The Sun.
London, England, 1863-09-12 00:00:00

SUN, LONDON, SA TURDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 12, 1863.

ST. LEGER PROPHECLES.

Bell's Life.
To sum up, we must plead to a preference for Avenger,
Golden Pledge, and Borealis of the favourites; and for Na-
tional Guard, Erin-go-Bragh, and Dr. Syntax of the out-
siders, and a careful analysis of "public form," the money
put on the horse, and the good hands he is in, justify our
giving the St. Leger of 1863 to AVENGER.
ORANGE BLOSSOM—Be/1s Lffe.
The green and straw looEs dangerous, then flickers, and
dies out ;
The chance of Borealis, scarce conceived, asquick has flown,
The boy in yellow calm and still as monarch on his throne ;
" Stay, Goater! still there's peril I cast a hasty glance aside
For Donnybrook comeb out and overhauls you every stride.
Don't take a pull or beat for speed, the fatal act you'll rue,
Trust to the Blacklock heart of steel to pull your favourite

through.
Ere Leeds can taste of victory the cup perchance may slip;"
The doubt has changed tocertainty as Clement lifts his whip.
They Rnish ; stark and staunch the strife as ever yet was

known,
But past the post with dauntless stride TILE RANG Ell holds
his own.

Sommiosus--!Bell' s Life.
Each jockey flogs with all his might
Till, when the Stand they've passed,
Lou]) CLIFDEN gets his head in front,
And wins the race at last.
MANHATTAN—Ben Life.
Q uery—what will win the race?
U nto all the name I'm telling.--
E ach that studies " form" and " pace,"
E ach that backs to " win" or " place,"
N ow may read and mind his spelling.

B lue Mantle, Cheerful, Donnybrook,
E ach I pass without a word—
LL anger will perhaps be second,
T hough I place AVENGER third,
H uudred tongues shall soon proclaim
A Remote Scott's and Falmouth's name.
OBSERVER—the Field.

Had the Ranger not exposed himself so much at York, I
should unhesitatingly have regarded him as the winner.
But the exhibition was too poor a one to rely upon, and the
validity of the excuse offered for him I cannot acknowledge.
I shall therefore prefer trusting to QUEEN BERTHA, Who has
had every chance given her, and, I believe, is destined to
tread in the steps of Queen of Trumps. Next to her I shall
look for The Ranger and Golden Pledge.

AUGUR—Sporling Life.

I shall boldly nail my colours to the mast with the stan-
dards of LORD CLIFDEN and QUEEN BERTHA, whose meet
dangerous opponents are likely to be Golden Pledge and
Blue Mantle.
ORLANDO—Sporting Lift.
I read it clearly. Good Pro%idence decrees
That you should back BLUE MANTLE
So shall you win your fortune back.
BEACON—Sporting Gazette.

I expect to see the St. Leger of 1563 fall to either
Avenger, Golden Pledge, or Queen Bertha; and looking
at the manner in which Lord Stamford's horse ran away
with the Prince of Wales Stakes I must give the preference
to AVENGER,.

RHYMINGRICHARD—Sporting _lCHARD—SpOrting Gazette.
The shifty Blue Mantle is not worth a (w)rap I
To defend such a coward my Muse will not stoop,
No " I spy" he will hear in return for his Hoop ;
I own to a sort of half-fancy irrational
In behalf the Guard whose prnomen is National,
lie and Donnybrook stand as conjointly dividers
Of the favour—ttis small—which 1 feel for outsiders;
But I won't have a " cockboat," and so—sink or swim—
With AVENGER and BERTHA my vessel I trim I
Birmingham sporting Gazette.
Blue Mantle, The Ranger, Lord Clifden, Queen B,
Avenger quite handy, aro all that I see;
Great victor at Paris you must have a call,
Or the mantle of honour will ne'er on theo fall;
The pet of St. Vincent is losing his steel,
Come, Challoner, give him a taste of your heel;
And Wells is at work before reaching the Stand.
Though the Queen gamely answers each stroke of his wand.
Avenge her, Avenge her, defeat is the cry,
As Stamford's bright colours rush gallantly by;
But all is in vain, for the captain's aboard,
And the three by Blue Mantle are
hrehullehT
Ply floored,
Asrefielaie
nlsis thatbilige AVENGER
edll e
mighty
is victor to-day
NEVER MISS—Sporting Gazette.
But all in vain, for gamely though
Queen Bertha struggles on,
By the shortest head, just on the post,
LORD STAMFoRD'S horse has won
TILE TWOPENNY WARELER—Sporting Gazette.
Queen Bertha—well, the Ilalton touts all swear that every
sweater
That with Hurricane she takes she shows still better form
and better;
But, to cut the matter short, my friends, the end of all my
tale is,
That the Leger eighteen-sixty-three will fall to BOREALIS.
TOUCHSTONE—Era.

Wo never knew this famed race to present a more open
character, and that it has that aspect is evidenced by the
price offered on the field, a much longer one than ought to
be if The Ranger and Lord Clifden are all right, seeing
that they have displayed the best fonn of the whole lot who
have shown in pablie. We shall stand against the majority
of the favourites, and anticipate the judge's verdict thus—
THE AVENGER, 1; Blue Mantle, 2 ; National Guard, 3.

STABLE Id OIJSE--Era.

Putting this and that together, and then pulling 'em
apart again, and then placing them face to face, and topsy
turvy, and bead over heels, this is my _
conviction as to the
result of the St. Leger, that QUEEN BERTHA and GOLDEN
PLEDGE will be first and second, with Borealis very close
to them.

Sporting News.

The trial of Avenger has really been so good that danger
must be apprehended from Lord Stamford's jacket; never-
theless, we cannot desert Q UEEN BERTHA, who was our
earliest love, and mast retain our confidence through weal
or woe.

VANGUARD—Sporting Pilot.
Having carefully weighed through the whole of the per-
formances of the several candidates. and noted also the tone
of the market, we can arrive at no other conclusion than
that the Leger of Wednesday next is confined to Avenger,
let us
assign the positions thus :—AVENGER, 1; Queen Bertha, 2;B launeger
i n
and Mantle,
selecting Golden
three t
Pledge,o s Queen Bertha, The
Re c u r e
places,
The Ranger, 3; with a profound respect for Blue Mantle
also.

FLY-BY.NIGHT+ Weekly limes.
Lord Stamford's horse is each day increasing in favour
with the public, and before the 16th inst. will see as short a
price as 3 to,l. Jos. Dawson estimates him a 211 b better
animal than when he was at Ascot, and we saw how ridi-
culously easy his victory there was accomplished, though
he had not had a gallop for a fortnight previous thereto.
The present showery weather is most favourable for his
"poor feet," and from the confidence that is expressed by
all the friends of the stable I feel justified in nominating
AVENGER as the absolute winner next week of the rich prize
of 4,925 sous.

VATlaNATon,—Sunday Vines.
We have now glanced at the prospects of all the likely
runners, our leaning being towards Tha Ranger, Avenger,
Golden Pledge, Blue Mantle, and Borealis, and confessing
to a doubt between Mr. Savile's and Lord Stamford's re_
presentatives, we make our choice as follows :—AvENOPat,
1; The Ranger, 2j; Golden Pledge, 3.

for 2.yr•olds ; winners extra; second to save his stake.

Three-quarters of a mile. 26 subs.
Mr. H. Bird's Regina, 7st 21b
Mr. F. Fisher's Aurora, Est 81b
Mr. John Osborno's Greenland, Sat
Mr. W. Bevill's Junius, 7st 91b (IL Grinishaw) 4
Mr. Gibson's -Wheldrake, Est 71b (Viney) 5
Lord Bateman's Coimbra, Est 121 b (E. Taylor) 6
Betting-6 to 4on Regina, 7to 2 agst Aurora, sto 1 each
agst Wheidrake and Junius, 10 to 1 each agst Greenland
and Coimbra.

Coimbra made play for a short distance, and then left
Greenland in front, Mr. Osborne's horse being waited on by
Regina and Aurora, both of whom passed him coming
round the bend, where Regina took up the running, was
never afterwards headed, and won a good race by a neck; a
head separated the second and third. The rest, with the
exception of Coimbra, were well up.
The Welter Handicap of 10 soya each, 3 ft, with 40 added ;
winners extra; gentleman riders ; jockeys, 61b extra.
One mile and a quarter. 10 subs.

Capt. Shaw's Little Dick, 6 yrs, 9st 41b.... (Mr. Bevill) 1
Mr. Reldiff's Jack o'Newbury, 3 yrs, gat 61b (in 61b ex)
(Payne) 2
Mr. C. V intringham's Weatherwise, 4 yrs, 9st 121 b (in
Gib extra) (Bumby) 3
Mr. Saxon's Formidable, 3 yrs, Bst 121 b
(Mr. G. S. Thompson) 4
Mr. Mellon's Flettoh, 3 yrs, 9st 71b (carried Oat 81b)
(Mr. H. Wombwell) 5
Mr. J. Dickson ns Ripley, 3 yrs, 9st 21b (inclu. 61b ex)
(Withington) 6
Betting-7 to 4 agst Little Dick, 4to 1 each agst Jack
o'Newbury and Formidable, 100 to 15 agst Ripley.
Won by three lengths; a bad third.

The Two-Year-Old Selling Stakea'arkaova each, 1 ft, with
25 added; colts, Bst 71b ; fillies, Bst 41b ; selling allow-
ances. Half a mile.
Mr. Doyle's Jewel, Gst 41b (£4O) .• . (J. Grimshaw) 1
Mr. J. Andrew's Madame Tagliafico, Gst 41b (£4O)
(Zanker) 2
Lordß e t Bt
Betting-5
gt e—ms t o
a n' s
4ou Coimbra,
Jewel, 6 s7t
tlol 14 agst Coimbra, 5 to 1 agstb (£00).... (E. Taylor) 3
Madame Tagliafico.
Jewel made all the running, and won by three lengths; a
bad third. The winner was bought in for 100 guineas.
Her Majesty's Plato of 100 guineas; three-yr-olds, Bst
41b ; four, 9st 71b ; five, lOst ; six and aged, lOst Jib.
Three miles.
Mr. PAnson's Caller Ou, 5 yrs, lOst (Challoner) w.o.
Match £lOO. One mile.

list 41b .... (Owner) 2
12st 41b
(h(bM),r. H 3 Yr.
Ws'ombwell) 1
3Mira.rgFu.iswofomnbawsteiinrgss'os OTi.,P3oyllrosi
Betting-3 to lon 01 Polloi, who made nearly all the
running, and won by half a length.

BETTING AT MAN CHESTER_Tp
x RIDIY.

For the St. Leger, Avenger and Queen Bertha maintain
the positions they held yesterday. Lord Clifden advanced
; and The Ranger
business done, and there was nothing in
There was not
recedepoint,d
ao7mnteoo,ul7n
tbt
oeoi nfl
beingg booklea di d aagainst
ihmi m .
any great force, nor anything to be sent to the ri,stit about.
Closing prices ;

GREAT YORNSIIIRE STAXES.
12 to 1 agst Blondin (taken)
12 to 1 agst Barter (offered)
16 to 1 agst Silkstono (taken)
20 to 1 agst The Serf (taken)
20 to 1 agst Blithfield (taken)

THE LEGER.
11 to 2 agst Avenger (taken and offered)
6to 1 agst Ranger (tarn and offered)
7to 1 agst Lord Clifdea (taken)
Bto 1 agst Golden Pledge (taken and offered)
30 to 1 agst National Guard (taken and offered)
40 to 1 agst Dr. Syntax (taken)

CESAREIVITCIL.
1000 to 30 on the field (offered)

a Bank Clerk. The Alleged Murder of

Yesterday, at 12 o'clock, Mr, Humphreys, the coroner for
the eastern division of the county of Middlesex, and a jury
opened an inquest at tho Dock Hotel, East Smithfield,
touching the death.of Hugh Dolvin Morris, a clerk in the

City Bank, in Threadneedle-street. The deceased disap

peared in a mysterious manner on the night of Thursday
week, and was never again seen alive by any one to whom
he was known. His body was found floating in the Thames

on Wednesday last, under circumstances which it will be
seen were disclosed yesterday in evidence, and his friends
believe he was murdered.

The body, which has been identified, lies at a dead-house
in the neighbourhood of the St. Katharine Docks, and
there it was seen yesterday by the coroner and jury, pre •

paratory to the inquisition.
Alfred Morris was the first witness called. He said, in
reply to questions by the Coroner—l resile at Hazelwood-
lodge, Rovpell-park, Streatham, and am a bank clerk. The
deceased was my brother, and was 23 years of age. He was
also a bank clerk. I last saw him alive on Thursday week,
Sept. 3, about half-past 2 in the day, at the entrance to the
City Bank. We had been taking lunchecn together, and I
parted with him there. So far as I knew he had no ac-
quaintance at the river side. He was not in any trouble or
difficulties, pecuniary or otherwise: Although he did not
owe more than £l5 or £2O I never heard him threaten to
take his own life. Ho did not wear a watch. We had rea-

son to expect him home that night as usual. He was a lad
of good character. He must have had money about him at
the time of his death.

A lighterman named Finnison, living is Globe-street, S

George's-in-the-East, deposed that he was on the river on
his barge on Tuesday last, and picked up the body of the
deceased just outside the entrance to the St. Katharine
Docks. The body was dressed, but without a hat. He
brought it ashore, and it was then removed to the dead-
house. It appeared to have been in the water about a week.
One of the eyes was black.
Mr. John Willes, a surgeon, at 32, Upper East Smith-
field, said ho examined the body of the deceased on Tuesday
afternoon. It was fully dressed, and was covered with mud
and slime. He had it washed. He found ) great deal of con-
tusion over the right eye and slight contusion over the left
eye. The face was extremely bloated, sad the marks over
the eyelid appeared to be the results of &composition. On
the right eyelid there was a slight abrasion. The body was
swollen. There were marks on it, but thET wero only those
of decomposition and not due to bruises, He could not in
any way account for the cause of death. Witness added, in
reply to Mr. Alfred Morris (deceased's brother), that if vio-
lence had been used immediately before death there might
have been some difficulty in distinguishingit from marks
resulting from decomposition. The discolouration was su-
perficial, and if death had resulted from plows given before
death he should have expected that the discolouration
would have been deeper.
and $ principal witness,
Edward King, a very young man,
was next called. He said—I reside at Bellevue, Forest-hill,
and am a tyßank. On the
clerk in the Ci evening of Thurs-
day week
the deceased stopped at the bank to assist me in
my duties.
We left the bank about 9 o'clock. It was a very
wet night, and he and I event to a place near the bank to
take some refreshment. We had some sherry and water,
with bread and cheese. We e then went towards London-
bridge on our way to the railway station. It began to rain
I heavily, and we called on Mr. Stephens, the landlord of the
Ticket Porter publichouse in Arthur-street, near London-
bridge. He is a friend of mine, and has known my family
for some years. We reached there a little after 11, having
gone direct from the place where we took refreshment on
leaving the bank at 9 o'clock. At the Ticket Porter we had
two bottles of champagne among four of us, Mr. Stephens
and Mr. Cox being the other two. It was getting late, and
deceased began to fear we should lose the train. He got up
suddenly and saying. "We must not lose this train," went
out. I asked hira to stop and I would go with him. I did not
hear what reply he made, if any. I followed him four or
five minutes afterwards, and expected to find him outside.
I looked about for him, but he was nowhere to be seen, and
I went home without him. I also looked for him at the
station, but in vain. It would be a few minutes after 12
when we left the Ticket Porter.
The Coroner—Was the deceased sober?
Witness—He was excited, but I could not say ho was in-
toxicated.
The Coroner—Was he excited from drink?
Witness—No ;ho was in a laughing
a mood, and spoke in
rational manner.
The Coroner—Were you sober
Witness—Yes ; perfectly so.
The Coroner—Do you know what money he had about
him ?

Witness--I noticed him change a sovereign during the
evening.
The Coroner—Travelling on the same line of railway
from day to day and being in the same establishment, you
possibly knew some of his acquaintances?
Witness—l never heard him speak of his having any
acquaintances about the waterside. That is all the evidence
I cin give.
By Alfred Morris, deceased's brother—l should not say
he was at all intoxicated when we were at the Ticket Pot ter.
He could walk perfectly straight. I should not have been
afraid of his falling into the river% He
was not excited to
any undue extent. He was not at all a likely person to
commit suicide. He bore a very good character at the
office, and his accounts were quite correct.
A gentleman present from the City Bank bore out that
statement.
John Stephens, the landlord of the Ticket Porter in
Arthur-street, Upper Thames:street, deposed that the de-
ceased, with the previous witness, came to his house on
the night in question about 11 o'clock. Ho was perfectly
sober. He had part of two bottles of champagne, and left
a little before 12 o'clock, He drank nothing more there.
Witness could not say the aQGQ4§C4 was quite sober, lie

was what some people would call a little "jolly," but was

not intoxicated.

A juryman asked if he was quite capable of taking care of
himself, and of going to the railway station with safety.
Witness said he was, and if witness had thought other-
wise he should not have allowed him to go alone. The de-
ceased changed a sovereign at his house, out of which he
paid 7s. 6d.
By Alfred Morris—The bottles of champagne were quart,
not pint bottles; and both were drunk while deceased was
there. After he left they had a third bottle. Witness let
the deceased out of the house and shook hands with him.
Ho did not see where he went to.

The Coroner asked if there was any evidence as to his
having been seen alive after that?
The summoning officer replied in the negative. _ _

The Coroner said there must be an adjournment with the
view to a post mortem examination, and he should take care
that it was carefully made. As yet there was no evidence
to show the cause of death.
Alfred Morris said he had reason to believe that the de-
ceased had money upon him on the night he was last seen
alive, for his mother had given him £2, and he had received
£5 from the bank within two days previously.
Charles Blake, of Little Winchester-street, deposed that
the deceased, whom he had known for some time, called en
him at his office about 10 o'clock on the morning of Thurs-
day week, and offered to lend him £3 or £4 if he wanted it,
leading him to suppose that he had then money about him.

Alfred Morris said the examination which had been made
of the body. was entirely superficial. In the Wolverhampton
case it was supposed at first that no blows had been inflicted
because there were no very decisive marks, but when the
scalrvies removed it was found that the man had been
dreadfully beaten.
The Coroner repeated that he should see to the post
mortem examination being carefully made, and he ad-
j ourned the inquest for a week.