The Sun.
London, England, 1865-05-16 00:00:00

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

TATTERSALL'S—LAST EVENING.
GREAT NORTHERN HANDICAP.
sto 1 agst Buckfoot (offered)
7to 1 agst Cathedral (taken)
Bto 1 agst Claxton (taken and offered)
Bto 1 agst Gondola (taken and offered)
9to 1 agst Welcome (taken)
16 to 1 agst Stanton (taken)
Finesse and Revival have paid forfeit.

TILE DEBBY.
6to 1 agst Gladiateur (taken)
15 to 2 agst The Duke (taken)
9 to 1 Archimedes (taken)

10 to 1 agst BreAdalbane (taken)
11 to 1 Wild Charley (taken)
14 to 1 agst Broomielaw (taken)
14 to 1 agst Longdown (taken)
20 to 1 agst Oppressor (taken) .
20 to 1 Christmas Carol (taken)
30 to 1 agst Kangaroo (taken)
40 to 1 agst Kcenig (taken)
40 to 1 agst Ariel (taken)
100 to 1 agst Richmond (taken)

CITY BETTING—YESTERDAY.
GREAT NORTHERN HANDICAP.
sto 1 agst Buckfoot (taken)
7to 1 agst Cathedral (taken)
Bto 1 agst Welcome (taken)
Bto 1 agst Claxton (taken)
10 to 1 agst Gondola (taken)
12 to 1 agst Finesse (taken)
14 to 1 agst Club Queen (taken)
THE DERBY.
6to 1 agst The Duke (taken)
7to 1 agst Gladiateur (taken)
Bto 1 agst Archimedes (taken)
10 to 1 agst Breadalbane (taken)
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RACING FIXT

JRES FOR 1865.
LY.

York Spring
St. Columb l6
Salisbury lB
Noi th Herts Yeomanry 19

ICork
Bath 23
IHarpenden 26
Epsom 3O
rNE.

Redditch
Chelmsford 7
Manchester Summer 7
Maid tone
Ascot l3
Beverley l4
Liverpool

Hampton 2l
Newton
Newcastle
Curragh
Odiham
Bibury
Stockbridge

Newmarket July . 4
Carlisle
Jersey 5
Worcester
Pontefract
Abingdon
Hungerford l3
Stamford l3

New Forest Hunt 1
Winchester lB
Nottingham
Southampton 19
Chesterfield
Cambridge 2O
Goodwood
Down Royal Corp 25

AUG
Brighton 1
Brighton Club
Knutsford 3
Lewes
Huntingdon
Wolverhampton
Reading
Radcliffe l4
Egham l5
Stockton l5

SEPTE:
Warwick
Curragh 5
Dover 7
Hereford
Leicester 7
Doncaster

Brecon
Richmond l9
Monmouth 2l
Manchester Autumn
Newmarket Ist 0ct..., 26
Walsall

OCTO'
Bedford
Royal Caledonian Hunt 4
Northallerton 5
Newmarket 2d Oct 9

Curragh
Newmarket Ha. M 23
Worcester ... 3l

NOVEMBER.
Lincoln Autumn
Liverpool Autumn
Shrewsbury

Extensive Embezzlement.

PRESTON, Monday.
The whole of North Lancashire has been startled
to-day by the announcement of the suicide of Mr.
William Whelon, a gentleman of high position, and
carrying on business at Lancaster and Preston,
through pecuniary difficulties and the fear of expo-
sure. Mr. Whelon rose from a poor office-boy to
be secretary of the Little North-Western Railway ;
then he became a merchant and manufacturer ;
afterwards he was made town councillor, mayor,
and magistrate of Lancaster. While Mayor of Lan-
caster he was distinguished for his liberality and
hospitality, and his wife, during his year of office,
was presented with a silver cradle by the inhabi-
tants. In addition to the above positions, he was
chairman of the Lancaster Athenwum Club and the
Morecambe Gas-works, vice-chairman and director
of the New Waggon Company, a churchwarden, a
leading Conservative, and generally a man of high
influence and position. On Friday he was at Pres-
ton on business, and returned home in the evening.
On Saturday it was rumoured that he had forged
and embezzled sums to a very large amount, vary-
ing according to report from £6,000 to £20,000. On
the evening of that day a warrant was issued for
his apprehension on the charge of stealing scrip be-
longing to the Little North-Western Railway. The
police went to his house, but he was absent. An
officer was sent to Preston, where it was thought
he might have gone, but he could not be found.
Yesterday his dead body was found in the water
at Fleetwood.

The inquest on the body was held to-day. The
evidence given showed that he left home on Satur-
day evening in good health and spirits, that he
walked along the coast towards Fleetwood, that at
midnight he got a boat at Knott-end, opposite
Fleetwood, and about 10 miles from Lancaster
rowed out a short distance in it, took something to
drink, and jumped off the boat into deep water ; that
his body was seen floating about yesterday morning
off Fleetwood by a seaman, and was afterwards
picked up and taken to one of the hotels.
The jury returned a verdict of "Found drowned."
The deceased gentleman was about 43 years of age,
and he has left a widow and seven children. It is
said that his embarrassments had reference mainly
to the Little North-Western Railway, of which he
was the secretary.