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tions, The little influence they possessed was con-
tras'kci. with the great influence exerted by Cham-
bers of Commerce on the -continent, and the idea
was sngg mted of their being invested with judicial
powers. Other members deprecated anythinn. like
Government charters, and argued that all that was
require& was union and combination among them-
selves c.n commercial questions, it being urged that
Government was always ready to listen to the opi-
nions expressed by Chambers of Commerce on com-
mercial questions. The idea of clitferringlfutclicial
powers on the chambers, it was contended, would
be laughed at by Parliament. The conversation
was continued for a considerable time, but, as the

subject of the incorporation of Chambers of Com-
merce was to be taken up at one of the sections, no
definite conclusion was come to at this meeting.
To day, as already stated, Mr. M. Milnes, M.P.,
read a paper, in St. George's-hall, on " Reformation
and Punishment," the Earl of Shaftesbury in the

chair.
Mr. MlDllis began by a reference to the days of '
judicial torture and the rigorous system of punish-
ing of:enders pursued in former times in this and
other countries, and gave an account of the
system of transportation in modern days. That
system had now ceased to exist, and-the question
they had been compelled to ask was in what way
they could improve their penal system, and how
they were to make up for the advantages they had
lost in the cessation of penal settlements in the
colonies. The discontinuance of transportation had
roused the country and the Government to a full
consideration of the treatment of prisoners, and how
they could best hold out to a criminal who had
worked out his penalty the hope of restoration. If
this question were treated properly, he was not cer-
tain that in the end the country would not be a de-
cided gainer ,by the discontinuance of transporta-
tion. Theold system of cruelty and neglect pursued
in our gaols had now disappeared, and the security
given to life and property depended on the manner
in which we could act on the moral consciousness
of the criminal, and the channels of future restora-
tion which we could keep open for those who had
undergone the penalty imposed for their offences.
(Hear.) He looked on the reformatory treatment as
in itself just and wise, independently of any results
whatever. (Hear, hear.) He believed that in the
eyes of the great Searcher of Hearts repentance
was more grateful than untempted virtue. (Hear,
hear.) It was a remarkable circumstance that on the
anniversary of American Independence on the 4th
of 'June the prisoners in some of the gaols took part
in the demonstrations of the day. To us this ap-
peared grotesque and extravagant, but to that coun-
try we owed the solitary system, and he must say
that in the very exaggeration which attended it he
saw something to respect. (Hear.) Those who be-
lieved that criminals had not altogether forfeited
their social condition— that there still remained
something about them to be tended and" matured
into good, something to be recast and recovered—
had a right to assume that they were still fellow-
citizens even in their own persons, and not insen-
sible to all the obligations of their country. (Hear,
hear.) After referring to the influence of the sepa-
rate system on criminals, and the benefits which
resulted from it, the hon. gentleman said the
management of prisons had sometimes been con-
trasted with that of the asylums for the relief of
the poor, and among others by Mr. Carlyle with
whom he was at direct issue on this question. It
should be recollected that the advantages found in
the prison which so forcibly struck the mind of Mr.
Carlyle had no attractions whatever for the ordi-
nary criminal (hear, hear), and that just in so fir
as these advantan'es became agreeable to him they
might assume that better influences were getting
dominion over him. (Hear, hear.) To say that he
liked regularity, a life of constant labour and clean-
liness, and orer, and sobriety, wee to say that he
had begun to lay the foundations of a good charac-
ter. (Hear, hear.) But, after all, had not the
scheme of " righteous vindication" lied its fair trial;
and was there a disposition anywhere to go back to
the old rigorous systems, still less to resort to the
slave galleys of a neighbouring country ? (Hear,
hear.) On the other hand, the new system of treat.
ment had everything to recommend it. There was
not a step taken in the system that was not founded
on experience, and drawn from the deep well-spring
of common sense. (Hear, hear.) Some time ago
the panic about ticket-of-leave men was at its
height, and it was quite as just and undiscriminat-
ing as panics usually are. Indeed, it was difficult
to see how the general fear was to be allayed, ex-
cept by the continual incarceration of all criminals
whom the colonies refused to receive. (A laugh.)
In the committee of the House of Commons, which
by its report gave the death-blow to all hopes of a
return to transportation, he recommended the
adoption of an intermediate stage of confinement
before the criminal was dri fen out upon the world.
His recommendation was not followed, but be could
point to instances iu which the benefits of such a
mode of treatment had been in the highest degree
succesfjul. He might refer to what was taking place
at Wakefield as an example. And there was one
adult reformatory which had received pecuniary aid
from the State, in which such an arrangement had
been most eatiefactorily carried out. He alluded to
the cornbined work of Captain Crofton and Lord
Carlisle. In' the establishment in which their
efforts had been carried out, 2,009 prisoners had
been subjected to the intermediate system ; and
out of 1,000 liberated on licence only 59 had their
licences revoked, 21 of thm being for irregularitic s
and conduct n9t criminal. (Hear, hear.) Out of
700 discharged only eight had been again convicted,
a most signal contrast to the state of things under
the old system of punishment. (Hear, hear.) He
could not help alluding to the former treatment of
criminal children. The very mention of such words
seemed ludicrous. (Hear, hear.) Men got so ac-
customed to the sight.of children as forming the
family of a gaol that they ceased to wonder at it.
A child once there seldom left it long during his
short life, and he became in fact a prisoner of the
State, more costly than the man who had honour-
ably earned his pension in the service of his coun-
try. When in 1819 a bill was introduced by an in-
dependent member to alter this state of things it
was described as a presumptuous and speculative
piece of amateur legislation. (Hear.) The Secre-
tary of State opposed the bills, and even the Presi-
dent of the Association for the Promotion of Social
Science declined to support it. (A laugh.) But
there were men who would not let the old state of
things continue, and the reformatory treatment of
childhood was introduced. (Hear.) The hon.
gentleman, after a reference to the system at Met-
tray, spoke of the danger of making too much of
the love of approbation in the treatment of the in-
mates of reformatories. In an English reformatory
the main impulse of life must be a clear sense of
duty and a strong conviction that the right thing is
the best thing to be done—(cheers)—not to desire
even for that glory which has been well defined as
a "deified vanity." (Hear, hear.) What they had
to do in these institutions was to see that the labour
was remunerative, that there was a personal super-
vision of a certain number of inmates, plain and
earnest teaseling' and a drawing out of the affec-
tions of childhood. The hon. gentleman then went
on to express his regret that advantage was not
taken to man the navy and army from such persons
as might beobtained from the Akbar reformatory ship
at Liverpool. Such an employment was free from all
the difficulties that beset the engagement of boys
from reformatories in domestic service. (Hear, hear.)
He did not wish to see the boy from a reformatory
in an exceptional position. He should fall into the
ranks of men subsisting on honourable labour, de
pending on his own exertions, not on patronage.
(Hear.) In course of time his past would be for-
gotten, and if he rose in, life there would be no sus-
picion that he owed his elevation to his faults or
his weakness. (llear.) This kind of restoration
he regarded rather as formation than reformation,
and prevention rather than cure. (Hear.) They
gave tho child the child's punishment, and they en-
deavoured to see what could be best done for him.
(Hear) With regard to the present payment for
the support of such children as these, he attached
so much importance to it that he regretted to see
the Poor Law relief brought as a reason against it.
He thought that if parents obtaining parochial re-
lief were unable to support their children in the re-
formatories, the charge should lie on the parish,
with a resource on their part against the parents.
(Hear.) He asked whether the time had not come
when this reformatory system should pass from
vcluntary effort to the superintendence and support
of the State. (Hear.) The hon. gentleman then
reviewed some of the projects put forward for the
prevention of crime. Among these he noticed the
proposals made to enforce abetinence from spiritu-
ous liquors. In this he could not concur. It had
never been the habit of the British Legislature to
attempt to limit vicious principles or passions, so
long as they did not lead to the disturbance of pub-
lic order. Nor were they in the habit of enforcing
particular views upon a minority. It should be re-
membered, too, that nature provided a: cvcre retri-
bution for intemperate habits, and he doubted
whether the use of intoxicating liquors led so much
to grave crime as was usually represented. Be-
si(l.cs, were Lord Brougham and he to be allowed
their port and sherry, and the poor man deprived
of his beer ? (Hear.) They must prevent crime
by education, and rcfo:m it in punishment, and then
our age would be no less famous for its victories
over the moral than over the material world.
(Cheers.)
The sections then met, and were sitting when
our parcel left.

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II lULCIf OF L

ER EXPRESS.

SOUTHAMPTON, TIIURSDAY.

This morning the inquiry adjourned from yester-
day was resumed at the Town-hall, before Mr. J.
Bernard and Captain Engledue, magistrates, and
Captain Harris, naatical fusessor to the Board of
Trade.

Joseph Knott, second engineer of the Express,
gave evidence confirmatory of that given by the
previous witnesses. He had male 70 or 80 passages
to and from Jersey, and gone through the channel
in question between 15 and 30 times, under the
command of Capt. Harvey and two other captains.
Wm. Rivers, seaman, was on deck when the Ex-
press struck. She struck on a rock with two heads,
the name of which he did not know. He saw the
rock four or five ships' length off. The ship did not
strike against the high double-headed rock (the
Frouquis), butt small outlying one. The captain
motioned his hand for the helm to be starboarded,
and cried out "starboard," but the ship did not an-
swer the helm, and struck against the rock, about
three or four ships' lengths off the double-headed
rock. Was quite sure the vessel did not pass in-
side the Frouquis.
George Allix, pilot, of St. Helier's, Jersey, stated
that he knew the coast well, and the different rocks
in the neighbourhood. Was acquainted with the
usual channel taken by vessels in coming and going
from Jersey. Going from Jersey to Southampton
there is an inner passage between the Jaileurs and
the, Corbiere rocks. The Bon and other rocks were
called the Jaileurs. The channel lies between the
Bon and the Frouquis, and was used by sailing
vessels and steamers according to the time of tide.
It was little less than a quarter of a mile. Both
rocks were visible when the tide was about two
hours' flood. No rock was visible between the Bon
and the Frouquis, excepting one close to the Bon,
bearing E.N.E., which was sometimes awash at
low water and spring tides. The channel between
Frouquis and the mainland was navigable at cer-
tain times of the tide. There was a depth of
about seven feet at two hours' flood in this
channel. He knew no sunken rock between Bon
and Frouquis on which a ship might strike.
the channel was quite clear. There was at times a
ground swell, which takes place suddenly. He did
not know where the Express struck. A ship might
strike, with a heavy swell on, on the sunken rock to
the eastward of Bon. It was neap tide on the
20th of September, when there would be less chance
of a ship striking than at the springs. In that chan-
nel the tide rises three or four feet at two hours'
flood, the total rise being 14 or 15 feet.
William Moon, quartermaster of her Majesty's
ship Dasher, deposed to having been on the Jersey
station 20 years, and was well acquainted with the
east end of the Jersey coast. He was a passenger
by the Express at the time of the accident. The
steamer passed through the inner channel, between
the Corbiere and the Frouquis. Never went through
there but once before. Witness noticed the Bon
rock on this occasion, and had particular reasons
for doing so. When rounding the Corbiere he was
standing under the bridge, and heard the captain
ask John Brett to go aft and give the man at the
wheel a heave, as he was going through a short cut.
Witness then walked forward to the bow on the
port side. George Brett, who belongs to the Cus-
toms at Jersey, was with. him. Witncssleaned over
the bow, and looked aft to observe the captain's
metions, in order to take notice of the passage they
were going. At this time they were quite near to
the usual passage through this channel. He ob-
served the captain hold out his right hand, and the
vessel's head payed;off, and brought first the Bon and
then the Frouquis rocks on the port bow. The cap-
tain's hand dropped, and witness thought the ship
was going an unusual course that he had never seen
or heard of before, and he made an observation to
that effect to George Brett. The ship was then
going at full speed, and the captain on the bridge.
Almost immediately afterwards witness looked over
the bow, and saw what appeared to be a rock, owing
to the discolouration of the water on the port bow.
The Frouquis rock was brought a little abaft the
port paddlebox, 80 or 100 fathoms off. The ship
immediately struck with a slight touch on the port
bow, and about two or three seconds afterwards a
heavier blow. The Bon rocks were nearly astern,and
farther from the ship than the Frouquis. They were
between the Francois and the main land. There
was a ground swell, but if the Express had been
going between the Bon and the Frouquis rocks he
did not think it would have caused her to strike.
Capt. J. Hamon, deputy harbourmaster at Jer-
sey, gave it as his opinion that if there had not been
a ground swell the ship might have passed safely.
It was generally considered that when they could
leave the harbour of St. Heliers it was safe to take
the Jaileurs passage.
The inquiry was again adjourned to Saturday.

,POLICE INTbLLIGENCB.—Oct. 13.

WORSHIP-STAEET.I.—ASSAULT AND RESCUE
OF A BURGLAR: BY FEMALES.—Sarah Taylor and
Elizabeth Hall, young women with infants in their
arms, were charged before Mr. Corrie .with assault-
ing two City officers, and rescuing the husband of
the first-mentioned prisoner from custody.
Edward Funnell, a sergeant of the City police,
stated that on the previous afternoon he and ano-
ther constable went to a house in Hare-street,
Spitalfi"lds, for the purpose of apprehending a man
named George Taylor, concerned in a burglary at
the business premises of Messrs. Sure and Sons,
silk manufacturers in King-street, Cheapside, upon
which occasion a large amount of property was
stolen,.and a reward of £lOO subsequently offered
for the recovery of the same and apprehension of
the thieves, one of whom was soon afterwards taken
and sentenced to transportation. Having forced an
entrance into a room in the house now in question,
they found Taylor sitting with scarcely any clothes
on, and a baby in his arms. On telling him that
he must accompany them, he replied, "Very well,"
and desired one of the prisoners to take the infant,
and she had no sooner done so than he commenced a
, desperate attack upon witness and his brother officer
the women assisting. Hall called out, " Knife him,
knife him, George," and a long-bladed clasp-knife
was then seen in his hand. Witness at once sought
to secure the weapon, and after a struggle in which
he was cut in the hand, succeeded. Hall struck at
him with a large pair of shears, cutting his hat
down from the crown, bit his hand, and assaulted
the other officer. The struggle continued in this
way for at least ten minutes, until at last it became
impossible to retain possession of their prisoner, as
both women ching to them and impeded their efforts
Taylor himself bothg difficult to hold, from his al-
most nude state. After getting him to the stair-
case he sprung from the top to the bottom, and es-
caped in an instant.

`Phis evidence having been corroborated by
Knight, 487, a plain-clothes man,
Mr. Beard cross-examined Sergeant Punnell,
who admitted that he did not see Hall strike him,
although he perceived her arm raised and the
shears in her possession.
Matilda Taylor, 15, sister-in-law of the prisoner
Taylor, was sworn, and insisted that she herself
bit the sergeant's hand, to prevent him ill-using
her brother, and that the women scarcely inter-
fered, being engaged with their children the whole
time.

Mr. Corrie ordered Hall to be imprisoned for one
month, and Taylor 14 days.
Mr. Beard strongly urged that the prisoners
should have the opportunity of paying a fine, on
account of their infants. They might be able to
raise the money in a few days.
Mr. Corrie listened to the application, and fined
Hall £3, with costs, and Taylor 305., or the terms
of imprisonment named.
The money was instantly paid.

WESTMINSTER.—THE STRIKE INTIMIDATION
OF WORKMEN.—COMMITTAL FOR CONSPIRACY.—
William Port, an • ex-policeman, and William
Ward, were brought up on a warrant, in the cus-
tody of Knowland, a warrant officer of the court,
charged before Mr. Paynter with using threaten-
ing language towards Mr. Frederick Wood and
Wm. Phipps, in the employment of Messrs. Trol-
lope, the contractors.

Mr. Cumming, lato an inspector of the B divi-
sion, said that in consequence of the annoyance to
which the workmen in the employment of Mr.
Kalk and the Messrs. Trollope had been subjected
for some time by men who frequented the Paviors'
Arms; he had been employed to afford protection to
men in their employmant. During the last few
days the society men (the men on the strike) have
aced in a way more desperate than ever, and which
conduct he attributed to the masters' determina-
tion to resist the demands of the men. He stated
the circumstances of the chaige, and observed that
the conduct of the men had become so bad that the
complainants' employers were compelled to take
these proceedings against the prisoners. He called
the following witnesses :
Frederick Wood said that he was foreman of the
bricklayers.in the employment of Messrs. Trollope.
.On Wednersday Week he met the prisoners, who
were in the- company of another man not in cus-
tody, ' when some of them made an observation
about his having obtained men from the country.
Mr, Paynter—}What h did either of the prisoners
soy? ' " ' •

Complainant—They said, "We have got you
now. We will smash your head for taking other
people's bread' out of their mouths." Ward laid
hold of raj'. collar and said, " I will let you have it."
Port observed to Ward, "Go out of the way, I vial
let him have it. You are drunk." Complainant
remarked, " You go your war, and I will go mine."
Port said, " You shall nut go yet," and laid hold of
me. All the men then got round me.
In answer to Mr. Paynter, complainant stated
that Ward observed he would smash his head, as
had it not been for him the job would not have been
carried out. Port, -on last Friday week, followed
him and asked him, " What was his number ?" lie
had; been compelled to leave his lodgings in conse-
quence of the intimidation and threats of the pri-
soners and their companions.
Mary Wood, complainant's wife, deposed that
she saw her husband surrounded by the prisoners.
She went out to his assistance, when Ward remarked
to her that, if she were a man, he would knock her
two eyes into one. She was in a constant state of
alarm.

Wm. Phipps, carpenter, employed by the Messrs.
TroHope, stated that he had been followed by Ward,
who tilled out to him, "Where is your number P
Go on, you blackleg."
Mr. Cumming said that he had seen the pri-
soners with other men from the Paviors' Arms
almost daily in front of the gates of the Messrs.
Trollope, to watch the men as they came oat. He
knew Port, as he was a constable in the same divi-
sion in which he was.

Mr. Paynter observed that this was a charge of
so serious a nature, that he considered it was his
duty to send it before another tribunal. It was
time that the law should interfere. lie should re-
mand them for a week, when he should send them
for trial to the sessions on a charge of conspiracy
for the purpose of preventing men pursuing their
daily occupation. In the meanwhile, if any of the
prisoners companions could be found, and a case
was proved, he should include them in the charge.
The prisoners were then bound over in two sure-
ties of £5O each to appear that day week.

GREENWICH.—SERIOUS ASSAULT BY A WIFE
UPONH s
HER HUSBAND. —Jane Robinson, a miserable,
dissipated lookine._woman, about sixty years of age,
residing at 14,0 rd en-street, Greenwich, was
a
brought up on warrant before Mr. Traill, charged
with assaulting
andr husband, Cornelius Robinson,
aged eighty-four,causing. such injuries that he
is not expected to survive.
It appeared that a few days since the old man
attended at the court, his Bead being completely
covered with plaister, and obtained a summons
against the prisoner for assaulting him, and which
was set down for hearing on Wednesday, but the
prisoner not answering, a warrant was granted for
her apprehension, consequent upon the following
medical certificate being produced :
" Croom's-hill, October 12, 1850.
"This is to certify that Cornelius Robinson is confined
to his bed, suffering from severe erysipelas of the head and
face, originating from a wound on the head, inflicted, as I
am informed, by his wife. He is in groat danger, and con-
sequently unable to attend the police court.
(Signed) " HuNnv N. PINK, Surgeon."
Police-constable Kendall, 318 R, said he appre-
hended the -prisoner this (Thursday) morning, and
on telling her the charge apinst her, she replied
that she had suffered great ill-treatment from her
husband, and had taken up a brush or a broom and
struck him nith it. During the time witness was
at the prisoner's house Mr. Pink visited her hus-
band, and said there were not the slightest hopes
that he would ever recover.
Police-constable Holman, 247 It, said that since
the assault was committed the prisoner had been
continually intoxicated.
The prisoner, who trembled violently, as though
suffering from the effects of excessive drink, re-
peated her complaint of being ill-treated by her
husband. •
Mr. Traill said, as it appeared the man was in a
dying state, he would proceed to the house where
he was lying, with Mr. Boustred, the chief clerk,
and take his deposition.
Police-constable Kendal, 318 It, then took the
prisoner to the bed-side of her husband, when the
following deposition was made:—
" The prisoner is my wife. This happened on
Tuesday morning last week. She had been out all
light. and came home in the morning about six,
o'clock. She had the key of the street door, andN
s
let herself in. . She knew I was well.not,lr
getting out of bed, and asked her‘uh h was
getting had
stopped- out all night, when she flew 'in such a
passion, and struck me a blow on the head with a
brush, which she brought up stairs with her. _ m
She
called me all sorts of wicked names, and
more than a dozen times on the head. I wacli: not
very \veil, for my mind had been bud through her.
was
lheorut.
I
I was agitated through her stopping
the short-handled brush she struck
think she must have been drinking." orlaueLwith.
In reply to the prisoner, the injured man ad-
mitted acting in his own defence, and added that
the violence was continued towards him when
down stairs.

The above statement having been read over to
the (lying man by Mr. Roustred, it was signed in
the usual manner, and the prisoner was remanded
to Maidstone Gaol.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCR

NEWMARKET SECOND OCTOBER, MEETING.

• THIMSDAY.
Match, 200, fist 71b each. A.F. 1 mile 2 fur. 73 yards.
Mr. F. Robinson's Antonio, by Bay Middleton, Bst 71b

Duke of Bedford's Luff, Bst 7lb
Bettino-b-5 to 4 on Antonio.

(A. Day) 1
(Wells) 2

Lai made play. In the cords Antonio joined him, and
the two ran a fine race home ; Antonio winning by ahead.
Fifty Pounds Plate, for two-yr-olds and upwards. Allow-
ances and penalties. R.M. 1 mile 17 yds.
Mr. J. Merry's Brother to Rainbow, by Chanticleer,
6st 41b .... (Bray) 1
Mr. T. Brown's Weatherbound, 6st 41b .... (J. Adams) 2
Mr. G. Lambert's Claire, 3 yrs, Bst 71b ....(J. Goater) 3
The following also ran :—Zuyder Zee, Neophyte, Broc-
ketina, colt by Prime Minister, Blue Jacket, filly by Sweet-
meat, Nessus, colt by Touchstone.
Betting-3 to 1 agst Brother to Rainbow, sto 1 agst
Zuyder Zee, 6 to 1 each agst Wcatherbound and Claire.
From the Bushes Hill the race was reduced to a match
between Brother to Rainbow and Weatherbound, tho
former winning easily by a neck ; very bad third. The
others struggled in at wide intervals ; Peasant Girl colt,
the Rowena colt, Nessus, and Neophyte were next.
Renewal of the Bretby Stakes of 100 sous each, h ft, for
two-yr-old fillies, Bst 71b each. Last three quarters of
S subs..

Sir C. Monck's Vesta, by Stockwell, Sat 71b (L. Snowden) 1
Mr. Merry's Lady Falconer, Bst 71b (.l. Osborne) 2
Lord Glasgow's filly, by Barbatus, Bst 71b.... (Aldcroft) 3
Betting—Even on Vesta, 6 to 4 agst Lady Falconer.
The favourite made all the running, and won by a length
the Coalition filly was beaten off.

Sweepstakes of 10 sovs each, for two-yr-olds ; coltp, Bst 71b ;
fillies, Bst 51b; the Winner to be sold for 150 Boys if de-
manded, &c. T.Y.C. 5 fur. 140 yds. 7 subs.
Mr. R. Ten Brocck's Pomona Bst 51b (Fordham) 1
Mr. R. Stephenson's Twang, Bst 71b ( \Veils) 2
Nr. G. Lambert's Pernleaf, Bst 51b (G. Goater) 3
The following also ran :—Paulino filly, Rosalind, Tisi-
phone colt, Wild Deer.

Betting-9 to 4 agst Pomona, 4to 1 agst Tho Pauline
filly, 5 to 1 agst Fernleaf. '

The favourite led all the way, and won by a length and a
half ; a neck between the second and third ; and a head
between the third and fourth.
_ _

Match, 100, h. ft. First half of Ab. M. • 3 fur. 215 yards.
Duke of Bedford's Oilando, 3 yrs, Bst 81b (Wells) t
Mr. F. Robinson's Croqueraitaine, 2 yrs, 7st 31b (Fordham) t
Tho betting was alternately 11 to 10 on each, Orlando
having a slight call at last.

Croquemitaino led, and seemed to have the best of the
race within a few strides of the chair, but suddenly shut-
ting up, was caught on the post, and a dead heat was made.
Sweepstakes of 10 sous each, for three-yr-olds ; colts, Bst
71b ; fillies, Bst 41b. The winner to be sold for 100 sous,
if demanded, &c. First half of Al. M. 3 fur. 215

yards. 4 subs.
Mr. Morris's. Hop Merchant, Sst 71b (L. Snowden) 1
Mr. Blanton's Fusee, Bst 71b
Mr. Barnes's For.farabia, Sst 71b (Fordhatu) 3
Mr. Barnard's Nuffield also ran.

Betting.—Even on Fusee, 3 to 1 against Hop Merchant

Won by two lengths ; bad third.
Match, 100, h. ft, Bst 71b each. First half of Ab. M

3 fur. 215 yds.

Mr. F. Robinson's Apollo, by Pyrrhus the First, Bst 71b
(A. Day) 1
Mr. Savilo's Berman, Bst 71b (Ashmall) 2
Betting-7 to 4on Apollo, who made the running and
won by a bead.
Sweepstakes of 10 sovs each, for two-yr-olds and upwards.
The winner to be sold for 300 sovs if demanded, 8a:. First
half of Ab. M. 3 fur. 215 yds.
Mr. J. Smith's Infanta, by Orlando, 2 yrs, 6st 101 b
(Edwards) 1
Mr. Locke's New Brighton, aged, 9st 31b.... (Fordham) 2
Mr. Locke's Olympus, 6 yrs, 9st 31b (D. Hughes) 3
The following also ran :—Confusion, Lady Falconer,
Ringlet, and Little Gerard.
Betting—Even on Olympus, 5 to 1 agst Infanta, 7 to 1
agst Little Gerard, 10 to 1 agst New Brighton (off). 100
to 5 was laid once or twice.

Olympus led to the cords, where he was beaten, and New
Brighton, Infanta, Laky Falconer, and Confusion went cn
abreast; 'a fine race was given in favour of Infanta by a
head, New Brighton beating Olympus by a neck. Confu-
sion and Lady Falconer were next, little more than a head
from the third, and so close together that the judge could
not place a fourth ; clear of them Ringlet was sixth, and
Little Gerard seventh.

Match, 100 sovs, h. ft. First half of Ab. M. 3 fur. 215 yds.
Duke of Bebford's Golden Pippin, by Hesperus, Bst 71b
(Wells) t
Lord Ailesbury's Plumper, Bst 51b (Ashman) 1-
Betting-7 to 4on Plumper.
A close race, resulted in a dead heat.
Handicap Sweepstakes of 10 sovs each, for three-yr olds.

D.M. 7 fur 201 yds. 9 subs.

Mr. Angell's The Greek, Bst 41b (Pony) 1
Mr: Harlam's Ochiltree, fist bib
e
(Hibberd) 2
Mr. Higgins's Broadbrim, 7st 71b
The following also ran :—Julie, Dove, Knucekle ss
Duster, 3
and Appendix.
Betting-5 to 2 agst The Greek, sto 1 each agst Dove
and Julio, 6 to 1, each agst Orchiltree and Broadbritn.
Won by a neck ; bad third.
3ris, 61s trn4illbe 2 f(uerh7al3ioyndser..
Mr. J. Osborne's Lady Alice, ) 1
Handicap Plate of £lOO. A.F.4
Mr. T. Brown's Joskin,3 yrs, sst ( Bradford) 2
Mr. Greville's Harry Stanley, 4 yrs, 7st.. (Perry) 3
The following also rau :—Precursor, Lansquenet, Lord
Nelson, Clydesdale, East Langton, Argosy, Theodora,
Griselda, Bevis, Accurate, Moorcock, Minster, and Com-
modcre.
Betting-7 to 2 agst Theodora, Cto 1 each agst Lord
Nelson, Accurate, and Lady Alice, 7 to 1 agst Lansquenet,
10 to 1 each agst Clydesdale and East Langton, 100 to 8
each agst Precursor and Commodore.
Won by a length ; two lengths between the second and
third; half a length between the third and fourth; good
fifth; East Langton was sixth.
Match, 1)0, Bst 71b each. larist Half of Ab. M..
Captain M. Smith's.. Nelly, Bst 71b (Fordham) 1
Mr. R. Morris's The Black Pony, Bst 71b (Alderoft) 2
Betting.-2 to lon Nclly, who won by twelve lengths.
Match, 2,000, 500 ft, Bst 101 b each. T.M.M.—Mr. W.
Day's The Promised Land, by Jericho, received forfeit
from Sir J. lla.wley's Musjid.
Match, 200, h ft. A.F.—Mr. F. Robinson's Actaeon,
by Newminster, Bst 31b, received 50 soya ft from Lord Lin-
coln's Indifference, Bst 131 b.
THE TOWN PLATE.—Whilst people were busily em-
ployed on the flat some quiet proceedings were taking
place amidst the silence and solitude on the other side of
the ditch. The Town Plate, to which we referred on Mon-
day, and which was founded in the reign of Charles the
Second, to be run for " every second Thursday October
for ever," was about to bo disposed of. Only one horse.
showed for it, Mr. S. Rogcrs's Surrender, and that was al-
lowed to walk over. The entrance money was three
guineas,
and the weight 12st 21b. The net value of the
shillings. When the Plate was
Plato was six pounds two
first established land of the yearly value of twenty guineas
was purchased.
A portion of this land now yields a good
rental, but what becomes of the money it is difficult to de-
termine.

LATEST BETTING.
CAMBRIDGESHIRE.
10 to 1 agst North Lincoln (taken)
11 to 1 agst Artless (taken)
13 to 1 agst Ariadne (taken)
100 to 6 agst Volta (taken)
100 to 6 rigat Geologic (taken)
100 to 6 agat Lady Alice (taken)
20 to 1 agst Mazzini (taken)
20 to 1 agat Honey (offered)
25 to 1 agst. Ambush (offered)
30 to 1 agst Gracchns (taken)
30 to 1 agst Penalty (offered)
1000 to 30 agst Petra (taken)
40 to 1 agst Maud (taken)

lIORSES STRUCK OUT OF TIIEIR ENGAGE-
MENTS.
Oct. 7, at 5.30 p.m., Cytherus, out of tho Cesarewitch.
Oct. 7, after 6.0 p.m., Wrestler out of the Cesarewitch
and Cambridgeshire.

Oct. 9, at 5.15 p.m., Lady Fair (dead), out of all engage -
ments.
Oct. 9, at 5.30 p.m., Digby Grand, out of all engage-
ments this year.
Oct. 10, at 9.0 a.m , Brazen, out of engagements on
Monday in Second October meeting.
Oct. 10, at noon, The Old English Gentleman, out of the
Cesarewitch.
Oct. 10, at 1.0 p.m., Ferndale, out of the Suffolk Handi-
cap, Ipswich.