The Sun.
London, England, 1834-06-16 00:00:00

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

CUR RAGH JUNE MEETING, June 16.
Sweepstakes of 10 sovs. each, h. ft., with 25 added, for all
ages. Connolly's mile. Second horse to save his stake.
Colonel Westenra's Thump, 3 yrs 1
Mr. Hunter's Mirza
Mr. Stanley's Emily
Lord Portarlington's Wasp 4
His Majesty's Plate of 100 gs. fur horses, &c. Four miles.
Mr. Beere's New Fashion, 4 yrs
Mr. Hobson's Lady Elizabeth, 6 yrs 2
The Renewal of the Corinthian Stakes of 10 sovs. each, h.
ft. for hunters, &c. ; 30 sovs. added. Peel Course heats.
Mr. A. Montgomery's Silly Patt
Lord Portarlington's Shamrock
Mr. P. Persse's Mina 3 3
Lord Portarlington's gr. c. by Robert
Match, 20 sovs. each, Peel Course, was won by Mr.
Dopping's Paganini, beating Mr. Ruthven's Bryan O'Lynn.
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LATEST BETTING IN THE NORTH.
LIVERPOOL TRADE CUP.
7 to 1 agst. Physician (taken)
7 to 1 agst. The Chancellor (taken)
15 to 2 agst. Dancing Master (taken)
9 to 1 agst. Giovanni (taken)
10 to 1 agst. David
12 to 1 agst. Satan
12 to 1 agst. Prince Llewellyn
12 to 1 agst. Catherina
14 to 1 agst. Lady Stafford
. 14 to 1 agst. Mowbray Hill
15 to 1 agst. Fitzdictor (taken)
15 to 1 agst. any other
LIVERPOOL ST. LEGER.
2 to 1 agst. Warlaby Baylock (taken)
4 to 1 agst. Powlett's
4 to 1 agst. Touchstone
5 to 1 agst. Billinge
DONCASTER ST. LEGER.
5 to 2 agst. Plenipotentiary
15 to 2 agst. Bran
8 to 1 agst. Warlaby Baylock
10 to 1 agst. Shilelah •
13 to 1 agst. Bubastes
15 to 1 agst. Cotillon
20 to 1 agst. any other

Charles Kemble, on his arrival in this coun-
try from America, which is expected before the end
of July, it is said, will act a limited number of nights
at the Haymarket Theatre, under a most liberal en-
agement on the part of Mr. Morris. Should Miss
FFanny Kemble accompany her father, and her marriage
with Mr. Butler be delayed for a short period, or
until Mrs. Charles Kemble returns from France, that
highly accomplished young lady will take leave of the
stage after performing her most popular characters at
the Haymarket Theatre.

The Irish Coercion Bill is intended to be
renewed for one year longer, or until the Tithe
Question is settled, which can scarcely be expected
during the present session of Parliament. We hear
this communication has already been made to Mr.
O'Connell and the other representatives for Ireland.—
Morning Chronicle.

There seems at length to be sonic prospect
of the speedy completion of the new Palace in St.
James's Park. Great numbers of workmen are now
busily engaged on the ground in front of the Palace,
which is to be raised some feet above the level of the
public enclosure, so as to form a kind of terrace car-
riage sweep from Constitution-hill to the James-street
gate. The equestrian statue of George the Fourth,
we understand, is finished, and in a few days will be
placed on the marble gateway in front of the Palace ;
from which gateway to the lodges on either side has
been erected lofty wrought-iron palisades, the orna-
mental tops whereof are richly gilt, and have a very
handsome effect. We are told that the interior of the
Palace is also in a forward state, and that it will be
ready for the reception of his Majesty early next season.
MR. BARON GURNEY AND HIS " SHORT-
HAND."—During the sittings in Bunco of the Court of
Exchequer a curious objection was made, arising out
of Mr. Baron Gurney's expeditious mode of writing
down a witness's deposition. The learned judge, who
is the brother of Mr. Gurney the short-hand writer to
the House of Commons, almost invariably takes steno-
graphic notes of the evidence. A witness, on a late
trial in the country, was entering into some inadmis-
sible details, when a learned counsel started up to pre-
vent him, but Mr. Baron Gurney's rapid pen had already
committed to paper some of the inadmissible evidence,
and on the objection being held valid, he accidentally
omitted to make an erasure. When the learned barcn
read his notes in court, on an argument for a new trial,
Mr. Evans, the barrister, discovered that more than
was necessary appeared in evidence, and he actually
contended that the learned judge had admitted illegal
evidence upon the trial. After an amusing discussion
this objection was of course overruled. On occa-
sions when ill health has caused the learned baron's
absence from court during term, much merriment has
been caused by his learned colleagues finding his
notes entirely unintelligible to them.

FEMALE MANIFESTATIONS.—On Sunday
last there was an exhibition of this nature in that hot-
bed of fanaticism, Mr. Tait's chapel. We believe it
was a sacramental day, and one of their evangelists, as
they are termed, was preaching, when suddenly a fe-
male started up and exclaimed, " Oh, what lack of
love ; oh, what deadness !" Mr. Carlyle then mounted I
the rostrum, and another female in the same manner I
shouted out, " It is a smitten rock come from among
you, ye worshippers of Baal—he has received the pro-
mise, it has behoved him." Although it might be sup-
posed that these displays have been too frequent of
late to attract any particular attention, yet a consider-
able sensation was excited by the sex of the zea-
lots.—Edinburgh Observer.
PANORAMA OF NEW YORK.—On Sa-
turday a numerous company was attracted to the Pa-
norama in Leicester-square, to witness the private
view of a new panoramic picture of the City of New
York, painted by Mr. Robert Burford, from draw-
ings taken by him in the autumn of 1832. This is by
far the most extensive and interesting picture ever
finished by Mr. Burford. Mr. Burford states that it
was taken by him opposite the city hall, a spot from
which the eye embraces the whole of New York. On
the east it is bounded by the East River, an inlet of
the sea, beyond which are the shores of Long Island,
and the wooded heights of Brooklyn. On the west is
the river Hudson, a mile in breadth, with a long line
of shipping of all sizes and nations, to which the ro-
mantic town of Hoboken, and the richly cultivated and
fertile shores of Jersey, form a splendid back ground.
To the south the bay presents its vast expanse of water,
studded with green and pleasant islands, with white
villas peeping forth among the trees; others covered
with formidable and frowning batteries, the view being
closed by the heights of the Narrows. In the oppo-
posite direction the island stretches about fifteen miles
in extent until it is lost in the continental part of New
York, from which it is divided by the. Harlaem river :
the whole, under a clear state of atmosphere and a
brilliant sky, forms a most lively, agreeable, and inte-
resting scene. Such are nearly the descriptive terms
employed by the artist himself.

SEA WATER MADE FRESH._ Ori Satur-
day a number of scientific gentlemen inspected Messrs.
Wells and Westrup's patent machine for converting
sea water into excellent fresh water, which was exhi-
bited in a vessel moored in the river, near Westminster-
bridge. The conversion is effected by distillation, the

condensation being produced by passing the pipe, by
which the steam is carried off; through the side of the
vessel into the river, and returning it into the vessel
again at a sufficient distance for condensing the steam,
which then flows out in a stream of pure fresh water.
The top of the cistern in which the sea water is
boiled, is formed to allow cooking kettles to be placed
in it, and of course anything contained in them may
be boiled by the heat of the steam, so that the cooking
for a ship's company may be performed by the same
process that shall supply them with a sufficiency of
fresh water. The process converts nine-tenths of the
sea water contained in the cistern into pure fresh
water in about twelve hours. The cistern by which
the process was performed on Saturday contained
about 133 gallons, and in twelve hours about 120
gallons of fresh water was produced. The gentlemen
present all tasted the converted fresh water, and pro-
nounced it excellent. Their Majesties, and many of
their friends, at a dinner party, a short time ago, tasted
the converted water, and all agreed that it could not
be distinguished from the best naturally fresh water.
The invention combines simplicity and utility in a high
degree, and may on many occasions prove an incalcu-
lable benefit to the class of men to whom this country
is so much indebted for its greatness and its security.
ATTEMPTED FRAUD ON MR. CONST.—A
few days ago a man presented himself at the house of
Mr. Const, the late Chairman of the Middlesex ses- '
sions, with a note to the following effect, purporting to
be signed by Mr. Rotch, the present Chairman of the
sessions :—" Dear Sir,—Being hard pushed this
morning, and having very urgent occasion for a sum
of money immediately, I should feel obliged if you will
lend me a check for 550/. Yours truly, B. Rotch."
The circumstances under which Mr. Const and Mr.
Rotch are placed induced the former gentleman to
doubt the genuineness of the note, but, without
creating any alarm, he desired the man to convey his
compliments to Mr. Rotch, and to state, that until he
had made up his banker's book he was not aware that
he had so much money in his possession, the man to
call at two o'clock in the afternoon. In the mean time,
the letter was discovered to be a forgery, and at two
o'clock, when the man again made his appearance, he
was taken into custody. He stated that he was quite
ignorant of the contents of the note. He was a porter
at a banking-house in the neighbourhood of the
Strand, and he was desired by a person whom he did
not know to take the letter to Mr. Const's house, and
wait for the answer. His story appearing to be cor-
rect, we understand he was set at liberty.—Observer.

The wife of Thomas Benson, livery-lace-
maker, of Great Queen-street, Lincoln's Inn-fields,
being suddenly taken ill on Thursday morning last, to
all appearance expired, and when every symptom of
life had fled the body was duly laid out. The hus-
band, hoping for a little consolation in his distreFs
from some money which he had reason to believe she
had secreted from him in her lifetime, began to search
for it, and in the course of the evening found upwards
of 701., principally in silver, iu a rusty tin box depo-
sited in an old birdcage in the cellar. On the follow-
ing night between nine and ten o'clock, whilst the un-
dertaker was in the house receiving instructions for
the funeral to the astonishment and terror of the whole
family, Mrs. Benson came down stairs, having been
in a trance nearly thirty hours. Her situation has so
terribly shocked her that but faint hopes are enter-
tained of her recovery.

On Saturday the inhabitants of the village of
Pensez, near Morlaix, in Finisterre, were suddenly
alarmed by reiterated shouts of a crowd on both banks
of the river, announcing that a large body of monsters
were swimming up the stream. In a minute the whole
population was out, and found no fewer than six enor-
mous dolphins sailing up so close to each other, that
they appeared to form one immense mass. Several
balls were fired at them without effect. At length,
three large boats, laden with sand, followed the in-
vaders up the river, cut off their retreat, and at length
drove them upon a bank, where being assailed by oars,
spades, shovels, pitch-forks, and other similar instru-
ments, they were all destroyed, and dragged with
shouts of exultation to the land. The triumph, how-
ever, was not gained without great danger, for the
strokes of the tails of these marine monsters were suf-
ficiently violent to break an arm or a leg.
BRUTAL ASSAULT AND ATTEMPT AT
MURDER. —On Friday a most brutal outrage was com-
mitted at Rendlesham, on the person of a poor woman,
named Mary Webb, aged 84. She left her home at
Sutton on the Friday morning, to visit her son at
Buteley, upon which he said that he was going that
way, and would walk with her. They had not walked
further than 20 rods together before they came to a
covert belonging to Lord Rendlesham, called the New
Delight. The fellow then jumped over the hedge,
and having dragged the old woman after him, knocked
her down with a stick, thrust a handkerchief into her
mouth, and then proceeded to commit a fiendish assault
upon her person, which he accomplished. Not con-
tent with this savage triumph over the helpless victim
of his brutality, he with some blunt instrument stab-
bed her in the throat and in both arms, leaving her for
dead, weltering in her blood. In this state the poor
old creature lay until six o'clock on Saturday evening,
when she was discovered by a labourer, who recognised
and conveyed her to her son's house at Butley. She
is still living ; and Barnes, the constable, having oh
tained a description of the ruffian, went in pursuit, but
without success.—Stiffolk Chronicle.

SINGULAR DISCOVERY.—A few days ago,
the skeleton of a human being was dug up on the
estate of Corsock, in the parish of Parton, in the Stew-
artry of Kirkcudbright, close to the great road leading
from New Galloway to Dumfries. The bones were
but a few inches below the surface, and from the man-
ner in which they were disposed, it was evident that
the body must have been forced into the hole in which
it was discovered, for it must have been doubled up
for that purpose. The skeleton appeared to have lain
for no longer than fifteen or twenty years in the earth,
as part of the hair was stilt fresii, and attached to the
scalp. It is, a remarkable circumstance connected
with this accidental discovery, that some three
years ago the Procurator
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stating that a private soldier had been sent home
from the West Indies, who confessed to a murder
that he had committed about twenty years before on
the road from New Galloway to Dumfries ; and re-
questing the Procurator to investigate the matter,
which he did, but was not able at the time to obtain
any clue to the act to which the man had confessed ;
and indeed the whole affair was considered in no
other light than as one of those every-day fictions by
which men in the banished regiments seek to escape
from their punishment. On the report of the Procu-
rator to Government, it is believed that the soldier
was then sent back to the colony from whence he
came. Whether, after so long a period has elapsed,
it may be worth while farther to inquire into the
case, it will be for the authorities to determine ;
they have, we believe, received such information as
will enable them to do so. The bones, after being
examined, were decently re-interred in Parton church-
yard. —D unyiies Times.

MYSTERIOUS DEATH.—The neighbour-
hood of Limehouse is in a state of great excitement,
in consequence of the body of a handsome, respectably-
dressed young woman having been taken out of the
Regent's Canal, on Friday night, under circumstances
which are calculated to excite a suspicion that she fell
a victim to some foul play. The night was stormy,
and the deceased was observed by a policeman in the
Commercial-road, walking in company with a gentle-
man dressed in black, who carried an umbrella. They
appeared to be very earnest in conversation. Shortly
afterwards they were noticed by another policeman,
walking near the canal, and eventually the same
policeman saw the gentleman running away very fast,
and carrying the umbrella. The circumstance at the
moment did not particularly engage his attention, but
within two or three minutes after the gentleman had
passed, the policeman heard a noise in the water, and
saw the deceased struggling ; but before he could
render any assistance, she sunk. She was taken out
of the canal as speedily as possible, and efforts were
made to restore animation, but without success. She
wore a black silk dress and bonnet, and on the inside
of one of her gloves there was written the name,
" Mrs. Hart." A pocket-book was found upon her,
but it contained nothing that would lead to a discovery
of her residence. There are no marks of violence on
her body, except a slight bruise on the left leg. A
sailor, who assisted in getting out the body, states
that he saw a gentleman answering the description of
the person seen by the policemen, come to the bridge
over the canal, about an hour after the occurrence.
He looked about very anxiously, and walked back-
wards and forwards hi a hurried manner. The sailor
spoke to him, and asked him if he had missed any
one ? He replied " No," and went away. The
sailor and the police are fearful that they would not
be able to recognize him again. The body awaits the
Coroner's Inquest.