The Sun.
London, England, 1866-12-15 00:00:00

EDITM7I.V:

SUN OFFICE, 6 o'CLocK.

ALLEGED APPREHENSION OF
STEPHENS.

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(RY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.)

Noitwicx, Saturday.
There was captured this morning near Reepham,
Norfolk, a man disguised, and who is strongly sus-
pected to be the Fenian Stephens, from his photo-
graph.

The prisoner had a revolver and several docu-
ments in his possession.

The above report seems to confirm the statement
which appeared in Me Sun a few days ago about
the presence of Stephens in England.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE—This Day.

CITY BETTING.-THIS DAY.

There was more animation to-day at both the Victoria
and Albert Clubs. Plaudit is treading close on the heels
of the Rake for first favouritism for the Derby. There
were plenty of offers of 15 to 2 against the latter, and all
the 9 to l's that could be got about Plaudit were eagerly
snapped up. The following were the closing quotations :
Two THOUSAND.
4to 1 agst Plaudit (taken and offered)
9to 2 agst Hermit (offered)
14 to 1 agst Grand Cross (offered)
DERBY.
Bto 1 agst The Rake (taken)
9to 1 agst Plaudit (taken)
12 to 1 agst D'Estournel (offered)
15 to 1 agst Hermit (taken)
25 to 1 agst Marksman (offered)
30 to 1 agst Grand Cross (taken)
50 to 1 agst The Priest (taken)
100 to 1 agst Van Amburgh (offered)
CHESTER cur.
50 to lon the field (offered)

RACING FIXT
JANI
Manchester

JRES FOR 1867.
ARY.

FEBR

"ARY.

Lincoln Spring
Harrow

Nottingham
Derby

MA
Liverpool Spring
Chelmsford Spring l2
West Drayton l9
Bromley

Epsom Sprirv,
L3WOS Spring
Ozoxton Park

AP.
Northampton
Windsor Spring 4
Edinburgh Sp. Meeting 6
Newmarket Craven 8
Curragh

Thirsk
Durham ..
; INewmarket Ist Spring
Catteriek
Chester
:AY.

M
Chester (continued) 1
York Spring 7
Salisbury 9
Doncaster Spring
Bath

Harpenden
Epsom Summer.
Newton
Croydon

Ascot Summer 4
'Windsor Summer - ll
Manchester Summer
Hampton l3
Odiham
Bibury Club lB

Stockbridge
Chelmsford
Newcastle
Citrragh
Worcester S uminer ,
Ipswich
L Y.

Carlisle 2
Newmarket July 2
Pontefract
Reading
•••• 9
Liverpool July Meeting 10
Hungerford
Nottingham July

Dawn Royal Corpo rat n
Stamford
Huntingdon
Winchester
Southampton
Goodwood

Goodwood (continued). AUG.
1 I
Ripon
5
Brighton
Brighton Club
98
',owes
Eghani . . l3
Wolverhampton l3
Stockton
Oxford
Hastings

.UST.
York August
Dover
West Drayton
Plymouth.. •
Canterbury •
Lich field
Derby Summer
Weymouth
Tunbridge

SEPT:

Warwick ___ .
3
Margate
Curragh
Leicester
Abingdon 5
Doncaster

:MBER.
Richmond
Hendon
Monmouth
Manchester Auto
Newmarket Ist October
Walsall

Northampton Autumn. -
Edinburgh Autumn 2
Newmarket 2d October 7
Cheltenham l5

Curragh
Newmarket Houghtov
Worcester Aututnu

NOV

Liverpool Autumn 5
Shrewsbury ll

Leamington Hunt

STEEPLECHASE FIXTURES FOR 1867.
JANUARY.

Manchester .

FEBRUARY.

Carmarthen 5 Harrow Spring
Birmingham l2 Derby
Windsor

MARCH.
Liverp00l Spring
Grand Military
Chertsey
Mahon ..... 13

AP:
York l7
Sevenoaks

IL.
Kildare Hunt

COURSING.

FIRST THORNTON OPEN COURSING MEETING.
Stewards—Captain Park Yates, Messrs. W. Gamon, W.
Whitby, J. Brundrit, W. W. Brundrit, and R. B. Min-
ton. Judge—Mr. Warwick. Slipper—Mr. Raper. Flag
Steward—Mr. A. Smith. Hon. Secretary—Mr. H.
Knight.

WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY.
The Thornton Cup. Winner, £5O ; second, .£2O ; third
and fourth, £8 each ; fifth, sixth, seventh, and eighth,
£5 each.

First Ties.
Lord Sefton's Solitaire beat Victoria Goummma's Vortex.
Mr. Sandbach's nomination beat Victoria Goummma's
Vanish.

Mr. W. Hughes's Honeymoon beat Mr. J. Brundrit's
Blue Violet.

Mr. Minton's Wide-awake beat Mr. Ellis's Regular.
Mr. W. Whitby's Miss Irving beat Mr. W. Hughes's
T eddy.
Mr. H. Knight's Simpleton boat DKr. J. Brundrit's Black
Topsy.
Mr. R. Kayo's Knight Errant (late Who's-afraid) beat
Mr. W. Whitby's Sea Boat.

Mr. W. Hughes's Happy Lass boat Mr. E. G. Hornby's

Mr. Hugh Hughes's General Hope beat Mr. Borthwick
nd Irving.

Mr. T. D. Hornby's Hannah beat Lord Sefton's Swift.
Mr. Smith nd Peter boat Mr. Rowland Hughes's Harper.
Mr. R. Ellis's Ringkeeper beat Mr. Whitby's Whisper.
Second Ties.---Mr. Sandbacb's nomination beat Solitaire,
Wideawake beat Honeymoon, Miss Irving beat Simpleton,
Knight Errant beat Happy Lass, Hannah beat General
Hope, and Ringkeeper beat Peter.
Third Ties.--Sandy beat Wide-awake, Knight Errant
beat Miss Irving, and Ringkeeper beat Hannah.
Fourth Ties.--Sandy boat Knight Errant, and Ring-
keeper ran a bye.
Sandy and Ringkeeper divided.
Tho Elton Stakes, for eight dogs, at £2 100.
Winner, £l3 10s.; second, £4 IN.—First Ties.
Mr. R. Ellis's Caller Oa beat Mr. W. Whitby's Sea Boat
(2).

Mr. Borth wick's nomination beat Mr. Fern's nomination.
Mr. Pritchard's General Peel beat Mr. W. Hughes' Teddy.
Mr. Ellis's Regular beat Mr. Borthwick's Whisper.
Second Ties. —Mr. Borthwick's nomination beat Caller
Ou, and General Peel beat Regular.
Deciding Course.—General Pool boat Mr. Borthwick's
nomination, and won.

LONDON SCOTTISH RIFLE VOLUNTEERS.—The
annual winter inspection of the London Scottish Volunteers
will take place in Westminster Hall this evening. The
prizes won during the year will be presented by Lady
Elcho. _ _ _ _

The John Bull says that Mr. Bulwer, (IC., has
been appointed recorder of Cambridge, and Mr. Metcalfe
recorder of Ispwich in his place.

THE BIRTH OF A YOUNGSTER.—The editor of a
contemporary thus announces the birth of his youngest :
Ye who listen with credulity to the whispers of fancy,
and pursue with eagerness the phantoms of hope; who ex-
pect
tdeb:et; deficiencies es willo f performt
present e
daypromisesewill
hoe of youth,supplied , ahn3C, thatthe
morrow, heed Dr. Johnson's advice, if you will, and at-
tend to this history of Rasselas, Prince of Abyssinia but
suffer it not to fill your minds with discouragement and
gloom. For youth is not an illusion, and the hopes of to-
day are not always buried in the disappointments of to-
morrow; else the stalwart boy that commenced his earthly
career one week ago to-day (Wednesday) Would never
have been born. Weight n pounds."—American Paper.
A VOICE FROM THE DEEP.—A bottle has been
picked up on the beach at Schevening, near the Hague, by
a fisherman, which on being opened contained the follow-
in
g:—" On board the- brig Margaret, Oct. 22, lost our
t
reckoning—sprung a leak on the 14th—hands worn out at
the pumps. We shall sink in an hour - all hope goxte.
Forward this, if found, to my brother, John Clarke, Prince
of \Vales Theatre, London." The burgomaster has sent it
as desired, and Mr. Clarks is much distressed at the
melancholy tidings.