The Sun.
London, England, 1866-02-22 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, THUESDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 22, 18G6.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—This Day.

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BOW-STREET.

POST-OFFICE ROBBERIES BY A POLICEMAN.—Georgo
Boxall, late police-constable at Usk, Monmouthshire, who
stood committed for trial on the charge of stealing a bank
post bill for £l5O from a letter in the post-office at Usk,
was brought up on remand on the further charge of steal-
ing from and out of the post a letter addressed to Edward
Lister, Esq., Cefn Ild, Usk, containing a banker's draft for
£23 3s. 2d., forging Mr. Lister's name thereon, and utter-
ing the same knowing it to be forged.
Mr. Peacock again attended to prosecute for the Post-
office authorities.

It will be remembeied that two days after the letter in
question was lost in the Post-office the prisoner was at
Cardiff, where he purchased a watch for £6 65., paying
for it with the cheque in question, and receiving £l6 17s.
2d. in change.

Mr. Hampson, a clerk in the office of the Messrs. Rush-
ton, solicitors, Bolton, said he was sent to obtain a bankers'
draft for £23 3s. 2d., payable at the London and West-
minster Bank, London, to E. Lister. He did so, and the
draft was afterwards enclosed in a letter and posted.
Thomas Horrocks, also a clerk in the office of Messrs.
Rushton, solicitors, Bolton, said ho posted the letter con-
taining the bankers' draft at the Bolton post-office on the
25th of last November. He was quite certain he did so,
as the address was peculiar, and it was also entered in his
letter-book, which he produced.

Mr. Lister, the gentleman to whom the letter was ad-
dressed, said he never received the letter sent, as had been
described, from Bolton. Tho endorsement on the draft,
"E. Lister," was not in his handwriting, and he never
authorised any person to write it thereon. He knew the
prisoner in 1864. He was in the police force at Usk.
The prisoner said he would reserve his defence.
He was fully committed for trial.

This Day.

third.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE,

LINCOLN RACES-YESTERDAY.
BLANKNEY HANDICAP.

Tragedy .(Loates)
Venturesome (ll.eartfield) 2
Actor ..(cauxtable) 3
La Mechante • ...(Parry) 0
Knight of the Whistle ...(Carroll) 0
Elastic ...(Elphick) 0
Credulity ........... (Stone) 0
Cleopatra (Kenyon) 0

Advance - 0
Won by half a length; a length between second and

Betting —2 to 1 agst Cleopatra, 2 to 1 agst Venturesome,

5 to 1 agst La Mechante, and 8 to 1 agst Tmgekly.
THE CITY HANDICAP of 5 sovs each, with 50 added
certain winners extra. Six furlong-K.

Lord Westmorland's Indian Star (Kenyon) 1
Mr. Wilkinson's East Lynn.. (Carrqll) 2
Lord Stamford's Gemma

The following also ran:—Historian (Parry), Pantaloon
(J. Grimshaw), Reindeer (Hibberd), William Pat (Heart-
field), Elastic (Elphick), Pink (R. Challoner), Opposition
(Storey), Musician (Foster).
Betting-4 to 1 each agst Musician and East Lynn, 6to
to 1 each agst Reindeer and Gemma, 14 to 1. agst Indian
S tar.

Won by three-quarter of a length; two lengths between
second and third.
The INNKEEPERS' SELLING STAKES of 5 sous
each, with 30 added, for all ages; selling and other al-
lowances. About half-a-mile.
Mr. York's Novice, 3 yrs (X3O), 7st 111 b (Loates) 1
Mr. Nightingall's Benanoar, 4 yrs (.£3O), Bst 61b (H. Parry) 2
Marquis of Hastings' Alberta, 3 yrs (ao), 7st 111 b
(J. Grimshaw) 3
Mr. J. Butler's Bessie, 4 yrs (.£3O), Bst 61b (J. Covey) 4
Mr. Hodgman's Game Pullet g., 2 yrs (X. 30), 6st (Stone) 5
Lord Westmoreland's Munchausen, 4 yrs (X3O), Bst llb
(Morris) 6
Betting—Even agst Alberta-2 to 1 agst Novice.

Novice jumped off in front with a slight lead of Benanoar,

Alberta being third; they ran thus from start to finish.
Novice winning easily by a length and a half ; two lengths
separating the second and third ; a neck the third and
fourth.

The winner was bought in for £230 guineas; and Ma

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Nightingall claimed Alberta.
Tho GRAND STEEPLECHASE (handicap) of 10 sovs
each, 5 feet, 3 only if declared, with 100 added ; winners
extra. About four miles over a fair hunting country.
Mr. J. S. Bygott's Bridegroom (h. b), aged, 12st 21b
(Mr. R. Walker 1
Mr. W. Hawkin's The Rogue, aged, Ilst 81b ...(Pickett 2
Mr. F. G. Hobson's Patience (h.b.), aged, list 81b (Owner 3
Mr. T. Wadlow's West-End, aged, list 41b...(W. White 4

The following also ran :—Acrobat, Vienna, The Beau,
and Contralto.

Betting-5 to 2 agst West-End, sto 1 agst Tho Beau,
6 to 1 agst The Rogue, 7 to 1 agst Vienna, 8 to 1 (at first
3 to 1) against Bridegroom.
Acrobat went to the front immediately after starting,
followed by Tho Beau, Contralto, The Rogue, and Bride-
groom, West-End, and Patience bringing up the rear.
They ran in this order to the Stand, where The Rogue
passed Acrobat and led ovar two flights of hurdles; but
Acrobat again assumed the lead, which ho held to the lane
jump, where he refused, and The Rogue was left in com-
mand, Bridegroom, Patience, and West End following.
Bridegroom and The Rogue jumped into the racecourse
side by side, and the first-named taking the lead after
clearing the last flight of hurdles, won in a canter by two
lengths; Patience a head only behind The Rogue, and
West End three lengths in the rear of the third. Nothing
else passed the post. Vienna came down on crossing the
road, and Contralto fell on the far side, Mr. Wilmott being
severely shaken.
The LINCOLNSHIRE HUNT STEEPLECHASE of 5
sovs each, with 50 added, for maiden horses that have
never been in a training stable Since December 1; four-
yr-olds, list ; five, list 101 b ; six and aged, 12st 31b ;

thorough-bred horses 71b extra ; gentlemen riders ; pro-
fessionals, 71b extra. About four miles.
Mr. Heneage's Lincoln, 5 yrs, 12st 3113- (Capt. Har© 1
Mr. Richardson's Simplicity, 5 yrs, 12st 31b (Owner) 2
Mr. T. Lundie's ns. Bubble, 4 yrs, list 71b
(Mr. G. A. Morris) 3
Mr. W. H. Robinson's Elastic (13. b), 5 yrs, list 101 b

(Capt. Inge) 4
The following also ran :—Ravenswood, Harrington
(la b), Pensioner, Morris Dancer, Peggy White Nose
(h b), Peter (h b), The Ranger (h b), Gipsy 'Girl, and
Bolingbroke gelding (h b), disq.
Betting-4 to 1 agst Bubble, 6to 1 agstthe Bolingbroke
gelding.

The Bolingbroke gelding made play, followed by Har-
rington and Simplicity for once round, when Harrington
went to the front, but Lincoln (who had been lying off)
gradually run past his horses, and taking the load three
fences from home, won easily by a length from the Bol-
ingbroke gelding, who headed Simplicity by two lengths.
Bubble and Elastic were the next two. The rider of the
Bolingbroke gelding was found to bo short of weight in
returning to weigh in, and the horse was disqualified, and
Simplicity was placed second.
The Juvenile Selling Stakes of 50 sous, added to a Sweep-
stakes of 5 sous each, for two-yr-olds ; colts, Bst 101 b ;
fillies, Bst 71b; the winner to be sold for 100 soya.
Straight run in, about half a mile.

Mr. Joseph Dawson's Pneumatic, Gst 71b (Loatel 1
Mr. Sutton's Seringapatam, Bst 101 b (Thomas 2
Mr. Elliott's Speakers dam colt, Bst 101 b (Parry 3
The following also ran :—Fitz Royal, Butterfly filly,
Polly Perkins, Slapbang, Rambling Kate filly.
Betting-2 to 1 agst Pneumatic, 3to 1 agst Butterfly
filly, 6 to 1 " bar two."
Pneumatic and the Speaker's dam colt jumped off in
front, Polly Perkins going on third, Scringapatam, who
appeared to run very green, bringing up the rear, but when
fairly settling in his stride he ran through his horses and
took second place to opposite the enclosure ; but Pneu-
matic, who was never headed throughout, won easily by a
length; a head between second and third. The Rambling
Kate filly and Polly Perkins were fourth and fifth, close
together, the Butterfly filly sixth, and Slapbang last.
The winner was bought by Mr. Myers for 155 guineas.
Count Lagrange claimed Seringapatam for Prince D.
Soltykoff.