The Sun.
London, England, 1842-07-20 00:00:00

EXTRAORDINARY TROTTING

MATCH.
Yesterday afternoon a number of the sporting world as-
sembled at the extensive enclosure attached to the Rosemser
Branch Tavern, for the purpose of witnessing an extraordinary
match—a grey pony, twelve hands and a half high, the 117
pert'y of Mr. Burke, a gentleman well known on the turf'
being backed for LW. to trot fourteen miles within sn hour'
with a monkey for its rider. The novelty of the affair
tracted, in addition to the betting men and cognoscenti in
borselle,h, an immense assemblr.ge of spectators, Secluding le.
venal ladies resident in the neighbourhood its their equiptgeP
The monkey of course was the " lion" of the day, and, *cone
ing to the conditions of the match, he was to be booted,
spurred, and etherwi-te attired after the fashion of the jockik.
es
at Epsom or :Newmarket, and was to ride the pony in s_;;;;
usual style, with saddle and bridle. The monkey origirmu
selected for the undertaking is the property of a foreigner'
but in consequence of his making an attack on the owner'
and wounding him with his teeth iev'ercly on the arm, it °al
deemed prudent by Mr. Burke to obtain a substitute, 21'"
with that view Mr, Batty, the celebrated equestrian manages'
was applied to for a loan of ane of his trained monlgerj
and that gentleman selected " Signor Jocko," who had
already earned considerable reputation by his performances
in the circle at the Surrey and other metropolitan and l'lra;
vincial theatres. At the appointed time the t• Sitgu„e
made his appearance, attended by one of the roup,r
riders belonging to 31r. Batty's establishment. He gas
dressed ala Chifney, or Scott, his jacket and buckskins het
built by a first-rate west-end schneider, and his top, b°°:
would have done honour even to the renowned Hoby- 11„-
colours he sported were red and white, and in his right pa r
he carried a handsome riding whip, and also wore a pair. a
'small spurs buckled round his boots. The pony Ile 11
mounted on is a very fast trotter, but notwithstandingli
performances, time was in this instance backed at
After the arrangement of the usual preliminaries the start too
place, Mr. Burke, and a gentleman, the friend of the p ety ir'n;
had taken the bet, cantering on each side of the pony, with L
or two others gallopping in the rear. He performed the
tamer, in 56 minutes and 53 seconds of the given times cm„t
quently having 3 minutes and 7 seconds to spare, and vr,01171,
at all distressed. The Signor rode in first-rate style, canl42o
with his whip itishis mouth, and appeared quite conscious of
own merits as an equestrian. It is said that this feat is tine.
ralleled in the annals of the turf.

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.
PORTSMOUTH, MONDAY NIGHT.—The Satellite, Ns Ogri-
mender Gambier, got under weigh this afternoon, and Pfr.
ceeded down the Channel, with a favourable, but light Ow'
She is bound to the Pacific, and will form one of the squad°.
under the command of Rear-Admiral Thomas.
The Albatross, 16, Commander Reginald Yorke, was Ilbje
in advance this afternoon, and will sail at daylight in
morning for Quebec.
The Marquis of Hastings (convict ship) sailed yesterAlL 1
afternoon, fur Van Diemen 's Land, with upwards of .500 01v'
victs, among whom was the traitor Francis. • at
The Cleopatra, 26, Captain Wyvill, is now the only ship._ ,
Spithead. She will leave in a day or two for China and tn.
East Indies. The Governor of the Mauritius, Sir Win
Gomm, and his suite, are to take a passage in her.. Pi.
expected at Portsmouth on Thursday, and will embark ilsoe •
diately, as his equipage is already on board.
The George IV. transport is daily expected here, from „t 3
eastward. It is stated that she is to convey the St. Helena ' •
giment to their destination.
hich
The Resistance, troop-ship, Commander G. Patef, re
left this port in Mayl with troops for Canada, is expected be
in a few days from Quebec with some of the troops which bate
been ordered home from that quarter. The Crocodile (OP;
ship), which took out troops from Dublin to Canada, Will
bring back a portion of those ordered to England.
It is stated that the St. Vincent, 120, Captain COdringn
with the flag of the Commander-in-Chief, Admiral Sir Ear ,d,
Codrington, is to be fully equipped and to proceed to Sp the
where she is to take up her moorings instead of lying in the
harbour. It is also stated that the flag-ship at Sheerneshtite
Camperdown, 104, Vice-Admiral Sir Edward Brace, is t°:;111, •
her station at the Nore, and that the flag-ship at F 1,113,1— its
the Caledonia, 120, Admiral Sir D. Milne, is to be moor.
the Sound, instead of Hamoaze.
Rear-Admiral the Hon. D. P. Bouverie, the Admiral SO:4; •
intendent of this dockyard, will resign his office in a fevr....700
as his time for holding it will then expire. It is not yet P"
who will succeed him. kedf6l.
The Wellesley, 72, Captain T. Maitland, is hourly 100
from China, as she left Singnpore on the 7th of March,
passage home. ,
the
en
Esteeastmlfilditatce,ecetapllaeedy,tsheneGvyuadaanlod.rifi
.basaikea.ndlierer
buAilt nfeo7
departure in a few days. She is commanded by C"`"„t on
Charlewood, R.N., who served as Gunnery
board the tienbow, 72, and was promoted to the rank of kill;
mender for his gallant conduct on the coast of Syria. j_4l,"-'
Guadeloupe is the largest iron steamer yet built. Her lenr.
from the figure-head to the taffrail is 201 feet, and her bzeo7,l',
of beam 30 feet 1 inch, and her tonnage, per admeasurceneT'
nearly 800 tons. She only draws 9 feet of water, witl)i ref
visions and water for 120 men, and ten days' coal on .i.ef
She carries two large pivot guns, one forward and the aw_e
aft, 68-pounders, on sliding carriages of oak, the under frae
working on circular rails of brass, secured to the deck.
weight of each gun, including the carriages, is from '?3,
to 6 tons. She is brigantine-rigged, and is a very handst,lee,
vessel. She will prove a very powerful coadjutor to the
mesis, Queen, Phlegethon, and t•esostris, now engaged iagi'
Chinese warfare at Chnsan, Chinhae, and Ningr•
Guadeloupe is built in compartments, and a proof of the
of this plan has been afforded by the Nemesis, which )
hole knocked in her bottom at the taking of Amoy, Yet rtio'r
formed important services for four mouths subsequently 0110
out being laid up for repairs. The accommodations for „
crew of the Guadeloupe arc exceedingly roomy, and there
space for birthing troops if necessary.
Ships at Spithead.—The Cleopartra.
Ships in Harbour.—The St. Vincent, Victory, Excellentbet4.„
Royal George yacht, the Sylvia, and Seaflower entterscbd
Pique, Imaum, and Adventure naval transports, and the
steamer.

THE NEW COINAGE.—It being publicly ko.o
that the Bank of England was issuing the new silver coiuGcby
the demand at the Bullion-office on Friday and Saturday
tradespeople was greater than has been known for 01;t Laost
years, which proVes the great scarcity there is threogythe „t
tto metropolis of small coinage. In consequence of
di de ids having been in course of payment since the
in ~ the run upon the Bank for silver has been very gurceee
and notwithstanding that upwards of 300,0001. has
struet at the Royal Mint of half-crowns, shil:ings, and the
pencns since the issuing of the Royal proclamation of,,ort
3d of June on the light gold coinage, there is yet a ver)' '1)00
supply of silver currency, as a very considerable quantity 0,
be,.,“ .ent into the country to the branch banks in the I,'a n,,
lecturing and agricultural districts, where it is rn'yeatlyirt-,
quired at the present moment as the harvest approaches.
employes at the Mint are daily at work in providing the
as quickly as they can with silver specie, the quantity of
sovereigns and half-sovereigns being sufficient for the
demand. A very large nurrils,:r of guineas, of the reigns of
1., 11., 111., and other perfect coins that hail not been e'frto
fated for above a century and a half, have found their waY,',l,o
the Bank since the light gold panic from various parts 0,1 ;nt
United Kingdom. The demand for silver for the cont'lle'be
and India has greatly decreased the stock of bullion s_.," f
Mint, as the exports during the last month far exceed tbgr'°t
former years. The amounts paid by Government to the
India Company, on account of the war in China and Affghaeir et:
have had a tendency to create a scarcity both of gold and oi`jos
It appears from an official return that the following. sum", •
been paid since the last two years :-1841, October 27,150 r lr
1841, July 2, 100,0001.; 1842, February 9, 23,442-7,tn'of
573,1421.; besides the remittance of June last upwar°
50,000/.

THE LATE SCANDAL CASE AT .11ANCIIESTE8.--Irs,
Manchester Chronicle of Saturday contains the following toe
graph relating to this case It was not our intention to tithe
given publicity to this painful affair in the columns of
fast
Chronicle. The feelings of the friends of both parties,tilmat
have been sufficiently harrowed up by the circumstance, "lora-
the public attention being turther drawn to it; but, as in , 114
rate reports have found their way into the London parnrso ;he
deem it proper briefly to state the facts of the ease. vo bed
night in question the servant girl appeared to have gone bo-
as usual, but being concerned in the plot, did not undress oot
self. Shortly after she retired her mistress went to her ri left
to ask her some questions as to the state in which bile ba ahe
the fire.. The servant having satisfied her on this p°' 'r or
departed, and went into her own room. In about a gio-A her
an hour afterwards the servant, being on the alert, bear:f her
mistress open her room door and walk into the bed-roef9:,peti
lodger, locking that door after her. The servant then s', tiro
out of the house, gave the necessary information, and inol the
minutes four strange men (the husband not being one of the
party, but remaining at a neighbour's, waiting the issue,
.3,xed
affair entered the house, broke open the bed-room door,
.both parties out of the room, and most cruelly beat in r„
inflicting three wounds in his neck, apparently with a sitf; was
strument, and otherwise Owed him so severely tbst id! Tit that
despaired of. A report was prevalent in town last nigthis
he had died during the afternoon, but there i. no Kul it; alive,
rumour. We can state on the bestautherity that he is St
and hopes are entertained of his recovery."

BIRTHS.
On the 14th inst., the wife of. Thomas .Tohnston, of 319°r-

gate-street, of ason.
On the 17th inst., Mrs. Alfred Canton, of St. 31artlri ''
lane, of a son. . of
On the 18th inst., the lady of C. R. Tverman, 1-'4 • '
Cateaton- street, of a daughter. Mrs-
On the 18th inst., at the Palace, Ripon, the lion. s
Longley, of a daughter.
On the 18th inst., at Grove-place, North DI tons
Sidney James Fletcher, of a son.
MARRIED Jolla
On the 16th inst., at the Old Church, Margate, Mr-
Mellor. Fogg, of her Majes.ty's Raiiaav Post-tiffices t°
Ann, only daughter of the late Francis Cobb, Esq , of Marg,:,.
On the 19th inst., at St. Botolph'e, Aldersg
John Thomas Hunt, of Denmark-hill, Camberwell, to MI
Mary Steer, of Christ's Hospital.
DIED.
On the 16th inst., at Brighton, GC,rive Meyers EA'
On the 17th inst., Eliza, the wif.! (7)f• Yr. Thomas Cooper,
of Amwell-terrace, Pentonville. • E!q•
On the 17th inst., at Lower Cla to, James Dobert),
On the 17th inst., at the CollPege. '‘Vai wick, the Rev. G.
Int.....l:iectm• of fliipett, Wilts, aged 82'
ate_street,
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Lnndon : Printed and PAlished
by rand,
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No. 112, Strand, at 311 E Sun Office, No. ll2s
the County of Middlesex, Wednesday, JOY 10, 184
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