The Express.
London, England, 1867-03-06 00:00:00

LATEST SPORTING INTELLIGENCE

(BY ELECTRIC TIIZGRAPR.)
LIVERPOOL 3AEETING.-(THIS DAY.)

WELTER CUP.

Helen
Brick
lham

3 r

SEFTON HANDICAP.

Ilphus
Miss Freaces
Panacea

6 ran.
TWO-YEAR-OLD PLATE.
La Murata beat Clara.
GRAND NATIONAL.

Cortolvin
Fan
tihangarry

... 1

... 2
".3

...

GRAND NATIONAL Four miles.

Astrolabe, Hall Court, l ortolvin,Banker, Globule,
Thomastown, Shakespeare, Light Heart. Revolver, Miller,
Balham, Shangarry, Little Frank, Whitehall, Plinlimon,
Dermot Asthore, Sea King, The Elk, Tennyson, Silver
Star, Doctor, Fortunatus, Despatch, King Arthur, Duke
Clansman, Fan, Bodkin, Havelock, Little Wideawake,
Sensation, and Genievre are here.
PAID FORFILIT.-111CallAV00111, Gann, Plover, Bill ingbear,
Merrinac, Ibex, Grace Darling, Columbia, Miltown,
Sinking Fund, LS.D. Rhodomontade, King Alfred, Jack's
Alive, Surrey, and Phantom.

HANDICAP PLATE. Half a mile.

Queen of Trumps, 9st 61b; Her Ladyship, 74121 b ;
Flying Jib, 7st 121 b; Despair, 7st Nib ; Merry Harp let Nib ;
Queen of the Isles, ist Mb ; Sylph, 7st rilb ; Columbine,
6st 71b ; Musa, Est 4lb ; Chibiss, 6st alb ; Bonnie DOOll,
sst 71b. All are here.

ARRlVEl).—Ulpains, Queen of the Isles, Foresight, and
Kiss Frances.

GRAND NATIONAL.

7 to 1 apt Fan (t)
7 to 1 Shakevpeare (t)
100 to 14 King Arthur (t)
100 to 8 Shangarry (t)
14 to 1 Globule (t)
15 to 1 Cortolvin (t)
22 to 1 Silver Star (t)
20 to 1 Astrolabe (t)
20 to 1 Genievre (t)
2.5 to 1 Thomaatown (t)

BETTING IN LONDON.-(THIS DAY.)

Very few members were present, and the betting
that took place on the Grand National may be regarded
for the most part as a squaring•up of books. Shakespeare
maintained his position firmly to the last, and King
Arthur was in great demand. No change worthy of
remark took place and the prices at the close were as
follow:

LIVERPOOL GRAND NATIONAL.
6 to 1 agat Shakespeare (t and off)
11 to 1 King Arthur (t 0
12 to 1 Shangarry (t)
100 to $ Fun (t)
100 to 7 Doctor (t)
100 to 7 Cortolvin (t)
100 to 6 Astrolabe (t)
20 to 1 Silver Star (t)
20 to 1 Genievre (t)
2'; to 1 Little Frank (t)
25 to 1 Dermot Ashore (t)
40 to 1 Sea King (t)
$0 to 1 Hall Court (t)
100 to 1 Sensation (0

MrRDER IN STAFFORDAIIIRIL —Yesterdayffioming
Mr. W. Morgan, one of the coroners for Staffordshire, re-
sumed an inquest at Alrewas a village between Burton-on-
Trent and Lichfield, on the ',Oily of Mary Keeling, wife of
William Keeling, publican, of Alrewas, and formerly a
station-master on the London and North-Western Rail-
way. From the evidence adduced at the previous inquiry, I
it appears that the deceased bad for some time cohabited
with a man named Bendall, formerly& publican in Liverpool,
a married 171&12, and the father of a large family, and that on
the fish ult. she was confined to her bedroom at her
father's house at Oakley Toll-gate, a short distance from
Alrcwaa. The deceased complained of a violent cold, but
WAS not sufficiently ill to require medical attendance.
Between 1 and 2 o'clock in the afternoon of that day
Bendall went upstairs sail remained with her for
about an hour, when he called loudly for assist-
ance, and on a relative going into the room she
was discovered to be dead, the right side of her
head and face being greatly discoloured. Mr. T. Webb,
surgeon, of Barton-under-Neelwood, was called in and
made a post-mortem examination. When examined by
the coroner be expressed the opinion that deceased'adeath
had resulted from congestion of the brain, the temporal
I bone having been broken and forced in by a blow from
some blunt instrument. The injuries the deceased bad
received could not have been occasioned by a fall out of
bed or by a blow with the fist. Bendall was then taken
into custody and committed by the Burton =glandes to
the Stafford 'County (hot, and yesterday morning he was
present at the inquiry in the custody of Superintendent
()swell, of the Staffordshire constabulary. Mr. Edmund
If. Day, surgeon, of Barton-under-Needwood, who had
taken part in the post-mortem examination, confirmed the
statement of Mr. Webb, and the police produced a large
hammer, found on the stairs leading to the bedroom, and
a bludgeon, found tinder the bed, but no evidence was
given to show that either was the instrument used by the
alleged murderer. The jury unanimously determined to
return a verdict of "Wilful murder " against Bendall. The
coroner committed the prisoner to the Stafford County
Gaol, to take his trial at the ensuing assizes.