The Sun.
London, England, 1866-11-12 00:00:00

RICHMOND.

We have had very rough weather here during the past
week which sadly interfered with training operations; but
the elements have now undergone a vast iniprovement,
and work was resumed in earnest this morning. Strath-
conan again led Plaudit and Rose a couple of can-
tors and a gentle mile gallop, Violet following them.
Moldavia led Minnette a mile and a half ; and Newland
was schooling a lot of yearlings. Jacob Watson has just
received:an additional bevy of these youngsters, among
them being a half brother (on Plausible's side) to
Plaudit, by Oxford. The others comprise a colt
by Newminster out of Diomodia, a colt by Newminster
out of Extremet, a filly by Voltigeur out of Lankey Bet, a
filly by Buccaneer out of Miss Armstrong's dam, a full
sister to Strathconan, &c.

EXTRAORDINARY RUMOURS ABOUT THE EMPEROR
NAPOLEON. —As a proof of how much has been thought
upon the state of the health of the Emperor of the French
by the French people, says one of our weekly contempo-
raries, there is among the workins men of Paris a story
that he has been dead a fortnight, and was personated at
the review on Monday by a well-known;tent-maker. There
are three men in Paris, it seems, who very closely resemble
the Emperor; one, the man just mentioned, another a
woodranger, and the third a dancing-master. There seems,
however, no reason to doubt but that the Emperor has
been more seriously indisposed than his friends cared to
acknowledge publicly. It is certain that onlyforoign papers
said anything directly upon the forbidden topic; and if
any of them ventured beyond the region of (supposed)fact
to that of imagining the consequences of any serious re-
sult of the illness, they were not permitted entre.nco into
France. We learn, however, this week that his Majesty
attended a review in the Bois de Boulogne, and that tooas on
horseback; from which we may conclude that he
h
be-
come quite convalescent.
LIDSTONE'S LONDONIAD I—Referring1—Referring
to this dog-
gra puff of hardware manufactures, the Athensrunt taco-
tiously suggests that when the author
tradesmen to obtain
is preparing the
next edition of it, and gods roundown
any articles of interest
subscriptions, asking to be shown
by " there is one
they may wish to have put!
ob-
ject
which we hope they will show him at once—and that
is, the door."
A COTTON MILL BY FIRE.
DESTRUCTION OF
On Thursday morning the largo cotton mill at Maos-y-dre,
near Mold, occupied by Mr. F. S. Bateson, was entirely
destroyed by fire with its valuable contents, consisting of
a large stock of cotton and a considerable assortment of
new machinery. The loss is estimated at from £20,000 to
£25,000, but it it nearly, if not quite, covered by insurance.
The calamity will throw about 200 workpeople out of
work.

COMMITTAL OF THE Ex-CHAMPION OF ENGLAND.
—On Saturday Wm. Thompson, alias Bendigo (the
ex-champion of England), was brought before the Not-
tingham bench of magistrates, charged with using threat-
ening language to Mrs. Moore, landlady of the 'awe
Crowns, Parliament-street. Mrs. Moore said the defen-
dant came to her house on Thursday and knocked a man
down, and when he was getting up the prisoner threw him
into the fire-place. Witness remonstrated with him, and
ho then used very horrible language. lie continued in this
strain about 20 minutes, and then went away. The pri-
soner said he was very sorry, and begged pardon, addin,
"I am guilty." The bench ordered Wan to find the usuagl
sureties, which not being forthcoming he was locked up.
HOSPITAL FORD I SEASES OF THE CHEST, VICTORIA-
PARK.—The number of patients relievB,l at this institution
during last week was 1,342, of which 319 were new cases.
A fracas is reported to have taken place on Mon-
day evening on board the mail steamer Connaught,
on the passage from Kingstown to Holyhead, be-
tween an Irish M.P. and an enterprising capitalist
now settled in Ireland. It appears some badinage
over wine about the capitalist starting in opposition
for the borough of an M.P. led after a while to some
severe blows and nose-pulling, which it is said will
probably lead to a suit against the M.P. in one of
the civil courts.
Among the " guys "at the East-end on
Ritualistic cnartch the
Nov. were several representing
n in their " ribbons," whicho.wl
aranunerative to
popular, and proved exceedvin„uryien
• (-.• the afternoon
their enterprising ownera.
two mounted figures rode down Bond-street—the
horses and riders whitewashed and painted—paro-
dies on the statues in Leicester-square. The exhi-
bition caused much merriment to a good-na.tured
crowd.