The Sun.
London, England, 1842-05-12 00:00:00

PEGGY GRAY-BALLAD.

Composed by T. Young. Monro and May.
A very common-place melody, with a tolerably well-
written accompaniment.
The growing taste in this country for better music
will ere long totally exclude such compositions as these.
The power of writing a pretty melody, however good,
must not be the only merit. A musician-like treatment
of tt e pianoforte part must accompany each song, and
amidst the inundation of these ballad compositions we
wish we could see a greater capability and desire of
doing something towards the elevation of the art. So
much repetition of common-place music can only keep
the modern English song (with some exceptions) at the
same low standard it has for so long a period remained.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.
(RECEIVED THIS DAY.)
SHREWSBURY RACES.—WEDNESDAY.
The Whitehall stakes of 10 sons. each—Mile and a half.
Mr. M. Jones's Portrait, 4 yrs, walked over.
The Tankerville stakes of 25 sous. each, 15 ft. ; and 5 only, Ste.
Second saves his stake. Two miles.
Mr. J. Day's Tamburini, 6 yrs, Bst 101 b ( Wakefield) 1
Mr. Collett's The Dean, 6 yrs, Bst 101 b
Retriever, Bst 71b, Miss Kitty Cockle, Sst 41b, Fat Jack,
Bst 21b, bro. to Harpurhey, 7st 31b, Souvenir filly, 7st Ilb, and
Emperor, Est 71b, also ran.
The Innkeepers' purse of 301. and sweepstakes of 5 soya. each.
Mile and a quarter heats.
Mr. Raworth's Cattonian, 4 yrs ( Bradley)
Mr. Saunders's Miss Kitty Cockle, aged
NEWMARKET—WEDNESDAY NIGHT.
DERBY BETTING.
100 to 35 agst Coldrenick—t. '22 to 1 agst Chatham—t.
7 to 2 ags Attila '2B to 1 agst Meteor
8 to 1 agst Canadian 30 to 1 agst Lasso—taken
12 to 1 agst Auckland—taken 150 to l'agst Tiptoe—taken
17 to 1 agst Jack—taken 1000 to 6 agst Oneida Chief
18 to 1 agst Lord of Holder- I —taken
ness—t aken
4000 even between Oneida Chief and Ballinkeele—taken
500 to 10 agst Seahorse and Ballinkeele—taken
5 to 2 agst Coldrenick (Frederica c) and Ghuznee—t.
OAKS.
14 to 1 agst Firebrand 125 to 1 agst Ma Mie—taken
ENTRIES FOR THURSDAY.
Handicap of 20 sous. each, T. Y. C.—Menalippe, 5 yrs, Bst
121 b ; That's-the-time-of-Day (Wiseacre c), 3 yrs, 6st 101 b ;
Minaret, 4 yrs, 7st 61b, &c., by Sheet Anchor, out of Lady
Fulford, 3 yrs, Est 71b.
Sweepstakes of 10 sous. each, winner to be sold f-r 2001.,
&c., T. Y. C.—Young Quo Minus, 4 yrs ; Hawk's-eye, 4 yrs;
Minaret, 4 yrs; That's-the-time-of-Day, 3 yrs.

The Sie,cle states that a serious conflict took place
on Sunday last at Romainville, between some of the soldiers of
the corps of engineers employed en the works of the fort in
construction there, and a party of the 4th regiment of the
line. It appears that fourteen of the engineers, under a ser-
geant, were celebrating the King's fete at a traiteur's, when
the house was surrounded by about 300 men of the 4th, utter-
ing threatening cries. The sergeant of the engineers went
out to remonstrate, but being insulted by a corporal, seized
him, with the intent of conducting him to the guard-house.
This was the signal for a general attack from the line. The
sergeant was driven back into the house, and carried down into
the cellar for safety, but would have been followed, and per-
haps, murdered, but for the courageous resistance of the land-
lord, who received two severe sabre wounds on the head. The
combatants were separated by the arrival of a strong picket
under the command of an officer, but not until seven out of
the fourteen engineers were severely wounded.
Cockchafers are so numerous in the environs of
Arnheim, says a Dutch Journal, that the authorities have
offered a premium of two Dutch cents (nearly a sou) for
every quart of these insects caught and delivered to them.
'The Dutch Jsutnal asserts that at this premium a can
earn as much as two florins a day.