The Sun.
London, England, 1845-07-25 00:00:00

DUDLEY RACES—MoNnAr.

The handicap of3so;s7;acl;, aTidiiiiLicided, two miles,
was won by T'Auld Squire, 4 yrs (Bradley), beating Mud-
lark and The Bird.

The Half bred Stakes of 2 sovs. each, and 25 added (10
Subs.), one mile and a half, were won, in four heats, by Mr.
Owen's Chintz Print, beating Mr. Martin's br f by Slane,
Mrs. Bales' Master Downes, and several others.
The Ladies' Plate of 25/., one mile and a half, was won, in
two heats, by Mr. Davies's Princess Royal, 3 yrs (W. Flin-
toff ), beating Dulcet, 3 yrs, Modesty, aged, Scrambler, 3 yrs,
The Bird, 6 yrs, and two others.
DUDLEY AND TIPTON RACES.—TUESDAY.

The Dudley Castle Stakes, of 3 sovs. each, and 20 added,
second saving his stake, one mile and-a .half (4 Subs), were
won in 2 heats, by Mr. Tempest's T'Auld Squire, 4 yrs
(Bradley), beating Sandy, 5 yrs, and Mudlark, aged.
The Selling Stakes of 3 sovs. each, and 20 added, one mile
and three quarter, winner to be sold for 80 sovs. (5 Subs.)
were won in 3 heats, by Mr. Percival's, The Bird, 6 vrs
(Bradley), beating b m by Wamba, out of Maid of the
Mist, 5 yrs, The Elbe, 4 yrs, and the Old Maid, 5 yrs.
The Ashwood Hurdle Stakes, of 3 sovs. each, and 20 added,
one mile and-a-half, over 6 hurdles (5 Subs.), were won in
2 heats, by Mr. Storer's Modesty, aged (Stagg) beating
Mudlark, Marmion, Donna Anna, and br g by Fungus.
NEWTON RACES.—WEDNESDAY.
The Trial Stakes of 10 sovs. each, with 25 added, for 3 yrs
olds, 6st 91b ; 4 yrs, Bst 41b ; syrs, Bst 121 b ; 6 yrs, and
aged, 9st 21b. Mile and quarter. (4 Subs.)
Mr. Ramsay's Mid-Lothian, 3
yrs
Sir John Gerard's Juvenal, 4 yrs
The Lyme Park Produce Stakes of 50 soya. each, h ft, for
3 yrs olds ; colts, Bst 71b, and fillies, Bst 31b. Mile and
quarter. ( Subs
Mr. R. Prices Lena,
allowed 3lbs Walked over.
The Lord of the Manor's Cup of 100 sovs., added to a Ilandi-
dtp of 20 sovs. each, 10 ft, and 5 only if declared. Two
miles and a dis.
_ _

Mr. Bell's Winesour, 5 yrs (Bumby) 1
Mr. Meiklam's Lightning, 4 yrs 2
Mr. Standish's Little Hauip!on, 4 yrs
The following also started, but were not placed :—l'arthian,
5 yrs—Ratan, 4 yrs—Advice, 4 yrs—April Noddy, 4 yrs—and
Wrynyard, 3 yrs. A tine race with three.
The Drawing-room Stakes of 20 sovs. each, with 15 added,
for two yrs old fillies, Bst 51b each. Golborne Course.
Mr. Ilesseltine's The Slayer's Daughter .., (Bumby) 1
Mr. Thompson's Clara Webster
Plate of 701., for three yrs old, 78t ; four yrs, Bst 41b ; five
vrs and upwards, Bst 101 b ; mares, &c., allowed 31bs.
Meats, one mile and a quarter.
Mr. Whitworth's Lady Sarah. 4 yr 5........ (Oates) 0 1 I
Mr. Wilkins's fby Physician, out of Venus, 3 yrs 1 0 0
Mr. Mostyn's fby Sheet Anchor, L'Hirondelle 0 0 2
Mr. W. Jones's Rolla, 3 yrs.
yrs .
0 2 dr
Lord Stanley's Ambition, 4
Mr. Phillips's f b Physician, out of Theano, 3 yrs 2 0 0
Mr. Bennett's Ada, 3 yrs
.............. 0 dr
Mr. J. Clarke's fby Physician, out of Columbine 0 dr

(From the.Armugli Sporting chronicle.)
DOWN ROYAL CORPORATION RACES.
MONDAY, JULY 21.—Hillsborough Cup.—The Hunters'
Sweepstakes of 15 sovs. each, 5 ft, for horses foaled in, and
bona fide the property of freeholders or residents in the
county of Down, to which will be added the Challengeable
Cup, given by the Earl of Hillsborough, value 1001, to become

the property of the winner three sueee:-sice
walked over for by Mr. Maxwell's br c by T oremosn.
ce
The Sweepstakes of 15 sous each, 5 11, for hontors, La' b,
horses admitted), 45/. added ; two mile heat, were 10
Mr. Martin's I, h Croydon. 5 01
TuLsnAy, JULY 22.—The Hunters' Sweepstakes
each, 10 ft, for now foals, to run when three years o,o_ 0.
the 'fuesday of the July Corporation Meeting, were w''"
Mr. Maxwell's b c by ttobiu,Lady Guy
out of • , g
Match—Mr. Rice'sl3
Colquitt 3
g g rum beat Sir.
Corkscrew. ft
Maiden Plate—The Sweepstakes of 6 sous each, 2
maiden hunters that never won plate. prize, match,•or snd s
years, ryer•
(value 50 sous.) prior to the day of entrance ;
half heats, were won by Mr. Maxwell's Master Bob`u'i,eo
Royal Corporation Plate—The Sweepstakes of 5 gu won
each, p.p. for County Down bred hunters, that neve% b
a racing plate or stake, were won by Mr. Maxlvell
Frederick.

KET.
THE GENTLEMEN OF CRIENGLC AND V. THE PLAY---
y•RS
OF
ENGLAND.
The continuation of this contest was resumed yestertbiol)!
Lord's, in the presence of a considerable number of tl'e ',h s
porters of the game—none others, of course, would on sill.
day expose themselves to the inclemency of the weather.
PLAYERS. 0
Lillvwhite, b Bathurst 0 ... c Bathurst, b :t.'.Ynn . 0
Barker, b Taylor
Martingell, b Mynn
Pilch, c 'Sapper, bßathurst 44 ... b Bathurst . ............0
Guy, b Taylor
15
Bushby, b Taylor ... 2 ... not out .................. ••• 0
Sewell, b Mynn
Dorrington,-b Taylor
Box, b Taylor
Hillyer, b Mvnn 4 c Pickering b Bat ••• 17
Dean, not out
0 ... b Bathurst ••••• •"6,
Byes 4,
wide (Myna
Byes 7, wide (Mynn )3, no 'Taylor 1, Bathurst 1,
~
balls (Mynn) 7 ......
Napper 1, Myun 1), i ...„,
149

127 a
THE GENTLEMEN.
J. A. Anson, Esq., 1 b w b Hillyer ll Not olit•••"'
C. G. Whittaker, Esq., c Dean, b Hillyer 9 b :(e 3
E. Napper, Esq., b I.illywhite
A. Mynn, Esq., b Lillywbite
N. Felix, Esq., b Lillywhite 43 b
R. Kynaston, Esq., CLillywhite
E. M. Dewing, Esq., b Lillywhite
F. Pearson, Esq., run out...
.................... ..
W. Pickering, Esq., not out
Sir F. Bathurst, b Lillywhite
Byes 7, wide (Dean) 0
105
94 tie wit')
The Gentlemen have, therefore, 74 runs to get to ,
six wickets. ,c jock.
The match was resumed this morning at eleven o
CHAINING FEMALES AGAIN
KINGSWINFORD. i• thr°l
There are men on whom wholesome advice is entire t
away, on whom even threats produce no effect, wlin 001°,
justice, and humanity at defiance. The brutal tret—,the
Eliza Price called forth from Sir J. Graham a declaratiergoli
chaining a female was illegal, and that the party enili,Yi°,,a cop
an outrage should or ought to be indicted. Pubic °Pic"), insti'd
demns the practice, and yet, after the formal inrintotaio,r,
tuted by the Home Secretary into the allegations Cdl 0111P3
in the petition of Eliza Price, and ere the public 15,„ 41.001,
consequent on that inquiry is allayed, we have The ail%
another case nearly, if not quite as disgraceful, in bete°.
locality, and by some of the same parties. It hali'gthe
known that two girls were in the custody of Onions; ~nj the
stable, at his own house, an inquiry was instituted, he
followine. statement was taken on the 15th inst, in Or
Bence of"a magistrate, who also directed Capt.
Spector of Police, to make inquiries and rep
Hatton, the chief constable of the Staffordshire poliee;00001
Margaret Perry states as follows :—My slater; %e to
Hill, aged 14, was taken into custody by Onions, od brj
stable, on Wednesday, the 9th of July. I heard of it; otoetP,
tween eleven and twelve o'clock went to Onions?„
found my sister in the back kitchen ; °Plied b„1,1,
at Iligg's public-house; I went to him and as t s
to let my sister have a bed ; he said he had o,oited bjig
and if he had, he dare not put her in it. I
ra e "
aye '
if he would take bail for my sister's appe-i,oufe
said he would not; I then left; I went to Onions' "d
following morning between eight and nine o'clock; sfer Atthe
my sister in the back kitchen with a handcuff tin "ed
and a chain fastened to it, the chain being fasten is 0,
grate. She was sitting on a stool, and had not bee 1 we,
all night, but chained in the kitchen. I left heLr't o'cPcbi,e
again on the Friday morning between seven and eig'd- to to
My sister was then in the back kitchen, chain' b°'
grate. Emma Woodhall was handcuffed to her, r 013 0'
• ter ,(of
chained to the grate. I left them there. my ono 'het
she had not been washed, and asked me to take her °;-,ht t'be
and a cloth to wipe herself with. After the first n'lipsi t
were allowed to lie on the ground upon some bags* ag- it
grate, with the handcuffs on and chained.
Mary Rowley states—Emma Woodhall is my Stie
sistero jog °0
eleven years of age ; she was taken into custody bl el° flef•eh
Thursday morning. I went to Onions' house betleig-tetro aol'rete
and twelve on Thursday morning and found my
Hill in the brewhouse. Onions said he was Vilot (°°tl
them to the Cross Inn, Townsend. I went with the Peo
than two miles). I saw Mr. Lea, the magistrates' cler broad
were no magistrates at the Cross Inn, and 011ic'°the''5,‘
them back to his own house. Between nine and 10.,,," both the
( Thursday) night I went to Onions' house, and Ili wept, a
girls in the brewhouse. I took my sister some supe*„„e
next (Friday) morning between 8 and 9 o'clock. r413,:t te, '
at Onions' house. I waited till 9 o'clock before! was tote eisoe;
two children were sitting upon a low bench against ''''te; thol
they were handcuffed together and chained to the graligioi j
said they had sat there all night. There was the red or biej,
some fire in the grate. There was no appearance of be .0 tb.oe
clothing. I did not see Onions ; I understood he vr,..,,a9, to S-A1
I remained until ten o'clock. I went with my boit,"`„;ons
st
verhampton, more than seven miles, on Friday ~•„,`-',"„" Ovtet
me he was going to take them there that eay. """r"a4tilt,lo
got to the public office at Wolverhampton the inalit, di
had left. He then left Wolverhampton and brnag ft tile
le ;of
to the Cross Inn, Townsend (seven miles). Onions st ths
at the Cross Inn, whilst he went up to Mr. Briscoe's, toli
merhill; he was away about half an hour. He then Oita
children back to his own house and told me they were foortliti
the Cross Inn the next morning. On the followingAreatb,ll
(Saturday) I went to Onions' house and saw the 6'1%06-3
informed me they had been chained and handeuffeci,‘"•nas be
the previous night. I went to the Cross Inn, with tin„li,-,1
the children ; we stopped there more than an hour, ;lie 07,
went to Mr. Briscoe's house, at Summethill. it.rid
Mr. Briscoe ; he was lying on a sofa with pillows he
ss
Briscoe asked the girls if they had ever been at Stafford
they must go now. Mr. Fothergill, the prosecutor; 'attriacle,
There was another person at the same time at Mr. vol' to
house. He was committed to Stafford by Mr. Briscoe. 4;6,„,k
man took the man away to the station-house; Oni°°°r to id
.two girls to his house, and on the way passed argotolos
station-house, where they could have been left in icred
the police. Onions told me that Mr. Briscoe nl'lollool
4
to keep the girls in his custody till the Monclal to
I saw the two girls in the brewhouse on Saturdayr e,e ere..
went again on Sunday morning • th were then in tPkiicb`,
house, and said they had been chained as usual,
all night. I saw them again on Sunday evening ;Il
in the brewhouse. I saw them on Monday naorni%gai'od se
in thiebei otbeeri
were in the brewhouse. They said they had been e itls art
the previous night, as usual. On Monday night tbeg",
removed to the station-house. I saw Onions ta1"1,7,4iy
He told me he was obliged to take them, as 9°°"; it P 4
been telling the Stourbridge magistrates of their be,1111; °PI
house. He took them to the station-house at 13rier,1 004,
delivered them to policeman Siinmonds. Simmonds r°. I 'O,
had better go to Stourbridge, and he would go with.Veo. se
monstrated with Onions about his chaining the 00,11,1;00,01
said he would not chain them any more so heavy- n-d
cbs
Friday. My sister complained, saying the handcuffs ,
hurt her wrists, and asked me to name it to Onions•
ate ca;i,
This is the statement of the sisters of the unfortant of °to
dren ; and we are further informed that on the warral. to de is
mitment there is an endorsement, authorising Oninilirefle,iy•
them in his custody till Monday ; and also that ny d ere
policeman who had charge of the man corninittlaren
Briscoe, asking Onions on Saturday whether the cia
committed, he said no, not at present. drill fro'
Our readers will naturally inquire, with what dreg of lesl3o
were these girls charged? Surely it must be l'onifeetcrei.
pt
magnitude !—murder, arson, or some such heavy froth
no, gentle reader, it's not quite so bad ; " the head had
of their offence hath this extent—no more," that I $
d th,is '"
carce'i
an
stolen coals of the value of one halfpenny ; k eso'
trict where picking small coals from the pikuan- late
looked upon as an offence, and of which, till of i e•
scarcely any notice was taken.— Worcestershire Chro'

rote! {or

end ae,
PROSECUTIONS.—A return relative to the
allowance for prosecutors' and witnesses'
attorney and counsel, and to prosecutions for felonies an
tier
meanours, in the counties of England and Wales, at der °l,tier
assizes and quarter sessions, has been printed by or ebri,
expengs dieigiot
House of Commons, on the motion of Mi. W. P' e retur;
M.P. for Weymouth. From a summary of th for le
it appears that the total number of prosecutionsirter 05c
nies at the summer assizes of 1844, and the q_Au lt9
sions of 1844-45, in England and Wales, amounteu_noors,,,
and the total number of prosecutions for misdenle spri;
129 ; that the number of prosecutions for felony at t , of IS if.
Assizes, and the Epiphany or Easter Quarter Session for of
amounted to 1,779, and the number of prosecutionoieeenore
demeanours to 100 ; and that the total number of Proiono, for
at the two last assizes and the two last quarter i'eA 0)0
spectively, amounted--those for felonies to 4,476, arlll no p
lies
misdemeanours to 262. The number of cases in wble the tbr
went was made for brief or counsel's fee amounted, in tbe
periods respectively, to 705, 725, and 2,099. 1)1 OJ,
Mu. ROBERTS TIIE ACTOR.--• pereehe Str
01 in
New York papers that our old friend Roberts, of t, be 41
bids fair to become as great a favourite in America ryork,; to
this country. He has appeared at Niblos, in 14e:rengsge
made quite a hit, and we understand that he 's
clriV
perform at all the principal cities in the States. f Toes ,
of
;,1
QUICK WORK.—Early on the morning 0' Store h
ot
last, it was discovered that Langloan Iron Work, oodStrair
been broken into, and betwixt seven and eightefPthe ilf'
money carried off by some thieves. Intimationhiso, 3heret
having been communicated to Mr. John M`Lae. n0'1„to,
officer, Coatbridge, that active genius lost to'regeeerits)
in making the necessary inquiries and ardor] lych the
and forthwith Mr. Rankine (manager of Lon._ere, in
ow,
and he were mounted and off to Glasgow,,,ell-Ireese,
course of their wanderings, they seized upon t"t° oor b° to'
characters, on suspicion, at the entrance to the old P.Ol Pr.on
The seizure and search was almost instantaneon!,!eleer:l,;
nately the whole of the missing property, with Oro aro cop,
of a few shillings, was got on the persons of the tfi f the ffitl,
basertyhathteignuilletsysptahratniesaiwxehroeusresafurroemd,the commi"i°ll-vexed'
th
finally, the thieves conveyed from Glaes:lo7eY re
te'l)iliff :ee's°°
from Airdrie to Hamilton prison, where they Ow as. fiti
the reward of their-habitual crimes.—Glasgow Ar
eg (bor,
SERIOUS GIG ACCIDENT. -- On Wedr;‘)vandslredristu
accident of a very serious nature occurred in the, voung:bea,
road, which, it is feared, will terminate fatally. DI 'city, '-rtto
named James Scott, was returning home from tke,
and eli
the horse which he was driving suddenly took frig nt vidterti,
off at full speed towards the new road leading t°ed the B
eer
The driver managed to keep his seat until he rese_folciolesol
tannia Tavern, where he was thrown out with 1!".,„0 deeeof
whereby he received such dreadful injuries that it,rre ho
advisable to remove him to the nearest hospital,
ACCi.
lies in a very precarious state.
a. Oil ,
FATAL ACCIDENT.—On Wednesday and CO' °' It
dent occurred in the London road, near the Elephantthr
ee yeor's',.oo
a young man named Henry Christmas, aged tiveaty.
__do. and so
o
appears that he was employed in watering the w
e' joltcy
seated on the front of the cart, by some Mean'bin lead , eO,l-
into the road, and fell beneath the near wheel of liesys.
hicle, which passed over the lower part of his bedY•tiourg after
veyed to Guy's Hospital, where he expired in 3 few r the
admission. wworks0 ,eeo.
Wit have authority to state that the will be od
Bury and Ispwich Railway, the Bill for which, '
traL ted for,
c aka --ror
to m
the
contractor
willb
assente in on
Bury,Monday,
in a
}Bay d
ga lys!_d
lon
menta for commencing operattonee...Blo f'"