The Sun.
London, England, 1829-09-19 00:00:00

THE LATE COURT-MARTIAL.

(From the Times.)
It will, perhaps, be recollected that a few days
Ago Admiral Sir Robert Stopford, the President of
the Court-martial, at Portsmouth, rebuked the re-
Porter of the Times, under the impression that he
had imputed to him an unfair motive for his allusion
late in the trial to the infraction of the injunction of
the Court against the publication of the evidence.
The reporter recited in the Times, in reply, the
Paragraph which had caused Sir Robert Stopford's
animadversion, and complained of its misconstiuc-
tion• He had merely alluded to the tendency of a
particular remark of the Court, never for a moment
having meant to cast an aspersion upon the motives
of the President, whose conduct, from the begin-
ning to the end of a trial full of perplexing circum-
stances, was marked (as, indeed, the reporter ex-
pressed at the time) by dignity, patience, and mode-
ration.

The candid and generous reflection, which
always characterizes a man of truth and honour, in-
duced Sir Robert Stopford, of his own accord, to
transmit, on the last day of the trial, the following
note to the reporter. It was presented to him by
order of the President, by the officer on duty at the
Court-martial on board the Victory, on Thursday
morning, while the Court was deliberating upon its
Judgment.

As this note bore no mark of privacy, was deli-
vered in a formal manner at the close of the pro-
ceedings, and was addressed to him, not individually,
but in the capacity in which he was supposed to
have given offence, the reporter feels that he is only
Carrying into effect the candid and considerate inten-
tion of Sir Robert Stopford by giving the same pub-
licity to the qualification which it was his painful
duty to give to the rebuke which led to it.—The
note of the Admiral is as follows :

" TO THE REPORTER OF THE TIMES.
feel myself bound, in justice to you, to state
that in the observations I thought it necessary to make a
feW days since at the Court-martial, relative to an irser-
lion in the Times, that my meaning would have been,
more correctly expressed had it been qualified with an if
and that Ido not attribute to you the intention of insert-
ing that which was foul and false.
" I must further add that what I have seen in the Times
relating to the trial is most correct.
" I am, Sir, your obedient servant,
" Portsmouth, Sept. 16."

ROBERT STOPFORD."

PRIVATE AND CONFIDENTIAL SYSTEM

The result of the Court Martial upon Captain
Dickenson has given general satisfaction to the
Officers of the Navy and Army. But this honour-
able-feeling has been accompanied with a feeling of
regret, that Sir Edward Codrington should have
fallen a victim to " the private and confidential sys-
tem;" which, though not established by a positive
order from the Admiralty, as it is in the Army, is
Yet never discountenanced. The officers in the mi-
!itarY service complain deeply of the General Order
lAsued to the Colonels and Commanding Officers of
Regiments, directing them to furnish the Corn-
!luitider-in-Chief with private and confidential re-
Ports of the habits, conduct, &c., of each officer
under his command ; so that the Commanding
Officer has the power of destroying the prospects
(,)jf, any officer under his command through preju-
-Ice• The following circumstance, which took
Place a few years ago at the Horse-Guards, strongly
illustrates the nature of the injury which may by
the "private and confidential system," be inflicted
upon an innocent and honourable man :—A captain
"a regiment applied to the late Sir H. Torrens for
assistance in obtaining promotion; but, to his great
surprise he was informed that it was impossible for
Sir Henry to interfere, on account of the private
and,, confidential communications of Lieutenant-
olortel— (the junior Lieutenant-Colonel of
toe regiment). The Captain expressed his astonish-
ment at this intelligence, and said that such a thing
.1'43 impossible, as Ike and the Colonel were on
terms
nf of the most friendly and confidential kind, and
course one could not expect from the other any
character but a good one. He was assured, how-
"er, that the objection had been made, and he went
the ay in order to vindicate himself. He had not left
Horse-Guards long before he met the senior
Lieutenant-Colonel, to whom he mentioned what he
iad just heard, and who returned with him to the
tiorse-Guards, and soon removed the impression
1/vilieh had been made against him by the officer who
Ised vvarml y to shake him by the hand.—Morning
Paper.

DAVIS'S STRAITS WHALE FISHERY.

ABERDEEN, SEPT. 14.—The annexed list is brought by
the James, arrived at Peterhead : she left on the 20th of
August, and reports very bad weather.
num.—Abram, 2 ; Andrew Marvel, 5 ; Ariel, 9 ;
113;nnstvick, 14 ; Coinet, 1 ; Dauntless, 7 ; Ellison, clean ;
,-verthorpe, 1 ; Gilder, 10 ; Harmony, 6 ; Ingria, 1 ;
kahella, 5 ; Jane, 10 ; Kiern, 3 ; Kirkella, 7 ; Laurel,
; Lee, 17; Lord Wellington, 8 ; Oxenhope, 7 ; Pro-
-BrePB, 7 ; Swan, 5 ; Volunteer, 1 ; William Torr, 8.
uEnwicx—Norfolk, 5.
LONDON.--Margaret, 1.
WHITBY.—Harmony, 5 ; Plicenix, 5 ; William and
Aup, 3.

IsEwcAsnE.—Cove, fished; Grenville Bay, 10.
,‘ IRlCALDY.—Caledonia, 4; Earl Percy, 1 ; Rambler,
0; Triad, 1.
LErrn.--Baffin, 8 or 9 . Home Castle, lost ; Juno, 4 ;
_
North Pole, S ; Rattler, 5 ; Ulverstone, 9 ; William and
44n, 10.
Motimosv..—London, 2 ; Monarch, 2 ; Spencer, 3.
Pl 3; "DRE.—Achilles, 1 ; Advice, 1 ; Dorothy, 14;
—rh9 ; Friend.hip, ; Princess Charlotte, 1 ; Themas,7.
lABIRDEEN.,--80l Accord, 14 ; Dee, fished ; Jane,
; Letitia, 1 ; Middleton, James, 3 ; Middleton, Mills,
; Neptune, 10; Princess of Wales, 2; St. Andrew,
n'arlY full.
10/TERHEAn.—Commeree, 1 ; Eclipse, 12 ; Gleaner,
Hannibal, 6 ; James, 14 2' Resolution, 4 ;
4Perior, 3; Traveller, 5 ; Unioa, 4.

h The Sachem, arrived at Boston on Sunday,
na board two Siamese youths, males, 18 years of age,
eir bodies connected from their birth. They appear to
good health, and apparently contented with their con-
situation. We have seen and examined this very
Rtran
euri freak of nature. It is one of the greatest living
iii 1,%,,ies we ever saw. The two boys are about five feet
gooliNt't, of well proportioned frames, strong and active,
afig
, natured, and of a pleasant expression of countenance
fiy Withal intelligent and sensible, exhibiting the appear-
thate loir two well made Siamese youths, with the exception
iog 7)• ; a substance apparently bony or cartilaginous, about
I
i
nted nches in circumference and four in length, proceed-
u r°4l the umbilical region of each, they are firmly
to
and r getner. They have a good appetite, appear lively,
same tin about the deck and cabin of the ship with the
their facility that any two healthy lads would do, with
▪ 4,r418 over each other's shoulders, this being the po-
exam which they move about. They will probably be
be,,,,'"lted to the public, when proper arrangements have
tieui nade• They will be objects of great curiosity, par-
gt al'Y to the medical faculty. Their unnatural unionis
aziti'"r e of a curiosity than the vigorous health they enjoy,
diti their apparent entire contentedness with their con-
One of the boys is named CIIANG ; the other
otriot together they are called CilA NG-ENG.-Boston
e
marked
fairly United Service Journal undergoes some
ri
improvement in every number. It may now be
1)1 ranked as one of the most interesting and agreeable
I, 'cations of the day. Even to us, who fight all our
,41tles ,
‘ove Y deputy., it is ever a welcome visitor ; for we
the '" read of what we do not like to see, and to contrast
with picture of a bloody field, or a deadly breach,
t•l4 the calm and quiet of our " ain fire-side." But we
•S'er imagine the avidity with which the United
bytt'ilice Journal is sought for at the end of every month
"e retired veterans who are so abundantly scattered
Illo5t:g the Peaceful vales of our country, as well as by
,4,rintetive youths who listen eagerly to the most distant
‘.410r rs, of war. La the old and the young, soldier or
'o,' the ifiagazine will prove a desirable and instructive
tbeh and we should be surprised to find a ingle
sdiVidual without it. It combines the utile s
with
t,:#lsq64le.e. in a very skilful manner. Professional matters
"ently attended to ; but not to such an extent as to xelod
the e much that is highly pleasing and amusing even
Eeneral reader.-11Iorniny Journal.

LITERATURE.

EDINBURGH REVIEW, No. XCVIII.
EDINBURGH. 18,29.

Notwithstanding the retirement of Mr. Jef-
frey from the superintendence of this Review,
which not a few among the old Fox Whigs
thought would prove the signal of its downfall,
1 it still keeps up unimpaired its high character
for metaphysics, criticism, rhetoric, and indeed
for every department of intellect. The opening
Essay in the present number, entitled the " Uti-
litarian System of Philosophy," is as good as
any thing that has appeared for years in the Re-
view, and attacks in an unanswerable manner—
though in a more deferential spirit than we
could have desired, considering the high van-
tage ground both of argument and common
sense, on which the writer stands—the whole
system of ethics and philosophy on which the
Utilitarian principles are grounded. Nothing
indeed can be more absurd than what the dis-
ciples of Mr. Bentham call the " greatest hap-
piness principle." As a grand philosophical dis-
ccvery—and it is in this light, with an imposing
pomp of verbiage that the Utilitarians have in-
troduced it to the world—it is neither more nor
less than a humbug. Godwin broached it,
though indirectly, in his well-known " Political
Justice ;" Mr. Shelley made it the ruling prin-
ciple of his life, and the leading argument of his
philosophical system ; it is even as old as the
days of Plato, and is the ground-work on which
the Christian dispensation is bottomed. On this
last point the arguments of the Edinburgh Re-
view are singularly apposite and conclusive :

" The greatest happiness principle' of Mr. Bentham
is included in the Christian morality ; and, to our think-
ing, it is there exhibited in an infinitely more sound and
philosophical form than in the Utilitarian speculations.
For in the New Testament it is neither an identical pro-
position, nor a contradiction in terms ; and, as laid down
by Mr. Bentham, it must be either the one or the other.
Do as you would be done by : Love your neighbour as
yourself;' these are the precepts of Jesus Christ. Under-
stood in an enlarged sense, these precepts are, in fact, a
direction to every man to promote the greatest happiness
of the greatest number. But this direction would be ut-
terly unmeanning, as it actually is in Mr. Bentham's phi-
losophy, unless it were accompanied by a sanction. In
the Christian scheme, accordingly, it is accompanied by a
sanction of immense force. To a man whose greatest
happiness in this world is inconsistent with the greatest
happiness of the greatest number, is held out the prospect
of an infinite happiness hereafter, from which he excludes
himself by wronging his fellow-creatures here.

" This is practical philosophy, as practical as that on
which penal legislation is founded. A man is told to do
something which otherwise he would not do, and is fur-
nished with a new motive for doing it. Mr. Bentham has
no new motive to furnish his disciples with. He has ta-
lents sufficient to effect any thing that can be effected.
But to induce men to act without an inducement is too
much, even for him. He should reflect that the whole
vast world of morals cannot be moved, unless the mover
can obtain some stand for his engines beyond it. He acts
as Archimedes would have done, if he had attempted to
move the earth by a lever fixed on the earth. The action
and reaction neutralize each other. The artist labours,
and the world remains at rest. Mr. Bentham can only
tell us to do something which we have always been doing,
and should still have continued to do, if we had never
heard of the ' greatest happiness principle'—or else to do
something which we have no conceivable motive for doing,
and therefore shall not do. Mr. Bentham's principle is at
best no more than the golden rule of the Gospel without
its sanction. Whatever evils, therefore, have existed in
societies in which the authority of the Gospel is recog-
nised, may, a fortiori, as it appears to us, exist in socie-
ties in which the Utilitarian principle is recognised. We
do not apprehend that it is more difficult for a tyrant or a
persecutor to persuade himself and others, that in putting
to death those who oppose his power, or differ from his
opinions, he is pursuing ' the greatest happiness,' than.
that he is doing as he would he done by. But religion
gives him a motive for doing as he would be done by; and
Mr. Bentham furnishes him with no motive to induce
him to promote the general happiness. If, on the other
hand, Mr. Bentham's principle mean only that every man
should pursue his own greatest happiness, he merely asserts
what every body knows, and recommends what every body
does."

The present is the age of cant. Cant in
morals—cant in religion—cant in politics—cant
in literature—cant in fashion—cant in the Fine
Arts—cant in every thing and all things ! We
have firstly, philosophers teaching us, by way of
novelty, that the great art of government is the
promotion of universal happiness, though how,
when, or where such happiness is to be obtained

they leave us completely in the dark ; secondly,
metaphysicians assuring us that " the prolificness
of women, or the number of children to a mar-
riage, diminishes as the population becomes
denser," in other words, that population di-
minishes in the same ratio that the opportuni-
ties of encreasing it are augmented, ergo, that
the more men and women there are in a coun-
try, the less chance will there be of children ;

thirdly, millenarians, announcing oracularly from
the pulpit the near approach of the millenium ;
fourthly, ante-millenarians, adjourning the same
epoch to an indefinite period ; fifthly, critics
asserting that no poet can possibly be orthodox
who disputes the infallibility of the Lake School ;
sixthly, Westminster Review politicians, laying
it down as an axiom, that political economy is
the ne plus ultra of intellectual acquirements, and
that without it all literature is as " sounding brass
or a tinkling cymbal ;" and lastly, cooks and
mechanics of the most unideal character, elevat-
ing themselves to the dignity of artists, and finding
congenial blockheads able and willing to second
their pretensions. Such are a few—a very few—
among the multifarious quackeries of the present
age, and it is against two of the most monstrous
of these—namely, the " greatest happiness prin-
ciple" of Mr. Bentham, and the population theory
of Mr. Sadler-4hat the Edinburgh Review
has here boldly and triumphantly launched
the lightnings of its sarcasm. The " Drama"
is a lengthened and elaborate article on a very
interesting subject, which nevertheless has been
so repeatedly and so ably discussed, that it will
scarcely bear repetition. The cursory allusions to
the nature and
,tendency of the Greek drama are
imbued with a fine classic spirit. " Signs of
the Times" is highly eloquent and animated, its
philosophy is sound and of a lofty character, its
style ornamented, and verging on the poetic, as
in these two felicitous instances. " The poorest
day that passes over us, is the conflux of two
Eternities ! and is made up of currents that issue
from the remotest past, and flow onwards into
the remotest future." Again, " thus does na-
ture hold on her wondrous unquestionable
course, and all our systems and theories are but
so many froth-eddies or sand-banks, which from
time to time she casts up and washes away.'
British Painters," is a judicious and impas-
sioned criticism on the genius of Mr. Martin,
who is praised as his magnificent range and fer-
tility of invention deserve. Sir Thomas Law-.

rence is also cursorily noticed. " United States
of America," is a temperate but just analysis of
the present laws, policy, and literature of the
Yankee Government. The spirit of this article
varies materially from what it used to be in the
earlier and more truculent days of the Edin-
burgh Review. In this respect the change is
essentially for the better. Of the remaining
articles, we have merely left ourselves space to
say, that they are written with ability, and will
repay perusal.

SHARPE'S LONDON MAGAZINE. No. 111.
LONDON. 1829.

By some accident, we have only just seen tlle
present number of this elegant little work, whose
embellishment of the " Streamlet" (to which
some pretty and explanatory stanzas are affixed)
is alone worth the sum paid for the entire work.
But in addition to this we have tales of senti-
ment and humour—the one entitled " Sighmon
Dumps," by the Author of " Sayings and
Doings," is worthy of him ; Reviews, Essays,
and Original Poetry, one or two pieces of which
are very favourable specimens of ability. The
letter-press and paper are both of first-rate ex-
cellence, and give the number a splendid and
fashionable exterior.

~
SIMPLICITY OF HEALTH. By HORTATOR.

LONDON. 1829.

We are tempted to select this, among the nu-
merous medical treatises with which, from time
to time, we are favoured, from the extreme sim-
plicity, clearness, and succinctness of its details.
Another great recommendation that the author
possesses is, that he is no advocate for dosing ;
he lays a stress certainly upon the benefits to be
derived from physic seasonably applied, but lays
much greater stress on a due attention to regi-
men, and a strict following up of the impelling
dictates of nature. Altogether his work is a
useful manual, judiciously condensed and ar-
ranged, each section under its own proper head.

MR. FROST—INQUEST oN JAMES CROW

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

SIR,—On my arrival in England I observed a
statement in some of the papers (which I should
have answered sooner, but for the circumstance of
my absence), purporting to be an account of a Co-
roner's Inquest on the body of James Crow, holden
at St. Bartholomew's Hospital, on Friday, the 4th
of this month, and reflecting on my conduct. Al-
though I am aware that you did not insert the
erroneous statement of the Coroner's Inquest, yet I
venture to hope that you will have the kindness to

insert this letter in your valuable columns, whereby
you will not only render me an essential service, but
give the world a true account of the circumstances.
I cannot but suppose you will have the candour to
insert this letter, as some parts of that statement are
not only untrue, but seem wilfully calculated to in-
jure me unjustly in the opinion of the public, as well
as the Honourable Society to which I have the dis-
tinction to be the Secretary. The facts are simply
these—and had I been in London at the time of the
inquest, I should most undoubtedly have attended,
and stated them fully to the Jury.
On the afternoon of Wednesday the 2d of Sept.,
I had occasion to be absent from the Society's
Office; and returning about half-past five o'clock,
was told that an accident had happened to a man,
who had been taken to a house in Water-lane, where
Mr. Bates, a surgeon, had restored him, and was at-
tending him. Shortly after my return, Potter, the
beadle of St. Ann's, Blackfriars, called at the office,
when I sew him, and he informed me that a man had
been taken out of the Thames, and he wished me to
attend him. I inquired whether the man was sen-
sible or not; and being told that he was sensible and
perfectly able to speak, and that he had been reco-
vered by Mr. Bates, the surgeon, of Bride lane, I
said that the person being under Mr. Bates's care,
he ought to be again applied to, if there should be
occasion ; at the same time adding, that I might
possibly call to see him. After Potter had left me,
however, on reconsidering the case, I thought it
better not to attend, unless Mr. Bates should send
for me. For the man having been restored by Mr.
Bates, the object of the Society appeared to be
already attained ; and, therefore, that necessity which
alone could have justified my interference with a case
in the hands of another medical man did not exist.
As I received no further communication from Mr.
Bates, or from the other parties, I felt no doubt but
that the poor man was perfectly safe in the hands of
that gentleman. It appears, however, that the con-
stable was anxious to get the man removed out of his
parish, lest he should become chargeable upon it; that
Mr. Cox, the parish surgeon, was applied to, who ad-
viied his removal to St. Bartholomew's Hospital; that
the unfortunate man was, for that purpose, well
wrapped up, and placed in a hackney-coach, which
drove at a gentle pace, but that on his way to the
hospital he expired. In the course of Wednesday
evening I was informed by the constable of the de-.
cease of the poor man, but I received no communi-
cation from the hospital or from the Coroner, and
heard no more of this lamentable affair till I read
an article in some of the papers, purporting to be a
report of the proceedings on the Coroner's. Inquest.
This report I did not see till Monday last, having
been during the interval in Ireland. The perusal
of this article naturally filled me with the greatest
concern ; and feeling confident that no jury could,
under the circumstances, have returned the verdict
reported in the paper, I caused an application to be
made to the Coroner to ascertain what the verdict
really was, and from him I have obtained a copy of
it, which is as follows :—" That the deceased acci-
dentally fell into the water ; and that he imbibed a
quantity of water, partly into his lungs, and under
which he languished for some time; and being then
removed from the bed in which he had been placed,
and conveyed to the hospital, he died." It is re-
markable that neither Mr. Bates nor Mr. Cox, the
two medical gentlemen who attended the deceased,
were called to give evidence before the inquest;
and it must be obvious that a perfect knowledge
of the circumstances of the case, particularly as
to the treatment of the poor man, could not
be obtained without the all-important testimony
of those two gentlemen. But still less ground
could there be, in the absence of competent evidence,
to cast reflections upon my conduct; and this, I am
happy to find, was not done even by imputation in
the verdict itself. Had the restoration of the deceased
required any assistance that I could have rendered,
no consideration should have prevented me from
rendering my utmost exertions ; but the first inti-
mation I received of this accident was accompanied
with the intelligence that the sufferer had been re-
stored, and was doing well under Mr. Bates. With
the subsequent treatment of his patient I could not
of course interfere, unless he had personally desired
it ; nor was it in my power to prevent the directions
for removal given by the parish authorities, under
the advice of their own surgeon.
In conclusion, I may be permitted to observe,
that I have had the satisfaction of restoring several
persons, and it is not long since I resuscitateda child
which had fallen into the Thames; and although
the Office of the Society is not a receiving house,
yet I never did or would refuse to exert my best en-
deavours, considering it indeed my duty to do so as
the Secretary of the Royal Humane Society, and
feeling a pleasure as a man in rendering all the as-
sistance in my power to a suffering fellow-creature.
I am, Sir, your obedient humble servant,
JOHN FROST.
Royal Humane Society's House, 29, New
Bridge-street, Blackfriars, Sept. 16. •

E XTENSIVE ROBBERY AT DONCASTER

We regret that we have to add to our report a
most extensive robbery committed this afterno•mi.
During the absence of the proprietors of the betting
rooms at the races, they were enteredg and the iron
safe rifled of Bank notes and gold to the amount of
4,000/. There can be no doubt that the robbery
was effected by one of the London gangs of mail-
coach or bank robbers, and that it has been planned
for some time, as the safe was found locked on the
return of the proprietors. Had the robbery been
yesterday, there was at least 10,000/. in the safe,
many gentlemen having deposited money there for
safety. The loss falls entirely on the proprietors of
the rooms, who have always conducted their esta-
blishment with such spirit and liberality, that the
regret for their misfortune is general and deep.
Bishop, who attends the races, is on the look out,
and we hope to be enabled to state in our next, that
some clue has been found that may lead to the re-
covery of the property.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

DONCASTER MEETING 1829.

THURSDAY NIGHT. —ln point of attraction, the Cup race
is not far behind the St. Leger, the company being generally
nearly as numerous and fashionable. It lost none of its inte-
rest to-day, the Grand Stand being crowded. We observed
in it their Graces the Dukes of Wellington, Leeds, St.
Alban's and Duchess, and Devonshire; Lords Worcester,
Londonderry and Marchioness, Cleveland and Marchioness,
Sligo, Graham, Clanricarde, Verulam, Gower and
Countess, Fitzwilliam, Milton, Hawke, Harewood and
Countess, Chesterfield, Castlereagh, &c. Also the follow-
ing, whose names have not yet been given :—Lord and
Lady Stafford and the Hon. bliss Jerningbam, Mr. and
Lady Augusta Milbank, Lady Wharncliffe, Lady Arabella
Vane, Lord Pollington, Viscountess Galway, Dowager
Lady Galway, Lord Forester, the Hon. Lady Smith,
Lord Granville, Lord W. Thynne, Lord Templetown and
the Hon. Miss Templetown, Lord Conyers, Count Ma-
touzevitz ; Honourables C. Monekton, W. and Lady
Louisa Duncombe, Mr. and Mrs. Herbert, Lumley Sa-
ville, Wentworth, Fitzwilliam, James Macdonald, G.
Macdonald, A. Lascelles ; Sirs R. Rycroft, J. Radcliffe,
C. Flint, W. Cooke, &c. ; General Marriott ; Colonels
Bell, Cholmeley, Darner, Steward, Lowther and Lady,
Major Firman ; Captains Parry, Ramsden, Hill, French ;
Radcliffe ; Messrs. Fitzjantes, Watt, Cavendish, M'Alpine,
F. Petre, Massey Stanley, Treebeck, Standish, Fitzmau-
rice, &c. In our next we shall give a full account of the
principal female visiters. Previous to the races to-day a
few engagements were made respecting Brunswicker, who
was quoted for the Derby and St. Leger at about 12 to 1
each ; Bud's defeat to-day will probably send him back.
The running to-day was as under :
The Gascoyne Stakes of 100 soya. each, 30 ft. for 3-yr-
old colts, Bst. 61b. ; fillies, Bst. 31b. St. Leger Course.
Ten subscribers.
Lord Cleveland's Voltaire
The following paid :
LIM Langford's Sir Hercules
Duke of Leeds's c. by St. Patrick—Rhodacantha
Major Yarburgh's Pilgrim, by Blacklock
Lord Milton's sister to ➢lulatto
Mr. Nowell's f. by Walton—Brown Duchess
Mr. Attwood's Leonardo, by Abjer
Mr. Gascoyne's c. by Tramp—Cora
Air. Petre's Netherby, by Cervantes
Mr. Hunter's gr. c. by Gustavus—Canvas.
Two-yr-old Stakes of 20 sous. each ; colts, Bat. 51b., and
fillies, Bst. 21b. T. Y.C. (34 Subs.)
Duke of Leeds's Lady Mowbray
.Mr. F. Richardson's St. Nicholas 2
The following also started, but were not placed :
Mr. Forth's Bud, by Tiresias—Pomona
Lord Sligo's Brine

Canker
Lord Scarborough's Carolan, by Catton
Mr. Baird's Romana
Mr. Robinson's Lucretia, by Sir Oliver
Mr. Jackson's Don Giovanni
Mr. G. Serjeantson's Savoyard
Mr. Powlett's f. by Young Phantom
Mr. Riddell's ch. c. by Dr. Syntax
Mr. Hebden's Splendour
Mr. Houldsworth's Crescent
Mr. Watts's Doctor Oloroso
Lord Kelburne's ch. c. by Woful—Emilia
Betting-2 to lon Bud, sto 2 agst. Splendour, 6to I
agst. Carolan, 8 to 1 agst. St. Nicholas, and 8 to 1 agst.
Lady Mowbray.
From the unusual number of horses in this race, con •
siderable difficulty was experienced in getting them off.
There were several attempts and four false starts, after
which they went off in good order. Brine went off in front,
making very strong running, and Ramona close at hand,
—the others in a body well laid up. Brine maintained
his lead as far as the Red-house, where he fell back, Ra-
mona taking up the running, having next he: Bud, St.
Nicholas, Lady Mowbray, and Canker, the rest being in a
cluster behind. She kept the lead to the rails, where she
was beat off by Lady Mowbray and St. Nicholas, and
immediately after she dropped into the ruck. At the dis-
tance the above two were in front, nearly abreast, Bud and
Canker close to their quarters. From this point the race
was terrible, and it was only in the last stride or two that
Lady Mowbray got her head in front, by which only she
won the stakes. Bud was about three quarters of a length
behind St. Nicholas, and Canker half a length astern of
Bud. A finer race was never seen. Just at the most
critical part of the struggle St. Nicholas drew himself up,
or Dockeray thinks he would have won. There is some-
thing inexplicable in Lady Mowbray's public running ; at
Catterick-bridge she was beat twice; at. York Spring
Meeting she beat a large field ; on Monday she was one of
the last in the race for the Champagne Stakes, and to-day
she beats a field of 15 horses, among which is the very
horse (Bud) that beat her so easy on Monday ! This is a
riddle that would puzzle even a Yorkshireman.
The Duke nets 6601. by the stakes.
The winner was admirably jockied by S. Templeman.
The following paid :
Mr. Gibbeson's Lady Betty
Lord Queensbury's ch. f. by Whisker
Mr. Westgarth's General lioneywood, by Swiss
Mr. Wormald's Bullet, brother to Granby
Mr. Nowell's b. f. by Orville or Ivanhoe
b. f. by Orville—Rosanne
Duke of Leeds's sister to Moonshine
Lord Milton's sister to Barataria
Mr. Tarlton's c. by Champignon
Mr. Petre's The Major
Brunswicker
Mr. Bower's Tartarina
Mr. W. Richardson's Hermionc
Mr. Watts's Apuntador
Mr. Bailey's Utrecht
Mr. Gascoyne's c. by Figaro—Trulla
Mr. Houldsworth's Thoresby
Mr. Uppleby's Crazy Jane (dead).
The Gold Cup, value 150 guineas—about two miles and
five furlongs.
_

Lord Cleveland's Voltaire 1
Major Yarbergh's Laurel 2
His Majesty's Fleur de Lis
Lord Milton's Medoro
Lord Scarborough's Cistercian, by Catton
Mr. Petre's Granby
The following were drawn :
Lord Chesterfield's Zinganee, by Tramp
Mr. Forth's Frederick
Mr. Theobald's The Exquisite
Mr. Houldsworth's Terror

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Lord Fitzwilliam's Ballad Singer
Duke of Leeds's Rhodacantha colt
Moonshine
Lord -
Langford's Sir Hercules
Lord Cleveland's Stotforth
Tamboff
Lord -
Kelburn's Georgiana colt
Mr. Chilton's Don Jose
Mr. Golden's Robin Hood
Mr. Robinson's Bolivar
Mr. Gascoigne's Louisa colt
Mr. Watt's Coulon
Mr. Athorne's Wandering Boy
Mr. Petre's Delphine
Marquis of Worce4ter's Felt
Mr. Ridsdale's Clotilde
After the sensation that followed the St. Leger had
subsided, the betting on this race became unusually heavy,
and it is thought that as much money was taken on it last
night and this morning as was betted on the St. Leger
for the three days preceding the race. Laurel, Voltaire,
and Fleur de Lis, were severally backed to large amounts,
the old horse having the call ; on the grand stand the odds
took a turn, Voltaire getting before the mare. At the close
the odds settled thus :-
2 to 1 agst Laurel, 5 to 2 agst Voltaire, 3 to 1 agst
Fleur de Lis, and 5 to 1 agst Granby. Granby took the
lead at a good pace, followed at the distance of about three
lengths by Laurel, Voltaire lying third, Medoro fourth,
Fleur de Lis fifth, and Cistercian last. So they went to

the fed House, when they got more together, Granby
haliug the lead till near the rails, when he was obliged to
give up, Laurel then took up the running, followed by
illedoro, and Fleur de Lis close at the heels of the
and nearly ithrealt. At the distance the last-named
pair made an att,mpt to get up, the only result being that
toe mare beat :Iledoro. without getting.up t, the others.
At the Grand Stand the struggle be wee') Laurel and Vol-
taire was highly interesting, Voltaire heading just at this
point : he kept his advantage, and although Laurel strug-
gled manfully, he was beat rather cleverly by half a length.
The event of this race proves Rowton to be one of the best
St. Leger horses that ever appeared ; it also proves Vol-
taire to be an extraordinary good horse, but it does not
prove that Voltaire could beat Rowton, as the Voltaire
party construe the running. To settle the point, would it
not be as well to match the horses. The winner was rode
by Lye (who wins 500/. by the race), Laurel by H. Ed-
wards, Fleur de Lis (who was brought to the post in
beautiful condition) by -, Mcdoro (4th) by J. Day,
Granby by Scott, and Cistercian by J. Gilbert. The
Cup weighs 200 ounces : is an antique tazza, with bold
snake handles, after the model of one in the possession of
Lord Wilton. Lord Cleveland is reported to have won a
large stake on the race.

Three-yr-old Stakes of 200 soya. each, h. ft. ; ciilts,
Bst. 61b. ; fillies, Sst. 31b. St. Leger Course. (Four-
teen Subs.)
Lord Kelburne's Georgiana colt 1
Mr. Houldsworth's Fortitude

Mr. Ridsdale's Tyke 3
Mr. Petre's ch. 1. Apollonia 0
Lord Sligo's Prince Eugene
Mr. Dowbiggen's h. c. the Captain, by Wanton
Only three placed. Five to 4on Tyke, and 7to 4 agst
Appollonia. Prince Eugene made the running to the rails,
when Fortitude took it up and carried it on to the grand
stand. Here H. Edwards brought up his horse, and beat
her after a short struple. Fortitude rode by Robinson;
Tyke, by Templeman; Apollonia, by Scott; Prince
Eugene, by Shepherd ; and the Captain, by Nicholson.
Value of the stakes (deducting the winner's) 1,8001.
The following paid :
Mr. Nowell's c. by Walton—Rosanne
-- gr. c. Round-waist
br. f. by Walton—Brown Duchess
b. f. by Orville, d. by Dick Andrews
Lord Milton's Sister to Whiskerandos
Mr. Broadhead's b. c. Hazard
Mr. Wilson's Brother to Reformer
Mr. T. 0. Powlett's Penhill
There is no foundation for the report of Rowton and
Voltaire being matched.