The Express.
London, England, 1863-08-31 00:00:00

PROVINCIAL SMARR MARITRTS.

IIe7APDOI., AeOCsT 20.-15 ates to-s):—Gnat Western. 8 4,
—Laseashire sad V neluddre, 1131 r: d.—Londou sad Ronk
Western, 1021 2—Manchester. .hrff rld, and Ltu.oirvhife. sC
—Reolitan, 119 —Ditto. new 1.1 •baros. 11 10, 1..- earnsle
Capltal Sleek, It2i, es it —Minh !.1..
Rhenish, 1 15 10 p—Great Lusrenbourn.l4 3-13-11oreantde and
It:change Rank, 1 J.—Albion NAIRN, Insurenee I.siinpany,
115.10 it —British and fersien Marine. II —Easplre Marine,
13-111 Lsneaiblre Iniarauee Cotopans, 1 p.p.—Uulon Ilar:do„
tt 11.16p.—Oreat Ship. O. ed.

Aft; our report left as Saturday, --
Mr. Bonn proceeded to my that the Sun Fire Office
bad aodertieso to prove that Mr. Woolley had committed
theerin, of anon. but he hoped he bad satisfied them that
they had not only failed to do so, but that every one of what
they called face tending to support the charge was entirely
fallacious. Mr. Woolley was acting, not only for the yin&
isnot of his own character, but for the protection of the
public genteelly, for the Jury would recollect that the
object the Sao and the other firs-offices had in view by
snaking the charge against him was to escape from mum
the 29,0001., the amount for which they had granted policies.
Whatever result was arrived at it would not remedy the
pain and misery that had been occasioned to Mr. Woolley
by having such • charge preferred against him ; and he be-
lieved that when the directors of tbe Sun Fire-office beard
the verdict they would pronounce, they would themselves
regret having made such a charp upon such shallow and
IneabseueW grounds. The learned counsel then pro-
essdad *gain to moment upon the circumatancia connected,
with the tire, and be urged that every fact in the case teuded
to support the cogitation that it was accidental, and he par-
remarked upon the fact that the defendants, who,
through their surveyor, were well acquainted with the
stem of the building, treated it as one that was likely to
le destroyed by fire, and insisted upon being paid what
ins called the doubly hatardote premium. The
neat that could be said appeared to be that no
one knew how the fire occurred, and be would ask them
whether this afforded the least ground for saying that Mr.
Woolley did it, and still lest Crozier, for the charts no
doubt squally applied to him, who had nothing whatever
to gain by such an art. He concluded a very eloquent
speech by stating that the defendants bad entirely failed in
making out the MO they had set up, and he called upon
the jury Waive the plaintiff the whole amount of his po
and interest at five per cent.
Harm Bramwell then summed up, and he commenced isy
elearying that if the jury agreed with Mr. Bovill that the
astrodomes had failed in satablishiog the charge they had
ands satirist Mr. Woolley, be was entitled to, and they
traahlt to me him every farthing they could. The question
that had to he disposed of by the jury was undoubtedly •
very important one, not only to the public but to the ;
*WE, and to e defendant& it was probably of leas im-
prima than any one else, and to such eminently respect-
ed* sad wealthy offices as the Sun, the Hand in Hand, .
and Atlas, the amount of money which was the only goes-
ten involved so far as they were concerned was not the
slightest consideration. He thought it right to state, as the
result of his experience, that whenever an insurance office
defended an action of this description they did not do so
velem they believed they really had • good we, and
the &boos was at all events an knee one. The
charge that was undo against the plaintiff by the defendants
was no doubt • most onerous one ; but the beat proof that ,
it was not altogether so unfounded as had been represented
was that after the jury had patiently sat for five day.
ton* to the evidence that bad been addoosd on both sides
they stall thought that they ought to go on to the end ; ad
this fact, as it appeared to him, acquitted the ddendsnts of
Maim done anything improper in defending the action, eves
V they should in the result believe they were in the wrong.
The public also had a groat interest in questions of this de.
noripticio, because if insurance companies were to pay every
Maim when • fire occurred, although they might believe it
was • wilful one, become by defending the action they
might bring discredit upon themselves and the public, no
ate would be safe, as • dishonest parson might take • bounol
next door to them with impunity and bun it down, than
Making the migbouis' lives tad property, upon the arromp-
title that the insurance company would net main the claim.
If, therefore, insurance companies were merely to consider ;
their own immediate interests aad to pay story claim that
was made, it appeared to hint that it would be a vary din-
aerate Mato of thiop lodged, and it might be asorisam for
W legalatan to isteffiwo sad take stops to enemy impary
into all suspicions camel this description. It woo limey
asossiary for his to raided them that the said innetint
and useful institutin.n bad, by the ingenuity of man. beta
turned to instruments of mislaid. He might 'mime, burial
slabs, which io too many Mamas bad led to thiamin&
• of murder is order to obtain the burial foss ; sad there
was so doubt that insurance companies wire hemmed,
called upon to pay chime where the fires wore 71
the plaintiff the issue on the present occasion was no doubt
all important. He was charged with woo perjury, and
hand. and also with an act which, if it had terminatedl ha the
death of Temple or any of his family, would have amounted .
to the mime of wilful murder, and with an act which at all
events was very likely to have led to their death. The
eine fee the defendants DO doubt also was, that having nom-
sited the act, the plaintiff bad Mood coolly looking on,
taking Do steps whatever to save the people whose lives he
had andangerod. This was alleged to be the conduct of •
man of whom. from all the mitten.* that had been adduced,
no worse could ha said than that when he was may young he
was not quits se steady es many young men who weed into •
aserchant'saffice and !waists' there until they worked their
way up. It was than mid that after his marriage he had
aqueadered his mosey away. Supposing he had so, he
no doubt theasht he hod • right to do as he pissesd, sad if
he were asked the quietism be would Do doubt justify the
course be had Ulm. Hs bad prams* squandered his
money, and hod posibly got into • station not quite his
ow. ; and if, ups thane pounds, and the other Nets in
the cam. they should think that he had committed the
crime imputed to him, all be could say was, that the beet
thing he meld do would lo to go to some place when
neither he ace Camden-house would ever be heard of again.
He mutt remind them that the burden of proof was upon
the defendants. It was they who had to make out that the
plaintiff bad wilfully. set, lire to this house, and that Crosier
aim was eancerned in it, for it appeared to him that they
seuld set decide that out was guilty unless they were at
the mine time of opinion that the other was also concerned
to the ad. The first thing in such • cue would
he to inquire whether there was any motive
for the moaned= of suck • crime. They most not sr
diesland him to say that the absence of any motive, or at
all events an adequate one, was a convincing proof that any
particular act had not boss committed. They could not
dive into the besets of =skied in order to disown the
wheels/ motive that induced them to do an eel ; but the
slimes of any apparent reasonable motive for the ono-
shim of • grist crime was always • materiel iogrediesit
for the considerstioa of a jury, and they would require
streager evidence to show that the act was committed by
the accused. The motive suggested in this ease be
etld hardly quite noderatand. He believed, however,
that me suggested by the driondauts for the commission of
the sot by tha plaintiff was that he might get back the
Jamey he had exposited, and another was that not being
able any looter to hoop the station he bad up to that time
mooed in, he bad resolved to burn down his bowie and
quietly retire from ths step, and thus relieve himself from
baba la • position to invite his friends to the house, and
to em the expositive satistainmeots be formerly had done;
of ODOM, sting with him the money be would receive
from the innocence offices. it wan for the jury to eon.
radar bow far either of them propoeitious was reasonable or
probable. They must first consider the value of tbe pro-
perty that was dielmed, and, with reference to the forst
tore only, then eeooeellli be very little doubt from the owl.
demo that even if they believed every word that Temple
had said with regard to the articles that were alleged to
ham been removed, the value of the property that re.
mead in the house would still have hem
esesidsrably greater than the amount be would have
remind from the istorame office for it. If
be did est fire to the house and destroy this
be also did • mat cruelly ungrateful thing to
MCiiips, who had behaved most kindly to him, for it was
her only asonity foe 13.000!., which she had advanced to
him. What at um bar he (the learned judge) bed had •
pad dial of experimos in fire eases, and as Oki mot re-
member an instinas in *busk a man played the guns
of arson who did net do so with my long odds in his favour.
A man would radii , so doubt, two 50f. worth of fermi-
tore in the expae of gutting I,OOW. for it from the fin
ellss ; but he aeveryst know • man who hail acted in the
any the he
was oupposed to have done. Hs mug have
isepsidliod 20.0001. or 25,0001. worth of property at the
way last by his act and there was nothing o w sho that be
maid sot hove Gleamed the same sum, and probably Mere,
selling the property ia an honest and open manner.
They Matted thee with them couaiderations, sod what was
the was that was witted to be established on the part of
tbodehnidatits to show that the plaintiff bad committed
the act imputed to him? The learned judge thee briefly re-
eapitubstad the principal pointin tbe evidence they had
breaght forwart It was certainly rather remarkable that
the plaintiff should have gone dowu with Crozier on this
night to nee him put out the gas, and that he should have
pas out of a warm room and sat does on the Maim while
be was so mpg*. The sumestiou. no daubs, was that
having pretended to go to bed, and being met by the
Temples while he and Crosier were going down stairs upon
their horrible errand, it was noemsary for them to give some
explanation ; and this was a point for the consideration of the
jury. Tim act in itself, however, appaarad of a trivial character,
sad pasoffily might have been exploited in the most satidac-
tory manner. Ele must abusive also that if the plaintiff
had wilts/1y caused the destruction of the building, if the
assimat of his coodact afterwards was correct, be must at
Them es limo also have cootsmplated the Deedless murder
of Iheee people. He himself, however. could not believe
this evidence ; be could not believe that asy man could be
sub • dad as to stand coolly looking 00, aed act take any
Maps to the lined the parsons that wars jeopardised
loy his own wit Such • thing could Dot be. He now tame
to the evidinos of the man Ells. It was impassible to
mops, for a moment that hewas ethane' to tell anmaindh. and there did not appear to be any motive for his
timing forward to Matt what he had dom. Aecordisie to
heortdwasa, beam Mr. Woolley and Croz ler walkiag
oaths motedier of the fire, aod he also declared thartahafr
Muir hens, sod spoke pcsitively to their befog the polar
le asy. Ups this fact, however, he wow saakaitided by

la opeo- ing the case, Mr. Temple that the libels
oomplanied of were of an atrocious and malignant clia-
reeks. The learned gentleman then proceedea to give a
Watery of the plaintiff's crinsointion with a now deceased
riddles of the defendant's, and of the eirenmahusces which
appeared to have led to the outrage on Mr. Pelley's chg.-
! raster. The plaintiff wag at present a curate at Dalton
(Lancashire). In 1839 he went to school at Oakhans, where
he had a schoolfellow named &Milky, between whom
and himself a greet intimacy arose Wdsley was the son
of a retired Indian officer, by a first wee Wen time
after hi. first wife's death, Captain Baddeley married a
Mies Clarke, a lady of considerable property. She died in
1860, without mane, leaving to her husband • life interest
only in her property, so that at his death it would go
• away in the direction in which she had willed,
1 and the swings of Captain Baddeley in his lifetime
wield be the only portion which, in the event of
• .death, any person could come to as regarded
the property of the second Mrs. Baddeley. Some
Yoe after the death of that lady young Baddeley and
lb. Patliev, the plaintiff, found themselves together at
, Clemaridge; the intimacy commenced at Dahlias was again
rsuered ; an affection of the most fraternal enactor grew
te% end "strengthened with their strength ;" and as they grew
older, and up to the time of young Beddeley's death the
intimacy continued of the strongest character. Shortly
after this young Baddeley and Mr. Pulley, each being in
. ill health, went to • watering place, where they renamed
! in sash other's society for some little time ; afterward.
young Baddeley returned to his father, and Mr. Padley,
, who bad taken orders, obtained a title and became curate
to • clergyman. Young Mr. Baddeley continued to grow
worse, while Mr. Polley improved In health. The old
ease, Captain Baddeley, grow more infiroi, and as there was
no person related to him who was at hand to administer to
bins except young Baddeley, the inter as he grew worse in
health sent for his friend, now the Rev. Mr. Padley,
and on his deathbed he told that gentleman, the plain-
tiff, that as his father would be placed in circum-
nanees of • desolate character, he was very anxious
and would die happy, if Were were some person who
could administer to his aged parent the ears sad attention
of a moo, ad he besought Mr. Padley that he would be to
his father a son, as he had been to himself a brother.
Young Mr. Baddeley died, and Captain Baddeley was dealt,
me that the wish.. of his son should be carried into effect.
The Rev. Mr. Padley had married, and Captain Baddeley,
who occupied Wigaton-ball, in Lekestershire, requested that
Mr. Padley and his wife should reside with him. They did
@Nand administered to him every care and attention required
for his iofirmitien and the state of his health. A little after
that the Rev. Mr. Padley had an offer of a curacy in the
emote. It was Captain • determination that he
should go with the Rev. Mr. wherever he wed. He
expressed his intention to remove and take up his abode
at the place where Mr. Ridley was about to settle, mad an
sznagement was made that be should pay to Mr. Padley a
Nam of money for his maintimence—vis, Wigsten-ball sae
Jobe let to Colonel Turner, the rent of Wigetoadsall would
inereae• Captain Baddeley's looms, and Captain Biddeley
was to pay W. Padley the sum ct 5001. • year. for which be
wee to have every care and attention, to be found with
prednoes, wine, spirits, the attendance of a man servant,
and medical attendance— everything, in fan, to insure his
comfort end to invigorate his health. They resided together
for some time in this way. It was °scenery that the at-
tention of the jury should be called to the dates. Down to
1850 they resided at one or two places, and in 1861 they
lived at Holcombe Bondi, In Devonshire. In March, 11101,
Captain Baddeley had a paralytic stroke. It left him with
some power of speech and locomotion, but deprived him of
all habits of activity—he could only walk upon level ground,
any unusual exertion he was incapable of making, and in
addition to this, before this time, at this time, and up to
the time of his death he was subject to frequent attacks of
gout in the stomach, so that he bad to be care-
fully watched. In the mouth of April 1862, they
wen to reside at Rampeide, sear Ulverston, and
during the residence there it was secemary from
time to time to call is medical attendance on account
tithe sadden attacks to which Captain Baddeley ems sub-
Jest. Mr. Dickenson and Mr. Crank, who raided at Inver-
sion, were the most experienced medical MO at that place,
some few miles distant from Bampside, and the seared
place where medical anodesea could be obtained. One of
these gestlemen told Mr. Padley that whenever any attacks
of the lied for which they had to attend him made their
aispeerseer, inasmuch as it would take some time to send to
Ulventene to mown the attendance of those gentlemen, he
should give Captain Itaddeley• few drops of chloridyne,
and nee or two pills which cootaised opium. We now come
down to March, 1863. On the 29th of March. about 10
o'clock in the moraine, Captain Beddeley had an attack of
this complaint. Mr. Adler did oddball bees direend—be
gave his some of the chloridyse and pills, aid sent off im-
mediately for the attendance of Mr. Dickeneos sad Mr.
Crank. One of those geotlemen came es soon as he could,
sometime about four o'clock in the afternoon, and when trek{
what had been dons approved of it, inasmuch as what bad
been done was according to his direction. Captain Badde-
ley, however, Dever recovered, be lived only a few
hours after Mr. Crank bad come, and be died
on the morning of the 30th March, being then
in his 73rd year. Next day a Dr. Baddeley (nephew of the
deceased) came to Rampside, mad* inquiries as to his uncle's
death, and then went away. Th. captain bed a servant
sand Wm. Shimoda who was garaged under the ansege-
meet with Mr. Padley. and on the 26th Jeanne, 1843,
Captain Baddeley dictated to Shooed. a letter which be was
to keep till his master's death, sad then deliver to Mr.
Padley. The letter was to the effect that Captain Baddeley
wished Mr. Padley to engage Simonds to convey his remains
to the tomb, and that the plaintiff was to remunerate him
as he thought proper. This was the last written communi-
cation received from Captain liedddey. A few days after-
wards the remains were conveyed to Wigton-hail, and
• dawned is the fsmily vault Mr. Padley beiog prevent si
the fumed. The defendant, Mr. Cooper, now come apse
the stage. He was a surgeon, residing at Ixmith, I. Suffolk,
and was a nephew of the deceased. At the funeral be
shook bands with Mr. Pulley, aid did not appear to
have any hostile intentious towards that gentleman , -
but afterwards, on learning that Captain Baddeley had willed
the whole of the property he had to dispose of to Mr.
Peaty, be was fired with indignation sad fury. It was no
=at this point for the jury to be told one fact with
to the 'viatica, between plaintiff and defnident,
namely, that some time before this the plaintiff bad lest
upon • bond to the defendant, Mr. Cooper, • certain sum of
money, sad had sued Mr. Cooper eadhad obtained exametime,
though the moan had never been paid. A few da_ys after
the funeral Mr. Cooper had • (*emanation with Mr.Vaa, one
of the late Captain Beddeley's tenants, on the subfed of
the illness and death of the captain. Mr. Van said that,
es far as be had dawned, every we and atteetko had
bees bedewed upon the deceased. Mr. Cooper told Mr.
Van that in • few days he would hear of meatithieg that
wield iambs kin ead overyboly. Aimed /4y, en the

Jeep{ Hughes mid Alfred Heard were summoned before
Mr.Heery ipoa.a Fades prosecution, for keeping a refresh-
ment-house without a license, and also foe selling spirit;
wines, Ste., without a lionise.

Mr. Welsh the bireieter, appeared for the crown ; and
Mr. Pook, so , for the defence.

Mr. W elaby opened the aim. The informatics was iD
eight counts, and wen very voluminous. The boas. in
questioa wee formerly known as the Cyder Callan, in
Maiden-lain, and was then kept by the late Mr. Renton
Nicholson, milled Chief Baron Niel:Aura. it bad also an
entrance in the Strand. Since the death of Mr. Nicholson
complaints were constantly made of the indecent nature of
the penes plashques and mock *ids or " Judge and Jury
Society" carried ma therm sad ma mown of the complaints
the renewal of the Scones was refused. The same sahib'.
ties, both of poses plastiques and mock trials. was now
earned on, and the place wee called the Hall of Justin.
404, Strand. The first count charged the &deadest:a with
ke7g • refreshment-house without a linens..
.7 Pock here interposed, and said be felt be could not
resit the prosecution on that coast, and he should, there-
fore. recommend his clients to plied guilty to that charge,
if the crown would be aatiad without premiss convictiola
on the *then. -

Mr. dirt would not seaeint to aay amiageniest. wallet
it wasisetly ualtentoed that the exhibition both of
poem plaationea and meek trials should be at once given
tip. Daily complaints were mad* of their indecent nature,
and the continuation of such an exhibition could not be
tolerated.

after remitting with his dim* add they
were willies to give an uodertakins that both exhibitions
should be discontioued. He hoped, therefore, the crown
would not press for &conviction.
Mr. /leery said he could not permit that. He mat coo-
riot the defendants in a penalty of 20t. on the Hest count,
sad the other coasts must stand over for three nieetlB, to
see if the defendants kept their promise to abandon the ob.
jectiosable exhibition.
Welstry concurred in the view taken by the magis-
trate, and the defendants consented rather than go on with
the ears.

TM magistrate accordingly convicted in the above
penalty andadjourned the remaining counts.

WORSHIP ESPRRET.

Mr. Jude Lyon..., a pawnbroker earryieg oe business in
Brick-lan*, SpitaMelds, was charged before Mr. Leigh. at
the instance of the churchwardens and overseers of elitist-
church, Spitaltlelde, upon no lase than eight different rem.
women charging him under the Pawnbrokers Art, the 39th
and Kith of Grow 111., cap. 99, with the following aeries of
offences.

In consequeoc• of a serious diannbaace occurrag at the
house of the defendant through a gramme oosOained of
by one of his customers cot redeeming some article on a
Sunday which had been pledged previously, the police
applied to Mr. Safford, the clerk, to know what should be
dove in the matter, and Mr. Safford having drawn Mr.
Leigh's attention to it, with the fact of various other offesom
having been also committed by the defendant, Mr. Leigh
iesued an order under the 28th clause of the above-men-
tioned act, to the church widow and overseers of Christ-
church to prosecute the defendant at the expense of that
parish, as the clause in question authorial* him to do.
Mr. Hams, vestry clerk of Christchurch, opened the cuss,
static` that the charges, all of a different character, which
he bad to prefer against the defendant, were of a very mis-
chievous and unusual description for a paws io each a
business to give rim to, sad though he prosecuted the de-
fendant upon Nett summonses only, sad, perhaps. all of
those might not he necessary to follow up to conviction, he
could adduce a number morn if necomary. Mr. Hymn then
celled
Alexander Simpson, a mason, of Myddelton-streel,
Clerkenwell, who stated that on the Thun&y before Whit.
Sunday a basket of tools, cortaining thirteen tools, wss
pledged for him with the defendant for one 'billing, by
a fellow.workmaa of hie Dented Kay, and he and Kay
west to redeem them from the defendant ea Sunday morn-
ing. the 19th of Jab. The defendant had given no dupli-
cate, and no his asking for hie tools the defendant ob-
jected to let him that them, on the ground that be had
ao4 pledged taw for himself, bat &ally, after great diffi-
culty. be obtained pommies of them, the defaidant chasing
bin he. 4d. as pr and interest, though two aids pas
cipl tools were . He offered the defendant the lecal
14d. Interest• bet eadaat refused that recant, saying
that the 4d. was his profit• and he should not have his tools
for lam. He therein' paid his demand, but the police
wen obliethb iwfurlelfsb lad ha. la comeqsanco of the
defeedast's anew% lost the job of work for whale alone
he wanted to radosea the tooth Although it was Sunday
there were wasteereep in sad oat of the shop while
'darn wee dem sad rednemim geode. Mr.
Byam said be scald •abo see other ev4seee to prove
a testiness Sad* ea Swan by the defendant, if the
meanie wished it, sad be amid prove that on one of the
witnesses goiag tbeee sae Saban to redeem, the defendant
asked a wears armed Badding, who wee at hie door, to be
marefal bow demise b, bpi
se wee being washed by the
pones, se that the dedeadaet could set allege Ignorance of
the Jew Ia whet is was dein.
I Several whams', we of them a little girl, peeved that
they had Wimp as Sundays, mad that the defeedaat
wren nosiving more than
wises the artiela were redeemed. the legal interest
Mr. Vans weld not dispute the facto, but threw his
ea the amereind eausidestits el tie east, as his idlest bad

811,—The importance of the racing at Egham
and Oxford, notwithstanding the many large fields they bad
at the latter meeting, will not bear comparison with that
attaching to the proceedings at Stockton-on-Tete, now one
of the tint-class meetiop in the north, and second only to
' Doncaster and York in that part of the country. Than
were some excellent prizes provided, and if they did not
attract a numerous party of quadrupeds, they brought out
mazy of a good class, more especially in regard to the
three-year olds ; and with the St Leger so close at
hand, the performances of Change, Trust, National
Guard, Fria-go-Bnigh, Stockman, Banal* Miss Arm-
strong, Ls Minimum, and Old Gimp Girl were
Invested with more than a passing Interest, for if only
National Guard, Borealis, Erin-go-Brah, and Stockman, ere
themselves engaged in the great Donceseer sweet, the run-
ning of the others seriously influenced the pretensions of
some of the most prominent favourites for it. The greatly
improved Change managed to beat Trustier the Tradestmea's
Handicap without difficulty, which mused the idea to be
pretty generally entertained that be must be equal to Golden
Pledge, who likewise beat Trust essily for the Ebor Handicap
at York, comequently, when Change was pitted against
Borealis and Him Armstrong tot the Great Northern St.
Leger on the second day, the friends of the Pledi?izerhae
an very anxiousto bow be would perform, and on
taming him a meek .ehey were my thing but satisfied, in
despite of hie beating Him Armstrong a long way
for second plan, for the latter ran soil as OW
and would not try • yard when called upon. Thar;
are divided opinions ma to 1101, Borealis beat Change. sad I
for one think she aceomplished the feat cleverly, but cannot
array myself among Golden Pledgee semnimolevenbeless, as,
besides looking upoo Borealis ea • thorough good mare when
in the humour. I could not perceive how Change's perform-
sums with Trust approached that of Golden Pledges. The
latter never allowed Trust to get near him at York, end
there was certainly a faint strangle between Fobert'a oolt
and Change at Stockton, however easily he might have been
defeated at the finish. The Biennial was such an easy affair
for National Guard that, although he best nothing of im-
portance, his St. Leger chance is something better than an
outside one, for he looked a very different bone to that
running in the Derby, and if Watson can get the
superfluous flab off his bones without breaking him
down, he will be • formidable ennomer on the 16th
of September. The meeting of la Toucquesi and
Ohl Orange Girl, in the Stockton Stewards' Cup, with 61b
between them, was considered the most important incident
of the week, as the Ranger bad beaten La Tonoquee in •
center at the Perim meeting, on the 31st of May, and like-
wise beaten Old Orange Out by a seek at York, on the 29th
of August, over about the same distance, • mil* and three-
quarters, in each case. But the betting beforehand skewed
what little faith was placed in this lousing, ea La Tomos.
was made the favourite when celled epos bogies Old Orange
Girl 61b, although en paper the batter was boned to beat her
at even weights, so that the talent' altogether ignored the
French filly's performance in Fronts, sad they were quite
justified in doing so when three who saw her at
Paris, Goodwood, and Stockton ware unanimous in
the opinion she bad so vastly improved. Still, it
must not be booked a certainty that she could
now bast the Ranger, as the York sod Stockton runoieg
would so plainly indicate,i for Old Orange Girl's performance
on Thursday last is an much entitled to be ignored ea that
of La Toucques at the Paris meeting, the ground being palpa-
bly not to her liking, besides widish, she appeared to lave
been indulged with • rest sines her enure race at York.
The restive merits of the Ranger, La Toucques, and Old
Gramm Girl must, oomequently, remain an open question
for the present and the Ranger's position in the market
for the St. Luger has no right to be eons, Ls Touliques's
running speaking as loudly in his favour as that of Old
Orange Girl dors to his disadvantage; and analyate who
ignore the French filly's doings in the Paris Prise, and Old
Orange Girl's in the Stockton Cup, will certainly be oe safer
ground than those who attempt to measure the Ranger by
them.

With such a host of race meetings set for the current
week, not one of them CM take very high rank, and ouly
those at Lichfield, Derby, and Exeter ere worth entering
into, for Totem, and &idgetown, and Weymouth are but
supplementary affairs to Exeter, es is Ludlow to Lichfield
and Derby ; sod the Wilmslow, King's Lyme, and Western
(Ayr) meeting peewee only local attractions. There will be
MOTS real excitement attending the Baden Baden and Cur-
nigh meetings, which will take away from this country a
great portion of the gentlemen rad professional sportamen.
The leading events at Lichfield consist of the Champagne
Stakes, Staffordshire Plate, and Gold Cup; and In the
first-named, a two-year-old race. 1 notice Practitiorier at
get 31b, Dawdle at Set 71b, and the Pretty Girl ally at
Sat 216. it Ming a touch-and-go affair with the three ; the
last-named have the best of it, on public form, if anything
hay. Erin•go-Bragh, 3 yrs, 84 ; Revolver, 3 yrs, 74 71b ;
and Wynostay, IS yrs, Sat 121 b, are the best class horses in the
Staffordshire Plate, and Erio-go-Bregh is the **beat in,"
with all the weight, over ibis distance, which is little over
• mile. He has only 7st 2lb for the Gold Cup oa the
weed day ; bat there is a very different lot to meet, and
it may tare out Tippler is able to give him the required tlb,
if he cannot to the Charming Woman. Clue of Wadlow's
numerous lot lam only Attraction to fear is the This(
Stakes • and the same stable may prove the moat dangerous
of lad Uxbridge's opponents in the Nursery.
At Derby there are • couple of short spins' with tie-
meadons entries, that will be seriously interfered with by
the Lichfield running, which will also say something coo.
owning the Tradesnies's Plate, one mile sad • half,
wherein Tippler, 3 yrs, has bat 74 ; and sop-
=Donnybrook, 3 yrs, tat 6111, to be kept ex-
for the St. Leger, he will not have many to fear,
nor would his stable companion, Dnnowiter, 5 yes, 74 916,
trim he substituted to do -battle, Oldralaster, 5 yra, 134 71h.
being the meetelengerous t, after the Irish coil, of
the stable representative. In the CheeterSekl (twe-year-
old) Stakes, Greenlazid is allowed 71b, and oily in hie
absence could the penalised Loafer or Antoinette hope for
meow. it being not unlikely that Loafer will prefer his
Ournigh engagement. Jane Shore and Wee Aggie per.
formed well enough last week to be dangerous for the
Rummy Plate, with their light weight. ; sad the Clown
has only to put in an appearance to walk away with the
Trial Stakes. He has, however, no certainty in the Her.
riogtoo Plate, a half-mile two-year-old epic, on the mooed
day, for the Beaver ought to sorely trouble him if paned
out by his new Ownee, and the form of Cranbury has also
been very good. le the Chatsworth Stakes, oae mile, DOD.
carter and Donnybrook sue again. engaged; but Stockioger and
Dr. Syntax, whatever the pair may do in the Tradesmen's
Plate, will take some beating, as they both like the distance,
and the Doctor will show what he as really made of with •
strong lad in the aadd/e.

As regards the handicaps at Exeter, I need only remark
that Belle of Yorkshire la turned lore for the chief of
them, the Devoeshire Stakes, a lot of wretched platers
being engaged in the others ; and presuming Dictator and
Crimea will cot s►ow for the County Cup, we hare only
Golden Dust, Michel Grove, and Hirprood, to chore be-
tween therein, and it is a moot point whether either ens
well get the distance, the first-eared being of the hosteler,
if she can. The Illautheed Is the best stake provided, but
with Hengist in the head there would set he many to oppose
him, for Faith end the Mootissima illy are bier penalised,
rdVacunaand Diomed tea beet all the others—l am, Ac.,
METROS.