The Sun.
London, England, 1868-02-29 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 29, 1868.

CHAMPIONSHIP OF THE THAMES.
THE DISPUTED RACE.

COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH-FEB. 28.
SADLER V. SMITH.

Mr. Hawkins, Q.C., and Mr. Brickwood ap-
peared for the plaintiff ; and Sergeant Ballantine
and Mr. Garth for the defendant.
(Continued from The Sun of yesterday.)

Robert Chambers said ho had rowed in about
100 races. No communication was made to Sadler
that 'Kelley was going to row over the course.
Sadler was about fifty yards off when Kelley
started. He had never said that Sadler did not
intend to row the match. When Kelley came
back from the referee's boat the river was not in
a state that a man could be fairly expected to
start. Kelley was nearly swamped himself.
This was the plaintiff's case.—Mr. Sergeant Bal-
lantine took a preliminary objection, viz., that
whatever decision the referee had come to, whether
erroneous or not, was final on all the points of the
race.—The Lord Chief Justice said he should pre-
fer considering that point when all the evidence
was before him. I shall reserve your leave to
move the Court upon the ground you take, but it
way be convenient for you to know what I shall
hold. I rule to the jury that the referee has a
power over the decision of the race as to any matters
which he sees or by legitimate means he ascertains,
and if he did not see it he must ascertain it in the
usual way, by bearing what has to be said on both
sides. The most satisfactory solution of the case
would be a new trial on the Thames, with a steamer
for the judge, jury, and counsel, the costs to abide
the event.

Mr. Sergeant Ballantine called Henry Kelley,
who said—Sadler made . one attempt to start, but
his boat's head was pointed in the direction of mine,
and if we had started we must have fouled within
ten or fifteen yards. It was a flying start, the
plaintiff wishing to have the start before I was ready.
I told Sadler to move further away, and also called
to Hammerton. Sadler then moved further
away. He made another attempt. I made an
attempt, but the plaintiff failed. I backed my boat
level with his, and asked him if he intended to
row or not. He replied, "lamin no hurry." After
that he left his post and went to his cutter and put
on a white guernsey—a very thick woollen one, and
towed towards the aqueduct. I then left my station
and rowed to the referee's boat. Sadler was GO or
70 yards from the starting point, and going in the
direction of the aqueduct. At that time the referee's
boat was coming towards us, and it was about fifty
yards above the pier when I reached it. The umpires
and referee were in the bow of the boat. I said
to the referee " Sadler will not start ; he has
put his thick guernsey on, and has rowed towards
the aqueduct." His answer was "If Sadler won't
start, you row over." I then turned my boat
round and rowed towards the starting-place,
passing both cutters, and to within fifty yards of
the aqueduct. As I rounded my cutter I said to
Drewitt " I have orders to row over." Sadler was
not more than 30 yards at the outside from me, and
I shouted to him, " I have orders to row over ; you
can stop there if you like." All I could.'get from
him was a laugh. I called out to Sadler, so that I
thought he must have heard it. The Lord Chief
Justice—And you started off without knowing
whether he did or did not? The referee again
ordered me to go on, and I did so to the end
of the course. I put my hands forward as if going
to make a stroke, but seeing the boat so near mine,
I was notgoing that time.

The Lord Chief Justice—Sadler was thirty yards
nearer the aqueduct than you were. Why did you
not go alongside of Sadler and tell him your orders,
and give him an opportunity of making a fair start ?
—Defendant—He had every opportunity of turning
his boat, or hemight have said, "Stop, and I will come
up." I have no other reason to give.—Dr. Willis was
called : Sadler came to me the night of the first
race, and complained of a tightness of the chest and
a cold. I gave him no advice about the following
day.--At this stage of the inquiry the case was ad-
journed, and as it was the last day of the sittings,
and the Lord Chief Justice had to be at Hertford
on Saturday to open the Nisi Prius sittings, it
was arranged that the further hearing of the case
should be resumed on Friday next.

MARKETS—(2 his Day.)

COLONIAL AND FOREIUN PRODUCE.

The markets to-day are quiet, but firm in all the prin-
cipal departments. Imports of colonial and foreign pro-
duce aro moderate, and deliveries good, with decreasing
stocks in first hands, but dealers having in several in-
stances supplied themselves during the last fortnight,
there is a temporary abatement of inquiry, checking the
buoyancy of prices whilst leaving them still firm.
Sugar is 6,1 dearer than on this day week, but with a
quiet market.

Coffee shows no appreciable change, except perhaps that
really good colony qualities are rather dearer from being
relatively scarce.

Tea supports the recent advance, but increased arrivals
have caused buyers to operate more sparingly.
POTATOES.
There has been a large arrival of Dutch potatoes this
week, reaching about 1,000 tons, good in quality, but
not large, and they have sold pretty well, but have
somewhat interfered with the demand for French.
Regents and flukes are iu limited supply, ani the propor-
tion o! best qualities very small, and for these higher
rates are paid.

Cattle feed plentiful, demand dull, and prices rather
easier. Swedes, 40s; wurtzel, 403 per ton.
Green stuffs very abundant, and a dragging sale at
low prices. Greens, is 6d to 33 ; turnips, is 6d to 3s ;
carrots, 2s to 4s per dozen bundles; savoys, al to
is ; brocoli, is to 3s per dozen ; celery, 8d to is ; rhubarb,
3s to Os per dozen bundles ; onions, very scarce and in de-
mand, £5 lOs to £6 lOs per ton ; loose carrots, 40s to 80s
per ton; turnip tops, is to 2s 61 per sack; brocoli sprouts.
6d to is per sieve.

lIAY AND STRAW.
At Smithfield and Whitochapel the supplies of rough
hay stuffs are large and the trade generally dull—but for
prime qualities, which are relatively scarce, prices aro
maintained. Meadow hay, 70s to 84s ; inferior, 50s to
60s ; clove; first cut, 80s to 100 s ; second 55s to 84s ;
straw, 30s to 31s per load.
COTTON.

LIVERPOOL, Fob. 29.—The market opens quietly. No
quotable reduction. Sales probably 8,000 or 10,000 bale s

OXFORD AND CAMBRIDGE ATHLETIC SPORTS.-
The inter-University sports will take place oa the 3d of
April, the day before the boat race, and will, it is said, be
at Beaufort House, though Oxford wishes to have them at
Lord's. Cambridge refuses to run there on the ground of
there being no path, and they do not feel disposed,
after practising on tho path for the last 12 months, to
run on turf or up and down hill, as they would have to do
at Lord's.

AN EXAMPLE WORTHY OF BEING FOLLOWED.--A
thorough inquiry is to be made into the charities of
Lambeth by a standing committee. There are in the
hands of officials in the parish thirty-four trusts, pro-
ducing an annual revenue of 15,/02 16s 31. That
these are distributed honestly no one doubts, but
how, when, and to whom, is a mystery to be eluci-
dated. £9OO goes to the rates, a lot more, to pensions,
and the rest is duly muddled away.—Asouth London
Press.

FENIAN TRIALS IN IRELAND.—" Captain" Nagle
and several other Fenians were yesterday arraigned at
the Sligo Assizes. True bills were first found by the
grand jury against Nagle and eight others charged
with treason-felony. Mr. heron applied for a writ of
certiorari to remove Nagle's trial to the Queen's Bench,
on the ground that six Americans could not be found
for a jury in Sligo. Judge Fitzgerald refused, and
said the prisoner was entitled to a mixed jury, but
the alien portion might be of any country. Na gl e
was then arraigned. Mr. Heron asked that the in-
dictment should be quashed, on the ground that six
of the grand jurors were not resident in the county.
The Court decided against the objection, and the trial
proceeds to-day. Mr. Train was in court, and offered
to serve on the jury. The CAirt repelled the inter-
ference of Mr.. Imn, through whom the
offer was made.

THE PREMIER.—The last change in the bead of our
Government interests literary readers almost as greatly
as political readers, since it has come to be the substi-
tution of one man of letters for another. Indeed, all
the more recent as well as all the probable aspirants
to the highest office in the Government of this realm
are of this class--Earl Russell and the Rat of Derby,
Mr. Gladstone and M 2. Disraeli. But Mr. Disraeli
s in a more especial way a man of letters, and it is
n)t long since he described himself in public as a gen-
tleman of the press. Well has he climbed the ascent
tf power, and boldly snatched the crown from his less
v.iroit and daring rivals ! Literature has every right
lo feel satislied with his success in the political field.
.twenty years ago--nay two years ago—almost any
.vent in the strange story of our party combinations
appeared more likely than that the Queen would send
Itm he att.tl4 of Vivian grey,-7,4tloncom

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

WINDSOR STEEPLECIIASES.-FRIDAY.

Grand Military Steeplechase Sweepstakes of 10 SOTS each,
5 :forfeit, with 25 added; for horses unconditionally the
property of and to be ridden by officers of the army
winners extra. About three miles. 4 subs.

Mr Medhurst's Kingfisher, by Kingfisher, 12st 71b (inc.
71b ex.) (Captain llarford) 1
Mr Hope Johnstone's Joe Baxter, 6 yrs, 12st (car. 12st
51b) (Owner) 2
Mr Ray's Mosstrooper, aged, 12st (Mr Willoughby) 0
Betting-2 to lon Kingfisher, and 3to 1 agst Joe Bax-
ter. "Won in a canter by four lengths.

Great Western Railway- Steeplechase Plato of 50 sous,

About two miles and a half. 16 subs.

Colonel Knox's Foxholes, by Fugleman —Ammonia, 6
yrs, list 91b
Mr Ellison's Arlescott, aged, list 71b (Owner) 2
Mr 11. Wright's llopvine, 5 yrs, lOst 101 b

_
(Mr E. Clifford, jun.) 3
The following also ran : —Hopvine, Bandoliee, Miss
Emma, Gorsehawk, Panshanger, Caustic.
Betting-6 to 4 agst Foxholes, sto 1 agst Caustic, 6to
1 each ngst Miss Emma, Gorsehawk, and Panshanger, and
Bto 1 agst Arlescott. Won easily by a length.
The Household Brigade Cup, value 300 sovs, the rest in
specie, added to a sweepstakes of 10 sovs each, 5 ft.

Throe milos and a half.
B. Brabazon's King Arthur, by tho Cure—Miss
Agnes, 6 yrs, list 711) (Colonel Knox) 1
Air. holly's The Bozurn, (h b), aged, list 71b ...(Owner)
Port Royal and Ladylike also ran.
Betting-5 to 2on the winner. Won easily by ton
lengths.

Windsor Open Steeplechase of 10 sove each, with 100

added; winners extra. About 4 miles. 12 subs.
Mr. Clifford's Hippolyte, by King Tom—Daughter of
the Star, aged, lOst 101 b ... (Mr. E. Clifford, jun.) 1
Lord C. I. Ker's Northern Light, aged,lost.l2lb

(Captain Ifarford) 2
Arlescott, The Guid,-, and Portland also ran.
Betting-6 to 4 agst The Guide, and sto 2 each agst
Northern Light and Hippolyte. ilippolyte cantered in
alone.

Scurry Steeplechase of 3 sous each, with 25 added ; winner

to be sold. About a mile and a half. 9 subs.

Mr Godfrey's Ganyinede, aged, list 71b (B. Land) 1
Mr Garland's The Vet (h b), aged, lOst 121b(ear. list 71b)
(Capt. Seymour) 2
Mr. Percival's Love in a Mist, aged, lOst 711) (Oos:ett) 3
The following also ran: —Cornet, Killarney, Bow Bell,
and Quicksilver.

Betting-2 to 1 each agst Ganymede and Lovo In s.
Mist, and 6to 1 agst Cornet. Won easily by two lengths.
Hunters' Stakes of 5 sovs each, p.p., with 25 sovs added ;
for Hunters, 12st each; gentlemen riders; about three
miles.

Mr Herbert's Comberton, by Wantage —dam by Cat-
tonite, aged, 12st
Mr Garland's Fairplay, aged, 12st (Capt. Seymour) 2
Alice Grey and Comberton also ran.
Betting-5 to lon Comberton. Won by four lengths.

-DERBY SPRING MEETING—FnioAv.:
Tho Derwent Stakes, a handicap sweepstakes of 5 sovs

each; winners extra. One mile.

Mr. Ambery's Thermometer, by Weatherbit—Peru, 4
yrs, 6st 101 b (Kenyon) w.o.
Selling Handicap of 5 sous each, with 50 added; lror all
ages ; the winner to be sold for £5O. Half a mile. 5
subs.

PROGRAMME OF I
MEE'

TUESDAY,

The Trial Steeplechase Ilat
the fund), with 100 added;
handicap after Feb. 22 (a!
National Course.