The Sun.
London, England, 1859-09-01 00:00:00

Innkeepers' Pfate.

Adulation
Clio

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Beatrice
Five ran.
The Beaten Handicap was wpi by Naughty Boy.

• DERBY RACES.—WEDNESDAY.
The Maiden Plate of 30 sow, added to a Sweepstakes of
5 sovs each, for 3-yr-olds and upwards. One mile
Mr. Barber's King William, 4 yrs, Bst 51b (L. Snowden) 1
Mr. Taylor's colt by Burgundy, Gentle Kitty, 3 yrs,
6st 1211.1 •` " ' (W. Bottom) 2
Mr. Dem Comer, 8 yrs, 6st, nib (Edwards) .3
Little Poll, Maid of the Tweed, and Chance also ran.
Betting-6 to 4 agst King William, sto 1 agst Coroner,
6 to 1 agst any other.
Won easily by half a length ; a neck between second
and third ; a head between third and fourth.

The winner was objected to.
The Chesterfield Stakes of 50 sovs, added to a Sweepstakes
of 10 sovs each, for 2-yr-olds ; colts, Bst 101 b ; fillies and
geldings, Bst 71b. Allowances and penalties. Three-

quarters of a mile. 23 subs.
Lord Stamford's Emily, Bst 121 b (in. 51b ex) (Fordham) 1
Lord Chesterfield's Herman, Bst 31b (Flatman) 2
Lord Wilton's Confessor colt Bst 101 b .. (Ashmail) 3
Betting-6 to 4on Herman, 2to 1 agst Emily, 6to 1
agst the Confessor colt.
Won easily by three quarters of a length ; very bad third.
The Tradesmen's Plate of 100 cove, added to a handicap
sweepstakes of 15 soya each, 10 ft, and 5 only if declared,
&c. Winners extra. The second to save his stake. One

mile and a half. 20 subs., 10 of whom declared.
Mr. Saxon's Princess Royal, 4 yrs, 7st 81b (L. Snowden) 1
Mr. T. Cliff's Cast-off, 3 yrs, Est 61b (Gardiner) 2
Capt. Christie's The Dane, 3 yrs, 7st 31b (car. 7st 41b)
(Fordham) 3

Kinnersley and Eltham Beauty also ran. -
Betting-2 to 1 agst The Dane, 7to 2 agst Princess
Royal, 4 to 1 agst Kinnersley, 5 to 1 agst Cast-off, 10 to 1
agst Eltham Beauty.
Won by a length; two lengths between the second and
third ; the others were beaten off and did not pass the pest.
The Derwent Stakes of 30 sovs, added to a sweepstakes of
5 sovs each, for all ages ; optional selling weights, &c.
About three quarters of a mile. 5 subs.
Mr. Harlan's Ochiltree, 3 yrs (120), 7st 21b (Hibberd) 1
Lord Chesterfield's May Bell filly, 2 yrs (£3O), sst 101 b
(Bottom) 2
Mr. Blanton's Arminius, 3 yrs (120), 7st 21b (Edwards) 3
Mr. T. Cliff's Creeper, 2 yrs (120), sst 41b --(Taylor) 4
Challoner weighed for Mr. J. Osborne's Alfred, but he
did not start.
Betting-6 to 4 agst Ochiltree, 7to 4 agst May Bell filly,
5 to 1 agst Arminius, 5 to 1 agst Creeper.
Won easily by half a length ; a head between second and
third ; bad fourth.
The winner was sold to Mr. Bevill for 115 guineas.
Mr. J. Dawson claimed the Stockwell filly under the
Newmarket rule.
The Members' Plate of 40 sovs, added to a handicap of 5
sovs each, 2 ft, for two-yr .olds. Winners extra. About
three quarters of a mile. 18 subs.
Mr. Dennis's Rising Sun, by Bandy, 7st 81b ex.
((Edwards)) 1
Mr. Copeland's Lady Grosvenor, 7st Glb (in. 51b ex.)
(Charlton) 2
Mr. Smith's Ringlet, 6st 121 b (Grimshaw) 3
The Moulvie and Jim also ran.
Betting-6 to 4 agst Rising Sun, 3to 1 agst Lady
Grosvenor, 4 to 1 agst the Moulvic.
Won easily by a length ; a head between the second and
third. Argyll did not get off.

DONCA ST I
Acceptances for the Great Y,
Cox

;R RACES.
Acshire Handicap. St. Leger
irse.

Age st lb
Starke
Lord Nelson
Prioress 6 8 10
Blue Jacket 5 8 8
East Langton 4 8 4
Royal Sovereign 4 7 12
Newcastle 3 7 11
King at Arms 3 7 7
Defender
Pensioner 4 6 13
Mazzini 3 b 7
Gorsehill
Dipute
Magnum .? 3 6 6
Gallus
Nucleus 3 6 3
Grand Secret
Coroner 3 6 3

.Tulia Age4 s6t b 2
Souvenir
Gracchus
Newstead 3 5 12
The Squire 3 5 11
Paul 3 5 10
Cincinnati 3 5 10
Harraton
Harleston 3 5 10
Beethoven
Uralian '3 5 7
Queen Charlotte
Timandra 3 5 5
Widgeon
Yellow Rose
Mutineer
Miss Whip filly 3 4 13
Greystock 3 4 13

DR. SMETHURST, THE CONVICT.

No formal communication has yet been made from
the Home Secretary with regard to the fate of the
prisoner, but there appears to be a strong impression
on the minds of those in authority who are enabled
to form an opinion upon the subject, that the law
will take its course, and that the advisers of the
Crown will not consider themselves justified in re-
commending the prisoner to her Maj esty's clemency.

The whole of the facts have been carefully consi-
dered, and it will be seen that the attempt that has
been made to establish the innocence of the prisoner

upon the supposition that what is called the " me-
dical" testimony, was insufficient to establish his
guilt, and based altogether upon wrong premises,
the case for the prosecution resting much more 4pon
the " anatomical ' than the " medical" evidence.

It will be recollected that upon the second day
of the trial, when Mr. Barwell, who made the post
mortem examination of the deceased, was under
examination, one of the jurymen was taken ill, and
the trial was consequently suspended. The illness
was supposed to be attributable to the painful and
sickening details that were necessarily entered
into in giving the particulars of a post mortem
examination ; and the Lord Chief Baron suggested
that so far as it was practicable this class of evi-
dence should not be too minutely entered into, and
Sergeant Ballantine, in conducting the prosecution,
forebore, therefore, from examining the witnesses
closely into the state of the vital organs and viscera
upon the post-mortem examination ; being actuated,
of course, by the opinion, in his vast experience of
great value, that the other evidence in the case was
quite sufficient to support the charge. The evidence
that was excluded was, however, of the most
material importance, for it would have shown most
conclusively that the appearances presented upon
the post-mortem examination in some of the most
important viscera of the deceased, were traceable to
the administration of poison and to no other known
cause. It would also have been proved, but for a
technical difficulty, that the prisoner was engaged
for many hours at Doctors'-commons, looking over
the wills of different parties, to ascertain the total
amount and description of property to which the
unhappy lady, who had made so miserable a selec-
tion of a partner and companion, would be, under
every possible circumstance, contingent or absolute,
entitled, and that this occurred before the com-
mencement of the first " illness," at Old Palace-
gardens, Richmond, where the prisoner and the
deceased first took up their abode.
The prisoner himself still remains in the same
condition, continually protesting his innocence
to those about him. He has not been visited
by any one but his brother, who has a special
order from the visiting justices of the gaol, and he
has seen him five times during the past week.
Their interviews are very short, and upon one'or
two occasions have not lasted more than five or ten
minutes, but they are, of course, entirely confiden-
tial, the two brothers, placed in such an unhappy
position, being naturally left by the gaol authori-
ties, who are ever anxious to ' temper justice wilh
mercy," in such a position as to have unrestrained
communication with each other to the fullest extent
compatible with their duty to the public.
The prisoner partakes heartily of his meals and
sleeps soundly every night. He seems always calm
and composed, and certainly evinces no outward
indications of a guilty mind. His conduct, in these
respects, very much resembles that of William Pal-
mer after his removal to Stafford Gaol.

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