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MYSTERIOUS DISAPPEARANCE

OF A CHILD.

CHELMSFORD.—The sudden disappearance of a
newly-born male infant, of which Mary Charlotte
Field Lorkin, a married female, but who has for
some years quitted the roof of her husband, is the re-
puted mother, has within the last few days caused
a considerable degree of excitement in this town,
and, as is usual on such occasions, various rumours
respecting it are in circulation. From the active
inquiries of Superintendent Anderson, the following
facts have been elicited :—On the 29th ult. in-
formation was conveyed to that officer, that the
female in question, the wife of a butcher, residing in
this town, but living apart from each other, had a
few days previously been delivered of a child at
lodgings, which she had taken in Springfield, and
that within three days after her confinement she left
the house, taking the child with her. A few days
after wards the child disappeared. Upon receiving
this information, Superintendent Anderson called
at the house of a relative of Mrs. Lorkin, in
Baddow-lane, where it was understood she
was staying at that time; he found her there, and
in consequence of the reports he had heard, asked
her whether she had not been lately confined with a
male child. She was understood by Mr. Anderson
to say that, on the 9th or 10th of October, she
was delivered, and that Mr. Cremer had attended
her in her confinement. She then proceeded to
state that she had received a letter from the fa-
ther of the child, who she alleged to be Mr.
Welton, of the Spread Eagle Inn, Ingatestone, in
which he expressed a wish to meet her, at six
o'clock on Sunday, the 13th ult., on the Iron-bridge,
in the New London-road; that she went with the
child at the time appointed, and waited fur two hours,
until Mr. Welton came, when, as she alleged, he
directed her to take the child to the Red Lion-lane,
where he promised to meet her ; that she did so, and
having wrapped up the infant in a large cloth cape,
delivered it to him upon his representation that he
intended to send it to a woman at Woolwich. She
added that she saw Mr. Welton again on the follow-
ing Friday, when, in answer to her inquiries re-
specting the child, he told her it was alive and
well at Woolwich ; she asked if she could go
and.see it, to which he replied that she could
not do so until after Christmas, owing to the
expense. Some time before her confinement she
called upon Mr. W. at his house, when, as she
alleged, he offered her some medicine, with which he
wished her to destroy the child. Having received
the above particulars from Mrs. Lorkin, Superin-
tendent Anderson proceeded to Ingatestone, and re-
ported to Mr. Welton the statemeat she had made re-
specting him. Mr. W. declared it to be entirely false,
and asserted that he had not seen her since her con-
finement. He added, that Mrs. Lorkin had repre-
sented to him that she was pregnant by him, and he
had given her money in consequence. The same
evening, about nine o'clock, Mr. Welton called
upon the superintendent at the police-station,
and informed him that he had forgotten to
state when he was at Ingatestone that on the day on
which Mrs. Lorkins had alleged the appointment
was made to meet him on the bridge (the 13th), he
dined with Mr. Rolph, at Billericay, and did not
leave there till nine o'clock in the evening. Upon the
above facts, a suspicion, it appears, has been grounded,
that the child in question has been improperly dis-
posed of, if not destroyed. Mrs. Lorkin has been
apprehended by warrant, and was on Wednesday re-
tnanded by J. Boggis, Esq., to afford,opportunity for
the further investigation of this mysterious affair. A
number of persons were yesterday engaged in drag-
ing the river between the two bridges, in expectation
of finding the body of the child, but we have not
neard that it has been found, or any additional facts
have transpired.—Chelmsford Chronicle.

CORONERS' INQUESTS.
MYSTERIOUS CasE.—Last night Mr. Payne, the
City coroner, went into a long and protracted inquiry
relative to the death of Mrs. Elizabeth Yates, aged
41, the wife of a commercial agent, residing in New-
street. The deceased was in exceedingly good health
and spirits on Tuesday evening., and accompanied her
husband to the theatre, but was taken suddenly ill on
Wednesday morning, and expired in a few hours.
Mr. F. Pullen, surgeon, stated that he was called
in on Wednesday morning last about eleven o'clock
to see the deceased lady, who was evidently dying.
He at first thought deceased had taken poison, but
soon ascertained that was not the case—the pulse was
deep and heavy, and there was every evidence of con-
cussion of the brain ; the pupil of the eye also evinced
compression of the brain. There was a bruise over
the left eye, and a livid mark across the nose. The
deceased was bled twice, but died in the course of the
afternoon. On making a post mortem examination,
he found external marks of violence on the head.
On cixamining the brain at the back part of the head
he discovered a large quantity- of diffused blood,
which occupied the space of a crown piece, and was
the immediate cause of death. The rupture must
have arisen from very considerable external violence ;
there was a probability it might have been occasioned
by natural causes, such as excitement; but this was
exceedingly difficult to ascertain. ,
The CORONER called upon Mr. Yates, the husband,
who was present with his solicitor to watch the case,
but that gentleman stated, under the unfortunate
circumstances of his wife's death, his legal adviser
recommended him not to make any statement, and
acting under this advice he must decline to be
examined.

The CORONER and jury remarked that the case was
involved in great mystery, and it would be a great
satisfaction to the Court if this was cleared up.
Mr. Hunt, who resides in the same house with
Mr. Yates and his late wife, stated that there had
been a squabble on the preceding Saturday, but Mr.
and Mrs. Yates lived on kind and affectionate terms.
On the Wednesday morning Mr. Yates himself sent
for medical assistance when his wife was taken ill.
Mr. and Mrs. Yates went to see the Royal procession
on Monday, and they both went to the theatre on
Tuesday, accompanied by a friend, who returned
home in a cab with them, but did not stay to supper.
Mrs. Yates was sober, as well as her husband. On
the morning after her death, Mr. Yates applied to
the surgeon for a certificate, but that gentleman stated
that it was one of those: cases where he could mot
grant a certificate, as he thought it was requisite to
have the body opened, as well as an inquest, to which
Mr. Yates replied, that he had not the slightest ob-
jection to such a proceeding, and stated his wish to
have the fullest investigation into the case.
The surgeon, in answer to several questions from
the Coroner, stated that the bruises on the head and
eye must have been inflicted about twelve hours
before death.
The CORONER remarked on the great mystery and
suspicion by which the case was surrounded, and the
only person who could have thrown any light on the
subject was the husband, who, acting under profes-
sional advice, had refused to make any statement,
and he had a right to do so, no person being bound
to criminate himself. One thing was certain—the
deceased had received considerable violence, which
was the occasion of her death ; the mystery was, by
whom was this violence inflicted. The jury would
consider whether any good would result from an ad-
journment, or whether they would return an open
verdict.

The room was then cleared, and after a long con-
sultation the jury returned a verdict—" That the
deceased died from a rupture of the brain, but there is
not sufficient evidence to determine by whati means it
was caused."

The inquiry lasted upwards of three hours, and
caused considerable excitement.

SUICIDE BY SULPIINTE or COPPER.—Yesterday an
inquest was held before Mr. Carter, at the Royal Oali,
Granby-street, Waterloo-road, as to the death of Mrs.
Elizabeth Williamson, aged forty-six.
It appeared that the deceased resided with her hus-
band, at 22, Harrington-street. On Wednesday week,
when he went home to his dinner, he found her very

ill and vomiting, but she would not say what she
hail taken ; his son, however, told him she had
broken up a piece of blue-stone (sulphate of copper),
and taken it in a cup.
Mr. O'Shea, a medical man, was sent for and ad-
ministered antidotes, but she persisted in refusing to
acknowledge that she had taken the poison. She
gradually sunk until last Monday, when she expired.
The jury returned a verdict—" That the deceased
died from the effects of sulphate of copper, which she
took when in a state of temporary insanq."
FATAL ACCIDENT IN THE CHATHAM SIEGE OPE-
RATIONS.—Yesterday a Coroner's inquest was held
on the body of James Sullivan, a private of the East
India Company's miners, who unfortunately lost his
life the day before in one of the mines.
An application was made to the Coroner to put off
the inquiry until to-day, on account of the absence of
Sir Frederick Smith, who is in London on special
business.
The CORONER observed, that in case he should find
it necessary, in the course of the evidence, he would
do so.

Captain 'Williams and Lieut. Andrew Clark, of the
Royal Engineers, gave an account of the affair
similar to that which has already appeared. The for-
mer stated that he had had considerable experience in
similar operations in Prussia, and believed them es-
sentially necessary for the good of the service. Both
agreed that every care had been taken.
Lieut. John Moggeridge, Royal Engineers, said, I
relieved yesterday Lieut. Clark of duty about one
o'clock. I went into the mine with Lieut. Clark to
receive his instructions, and found no difficulty in
breathing, and I considered the place perfectly safe.
I then went out of the mine to bring in four miners
to put up some frames which had been forced in by
the explosion, and I helped the men to put those
frames up. I then sent two of the men onwards, one
named John Harris and the deceased James Sullivan,
to see how much of the gallery remained undamaged.
Both men carried a lighted candle. Seeing their
candle go out, I called to the two miners imme-
diately to come back, as the air was bad, and that I
would go and see that the air pipes were brought
in. The two miners who stood behind me went out
before me, and I supposed as I went out that the de-
ceased and Harris followed me. On my arrival at
the mouth of the gallery I put up the air-pipes, and
had proceeded about half way between the entrance
and where it is supposed the accident took place, when
I heard the cry that one of the men was gone. I di-
rectly called for assistance, and went without delay to
the spot whence the cry proceeded, and there found
burning, a
one man lying on the ground insensible, and the other
man holding his head. I caught hold of the legs of
with me,
pulledwanbdicbiN,as
him out. I
n dhadl
thethen man on the w
a candleplaced it on the ground. I still called out for assis-
tance, when on a sudden I became stupified ; and
I am satisfied every precauti
gal-
lery lying down. on was
d t
when I recovered I found myself outside of the
taken to prevent say acci occurring.
The evidence was confirmed by Captain and Adju-
tant George St. Vincent Whitmore, R.E., and by a
corporal of the Royal Miners.
Dr. Chisholm, of the Ordnance, said the man had
died from the effects of foul air.
The jury unanimously agreed to a verdict—" That
the deceased James Sullivan was accidentally killed
by coming in contact with foul air in the field-works
on Chatham lines; and the jury are of opinion that
no blame or want of caution attaches to those in com-
mand of the siege."
REFUSAL OF A CERTIFICATE FOR BIRTH AND
BURlAL.—Yesterday afternoon Mr. Carter, the Co-
roner for Surrey, held an inquest at the Hope public-
house, Bird-street, Kennington, on the body of a
new-born female infant, who died within four hours
after its birth, which was premature. The death had
taken place as far back as last Monday week, and the
body of the infant remained unburied, in consequence
of the surgeon, who attended at the labour, having
refused to give a certificate for burial unless he wal
paid 15s. The Coroner said it was really shameful
that the county should be put to the expense of an
inquest, because the mother could not get a certificate,
and a jury of sixteen gentlemen called out of their
business, when there was no necessity for an inquiry,
and hoped that the medical gentleman, Mr. Crich-
dale, of Lambeth- walk, could give some explanation
as to a jury having been caused to assemble. Mr.
Crichdale said, that the child had been neglected
by the mother, and observed that the reason he
refused a certificate was, that he was asked to
give one for a still-born child. The Coroner re-
marked, that was a very serious charge which
the surgeon had brought forward against the mo-
ther, and-In!glat affect either • her liberty " er IM,
and it was his duty, and the duty of the jury, to as,
certain that there were just and sufficient groWs for
so serious an imputation. Two females who were
present, and assisted at the birth, were then examined
at great length, who stated that the birth was

quite unexpected, and that every proper atten-
tion was paid which the interests of the life of the
child required. The infant only lived two hours, and
that after its death the doctor (Mr. Crichiale) posi-
tively refused the certificate, unless he was paid 15s.
for his trouble. The aunt of the child informed the
jury, that the doctor had only brought forward the
charge of alleged neglect because he did not get his
money. They were poor people. The jury said
they were satisfied that there was no imputation
against the mother, and remarked that the surgeon
ought not to have withheld the certificate, and re-
turned a verdict of " Natural Death." The
Coroner, with marked emphasis, said to the
relatives, " I will now give you a certificate, which
you ought to have had before." The Coroner then
added, " You have been called, gentlemen, unneces-
sarily together, and the county put to a useless ex-
pense ; it is nut for me to say with whom the blame
rests."

PROGRESS OF RAILWAY ENTER-
PRISE IN BENGAL.
NOTIFICATION.
FORT WILLIAM, AUG. 24, 1844.
The Deputy-Governor of Bengal deeming the
establishment of railroads throughout the Presidency
of Fort William an object of great public import-
ance, is pleased to publish the following correspond-
ence for general information :
" TO FREDERICK JAMES 'HALLIDAY, ESQ., &C.
" 5, Wellesley-place, Calcutta, July 15, 1844.
" Sir,—l have the honour to address you upon a
subject to which your earliest convenient considera-
tion is especially requested.
" 2. The project of establishing railroads in this
country has not been entirely disregarded, notwith-
standing the impression on the part of many who, not
being aware of the circumstances which constitute
the practical recommendations or objections to them,
entertain an idea that their introduction into India, at
present, would be premature.
" 3. The consideration of the practicability of lay-
ing down a line of railway, of the advantages which
would attend it to the Government equally with the
public, and the particular lines which would yield the
greatest returns, and would in other respects be the
most eligible, have for some time past engaged the
attention of several parties, both in this country and
in England ; and it is to the result of this inquiry I
would beg to direct your attention.
4. That the subject is one of paramount import-
ance to the best interests of the country, and calcu-
lated in a military as well as a commercial point of
view to be productive of the most beneficial results, it
will, I apprehend, be unnecessary for me to demon-
strate. The advantages which have attended their
introduction throughout Europe and in the United
States will be admitted as sufficiently conclusive on
this point.
" 5. Without trespassing unnecessarily upon your
time, I shall briefly state the object of my present ap-
plication, which is, to ascertain to what extent the
co-operation and support of the Government will be
granted, in the event of one or more lines of railway
being undertaken by private capitalists.
" 6. To prevent misunderstanding in regard to the
nature of the assistance which is expected of the Go-
vernment, I beg to observe that no pecuniary aid is
required.
‘• 7. I have only to request the favour of your
stating, whether the Government will, in the event
of a company being formed for this purpose, grant
the following concessions :
" 1. The ground required for the railway, which
can be conceded under the powers vested in the
Government, for the purpose of making and
improving roads, &c.—whereby all disputes
with the proprietors of the land along the lines
will be avoided, and the expense of litigation
prevented.
" 2. A Charter or Act of Incorporation under the
usual provisions and conditions.
" 3. That the Government will appoint a propor-
tion
of the Directors, in order to secure the due
performance of conditions in which the Govern-
ment is interested.
" 8. The line upon which it is intended to com-
mence operations has not been definitively determined,
as it is dependent upon the amount of capital which
can be raised at once in London for the purpose. As
however, it cannot signify to the Government (who
must derive considerab!e benefit from the measure under
any circumstances), which line may be first com-
pleted, it will probably be unnecessary to do
more than to state, that upon receiving your reply
to the foregoing requisition, namely, whether the
Government, in the event of a company being
formed in London, or elsewhere, of unexceptionable re-
spectability, and with sufficient capital to accomplish
their objects, will give their support to the extent
specified, arrangements will be immediately made for
active operations; and in the course of a few months
I shall be prepared to submit for the approval of the
Government the complete details of the undertaking,
which only requires the intimation of their general
approval, and promise of encouragement to enable
those parties who have already made considerable
progress in the matter, by the collection of statistical
data, and otherwise, to complete their arrangements,
and bring the subject before the public.
" 0. The necessity for previously ascertaining the
disposition and wishes of the Government, and of re-
ceiving a promise of support under the conditions re-
ferred to, will be apparent upon reference to the fai-
lure, from whatever cause, of so many of the under-
takings which have been placed under the exclusive
management of a Calcutta Board of Directors, and
without which support the parties whom I represent
would be unwilling to recommend the undertaking,
or to take any part in it themselves.
"10. With the conditional assurance which alone
is required, they entertain little doubt of being enabled
to carry through what they will then he prepared to
undertake, to the full and entire satisfaction of the
Government, as well as to the great advantage and
extension of the commerce and trade of the country.
"I have,&c.,
" R. MACDONALD STEPHENSON."

" TO FREDERICK JAMES HALLIDAY, ESQ., &C.

"5, Wellesley-place, Calcutta, July 20, 1844.
" Sir,—With reference to my former communica-
tion of the 15th inst., upon the subject of laying down
one or more lines of railway, in India, I beg leave to
qualify the paragraph, No. 7, which specifies the
nature and extent of encouragement required by the
Government, and in lieu of soliciting that the grounds
for the railway be given to the company by the Go-
vernment, I have to request that a Charter or Act of
Incorporation may be granted, with powers to pur-
chase the land required by the company, for public
objects, under the regulation in force for that purpose,
(No. I of 1824.)"
" 2. I beg further to state, that in requesting the
Government to nominate a proportion of the Direc-
tors, the object in view would be equally accom-
plished, whether the Government adopt this course,
or by their appointment of a superintending Com-
mittee, to approve and sanction, on behalf of the Go-
vernment, the proceedings of the Board of Directors,
the Committee being invested with such powers as
the legal advisers of the Government may suggest.
" I have, &c.,
" It. MACDONALD STEPHENSON."

(No. 652.)
" TO B. M. STEPHENSON, ESQ.

" Sir,--I am directed by the Hon. the Deputy-
Governor of Bengal, to acknowledge the receipt of
your letters, dated the 15th and 20th ultimo, and in
reply to inform you, that, in the present state of the
law, it would not be in his power to authorise a
railroad company to treat for the purchase of land,
as for a public object, under Regulation I. of 1824 ;
but he would have no objection, in the event of the
formation of a company, with sufficient capital to ac-
complish this object in view, to apply to the Legis-
lature, to make the provisions of that enactment ap-
plicable to such purchases.
" 2. In regard to a Charter, or Act of Incorpora-
tion, his Honour would likewise feel no hesitation in
recommending, in favour of a well-constituted com-
pany, that the same should be granted under the
usual provisions and conditions; and, in respect
to the appointment of a superintending committee,
Government will, of course, make arrangements,
through the medium of its own officers, both for the
furtherance of the undertaking, as far as may be con-
sistent with a due regard for the rights and interests
of the different parties concerned, and fbr the safety
of the community at large.
" 3. The Deputy-Governor desires me to add, that
he is deeply sensible of the advantages to be gained
by the construction of railroad! along the principal
lines of co:nmunication throughout the country, and
is anxious to afford to any well-considered project
for that purpose, his utmost support: 7e hBaEveAD&oc.N,
"Under-Secretary to the Government of Bengal,
Fort William, August Vii, Is-14•"
ci.By order of the Lion e tale
7
~eputy-Governor of Bengal,
"FREDERICK JAMES HALLIDAY,
• " Secretary to the Government of Bengal."

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

NEWMARKET HOUGHTON MEETING.
THURSDAY'S RACES.

In the evening a meetinn of the subscribers was held
in the Betting-rooms, and:3a series of rules and regula-
tions for their observance in 1845, proposed and unani-
mously confirmed. They were nine in number, of which
it is only necessary to give a copy of the one having re-
ference to disputed bets. It runs thus :—Any member
of this room, having a disputed bet with another mem-
ber, shall be bound, if required by' him, to refer such
dispute to two referees, being members of this room,
one to be chosen by each party, the referees
to appoint umpire (being also a member of
the room) before they proceed to hear the case,
or in the event of the referees not agreeing in the choice
of an umpire, he shall be appointed by the committee.
The decision of such referees or umpire to be final, but
shoul I smili dispute happen to involve any question of
racing law, the referees or umpire shall refer that ques-
tion only to the Stewards of the Jockey Club, with a
request that they will determine the same, and whose
opinion thereon the said referees or umpire shall adopt,
confining their own judgment to the facts of the case.
Any member refusing or neglecting to refer such dis-
puted bet, or to comply with the decision upon such
reference, within one calendar month after notice of
such decision from the book-keeper, either personally
or by letter, to be addressed to the last known place
of residence of such member, shall, upon complaint
to the Committee, be deemed and treated by them as a
defaulter according. to the third rule. Rule three pro-
Irides for the expltigulLof persons in default for stakes
and bets, or guilty of any fraud or Mal-practice connected
with horse racing. The Committee appointed for 1845
are the lion. Captain Rous, M.P., C. Greville, Esq., and
S. Waddington, Esq., M.P., members of the Jockey
Club, S. Worrall, Esq., J. S. Drinkall, Esq , and R. M.
Jaques, Esq., one of the three first-named gentlemen to
go out in rotation at the end of each year, having pre-
viously nominated his successor, being also a member of
the Jockey Club, and one of the three last-named
gentlemen to go out in rotation, his successor to
be elected at a meeting of the subscribers in the
Houghton race week. Three to form a quoram, and the
Chairman, pro tem, to have the casting vote, in addition to
his own, as a member of the Committee. The subscrip-
tion to be one sovereign for the Craven, two Spring and
July meetings ; one sovereign for the July, October, and
Houghton meetings; and half a sovereign for any single
meeting. A vote of thanks to the proprietor for his
public spirit in providing an accommodation that had so
long been required at Newmarket, was carried by accla-
mation, and was answered by an assurance that no pains
or expense should be spared to secure the comfort and
convenience of the subscribers.
FRIDAY'S RACES.

Match, 100. Miltown's Scaheal, 7st Slb
(Bell), beat Lord Glasgow's Give-him-a-Name, 7st 61b
(Nat).-6 to 4on Scalteen. Won by fifty yards.
Match, 100, h ft. Y.C.—Doke of Bedford's Glen
Fishie, Bst 91b (Robinson), beat Lord Glasgow's Sister
to Pathfinder, Gst (Maiden)-5 to lon Glen Fishie.

Won by three lengths.
Match, 60, h ft.—Col. Peel's Garry Owen, Bst 41b
(Nat), beat Lord Sandwich's Plantagenet, 7st (White-
house).-4 to lon Garry Owen. Won by ten lengths.

(SECOND CLASS.)

The Nursery Stakes of 25 sons. each, for two yrs

old. D.M.
Mr. E. Blake's Event, Est 101 b (Pettit) 1
Mr. Hook's Bastion, 7st
The following also ran :—Lord Chesterfield's c by
Sheet Anchor, out of Fair Helen, 6st 121b—Mr.
Stebbing's b f by Physician, out of Mary Ann, Gst 81b—
Mr. Kingston's Sparsholt, Est—and Sir John Trollope's
Mogadore, sst 81b.-2 to 1 agst Bastion, 2 to 1 agst
Sparsholt, 7 to 2 agst Event, and 9 to 2 agst Fair Helen
colt. The Carlotta colt, which had been backed in the
town at 7 to 4, was declared not to start.
After the first race, the reason assigned being that
the stable had been forestalled, they started abreast,
and without either having a particular lead, ran in
company to the T.Y.C. post, where Event took up
the running, followed by Bastion ; at the cords Bas-
tion reached the filly's girths, but gave way half up
thou, and was defeated cleverly by a length. Megadore
was a good third, and the others beaten off. Marson
rode Mogadora.
Post Match, 200, one to the post ; colts, Bst 71b ;
fillies, Bst 41b.—Lord Glasgow's c by Bay Middleton,
out of Miss Whip (Robinson), beat Col. Peel's Hersey
(Nat) in a canter.

(FIRST CLASS.)
The Nursery Stakes of 23 SOTS. each. D.M.

Lord I.4.BentincVs Rose of Cashmere, 7st.lll)(Abciale) 1
Mr. I)awson's Crirn Con, Gst 411.)

Mr. W. S. Stanley's Keppel, Est 71b 3
The following also started :—Mr. Lintott's Cabin-
boy, 7st—Col. Peel's f, by Slane, out of Seakale, 1 Ost—
Mr. May's Corinthian Tom, Est 101 b—and Sir G. Heath-
cote's Chapow, sst 101 b.
6 to 4 on Crim Con, 5 to 1 agst Rose of Cashmere,
and 6 to 1 agst Chapow.
Cabin-boy made the running, followed by Chapow and
Rose of Cashmere, the others lying off until they got to
the T.Y.C. post, where Critu Con and the Rose of
Cashmere went in front, the latter waiting ; half way
up the ropes he challenged, got up in the last two or
three strides, and won by a neck. Keppel a bad third.
Match, 1001., h ft. D.III —Duke of Bedford's Panther,
Bst 71b, beat Lord Chesterfield's Tiddly Winks, 71b
131 b. —5 to 2 on Tiddly-Winks. Won by a head. '
Match.—Duke of Bedford's Oakley, Bst Sib (Robin-
son), beat Lord Exeter's Celia, 7st 121 b (Mann). T.Y.C.
200, h ft.-7 to 4on Oakley. Won by two lengths.
The Audley End Stakes of 30 sovs. each, 10 ft, if de-
clared ; for three yrs old, &c. A.E.C. (13 Subs., 3 of
whom declared.)
Mr. Wesley's Counsellor (half-bred) 5 yrs, Bst (Sly) 1
Mr. Irwin's Mickey Free, 3 yrs, 7st 91b
Sir C. Monek's Glossy, 4 yrs, ist
Mr. Newton's Ma Mie, 5 yrs, Sst 91b 4
Duke of Rutland's Welbeck, 3 yrs, Est
Lord Exeter's Pergularia, 3 yrs, sst 101 b 6
Mr. Ford's Eccola, 3 yrs, sst 51b
Lord Exeter's Revocation, 5 yrs, 7st 71b
Mr. Gratwicke's Needful, 3 yrs, 7st
Betting-3 to 1 agst Counsellor, 4to 1 agst Mickey
Free, 4 to 1 agst Needful, 4 to Vagst Glossy, 7 to 1 agst
Ma Mie, and 8 to 1 agst Welbeck.
Needful made the running, followed by Counsellor,
Revocation, and Welbeck, the others, from the badness
of the pace, lying up. In the Ab. M. bottom Glossy took
the lead from Needful, and, with Welbeck in attendance,
went on until half-way between the Duke's Stand and
the Chair ; Counsellor, who had from the first been
pulling over his horses, then took the lead at a strong
pace, was never caught, and won easy, by two lengths.
The wide spaces between the beaten horses, enabled the
judge to place them all.
Match ; 500, 200 ft. D. I.—Mr. Irwin's Foig-a-bal-
la.gn, 7st 71b, received 150 sovs. compromise from Mr.
Salvin's Alice Hawthorn, 9st.

Match ; 200, h ft. D.M.—Lord G. Bentinck's Emma,
3 yrs, sst 101 b, received from Mr. Beresford's The
Altered One, 5 yrs, 7st 101 b,
New Match for Saturday.—Sir J. Hawley's Bishop of
Romford's Cob, Bst 41b, agst Colonel Peel's Garry Owen,
Bst 11b. T.Y.C. 50, lift.