The Sun.
London, England, 1866-05-14 00:00:00

T,E SUN, LONL)ON, .MOON DAY EVENING, MAY 14, 1866.

MARKETS.---This Day.

Sydney, lad ; and Cape wool, ld per lb as compared with
last sales. Privately, the wool trade is dull, and prices
have a drooping tendency.
Current prices of English wool per lb.
d 9 d
Fleeces—South Down hogets 1 9i 1 10i

Half-bred do 2 0 2 1
Kent fleeces 2 0 2 1
South Down ewes and wethers 1 71 1 8
Leicester do - 2 0
Sorts—Clothing
• Combing

TALLOW.
Our market is somewhat heavy, and prices are drooping.
P.Y.C. on the spot is selling at 455. 6d. to 455. 9d. per cwt.

Particulars. 1863. 1864. 1865. 1866.
Stock this day 39,541 49,554 33,406 27,295
Plies of Y.C.
—s Od —s Od —s Od 45s 9d
Deliyery last week 1,291 1134 1,163 1,025
Ditto from June 1 77,238 72,368 91,125 100,790
Arrival last week 220 638 115 338
Ditto fr( in June 1 78,492 83.761 79,510 95,112
Price of Town

Charge of Robbery against a Major's Son.

BOW-STREET (THIS DAY).
Edward Hamilton Finney, gentleman, the son of Major
Edward Hamilton Finney, an officer in the army, residing
at 9, Godolphin-road, Hounslow, was placed at the bar this
morning, charged, before Mr. Vaughan, with stealing a
silver spoon from the Albion Tavern, Gt. Russell-street.
Mr. Sleigh attended on the part of the prisoner.
John Jerrard said, on Saturday last the prisoner entered
the Albion Tavern between three and four o'clock to dine ;
and as a large quantity of plate had been lost since last
Good Friday, it was his directions to the waiters to ob-
serve the number of silver spoons, &c., placed on each
table. He told the waiter to watch the prisoner, and re-
port to him if anything was missed. There were three
silver spoons on the table at which the prisoner was sitting.
He partook first of some saddle of mutton, and when the
waiter was clearing the table for the second course he
missed some of the silver, and reported the circumstances to
him. After this the prisoner's father came in and eventually
the prisoner quitted the dining-room for the smoking-
room. He sent a constable into that apartment to watch the
young man. He knew him to be a son of the elder gentle-
man, who was in his company, viz., Major Finney.
_ _

Mr. Vaughan—ls it a habit to count the silver of each of
the tables in the dining-room ?
Witness.—Yes, in consequence of the losses that have
taken place.

Mr. Sleigh—Can that be taken down, sir, as evidence ?
Mr. Vaughan—Yes, I think it can.
Mr. Sleigh—Be it so, by all means, then.
Mr. Vaughan—Was there any other person sitting at
the table beside the prisoner ?

Witness—Only his father, and he did not come into the
dining-room when his son entered.

Mr. Sleigh—You knew Major Finney when he came in,
did you not ?
Witness —Yes, sir.
Mr. Sleigh—Did not the major go into the smoking-
room with his son ?
Witness—Yes, sir.
Mr. Vaughan (to witness)—You ought to have stated
that fact in evidence.

Joseph Hanscomb said—l am waiter at the Albion. The
last witness told me to watch the prisoner and the plate
that was on the table. I did so as requested, and saw
there were three silver table spoons lying there. After
the young gentleman had his first course I missed one
spoon. I thinkl the prisoner came in about a quarter to
four, as near as I could recollect. It was my duty to wait
at the table and the next one to it. No person was sitting
at the table near the prisoner. The saddle of
mutton, of which he partook, was served as soon as ho
came into the room.

Mr. Vaughan—Had the prisoner's father entered the
room before the mutton was cleared away ?

Witness—.-No, sir.
Mr. Vaughan—And that you swear?
Witness—Yes.
Mr. Vaughan—The prisoner's father, then, had not come
into the room before you had missed the spoon.

Witness—No, sir.
Cross-examined by Mr. Sleigh-1 reported the loss of
the spoon in less than five minutes after it was gone. The
major came in after I had missed the spoon. The major
and his son left the room together ; they went to the
smoking-room. 1 was not present when the prisoner was
taken into custody. I did not see the two gentlemen leave
the house.

William Lynch, detective constable, of the F division,
said—At 5 o'clock on Saturday evening I was sent for to
the Albion Hotel, and the prisoner pointed out to me as a
person who was suspected of stealing a silver spoon. I sat
in the box adjoining the one he occupied. The prisoner
and his father then went into the smoking-room, and sat
there until they both left. I watched them. They pro-
ceeded down Brydges-street, and having followed them
as far as the Strand, prisoner's father left him, and then
he (prisoner) went into billiard room No. 252. When
he came out he went to wards Charing-cross, and returned,
and entered an umbrella-makers' shop. The next time I
saw him he was in custody of an officer, in a cab, nearly
opposite the shop door. I accompanied the officer to the
station-house. Prisoner had a walking-stick iu his hand,
which Mr. Wallis said ho had not paid for, when he was
taken into custody. When he was at the station he was
asked to show what ho had in his pockets. He took a
number of things from his coat pocket, but when I told
him he had got something else there I took out the silver
spoon produced.
Mr. Vaughan—Did he say anything about it ?
Witness—No, sir, he made no reply.
Mr. Sleigh—Do you mean to say he said he could not
account for it.

Witness --No ; he was unable to reply for about a quar-
ter of an hour after he was charged with the robbery; pri-
soner then said he could not account for it.

Mr. Sleigh—Was he taken into custody for stealing the
walking-stick ?
Witness—Yes; I believe he was.

John Dowdell, another detective officer of the P divi-
sion, said—On Saturday afternoon, I watched outside the
Albion Hotel till about half-past six, when I saw the pri-
soner and his father come out. They stopped at different
places, anti before the prisoner's father left him the priso-
ner went to 368, Strand—the shop of Mr. Wallis, having
an umbrella in his hand. When ho came out I saw he had
a walking-stick as well as his umbrella. Directly he came
out of Wallis's shop he hailed a Hansom cab, and then Mr.
Wallis came running out after him, and when he saw the
prisoner he said to him, " You've stolen my stick." ThesA,
I think, were the words. The prisoner then took out his
purse and said he would pay for it. I then told Mr. Wallis
I was a police constable, and that I would take him into
custody for stealing the stick.
Mr. Sleigh—Mr. Wallis did not give him in charge then?

Witness—No, sir. Mr. Wallis, however, afterwards
came to the station house, and charged him with stealing
the stick. I told him, when he was at the station, he could
take his things from his pockets himself if he choose, and
he then took out a number of articles, but in `consequence
of his not producing all, I said, "You've something else,'
and I then put my hand in the same pocket and pulled
out the spoon. Prisoner said, on being asked to account
for the spoon, that he could not do so.

The witness Jerrard here identified the silver spoon
found on the prisoner as the property of his master, Mr.
Cooper. It had the words " Albion Tavern, 26, Great
Russell-street," engraved on it.

Dowdell then produced the articles found on the pri-
soner's person. They were of the most miscellaneous
description :—A purse, .E 2 1s 6d. ; do. £2 11s. ; loose cash,
3s. 3d. ; silver watch, gold chain, gold ring, gold pin,
silver tooth pick and case, 2 knives, railway key and case,
fusee box, tobacco pouch, 19 keys, 2 pair of kid gloves, 1
pomade bottle and case, 3 small bottles of scent,
1 pot of cold' cream, 1 pot of extract of meat,
a tin case, a packet of tobacco, 2 packets of
umbrella,
case. and
tooth powder, 1 packet of dye, 14 small combs, 1 small
ivory handled knife, 3 new pairs of gloves, a silk hair
net in box, 1 ivory hammer, 3 glove patterns, a knuckle-
duster, a, half a return railway
silk
ticket,uster, 3
and receipts,a m e ea s
c ham pipe

Mr. Wallis—l keep .a. shop..at No. 368, Strand, and am an
umbrella manufacturer. Prisoner came into my shop on
Saturdayhe h
ade evening, and said he wanted a_ stick similar to
one ,
purchased
of me
some time ago. I showed him
nearly all I had, but he did not select one. Another cus-
tomer came ill, and then he left. I observed he had a stick
in his hand. I fjllowed him, and on seeing him in the
street, I said, " That stick belongs to me." He was just at
Exeter Hall when I saw him get into a cab. He
then offered to pay for it. A police-officer came
up, one of those, I suppose, who was watching him. He
was then taken to the station-house. I cannot say whether
the prisoner ever bought a stick at my shop. I don't wish
to press the charge against prisoner.
Mr. Vaughan—The charge has been made, and I cannot
allow it to be withdrawn.

This being the whole of the evidence against the
prisoner,
Mr. Sleigh said he felt that the course taken would be to
commit the prisoner for trial, but ho had to ask that he
might be formally remanded for a week, which would pre-
vent his trial taking place at Middlesex Sessions then sit-
ting. He was a young gentleman of the highest respect-
ability, and up to Saturday last had borne the highest cha-
racter for honour. He also asked that he might be admitted
to bail. His father, Major Finney, and his solicitor, were
quite prepared to enter sureties for any amount.
Mr. Vaughan said he had intended to remand the pri-
soner in order that inquiries might be made about him.
There were two purses and other things that required some
inquiry to be made.
Mr. Sleigh—A great many of the articles were undoubt-
edly the property of the prisoner—the knuckleduster, for
instance—that was given him by his father, who was pre-
sent, and could state so if necessary.
Mr. Vaughan said, under all the circumstances, he should
remand the prisoner for a week, but he would take two
sureties of £250 each for his appearance on Monday next.
Major Finney and his solicitor having entered into the
required recegnisances, the prisoner quitted the dock and
left the court in company With his father.

SPOATING NO CES.

THE DERBY.

The Epsom Meeting, which attracts to the Downs nearly
the whole elite of England, commences to-morrow. The
Prince and Princess of Wales will be present on Wednes-
day mad Friday. The Woodcote Stakes (run to-morrow)
will be won by Achievement, her most dangerous opponent
being Hermit. The lions Free Handicap reads well for
The Pirate or Endsleigh, and the Brighton Stakes for
Attache or Sidewind. The Badminton Stakes is at. the
mercy of Problem.

Wednegday is the red letter day in the calendar of sports
of not only the United Kingdom but of the wide world, for
in what part of the known globe does not the " Derby"
absorb the attention and excite the imagination of all who
take an interest in the progress of the equine race? Is the
the name not known at Morocco, whence came the
Byerley Turk, and are not the nomadic dwellers in the
desert beyond Euphrates, who sent us the Godolphin
Arabian, the Darley Arabian, and many other Arab
steeds of the highest lineage to improve our Eng-
lish breeds, familiar with the magic word ? And
is it not known and speculated upon in every capital in
Europe, as well as in the far distant East, and even at the
Antipodes, where many a "nugget" will change hands
upon the result of the great event, the probable chances of
which it is now my duty to discuss ? The race at hand is
the 86th anniversary of the Derby, which was first run for
in 1780, when the number of horses nominated for it was
only 36, and with nine runners it fell to Sir C. Bunbury's
Diomed, the son of Florizel by Herod, with Major O'Kelly's
Boudrow, by Eclipse, second. Since then the vast increase
of breeding and racing is told by the fact that now the
entry comprises no fewer than 274 horses, so many of
which, it is to be regretted, have been tried and found
wanting, that the field will not number more than 25 or 26.
The following are the most likely runners :
Mr. Sutton's Lord Lyon, by Stockwell Custance.
Duke of Beaufort's Rustic, by Stockwell Cannon.
Marquis of Hastings's Blue Riband, by
Fa zzoletto
Marquis of Hastings's Lecturer, by Cos-
terdale H. Day.
Lord St. Vincent's Redan, by Artillery T. French.
Lord St. Vincent's Lucifer' by The Cure Mr. Bevill, jun
Mr. Chaplin's Vespasian, by Newminster J. Grimshaw.
Mr. Naylor's Monarch of the Glen, by
Stockwell
Mr. Naylor's Hawthorn, by Stockwell
Marquis of Exeter's Knight of the Cres-
cent, by Knight of St. Patrick
Mr. Bowes's Westwick, by Stockwell
Earl of Glasgow's cby Young Melbourne Parry.
Earl of Glasgow's c by Brother to Bird
on the Wing—Rapid Rhone's dam J. Osborne.
Mr. Rigby's Abergeldie, by Trumpeter J. Goater.
Mr. Dawsou's Stabber,L)y Stiletto Morris.
Marquis of Ailesbury's Nottingham J. Mann.
Mr. Watts's S trathconan, by Newminster Snowden.
Mr. G. Bryan's La,neret, by Newminster Lynch.
Mr. Savile's Leybourne, by Musjid.
Mr. Savile's Corsair, by Skirmisher E. Sharp.
Baron Rothschild's Robin Hood, by North
Lincoln
Baron Rothschild's Janitor, by King Tom Wells.
Mr. Robinson's Maori Chief, by Lord of
the Isles
Lord S tamford's Freedom, by Newminster A. Edwards.
Lord Lyon has held the first position in the betting since
the downfall of Student. That he could give Elland 101 b
and lose him, as Mr. Sutton stated, after the latter defeated
Breadalbane and Dalby, is all " blarney ;" but still the
easy way he won the Two Thousand entitles him to bo
held in the greatest respect. Redan, from his dead heat
with Lord Lyon and his subsequent running, must be there
or thereabouts at the finish. Rustic has been backed for
no ends of money. Blue Riband and Ceylon are both in
the same stable. If the latter was in any other stable he
would be as good a favourite as either Lord Lyon or Rustic,
as he has beaten all the public four of this year, and when
1,000 to 5 is laid against him, it shows that the stable have
got a clinker in either Rustic or Blue Riband. Rustic won
the trial easily, and will be the mainstay of the Danebury
interest. Strathconan has no chance. Lord Glasgow's
Toxophilite colt has been asked a question which he has
satisfactorily answered to his noble owner's satisfaction,
having in a trial beat his lordship's horse, who ran fourth
in the Two Thousand, in a canter by eight lengths, which
is quite sufficient to make the backers of the favourites
tremble. Monarch of the Glen will be more at home
over the Derby course than he was in the Two Thousand.
Knight of the Crescent is almost sure to get a place if he
does not actually win. Leybourne's easy victory over
Beelzebub at Newmarket ought to give him a great chance,
as the horse was not quite fit in the Two Thousand.
Vespasian will represent Mr. Chaplin's interest, and that
will be all. He will be ridden by J. Grimshaw, whose
term of suspension ceases at the Epsom Meeting. Aber-
geldie hails from Lyttleton, and is a remarkably good-
looking horse. He is the property of a Liverpool gentle-
man, who would like nothing better than to win the
Derby. His form, lam told, is the same as if The Clown
were in at Bst 21b, and those who would back the latter at
that weight should got on Abergeldie ; but I confess, I
should not fancy Mr. Barber's horse, except at about 7st
71b, when he might have a chance. Jem Goater will have
the mount. Westwick is a big rough kind of outsider,
whom we saw run in The Craven Week, and has, I con-
ceive, the same chance as is indicated by the odds that are
offered against him. Janitor will run a much better horse
than he did at Newmarket, and if any surprise is in store
for the fielders there is none more likely to accomplish it
Both Nottingham and Stabber are affected with the
"metallic fever," and they had bettor be left alone at pre-
sent. In forestalling the judge in his decision I will place
RUSTIC 1
TOXOPHILITE COLT 2
LORD LYON 3
But Knight of the Crescent and Monarch of the Glen will
try and get placed.
The field for the Oaks will be made up from the follow-
ing:—