The Sun.
London, England, 1845-01-28 00:00:00

GREAT FOOT RACE.
Notwithstanding the unfavourable state of the weather
:upwards of four thousand persons assembled yesterday
t Gannick Corner (about a mile and a half beyond Bar-
n-t), to witnese the great foot race between Jackson,
ti a American Deer, and Sheppard, of Birmingham, which
,s excited so much interest in tha sporting circles dur-
ing the past fortnight. Both these men have, in a num-
ber of contests, exhibited the most extraordinary speed,
and in a race between them only a few days ago sur-
passed anything ever known in the annals of pedes-
trianism. On that occasion Jackson, who was the win-
ner, after a most spirited run, performed upwards of
eleven miles in an hour, a task hitherto unprecedented,
and which surpasses the great American's trial of speed
which has deservedly been the subject of much talk.
The exceeding closeness of the race between Jackson
and,Sheppard, until the latter fell at the conclusion of
the tenth mile, with the extraordinary game displayed
by both, was the theme of conversation amongst some
gentlemen shortly after the struggle, and a match was
madefor 50f. a-side, and the money deposited in the hands
of Owen Swift at once for a five-mile race.

Both men had been in very active training, and shortly
after two o'clock made their appearance on the ground,
and exhibited first-rate condition and great confidence.
Betting was 6 to 4 on Sheppard, and a great deal of
money was laid out at that price. Preliminaries having
been adjusted, the men went to the starting-place near
Frank Key's, to run one mile out and return (the dis-
tance being measured towards London). Jackson had
the lead, which he maintained until nearly the whole of
the distance had been accomplished, his opponent mak-
ing upon him the whole of the way, and being but a few
yards behind him. The speed throughout the race was
most extraordinary ; the first two miles were performed
in 10 min. 10 sec.. and the four miles under 21 min. In
going up to the fifth mile the men appeared to increase
their speed, and Sheppard, whose style is the most ex-
traordinary and beautiful ever seen, ran right up to his
opponent, and they were together for about fifty yards,
when Sheppard, almost within sight of the distance post,
gradually went in advance, and won by about four yards,
accomplishing the five miles in 25 mm. 45 sec. It was
admitted to be the finest race ever witnessed.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.
TATTERSALL'S.—YESTERDAY.
CHESTER CUP.
14 to 1 agst Mr. Jaques's Semiseria—takea
18 to 1 agst Mr. W. Scott's Cataract—taken
25 to 1 agst Mr. A. Johnstone's Obscurity—taken
30 to 1 agst Mr. Bell's Winesour
30 to 1 agst Mr. Parry's Zanoni
30 to 1 agst Mr. H. Stebbing's Celeste—taken
40 to 1 agst Sir R. Bulkeley's Hemp—taken
40 to 1 agst Mr. Hutchinson's Extempore--taken
40 to 1 agat Lord G. Bentinck's Pug—taken
• 40 to 1 agst Lord G. Bentinck's Clumsy—taken
40 to 1 agst Mr. Gully's St. Lawrence—taken
50 to 1 agst Mr. Collett's Corranna—taken
50 to 1 agst Mr. Osbaldeston's Sorella—taken
50 to 1 agst Mr. Irwin's Pride of Kildare—taken
50 to 1 aget Mr. A. Johnstone's The Era—taken
50 to 1 agst Mr. Cuthbert's Queen of Tyne
50 to 1 agst Mr. Coleman's Devil's Dust
50 to 1 agst Mr. Davies's Emun ac Knuck
50 to 1 agat Mr. Heap's Stayley
100 to 1 agat Mr. Mostyn's Milton—taken
100 to 1 agst Mr. Plummer's Alice Hawthorn
100 to 1 agst Mr. Irwin's Foigh-a-I•Allagh.
The betting against several of tb,a horses included in
the above list was uncommonly sr:irited, and in some in-
stances at a considerable impror.e.ment on the prices last
reported. Semiseria was in 'immense force, and strong
commissions were out in kvour of Obscurity, The Era,
Celeste, St. Lawrenen, and Extempore, very few of
which were executed 'to the full extent. Cataract was
backed, but not ha:vily,
at a trifling improvement, and
the odds quoted.
against Corranna, l'ride of Kildare, and
Sorella, were V'iken to 1001. each. Winesour's price was
nominal.

DEBBY.
13 1 agst Mr. Greville's Alarm—taken
1410 1 agst Col. Peel's Cobweb colt—taken
1% to 1 agst Colonel Anson's Kidger
16 to 1 agst Lord Stradbroke's Idas
• 18 to 1 agst Lord Chesterfield's Pam
25 to 1 agst Mr. Johnstone's Annandale—taken
30 to 1 agst Lord Chesterfield's Newsmonger—taken
85 to 1 agst Lord Glasgow's Miss Whip colt—taken
35 to 1 agst Mr. St. Paul's c out of Calypso's dam
40 to 1 agst Duke of Richmond's Laird o' Cockpen
—taken
40 to 1 agst Mr. Irwin's Connaught Ranger—taken
50 to 1 agst Lord Eglinton's Lycurgus
50 to 1 agst Mr. Lintott's Cabin Boy—taken and
afterwards offered
50 to 1 agst Mr. Coleman's Young Eclipse—taken
66 to 1 agst Mr. Coleman's Fusbos —taken 6,000 to 90
500 even between Alarm and the Cobweb colt, an .d
600 to 500 oh Alarm agat Idas.
The grand, and in fact the only, movement, was on the
Cobweb colt, who came into strong play just before the
room closed, was backed at 13 to 1 outright, and for 500
even aga:nst Alarm, whose supporters (at 13 to 1) were
numerous. The betting against other favourites threw
Out nothing fresh.

OAKS.
7 to 1 agst Mr. Worthington's LancashireWiteh—t.
16 to 1 agst Lord G. Bentinck's Longitu le—taken
20 to 1 agst Lord G. Bentinek's Miss Els—taken.
The layera of the first and last of the three refused to
go on.

INTELLIGENCE EXTRA—BATA, 1845.
Ilandigr.p far the Somersetshire Stal•i. Declare on

Saturday.
F''oig-a-Ballagh, 4 yrs, 9st 91b—Corrannu„ 6 yrs, 9st 41b
—7,lewcourt, 5 yrs, 9st I lb—Counsellor, 6 yrs, Bst 131b—
Lawrence, aged, Bst 101b—Lrila, aged, tist 101b—Ben-
y-Gblo, 5 yrs, Bst 91b—Mickey Free, 5 yrs, B.t 71b—
Lothario, 5 yrs, Bst 71b—Red Deer, 4 yrs, Bst 71b—Vi-
tains, 5 yrs, Bst 61b—Morpeth, 4 yrs, Bst 51b— Semi-
swift, 5 yrs, Bst 51b—John o'Gaunt, aged, Bst 41b—So-
rella, 4 yrs, Bst 4113—Discord, aged, Bst 21b—Cataract,
5 yrs, Bst Ilb—Orion, 5 yrs, Bst 11D—What, 5 yrs, Bst
—Ajax, aged, 7st 121b—Jack Sheppard, aged, 7st 121 b
—Naworth, aged, 7st 101b--Greenfinch, aged, 7st 101 b
—Pride of Kildare, 4 yrs, 7st 61b—Captain Flathooker,
6 yrs, 7st 61b—Play fellow, 6 yrs, ist 61b—The Dean,
aged, Tat 51b—Teetotaller, 6 yrs, is 51b—The Artful
Dodger, 6 yrs 7st 41b—The Devil-among-the-Tailors,
6 yrs, 7st 41b-LFausta, aged, 7st 41b—Pharaoh, 5 yrs,
7st 31b—Foxberry, 6 yrs, 7st 31b—Barricade, 4 yrs,
7st 21b Roderick, 6 yrs, 7st 21b—Croton Oil,
4 yra, 7st 21b— Emerald, 4 yrs, 7st 21b All-
round-my-Hat, 4 yrs, ist Ilb Lochinvar, 5 yrs,
7st—ldleness, 4 yrs, 6,11; 131b—Jane, 4 'yrs, Est 131 b
T'Auld Squire, 4 yrs, 6st 131 b Emuu ac
Knack, 4 yrs, Est 131b—Ninety-one, 4 yrs, 6at 131 b
Seaport, 4 yrs, fist 131b—Corodino, 4 yrs, 6st 121 b
Europa, 5 yrs, 6st I Ilb—Surety, 4 yrs, 6st 101b—Strath-
spey, 4 yrs, Est 101b—Subduer, 5 yrs, Est 101 b
Glendower, 5 yrs, fist 101b—Obscurity, 4 yrs, Est 101 b
—Coal Black Rose, 4 yrs, Est 91b—Pugilist, 4 yrs,
Est 81b—Discount, aged, Est 71b—Vatcs, ,t yra,
6st 71b—Seaweed, 4 yrs, Est 61b—Mimic, aged, Est 61b
—Delightful colt, 4 yrs, 6at 61b—Agriculture, 5
yrs, 6st 51b—Aurungzebe, 6 yrs, Est 51b—Comet,
5 yrs, Est 41b—Turquoise colt, 4 yrs, 6st 41b—Temerity,
5 yrs, Est 31b—Ould Ireland, 3 yrs, 6st—Clumsy, 3 yrs,
sst 131b—Sweetmeat, 3 yrs, sst 131b—Eclogue, 4 yrs,
sst 131b—Miss Elis, 3 yrs, sst 121b—Zelinda filly, 4 yrs,
bit 71b—Busk gelding, 4 yrs. sst 71b—Midnight Star,
4 yrs, sst 71b—Bastion, 3 yrs, sst 61b—Pug, 3 yrs,
sst 51b—The Hermit, 3 yrs, sst 41b—Velox, 3 yrs, sst 41b
—Cabin Boy, 3 yrs, sst 41b—Plenitude, 3 yrs, sst Ilb—
Secutor, 3 yrs, sst llb—Giantess, 3 yrs, 4st 121 b-
- 3 yrs, 4st 121b—Wild Roe, 3 yrs, 4st 71b—
The Devil-among-the-Tailors, 3 yrs, 4st 41b.
NEWMARKET CRAVEN MEETING, 1845.
Acceptances for the Newmarket Handicap.
Whistle

Gorhambury, 5 yrs, 9st—Knight of the _istle, wet,
Bst 91b—Ma Mie, 6 yrs, Bst 61b—Phlegon, 5 yrs, Bst 61b
—Napier, 5 yrr, Bst 416—Perkin Warbeck, 4 s;s, Bst 41b
—Pine Apple, 5 yrs, 7st 121b—Orion, 5 yrs, 7st 91b—
I-am-not-aware, aged, 7st 81b—Yardley, 5 yrs, 7st 71b
—Example, 4 yrs, 7st 71b—Captain I:tathooker, 6 yrs,
7st 51b—Priscilla Tomboy, 6 yrs, 7st 51b—Johnny,
aged, ist 51b—The Poor Soldier, 5 yrs, Ist 21b—Porto
Bello, 5 yrs, ist 21b—Qui Tarn, 4 yrs, 7st 11b—Manto
filly, 4 yrs, Est 1 lib—Croton Oil, 4 yrs Est 71b—Celeste,
4 yrs, Est 71b—Skeleton, 4 yrs, Est "'lb—Vol-au-Vent,
4 yrs' 6st 61b —Strathspey, 4 yrs, Est 51b—Lydit Lan-
guish, 4 yrs, 6st—Eclogue, 4 yrs, sst 1 Ilb—F by Liver-
pool, out of Corranna's dam, 3 yrs, sst 41b—Tawney,
3 yrs, 4st 101 b—E gby Slane. out of The Captain's dam,
3 yrs, 4st 101 b. The rest paid 5 so's. each.

'MEDICAL REFORM.—Last night a meeting t. f mem.
hers of the medical profession took place in the Com
mittee-room of the General Medical Protection Assem
My, at Exeter Hall, for the purpose, among other things,
of considering a motion, of which Mr. Wakley gave no-
tice at the last meeting of the assembly, for the adoption
ef a petition to the Queen, praying that her Majesty
would not sanction any alteration in the existing charter
of the College of Surgeons, until the members of the col-
lege, amounting to upwards of 10,000 persons, had an
opportunity of stating their grievances, and what they
felt to be their incorporated rights, before her Majesty's
Privy CotlnciL The Hon. Gentleman said he thought
there would be this advantage in taking the course he
proposed—that it would be impossible for a Minister of
the Crown, after learning from them how the Crown
had been deceived in the grant of the last charter
to the College of Surgeons by the representations of
the, members of the Council, to listen to them again.
The members of the college had not been con-
suitedbutthe
on the last occasion of granting the charter,
Crown had been deceived by a majority of
twenty-one of the Council, although it was stated in the
charter that the constitution
ution of the body had been
altered on the representation of the members. That was
an immoral fraud ; and, after having been thus trea•
eherously betrayed by that b the profession would
be simpletons to trust them 3 3.*
Gentle-
man then proceeded to urge The Hon.
stronglyagaui the importance of
union, pointing out the advantage disunion gave their
enemies, who would have this oious answer to give
when asked for reform—that the profession. were not
agreed among themselves on wThahtecoenditions prin-
inpthweeor
°against them
prin-
ciples they would be governed,
trhnment—
was immense; they had an enemy
they had an enemy in Parliament ; and ifve
enemies to their own interests, and remained disunited,
nothing nothing but defeat and discomfiture, and dis
be their lot. Mr. Cooper seconded the mge,
iaocn would
which
was carried unanimously, and a Committee having been
appointed to prepare the petition, the meeting separated.
SOUTHAMPTON, MONDAY EvENiNG.—The Penin-
sular and Oriental Company's steamer Queen, Captain
Russell, arrived this evening, at seven o'clock from
Gibraltar, bringing the following mails :—Gibraltar,
Cadiz, Lisbon, and Vigo. Her dates of departure are
as follows :—From Gibraltar, Jan. 19, at 30 min. past
5, P.M.; Cadiz, Jan. 20, 30 min. past 10, 4.. x. ; Lisbon,
Jan. 22,30 min. past 3, P.M. ; and Vigo, Jan. 24, 5, A.M.
Specie on Board—lfoUr packages. Passengers —lion.
Frederick Ellis, Mr. R. M. Ourdie, and J. V. Calley.