The Sun.
London, England, 1864-12-07 00:00:00

THIRD EDITION.

SUN OFFICE, SEVEN O'CLOCK.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE—This Day_

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READING RACES-THIS DAY.
(BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAriI.)
HUNT STEEPLECHASE,

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Spring (inn .
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Three ran.
MILITARY STEEPLECHASE.

Piggy IV iggY _

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The others fell. Three ran.
OPEN STEEPLECHASE.
Ironsides
Ball's Eye
Spatchcock
Deceiver
Twelve ran.
HANDICAP STEEPLECHASE.
Bravo
Piggy Wiggy

Ten ran.
INNKEEPERS' PLATE.
Premier
Light of Other Days
Four ran.

THE QUEEN.-It will be seen that Mr and Mrs
Wigan had this week the honour of reading before her
Majesty at Windsor Castle. It is flattering in the extreme
to these artists that they have been selected as the first who
have been permitted to appear before her Majesty.—Court
Journal.

Mr John Richard Eon has received a letter from
General Garibaldi, of which the following is a translation :
—" Caprera, Nov. 18, 1864. Most esteemed Mr and Mrs
Richardson,—l have to give you my most hearty thanks
and gratitude for all the great kindness so generously be-
stowed on me by you, ever since I first set my toot in your
land of liberty until you send me the yacht,—l pray you
will beliovo me as your friend at all times,—G. Clam-
iiiaLDr."

LAMENTABLE ACCIDENT TO A LADY AT THE
CROYDON STEEPLECHASES. Yesterday morning
W. Carter, Esq., Coroner for Surrey, held an inquest at
the Railway Tavern, on the body of a fine young woman,
aged 19, who met her death by falling from a horse at the
late Croydon Steeplechases. Deceased was well known in
tho neighbourhood of South Belgravia. George Grey said
he was a groom in the job-yard of Mr Whakerley, Lupus-
street, Pimlico. The lady he had seen dead that morning
ho had known during the past 12 months, and daring that
time he had occasionally gone out with her as groom and
coachman. He had always known her as Margaret Hills.
On Wednesday afternoon ho accompanied her on horseback
to the Croydon Steeplechases, the deceased riding c mare.
She was not accompanied by any uentleman, but she spoke
to several there. About half-past three on that afternoon,
deceased directed hitu to jump the horse he was riding ever
a gap in the hedge. Witness did it, and she was to follow
him. He did as she directed him, and as soon as he landed
he looked round to see her cowing, and she came directly.
As ho looked ho saw the mare " land," end with that de-
ceased dropped the reins instantly and fell out of the saddle
0,1 the off-side. The deceased fell on the upper part of her
back. Witness jumped off his horse and went to her, and
she said, " Oh, George, lam hurt." They cried out for a
doctor, and a gentleman came who they said was a doctor.
A cab was called, and she was placed in it, and brought to
the house. Witness remained in the house fur about an
hour and a half, and then left, bat before leaving he saw
her. She was quite sensible at the time of his leaving, and
made n ) statement affecting any one. She was quite sober
at the time of the accident. Witness could not account for
her falling off, as sho was a goof horsewoman and of high
courage. She had a fall previously, but she did not com-
plain at all of any injury. After some further evidence,
the jury returned a verdict of " Accidental death."
FRIGHTFUL ACCIDENT ON THE GREAT NORTHERN
RAILWAY.—On Monday Mr C. S. Burnaby, coroner
for the East Retford district of Nottingham, held an inquest
at Ranskill, a village about six miles from Retford, into the
cause of the death of Mr Richard Russell, civil engineer, of
Bawtry, who was killed on the Great Northern Railway on
Saturday night last. Mr Russell, who had had experience
as a civil engineer, both in this country and in America, had
lately received the appointment of engineer of the new lino
from Doncaster to Gainsborough, had been to Doncaster
on business connected with the line, and missing the last
passenger train from the place at six o'clock he, unknown to
the officials there, got into a coal train, expecting, it is
thought that it would stop at Bawtry. This train did not
stop until it reached Retford, and the accessed found him-
self as mach to the south of 13awtry as he was to the north
at Doncaster. Anxious to get to his home the same even•
jug, and there not being a train for passengers, he walked
into the goods yard, and ascertaining that a special goods
train was about to Ito despatched, he gut into the van. The
guard reported this to the clerk in charge at the station, and
Mr Russell was informed ho could not go. Nothing more
was seen of him until ho was found on the engine of another
train, from which he had to be ejected. Lie then left, went to
the Queen Hotel, and ordered a conveyance to take him to
Bawtry. Before this was ready ho left the hotel, and
walked on the Great North-road as far as the Bawtry-moor
crossing of the Great Northern Railway, when he took tho
railway, and from footmarks on the down !oar-foot it would
appear that he walked along for a distance of two miles and
a half, when he was overtaken by a down special goods
train from Retford at 11.10 p.m., and killed upon the spot.
The deceased's brother, Mr Samuel Russell, surgeon, of
Blyth, stated to the jury the nature of the injuries, and
further that the deceased was in good circumstances, and
had no possible motive for committing suicide. The jury
returned a verdiet, "'That the deceased was aceidental4y
killed."

LATER FROM JAPAN.,--By Messrs Jardine, Mettle..
son, and Co.'s steamer Rona, arrived at Shanghai
on the 18th, the dates from Yokohama, via Ilakedadi, aro
up to the 12th of October. The fleet had paid the visit to
Yedo and returned. No particulate published as to the
official interviews which took place. NVe may judge, how-
ever, that the visit had produced a good effect, as 1,000 bales
of silk wore expected, or had arrived, at Yokohama, and
there was an inquiry for foreign manufactured goods. The
Rona brought over a quantity of silk.—Londm and Ching
Telegraph.
COMPSNSATION CLAIMS.—Mr Commissioner Kerr
and a special jury sat at the Lord Mayor's Court,
yesterday, for the purpose of hearing two compensation
claims. The first was " Buck v. the Metropolitan Railway."
The plaintiff is a collar maker, Cradle court, Red Cross-
street, and claimed upwards of £2,000. After the case had
occupied some time, the jury by consent awarded £730. In
the second case, " Bragg v. the Metropolitan Railway."
damages were laid at £1,330. The claimant is a house fur-
nisher. Finsbury-pavement, where he only had an cffico.
It was complained by Mr Lloyd, for the company, that this
was an attempt to extort money for a mere tenancy, for a
business which could be carried on anywhere in the neighs
bourhood. The jury gave £250.

The King of the Hellenes has decided that four
officers of the army or navy shall proceed to France and
England to inquire into the military and naval organisation
of those two countries, and make a report to the commission
formed at Athens for the reorganisation of those services
in Greece.
PEDESTRIANISM EXTRA ORDINARY. n Mon day
night Mrs Margaret Douglas, the Australian pedes-
trian, completed the task of walking 1,000 miles in 1,000
hours, at tho American Opera House, Liverpool. Each
successive mile has been witnessed by persons who have
attested its fair performance, and the remarkable woman
has gone thr3ugh the arduous feat with astonish-
ing freshness and vigour. During her last mile, which
she walked in the presence of several hundred persons,
she several times stopped to dance. and at the close she
declared she could have walked 200 miles more, and
would be willing to undertake 1,400. Several heavy bets
have been decided by the result.
The General Correspondence of Vienna states
that a percussion cap burst on the carriage of the
Emperor of Austria as he WAS returning from
Schosabrunn in the morning of the Ist inst. The
care which the Ministerial journal takes to state
that no person was wounded would almost lead one
to suppose that the affair was not that of a mere
harmless cap, but of some kind of projectile.
A large eagle, measuring eight feet between the
tips of the wings, was shot a few days ago at
l3riensz, near Berrie. This bird had, during the
last few years, caused considerable lose to the
farmers, haying carried off more than 200 lambs,
and even killed goats and sheep.

S HUN GBOli.—The Newyork herald of the
11th Nov., contains the following admission of the
illegality of the seizure and condemnation of the British
barque Springbok by thu New York District Court :
" There are under currcuts in Europe of considerable im-
portance in relation to the decisions of the United States
Supreme Court ou sumo ,important cases which involve
grout principles of international law. . . A text case is to
bs made of the Springbok, and the Ministers of France and
Great Britain at Wasbington ale instructed to protest in
the urune of their Governtuents, against the condemnation
of that vessel, provided the Supreme Court sustains
the decision of J udge Betts, instead ut releasing her and
her cargo. The Springbok was captured on her way from
Liverpool (sic Hi orig., should be Loudon) to Nassau, two
British ports, and without a scrap of actual evidence, but
on mere vague suspicion, that the vessel hr.d any destina-
tion except Nassau. She undoubtedly was going no fur-
ther, but what might have been done with her cargo atter
landing there is, ot course, problematical. Among other
high authorities the owners rely on Judge Kent, who says,
'Neutral preporty passing from neutral port to neutral port
is free from seizure and condemnation, no matter how much
adapted it may be to the use of belligerents, and both vessel
ano cargo are free from arrest until they start upon a voys
ago to the enemy.'"