The Sun.
London, England, 1865-05-30 00:00:00

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE,

TATTERSALLS'-LAST EVENING.

The Monday before the Derby has been proverbially
known for the extraordinary excitement it creates at Tat-
tersalls' both in respect of the numbers that assemble there
and the amount of betting which takes place on the grand
event. A feeling of uneasiness and restlessness takes
possession of society in general for days before, and it is
even recorded of a certain naughty parson of enlarged
sporting propensities who determined to anticipate the
national furore by a day, wickedly paraphrased a certain.
" lesson" thus :—" First Sunday before the Derby !" We
will not go so far as to vouch for the truth of the anecdote;
but, whether true or not, thousands are ever ready to ac-
cept it. A casual visitor to the metropolis who might
have strayed to-day towards Knightsbridge could not fail
to observe that the angle formed by the junction of the
Knightsbridge and Brompton roads was the theatre of
some wonderful operations, and that the thousands who
gathered there from every quarter were engaged in a pur-
suit in which lukewarmness is a thing unknown. Wo
cannot recollect having seen so large an assemblage on
any previous anniversary, but the importance of the
transactions within the betting sanctuary were not in
keeping with the imposing state of things without the
pale. What with rumours of further scratchings," fa-
vourites about to be "knocked out," outsiders taking their
places, and the thousand and one " shaves" which are
constantly flying about, to the distress of anxious backers,
the "yard division" were kept in a perpetual ferment.
The first blow their hopes received was the scratching of
Chattanooga, an announcement which was greeted with a
perfect euroclydon of groans and epithets, which the
most comprehensible vocabulary would fail to interpret
truly. Turn we now to the inner house. An influx of
Parisian speculators had a very decided effect upon the
market, and that they came for the express purpose of
giving their unqualified support to Gladiateur was soon
evident, as the French horse speedily had the call, and
after 9 to 2 had been taken to several hundred pounds, he
kept oscillating between that price and 4 to 1 throughout
the afternoon, the latter odds having been taken kindly.
Still there was no disputing the fact that Breadalbane had
a more extended circle of admirers, and although a noble
lord once laid 550 to 100, it was pronounced a mere fancy
bet, and the taker of odds was voted decidedly on the
right, side of the hedge. Since the appearance of the
Mallon " crack" on Epsom Downs he has ingratiated him-
self completely in public favour, and no reports of other
candidates, however flattering, will stall them off from in-
vesting on their pet horse. Ho was in such request to-day
that after 5 to 1 had been laid several times, he advanced
half a point, and at the finish layers declined to operate
on more liberal terms. Archimedes was seldom mentioned,
but Wild Charley was in great request, for after 10 to 1
had been laid to money, there was a fresh spurt in his
favour, and he left off at 9to 1 taken to £lOO. Christmas
Carol and Longdown were each firm at their quoted pricaa ;
but Oppressor declined to 100 to 7 (offered). When the
room and court-yard were nearly cleared we saw 1000 to
60 laid ; but then the reputed supporters of Oppressor had
taken their departure. The remainder of the quotations
and the tone of the market will be fully indicated by th%
subjoined list of

CLOSING PRICES.
DERBY.

4to 1 agst Count F. do Lagrange's Gladiateur (taken)
9 to 2 agst Mr. H. Chaplin's Breadalbane (taken and
offered)
Bto 1 agst Lord Stamford's Archimedes (offered)
9to 1 agst Mr. Merry's Wild Charley (taken and
offered)

11 to 1 agst Mr. T. Wadlow's Christmas Carol (taken)
12 to 1 agst Mr. Spencer's Longdown (taken)
100 to 7 agst Mr. Maenzie's Oppressor (offered-100 to
6 wanted)
25 to 1 agst Lord Westmoreland's Brahma (offered-30

to 1 taken freely)
40 to 1 agst Mr. Chaplin's Broomielaw (taken)
40 to 1 agst Lord Durham's Ariel (taken)
40 to 1 agst Marquis of Hastings' Kangaroo (taken)
40 to 1 agst Baron Rothschild's Zephyr (offered-45 to
1 taken freely)
66 to 1 agst Sir J. Hawley's Bedminster (taken and

offered)
66 to 1 agst Mr. Watt's Olmar (taken and offered)
1000 to 10 agst Count Batthyany's King Charming (taken

and offered)
1000 to 10 agst Mr. W. IL Robinson's Eltham (taken and

offered)
1000 to 10 agst Mr. Merry's Zambesi (offered)
1000 to 10 agst Mr. Haig's Roderick Random (taken and
offered)

PLACE BETTING.
800 even on Gladiateur being 1,2, or 3 (taken)
500 to '4OO agst Breadalbane being 1,2, or 3 (taken)
400 to 200 agst Wild Charley being 1,2, or 3 (taken)
900 to 300 agst Longdown being 1,2, or 3 (taken)
700 to 200 agst Oppressor being 1,2, or 3 (taken)
700 to 100 agst Brahma being 1,2, or 3 (taken)
750 to 100 agst Broomielaw being 1,2, or 3 (taken)
500 to 50 agst Zephyr being 1,2, or 3 (taken)
250 to 25 agst Zambesi being 1,2, or 3 (taken)
500 to 30 agst King Charming being 1,2, or 3 (taken)
1000 to 50 agst Roderick Random being 1,2, or 3 (taken)
1000 to 40 agst Eltham being 1,2, or 3 (taken)

Chattanooga was struck out of the Derby between six
and seven p.m. May 28.

.ADVERTISEMENT.)
RACING TIMES OFFICE, 286, Strand, London, W.C.--Mr.
THOMAS TEMPLE, the Proprietor of the "Racing Times,"
begs to inform the Sporting Public that he has commenced
Business for the. Season, and will execute Commissions
on all Races to any amount. Winnings guaranteed.
P. 0. Orders to be made payable at Strand Post-office, and
cheques crossed London and Westminster Bank (Templo-
bar Branch).

THE FATAL ACCIDENT TO CAPT. NEWBERRY.
The inquiry into the circumstances attending the
death of Capt. Newberry was resumed yesterday by Dr.
Lankester, at St. Mary's Hospital, Paddington. By the
report of the first day's inquiry, it was shown that Capt.
Newberry was, on the 15th, passing by a wall at Padding-
ton belonging to the Great Western Railway Company, and
the ground behind which was in the occupation of the
Lilleshall Coal Company, when the parapet wall suddenly
broke, and a heap of coals of about 40 tons fell over, bury-
ing the deceased beneath, and that from the injuries he
then received death ensued. Mr. Rutter, a contractor, now
stated that on the 13th his attention was called to the dan-
gerous condition of the wall by a cabman, andhe informed
the Great Western Company's servants. Wm. Thompson,
the foreman of the carpenters for the railway company,
said he received the information with respect to the wall,
and he, with Mr. James, the general engineer, went and
inspected the place. He found that the parapet wall, the
bottom of which was about nine feet above the pavement,
was bulged out, and for the extent of about 80 feet there
was a pile of coal resting against it. He and Mr. James
came to the conclusion that the coals should be imme-
diately removed, and they went to the office of the Lille-
shall Company, where they saw the clerk to Mr. Scott, the
manager, to whom a message was given that the wall was
in a dangerous condition, and that the coals must be re-
moved. In further examination the witness said that the
wall was never intended to bear any weight. Mr. Arthur
James, the engineer referred to by the last witness, spoke ae
to viewing the wall on the 13th, and giving instructions to
Mr. Scott's clerk that the coals were to be immediately re-
moved. He added he told the clerk he should hold the
Lilleshall Company responsible if this were not done. He
said that he cautioned the company two years ago not to
stack their coals against the wall. Evidence was then given
by Mr. Hyde, the superintendent of the yard, for the rail-
way comdany, and by his foreman, that the coals were
heaped against tho wall, and not "built up." Mr. Scott,
the manager of the Lilleshall Coal Company, stated that ho
had given instructions to his men that the coals wore to be
" bonded "—i.e., built up by themselves—and he considered
that the railway company's superintendent, Mr. Hyde,
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Mr. James, through the clerk ; but in this message he said
there was no word that any danger to the wall was appre-
hended. The message was that Mr. James had called and
was very angry at the coals being stacked against the wall,
and that he required them to be removed immediately.
Witness thought so little of danger to the wall that he wont
under it directly after receiving the message, and also on
Monday. He gave orders that the coal should be removed
gradually, and that the work of doing so should commence
on Tuesday. The clerk, who had to be sent for, was sworn
and stated that Mr. James, when he came on the 13th, ap-
peared very angry and said, "We must have those coals
removed or we shall have the wall down." Witness did
not take the words to imply any danger, and he passed and
repassed under tho wall, and went under it so late as about
an hour before the accident. He could swear that he did
not understand Mr. James to mean that there was any
danger, and he did not report any words signifying danger
to Mr. Scott. Other evidence was taken, and the inquiry
was adjourned until to-day.
THE FATAL ACCIDENT TO CAPTAIN NEWBERY.—
This morning Dr. Lankester continued the enquiry,
adjourned from yesterday, into the circumstances touching
the death of Captain Newbery, who was killed by the
falling of a wall of the Lilleshall Coal Company. After
some further evidence had been given the juryreturned the
following verdict:—" That the deceased met his death from
accidental causes."

THE EASTERN FISHERIES.—The spring herring
voyage may now be said to have terminated on the eastern
coast. Some of the Lowestoft boats are proceeding to fish
for herrings in the Irish Channel. The catches of mackerel
made by the Great Yarmouth boats have been small during
the last few days. Prices have varied—according to qua-
lity and the time at which the fish were brought into the
harbour—from 325. to 465. per 100 (132) fish.
Lieut.-General Sir George Buller, who takes over
the Portsmouth command on the Ist of July, has named
Major R. M'Kenzie, of the Royal Artillery, and Captain
Sydney Carr Glyn, of the Ist battalion, Rifle Brigade, to
be his aides-de-camp.—Anny and Navy Gazette.