The Sun.
London, England, 1841-03-26 00:00:00

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

TATTERSALL'S.—YESTERDAY.
A good deal of business was done yesterday in a small way.
Co'onation was backed for a trifle at 10 to 1, and left off, as on
Monday, a point in advance of Rosalie, about whom 11 to 1
was taken-10 to I offered at the close. Van Amburgh opened
at 20 to 1, which was so readily taken that he soon reached
Eringo, who was " done upon" at 16 to 1, to a pony. Knights-
bridge found favour with several at our last quotation. 'I he
last offers were as under :

DERBY.
4 to 1 agst Scott's lot—taken 4i to 1
9 to 1 agst Mr. Rawlinson's Coronation—taken and af-
terwards offered
10 to 1 agst Lord Bruce's Rosalie colt—taken
16 to I agst Lord Westminster's Van Amburgh
16 to 1 agst Mr. Thornhill's Eringo—taken
22 to 1 agst Lord Albernarl..'s Ralph
25 to 1 agst Lord Chesterfield's Knight of the Whistle—t
25 to 1 agst Lord Westminster's Marshal Soult—taken
25 to 1 ag:t Colo ael Peel's Cameleon
30 to I agst Mr. Wreford's Wahab
30 to 1 agst Colonel Anson's Duke of Wellington
33 to 1 agst Duke of Rutland's Sir Hans—taken
35 to 1 asst Mr. Dixon's Knightsbridge—taken to nearly
200/.
40 to 1 agst Lord Jersey's Joachim—taken
50 to 1 agst Colonel Criiufurd's Ermengardis—talcen
1000 to 15 agst Mr. Clark's Gammon Box taken
1000 to 15 agst Mr. Herbert's Nicias—taken
1000 to 15 apt the Dine of Grafton's Mosque
1000 to 10 agst Mr. Wigram's Nebros—taken
1000 to 10 agst Lord Westminster's Morning Star -taken
1000 to 10 agst Mr. Buckley's Gilbert—taken
1000 to 10 agst Mr. Wimbushes Finchley
1000 to 10 agst the Duke of Beaufort's Snowdrop
1000 even on Morning Star agst Simoon—taken.
2,000 GUINEAS STAKES.
Even on Ralph, Cameleon, and Eringo agst the field
150 to 100 on Eringo agst Cameleon, not p.p.—taken.
WORCESTER STEEPLE CH ASE S EDNESDAY.
Sweepatates of 10 sovs. each, h ft, with 50 added ; 12st. each,
winners extra. Four miles. Winner to be sold for 2001.
Clez,,g's Cotton Ball ... W. Smith 1
Char rities' Napoleon
llootores Railroad
Griffith's Bleacher 4
Scott's The Moor
Sweepstakes of 3 toys. each, with 20 added, &e.
Mr. Smith's Fairy C. Walker 1
Mr. Smith's Bravo
2
Mr. Charlton's May Fly
3
Four others started.

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RUGBY STEEPLE CHASE—TUESDAY.
Sweepstakes (15 sows. each, with 30 added, &e. Four miles.
Mr. J. Walters's gr Magic Mr. Powell 1
Mr. Payne's b m Butterfly
Mr. Jones's b g Antelopa
The following also started.—Mr. Theobald's b g Langley;
Mr. W. Scott's b h Harkaway ; Mr. It. Broughton's John
Bull ; Mr. Lee's br g Brown Stout ; Mr. Bretherton's b g
The Bobby Horse ; Mr. A. M‘Donogh's Miniature ; Mr.
CampLell's Buceph4lus; Mr. J. Wortle's Schoolboy; Mr.
Manning's b m Ada ; and Mr. Christopher's br g Tamarine.
A remarkably fine race.

KETTERING STEEPLE CHASE.—MoNoAY.
Sweepstakes of Ten sovs. ea 4h, with fifty added.
Mr. Tilbury's CoLsul Mr. Brethvrton I
Mr. W. Ekins' Stranger 2
The following also started :—Mr. Knox's Barefoot ; Mr.
Bradley's Gamebov ; Mr. Ekins' Reveller; Mr. R. Ekins'
Comet-; Mr. D. Higgins' Boy Blue; who fell and was killed,
The Driffield Steeple Chase, on Monday, was won by Mr.
G. Reynard's Marchioness (Whitworth) beating Prickbelt and
and two ethers.

GRAND MILITARY STEEPLE CHASE AT NORTH-
AM PTON. YESTERDAY.
Sweepstakes of Ten Save. each, h ft, with a Purse added, for
horses, the property of Officers oa full pay of the Army,
I2st each. Three miles. (25 subs. )
Captain Sir J. G. Baird's (10th Hussars) b g Carlow, aged,
(Owner) 1
Mr. Maddock's (9th Lancers) gr g Creole .........(Owner) 2
Mr. W. de Winter's (2d Life Guards) ch m Pa irnrose
(Owner)
Capt. Quentin's ( 10th Ilussars)ehg India Rubber ( Owner) 4
The following were riot placed :—Mr. R. L. Thomas's By-
ron (Captain Peel) ; Mr. Maddock's Defiance (Mr. Conolly);
Mr. A. W. Williams's gr g Coronet (Lieutenant W. Dallas);
Lord Clssillis's Vespasian ( Mr. Broadley) ; Lord Cassillia's
Nightshade (Owner); Mr. Maynard's Hussar (Owner);
A'r. E. Dyson's The Hawk (Owner) ; Mr. Cut's
Doubtful (Owner); 111 r. J. B. 13roadley's Oliver Twist (Major
Law renson); Capt. S. Teesdale's Ibis (Mr. Hogg); Captain
Teesdale's Pharold ~Capt. Dyson); Mr. P. Clarke's The
Baronet (Capt. Grant); Capt. F. P. Hovenden's Barrister
(Capt. Bell); Mr. Bastard's Mystery (Mr. Beauchamp);
Lord G. Beauclerk's Robert the Devil (Owner); Lieutenant
Ward's Ulpha (Owner).
A beautiful race between the first.three, but won cleverly
at last. There were a great number of falls, and Coronet was
left dead en the field, having, as it was supposed, burst a blood-
veszel.

AYLESBURY STEEPLE CHACES.—BAIION ROTHSCHILD'S
PRlZE.—These steeple chases have been fixed to come off on
Monday next, when Baron Rothschild gives a splendid piece
of pate, of the value of seventy sovereigns, to be run for by
horses the property of farmers occupying not less than fifty
acres of lind, within fifteen miles of Aylesbury. Ten sove-
reigns wi Ibc given to the second horse. The second race
will be for a purse of thirty sovereigns ; the owners of the
horses to reside within twenty miles of the town, ani the
second horse will receive ten sovereigns. The matches will be
decided over a capital four miles of country.
BEACONSFIELD ANNUAL STEEPLE CHACE, for a large
stake, open to the horses of the officers of the Ist. and .2d Life
Guards, the Royal Horse Guards (Blue), and of all officers
sta+ioned within fifty miles of the town, will come off on the
6th of next month. To be ridden by the owners, and the
second horse to receive five sovereigns. The tlistance is
four miles.

TIIE HIGH WYCO3IIIE ANNUAL STEEPLE CHACE has been
fixed for Wednesday next. Some excellent horses have been
entered, and great sport is anticipated.
Tug HAmir rori SPRING MEETING will take place on Tues-
day next, at Moulsey Hurst, when five races will be run by the
horses belonging to the officers in the Household Brigade, the
9111 Lancers, and tho 60th Rifles, now at Windsor. The first
will be the Brigade Stakes, of 10 sues, each, the second, the
Palace Stakes, of the same amount; the third, a Hurdle Race,
of 10 sues. each ; and the fourth likewise a Hurdle Race, of
5 sovs. each. The last v♦ ill be a Hurdle Race, open to all,
fur the like amount. To these stakes purses will be added.
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-UN Alt 'CCULTATION OF VENUS.—To-
morrow the planet Venus, now our resplendent evening
star, will he, fin• about three quarters of an hour, conceal..n
from us by the intervention of the moon. The immersion will
take place behind the eastern limb of the moon, at 31 minutes
after two, p.m., and the planet will re-appear on the western
side of cur satellite at 14 minutes after three. This splendid
p'a et is now a very beautiful object in the western sky shortly
before and after sunset. As the twilight dies away it shines
forth with great sp'endour. On Monday evening, March 15,
the atmosphere being particularly clear, the unusual phenome-
non of distinct shadows cast from its light were seen. Sir John
lit rschel has iemarked that " a shadow from its light can
rarely be seen unless thrown upon a white ground, as a white-
washed wad, or white paper ;" but on the evening referred to
shadows were distinctly observable even upon so dark a surface
as a turnpike road.
POST-OFFICE ROBBERY.—Considerable ex-
citernet.t la; for some time past prevailed, owing to a
numl er of letters and newspapers not having reached the
hands of the parties to whom they have been addressed; and
on Friday, suspicion having fallen upon William Jervis, one of
the letter-carriers in this t )wn, the Superintendent of
Police, and an officer, searched his dwelling-house,
where they discovered 261 letters and 74 newspapers,
all of which had been embezzled; and, on apprehend-
ing him in the afternoon, 41 letters were found on
him, which should have been delivered is the morn-
ing. Information having been given to the Mayer,
Jarvis was examined and remanded for further exatnina.
t'en ti I Friday next, to allow time for the Poe-office au.
thoritie; to come forward to prosecute. On being taken
to the gaol and searched by the gaoler, four other letters
were found secreted on his person, one of which (at least),
was a money let er......Cantbridge Chronicle,

LAW INTELLIGENCE.

ROLLS' COURT, MARCH 25.
The Seal was continue a.

LINCOLN V. WRIGIIT.
This was a motion to suppress depositions, and occupied
nearly the whole of the morning. At the conclusion cf
the arguments,
The MASTER of the ROLLS stated that as any order he might
make upon this motion might affect the proceedings in
many other cases, he thought be ought not to make
such order without great deliberation. lie should
therefore inquire into the practice, for the purpose of
seeing if he could make an order consistent with what
had usually been the pracii:'e of the Court, and therefore
consitent with the rights and interests of all other persons
who might be placed in the like situation.
ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE.

HOME CIRCUIT.--LiewEs, MARcu 24.
CROWN COURT.

Edward Ridley, 44, labourer, was inclie'ed stealirg
a sheep, the property of Mr. B:ayne, a firmer at Wor-
tbesly.__

Mr: Clarkson and Mr. Campbell appeared for the [To-
secutiop.

From the eviJeace of a number of svtnesses it appeared
that the sheep in question was stolen from a flock, and, cn
search bei►;g made, a quantity of mutton, evidently form-
ing part cf the stolen sheep, was found in a sack in
anctber field, The evidence against the prisoner was,
that the sack in question was p.oved tb have belonged to
him, and in his house was found an old shoe of a very pe-
culiar kind, which corresponded exactly with t 5 e tracks of
footsteps from the field where the sheep was killed to the
spot where the mutton was found in the sack, and a cord
with wool upon it was found in his pocket.
The prisoner made a most is pnious defence. He Ea'cl
that he vicked up the old shoe and took it home, and
threw it in the washhcuse, and his children played with it;
and he conareented upon the her, that although the foot-
step; were traced from the field to the sack, that there
were nore tr,.ced from thence to his house, which would
have been the case if he was the thief. With regard to
the sack, he said he had hung it up to dry in his yard, and
somebody_stole it.

Lord -DENMAN hoviug addressed the Jury, they re-
turned a verdict of Not Guilty.
The moment the verdict was pronounced the prisoner
dropped upon his knees, and excl.ifued, " Thank God--
thank you, my Lord 1 and thank you Gentlemen of the
Jury 1"

John Peacock, aged 47, a person employed in the Post-
office, at Steyning, was indicted for stealing a shilling
Irom a letter, the property of her Majesty's Postmaster-
General.

Mr. Barry appeared fur the prosecution, and Mr. Clark-
son for the defence.

It appeared in evidence that the prisoner was employed
by tie postmaster at Steyniug, to carry out letters, and
in consequence of a gentleman, residing at Edgbaston,
having frequently lost money from letters, an arrang--
ment was made by which two letters, each containing
shilling, should be addressed to him from Brighton, the
coin having previously been marked. One of the letters
never came to hand, and a shilling answering the descrip-
tion of that put into the missing letter was afterwards found
in the prisoner's possession, but as the prosecutor could not
swear positively to the identy of the shilling the prisoner
was acquitted.

' CIVIL SIDE.
( Before Mr. Baron PARKE.)
THE QUEEN V. FRANCIS AND ALFRED GALL.

This was an indictment for an assault against the de-
fendants, who are attorneys, and very respectably con-
nected in the town of Lewes, and the proceedings ap-
peared to create great interest.
Mr. Thesiger and Mr. Peacock appeared on behalf of
the prosecution, and Mr. Platt and Mr. Clarkson were
soorally retsined by the defendants.
It appe :red from the statement of counsel that the pro-
secutor of the present indictment was a gentleman named
Foliages, also a solicitor in Lewes, and in partnership with
Mr. Gall, see., the father of the defendants. The latter
had also been engaged in the firm, but score disagreement
took place, and they retired from it, and set up in business
in L,,ndon, and it seemed that they were anxious to have
the London agency of the Lewes business, but Mr. Ful-
-1 ger opposed the proceeding, and this, it appeared,
created an ill feeling on the part of the defendant;
against fiat gentleman ; and in the month cf No-
vember they proceeded to his office in Lewes, where
one of the defendants accused him of having made use of
some disrespectful observations respecting him, and wanted
him to retract them, and upon his refusing to do so, he
brandished a stick over his head, and said he might con-
sider it as intending to insult him, and that he was ready
to give him " satisfaction," if be chose to demand it. The
prosecutor still persisting in his refasal to retract the ex-
pressions imputed to him, it appeared that he was at length
struck by the defendants, and hence the present pro-
ceedings.

The asove facts having been proved by the witnesses,
the Jury returned a verdict of guilty.
Baron PARKS said he should take time to consider his
judgment, and he directed that the defendants should ap-
pea- this morning to reedve.sentence.
The d fondants were accordingly placed at the bar, and
Mr. Baron PARKE, after remarking upon the circumstances
of the case, directed that each of the defendants should
should pay a fine of 50!. to the Queen, and that they
should, in addition, be imprisoned for one month.
Ti c defendants, who are stylish young men, seemed
quite astoundel at the-sentence of imprisonment, and they
were handed over to the custody of the gaoler.
At a later period of the day, Mr. THESIGER said he was
instructed to apply to the Court, by the prosecutor, fir a
remi,slon of that part of the sentence of the Court, im-
posing imprisonment on the defendants. The prosecutor
had no ties Ere that they should suff.r such inconve-
nience as this punishment would entail upon them, and he
considered that the ends of justice would Le vindicated by
the inff:ction of the fit.e.

Baron PAaKE, however, sbid he had attentively consi.
dered the limner before passing the sentence, and be re
fused to make any alteration in it.

POLICE Ir.s TELLIGENCE.

MANSION-HO USE.

A man named John Brown, alias George Bacon, who
had very much the appearance of a sea-faring person, was
brought before the LORD MAYOR, charged with having
robbed several public-houses by night. The prisoner hav-
ing shown a great deal of talent in the particular line of
plunder to which he seemed to have appiie I him, elf, mere
than ordinary curiosity was excited. fie had also shown
that he was no commoner by the course he pursued upon
being apprehended, for he very seriously cautioned the po-
lice not to lay hands upon or to use language calcu'ated to
break the peace, to him.
Mrs. Watkinson, the landlady of the Woolpack public-
house, stated that the prisoner came on Friday evening last
to her house, said that he WAS a mate on board a ship called
the Margaret, or the Margaretta, which lay in the London
Docks, and engaged board and lodging. After having had
a hot supper he came down stairs, asked for a pen and ink,
and said that he had many accounts to make out. After-
wards, when witness thought he had gone to bed, be came
down stairs and said he thought something was wrong, and
that he must go out for a short time. He then went cut,
but di I not return, and in the morning it was found that a
young man who lodged in the next room had been rubbed.
On Wednesday she accidentally saw the prisoner in a
steam-boat, and spoke to him on the subject, and he endees
voured to escape, but was apprehended soon after he got
ashore by a policeman.
Arthur Leach, a seaman, stated that he belonged to a
vesse: which lay in the London Docks, and that he lodged
a- the Woolpack public-house. He went to bed on Friday
night, without having locked his door, and in the morning
he found that he bad b: en robbed of three sovereigns, two
half sovereigns, some silver, a pencil-case, four keys, a
penknire, and other a-ticks.
A pod ceman, named Barker, stated that be heard the
cry of " Stop thief l'' while he was on duty in Thames-
street, and saw the prisimer run, and stopped him in
Chequers-yard. The prisoner had about him the four
keys, the pencil-case, and the knife produced, as well as
duplicates, and 11. 18s. in cash.
Arthur Leach swore that the keys were those which
had been stolen out of his pocket on Friday nigh*, and he
believed the pencil-case was his, but could net sneer to
that fact, as so many of the same sort we• e to be seer.
ArtiturJohn Barrington, of the Owen Glendower Tave-n,
in Aldersgate-street, which he said was kept by his aunt,
stated that the prisoner was in the habit of comirg to the
house, and had spoken highly of his property. The .pri-
loner said his name was George Bacon, and said that he
had paid for his board and lodging elsewhere twenty-nine
shillings a week, and asked witness whether he could not
hive it for less. Witness told him that he should have his
board and lodging for twenty-seven shillings a week, a pro•
position which was immediately agreed to. Witness on
Sunday night, at prisoner's request, accompanied him out,
and at night they returned. Next morning the prisoner
was absent, and it was discovered that he had robbed the
vtai•er in the course of the night.
Charles Roberts, waiter at the Owen Glendower Ta-
vern, stated that when he got up on the morning of Mon.
day he missed his money, about 19s. 2d. He subsequently
missed shirts, stockings, fronts, end handkerchiefs.
Wood, a City policeman stated, that he searched the
prison( r at the Compter, and found five shirts upon his
body, thri e of which were identified by the last witness as
having been stolen on the night the robbery was corn-
mitt2d in the Ower Glendower public-house.
Mr. Ashton, the proprietor of the White Bear public-
house, (commonly called Coger's Hall) in Bride-line,
stated, the prisoner had robbed his house on Wednesday
mor ing. The prisoner came to the house on Tuesday
night, and had something at the front of the bar, after
which he returned, and said that it was too late for him to
go back to his ship, and asked whether be could have a
bed. As the e v. as nothing at all suspicious about him,
he was informed that he could be acctunmodwea, and he /
was accordingly shown to a room. He asked the waiter
for a long candle, and a pint of ale, and was supplied wilt
both. At four o'clock in the mernirg when witness was
engaged with some friends who were going off by water,
prisoner stole into the room in which Mrs. Ashton and her
child were in bee!, and stole the cash-box, in which were the
sum of 21. 18?. ad., and a paper or order for a considerable
amount, all the property of " The Sans of the Thames."
Mr.=. Ashton stated that at four o'clock in the morning
she was awoke by footsteps in her bed-room and she saw
the prisoner at the foot of the Led. She observed that he
had put out her light, and she asked him what he was doing
there? He declared that be was very sorry, but that he
felt very ill, and wished to go down stairs. She desired
him to call the waiter, but he did not do so, and her child
called the waiter, and the prisoner insisted upon returning
with the waiter to repeat his apology. Witness told the
waiter to tell his master what had occurred, but the waiter
omitted to do as he bad been ordered. The box contain-
ing the money had been kept in the room, and was missed
in the morning, and was found in the room to which the
prisoner had been shown, broken open and plundered.
Inspector Maclean said that several cases would, be had
prisoner on the next day
no doubt, be brought against the
of examination,