The Sun.
London, England, 1857-04-11 00:00:00

CRIMINAL COURT—(This Day.)

SPORTING NOTES.

OLD COURT.
(Before Mr. Justice Williams).

A PRELUDE.

'Sabetto Incento, aged 29, an Italian, was charged
with feloniously gtabbirg Francesco Desemona, with
intent to do him grievous bodily harm. Mr. Way con•
ducted the'prosecution.
It appears that the prosccutor and the prisoner were
fellow-countrymen and related to each other, and on the
28th February they were drinking together at the resi-
dence of the former, and when about to leave the prose-
cutor's, without any apparent cause, made an attack upon
the prosecutOr, and wounded him in the neck with Borne
sharp instrument, and also cut his thumb in his endea-
vour to get the knife from the prisoner.
• The defence was that' the prisoner bad been drinking,
and had no recollection of what took place.
The, jury.found tha..prisoaer gulty of unlawfully
wounding.

Easter festivities have been unsparingly provided for
turfites. Upwards of hag-a-dozen meetings will take
place in the course of next week, and the " clashing" of
some of :them must prove destructive of sport. Should
the Warwick Race Committee ever be determined to
send Mr. Merry to Coventry, they could not banish him
to a locality Where he is likely to be more prosperous.
To judge from the programme which 4$ has issued for
Monday and Tuesday he seems, still to command the
support of owners and trainers of hOrses ; and, despite
the gruMbling about " unauthorised' nominations," -the
Midland stables are likely to be numerously re•
presented at Coventry. At Newmarket there will be
a meeting of the good old legitimate character,
and the old stagers are longing for their quiet strolls or
gentle canters over the Heath.

The prosecutor strongly recommended the prisoner to

'At bead-quarters it is expected that some important
movements will be made with reference to the Two
Thousand and Derby horses ; I will keep eyes and ears
open and faithfully report progress to the readers of The
Sun. In accordance with my usual custom I shall, de-
spatch my notr's from Newmarket for publication in The
Sun of, Monday.

mercy.

_ .
The I?arned Judge sentenced the prisoner to three
months' imprisonment.
Krerutz Obesen, aged-2S, a Norwegian sailor, was also
indicted for feloniously wounding Charles Felix, a
foreign seaman, with a knife.

Mr. Ritxton conducted the• prosecution, and Mr.
Sleigh_ defended the prisoner. •
It appeared that on'tte night of the 11th of March
the prit:oner, the prosecutor,. and a number of • other
persons were at the Prussian Eagle, near Wellclose-
square where dancing was going on. The prisoner was
laying hrld'of a girl, inducing her to dance with him,
'which she refused to do. Prosecutor told Lim to
Jet the girt alone, if . she refused to dance with him.
A quarrel ensued, when the prisoner took up a beer
glass and struck a friend of the prosecutor on the head,
and a general row was the consequence. The prose-
cutor ran away to his, lodgings in Shin-yard, followed
'l3y the prisoner and a number of other persons, and as,
.soon as the proseCutor got to • the staircase, the prix 3ner
overtook hith and struck him a bloW on the left side of
the forehea,d, from which blood immediately flowed ; and
at the tinge he inflicted. the blow be had bold of the
prosecutor by the„hair of his Lead. Before this.the pd.
Boner was seen to'.haveiti crse:knifaln his band. After
the blow the police were sent for, and the prisoner given
into custody: After the evidence had been given,
Mr. Sleigh addressed the jury on behalf of the pri-
soner.

Mr. Johnson will be the ruling authority in the
North? and will be found at both Durham and Catterick,
directing the business in his quiet, steady, matter-of-fact
manner. I shall merely remark, with reference to Mon-
day's racing, that I fancy either The Assayer or
Corra Linn will win the Durham Handicap, and
that Weathercock, Tom Thumb, and Theory look "well
in" on paper for the Coventry Handicap.
Speculation still drags its` slow length along. Not
even the opposition which early in the week was arrayed
against Vedette, and the support which has been con-
ceded to Kent, have imparted any briskness to the
betting. Leamington and Blink Bonny are wonderfully
firm in the market for their respective engagements.
I regret to state that Mr. Stephen Walker, well
known on the turf as the owner of Winkfieid and other
horses, died suddenly on Thursday night, at his house,
High-stieet, Marylebone.
.
April 11.

A FRESH MAN.

CRYSTAL. PALACE.

Yesterday, after one o'cleck; the Oryslal Palace
and grounds were thrown open to the public at the
usual holiday charge. As the trains did not run
.

The jurjqound the pr.isoner guilty, and he was sell
;enced to 12 months' imprisonment.

till after one o'clockmany thousands of people, un-
willing to lose the few hours of glorious sunshine,
flocked out to Norwood by the Dulwich-road: Cabs,
carts, 'busses, and vans were all pressed into the
service, and one continued stream of vehicles rolled-
steadily through Dulwich towhrds the Palace. As
the trains began to run from London-bridge the
station was crowded, and as the would-be tourists
arrived at the rate of about ten to every one de-
spatched-to Norwood there was soon a dense con-
course of persons assembled outside the station,
who struggled and pushed with the utmost good-
will, but who had as little ultimate chance of
getting to the Palace as the station itself. We are

MARKET NEW .--(This J ay )

COVENT GARDEN.

The supplies of fruit and vegetables were only moderate,
and the demand generally ruled steady, at last week's
prices.

FRUIT.

Pineapples, perlb.6sod to 10s
Colonial do., ea. Os Od to Os Od
Grapes, per 1b...12s Od to. 20
Foreign d0.......0s Od to es Od
Melons, each ....3s Od to 5s Od
Peaches, p. d0z.... 3s to Bsod
'Nectarines, do. 2s Od to 8s Od
Apples, p. h. sv. 6s Od to 8s Od
Pears, per, d0z....8s to 10s Oct
Oranges, per 100.5 s Od to 12s
Lemons, p..doz. Os 9d to 2s Od
Apricots,p. doz. 2s Od to Gs Od
Cherries, per lb. Os to Os Od

Filberts, pe r 1b.....1s to Is 4d
Cobs., p. 100 lbs. 140 s to s
Almonds, p. lb. Os Od to Os Od
Walnuts, per 100 6d to is Od
Figs; per doz is to 3s Od
Strawberries, per
ounce is to 2s
gooseberries, per
half sieve... Os Od to Os Od
Currants, p. do. Os Od to Os Od
Plums, per do. 2s Od to 5s Od
Green gages, do. 4s Od to 7s Od
Raspberries, p. potl. Od to Od
TABLE 6.

sure we speak within the mark when we say that
some thousands of persons returned back from the
station wearied'with vain struggling to approach
the doors. The railway arrangements seemed to

be loudly condemned by all classes, and, cer-
tainly, both at London-bridge, and at-the Crystal
Palace they were far from being as well managed as
on previous similar occasions.
The great orchestra, which is being erected for
the Handel " Commemoration" in the centre tran-
sept, though nothing but a vast amphitheatre of
wood, appeared to excite much attention yesterday.
The seats in the centre have been built round the
colossal statues of Castor and Pollux and their re-
spective steeds, each of which seem struggling to
emerge from the vast expanse of timber which is
overwhelming them.. The scaffolding by which
this great orchestra is supported is an astonishing
labyrinth of woodwork ; poles and cross-poles,
beams and supports, cross and re-cross each other
in so many ways as to quite perplex the spectator
as to how it got up or how it is ever to be got
down again.
The interior of the Palace is row beginning to
assume its bright summer aspect. The camelias,
rhododendrons, and azalias are getting into bud
and bloom ; the orange trees are still heavy with
fruit, all the plants look hale and vigorous; and
the singing birds, with which the building is
quite full, pour forth their melody from the par-
terrea and lofty flower baskets all day long. Greater
-care seems to have been bestowed during thewinter
upon the eihibitors' Courts' exhibition. Yesterday
the Sheffield and Birmingham courts, and the
courts belonging to Mr. Holt and Messrs. Elking-
ton were crowded with admiring visitors. The Ce-
ramic Court, with its chef d'oeuvres of Sevres and
Worcester, was 'also thronged, and an exquisite
plaque from the latter place, in imitation of the
Litudges ,ertainel, and representing a scene from
Dante, deservedly attracted great approbation. At
the tropical end of the building, where the bark of
the mammoth tree has been erected, there was of
course a great crowd to gaze upon that colossal spe-
cimen of Transatlantic vegetation. This tree, in com-
parison with which the great Adonsonias of
Cape Verd seem dwarfed to mere saplings,
is from California, about 20 miles from San
Francisco and fifteen from th 4 diggings of
Murphy's Camp. About 80 of them have been there
found towering high over all around them, and
each are known to the gold-diggers by pecu-
liar name more or less appropriate. There is the
" Miners' Cabin," 300 feet high and 80 in circton-
ference, and the "Pioneers' cabin," which has been
half blown down, but still rears a monstrous jagged
stump, 150 feet into the air. The "Three Sisters,"
the most perfect in the grove, grow from one root,
and are upwards of 300 feet high each. The "Old
Bachelor" is a forlorn-looking vegetable, standing
quite alone, with a rough and ragged-looking bark.
The "Father of the Grove," as he is at/led, was
blown down, it is supposed, in some great; hurri-
cane many years ago, and now "lies supine, ex-
tending many a rood." The height of this mei:-
strous tree was no less than 450 feet, and down its
trunk, which is hollow, a man can ride on horse-
back, it is said, for more ihan 100 ft. Near this gi-
gantic trunk grows the "Old Maid," with a " beg-
garly array" of withered leaves, and her head, unlike
any other tree in the grove, entirely hare and bowed,
as if with grief. There is also the "Hermit," 320 ft.
high; the "Green Mountain," 350 ft.; and the "Sia-
mese Twins," which have one colossal trunk nearly 60
feet diameter, but separate at some 50 feet above
the earth, and then tower high into the air. The
bark of the tree which is now at the Crystal Palace
was called the "Mother of the Peres`." Its full
height was 363 feet, diameter at base 31 feet ; judg-
ing by its concentric rings botanists fix its age at
4,000 years—an almost fabulous antiquity for a
tree which was so lately green and flourish-
ing. According to this estimate it must have been
growing when Nineveh was a mere collection of
tents, and ere the captive Jews had begun their
labour on the Pyramids. The bark which is now
erected at Norwood was cut from the tree in pieces
eight feet long : each, was marked and numbered as
it came off, so that the whole is now fastened toge-
ther precisely as it stood for centuries on the slopes
of the Sierra Nevada. The thickness of the bark is
18 inches, and the weight of the 90 feet erected at
the Palace nearly 60 tons.
The' very curious and hideous mud-fish, from the
river Gambia, -which was kept in an aquarium at
this end of the Palace, has_ behaved quite characte-
ristically since his arrival in this country. Some
time ago he escaped from his tank, and wandered
none knew whither. The other day, however, while
' cleaning' out the large flower fonhmin at the north
end of the building, the mud-fish was found: at the
bottom, grown twice as large, having passed his
leisure time since his escape in devouring the
mense qnantity of gold and silver fish with.which

VEGr.

Greens, p. doz. bun. 38 to 34 6d
Cabbages, per doz. is to ds 9d
.Savoy do., p. do. is Od to 2s Od
Cauliflowers, do..zs Od to 5s oc.
Brocoli, p. bun. is Od to ds 6d
Potatoes, per ton -60 s to 1:1;0.,
New do., per do Osto 0
Peas, per quart ....Cd to is Od
'Turnips, per bunch 2d .to
Carrots, per bunch 5d •to 7d
Cucumbers' each 2s to 4s Od
Garlic, per lb. Od to Os
Sorrel, per &eve Od- to 0,
Spinach, p. ...23 Od to- 2s 66

Shallots, per lb.. ... .. 6d to 841
Horseraddish, p. bun. 2s to 5s
Parsley, per do. 6d to 8d
Celery, per do Os 9d to 18 6d
Beet, per doz. is Od to 2h Od
Parsnips, per do. is to 2s 6d
Small salad, p. pun. 2d to 3d
Mushrooras,p.ptl. Is3d tole 6d
Artichokes, each ...4d to 8d
Lettuces, per score 6d to 941
Endive, per score 19 6d to 3s
Radishes, p. d oz. bun. 641 to 9d
Tomatoes, p. hf.sv. 4s to 6s Od
Walnuts per 100...0s 8d to is

Brussels-iprouts, per
half do 2s 6d to 2s 3d
:Onions, p. bush 2s 6d to-4a Od
New do., per bunch 4d to 8d
French beans, per • •
100: . 2s Od to .2s 6d
Leeks, per d 0......... 2d to 4d
NEWGATE ANI

Chillies, per 1001 s Od to is (id
Capsicums, per 1001 s Od to 2s
Rhubarb, p. bun. 4d to is 3d
Asparagus, per 100 6s Od to 9s
Sea kail, per pun. is 3d to 3s
Turnip greens, per
bush • is &I to is fed
) LEADENHALL.

Turkeys,' 5s 01 to 108.04 ; Penns, 58 01 to 7s ; Geese,
Os 04 to Os Od each ; Gosling 3, 63 Od to Si Od ; Duck-
lings, 3s 64 to 5s 01 ; tame rabbits; is 3d to 2s Od each ;
wild do., 10d to is 01; Pigeons, &l to 10d each ; large
Surrey Fowli, 9s to 10 3 .;
barn-door doe, as 04 to 7s; Chick-
ens, 7s 04 to 8s 04 per couple ; Capons, Os Od to Os ; Hares,
2s 61 to 3s Od ; Grouse, 2s 3d to 3s d each ; Pheasants,
3s to 48 01 ; Partridges, is 9,116 ad'; Woodcocks, 33 04
to 01 Od ; Snipes, 9d to' is 6d "Teal, is 3d to is 6d; Wild
Ducks, is 64 to 2s Od; Widgeons, is to is 64; Plovers, is 04
to ls 6d each ; Guinea Fowls, C tto 88 01; Roasting pigs, 6s
04 to 9s Od each, Ostend fresh butter, —s to —s Od ;
English do.; is 24 to is 44 'per ib. ; English eggs, 6s
to 8s ; French do., 6s Od to 7s Od per 120; Leverets, 33 Cd
to Os Od each.

NEWPORT. '
Beef, from 3s 4d-to 48 4d ; mutton, 3s Gd to 4s Gd ; lamb,
6s to tis 8d ;: veal, 44 Gd to 58 2d; pork, 4s Od to 5s Od per
,by the carcase.

.e foun-tain was stacked.
Neither wine nor malt liquors were sold in the
Palace during the hour,t4 of afternoon sarvice. This
arrangement appeared not a .1;t1.":10 to surprise and
disappoint the public, and, if one iniinuipidge from
expressions now and then let fall, seemed tc;
rise to anything but a pious turn of thought am-J:2
those who from the counters moved thirsty away.
The picture gallery. and the gardens were much
visited, especially that part of the latter where Mr.
Peters has established bis archery ground, and whera
a crowd of ardent young boatmen contended all day
long for the honour of shooting nearest to the tar-
get. The practice was not'bad, the extensive slop-,
ing bank of earth on which the targets stood being
repeatedly struck.
The Crystal Palace Company's band and the band
of the Coldstream Guards were in attendance
throughout the day, and pet formed a carefully se-
lected programme with their usual taste and skill.
The conduct of all among the immense crowd of
visitors appeared, 1.13 fax as we could see or hear, to
be waexceptionable.

DEATH or A Mien,—A few days ago the body of an
old man named Partridge, a rag and bone collector, wag
discovered on a heap of filth itt tl room in one of the
back streets of Exeter. The deceased was in the habit
Of prowling about the city and collecting bones and
garbage, and he has been seen to eat the most disgustieg
morsels from the streets. He lived clone in a rcom
which was filled with rags, filth, and vermin. lie had
complained of illness a few days before his death, and
had, strange to say, resorted to intoxicating liquors, of
which be drank freely. After his death a savings-hank
book was found, from which it appeared that he bad a
large. sum of rnoney in the bank ; and he had also lent
15& to his laudlady, besides sums of money to other
persons. His dead, was evidently caused by self-neglec:,
dirty habits, and ip aufAciency of food. " : •

SATURDA*t EVENING, APRIL 11 1857,