The Sun.
London, England, 1845-01-08 00:00:00

PORTING INTELLIGENCE.
(RECEIVED THIS DAY.)
BETTING AT MANCHESTER.--TCESDAY.
CHESTER CUP.
!0 to -
n agbt Ratan—t 50 to 1 agst The Bashaw—t
i g
' to 1 agst Poi -a-bal- 50 to 1 agst Alamode—t f
42 sgh—taken 1000 to 15 agst Littlo John
to 1 agst Portobello—t —taken
to I agst Rowena—t 1000 to 25 agst Rowena and
uu to 1 agst Extempore Dog Billy —taken
BY.

11
to 1 agst Alarrn—t DE?
16 to 1 agst Idas
18 to 1 agst Kedgar
to 1 agst Pam
Vlit to 1 agst Cobweb colt—t
34) to 1 agst Annandale

BO to 1 agst Newsmonger
35 to 1 agst Colt out of
Calypso's dam
40 to 1 agst Miss Whip c—t
1000 to 12 agst Grotesque—t

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COURSECO OF EXCHA3
,gterdam ..... CF. 12 8
Ditto, at sight ... ... 12 6
Botterdam ...... U. 12 8
Antwerp
......... 26 0
ilainburgh ...... 13 14
Ana ............ . .....
2570
1)&68,3 daya' sight._ 570
Otto, 3 liz)ntha ...... 25 35
araeillea .......... 2f, 75
locurdeaux ... ....... 26 0
Frankfort on Maine.. 122
?stitabur4,,h, 3 1.7 a... 37 Berlin ...
.... . . .... 7
Vienna, e.ffec. 11: ..
9 57
M
rieste, ditto ......... a(lrid ..... 58
............. 36i
Cadiz ................ 36}
ililbae ..... ..... ...
Barcelona .... ....... 36aerilla
.......................... 36

(.IE.—(YESTERDAY.)
Gibraltar__
Le,ghorn ...... 31 1)
Genoa ...... 26
Milan . _
Venice .... ...... ..... 47
Naples ...... ....... • 39
Palermo, oz ll9
Lisbon
Oporto
Rio Janeirr, ........... 24
Bahia
lituenos Ayi.ts
New York .:2 dyssight
Philad?hrb;e.
PRICY.A ,11.1LCION, PER OZ.
ForeigT 4',,,11,bar5..£3 17 9
PortugA.: Gold Coin 3 i 7 5
New U 0 0
New :3;.,12.a)s 3 4 9,
Silver it Bars I 4 1:L,

-VATA.ACCIDENT.-111r. Joseph Payne held an in-
sttieltiet last evening at the Vestry-hall. Horselydown, on
-e bedY of Henry Edward Roberts, aged thirty-nine a
Pn"ei, of No. 3, Goat-street, Horselydown. It
appeared from the evidence that on boxing-nisht the
ueeeased, with his brother-in-law, with some friends at No. 6, Queen" spent the evening
Queen-street. About eleven ,
d. To
),..(41°ek, whilst goints down stairs, his foot slipped.
which
-"leak his fall he ' caught hold of the banisters,
toreke,, and he' fellheiVily on his back into the passage.
hod 4 belng picket' up he was found to be sensible, but
lostall 4
his- limbs.He was removed home,
.n 1 use of iks' kin a surgeon, until
was attended by Mr. -
Saturday night last, when he died. 'The cause of death
brto ex •
w"
fee-nd be, travasation of blood into the. mew:
dile, coverin the spinal cord. Verdict—Accidental
death. g
~,e'lucllr AT LAST.—Some months ago convict
ffiacers who
—"tie his escape from the custody of t were carrying him to Woolwich, by leapihne °from a rea-
ul") train, while passing through a tunnel. gat the rate of
pwards of thirty miles an hour. His escape. was not
uiscovered until the train had emerged into daylight,
whets the policeman started back in purrsueit; but did not
though the:S
4tlcceed'
hissl recapturing therir
.Idoestofeha
round hat on the furthe si thegtunnel- Tirom
that time nothing more was heard of the
,ftSgitive until
bar
wek, when it was discovered the: I lummer, the
ourglar, Who was tried at the late assizes at Durham,
was the individual. He states *sinat the first person who
relieved him was a policemen, who furnished him with a
hie'!st and gave him some: toffee, after which ho wended
wa ' n th rd d escaped discovery until appre-
,3 or wR
nended on the ssnar'gelefor which he has now been trans-
Potted,—
~., Parham Chronicle.
""t Der.—The lovers of scandal, and
ie those of
Pr'erient tastes, are likely to have amp, . food to
tratify their appetite during the next term, i.n . ,
eon.ase, which is to form a subject of discusse n
aJnongat the gentlemen of the long robe. The
nlsured suitor is a young gentleman of one. of the
e: trued professions, who married a very beautiful Eng-
Llth lad ' and the Lothario is an elderly gentleman of
rinr'esident in Dublin, and the father of a large
41141 - Great exertions were made to compromise the
?natter, but up to the present they havedobneentnunsuccess-
-141 Commissioners have gone to Lon take the
;chlenee of parties who could not attend.. It was in
dth. at
C.:sty the alleged criminal conversation commence
4141 in Pilot.
p, THE FUNERAL AND PORTRAIT OF SIR WILLIAM
orr.----The funeral of the late gallant General Sir. Wil-
liel' Nott, which was a public one, and
.which,
to his family and private friends, was attendedby
the nobility and surrounding gentry, took place
yester-
day with great splendour, at Carmarthen, the whole eork-
oration also joining in the sad and solemn ceremony.
he remains of the gallant General were interred in the
fainily vault of his ancestors beneath the Old Church,
arnidst the deep sympathy and regret of hundreds of his
fellow-townsmen. The grand military portrait of Sir
William Nott, painted by Mr. Thomas Brigstocke, of
`fames-street,. Buckingham Palace, and intended for
the Town-hall, Carmarthen, is now completed,
ie the course of a few days be forwarded to its destina-
tion, Prior, however, ,to its removal, it is understood
that this picture, whichis of the full size of life, and is
the only finished likeness for
,which the gallant General
Itas sat since his arrival in Englsnd, will be submitted
to the inspection of her Maje. sty and his Royal Highness
?since Albert, So truthful is the picture, that Mr.
of Captain Nott,
tigsteeke has received
commandsGeneral,t also to paint one fer the
~..ea,on of the gallant
.`;`12,!13', and the gal nt General himself was so struck
;14141 tta accuracy, thata he commissioned that gentleman
si'l paint the likeness of every member of his family for
"ht/Ln'LtWell House, the mansion in course of erection for
4" ttS.— 'te gallan:Gneral near Carmarthen, but the build.-
Which has been suspended on account of his me
thels, de
110. t... nase.
etenier, L,eSeßialt LONDON DISPENSARY.—Yesterday.
Masts ''' annual meeting of the subscribers to the
Ise Institution, which is situated in
in. Laurie.place,As.
ttestreie
luns
~ ster-road, directly opposite to the
board-room
d
-.
and Uethle Dl, was held in the
tithe establish In
linen' itafeymott, sen., in the chair, sups-
Parted by severelalelist'bicrr.ileis, eec. The dispenshatry
great's'e
Ztaatthliehed in the years 1821, in consequence of t
*hieehtittelte37 of medical relief to the large pop_riu:hlaett
'port for'e,.," on the Surrey side of the Thames.
bed ; l'ue Past year stated that during the yeirottheare.
tient ett a considerable increase in the number
4 as; the total being 4,904, those for the year previous.. k'..l-'l, and for 1842, 3,983. About 3,600 had been relieved
,4_'s • cured,- and thre remained under care about 600.
"ittneeording to the report it appeared that the receiptsn
Zrpn„_nstgd to 658/ 0 6d and the expenditure had i
hel;7st.aut, on account.s. of addition of patients, that
VII fundedlttLtlon remained in debt to the amount of 4341.
14, stock amounts to 2001. A long discusesionn-
044;E'Ree regarding the description of drugs to be ore.
seti 7_, fur theurposes of the charity.
14411:71 that ncrease in the amount of elxtpwenadsiture
ore
t kt• ee forused:by the subscribers recommendingdm _
meientsassistance than they were entitled to o
re soh, ittnennt of their annual subscriptions. It was
the
ht soft that they should be requested to increasne..n
thine' rind thereby render tacility for further extendinge
~ret'perations of the dispensary, which is the only
e kind situate in a large and pi.spdlousdistriet. It
IPPears that more than 25,000 patients have been re-
d%lnce its establishment.
A,TA„.
ilekji,h t, 'ACCIDENT ON THE DOVER RAILWAT.—Last
' " eight o'clock, an inquest was held in Guy's
tlital, before Mr. Joseph Payne, deputy coroner,. on
dYof Charles Menden, aged 25; late a guard inthe.
!rah s'e
of the London and Dover Railway Company.
14)°,1353 Slater of Ashford, an engine-driver on the
quelltlull and,b4er Railway, said that on Christmas-day,
with 0 clock, he was at the New-cross station,. going
lwith a train, when he gave the usual whistle, an.d.
nee , ,
eshitthnaed round to see that the carriages
fall, about three ' Whilst doing so he saw somethiug .
y,t,see Yar.ds from the end of the platform. He re
;I°ftp. e'd his engine and put down the break, and on
back found it to be the deceased, who was lying
•k-i, the slope. Witness, having procured another
li"e-4,1, proceeded on to Ashford, and the deceased_ was.,
s,,,nls°l:ed by an engine and carriageh. to
oto (iouLs.
vi,piit,o. The signal had been given for
.Itt' .
111 sasianl The
porter at the New-cross stßtiogn, de-
-14.13-' to bringi- all d eased the hospital. On 111`tel,r 1,‘,43' he told wtitieless‘hee was tendeavouring to senadt
flLe"' on the carriage, when he missed. his hold
IN,I, (1)::°e or two of the carriages passing over. his. arm,se
sli en waa Inuch shattered Mr. Andrew Davies. house
euttise°;, said deceased was brought in on Chi.' tails ;-day
tif tieire'll from a severe compound comminuted iracture
after
lightri. arm. His arm was amputated a :few hours
day admission, by Mr. Calloway. He died yester-
sajoittlee.erl.ing from irritation and exhaustion consequent
'deeply ininty. The deceased's brother, who appeared
ezei affected, said he had no complaint to make
lie -•re'sr,tsuY one. Verdict— " Accidental death." An inti-
bertl,l-",,was made to the coroner that the company
Ivisevr'e deceased, and also make provision for the
Q
LThiGur Ais T 1
/Vile) -'‘.. ITROCEEDING Al. A FUNERAL.—The
et t...°la labouring man, named William Keetch, died
aktleropston, near Bedford, last week. Keetch is a
le r s•leYan Methodist, and not being able to produce a
ot!ficte of his wife's baptism, the Rev. Foster, the
lteeter of the parish, informed him, that “ of course he
zttldi not
exPect her burial to be attended to in the
b? its waY,” and the husband clearly understood it to
Lts positive refusal to e accustomed ceremo.-
eked „The society of teetotaller at Bedford, denomi-
,l4 seeehabites,- being informed of the circumstance,
1,„ eetcelonging to their order, about thirty mem
till went from Bedford to Kempston on Sunday last,
burial
erilh instant, to attend the funeral, and to perform the
and a service according to the forms of their own order,
,o,,the funeral procession proceeded to the church ac-
esCtlY. After they had sung a hymn outside the
iieurehyard, tied were proceeding with their usual set.:
as Zu•(;,' which Was read by Mr. Hill, the clergyman in-
ed if the cession was " forward, as . te4s Waiting hie''
also inquired of the hushand if he m-
e tided haling "his wife buried in the usual way." The
':'ut,lsband replied that he should leave it to the brethren
.hla order. The chief ruler of the Rechabites then
hrdfusel to the minister that, in consequence of the first rF-
-015:i, and not being aware till then of any alteration in
ettrtnination, they now objected to his performance.
L.,. the. service of the Church. The Rechabito ceremonies
,i;slng been completed, the corpse was taken into the
thhr 'll3 ard, and deposited in silence in the grave, and
e funeral party then quietly returned.
STR, .
,i, , ANGE DlscovEßY.—Some time ago a human
_ eleton was found in the earth near Charonne. Sus-
inßeoeting that 1501ne murder had been committed, the au-
_ rules of the commune instituted an inquiry. At
length It PerSoll who in 1814, was a grenadier in the Bth
4'41 of the National Guards, and continued to be so
pr_ev.ery lately, came forward, and, having viewed the
daredu Ise spot at which the skeleton was discovered, de-
tin th • •
e... at it was that of a Cos-ack who made a charge
eV hire at the attack of the Allies upon Paris, but
hs fish© shot dead with his musket, and buried where