THE ST. LEGER. {From Lloyd's Weekly Newspaper,—Sep. 18.) WEDNESDAY.

Daily Southern Cross, Volume XVI, Issue 1274, 29 November 1859, Page 3

THE ST. LEGER. {From Lloyd's Weekly Newspaper, — Sep. 18.) WEDNESDAY.

The St. Legeb Stakes of 26 soys. each, for three-year-old colts and fillies ; Becond to receive 100 sovb. out of the stakes. 168 subs. 1 mile, 6 furlong, 132 yards. Sir 0. Moncks br. c. Gamester (Aldcroft) 1 Mr. Saxon's b. or br. Defender (Snowden) 2 Baron Eothscbild's Magnum (Osborne) 3 Lord Londesborough's Summerside (Wells) 4 The following horses also ran : — The Promised Land, N*poleon, Gladiolus, Comforter, Aston, Lovett, TJralian.—Betting: 5 to 4 on Promised Land, 7 to 2*agst. Summerside, 12 to 1 Defender, 15 to 1 Napoleon and Gladiolus, and 20 to 1 Gamester. Nothing else was named. — Precisely at-3.28 p.m. Mr..Hubbard lowered his flag, and the cry resounded through the air " They are off ! " Defender was the first to show in front, but he was in a few strides passed by Gamester, and he in turn was deprived of that position, Promised Land almost immediately going to the front, and forcing the pace, running about two lengths in advance of everything ; Aston second, Gladiolus third. Upon reaching the hill, Magnum went into third place, Gladiolus dropping fourth, Summerside fifth closely attended by Defender and Magnum. At the Red House Summerside was upon equal terms with the favourite. At a quarter of a mile from home Summerside looked most prominent, the lot being in a cluster, Promised Land running second, Defender third. At the distance Defender headed Summerside, she giving way beaten, Promised Land at this time crying enough. Gamester at this point began to race with Defender, headed him, and won, after a good race, by half a length, two lengths between the second and third; Summerside was fourth, a head behind Magnum : the favourite was an indifferent fifth ; the others came in at intervals, as we have placed them above.

The Tcrkish Sultan in Danger.— A circumstance occurred in he entrance to the harbour, two afternoons ago, which desenes mention in the most reprehensive terms. About 3 p.m. his Majesty the Sultan was being rowed across in his State caique from his Palace at Dolmaßatche to the old Seraglio, when, a 9 the caique had gained about the centre of the Golden Horn, a steam tug was observed heading out of the harbour in the direction of SeraglioJPoint. Though it was evident that the Imperial caipue could not be unpereeived by the captain of the tug, who waa-pn the bridge, the steamer bore on steadily towards it. The Imperial crew, in consequence, plied their oars with unusual vigour, and were shooting across out of the steamer's track, when the latter was observed to change her course and still make head on for the caique. The Imperial coxswain called out, but in vain, till his Majesty himself, in well-grounded elarm, rose up and joined in the warning cry. Evert this, however, would apparently have been unavailing, had not the crew of the caique managed, by a frantic effort, to shoot her in-close to the shore, out of all Hut the directly wilful reach of the pursuing tug, which, thus baffled, then bore' off on her proper course round the point. Now, for this very gross outrage only two explanations are possible— either the captain of the tug, the General Pelissier, deliberately perpetrated a most wanton act of insulting bravado, or he committed a drunken freak, which was barely a shade less gravely criminal ; and whichever side of the alternative be the fact, he merits the severest punishment the Supreme Consular Court can inflict. Though he sailed, most unworthily, under an English flag, we rejoice to learn that he is not an Englishman,, but an lonian. — Levant Herald