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 (THL DAY,

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 lam 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 g.t 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 bead, and when she
came to the court, I found that her throat was so cut
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 the 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 returned a verdict of guilty, and
Mr. Justice Cresswell, in an impressive manner, pai ;ed
sentence of death upon the prisoner.
The prisoner was then removed from the dock.

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 pole 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 vomit 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.