The Sun.
London, England, 1851-08-01 00:00:00

DERBY BETTING.

Offers to take 25 to 1 about Claverhouse, who was
dead amiss in his race to-day.
The late hour to which the racing was protracted
leaves ns only time to say that the weather turned out
remarkably fine, the sport interesting in the highest de-
gree, and the attendance numerous and fashionable, em-
bracing, besides those names which have already been
published, Lord and Lady and the Honourable Miss
Foley, the Ductless of Norfolk, and the Lady Adeliza
Fitzalan Howard, his Excellency the Sardinian Minister,
Lord Newark, Lord Andover, the Earl of Belfast, the
Honourable James Macdonald, Lord de Lisle, &c.
There was an immense number of pickpockets on the
course, and five, who had abstracted watches with vio-
lence, were taken and committed for three months; ono
was remanded.
THE STEWARDS' Curs.—ln the 'betting on this race
we omitted to return Newport at 4 to 1.

CRICKET.—PUBLIC SCHOOL MATCll.—Harrow and
Winchester commenced at Lord's on Wednesday, and
yesterday the latter won by two wickets.
AtuAnc.—T. Cole, of Chelsea, and It Newell of
Battle-bridge stairs, Horselydown, have been matched
to row a clear right-away wager, on Saturday six weeks,
from Putney-bridge to Mortlake, for 1001. a-side. Th©
match was made on Wednesday night at Mr. R. Combes'a,
the Ship, Mortlake.

DOINGS IN SAN FRANCISCO.
On Juno 10th, a Sydney man named John Jenkins
alias Simpton, was detected in carrying off a safe
from an office on Long Wharf, San Francisco, and
after a struggle was arrested in his boat. He
was immediately taken before the Committee of
Safety, consisting of one or two hundred
citizens, tried, found guilty, and sentenced to
be hung within an hour. A minister was sent for, who
endeavoured to administer consolation, but whose efforts
wore entirely disregarded by the hardened convict. At
two o'clock at night he was taken to the public Plaza by
the committee, and the result is thus given by the Herald
of the next morning:—
Arrived at the flag-staff, some were climbing up it to
arrange the halter, when an earnest cry was raised by
some present, " For God's sake, not to hang him on
the liberty pole." The appeal was heard, and throe
in charge of the execution mounted the beams on . b_ i
south porch of the adobe—a rope was straton4
across between two of the supporters, to , 'middle of which a block and pulley ware fastened; one
an-
other rope was run through this, with a Coots e
b other
end. Volunteers were called for, to
man
as far
end. The prisoner, who had not spoken a. ,
b and the
as we could hear, during the whole
before him, was
dreadful preparations going on bebeato, the noose
taken by his guard beneath trhie,, in
adjusted around his neck, a an instant,
ha was jerked high into
at ten minutes past two o'clock,
the air, and hung dangling his struggles were
froinsudthe beam. He was a
very tall, stout, heavy ma,S,rninutes. Gradually they
round and round. Those
violent, and continued seveir
ceased, and he swung sibuiwinY bald steadfastly 011 the
who were executing
in, it tense and allowing no inter-
cud of the rope— c P
kl,s'idehiat thus for twenty minutes, when,
ference. Tke.Yavor', being very great, or the rope stretch-
rretch imperceptibly lowered until his
no doubt, the.e
inches below the top of the railing.
trencgvi:orlde to avert his fate. Several
hundred
ii.i.uegt,
Litt
c,fthe
war made
the ground at the time execution..
persons
...avirtet at half-past two o' ‘l kcoc , he was still hang-
When € 'proposition had
and a . been offered to appoint a com-
mittee effort
ironft'tee to hold him there until day-light.
!rho hardened man walked to the gallows smoking a
cigar, and had dropped the stub before ho was launched
iato eternity. The rope was adjusted about his neck by
Captain Wakeman, well remembered in New York, for
having run away from that city with the steamer New
World, while the ahoriff's officers were on boaad.
Immense - • excitement prevailed at San Francisco when
the
.at
steamer ^ • a led, and immense gatherings had been
held en the Plaza, participated in by both those
in favour and against the hanging. There was much
feeling manifested towards the " Inquisition," as
it is termed, which, like that of the Eternal City be-
fore the abdication of the Pope, was conducted with great
secrecy, far more than might have been anticipated from
the numbers embraced. No arrests have been made for
the hanging, though the principal actors in the solemn
tragedy are well known, and are even named in the ver-
dict of the coroner's jury. The populace seem to
fee
that desperate diseases require desperate remedies.—
New York Herald.

OPENING or VICTORIA-STREET, WESTMINSTER.--
The ceremonial of the public opening of Victoria-street, which
was fixed for to-day, has been postponed to the 6th of Au-
gust, in consequence of a death in the family of the chairman
of the committee, Sir Edwin Peareen.