The Sun.
London, England, 1869-08-31 00:00:00

ATHLETIC SPORTS .AT THE OVAL.

The amateur atlf.etic sports which commenced 190 °le
Bennington Oval on Saturday were continued ag3hl,;
:\londay. The whole programme was completed witb g:fot-
3atisfaction to all those interested. In strong
~,,c°lll/
with Saturday, the weather in the early part of -51°11;
was cold, boisterous, and gloomy. From the commell
went there was a large assemblage of spectatcroll
to
luring the day one of the licensed victuallers scm' trod,
the number of about 150, headed by their juvenile b
entered the ground to see the sports. BY ill the
larger and better half of the programme was reserc
for Monday. In addition to a large number of silver cli..„hr
and goblets for the smaller contests, a country cuPII°"S;
twenty-five guineas was offered for the winner of the tea
wile flat-race handicap ; and a fine silver cuP, v3lrtie
guineas, for-the final heat of the bicycle races. )the
G. Grace, the famous cricketer, took part in sever ball alcontests, carrying the prize for throwing cricket b
silver cup) easily, by a throw of 117 yards 6 inches.

ViS
ALLEGED EXECUTION OF o,•'
SAILORS OFF CHERROURC

The following extraordinary story of seven Ameri•:llo
sailors hanged in the offing off Cherbourg is t0id,,40
letter addresEed to the Journal du liavre r
American frigate Sabine had been at ;I',lc 19s
for ten days in the offing. On Saturday 111°rn"--
c
cabin-Loy, on going down in the hold on sonic err , °-•li
other, perceived a fuse, lighted at one end, aild 's
1
the other communicated with the powder mageziu% 1 'or
ran up immediately to give information to the 501'40
officers, and, as one may well imagine, the fuse tot
quickly extinguished. It was none too °°e bees
a few minutes later the frigate would have 00
blown to atoms. The commander on buur7,4,
Sabine immediately instituted an inquiry, phi
to the discovery of a conspiracy, haying for its object
the annihilation of the American shipand the wbule, recoil
crew. The authors of this atrocious attempt did 11°' haul
from certain death for the purpose of inflicting friolo
vengeance. Twenty-two sailors were put in irons, Au' "rpoo
were ordered to be hung immediately. For this PAtitb
the commander of the Sabine communicated "4100
•competent authority at Cherbourg, in order to P:00
'the authorisation necessary to proceed at once the
execution. execution. This authorisation having been refill:l.:odb:
Sabine weighed anchor and put out to sea; Ou'obta
had the vessel left the offing before the seven °lop,
men were hanging from the yard arms. 111105133,0011'
was satisfied, and a terrible example set of col:001,10
meat. Several bargemen who happened to be lOg'.
Mole were witnesses of the awful Epectacle."
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The Duke of Cambridge will shortly 145 go!'
chester, for the purpose of inspecting the trocils in
SOIL sil•
The tenth week of the milers' strike in 11°,00
land district commenced on Monday. Each side IS
Three
police,
ready to give way as ever. . the lief'
andah trampsahyasvlttaeacvkeo
confessedbnet ehne
field
morning to having set lire 0 voter,
of Mr. Oa
Hill Top, At tereliffe. naeell
The post of Physician Extraordinary to the —r 0
fataoprpmrebendecls by:eis:torof
Bin Scotland has become vacant b the death of Dr* vti'll'itr
egbie, for a long time a successfuly practitioner ill El
i°
' t tbe
The North German Correspondent op that op
cattle plague has of late only
cases
sared in Gernasol Be
1,.100
ortcd troll) t'-tca
cally. In West Prussia some ca
bank of the Vistula, but in East Prusasriea ritriuny Do 13°.„11°1°Age,g
upono as entirely extinguishod. In the Mare soul° bat 114
n the other side of the Oder are still suffetisg, Mitt°
now come time since a case occurred on this °cle °

river.
minaknereahral kjaaeriCtl
ONE
wheelvwaartteeh REASON FOR BAD WATCHES.---An NJ"
oteettoo.
y 6 made a cwhaatncche diai,scifovraeraydtabaotf the -1, or
the foy;
d into a magnet. By what process in
facture it has become one it might be ditneilll °t 034
but whether the wheel be indeed a magnet or o°. ~e 0;
easily be discovered by fixing it upon a wall P'evif it
aclork, letting it float in still water, and seeil4oopetj°
ways turns in one direction. The fact of the moon,
character of the wheel will account for inanl.,ll,:iicalt.
tions in watches which have hitherto been innfr'ciot ;
A key or the steel blade of a knife in the same P:evea 't
the watch will exert a disturbing influence. 3311 u Doe
there should be no piece of steel in the pocket, the r oter
will necessarily tend towards the north, and an 4 1,, fed
fere with the calculations of the watchmaker In
delicate piece of mechanism. cor°'
Tict
THE LATE SUICIDE AT CLIFTON.--The iv, eli
for Bristol has opened
an inquest at the 11.(41v.ekle on
Saturday
body of the young ma, who committed stle'c'clftoa
Suspension
evening by throwing himself over. th tpt til°
Bridge. The evidence went to 01°r •otee:it'
deceased, having removed his hat, coat, did °el 0' -61
i • left P I fell
jumped over the parapet and hung
made an effort to regain the bridge, bot flu, 'OO le"
into the bed of the river beneath, a depth '`, baLlll,l°,!,
Up to the time the inquest was held the eerPsli DY ';'t
been identified. It turns out the ticket issne 01 pc
LI
Metropolitan Railway Company I►, h was f°ll 4s'`
w.i.c - ; ; .0
deceased's
clothing was thrown down by a lad) `vileoilar.s,'llt
over the bridge some time previously. Tile illi? c 03:', o
adjourned until to-clay in order that the 1°1;00 cf"'j
make further inquiries respecting the deceased' All'e ,a 5 ill of
handkerchiefs found in the pockets of his coat ''.,sijeat ~
"C. Protheroe." That gentleman, who is a riile ha
e,.0
Bristol, has been applied to, and states tbat the al,
kerchief is undoubtedly his property, and th:abe the bjtbe
was written upon it by his sister, but on vievonc for
10
he could not identify it, or account in any .°1•010 11
circumstance of the handkerchief having 0 1
diet
possession of the deceased. AO ,
, -- 'JD°
STRANGE CASE OF HYDROTHOBT'' aD. last
death front hydrophobia has occurred 1, Ere;bef ;g
victim was a policeman, who on the 23th IN° dog `1). it
was bitten by a 'spaniel. On that day tbebeu it 4
running in a rabid state down Friargate, IV
boy Aleeb,
Parker (in the hand), four other men, gild ,nl,ololtet,
Weights, who died in extreme agony en "'" crie'",e,l
rresteo
andsbciteg
ruary. Parker was on duty on the
ground till five o'clock on Saturday evenirgq
p.Dollt
,ro&
no marked symptoms of hydrophobia nelcroted fora:.
o'clock on Sunday morning. The case , then 9',..,r0f
interest among the medical profession, an",,,c nilel"'ee•
nate man was visited at his house by a laers,tive ieitbe
physicians and surgeons of the town. -';
t-ered 1e,0014
tions into a vein of the arm were adulii't caine 11' tlie
patient at intervals of two hours ; but afire '..,,-10c1 t°,150
worse he was removed in a cab about five ° opteg',o;
Illouse of Recovery, where the disease made qhe o°ol
and a vein in the forehead was opened' ~ , wilie?foal
was seized with terrible convulsions, dur`)trities s9' eoer
face was horribly contorted, and large (Pan ~13 of 00,
and phlegm were ejected. He had inter' -,,tet 10 wall
however, and in one or two of these asked for; thereto,eil
he took into his mouth, forcibly IcePt lit. Vet lid
his hands, and compelled himself to swallow.
_.,., laa tiot
seven and eight o'clock he became unconseiloijlioal so
a few minutes before nine. For sever(' 0,0(.1 lii:Jt.
Parker could not bear to look at a dog in islove.:joioll
especial dislike to the mention of his mist' lose pro% wife
lie hai left a family of six children, for wt fir
some arrangements are already being ma"' ptc'
died about five months ago. ~,q V eil et; .
A CHARMING STORY.--I do not kri-ca -orca;itil
eisely what are the provisions of the "mater °lef of tli°
Property Bill, but I have talked the 1113 _ notion 'OOO
women, at odd times, and I have gathered
iasts. ft,oloo,
view which is taken by acme amiable cos° trolled ''l). pal
to be the idea that they are
atria ave uncont it D!
1ire,,.,,
rity over their own money, to legeavte Itoc tile Poo'
to pay their debts. They say in euee".„6 iq nil, 00
finder, " What is yours is mine— what's 10,1 t Pig ealleargop
indeed, the general feminine idea Of wlllO per for grit
allowance" includes the assumption that3ll(og for i.e,015,
ing it is to pay just the same for everyl' 11, ii,6ol'tory
the said allowance is disbursed, 85 ill, moil, f, , this
dent arrangement existed. I heard a
_..tio, oloa,
of husband and wife the other day, so illubvarcl 00 I
ooi'fg.
that lam minded to repeat it. The wife 0110 110`10,10V
•ngly to the husband--they were young plec_:
100 r r to
ciently " well-to-do "—that he spent` ni I I'
altoge-liccale°
money than she did, and that he as oleo ac oog
extravagant fellow : so in the evening:
_!.., and Poo,
home, he brought a purse full of soverc.lge:_t 01004,1,
what each had remaining from theiFiiiill; g„,,lfir:t.,
equalised the two little piles to 0, sh. ,_„,,b10)4 CO"''
"Now,we'll start fair, darling, and see who is 701),, to 10,1
AA the end of a week they agreed, thewPl3) ifybicil
oare notes; and it was found that.
lino s, lief
1 few shillings more than the husban,
ili'd t01,1r.0,
he was very jubilant and triumphant,
bee
gr, 0,t.:45r,
ousband that she had alwaysknown hiinto
deprecatltis,e
-ant fellow. " But, my child," he Baia
4, we ctiler ,i 500
One 00,, . There a the
' remember that when we have
paid the expenses of both out of my moner:
Cab,' an., tbe
he railway fares to —, and the fly's a .11",1_ $
t,19 ablis,e
ittle dinner we had at Richmond, and tnuragr,_oll.e,t,f
[la 'market and the Crystal Palace on Stu 3
that /101,:a
)een paid for out of my money ; and 000_0
sio _pro)
0:-D
iew bonnet on your head, i
-11 which you lo I
wad% ,
13:,
otil,
Upon which she lifted up her bands andied oat,. Ary,
it him—(it was a veil! pretty one)—and .
1c,;,, of clav
_0
ir. am ashamed of you! You, indeed, to t.l`lttie w
,wtio,
end to think for a moment of taking a Ptgi% ghore el tr
iut with you, and expecting her toe Pal f'___o.te to 11,e2t,ii
:xpenses. What will the men of the prioid cu
fie coulao",.o
)f course there was no appeal against th's. fog tbait,ll;l,
and e°l3 Os
out his arms round her and kiss her, moteraic
vas an " extravagant fellow."—From !* On
tgo:nhill 21L4iging rforrsePteniter• =