The Express.
London, England, 1867-08-23 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS, FRIDAY EVENING, AUGUST 23, 1887.

they approached the stand. Loud shouts were raised that
" Beaming wins;" and such seemed to be the fact, as Pryor
bad rot moved on her, while Cameron was bard upon
Mandrake; but in the last half dozen strides the "northern
light weight" with • tremendous effort literally
' pushed" Mandrake to the front, and notwithstanding
Pryor's final effort on Beaming won a most exciting race
by a bead. Comers finished a length in rear of the se-
cond, and half that distance in advance of Challenge ;
Fortunio close up, being fifth, and Bradamante, sixth.
Then came Treasure Trove, tiroilwood, Fairwind, and
Ailesbury, Sealskin, Dalby and Ackworth passing the
post next. Minster Bell pulled up opposite the stand,
and Seville walked in with the crowd.
THE LoNDEsIDORGCOII Cur of fill son. in specie, added
to • Handicap Stakes of S son. each, for all ages ; second
saved stake. Three-quarters of a mile.
Duke of Beaufort's lady Rafter, by Thunderbolt—Surley I
Mr Navile's Ravioli
Lord stainfold's Reiadeer
Five Wien abe ran.
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Betting : 7 to 4 apt Lady Hester, 5 to 1 eget Ravioli,
G to 1 agst Lochabsr, 100 to 15 ages Apollo's Temple, 8 to 1
agat Reindeer.
THE FILLY SAPLING STAKES of 50 sovs. each, 30 ft, for
2-yr-old fillies, fist 10Ib each. Second saved stake. T.Y.C.
Five furlongs 44 yards. (14 subs.)
Air. Naylor's Lady tborn, by Stockwell—Ludy
Elisabeth
Duke of Seaufort's The Soo filly
It,. radish:Ws Witchcraft
. _ Three others also raw

Betting : 5 to 4 eget Lady Highthorn, 5 to 2 agst
Witchcraft, 6 to 1 airst Roe filly and Mysotis.
THe Palace or WALLFeei STAMM of 10 sore. each, with
50 added, fort-yr-olds ' • colts, Bst 101 b ; fillies. Bst 51b ;
certain penalties and allowances ; second saved stake.
T.Y.C. (5 ftuiongs 44 yards). (2I rube.)
Mr. Pryor's Thunderstorm. by Weatherbit—Auguata 1
Martints of Hastings' Belfast
Mr. Johnstooe's bonaldbaln
Four
others also ran.
_ __ _

Betting: 3 to l agst Thunderstorm, 100 to 30 aget Donald-
bain, 4to 1 apt Queen of Beauty, to 1 agst Belfast, and
to I. apt L'Epte.
THE LoTTIMY ST.mos of 5 move. each, with 50 added
weight foe age ; selling and other allowance; ; second
saved stake.

Captain Machelts Rampart
Mr. Mackenzie's Rob Roy
Mr. Gilby's Verity

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Brunette also ran.
Betting : 5 to 2on Rampart, 4 to 1 apt Rob Roy.
HER Ma..tratOt PLAIT of 10U Guineas. Two miles.
•

r. saviie's sealskin, by Skirmisher—Doeskin
Major stapylbais Smut-eclat
Mr. J. oaborite's Rabbit Trap
Four others also ran.

Betting : 9 to 4 ags 100 to 30 agst Duchess,
7 to '9 agst Stuideelah, and 4 to 1 agst Rabbit Trap.
THE TWELFTH NOETH Op ENGLAND BIENNIAL STEILEH of
10 sous. each,with 100 added, for 2-yr-olds ; colts, fist 101 b;
tht Mb ; certain penalties and allowances ; second
to receive 10 per cent, on the stakes ; third to save stake.
T. Y.C.

Mr. Saloon's Vale Royal, by Stockwell—July
Mr. R. C. Naytoe+ Lady lilghthoru
Mr. Saeßea Wucakln

Two others also nu
Betting : 6to 4 on Ludy ITighthoro, 7 to 2 eget Frolic-
some, 5 to 1 eget Yale Royal.
Tux GLASGOW STAKES of 30 SOT& each, h ft, for 2-yr-
olds ; colts, Nat 101 b ; fWies, hit 61b. T.Y.C.
Yr. Johnstone's 1 by Egoekwen—Braxey

w.O.

Agbal nrat intlitarg.

POILTSMOUTII, Amer 22.

The Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty
arrived at Portsmouth thin afternoon about 2 o'clock, on
their annual visit of inspection to the various departments
of the dockyard and outworks of the port and. garrison.
On arriving their lordships proceeded on board the paddle
yacht Osborne, Commander John D'Arcy, the Admiralty
flag being honoured with a salute of 19 guns from the Vic-
tory, flagship of the Commander-in-Chief. According to
the official programme their lordships were to proceed on
board the Vivid, steam yacht, and inspect the new works
commanding the approaches to Portsmouth harbour, re-
serving their inspection of the various departments of the
dockyard until to-morrow. This evening they dine
with the Commander-in-Chief, Admiral Sir Thomas Maley,
Bart.

The Warrior, 40, iron screw frigate, Captain Henry Boys,
got under weigh yesterday, and made a trial of her speed
at the measured mile, in Stokes Bay.
The Vixen, 4, iron screw gunboat, Commander Bloom-
field, sailed yesterday afternoon for the westward.
General Sir John Burgoyne, K.C.8., Inspector-General
of Fortifications, and Lieut.-Cenral Sir George Buller,
Commander•in•Chief of the South• Western District, em-
barked yesterday on board the steam yacht Black Eagle,
and proceeded down the Solent to inspect the fortifications
commanding the western approaches to Spithead,

CHATHAM, Aunnirr 22.
The Coldstream, chartered troopship, which has
been taken up by the Hon. Council of India for the con-
veyance of detachments of the Royal Artillery and Army
Hospital Corps to Singapore, and the Straits' Settlement
of Malacca, is ordered to be in readiness to embark her
draughts, at Gravesend, to-morrow.
The Adder, paddle-wheel steamer, Mr. W. J. Blakey,
muter-commander, embarked this morning, a quantity of
the chain cables, anchors, and other gear belonging to the
Chesapeake, 50, recently disposed of by the Admiralty to
Mews. Castle and Beech, for conveyance round to Wool-
' wichlockyard.
Captain B. Belfield, Deputy-Director of Works, for
barracks, arrived at the garrison this morning from the
War-office, on a tour of inspection of the barracks and
other military establishments, in which duty he will be
employed for some time.

ADMIRALTY, AUGUST 22. APPOINTMENTS.
Paymaster—C. S. Hill, to the Barnicouta. Assistant
Paymaster—F. Pittman, to the Cumberland. Clerk—J.
Barnes, to the Formidable. Naval Cadet (nominated}—F.
Hilton, to the Molesworth. Engineers—G. F. Williams,
W. J. Warren, and S. Lawton, to the Zealous.
The Western Morning Netes learns on good
authority that the government have decided that the
mils from the West Indies conveyed by the Royal Mail
Steam Company's vessels shall be landed at Plymouth on
the return of the packet which will leave Southampton on
the 2nd of September, and will be due on the 14th October
next. The packets will moor in Jenny Cliff Bay, where
=7=are laid down, and in the Admiralty ground
re is sufficient room to admit of it.

A meeting, called at the instance of the Stour-
bridge Freedmen's Aid Society, was held on Tuesday
evening at Parkfield House, the residence of Mr. Wm.
Akroyd. The chief object of the meeting was to receive
and hear the statements of Win. Forster Mitchell, lately
from Tennessee. It is expected that the anniversary meet-
ing of the National Freedmen's Aid Union and of the Bir-
mingham and Midland Association will be held in Bir-
mingham, on October It, when Mr. Lloyd Garrison, the
apostle of American abolition, and other gentlemen, have
agreed to attend.

—Dr. Lankester, the coroner, at a recent inquest,
said he had long been trying to find out how much working
men drink in a day, but he had never been able to ascer-
tain. He had once asked the landlord of a public-house
frequented by nitwit@ how much a man had drunk in a
day, and his answer was he did not know—he had only
served him with fifteen quarts of ale in a day. The next
day the man was dead. Working men could stand more
than others, because they worked it off. Harries could
stand moat of all.

At a Sheriff, Court, at Chester on Wednesdayk
Captain Charles Talbot, late of Aston Park, Preston Brooi
near Frodaham, was demanded under a writ of alicia ezigi
facia:, at the suit of Charles Lindley Page and Frederick
Fletcher Lofts, iasued out of the Court of Exchequer, and
as he did not answer, juigment of outlawry was pro-
nounced against him.
Tile Co:oiler Bairrzw.—A petition praying for
the reprieve of the Woolverton murderer was presented to
the Right $Oll. G. Hardy on Wednesday. The Governor
of Taunton gaol, Mr. Oakley, has also come to London,
having, it is said, had an important communication made
him by Britten, tending to glee weight to the paragraph in
the petition, which states, " Immediately before the crime
was committed circumsturces occurred which were calcu-
lated to arouse the jealous (although probably unjust) sus-
picions of the prisoner." It is reported that Britten now
admits that be saw a man leave his house as he entered on
the evening of the murder, and that while he was remon-
strating with his wife the same manpassed down the road,
whereupon some kind of signs], passed between the man
and Mrs. Britten. This maddened Britten so much that
he seised something heavy off the mantel-shelf—another
report says the clock weight—and struck the deceased
repeatedly,
THE MURDER AND HIGHWAY ROBBERY IN BED-
FORDAIIIIII.—Yesterday morning, at the George the
Second Inn, Luton, Mr. J. P. Piper, the deputy coroner
for the county, resumed the inquiry into the death of
William Bradbury, aged 48 years, who, as alleged, was
brutally murdered, and afterwards robbed, about mid-
night, on Saturday, the 3rd inst., near the Royal Oak
public-house, at Round-green, a mile from this town. The
deceased man bad been to the Bell Inn, George-street,
Luton, on Saturday evening, and had about four pinta of
beer, of which, however, his companions partook. He left
that house about half-past eleven, and was found at five
minutes past twelve lyang in the road near the Royal Oak,
Round-green, a place on the way to Lilley,
in Hertfordshire, where he resided. The dis-
covery of the body was made by three men, who gave the
following evidence at the first inquiry, which has not yet
been made public Worsley said hews. • blocker,
and was at Mr. Casale s, at the Royal Oak, Round-green
on Saturday, the 3rd, in company of James Day and Levi
Welch. They left there at 12 o'clock, when they shut up.
They went towards Stopaley, and when about • hundred
yards from the Royal Oak he stumbled over a man at the
side of the road. His (witness) mates were about the
middle of the road. He sung out, " Holies, Levi, here's
• man drank in the road." He was making a very curious
noise in his throat, as it being strangled. Withers' put his
head down to look at him. Deceased was in a curious state,
and Day ran back to Gazeley. A lot of people came, and lights
being brought blood was found to be clotted on the man's
faro and temple like a lump of liver, and his hair was
quite matted with blood. When the man was raised up
he began to vomit. Witness did not recognise him till
after he was washed, although he knew him well by sight
Witness helped to carry him to the Jolly Topers, where
he was washed. He was quite uncouscious, and never
spoke or opened his eyes. Levi Welch oondrmed
gene-
rally the previous witness ; as did also James Day, who
deposed to seeing a man strike • light near the spot
where deceased was found, and then moll off. He did
not see him again. Late last evening Superintendent
Pope took the three men, Levi Welch, William Woreley,
and James Day, into custody on the charge of murdering
and robbing the deceased.

A Holm. BOILED ALIVE.—An accident hap-
pened on Tuesday morning on the works of the St. John's
Wood Railway, by which a horse was boiled alive. A
great portion a the roadway between Hanover Cottages
and Upper Raker-street, in the Park-road, has been
TA? for t
railwayhedeumo,seenol completing the construction
at-
tached to es are used rrweraisuilini fixede
earth as it
is excavated. Shortly before nine o'clock on Tuesday
morning, whilst one of the largest of these was at work,
and just as it had raised a heavy load, it was observed to
be slowly canting over. The anginetnan, workmen and
bystanders escaped as rapidly as possible to a safe distance,
being aware that if not scalded by the water, they
might be scalded by the steam. Near the engine stood
several horses and carts, which were in readiness to con-
vey the soil away. Upon one of the carts the engine fell,
and forced the horse attached to it to remain where it was
deepite its struggles. The boiling-hot water then poured
with intermittent rushes from the boiler on to the back
of the animal. Its agonised shrieks were piteous, but
there were no means of saving it. The fnghtful scene
lasted till the water in the boiler was exhausted and the
steam had cleared off. The workmen then proceeded to
release the horse whose hack was literally boiled, some of
the flesh being reed to drop off. Some proposed. to cut
the poor animal's throat and put it out of its misery at
once, but the proposition was rejected, and it was taken
to the farrier's. A second horse was scalded by the steam
and water, but, not being held down, it eeoaped before it
was seriously injured.
THE TENDER MERCIES or TALLY-YlN.—The
rigorous system adopted by the itinerant traders known as
• tally-men," under which, after coaxing poor people to
purchase their goof* they throw them into prison for in- '
ability to pay, came before the Plymouth guardians the
day before yesterday. The clerk said that as long back r
18th the matter came under the consideration of the
registrar of the county court. Recently he had en inter-
view with the judge of the county court and discussed
the question with him fully, and the judge said it was
contrary to his wishes that persons were sent to prison.
He related several cases in which poor people who were
very ill at the time had been stripped of everything by the
bailiffs of the county court. In one case a man was sent
to prison for a trifling debt. He had not been out of
prison seven week,, before be was again sent to prison, and
he became very ill, and after a few weeks died there. The
judge of the county court thought that the best means
would be to apply to parliament. He himself was most
anxious to suppress the system if he could. The go-
vernor said many other towns were suffering from this
great evil. . .

GALLS, Avorwr 12.—The Messageries Imporiales
steamer Istbourdonnais left here to-day with the home-
ward India, Chink, and Japan mails, 11)0 passengers, mid
2,200 bales of alb, and 200 packages oft ries.

ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE.

MIDLAND CIRCUIT.—LzeDs, AUGUST 22.
(Before Mr. Baron Pigot.)

law by which, in minor oases, the preliminary forms in
the administration of justice may be facilitated. And
therefore, through the proper channel, they beg to draw
the attention of her Majesty's judges, and through them
of her Majesty's government, to this important question.
(Signed) "8. B. MimsprrE,

CONCEALMENT OP SEX FOR FIFTEEN YBARS•
An investigation of a very extraordinary character
took place on Wednesday evening before Mr. Bedford, tho
Westminster coroner, at the Prince of Orange Tavern,
Brewers-green, relative to the death of a woman unknown,
the supposed illegitim►te daughter of a Scotch nobleman,
whose true sex was discovered while dying at a common
lodging-house, No. 5, Perkin's-rents. She bad dressed
as a man for the last fifteen years.

William Gillard, superintendent of the lodging•house,
said he had known the deceased for the last eight or nine
months by the name of Fred. Mitchell, or " Scratchem,"
the latter being a nickname, owing to • fidgetty dispo-
sition. The deceased bad dressed as a male, which he
believed her to be until he accidentally discovered
her true sex. She slept in a separate bed in a room
in which twenty-two men also slept, but not the
slightest suspicion was created as to her being • woman.
Her habits were very strange, and her mode of obtaining her
livelihood • mystery. She was exceedingly well educated,
and drank nothing stronger than tea. She would bring in
her food in a newspaper, and eat it privately. There was not
the slightest sign of insanity about her. Shortly before
12 o'clock on Friday night last she retired to bed apps.
rently in good spirits, and at half-past 10 the ff.l‘l2m
morning had not risen. About one o'clock she
to be insensible, and foaming at the mouth. -Medical
attention was called in, and while carrying out the
doctor's orders he found to his surprise that " Scretchem"
was • woman. She died at • quarter-past eight in the
evening. He found some letters in her coat pocket, which
he turned over to Mr. Fitzgerald, the proprietor of the
house.

Mr. Hunt, surgeon, of Tatchlield-street, deposed to
being called to the deceased on Saturday last. He found
her lying on her back in bed, apparently labouring under
the effects of some narcotic poison or apoplexy. He gave in-
structions as to her treatment, but she never rallied. He
had made • post =stem examination. He thought when
be first raw the deceased that she was • man, for she had
a most masculine face, with • slight beard, and there was
no development of her breasts. She bad • feminine hand.
There were no external marks on the body, which was well
nourished. On opening the head he found • most extraor-
dinary condition of diseased brain, both lateral venticles
being broken down. The cause of death was softening of
the brain, which must have existed for • very long time.
It was singular that she bad not exhibited symptoms of in-
sanity. She was between 50 and 60 years of age.
Mr. George Ogle said one of deceased's letters belonged
to him, and was an answer to one sent by him to his aunt
at Cheltenham, relative to the death of his mother. About
April or May last the deceased presented herself, hat in
band, before the window at witness's father's house, and
solicited alma She said she bad been in very much
better circumstances, but got gradually lower and lower,
and was then lodging in Westminster, somewhere near
Old Pye-street. She mid she had been • bank clerk.
Witness', father gave her some bread and meat and other
things, and witness gave her • cost, in which was the
letter produced. They believed the deceased was a male.
She bad a very delicate hand, white hair cut short, and
walked with a stick.

Theßev. A. White, Roman catholic priest, said he saw de-
ceased dying in an Irish lodging-house, when the letters pro.
duced were given to him by the propriAor. That addressed
to a lady was in the handwriting of some one in Edinburgh,
and the lady took an interest in deceased, as she was ac-
customed to attend a chapel near the lady's residence.
Tlie letter was written by some half-witted sister to de-
ceased, who inquired, " Row is my brother r meaning
deceased - and he (witness) was astonished when he heard
of her real sex. There were rumours that they were the
illegitimate children of some Scotch nobleman. One day
last week the deceased railed at the lady's house and in-
quired about her sister, when the letter was given to her.
The Coroner, on viewing the letter, said, " Why it is
signed Claude, and yet written by a female. That is
remarkable."

Further evidence was given, nhowing that • gentleman
had identified the body as that of • supposed poor man,
whom he had relieved occasionally for the last 15 years.
The Coroner remarked that they should not obtain any
farther information in this very extraordinary case.
Police-Sergeant Lambert, impactor of lodging-buries,
said if he had had the letters further inquiries would have
been made.
A verdict of " Death from natural causes" was recorded.