The Express.
London, England, 1856-12-25 00:00:00

reitelvieg 51b from her, Angry, Bkyoutter, Wardismaareke,
Matilde, and Special L•eesse also rooting. It hes sires
been proved th.tt Blink Bossy bad no butane when she
was—behind Augury as well so Lady Hawthora—and tab
Inc tato coceideratioft the differeisoe is the weights.—ray 1
Augury gave her 31b and ran her to a neck—the Timor, is
not much to bout of; sad even aupposiag the ram was •I
true.rmi one, the tables ought to be timed oft her by both
• °moments at level weights. Bbe certainly le • doe strapping
um, sad nut very raw; but wing that Bitak Ilftiny d.dl
sot show within about 14Ib of whet she had before sad Ilse
siDeS, she mat not be too freely backed, eves when in full .
bloom. My opinion is sloe against her oa the ground that
she is math too big for the Bosom Dowse, for my fumy ; sod
another hole in her cost Is the fact of Memoir. r bolos so
mach faceted by some partisans of the stable,menting to show
that they haws • doubt which is the better of tbe two.
Montagu beat Mohawk, Keepsake, sad Bel Cheese Yes,
essay at Newmarket, sad he immediately found Meade;
yet the Clarissa colt beat Mohawk quite us easily at the same
ninths", ad I cannot thisk that the running *build haws
improved tens bones position more than the other's. If
Messurger had been such a flyer his piety would not have
let 100 to Igo beggiog about bits beton the rec.. I should
sot stead against anythiost that is backed is 'smut from
the stable, bat they seem is such doubt which is their best
that I am afraid the pair are no better thus their running
would make them. I cannot have Messenger at any rate,
sad the superior animal of the two will turn out to be The
Ludy, although bar action will sot suit the Derby Coarse ;
she must also show herself msuy pounds better tls-u Mee
msg.., before eke has say chancy. METEOR.
Dm. 20.

TER MURDER AT B,
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1 LIVERPOOL, Wanessovt.
The inquest on the body of the policeman Vaughan,
who was brutally murdered (es reported yesterday), was
held last sight at Birkenhead.
Th• pap having been sworn, prooseded to slew the body
of the deceased, after which the following evidence was
eddseed :

Yee lase Batley, residing in Cheater-Newt, Birkenhead,
deposal that about half put one o'clock that mondeg she
had oesmisio• to send for • poliecassa, became tee two pri.
*oases were knocking at her door, which is a public how,
and she could not sank them. The deceased, who was the
policeman fetched, told then to get away home, and be
walked down the street with them.
By the Coroner—Did you give them into custody ?
Witssee—No I did not. 1 did not see anything men of
then, or the deceased. I cannot say whether the sea were
drunk or sober, but I Umtata at first they were drank ;
but from the way they talked I cannot now be positive.
By a Juror—They bad r ot been &faking at my bonus in
the course of the any or night. lam sure the men knew
quite well whet they were after at the time they were
there.

prisoner Smith—That is quite sanest what she says.
I did kick the do

Tbe prisoner Breen—Cu yos ny that we both kicked
the dcor ?

TtiiiWitatia—No, I candid, bat I ham that the stoat
aim did.

PaWick Fox, s groom, stated—l live la Albion-attest,
Birkenhead. Lest night I west to the house of the last
witness, sod she malted is. to go tor • polies constable. I
fetched the deetased, who west uo to the. and told them
to go hone. They then said, " Well, Mr. Vaughan, you
will twain us, as wa want nothing more time a gloat of
sentethisig to drink." The &cooed vl4 then that they
would 'mitt seythusit to drlok that night, and that they
had better go hone and go to bed. Mn. Boltley then opined
the doer sad told the dimmed to no them oil, but 1 caaaot
say the exert septersioo.
The prisoner Liming—She told him to taker us to Bride-
we'!.

TESTIMONIAL TO MR. HODGSON, THE LX-
MAYOR OF BIRMINGHAM.

The Witnees—Tbe men went quietly away, sad the
deceased followed thee a short distance. This is all I saw
or heard. _

THE EXPRESS, THURSDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 25, 1856.

way of defending myself. That Is all I hays to say, except'
that I did not do it with the it:Omni= of mardsr. The
prim:we. Breen was ■ sear Vaushas.
The Co,aser than summed ■p the case to the jury He
said the facts of the emit were so steer, that it was quite
voutiomary for Islm to details them with any observationr.
He briefly serrated ifs fuel, and then left it to the jury .0
say whetter they would coulee, Smith reapoosiale for the
set he had emmitted ; bat of course, if there was a doubt,
they would give him the benefit of it. With regard to the
other prisoner, there was CO evidence evilest him, aad
therefore he thought they watld exclude him altogether
from their verdict; but he could not see how, on the seem-
roberated statement of Bmith, which was not muck to be
relied on, they could do le," than gad a verdict of wilful
murder; but still, If they behaved it. and thought that he
ban beta abed by the digested as he has stated, then they
might find a verdict of saanalinighter.
The jury retired at five situates altar 8, sad after as
atones of five minutes returned into court with a verdict
of Wilful Herder against Thrates Smith
Tl.e prisoner was then committed to take hi. trial at the
mat assizes.

Upon the prisoner bowleg the verdict of the jury. he
turned dreadfully pale, and it was wit► great effort that he
could keep from @Podding teen. He evidently felt the
awful pantie° I. w►iea be woe placed, although throughout
the icons's% he did sot at pear to be paying much attention
to what was going ou, bong la • son of stupor. At the
time the Inquest closed, them were b•edr.ds of person
waiting about the counts ascertain the result, and dense
the hearing the Interior of the court was crowded by the
inhabitants if the tows.