The Sun.
London, England, 1862-06-02 00:00:00

BETTING AT MANCHESTER-SATURDAY.

For the Derby The Marquis remains very firm. There
were takers of any advance upon sto 2 freely. 11 to 2 was
booked against Buckstone, but afterwards 6 to 1 was laid
and offered. Anything beyond that would have been taken .
The only other feature of the day was the support given to
Neptunus, who came with great force, and all the bets at
100 to S that could be got were taken : 100 to 9 was booked,
but 10 to 1 was freely offered. There was a little business
also transacted on the Oaks, in which Hurricane was at 4
to 1 (offered), and 5 to 1, but not very freely, about
Q. E. D. • Closing prices:—

TILE DERBY.
5 to 2 agst The Marquis (taken and offered)
6 t
too agst t BNuecpktrtu
eutons (
e (takentaken) and offered)
11
12 to 1 agst Zetland (offered)
12 to 1 agst Ensign (offered)
12 to 1 agst The Stockwell colt (offered)
14 to 1 aget Caterer (offered)
25 to 1 agst Argonaut (wanted)
40 to 1 agst Spite (taken)
40 to 1 agst Clarissa colt (offered)
50 to 1 agst St. Alexis (offered)
100 to 1 agst Norroy (taken)
100 to 1 agst SchehaLlion (taken)
Last night 40 to 1 was freely offered against Caterer.]

THE OAKS.
4to 1 agst Hurricane (offered)
sto 1 agst Q.E.D. (taken and offered)
9to 1 agst Sappho (taken)
10 to 1 agst Moula (taken)

A SAD STORY OF DEFECTION AND
SHAME.

(From the St. Louis Democrat.)
George Q. Phelps, Esq., an elderly gentleman,
and an old resident of Union City, Illinois, arrived
here from that city last Thursday, in anxious search

of a missing and erring daughter. After some
inquiries, he called upon the Chief of Police, and.

requested his aid in the pursuit. The daughter left

home about two months ago, in chargeof two young
men, her cousins, in whom Mr. Phelps had complete

confidence. They were to escort her to St. Louis,
to the home of her brother, an engineer on a steamer
in the Government service. As weeks passed away,

and no letter or intelligence was received from her,
her father became exceedingly solicitous, yet enter-

tamed not the slightest suspicion that she was not
at her brother's residence in this city. One day in
the streets of Quincy, he met a young man who
informed him that his daughter Maria was in
an assignation house in St. Louis. The incredulous
father indignantly demanded proof for so humiliat-
ing a statement,upon which the young man declared
that he had himself seen her at the place he had
stated. Mr. Phelps took the first train for this city
and on arriving proceeded immediately to the house
of his son. The latter was absent down the river

Surprised and alarmed at the old man's tremulous
inquiries, his daughter-in-law could only say

that Maria came there about seven or eight weeks

ago, paid a transient visit, and left, as she supposed,
to return home.

Such substantially was the account given by the
father at the police-office. Upon learning the facts.
one of the detectives thought he knew the girl, and
could find her. He was dispatched for the purpose.
Meanwhile a telegram was sent to Quincy, to the
young man who had communicated the information
in that city, requesting him to answer at once, and
to give the locality of the assignation house to which
he referred. Pending the reply, and at about 11
o'clock on Thursday night, the officer returned from
the house in Green-street, bringing a young and
beautiful girl, but who proved not the erring one
especially sought for. She, however, evidently
believed that her own friends had sent for her, and
from her manner, betrayed that she had only quite
recently left her home and friends. She expressed
mortification and deep sorrow at the course she had
pursued, declared that her condition was most mise-
rable, and avowed a willingness to be sent anywhere
rather than go back to the place from which she
had just been taken. She was accordingly con-
ducted to the " House of the Good Shepherd."
An answering telegraphic message from Quincy,
soon stated that the daughter was probably at No. 3,
Christy-avenue. Thither two officers atoncticsetodre7
r.
pro-
ceeded, and quickly returned withd h
girler in
yet
of about
in h
years, elegantly and tastefully attired,t
countenance exhibiting intense men atorture. Piior
She was a blue-eyed and fair-haired
to ber arrival the father
wwhai conductedeshthedeer wtaos theieft
aPolicejar
a
Chiesprivateroom, of
room adjoining that in which she
entered. To
the chief's inquiries she at first responded with re-
reserve and caution, but finding that he knew her
übsetg eofdt .
not L Learning nbine
yethistory, burstsh e
desiredinto
permanently
removedlost,
gt
taken
from the house she
,hashdej
herA ftaltahsetrEhkenewwas all
led to her aged father in the next
abescePnaeretaoo heart-rending. for descrip-
tion interview with him.
rthi:oomnmeiwallnohliwerteeod. The sobs and agony of the old man
and his daughter can be imagined much better than
we can depict them. She gratefully accepted his
offer to take her back to her home. They went to
a hotel for the night, and yesterday afternoon left
the city.
It transpired that the perfidious young men took
her first to the St. Charles Hotel, and that subse-
quently she was removed to the place from which
she was rescued.
Painful though it is to chronicle or peruse such a
story as the above, it yet affords to parents, guar-
dians, and youth, a much-needed lesson and warn-

The exhibition of works of art lent by various
private collectors to the South Kensington Museum will be
opened to the general public after the days for private view,
which are fixed for Tuesday, Wednesday, and ThursdaY

next.
gallAerlyVwoißllDmaAkßeOfUriTendCsOwPiLthEYa
works they have been familiar only through ,in the
and the one picture of the "Death
of
umCcomparably finer
.g—reTathep
House of Lords. They will now see the -Jersey, in 1780.,,
work, " The Death of Major Pierson,. weeping tide of vic-
The struggle of a hard fight and thr
winner than in this
The artist will,
aivnitesirtoenvrirogr.altaoviwiltnh7iie:
,(t)ii the power of Copley as a
toryuttlo weepriesondeeveorf rethnederceidiat al trueiindo.
however, be more struck i
question if, in any quality of
ewereygsve
nloverera t oiofntsheolartht
esctuodpyieylstso. 51,
drawing, and composition, it is
good painting,
splendid
efforts of either Sir Joshua or
surpassed by by the be
youngest child romping in its mother's lap,
p“oFrtarmaiitlyparinotlr.aitsL,,ne,thtdaiesrdve
are to
the
very Nestor of Upper House, Lord Lynd-
hurst the
himself. This picture was painted more than 80
hursst
sgo,
and one of its sitters still adorns our senate.
year
'inthpeower—alas 1 how she has retrograded in the
of advance England has made in material great-
Wbouroautgahge.s Sere the .
great-
ness ee s found, o
aunndd
power of the portrait painter's art within the compass of his
life I—Once a Week.
AUSTRALIAN WHEAT ON THE YORKSHIRE
WoLDs.—Upon the farm of Wm. Lovel, of Helperthorpe,
there is now growing a plot of wheat in full ear. The seed
was grown in Australia, and was sown by Mr. Lovel on the
10th of Sept., 1861. The ears have been in sight about 8
or 9 days, an usually early appearance,
especially
Welds, where vegetation is late. The circumstance is
are
of
ing much interest among farmers, many
eof whom
. , of harvest
opinion that by importation of seed the p rzhio"
A us tralian
could be accelerated. Mr. Lovel exPe?tl ulna time.
wheat to ripen in July, a month before the isOncaut