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NORTHLEACH STEEPLE CHASE,."{,4iltkfite,...4.
The Cotswold 'Handicap of 2 save. CIICI4'*O „., .
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added ; be second try save his stake. 4 miles. '4'h i 0051 :.----,-,- '
Col. aCktarriti-,,'s Bieck Prince, lOst. 71b. (Craclemer2o7::e
Sir C. R. toci-etell named Grimace, llst. 4;% 2 tt21443P
Mr. J. Net:rati named Lt.. fr. Frolic, 10st.
Soyeral vthors started. Won in a canter.
The second envie f r a sweepstake with 20 says. added,
llsl. 7
Grasshopper lb:each,
hr..6l3olttnni)l7b'eaw.iansgwonb
five ethers.
LATE' S. Onley's
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...ST BETTING AT MANCHESTER—FainAv.
CHESTER CLI*".-11 to 1 agst Plover, 13 to 1 agst Cruis.
keen, 14 4i 1 ag‘t Gallipot, 16 to 1 agst Queen Bee, 100 to 6
agst Tubaleait“.'Pken), 100 t. 9 6 agst Bloomsbury, 100 to '7
agst Bedford., 25,d 1 agst Cowboy, and 25 to 1 agstLugwardine.
DERBI'.IB to 1 agst Coronation, 11 to 1 apt Van Am-
burgh (taken) 16 to 1 agst Rosalie c (taken), 18 to 1 agst
Knight of the Wblstle, 22 to 1 agst Eringo, 25 to 1 agst Ma.r-
shalSoulti (taken), and 50 to l agst the Duke of \I ellington
(taken-).
Oke OARs..-12 to 1 agst Ermengardis, and 20 to 1 agst Palmyra
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.Hl7l\ TING APPOIYTAIENTS.
Her Majesty' stag-hounds, to meet on Monday, at Stoke
Common, and Monday week at Lyedhurst.
Tiekhara houndS, Tuesday, at Herne-hill Chureb ; Friday,
at Long Beach--lialf-past ten.
Devon,and Soaters3t stag-hounds, Tuesday, Park End Gate
Cothelstone. Inn—half-past ten. ,
Cambridgeshire Iniunds, Thursday, at Caller Bridge--half-
past ten.

• Craven hounds, M ;nday, at Wiitehill • Wednesday, at Hens.
wood ; Friday', at Harnstead Norris—half-past ten.
Mr. Tathvay's hounds. Tuesday, at the Stourton Inn ;
Thursday, at Varnfield ; Saturday, at Tucker's Grove Gate.
Pvtchley hounds, Monday, 'at Boughton Park; 'Wednesday,
at Farming Woods: Friday, at Clapthorne Cow
.Pasture_
quarter to eleven.

Earl Fitz-William's hounds—Monday,- at Nassington Lodge ;
WednesdaY,-at .Ilulwick ; Friday, at Bedfurd Purlieus.
Mr. BillteA's hounds, Tuesday, at Glaze Bridge—ten.
Herefordshire 'hounds, Tuesday, England's Gate ; Friday, at
Bradwarditie—ten.
Mr. Candler's hounds, Tuesday, at Alfrick ; Friday, at the
Windmill, Ardeley. Common—half•past ten.
Mr. Giles7s hounds, Tuesday, at Huntley—ten.
Northumberland and North hounds, Tuesday, at Hut Hill ;
cdne,(tiy, at.Newton-on-the7.:Moor ; Thursday, at Framling.
ton ; Priughley Wo9d.—halfla.st ten.
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Tues-
-da'3":,"a 74icetiititle ; ThirSday, at Woolllee ; Saturday, at
Chisholm—halt-past ten.

Oakley huunds, Monday, at Castle Ashby ; Thursday, at
Snelson; Saturday, at Dungee Corner—half-past ten.

ASSIZE INTEL-C.IGENCE.

NORFOLK. Cl.l7C;11-"w—Iir_.---...NoRivIcir, APRIL 8.
(Before Mr. Justice BoswNevaT.)
Charlotte Yaxley was indicted for the wilful murder of
Lavinia Kcrrisoo by drowning, on the 23d of March, at
Great Yarmouth.

The prisoner, a ho is a young woman of 22, was married
in August list to John Yaxley, a fisherman living at
Yarmouth ; the deceased was an illegitimate child of John
Yaxley, and at the time of its violent death had just
reached its tenth month of existence. The child lived
with its mother, Mary Kerrison, until about the Ist
of March, when at the joint request of the prisoner
and her husband it was taken to live wholly with
them. The prisoner had been uniformly kind to it Un-
til the day which terminated its existence ; had been
used to have it sent to see her and its father ; and made it
such little presents as her poor means enabled and its smal
wants required. It had just begun to totter alone from
chair to cnair, and so lately as the Saturday previous to its
death the prisoner had bought it a,pair anew shoes. Oa
Monday the 22d of March, the prisoner's husband
left home for the purpose of attending a fair
at some dist ince, and was not expected home
until late on the following day ; and at six o'clock on
that esening, the prisoner put the child, who was
then quite well, to bed, and hushed it to sleep with an as-
siduity and tenderness almost maternal. Great, therefore,
was the wonder of her neighbours, on the foil swing morn-
ing, to hea- that the infant was dead. At eight o'clock
on Tuesday, the 23d, the prisoner called on her sister-in-
law, who lived next door to her, with a cup of tea,
which she said had same brandy in it, and which she
pressed her sister to drink. She scorned at this time to
haat something " on her mind," but shortly after-
wards she left tic house, and was not seen again until
ten o'clock. At that hour she sgsin called on her relation
and said she thought she should go after her husband, for
she thought him long away; and then, turning abruptly
round. she added " the child is dead." She went on to
say she did it, and csied exceedingly. Her sister-in-
law tent into her house, and these saw the body of
the babe nicely covered up and lying in the cradle ;
nothing was visible but its face, but by that she saw it
was deal. She fled in great alarm, and called a neigh-
bour to her ri3, and they uncovered the chili and
found it dead and quite cold. It appeared that is the pri-
soner's yard there was a pond of fiithy water, shallow and
muddy, and covered with a green slime; and at the gate
leading from the street into this yard the prisoner was seen
standing by a man named Carter, at seven in the morning
on which the child met with its death. She had the
child in her arms, dressed in its bed-clothes, and ap-
peared to be " huil.ing" it. The death of the unfor-
tunate infant having been noised abroad, its mother,
Mary Kerrison, came to the prisoner's house before
noon, and the prisorer no sooner saw he: than she thrt w
her arms round her neck and cried bitterly, observing
to her " Oh, ,her
I did it, I did it ; but your poor
child is happy now." The mother asked her why she
did it, and she said " She would tall her by and by," add-
ing, that " Vie child was well at soar), and dead at a
quarter past." Upon her house being searched on the fol-
leviiag day, the night-clothes of the poor babe were found
concealed under the prisoner's bed. They were rolled
up together, and were even then thoroughly wet in every
part. They had, however, been wetted with perfectly
clean wet .1., and could not possibly have been im-
mersed in tho dirty peed in her yard which has been
already mentioned. Indeed, to this very hour the place
where the poor child was drowned is quite unknown,
except to her who perpetrated the crime ; but
the probability is, that she must have immersed it
in a pail of water. She told the constable she did
not fear to die, she was so unhappy; end she did it to get
rid of her own life ; but she would not say where she did it
till the hour of her dca:h. These were the leading fea-
tures of this mel7nenoly and mysterious case. No motive,
except possibly that which she assigned to the constable,
could be suggested for the commission of thinmurder.
' Dislike to the child did not appear to have influenced her,
as she was invariably fond of and kind to it ; and she had
even induced her husband to allow a shilling a week to
its mother out of his own scanty earnings for its support.
The Jury deliberated half an hour, aud then found a
verdict of Guilty.
The prisoner, who during the trial had been in tears and
in great distress, appeared to be utterly subdued and pros-
trated by this awful announcement.
After a pause of intense interest,
Tee LEARNED JUDGE said, under all the circumstances
of her case, he should order the sentence of death to be
recorded, and should recommend to her Majesty to spare
her life, but it would be on condition of her being trans-
ported for life from her native. country.

The pri.oner was then► removed, cicing., from the bar.

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The Countess of Kerry accompanies the Earl of
Shelburne, M. P. to the Continent. The Earl and her Lady-
ship embarked at Dover for Calais on Sunday en route to
Paris, which capital they were to leave to-day for Lyons, and
from thence to Milan. We understand his Lordship, in com-
pany with his amiable sister-in-law, will make a tour of seve-
ral necks in Italy.
" ROYAL PROGRESSES."—We have every
reason to believe that it is the intention of her 'Majesty
and her illustrious consort, his Royal Highness Prince
Albert, to visit several of the principal provincial dis-
tricts during the ensuing summer; and the intimation
we had last week the satisfaction of giving, with respect
to the expected arrival of the Queen's hounds in the
New Forest, has been followed up by the assurance ire
have received from well.in:ormed circles, that arrange-
ments are making in Lyndhurst and its neighbourhood
for the reception of the royal party, wiih a numerous
suite of distinguished personages. In the pleasant and
picturesque velage of Brook, which lies in the direct
line from Salisbury to Lyndhurst, we understand that
accommodations for the lovers of the chase are about to
be prepared on an extensive scale. We should likewise
presume, as we sincerely hope, that the ancient and
time-honoured city of Sarum will be graced and ho-
noured by the presence of royalty.—Salisbury Herald.
AUGSBURGII, APRIL I.—The Malta papers
contain the following news from Constantinople :—News
has just been received Item Circassia that the Russians,
taking advantage of a heavy fall of snow, had made an
attack on Zibil with 3,000 Georgians and Mongrelians,
The Circassians attempted to
and 2,000 regular troops.
defend the place, but were put to flight with the loss of
Allgerneine Zeitung, April 2.
Co
two of their chiefs, 300 killed, and 300 taken prisoners.—
TT°N • Altels"befo BURNT.—On Frid'clock, a fireaywansigalisl-t
r
last, a few ninnies
r to be breaking out in the cotton factory of Mr.
are
ed muletohave shinning
originated
from in
covered
liaem Bradbury, Lee Mill, Manchester-street, Oldham.
T'i
the accidental friction of an upright shaft. A num-
ber the workmen rendered th
ber of e utmost assistance, and
twoengines ( Messrs. Jones s and Messrs. Taylor's)
tch e flames
third start, commenced
arn one
p f he
)i
were speedily on the spot, but the two most power-
ful and well-managed engines, those from Green-
acres Moor, did not arrive till half-past eleven o'clock,
an hour and a half el er the commencement of the
fire; in the meanwhile the flames had extended
with great rapidity, and, in the course- of little
more than three qnarters of an hour from the
fire breaking out, the whole of the floors -and reef fell
in, the body of the mill and a small building at' its eastern
end were rendered an entire ruin. Eight carding engines,
a number of thrustle frames, and several mule jennies,
were consumed, and one of the steam engines ii much in-
jured. Owing t ) the services of the Grcenacres Moor en-
gine, the cenveerree of water from the street pipes, and
the exer.ioes of the crowd, the engine-house and loom-
shop were saved. The part of the mill destroyed was ten
windows in length, and four in height; the damage is
e,tireated to amount to from 6 0001. to 7,0001. ; and tb•
premises arc iasured with the PLcenix Company for from
4,000/. to 5,0001. The number of hands thrown. out
of employment by this lamentablet tji occurrencect is nearly
200. An efficient fire-engine
.cs a 1 im n is extremely
Oldham : the sub.', ct has been spoken of at
necessary in meetings, and ought
the Police Commissioners
h to
receive
speedy attention —ll.fanc_este. Guardian.
We are happy to announce that Mr. Macready
has become the lessee of Drury-lane Theatre. This un-
dertaking, so honourable to Mr. Macready, will be
greeted, as it ought to be, by every lover of dramatic lite-
iature. —Morning Paper.
The Marquis of Downshire, after dining with
tho Duke of Wellington on Saturday evening, left for East-
hampstcad Park, Berks, where the Noble Marquis and Mar-
chioness, and Lady Charlotte Hill, intend residing during tire
noliday4. The Earl of Hillsborough, M.P., and Countess o
Hillsborough are visiting at the above seat.