The Sun.
London, England, 1858-12-08 00:00:00

BETTING TRANSACTIONS.

Yesterday, in the Bail Court, an action for false
imprisonment was tried before Mr. Justice Cromp-
ton, the parties concerned being two :gentlemen
named Sinclair and Shaw,
The plaintiff, Sinclair, was a betting man, -and
was in the habit of attending races. The defendant
was, until very recently, a captain in the 36th Re'
giment, was likewise a betting man, but also occa-
sionally rides steeplechases. It would seem that
the plaintiff and defendant were both present at
the Liverpool Autumn Races in 1857, and they en-
tered into a bet of £lO to £2O with regard to a
mare named Englemere, which was a starter for
one of the races. Plaintiff betted against Engle-
mere ; the defendant backed her. The race came
off, and a horse named Thistledown came in first*
On that plaintiff went up to the defendant'
tol,
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told him he had lost the race, and asked
him for £lO. Defendant handed it to 11it.4
No sooner, however, had he done so than "
transpired that the race had been run on the
wrong course. The stewards declared, therefore,
that it must be rim over again. Well, this tinl°
Englemere came in first, but when the defendant,
Captain Shaw, went in search of the plaintiff ?,
get back the £lO which he had paid over, as we':
as the £2O which he stood to win, he was not
forthcoming. Sinclair, however, alleged that he
was at the racecourse all day, and that he did 3:l°'
think of repaying the £lO to the defendant, for
that he had won it fairly, his bet being on 0°
horse "first past the post," and not upon the horse
that might eventually be declared the winner. Tll°
parties did not meet again until the following
March, when they were attending the Brixwortl;
races, and it was on the plaintiff being assaulted,tl3l"'
the defendant was given in charge of the polic°2
but after being detained the whole of the night'
was discharged by the magistrates in the morning'
Evidence on the part of the defendant having beea
heard,
The jury, after an absence of about half an hour,
returned with a verdict for the plaintiff—damage°
£lO.

SHOCKING CASE OF MALICIOUS
BURNING.

At the Manchester City Police Court, on Mond*
a young married woman,' named Young, was
charged with throwing burning naphtha upon her
servant girl, Bridget M'Quaile, thereby causing her
such serious injury that her life is despaired of
policeman said he was on duty in Hanging flit
at one o'clock on Sunday morning, when he hear
a cry of " Fire," in Cateaton- street ; he went in,„
wn
that street, and was told that the fire was in
tailor's shop in Cannon-street. Witness went to the
house, openod the door, and found some rags burly
ing in the kitchen. The prisoner was is bed in thie
kitchen, and two men, the prisoner's husband an'
a lodger, were sitting naked in the same roonl•
One of the men said the room upstairs was on fire;
Witness ran upstairs, and found a woman lying
on the floor in a room. She was on fire, and the
room was full of smoke. Witness tore the
clothes from her, and assisted her to stand nr.
The woman was doing nothing herself, because she
was nearly suffocated. She said the woman doW/3
stairs had done it. Witness got her down into the
;
kitchen, and there she said to the prisoner, " 14),
threwithe burning naphtha on me, and set me
fire, and neverfattempted to put it out." The
Pri-
soner made no reply. A cab was speedily procure'
and the woman was taken to the Royal Infirmary;
George Macbeth, the lodger in the prisoner's
house, said the prisoner's husband was sleeping
with him on account of the illness of one of tPio
children. They had been in the bedroom about 'I,
minutes on Saturday night, when the prisoneo
shouted that Bridget was all burning. 'WO%
ran down the stairs, but was met by the girlie
fire, who tried to get through the window• a.
prevented her from doing so, and threw the be 5,
clothes round her in order to smother the flanfve
Bridget had been in the house about four or fi
weeks, looking after the children. She, bad f.t,
nuently had words with her mistress. When wi
ll l 0
ess went home about midnight on Saturday' tom,
prisoner and Bridget were sitting beside the
There was a naphtha lamp burning on the tabta
Witness was a tailor, and had worked by nal:at'
lamps for many years.
Mr. Superintendent Gee said that in conseque,ll.
of the dangerous state of 'the injured woman' .11'
statement was taken on Sunday afternoon. to
The magistrates sent to the Royal Infirrnarita
inquire respecting her, and were informed that so
was in a sinking state, and might die any inonieo:'
She could give no answers but "yes" and " n t
It was, therefore, deemed inadvisable to attel;
taking her deposition, and the prisoner was
manded.

We understand that Dr. John Ivor Murray 11.
been appointed to the vacant office of Colonial StuSe°-'
Hong Kong.—Scotsman.