The Sun.
London, England, 1867-04-09 00:00:00

THE SUN, LoriDON, TUESOAV EVENING, APRIL 9, 1867.

Conti al Criminal Court —(This Day).

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The prisone?'on the 24th of March want to the house of
his grandfather, at Mortlake, and on inquiry found he was
from home. Ho then enteredihe house, having put on a
green leather mask, and told the female servant, Evans,
that if she made any noise there were other men outside
who would shoot her. The prisoner then went up stairs,
and Evans went out to get assistance, and returned with
Edwards, and as they were entering the house the prisoner
was in the passage, and he then pointed the pistol at him
and rushed into the street. He was, however, secured and
given into the custody of the police. Nothing had been
removed from the house, although a great many valuable
articles were lying about. The pistol on examination was
found to be loaded with powder and shot, but it was clear
that he had never primed it.

The jury returned a verdict of Not Guilty.
The prisoner was then charged with stealing the pisto;
but the jury acquitted him.

Daniel Humphries was charged with stealing half a
sovereign, the property, of his employers, Messrs. Saxton
and Warrington, leather merchants.
The prisoner held a confidential situation in the employ
of the prosecutors, and in consequence of numerous de-
ficiencies the prosecutors took steps to discover the thief.
Smith, the City detective, soon found out who was the
person committing the robberies by means of some marked
coins, and he took the prisoner into custody as he was
leaving the prosecutors' house with some of their property
in his possession. The prisoner, it appeared, in addition
to his wife and child, was intimately connected with two
other women, and in order that he might keep up tho
deception at home, he represented to his wife that he had
to travel for his employers, and thus he was enabled to
absent himself from her for weeks together.
The jury found the prisoner guilty.
In answer to the Recorder, the prosecutor said he had
found out deficiencies amounting to over £2,000.

The Recorder sentenced him to five years' penal ser-
vitude.

Aaron Gardner pleaded guilty to an indictment charg.
ing him with burglariously entering a dwelling house.
The Recorder, there being no previous conviction
sentenced him to nine months' imprisonment.

POLICE INTELLIGEACE.—This Day.

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.

STEALING CIGARETTES.—Petor Moyer, cigar dealer, o,

26, New North-road, Islington, was charged before Mr,

Tyrwhitt with stealing 3,000 cigarettes, tho property a
Alessrs. Theodoridi and Co., tobacconists, No. 21, Leicester.

square.

James Conway, clerk to Messrs. Gabriel, Theodoridi,
and Co., said that on the previous day the prisoner called
and ordered 3,000 cigarettes, to be sent, as he wished
to meet a gentleman in Regent-street, and the money for
them would be sent back by the boy who was sent with
him. He sent the cigarettes by the errand boy, and also
went himself, and when they arrived at a cafe, No. 68,
Regent-street, the prisoner took the cigarettes from the boy
stating that he was going in to see the gentlemen, and as
the prisoner did not come out he sent the boy round to
see if there was any other entrance to the cafe, and the
boy found the prisoner in the act of leaving with the
cigarettes. The boy followed the prisoner and saw him
engage two crossing-sweeper boys in the Haymarket to
carry the cigarettes for him, and afterwards caused the pri-
soner to be taken into custody.
In answer to Mr. Tyrwhitt the witness stated that the
prisoner was out of his sight while ho was in the café.

William Harvey, errand boy to the prosecutors, gave
similar evidence to the last witness, and said that at
Charing-cross:he spoke, to a constable, who followed the
prisoner into Pall-mall, where the prisoner left the cigar-
ettes at a public-house and then came out. On taxing the
prisoner with stealing the cigarettes he said that he had
never seen any.

Police-constable Lynch, 100 F, said that on being
spoken to by the last witness .he followed the prisoner,
who was accompanied by two crossing sweepers, each
carrying a box into Pall-Mall, and saw him go into two
public- houses with the cigarettes. On coming out he
asked the prisoner what he had done with the cigarettes,
and he said he had not any. Ile took the prisoner into
custody, and afterwards went back and received the
cigarettes from the landlord of the public-house, who
said the prisoner had left them to be called for.

The prisoner asked the first witness if ho had not
bought the cigarettes at the shop before, and the witness
said he had bought 500 on Saturday.

Sergeant Appleton asked for a remand, stating tha
,here were about 20 other cases against the prisoner.

LAMBETH.

VIOLENT ASSAULT ON A POLICE-CONSTABLE.--Johll Frier
and John Bignall were charged before Mr. Elliott with
violently assaulting police-constable William Rose, 786 L.
The constable said that last evening he was on duty in
St. George's-road, Newington, when he saw the two pri-
soners, who were very drunk, assaulting a gentleman in
his carriage. He persuaded them to go away, when one
of them struck him several blows in the face. He then
caught hold of one of them, when the other prisoner struck
him a violent blow on the back. With the assistance of
another constable they were taken to the station.
Dr. Donahoo, surgeon, of 17, Westminster Bridge-road,
said he was driving along St. George's-road in his carriage,
when one of the prisoners struck the horse attached to the
carriage on the nose, and the other prisoner pulled the
reins out of the coachman's hands and dragged tho horse
along.

Mr. Elliott fined the prisoners 7s. each, or, in default,
one month's imprisonment with hard labour.

Agricultural Prospects.

Last week opened with a favourable fine day and
a good deal of sun. Monday was also fine and dry,
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48 deg.; barometer up to 30.40 inches.: On Tuesday
morning there was slight rain up to mid-day, but
the afternoon was better, with not much check to
spring tillage. Our advices run as under :—From
Lancashire---" We continue to have spring weather,
as little or no rain falls from day to day, and there
is at length a favourable opening
for
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was a fine day, and just what the farmers
wanted to push on field work.
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had a week of fine weather." From Norfolk on the
same day : " The weather is favourable, and, with a
continuance, the Lent seeding will be finished dur-
ing the present week." Thursday was a fine dry day,
and spring tillage was proceeding extensively. Our
reports on that day from Suffolk wereAoltnhowuiathh
showery, we have had some finer weather, and our
and satisfactorily, gutting
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stated, 44 The weather has continued
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mild and favourable for the growing crop and for
spring sowing." From Warwickshire it was remarked,
"Weather during the week has been generally fine
and spring-like, if we except Saturday evening, when
there was a heavy storm, accompanied with hail,
rain, and snow ; wind N. and N.W. The wheat
plant isennothesapvoykeeneoldf favourably,vseeirisy.sprg
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ciallysowing and
planting are now being pushed forward where
the land has sufficiently recovered from the effects
of the snow and rain." From Berkshire, 4‘ The
weather has enabled the farmer to get on with the
field work within the last few days. A great deal of
wheat on the ground is looking thin and bad." Fri-
day was a fine dry day, and spring tillage pro-
gressed favourably. Our advices from the IVest
Riding stated—" The weather, since Tuesday, has
been fine, but to-day it threatens rain." On Satur-
day morning slight rain fell, with occasional showers
up to noon, but afterwards it was finer and warm,
and, in fact, very spring-like and growing weather.
During the week a large breadth of barley has been
sown, and even oats and beans have been planted
where not previously accomplished. There are many
complaints in various parts of the country of the
want of provender and of the dearness of most
stuffs which the farmers Lave to purchase for their
cattle.—Mark-lane Express of yesterday.

MIDDLESEX ELECTION.—Ia the event of a con-
test for the representation of Middlesex, the sheriff yester-
day appointed the 17th inst. for the poll to be taken. As
already stated the nomination will take place on Monday
next, the 15th inst.

OLD COURT.
(Before the Recorder.)
William Clarke, lately in the employ of the firm known
as Pickford's, was indicted with embezzling various sums
of
.money, the property of his employers.
The prisoner had beon in the service of the firm for a
number of years, and enjoyed a salary of £l6O a year, with
an annual gratuity of £4O. The amount he was charged
with embezzling was about £l4O. The prisoner said that
domestic calamities had led him to the commission of the
offence. He had a wife in bad health and a large family.
The jury found him guilty, and the Recorder sentenced
him to twelve months' imprisonment with hard labour.
Henri Gamble was indicted with pointing a loaded
pistol at Edward Edwards with a view of resisting his
lawful apprehension.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

NEW2IARKET CRAVEN MEETING-MONDAY.

The usual characteristics of the opening week at New.

market are great quietness, and it does not appear there
will be an exception on this occasion. There is plenty of
racing (we begin with ten events to-day), but it is not
very exciting; the stakes are not very important, and the
fields are small. Still, if the weather is fine, it is one of the
most enjoyable of the whole six meetings, and it is that
absence of bustle and excitement which is its chief charm.

The Craven Stakes, sometimes called the Trial, brought
out Sultan and Assifieboine to meet Lord Lyon across the
flat, but they might as well have staid in their stables, as
the favourite came out like a lion ascending the hill, and
won, hard held, by what might have been any numbar of
lengths. The result of the Handicap of 50 sovs, T.Y.C.
was a fine specimen of Admiral Rous's handicapping. At
first sight, Pericles, a Vat-ea-yr-old, and a roarer, with Bst
51b on him, looked out of it ; but, after a good race with the
Maid of Masham filly, he vi on very cleverly by half a
length. For Lord Glasgow to win one race and run second
in the next is remarkable, but this his lordship accom-
plished with Sister to Ascham and the Maid of Masham filly.
Tho Free Handicap witnessed the discomfiture of a very
warm French favourite, Czar, who was really never in the
race, which that splendid specimen of a thoroughbred,
Ceerops, won with the top weight of Oat 21b, after a fine
finish with Lord Ronald.
The weather was very wet and boisterous in the fore
part of the day, but turned out fine towards the close. The
attendance on the Heath was as small as we ever remember.
A Sweepstakes of 50 sovs each, h ft, for three year olds;
last half mile of 8.C.; 3 subs.
Prince D. Soltykoff's Delium, by Newminster, Bst 2lb
(J. Mann)
Mr. Hawksley's Rhymer, Bat 101 b (Fordham) 2
Mr. R. Ten Broeck's La Sorrentina, 7st 121 b (H. Covey) 3
Betting-5 to 4on Rhymer, 2to 1 agst La Sorrentina,
and 3 to 1 agst
- La Sorrentina, on the left of her horses, was the first
away, having the favourite on the upper ground, with
Delium in close attendance. They ran thus to half-way in
the rails, when the latter quitted her horses and won very
easily by a length and a half. La Sorrentina beaten by a
like distance for second.

The Craven Stakes of 10 sovs each, with 50 given by the
Jockey Club; three year olds 6st 101 b, four Bst 81b, five
and upwards 9st 21b; the winner to be sold for 500 sovs,
if demanded, &c., or carry 71b extra; if entered for 100
sovs allowed 71b; A.F.
Mr. R. Sutton's Lord Lyon, by Stockwell, 4 yrs, (7lb
extra), 9st llb ...(T. Chaloner) 1
Duke of Hamilton's Sultan, 5 yrs (71b extra), 9st 91b
(Edwards) 2
Mr. Lowther's Assineboine, 3 yrs (X 500), 6st 101 b
(Cameron) 3

Betting--100 to 12 on Lord Lyon.
The three ran in company, the light weight holding a
slight lead to the bushes, when Chaloner brought up the
favourite, who quitted his horses without an effort, and
won in a canter by four lengths ; a bad third.
A Handicap of 15 sovs each, 10 ft, for three year olds and

Capt. Machell's Pocket Hercules, 2 yrs, Gst (£100)
Count Batthyany's Rosa Doretta, 2 yrs, sst 111 b ((Kill£lo)ick) 3
(Butler) 0
Mr. Nightingall's Bravura, 3 yrs, Bst (£loo)...(Hibbcrd) 0
Sir F. Johnstone's Presumption c, 2 yrs, Est (.£101)
Kenyon
Mr. I. Woolcott's Apron Strings, 2 yrs, Est 41b (£200)) 0
(Sayers) 0
Betting 5 to 4 agst Presumption colt, 3 to 1 agst Demon-
stration, 8 to 1 agst Apron Strings, anl 10 to 1 agst any
other.

They ran in company to lialf-way up the hill, where the
favourite gave way, and the lead was taken by Demonstra-
tion, who, with La Surrentina and Poeketilercules, finished
the race home, Demonstration, when fairly over
.tbe
drawing away and whining in a canter by two lengths ;
a bad third ; Rosa Doretta was fourth, Apron Stiings fifth,
Bravura sixth, and the favourite last, beaten off a long way.

HORSES STRUCK OUT.
NEWMARKET HANDlCAP.—Foresight, Othello,
,Gilead
Greenback, Brown Tommy, and Rose Cheri.

LICHFIELD SPRING MEETING.
MONDAY, April 8.
The Anglesey Plate (Handicap) of 40 sovs, for all ages ;
winners after April 1 (at nine a.m.), 71b extra ; about
six furlongs.
Mr. Rickard's Havannah, by Cavendish—Blue Bell, 4
yrs, 7st 61b
(Bench) 1
Mr. T. Cliff's Alice Lee, 6 yrs, Bst 71b (Taylor) 2
Mr. Meeson's Lord Bagot, 3 yrs, 6st 81b (Handley) 3
The following also ran :—Rustic Beauty, Greenhorn,
Duchess of Yolk, Romeo, and Torch.
Betting-6 to 4on Alice Lee, and 3to 1 agst Rustic
Beauty. They got away at the second attempt, and
Havannab, making all the running, won easily by three
three lengths, a couple of lengths separating second and
third; Rustic Beauty was fourth, Duches3 of York fifth,
Torch sixth, and Romeo seventh.

A Two-year-old Plate of 40 sovs ; colts Bst 101 b, fillies Bst
71b; winners 71b extra. Straight half mile.
Mr. B. Walker's Catton, by Mildow—BJnny Blink Bst
101 b (W. White) 1
Mr. Beadman's Orian, Bst 101 b --(Clement) 2
Mr. W. T. Copeland's Torpedo, Bst 101 b (Kelley) 3
The following also ran :—Torch, Expectation, Paganini,
Darkie, Ottoman, Hazard, Moresca f, How d'ye Do, and
Snuff.

Betting-6 to 4on Calton, Bto 1 each agst Orian and
Ottoman. Orian came away waited on by Ottoman and
Catton, but the last-named shortly rushed to the front,
and without being afterwards neared won in a canter by
three lengths, a clipping set-to between Orian and Torpedo
ending in favour of the former by a neck; Ottoman was
fourth, Torch fifth, Moresca filly sixth, and Darkie
seventh.

The Gopsall Hunters' Steeple Chase Stakes of 5 sovs each
(two-fifths of which to the fund), with 40 added; to be
ridden by-gentlemen, farmers, or their sons ; 12st each ;
thorough-breds, 141 b extra ; about three miles and a
half, over the Steeple Chase Course.

Mr. Davies's Daring Dick, by Vitellius (h b), 12st
(Mr. It. Webster) 1
Mr. A. Dabb's, jun., Come again (h b) 12st ......(Owner) 2
Mr. Walters'sßrundy Wine, 12st (Mr. Port) 3

The following also ran :—The Ship, The Tar, Quick•
silver, and Up Stairs.

Batting—Even on Come Again and 5 to 1 agat Daring
Dick. The favourite made running, attended by Brandy
Wine, Up Stairs, The Ship; The Tar, and Daring Dick,
and in this order they took the water-jump, where The
Tar stumbled and c.une down an awful "cropper," luckily
without injury to Mr. Brockton, who sp3edily remounted
and went in pursuit. Come Again continued to hold the
lead round the off side of the course, and through the
fields till half way down the hill, about a mile from home,
when Daring Dick full of running rushed to the front, and
passed the judge the easiest of winners by four lengths,
ten lengths separating second and third. The others
walked in.

The Lichfield Handicap Steeplechase • Stakes of 5 sovs
each, 2 ft (to the fund), with 50 added; winners after
April 1 (at 9 a.m.) 71b, twice or the winner of 100 cove

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101 b extra. About three miles and a half. -
Mr. George Stevens's Flea, aged, lOst (Owner) 1
Mr. George's Sprite, aged, list 61b..... (G. Holman) 2
Mr. D. L. Evans's Master Oliver (h b), a, lOst 101 b

i (J. Holman) 3