The Express.
London, England, 1867-07-29 00:00:00

THE MEETING AT GOODWOOD.

TO THE IDITOII OP PHI ELPSZIP.

sn:,—Julius defeated by hie Guineas trial
bow, Hume succumbing to a plater, Lecturer " no-
where " in a Cup race, and the everlasting Moulse) having
to suffer easy defeat on a mile coarse--these were the
most striking incidents of the eight days' racing Lro,..ght
eff during the past week at Raddiffe, Huntingdon, V. Ju-
nketer, and Southampton. But no one believes in the
absolute correctness of such running, which will be so soon
contradicted, perhaps, that it would be waste of time try-
leg to " analyse " it, especially when Julius, Lecturer.
and Moulsey will have to be noticed in connection with
some of the events before me that come off at Goodwood.
Here high revel will be kept during the current week.
those members of the ilife who were detained at home by
the grand doings to entertain a Sultan, a Viceroy. and
two or three thousand other noble fellows, being bound to
Amish up at the Sussex beauty show, threatening as that
marplot St. Switbin • -who can do more injury to •' gor-
geous Goodwood" than to any other race gather's...—
may have been for days past. However, no matter
bow his saintahip may behave, the actual sport is certain
to be mica, is events already being made up, whilst the
four yet to close are pretty certain to fill. The only fault
to be .ound with the bill of dare, in fact, is the immense
number of dishes served up, and even this will be remedied
by a few walks over, so that if the cards are only
ously compiled, niece pleasure seeker@ will not have to
" suffer" more than seven or eight races per diem, to wit.
sass all the features.

Of tat, doses events set for Tuesday a couple are insig-
nificant selling affairs, with the Come Arouse filly and
Ganymede entered, that only post-betters should be MM•
nested in ; but the 901. Craven Stakes, with Moulsey,
Ostreger, and Volunteer in at est "lb each, Ravioli at
Set 211., and Vandyke at Sat Jib, must provoke general
excitemeat if the three elders run. An opportunity will
be afforded Moulsey to partially show whether Volunteer
bad as.y business besting him easily over a mile at Hen•
tingden, though this course is two furlongs further ; and
also whether ho is capable of giving Ostreger the Glb he is
banditapped to do in the Cneeterfield Cup—which, on
the strength of their race at Epsom over the like distanze,
he is mite capable of doing. Nevertheless, Ostreger ran
so much better at Goodwood last year than on any other
course th it I shall not be astonished if they reverie posi-
tions here, and Mouleey hen toplay second fiddle to kite.
Should the lewel horse pull through,Gladiator,inthe same
stable, will be reeved up, very warm for the six furlong
Steward,' Cup, anal but for lux being such a rogue, the son
of Dividend would be worth standing under any circum-
stances, with hie light weight. He is already one of the
" goo. i things" in the market, the Duke of Beaufort's Seville,
Captain Christie's Jeannie Deans, Mr. J. Di eon's Langlime.
Mr. Hodgman's colt by Longbow, Mr. G. Bryan's laneret, Sir
F. Johnetene's Bodement., Sir J. Hawley's Wolsey, Mr.
Fulkies Lounge, and Major Fridolises Czar comprising
the others that are—with a good show of ne.son—fancied
by the 'say birds, The Duke of Hamilton's three. Sul-
am, Greenlee*, and Highland Sister, are likewise all
"sure to win," and if the best of them does not, it will
andel:ht.:My be very near, especially should the reports as
to the filly's great trial be correct, W. Gaiter, again,
may serve up a hot one—and he is never very far oat in
this kind of (zee, though my fancy leans more to the Sul-
tan Jeannie Deans, Longbow colt, and Rodomonte
divisions, and were the lass-named to " come " in earnest
he might turn out thy identical pea. In the mile Roue
Stakes bath of the Duke of Beaufort's, Vauban and Vim-
dim, have to put up 15Ib extra, Bismarck being likewise
penalised 131 b, and Opoponax 121 b; and as D'Estournel
has only a six-pounder, cud Taraban Jib, whilst Es•
'amateur takes a 71b allowance• we may not have one of the
four running, good chance as Vauban possesses,
In the latter's absence, Taraban has only to beat his
brother "pig," Dlfejoitisiel, to win, and were the distance
half a mile further I should look upon this as a certainty.
Yorkshire haa also a capital chance of beating the south in
the Gmtwicke, as the Sunflower filly and Redbourne are
vastly inferior to the erratic Bumblekite. and " the Ad-
miral " hes weighted the dark Summertime—once backed
:ter the Derby—like a rank bed one in the Chasten:Lehi
lreetwickb gluttony, too, may get him home before the
southrons for the Annealey Stakes, over three miles and
furlongs, the noa-staying Cranford, Claverhnuse,
tflphus, and Crown Prince being inferior to him over any
distance when he is in his proper form. Three matches—
sae a moot sporting affair for a thousand, between Mr.
Crenshaw's hailer and Mr. P. Hobson 's Weather Isle,
OWeele up help to swell out the programme, and they are
sure to be heavily speculated upon, my affections being
centred in those boasting the best of the weights—viz.,
Nailer, Parma, sad Chantilly. Tire two year old races are
both pretty open, se the best of Lord Stamford's in the
Hain —perhaps Idalia—is not a firstrater, though she looks
like the winner; and for the Levant, we have the uncer-
tain Athena eilb extra), Innerdale (Jib extra), Ice Sarraxin
(3lb extra), Balsams; V.de Royal, and St. Ronan appe trait
the cream of the old hands. It is said tone of Mr. Chap-
lin's horses will see Goodwood, and hence the last-named
will Fe out of the way of Athena, who will beat both In-
aerdnle and Vale Royal over this easy half-mile, if in the
humour; and, as Glenderg is not quite ready yet, perhaps
all the dirties (Bel thane in said to bee clipper), Lord
Stamford, failing her, being the mast likely to obtain the
judge's sr, edict. It is a angular fact, if Mr. Chaplin made up
his mind • week ago not to be represented at the meeting,
that ha horses are not struck out yet, an omission which
causes many to think Blinkhoolie may be a second Hermit
in the Goodwood Staked, run for on Wednesday, more par-
ticularly as all manner of reasons are advanced why he can-
not win. But an opportunity to get heavy money un him
was !ever afforded, and in all probability he is as " dead "
as Aggravator and Lord of the Dales, two other supposed
good hates things have gone wrong with. From i‘ppear-
ances, the field will be • very poor one; the moderate
Chimera, with 'tat to carry, being nearly first favourite, so
" su9ficions" are most of the lightweights that have been
in the market. Dulcimer, Guy of Widwick, and Pakrita
have been unmercifully peppered, whilst the signs do not
look very rosy concerning Tyndale, Owain Glyndwr, or
Clarice, all supposed to be certain starters. The latter
has never shown form to win such a race ; nor has Pakrita
or Guy of Warwick for that matter, light as were their
isphts. But the Guy was reputed to have done arch a
thing with Nine Elms, who did not run badly at
Huntingdon, that his chance was considered second to
none. so that now his starting is set down as more doubtful
than the count's horse, there mast have been • great mis-
take made somewhere. Dulcimer, again (who could
"win in • walk," on paper), went just when she should
have cone, after Bradamante's victories ; and• ac-
cording to he latest prices, there are only Camera,
Lucifer, Jezebel, Douro, Wild Briar, Via, and Vidi
positively alive, though some of the tif; to 1 division—
such as Opoponax, the jetty Le Dauphine, and Nine Elms—
might swell the field. The Douro and Vidi parties stick
to them, in the face of their bed performances last week,
and they are too good judges for me to set up what the ehro-
nielee say against their money ; still, there is a good
beneacap home to beat in Lucifer, besides the favourite
Jezehel, and should anything beat this latter pair, it may
only be one of the supposed " dead 'one," such as Tyne-
dale, my actual preference being for Lord St. Vinoent's
ally. The Findon Stakes, three-quarterr, is more open at
present than any of Tuesday's juvenile races, Beldam
and Maraeluke (alb extra) being about the best that I
know of, pending Bel Genno's exhibition, with others, on
Tuesday ; but the 3-yr-old items are more easily settled,
for the colts' SOO son, sweep is at the mercy of Vauban,
whilst in that for fillies Ines may have only Cellina to
beat, and Fripounier in the Goodwood Derby,with Vauban
agar in the Drawing Room, have merely to ask to have.
Of the three minor events that make up the nine in the
Stakes Dey's list, two are handicaps, the weights for which I
have to be adjusted, and the Cowdray ie hut a selling race
which only the worst of the entry may mutest.
A dozen items are to be disposed of on the Cup Day ;
but two of these are matches (that may result in favour of
Xi and Parma respectively), and Lord le.h.nouth and Mr.
Merry should get the Sweet and the 200 nova. Sweeiedakes
without a straggle, thereby leaving their horses fresh to
contend against Formosa and Tregragle— eery close
together—for the Seventeenth Memorial. Another juvenile
span. the Milecomb, will give Europa • turn— perhaps an
easy one ; and then we have Vauban or Virirlis to beat
Pripoonier for the 50 nom Sweepotakes., and Vauban to
do for Taraban in the Sixteenth Memorial, the Fifteenth
being Westwiek's plum, supposing be can get through the
Anhealey all rigid. The Racing Stakes is not so easily
given to Julius, after bin NVincliester defeat ; still, with a
lock-7 who understands him better than Crow in the I
saddle, be may manage to beat the Palmer (51b. extra) ;
and were Lecturer to go in for the Cep, I should expect
him to prove the Huntingdon business all wrong, albeit
it must not be supposed the Amanda colt, receiving
411 b, had no business to beat him. But Moulisey had not,
in despite of the Bath Cup performance; mid Lecturer, for
all his penalty, would be a greater favourite than his old
concueror were he to show. However, it is understood
that the Danbury people intend to stand solely on Vau-
ban, and if so the race will be a match between the
Guineas' winner and Regalia, my preference—a very slight
one—being for the Duke of Beaufort's youngster. The
Chichester Handicap will not be published until Wednes-
day, when the entries for four of Friday's races have to ba
made, most of the five completed being too dependent on
how matters progress on the three first day. to be worth
looking at now. I notice Ines and Duchess in the Nassau,
Ostreger and a host of the Stewards' Cup good things
nicely in the Chesterfield, the Fawn and Blueskin in the
Nursery, and See-saw in the Sweepstakes ; but Friday is
invariably such an unlucky day for backers at Goodwood
that I do not care to risk earning their by making
" selections " now, especially as the matters to be decided
will be in no condition to meddle with until the cards are
prated. —I am, 14e., METEOR.

TATTERBALVS.-SAT!'RUAT.

In accordance with annual custom. the subscription room
was open to-day to afford extra opportunities for comparing. set-
thug and watering. Taking the Goodwood event^ In their order
the Stewards' Cap may be ftrztaltuded to. For this race Anima,
as elsewhere, received the greatest amount of support, 100 to
being @engirt times accepted readily. After him Lozenge and
Jeanie Deana were about in equal request, while Seville had
many friends, and the remaining horses quoted found favour
in several quarters. One of the Incidents of the bettlnghocithis
Me was that of a well-known backer selectiligtwenty for
an even thousand, but the mimes of the 'chosen score not
transpire. For the Stakes, Jezebel continued very Ann, her sup-
porters raanifesUng unwavering confidence on her behalf, and
moral heavy outlays bolas astradad to her from usually wall-

informed quarters. At nue period of the afternoon Sto to 200
was taken iti one het, and 5 to 1 was accepted with alacrity.
Towards the a.se, however, these odds were oared. tint not the
tithe of a point more was obtainable. Ilimicra was not in that re-
quest she was further eastward la the morning, the offers
against her gradually extending from 6 to 1 to 7 to 1 without
finding takers. The demand for Lucifer, which had made Itself
felt during the peerless twetityloar hours, still prevailed, all
the Ws to 1 being hunfed up, and in the end toddled in vain.
, i., met with a moderate amount of quiet support, and to the
four thus mentioned the bulk of the betting we. confined. Guy
if Warwick occupied LA/ mysterious a position that it is difficult
to Mg whathis exact price was; certainly not less than. 10 to 1
could have been had, and, as it we., 6 tot was accepted with a
start. Notwithstanding the firmness of her stahle com-
panion, Wild Briar, was frequently inquired after ; the outdate
°Nem against her were 12 to I, stile 14 to I would have been
taken readily. Clarks and Vidi were shoulder to shoulder at 100
to 6 taken and offered, while 1) hedale, after being backed at
100 to 7. had 20 to I quoted against him. Mr. Ten Brneek
was offered 1000 to 60 against his pair, which he did not think fit
to accept and one speculator who proposed to hack Moe Elms,
on being offered 40 to 1 stood out fur ten points more. Specula.
lion on the Goodwood Cup progressed very slowly. Up till
nearly the finish nothing was Mine, but at the last moment
Vauban was backed at 5 to 2, Regalia and Lecturer being the
slily others mentioned With regard to the lout-named it was
observable that the hostility against him had somewhat toned
down, the offers in no instance exceeding 4 to 1. The betting
on the Derby was not of en extensive character. f.iiffelk
received steady support at his old price, 16 to 1, while two coin.
pamMvsb new rnudidates, Thunderstorm and Lord I..druerston,
were introduced into the quotatiors, which, with the other
trainactiona of the afternoon, arc recorded below.

STEWARDS' CCP !GOODWOOD'.
100 to 9 apt Duke of Hamilton's !Magas. S vs, Rd Slb
100 to 7 names Lozenge, 5 yrs, 7st alb .t)
100 to 0 Captain Cluistia'sJeanio Deails,3yrs,oht 101b(t1
100 to G Duke of liesufort's Seville, S yrs, est 131 b ,t)
20 to 1 Duke of Hamilton's Highland Sister, 3 yrs,
144 71b
Pi to 1 Lord Coventry's la Ifaudite, Syrs. Mt flb 3)
to I lilt J. Hawley's XI. 4 yrs, Bst 11Ib
20 to 1 8. Thelinamon's °Wiliam, 4 yrs, Gut 41b (t)
to 1 Mr. Chaplin 's Volunteer, aged, Oat Mb rt:
15 to I thr F. Johnstone'. Rodomonte, 4 yn, Tat 7lb

GOODWOOD STAKES.
sto 1 apt Yr. Dysun's Jessie]. 4 yrs. 74 't and off;
7 to 1 Duke of beanfort's °omen, 5 yrs, ert (off
10 to 1 Lonl Mt. Vincent's Lualfer, 4 yrs, 74 714 %tend w)
10 to 1 Mr. Hodgman's Viol, 3 yrs, Rot 1014 (t,
10 to 1 —31 r. Jos. Dawson's Guy of Narwlek,3 yrw,sstl2.ll)
,off, 6 to 1 with a start
13 to 1 Mr. Naylor's WWI briar, 4 yrs, Gst 101 b loft,
114 to 1)
100 to 6 Mr. T. Parr's Clarke, 3 yrs, est 131 b ft and off)
100 to 6 Sir. E. Green's Vidi, 3 yrs, hat 10th and off;
to 1 Mr. J. Johnstone's Tynedale, 3 yrs. 7st 211. WIT;
:16 to 1 Lr. H. Marsh's Palo**, 3 yrs, sst 71b (off;
40 to 1 Count ilatthyany's Niue 3 vs, est 7.1 h toff,
tsOtor
GOODWOOD CUP.
- - - • - - -

to f. agut Duke of Leautort's Vauban, yrs, 7st 716 (t.
3to 1 Mr. Graham's Segall►, 6 yrs. 94 311 elf)
4to 1 Marquis of lissalugs's Lecturer. t yrs, 1144 71b (0,

CINARBWITCII.
1000 4) 10 art [lrate Chief rtj

DER EY
16 to 1 agst Baron ltothschald's Suffolk (t)
30 to 1 Mr. Thomas's llomderstorm ,t)
1040 to 30 Mr. Chapthis 1 Room (t,
tut to 30 Ruktot Dosofort's Herald 1

100 u to 24 Mr. Aferry's Sunflower cult 10
2,700 to 40 Lord ft/mouth'. Treaeagle (t)
500.1 to capudo U. Gars Lord Valmerston ;I;
Harrington la struck oat of the Goodwood Stakes.

BETTING IN LONDON.—SATURDAT.
Am may be supposed, the clubs were thronged to-day, and
speculation was heavy and brisk. The Stewards' Cup gave rise
to a considerable amount of wagering. For this event Sultan
wag decidedly nest favourite: indeed, 1000 to 100 was taken In
one bet, but subsequently 12 to I was forthcoming. Lozenge,
Highland Sister, Jeanie Deana, and Seville were the next most
in demand. Lenore, was also quietly supported while Camellia.
ALergeldie. Grreulwck, Chepstow, and Foresight each found
many friend/. For the Stakes, Jeraliel maintained her supre-
macy: one speculator accepted to 10e uuhesitatingly,
and the same rate of odds were booked on all hands.
The moat conspicuous movement of the day war the
rapid advance of Gumera, about whom 7 to 1 was
suddenly taken to a large amount of money, and at the close
her hacker/ contented themselves with a point leis. Exactly as
the Duke of Leaufort's mare advanced Guy of Warwick receded,
the_ quondam second favourite at length beenruing exceedingly
nsa7.- and leasing elf friendless at 12 to 1. The partisans of
•Luelfee and Yid stuck closely by their champions, each meeting
with cordial support at Ili to I. Wild Briar, •ho had shown
signs of growing into favour, was also fairly befriended at 14 to
1, and Vidi, who but recently came into the quotatlims, was
invested upon at 15 to I. The Goodwood Cup continued to ex-
hibit that want of vitality mandated with it from the outset.
Vauban was booted for a little at 6to 2, and Regalia at 3 to 1,
while Lecturer was wholly out of favour at 6 to 1 uttered. Chasing
prim' :

STEWARDS' CUP
12 to 1 apt Sultan 3)
10 to 1 Lozenge (t)
Mto 1 Jeanie DeaaaCt)
20 to 1 -• &milk
3,1 to 1 Camellia tt
20 to 1 Higttland Slater
It,
20 to 1 Abergelthe (t)

' (GOODWOOD).
15 to 1 oat Oreeottock 3)
Id to 1 loneret (t)
25 to 1 longhorn (t)
26 to 1 La 5t0u1in...33)
25 to 1 Chepstow (t)
20 to 1 ForogiolatA
SO to 1 Cur (t)
al to 1 AutioCoff)
STAKES.
14 to 1 egg Wild Bator (2,
15 to 1 Vl,ll (t)
100 to 0 Clarice t,t et Off:
100 to Typedak (t dt
off,

000DWOO1
I to 1 apt Jesahel tt)
I to 1 Dueler& (I)
10 to 1 Vici A)
le in 1 Lucifer (I) [
12 to 1 Our of War-
wick (olt)
800 to 100 apt Our of Warwick "with a start" mri)
TIM GOOD WOOD CUP.
Ito 2 apt Vauban (I) Sto 1 apt Regalia •t)
3 to 1 apt Lecturer (off)

BITTING AT ILINCHESTER.—Baruarmr.
STEWARD:I' CUP (GOODWOOD,.
10 to eget Sultan 3) 25 to 1 aget loneret
100 to devil e t) 200 to 7 JeanieDeanel)
S 3 to La alemlite (0) 100 to 3 Talisman oolt
25 to The Skipper (11
25 to Betthyany (1) 100 to 3 Volunteer
25 to Luseoge(t) 100 to 3 Lord Ronald t)
25 to Gladiator (t) 100 to 3 Camellia ,t)
23W Highland 100 to 3 Mayonalee Ally
Mater (t)
Pto Foresight ti 100 to S Chepstow 1)
Mto sthenteldie (0) 100 to S Waster Willlo
Headland, it) (t)
25 to Wohnly (t) 000 to 6 Ur Oliver (t)
GOODWOOD 8 rAILI29.
sto apt Jezebel (0) HO to 6 apt Vial 3)
7to Games 0) JOS to 6 Dulcimer ;Or
9to Luc.iter (t) 10 to 6 Guy Wax-
-10 to Viet 6) wick(ott)
100 to Clerks (t) 'A' I

THE EXPRESS, MONDAY EVENING,' eTtLY 29, 1867.

Bennett, wee It that another wicket (Poole/al fell. Mr. Coßyer
Hoed Mottlock, and the score nut augmented to 12a, when
WlUsher, who nasal this period ~f the game bowling splendidly,
took liortiock's wicket, and Buckle followed suit, the very neat
hell. The last man In was ttoutherton, and their united efforts
elevated the total to 144, when the Sussex howler yielded to one
of lie. lipecombli, who had superseded when the
score was at 11e. The /Surrey wickets Dnd as under—
one for 9, two for 22, three for 23, four for 43, five for 73, six
fur 17, seven for 127, eight and nine for 1011, and ten fur
114. The Kent bowling was as under : Mr. Lipscomb, 35 oven,
It mildew, for 71 runs end 4 wickets Bennett, 34 oven. 16
maidens, for 49 runs and $ wickets : and Willsher, the extra-
ordinary flames beneath, viz., 30 oven, 19 maidens. for 23 runs
and 3 wicket& The Innings was finished at 6.;;5, Kent having
to go In for 173 to win, a task imposaible of accomplistunent in
the hour and forty minutes left them However they darted
with as little delay as possible, under the conviction that they
could not win, but might lose the match. C. Payne and Bennett
were the Int parr to face the howling of Southerton and Griffith,
and very effectually they did so, until the score was raised by
good sad careful play to 38, when aoutherton got Payne " in two
minds" and bowled him. The Kent colt followed and acquitted
himself admirably ; at 53 Buckle went on, viol Griffith. but It
was not until 90 were telegraphed that a dissolution took place,
and then Palmer was caught and howled by his Surrey cont.:tn.
pnrary. Mr. Richardson followed, and did most of the hitting
while he was In, but got his leg In the way, and was given out.
Mr. Trimghton joined Bennett, and the two played time
out. Bennett's (not out; 41 included a fire, a four a three,
and four twos, but he was " missed " twice at short slip.
The match therefore stands drawn, Kent having lost three
wickets for 96 runs, a result much to be deplored, as but for the
Interruption of the game by the wet weather on Friday, it Is
quite probable they might have avenged their late defeat at
linvesead. The Surrey bowling in this partly-played innings
was as follows :—Southerton. 23 oven, 7 maidens, for 47 runs
and 2 wickets ; Griffith, 13 overt, 5 maidens, for 23 runs ; and
Buckle. 9 oven 2 maidens, for 22 runs and one wicket.

liorrisogattostrite V. MIDDLLsEX.—PIay In this great county
match vnis continued on Saturday at Nottingham. In our isn-
ot that day we gave the play up to the close of the lint
of Notts, which occurred at ten minutes to 5 en Yriday,
leaving Middlesex eleven runs ahead on the first hands. Subse-
quently, Middlesex ed with their second inning; and
when time" was col they had loot Om wickets for 57 runs.
Mantle being Dot out for 93. tin Qaturday Middlesex proceeded
with their innings, the attendant., being much larger than on
either of the previous days, but Mantle was, from some cause or
other, returned as absent. Mr. It. D. Walker played a determined
not out innings of 36, hut none other of the eleven reached
double figures. Wootton was In great bowfin form, and the
Middlesex innings stopped short at 118, leaving Notts 190 to get
to win, and this they did with the loss of four wickets, thus
winning both their engagements with Middlesex.

?Lib inttlitgenct.
mrryneouTkit. COUNTY 00IIRTI,

(111ttin-i-dayiiTp-o-hiled preseu- Trask
WagilliwaYma. Ht. Martin's
-lane.--Tuesday, July 90 ; Wednes-
day. 91 ; Th , Aug. 1 ; Friday, 2.
11A ItYLlbila lebone-road.—Tuesday, July 30; Wednes-
day. 31.
Bzumrroe. Whltehead'egrove.—Monday, July 29.
BRINTINAD.—Friday, Aug. 2.
Cuitauswsu., Duncaa-terrace. —Tuesday, July 30; Wednes-
day, 31 ; Thursday. Aug. 1 : ?May.
Bliotzurreu, Oldstreeteroad.—Tuesday. July 30; Thursday,
Aug. 1.
Bow, Bow.roed.—Monday.lnly. 29.
WillTiCH • PIM, Great Preeerd-street.—Tuesday, July 30;
Wednesday, 31 Thursday, Aug 1. Friday, 2.
801.1THMMIC. gwanstreet.—Weduesday, July 31 ; Thursday,
Aug. 1; Yrlday. 2.
LAMBETH, Camberwell New•rod.—Tossday, July 30.
Gazuvrtee.—Wedneuday, July 111.
Wool.WlCH.—Thursday. Allg. I-

ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE.
OXFORD CIRCUIT.—STAFFORD, JULY 27.
(Before Mr. Justice Shoe.)
•

Edward Thompson, manager, and Bemjamin!pot,
chartermaster of Fenton-park Colliery,surrenderedto their
bail and took their trial, charged with the manslaughter
of Jonathan Leese and William Lowndes, the two men
who perished in the explosion at Fenton-park Col-
liery on the ith inst. The case against the prisoners rested
entirely upon the construction to be placed upon the
special rules of the colliery which laid down the duties
devolving upon the prisoners. On behalf of the prosecu-
tion it was contended that those duties had been culpably
neglected by the prisoners, especially with regard to the
means to be taken for the proper ventilation of the pit, in
consequence of which the gas was generated which led to
the explosion and death of the two men above-mentioned.
The trial, which occupied nearly two days, divulged an
amount of reckless indifference on the part of the colliers
towards their personal safety scarcely credible, and resulted
in the acquittal of the accused.

NORFOLK CIRCUIT.— BrproßD, Juiv 27.

(Before Mr. Justice Byles.)
James O'Neill was indicted for publishing a libel on
Julius Gsberman Shepherd. He pleaded not guilty.
Mr. Metcalfe and Mr. D. Brown were for the prosecu-
tion : Mr. D. Keane, Q.C., and Mr. H. H. Palmer, con-
ducted the defence.

It appeared from the statement of the counsel for the
prosecution that Mr. O'Neill was a clergyman of the
church of England and the vicar of Luton, and that Mr.
Shepherd wan • solicitor carrying on business in the same
town ; he also bad held the office of churchwarden in
the defendant's parish. A dispute having arisen as to
certain funds between Mr. O'Neill and a Mr. Oliver,
the former was charged before the magistrates with an
assault committed by him on the latter. Mr. Shepherd,
when the case came on, represented Mr. Oliver, and Mr.
O'Neill, feeling annoyed at certain statements made at the
hearing, wrote to the editor of the Luton Times the libel
complained of. Mr. Shepherd, through his London aunts,
demanded an logy;apo and Mr. O'Neill thereupon pub-
lished in the Lawn Times another letter; but this not
being deemed satisfactory, the present proceedings were
instituted.
__

Henry Banana, manager of the Luton Times, said—l was
present at the magistrates' meeting on the 12th May. In
a day or two the defendant called at my shop. I showed
him the proof sheets of the report of the hearing. He said
that Mr. Oliver had stated an infamous lie." I told him he
might contreliat it. I afterwards received • letter. I
sent to him the proof-sheets. I called his attention to
some of the expressions therein. The libel was as follows :
—" To the Editor of the Luton Times.-Sir,—Will you
allow me through your paper to give a most unqualified
contradiction to certain statements made by Mr. Shepherd
in applying for summonses against me in the magistrates'
court on Monday last. I refer especially to the assertion
that such language as 'vagabond,' scoundrel,' and
' rascal ' was used, and that violence was re-
sorted to. I should expect from that indi-
vidual little else than a thane of falsehoods,
but in this he out-Herods Herod himself. It is an abuse
upon a magistrates' court, and • hardship upon any person,
that a man in his position can seize the opportunity of
uttering falsehoods, and by his utterance of them not only
gain • magistrate's ear, but put them in circulation with.
out any remedy against the man who utters them ; nor
does the feet that they will be tested diminish the evil
of this abuse for the time, though it is perhaps of leas
consequence, as it is well known that the whole
movement is only • part of • disreputable plot
which I hope to make recoil on its promoters.
The plain facts of the case are these:—Mr. Oliver was
allowed on Sunday last, as on previous occasions, to take
the amount collected from the church to the vestry, and
to count it, though it was no part of his duty to do so. I
have always permitted this, because I wished some one
besides myself to ascertain the proceeds of the contribu-
tions, and if he had done simply on Sunday last as he had
been accustomed to do, I should have been thankful for
such services. lint when, in addition to satisfying himself
as to the amount collected, he seised and pocketed the
gold and silver nearest to him, which had been given in the
house of God for a special purpose, and should therefore be
sacred to that purrs:es, I thought it qhite time to stand
between the sacrilegious hand and the offerings of which I
was the responsible keeper. If this can be made out an
assault, I need not say it is a malt extraordinary one.
On this account also it was that when, contrary to my ex-
pressed wish, be forced himself into the vestry in the
evening, I denied him the opportunity of seizing the con-
gregation's offering a second time by refusing to allow him
to count its before, and told him to leave • part of the
church which he had no right whatever to enter. Look-
ing as Ido upon Mr. Oliver's conduct as involving grave
offences, I am quite determined to take such steps as will
prevent • repetition of it. Yours truly, dram( O'NEILL.
Lutes Vicarage. May 15, 1567." The witness stated that
be received • second letter from the defendant, and it was
proposed by the prosecution to read it, but his lordship
stated that he thought it inadmissible.
Mr. Keane proposed to show, by crops examination, that
the defendant's conduct was not unprovoked, and referred
to Mr. Fox's Act (32 of George fit), but his lord-
ship ruled that the evidence as to provocation was
inadmissible, and said that be would leave only two
questions to the jury—firrt, was the letter a libel ? and
secondly, did the defendant publiahit? He remarked that
the defendant had not availed himself of the power given
by Lord Campbell's Act to justify the libel, and refused to
reserve for the consideration of the Court of Crown Cases
Reserved the question whether evidence showing provoca-
tion by Mr. Shepherd, was admissible ; but he stated that
in the event of • conviction he would receive such testi.
'pony on affidavit in mi. igation of punishment.
Mr. Keane, for the defence, remarked that if the jury,
who were to decide the whole matter put in issue, thought
that the letter was written hastily, and not in a vindictive
spirit, they were bound to acquit ; he said that the defen-
dant could not persist in the libel, and would be willing
at • proper opportunity to apologies. He commented
severely on the hardship to which Mr. O'Neill was
exposed by being subjected to criminal instead of civil
proceedings, for in the latter the defendant could have
been examined as a witness.
His Lordship, in summing up, said he thought it • pre,
finable course in a matter such as this to proceed by action
rather than by indictment. He defined a libel to be
" anything calculated to bring another into hatred, ridi-
cule, or contempt," and stated that to write of a man that
be is • liar was clearly a libel. He left,to the jury the
questions whether the letter was a libel, and whether the
defendant wrote it.

The Jury, after a abort oonsultation, found the de-
fendant Guilty.
His Lordship sentenced the defendant to pay to the
Queen a fine of 50/.

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