The Sun.
London, England, 1824-03-04 00:00:00

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

ASCOT RACES, 1824.
Nominations for the Albany Stakes, for 3 yr olds.
D. of York's b. c. by Phantom, out of sister to Prince Leopold
's C. by Whisker, out of Mony Musk
ch. f. by Soothsayer, out of Tredville
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Hurley Burley, by Quiz, out of Witchery
Mr.LL SVDJt ear.
arr
Suldi cinbaagri ni°tthk' sen '
s' b. .
b. f by Whalebone, out of Vignette
Mr. F. Craven's b. c. Long Waist, by Whalebone, dam by
Dick Andrews, out of Spitfire
D. of Rutland's Katherine.

Swinley Stakes, for 3 and 4 yrs old.
Ld Verulam's ch. f. by Comus, out of Laurel-leaf, 3 yrs old
Ld Darlington's Barefoot, 4 yrs old
D. of Rutland's Scarborough, 4 yrs old.
Windsor Forest Stakes, for 3 yr old fillies.
Ld. Varularn's ch. E by Comus, out of Vapour's dam
Mr. T. Scaith's b. f. by Whalebone, out of Vignette
Mr. Craven's Miss Jigg
D. of Rutland's Katherine.

The Gold Cup, for All Ages.
D. of York's Premium, 4 yrs old
Mr. Wyndham's Elfrid, 4 yrs old
Ld Ventlam's Vaurien, 4 yrs old
Mr. West's Angelica, 5 yrs old
Ld G. H. Cavendish's Bizarre, 4 yrs old
Ld Darlington's Barefoot, 4 yrs old
Mr. Whiteside's Brother to Antonio, 5 yrs old.

130XERS.

THE CHAMPIONSHIP.-SPRING AND LANGAN.

All doubts as to the probability of making this '
fight are at an end. The match was made on Tuesday night at
Cribb's, in Panton-street, Haymarket, in the presence of an im-
mense number of witnesses. Few events in the Ring have excit-
ed more attention, and at an early hour in the evening the man-
sion of the ex-Champion was crowded to an overflow in every
part. Spring was early in the field, and made his appearance at
8 o'clock. Langan did not arrive till half-past 9; he came in
a hackncy-coach, accompanied by T. Belcher and the President.
of the Daffys. He is still very lame," from the effects of
catsnaiel
penetrating the big toe of his right footin
had taken
his in good health and fine condition. . SpringLarlgan and his friends sta-
tionen_
in a room on the second fl
tered aroom
the• first floor. When it was known that
,adarrred, Spring sent word to him that he was ready
Langanhisw i
money, and in a few minutes Belcher made his appear-
ance with a draft of the articles, to which he said Langan was
prepared to sign his name. The draft was immediately read.
Spring then took exceptions, first expressing his desire that
the present deposit should be one hundred pounds, instead of
fifty, but this objection, after a few remarks, he waived. He
then objected to the day named for the fight to take place, pro-
posing the 25th of May, instead of the Bth of June; and lastly,
he insisted that the second fifty pounds should be deposited on
the 13th of March, instead of the 17th, upon the ground that
the 17th had been appointed for Reynolds's benefit, and he did
not wish to lend himself to this additional attraction to the pub-
lic. followed, but finally there were
agreeing to fight on the Bth of June,
and Langan agreeing mutual A
concessions,
good deal of
• g to make his second deposit on the 13th,
instead of the 17th ofMarcli . All difficulties being thus cleared
Spring discussion
away, there were one or two verbal alterations made in the ar-
ticIes,MEMORANDUM „or an AkciTement made between Joins'
of which the fo,llowing. is a correct copy:—
LANG-AN and rilomAs i INTEit SPRING, at Thomas
Cribb's, Panton-street, Haymarket, March 2, 1824:
We, John Langan and Thomas Winter Spring, agree to•
fight on Tuesday, the Bth June, 1824, for five hundred pounds
a-side, on a twenty-four feet boarded sta Te ;tobe a fair
stand-up fight, half-minute time ; an umpire to be chosen
by each party, and a reference
by the umpires. The fight to take place' within 100 miles
to be chosen on the ground
of London, and the place to be named b - r. Jackson ; the men
instant, at
to be in the ring between the hours
at noon, unless prevented by magisterial interference. Fifty
of twelve and one o'clock
pounds a-side are now deposited in the hands of the stake-
honoldthere,fifty pounds inure to be made good
John Randall's, Hole-in-the-
AlSaoraerhes;
Wall, Chancery-lane ; a further gl
-eposit of two hundred pounds
to be made good at T. Cribb's, on
13! h Mr.
o J.
Saturday, Ist of May ; and
the whole to be made good at rr. Belcher's, Castle Tavern,
Holborn, on the Ist June, 1824, The deposits to be made
good on the days before mentioned, between the hours
of eight and ten in the evening ; either party failing, to
forfeit the deposit down. The stage to be boarded with
deals, not less than three inches thick, without turf, and
to be six feet from the ground, as in Cribb's battle. The
bottle-holders and seconds to retire to the corners of
the stage, when the men are placed
at the scratch, every round,
and to remain there till one or both of the men are down.—
The expences of this stage to be paid equally between Langan
and Spring.
It is further agreed, that when the whole of the money is
made good, it shall be transferred to the hands of Mr. Jackson.
(Signed) THOS. WINTER SPRING.
JOHN LANGAN.
T. WATSON, }
Witnesses.
T. BELCHER,
Spring, in alluding to the expence of erecting the stage, said
he thought it but fair, as this was Langan's fancy (who had
now entered the room), that lie should bear the whole expence.
To which Langan replied, " See, now, Torn ; say nothing about
that, for if I win and I think I will, ll bear the whole expence
of the stage myself.—(Loud cheers.)—But, howsomever, that's
neither here nor there; I hope the best man will win; and
though we're going to fight, its myself that would go a hundred
miles to serve you ; for I have no antipathy, or ill-blood to-
wards you whatever." _

After the competitors had taken a friendly glass together,
Langan and Belcher retired to the Castle Tavern, where a
large party was awaiting their return. Bets were talked about,
but nothing done : 7 to 4 in favour of Spring are the odds
named.

In reply to the challenges that have been made by Josh
Hudson and Nicholls, Langan stated last night, at Belcher's,
that when he has done with Spring, he will be ready to meet
half a dozen of the lads in one year, and, if agreeable to them,
that he is ready to put down 101. for each as a deposit, pro-
vided they will light for 500/.

THE DOG BIT,LY AND TIIE BERKSHIRE RAT-KILLER.—
The match between these two celebrated vermin destroyers
took place on Tuesday night, at the pit in Duck-lane, 'West-
minster. The capabilities of Billy are pretty well known, and the
Berkshire bitch had been much talked of. The match was for 20
sovereigns, and the undertaking was, that the bitch killed fifty
rats in less time than Billy, and as a proof that no ordinary in-
terest was excited by the event, it is only necessary to mention
that the pit was crammed,,and amongst the visitors there were
members of the Senate and the Bar. Dew backed his Billy,
and a Mr. Wise, (who, by the bye, acted rather foolishly in the
business), backed the bitch. A toss decided that Billy should
commence the sport ; 50 full-grown rats were turned into the pit,
byCheatham, the well-known rat-catcher, and in the space of five
minutes and six seconds they all lay dead at the feet of Billy,—
The pit being cleared of the dead, the bitch was let in, and fifty
rats were turned out of a cage to her. By the time she had
killed thirty of the rats, she became exhausted, and lay barking
and yelping on the ground, with her mouth open, without at-
tempting to kill the vermin that were hanging about her nose—
a decided proof in the estimation of those present, of her not
being bred high enough, and a quarter of an hour elapsed be-
fore she completed her task. Billy was therefore declared the
conqueror by the umpires. It is now confessed that no dog in
the kingdom can match with Billy at rat killing, though he has
only two teeth in his head and one eye ! A bet of 200 sove-
reigns was subsequently offered, that Billy killed 100 rats in
less time than the bitch killed half the number.

LENT ASSIZES.

CRIMINAL COURT, READING, TUESDAY, MARCH 2.
_ _

.13,:fore the Hon. Mr. Baron GAnliow.
A MOST UNNATURAL MURDER.

Daniel Grimshire was indicted for the murder of his son,
William Grimshire. an infant of the age of six months. The
indictment charged him with having, on the 3d of January last,
feloniously, wilfully, and of malice aforethought, poured a
large quantity of boiling and scalding water into the mouth, and
over the neck, breast, and arms of the deceased, who thereby
became sore, sick, and distempered, and languished till the
18th of January, when he died of the sickness and distemper
occasioned by the act of bis.father. The prisoner, a young man
of decent appearance, in the condition of a labourer, pleaded
" not guilty.
Mr. JITSTICE stated the case for the prosecution.
Catherine Dew then gave evidence_ as follows :-1 am 50
years of age. I live at Sutton Courtney. On the Ist of Ja-
nuary last, Daniel Grimshire and his ,wife lived in the house
with me. They had one child, apparently rather more than
six months old. The outer door opens into a brewhouse, com-
mon to both, which parts My rooms from those of the prisoner.
The doors of the rooms are nearly, but not quite, opposite to
each other. The partitions are very thin, being composed of
lath and plaster. The doors shut tolerably close. When lam
in my own room I can hear the prisoner and his wife converse,
but not so as to understand them. On the 341 of January I went
two or three times in the course of the dayinto theprisoner's room.
About 5 in the evening I went in, when Mrs. Grimshire was iron-
ing. I held the child while she finished her ironing, by the fire-
side. It was very well then • as well as I had seen it for some time.
In about a quarter of an hour she said she would dress it and
put it to bed before the shepherd (that was her husband) came
home. I then returned into my own room. About six, or a
little after, I heard the prisoner come home and go into his
room. Mrs. Grimshire soon after went out on errands. A little
after, she came in,land shortly went out a second time. After
she had been gone about two minutes, I heard the child cry out
very much indeed. I said to my boy, I could not think what
had happened to little Billy, and I would go in and see. I
went across the brew-house, opened the door, and said to the
prisoner, " La ! shepherd, what makes little Billy cry so ?"
He said, " Yes he did : I have been to the cradle once, and
rocked him before." I had heard no cry before tliat on
which I went in. The shepherd was sitting on a chair which
he usually sat in when he was at home. He went to the cradle,
and took one side, while I took the other, and rocked the
cradle. Mrs.. Grimshire came in from the shop with the things
and asked, " What did little billy cry so ?" (lie , was still
crying.) I said. " Yes, he do; I could not bear to hear him
cry so, or I should not have come in." I returned into my own
house. Sonic time after I heard the shepherd go out ; and a
little while after, it might be about three or four minutes, Mrs.
Grimshire ran in to me with the child in her arms. The child
was rather stiller, though yet crying. I sat down in the
chair, and Mrs. Grimshire put the child into my arms, while
she went to call a neighbour. The child was very much scalded
on the neck, round the left ear, all the cheek, mouth, breast, and
shoulder. The lips were very much scalded indeed ; all up in
blisters. Mrs. Warrick and I undressed it : we opened its mouth
and saw that all around its mouth was blistered. It had then its
night dress on. They were very wet round the neck and shoulder.
It had a night cap on, tied under the chin, and wet round
the ear. I began scraping potatoe to mix with oil, while Mrs.
Virarwick held the child. Mrs. Grimshire went to fetch her
husband home. The prisoner came in before her two or three
minutes ; she said she went and called him out of Mr. Reeves's.
When he came in, I said, " La! shepherd, what have you done
to little Billy ?" He made me answer, and said, " I have done
nothing." He took the chair, sat down, and began crying
very much indeed. The table was between the cradle and the
fire. The cradle is a wicker cradle with a head ; the feet were
towards the fire. On the table were two cups and saucers, and
a tea-pot. They had not drank tea. Other people examined
the cradle ; I did not. I saw the pillow and clothes. The
coverlet was not wet.

Cross--examined by Mr. DIGBY --I had lived in the house
with the prisoner 3 months before the death of the child. Ile
and his wife had no words, to my knowledge. The prisoner
was mild in his manner. The prisoner and his wife did not
live on very good terms, hut he never beat her or used violent
language. He was not much at home.
Here one of the Jurymen was observed to be fainting, but,
after taking refreshment, he said he should be able to go on,
and the trial proceeded.
Mrs. Dew proceeded to say—l never knew the prisoner un-
kind to the child ; but he was not used to take it or talk to it.—
When I heard the child cry, and went into the room, there was
a light on the table. I have heard his wife say, that he did
once shave on a Saturday evening. This was Saturday even-
ing ; I saw no preparations for shaving. The neighbours pro-
posed to send for Mr.lVest, and the prisoner went himself. I
often went into the prisoner's room; I saw the prisoner's father
there ; he appeared very fond of the child.
Mr. Thomas West said--I am a surgeon at Sutton Court-
ney. On the 3d of January a man came to my house, and
I asked him if it was his child that was scalded ? He said
it was. I asked when it was done ? He said he did not
know. I observed that he could surely tell whether it was
two or three days ago, or that night. He replied, " Yes, it
was to-night." I asked, " whether it was done an hour
ago ?" He replied, " Not long ago, while the mother was
gone to the shop." I asked." if the child was scalded very
badly ?" He said, " it was." " I inquired if it could be brought
up to me ?" He said, "he did not know." I then gave hits
directions as to immediate application to the child. Ido not
' recollect any thing more. A few minutes after the child was
brought in by three women, of whom Mrs. Warwick was one.
I examined it, and found that the left side of the face was in
blisters from scalding, that the ear was in a similar state, and
that trh mouth,epartof thechest,
lips,l efon h
side
tofothsno
eal neck,s
ele,ftwsehroeulbdleisrt,eraedndu.
The next morning, I opened the mouth and found
blis-
ters on the tongue, inside of the cheeks, and gums. I con-
tinued to attend the child regularly till his death, which hap-
pened on the morning of the 18th of January. I attertled the
Coroner's Inquest on the 20th, and asked leave to open the
body. I found a dark appearance on the arm, as if the circula-
tion was carried on with great languor e • the child was thin and
meagre when I first saw him ; I found no ma•-ks of internal
disease; nothing in the appearance of the parts likely to pro-
duce death. The scalds were, in my opinion, the cause of the
child's death.

Cross-examined.—l cannot positively swear that the man
who came to me was the prisoner. There was nothing which
I observed tremulous in his voice. He wished me to see the
child. Many accidents arise from the careless use of hot water.
The windpipe was not at all affected. The heat of the water
might produce spasmodic action, and cause the stomach to
reject it.
Edmund Morris said—l occupy a paper-mill at Sutton-
Courtney. On the 3d of January, I heard of what had hap-
pened, and went to the Fish public-house. I heard a man pass
the house, which is on the road, three furlongs from Sutton-
bridge. I and another man named Pointer set out to catch
the person whom we heard pass. We Overtook him at Sut-
ton-gate, half a mile from the Fish. We came up to the man,
and found it was the prisoner. I said to him " Grimshire,
you are charged with having attempted to destroy your child :
you must go back with us." He did so without resistance : he
was crying very sadly. After we reached Sutton-bridge, he
stopped, and said, " I'll tell you all about it." I said, " Keep
your own counsel ; I'll not hear you." He twice repeated the
offer, but I refused. A person going from Sutton-Courtney to
Dorchester would be in the public road where we found him.
James Pointer said—l overtook the prisoner on the other
side of the bridge. I called " Halo! Where are you going ?"
He replied, " To Dorchester, after my wife's father or mo-
ther,' I am not sure which. When we reached the Fish, he
told me if I would let him go home, he would tell me all
about it.

This was the case for the prosecution.
The prisoner, being called on for his defence, said that he
took a basin to the kettle, and filled it. As he went across the
room, he stumbled against the cradle, and the accident hap-
pened. He loved the child as his own life, and declared him-
self :4 as innocent as the child unborn."

Mr. Baron GAnii ow suminea—tP the evidence with great
minuteness. He strongly urged the improbability of the
commission of so dreadful a crime, for which no motive was
suggested, and by such means, and admonished the jury not to
convict the prisoner unless they were satisfied beyond all doubt
of his guilt.

The" Jury, after deliberating for a short time, returned a
verdict of Guilty.

Mr. Baron 61-Artnow proceeded to pass on the prisoner the
dreadful sentence, that he should be executed on Thursday,
(this day), and his body anatomised ; and held out no hope of
mercy.
The prisoner manifested very little emotion during the trial,
on the delivery of the verdict, or when he was taken from the
bar.

The Princess of STOLBERG, mother of the
Countess of ALBANY (widow of the Pretender,
who lately died at Florence), is still living. She
is now 93 years of age, and is in perfect posses.
sion of her health and faculties. She goes to all
the public assemblies, and remains up all night
at balls, as stoutly as the youngest of her sex.