The Sun.
London, England, 1848-09-20 00:00:00

YOUR REPORTER.

SETTLING FOR THE DONCASTER ST. LEGER.—
We have received a letter from one of the parties men-
tioned in our report of the racing at Doncaster of Friday
last, as one of the trio of defaulters, who had left Don-
caster without settling their accounts, and who adopts in
his communicatioa to us the soubriquet of the " Boy
Jones," by which he is known on the turf. The " Boy
Jones " declares it was incorrect; to state that he was
" one of the three that had altogether absented them-
selves on the settling morning," cr that he was at the
rooms pa) ing as fast as he received, until several par-
tiea pounced upon him and insisted upon being paid,
whether he had it or not; that he was glad to get out of
their clutches, as " they would not listen to reason," or
take transfers of what he had to receive; that he was
thus made a defaulter " before the idea entered his
head ;" that he was at least an hour " endeavouring in
vain to appease their fears, one after another;" and that
he was at last obliged to withdraw to an inn in the out-
skirts of the town, to which he was pursued by two gal-
lant captains and three other persons, one of them a pro-
fessor of pugilism. One of these pursuers stood over
him with a poker, whilst another locked the door of the
room, and he was compelled to write an I 0 U for 4001.
He complains that some parties found him " green," and
" have had good pickings;" and as they have done all in
their power to injure him, they may get their money how
they can, or at least wait his pleasure," parties not fre-
quenting Tattersalls excepted. Till he saw his name
(the "Boy Jones") in the papers,he intended to pay every
one (why the insertion of his name altered his very laud-
able intention he does not explain) and that he had
written a letter to two well-known sporting writers to
that effect. He thinks this last fact proves his honesty
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there was a large crowd assembled at the Abney Park
Cemetery, Clapton, to witness the interment of Bacon,
the late master of St. Luke's workhouse, who lost his
life on board this ill-fated vessel. Ile had been for many
years the master of the above institution, but some few
weeks back he deserted his wife and children, and, with
the wife of the schoolmaster of the workhouse, started
by the Ocean Monarch for America, with which place
he was well acquainted, having some years ago travelled
nearly all through the States in search of the rate-col-
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terment, and the body was brought by rail to London to
the house of a relative until the hour for conveying it to
its final resting-place. The body of the guilty partner
of his flight has not yet been found.
ACCIDENT AT SAW MlLLS.—Yesterday afternoon
a most severe and probably fatal accident occurred at the
North Green Saw Mills, situate in North-street, City-
road. A boy named George Castles, about fourteen
years of age, who was employed there, by some means
got entangled in the machinery attached to one of the
saws, and was slightly cut in the hand, and while en-
deavouring to disengage himself, he unfortunately fell
with one of his legs against the saw, which cut instantly
through the centre of the thigh, completely severing the
limb from the body. Such surgical assistance as could
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his pocket were sent to town, and his frienedsa.
be had on the spot having been obtained to stop the effu-
sion of b'..ood, he was conveyed to St. Bartholomew's
Hospital.
RYE.—VACANT APARTMENTS IN YORES' TOWER.
—lt is a gratifying sight to observe the doors of our
borough gaol standing open, more particularly just at
this time, when from the influx of strangers waiting for
the hop -picking to commence, and several railway
labourers who had come to reside here, a contrary re-
sult might have been expected. There has not been a
single prisoner in gaol for the last five or six clays.—
Laser Advirtiser.