The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-05-09 00:00:00

THE JEALOUS WIFE

A story witch has filled us with greet gles is going t',e ro tad of
our salons— colp-n•te, be it owned, by thevictim him elf, who declares
that for phLaiathropy's sake atone does he soak to dissetuin eta the
history of his own discomaturo, in the hopa that. the cane he
-affords may serve, to cure other jealous wives, besidea own, of
those vigt:a it, unkrat'susp cions which • oisne the domestic hapPlnes 3
of Park life.. The hero of the tale is a K.:nth:eaten, who, with a
name and.unblenahaed honour, has followed the m tititude into the
lieti which are open to ail. the parquet of the Bourse. Here he sue-
eeeded entirely in overcoming the opposition of fortune, and, by dint
of great activicy and industry, is making a magnificent income by his
speculations. One of his clients is a certain actress, well known at
the theatres of the Boulevard ; and his wife, who for a long time has
beheld with jealous eyes the vast amount of secret commanicatin rat,'
the confl fence and intimacy passinz between her husband and the
s c• rasa, had grown so wretchedly miserable, that she had become an
object of commiseration to all her friends, many of whom —the cold
natured.onea, of course—essayed to convince her that she was per-
fectly warranted in her slispLions, and that the whole world was
occupied with the vast attention her husband was paying to Mdme
o—. A (4ay or two ago, the husband being absent on business,
an idea of fall-blown betise soddenly entered the goner Ay clever
lit•le heat of the wife, and she entered her husband's bed ro.nn with
the intention of ransacking his secretaire, and discovering at once
the re .l depth of the misfortune, to which she had resigned herself
beforehand, but which, nevenhele es, she resolved not to bear. Fate
seemed to be really waiting 'on 'her pleasure, for there, on tne
chimney-piece, lay a letter, perfumed and scent d, written on buff
coloured Chinese paper, and breathing of love and mystery, if any-
thing in this world ever did. A struggle took. plane in her bosom ;
should she open the billet. or should she wait and watch her husband as
he did so, and thus seize the traitor in the very act of treason to his
home and affection? Just at the very moment of indecision, the
servant entering with a message from her husband, saying that, being
detained late at business ha should dine at the club, and begging her
to send immediately any letter that might have arrived for him,
determined at once the jealous wife upon the step she should pursue.
she dropped the perfumed billet into the pocket of her dress, placed
the others which lay by its aide awaiting perusal into the hands of the
servant, and hurrying him -away, locked the door and rank upon a
chair, with despair in her heart, and more convinced than ever that
she had been for some time the dupe of the most awful mystification
that evernnveloped, enCompassed, and hemmed in the good faith of
unsnspicions; confiding gentle woman. After a convulsive fit of .tears,
she tore open with desperate emotion.the treacherous envelope, whch
she felt sure, but served to conceal the scrawled lies of love of the
basest of sirens, who - ever trod the boards of a Boulevard theatre, and
read with avidity the Content', which she was convinced were to serve
as foundation for "see s ration de corps et de biens," "enquele scanda-
leuse," " singulieres tevelations," and all the crescendi with which
the Gazette des_ Tribunaux adorns its short and simple annals,
when a new fear setzed her mUid: The letter was froni Madame 0 —;
it was indeed a Confidential note, And yet all jealousy vanished at once.
although it was written sada were, in. yphers, and incomprehensible
to the pure Ina .ginetion of Medium ,C--. . There was a certain
pith, moreoverain the style which ought tahave overact the mosale
of the reader, but which; strange to say, bamowed, comfort by its very .
'amnia= %Le Nord is fallivao-seila—thirte. -.Les Touroieres, rising
_abuy—fifty.3' :These were the sole -mysterious• words conveyed by
the note—nothing meire,'neither inside nor out—not one word of love
'or endearment, only" tree presse,aujourd'hui prime," in one corner !
he situation of the jealous wife was pe nfal in the eat. ems; she
dared not own. the indiscretion of which she had be-n guilty; she
knew not how to get out of the strait into which she had been led by
tier own infirmity. Of the mnny evils presented by her po ition,
she chose the least—she flung the note into the Bre, resolving to risk
the issue. The husUnd returned that evening. kind and cheerful as
usual, and.the next day, and the next—no- d fference in his manner:
-towards his,wife; on the contrary, rather, if anything. more a tentive
than ever; and the wife imagined that her little jealous fredaine was
buried in -eternal obscutity, when lo! On Monday night when
Madame came down stairs beetling on her husband's tom to go to the
opera, she started back- in amazement at the sight of t,7.e wretched
fitters which atood at the door of the vestibule instead of the brilliant
chariot and friugant h !tees which hod been wont to greet her
on the like occasion. 4' What isthi ?"exclaimed she, turning to her
husband in dismay. "The resut cf a moment of indiscretion, my
love.. Tile carriage and horses are gone, for the present, to Mdme.
o—, as a-makeweight to complete the twenty thousand francs 1
was the cause of her losing by not attending t t the directions con-
tained in a certain little buff note, which somehow di appeared when
it was most needed. I have paid my share of the toss, and Mule.
• drives to-night in your carriage, 113 that you also, having I aid
yours, deserve no farther reproaches." The, saying, the husband
Jumped light y to the step of thefiaerq, and held out his hand toassist
his wife in mounting, which she did Without a murmur, and took her
seat in silence, with the ;reflection that poor Richard was right in
Wetting " that people may sometimes nay too dear for their whistle."
—Paris Correspondence of rhe Court Journal. -

LETTSLII ACM AIMILICA.--Perso rill in America directing letters
for London should b.! careful to put the initial letters of the metro-
politan district intended above the word "1,-ndon,•• and not under
it. A leading house in New York having trJn=mlteti bills f r
70,00 e" In a letter directed " London, W.C.," It was canted to
London, Western Canada.

SEDUCTION AND MUILDSR. IN KENTUCKY.---DLITIUg the early part
of our circnit,coart, a Mrs. Eats and her husband (formerly cy Bards-
town, now living in or near New Haven)knade complaint that she
had been s-fluted by means of chloroform, &c., by Robert Ford ; that
she had b !come eaciente by him; that he had endeavoured to pro-
duce abortion. Finding it not p (shade ender the circumstances, teat
she could get any satistaction at law, she determined to get satisfac.
tion some other way. On Wednesity last. while Ford wos in a store
in New Haven. making some purchases, Airs. Eno entered, drew a
pistol, fired, and shot him through the body. He died next day.
. Mrs. Eno was arrested, and is now In the hands of the officers of the
law.—Sardestown (Ky ) Gazette.
DISPELLING " Cuarts33."— At the Borough Court, Bolton, on
Saturday, a woman named Mary Ann Montomery, aged 35 years,
unmarried, and with four children, who has long been in the habit of
levying contributions upon the credulous, by means of fortune telling,
and under pretence of dispelling " charms," was charged with obtain-
ing two shawls under false pretences. A poor man, named Thorns
Kenyon, residing at Springfield, is afflicted with a spinal complaint,
and unable to follow his occupation, and the prisoner, on obtaining an
interview with his wife, persuaded the poor woman that he was
labouring under a "charm," and that she (the prisoner) co nld remove
it. To do so, however, it was necessary that she should have some-
thing of value to work upon, and a shawl, value 163. was entrusted
to her, under promise of its return. The result was, of course, that
the poor man remains in his helpless condition, and that the shawl
found its way to a pawnshop. The prisoner said she was obliged to
111,4,111 Sue utggtut 0115 sue cuu,u w gcsi, 3eutetutug LO support ner
shildren. She was committed to prison for 21 days, this being the
fourth time she has been sent to the New Bailey for the like offence.

AN INDIAN 01ITUNE.—HEIRS WANTED.—The Greenock Telegraph
lately published a paragraph relative to the discovery of a fortune of
a million and a-half having been left by a ch cea-ed Calcutta merchant,
to be divided among all his relatives who could be traced out. The
same, paper now says: —The parties who believe themselves concerned
In the vast fortune, now supposed to be near y double the sum we
have stated, held a meeting I Glasgow last week, and have resolved
to use every possible means of realising the golden prize. Upwards
of a hundred exp ctants were present. The name of the nabob was
M`Causland. He is said to have bean born in the parish of Rosen° stb,
Dumbartonshire (not Rothesay), about ninety years ago, and had
been absent from his n.tive place for seventy years, although from
circumstances his namois still traditionally well known is the place.
He had many relatives of the name of Campbell ; and as that is a
prolific elan in the West of Scotland, a considerable number of the
name are among the claimantQ. At the meeting there ware repre-
sentatives of alleged heirs from Greenock, Paisley, Glasgl w, Gare-
lochside, Dumbarton, Helenaburgl,, and various parts of Argyllshire
and btirlingshire; and an ern'nent London solicitor has been retained
by the parties.—Dumbarton Herald.

Aw ADVENTURE IN ♦ DRAW-WELL.—A short distance beyond
Brandling-place, and near to the Moor Edge, is a draw-well, about
thirty. five feet deep, three feet five inches in diameter, with water to
within about eight feet of the top. Oa Sunday morning last a hat
was found near the spot, and certain finger marks on the sides of the
well Indicated that a struggle for life and death had very recently
taken place. At first it was whispered that a man had been drowned
in the old well, and eventually a vague rumour to the off ct reached
the Prudhoe-street police-station. Long poles and grappling irons
were in immediate requisition, but after some hours' labour the
search was given up as hopeless, and the bystanders slowly and
sorrowfully returned to their homes. And thus the matter rested,
until a pitman belonging to Gosforth-row, named William Craven
came and identified the hat as his property. He said that on Saturday
evening he was going home over the Moor intoxicated, in company
with some of his neighbours, and having quarrelled with them, he
returned towards the town. lie remembered nothing after that but
having plumped very suddenly overhead into a deep hole full of
water. On coming to the surface he worked himself clear of the
water by means of his feet and shoulders, and whilst in this position
he stated he fell asleep several times, but awoke on finding himself
slipping down again. How he got into the well—how long he remain-
ed in the perilous situation in which he stated himself to have been
placed—and how he got oat again, he was totally unable to remem-
ber; but this he did recollect, that he went over to Gateshead to some
of his friends, wet, cold, and hungry, and minus his hat, coat, and
two waisWoats.—Newcastle Chronicle.

HANGIN. BY LYNCH Lew.—We have just learnt from Mr. Black,
of Andrew, the old county seat of Jackson County, 25 miles south of
Dubuque, the particulars of the hanging at that place by a mob, on
Saturday last, the I lth inst., of Eli Grifford, a half-breed. Grifford
had murdered a man named John Ingalls, about the 28th of
March. He was arrested and lodged in jail at Andrew on the 31st of
March, and was Wen from jail on Saturday last at about two o'clock
P.M. by a mob of 24 of the citizens of the vicinity where the murder
was perpetrated—lron-hill post-office, in the same county, and Mend
14 miles from Andrew. The jail was entered by force, the door being
broken open by a sledge hammer. The jailor made no resistance, nor
called on the citizens for help to protect the prisoner or defend the jail.
The uncle of the murderer hada few moments before riddeu into town
and warned the jailor of the approach of the mob. The mob was
headed by Jacob Landis, o f Iron-hill. and on arriving in town proceeded
at once to the jail and assailed the door with a heavy sledge hammer.
The door of the cell was a strong one, and did not yield until near
200 blows had been struck. There were four other prisoners in the
jail, who. with the assistance of Grifford, barricaded the door. The
prisoner, on finding himself in the power of the mob, showed much
alarm, and asserted, on being told it was their intention to hang him,
that "if you hang me you hang an inno ent man." From jail the
moe took Grifford to a tree just south of the school-house between the
building and the cemetery, when a rope was put round his neck and
thrown-ewer a limb projecting over the pathway. When Grifford
found that the citizens were determined upon hanging him, and there
was no probability of escape, he made a clean breast of it, confessing
that be shot Ingalls on Friday,the 27th, in the woods, where his body
was found. The weapon used was the rifle, and he approached his
victim from behind to within flfteenfeet, and shot him in the head, the
ball passing through and lodging against the skull over the left eye.
The skull in front was fractured, and the ball found to have split in
two parts, Or the gun must have contained more than one ball. At
the time, Ingalls, the murdered man, was walking with an axe on his
left shoulder, and on receiving the fatal ball fell upon his right side.
A small dog that was with him returned to the house th second day,
after having in the interval evidently nestled closely to his master's
person. Grifford says that he was instigated to the murder, and paid
for doing it, by his uncle, a man named Jarrett, and another named
David M'Donald, neighbours of Ingalls. An old grudge existed be-
tween them, which had been festered from time to time by hostile acts
from both parties. Ingalls had threatened to burn Jarrett's house,
and for this Ingalls bad bean arrested. Ingalls was a 1 age and
powerful man, and in personal encounters was too much for any of
his opponents. For this he was doomed to death, and the confederates,
Jarrett, M'Dcnald, and Grifford, determined that the deed should be
done by the latter, the two former agreeing to pay him a certa'n sum
and help him to leave the State. Griffard is a native of Missouri,
where his mother resides now. Grifford also confessed that he had
attempted to kill two other persons in the same vicinity—one a man
at whom he shot three times, and the other a woman. When told the
fatal moment was approaching he acknowledged the justice of his
punishment, but said his " uncle ought to suffer also." From 300 to
500 persons witnessed the hanging. A prayer was offered up by a
Methodist clergyman—the Rev. Mr. Babcock—the guilty wretch kneel-
ing and crossing himself, the surrounding crowd standing in
respectful silence. There as no disturbare e, no tumult, and a legal
execution could not have passed off in a more or 'erly manner. No ore
attempted to interfere, the people of the country having, it seems,
come to a conclusion that murderers cannot be punished if left to
the due course of law. When the last moment arr.v d the leader of
the party tied a handkerchief over the eyes of Grifford, who remained
standing, and every man of the 24 took hold of the rope. At a signal
they pulled upon the rope tozether, suspending. him in the air about
eight feet from the earth. His irons had not been to oyes off, and his
arms being pinioned there was Lut little struggling as his guilty soul
teak its flight. His body was allowed to remain upon the gibbet tree
for something over an hour, when it was taken down and placed in a
rude box, and interred is a field belonging to Dr. Cowden. During
the whole of this time, and until the body was buried, the crowd re-
mained upon the ground silently witnessing the various occurrences.
them both, if taken. M'Donald has not
of Jarrett, the Uncle, and M'Donald, his accomplice, and it is said to
tshodondeatsathmeinexaeticountitoonhawansgover two men were despatched in pursuit
Abes
been seen since the murder, but is supposed to be secreted in the
neighbourhood. Jarrett left town before the arrival of the mob, or it
is probable they would have made short work with him a'so. They
are now in hot pursuit, and it will be strange if they are not soon
captured.—Dubuque Herald, April 14.

A MURDEROUS OUTRAGE, .fin

At the Worehip-streetPolica Court, on Thureda-, Griffith
G-iffiths and Thomas G cawkeepers in
dater-street, Bethnal-greee, . :texged with having
vie!ently assaulted and weun-led Mr, William Amos, a
trimming manufacturer at Mile-end, and three of the
members of his family, with intent to do them grievous
bodily harm. The first complainant, Mr. Amos, who
exhibited indications of severe personal violence, stated
that on Wednesday se'nnight a judgment was obtained
against him, in an action at the suit of the prisoners,'
at the Whitechapel County Court, for the purchase
money of a milk business, which they had sold to
him on behalf of a third party. In consequence
of a subsequent communication from the prisoners
he proceeded to their house with a view of arranging
the dispute, accompanied by hie. wife and son and
a married daughter, for whom the business had been pur-
chased. At the commencement of the negotiation, ho
ever, some angry words ensued between their respective
wives, and witness was endeavouring to allay their irrita-
tion, when the prisoner, Griffith. Griffiths, suddenly
attacked him, and, after striking him in the face, dealt
him a severe blow on the head with a heavy stick, which
felled him to the ground. lie remained for some time in
a state of insensibility, and on recovering his conscious-
ness he found that the defendants had been given into
custody. Ann Trevelyan, the complainant's daughter, fully
corroborated her father's evidence, and added, that while
he was prostrated on the ground, the prisoner, Griffith
Griffiths, emerged from the house with a poker, with which
he struck him several violent blows on the head. Witness
was endeavouring to protect her father from further ill-
usage, when the prisoner turned fiercely upon her, and
struck her repeated blows with the poker, from the effects
of which she hal sustained severe wounds in her forehead
and other parts of her person, and had ever since been
confined under medical treatment. The prosecutor's wife
and son, both of whom had also been brutally maltreated
by the prisoners, give similar evidence, and Mr. Mears,
the divisionaPsurgeon of police, who had attended the
several complainants, deposed to the injuries they had
received, which, in the case of Ann Trevelyan, were of such
a serious nature that she remained for some time in a state
of extreme danger. The prisoners, who reserved their
defence, wererOmmitted for trial, bat the magistrate con-
sented to aeCepilinbstantial bail, themselves in X2OO and
two suretieS'in'DVoo each, for their appearance at the
Central Criminal Court.

SUSPECTED MURDER NEAR DALBEATTIE.—The body of a
man named Edwari Nolan having been found in the water
of Urr, near Dalbeattie, on the 24th ultimo, there appeared
strong suspicions that death was the result of foul play.
We regret to state that these suspicions have proved too
well founded, and that the result of gie, medical examina-
tion has indicated that the unfortunate man came to an
untimely end by violence. The deceased Edward Nolan
was partially blind, and used to go about the country led
by a small dog. When at Dalbeattie, on Thursday, 22nd
ult., he met with a person named James Brown, who
follows the occupation of a sweep in winter, and in summer
goes about the country making baskets from the willows
to be found growing on the banks of streams or on the
roadsides. Besides Brown and his wife, he met a family of
tinkers, named Wilson, who have haunted t e neighbourhood
of Damfries and Maxwelltown for a year or two, and are so
often drunk and quarrelling as to be a great nuisance.
The whole of these parties had been drinking together, and
left Dalbcattie towards Palnackie about ten o'clock on
Thursday night. Before leaving Dalbeattie there had
been some high words between Noian and Brown, in con-
sequence, it is said, of the former having used language
of a disparaging nature regarding the wife of the latter.
On Buittle Bridge, Brown, it is said, was heard to threaten
that he would do for Nolan before twelve o'clock ; the
parties were also heard quarrelling near Munches gate.
On examination Nelan's chest was found to be discoloured
from the effects of blows; and there were marks of a hand
having grasped his throat. We understand that the
medical gentlemen are of opinion that the marks of
external violence were not sufficient to account for
death, but that death was caused by suffoca'ion. Whether
Nolan has been rendered insensible by blows, and after-
wards thrown into the river, or whether he had been
stunned by the violence used towards him, and stumbled
into the water, is at present uncertain ; but the medical
men are decidedly of opinion that the marks of violence
on the body were inflicted before death. The Procurator-
Fiscsl has been investigating the matter ; and Cooper, the
active police officer at Castle Douglas, has been engaged
at Dalbeattie in enquiries, the result of which has been the
apprehension and committal to prison of Brown and his
wife, and Wilson and los son.—Dumfries Courier.
THE REVOLTING CASE AT POPLAR,—The feelings of the
public have been much shocked by the reports under the
mob inh n pArsnn named
Hills, the assistant clerk of the Poplar Union, has been
charged with the vilest conduct towards a number of
young girls, the pupils of his wife, who with his daughters,
kept a day-school in that parish, From the evidence gone
into and already published, and which, therefore, need not
be here repeated, there can be no doubt of the itali's guilt,
even if this point had not been set at rest by his own ad-
mission. What we would now call attention to has
reference to Mrs. Hills and her family ; and as regards
them, we do hope that the just indignation excited by the
abominable conduct of the depraved husband will not be
visited upon the innocent wife. Their position has
been rendered sufficiently painful without their
having to incur the penalty of indiscriminating
retribution. Let the man Hilts be punished with the
utmost severity that the law will allow; but do not suffer
the future prospects of his family to be sacrificed through
his crime, Their chances of obtaining a livelihood must
doubtless depend in agreat measure upon the school, which,
SO far as appears, has been respectably carried on, and it
is be hoped that the parents and neighbours who have
hitherto had confidence in Mrs. Hills and her daughters,
as regards the education of their children, will not with-
draw it on account of the misdeeds of another. Mr.
Gray, who applied to the magistrate on Tuesday,
was quite right in endeavouring to remove an
impression that he was anxious to effect a com-
promise of the affair, for not a shadow of pity can be
entertained as far as the wretch Hills is concerned ;
but the case is widely different when the situation of
the wife is considered, and it would be cruel in the
extreme that her prospects should bs destroyed because he
has placed himself oat of the pale of society. With
respect to him, however, we are by no means satisfied that
Mr. Yardley, the magistrate, has taken the right course in
committing him for misdemeanour only. It may be rea-
dily understood why the feelings of the parents of the in-
jured girls should be spared as much as possible ; but
public justica has still higher claims, and it will not have
escaped notice that the evidence, supported by medical
testimony, went to prove violation in one or two cases, if
not more ; and if there are grounds for believing that this
crime has really been committed, it is a clear dereliction
of duty to allow the prisoner to be tried upon the minor
charge. If convicted, of which there can be no doubt, he
will escape with, at the utmost, two years' imprisonment.
Can this be viewed as a fitting punishment for atrocity
such as his ? or is it right that, after a comparatively short
seclusion, he should be again restored to society, instead
of being transported beyond the seas, which is the retribu-
tion he really merits ?—.London Paper
ROMANCES OF Cnesicsair.--The great will case of

Rosh prough v. Boyce came on on Monday, in the Irish
Court of Chancery, for re-hearing for further directions,

and upon motion on the part of the defendant to change
the venue from the county of Wexford to the county of
Dublin, the House of Lords having, on appeal, granted a
venire de novo last session. The issue was as to the
validity of the will of Cmtar Colclough, who died in
1842, leaving real estates worth about £lO,OOO per
annum, and considerable personal property, all of
which was claimed by his widow (the defendant), who
is now Mrs. Boyce, as devisee under the deceased's
will. The plaintiff, after the lapse of seven years,
disputed the validity of the will, alleging that undue
influence was used to obtain its execution, and, as heir
at law of the deceased, asserted his title to the property
enjoyed by the defendant. Litigation in the equity courts
folioned; and finally the Chancellor directed an issue to
be tried as to whether the will of C. Colelongh was a valid
testamentary document or not. After a lengthened trial
the jury found a verdict against the will, and in favour of
the plaintiff. A new trial was sought for and refused by the
Chancellor, who, on the 19th of April, 1853, pronounced a
decree putting the plaintiff in possession of the estates. Sub-
sequently orders were likewise obtained by the plaintiff;
directing, as consequential upon the decree, payment of the
mesne rents received by the defendant while in possession of
the estate and costs. All has been reversed by the recent
judgment of the House of Lords, which orders a new trial
of the issue, and has remitted the cause to the Chancellor
to give such other directions as might be necessary to carry
out the judgement of the House (.f Lords, with all conse-
quential directions, and among't these there is mentioned a
power to change the venue. The Lard Chancellor said the
reversal of his decree rendered it necessary that he
should dir ct a new trial of the issue, and although
some inconvenience might result from the order, he
felt that he should restore to the defendant
that of which she had been deprived by the decree
now reversed by a higher tribanal. He would therefore
direct Mrs. Boyce to be put in possession of the estates,
and to be refunded the costs she paid by an order of the
Court of Chancery. Until the final determination of the
case he would not direct any account to be taken of the
rents enjoyed by the plaintiff. He passed no opinion on
the case, which, after all, should be decided in conformity
with the finding of a jury. A motion will be made to
change the venue from Wexford to Dublin.

SPORTING x,#,AII4N9E.

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IiESTER SPRING Nefs,

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STEWARDS—His Grace the Duke of Beaufort, the Marquis
of An,lesey, and the Earl of Wilton.
CLERK OF TILE COURSE—Mr. E• W. Topham.
• JUDGE_;qtr. It. Johnson, of York.
STARTER—Mr. Hibburd.
:
CLERK OF TIIE SCALES—Mr. Horsley.

FRIDAY, HVY 8.

A HANDICAP STAKES cif 54ovs each, with 50sovs added.
The second to receive lOsovs out of the stakes, and the
winner to pay ssovs to the judge. The winner of the
Cheshire Stakes, or Grand Stand Cup (if run previous),
10Ib, and second in either, :jib extra, Seven furlongs.
—lO subs.

8 0 Mr J, La Mert's br f Catherine Logic, 4yrs ... .
8 5 Mr Capel's b g Welham, 6yrs
7 5 Mr J. Ilawkin's br f Lady Florence, 4yrs
5 0 Mr Mary iy's b g Chester, 3yrs ........... ........ Pritch erd 4
8 0 Mr. Widtaison's br h Blight, 6yrs (X 39) Cress well 0
7 10 Mr J. lienders3res br f Janet Pride, 4yrs
7 19 Mr Shipley's b f Breaze, 4yrs
6 12 Mr Cameron's oh f Maid of Athens, 3yrs .. Fordli am 0
6 10 Mr T. affe's b f lady Hercules, 3yrs .. B ray 0
6 4 Mr Boyd's b c Yorkshireman, 3yrs

Betting :-2 to 1 agst Catherine Logie, 4 to I agst
Chester, and 7 to 1 agst Weliiam. Considerable delay
took place at the start. Chester jumped away with the
lead. closely followed by Breeze, Catherine Logie, and
Welhatn• A beautiful race from the distance took place,
Catherine Logie winning by half a length ; a length and
a-half between second and third; a good fourth.
The EATON STAKES of 10 BOYS each, h. ft., with 30 sovs
added, for three and four years old ; three years old 7st
41b, four Bst 111 b ; fillies and geldings allowed 41b, and
maidens at the time of naming 31b. Winners at any one
time in 1857 of 10 ►sous clear (handicaps and matches ex-
cepted) to carry slb extra. Grosvenor course.-8 subs.

7 9 Mr. T. Walker's b c Gemma di Vergy, 3yrs Hughes 1
9 2 Mr. T. Parr's br c Fisherman, 4yr5.... . .
Betting :-2 to 1 on Gemma di Vergy. Fisherman
made the running at a strong pace until a few strides
from the chair, when Hughes brought up Gemma and
won by head.
The GRAND STAND CuP OF 100SOFS in specie, the gift
of the Proprietors, added to a Handicap Sweepstakes of
ssovs each. The second to receive 30so vs out of the stakes,
and the winoeo, pay 15sovs towards expenses. The
winner of any handicap after -the publication of the
weights, of the value of 100sovs clear 51b, 200sovs 71b, 500
or more 101 b, and of the Chester Cup 141 b extra, but not
to be accumulative ; the second in any of such handicaps
31b extra. Once round and a distance.-96 subs.
5 12 Lord Wilton's b c Peeping Tom, 3; rs
6 7 Mr. Barber's ch c Lord Nelson, Dales 2
6 8 Mr. Shepherd's b g Cardsharper, 6yrs
6 11 Mr. Andrews' b g The Marilet, 4yrs
6 5 Mr. Sherry's bc by Tow,hstone —Dipthong, syrs ....Plumb 0
6 8 Mr. T. Dawsou's b g Assailant, 4yrs Bal,ock 0
5 12 Mr. J. Hawkins' gr c Master ?sgot. 3yrs Ducker 0
5 5 Capt. White's ch c Moose, 3yrs
Betting :-5 to 2 agst Lord Nelson, 3 to 1 agst Card.
sharper, and 4to 1 agst Peeping Tom. Assailant led to
the coming-in-chair, where Lord Nelson rushed to the
front, and made the running until within a very short
distance from home, when Peeping Tom came and won on
the post by a head ; two lengths between second and
third.
The CHESHIRE STAKES of 15 sovs each, 10 ft with 60
sovs added by the citizens of Chester. A. winner of any
handicap race, after the publication of the weights, of the
value of 100 sovs clear to carry 5 lb, or of the Trades'
Cup 10 lb extra, but not to be accumulative. Second to
save his stake, and winner to pay 10 sovs to the race fund.
From the castle-pole, once round and in;. about a mile
and three furlongs-12 subs, 4 of whom declared and pay
5 sovs each.

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5 11 Mr. J. Merry's b g Special License, 3yrs
7 0 Lord Wilton's br g Bracken, 6yrs . CressOrell 2
5 0 Sir W. W. Wynn nas ch c Kennerdy, 3yrs . .. Pritchard 3
7 8 Br. Barber's br c Prince of Oranm 4yrs D. Hughes 4
5 11 Lord Ribblesdalo's br c Greyling, 3yrs .... .... Rayner 6

Betting :-6 to 4 agst Special Licence, and 2 to 1 agst
Prince of Orange. Bracken made the running to the
workhouSe, when Greyling went first, but was passed by
Bracken at the railway bridge. Bracken held his lead to
the Grosvenor post, where he was headed by Special
Licence, who went on with the lead, and won in a canter
by a length ; a head between second and third.
THE LADIES' PURSE, value £5O ; three years old Bst
21b, four 9st 61b, five lOst, six and aged lOst 21b ; mares
and geldings allowed 31b. Winn2rs in 1857, of .e5O clear
to carry 21b, of two or more of £lOO in value 51b extra.
The winner to he sold for 250 sovs ; if entered to be sold.
for £2OO, allowed 41b ; 150, llb ; 100, 121 b ; and 50, 201 b.
Maiden five years old and upwards allowed 71b in,
addition. To be sold by auction after the race, and
surplus to go to the race fund. Once round and a
distance.

713 Mr. Wilkins' b g The Cripple, 4yrs ( it)) .Bray 1- 1
6 7 Mr. W. Evans' ch f Sorceress, 4yrs Snowden t 2
First hca.t.—Betting ;-2 to 1 on Sorceress. The Cripple
made the running, Sorceress coming in the last few strides
and making it a dead heat. The second heat won cleverly.
The WIRRAL STAKES of lOsovs each, h ft, with 30sovs
added, for two and three years old ; two years old colts
Est 12. b, fillies 6st 81b; three years old colts 9st, fillies
Bst 101 b. Winners in the present year once 31b, and twice
or more .51b extra. Maidens having started three times-
without being placed, allowed 61h. Half a, mile.-9 subs.
6 13 Mr Bari.er's ch f Polly Peachern, 2yrs Dales w.
The third and last year of the FIFTH TRIENNIAL
PRODUCE STARES of 10 sous each, with 50 sovs added, for
four years old, colts Bst 91b. fillies Bst 51b ; those got by
untried stallions or out of mares which never bred a
winner, allowed 31b, both 61b. Winner to pay 10 sovs
towards expenses, and the second to save his stake. Mile
and three quarters.-5 subs.

8 2 Mr. Bedhead's br fby Cotherstone—Delaine Dales 1
8 3 lir. Thomas's b c Kingsland .. Clement 2

Betting :-2 to 1 on Delaine filly, who made all the
running, and won in a canter by three lengths.
Walked over for, in 1855 and 1856, by filly out of
Delaine.

SPRING MEETING, 1858.

In concluding our remarks, we are happy to say that
the Grand Stand Proprietors. at a meeting held on
Thursday, voted the very liberal sum of £1,200 to the
races, £3OO of which is to be appropriated for a Cup, to
be run on the last day. Messrs. Wetherby have received
instructions to furnish the designs, which are to be
submitted to the Grand Stand Committee; and we hope
one of our brother tradesmen will be selected to supply
the Cup.


PRESERVATION OF LIFE FROM SIIIPWRECK.—On Thurs-
day, a meeting of the National Life Boat institution was-
held at its house, John-street, Adelphi, Hr. Thomas
Baring, M.P., in the chair. A reward of £7 17s was
voted to the crew of the lifeboat of the institution sta-
tioned at Newbiggin, for their laudable services in rescu-
ing the crew, of six men, of the schooner Catherine
of Ipswich, which, during squally weather and thick
fog, went on the rocks near Blyth, on the 17th
ultimo. A reward of £6 was also granted to the
crewof the lifeboat of the institution, stationed at Cemlyn
on the Anglesey coast, for putting off in her on Sunday the
sth ult., with a view of succouring the crew of the barque
Ellen Oliver, of Liverpool, from Orleans to that port,
which, during a dense fog, had struck on the Skerries
rocks. The silver medal and £2 each were voted to James
Pease, Thomas Pease, and John Jones, pilots, and to Geo,
Cl'rk, seaman, who put off in a boat, and rescued at con-
siderable risk of life, and after an arduous pull of four hours
duration, the crew of three out of four of the schooner
Treverence, of St. Agnes, which, during thick weather
and a dark night, was wrecked off Porthcawl, Glamorgan.
Various other rewards were granted to parties who had
meritoriously exerted themselves in saving life from
wrecks. The quarterly report of forty-seven of the
boats of the institution were, as usual, of a very fave",rable
character. A beautiful lithographic-coloured working
drawing, on a large scale, of Ir. Peake's plan. of lifeboat
which is now adopted and successfully used by the insti-
tution, was exhibited at the meeting. The Duke of
Northumberland had intimated his intention to have a
large number of copies of the same struck off and circu-
lated throughout our colonies and in foreign countries,
"Tug DELICATE QUESTD,N.".— Writers in the Times are
taking up this matter, and in the same strain in which
it was discussed some months ago in the Star. One of
them says—" The father of a family has in many instances
risen from a comparatively humble origin to a position of
easy competence. His wife has her carriage ;he associates
with men of wealth greater than his own. His sons reach
the age when; in the natural course of things, they ought
to marry and establish a home for themselves. It would
seem no great hardship that a young couple should begin
on the same level as their parents began, and be content
for the first few years wish the mere necessaries of life ;
and there are thousands who, were it not for society,
would gladly marry on such terms. But 'here the tyrant
world interposes; the son must not marry until he can
maintain an establishment on much the same footing as
his father's. If he dare to set the law at defiance, his
family lose caste, and he and his wi e are quietly droppe I out
of the cirel.) in which they have hitherto moved. Already
hear society lotrily acclaiming that I am ticisocating impro-
vident marriages, that I would flood the country with
genteel paupers, that I am advising what is contrary to
the best interests of society. But stop awhile, society..
Your picture of marriages at 35, with a B!lgravian house
for the happy couple, a footman iu splendid uniform, and
at least a brouahairt, is very pleasing ; but there is a reverse
to the canvass, and that a very dark ore. How has the
bridegroom been living since he attained his manhood ?
I believe that there are very many young mea who are
keeping themselves pure amid all the temptations of Lou-
don life. God's blessing be with them, for they are the
salt of our corrupt city. But I know 111 it there are
thousands who are living in sin, chiefly in consequence of
the impossibility (as the world says) of their marrying.