The Sun.
London, England, 1858-05-25 00:00:00

TtlgSDA'ir 'EVENING, MAY 25, 1858.

SPORTING NOTES.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—(This Day.)l
MARLBOROUGH-STREET.
AN ARTFUL DEFFNCE.—Thomas Green, an artful- THE DERBY DOINGS AND MEMS. ON
looking fellow, was charged under the following circurn- MANC it ESTE R.
stances : People are already becoming bored by the Derby.
Heifer, 99 G, said that while passing along Wells- They are wearied of the elahorate descriptions of the raee
street, Oxford-street, be heard a noi,e down the area of which have appeared in nearly every journal, and their
No. 41, and, on looking down, saw the prisoner, who,
patience is worn out by the tedious sameness which
immediately he saw him, dropped a piece of lead pipe.
He called to him to come up, which he did, and having characterises all the "graphic accounts" which have
handed him over to another constable he went down the filled the newspaper column.. I shall not, theref
area, and found, in addi,ion to the piece of lead, that long harp on the mouldy string of events which marke
the prisoner had cut off the ball-cock, ready for removal.
the Epsom meeting, and I shall merely touch lighly
The area gate was locked at the time, and the prisoner
had to climb over the railings to get down. .upon the moat prominent incileats. A small newspaper
Rebecca Howe, Fervent to Mr. Hardin, of 41, Well, —save the mark—now before me, states the grave fact
street, said the property belonged to her master, and that the Derby was the principal event of the week, and
that it waq quite safe on the previous day. that Beadsman " did the knowing ones" and came in
In answer to Mr. Bingham, the prisoner made some first. Now really, perhaps, that is, after all, quiteenough
objections to the way in which the constable had given
to know, and in my opinion ignorance of the other details
his evidence, and said he had gone down the area be-
cause the wind had blown his cap down. would be really bliss. I must, however, if merely for the
Mr. Bingham said if he wished the case disposed of sake of appearances enter learnedly into a discussion of
by him he must plead guilty. some of the items of sport. Well, on Tuesday Z nyder Zee
The Prisoner—Oh, yes, I'm guilty of stealing the stalled off Saunterer who has become an incorrigible
lead ; but the constable made some mistakes.
rogue, and the success of the " Zee" caused East Lang-
Mr. Bingham—You are a dangerous person, and 1
shad keep you from further mischief for some time to ton a useful second class horse to be advanced to a pro-
come. minent place in the betting. Z cyder Zee was, by the
way, sold at Tattersail's yesterday for 1,000 guineas,
and for stud purposes he will perhaps prove worth the
purebase money. Mr. Howard made a great mistake
with his lot and his " book" must have been at last
rather complicated and difficult to understand. Eclipse
was not the horse we saw at Newmarket, for although
he looked wonderfully fit his recent hard work has
evidently " told " upon him. As for Sedbury
with whom Mr. Howard declared to win, he
never had the remotest chance of bearing the
" black jacket and orange cap" to the front. The names
of the winners and losers have already been paraded
before the public, and I only take this opportunity of
referring to them to express my satisfaction that so old
and respected a member of the ring as Mr. J. Morris
should at laet be rewarded after his long series of M-
ink by at fair share of Fortune's favours. John Scott
seems destined to disappointment in his attempts to win
a Derby fur the present Premier. The care and anxiety
which the preparation of Toxopholite must have cost
him were rendered deeper by the horse's defeat, and
I never saw "John" look so crestfallen as he did
whilst talking to his noble patron after the race.
The correctness of his judgment was, however, fully
attested by the running of " Tox.," and he was cer-
tainly justified in not anticipating serious danger from
Sir Joseph's black 'un. Why people should have backed
Ethiopian in the way they did I am at a loss to imagine,
fns the horse when stripped seemed as fat and lusty as
a cart-horse. His time, however, may come for the St.
Leger. Tom Dawson made little mistake with The
liadji, whose success would have caused the opening of
another Wolverhampton bank. - Clever j idges and
shrewd tacticians like Messrs. Barber and Saxon were
most unaccountably deceived by Ancient Briton, who,
instead of fulfilling the promise of his two-year-old form,
has grown into an ugly cab-horse.
The Oaks will be memorable for its dead heat, and for
Gilderinire's nearly repeating Etlington's never to be
torgotten Dee and Derby performances. Tom Dawson
at any rate means mischief for both the Derby and
Oaks. The result of the race on Friday proves, in my
opinion, that the fillies are this year very inferior to the
colts. The settling will be concluded this afternoon ;
many accounts have, however, already been squared,
and the promptitude with which all claims have been
met is alike honourable to backers and bookruakLrs.
The Manchester men wi'l hold their annual " car-
nival" to-morrow and the two following days, and the
Castle Irwell estate will be crowded with quite a Derby-
day concourse of people. Tire programme presents a
formidable appearance, and if it fulfils its promise there
will be no lack of spirit. Wardermarske and Childrey
have as many claims to notice as any animal nominated
for the Trafford Handicap, and I shall be much dis-
appointed if one of them do not prove the winner. East
Langton will have to meet either Tunstali Maid or Gil-
dermire, or perhaps both these fillies for the Eighth Pro-
duce Stakes, and I shall expect him to produce the truth
of the statement made above—that the fillies are inferior
to the faults.
For the Union Cup the chances of Strathnaver, Cots-
wold, and The Hadji, appear most to my fancy. Polly
Johnson may win the Phillip Handicap, and Rainbow
will, perhaps, win the Sapling Stakes. One of Mr. T.
Paree nominations—Stockholm and Joyeuse—will carry
off the Two-yrs.old Race It would be absurd to refer
to the handicap events for the second and third day, for
the running for them will be materially regulatel by the
result of to•morrow's racing.

Committed for four months with hard labour,

THE WRECK OF THE A TA.

So little of an authentic character has transpired with
reference to the loss of this beautiful but ill fated ship,
that the following extract from a latter, received from on,
who bad served on board of her, will doubtless be read
with interest. It is dated from "The Ava Camp, April
10. The efforts which we have made for the recovery of
the Government treasure have, thank God, been at-
tended with a degree of euccess which the most sanguine
amongst us never ventured to anticipate. We have con-
tinued our occupation of the camp on the shore, of
which I informed you iu my former letter, and have
worked, to use an old expression, like true British
sailorr.' I raust do our fellows the justice to say that
duty has been the first consideration with them, and
that very little selfishness has been displayed by any
one engaged. Of course our duties have not been of
the most agreeable kind, but I must give you another
adage, 'reward sweetens labour,' and whether we ever
shalt get properly recompensed by the Government or
no it certainly is very encouraging to see so many boxes
of bright gold brought up, albeit that one has to work
up to his neck in water. Of course we are not without
protection, and Commodore Watson, who cimman,ts
the East India squadron, is here in her Majesty's fri-
gate Chesapeake, having come to render us every assist.
ance in his power. He is a glorious fellow, and his pre-
sence and that of his officers is very grateful to all of us.
A few days sinca (on the 7th) the wreck, which as I
before told you was for a long time partly visible, wholly
disappeared. Up to this time we have succeeded, with
the aid of our divers, in getting up 230,0001. of the
specie. There remain below water seven more boxes,
containing abut 43,0001.. and I am very hopeful that
we shall succeed in recovering the whole of it. We have.
also got up some bales of silk, and some baggage, and
one or two things of oar own have been fished up, but
of course all is completely spoiled by the sea-water. For
my-elf all my things have gone to pot. You will no
doubt bear many stories, but do not believe them. You
will find that we should not have been wrecked had it
not been for the Trincomalee light about which there
has been so much complaint."

LLOYD'S SHIPPING.—(This Day.)

LONDON, May 25.—Wind this day at noon, N. W. ;
moderate breeze and cloudy.

COWES, May 24.--Wind'S.W.—Ariived—Undine, from
Callao ; Felix, Rio Janeiro.

PLYMOUTH, May 24.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Donna
Anna, from Pernambuco,

QI:EENSTOWN, May 24.—Wind W.—Arrivod—Cbarles
Heliby, from Sierra Leone; Panama, Callao; Fanny
Holmes, Mobile.
CARDIFF, May 24.—Wind S.W.—Sailed—Rosaria, for
Monte Video.

(BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.)
SOUTHAMPTON, Tuesday Morning.
Wind N., blowing hard.
Arrived—Alhambra, steamer, from Gibraltar; Covet,

Sailed—Mary Ann, for Plymouth ; Courier, steamer,
for Jersey.
LIVERPODL, Tuesday Morning.
Wind N.N.W.
Arrived, May 25—Naples, from Matanzas; Indian Prin-
cess, from _Rouen.

(BY SUB3fLBINE AND BRITISH TELEGRAPH.)
GRAVESEND, Tuesday Morning.
Wind N.; tido three hours' flood ; with rain.
Arrived, May 25—Marian, from Memel ; Eclipse,
Guernsey.

DEAL, Tuesday Morning.

Wind N.N.E., mod rate.
Arrived—Anne Wilson, from Shanghai for Londo❑
Passed—Paris and London, screw steamer, from Paris
for 14,,nd0n.
Sailed—All the outward bound, except the S. P. Mus-
son, under arrest.

A FRESH MAN.

ARRIVALS AT MA.NCTIESTER.

MARKET NEVVS..—(Tias Day.)

Fisherman, Childrey, J oyeuse, Hegina, and Lizz.e.

The Hadji and G:Licrmire are expected this morning,
and others from Middledam and elsewhere tlais after-
noon.

TATT ERSALLS'—MoNDAT.

The custom of appointing two settling days for the
Derby would be certainly more honoured in the breach
than in the observance. Racing men have long expe-
rienced its inconvenience, for it rather delays than facili-
tates the business of paying and receiving. Until this
day (Tuesday) the "winding up act" wilt not be fully
enforced ; but yesterday many heavy accounts were
closed. If the absence of complaints be any criterion
a more satiefacony settling could not have taken place.
Money changed hands with really a marvellous
rapidity, and the promptitude with which bookmakers
met all claims upon tbein attested the great pecu-
niary strength of " the ring," whilst the readiness
which backers of horses generally evinced "to part,"
showed that the public are, perhaps, after all, the
largest winners by the result of the Derby and Oaks.
Sir J. Hawley, the owner of Beadsman, gain., it is esti•
mated, 50,000/., whilst his personal friends and the sup-
porters of the stable throw in for large sums, for Sir
Joseph wade no secret of the relative merits of his two
horses ; Wells, the jockey, stood with him 1000 to 10
about both. The bookmakers, with few exceptions, are
heavy losers on both Derby and Oaks; Mr. J. B. Murris
end Mr. F. Swindells are the principal members of the
ring who have won large sums ; whilst Mr. J. Smith,
who landed so good a stake with Vanity, for the Chester
Cup, is the most unfortunate representative of the
" losing division." Mr. Jackson, Mr. Spittle, and other
partisans of " Tom " Dawson's stable, were within an
ace of obtaining an immense sum of money ; for they
ran third for the Derby with The Hadji. and second and
third for the Oaks with Gildermire and Tunetall Maid.
As many persons unacquainted with racing men have
been curious to know " what Davis did," we may state
that a long and severe illness has prevented the " levia-
than speculator" from attending a race-course or taking
any active part in turf pursuits since last autumn. Mr.
Davis was at Brighton, and bad, we believe, no bete on
the race.

Further remarks on the settling would be premature
until after the last scene of all connected with the Derby
of 1858 be played out at the corner this day (Tuesday).
Little attention was directed to speculation on coming
events, and the subjoined very scanty list of prices re-
quires no comment.

♦SCOT STAKES.
7to 1 offered on the field
ASCOT GOLD CUP.
2 to 1 apt Fisherman (taken and offered)
5 to 1 agst Wa►lock (taken and offered)
ST. LEGER.
4to 1 agst T. xopholite (taken)
sto 1 aget Governess (taken and offered)
TEE DERBY, 1859.
18 to 1 agst Merryman (taken)
5000 to 200 aget Benbow (taken)
5000 to 200 agst Brother to Sidney (taken)
40 to 1 aget Actaeon (taken)
Several inquiries were made about Mr. Bowos's The
Lark.
ASCOT STARES.---Night Ranger was struck ont on the
221 inst. at 6 p.m.

WHITSUNTIDE AIVIUSEMENTS.

PRINCESS'S THEATRE.

The extr in dinary popularity achieved by Mr. Charles
Kean's first perf irmance of King Lear " has increased,
is increasing, and ought not to be dirninishe I." Of sue:
a consummation, however, there is as little likelihood as
of the universal adoption of the Maine liquor law, the
restoration of Mr. Smith to Cannon-row, or 'any prodi-
gious event equally far remote from the bounds of pro-
babiU ty. Each successive representation serves but to
confirm the general opinion, that try his embodiment of
this most sublime of Shakespeare's tragic canceptions,
our great actor has attained the topmost round, and
won an enduring renown as bright and solid as could
possibly enwreathe the most ambitious a.pirant to
histrionic fame. The distraction of . the discrowned
monarch is pourtrayed by him with equal power, whe-
ther the predominant distress of that distracted mind
appear to arise from filial iogratitu le or the loss of
royalty. From the first, when seated in barbaric pomp
in the hall hung round with spoils of the chase and bossy
shields, he partitions the sovereignty of his, realms, to
the closing scene of the strange eventful history, when
the over worn spirit sinks beneath accumulated griefs,
the Lear of Mr. Kean presents an unbroken perfecti in
of acting, and commands with magic power the pro-
foundest sympathies of the audience for the iijured
father and the degraded • kin•g. In this his last, anti
perhaps greatest triumph, Mr. Kean is admirably
assisted by the efficiency of his subordinate•. Mr.
Ryder and Mr. Walter Lacy are deserving of marked
praise, and the high anticipations we ha 1 sustained of
Mi-s Kate Terry's excellence as an actress during her
rapid growth in stature and in favour, have been fulfilled
by her exquisitely pure and graceful delineation of the
tender Cordelia.