The Sun.
London, England, 1862-02-20 00:00:00

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1 BonAccord Copper,Lim all 4 4
5 Brazil Land & 141.1n.C0 all 11 11
1 Clarendon Cons.MitiCo 3, dis.
10 Cobre Copper all 32 24
Copiapo l6 6 8
1 i DunMoun.Cop.Mine*.Co ail 1 11
3 East Del Rey (Limited) 1 1 3
2 'Fortuna.
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14 ;Kapunda (Limited) 1 1 14 p
3 ILinares all 8 9
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1 Scottish Austrin. (L.) los. 1/ 11pm 13 2
20 St. John del Rey (W l5 64 66 C 4
28.2.81 United Mexican . all 81 91 81
1 Worthing (Limitell) i all if
COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES.
- Can. Gov. 6 p.c.Ja. &July
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- Do. 6p. cent. 100 -
- Do. 6p. c. Feb. & Aug. 100 106 108
Do. 6p. c. Mar. & Sept. 100 109 111
Do. 5 per cent lOO 94 99/ 994
Do. Inscribed stock 100 87 99
Cape G.Hope, 6 p c,lBBO 100 110 112
Do. 1890 100 110 112
Do. Jan. & July, 189 1 lOO 110 112
•Ceylon, N0v.1861, 6p o 100
6 p.c. a.&J uly 100 105/ 106/
Do. 6p. c.Ap. & Oct. 100
N. S.W. G ov. sp. c.,1866 100 99 100
Do. sp. c.,1871 to 1876 100 97/ 98/
Do. d0.,1888 &upwds 100 97 98 971
New Zealand 6p. cent. ICO 106 108
Nova Scotia Gov. 6p. c
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S. Au5,G6p.c.1878.& up lOO I
- [Via G ov. 6 p.c. Ja.&July 100 104 106
I Do. do. 6 p.c. Ap.&Oct lOO 1107 1074 1071 4

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40 Australasia... all 66 67
25 Bank of Egypt .. all 21 22
100 Ba'k of London ....... 50 76 77
50 British North American all 52 53
20 Chtd.Bank of India, &c. all 21} 22 22
25 Ch. Mer. of In. Lon.& Ch. all 12 14
100 City ... 50 95 104
100 Colonial.. ... . 25 59 41
2011 Corn. Bank. of Canada.. all
20 Eng., Scot., & Aus. Ch.. all 18i 19
20 Gen. Bk .of Switzerland all
20 Lon. Char.Bkof Austral all 25i 26
20 Do. new all 25} 251
50 London and County
50 London Joint Stock
20 London and S.Airican lO .;:5 IP
100 London & Westminster 20 77 80
100 Nat. Prov. of England 42 •
20 Do. new
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20 !New South Wales all
25 Orient. B. Corporation
20 I Ottoman Bank
100 Provinoial of Ireland -
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25 South Australia all
25 ; Union of Australia
50 I Hutu. of London
100 Unity Mutual... 6O

MISCELLANEOUS.
10 Anc,rlo-Mexican Mint .. all 16 17
10 Atlantic R. Ml. Stm (1d) all 2 3
1000 Atlantic Tel. (Limited) all
25 Australian Agricultural 19 26 28
10 Bahia Steam (Limited). 1
10 Berlin Water (Limited) all 51 54 5$
50 British American Land 40
50 B.&l.Mag. Tel. A. (Lim.) all 29 32
20 Do. 8,7p.c.ti111852 (Lim.) all 18 20
20 Do. C. (Limited) all 9 11
324 Canada Land all 111 113
10 Chan.lslands Tel. (Lim ) all
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1 Do' 174 p. et Preference all
2 Indian Carrying (Lim.) 1
5 Lon. District Tel. (Lim.) 44
4 L.G. Omnibus Co. (Lim.) all 1; 1;
20 Madras Irr. and Canal 1 24 21
10 Med. Exten. Tel. (Lim ) all 4 5
10 Do. 8 per cent. pref all
25 National Dis. Co. (Lim ) 5 p
20 Nerbu.Coal&lron (Lim ) 5 2 1C
10 Netherlands Land all
I 5 Do.B p.c.Pref.iss.atl die. all
100 N.Br.&NovaScotiaL and 81 10 15
1 N.B.Australasian (Lim.) all ; 1;
1 Oriental Gas (Limited). all 14 14
1 Do. New Shares (Lim.). all 14 14
10 Orintl. In. Steam (Lim.) all 7 74
at. Peelß.Lnd.&lllln.(Lim) 100 51 53
50 Pen. & Oriental Steam all 68 70 69
50 Do. New 3O 10 12
20 Red Sea&ln.Tel.g.44p.c. all 194 191
50 Rhymney Iron all 17 19
15 Do. New...... all 5 6
100 Royal Mail Steam 6O 52 54
st. Scot. Austin. Inv.(Lim ) 100 134 13) 135
25 South Australian Land `all 32 34
1 Submarine Tel. Scrip all
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10 Do. do all 4 6
2 'Telegraph to Ind,a (L ) 1 ds 4p
10 Trust and Agency oz
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20 Tr.& Ln.Co. of Upr. Can. 5 1; 13
5 U. K' dom Tel. Co. (Mm.) 1 1; u;
10 Van„Ditmen's Land.,., 284 910
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LAW 1.11, TELLIGENCE.—(This Day.)

SHERIFFS' COURT.

DECISION-BROOKS P. TROMAS.

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.

THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENINCI-, FEBRUARY 20, 1862.

THE LONDON DEBT COLLECTING COMPANY-IMPORTANT

This was an action to recover a sum of money from de-
fendant, who is proprietor of one of those societies which
are springing up in London every day under somewhat
singular circumstances.

Plaintiff—l am a subscriber to the defendant's society.
The Court—What society is it?
Plaintiff—A debt collecting society. I pay 30s. per an-
num, and here is my card of membership.
The Court read the card, and found that for 30s. per
annum members were entitled to " legal advice and assist-
ance" for nothing—(laughter)—and inquired if there were
any lawyers attached to the institution. (Renewed
laughter.)
Defendant said there were two.

A Voice—Ah, but one of those says his name has been
used without his authority. He says he will have nothing
to do with the society, as it is a bad lot. (Roars of
laughter.)

The Court—Well, how is the present sum made out ?
Plaintiff—A person of the name of Higinbotham owed
me some money, and I put it into the hands of the defen-
dant to recover. A clerk in his service, named Foney, re-
ceived it, and I cannot get it from defendant.
Mr. Buchanan (for defendant)—That is just it. We
say the clerk (as he is called) was not in our employ. He
was not authorised to receive money, and he purloined the
documents which enabled him to get the money now sued
for. •

The Court—To have obtained information of the debt he
must have been in your office.

Defendant—Yes, he came in, and I allowed him to stay
a [short time, but he was expressly forbidden to receive
money.

The Court—What on earth business can a clerk have in
a debt collecting society except to collect debts ?
Mr. Buchanan—He was in the office, it is true, but are
we to suffer because he took our papers ?
The Court did not think that the person who had paid
the money ought to suffer. A great deal was promised in
a card, and for 30s. per annum money was to be collected,
and legal advice or assistance given. A person of the name
of Stubbs had stated that he was making £36,000 a-year
out of a like business, and if societies of this nature pro-
mised so much they must be careful. In this case the
debt had been placed in defendant's hands, and he was
instructed to collect it. A person gets possession of the
amndusotbptaaiynsfotrhtehwimotnhe.y. Clearly defen-
you give me time ?
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The Court—What The London Debt Collecting Society
ask fer time ? (Laughter.) Oh I no ; you must pay at
once. You are rich. You must pay it down. (Great
laughter, during which the parties retired.)

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

THE GREAT WATERLOO COURSING MEETING.

THURSDAY.

This meeting commenced to-day, the attendance of
visitors being the largest ever known. For several weeks
past, the Waterloo Cup has given rise to much speculation,
particularly in this city, many of the sporting fraternity
having opened books on the event. To the Cup, this year,
there are 64 subscribers ; the owner of the winner is to re-
ceive £5OO ; second, £2OO ; two dogs, £5O each ; four, £3O
each; eight, £2O each; and sixteen, £lO each. The sport,
to-day, particulars of which are given below, was of an
ordinary description :

THE WATERLOO CUP.
Mr. Morrell nd Ada beat Major Boothby nd Stanmore
Mr. Thompson's Trafalgar beat Mr. Hornby nd Jingall
Sir C. G. Gore's Referee beat Mr. Cunningham's May-
flower

Captain C. C. Molyneaux nd Skyscraper beat Mr. Pea-
cock nd Bluecap
Mr. Johnstone nd Balmoral beat Mr. Spaight nd Master
Richard

Mr. Randell nd Blue Hat beat Mr. Croft's White Lion
Mr. Brundrit's Belligerent beat Mr. Harley, jun.'s Hap-
hazard,

POLICE INTELLIGENCE,-This Day.)

Mr. Irving nd Faldonside beat Lord Grey de Wilton's
Blanchette

Mr. Gordon nd Baffler beat Mr. Lister nd Windermere
Mr. Dixon nd Sir Harry beat Mr. Barden nd Derroek
Mr. Callander nd Roaring Meg beat Mr. Blackstock's
Barrier

Mr. Blundell's Bude Light beat Mr. Haywood nd Wine
Biscuit

Mr. Holmes nd Kildonan beat Mr. Gregson's Whipcord
Mr. Catterall's Slip beat Mr. Hyslop's Forty-six
Mr. Cloudesdale nd Ingomar beat Mr. Lindsay nd Bell
Mr. Bake nd Jetsam beat Major Beresford nd Rienzi
Mr. Campbell's Canaradzo beat Mr. Spink's Sea Pink
Mr. Gibson nd Kingwater beat Mr. Davy's Dinah
Mr. Finch nd Klaphonia beat Mr. Dunlop's Picton
Mr. Gavin Steela's Sixty-one beat Mr. Knowles nd
Corooran

Lord Sefton's Sapphire beat ➢Tr. Curror nd Cazzarina
Mr. Le Brewer nd Golden Hue beat Mr. Graham's Earl
Russell (late Royal Sovereign)

SMASHING THE WINDOWS OP ST. MARTIN'S WORK-
HOUSE—A NICE PAIR.—Two low-looking women, named
Mary Smith and Jane Gregory, were charged before Mr.
Tyrwhitt with breaking some panes of glass in the regis-
trar's office, St. Martin's Workhouse.
Michael Brennan, the porter of the house, said that,
hearing a smash at the windows, he went to see the cause,
and found several panes broken. The prisoners said they
had broken them. Gregory was only just out of prison for
tearing up her clothes, and Smith had been committed for
breaking windows by Mr. Mansfield.
Smith (in a violent tone)—I'm if I don't break them
again when I come out. See if I don't.
Gregory—And so will 1, and no mistake. I'll keep my
word.

Mr, Tyrwhitt said he should order them to pay the da-
mage, and if they did not he should fine them ss. each and
two months' imprisonment.
The prisoners left the court declaring that they did not
care for two months, as they could easily do it, and that
they would then redeem their promise as to the windows,

Mr. Hammond nd Wild Buck beat Mr. Jardine's Crerer
Mr. Brown's Birthright boat Mr. Williams nd Look-out
Lord Lurgan's Master Leotard beat Mr. Daintree nd
Baron Law

Mr. Tyrer nd Wild Sea beat Mr. Blanchard's Barrow
Mr. Fitzmaurice nd Reliance beat Lieutenant-Colonel
Bathurst, M.P. nd Bird of Prey

Mr. Borron's Bold Enterprise beat Captain Molyneux nd
Bold Effort

Mr. Bateman's Silkworm beat Mr. Callan nd Confederate
Mr. Russell nd Othello beat Mr. Stocker's Sir George
William (late Dickens)

Mr. Brocklebank's Bowfell beat Lord Uffington's Picton
Second Ties—Trafalgar beat Ada, Referee beat Bribery,
Skyscraper beat Balmoral, Belligerent beat Blue Hat,
Baffler beat Faldonside, Roaring Meg beat Sir Harry, Kil-
donan beat Bude Light, Ingomar beat Slip, Canaradzo beat
Jetsam, Kingwater beat Klaphonia, Sixty-one beat Sap-
phire, Golden Hue beat Wild Buck, Master Leotard beat
Birthright, Reliance beat Wild Sea, Silkworm beat Bold
Enterprise, and Bowfell beat Othello.

PEDESTRIANISM. .

BROMPTON.

Lord Binning's Bribery beat Mr. Long nd Romping
Girl

MATCH BETWEEN WILLIAM SPOONER (OF TURNHAM-
GREEN) AND MILES FOR £lOO AND THE CHAMPIONSHIP.
—Spooner, for years past, has been well known to the me-
tropolitan patrons of pedestrianism as having in years by-
past contested with and defeated the best men brought
against him. In these struggles Spooner gave unmistake-
able proof of extraordinary speed, though at the same time
it must be stated great fault was found with his style ; and
even at an early period of his career, there were not want.
ing those who were of opinion, when he made these amaz-
ing spurts for which he has rendered himself famous, that
he entirely broke the rule of fair heel and toe. While, then,
admitting the unrivalled capabilities of the champion, the
faultiness of his style has been freely and at times severely
commented on, nor was the present match an exception to
the general rule. Although Miles has not long been known
to fame, yet he has exhibited in his few matches such a
turn of speed, combined with such excellent style and ac-
tion, that it was confidently predicted he must soon stand
A 1 on the list. Miles is not more than 21, being more
than 10 years younger than Spooner. Although the weather
was so unpropitious, there could not have been less than
from 2,000 to 3,000 spectators assembled within the pre-
cincts of Mr. J. Roberts's ground, and among those present
we noticed the leading sporting notables of the day. To
complete the 14 miles, the pedestrians had to make the cir-
cuit of the course 66 times. The office of referee was filled
by Owen Swift, who, on being solicited by the backers of
the men, very kindly took upon himself to discharge the
anything but pleasant duty. Charles Wesihall, of pedes-
trian renown (one of Spooner's opponents), was umpire for
Miles, while a well-known sporting celebrity acted on the
part of the champion. The betting was 7 to 4 on Miles, and
there was a good deal of money invested. At a few minutes
after the specified time (three o'clock) the pedestrians, in
the pelting pitiless rain, came on the ground ; Spooner
being waited on by John Smith (the Regent-street Pet),
and Myers, of Newcastle; while J. Eldridge, as pace-regu-
lator and counsel for Miles, discharged his duties in an effi-
cient and zealous manner. Miles looked the perfection of
condition; his skin glowed with the tinge of health, while
the muscles on his well• knit though youthful frame were
prominently developed. We heard the whisper, as the men
came on the ground, that Spooner had been amiss ; but,
whatever truth there might have been in the assertion, he
certainly did not bear the appearance of one who had been
in any way indisposed ; on the contrary, the champion, like
his opponent, gave unmistakeable evidence of condition.
The pedestrians having agreed to walk to the right hand of
the course, and taken up their allotted positions at the mark,
the signal " Go" was given, when on the instant a hundred
different watches were set moving to take the time. No
sooner had the start been effected than Spooner went bound-
ing along with the lead. As he warmed to the pace, and got
the system into full play, there was that slight forward in-
clination of the head and body peculiar to him, while his
arms and shoulders worked like a couple of steam rarnmers.
Miles, on the contrary, held himself perfectly upright, and
the firm stride and graceful carriage of this pedestrian was
much admired, and became perhaps more striking to the
spectators, as it in all respects totally differed from his op-
ponent. Throughout the first, second, third', and fourth lap
there was not the least variation in position, Spooner still
held the lead; and on the finish of the last of the above laps,
which completed the first mile, he headed his man by about
three yards, doing the mile in 7 minutes 20 seconds. While
performing the second mile there was a fine display of pace;
still the match presented no feature of varied interest that
calls for special comment. In this manner they finished the
second mile, which was accomplished in 15 minutes 48
seconds. The competitors had yet a long journey before
them, and the match progressed in the most spirited manner
until the 12th lap, which would be the finish of the third
mile. Now, as the men reached the top bend of the course,
and came into the straight, the pace became really astonish-
ing; and although Miles so decreased the gap as to get
nearly shoulder to shoulder with his man, yet he could not
pass him. The three miles were accomplished in 23 minutes
45 seconds, and as trey entered upon the 13th lap (the first
of the fourth mile) Spooncr laid himself down to his work
in such a manner that he soon left a rather formidable in-

terval between himself and his rival—though, as Miles fol-
lowed, he smiled in a confident manner, as much as to
assure his friends, by whom he was vociferously cheered,
he was " all right." The match was still splendidly con-
tested, and on the termination of the fourth mile (31
minutes 53 seconds) the Champion headed his opponent by
something like five yards. In the 17th lap (the first of the
fifth mile) Spooner, as they went down the side opposite the

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railings, made a tremendous spurt, when the referee, for
the purpose of watching Spooner's action more minutely,
left his stand in the middle of the course, and got close to
him; although he did not then give any " caution," more
than we believe telling him to be careful. On the finish of
the fifth mile (40 minutes 27 seconds) Spooner was net
more than four yards a head, a proof this portion of the dis-
tance had, despite the heavy rain, been admirably contested.
On the termination of the seventh mile (half the distance)
Spooner was not more than three yards a head ; so that,
though in the rear, Miles had not allowed his opponent to
get far away from him ; and so well was he walking, that
his friends were full of confidence as to the result. The
seven miles were done in 57 minutes two seconds. Spooner
now began gradually to widen the gap between them, and
on the finish of the eighth mile was leading by fully
40 yards. This advantage he continued to improve on,
being, at the finish of the 40th lap, this completing the
tenth mile (1 hour 21 minutes four seconds), at least 140
yards a-head. In the spurts Spooner made in the eighth
and ninth mile, there had been considerable disappro-
bation expressed at the manner in which he "put it on,"
and, as he passed the stand, he was repeatedly greeted
with cries of "walk fair." The referee throne-Innt
paid the strictest attention to the progress of the
match, and discharged his duty with that fairness and im-
partiality characteristic of the man. From the tenth mile
the match may be said to have been virtually over ; for,
although Miles still continued the struggle, it was apparent
he had not the least chance. Eleven miles were done in
1 hour 29 minutes 45 seconds ; twelve in 1 hour 39 minutes
29 seconds; thirteen in 1 hour 46 minutes 24 seconds; and
the entire distance (14 miles) in 1 hour 57 minutes 46i se-
conds. Miles, when Spooner reached the goal amidst voci-
ferous cheering, was exactly 150 yards in the rear.

DESPERATE ATTEMPT AT SUICIDE BY A Fo-
RElGNER.—Yesterday morning the police authorities of
Somers-town received information of a mest desperate at-
tempt of a foreigner of the name of Sebeart, a teacher of
languages, residing at 172, Euston-road, to commit suicide.
It appeared that the unfortunate man took a razor and cut
his stomach across. So deep was the cut that the bowels
protruded. As soon as possible the poor fellow was taken
to the University College Hospital, where lie now reraano,
no hopes being entertained of hie recoyary.