The Sun.
London, England, 1862-04-29 00:00:00

1111rstmr !LONDON, -117gSDAY EVENING, APRIL 29, 1542.

LAW---THIS -DAY.

COURT OF BANKRUPTCY.
(Before Mr. Commissioner Fonblanque.)
IN RE STREVEN.

This bankrupt was described as of 1, York-row, Ken..
nington-road, in the county of Surrey, surveyor and land
agent, and this was a first meeting for proof of debts and
choice of assignees.

The preliminary statement, by Messrs. Hart Brothers
and Hayles, shows—Debtor to creditors, £628; ditto
holding security, £14,647 ss. The assets are at present
unascertained.

ITALY.

(From the Unita Banana.)

SPORTING INZELLIG.ENCR.

TATTERSALL'S-MONDAY

nominal amounts

TWO THOUSAND GUINEAS.
6to 1 agst The Marquis (taken)
6to 1 agst Caterer (taken)
7to 1 agst Old Calabar (offered, take Sto I)
7to 1 agst Alvediston (taken)
10 to 1 apt Nottingham (taken)
100 to 8 agst W ingrave (taken)
20 to 1 agst Buckenham (taken)
20 to 1 agst Laughing Stock (taken)
25 to 1 agst Balder (offered)
CHESTER CUP.
7to 1 agat Zodiac (taken)
11 to 1 agst Fairwater (taken)
100 to 6 agat Simla (taken)
25 to 1 agst Prince of Denmark (taken)
25 to 1 agst Dalesman (offered)
THE DERBY.
11 to 2 agst Buckstone (offered)
100 to 6 agst Caterer (offered)
20 to 1 agst The Marquis (taken)
20 to 1 agst St. Alexis (taken)
20 to 1 agst Zetland (taken)
1000 to 35 agst Nottingham (taken)
1000 to 35 agst Duke Rollo (taken)
40 to 1 agat Caractacus (taken)
1000 to 20 apt Argon .ut (taken)
1000 to 15 agat Alvediston (taken)
1000 to 15 agst Dalesman (offered)
1000 to 10 agst Alchymist (taken)

• Market-street, Edgware-road, Paddington, was brought
before Mr. Woolrych charged with stealing 21bs. of tea,
the property of the St. Katherine Dock. Company.
It appeared that the prisoner, who was a clerk in the
dock house, was leaving the dock at the principal gate after
business hours, and his bulky appearance on one side excit-
ing suspicion, he was stopped and searched, and a handker-
chief containing 21bs. of tea were taken from under his
coat. He admitted that he had taken the tea from a chest
in a warehouse where many thousands of chests of tea are
stored for home consumption.

The prisoner, who appeared to feel acutely his disgraceful
position, said he was sorry for what he had done. He gave
way to sudden temptation.

Mr. John Passmore Mumford, superintendent of the St.
Katherine's Dock Company's police, said the prisoner was
very respectably connected, and an apprenticed clerk to the
dock company, receiving up to the time of his apprehension
2.55. per week. The prisoner had served five years of his
time, and of course would be discharged from the company's
service.

Mr. Woolrych said this was a most lamentable case. The
prisoner had destroyed all his hopes of advancement in a
great commercial establishment by an act of gross dis-
honesty. He fined him 20s. for the unlawful possession of
the tea found upon him.

ENO' IND'S MORAL SUPPORT OF

The Patrie pretends to laugh at the words o,
Lord Palmerston, which seem to point to the danger
of a European war in the overbearing occupation
of Rome. It laughs but with a rire have (a yel-
low laugh), as the French say. In its ironical
vein it ridicules the moral support of England,
and contrasts with it the glorious positive support
of Magenta and So'feria°. From this point of
view it seems to be right. But let us now look at
the reverse of the medal. The moral support of
England has enabled us to unite Tuscany and
Emilia to the Sardinian State. When Napoleon
wished to have a vicariate at Bologna, and a French
King of Etruria, England forbade Napoleon from
interfering against Garibaldi and Sicily. England
caused the removal of the French fleet from Gaeta;
England was the first to acknowledge the Kingdom
of Italy; England has put her veto on the cession of
Sardinia. England will perhaps save us from Napo-
leonic intervention in Naples—an intervention that
tha moderate party is preparing with the system
which perpetuates civil wars in the South of Italy.
Is not there, then, something in the moral support
of England ? And for all this England asks of us
neither a penny nor a span of land. She requires
nothing from us but that we should make ourselves
masters in our own home. "Be strong! Let Italy be
for the Italians. Free yourselves from overbearing
guardianships. Affirm your rights by your deeds,
and then to the moral support I shall add that of
my land and sea forces, because then we shall be
allies and equals." Thus spaaks England to Italy.
Forsooth, Solferino and Magenta represent a more
positive support ! But what were the motives, the
nature, and the consequences of that support ? The
motive was Napoleon's ambition. The nature was
interested egotism. The moral consequences were
a depression of the Italian spirit, a voluntary servi-
tude, and two strangers instead of one in Italy.
The material consequences were the cession of
Savoy and Nice, the proclamation of Napoleonic
sway in Rome against Italian right. The support
of France turned out to be a mercenary service—a
service bargained for, still unfulfilled, though paid
for on the day in which the reward had been agreed
upon. Indeed we prefer the moral support of Eng-
-a manly, disinterested, productive support—we
prefer it by far to that positive support which re-
solves itself in a donation of Lombardy, not eman-
cipated, and in Savoy, Nice, and Rome, taken from
us by Napoleon. Such support is too dear.

The various changes that occurred during the past week's
running, we imagine, somewhat equalised the accounts
outstanding between the bookmakers and the backers, the
attendance at the Corner this afternoon giving evidence of
of such being the ease. The room was moderately attended;
but the principal object of those who visited the Corner was
met with extreme promptitude, and, as far as we could
gather from the babel of tongues, the settling passed off
in a mo.t satisfactory manner.

After a brief interval, and shortly before the closing of
the post, speculation upon the immediate events at New-
market and Chester was introduced, but from the character
of the betting we should imagine that there wgs more "noise
than wool."

THE Two THOUSAND GUINEAS was the first touched
upon, Old Calabar receding from his taking price in the c ty
to 11 to 1 offered, at which price he fluctuated during the
afternoon ; but at last the opposition cooled down, and his
supporters readily accepted 8 to 1; but the layers appeared
shy. Caterer was in great demand, as also The Marquis,
6 to 1 being taken to money about each, but we fancy the
Melton representative had the greatest amount of patronage.
Alvediston, from the form exhibited by the Woodyeates
stable this spring, and his 2-yr-old performances, has a host
of admirers, his quoted price being with difficulty obtain-
able in good quarters at the finish. Nottingham appeared
to have passed an indifferent night, all sorts of prices being
freely offered at the opening of the room. From 6tol he
rapidly receded to 20 to 1, without meeting with a friend,
but during the afternoon a reaction set in, which brought
him back to half those odds, with a scarcity of layers. Win-
grave, despite his defeat in the Derby Trial Plate, was
backed with much spirit at 100 to 8, and bids fair to see a
much shorter price. Of the outside division Buckenham was
in most demand at 20 to I, at which odds Laughing Stock
found supporters.

THE CHESTER CUP.—Zodiac was inquired after, and
subsequently backed at 7 to 1, but the layers appeared very
careful in wagering. 11 t 1 was taken to small amounts
about Fairwater, 100 to 6 agst Simla, and 25 to 1 about
Prince of Denmark.

THE DERBY.—The transactions upon this important
event will be fully explained from the return given below,
the animals enumerated therein having been backed but for