The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-02-13 00:00:00

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

TATTERSALL'S.-.YESTERDAY.
LIVERPOOL STEEPLECHASE.
9 to 1 agst Minos (offered)
200 ... 9 .. Little Charley (taken)
20 .. 1 ... Hopeless Star (taken)
200 .. 9 ... Jean de Quesne
1f:0 ... 3 ... Escape
50 .. 1 ... Sandboy (taken)
50 1 ... Black Swan (offered)
GREAT NORTHAMPTON HANDICAP.
7 to 1 agst Skirmisher (offered)
CHESTER CUP.
12 to 1 agst Leamington
25 .. 1 .. Sir Colin
30 .. 1 ... Scheidam
TWO THOUSAND GUINEIS.
5 to 1 on the Field (offered)
25 .. 1 agst Drumour (taken)
DERBY.
14 to 1 agst Mak Bonny (offered)
16 1 ... Tournament (taken)
1000 ..36 . . Sprig of Shillelah (taken)
40 .. 1 ... Lady Hawthorne
1000 ..15 Strathnaven

PEDESTRIANISM.—A few days ago a great feat of Peqe.
trianism was performed iu this town by a military gell_;ils
man, a captain, at present a resident here, for a wager 74
some friends. The distance selected was about three 1100,
and was walked over by the gallant captain in forty minilis
The time given was forty five minutes, so that he w011,.0
bets easily, having performed his task by five minutes
than the time specified. The matter was quite privali;
but on the gentleman appearing in public, Parti:d
undressed, it was soon perceived what he was about, 5‘,01
crowd immediately collected, and cheered him throng
the entire route.—Saunders's News-Letter. [3 Irish na'
are nearly equal to 5 English.] otz
A FRENCH CAB CASE.—A man, named Mathias, w— for
Monday tried by-the Tribunal of Correctional Polineops
robbery. The circumstances were rather curious,
day the man went to the Temple, and offered for sto
cabman's great coat of an old fashioned cut. A police' F.
on duty asked him if he was a cab driver ? I 111:i
answered he. " Where is your cab ?" "My nab ;,;14
cab—" stammered the man, rather puzeed and Ipo le
round," why there it is !" and he pointed to a T43'o
which was standing in the street without a driver. of
that moment a lady got into the cab, but not seeing •ng
driver, looked about for him. The policeman obserlie3
" There is your fare," the man jumped on the box, to,
the lady where she wanted to g,) to, and then droves w
ed
Just as the vehicle had got into motion, a cab driver osevi
from a public house, crying out, " Stop thief !" and Illbs
in pursuit of the cab. The vehicle was stopped 11, red
passers by, and 01.-1 man from the public house deciseeo
that it was his. He also said that the coat which had bansoffered for sale was his likewise, and that it mast
bblis
been stolen from the box while he went into the tett
house to get something to eat. The prisoner, in his de's b 1
said that he was drunk at the time, and did not know,"ori#
he was doing. lie was sentenced to three months
sonment.—Galignani's Messenger,
A GOOD HAUL OF TICKET OF LEAVE MEN IN .A---11.•
Oa Wednesday, at the Leeds Court House. Bel3)„iitsi
Ramsden, alias Rivingtos, and Jonathan Parkinson, "rgail
" Johnnie Friar," both returnedleonvicts, were ,ellikert
with burglariously forcing the house of Mr. n- 00
pawnbroker, Mabgate, on the morning of Friday las"elfeal
Monday, Ramsden made a voluntary statement to the
that the robbery was planned several days before; tie' bsi
confederates were Thomas Waterhouse (a man i'l°o/01
been repeatedly convicted), Jonathan Parkinson,,,oorth
" Johnnie Friar" (another returned eonvict), and ;it te,
man, who, not being in custody, we are not at libertro
name. Parkinson, who is a skilful smith, haiudgial;
reconnoitered the premises. Under the pretence of Pit; dal!
a pair of trowsers, he visited Mr. Walker's shop a fe;agel
before the robbery ; and, while the shopman was e 1.,;", etw
with other customers, his educated eye took in the 0P,40010'
shape of the locks which were attached to the inner 'door
He succeeded in making skeleton keys, by which eVellboti,/,
range was easily opened. The fourth man is still at large,.oll9
is hoped that he will be captured in time to
brother thieves in the dock on Friday next, to Itul
the prisoners were remanded.

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