The Sun.
London, England, 1869-08-16 00:00:00

SPORTING NOTES.

There will be several meetings this week, but they
call for little notice, as very few of the cracks will
put in an appearance. Scurry races will still b,
the fashion, and it will be a hard matter to deal
with the programme when the horses intend, d to
start are on the spot. At Stockton the class of
animals contesting most of the races will be poi.
and the small field for the Tradesmen's Plate nau.,t be
almost compensated for if Robespierre and Lord
Hawthorn meet. It is not a certainty that either will
run, however, although they appear capable of beat-
ing off the opposition that could be brought against
them. The lot of two-year-olds in the Cleve-
land Stakes include the smart Syrian, Lady Mary,
and Exciseman ; the two last-named being in one
interest; and the colt must be fully up to the
mark to bowl over Syrian. They are simply a
lot of rips in the Trial and Selling Stakes, for
Attache is not half the horse he was once, and
the same may be said of the Town Plate crew,
with the exception of Promptress, who is weighted
within a few pounds of the once famous Lady Dew-
hurst, a year her senior. Briggi's best—Sunshaie
or La Charantonne, may trouble Lady Zetland most
in the Harry Fowler Stakes, unless the prize is good
enough for Good Hope ; and Saratoga ought to win
the Match. T. Dawson will be very busy with Lord
Hawthorn in the GreatNortheru St. Leger, &c., Good
Hope in the Middleborough Handicap and Stewards'
Cup, and several strings in the 2-yr-old handicaps.
Very few books are open on the St. Leger. Only
twelve months ago it would have taken thousands
instead of hundreds to bring a Pretender from 2 to
1 to 6 to 4, without his being such a " safe 'un" as
the Earl, whose opponents guessed so well what was
going to happen to him that they let eager backers
get on at their own prices, and to any tune. Lord
Hawthorn must be thought a great deal of, or he
would not be such a favourite for the Ebor Handi-
cap with 7st. 81b. to carry. Pero Gomez will see a
much shorter price before many days elapse. The
Drummer has no business to be at his present short
price, as he is only a moderate horse, and only got
third in the Derby by an accident.

A FRESH MAN.

INTERNATIONAL BOAT RACE.

PUTNEY, Monday, 12 o'Olock.

Resuming their practice after the rest of yesterday both
crews wont out this morning, and rowed up the Reach
against the ebb (the Americans trying some new oars).
Their new boats from Clasper of Newcastle and Jewitt of
Dunston had not arrived, so they took their exercise in
the Salter four. The Oxonians, as usual, went ad-
mirably, and were loudly cheered by a somewhat nume-
rous assemblage, the Americans coming in for their share.
Their style of rowing generally is not improved, and it is
very rough contrasted to the finished polish of the rival
crew, nevertheless they got the boat along very fast,
strength being the principal item, and odds of 3 to 1 taken.
They sat their boats thus:—

OxFoub.-1. Willan ; 2. Yarborough ; 8. Tinne ; 4.
Darbish"re ; and Hall (coxswain.)

ILiliviltD.-1. Faye ; 2. Lyman ; 3. Simmons
Loring; and Burnham (coxswain.)

POLICE i.:\iTELLIGENCE.-11.1s Day.

MARLBOROUGLI STREET.

TILE GRENVILLE MURRAY CASE.—On Mr. Knox taking
his seat on the bench this morning he said he wished
publicly to read a letter he had received from Mr. Edwin
Newman, Mr. Newman, it may be remembered, being the
solicitor who produced on a summons the tin box con-
taining certain papers connected with the case.
Mr. Knox read the letter as follows:

"7, King's Bench-walk, Temple, London, Aug. 15.
"Sir,—I think it due to you that I should utterl3 and
at once deny that there is a particle of truth in the follow-
ing wocds which I have copied from ' a correspondent's'
letter published in the paper called the Queens M es3enger,
of the 12th inst., viz., That Mr. Newman has said in his
(A. County Member's) presence that Mr. Knox declared he
must commit Mr. Grenville Murray, because the pressure
of Peers put on him had been too strong to resist.'
" This statement, and every part of it, I declare to be a
gross falsehood, and I defy ' A County Member,' or any
other person, to prove the allegation.
"I may further add, that you are quite at liberty to
make what use you think proper of this letter.
" I have the honour to be, sir, your obedient,
faithful eervaut,
" EDWIN NEWM,IN.
"A. A. Knox, Esq., J.P., Police• court,
Marlborough-street."

Mr. Knox said the only remark he had to make was that
the statement in the newspaper was not true, and that Mr.
Newman's statement was perfectly correct.
ASSAULT AT THE ALIIAMBRA.—CharIos Allen, hair-
dresser, Old 13rentford, was charged before Mr. linox with
assaulting Carter, ono of the attendants at the Alhambra
Pulace, Leic,ster-square, and damaging his uniform coat,
to the amount of 30s.

Mr. Sawyer, from the office of Mr. Lewis, Groat Marl-
borough-street, appeared for the prosecution.
Carter said that on Saturday night he was called to the
prisoner, who had upset a gentleman's glass, insulted the
gentleman, and threatened to knock his two eyes in' o one.
Lie remonstrated with the prisoner, but, finding that of no
avail, he attempted t) eject him, when he struck him and
tore his uniform coat.

In answer to Mr. Knox, the complainant said the pri-
soner was drunk.
Other evidence of a corroborative nature having been
given,

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Mr. Knox ordered the prisoner to pay the damage and
a fine of 10s.

WESTMINSTER.

UNPROVOKED ASSAULT.—James Taylor was charged
with an unprovoked assault upon Jacob Pigott, a German
Laker.

Complainant said that he was passing through the
Fulham-road yesterday afternoon at three o'clock when
he saw two boys fighting. A gentleman coming up sepa-
rated them, and gave one of them, who was defendant's
brother, a smack on the face. Tho boy immediately
seized a stone, and, with a filthy expression, was about to
hurl it at the gentleman, when complainant laid hold of
his hand to prevent his doing so. Directly after that the
defendant rushed into the crowd, and without saying a
word knocked him down with a violent blow in the eye
which ho followed up by a second on the jaw.
Defendant said that he heard his brother was being ill-
used and went to the spot, when complainant said, "I'm
the man for you to deal with," and challenged him to
fight, which he did, and beat him.

Complainant denied in the most positive terms that any-
ling of the sort had occurred.

The constable said that a number of respectable trades-
men had come to the station as witnesses for the com-
plainant.

Mr. Selfe thought it vory strange that complainant
should have said to defendant, " I'm the man for you to
deal with."

On comFlainant's request the defendant was remanded
for the attendance of witnesses.
Bail was taken for him.

THAMES.

ALLEGED CRUELTY TO A HORSE.—A man named John
Norris, in the employ of Phillips and Son, market garden-
ers, Bromley, was charged with cruelty to a cart horso he
was riding on Satu day afternoon.
After the evidenco of Dr. Coward, who gave prisoner
into custody after seeing him strike the horse ton or twelve
times with a heavy whip,
The prisoner said the horse was a vicious one.
The foreman to the prisoner gave him a good character,
and said that the horse was a wicked one.
Mr. Paget discharged the prisoner.

MR. R. LASCELLES' CONCERT.-10-morrow
evening this gentleman gives an evening concert at the
Milton Rail, Kentish Town, which doubtless will attract
an overflowing audience. Miss Russell, Miss Fitzhenry,
Miss Coleman, Mr. R. Green, Mr. Liskard, and a number
of other public favourites, give their aid to Mr. Lacelles ;
the) programme is well selected, and the whole is
under the direction of Mr. 'William Corri. This is the
first time a concert of such an attractive character has
been given at the hall, and a few such similar entertain-
ments could but prove satisfactory to the inhabitants of
that part of the town.

The New York Mercury tells a story of the lion.
Horace Greeley, who spends every Saturday and Sunday
in his rural home of Chappaqua. With Mr. Reid ho went
over his farm on a recent Saturday, showing his guest his
prize cabbages and the other things of which he had
reason to be proud ; among them his pigs ; but hero, sad
to relate, the pleasure of the occasion was marred by a
fell di: aster. An excavation on one side of the pig-pen,
made for the purpose of trying some new patent system of
drainage, had been made during the week without the
knowledge of 11. G., and ho and Whitelaw, walking con-
fidently on, absorbed in pleasing converse, suddenly
stepped where there was no ground for the soles of their
feet to alight on. The next moment they were flounder-
ing in a pond of savory slush that had oozed from the
pens.

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