Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1860-02-13 00:00:00

PEDESTRIANISM.

NUTTALL (LATE OF THE SCOTS GREYS), AND JAMES
HANCOCK, OF SALFORD, FOR £lOO.
A most exciting race came off on Saturday afternoon, on the
Newton Heath Ground, near Manchester, between the above
men. The agreement was to run 440 yards. The betting
opened at evens, and closed at 7t04 on Nuttall. Hancock, it
will be remembered, has long ranked A I as a sprint runner,
and has had the champion's belt as such for some time past.
Nuttall was, until recently, unknown to fame, but has, since
his debut, proved himself to be of genuine metal. The con-
course of people to witness the match was immense, and
upwards of £6O were taken at the gate. After a short delay,
the men hounded off as though locked together, and continued
so for nearly 300 yards, when Nuttall obtained a slight
advantage, which he maintained throughout,winning by about
a yard. The Liverpool division were the principal winners on
the event.

Walter White is fast recovering from the serious injury he
received at Aberystwith.

The Farmer's Son and Simpleton, purchased by Mr. Weeks a
short time since, have been shipped for the Cape of Good Hope.

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The severity of the frost on Thursday morning prevented the
Rhyl coursing meeting taking place, but towards the afternoon
the ground became so,tened, and as some of the dogs had re-
mained, a stake was made up, and won by Mr. Davies'
Llewellyn, Mr. Dixon names Young Mischief running up.
Tne Cfissirea Cur HANDIOAP.—In giving his opinion on the
abil4y displayed by Mr. Topham in handicapping for this
stake, "Beacon," in Bell's Life, remarks : " Giving to the
Chester Cup the precedence to which it has by prescription so
just a claim, 't must be admitted ; hat there is little to grumble
at in the manner Mr. Topham has acquitted himself, for
although one or two horses have taken the public eye as being
too favourably weighted, I doubt if any handicap of the same
magnitude has ever been submitted to public criticism subject
to less cavil or complaint." At the close of the review, how-
ever, " Beacon" writes as follows; "Flattering as so large a
three-year old acceptance must be to Mr. Topham, I am sure
that he cannot but now regret having adopted so low a scale
of weights, cmtrary to the oft-expressed wish of his principal
supporters. If the three-year olds last year, when they only
numbered some half-dozen, caused knocking about sufficient
to endanger life and limb, how is it likely to be on this occa-
sion, when a score at least may be expected at the pest?
Riders, it is true, can be fo .nd for all, hut jockeys for a few
only; and Mr. Topham will be fortunate if his ihld is not
materially decrease 4 by a number of the latter declining to
j.iin in a contest fraught with almost as much danger as
a Ralaklava charge. At such an early period of t: e year I
cannot b^ expected to more than make a selection of the
half-(l,zen or so I conceive to have the best chance, and they
are I,ifolviat, 1 ororrringo, Herne, Tame Deer, Satellite, Bir-
mingham, and The Squire."

SECOND EDITION.

OK BRITISH AND IRISH MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.)

TILE CONSERVATIVE PARTY AND THE
BUDGET.

The Herald says, we have reason to believe that a
meeting of the Earl of Derby's supporters will take
place at his lordship's residence on Wednesday next.
It is, therefore, impossible to state, till after that day,
what course the Conservative party in the Holis'e of
Commons will take with respect to the Budget. All
statements on the matter are mere surmise.

THE “TIMES" ANi) THE PAPER DUTY.
The Times says "that, so far as it is concerned, the
public shall have the full benefit of every feather's
weight of the burden it will in next July escape; and if
the balance incline, it will be in their favour.

THE FRENCH TREATY & THE FOREIGN

TRADE OF THE COUNTRY.
The Times enumerates some of the particular coun-
tries with which our trade is likely to be specially
enlarged. France, it says, will of course constitute the
chief instance, the Baltic provinces the next, and then
Turkey in Asia. That the amount of cotton, woollen,
linen, earthenware, and other manufactured goods that
will find their way from England to France under a
duty either of 30 or 25 per cent. will be extremely
large seems to be anticipated by all persons in those
branches of trade. The effect of the abolition of
the discriminating duty on foreign timber cannot fail
to be of the highest importance to Norway, Sweden,
Denmark, Prussia, and Russia. To Holland especially,
the removal of the duty on cheese will be very advan-
tageous. The abolition of the butter duty, of ss. per
cwt., will also be welcome in the same quarter as
well as in- Belgium and France, whatever for the mo-
ment may be its effect upon the producers of butter
in Ireland. Various other countries might be included.
Lastly, India and China must benefit from the greater
freedom given to the silk trade by the French treaty.