The Sun.
London, England, 1868-08-14 00:00:00

THE BET7ING LIST QUESTION.

The vexed question of list betting came before
the Wolverhampton magistrates yesterday at the
police-court. Nine men were summoned for open-
ing an "office or place" for the purpose of betting
with persons resorting to the Wolverhampton races.
Their mines are—William Morton, of Pearson-
street ; Simeon Collier, Plough Inn, John's-lane ;
and William Ilicklin, King's Head Inn, Wolver-
hampton ; and Joseph Oncley, Manchester ; John
Hibbert, Nottingham ; John Adamson, Bilston ;
. . _

E. F. Pritchard, of London ; and John Stirk, of
London.

Oneley's case only was gone into. ft was shown
that he took bets in front of a brick booth on the
race-course, and a clerk inside taking the number .

of the cards. The facts, however, were not dis-
puted, but it was contended by the solicitor for
the defence that the 16th and 17th Viet., chap.
119, under which the proceedings were taken, was
not intended to put down betting-booths on the
race-course, but houses kept continually open in
London and other places for betting, where bets
could be always made.
The magistrates, after retiring to consider the
case, convicted the defendant, and imposed a fine
of 10s. and costs.

The other defendants pleaded guilty, and were
fined a similar sum.

A representative of the Race Committee present
said that they should pay the fines and all costs,
having let the booths to the defendants and re-
ceived tolls.

As the parties were leaving the court, the de-
fendants between them paid, through the magis-
trates' clerk, to the SJuth Staffordshire Hos-
pital.

NAVAL AND MILITARY INTELLIGENCE

Capt. Thornhill's battery of the 11th Brigade,
Field Artillery, arrived in the garrison at Wool-
wich yesterday from Aldershott.

Great changes will shortly occur among the staff
of the Royal Attil'ery at Shoeburyness, Colonel
Wilmot, RA., being promotel to the rank of

Alajor-General, consequent on the demise of Gen•
Scott,R...k., will vacate the appointment of Colonel-
Commandant of the School of Gunnery ; Colonel
'Asher, 8.A., Chief instructor of the School of
qunnery, whose period of staff service shortly el-

ires, will also leave; and Lieut.-Colonel Curtis,

R.A., will soon follow; his period of staff servico
being up at the beginning of next year. This
officer gained great popularity with the ArtillerY
iolunteers at the annual meeting under the Voluir
teer Artillery Association, which has just terminated
with such signal success.

Yesterday the division at Aldershott had a field"
day and sham fight, when instructive and interest-
ing manoeuvres were executed. The troops formed
up at 10 o'clock, under the command of Major"
General IL Renny, and took up a position under
cover of Miles'-hill and Eelmoor-ridges, facing thn
canal, over which two pontoon bridges had been
laid by a detachment of the B troop Royal Engi-
neer Train. The division was thus arranged to oppose
an enemy supposed to be on the march from Far
borough to Farnham, and to have intrenched hint'
self on the plateau in front of the Queen's Hotel.
che enemy was represente I by a battery of Royal
horse Artillery, the 2d Battalion 6th Regiment'
and the mounted provosts, under the command o.c
Col. Elkington, of the 6th Regiment. A half bat-
tery of the enemy was in position on Bridge-hill'
close to the canal, and a half battery on the right,
near the reservoir. His cavalry, under Provost-
Marshal Trout, were further in advance, in splendid
line. The 6th Regt., covered by skirmishers, waslll
rear, under cover of the trench intersecting Cove'
common. The cavalry division was under the
command of Brigadier-General White, C. 8., the
Artillery division under Colonel Smyth, C.B. 111°
infantry was formed int) two divisions—the .arsci
commanded by Major-General Carey, C. 8.,
the second by Colonel Kirkland, 21 battalion
sth Fusiliers. Major Goodenough, brigade..
najor, Royal Artillery, and Major Wood'
V.O , brigade-major of General Horsford's
wade, acted as assistant adjutant-generals. in-
fantry 4
regiments were furnished with 15 round
of blank ammunition per man ; the rao3llt
corps were without valises, and the infantry with°,i`-t
c,
knapsacks. At half-past 10 o'clock General iten%
ordered the division to advance, and immediately
strong line of skirmishers doubled forward to tbe,i
banks of the canal. The crests of Allies's 31].
Pyestock hills were occupie I by batteries of !ft:
•and these commenced a heavy fire, vibleile
was quickly responded to by the artillery of t
enemy. The skirmishers passed over the bridge
without delay and delivered their fire, tile
on the right lying down, while those on v
left brought their left shoulders forward aft
fought their way through Pyestock-wood•
the same time the sth Dragoon Guards 055-'4
over Eelmoor stone bridge and charged the eneli,
cavalry, which fell back upon the main 1/0:4cl
Ultimately the whole force of the enemy retared
to its intrenchments, and recommenced a 11e3,
fire upon the advancing masses of the divisijoo
,
which formed line at about 800 yards from the
• de'
of the hill occupied by the enemy, and fired 0.00
pendently. From the commencement of the netlo
the artillery had maintained a cross fire from bc3.o,
flanks, besides answering the enemy's batters
~o
The cavalry also made threatening deinonstratiovet
from both flanks. The enemy, however, was ,b 0
idle, but brought forward the 6th Regiment to i'ot
crest of the plateau, and opened fire by sectionSo
the now approaching divisions, while the 00 of
commander, Observing the leading battalion 0
the division in an exposed position, mad: the
furious charge upon it—General Carey an'fecl.
staff of the Ist division being fig'iratively eaPtll'efr
This brought the movements to a close, the. ive,
gagement having been by no means dee9botli
owing to the excellent strategy exhibited 03 03
sides. The troops then formed up on the plateau 0 cc'
marched past, the artillery and cavalry in oPed
the
lutnn of batteries and squadrons at a walk, an
i
infantry in open column of grand divisions n clrecl
time. After marching past the troops dive
tbeir
across the plain, and afterwards returned to
quarters. tercWA
The following appointments were made Yes
at the Admiralty :—Lieut. Frederick R. Cart 0'
Lieut. Thomas de Houghton to the Bristol I
Lieut. George M'llwaine to the Pallas.

Births. Colonsillf.
CLARKE- On the 11th inst., the wife of Liout.- ,
C. Clarke, Madras Staff Corps, of a daughter. „ fijcV
FERGUSON On the 13th inst at 1 Greville-ro,t',s-ilis'
mond, the wife of R. S. Ferguson, of Liacc4-
barrister-at-law, of a son.
MACLEAY—On the 11th inst.,
Hyde-park, the wife of A. C ld 1 ' h 31-• letl'
a c eug ..tc
a daughter.
Marriages. s l'Aul'4
at 19 GloucesterTw
CATTERNS—PRATT—On the 12th inst., at -t' •ror, 33'
Greenwich, Richard Catterns, 'nu , Esq. soliel'i sag
'
Mark-lane, London, to Nellie, secondj' dauibter 0 '4
Pratt, Esq., of Greenwich.
FENWICK—MARTIN—On the 12th inst., at St. "- tto,-,4
Church, Chapel Allerton, Thomas Fenwick, 1-164Ater
of Allerton Bill, to Elizabeth Heath, eldest 4fLu7is,
S. D. Martin, Esq., of Chapel Allerton near Lee
Deaths.
15'
liucitEsxE -On the 12th inst., at Saffron 117''lael31 3f
n
Duchesne, aged 71. ° Plis
HAY- On the 11th iust , at 127, Sloane-street, of ilk
~
George Gun Hay
the 1, Esq. IP-
MILLINGTON—On oth inst ,at Bryntiriouf I3e-
gor, John Millington, Esq , aged 81.
PAIN—On the Otis inst., at *Folkestone, John r3i°l ,
tto
aged 63. Pert
POCOCK—On the 11th inst., at 1, York-street, 0.
square, Sir George Bartholomew Pocock, aged dlaret
RIMINGTON—On the Bth insf., at Aveston-suPeed 41'
Alex. Rituiugton, Esq., formerly of Bombay, ag _,/
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