The Sun.
London, England, 1845-06-04 00:00:00

SECOND CLASS.

Queen Mab, 6 yrl, Bst 71b—Stomacher, 4 yrs, Bst lib
—I-am-not-aware, aged, Bst—Poor Soldier, 5 yrs,
7st 121h—Qui Tam, 4 yrs, 7st 121b—Example, 4 yrs,
7st 11Ib—Lightning, 4 yrs, 7st 10Ib—Beatrice, 6 yrs,
7st 71b—Vol-au-Vent, 4 yrs, 7st 71b—Moustache, 4
yrs, 7st 51b—Fair Jane colt, 4 yrs, 7st 51b—Subduer,
5 yrs, 7st 21b—Pergularia, 4 yrs, 7st I;b—Satyr, 4 yrs,
6st 121b—Laird o' Cockpen, 3 yrs, 6st 91b—Seaport,
4 yrs, 6st 71b—Annandale, 3 yrs, 6st 51b—Lydia Lan-
guish, 4 yrs, 6st 31b—Flight colt, 3 yrs, sst 111 b
Stamp, 3 yrs, sst 1 Ilb—Blanderbuss, 3 yrs, sst 91b—
Lyons, 3 yrs, sst 31b—Scqrmentado, 3 yrs, 4st 111 b.
BIBURY CLUB.

Handicap for the Bibury Stakes, to declare on Mon•
day next.

Corranna, 6 yrs, 12st Blb Queen blab, 6 yrs, list
121b—Una, aged, list 121b—Sorella, 4 yrs, list 61b—
Ajax, aged, list 516—Orion, 5 yrs, list 31b—
Foxberry, 6 yrs, list 110—Playfellow, 6 yrs,
Ilst lib Jack, 8 yrs, 1 Ist Ilb The Conqueror,
6 yrs, lOst 131 b Yates, 4 yrs, lOst Illb
Pugilist, 4 yrs, lOst 1016—Subduer, 5 yrs, lOst
101b—Trudge-it, 4 yrs, lOst 81b—Hampton, 6 yrs, lOst
81b—Cockamaroo,4 yrs, lOst 81b—Seaport, 4 yrs, lOst
61b—Idleness, 4 years, lOst 610—Redskin, 4 yrs, lOst—
The New Forrest Deer, 4 yrs, 9st 131b—Herne the
Hunter, 4 yrs, 9st 91b—Bastien, 3 yrs, 9st 31b—Giantess,
3 yrs, 9st, 31b—Wild Roe, 3 yrs, Bst 91b.

NEWMARKET SECOND OCTOBER MEETING,

1845.- TUESDAY.

Lord Chesterfield's Poor Soldier, 5 yrs, Bst 71b, asst
Sir R. Bulkeley's Hemp, 4 yrs, Bst 51b, T.Y.C.,150, h

FRIDAY.

Lord G. Bentinek's Miss Ellis, Bst 71b, agst Sir R.
Bulkeley's Cinizelli, 7st 131 b, A.F. ; 200, h f.

GRAND QUOITING MATCH.

On Monday the grand return quoitinz match, between
Mr. David Weir, Glasgow, and Mr. Alexander Smith,
Mauchline, for 1001, commenced on the quoiting green,
Tradeston, and terminated last night. The following is
the result of the five successive days' play:—
Weir. Smith.
Monday ... ... 61 42
Tuesday ... 61 48
Wednesday ... ... 61 49
Thursday
Friday ... ... 57 61

From the above it will be seen that Mr. Weir gained
three out of the five games, and the match by 35 shots,
thereby fully maintaining his well-earned reputation of
being one of the best, if not the first quoit player in
Scotland. The play throughout was beautiful, more
particularly on the part of Weir, who led his opponent
the three first days, and gained the match easily. On
Thursday Smith rallied, and his dexterous play on that
occasion, as well as at times yesterday, commanded
general approbation. The game, nevertheless, on
Wednesday night seemed to be decided; and Smith, the
" Ayrshire Champion." who, previous to the match, was
the favourite, and heavily backed at 2 to 1, had now
fallen so low in betting circles that 3 and 4 to 1 were
freely offered on Weir, with no takers. It is but fair,
however, to state that Smith seemed not to be "in con-
dition," while Weir, from an arduous and severe course
of training, was fully "up to the mark," and had
evidently made considerable advances, not only in the
manner of throwing his quoits, but in his general style
of playing. since the beginning of December, when he
was defeated in a similar match with Smith by 25 shots.
Notwithstanding the present, defeat, Mr. Smith is still
a great favourite in Ayrshire ; and parties, we under.
stand, in that locality, are ready to back him in another
match for any sum which may be named. His quoits
are nearly 131 b weight, while those of Weir, who is a
powerful man, are about 201 b, thereby giving the latter
advantages through mere strength, which the dexterity
or science of few opponents is able to cope with, and
almost none can overcome. The next match which par-
ties are attempting to negotiate is not to come off on
Tradeston Green, as some have made the notable dis-
covery—which, however. they failed to do so long as
Smith was victorious—that David Weir, to whom the
green belongs, " knows his own ground." It will, how-
ever, we understand, be the interest of both individuals
to have the match in the neighbourhood of Glasgow.
The weather throughout was highly favourable, and
hundreds of spectators, 'notwith-ta,teling the charge for
admission, were daily present, taking a lively interest in
and betting heavily upon the result. Large sums of
money, we are informed, have changed hands.—Glas-
gow Citizen, Saturday, May 24.

THE LATE DUEL AT GOSPORT.
Goma; SUNDAY.—On Friday evening, at nine o'clock, Mr.
Liston, accompanied by Mr. Potter, arrived from London to con.
suit with Drs. Stewart, Mortimer, and Jenkins, upon the propriety
of performing an operation on Mr. Seton. A consultation took
place at the Quebec Hotel, and the operation was resolved upon.
The operation was to suppress the pulsation in a tumour which
had formed within the last two days at the bottom of the abdomen
in front, and which distressed the sufferer very much. All neces-
sary preparations having been made, Mr. Liston, attended by the
above medical gentlemen and Mr. Rundle, surgeon, of Gosport,
commenced the operation, which consisted of taking up the ex-
ternal iliac artery. No sooner was the artery taken up than the
throbbing sensation in the tumour ceased, and gave the patient
much relief. The medical gentlemen are now in constant attend-
ance. Everything has been done which human skill could accom.
plish to save the life of this unfortunate gentleman, but the hopes
are slight.

POLISH TRAVELLER AND ENG-
LISH FARMER.
Count Pinchnoski—Oh, mine friend, vat a bad smell.
I admire dese wonderful Liverpool docks ' • but, mine
Got ! the inhabitants must be poisoned by dese bad
odours. Vat ish it ?
Farmer Hodge—Oh, that is guano from Ichaboe. In
my nose it is as sweet as a rose. Such a capital ma.
nure ;so cheap to carry and so good for the land. We
shall grow wheat as cheap as you grow it in Poland.
Count P.—And bring your manure all de way from
Africa ? Pooh ! Vy, my friend, we can send you as
much whertt at four ,All;figs a bushel your people
-;uid eat in two years, and it would be much sweeter in
)iotr warehouses.
Farmer—And don't you think we should be pro-
tected from such low, ruinous prices ?
Couat—ln my opinion, the cheaper we in Poland can
supply your population with corn, the greater the call
for your protection to be destroyed. Vat you call pro-
tection seems to me a cowardly and unmanly way of
making a living. It only vants " knowledge ' on the
part of your people for them to rise as one man, and
say, "We will submit to this bolstering no longer."
Yes, yes, mine friend ; your richest harvests are grown
in your factories and iron works, dat is wid free trade.
Farmer —Well, Count, to be plain with you, I quake
when I think of the uncertain foundation on which we
stand. But look at our rents, and our poor-rates, and
our turnpikes, and I ask what are we farmers to do ?
Count—Combine—form associations—farmers' unions;
don't admit one landlord; dey will divert your attention,
and make them into elec.ioneering clubs. Demand rents
according to present prices—or, vat de Scotch call corn
rents. As to wheat, I believe you must give it up, and
attend to milk, cheese, and green food for cattle.
Farmer—l have lost money by farming. Do you
know, Count, prices are the same they were fifty years
since, and rents are treble?
Count—Mine Got! And ish this happy England—the
envy of surrounding nations? Oh, but you are on the
eve of some great change. Your landholders carry
things with too high a hand. Have they forgotten
France fifty years since? And if de farmers desert them,
where are they ?—The Struggle.

PRIVILEGES OF THE HOUSE OF COMMONS.—It was
expected that the plaintiff in the case of Howard v. Gossett, Knt.,
would on Monday have availed klinself of the opportunity of signing
final judgment, which, according to the practice of the Court, he
would have been entitled to do, taxing his costs, and issuing execu
tion for the amount of the damages and costs, but up to the closing of
the office no stops had been taken in the matter.
Viscount and Viscountess Palmerston had a grand
dinner party on Saturday at the family mansion on Carlton House-
terrace. The following formed the circle :—His Excellency the
Yrench Ambassador, his Excellency the Austrian Ambassador, and
the Countess Dietrichstein, the Marquis and Marchioness of Clan-
ricarde, the Marquis of Normanby, the Marchioness of Ailesbury,
the Earl and Countess of Clarendon, Viscount and Viscountess
Jocelyn, Lord and Lady Ashley, Count A. Potocki and Mr. M`Donald.
After the banquet the Noble Viscountess had an evening party.
THE GRAND CALEDONIAN BALL.—The Duke of
Wellington, in reply to an invitation from the ladies patronesses of
this splendid fancy dress ball, has signified his intention to be pre-
sent. The ladies patronesses have, as usual, invited the several mem-
tors of the Royal Family. The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge,
Prince George of Cambridge, and the Duchess of Gloucester, will
most probably attend, if nothing occurs to prevent their acceptance of
the invitation. The Duchess of Kent has sent to say that previous
engagements will unfortunately compel her to forego the pleasure.
SENSE AND NONSENSE.—At a meeting of land-
owners and tenant farmers, recently held at Stafford, for the pur-
pose of petitioning Parliament for protection to agriculture, the
following conversation took place between a farmer and Lord In. I
gestre :—" He (Lord Ingestre) agreed with the seconder of the
resolution, that if rents were entirely abolished, he did not think
they would materially benefit the tenant. A Farmer—Try it, my
Lore. Viscount Ingestre—Perhaps you would wish the land-
lords to be entirely without money; if so, what are we to do ?
A Farmer—Some as we do, my Lord—make shift.''—(Loud
laughter.) Of course there was loud laughter. Ha! ha!
whoever heard so ridiculous a speech as this farmer's? The idea
of a nobleman making shift ! The man will be the death of us.
Ho ! ho! We cannot help laughing at such an absurd notion, even
on pap3r. How would Mr. Hodges, or Joskins, or whatever the
farmer's name is, have a nobleman make shift ? Perhaps he would
wish him to alter his family livery, put his servants into some com-
mon dress, and go without hair-powder. To economise, like a per-
son of limited means, in wax-lights, and even to study when and
where he might burn composition instead. Actually to regard ex.
pense in giving a dinner-party or a soiree. Positively to consider the
price of fnrniture. Absolutely to stint his lady in jewellery. Possibly
this bumpkin would expect him to reduce his stud, or put down
one or more of his carriages. Nay—for the plebeian audacity has
no limits—we should not wonder if he dares to think, as some-
thing not altogether out of the question, that a nobleman might
give up his box at the Opera! What then would become of the
splendour of our country as exhibited in Rotten Row ? What of
music and the Ballet—for how could our exotic artistes sing or
dance in case of a reduction of their scanty salaries ? Make
shifts, indeed As if our nobility were like distressed needle-
women. Let us contrast this rustic's senseless speech with the
self evident wisdom of Lord Ingestri's speech "If rents were en-
tirely abolished, I do not think they would materially benefit the
:
tenant." Of course not. What advantage would it be to the
tenant to put a few trifling thousands which he pays his landlord,
into I.lls pocket, wruto,