The Sun.
London, England, 1859-10-20 00:00:00

class.

THIRD EDITION.

SUN OFFICE, Seven, o'clock.

TATTERSALLS'-(THIS EVENING.)

There was a very thin attendance this afternoon, and
very little betting.

CAMI3RIDGESHIRE STAKES.
Bto 1 agst Honey (taken)
Bto 1 agst Artless (offered)
10 to 1 agst North Lincoln (offered)
100 to 7 agst Mazzini (taken)
100 to 7 agst Lady Alice
100 to 6 agst Petra (take 20 to 1)
100 to 6 agst Ambush (taken and offered)
20 to 1 agst Mutineer (taken)
25 to 1 agst Broadlands (taken)
33 to 1 agst Sam Spode (offered)
50 to 1 agst Geologie (taken)

_IPSWICH RACES-(THIS DAY.)

WELTER CUP.

Commodore.
Pactolus ...

2

Three ran.
MEMBERS' PLATE.

_
Clio __.
Colt by Hermit
NURSERY HANDICAP.

Dapple

Codicil 2
Six ran.
CUP STAKES.

Delusion
Commodore

Two ran.
QUEEN'S PLATE.

Newcastle
Catherine ..

Borderer .....

Thrt_, ran.

KELSO RACES.-(TIIIS DAY.)

[BY ELECTRIC TELEGRXPII.I
BORDER HANDICAP.

Nucleus
Hamlet
Peggy Taft

Nine
SWEEPSTAKES OF 5 SOT'S.

Ripon
Harebell

Interest . ........

Seven ran

EXTRAORDINARY CASE.

On Saturday morning last, the coroner, Mr. Rut-
ter, received information that a man had been found
drowned at Mode Wheel, on the river Irwell, in the
township of Pendlebury, in the borough of Salford.
On going to take the inquest in the afternoon, the
body appeared to be that of a man about 50 or GO
years of age.
From the evidence it appeared that a man named
Yates, employed at the Mode Wheel Works, dis-
covered the body in a nearly erect position at half-
past six that morning, in the sluice leading from
the river Irwell. With the assistance of a man
named James Moyles, he got the body out of the
water, and conveyed it to the Swan Inn, Pendle-
bury, where it lay until Satutdar night.
Mary Gorten, who keeps a beer-shop near the
Swan Inn, stated that on Friday afternoon this
man came to her house, and remained from three
o'clock until five. He appeared perfectly sober.
During the time he remained he asked for a glass
of beer and a pipe of tobacco, and had four glasses
in all, for which he paid 6d. Before leaving, he
inquired of her at what time the gates of the lodge
leading to Mode Wheel were closed for the night.
She inquired whether he was going to Manchester,
when he replied, " No, to Throstle Nest." The
witness said " he appeared to be upset in his
mind," and she had no further conversation with
im. He was a stranger to her before this.
'One of the jury remarked, that if it was the per-
son he supposed, he knew him well. His name was
Henry Stokes; but though he was known by this
name he was not a man, and his proper name was
Harriet Stokes. She had assumed the name and
garb of a man for a great number of years, and had
served an apprenticeship as a bricksetter, after-
wards working as a journeyman, and then for
several years in business, having constructed many
of the warehouses, chapels, and dwelling-houses in
the neighbourhood of Manchester, the last work
being the erection of a factory chimney for Mr.
Simpson.

The Coroner then directed two women to exa-
mine the body .who came back tittering, saying it
was true ; it was the body of a woman.
Harriet Taylor, who lives in the neighbourhood,
said she knew Stokes well. He was a bricksetter.
The proper name was Hairiet Stokes, but he went
by the name of Harry Stokes. Some years ago
Stokes married a woman in Manchester. They
lived together as man and wife, and kept a beer-
shop, in Quay-street, Manchester.
Several of the jury recollected the case, and that
ballads were composed and sung in the streets on
its being known that the supposed man was a

woman.
The verdict was " Found drowned. Supposed
suicide."
Since the inquest we have ascertained from in-
quiries that it is stated that about 25 years ago this
woman was married to a female, who made com-
plaint that her husband was not a man, and left her
in consequence.

EUROPEAN MISSIONS TO CHINA.

The following are some details relative to the
first European missions to China :
As far back as 1314 John of Monte-Corvino
went to China, accompanied by a Franciscan monk.
They established an archbishopric entitled Khan
Balikh. But from that period there is no record of
relations between Western Europe and China until
1521, when the Portuguese missionary Pirez went
to Pekin ; he was there cast into prison, and it is
believed executed. The Jesuits appeared there about
the same time, the first of them being Francis de
Xavier, who died in 1552, and who has since been
canonised. Fathers Valignan, Roger, Pasio, and
Ricci continued his enterprise. The latter resolved
to try to influence the minds of the Chinese by
means of science, and in 1600 he was permitted to
offer a clock to the Emperor. His Majesty in return
showed him great favour, and numerous conversions
were the consequence. The successor of Father
Ricci, Father Scholl, was nominated Director of
Celestial Affairs,' and became the particular friend
of the Emperor. By
.his influence a Catholic col-
lege, a school for training priests, convents, and
churches were established ; but after a while a
persecution broke out, and he was put to death.
Towards the end of the 17th century, a number of
Jesuits were sent as missionat ies from France, by
Colbert and Father de la Chaise, the minister
and confessor of Louis XIV. Two of these ec
clesiastics, Fathers Premare and Gaubil, became
mandarins of the first class, and wrote works which
are still regarded as part of the classical literature
of China. The success of the mission was con-
siderable ; but it did not produce any effect on in-
ternational relations. At length the Dominicans
sent out missions, and unfortunately they tried to
supplant the Jesuits. They began by attacking the
indulgence which the latter ha shown to certain
semi-idolatrous usages of the Chinese, and the Je-
suits retorted. The conflicts of the two parties
created a reaction against Christianity, and (in
1723) it was proscribed, and a persecution was
commenced. Some missionaries remained at Pekin
as men of science, but they had to preach in
secrecy, and the Chinese Church was virtually anni-
hilated. With respect to the embassies, the first
sent to the Chinese was by the Dutch in 1656; the
Ambassadors, Goyer and Keyser by name, were
received with considerable pomp at Pekin, but
were subjected to humiliating formalities and de-
lays, and obtained almost nothing except the per-
mission for 20 Dutchmen to visit Pekin every eight
years—a permission, however, accompanied by the
declaration that the Dutch would give pleasure by
staying away. A second embassy from the Dutch
went to Pekin in 1667, but without obtaining more
success. Russia sent one in 1693 and another in
1720; they were subjected to long delays and humi-
liating formalities, but were entertained at feasts
and in hunting parties, and ended by obtaining a
treaty for making exchanges on the northern f rati-
fier, and establishing au entrepot at IK iakta. The
Pope, in his turn, sent an embassy in 1721, and the
Portuguese One iu 1753, but neither obtained any-
thing. The first appearance of the English was
made in 1792, which completed the list in the
eighteenth century. The embassies sent since then
have been described at considerable length and
generally known."

The receipts of the Zollvertin during the first six
months of the present year • were 11,495,000 dollars
( 1,650,003), against 13,268,003 dollars (X 1,900,000)
in the sank period of 1658. The falling off is at-
tributable to the stagnation of commerce caused
by the war in Italy. The principal decrease in the impel ta
was in raw sugar, iron, both manufactured and unmanufac-
tured, coffee, and unbleached cotton goods. The impDrta-
tion of unmanufactured tobacco has increased rather largely.
MIXING IT Ur.—A clergyman, who was reading
to his congregation a chapter in Genesis, found the last
sentence to be—" And the Lord gave unto Adam a wife."
Turning over two leaves together, ho found written, and
read, in an audible voice—" And she was pitched without
and within." He had unhappily got into a description of
Noah's arl.