The Sun.
London, England, 1859-09-10 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 10, 1859.

THE LEEDS MURDER.

Charles Normington, the young man who is in
custody at Leeds on the charge of murdering an old
man named Broughton, on the 6th ult., was re-
examined before the Mayor of Leeds (Sir Peter
Fairbairn) and other magistrates yesterday.
Before the examination of witnesses commenced,
Mr. Ferns, solicitor, who had been instructed to
defend the prisoner, complained to the bench that
he had not been allowed to have an interview with
his client. He said that he went to the police-
office at half-past nine o'clock that morning, and re-
mained till half-past ten o'clock, but he had been
prohibited from seeing the prisoner. He urged,
with considerable warmth, that such a proceeding
was quite unprecedented and contrary to all prin-
ciples of law and justice, and was a great hardship
upon him (Mr. Ferns) as the advocate of an unfor-
tunate youth charged with murder. Moreover, the
magistrates had. some time ago laid down a rule
with reference to prisoners and their solicitors,
which only prohibited them from having, an inter-
view before the prisoner had undergone an exami-
nation before the magistrates, which was not the

case in this instance.
The Mayor stated that there was not the slightest
wish on the part of the bench to prevent Mr. Ferns
from seeing the prisoner, and if he had applied to
the magistrates they would at once have granted
him permission to do so ; but neither the chief con-
stable nor any other person had power to allow
him to see the prisoner without an order from the
justices.
Mr. Ferns thought he had no right to make such
an application, but that, as the legal adviser of the
prisoner, he ought to have been at once permitted
to communicate with the prisoner.
The Mayor intimated that the bench were of a
different opinion, and that Mr. Ferns ought first to
have made an application to the magistrates.
The first witness was James Smales, collier, of
Whitwood, near Normanton, who said,—On Mon-
day night about five weeks ago, the day after the
rainy Sunday, I saw the prisoner at Whitwood.
James Worsman was with me. I did not know the
prisoner. He said he had a pawn-ticket belonging
to a watch to sell. Worsman asked if he would sell
it to him, and the prisoner said " No." The next
night the prisoner asked me where Worsman lived,
and said he wanted to sell that ticket. He asked
ss. for the ticket, and I bought it. The prisoner
said the watch had cost 265., but did not say
where he got the ticket. I kept the ticket till last
Saturday night, and then came' to Leeds, and went
to Mr. Barrass's shop to get the watch. Mr.
Barrass took me to the police-office, and I left the
I ticket at his shop. The last time I saw the prisoner
was on the Thursday after I bought the ticket.
Andrew Bailey, collier, of Whitwood, said—Four
weeks ago last Monday I met the prisoner at Cas-
tleford. John Fawcett, William Stanley, and Wil-
liam Normington were with me. The same night
the prisoner came to lodge at the house of George
Dixon, my father-in-law, at Whitwood. He re-
mained till the following Thursday, and left about
half-past 5 o'clock in the morning. I have not seen
him since till now. • I never heard him say any-
thing about a watch or a pawn-ticket.
William Joseph Topham said,—l assist my father,
Richard Topham, who is a pawnbroker, in Leeds.
On Saturday, Aug. 6, the day of the murder, about
6 o'clock in the evening, the prisoner offered a Ger-
man silver watch in pledge, and asked 16s. upon it.
He said it was his own watch. I offered him 4s.
upon it, but he would not take it, and went away.
lam sure the prisoner is the man. I believe the
watch now produced (the one belonging to the de-
ceased) is the one which the prisoner offered.
Cross-examined by Mr. Ferns—There might be
a hundred people or more in the shop that night.
We were busy from five o'clock to eleven. I had
never seen the prisoner before. I only saw his face
through the partition. I noticed that it was very
red. He was only in the shop about two minutes.
The watch was of a very common description. The
prisoner had a cap on, I believe. I heard a hum-
ming noise when the prisoner was placed in the
dock, but I did not hear the public say, "There he
is." I have talked about the murder with the
chief constable once or twice. The last time was
a fortnight ago.
Thomas Ibbetson, cousin to the last witness, and
also an assistant to Mr. Topham, was present when
the prisoner offered the watch in pledge, and cor-
roborated the evidence of the last witness. He
had no doubt the prisoner was the man who
brought the watch. The witness was cross-ex-
amined by Mr. Ferns, but there was no alteration
in his testimony.
Mr. T. Nunneley, surgeon, Leeds, said—l received
the stick now produced from the chief constable,
and have examined it. I found a small quantity of
blood on the surface of it, in two or three different
places, and I also found three orfour hairs adhering,
to the stick by the blood. To the best of my be-
lief they are human hairs. I also examined a man's
hat. It was smeared with blood both within and
without, and within it I found, sticking to it by
blood, two or three hairs, corresponding in charac-
ter to those I found adhering to the stick. I also
examined a lock of hair, which corresponds with
the hair I found on the stick and in the hat. Last
Sunday I received from Mr. English a man's shirt,
which I now produce. [Witness read a report of
the results of his examination of the shirt, from
which it appeared that he found three stains rather
larger than a crown piece, and of a brownish grey
colour, on the upper part of the right arm. He be-
lieved the stains to be blood, but he would not speak
positively, because it was difficultto understand how
the shirt could have indergone the washing which
it was said to have done, and the stains not be ob-
literated, if they were blood. He had also examined
a cloth cap, and found some spots upon it, but he
did not think they were blood.]
Cross-examined by Mr. Ferns—l believe the blood
on the stick to be human blood, but the blood of
some animals closely resembles human blood. The
hair was short. There is a distinction between
human hair and the hair of animals. I might be
mistaken, but I believe this to be human hair.
Charles Richard Ashland, assistant to Mr. Bar-
rass, pawnbroker, said—On Saturday night, the 6th
of August, between 7 and 8 o'clock, a man pledged
a German silver watch for 4s. Last balurday night
James Smales came to the shop with the ticket.
My master took Smales and the ticket to the
police-office. The ticket and watch now produced
are the same. The man who pledged the watch was
a low-sized man. The prisoner might be the man,
but I cannot swear to him.
Cross-examined—A duplicate of the ticket given
to the man who pledged the watch was attached to
the watch.
Mr„ W. Hey, surgeon, repeated his evidence as
to the nature of the injuries which caused deceased's
death.
Cross-examined—The injuries which the de-
ceased received could not have been produced by a
fall against a stoop or a wall.
William Dixon, of Whitwood, a youth 14 years
of age, deposed to the prisoner lodging at his
brother's house, and confirmed the evidence of
Smales as to the purchase of the pawnticket from
the prisoner.
James Barrass, pawnbroker, Leeds, confirmed
the evidence of Ashland, his assistant.
Robert Heaton, watchmaker, proved that the
watch produced (the one pawned at Mr. Barrass's)
belonged to the deceased.
Cross-examined—The number on the watch did
not appear to have been tampered with.
George Virtue, police-officer, proved receiving the
watch on the 12th of August from Mr. Barrass along
with a duplicate attached to it. He kept that tic-
ket, and gave the watch to Mr. English.
Patrick Byrne, police-officer, gave evidence as to
examining the place where the deceased was at-
tacked, on the Wednesday after the murder, in com-
pany with Mr. English, and finding the hedgestake.
He gave it to Mr. English.
George King, another police-officer, deposed to
examining the place where the murder was com-
mitted on the following day, Sunday, and finding
some skin and blood and hair on the hedge. He cut
away part of the hedge, and collected the skin and
hair, which he gave to Mr. Nunneley, surgeon.
Henry Taylor, joiner, living in Giles-street, York-
street, said—On Saturday afternoon, the 6th Aug.,
about 20 minutes past 2 o'clock, I was in the Ox-
pasture, and went forward, along the footpath, to
Seacroft, returning the same way. I got into the
Ox-pasture again about 5 o'clock. As I went to
Seacroft I passed a man in the Ox-pasture, and also
saw him on my return, laid on his face, in the
" Puzzling-field. The prisoner is very like the man,
but I cannot swear to him. He had a black cloth
cap on.
On the suggestion of Mr. Barr, clerk to the ma-
gistrates, a number of men in the body of the court
were plac .d alongside the prisoner, and a number of
witnesses were called, including Mr. and Mrs. Rush-
worth, John Wm. Wood, and Edwin Haigh (two
Loys),—Harriet Wharton, Hannah Liitlehales,,Wm.
Wood (of Seacroft), Septimus Dobson, and John
Green, were called into court to see if they could
identify the prisoner as the man they had seen near
the place of the murder. Mr. Ruiliworth could not
identify the prisoner ; but Mrs. RiD,l,worth thought
he was very like one of the men she had seen. The
boys Wood and Haigh could not identify the pri-
soner. Harriet Wharton at once picked the prisoner
out, and said she was sure he was the man she saw
lying in the field about 4 o'clock in the afternoon.
Hannah Littlehales believed the prisoner was the
man she saw in the Ox-pasture. She added that
she had been thinking it over all the morning, and
had no doubt he was the man.
William Wood (of Seacroft) positively identified
the prisoner as a man he passed as he was going to
Leeds, about half-past 4 o'clock in the afternoon.

The prisoner was going towards Roundhay. He
spoke to witness, and asked him if he was coming
from his work. He had a hedgestake in his hand.
The witness eontinued his evidence by saying—The
stick now produced is the same. I am quite certain
that the prisoner is the man.
Cross-examined—l had not seen the man before.
I met him about 100 yards from the place where de-
ceased was attacked. I noticed the man's features.
1 was afraid of him, because he had a big stick in
his hand, and I turned round after I had passed
him. He was not a tall man.
Septimus Dobson (of Low Gipton) saw a man
lying on his face in a field about 100 yards from the
place where deceased was attacked, with a stick by
his side. He could not identify the prisoner.
William Hoyland, who is in the employment of
Mr. Alexander, confectioner, Call-lane, said,—On
Saturday evening, between nine and ten o'clock, I
was standing with my wife against Mr. Wray's
shop, near to the Central market. Two men came
up, and one of them offered to sell me a pawn-
ticket for a watch. The prisoner is one of the
men. (Sensation.) He had the pawn-ticket and
asked me what I would give him for it. I told
him I would not give him anything for it, and he
said I might have it for anything I liked to give
him. I did not buy it. The prisoner said nothing
more. He wore a dark-coloured coat and dark cap.
The pawn-ticket I saw was something like the one
now produced.
Cross-examined—l was in conversation with the
men about five minutes. There was no lamp. The
other man was taller, and wore a blue smock and a
pair of light drab trousers, which looked as if they
had been recently washed. He was a small•fea-
tured, delicate-looking young man, apparently
about 20 years of age. He had a cloth cap on.
There was a light in Mr. Wray's shop window.
This was the whole of the evidence adduced, and
the prisoner was then remanded till ten o'clock
this day (Saturday).
Prom the foregoing it will be seen that no allu-
sion was made to the confession which it is said
Normington has made—namely, that he was pre-
sent at the robbery and the murder, but that he
did not strike the blows which resulted in Brough-
on's death.

THE FATAL FIRE 1N WATBRLOO-BOAD

CORONER'S INQUEST.
Last evening Mr. Carter, the coroner for East
Surrey, attended with a jury at the Crown Tavern,
Church-street, Lambeth, for the purpose of inquir-
ing into the melancholy circumstances connected
with the death of Eliza Burton, 48, Edward Burton,

13, and Eliza Ann Reed, 25, who perished by fire
on Wednesday morning last in the premises, 75,

Waterloo4oaa.

The jury having viewed the bodies, evidence of
the discovery of the fire was given by the police.
W. Holloway, engineer to the Waterloo-road

station of the London-. Fire Brigade, was next exa-
mined, and stated that on being called to the fire
about 4 o'clock on Wednesday morninglast he found
the shop in flames, and burning furiously. Heard a
voice calling for help at the second floor window.

On breaking open the shop door to commence ope
rations upon the fire, ladders were sent for, but on
their arrival the person who had called for assist-
ance was gone. The smoke and flames then ascended,
the fire breaking through the roof. When the fire
was subdued witness went over the house and saw
two bodies of women lying in the gutter outside the
roof. They were both dead, lying partly one over
the other. The parapet in front of the house was
four feet high at the lowest part, and the party wall
on the left side (that on which the attempt at
escape was made) was upwards of seven feet high.
There was also a third body (that of a boy or girl)
lying under the attic window. Both attics were
completely burnt out. There were goods in the shop,
some of which (articles of dress) had fallen from '
shelves behind the counter on the floor. He thought
that was the result of the fire. He could not tell
the cause of the fire. He did not believe it could
be from the gas, it being turned off. One of the
women had on boots and stockings. The boots
were laced and the stockings tied. She appeared'
partly dressed. The other woman was in her
night dress. Witness believed the fire had been
smouldering for a considerable time. The as-
cending of the smoke, he believed, was the imme-
diate cause of death. The dead women were very
much burnt about the body and head. There was
nothing in the appearance of the ruins which would
lead to an impression that the fire was caused by
any wilful act.
Mr. James Burton was next called, and, being
cautioned by the Coroner as to his answering any
question which might tend to criminate himself;
said he was a clothier and dealer in unredeemed
pledges, and resided at No. 75, Waterloo-road. His
family consisted of his wife, Eliza Burton, aged 48;
Horace Burton, aged 13 ; Clara Burton, aged 11 ;
Edward Bruton Burton, aged 9 ; Eliza Anne Reed
(stepdaughter), aged 25 ; and Frederick Reed (step-
son), aged 20. Clara was not at home at the time
of the fire. On the evening previous to the fire, he
left home at 10 o'clock. The shop was not closed,
but lighted up with gas. He returned about a
quarter past 11. He went upstairs and asked his
wife if she had had her supper, and on her replying
affirmatively he asked her to have a little brandy
and eater. She requested him to see whether Eliza
was asleep, and if not to give her some. She slept
in the back room on the second floor with his son
Edward. -On finding her asleep he retired to his
room and went to bed. His son Horace closed the
shop at a quarter past 10. Witness turned off the
gas at the main beneath the area of the house.
When he wentup stairs to his wife she was reading
a book in bed by the light of a candle, Witness got
into bed at 12 o'clock, when he directed his wife to
put out the light. Witness could not say whether
she was wholly undressed. He was certain, how-
ever, that her dress was off. He went to sleep..
almost immediately, leaving his wife with the
lighted candle on her side of the bed. He was
his wife, who was out of bed, calling out
get up ; there's a fire." He got out immedi-
ately,wßonkre t
nbny,
and on openingthe window he saw smoke issu-
ing from the shop windows. He exclaimed, "My
God, the house is on fire." The bedroom door was
open. He ran to the back room and pulled Eliza Reed
by the hair of the head, and awoke her and his son
Edward. He then awoke Horace and his stepson
Frederick, who slept in the front attic. He then
broke away the attic window frame, which having
done he made an attempt to return and look
for his wife, stepdaughter, and son Edward. He
met them on the stairs. His wife was going up
first, followed by the other two. On reaching the
attic he lifted his wife out of the attic window. At
the top of the stairs he met Eliza, and lifted her
also out of the window. He missed Horace from
his bed, and believed him safe. He then lifted out
Frederick, who was putting on his trousers, and he
succeeded in escaping. Witness then got out him-
self, and, springing_on to the parapet, was thrown
back on the slates. He, however, gained the pare-
going in the opposite direction to that
pet, and,
which his wife had taken, he effected his escape.
A policeman dragged him from the parapet of the
next house. Of the members of his family at home
that night he had only seen two alive—Horace and
Frederick. The others had perished. (Witness
was here overcome with grief.) When he retired
to bed the premises were quite safe as regarded fire.
He could not account for the unfortunate occur-
rence. His furniture and effects were insured in
the Phoenix Fire Office for the last nine years ; for
the last two or three years to the extent of £5OO.
Witness had never heard of any paper writings,
but he understood that there was some writing out:
side the shop door. He could net account fur his
wife having her boots and stockings on. She some-
times slept in her stockings. She was quite sober.
Witness, before c!osing his examination said if the
police, instead of knocking at the door, had gone
at, once for the escapes the lives of his family might
have been saved ; but in reply to the coroner he
afterwards said that he did not think, perhaps, in
his excitement that such would have been the case,
although the time appeared to him to be very long
before their arrival.
Frederick James Reed corroborated the state-
ment of Mr. Burton, further stating th it the smoke
nearly suffocated him, and that they had altoge-
ther a very narrow escape. He believed that
the stock in the shop amounted to £350, and that
the business was tolerably brisk. With respect
to the writing on the door, he, as well as
Horace Burton, had been in the habit of writ-
ing the names of racehorses on the shop door fbr
some time past. That was when the business
was slack. Ile could not form any idea as to the
cause of the fire.
William Holloway was recalled, and on being
asked by the Coroner if any application had been
made by the insurance offices for the postponement
of the case, replied in the negative.
The Coroner then referred to the law of the case.
Suppo,ing that it were proved that the fire was
eau: ea by the wilful act of some person, it would
then amount to wilful murder and arson, so that
unless there were very suspicious circumstances in
the matter they should banish such an idea from
heir minds.
The f ororier then inquired as to what was the
the nature of the writing on the door, when Hollo-
way said, "Be sure—out by one." The Coroner
said the words were very singular, but after the
evidence of the last two witnesses he thought that
matter might be set at rest. However, the jury
might consider that, and whether they would post-
pone the case for further evidence, or at once agree
to their verdict.
The court was then cleared, and after about half-
an-hour's consideration,
The jury returned a verdict" That the deceased
persons came to their death by accidental causes."

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

MANCHESTER.—FRIDAY.
ST. LEGER.
6 t 4 on Promised Land (offered)
Bto 1 agst Summerside (taken)
10 to 1 agst Trumpeter (taken)
10 to 1 agst Marionette (taken)
20 to 1 agst Napoleon (taken)
25 to 1 agst Gamester "(taken)
GREAT YORKSHIRE HANDICAP.
Nothing done.
CESAREWITCH STAKES.
40 to 1 agst Roman Candle (taken)
40 to 1 agst Tunstall Maid (taken)
50 to 1 agst Heiress (taken)
50 to 1 agst Tiara (taken)

ROC tIESTER AND CHATHAM.-FRIDAY.

The Nursery Plate of 50 sovs. Winners extra. Three-

quarters of a mile.
Mr. Barnard's filly by Slane out of Pauline, 7st 81b
(Swift) 1
Major Bringhurst's Hand-over-Hand, 7st 131 b (Hughes) 2
Mr. W. Thornton's Curlew, ist 21b (A. Edwards) 3

The following also ran :—Braemar, Fitzavon, Weather•
bound, and Lawl Padrick.

Betting-7 to 4 agst the Pauline filly, 2to 1 agst Hand.
over-hand. Won by three lengths, half a length between
the second and third.
The Medway Stakes of 25 SOTS, added to a sweepstakes of
3 scivs each, for 2-yr-olds and upwards. Optional selling
weights, &e. Half a mile. (5 subs.)
Mr. Blanton's Arminius, 3 yrs (E2O), 7st 41b (A. Edwards) 1
Mr. Barling's 80-Peep, 4 yrs (X2O), 7st 131 b.... (Curtis) 2
Mr. Windsor's Remunerator, 3 yrs (n 0), 7st 41b (car.
7st 71b)....
Mr. Taylor's May Morning, 5 yrs (L4O), Bst 31b (Savage) 4
Betting-5 to 2 on Arminius. Won easily by half a
length, a neck between the second and third, bad fourth.
The winner was sold to Mr. J. Ward for 54 guineas.
The Kent Stakes of 15 sovs each, 10 ft, and 2 only (to go
to the fund) if declared, &c., with 100 added. Winners
extra. The second to save his stake. Two miles. (21
subs, 13 of whom declared.)
Mr. Copperthwaite's Twilight, 3 yrs, Bst 41b . . (French) 1
Mr. T. Hughes' T. P. Cooke, 4 yrs, Bst 121 b (D. Hughes) 2
Mr. Westerton's Pactolus, 4 yrs, Bst 121 b (Perry) 3
The following also ran :—Fly by Day, The Gift, Lady-
well, Gourd, and Julie.
Betting-6 to 4on Twilight, 4to 1 agst T. P. Cooke, 6
to 1 agst The Gift. Won in a canter by four lengths, a
neck between the second and third, Gourd was a bad fourth,
the others beaten off.
The Alewhers' Plate (Handicap) of 50 sovs. One mile.
Mr. Blanton's Neophyte, 3 yrs, Est 91b (Edwards) 1
Lord W. Pawlett's Adulation, 3 yrs, Est 121 b (in. 71b ex)
(Perry) 2
Mr. J. Ward's Emotion, 3 yrs, Est 51b (G. Searle) 3
Mr. Baker's Conceit, 3 yrs, sst 111 b (Reeves) 4
Betting-5 to 2on Neophyte, who won by three-quarters
of a length, half a length between the second and third ;
bad fourth.
Handicap Sweepstakes of 3 sovs each, with 20 added.
Winners extra. One mile.
Mr. Pallett's Tho Gem, by Pyrrhus the First, 3 yrs, 7st
101 b
Mr. Blanton's Arminius, 3 yrs, Bst 121 b (inc. 51b extra)
(French) 2
Mr. Barnard's Nutfield, 3 yrs, Bst 21b (Swift) 3
80-peep and Curlew also ran.
Betting—Even on Nutfield, 5 to 4 agst The Gem, 3 to 1
asst Arminius. Won by a length; two lengths between
the second and third.
Hurdle Races of 2 sovs each, with 20 added, for 3-yr-olds
and upwards. Heats. Two miles and a distance. Nine
subs.

Mr. Nightingall's Scylla, by Vortex, 3 yrs, lOst 71b
(Owner) 0 1 1
Capt. Fumival's Clear-the-Way, aged, 12st 31b
(C. Boyce) 1 4 2
Mr. Land's Red Rover, 3 yis, 9st 91b .. (J. Land) 3 2 dr
Mr. Chapman's Malister, aged, list 121 b
(F. Balchin) 2 0 dr
Mr. Simpson's Crinoline, 3 yrs, lOst 71b (Curtis)* 0 3 dr
* Eatwell rode Crinoline in the second heat,

First heat—Betting-6 to 4 agst Clear-the-Way, 2 to 1
agst Red Rover. Won by ten lengths ; Scylla fell near the
distance and walked in.
Second heat—Betting-6 to 4 on Clear-the-Way. Won
easily by a length ; bad third.
Third Heat—Betting-4 to 1 on Scylla, who won in a
canter.

CARDIFF RACES.-THURSDAY, SEPT. 8.

The Revival Handicap of 5 sous each, 2 ft, with 30 added.

One mile.
Mr. Halford's Emblem, by Teddington, 3 yrs, Est 71b
(Spencer) 1
Mr. C. Thorp's Barege, 4 yrs, Bst 41b (Ducker) 2
Mr. Brayley s Mushroom, 3 yrs, 6st 51b (Sadler) 3
Artist, Gaylass, and Caucasian alse ran.
Betting-7 to 4 agst Emblem, and 3 to 1 each agst
Barege and Gaylass. Barege, with Mushroom at her heels,
cut out the work for three-quarters of a mile, when they
were joined by Emblem, who deprived the top weight of
the lead inside the distance, and won by three parts of a
length ; bad third. Owing to an objection that Emblem
had not carried her proper weight, the race remains in
abeyance.
The Trial Stakes of 3 sovs each, with 20 added ; one mile
and a quarter ; 4 subs.

Mr. Brayley's The Poet, 3 yrs, 7st 41b (T. Gray) 1
Mr. Soul's The Miller (h b), 5 yrs, 9st (Harding) 2
Mr. Farren's Terror, aged, 9st (G. Smith) 3
Mr. Thorp's Robin Hood, 4 yrs, Bst 71b (Ducker) 0

Betting-5 to 2on The Poet, and 3to 1 agst Robin Hood.
The latter, followed by the favourite, made play for half a
mile, when The Miller took up the running, and carried it
on to about the half-distance, where The Poet challenged,
and won a fine race on the post by a short head ; two lengths
between sem& and third.

The Cardiff Handicap of 10 soya each, h ft, and 3 only if
declared, with 100 added; the winner to pay 10 soya to-
wards the expense ; two miles ; 23 subs, 7 of whom de-

dared.
Mr. Copelknd's The Liveryman, 3 yrs, sst 71b (Bottom) 1
Mr. B.iddell's Whimsical, 3 yrs, 6st 21b (Sadler) 2
Mr. J. Evans's Kinnersley, 4 yrs, Bst 91b.... (Docker) 3

The following also ran :—Grillade, The Martlet, Fearful,
Yellow Rose, Buss, and Verulam colt.
Betting-5 to 4 agst The Liveryman, 3to 1 each agst
Yellow Rose and Whimsical, 4to 1 agst Fearful, 5 to 1
each agst Kinnersky and Grillade, and 8 to 1 agst The
Martlet. Several of the jockeys resolutely opposing the
commands of the starter, kept the horses at the post more
than half an hour, and when the flag fell Liveryman got
away three or four lengths in advance. He was succeeded
by Whimsical, with Yellow Rose and Fearful at a similar
interval from her. As they proceeded down the back stretch
in the second round the tailing increased—in fact, nothing
was left with apparently the ghost of a chance except
Liveryman and Whimsical, the light weight holding his
advantage to the end, and winning easily by a length.
The Selling Stakes of 3 sovs each, with 20 added ; one

mile ; 4 subs.
Mr. A. Pitt's Table Bay, 3 yrs, 7st 91b (a 5) (T. Vivian) 1
Mr. Stuart's Orianda, 5 yrs, 9st 111 b (X4O) (H. Sly, jun.) 2
Mr. J. Evans's Stratagem, 2 yrs, sst 41b (carried sst 61b)
(X4O) (Sadler) 3
Mr. H. Ivey's Stanley, 2 yrs, sst 31b (t 25) .. (J Plumb) 0
Betting—Even on Stanley, and 6 to 4 agst Orlando.
Table Bay made all the running, and won by six lengths ;
same between second and third. Near the lower turn the
favourite came in contact with a post, and threw Plumb,
who alleged that he was driven thereon by the other boys,
which the latter as stoutly denied. It is, however, certain
that they were fighting close together at the time. The
winner was bought in for 45 soya.
The Inkeepers' Plate (Handicap) of 50 sous. One mile and

a quarter.

Mr. Stuart's Orlando, 6 yrs, 7st llb (Constance) 1 1
Mr. Adamp's Nell Gwynne, 2 yrs, sst 101 b
(J. Holman) 0 2
Mr. W. Saunders' Thornhill, 4 yrs, 7st .. (Spencer) 4 3
Mr. Brayley's The Poet, 3 yrs, Est (Bray) 2 4
- 3 Est 21b (Bottom) 3 0

Hen. F.Mergan's Gaylass, yrs, Est 21b (Bow.—
Mr. S. Jacob's Caucasian, 3 yrs, Est 21b.. (Johnson) 5 dr
Mr. Turner's Norma, 3 yrs, sst 121 b (Sadler) 6 dr
Betting-2 to 1 agst Thornhill, 4to 1 agst Caucasian,
and 5 to 1 agst Norma, at least thbse were the prices when
all except Nell Gwynne came through, and Orianda it was
thought had won in a canter. However, when the jockey
had weighed in the starter entered the room and declared it
to be "No go," the flag not having been dropped. This,
in fact, was the case, and the race was ordered to be run
over again, upon which Caucasian and Norma were drawn.
Betting-3 to lon Orianda, who waited upon Nell
Gwynne and Thornhill to the bottom of the course, where
the latter was in trouble ; a fine race thence with the pair
being in favour of Orianda, who got up in almost the last
stride, and landed the odds by a short head.
The Hurdle Race Handicap, of 5 soya each.

Captain Firth's Robert de Gorham, 3 yrs, 9st 71b (inc.
71b extra) (Jarvis) 1
Mr. Mytton's Master Somerville, 5 yrs, lOst
(Mr. Thomas) 2
Mr. A. Hopkins's TheMartlet, 6 yrs, list (Mr. J. James) 3
The following also ran :—Boadicea, Perseverance, and
Toddy.
, Betting—Even on Toddy, sto 2 agst Master Somerville,
and 4to 1 agst the Lady Tryphena filly. After the first
three or four hundred yards Toddy took up the running.
As they entered the straight the last time the Lady Try-
phena filly crept up to the leader, and closing with her near
the distance ran a neck and neck race home, the judge de-
siding it to be in the young-un's favour by a head on the
post, though Toddy had decidedly the best of it a length or
two from the chair, and led many to the belief that she was
thc winner. On returning to scale Toddy was proved to
have gone on the wrong side of a post, and was distanced.

FRIDAY.

The Two-Yr-Old Stakes of 5 sovs each, with 50 added.

6 subs.

Mr. J Lowe's The Nun, Bst 91b (inc. 51b extra).. (Bray) 1
Mr. C. Thorpe's Warrior Queeu, 3st lib (Dunker) 2
Betting-6 to 4on The Nun, who won easily by half a

lengt

The Ely. handicap of 10 Bove each, h ft.

Mr. J. Evans's Kinnersley, 4 yrs, Bst 81b (Ducker 1
Mr. Ralford's Emblem, 3 yrs, Est 21b .... (Spencer 2
Mr. F. C. Morgan's Gaylass, 3 yrs, Est 21b (W. Bottom 3
The following also ran:—Minster, Whimsical, and Toddy.
Betting-5 to 4 agst Emblem, 3to 1 each agst Whimsical
and Toddy, and 4 to 1 agst Kinnersley. Won by two
lengths. Toddy came in second, but was disqualified for
running the wrong side of a post, and an objection was made