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SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

LATEST BETTING AT MANCHESTER.
MANCHES'T'ER.—FRIDAY NIG wr.
LIVERPOOL JULY Cur.-6 to 1 agst Knight of the
Whistle (taken freely); 11 to 1 agst Forester; 11 to 1 agst
Rhodanthe ; 12 to 1 agst Prince Caradoc (taken) ; 13 to 1 agst
Thirsk (taken); 13 to 1 agst Retriever (taken); 15 to 1 agst
The Currier (taken); 16 to 1 agst Fitzroy; 20 to I agst Una
(taken) ; 20 to 1 agst Naworth ; 25 to 1 agst Cruiskeen ; 25
to 1 agst Clinker ; 25 to 1 agst Portrait ; 30 to 1 agst Topsail;
30 to 1 agst Vulcan ; 30 to 1 agst The Lord Mayor ; 30 to 1
agst TheYoung-'un (taken); 5 to 2 agst Scott's lot (taken);
10 to 1 agst Dawson 's lot; 10 to 1 agst Treen's two (taken).
Heslington is declared not to run.

The following horses have arrived : —The Lord Mayor. Er-
mengardis, The Nun, Mermaid filly, Princess, Flamingo, Cham-
pagne, Studley Royal, Clinker, St. Bernard, Pagan, Miss Fanny
filly, Sir Robert, Mr. Whippy, Cruiskeen, Zelmyra, Lucelle,
Maser E Imund, Portrait, &c.
LIVERPOOL ST. LEGER.-2 to 1 agst Belemur (t), 3 to 1
agst Lord G. Bentinek's lot, 7 to 2 agst Auckland, and 6 to 1
apt Scalteen.

—LIVETIPOOL 500 GUINEAS STASES.-9 to 4on Auckland.
Goonwoon DRAWING ROOM STAKES.---5 to 2 agst Meteor.
Goonwoon STAKES.-6 to I agst Knight of the Whistle, 8
to 1 agst Arnagil!, 8 to 1 agst Welfare, 10 to 1 agst Una. 11 to
1 agst Tupsley, 14 to 1 agst Vakeel, 12 to 1 agst Rhodanthe.
Goonwoon CUP.-5 to I agst The Squire, Bto 1 agst
Nautilus, 9 to 1 agst Marshal Soult, 10 to 1 agst Middleham.
Marshal Soult and Lanercost will run at Liverpool for the
51bs. allowance.

LAW INTELLIGENCE
ROLLS' COURT, July 9.
Lord LANGDALE heird petitions to-day. The questions
involved were not. suited to a report.

VICE-CHANCELLOR'S COURT, July 9.
(before Vice-Chancellor WIGRAM.
Unopposed petitions and short causes engaged the Court
throughout the day.

COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH, July 9.
(Sittings in London.)
MORRELL V. PARKER.
The COURT was occupied the whole day with this case;
which was an action on a banker's account, and of no interest
to the public.

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COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, July 9.
BAYLEY V. SISITH.
This was an action upon a promissory note for 2,8001.,
alleged to have been executed by the late Mr. Smith, of the
Seven-orals (commonly known as Miser Smith). It is one
of those peculiar cases of which the particulars are best omitted
until the whole case can be placed before the pulAic.
'DAILY V. SMITH.
This was an action on a promissory note for 2,8791.,
with 4 per cent. interest, brought by Miss Anne Baily,
a,:.),.ainst James Smith, the administrator of Robert
Smith, deceased.

' Mr. Sergeant Channell and another Learned Gentle-
man appeared for the plaintiff; and Sir I'. Wilde, Ser-
geant Talfourd, Mr. Fitzroy Kelly, Mr. Humphrey, and
another Learned Gentleman, were for the defendant.
The cause excited very considerable interest. It was
commenced on Friday morning, and the verdict of the
jury was not pronounced until seven o'clock on Saturday
evening.
Me Smith, the brother of the defendant in the present
action, who has been appointed the administrator of his
effects, was a man of peculiar habits, remarkable for the
negligence of his person, and the parsimony of his dis-
position. He was engaged originally in business as a
small ironmonger, residing in St. Andrew's-street, Seven
Dials, where he remained up to the time of his death,
and, from small beginnings, he by various means ac-
quired the possession of a very considerable f'.rtune.
The plaintiff in the action is a Miss Bailey, but her
brother is the principal acror upon the stage. He is the
Rev. W. I3aily,D.D., late of Trinity College, Dublin, and
now minister of St. Peter's Chapel, Queen -square, West-
minster. But with Miss I3aily, who formerly resided in
Ireland, the deceased Mr. Smith is alleged to have had
considerable money dealings. She was in the habit, it
is said, of sending over sums of money to her brother, in
order that he might invest them in English Government
securities. Dr. Baily, being acquainted with Mr. Smith,
speaks to him upon the subject and asks his advice
Smith offers to give a larger amount of interest than
could be obtained from the funds, and, on behalf' of his
sister, certain Gums, at different times, are paid over by
Baily to Smith. For each amount thus paid, Smith
gives an I 0 U, and as fresh sums are paid, the amount
of these acknowledgments are altered, and the old and
smaller acknowledgment is handed back to the maker.
Thus the transactions between the parties go can
Angus, 1841, when the money paid into the hands ( f
by Bally, on behalf of his sister, amounts to ni less
than 2,5791., and the delivery of an I 0 U for this
amount, is one of the main features of the case. The
validity of the I 0 U was denied, arid this was the main
point at issue. The plaintiff's case rested principally
upon the evidence of Dr. Baily. The defendant knew
this, and instructed his counsel to assert that Dr. Baily
was not to be believed upon his oath. This led into a
good deal of evidence. Mr. Cook, Mr. Bevan, and Mr.
- Pearce asserted their belief of Dr. Baily's want of vera-
city, and the testimony of the latter gentleman referr&d
to certain proceedings connected with a chapel at Ton-
bridge Wells, as to which Dr. Baily's conduct had given
dissatisfaction to the Bishop of the diocese. The Bishop
of Rochester (who sat upon the bench throughout the
trial) was examined, and confessed that, though he had
written in a friendly and forgiving tone to Dr
Baily's mother with respect to him, the ex-
planation which he had given of his conduct
regarding Mr. Pearce's signature to a testimonial
to the Bishop had been anything but satisfactory to his
mind. For the defendant, it was alleged that the Bishop
had shown his forgiveness and satisfaction by his con-
duct, if he had not done so by •his words ; and as to the
evidence of the ether persons who impugned Dr. Baily's
character, they were all men who felt a spite against
him, in consequence of the evidence he had given in an
action tried sonic time ago in the Court or Queen's Bench,
in which they were interested. I'or the defendant it was
contended that the whole circumstances, from the alleged
transmission of the meney by the plain tiffin Ireland to her
brother, down to the alleged signature of the promissor:.
note, were highly improbable in all parts, in some parts
utterly impossible ; and an accountant who had exa-
mined Smith's books and papers, alleged that there was
no mention of the name of Bally.
The LORD CHIEF JUSTICE summed up at considerable
length, and read through the evidence of .the principal
witnesses.

The Jury retired for three-quarters of an hour, and
found a verdict for the defendant.

COURT OF B 4iVKRUPTCY. July 9.
IN THE MATTER OF JOHN BIGGS.
The bankrupt was a wholsale boot and shoemaker, in the
New-cut, Lambeth. The amount of debts in his schedule was
stated at 2,790/. while the available assets would scarce!) afford
a dividend of 6d. in the pound.
He was examined at great length with respect to certain
bills of exchange which he alleged were of no value,
in consequence of the parties executing them having absconded
to the Continent, when a charge of conspiracy was
preferred against them. He stated that a person named Henry
Wilson was indebted to him in the sum of 179/. for goods sold,
but that he had passed through the Insolvent Court about six
months ago.
On the application of the Solicitor to the fiat, who stated
that he thought, if afforded time, he should be able to gain
some evidence with respect to the disposal of certain goods
which the body of the creditors believed had been fraudulently
disposed of, the further examination was ordered to stand over
fora month.

RAILWAY RLTURNs.
11. e extract from the Railway M guzine the sums re-
z..eived on the principal iiait w aj,s of Great Britain
for the week ending on the day of the month prefixed
to each. The return includes the money received for
passengers, parcels, carriages, horses, mails, and mer
chandize :
Week Miles Total.
Name of Railway.
ended Opened. X. a. d.
July 2 Birmingham & Derby Junct. 48 1,381 11 6
1 Birmingham and Gloucester 55 1,978 7 5
.. 13randling Junction 25
1 Chester and Birkenhead ..
3 Dundee and Arbroath ... ..... 161 291 45i
2 Edinburgh and Glasgow
3 Eastern Counties
2 Glasgow and Ayr .. ... .
2 Glasgow, Paisley, & Greenock 221 969 11 7
2 Grarali unct , Chester &Crewe 113 8,992' 15 10
2 Great North of England 45 1,299 19 2
3 Great Western
... Hayle l6
June2s Hull and Selby .... ......
July 2 Lancaster & Preston Junction 201 467 5
1 Liverpool and Manchester -31 4,556 16 11
2 London and Birmingham ll2 17,272 3I(
7 London and Blackwall • at 1,204 13 1
2 London and Brighten
Ditto Shoreham Branch ....• 5i
5 London and Croydon lOl 491 16 11
7L. ndon and Greenwich 34 875 13 C
3 London and South k't estern
June3o Manchester, Bolton, and Bury 10 530 4 4
July 4 Manchester & Birmingham
2 Manchester and Leeds
2 Midland Counties 571 2,703 2 6
'2 Newcastle and Carlisle 6Ol 1,796 10 6
June3o Newcastle and North Shields 7 434 12 5
July 3 Northern and Eastern... 3oi 1,824 2 8
2 North Midland
1 North Union
, 2 Preston and Wyre
4 Sheffield and Manchester 7 254 17 8
7 South Eastern
4 Ulster 24 376 19 8
5 York and North Midland 2B 1,794 4 1

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
MARLB ORO UGH- S TREE T.
EXTENSIVE E N:BEZ ZLENIENT. —Frederick Bacon, a young
man of very fash6nable appearance, and whose family eon-
nexions are highly respectable, was placed at the bar, charged
with embezzling divers sums of money which had come into his
hands, for, and on account of, Messrs. Henry Broadwood,
Huggins and Co , of Broad-street, Golden-square, brewers, in
whose employ he had been for some time t ast as collecting
clerk.
Mr. Child, of the firm of Wyre and Child, of St. Martin's-le-
Grand, solicitors, appeared on the part of the prosecution.
Mr. Henry Huggins, one of the brewery firm, stated that nut
of the amount of 4241. paid over to the prisoner on account of
the firm from different customers, the discovery had been made
that he had embezzled 81/. 13s. 6d. The full extent of his
defalcation was not at present known, ana a remand was there-
fore prayed for, in order to allow time for making further exa-
mination into the accounts, and to procure the attendance' of
the necessary witnesses.
Mr. HARDWICK (to the prisoner)—Do you wish to say any-
thing in answer to the charge ? Prisoner—l wish the investi-
gation to be postponed for a few days, in order that I may have
time to send to my friends. lam willing to enter into any
arrangement with the firm.
Mr. HARDWICK—You will be remanded until Monday week.
The prisoner seemed to be most painfully affected while
standing at the bar, and occasionally shed tears.
It was said that he had filled situations of great trust in se-
veral banking houses and public Companies.
Two dashing young men, who gave the assumed names of
James Blond and William Henry Merritt, but who were re-
cognised as scions of Noble families, were charged with knock-
ing at doors and ringing of bells, at half-past three o'clock on
Saturday morning, in Wardour-street, Soho
They were fined 40e. each, or in default, one month to hard
labour. It is, perhaps, needless to add that the fines were in
stantly paid.

UNION-HALL.
THE LATE CLIMBING BOYS.—Three boys, who followed
the occupation of chimney-sweepers, until the recent Act pro-
hibiting persons of a certain age from pursuing that trade, ap-
plied to the Magistrate, saying that since the Ist instant they
had been driven to great distress. They were brought up to the
trade of climbing-boys, and knew no otter means of obtaining
a livelihood except by that means. Now, however, they were des-
titute, and although they sought work of every kind they could
not succeed, and their object in making the present application
was to know if there was not some asylum for the reception of
persons in their forlorn situation.

LLOYD'S SHIPPING
Lownox, Jur.v 9.—Wind this day at Noon, Southerly.
Orr MARGATE, JULY B.—Harrington, Mercer, Sydney;
St. Thomas packet, Hamburgis, for St. Thomas.
DEAL, JULY B.—Wind A.M. S.W., P.M. fresh._Arrd.
from the River, Mauritius, for Jamaica ; Guardian, Algoa Bay.
DUBLIN, JULY 6 —Sld. Kingston, Demerara.
KINGSTOWN, JULY 7.—Arrd. Jackson, Jackson, Trinidad.
SHIELDS, JULY 7.—Sld. Peter Hattrick, New York.
BRISTOL, JULY B.—Arrd, Neate, Jarrett, Grenada. Put
back, Lucy, for Antigua.
PORTSMOUTH, JULY B.—Wind S.W., fresh breezes and
squally.—Arrd. her Majesty's ship Actmon, San Blas, sailed
Jan. 26, Vaiparaio Al ril 8, and Rio May 21, with 1,25'1,000
dollars ; Great Liverpool, steamer, Alexandria, left 21st ult.,
Malta 27th, Gibraltar 2d inst ; British Queen, steamer,
Antwerp for New York. Sld. her Majesty's ship Sparrow,
eastward.

The MAGISTRATE regretted that there was no place'of such
description, and advised them to apply to the parochial autho-
rities of that part if the town where they serves their time,
and that in all probability something would be done for them.
The poor boys having thanked the Magistrate, then withdrew.
CLERKENWELL.
Gm!,lc, the friend and associate of the mureerer
Good, and who, it will be recollected, was committed
with him to Newgate, was brought before Mr. Green-
wood, charged with the following outrage. The com-
plainant appeared dreadfully injured.
Mr. Richard Hammond, of No. 5, Baldwin's-gardens,
said that while near his own residence he heard the de-
fendant threatening to cleave the skull of an aged female,
who has been nearly half a century a respectable shop-
keeper in the neighbourhood, and feeling apprehensive
that her life was certainly in danger he hastened to her
protection. The instant the accused caught sight of wit-
ness, he called out, Oh, then you've comQ to take her
part," and rushing at him. struck him on the forehead,
which he cut to the bone. lie afterwards struck him
many other severe blows, and he feels satisfied, that had
it not been for timely assistance he would have been
k:lled.
Mrs. Davis, the feuiale referr©d to, was examined.— On Thursday evening, as some workmen were raising
She said she saw the defendant exposing his person in I a block of cut stone to an upper story of a house in the Rue
Baldwin's-gardens, which induced her to order him Mazagran, the ropes gave way, and the stone in falling struck
away, and threaten to ,give him in charge. This led to down four workmen, who were engaged about it. Two were
his brutal treatment of her and the prosecutor. killed on the spot, and the others were removed to the ILtel
Dieu in a very precarivus state.
CiREENWOOD, asked the defendant ,what he hake

COWES, Jutir B.—Arrd. Juliana, Cortina, and Fama, Lor-
renga, Havannah ; Bashaw, Howes, New Orleans, and sailed
for Antwerp.
FA LmoUTii, Jurs 7.—Wind S. to W. N. W., fresh breezes.
—Arrd. Enchantress, Bisset, Guayaquil, sailed Feb. 1, and
Rio, May 5. _ _

LtvEaPoon, JULY B.—Wind S.W., moderate.—.Arrd. Inde-
pendence, Smith, Valparaiso ; Wright, Curlett, and Eliza Ann,
Jamaica; Brilliant, Coward, Monte Video; Tarquin, Heber, New
Orleans; George, Mobile; Andover, St. John's, New Bruns-
wick ; Norval, Newfoundland. Sld. Liverpool, China;
mima, Valparaiso; Chicona, Charleston ; Salome, Africa.
Arrd. off. Lady Rowena, Charleston, left 15th ult.
OF? HASTINGS, JULY B.—Cypress, Calcutta, left 30th
Jan., St. Helena, May 1.
VALPARAISO, APRIL B.—The Chili steamer, from Callao,
has arrived, with 323,000 dollars. The Packet, Robinson, has
also arrived from Cobija, with 58,000 dollars.

say ibt himself ?—He said he was called a murderer, a' d
that aggravated him,

The complainant and the oth,:r V,'llll€SiCS Cie111:-:ti ibis
statement.

Mr. GREENWOOD UfLer commenting on the prisoner's
brutal disposition, so .tenced him to pay a penalty of 51.,
and to be imprisoned in the House of Correction for six
week; in default of payment.

LAMBETH-STREET.
William Thomas Elder, Esq., a mid,ile-aged man, who
holds the situation of senior under-clerk in the Ordnance
department in the Tower. was placed in front of the bar
nefore Mr. Norton, on a charge of indecently assaulting
WNiam Youl, a private in tl,e fir,t battalion of the
Coldstream Guards, at present quartered in the Tower.
Mr. Humphries, the solicitor, with Captain, Newton
and Quarter-Master Mess, attended on behalf of the
officers of the Coldstream Guards, fur the prosecution ;
and Mr. Chambers, the barrister, and Mr. Hobler ap-
peared for the accused, who, independent of a splendid
official residence on the Terrace belonging to the Tower,
has a salary of 8001. per annum.
The complainn:t stated that, on Tuesday night' last,
he was on sentry at the Jewel-office in the Tower, and
at twenty minutes past eleven o'cleck he heard some
person approach him from a passage which leads to a
stone stairway. He challenged him, in the usual way,
on that part, by the foot, and the challenge was re-
turned with the foot also. and immedi tely a!terwards
he saw the prisone.• coming towards him. He, the pri •
soner, then asked him if the moon was up, and on his
answering that he did not know, he next asked what
o'clock it was. He then asked if re should go and bring
two girls, and witness replied that that was no place for
girls. He next asked if he should bring some drink, and
on witness saying it was no place for drink, he ap-
proached close to him, looked into his face, and corn
matted the indecent assault complained of. Witness on his
doing so presented his firelock at him, and compelled
him, at the point of the bayonet, to go into the sentry-
box

The witness was cross-examined at considerable le-gth
by ➢lr. Chambers.
Sergeant George Sharp was next called, and stated
that on the night in question he was on duty at the
guard-house, when a watchman came there, and in con-
sequence of what he said, he (witness) proceeded to the
Jewel guard, and there found the prisoner in the sentry-
box with the complainant guarding him. Youl told him
that he had been indecently assaulted by the prisoner,
and wished to give him into custody. Mr. Elder himself
said he had a fall in the course of the day, and nurt his
knee ; and that be had been out to procure some medi-
cine. He also said, while passing along he had knocked
his foot against a stone, and accidentally fell against the
prisoner. He then pointed out a stone on the pavement,
which was higher than the others, as the one against
which he had struck his foot.

Mr. NORTON observed he was placed in a very delicate
situation ; still he had but one st,raightforward line of
duty to pursue, and that he would not flinch from. He
would, therefore, without offering any opinion of his own
upon the case, hold the accused to bail to answer the
charge at the Sessions.

Some discussion here took place about the amount of
bail, and it was ultimately agreed to take two sureties in
3001., and the accused himself in 6001., to appear on
Thursday next, to have the depositions properly copied,
and the witnesses bound over to appear at the Sessions to
prosecute. Tie required sureti s were given, and the
accused, for the present, liberated. During the investi-
gation the Court was crowded with the friends and ac-
quaintances of the accused.

ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE.
SOUTH WALES ChiCUlT—Cardiff, July 8.
MuunEa.—The Learned Judges opened the Commission
here on Tuesday. The only case of interest—viz., the trial of
Edwards for the matricide at _Merthyr, took place yesterday.
Considerable iuierest was felt for the result of the trial, and the
Court was completely crowded.
Richard Edwards was indicted for the wilful murder of his
mother, Tamar Edwards. The prisoner, who pleaded " Not
guilty," appeared rather flushed, but otherwise did not seem
to fe, 1 the awful situation in which he was placed.
Alr. Vaughan Williams, with Mr. Nicholl, appeared for the
prosecution.
Mary Jenkins, examined by Mr. Mei:sta.—l knew old Ta-
mar Edwards when she was alive. I saw her on a Thursday,
about nine days before her body was found. I saw her about
three o'clock in the afternoon. She was taking a jug si water
by my door to her house. I did not see her go into her house,
but she went in that direction. My house is two doors from
her's. She looked as usu4i, as if she was quite well. 1 was
in the habit of seeing her daily carrying coal or water. • I never
saw her alive after that day. I was at home every day from
tha day until the body was found, and must have seen her if
she had passed. 1 don't think I saw the prisoner at all after
that time.
David Lloyd, examined by Mr. Nicitou—l live at Merthyr
Tydvil, by the lower furnace. 1 remember when the body of
Tamar Euwards was found. On that day I saw the prisoner.
I then asked him where his mother was, as I said I had not
seen her that week. The prisoner said she was gone down to
Llandabon. The primer's wife was washing the floor when I
went in.
Mary Traherne gave similar evidence.
Jane Phillips examined by Mr. WILLIAMS—Gave evidence
as to seeing Tamar Edwards and his wife on the Monday alter
the bony was found, and the prisoner on being asked sites his
mother, replied, as in the other cases, that his mother was at
Llandabon.

Mrs. Williams examined—l am the wife of Richard Wil-
liams. On the Monday I remember seeing the prisoner at the
bar. It was the Monday before I heard that his mother's
body was found. I saw him by his mother's house about five
o'clock in the evening. He was looking in through the window
and pressing a little of the hood of the cloak through the
pane. The cloak was across the window a little higher up
than where the pane of glass had been broken. It
was aeross half of the window. He pressed the
cloak so that he might look through the broken
pane into his mother's house. When he looked through
the broken pane he could see the whole of the room and the
bed, towards which he was looking. I came on to meet him.
He had left the house, and was coming to meet me. I asked
him how he was, and told him that his wife had been by his
mother's house on the Saturday morning- before that, and that
I had told her when she was there that I thought her mother-
in-law was not at home. On the Saturday after I heard of
the finding of the body of the deceased, I asked the prisoner
when he had last been at his mother's house. He said he
had seen her on Thursday night. I asked him if he had heard
her talk of her intention of going from home. He said he
had, and that she went away on Friday morning. He asked me
if I knew where Peggy or Margaret (his wife) was. I said I
did not know. The woman next door (Mary Traherne) told him
where his wife was. He then went up the tram-road in the
direction of Caedran. I have been a neighbour of the de-
ceased for two years. went from home sometimes. She
was a pauper at Llandabon. When she used to go from home
she used to put a piece of calico or something like that at the
window. I know the cloak which was before the window ;
the deceased used to wear it ; she had another cloak to go
from home in.
Messrs. Davit and Dyke, surgeons, of Merthyr, deposed to
the post mortent examination of the body of the deceased, who
in their opinion died by strangulation.
The prisoner having declined saying anything in his defence,
The Learned sleitce summed up, and the jury returned a
verdict of Guilty.
His LORDSHIP then put on the black cap, and proceeded to
pass sentern e of c:eath upon the prisoner, exhorting him not to
entertain any hopes of mercy in this woi Id.