The Press.
London, England, 1856-05-31 00:00:00

THE PRESS.

THE CASE or ARCHDEACON DENISON did not come
on at D snors' Commons as expected on Tuesday,
the Archbishop of Canterbury being ab.:eut. The
Admiralty Advocate, who appeared in the case of
" Ditcher v. Denison," on behalf of defendant, before
retiring, addressed Mr. Bathurst, the proctor for the
Archdeacon, and said that he presumed all the pro-
ceedings were abandoned. This was a highly cri-
minal suit, and he must act en tho legal presump-
tion that the proceedings against his venerable client
were abandoned.

APooa GIRL was deliberately incited to commit
suicide, last Tuesday morning, by jumping off
London•bridge, by a man named William May, who
was brought before Sir William Carden, at the Man-
sion-house, in the course of the day. Several wit-
r esses depos.d to having seen the prisoner, about
3.30 a.m., deliberately help up the girl upon the
parapet of the bridge, and heard him say, "Go on,
jump in, and I'll follow you." The poor girl, either
excited from drink, or insane, jumped off. How
ever, tha moment she rose in the water, her
senses appeared to have returned, for her cries
to be saved were piteous. Boats put off at one'', but
the tide was running strongly, and she sank before
aqsistance could reach her. The prisoner was imme-
diately seized by persons on the bridge. He declared
he waN trying to prevent the deceased from jumping
in. Alderman Carden remanded him till Tuesday
next. The body of the poor girl was recovered on
Wednesday.
MUTINY AND MURDER ON THE HIGH SEAS was
hitherto believed to be extinct among British merchant
seamen, but a case brought before Mr. Yardley on
Wednesday at the Thames Police Court disclosed how
narrow was the escape from murder, and worse, of
the passengers on board the ship Stebonheath, from
Melbourne. The shit) sailed from Melbourne on the
17th February. She had several passengers on board,
and 61,000 oz. of gold. Amo'ig the crew engaged at
Melbourne was one William Lewis. The second day
at sea, Lewis began to talk to another seaman,
Boletho, about the diggings and California. One
subject led to another, till Lewis recounted how, at
Callao some time since, he and other men got a
schooner and cruised off the Californian coast for
some weeks on the look-out for a gold-ship. They
caught one at last, threw the passengers and crew
overboard, took out 7,000 oz. of gold, and scuttled
the ship. Lewis then asked Boletho how he would
like to be in a 7,000-oz. business, to which Boletho
replied, Very well, if he could get clear." Lewis
then touched upon the subject of seizing the
Stebonheath, sailing for Peru, and disposing of her
passengers much in the same manner as in the
Callao case, except that the " young " women were
to be kept till they reached the coast, and then left to
sink with the scuttled ship. Bolethn appears to have
entertained the proposal very kindly at first. The
affair was talked over between these two men for
some days. Kent and Whi' tington, two more mtn,
were sounded and engaged. Lewis had come on
board fully prepared. He had revolvers, powder
and bullets, and two phials of laudanum, with
a keg of brandy, with which he intended to dose the
remainder of the crew until the seizure of the ship
was accomplished. On the fourth day, however, and
just as every arrangement was complete, the notion
of murder in cold blood appears to have aroused
some feelings of rem°• se among the three confede-
rates of Lewis, and two of them went honestly to the
captain and informed against him. Luckily he
was at the wheel at the time, and without difficulty
was seized at once, and placed in irons, till the ship
arrived safely home. The evidence against the poi
soner on Wednesday was olear, and he was fully com-
mitted for trial. The passengers made up a hand-
some donation to the three men.

sporting.
EPSOM RACES.

THE "great event" is at length over, and every
Londoner can now rest quiet and easy in his mind
for another twelvemonth. Whether the " heal ig"
men are disposed to do the same is another ques-
tion, for nobody seems to have won any money, and
everybody to have lost, by the result of the race.
The winner, Ellington, was pooh-poohed by layer
and taker alike, but there was what is called on the
turf " a clever par:y," who backed the, horse thronA
thick and thin. This "clever party" could possibly
give good reasons why the horse's previous racing
performances, at York awl Chester, were so remark-
ably " belond --the mark; but "clever" training is
an eAcellent thing in horseflesh.
There was the usual rush and crush at the railway
station, and down the road, both home and back ;
and of course the usual amount of accident, more
alarming than injurious ; though, at the London-
bridge station, one person, in his hurry to get into
a carriage while the train was being rim up, missed
his footing, fell between the atone coping and the
eat riage, and, horribly mutilated, died a few #oure
after his extrication.

The Derby this year as honoured by tie pre-
sence of Prince Albert and his Royal guests. The
Prince has not visited the Derby since Li:tle Won-
der's year, and as then, so on this occasitn., his
Royal Highness brought a drenching rain-st. rm iu
his train ; for no sooner was the race well over
than it seemed as if the rain, so long held back, had
determined to take it out of the people, and threat-
ened to wash awa not only Mr. Doriing and his cor-
rect cards, but vision, carriages, chicken pies, cham-
pagne, and all. Stilt the spirit of the people was
not damped; though to say they enjoyed the remain-
ing races on the card as much as it it had been a
tine warm day throughout, would be saying too much
of human nature even on a Derby-day. The first
race run wae—

THE EPSOM Towx PLATE ( Handicap) of 50 sore. One
mile.
Weathercock, 6 pa. Sat 71b
Vulcan, 4 yrs, 7st 61b
Roving Betsey, 4 yrs, 6st 131 b
Eight ran. Won by a neck
THE DERBY' STAKES of 60 cove each for Sir olds. Ono
mile and a half. 213 subs.
Admiral Harcourt's Ellington, by Flying Dutchman,
Aldcroft 1
Mr. Howard's Yellow Jack, by Birdcatcher, Wells 2
Lord J. Scott's Cannobie, by Melbourne, .. Sh.-rwood 3
Lord Derh's Fazzoletto, by Orlando,
The following also ran :—Coroner, Bay Hilton, Fl,-by-
Night, Wandering Willie. Leamington, Aleppo, Wentworth,
Bird -in • Hand, Vontlermitlin, Forbidden Fruit, Puck,
Newington, The Prince, Mr. Verdant Green, Cotswold,
Artillery, Astrologus, Rogerthorpe, Pretty Boy, Dramatist.
Betting at starting: 3 to 1 agst Fazzoletto (taken freely),
7 to 2 agst Wentworth, 11 to 2 agst Cannobie, 14 to 1 agst
Yellow Jack, 2U to 1 agst Ellington.

THE RACE.
When the line was first formed, the competitors were
thrown into disorder by a mounted policeman wl
rode directly in front of them ; the horses brut,.
away, but the start was declared to be " false," and
they were recalled. At the second attempt the flags
were lowered, and the twenty-four horses started in
compact order. _

The first to show prominently in the front was
Coroner. Behind him was Aleppo heading a ruck,
which comprised Fazzoletto, Vandermulin, Cannobie,
Artillery, Wentworth, Bird-in-Hand, Astrologus, Bay
Hilton, and Ellington, who were eln,tering we 1
together in nearly the order named. At the top i f
the hill Aleppo rushed up to Coroner and obtain. d
the lead, Coroner falling back and Vandermulin goit
on second, with Fazzoletto, Bay Hilton. Artil-
lery, Wentworth, Cannobie, Ellington, Bir L'et:
Hand, and Astrologus showing well up in his wale,
close together and pretty nearly in the order in
which we have set down their names. Aleppo car-
ried on the running round Tattenham Corner, and
Yellow Jack now began to di aw forward, and at the
road he took second place, with Bay Hilton's head at
his neck, and Fazzoletto and Cannobie lying close
up. At the distance Aleppo disappeared from ins
front, and left Vandermulin with a slight lead, Bay
Hilton being second; Fazzaletto, Ellington, and
Wentworth, the next thri-e ; Artillery being now
beaten off. Soon afterwards Yellow Jack went up
to Vandermulin, and raced with him head and head,
Bay Hilton dropping back, and Ellington biding his
time in close attendance on the first two. Half way
up the distance, Vandermulin tired, and Ellington
came out, with Yellow Jack in hot pursuit, and, after
a most exciting race in, beat him easily by a good
length, half a length separating the second from the
third, and a length the third from the foartli. Van-
dermulin was fifth, and Aleppo sixth. Wentworth
was forward in the next lot. Artillery broke down,
and Wandering Willie was absolutely last in.
Tel !UNTIE= PLATE ( FltlldiEllp) of 50 EOM One mile.
Val Winkle 3 yrs, 7st t lb
Tom Burke, 4 yrs, fist 121 b
Englemere, 4 yrs, Tat 131 b
Treachery, 4 yrs, 7st 111 b.

Won in a canter.
Tale EPSON Cue of 100 soya.. added to a Sweepstake of
10 sows each. Derby Conrse.
Lord Chesterfield's Tepee, 8 yrs, Bst Alb
Mr. T. Parr's Saneebox,4 yrs, Bat 71b
Mr. Howard's Conner, 3 yrs, Bst 11Ib
Won I, 40 lengths: very bad third.
Tax Donnas Smuts a a ion. each, with 80 added
Hal a mile.
Mr. Dawson's Bohhy B 3 yrs (401.) 7st 3'h 1
Mr. E. R. Clark's Plauaible, 4 crs (401.), Tat Alb 2
Eleven ran. Won by a head.
Thursday, the " off day," presented no remarkable
features of interest, while Fliday's racing resulted Ike
follows :

Terz OARA.
Mincepie
M llama
Victoria

Ten ran.
MIMBLas' PLATE.
Alcyone
!arida

Seven ran.
RAILWAY PLtTli.

Dead heat with Knurl %dug.
roAL
?!m. .01..
ate ran.

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