The Sun.
London, England, 1857-10-28 00:00:00

Fifteen ran.

LATEST BETTING.
FIRST CLASS NURSERY STAKES.
3to 1 agst Polly Peachum (taken)
DERBY.
25 to 1 agst Kelpie (taken)

Acceptanees for t

he Nursery Stakes.
Class.

First

st lb
Chanoinesse 8 7
Wrestler
Flying Duke
Botany 8
Polly Peachuna
Tanstall Maid 8 0
East Langton 7 13
Terrific 7 11
Second
st lb
Old Times
R.se of Cashmere colt 8 7
Night Ranger ......
Boldfaced Stag
Latitude colt i 7 13
Soothsayer
Maid of Marsham filly 7 6
Admiralty

st
Elspeth colt 7 lb
11
Orcbehill
Bianca Capella
Anne Develin 7 7
7
Aealia
Swale .
Haymaker 6 9
Pampa 6 4
Clam.

st lb
Wanderer
Pavilion
T. P. Cooke... 7 4
Paetolua
Thistledown
Lucca della Robia
Wouvermans

CRIMINAL COURT--(This Day).

OLD COURT.
(Before Lord Chief Baron Pollock, and Mr. Justice Erle.)
THE QUEEN'S BENCH MURDER.
Antonio di Salvi was placed at the bar remanded
from last session, indicted for the wilful murder of
Robert Henderson Robertson in the Queen's B.snoh
prison, on the Bth of July last. The prisoner was tried
at the August session, and convicted of wounding with
intent to do grievous bodily harm, Robertson being
then alive, when he was sentenced to 15 years' penal
servitude. Since then Robertson has died, and the
prisoner now stands charged with the capital offence.
At the September session the prisoner pleaded a plea of
antrefoi aquit, that he had been tried and clnvieted for
the offence with intent to murder, and that consequently
he had been put in jeopardy for the offence with which
he now stood charged. It was then arranged that the
plea should be argued at this session.
On the learned Judges taking their seats this morning,
the prisoner was placed at the bar when
The Lord Chief Baron said that as the Judges had not
been furnished with a copy of the plea, &c., and their
attention had not been drawn to it so as to enable therm
to look into the authority on the point ; be thought it
would be better to postpone the hearing of the case for
a day or two ; in the meantime they could be furnished
with the necessary documents, and the point arguel as
it ought to be before a full bench.
It was then arranged URA his lordship's suggestion
should be adopted, and the hearing of the case was post.
poned till Friday.

NEW COURT.
(Before the Recorder.)
The charge of libel against Evans and Thorne was
resumed this morning. It is expected to occupy the
Court till a late hour.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE. (This Day.)

MARLBOROUG 11-STREET.
THE WATERLOO-BRIDGE TRAGEDY .—Considerable ex.
citement was manifested in the neighbourhood •f this
court, the avenues to which were thronged with crowds
of people, in consequence of its having been reported
that a woman was in custody who had confessed herself
to be the murderess of the victim of the above myste.
rions tragedy. The public were, however, doomed to
disappointment, for on the case being called of, it
turned out to be a mere drunken freak of an old woman,
who, on being placed at the bar, said her name wan
Elizabeth Vaughan, and that she was a poor "hinnocant'
charwoman.

Zipporah Heath, of No. 3, Windsor-place, Westmin•
star, said she saw the prisoner in a public-house in Pau.
ton street, last night, when her attention was attracted
to her by her queer and mysterious manner, on going
close to her she heard her say " I did it, I murdered him
an:: then cut him up and dropped him over the bridge."
Witness on hearing this was so horrified, and really be.
lieving that defendant was the muiderer went out and
told a poestable who took her into custody.
The constable said the prisoner was very drunk at the
time, and when she became sober she denied all knos.v•
ledge of what Lad been stated.
Mr. Bingham asked her if she was the long-looked-for
murderer
Defendant—Lor bless you, sir, not I, I am only a poor
washerwoman, who had taken an extra drop and did not
know what I was saying.
Mr. Bingham—For that extra drop you are fitted 55.,
and do not attempt such a freak again.