The Sun.
London, England, 1867-12-16 00:00:00

SPORTING INTRL EN-'OE---T1;i:-Di

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VICTORIA CLUB BETTI --,
NG—Tnis DAY.
There was a large attendance. For the 2000 Guineas,
Formosa was most in demand; 900 to 100 was taken in
one bet. Chelsea was supported freely at 20 1. For the,
Derby 6 to 1 was offered on the field, but nothing of ally
importance transpired. The above will show the 1,44i_.
Less transacted.

TWO TIIOUSAND GUINEAS.
3to 1 agst Ilosicruchn (taken)
to 1 ngst Formosa (taken)
10 to 1 asst Green Sleeve (taken)
20 to 1 :trot Chels.)a (taken)

DERBY.
6to 1 asst. Rosierueian (offered)
1000 to 7U agst Green Sleeve (taken)
14 to 1 agst Typlicens (taken and offered)
20 to 1 agst l'a,kt (taken)
.20 to 1 agst The Earl (taken)
20 to 1 asst. Suffolk (off. red)
22 to 1 agst Blue Gown (offered)
50 to 1 agst 11,irredter (off,red).
50 to 1 agst Uaeas (taken)
50 to 1 agst. Tregeagie (offered)
1000 to t 5 agst Chelsea (taken)
1000 to 15 ag,st Restitution (offered)

WATERLOO COURSING CUT.
28 to 1 agst Mr. Leigh's Nomination (taken)
33 to 1 ngst Lord Seftou's (taken)
33 to 1 agst Mr. Ileywcod's (taken)

THE DIABOLICAL OUTRAGE AT THE
HO USE OF DETENTION.

(The following appeared in latest edition of Satan-
day evening):_
The three prisoners charged with being lea I.
p 1,
cated in the diabolical outrage last night at the
House of Detention were brought to Bow-street
Police-court at four o'clock this afternoon,
under a very strong es:ort of mounted polir..le. As
soon as the well-known prisoners' van arrived at the
door of the Police Court the mounted police formed
a circle around it, and this was no sooner done than
a large number of constables who had been on duty
at the court during the whole of the day formed an
inner guard in line on either side of the door, and thus
the prisoners as they stepped from the van passed,
through it, and were conveyed to the cells of the
court without the slightest difficulty. The crowd
collected in front of the court was much larger than
that assembled in the earlier part of the day. f
On being placed in the dock, the prisoners gave
the names of Timothy Desmond, Jeremiah Allen,
and Ann Justice, and the charge preferred against
them was with being concerned with others not in
custody with the wilful murder of Sarah Hodgkin-
son, aged 35, William Clutton, 55, and a girl,
named Minnie Abbott, aged 8 years, by wilfully
and maliciously firing an explosive substance sup-
posed to be gunpowder, at Corporation-lane,
Clerkenwell.
Superintendent Gernon, G division, charged the
prisoners.
The first.witness examined was—
John Moore, the chief warder of the House of
Detention, who said—Yesterday, betweJn the hours
of 2 and 3, my attention was called by a police
constable to the fact of a man loitering outside the
prison and refusing to go away. He was joined by
a female named Justice.
Sir T. Henry—Did you know that name, or was
it told you ?
Witness—l found it out through the visiting-
book, as she had visited the prisoner Casey.
Examination continued—l saw the man Allen
loitering about. They were all reconnoitreing the
prison. My attention was also directed to seeing
the prisoner Allen on the top of one of the adjoin-
ing houses. He came down, and then I saw him
talking to five or six other men. I then went
to inform the governor of the suspicious circum-
stances, and whilst I was doing so the explosion
took place. The warders went to the stores where
the arms were kept, and having supplied them-
selves, rushed to the spot from where the alarm
came, and it was found that from 50 to 60 feet of
the prison wall had been blown down.
Ambrose Sutton, 273 A, Reserve Division, said
—I had been employed watching the outside of the
House of Detention since Burke and Casey have
been confined. At 20 minutes to 4 I saw the female
and Allen near St. James's-walk. The woman had
been in the House of Detention at 1 o'clock, and
the man was waiting outside at the time. When the
female prismer came out she found the prisoner
Allen, and remained talking with him for some time.
After that the prisoner Desmond came up and en-
tered into conversation with them for over
twenty minutes. At the expiration of that
time a fourth person came up, and when they
were parting the man who arrived the latest
by accident pushed against me, and thus I had an
opportunity of seeing him. Ile having begged my
pardon, asked we a trifling question, to which I
replied I was a stranger in the place. With that
he walked on. After they had been again in conver-
sation I saw Desmond go towards St. James's-walk.
I was directed to watch Desmond, which I did, and
saw him go down Corporation-lane, and shortly
after that I saw him drawing a truck with a barrel,
which he put on the pavement. I followed him up
St. James's-walk, where he stopped in the midlle
for a minute or two and then went on. Afterwards
I heard a tremendous explosion, and then saw Allen
and the woman running al% ay very fast. As
she approached I took hold of her, and another
officer secured the man. I told her I should take
her for being concerned with others in causing the
explosion. Whilst I had her in custody I saw Des-
mond running round the prison wall, and as be was
passing I caught hold of him with my left hand,
which was up to that time disengaged. I then
called upon the passers-by for help.
Sir Thomas Ilenry—You had both Desmond aud
Justice then in your custody.
Witness—Yes ; one in each hand.
Sir T. Henry—You, of cjurse, obtained instant
assistance.
Witness—Yes.
Desmond—Will
you swear I ever left the public-
house for more than two minutes ?
Witness—Yes.
Desmond—Then you perjure yourself.
Sir T. Henry—You must not make such otser-
vations. You can put questions to any of the wit-
nesses, but you must not impute perjury. Have
you any questions to put, Allen ?
Allen—All I have to say is that I was assisting
Desmond, who was intoxicated when I first saw
him at the public-house.
Justice—l deny that I ever ran with Allen.
Allen—lt was enough to-make any person run—
such an explosion.
Sir T. Henry (to Sutton)—Where did you see
the barrel?
Witness—l saw it on the pavement of Corpora-
tion-lane, near where the explosion took place. The
report followed this circumstance
in about ten
minutes.

Superintendent G3rnon said at that poiut he
should have to trli fora remand.
Sir T. Henry at once acceded to the request, and
the prisoners were removed from the dock.

STVEARING-IN OF SPECIAL CONSTABLES

We have authority for stating that instructions
are being sent to-day from the Home Secretary to
the vestries of the metropolitan parishes, inviting
them to swear in special constables to assist the
police in the protection of public and private pro-
perty in the metropolis against incendiary fires or
other secret and dangerous means, by wbich the
lives and property of the loyal subjects of her
Majesty might be endangered,

PRINCE AND PRINCESS CHRISTIAN.--1.0-111Orrear
the Prince and Princess Christian and Princess Henrietta
of Schleswig-Holstein leave Frogmore-house for Now-
lodge, on a visit to M. and Madame Van de Weyer. Front
New-lodge their Royal Highnesses proceed to Draycott,
on a visit to Lord Cowley, and thence to Osborne on a
visit to the Queen. On Friday night Prince Christian dined
with the officers of the Ist Battalion GrAladier Guards tit
the Infantry Barracks, Sheet• street, Windsor.

THE WORCESTERSHIRE HUNT CLUB.—HIS Royal
Highness the Duc d'Aunille presided at the annual dinner
of the Worcestershire Hunt Club, at Worcester, on Wed-
nesday, the 11th inst. His Royal Highness, who is the
President of the club, was supported by Sir John Pakingtou,
M.P., Sir E. A. 11. Lechmere, M.P., Mr. H. F. Vernon,
M.P., Mr. R. W. Johnson, High Sheriff, and other gentle-
men connected with the county.