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4S6IZE INTELLIGENCE. DURHAM, AUGUST 18. ellAßGit oh PoIIIONINO. on the opening of the doors this morning, the Court was instantly crowded 'to excess in every part. Mr. 'Justice BAYLitY took his seat on the Bench a few mi nutes before nine o'cloCk, and the prisoner, Joseph Win. li o dsson, was immediately ;surto the bar, charged with administering to his wife, Charlotte Hodgson, a quan tity of CorrOstve'sublituate of mercury, with intent to murder her. therrisoner, when he entered the dock, glanced his eyes ?Mind the Court with seeming indif ference. When the Jury were called, all Jurors residing in Sunderland were desired to leave the box. The pressure of the crowd and the heat were dreadful—se. veral females fainted. The interruption caused consi derable delay, it being impossible, during the continu ance of the noise to commence the proceedings of the, t hy. The front gallery, however, having been cleared, afforded material relief, not merely by thinning the, number of spectators, but by admitting a free draft of, air. The Jury having at length been sworn, Mr. Beenavast, with whom was Mr. Auntasos, stated the cant against the prisoner at great length. Mr. ALD2RsON then called the prosecutrix, Mrs. Char lotte Hodgson, who appeared to be a young woman of interesting appearance. She was brought into Court in an easy chair, labouring under very severe illness. The chair was placed on the table of the Court. She was fashionably attired ; but her appearance excited general •commiseration. The prisoner bung his head, and ap peared much depressed. She said—l am the wife of the prisoner at the bar, and was married in January, 1893; I have one child. Previous to my marriage a settlement was made of my property ; I executed it.— Previously to the 6th July last I had been ill for about a fortnight ; I was attended by Dr. Brown as my medi cal adviser. Previous to the night in question, for se veral nights I had been taking boluses prescribed by Dr. Brown. My husband had a young man of the name of Finlay, and another of the name of Mason, who lived with him as his apprentices. I remember my husband bringing me up a bolus that .night, between ten and eleven o'clock ; he told me I was to take it ; I cannot re member his words ; he told me there was either half a grain less or half a grain more of opium in it than before; be told me so ; I did not ask him ; I had desired my hus band to make an alteration in the quantity of opium.-- After he first brought it up to me I did not like to take it ; I wished it to be madcinto pills. He brought the bolus twice into the room ; I desired him to go down stairs and put more opium in it. I cannot recollect what he said when he brought it up a second time ; it was after that I desired him to make it into three pills. He made it into pills in the room. After he made it into three pills I took them, one after another. My husband gave me the first pill. When I took it I found a heat in my stomach and in my threat. I had not felt that when I took the boluses on the two preceding nights. When I felt the heat I told my husband of it ; and he replied I should soon be better. After that I took the other two. My husband gave me them ; they produced the same effect as the other. I had a feeling of sickness soon afterwards. I don't recollect whether anything was said to me by my husband about that sickness. My husband brought me a draught after I took the pills, which I believe I took immediately after. It was after I took the draught that I felt sick. My mother had been with methat evening, but had gone home. My husband said it would'be k pity to disturb me, and I would be , bet:er soon. My mother, Dr. Brown, and the other sur geon, came afterwards, in the course of the night. Crosi-examined by Mr. Witaaams.—My child was a buy, and was horn a little before Christmas ; it is living. I had nay health well Wore my marriage; but I was not so well after my confinement. I have never recovered entirely from that. My husband had sent for another medical man, Mr. Swann, before he either sent for Dr. Brown or Mr. Gregory. Thatlwas about a month before the 6th of June, or less. That was my husband's own doing. He continued to attend me till Dr. Brown came, and occasionally after; my husband was tolerably attentive to me when I was un well. He continued to be so. He was remarkably fond of the child.—Here the prisoner, who hid his face in his handkerchief, and wept bitterly during the whole of the witness's examination, gave a loud sob. He was indeed a kind husband to me.—Here the prisoner wept. By Mr. Justice BATLET—I originally desired Dr. Brown to attend me, and my husband made no objec tion to it. Before my mother came I sent for her; my husband heard me send for her, and did not prevent it. My mother came within an hour after I had taken the medicine. She lives within half a mile. My husband made no other objection to my sending for my mother, but that h would be a pity to disturb her. Dr. Brown was sent for byiny desire, after my mother came, and my husband made no objection to that. My husband gene rally gave me my medicine himself, it he was in the room. I had observed for six months before that my husband was deranged in his mind. He occasionally chewed symptoms of being deranged. I formed that opinion from his irregular conduct in the house. That conduct was his going about the house with fewer clothes on him than he ought to have. He did so in the day-time. Mrs. Hodgson was then carried out of Court. Mr. Robert Wilson, solicitor, Sunderland, proved the execution tithe marriage settlement by the parties. Cross-examined:--I prepared the settlement. The prisoner first roposed to settle 1,0001. on his wife, but on 1,4001. being proposed, be agreed to it. lhe sett/anent was pat In and read. It secured 1,1001. to Mrs. Hodgson for her life; and after her death, if she had a child, it was to revert to the prisoner. Matthew Finlay examined by Mr.BROUGHAM—I shall be 14 next March. I was apprentice with Mr. Hodgson last June. Hamilton Mason was also with him, but no one else. Sometimes I used to sleep in the shop, and sometimes Hamilton. The one who did not sleep in the shop slept at home with his father. I recollect mixing bolus es for Mrs. Hodgson in June, by Mr. Hodgson 's directions. One bolus was made of six grains of calo rnel and four of opium. The .aeat was six grains of r.a;omel and only three of opium; and the one on Sun day night was made of eight grains of calomel and or. -half a grain of opium ; that-was the last bolus I made, and the others-on the Friday and the Saturday. I mixed the last on Sunday myself. I had at that time hten ith my master a little more than a year and a half. I took the calomel out of the same bottle I had ttke l it out of on the Saturday and the Friday, and the !Plum nut of the same bottle too. I put nothing else in the bolus except the calomel and opium, and a little co l s er we out of t h e sa me jIT OR the friday and .c,;urd.ty. I made that bolus about four o'clock in the 4 iLeinnon. I made it on the same stone as the others. Alter 1 nude it I wrapped it up in a paper. and laid it Qtt the shell below where the opium was. I took it up $ .2.1 about nine o'clock. During part of the time Is laid it on the she f,l was in the shop. . I took it ut% stairs ; it had the same appearance as when I left it ; though I did not look - ib the inside, the paper was the same. When I took it Up stairs, I laid it on the press in the kitchen, and was coming out when I saw Mrs. Allison in Mrs. Hodgson's room, and I went into the kitchen again, and took the bolus out and gave it to Mrs. Allison. I then went down stairs into the shop. Mr. Hodgson was not there when I went in, but I saw him shortly after. He did not yellldie to do anything. He went up stairs after I saw him, and I staid in the shop. He came down stairs afterwards, and told me that I was to go home to sleep that night ; that was about ten o'clock. He said that I was to go ?tome, be cause the two servants were so much crowded with the little boy in one bed, that one of them should sleep down in the shop. The servants never slept there be fore. I went home and slept there that night. This witness underwent a severe cross-examination as to his knowledge of the situation of the medicines in the shop, and their effects upon a patient ; and, in answer to a question from the Sedge, he stated that he had not observed any change in his master's beha viour lately from what it used to be; but sometimes be was in li quor. He did not seem to be in liquor that Sunday afternoon, nor when he came in at night. Mrs. Elizabeth Allison, the mother of the prosecutrig, examined—l had been attending upon my daughter when this affair happened. She had been ill a month or Eve weeks before that time ; I was there on Sunday the 6th of June. I remember Finlay bringing the bolus into the room about nine o'clock. I opened it out and saw that it was the same she had had before, and I laid it doirn'on the table. I cannot say whether Mrs. Hodgson was •hileep at that time, but she was in bed, and the curtains were drawn. The prisoner was not long after the bolusladteen laid down in coming into the room. He took the bolus up, and went down stairs with it. He was away a short time, and brought a bolus back. I did not see the bolus which he brought back. When he came back, he said the bolus was ready for her to take, and that there was half a gain of opium less than there was in it the night before . I do not know whether Finlay had left the house before that time. When he came up with the bolus a second time, it was between nine and ten o'clock, but before ten. I did not see Finlay after he gave me the bolus. When Mr. Hodgson told his wife the bolos had less opium than before, she wished him to take it down and make it the same as it was before. Upon that the prisoner took it down. He was only a few minutes away then ; and when he came back he said he had made the bolus right, and it was ready for her to take. He laid the bolus down upon the chest of drawers. My daughter did not take it at that time. I left the room and the house about half-past ten, and she had not taken the bolus before I left. I had not been gone away an hour before I was sent for again. Agnes Thompson, Mrs. Hodgson's servant, came for me. I went, and found my daughter very ill indeed. She was complaining of a burning beat in the stomach. She was sick and vomiting. The prisoner was sober that night, for any thing I saw. Rachael Brown was in the room. Rachael Brown examined—l was attending Mrs. Hodgson as nurse. At different times in the coarse of the evening, the prisoner was at Mrs. H.'s bedside. I did not see him do anything with a bolus, till Mrs. H. wished to have it made into pills. I took it to the bed side, and she said it was nothing like the same she had before, and die refused to take it. I spoke to Mr. Hodgson to that effect,.and be said it was right, and she was to take it. She then agreed to have it made into pills. Mr. Hodgson made it into three pills, and gave her one; she swallowed it, and complained of a burning in her throat and breast ; she said her medicine was not right, and Mr. H. said it was; she then took ' the other two. I cannot positively say whether he gaie her them, but he put them into her hands. After swal lowing the two other pills, she complained that she grew worse of heat in her breast, throat, and stomach. She had not complained of her stomach before she took the last two pills ; some time after that she complained of sickness. The prisoner gave his wife a mixture about five minutes after she took the pills. She complained of the heat before she got the mixture; after she got the mixture, she became sick and vomited ; she continued to vomit from eleven o'clock till about three, hut I cannot exactly say. On her beginning to be sick, about eleven, she wished to have her mother brought. The prisoner said he thought there was no call for it, as she would soon be better. Dr. Brown was sent for about half-past eleven, but her mother came before that; Mr. Hodgson went for him ; Mrs. Hodgson told him to go. Mr. Gregory and Mr. Gregson, two surgeons, came afterwards ; they were sent for by Dr. Brown ; I did not go myself till half-past ten ; I went to sit up with her; I cannot say whether Mr. Hodgson knew that I was coming ; could not perceive that he was in. toxicated that night. I cannot say that I saw any dif ference from his usual manner. Matthew Finlay recalled.—l don't exactly know how long it was before Mr. Hodgson came in after I took the bolus. He was only once in the shop before I went away, and that was when he told me to go home to sleep. It was about ten o'clock, or a little after, and I went home directly. I did not see the prisoner do any thing at all in the surgery. There was no other bottle containing powdered opium but the one I have mentioned, that stood by the corrosive sublimate and the sugar of lead. In preparing the bolus I took the opium from that bottle. If Mr. Hodgson went down in the course' I I of the night for powdered opium he would go to that bottle; we had no other in the shop, but there was bard opium in a drawer. Margaret Kent.—l lived as servant with Mr. Hodg- son on the 6th of June last. I did not see Mr. Hodgson, doing anything in the shop in the course of that even ing. I saw the marble slab. I saw him standing near the slab, drinking beer, which was all I saw him do. I . did see him with the paper and the bolus in it. He , was then just beside the marble stone. I saw nothing on the stone. There' was a knife lying on the counter, about two yards' distance from the slab. My master was not sober that night ; he was drunk, not very drunk. Agnes Thompson, the other servant of the prisoner examined by Mr. BROUGHAIII.—I had been in Mr. Hodg son's service three quarters of a year. I was in my mis tress's bed-room about a quarter past ten o'clock. Mrs. Brown was there then, but nobody else. Mn Hodgson came in after that, but I did not see him have the bolus till he came to the bed-side. He brought the medicine to Mrs. Hodgson, and said she was to take its but she said it was not the same as she had taken the night be fore. He said it was. She desired him then to make it into pills. He did so in the room, and gave her one. When she took it she complained of a burning heat In the throat and stomach. Mr. Hodgson said she must keep it down, or she would have the same to take over again. He then gave her the other two, one immedi ately af.er the other. She-took them too, and still com plained of the burning pain in her throat and stomach. He then gave her a draught, but I did not hear him! say what it was for. The draught was standing on the drawers, but I did not see how it was brought there. It was a tumbler glass. After she had taken the glass she called for her mother ; she started to vomit In the course of two or three minutes after she had taken the draught. She vomited into a bason, but that was put into a pail of dirty water in the course of a minute. That was set down in the kitchen, and was there when Dr. Brown came. I cannot tell whether Mrs. Brown emptied it into the water or not ; when Mrs. Hodgson called out for her mother to be sent for, Mr. Hodgson was not willing, and said she would be better in the course of half an hour. Mrs. Hodgson then directly de sired me to go for her mother. I went towards the door, and Mr. Hodgson said I had better stop a little.; I did go immediately and brought back Mrs.Allisen ; when I came back I saw Mrs. Hodgson, she was still vomiting. Cross-examined.—I wasin the room when Dr. Brown came. Mr. Hodgson went for him, and brought him immediately. Ido not know what the draught was, but it was given directly after the pills, and it caused vomiting immediately. I don't know that anything it brought up was saved. Mrs. Hodgson had taken a draught at night several times before. I don't know that there was any laudanum in it. Mr. Hodgson al ways behaved 'well to his wile and child, as far as I saw. His wife and he lived very happily together. He often nursed the child, as a father was likely to do. I never saw anything but the conduct of a kind father and an affectionate husband in Mr. Hodgson. Re-ex mined —I had seen Mrs. Hodgson take draughts before that ; they never made her vomit. Mr. Justice BATLIT—I-She ' never had so much calomel before ? I don't know. Dr. Brown.—l ant a physician, and reside at Bishop Wear mouth. Previously to the 16th of June I had attended Mrs Hodgson as a physician, daily, for about a fortnight. She was labouring under acute rheumatism. I did not keep any record of the case. as I did not conceive it an important one. On first calling, I found Mrs. Hodgson 's mouth affected with calomel. My first prescription was vinum colchicum, to be given three times a-day ; also an anodyne at night, with an occasional laxative. Subsequently, the date I cannot tell, she was attacked by a considerable pain about the right side and the stomach, for which I ordered bleeding ; a blister was applied across the stomach, and some laxatives were then given; I cannot exactly say when that was. Subsequently, those symptoms being subdued, and rheumatism only remaining, I directed to be taken at night a bolus, consisting of six grains of calomel, and a draught which was to contain a certain proportion of what is called the black drop. On coming there the first morning after I had given this prescription, I was informed by Mr. Hodgson, that instead of giving the opium in a draught with the bolus, he had included the opium in the bolus—that is, be bad made the bolus of six grains of calomel and two of opium. To that I did not object, as it was not a material point. If I recollect right, one of the days during which the calomel and opium was taken, I 'found the patient's tongue brown, anal on inquiry found that three grains of opium had been included in the bolus the preceding eight, instead of two. I cannot state how many nights she took the bolus, but she sometimes took a laxative next morning. I ought to add, that after I found three grains had been used, I told Mr. Hodgson that two grains would be sufficient, though a grain of ,opium would nut be very important. I never increased the cilbniel at all. He being a medical person, I prescribed to him verbilly. Previous to and up to the 6th of June I had ordered calomel and opium to be given to this Lady. The effect of calomel or opium would norbe to produce burning in the throat or stomach. Occasionally calomel will produce vomiting, but it is produced Very rarely by calomel and opium given together. It never produced vomiting in Mrs. Hodgson, much less burning in the throat and stomach. In the afternoon of the 6th of June 1 ordered Mr. Hodgson to give only a repetition of what I bad before prescribed. He told me he had given the opium in the bolos without the draught, and I ordered a repetition of the draught. Mr. Hodgson came for me about eleven o'clock on Sunday night ; he said his wife was wone ; that symp toms of inflammation of the stomach had come on. I went with Mm and fouled Mrs. Hodgson very ill indeed. I found her pulse very quick and small; her skin was covered with a cold clammy sweat; there was a sense of burning in the throat that else com plained of, extending along the gullet, to the pit of the stomach. There was vomiting at very short intervals; large quantities of mucus thrown lip, and liquids that had apparently been given her. With the excepdtm Of extreme weakness, I think I have mentioned all the symptoths. If a person had taken corrosive sublimate of mercury, I shoed conceive such symptoms would have been amongst the firstibat appeared. I asked Mr. H. first who had prepared'the medicine? He said his boy had done so. Upon his saying sti, Mrs. Allison said he bad the boles out of the room twice, after it had been prepared by the boy. He then said that he to ok it out of the room to add powdered opium to it, the bolus of the preceding night not having made her rest. Having under stood that the draught was given, I inquired after the composi tion of that draught. I think the patient herself told me the draught had been given. She said she began to vomit immediately after she took that draught. I asked him as to the competence of the boy to prepare medicine, and he expressed his conviction of the competence of the boy. I observed to the prisoner that I thought the symptoms were such as an over dose of tartar emetic would produce. Tartar emetic is In appearance like calomel ; there is a difference between them, and a person of skill would easily discern it. I went down into the shop to see whether any mistake bad occurred, but I found the tartar emetic and the calomel so situated that I thought no mistake could have occurred. The calomel was in a small glass jar in the right-hand corner of the shop, as you en tered by the door. The jar of corrosive sublimate was at a consi derable distance from the calomel. I think it is quite impossible . ' corrosive sublimate could be mistaken for calomel—corrosive sub limate is in crystals. A person could not use it in a boles wfthout first reducing it into powder. Corrosive sublimate of mercury could not be mistaken for powdered opium. They are so dissimilar in appearance, that I think it is impossible a person with a candle could mistake one for the other. In the dark, If a person pours it into a glass, as it is in crystals, a person mum be conscious of its not being powdered opium. To make& bolus it is necessary to mix the powder with a knife on the slab ; and it would be necessary to reduce substance to powder before it was mixed with conserve of roses. Corrosive sublimate would grate or jar so much under a knife, as to render a person mixing it conscious of it. When I found that I could not clear up the mystery that seemed to exist, I ordered a draught to be prepared, of magnesia, thirty drops of tincture of opium, and some water. That was prepared in my pre tence by the prisoner. It was carried up stairs and taken by Mrs. Hodgson, but it was immediately thrown up again. Dr. Gregory examined by Mr. Baoninam—His testimony went principally to the analyaation of the medicine given by the prisoner to his wife, and which he said Mr. Henry Ogden the younger, of the Quaker persuasion, had performed (the paper produced is the same from which the experiments were made). Barnard Ogden, the elder—He Mot the Quaker persuasion ; ob jects to be sworn.—Ordered to stand down. • long examination of Dr. Brown then took place by Mr. Pete Loco, Mr. ALDIRSOH, and Mr. BROUGHAM as to the experiments made • and a great deal of scientific knowledge was displayed by each Of the Learned Gentlemen, as to the principles of galvanic test upon the corrosive sublimate of mercury, which would turn gold white, kc.—Dr. Browa's examination alone lasted three hours sod forty minutes. Mr. Watford, examined by Mr. Baommum—He is a constable, and arrested the prisoner. He was going from Sunderland, when he informed him be had a warrant to apprehend him. He came with him very readily, and said, " Well, I must comply with the request, I suppose." Matthew Smith examined by Mr. Atananow-•-He was clerk to the Magistrate. What the prisoner said was not taken down in writing. The Josue—lt always ought to be signed by every prisoner who is committed.—lt must have arisen through mistake, as the pri soner was in a state of intoxication at the time. Mr. BROUGHAXThiII is our case, my Lord. The Jonas— Now is the time, prisoner, to speak, if you have anything to say in your defence. Prlsoner—My Counsel ire in possession of the facts; I therefore , decline saying anything. Several Gentlemen (chiefly in the medical profession) gave the prisoner an excellent character for humanity and attention to his patients. Several Ladies also bore testimony to his general kind ness to his wife whenever they had occasion to see them together. The JUDO, to Din Wilson, who held the deed of settlement-.- They were married in Scotland, and afterwards remained in &g -land t the Money was left by her uncle? Witness--Yes. , The Learned Joust then charged the Miry, who, altar retiring an boat and a half, returned a verdict of--Nei Guilty. SPORTING rENI * - YORK AUGUST MEETING. 2221111411.1 r, A 20222 19. The Races on Thursday were equally interesting with that of Wednesday, but more particularly the Rice for the Thirty Guineas Sweepstakes, in which there woes • number of &. Leger hon.ea.— In fact,. from the sunning. and from the nionagensent thatlas been shewn off, the alterations in the betsing for the Doncaster St. Leger must be very great. Produce Match for 200 p. each, h. ft. T..Y.C. Mr. L. Fox's br. c. Via!um, Set. Mr. Lanibton's ch. 1 by Election, 7st. 111 b. Even betting on ibis match. - The second year of a subscription of 25p. each, for 5. yrs old colts, 7st. 121 h. fillies, 6st. I lib. 4 yrs old colts, list.3ll). ilst• 5 I ' m old, sst. bulb. six and aged, est. Two miles. (id Subs.) IA Scarborough's Fair Charlotte, 5 yrs old 1 51r. Powlett's bl. 1 Miss Fanny, 4 yrs old 14 Milton's b. c..norisnyotit...lllr., llouldsworth's b. c. field, and tllr. l'etie's b. h. Theodor* paid. Rennin: at starting was 4to I apt the winner-5 to 2 isgst Miss Fanny. .1 Sweepstakes of Thirty Guineas each, 10gs. ft. for three Yeats oil colts, 13st. Mb. fillies, Bst. gib. Last mile and a quarter. Twenty Subscribers. Mr. Taunton's 11. c. Streatham • 1 Intl Sligo's b. S. Canteen . .. . 2 I . s Mr. 1 7 :Lumley's h. c. Buzza9.l,, • 3 Mr. W.itts's Pai rhea, Mr. Iloacfirrorth's F'arnsfield and Atburn, Mr. Powlott's Blacklock. Mr. Itldsdales Carouser, Mr. Wlgfell's Enchanter, and Mr. Armstrong's Alfred paid. At starting the hexing was 5 to 1 agst Strearham.6 to 4 apt Canteen-6 to 4 agst Ina-10 to . 1 .apt Id Kelburne's and Mr. Riddell's--5 to i agst Young Cattcht—and 8 to 1 apt Ringlet. Fifty Pounds given by the City of York, added to Owe-third of a Subscription of 25gs. each, for four years old, est. 5 yrs eild l eat. 1 lb. Four mike. (17 Subscribers).. Mr. Lambton's b. e. by Combs, 4 yrs old Mr. Watts's b. h. Deport, 5 yrs oid Mr. Petre's br. h. Theodr - vt=s etd 0 1 0 dik _'s br. _ acyre, 5 yis alp ti 3 e Mr. Lambton's Corinthian, Mr. .11ovddsworth's Palatine, Mr. Milne's Ben Ledi, Lord Milton's Bordeaux, Lord Fitzwilliam's Leonella, Lord Scarborough's Fair Charlotte, and Mr. Powlett', Conductor, paid. After the dead heat between Mr. I.;:lbrat's Jimmie c. and Mr. Watts's Duport, the colt walked over\ 'kdd it was agreed to divide the stakes. Theodore broke down. 6to 4 agst the winner, sto 4 asst Duport, 311 to I agst Theodore. GOODWOOD BACF.S.."-Accusr 19. The Goodwood Stakes of 25 sovereigns, added to a Sweepstakes of 25 sovereigns, were won by Lord VertOrn's Vitelina, beating the Duke of Richmond's I)andizette and Mi. Poyntz Ghost. A Sweepstakes of 25 soya. each, was won by. Lord Sire:napes Frolic, beating the Duke of Richmond's I lurly 'Burly. The Sussex Sweepstakes of 10 soya. was *on by Marty 13utiy, beating four others ; and, strange to say, one of them, the Marquis of Exeter's Ghost, without Its rider, tosk the lead, (the jockey , having been thrown), and came in first at the 'winning post. The match for 50 sovereigns, between the Duke of Ilichinond'a Selection and Lord Exeter's Ghost, was won by the former. OXFORD R ACES.—Auansr 18. The Cup, a subscription of 10 soy. each. Four miles. Four years old, 7st. 71b. S yrs, Bst. 71b. 6 yrs, 9st. aged, 9st. 41b. Mr. Ockendon's Tiumph, 4 yrs . . . . 1 Lord Churchill's Cephalus, 4 yrs . . . Mr. Ashurst's Sloe, 4 yrs . Mr. C. Day's Melampas, 4 yrs . . . 4 A Handicap Sweepstakes of 5 son. each, RC added. Two miles. Mr. Marshall's Gleaner, 6 yrs, 7st 71b. . • 1 Mr. Messer's Vargas, 3 yrs, 64. 141 b. • . 2 Mr. Goddird's !Wiseacre, 4 yrs, 80. Sib. . The City Members Plate of 501. 1* all ages.—. The winner of one Plate this year to carry 31b. eztea ; of two tir more, 51b.—Mares and geldings allowed 31b.—.-Heats, two miles.•-llie winner to be sold fair 120 sovereigns, &c. Mr. Weller's b. g. Speculator, S yrs, ftst. 71b. Mr. Canning's bl. h. Gleaner, 6 yrs, 9st. . alr.lSadler's ch. 1. by Usquebaugh, 3 yrs, d•t. *lb. . Mr. Falkenor's Unfortunate, 4 yrs, ?st. 131 b. 1 1- YARMOUTH RACES—Am:aver 19. 2 $ 5 5 4 4 The Members' Plate of 50 soy. Two mile heats and a distance.— The winner to be sold for 180 gs. if demanded iY► the usual way, Etc. Col. Wihoses bi. m. by Juniper, 4 yrs old, B*. '6lb. . 1 1 Mr. Newman's b. g. Cogniac, aged, Bst. 131 b. Sir J. Astley's b. h. Spoiled Child, 4 yrs old, Wm 41b. BURTON-UPOI44TRENT RACES--Anouss 18. A Sweepstakes of 25 soy. each, for two.yr.olda. Half a mile. Lord Anson's ch. 1. Miniature Mr. F.. Yates's Eve Mr. Mytton's b. c. by Manfred 3 Mr. F. Luntley's b. f. Geraldine . . 4 Mr. Beardsworth's gr. e. by Walton S A Sweepstakes of live soy. each, with 40 added frosn the fund. Fot at ages. Two mile heats. Mr. Mytton's br. t. Oswestey, 3 yrs . Mr. Beardsworth's b. t. Birininghain, 4 yrs old _ _ ► 1 1 2 2 3 3 Sir T. Mostyn's b. f. Arcbdockiss, 3 - yrsold . The Ladies' Plate of £5O, for all ages. Two mile heats. Mr. Peach's b. h. Belmont, 5 yrs old . . 1 4 1 Lord Anion's br. c. brother to Patriarch, 4 yrs old 5 1 3 Mr. Barrow's b. f. Alecto,- 4 yrs old . . 2 2 2 Mr. 2.lassey's ch. m. Tnylkytnaengwyn, S yrs old . 33 dr Mr. Beardsworth's Ch. c. by Cato, 3 yrs old . 4 Stir MATCH TO TROT IN HARNESS Cottrel, the dealer, undertook yesterday, over a piece of ground of three miles, near Eppim to trot his Lancashire bone, Ranter, seven miles and a half is JO inintites;for a bet of 200 sous. The horse was driven in a lofty light vehicle, and performed the first three miles in 10 seconds under lit minutes; the nest three miles occupied 12 minutes and four secood when the bone began to slacken his pace, and was seven minutes *Atkin 10 seconds doing the remaining mile and a half, losing the moth by 44 seconds, AQUATIC TRRAt. - - - - - - The match for 20 sovereigns, between Mena. Abbot, Coulthard Meek, and Douglas (colours blue), and Messes. Dent, Broadhurst° Craven, and Pooley (yellow), in four oared cutters, afforded a fine treat on Thursday. The match was from Limehouse to a point' below Gravesend and back, a distance of about fifty miles. The yellow boat took the lead and kept it to Woolwich, when the blue reached it, and it was a flue skilful contest the whole diatanse. When at Northflset, oe their return, the blue was about fifty yards ahead, and continued to gain upon the yellow, and between Wool wich and Greenwich blue was half a utile ahe ad, when the race was hopeless, and yellow resigned beforirshe reached Woolwich. it ii i ilk me stor tool felt sho • My erre afte to bro bell the me sale bet: geo brsy heir but nev sen eitt abc W 2 are hu MI of hia thi int 111 tic hu rn In th lit re to hi sh 0 1 ci th K 111 tr • • ti e n GRAND CRICKET MATCH. Kennington Common yesterday had to boast of a very large.as *emblaze of sporting characters, to witness the crock match for 50 sovereigns a-side, brtweeu the Albion and Union Clubs. The wickets were pitched at ten o'clock. and marquees and tents were erected fur the accommodation of the ethapany, amongst who* Me noticed some very elegantly dressed ladies. The geruleorten of the Albion Club bad the first innings, and made 84 notches before they were bowled out. Their antagonists made ISO without being bowled out, when the hutch was declared won, and the crewed. tors retired to the Horns Tavern, where they panuO& of a veep handsome dinner ordered on the occasion, and spent the evening with unalloyed festivity. The Mediterranean packet, which art iveil yesterday brought accounts of the French squadron which lately left Cadia, having been seen off Gibraltar, proceetlins to Toulon. Letters from St. Helena mention that a huge mass of overhanging rock, just below the barrier gate of the upper side of the road from Ladder-hill, gave way on the 19th of June, and fell in large fragments into the vale. The concussion greatly alarmed the inhabitants of the town of St. James ; but the destruction which was apprehended did not ensue. One small house only was seriously damaged and one man killed, Letters of the of July arrived yesterday from Bahia. One of them, alluding to the raising of the blOckade of Pernambuco, says—.-t , This step has already treated more life in trade, and, we hope, a change for the better in commerci.ll transactions will speedily take place." Another letter says-- 44 We are quite unsettled, and momentarily look fur a change in the Governmont of this province." A Canon of ureter Cathedral died a few weeks since; • Gentlemath crossing the Cathedral-yard in that city, accidentally met a friend, to whom he said—" So, Canoe H— is dead!"—" Ia deed!" replied the other, ion was not aware that towns went Of in t h a t wa y. "—« Yes, they rejoined the Ara, 4 for X bavejaat heard the report!" TL .~ ,i A. I i 1,, , A la' v 7 it . 74ki ,