The Sun.
London, England, 1861-07-23 00:00:00

TATTERSALLS'—YESTERDAY.
GOODWOOD STAKES.
7to 2 agst Bleb() (take 4to 1)
7to 1 agst Starke (taken)
Bto 1 agst Schism (taken)
10 to 1 agst Brownie (taken)
10 to 1 agst Canary (taken)
100 to 9 agst Shipwreck (taken)
GOODWOOD CUP.
4to 1 agst Optimist (offered)
6to 1 agst Mons Etoile (taken)
7to 1 agst The Wizard (taken)
Bto 1 agst Thormanby (taken)
10 to 1 agst Ben Webster (offered)
ST. LEGER.
100 to 6 agst Lady Ripon (taken)
THE DERBY.
30 to 1 agst Cellarius (taken)
60 to 1 agst Lacydes (taken)

BETTING AT MANCHESTER—MONDAY. ,
Elcho remains very firm for the Goodwood Stakes; 500
to 200 WWI booked in oae transaction. Schism is not quite
out of betting, and 8 to 1, then 9 to 1, was taken about her.
Starke was also supported for this event at 8 to 1, and not
very long odds were taken about his winning this and the
Goodwood Cup, for which he finished at 20 to 1 (offered).
Shipwreck may be added to the above for the Stakes, as
there were many offers to take 11 to 1 against him. For
the Goodwood Cup there was money for The Wizard, at 7
to 1. Ben Webster fluctuated between 7to 1 being taken
and 9to 1 being laid ; and the last we saw of him was 8 to
1 being booked. It was not, upon the whole, a very heavy
day. Closing prices :

THE ASCOT STAKES.
4to 1 agst Amsterdam (taken)
GOODWOOD STAKES.
sto 2 agstElcho (taken)
Bto 1 agst Starke (taken)
9to 1 agst Schism (taken)
10 to 1 agst Brownie (offered)
10 to 1 agst Shipwreck (offered—take 11 to 1)
12 to 1 agst Canary (offered)
25 to 1 agst Benham Lass (offered)
33 to 1 agst Voltella (offered)
50 to 1 agst Queen of the Vale (taken)

GOODWOOD CUP.
4to lon the field (offered)
6to 1 agst The Wizard (offered—take 7to 1)
Bto 1 agst Ben Webster (taken)
6to 1 agst Mons. Etoile (offered)
10 to 1 agst Thormanby (offered)
14 to 1 agst Doefoot (offered)
20 to 1 agst Starke (offered)

ST. LEGER; i
2to 1 agst Kettledrum (taken)
14 to 1 bar one (offered)

GOODWOOD RACES.

TILE STEWARDS' CUP, value 300 sovs (handicap), by sub-
scription of 10 sovs each, with 100 added, the surplus io
be paid to the winner in specie ; for three-yr-olds and
upwards. T.Y.C. 94 subs.

Yrs st lb
Thunderbolt 4 9 13 f. by Longbow—
Cosmopolite
Satellite 5 9 3 Newburgh 3 7 5
Crater
Cantine
Fravola
Umpire 4 8 10 Overton
Wedding ..
General Hesse .... 4 8 7 Mainstone . . 4 7 '3
Von Stroom 4 8 7 Pardalote
Stamped()
Phantom
Sir William
Lupellus 4 8 4 Vergiss mein Nicht 3 7 0
Seclusion
King of Diamonds. 4 8 2 Captain Fortibus
Mistake
Winton
Trovat ore
Lord of the Manor. 5 8 1 Diana 3 6 12
Lady Clifden 3 8 0 Rosalind
Spicebox . 4 8 0 Fractious
Rising Sun .. 4 8 0 Long,shot . 3 6 10
Copernicus
Gibraltar 4 8 0 Roesia
Sweetsauce
Curlew 4 7 13 Bluestone
Nutbush 3 7 13 Vancouver ...... . 3 6 7
Tiara
Hesper .
Man at Arms ..... 4 7 13 Rockley 4 6 7
Doefoot
Fitz-Avon 4 7 11 La Vapeur 3 6 6
Sherborne 4 7 11 Cantab .. 3 6 4
Waterwitch
Knt. of St. Patrick 3 7 10 Sermo.
Ellerton 3 7 10 Camperdown 3 6 3
Royallieu . .. .... 3 7 10 Snapshot .. 3 6 3
Donner and °Blitz.. 4 7 10 Arabia .
Nemesia
Maggiore 4 7 9 c. by Newminster—
Folkestone 3 7 9 Grey Hen 3 512
Queen of the Vale. 3 7 8 Nativity 3 5 12
Ripon 4 7 8 Chriemhilde 3 5 10
Narcissus
Atherstone ..• • ... 37 7 Croagh Patrick
The Dr0ne........ 4 7 7 Couleur de Rose 3 5 9
Voltella .......... 3 7 6 Carbine
THE CHESTERFIELD CUP, by subscripti©n of 15 sot's each;
the winner of the Goodwood Stakes, the Goodwood Cup,
or the Steward's Cup at Goodwood to carry 71b extra.
Craven Course. 69 subs.
Yrs st lb , Yrs st lb
Amsterdam
Cosmopolite
7 00
Comforter
Cantine
Cape Flyaway
Mdle. de Chantilly a 8 7 East Stanley...... 3 7 0
Pretendant
Umpire
Von Stroom 44 88 77
BViolllytelDlaw.
4 8 4 Russley .....
Phantom
..... 3 6 12
ion:T.!
....
..
..
33 6
12
5 8 2 Captain Fortibus.. 3 6 11
Lupellus
Mistake
General Hesse
Fairwater
Sir William
Lord of the Manor 5 8
13 0 West End 3 6 3
6 7 9
4 7 Betts
Surprise
Curlew
The Drone 4 7 10 Balham 3 6 7
Winton
Rising Sun
Man-at-Arms
Gibraltar
Stapleton
Diadem 4 7 7 Roesia
The Monk 4 7 6 Zodiac
Asteroid 3 7 6 Bluostone
Lupus . . 3 7 6 Sweet Hawthorn
Elcho 3 7 6 Sermo .. 4 5 12
Donner and Blitz.. 4 7 5 La Vapeur ...... 3 5 12
sWelArsalloo
Malta 3 7 4 Grey Hen 3 510
Atherstone
Restes
Waterwitch
Nemesis 3 7 2 Croagh Patrick .. 3 5 7
THE NURSERY STAKES, a Handicap Sweepstakes of 15
soya each, with 10 added, for two-year-olds. Last mile.
61 subs.

Yrs st lb

st lb
The Knave 8 12
Alchymist
Blackcock
Cantiniere
Michelet, by Womers •
ley (bred in France) 8 4
Thunderstorm
Caractacus
Alerte

st lb

Woodford
Marksman
Sister to Cecilia
Birdhill
Queen of Spain .. 7 2
Breechloader
Reporter
Guerilla
Repartee
IWalpole
Paroquet 7 2
'Keane
j Swear de Charite filly 7 1
I Lord Stanley
Alba
Mistral 7 0
Dalesman
IMolly filly
Annetta
' Olive Branch 6 12
Victrix 6 11
Lady Peel colt
Tarragona
Theresa
Spito 6 11
Sappho 6 11
Court Martial 6 10
Hoodwink
Salamanca
Wild Dayrell's dam f. 6 9
John o'Gaunt 6 7

Baleverne
Donna del Lago 8 0
Moula
Plush filly .. 8 0
Genealogie
Commander

irsperatrice 7 12
Manrico .... , 7 10
Silkstone ............ 7 10
Vest colt ............ 7 9
Antares ............ 7 9
Fannie colt .......... 7 9
Broad Arrow ....... 7 9
Biendella 7 8
Master Fenton
Bloodhound . ......
Leonora
Otho 7 7
Golden Fleece
Bandage
Ethel
7 Tudor

This was the only case left for to-day, and was
called before Mr. Justice Wightman. The prisoner,
Augustus Hilton, had been put back on Saturday,
but his was the only c,lse remaining for this Morn-
ing.
The prisoner, who is about 28 years of age, on
being placed at the bar, was formally arraigned for
that he did feloniondy and wilfully kill one Char-
lotte Hilton, his wife, at Parson Drove, on the 2d of
March, 1861. Prisoner was arraigned on the magis-
trate's committal, and under the coroner's warrant.
On being asked how he pleaded, he said, in a
firm and collected voice, " Guilty."
His Lordship (to the prisoner)—l am not quite
sure that you clearly understand the precise nature
of the charge against you. The charge is that you
not only killed your wife—and I beg you to under-
stand this—but that you killed her with deliberate
intent so to do, or, as the law expresses it, "of
malice aforethought,"—that is, too, without such
circumstances of exculpation or provocation as
might, in the eye of the law, reduce your offence to
manslaughter. I may further say that I believe
that the interests of public justice would be best
served in this case, as in others of a similar cha-
racter, if you were fairly and openly tried; and so
I earnestly advise you. to reconsider your plea, and
to put yourself upon your trial. I must add that
you must not expect any mitigation of your sen-
tence by reason of your pleading guilty. I advise
you to withdraw that plea, and to plead " not
guilty."
Prisoner—l shall not, my lord; I shall not alter.
Judge—l cannot prevent your persistence in
that plea, but I ask you again, solemnly, do you
still persist in your determination of pleading
guilty ?
Prisoner— Yes, my lord, I shall not alter.
A conference here took place between his lord-
ship and the clerk of arraigns (Mr. Edgell), in the
eouse of which,.Mr. Metcalfe, (prisoner's counsel)
entered the court.
His Lordship (to Mr. Metcalfe)—l have to inti-
mate to you, Mr. Metcalfe, that your client has
pleaded guilty ; that I, not being sure that he
thoroughly understood the gravamen of the charge
against him, have explained it to him in all its con-
sequences, and he persists in pleading guilty.
Mr. Metcalfe—l can assure your lordship that
the prisoner's friends have taken every care for his
defence. I took the opportunity on Saturday of see-
ing the prisoner, and endeavoured to persuade him
to alter his determination as to his plea. I advised
him not to plead in the way he has done to-day, but
he would persist.
Judge (to Mr. Metcalfe)—You know that I have
no power of altering his plea. I cannot compel him
to plead not guilty against his will.
(The prisoner at this moment was a model of cold
calm determination, and really appeared the most
disinterested person in court.)
Judge (to prisoner)—Do you really persist in
your plea ? Once again I ask you.
Prisoner—Yes, my lord. I shall not alter.
His Lordship then, after a proper interval, or-
dered the clerk of arraigns to " call" the prisoner,
who being asked why sentence of death should not
be passed upon him according to law, answered
calmly "Nothing."
His Lordship, then formally assuming the black
cap, said—Augustus Hilton, you have, after full and
anxious consideration and warning, confessed your-
self guilty of the foul crime of deliberate murder. I
should have been better satisfied, and I cannot but
think that the ends of public justice would have been
better satisfied, if the circumstances of your guilt
had been fully known, had been fully exposed in
the course of a public investigation. It is right,
however, that I should say that the depositions
leave no doubt of your guilt whatever ; they leave
no doubt that after some altercation between
you and your unfortunate wife you, on the evening
of, and consequent upon, such altercation, followed
her upstairs with the deliberate intention of taking
her lif6, the wound inflicted, the nature of that
wound, the instrument with which that wound was
effected, and your expressions afterwards leave no
doubt as to your intention. It is no part of my
duty, and most certainly it is no part of my desire
to aggravate the horrors of your situation. You
have, by reason of the dreadful crime you have com-
mitted, by the laws of both God and man, incurred
the fearful punishment of death in the flesh. I sin-
cerely hope the penitence you have expressed since
you have been in confinement is sincere. For the
short time that you have to remain here, let me call
on you to cast your thoughts beyond the grave ; en-
deavour by earnest praper and sincere repentance to
obtain that mercy of which I can hold out no hope
to you here. My only remaining duty is to pass on
you the dread sentence of the law.
His Lordship passed sentence of death in the usual
form, and the prisoner was removed from the bar,
to all appearance rather relieved in his mind than
otherwise.

NORTHERN CIRCUIT.—YoRK, JULY 22.

NISI PRIUS COURT.
(Special Jury.)
THE QUEEN V. CHARLESWORTH.

At the opening of the court this morning,
Mr. Overend stated that he had been instructed
by the Attorney-General to apply to his lordship to
enter a verdict of not guilty upon the sixth and
seventh counts in the indictment in this case, those
counts having been abandoned by the Attorney-
General during the trial on Saturday. These counts
had reference to the money given in bribery to John
Wainwright and Simon Speak, two of the voters.
Mr. Mellish, on tehalf of the defendant, said it
ought to be taken that his lordship directed a ver-
dict on these two counts. _ _

The learned Judge remarked that to his belief he
did state, in summing up, that there was no evidence
with respect to these counts.
Mr. IVlellish observed that it was quite right to be
taken that his lordship said so. The verdict given
was in a peculiar state.
Mr. Baron Martin said he thought he should take
it upon himself to direct a verdict of not guilty on
these two counts. His lordship added—l will tell
you, Mr. Mellish, what is my entry—A verdict of
guilty on the first count, and the jury discharged on
the others ; and I direct a verdict to be entered of
not guilty on the sixth and seventh counts, which
were abandoned during the course of the trial.

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THE QUEEN V. CROWTHER.
Mr. Overend, Q.C.
.C., Mr. Cleasby,
Q.C., and Mr. West were for the Crown ; Mr: Price,
Q.C., and Mr. Maule were for the defendant.
This was another of the Wakefield bribery prose•
cutions. The defendant was an active partisan of
Mr. Charlesworth at the Wakefield election in April,
1859, and he was charged with having expended a
considerable Fum of money in bribing electors to
vote for Mr. Charlesworth, and in offering bribes to
others. There were five specific charges against him,
namely, two instances in which he had actually
parted with money in bribing Mr. Charlesworth's
voters ; and three cases in which he had offered
bribes to electors, but the money had been refused.
Mr. Price, Q.C., for the defendant, contended that
his client had been very harshly and cruelly treated.
Ha had a just right to complain, having spoken the
truth to the best of his knowledge when before the
p rote
in violation of that promise. The
commissioners, on the promise and assurance of pro-
tection, that there should be any prosecution insti-
tleuatrendeadgcaoinusntsehlimcontended that the offer of bribes
joke, and in conclusion he called upon the jury to
throw
wnot h
their
reseriously, but in chaff and in
ction around the defen-
dant,htha and rid him of the circumstances which would
result by the success of a harsh and vindictive pro-
secution, merely because he had been an active and
zealous political partisan of Mr. Charlesworth.
shieldh made
of
Mr. Overend, in reply, contended that the charges
against the defendant had been clearly proved by
several respectable witnesses, and that the Crown
were perfectly justified in instituting the prosecu-
tion, which was not one of a harsh and vindictive
character.
Mr. Baron Martin, in summing up, said the real
question was whether certain witnesses who had
been called had spoken the truth, and if they had
not perjured themselves the defendant was guilty
of the offence of bribery. If the defendant did in
reality offer the men money to vote for Mr. Charles-
worth, he had in point of fact done that which the
1 act of Parliament declared to be a misdemeanour.
The jury must carefully consider the whole of the
evidence which had been adduced, and decide ac-
cordingly.
The Jury retired, and were absent for 40 minutes,
when they found a verdict of not guilty.

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