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(From the Etode dated li*c.incvlay, 2177'.1 12.1

. The heroic defenders of Al issoltsnghi bare ceased to live ! Re-
duced to 1400 men, win were reduced to four ounces of biscuit, they
saw till the 17th February the storm gnthering which was to swal-
low them up. The Eryptians (directed by Europeans, among
whom there were unhappi!) some Frenchmen) having at that time
completed the positions by means of which they were to cross the
shallows, to attack 3lissolonghi on the sine of :`,larri et
which point there were no fortilications,because its lagoon defended
the town on that side. Ott the 18th the enemy examined the
ersuitd. and the Turkish fleet having appeared at PrOCOpollistrA, at
rig entrance of the Gull of 31issolonghi, there was every reason to
expect an attempt to storm. From that day every indiyithmil pro.
patted himself for death, and front the to the 2.lsr February al:
the Christians celebrated their obsequiea. The Bishop Joaern
sidtrinistered the sacraments to them, and the service for the dead
having been recited, every one repaired to his post.
From the 22d to the 25th all was tranquil in the camp of Ibra-
him, and theenemy began in the n;ght to place his p•tntoons. Two
Pura arter sunrise an European engineer had succeeded in ap.
yreacitit:g within lOU toises of the town, and shows announced
the attack. Two litters of pontoons, ending at the same point..
jlined : the cartoon of the Christians began to rear, the firing of
musketry commenced, :Ind et eleven o'clock two pontoons hrtyintt
been destroyed, the barbarians retired in disorder; azelamations and
cries of joy announced to the inhabitants of Missolonghi the triumph
of the ('rocs.

On the 2.Btfi Febroaty Ibrahim having united all his rows,
made a second attack, but without success. Oi the of March, In
a t!ital attack, the barbarians mad.: !h-.mseltes twisters of the head
e t• the caa,cway, and from that moment, the positi:,:es having been
united a: that point, the destruc. inn of the Christians, w::o had
.nly 4:7 able to fight, was considered ns inevirablc. Yet no
t:tought of surrender entered any body's mind, and no mcuth pro-
nounced the word capitulation ; every one seemed only to think of
se::ing his life dear. At length, on the fish March (20th March
New rille) the last hour of the Chtistians I.mircled. At ten
L'e!ack the Turks had taken 31::.oleriglii by corm t the Bishop
Jas:ph had been burnt by a slow Cre ; all the men had been put
t .1:e sword, and the number of corpses of drowned women and
choaked up the Lagoons.

(From the Coll.tifidioari.l
The inlinwing is the copy of the letter 'written by Demerit's, the
g'n of Mateo llotraris, from Land.;,,atitlres%eti to b,s uncle Notbil
to a;:d received during the agony of that city, on the
.nth et February, whilst the preparatory ftmeral service of :be gar.
;.101 was be;og performed :

3lost venerable General and Vide, most beloved Scignor
Sothis,
" In the midst of the dangers which sumund you. permit me
to imitkre your benediction on my head, anti to offer you the last
kiss of peace, whitli I address to you. Pre••tretl as you twee
been to deserve the palm of martyrdom, by shedding your blood
tbe glory of the Cross and of our dear country, I experience but
e regret, that of brim separated fro•n sou. Would to find that
I were near you, to psrtiripate in the sacred combat in which you,
a. well as our dear brethren, have resiolvcd to shed your blond :
!'.it my youth keeps me afar from the iolitiers of Christ. • • •
it ;tyre me that I will redouble my cfriets to gain ea much
instractitn as possible, when I wit!. like an eagle, take my flight
t,) oar dear country ; and I till fulfil what is imposed upon me,
and pointed out by the glorlona death of that father, who has be-
lle abed to me the honour of his name."
Fitercir Fuuns.—P.twis, Arnie. Ii —Fire per Cants., 971.
I Three per tents., b.W. 4.1 e. ; Hank Stock. 2,01,0 f.; Rerun tie
7.1 h Mc.; Royal Spanish Loan. 474.—Ilaytien Loan,
7700.—Exchange on IMAM, 0:1C month, 2.W. Gik. ; rime ditto,
ifirthenc;lne.

l'urther intelligence has bten received from Calcutta, to
the 3lst of December, confining the previous accounts of
th.: defeat of the Burmese army by a portion of the troops,
wider the command of Sir A. CA st rat Lt., in advance of
Prune. Still the accounts are very meagre; and though
City leave us not in the least doubt as to the distinguished
vsl ,1:r displayed by our gallant countrymen on this, as
on every other enterprise where their exertions have
Men called forth, yet we must wait for the official accounts
before we can assume, like our contemporary of the Con-
sit , that the Burmese bare been, on this occasion, totally

defeated. We are the more strengthened in this, when we
consider, that, by reference to our extract* from the Cal-
cutta.papers, it will be seen that, after three days' hard
fighting, the enemy dre said to have been beaten and dis-
persed, but that they afterwards took up a position in a
stockade, only thirty miles from Prome. This, indeed,
might be only the wreck of their at my,.--those of the fugi-
tives who were enabled to congregate after the general
dispersion of their main body. From the paucity of
Intelligence contained in these Calcutta journals, we can
merely glean that the first action, after the expiration of the
late armistice, took place between a small force, consisting
of four battalions of sepoys, under the command of Lieut.-
Colonel APDoccat, which were detached from the main
body of our army to force a stockade, /0 miles in advance
of their position, and supposed to contain about 3,00 of
the enemy. such, however, is the disadvantage under
which we labour, from an almost total want of local kmow-
ledge as regards the Burmese empire, that our troop; had
no sooner rearly reached the proposed point of attack, than
they fell on another strong stockade, and had to defend
themselves against a body of the enemy's troops, said to
have amounted to 13,000 men. Before this amazing dis-
parity of numbers, is it wonderful that our small detach-
ment was obliged to give way? They were pursued by
some cavalry ; but the 36th native infantry, having forme
themselves into a square, repulsed the enemy's horse, and
prevented further carnage. Still our loss was considerable:
°freers killed, among whom was the Commander of the
detachment, Colonel M`Douna t. and Lieutenant r. NK N,
at the first attack ; 10 wounded ; LI rank and file killed ;
120 wounded, and 10 missing. It is highly probable that
this partial success spirited on the Burmese Commander
to make a general attack on our army, and the result
of that was doubtless. the three days' fighting, which
ended in the defeat and dispersion of the barbarians. If
we may estimate our loss in rank and file by the number
of officers killed and wounded during these continued en-
gagements, and compare it rid) the similar result of the
previous engagement, we should guess it to be comparatively
small. In the first action we find no less than 14 officers
killed and wounded, while in the three continuous battles
there arc hut 11. By these papers we also gather (though
I in a somewhat obscure way) that the breach of the armis-
tice rests with the Burmese, and not with us. It is said
that they wore informed, that when they fired the first gun
after the armistice, the province of Pegu would be imme-
diately (loader!' from the empire of the Golden-footed Mo-
narch, and placed under British protection. This has
been done accordingly, and, without doubt, highly to the
satisfaction of the unfortunate inhabitants, who have long
groaned under the tyranny of the descendants of the con-
queror ALwarraa. That the war will he brought to a
speedy and favourable conclusion for the interests of Great
Britain in the East, we entertain not the shadow of a
doubt, for we find that vessels were to proered immediately
to Madras for more troops, should not the Monarch of the
White Elephant be brought to reason by the last defeat of
his army.

In th 2 iroog,-2 of Commons list night, Mr. AIIEnCROM-
EV brought forward his motion for a Bill to amend the
present made of returning a Representative to serve in
Parlinm-nt for the city of E linburgls. It is certainly, to
an Englishman, something singular to Sind a city, com-
prising a population of upwards of 100,609 person's, repre-
sented by only enc man, he being elected, as Mr. ABER-
:nom ce asserts, by 37 constituents, and those governed
by a majority which can, of course, consist of only 19.
He admitted, that although his present motion went simply
to ratenil the elective franchise in Scotland, as far as re-
garded f'dinburgli, yet, should he be successful now, it
would be attempted to be extended to Glasgow, Aberdeen,
and the other considerable towns in the northern kingdom.
One of his reasons for commencing with the city of RlM-
burgh was, that if it were found that by extending the
elective franchise tc all the househo:tlers, scenes of riot and
confusion should arise, then the opposers of innovation
might with justice prevent any farther attempts at altering
the mode of returning Members to Parliament for the other
counties and towns in Scotland. He asserted that the
elective franchise in that country was much more extensive
before the year 1169, when the system of self-election,
since so prevalent even among the 3lagistracy of the several
burghs, was first introduced.
" In England" he said. "the elections were in many instances popul.ar
—there was no hostiie feeling shown against property: on the contrary,
when rank and properly were united with gond conduct, they in.
variably r,ceive.l the preference, even at the most p pular elections.
Why. he would ask. should the House anticipate a different result
in S.uland ? At present, in that country the people were excluded
from all sympathy with the electors, or the elected. In England,
the mutual dependency existing hetween the eleetassind the elected
was productive of harmony to all but in Scotland the right of
electing was confined to an exclusive class. There there was no
such thing as popular election, hut in England there were runner.
ems instances in which the people exercised the right even to its
fullest extent. None of the Scotch Members of that House could
say that they represented the people of that country—they merely
represented a small class whose interests they were bound to attend
to, or if they opposed them, they opposed the interests of those
they represented. Would it not be preposterous to witness the
people of Edinburgh applying to some other Member of that
Muse. resquesting him to oppose a measure introduced by the
mores-unitive of his own city? Yet such was the case
with all Scotland. It was not the people who were represented,
a class shwa intertsts nften varied from those of the great mess
of the population of that country. Could anything be more morti.
rvirg to the neonie of Scotland than to see the inhabitants of Eng-
land and Ireland possessed of all the advantages of popular elec-
tion from which they themselves wetc wholly excluded ? They hod
not even a single solitary net-Aston upon which to manifest their
opinions. A more unjustifiable, or a more injurious male of
representing a country could not well be conceived."

Mr. IV. DUNDAS, the present Member for Edinburgh,
eppesed the motion, resting that opposition on the ,ground
that the proposed innovation would destroy the chartered
rights of the Scottish Burghs, and run counter tq the
wicks of Union, which Lard H anwic had declared
ought never to he impaired. Me. J. P. GRANT, (hitherto,
we believe, a staunch advocate for Parliamentary Reform
in England,) supported the motion, admitting that in
England oil classes of the community were represented,
while in Scotland no class had that constitutional advan-
tage. Sir G. CLE r. x stood up.m the existence of the charters
in Scotland for so many ages, and that if in this instance
an alteration in them were made, it would only be the pre-
lude to still farther innovation. He also thought that if
this power were granted to the householders of Edinburgh,
a similar right should be given to those of London, instead
of being confined to the livery as it now is. After some
farther debate the motion was negatived by a division of
122 to 97, leaving, however, the very small majority of
2. against it.

We cannot help entreating the attention of the public to
the statement of the Committee, on IVednestlay last, re-
specting the Distress in Spits!fields. It has already ex-
cited the sympathies of the benevolent to a most praise-
worthy extent, and the pressure of calamity has been hi-
therto lightened to a degree that must be most consoling to
those by whose beneficence so much good has been effected.
But it appears that the nearly exhausted state of the funds
has compelled the Committee to reduce the scale of allow-
ance to the distressed Bilk-weavers, and that the funds will
not much longer afford even this diminished and inadequate

relief. It is not always that those who appeal to public
benevolence are reduced to misery by unavoidable misfor-
tunes; hut in the case of the weavers of Spits Melds, we
know that their sufferings are not occasioned by their own
fault ; the charity extended to them can be open to no
abuse; there is no employment for their industry, and
without the aid of those whom God has blessed with wealth,
their state is hopeless. The Committee, we perceive,
" suggest to those ladies of distinction, whose example
would he influential, the propriety of ordering British silks
at their mercers, as the most likely method of furnishing
employment for the distressed Weavers;" and no doubt if
the demand for this branch of manufacture could be created
by the influence of fashionable example, or in any other
manner, ranch might be done towards giving bread to this
class of workmen and their families, who, when the present
donations are expended, will he thrown destitute and with-
out resource upon the world. Great praise is due to tl.e
limier of CII earen, and to the other persons to whom
the management and disposal of the funds are especially
confided, for their unwearied and successful endeavours so
to apportion the amount of the contributions, as to render
them as extensively serviceable as possible. The parish
funds are becoming every day more inadequate to the relief
of the families of the many thousand Weavers whose looms
are idle, and the general poterty of the inhabitants of
Bethnal-green and its neighbourhood, makes it quite im-
possible that the poor-rates can be increased to an amount
at all adequate to the demands that would flow in, should
the Committee he unable, from the failure of their funds,
to afford further relief to the sufferers. But we feel satis-
fied' from the deep interest which their situation has al-
ready excited, that the urgent and affecting appeal made
by the Committee, will not be without its effect.

CITY, THURSDAY EvExtwo.

The financial operation of funding Exchequer Bills has
caused an unusual degree of excitement in the English
Money Market to-day, and Consols have in consequence
fluctuated upwards of 1 per cent. In so feverish a state is
public credit at present, that any measure out of the usual
course at this moment tends to create an undue influence
and a great deal more probably has been said of the recent
funding than the intrinsic circumstances by which it is
surrounded would justify. An increase of the :permanent
debt of the country, at a period of profound peace like the
present, abstractedly considered, might produce gloomy
anticipations; but that is not the fair view to be taken of
this question, or indeed of any other. The variousbranches
and bearings of it ought to be looked at, and amongst the
collateral circumstances that have mainly contributed to
render this operation necessary, is the over speculation of
last year, which has caused the depression of the present,
with its concomitants, commercial difficulties, and all the
evils attendant on a diminution of mercantile credit and
manufacturing industry. The alteration in the currency
too has no doubt had its effect in hastening this operation;
for it arose out of the late financial convulsion, which must
necessarily tend to narrow the income of the Government.
Mr. If uskisson's great and important measures, con-
nected with the removal of restrictions from trade, must
for a time operate unfavourably on the Revenue; the re-
duction of taxes to a large amount has also, under the
present circumstances of the country, been severely, felt
in a financial point of view ; and though last in our reca-
pitulation of circumstances that have rendered this fund-
ing necessary, certainly not least in importance, as bearing
on this question, are the recent combinations amongst the
operatives of the kingdom, which, probably, more than
any other operation that we have previously alluded to,
has for the time caused a reduction in the revenue. The
immense number of persons at that time prevented from
drinking those important exciseable commodities gin and
beer, leaving others out of the calculation, must have
seriously injured the revenue. Consols opened this morn-
ing at So, and subsequently reached SOS. This high
quotation appears to be in a great measure caused by
buyera of Consols, being prepared to take their stock,
which the sellers could not deliver, and after this opera-
tion was over the English Funds drooped considerably,
191 being the closing price. The funding has materially
lightened the Exchequer Bill Market. The price to-day
was 9s. I Is. Ss. premium for large bills, and for small
ones As. 11s. India Stock was 220, 221, and the Bonds
64. premium. _

South American Stocks have again declined. Colombian
Bonds were as low as 431, and Mexican Six per Cents.
were at 604; Peruvian Bonds were 231 ; Spanish Bonds
were 94; and Greek ditto 144 I.S.

Yesterday morning, about a quarter before twelve o'clock,
the Chancellor of the Exchequer and the Right Hon. Sit
Chiles Long left the residence of Sir Charles at White-
hall, in the carriage of the latter, for the King's Lodge,
Windsor Park, in obedience to his Majesty's commands.
Prince Leopold and the Duchess of Kent honoured Co-
vent-Garden Theatre with their presence on Wednesday
evening.
Yesterday morning Prince Leopold left his residence in
Pall-mall, for his seat at Claremont.

Prince Polignac, the French Ambassador, transacted
business yesterday, at the Secretary of State's Office for
Foreign Affairs in Downing-street.

Despatches were sent off on Wednesday evening, from
the Foreign Office, to the British Ambassador at Buenos
Ayres.
The following is an extract of a letter, dated Vienna,
April 1 :—." To-day, at noon, the Emperor appeared, for
the first time, at the window of his apartment. He had
scarcely been there a moment, when the people, passing by,
observed him, and broke into a general exclamation of joy.
The Palace-square was filled in a few moments *lth a
crowd of people, who were transported with delight at again
beholding their sovereign. To-morrow the Jubilee will be
opened with the first solemn procession.—Metalliques, 881 ;
Bank Shares, 1,058 4-5."

The Emperor of Austria, being informed that General
Baron Frimont would, in a few days, complete the 30th
year of his service in the Austrian army, wrote to him the
Wowing autograph letter :
" My dear General Baron Frimont,—On the 91st of March you
will complete the 60th year of your military career. I take the
must lively interest in this event, and congratulate you on it. By
the manner in which you have conducted yourself during this long
period t f distinguished service, by your ardent zeal for the good of
the service, and by your attachment to my person, you have ac-
quired claims to my particular approbation and gratitude, which I
take pleasure in acknowledging. I am convinced thlt you Will
continue to serve me with the same zeal ; and 1 wish that you may
be .ong able to devote to me your faithful services.
" Vienna, March 27. " FRANCIS."

On the 41st December, a report was current;&ljatta,
that Bliurtpore had fallen into our hands ; but no official
intelligence upon the subject had been received.
The Enterprize steam vessel, has been purchased by the
Government of India for 40,000/., and was to proceed
shortly to Rangoon. Capt. Johnston, it was understood,
would remain in command.
The expense of postage of letters, sent through the me-
dium of the Twopenny Post Office, by Alderman Tlxmtp-
son's Committee, when he first announced himself as one
of the candidates for the representation of the City,
amounted to no less a sum than 1281.! It is supposed that
the number of liverymen are now about 14,330 ; conse-
quently a personal canvass would have been next to an
impossibility.
In a cause on the last Northern Circuit, where Mr. Pol-
lock was Counsel for the plaintiff, there was a dispqte
between that Learned Gentleman and the Counsel for the
Defendant about ten shillings, when Mr. Baron nullock
said, in order that time might not be lost, /se would give
the difference.

Says Deuvear.—Over. the door of an old lady. in a
village in the Weald of Kent,who was in the habit, °florae-
timing as midwife to her poorer neighbours, and wbo kept
the post-oilice, was written as follows Ladies and Let-
ters safely delivered."

FASHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE.

ALIIACKS.
The Second Ball given at there elegant Rooms, on Wednesday, was at-
tended by nearly MO of the haul ton, among whom woe—
The Doke of Dueekrogb.
Do, hros of Alitelllfale.
ffiarqul+ea of Lonth.nlerry and Douro.
Marchionesses of Lothian, Winchemer, Londonderry, and P:tally Lon-
donderry._

•
Earl.of Ifareet.xid, Aberdeen, Wicklow', Rosalyn, Grey, Cltname
ton, and %Veltmoriand.

Countesses of Moira'', Aberdeen, Jersey, Wicklow, Martoield. Cion-
mell, 'dorley, and Wu wick ; Viscountess ; lluwaser Countess
Sheffield.

Counts hotfoot, De Flovlgnez. and 1)e 'Annoy.
Lords—Golflyr, W. Graham, Burgliersh, Eipt.lngton, Montague, F.
Realities*, Stormont, Dorchester, Mahon, llorprth, Palmerston, and

I.adlet—E. Palk. Gurydyr, S. Vaughan, M. Stopfurd, F. Graham, C.
Graham, F. La-cellea, Baker. C. Dunds., E. Kerr, J. Kerr, S. Polyps,
Phlppa, —,Hampden, H !hula& A. Vernon. M. Itou., A. Pgtslett, C.
Paulett, E. Fielding. C. Legge, Al. Legge, C. Beaucierk, Ituanclerk,
Ruse, J. St. Clair, J. Cust, Acton, G. Grey, C. (trey, M. Grey. L.
Beauclerk, F. Beanclerk, C. Murray, G. )tumty, L. Scott, H. Scutt, L.
Grevllle, C. Greville. L. Hervey, E. Edgcumbe, Holroyd, C. Cape! Stuart,
M. sheperd, A. Scull, a:A G. Seymour.
Sirs—J. W. de Bathe, J. Jobuttone, Collo Campbell, and W. Scott.

The Dowager Marchioness of Salisbury entertained a selt-ct party at
dinner yesterday, at her bowie In Arlington-street.
Owen Williams, Eq. M.P. entertained the Marquis of Anglesea ante
• tildinguished party M dinner, on Wednesday, at his house in Berkeley.
sq... are.

Lord Bexley entertained a distingni-Med party at dinner yesterday, at
his house in Great W Georre-street, estminster.

John IVeyland, Esq. had ■ dinner Harty yesterday, at hi• house in Cork-
street.
•

The Bucheaa of Buckingham arrived on Tuesday at her house In Pall-
mall, !min her seat, Stowe,

The Marquis of dbandoiltas arrived In town from Ida seat, Wetton,
rock.:

Lord Suffield srrlved yesterday at his bone in Park-plei.r, from bid scat
Gunton flail. Norfolk.

The f:arl of tiosf.ad left town yesterday for Ireland.
The Earl of Dartmouth has arrive.' at Me house in Berkeley-sonare,
from his seat, BandweiL Otalfurd.hire.
Lord Braybrooke has arrived in town from blaseat, An dley End. }:asex.
Viscount Deerburst, M.Y, bad arrived In town from bts scut In Worces-
tershire.

Moseley, Esq. arrived yesterday at Penton's New Moe!, M.
James's-street, from • tour; and B. L. ',ester, E.q. from Pool.
Departures:—General Coebian' andJ. Goodwin, Esq. fur Dritid..n.
Arrivals atdhe MUM Hotel,Jeltnyn.sdreet :Admiral and Lady Ham-
mond, from Norfolk ; the Rev. J. C. Holdswurth, from Li. se it, nunnik ;
R. B. Moor, Esq. from Bath ; Mr. and Mrs. White, from iNdr seat In
Suffolk; the Rev. Mr. Prettyman, from a tour; and John Di..ney, Esq.
frum AI, seat in Surrey.
Departures from the Pniteney Hotel, Albemarle-street:—Copt. and Mrs.
Perry. for Brighton ; Wm. sandfurd, Esq. fur Newmarket; and J. Sreu-
err, EA. on a tour.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.
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NEWMARKET, THURSDAY LYEICIND, 5 ()Timex.
The day's sport hits been sulniirable, the weather beautiful, ant
the attendance numerous.

The batting on the day's races has been very heave. great im.
parlance attaching to them, train the great number of De►by and
Oaks colts and fillies engaged--entsiderable alterations may he
looked for in the odds ink those stakes, from the events of the day's
running, which was as follows :

Sweepstakes of 100 sovereigns each, Ost. 51b. each. R. 31.
Lord Jersey's Butterfly—Fillagree • - . . -1
Duke of Portland's e. by 'firesias—Ambiguity 0 . - -
Mr. Peres' Altos), . . pd,
Butterfly. rode by Robinson, jumped off nt a winning bat,
closely pressed down the bill by the Duke's colt, but who, it was
evident, had no chance. Butterfly kept in front, and won by a
length and a half; John Day rode the loser.
Betting 8 to 1 on Butterfly.
Sweepstakes of 200 each ; colts flat.4lb.; fillies Sat. 11b. R.M.
Lord Lowther's b. c. AVaterman

Duke of Grallon's ch. e. Norman
Lord Cavendish's e. by Allegro--Barcssa - . 3
Mr. Hunter's c. by Giville—Caneas
Betting 6 to 4on Waterman. 3to 1 apt Barosaa. 4to 1 agst
Norman ; and 10 to 1 apt Canvas.
Time will not permit us to expatiate on the excellence of this
beautiful race; • finer one never WWI witnessed. They all set
at the top of their speed, close abreast, and in a few lengths Water-
man took the lead, the others at his heels to the hill, when they all
again got abreast, and so continued half way up the hill, when
Waterman and Norman got a trifle in front, and kept head to iteul
home, finishing the rate with a dead heat. Barossu was scarcely
a head behind Canvas—not a length.
Wheatley rode ‘Vaterman, Buckle Norman, Araull Barorsa,
and Conolly Canvas.
Sweepstakes of 200 each. D.M.
Duke of Grafton's Parapluie 1
Mr. Greenlet; Rachael
Duke of Portland's c. by TiresiaA 3
Lord Verulam's c. by Abjer—Leurel Leaf . • - - 4
Parapluie took the lead, and though pushed very hard by Rachael,
won a fine race by half a length. Rode by Ilitzale„ Rachael by
Goodison, Tiresias by John Day, and Lord Veruiam's I,y Arnull.
Betting 3I to 8 apt Tiresias ; 12 to 8 agst Rachael ; high odds
apt the winner.
Match 100. Ab.3l. fiat. 51b. each.
Mr. Greenlee Lionel Lincoln 1

Air. Mills's Trinculo —...—.-
0
Trinculo lead off, made strong running, and would have tron,
but for his old trick (played off at Doncaster and other places, last
year) of swerving, which gave Lionel the lead. and lost him the
race, though only by a neck. Ooodison rode Lionel and Sari Day
Trinculo.

7 to 4 and 2 to 1 on Trinculo—heavy betting.
The Claret Stakes of 2UO each. D.I.
Mr. Wyndham's Brother to Addy - . I
Lord Exeter's Enamel 9
Mr. Craven's Pastlne
Addy took the lead at first at a great pace. but gave way to Pa..
time, who in his turn was passed by Addy (Arnull), who preserved
his front, and won by a length cleverly. Robinson rode
and Sam Day Pastime. 6t02 on Enamel, sto I agst Aduy, and
6 to I apt Pastime.
Just as our parcel wu made up, the dead heat between Water-
man and Norman was won by 11 sterman, by a head.

DISTRESSING ACCIDENT.—We have this week the
painful duty of recording the death, by drowning, of six pivots
belonging to this port. The circumstances of this meter chnly ai fir,
RS far as we have been able to collect them. are briefly as follow. On
31onday last, in the forenoon, the men belonging to No. 8, pilot-
boat, crossed, by land, from Seacumbe to Iloylake. Upon their
arrival they found a heavy surf upon the beach, which battled
several efforts which they made to launch their punt, for the pur-
pose of going on board the boat, then lying in the lake. Soon after
one o'clock the brave fellows, twelve in number, anxious to get on
board to do their duty, foreeditheir way through the surf, and,
notwithstanding the swell, succeeded in reaching the side of the boat.
John Hughes had the command of the tiller, anti being aware
of the critical state in which they Would be placed in nearing the
boat, advised his companions to sit still and be steady ; this
caution was also repeated by Captain Parry, the second master,
who was then on board the pilot-boat. Upon the approach of
the punt, a slight collision against the side of the pilot boat
took place, which was not ,to be avoided ; the punt heeled,
and several of the men rising, lost their equipol,e, and the
punt turned keel upwards, and in an instant the whole crew
were dallied under water. At this trying and perilous moment,
the commander of the pllot.boat anti four men, et ho were then
on board, with admirable presence of mind threw the scuttle,
roughtreee, Rallt, and other things overboard, to etiabl2 the poor fel-
lows to keep above water: in addition to this, they also succeeded in
righting the punt, and saving one man who had seized the scuttle ;
two others were saved from the deck of the pilot-boat by means or
ropes, one of whom had clung to the cable. The unfortunate FURS-
don of the boat's ere* had elan been observed from the shore, und
the Custom-houseboat, commanded by W. Owens, pushed off with
the greatest promptness to the relief of the sufferers ; by this means
three move of the crew were happily picked up, after they had been
struggling for nearly half an hour, partially supporting themselves
by the oars, ter. which they got hold of; and, during that period,
had bid each other " good bye," judging that their mini hour war;
come. Five of the six men thus providentially snatched from a pre-
mature grave, verb immediately taken on shore, and experienced the
most marked and humane attention from 31r. Evans, at his hotel
the other was taken to a neighbouring public-house. The bodice of
the six unfortunate sufferers have not yet been found, although every
exertion has been made to find them. Their names are 1V31i3111
Jones, Thomas Jones, Owen Thomas, Henry Priestnell, Tnonias
Bennett, and Angus Clarke, tour of them journeymen, anti two
apprentices, all strong, active, and efficient young men. It there
be any cause for blame in this melancholy affair, it will, we be-
lieve, be found in the ardent zeal manifested by the entire boat's
crew to get on board as early as possible, and to accomplish at one
trip that which they ought to have done at two, and thus crowding
a small boat with a greater number of men than she ought, in such
weather, to have on board.—Liverpool Courier.
STATE for TRADE.—The state of trade in Manchester
has not, during the present week, exhibited the slightest
symptoms of improvement ; on the contrary, if matters are
not positively growing worse, the hopes of any great amend-
ment for some time to come are daily becoming more feeble,
and the gloom which pervades the commercial world may
thus decidedly be said to be deepening. The distress expe-
rienced by the poor is likewise on the increase. Our streets
(says the Manchester Courier) present the unwonted ap-
pearance of being thronged with mendicants, who besiege
every well-dressed passenger; while gtoupe of unemployed
workmen are strolling in all directions. The depression is
felt to nearly an equal degree in every branch of trade;
and an appearance of idleness and inactivity thus, for the
present, pervades every part of a town which has been
famed for the inclustryfor its inhabitants.
Vora', RIGHTS.—The Public do not seem sufficiently
aware of the effect of a late Act of Parliament, abolishing
for ever their undisputed right for 130 years past, to pur-
chase twenty thousand guineas for about twenty pounds,
which every persm may now do, as Six Prizes of 41,000(.
will be drawn Wednesday, Sd May ; but this is the last,
opportunity, except one, when all Lotteries, by *Act of
Parliament, must end for ever.