The Sun.
London, England, 1867-01-12 00:00:00

IMBER.

Richmond l7
Hendon l9
Monmouth
Manchester Autumn 2O
Newmarket Ist October 21
25
IBER.

Ourragh
Newmarket Houghton
Worcester Autumn

AMER.
I Leamington Hunt

STEEPLECHASE FLXTURES FOR 1867.
FEBRUARY.

Carmarthen 5 Harrow Spring
Birmingham l2 Derby
Windsor

MAR OH.
Liverp00l Spring
Grand Military
Chertsey
Mahon

At Christmas there were to be seen in the open
air, at Bonchurch, at the back of the Isle of Wight, broad
beans in full bloom, and green peas in flower and pod ;
]so a great many strawberries in flower and fruiting, large
new potatoes, and heliotrope in bloom.
ROBBERY IN THE LEEDS CORN MARKET.—On
Tuesday forenoon, during the market hours in the
Leeds Corn Exchange, a serious robbery was committed.
Mr. C. Kelsay, a highly respectable corn merchant from
Hull, who has a stand and desk in the Exchange, lost the
large sum of .£1,130, which was in notes and gold. The
money was in a canvas bag, and was placed on the stand,
from which, when Mr. Kolsay for a moment or two turned
his face to speak to some gentleman in the market., the
bag and its valuable contents were boldly and adroitly ab-
stracted. As soon as the robbery was discovered the doors
of the exchange were closed, and a search was made for
the thief, but without effect.
We learn from the Wilts County Mirror that Mrs
Vyse, who murdered two of her children some years ago,
and was acquitted on the ground of insanity, has just re-
ceived her Majesty's free pardon, and has returned to her
family in a state of perfect health. She has been at the
Fishton-nouse Lunatic Asylum, near Salisbury, since her

RICHLY PUNISHED.--Joseph Slater, a colliery
deputy, was charged before a bench of magistrates at
Bishop Auckland, in the county of Durham, on Monday
last, with having endangered the safety of Spenny Moor
Colliery, by exhibiting a naked light in the pit. The
charge was proved, and it was stated that there were
upwards of 100 men and boys in the pit at the time the
light was exhibited. The bench fined the defendant £2
or ono month's imprisonment. Several of the workmen
had refused to go into the pit if the defendant was allowed
to act in the same capacity as he had done.
THE CARLTON MURDER.—John Watson and his
wife, charged with the murder of Mr. Raynor, at
Carlton, near Nottingham, on the 17th of November, were
again brought before the county magistrates at the Shire-
hall yesterday. The proceedings were strictly private,
and a further remand was ordered. The affair is still in-
volved in mystery, and it is said that the inquiry now
awaits Dr. Taylor's analysis of some blood spots on clothes
found at Watson's. house ; but all conjectures are prema-
ture and unsupported by public evidence.
SUDDEN DEATH OF THE HON. F. SO3fERVILLE.
On Tuesday night the Hon. Frederick Noel Somerville,
second son of the late Lord Somerville, and heir pre-
sumptive to the title, died suddenly at the family seat of
Aston Somerville, Gloucestershire. He was 27 years of
age, and was a lieutenant in the Rifle Brigade, with which
he served in Canada. Recently he was subject to fits, and
on Tuesday night was seized with one that terminated
fatally.
SOMETHING LIKE A RAINY DAY.—On the 20th
of December 7.76 inches of rain fell at San Francisco, rain
falling 20 hours. The quantity is stated to be double that
recorded for any day before. In the valleys of the State
cattle, sheep, horses, and swine were drowned by thou-
sands.

lIAMPSTEAD-HEATII AND THE CHAIRMAN OF THE
METROPOLITAN BOARD OF WORKS. Yesterday, at the
weekly meeting of the Marylebdne Vestry, the conduct of
Sir John Thwaites, chairman of the Metropolitan Board of
Works, relative to the negotiations for the purchase of
Hampstead-heath by the public, formed the subject of
strong animadversion. In answer to a question, Mr. Ni-
chalay, one of the representatives of the vestry at the Me•
tropolitan Board of Works, read the following extract from
a letter he had received from Sir Thomas Maryon Wilson:
—" Charlton.—Dear Sir,—I have a letter from Thwaites
saying that he wishes to see me on the subject, and that
I may call on him any morning next week between ten
and eleven, a privilege I am not likely to avail myself of."
Mr. George Bird expressed his extreme astonishment
that, although the Metropolitan Board of Works had
passed a resolution directing Sir John Thwaites to seek an
interview with Sir Thomas Wilson, relative to the Hamp-
stead-heath question, the former gentleman had the ceol-
ness to write and give the latter permission to call upon
him. To his (Mr. Bird's) certain knowledge Sir Thomas
Wilson had stopped at home an entire week, waiting for
and expecting a visit from Sir John Thwaites, who had
received more than one intimation to that effect. Mr.
Taverner said he thought the board ought to make a repre-
sentation to Sir John Thwaites that they considered he
had wantonly allowed the time to go by for securing the
heath to the public. He hoped such an extraordinary ne-
glect of duty would be publicly noticed. Other speakers
complained that Sir John Thwaites had shown agreat want
of courtesy in the matter, and the following resolution,
moved by Mr. Taverner, was carried unanimously, viz. :
That the board has heard with regret that the chairman
of the Metropolitan Board of Works has not carried out
the resolution of that board in seeking an interview with
Sir Thomas Wilson, who was willing to:receive him, rela-
tive to the preservation of Hampstead-heath."
Au arrangement has been made with the General
Post Departm eat of France for the exchange of
mails by means of the new French line of mail
packets established between llavaunah and New Or-
leans, running in connection with the French line
conveying mails between St. Nazaire and Vera
Cruz. Under this arrangement the New Orleans
Post-Office will make up mails for and receive mails
from the agents of the mails embarked on these
French packets, to comprise not only correspond-
KING'S COLLEGE.—We are requested to state that
tho Civil Service Class will reassemble on the evening of
Monday next, the 14th inst., instead of on the evening of
the 21st inst.