The Sun.
London, England, 1857-10-09 00:00:00

BEDFORD RACES-TELUBSDAY.

The Consolation Plate of 40 cove, fir three-yt-olds, colts,
Bst 71b ; fillies, B.t 31b ; the winner to be sold for 100
guineas. One milo.
Mr. Marsden's Lady Itzbblesdale, 84 411 (NigYingale) 1
Mr. Mellish's Rotterdam, 84t 71b. (Palmer) 2
Mr. G. Ongley's be f Gilbert Gurney, 84,41 b (Norman) 3
Mr. G. Drewe s The Bat, Bst 41b (R. Smith) 4
Betting-7 to 4 on Rotterdam, 2 to 1 apt Lady R b-
blesdale. Won by three lengths ; bad third ; The Bat
beaten off.

The Two-year-01d Slakes 6f 'lO goys each, with 50 added:
The winner to be sold for 200 sore: Half a mile.. 9
subs. _ _

Mr. Alexander's Brown Middleton, 84t (R. Cotton) 1.
Llrd W. Powlett's Prince Anne, 74t 11lb (Sharpe) 2
Mr. Ab.-I's Chutnee, 78t 11th.... (D. Hughes) 3
The following also ran :—Biewbuiy, Happy Queen,
and Melita.

Betting-2 to 1 apt Princess Anne, sto 2 agst Brown
Middleton, 4to 1 agst Happy Queen. Won cleverly by
a neck ; three-quarters of a length between the second
and third ; bad fourth.
The Preparation Stakes of 5 Bove each, 3 ft, with 20

added. Once round anti a diltAnce.

Mr. Starkey's Maid of Cadiz, by Venison, 5 yre f2st
51b (in. 61b extra) (A. dowlev) 1
Mr. Mitchell's Salonica, 3 yrs, lOst 21ii (Mr. W. Bevill) 2
Mr. Abel's Paula Monti, 3 yrs, lOst 13ib. (ir. 6.b. ex.)
(Palmer) 3
The following also ran ; —Lymiogton, Border Chief,
Little Tom.
• Bating—i-2 to 1 agst Little Tom, sto 2 agst Salonica,
5 to 1 aget Border Chief, 7 to 1 aget Maid of Cadiz
Won by four lengths ; bad third. ; Lymington and
Border Chief beaten off. About half a mile from home
Little Torn ran against a post, unseated his rider, got
loose,' and blundered against Salonica. CAptain Con-
nell was.not hurt.
The Town - Stakes of 3 cove each, 25 added. Three-
' quarters of a mile. Five subq.
M. T. Hughes's Salmon, by Gameboy, 4 yrs (401),
Bst 31b —(D. Hughes) 1
Mr. Dix's Boxhill; 2 yrs (1001), 6-4 (Plumb) 2
Mr. Mellish's Silvertail, 2 yrs (401.) 5.171 b. (Custancs) 3
The following also ran :—Pi!ot, Clara.

Betting-5 to 4 agst Salmon, sto 2 agst Silvertail.
Won by a neck ; bad third ; the winner was bought in
for 41 guineas.
The Bedfordshire Stakes of 20 sovs each, 10 ft, 5 only
if declired, with 70 added ; tho owner of the second
_ _

horse to save his stake. T;vo mile;.-27subs; 14 of
whom declared.
Mr. B. Land's Weatherglass, by Weatherbit, 3 yrs,
4st 121 b (including Blb extra) (Cuatance) 1
Mr. Sax -in's Queen Bess, 3 yrs, Set 71b (Prichard) 2
The betting opened at 5 to 4 on Weatherglass, but
closed at 5t02 on Queen Bess. Weatherglass made all
the running and won by a neck.

BETTING ON THE COURSE.
CESAREWITCEL
sto 1 agst M. Dobler (taken 6to 1)
100 to 6 apt Lima (taken)
20 to 1 agst El Hakim (taken freely)

WREXHAM RACES—TriIIRSDAY.
FLAB POWER HANDICAP.
Princes Miiture
Chester
Echo
Conrad
THE GOLD CUP.

Ken erdy
Blight

Only these ran. Won easily.

THE BIRK&NIIEAD STABBING CASE.

The inquest on the body of the unfortunate man
Drury, who was killed under circumstances ►tated in
The Sun of Wednesday, was reopened yesterday. The
other wounded man (John Donn) has made the following
deposition :—I live at the dock cottages at block A: I
was at Seward's publichouee on Sunday evening. There
were some of Messrs. Tnompson's drivers there; there
were several of them. I lest at abut 10 o'clock. I
can't say if the prisoners were there. I know them by
sight., but I don't remember either of them being there.
I know the prisoner John Smith well. I had got a
little way towards my lodgings in the dock cottages
when I saw two or three men running into one of the
avenues of the dock cottage,. I went up to them and
saw about four men striking one another. They all
appeared to be striking each other. One of them was
down. The man who was down lay quite still, but I
saw no bloc". Two of the men were inside a doorway.
and one outside. They were all fighting together. Those
three men were part of the four I first saw. The two
inside were fighting with the marioutside. The man I
first saw was still lying near the doorway. I went up
to the door to see what was the matter. When I got
near, one of the two men inside the doorway rushed
at me and struck me a blow on the left side, as I thought,
with his fist. I then went away out of the avenue
'and felt the blood coming. I then met police-constable
Clarke and another policeman. I told him that I bail
been stabbed. I saw the face of the man who stabbed
me, but not sufficiently to enable roe to know him again.
He had white trowsers on, and I think something of a
dark jscket. I cannot tell what he had on his head. I
cannot say wont kind of a man the other man was. I
saw no more of the row, and was brought to the hospital.
I do not know a man named John Drury (the deceased).
I may know him, but not by name. There was no
quarrel at the publiohouse when I left, and I believe
they were clearing out. I recollect telling the police•
man I would show him the house where the men were
when I was stabbed. Before I left to be brought to the
hospital, I pointed, for the police, down the avenue in
the direction of ' the house where I was stabbed, when
one of the policemen went in that direction and tbe
other remained with me. I cannot te'l how many doors
down it was where I was stabbed. When I came out.
of the publiohouse I turned to the right, and I do not
know which block it was in which I heard the noise,
but as I went into the avenue the row was on the
right-hand side. Ido not know how many doors it was
in the avenue, but I had passed a corner. When I met
tbe police-constable I was on the road from the church
to Seacombe.
The coroner's inquiry into the charge against Francis
and John Smith and George Callaghan, for the murder
of John Drury, closed last night at 9 o'clock. The ver-
dict was ''Manslaughter" against the three.

MR. TOWNSEND AND MS OONSTITIIENTS.
Last evening a crowded public meeting of the
electors of the te.rSugh of Greenwich was held at
the Duke of Sussex Tavern, Woolwich, in order to
hear an address from.,Mr. Townsend, M.P.
The chair was occupied by Mr.. Eugene
Murray, who observed that the efforts of Mr.
Townsend's friends had removed all doubts as to a
vacancy in the repres.entition of the borOugh. The
proceedings in 'bankruptcy had been annulled, and
it now only remained. for the electors to persevere
and maintain Mr: Townsend in his position, as one
who had sprung frorn their own class, who und.er-
, stand their 'local wants, and who had proved by his
I votes that he was an honest and unflinching re-
former.
Mr. TOYMEND, M.P., was received with re-
.
peated cheers. He observeq, a few weeks since he
could not have hoped for such a meeting asthe pre-
sent. He bad beep plunged into difficulties
which appeared at first sight insurmountable ; but
he should never forget the night s six honest
working men, -and others of his true friends from
Woolwich, called at his residence and asked him
what steps it was advisable to take for his benefit.
He placed himself entirely in their bands, and
nobly they ha 'l assisted him. The first step was
the holding of a large public meeting at the Wool-
wich Literary Institution, and this meeting cln-
vinced him tha;l•' in the hour of adversity, his friends
viuuld.nbtforsake him. At that meeting he told
them that he would resign his seat if they required
him t) do so, but that he would never quit the
House of Commons at the dictation of the agents
and supporters of Mr. Montagu Chambers. Their
reply had been of a practical nature. At Wool-
wich, Greenwich, and Deptford committees were
formed to raise subscriptions, `and at present he
stood before. them a free man. (Cheers.) When
Parliament again met, he should take his seat, and
nothing should be want:ng on his part to represent
them in a faithful manner. More especially did be
intend to watch over the interest of the working
classes, for it was those classes who had ever proved
his most honest and zealous friends, and he had
himself been a hard working man during his whole
life. He pledged himself that he would strain
every nerve to prove that he was not unworthy of
their confidence, and-he hoped, by the'utmost in-
dustry and_application to business, to be enabled
to satisfy every demand of a pecuniary nature. As
it was, he had net been driven from his seat. They
had enabled hid! to keep it, and he would do so until
they asked him to resign it. (Cheers.)
Mr. GEORGE (who acted as solicitor to Mr.
Townsend in the Court of Bankruptcy) entered
into detail with regard to the claims of various cre-
di ore, and expressed his opinion that Mr. Towns-
end had been persecuted by one or two persons.
When he informed Mr. Bagley, the b trrister, that
the bankruptcy was to be annulled, that gentleman
was surprised, as he stated that he never witnessed
a more fierce opposition than was offered at the
first hearing of•the case.
Several electors addressed the , meeting, and
strongly advoca'ed the necessity of the formation
of a Reform Association, in order to effect a co-
operation among the friends of Mr. Townsend in
each part of the 'borough, and, it was resolved to
convene p. future meeting for this object.