The Sun.
London, England, 1860-05-21 00:00:00

THE DERBY.

The movements up to the hour I write are unimpoi tent.
John Scott's horses are very firm, and the Wizard, if he
can stay, is worthy of the support which he has received.
Soml people, however, possess a strange fancy for Tom
Bowline, and believe that his Two Thousand performance
was quite wrong, and that if the pace had been stronger
he would have been first instead of last. Thormanby and
Nutbourne go as well in the market as they do
on the.. exercise ground. As to-morrow I shall enter into
an elaborate statement of each horse's pretensions, and as I
shall then be able to describe the latest movements in
London and at Epsom, I shall not now refer further to the
race. My latest " tip" shall be sent by telegram direct from
the course. My present conviction is that John Scott will
win both the Derby and Oaks, as he did with Daniel
O'Rourke and Songstress. Which his best will be am
unable to discover. He doubtless believes in The Wizard,
but I have a great fancy for Torn Bowline. At any rate,
I am prepared to see John Scott win both Derby and Oak..
I must oppose Umpire unconditionally, but I have a great
partiality for Thormanby and. Nutbourne. The only out-
sider to my liking is Confectioner. The racing to-morrow
will not be very interesting. North Lincoln will win the
Brighton Stakes; and, despite Rupert's wretched exhibi-
tion through the dirt at Harpenden, I shall expect to see
him the most dangerous opponent to Walloon for the
Woodcoto. A FRESH MAN.

A WORD ABuUT THE BLUE RIBAND OF 1860.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

Silt,-I have perusal the verdict of all the talents, as
well as all the vagaries of the untalented or haphazard
prophets in the self-called sporting papers. The latter I
dismiss without comment, although the former, in case of
failure, are apt to ride the winner out of the latter's stable
when they do not find it in their own. The talents on this
occasion are wonderfully unanimous in solving the riddle
of Wednesday next. The summing up amounts to this :
Umpire and High Treason stand No. 1 and 2 of last year.
The Wizard is No. Icf this year. Umpire, however, like
Buccaneer, has once been non eat when wanted, without
having given any previous excuse for his absence up to the
very time of muster being called. High Treason and The
Wizard must fight it out—take your choice, as you pay the
money. I take The Wizard to be the Guy Fawkes of High
Treason in the melee on Wednesday next, and the concluding
tableau of the Derby Extravaganza of 1860. I see now
paraded on Dorling's telegraph as under in intelligible
hteroglyphics :
lIIGH TREASON
THE WIZARD 2
THORMANBY
THE FUTURE PRESENT.

POLICE INTELL IGEN CE-( THIS DAY.)

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.

" WHO SHOT THE DOG ?"-Mr. Stephen Kelly, of 45,
Wellington-street, Victoria Park, a member of the City
Rifle Corps, and Mary Ellis, a respectable-looking female,
were charge with creating a disturbance in Soho-square, at
one o'clock on Sunday morning.
Mr. Edwin Lewis, of Great Marlborough-street, ap-
peared for the defendants.
Wm. Chanter. 124 C, said at one, on Sunday morning,
he heard a disturbance in Soho-square, and on going to the
spot he heard a gentleman say to the male defendant " Who
shot the dog ?" the gentleman at the time haring a dog
under his arm. He told the defendant to go away, but he
refused, saying he would ,not "for all the policemen in
London."
Mr. Lewis put several questions tothbele doted havingconest.eablewith
the view of sh-wing that it was the constable
loudly
who
called out, " Who shot the dog," the defendant Kelly being
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time. _ _ _

Taylor, 209 C, said he went to the assistance of the other
constable, when the defendant struck him twice, once vio-
lently. Both defendants were intoxicated.

11f r. Lewis having informed the magistate that the male
defendant's corps was out on Saturday, and made a few
rethmks on his behalf,
_ _ _

Mr. Beadon said no doubt some one called out " Who
shot the dog," and the defendant, having been drinking,
resented it. Ho would recommend him, if he served her
Majesty to keep sober. He should order the male defendant
to enter into his own recognisance to keep the peace in the
sum of £lO for three months, and discharge the female.

FALL OF DOTER CLIFF.—For some time Mr.
Churchward has been carrying on extensive works on his
premises in Snargate-street, at the base of the cliff, which
he has been sloping down. Early on Sunday morning,
owing to the heavy fall of rain on the previous night, an
immense mass of about 1,000 tons gave war, and fell
with a terrific crash in the yard beneath. Happily no injury
either to individual or machinery occurred.—Porer
Chronicle.