The Sun.
London, England, 1838-12-18 00:00:00

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THE DERBY.

Although there was a tolerably full attendance, and an apparent
determination to do business, the room closed without any material
changes in the odds. The principal favourites, not much in de-
mand, remain in pretty nearly the same places they filled in our last
quotations, nor was there any fluctuation of moment in the '2O and
25 to 1 class, beyond a slight decline in Westonian and Accelera-
tor. Sir G. Ileatheote's horses and a few other outsiders were
backed, and several bets made between horses ; the betting, how-
ever unimportant in its results, having on the whole reached a
pretty fair average in amount.. It closed as follows:-
11 to I agst LdJ ersey's Brother to Bay Middleton—take 12 to I
16 to 1 agst Lord Jersey's Ilderim
16 to 1 asst Duke of Rutland's Flambeau
22 to 1 agst Mr. Bowes's Accelerator
23 to 1 agst Lord Albemarle's Tros—taken
25 to 1 agst Mr. Bowes's Erin-go-I3ragh—taken
25 to 1 agst Colonel Peel's Dey of Algiers
25 to 1 agst Colonel Anson's Zimmerman
30 to 1 agst Air. Bowes's Epidaurus
30 to I agst Mr. Wreford's Wapite
30 to 1 agst Mr. Wreford's Westonian
40 to 1 agst Duke of Richmond's Bulwark—taken
40 to 1 agst Sir G. Heathcote's Valaincourt—taken
50 to 1 agst Sir G. Heathcote's Oronooko—taken
50 to 1 agst Sir G. Heathcote's Chimborazo—taken
2000 to 35 agst Lord Westminster's Honeymoon colt—taken
2000 to 30 agst Mr. Greatrex's Tontine colt—taken
3000 to 30 agst Mr. Price's Scout
14 to 1 agst Epidaurus and Zimmerman—taken
1500 to 100 agst Antler and Erin-go-Bragh—taken
1000 even between Sir G. Heathcote's and Derrynane—taken
300 even between Sir G. Heathcote's and Zimmerman—taken
500 even between Ilderim and Flambeau—taken

HUNTING APPOINTMENTS.
Mr. Wilkins's hounds on Friday at the Kennel-10.
The Swansea harriers on Friday at. Gorseenon-11.
The Camiarthen harriers on Friday at Mount Pleasant-11.
Mr. i'lorgan's hounds on Friday at Cleppa Park-11.
Mr. Wyndham's hounds on Friday at Wardour Castle— hf-p.lO.
Sir J. li. Mills's hounds on Friday at Alderbury Inn—qr. to 11.
Mr. Farquharson's hounds on Thursday at Yellowham ; Friday,
at Witherstone.
The Vine hounds on Friday at Chinhun—quarter to 11.
The Whitefield harriers on Friday at Salter's Pitch, Deerhurst.
The Chesterfield harriers on Friday at Glasshouse Common-10.
Mr. G. L. Cobham's hounds on Thursday at Hunt,haw Wood-10.
Sir W Carew's hounds on Thursday at Whiteway-10.
The Fowleseombe harriers on Friday at Diptford-10.

THE SPY IN THE QUEEN'S PALACE

The majority of the public do not seem inclined to place
implicit reliance on the statement made by the prisoner, that
be had been a year an uninvited and invisible guest at the
Palace, and this opinion is borne out by the inquiries made
of persons at the Palace most competent to give accurate
information. In answer to the questions put by the Magis-
trate, the prisoner asserted that during the year he had
made nocturnal visits to the kitchen to appease his hunger.
This declaration is not at all borne out, but rather nega-
tived, by the result. During the residence of her Majesty
at the Palace there would naturally be a superabundance
of provisions, but the prisoner could not have availed him
self of this circumstance, as it is a rule to lock up all apart-
ments containing provisions on the retirement of the ser-
vants to rest. Since her Majesty's absence the same rou-
tine has been observed, so that it would be a matter of im-
possibility for the prisoner to have obtained food of any
description without being discovered.
The second assertion of the prisoner's, that he frequently
" washed his shirt at night " is perfectly incredible, froth
the fact of the fires being extinguished, as also the lights
His story respecting his hiding behind the furniture of the
various rooms during the day is also unworthy of belief, as
the particular fixture of the furniture affords no opportunity
for concealment. One thing is exceedingly certain, that
he could not have originally obtained ingress to the Palace
by descending the chimneys, inasmuch as they are so con-
structed as to prevent any such occurrence taking place,
although there was nothing to prevent him ascending them
to a certain height during the day. The prevalent opinion
amongst the domestics of the Palace is that the prisoner
must have obtained admittance on Wednesday or Thurs-
day last, amongst the body of labourers, as above a hun-
dred are employed at the present time, making alterations
during her Majesty's absence ; and the fact of his appear-
ance at the Palace being of a recent date is materially
affirmed by his appealing to the inspector on the moment
of his apprehension for food, and devouring it eagerly. The
police, together with the domestics, have inspected the
apartments, and the result is that no articles of value are
missing. Inquiries are now being made as regards that
part of the prisoner's statement respecting his parentage
and native place. The prevailing opinion is, that he is a
native of London, and, by his shrewdness and education, of
respectable parentage. He has been visited by most of the
men employed at the Palace, as well as by Mr. Andrews.
chimney-sweeper to her Majesty, who all deny any know-
ledge of him. The Hon. Charles Murray, Master of her
Majesty's Household, on be ng made acquainted with
the circumstances, ordered a strict inquiry to be instituted
It is stated that such strict attention is not paid to the
ingress and egress of persons to the Royal Palace as is ne-
cessary to the protection of the Royal Person, in support of
which we need only mention the case of Thomas Flower,
the silversmith, who is at present under restraint, and who,
as our readers are aware, was found a few months since
sitting in the Picture Gallery, half an hour after her Ma-
jesty had retired to rest, and at no very considerable
distance from the Royal apartments. From that period
the Palace duty has been done by two inspectors, a ser-
geant, and six constables of police.—Observer.

At the Queen-square Police-office yesterday several ap-
plications were privately made to the Magistrate who had
heard the case ( Mr. White) on the subject of the boy
found in Buckingham Palace. A communication was made,
in the early part of' the day by Lieut. Tracey, Governor of
the Tothill-fields Brideweld, but the result did not tran-
spire, although we were given to understand that the boy's
account was a tissue of falsehood. A person, whose name
we believe to be Griffiths, a plumber, had some minutes'
conversation with the Magistrates, no part of which was
mad, public, but it is said that he is the boy's master, and
that the lad absconded from his employ ment last Tuesday
morning. A tailor named Jones, residing in York-street,
Westminster, whose son has been missing a week, applied
at the office, and was directed to proceed to prison, to as-
certain if he could identify the lad. He did not return
until the office had closed, but informed our reporter, in the
presence of several persons, that the boy charged with
being found in the Palace was his son ; that his name was
not William Cotton, as he had given it at this office, but
Edwin Jones ; and that his age was sixteen. Jones, sen.,
further added that his son had absconded from the service
of Mr. Griffiths, of 28, Coventry-street, Haymarket, and
had declined answering his father's questions as to hi nio
tive for going to the Palam

About one o'clock yesterday morning a fire broke
out in the shop of an oil and colourman named Richardson,
Wheeler-street, Spitalfields, which totally destroyed the
premises. The inmates had a narrow escape. The origin
of the fire is not known. The property is insured.

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On Thursday afternoon a daring robbery was perpe-
trated at the respectable rooms of Mr. Southgate, book-
auctioneer, Fleet street. Captain Saumarez, R.N., had
made a purchase of books for which he paid. Some little
time afterwards another lot was knocked down to the
Captain, and, as before, he put his hand into his pocket
for his purse—which contained tw five-pound notes, four
sovereigns, and nineteen shillings awl sixpence in silver,
when he discovered that the purse and its contents were
gone. The door of the auction-room being closed to pre-
vent any further egress or ingress, a policeman soon made
his appearance, and a strict search was made upon a sus-
pected person, but nothing was found upon him. Captain
Saumarez then stepped forward and declared that he would
prefer losing five times the amount rather than suffer the
feelings of so many respectable persons as he saw around
him to be outraged by undergoing the humiliating ceremony
of being searched. The Captain then made hig obeisance
to the company, and withdrew.

PICTURES OF TIIEWORLD ATI-10MB ANDABROAD.
—This new work, from the pen of Mr. Ward, will revive
in the reader's mind the impression produced by that most
popular and delightful of all the novels of our own day,
" Tremaine ; or, the Man of Refinement :"—one of the
heroes of Air. Ward's " Pictures" being a man of the most
exquisite tastes, cultivated intellect, and refined habits of
thought and feeling—who is, nevertheless, wholly lost to
himself and to society, in consequence of the circumstances
of his early life having caused him to attach an undue value
to the good will and good word of " The Fashionable
World." This tale is the most entertaining in its details,
and at the same time, the most impressive in its moral, of
any that has yet proceeded from Alr.Ward's admirable pen.
The " Pictures" include also, not a few, the likenesses of
which are so true that it will be impossible to overlook the
living originals from which the features were taken. Yet
the costume in which they are attired is so skilfully con-
trived, that it will be impossible for any one to accuse the
author of an unhandsome infringement of the necessary re-
strictions of private life in regard to matters of this nature.

There is at Queen's College, Oxford, a custom ob-
served on every Chrismas-day, of decorating a boar's head
with holly, &c., and carrying it into the hall, in procession,
accompanied with singing an ancient song. On this occa-
,ion the public are admitted to view the ceremony, and
the hall presents an animated appearance. Theresihsoatove
tra-
dition as to the origin of this custom, which is, that as a
member of Queen's College was walking in
Forest, reading Aristotle, he was attacked by a wild hoer,
The youth with great composure and resolution thrust the
volume into the animal's throat stud choked bin), erNing
out, at the same tinic "Vt."'esE.'A""ti.e' iis!
it this estUege is, that the bursar, on New-p..,i'5..,1„),
, pe-
sents eseh member with a needle and thread, addressing tg
him these words, " Take this, and be thriftT,"