The Sun.
London, England, 1845-02-11 00:00:00

DERBY.

6 to 1 agst Scott's lot—taken
11 to 1 agst Mr. Greville's Alarm—take 12 to 1
13 to 1 ag-t Col. Peel's Cobweb colt—% and aft. off.
14 to 1 agst Colonel Arson's li. dger—ditto ditto
15 to 1 a4st Lord Stradbroke's Idas—ditto ditto
30 to I ugst Lord CliesterflAd's Newsmonger—taken
30 to 1 ogst Mr. St. Paul's Mentor—taken
30 to 1 .g,t Lurd Gla,,guw's Miss Whip colt—t.ken
33 to 1 agst ihnstone's Annandale—t. -to to 1
35 to 1 agst Mr. A. W. Hill's Ironmaster—t. all in
40 to 1 agst Duku of Richmond's Laird o' C•ickpen..
50 to I agst Mr. Irwin's Connaught Ranger—taken
66 to 1 agst Mr. Ford's Fuzbos
1000 to 10 agst Mr. D. Cook's Yellow Boy.
A disposition to back Ledger, Idas, Newsmonger, Men-
tor, and Miss Whip colt was observable from the opening
of the room ; the market, however, was so languid, that
very little moniiy was got on. Nothing was done on
Pain, John Da) 's two, or Pantasa, and if Annandale
We Ltheriit were mentioned, it was only to show
tiiht arc.:, LT Lhc no;:. est.
OAKS

7 to 1 ag3t Mr. Worthington's Lancaster Witch—t.
12 to 1 agst Lord G. Bentinck's Rose of Cashmere
17 to 1 agst Lord G. Bt ntinek's Miss Elis.

A new writ was last night issued for Lewes, on the
appointment of the Hon. Henry Fitzroy to a lordship of the
Admiralty. This is the gentleman who, in the House of
Commons, gave his most solemn assurance that he never
expended, directly or indirectly, one shilling in bribery or
corruption. The new Lord of the Admiralty is a man not
very easily put out of countenance, and we dare say he will
again canvass the electors of Lewes with as much nonchalance
as if the borough had never been inundated with Lord
Southampton's gold, or as if the electors had forgotton his
own appeal to Heaven that neither bribery nor corruption
had been employed to secure his return. We may refresh
Mr. Fitzroy's memory upon this subject before he goes to the
hustings. The scruples of Sir Edward Knatchbull prove too
strong for forthcoming Ministerial measures. What can Sir
Robert Peel be meditating? To be sure, Sir Edward is to
be raised to the peerage , or, shall we rather say, the peerage
is to be lowered to Knatchbull. The new Paymaster of the
Forces will be the Hon. Bingham Baring. A vacancy is thus
created in the representation 01 Thetford. The vacancy in
the secretaryship of the Board of Control, created by the
promotion of Mr. Baring, will be filled by Lord Jocelyn. Is
Lord Ashley's motion to be an open question? It will be
seen by a report in another part of our paper, that Sir Thos.
Fremantle has been re-elected for Buckingham.—Chronicle.
CORONER'S INQUEST.—SUICIDE BT A Boir.—On
Monday, Mr. Wakley, M.P., held an inquest at the Lion
and Lamb, Drummond-crescent, Euston-square, on the body
of Thomas Press, a boy aged 13, the son of a cowkeeper, who
committed suicide. James Press, the brother of deceased,
said he resided with his parents at 43, Drummond-crescent.
The deceased went to school, and occasionally assisted in
carrying out milk. On Friday last, at dinner time, it was
discovered that he had been playing truant, and had appro-
priated some money belonging to his parents to his own use,
and spent it amongst some other boys. This coming to his
father's knowledge he boxed his ears, declared he should
have no dinner, and threatened to beat him.' Shortly before
two o'clock deceased's mother gave him some dinner, and
then told him to wash himself, which he did. About half-
pa t three the same afternoon witness went into the yard,
and observed the cowshed open, and on entering he discovered
the deceased banging by his neck handkerchief from a beam.
Witness gave an alarm, and Mr. Lambert, a neighbour, and
his mother, came and cut deceased down. He was quite dead,
and in order to effect his object roust have got on one of the
rails placed to divide the cows, and then jumped off. The
jury returned a verdict—" That deceased destroyed himself by
hanging, but in what state of mind he was in at the time
there was no evidence to show."

BIDEFORD.—COMMITTAL OF A WIFE AND SER-
VANT FOR SETTING FIRE TO VEIL llttsßAND's HousE.—Mary
Lashbrook, and her servant, Mary Hayes, underwent a long
examination on Saturday last (it having lasted nearly the
whole of the day), before James Gould, Esq., and Major
Wren, county magistrates, on suspicion of wilfully setting
fire to the premises occupied by the Lashbrooks, the property
of C:iptaiii ke, in the parish of Northam. The girl made
a full confession, stating that she was instigated by her mis-
tress to commit the act of incendiarism during the absence of
her master at Appledore, and it was clearly discovered that
the house and outbuildings had been fired in four different
places, considerably detached from each other. Both prisoners
were committed for trial; but the mistress was admitted to
bail, in two sureties of 50/. each, and her husband in 1001.
The prosecution was instituted by Mr. John Hamlyn, the
Bideford agent to the West of England Office, in which the
property is insured. Mr. Lashbrook, the tenant of Captain
Pyke, has always been considered a respectable farmer, and
the conduct of his wife in conniving at such an act is viewed
with astonishment. It can only be accounted for on the sup-
position of her insanity.—North Devon Journal.
The following notices have appeared at the General
Post-office, St Martin's-le- Grand !—By command of the
Postmaster-General. Notice to the public, and instructions
to all postmasters, sub-postmasters, and letter-receivers.
General Post-office, February, 1845.—A new line of mail
communication having been established between Suez and
Calcutta, via Ceylon and Madras, mails for India, &c , Egypt,
and the Mediterranean, will in future be made up at this
office, and divatched on the evening of the 24th of every
month, via Marseilles, in addition to the mails for India, for-
warded through France on the 7th of the month. When the
24th falls on Sunday, the mails will be made up and dis-
patched from this office on the following evening. The next
mails for Malta, Greece, the lonian Islands, Egypt, Ceylon,
India, and China, via Southampton, will be dispatched from
hence on the morning of the 20th instant. The next mails
for Ceylon, India, and China, via Marseilles, will be dis-
patched from hence on the evening of the 24th inst. The
Forth will take out the West India mails of the morning of
the 17th inst. The Cambria for American mails of the even-
ing of the 3d March.
BERWICK HARBOUR.—We understand that the

Harbour Commissioners here have received a communication
from the Home-office, respecting the eligibility Of Berwick
harbour as one of the proposed harbours of refuge. The com-
munication contains instructions to transmit all the plans
and reports relative to the harbour, in order that they may
sal to tt-±, hive,tigation of the Government COM-
tUltibiuUelb appOillted W ex.ainihe the claims ut the various
ports. A similar communication has been received by the
focal authoritiva at Dunbar....-Duck am: Kelso Warders