The Sun.
London, England, 1846-05-20 00:00:00

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
MANSION-HOUSE.
Elizabeth Murphy, aged 73, and Joseph Baddell,
waiter at the Burlington Hotel, Cork-street, were
brought before the Lord Mayor under the remarkable
circumstances detailed in the evidence below.
Mr. Bush, of the firm of Bush and Mullins, solicitors
to the Committee of Bankers for protection against
felony and fraud, appeared for the prosecution, and Mr.
of the office of colicitor to the Post-office, at-
tended to watch the case, which was stated to posse::s
some peculiar features.
The solicitor for the prosecution stated that on the
14th of October, 1813, an order of the Eastern Scottish
Bank for the payment of 501. to a Miss Lucy Thompson
was enclosed in a letter and transmitted to London. The
letter was received by the party to whom it was ad-
dressed, but the order was not in it, and payment was
stopped at the banking-house of Barclay, Bevan, Tritton,
and Co., where it was payable. On Thursday the male
prisoner presented the order at the counter of the bank-
ing-house, and an inquiry was made which led to the
apprehension of both prisoners. As from the nature of
the investigation, and the necessity of sending to Scot-
land upon the subject, considerable delay must take place,
a remand for a longer time than was usually applied for
might po deemel expedient.
Mr. Alfred W. Morris, clerk at Messrs. Barclay and
Co.'s, said, about three o'clock on Monday, Elizabeth
Murphy presented the order I produced for 501. of the
Eastern Bank cif Scotland upon our house. I referred
to our remittance hook, and found that the order was
stopped. I asked her whether her name was Lucy
Thompson, the name entered by Mr. Macholm, of the
bank of Scotland, upon the hack of the order. She said,
No. I asked her what her own name was, and she re-
plied, Elizabeth Murphy. I asked her from whom she
brought the order ? She said, from Mr. Hamilton, of
Dublin, that she had received it from him the night be-
fore, and that he was a lodger at No. 56, Jermyn-street.
She gave her own address as 11, St. Ann's-court, War-
dour-street, Soho ; and she then was directed to go with
me to the office of Messrs. Bush and Mullens, of St.
Mildred's-court. I heard her repeat the same story to
Mr. Bush ; and she added that she bad received the
order from a servant iu Jermyn-street, for whom she
did some work. _ .

The LORD MAYOR asked whether the female prisoner
wished to ask any question of the witness ?
Elizabeth Murphy—My Lord, when I was asked the
question I thought there was something wrong; and to
save the gentleman (Baddle), and a large family of small
children, I told a lie about the business. But the truth
is, this gentleman's wife came and asked me to get it
changed, and I thought there was no harm in it. I told
the falsehood because there was something wrong, but
I did not know any harm myself at all.
Mr. Morris, in being appealed to by the woman whe-
ther she had net asked him whether there was anything
wrong, replied in the affirmative.
Mr. Bush was then sworn. He said, at about twenty
minutes after three on Monday, the female prisoner was
brought to me, accompanied by Mr. Morris and the
principal clerk in his department of the house, and I
asked her, upon learning the nature of the case, a few
questions, and took notice of her answers in writing.
She said her name was Elizabeth Murphy, that she
was a widow, and that she lived at No. 11, St. Ann's-
court, for two years past, and was well known ; that
she gained her living by nursing and needle-work ,• that
she knew the house, 56, Jermyn-street, as a lodging-
house ; that the servant there, who was the only maid
of all-work in the house, sometimes employed her ;
that she was there the evening before, when the ser-
vant, whose name she thought was Mary, gave her the
order, and told her she had received it from a Mr.
Hamilton, of Dublin, who was lodging in the house,
and that she (the prisoner) was to go to the Bank and
get change for it ; that she had been to the Bank
of England that evening, and was there directed to
go to Barclay and Co., in Lombard-street, and that she
knew nothing more of it. This statement was made in
the presence of Mr. Morris, and ho soon afterwards left
us. The prisoner then expressed great anxiety to know if
there was anything wrong. I told her there was, and that
further inquiry must be made, as the order was payable
to Miss Lucy Thompson, and she was certainly not that
person. She then expressed some further anxiety about
it, and said she had not told me the truth, but a false-
hood, and now she would tell me the whole truth. I
said, I was sorry she had not told me the truth at first,
as falsehood might possibly involve her in some
trouble ; and I warned her not to conceal any of the
true facts from me. I had previously thought well of her.
She then made another statement to me. I did not hold
out any inducement to her to make any statement, nor
t e accusationen t
in
writing. against
her.she
tam
said, she did not receive the order .from Mary, or
1h had
tools I sdtnaNtvend any
her spenreovnidou statement
any one iu Jermyn-street. That she had it from
a waiter at the Burlington Hotel, named Baddell, whom
she had known some eight or nine years past ; that he
formerly lived as servant to Dr. Philpotts, the Bishop of
Exeter, that he had been about twelve months at the
hotel in Burlington-street ; that she received the order
on the preceding evening from Baddell's wife, who lived
in Newman's-me ws,Castle-strect,Berners-street, and took
in washing, but that Baddell himself did not sleep there.
The female prisoner also said that she did not see Bad-
dell at the time his wife gave the order to her ; that she
had seen him on the Friday evening previous, but never
saw the order till last (meaning Sunday) evening. That
Baddell's wife told her to try to get it paid at the Bank,
although she feared that it was too old, and that her
husband had given it to her. I accordingly sent up an
officer and my principal clerk to the Burlington Hotel to
make some inquiries. I stopped the examination at that
point, because it then became a question whether the
husband or wife was the person to be accused.
Mr. W. Base, clerk to Messrs. Bush and Mullins, said
—I went, accompanied by the female prisoner and
Wardle (policeman 25), to the Burlington Hotel, in
Corlostreet, and asked for Mr. Morley, the proprietor,
whom I saw, and inconsequence of what passed between
us ho sent for the prisoner Baddell, by the name of
Lewis. I then showed Baddell the order in the presence
of Me. Morley, and Mr. Phillips, of the office of the
solicitor to the Post-office, (Wardle being outside in a
carriage with the female prisoner), and asked Baddell if
he knew a person of the name of Murphy. He said,
yes, he did. I then showed him the order, and said to
him,"," Did you send this order by Mrs. Murphy?" He
said, " I did, it's quite right'; I picked the order up in
Oxford-street, on Wednesday night, between eight and
nine or between nine and ten, when I was out. It was
wrapped up in a piece of paper." I then left the
room and fetched the officer Wardle, and told
Baddell there was something wrong about the order,
and he must go with me to explain. Afterwards,
at Bow-street station-house, Baddell sent for me, and
then he made a statement which I took down in writing,
in the presence of the policeman and the prisoner Eliza-
beth Murphy. The statement was as follows :—" In-
stead of that statement I made being true, I found it
(the order) amongst some letter covers and waste paper
at Mr. Morley's Hotel, on Wednesday last." He after-
wards said in my presence, when the charge was being
taken down in the station-house, "I gave it to my wife
yesterday."
Baddell—My Lord, the last statement is quite correct.
I made the first statement because I did not wish to get
my fellow servants into trouble ; but I found the paper
in the waste-paper drawer in the coffee-room, where
there are scores of unclaimed and unopened letters.
George Wardle (policeman 25), stated that he took
both prisoners into custody, and was present when Bad-
dell made the statement at Bow-street to Mr. Base,
which that gentleman related correctly. Baddell had
made a similar statement to witness.
Mr. Bush again called Mr. Morris, the first witness
examined, who deposed that from information which he
had received, as clerk to Messrs. Barclay and Co. (the
house having received advice to the effect), he believed
the order produced had been obtained by fraud, or
feloniously stolen from a post-office letter, and that if
time were given, further evidence would be brought
forward.
The LORD MAYOR—DO you know that the letter has
been robbed ? Witness—l do.
In a conversation which took place between the Lord
Mayor, Mr. Goodman, and Mr. Bush, upon the subject
of the evidence against tho female prisoner, Mr. Bush
observed, that if she was not involved in the criminality
as to the fraudulent possession of the order, she had got
herself into serious difficulty by telling such falsehoods,
as rendered it impossible to call upon her as a witness,
for she had utterly destroyed her own credibility.
Davis, cabman, 6,047, was charged by Mr. Waghorn,
of Cornhill.
Mr. Waghorn stated that the defendant demanded
eight shillingsshillings
and back. lie had waited twenty
minutes at the station, and was paid 4s. 6d., and he de-
clared that he would stay all night at Mr. Waghorn's
office if not paid that exorbitant demand. Witness ex-
postulated_ with him, but the defendant insisted that Mr.
Waghorn was the person he carried, and not Mr. Wag-
horn's clerk, who was the actual fare. The demand was
hWaghorn
clerk proved that the defendant had
been paid and pushing him.
Mhold of
. W Air. g
aggravated by the insolence of the defendant, in catching
sixpence more than his fare, and that the
man was tipsy.
As Mr. Waghorn considered the night's lodging in
the station-house sufficient punishment for the defendant,
The LORD MAYOR admonished the apparently
peni-
tent cabman, and discharged him.
WORSHIP-STREET.
DANGEROUS ASSAULTS AT THE BALLOON EXHIBITION
John Collins, Samuel Humphries, and Martin Armstrong,
were charged with throwing bricks and stones amongst the
crowd in the neighbourhood of the Albert Saloon, at Hoxton,
from which place Mr. C. Green ascended in his balloon on
Monday evening.
t
Inspector Pearse, of the N division, said, that great crowds
assembled in the neighbourhood to witness the ascent of the
thrown
roro thoso,
crowd below, some of whom also pelted them. Several per-
sons
balloon, and a number of people mounted upon the scaffold-
ing at the top of a new buikling adjacent. Amongst these
were the prisoners and others, who began a disturbance by
throwingw e
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and the inspector said he saw a female with her head bleed
ing. A little boy, named Angles, however, was more ser i
ously hurt, for a brick struck him' on the head, and he fell
as if shot, and was carried in. a :state of insensibility te
a
neighbouring surgeon, who dressed the wound on his he I.
as
William Hughes, 1; years of age, now stated that ke was
walking up at the time, and saw the prisoner Collins throw
the brick which struck him, and cut him on the head. °Nv
Two witnesses corroborated his evidence, and proved that
it was Collins who threw that brick. It wag not aimed at
the boy, but thrown at random into the crowd.
The other two prisoners were also throwing, but it was
not proved that they did any actual personal injury.
The father of the boy Angles stated that he was brought
home in the condition described, and was in a state of deli-
rium during part of the night.
Mr. BROUGHTON, after commenting in severe terms upon
the wanton and dangerous conduct of the prisoners, said he
should not at present dispose finally of the assault from which
the little boy was suffering, and he therefore remanded Col-
lins for a week. The other two prisoners he ,sentenced to
pay 20:. each, or Pe imPri.s9lltd one month.

George Lewis was charged with throwing a large stone
from the street at one of the men on the scaffold.—He was
fined ss.

SOUTIITVARK.

A LEAP PROM WAT.Em.OO-BRIDGE.--Charies Smith, a
young man of respectable appearance, was brought before
Mr. Cottingham, charged "with making a very determined
attempt upon his life, by throwing himself off the centre arch
of Waterloo-bridge into the river.
Inspector Everest, of the Thames police, stated that on
Sunday night, the 3d instant, about twelve o'clock, while
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Ho immediately rowed to the spot, and after some little
suc-
ceeded in dragging him into the boat. He was per-
fectly insensible, and finding him in that condition, he
ltoins'itenosa;
" Feathers" public-house, in the Waterloo-road, and Mr.
Hardey, a surgeon, residing in the neighbourhood, having
been immediately called in, the usual remedies for producing
resuscitation were adopted with success. It was, however,
discovered that the defendant had received such serious in-
juries in precipitating himself from such a height off the
bridge, that it was deemed necessary to have bins afterwards
taken to Charing-cross Hospital, in which institution he re-
mained to the present time. The inspector added, that on
finding the defendant was sufficiently recovered to be enabled
to leave the hospital, he brought him up to this Court to be
dealt with as the magistrate deemed expedient.
Policeman 72 F stated that on the Sunday night in ques-
tion, while on duty on Waterloo-bridge, as lie was walking
from the north towards the south side, he observed the de-
fendant approaching him from the latter direction. When
the defendant got near bins, he made a sudden spring upon
s although he pcoeliiicdeemd a
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bridge,
by the hair, yet he disengaged himself from his grasp, and
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ejaculating the words "good bye," precipitated himself head
foremost into the river. The policeman added that he heard
the splash made by the defendant falling into the water; but
although he looked over the parapet he could not distinguish
him, owing to the darkness, and he concluded that he was
I
drowned. He (the policeman) afterwards descended to the
steps of the bridge on the Surrey side, and to his surprise the
inspector and his man were in the act of removing the de-
fendant ashore from their boat.
Mr. COTTINGIIAM questioned the defendant as to his situa-
tion in life, and the cause of his having made such a deter-
mined attempt at suicide.
In reply the young man stated that he was in the employ
of Mr. Maudeley, a cutler, in Wych-street, Strand, and that
on the Sunday in question he spent the evening with some
friends at Walwortb, and was induced to take more drink
than he was accustomed to do. lie had no recollection
of the circumstances above described until subsequent to his
removal to the hospital, and he could now assure the magis-
trate that he deeply regretted the attempt he had made

upon his life.
The defendant's mother, a respectable woman, attended,
and slated that ha was a young man of unexceptionable
character, and that she was confident that had it not been
for the liquor he was advised to take he never would have
attempted such a rash act. She added that he had unfor-
tunately sustained such serious injuries from precipitating
himself off the bridge that she was afraid he would never re-
cover the shock given to his constitution.
Mr. COTTINGIIAM having addressed some useful advice to
the young man, permitted him t 9 be delivered up into the
care of his parent.

SPORTING INTELLIGENC E.
TATTERSALL'S—YEsrgnpAr.
DERBY.
12 to 1 agst John Day's lot—taken
5 to 1 agst Mr. W. Scott's Sir Tatton Sykes—Caken and
afterwards offered
7 to 1 agst Lord Maidstone's Torn Tullock
Bto 1 agst Lord E Russell's Sting—t and aft offered
10 to 1 agst Sir J. Hawley's Humdrum
10 to 1 agst Mr. Meiklan's Fancy Boy
25 to 1 agst Mr. Merry's Peri colt—taken
40 to 1 agst Mr. Gurney's Cant ley
40 to 1 agst Mr. Mostyn's The Premier
40 to 1 agst Mr. E. R. Clark's The Conjuror
50 to 1 agst Mr. Wyatt's Nutleaf—taken
1000 to 10 agst Count Bathyany's Tragical.
The attendance thin, and betting flat, without any effect
upon the prices quoted on Monday.
Mr. E. R. Clarke's c by Wizard of the North is named
The Conjuror, not the Conqueror, as mistakenly mentioned
in our last.

INTELLIGENCE EXTRA.
ASCOT HEATH-1846.
The Ascot Stakes of 25 Soya. each, 15 ft, and 5 only if
declared, on Monday next. Those marked *, having been
entered without the knowledge of their owners, will be
struck out by the time prescribed, unless specially ordered
to be left in.
First Class.—Wolfdog, 4 yrs, 9st—Lothario, 6 yrs, 9st—
Mentor, 4 yrs, Bst 91b—Trueboy, 6 yrs, Bst 81b—Inheritress,
6 yrs, Bst 61b—Vitellius, 6 yrs, Bst 51b—*Morpeth, 5 yrs,
Bst 41b—Antler, 5 yrs, Bst 41b—* Wood Pigeon, 4 yrs, Bst 31b
—Akbar, 5 yrs, Bst 21b—Needful, 5 yrs, Bst 21b—Red Deer,
5 yrs, Bst 11b—Glossy, 6 yrs, Bst—Discord, aged, Bst—Mis-
deal, aged, 7st 81b—Cram. Con. 4 yrs, 7st 81b—The Pride of
Kildare, 5 yrs, 7st 71b—Warp, 5 yrs, 7st 61b—Ruff, 4 yrs,
7st 51b—Mosque, aged, Tat 51b—tEgis, 4 yrs, 7st 51b—Javelin,
4 yrs, 7st 51b—Miss Burns, 6 yrs, 7st 41b—*Fuzbos, 4 yrs,
7st 31b—Gaiety, 5 yrs, ist 21b—Columbus, 4 yrs, 7st—
The Dart, 4 yrs, 7st—Clumsy, 4 yrs, 7•t—Satyr,
5 yrs, 7st—Flahowlagh, 4 yrs, 7st—b g by Advocate, 4 yrs,
7st—Taglioni filly, 4 yrs, 6st 131b—Connaught Ranger, 4 yrs,
Gst 121b—Keppel, 4 yrs, Gst 101b—Brush, 5 yrs, 6st 91b—
London, 4 yrs, 6st 91b—Humdrum, 3 yrs, fist 71b—The
Witch, 4 yrs, Gst 61b—'Arthur, 4 yrs, 6st 61b—*Merryman,
4 yrs, Est 51b—'`Stream, 4 yrs, 6st 21b—*Mowerina, 3 yrs,
Gst—Astonishment, 3 yrs, sst 91b—Marquis of Conyngham,
3 yrs, sst 91b—Sheraton, 3 yrs, sst 71b—Lord Harry, 3 yrs,
sst 71b—Tugnet, 3 yrs, sst 61b—Headsman, 3 yrs, sst 21b—
, Alamode, 5 yrs, pays forfeit.
' Second Class.—Aristotle, aged, Bst 101b—Lightning, 5 yrs,
Bst 81b— Queen of Tyne, aged, Bst 81b—Pine Apple, 6 yrs,
est 41b—Rowena, 5 yrs, Bst 41b—Lord Saltoun, 5 yrs, Bst2lb
Miss Elis, 4 yrs, Bst 21b—Ould Ireland, 4 yrs, Bst—Vol-au-
Vent, 5 yrs, 7st 121b—Leopard, 4 yrs, 7st 10—*The Roper's
Daughter, aged, 7st 91b—Subduer, 6 yrs, 7st 71b—Devil to
Pay, 5 yrs, 7st Gib—Crocus, 6 yrs, 7st 61b—My Mary, 4 yrs,
7st 51b—*I-am-not-a ware, aged, 7st 51b—Colleen Bawn, 4 yrs,
7st3l6—*Carissima, 4 yrs, 7st 21b—Rowland Hill 4 yrs, 7st—
Flattery, 4 yrs, 7st—Queen Pomare, 4 yrs, 7st—Mongrel, 4
yrs, 6st 131b—*Stoker, • 4 yrs, Gst 131b—Gamecock, G yrs,
Est 121b—Master Stepney, 4 yrs, Est 111b—Best Bower, 5 yrs,
6st 81b—Languish filly, 4 yrs, Est 81b—Nareus, 4 yrs, Est 81b
—*Petit Morceau, 4 yrs, Gst 71b—The Wreck, 4 yrs, 6st;slb
Deoclara, 4 yrs, 6st 51b—Wild Roe, 4 yrs, Est 31b—Jenny
Wren, 4 yrs, Est 21b—Footstool, 3 yrs, Est—Cornelius, 3 yrs,
sst 1 21b—Buttress,3 yrs, sst 11Ib—Lynceus, 3 yrs, sst 111 b
Petitioner, 3 yrs, sst 71b—Thrapston, 3 yrs, sst 71b—"'Polka,
3 yrs, sst 51b—Leaconfield, 3 yrs, sst 51b—Ohio, 3 yrs, sst 31b
—Spur, 3 yrs, sst 31b—Farthing Candle, 3 yrs, sst 21b—Tit-
bit, 3 yrs, sst 21b—Muscatel, 3 yrs, sst—Camera Obscure, 3
yrs, sst—*Punch, 3 yrs, 4st 121b—Beaufront, 5 yrs, pay
forfeit.

Nominations for the Royal Hunt Cup.
London, 4 yrs—Antler, 5 yrs—Petitioner, 3 yrs—False Re-
port, 5 yrs—Bourra Tomacha, aged—Red Robin, 4 yrs—The
Cure, 5 yrs—Espoir, 5 yrs—Queen Pomare, 4 yrs—Regalia,
3 yrs—L'Hirondelle colt, 3 yrs—Revolution filly, 3 yrs—
Sotades, 3 yrs—The Devil-to-Pay, 5 yrs--br g by Advocate,
4 yrs—b m by Monarch, 57rs—the Merry Monarch, 4 yrs—
Gauniet, 4 yrs—Lightning, 5 yrs—Aristotle, aged—Akbar,
5 yrs—Colleen Bawn, 4 yrs—Farthing Candle, 3 yrs—Saint
Demetri,: 3 yrs—Cocoa Nut, 5 yrs—Wood Pigeon, 4 yrs—
Beaumont, 5 yrs —Spithead, 3 yrs—Mendicant, 3 yrs—Polka,
3 vrs—Sir Francis, 4 yrs—Taglioni filly, 4 yrs—Young
Eclipse, 4 yrs—Evenus, 6 yrs—Leaconfield, 3 yrs—Rowland
Hill, 4 yrs—Peasant, '3 yrs—Javelin, 4 yrs—Snake, 3 yrs—
Nell Cook, 3 yrs. The weights to be declared on Tuesday
week.
Nominations for the Great Western Railway Gift.
Example, 5 yrs—Antler, 5 yrs—Petitioner, 3 yrs--The
Mangler, 4 yrs—Curiosity, 3 yrs—Burgundy, 3 yrs—
Remedy, 3 yrs—Ruff, 4 yrs—Chertsey, 4 yrs—Columbus,
4 yrs—L'Hirondelle colt, 3 yrs--Revolution filly, 3 yra—
Draco, 3 yrs—Sotadis colt, 3 yrs—b g by Advocate, 4 yrs—
Titmouse, 4 yrs—Devil to Pay, 5 yrs—Master Stepney,
4 yrs—Mentor, 4 yrs—Lord Saltoun, 5 yrs—Lightning, 5 yrs
—Aristotle, aged—lnheritress, 6 yrs—Rowena, 5 yre—Akbar,
5 yrs—Lady Charlotte, 5 yrs—Connaught Ranger, 4 yrs—
Pride of Kildare, 5 yrs—Colleen Bawn, 4 yrs—Flahowlab,
4 yrs—Vol-au-vent, 5 yrs—St. Danetri, 3 yrs—Cocoa Nut,
5 yrs—Sister to Pergularia, 3 yrs—Beaumont, 5 yrs—
The Little Vulgar Boy, 3 yrs—The Baron, 4 yrs—Portia,
3 yrs—Alarm, 4 yrs—Geraldine, 3 yrs—Taglioni filly, 4. yrs
Young Eclipse, 4 yrs—Lynceus, 3 yrs--Sister to Flambeau,
3 yrs—Pine Apple, 6 yrs--Gwalior, 4 yrs—Rowland Hill,
4 yrs—Peasant, 3 yrs--Javelin, 4 yrs.
NEWMARKET, SECOND OCTOBER MEETING, 1.1346.
_ .

FRIDAY.
Mr. Greville's Apricot, Bst 71b, agst Mr. Merton's Jumble
Bst 11b. T.Y.C. 200. h ft.
HOUGHTON MEETING, 1846.—Mormit.
Mr. Greville's Sat 71b, agst Mr. Alerton's Anssed
Stays, 7st 12b. T.Y.C. 200. b ft.

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ROYAL THAMES YACHr CLUB.
GRAND CHALLENGE Cur.—The following yachts were
entered last night with Captain Durrand, the Secretary of
this Club, at the Piazza Coffee-house, to contend for the
Grand Challenge Cup, appointed for the fith of June : -
Yachts. Tons. Owners.
Belvidere
Prima Donna... 25 ...
Fleur de Marie 25
Vixen 25 ......... Messrs. Hightington.
Ino
Secret 25 ........ Mr. T. B. Smith.
The course in this race will be, as heretofore, from Green-
wich Hospital round a flag hung off Coalheuse Point, and
return to Greenwich. The Cup is at present held by the
Prima Donna.

ROWING MATCH.
The Ariel scratch four-oared nZatch for silver medals, from
Vauxhall to Putney, was rowed yeOterday evening at half-
past six. The following were the crews
Light Blue—Gill, Teversham, and C. Cooper. Allen
(stroke) ; Churchill (coxswain).
Pink—Frisby, Williams, and Dodd. Rowlanl/44 stroke).;(
P.
Red Groves (coxswain).
H. Cooper, DKplan, and T.
Groves:' 131.../nkett
(stroke) ; Yeo (coxswain).
•
The start was well effected by the Royal Academy Club,
who kindly officiated as umpires. For some distance the
crews kept beautifully together, Red slightly leading at the
Belgrave Dock, but off the Red-house Light Blue drew
gradually ahead, and went through Battersea-bridge five or
six lengths in advance. In crossing from Battersea Church
the boats were all filled, the wind blowing a perfect hurricane
down the river. Light Blue, however, still maintained the
lead, and came in a winner by twenty lengths, Pink heating
Red by about the same distance.

The winners rowed in a beautiful cutter built by Moulton
and Wyld for the Trident Club.

PUGILISM.
WARD AND KENDALL FOR 251. ASlDE.—These men,
whose local fame in the fistic art has scarcely travelled
beyond Greenwich and its adjoining hamlet of Deptford, met
yesterday, after a steam trip, at the Lower Hope Point, some
seven miles below Gravesend, on the ground where the
American Giant, Charles Freeman, now deceased, brought
his second battle with the Tipton Slasher to a final issue.
After 54 rounds, of as game a contest as was ever witnessed,
in which physical strength and unflinching courage were far
more prominent than a scientific knowledge of the art
pugilistic, Ward was declared the victor. The battle lasted
1 hour and 55 minutes. The conqueror was the heavier
man, he weighing nearly 12 stone, while Kendall (who is a
native of the " hardware village," though located at Dept-
ford), was barely 11 stone. The ,winner was seconded by T.
Snow and John Hayes ; Kenda 11 by Harry Broome and
Barnash. The punishment, whicl x was severe, was pretty
equally shared—Kendall losing t' !trough fatigue, and being
evidently overmatched.
GILL AND NORLEY.—The stake a, 500!., for this gallant
contest were given up to Gill last might. A fresh match for
500/. aside was proposed on the, part a-)f Norley ; but the
friends of Gill replied that he W:AS bortn, over to appear at
the next Quarter Sessions for Oxford, d that therefore it
ITQVid be 4; fhe lai6lt . for Wel in 1144