The Sun.
London, England, 1867-08-26 00:00:00

RACING SWEEPS AT TAVERNS.

At the Southwark Police-court, no Saturday, W. Waters,
Sportsman Tavern, Bermondsey New-road, was charged
with unlawfully opening his house for the purpose of
money being received on behalf of John Joseph Hall, for
the undertaking and agreement to pay certain moneys
as the result of a horse race ; and Hall, a newsvendor,
was charged with publishing a placard concerning the
same.

This case was adjourned from Saturday, tho 10th inst.,
for tho purpose of counsel being heard, at the magistrate's
suggestion.
Mr. Meadows White now appeared for the Commis-
sioners of Police, and submitted that the defendants had
rendered themselves liable under the Betting Act, the for-
mer by publicly selling tickets, and the latter by publishing
a placard setting forth that there would be 200 members,
at 2s. 6d. each, for the St. Leger race ; the first horse to
have £lO, the second £5, and the third £2 10s, and £4 lOs
among starters. If these conditions were fulfilled there
would bo about £3 left for the promoters.
The defendant Waters said he merely displayed tho
placards becauso Hall asked him to do so, and to sell tickets
for him. He did it to oblige Hall, without knowing that
he was acting illegally.

Mr. Arnold considered that this was not a case within
the Betting Act. It was more like a lottery than any-
thing else. He did not think that the evidence had proved
any infringement of the act. The summons against Waters
was dismissed, but that against Hall was withdrawn to
consider what proceedings should be takou.

FREE SUNDAY AT THE CRYSTAL TALACE.—yes_
terday afternoon about 10,000 of the skilled artisans
of London, their wives and families, assembled at the
Crystal Palace, it being the free Sunday. granted by the
directors every year to officers of the trade societies and
other organisations of workmen. These tickets are neces-
sarily limited in number, and are distribuled through tho
agency of the National Sunday League. Ilhe Palace was
opened at 1 o'clock, from which hour until: dusk the visi-
tors promenaded the building and ground; t, the latter and
the picture gallery being greatly patronise d. During the
afternoon some short addresses were deliver 3d from the plat-
form on the great orchestra on the advantr►ges that would
accrue to the working man were the palace., ;museums, and
art galleries thrown open to them on the.. Sunday after-
noons. In the evening a selection of sa :red music was
performed on the great organ. All pros sit seemed tho-
roughly to appreciate tho liberality of Ihe directors in
granting the tickets and the labour of the Sunday League
in superintending their distribution. The Emend and last
free Sunday for the season is next Sunday for the
friends of shareholders, for which the tickets are also
distributed under the superintendence of the Sunday
League. _

THE WESTERN FISHERY.—A large: quantity of
red mullet was caught on the Cornish
r,oast during the
past week, of which London had a very
liberal share ; the
fish were sold in Cornwall at 2d. and 3d. each. The Cor-
nish pilchard fishery- was also attended with satisfac-
tory results. In a Belo() at Perran porth about 500 hogs-
heads were enclosed, aud at Nowquay two seines had a
total of nearly GO hogsh, 'ads. The at.. Ives driving boats
averaged from 2,000 to AOOO fisli. per boat for several
nights.

The Peninsula and Oriental Company's steam-
ship Nyanza, Captain W. Curling, arrived at
Southampton on Saturday evening with the heavy
Bombay mails in charge of Mr. A. R. Douglas, of
the General Post office. She brought 51 pas-
sengers, including Commander Lloyd, R.N., Major
Long, Captain Tremlett, Captain Rowley, Captain
Poynter, and Captain Cary ; £1,975 in specie, and
a general cargo. The Nyanza', left Alexandria on
the 13th inst., Malta on the 16th, and Gibraltar on
the 20th. Fine weather was experienced through-
out the voyage, with light variable winds, mostly
from the north-west and north.
On the 18th the Nyanza spoke the steamship
Celia, steering north-west ; on the 19th, the
steamship Syria and the British bark Ambassador,
of Shields, both steering east; on the 22d, the
steamship Ceylon, steering to the southward and
westward; on the 23d the steamship Mooltan, steer-
ing to the southward and westward ; and on the
24th the British ship Glenmark.
Her Majezty's ships Hydra and Hibernia were at
Malta, and the Redpole at Gibraltar. The Simoom,
Captain Lethbridge, arrived at Gibraltar ou the
morning of the 19th, having made an exceedingly
quick passage from Halifax, Nova Scotia. She
brought for Gibraltar the head quarters of the 15th
Brigade Royal Artillery, under command of Colonel
Clifford, and left for Malta on the morning of the
20th, a few hours before the departure of the
Nyanza, in order to carry out other artillery reliefs.
On her return to Gibraltar frcm Malta the Simoom
will embark the last detachment of the Ist Brigade
Royal Artillery, under Captain Price) R.A., for
conveyance to Halifax.
The following British merchant steamers had
arrived out at Gibraltar :—Aug. 14, the Lady
Derby, Captain W. Hicks, 30 days from London
and five from St. Nazaire, for Port Said ; 15th, the
Venetian, Captain R. Mitchell, seven days from
Liverpool for Genoa, &c., and the Macedon, Captain
J. Henderson, seven and a quarter days from
LeghornGlas-
i&e.a eight hours from
&e.; 16th,
16th, the Galicia,
London, with Government stores, &c.; 17th, the
forn J Genoa,
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Syria, Captain E. Christian, four days 22 hours
from Southampton, for Malta and Alexandria;
18th, the Venice, Captain H. Connell, eight days
from London, for Trieste and Venice.
The Austrian brig Anastasia, of Trieste, was
wrecked on the 14th inst. at Cape Spartel, while,on
her passage from Liverpool to Trieste with a cargo
of coals. The crew were taken to Gibraltar on the
following day from Tangier by the Lion Belge
steamer.

Exchanges at Gibraltar were quoted as follow
London, 99 days' date, 50 3-16 d. to id. ; Paris, do.,
sf. 28c. ; Marseilles, do., sf. 28e. to 29c. ; Madrid,
8 days' sight, ito dis. ; Cadiz, do., par to II- pm. ;
Seville, do., par ; Malaga, do., 4to dis. ; Barce-
lona, do., pm. to par ; Almeria, do., dis ; Va-
lencia, do., par. Premium on sf. pieces par to an
eighth of a dollar.
Official notice was given at Gibraltar on the 16th
inst. that " a communication hag been received from
her Majesty's Consul at Malaga, dated the 12th
inst., reporting that, by order of,the General Board
of Health at Madrid, all vessels arriving at that port
from Gibraltar are subjected tp a quarantine of
three days' observation." The Gibraltar Chronicle
of the 17th says :
" We understand that the.orcler from the Cen-
tral Board of Health at Madrid declaring Gibraltar
a foul port was yesterday evening -received by the
Alcalde of San Roque. The order directs that all
arrivals in a Spanish port from Gibraltar shall be
sent to a laz Iretto, and that by land the same pre-
cautions shall be adopted as were observed last year
—the adßission of all susceptible articles through
the Spanish lines being prohibited. A private tele-
gram reports that the quarantine imposed in a Spa-
nish lazaretto on a vessel from Gibraltar is one of
ten days. These rigorous measures are adopted,
although the health of Gibraltar is excellent, be-
cause Gibraltar does not place a quarantine on
Morocco, where the public health is equally good.
As Morocco has now put a quarantine on Tunis
and Algeria, we hope she will have purged herself
of the taint attaching to her in the opinion of the
Central Board of Madrid, and that the sentence of
sanitary excommunication pronounced against her
will be revoked, in which case, of course, Gibraltar
will again be declared a clean port, since her only
offence appears to be holding communication with
Morocco. We have not heard whether Spain has
adopted equally severe
measures against her own
fortresses of Ceuta: and Melilla, on the Barbary
coast, which appex. '
with the Moorish district adjoining them."
.'to be in free communication

The Insurrection in Spain.

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MADRID, Aug. 24.
It is officially announced that the main body of
the insurgents in Arragon is moving towards the
French frontier, closely pressed by the Royal
troops.

The Espana, a provincial journal,
says :—" The
news from Catalonia to-day, is completely satisfac-
tory, and in consequence the Captain-General has
issued a proclamation granting au amnesty to any
one making his submission to the authorities. At
Reus perfect tranquillity prevails, and the insur-
gents who presented themselves at the Priory are
dispersing and throwing away their arms. The
numerous detachments of troops, skilfully dis-
tributed through that territory, which is the revo-
lutionists principal hope, will utterly destroy the
insurgents. Barcelona is perfectly tranquil, and
the manufactories are open. The rest of the prin-
cipality of Catalonia is is calm. Wherever the in-
surgents may be they will find the Royal army
before them. The band which entered Spain by
Upper Arragon is wandering between Hecho and
Canfranc, menaced by several combined columns.
The attitude of the inhabitants, of the army, and of
the authorities, in their efforts to put down this
last and supreme effort of revolution, has loft
nothing to be desired. The bands of Aytonia and
other leaders have been beaten almost without
offering resistance."
The €4rovernor of Girone publishes the following :
..-." Government of the province of Girone,—Two
bands composed of ten men each have appeared in
this province; they are being actively pursued by
the armed force. In publishing this intelligence in
an official and extraordinary bulletin, it is my duty,
and in accordance with the frank feelings by which
I am characterised, to assure the faithful inhabitants
of the province that the appearance of those vaga-
bonds who, in the name of the revolutionists, desire
nothing but plunder and boots, shall in no
respect disturb the public order. I am fully re-
soa strict watch, and to punish
public opinion and distort f acts.
one daring
to interrupt order or to propagate intelligence of a
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(Signed) " PEDRO ESTEVAN, the Governor.
The Espana, a Ministerial organ, does not be-
Girone, Aug. 17, 1867."
be-
lieve that the insurgents meet with any serious sup-
port in the country. It considers that the ener-
geticsuffice to protect the
action of the Government will produce the
The Espanol publishes the following similar
aabnitdanwitsl.l amply
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remarks :—" As for us, we declare that we have
nGovineressnmoelantt.heTshilebjreeevtO having confi-
lutionists dis-
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theu
uneasiness
pose of elements that we consider the public
order It is for good citizens to attend to
t aeir usue\. vocations, knowing that the Govern-
tlent watches over all and tyr alt."

Another of those escapades, in which the parties
" love not wisely but tco well," has taken place here,
and has a spice of romance about it which puts previ-
ous ones in the shade. The gay Lothario is the
son of a retired colonel of the British army, and the
fair one, the eldest daughter of a lolging-house
keeper, but whose personal charms are said to be
of the most winning nature. Whether they are so
or not, they had such a charm for her lover of seven
days' acquaintance that, knowing they could not be
united in the bonds of wedlock here, he at once pro-
posed an excursion to London, where they could be
conveniently made one ; but their brief history adds
an additional proof to the truth of the old adage
that " the course of true love never yet run smooth.'''
The story is simply this. A very short time ago, a
retired colonel came with his family tcyre.side on one
of the many pleasant terraces crownigg the Glan-
mire Hill. He took furnished 1012-6-in the house
of a Mrs. 8., who happens to ha'ti,e, to say the least
of them, two very nice dau ers--one about 19,
the other 22. They had t' been two days ac-
quainted when the colo el's son, who has just
reached his majority, was smitten with the beauty
of the latter girl, and during the hours of dewy eve
he and she used to ramble along the shady lanes
that are to be met with in that well-favoured
locality. Their acquaintance grew into reciprocal
love, and on the proposal of the gallant swain they
eloped last Saturday, making their stay here for the
few days before their departure for England in the
suburbs of the quint little town of Passage. Here
they spent Sanday and Monday unknown and unno-
ticed, though the vigilant head-constable of the dis-
trict(Hoare) was seeking after them all Monday. The
young lady's mother finding she did not return home
on Saturday night thought that something was ,
wrong, for she did not fail to see the gentle passion
growing between her daughter and her lover ; and
thinking that with such a match her first-born would
not be in the wrong box did not restrain her,; but
when she learned that, without the nuptial knot
having been tied, her daughter had cut, her indig-
nation was very great. She gave a minute descrip-
tion of the pair to the constabulary here, and police-
men watched each departing train and steamer,
scanning with eager eyes the travellers by them in
trying to discover the truants ; but the lot fell to
Head-constable Hoare, who yesterday " captured"
them on board the steamer for Bristol. After her
arrival at Passage from Cork he went on board, and
was not there long when he saw the objects of his
search coming in. the gangway. They appeared
rather nervous, and were completely shaken when
the head-constable went up to them just as they
were entering the cabin, and informed them that
he wished to know their names, putting the plea for
doing so more on the present state of the times,
when the Suspension of the Habeas Corpus Act is
in force, than anything else. The gentleman an-
swered that he was " Mr. Smith," and that the lady
who accompanied him was "Mrs. Smith." He was
not, however, to be dodged, and told them bluntly
so, as the vessel was going in a few minutes, in-
forming them in addition that he knew well who
they were, and that he had been on the scent for
them for the past 24 hours. When the male lover
saw the game was up he became possessed with the
fear of incarceration; but the head-constable restored
his equanimity by assuring him that such would not
follow, but that he and his lady-love should leave
the steamer and come with him. This they rather
quietly did, and were conducted to au hotel, from
which the head-constable telegraphed to Cork for
the young lady's mother. On her arrival the scene
that ensued was a painful one to the principal
parties; but after awhile matters improved, and
they and Mrs. B. left for Cork—the young lady
going to her home, but where her disappointed lover
retired to is not known.—Cork Constitution.