The Express.
London, England, 1862-05-22 00:00:00

THE _ EXTRESIk gnywatorie
.; ExENINA,

THE NATIONAL REFORM CONFERENCE.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

•
After our report left yesterday, a committee
(comities of the chairman, the mover sod seconder of
the original motion, the mover and seceeder of the mood.
meat, and Mr. Ellie sod Mr. G. Thompeoe) wee appointed. '
and retired to an inner room to draw up a maidectory reso-
hitless.
While the committee was absent, Mr. TATUM, LP. for
Leierster, took the chair.
Mr. J. R. COOPER, during the absence of the committal.
moved, " That this conference cannot separate without
expressing its regret and indignation that her Majesty's
government have abandoned the reform question. This
silence of a reform cabinet upon the very question which
carried them into power has inflicted a deep wound upwithe
political character of parliament, and hes canned arsons
mischief in creating distrust among the beet disposed of the
working classes.
Mr. NOBLE seconded the resolution, and after a few
words from Mr. Moulton and Mr. Eh it was carried

lOU SPRING NlZEnitat—wzDNß4DA-4
THZ LOIIDISBOIOOOII Our, vales 100 IDVII Added 10.14
Handicap Oakes of 5 eon. sea. T.T.O. fArsabs4 •
Captain ChrlaUe's &Ocean, by Swedank, II pm 11“ ilb
(arham)
Mr. J. Ostx)rne's North rote, 3 'Ts, Ild' (111itteler
Mr. Car's Recluse, 6 yrs, Ost Tlib (II:
Ito. Jackson's Loneshot, 4 yrs, TstlMh.. (IWalock
Mr. W. limit's Virgillus, errs, TAM (idwards
Captain Gray'sYsesake, 6 yrs. 766 71b Molts
Mr. Bowls', Douse and Mt; 4 ras, yes fin ( _

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7st 71b)
(le(Ocoee)
Mr. Nichol% Pbantan, 6 yrs, 7stalb
Mr. C. Pea, Jan.'s, Bennos, 4 yrs, eat tb3 0
Count Inpanies Allm-y-Roudament, 3 yri, Sat 716
Mr. 71,001310W' Far: King, 3 yrs, eat Mb ram)
Mr.
RAP* Queen of Tramps, II yrs, Mt
Mr.bbarpe's Lord of lions, 3 yrs, Mt 111 b (J. Orlatahaw) 0
Lord Olsagow's I by Wmlnerblt—MllWldp, 3 yrs, 64t1216
(Mon) 0
Lord Maraford's Tl3lphone, 3 yrs, fat 10Ib fOray; 0
Mr. Wlllrtmon's WaDacMa, 3 yrs, est• • (Carroll) 0
Betting :
.5 to 2 apt Tisiphom. 4 to 1 apt Spimbox, 9 to
2 apt Virgilms, 10 to 1 apt North Pole, 100 to 8 sot any
other. ohs lot lay well together But:mahout, a splendid
race ending in Spicebox winning by a head, a seek only di-
riding second and third. Pancake and Allety-liondsmsot •
were next, Queen of Tramps, Barak* ad Tilphons bead-
ing the next lot, most of whom wen beaten off.
Tug EGLIZITON BUM of 10 son. each. with 50 added
2.yrs-old, 7st; three Bst 12lb ; allies and geldings allowed
31b. T. Y.C. sobs.)
Mr. It. K. WUsoa's Bohan* by W I
tistlll6
Mr. Mortis's Brahmin, 3 ms. Ost•Mb (Ma Mbar) IFordhasa I
Mr. It. H. Jones's Corrkbin, 1 yrs, 7st (X Harrison) 3
Lord Stamford's Quake, I yrs. 7st Mb Boa Mb anl (C.Oray) 4
Betting : 6to 4 agat Brahmin, and' to 4 apt Bohemia.
The latter mods all the running, and was slimly by a length
and • half ; the caw two ware boatel off.
Two CONSOLATION )13cm411aut al 30 area., added to a
handicap stroopstakaa al 5 eon, each, for all yes. LY.O.
Mr. Itadbrad sMy Mary, by Idle Boy, Mu, lut Oodles) 1
Lord Glasgow' Br to 841•4142,- ms, At itt•
Matlock)
Mr. F. Ball's Gawk yye*( 716 (J. Orimsbaw) $
Mr. Wbsterbgbam's Watiberwint, 3 yrs, OM (IMMO 4
Betting : stoS cm Ny Nary, 3 to 1 sit Brother to
Schiedam. The Livonia* led throogbesit. and won in a
canter by two lengths ; the cams botwooo mooed and third ;
Wsatherwim a bad fourth.

unanimously.
Mr. Hammy (Stroud) moved • resolution to the effect
that • petition should be drawn up, praying the government
to introduce vote by ballot.
This resolution was seconded by Mr. Marion, and when
put to the meeting was carried unanimously.
On the return of the committee, ifr. Coon= read the
following resolution, which he stated the committee had
greed to unanimously :—"That while the statements made
is this conference show the deo eoevietion of the peep= in
favour of manhsod suffregek in which enriches& a large
proportion of the delegates fully sympathise, the oenfansice
considers that the union of all dims of real reformers is
essential to the attainment of say greet improvement of the
representation, and with thit view It submits, to the creantry
the following programme' ass basis of 'icties7Tbat an ex.
tsosion of the franchise be demanded which will confer the
franchise upon every male ppee landlord or lodger, tited
or liable to be rated for the Pow, to=
with a more equitable distribution of sets, vote by
and a limitation of the duration of parliament to three
years."
Mr. Wit= escooded the resolution, a they all wad
upon it, and if bossed them together. It =prow* au,
and compromised none.
Mr. LOMAT"' then, in spite of the hires of the aide-
res=, and against the advice= the chain:aux, moved the
following amendment :—" That as theadoption of • plan for
an agitation to obtain Isszlinhtentary reform that does not
embrace registered =mina suffrage will fall shalt of the
expectations of reformer",
_end will not enlist thesympathise
of the working classes, without which to carry any reform
is impossible, we three* pledge ourselves to inaugurate
and support a movement founded (*this tpinioa."
This was seconds= by Mr. Hithiserr• amidst a perfect
storm of hires.
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Tam FLUNG Dm,:luwes HAssicur d 15 sove.vaok with
100 added ; one eriM aad a quarter. (8 eaba, 16 of whom
poid6 son. mob.)
son, mob.)_

Lad .
tko DerWs Oaimasway, fin, Ott 4125
Mr. WWs 44. 4 Pi 74t 9t4
Joballealea B4POo. 4 71‘. fit 21b

licenealatiOn drawn up by the committee was then
moved end passed with only three or four dissentients. after
which three hearty cheat were given by the del
The Mammasdeleaggaatteess,
said the molutka would 1:1=eil to
the Leeds committee, and the aerates would be adjosoted
to )(machetes., to be resumed in October. It might be de-
sirable, supposing that conference to take
itmettlii4.ldotber
eanferames should_be held at Glasgow, • and
Leeds. Be was sure that the Linde committee do
their bast to make the resolution pared a valid doctument.
Ha hoped it would be the foramina. of • very suartful
agitation.
A vote of thanks was then tendered to the executive com-
mittee* and to the secretaries. . .

air C. Mowles Gardenia a yrs. Tit Mr 4
Hr. Thome°Ss Las* lan. yrs, Set tab .... 6
Betting :11 to ou Cape Flyaway, 3to 1 @pi
7to 1 apt Dutch Sem. Irirgihus sad Gardosa• alkreWy
led up to the tura for home, when the feveintho took up
the maim sad woe is a miter by two lengths him Vir-
(ilia; who Lady Ripon by two lengths for mood
place. Geodesic wee fourth, fully 50 yards *Wes the
three
Tau TALLYHO Bmz of 3 sows. (soh, with 50 added ;
41roldis, U* 616 ; five, 13A 21b ; six mid aged, Ilst 7lb ;
mre' ad 'geldings allowed 31b ; gsatlemeu riders. Two
Wks. (8 *she.)
.11r. Hodgson is Martians, oied. ill (Mr 'eight: 1
Mr. 0. 8. Thompson'e Clinmande, 4 its, (Hi (Owner 2
Hr. Hopklnaon ns Hugh Baster. 6 Yrrt lost 1
oar. Bouste $
Mr. B. 11011 e's Gretchen, aged, Het 4th
Yr. Atldoson as Forlorn Hope, aged list ab
04r. *Masai 6
Belting : 2 to lon Chsraande, 3 to 1 opt °Mobs&
Wop, after agood rsoe, by • heed; • bad third.

On th;;10T101101MI:Virl0711110081, a vote of thaaks was
tendered to the chairman, and after three hearty cheers the

A public meeting was held last evening io the
large hell of the Whittington CID for the of ea-
ablmg the reform delegates to Mthemo the stamen of the
metropolis. Mr. SAMI/12. MoILiT is the chair.

ILAIe with him, for be cheated me some time w." They
weaned • short distance when the primps Reid asked him
. W partake of something to drink. This be declined, and
„;,00URT OF BANKRIIPTCY.—SLY 21. walked on, the prisoner Reid entering • public-house.
About • minute or se a forwards the primer Reid again
• (Before Mr. Comaimioner Holroyd.) joined him, and entered into conversation, and as they were
If. 0. ALUS. proceeding through Lelemarequars, the other wrongs ap-
Thin case has been litMatedl7 the hef ore, the smut preached in a very careless manner, and when immediately
bankrupt had been an 0 inmedian army, .and ob- m front of them dropped a sovereign. The prisoner Reid
tamed some notoriety through bringing in action against celled his armada to the fast, hut Williams maid, "Let it
the Duke of Cambridge. His liabilities are of trifling rents* it is el Ter) consequeses to me. so prey don't
mount. trouble to pick it up. I have been to my lawyer's teday,
Hargeod 154 fear; the aseignele and Mr. H. and have received 20,0001., which hes been kit me by an old
Lewis for the ba uncle, who led picked up all his • min Auatralia." Both
Mr. Fraser oP for Ir. Cl: Jaime, a creditor, and ex- prisoners at once began to bet, and they asked him to muss
maimed the bankrupt as to his tioneactioni with one over the street with them to see a bet properly decided.
O'Brien, whom he had returned as • creditor for 2,361. Harms very Buie to do, and how ray hirdlsh_(,, knew
account was now produced. purporting to he roped by the —he did so, and understood that the wager to be decided
bankrupt on the 10th OeSober, admitting this amount to he was who could throw • ball the farthest, and the stakes
due. He said he was fret acquainted with O'Brien in July, were s down of ch.in. and throe dam of kips,. The
1860, in the Queen's Prison. O'Brien had advanced 1171. Opens next indmdl,(M to outer a rah with them, and
towards his maintainer, in prison. Another item m his they were all driven to the Bohm Hood lisonsh?p, Booth-
account was 1091. far habeas corpus, do. i ampar-street, Pentaaville. Thy took him into • little
Mr. Fraser—Do you; mean to repreeset that the cost to Nasty room, which he found to be • skittlia.ponad. The
the habeas was 10W. ? primers at 4000 began to play at *tiles, sad the ga
Bankrupt-1 am sure I don't know. I was told so. solar Williams, who bad on a pair of green ea,
(Laughter.) The socountproduced was signed at • house kit army gams, sod appeared t= good deal of
in Hampstead where o'Brieu and he both lived. ID to the other othosso. Ths &Ad, daring the
February, 1861. he gave O'Brien • warrant of attorney maitsirsry absence of within" spoke to him (witness)
nominally for 6001. ; bet it had since been mashed by the shoot the game, sod be, imams% that wahine was •
item of 1901. in the amount. He had received altogether great muff—(a laugh)—played Iwo one game forfora 1001.
about 2001. from O'Brian. In September last he authorised note, that being the only money is his pessission.
O'Brien to receive the proceeds of his commasion, 3201. Williams, who had hitherto toss playing yoty badly. mach
Had authorised O'Brien to pa j 1401. to Mr. Hicks. to his surprise suddenly improved in his play, and won the
Mr. Framer—Who is Mr. Hoicks! 1001. yeq easily. The prisoners hewing won the money
Bankrupt—Well, he is a gentleman. went toff, and than thinkise that he (wirier) had been
Fraser—Did he happen to be in the Queen's Bench duped, he gave informer= to the police, sad the prisoner,
along with you and O'Brian! , were apprehended from amanpt • gag of forty or fifty
Bankrupt—Yes, he was there at one time. (Laugher.) notorious charestem. Whim they were told the charge
He had advanced me the 1401. from time to time. Cone- they denied any koowladge ef the preeentor or his mosey.
dering that money was lent under such circumstances at The prisoner Williams said that the complainant wee so
high interest, the account of February, 1861, was a just so- Immune a winning that he mural Into a written epee
count. . =sat as to the term. won whisk the pons be
By Mr. Lewis—He was, state prisoner in the Qvasen's otsysd,
prison, and had no means of
oq out but for the saw Mr. Lewis said that it was evidently the case of the biter
lance rendered him by Mr. being bit, for it was Pala that the sessolainiset intended to
Mx. John O'Brien wee astral...WTl:lr. Fraser. He declined win Williams's money, if he hod any. 4.
to give his place of residence. He had no profession, but The police stated this the primers were the constant
lived on his own property. eompnwoa of the wet Notorious skittle sharpers, and ono
Mr. Pasair—Where is it ? of them had been " wanted* in the late ease cd defrauding
Mr. O'Brisa—That I won't tell you. You have 00 right nyorsidn hum, of it avid watch and 504,
to ask me. (Laughter.) Mr. Barker told lbe prisoners that they bad better be
H further examined as to his claim on the bankrupt, careful. There was not womb at present to send them for
be said that the panting of the habeas was argued for two mist, or ho should ha-redone so,
days, and the costs were about 901. Mr. Fouler was the The pippin moo then &whined,
attorney; he had not yet paid him. Beak:rap had paid
him, but since the account of February, 1881, was rendered. MARLBOROUGH-STREET.
Whines had 'a right to charge it, as he bail made himself Hemp HoiCil Aka Amu/ were charged as follows
liable for it. He had taken the warrant of attorney for 8001. Miss Ana Grimm., of 76, Marpretetrea,
manly as • on. He never claimed upon •that Sued[. Needhhequare, that on the 19th of April she met the
meet. paid alibis own creditors—in some astseess- he primmer Harper mobs was coming out of balsam. Ms In+
had paid them 500. in the pound—the othen, about 13s. selling tombs, and said he arm in great dieters, and 00410
Hicks was • friend of Allen's. He was in the Bench at name was Poole. She gave him a shilling, and then he said
the same time —a very gentleman-like into. (Laughter.) that if she Ws him a IMO Mara it would save has child's
Mr. Fraser said the complaint of his client was that the life. The MohdaF evening followingwee spin at her
bankrupt had given him • claque for 331. as Mersa OP door with enether matai,e4Sd she could not eWOO4 =et it was
and Greenwood, when he had no effects there for Ave years. Boner, although the it was. They sent thessreatmo
The cheque was given for the a a gold watch, to her, but she refused to me them. They mid they-bed bra
which the bankrupt had sold for gr.7bard then pledged the rent by the Rev. Mr. Morris, and on their • mean nut
duplicate for 21. It must be admitted that the bankrupt third message she said they might oeme up, sad they
had been regularly plucked ; but before giving money away so. The gave me • wires 'mitigate of • child's deaths
he ought to have paid his creditors. the child s name purporting to be Ann Poole. It wee Apia
His Honour said the bankrupt had done all he could to the Rev. Mr. Morris, aid had eight other names on it. She
render account of the disposal of his property. As the asked Harper, who still mid his nem wee Poole, how much
case atoll it retied on the opposition of one creditor. When it would take to bury the child, sad be said 21., and that
the bankrupt drew the cheque it appeared that he was ex- then he could go to work. Ilia asked hiss if that would be
peeling to sell his commission, and the money would have enough, and he replied quite, • then told him to go
gone into the hands of Cox and Greenwood, so that it was down stairs and she would Ma the paw. They
not the case of a person giving • cheque when he knew seemed unwilling to go date, Awning the and met
that be had no effects. The watch had been sold to the them the money down by the servant. About a weak after
bankrupt when he was in prison • therefore the credits/. Harpy called spin._
must have known his circumstances Be would peat his Mr. Tyrwhitt—Of mum
,tamination and receive his order of discharge. Miss Grimes said • she dii not then see them.
said he was a clerk at the Great Exhibition. She parted
with the 21., believing that the child was deed. The cacti-
date bore the name of the Rev. S. Morris, Rasallequare,
and Dr. West, but she did sot keep it.
In answer to Mr. Tyrwhitt, Miss Grimes mid one of the
prisoners said where the body of Ann Poole was lying, but
she did not recollect where it was. The day after she gavel
the money she heard something that led hair to suspect she
bad been imposed upon.
The prisoners, who assumed • sanctimonious toss, wished
the ease settled by the magistrate.
Jan* Seaward, servant at 76, Marpretetrest, coadirmed
Miss Grimes, but spoke more positively to the prisoosre'
identity, and said she gave the two sovereigns to the pi-
toners by His OHMIC'S request.
In answer to Mr. Tyrwhitt, the witness said she beaded
the money to Roney, and the other prisoner pretended to
cry, and said, "I am sorry to have
.given you so muck
trouble," and Ropy then remarked, 'I hope it will do him
(Harper)good." (Laughtr.)
John Wm. Botsford, Mendicity Society officer, proved
taking the prisoner at the Hammersmith Polioe-court the
previous day on their being discharged there, having been
charged with loitering. Had inquired at the within stated
by the prisoners as where the child was lying dead, and no
person of the Dams of Harper or Poole was known there,
and no child had died there. Pools said he bad been to
Miss Grimes but Roney had net. Harper bad been in
custody before.
The prisoners were then committed for trial.