The Sun.
London, England, 1865-12-04 00:00:00

AQUATICS

GREAT SCULLERS' RACE FOR £lOO THIS

AFTERNOON,

The contest between Kilsby, of the Old Barge-
house, and Thomas Wise,, of Hammersmith, came
off this afternoon, although the cutting south-
easterly wind was not at all calculated to heighten
the pleasure of out-door amusements. The stakes
were £lOO, and the course was from Putney to
Barnes Bridge.

The usual preliminaries were gone through, and
at a quarter-past three both men rowed to their
respective stations, Wise takingthe Middlesex shore,
and Kilsby the opposite. At starting, Wise took
the lead, and gradually increased it to between two
and three lengths off the Crab Tree. Nothing oc-
curred of anyimportance until the two men reached
Chiswick Eyot, where several barges lying off there
caused Wise to go outside the craft, and Kilsby, by
rowing inside, was enabled by that lucky chance
to considerably to decrease the lead of his opponent.
but when they cleared the barges Wise was still
leading by about two lengths, which he soon in-
creased to six or eight.

After they crossed the water, which was very
lumpy, Wise was completely at sea, as we may
say, as he seemed to be entirely at a loss how to
get through the surf. Kilsby seeing the difficulty
in which his opponent was involved, put on an ex-
tra spurt, and seemed as if he was going to over-
haul him, but, nearing the bridge, the water was
somewhat smoother, and thus Wise was enabled
to row in a winner by about two lengths.
Betting at starting was 2 to 1 on Wise, but
during the race 20 to 1 was bet on him.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—This Day,

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.

CAPTURE OF A FENIAN PIKEMAKER ON THE
CHARGE OF TREASON.—Timothy Hagarty, a black-
smith, residing at Moss-alley, Great Guildford-
street, Southwark, was brought before Mr. Tyrwhitt
by Davidson, 301 A, by whom he was taken into
custody on a warrant signed by Mr. Richard B.
Tooker, one of the Justices of the Peace for the
county of Kent, and backed by Mr. Knox, charging
him with, while in the county of Cork, for several
months past being engaged in making pike-heads for
an illegal society called " Fenians," and for treason-
able purposes, and for levying war against the
Queen.
It having been proved that the prisoner was the
person named in the warrant,
Mr. Tyrwhitt told him that he would be handed
over to the proper officers and taken to Cork,
whence no doubt he would be remitted to Dublin.

The prisoner was subsequently taken away by
two of the Irish constabulary.
A SOLDIER CHARGED WITH ROBBERY AT ST.
GEORGE'S BARRACKS.—James Williams, a private
of the 3d battalion of Grenadier Guards, was charged
beforo Mr. Tyr whitt with stealing a £5 Bank of
England note and £9 in gold and silver, the moneys
of Charles Allen, drill and colour sergeant, of the
Grenadier Guards.

Sergeant Allen said that on the 22d November
he left his room in the barracks about three in the
afternoon, locked up and everything safe, taking
the key in his pocket. On returning from duty
shortly after five he found the door unlocked. He
then found that a box in the room bad been broken
open and his cash-box taken from it, the cash-box
containing one £5 note—No. 79,603—a sovereign,
and about £9 in silver, and 4s. in coppers. He
gave information in the barracks, and subsequently
to the police. A key was found amongst some
packing boxes, which would open the door. On
making a further search the centre part of his cash-
box was found. The cash-box had been broken
open, but he had since had it repaired.
A little girl living with the wife of a pay sergeant
at Chelsea Barracks said she was on the landing at
St. George's Barracks on the 2dd ult., when she saw
the prisoner trying to push open Sergeant Allen's
door with a knife. She was called away by her
mistress. Another soldier was near the prisoner at
the time looking on. She afterwards pointed the
prisoner out to the sergeant-major the next morning.
In answer to Mr. Tyrwhitt, the witness said she
was sure the prisoner was the man.
Sergeant Druscovich said the battalion was at St.
George's at the time, but had since been removed to
Chelsea, and that was how the girl was there at the
time.

In answer to Mr. Tyrwhitt, the prosecutor said
the money was partly Government money and
partly his own.
The keeper of the Inkerman beerhouse, Kensing-
ton, proved giving the prisoner a sovereign for silver,
and at the same time noticing that he had a good
deal more money. The prisoner afterwards left
14 ss. 6d. with him to take care of, stating that he
was going on furlough, and that he would call for it
on the following Saturday, which he did, and then
had something to drink and left.
Charles Chapman, a servapnbtalttsrlia:i3l,wh(hteilcl
by the prisoner while at Mr. y last" askiedweh
he did,
the prisoner giving him a
ness) beerhouse, to get in aiso
note to pay for it.te
He (witness) would know the note again
his name on it. as he put
The prisoner was remanded.

WESTMINSTER.
QUESTIONABLE STATE OF THE LAW.—A respect-
able looking man in the garb of an artisan solicited
the magistrate's aid to recover the value of a watch
eadn tat
oppor-
tunity
i
under the following peculiar circumstances :
Applicant said that about a fortnight ago he took
a watch to a beer-shop in Rochester-row, West-
minster, to be raffled for. He left it at the house
fthsa,eceitnhge
it, frequenters
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was lost or stolen, and all recompence f
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or order
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of
denied him. or its value
Mr. Selfe—Who did you leave it with?
Applicant--The landlord of the house in which
the raffle was to take place, and I should think he
was answerable to me for
either the watch or the
value.

Mr. Selfe—l don't know about that.
Applicant—He got another watch to substitute
for mine for the raffle, but as the latter did not come
off I asked him for the watch, which he refused to
give me. If he felt he was not answerable for my
watch, how came he to buy another in its place.
Mr. Selfe.—lt might have been that a raffle in
the house was too lucrative to abandon, and there-
fore he procured a second watch. Was he to have
any interest in the disposal of the watchby raffle
Applicant--None whatever. _
Mr.. Selfe—ls he an innkeeper ?
can.a nd it is er.
and if
Applicant—NO ; a beershop-
n questionable
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anybody
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any remedy
ymeodu.y at all it is in the county court, to which
I refer
Applicant--It is hard I should lose my watch.