The Express.
London, England, 1847-10-26 00:00:00

BETTING ON TILE CAMBRIDGESHIRESTAKES.‘

MONDAY MOILWINO.-8 to 1 agst Chselle, 9 to 1 Ntst
Patriot, tote 1 apt Geraldine, It to 1 apt Vanish, 14 to I apt Black-
bird (t), 15 to 1 apt Ilydranges, 15 tol aastQusen Nary, 40 to I apt
The Widow.—Newcourt is not expected to start.

EN' AL A 791 kc.

WEDNE9DAT.—Dukeofßeellord's Duplicity, Bst 71b, agst
01. Anton's Counties, Sot Mb. T.T.C. 100/., k ft.
TRURSDAY.—Mr, G. H. Moore's Waking, Bst 1216, apt
kir. Payne's Clementine, rot 51b. 3001., b ft.
Mr. Mostyn's Queen Mary, Bat 71b, apt Duke of Bedford'.
7.t 101h' Cambridgeshire Course. 200/.02 ft.
Mr. Sandforth's Kimbleworth apt Mr. Gordon's Queen
Mary. 2004 h ft. OR by consent.
FKIDAY.—Mr. Lowther'ii Black Doe, Bst 711,, apt Lord
Strallunore's Caoion Flower, Set 416. 50/, h ft. T.I.C.
SATUKDAY.—Mr. Payne's Clementine, B,t 41b, agst Oahe
of Bedfurti's lillitre, Sat Mb. First half of Ab.M. SON., it ft.
Lord Strathmore's The Switcher receives 251. forfeit front
Mr. Crawford's Humdrum.
The weather was fine, but the attendance watt not by any means so
great as we have been In the habit of witnessing at the commence-
ment of the Houghton week; and the hot, which contained no lees
than fourteen stakes and matches, proluoed only eta natal. The
defeat of Plateateber was the mile feature of the day, and this did not
appear to take anybody by surprioe. lle is said to have been lame for
mow days post.

GREAT wit:norm CHAMPION COURSING MEETING.
BATURDAT.—GBIAT WESTERN CUP Of 3201. was won by
Mr. Killer's Merry Igo beating Sir James Bowell's King Canute.
DRUID CUP of 3201. was won by Captain Wyndbarn'e
Wildfire and Mr. Long's Lord George. who divided.
STONEHENGE COO Poppy STAKES were won by Mr.
Miller's Merry Lad ; and the Elston Stake foe Bitch Puppies, by his
Miracle.
BEACON HILL STARER were divided by Sir J. Boswell's
Royalist and Mr. A. Graham's British Lion; and the Everley Stakes
by Sir J. Boswell's Anna Merton and Mr. Fowles's Plicebe.

SURREY SESSIONS.
Ettore Thomas Puckle. Fie., and a full bench of magistrate&
The adjourned Michaelmas sessions took place yesterday,
at the Court-boner, Newington-causeway. The calendar
was rather light, owing to the general quarter sessions having
terminated only on Saturday last. There were 33 eases of
felony, and about 14 misdemeanors, several of which were
traversed from last sessions.
Anent:LT IN THI QURIEN.B PlitnOrt—J. Barrett*, an
Italian, F. Tolfree, and J. Clark, were indicted for a violent
assault en; Mr. H. Davis, late an inmate of the ;Prison.-
11. Davis said that he was a communion agent, and rol-dud
at 91, Newman-street, Oxford-street On the 14th of July
hat he was confined in the Queen's prison for debt, and on
the evening of that day was standing at the bottom of No. 4
staircase, talking with &person named Wyatt, when Mr.
Barrette and Mr. Clark came up ; Tolfreeloined them, when
Barrett* called witness a liar, and struck him. He fell down,
and while on the ground Clark struck him on the head. He
wu also kicked several times until he became insensible.
His head was covered with contusions, and the left side of his
face was severely cut. Witness bad been for a length
of time suffering from a complaint in the head,
and the assault be received rendered him inca-
pable of leaving his room for some time. —W.
Griffin said he witnessed the assault complained of. Cle-
ment Wyatt also stated that he was talking with the prose-
cutor when Mr. Barrette, usinr an oath, called him a liar,
and instantly struck him ; Clark also struck him, when com-
plainant fell down, and was kicked about the face—Francis
Martin, night watchman in the prison, said that on the night
in question he heard cries of murder, and on arriving at the
spot he saw Mr. Davis on the ground bleeding from the fall.
Clark struck him while down, and on his attempting to pre-
vent any further injury, Barrette struck him, for which
assault he also stood indicted. Mr. John Ryan, M.D., said
that he wax an inmate in the Queen's Prison at the time of
the assault. He was seat for into the lobby, and sew the
complainant partially insensible from a wound on the bead
and • cut on the side of the face. His body also was covered
with bruises. He remained under his charge about a month.—
Mr. Charnoek addressed the jury for the defence, contending
that the defendants acted under excitement from the provoca-
tion they had received from the complainant. Mr. Tolfree was
a major in the army ; and Mr. Clark, a captain, both gentle.
men by profession, who had been maligned by the com-
plainant, who had been in nearly fifty different schemes.
Such a person ought not to be believed ; a short time ago he
was • Jew, and now be came before them as a Christian; he
hoped, therefore, that the jury would consider their verdict
and be as lenient as possible.—The chairman, in summing
up, said that there could not be any doubt that Barrette and
Clark committed the assault on the prosecutor, but with
respect to Tolfree it would be for the jury to consider, as
the only evidence against him was that of the prosecutor.--
The jury found Barrett° and Clark guilty, and acquitted
Tolfree—and the court sentenced the two former, Barretto
to aix months, and Clark four months', imprisonment in the
common gaol.