The Sun.
London, England, 1870-06-04 00:00:00

THE DENHAM TRAGEDY.

Jones's conduct in the prison has been just such as
Night have been expected, savage and brutal, injuring
himself in mad fits of passion, and threatening others.
The other day Daniel Love, the warder of Reading Gaol,
told him he was sorry to see him in for such a crime, to
which he replied, " Why should you be sorry ? I a'nt
sorry ; they can't but swing me" jumping from the chair,
and indicating the fall of tie drop. He is narrowly
watched day and night. The disappointment was very
great at -Slough on Tuesday when it was found
the prisoner would not leave Aylesbury. Crowds
of persons entered the town from far distant
places in the hope of seeing him. Many were satisfied
on being told by the police that he was not there, but
something like a hundred remained, threatening to break
into the police court, if he were not brought out, and
they had not all dispersed until six in the evening.
The departure of Superintendent Dunham with his
witnessesiti the morning was thought a mere ruse, as it
was stated that they had merely gone to Taplow, and
would return with the prisoner. The police have not
yet given up possession of the house at Denham, which,
we understand, the owner will shortly cause to be
destroyed.

His Majesty the King. of the Belgians has ex-
pressed his intention of returning to England for the
purpose of attending the Wimbledon Volunteer contests,
when he will be accompanied by the Queen Consort.

FRENCH PLAYS, PRINCESS'S THEATRE.—Their
Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales.
attended by Colonel Keppel and the Hon. Mr. Cooke, and
their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess de Teck,
honoured these performances with their presence last
evening.
The Burleigh Rock drilling machine drills a hole
three feet deep by two and a half inches in diameter, in
a block of the hardest Cornish granite, in four minutes.
It is worked either by steam or by compressed air, in
which latter case it aids ventilation in boring tunnels.
Builder.
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THIt FOURTH OF JUNE AT ETON.—TO-day
being the "Fourth of June " the usual festivities will take
place at Eton College. At noon there will be the classic
speeches in the upper school, in the afternoon the pro-
vost gives a banquet in the college hall, and the day's
proceedings will be brought to a conclusion with the pro-
cession of boats to Turley Hall and the display of fireworks
from the ait in the river opposite the Eton Brocas.
CRYSTAL PAL 'A CE.—The summer concert this
afternoon will be supported by the following artists :
Madame Lemnaens-Sherrington, Mdlle. Louisa Can,
Mdlle. Drasell, Mr. Sims Reeves, Signor Uric., Herr
Stockhausen, and (solo pianoforte) Chevalier Antonie de
Kontski. This is the last day of the exhibition of roses.
The gardens of Rockhills will be open for promenade.
THE FLOWER SERMON.—The flower sermon will,
this year, be preached, at St. Katharine Cree, Leaden-
hall-street, as St. James's Church, is closed for the pre-
sent. This quaintly interesting service will commence at
seven o'clock, on 'Whit-Tuesday evening, and the sermon
will, as usual, be preached by the Rev. Dr. Whittemore,
rector of St. James's. The young persons attending this
special service carry bouquets, and the sermon is on some
floral text. There is something both touching and encou-
raging in the site of an old City, church crowded to over-
flowing with these young people, whose eager and
blooming countenances are a flower-sermon in themselves.
—City Pram
THE EDUCATION LEAGUS.—A meeting of the
executive committee of the Education League was held
yesterday at Birmingham—Mr. Chamberlain in the chair.
A resolution was passed approving the circular on the
Government amendments issued by the officers, and
signifying support of their objections. It was also resolved
to press with the utmost vigour the amendments of
which notice had been given on behalf of the League; and
that, failing, success in amending the bill, it was desir-
able that legislation on the subject should be postponed
until next session. A petition, setting forth the views of
the committee,:was adopted. In reference to Mr. Vernon
Harcourt's amendments on the religious question, it was
resolved that it was not expedient to offer any
compromise on that subject. £l,OOO was subscribed in
the room towards a fund of £lO,OOO, which is to be
raised as a special fund for carrying on agitation against
the bill.

ANGLO-GERMAN OPHTHALMIC DISPENSARY.—The
second private subscription ball in aid of the funds of this
excellent society will take place in St. James's Hall, on
Wednesday, the 15th inst.. The list of Lady Patronesses
is long and influential, and amongst the names of stewards
will be found those of several gentlemen of standing and
position. The first ball given for a similar object was so
eminently successful that it has been determined to orga-
nise a second one, and from the energy with which the
friends of the institution are working, and the deserving
character of the charity, it is to be hoped the second ball
will result iu more than ordinary success. Those wishing
for further information have only to apply to 15, Old
Cavendish-street, where the secretary will be happy to
give the fullest information respecting either the ball or
the dispensary
NEW LIFE SAVING ANCHOR.—A renewed series
of experiments with the " Rogers' projectile anchor for
life-preserving purposes" were made at Portsmouth, under
the official superintendence of Capt. H. Boys, commanding
her Majesty's gunnery ship Excellent, which were attended
with very satisfactory results as to tho efficiency of the in-
vention and mode of application. An eight-inch ordinary
service mortar was used, and in the first experiment made a
projectile anchor, weighing 1281 b., fitted with an expansive
block and carrying a rove one-inch line, was thrown 156
yards by a charge of Boz. of powder. By means of the
rove line a three-and-a-half-inch hawser was passed at a
continuous rope, the holding powers of the anchor an-
swering the test thus applied very satisfactorily In the
second expel iment, an anchor of 1281 b in weight was propelled
into the water, by a powder charge of 8 oz., a an elevation
of the mortar of 38 degrees, to a distance of 152 yards from
the shore. By the aid of the whip-line a three-and-a-quar-
ter inch hawser was rove through the anchor block, and a
ship's launch, with ten men on board as the crow, but not
assisting in tho hauling, was hauled out to over the spot
where the anchor held, and without tripping the anchor.
The third experiment consisted in throwing a cone and
block weighing 401 b. a distance of 163 yards, the charge, as
before, being Boz. of powder, and the elevation of the mortar
39i deg., a rove line being attached to the cone block. In
the fourth experiment a cone and block weighing 841 b. was
;brown 196 yards with Boz. of powder, and in the fifth and
4 concluding experiment the same cone and block was thrown
217 yards by a powder charge of 12 oz. in all the experi-
ments an inch rope was used as a whip line.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE,

THE OAKS DAY, 1870.

The sky was yesterday even more clouded than on the
Derby Day, and a fall of rain appeared imminent, almost
at any moment. The weather, kept up, however, and the
famous race was run a few minutes after three without any
unpleasantness whatever. Londoners too clearly saw at noon
that the marked falling-off in interest with which a com-
bination of causes afflicted this year's Derby would be no
less observable at Epsom for the Oaks. The attendance
on the course if it was not numerous was brilliant, the
ladies having come down in open barouches, and on drags in
large numbers. The appearance of the dresses in the grand
stand truly gave one at the off side of the course the idea
of shelving banks of flowers, while the numberless
parasols rendered the carriages, posted everywhere
around, scarcely less remarkable. The heat of the day
was very exhausting, and the ladies deserve all praise for
patronising the " maid's day "as they did. The small
field that came to the starting-post caused much
disappointment, and a considerable alteration in
the betting. The following horses were ex-
pected to take part in the running :—Hester
(Custance), Sunshine (Snowden), Pate (Marsh),
Gamo , (Fordham), Gertrude (T. French), Bright
Weather (Hibbert). The latest betting in town was as
follows :-11 to 8 on Hester, 7 to 2 against Sunshine
(taken), 9to 2 against Pate (taken), 100 to 8 against
Gamos (taken), 20 to 1 against Gertrude (taken). After
the preliminary canter, however, Sunshine and Pate
gained much favour. Hester still, however, was looked
upon as the queen of the fillies.
The Epsom Two-yr-old Plato of 200 sovs. Three-quarters
of a mile.

Mr Vickers's Manifesto, by Defender—Consort, Bst 10Ib
(Grimshaw) 1
Colonel Forester's Honeydew c, Bst 101 b (Maifiment) 2
Count F. de Lagrange's Jacques Coeur, Bst 10 lb ...(Parry) 3
The following also ran —Amnesty, Guildford, Sunflower,
Azalea.

The Ninety-second Oaks Stakes of 50 soya each. One
mile and a half.

Mr G. Jones's Gamos, by Saunterer —Bess Lyon
(Fordham) 1
Snowden) 2
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Mr. Merry's Sunshine .

Mr.England'e PatE

Lord Falmouth's Gertrude .

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