The Sun.
London, England, 1844-04-02 00:00:00

that they hall bOtiTtlerrauded of small sums of money by
like ) .
represtritatioifs. • - - • -
tlie'Citurt 'Was crowded' With the "victiMS of the pri-
soner's artiqe.etbey were molt'- old Women.
Police-constable 136 G, who arrested the prisoner, de-
•posed the lidibojild complete thirty cases of the same
description against the.prisoner. Ilousekeepers of every
condition,-and re-siding -in different parts-of London and
its vicinity, had been defrauded by him.
Mr. Co4nn' said he would commit him for trial, and
dep'oSitionS in the above-mentioned three cases were taken
down. '

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- 'ASTLEY'S TITEALTRt.
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This • theatre has been entirt44,,remodelled: the
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boxes, pit„gailleries' and ceiling . have 'been altered and
greatly iruprovcdo It will be'rernentberecl by the visitors
of last • season: 'that the, boxes - were inconveniently
narrow, Whicli-jobj'eetion has -been completely removed,
and-they,-.are no* both elegant •and comfortable... New
private"boxes haie been built: on a greatly improved
plan and the whole theatre hag a very elegant appear-
ance. We . were much struck with the beauty and
elsance of a.meavalome ceiling amongst the other many
inrotOtien:o7,lyi:liielf_greatly ;acids' to the effect and
belluiyitt4l.llQ6k-iitenclering the improvements pes.r-
fectly uni ue,,
.from the
.ccntre of. which , a
splendi4 . as:s.'aantlelier • iA„ suspended.. The dress
?
circle:. ,: be " lighted hp- fourteen elegant glass
lustres.,•: The outlay tity-,the-,spirited proprietor. must
hay:el-In:en yory,great .:. the wprtkpxpeose, we should .say,
does,notdbelang to:his vocabulary; and we cannot refrain
from wishing-111th the success which: he so well deserves,
fOr having.in the first place, at an enormous outlay, built
the theatre ; in the second place, for the-spirited way in
.'which:holctuldue.ted itlbr, a season of. longer duration
than everywaattempteirbY any other, manager before
him ;, 4114,—Ahlralfy iir:46-'o9Laise:lNVeli he gives,• by
his present improvements, that he never loses an oppor-
tunity 'of; *,ering for, the public nniuOthent. The hou,se
will open.oni-EasterAfOnviayen ,will. be produced a
grand hiscorical, spectacle founded non
.thn,,,,,rman: con-
quest,
,suiwrika . b'y a- iery:::pipwerfid :cbinpany.;' after
which the usual business nf. the eircle,:the. dames of the
m endue. 'will be lid' Throughi,arious '64Meades- by, Mrs.
Bally. , " .., . ... . , • ~..,

SPORTING. itENCE.
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'OLIESTkIR
-12 to lngst Mr: Bristow's Phartiohi
• 11--thVagst Mr.'g9llett's Cattonite n'
,; 10 tg A;m*ttcoi.-,crp4o4'§ Pagrtn-7-taken
18 to:Lagst,--Mr; Piarmilethi Alico 'Hawthorn
.20 tol wt. Lord G. Bentlnek's Bramble--/..taken
azSt 314 x. StafilefiValedeF -
25tp. pg§t., Lord Mil town's;Scalkotk
25 to 1 ggst^Mi.:;Dawson's_lllerry Andrew
33 to. agst .Mr..lllostyres
.General.. Pol loelt-7.-tak en
501o:Vagst, Afr.'Toe's The Broken Down=taken
• 50 tp.'l agst j.ord;G. Bentinck's Einnap.—taken
Very little general betting on the above" race, the only
horses Backed with any spirit were :Vakeel and Alice Haw-
thorn, the first ,at -Ct'.and 25 to 1, and the mare at 18 and 20
to 1. ;,

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. • .r . DERBY.
9 to 1 agst Colonel'Peel'slot—taken
18 to lagst Sir G. Ileathcote's lot
30 tel agst Forth's
_lot—taken
• 6to 1 agst Mr. Crockford's Rattan '
6 to" 1 as 'Mr.. John Day's. The Ugly Buck
14 tOll agst Col. Peel's Orlando •
16 to 1 agst:Mr. A. Wood's Running Rein
22 to l agst Lord Maidstone's Cockamaron
35 to l'agst Heathcote's Campanero
40 to .1 agst Sir- G. Ileathccite's Akbar—taken
40 to 1 agst Mr. ThOrnhill'a,Apprentice—taken
40 to 1 agst Mn. John Scott's Bay Momus (Sister to
Grey Momus colt—taken
40 to I:agst Mr. Lichtwald's Leander—taken
50 to t agst Mr.. Ford's Qui Tam—takyr
- -66-to -I agst Mr. J. Osborne's Mount Charles—taken
100 to 1 agst Mr. Ford's Sir Diggory Diddle—taken
10010.1 agst Alr. Warwick's Phalaris
2000 to 15 agst Mr. Death's Raddor—taken
1000 to 25 each agst Campanero 'and Akbar, in one bet—t
1000 even between Mount Charles and Apprentice.
A considerable _outlay upon ;Rattan and Ugly Buck at 6
to 1, and two bets of 500 even -13iettreen them,- followed by
repeated offers to-`l3 ,to 24614ther, enables us to re-
turn thorn; equal :faysidrites. add, however, that
the Ugly Buck was backed for the largest amount, and (speak-
ing from impression) had a shade the best of it at the ftnish.
600 to 200 was laid against them jointly early in the day.
Offers to take 15 to 1 about, Orlando, and to lay 16 to 1 agst
Running Rein.. Akbar . and Bay .Momus (the sister
to Grey Momus colt) were backed in several quarters
at 40 to I—Campanero at 35 and 40 to. I—Apprentice
at 1,000 to 20, and 1,000 to 25 several times—Qui Tam freely
at 1,000 to. 15,, and towards the end at 1,000 to 20—Sir
Diggory -Diddle and Phalaris at 1,000 to 10 each (after-
wards offered)—Mount Charles at 2,000 to 40 and 2,000
to 30—Colonel Peel's lot for about 300/., at 28 and
30 to 1 (this lot includes Qui Tam, Sir Diggory Diddle ,
Chuckfarthing, Barley Sugar, and Phalaris). The betting
commenced early, and was kept up with a -good deal of
'animation to the close.

OAKS.
10 to 1 agst Forth's lot—taken to 650
12 to 1 agst Mr. Gregory's Barricade—taken
15 to 1 agst lord Westminster's Fanny Eden—taken.