The Sun.
London, England, 1860-03-28 00:00:00

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

NORTHAMPTON RACES.-TUESDAY.
Trial Stakes of 10 ECM; each with 50 added. One mile.
Mr. J. Ingham's Odo 3 yrs, 7st (H. Orimshaw) 1
baron Rothschild's North Lincoln, 4 yrs, Bst 91b

(0, Fordham) 2 1
Mr. Shelley's Lifeboat, 5 yrs, 9st llb (L. Snowden) 3
M. Philippe and Ancient Briton also ran.
Betting-7 to 4 Lifeboat, 3to 1 agst North
Lincoln, 4 to '1 agst Ode, and 6 to 1 agst M.
Philippe. M. Philippe was the first off; but on
getting into their stride, Odo took up the running,
with Lifeboat second, North Lincoln third, Ancient
Briton being at their quarters, and M. Philippe
directly in their track. Ralf way up the distance
North Lincoln got to Odo's head; but, jumping the
footpath at the lower end of the enclosure—a trick
which ho performed last year for the Whittlebury
Stakes—he was beaten by a length and a half;
three lengths between the second and third, and a
wide interval between each of the others.

The Nene Handicap of 25 sovs, added to a Sweepstakes of
5 sovs each. Spencer Plate Course.
;Capt. Christie's,Brandy Balti 4 yrs, 7st 91b (G. Fordham) 1
'Mr. Saxon's Tom Thumb, aged, Bst (L. Snowden) 2
Mr. Higgin's Tiara, 6 yrs, Bst 71b (Crcsswell) 3
The following also ran :—Miss Eleanor, Bel Esperanza,
Vigo, Julie, The Gentle, King Edward, and Little Poll.
Betting-3 to 1 agst ;Brandy Ball, sto 2 each
agst Vigo and Tiara, 6 to 1 agst Little Poll, 7 to 1
agst Tom Thumb. Bel Esperanza,The Gentle, Miss
Eleanor, and Brandy Ball were the first to show in
frent as they rose above the hill ; on approaching
the distance the race was left to the first three,
Brandy Ball winning a good race by three-quarters
of a length ; a length between the second and third;
and a head between the third and fourth ; the
Gentle and Vigo were fifth and sixth; Bel Espe-
ranza and Julie were the last two.

Her Majesty's Plate of 100 guineas. Two wiles.

Mr. Ingham'. Odo, 3 yrs, Est 101 b (Challoner) 1
Mr. Halford's Athos, 3 yrs, Ost 101 b.... (H Grimshaw) 2
Mr. Shelley's Lifeboat, 5 yrs, Oat 101 b (L. Snowden) 3
Rattlebone and Actress also ran.

Betting-6 to 4on Odo, sto 2 agst Lifeboat. Odo
and Actress got away in front, both pulling very hard,
and on passing the Stand Actress rushed to the front,
Odo going on second, Lifeboat third, and Eattlebone
bringing-up the rear. On rounding the top turn Ode
overpowered his rider, and went up to Actress and
ran with her nearly head-and-head a short distance
after entering the far side of the course, and they
alternately led until reaching the dip, where Odo
quitted Actress and took a clear lead, with Athos
second. As they breasted the hill Athos deprived
the favourite of the lead, and on entering the
straight Actress was beaten, and Lifeboat became
third. From the distance the race was reduced to
a match between the first two, Odo winning by a
head; upwards of a dozen lengths between' the
second and third. Actress and llattlebone were a
long way in the rear, and passed the post nearly
abreast.
Pytchley Stakes, of 5 soya each, with 40 added. Weight
for age, selling allowances, &c. The winner to be sold
by auction, &c. Spencer Plate Course.
Mr. Barratt's Buttercup, 3 yrs (£3O), sst 131 b
(W. Bottom) 1
Mr. T. Brown's Isis, 3 yrs (£3O), sst 131 b (11. Grimshaw) 2
Mr. Fraser's Tonio, 2 yrs (£6O), 4st 111 b.. (Roper) 3
The following also ran :—Duplicity, Brine, Sobersides,
Alfred, Chantress Norman, and Mr. .Rarey.
Betting-6 to 4 agst the Norman, 4to 1 agst
Chantress, sto 1 agst any other offered. Butter-
cup made all the running, and won by ten lengths.
Bad third. The winner was sold by auction to the
Earl of Winehilsea for 90 guineas.
Great Northamptonshire Stakes of 100 soya, added to a
Sweepstake of 25 sovs each, 15ft, and only 5 if declared ;
certain winners extra ; 'the second to receive 25 soya out
of the stakes. Two miles. 116 subs., of which
.65 de-

dared. •
Mr. Fuller's Simple Simon, 3 yrs, sst 91b (Mitchell) 1
Mr. Stephens ns Springwell, 3 yrs, sst 61b .. (J. Adams) 2
Mr. Stopford As Chance Shot, 3 yrs, sst 71b . • (Parsons) 3
The following also ran :—The Pitman, Claire, 'Sans
Spode, Royal Sovereign, Newstead, Timandra, First Lord,
Lord Milton; Tommy Noble, Mainstay colt, Forager,:and
The Monk.
Betting at starting-3 to 1 agst Royal Sove-
reign, 7 to 1 agst Simple Simon, 14 to 1 agst Claire,
14 to 1 agst Springwell, 15 to 1 agst The Pathan,
100 to 6 agst Chance Shot, 100 to 6 agst Forager,
100 to 6 agst 'Tommy Noble, 100 to 6 agst
First Lord, 20 to 1 agst The Monk, 20 to 1 agst
Lord Milton, 30 to 1 apt Newstead, 30 to' 1 agst
Timandra. Old Robert. was struck out at 1.58.
The business of the weighing department was
conducted with Mr. Manning's usual regularity
and punctuality, and the numbers of the starters
were displayed on the telegraph in ample time to
suit the convenience of speculators, and to gratify
the curiosity of the large crowd of people which
lined each side of the course, nearly from the half-
mile starting post to far beyond the top turn. The
police cleared the course with much promptness,
not walking abreast as at Epsom, but by an in-
genious use of a long rope, which they stretched
across the running ground, they compelled the spec-
tators to retreat before them, and take up their posi:-
tion behind the barriers. The horses then quitted the
saddling paddock and took their preliminary canters.
Tommy Noble overpowered Howey, and ran right
round the far side of the course to the starting post
before he was stopped. When Mr. Ilibburd had
assembled the horses together Tommy Noble again
displayed a will of his own, and put the lot in dis-
order, galloping to the distance before he was pulled
up. The Pitman and Chance Shot followed his ex-
ample,:but did not run quite's() far. Wheti they were
brought back the -starter again resumed his staff,
and seizing a favourable opportunity he gave the
signal, and the horses got away in good order.
The front rank comprised Chance Shot, Forager,
the Mainstay colt, Simple Simon, The Pitman,
and Sam Spode; the last two being Timandra
and Lord Milton. They ran with no material
change until after rounding the top. turn,
when Forager went in advance, attended by
Chance Shot, with The Pitman, Simple Simon, and
Stun Spode lying well up in their wake. As they
descended the hill Forager increased his lead, but
on reaching the Brick-kiln-hill, the last turn but
one from home, The Pitman, Forager, Springwell,
Chance Shot, and Simple Simon were in the van,
and Royal Sovereign then began to emerge from
the ruck, and take up his position in close pursuit
of the leading horses. On entering the straight
Sam Spode dropped back, and after stowing well
up in front The Pitman was beaten, and Spring-
well, Simple Simon, and Chance Shot were left in
front, with Royal Sovereign next. The fist two,
however, had the race to themselves from the half
distance, and Simple Simon won by three-quarters
of a length ; the third beaten half-a-dozen
lengths ; land The Pitman about the same dis•
tam:o from him. Forager, The Monk, First Lord,
iClaire,
.I.ewstead, and Tommy Noble passed the post
at wide intervals in the order named. Timandra
and Lord Niihau were the last two beaten off.
Whittlebury' Stakes of 15 sovs each, 5 ft, With 100 added.
Weight for age. Winners extra, &c. Three-quarters
of a mile. 39 subs.
Mr. S. gall's Fravola, 3 yrs, Bst Slb (Charlton) 1
Lord Anglesey's Sweetsauce, 3 yrs, Sat 41b (Aldcroft) 2
Mr. Hall's Hartley Witucy, 3 yrs, Bst 31b (G Fordhani) 3
The following also ran Catawaba, Horace, Billy
Dwindles, Cantab; Orion' Bohemicnne, King of Kent,
Folkestone, Prevention, Lady Little.
Betting-4 to 1 cap!' agst Sweetsauce, Hartley
Witney, and the' Bohanienne, 8 to 1 each agst King
of Kent, Folkestone and brace, 10 to 1 each agst
Fravola and Catawaba. Fravola made all the run-
ning, and won by three-quarters of a length; a bad
third. .
A HANDICAP PLATE of 30 sovs, added to a sweepstake of 5
sovs each. The winner to be sold for 40 soya. Winners
extra. Spencer Plate course.
Mr. Jackson's Pescatore, 3 yrs, Est 101 b (Madden) 1
Mr. Thomas's The Gipsey, 2 yrs, sst (Parsons) 2
Mr. Beaufort's Miss Eleanor, 4 yrs, 7st 101 b .. (Ducker) 3
The following also ran :—Knayton;Maradan, and Linda.
Betting-3 to 1 agst The Gipsey, 4to 1 agst Pesl
catore, 5 to 1 agst Miss Eleanor, 6 to 1 each agst
Linda and Maradan. Won, by half a length; a
neck between second and third.
The STAND PLATE (handicap) of 50 soya. Winners extra.
One mile.

Lord Starnford's Philomela' 3 yrs, sst 41b .... (Roper) 1
Mr. 1. Brown's Plumper, 3 yra, st 51b (Parsons) 2
Mr. Duncan's Lord Palmerstoh, 3 yrs, Est 71b... (Bundy) 3
Sir J. Hawley's Lord Nelson, 6 yrs, 9st
The followin also ran :—Bel Esperanza, _Neophyte,
Volunteer, Marwell, Codicil, Clovernook, Simla, Birdcage,
Precise, Jenny Longlegs, and Parmesan.
}letting-7 to 2 agst Clovernook, 4to 1 agst
Philomela, 5 to 1 agst Parmesan, 5 to 1 agst Pre-
cise, 10 to 1 each agst Codicil and Lord Nelson.
Won by six lengths; a length between second and
third; saute distance between third and fourth.
Volunteer fell at the last turn.
The following notice was issued by the clerk of
the scales after the race :--
"Page, the rider of Bel Esperiinia,-did not come
to weigh after the race, and when called upon by
the clerk of the scales to do so, stated that one of
his saddle-cloths was lost. The clerk of the scales
makes this report in order that the stewards may
take notice of the circumstance, as many of the
young jockeys aro frequently trying to avoid
weighing in. •
(Signed)

"J. MANNI&G."

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ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE.

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-TOME CIIUJUIT.—KINGSTON, March 27.

(Before Lord Chief Justice Erie and a Common
Jury.)

REID 11. DOT/GAL.

This was an action to recover• damages for false
representations respecting the trade of a public-
house.

Mr. Lush, Q.C., and Mr. Jacobs ware counsel for
the plaintiff; Mr. Sergeant Parry and Mr. Joyce
were for the defendant.

The plaintiff in this action, it appeared, was for-
merly engaged as an engineer at Newcastle-upon-
Tyne, and the defendant as an auctioneer, and en-
gaged extensively also as a public-house broker. In
the year 1858 the plaintiff took possession of a pub-
lic-house called the Golden Cross, in King-street,
Lon g• acre, through the instrumentality of the defen-
dant, and paid a sum of £450 for goodwill, &c., and
he alleged that he had been induced to enter into
the bargain by the false representations that were
made to him by the clerk of the defendant, one of
which was that the receipts of the house in ques-
tion were £lOO per month, The defendant posi-
tively denied, by his pleas, that any false represen-
tations had been made respecting the property.
In the course of the case the written agreement
between the parties was offered in evidence by Mr.
Lush on behalf of the plaintiff, but an objection was
raised by Mr, Tongue, the associate, that it was not
receivable, inasmuch as it was not stamped.
I Lord Chief Justice Erle said that the instrument
Icertainly ought to bear a stamp, and otherwise he
could not admit it.

Sergeant Parry said that, on the part of the de-
fendant, he wished it to be understood that he made

no objection to the reception of the evidence.
Hs was most anxious to meet• the case in the

merits.
Lord Chief Justice Erie said that might be, but
he was bound to take notice of the objection. The
agreement was not legally receivable without a
stamp, and therefore he could not admit it as evi-
dence. If the plaintiff chose to pay, the penalty
under the Stamp Act the agreement might be
put in.
Mr. Lush said that the parties by whom he was
instructed declined to take this course.

His Lordship then said that, in the absence of
the agreement, there certainly was no case, and he
therefore directed the plaintiff to be nonsuited.

NORFOLK CIRCUIT.-BURY ST. EDMUND'S,

March 26.
NISI PRIUS COURT.

(Before Mr. Justice Williams and Common Juries.)

HILL V. KING.

Mr. O'Malley, Q.C., and Mr. Keane were coun-
sel for the plaintiff ; Mr. Sergeant Tozer and Mr.
Couch for the defendant.
The action was for slanderous words calculated
to injure the plaintiff in his occupation as gentle-
man;s gardener and domestic servant. The slander
complained of contained a charge of indecency.
Mr. O'Malley, in opening the plaintiff's case, was
commenting upon the fact that a plea ofj ustification
had been originally placed upon the record and
subsequently withdrawn, when the learned ser-
geant interposed, and desired to have the plea
replaced.
This request was acceded to by Mr. Justice Wil-
liams, but, the defendant's evidence failing to sup-
port the plea, the jury,after considerable deliberation,
returned a verdict for the plaintiff—Damages, is.

NORTHERN ClRCUlT.—LlyEstrooa, March 27.
(Before Mr. Justice Blackburn.)
SEYMOUR V, GREENWOOD.
This was an action to recover damages for the
alleged negligence of the defendant's servant, result-
ing-in serious personal injury to the plaintiff.
Mr. Monk, Q.C., and Mr. Leresch appeared for
the plaintiff; Mr. Wilde, Q.C., and Mr. T. Jones
for the defendant.
It appeared that the plaintiff is a person pos-
sessed of some little property in the neighbourhood
of Manchester, who occupied himself in building
houses, as a speculation, upon his own land. On
the 22d of August last, after dining with a friend,
he got into an omnibus in Chester-street,,Man-4
chester, and, according to the evidence for the
plaintiff, the guard of the omnibus, who was the
servant of the defendant, who is owner of the
omnibus, without any apparent reason descended
from the roof, entered the omnibus, and dragging
the plaintiff out by the collar of! his coat, they
scuffled and fell, and the plaintiff in the fall re-
ceived a wound on his leg, and a cab passing by
cut and injured his head. In consequence of these
injuries the plaintiff was obliged to be taken to the
infirmary, . and was confined to the house six or
seven weeks, and was now lame and unable to
attend to his usual occupation, and his memory was
affected by the injury to his head. He employed
an attorney to obtain him some compensation for
this injury from the defendant, and the plaintiff'si
attorney in consequence saw the attorney for the
defendant, who stated to him that the defendant's
guard got into the omnibus to turn the plaintiff
out because he was drunk, refused to pay his fare,
and was annoying the other passengers inside.
At the close of the plaintiff's case Mr. Wilde
submitted that there was no case to go the jury.
The plaintiff's evidence showed only a most wan-
ton and unprovoked assault by the omnibus guard,
for which lie ws.s liable to a penalty under the
(*age Coach Act and was amenable to the criminal
law, and in the commission of that assault he was
not acting within the scope of his duty so as to
render his master responsible for his acts.
His Lordship had some doubt, on the whole of
the evidence, whether the master was liable or not.
He would, however, reserve the points for the
opinion of the superior court whether there was
reasonable ground for the jury to suppose that the
conductor of the omnibus was acting within the
scope of his duty; and, subject to that opinion, he
would take the opinion of the jury as to the amount
of damages the plaintiff ought to receive on the
assumption that the defendant was liable.
The learned counsel having then respectively
addressed the jury on the question of damages,
His Lordship summed up, and the jury retired.
On their return they found a verdict for the
plaintiff—Damages £lO5.
CROWN COURT.
(Before Mr. Justice Hill.)
Thomas Challinor was indicted for setting fire to
a warehouse in Liverpool, in the occupation of
Elijah Pryce, with intent to defraud.
Mr. Aspinall and Mr. Preston appeared for the
prosecution, and Mr. Scott defended the prisoner.
It appeared 'that the prosecutor,
Mr. Elijah
Pryce, is in partnership with Mr. Lace as a general
broker at Liverpool, and that the prisoner'had been
their warehouseman since October 1853. In the
course of December last they had 113 casks of olive
oil warehoused in Carson's cellar B, in Basingliall-
street, Liverpool, This cellar belonged to Mr.
Hutton, and the keys were kept by his warehouse-
man, a man named Sharp. The room immediately
above the cellar was occupied by a man named
Daffy. The warehouse was locked up safely on
the night of the 31st of December last, but
in the course of that night a fire was discovered in
the collar where the oil was warehoused, which,
however, was extinguished by the fire brigade. On
going into the cellar two casks of oil were found to
be entirely burnt, and c partially so. A few days
afterwards the prisoner absconded. Two days after-
wards, in consequence of some information the
police obtained, the remaining casks of oil were
esse,mined, and several were found to be entirely
emptied and others partially so. Altogether
about 10 tons 14 cwts. in weight and £5OO in value
in oil weiv discovered to have been stolen. On the
13th of January the prisoner was taken into cus-
tody, and wished to speak to Mr. Pryce, and he
then said he was very sorry for what he had done,
but that Duffy had induced him to do it, and had
offered him a large remuneration and to share what
he got from the insurance offices; that he had been
so ninth distressed about it since that he had gone
twice to the King's Dock with the intention of de-,
stroying himself. (The man Duffy has not since
been apprehended, although every eflbrt has been
made to find him by the police.)
. It appeared that, on Dec. 23 last, the prisoner
hired a cellar in York-chambers, Wolsteiuhohne-
square, from Mr. Shaw, in the name of John
Stewart,. assigning as a reason that the premises he
had near the docks were too small for him, and to
this cellar the prisoner subsequently removed a
quantity of casks of oil and bags of valona, which
were sent by Daffy front his room above the prose-
cutor's cellar in Basingliall-street. It appeared that in
the'room above Daffy's room a quantity of valona
was warehoused, and Duffy, assisted by the prisoner,
had contrived to abstract the oil from the casks in
the cellar below belonging to the prosecutor, and to
place it in casks in the room occupied by him, and
had then sent it out to:the cellar hired by the pri-
soner in Wolstenholme-square. On examining the
prosecutor's cellar immediately after the fire three
casks were found at the far end of the cellar filled
with oil, and on them was placed a large quantity
of rosin chips, which came to within two feet of
the room above occupied by Duffy, and immedias
tely over where these chips were piled on the casks
a portion of the floor of Duffy's room was torn up.
On examining Duffy's room a large quantity of
rosin wood was fbuud placed over the hole in the
floor across the joists, so as to catch the flames from
the wood below when set on fire. The prisoner was
taken into custody at Shrewsbury in a publichouse,
and on being told that he was in custody for setting
fire to Messrs. Pryce and Lace's warehouse at
Liverpool, he said to the officer—" I'll tell you the
truth about it. A man named Duffy and I did
atml the oil and set fire to the place. We made a

hole through the floor, pumped the oil out of the
cellar, and Duffy brought five or six sacks of rosin
chips and teemed' them down the hole into the
cellar. Duffy bought also four gallons of
naphtha, and teemed' it on the chips. It was
through Duffy that I did it; he has been at me for
some time. Have you taken him ?. I'll do all I can
to have him taken." He afterwards said to a detee-

tine officer, named Laycock, " I and Duffy went into
Duffy's room, about twelve o'clock on the night of
Sunday, New Year's night; I struck a match, and
set fire to the chips that were placed there, and
Duffy stood with his back against the door. We
both went outside the door, and remained until we
saw the flames, and then we went away."
The prisoner had pleaded guilty to another in-
dictment charging him with stealing the oil, but
denied that he had anything to do with firing the
warehouse, the subject of the present charge, which
the learned counsel for the prisoner said depended,
so far as it affected the prisoner, on the recollection
of the officers of statements made three mortha ago,
and which might not be accurately recollected.
His Lordship having summed up the evidence,
The jury found the prisoner guilty.
His Lordship sentenced him in a most impThisoile
manner to penal servitude for 14 years.

FROM TILE GAZETTE OF LAST NIGHT

BUCKINGHAM PALACE, MARCH 23.
This day had audience of her Majesty, Baron Be ntinci,
Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary froo
the King of the Netherlands, to deliver a letter from hit/
Sovereign.
To which audience he was introduced by Lord John Ens'
sell, her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for 3 Foreign,
Affairs, and conducted by Lieutenant. General the Hon. Su
Edward Cust, K.C.H., her Majesty's Masten of the Cere'
monies.

LORD CHAMBERLAIN'S OFFICE, MARC3I
Notice is hereby given, that the State Apartments ol
Windsor Castle will be closed to the public after Fridalt
the 30th inst., until further orders.
WAR-OFFICE, PALL-MALL, MARCH '47.
Her Majesty has been graciously pleased to appro.°
of the following gentlemen being appointed Pr?
lessors of the new Army Medical School at Chatham :1
Clinical and Military Surgery—Deputy Inspector-B-eners:,
T. Longmore, M.D. Hygiene—E. A. Parkes, Esq.,
Pathology—William Aitken, Esq., M.D.

BANKRUPTCY ANNULLED.
Philip Andrew, brewer, Swansea.
BANKRUPTS.
Thomas A. Freeth, pianoforte manufacturer, Edward:
street, llampstead-road, to surrender April .5, at lialf-pm
ele'i'en, and May 3, at one, at the Court of flankru.ptcy.
Robert Tanner, tea dealer, Stratford, Essex, April 14, v
eleven, and May 4, at twelve, at the Court of BankruptcP
Denis Nicholas Vericchio, upholsterer, Pad dingtoot
April 7, at eleven, and May 8, at one, at the Court
Bankruptcy.
Thomas John Boyd Wallis, draper, Colchester, April If
at eleven, and May 7, at one, at the Court of BanlruptoP
John Lough Moreland, draper, Lidford and Keintom,
April 16 and May'l4, at eleven, at the Bristol Distrim
Court.

SCOTCH BANKRUPTS.
James Craig, Baidland, Ayrshire.
James Veitch, hotel keeper, Edinburgh.
Richardson and Crichton, drapers, Glasgow.
Law, White, and Co., merchants, Glasgow.
James Druce, salesman, Glasgow.

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