The Express.
London, England, 1868-05-07 00:00:00

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SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

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mane "'whitener is until rounding the Workhouse tarn, when
Mordaa took blot through \ls lona', faking hle place NA the
quarters of Stnithoostan, and at the heed et • batty of berms
who wen so closely packed that bat kw me or Owe of tits
manna rather Irian id the railway Imre, a
Inevitable. As It We., both Stratlitumen and Dafty weeillarridb• tly
cannoned whist. but so &midget waked,As they traversed
the Dee Ade, Beauty drew out of the ruck, and mall& beetled
retreat, the retirement was taken &hooted, of, Mr. Wood's
mare, who ran Into third Naos, Wed about tkr
of • Meath in rem of the favourite. Virle
from home The Clown had shot his belt, and
Paul Jones at once took up the running, Beauty aid The
Clown being, however, In close Mundanee on the hivosatte, and
just inadvenee of Goodwood, Istratheastan, and Dalby, the Geld
bMng now rather straggled. Ue reashied the The
Clown dropped away and Dalby took the third placeßridge . lyitarn,ng just
to front of Goodwood and dtratheasse. Within the etraight,
however, It was apparent that Paul Janes, who was coming
along at • rattg paeis, had the race fa hand. Dalby
and Strathoonan dropped back as sees as the stridett
was reached, mid before neari the distance Beauty
won In trouble, and Uoodwoo.[ alone was left to
struggle with the favourite, and despite Perry's rams ate
tiding, Paul Jones never allowed the Amends oolt so get to his
head, and, drawing away at the commencement of the Stand
enclosure, he won very easily by a length, Goodwood was two
lengths In advance of Beauty, and the latter three lengths in I
front of Btratheonan, Deasy, clew up with the "grey," was fifth,
not more than a head In front of Bracken, sixth. Then came
Minster Bell, seventh, Priest eighth. The Clown pulled up hung,
ninth, Stradisroke tenth. and CAlthneas eleventh, alight Intervals
separating them. 'I halls was twelfth, Truant. 'Trove thirteenth,
and Grey Stocking next. Cantering In came Abergeldie, War,
and Seville, the latter pulling tip at the post. The time of the
rare, as taken by Benson's chnstograph, was 4 min. ITI seat
STAND STANK, of 5 soya each, with GO added; weight for
age. Five furlongs. tS sun.)
Captain illannell'a rennet (Jeffery) 1
Mr. Johnstone's Angara (Cameron) 2
niece floitykutra War Queen (Butler) S
. Your others also ran.

Betting • II to 10 sot Yntival, 4 to 1 eget War Queen, • to 1
apt Couleur de Itose filly. Festivity Jumped off with a clear
lead of Festival, (colour de Rose filly; War Queen, and Hatty.
No alteration occurred till reaching the atrabilit, where Festivity
was beaten, and after a fine race home between Festival and
Zingara the first named won by a neck, twn lengths between the
second and third, Dr Wilson fourth, Yestivltyslith, Hatty hut.
Mr. Blanton claimed &wank Mr. Hodgman Hatty, and Mr.
Mackenzie purchAsed the winner for 180 guineas.
FLYING HANDICAP of f• *Ova each, ft, with 100 added, Five fur-
longs. ',28 subs.'
Mr. C dnewing's Scamew (Peppier) 1
Lonl Wilton'', Parma (Hewn; 2
Slr F. Johnstone's Freenuaon Butler)
Three others also ran,
'letting: n to 4 eget Freenisson, 100 to 30 each apt Lady Clinton
and Lady Hornbill. 4 to 1 eget Parnta. and sto 1 &gat deamew.
Firma made running to the dl dance, where eh* was headed by
Sesame, and these two raced home together. Mr. finewing's filly
hArbur slightly the best of It all the way, and winning by half a
length ; bad third.
BBLORAVIC STAKIC:: of 6 soya., with 40 added. Half a mile.
,P subs.:
Mr. C. Brewer's Prince Iteorrn 'Parry, 1
Mr. W. O. Bennett's Sllsa dophie ;Jeffery, 2
Mr. R. Marra Male (VInell)
Three others also ran.

Betting: b to 4 each eget Prince be...me and Mal*, 4 to 1 aget
Minster Chinita, 6to 1 agst Mims nophle, and 100 to 16 eget
Oceans. Prince George naaile all the running, and won by two
length,: the same baween second and third. Captain Macho!l
bought the whiner fur 295 guineas.
Tux Daa STAND et of 5 cies. each, 2 ft, with 50 sided.
Seven furlongs. fit subs
Mir F. Johustone's Freemason (Parr!) 1
Mr. J Denman's Rhine WLne (Kenyon) 2
Mr. Warner's Grand Duke 'Morris) 9
Betting : 6 to 4 eget Rhine Wine, 7 to 4 agst Grand Duke, and
2to I eget Freemason. Grand Duke made the running to the
distance, where Rhine Wine was beaten, and Freemason, who
had been lying in waiting, Caine away and won easily by half a
length two lengths between second and third.
BETTING AT THE ROOMS BEFORE RACING.
11l ram • R ICLLEnTER CUP.
9to 4 apt Paul Jones •t 22 to eget Minster Bell (t;
100 to 15 ritradbroke (t I 66 to Thalia it;
7to 1 Dolby (off t 25 to Stratheotuin (o)
IV to I - - Beauty 'MT 29 to Bracken riff)
100 to 0 Treasure Trove 40 to Priest (off) ,
(off. 40 10 Goodwood (off)
10 to 1 Abergeldie (off) 60 to (off)
21 to 1 Grey ritecking.o)
LETTING ON THE COURSE.
• GREAT NORTHERN HANDICAP.
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5 to 1 I(tat i,.ll;getViestwlek 'or)
11 to 2 1111rikhoolio (t) I7to 1 Yortunlo (off)
6 to 1 Beauty 't f)

DERBY.
10 to 1 agst Foul Jones 4, I 15 to 1 eget The Ken (t)
12 to 1 Blue Gown

BETTING AT MIDNIGHT.

The Great Northern was tonight made the medium of specu-
lation, and there was a considerable amount of wagering on the
event. Paul Jones was in the first instance favourite, but re.
potted outlays in favour of Blinkhoolie brought the latter to the
head of the poll at the close, no more than 4 to 1 being offered
against him. Meanwhile Beauty and Paul Jones were in euual
demand. Closing prices.

171/12714k.0R1M1X4L COURT,

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(Before Berea Chaaaen.)
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ftee Bomb, a lebeeree_ , hialeted let the sass.
Mr el Lisateriant Bansek.
. Pater maelmeled She
he NM Harsh a neenl=3"l4Wlßless Heat wee at
Ohippeaden's hearhenee, Heath Ind, Mans, whoa the
primaer mane in and was followed by Lieateemit
nano* whegremed te be very math inseziested. Pri-
mmer m . id, What are yen fellowbeg me about forizr
good man I why not se about year own
nom r But the doesesed 'wide no reply. The
prisoner then striate him a violent blow on the forehesd
with his fist, which knocked him down, bat he was picked
ap spin by the primmer and left standing against the
doer. He, however, reeled sad fell down some step into
a yard paved with brick, from which the primmer dragged
him into the road when his home sad @art were standing,
and he threatened to ran his cart over Mm ; but was pre-
vented by some ponces who isterfered. The dimmed
appeared to be quite senseless, and he was afterwards
taken to the Weal Loaders Hospital. where be died. Hr.
Whyman, the beam , said there were braises oa
the forehead, arm, end leg, ands post-mortem°immi-
nence showed that the bask part of the skull bed been
fractured, and that there was a large quantity of blood on
the bride.

The *7 returned a verdict of Guilty, and sentence wu
deferred.

Thomas Predevirk Holland*, 38, carpenter. was oharged
with feloniotudy attempting to drown his daughter, Susan
Holland/.

I Mr. /Wadley conducted the prosecution, and Mr. Lilley
appeared on behalf of the prisoner.
Thomas Edgeley, publican, Drury-lane, deposed that on
the 14th April lo saw the prisoner walking along the
bank of the Thames near Southwark-bridge, sod heard
the child, who was about twoyards behind, soy, " I won't,"
or " Don t, father." The prooner said, " Come on," and
then took the girl in his arms, and, walking up to his knees
in the water, threw her in, and she was rescued from her
perilous condition by witoeas and others.
In crow•e:amination the witness said the prisoner did
not seem as if be meant to drown the child, but simply to
frighten her. He was intoaic►ted, and appeared as if
soddened with drink, and witness could not say whether
he slipped or fell.
. . .

Tho trix, an intelligent little girl, eight years of
age, d that on the day in question she went for • walk
with her father, who was always very kind to her, and
they went down to the aide of the river together. He car-
ried her in his arms down the step of the bridge, and
dropped bee into the water. Some men name and took her
oat, and she remembered nothing more.
In orom-examin•tion she said that when her father
carried her down the steps he slipped, and else dropped
from his ems. He did not threaten to drown her.

At this stage the learned jude stopped the ease, re-
marking that with such evidence they could not go any
further.

The jury accordingly returned a radii of Not Utility,
and the priaotter was discharged.
(Before Mr. Justice Willem.)

In the cue of Peter Morgan, alias Peter Molten, 31, de-
embed ea a carpenter, charged with feloniously inducing
certain soldiers belonging to the Queen's Army to desert
from their allegiance with the intent to dethrone her Ma-
jesty, and depose her from her royal style awl title of
Queen of the United Kingdom of Groat Britain and Ire.
buni.

16. Justice Willem summed up the cue to the jury
briefly. He explained to them the nature of the charge
that was made against the prisoner, and said that before
they would be justified in convicting him they must in
the first place be satisfied that the prisoner wan a member
of the Fenian conspiracy, the object of which was to create
a revolution in Ireland, and overthrow the Queen's power
in that country ; and secondly, that he had endeavoured
to carry out that object by inciting these soldiers to forfeit
their all!gisnee, and desert from their regiment, and assist
in carrying out the rebellion that was projected. The
learned judge then proceeded to call their attention to all
the material points in the evident*, and concluded by
leaving the came in their hands.
The jury, after a few minutes' deliberation, returned a
verdict of Guilty.

The usual liestion having been pet to the prisoner if
he had anything to say why judgment should not be passed
upon him,
Morgan said— My lord and gentlemen, I am a man very
little accustomed to making speeches, as I have bad to
earn my bread by the sweat of my brow, but if you will
allow me I will offer some remarks on the evidence.

Justice Willes—lt is too late for you to do so. The
question is whether you have anything to say why judg-
ment should not be passed upon you.
The prisoner (after • short pause)—Well, in the first
place. my lord and gentlemen, the witness Farrell—
Justice Wines linterruptingi—l cannot allow you to
make remarks upon the evidence at this stage. The evi-
dent* has been heard and considered, and painful atten-
tion hasbeen paid to itbyeverybodyin court,includingyour
learned counsel, who has commented upon it most ably,
and it is too late for you to make remarks upon it now.
The prisoner—l consider, as a man charged with a se-
rious crime, that it is the nly way I could prove that I
am not guilty.
Justice Willes—lt is quite in vain. I have sat so long
on the bench, and have heard men declare they were not
guilty, in spite of evidence which, as in this case, was
most conclusive, that it would not have the slightest
effect upon me although you were to protest your inno-
Genes. If you have anything to say to induce the court
to pass a milder sentence upon you than it is proposed to
do, or if you have anything to move in arrest of judg-
meat, it will be the duty of the court, and it will be my
pleasure, to hear that urged ; but it is not the duty of the
court to listen to remarks on the witnesses.

The prisoner—Then, my lord and gentlemen, w'uld you
permit me to ask • question an an Irishman, and for the
information of my countrymen! Are we to understand
that when once the British government effects the exter-
mination of an Irishman from his native land—

Justice Willes (interrupting)— How can you go on'
lam surprised at you. lam surprised at • man coming
from • country where, however flighty some of them may
be, the people are about as hard-beaded and sagacious as
are to be found in any part of the world—l am surprised
to hear you talk such nonsense. You must forgive me,
you really must. The only object of the British govern-
ment is this, that when changes are to be made in the
government of any part of the British dominions, such
changes are to be made by peaceful and constitutional
means, and not by force of arms.
The prisoner—l was not going to allude to the force of
arms. He then went on to say that at the time it was
said he was at Aldershot he was at his work at
Pudding-lane, and that he never was at Aldershot in his
life, nor told any man he was there. He also denied having
ever paid for any of the men's railway tickets, and said
there had been no evidence to prove that he ever took or
administered an illegal oath, and this being so, he asked on
what evidence he was found guilty.
Justice Willes (addressing the prisoner) said be had been
convicted upon perfectly clear evidence of having en-
deavoured to swell the ranks of rebellion in Ireland by
troops drawn from her Majesty's army. He bad taken
advantage of the lightheartedness of his countrymen whose
names had been mentioned in the evidence, and they,
more through love of drink and fighting, he believed, than
out of an treasonable feeling in their minds, bad been in-
' duced by him to leave the ranks they had sworn to serve
in with the object of going over to Ireland, where, but for
the intervention of Providence, bloodshed and rapine
',add have covered • great part of that portion of the
united Kingdom upon the occasion of the unfortunate
outbreak out of which so much suffering and misery had
come to innocent people by the amount of suspicion and
uncertainty of affairs which had spread, and prevented
the efforts that otherwise might have been made to do
some real good for Ireland. It was almost impossible to
believe that persons would be so demented as to believe
that they really could succeed in an exploit so wild. Any-
thing more wicked never entered men's minds, and nothing
but the excitable character of the young fellows whom he
induced to desert could have imparted the hope that it
would be suocesistul even for one moment. As it turned
out, it no sooner came to a head than it was crushed by
the strength of the government and by the right feeling
of people who had a real interest in the good of the
country ; and now people were able to look with
something more of calmness upon that which, when
the first news of the outbreak come over, seemed
as if about to lead to an 11Z110.1111, of misery and murder
which it was horrible to contemplate. But although
they could now look upon these matters matte with • calm
judg-
ment, that was no reason why they should not 100
upon so grave • crime as that of which he (the prisoner)
had been convicted is one of the most serious magnitude,
and viewing it in that light, the sentence of the court
upon him was that he be kept in penal servitude for ten
years.
The prisoner was then removed from the dock.
(Before the Recorder.)

John Hamilton, a well-dressed man, 34 years of age, was
indicted for feloniously forging and uttering an order for
the payment of 2001., with intent to defraud.
Mr. Poland and Mr. Warner Sleigh conducted the prose.
cation ; and Mr. iSerjeant Ballantine and Mr. Metcalfe
were counsel for the defence.

The circumstances of this ease were of a very peculiar
nature. The prosecutor was a Turk, named named Ali
Snarl, a newspaper editor and proprietor ; and it appeared
from the evidence he gave, that on the 7th April be left
Charing-cross Station for the continent by the 7.30 a. m.
train, and that the prisoner same into the same carriage
and entered into conversation with him. Al the next
station three other gentlemen came in, and loon alter the
tide started COI of them produced some bank notes, gold,
and playing Garde, and entered into conversation with the
t, who shortly afterwards went and sat opposite
lea, and they then began to play. Prisoner bent the cor-
ner of a card and said to prosecutor, " You see what I
have dons; I have marked the winning card," and asked
him to join him in laying some money, and that they would
win. Some games were played, the prisoner sometimes
laying 1,000 and sometimes 500 francs against the other
111•0 , who lost, or pretended to lose, the s. Soon
afterwards the other two most joined in the , and they
'eked prosecutor to do so also, bat he ref prisoner
took oat of his puree a quantity of gold and said to him,
" I want you to Join with me," but he still refused, sad
tho prisoner then pbyed and lest two sueoessive =
"Mob appeared to affect him very mush, and be then

round, end saying to the pecueenttor it wss his fault, tech
hold of his by *hi breast end Mid. "Poy no year
share el theta," lorighser thee leek proeseutor's puree,
ecalaining six Napehuss; writ of his vest pocket. From
his side eget poets* be took • pceket book, out of which be
took • 5/. bank note, and he also took all the
est al courier's beg, *lading • cheque, partly=
up, is Merlin and Oe., Lmheaulreei. Al the Mattes
totem reaching Dover, the primmer and the three other
rase got out of the wuriage and prosecutor followed, but
lost sight of them. Hiving returned to London he
pointed out the primmer to • detective at Cannon-streot
Meilen on the 14th April and he was then apprehended.
For the defence several independent witnesses were
celled, who deposed that the prosecutor tore the cheque
out of a book and gave it to the prisoner, and that they
both went over to Calais in the same steamboat apparently
em very friendly terms.
The Recorder thought the awe could not go any further,
and the jury ng returned a verdict of Not Guilty, the
prisoner was discharged.