The Sun.
London, England, 1864-09-13 00:00:00

SHIPPING-THIS DAY,

LONDON, Sept. 13.—Wind this day at noon—South-
East; fresh breeze and cloudy—a slight fall of rain during
the morning.

PLYMOUTH, Sept. 12.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Janet
Cowper, from Manzanilla and New York. Sailed—Eliza,
for Quebec.

PORTSMOUTH, Sept. 12. —Sailed—Roslyn Castle, for
the Cape of Good Hope.

KINGSTON, Sept. 12.—Wind N. W.—Arrived—Fawcett,
from Quebec.

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MILFORD, Sept. 12.—Arrived—Witch of the Wave,
from Liverpool for Buenos Ayres.
BRISTOL, Sept. 12.—Wind N,W.—Arrivod•—Tweed,
from New York.

CARDIFF, Sept. 12.—Arrived—Etherley, from Bilboa.
Sailed—Hebe, for Rio Janeiro—Queen of the Fleet, for
Boston.

(BY MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH
GRAVESEND, Tuesday Morning.
Arrived, Sept. 12.—Elide, from Christiania—Furet and
Napoleon, from Gravolines.
Arrived, Sept. 13.—Centurion, from Sydney—Litida,
from Trinidad de Cuba—Hindostan, from Akyab—Chris
tiania, from New York—Emily, from Rouen—Pag, from
Guernsey—Mermaid, from Riga—Oak, from Caen ; Hiber-
nica, from Jamaica—Laurits, from Ystad—Polar Star, from
Manzsnilla—Hoppell, from Norkoping—l'll Try, from
Dantzic—Rival, from Riga—Dreadnought, from Colombo.
Sailed, Sept. 12—Bridgetown, for Barbadoes—John Bar-
don, for Trinidad--Heath Bell, for Adelaide.
DEAL, Tuesday Morning.
Passed, Sept. 12—Constellation, from Quebec, for Hartle •
pool—Alexandria, from Quebec, for London—Brenda, screw
steamer, from London, for Malta—Seringapatam, from Cal-
cutta, for London—Reaiss, from Queenstown, for Alisa
Saxon Ville, from New York, for London—Pipe, from
Porto Rico, for London—Cavalier, from London, for Bor-
deaux —Flora Minton, from Calcutta, for Londen—Sulen,
from Shields, for Alexandria.

DEATH ON THE TREADMlLL.—Yesterday after-
noon Dr. Lankester held an inquiry at the House
of Correction, Coldbath-fields, touching the death of George
Williams, a black man, aged 67, who had been sentenced to
14 days imprisonment for an assault. Annette Williams,
who said shelwes the wife of the deceased and had no home,
stated, that her husband was a carpenter by trade, but tha'
they used to get a precarious living by going about selling
books which she bought in Paternoster-row. He was a run-
away slave, and was a very great drinker. He sometimes
had palpitation of the heart, end complained of pains in
the head. Henry Elymes said he was the master brushmen
of the yard, and was attending at the bottom of the wheel
last Friday, when deceased fell off. On going to him he
heard the rattles in his throat, and he died immediately.
The prisoner had to go on the wheel 15 minutes each turn,
and deceased was on la's last turn when ho fell off, at half-
pas. t one. The deceased did not complain to him of being
ill, end ho seemed to work at the wheel as well as any other
won. Ho had been in the prison seven days, but ho had
not b-en put to work on the wheel until the day on which
he died. William Sm"cs, M.D., surgeon to the House of
Correction, said the prisoner was admitted last Friday
week, when he complained of his heart, on which he wes
excused the wheel. He ordered that the prisoner should
not bo put on the wheel on account of his feeble heart.
Contrary to these instructions, he was placed on the wheel
on Friday last. He was of opinion that the deceased died
from the effects of an eflasion of blood on the brain. Wil-
liam Davie, the warder of the yard, said he had only held
that position a few days, his predecessor having gone out
on leave on the Sunday, end ho had not had time to exa-
m-re the books and sheets con'aining the directions, It
wr a his duty to examine them, end he should have done so
if he had had sufficient time. The prisoner was given over
to him es a wheel man. The coroner having summed up,
the jury returned as their verdict—" That the deceased died
from the effuei3n of blood upon the brain, end expressed
their opinion that the conduct of William Davie, the war-
der, in not examining the relieving sheet before sending
the deceased to the wheel, was highly reprehensible." The
coroner said he would report the result of the inquiry to
t'ie Governor of the prison,
HOLY SPIDERS FLY.—Although spiders are not
provided wings, and consequently are incapable of
flying, in the strict sense of the word, yet, by the aid of
their silken filaments, numerous species, belonging to va•
'lolls genera, ere enabled to accomplish distant joie—leers
through the atmosphere. These aerial excursions, which
appear to result from an instinctive desire to migrate, are
undertaken when the weather is bright and serene, parti-
cularly in autumn, both by adult and immature individuals,
and are effected in the following manner. After climbing
to the summits of different objects, they raise themselves
still higher by straightening the limbs ; then elevating the
abdomen by bringing it from the usual horizontal position
into one almost perpendicular, they emit from the spin-
ners a small quantity of viscid fluid, which is drawn out
into flue lines by the aecending current, occasiened
by
the rarefaction of the air contiguous to the heated
ground. Against there lines the current of rarefied
air impinges, till the animals, feeling themselves
acted upon with sufficient force, quit their hold of the ob-
jects on which they stand, and mount aloft. • . • Thy
manner in which the lines are carried out from a current of
air appears to bo this. As a preparatory measure the spin-
ning mammulre aro brought into close contact, and viscid
matter is omitted from the papillae ; they are then separat d
by a lateral motion, which extends the viscid matter into
fine filaments connecting the papillae ; on these filaments the
current impinges, drawing thorn out to a length which ie
reaulated by the will of the marital, and on the manimu!er
being again brought together, the filaments coalesce and
form a compound Blackwall a llistory
•Spiders.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE—This Dan

DONCASTER RACES-THIS DAT.
(BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH
LATEST BETTING.

GREAT YORKSHIRE HANDICAP.
7to 1 eget East Laneabbire
Bto 8 agst Olivia (taken)
11 to 1 agst Einfreluche
11 to 1 agst Noelie

ST. LEGER.
9to 1 agst Baragah (taken freely)
No other change.

Entries for the Fitzwilliam Stakes of 5 soya each, with
100 added, for all ages. One mile :—Adventurer, Sweet
Jessie, Argonaut, Purity, Mongrel, Plover, Minnie, Gem
of the Sea, Master Richard, Paris, Suburban, Strafford,
Moulscy, Beaver, Twilight, Friday, Dubiety, Victorious,
Clown, and Defy.

Entries for Iler Majesty's Plata of 100 guineas. Two
miles five furlongs :—Figaro, Light Bob, Caller Ou, East
Lancashire, Alabama, Finesse, Merry Wife, Evelina, Ed-
ward the Confessor, and liippolyta.
Entries for the Doncaster Cup for 3-yr-olds and upwards.
Two miles five furlongs :--Clown, Finesse, Rapid Rhone,
Noclie, Adventurer, Plover, Blue Mantle, Gemma, Gen.
Peel, Caller Ou, liippol3-ta, Godivia, Baragah, Claremont,
Edward the Confessor, East Lancashire, and Blair Athol.

SPORTING NOTES.

THE GREAT DONCASTER ST. LEGER.

DONCASTER, Monday;
Doncaster this year will be honoured with the presence
of the heir to the throne of Italy, besides the usual gather-
ing of the elite of the aristocracy. The course is rather hard
but otherwise in excellent condition. The two great cracks,
Blair Athol and General Peel, arrived yesterday. A rush
was immediately made to get a peep at their condition, but
those who were so anxious wont away sorely disappointed,
as they came in separate boxes made expressly for the pur-
pose. Both will show over the course to-morrow. The
following are the probable starters and jockeys expected to
take part in the St. Leger, although several outsiders
whose names have been scarcely mentioned may enter an
appearance :

Owners. Horses. Jockeys.
Duke of Beaufort's ..Black Rook Fordhaui
Mr Bowes's Baragah Ashman

Mr Cartwright's Ely Castanet)
Mr J. Day's Master Richard.. Judd
Lord Glasgow's.. Strafford Doyle
Lord Glasgow's General Peel .... Aldcroft or Wells
Mr Naylor's Coast Guard ....Challoner
Mr I'Anson's Blair Athol ...... J. Snowden

Mr LaiindrA'a Miner J Oaborno

Lord Stamford's ....Cambuscan Edwards

Duke of St. Albans'.. Brindisi F. Adams
Mr Pardoe's Knt. of Snowden ..Loat es

Blair Athol, after his easy success in the Derby, is cer.
tainly entitled to hold the premiership in the betting. His
defeat by Miner, at York, was entirely owing to want of
condition. Whether he wins or not I shah certainly expect
to see him beat Miner.

General Peel, from having won the Two Thousand
Guineas, and afterwards running second for the Derby, has
ever since the latter event been as good a favourite as Blair
Athol, owing to his having gone into John Scott's stable to
finish his preparation. In his raco for the Two Thousand
there was no horse of any merit that he beat. But after
the form that Scottish Chief showed at Ascot, his chance
looks second to none. Lord Glasgow is one of the most
honourable noblemen in connection with the turf, and his
success would be hailed with the greatest satisfaction by
all classes of the ring. It is said that Wells will have
to mount on the General instead of Aldcroft, who, it was
said, acted contrary to orders in the Great Epsom tourna-
ment, which gave rise to a serious difference between
trainer, jockey, and master.

The Miner, from having defeated Blair Athol at York,
is now third favourite; but, as I have previously said, that
running will no doubt be entirely upset on the present

occasion.

Baragah is the best of Mr Bowes's lot. His performances
at Ascot, Goodwood, and Wolverhampton, where ho beat
Ely, Historian, Holyfox, Tomato, and Lord Zotland (giving
him 7lbs), certainly makes his chance look rosy. All
sorts cf excuses have been made for Ely, but I have not the
smallest doubt he was fairly defeated on his own merits.
Taking his race with Ely into consideration, he certainly
beat him easier than either Blair Athol or General Peel
did in the Derby. He was stopped for two or three days in
his work by a slight accident, but has since done excellent
work, and looking as fresh as ever. Mostly all the bookmakers
have laid heavily against him; and if he should pull through
(with the exception of Ransloy and Spinks, and several of
the old bookmakers), the "Ruins" will be scattered nearly
as much as General Grant's Yankee forces were the other
day by General Lee on the Weldon Railroad before
Petersburg.

Ely, as I have before said, will not reverse his position
with either General Peel, Blair Athcl, or Baragah, but I
shall expect him to turn the tables on the Miner.
Master Ri_hard would have had a great chance if the
distance had been half a mill shorter.

Knight of Snowden was fourth in the Derby, but after
the dressing Scottish Chief gave him, I do not think ho
can better that performance, although he may run into a
place.

Cambuscan, about whom such a disturbance was made at
Lord Stamford's sale, has, within the last week, come pro.
minently into the quotations, but he cut up so wretchedly
at Epsom, where he was supported for thousands, that I
dare not repose that confidence in his chance I would other-
wise have done.

Black Rock, Solon, and Vanquisher may help to swell
the field, and that is all.

Having now referred to those that are likely to take a
prominent part in the race, I shall now attempt to forestall
the judge in his decision by placing

GENERAL PEEL, or BARA.GAII 1
BLAIR ATHOL 2
MINER

The Handicap Sweepstakes, for two-yr-olds, should be
won by Andax, and Trap has an outside chance for the
Portland Plate.

A FRESH MAN.

Tit Tun'', Second Edition, Twopence, Wednesday, 6
a.m. St. Leger Prophecies I Latest by "Nimrod" and
" Centaur." Something worth knowing for Cesarewitch
and Cambridgeshire by " Wanderer." Office, is, Red
Lion-street, Holborn; Smith's Railway Bookstalls; Pub-
lishing Company, 147, Fleet. street.

BERLIN, Sept. 12.—The sittings of the Confer-
ence between Austria and Prussia, in reference to
the Customs Union, will be held in Prague. The
exact date of their opetiing has, however, not yet
been decided on.

THE COLLEGE OP ORGANISTS.—PRIZE FOR
ORGAN COMPOSITION.--Ia a letter to the Editor
of the "Musical Standard," a correspondent, signing him-
self B. Limpus, hon. sec., and dating from Freemason's
Hail, September 5, 1864, writes as follows : —" I am desired
by the Council cf the College of Organists to ihform you
that the prize of ten guineas offered for the best Organ
Composition has been awarded, and to rt quest you will
kindly insert in your next issue the umpire's report, a copy
of which I enclose. The successful work posseses great
merit, and its author proves to be Mr Hiles, of Manchester.
It is a gratifying fact that the lato appeal to composers for
the organ resulted in the production of several high class
works, which are remarkable for superior writing, It would
be satisfactory to the Council to learn the names of those
competitors whose works have received honourable men-
tion; but, under conditions previously issued, they are
only permitted to break the seal of the letter bearing the
motto of the successful candidate.

The sentences passed on the Polish ladies who
have been so long in confinement at Posen have
just been published. The Countess Ostrowska has been
condemned to five years' imprisonment with irons—the
Countess Wodzioka and Madame Zebrowska to 10 months
of the same punishment—Mesdames Wilkoszewska and
lining to six months—and Mesdames Alexandrowicz and
Dymidowicz to four. All these have appealed.
EXECUTION OF LATOTJR.—Ftnx, Sept. 12,—
Latour was executed here to-day. Notwithstand'.
ing the rain an immense crowd assembled to witness the
execution. No priest accompan'ed Latour to the scaffold.
He maintained a stubborn demeanour, and sang in a loud
voice, to the air of the " Marseillaise," some verses com-
posed by himself, which have already been published by
the newspaper.
" General de Roon; Prussian Minister of War."
says a letter from Chalons," on his recent
visit to the camp, complimented Marshal de Mac Mahon
on the precision and rapidity of the movements of
the troops reviewed before him. I thank your
Excellency,' replied the Marsha], ' for the approbation you
express. Many of those soldiers are recruits of the reserve
who have b enough training only three months, but in France
that is long for the young soldiers to overtake their
old comrades.' "
A murder was committed at St. Etienne, near
Nice, three days since, by a Piedmentese navvy muted
Secondo, on the person of a fellow-countrymen named
Blanc, It appears that the two men having quarrelled over
a game of morra, Blanc, in a passion, struck Secondo twice
in the face, and the latter stabbed Blanc in the throat,
severing the carotid artery and causing instant death. The
murderer made his escape, and has not yet been traceed.
Several of the French journals announce that
by order of the Duke do Moray workmen aro employed in
the palace of the Legislative Body erecting a tribune, placed
FO as to enable the speakers to be heard distinctly from all
parts of the assembly ; restoring the second row of gallery
for spectators as it existed before 1851, and remedying tho
system of lighting, which causes considerable inconveni-
ence to the deputies.
A bear, Ns ounied a week ago during a hunt in
the forest around the Abbey of Senanques, was found dead
' the day before yesterday at Tarandol (Drome), a distance of
nearly 40 milts from the fir,,t-:idauled place,