Star. — London, England, 1826-04-27 00:00:00

RIOTS IN BLACKBURN AND ITS NEI G ieIIAZJRHOOD. We yesterday stated that several outrages had taken place at Blackburn and its neighbourhood, by the weavers, and ve regret to find they are confirmed to the fullest event. The following accounts, from Pro vincial Journals and private letters, contain the latest intelligence of these melancholy events: IRON A SECOND EDITION OF THE MANCHESTER JOURNAL. Manchester, Tuesday, April 25. Yesterday morn;ng, several thousaod persons having collected at fienfirld, they proceeded in a body to Messrs. Sykes' factory, at Accrington, where they de molished all the steam-looms and damaged the engines; ' and meeting with no opposition. they also carried the wen k of destruction into the factories of Mr. Walinesley, 'and Bury and C.. Their proceedings struck terror every where,as many of them were provided with fire-arms and pikes. Ongoing into a factory, they first fired a pistol,and then gave three cheers, after which the demolition coin menced, during which an armed guard marched nand the place to prevent interruption. When they It Id finished the destruction of Morns at Accrington, they proceeded towards Blacktntra, - and in passing over Stand-hill Moor, they marched in regular military order. In passing Foxhill Bank, a number of them stopped, and exacted bread and cheese fr6m Mr. Simp son's family. The mob arrived at Blackburn about six in 0 e even ing, and proceeded immediately to the factory of Messrs. Bannister, Eccles and C.). where they demolished the looms in t I e most deliberate and systematic ma , lier. A trsnp of 30 s rldiers was called o•rt, but there being no Magistrate pre-ent till the destruction of the machinery was nearly completed, they wer e at a loss how to act.— Indeed the force of the mob was so overpowering, and they :hewed so much regular discipline, that any at tempt at force would only have exposed the soldiers to certain destruction. The Officer on duty, wbo had often witnested the disorderly tumult of an frith mob, is said' to have been much struck with the cool deliberate manner in which the filters went about theit unlawful purpose. Having, in about forty minutes, completely demolished the machinery, they proceeded towards Grimshaw Park, levying contributions on the provision shops as they peseta). Six men, who lingered behind in the factory, were taken into custody. Before they came to Grimshaw-Park the small troop of military had arrived, but here, as at Blackburn, opposition to a force of perhaps ten thousand men, many hundreds of whom were well armed, was hope less. Mr. Oughton's looms were instantly destroyed, and the rioters returned to Blackburn with the inten tion, it was supposed, of immediately marching to Low Moor. But it being by this time dusk, the rioters were f bvicmsly very much fatigued with • their de structive labour, and it was supposed that they se parated with the intention of suspending further ex cesses 011 this morning. • . Amongst the facr"riei which 'were expected to be attacked, is that of Messrs. Garnett and Horsefa 1, at Clitheroe. These Gentlemen have been for sonic time accumulating fire-arins, in order ro be prepared for any attack ; and we understand, that at a very early hour thin morning, a troop of horse marched from the barracks here to assist in protecting the factories at Clitheroe, so that There it may be presumed the rioters will meet wi•li a check to their ill-directed violence. The amount of damage done, we have heard stated, by a Gentleman who is qualified to judge, at not less than ten thousand pounds. • Since writing the above we have learned, that when the soldiers - arrived at Messrs. Eccles and Co.'s factory, they were attacked by the mob, who showered stones upon tlienr over a wall, and they in return fired about twenty shots, by which several were wounded, three of them it is said dangerously. It was immediately after this that the six men were taken prisoners. At Grim- . thaw Poll k, we have been informed that something like a regular charge was made by the military, and that shots were exchanged, by which several on each side were wounded ; but as ss e have to.t bend this from an eye-witness, we cannot vouch for its accuracy. The following is from a Second Edition of the Man niester Mercury: MEMORY Orris, TURSDAT MORNING. We feel regret in submitting to our readers the fol• lowing detail, which we have collected from various sources, with as much regard to accuracy as circum stances have rendered possible: Yesterday forenoon, a vet y large assembly of weavers took place on a bill at llenfield, a place where the four roads leading to Blackburn, Burnley, Whalley, and llaslingden, meet, and where there was also a similar assemblage last week. What took place here can only be judged of by the eeent. After remaining some time it discussion, they left the ground, and a very large body proceeded to Accrington, the place where some indica tions oft iot occurred this day week, and where consider able alarm had been excited about half past nine in the morning, by about 100 armed ruen passing through the village on their way -to lienheld. Amongst the mob assembled, there was a large body, not less, it is asserted, than 500, who were armed with pikes, or, to speak more correctly, knives and pieces of iron ground sharp, and fastened at the end of sticks ; some carried scythes, others bad large sledge hammers, and a few had pistols and guns. The messenger who had been dispatched to Blackburn for military aid had not teturned, when, about 12 o'clock, the mob proceeded in a rapid but deliberate manner to Messrs. Sykes' new mill, whiah'l they imnrediately broke open, and in the course of 151 or 20 minutes completely demolished the poster-lrnms, sixty in number, with the dres-ing machines and other apparatus, and the warps and cloth in the horns; they likewise greatly injured the throstles and the veal]) engine. The shops of the provi•i ,n dealers were almost cleared of their contents. From this place .they pro- ceeded to a place called Wood Nook, where there wise , about 20 looms, these likewise they destroyed. They Coen went to Mr. Benjamin Walanley's, at Rough ley, where also they broke 20 looms, and did con- x:S( cable other damage; they did net, however, do any ui tul injury to the spinning part of the machinery. —Form Rough Hey they proceeded to Mr. J. Bury's, at White Ash, where they destroyed 60 or 80 looms Such was the rapidity of their operations, that it was inOt until they had gone to this place. that the first i account of the rioters having actually proceeded to violence reached Blackburn. A party of the Queen's Bays immediately set out tot White Ash, but the work of destruction had been completed br fore their arrival. A second demand for military aid had been sent fron Accrington ; the first, sent when no rioting bad actually taken place, not b :vying he-en attended to. • At length eighteen of the Dragoons were dispatched, and on thei) Way to Accrington they met and passed through a large body, the most moderate estimate we have heard says five or six thousand of the rioters, who were then pro- ceeding to Blackburn, having broken all the looms at White Ash. They did not, it is stated, appear to be at all intimidated by meeting the military, but carried their pikes, &c. openly, and in a very menacing manner. On entering Blackburn, a large number, from a body of 4 or 500, entered the Bay Horse Inn, a market linuse, demanding bread and beer. The landlady, with some difficulty, got her doors closed, and having dis tributed a considerable quan•ity of liquor, and all the bread she hid in the house, amongst those who !rad come in, they rejoined their companions in the street, and proceeded on without doing any further injury. The next place which the mob visited was the ex tensive power-loom factory of Messrs. Bannister, Eccles, and Co. irrDarwen.street, Blackburn, where they ar rived shortly after three o'clock. A party of Dragoons was here as soon as themselves; but such a species of force could be of little or no avail in checking their proceedings. They could not prevent them from en teriog the factory ; and therefore still less could they prevent tse destruction of the obnoxious machinery it contained. Mr. Eccles,•we understand, met them at the door of his mill, and endeavoured to prevent them from entering it, but a pike was immediately put to his breast. He WAS told that they did not wish to do hint any harm, but . the destruction of his looms they were determined en. It was at this place that the soldiers and the mob first came into collision. The former were most violently stoned by the latter, who were them.' selves sc'eened from atta. k, and one soldier was consi. derably hurt. Some fire-arms also were discharged by the mob. I t consequence, the Riot Act was read about half-past three o'clock; one or two soldiers, we believe, fired their pistols, and one of the rioters received a ball, and was tightly wounded in the back The whole of Mr. Eccles's power-looms and dressing-machines *ere reduced to a complete wreck ; the warps and cloth on the beams were also destroyed, but no injory was done to the spinning-machinery. Whilst the mob were at this place, our informant saw a poor fellow lie down before the feet of the soldiers' horses; he said they might tram. ple on him if they liked, he was starving to death, but he would persist in breaking the power. looms. -During the time the sinters were in Mr. Eccles's mill, thesmili tary had so arranged themielves about the entrance, and on three sides of t: se building, that the escape of the former was rendered a matter of difficulty. Fielding they could not make their way eff by the door, many of them actually jumped out of a window two stories high, and e-caped by crossing a stream on a side where there were no soldiers posted. From Messrs. Eccles and Co.'s the rioters prcoeeded to the mill belonging to Messrs. Fielden, Tbrop, and Townley, in King -street, which was intended to have conta ned pima looms, but none having yet been set up, they departed without committing any violence. A party, however, proceeded to Mr. Houghton's, at Grimshaw Park (whither also some of the Dragoons were detached), where there are about 25 looms. Notwithstanding the presence of :he soldiers, they effected an entrance into the building, entirely destroyed the looms, and threw the twist, the warps, and the beams on which they were wound, into the canal. At this place also the soldiers were severely pelted a kit stories, and in some instances fired on. A portion ut them consequently discharged their fire-arms, and one rioter in the building is stated to have been shot dead. Another man was 5! . ..0t through the ear, the ball coming out of his mouth ; and another was to des, e ' Irately shot in the back, that there is said to he no chance of his recovery. Altogether, it is supposed that two or three lives were lost, and four or five poor creatures very seriously or dangerously wounded. The devastation at Mr. Houghton's terminated the lawless proceedings of the rioters yesterday—termi noted them, however, when not a single power loom was left standing in Blackburn, or within six miles of it. A very large number of people, it is said riot less than 10,000, kept parading the streets of Blackburn in the evening, and displayed so much - excitation that it was deemed necessary to read the Riot Act twice.— About eight o'clock the Dragoons were ordered to clear the streets, which they did by striking with the flat edges of their swords, btu in no instance, we believe, inflicting personal injury. Indeed, our information leads us to believe, that the coolness, temper, and humanity displayed by the military throughout the trying circumstances in whit . ") they were pla:ed, were most exemplary. There have, we understood, been rumours in Black burn and the neighbourhood, of an intention to make the attacks which. we have above recorded, ever siace the preinature, and, we believe it may be called casual,' attack on Messrs. Sykes mill, which took place this day week. The circumstance which appears to have driven the poor weavers at length to desperation. is the extinction of all hope of an alteration in the Corn Laws.' We have beets informed by several manufacturers, that they have heard a number of their weavers say they 'have been waiting to see what would be done as regards the Corn Laws ; and finding all their hopes of a :educ tion in the price of provisions completely at an end, by the decision of the Howe of Commons on this question on Tuesday last, they have wreaked their vegeance on those machines, which they have been taugh-, by some persons who ought to have known better, to regard as a leading cause of their present heartrending sufferings. It is stated, that some of the men who appea ed to act as leaders of the mob were disguised, and others were quite unknown at the places *here their outrages were perpetrated. An extreme apprehension has been felt, lest the rioters should, in the course of to-day, attack the very extensive power-weaving concern of Messrs. Garnett and Horsfall, at Low Moor, near Clithern, and an express arrive i in this town about two o'clock this morning to solicit military aid. In consequence, a party of 25 of tl e Queen's Bays was immediately sent off; and -as' they reached Blackburn, which is within ten or twelve miles of Low Moor, at ire o'clock this tnorning, we trust they would arrive in time to prevent any attack from taking place. We believe, however, that Messrs. G....r• nett and Horsfall have been for some days engaged in putting their works into as good a state of defence as possible.—The effect of the lawless violence we have above detailed will, as regards the poor themselves, be to augment greatly the miseries of their situa tion. Property must be-protec ed: and those who are guilty of attacking it must be punished. This, the gene ral interest of all, poor as well as rich, alike requires. Masters will feel no confidence in giving out wcrk ohilst an excited spirit continues to prevail; and the number el* persons out of employ, and consequently thi amount of distress, will be greatly au g mented by the lamentable proceedings of yester day. . '1 te intim sufF. ring—the starvation; we may tiny—of thousands u, our fellow creatures cannot but beregardesi ai h feel trigs of anguish; but efforts combined; and extensive eff•rts, which alone can be available to relieve it, will he effectually deadened by the commi%sion of tumul tuous outrages. The m iney, which yesterday mi4ht have been devoted to the relief of the poor wea,ers, will now have -to be applied in the shape of county razes, to make good the damage they have caused. We are far from • invoking vengeance even upon the most guilty But punishment mustlollow crime; and though we hope, and indeed have not the smallest doubt, that justice will be adm . nistered in mercy, the law must n-1 sleep. Impunity to the criminals would encourage the repeti ion of 'heir t ffences. We ought to mention befn•e concluding, that about $6 pikes were taken by the soldiers at Messrs. E:cles and Co.'s and Mt. Houghton's. Six of the rioters were also taken into custody, and committed to Preston House of Correction for trial. Our informant, who was present at their ezaminstion before the Magistrates, states, that thete was nothing of audacity or bravado in their manner ; they were persons of the most wretched looking appearance, extremely dej cted, and seemed to be actually starving. wiunslcrstand the military and the 11ev. Mr. Noble, incumbent of Whallky, a Magistrate, were up the whole of the night ; hut up to the time at which our informant left Blackburn this morning every thing wag quiet. We be-lit-ye that as full a representation of what has taken place as the time allowed to be drawn up, was tranunitted by thil morn ing's mail, to the Secretary of State fur the Home Department. _PRIVATE LETTERS. llt.Acicavem, APRIL 24. - _ • " I am 'extremely sorry to inform you that *e have had a riot here, and in the neighbourhood, to•day. • The rioters commenced by breaking all T. and It. Sykes' power-looms at Accrington, then IL and It. Walimier's, at Itough-key ; and afterwards James Bury's, of White Asis. About three clock we were all greatly alarmed by the sudden appearance of the same mob here. All the shops, warehouses, and the bank, were immediately closed, and all were in the greatest possible.alarm. They came in good order and quietly into the tqwn ; abort 500 were armed with pikes, several with fire-emit (and these were called Captains); some with large hammers, and th- remainder with various weapons. You may conceive what an appearance they would have. " They immediately proceeded to It. Eccles and Co.'s factory, and demolished most completely all the power looms, from 230 to 240. They afterwards went to another small concern in Grimshaw Park, and did the same, though the soldiers were collected thrre to prevent them ; they' stoned them most completely away ; they had not the least chance. They had it all their own way. There are several most severely wounded, and one man killed; indeed, you would have thought there was a regular battle, from the number of pistols, Etc. that were fired. I never saw such work in my life. Stones were thrown at the soldiers, by one of which I was struck from inadvertently coming too near. It is quite impossible for me to describe how most completely they have broken the looms, bet they bare injured nothing else, and the buildings remain entire. It is said they are gone to Garnett's. The damage altogether cannot be estinsated at less than 10,0001. I did not believe there were so many pikes and weapons of various kinds in the county. The rioters are really most desperate, and they are ready for any act of violence. AU is qu!et here at the time (ten o'clock) of closing my letter." " BLACKBURN, APRIL 24._ " Silt—You have read, I doubt not, in the Bfackborn Nail, the riotous proceeedings which took place in this town and neighbour. hood, on the evening of Tuesday last. Since that time, rumour, with her thousand tongues, has kept the town in a ferment ; but amongst the many, one kept gaining ground, and that was, that preparations were to be made for a general attack on this day (Monday). Ac cordingly the leaders of this affair have been extremely busy for the last three or four days, and they entered the town to the number of from 12 to 15,000, armed with guns, pistols, pikes, hammers, pick axes, and other weapons equally destructive. 1 should have informed you sooner, in this letter of the cause which has produced the fatal contequences which I am narrating. " Fur some months back the weavers, particularly, have suffered the greatest privation, hum the combined causes of reduction of wages and want of work. Their situation has been ameliorated a little by the sub.cription raised by individuals, and other casual gifts, but, altogether, scarcely sufficient to keep body and soul together. However, not finding any relief at hand or in prospect, their patience has become exhausted ; hence the effects of this day. " For some time the power looms have been considered as the cause of both low wages and want of work. But to the point of this day's affair —As 1 have hinted above, for some days past there has been an understanding, principally amongst the villagers, for a circuit of ten or eighteen miles round this town, that this day a meeting would take place. They made good their words, for they began to assemble as early as five o'clock this morning, and conti nued to increase in number until about eleven o'clock, when they broke ground and marched. The place of meeting chosen was an eminence about five miles from this town, called Enfield, said from thence they marched to Accrington, where they broke seventy-five pair of looms, belonging to the Messrs. Sykes : thence they went to Woodnook, to Mr. Marques's, and destroyed all ; from thence to Mr. James Bury'a, where they destroyed one hundred pair; and at Mr. Warmly's they demolished the whole..— An express arrived is town at one o'clock, stating what was going on. A detachment of the First Dragoon Guards hastened to the spot in consequence ; but before they could get there, all the mis chief was Joue, for the soldiers met the rioters on their way hither. The mob marched its procession into the town, with arms shoulder high. The arms consisted of guns, pistols, pikes (shafted), ham mers, pick-axes, and other weapons of destruction, and proceeded immediately to the .Messrs. Eccles' factory, where they com menced the work of destroying four hundered pair of power-looms, which took the hungered beings one hour to complete. At this place the work was done without molestation, and suck a scene I never witnessed, notwithstanding the soldiers were upon the spot. Hitherto no particular opposition was offered to the rioters, but they had not yet completed the work of devastation, for there were still about thirty pair of looms untouched, belonging to Mr. Houghton, of Park-place, about half a mile from the market-place. There a contest took place between the people and the soldiers ; the soldiers took possession of the Factory before the rioters could get to it, conseqiently they posted themselues in as advantageous a position as they could. The rioters in a short time invested - the premises, and with loud buzz*, made their attack. After some skirmishing, the rioters succeeded in entering the Factory, when they demo lished the whole looms, and broke the windows. While the people were in the mill, the soldiers fired through the windows, and the consequence has been the wounding of six or seven, known ; how many unknown, I cannot form any judgment of. Mr. Houghton has got wounded in the breast with a stone. Pieces and warps were thrown into the canal, and I don't hear that any of the ma terials were stolen. I have thought proper to send you this account, a nd Toe may depend upon its accuracy. " F. P." P.S. 9 ectecc, r.w.—The Riot Act has been read, and the military are at this moment clearing the streets. What the end will be no one can tell, but should auythi* happen by to•nterrow's post I will let you knew. Perhaps yen have net ►eard of the King's gift of 1,0001• towards the relief of the distressed in this town. Bella rang the whole of Saturday lase' " 13Lanans, Anu. 24. " have just time before the Post leaves to inform yeu oar tewo was thrown int* great confusion this afternoon by the arrival of some thousands of persons from the adjacent districts, where they had been destroying all the power looms. Several hundreds of the mob were armed with pikes, a few with bre arms, and nearly all the rest with bludgeons. They immediately proceeded to the works of Messrs. B. Eccles and Co. where they forced the doors. and before the soldiers had arrived had broken all the power Isom., as well as the implements connected with them; and although the apiuniog factory adjoins the premises, and some of the rooms occupied with spinning machinery, no attempt was made to desgroy a single article connected with that department, not even the windows of the buildings. After this scene of mad devastation, the mob immediately proceeded to the works of Mr. Naughton, where they completely destroyed all the power loom machinery. The Mot Act was read three times, and the soldiers dispersed the mob, and received vollies of stones. which were thrown at them, with greet forbearance.— One fellow shot at a soldier, but the ball missed him, and en tered the lack of a man standing near. Several persons were wounded, btu I do not hear that any lives have been lest. • A great number of the pike% and other destructive weapons, were taken from the mob by Mr. Use, the constable, and the soldiers. Skeet tire-milt active leaders were seized, and taken before the Magistrates, and committed for further examination. Many addi. dottrel Special Ceerstattles have been sworn in, and the streets are new , I a m happy to say. perfectly quiet, bet the soldiers remain under arm% a ealrat a moment's nonce. it The shops were instantly shut, but the rioters informed the .hopkeeprrs they need hot be apprehensive, as they would not harm them. " I think that very few of the mob belong to Blackburn. They elm* marching hato the town with their glittering plies shouldered, sod the appearance generally was very alarming. •• The mob was so numerous, that it is impossible to form a correct idea as to the number. •• 0: S." EXTRACT rams ANOTHER LTITTIL. " BLACKBURN, A PIM 24. " About three o'clock yesterday the party of soldiers, who had been dispatched to Accrinaten, returned and proceeded up to Grim shaw Park, near this town, where there is another power-loom estahlishment. A crowd gradually collected around the place, which- ix situate close to the canal banks, and about five o'clock the men who had escaped from Messrs. Eccles and Co.'s factory, joined them, and began to pelt the soldiers with stones, and then made a regular attack upon them, armed with pikes. The ground sus which the soldiers was, is very much exposed, and so limited that they could scarcely act, and after several attempts to de. fend the place, they were at last overpuo tied. and a portion of the mob emoted the factory. and demolished the lolms. Shots were exchanged between the soldiers and the mob, The latter, however, succeeded in taking stone of the ringleaders prisoners, and this evening they were, together with the three taken „before, conveyed to the House of Correction at Preston, escorted by a party of soldiers, the mob having held cut an intimation that they would rescue them. men who were conductors of the 1 attack on the factories were all from the neighbouring villages, and a considerable part have returned home. " No damage has been dune to the winning part of any of the fac tories, nor even to the windows, the sole object of attack bring the power looms. No disposition to commit any outrage upon any other property has been manifested. `• lialf-past 9.—The streets are clearing fast. " I'. S. 10 o'CLoce-1 have opened the letter to say, I have just received information that two persons were shot at Grimsbaw Park, one of whom a just dead—the other is considered iu great danger." BRAMBLEITE HOUSE. • 0 , r Nor hero Critics seem disposed to do full justice to the formidable rival of Sir WALTIII Sarre, who Inn lately ap. peered in the person of Mr. 11011ACC Sutra'. In reviewing Ire very clever novel. " 1111•18111.ETVIE 1101,151 r ," the canto' /4 says, 0 With works like the present before us, we should cert.:hay h e better able to bear up under the loss to which we seemed doomed for a season. The characters (like Sir Warren's), front the iii,;hest to the lowest, have individuality. Their qualities, manner*, and locals are distinctive and real ; some of them ate of the very highest value. Grasso:46a Beverning will bear to be put even in competition with Rebecca of Ivanhoe. Fur elevation of soul, and the extent of the 4aeriSces made (to friendship as well as to love), Constantas is, if possible, the superior." The Reviewer acknowledges, also, that " the character of &peening. the rich Burgomaster, is unique. So 'is that-of Wink/ Bose, though of a more humble kind. Charles Me aged, Ilechesier; and several of the personages about the Court, ate alto exhibited (some • them at full length), in a very able manner ; but the second,.and on the strength of the trial-scene, we bad almost said theftrst character in point of grandeur, is the of Mrs. Walton, the sister of Cromwell. Well might our Author make his hero declare, at the close of the work, that " he had in 'variably found, in his progress through life, that all the more ex alted, heroical, and sublime instances of constancy, virtue, dish,. terestedness, and self-devotedness, had been furnished by the female _ _ sex." The Reviewer adds, " this is a good trait in the Author," and coocludas by saying, that " he has taste, humour, wit, and good feeling, in almost equal proportions. Ile also display. exten sive reading and sound reflection ; SO that the man of the world, the scholar, and the philanthropist, may all peruse this wuri► with profit or pleasure." LONDON BRICK COMPANY. Tue4day, a Meeting of the Director. and Sharebo!ders of the above Company took place at their Office, Lancaster-place ; (leptons • BILIUMON, R. N. in the Chair. _ Mr. \Vasa read the Statement, which gave a most fi meting ac count of the affairs of the Conspsny; only that there was a great want or cash to carry the plan into fall operation. It stated that there were demands upon the Company to the amount of 14,0501. and stated that they lad bricks winch would produce 7,0001. and that the call now due. with another call fur the same amount, would meet this demand, and that in July there would he manufactured a sufficient quantity of bricks as would leave a profit to the Com- • parry of 15 per Cent. A Shareholder inquired whether two calls would be sufficient. The CHAIRMAN said, that one more call besides the present would be quite sufficient, and proposed a Revolution, pledging the Direct. tors not to require more.—The Resolution was agreed to, and, attig, thanks were voted to the Directors and the Cludtmati, - ths Mo..kinf CITY ELECTION. Yesterday the friends of Alderman Wood, to the number of 150, met at the Paul's Head, Cateatomstreet, for the purpose of adopting measures to secure his election. W. Sinus, /i4q. U. P. was in the Chair. Jour! Magnum, Esq. M.P. after passing a high compliment on the worthy Alderman, and on the Livery ler selecting him as their Representative, moved sundry Resolutions declaratory of the de termination of the Meeting to support him at the ensuing election. Mr. Alderman Noon returned thanks, and assured the Meeting that he would not relax in his efforts for the good of the people. hanks were voted to the Chairman, and the Meeting separated SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. NEWMARKET FIRS!' SPRING NIEETING. .„- NEWMA MUM 1 1.111311 AT NIGHT., Before and after the races some yelp heavy betting took place= the three great stakes, and a little on the 1000 gs. and Newmarket Stakes, as fellows: Molar. 5 to I apt Panic 10 t 6 1 apt The Baron 15 to 1 apt Advance 14 to 1 apt Derwin 14 to 1 agat The General 16 to 1 agst Carthago 16 to 1 art Dorinda 17 to I agst Charming Molly 56 to 1 agst Claude Loriiine 3 to 1 apt Butterfly 6 to 1 apt Problem IS to 1 agst Panpluie 12 to 1 agst Elizabeth U. 112 to I apt 80-Prep 15 to I agtt ktachel %a to 1 apt Morel 8 to 1 apt Bed!unite 13 to 1 apt The Dragon 14 to 1 apt Belzoni .STER ST. IM MO. 1 16 to 1 apt Crusader 18 to 1 aget FAnny 20 to 1 apt 11.trataria r iIINIXDA T. Match-50 see, Last Half of Ab M. • . • General Grosvenor's The Palfrey, heat Mr. Molony's f, by Selim, Sit. 71b. each. Even on The Palfrey. You by a length. Mateh-100 soy. T. Y. C. Mr. Roger.'. Muleteer beat Mr. Udny's Tarandus, sat. 31b. each. 4tol on Muleteer. Won by a length. Handicap Sweepstakes of 10 soy. each, for horses of all ages, T.Y.C. Mr. Powlett's c. by Crecy, 3 yrs Tst. 111 h. Mr. Craven's Pastime, 3 yrs Sat. 91b. General Grosvernor's Crockery, 3 yrs, Est. 121 b. - Duke of Rutland's El Dorado, 4 yrs, Sst. 101 b. . ' $ to 1 apt Crecy ; 8 to 1 apt Pastime ; 5 to 1 agst Crockery ; 6to 1 apt El Dorado. Two placed. Won by a head. BiloOpstakes of 900 soy. each, h. ft. colts, Sit. 71b. fillies, Est. sib. rising 3 yrs old R. 11. Kr. Thomkill's e. The General Ills Royal Highness the Duke of York's f. Rachel Duke of Grafton's h. e. Bolivar 5 to s on The General; 6 to 1 agst Rachel; 7 to 11 'get Ilulivar. Won easy. Sweepstakes of 100 sow. each, h. ft. for 3 yrs old. A. F. Lord Ezeter's Enamel, est. Mb. . Duke of Grafton's Rufus, ilst. 91b. Sir J. Blog's Comedian, Qs:. 10lb. • - _ SA. 1 apt Ratiosol; i .to 4 apt Rufus ; 3to 1 apt Comedian. Won by a length. .CSO by Subscription, for 3 yr. old, 7st. 51b. 4 yrs Sgt. 111 b. and 5 yrs D.C. 41b. B. C. Mr. Wyndham's br. c. Chateau Margaux, 3 yrs j . . Mr. Heathcote's ch. c. Nigel, 5 yrs Duke of Grafton's cb. f. Tontine, 3 yrs to lon Chateau Margaux. Won by two lengths. . . The greatest pedestrian match ever performed in this country was accomplished ye.sterday to the tune of hundreds. Metcalf; the runner, engaged to perform two miles in ten minutes, on Sun. bury Common, for 500 sovereigns. All the world was there, and more money was never seen flying. The start did not take place until nearly five o'clock, and the pedestrian, who Tlll, pertw med die Grin mile in seventeen seconds wittpn the fi ve m i nutes. Ih e secondmile he performed in easy time, and wOn the match with twenty seconds to spare. • • . Last night, tar per priett is of — Altley's llieat g.ve .hc i r fib of , a Ilothe. crowded to cocci; y to the dis t' es:ed we.oers of Spitalfiedu 2 • 3 I I M \ 1-