The Sun.
London, England, 1851-02-07 00:00:00

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sullen disposition. Some of the patients in the asylum were
in the habit of assisting
_the prisoner in the discharge of
his duties.

James Hill stated that he had formerly been the medical
superintendent of Mr. Armstrong's lunatic asylum, and was
succeeded by Mr. Burton. Witness was at the asylum on
the 27th of December last. He then saw the deceased's
arm which was fractured, and very much swollen and in-
flamed'. This witness then proceeded to corroborate the
evidence of the last witness as to the injuries which the de-
ceased had received, and the cause from which they pro-
bably arose. The deceased informed witness how he had
received the injuries. He said the prisoner had inflicted the
injuries. The prisoner afterwards came into the room, when
witness said " This is a sad occurrence, the man's arm is
broken." The prisoner said he knew nothing about it.
Witness then said to the prisoner " Barnes says you did
it," and Donnelly, an inmate of the asylum, said he saw
the prisoner do it. The prisoner said " I never did it. I
never difted a hand to him." Donnelly then described the
manner in which the prisoner had laid hold of the deceased
and thrown him on the floor. Witness said the injury must
have been done some time; and. the prisoner said he could
assure witness he knew nothing of it until that morning.
The deceased perfectly understood the conversation which
witness had with the deceased.

Cross-examined by Mr. COLLlER—Generally speaking
when a person was insane his memory was affected. Many
madmen, were capable of a good deal of dissimulation.
Mr. Alfred Boland stated that he was an assistant surgeon
at Guy's Hospital. On the 3d of January last witness
made a post mortem examination of the deceased. Wit-
ness thought death had been occasioned by bruises on the
front, outer, and back part of the left shoulder, and from
bruises on the side, and from a fracture of the left arm im-
mediately below the shoulder. Some of the deceased's ribs
on the right side side were fractured. From the appearance
of the deceased's body, witness should say that it had been
the result of great and inordinate violence, and not from a
mere fall.

Mr. John Swann Flower stated that he was a surgeon, and
commenced the examination of the deceased. This witness
corroborated the evidence of the last witness.

(The case was proceeding when we'WenCio press. )

NEW COURT.
(Before the RECORDER.)
The following pleaded guilty and were sentenced :
Henry Gray, embezzling from master, three months' impri-
sonment ; Henry Cotton, ditto (very young), seven days;
John Smith (16), stealing copper wire from master, value Is.
a pound; this was sold to a woman dealing in rags at sd. a
pound ; she:was severely reprimanded by the Court. A little
was brought at first which she bought, and this captivated
him (the prisoner) to bring more. The temptation offered
by persons in the position of the witness lead to the commis-
sion of half the crime in London. The Recorder said he should
not allow her expenses. Two months' hard labour.—Anna
Brown, stealing gold watch, &c., from master; she said she
did so from sheer distress; she had 2s. 6d. a week, finding
her own lodging, and supporting a paralytic daughter out of
it—jour calendar months' hard labour.

John Denley, was charged with breaking-into the house of
Mr, George Clapp, green-grocer, 2, Pindar-place, Gray's Inn-
road, and stealing a dressing-case, &c., therefrom. On the morn-
ing of the 28th of January, Mrs. Clapp, coming down about
six o'clock, surprised two men in one of the rooms, who im-
mediately made off. She could not speak positively to the
identity of the prisoner, but he being taken by the police
with the stolen property in his possession, there could be
no doubt upon the subject—Guilty; twelve months' hard
tabour.

THIRD COURT.
(Before the COMMON SERGEANT.)

Thomas Weaver was charged with stealing.- a quantity of
potatoes, the property of Mr. Bridge, a farmer, residing near
Wimbledon, in Surrey, by whom he had been employed.
• Mr. Parry appeared for the prosecution ; Mr. Robinson de-
fended the prisoner..
The pits had been opened, and had been robbed in a
wholesale manner; two tons had been missed. It was
proved that certain potatoes had been sold by the prisoner to
a third party. The question was whether these potatoes
were any of those stolen from Mr. Bridge's pits.
Mr. ROBINSON, for the defence, ridiculed the idea of iden-

tifying potatoes.
Guilty. Recommended to mercy by jury and prosecutor.
Three months' hard labour.

SPORTING NOTES.
No. VIII.
NOTES AND NOTIONS ON THE GREAT NORTH-

AMPTONSHIthT; IfANDICAP.

" There is a history,
Figuring the nature of the times deceased :
The which observ'd, a man may prophesy,
With a near aim, of the main chance of things
As yet not come to Iife."—SHAKSPERE.

TO THE. EDITOR OF THE SUN.
have commenced the sporting campaign of 1851
in a tolerably successful manner, my fancy animals having
in two instances out of four been absolutely first in the quad-
rupedal scroll of fame, and I should have been thrice correct,
had it not been for a mistake caused rather mysteriously by
my Lincoln correspondent's letter, which I will presently
explain. Steeple chasing and hurdle racing are somewhat
out,of mynsual line, but as his high mightiness .the sporting
public • will indulge in these amusements, and spe-
culate upon them, I suppose, unlike my contemporaries
of the vatesian pen, I must e'en obey his high
mightineases' pleasure and follow suit by taking the helm
upon this remarkably dangerous and uncertain sea. My
first prognostication this year, the British Yeoman for the
Southam Steeplechase, I landed in a canter! The second,
Hazard for the Carmarthenshire Open Steeplechase, was
verified in very clever style; but with the third, on the Lin-
coln Steeplechase, I was ingenious enough to distort the re-
sult, placing Lucy Neal (the winner) third, and Peter Sim-
ple (the third) first; and on the first flat race of the season
at Lincoln yesterday, as I before hinted, my Lincoln corre-
spondent's letter led me astray, by stating what I announced
in my last note, that there was " some sort of mystery hang-
ing over Nancy," and therefore I should not say anything
farther than that she and Heart of Oak were the best of the
three years old lot ; consequently Ppaased over all consideration
of her chance, and took " Post Tempore (the second) and
Heart of Oak, to pull me through in my first attempt on the
flat this year," with what success-
- " The mark no mortal wit,
Or surest hand can always hit :
For whatsoe'er we perpetrate,
We do but row, we're steer'd by Fate,
Which in success oft disinherits,
For spurious causes, greatest merits;"—
the victory of Nancy over Post Tempore and eleven others
has clearly shown.

The movements in the
BETTING MARKET

during the present week have been important in several par-
ticalars, especially on the Chester Cup and Derby; for the
former, Cossack's accident and consequent scratching, was a
startler for the nerves of" the ring ;" Rhesus and The Italian
have not been so firm lately as was their wont, the former
having declined from 10 to 12 to 1, and the- latter from 18
to 25 to 1; Haricot, after having reached twenties, fell yes-
terday to 25 to 1, but The Flying Gout main-
tains his position at from 22 to 25, as does
Lady Evelyn at 25, notwithstanding the unfavourable ru-
mours afloat concerning her ladyship, which, however, for
the most part, I take it, will end in smoke. Brother to
Dough, an excessively dangerous member of the Danebury
stable at Est 101 b, is in considerable force, having been backed
at the houses lately to a good tune. The Knight of Avenel,
after having been knocked out of the betting and taken great
liberties with at stiffish odds, re-appeared yesterday at " the
corner," and was backed at 40 to 1. Seaman, 7st, one of
Day's lot, is in some request at 50 to 1. In the Derby market
" the crack" looks tottery at 11 to 2 ; it strikes me very
forcibly that Mr. Manning has got the best, or, at least,
eventually-will have, in the 6,000/. to 1,000 bet le staked
at Tattersall's a week ago against the Grecian. John Day
has another horse in the stable, in my opinion, quite equal to
.Grecian-I allude to Lamartine, who possesses a fairish turn of
speed, is well adapted for the Derby course, and is without
the Grecian's temper; he has been supported for a good deal
of money lately in the aristocratic quarter, as well as in the
City and at Tattersall's. The Prime Minister is quite up to
the mark in health, work, and position in the odds, being
firm at 13 to 2. Constellation and the Marlborough Buck
respectively at 25 and 33 to 1, have attracted a good many
admirers'of late; both are doing unexceptionable work.
Newminster and the Mountain Sylph colt stand their ground
firth!), at about 13 to 1 each ; the Squire's nag is in first-rate
fettle, and Scott'srhorse tol-lollish.
'Aphrodite has at last made her appearance in the Oaks
betting at ."the Corner," at the same figure (7 to 1) that she
has been quoted at at the houses for a couple of months past ;
she is looking well, and is somewhat forward in her work;
look to it, for she will sweep the Oaks and the 1,000 Gaineas
too-at least it looks like it.
The acceptances for the Northampton Handicap, as might
be expected from the high range of the weights, fall consider-
ably short of the average, as the following table will show :-
1846, nominations 79, acceptances 26
1847, 7, 101, e 47
1848, . „ 101, „ 39
1849, 113, „ 42
1850, 91 120, „ 42
1851, It 128, 97 33
Thiis, with the greatest entry this year, we have, with the
exception of 1846, the smallest acceptance, being one-fourth
inferior to the four preceding years, and exhibiting a falling
off on the average of the last five years of, six acceptances.
This will necessarily influence the book-makers and the pub-
lic in their speculations on this stake, and as the latter seem
always inclined to dabble in those stocks or shares that, though
almost valueless, may be rendered valuable by some chance
stroke of Fortune, rather venturing a little with a remote
chance of gaining much to laying down a good round sum
with the tolerable certainty of gaining comparatively but
little, as such is the case with the public on the Stock Ex-
change, it is not likely that this peculiarity will differ on
the Terf Exchange, and as but 83 of the nominators to the
Northamptod Handicap have cried content, the book-makers
are deterred from opening any very large accounts on this
stake, and it of necessity follows that the public not able to
obtain " long-shots " on this event, will speculate in the
",great-go." of Chester in preference.
The acceptances range from Vatican, 5 yrs, Bst 71b, to
Leap-year, 3 yrs, 4st 71b, exactly four stone, both of whom
will profit nothing by accepting. Sir. Joseph Hawley has
three nominations from his stable left in, viz.:-Vatican (who
I- believe, will not start), The Ban, 3 yrs, sst 101 b ;
and Brother to Truthteller, 3 yrs, sst 51b ; from this
trio I should extract The Ban as the best, and as the horse
which will yin all probability represent the lot. Tne Duke
of Bedford's SL Rosalie, 5 yrs, at Bst 31b, will find supporters
in the betting, but has a leetle too much weight allotted
to her to please me. Treen's stable comes out in force for
this stake, with Rhesus, 5 yrs. Bst (who will not run), Cler-
mont, aged, 7st 101 b (who must by this time have almost
got beyond racing, being far in the seer and yellow leaf);
Zadoc, 4 yrs, 7st 31b (who will not like the hill); and The
Swindler, 4,yrs, Est 51b, who, if he has got any running
Powers in him ought to be in the front flight. Scott's lot is
represented by Legerdemain. 5 yrs, 7st 111 b, but she, I ex-
pect, will be reserved for Newmarket. Dawson has Langton,
5 yrs, 7st, '9lb ; Joe Sutherland, 5 yrs, Est 101 b ; and The
Cocktail, 5 yrs,- 7st 31b; all the interest, however, centres
iu the last-named, whom he considers is quite good enough
to do the trick. The Clothworker, 5 yrs, at 7st 91b, if he
was not altogether knocked out of time by his hard work
last year, may possibly run very forward. Kissaway,
5 yrs 7st Gib, will be found at the post, and if her clever
trainer can-Make ought of her, it will be done, but at present
neither he' or
-Day pulls out the Brother to Dough, 4 yrs, 7st 51b, at
Myself are over sanguine in the matter. If
present rather dubious, I think he might accomplish the task
of winning. Lord Exeter accepts with Tophana, 6 yrs, 7st
21b (who will, as usual, run up), and Nutmeg, 4 yrs, Est 31b,
a Nery dangerous customer, if she can get the distance.
The confederates, Messrs. Payne and Greville, accept with
The Mouse, 4 yrs, Tat 21b (who showed some respectable
racing qualities last year), and Ginevra, 3
yrs, 4st 101 b, said
to be by the Littletonians a "dead certainty." Mooltan, 4
yrs, 7st Ilb, never yet accomplished a feat worth noticing,
and not very likely to commence now.
"Valentine, at 4st 91b, ran fourth to Sauter-le-Coupe, Get