The Sun.
London, England, 1868-06-30 00:00:00

THAMES.

THE MARQUIS OF TOWNSIIEND and THE 'Bus
TuanmErts.--Three boys, named Charles Mason,
William Pearson, and James Brian, were brought
before Mr. Benson, charged with vagrancy.
The Marquis of Townshend said he saw the pri-
soners turning head over heelsbehind the omnibuses,
and begging of the passengers, some of whom were
foolish enough to throw halfpence to them. The
poor boys endangered their lives and limbs, and
were all.shoeless and indifferently clad. He was of
opinion that the parents of these children were to
blame, and he did not wish to see the boys pun-
ished. Their appearance in the Whitecbapel-road
was very pitiable. He watched them for an hour
and a half, and spoke to a police constable.
Mr. Benson said the prisoners appeared.tolerably
well clad and clean, and a police constable said the
trick was for parents to'send their children into the
road shoeless and in rags to excite commisseration.
Mr. Benson said this 'bus tumbling, as it was
called, was the worst nuisance in the metropolis.
It encouraged vagrancy and dishonesty.'
Inspector Turner said that a boy was brought
before Mr. Paget last week for a similar offence,
and his worship then said he was very sorry he
could not punish the fools who threw half-pence to
the hordes of ragged boys from the omnibuses.
The passengers who encouraged the boys tumbling
and throwing summersaults were the worst of fools
and fostered vagrancy.

The boys were then questioned. Pearson said he
was going on for ten, and Brian was going on to
nine years of age.
The Marquis Townshend said• all the boys tum-
bled very well, and that he trembled for their
safety. He submitted that everything ought to be
done to discourage such an absurd and dangerous
practice.
Mr. Deno= agreed with the noble marquis, to

whom the public ought to be indebted for his kind
interference. He questioned the parents of the
boys. Mason's father was an herb doctor, earning
good wages i❑ culling simples. The mother of
Brian said her husband was earning ss. per day.
Pearson's father was very well off.
Mr. Benson said it was very disgraceful for the
parents of these boys to be sending their children
on the streets and dressing them in rags to tumble
alongside the omnibuses, instead of sending them to
school.

The Marquis Townshend said the boy Mason had
his mouth full of halfpeuc3 while tumbling, and
had no pockets to put them in. The practice of
'bus tumbling, as it was called by the police, was
very dangerous.

Mr Benson said the Marquis Townshend had
most properly interposed for the protection of those
boys whose p treats were alone to blame. Instead
of sending them tp school, the children had been
dressed up in old rags a id sent iato the streets to
tumble and eolicit alias. Ile now declared that if
any more 'bus tumblers were brought before him
they would be sent to prison, and he would sec
whether the law c-Juld not reach their parents.
The Marquis Townshend did not wish to see these
children punished, and he would dischirge them
but if they ref cated the offence he would send them
to prison for a long time.

TATTERALL' a—L ast Evening.

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GOODWOOD STAKES.
7 to 2 agst Gomera (taken and offered)
100 to 8 agst Papillon (taken)
100 to 8 agst Ecarte (taken)
100 to 8 agst Romping Girl (taken)
25 to J agst Tabouret (taken)
25 to 1 agst Usurper (taken and offered)
100 to 3 agst Lucifer (taken)
100 to 3 agst Frederic Charles (offered)

GOODWOOD Cup.
7 to 2 agst Blinkhoolie (taken)
12 to 1 agst Friponnier (taken and offered)
ST. LEGER.

11 to 4 agst The E trl (offered —tako 3 to 1)
6 to 1 agst Rosicrucian (taken)
9to 1 agst King Alfred (taken and offend)
100 to 7 agst Lady Elizabeth (taken)

DERBY.
100 to 8 agst Bolladrurn (taken and offered)
100 to 8 agst Rhysworth (taken and offered)
30 to 1 agst Martyr (taken)
20,000 to 400 agst Vanickhayonnak (taken)
20,000 to 400 agst DI iddleton Maid c (taken)
20,000 to 400 agst Brother to Ravioli (taken)

SALE OF THE DUKE OF BEAUFORT'S STUD AT

TATTEUSALL'S.

The brood mares, yearlings, and foals of the Duko of
Beaufort were sold at Messrs. Tattersall's yesterday, under
Lord Exeter's conditions as to engagements. Of the brood
mares, which were, generally speaking, very moderate,
five were sold at low pi ices. The yearlings were a colt
by Prime Minister, out of Winifred, taken by Mr. Man-
ningtou for 200 guineas, and a colt by the same sire, out
of Lurley (Mr. Pitt's dam), with a nasty splint on the near
fore leg, but promising to be a galloper ; ho was boughtby
J. Day, jun., for 145 guineas. The Duke of Hamilton got
a nice colt (brother to Herald and Duke of Beaufort) by
Trumpeter, out of Palm (Vauban's dam), but gave enough
for him. John Day bought the filly by Primo Minister,
out of Figtree, for 100 guineas ; and Mr. H. Chaplin was
fortunate in securing a very neat and racing-like filly by
Trumpetir, out of The Roe.

The list of purchasers, with the prices is appended :

BROOD MARES AND FOALS.

lonica (Europa's dam), by loia—Malibran by Whisker
(Mr. Gilby) 90
Winifred, by Womersley dam by Hampton, with a
filly foal by Birdhill (Lord Feversham) 72
Moscowa, by Muscovite—Tectotum
(Duke of Hamilton) 55
Farfalla (11 b), by Prime Minister—Butterfly, with
colt foal by Birdhill (Mr. R. Porter) 135
Hope, by Trumpeter—Pandora (Mr. Blinkiron) 100