Star. — London, England, 1828-10-24 00:00:00

( OLD BAILEY SESSIONS, Ocr. 23. HOUSZ-*SitElto. These Sessions commenced before Mr. Justice PARK, Baron GARRow, Mr. Sergeant Arnim, the LORD MAYOR, &c. , OLD COURT. HIGHWAY ROBBERY—Benjamein Morley and Samuel Cockerel! were indicted for assaulting John Holland on the king's highway, and sealing from him a coat and other articles, and a sum of money. The prosecutor stated, that he was passing through G:een Arbour court, Golden-lane, at about ten o'clock, on the night of the 6th of April, when a man of the name of Donohue, who was convicted some Sessions ago, endeavoured to take his d hat. Ott his offering some re• sistance, Donohue called out, and several men rushed out,of a public house and forced witness into a skittle pound adjoining, when they beat him until he was insensible, and took the articles in question from him. On his being at first dragged into the skittle ground, the landlord of the public house came into it, but he was forced back by the thieves; the landlord had de sired the thieves to let him alone; the prisoner Cocke rell was one of the thieves who took his property and offered him violence; it was quite dark in the skittle ground. Cross-examined by Mr. C. PHILLIPS, who appeared for the prisoner Cockerell.—Witness struck Donohue on his endeavouring to take his hat. He saw neither of the prisoners until this bad occurred. Thomas Harvey, jun. son of the publican, deposed that on hearing a disturbance on the night in question, he went out to see what was the matter, and saw several men ill-treating the prosecutor. Witness told them to let the prosecutor alone, or he would go and fetch an officer. The prisoners then seised the witness, and told him that they would beat him if he did not bold his tongue. This transaction was not near the skittle ground, but in the yard. Witness told them not to hurt the man, as he lived in the neighbourhood. His father does not keep a public-house now. Cross•examined by Mr.C. PHILLIPS—His father was not present at any part of the transaction. If he had been there witness must have seen him. The prisoner Cockerell did not touch the prosecutor from the begin ning to the end of the transaction, as he was holding the witness. The sister of the prosecutor lives in a house adjoining the public-house. By Mr. CLARKSON, for the prisoner Morley.—The prisoner Motley was not taken up for a long time after the robbery; witness did not see Morley atter the rob bet y until he was apprehended. By Mr. Justice PARK—His father now lives in the neighbourhood of Golden-lane. The sister of the prosecutor deposed, that on the night of the robbery her brother came to her with almost all his clothes torn off his back, and had apparently been beaten, and told her he had been robbed. She imme diately went over to the public-house, and asked the landlord whether be knew any thing at all about it, and be replied, " No, he did not: The last witness also denied knowing any thing about the robbery. The land !cud was . very rude when she questioned him. By Mr. C. PHILLIPS — She saw the prisoner Cockerell in the public-house; he spoke to her then; he came to the witness's house she next morning, and asked her what she meant by saying he was one of tip thieves ; shubad long known Cockerell. By Mr.CLA RKSON —The witness Blower, on the night of this transaction, denied knowing any thing about either the robbery or the robbers, on being questioned in witriass's presence by his father. The prisoner Mode) , made no defence. Cockerell said that he was innocent of the robbery; he was certainly drinking in the public house, and im mediat•ly on bis name being mentioned he came forward. Mr. Justice PARK summed up the evidence, and the Jury ac t illed both prisoners. The LEA RPM) JUDGE cautioned the prisoners as to their future conduct, and told them they bad bad a narrow escape. Thomas Upton was indicted for breaking into and entering the house of Francis Bailey, Esq. and stealing therefrom four coats and other articles, value 201. The case was proved in evidence; after which the prisoner, in his defence, said that he heard the cry of " stop thief," and ran to see what was the Matter, and be was stopped. Verdict—Griiity. NEW COURT.—Before the Cosmos Szioserr. After the e was indicted for stealing five shillings and sevenpence from the premises of Richard Dunniface. The prosecutor keeps a shop in Stepney, and on the night of the 9th of August the prisoner was seen to rush in and take the money from the till. The prosecutor's wife ran after him, and had him taken into custody. The constable, in whose charge the prisoner was given, deposed that he was fully identified by the pro sectui ix the moment she saw him at the watchhouse.— Several witnesses gave the prisoner a good character. Verdict, Henry Read, aged 18. was indicted for stealing six shillings and sixpence in silver, and sevenpence in cop per, from the person of Esther Birkett. The prosecuttix was walking along the Commercial. road, at noon. on the 12th of September, with a basket. The prisoner ran against her, and putting his hand in the basket took nut her reticule, containing a purse and the money mentioned in the indictment. He ran round a corner, took out the money, and threw the reticule over a garden. where it was bound. Verdict, Guilty. Rickard blackness was indicted for feloniously re. ceiving sixty pounds of horse hair, the property of Wm. Purkis, well knowing it to be stolen. One of the witnesses. named Murphy, seemed very reluctant to give his evidence; and on being asked the reason why lie did not cause the prisoner to be appre hended sooner than he did, as he was known to have committed the offence a month previously, he said that he was armlet of the persons who stole the property. Witness knew those persons Nell; they were in Mr. l'utkis's employ, and had beet in the regular habit of plundering him. The record of the conviction of four persons, who were.tound guilty of stealing the property in question, was put in; and the Commas SIROIAsIT having made a few remarks upon the case, The Jury deliberated for some time, and afterwards Put we'll' questions to the witness Murphy ; Murphy denied having received any thing from the persons who were convicted. Verdict—Guilty. Eduard Edwards, a respectable looking youth, was indicted for stealing a looking glass, valve 11. 18s. the property of George Walker. The prosecutor is a cabinet maker. residing in St. John's street road. and the property was stolen from Lis shop on the 17th of September last. A witness, who took the prisoner into custody, found the property in his possession. The prisoner, in his defence, said that a person had employed bins td carry the looking glass to a person whom be did not know. promising to pay him for his. trouble. ye:dirt—Gary. Charles briery, aged 19, was charged with stealing +a pair of boots, a pair of trousers, and a pair of braces, the property of Jas. Maccomby. Verdict—Guilty. Ann Doran was indicted fir stealing two spoons, the property of Joseph Groom, on the 7th 4 , 1 October. The prisoner came to the prosecutot's house at Islington, to be hired as a servant, and the property in question was missed soon after her departure. Two pawnbrokers identified the prisoner as the person who had pledged the spoons. Verdict—Guilty. Frances Kendrick stood charged with stealing a gal lon of linseed oil, the property of Edmund Box. The prosecutor keeps an oil shop in Spitalfields, and when the oil was missing suspicion fell upon the pri soner, who used to come to Vie house to assist in washing. A witness gave the prisoner a very escelleret charac ter.—Verdict, Not Guilty. John Loveday, a labourer in the West India D telcs, was indicted for stealing a jacket, the property of John Russell Law. The prosecutor is a pawnbroker in the Commercial road ; and a witness deposed to having seen the jacket in the prisoner's possession. which he threw away when taken into custody. Verdict, Guilty, but strongly re commended to mercy. Ittfure Mr. Sergeant Maim FELONY. Maria Bacon and Ann Lanehant were indicted for stealing a quantity of beef, butter, and various other provisions, the property of the Clergy Orphan Corpo ration, St . John on the 30th September. Another count charged the propene as belonging to Sarah Ann Jones. the housekeeper of the establishment. Mr. CLARKsON, stated the case for the prosecution. Mr. Jones deposed to having seen the prisoner Lane ham, on the day mentioned in the indictment, come out of the house with a bundle; and other evidence was offered to prove that the bundle was formed of thr property in question. The Jury gave a verdict of Guilty; and the CHAIR• Mau, after a short address, seLtenced Bacon to be transported for seven years, and Laneham to be inv. prisoned for six months in the House tf Correction. Join King was indicted tor stealing a copper, value 11. the property of John Atkinson. The copper was stolen from an uninhab ted house at Hackney, the property of the prosetutor, who is a merchant, and was tobod upon the prisoner. Verdict—Guilty. The Learned SERGEANT told the prisoner that he would certainly be transported. SENDING A MAN TO COVENTRY.-- Sending an officer formerly to Coveutrs, on the recruiting service, was considered a great Furihhment, because the inhabitants of that city rarely associated with the Gentlemen cf the army, so that a person to whom w.bucly speaks is in the situation of an officer in Coventry. At the close of Falkirk Tryst, onWednesday se'nnight, a fellow succeeded in playing off a trick, which made the knowing ones gape and stare. Among the multi tude who had prads to dispose of at the fair was a re spectable flour dealer ; as be pranced hither and thither to attract notice to the properties of his nag, he was accosted by the customer in question. This person, after examining the animal very minutely, affected to be rather suspicious that he was not so fleet as the proprietor represented, and accordingly proposed to mount him, and place the matter beyond doubt. The proposal being complird wiih, he instantly leaped on the horse's back, and having indulged in a ftw smart trots, to satisfy himself that the beast was just the kind of ankle he wanted, he suddenly bolted off at a gallop, and was out of sight in a few seconds. It is almost needless to add, that the honest flour dealer never sear any more of his horse or his customer.—Slitling Adve,tiser. DEATH IN A Parson.—An Inquest was held on Tues day, in Whitecross-street Prison, •on the body of Robert Rance. It appeared that the deceased, who uas a chair maker, residing in Waterloo. street, Hammersmith, was arrested on the Ist of August, for an alleged debt of 621. He was at the time in a very bad state of health. His wife said she was convinced it was a talse arrest, and that the deceased owed the plaintiff no money at the time. His complaint was in the chest, but since he had been in prison he declined in strength and appetite gra duallysand a fever corning on put an end tolls' savings. The deceased's wife said she had attended him every day since he had been in prison; be had received every attention, but she felt satisfied he would have recovered it he had not been removed from his house.—A verdict of " Natural Death" was returned by the Jury. Rossta—MaTarmonv.—ln this country marriage is generally negotiated through the intervention of friends, or the patents decide upon the husband; and it may, therefore, be said to.be entered into without the consent of the female, who is not allowed to-express any will of her own, which, it must be admitted, says little in fa. your of the morality of a nation. Among the cere monies used on this occasion, it is said that a whip is presented to the bride by her proposed lord and master, which is certainly neither the most elegant nor agree. able emblem of the wedded state, especially should the lady be disposed to think fit to retain it in her own hands, as doubtless sometimes will happen, when it might make the proper impreuioa on the husband. Another ill-omened ceremony attending the nuptials is that of crowning the bride with a garland of worm wood, as figurative of the bitterness incident to the m.. trimonial state. After the knot is tied, the priest sprinkles her with bops, that plant being considered emblematical of fertility—a symbol that would be ear nestly deprecated by all true Malthusians. The new made bride is then conducted home by a number of dowagers and duennas, preceded by the priest carrying the cross, and an attendant who offers up prayers. At table the new•martied pair are presented with bread and salt; after which an old woman conducts them to their chamber, remindiog the bride of one most im portant lesson; namely, that although she holds the whip, yet she must " obey " her husband. It may be further mentioned, that no people carry the custom of making marriage presents to a greater extent, than the upper orders. A bride has been known to be so loaded with gifts, that a large room bas been actually filled with them, and made a kind of public exhibition. It may be added, that in this country, entering into a second or third marriage is disapproved of, and a fourth ex pressly prohibited. Fastidious delicacy can hardly be laid to the charge of the Russians, and yet they cer tainly have some exceedingly prudish notions; for it is 'considered absolutely indecorous for any women above the lower orders to walk alone in the streets, or without an attendant, or for an unmarried Lady and Gentleman to be seen togstber in public. An English Gentleman, sr ith whom I am personally acquainted, unconscious that there war the least impropriety in doing so, used frequently to walk abroad with a Lady of the same country, to whom he was that paying his addresses; at length the latter found that her female acquaintance looked very shy upon her, end would even pass with. out nodding her; a behaviour for which she was wholly at a loss to account, until the reason was explained to them by a friend.--llae Wilson's Travels in Sissies POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION /FOOSR. Ttrnn Alf, Pa IlieCltlrielMverse —Yesterday the LOUD Warns was applied lotto di vermin. noon fifty-two charges made by the pari,h officers of St. liotolph Without itishopsgate. against inhabi tams fur having refused to pay church rat e s and poor rates. The Juoice Rom was crowded with the poor inhabitants, for whom it was evident the officers who appeared to enforce the claims (the church rates slate were insisted upon) felt deep cm passion. Wherevsr there appeared to be inability on the part of the defendants to pay. the parish gave up the poor rater, but in testy instance, with we believe only one exception, the church rate was enforced without diminution. The Lo' B MAYOR, upon looking at the Act of Parliament ray Laing to this particular parish, perceived that, it containing a clam* providing that, in case of difficulty in collecting the rate for the payment of %SOUL a year to the Rector, and other monies for re. pairing the church', &e. from the poor inhabitants, a summary pro. cess should issue against the churchwardens and other inhabitants. This Act was recommended to his parishioners by the present Bishop of London as a substitute for tithes, which his Lordship suspected some future Rectors of Biahopsgate might demand to the toll extent of Ys. 9d. in the pound, a heavy infliction, which he humanely averted, by entering into a compact for a sure consider ation for his spiritual services. The Loam Marna, in answer to the supp ication for pity, said that he had no other alternative. with respect to the church rate, than to order warrants to take the import in execution. The Act of Parliament lett him no disai cretionary power. A female named Blackburn was called upon for a Church-rate of If. 73. which bad been due for some time. She s.ia the officers knew she had six children to support, and was wretchedly poor. The officers said the Church-rate mist be paid. Mrs. Blackburn—Paid ! uut of what ! out of my children's mouths ! Am Ito look at my children oithwat a morsel of bread ? You know, Gentlemen (to the parish officers), that I work the flesh off my bones to keep my poor children alive. The LORD MAYOR (to the parish officers)—You had better dimi nish your demand upon the poor woman. ShaU I retitle, it to IL ? The Churchwardens--Yes, my Lord, we'll take that. Mrs. Blackburn (her utterwace nearly choked)—But how are you to get it ? my husband can earn no more than 16s. a week ; we have nothing else to support us; how c.n you get a pound out of that? There are ei;lit of us to live upon it. 1 paid yoo a few shillings a month some time ago, and then I was obliged to stint my own and my children's mouths. Good (ion ! how unlike the Author of the Christian It Ilgion• this dealing is. You may come and take away the poor bed horn under us, but you can't get a farthing from us. The Lone MAYOR recommended the remission of the whole rate, and we believe his recommendation was attended to. Against two defendants who did not appear, and who were said to be well able to pay the rates. nut would not. warrants were ordered to be issued.—The LORD MAYOR . . whole day was occupied in this disagreeable duty. CV I I.DII A LL. Was. Marafted, a boy, rdTeii; gang of little urchins who infest Fleet-market, and amuse themselves with pelting passengers, was ievicted, by Mr. Alderman Assure and Sir J. Pimento, under Mr. Peel's Act, of assaulting a p..or woman, by throwing a potatoe at her head ; and in default of paying a fine of 101. he was cmn mitted to lkidewell for 14 days. This was the first summary con viction of the kind at this Office, and the Magistrates had no qualms about the necessity of giving the accused previous notice that his case would be so disposed of. . . Samuel Carroll, a bardened-lookirg little fellow, wu charged by his wife with assaulting her vioVntly on •Wednesday night. The wife stated that she bad been under the necessity of laving apart from the prisoner, on account of his bad conduct towards her. He bad frequently been brought before a Slagistrate for ill treating her, and in June List he was bound over in his recognisance to keep the peace, an..l had then agreed to allow her Zs. per week to main tain her child. This allowance he had withheld for the last three weeks; and she met him in Bouverie street, and asked him for the arrears, and the prisoner knocked her down areas& times before be was secured. The Parish Officer stated that prisoner was of a bad character, and had refused to maintain his wife. Sir Jona Palmist; said, if he did not chow, to support his wife he must feel the weight of the law—and ordered him to hard work in Dridewell for s month. BO —STREET. Yesterday a cad employed amongst the stage coaches at Charing.' crosv. was charged by a Gentleman named Birch, on suspicion of has it.: stolen his pocket-book, containing four 101. notes of the Bank ot . England. According to the evidence of the prosecutor, Mr. C. E. Birch, it appear. d that, on the night of last Saturday, about nine o'clock, be was in the passengers' room at the Ship Tavern, Charing-cross, waithog fur a Peckham coach, and having occasion fur change, be took out his pocket-book. containing 451. and handed a U. note to the landlord, who gave him change at the bar. To the best of his belief. he placed his pocket-book on the bench where he sat. lie did not mots h until he reached home, late at night. He went the neat day to Deptford in pursuit of the poisoner, and was told there that be was seen in possession of several Bank -notes, part of which be had ktt tor safe keeping with two persons in the town. Cromb, a Deptford constabk, said that the prisoner, hearing that be was charged with felony, came to bins that morning, and gave himself up; •Witness searched him, and Mend Sls. upon his person. - The prisoner denied that he had stolen the pocket book, bat did not account for his possession of so much money. tie said be had been drinking, and was consequently unable to attend at Charing cross Cow the lair few days.—Remanded.' A young man, genteelly dressed, and . of very respectable sp. iwarance, was charged by Mr. Wilkinson, an eating-house keeper, of Cecil-court, &rand, with stealing one glass tumbler, and three knives and forks, value 21. The prisoner refused to give bis name or place of residence, and, during the 'lamination, bid Ms face in his packet hanakerchief. The prosecutor stated, that the prisoner was in the habit of fre quenting bis dining-rooms. On the 21st instant, the prisoner took dinner about half-past 12 o clock, soon alter which he went away, when witness missed a tumbler and three knives and Corks. He immediately pursued the prisoner, who returned with him, and took the knives and forks !rum hus coat pocket, and the tumbler from his hat. Witness then gave bins into custody. Philpot, a Bow-street patrol, took the prisoner into custody. On searching his person, witness found a bill of eachange for 711/. and 17s. in silver. Mr. Hau.s said, that t►e fact of so much money being found upon t►e prisoner, clearly proved that ►e was not driven to comsat a felony through distress. lie then told the prisoner to stand up and show ►is face, in order that the officers who were present might an him. ike of the Officers stated, that the prisoner very numb resens. bled a person who had been lately ezaanued at Marlborough• street (Ace, charged with a similar offence. . Mr. Hatt, said that the prisoner, no doubt, had good reasons for concealment; but the trick which he endeavoured to play oft should not succeed.—The prisoner was then fuUy committed for Ikl A R LBOR OUG 11-STHEKT. Tux ROBBERY AT Me.. IMILDMAT . S, M.Po-4111radi Harrod, a youn g man about gs years of age, who was charged with a burglary and robbery at the house of Mr. Mildmay. M.P. near Ruehanspton s was yesterday again geminated. The robbery was committed on the night of Sunday week, after the family had retired to rest.— Amongst the property atuien were three ten pound and two five pound notes, and about four sovereigns. The house was carefully secured before the family retired to rest, but in the morning it was discovered that the library bad been opened and the money taken from a desk. The prisoner had formerly lived in Mr. Alddmay's service as valet and footissaii, but was dismissed from that employ in August last. He was suspected of having been concerned in the robbery, and was therefore apprehended, when lie confessed having committed the robberry, and said that no other person had assisted him in the transaction. He also confessed, that since Mr. blildmay had dismissed him from his service be bad been very unhappy, and on the day before he committed the robbery he thought he would be revenged, and he then walked down to Itoebampton • on his arrival there, by secreted himself behind a tree, and remained there until he saw the carriage leave the house with some of the (sadly, and he then entered the house unperceived, and after the family had retired to rest com. mitted the. robbery. He changed one of the 101. notes at a coach office where he took a Ogee in the Hereford coach ; he changed another note in taking a place for Dover; another note he changed in paying for some clothes, which cost N. a U. note he changed in paying for the hire of azig, and the other 51. note he directed the servant girl of a public-house which be frequented to change for him. Ott his person was found a gold snuff-bus, which he said was the gift of a friend, a'phish boa, which Mr. Mildmay said be thought belonged to Mr. &Ands Baring, who mate time ago lo,t a box at his house; a pqcse ti rTiaining sic sovereigns; watch, and two gold seals. The wat was claimed by his moth e r , who id it was her husband's; at is s‘death iewas given t o th e eldest said it son, and after his death given to the prisoner. The watch was given to the poor woman, who seemed to be cOnipleteli uverpuirered, in conse quence of the unhappy &union of lit e son, alai be was committed for trial at the next SurrerAssisres. • • A—BONNE: ** Charles • hill, formerly a watchman,' " and now porter to its auctioneer, and on &today the SO:kali Teacher of a dfitcotini congregation, was charged with extorting money ulicig faislpte tences.—On Wednesday night he kn o ck e d at a doOT Pavia& street—seat up, by hithat4 Allen the better, it nhillt . i Au Lady at Major General littlest, and demanded a t*a•uity at a crown. as patrol of the place. ills demand was acerti o i h , 7 ft er wards De was discovered to he an impostor, and was --' the watchhoose.—He was orsiered to find haiL seas to QUEEN.SQII Dorothy Clayton was finally examined, charged with rabbi s . s a . James Barker, of Hammersmith, on Tuesday 'ev en i,,, Hyde Park Corner. The prmecutnr was rtiurnsiog k ook ,. ,at twelve o'clock at night, when asp prisoner caught held o f h ei rg dragged him a short distance down Grosvenot-plwn, sa4 him of his purse, containing a sovereign and 3s Gd, besisi ts 7 l handkerchief. Il called the watchman and g a ve h er in chose !! She was fully coni e nsittral. TOWN—HAIL Mrs. Andes Tutriesend, a newly made bride, wa s c h arm summons for assaulting her mother in-law, Ln third. / lady, r t .,l & ._ in 'Nlas o n-street, Old Krins.rt , ad. The complainant . rated that ---T Friday week her son acquainted her that he was mama 4 .1 4 _ daughter of an Officer in the 'my, entitled to eon s ki sfible gig petty in America, whither they were shortly going; and t , Pas her to accommodate them ss ith apanntents until their Jr - which she did, by giving up to them the front parlour and. b id. room. A few days since, on entering the parlour to Mot k w beaufer, the defendant knocked her down in Ow pi earner of h er ._ son. An angry altercation eistuvd, in which the sun bure„,,7 and brought forward two witnesses, who swearin g t h at the y` plainant was in a rate of great excitement, and was cnospk to ; aggressor, the Al4ernian dismissed the case, nn the sleitttr4 t z 34 her husband promising to quit the premises. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TATTERSALL: S. Nothing was tallied of yester.:ay for the Derby h vt N g . Eugene and the King's colt; the furnser is ritresentr4 as Ob i I I the finest colts seen in the Nustb tor many years, and Au seems to be gaining strength; time other was in an ROCS the demonstrations made. we expect that Rosanne colt will woo come Lotto the betting. M r . Quadrille filly improves for the Oaks; she is one of t hy hesta oll : ad : two.ye,ar.olds now at Newmarket. It seems stra• l e tha t w i de Fanny, which ran a read heat with Green Jant:e, is la t h i n , * Oaks' berting,the Canvas colt,which, in the same race, lia4 p p t„ : ,, should have a strong party in the Derby odds at *My I.; to I, 11; match between his Majesty's mate Fleur de las and Belg ian , cites considerable interest; the mare is the favourit e ; it rid be ti next klunday.-11e following are the latest lkaar. 11 to 1 asst Cant I IS to 1 agst C . 3.Na4 c Og t 14 to I apt Will o'th' Wisp 17 to I apt r are , IS to 1 aga Electress colt No others nientese4. Oa as. 6 to 1 apt Green Mantle 14 to 1 apt Quadrille filly toil apt Varna to I opt Emily 11 to 1 apt Malik 16 to t apt Atif other RECENT SALES OF RACK HORSE& Bud, by ramble., to Mt. Forth, fur 71 p. Dr f out of Pepylins ' to Mr. Rogers, fur 25 p. Trumpet, to Mr. Berkeley Rend, for 20 p. Druid, to the Nast biota Company, fur leers lk c by bloses--GrAmmarie, to ditto. Lord Scarborough's Tart-are, to Mr. Tbeobald, fer SNira Maly Mills, to the Duke of Leeds, for p. HUNTING. The Hambledon Hounds meet on Monday. at Berry Lam Wednesday, at Carhamptun Down; and un Fri Jay. At ()luaus, Down. The Brighton Subscription Harriers 'hrrw of to a mum% field. at l'atcbana, on llotiay, and much agreeable dorerairg hallowed. I TROTTING MATCH. Yesterday the Trotting Match came off between the Americas horse and Mr. Bacon's roan horse, for £3O a.sidr, hope lgoott Arose for SO miles, in harness. The roan horse was well knows to Cockney sporting Gentlemen, and as it was known th.t be was backed by good lodges, consequently odds were especteii on him. The American animal was backed by his proprietor, a Gentkossu whose only recent residence among the London Livery lid me afforded sufficient time to stamp an impression that his lodgment I was superlatively good ; but it bad been sulliciebtly long to prove that his fortune was gond; for he had the credit of winning every thing he had risked, however wide the odds might have been agaimt him. Sporting men, like sailors, have a strong tinge of superstition. and under that influence the American horse, stras:ger although he is. found favour with many on account of the lucky reputation of his master.—The roan hors stands about 15 Mods high, and the Yankee about 14 hands high.. The former, by the nudes, we. allowed to out in a machine driven feather weight; the lam was bound to trot in the proprietor's every-day chaise, and to be drives by himself. There was thus In the difference of weight of the carriages a balance against Yankee of nearly one cwt. The Nies weighed nearly the same personally, but the driver of the roan dal all to save weight in costume; he was dressed as thin as postible, "light and airy," without regard to adaptation to the season; tie other turned out hke a farmer bound for market, with all due rr geed to his creature comfort. - The route of competition was fixed from the 11-milestone, be yond Croydon, to the So-mile stone, and back. They starred a little past eight o'clock in the morning. The roaa brew took the lead at hest, and kept it for 2a miles—be broke out imp a gallop. and had to perform the reversion/ of the wheels for the breach 4 rate of pace.—He afterwards was stopped at a public-house to get his mouth washed, and then the American passed him. The latter afterwards took a sweeping lead; be was atoned iu nun for re freshment, yet the Roan did not pass him, and Yankee kept on winning. The first 25 miles was performed in one hour and $4 minutes. Within two miles of the goal the Roan gave up, and the American came in considerably distressed, having petimmed the ike miles in four hours and 21 minutia. At starting, si to 1 was offered freely apinst the roan hone, b not so freely taken. Had the American's abilities been knows, immense autos would have changed hands. The weather 11111 qtr• titularly untavourahk but it was asset ted by souse knowing mes s that that was in favour of the roan lon se, be being apparently die strongest for heavy roads. The losing Inn wit in a bad way s awl the effect of the fatigue, and the inclemency of the weather on the dtiver, with his thin clothing, were such that be bad to be pus w bed, and receive the assistance of a surgeon, who aii.litsl the use at the lance., su entente did the case appear. At the quarterly meeting of ironmatters last week. pig•iron underw.nt an advance of 5,. and bar iron tf IW. per ton, on the last quartet's pikes. We are happy to heat that the iron trade is brisk, and that a :Ai fut. ther advance of price is eirected.-IVolyerhosupoe Chronicle. ELorauzwr.—(Further Par tictilars•)—A great and painful sensation has been created lit the fashiunaok world of Cheltenham, by the elopement of vie hem's:. I fig and accomplished Mis. W. in Tuesday week, from the nsidence of her husbane. in Cambray place. Mr. W. who is a Magistrate for tile county, was absent at the Quarterflession , , when Mr. B. his ptirtscalar iend, who had been for some time on i ismate term, ...lib the family, prevailed on the lady to fly from the pintectina of her husband,and became Cie clitnisanion oh a .edger. It appears that the plans of the enamoured pair had been arranged for some time, as a boa of new clothes. which had been recently ordered, was prepared f.r the depstture of the tair fugitive. When the loss he had sustained was communicated to the distressed husband. his feelings were of the most agonizing description, as he had been married nearly fifteen years. during a;eck period he Lad enjoyed uninterrupted felicity %id: hd lady, who seemed to reciprocate his affection. Me‘• Imagers were immediately sent in every direction, and on Saturday, iii cor.sequence of some information he had received, the injured husband pursued the fugoivea. ianndcoamppoalnicye officerwiitta respectable solicitor f Gloucester Learriag ton, in an open carriage; The art h il d b Y e:i; s. claimedltnd at b y the par ties who were invested with leael authority, she WAS compelled to return to her home at Court, near Gloucester. We ttrolerrrand the ate of NIT... about thirty, and that the gay Lothat to but Att:e more than twenty-one. Since the return t i his inamorata. it is tumoutel tit it the servant of Mr. K. has frequently been seen lurkit!g about the neighbourhood ut h.r dwelling.—Chellenhara Cirronide. • . HIGH- w ATiiiA at LONDON-W:11 , 6k To blUttlit)W. • Moulins 4O guipure.' alter 3 • A‘tierommo CHUNItte Attar 3 Lorroos: Printed and Pabli.hed by Jews Marts; the Proprietor. ' at the STA II Or nes, No. 1, Pickett-place, Ten.ple Bat. 1 1 ti Il ii ■ C C I I I 71 ■ • • a r• IS ti ti r. 1 . ■ r.