The Sun.
London, England, 1857-07-23 00:00:00

A BETTING _HOUSE.

John William Taylor and William James Haul' y
were charged at Marlhot-oughstreat Police Court,
yesterday, with b-ing in a common gaming-
house, 24, Little Newport-sti est.
Superiutende..t Hinnan, C division, accompanied
by liispector Lester and same constabLis, went
about one o'clock on Tuesday to the house, which
had . the outward app-•arauce of a tobacc)nist's.
Witmai, who was in a cab with Le.- t-”., saw Hand-
ley standing on the pavement before the shop, and
he took him info custody. On going into the shop
he found Taylor behind the counter, and ha took
him into custody. In some drawers he found re-
ceip-s for rents and gas in the name of Taylor, and
Taylor a•lm:tted he was the proprietor of ihe shop.
Behind the shop was a room, the door of which was
fastened. He examined the fastenings, and found
a wire and a hook by which the door could be un-
fastened from the shop. Thera was a I e'l iu the
back room, the wire of wh•cii Ins catried to the
s'reet door. _ _

Inspector Lister, 0 division, found on Handley a
betting-book, having roferenos to races to come off
and entries of bets. In tiie drawer ofa cab'e in the
hack room he found a quantity of betting cards for
races this year.
Police-conAable Shillingfortb, 219 A, went with
another constable into the shy on the 14th inst.,
and, while purchasing a cigar, heard a persol ask
the odds on a particular horse, and saw Taylor
book the bet. Handley looked over the book, and
said " It's all right." The man gave a sovereign
to Taylor, who handed it to Handley. He had
seen 5U persons at lerst go into the shop th-it morn-
ing, several of whom he knew were besting men.
Had visited the shop that morning, and heir 1 a
man ask Taylor the odds on a horse, and a be; of
20 to 1 was laid, the man paying Taylor a
sovereign.
Police-c-mstablo Crisp, 382 A, corroborated the
above evidence..
Police sergeant Silvetton, C division, had seen
Handley standing at the door of the shop. Handley
knew he was a constable, and when he passed the
shop, he had seen Handley touch the wire which
communictted with the bell in the inner room.
Had seen 50 or 60 betting men go into the house
in a day, and had seen about a dozen go in that
morning.
The defendants denied that the shop was used for
betting, or that any bets had been made with
them.

The defendant Taylor was fined 301. for keying,
and Handley for asiiving, in keeping a bitiing-
house.
They intimated their intention to appeal.

A SOLICITOR AND HIS CLERK
DROWNED.

A painful event occurred on Thursday morning,
at Carr Mill darn, a lerge reservoir of water situate
on the estate of Sir Robert T. Gerard, Bart , and
midway between St. Helen's and Billings. Mr. S.
Gaskell, a solicitor, at St. Helen's, and his clerk,
an intelligent little boy, named George Dixon,
about 14 years old, went to fish with rod and line
at the dam, early on Thursday morning, accom-
panied by the brother of the ferener, Mr. Allanson
Gaskell, surgeon, who, shortly after partaking of
some luncheon in a little hut there, about eight
o'clock, left them to visit his patients. In the
afternoon, Mr. 'Allan,on Gaskell became alarmed
at his brother's prolonged absence, and about three
o'clock he went again to the dam, where he saw his
brother's hat, floating on Vie water and the bay's
clothing lying on the embankment close by. At
the top end of the dam, which at that point be-
comes narrow, and in the centre -deep, lay side by
side the two dead bodies of Mr. S Gaskell and his
clerk. They were drawn out with the grappling
irons, the former with all his clothes on, aed a
strong line, probably used for catching pike, tightly
wrapped tound his arms and body, and attach- d
to the wrist of the boy, who was naked. The hat
was found stillfloating, and near the spot where the
bodies were discovered were found a rod and line,
and a fish caught at the end cf the line. No
_evi-
dence as to how the distressing accident happened
was adduced before the coroner at the inquest held
on Friday, but there is uo doubt that the opinion
formed by the jury is correct, namely that th 3 fish
having drawn the rod from the embankment, the
boy undres-ed and went into the water to recover
the rod, having the strong line fas'ened to his
wrist, and held by Mr. Gaskell ; that the bey,
getting near the centre, suddenly plunged over-
head, and Mr. Gaskell rushed in to save him, when
he got his arms entangled with the cord, aitd thus

toth we re drowned. The coroner's jury returned
a verdict of " Accidental • death."—Liverpool
Mercu y.

THE L ITB TRIAL AT EDINBURGH.

THE VERDICT AND THE APPLAUSE.
In an article on the trial of Madeline Sti,ith, the
Gateshead Observer rf 11141 ks :—" The E huburgh
audience, thouizh the Lord Justice Clerk enjoined
then, on the re urn •of the jury, to refrain from.
any outbreak of feeling, whatever the v(rdict might
be, bur,t into loud and unseemly applause, which
was only stilled by the arrest of cote of the offenders.
That any lively feelir.g of commiserati:.n should be
entertained towards the s Try paramour of thy pri-
soner was not to be expected ; but it says little for
the moral sense of an Edinbur4h audience that
their sympathies ran wild in favour of the unhappy
woman at the bar, whose letters hod been read in
their ears, and whose innozence of murder we are
entitled both by judge and jury to doubt. Surely
they too must have taken poison, to adulterate their
moral aspect and 'give then wind.'"