The Sun.
London, England, 1856-09-05 00:00:00

THR ALADDIN Cl5l.

This case was investigated on Tuesday, and, after a
patient hearing of the arguments, it was postponed for
further consideration until Wednesday, when the follow-
ing decision was announced :
" After hearing all the evidence that has been ad-
duced, and inspecting the bocks of Messrs. Tattersall,
we have come to the conclusion that the horse called
Aladdin has been wrongly described as a colt by B arka-
way Ukraine, and therefore that be is not entitled
to the Severuake Forest Stakes, which must he paid over
to the owner of the second horse in that race. We con-
sider ourselves bound at the same time to declare our
opinion that no fraud with regard to the ho-se has been
committed or intended by Mr. Edwin Parr, the horse
having passed into his hands with t 14,) pedigre-.. u,,der
which he has been running, and of which he had no rea-
son to doubt the correctness. _

T. CHALIIEIIB
" GEORGE PAINE,
" C. GREVILLE."

The horse is by Harkaway—Gretna. The Ukra?n•
horse went blind, and was sold at Ta.tter,all,' to Lord
Palmerston, on whose estate it worked up to July last.

DONCASTER R A.CES.

Active preparations are now being made at Doncaster
for the great autumn meeting, which will commence on
Tuesday, the 16th inst. An unusually large attend.
ance is expected in consequence of the termination of
the war in the East having liberated from foreign
service many military supporters of the turf, who, with
their friends, usually constitute a considerable proportion
of the visitors at the Doncaster September meetings.
Most of the regular attendants have a'ready secured
apartments in the town, aed the inquiry for lodging: in-
creases daily. All the inhabitants; who turn their domes-
tic accommodation to account on these occasions sire
busily preparing for the reception of visitors, while the
renovation of the exterior of both private and public
buildings renders it easy to perceive that the town is
undergoing its annual course of purification. The betting-
rooms are being put in order, and arrangements are be-
ing made for bringing the electric telegraph wires into
the establishment by a connexion with the main line of
communication at the railway station. The racecourse
is in fin* order, the excelent drainage under the running
ground having given it all the benefit of the late heavy
rains without injuring the condition of the turf. The
west end of the principal balcony of the Grand
Stand will be appropriated to the use of the stewards.
The Electric Telegraph Company will be accom-
modated with an office between the Graud Stand
and the Noblemen's Stand. The sum of money
to be run for ansounts to 1,700 guineas. The prospects
of the sport are good, the entries being unusually large,
for nearly all but the handicap races. There are 30
events set down for the four days,—eight for the first,
seven for the second, seven for the third, and eight for
the fourth. Far the Champagne Stakes there are 29
entries, against 33 last year ; the Filly Stakes 13
against 10 ; Glasgow Stakes, 8 against 8 ; Greet York-
shire Handicap, 83 against 96 ; Doncaster Plate, 35
against 6 ; Revival Plate, 31 against 18 ; Municipal
Stakes, 4 against 4 ; St. Leger Stakes, 113 against
117 ; Portland Plats, 100 against 3) ; !Corporation
Plate, 35 against 21 ; Two-yr-old Sweepstakes, 28
against 17 ; Eglinton Stakes, 60 against 40 ; Cleve•
land Handicap, 27 against 33 ; Scarborough Stakes!, 4
against 4 ; !Foal Stakes, 6 (new stake) ; Handicap
Sweepstakes, 29 against 11 ; Three-yraild Sweepstakes,
6 against 1 ; Doncaster Stakes, 93 against 117 ; Park-
hill Stakes, 28 against 34 ; Doncaster Stakes, 9 asainst
11. The Scurry (selling) Stakes, to he ran for en
Friday, is a new race, the entries for which close on the
everiiag previeus to the event. The handicap weilete
base been eaise,l this year, in compliance vs,th the grow-
ing demsad for the dis reaties 'truce of the, feather"
sy-tem. It is understood that the Great Nor kern Rail-
way empty are going to sun trains between Lon-
don and Doncaster at a cheap( r rate than beret( -
tefere. The entries for the Cop Plate,
Stakes, &c., will take place on Monday, the 15th inst.

Alfred Latham, E:q , is tLe gertleman recommended
by the Court of Director.: of the Bat As. of England to fill
the vacancy in, the (Irecti,',n ,lied by the decease
of Henry James Plesoutt, E-q,
THE NEW HOUSES OF PAIZLIAMENT. —The Govern
ment authorities have adopted the views Ft s 0(1 upon
their notice by Lord Lyndhur t a t f tce employirent
of the solution for I.topping the ine.ir,ie;,t, dco iv of the
stone used at the New Houses of Pa:fiat:not, and pre-
venting future decay, to the efficiency of v. hich Sir C
Barry had certified, no time has been 10-t in
into operation. Workmen are already employed on ilia
wallsin other parts of the building besid,?i( the 1,400
yards on which it was originally tested, so tLat the wilole
edifice will be rend r:d impervious to atinoepher:c
ence and the deatroc!ivo properties of damp.

SELECT COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION.

) The following are the resolutions of the Select
Committee on Transportation which sat last ses-
sion, and which will be published officially in the
courze of next week : .

"1. That the punishment of transportation is more
effectual ani detailing., better adapted for the ultimate
reformation of convicts, and more beneficial to this
country, than any other secondary punishment for se-
rious crimes which has yet been tried.
"2. That the committee therefore recommend the
continuation of the sentence of transportation, so far as
her Mjesty's dominions may afford safe and proper fa-
cilities for that purpose.
"3. That if such facilities can be obtained, sentences
of 10 years' transportation should be revived.
" 4. That convict prisous beyond the seas ought to he
regarded as places fur carrying out the sentence of trans-
portation.
5. That every punishment by penal servitude
should include—first, a certain fixed period of imprison-
tnent and hard labour on public works to be undergone,
at all events; Pecondly, a further period, which should
be cat ahle of being abridged by the good conduct of the
convict himself.

6' 6. That, with a view to 'give full effect to the prin-
ciple, the sentences of penal servitude prescribed by the
act should be changed and lengthened, so as t be iden-
tical with the terms of transportation for which they are
respectively substituted.
" 7. That the sentences of penal servitude now in force
might be adopted with some few changes as the fixed
periods indicated in Resolution 5.
" 8. That the hulk system, which appears by the evi-
dence to be already in a great measure relinquished,
should be finally abandoned with as little delay as pos-
sible.

" 9. That the scale of secondary punishment would be
more complete if a shorter period of penal servitude than
any now in force were enacted as an intermediate sen-
tence between the present term of ordinary imprison-
ment now usually inflicted and the former sentence of
seven years' transportation, or its equivalent.
" 10. That the system of licences to be at large, or
tickets of leave, authorised by section 9 of the act, has
been too short a time in operation in this country to en-
able the committee to form a clear and decided opinion
either as to the effects which it has already produced or
as to its probable ultimate working.
"11. That the system appears to be founded upon a
principle wise and just in itself—viz., that of enabling
the convict to obtain by continual good conduct, while
undergoing 1 is punisment, the remission of a portion of
his sentence, upon the express condition, however, that
in case of subsequent misconduct his liability to puni•h-
ment shall revive for the residue of the term specified in
the original sentence.
" 127 That it appears from the evidence before the
committee that bad effects on the discipline of convicts
on the public works have already been caused by the
regulations, under which it has been made known that
no tickets of leave or other remission of sentence would
in any case be granted to men sentenced to penal ser
vitude. _

"13. That there has been much of misapprehension
and exaggeration with regard to the conduct of persons
r&eased upon tickets of leave, who have been frequently
cmfoundeJ, even by several of the witnesses of this in-
quiry, under one common designation of ticket cf leave
men, with convicts whose sentences have fully and ab-
solutely expired. _

"14. That there is reason to believe that the conduct
of a large proportion of the whole number of parsons
'discharged upon tickets of leave has hitherto been good,
and that in other canes persons so discharged have re•
lapsed into crime from the difficulty, arising from their
former characters becoming known, of procuring or re-
taining honest employment in this country—a difficulty,
however, which obviously applies to all persons once
convicted, whether discharged upon tickets of leave or
absolutely at the expiration of their sentences.
"15. That to render this system of good-conduct
licences adapted both for the reformation of offenders
and the interests of the public, the conditions endorsed
on the licence ought to be enforced.
"16. That every convict, on his release with a good-
conduct licence, aught to be reported to the police of
the Wu n or diztriet to which he is sent."

M ET NEWS.—(This Day.)

CORN EXCHANGE.

Coastwise, 4,460 quarters of English wheat have coma
fresh to hand this week. By land carriage, to-day, the ie.
ecipts were limited, and the show of samples of both red
and white was small. For all kinds we had a dull sale, at
prices barely equal to those realised on Monday.
The imports of foreign wheat are only 5,570 quarters.
Tho amount of buEiness transacted in that grain was
trifling, at the late decline.

There was a steady sale for barley, at extrame quotations.
There was a moderate demand for malt, on former terms.
The oat trade was steady, and fine oats were rather dearer
;han on Monday.

Beans and peas were steady, but flour was very duli.
Over 30,000 barrels of the latter have arrived from the
United States.

ARRIVALS THIS WS/K.

Wheat. I Barley. I Malt. I Oats. I nom..
English .. 4,450 110 2,900 40 I 690
3n .• I 330
Foreign 1 5,570 I 2,190 i 9,730 31'2"
brls.

LAW INTELLIGENCE—(This Day).

COURT OF BANKRUPTCY.
Mr. Commissioner Fane was the sitting Commissions,
but there was no case of the slightest interest.

THE ROYAL BRITISH BANK.
No procesdings were taken in this case to•day.

SHERIFFS' COURT.
YEATEB V. LEWIS.

IMPORTANT QUESTION AS TO LIABILITY OF INDORSERS OZ

CHEQUES ON BANKERS.

This was an action brought to recover the sum of
57. from the indorsee of a banker's cheque.
It appeared fiom the evidence adduced that on the
23,1 July last a person named Simpson went to the
office ct a Mr. Phi!putt, in Bell•alley, City, and asked
Lim to cash a cheque for 51. The cheque was dated
the 2.3 th, and Piiilpott agreed to do so, on
being allowed ten shilling■ as discount, which was
done, but on the 28th another :Tplicatiln was made for
three days further time, which was granted. Eventually,
however, the cheque was presented at the backers, and
the answer was "No effects." When the cheque was
discounted, Philpots refused to do it unless it was en-
dorsed by the defendant. The cheque was subsequently
passed to plaintiff, who not knowing Simpson, the
drawers sued defendant on the indorsee.

Mr. Daviea cintended that there was no delivery to
the plaintiff by defendant, with the intention of vesting
the property in him. 4 Samuel v. Green, 16 L. J.
Hii Honour, however, held that it was an affair be-
tween the parties that the defendant should pay the
ain,unt of the cheque, and take his remedy against
Philpot, who had obtained the cash from plaintiff,
who was the innocent holder, and only discounted the
cheque on the faith of defendant's indcrsement.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—(This Day.)

MARLBOROUGH-STREEL

PICKING POCKETS IN AN OMNIBUS.-1M rB. Would,
the wife of a large omnibus proprietor, and stated to be
a lady of large personal property, surrendered to her
recognisances upon a charge of picking pockets in an
omnibus.

The court and its vicinity was densely crowded by
,be friends of the accused.

Mr. Bingham, in givirg judgment, said—l do not
see any evidence here for a jury. The prisoner, on
being accused, gave her proper address, and turns out so
be the wife of an opulent tradesman. In the omnibus,
about the time that the alleged offence took place,
was a person with loose sleeves, and, no doubt, loose
character. (Laughter). This man suddenly left the
omnibus, and I have no doubt that he was the person
who took the purse.

Mrs. Would, who was deeply affected, was at ono,
discharged: and received the warm o)ngratulatiens of
ber friends.

SOUriIWARK.

IMPUDENT WATCH ROBBERY. Thos. Tadman, a
you❑g fellow, well known to the police as a companion
of notorious thieves, whose father is an undertaker re-
siding it. Kent-street, was brought up charged with steal-
ing a silver watch from the person of Daniel Macarthy.
The prosecutor, a sailor, stated that on Sunday night,
shortly after nine o'clock, he parted with some friends
near St. George's Church, and on turning away to proceed
home the prisoner rushed up against him and snatched
his watch from his waistcoat pocket. He was about to
run off with it when a constable came up and took him
into custody.

Police-constable 482 A. said that he was on duty oa
Tuesday night near St. George's Church, when he saw
the prisoner running towards him pursued by the pro-
secutor, who charged him with stealing his watch.
Witness took the prisoner into custody with the watch
in his possession.

The magistrate asked what was known of the pri-

soner I

The constable replied that he was a companion of
notorious thieves, and had been in custody for felony
before, but he did not know if he had been previously
convicted.

The prisoner pleaded guilty to the charge, and the ma.
gistrate committed him to six months' hard labour in
the House of Correction, under the New Criminal
Justices Act.

ROBBERY OF A. CASII-B0& \VIM THREE HUNDRED
POUNDS.—John Valsh, was brought up for re-examina-
Coo, charged with being concerned in stealing a cash-
box containing near three hundred sovereigns and a ten
pound Bank of England note, the pr >perty of Charlotte
Blaike. The prosecutrix is in business with her son as
ligh!erman, in Tooley-street. About a fortnight ago,
during her absence, one of her sons, a lad about fifteen,
took her oash-box from her bedroom and brought it down
to show Walsh. The latter snatched it from him and
ran off. Information was given to the police and Walsh
was apprehended. The empty cash-box was found by a
little girl the following morning in Kennington-lane.
The evidence mostly rested on young Blaike, whom his
wcrship could net put much faith in, but the prisoner
was remar.thl for another week.

STATE OF TRADE.

MANCHESTER, SEPT. 4.

There is but little charge in the market since Tues-
day, all the favourable features remaining, and buyers
showing an increased disposition to operate, though the
amount of business doing in cloths is limited. In grey,
red, and shirtings there is some demand, and prices were
rather firmer. There is rather more business in some
kinds of grey domestics, but pries were unchanged.
In jacouets and India shirtings generally the demand is
limited. T-cloths in a little better inquiry. Yarns con-
tinue to command the ed. per lb. advance obtained at
the commencement of the week, and in some kinds there
is a tendency to a further advance.
NOTTINGHAM, SEPT. 4.

The lace trade is in a healthy state ; a number of
shipping orders are in course of completion, both for the
continent and other Ftrts ; cotton quiliings continue in
demand, and there is a fair amount of business doing in
other sorts of goods for the season. The very favourable
harvest weather imparts a buoyancy to trade, and, should
the corn be well got in (of which there is now every ap-
pearance), our trade will be greatly influenced thereby.
In hosiery the amount of business doing is satisfactory.
The cotton branch is brisk. For winter goods there is
a good demand in connection with our home trade, as
%ell as that of the United States.

BRADFORD, Scant. 4.
The market this morning opened with a decidedly
improved tone, partly attributable to the large attend-
ance, but principally to the fine weather and favourable
change that has taken place in harvest prospects, by
which no market is more materially affected than that
of Bradford, and throughout the day an impetus
was given to business. The staplers dr manded for the
finer, and in some cases, the middling qualities of comb-
ing wool an advance of a bd. per lb. This, in the early
part of the day, caused temporary reitriction, but in
the majority of sales it had to be ccnceded, and a toler-
ably fair business was:transacted in the aggregate. There
is a large supply of long staple wool at market; but of
short wools and noits the stocks are limited, and the
inquiry continued steady.
In yarns there was a satisfactory, we might almost
say brisk, business done ; although an improvement has
been gradually perceptible, orders were more freelygiven
out than for some time past, especially for export to the
continent, the Russian houses displaying the moat acti-
vity ; the struggle experienced by the spinners was to
obtain an advance on production commensurate with
that demanded for the raw material. Cotton warps
evinced the effect of the rise in the Manchester cotton-
market, and were generally higher in price.
The piece trade also partook of the general improve-
ment, and the merchants purchased more favourably of
seasonable goods for the home trade. The business done
in the warehouses has been moderately extensive. The
foreign houses, as regards manufactured goods, appear
comparatively quiet.

Mr. George Peabody, the A.merioan banker and mer-
chant, sailed on Wednesday for the United States, in
the steamer Atlantic, from Liverpool.
FATAL ACCIDENT.—On Tuesday last an inquest was
held at Exton, before Mr. H. Hough, coroner for the
county of Rutland, upon the body of Ewd. Cunnington,
coachman to the Mr. R. W. Baker, of Cottesmore, agent
to the Earl of Gainsborough. It appeared that Mr.
Baker had been dining with the Earl of Gainsborough,
and had ordered his dogcart to be at the door at half-
past 10 o'clock to take him home. .At about a quarter
to 11 o'clock the Rev. William Gibson left the house,
and noticed the hor,e and cart standing at the door.
Mr. Baker left the house a few minutes later, but the
dogcart could not then be seen. Lights were procured,
and a search made, and after some time a hat and the
seat ai,d cushion of a dogcart were found floating M a
p:ece of water in the pleasure grounds, about 100 yards
from the house, and about 30 yards from the road lead-
leg to Cottosmare. Asehtance was at once procured,
the water let off, a bolt was mannAd, and a long rake,
wilh iron teeth, employed to drag the bottom. In about
half n hour the horse and cart were found, and dragged
a.hone ; but it was half-past 2 o'clock in the morning
before the body of the coachtretn could be discovered ;
wi,en, of course, life had been long extinct. The
beefy was reinaved to the Fox and Hounds inn at Exton,
and the verdict of the coroner's jury was "Accidental
deatb." The evidence of one witness went to show the,
tho coachman, on leavit:g the Earl cf Gainsborougle
stables, was not Etrictiy sober, and the track of the bora
nod wheels from the door, across the lawn, and up to the
point where the final .plunge took place, howl; that the
horse must have turned round and round half a dozen
times, and have gone back wards almost as much as he
went forwarl. The deceased had lived with Mr. Baker 26
yeaye as conobman. This appailing event has created a
I very paielul fzeling in the ntiglibourhood.