The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1821-04-06 00:00:00

COMMON COUNCIL.

Yrsterday it Court of Common Council was
htld at the Council Chamber, ■t Guilithan, the
Lord Mayor in the Choir. Sense routine business
woe dispossed of. when • question of privilege ail.-
ing, all stranger* were esclided.
No histinms of public interest, as we utid:rstood,
came before the Court.

THE CifTHOLIC CLERGY;" •
The meeting a the county and city of Water-
ford Cathniics was held on Sunday, at Si. Patrick's
thaPel,. Nicholas Power, of Puitlilegg, Esq. in
the Chair ; Thomas Hearn, Esq. M.D. Secretary.
Thie meeting was the most numerous and respecta-
ble of the kind that we have witnessed for manly
years, perhaps ever. The disapprobation of the
new Veto, and of every Yeti', was most decided.
The Catholic Clergy of Dublin have deputed
two exemplary Prelate., Dr. Murray, Coadjutor of
Dublin, and Dr. Doyle, of Carlow, to proceed to
London, there to attend the progress of the Bilis,
and to be in constant communication with the
friends of the Catholics in both [louses.
The Clergy of Cork and tho.e of Cloyne and
Ross, presided over by their respective Bishops,
have premed decisive Ramdutions against the later-
course Bill.
Last Thursday the:Catholie Clergy of theory
met at Kilkenny, their Bishop; Dr. Martnn, in the
Chair, and adopted Resolutions very nearly au
echo of the Dublin Resolutions.
The Catholics of Kerry were to hold an Aggre-
gate Meeting last Friday.

THE TURF.
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STATE OF TR E ODDS-BETTING ROOM, AMU. S.

DEBBY.
13 to I apt Reginald 11 to 1 apt Chants
16 to 4 apt Galtlaces 100 to 5 apt Cowslip
9 to 1 apt Juck 105 to S eget ■ny tither.
9 to 1 apt Morel

OAKS.
9 to I apt My Lady 8 to 1 apt Augusta
lIDDLISWORTH.
11 to 1 apt aren't(' I 3 to 1 apt Morel.
EIGHT STONE SEVEN POUND STAKE?.
I to 1 apt Banker I 5 to I apt Aotar.

THE GREAT STEEPLE CHASE.

The sporting match between Captain Manton and Mr.
Ma!pas, for 200 guineas, took place yesterday morning from
Moon. SU, NA-house, Surrey, to Fiiml►y Covers, • distance
of eleven mils: of country. To make the nearest way
there were many 114111110%11 leap., which the homes cleared
with their riders it. fine style, and left the greater part of
a field of sportsmen who accompanied them. The competi-
tors kept together to the Batley Come, when they sepa.
rated, and skirted it at opposite angles, and at the ridge of
hills, three mile. from Frimley, the race became very inte-
resting. It was seek or nothing down the hill., with leaps
nearly six feel. But the most interesting part was the leap
at • rivulet of 14 feet, which might have Im..eu avoided by
taking a route of a quarter of a mile. Both bones cleared
it i• gallant style, and the race came to the speed of the
bones up the hill to the Covers, and Capt. Mantas won it
by two hundred yards in 34 minutes.
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BOXIAQ.

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The match between Edward Granger, the Farnham man,
■nd George Gillen, a west conntryman, took place yester-
day morning in a meadow belonging to Mr. Steve's, et
Sholleabrook, ow the confines of the mantles of Ono' end
Bucks. The some bad cleared their way to provincial tele.
brily in many turos-up, and if not seieutific enough to
figure in a Loudon ring, b y was out wauting in either
of the men. The match was fur 40 guinea,, and Granger
was the favourite at 5 and 6 to 4.

In the first round both were too eager in making
and he throwing away blows they got to • close, and both
went down without injury.
The second round lasted twelve minutes, and tamed the
men's ardour. They hit out at each other until the ring
was like a slaughter-house, and neither would go down.—
They disengaged themselves fount three diferent closes, nut
being awake to the weaving system, where the luau of one
of Randal's hands would have been serviceable. Granger
bad rather the best of the round; but he was at length
dropped by a hit on Adara's apple in the throat, which pro.
duced many pantomimical gestures to 4 en Gillen.
3. This was nothing but a fighting round. Several round
hits about the ears melted the wax, and produced lift/101S
of claret from both. Gillen was bit down in tine of those
Grerson's wider castors.
4,5, and 8, were comparatively tame rounds ; hut it was
evident :bat Granger's fighting was to a certain extent put
on one side by the bit in the threat in the second round,
and in this he was thrown a stunning cross-buttock.
7. This was • game round, all in Gillan's tavuur, and it
finished by Granger being &wed again.
8. Gillen received ■ heavy chance bit on the left eye,
which stopped out day light, and he staggered down with it.
10.1 t and last round woo Gillen the fight in 39 minutes.—
♦fter exchanging counter-hits Granger was thrown upon
his head, and laid on the ground several minutes senseless.
His friends challenged the winner again for 50 guineas.

We are concerned to have to announce the death
of JOHN RAMSAY CUTHBERT, Esq. of Grosvenor-
equate, which took place at Paris 0:1 Thursday
lust. Mr. CUTHBERT had been apparently quite
well during the day, but was seized in the night by
an apoplectic attack, which proved fatal, tiotwitli.
standing the efforts of the medical assistants, who
were culled in upon the occasion. This melancholy
iutelligence reached London on Monday last.

The earthquake which lately made such dread-
ful ravages in the island of Zlnte, was also felt in
the pemosula of the Mores. The town of bile, it
is said, has been completely destroyed, and more
than 500 persons have perished under the tutus.
Several other towns and villages have been ravaged,
and • great number of lives have been lost. In
the town of Pyrgels, 300 houses were thrown down.
The earthquake lasted several days, and every
day violent shocks succeeded each other after in-
tervals of a few hours.
On Sunday oftersionn, near the North shore, a
number of buys in a boat, which they appeared un-
able to manage, on attempting to get near a strain-
packet that was pa►awg, gut entangled with one of
the wheel., which carried away part of the boat,
when it instantly sunk with tine of them. Three
clog to the rover of the wheel and were taken oti
board the packet. By the active exertions of seve-
ral boats that came to their assistance, they were
all picked up alive. There was oily one that
could swim, who, although he bad but one leg,
swum on short with his hat in his mouth.—(Tyne
Mercury )