The Sun.
London, England, 1844-02-29 00:00:00

IN RE STEPHEN CROKER.

In this matter the insolvent had been previously in this
Court before the Learned Chief Commissioner, when it was ad-
journed in order to enable the insolvent to come to some
arrangement with his creditors, and also to pay a certain
sum of money into Court.
He appeared now in Court, and stated his inability to com-
ply with the stipulations which he had proposed at his last
hearing.
Mr. Commissioner POLLOCK then read the judgment of
the Learned Chief Commissioner, by,which the insolvent was
remanded for a period of eight months from the date of his
vesting order, for fraudulently making away with property,
to the detriment of his creditors.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

UNION HALL.-(THIS DAY.)
Elizabeth Fakins was charged with robbing Daniel Nicho-
las, an apprentice on board the Lord John Russell brig, under
the following aggravated circumstances :—The complainant,
who is quite a youth, was going on board the Lord William
Russell with a bundle, containing his Bible, shirt, and some
articles, but the people of the vessel not hearing him when
he hailed from the shore, the prisoner came up and offered her
services to obtain for him a lodging for the night, as it was
then getting late. The boy finding that he had no chance of
getting on board availed himself of the offer, and the pri-
soner took him to a house in Vine-yard, where she robbed
him of his bundle and ran out of the house. The prisoner
was taken into custody soon afterwards, and in the course of
the examination it was stated that she had been frequently in
custody on charges of felony.—She was committed.

MAR YLEBONE.-(THIS DAY.)
John Jud, living in Back Church-lane, Whitechapel,
was charged with having been driving furiously, and
thereby running the shaft of his chaise-cart into the chest of
a young horse, belonging to Mr. Thomas Sandford, hay and
corn salesman, of Market-street, Paddington, and causing its
death.

The evidence went to prove that, yesterday evening,
between eight and nine o'clock, the defendant was driving at
the rate of ten miles an hour along the green lanes which
lead from Paddington to Kensal New-town, and that he came
in contact with Mr. Smidford, who was driving his horse and
gig in a contrary direction. The shaft of defendant's cart
penetrated the chest of Mr. Sandford's horse, causing its death
almost instantaneously. His cries of " police " brought a
constable to his assistance, and the defendant was given into
custody.
Mr. Loves thought that driving at the rate of ten miles an
hour along such an unfrequented road did not come within
the provisions of the Act. He would, therefore, dismiss the
case, but the complainant could, if he felt so inclined, enter
into an action in another Court. He (Mr. Long) would,
however, recommend that some arrangement should be made
between them.
The parties then left the Court.

LIVERPOOL GRAND STEEPLE
CHASE.

Handicap Sweepstakes of 20 sovs. each, 10 ft, with 100 added,
the second saves his stake. (41 subs., 19 declared.)

Mr. Quartermaine's Discount, lOst 12Ib (Crickmere)
Mr. S. Crawfurd's The Returned, 12st (Scott) 2
Sir T. H. Goodrick nd Tom Tug, 10st 71b (Rockley) 3
Lord Maidstone's Caesar, I Ist 101 b (Barker) 4
The following also ran :—Mr. Ekins' Peter Simple,
12st 121 b (Frisby); Mr. Millbank's Robinson, 12st 71b
(Parker) ; Lord Maidstone's Wiverton, 12st 41b (Oli-
ver) ; Mr. W. Scott's Heslington, 12st (Mr. W.
Benett) ; Lord E. Russell's Lather, I Ist 21b (Ball) ;
Sir J. Gerard's Louis Philippe, 11st (Cowell) ; W.
Hollinshead's Little Peter, lOst 421 b (Day) ; Mr. Moore's
Nimrod, lOst 101 b (A. M‘Donough) ; Lord Sefton nd. Ma-
rengo, lOst 101 b (Brotherton) ; Mr. Kennedy's Teetotaller,
lOst 71b (Sharkey) ; Lord G. Bentinck nd. the Romp, lOst 71b
(Byron) ; and Sir W. M. Stanley nd. Charity, lOst 71b
(Powell).
Betting-5 to 1 agst Marengo, sto 1 agst Discount, Bto
1 agst Heslington, 8 to 1 agst Wiverton, 12 to 1 agst Charity,
14 to 1 agst Robinson, 14 to 1 agst Nimrod, 15 to 1 agst The
Returned, 20 to 1 agst Louis Philippe, and 25 to 1 agst the
Romp.
The race, for nearly the whole distance, was between the
first four, Tom Tug having a strong lead to the lane, in the
second round, where The Returned, Romp, and Caesar, joined
him, and they raced together to the straight running.
Discount then went up, headed them at the distance, and
went in a gallant winner by 20 lengths, The Returned beat-
ing Tom Tug by nearly two lengths. Caesar was a bad

fourth, and Lather fifth ; the others were beaten off. The
ground ran over was the same as last year ; it was very
heavy. In the match for 3001., Wiverton received forfeit
from Arctic.
The Champion Hurdle Race Sweepstakes of 10 soya. each,
with 50 added ; the second saved his stake. Two miles.
(11 subs.)
Mr. Raworth's Chance, aged (Bradley) 1
Mr. W. Scott'illeslington, 6 yrs (Oliver) 2
Mr. Milbank's Robinson, aged (Parker) 3
The following were not placed :--Mr. Dauber na Baronet,
5 yrs (Thomas); Mr. Ekins' Peter Simple, aged (Frisby) ;
and Mr. J. G. Watson's Mudlark (Brotherton). Betting—
Even on Chance; 5 to 2 agst Heslington; and 4 to 1 agst
Robinson. Peter Simple made all the running to the last
hurdle, which was taken in advance by Heslington and
Chance nearly abreast. At the stand, Chance quitted her
companions and won cleverly.
ANOTHER ACCOUNT.

WEDNESDAY EVENING.—This crack affair came off to-day
as fixed, at Aintree, and attracted, as usual, a very large
concourse of spectators. The day was fine in the morning,
but by the time the majority of the spectators had assembled,
and just previous to the race, it began to rain heavily, but
again cleared up before the race was over.
The race, as our sporting readers are aware, was for a
Sweepstakes of 20 sovs. each, 10 forfeit, with 100 added,
and was run over four miles of ground which, from the
very small number of falls and other mishaps, did
not appear to have been of a very difficult nature. The
ground was very heavy, owing to the late rains, but the
pace throughout was capital ; the whole distance, we believe,
being done under sixteen minutes. Sixteen horses started,
and the race was won by Mr. Quartermaine's Discount
(Crickmere), beating The Returned (2d), Tom Tug (3d),
Caesar (4th), and the following not placed :—Peter Simple,
Robinson, Wiverton, Heslington, Lather, Louis Philippe,
Little Peter, Nimrod, Marengo, Teetotum, The Romp, and
Charity.
The betting was as follows :-5 to 1 agst Discount, 6 to 1
agst Marengo, 8 to 1 agst Wiverton, 8 to 1 agst Heslington,
10 to 1 agst Nimrod, 10 to 1 agst Robinson, 12 to 1 agst
Charity, 14 to 1 agst The Returned, and 25 to 1 agst The
Romp.
Toni Tug took the lead, closely followed by Discount, The