The Sun.
London, England, 1855-06-09 00:00:00

LAT.EST_DERBY BETTING.

12 to 1 agst Fly by Night (taken)
20 to 1 agst Milton (taken)
20 to 1 akst Dramatist (taker.)
20 to 1 agst Peter Wilkins (The Bo ding
(School MiQs colt) (taken)
25 to 1 agst Bird in Hand (taken)
25 to 1 agst Pulmoodie (taken)
1000 to 30 agst The Wild Irishman (taken)
1000 to 25 agst Wandering Willie (taken)
1000 to 20 agst Rogerthorpe (taken)

NEVILLE AND THE MANCHESTER CIIP.
( From Bell's Life )
Having, in our report of the Manchester Meeting,
designated the scratching of Neville for the Trades' Cup,
after the horse had been backed by the public up to the
last moment, a " disgraceful proceeding," we have re-
ceived a letter from Mr. William Robinson, of Richmond,
Yorkshire, the owner of the horse, in which he affects
to "feel considerably surprised at the remark," and says,
"As I am sure the facts have been unfairly represented
'to you, I think it only right that I should give some
explanation." This " explanation," however, Mr. Robi-
nson wishes us to consider as "confidential," owing to his
objection to "appearing in print ;" but in this light Is e
cannot regard it, and as the affair has been freely com-
mented on in sporting circles, we consider it due to the
public, who were the sufferers on the occasfon, to give
Mr. Robinson's " explanation" in full. Mr. Robinson
says :
" This horses feet are, and always have been, very tender,
and to this cause I attribute his very easy defeat for the
Derby last year ; and so anxious was I, however, that no
person should lose money on him at Manchester, I told
every person who asked me at Epsom Races, aid also in
London, on the Saturday and Sunday following, that if
the ground continued so hard he would not run. When I
arrived at Manchester on the Tuesday evening I made
this no secret. I told the whole of my friends what were
my intentions, and took every pains to make the public
aware that I had not backed the horse; and in the event
of rain not falling before the race, I would not risk the
horse for such a stake, as the chances were, if he did ran
over such ground, he would be ruined for life. If, there-
fore,.the public, in the face of this, would back the horse,
it is their fault, not mine. I beg most distinctly to say,
there is no party connected with any horse of mine run-
ning in my friend Mr. Clarkson's name. My trainer,
Winteringham, has other employers, no doubt, none of
whom have the slightest interest in any of my horses ;
nor would I allow them to interfere in the management of
my horses in any way."
Upon the above we need only remark that, notwith-
standing Mr. Robinson, as he states, expressed to his
friends and those who asked him, at Epsom and Man-
chester, his intention not to start Neville if the ground
continued hard, the horse was allowed to remain in the
betting and to be backed by the public, as well, if we
mistake not, by certain of Mr. Robinson's own friends,
until almost the last moment, when one of the latter be-
coming suspicious of an under current, put it to the test
by offering to bet a pony or 501. that the horse would
not start, though, thoughout the morning, as stated in
our report, he had been backed at evens against the
field !

In conclusion, whilst giving Mr. Robinson the full
benefit of his " explanation," we have no hesitation in
repeating our opinion that it was a "disgraceful pro-
ceeding."

The Tribunal of Correctional Police of (Metz has just
been occupied two days in trying six employ& of the
Strasburg railway, for having, by their imprudence and
neglect of the regulations, caused two trains to run into
each other on the 21st of April, between the stations of
Metz and Courcelles, whereby five persons were killed,
and
fortnight's 3 fiinme,-
and several others were seriously injured. The trial
George Sand, or Dude-
ended by the condemnation of one of the accused, named
Collin, to a year's imprisonment, and 300 f. fine, of
me
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sed
mother, Presse,
wo hadgi v gives
aMnadthofietthi,etootshiexrsm, months imprisonment,
siimxpwrieseokosmteonta,
prisonment.
vent, in the last feuilleton of her life in L
anAamßuEs4TingicascscWou:tmolflr.h—erMd
hatred of repose :—" She would bu
bonnet, because she thought it charming.y, for instance, a
of the day she bought it, she would find The evening
take off the ribbons, and then the flowers..find it hideous—
lace—and change the arrangementtake out the
taste. Her bonnet would please with readiness and
But the day after there must be her all the next day.
—and so on, for some eight another radical reform
bonnet, always in a state days, until the unlucky
totally indifferent to her. of metamorphosis, became
the utmost disdain, Then she would wear it with:
when she put it on --till that she did not care
buy another new bonneti ithe fancy should seize
still
rto
'fine. She got tired of bei Her
bbrlaacnkthtea,irawn as very
d put on a
blonde wig ; yet by doing snogshe coulde not manage to
disfigure herself. She took a fancy for herself as a blonde
for awhile, then she abused herself for being flaxen, and
chose to be a bright chestnut. Presently she returned
to ashy pale locks—then went back to her own mellow
black hair—and this to such purpose that I saw her
with different hair for every day in the week. This
childish frivolity did not exclude laborious occupation
and very minute domestic cares. She had her own de-
lights of imagination, and would read the romances of
M. d'Arlincourt a ith positive frenzy—far into the night
—but that did not hinder her from being astir at Sis in
the morning, to begin anew her toilettes, her excursions,.
her needlework, her merriment, her despair, and her fi i
i of passion." •