The Sun.
London, England, 1862-10-21 00:00:00

SPORTING INTE.LLIGENCE.

TATTERSALLS'—LAST EVENING.
Settling upon the Ceearewitch and the meetings at New-
market occupied the attention of a large number of members
and notwithstanding the utter defeat of the favourites
Umpire, Silkstone, and Balder—there seemed to be no per-
ceptible deficit among backers. Bookmakers upon the
whole had a bad week, and some of the layers lost more
money than they have done throughout the whole of the
season upon any single gathering. Those who supported
Hartington—the winner of the great event—were chiefly
the personal friends and acquaintances of the owner. Mr.
James Smith and Mr. Sydney Smith—no relations—are the
principal winners, and some idea of the sums they netted
may be formed from the fact of the former gentleman having
sent to his bankers' on the day after the Cesarewitch, over
£22,000—a portion of his "account" collected at Newmarket.
Mr. Steel, of Sheffield, as mentioned previously, won up-
wards of £B,OOO by the result, and several other fortunate
speculators throw in for nice handy stakes.
Betting on the Cambridgeshire was rather spirited. Um-
pire, who left off in the City in the morning at 100 to 7
(taken and offered) was speedily installed first favourite,
and, after lumps of money had been entrusted to him, his
price at the close was 11 to 1 (taken). Dictator advanced
half a point, and left off firm at 14 to 1, while Aurelian, who
was first favourite at the club in the early part of the day at
14 to 1, receded at 16 to 1 (taken). Limosina, about whom
25 to 1 would have been taken in the morning, was sup-
ported in good quarters, and at the finish 15 to 1 was the
longest price obtainable. King of Diamonds was also firm
at the odds quoted. Closing prices :

CAMBRIDGESHIRE.
11 to 1 agst -Umpire (taken)
14 to 1 agst Dictator (taken)
15 to 1 agat Limosina (taken)
16 to 1 agst Aurelian (taken)
16 to 1 agat King of Diamonds (taken)
16 to 1 agst Queen of Spain (taken)
20 to 1 agst Conqueror (taken)
25 to 1 agat Queen of Trumps (taken)
25 to 1 agst Ace of Clubs (taken)
25 to 1 agst Hartington (taken)
33 to 1 agst Clarissa colt, 4 yrs
40 to 1 agat Gorse (taken)
45 to 1 agst Stradella (taken)

BETTING AT MANCHESTER-MONDAY.

The only change on the Cambridgeshire was the support
given to Lim osina. An offer to take 20 to lat the close
was not responded to ; and 100 to 6 was offered but declined.
The events to come off during this week were not mentioned.
Closing prices :

CAMBRIDGESHIRE STAKES.
100 to 8 agst Dictator (taken)
100 to 7 agst Aurelian (offered)
15 to 1 agst Umpire (taken)
16 to 1 agst King of Diamonds (taken)
20 to 1 agst Queen of Spain (offered)
20 to 1 aget Limosina (taken and wanted)
25 to 1 agst Ace of Clubs (taken)
28 to 1 agst Conqueror (taken)
30 to 1 agst Queen of Trumps (taken)
40 to 1 agst Polynesia (taken)
40 to 1 agst Alchymist (taken)
40 to 1 agst Manrico (taken)
40 to 1 agst Bellman (offered)
50 to 1 aget Dulcibella (taken)

GREAT FIIIE A 7 HULL-A POLICEMAN

KILLED.

A most serious fire occurred at Hull on Sunday evening.
About seven o'clock an alarm was given that the ware-
house of Messrs. Lee, Smith, and Co., wholesale grocers,
Efigh-street, was on fire, and a large body of the police,
with the nect.ssary apparatus, were despatched to the spot.
At the time the fire was discovered, and indeed during the
whole of the day, a terrific storm was raging in Hull, and
the southerly wind served to fan the flames into a tremen-
dous conflagration. The upper portion of the warehouse,
containing hemp and flax, was speedily in a blaze. Every
effort was made to arrest the progress of the flames, but all
Ittempts proved fruitless. The firo had obtained too great
a mastery, and for nearly twelve hours it raged with un-
interrupted fury, consuming everything in the build-
ing. From the position of the building, the hose had
to be taken up a narrow passage. Along this pas-
sage on the right hand side was the warehouse wall,
and while the fire was at its height this wall fell with a
dreadful crash, burying a number of police officers and other
men who were beneath attending to their duties. For a
moment all was consternation, but, speedily recovering
themselves, the men who had escaped at once set to work
to remove the debris and recover their unfortunate com-
rades. In a short time three men were brought out. The
search for the remaining men was made under the most
exciting circumstances. Close to the place at which the
accident had happened the fire raged with fearful fury, and
the men engaged in removing the ruins were exposed to the
heat of the flames, while the smoke almost suffocated them.
Besides this another portion of the wall remained in a
very threatening state ; but the labourers were not deterred
from their humane work, and as each man was recovered,
the cheers of the multitude stimulated them to renewed
exertions. A policeman, named Redfern, was taken out
dead, having been literally crushed to pieces. He was a
native of Mirfield, in the West Riding, and had been in the
Hull police force many years. The following were injured :
Police Constable M'Cormick, very seriously wounded ;
Henry Parkin, employed by Messrs. Lee, Smith, and Co.
also seriously hurt; Police Constable Revel, injur ed in the
foot, and bruised by the falling of a beam ; Police Con-
stable Franks, much bruised ; Police Constable Hard-
battle, suffering much from the quantity of smoke inhaled
while in the discharge of his duties; Sergeant Bentley,
much bruised. A seaman belonging to her Majesty's ship
Cornwallis, was also injured by the falling of the wall;
and, indeed, nearly all who were engaged in attempting
to extinguish the fire suffered in some way or other, the
operations being carried on under the most difficult cir-
cumstances. The origin of the fire is not yet definitely
known, although it is supposed to have broken out amongst
Some hemp. Neither can the amount of damage be yet
estimated, but it will be many thousand pounds.

SOMNAMBIILISM.—The Courrier de l'lsiere relates
work-
an extraordinary instance of somnambulism
he
man at Grenoble. Two nights ago, whilienf:(tesalulasiligiete.p,
Lau-
left his house, descended tewards the Q
rent, now in construction, and after walkinguai dabeboouattammoonogresdt
the stones and rubbish, went on board
wa
alongside, and then passed along the nalrarno
served for carrying the materials to "he dinpglanplkasoew. which
bridge and jump-
afterwards proceeded to the suspensionna._es _o' ..
ing lightly on one of the iron wirethe
lofty
peri-
lous ascent to the top of one of ecla-onsttearucthtieonsn
lie there sat for a few
which the wires are drawn.
and left, as though look-
minutes, turning his head rightons
who in breathless anxiety
He afterwards descended
ing at the number of Persnts.
ware watching his moveme
by the same cable,
walked along the parapet of the quay,
and returning to hi I
ging entered his bed in safety. -
AN OLD ELECTION AND AanND Two OLD PEERS.--The
election in Cambridge i 180
Athen":•Taincualrilueouis fact that while nearly every nelecto6;
died,lt is
two candidates were not only alive but lively.
has
erd Henry Petty is the present Marquis of Lansdowne,
now in his 83d year. His unsuccessful opponent was then
0 new Viscount Palmerston, who has entered on his 79th
year.
How the latter lad looked when unsuccessfully can-
vassing the university which subsequently was delighted to
have him, will be seen from a passage in a letter of Isaac
Milner's now before us :—" By-and-by in came Lord Pal-
merston. He conversed a full hour on the subject of tht
sieve trade, and, I can assure you, a more ingenuous ap-
pearance I never saw. The young man's conscience seemed
hard at work for fear, not of saying too little, but of saying
too much, viz., of saying more than he could justify to his
own mind, from the little consideration he had given to the
subject." What this young man has since said and done,
we all know ; but some of us may have forgotten what Lord
Henry Petty did in his day—he calmed the hot heads of our
grandfathers by abolishing the tax upon hats.
The trial of the Gavazzi rioters at Tralee has been postponed to the next quarter sessions, on the appli- I
cation of the Crown, in consequence of an informality in
the form of the indictment. They were brought up for
trial on Friday, I,':fore a very full bench of magistrates, and
all concerr ea in the prosecution appeared quite resolved to
do tteir duty. The form of indictment, however, although
the one in general use in the county, did not exactly apply
to the circumstances of the case, and the Crown prosecutor
thought it better not to proceed on it.