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ner to carry 1501b5.; if at 3,250 f. (1300, 1131b5.; if at
2,500 f. (1001) 1361b5. Distance aboutfinir miles.

M. Montel's in Vic:ress, 1371 b. (Mr. Ricardo) 1
Mr. Elmore's Mameluke, 1371 b.
Mr. Lawley's The Roarer, 1431 b.
M. Didier's Mary Jane, 1371 b.
M. Montel's Deodoia, 1371 b.

Mary Jane got over the first obstacles in good style,
and went ahead, keeping the advantage up the ploughed
land. At the turning Deodora got first, and kept the
advantage until arriving at the hedge, which she re-
fused. She had taken the previous leaps very well.
Mameluke then went forward, and it now became evi-
dent that the contest would remain between Mameluke
and Vietreis. With the exception of The Roarer there
was apparently not the slightest chance that either of
the others could even thill of attaining the victory, so
o,mph tely did they appear to be knocked up. Mame-
luke and V.etress then had it all to themselves down the
plain and up ag tin, and at last the latter won by about
a length. Their clearing of the different obstacles pre-
sented nothioi worthy of remark. The incidents
in this steep], chase were more numerous than in the
other. Lord Strathmore was thrown, and M. de Perre-
gaux fell three or four times—neither. however, sus-
tained,any injury. I)eodora went slap into the river, and
gave her rider a tamous ducking.
So ended the great French Steeplechase of the pre-
sent year. The arrangements .uere admirable through-
out, and the vast crowd made the scene exceedingly in-
teresting. The only thing to be complained of was the
weather, and that was most abominable.

COURT-MARTIAL AT CHATHAM.
On Tuesday morning, at eleven o'clock, officers corn•
posing a general court-martial assembled at the garrison
for the trial of James Flanaghan, No. 2,212, a private in
the second battalion 60th Rifles. Colonel Samuel Bur-
don Ellis, Royal Marines, President, and Captain J. S.
Wood, Major of Brigade of the garrison, officiated as
Deputy Judge-Advocate, who read two charges against
the prisoner; Ist. For having at Chatham, on the even-
ing of the 27th of March last, disobeyed the command of
his superior officer, Lance Corporal Fish, by refusing to
go on sentry; 2d. For insubordinate conduct at the time
and place stated in the first cnarge, and wilfully drew
his sword and thrust it through a pane of glass of the
window in the officers' guard-room. The prisoner pleaded
Guilty.
Corporal James Fish stated that he assembled the re-
liefs at seven P.N. of that day. The prisoner being No.
2, when ordered to fall in for duty as sentry, refused,
saying " he would be d- if he would go sentry any
ruore, or do any more duty as a soldier," and be imme-
diately drew his sword from his scabbard and thrust it
through the pane of glass, and said, " to h-- with all
soldiery." The prisoner was then taken to the gar-
rison main-guard us a prisoner. In defence the pri-
soner stated to the Court that he would never soldier
again in the regiment, for since he had been in it he had
had repeated punishments. lle was sorry in one sense
for what he had done, and not in another, and threw
himself on the mercy of the Court.
First Lieutenant Thomas H. Mitchell, acting adjutant
of the corps, produced the regimental book, and read
extracts of previous trials and con'.ictions of the pri-
soner, who, it appears, was first tried by a regimenrai
court- martial at Paisley Barracks, on the 231 of March,
1846, tor habitual drunkenness; convicted and sen-
tenced to fourteen day a' imprisonment, solitary confine-
ment, and to forfeit Id. per day her three months. The
imprisonment was remitted in consequence or the pri
sorer being so young in theser vice. The prisoner was
again tried at Paisley, by a court-martial, on the sth of
May, 1846, for habitual dr.inkentres, and was twenty
days imprisoned for the offence, and placed under stop
pages of Id. per day fur six months. And again on the
4th of August, at Chatham Barracks, the prisoner was
tried by a district court-martial, for insubordinate con-
duct and abusive language to Corporal Grey, of the same
corps, for which he underwent a sentence of tour mouths
hard labour.
The prisoner has been in the corps fourteen months,
and when attested was nineteen years of age. His
general character has been very bad. The issue
of the trial will not be publicly known until confirmed by
.he Horse Guards.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
MANSION HOUSE.
RAILWAY MATTERS.—Mr. Stern, of the house of
Stern Br othera Ang.l•court, Thlogmorton-strei t, ap-
peared betore the Lord Mayor, and wade the fuhowtog
statern. nt:—

In 1845 a company was established called the Bordeaux
and Mediterranean Railway Company, at No. 2, Cow-
pr's-court, Cornhill. They issued a large amount of
scrip shares, on which they received an instalment of 2/.
per share. On the 18th of May, 1846, there appeared
in the Times the following advertisement:—
" BORDEAUX AND MEDITERRANEAN RAILWAY COM-

PANY.— Ihe English directors of the Bordeaux and
Mediterranean Railway Company beg to inform
their sub,cribers that an arrangement for uniting this
company with the other three existing companies
having been completed, the direct concession of
the line was, on the 28th of February, definitively
granted to the Amalgamated company. The subscribers
in this company will have one definitive share for eight
shares, on which a deposit of 41 per share has been paid,
and the balance will be returned so soon as the necessary
forms are gone through.
" J. MAITLAND, Secretary."
On the 9th of July there appeared, in the same paper,
the advertisement copied below, signed byithe secretary :
" Bordeaux and Mediterranean Railway Company.—
The directors of :this company have to announce, that
the direct concession of the lease of the railway to four
consolidated companies approved by the French Cham-
bers, has obtained the sanction of Royal ordinance, and
is now the law of France. The char. holders ut this
company are entitled to one share on which 41. has been
paid, for every eight of their original subscriptions, and,
together with their ceruiticates, will receive back
three-fourths of their deposits. It is hoped that
the certificates will be ready for delivery on
Monday the 3d of August, but at all events the surplus
deposit will be payable on and after that day, on appli;
cation at the effice of the company, from eleven till one.
Now when we called to receive our 57i cot selidated
shares, and 6901, the remainder in moue), which they
owe, the ditectots refused to deliver either the one or
the other, hut they asked us to sign a paper, which is to
authorise their solicitor to enter into mane laigation
un
our behalf against themselves. Of course we did not
consent to do anything of the kind, being only desirous
to receive our money and scrip, according to the terms
of their own advertisement. and on the face of which we
trusted them with our scrip stares, according to the
practice and arrangements adopted in other companies
in similar circumstenees.
The LORD MAYOR—And what do you wish me to do
in this case ? I admit that your statement and the con-
tents of the advertisements, wake it out a very strong
one, and I am surprised that the promises held out to
you should nut have been performed.
Mr. Stern—You tee, my Lord, that, judging from the
high respectability of the directors, the shar, holders
could have expected nothing but the moat complete and
punctual performance of all that has appeared in the
advertisements, signed by their secretary. Now, our
,bject is to summon the secretary to account for the ex
treordinary proceedings of the directors in keeping pos-
session of our money which they have received, applied,
and promised to re pay. We considerit extremely odd
that they should, instead of performing the promises
held forth in the advertisements, put us eff with a pro-
position to sign a paper of which the following is a
coo, :
To Messrs. Fry, Loxley, and Fry.—Gentlemen,—
I hereby authorise you to raise an action at law against
all, or either, of the following gentlemen, &c. ke.,
directors of the Bordeaux and Mediterranean Reitwat,
for the recovery of the proportion of the deposit due on
the shares allot ted to me in that cornpary."
The t oRD nalton sail it appear. d rib him that inas-
much as the promise was a future and centingent pro
mist', no fiend could be eettblished ; that to constitute a
fraud it was necessary that there must be a false pretence
existing b•fore the delivery of the scrip ; but if the
Messrs. Stern should be advised that there was a buffi
cient case of conspiracy against the directors, then the
remedy was to be found in an indictment. As the case
was not or e in which he considered that he had imme-
diate jurisdictton, he must refer the applicants to the
authority to which they might appeal against men of
such standing in society as the directors with decided
effect.
Tux FORGERIES OY THE LONDON AND SOUTH-
WESTERN RAILWAY SHARES.— R illiam Farntery, who
was on 'lnc sday charger upon suspicion of having been
concerned, with Horatio Nelson West, in forging Lon-
don and South Western Railway shares was brought up
for re-examination. The evidence against him on thy
first day of examination was of so slight a nature. and
the impression made in his favour by the manner in
which he denied all knowledge- of any dishonourable
transaction in the share dealing in which he was a par-
ticipator, was so decided, that the Lord Mayor men-
tioned, on leaving the chair, that if no additional testi-
mony should be produced next day, bail would be taken
for his appearance.
Mr. Clarkson, and Mr. Morgan, the solicitor to the
company, appeared for the prosecution. Mr. Femur-
din, of Lincoln's Inn-fialds, attended for the prisoner.
Mr. Charles Tomlinson, of No. 20, Wellington-street,
Salford, Manehester, said, I bought of a man named
Watson, who I am convinced is the prisoner, 40 shares
tile London and South Western Company, on the 25th
of February last. I produce one of those 40 shares.
Mr. Clarkson—lt will be recollected that the prisoner
yesterday declared that he was never at Manchester.
The witness, in his cross-examinatioe, said—l don't
recollect the date, except that 1 took the prisoner to Mr.
Bowker's office on the following mornin4, and he re-
ceived the wone) from Mr. Kinder. The act ip has never
been out of my possession. I have ether scrip. I sent
it by Mr. Bowker to London. I received that number
from Mr. Kinder. I know it by the figures on the
back. They were put on before I got it. I first saw the
accused the day before I went to Mr. Bowker. lam
quite certain of his identity.
Mr. John Buckley Kinder, clerk to Mr. Joseph
Bowker, of Broughton, near Manchester—l remember
Mr. Tomlinson bringing to me on Friday, the 25th of
February, the prisoner, who passed then as Thomas
Watson. He was brought to me by the last witness for
the purpose of selling us 250 London and South-Western
shares. I purchased 50 of him, and sold 200 for him.
I am quite certain the prisoner is the man. I have reason
to believe that all the shares are forged.
Cross-examined—l paid the prisoner the money.
The Prisoner—l say, I never was in Manchester in
my life. I assert it in the face of all the world.
Win. Alfred Morgan, treasurer of the London and
South Western Railway Company, stated, that on the
Ist of January some new shares in the company were
issued. The scrip produced is forged.
Charles Tahourdin, the prisoner's attorney, then
appegedlis s Witm i. - EL. was, be mid, -solicitor for %In

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