The Sun.
London, England, 1853-10-27 00:00:00

SPORTING NOTES.

THE NURSERY STAKES.
The long list of nominations for the Nursery Stakes
has been materially curtailed by the declaration of the
acceptances of the sixty-eight horses weighted, eighteen
only "stand"—a significant proof of the carelessness with
which the imposts were adjusted. The probable com-
petitors belong to the "second class" only, and the race
is, therefore, likely to be unusually uninteresting and
unimportant. I have already indicated the animals
which I consider leniently handicapped, and my opinion
in this respect has been confirmed by the betting. The
Duchess of Lorraine colt, Bridesmaid, and Punch Box I
am now induced to select against the field.
Since the decision of the Cambridgeshire no incident
of sufficient importance has occurred to require comment.
Whatever shortcomings have been displayed in the cha-
racter of the sport, none have been perceptible in the
supply. The weather, too, until this evening had been
mild and sunny, but dark clouds gathered ominously this
afternoon, and I fear the skiey influences will be no
longer propitious.

The first portion of Lord Exeter's stud was brought to
the hammer this morning. I was not present at the
sale, the "settling" demanding my attendance at the
Rooms. I was informed, however, that Cobnut was
" knocked down" to Mr. Barber for 1,800 guineas.
The " squaring" of the Cambridgeshire accounts has
made but slow progress. I have heard of no very large
winners. A FRESH MAN.

Newmarket, Wednesday Evening.

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

HOUSE OF LORDS-(THIS DAY.)

Parliament was this day further prorogued by Royal
Commission until Tuesday, the 29th of November next.
To-day, the Lord Chancellor and the other Peers
named in the Royal Commission having taken their seats
on the woolsack, the Yeoman Usher of the Black Rod
was directed to summon the Commons to the bar.
The Royal Commission was then read by the Clerk at
the table.

The LORD CHANCELLOR then declared the Par-
liament to stand prorogued until the 29th of November

next,

CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT (THIS DA Y

OLD COURT.

(Before Mr. Justice Cresswell and Mr. Justice Williams,

MURDER.

Nathaniel Mobbs, aged 32, described as a cooper, was
indicted for the wilful murder of his wife, Caroline
Mobbs.

The prisoner, who appeared quiet, calm, and collected,
and has recently recovered from the injuries he inflicted
upon himself, after committing the dreadful offence of
which he was charged, pleaded not guilty.
Mr. Bodkin, with Mr. Clerk, conducted the prosecu-
tion ; and Mr. Clarkson defended the prisoner.
Mr. Bodkin opened the case to the jury, stating that
the prosecution had been undertaken by the Crown
on public grounds. The deceased was the second
wife of the prisoner, having been married to him about
sixteen months at the time the murder took place. She
had borne him no children, but while she lived with the
prisoner she faithfully performed the part of a mother to
his children by a former wife. The prisoner was a man
of drunken habits, and had not lived upon the best of
terms with the deceased, whose determination to leave
him appeared to have given rise to the violence which
led to her death.

The first witness called was Catharine Scott. She
said I am the wife of William Scott, who resides at No.
10, Inner-court, Aldgate. We resided there in August
last, and at that time the prisoner and his wife lived at
at No. 7, The prisoner had four children, and had re-
sided there four or five months. I knew both the pri-
soner and his wife while they lived in the court, but not
before. I remember seeing the prisoner come home on
the evening of the 23d of August between six and seven
o'clock. He appeared to be very tipsy at that time.
I saw the deceased in a neighbour's room, who
lived in the same house as the prisoner. On the follow-
ing day I saw the prisoner come into the court again
about quarter past one o'clock. He was still quite
drunk. I saw him go into his own house some time
after that—about three o'clock. I saw him in his own
room with his wife, and I heard the deceased say to him,
if she was what he represented her to be, she would
never have been his wife. The only reply the prisoner
made was, "Never mind, never mind," and I went
away, but before I had get into the court I heard the
deceased call out "Murder," and a Mrs. Jones, who
was there, went up and knocked at the door. A few
minutes afterwards I saw the deceased coming down
stairs with blood flowing from her head, and when she
came to the court, I found that her throat was so cat
that she could not speak. She was carried to the hos-
pital by some of the neighbours, and I saw no more of
her afterwards. The prisoner and the deceased lived
unhappily together.

The witness was cross-examined, but without eliciting
anything additional.

Other evidence was then gone into, after which,
Mr. Clarkson proceeded to address the jury for
the defence, and contended that, looking at all thy cir-
cumstances of the case, the jury would not be justified
in convicting the prisoner of the capital offence. It
would be enough to satisfy the ends of justice if they re-
turned a verdict of manslaughter, since the evidence failed
to establish any malice aforethought on the part of the
prisoner, while it furnished ample reason for believing
that what he had done was the result of the frenzy of
the moment, induced by a mistaken idea of his wife's
chastity, and her wish to stab him with one of the
knives produced in the course of the trial. There was
an utter absence of anything to show what was the
origin of the quarrel except the statement of the pri-
soner himself, and, therefore, he implored the jury to
save the life of the prisoner, by giving him the benefit of
the doubt which surrounded the whole case.

Mr. Justice Cresswell then summed up the evidence
at some length.

The jury had not returned their verdict when we went
to press.

NEW COURT.
(Before Russell Gurney, Esq., Q. C.)
MANSLAUGHTER.

John Wood and Titus May, two respectable looking
men, omnibus drivers, surrendered to take their trial for
the manslaughter of James Mason.
It appeared from the evidence that the deceased was
keeper of an oyster stall, facing the George public house,
at the corner of Mortimer-street and Portland-street,
and that upon the 17th of September, about nine o'clock,
deceased was standing against the post adjoining his
stall, opening oysters, when a cabman standing at the
door of the public house saw two omnibuses, the Clapton
and the Islington and Chelsea, coming along at a furi-
ous rate, above eight miles an hour. He called out to
the driver of the first omnibus, the Islington and
Chelsea, which was a little in advance ; but the driver
either did not hear, or took no notice of the caution,
and drove the polo of the Chelsea and Islington
omnibus into the stomach of the old man, jamming him
against the post with great force, and driving against
some persons who were standing near. The Clapton
omnibus drove on, but the other being fixed against the
post could not go any further. The instant the old
man was struck he began to vorait blood, and, being
placed in a cab, was taken to the hospital, where he
soon after died from the injuries he received. The wit-
nesses all agreed that the omnibuses were racing.
The defence was that the Clapton, driver had been the
cause of the occurrence.
This case had not concluded when our report left.

LATEST FOREIGN NEWS.

FRANCE.

A courier left Paris yesterday morning for Mar-
seilles, where the Fury is waiting to convey him to
Constantinople. He takes despatches from the
French, arid, it is said, the English Government,
and also from the Turkish Ambassador to his Go-
vernment. It is rumoured that, perhaps, the re-
cal alluded to yesterday may be comprised in the
despatches for the French Ambassador.
A Queen's messenger, with dispatches for Lord
Stratford de Radcliffe, left Paris yesterday, for
Marseilles, on his way to Constantinople.
The Moniteur announces that the two Cabinets
have dispatched orders to their respective fleets to
pass the Dardanelles, and that by this time they
will have anchored in the Sea of Marmora.
The Moniteur also contains an article on the
Eastern question which it declares has entered a
new phase. In the fifth paragraph the Emperor,
sensible, it says, that peace is the lasting interest
of the people, has given his solemn assurance to co-
operate cordially for the preservation of the peace
which Europe has hitherto enjoyed ; but, it adds,
that peace would be wanting in an essential prin-
ciple if it ceased to be based on the balance of
power necessary to maintain the rights and secure
the interests of all. The last paragraph runs
thus :—" So many circumstances united in favour
of a cause which is that of all Europe, allow us to
regard the ultimate issue with a feeling of security
and confidence."

The Emperor received, on Tuesday, at Com-
piegne, a deputation from the iron-masters of St.
Etienne. The Emperor and Empress, as already
stated, are t 4 return to Compiegne this day. In a
few days their Majesties will set out for Fontaine-
bleau.

It is affirmed that the French Government is de-
termined to give great importance to the affair of
M. Delescluse. It is even said that the High Court
is to be convoked on the occasion.
The Minister of Agriculture, Commerce, and
Public Works, has addressed a circular to the Go-
vernment engineers, in which he recommends them
in their operations to pay the greatest possible re-
spect to private property—not taking possession of
any without having obtained all the necessary au-
thorisations and observed all due formalities—and
carefully refraining from committing any needless
injury on property which they may require to oc-
cupy temporarily. The circular recommends also
that the engineers of companies that have obtained
the concession of public works and of railways shall
act in the same way.
A serious accident took place yesterday morning
on the Versailles railway. In consequence of a rail
breaking, the train which left Versailles at 7 o'clock
for Paris, went off the rails between Courbevoie and
Asnieres. The train ran with great violence
against the iron columns of a bridge, by which
three of the carriages were upset, and two of them
dashed to pieces. Three passengers were mortally
and nine very dangerously wounded. Many others
received contusions. The subsequent trains were
delayed for an hour beyond their time.
Three individuals were convicted before the police
court of Paris, on Tuesday, of having exposed for
sale portraits of the Count tie Chambord, the Prince
de Joinville, and other members of the Bourbon
family, without the authority of the Government.
They were each sentenced to imprisonment for one
month, and to pay of 300 f.
The Atlantic squadron, composed of four ships of
the line, two steam-frigates, and a steam corvette,
sailed from Cherbourg for Brest on the 21st inst.
The Bourse was animated to-day, and there was
a considerable amount of business transacted. The
Three per Cents, opened at 72f. 50c., fell to 72f.
20c., rose subsequently to 72f. 75c., and closed at
72f. 65c. for the end of the month, being a rise of
25c. as compared with the closing price of yester-
day. The rise is attributed to the inability of
many of the speculators to deliver the stock sold
by them, and to the announcement that Consols
had improved in London. The Four-and-a-Half
per Cents, closed at 98f. 90c. ; Orleans Railway
Shares, 1,150 f. ; Rouen, I,ooof. ; Havre, 475 f. ;
Great Northern, 840 f. ; Paris and Strasburg, 897 f.
50c. ; Paris and Lyons, 892 f. 50c. ; Lyons to the
Medterranean, 722 f. 50c. ; Western of France,
685 f. ; Bordeaux and Cette, 575 f. ; Great Central,
513 f. 75c. ; Shares of the Bank of Credit Mobilier,
692 f. 50c.