The Express.
London, England, 1848-04-12 00:00:00

SPORTING.
NEWMARKET CRAVEN MEETlNG—Tcrensv.
SWEEPSTALRE Of 10 sovit. each ; for 3iyr-olds, ist ; four,
Est 4lb ; five and upward., flat Illb lind half Ab. M. ; the winner to
be sold for PM. dic. (3 subs.)
Duke of Bedford's Villiers (F. Butler I
Mr. BAkee'A Keeley
Sir J. Hawley's 14118 Mar(rave (Prince 3
3 to 4 on Villiers,who took the lend from Keeley after they had run
Ulf the &dance, and won rally by a iength. Run in 47 sem.
Mares', 100, ti ft. T.Y.C.
Lord GIAAIN/W'S Discontent ""(Nar) 2
t) 1
Mr. Shelley' Watchdog (P. Sutle
',
cleverly by a length. lion in
1 m1n.17 we.
MATCH.-200, h ft. T.Y.C. Bat 711) each.
Sir J. Hawley'. San Rhaetian (J. Manion) I
wit of uft (F. Butler) 2
Duke of Bedford's c by Ella
3 la 1 oil son sebnatian, who woTn by a length. Run in I min.
21 secs.
RIDDLRBWORTH STAKES of 200 SOTS. each; hft I).M.
(7 subs.)
Col. Peel's Lola Monies (Nat) I
Lord Panconi
5 to 4W on Lolal Monte'',r who waited to the rooky, and won in a canter
•by a length and a half. Run in 1 min. 48 ewe.
WILLESDEN PA DDOCK STA KKK, of 50 sons. each, h ft, with
100 added, the 'wood to race bin Make. ILM. (0 elibL)
Moon It. de Maltaahn'e MANN, Set 41b. (Barthdomew) 1
Mr. Oat rwieko'a Lanilruil,ld I.llb (Nat) 2
Mr. Griffiths'', Healey, KA 411,( Wakefield) 3
7 to 4 and 2 to I on Arnim, who took the Iced, war never e•ught,
end won in a canter by three leagth, Run in 1 min. 5 i wry
N EV:MAIO:ET HANDICAP of 2; awl. each, 10 ft, and 5 ft
only if declared, with 200 SAM 114111,1; the PCNITI,I to receive l(OL out
of the 'dukes. Clermont wow,. (Oh cube., 71 of whom derlared.)
Lord liseter'e St. Demetri, :at 71b (Pettit) I
Mr. Iliggins'e Sir l'eter Laurie, tot 8114 (Donaldson) 2
Mr. Layne's Marquia of Conynglium, Get bib . (Dockeray) 3
The following ton
'darted, 'but were sot placed . eagaclty, lad
Lift, t
rove t Palma, If imbloworth, Lord Glover's f.
by the lirovoet out of Mies Whip, 'Bacchanalian, Sylvan, Good
Boy. 0 to 2 mut Sir Peter Laurie, 6 to I art Marquis of Co-
urlgham, 6to I eget Sagasity, 8 to I agst Mb. Whip filly, Bto I
sget sylvan, In to 1 agst Palma, lo to I aged 14octrine, Ile' to 8 art
Rt. DemetrL Kimbleuworth, sir Peter Laurie, unit the Mien Whip
filly Did in front at the Marld with St. Dernetri and the Me:-
rodeo( Com naham in wnitimr tweet the work in eiwnpum. In the
bolter. himblowortli gave way there, and sir re!, laltrie took
the lead, which lie niaiutiiined to the turn of tie' land, wilt re lie was
collared by tit. Bernetri, and they ran nearly uhrewit to the ropes ;
Bt. lk.metri here took the lead, kept it to chair, and won by • length
Mioluie of Cunt nation third, Bacchanalian fourth, well up, and
Good Boy fifth.—Kan in 3 min. 14 att.
The attendance this afternoon was better in every respect
than on Monday, and the weather more favourable; the lint, too, was
more prolific of apart, containing, in the Ridilleoworth and New-
market Handicap, two I.llCelI of con4oterable interest. The belling,
however, was flat, and the reaulta of the dity, whether taken in refer-
ence to their number, value, or troportunmi, much Wow the average.
Them was no betting of any moment after the race.
MR. MOSTTN'S &CCofficially announcing the in-
tention of Mr. Mostrn to retire from the turf, we have it in our power
to ntate that remiss
have been concluded for the. troruter to
Lord Clifiten of his stud trained at GOOKIIPOIAI, but where, it la wider-
steod, they will continue foe the present. The Ptllll trained near
Ilulywell will, an advirtaied, be offered for sale during We thenter
race Week.
ENTHIEN FOR WEDNESTlAY.—St'llsefiteTtoN PLATY. of
.310. T.Y.C.—Binhop of Itomford's rob, mod, 9.1. 215.; 'I ne Cur,
aged, Oat. 2114.; Julia, 'Jut.; Bowatring, ant. 71b. ; Kanuaro,, 7.. t. ;
Potterly, 7W.
HANDICAP of 20 ROY,. each, Bte., Cambridgeshire Course.
—Barooet, ristiana, Mantilla, Amiss, Cariraima, The Cur, No-go
(late Cum. Con.). _

ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE.

WESTERN ClRCUlT.—Teuerog, APRIL 10.
not Pura.—galore Mr. heron Platt.
Prey O. BIRCII.—A DZFENDANT COMMITTED FOR FOR-
I/MlL—This was an action brought by the plaintiff to re.
cover damages for a breach of contract by the defendant.
The defendant had contracted with the plaintiff to supply
him with 300 sacks of flour at 475. per sack, in order that the
elaintiff might be enabled to snake a tender for supplying
the Tiverton union with bread, which tender was accepted.
About 134 were delivered, when the defendant refused to
supply any mom, unless the plaintiff would pay for it or give
security for the payment, flour having at that time risen to
604. per sack ; the plaintiff obtained security for the payment
of the whole, but the defendant still refused to deliver any
more, and the plaintiff was in consequence obliged to aban-
don his contract with the guardians, and became l iab le to
pay a penalty of 601.: this action was therefore commenced
to recover compensation.
During the trial a witness, named Manley, was called on
the part of the plaintiff, and stated that he came to Taunton
on the commission day to see Mr. Tucker, the attorney for
the plaintiff, but accidentally meeting the defendant, he was
persuaded to accompany him to Messrs. Reeves' office (the
defendant's attorneys), where he saw Mr. Frederick Reeves,
and not being served with a subricena on the part of the
plaintiff, Mr. Reeves promised that if he could leave
the town, and so avoid being subrmnaed by the
plaintiff, he would pay him a disputed claim of
211. 101. Manley accordingly left, but this coming to
the ears of the plaintiff's attorney, Mr. Manley was immedi-
ately pursued, and served with a subptena on the part of the
plaintiff.—The defence set up by the defendant was that he
refused to supply any more flour to the plaintiff, not on
account of the rise in flour, but by virtue of a subsequent
agreement entered into with the plaintiff, whereby he was
discharged from his former contract. This agreement, when
produced, appeared to be a memorandum made in the de-
fendant's pocketeboek by the defendant himself, and pur-
ported to be signed by the plaintiff. By this memorandum
it would appear that the plaintiff agreed, if the defendant
would lend him a sum of W., he would repay it at the next
pay day of the union, as also the price of all flour delivered
up to that time, and if he failed the defendant was to be dis-
charged from Bonding any more flour. At the next pay
day the plaintiff paid 2711., leaving s balance un-
paid ot 63. 9d, The defendant therefore pleaded
that he was discharged from his contract.—Mr. Ed-
wards addressed the jury in reply, and denounced the
whole proceedings on the part of the defendant as a fraud ;
he said that parties who had been guilty of such conduct as
that of the attorney and the defendant in this ewe were
capable of committing forgery or any other crime to suit their
purpom.—Mr. Baron Platt summed up, and left it to the
jury to say whether they believed the plaintiff had signed
tie agreement ma up try the fendant, and by whieii be ex-
cused himself from performing his contract, or whether they
believed the supposed signature to be • forgery. His lord.
ship then said that the conduct of the defendant and of his
attorney, in reference to the witness Manley, was a gross
outrage upon the administration of justice, and he felt as•
sured that if the case were brought before the
court on whose roll the name of this attorney
appeared, the court would order his name f
or bee
struck off, and so prevent his being any longer a
nuisance to the neighbourhood in which he resided. Besides
this, these parties might be indicted for a conspiracy, and he
trusted some one would prepare such an indictment, and
follow it up.—The jury, after a few minute.' delibi ration,
having compared the plaintiff's supposed signature with
others which had been put in evidence, returned their ver-
dict for the plaintiff.—Damages 1071. 10s., at the eame time
saying that they believed Me signature to be a fotgery.—
The book containing the memorandum was then shown to the
plaintiff, who stated that the signature alleged to be his had
not been signed by him.—Mr. Baron Platt then ordered the
defendant to be taken into custody for this forgery, and that
Mr. Tucker, the plaintiff's attorney, be hound over to pro
secute, twhich was done.—Application was then made to
allow the defendant to be balled, which was granted.