The Sun.
London, England, 1864-06-15 00:00:00

Mt SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, JUNE 15, 1864.

Meeting of Middlesex Magistr ates,

THE GOVERNMENT GAOLS BILL.

A special meeting of the magistrates of the county

of Middlesex was—held yesterday at the Sessions
House, Clerkenwell-green, to consider the Gaols Bill
now before the House of Commons, and to take such
measures regarding the said bill as the Court may
deem necessary.
Mr. HENRY POWNALL occupied the chair.
The report of the Parliamentary Committee of the
Court was presented by Mr. Turner, which, after
alluding to the bill, merely recommended some
slight addition to one of the clauses.
Mr. sergeant PAYNE said under this bill powers

would be given to the Secretary of State to alter and

annul rules for the government of prisons. At the
present time the clerk of the peace was r(quircd to

send once a year all existing rules for the govern-
ment of prisons approved by the justices and all new

rules which were proposed, and when a certificate
was received that they had been sanctioned by him
they had the force of law; but under the 4th clause
of the present bill it was enacted, " That it shall be
lawful for one of her Majesty's principal Secretaries
of State, by writing under his hand, from time to
time, and without such rules being submitted to him,
to annul, alter, or add to any rules for the time being
in force for the government of any gaol, and any

rules made by. the said Secretary of State in pur
_ _ _

suance of this section shall be binding upon sheriffs
and all other persons during the time that they are

is force." Therefore it was clear that under this
section he would have power to put his pen through
all the rules that were then in existence, or alter them
in any way that he might think it fit to do. He could
wipe out all existing rules and orders, and make new
rules and orders without consulting the justices at
all, and therefore he said that this bill would give the
Secretary of State powers which were contrary and
repugnant to the very spirit of the Constitution of
the country. If it were not so. then, he asked, what
was the use of this act of Parliament P By the act of
the sth and 6th William IV., it was required that
all rules in force, with copies of proposed rules,
should be submitted to the Secretary of State; but
by the fourth clause of this act he could alter,
annul, or add to any rules without their being sub-
mitted to him, and such rules or altered rules
would be binding upon all persons. That was a
most dangerous clause, and one that ought never
to have been submitted to the House of Commons.
There was no doubt that Sir George Grey had been
pestered by a certain class of persons out of doors,
and scarcely knew what to do, but he (Mr. Payne)
did not believe that his own mind went with such
an enactment as that. The learned sergeant having
read the sth clause of the bill, said that clause
would give him power to authorise a Roman Catho-
lic chapel to be built in Coldbath-fields prison, and

if that was not complied with he could order the
Roman Catholic prisoners to be removed to some
other gaol, there enter a contract for the erection of
a new Roman Catholic chapel, and then call upon
the magistrates of the county, and they would be
bound to pay for it.
Mr. SWIFT said Sir George Grey had disavowed,
in th© House of Commons, any intention of doing
anything of the kind.
Mr. Sergeant PAYNE said that might be so, but
Sir George Grey would not always be Secretary of
State. This bill placed that power in the office of
Secretary of State, and the question was not what
he intended to do, but what the law authorised him
to do. He could enter into contracts which were
binding on the justices, but the Secretary of State
incurred no liability whatever. He bound the jus-
tices, but he refused to be bound himself, and said
he was not liable for anything. When the money
was to be paid, he:stepped behind the screen, say.
ing, " These are the gentlemen who are to pay ; I
am not liable." His (Mr, Payne's) objection to the
bill was that it gave the Secretary of State an un-
constitutional power. He could bind the magi-
strates without their consent in any way he pleased ;
he could call upon them to pay any expenditure he
might incur out of the county rate. Their autho-
rity was set at nought, and they would be no
longer the guardians of the county rate or the county
purse. His objection was not merely to the power
of appointing Roman Catholic chaplains, but it was
to the principle of the bill ; for such undefined, un-
limited, and dangerous powers ought not to be given
to any man. He hoped the Court would agree to
his motion to petition the , House of Commons
against the bill, and if that should be agreed to he
would then submit a form of petition.
Mr H. H. HARWOOD seconded the motion. He
seconded the requisition to call this meeting; for
this was a matter of the deepest importance to the
county, and they ought not to allow the opportu-
nity to pass without giving expression to their
feelings on the subject. The Court of Aldermen of
the City of London had already taken action on this
bill, and they thought it strange that they were not
backed up by the magistrates of the county. The
preamble stated that " it was expedient to amend
the law relating to gaols, and to discontinue certain
gaols that are inadequately provided with the means
of regulating the discipline and classification of
prisoners;" and as in many instances the governor
had almost the entire control, the placing this power
in the hands of a competent authority might be
attended with good results. But the most unrea-
sonable and the most objectionable part of the bill
was the fourth section. It had been drawn with
great art, ingenuity, and subtlety, and seemed to be
totally unconnected with the bill. The Parliamen-
tary committee said this bill gave the Secretary Of
State no more power than he then possessed; but
he said then, cui bono—what was the use of this
clause ?

Mr TURNER said when the rules were submitted
to the Secretary of State he could alter the whole
of them, and he could add fifty new ones if he
thought fit.
Mr HARWOOD said even if he admitted that, he
did not see the use of this clause in the bill unless

it was for some lurking mischief ; but he hoped
what was said in that court would be spread over
the length and breadth of the land, and show that
the magistrates of this county had discussed the
measure, so that the hands of those country gentle-
men who had seats in the House of Commons might
be strenghthened in recording their votes against
the bill.

Mr. TURNER did not believe that the bill was in-
tended to take from the Court the power that the
Prison Ministers Bill gave them, for if such rules
were made as to be in opposition to that bill they
would become void. That was a recognised prin-
ciple of law. No power would be given by it to
alter the law of the lands but merely to carry it
out, and nothing more.
_ _

Mr. Sergeant PAYNE having shortly replied,
The CHAIRMAN put the motion, which was car-
ried with about four dissentients.

Mr. Sergeant PAYNE then moved the following
petition be presented to the House of Commons
against the bill

" The Petition of the Magistrates of the
County of Middlesex—

" Showetti—That your petitioners have observed
with surprise and regret that a bill applying to
all county and city prisons, gaols, and houses of
correction in England has been introduced into
your hon. house, by which most undefined powers
are proposed to be given to one of her Majesty's
Principal Secretaries of State to annul, alter, or
add to any rules for the time being in force for the
government of any gaol, without the concurrence
of her Majesty's justices of the peace for such
counties or cities, and for authorising such Secre-
tary of State in certain cases to make contracts in
the names of such justices, by which they are to ba
bound without their consent to pay out of the
county rates for the removal to, and the lodging
and maintenance of county and city prisoners in
other gaols; and the said bill also proposes to give
such Secretary of State the Power of making a par-
tlto particular prisoners or par-
ticacl orderlarel lyasaspepsoifng prisoners confined in such gaols,
and to make the keeper of any prison who disobeys
such order of the Secretory of State subject to a
penalty of £2O per day, in addition to any other
punishment to which he may be liable.
"That such provisions are contrary to the exist.
ing regulations, by which the Government of
county and city prisons are placed under the direc-
tion of the county and city justices, who have now

the power to make rules, orders, and regulations
for the government of such prisons, subject to the
approval of the Secretary of State, and your peti-
tioners humbly suggest that the granting of such
general and undefined powers to a Secretary of
State would be entirely unprecedented, and that
the provisions of the said bill, if carried into effect,
would not only be a great inroad on the rights of
the county [Aral city magistrates throughout the
kingdom, end subject the ratepayers in counties to
a large and excessive taxation, but would also be
subversive of that system of local self-government
which has always been found to be most useful and
effective.

" Your petitioners therefore humbly pray, that
as the said bill proposes to gibe such extraordinary
and undefined powers to an officer of the Govern-
ment, eontrary to the spirit of the existing laws,
and consequently subversive of the powers of the
magistrates, and to the detriment of the ratepayers
of the country, that the slid provisions may not pass
into a law, snd your petitioners will ever pray."
Captain MORLEY seconded the motion.

The CHAIRMAN supported some portions of the
bill, which empowered the Secretary of State to
order prisoners confined for short periods to be put
in smaller cells than those committed for long
periods.

Mr WALTERS, while looking upon some parts of
the bill as dangerous to be put into the hands of the
Secretary of State, said there were some parts of it
that would be really beneficial, and, so far, the in-
tentions of the Legislature ought not to be frus-
trated,

The CHAIRMAN put the motion for the adoption
of the petition, which was agreed to.
A discussionition,
then arose as to the presentation of
et
the petition, and a motion was made that Mr New-
degate, who had a motion on the paper, should pre-
sent the petition to the Rouse of Commons, to
which an amendment was moved that it should be
presented by the members for the county (Lord En-
field and Mr Hanbury); and it was carried by a
majority of one that the presentation should be en-
trusted to Mr Newdegate.

There being no other business, the court adjourned

Something Like a Fashionable Marriage,

(From the London Review)
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accorded the same the crowd. When a notorious criminal is executed, the envoys
of the Press, it is well known, groundareontheewd. T
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Morning t,bivpoousatekseiennags hotoldl
proud recognition to Lord Frederick Cavendish
that the Times did last February to the five pirates.
At a very early hour—long before the ceremony
was to begin, we find its faithful emissary reli-
giously attending a matutinal service in the Abbey.
How he got there, or why he went there, unless he
had bteoe n
explain. in a e wTthherroet,ighli
however,
wu throughout thev er night, it is not
easy
, he was seated,
watching the worshippers, looking at the carriages
as they arrived, and lost in astonishment at the
number of coronets, which was so great that he was
driven to exchange confidences with an Abbey
verger on the subject. The picture of the inde-
fatigable matrimonial correspondent talking affably
to the police and the Cathedral officers about the
carriages is instructive and edifying :
"A veteran official in Dean's-yard was heard to express
his opinion that Dean's-yard had never been so full of
coroneted carriages since her Majesty's coronation."
This is the proper way in which information
should be gathered. It is a bright example to
foreign correspondents throughout Europe. We
can conceive how, on such a subject, the matrimo-
nial correspondent would treasure up everything
that fell from the lips of so great an authority, and
how important he would feel it to get the numbers
of coronets in their right and accurate order. The
early ten o'clock service soon began and ended; the
matrimonial correspondent somewhat severely, and,
we think, pharisaically, remarks that the object of
those present was less devotion than the gratifica-
tion of feminine curiosity. This appears an uncha-
ritable censure from one who had been in a pew all
night, and who accordingly could attend morning
players on this occasion without much additional
trouble. After service the Abbey was cleared of
strangers. But the matrimonial correspondent was
soon back again, if indeed he was put out at all;
and we have a burst of descriptive power which
seems clearly modelled on the famous description in
Macaulay of the trial of Warren Hastings :
The friends and relatives of the bride and bridegroom
took their places early. There were the Bishop of Oxford
and Lord Houghton. Earl Stanhope sat next to the Queen's
Advocate, Sir John Pakin.gton behind them, and Black
Rod opposite. The Earl of Powis, High Steward of the
University of which the bridegroom's father is the
"honoured Lord and Chancellor," was seen far away under
the pulpit.

Whether "far away under the pulpit" is a pie-
turesque way of saying that the matrimonial corres-
pondent had a distant view of his lordship in the
reading-desk, it is not easy to decide. On a matter
so all•impartant as that, where Earl Powis and
Black Rod sat, it is a pity that history should be
thus loosely written. At half-past 12 the clergy
appeared with the choir. Posterity
will do well
hereafter to remember that the choir posted them-
selves "at the junction of the choir with the tran-
septs," and that the clergy betook themselves to the
vicinity •f "the altar." So waited the audience
till the principal performers came. At a quarter
to one the bride entered, attended by bridemaids,
whose appearance naturally "elicited universal
admiration." Then the marriage commenced. It
will be a proud recollection in after life to the noble
bride and bridegroom that it took five clergymen to
marry them. The Hon. and Rev. F. R. Grey read
the opening exhortation. When he was exhausted,
he was succeeded in turn by the Hon. and Rev. W.
H. Lyttelton. Then the versicles and prayers were
chanted by the Rev. S. F. Jones, whose "voice was
admirably heard." The Re,. W. H. Brookfield
read the concluding exhortation. Last of all the
Hon. and Rev. W. Lyttelton--whe, by this time
had recovered himself a ;
gaal—gave the benediction.
"The organist played out the " Wedding March,"
of Mendelssohn, the bells of the " Old Abbey,'
rang out a merry peal. Through a dense crowd of
ladies and gentlemen the bride and bridegroom
passed to the Jerusalem Chamber, where the regis-
ter was signed. A very large crowd assembled
outside the Deanery to see the newly-married
couple enter their carriage ; and,
adds the matri-
monial correspondent, with a t , genuine flow of sen-

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writers could go by after
day to see noblemen
turned off, and preserve through
it all that child-
like simplicity of nature which is equally ready
in the discharge of duty to jot
down what
veteran officials have to say about the carriages,
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knows nothing of its greatest men is a reflection
from which occasionally it is difficult or impossible
to escape. Full many a village Hampden, if we
are to believe Grey's elegy, lies buried in the
country—full many a town Macaulay lies buried
in the fashionable columns of the Morning Post.

MADAME TUSSAUD'S.—Among the most noted
oriminoe of modern times, we may mention that of Doctor
Coley de la Pommerais, who was guillotined a few days
since in Paris for poisoning Madame de Pauw, whom be
had induced to insure her life in his favour, under pretence
of being indebted to him in certain sums of money, and
who afterwards prevailed upon his victim to feign illness
for the more effectually carrying out his base designs by
slowly poisoning her, A full length portrait model of the
cu'prit, taken from the original photograph by M. Trin-
quart, of Paris, expressly for Madame Tussaud's exhibi-
tion, is now added to the chamber of physiognomy, in
BAker-street.

The Fatal Accident at Egham,

THE INQUEST.
The inquest to ascertain the cause of the death of Robert
Wilkey, Ed win Hall, Joseph Clegg, John Coppard, and
William Winfield was resumed yesterday at 12 o'clock, at
the Literary and Scientific Institution, Egham.
Colonel Yolland was present to watch the proceedings
in behalf of the Board of Trade, The following gentlemen
were also present :—Mr F. Clarke, for the brothers of Mr
Trigg; Mr Chubb, of Gray's-inn, for Mrs Hall; Mr
Robinson, of Jermyn-street, and Mr Newman, of Chelsea,
for Mrs Clegg ; Mr Lamb, of Ship-street, Brighton, for
Mrs Trigg; Mr Rawlings, of Romford, for Lee and
Trainer, the engine-driver and fireman ; Mr Crombie,
the law clerk, Mr Frederick Clarke, the secretary, Mr
Beattie, the engineer, and 'Ur Godson, the superintendent,
were also present on behalf of the South-Western Railway
Company,
The jury, with Mr William Gardener as foreman, having
answered to their names, the Coroner said that at the pro
ceedings on Thursday he had pointed out the evidence he
should require. He should first take evidence as to the
gradients, the stations, and the signals; then the time of
starting and arrival; and, lastly, whether the code of sig•
teals were properly exhibited and observed on the night in
question. The jury would have the assistance of Colonel
Yolland, but it was not probable that any engineering
question would arise. He (the Coroner) desired to know it
the guards and fireman were present,
Mr Crombie said the guards were present, and notice had
been sent to the houses of the engine driver and fireman,
!earning them to attend.
Mr Rawlings said he represented them, and he would
not at present tender them for evidence.
The following evidence was then taken :
William Frederick Godson, superintendent of the line,
said—The line on which the accident took place was the
Staines and Wokingham, properly so called. Special
instructions were issued with reference to the traffic on the
Tuesday, and for other days of Ascot Races. They were
issued to every servant of the compote, with regard to the
service of the week from the 4th to the 11th of June. That
would comprise the four racing days. 'With regard to the
exhibition of signals on the Tuesday there were instructions
on the third page. Witness was at Ascot all day. Those
instructions would be delivered through the head of each
department, Mr Beattie having charge of the engineering
department. There were not any times mentioned, and
the traffic was of necessity uncertain. There were 11 plate-
layers on the line between Egham and Ascot, scoot ding to the
regulation, which is in the following words :—" Line be-
tween 'Waterloo and Ascot, and between Reading and
Ascot.—On Tuesday and Thursday platelayers will be sta-
tioned along the railway between Waterloo and Ascot and
between Reading and Ascot to signal trains throughout the
day, and until the last train has passed. After the passing
of every train they will show a stop signal for five minutes,
to be followed by a caution signal for five minutes more;
but when the line is clear, and the preceding train has
passed over ten minutes, they will show an all-right signal.
While stop-signals are shown fog•signals trust be put
down also, When a platelayer shows one red sig-
nal enginemen will not stop their trains, but pro-
ceed very cautiously till the obstruction is seen."
The first station from Ascot will be Sunningdale, which
is about two miles, Virginia Water is the next, and beyond
that is four miles, and then the Egham station another two
miles. The signals at Sunningdale are the usual
standard and two auxiliary signals, one for the up and one
for the down road. At Virginia Water the same. Between
Virginia Water and Egham there are gates called Rusham
from 1,250 to 1,300 yards from the Egham station. That
is a level crossing, and a gate keeper and standard signals.
There is an auxiliary signal 530 yards from the Eghani
station, and worked from there. On Tuesday, in accord-
ance with the regulations, there was a platelayer named
Wm. Drew near the distant signal. He had directions to
be there the whole day.
Mr Crombie—All the platelayers we have, Mr Coroner.
By a Juror—There were arrangements made for putting
out passengers at various stations, Egham amongst the
number.
By Mr Rawlings—Both Mr Scott and myself were pre-
sent. There was no such train on the Monday night as
on the Tuesday. If the driver of the train had to stop he
would have his instructions from Mr Scott, through the
guard. The second train had to atop at Staines, and the
memorandum now put in is in Mr Scott's handwriting.
The printed regulations are special, but do not interfere with
the ordinary traffic. On Tuesday, the 7th, 14 special trains
ran, but no notice was given to the public of them. They
were to run at intervals of five or ten minutes, but the ser-
vants of the company were not informed when they were
likely to pass. The station masters had notice to expect
trains every or any minute. We have the telegraph on this
line, but it is not used to signal the train from one station
to another. Nit. Henry Clay is the station master at Egham,
and was present. It was customary to run either engine
or tender first, as was convenient, 'Witness was familiar
with the rules.
There is no time-table at Ascot, If the train was run
ning, tender first, he (witness) was not prepared to say
communication could be fixed. The train, as made up,
would carry about 400 persons. There is a rule as to the
guard seeing that communication was fixed. The engine
driver can only communicate with the guard by the whistle.
Witness went to Egham after the accident and saw the
station master there. Mr Scott was then at the station.
Witness did not say anything to any person at the station.
By Mr Chubb—The plate layers were on duty early in
the morning, and were not relieved all day. The second
train started six minutes after the other train.
The Coroner—You mean the interval between the two
trains.
Witness—Yes, precisely. I was only uncertain as to
the accuracy of my watch as to general time.
By Mr Chubb—The engines of both trains were running
—tender tit st.
By the Coroner—There are general orders as to the sig-
nals, but no special instructions. After the train has passed
the signal, the danger is fixed—five minutes red and five
minutes green.
Mr John Strapp, resident engineer of the South Western
Company, said he prepared the plans produced, tae., under
his dire ti on, and he had checked them by the working
plans of the ;inc. The distances are correct as stated. The
distance from the Egham standard to auxiliary is 513 yards,
and from the auxiliary to the level crossing at Rusham-gate
is 703 yards. The gradient from Rush= to Egham is at
the rate of three feet three inches per mile, the distance
being three quarters of a mile. Beyond that point towards
Ascot the line rises for a mile and 18 chains at a ratio of
45ft 3M per mile. The line takes an easy curve of rather
more than a mile, and you could see the signal at Rusham-
gate a little more than halt a mile before you get to it. The
standing signal can be seen a long distance before the auxi-
liary signal.
John Walker, guard in the service of the South-Western
Railway Company, deposed he was in charge of the up train
which left Ascot station at 10 minutes past 7 on Tuesday,
the 7th inst. He took the time from his own watch, having
referred to it. Mr Scott directed him to leave. He is the
traffic manager. Instructions where to stop were in writ-
ing, and witness gave them to the driver Honer.
The paper (produced) was in Mr Scott's hand-
writing, and contains the names of the places we
we-e to stop at. The train consisted of 14 carriages and a
break. We had to stop at Egham, Twickenham, Barnes,
Clapham, and Vauxhall. They were not to stop at Virginia
Water. In pursuance of those instructions we stopped at
Egham station, having got there at 20 minutes past 7, The
signals were all right, and barring the caution signals there
was not anything to interfere. The train stopped at Egham
to put down passengers. According to the rules and regu-
lations the usual time for stopping at Egham was a minute
or a minute and a half. The train barely stopped two
minutes at the Egham atelier,. The extra traffic, and some
altercation with some passengers, made the difference in the
delay. He got out at the station, and having done his work,
and had the signal from the under guard, he (witness) took
the orders to start from the station master, and gave the
usual signal to start by blowing his whistle and showing
the green flag. 'Witness did not look back until after alter-
ing his break, and before his train had got 20 or 30 yards
from the platform, he saw the following train coming round
the curve under the wooden bridge.
The Coroner (to Mr Strapp)—How far is that?
Mr Strapp-1 will have it measured accurately.
Examination continued—Witness called out loudly that
the other train was coming on, He did not know whether
his driver heard, He (witness) did not know whether
the steam was full on when the second train came under
the bridge, but " I am certain it was on when it at' uck
our train, but whether reversed or not I cannot say,
but I should think it was by the beating of
it." The train ran into them, and the result
was that the last break van was broken up, and
one second next to it, and the next one too, also
a second class slightly damaged, So were all the other car-
, riages, less or more, the effect of driving the train forward.
The rear of the train was about 20 yards from the platform
when it was stuick. After the collision, when he (witness)
came back he saw three bodies lying there dead. After
some little delay witness went on to Staines, after having
first gone to the down road to stop the down traffic.
The second train was not to stop at Staines.
All those who were injured were attended to.
There was no whistling as the train came on, The
auxiliary was put on as the witness's train passed the arm-
road, and the standing were at caution and raised to danger,
and were never lowered,
By Mr Crombie—All the signals were right. The plate-
layers were all right with hand signals.
By Mr Rawlings--Witness considered the road quite
good. The ordinary traffic ran between London and Read-
ing. When the train left London the communication was
applied, but not on returning, the tender being first.
After some further evidence the inquiry was adjourned
until Friday next.

" M. Emile Olivier," says the Independanee,
"has forwarded to the electors at Toulon, who have
some idea of supporting him as a candidate for the
Council-General, a circular drawn up ha terms
almost similar to the reply recently made by him
to one of his electors, and published in the journals.
A pamphlet intended to explain M. 011ivier's con-
duct is about to appear. The rupture which has
taken place between him and all the other members
of the Left is nevertheless still more marked, espe-
cially since the presence has been remarked of M.
011ivier, as well as M. Darimon, in the commission
charged by the Government to examine the clues
tion of cheques."

GREAT INDIAN PENINSULA RAILWAY,—The
audited accounts of this company show that the
traffic receipts for the half-year ending the 31st of Dec.,
1863, amounted to £207,871, and the expenses to £149,173
or 71 76 per cent including £23,734 or 11,42 per cent, for
compensation ascertained and estimated :for cotton, &c.,
damaged and lost, leaving a balance of £58,697. The amount
of interest paid and payable by the Government o f India on
capital deposited with them to the 31st of December, 1863,
was £2,570,811; the profit paid and payable to the Govern-
ment out of revenue amounted to £614,947, leaving a
balance chargeable against half surplus profits over 5 per
cent of £1,955,864. The capital acci unt showed that
£10,783,690 had been received, and £10,456,877 expended
leaving a balance of £326,813,
THE FEDERAL NATIONAL DEBT,—An American
has measured and weighed the Federal national debt,
which is 4,000,000,000 dole, Estimated in silver dollars,
he says that if they were placed edgo to edge they would
stretch nearly 90,000 miles, Their weight would be 125,000
tons, which would lead 62,500 railway trucks, the aggregate
length of which would be 355 miles,—Panama Star,

SECOND EDITION.

SUN OFFICE, HALF-PAST 4 O'CLOCK.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE—This Day,

HAMPTON RACES-THIS DAY.
(BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPHS)
TWO YEAR OLD STAKES.

Vision

Sisyphus

Whisky

Five ran.

NEWTON RACES--Tats DAY.
(BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAER.)
TRIAL HANDICAP.

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Colonel Crockett
Five ran.