The Sun.
London, England, 1844-06-25 00:00:00

THE NORTHUMBERLAND PLATE.

5 to 1 agst Lord Chesterfield's Parthian—taken
5 to 1 agst Mr. Meiklam's Poussin—taken
5 to 1 agst Colonel Anson's Bay Momus—take 6 to 1
7 to 1 agst Johnstone's The /Era—taken
10 to 1 agst Mr. Ramsay's Whistle Binkie--taken
10 to 1 agst Lord Eglinton's Pompey—taken
GOODWOOD STAKES. •
10 to 1 agst Duke of Richmond's Red Deer—taken
15 to 1 agst Mr. Forth's Lucy Banks—taken
20 to 1 agst Lord Exeter's Elegance filly
20 to 1 agst Sir S. Spry's Subduer—takep
20 to 1 agst Mr. Greville's Gunter—takeit
22 to 1 agst Colonel Peel's Canton
25 to 1 agst Mr. Wreford's Franchise
25 to 1 agst Mr. Brooks' Ajax—take 30 to 1
GOODWOOD CUP.
8 to 1 agst Mr. Bell's The Squire—taken.
THE LATE DERBY.
400 to 200, 200 to 100, and 100 to 50 on Orlando.
25 to 1 was laid to 1001. agst Running Rein, for Derby and
St. Leger.

THE CONVICT DALMAB.—Yesterday afternoon a
most distressing interview took place between the prisoner
Dalmas and his twe eldest daughters, in the condemned cell
at Horsemonger-lane gaol, in the presence of the Governor of
the prison, Mr. Kene, the chaplain, Mr. Gilham, the solicitor
for the prisoner, and two of the turnkeys. The interview
lasted nearly two hours. It has been officially communicated
to Dalmas that the High Sheriff has fixed Monday next as
the day on which the extreme sentence of the law will be
carried into effect, should the convict not be reprieved. Of
this there is scarcely the slightest hope, an ineffectual appli-
cation having already been made to the Secretary of State
for a mitigation of the sentence. That application was re-
ferred to the Learned Judge (Baron Gurney) who presided at
the trial, but who, it is stated, replied that there was no
ground on which he could, consistently with his duty, recom-
mend the prisoner to the clemency of the Crown. Dalmas
since his condemnation, has been constantly attended by the
chaplain of the gaol, who has been unremitting in his atten-
tion. Dalmas is a professed Deist, and the Rev. Gentleman
has been most anxious to convince the convict of his erro-
neous views. He has hitherto made no confession of his guilt,
but, on the contrary, stoutly maintains his innocence, and
says that he was fully confident of an acquittal up to the very-
moment when the jury returned into Court with a verdict of
guilty. He built his hopes upon the rejection of the dying
declaration of the unfortunate woman Sarah M'Farlane, and
says that the rest of the evidence was of a purely circum-
stantial nature, which affected him in a very slight degree.
Mr. Barnett, the banker, has greatly interested himself to
procure a mitigation of the sentence, but hitherto all the
efforts of this humane gentleman have been unavailing ;
and, as we have before said, we believe there is not the
slightest prospect of a reprieve. It may not be generally
known that Dalmas is considered one of the ablest chymists
in England, and has made a number of highly interesting
chymical discoveries. At this moment he is in the posses-
sion of some valuable secret relative to the different pro-
perties of sulphuric acid, for which an eminent house in the
City is in treaty with the prisoners's solicitor. The sum
asked is 5,0001., which would be appropriated for the benefit
of his daughter's. We have good grounds for stating, that
a very handsome sum has been offered, but the exact
amount has not transpired. Having been known to say
that he would never die on a scaffold, he has been most
narrowly watched, and two turnkeys are constantly with
him both night and day, and the greatest precautions are
taken that nothing of an improper nature shall be conveyed
to him,

INcLanort.—This admirable singer, who retired
from the stage in 1815, could never restrain the anxiety he
felt when the turn for his benefit at Covent-Garden came
round. Every morning for more than a week previous he
would go to the box-book-keeper's office, to see how many
places were taken ; and a week before his last benefit, observ-
ing the names to be few besides those of his own private
friends, he said to Brandon, " D—n it, Jem, if the nobility
don't come forward as usual, I shall cut but a poor figure this
time." " Don't be afraid," said Brandon " I dare say we
shall do a great deal for you to-day."—" Well 1" replied In-
cledon, " I hope you will ; and as I go home to dinner I will
look in again." Incledon, who was not very familiar with
Debrett's Peerage, returning at four o'clock in the afternoon,
hastened to the book, and read aloud the following fictitious
names, which Brandon, as a joke, had put down during his
absence :—" The Marquis of Piccadilly,"—" The Duke of
Windsor."—" Ah !" said he, " that must be one of the Royal
Family!"—" Lord Highgate,"—and " The Bishop of Graves.
end 1"—" Well !" said he to Brandon, quite delighted, " if we
get on as well to morrow as we have done to-day, I shall
have a numberof distinguished titles present !",—Tlie Maestro.
DESPERATE ATTEMPT TO DROWN A LAD.—Yester-
day, at the Feltham Petty Sessions, held at the Red Lion, in
the village of Feltham, near Hounslow, a man named Fair-
man Marshall, a farming labourer, living at Stanwell, was
charged, before Mr. C. Devon (Chairman), Captain Carpen-
ter, and Messrs. J. Roe and A. Wood, the sitting magistrates,
with having on the previous evening attempted to drown a
lad named James Hanley, 16 years of age, in a river belong-
ing to his Grace the Duke of Northumberland, at Stanwell 1
It appeared from the evidence that, on the previous day
(Sunday), a number of persons (about twenty), including the
prisoner, hired a boat, called a " mud boat," drawn by a
horse, to go an excursion down the stream in question as far
as Longford. The injured lad had the care of the horse, and
towed the boat under the bridges, &c., and on their return in
the evening, about eight o'clock, he got into the boat. The
prisoner ordered him out several times, but the lad paid no,
attenton to him, upon which the prisoner put his arms round
his waist and threw him into the stream, and, not satisfied
with that, he pushed the lad to the bottom of the water,
which was near six feet deep. The prisoner took no further
care of the lad, who was, however, got out by some persons
tut shore, at which time his nose was bling. After the
lad's clothes were wrung, he again .folloWed the boat, and got
on board of it at Pennyoak-bridge, where he became insen-
sible, and was conveyed in that state to his father's house,
where he was attended by Mr. Curtis, a surgeon. He, how-
ever, continued insensible until yesterday morning, and a certi-
ficate from Mr. Curtis was produced before the bench to prove
that the injured youth was quite unable to attend the exami-
nation. Police-sergeant Regailsford, T 26, stated that, upon
apprehending the prisoner, about two o'clock that morning,
he did not deny the charge, but said they might drown him
for what he cared. The prisoner was remanded until Mon-
day next, in order that the state of the lad may be ascertained.
DISTRESSED NEEDLEWOMEN'S SOCIETY.—We are
much gratified, and we feel assured our readers will be pleased
to know that the above Society, which was established under
the presidency of Mr. Alderman Farebrother, at the Man-
sion-house last January, has received animportant addition
to its patronesses in the accession of the Marchioness of Clan
ricarde, the Countess of Gainsborough, Viscountess Sydney,
Viscountess Canning, the Lady Francis Egerton, the Lady
Ashley, the Viscountess Jocelyn, and the Right Hon. the
Lady Aylmer, who have honoured the institution by their
support, through the philanthropic exertions of the Right
Hon. Lord Ashley, M.P., patron.
HAYMAKING IN THE VICINITY OF WINDsoR,
The late excessive drought, which continued for upwards
of eleven weeks, has caused the most serious injury to the
hay crops throughout the county of Berks. Mr. Cantrell,
an extensive farmer at Old Windsor, snowed eight acres
of grass land on Monday last, and the whole produce
was carried off the ground at once in a cart, which
was not above three-parts loaded. The same quantity
of land upon Mr. Cantrell's farm last year yielded
upwards of sixteen loads of hay. The grass land
upon the farm of Dir. Stroud, at Clewer, will yield thi'
year, upon the average, not more than from two to
three trusses of hay per acre ; and this, it is much
feared, will be the general average throughout a
1 great portion of the county of Berks. The farmers
are naturally looking forward to a good second crop,
should the weather prove favourable 1 but upon many
lands the long-continued drought and sultry days hay(
trifling improvement in the late crop'
so completely injured the roots and destroyed vegeta.
lion, that 4 very
is expected
to be the result. Hay, within the last two
mouths, has risen in
price from 65 W ZS per cot.