The Sun.
London, England, 1865-05-09 00:00:00

PROBABLE STARTERS AND JOCKEYS.
La Toucques, 5 yrs, Bst 81b J. Osborne.
Tartar, 4 yrs, Bst 41b Doyle.
Ackworth, 4 yrs, Bst Fordham.
Soumise, 4 yrs, 7st 101 b
Gratitude, 5 yrs, 7st 41b H. Covey or S. Adams.
Victorious, 3 yrs, 7st Morris.
Buckfoot, 4 yrs, Est 101 b
Wandering Minstrel, 4 yrs,}
Tomlinson.
6st 101 b
Daniel O'Rourke colt, 4 yrs,}
Hibberd.
6st 81b
Lion, 3 yrs, Est 41b J. Grimshaw.
The Grinder, 3 yrs, Est 31b Heartfield.
Change, 5 yrs, 7st 71b Loates.
Helen, 4 yrs, Est Ward.
The Brewer, aged, Est 21b
Leprochaun, 4 yrs, 7st
Mcestissima filly, 8 yrs, Est
Macbeth, 4 yrs, sst 121 b
Balham, aged, Est 101 b
Redcap, 4 yrs, 7st 41b
Bradamante, 4 yrs, 7st 51b
When the handicap was made, Lord Zetland was imme-
diately picked out as best in, but he has now retired to
the outside division. La Toucques, if in anything like
her three-yr-old form, must be dangerous. Ackworth
will have the assistance of Fordham. He ran a great
horse at both the Cesarowitch and Cambridgeshire last
year, but I think he will have to succumb to several of
his own year, who aro quite as well treated by the
handicapper. Gratitude is one of the starters that will
run to win, and may secure a situation. Highflyer's
dam colt is another of the middle weight division that
is sure to run forward. Buckfoot performed creditably
both last year and this; and if his owner backs him,
it would not astonish me to see him nearly winning.
Victorious and Lion will turn out the best of the three-
yr-olds ; and remembering What Tim Whiffler done with
nearly the
same impost as the former, he must be ex-
tremely dangerous. Helen, one of the most wretched
performers, both as a two-yr-old and three-yr-old, has
suddenly become first favourite. She has been highly
tried with the Clown, The Tartar, and several other
good horses. Knowing what the same division did in
1861 with Ben Webster, no attention must be paid to
her previous performances, as the parties connected with
the stable can afford to wait till they get their horses
so favourably handicapped as almost to reduce the race
to a certainty. The judge, I expect, will hoist the num-
bers of—
HELEN 1
BUCKFOOT 2
LION on BREWER
Since the above was written, I have been credibly
informed that Jemmy Grimshaw.will ride Helen.

A FRESH MAN.

MARKETS--This Day.

HAY MARKETS.

SMITHFIELD.—Meadow hay, X 4 I.os to £5 7s 6d; cloys;
£5 lOs to 46 7s 6d ; and straw, :618s to £1 14s per load.
Trade dull.

CUMBERLAND.—Meadow hay, £4los to £sl2s 6d; cloys;
£5 lOs to £6 lOs Od ; and straw, £1 Its to £1 16s per load.
A slow demand.

WHITECHAPEL.—Meadow hay,£4 lOs to.£s 7s 6d; clover,
£5 10s to £6 7s Gd ; and straw, £1 88 to £1 13s per load.
Trade slow.

COLONIAL.

TEL—Business has been exceedingly inactiye, and prices
show no change of importance.,

SUGAR.—The market has been rather dull, although late
prices are generally well supported. In the refined market
good grocery qualities are quoted 43s 6d to 45; and titlers
45s to 47s per cwt.
COFFEE.—There he.s been a steady inquiry for Planta-
tion and Native Coylon, and prices are unaltered.
RICE.--A fair amount of business has been done, in soft
grain descriptions, at full prices.
TALLOW.—Business has been rather quiet, although
quotations for both present and forward delivery are
steadily maintained. P.Y.0., on the spot, is at 40s; June
delivery, 40s 3d to 40s 6d ; and last three months, 41s 6d
to 41s 9d per cwt.

THE CONDEMNED CULPRIT GEORGE STEPHEN.—
An application has been made to the sheriff, under
the Lunacy Act, for inquiring as to the present mental
condition of the prisoner Stephen. According to this act,
if a prisoner while under sentence of death, or indeed any
other sentence, is alleged to be insane, an application may
be made to the sheriff of the county to have an examina-
tion made of the prisoner as to his insanity by the sheriff
and two medical men, and on their certifying that the pri-
soner is insane at the time of the examination, and these
certificates being laid before the Home Secretary, the act
provides that he shall grant a warrant for the prisoner's
removal to a lunatic asylum during her Majesty's pleasure.
The particulars of the investigation in the present case
have not, of 4course, transpired ; but we have gad reason
to believe that the result of the investigation was a report
by the medical men, concurred in by the sheriff, that the
unfortunate man is labouring under such an amount of
mental disease as to warrant his removal to a lunatic
asylum. It is unnecessary to speculate what weight these
certificates may have with the Home Secretary.—.4berdeete
gerald,