The Sun.
London, England, 1862-09-25 00:00:00

£42,092,529

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

RICHMOND RACES-WEDNESDAY.

The Wright Stakes of 5 move each, with 50 added, for 2 •yr,
olds ; colts, Bst 101 b ; fillies and geldings, Bst 71b ; cer•
tain penalties and allowances. Grey Stone in. 3.
subs.

Mr. J. Osborne's Fanfdron, Bst 51b (Whiteley) 1
Mr. Watt's Newmarket, Bst 51b (Snowden) 2
Mr. Fobert ns Tippler, Bst 131 b (including 31b extra)
(Aldcroft) 3
Lord Zetland's Skipjack, Bst 101 b
The following also ran :—Jenny Wren, Menalcas, and
Lord Arthur.

Betting-5 to 4 agst Skipjack, sto 2 agst Tippler, 7to 2
agst Newmarket, 10 to 1 agst Fanfaron.
Won by a length; a neck between second and third; a
moderate fourth.

The Burton Handicap of 7 sous each, 5 ft, and 2 if declared,
with 50 added ; winners extra. One mile and a half.
18 subs.

Mr. Jackson's Haddington, 3 yrs, 7st llb (inc 71b extra)
(Doyle) 1
Lord Zetland's Piccador, 3 yrs, ist 21b
Mr. W. I' Anson ns Prologue, 6 yrs, 7st 21b (Hardcastle) 3
Mr. Chadwick's Charles Fox, 3 yrs, 6st 121 b (Noble) 4
Mr. J. Osborne's King of Kars, 3 yrs, 6st 121 b
(Whiteley) 5
Betting-5 to 4on Haddington, 4to 1 each aget Prologue
and Piccador, 8 to 1 any other.

Won by a head; three lengths between the second and
third.

The Belsay Castle Nursery Handicap of 70 sovs, for 2-yr-

olds; winners extra. Grey Stone in. 19 subs.
Mr. R. M. Jacques's Trump Queen, 7st 21b .... (Noble) 1
Mr. A. Rowe's Ashmore. 7st 21b
Mr. G. Whitaker's Gasconade, 7st (Whiteley) 3
The following also ran :—Unfashionable Beauty, The
Robber, Bonny Lad, and Aslanga.
Betting-2 to 1 agst Trump Queen. 7to 2 agst Un.
fashionable Beauty, 9 to 2 agst Gasconade and Aslanga.

Won by a neck; half a length between the second and
third.

The Richmond Volunteer Rifle Corps Plate of 30 sovs ;
weight for age; certain penalties and selling allowances.
Grey Stone in.

Mr. W. Sharpe's Little Pinkie, 2 yrs, sst 121 b
(Marson) 1
Mr. Osborne's Saltant, sst 121 b (Noble) 2
Betting-3 to lon Little Pinkie.
Won by a length.

The Zetland Plate (Handicap) of 50 sous; winners extra.
Half a mile, straight run in.
Mr. Young na Newmarket, 2 yrs, 6st 21b (Lawrence) 1
Mr. J. Osborne's Despair, 3 yrs, sst 121 b .. (Carroll) 2
Mr. Jackson's Pilot, 3 yrs, 7st 31b (Doyle) 3
The following also ran :—Jack of Hearts, Fairy Queen,
Cheerful, and Country Maid.

Betting-6 to 4on Pilot, sto 2 agst Newmarket, 6to 1
any other.

Won by a length; the same between secoad and third.

BETTING AT MANCHESTER.-WEDNESDAY.

The little done on the Cesarewitch was confined to a few
outsiders. There were offers to take Bto 1 agst Silkstone,
and 30 to 1 asst Henham Lass. Closing prices :

CESAREWITCH.
7to 1 agst Silkstone (offered)
20 to 1 agst Duleibella (offered)
25 to 1 agst Henharn Lass (offered)
40 to 1 agst Bedouin (taken)
40 to 1 agst Guiding Star (taken)
40 to 1 agst Chere Arnie (taken)
50 to 1 agst Drumstick (taken)
100 to 1 agst Highfyer (taken)
CAMBRIDGESHIRE.
25 to 1 agst Dictator (taken)

DISTRESSING SUICIDE FROM STARVA-
TION IN KENSINGTON-GARDENS•

1 _
I Dr. Lankester, the Central Middlesex
England
1 ner, held an inquest at the Bank coro-
Tavern, Cambridge-place, Paddington,
41 years
touching the death of Charles Pritchard, :yesterday,
of No. 2,
of ago, an upholsterer, formerly
Margaret-terrace, Kensington.
gogardens,
a resident
Gibson, a park-keeper in Kensl
t.
3 a inst., as he
stated that on the afternoon of the
gardens called
was passing that part of thed lying on
Black Lion Wood, he found the
decease s left hand,
the ground with his head resotaieng,on
hi
foamin d g at the
with the elbow on the g r person was near him.
mouth and groaning-, 1\;`) ;van, you appear very
1 Witness said to him " 3-LY
with you ?" He looked up
ill; what is the matter
and answered " I haveak
taken, and
myself." I asked
and he further replied
him what he bad
d tthe bottle is in my pocket."
" Oxalic acid,
off
a
brother constable to convey
Witness ran ou Hospital. When he returned
Mary's
partly risen up. In his pocket they
him to St.
deceased had bottle and a tea-cup, and on their
found
hospital h ebecame insensible ; but pre-
vious small ..
way to the
to that g place he pulled out
vious of
his pocket a piece paper which appeared
of
to have
been used for the oxalic acid, and had
"poison" written upon it. Witness produced two
letters found upon his person, one addressed to his
' wife, dated Sept. 3, and the other addressed to Mrs.
Cole, his sistir, dated Aug. 22. The one to his wife
was to the effect that that letter would be the last
he should ever write. He said he was almost driven
mad from having no sign of getting employment,
arising from 1 is having sunk too low in the world,
and described how- miserable had been his life 'dur-
ing the last four years, mainly from reduced cir-
cumstances. The other to his sister disclosed the
painful statement that he had not a penny in his
pocket, and had not eaten a crust of bread for seve-
ral days ; that he had wandered about until he
could walk no longer; that he was a friendless,
homeless wretch, and prayed her forgiveness for
committing the dreadful crime of suicide.
A brother-in-law of the deceased, named Cole,
deposed that deceased had been formerly addicted
to intemperate habits, and that he had not been
seen for 15 months.
The jury deliberated, and returned a verdict of
" Suicide," but left the state of deceased's mind at
1 the time he corn .. an open question,