The Tamworth Examiner and Working Men's Journal. — 1875-09-11 (Tamworth, Staffordshire, England)

RACE BETWEEN A MAN AND A MORSE.-Upwards ,tf I atti persons assembled at Holly IEII, Richmond, Yorks, en Sawnlay evening, to witness a race for a wager etwven George Earl, the champion runner of Richataid, and Mr. James Wateon's chestnut horse Dick. Tr distance agreed upon was WO yards, dead fiat, Ito start level at the fall of a flag. The horse was steerti by Robert Steward, formerly connected with the liking stables. Betting opened at 2to 1 on the ber., tat closed at even. Mr. John Hind officiated as starter, and at 5.30 the flag fell to an admirable 84n% T'ae youth led for about 50 yards, when the h., eaaght him, and going on full of running ln4liag double, won in a canter. The judge, however, objtmed to the start on the ground that the horse in 4 et3t stuiding still, and the race was ordered to be run over ',Pin. The betting now veered round to 10 to lon the ho..e. Earl obtained about ten yards advantage at Elite sn.rt, but it was soon evident that the animal wee tea much for him, as Dick, full of reuniter, reached hut. forty yards from home, and cantwd in an easy winnet After the race an offer was made to match the horse t.O give start to the best mai inthe world, and Earl chalieiged to run any .tan it Richtnend.  The death is announeed of a well-known secessionist from the Church of England, Dr. H. J. Marshall, Roman Catholic priest of Ross, . _ .  The erection of the new law courts in London is now proceeding with some spirit. Upwards of 1000 men are on the ground. Prince Hohenlohe, the German Ambassador at Paris, has gone from Munich to visit his estates in..lttasian Poland.  A Chicago paper states that Mrs. Lincoln, wife of the late President, has been released from Patterns Asylum.  Captain Boyton, according to Galignani, will not be allowed by the authorities to experiment in the Seine from St*,rres to Saint Cloud with his life-saving dress, from an apprehension of accidents. At Southampton, Lord Henry Scott, M.P., and fourteen clergymen of High Church tendencies have formed a Church Burial Society. One of the attractions is said to be "a model coffin of improved design." The Iceland relief committee have collected £2OOO, and it has been resolved to purchase a quantity of rye and oats, to be sent out as soon as possible to the 4000 sufferers.  Miss Ottilie Blind, the daughter of Karl Blind, is among the young ladies who have passed the recent Cambridge examination for the higher education of  —isaturday, Hannah Pearce, aged 20, a domestic servant, of Nunhead, was admitted to Guy's Hospital suffering intense agony in the stomach. The poor girl was in the act of fixing some false teeth in her mouth, when she accidentally swallowed them. The house surgeons at the hospital will have great difficulty in recovering the teeth. Wm. Dixon, who had been missing from his home it Kilburn, near Thirsk, since the 9th of August, and who was supposed to be dead, returned a few days since. He appeared to have suffered much both from exposure and hunger. He said that he gut lust in the woods in the 'vicinity of Rolstone Crag, and that during the time he had been absent his food had consisted of nothing but turnips.  A BISHOP CHARGED WITH lIURDER.—The Madrid correspondent of the Times says : -" A criminal charge of some years standing lies at the door of the Bishop of Cre'el, connected with a certain mysterious murder which occurred in the episcopal palace long ago. The laxity of judicial procedure in Spain, aided too, not improbably, by his high position, has hitherto given his reverence an impunity he is not likely to enjoy much longer." Me.