The Sun.
London, England, 1842-03-10 00:00:00

AN I:lemmata BIEQOAR.--Jane Gaylor, a young Irishwoman,
with an infant in her arms, was charged with Stopping several gen-
tlemen in Regent-street, between eight
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in prison.
Mr. HARDWICK sentenced her toone month's imprisonment and
hard labour.
The prisoner, on hearing this, was with great difficulty pre..
vented from "clawing" the officer Horaford, She struggled vio-
lently to get at him, but, finding herself overpowered, began a
strain of wrathful abuse of the worthy Magistrate, whom she called
" A ti—al b—y jumped-up ghost."
MATERNAL INramv.—Sarah Levy, a middle aged widow, with
an infant in her arms, and Matilda Levy, her daughter, a very
pretty, fine grown girl, between 16 and 17 years of age, were placed
at the bar together, having been apprehended on a warrant obtained
against them at the instance of the parochial authorities of Sr.
James's parish, for keeping a house of ill fame at No. 14, Coven..
try. court, Ha: market.
A witness proved that the elder prisoner had far a long time past
been in charge of the house in question. The daughter also
assisted in the management of the house, opening the doors to admit
visitors, and attending on them.
Mr.• HARDWICK said the infamy of the mother was truly horrible
The defendants in default of sureties were committed.
UNION-HALL.
Robert Fitzgerald was charged with stealing seven Sovereigns
and a half, and six pairs of shoes, the property of William
Tate, a boot and shoemaker, in the Blackfriars-road. The
prisoner went Into the complainant's shop en the preceding
evening and remained in conversation with him for :• .st time.
They then left the shop together, and retired to an eating house
to have some supper, and, while there, complainant saw a pair of
new shoes protruding from the prisoner's pocket, upon which lie
charged him with robbing him, and when he was subsequently
searched six pairs were found in his possession. The prisoner had
also taken seven sovereigns and a half out of complainant's cash.
box.—Committed.

GRAND STEEPLE UiiASE AT
OXFORD.
(FROM a. CORRESPONDENT )
The Royal Prince of Wales Handicap of 200 cove., added to a
Sweepstakes of 25 soya. each, 15 ft., and only 5 ifdeclaied, &c. ;
the it cond horse to save his stake, and the winner to pay 20
soya. towards the expenses. Three horses to start, or the 200
sovi. will not be given.

This event, which from the celebrity of the horses entered
and the value of the stakes, has caused so much interest in
the sporting world, came off on Tuesday. The weather in the
early part of the day was very favourable, whicia cloned
a great influx of visitors into the quiet village of Yarn-
ton (about four miles from Oxford), near to which spot .tbe
start was to take place. Three o'c!cek was the time fixed, but it
was nearly four o'clock before they were all saddled and ready at
which lime the following horses came to the post :—Mr. Elmore's
Gay Lad, Marquis of Waterford's Columbine, Baron Rotlisehild's
Consul,_ Mr. Ekin's Luck's-All, Mr. Lewis's Tallyho, MarqUhrof
Watclibrd's Usurper, Captain Evans's Jemmy, ditto Heythori;
Mr. Quarterman's Roderic Random, Mr. Verges Little Tommy;
Mr. W. Robertson's The Pony, ditto Memento; Mr. J. Tellies's
Little Ctmberton. The ground was thronged with thousands of
horsemen and carriages, well filled with spectators, anxiously
waiting the coming event; in fact, we heard many of the
oldest sportsmen declare, that they never saw so many
horsemen at any one time before. The line chosen was from
Beybrok-hill, over four notes of very heavy country, having some
good stiff fences with double ditches, brook five yards wide, with
a stone wall, finishing in a field to the left of Yarnton church. The
lot got well off together, taking the first fence in gallant style ;
Roderick Random slightly in advance, Consul second, Gay Lad
third, the rest well up. In this order they kept till they came to
the brook, which they charged, Roderic Random clearing it in
gallant style, nine of the remainder being immersed in the cooling
stream. Gay Lad getting out first, rapidly gained groupd on
Roderic, but went the wrong side of the post, but returned, chal-
lenged Roderic, and won by half a neck, after one of the finest
races ever witnessed. The distance was run in twelve minutes.

Gay Lad (Mason) 1
Roderic Random. (MlDonough) 2

Consul

Amongst the company present we noticed—The Duke of Marl-.
borough and Sons, Lords Ducie, Dillon, ClonbroOk, G. Bentinck,
Marquis of Waterford, Hon. Mr. Hastings, J. S. Phillips, J. Morrell,
J. G. Walker, and J. S. Browning,•Esys.

Too much praise cannot bo bestowed on the stewards for the
able and disinterested manner in which they acted throughout the
whole of the proceedings.

EVENING CONCERT.

Mr. Beuler's,Annual Concert was given at the Crown and Anchor
Tavern, Strand, on Tuesday, and was fully attended. Mr. Basler corn:
menced his entertainments with some observation on song.writing,
the gist of which was to show that health was greatly imProvible
by indulgence in the pleasures of comic song and hurhour. He
proceeded al.o to comment on the mutability of favourite songs,
and among them instanced " My Pretty .lane," and " Oh no, we
never mention her," which in their day were excessively popular,
and tang in every house and street, but are now never heard. Mr,
Morgan prOduced much merriment by the happy manner in which
he executed the songs of " Ould Ireland ;'' and Mr. A. Smith gave
two or three airs in a very stylish manner. Mr. ltlewitt also de-
lighted the aiudience with his little ballad, " What's in a Kiss ;"
and Mr. Ransford sung, with powerful effect, " The King of the
Sea," and the " White Cliffs of England."

DISTRESS IN RENFREWSIIIRE.—We have great
pleasure in stating, that at the conclusion of the county meet-
ing held in the t. ounty Hall, Paisley, on the 3d instant, of
which we gave a brief account on the sth, Mr. P. M. Stewart,
M.P. for the county, announced the follow,ng liberal sub-
scriptions for the relief of the distressed operatives of Paisley
and the adjoining districts : —Her Majesty, 1501. ; Sir Robert
Peel, 501 ; Lord Stanley, 50/. ; Sir James Graham, 25/. ; and
the Duchess of Somerset, 501. The subscription paper was
afterwards handed to several of the gentlemen present, when
there was subscribed 251. by Mr. P. M. Stewart ; 1501. by
Lord Kelburne ; 1501. by the Chairman, for Sir M. S. Stewart:
1001. by Lord Blantyre ; 50!. by Sir John Maxwell , 501. by
Ludorick lioustoun, Esq. ; 40/. by Sir W. M. Napier, being
his third subscription ; and 501. Icy Mr. Spear of Burnbrae.
The whole sum subscribed amounted to 9701.

A • meeting of gentlemen connected with the Anti-
Corn-law League, composing the business committee, took
place on Monday, at the office of the League in the Strand.
Amongst those present were, Dr. 13ovvring, M.P., Colonel
Thompson, R. Ricardo, Esq.,Mr. Sidney Smith, the secretary
of the League, &c. &c. The secretary gave an account of the
proceedings of the branch a sociati,ms, and of the progress of
the cause, both of which wet e highly favourable. Dr. Bowring
stated that any Al. P. could present a memorial to the Queen
on her Majesty's levee days, and the districts of the metropolis
were recommended to memoralize her. Majesty immediately
to t ismiss the Ministers, and refuse her signature to the new
law for starving the people. Colonel Thompson and others
deprecated the proposed union with those mischievous persons
who have been disturbing all public meetings as likely to be at
once injurious and
*derogatory to the Anti-Corn-law League
cause.

DUNBAR.—The common here was let on Tuesday,
the Ist instant, to be ploughed for a crop of oats, at 81. 15s. per
imperial measure. The &rad is about 44 acres.
A Cabinet Council was held at the Foreign-office
)esterday at two o'clock. All the Ministers were present.
Letters of the Gth January, from Candahar, state
that the country round had risen in general insurrection ; that
the Prince has pitched his camp at Dahla, about 40 miles off,
near Khelat-i-Ghilzie, the nucleus of rebellion ; and that,
from the east and south particularly, the Dooranee tribes
are all flecking to his banner and that of Atta Mahomed.
The people of Candahar, however, seemed secure in the
protection of the Brit sh troops. Horsemen arc reported to be
galloping in every direction about the country, endeavouring
to excite the tribes, and have ventured even into our forts.
Lieut. Terry, Bombay Artillery, had arrived safe, and Lieut.
Pattenson, who received eleven severe wounds when Captain
Golding Was murdered by his Janbaz, was out of danger.
Captain Hart's Janbaz remained firm; 40 of Golding's, after
the regiment mutinied, were killed by them and Leeson's horse,
and 50. wounded.

THE LATE MAJOR-GENERAL ELPHINSTONE, C.B.
—This gallant and lamented officer, whose unexpected demise
is confirmed by the overland mail, was the second son of the
late Hun, Will:am Fullerton Elphinstone, and grandson of
Charles, tenth Baron Elphinstone, and cousin to the present
peer. He distinguished himself at Waterleo, and many of the
Peninsular engagements, and his commission as Major- General
was dated 10th January, 1837. He was on the eve of resign-
ing his commission, and returning home, having been sue-
ce, ded -by Major-General Grey. General Elphinstone was in
his 60th year.
DOST MAHOMED.—AII sorts of rumours .have,
during the progress of the late unhat py events, pined currency
in reference to the ex-Ameer. Dost Mahomed Khan is at
present at Saharunpeor. He is strictly watched and guarded.
but otherwise under no particular restraint. He is, on the
whole, cheerful and ceosis enough. So from from having been
detected in correspondence with his former subjects, or sus-
pected of exciting them against us, he seems to be severely and
deeply annoyed at the conduct of his son.
Colonel Grogan, whose seizure in Vermont and
imprisonment in Montreal, made such a noise last autumn in
the United States, died on the 7th of last month at Champlain.

DOVER, MARCH 8, 1842.—his Royal highness
the Duke Ferdinand of Saxe-Coburg, accompanied by his Sons and
suite, arrived last evening from Brighton at Payn's York Hotel, and
embarked this morning in her Majesty's steam.packet Beaver, Capt.
Mudge, for Calais, under the usual salute from the Western Heights.
THE RECENT DEATR FROM FIGIITING.—The ad-
journed inquest on the body of Thomas Hamlyn, who was killed
lait week in an affray between some Brighton and Plymouth fisher.
men, was resumed on Tuesday. No additional evidence was how.
ever adduced. The statement made by Mr. Wm. Rattenbury,
surgeon, as to the cause of death, was confirmed in every particular
by
,Mr. B. Gidle), surgeon, who was present at the post mortesis
examination of the body. The Jury returned a verdict of man-
slaughter against John Humphries, rlias Lammas, as a principal,
and George Allen as an accessory, warrants for whoseapprehenslon
were then issued.—Plymouth Herald.

BODY FOUND IN TILE BlVER.—Tuesday the body
of 'a young woman was found near the north steps of London
Bridge. She appeared to have been recently drowned. She had
on a Wad. merino dress, with black stockings, and black laced
boots, a coloured silk bonnet, a dark green cloak, and a white
apron. A paper was found in her pocket, with the names of Emily
Noble and M. N. Batey written on it. The body was take nto :4t,
Magnus' church to be owned.

Married on Saturday, the sth instant, at the parish
church of St. Martin-in-the-Fields, in the county of Middlesex, by
the R. H. F. Skrimshire, rector of St. Andrew's, Hertford, M.A.,
the lion. Nicole Marino Pignatorre, of the island of Cephalonia, in
Greece, Doctor of Laws, to Katherine, eldest daughter of George
Nicholson, Esq., of Hertford, and of No. 21, Abingdon-street,
Westminster.

On Tuesday a person of the name of Benjamin
Burn, a resident of Soeth Shields, was killed by a train of coal.
waggons when crossing over the Stanhope and Tyne Railway, near
South Shields. Deceased, who was by trade •a bookbinder, was
occasionally employed in distributing bills. On Tuesday he had
been circulating same bills put out by the Board of Gtiardians, and
met with Isis death as he was returning home.—Sustderland Herald.
We regret to find that the suitors in the Brighton
Court of Requests will be sufferers by the unfortunate failure of
the week, Mr. Clement Wigney being the Treasurer of the Court*
and Mr. I. N. Wigney his surety. Mr. C. Wigney received his at'
„Ire,
',ointment at the General Quarter Sessions held at Lewes is
1840, from the Country Magistrates ; and the Chairman (Lord
Chichester) approved of Mr. I. N. Wignty, as his surety.—/ing
ton Guardian,
blelast tWelve
EXTENSIVE FLOOD.—Bath has again n Visited
by another high flood, making the fourth
within the
bee foreseen,
months. The calamity having, in some measure,
aFe; was it its height
time was given to secure property. Theinw
of Northgate.
tfrochemr, which time It
about twelve o'clock on Thursday
gradually began to subside. Mr. Terre ,
• lost twenty-one sheep.—...,
street, has been a heavy sufferer. having
Bath Journal.
the authorities were proceedifig
A few days ago, as
ts in a room, on the first story of
to draw lots for army
thernecrui
Tarn-et-Garonne, the floor
gave
the mavory at Lavit, I
whole of the assembly were overwheltied in the
morning,
way, and the
ruins. Moy were severely injured, and seine Were killed, but
tnhow many of the latter is not yet known.