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London, England, 1853-01-19 00:00:00

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EPSOM STEEPLECHASES
(THIS DAY.)

(BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.)
The Steeplechase Handicap.

Forest Lad
Sam Hood.

Nine ran.

LAW INTELLIGENCE.-(THIS DAY.)

QUEEN'S BENCH.
BELLES V. WILSON.

In this case, which was an action against Mr. Alder-
man Wilson for false imprisonment, and in which a ver
dict was found for the plaintiff,

I, Lord Campbell this morning delivered the judgment
of the Court, stating that they were of opinion that the
. defendant had acted illegally in committing the plaintiff
to prison, and that under those circumstances a rule for
a new trial could not be granted.

SECONDARIES' COURT.-(THIS DAY.)

(Before Mr. Secondary Potter.)
WAITS V. BALDING.

This was an action to recover the sum of 41. 3s. 4d.
for money lent. Defendant pleaded a set off.
The following are the facts of the case :—The plaintiff
was until lately a builder, &c., in Queen-square, and
defendant is a miller, &c., in Hampshire. Defendant
admitted receiving the amount, but claimed 81. odd for
expenses in endeavouring to effect an arrangement with
plaintiff's creditors—he himself being one for 2301.,
which could not be recovered, plaintiff having petitioned
the Insolvent Court. It was not explained how, under
these circumstances, plaintiff maintained the action.
Defendant, in examination, said that he knew the plain-
tiff could not pay the amount of his claim, and under-
took to repay the money lent to him, and sent four
sovereigns in a letter by post, but plaintiff denied re-
ceiving it, and as he could not be contradicted by evi-
dence defendant was obliged to admit the debt, and
under the circumstances pleaded the set off.

The jury, after a short consultation, found a verdict
for the defendant.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

BETTING AT MANCHESTER—YESTERDAY.
METROPOLITAN HANDICAP.
25 to 1 agst Grapeshot (taken).
25 to 1 Richmond.
30 to 1 Galvanism.
30 to 1 Redmond O'Hanlon.
30 to 1 Hirsuta.
30 to 1 Pug Orrock.
30 to 1 Mr. Moon.
30 to 1 Contentment.
30 to 1 Lampedo.
LIVERPOOL STEEPLECHASE.
12 to 1 offered on the Field, and 20 to 1 taken to 20
about Victress.

CFIESTER CUP.
20 to 1 agst Lady Evelyn (taken).
55 to 1 Scarecrow, (taken).
25 to 1 Constantine, (taken).
40 to 1 Indian Warrior.
40 to 1 Trifle.
50 to 1 Richard Primmer.
50 to 1 Contentment.
50 to 1 Talfourd.

DERBY.
15 to 1 agst Umbriel (taken to 501.).

THREE FATAL ACCIDENTS.--Yesterday information
was forwarded to Mr. C. Bedford, the coroner for West-
minster, of the death of John Lawrence, carpenter,
aged 22 years, residing at Bagnigge-wells-place, whil ex-
pired in King's College Hospital, from injuries received
under the following circumstances :—lt appears that the
deceased was at work at Messrs. Bradbury and Evans' s,
printers,- Whitefriars, on the 20th December, when as-
sisting to remove an iron beam, about a ton, it acci-
dentally fell off the rollers on the deceased, who received
a most severe compound dislocation of the ankle joint,
with a fracture of the bone of the legs.—The second is
that of a man named John 0, oulbourne, painter, aged
42 years, residing at Walworth. The deceased was
engaged in cleaning the windows on the second floor of
the Admiralty Harbour Department, and while standing
on a ladder, which was placed out of the window, the
frame gave way by which he was holding, and the de-
ceased fell 30 feet. He was conveyed to the West-
minster Hospital, where he expired of a fractured skull.
Lastly that of Elizabeth Rose, No. 1, St. Ormond's-hill,
Westminster, who was accidentally run over while cros-
sing O--chard-street, Westminster.

•
REDUCING THE SALARIES Or POOR LAW OPIPICERS.—
A parliamentary paper has just been printed respecting
the Tewkesbury Union. The board of guardians carried
resolutions to reduce the salaries of the several officers,
on account of the " cheapness of provisions." The offi-
cers appealed to the Poor Law Board, and the reasons
were required from the guardians that induced them 'to
pass the resolutions. They urged that the value of agri-
cultural produce had been diminished 30 per cent., that
the rates had decreased; and that food was cheap. The
Poor Law Board replied, that they had " never recog-
nised the principle that the price of the articles and of
the produce referred to are to be the criterion by which
the amount of salaries ought to be estimated and regu-
lated, or that such salaries should be liable to vary as
the price of food fluctuates. The Poor Law Board
thought that no sufficient reason had been assigned for
the reduction, declaring that the fixed salaries of the
medical officers remunerated them only for their ordinary
duties, and the board did not see that sufficient grounds
had been adduced for diminishing the salaries of either of
the officers referred to in the resolutions of the guardians.
CRUELTY TO A CHILD.--An inquest was held a few days
since at Milverton, in Somersetshire, which disclosed
great barbarity on the part of a young woman, named
Elizabeth Baker, towards a child two years and a half
old. The deceased, Albert Marks, had been entrusted
by the mother (who is in service at Pitminster) to a
Mrs. Scott, who was, paid Is. 3d. per week for her
charge. Elizabeth Baker was the daughter of this per-
son, and it was proved in evidence that she used to
beat the child cruelly with a stick, and, on one oc-
casion, when the poor little fellow had made himself
dirty and wet, she took off his socks and shoes, and
put one of his feet close to the bars of the grate, keep-
ing it there for some minutes, in spite of his cries.
Mr. C. H. Holman, the surgeon who made a post
mortenz examination of the body, deposed that it pre-
sented a very emaciated appearance, and there were
several contusions upon the head and on different parts
of the body, evidently produced by blows. There was
a large contusion between the ribs and hip on the left
side, about three inches in circumference, burns on the
sole and the great toe of the left foot, and on the centre
of the upper margin of the frontal bone was an old wound
which had suppurated, about the size of a walnut, inter-
nally. Some serous and bloody fluid was found on the
upper surface of the brain, and a small clot of blood.
The clot on the brain and the effusion were, in his
opinion, the cause of death. Other evidence having been
adduced, the jury, after some deliberation, returned a
verdict of "Manslaughter" against Elizabeth Baker.
This was the third child said to have been placed under
her care, and all three had died. The coroner directed
inquiry to be made as to the causes of the deaths of the
other two.

CAPTURE OF A DESPERATE BURGLAR IN SOUTHAMP-
TON.—Two most daring burglaries were committed in
Southampton on Sunday night, or rather on Monday
morning last, by a man who gives his name as Henry
Hall, of Brighton. It appears that about two o'clock
on Monday morning, Mrs. Laing, living in the Commer-
cial-road, was awoke by hearing a noise as of some one
in the house, and on going down stairs and listeninget at
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Information was conveyed to the police, and soon after-
wards, at three o'clock, one of the men on duty in Mar-
land-place heard a noise as of a door banging. He exa-
mined the houses, and found the lower sash of the
kitchen window at the residence of Dr. Wilmot wide
open, and some one moving about inside. He gave an
alarm by ringing the bell, which the burglar hearing,
rushed through the kitchen window and up the area
steps, armed with a large carving knife, and after threat-
ening to run it through any one who impeded his pro-
gress, he aimed a blow at the policeman, but it fortu-
nately glanced off, and struck one of the iron railings.
Further assistance however arriving, he gave himself up,
and on the house being examined, large quantities of
valuables were found tied up, ready to be taken away,
together with some articles stolen from Mrs. Laing's.
The burglar subsequently admitted that the cap and
shoes belonged to him, and whilst locked up in the sta-
tion-house one of the police overheard a conversation
between him and another prisoner, in which he said he
had lived by thieving for the last six years, but he was
now sure to be "lagged," and that the task of breaking
into two houses of a night was a perfect nothing, as he
had often managed to get into five or six: He was
brought before the borough magistrates on Monday, and
committed for trial at the assizes at Winchester on both
charges.

OXFORD, WORCESTER, AND WOLVERHAMPTON RAIL-
WAY.—The Parliamentary declaration of this company,
in connection with their proposed bill for extension of
time for purchasing lands, &c., sets forth that the ex-
pense will be defrayed out of funds authorised by their
acts, amounting to 4,092,9991., of which 959,0271. have
not been raised, together with the former sum of
412,960/., making a sum total of 1,371,987/. yet unex-
pended ; and that after deducting this latter sum for acts
authorised, and the funds required for contribution to

the proposed Worcester and Hereford Junction Railway;
on the mixed gauge, with branches to Ledbury and Here-
ford, there will remain 55,000/. and upwards applicable
for the proposed bill, and that the company are not the
promoters of any other bill, comprising any new works,
this session.