The Sun.
London, England, 1853-12-02 00:00:00

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

WORSHIP-STREET.—liannah, Ashe was charged
with having been concerned with three men not in cus-
tody in breaking into the premises of Mr. Charles Lowe,
a draper, in Clifton-street, Finsbury, and stealing a
quantity of Coburg cloth of the value of 8/.
Police Constable Arrowsrnitla, G- 103, stated that
shortly alta eix o'clock on the morning of Wednesday

se'nnight, his attention was attracted to th .e prisoner,
who was loitering abo,ut in the company of a I nan within
a short distance of the prosecutor's shop. Suspecting
that they were there for some unlawful purpc ise, witness
secreted himself underneath a doorway in orc ler to watch
their movements, and they were shortly afterwards
joined by two other men, one of whom said something
in a low tone to the prisoner and companic n, who im-
mediately handed him an instrument resembli ing a chisel,
with which he proceeded down the street, a ecompanied
by the prisoner, and both of them placed the] tiselves im-
mediately in front of the prosecutor's she p window.
Witness then emerged from his place of co t tcealment,
and was stealthily advancing towards them ~ when he
heard the crash of broken glass, and immedi a ,tely after-
wards saw the man thrust his hand through t s. n aperture
in the window and draw out three pieces of clI4 oth, which
he handed to the prisoner, who deposited tlo, em in her
apron. Witness instantly ran forward and eo ecured the
prisoner, with the property in her possession 1, but the
man who was with her started off and ( anted his
escape.

Tile prisoner declined offering any defenc a, and was
committed for trial.

SOUTHWARK.—Tames Braidwood, an engineer,
was brought before Mr. A'Beckett, charged w n th assault-
ing Catherine M'Cabe, a female with whom he) cohabited.
Complainant said she was an unfortunate fi :male, and
lived with the prisoner in York-street, London,. -road. He
came home at ten o'clock, and after abusing: her threw
a plate at her, and cut her head. She actuall' 7 kept him
on her prostitution, because he would not wor k.
The prisoner declared that it was all false ; she was
drunk and commenced breaking the plates, :a nd in his
attempting to stop her a plate fell on her heta d, and cut
it a little. She was hie wife and they were married at
Manchester Cathedral nine years ago ; air d he had
taken her home three times after her getting into
trouble.

Complainant denied being his wife.
Sergeant Timewell here informed his w(mrship that
some time ago the female was at that courit,, when she
positively swore that she was the prisoner's •iv ife.

- Mr. 13-'Beckett said she appeared to him to have been
drinking, therefore he could not put much :reliance on
her evidence. He would, however, remand 'tihe case for
a week, to give her an opportunity of giviimg her evi-
dence in a sober state but he should liberate i ;lie prisoner
on his entering into his own recognisances to. appear.

HAMMERSMITH.—John Davis, of No- 3, Ann's-
place, Queen-street, Hammersmith, was cbgarged with
obtaining several sums of money from various persons
by falsely representing himself as a solicitor.
Mr. John Verbeyst, a perfumer and hair-dresser, No.
9, Upper Charlton-street, Fitzroy-square, deposed, that
about the 12th of October last the prisoner• was intro-
duced to him by a person named Maple, as a, solicitor,
and he engaged him to collect some debts. The pri-
soner said he was an attorney, and he gave him 10s. 6d.,
which he said he required to commence prooeedings in
the Court of Exchequer. He also gave the prisoner
the documents to carry on the aQtion, but
from that time to the present he had not done anything
in the matter, nor had he been able to obtain any infor-
mation from him about his case.

The prisoner said he was not a solicitor, nor did he
ever represent himself to be one. He told the witness
that he was an accountant, and a collector of debts.
John Maple, of No. 83, Norton-street, Portland-road,
said he first became acquainted with the prisc.ner by his
coming to a lodger in the same house with a county
court summons. Witness was present at the time, and
the prisoner said to the lodger, "I can get :you off the
debt ; I don't want you to pay it into cola rt ; I only
want you to pay me for my trouble." Witness thought
at the time that he appeared to be a straightforward
person, and mentioned to the lodger about an I 0 U. she
had, and asked her to show it to the pris oner. He
looked at it and said, " Oh, I'll get the money for you,
and it will be no trouble for me." The prisoner then
asked for a sovereign to proceed with, and he was told
that he could not have it, as she had not so much about
her. He said, "Give me 10s., and I will lend you
10s., and that will make the pound." The money was
given to him, but he never did anything in the matter.
The prisoner told witness that he was coming into pos-
session of 62,000/. on the 2d of this month; and, on the
supposition that he was an attorney, he recommended
kim to several other persons, who had given him money
under similar circumstances.
Mr. Paynter remanded the prisoner.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

TATTERSALL'S-THURSDAY.
CHESTER CUP.

Friday was in considerable force. After 1000 to 15
had been taken about him several times, he advanced to
1000 to 20, taken ; but towards the close a party con-
nected with the stable dropped in and offered to bet any
part of 10,000 to 150 against him, or any other of Wil-
liam Day's lot. 3000 to 45 was laid in the aggregate
against Little Harry ; 1000 to 15 each against Heapy,
Newminster, and Defiance, and 1000 to 10 against
King Pepin.

GREAT NORTHERN HANDICAP.
30 to 1 offered on the field.
DERBY.

6 to 1 repeatedly offeredaWainst Autocrat, 25 to 1
taken to 501. about Ruby ; 1000 to 30 Boiardo ; 40 to 1
to 751. about Hesse Cassel, and the same odds wanted
about Meteora.

°ASS.
450 to 100 agst Meteora (taken)
The room was very thinly attended.

NEWMARKET CHAMPION COURSING
MEETING—WEDNESDAY.
(EXNING FIELD.)
ALL-AGE STAKE4.—First Ties (continued.)
Mr. Moody's r b Bird's Eye (2) beat Mr. Jackson's
w and f d Churchwarden.
Mr. Hill's r b Highland Lass beat Mr. Hope's f d
Herdsman.
Mr. Buckworth's f d Bravo beat Mr. Martin's bk d
Magna Charta.
Mr. R. Bagge's bl b Tendresse beat Mr. Blenkiron's
r and w b Bessy Bell.
Mr. Swinborne's bk b Elphin (2) beat Mr. Dobede's
bk b Dot.
Mr. Elvy's r d Steam Engine beat Mr. Jardine's bk t
b p Mieris.
Mr. Gillett's r d Golden Drop beat Mr. Malpas's bk
d Master Gunn.
Mr. Gurney's bk t d p Australian beat Mr. Pertwee's
r b Kate.
Mr. Secreton's w and bl b Slang beat Mr. Reeve's bk
d Sheppard.
Mr. Fyson's bk d Freeman beat Lord Sefton's bk b
Staylace.

STAKE FOR PIIPPIES.—Second Ties.
Rokeby beat Skirmisher Attraction beat Stop-it
Bessy beat Mimosa Lurlei beat Menes
Brunette beat Macintosh Dormouse beat Britannia,
Deborah (2) beat Rambler Madras beat Kreutzner
ALL-AGE STAKE.—Second Ties.
Junta (3) beat British Tar Tendresse (2) belt Freeman
Dryad beat Bright Eye Elphin beat Golden Drop
Rutland beat Strategy Slang beat Bravo
Bird's Eye beat Steam Highland Lass beat Austra-
Engine Tian
The weather was more favourable than on the pre-
vious day, and the attendance more numerous. Hares
were plentiful, and most of the sport was excellent.
Amongst the company were Lord and Lady Sefton,
Lord Stradbroke, Admiral Rous, Messrs. Bagge,
Buck-
worth, sen., Buckworth, jun., Bell, Foster, Fyson,
Finch, Dobede, Jackson, Robinson, Gillett, Hogg,
Davy, King, Blenkiron, Elvy, Pertwee, Secreton, Reed,
Miller, &c.

GRAND MATCH BETWEEN CAPTAIN ASTLEY,
OF THE SCOTS FUSILIER GUARDS, AND
LIEUT. SAYERS, OF THE 23D WELCH

FUSILIERS.

This match arose out of a challenge given by Lieut.
Sayers, at the time the regiments were encamped on
Chobham Common, to run any officer in the British
army 150 yards for 1501. Captain Astley accepted the
challenge, upon condition that two races should be run
—one a flat race, and the other a hurdle race—which
was ultimately agreed to.
The flat race came off at Salt Hill, on Tuesday last,
and was cleverly won by Lieut. Sayers, who beat his
opponent by three feet.
The hurdle race, which came off yesterday afternoon
in the Home Park, excited universal interest, from the
well-known reputation of the gallant captain as a hurdle-
jumper, and by three o'clock, the time appointed for the
start, some hundreds of persons had congregated, inclu-
ding the officers of the Scots Fusilier Guards and First
Life Guards, as well as many of the sporting gentry of
the neighbourhood.

When the distance, 150 yards, had been carefully
marked out by the umpires, and seven hurdles pitched
at equal distances across the ground, the combatants,
after dressing at old Snooks's (the keeper's) house,
made their appearance—one in pink and the other in
blue silk drawers, and both men exhibited a fine frame
and plenty of muscle, Captain Astley for choice.
The start was admirable, and both leaped the first
four hurdles together, when Lieutenant Sayer slipped
up, and before he could recover his tooting the captain
had cleared the fifth hurdle, and conseqnently won
easily, notwithstanding Lieutenant Sayers made a de-
sperate effort to regain his lost ground.

POST-OFFICE INQUIRY.—A committee is now sitting
at the Treasury for the purpose of inquiring into certain
matters connected with the establishment of the General
Post-office. The committee consists of Lord Elcho,
one of the Lords of the Treasury, Sir C. E. Trevelyan,
Sir Stafford Northcote, and Mr. E. A. Hoffay, the
Inspector of Military and Naval Accounts at the
Audit-office. The objects of this committee are ana-
logous to those of the other committees which have
been appointed in the course of this year for reporting
upon the establishments of the Board of Trade, the Privy
Council-office, the Poor Law Board, and some others.
They are engaged upon a revision of the system of ap-
pointments and promotions, the scales of salary, the
numbers of officers, and the distribution of business in
the Post-office ; but they do not enter into questions
connected with the general postal system of the country,
except in so far as such questions bear upon that of the
establishment. It is a mistake to suppose, as we see
that some of our contemporaries have done, that such
questions as that of the oceanic rates of postage, or of
the acceleration of the inland mails, are referred to this
committee.

ILLEGAL FISHING.—In the Teviot and other streams
in the upper part of the county, fishing appears to be
going on without challenge or hindrance. The poachers
do not even rest on Sunday, but openly destroy the
Ash in hundreds as they pm girsq the enuldoi &c.if