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Goodwood races commenced on Tuesday. The attendance was less numerous than on previous occasions; a circumstance attributed to th overpowering heat of the weather. There was plenty of sport. On Tuesday, there were eight races. The Ham Stakes were won by Mx. Bowes's Epirote; the Sweepstakes of 300 sovereigns each by Mr. Gully's Wea- therbie
On Wednesday there wereeight races. The Goodwood Stakes of 25 sovereigns each, were won by. Mr. O'Brien s Jonathan Wild, beating Hero, Dulcet, and twenty others. At starting the betting was 4 to 1 against the Hero, and 9 to 2 againet. Jonathan Wild. The pace was exceedingly severe. The race won by a neck. The losses are said to amount to 40,0001.
On Thursday, the Goodwood Cup, value 300 sovereigns, was won by Mr. O'Brien's Grimston, beating Wolfdog and Banger, and six others. Betting 2 to 1 against Grimston, and 5 to 1 against Wolfdog. Grimeton won easily by a length.
At Stafford Assizes, on Tuesday Zephaniah Hull, a gamekeeper, was tried for the murder of John Norris, Lord Ward's chief keeper, at Himley. From the evi-' deuce it was clear that, during an altercation Hull shot Norris with a gun through the arm and body; and that the man died of the wound. But two labouring men, who witnessed the quarrel, declared that Norris struck Hull first on the head; then a struggle ensued, and during it the gun of Hull accidentally went off: it was not wilfully presented or fired at Norris by the prisoner. The surgical evi- dence as to the direction of the wound seemed to tally with this account. The man was acquitted.
Extensive paper-mills at Whitchtuch, near Andover, occupied by Mr. Charles Fuller, were utterly destroyed by tire on Wednesday morning. Several cottages were also consumed. The disaster is attributed to the over-heating of a flue.
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