The Sun.
London, England, 1868-03-30 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, MARCH 30, 1868.

is Day.

LAW INTELLIGENCE—This Day.

SPOR7ING NOTES.

COURT OF BANKRUPTCY.
(Before Mr. Registrar Brougham).
IN RE 11. J. BYRON, THE THEATRICAL MANAGER AND

AUTHOR.

This bankrupt was described as of 27, Doughty-
street, London, and of Liverpool, and he is a well-
known dramatic author and burlesque writer,
having recently taken three theatres at Liverpool,
the failure having arisen through his carrying on
those establishments. The total liabilities are about
£5,000. The bankrupt was adjudicated upon his
own petition on the 4th March. Messrs. Lawrence,
Plews, and Bowyer were attorneys to the plaintiffs,
and some debts were proved, but no creditor was
willing to accept the responsibilities of trade
assignee, and so the choice stood over till May 4th
instant.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.-THIS DAY.

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.

A SCENE IN COURT.—Eliz,tbeth Keefe, a young
woman, was charged before Mr. Tyrw hitt with being
drunk and disorderly.
Sergeant Smith, 1 0, said that on the previous
evening the prisoner took her mother (an inmate of
St. James's workhouse, and who had been on a visit
to her) back to the workhouse in a cab. On the
mother getting out of the cab she fell on the pave.
ment helplessly drunk, upon which the prisoner set
to abusing her in violent terms because she would
not get up and go into the workhouse. Having
taken the mother into the workhouse, she returned
to the street, when the prisoner set to abusing him
in such a manner that he was obliged to take her
into custody.

The prisoner here took off her boot, and threw i
with great violence at the sergeant, but it fortu.
nately missed him.

Mr. Tyr w hitt asked the prisoner whether she
was marri ed.

The prisoner said she was not.

£%lr. Tyrwhitt—What a fortunate chance it will
be for the man who should ever be blessed with
you. You are a violent woman, and will have to
pay 20s. or 14 days.

The prisoner said she would serve seven years for
the sergeant.

ROBBING A CONSTABLE'S WIDOW.—John Hen-
ning, a surly-looking lad, was charged before Mr.
Tyrwhitt with picking the pocket of Mrs. Char-
lotte Simmonds, the widow of a constable of the E
division, of a purse containing money.
The prosecutor, who has only lost her husband a
few, weeks, was walking from one door of the
chapel in Marshall-street to another last night
when she felt the prisoner's hand leaving her
pocket, and :she then missed her purse containing
Bs. She gave an alarm, and the prisoner was
stopped and taken to the station, and subsequently
the purse was found down an area on which the
prisoner was standing when taken into custody.
Thomas Goley, a lad, proved seeing the prisoner
drop something down the area.

The prisoner said the last witness was a liar, and
that he would give him a smack in the eye.
West, 54 C, proved taking the prisoner into
custody, and afterwards finding the purse down an
area.

Gordon, 33 C, said there were convictions
against the prisoner, and he could not have left
prison more than two or three days for stealing a
watch.

The prisoner told the constable not to tell lies.
Gordon said the prisoner had also been twice
before at that court.

The prisoner asked that the matter might be
settled at once?

Mr. Tyrwhitt said that he could not deal with
the case.

The prisoner asked to have one more chance, bir
Mr. Tyrwhitt committed him for trial.

THAMES.

THE FEMALE BARMAN.—EXTRAORDINARY CASE.
Mary Walker, aged 38 years, who was in male
attire, was brought before Mr. Benson charged with
placing herself in a public thoroughfare called
Cable-street, Whitechapel, for the purpose of ask-
ing and collecting alms.
The prisoneor has figured at several police courts
and other places as the female barman. She once
paid her addresses to a young woman to whom she
promised marriage, and was ultimately committed to
prison fora month for robbing her master, a licen,:ed
victualler, when she officiated as barman. Her
adventures in male garb, as John Walker and John
Turner, have been very extraordinary. She was
once a stoker on the Cunard line of steamers be-
tween this country and America, and her sex was
not discovered. She obtained a situation as porter
on the Great Western Railway by means of
forged certificates and letters, and there is at the pre-
sent time a warrant forher apprehension at the suit
of the railway company, but it was stated this
morning that the company would not prosecute.
On Saturday night the prisoner was singing in a
dark part of Cable-street. Connor, a police-con-
stable, No. 35 I-1, suspected that the prisoner was a
woman, and took her into custody, not for assuming
male attire, but for soliciting alms.
In answer to Mr. Benson, the constable said the
ballad which the prisoner was singing was about a
soldier, love, and war,
Mr. Benson asked if the Great Western Railway
Company intended to prosecute.
Inspector Holloway, of the H division, said the
prisoner required medical treatment. She had been
examined by a surgeon, who said she was very much
out of health.

A FRESH MAN.

Mr. Benson questioned the prisoner. He asked
her why she degraded herself and her sex by assum-
ing male attire, to which she replied that seven
years ago she left her native village in Bedfordshire
and indulged in the foolish freak of changing her
clothes. The desire to act the part of a man and
to adopt the garb and condition of the sterner sex
grew into a passion. She rent on board ship as a
sailor, and her sex was discovered by her ship-
mates. She would not, however, be disappointed
of her taking for the sea, and her desire of seeing
foreign lands, and was engaged in a Cunard
steamer, and afterwards as a barman.

Mr. Benson—Why not obtain a situation suit
able to your sex ?

The prisoner—Who will employ me as a female
servant ?

Connor—She was once in the Elizabeth Fry
Refuge at Hackney.

Th 9 Prisoner said she left the Fry Refuge because
she was worse fed therp than in prison, and the
other inmates made her uncomfortable.

Mr. Benson—What makes you affect a condition
and garb that don't belong to your sex ?
The Prisoner—l don't know, indeed.
Mr. Benson—Have you any friends?
The Prisoner—Yes, sir; if they can be so called.
They have all repudiated me.
Mr. Benson—Have you been used to hard work ?
The Prisoner—Yes : at the Great Western Rail-
way I worked very hard indeed. I hope you will
not send me to the Elizabeth Fry Refuge—l fared
very badly there.

Mr. Benson condemned the conduct of the pri-
soner in degrading herself as she had done. She
had not the vigour or the strength of a man, and
now was in a lamentable condition for want of

proper food and exposure. Ile remanded her to

the House of Detention for a week, and she would
be attended to in a proper manner.

SHEEP AND LAMBS.—From a return just pre-
sented to Parliament it appears that nearly all the sheep
and lambs imported into this country come from Belgium,
Denmark, France, Germany, and Holland. In records
compiled for the year 1864 it is stated that 7,407 sheep
were imported from Belgium, 30,633 from Denmark, 1,264
from France, 189,371 from Germany, and 247,609 from
Holland. The total number of lambs imported during the
same year was 17,896-6,102 of which came froin Denmark
11,537 from Holland, and the rest from other countries;
The largest imports of sheep occurred in the month of
December, and of lambs in August, none of the latter being
imported in January and February, and only 1,107 of the
former during the first month of the year.
PARLIAMENT AND ITS WORK.—The House of
Commons, adjourning for the Easter recess on Friday next,
will have sat only on 32 days in this year, or only on 30 if
two sittings are not counted at which no buoineos was
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The Northampton Meeting will take place on Tuesday
next, and the Stand Plate looks like going to MANTON, as
it is not likely that Vespasian, Mr. Pitt, Orion, Goojorat, or
several of the other hotter class animals engaged will put
in an appearance. The acceptances for the Delapre Han-
dicap will not be declared until to-night, and meanwhile it
is a matter of guess to select anything, but ZrscA ought to
give a good account of herself, and to her or EAU DE VIE I
shall leave the race. Some twenty runners will probably
face the starter's flag for the Great Northamptonshire
Stakes, and I shall only comment on those animals which
are at all likely to be hoard of or distinguish themselves
in the race. There can be no question if Squire Heath-
cote's mare comes fit and well to the post she will take an
extraordinary amount of Loafing, still I cannot stand her
at the weig,ht. The F:ndon lot consist of Romping Girl.
Thalia, Proserpine, Sister to Vedette, and Demon. The
Guddcss of Comedy, efrer her unsat'sfactury exhibitions at
Epsom, will not, I fear, emerge from the clouds and
win on the present occasion, and I have a very indifferent
opinion of Proserpino and Sister to Vedette's merits; con-
sequent!y, if Lord Westmorland is to get back the money
he invested on his ja ly mare last week, it must be by the
aid of Romping Girl or Demon. Both of them will stay
over the cour3e, and the fires-named mare, who is nicely
weighted, is likely 'to be very troublesome to the winner.
Christmas Carol will, to my notion, find the distance too
far for him. Tormentor will have been made a few p muds
better than when she ran second at Warwick, and ought at
least to obtain a situation. I think it is any odds on her
beating Ackwortb, although the latter will prove good
enough to win a handicap before the year is out. Wolsey
has been heavily backed, but I cannot believe in his pre-
tensions to attract the judge's notice over this long and
and difficult course. He may win, but surely the St. Liz
Handicap, over a shorter course, will suit him much better.
Lucifer, who is said to be very fit and well, should not be
overlooked, as he is " turned loose," and will stay every
yard of the way ; indeed, he possesses an outside chance
second to none in the race. Ido not believe in Ailosbury,
Feodor, Roquefort, Stephen Langton, Jezabel, or Nine
for vuo wasou or other, Which it is not necessary to
recapitulate. Lord Hastings has been supported by
Fobert's stable for " heaps of money," and has always
been remarkably firm in the market since the
betting commenced. The form he displayed last
year would not be good enough to win a race of this de-
scription, but it is not a fair test, as 1 am persuaded he
never was made thoroughly fit, besides he has most as-
euredly made great improvement since that time, and
under the impression that he and Fervacques are one and
the same animal, I consider this event is almost reduced
to a certainty. The latter, at any rate, could not be beat,
if he were in with 7st. It looks any odds on Blueskin
and Kettleholder, beating the other three-year-olds. Mr.
Saville's horse is almost as well in with his penalty as
when ho won the Metropolitan, and will take an immense
amount of beating; still I doubt his being quite good
enough to win. I mention Kettleholder because ho is
sure to improve on the form he displayed for the City and
Suburban one of these fine days, and. should not be
lost sight of whenever he runs. There may bo several
other competitors, but I see nothing to interfere with the
chances of Romping Girl, Lucifer, Lord Hastings, and Blue-
skin. Of these I have the greatest faith in LORD HASTINGS,
who will, I think, have no difficulty in winning, and my
recommendation is LUCIFER and LEAP YEAR for situations.
The Sweepstakes of 10 sous each, for 2-year-old; will go
to HILDA, and the Whittlebury Stakes will certainly be
Wan by LADY COVENTRY, if she runs.

The previous day's running will materially affect the
chances of several of those horses which are engaged
for the St. Liz Handicap. At present I prefer the chances
of Wrolsey, Python or Kettleholder, Lady Coventry, Grey
Stocking, Ligurian, and Cotytto, and whichever represents
Godding's stable, PYTHON or KETTLEHOLDER will be
about winning. Of the forty-six nominations left in
for the Earl Spencer's Plate my preference is for Mr.
Pitt, Vespasian, Orion, Moonbeam, Zisca, Alruna, Syceo,
and Laird of Scotland. Most horses run better over
one course than another, and as the two first named animals
have previously travelled successfully over this very
course, I think it feasible to suppose, especially as
they are both leniently weighted, they may do so again
and I shall, therefore, leave the race between SYCEE and MR.
PITT. At the came time I expect to see LAIRD OF SCOTLAND
run into a place. My fancy for the Sulby Handicap is the
FILLY BY VEDETTE OVT OF CAPUCINE. If CURIEUSE is
brought out for the Althorp Park Stakes I shall stand
nothing else, but I expect to see Mr. Merry's Sunflower
filly run better over this course than she did at Epsom, as
the distance now is a quarter of a mile less.