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and it seems she never did tell any `one until
a fortnight before her confinement, on the
20th August following. After this she put
the chest of drawers against her bedroom door, and
although on several occasions she heard him come
to the door he could not get in. He once offered
her a silver thimble, and some of his late wife's
clothes if she would leave the door open for him,
but she refused. The girl was severely cross-ex-
amined as to her knowledge of a medical student
named Walter• Green. She positively denied his
ever having taken liberties with her, or put his
arm round her waist. The girl's evidence was cor-
roborated in several important points by her sister
Jane, and" by her father and mother-in-law.
The defendant's answer to the action was a com-
plete contradiction of the evidence brought forward
for the plaintiff, and an allegation that Walter
Green was the father of the Young woman's infant.
Snape contradicted in detail every averment of
Hannah Wootton. He denied that he had ever
drawn any beer for her, or put any drug in beer
for her as suggested ; that he had ever entered her
bedroom as deposed to by her; that he had ever
offered her a silver thimble, or any of his deceased
wife's clothes ; that he had ever threatened her, and
decidedly he denied that he had ever had connexion
with her. The defendant admitted that he had
had two other children fathered upon him. In one
case he had paid £2O to the mother, and in the
other he had paid a weekly allowance. He brought
forward a witness, named Theed, who described
himself as an aecoucheur, and who swore that
one night at the end of October, 1858, he
saw Hannah Wootton and Walter Green in an
indecent position together in a field near
Wootton's house. He called to Green, "Walter, this
is too bad ; come home and attend to your business."
Green was an assistant to Dr. Somerville, with
whom Theed was also living.
One question in dispute was as to how long the
mother had gone with child. Dr. Somerville con-
sidered it an eight months' child, and Mr. Theed
and Dr. M'Bride believed it to be a full-grown
child, as also did the nurse. Several witnesses
swore to having seen Green and Hannah Wootton
together.
His Lordship's summing up occupied an hour and
a half, and the jury were in consultation aboat 20
minutes, when they returned a verdict for the
plaintiff—damages £250.

AQUATICS.

THE GRAND NATIONAL REGATTA.

The delightfully fine weather of Saturday after-
noon, the favourable state of the tide, the facilities
of reaching the scene of action by railway, and the
rich promise of first-rate sport, combined to pro-
duce an assemblage of many thousands of persons
of all conditions at Putney to view the conclusion
of this great aquatic meeting, which, despite the
greatness of the undertaking, has been well got up
and carried out.

The sports commenced at a little after 2, and
continued till after 7 in the evening, much punc-
tuality being observed by the umpires' crews, under
the direction of Mr. S. Salter, boat builder, Oxford,
who had the discharge of this onerous duty.
THE CHAMPION FOUR-OARED RACE, OPEN TO THE WORLD.

FINAL HEAT.
The Thames Crew, Putney 1
The A. P. Lonsdale Crew, Manchester and Tyne 2
The Lord Kilmorey Crew, Newcastle 0
THE THAMES CREW.
1. Thos. Pocock, Lambeth 13. Thos.White, Bermondsey
2. Joseph Wise, Kew H. Kelly, Fulham, stroke
William Peters, Wandsworth, coxswain.
THE MANCHESTER AND TYNE.

1. 3. G. Taylor 1 3. H. Ault
2. Thomas Matfin Matthew Taylor, stroke
T. Harrison, coxswain.
THE NEWCASTLE CREW.
1. John Henry Clasper } 3. Robert Chambers
2. Edwin Winship I Henry Clasper, stroke

Robert Clasper, coxswain.

The result of a close inspection of the rowing in
the trial heats on the previous day had only served to
confirm the opinion previously expressed of how
evenly the crews were matched. The Claspers were,
however, taken for choice, and next to them the Lon-
doners. Every provision was made by the com-
mittee to have this race especially well managed.
Mr. Casamajor, the Amateur Champion of the
Thames, was appointed to start them; Mr. T. S.
Egan, of the University of Cambridge, to accom-
pany them as umpire up the first half of the course
in an eight-oared cutter; and Mr. Bottle, of the
Leander Club, and Mr. Woodbridge, one of the
winners of the pair-oared race at Henley, to finish,
in another eight, the pace of the fours being so great
as to require this arrangement. The Londoners
had won the choice of station on the Middlesx side,
which might be deemed a length in their favour.
Outside in the Surrey station, and decidedly the
worst berth, were the Manchester and Tyne men,
the Newcastle crew being in the centre. The boats'
all being exceedingly even at the Putney Aqueduct
bridge, Mr. Casamajor gave the word "off," and
it was promptly obeyed by all, rather faster in
motion by the Londoners than the others. In the
course of six or eight strokes the Newcastle men
began to draw a trifle, but in' the next half-dozen
they were for an instant again level, all going at a
tremendous pace. The Londoners, to be well
clear of the steamer and committee barge, slanted
a little over to the southward, and when level with
the others, opposite the Star and Garter, made a
desperate spurt by which their boat was placed in
advance of the other two by above a quarter of a
length. The rowing of the Manchester men, with
their bad station, was admirable, and as they neared
Finch's the Londoners and Manchester both had
the bows of their boats before the Newcastle men,
the Londoners, with a third of their length, the
Manchester with about four feet. At this juncture
the Londoners and Newcastlev had their beams
much nearer than at the time of starting, and the
tip of one of the Newcastle oars, which it is sup-
posed had passed beyond the button through
the row-locks just touched one in the London
boat, and then the coxswain of the New-
castle boat, in pulling the yoke-line to
prevent a foul with the Londoners, did it so
sharply, thet the boat sheered right on to the Man-
chester men's quarter, At the instant of the trifling
touch alluded to of the Londoners' boat the crew,
with a dozen desperate strokes, shot her full half a
length ahead, and when a momentary pause ensued
consequent upon the foul of the Manchester boat the
Londoners jumped away three or four lengths.
The Manchester men lost no time in getting away
from the Newcastle, and went in pursuit of the
Londoners, the Newcastle crew protesting and leav-
ing off their labour for a short time, and only again
resuming it formally to row the distance. The
Manchester men rowed with amazing velocity up
to the Crab Tree, where they had regained some-
thing like a length of the lost ground, but the Lon-
doners were still well ahead, and at Hammersmith-

bridge led by at least three lengths. After this,
although they rowed in the most gallant style, the
Manchester fell a length more astern at the finish
at Chiswick Eyot. Immediately after the conclu-
sion of the race both the Newcastle and the Man-
chester crews laid their respective cases before the
committee, the former maintaining that they were
not the parties to blame in the foul, and the latter
complaining that they had been sorely prejudiced
by it, and soliciting that the race should be re-rowed,
as they were in no way to blame. The answer to
the Newcastle men was that they were disqualified,
as they had caused the foul and were disentitled to
a place, and consequently to the third prize of £lO,
but the committee, in consideration of the distance
they had come; the cost to which they had been
put, and the fact that the foul was purely the effect
of accident, made them a present of the £lO which
they had forfeited. The application of the Man-
chester men to row again against the Londoners
could not be entertained, as contrary to the rules of
the regatta committee, the Londoners being in no way
implicated in the foul, which must be sincerely re •
gretted by every lover of the sport, as it deprived
two gallant crews of the opportunity of seeing
whether they were were not superior to the fortu-
nate Londoners.

PAIR OARED RACE, OPEN TO THE WORLD.
Final Heat.

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Newcastle
G. Hammerton 1
G. Francis
John Mackinney 1
Teddington
Richmond 2
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The winners of this race divided, in many in.
stances, the favour of the public with the second
pair and the Taylors. They were a long time before
they fairly got off, from their extreme anxiety to
have any fair advantage that presented itself. At
length they dashed away, the winners with a good
lead. When Hammerton and Francis got well to
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five lengths, and the Mackinneys only being about
a length in the rear of the second boat. The Tay-
lors were considerably astern, but had for a time
rowed the Mackinneys hard. The race was rowed
fine down from Hammersmith at a very pace.
WATERMEN'S SCULLERS RACE, OPEN TO ALL TIM
WORLD.
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