The Express.
London, England, 1846-10-28 00:00:00

SPORTING.

NEWMARKET HOUGHTON MEETING.
Tcranay.—Swaxerrancii, of 10 PM each, for 3.. yr olds, ?et 101 b;
four, likt 41b; five and upwards, Set 81b. Last half mile of Ab. M.
The winner to be told for 80 wars. (9 subs.)
lord Chesterfield's Arloniekt (Nal 1
31r. Wreford's Wooden WaR (A. My 2
Mr. Crockford's KIIIWWWths or Howlett 3

The following also started : Needful, Devil to Psi, Little John, Nell
(look, Mersin-v. Betting: 4to 1 each spit Devil to Pa , Killikranlde,
and Wooden Wall. Arkwright, Wooden Wall, and tie, bard
in front, and ran almost abreast to the bushes, where Arkwright took
the lead, kept it, and won by half a length. Considering that the fog
was vo thick that the jockies coald not see fifty yards, the pace was
good.
thrown, of 10 move. each ; for 2-yr old cone, est rib ; and fillies,
Bet 41b. D.M. The winner to be sold for 200 sow. (II subs.)
Mr. Mcodyn's Cireasidan Maid (Abdale) 1
Lord Chesterfield'se. by Homes, out of Industry (Nat) 2
Mr. Jaques's Dipthong
Betting : 2 to 1 agat the winner; and 3to I each agot Bendigo and
Dlpthong. Marie Louise took the lead, attended by Bendigo and the
favourite, Dipthong and the Isinetry oolt waiting. They ran in thin
order, at an indifferent pees. bathe bubo% where the Circassian Maid
took up the running, ran bone a deter winner by a length, and was
elaimetL The Industrytinkbeneng Diptbona by two length,.
Matra, 350 awn 6.111,T.T.C.—1tr. Payne's f. Vanity, Bet Ilb, re-
lished hefielt frana lard Mergow'sf. by Phenix, dainty, Actreon, Set.

;InFAt Of 100 lova, torthavaryier.olds

Lord Orford's br c. Footstool . -
(Mann) I
Lord Randsrtcb's Plaatagenst. (Nat) 2
Sir 3. Ilanley's Prospect. (Prince) 3
Betting: 7 to 2 apt Footstool. sto 1 apt Plantagenet, 7 to 1 apt
Glowiy,l2 to 1 apt Sister to the Nob, 14 to 1 apt Ennui, 15 to I apt
Leaconfirld.

—CikdiiUnand Seven's-the-Main made the running across the flat,
the others spread all over the course, but in which order it would
puzzle a conjuror" to make out. At the turns of the lands Plan-
tagenet went in front, and, with Prospect, Glossy, Feeetool, Ennui,
and Seven's-the-Main in attendance, kept the lead to the Duke's
Stand; k'ootstool now showed to advance was never afterwards
caught, and won cleverly by a • Plantagenet beating Prospect
for second by • head, Glassy fourth, and Seven's-the-Maui fifth.
Carminov Smelts, of 30 110f6. each, 20 ft.; for two-year-olds, Est 71b;
and fillies, ltst 31b. The seem:Mtn save his stake. From the Turn of
the Lands in. (4t subs.)
Loni Stradbroke's Coningsby (P. Butleri 1
Mr. Payne's Clementina (7lb *sera) (Nat 2
Mr. Gay's Mainbrare (S. Day 3
Mr. Steer's Dublin colt (Darthokanew 4
Betting : 6 to 4 agst Coniageby, 7 to 4 apt Cketiatina, 3 to 1 agit
Mainbrace.

Coningoby made play at a good pace, followed by 7dainbreoe and
the Redshank colt, Clementine waiting. In this order there was no
change till they reached the Duke's stand, where Mainbrsce and the
Redithank colt were beaten, and Clementine went in waiting on
Cortingeby, gradually drawing up from the distance; she came a few
strides from home, but never got up, the horse winning, not without
severe ptudshmertt, by a head ; Malnbram was a very bad third.
Manx, 100, h. ft., Mt 71b each, D.M.—Duke of Bedford's Captain
Phebus (Butler). bent Duke of ItutLind's Muttons (Robinson). 6to 4
on Paultons. Won by a neck.
Marra, 100, h. ft., Lest ILslf of Ab. M.—Duke of Bedford's Beth-
phase, bet (Butler), beat Mr. Oeladdeston's Gieelle, Set 71b (Marlow).
bto4 on ltethphage. Won by a head.
Freer Porno*, for two-year-olds, a feather ; three years, 7st Mb ;
four, bet 91b; five, Sat 31b; ati sad aged, fist 71b. The winner to be
sold for 300 0., t f demanded, Re. Lest three miles of B.C.
Lord Eglinton's Erik (Green, Jun.) 1
Mr. Wreford's Wit'ssnd. (A. Day 2
Mr. Crockford's Metre's Jean CRO6Oe9 3
Betting: Even on Wit's-end, and 5 to 1 each .against Bryn and
Louisa Newell. Bryn made all the running, was never approached,
woo by Sec lengths, and was claimed. A more complete tall WWI
,peer

lirsri;,2oo, h. ft., Bst 7lb each, D.M.-21r. 3loore's Wolf.dos re-
ceives 73 sows. of Duke of Bedford's Oakley.

CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT .—YESTERDAY. ESTERDAY.
OLD COl:MT.—Before the Recorder and Mr. Bullock.
A BASE SPllLLlNo,—Margaret Murphy, art Irish girl,
was placed at the bar before the Recorder, to receive the
sentence of the court upon an indictment charging her with
unlawfully uttering a counterfeit shilling, to which she
pleaded guilty at the last session. The case had stood over
for the purpose of inquiry, and the result exhibited great de-
pravity on the part of the accused. It appeared that she was
servant ata public-home, and that upon the occasion in ques-
tion a person had taken some refreshment, and tendered a
shilling, which the prisoner declared to be counterfeit, and
the party was taken into custody ; and the prisoner, upon
the Inquiry before the magistrate, swore most positively that
the accused party gave her a bad shilling, and he was in jeo-
pardy:of being committed to take kis trial, when fortunately
for the ends of truth and justice, some circumstance trans-
pired which aroused suspicion, and the girl was closely
questioned, and she at length admitted that the charge she
had mule was without foundation, and that she had herself
substituted a bad shilling of her own for the good one given to'
her by the customer at the time in question.—The Recorder
animadverted severely on the prisoner's depravity. telling her
that if she had been convicted of perjury she would have been
liable to transportation, and under the circumstances he felt

it to be his duty to pars upon her the full period of punish-
ment affixed by the law to the case of a single uttering.
Taking into consideration, therefore, the imprisonment she
had already undergone, the sentence was that she be kept to
hard labour fcr ten calendar months.
HLAEORATI AND HEARTLESS F/LAIJD. Williams Thomas
Poyser, bootanaker, was indicted for a misdemeanor, in
obtaining from Mary Woodhouse the sum of 201., by false
pretences.—Mrs. Mary Woodhouse deposed that she resided
at Nottingham, and was a widow with five children. At
her husband's death she was left with an annuity of 301. a
year to support herself and family. She had reason to believe
that she was entitled to some property at Nottingham that
bed belonged to a person named takes, and in June, 11146,
the prisoner was introduced to her as being lately to assist
her in making out her claim. From this time she conti-
nually gars lum money, and he represented that be
CONnal4lllMilsa with Mr. Fitegerald Strathersi, a barrister
in lincerlernblekileldet who he said wee maim her rase
through the pm% nadlionyesendly showed hen LAeril put-
no -its' :AAA bptinitgoodeemesdotoding the progress
' op suit Oneasaesseirelostablathattholtooristor omitted
201. to take the matter into the Count of Chanolop, tad Ike
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dit anfrombehrertafrilleingadst:::dibethatprisonersil. leitel; her th-a'all:
letlalt denian to anyt "onde for ttre neye ttrat was a sell that and not
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her fortune. In one of the letters the prisoner
her, the barrister appeared to give a description of
tie property, end represented that there were 600,0001. in
the funds, besides estates, and after this she consented to sell
her annuity, and nearly the whole of the proceeds went into
the bands of the prisoner in order to assist in the prosecution
of the pretended suit. At length, she said, a letter was re-
ceived from the barrister, in which it was stated that the
whole matter was settled, and she would immediately come
Intoepossession of her property, but that 501. were required to
ex le the proceedings,and this sum she also gave prisoner,
it was arranged that they were to go up to London the
next day and have the sum of 490,0001., which was said
to be in the funds, transferred to her name. (A laugh.)
The stewards from the different Inns of Court were
earl to prove that there was no barrister named Strathern
belonging to either of them, and it was clearly shown that
the statements of the prisoner were all false, and were merely
made for the purpose of deceiving the proseentrix and de-
frauding her of her money. The prisoner in his defence
made a long rambling statement, and asserted that the pro-
'nutria had been laid hold of by some people at Notting-
ham, who called themselves " spiritual illuminati," and who
were in the habit of making use of a glass, and pretended
magic, and had led the prasseuttix by these means to believe
that she was entitled to large property, and it sou they who
had induced her to dispose of her annuity, and not him. He
denied having made any representations that he had
employed a barrister, and sainted that he had not received
any money from the prosecutrix. except to pay his ex-
when he was making inquiries for her in Lu.—
Trßecorder having summed up the jury imme-
diately returned a verdict of Guilty.—The learned Judge, in
passing sentence, told the prisoner that he bad been con-
victed of a very bad offence. It had been proved that he
had imposed upon a weak and credulous woman the belief
that she was to come into the possession of large property,
and by that means had defrauded her of a considerable sum
of money; and, besides this, had induced her to make away
with the little income upon which she and her children
mainly depended for sabsistenee. He considered it n very
bad case, and, therefore, felt it his duty to inflict the full
measure of punishment fixed by the statute for offences of
this description, which was, that he be transported for seven
years.

NEW o:lURT.—Babe the Common •erjeant.
blaNsLauoirrzz.—Jasms Carpenter, aged 21, wax in-
dicted for feloniously killing and slaying William Norman.
Samuel Joram said he was a lock-keeper of the Grand
Junction Canal, and the prisoner was employed on one of
the barges. On the 26th of September he heard the de-
oeseed quarrelling with the prisoner, whom he found fault
with for not having the lock ready for his barge to past
through. Re heard them call each other liars, and sew
them commence fighting. George Norman, brother of the
deceased, said he saw the commencement of the fight ; his
brother, who was of intemperate habits, and rather cor-
pulent, challenged the prisoner to fight, and removed to an-
other place for that purpose. After fighting a short time, his
brother wished to go into • field and finish the fight, but
the prisoner seemed willing to give it up. Deceased in-
sisted and took off his shirt, and again, after striking a few
blows, fell, and the prisoner said, " Take him away, I won't
fight any more." Witness thought deceased was in a fit at
tie time, but when he lifted him up he found that he was
deed. The prisoner, when acquainted with this, seemed
Tay much to regret that he had killed the deceased.—Mr.
Kidd, a surgeon, saw the deceased, and observed several
contusions on the face, none of which were of a nature to
sense death. On opening the skull he found the vessels
leading to the brain were greatly injured, causing • pressure
and flow of blood to the brain quite sufficient to muse his
death. The prisoner was acquitted.
VENTILATION OP THE COIYHT.—Mr. Bellantine com-
plained to the learned judge of the disgraceful way the court
was ventilated. At one time it was so very cold there was
no enduring it. The fact was, that the man who for-
merly acted under Dr. Reid, and who seemed to un-
derstand the ventilation of the court, and did his duty as
well as the apparatus permitted him, was displaced from
his situation, in order to make room for an incom-
petent person. The Common Serjeant said he would speak
to the chairman of the City Lands Committee, and endeavour
to get the saw, who, to him, seemed to understand his
business.

MIDDLESEX SESSIONS.
Before Mr. Elerleant Adams.
These sessions commenced yesterday. There were 72 pri-
soners for trial, namely-62 for felony and 10 for misde-
meanor. There were 48 men, 18 women, 6 male juveniles,
and 1 female.
JUVENILE OFFENDERS.—henry Whilehouee, aged 14
years, was indicted for stealing a coat, value 10s. The little
fellow pleaded " guilty," and bursting into tears said he
would not have thought of committing the crime had not
his father turned him out of doors.—Mr. Graham (a magis-
trate) was understood to make an observation as to the de-
sirability of charging the child's father for his support, as he
was responsible for the child's conduct under such circum-
stances.—The learned Judge replied, that unfortunately
they could not do that. If the law were so amended it would
be a great advantage. It was idle to expect to reform birfa;
till there was something of a parental character in their
punishment it was quite erroneous to suppose that a gaol
was a proper place of punishment for children. The Court
sentenced the prisoner to three months' imprisonment.
Jeremiah Callaghan, aged only tea years, another urchin
under similar circumstances, pleaded guilty" to an indict-
ment charging him with stealing two live pigeons, value 10s.
—He was sentenced to one month's imprisonment, and
ordered to be whipped with a birch-rod at the end of the