The Sun.
London, England, 1870-06-01 00:00:00

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—(T►irs DAY)

A DERBY CONVEYANCE STOPPED.—Fiederick Stone, of
the Broadway, Lower Tooting, omnibus proprietor, was
charged before Mr. Tyrwhitt, at the Marlborough-street
I olice-court, by the Royal Society for the Prevention of
Cruelty to Animals, with working three ;horses in an unfit
state George Young, as officer of the Society for the Pre-
vention of Cruelty to Animals, deposed that about ten
o'clock that morning he saw four horses attached to an om-
nibus, of which was attached a placard,." Epsom Downs," in
the Regent-circus, and on examining them he found three
of them to have sores about them, very lame, and quite
unfit for work, especially for such a journey as Epsom and
back. Mr. Arthur Cherry, the Government veterinary-
surgeon, said that the officer had rather understated the
condition of the horses, which were in a very poor condi-
tion, lame, and totally unfit to go such a long and heavy
journey as that to Epsom and back. They were well-
bred horses and would work to the last. The
defendant said he had drove an omnibus daily from
Tooting to the City, and had never been charged before.
Mr. Tyrwhitt said it was a case where a fellow bought
well-bred horses, knowing they would work till they
dropped. He considered the prisoner's conduct extremely
cruel, and it was evident that he either intended to have in-
flicted great cruelty on the horses by going such a journey
with-them, or to have cheated the persons he took by not
getting them there. The prisoners would have to pay a
fine of .£5 and 108 6d costs.

TUB NOBLEMAN AND TAB GAS BILL. —The Earl of Perth
was summoned to the Westminster Police-court to show
cause why he should not pay the sum of £9 lls. 3d., a gas
bill due to the London Gas Light and Coke Company. Mr.
Walpole, the collector of the company, stated the claim,
which was for a quarter's rent, at his lordship's house and
stables, No. 63, Eaton-square ; the summons had been ad-
journed, and was fixed for hearing to-day. His lordship
settled the claim by post-office or !er from Edinburgh, en-
closing a note expressing his regret that the proceedings and
so much trouble had been taken.
A TICKET-OP-LEAVE MAN IN TROUBLE.— At the Same
Court James Smith was charged with assaulting the police
and John Green with attempted rescue. The charge was
proved, and although four witnesses were called for the
defence, Mr. Arnold was of opinion that the evidence esta-
blished the charge. Inspector Humphreys said Gwen was
oa a convict's licence for five years' penal servitude, and it
was not up till November. Green put in papers to show
that he had paid his passage money to America to start next
week. Mr. Arnold said he could not help it, prisoner should
not get into trouble; he must pay 20s. fine, and Smith ss.
The police will communicate with the Home-office, and it
will rest with the Secretary ofState whether he goes back to
Milbank to complete his term.
WREN CAB MEETS GAlL—William White, a cab driver,
aged 40 years, was brought before Mr Woolrych, at the
Thames Police-court, charged with being drunk and furiously
driving a horse and cab to the common danger. Police-
constable Gordon, No. 163 H, said the pris ner was driving
a cab at a furious and reckless pace last night in the Bow-
road a little after 12 o'clock, and run intJ another cab. The
crash was terrific, and the panel of the cab the prisoner
drove was smashed. There was no fare in the prisoner's
cab, but the other contained a lady and gentleman, who were
very much alarmed and obliged to alight, Mr Woolrych
fined the prisoner 7s 6d, and ordered him to pay 30s damage.

On dit that ➢I. Charles Laffitte, whose 11 orse, M.
Bigarreau, won the French Derby, has netted £lO,OOO.

THE REWARDS OF TOTAL ABSTINENCE.—MT Angus
Cameron, who won the Queen's Prize at Wimbledon, and
who at the time was noted as having taken the temperance
pledge, has been presented by the St. Andrew's division of
the Sons of Temperance, New York, with a handsome gold
medal, duly inscribed to the champion rifleman. The fol-
lowing is the inscription:—" Presented by the St. Andrew's
Division, No. 300, Sons of Temperance, of New York,
U. S. of America, to Angus Cameron, Eeq., as a mark of
esteem for his unflinching fidelity to the cause of total
abstinence."

CRYSTAL PALACE.—The day between the Derby
and Oaks Mace days is invariably rendered very attractive
at the Palace owing to the great number of country visitors
to London for the Race week. To-morrow's attractions will
combine an operatic performance, a billiard match between
the champion players Cook and Robert, jun., a show of roses
and the firstdisplay of fireworks and illuminated fountains
The pyrotechnic display will be on a more magnificent and
extensive scale than ever, and will commence at nine o'clock.
The Coldstream Guards band will attend.

DEMOLITION OF A MARTELLO TOWER AT RYE.-
An important experiment with gun-cotton was made yes-
terday, at Rye, upon the martello tower No. 30, rendered
famous by a previous experiment with Dr Gale's non-
explosive mixture of gunpowder. This tower, the walls of
which were 12 feet thick at the base, was entirely and safely
demolished by 200Ibs. of gun-cotton, divided into three
charges and fired simultaneously by electricity. The gun-
cotton was iu five-inch discs ; and none of the debris, not
even single bricks, was blown away to the extent of 50 yards
from the building.