The Sun.
London, England, 1848-06-14 00:00:00

THE FATAL RENCONTRE AT

ASCOT RACES.

An inquest was held on Saturday, at the Wells
Tavern, Sunning-hill, a short distance from the race-
course, at Ascot, before Rupert Clarke, Esq., one of the
Coroners for the county of l3erks, and a highly respect-
able jury, of which Mr. Hubbard, clerk of the course,
was foreman, on the body of a decently-dressed man,
whose: name and connexions were unknown, who was
killed by a blow from Mr. Dill, a builder and timber-
merchant, of Sunning, Lear Reading, at the close of the
races on Thursday. Mr. Dill, on Frklay, having imme-
diately surrendered himself into the custody of
a constable, was taken before P. 11. Crutchley, Esq ,
and Colonel Challoner, two magistrates of the neigh-
bourhood; when Mr. C. S. Voules, solicitor, of Windsor,
attended on behalf of the accused. The Magistrates.
after hearing the case, admitted the prisoner to bail, to
await the result of a Coroner's inquest.
It appeared, from the evidence adduced before the
jury, that Mr. Dell, who was with a party of friends at
the races on Thursday, having witnessed Dr. Arnold, a
respectable medical man, of Sunning, in company with,
as was supposed, a woman of light character, and ob-
serving the deceased, a suspicious-looking man, watching
them, he took the Doctor by the arm, seeing he was
rather elevated and knowing he bad a sum of money in
his pocket, and endeavoured to induce him to leave the
woman's company. The deceased then interfered, and
accused Mr. Dell and his friends of wanting to rob the
gentleman, striking, at the same time, the Doctor's ser-
vant in the face, for persuading his master to take the
advice of Mr. Dell. Lie then put himself into a fighting
attitude, making use of the most disgusting language,
telling Mr. Dell he would serve him out, and striking
him at the same time twice in the face with his fist. Mr.
Dell then, in self-defence, struck at the deceased, hitting
him on the side of the neck, when he dropped to the
ground. and death immediately ensued.
Mr. W. B. Brown, surgeon, of Sunning-hill, who had
made a post-mortem examination of the body (which still
remains unclaimed), dep,sed that the sauce of death
arose from effusion of blood on the brain from the rupture
of a blood-vessel, occasioned by concussion.
The CORONER having summed up at some length, ex-
plaining to the jury the law as to murder, manslaughter,
and homicide, a verdict of Justifiable homicide in self-
defence was returned.

The accused, who was surrounded by numerous friends,
was then taken before P. H. Crutchley, Esq., and the
other county magistrates, in pursuance of his bail. Mr.
Crutchley addressed Mr. Dell, and said that he and his
brother magistrates had heard with great satisfaction the
verdict of the jury, and that he had great pleasure in
releasing him from custody, and discharging his sureties.
Mr. Dell was greatly affected during the whole of the
proceedings.

THE DUKE OF SUTHERLAND AND THE ALLOTMENT
SYSTEM—On Friday last, the Duke of Sutherland, Pre-
sident of the Scottish Patriotic Society, and Lord
Frederick Gower, passed through Inverness, on their
way to Dunrobin. Though he remained but a few hours,
his Grace devoted a portion of the time to paying a
visit to the Patriotic Society's Field Gardens, where he
was 'net by Provost Simpson and by several of the local
committee. His Grace made various inquiries with
regard to the different lots, seemed ♦ery much to admire
the taste and the industry of the totters, and expressed
a hope that they would all fence in their ground and
build summer-houses, in imitation of some already
erected, and finally convert the whole into public gar-
dens, for which they are admirably adapted, the allot-
ments occupying six acres of a park of twenty acres,
surrounded by noble trees, and beautifully situated on
the west bank of the Ness, between the bridge and the
infirmary. Improvements among the small tenantry
and the poor on his Grace's estate, are, we believe, the
reason of the good Duke's early visit this season to the I
north.

TIIR SUPPOSED MURDER AT BATTERSEA.—The
mystery which hangs over the cause of the death of the
gentleman whose body was found on the banks of the
river at Battersea-fields still continues, and no clue has
as yet been found either as to who the gentleman is, or
the cause of death. The body was, after being decently
dressed, under the directions of the host of the Albert
Tavern, removed to the Wandsworth and Clapham
Union, East-hill, Wandsworth, and the clothes were
taken to the police-station, Millman's-row, Chelsea. It
is to be hoped that at the adjourned inquest a searching
ingairy will be instituted by the coroner as to the move-
ments of the gipsies, and that a representation will be
made by the jury to the proper authorities for the sup-
pression of the di,graceful and unmoral scenes which
take place almost every evening, and especially on Sun-
day evenings, in Battersea-fields.
EDINEURGII.—THE UNEMPLOYED.—The Com-
mittee met yesterday, and, after some conversation, re-
solved to open their works to the men who refused to
accept of the piece-work on Monday last, and who re
ceived a donation of 3,. each, to enable them to look for
more remunerative employment elsewhere. They also
agreed to take on such married men as were dismissed
on trivial grounds, such as irregular attendance in tho
morning, and the like. All the cases, however, are to
he completely sifted so as to prevent the benefits of the
fund from being conferred on undeserving persona.
The subscriptions being almost exhau,ted, the committee
considered themselves precluded from entertaining the
applications of single men, or of individuals not before
on the relief roll, though great numbers of such cases
came holorti them.—Nurth British Mail of Saturday. ,
GLASGOW, JUNE 10 —PIG IRON.—The price of
pig iron has given way during the week, and, in conse-
quence, rather more business has been done. Ihere .
however, little confidence in the article, even at the pre-
sent low price. To-day we have sellers at 425. 6d., and
buyers at 423., but little doing.