The Sun.
London, England, 1853-01-14 00:00:00

THE WINE TRADE.

The following is the circular of G. E. Balleras and
Co., agents for Messrs. Larios Hemanos, and M. Poncd
de Leon :

"London, Ist January, 1853. •
" Commoner descriptions of sherries are eagerly sought
after to supply the Russian and Australian markets,
which have become new and larger outlets for our pro-
duce, and the growers are now demanding from the
shippers much higher rates, whose stocks during the
last ten years have considerably diminished, whilst the
lower sorts are purchased with unwonted avidity for
distilling purposes ; from these causes, ordinary cheap
wines of last vintage, to be used for distilling, cannot be
purchased under 101. per butt, at Moguer, Chiclana,
and Sanlucar. There is now nothing from two to three
years old possessing soundness, and suitable for the Eng-
lish market, obtainable for less than 141; in the natural
state, unfit for shipment, which must eventually tend to
the enhancement of present quotations. We observe
also a steady increasing demand for the higher qualities
for consumption here, which will, ere long, have its full
influence on the Spanish and other markets.
" Combined with the increased demand, we notice
with much regret, that last year's vintage, although
firm in quality, only amounts to half an average crop ;
and taking into consideration that of 1851 was but one-
fourth in yield, as compared with an abundant season,
which is estimated to produce 4 to 5 butts for Aranzada.
It is much to be deplored that Spain has not been exempt
from the disastrous effects of ungenial weather, but fortu-
nately, last September was altogether propitious, and the
small gatherings were husbanded in perfection. It would
be premature to speak with accuracy of the quality of
the new wine until the spring, when the cm.osto' is
racked from its first deposit of `lees,' then -it will be dis-
covered if fermentation has progressed in the right di-
rection ; until then, the true quality is not developed.
" However, to demonstrate the buoyancy of the mar-
ket, reports are current and well founded, that the
prices, exclusive of casks, will approximate for the. new
mostos' of Xerez and Port St. Mary, 4rom 11/. to
12/. ; St. Lucar, 8/. to 91. ; Chicla,nas, 71. 10s. to
8/. 10s. ; and Moguer, 91. to 91. 10s. per butt, all de-
pendent on the result of quality.
"In Malaga the vintage is ascertained to be barely
one-third only of an average ; therefore from this district
there can be no wine reserved for distillation.
"We beg to remark for the guidance of the trade,
that, for many years past, efforts have been made to
deprecate the Port St. Mary's in juxta-position with
those denominated asl' Xerez ; but it is now high time
that this delusive impression should be fully exploded,
for they are identically of the same growth, produced in
like soil, and sold indiscriminately, after being made into
wine, without the least restriction, to all classes of buy-
ers. The nice distinction, however, consists simply in
this, that one house ships from the Portal, near Port
St. Mary's, the other from Port St. Mary's itself.
" BRANDIES.—The superior qualities are those distilled
in Allunol, which have risen from 110 dols. to 135 dols.
per puncheon of about 112 gallons, o.p. 50. This is a
fine delicate spirit. In other districts, from the dearth
of low wines, second qualities have been proportionately
stimulated.

"From the foregoing, it is more than problematical
that the large exports of sherry will (from the advanced
rates demanded) compel shippers in general to augment
in some degree their card prices, obviously to protect
their friends, as also to enable them to sustain their own
integrity."

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Tuesday evening a young gentleman arrived
at the lodging
leixotuMrsaelroorsfdrAliss Keay s, Norfolk-street, Strand, with alarge
quantity of luggage and money. Having, as he supposed,
safely deposited his luggage in his apartment, he went
out for a walk, returning soon afterwards, when he was
astonished at finding his trunks and portmanteau forced
open and completely emptied of their contents, with
thirty sovereigns that were in the portmanteau. The
thieves, who it is supposed effected their entrance either
through the waste ground in Arundelivr-stirsesext, or through
37, the uninhabited house adjoining
stole a large quantity of property belonging to that lady,
with which they escaped. A. short time since Mr.
Skales, surgeon, within two doors of Miss Reays, was
similarly robbed by thieves, who entered his house
through the empty house, 4, Arundel-street, the robbers
carrying off a quantity of plate and other valuables. In
the former, as in the latter
failed in tracing the burgl case, the police have as yet
ars.
FRENCH CONTRACTS FOR TOBACCO.--The following
adjudications on tenders for the supply of leaf tobacco
to the Government were made on Monday. M. Pesca-
tore for 1,200,000 kilogrammes Virginia at 96f. 97c. per
100 kilogrammes ; 120,000 kilos. of Kentucky at 71f.
31c. •, 300,000 kilos. of Brazilian at 106 f. 500. ; and
1,200,000 kilos. of Dutch at 192 f. ; M. Galine, 1,350,000
kilos. of Maryland at 85f. 33c. ; and M. Manguada,
150,000 kilos. of Havannah at 284 f.
CRUELTY TO ANIMALS.—MATCH AGAINST
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Thomas, the secretary of the Royal Societev a
, "d complaint
Pre-
vention of Cruelty to Animals, has Pr.e.e_rrns Oxford, for
against John Pickett, of the Ploughthel
21's t of
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having cruelly overdriven a ponyTene
The defendant drove
of
Decem-
ber last, in a race against timdoen.
• in 20 hours, for 'a waver the petty sessions,
117 miles,
pony from Oxford to Lon
justices at
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wßuillrnhcaomm,enboaefremreaitdheenilead, on : anMondaycl of
back,
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o'clock.

TILE MADLAI.

(From the Times.)
More than half a century ago the Grand Duchy
of Florence, under the Government of the philoso-
phical Leopold, might be said to lead the van in.
European civilisation. That which was princi-
pally admired in her institutions was the mild
liberality of her laws in a country little used to
toleration, and the friends of the human race might
hope that the noble example of this little State
would diffuse itself over the rest of Europe, and
predict that the city of the Medici, once the cradle
of science, was destined to become a second time
the instructress of the world. Among all the various
forms of re-action which have been exhibited in
Europe since the revolutionary outpreak of 1848,
we know nothing more sad and huMilip4ing than
the tragedy which, as far as one. of, its principal
actors is concerned, has just lerminated at Flo-
rence. Mr. Lucas may save himself all further
trouble in arguing against the liberation of Fran-
cesco Madiai ; his untoward punishment need no
longer disturb the repose of the Roman Catholic
advocates of " religions • equality." His i no
longer a case to be justified, but a record to be
falsified and denied--a, charge against Rome to be
-ascribed by her advocates to Protestant malignity,
like the destruction of the Albigenses or the Mas-
sacre of St. Bartholomew.
Time was when we should have seen, in the
melancholy history of the lasitc-rnartyr to freedom
of 'conscience and opinion, only the bigotry of a
brutal Court and the ignorance and cruelty of a
base and servile tribunal. But now, thoroughly
disenchanted, we see in -the tragic fate of Fran-
cesco Madiai the ordinary effects of a well-know
cause once again restored to the power of oppres-
sion. Guilty of having read the Word of God
for their own instruction, convicted without a
particle of evidence of having sought to impart
to the souls of their friends the peace which had
descended on Atheir own, Francesco and Rosa
Madiai had violated the canon law, and incurred
a penalty' exceeding in severity the sentence
usually allotted to felons. There is nothing to be
surprised at in all this. The vengeance of Rome
against heretics is measured only by her power to
punish them, and in Tuscany that power is vir-
tually uncontrolled. We only know the ultranion-
tane party in this country as persons ever ready to
rail against our laws, our institutions, and our
faith • but we do them much injustice if we sup-
pose that they are people who delight to expend
their strength ill words. We are not to believe
that because they portioned.our country into ima-
ginary dioceses and dubbed . themselves with ridi-
culous titles, their zeal is of that kind which can
explode in boasting, or evaporate in pageantry.
It is from weakness, not from want 'Of will, that
Rome has recourse to these airy weapons. Give
her the power, and we may be well assured that
she would rather strike than scold, rather scourge
than anathematise. It is curious to observe how
little even those who have, spent their whole lives
in declaiming against Rome realise the hard, unpi-
tying, and unrelenting spirit with which she deals
wherever she has the power with all whc;' dissent
from her authority. There is Lord Roden, for
instance, who ought to know something of the
spirit of the Church of Rome, but who, after the
experience of a whole life, was simple enough to
believe that a deputation, backed by no secular
power or authority, and strong only in reason and
justice, could exercise an influence over the mind
of the weak and superstitious ruler of Tuscany,
able at all to counteract the tendency of his
creed or the lessons of his confessor. These gen-
tlemen approached the Grand Duke with profes-
sions of respect which it was impossible they could
feel, and, though not admitted to the honour
of an audience, received somehow or other the im-
pression that after a short delay, accorded to the
dignity of a Prince, the pardon of the Madiais
would be granted. There was not, in truth, much
time to be lost. Lord Roden himself describes the
health of Francesco Madiai as even at that time
completely broken, and the faculties of his mind
as greatly impaired by the cruelties and hardships
he had undergone. Relief has come at last, but
not in the shape which Tuscan diplomacy had led
the deputation to expect. Mercy has removed
this victim of remorseless persecution from his
sufferings, but not the mercy of the Church of
Rome. The martyr is relieved from his tortures,
the portals of the dungeon are thrown open, and the prisoner is free • but we thank for the deli-
verance not the heartless Prince or the persecuting
priest, but that Power through whose inscrutable
will they, in common with other evil agencies, are
permitted to walk the earth for a season.
Is the vengeance of Rome yet glutted, or must
the helpless wife also expatiate with her life the
crime of agreement in the faith of her husband ?
Is she also about to experience tho " clemency"
of the Grand Duke--a clemency: only to be
granted when death has rendered the con-
cession valueless ? We see no reason to ex-
pect a change. Austria and France are mute, for
in both the Government has called in the priest to
eke out the work of the soldier, and to add to
physical restraint the slavery of the mind. Eno,
land is indignant, but it is well known
he'r
indignation will go no further than remonstrance.
In the meanwhile, the very existence of the Church
of Rome in Italy imperiously demands examples
which may strike terror into the spirit of free ex-
amination which now pervades the Italian penin-
sula. The first reformation in Italy was put down
by the sword and scattered to the winds with:the
ashes of Savonarola. The promise was . fair, but
the flame burnt up the corn before the ear had
ripened. Rome is now menaced with a second re-
formation in Italy more terrible than the first.
The necessity of terrible examples is felt and acted
on, and until that necessity be satisfied, mercy,
justice, and .even policy itself, will plead in vain.
Whatever be the reserve imposed on statesmen, it
it is the duty of the press to paint these transac-
tions in their true colours and denounce them by
their proper names. To her long list of murders
Rome has added another. To her many m" expia.
offences against the freedom of mind and the dignity
of human nature she has joined yet another crime.
She has widened and deepened yet more the gulph
which divides her from the feelings of the age that
is, and the spirit of those ages that are to come.
She has taken her stand with ignorance and tyranny,
and torn off the mask from those who seek in de-
fiance of history to identify her with knowledge or
freedom. Her veil is rent from the top to the
bottom, and behind it -is displayed an altar ready
decked for human sacrifice.

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SINGULARfrom
a Maidstone
D i sco vER r .
paper,-----OTf h
ae following
circumstance are the
whichd details,
a i l s
was ,
lately mentioned as having occurred :—" On Saturday,
as Mr. Garnell's assistant and a lad were removing some
boxes into a loft at the back of his premises, from a
house on the opposite 'side of the street, at Dartford, the
boy said to the assistant that there was a coffin in one of
them. The boy said he peeped into the box as they
were getting down the stairs, and saw something just
like a coffin. Nothing more was thought of it till, in
edwooden furtherto
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containxeao lc nffi: ina-
turning the box, the lid was broken, and the boy's asser-
tion found to be true, and that, in addition to candles,
0 v smallered cthat
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there was one of lead. The other boxes were doomed
nthaetiroonwiats
waginde indeed s
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ltaorginerspeeocffitionn, inspection, oinneleon.fgtthh,
and inscrip-
tion. Information was given to the Police, and
quiries instituted by them, the following resultsfro ill-
have
been obtained :—About eight years ago, these boxes
were left with Mr. Hammond, grocer, I)y a lady who
was leaving the neighbourhood, and
did
not wish to
take them with her ; since then the lady has died, and
the boxes remained in statu they were removed. The
bodies contained in the coffins
were daughters of this lad
year of age and the oth y, the one dying about one
lived till this timesh er four years. If the latter had
old. The lady, whoe would have been thirty-four years
tse children they were, used to have
them carried abo with her from place' to • place,
and once had th uem interred at Hampstead, and after-
wards exhumed. The surviving children say they
knew the childr
did not en. had died, and were buried, but
know
they, were exhumed and kept in their
parent's house. We learn from another account,
that a Mrs.
•
t King, who resided some years since be-
ween Cra,yford and Dartford, at Bowman's Lodge, dealt
with a grocer of .the name of Hammond, in Dartford-
When 'leaving the 'neighbourhood she deposited with
this tradesman a heavy box. The death of Mr.
Hammond, the departure of his family from Darr:
and a consequent sale, combined with othe.r.nciit
was
stances, led to the examination of this box, and 1
3 id proverb
discovered the bodies of two children. ,
An
° ever long
exists in Dartford that "no law
this ca the pro-
enough to reach to Dartford," and inethl
other town in
verb has not been refuted, for in_eavverY
sat and a jury
the kingdom the coroner would hhowever, the authori-
tiesiDartford,
buried on,
been empannelled. In
bodies were
do things quickly, and the
last, without any other
is believed, Wednesday evenitnog
the magistrates, and a
question than an incentive
police.
ECEASED HUSBAND'S
question or two by the
WITH A D
MARRIAGE OF A WiFE
a the Glasgow United
BROTHER.—At the meeting an appeal was heard from a lady,
Presbytery on Tuesday,
irregularity of the proceeding of the
alleged
against an papers on her behalf set forth that she had
session. Thiete
GI according to the laws of the Church to
never been
before
them—no means were employed to con-
appearh r that she was living in sin, nor to induce her to
vine° -eh
r present state of life if it wassinful
a one—
give up e pronounced in her
sentence was absence ; and she fur-
ther set forth, that such a marriage as hers was nowhere
forbiddenlin the Word of God, but, on the other hand,
was positively sanctioned by it. The document gave a
great many illustrations in support of the views of the
appellant, and concluded by intimating her desire to
have her case tried by the Word of God, protesting
against the decision of the Session, and appealing to the
Presbytery, satisfied that they would decide, not accord-
ing to Popish traditions, but according to the Word of
God. On the motion of Mr. BeatCe, the appeal was
dismissed.

LAW INTELLIGENCE.

COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH-JAN. 13.
BESSEL V. WILSON.-FALSE IMPRISONMENT.-SEARCH-

ING PRISONERS AT STATION-HOUSES,

vent was now in Gloucester Gaol, an order must issue to
the keeper, to bring him before the court.
Mr. Commissioner Phillips directed an order to issue
to the gaoler, to bring the insolvent up from Gloucester,
and for a day to be named when he might apply for a
protecting order.
The 31st inst. was appoointed for the further hearing
of this singular case.

This was an action against Alderman Wilson to reco-
Ver damages for false imprisonment. The matter arose
out of a conviction against the plaintiff under the Copy-
right and Designs Act, 5 and 6 Vict., cap. 100. Mr.
Bessel was imprisoned, under a warrant of the defendant,
for not having personally attended a summons issued
against him, although at one of the hearings to which
the summons referred he was represented by his attorney,
and at another by his attorney and by counsel also.
The action was tried by Lord Campell, at Guildhall, and
resulted in a verdict for the plaintiff, with damages 1501.
A rule nisi for a new trial had been obtained on the
ground that the warrant required the plaintiff's attend-
ance in person, and therefore the Alderman was justified
in the course he had taken, which now came on for

argument.
Lord Campbell read his note of the proceedings
at the trial. His lordship then said that he would take
this opportunity of repeating the observations he had
made on that occasion. He had then expressed his
astonishment and disapprobation at the manner in which
the plaintiff had been treated. He had been searched
like a felon upon his apprehension, a course, of the pro-
priety of which, his lordship still retained his former
opinion—viz., that it was one which no one had a right
to pursue under the circumstances. But he (Lord
Campbell} also desired to remove a misapprehension
which existed upon the subject of his remarks at the
trial. It had been said that he denied there was ever
any right to search a person taken into custody for
felony. That was far from being his opinion. In
cases of felony, such a right no doubt existed, and
might be most properly and usefully exercised. His
lordship had, however, understood from a most use-
ful public officer, Sir R. Mayne—to whom the coun-
try was highly indebted for the manner in which he
had on all occasions exercised his important duties—that
an idea had got abroad that to search a person taken
into custody on the charge of the commission of a felony
was illegal. Such a doctrine had never been laid down
by him, nor did he believe it would ever be laid down
from the bench upon which he had the honour to sit.
On the contrary, he had no hesitation in saying that it
might often be highly conducive to the ends of justice
that a person should be searched ; but he would again
say, that when a tradesman of London was apprehended
under a warrant from an alderman, merely because he
had not appeared when summoned, to search his person
in the manner in which the plaintiff's had been searched
was contrary to law. The only pretence was that he
might commit suicide or attack the alderman—a most
absurd supposition.

Mr. O'Malley (with• whom was Mr. Lush) said his
lordship had very clearly distinguished between the case
where a prisoner ought to be searched, and where not at
the trial. The learned counsel then addressed himself
to the question before the Court, and contended that
under the 1.1 and 12 Viet., c. 43 and 44, the summons
issued by the alderman was amply satisfied by the ap-
pearance of the attorney and counsel. The cases of
"fig v. Simpson" (1 Strange 46), "the Queen v.
Hardwick" (2 Strange 110), " the Queen v. Tanner"
(2 Lord Raym 1,284), were cited in support.
Mr. H. Hill and Mr. Willies contended that the alder-
man was protected from this action under the act 11 and
12 Vict., c. 44.
The ourt took time to consider.

BAIL VOTIRT—JAN. 13.
Sittings at Nisi Prins.
(Before Mr. Justice Erie and Common Juries.)
POINT OF PRACTICE.

Mr. Justice Erie said the judges had made a rule ap-
plicable to executions after verdict in term. Under this
rule execution was to issue within 14 days after verdict.
This would be the general rule, subject to exceptions in
Case of special circumstances, such as the defendant mak-
ing away with his goods. The rule would take effect
from the present day.

CLAPSON AND WIPE V. ALLEN.
This was an action to recover damages from the defend-
ant, a linen draper in High-street, Kensington, for in-
jury sustained, from the defendant's negligence, by the
female plaintiff, whose husband is a plasterer and dealer
in marine stores at Kensington. It appeared that on the
might of the 16th Oct. last, about 12 o'clock, Mrs. Clapson
went to the defendant's shop to make a purchase. Whilst
she was there the shutters were put up and the door
fastened. She inquired the way out, and was directed by
the defendant to proceed through a private door and then
turn to the left, in doing which she fell down a trap-door
and broke her leg. She was attended by a surgeon,
who discovered that two of her uncle bones had been
fractured, in consequence of which she was confined to
her bed for a month, and was obliged for some time after
to walk on crutches. Plaintiff, who was much from
home, was obliged 'to close his shop during the greater
part of his wife's illness.
_ _

Mr. Lush put the defendant into the box, who stated
that Mrs. Clapson left the shop without inquiring the
way out, following a person called Twentyman, who had
just before been shown the way. He admitted, on cross-
examination, that when the writ was served on him, he
said the woman was drunk, and he should repeat that
statement.

Mrs. Clapson and another witness were recalled, and
both positively swore that she was quite sober.
Mr. Justice Erie, in summing up, said that a man
might keep a private house as he chose, but if he invited
the public into his house, and they were exposed to dan-
ger from which any injury arose, he must be liable for it.
Verdict for the plaintiff, with 51. damages to the hus-
band and 201. to the wife.

COURT OF BANKRUPTCY—JAN. 13.
(Before Mr. Commissioner Fane.)
IN 13. E A. A. LACKERSTEEN.

The bankrupt was described as an East India mer-
chant, of Broad-street-buildings. This was the certifi-
cate meeting, but the bankrupt did not appear, and it
was stated that he had left the country. The accounts,
which were published at the time of the last examina-
tion showed an amount of 27,0001. due to uncovered
creditors.; 43,0001. to those holding the acceptances of
J. G. Lacy ; and 176,000/. to creditors holding goods as
security. There has been a dividend of ls. in the pound
on the debts proved.

➢dr. Lammnee said he appeared for the assignees in
this case ; but he was informed that the bankrupt had
left this country, and presumed that no one was instructed
to appear for him. He did not know what course
his Honour would pursue under the circum-
stances— whether to adjourn the consideration of
the certificate sine die, or to refuse it altogether.
In a similar case—that of Bunyard, a seedsman,
in Mark-lane—the court, in the absence of the bankrupt,
and upon the application of the assignees, had gone fully
into the• case, and had wholly refused the certificate.
He did not ask the court to take that course in the pre-
sent instance. The assignees had no particular objec-
tion except what appeared on the face of the balance-
sheet ; and this would certainly have involved a long
suspension, for reckless trading, of a very serious nature.
His Honour said he had been requested not to enter
into this matter at the time, as, in order to make out
the case, it was necessary to get certain information from
the other side the world. Had the information been
obtained ?

Mr. Lowrance said he understood the Oriental Bank
had a case to prefer, and also Messrs. Collmann and
Stolterfoht.

Mr. Lowe (representing Messrs. Chatfield and Hart)
said the Oriental Bank wished the certificate to be ad-
ourned altogether.

The Cominissioner—Do you mean refused altogether ?
If I am to do that I must go into a long discussion ; and
Ido not see of what use that is. I grant him no pro-
tection ; and you may send out and take any steps you
think proper, as he has not chosex to come here and ask
for his certificate.

After looking through part of the proceedings,
His Honour said—l think if the assignees are satisfied
that frauds have been committed, it is a duty which they
owe to the creditors and to the public to take the neces-
sary steps for bringing this man to justice.
Mr. Lawrance—The difficulty is in knowing what
steps to take. He has left the country, and we under-
stand has gone to Australia.
The Commissioner—But if he has committed a crime
in this country, surely there must be some ordinary
means of getting at him in any part of the Queen's do-
minions.

Mr. Lawrance—The course would be for the Oriental
Bank, or any other creditor aggrieved, to prefer his bill
of indictment for the particular fraud alleged to have
been committed by the bankrupt.
His Honour asked what dividend had been received ?
Mr. Cannan replied 1,300/., upon which a dividend
of ls. in the pound had been paid.
His Honour—How much are the debts ?
Mr. Cannan—The debts and liabilities are about
120,000/. Some further assets are expected—the pro-
duce of consignments to Bombay and China, and from
other sources—about 1,2001. probably.
His Honour ultimately observed that the assignees
and the Oriental Bank ought to well consider the course
they intended to take. F-or his own part, though he
might not be empowered to order a prosecution, he
would say this much, that if the assignees considered it
their duty to institute any proceedings against the bank-
rupt, he would sanction all the expenses necessary for
that purpose. Surely the man who behaved so fraudu-
lently to his creditors should not be allowed to go un-
punNhed—a man whose conduct greatly deserved the
tr3adm' 'l. The meeting would be adjourned till the Ist
of July next, without protection. At all events, let the
bankrupt be got at either by civil or criminal process.
Adjourned accordingly, without protection.

INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT—JAN. 13.
(Before Mr. Commissioner Phillips.)
IN THE MATTER OF JAMES FRY.-BINGULAR CASE.
Mr. Nichols applied on the part of the insolvent for a
day to ho named for the protecting order under singular
circunisz.ances. The insolvent, who had been a miller
at Sunbur:, Middlesex, was heard under the Protection
Act some time back, and Mr. Macrae, the barrister,
)pposed for a creditor named Impey. No day was
named fur the final order, with leave to apply for
protection in three months. Being without protec-
tion, the insolvent was arrested, and confined in
Maidstone gaol. Subsequently he applied for a pro-
tecting order and discharge, and obtained both with-
out giving notice to Mr. Impey. An application was
afterwards made to the full court, and the protecting
order was rescinded because notice had not been given,
awl the insolvent left without protection, with permis-
sion to apply in a month. The order was rescinded on
she 6th December, and on the 21st of the sams month
be was arrested at the wait of Mr. Impey, and was now
vop,fined in Gloucester Gaol. As the month had ex-
:plrek iglu present application was made to have a day
4166" d for a protecting order.
• The chief clerk (Mr. k,impson) said that as the insol-

THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, JANUARY l4, 1858.

SPORTING :INTELLIGENCE.

SPORTING NOTES.—No. CCCLXI.

ANALYSIS OF THE SEVENTY-FOURTH

DERBY.

I have yet three animals to review before leaving the
Whitewall division of the Melton stables.

Lord Derby's br c UMBRIEL, by Touchstone or Mel-
bourne, out of Verbena, was but little thought of until
he made his debgt at the Liverpool July Meeting on the
Cup day, beating Lord Glasgow's Miss Sarah filly, in a
Triennial Produce Match, by a neck—not a particularly
brilliant performance—when he was backed at 30 to 1
for the Derby, not on the strength of his running in the
match, but for his good looks, bidding fair, as he does;
to be the best of Verbena's numerous progeny. He was
very quiet in the market until the St. Leger day, when
ho won the Municipal Stakes easily, beating War-whoop,
Incense, and Doublethong, and immediately rose ten
points in the odds, at which price his chance was invest-
ed on by the aristocratic partisans of the stable to a con-
siderable amount, between 40,0001. and 50,0001. having
been taken off the books in the course of a few days.
He remained until lately, notwithstanding a heavy and
continuous outlay in his favour by his patrician support-
ers, at the same figure at which he was first backed in
earnest-20 to 1. Within the last few weeks, however,
his opponents have fought shyer, and 18 to 1 is now the
longest offer against him. At Doncaster he received
forfeit in a match with Doublethong ; and in the HoUgh-
ton Meeting walked over for a 300 sous. sweepstakes.
These were his last performances as a two-years-
old, he is consequently unbeaten. He has been backed
to win already not less than 80,000/., which is a toler-
able proof of the confidence reposed in him by his
friends. Umbriel is rather a smallish horse than other-
wise ; and in the barrel and quarters strongly reminds
me of Tadmor. His action resembles the Nigger's, and
is admirably adapted to a hilly course. He is doing
good work, and has every appearance of going on all
right. His brother Uriel ran fifth for the Derby ;if he
can obtain a position two places nearer the winner it
will be quite as much as I can at the present moment
give him credit for being able to do.
Lord Derby's ch c HOBBY HORSE, by Ithuriel, out of
Tour de Force, has never been backed, that I am aware
of, for a single shilling. His performances have been
very inferior ; and out of the seven engagements that he
has in the present year, I cannot fancy he has the most
remote chance of winning any.
Baron Rothschild's ch c BREAK 0' DAY BOY (own
brother to Peep o' Day Boy), by Harkaway, out
of Rosetta, by Roller, was nominated by Mr.
Braddell, and first saw the break of day in
February, 1850, at Kilfera, in the county of
Kilkenny, at which time he was considered by good
judges to be one of the finest foals ever dropped.
The splendid prospect which his promising foalhood held
out has not yet been realised, for he is, by no manner of
means, at the present time, a first-rate specimen of horse
flesh. He is a slow coach, but possesses, or lam very
much deceived, capital staying powers, and, not impro-
bably, will be heard of satisfactorily in some of the
handicap races, but not in the race for the Derby, for
which lam given to understand he will not run. He
made his first, and I presume his last appearance, in the
Derby betting at the Liverpool Autumn Meeting—the
price 100 to 1. Has not run. Is engaged in the Two
Thousand Guineas, for which I doubt his starting.

C. PECK,
of Grove-house, Malton, has only one horse in training
engaged in the Derby—the Hon. S. Hawke's b. c.
TOWTON, by Melbourne, out of Cinizelli, by Touchstone,
out of Brocade, by Pantaloon, who, in the only race he
has figured in—the T. Y. 0. Sweepstakes at Doncaster
—came off second best to Lambton, beating the Queen
(third), and several others, easily. He is an improving
sort of animal, and will be heard of hereafter, but is of
little use, I fancy, for the Derby.
• W. I'ANSON,

of Spring Cottage, Mahon, has also a solitary Derby
animal in his care, nominated by Mr. J. Brown,
yclept BALCOWNIE, by Annandale, out of Queen Mary,
by Gladiator. But little is to be expected of this horse
before the summer or autumn; and nothing of him at
Epsom.