The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1825-05-13 00:00:00

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TATTERSALL S, MAT 12.

Notwithstanding the extremely unfavourable state of the weather,
the room was very fully attended, and the betting proportionably
heavy. The only variation of consequence for the Derby is in
Weh, who is at evens with Muleteer. For the Oaks, Pastime
and Tontine are the same odds, and Tontine has retrograded. An
amount had arrived that Alderman won on Wednesday at York. in
consequence of which she rose to 7to I. There waa a good deal of
hedging and betting between horses.
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DEBBY.
9to 3 agst Rufus 17 to I agst Legacy
7 to 2 agst Aluleteer fl to I apt Hogarth
7 to 2 agst Web 2U to 1 apt Cain

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3-to I age Pastime
3 to I agst Tontine
4 to I agat Aline

B to 1 apt Pipylina
20 to I agst Cain.

AT. LEGER.
20 to 1 apt Homer.
110 to I apt Trinculo.
tpooo to '2O apt 'Muleteer (taken).

7 to 2 apt Memnon
7 to I agst Alderman
9 to 1 apt Itedgauntlet
16 to 1 apt Cleveland
800 to 200 apt all the South.
(taken).
5 to 4 Tomine for the Oaka
6 to 1 Pastime and Tontine

Horses, for the St. Leger

Web for the Derby (taken).
the Field (taken).

JocnEYSIIIr.--A curious neck-and-neck race was lately
run between an agent of the Marquis of Exeter and an agent of
Tattersall's--the prize in which was no lvss than the possession of
the dam of Enamel, the horse that won the 2000 guineas' stake at
Newmarket. The Marquis is in possession of the sire, and Minia-
ture, the dam, was bought, four years since, of the Marquis, for
501., and recently by Mr. Knight, of Lymouth, for 741. In that
very remote and retired part of Devon, Mr. Knight was lately
summoned front his bed at an unusally early hour in the morning,
by the two candidates for the purchase of the brood mare, who ar-
rived post at Lymouth at the same time. The value of Miniature
being of coarse much enhanced by the recent success of her colt,
Mr. Knight asked 500 guineas for her; but the agents, although
they fully acquiesced in that estimate of her value, demurred
dosing the bargain until they received the sanction of their re.
spectire employers. Which of them has since become the pur-
chaser, we have not yet heard ; but the breed is said to be inva-
luable. Miniature is said to he 12 years old.—Toonion ('oar ice.
IMrOII.T•NT TO HOP-PLANTE/13.-I'lle following is
the copy of a letter addressed to Sir Edward Knatchbull,
Bart. AI. P.:—
My dear Sir,—Lord Liverpool and Mr. Robinson, after having
given their best consideration to some applications received from
several quarters. anti more particularly from Mr. Hodges, iu behalf
of the hop-planters in the Weald of Kmt, for such lenity and faci-
lity on the part of the Excise, in the collection of the hop duty now
due, as it may be practicable to afford, have authorised me to give
directions to the Excise to proceed accordingly with as much fur-
bearance, and to allow as much latitude in the recovery of their
duties, as may be consistent with a due security for the ultimate
payment of them, in all cases where the peculiar distress of the
parties may appear to the officers to require it. I have written to
the Excise accordingly, and it would, I think. contribute much to
forward the view in which these applications have been made, if
you and the other gentlemen who interest themselves in behalf of
the hop-planters, would communicate to me the names of those
whom you may judge to be most in need of such indulgence as can
be shown to them. lam yours truly,
(Signal) J. C. II ERRIRS.
Treasury Chambers, May 6, 11325.
A most shocking occurrence happened at Trowbridge on
Saturday evening. A man and his wife, named Francis, after
drinking pretty freely, abused each other, and having vented
dreadful curses, she gave her husband seven! severe Moos, which,
owing to his inebriated condition, brought him to the ground with
groat violence, and as she threatened greater acts of violence, the
constables put her into confinement. This took place between ten
and eleven o'clock on Saturday night, and at five o'clock the fol-
lowing morning the husband was found in a dying state, and was
a corpse before he could he removed.
EIECUTION.—On Wednesday, the 27th ult. the fol-
lowing prisoners were executed at the new drop at llchester, Intr.
suant so their sentences at the late Avila' for the county of Sew
merit s--Samnel Manning and Henry York, for highway rob.
bevy; Phineas Radford, for sheep-stealing; and John Gill and
John Willmott for horse-stealing; the eldest of whom was only
28 years of age. It is said that one of these young men had pro-
pen to the amount of 7001. left him between the period of his
condemnation and that of his exesutioa.