The Sun.
London, England, 1864-10-06 00:00:00

HAY MARKETS.

SMITIIFIELD.—Meadow hay, .£3 16s to £5 88 ; clover,
£4 lOa to £6 108 Od ; and straw, £1 84 to 12a par load.
A fair demand.

CUMRERLAND.—Meadow hay, £4 Os to £5 108; clover,
£4 lOs to .E 6 lOs Od ; and straw, £1 8.1 to £1 Hs per load.
Trade steady.
WILITECHAPEL,—Meadow hay, £3 15s to £5 81 ; clover,
£4 15s to £0 lOs Od ; and straw, £1 8s to 12s per load.
Supply only moderate.

CAPTAIN SPEKE'S LAST LETTER.—The following
is a copy of an unfinished letter which was found among
the gallant and lamented gentleman's papers, and which,
it is believed, contains the last words ho ever wrote :
" Neston Park, Corsham, Sept. 14.—Dear Mr Tinne,—l
have been delighted by seeing the way in which yon have been
handling the Nile question in the Times of the 12th. The
ladies' accounts of the way they were treated by those
ruffians up there is a perfect picture, as far as it goes, of
the true state of the system practised in those lands. There
is one other reason not alluded to which must have ope-
rated to thwart the ladies' designs—viz., the jealousy the
traders are E 0 susceptible to of any one prying into the
nature of the country they have appropriated to them-
selves, Pray do keep working this subject, for no one can
do it better than yourself. No doubt, indeed, a consul is
much wanted in the Soudan; but then he should be a
not
trader, for no one can trade honestly in those regions. I
have great_ fears about the fato of Baker. He orderedd
Petherick to piece a boat for him at Gondokoro
last year, The boat was there, and the men with thisw whom
Baker went into the interior must have returned to that
port, also we could not have heard of Baker's having gone
to Unyoro. This being necessarily the case, how is it that
Baker did not send a line by them to Petherick, unless
some foul play can answer the question ? For the love of
those you have lost, do bring retribution on the miscreants
who occasioned it. There is no richer land in the world than
the equatorial regions, and nothing more of importance to
the interesis of Egypt, as well as our own merchants, than
that of openinu up those lands to legitimate commerce."
COURAGEOUS CONDUCT OF A SERVANT GIRL.—
At about a quarter-past 12 on Sunday morning last a bur-
glarious entrance was effected at the house of Mr Edward
Wood, of Oakham. Mr Wood, who is in business in Dud-
-I:,y, was staying at his business residence, and the house was
left with only a servant girl and a younger son of the pro-
prietor. At the time abovereentioned the girl, whose name
is Hannah Langston°, was aroused by hearing a noise in the
house. She at once got up and went down stairs, and found
a man in the back kitchen with a side of bacon on his
shoulders. She immediately caught hold of the bacon and
took it from him and commenced calling for aid. The
burglar attacked her, and while struggling with him,
kicked her violently on the right thigh, which is bruised
and blackened severely. He ultimately wade his escape
through the kitchen window, which ho had forced in obtain-
ing an entrance. The girl endeavoured to prevent his
escape, but the man overpowered her and got away, without
however taking any spoil. As soon as possible an alarm
was raised and several neighbours came to the spot, but the
man had succeeded in getting beyond pursuit. Besides the
flitch of bacon, a ham was found cut ready for carrying
away. Detective-sergeant Davies, of the Dudley force,
was called in, and his opinion is that the forcing of the
window is not the work of a " regular hand." The girl
is seriously but not dangerously hurt. Her courageous
behaviour is a general topio of comment in the town, and
we understand it is the intention of her employer to re-
ward her handsomely for plucky condttet.—Birmingham
Gazate.
At the Clerkenwell police-court yesterday a gen•
tleman named Lloyd was charged with having got
out of a train in motion on the Metropolitan Railway. The
affair took place on the 10th of September. Mr Lloyd
wanted to get out at King's Cross, but failed to do so beforit
the door of the carriage in which he was riding was shut
and the train in motion. He then opened the door and in-
sisted on getting out. The result was that he fell on to the
line a little within the tunnel and was taken up for dead.
Fortunately, however, he was only insensible, but was very
seriously hurt. The magistrate yesterday fined him Is. and
costs, but the railway company declined to receive the costs.
At the Middlesex Sessions yesterday a police
constable named Gully was charged with assaulting
a married woman named Gompertz. According to the
statement for the prosecution Gully had b hayed in a very
coarse and brutal manner to Mrs C-Tompertz. It was alleg-d
for the prisoner, on the other hand, that he had found her
making a great row, and had taken her into custody, and
that the charge against him was an afterthought. The jury
ceuld not agree upon a verdict, and were discharged.
„ DEATH OF THE FIRST NUTMEG PLANTER IN
GRENADA.—Mr. Robert Kennedy, a native of
Perthshire, Scotland, who ern:grated to Grenada in 1804,
and subsequently introduced the nutmeg into that colony,
expired in August last at the ripe ago of 83. The nutmegs
sent from the deceased gentleman's gardens at Belhsue
carried the prize at the Great Exhibition of 1851. His
grays lies between those of his wife and daughter,
shadowed by the wide-spreading branches of his first-
planted nutmeg tree, in the midst of his plantations, where
lie had himself directed it shot ;Id be,--2/0 Grocer,

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

BEDFORD RACE S-WEDESDAY.

The Stratton Park Stakes of 30 guineas, added to a Sweep-
stakes of 5 soya each, 3 ft, for 3-yr-olds and upwards;
c2rtoin penalties and allowances; the winner to be sold
for £153 if demanded, &C. To start opposite the Stand
and go once round. about one mile and a half.
Mr C. Blanton's Goldylocks, 3 yrs, 7st 71b ....(Loates) 1
Mr F. Fisher's Trumpher' 3 yrs, 7st 71b ....(Hibberd) 2
Mr H. E. Jones's Zeloo, 4 yrs, Bst 101 b ...... (Keates) 3
The betting opened at 7 to 4 on Zeloo, but the shameful
proceedings which followed quickly oozed out, and the book-
makers gradually increased their oppositi )n against her,
until at the Ft art any price might have been obtained, and
those who fancied Goldylocks had not an opportunity of
making inv...st,l nts, inasmuch as the fielders confined their
speculations to Z ;100, against whom 10 to 1 was laid during
the race.

No description is necessary. Goldylocks was allowed to
lead the whole distance, and Zolco, palpably pulled through-
out, finished last amidst ironical cheriug. The winner w:ts
not claimed.

The Quee:;., .71a!o of 100 guineas, for 3-yr-olds and
u: wards. Three wiles.
Mr George Bryan's Lady ByMa, 3 yrs, Bst 61b
(Custance) 1
Lord St Vincent's East Lancashire, 4 yrs, 9st jib
(Ilibberd) 2
Mr Perry's Oliiminster, 6 yrs, lOst (W. Boyce) 3
Air Barber's Donne Canne, 5 yrs, 9st 131 b
(11. G.imshaw) 4

Betting-5 to 4 agst East Lancashire, 2to 1 agst Lady
Hylda, 100 to 30 agst Oldminster, 100 to 8 agst Donne
Canna.

Lady Hylda jumped away in front, but in a few
strides East Lancashire took a clear lead, followed
by Oldminsler, Lady Hylda, and Donne Canne, fur
three quarters of a mile, when Donne Canne took
second place, and Lacy 11y1c11 brought up 'he rear. They
ran without any nut2worthy alteration till within three-
quarters of a mile home, where Lady Hylda took se-
cond place, and waith.„ upon East Lancashire to the halt
distance, there passed him, and won by two lengths. Hal
a length separated the second and third, and Donne Canne
was a bad fourth.

The Two-Year .old Stakes of 25 says, added to a
Sweepstakes of 5 soya each ; colts, Bst 101 b ; fillies, Bst
71b; the winner to be sold for X5O, and if for less, cer-
tain allowances. About half a mile.

Mr Drewitt's Sallictt (£25), 7st 111 b (carried 7st 121 b)
(Fordhaw) 1
Mr Angell's Ethel (£25), 7st 111 b
Mr Goodwin's Bessy (£25), 7st lllb (Loates) 3
The following also ran :—Dagor, Whisky, Vesta, Yel-
low Jack filly, and.Laucashire Witch.

Betting-7 to 4 agst Bessy, sto 2 agst Ethel, sto 1 agst
Salliett.

Whisky, Bessy, and Dagcn jumped away in front,
Whisky leading slightly fa. 200 yards, after which Bessy
took up the running, and carried it on into the straight
where Ethel ran alongside Bessy, upon which the latter
flew open mouthed at Ethel, the two cannoning, which let
up Salina, who maintained the lead to the end, and ws.n
an excellent finish by a neck. A length and a half sepa-
rated the second and third ; Whisky was a bad fourth,
Dagon was fifth, the Yellow Jack filly sixth, Vest seventh,
and Lancashire Witch last. The winner was bought by
Mr C. Rayner for 180 guineas, and goes into Peter
Price's stables at Newmarket.

The Hunters' Stakes of 25 sovs, added to a S wcepstakes of
5 sovs each, for 3-yr-olds and upwards; selling and other
allowances : gentlemen riders; professionals 6-b extra.
About a mile.
Mr W. Fellowes's Vision,4 yrs (£so),9st llb (car 9st 41b).

(M W. Bevill) 1
Mr F. G. Hobson's Brother Sam, 4 yrs (ZSD), 9st llb

-(0 wner) 2
Betting-4 to lon Vision, who took up the running after
going a few hundred yards, held the lead to the end, and
won by 30 lengths. The winner was not claimed.

The Scurry Handicap of 40 soya, added to a handicap
Sweepstakes of 5 soya each, 3 ft, for 3-yr-olds and up-
wards; winners extra. About half a mile
➢ir Lincoln's Light, 3 yrs, 83t 41b (Fordham) 1
Mr It. Drewitt's Colleen, 3 yrs, 6it 101 b (Lomas) 2
Mr Naylor's Concordia, 3 yrs, 7st ((I. Sayers) 3

The following also ran .—Lady Derby, Walpole, Bonnie
Glen, Zara, Garotter, and Don't Conic Late.
Betting-100 to 30 agst Garotter, 11 to 2 each agst Light
and Lady Derby, 6 to 1 (at firat 3 to 1) agst Concordia-7
to 1 agst Don't Come Late, 10 to 1 each agst Bonnie Glen
and Colleen.

After numerous failures Garotter led for a quarter of a
mile, when Colleen took up the running and carried it on to
the distance, where she was headed by Light, who won by
half a length. Two lengths between second and third;
Bonnie Glen was fourth, Concordia iifts, cud Don't Come
Late last.

LATEST BETTINCk.
CESiREWITCII STAKES.
6 to 1 agst Gratitude (taken)
Bto 1 agst Mail Train (taken)
9 to 1 agst Thalestris (taken)
10 to j agst Calista colt (taken)
20 to 1 agst Lady Hylda (taken freely)
33 to 1 agst Alabama (taken)
]OO to 1 agst Welcome (offered)

CAME RID GES II IRE.
20 to 1 agst Prince Plausible (taken)
33 to 1 agst The Giant (taken)

EDINBURGH AND LO [MANS' CLUB MEE TING.
WEDNESDAY.
Volunteer Stckes.

Gagons
Queen of Crystal I,. .. 2