The Sun.
London, England, 1854-03-24 00:00:00

Trout

SCURRY HANDICAP.

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Battery
Jack Leeming
Needwood was eoratched for the Annual Steeple( %base
at a quarter past one.

ORDER OF RUNNING.
3.3o—Free Handicap.
5. o—Hurdle Race.

LATEST BETTING ON THE COT -RSE.
ANNUAL STEEPLECHASE.
sto 1 aget Need wood.
METROPOLITAN.
10 to 1 aget Muscovite.
DERBY.
13 to 2 agst King Tom (taken).
50 to 1 agst Boiardo (taken).

LATEST CITY BETTING.
ANNUAL STEEPLECHASE.
2to 1 agst Oscar (taken).
2to 1 agst Trout (taken).
sto 1 agst Needwood (taken).
10 to 1 agst any other.
HURDLE RACE.

sto 2 agst Theodine (taken).
7to 2 agst Gerard (taken).
7to 2 agst Sir Philip (taken).
sto 1 agst May-day (taken).
NORTHAMPTONSHIRE STAKES.
6to 1 agst Defiance (offered).
Bto 1 agst Mr. Sykes (taken).
12 to 1 agst Bracken (taken).

EARL SPENCER'S PLATE.
10 to 1 agst Ephesus (taken).
10 to 1 agst Twinkle (taken).
10 to 1 agst King of Trumps (taken).
12 to 1 agst The General (taken).
12 to 1 agst Koh-i-noor (taken).

THE MEDITERRANEAN.

SOUTHAMPTON, FRIDAY MOR/Plli
The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steam- •ship
Tagus has just arrived here, with dates from Gibra, gar,
March 15th ; Cadiz, 16th ; Lisbon, 19th ; Oporto, 2C 4h;
Vigo, 20th.
She brings on freight five packages specie, 100 chests of
oranges, and a cargo of dates, eggs, wine, &c.
All the foreign vessels of war had left the Tagus.
Several Russian merchant ships had been put up t ar
sale in Portuguese ports.
Exchange on London, 54l ; paper scarce.
An unsuccessful attempt had been made in the proving 3.
of Trasos Montes to excite the people to oppose the us vr
system of taxation.
A new system of diligences had been established betwei
Lisbon and Badajoz.
Yesterday the Tagus spoke the Peninsular and Orients 11
Company's steam-ship Rajah, from Constantinopl 0,
Smyrna, Malta, and Gibraltar, with her macbin
damaged. She was under canvass.

INDIA AND CHINA MAU i► 3.

SOUTHAMPTON, FRIDAY MORNIN
The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steam• ship
Sultan, with the heavy portion of the East India, Cl tine,
and Mediterranean mails has just arrived here, having left
Alexandria on the 9th, Malta the 13th, and Gibraltar the
18th inst

Her Majesty's steam troop-ship Simoon, with the Iti •st
battalion of the Scots Fusiliers on board, arrived : at
Gibraltar on the 9th inst., and proceeded to Malta on tag
12th.

The Royal Mail steam-ship Orinoco embarked the 414 11
Regiment at Gibraltar on the 10th, and left on the 11th fi 3r
Malta.

At Gibraltar, on the 11th inst., exchange on Londonws
quoted 52 to 52} ; Spanish pillared dollars, 2f premium.

COURT OF BANKRUPTCY.-(THIS DA: r

(Before Mr. Commissioner Pane.)
BUILDING SPBOULATIONEL-IN BE 00X.

This bankrupt was described as of Rotherhithe and
Wandsworth, builder, and to-day was appointed for his
last examination.
The bankrupt appeared, but had not filed any acoon. nts,
and excused himself by saying that he had not been
to obtain the money to pay the account.
His Honour asked how much was required ?
Bankrupt said 5/.
His Honour wished to inquire of the accountant wh: 9,
after having been appointed by the sanction of the ceonr
he had neglected his duty, for Mr. Canaan, the ofAcil u
assignee, did not consider they were at A complieated ?
Mr. all
Cannan said that there would be nothing for t he
creditors, unless a surplus should accrue over the w rtr
gaged property. •
His Honour doubted whether he ought not at once to ..sd-
journ the examination sine die, particularly as the ace mull*
taut did not appear to offer any explanation, and could not
be sent for, as he reside.t two or three miles off. He (his
Honour) should consider the subject of sanctioning the ap-
pointment of accountants residing such a distance from t the
court. The bankrupt, and persons like him, who mitt wed
into building speculations, and gave preferences to is sme
creditors by mortgaging all they had to pay them 20s. in
the pound, and living on what they obtained from i L he
others, did not deserve any sympathy, but ought to bele ft
to their mercy, and sued and thrown into prison. As, host r•
ever, the blame in the present instance did not rest entirel
on the bankrupt, he would adjourn the case for one month
and if the accounts were not filed, the examination wouli
be adjourned sine die.

MARLBOROITGH-STREET-(THIS DAY)

STEALING 2,000 OUNCES OF SILVER.—James RA 60'1
Yeoman, Park-road, Forest-hill, Surrey, was brought be'
fore Mr. Hardwick, charged with stealing 2,000 ounce aof
silver, value 5001., the property of Mr. Charles Fred(); rick
Hancock, silversmith, 40, Conduit-street, Hanover-squ
Mr. Wontner appeared for the prosecution.
George Jessie Sharpe said he was clerk to the prc 51e"
cutor, who has a separate establishment in Little Burka a'
street for the manufacture of siver articles. Prisoner w: as
foreman over that establishment. When prisoner want, .d
silver for work he applied to witness, and he gave him a II
order upon the refiner, which enabled the prisoner
receive the quantity he wanted. The refiner =I )"
plied it in lumps of sterling silver, and before it
was used it had to be sent to the caster, or
the millman, in order to be converted into a usa bile
form. The prisoner's duty was to weigh it in an
out, and then give it out to the workpeople. On the V 411
inst. witness went through the stock with prisoner, a aid
finding a deficiency in the silver he required the priso: tier
to render an account of the silver ho received in 1853, z 'rid
what he had done with it. Witness found that on 1 4th
Jan., by prisoner's own account, he had received 200 oz.
from the refiner; and on asking him what he had deco°
with it, he said he could not tell anything at all about :it.
Had it been handed to Corbett, the caster, in the WM al
way, he (prisoner) would have written Corbett's nen se
against the item; but he had not done so. Witness went
through the rest of the account with him, and found a de-
ficiency of more than 1,900 oz. After this discovery the
matter was placed in the hands of Sergeant Godfrey, a de-
tective officer of the C division, who, after some difficulty,
succeeded in taking prisoner into custody. Mr. Wont aor
said that was all the evidence he had to offer at press nt,
and begged for a remand.
The prisoner wa. remanded till Friday next.

LETTERS FOR THE BRIrISH FLEET 1N TPIE

BALTIC.

GENERAL POST OFFICE, March, 1854.—Mails will be
made up from time to time, as opportunities occur, for
transmission to her Majesty's Fleet in the Baltic.
Letters for soldiers and seamen serving in the fleet, with
respect to which the reumlations required by law have bee
duly observed, will be forwarded on payment of one penny-
Letters addressed to commissioned or warrant odieers will
be chargeable, under the Treasury warrant of the nit in-
stant, with a rate of 6d. when not exceeding ounce
Is. when exceeding ounce and not exceeding 1 mince,
s. when exceeding 1 ounce and not exceeding 2 ouncos,
and so on, which postage must be paid in advance.
No charge will be made upon British newspapers ad-
dressed to the fleet, provided they are duly stamped and
posted in conformity to the established regulations.