The Express.
London, England, 1857-06-24 00:00:00

LATEST SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

NEWCASTLE MEETS G.—Tats DAY.

FREE HANDICAP. Three quarters of a mile.
Plausible, Manganese, Gblka, Breeze, La Victim., Baroda,
Ring of Scntland, Sneeze, lisperieum, Matilda, Attorney
General Minnie, Codrington, Actress, Sulpitia, end Six.
and Eigbtpenoe, are here.
Ex PllCTlM.—Bottrgeois.
GRAND STAND STARES. Six furlongs.
Captious c, Swale, Bradley, Intereidona, Lady Dot, Meta,
Adventurer, Saunterer, Medallion, and Sumas, are here.
PAID Putivarr.—Lady Alice.

THE NORTHUMBERLAND PLATE. Two miles.
Pantomime, Vandal, Skirmisher, King of Scotland, Spring
of Shillelagh, Alma, La Victiwe, Commoner, Mongrel,
Baroda, Underhand, El Hakisu, Prioress 1, and Sir and
Eightpeace are here.
PAID FORPRlT.—Poletter, Assayer, and Ephorna.
The ground is very hard.
CORPORATION PLATE.—RTN To-Mototow. —The fol.
lowing are here :—Pantomime, Skirmisher, kl
Courtettay, Vandal, Saunterer, Phomix' Merlin, Brew,
Caliph, Sneeze, Angelo, Ghika, Underhand, Alms, Da
(lintel, Ilutmarrizt, Sprig of Shillelagh, Cannie Fellow, Oen.
Williams, Mongrel, Norton., Star of the Letch, Helm, COM-
moner, Cars Fatima, Attorney. General, Priorsm f, Login
caluchen, El Hakim, Raweliffet Ondine, Actress, his mid
Eightpenee, King of the Gipsies, Matilda, La Victims,
Hamlet, and King of Scotland.

LATEST BETTING.
NORTHUMBERLAND PLATE.
6 to 4 .it Skinnisher
3 to 1 Mongrel
6to 1 Underhand
7 to 1 Vandal
10 to 1 El Hakim
12 to 1 King of Scotland
20 to 1 Pantomime

STOCKBRIDGE.—(THIS DAY.)
In addition to those horses trained in the neighbourhood
the following berms are here Ignoramus, Lymington,
Barbarity, Schoolfellow, Aleppo, Turk, Van Ey,,k, King of
the Forest, Bald-faced Stag, Afghan, Killtide, Border
Chid, Sister to Panpipe, Wilton, Lady Conynghare, lady
Elizabeth, Haymaker, Avenger, Terpsicre colt, Sir Cobh,
Decamp, Met ry Sunshine, Fialterman, and dlly by Conferee
—Tsddington's dam,

TEE JWI:LEI: AT STRATFORD.- CORMIER'

INQUEST.

An inquest was held yesterday morning at Strat-
ford, on the holy of Mary Crowley, the woman who was
killed by her husband, Michael Crawley, an account of whom
examination Lvfore the magistrates appeared in yeideeday's
Nartrigai ret Willey, X married woman, and daughter of the
deceased, ended nod en Saturday nmrai, after her parents.
her brother, and herself bad breakfasted, her father wanted
108isthiog. Ths deceased made Some answer—mho did not
hear wliet--mend her father said ho would "do for her."
Winn.. bad ohm heard him say so before. She returned
shortly afterward., end found her mother bleeding and insen-
sible on the Suer. her mother died at half-poet I oa
Monday morning. She did not We her tither till Sunday
morning at the police-station. She said to him more than
once, " Oh, father, why did you kill my poor mother:" Hs
told her not to bother him.
Dennis Cranky, the brother of the last win's, gays
eimiLr evidi lice. lie had heard his father soy be would
"do for" hie mother, and maw him strike her. When he
save his father before the magistrates, he: looked at him, and
his Bather and "Hold your row."
Mr. Valance the surge", who was called in by the first
witness, described the shocking way in whets the skull of the
deceased woo beaten in, and pre a fie his opinion that the
first blow given with the chopper met base tendered her
Insensible.
Sergeant Walker, who was at the pollee-station when the
was brought in, state! that the latter said to him—
viTlerers a bad job, and I have done it. I was corning to
give myself up."
Another Whirr stated that the prisoner said to him point-
ing to the de cenieds pocket, which hod been found in the
room where was killed, and which witness held in kis
hand—"'That is my wife's pocket. All 1 took out of it was
le. Gd."
The jury returned a verdict of " Wilful murder &gaited
Michael Crawky."

Mr. J. Richardson, M.P., lately announced that
he should no: defen4 himself from the petition presented
against his return for Lisburn. With the l'arlismentary
Votes issues: this morning is mintel a copy of a petition from
four electors of the borough, praying to be allowed to defend
Mr. Rich:ln:v.llo return, and to oppose the raid petition.
ELECTION OF SHERIFFS OF LONDON AND MID.
nitasax.—(Tit Dsv.)—At a Common Hall of the livery-
men of London, hchl this afternoon A Guilt% al, Mr. Ald.
W. Lawrence end Mr. Aid. Allen wren elected sheriffs foe
the ensuing year.