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Mr. M'George was as fortunate as in the Derby in getting his horses away at the second attempt. The first to show in advance when they were fairly in their places were Crocus, Curieuse, and Dryad, who ran nearly abreast, about a length in advance of the favourite; close up with whom were seen the colours of Miss Foote, Brigantine, Toison d'Or, and Clemency; the others were headed by Aubade, Teeswater, and Polissonne, Hymen, Scottish Queen, Minaret, and Martinique being in the extreme rear. The lastnamed in particular was extremely slow in beginning, but before Sherwood's cottage had been reached, some fifty yards from the start, she had quitted her horses, and succeeded in overtaking the leaders, who were running at a wretched pace. Half-way up the hill, Morna on the inside ran up to the leaders, and at once assumed the lead. Curieuse and Dryad at the same time gave way, and their places were taken by Miss Foote, Toison d'Or, and Brigantine, the French filly going on next, in company with Brigantine, Crocus, Teeswater, and Martinique, close in whose track came Scottish Queen and Teeswater, the rearmost horses even at this early period being widely separated. In these positions they remained through the furzes, but, on rounding the turn into the old course, at the mile-post, Morna and Miss Foote drew away, and were two or three lengths in front of Toison d'Or and Brigantine as they descended the hill, on the right being Crocus and Martinique, with Teeswater and Scottish Queen as their immediate followers. Thus they proceeded until fairly round Tattenham-corner, but on entering the straight, Miss Foote was seen in difficulties, and in a few strides further her colours disappeared from the van. Toison d'Or followed suit immediately after, which left the Woodyates filly in attendance upon Sir Joseph Hawley's favourite, Crocus going on third, with Martinique at her girths. When crossing the road, the latter made an attempt to get up on the whip-hand of Crocus, who, at the same moment, hung so much through distress, as to compel Snowden to ease his mare, and come up on the lower ground. This gave an additional advantage to the leaders, who drew away, and came on several lengths clear, Morna, on the whip-hand of Brigantine, holding a decided lead, which she retained to the enclosure. Here Cannon, who had bided his time through the dirt, brought up his filly, and, fairly heading Morna at the stand, cantered home the winner by a couple of lengths; Martinique finished a wretched third, Crocus and Teesdale being fourth and fifth, close up. An interval of eight or ten lengths separated these from Scottish Queen, Toison d'Or, and Dryad, who headed the pulling-up division, the last of whom were Aubade, Curieuse, and Minaret. Time of the race, as taken by Benson's chronograph, 2 min. 58 Time of 1868 race, 2 min. 47 sec.

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2. FATAL RIOT AT MOLD.-A disastrous affray occurred at Mold in Flintshire, in which four persons lost their lives. The circumstances which preceded this riot were these:-The underground manager of the Leeswood Cannel and Gas-coal Company, Mr. John Young, gave offence to the Welsh colliers, who charged him with favouring some half-dozen English colliers by giving them easy stalls to work. It was further said he had spoken most disrespectfully of the Welsh colliers as a body, and that he, being an Englishman, had oppressed them by refusing them proper timbers for the roofs, and that he was instrumental in effecting a reduction in their wages. Notice of a reduction for turning out "dirty cannel" took effect on the 17th ult., and on the 19th Mr. Young received a very short notice to quit, according to a custom peculiar to the district. He would not go, and was summarily ejected from the works with considerable violence. He was conducted to the nearest railway station, and his goods were packed up and sent after him. He, however, placed himself under the protection of the police, and took care to keep out of the way of his enemies till justice could be done. Eight colliers were charged on remand with assaulting him, and the two ringleaders in this proceeding, Ishmael Jones and John Jones, were convicted and sentenced to one month's imprisonment. The other six were liberated on paying fines of 17. and 10s. respectively, with costs. Herein lay the cause-if such it could be called-of the disturbance. The friends of those who sympathized with the convicted colliers, considered that a fine in each case would have been sufficient, and they were indignant when they heard that two of the offenders were to be sent to the county prison. It was five o'clock when the case terminated, it having lasted nearly six hours. At a quarter-past seven the train was due which was to convey the prisoners to Flint, and the crowd, knowing this, lingered about the County Hall till within about ten minutes of the time. A company of the second battalion of the 4th King's Own, which had been in barracks all day, having come from Chester in the morning, under the command of Captain Blake, and numbering fifty men, were then marched out, and, as they passed by the hall, the police, under Captain Brown, fell in at the rear. In the centre of a posse of thirty of the latter were the prisoners, in the charge of Inspector Hughes, Lockwood, and other officers. The escort had scarcely got through the gates from the green when stones were thrown, as they commenced their march of about 200 yards, down a slight declivity, to the railway station. On their right, extending along the line of march to the back of the station, was a high bank, formed by a new road, where loose pebbles were

plentiful. On the left was the railway, the bridge over the cutting of the new Mold and Denbigh Branch Line, with its rising ascent affording, unfortunately, another vantage-ground to the rioters, who had here also, within easy reach, a mound of rubbish, supplying missiles. From both sides stones were thrown in volleys by the mob, which numbered not fewer than 2000 men, women, and boys. The women picked up large pebbles in their aprons and supplied the colliers, so that they were able to keep up, as they did, an incessant shower of stones. An accident favoured the assailants. The little wicket gate to the railway platform was closed, in anticipation of a rush, and the escort had to enter from a recess through a side door. They could not readily do this, and fell into confusion, and for several seconds were exposed to a most merciless pelting of stones and pebbles. To the honour of the 4th (King's Own), they never in the midst of this quailed for one instant. Cheered on, and urged to forbear by their officers, they endeavoured to get shelter, heedless of the injuries they received. Equally courageous were the police, and equally obedient to their chief. Not knowing what had been done with the prisoners, the mob seemed baffled for a few seconds. Inspector Hughes had fallen bleeding to the ground, but Lockwood, the other inspector, never relinquished his grasp of the prisoners, and hurried them into the telegraph-office. This caused the building to be riddled with stones, to the imminent danger of the soldiers and police inside. The full force of the attack at one time was experienced there. Not a bit of glass was left in the window-sashes, and the panels of the door and the panes in the sides of the desk were broken, but the telegraph dial and works were uninjured. It was not till the mob threatened to surround the station, that Mr. Clough, J.P., who was in the break-van of the train, recommended that a defence should be made. Even then Captain Blake was reluctant to order the men to fire. The Riot Act had not been read, and the rioters seemed to be proceeding with impunity. One man after another, first a policeman and then a soldier, escaped into the station covered with blood, and the soldiers became half frantic. At last-whether with or without authority was not known-one of them fired through the front window of the telegraph office, and a young man fell. This caused the most active of the rioters to retire, but still stones came thick and fast, breaking the windows of the carriages of the train in waiting, and doing other damage. The soldiers continued to fire for some ten minutes. Meanwhile the train was moved out of the station, the prisoners being in safe custody. Then, having room to manœuvre, the men discontinued firing and fell into line. No regular volley had been fired, and only in one instance, where a man was shot down with a stone in his hand, did it appear that the soldiers were taking aim. As soon as the military were faced about, the Riot Act was read by Mr. C. B. Trevor-Roper. The mob then fled in all directions, and the disturbance was virtually quelled.

The list of killed was as follows:

A youth named Robert Hannaby, of Tryddyn, shot dead, the bullet having lodged in the groin, after entering the cheek. The deceased had a stone in his hand when found. The body was removed to the back of the Victoria Hotel.

Edward Bellis, of Tryddyn, shot through the abdomen. He died shortly after at Pontblyddyn.

Margaret Younghusband, aged about nineteen, shot through the chest. The deceased left off cleaning a chapel to see the riot.

Elizabeth, the wife of Isaac Jones, of Coed Talon, shot through the body; aged fifty.

About twenty-six other persons were seriously hurt, and of the police twelve were wounded.

About half-past ten a reserve of 100 men, telegraphed for from Chester Castle, arrived and marched to the Market-hall. They remained there all night. It was at one time rumoured that an attack would be made by the rioters upon the Volunteer armoury, but it was placed under guard, and the town was quiet at noon the next day.

On the 4th, at the County Hall, Mold, Mr. P. Parry, coroner for Flintshire, opened an inquiry on the bodies of Margaret Younghusband and Robert Hannaby. The inquiry was short, and the coroner having clearly laid it down that the military were justified in firing in their own defence, even though the Riot Act had not been read, the jury retired, and, after a few minutes' deliberation, the foreman returned with a verdict, "That the deceased met with their deaths by justifiable homicide, caused by the crowd making a reckless and outrageous attack upon the military with illegal missiles ;" and the jury unanimously expressed their sympathy with the military under Captain Blake, and the police under Chief Constable Brown, who had shown such wonderful forbearance.

Six of the rioters were committed for trial, which took place at the Summer Assizes at Chester, before Chief Justice Bovill. With one exception, the prisoners were found guilty, and the sentence in each case was ten years' penal servitude.

5. CALAMITOUS FIRE AND LOSS OF THREE LIVES.-Late in the night a terrible calamity occurred on Pentonville-hill, with the loss of three lives. The house in which the fire occurred was externally a private one; but a private millinery business was carried on by Miss Mary Jago, who occupied the parlours and third floor; the first floor and kitchen being occupied by a Mr. Robert Till; and the second floor by Mr. James Richardson, a carpenter. The house was, therefore, a large one, and it had in front a long forecourt, railed in on a dwarf wall.

The alarm of fire was given at a quarter to ten o'clock; the fire being caused by a paraffin lamp having been knocked over in the kitchen. The fire-escape from Claremont-square was almost immediately on the spot, but it was unhappily useless, for the dwarf wall and railings were in the way. Fruitless endeavours were for a time made to reach four persons in the top floors-three women and

a child-some of whom, entreating assistance, could be seen at the windows of that floor by a vast and horror-stricken crowd which had assembled, and one of the three women having, in her despair, lodged herself on the lofty window-sill, some men made way to her over the roofs of neighbouring houses, and, at the imminent risk of her life and their own, hauled her by means of a rope from her doubly perilous position.

In twenty-five minutes or so after the alarm had been given an engine came, and, having extinguished the fire, the top room was searched, and three dead bodies taken out. The three dead persons were Martha Naylor, aged 23, assistant to Miss Jago; Anne Lettitia Thomas, also assistant to Miss Jago; and Mary Richardson, aged three, the daughter of the second-floor lodger. The whole of the property in the house was destroyed.

9. DREADFUL BOILER EXPLOSION AT BINGLEY.-A very disastrous boiler explosion, resulting in the death of not fewer than fifteen adults and children, occurred at the works of Messrs. Town and Son, bobbin-turners, at Bingley, between Bradford and Keighley. The workshop of Messrs. Town was situate on the north bank of the Leeds and Liverpool Canal, and in the rear of the National School, Park-road, the two buildings being separated by the playground of the school. The premises of Messrs. Town consisted of a large workshop, about fifteen yards long by fifteen in width, and two stories in height, boiler and engine-house, and offices. The boiler-house stood between the workshop and offices, and over the latter were two rooms occupied as a dwelling by Mr. J. Town, jun. The explosion occurred about ten o'clock a.m. The boiler was lifted from its base into the air, and fell a shapeless mass about forty yards off. The works and cottages were levelled with the ground, large stones being hurled long distances. Workmen who were on the building, persons in the cottages, and scholars in the playground of the National School were instantly overwhelmed and buried beneath the ruins. A great number of willing hands immediately engaged in the task of disinterring those who had been so summarily buried in the ruins. The dead and injured were removed to the National School, and a number of surgeons from the surrounding district rendered prompt aid to those who were suffering. Some were removed to their homes, and some to the Bradford Infirmary. This terrible accident was found clearly due to the want of care and skill in Robert Hodgkinson, the engine-tender (who himself died of injuries caused by the explosion), and to the neglect of proper supervision by his employers, with the bad construction and unfit condition of the steam-boiler. The coroner's inquest resulted in a verdict of "Manslaughter" against the deceased Hodgkinson, and a severe censure upon Messrs. Town and Son, with a recommendation to put all steam-boilers under Government inspection.

10. ASCOT RACES. THE CUP DAY.-This great meeting was as numerously attended as ever, in spite of the absence of sun and warmth.

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