The Sun.
London, England, 1867-07-24 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESOAY EVENING, JULY 24, 1867.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

lIITNTINGDON RACES-TUESDAY.

The Fiizwilliam Selling Stakes of 5 sous each, with 50
_ added. Three-quarters of a mile.

Marquis of Hastings's Lady Barbaro, by Lambton—
First Fly, 2 3r7s, sst 71b (£3O) (Butler) 1
Lord Westmory.and's Osprey, 2 yrs, sst 101 b (car sst 131 b)
(£3O)
Mr. Ten Broeck's La Sorrentino, 3 yrs, 7st 71b (£3O)
(Barlow) 3
Sir W. Booth's The Cure colt, 3 yrs, sst 101 b (V 0)
(Wilson) 4

Betting-2 to lon Lady Barbara, 9to 4 agst Osprey,
and 20 to I"bar two." In taking the preliminary canter
The Cure colt bolted, and jumped the rails. After one
ineffectual attempt the quartette were despatched, The
Curo colt holding a slight lead of the favourite, La Sor-
rentina bringing up the rear. This order was maintained
for nearly half a mile, when the leader dropped into the
rear, Osprey being left at the quarters of Lady Barbara ;
but it was up/trent that the favourite had the race in
hand, and retaining the advantage to the end, won with
ease by a length. La Sorrentiva was a bad third, and
The Cure colt last. The winner was bought in for 110
guineas.

Tho Muchingbrook Stakes of 15 sous each, 2 ft, with 100
added, for two year old& T.Y.C. (about half a mile,
straight).

Count Lagrange's Jenny, by Drumour —Richmond Hill,
7st 131 b
Mr. Padwick's Milton' Bst 51b .... (Deacon) t
Prince D. Sultykoff's Coup d'Eclat, 7st 131b...(J. Mann) t

The following also ran:—Nutriment, Lord Derby, and
Grimston.

Betting-2 to 1 agst Coup d'Eclat, 9to 4 agst Grimston,
3 to 1 agst Jenny, 10 to 1 agst Milton, and 100 to 6 agst
Lord Derby. Milton made running with a slight lead of
the favourite and Jenny, next to whom, close up, came
Grimston. The race throughout was a splendid one, the
three placed running almost head and head till the last
stride, when Jenny, who was in the centre of the pair, just
got in front, winning by a head. The favourite and Mil-
ton ran a dead heat for second place. Nutriment was next,
and Grimston last.

The Cromwell Plate of 200 sous (Handicap); half a mile.
Prince D. Soltykoff's Bounceaway, by Zuyder Zee—
Press Forward, 3 yrs, 7st 11Ib (J. Mann) 1
Mr. Chaplin's Volunteer, aged, 9st 41b (Custance) 2
Mr. Payne's Dulcet, 2 yrs, sst 71b (Butler) 3

The following also ran :—Cecrops, Pantaloon, Queen of
Trumps, Mrs. Stratton, Pads, Mistletoe, Lady Rosehill,
Caprice, Gretna, Feemy, Miss Frances, Valeria, Cauthleen,
St. Clair, Benevolence, and Earl of Derby.
Betting-5 to 1 agst Valeria, 6to 1 agst Gretna, 7to 1
agst Volunteer, 10 to 1 agst Pantaloon, 100 to 8 each agst
Mistletoe, Dulcet, and Queen of Trumps, 100 to 7 each
agst Lady Rosehill and Bounceaway, 100 to 6 each agst
Cecrops and Dulcet, 20 to 1 each agst Paris and Mrs.
Stratton, and 25 to 1 agst Caprice. Won cleverly by half
a length, same between second and third.
The Huntingdonshire Stakes (Handicap) of 15 sous each,
5 ft, and 3 only if declared, with 200 added. Two
miles.
Mr. R. Porter's Challenge, 3 yrs, 6st 121 b (inc.7lb ex.)
(S Mordan) 1
Lord Wilton's Honeymoon, 4 yrs, Gst 101 b (Kenyon) 2
Mr. E. Green's Vidi, 3 yrs, sst 71b (Humphries) 3
The following also ran :—John Davis, Sealskin, Pintail,
Dayrell, Amanda colt, Leases, Nine Elms, Vandyke, and
Glengarnock.

Betting-3 to 1 agst Pintail, 6to 1 agst Challenge, 100
to 13 each agst Nine Elms and Vidi, 7 to 1 each agst
Honeymoon and Sealskin, 10 to 1 each agst Leases, John
Davis, and the Amanda colt, and 20 to 1 agst Glengarnock.
Leases, the moment the flag was lowered, took up the
running, but after going about two hundred yards Pintail
assumeel the lead, Leases going on second, fully three
lengths in the rear of Mr. Payne's mare and clear of John
Davis and Sealskin, next to whom side by side came Nine
Elms, Honeymoon, and Challenge, the rear being brought
up by Vandyke and Dayrell. Traversing the far side
towards the Godmanchester Plantation, Sealskin ran
through his horses and took second place. Nine Elms at
the flanks of Mr. Savile's horso being third, the last three
being the Amanda colt, Dayrell, and Vandyke, the latter
of whom was now tailed off, but toiling hopelessly on.
Approaching the half-mile post Entail was in difficulties,
and immediately resigned the lead to Sealskin, Honeymoon,
Challenge, and Vidi, taking their places slightly in the
rca: of Nine Elms and John Davis. No material change
in their respective positions occurred until the turn into
the straight was reached when Nine Elms headed Sealskin

and maintained the lead to the distance, from which point
a slashing race ensued between Challenge and Honey-
moon, the first named winning cleverly by a head. Vidi,
who passed Nine Elms at the commencement of the en-
closure, was a bad third ; Nine Elms fourth, and John
Davis fifth, Sealskin sixth, Pintail seventh, the Amanda
colt eighth, Leases ninth, Glengarnock tenth, Dayroll next,
and Vandyke last.

The Cambridgeshire Two Year Old Handicap of 5 sous
each, with UO added. Half a mile, straight.
Mr. Fleming's Tighttit filly, Sst 61b (T. French) 1
Mr. J. Daws,in's Lateef colt, 7st 121 b (11. Covey) 2
Mr. T. Stevens's Ottoman, Sat 21b (Payne) 3
Trifle atAl 3lattie also ran.
Betting-6 to 4on the Lateef colt, 3to 1 agst Ottoman,

and 100 to 15 agst the Tightfit filly. The Lateef colt on
tho far side cut out the work clear of tho Tightfit filly and
Ottoman, Trifle and !Hattie being in their rear. At the
commencement of the stand enclosure the Lateef colt and
the Tightfit filly singled themselves out, the former
winning a good race by a head ; bad third. Trifle was
last. The winner was sold to Mr. Pryor for 250 guineas.
The Kimbolton Cup of 50 sous, added to a sweepstakes of

10 sovs eacb, h ft. Ore mile.
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Mr. Chaplin's Volunteer; aged, 9st 121 b (not to be sold)
(Custance) 1
Lord Bateman's Moulsey, 6 yrs, 9st 121 b (not to be sold)
(Tomlinson) 2
Mr. Mackenzie's Merry Monarch, 3 yrs, Bst (Dixon) 3
Vandervelde, Vixen colt, and Kingley Vale also ran.
Betting-6 to 4on Moulsey, and Bto 1 each agst Merry
Monarch, Volunteer, and the Vixen colt. The favourite
made the running clear of Merry Monarch and Volunteer,
the next pair being Kingley Vale and Vandervelde, and
they ran thus to the distance, where Moulsey was beaten,
and Volunteer, taking up the running, won in a canter by
three lengths from Lord Bateman's horse. Merry Mo-
narch was third, beaten a couple of lengths ; the Vixen
colt was fourth, Vandervelde fifth, and Kingley Vale last.
The Members' Plate of 100 sovs, added to a Handicap of
10 sovs each, 3 ft (to the fund); three quarters of a
mile.

Prince Soltykoff's Seringapatam, by Arthur Wellesley
—Beauty, 3 yrs, 7st ...(Mordan)
Mr T. Golby's Vigilant, 5 yrs, 6st 101 b (Cameron) f 2
Mr J. Elsworth's Cora, 4 yrs, Gst 121 b (Studard) 3
The following also ran :—Troublesome, Skylark, Prima
Donna, Rus in Urbe, and Excitement.
Betting-5 to 2 agst Seringapatam, sto 1 agst Rue in
Urbe, 6 to 1 agst Vigilant, 7 to 1 agst Troublesome and
Skylark, and 10 to 1 each agst Cora and Excitement.
Vigilant made the running, followed by Skylark, Seringa-
patam, Troublesome, and Rus in Urbe, to below the dis-
tance, where Skylark beat a retreat, and Seringapatam,
quitting Troublesome, challenged Vigilant, who was over-
hauled at every stride, the pair running home a dead heat.
Cora, who passed a lot of pulling-up horses, finished a bad
third; Rus in Urb3 was fourth, Skylark fifth, Troublesome
sixth, and Excitement last.
Deciding Heat-7 to 4on Seringapatam, who waited on
the non-favourite to just outside the distance, where Vi-
gilant was beaten, and the favourite, coming away, won in
a canter by a length.

LATEST BETTING ON THE COURSE.
GOODWOOD STAKES.

6to 1 agst Jezebel (offered)
Even on the following six : —Jezebel, Gomera, Guy of
Warwick, Vici, Wild Briar, and Dulcimer (taken).

LEGER.
2,500 to 1,000 agst Hermit (offered, after 900 to 400 and
1,000 to 400 had been taken)
sto 2 agst Vauban (offered)
11 to 1 agst Achievement (taken to X7Z)

Mr. J. Nightingall's Merry Andrew, 6st 71b (Wyatt) 2
Marquis of Hastings's Cuckoo, 7st 91b (H. Day) 3
Sour Grapes, Lady Ward, Mariner, Imogene filly, Vor-
tigern, Thorndyke, and Cecil also ran.,
Betting—Even on Cuckoo-2 to 1 agst Merry Andrew,
sto 1 agbt Chivalry, and 10 to 1 agst any other, offered.
Won by three-quarters of a length.
The Welter Cup of 50 sovs, added to a Handicap of 10
says each, 3ft (to the fund). About lm sfur.
Col. Knox's Black Prince, by Voltigeur—Spot, 4 yrs,
10st 41b (Mr. A. Yates) 1
Mr. E. Brayley's Douro, 4 yrs, lOst 81b (Mr. Crawshaw) 2
Mr. W. E. Jones's Lizard, 5 yrs, list 21b (inc. 71b extra)
(Mr. Wickham) 3
Enclsleigh and Oddfellow also ran.
Betting-5 to 4on Douro, 100 to 30 agst Lizard, sto 1
agst EndsMO], and 7to 1 agst Black Prince. Won easily
by a length and a half.
The Third Winchester Biennial Stakes of 10 sovs each,
with 40 added, for two-year-olds. T.Y.C. (about 5 fur.)
Duke of B,,aufort's Europa, Bst Gib (Pordham) 1
Mr. Padwiek's Tom Vernon, Bst 101 b (J. Goater) 2
Won in a canter by twenty lengths.

money for a person named Hindley, with a view to '
an investment in the funds. On Sept 1, 1865, the
amount in his hands was £146 19s. 4d. ; and for this
he gave a cheque on his own bankers, and that
cheque, together with £lOO in cash, he received from
Hindley. The total amount he paid over at Sey-
mour and Elwyn's office either to his brother or to
the prisoner, and the cheque was returned to him
from his bankers as having been paid.
Mr. William Alfred Stone, one of the firm of ac-
countants who had been engaged by the prosecutors
to examine and report upon the state of their books
in reference to the prisoner's defalcations, was next
called and examined by Mr. Besley. He proved that
the books of the prosecutors had been placed in his
hands in the month of August last year. They
commenced from January, 1865, and ended in June,
1866. The examination of the books occupied two '
of his clerks incessantly between six and seven
months under his superintendence, he himself hav-
ing devoted four months to their investigation. The
accounts in the books involved transactions of great
magnitude. The cash book and ledgers for April,
1865, contained no account of the £902105. cheques
in favour of De Zoete and Co., but the cheque for
£430 12s. 6d. had been duly entered, and could be
traced. On the 6th April, 1865, there was an entry
of £lolos. as paid by cheque to the prisoner, whereas
it had since been ascertained by the number and
counterfoil of the cheque that it had been drawn by
the prisoner for £2OO. The witness further proved
the embezzlement by the prisoner on the Ist Sep-
tember, 1865, of £2OO, as shown by an entry by
him in his cash book of the payment into the bank
of £1,952 16s. 7d., whereas the sum actually paid
in by the prisoner, as shown by the bankers' pass
book, was £1,752 16s. 7d., being a deficiency of
£2OO. On the 11th Jan., 1866, the cash book con-
tained an entry by the prisoner of a payment into
the bank of £6lB 155., but there had been no actual
payment, and it was not in any way accounted for.
In the same way the cheque received by the prisoner
from Mr. Payne-for £l3O was not accounted for in
any way. Though the examination of the books
was commenced in August last, it was not until he
made him report that he had arrived at the gross
amount of the prisoner's deficit or defalcations, but
in September last he was aware that they amounted
to considerably more than £2,000.
In his cross-examination by Mr. Sleigh, the wit-
ness stated that the books he examined were such
as were generally kept in a stockbroker's office. In
the ledger for 1864.5 he found a debtor and creditor
account between the prisoner and the prosecutor.
This account commenced on the 15th January, 1864,
and went on to the end of December, 1865, and it
disclosed transactions between them to the extent
of from £B,OOO to £lO,OOO in the aggregate. The
learned counsel proceeded by his questions to analyse
the various items comprising the account, but
nothing material was elicited.
In his re-examination by Mr. Besley, it was
elicited from the witness that the total deficits
amounted to £14,293 15s. 9d., including all the
cases which had been examined into before the pre-
siding alderman.
Mr. Besley applied for a summons to Mr. Graves,
a stockbroker, to attend to give evidence, and to
produce a cheque of the proceeds of which the pri-
soner had availed himself, and he must ask for a
further adjournment for Mr. Graves' attendance,
as with his evidence he should close the case at pre-
sent. If those engaged for the prosecution should
consider it necessary to prefer further charges, due
notice of the particulars should be given to those
engaged for the defence.
The applications were granted, and the prisoner
was further remanded until this day (Wednesday).

Mr. Sleigh expressed a hope that the depositions
would be furnished without delay, to enable him to
apply to a judge at chambers to admit the prisoner
to bail.

George 111.
Had George 111. been born heir to absolute
sovereignty, his reign would have been one of the
luckiest. accidents possible for his subjects. He had
certain qualities which win for absolute monarchs
the loyalty of their people and the devotion of their
personal adherents. His theory of government
somewhat resembled that of the governor of a
Crown colony, assisted, but not controlled, by his
council. As it was, George 111. was after 1790
extremely popular with the bulk of the English
people, who knew nothing of his relations towards
the leaders of political parties, and cared little for
the punctilios of constitutional government. To
the traders and bankers outside the circle of metro-
politan agitation—to the squirearchy in the coun-
try, to the middle-class inhabitants of provincial
towns—above all to the clergy and the yeomanry,
it was a matter of supreme indifference that their
King was suspected of intriguing to oust George
Grenville, or of circumventing Lord Rockingham,
•or of conspiring to make the great Commoner un-
popular, or holding in reserve a corps of devoted
official Janizaries prepared to upset his recognised
Ministers. To some of them the worst of these
suspicions appeared—and we think justly appeared
—to be destitute of foundation. To the majority
they appeared utterly unimportant. They saw in
the King a man who practised the virtues which
they themselves most admired, and reflected the
prejudices by which they themselves were mainly
actuated. He was temperate, he was frugal, he
was industrious, he was devout, he was courageous,
he was affectionate. Did not the King work
harder at public business than the generality of
merchants worked at their own ? Was not his
dinner the model of a gentleman-farmer's family
dinner ? Did not the King ride about the country
without pomp, and talk to yeoman and farmers
like the good " Farmer George" that he was ? Did
he not keep his accounts with marvellous minute-
ness ? Did he not date each of his letters with
a methodical precision and particularity unrivalled
by scriveners, bankers, and lawyers. Again, had
not they seen him on the day of his coronation, un-
advised by precedent or counsel, himself doff the
Royal Crown that he might with becoming humility
partake of the Holy Communion ? They knew, too,
how, on ascending the throne, he had rebuked a
courtly preacher for a too adulatory sermon, and how
he had written to most reverend prelates to express
his disapprobation of thesecular festivities which had
violated the traditional sanctity of episcopal palaces.
At a later period than that of Lord North's Ministry
good and thoughtful persons were melted into tears
at the spectacle of the aged monarch going to the
great metropolitan cathedral to return humble thanks
to the Almighty for His goodness in restoring him
from the dread darkness of a malady worse than death
to life, reason, and health. They knew, too, that on
occasions which made Ministers and Privy Council-
lors mute through fear, the King alone had breathed
courage into the cowed and hesitating circle. It was
to his promptitude and spirit that London owed its
rescue from the anarchy, at once shameful and ter-
rible, with which the grotesque fanaticism of Lord
G. Gordon had afflicted it. It was the King who
took down on the spot Wedderburn's opinion that
the troops might be legally employed ; it was the
King who ordered them to be called out; it was the
King who declared his reaiiness to lead them. When
an angry mob pelted the royal carriage on its way to
Westminster, and his courtiers turned pale at the
rude assault, the King alone was calm and undis-
mayed ; when fired at in the theatre, lie alone of the
royal party retained his composure. It was in no
vaunting spirit of fictitious bravery, then, that the
King had written in 1755, when incendiary handbills
were circulated about the streets of Loudon to pre-
vent the meeting of Parliament—" These handbills
are certainly spread to cause terror ; that they may
in the timid duke (sc. of Grafton) I saw yesterday,
but I thank God Jam not of that make. I know what
my duty to my country mikes me undertake, and
threats cannot prevent me from doing that to the
fullest extent." Indeed, next to gambling and de-
bauchery he seems to have had the most utter aversion
to cowardice. He is never tired of sneering at the
pusillanimity which made the Duke of Graf ton desert
him, and contrasting it with the courage shown by
Lord North in confronting the dangers and respon-
sibilities of office. If his courage and firmness de-
generated into an obstinacy which resisted the elo-
quence of reasoning and the logic of facts, a few
brilliant statesmen or profound philosophers might
deride a stubborn temper which the King shared