The Sun.
London, England, 1864-06-02 00:00:00

THAMES.

ANYTHING BUT FRIENDLY.—Justano Remschell was
brought before Mr. Paget, charged with stealing a gold
watch, gold chain, and two gold lockets, valued at £l7, the
property of Auguste Meuzler.
The parties are young men, and natives of Germany.
The evidence of the prosecutor was interpreted by M,
Wintjen, and he stated that he made the acquaintance of
the prisoner at Hahn's Hotel, in America-square, and that
they had frequently met there. Last Tuesday fortnight
the prisoner visited him at his lodgings, No. 10, Little
Prescott-street, w nitecnapet. _de was in a lower room of
the house washing himself, His gold watch, gold seals,
gold chain, and gold medals (lockets), and a knife were on
the table in the room. There was also a sovereign and ss.
or 6a: in money. He went upstairs to put on his waistcoat,
and when he came down again his watch and appendages
were gone,and his money was gone. The prisoner was gone
too. The prisoner was his friend, but what he did was any-
thing but friendly,

Mr James Aldridge, assistant to Mr Joseph Burgess,
pawnbroker, of No. 73, Waterloo-road, Lambeth, produced
the prosecutor's gold watch, to which a gold albert chain,
two gold lockets, two gold keys, and a gold seal were
attached. The lot was pawned by a young man (he be•
lieved it was the prisoner, but was not sure) on the 17th of
May. The sum lent was £1 108. The person. who fawned
the watch gave the name of Meuzler, and his address No.
88, Park-street, Camden-town.
Frederick Hunt, of the Borongh of Southampton police,
No. 20, said he arrested the prisoner in that town yesterday
afternoon, and found upon him two pawn tickets, one
related to a watch only, the other was the duplicate of the
watch and appurtenances pledged in the Waterloo road.
lie also found a knife on the prisoner.
The prosecutor—That knife belongs to me. The gold
watch and all the things with it belong to me. The pri-
soner used to come to Ilahn's Hotel daily to see me. This
is anything but frendly,

The prisoner who held down his head and was in a very
dejected state, said he had no defence to make. He was
committed for trial.

SraPPING INTELLIGENCE—(This Day.)

Lo June 2.—Wind this day at .noon—North-
E,:47:y7'
moderate breeze and fine weather, but rather
cloudy.
SHIELDS, June I.—Wind N.Y.—Sailed—Onward, for
Bilboa•
pLywITTII, June 1 —Wind N.—Arrived—Orient, from
London for Adelaide.
BRISTOL, June I.—Wind N.W.—Arrived—Orchid, from
Barbadoes.
CARDIFF, Wind S.W.—Sailed—Anna, for
Shanghai.
RLAND, June N.W.—Arrhed—Wan-
dercr, from
Demerara.ghai
siins. June I.

Tleek's rai.way receipts, ascertained up
to thishe lasta,
are, in round figures, as under:—
1864. 1863.
Great Western .......... £64 515 £61,376
North-Western .................
South-Western ...... . ..... .
Brighton ............. • .... ....• •• •
Midland
South Eastern ................. , ,
withili those of the
. . Lincoln 13,269 12,173
Great Eastern ........
......• •• • •
aneashire and Y orkslure. •• •
15,172 17,831
North Eastern.
Bristol and Exeter
Great Northern
same
period of last year, showing, in some instances,
rather unsatisfactorY
Nltic. Northrnhche es Britishsete r,
returns,
h. e ...:h 1.,.
compareds' .nd -L i .
results. On the Midland
there is a decrease Of £5,148, on the South Eastern
of £2,486, on the Great Eastern of £2,906, on the
Lancashire and Yorkshire of £5,386, and on the
Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln of £2,709; while
the Great Western exhibits an increase of £3,139,
the North Western of £2,801, the South Western
of £8,174, the Brighton. of £5,972, the North
Eastern of £5.313, the Bristol arid Exeter of £331,
and the Great Northern of £4,751.

FALL OF A FLOOR WITH SIXTY PERSON s,—
precipitated gave way, and the company, 60 in
to the kitchen beneath, a distance
During the progress of a sale at Barton, near Hull, on
nMuomn
bd
ea
ry,
werethe
of 9 feet. While the floor was breaking one person held on
by a chest of drawers, and after some minutes was able to
drop in safety. A second caught hold of the window ledge,
and escaped with only a few bruises. Others, however,
sustained serious injuries, one gentleman having a com-
pound fracture of the leg, another injury to the spine, and
several others severe lacerated wou
CHILDREN ATTACKED BY }CATS.—At Tewkes-
bury during the nights of hat vc,ek the children of
Alfred Smith, marine store dealer, in Smith's-lane, were
twice attacked in their beds by rats. On one occasion an
infant 18 months old was severely bitten, and on the
other two older children were awakened from sleep, and
their father, alarmed by their cries, found them bitten in
different parts and bleeding profusely. Some adjoining
cottages have lately been taken down, and the sewer to
the Avon is near at hand, which accounts for the pre •
seuce of the vermin in Smith's house.—Nanchester
Courser.

As described by Statius in his Thebaid, accord-
ing to the epitome of the Roman Poet's description
by a North British Reviewer :
As soon as Adrastus has proclaimed that the boxing_
match is to begin, which he does by commending the
prowess shown in boxing as " bellis et ferro proxima
virtuq," Capaneus rises like the Homeric Epeios or the Vir-
gilian Dares, puts the lead-weighted gauntlets on hands as
hard as they, and asks for an opponent, intimating that he
would rather have had a Theban, whom he might fairly
have killed, instead of being obliged to shed the blood of a
citizen. Alcidamas, a young Spartan, rises at last, to the
surprise of all but his compatriots, who know that he is a
child of the paimitra, having been trained by Pollux:
" Ipse deus poauitque mantis et brachia finxit
Materiam (suadebat amor) : tune soepa locovit
Cominus, et simili stantem miratus in ira
Sustulit exu:tans, nudurnque ad pectora prcssit."
The passage is not altogether easy; but we suppose the
meaning to be that Pollux had moulded the rudimentary
gristle of his young favourite into bone and muscle, had
stood up with him repeatedly, and had been so charmed
with his spirit and endurance as to catch him to his breast
and embrace him then and there. Now let us think of
Virgil's notice of Dares' victory over Butes, or Entellus'
companionship with Eryx, and we shall be better able to
appreciate this unseasonable attempt to interest us by
minute word-painting in the antecedents of a personage on
whom the eye is only meant to rest for a second or two.
Capaneus is indignant, scornful, and affectedly contem-
tuous ; at length, however, his languid sinews swell, and
he stands up to fight. They confront each other, the one
like what Tityos would be if the birds would suffer him to
rise; the other so young as to arrest the sympathies of the
spectators, who tremble at the prospect of seeing him bleed.
" Quem vinci haud quiequam, smvo nee sanguine tingi
Malit, et erecto timeat spectacula voto."

At first they are prudent and cautious, sparring rather
hitting: " explorant ca33tus hebetantque terendo." Alci-
dames continues this Fabian policy, and keeps his fury in
reserve, "difieret animum :" Capaneus becomes enraged,
and expends both his hands recklessly : " ambas consumit
sine lege manus." The young Spartan has the advantage,
parrying his opponent's hits, while he sometimes goes into
him (the word is Statius' own, " intrat,") like a wave
breaking on a rock, and finally plants a wound on his fore-
head. Capaneus hears the shout of the spectators, but is
unconscious that blood has bean drawn; at list, however,
he puts up his hand to his brow, when the sight of the
stains makes him more furious than a wounded lion ; he
rushes on Alcidamas, who is driven before him, preserving
his coolness nevertheless.

"Non tamen irnmemor artis,
Adversus fugit, et fugiens tamen ictibus obstat,"
The mad Effort soon exhausts them both, and they pause
to take breath; and the poet takes breath too in a short
simile:

" Sic übi longs vagos lassarunt requora nautas
Et Signo de puppi dato posuere parumper
Brachia, viz requires, jam vox ciet altera remos."
The giant makes another rush, but his nimble adversary
first elludes him and then butts him over, " sponte ruens
mersusqus humeris," knocking him down again as he is
rising, till he is alarmed at his own success. The Argives
raise a shout which the shores and woo is but faintly echo ;
but Adrastus sees that Capaneus is not beaten, but only
made more dangerous, and interposes to prevent murder
from being done.

"Ite,oro, aocii, fun : ite, opponite dextras,
Festinate, furit, palmamque et promia ferte:
Non prius effracto quam misceat ossa cerebra
Absistet, video : moriturum auferte Lacona."

Tydeus and Hippomedon with some difficulty hold
Capaneus, telling him that he has conquered, and that it is
graceful to spare a vanquished foe who happens to be an
ally; but he thrusts aside the prize, and complains that he is
not allowed to beat the minion to a mummy, and send him
back thus to his patron. The Spartans welcome their
champion, and indulge in a distant laugh at Capaneue'
blustering; and so the scene is ended.

We feel that this summary has done but little justice to
the real points of the narrative, which is at once far more
ingenious, and for that reason possibly more tedious,
than our plain prose can make it. Almost every line
contains some terse, pointed expression; not a few of
them are distinguished by graphic and picturesque touches,
which we have been compelled to omit.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE,

WYE RACES-WEDNESDAY.

The Wye Handicap of 10 soya each, h ft, with 50 added, for
3-yr-olds and upwards; winners extra. One mile and a
half and 110 yards.

Mr Wodson's Bell man' 6 yrs, Bst 21b
Lord Uxbridge's Vabalathus, 3 yrs, 6st 12Ib (S. Mordan) 2
Mr Abron's Baliverne, 5 yrs, 7st rib (Jas. Nightingali) 3
Betting—Even on Vabalathus, 2 to 1 agst Baliverne, 9 to
4 agst Bellman.
The latter made all tho running, and won, after a good
race for the last 300 yards, by a neck.

SUN OFFICE, HALF-PAST 4 o'CLorsa;.

SPAIN.

MADRID, M 137 31.—Advices from Porn state that
the Government of that country seemed disposed to

give satisfaction to Spain.