgment, Winesour has become
first favourite, with every probability of remaining so to the last.
Up to the week before last he had run no less than fourteen races,
and been beaten in five of them. His best performance waq
at Newcastle, for the Cup, where he beat Marian Ramsay and
Pagan, but then it should be borne in mind that Marian Ramsay
had been running all over the country, and consequently was very
stale ; and that Pagan is so uncertain a horse that no line can be
got by him. According to the account in the paper, Winesour
only won by half a length ; now, I think if he is good enough to
win such a race as this, he ought to have disposed of his two op-
ponents much easier. The stable, lam told, mean winning with
him, and it is rumoured that Mr. Bell has told Heseltine that he
should remove his horses from him unless he won the Liverpool
Cup. This may be consolatory to his backers, who are numerous
and fond, but I am not one of them, and do not expect to see him
follow up his success at Newcastle. Had not Corranna been run-
' ning so at Worcester, I should have thought his chance (with
Bst 61b) by no means to be despised ; as it is, 1 am afraid he has
had too much taken out of him to have a prospect of getting in
front here. Mr. Mostyn's Milton, 4 yrs, Est 121 b, upon the
strength of his running at Chester for the Cup, where, with Est 81b,
he ran third to Intrepid, Est 61b, has been strongly and deservedly
supported. He is a fine, wiry colt, with a gocd turn of speed, is
very nicely weighted, and will be very near winning. In fact, I see
nothing that should beat him unless it is Lothario. This horse, it
will be recollected, by the assistance of Nat's riding, and with
Bst Ilb, beat Inheritress and a large field for the Ascot Stakes. In-
heritress subsequently won the Northumberland Plate with little
difficulty, thus enhancing the importance of Lothario's victory.
This horse only came into the market on Sunday, when 12 to I
was taken with avidity about him; he is now at 8 to 1, and will at
starting be a still better favourite. His party are very
sanguine of wincing with him, and if jockeyship can do
it, why I think we shall seem him chronicled as the
winner of the Liverpool Cup of 1845. Trueboy, Bst 21b,
is well in, but is too uncertain a horse ever to back; there are
few horses of the same class as Truebey finish so badly as he does :
if his temper is not disturbed he will run very forward. Mickey
Free must have vastly improved to be able to win with 7st 121 b
on his back. The Best of Three's shoulder being put out, has put
his chance for this race out also. However, as his owner has God.
frey, Lightning and Trueboy to run for him, he cannot ♦ery much
cry out against Dame Fortune. It is a somewhat singular fact
that when Dawson wins this race, as he has done this last two
years, like Mr. Forth, when he wins the Derby, he always does it
with au outsider. In 1843 Pompey was all the rage, and yet
Aristotle, with 10 to 1 against him, beat him easily.
In 1244 Aristotle was the favourite at 3 to 1, and yet he suc-

cumbed to the Era, about which horse 6to I went begging. This
year, perhaps, the same result may follow, and Rowena or Light-
ning be found superior to the present favourite of the stable, True_
boy. Godfrey's running: at Worcester was very creditable to him,

but I think has destroyed his chance of this race. He has been
running a great deal lately, and I do not like a stale horse for a
great race like the Liverpool Cup. Rowena is much fancied in
some quarters, and snany have taken long odds about her winning

this and the Goodwood Stakes. I -consider her about as
likely to win the former as the latter race. Last year she
won the Cleveland Handicap at Doncaster, with sst Slb on her,
beating by a neck Semisetia, Bst 61b, the Pride of Kildare,
fist 21b, and the Knight of the Whistle, 9st. This is the only race
she has ever won, and as the distance was only a mile, I do not
consider I should be doing right in recommending my readers to
back her. A good deal of money has been got out of the Iron-
toaster by parties who were fortunate enough to get the " otlice "
about him, and I have no doubt his withdrawal will give great dis
satisfaction. He is reserved for Goodwood, where his chance for the
Cup is by no means a bad one. Everton and Brunel Ido not like.
The Dog Billy is only a plater. Warp, in spite of his recent victories
in Ireland, I will not have, because Irish horses never run well
. .

immediately on their crossing the Channel—Harkaway to wit. The
remarks I applied to Godfrey will serve also for Little Hampton,
Nereus, 1 hear, will not go. Extravaganza, from pedigree, I should
imagine could not stay the distance. None but an April Noddy, I
should think, would back the horse of that name ; and Ambition's,
Duke of Kent's, and the Albemarle filly's chance, I should pro-
nounce hopeless.
After a careful consideration of the merits of all the horses en-
gaged in this great race, I fix my faith either on Lothario or Milton,
with a slight preference for the former.
To the Derby Handicap there are 52 subscribers, and as nothing
is got by not running, we are sure to have a large field for it. It
would be absurd, without the slightest khow;edge of what will
run, to pick out the winner; but presuming Semiseria, Sweetmeat,
The Pride of Kildare, Sir Abstrupus, and Best Bower Logo, I should
think they would compose the front rank at the finish, and that out
of that small lot I anticipate for (nice seeing Semiseria first.
The Free Handicap will afford a nice race between Sir Abstrupus
and Beaumont; and if the former does not go for the Derby Han.
dicap, I think he can just win—at all events, it is sure to be a good
race between the two.

On Friday we have the Liverpool St. Leger, which will be de-
prived of a great deal of its interest by the withdrawal of Mentor.
I never had an idea that this horse would start here, as encugh of
his capabilities has been disclosed at Newcastle. Certain it is, his
defeat would materially alter the St. Leger betting, and hie not
running will have the effect of keeping him firm in the market.
For this race I expect to sea at the post Miss Elis, Pantasa, Ly-

curgus, or Vaudeville, Fitsallen, Ould Ireland, and The Baron.
At Tattersall's yesterday they took as little as 6 to l about Pan.
tasa, whose chance, judging front his position in the Derby, I
shouli think was a first.rate one. And I fancy myself he will be
found the winner. But for the objection I have previously made
against Irish horses running on their arrival in England, I should
have thought Ould Ireland a dangerous animal to be against. The

Baron, at the last Curragh meeting, won the second class of the
Madrid front Highwayman, a colt that has a good deal of running
about him, but I fancy he will find the distance too far for him on
this occasion.

The Grosvenor Stakes has fourteen subscribers, and I have no

hesitation in awarding them to Sweetmeat, with the pleasant weight
of 7st Ilb on her. The Cure and Fazellen will no doubt run
forward, but can never catch Mr. Hill's mare.
The Stanley and the Bentinck Testimonial Stakes I say nothing
about, not having the entries for the farmer or the weights for the
latter by me.

At the Corner yesterday there was some Fpirited Derby betting,
and the "Squire" created no little sensation by taking 15,000 to
2:15 about his colt King Charles, for the Derby, and consoled him-
self by saying that if he did not win he could always get 3001. for
him as a hunter. That the " Merry Monarch " may not be so de.
graded is the wish of TELEGRAPH.
London, July 15, 1845,

CRICKET.
KP.NT V. ALL ENGLAND.
Yesterday the match between these two elevens was com-
menced at " Lord's," in the presence of nearly 4,000 specta-
tors; and a finer exhibition of play, taken as a whole, has
probably at no period been witnessed. Every inch of ad-
vantage was strongly contested by each party.
Amongst the company on the ground were Sir Augustus
D'Eate, the Earl of Verulam and Lady Jane Grimston, Vis-
count Grimston, Viscount Guernsey, Lord Strafford, Lord
Marcus Hill, the Hon. General Upton, the Hon. S. I'onsonby,
the Hon. It. Grimston, the Hon. F. Grimston, the Hon.
Tufnell, the Hon. Captain Liddell, Sir J. Bayley, Bart.,
Sir F. Bathurst, Bart., Captain Baillie, Captain 0. Baillie,
Mr. C. Beauclerk and lady, Mr. H. Beauclerk and lady,
Mr. and Miss Powell, Mr. W. Ward, Mr. 0. Nethercote,
Mr. C. liarenc, Mr. H. Everett, Mr. C. Morse, Mr. C. Taylor,
Mr. E. M. Dewing, &c.
At the termination of the game for the day, the score stood
thus :

ENGLAND.

Lillywbite, c Hillyer, b
illynn 3O
Barker, b Ilillyer... ...... ••• 14.
Guy, c Felix,b ditto
Sewell, b Mynn l6
Box, b ditto ........... 0
Bushby, b ditto
C. Taylor, Esq., c Harenc,
b Hillyer

Dakin, b llillyer
Martingell, not out
Sir F. Bathurst, c Dorrin-
ton, by Mynn
Dean, b hillyer 0
Byes, 14; wide, Mynn 4,
Adams, 1, 5

E. Swann, Esq., not out ... 0
Byes, 6 ; wide—Martin-
gell 2, Dean 1, 3 ; no
balls—Martingell 1 ... 10

morning at 11 o'clock.