The Sun.
London, England, 1866-07-13 00:00:00

SELLING STAKES.

Practitioner
Victoria
Lord of the Manor
Won by a length. Eight ran.
ABBEY STAKES.

Capt. Kidd 1
Commissioner 2
Jeannie Deans

Won easy. Thirteen ran.
STEWARDS' PLATE.

Skirmish
Opposition
Bitter Sweet
Nine ran. Won easy.
BETTING ON THE COUSE.
GOODWOOD STAKES.
10 to 1 agst Bradamante (taken)
12 to 1 agst Black Prince (taken)

We regret to learn that Mr. Gulliver's well-known en-
tire horse, Big Ben, accidentally broke his leg, the begin-
ning of the week, at Boddecott Paddocks, Banbury.
Hopes, however, are entertained that his life may be pre-
served.

Lord Poulett's Nu was struck out of the Goodwood
Stakes yesterday afternoon.

COURSE OF EXCHANGE—This Evening.

Amsterdam Short. 11 13
Ditto 3 Months. 11 17k
Rotterdam
Antwerp — 25 471
Brussels
Hamburg — 13 8
Paris Short 25 7f
Ditto 3 Months. 25 37f
Marseilles
Frankforl on the Maine 1171
Vienna, — 13 50
Trieste — 13 50
Petersburgn - 251
Berlin
Madrid
Cadiz
Leghorn
Milan

11 14
11 18
11 18
25 52/
25 52k
13 81
25 17
25 40
25 45
118
14 0
14 0

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44f
27 tiO
27 60

THE NEW CHIEF BARON.—Sir F. Kelly, the new
Chief Baron, will join the Norfolk Circuit on Tuesday
next.

REVENUE FROM DOGS.--The tax upon dogs, or
upon dogs' friends for keeping them, is returned in the
financial accounts for the year ending with March, 1866,
as amounting in Great Britain to 4'219,313, an increase of
.48,984 over the previous year.
During the last few days there has been rather
more business transacted in the Foreign and Colo-
nial Produce Markets. Sugars have been in good
demand at full prices. Coffee, however, has given
way about 1 per cent., while in rice, fruit, and spices
there has been little change of importance as regards
values. The private sales of indigo have progressed
with rather more spirit, but tallow has been ne-
glected, and quotations for both present and for-
ward delivery are a shade lower.

Mr. George Scott, of Bond Court, Welbrook,
has been appointed by the Master of the Rolls offi-
cial liquidator of the Strand Hotel Company.
The Journal de Geneve states that the Federal
Council has sent a message to the Assembly, asking for
full powers to eventually put 20,000 men on a war footing.
LIFEBOATS ON THE IRISH COAST.--The National
Life-boat Institution sent yesterday a new lifeboat
32ft. long to Ballcotton, on the coast of Cork, in lieu of the
present boat on that station, which had become unfit for
service. The cost of the boat was presented to the society
by a benevolent lady residing in Lancaster. A free con-

veyance had been readily granted to the boat to Cork by
tho Cork Steamship Company. The old lifeboat at Bally-
cotton had on several occasions been of great service in
saving life, and was instrumental in rescuing a few months
since, under very difficult circumstances, 11 persons from
the ship Alarm, of Belfast.

BUSINESS AT THE JUDGES' CHAMBERS. —Mr.
Baron Bramwell was yesterday engaged with the common
law business of three courts at chambers. There were
as many as 30 summons on the counsels' file. Among
the new regulations is one to the effect that the acknoW
lodgments of deeds will only be taken by special appoint-
ment on Tuesdays and Fridays, at half-past 9 o'clock, the
applicant first satisfying the Judge of the necessity of the
case coming before him. The adjourned summonses are
_
daily taken at 10 o'clock. At the present time upwar of
steamers, quickly
procured. ctuhree d.
100 summonses are day by day taken out.
ALARMING FIRE AT PECKHAM—This'
caused in
about 10 o'clock, considerable alarm
a firWeaßbreaking out
High-street, Poplar, in consequence of
on
er.
The fire ori-
ginated the premises of Mr. Ballard iroum_ragm a
lighted
forenoon,
The Surrey Volunteer Brigade,
igniting some packages.
ginated in the basement, by spark f candle
quickly attended, and an
lowery apffiarltinogf the
ar'. Co.'s patent hydrants the firemen
hose to one of Beck an
were enabled to confine the
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pre;IiRSCES.IN
Tim BOR. OUG:.—At 55 minutes past
a re wasdiscovered by police-
constabletmhoornMingdivision, in the drying-house at
of the main building belonging to Mr. T. Bear
the rear -
tobacco manufacturer, No. 233, Iligh-street, Borough.
Conductors Wheatley and Ball promptly attended with the
Royal Society's fire-escapes, and numerous engines of the
t
ND tropolitan Brigade followed in rapid succession, and
threeocloAhoifs
owing to the combined exertions of all present the flames
were soon extinguished, but not until considerable damage
was done to the building and the contents. The origin of
the fire is unknown. The sufferer, it is understood, WO insured.

DROWNED WHILE BATHING.--Yesterday afternoon
a young man, about 23 years of age, named Mr.
William Saxton, living at New Brompton, went down to
Sheerness
poseof ugspelnvditihhis wife and a party of friends for the pur-
the afternoon by the seaside. He went
with two friends into one of the bathing machines, and
appears to have got out a little beyond his depth. Not
being able to swim, he became frightened and sank. A.
strong ebb tide was running at the time, which had the
effect of driving him further from the shore. An officer
in the army was standing on the beach at the time, and he
immediately threw off his coat and plunged into the water
to try and save the drowning man. lie succeeded in tak-
ing hold of him and got him some distance towards the
shore, when he was obliged to loose his grasp, and he
sank again. Although several persens were on the beach
at the time none of them could swim, and Mr. Saxton was
drowned not a dozen yards from the machine which he
had entered a few minutes before. After some time a boat
was brought to the spot, and after dragging for an hour
and a half the body was found and taken to a neighbour..
ing public-house, where an inquest will be held to-day.
Although large numbers of people are constantly using the
machines, the bathing company have never thought it
necessary to provide a small boat for such emergencies as
these.