The Sun.
London, England, 1844-09-17 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 17, 1844

deceived by false appearances. England, though
seemingly apprehensive of France carrying to extre-
mities the wa:. with Morocco, may very possibly
secretly wish fcr it. Rest assured that the éclat of
our arms molest her less than the progress of our in-
dustry. All tlat weakens our credit, all that checks
the development of our prosperity, adjourns competi-
tion between ler and us, and turns to the profit of
her commerce.'

The French squadron which has bombarded Moga-
dore was in the bay of Cadiz on the 3d inst. The
line-of-battle ship l'lnflexible, and the Montezuma
steamer arrived on the same day from Algiers, but
they were not suffered to enter the port, owing to
their having no bills of health from the one they had
last left. This circumstance had given rise to the
seizure of the Defensor del Pueblo and the imprison-
ment of its edibr. It had violently complained of the
town having been exposed to the plague, in consequence
of the French ships being suffered to have free com-
munication with the port.
According to the last accounts from Oran, Marshal
Bugeaud's corp: d'armee was still assembled on the
frontier of Morocco, occupying the camp of Lelia
Magrhin and the environs.; great efforts were being
made to supply the army for the winter. No Moorish
troops had been seen on the frontier since the battle
of Isly.
The Constitutionnel has an article on the subject of
the appointment of Mr. PRITCHARD to the Naviga-
tor's Islands, which, says the Constitutionnel, are only
300 maritime leagues from the Society Islands, so that
Mr. PRITCHARD can very easily watch from thence
over the interests of Queen POMARE and the English
missions at Otaheite. The article then goes on to ac-
cuse the Wesleyan missionaries of propagating Pro-
testantism in the Navigator's Islands by persecution,
torture, and rebellion against the native princes.

THIS DAY'S NEWS.

DONCASTER RACES.

DONCASTER, MONDAY

The races not having terminated until within half an
hour of the departure of the mail, we have only time to
state that they were better attended than usual on the
first day at Doncaster, and that the weather, of which
the indications in the early part of the morning were
anything but encouraging, was as favourable as could
have been desired. The St. Leger continues to excite
great interest amongst all classes, increased in no slight
degree by an intimation that Ithuriel walked sound this
morning, followed by his immediate re-appearance in the
betting ; very few, however, entertain any hope of his
" pulling through." The Devil-to-Pay pulled up lame
this morning ; and Valerian is declared not to start.
The races commenced at half-past one with
The Fitzwilliam Stakes of 10 sou. each, and 50 added ;
three yrs old, '7st 51b ; four yrs, Bst 51b ; five yrs,
Bst 121 b ; six yrs and aged, 9st. One mile and a half.
Mr. Salvin's Alice Hawthorn, 6 yrs (Bumby) 1
Duke of Richmond's Lothario, 4 yrs 2
Colonel Cradock's Peggy, 4 yrs 3
Mr. Meiklam's Trueboy, 4 yrs

3 to 1 on Alice, who had it all her own way, and won
by eight lengths.
Match, 150, h ft, Bst 71b each, Red House in—Lord
Chesterfield's Lady Wildair (Nat) beat Lord Glasgow's
sister to Pathfinder in a canter. 5t04 on the winner.

Her Majesty's Plate of 100 guineas. Four miles.

Mr. Salvin's Alice Hawthorn, 6 yrs

Match, 2,000, p p, 12st each, two miles—Mr. John.
stone's William le Gros, 5 yrs, received from Mr.
Jaques's A British Yeoman, 4 yrs.

The Champagne Stakes of 50 sous. each, h ft, for 2 yrs

_
old, &c. Red House in.
Mr. Worthington's Lancashire Witch (Nat) 1
Mr. Ramsay's Mid Lothian 2

The following also ran :—Mr. Wreford's br c by
Camel, out of Mouche—Col. Anson's Gossamer—Mr. R.
Bennett's Hope—Mr. L. Fox's c by Stockport, dam by
Viator—Mr. Mostyn's Pantasa—Lord G. Bentinck's
Miss Elis—Col. Cradock's Jinglepot—Mr. Hesletine's
The Helmsman—Mr. Johnstone's br c by Touchstone,
out of Rebecca, and Mr. J. Shepherd's Alaric. 7to 4
agst Lancashire Witch-4 to 1 agst Pantasa-7 to I
Mouche colt, and Bto 1 agst any other. The race was
entirely between the two horses placed, and was so
keely contested to the end that the judge awarded the
race to the filly by a head only. Alaric was a moderate
third and the Rebecca colt fourth.

Plate of 501. Heats, St. Leger Course.
Mr. Smith's Doctor Taylor, 3 yrs ...(Bumby) 4 1 1
Mr. Robertson's Little Fairy, 3 yrs
Mr. Owen's Joe Raphael, 3 yrs 2 dr
Mr. Hodgson's Sir Isaac, 3 yrs
I.A.TICST ST. LEGER BETTING.

5 to 4 agst The Cure
5 to 1 agst Red Deer

5 to 1 agstFoig-a-Balla,gh
1 6 to I agst The Princess

14 to 1 agst Ithuriel

Col. Anson has called upon the stewards to order an
examination of Foig-a-Ballagh's mouth. Ithuriel is to
be sweated this afternoon linon this will denen,l .-I—
tber he win start or not.

CITY OF LONDON REGISTRY.
(THIS DAY.)
Some discussion was created this morning owing to
the existence of two electoral lists from the parish of St.
Stephen's, Walbrook. One list is furnished by Mr. Al-
derman Gibbs, and the other by Mr. Rock.
In reply to a question from Mr. Wansey upon this
subject,
The REVISING BARRISTER said the more regular
course would have been to defer the consideration of this
matter until the revision of the lists of St. Stephen's,
Walbrook, were before the Court in the usual order ;
he should, therefore, postpone any
matter until that time. decision upon the
The Court having intimated, at its rising yesterday,
its intention to take the cbjections against, and the claims
to, the several Liveries, the clerk of the Companies
were in attendance; and the Apothecaries' being the first
on the list, was gone through with but few objections.
CUANGE OP RESIDENCE.--WIICR the Barbers' Com-
pany was under decision, a point was raised which called
an important opinion from the Court. Many of those
freemen vho had changed their residences, were in the
habit of addressing letters to the respective agents, to
be shown in Court, in order that their description might
be amended. The Revising Barrister decided that such
letters could not be admitted as proof, although oral infor-
mation to those gentlemen from the applicants might.
In the case of John Davis, whose franchise was con-
tested by the Conservative agent, on the ground of not
residing at the place named in the list, it was proved
that he was and had been for many years resident there,
when the Revising Barrister awarded costs for ground-
less opposition.
Up to the time of our going to press, the revision had
proceeded as far as the Clothworkers' Company.

CRIMINAL COURT.—(THIS DAY.)
OLD COURT.
(Before the RECORDER.)
PERJURY.—Thomas Steele, the conductor of a Tooting
omnibus, was indicted with having been guilty of wilful
and corrupt perjury. The circumstances of the case ap-
peared to be as follows :
{Hannah Merritt, is a lady's maid, residing with a family
in Hampstead-road., On the 6th of
July went, about a quarter-past nine
Al o
last i ntghteo n
prosecutrix -crescent, ,
o'clock in the evening, to the Elephant and Castle, with
the view of getting into a Tooting omnibus, to go to that
place. At the time stated two Tooting omnibuses drove
up, of one of which a person named Wilson was the
driver, and a person named Nightingale was the driver,
•r owner, of the other. A
person who was the touter
for Wilson's omnibuses came up to the prosecutrix, and
requested her to get into his omnibus. She said she
wished to go by Nightingale's omnibus, and the man
then said his omnibus was Nightingale's, and she there-
upon permitted him to hand her in. The moment, how-
ever, she had seated herself, and before the omnibus
had proceeded a single yard, she found she had been
imposed on, and that it was not
Nightingale's omnibus.
Upon this discovery she immediately proceeded to
alight, and as she was getting out Wilson came up to
her, and said he wanted sixpence :from her, to which
she replied, she did not owe him anything, as she had
been induced by false statements to get into his omni-
abnuds,wahnidiesahhenh:,as d not travelled a yard by it ; to which
Wilson replied, " 0 yes, you got into my omnibus in
Gracechurch-street." She denied this, and im-
mediately went onwards to Nightingale's omnibus ;
getting up the steps, the driver, Wil-
son, gave her a severe blow on her breast. When she
arrived at Tooting, she stated what bad taken place to
her friends there, and the result was, the owner of the
omnibus was summoned before the magistrate of Union
Hall, Mr. Cottingham. Tho owner appeared to the
summons, and produced Wilson, the driver, who brought
forward the defendant at the bar, Steele, as his witness;
and he positively swore that the prosecutrix had got into
Wilson's omnibus in Gracechurch-street ' • and he also
swore to the precise time of night and spot,
where and when she got in, and also that she
had not been struck. The evidence on each side
being so contradictory, the magistrate adjourned
the further hearing of the case till the 17th of July, the
first examination taking place on the 12th. On ad-
journing the case to the 17th of July, Mr. Cottingham
required both parties, in tho interim, to look out for
further evidence. At the adjourned hearinz, the prose-
cutrix swore to precisely the same facts as she had done
before, and produced witnesses who corroborated her in
every particular. The defendant also produced further
evidence which the magistrate declined to believe, de-
claring the charge to be proved, fined the driver Wilson
for the assault, and ordered the present prosecution to
be instituted against Steele for wilful and corrupt per-
jury, and bound the defendant over to appear at this
Court to answer any bill that might be preferred against
him. The case was postponed last session on account
of the absence of a witness.
Mr. KENNEDY, for the prosecution, called several wit-
ness, and Mr. CHaamocx defended the prisoner, con-
tending that he had not committed wilful and corrupt