The Sun.
London, England, 1860-11-09 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 9, 1860

LAW INTELLIGENCE-( THIS DAY.)

COURT OF CHANCERY.
(Before the Lord Chancellor.)
APPEAL.-13ARTON V. DUNBAR.

This was an appeal from a decree of Vice-Chancellor
Stuart, in favour of the plaintiff.
The Attorney-General was heard for the plaintiff.
The testator, by his will, directed his executors as fol-
lows :—" I beg that the remainder of my money and effects
may be expended in the purchase of a suitable present to
my infant child." And the question raised was whether
the sum of £5,000 was a sufficient sum for this purpose.
The Lord Chancellor affirmed the decree of the Vice-
Chancellor, and dismissed the appeal with costs.
(Before Vice-Chancellor Kind ersley.

IN RE WINDING UP OF THE IRISH WASTELAND SOCIETY.
At the sitting of the Court this morning, Mr. Wickens
(barrister) applied to his Honour on behalf of a shareholder
of this society, whose claim had been disallowed (in the
winding up) by the Court, to be allowed to prosecute his
claim informs pauper is.
Mr. Glasse, Q.C., opposed the application on the ground
that no notice had been given to the official assignee.
Mr. Wickens referred to the decided case of George 11.,
Dicken's reports.
His Honour ordered notice to be given to the official as-
signee, and the case to be put in the Court paper this week.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE--(THIS DAY.)

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.

DARING ROBBERY AT A WATCHMAKER'S.—DOUBTFUL
DEIPENCE.—DonaId Thomas Frazer, described as a sailor,
was charged before Mr. Tyrwhitt with stealing a timepiece
from the counter of the shop of Mr. Constantine Delache,
37, Greek-street, as follows :

The prosecutor said on the previous evening a man entered
his shop, leaving the door open, and asked to bo shown a
watch, and while doing so the prisoner came in, and sud-
denly seizing up the timepiece from the counter darted out
with it. Fearing to leave the shop to pursue the prisoner,
owing to there being no one present but the stranger, ho
merely went to the door and called " Stop thief," and his
landlord pursued the prisoner. The timepiece was of the
value of £2, and he was sure the prisoner was the same
man.

Mr. Geuther, the landlord of the prosecutor's house,
proved pursuing the prisoner, and coming up with him
stopped him, when the prisoner asked what he wanted, and
then after walking a few yards started off again, but was
stopped by a constable. He never lost sight of the pri-
soner, but believed ho passed the timepiece to one of three
young men who were standing outside the shop at the time.

In answer to Mr. Tyrwhitt, the prisoner said he was
only discharged from Woolwich the day before. He was
discharged from the Fisgard, and was out in the Princess
Royal till she was paid off. He was a first-class boy.
Mr. Tyrwhitt ordered one of the officers to look at the
prisoner's hands, and he did so, and stated that they wet*
very soft, and that the prisoner had evidently done little
work for some time past.

Upon this Mr. Tyr whitt committed him for trial.

THAMES.

THE NEw GAS Am.—Mr. Martin Miller, a tradesman,
of 50, High-street, Poplar, applied to Mr. Selfe for a sum-
mons against the Commercial Gas Company, Stepney,
under the new act, the 23d and 24th Vic., cap. 125, called
an Act for Better Regulating the Supply of Gas to the
Metropolis, for refusing to lay on the gas in his house.
The applicant said the out-going tenant of the tenement
he had hired owed the gas company upwards of £7. He
had applied to the company to lay on the gas, and his ap-
plicatior, was refused, on the ground that the arrears were
not paid by the out-going tenant, and that he was in col-
lusion with that person, which he (Mr. Miller) begged
leave to deny.
Mr. Selfe said his attention had not been called to the
Act before, and asked whether notice had been given in
writing to the company to lay on the gas.
Mr. Miller replied in the affirmative.
Mr. Selfe observed that the words of the act were " wil-
fully fail for seven days after being thereunto required in
writing by the consumer."
Mr. Miller said he had given seven days' notice in
writing.
Mr. Selfe looked again at the Act of Parliament, and said
the penalty on the gas company for refusing to lay all pro-
per communication, service, and other pipes, or to furnish
a supply of gas after seven days' notice
,in writing was
given was 40s. per day. The applicant was entitled
to a summons. The new act is a most important orb
for gas consumers, who are no longer at the mercy of the
various companies when a supply of gas is refused.

SPORTINQ INTELLIGENCE.

LIVERPOOL AUTUMN RACES.-WEDNESDAY.
ADDITIONAL PARTICULARS.

The Juvenile Stakes of 5 sovs each, with 25 added, for two-
olds; colts, Bst 10Ib ; fillies, Bst 615 ; certain penalties
and allowances. Three furlongs. 10 subs.
Col. Townley's Yorkminster, Bst 101 b (J. Snowden) 1
Arr. Harrison's Lady Ripon, Bst 111 b . (Bullock) 2
Mr. Wilkin's Glen Stewart, Bst 71b (Aldcroft) 3
The following also ran :—Venison, Count Horne, Kin-
naird, Midsummer colt, Everlasting, and Ranee.
Betting-5 to 2 agst Glen Stewart, 3to 1 agst Lady
Ripon, 6 to 1 (at first 3 to 1) agst:Yorkminster.

Won by half a length ; a length between the second and
third; a good fourth; Count Horne was fifth.

Handicap Hurdle Race of 50 sovs, added to a Sweepstakes
- -

of 5 soya each, 2 ft; winners extra. Two miles. 24 subs.
Mr. Rowan's Bucephalus, 5 yrs, 9st llb ....(M'Grillan) 1
Mr. Peace's Irish Emigrant, 4 yrs, 9st 41b (Mr. White) 2
Mr. Chapman's Jealousy, 6 yrs, 1 Ist 21b (Mr. Edwards) 3
Pactolus and Cherry Chap also ran.
Betting-5 to 4 agst Bucophalus, 6to 4 agst Pactolus, 5
to 1 agst Jealousy.
Won in a canter by three lengths; a head between the
second and third; a bad fourth.

THURSDAY.
The Scurry Nursery Handicap of 50 sovs ; winners extra.
Three furlongs. 22 subs.

Mr. T. Cliff's Nutbusb, Bst 21b (G. Fordham) 1
Mr. Frazer's Everlasting, 6st 61b
Mr. T. Hughes's Parole, fist 121 b (Mitchell) 3
The following also ran :--Sadie, Count Horne, Terma-
gant filly, Lady Egerton, and Hope filly.
Betting-5 to 4on Natbush, 7to 2 agst Parole, 6to 1
agst any other offered.

There was a very long delay at the post, caused by the
fractiousness of Parole. On the flag falling Parole jumped
off with the lead, waited upon by Sadie and Nutbusb, Ever-
lasting next. At the distance Nutbush came out, and ran
home the winner by two lengths ; a bad third ; Sadie and
Count Horne were fourth and fifth; Lady Egerton walked
in.

The Tyro Stakes of 5 sovs each, with 30 added, for two-
yr-olds ; colts, Bst 121 b; fillies and geldings, Bst 81b;
selling allowances. T.Y.C. 6 subs.
Mr. Barber's Duke (p2O), 7st 51b (Ellingham) 1
Mr. Hunt's Sister to Aston (.E2O), 7st 11b (\V. Bottom) 2
Mr. Linton's Twinkle (E2O), 7st 11b.... (11. Grimshaw) 3
Mr. Dawson's Mary filly (Z2O), 7st lib (Madden) 4

Betting-5 to 4 agst Sister to Aston, 2to 1 agst Duke.
Won by two lengths; half a length tetween the second
and third ; a bad fourth. The winner was sold to Captain
Little for 52 guineas.
The Scramble Handicap of 3 sous each, with 20 added ;
winners extra. Five furlongs. 23 subs.
Mr. Johnson's Pescatore, 3 yrs, Est 121 b.. (W. Bottom) 1
Mr. W. Day's Allegra, 4 yrs, 7st 101 b.... (G. Fordham) 2
Mr. J. Poole's Cumberland, 6 yrs, 7st 121 b (Smethurst) 3

The following also ran :—Tiara, Trovatore, Tyrant, Glen-
buck, Prince of Orange, Weasel, Crosby, Miss Dunstable,
Maid of Lyme, Pliny, Acco, Yafa filly, and Willoughton.
Betting-5 to 2 agst Acco, 6to 1 agst WTilloughton, 100
to 12 each agst Trovatore, Tyrant, and Glenbuck, 10 to 1
agst any other.

Pescatore and Cumberland were in front throughout,
he former 'winning by a length; half a length between
he second and third.

The Liverpool Autumn Steeplechase (Handicap) of 100
sot's, added to a sweepstakes of 5 soya each. About three

miles.

Mr. Bryn's Topsy, 6 yrs, Bst 121 b (W. Marson) 1
Mr. Clarke's De Loots, 5 yrs, Bst 101 b (\V. White) 2
Mr. C. Harker's Athlete, aged, 9st 31b .... (Nightingall) 3
The following also ran :—Old Ben Roe, King William,
Norma, Johnny, and Wynnstay.

Betting-2 to 1 agst Johnny, 7to 2 agst Athlete, 6to 1
each agst Topsy and Norma. Wynnstay and Athlete made
the running, the others going close at their heels, to the
first hurdles, at which both Winnstay and Johnny refused.
Oncoming to the water leap, opposite the stand, the lot
managed to get over in the following order, namely :
Athlete first, Topsy second, King William third, Norma
fourth, Old Ben Roe fifth, Dr. Leeto sixth, Wynnstay
seventh, and Johnny last, the latter nearly falling into the
water. On going along the top of the course, Athlete took
a lead of several lengths, having for immediate attendants
King William, Topsy, Old Ben Roe, Norma, and Dr. Leete,
Wynnstay and Johnny coming on the rear. No change of
any note occurred until reaching the third fence out of the
course, where Wynnstay " cannoned" against King Wil-
liam, and sent him into the ditch, by which unceremonious
procedure the King was at once out of the race. After
passing Beecher's Brook, Johnny and Wynnstay, who had
repeatedly refused, were pulled up. Along the canal side
Athlete still held his lead ; and at the bridge turn Norma
bluntlerod, and was stopped. From this point only four
were left in the race—namely, Athlete, Topsy, Dr. Leete,
and Old Ben Roe. At the last hurdles, in the straight run,
Topsy headed Athlete, and ultimately won in a canter by
six lengths. Athlete was a wretched third, and Old Ben
Roe a worse fourth.

The Sefton Handicap of 5 soya each, 3 ft, with GO added.
One mile and a quarter.

Mr. Whitaker's First Lord, by Lord Fauconberg, out
of Maid of Team Valley; 3 yrs, Est 101b(G. Grimshaw) t
Mr. Swindell's Weatherbound, by Weatherbit—Decep-
tive' 3 yrs, 7st 41b (J. Adams) t
Capt. Gray's Duneany, 5 yrs, Bst 91b.. (Aldcroft) 3
The following also ran :—Gibraltar, Ariadne, Maid of
Chesterfield, Horace, The Prophet, Remunerator, and The
Monk.

Betting-2 to 1 agst Weatherbound, 3to 1 agst First
Lord, 7 to 1 agst Duneany, and 5 to 1 agst Gibraltar.
First Lord led, closely followed by Ariadne,Weatherbound,
Maid of Chesterfield, and Duneany; Gibraltar and The
Prophet (the latter getting very badly away) bringing up
the rear. In about 100 yards Maid of Chesterfield went to
the front, and carried on the running. On entering the
straight, First Lord, Weatherbound, Gibraltar, Duneany,
and Horace lay in near company to Maid of Chesterfield.
Within the distance First Lord and Weatherbound singled
themselves out, and a slashing struggle home ended in a
dead heat. Duneany was beaten two lengths from the
leading pair. Gibraltar, who ran very unkind, and defied
all Daley's efforts to keep him straight, finished a neck only

from Duneany. Horace was fifth. Afterwards the stakes
were divided, and First Lord walked over.

BETTING ON THE COURSE.
LIVERPOOL CUP.
6to 2 agst Light (taken)
7to 1 agst Petra (taken)
7to 1 agst Brewer (taken)
10 to 1 agst Moorcock (taken and offered)
14 to 1 agst Alderman (taken)
14 to 1 agst Gladiolus (taken)
20 to 1 agst Ariadne (offered)

General Bosco sailed from Marseilles, three days
ago, in the Quirinal, fur Civita Vecchia, whence he is to
proceed by land to join the King of Naples at Gaeta.
A TRAIN ON FIRE ON THE EASTERN COUNTIES
RAILWAY.-Mr. J. B. Owen, the secretary of the Eastern
Counties Railway, forwards us the following notice of an
alarming accident which occurred on that line on Tuesday :
—" An oceurre:ace of an alarming description, though
happily unattended with personal injury, took place on
this railway yesterday (Tuesday) afternoon. A composite
carriage in tho 10.57 a.m. London via Cambridge down
train caught fire on the roof, when within about six miles
of the Bra:scion station. Something unusual was observed
by the Lakenheath station-master as the train passed that
station, and he at once telegraphed to Brandon, where, on
arrival of the train, immediate assistance was afforded and
the fire extinguished. Ses eral of the passengers in the
carriage were much alarmed, but all were, I am happy to
say, able to prosecute their journey by the same train, after
an interval of about a quarter of an hour. An investigation
of the circumstance has been made, from which there seems
to be no doubt that the fire originated in the spontaneous
combustion of some of the articles in the passengers' lug-
gage on the roof of the carriage ; a small oil lamp, some
cotton shirts, and a fusee-box about four inches long, being
among the damaged articles found in the debris."
A MURDER CLEAN WASTED.—Tbe San Francisco
correspondent of the New York Times, writing in Septem-
ber last, describes with a keen professional feeling the in-
jurious restrictions placed on the press in that city :—" To-
Clay we are to hang a man, but probably not one in a hun-
dred of our citizens know it. There bas not a reporter been
to see him since he was sentenced. Nobody has asked
whether he has made a confession. Having requested that
none but the priest and the Sisters of Mercy be permitted
to visit him, his request has been complied with. We don't
work up our sensations, you perceive, artistically. You
remember we let off the same ' Japs' out of whom you
sgeezed so much good reading, with only two or three din-
ners, a few rides, and the dedication of 8 or 10 columns each
in our newspapers to their doings. This Whitford, pro-
' perly managed, might have been made quite a criminal
hero. He owed a street contractor a few dollars, and, not
wishing to pay him, called him out of his house one dark
night and shot him. The jury found him guilty; the pri-
soner made a sharp brisk speech for his life ; the judge
sentenced him ; nobody asked pardon for him. Not an
extra paper will be sold on his account."
TIIE ENGLISH IN RUSSIA.—An Englishman can
scarcely form an idea of the petty annoyances to which a
foreigner is subjected on his arrival at St. Petersburg. He
is first required to give in writing a long and circumstantial
declaration on a variety of subjects. He has then to under-
go a personal examination at the bureau of the secret police ;
and woe be to him if he falter or make a single false step,
or say anything that seems inconsistent with his written,
and perhaps forgotten declaration. If his examination
prove satisfactory to the police, ho will receive a pass-
port at the Foreign-office. This precious passport system,
now happily abolished by the other Northern Powers, is
carried to absurd lengths in Russia; indeed, if you wished
to invent a practical burlesque on the principle of pass-
ports, you could not do better than adopt the Russian plan
of surveillance. You cannot legally enter a town, or sleep
at an inn, or even spend a night at a friend's house, with-
out a passport. You cannot change your residence even if
you were going to live next door, without first sending
your passport to the police-office.—Once a Treek.
THE LATE LORD DUNDONALD.—The British
Star, the Greek newspaper recently established in London,
puts its columns into mourning for the death of the " Phil-
hellene," Lord Dundonald, and devotes a leading article to
his services in the liberation of Greece. Our contemporary
says :—" The whole Greek race mourns with the deepest
grief for Lord Cochrane,'because with him it lost not only
one of its old defenders and benefactors, but one of the few
surviving English Philhellenes who are so necessary to us
now in our present difficult circumstances ; but little Greece
not being now-a-days in a condition to give to the sacred
shadow of the gallant man other honours than its prayers
to the Almighty for his repose, places him in the pages of
history with the Ypselantis, Mavrocordatos, Botsarises,
Movromichalis, Byrons, Codringtons, and its other de-
fenders, and actor=
lurel." his portraitw
with a simple breach of
1

LEEDS CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.

A meeting of the council of the Leeds Chamber
of Commerce was held on Wednesday, for the pur-
pose of receiving the report of the deputation sent
by that body to Paris to confer with Mr. Cobden
on the French Treaty, and to discharge other busi-
ness.

Mr. LUPTON presided, and the minutes of the
preceding meetings were read by the secretary.
From these minutes it appeared that the council
had declined to take any action with respect to the
proposed Post-office Savings Banks, considering it
a social, not a commercial, question ; and that a
letter had been received from the Birmingham
Chamber recommending a conference of delegates
from trade Protection societies and chambers of
commerce throughout England, in that town or in
London, on an early day, with respect to the bank-
ruptcy question. The council had expressed its
approval of such conference, suggesting London in
preference to Birmingham, and recommending the
President and Mr. J. Jowitt, jun., as delegates.
On this question the PRESIDENT said that Mr. Mor-
ley, of London, when in Leeds, undertook to arrange
with the Attorney-General as to the day on which it
would be agreeable for him to receive a deputation
to assist him in the preparation of the new bill,
which it was understood was to be essentially varied
in some points from the last bill. The President
added that the Attorney-General had expressed
his great anxiety to see some commercial gen-
tlemen before framing his bill. At a later period
of the meeting, a member of the council sug-
gested whether something should not be done
to prevent the bill falling through next session on
the same ground as last. He referred to the clause
as to non-traders, and said it was evidently a point
upon which Lord Palmerston felt that the bill
might be wrecked again. He suggested whether
the clause might not be permissive, so that the in-
solvent might petition the Insolvency Court or the
Bankruptcy Court. If a person allowed himself to
be arrested, then the bankruptcy law might be en-
forced.

The PRESIDENT said it was felt that persons who
were not in trade should not be cited in the same
peremptory spirit as traders, but still it was im-
portant to bring all insolvents under the same law,
and the difficulty might be met by giving non-
traders greater latitude.
After some remarks from Mr. Bousfield as to the
importance of passing the bill with or without the
proposed distinction, it was decided that the Pre-
sident, Mr. John Jowitt, jun., Mr. Bousfield, and
Mr. Oxley should be a committee to take the ne-
cessary action on this question.
Mr. SWAN then read the report drawn up by Mr.
Wurtzburg and Mr. Birchall, the deputation to
Paris, but its publication, except to the members,
is postponed until Saturday. It may be stated,
however, that the deputation were informed by
Mr. Malley that the commissioners had verbally
agreed to an ad valorem duty of 15 per cent. on all
woollen goods, which it is believed will admit of a
large trade from this district.
Mr. Emps'im moved a vote of thanks to the depu-
tation, which was seconded by Mr. Oxley, and car-
ried unanimously.
Mr. WURTZBURG returned thanks, and in doing
so said it was impossible to over-estimate the ser-
vices of Mr. Cobden. His labours were herculean,
and, whatever might be the result of this treaty, he
was entitled to the gratitude of his country for his
devotion and disinterestedness. (Hear.)
The attention of the deputation was then drawn
to a statement by Mr. Mallinson at a meeting of
the Huddersfield Chamber, imputing to the Leeds
deputation a desire to favour specific duties. This
was emphatically denied, and it was shown that
not only had the council in April last, in a commu-
nication to the Board of Trade, urged a moderate
ad valorenz duty of 45 per cent., but that the de-
putation had done their utmost to obtain the adop-
tion of the ad valorem principle. The only explana-
tion of the erroneous impressions under which the
Huddersfield gentlemen laboured was this, that at
one time it was stated by Mr. Cobden that there was
no hope of inducing the French Commissioners to
adopt the ad valorem principle, upon which the
Leeds deputation said, " Then we must get the
specific duties levied in such a manner as will be
most advantageous to the trade." They had
laboured, however, zealously, and happily success-
fully, for the ad valorem principle.

SUN OFFICE, Seven o'clock.

LIVERPOOL 12,10ES—(This Day).

BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.
HOOTON NURSERY HANDICAP.

Newburgh - _
1
Miss Fanny 2
•
Eight ran.
SELLING STAKES.

Leontes
Pescatore
Seven ran.
GRAND STAND NURSERY.

Everlasting
1
.... ...... 2
Duplicity
Lady Egerton
3
Eleven ran.
LIVERPOOL CUP.

The Brewer....
Light
Gladiolus

Seventeen ran. Won by a neck.
£4O HANDICAP PLATE.

Leontes _
Sheffield

Nine ran.
HURDLE RACE.

Secret Treasure
Wynnstay . 2

Three ran.