The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1858-05-25 00:00:00

4iZ iltsbire.

Davao. —Capture of a .Burglar.—After escap-
i•
ng the vigilance of the police for nearly four months,
a notorious thief, named James Harding, suspected
of being one of the principal parties concerned in the
burglary committed upon the premises of Mr. Dow-
land, the draper, in New Park-street, Devizes, in
January last, has been captured. He was taken in a
low beerhouse, in Bristol, was conveyed to Devizes,
and committed for trial. Great praise is due to the
active superintendent of the Devizes Division, Mr.
Wolfe, for the pains he has taken in tracing, and
eventually in capturing this noted thief, who during
the last seven years has been carrying on a regular
system of burglary and shoplifting, in this and the
adjoining counties.
idARLBOROUGH.—A Thrice-blessed Husband.
The wife of a plasterer's labourer, living in the
parish of St. Martin, was on Sunday safely delivered
of three children—two boys and a girl—all of
whom are at present doing well. A collection is
being made throughout the town for the poor
woman's benefit.
CRICKET. —The first match this IMAM of the
Savernake Forest Club was played on Friday last,
with the second eleven of Marlborough College, on
their excellent ground.
THE CASE OF THE Rev. MR. RADCLIFFE.—We
are informed that if the case against this rev, delin-
quent had failed, a charge would have been preferred
against him of having by forged documents obtained
possession of parish money to an amount even greater
than the sum out of which he defrauded the Governor
and Company of the Bank of England. The cause of
this lamentable defection is said to be speculation in
the funds and railways. The convict had taken his
passage to Sweden when arrested, and had made an
ample provision of warm clothing for the voyage.
RUSHALL.—StuIden Death—Mr. William Bethell,
of Bushell Down Farm, a fine young man, about 24
years of age, in the apparent enjoyment of excellent
health, died suddenly on the 10th inst. He was
walking round his farm at Bushell Down, in the
afternoon, when he suddenly fell to the ground, and
immediately expired. An inquest was held on the
body by Mr. Whitmarsh, on Wednesday, when Dr.
Cream, who saw the deceased soon after the melan-
choly occurrence, gave it as his opinion that death
was caused by disease of the heart, and a verdict to
that effect was returned.
Clunvrotr. —Fatal Consequences of a Sunday
Evening's Caroucal.—On Sunday evening, the 9th
inst., a party of labourers had been drinking at the
Poore's Arms Inn, and on leaving, about ten o'clock,
some foolish expression of bravado induced a fight,
which resulted in the death of one of them, a man
about 36 years of age, named John Stone, of Wile'
ford. It appears that on closing the house at ten
o'clock, Henry Smith, a gardener, at Manion, John
Stone (the deceased), his brother William, Henry
Brown, and two other labourers, named William
Akerman and Robert Woodroffe, left together.
They had drunk about a quart of beer each; but
were not (it is said) intoxicated. A quarrel however,
the consequence of some foolish expression as that
the one did not dare to touch the other, sprang up
upon their getting into the road; and on hearing
the noise, the landlord (Mr. Witchell) came out, and
endeavoured, it is said, to silence the party by giv-
ing one of them two or three blows with his fists.
The deceased had just before walked off, but hearing
the row increase ran back, and was about to inter-
fere, when Henry Brown caught hold of him by the
arm, and persuaded him to he quiet. Deceased said
he cared no more for Brown than he did for the
others, whereupon Brown knocked him down upon
the stone pitching in front of the house. He was
taken up insensible, carried back into the public.
house, and before 1 o'clock he was a corpse I An
inquest was held by Mr. Whitmarsh, on Tuesday,
when the above facts were deposed to. Mr. Cream,
surgeon, having made a post mortem examination of
the body, found a fracture at the base of the skull,
with extravasation of blood, which was the cause of
death, the fracture having been occasioned by the
fall. The jury returned a verdict of Manslaughter
against Henry Brown, who was thereupon committed
on the Coroner's warrant to take his trial at the next
Assizes.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

EPSOM RACES.-TUBSDAY.

The Craven Stakes, of 5 soli. eaoh, with 50 added, for
3.7 r-olds and upwards.
Mr. W. S. S. Craufurd's Zuyder Zoe, by Orlando, 4
yra, fat 7th (Welte)
Mr. J. Merry" Saunterer, 4 yrs, Set 7lb (J. Mann)... t
Mr. Howard's Theodora, 5 yrs, Set Sib (J. Goiter)... t
Won by head, a demi heat for second plan.
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The Manor Pieta, (handicap), of 50 sovs.
Sir L. Newman's Peter Flat (Bates) 1
Mr. C. Dresser's Perjury, 4 yrs, 04 71b (Clialloner) .. 2
The Woodcote Stakes, of 10 sovs. each, with 100 added.
The termini to reoeive 25 sovs, out of the stakes.
Mr. T. Parr's Merryman, Sit 7th (Bates) 1
Mr. Alexander's Kuig-nt-Arms, Bet 71b (11. Cotton).. '2
The Rous Stalces, A free handicap, of 20 soya, each, with
200 added.
Colonel Martyn's Nereus 1
Lord Chesterfield's La Fille du Regiment 2
The Horton Stakes, of 5 so's. each, with 30 added.
Lord Wilton's Ithisus, by Orlando, 4 yrs, (E4O) Sit... 1
Mr. Bluuton's Polly Johnson, 3 yrs (,)), 6st 81b ... 2

The Heathaote Plate, of 50 sore.
Mr: Coppertliwaite's Lady Kingston
Mr. Fisher's New Brighton ...
THE DERBY—WEDNESDAY.
Of the four-and-twenty animals on the card, only one
--Botany—was withdrawn, and this fact attested the
care with which Mr. Dorling compiled his lint of starters.
On Tuesday the advance of Togophilite and the rise of
cast Langton were the principal nioveinenta in the mar-
ket. Just before the race two more iinportaut changes
were made ; a perfect " rage" was evinced for Eclipse,
about whom as little as 6to one WU at one time taken,
and the " dark " Ethiopian was brought to 10 to 1,
taken freely. Lord Derby's horse, Toxophilite, main
-
tabled his position in the betting to the close, People
seemed pussled to account for the retrogression of Fits-
Roland, who, however, we understand, was beaten
easily in a recent trial by Beadsman. The result of the
race attested the truth of thin report. Wells had the
option of riding which of Sir Joseph Hawley's he
pleased, and lie chose BVIVISMIIII. The start was admi-
rably effected. The horses were marched into the hol-
low just outside the paddock ; they fell into the cluster
immediately, and Mr. Hibburd dropped hie flag even
before the opectatore generally knew they were at the
post. The defeat of Toxophilite sorely disappointed his
noble owner, Lord Derby, who was present. Beadeinan
ran • good stout horse, and it I. note little creditable to
a private trainer and • young beginner like George
Manning that he should be enabled to send a horse to
the poet sufficiently well to win so important a stake.
Sir Joseph Hawley has this 11C1110r1 renewed his Ban
Aphrodite, and Teddington triumphs, for with Beads-
man
at Newmarket, in the Craven meeting, he won a
stake worth about £6OO, and with him he won half the
Newmarket Stakes. His crowning mimes', however,
was to win the Two Thousand Guinea Stakes with Fits-
Roland, and the Derby—the blue riband of the turf—
with Beadsman.
The Epsom Town Plate of 50 son. (handicap), for all
Wt. _ . _

Mr. Mellish's Time Deer, .5
yrs, Ist 10Ib, (Fordham) 1
Mr. Lumley's Badsworth, 4 yrs, 7st (Covey) ... 2
The Derby Stakes of 50 love. each, h It, for 3-yr-old
colts, Set 71b, fillies Set 21b. The second to receive
100 soya. out of the stakes.
Sir Joseph Hawley's Beadsman, by Weatherbitt,
Bst 71b, (Wells) 1
Lord Derby's Toxophilite, by Longbow, Bst 71b, (Flat-
Mr. Harrison's The Hadji, by Faugh-a-Ballagh,
THE RACE.
Ditto and Physician wore the first to make their ap-
pearance on the oourae, and they walked up it as the
other competitors approached the grand Stand from the
paddock. The preliminary canters were quickly over,
and the horses proceeded to the post in a body, and had
no sogner quitted the paddock than the spectators were
startled with a shout of " They're off," HO sudden and
unexpected was the start. The lot got away in a clus-
ter, and a hum of satisfaction was occasioned by the tact
with which Mr. Hibburd had dropped his flag, and re-
lieved the spectators from all suspense. Eclipse was
the first to show in advance, but immediately the horses
had 'got on their legs," Physician rushed to the front,
Eclipse keeping close company with him for a short die-
tanoe, when he dropped back, and Fitz-Roland went on
second, with Ditto, -Eclipse, Beadsman, Jordan, Harry
Stanley, and the Cymbit colt in a cluster next, and as
nearly uwe could make out in the order named. East
Langton and Pelissier showing in the middle of the
ruck, Cannel toiling on several lengths in the rear. At
the top of the hill Eclipse ran into the second place,
Jordan, Ancient Briton, and Toxophilite lying well up
behind him, and King of Sardinia joining Carmel at the
extreme end of " the tail." At the mile-post Fitz-
Roland repassed Eclipse, who went on third; Ditto and
Beadsman showing well up in their wake, with Toxo-
philite just behind them. On descending the hill at Tat-
tenham-corner Fitz-Roland headed Physician, who soon
afterwards gave way, Toxophilite taking second place,
with Eclipse, Ditto, Happy Land, Beadsman, The
Radii, Kelpie, East Langton, Longrange, and Ethiopian
next in pursuit. Just before reaching the road Ditto
disappeared from the front, and Beadsman took his
place. They ran thus to the distance, when Fitz-Roland
was beaten, Eclipse being left with a slight lead, Toxo-
philite lying second, Beadsman third, and The Hadji
next. About half-way up Eclipse declined, and Beads-
man took close order with Toxophilite, quitted him op-
posite the Grand Stand and won easily by &length, Lord
Derby's colt beating The Hadji by two lengths for second
place, Four lengths off, Eclipse was fourth, East Lang-
ton was a bad 111th, and Fitz-Roland sixth. The next
lot comprised Ethiopian, Dumfries, Ditto, and Long-
range. The last four beaten off were Jordan, Happy
Land, Deceiver, and 'Brother to Bird-on-the-Wing..
Lord Glasgow's colt was absolutely last.
On returning to scale • little sensation was created by
the inability of Wells to draw his weight, and it was not
till after Beadsman's bridle was brought in that he was
declared "all right."
Time.-2 minutes 54 seconds. Value of the stakes
£5,400.
The Bentinck Plate, of 50 BOYS. (handicap.) One mile.
Mr. Payne's Orlando, by the Cossack, 4 yrs, 6st 81b,
Mr. Ward's Triton, 6 yrs, let, (Swift) ... 2
The Epsom Cup of 100 sovs., added to a sweepstakes of
10 soya. each.

Mr. Starkey's Fisherman, (G. Hall) ... 1
Mr. Merry's Saunterer, (Wells) ... 2
Fiat ermau made all the running, and won by twenty
lengths.
The Dinging Stakes of 5 sore, each, with 30 added.
Mr. J. Merry's Head Knowledge, (240), (Daley) _. 1
Mr. Coverthwaite's Madame Moat, 240), (A.wards Ed-
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THE OFF Day—Thursday.
The Epsom Four-year-pld!iitake.s. of 50 Bova each, h it,

- with 100 added.
Mr. Barber's Commotion, by Alarm, Bet 11lb
(Ch arl ton) . _ . 2, • . 1
Mr. Sherwood's Magnet. Bet 111 b, (T. Sherwood.) . . 2
Sweepstakes of 100 soya, each, h ft, for 3-yr-olds.
Sir J. Hawley's filly by the Hero, (Wells) .. ... 1
Lord Glasgow's Blacksmith, Bet 21b, (Aldoroft) . . 2
The Two-year-old Stakes of
.10 toys, each, with 50

Baron Rothsehild's NorthElL‘lientoln, (1). Hughes)
Mr. Alexander's King at Arms, Set 71b, It. Cotton)..
Her Majesty's Plate, of 100 guineas, for mares.
Mr. J. Merry's Usella, by Sweetmeat, (Chi'linen) ... 1
Mr. Howard's Queenstown, (Fordham) . . ... 2