The Sun.
London, England, 1852-12-29 00:00:00

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

BETTING AT MANCHESTER--YESTERDAY.
MANCHESTER STEEPLECHASE AT STREFORD.
100 to 30 on the Field (offered)
METROPOLITAN HANDICAP.
33 to 1 agst Contentment (taken)
30 to 1 Muscovite (take 100 to 3)
33 to 1 Galvanism (take 40 to 1)
50Q to 15 Pug Orrock (take 40 to 1)
500 to 15 Finn-Ma-Coul (take 40 to 1)
500 to 15 Alkali (take 40 to 1)
500 to 15 Peggy (take 40 to 1)
40 to 1 Tobolski (taken and offered)
40 to 1 Benita (take 50 to 1)
40 to 1 Richmond (taken to 501.)
2,000 to 50 Corybantes (offered)
40 to 1 Nerva (taken and offered)
40 to 1 Lampedo (taken)
500 to 10 Ireland's Eye (taken)
500 to 10 Locket (taken)
500 to 10 -- Mr. Moon (taken)
50 to 1 CaribOo (taken)
CHESTER CUP.
1000 to 15 Muscovite (taken)
1000 to 15 Joe Miller (taken)
1000 to 15 Chief Baron Nicholson (taken)

DERBY.
100 to 6 Umbriel (taken)

STRETFORD STEEPLECHASES.
Acceptances for the Manchester Free Handicap.
Yrs st lb . Yrs st lb
a 10 6 Queen of the Vale a 912
t 10 6 Ballinasloe a 910
a 10 4 Harriott a 9 8
6 10 0 Pioneer a 9 0
a 10 0 Pirate a 9 0
a 10 01

Widow Machree
The Screw
Royal Blue
Simple Peter
Shinrone
Flying Buck

Acceptances for the Stretford. Steeplechase Handicap.
st lb st lb
10 8 Chorister (201.) 9 12
10 4 Victress (401.) 9 10
10 2 Lady Wilton (201.)
10 2 Knight of the Pipe 9 10
10 0 Tempest • 9 8
10 0 Miss Purdy 9 2

Crabbs (401.)
Falcon (201.)
Shinrone (201.)
Labyrinth (401.)
Unknown (201.)
Miracle (40/.)

AFFAIR OF HONOUR.--The ancient and usually quiet
borough of Bury St. Edmund's—which has recently
been plunged into a great state of excitement consequent
upon two closely contested elections, the majority, it
will be recollected, in the last case, being eight for Mr.
Oakes over Mr. Hardcastle—has been startled by a call
for twelve paces and pistols. Last week, when the ex-
citement of the struggle began to die away, it was whis-
pered that a challenge to a duel had emanated from
Nowton-court ; and when that rumour was confirmed,
and when it was fully known that such a challenge had
been sent to Mr. Hardcastle, the excitement was increased
tenfold. The gentleman who demanded this satisfaction
was Mr. Oakes, a banker, of the borough, living at Now-
ton-court, father of the successful candidate, and the
cause of quarrel was an observation in one of Mr.
Hardcastle's speeches, which Mr. Oakes considered offen-
sively personal. He called upon Mr. Hardcastle to re-
tract, but as that gentleman refused, Mr. Oakes, who is
a magistrate for the borough, and a deputy-lieutenant
of the county, sent a defying missive after him into
Essex. The day after it was received at Writtle, Cap-
tain Sutton, of Bury St. Edmund's, as the friend of Mr.
Oakes, waited upon Mr. Hardcastle to receive the name
of " his friend" to settle the preliminaries. Mr. Hard-
castle, however, decided on appealing to the law, and on
Friday, Mr. Headlane in his behalf, appeared before the
mayor and H. Le Grice, Esq., magistrate of the bo-
rough, and called for their interference in the matter.
A private meeting of these magistrates was held at the
mayor's house, when Mr. Oakes was bound to keep the
peace towards Mr. Hardcastle for six months, in a per-
sonal bond of 2001., and two sureties of 1001. each,
and Captain Sutton in 1001. The affair, of course, has
caused considerable excitement in the borough.—lps-
wich, Express.
THE CONVICT CANNON.—Thirteen convicts, under
sentence of transportation, were on Wednesday removed
to the Bedford prison, from Newgate, to undergo the
first stage of their penal career, which is twelve months'
strict separate confinement. Amongst the number is
Cannon, the ruffian who so nearly killed the unfortunate
policeman Dwyer. Cannon appears in good health, and
is evidently subdued. His general demeanour evinces
a disposition to succumb to the conditions of his well-
merited punishment. The two first stages of his sen-
tence will occupy twelve years to complete, viz., one
year in solitude, and the remainder in the quarries, or
other equally severe labour. And should his conduct
not be in all respects exemplary during that period,
Norfolk Island will inevitably be his doom. The year's
1 probation will in a great measure determine this.
ACCIDENT ON THE LONDON AND NORTH WESTERN
RAILWAY.—On Christmas eve, as the five o'clock Bir-
mingham train to Manchester, Chester, and Liverpool,
was leaving the Penkridge station, and before it had got
into full speed, a Shropshire Union train came
up at a considerable pace behind, and, regard-
less of signals, ran into and destroyed a second
and also a third-class carriage, in the rear.
About 19 or 20 passengers were injured more or less,
but fortunately none of them were killed. A lady
from Liverpool suffered a fracture of the scapula,
and the Rev. Mr. Allen, of Harmer, in Wales,
i was much hurt. Mr. Conry, cbairmaker, of Tur-
ner-street, Manchester, had the splinter bone of
one leg broken, and his head badly bruised. Two of
the injured passengers were from Manchester, two
from Stafford, three from Shrewsbury, and most of the
others from London, being passengers visiting their friends
in the country. Two of the injured had to remain at Staf-
ford all night, but were able to proceed on their journey
next morning. The other down trains were much detained
through the accident, and the five o'clock express
from London that evening did not reach Man-
chester until an hour after midnight instead
of at 10 o'clock. Mr. Woodhouse, superintendent
of the line at Stafford, was indefatigable in
his attention to the passengers, and procured surgical aid
as soon as possible. Mr. Norris, of Warrington, and Mr.
J. G. Harrison, surgeon to the company at Manchester,
were engaged in investigating the causes of the accident
on Christmas-day, and it was expected to be further pur-
sued, as was the inquiry by Captain Huish, yesterday.
It is supposed the engineer of the Shropshire Union
train could not stop his train owing to the slipperness of
the rails after coming in sight of the Birmingham train.
FATAL FIGHT AT DARTFORD.—Yesterday afternoon
at one o'clock, John Maloy, Harry Gibbs, and Joseph
Wise, all labourers at Dartford, were brought before
Thomas H. Fleet, Esq., at the office of Mr. Hayward,
charged with causing the death of Abraham Apted, on
the night of Friday. Mary Wise, wife of Charles Wise,
labourer, deposed—l live in Water-lane, Dartford.
About ten minutes before twelve on Friday night, I
went out to the marsh, which is near my house, and
saw there the prisoners John Maloy and Harry Gibbs,
and the deceased Abraham Apted. Maloy and Apted
were fighting ; presently they fell down, Maloy falling
upon Apted. My husband's brother picked up Maloy,
and Gibbs picked up Apted. They rested. •a little while,
and began squaring and fighting again. Apted kept
falling back, and Gibbs held him up and said, " Get up,
you receive all the blows, and give none." I said,
" Pray, Harry, don't-let them fight any more." He
replied, " Oh, nonsense, they will not hurt each other."
Apted then stood up to fight again, and Maloy hit him
somewhere in the forepart of the body, I did not see
where, when he made a gurgling noise in the throat, and
fell backwards and did not move. I turned to Maloy
and said, '• You villain, you have killed this man, and
if anything happens I will appear against you." He
said, " I did not strike a blow, and if you say I did I
will wring the nose out of your face." Gibbs picked up
Apted and shook him, and I said, "- Oh my, he is dead."
He replied, " Nonsense, he has only fainted." The
deceased was then placed on Gibb's back, who took him
home. Dr. Fisher was sent for, and when he came he
said he was dead. The cause of the quarrel appeared to
be that while Maloy was drinking in the Watermen's
Arms, Apted (the deceased) went in, took up Maloy's
pot, and drank some of his beer. This gave offence to
Maloy, and words arose, which terminated in the fatal
occurrence. The prisoners were remanded till Thursday,
t) await the coroner's inquest.
ALARMING ACCIDENT AT ARBROATH. —On the morning
of Friday the skeleton rafters for the new iron roof of
the passenger station at the Junction Railway, Arbroath,
extending in length to about 100 feet, fell with a tre-
mendous crash. The individuals at the station made a
miraculous escape. Mr. Allan, the station master, was,
however, struck on the head by one of the rafters, and
though not dangerously, he is severely, injured. One
of the wooden sheds was completely smashed. The ac-
cident may be partly ascribed to the very tempestuous
weather and the want of the diagonal braces, to the
erection of which the workmen were about to be put.—
Scot/ram.