The Sun.
London, England, 1845-05-03 00:00:00

imiair plastamrs.

SmrrurtELD.-6a7seAleaa7Tfaytdr 12s to 4/ 18s ; use.
Sul do., 51 to 5/83; fine Upland do., 5110 s to 5/ 15s; Clover
Hay,4los to 6/ Gs; Oat Straw, 1/ 18s to 21; Wheat Straw,
21 is to 213 s per load. Supply but moderate, and trade
rather dull.

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CUMBERLAND.—Coarse Meadow Hay, 3/ 15s to 4/ 153 ;
useful ditto, 41 16s to 5/ 8s; fine Upland ditto, 5/ lOs to 5/ 16s;
CloYer Hay, 41 lOs to 6/ ; Oat Straw, 1/ 18s to 2/ ;
Wheat Straw, 2/ Is to 2/4s per load. Both Hay and Straw
sold freely, at full prices.
Wnr9ccnAmt..—Coarse Meadow Hay, 3/ 12s to 41 103;
useful ditto, 41 12s to 5/ Ss; fine Upland ditto, 5/ 106 t, 5/
19s ; Clover Hay, 4/ lOs to 6/ 6s ; Oat Straw, 11 18s to 21 ;
Wheat Straw, 2/ to 2/ 2s per load. A fair average supply,
and a steady demand.

LLOYD'S SHIPPING.—(THIS DAY.)
LONDON,
MAY 3.—Wind South-westerly, breezes, and
cloudy, with showers at times.
PonTsmoun, MAY 2.—Wind W.N.W., fresh breezes.—Off,
Maidstone, Nash, Calcutta.
DEAL, MAY 2.—Wind W.S.W. and W.N.W., squally.
—Arrd. Vernon, Savanilla. Sld. Douglas, Quebec. Remain
a great number of outward-bound. The Mary and Mar-
garet, from Limerick, got ashore last night, on the main,
near Kingsdown, but came off on the flood, and has pro-
ceeded, with assistance, for the River.
CLYDE, MAY I.—Wind W.S.W.—Arrd. Antigua, Bu-
chanan, Trinidad ; Funchal, Reed, Barbadoes ; Abercrombie,
Loulit, New Orleans. Sld. Euphonia, Newfoundland.
WATF:nrono, Amu, 30.—Arrd. Adam Lodge, Joy, Born-
bay ; Commodore. Cosens, St. John's, New Brunswick.
CORK, Arm. 30.—Arrd. Eagle, Dublin for Quebec, bore
up from 150 west of Cape Clear, for ballast.
W'IIITEIIAVLX, MAY I.—Arrd. Jessie, Jackson, Ichaboe.
So uri 1A14170N, MAY 2. —Sld. Severn steamer, West Indies.
SAI.OO3IIIE, MAY I.—The Norbolten, front Babia to Coves,
ashore near Praiolte Head, is on her beam-ends, a complete
wreck ; 82 cases of sugar saved, rest of cargo washed out.
FALMOUTH, MAY 2.—Wind W. by S., fresh.—Arrd. John
Pedder, Bennett, Ichaboe. Off, Doming, Reed, Sierra Leone
for Hamburgh.
KINGSTOWN, MAY I.—Wind W.—Arrd. Visitor, Ichaboe.
HARWICII, MAY 2.—A foreign vessel is reported to have
been lost on the Long Sand yesterday; crew (except one)
saved.
LivEttroot,, MAY 2.—Wind W., fresh.—Arrd. Robt. Benn
(leaky), Ritchie, Bombay ; Adelaide, Rio Grande; Lybia,
I'erry, A mboig ; Denison, King, Antigua; Grecian, France, La

Guayra; Mary, Mobile; Ayrshire and Thomas, Savannah ;
John MArshall, Charleston. Off, Cambridge, Charleston. The
Bcnlide, steamer, from Rlwl to Liverpool; got ashore In East
1101-le, this anernoon ; crew and passengers saved. The
Falcon, hence to Africa, has put back with stern stove, &c.,
having been in contact, 30th ult., with the John Marshall,
froM Charles;off Bardsey.
DOCOLAS (ISLE OF MAN), Arnn..27.—Arrd. Louisa, Jane;
Ichabov, .

UNDERLAM), Arrni 30.—A quantity of meat, sup-
posed to belong to a vessel of about 300 tons; a topmast,
rigging and yard, and a foresail with " Great Yarmouth" on
it, was fallen in with behind the Goodwin Sands, 25th ult.
by the Magnet, arid. here.
LIMERICK, Arntt. 11111-ltngth Feinge tgiiie-head
painted white, gilt belt round the middle; a star on the left
breast, and a bunch of flowers under the left arm, has been
picked up at the Island of Papa, and a mast 18 feet long at
Scallaway.
WESTPORT, Amu. 29.—Arrd, Ann, Coulthard, Possession
Island.

MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS.
CIFY, QUARTER TO THREE.
The sales of Cotten at Liverpool yesterday were more li-
mited, but there was no change in prieee. Sa,lee 8;909
4to 4,000 bales: en Sheryl thtlt brit much doing.
About pi-0;4011S Pritea were current. Barnsley Junc-
tion, 3% ; Birkenhead, Manchester, and Cheshire
Junction, 8% 9 ; Belfast and Ballymena, 9 8% ;
Bolton, Wigan, and Liverpcol, 11% ; Caledonian 11% % ;
Caledonian Extension, 3% 4 ; Cambridge tell I_4lltotta;
,• Chester end Birktrititeth thester and llolyhead,
174 ; Cistirtitt Valley, 71r4 11 s. 3d. ; Clydesdale Junction, 8;
Col k and.Bandon, 8 ; Cork and Waterford, 2% 3 ; Dublin
and Galway, 31. 51s. 6d. ; Dublin, Mullingar, and Athlone,
; 4 334 Edinburgh and Glasgow, Quarter Shares, 16% ;
Ditto, New Quarters, 6%; Edinburgh 1.4 Ulas'-
gow and Dumfries, :81s. rand Junction, 228% ;
titeat qrimeby Mitt Sheffield, 6"1/2 3s. 6d. ; Great Munster,
9% 3 • Huddersfield Canal and Railway. 81% ; Huddersfield
and Sheffield, 81is; Hull and Selby, Half Shares, 241/_ ;
Inverness and Perth, 23/4 ; Jamaica Junction, 6%; Kilkenny
Junction, 1%; Liverpool and Manchester; New !Agit.% 371% ;
Liverpool, Orniskii*, and reeston, 23r4 ; London said Bir-
mingham, Quarter Shares, 323/4 ; London and Brighton, 63 ;
London and Croydon, New Shares, 295. 4d. ; Londonderry
and Enniskillen, 5 ; London and, York, 3 9 ; blue
(Bawtry), 33/4 ; Direct Northern, 665. 1,4; Leeds and Dews,.
bury, 103/4 1, ; Leeds and Thirsk, beetle. and West
Riding Junction, 74 ; Alatithester and Birmingham,
Quarter Shares, 10% ;, Ditto, New Shares, 5% ; Man •
chester and Buxton, 6% ; Manchester, Sheffield, arid Midland
Junction, 6% ; Manchester and Leeds, Half Shares, 65% ;
Midland Railway, 1571,Cy 158 ; Ditto, 40/. Shares, 19% ;
Newcastle and Sheffield, 5 ; Newry and Enniskillen, ;
North Kent. 61% % ; North Wales Mineral, 1614 i North
Western, 4% 5 ; Oxford and Dirminghiffit Jinittion, 41.4
91s. 6d. ; Sheffield and Manchester, 121 ; Ditto, Quarter
Shares, 151/, ; Sheffield and Lincoln, 395. 30s. ; Shrews-
bury, Oswestry, and Cheshire, 5 ; South-Eastern and Dover,
New Shares, No. 2,8% ; Ditto, No. 3,6% ; Scottish
Central, 63/4 ; Trent Valley Continuation, 4 ; Welsh
Midland, 2%; West Yorkshire, 63/ ; Great Paris and Lyons,
38s. ; Northern of France (Laffitte's), 5% Orleans; Tatra;
and Bordeaux (English), 10W Ditto (French), 101% ;
Paris and Lyons, English, (Laffitte's), 595. ; Paris and Lyons
(Ganneron's), 535. 6d. 51s. ; Strasburgh and Basle, 12%;
Sambre and Meusei 9%; Verona and Ancona, 21%.
MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, MAY 2.—The sales
are :—Barnsley Junction, 33/4 Birkenhead, Manchester,
and Cheshire Junction, 9; Blackburn, Burnley, and Ac-
crington, 8% %; ettletiouian, 12% •, Cambridge and Lin-
coln, 81 A ; Churnet Valley, 71% 7-16; Clithero Junction,
3% prem. ; Direct.N ortltern, 31/2 ; Glasgow and Dumfries, 1% ;
Goole, Doncaster, Sheffield, and Manchester Junction, 11%;
Great Grimsby and Sheffield Junction, 614 cum new; Hud-
dersfield and Manchester Railway and Canal, 8%; Leeds and
Thirsk, 14; Leeds, Dewsbury, and Manchester, 11%;
Leeds and West 'Riding Junction, London ard Birming-
ham, 285; London and Worcester, Oxford and Rugby, 4%;
London and York, 5; Manchester and Birmingham, 58%;
Ditto, New Quarters, 73/4 ; Manchester and Buxton, 6%;
Manchester and Leeds, :143 ; Ditto, Shit: nth Shares,
7% ;North Western, 5% ; Nottingham and Mansfield, 3% ;
Preston and Wyre Extension, 2% ; Scottish Central, 71/2 ;
Sheffield and Lincolnshire Junction, 1% ; Trent Val..
ley Continuation and Holyhead Junction, 21,4 prem. West
Yorkshire, 7%; Whitehayen and Furness, 3 1-16 3; Paris
and Lyons (Ganneron's), 2%; Manchester and Salford Wa-
terworks, 4 ex new.
The only ship arrival with later news is from the Cape of
Good Hope, whence the dates are to the 15th of March,
though only to the 6th of that month from the frontier. The
Kafir:: were quieter, and the prospects of the agriculturists
were good. Steam navigation had not answered the expec-
tations formed of it, but like all similar enterprises, no doubt
it would require time to establish it in public favour, and
make it pay. There is nothing new from Natal.
There was a slight change in the Bank of England's posi-
tion during the week to the 26th ult. The issue of notes,
instead of being further reduced, were increased by 69,725/.
The Rest was 24,9561. greater. The public deposits were only
2,643,448/, or less by 574,902/. The other deposits were
749,6301. less. The other securities were 973,813/. less, and
the bullion 43,0i8L less.
There has been to-day a heavy market for the public
Securities. Consols have been 98% to 9834 for the first
transfer-day next week, and about 9834 for Account. The
illness of M. Guizot, and the expected news relative to the
Oregan question excite still a doubtful feeling. The pre-
mium on Exchequer- bills has been 595. to 575. ; and on
India Bonds, 725. Bank Stock has been done at 210% for
Account ' • and India Stock is steadier at 278. The New
Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents. are 1001,4 to 1003/4.
Spanish Stock is still very inactive, and the quotations are
merely nominal. Portuguese Converted obtain 67% to
67%. Mexican are 38 to 373/4. Dutch Four per Cents.
are 97% to Al.
There is a fair business doing in Railway Shares, but the
quotations, in most instances, are rather flatter. From the
position as respects the market price of the South-Eastern
and North Kent shares, there would appear to he a good
deal of anxiety touching the decision of Parliament.
BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK.
(From the Official List.)
3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 97%%
3 per Cent. Consols Anna 9B3A %
New 3,4 per Cent. Annuties 100%143/4
Long Annuities ,Expire sth Jan. 1860 lll/2 5-16
Ditto 30 Years, Expire Jan. 5, 1860
India Stock 278
India Bonds 1,0001
.72
Ditto under 1,0001
Bank Stock for Account
Consols for Account
Exchequer Bills. 13/4(1. 11/2d.
1,000/.
5001. ... —
Ditto Small
PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE. O'CLOCK.
Columbian Bonds. 15%
• .—Dan.sh Bonds 1825, 3 per Cent.... 881% 88
• Mexican Bonds, 1837, 5 per Cent. 38 37%
Ditto Deferred Stock...
Portuguese Bonds, 5 per• Cent
Ditto Converted
Ditto for the Account 671,4%
• Russian Bonds, 1822, 5 per Cent 1174
Dutch 2% per Cents
Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates
PRICE OF SHARES AT ONE O'CLOCK.
RAILWAYS. PAID. PER SHARE.
Aberdeen
Armagh, Coleraine, Port rush 1),4 23/4 to
Birmingham Eand Oxford
Junction
Bristol and Gloucester
Caledonian 5 ...... 111/2%... to 11
Cambridge and Lincoln
Chester and Holyhead
Churnet Valley
Cornwall ..
l'irect Northern
Dublin and Galway 2l/2 3% lAA to --
Eastern Counties
Eastern Union

..... ....
Ditto Extension
Ely and Bedford IIA 3IA to
Great Munster 2% 2%N... to
Great Western - to IEB
Ditto 1,4 Shares 5O 105% to
Guildford, Fareham, Portms. 21/2
Harwich 1
Hull and Gainsborough
Hull and Selby .. ... 50 lOB ...... to
Ditto Quarters
Ditto Half Shares.. 2 ...... 25
Jamaica Junction
Lancaster and Car1i51e......... 20 ..-.. 43% to
London and Birmingham ...100
Ditto Thirds
London and Brighton.... 5O ... .
Ditto Consolidated Bths
London and Croydon... 13/. 153. 9d.... 181,41,4 to
London and Greenwich... 121. 15s. 4d... 10% .o
London and South Western.. 41%...... 80
Do. New
London and York... ..... ...... 214...... 4%%% to 5
Londonderry and Coleraipe... 2
Londonderry and Enniskillen 21%...... 41% to
Lynn and Ely
Midland

Ditto New
Midland, Birm. and Derby ...100 117%...... to
Newcastle&Darlingtonounc. 25
Newcastle and Berwick
Newark and Sheffield l% ..... 51/2 to
North British
Ditto New 1 .. ... 5 ...... to 4%
Noith Kent
Perth and Inverness
Scottish Central
Shrews.,Wolver., Dud., Birm. 2% 4%%... to
South Eastern and Dover ... 33% 4O ... .. to
Ditto New, No. 1 8
Ditto New, N 0.2 2 .. ... 81.4...... to 8
Ditto New, No. 3 2% . 61/0i ... to
South Wales
Trent Valley ... 2 ..... 18% to• 19%14
Trent Valley and Holyhead
Junction —
' Wits Somerset,& Weymouth 2%...... 5% to 64
York and North Midland ... 50 ....
Ditto Selby
Ditto, Extension
FRENCH RAILWAYS.
Boulogne and Amiens
Bordeaux and Toulouse •2 • 236 to .--
Bordeaux,Toulouse,andCette 2
Dijon and Mulhouse
Great Northern of France
(Laffitte's).....
Do. Do. (RosameP 4s) ... 2
Louvain and Jemeppe ... 2 4%1(.1... to
Lyons and Avignor
Namur and Liege 2% 6
Orleans and Viereon
Orleans and Bordeaux ... .. 2 .. ... I 0
Paris and Lyons ( Laffitte) .. 2
Parisand Lyons(Ganneron's) 2
Paris and Strasburg 2 ..... 2% to
Royal North of Spain 2 2% to
Sambre and Meuse

OVERLAND ROUTE TO INDIA.—It would appear that
this route is gaining as much favour for the transit of
geiods as it has for the conveyance of passengers. The
comparatively short period employed compensates for the
additional expense, more particularly with such Ir elan
wares as materially depend upon their novElty fit a
market in this country, and which, if they did not arrive
punctually at particular seasons, would disappoint the
connoisseur and beau monde. The elaborately wrong it
Cashmere shawls, for instance, without a newness in
which a fashionable season would suffer a depression,
and for which thousands and thousands of pounds ni-e
annually expended by the house of Everington and
Graham alone, who have adopted the overland 'mute
order to take the lead of Europe in being the fi.;st, in thg
field with this costly article.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.
(RECEIVED THIS DAY.)
INTEr.tioENCE EXTRA;
MANCHESTER RACES, 1845.—TaMiltt.
Acceptances for the Manchester Cup :--Setniseria, 5 yrs,
Bst 51b—Phillip, 5 yrs, Bst•2lb—Queen of the Tyne, 6 yrs,
Bst Ilb—Hooton, 5 yrs, Bst—Cataract, 5 yrs, Sat—The Best
Ur ThNe, 4 yts, 121b=1'ort9 yrs,Jat
5 yrs, 7st—Agriculture, 5 yrs, Est 101b—The Old Maid; tf
yrs, Est 81b—Marian Ramsay, 3 yrs, sst 71b.
WEDN ESDAY.
Acceptances for the Free Handicap :—LordSaltoun,7st Sib
-=.l"Auld Squire, 7st 41b—Ambition, Cat 71b—gg by Stumps,
Acceptances for the Cup of 100 sovs., given uy tlic titners
of the race course :—Seiniseria, 5 yrs, Ost—David, 6 yrs,
Bst 61b—Philip, 5 yrs, Bst 61b—Cataract, 5 yrs, ist 101 b
The Best of Three, 4 yrs, 7st 101b—Agriculture, 5 yrs, 6st 6th
—Beaufront, 4 yrs, Ost 61b—lItirlitons, aged, Cat 41b—Joe
aphEttl; b .yrs; fist Holbrook, S yrs, sst 71b—
Helifisitfah, 3 jisi bat tilb-:---Chonise, 3 yrs, sst 41b.
CARLISLE, ?')'46.
Acceptances for the Cumberland Plate :—Robert de ilotlIa:n,
6 yrs, Oat—The Shadow, aged, 8,.t 9ib—Queen of the Tyne,
6 yrs, Bst—inheritress, 5 yrs, Bst—Millepede, aged, 7st 121 b
-.ttlotlfreyi 4 s;rs!.7.st rtged, 7st 11b—The Old
Maid, 5 yrs, Est 121b—Crikey Billev, sYrs, Cat / 2lb=Flags-
man, 6 yrs, Est 10th—Dug Billy, 4 yrs, 6st 101b—Pedometer,
aged, Est 101b--I'ythia, 3 yrs, sst 11 lb. The rest declared.
SHIFFNAL, 1845.
Entry fur the Gold Cup i—lnkeritress, 5 yrs—Freeman,
'ra•-littit,pli.t, 4 yrs.
BETI'ING AT MANCH ESTER.—FMDAY.
CHESTER Cur.-5 to 1 agat Fitzallen (t)-8 to I apt Ould
Ireland (t)-8 to 1 agst Se rniseria-10 to 1 agst Cataract-
-10 to 1 agst Obscurity-16 to 1 agst The Era-25 to 1 agst
Queen of the Tync..2s tp 1 agst Trueboy-35 to 1 agst
Ratait=-10 to agi4 intrepid--1,006 to 20 agst Pride of Kil.
dare. Ould Ireland, The Hermit, and Pride of Kildsre have
arrived at Chester.
CHESTER ST. LEGER.-3 to 1 agst Vaudeville-4 to I agst
The Libel-4 to 1 agst Crim Con-6 to 1 agat Hope.
DEttwr4 -4 few hedging bets at 5 to 2 ag:t Idas. Nothing
ElSe don&
OAKS.—Offers to take 9 to 1 agst Lancashire Witch.

CHESTER RACES&
(FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)

Few provincial meetings have of late years made such
rapid strides in popularity ,aiid 'Mtn-tense as the one held
over the rhodee at Chester: The reason of it I attribute to
the faet of " the sinews of war" being liberally and judi-
ciously applied, tor as where the Carrion lies, the Vultures
congregate, so where stewards of races offer large prices,
they may generally calculate oft hating plenty of horses.
The forthcoming meeting commences on Tuesday anti ends
on Friday. On the first day there are only two races down
upon paper at present, viz., the Grosvenor Stakes, and a Pro-
duce Staked; the entries for the further Close tomorrow, and
the latter hat three subscribers ; ;In all probability Sir B.
Bulkeley's Queen Pomace will in it A Couple of plate
races will complete the day's sport. On Wednesday the first.
race in the list is a sweepstakes of 25 sues. for two years old,
five furloegs, and seventeen subscribers. The only pub:ic
runners in this race are, Princess Alice, Staircase, and Mr.
Mansfield. From the forte in which the Goodwood team
are in this season, and the manner in which Princess Ante
won at Bath, Ido not see what is to beat her. To the Cup
there are 123 subscribers, 52 of whom declared, leaving, there-
fore, 71 horses to the attention of the betting men. Last
year there were 94 subscribers to this race, with 65 accept.
ances, and 26 starters. But although the subscribers and the
acceptances are more numerous, yet from the unprece-
dented severe weather in the early part of the season ren-
dering it a task of the utmost difficulty to prepare horses,
I doubt whether there will be so large a field. The interest
this race excites in the sporting world is immense. Three
or four years ago it was rarely if ever mentioned at Hyde
Parkseotheri ants nose it has divided With the Derby the
attention of the betting men there, and more money pro-
bably is depending upon its result than upon that of the
Epsom event. Up to the present time upwards of 30
horses have been backed at prices varying from 100 to 5 to 1.
With your permission, I will examine the pretensions of
these candidates to public favour. Foig-a-ballagh the
handicapper seemed to think had won quite enough money
for his owner last year, and therefore he assigned him
9st 21b., which will I fancy answer all the ends intended.
This game animal bag been backed occasionally at 50 to 1.
Mr. Hess.eltine's Fitzallen, who now occupies the proud posi-
tion of first favourite, is apparently the representative of the
stable, and from being considered so, his friends will strive
all in their power to keep him ie his place. He is a bay
colt, by the Sadler. out of Ellen, and half-brother to Fitzroy,
whose performances are well known to my readers. Fitz-
allea made his debtit at Newcastle in the Tyro Stakes, for
which he Was easily beaten by Mr. Ramsay's Midlothian' and
he has not run since, although in such able hands, I
cannot fancy, with five stone on his back, he can go and beat
old horses, whose speed is well knee n. Lord Eglinton's
Aristides has been speculated upon quietly to some extent.
He is a horse possessed of great speed, but his legs are in
such a queer state, and his temper so uncertain, that it is
dangerous to stand much on him. Should Fobert bring him
to the post all right, with his temper undisturbed, I expect
he will run very forward. Mr. \V. Scott's Cataract
has been more heavily supported than any horse
in the race, and a week ago his friends took as
little as 5 to 1 about him. He is by Hornsea, who
ran second to the Queen of Trumps for the Leger, out of
Oxygen, who beat a field of twenty for the Oaks in 1831.
He is now five years of age, and carries 6st. 101 b. Last
year he won a 501. Plate at the Newmarket Craven Meet-
ing, beating six rips; and afterwards ran second to the
Devil-to-Pay at Gorhambury, for the Gorhambury Stakes,
giving him 341 b. for the year. I can see nothing
in these performances to warrant his occupying the
position he does in the market. When I con-
sider too how often he has disappointed his backers, the
recent absurd speculations of his owner, and the disad-
vantage under which lie labours from having been used as a
sire, I think this Cataract will overwhelm nobody but his
backers. Counsellor, the best cocktail in England, and winner
of 14 races last year. v ith Bst. 211'., in such company as he
will meet here, can have no earthly chance. His price is
now 30 to 1. Mr. Jaques's Semiseria has a host of admirers,
who think her chance of winning this Cup so strong, that
they will take as little as 7to 1 about it. Sue must be con-
sidered to be very well in with 7st. 81b., but as she has never
yet evinced a capability of being able to stay a distance, and
possessing merely great speed for a mile, or a mile
arid a half, I cannot. fancy but what she will find
the course too long for her. Her match last year
with Extempore must not be taken in question, as she was
Much amiss at the time. Mr. Osbaldeston's Sorella, 4 yrs,
7st. 121 b., at 15 to 1, I consider a good investment. This
mare ran extremely well last year, and had she not been a
little "off" at the time, would in all probability have put the
Oaks into the pocket of her spirited owner. Her winning
the Queen's Plate this week, beating Vibration and two
others, was a most creditable performance, and showed she
was getting into her old form. I expect to see Sorella there
or thereabouts at the finish. The Era is a game horse, with
a fairish turn of speed. Last year he won the Northumber-
land Plate, at 7st. 11b., beating The Best of Three, and nine
others; and ft Bowed up his success by winning, at Liver-
pool, the Liverpool Cup, at Bst., beating a field of sixteen,
including Pager., Trueboy, Pompey, and Mickey Free. For
the Goodwood Stakes, won by Franchise, The Era with
Bst. 61b., was sixth, and would have been second to Alice for
the Cup, had his jockey been aware there was any-
thing for the second horse. Looking therefore at his
performances, I am of opinion, that although he will run a
good horse, yet the weight will operate against him at the
finish. Mr. A. Johnstone's Obscurity, who has for some
time been struggling with Semiscria for the premiership, is
reported to be the representative of Messrs. Dawson's stable,
and likely to turn out a second Alice Hawthorn. From her
having only won a plate at Richmond, the handicapper
thought sst. 121 b. a sufficient weight for her to carry, and it
certainly will not break her back. tut still her public run-
ning is not good enough for me to recommend her being
backed, and if she does not get it place, I shall not be in the
least surprised. Mr. Meiklani'sTrueboy by some is fancied
to be the " real Simon Pure" of Dawson's stable, and has
been quietly backed by men who ought to know something
about him to win a large stake. I consider him a most
useful horse, possessing stoutness, and speed of no
ordinary kind. Last year he won five races at
high weight and long distances ; and this year
the way in which he defeated Portobello and
Lightning at Catterick should not be lost sight of.
Mr. Cuthbert's Queen of the Tyne, 6 yrs, 7st. 51b., will, if in
her last year's form, I fancy run exceedingly well. Mr.
Gully's St. Lawrence is a good deal fancied by some; yet,
from his running at Bath last week, I cannot imagine he
will have much chance, unless' which is very improbable, the
race is run at a slow pace. Lord George Bentinck's Pug,
upon whom so many small investments have been laid out,
in spite of her defeat for the 1,000 guineas by Estslle (sub-
sequently beaten by Lord Chesterfield's Poor Soldier),
having only 4st. 81b. on her back, coupled with the ad
vantage of being trained round a circular course, and of Young
Kitchener to guide her, will beat many more than beat her.
Had she not been run against in the Somersetsbire Stakes I
believe she would have won them. As it was, she run very
game. Of the Irish lot, the only one, I think, that will put
in an appearance, is Ould Ireland. I understaad lie is a
slashing colt, well able to stay a distance, and has
been " tried" and not found wanting. His running at the
Curragh the week before last was excellent, and if he
does not suffer front the change of climate which Irish
horses do sometimes, will, I think, be very likely to catch
the judge's eye first. Portrait, with 6st. 1011 e, is entrusted
with some small sums by the admirers of Isaac Day. He
was always a slow horse and had great difficulty in beating
moderate platers—how Leis to win such a race as the Chester
Cup, unless his speed has increased with his years, I am at
a loss to imagine. The Dean is turned loose with 6st. 61b.,
but he is about as old and slow as any of his namesakes;
therefore I should not recommend any of my readers to take
the tempting odds that may be had against him. From
Winesour's position in the market, I doubt much whether
he will go unless to take care of Fitzallen. Intrepid I shall
only notice because Agrippa's ghost has prophecied he will
be the winner of this rich stake. All I know of hint is that
he is a four-year-old cocktail leather plater, and although
dangerous in such places as Stombridge and Sandbaeh, 3et
with 6st. 61b. he has no chance at Cheater with such high
company. I have touched upon all the horses nearly that
have been speculated upon, and although it is difficult out of
so large a field to pick a winner, yet 1 fancy the owners of
Sorella, Trueboy, Ould Ireland, and Queen of the Tyne are
the most likely to pocket the Chester Cup for 1845.
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