The Sun.
London, England, 1870-10-29 00:00:00

Seventeen ran.
SELLING HANDICAP.

Quail
Chimborazo
Freshman ...... .

1
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2

Four ran.
PLATE OF 100 SOVS.

Firebrand •••
Gaston....
Leoville

Nine ran.
MATCH.

Pericles
My Lady
SWEEPSTAKES OF 10 SOVS

Curieuse • • 1
Vestminster 2
Michael de Basco

Five ran.
MATCH.

Allbrook
Waif

BETTING ON THE COURSE.
LIVERPOOL CUP.
15 to 1 agst Rosicrucian (taken)
15 to 1 agst Flibustier (taken)
500 to 20 agst Alaric (taken)
20 to 1 agst Bonny Swell (taken)
20 to 1 agat Cecil (taken)
1000 to 30 agst Westley (taken)
40 to 1 agst Green Riband (taken)

CITY BETTING.—FRIDAY.
LIVERPOOL CUP.
100 to S agst Alarie (offered-100;to 7 taken)
100 to 7 agst Rosicrucian (taken and offered)
1000 to 70 agst Barford (offered-1000 to 60 taken)
100 to 6 agst Flibustier (taken)
100 to 6 agst Syrian (taken)
100 to 6 agst Cardinal York (takenland offered)
1600 to 100 agst Cecil (taken)
1000 to 30 agst Green Riband (offered)
Very little doing.

EXTRAORDINARY CHARGE OF
CONSPIRACY.

At the Old Bailey, before the Recorder, four tradesmen,
named Fernando, Lang. Webb, and Yardley, were in-
dicted for conspiracy to libel and injure, in his business,
and conspiracy to charge with an indictable offence
a leather dealer named Symons. The case
for the prosecution was that Symons sold a
shop in Hackney to two persons named Framp
and Giles, and they were to pay for the business
by instalments. They got into debt with Fernando.
That person wantad his money and when he went to get
it there was a man in possession. Fernando seemed to
think that Symons was by some means responsible, as he
set Framp and Giles up in business. A meeting of the
trade was called, and expressions were then made any-
thing but complimentary to Mr. Symons. A placard
calling this meeting was published, and this was the
alleged libel.

NAVAL AND MILITARY INTELLIGENCE.
The armour-clad iron turret ship Cerborus, built for the
protection of Melbourne, is still detained in England,
and, as the Admiralty will not guarantee the seaworthi-
ness of the vessel, a further delay in the departure appears
to be imminent.

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A singular accident has happened on board her Ma-
jesty's ship Hercules. After the trials which had been
made at Portsmouth to test her stability, and which were
satisfactory, a cask of varnish took fire, and the flames
spread to such an extent that a portion of the fittings
were destroyed. Captain Lord Walter Kerr and First
Lieutenant Fitzgerald descended into the body of the
ship, and were for a time overpowered by the smoke ; five
seamen also suffered seriously from the same cause.
Eventually the fire was got under.
A letter from Woolwich states that in consequence of
considerable difficulty being experienced in procuring
the services of skilled workmen for the Royal Arsenal,
the War Department has decided to advertise for firemen,
smiths, wheelers, and carpenters, who are first class
artificers. Out of fifteen who presented themselves
for employment on Thursday, only one was found eligible.
The scarcity at Woolwich of skilled workmen is partly
attributable to the fact that on the occasion of the reduc-
tion in the arsew'.l a large number of artisans left for
other places.
The sea-going cadets' training-ship Trafalgar, Captain,
Lethbridge, went out of Portsmouth Harbour on Thurs-
day to Spithead, where she took on board her ammunition
previous to proceeding on her training cruise. A vessel
more unsuited- for such a service the Admiralty could
hardly have chosen.
A banquet was given on Thursday evening at the
Assembly-rooms, Aldershot, to Lieutenant-General the
Hon. Sir James Yorke Scarlett, on the occasion of his
resigning the command of the Aldershot division. The
chair was taken by Mr. Frederick Eggar, the vice chair
by Mr. Richard Eve. About 160 guests were present,
including Major-General White, Major-General Lysons,
Lieutenant-Colonel Herbert, .8., Colonel Middleton,
C.B. Lieutenant-Colonel Laffan, Lieutenant-Colonel
Gamble, C.B. Lieutenant-Colonel White, Captain
Mangles, Rev. 'J. E. Sabin, Rev. Dr. Davies, &c. The
gallant guest of the evening was received by a guard of
the 18th Surrey Rifles, and the band of the 17th Foot was
present on the occasion.

A NEW PLANET.—Professor Peters, of Clinton,
New York, announces the discovery of a new planet (No.
112) on September 19th, of the eleventh magnitude, to
which he gives the namerphigenia. The planet is now
nearly stationary, and is of the twelfth magnitude.—
Nature.

The Correspondance de Berlin asserts that the Emperor
Napoleon, whose state of health;requires a milder climate,
may possibly, in the course of the next month, change
his present residence M Wilhelmshohe for the Island
of Elba.

REVIVAL OF THE STOCKS.—The Devon County
magistrates, of the Newton Petty Sessional Division,
have announced that in future all drunkards who shall
fail to pay the fines inflicted will be placed in the stocks
for six hours. The Act under which this mode of punish-
ment is inflicted is 250 years old.

THE OPIUM BILL.—It is stated that Sir Wilfrid
Lawson has decided not to renew his motion on the opium
question in the next session of Parliament. This subject
will probably come within the scope of the Select Com-
mittee on the affairs of India which Mr. Fawcett will
move for and if so, the opponents of the Government
monopoly will doubtless be prepared with evidence.
THE CENTURY CLUB.—The Century Club re-
opens for the season in new quarters in Pall Mall at the
beginning of next week. The Centuty, although exclu-
sively devoted to social purposes, consists to a large extent
of advanced Liberal pohticians, the majority of whom are
connected with the Universities. The Radical Club,
which is limited to forty members, twenty of whom are
drawn from the House of Commons, only -meets during
the Parliamentary session.
DISHONEST OMNIBUS CONDUCTORS.—A case of
considerable public interest came before the Birmingham
magistrates. Two young men, named Joseph Webb and
William Harris, employed as omnibus conductors by the
Birmingham Omnibus Company, were charged with
embezzlement. It was alleged that the prisoners, who
pleaded guilty, appropriated the fares they received from
passengers. They were sentenced to three months' im-
prisonment.