The Sun.
London, England, 1863-09-12 00:00:00

LEICESTER RACES,-FRIDAY.

The Scurry Handicap of 50 sovs, added to a Sweepstakes
of 10 soya each, 3 ft, for all ages; winners extra. Half a
mile.

Mr. J. Saxon's Lord of the Manor, aged, Bst 41b
(Midgley) 1
Mr. John Osborne's Paddy O'Rourke; 3
(Whiteley) 2
Mr. F. Fisher's Aurora, 2 yrs, sst 71b Grirashaw)
33etting—G to 4 on Paddy O'Rourke, s to 2 agst Aurora,
100 to 30 agst Lord of the Manor. yrs, 6t5 121 b
The trio left the starter in a line, but after proceeding a
few strides Aurora went to the front, followed by Paddy
O'Rourke, Lord of the Manor lying off. Before running 200
yards; Aurora swerved right across the course, came into
collision with a post. which she passed on the wrung side,
and being disqualified from winning for that mishap,
Jemmy Grimshaw did not uersevero with her. Paddy
O'Rourke was then loft with the lead, which ho maintained
until half-way up the straight, where Lord of the Manor
beaded him, and wen easily by a neck. Aurora was pulled
up Eeveria lengths in the rear of Paddy O'Rourke.
The All-aged Selling Stakes of 25 sow, added to a Sweep-
stakes of 3 soya each; two-yr-olds, 7st 31h; three, 9rt
llb ; four, Oat 121 b ; five, six, and aged, 10st 21b ; sell-
ing and other allowances. Three quarters of a mile. 4

subs.
Mr. Fisher's Reindeer, 5 yre, Bst 61b (no) (Mitchell) 1
Mr. Moreton's Telscombe, 2 yrs, sst 101 b :( O)
(3. Grilushaw) 2
Mr. J. Andrew's Madame Tagliafico, 2 yrs, Sat 91b
(car. sst 131 b) (L3O) (Zenker) 3
Betting—Even on Reindeer, 6 to 4 agst Telacembe.
Reindeer made play throughout, and won by three parts
of a length; Madame Tagliafico was beaten off. The winner
WAS bought in for 105 guineas.

The Castle Donnigton Nursery Handicap of 100 sous (60
given by the Marquis of Hastings and 60 by the Race
committee) Added to a Sweepstakes of 10 sovo each, ft,,

Mr. H. Bird's Regina, 7st 21b
Mr. F. Fisher's Aurora, 6st Sib (J. Grimshaw) 2
Mr. John Osborne's Greenland, Bst
Mr. W. Boyars Junius, 7st 9lb (H. Grimshaw) 4
Mr. Gibson's Wheldrake, Gat 7lb (Viney) 5
Lord Bateman's Coimbra, Gst 121 b (E. Taylor) 6
Betting-6 to 4on Regina, 7to 2 agst Aurora, sto 1 each
agst Wheldrake and Junius, 10 to 1 each agst Greenland
and Coimbra.

Coimbra made play for a short distance, and then left
Greenland in front, Mr. Osborne's horse being waited on by
Regina and Aurora, both of whom passed him coming
round the bend, where Regina took up the running, was
never afterwards headed, and won a good race by a neck ; a
head separated the second and third. The rest, with the
exception of Coimbra, were well up.
The Welter Handicap of 10 soya each, 3 ft, with 40 added ;
winners extra; gentleman riders ; jockeys, 61b extra.
One mile and a quarter. 10 subs.

Capt. Shaw's Little Dick, 6 yrs, 9st 41b.... (Mr. Bevil]) 1
Mr. Relditl's Jack o'Newbury, 3 yrs, 9st 61b (in 61b ex)
(Payne) 2
Mr. C. \V intringham's Weatherwise, 4 yrs, 9st 121 b (in
Gib extra)
Mr. Saxon's Formidable, 3 yrs, Bst 121 b
(kr. G. S. Thompson) 4
Mr. Mellon's Fletton, 3 yrs, 9st 71b (carried 9st Sib)
(Mr. H. Wombwell) 5
Mr. J. Dickson ns Ripley, 3 yrs, 9st 21b (inclu. 61b ex)
(Withington) 6
Betting-7 to 4 agst Little Dick, 4to 1 each agst Jack
o'Newbury and Formidable, 100 to 15 agst Ripley,
Won by three lengths ; a bad third.

'rho Two-Year-Old Selling Stakes of 5 sovs each, 1 ft, with
25 added ; colts, Bst 71b ; fillies, BsL 4113 ; selling allow-
4b, .
ances. Half a mile.
Mr. Doyle's Jewel, Gst 41b (i 10) ........ (J, Grimshaw) 1
Mr. J. Andrew's Madame TagliafiCO, Gat 41b (i 10)
(Zanker) 2
Lord Bateman's Coimbra, as (£6O) ... (E. Taylor) 3
Betting-5 to 4ou Jewel, 71.0 4 agst Coimbra, sto 1 agst
Madame Tagliafico.
Jewel made all the running, and won by three lengths ; a
bad third. The winner was bought in for 100 guineas.
Her Majesty's Plate of 100 guineas; three-yr-olds, Bst
41b ; four, Oat 71b ; five, lOst ; six and aged, lost 11b.
Three miles. _ _

Mr. I'Anson's CallerOu,£s7 O
, lOstn (Challoner) w.o.
Match 10 e mile.
Marquis of Hastings's Oi Polloi b), 3 yrs, 12st 4th
(Mr. H. Wombwell) 1
Mr. F. Wombwell's 0. T., 3yrs, 11st 41b .... (Owner) '2
Betting-3 to lon Oi Polbi, who made nearly all the
running, and won by half a length.

BETTING AT MANCHESTER—FRIDAY.
For the St. Leger, Avenger and Queen Bertha maintain
the positions they held yesterday. Lord Clifden advanced
businessn done, and there was nothing in laid against a point, 7 to 1 being booked about him ; and The Ranger
recededureat aomnoe,un7
tof tol beig him. There was not
a
any great force, nor anything to be sent to the right about.
Closing prices :

GREAT YORKSHIRE STAKES.
12 to 1 agst Blondin (taken)
12 to 1 agst Barter (ofbred)
16 to 1 agst Silkstone (aken)
20 to 1 agst The Serf (taken)
20 to 1 apt Blithfield (taken)

THE LEGER.
11 to 2 agst Avenger (taken and offered)
6to 1 agst Ranger (taken and offered)
7to 1 agst Lord Clifden (taken)
Bto 1 agst Golden Pledge (taken and offered)
30 to 1 agst National Gnard (taken and offered)
40 to 1 agst Dr. Syntax (taken)

CESAREWITCR.
1000 to 30 on the field (offered)

The Alleged Murder of a Bank Clerk.

Yesterday, at 12 o'clock, Mr. Humphreys, the coroner for
the eastern division of the county of Middlesex, and a jury
opened an inquest at the Dock Hotel, East Smithfield,
Touching the death of Hugh Dolvin Mortis, a clerk in the
City Bank, in Threadneedle -street. The deceased disap-
peared in a mysterious manner on the night of Thursday
week, and was never again seen alive by any one to whom
he was known. His body was found floating in the Thames
on 'Wednesday last, under circumstances which it will be
seen were disclosed yesterday in evidence, and his friends
believe he was murdered.

The body, which has been identified, lies at a dead•house
[n the neighbourhood of the St. Katharine Doeks, and
there it was seen yesterday by the coroner and jury, pre•

raratory to the inquisition.
Alfred Morris was the first witness called. He said, in
reply to questions by the Coroner—l reside at Hazelwood-
lodge, Rorpell-park, Streatham, and am a bank clerk. The
deceased was my brother, and was 23 years of age. He was
also a bank clerk. 'I last saw him alive on Thursday week,

Sept. 3, about half-past 2 in the day, at the entrance to the
City Bank. We had been taking luncheon together, and I
parted with him there. So far as I know he had no ac-
quaintance at the river side. Ho was not in any trouble or
difficulties, pecuniary or otherwise: Although he did not
owe more than £1.5 or £2O I never heard him threaten to
take his own life. He did not wear a watch. We had rea-
son to expect him home that night as usual. He was a lad
of good character. Ho must have had money about him at
the time of his death.

A.lighterman named Finnison, living in Globe-street, St.
George's-in-the-East, deposed that he was on the river on
his barge on Tuesday last, and picked up the body of the
deceased just outside the entrance to the St. Katharine
Docks. The body was dressed, but without a hat. He
brought it ashore, and it was then removed to the dead-
house. It appeared to have been in the water about a week.
One of the eyes was black.
Mr. John Wines, a surgeon, at 32, Upper East Smith-
field, said he examined the body of the deceased on Tuesday
afternoon. It was fully dressel, and was covered with mud
and slime. He had it washed. He founds great deal of con-
tusion over the right eye and slight contusion over the left
eye. The face was extremely bloated, and the marks over
the eyelid appeared to be the results of decomposition. On
the right eyelid there was a flight abrasion. The body was
swollen. There were marks on it, but they were only those
of decomposition and not due to bruises. He could not in
any way account for the cause of death. Witness added, in
reply to Mr. Alfred Morris (deceased's brother), that if vio-
lence had been used immediately before death there might
have been some difficulty in distinguishing it from marks
resulting from decomposition. The discolouration was su-
perficial, and if death had resulted from blows given before
death he should have expacted that the discolouration
would have been deeper.

Edward King, a very Young man, and a principal witness,
was next Galled. He said—I reside at Bellevue, Forest-hill,
and am a clerk in the Cityßank. Oil the evening of Thurs-
day week the deceased stopped at the bank to assist me in
my duties. We left the bank about 9 o'clock, It was a very
wet night, and ho and I went to a place near the bank to
take some refreshment. No-e
—had some sherry and water,
with bread and cheese. We then went towards London-
bridge on our way to the railway station. It began to rain
heavily, and we called on Mr. Stephens, the landlord of the
Ticket Porter publichouse iu Arthur-street, near London-
bridge. He is a friend of mine, and has known my family
for some years. We reached there a little after 11, having
gone direct from the place Where we took refreshment on
leaving the bank at 9 o'clock. At the Ticket Porter we had
two bottles of champagne among four of us, Mr. Stephens
and Mr. Cox being the other two. It was getting late, and
deceased began to fear we should lose the train. He got up
suddenly and saying, We must not lose this train," went
out. I asked hire to stop and I would go with him. I did not
hear what reply he made, if any. I followed him four or
five minutes afterwards, and expected to find him outsido.
I looked about for him, but he was nowhere to be seen, and
I went home without him. I also looked for him at the
station, but in vain. It would be a few minutes after 12
when we left the Ticket Porter.
The Coroner—Was the deceased sober ?
Witness—He was excited, but I could not say he was in-

toxicated.
The Coroner—Was he excited from drink?
Witness—No ;he was in a laughing mood, and spoke in
a rational manner.
The Coroner—Were you sober
Witness—Yes ; perfeetlY
The Coroner—Do you know what money he had about
him ?

IVitnoss—l noticed him ch'•"nge a sovereign during- the

eveuiDg.

The. Coroner—Travelling on the same line of railway
from day to day and being in the same establishment, you
possibly knew some of his acquaintances?
Witness—l . never heard him speak of his having any
seciaqint.nees about the watorsila. That is all the Willem°

on give.
By Alfred INlorris, deceased's brother—l should not say
he W:l9 at all intoxicated when No ware at the Ticket Potter.
II e could walk perfectly straight. I should not have been
afraid of his falling into the river. lie was not excited to
any undue extent. He was not at all a likely person to
commit suicide. He bore a very good oharaeter at the
office, and his accounts were quite correct.
A gentleman present from the City Bank bore out that
statement.
John Stephens, the landlord of the Ticket Porter in
Arthur-street, Upper Thames .street, deposed that the de-
ceased, with the previous witness, Caine to his house on
the night in question about 11 o'clock. Re was perfectly
sober. He had part of two bottles of champagne, and left
a little before 12 o'clock, He drank nothing more there.
Witness could not say the deceaBo waa clAitQ sober, lie

A juryman asked if be was quite capable of taking care of
himself, and of going to the railway station with safety.
Witness said he was, and if witness had thought other-
wise he should not have allowed him to go alone. The de-
ceased changed a sovereign at his house, out of which he
paid 7s. 6d.
By Alfred Morris—The bottles of champagne were quart,
not pint bottles; and both were drunk while deceased was
there. After ho left they had a third bottle. Witness let
the deceased out of the house and shook hands with him.
He did not see where he went to.

The Coroner asked if there was any evidence as to his
having been seen alive after that ?
The summoning ()fleet replied in the negative.
The Coroner said there must be an adjournment with the
view to a post mortem examination, and he should take care
that it was carefully made. As yet there was no evidence
to show the cause of death.
Alfred Morris said he had reason to believe that the de•
ceased had money upon him on the night he was last seen
alive, for his mother had given him L 2, and he had received
£5 from the bank within two days previously.
Charles Blake, of Little Winchester-street, deposed that
the deceased, whom he had known for some time, called on
him at his office about 10 o'clock on the morning of Thurs-
day week, and offered to lend him £3 or £4 if he wanted it,
leading him to suppose that he had then money about him.

Alfred Morris said the examination which had been made
of the body was entirely superficial. In the Wolverhampton
case it was supposed at first that no blows had been inflicted
because there were no very decisive marks, but when the
scalp was removed it was found that the man had been
dreadfully beaten.
The Coroner repeated that he should see to the post
mortem examination being carefully made, and he ad-
journed the inquest for a week.