The Express.
London, England, 1862-04-03 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS, THURSDAY EVENING, APRIL

Zi to 4 apt liaikliniton. 4 to 1 each apt Shop-
herilts, t,.ot tiouvieux. Shepherdess. with RsidWein and
Hadahnorti..n, went off with the lead. having Dorking, Goo-
Saaivahot, r.n.i Relent., in the rear. Ow
rouinigng tl.e bap tons for the mile post shepherdess in-
casement her lead; Haddiegton, having exchange{ places with
Berionia. was 'woad ; Dorking fourth ; following mat in
Italian file. a doses lengths behind, came Gouvieux, Snap-
dint, Reteato, and bolus. In this order they entered the
dip ; on rising into sight Shepherdess was still leading, the
others, with the exception of Solna having got on better
term. with the leader. Shephenless, who was, on rounding
the turn auto the straight, deputed of the command lay
ilaweitot sod Reiman), the two corning on abreast to the
distance, where they were joined by Gouvieux ; before the
half-diatanec was reeehe.l 41;uuvieux and Reteeto came on
peak and neck, I:nurieux obtaining the flat of the judge by
a hood ; Shepherdess wa. a bed third ; 8181P41144 fourth ;
the Amount' next ; Bedouin sixth ; Dorking sad Bolus
MOH beaten off.
The result of this race created much dissatisfaction. The
rider of Retest° lodged a complaint against the rider of
Gotivieux for foul riding, and the owner of Shepherdess
inked a protest against the first two on the same ground.
The ease will be investigated at Erman next week.
THE DE PRE Hiliturar of 5 sore. each, with 30 added,
for 2.yr-olds and upwards ; the whisker to be sold for 100/.
if deniwided - winners extra. About half a mile. (17 subs.)
Celaaat ale Legrange's Mdlle. ale I,l3anaralgn), by Faugh.a-
-3 Yrs. tat 11/. • ..... (m. Ortemhavo 1
Mr. R.. - Na)loe's Black grA., till). 33re, Ost rtirrencli 2
Mr. J. Deborsais Maid of the 31St, 6 yrs, lel 1011,
Thalioner,
Mr. 110.16 man's Graisitelpper, 3 Its. list 91b . Serves 4
Betting : 2 to 1 sigst Maid of the Mist, 5 tot apt Mdlle.
de Champigny. 3to 1 apt the Black Bess filly, and 5 to 1
apt Grasshopper. On coming round the bend into the
straight Ildlle. de Cluounipr, Maid of the Mist, and the
Black Bess filly appeared to lie all abreast, the Maid having
the inside pontoon, Mdlle. ale Champigny next to her, and
Giseshopper in the rear, on the far side of the course. At
the distance the favourite was beaten. and Mdlle. de Chant.
pigny .-ante away and won cleverly by half a length. Maid
of the Mist was eased opposite the Stand, Black Bess Gay
beating her for second place by • length. Grasshopper was
beaten off a long way. The winner was claimed by Mr.
Godaling, and goes into his stable at Newmarket.
LATEST BEITINO ON THE COURSE.
CITY AND SUBURBAN.
8 to 1 on The Field (off)
100 to 8 apt Vancouver (t freely)
CHESTER OUP.
40 to 1 apt Jens Fran (ell)

Diauurui isr JocKEY4 —Mr. Marshall, the starter,
preferred aeries of disobedienco of his orders egainat the fol-
lowing jnckses who rode in the Earl Spencer's Plata, via :
T. French, the rider of Biondella, the winner ; Bradley.
the rider of Lopes. leder ; :rimshaw, the rider of Roa-
ley ; sod MOMS, the rider of Wild Duck.
The Stewards for the Northampton Races, 1868,
see the Duke of Beaufort, the Earl Spencer, and the Earl
of Westmoreland.

Lab) inttlltatna.

TRH COSI NON I,AW COURTS.

The Court of quern', ninth slithers tor. In, and after lisike
a, -In Middlesex, In term, Wednesday April le.
l'in:gyr*Vuall:: Monday, May 5, for undefended causes only.
The sittings In London, in term, are Fridey, April Snead Frith),
May 2. After term the court will ill In Middlesex on Wednes-
day. May 14, and In London ounaturdny, May 17. Special juries
will be treed in Loudon at the iittlngsater town.
The Court of Common Pleas will sit In Middlesex hi term on
Wednesday. April 16, and Monday, April 2S: and in term In
Loini, in ou Friday. April 25, and Friday. May 1. The court nil
alt after term lu Middlesex on Wednesday, May 14, and in
London on Saturday, May 17.
The Court of Itehequer will sit In term In Middlesex on Wed-
nesday, April 16 ; Monday. April 28, and Monday, May 6 ; and
in term In London on Friday. April 25. and Friday, May 2. After
term the court will sit in Middlesex on Wednesday, May ld and
in London on Saturday, May 17.
Theo'clock. respective courta will sit during and after term at 10

The canoes In the lists of the Courts of Queen's Bench gad
Common Pleas for each of the sitting days In term, if not dia.
posed of on those days, will be tried by adjournment on the
days following e►ch of such sitting days.
The Court of ligehequer will sit In Middlesex at NMI Prins In
term by adjournment from day to day until the causes entered
for the respective Middlesex sittings are disposed of.

INSOLVENT DEBTORS COURT.—APRIL 2.
(Before Mr. Commissioner Niebob.)
HI KZ ELLIN MILLIS W AMU..

Mr. Dowse applied for the payment of 1111. in this cue to
the representatives of an attorney named Walter Brans-
comb, and the remainder to Miss Walden, who had obtained
a revolting order.
Mr. Gurney, who was the assignee, and a creditor, ob.
jotted othe payment, as he intended to Me • till in
Mr, Commissioner Nichols considered that Mr. Gurney
should bays the opportunity he wished, and delayed the
payment of the money until after the first day of term, as
be was entitled to attention. _ _

The matter stood over, mad a bops was expressed that a
esttlement might take place between the parties, seeing that
about 2,0001. bad already been spot is litigation.

ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE.

HOME cracurr.—Kniseros, Amu. 2.
COMM Coarr.—(Bdas• Mr. Juan Wielimaa.)
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thing as that I can't think. Vi hen I fired I nearly shot the
mother. but I did not intend to shoot Ler—only the girl."
Wituees then asked him if he had shot at her when she lived
at Choblusei' and he said he did nut do so. He then in-
quire,' what time he left Choblunu to go to Sutton, and he
said about half Test six, and he pointed out the bridge be
had passed over in going and returning.
Cross-examined—The prisoner reads this statement quite
voluntarily. end witness wrote it down with • pencil
and read it over to him, and when they arrived at the
prison be signed it.
Mr. Ribton then addressed the jury on behalf of the
prisoter, and he said that although the suggestion ou the
part of the prosecution wee that this desperate crime had
been committed by him out of a feeling of revenge at his
addressee having been 'rejected by the prosecutrix,
it appeared to him that the evidence did not sup-
port that suggestion, that there really was an entire
absence of motive for the commission of such a serious
crime, and that the jury ought, under such circumstances,
to pause before they convicted the prisoner of an offence of
such a heinous description. He said he should not
attempt to deny that the prisoner was seen going to-
wards the residence of the prinecutrix on the evening in
question, and that be bad a *gun with him, but he
argued that there was nothing to show that he bad
wilfully discharged the gun, and that the discharge might
have been accidental. He also urged that if the pry should
be of opinion that the weapon wee wilfully discharged, the
evidence would rather tend to show that the prisoner in-
tended to wound the mother and not the daughter ; and if
they should be of that opinion, he said they ought not to
convict the prisoner upon the present indictment, which
charged him with intending to murder the young girl.
The learned Judge having summed up, the Jury almost
immediately found the prisoner Guilt" of wounding the pro-
secutrix with intent to murder her, but recommended him
strongly to mercy on amount of his youth.
His Ladaliip, in passing sentence, said that everyonemust
regret to see so young a man, who appeared to be in a re.
spectable position of life, and to have been respectably
brought up, standing at the bar of • criminal
court convicted of so serious an offence - and it
was also painful to see the want of feeling he
exhibited when convicted of the crime of shooting at •
fellow-creature with intent to commit murder. If the bid-
, lets he had discharged had taken effect either upon the
' mother or the daughter, his crime would, undoubtedly, have
been that of wilful murder, and it would have been his
duty to have sentenced him to death. His lordship then
said that the jury had strongly recommended him to mercy,
and he was at all times most anxious to give effect to such
• recommendation ; but is the present instance be con-
sidered the offence was one of such an atrocious cha- ,
rector, that the interests of society imperatively demanded
that he should pass • severe sentence, and he felt it his
duty to order him to be kept in penal servitude for 15
years.
The prisoner did not exhibit any emotion when the
sentence was pronounced, and when the learned judge bad
concluded, he turned round and walked quickly out of the
dock.

The remainder of the day was occupied in disposing of
several cases in which carmen in the serviced the London
sod South Western Railway Company were charged with
defrianling that company by means of forged turnpike
tickets.

klerrant Ballantine was specially retained with Mr. Wood
to conduct the prosecution ; and Mr. Lilley, Mr. Ribtoo, and
several other learned counsel appeared for the prisoners.
The court sat until a late hour, but the criminal business
is not yet concluded.
CIVIL Scow—(Before Lord Chief Justice Erle and
Common Juries.)
NAVANNA _

This was an action of rather a peculiar character, the
plaintiff alleging in his declaration that the defendant bad
undertaken to let him have a crocodile for the sum of 301.,
and he claimed damages from him for having broken his
contract to suppl the reptile in question.
Yr. Hawkins, .C., and Mr. Joyce were for the plaintiff,
and Yr. Lush, Q. ~ and Mr. Phi!brick for the defendant.
The parties in this action were both foreigners, the
plaintiff residing at Lisbon, where he had an exhi-
bition of foreign animals, reptiles, &c., and the de-
fendant being a dealer in such " curiosities," in Rat-
cliff-highway. In the beginning of the year the plaintiff
heard that defendant had a crocodile for sale measuring,:
as represented, eight feet from the snout to the tip
of the tail, and a person named Caller went to see It, but
found it was only seven feet long but be agreed to
purchase it on behalf of the plaintiff for 301., and
101. was to be paid by him ea amount. The plaintiff after-
wards came to England, saw the animal at the Zoolo-
gical Gardens, and offered to pay the balance of 20!., but
the defendant refused to part with the crocodile until the
whole 301. were paid to him. The defence set up was that
Caller was the agent of the plaintiff and not the agent of
the defendant, and that the latter bad not authorised him
to act in the matter, and the jury ultimately returned a
verdict for the defendant.