The Sun.
London, England, 1857-03-12 00:00:00

Sporting Intelligance,

DONCASTER SPRING MEETING.
(Itl,-..so&Y's RACES CONCLUDED.) -- -
The Chester!:e:d 1)!;-03 (Flar,dicap), of 100 sovs ; certain
winners extra. (One mile )
Mr. Daw,or.', My terious Jack, by Sir TAtton Sykes,
3 yrs, 5 t 71b ( Bub ,clO 1
Mr. Barber's Lord Nelson, 3 yrs, 64 6lb (D.-1-3,) 2
Ur. Bennett's Card,barper, 6 yrs, 7st 4ib (For. ham) 3
The following el-o ran :—Bourgeoi-., Barnda, 0 d
Stringhaults, Stornovaii, Evelyn, Charles O'Malley, Pian-
sible, and Beauty.
Betting.-2 to 1 agst Evelyn, sto 2 aget Lord Nelsnr,
5 to 1 aget Cardsharper, 6 to 1 each agst Bourgeois and
Plausib:e, 8w 1 agst Charles O'Malley. Won un the
pot, by a heal ; half a length between the second a,;(1
third ; same distance between third and fourth. The
others were beaten off.

's..ULISCRIPTION Room, TUESDAY NIGHT.
CHESTER CUP.
11 t 1 ::gA I.,:ntoinT on ('alias)
Two Tiff-MS:IM).
11 to 2 ng4 V, 0r.1,e
6to 1 agst Loyola (“ffered)
7t9 1 t;ydrny (taken)
20 t Apathy (take 25 to 1)
100 to 80 on VAettt,t being (moot the firLt three (t)
ONE THOUSAND.
6to 4on the field (,ffeied)
DILLBT.
14 ti 1 :Test Bonny Blink (wanted)
20 to 1 apt Zuyder Zee (taken)
30 to 1 agst Saunterer (taken and offered)
30 to 1 agst Glenrua-,,son (taker)
30 to 1 agst Arsenal

WRDNEEIDAY.
The Betting-Room Stakes of 5 says each, with 5. aided,
far two and three yr olds ; certain penalties acid al-
lowances ; the second to save his stake. Red House
in (5 furlongs 152 yards). 18 subs.
Lord Ribbesdale's St. Giles, by Womersley, 3 yrs, -
83t 91b (alowed 51h) (Hibberd) 1
Mr. Morris's Admiral Lyons, 3 yrs, 9st 31b (including
31b extra) (Basham) 2
Mr. R. Jones's Saxony, 2 yrs, bat 111 b (Withington) 3
The falowirig al.* ran : —Adventurer, Duneany, Peto,
Melita, FrainLc., and f by Jericho.
Betting.-6 to 4on St. Giles, 4to 1 agst Melita, Bto
1 asst Adventurer. After going about 200 yards, St.
Giles went to the front, and won cleverly by a length and
a half ; a head only between the second and third. Pet"
was a moderate foul th. Melita a bad fifth, and Du-
neany sixth._
. . _

The Juvenile Sellirg Stakes of 5 sovs each, with 40
a3cled ; colts, 93t ; fillies and geldings, Bst 10lb ; the
winner to be sold for 100 sovs ; allowances if entered
to be sold for less, &a. Half a mile. Five subs.
Mr. G. Barnes's Queen of the Isles, by Mildew,
64 10lb (401.) (Withiogton) 1
Mr. J. Isb,irne's eh cby Chatham, out of Mrs. Taft,
7st (401.) (Challoner) 2
Mr. Dawson's Julia, 6st 10Ib (401.) (Bullock) 3
Pultowa and Busy Bee also ran

Betting.-5 to 4 agst Mrs. Taft colt, 3to 1 agat Queen
~f the I•lc 3. W..n easily by three quarters of a length ;
half a length between the second and third ; bad fourth.
The Graud Nationpl Steeplechase (Handicap) of 10
soya each, h ft, with 100 added ; winners of 100 80V6
clear after the declaration of the weights, 71b ; twice,
or of 300 sovs clear, 10113 extra ; the second to save
his stake. About three miles and three quarters.
Forty-two subs.
Count de Cunchy's Jean du Quesne, aged, 10st lib
(El. Lamplugh) 1
Mr. Rowley Burden's Hindoo, 5 yrs, 9st (Pearl) 2
11Ir. Pr:ce's Tom Gurney (h bl, aged, lOst 41b (Thrift) 3
Mr. Hylton's Teddesley, aged, 9st
The following also ran :—Emigrant, Vict u. Esti-
manual, Maley, Saudboy, The Mayor, The Emperor,
Twilight.
Betting.-5 to 2 agst Emigrant, 7to 2 agat Jean du
Quesne, 7 to 1 each agst Tom Gurney, Victor Em-
manuel, and Teddesley, 10 to 1 agst Sandboy.
entering the race-course the second time Tom Gurney
hal a slight lead, with Hindoo, Teddesley, and Jean du
Quesne next, Emigrant being fifth, separated from them
by a wide interval. At the last flight of hurdles only
three were left in the race, Tom Gurney, Hindoo, and
Jean du Quesne. They charged the obstacle nearly
abreast, Tom Gurney being cannoned against as they
land-d. Jean du Quesne from that point waited upon
Hindoo, quitted him without an effort, and won easily
by a length. Three lengths between the second and
third. Teddesl.-...y:was a bad fourth. The Mayor was
fifth, having p4ssed Maley, whose jockey was pulling up
opposite the stand. The next two, more than a dis-
tance from home, were Victor Emmanuel and Twilight.
The Emperor fell at the first flight of hurdles. A dyke
in the low pastures proved fatal to Sandboy ; the fire
time round, he dropped his hind legs into it, and on
reaching it the second time he did not " rise" at it, but
ran right into it, slippei up, and broke his back. Emi-
grant fell at a fence at the bend on the race-course the
last time round ; he was running fifth, but overstriding
himself, he came heavily to the ground ; neither horse
nar rider was hurt.

The Scurry Stakes (Handicap) of 3 Bove each, with 20
added ; the second to save his stake. Red House in
(5 furlonvs 152 yards).
Mr. Morris's Admiral Lyons, 3 yrs, 6st7lb (Grimmer) 1
4r. West's Pltusibl,, 5 yrs, Bst 91b (A.Plarn all) 2
Captain Gray's Mangelia, 3 yrs, 6sf, 41b (Dales) 3
The following also ran :—Night Hawk, Ulysses,
Spinet, Capuchin, Stormsail, Prince of Denmark, and
Princess Royal.
BAcing-a5 to 2 agst Admiral Lyons, 4 tl 1 agst

Prince or Denmark, 6to 1 agst Stnrinsail, 6 to 1 agst
Night Hawk, 8 to 1 agat Mango Ha. Won by two
lengths ; a length between the second and third.
LATEST BETTING.
NORTHAMPTONSHIRE STAKES.
4 to 1 agst St. Giles (offered).
Two THOUSAND.

5 to 4 on Vedette, Loyola, Schiedam, and Lana.
bourn agst the field (taken.

NORTHAMPTON RACES—MAncrt 25.

The Nene Stakes (a Free Handicap) of 5 says each, in
case of acceptance, with 25 added. Once round. Ac-
ceptances to be declared on the 17th inst. If the
highest weight accepting be under Bst 121 b it will be
raised to that weight, and the rest in proportion.
Age st lb
M?ry... 5 8 12
Flatterer
Mare by Teddy the
Tiler Queen
:Mb's dam
Ma►y Lovell 5 8 0
Jack the Giant

Age st lb
013 Stringhaults a 6 12
Ulysses
Our Sal 4 6 10
Greyling
Obscurity
England's Beauty 3 6 6
Nia,id of Athens 3 6 5

Killer
Prince of Orange 4 7 12
Oakball
131ue Rock 4 7 10
Moonshine
Commodore Char-

Verona
Pavia Monti
Gulf-Ina
Viola 3 6 0
larecA

Castaway

ley
Hercules
Redemption
Whalebone
Tame Deer
Ettrida
Miss Hari< way
Coal Black Rose 4 6 12

Cedric - 3 6 0
Magistrate
Avenger 3 5 12
Laudamia 3 5 12
Salooica 3 5 10
Hamlet
Sister to Elfrida 3 5 10
Lady St. Liz . 3 5 7

LLOYD'S SHIPPING.--(This Day.)

LONDON, March 12.—Wind this day at noon, S.W. ;
light b,eeze and cloady.
PORTSMOUTH, March 11.—Wind S.S.E.—Arrived—
Alma, from Shields, for Buenos Ayres.
PLYMOUTH, March 11.—Wind S.E.—Arrived—Anta-
gonist, from Batavia, for Hamburg. Sailed—ll.M.S.
Iris, for Australia.
FALMOUTH, March 10.—Wind S., strong.—Arrived—
Libertas, fr the Chincha Islands ; Claudia, Rio Grande.
Off the port—Abigail, from Savannah
CARDIFF, March 10. —Wind E.—Arrived —Matilda,
Alexandria. Sailed—Atalanta, for Sau Francisco ; Fran-
cisco, Rio Janeiro.
FATAL, Feb. 19. The British brigantine Louis Napo-
leon, from Newfoundland to Leghorn, put in here on the
IGth inst., very leaky, with loss of mainmast and foretop-
mast, &e., Cargo will be sold.
ELSINORE, March 9. —The Vronw Ida, from Danzig,
for Hull, which put in on the 6th inst. leaky,l is discharg-
ing; cargo partly damaged.
HAMBURG, March 12.—The Atlas, from Sunderland to
this port, is stranded at Scbaarhorn, and has six feet
water in her hold ; it is doubtful if she can be got off.
RoTTEßDAmillarch 10.—The Ruby, from Hartlepool to
this port, ran ashore this morning; two men drowned.

(PER ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.)
SOUTHAMPTON, Thursday, 10.15 a.m.
Wind W.N.V.
Arrived—Lo Coq, horn Cherbourg; Sultan, steamer,
Alexandria ; Neptune, Ilfracombe ; Miss Nightingale,
LlanellY ; Chester Queen and Taurui, Sunderland.
LIVERPOOL, Thursday Morning.

Wind W.

Off—Adam Carr, from Demerara.
Sailed —Affiu,s, for Buenos Ayres; Astred, Porto Rico;
Sir Colin Campb.:4l, Trebizonde ; Alice, Nantes ; Char-
lotte, Revel ; Ann and Mary, Rouen ; Harriet Stewart,
Sines ; Orwell, Bordeaux ; Libre Echange, Bayonne; On-
tario, Boulogne.

QUEENSTOWN, March 10.

Wind S.
Arrivel —Richard, from Odessa,.

(BY SUBMARINE AND BRITISH TELEGRAPH.)

GRAVESEND, Thursday, 10.20 a,m.
Wind S.S.E. ; 100 water ; cloudy.
Arrived, 11th—Martha, from St. Kitt's ; Blackwell,
Melbourne ; Etomanga, Odessa.
Arrived, 12th—Thilsed, from Stralsund ; Egelfortuna,
Misted.
Sailed, 12th—Albion steamer, for Boulogne ; Cluth,
Calcutta ; Ellen, St. John's, Newfoundland.

DEAL, Thursday, 9.12 a.m.
Wind W. N. W., moderate.
Passed—Bnsphorup, from London, for Buenos Ayres.

DESTRUCTIVE FlRE.—Last night, shortly before ninef
o'clock a fire broke out on the extensive premises o
Messrs. Perkins,
Bacon and Co., engravers for the Go-
vernment, and tnanuracturers of postage and receipt
stamps, in Whiteftiars. The factory
feet wide, and from 60 to 70 feet high. The fire orginse:
arrived quickly, and the large steam floating engine _
was at least
.120
also got into operation near the banks of the river. Tae
flames, however, continued to re with
the whole
vigour for several hours, and illuminated
.oe out atmo-phere. By ha;'-past 12 at inidnightvbo, but not
managed to get the E.,0 mlct- their
the principal
until the premises and all they cobta°i:riajbeadmtw'
most part &strayed. It is understood
e is estinrated at
sul,r4-rs were insured. The datuag
30,000/. ere for
.the

ASSIZ-B?.

NOR FOLK CI RCU TT. —AYLIBURY, Mar, h 11.

ORO N COURT,
(L'ef,-_,re the Chef Baron.)
1-14ilip White, ar.l 45, the bd against whom fer mar-
der;Pg Mary White, his wife, was yesterday thrown t ut
by the grand jury, wie PThagred this morning P 4 at'
other charge of au abn,)st eq ;ally wrocious character—
that, raruely, of nd,nini9terirg an obri, xious drug c:1 ed
hiera picra to Ann Seavard, on th, 3.1 and of Dee.
la,t, with intent to nrocure a miscarriaae. As this
char4e arose out of the ingniry.into the cause of Maly
White's death, and but I,r that would, in all hon,an
probability, never have been brought to light, it msy ' e
desirable that the wi,ole hi,tory of the prisoner should
he disclosed. It app ar.i that Phi:if) Whi e, who was a
shoemaker by trade, heed in Übesbarn, where, Lavin,
inareied in ear:3' lite, he brou4nt op a lirge family.
Litin,rtucately h s wife died. anl, at the invitwion •f
eldest daughter, Ann a girl of t•re. ty,
wee 11011./CA 10 rt:) hr r. 1 ErC Itt i s „„,,,„, in
,q,ler tea% Plie .iFc'tintge the household duties in

,h 3 into v„i; r.f h at;;,23,lairtee et the silk ruill iathe
to Nll. This to,lt pl about 16 m toile; back, aed in a
sh-rt irno aft: r the re i:on-r eeC..ttced his hou,ieke, per.
Indeed, report said that he had rude improper at empts
00 the honour of Lis ov:ii child. Be that as it may, he
ucce, dad but too well with the p7o,ecutrix, and conti-
nued hie connection until lie took a secoLd wife at Whit-
suu ide, 1356, the woman selected for that honour being
the mother of three illegitimate children by other m, n,
the youngest being an infant, all which fac's were welt
known to the prisoner, who undertook to support this
burden. He seems, however, as 'night well be expected,
to have grown tired of this charge ard of his poor wiFe
also, for he was often heard to wish hirnelf unmarried,
and a< he was a year ag,'. About October or November
last his wife went out to nurse at Chesbam Bois Common,
in order to gain the means of supporting her child ; and
during her absence the prisoner induced Ann Seaward,
with whom he had not ceased to csrry on his illicit
intercourse, and even with the knowledge of his wife, to
come again and take care of things. During this visit
the wife used to come home on Sundays and once in the
week, and on the 31 Dec., being at home, she bought a
quantity of arsenic mix ,d with soot, alleging that she
wanted it to poison mice. What. became of that poison
is not known, except by inference; no trace of the packet
or of its contents was ever discovered ; and it was (rear
that Mrs. White that dsy returned to the common, where
she remained till the 14th Dec., when her hu, band came
and fetched her home, saying ho could not get en with-
out her, Ann Seaward's attendance being uncertain, and
her presence not al ways pleasurable. The prisoner evirced
feelings ofjealousy, and about this tine asked Ann Sea-

ward to marry biro, u tying his wife Lad teli hint sheahoald
shortly die. Whcn his wife came home she was suffering
from erysipelas in her face, and after a few days, growin4
worse, she took to her Led, and ultimately expired on the
48ih Doc. The absence of any doctor till the last mo-

ment, when the poor woman's mother eilled in one, and
some suspicious symptoms which gradually beca•ne
known led to a coroner's inquest. Previous to this the

prisoner had statad e3nfideniialiy t') his sister and a wo-
man named Mitchell that his wife had been accustomed

to take arsenic, in order to procure a miscarriage, and
when the coroner ordered a post mortem examination the
prisoner frsnticaly ruched out of the room and threa-
tened to blot( •nt his brains, saying he knew they we uld
find arsenic, for his wile used to take it for the car:ee
above stated, ,and that they would bring it in man-
daughter. During the inquest Ann Seaward was an
important witness, and in the course of her evidence de-
taicing her intimacy with the prisoner and attendance
on his wife during her last illness, she stated that, hay-
,ng informed the prisoner of her apprehension that she
was in the family way by him, he said he could give her
something to " set her right," and the n. xt uay, Dec. 3,
gave her 31., with directions to buy A ez. of what he

tertued " hicra picra." The gtrl obeyed, and having prc-
cured the drug (which was stated to be in common use
among women as a cordial aperient:, a dose being about 10
raink) plat d it in the hands of the prisoner, who mixed

a portion of it in gin and something else, and gave it to
her to drink, saying that it would m Ike ber poorly and
sick, but would set her rig'.t. The coroutr's jury having
eturned a verdict of " Wilful murder" against the pri.
sonar, the present charge was also gone into, and ho was
committal t.) take hie trial on both ; but, as has be( a
already sated, the grand jury ignored the bill fir the
capital offence.

Mr. Dasent now, in opening th 3 present caso, en•
treated the jury to dicard from tLeir minds all that they
might have heard prejudicial to the prisoner in reference
,o his wife, and to coi,fine their attention Exclusively to

the evidence which he would adduce in refereeca to the

Charge now immediately before them. The learned

counsel then called—

Ann Seaward, who repeated her former statement, and
added that, by the directions of the prisoner, she had
taken two dozes of the same mixture on the 34 and 7th
of Dec., and that on both occasions she was sick at the
stomach, and rendered incapable of work during the day;
but experienced no further inconvenience. She also
stated that, though she belleved herself to have been in
the familyway when she took the drug, she was now Ba,

La that she bad never been in that situation.

A. medical man proved that the excessive quantity ai-
miniAtred to tae girl was her safety, as she had evi-
dently thrown it al up on each occasion, and, is
order to show that the prisoner knew the n s'ure of the
drug, the keeper of the Chesharn lock-up stat-d that
atter the inquest the prisoner, among other statements
relative to his wife's case, said—" I suppose Ann Sea-
ward is the cau,e of my being here ;" and afterwards
added, "If I had a fast breeder I would give her some
bicra picra if it would not hurt her."

Mr: H. Mills having addressed the jury for the pri-
soner,

Hie Lordship left it to them, after hating gone over
the evidence in detail, to say whether they attached
credit to the evidence of the prosecutrix, o .nfirmed
it was in a strong point by that of the keeper of the
lock-up.
. . .

The jury having without any hesitation returned a
verdict of guilty,
The Chief Baron proceeded to pass sentence. In so
doing he enlarged upon the conduct of the prisoner,
statmg that, in his opinion, this was the must aggra-
vated case under the Act which he had ever met with.
Without importing into it the recol.ection of the other
and more serious charge now hanging over his head, but
the bill for which had been thrown out, he thought the
pre-ent case was one so serious as to call for the inflic-
tion of the utmost sentence sanctioned by the law, and,
in accordance with that opinion, the sentence of the
Court was that the prisoner should be transported for
the term of his natural life.
The prisoner was then arraigned on, and pleaded

"Not Oulty" to, the coroner's inquisition.
Mr. Dasent, with whom was Mr. Keane, stated that, as
the grand jury bad in their discretion thought proper to
throw out the bill which had been presented to them in
supp .rt of the cwital charge against the prisoner, he did
not think it right, as representing the Attorney General,
that any evidence should be offered in support of the in-
quisition. 7u his opinion such a course would be both
unusual and disrespectful to the grand jury, and aloe-
fore subject to the sanction of the learned Chief Baron,
he would withdraw from the present charge.
The Chief Baron, having expressed his concurrence in
the course proposed by the learned counsel on behalf of
the Crown, a., one which wai both usual and correct,
directed the jury to acquit the prisoner.
Tne jury thereupon returned a verdict of Not Guilty
on the coroner's ihquisition, and the prisoner was at
once rt.inoved from the dock.

George Dixon, 22, and George Hearn, 21, were in•
dicted for night poaching at Ellesborough, wad also for
feloniously assaulting the keepers of Lady Frankland
Russell on the B'.h of December la=t.
Mr. Stephenson was muusel for the prosecution, and
called the two keepers, who stated tbat on the night in
question, being out watching w th a large muzzled mats
tiff, near a wood in which was a grew. st )re of ``loi g
tails," they distinctly heard the report of three guns dis-
charged in rapid succession. On entering the wood they
saw some men running down a glade, and, unloosing their
friend the dog, tl ey set opt in pursuit. The dug soon.
overtook the poacht,re, who were four in number, and
knocked over three of them, one after t'le other,' by
jumping upon them, but without injuring them, tit-1r g
et ll
muzzled. By the time the keepers came up tt e poacheis
had recovered their legs, and then a " battle royal" en-
sued, which resulted in divers broken heads and guns.
The odds being so decidedly in favour of the poachers, the
k eienpueter sfs,, aaftte r
lastsu s tcarini an
iednfHold,
ounequalid, en cuogihi t forand someth
the
mpoachers, taking them at their word, c used from fur-
ther molestation, and all marched out of the wood,
while the keepers and their quadrupedal ally wended
their way homewards. The question, under those cir-
cumstances, was whether the prisoners werecleadrellyi.
identified as having participated in this affair. On this
theme
Mr. Mills addressed the jury, who, after a brief
beration, returned a verdict of Nut Guilty.

nolNitlaar,btin.)
March 10.
N 0 R T H E(.:Niof CIRCUIT.— IlltiarCu.
dUßllaTirro: YoRK,
CIVILV:
LeoNOGUBITT.ox.
,ADAMSo
Cs f.
r the defendant!'
plaintiffl‘lr: K;n oM.wrl.eJs appeared for the
This was an •
action for a breach of promise of mar.
nage. The defendant denied the promise.
The plaintiff, a young woman of 23 years of age, wss
one of a large family, and mined on the business of a
dressmaker in the neighbourhood of Leeds. The de.fel.e.
dant was a young man, son of a person who was sacifetno.
have made money I.'" railway w".a°t"Thane aretiese ap-
dant himstlf was engaged in collieries,
threeP
years age,
peared so have become acquainttatiwyo
I to be infrred from
and the promise to marry
wicabounding ins the moit
several letters of the defendant,
i()ns ad aspirations of a lover.
fervent, amatory
"Piraeign6 tiff was csllci as a witness, and
A brother of the p
't of the defendant to the plaintiff,' and
spoke to the
receivedvists
byher family as an accepted suitor.
to his being
visits for some cause or other ceased, and
Suddenly his ,
orra his engagement, although he de-
he refused to per,
d that be had n° com fli pnt wb t a ever to make as to
clare
It's conduct.
the plaint'
behalf of thedefendant Mr. Jones urged that this
Oa
ke case of two young persons, after a short court-
was t
ship, quarrelling, and finding teat their tempers did not
harmonise. Under such circumstances it was perhaps
best for both parties that matter 3 had not gone further.
The learned Judge, in summing up, observed teat the
promise on the part of the defendant having been proved
the plaintiff wa boat able herself to datrinine whether
the performance of it would be to her advantage. The
jury, taking all the facts into theh. consideration, would
give such temperate dirnsges as they thought ju4t.
AS,er a short coinmitatten the jury returned a verdict
for the plaintiff—damages, 260/,