The National Register.
London, England, 1822-04-07 00:00:00

TROTTING MATCH B.S.

On Monday last the three greatest attempts perhaps
ever recorded of trotting, and on which thousands were
pending, took place. The first match was that of Mr.
Within's horse, which beat the slate coloured American,
backed to trot three miles in nine minutes for 190 guineas.
It was reported that the louse was lame, and up to the
evaning before the start, 6 to 4 was the betting on time at
the Tim Tavern, and more than 2 to I was bet before
starting, as the horse spewed a little lame in going from
Hampton to Sunbury Common, where the match took
place. Mr. 1..)3 son's man, Jack, rude the horse, and when
at speed the looseness was not apparent, butt the horse was
more than three minutes doing the first mile, and there
was no increase of speed during the match. The horse
broke into a gallop near the George Inn, when about 100
yards from home, and the pressure of horsemen was so
great at his heels, that his jockey turned him with ditii•
culty, and the match was lost by 40 seconds.
Capt. lialfotd's matches to trot eight miles and a half
in half an hone, and to carry 11 stone, with a horse bona
fidc his property, for VP guineas t and a second match, for
a like sum, to trot a horse 17 Mites in an hone, also Ids
property, took place on Monday, over a two-mile piece
of ground, at Merston vale, Surrey. The eight miles and
a half much was done as follows :
Min. Sec.

First two miles . 7 7
Sc•ennd ditto 7 3
Third ditto
Fourth ditto
The half mile

2J 57

A mancruvre not dreamt of was here practised. A
jnekey of In stone iminediatel) mounted the !BMOC horse,
and proceeded on the areoud match, to the astonishment
of all ',resent. The horse hail es Wendy been kept in, us
the figures under will chew

Alin. Sec.

The mile and a half making ten mike,
mottilting time, clone iu
The Math Iwo miles ti
Su•venth ditto
Eiglit:i ditto
List mile

:JO 13

The nnneit was 10%1 by 1:1 second., when the Captain
backed the bore to do the 17 oide, within the hour on
'Thursday, and to carry 10:d. ilbs. The watch is fur 200
gttittenA.

RENEWAL OP CAPTAIN ITALFORD'S MATCH.—This
match, iitr the Captain's horse to trot 17 mil, s, for 260
guineas, was renewed on Thursday, and the 'adore on
Monday gave it an additional interest. The horse, upon
that occasion, did eight toile% and a half, with 11 stove
upon his back, within half an honr, but, on being
rushed to do the 17 miles within an hour, the match
%vas lost by 13 seconds, and it led to the present one, the
hackers dtime thinking too mach had been taken not
of the horse to complete the 17 miles so soon after. The
ground over which the horse trotted was two miles of
!lie same as he performed nit Nlonday. on the Bury road.
lie carried 11 stone in the former half hour race, and 10
stone iii the hour race, and in this instance he carried 10
stone and a hall, and did each two miles as follows:
Min. See. Min. See.
Fit st two miles 6 18 61h two miles.... 7 24
211 'Hilo
311 41110
4th ditto ........ 6 5) The 17th utile
sth ditto

Belting was even at starting. and 6 to 4 on time after
the horse broke into a gallop in the 4th mile, and had to
turn. lle also broke in the Ilth mile, but won the race
easy at last.
Mr. R. Iloulston's match for 50 guinea•, to drive a
tandem 15 milts in one hour, and to trot the first seven
miles, took place on Thursday, over a four mile flat on
the Bromley-road. The horse did the first four miles in
18 minutes and 22 seconds, and the other three in 14
minutes and 8 seconds, leaving 27 minxes for the eight
tildes gallop. The horse did the eighth tnile in 3 mi-
nutes to seconds, the next four in 13 minutes 12 seconds,
and the remaining three miles in to monies and 50
seconds, winning the match by 18 seconds. It was a
fine performance, and the pacing of the horse at the
gallop was a fine treat.—Betting was 5 to 4 on time.

G. B. Mainwuring, Esq. has resigned his office
as Chief Magistrate of Marlborough-street, which
he had held since the removal of Sir Robert Baker
from that office to Bow-street. He has also resigned
the treasureship of the county of Middlesex.—
Mr. Stafliml, the chief clerk of Bow-street, has
announced his intention to become a candidate for
the vacant office, and has addressed a circular to
the Magistrates soliciting their stiffigges
Olt Wednesday afternoon a young man named 'Mor-
gan, a carpenter, employed in the King's-theatre, while
lelltleiatlllrllPZ to sectre a trap-door, slipped the hold he
had of the beam; and fell thiotiAli the stage and
rine floor, a distance of 37 feet, and unfortunately tail-
ing on his head, fractured his skull in a dreadful man-
lier. He was instantly taken up by several of the per-
formers, and prompt medical assistai.ce was midi:tett
Lon, but without any avail, as Ile died in about an hour.
A Coroner's Illtillebt %Vali held at the Regent's Arms,
Regent-street, Westminster, before hos. Higgs, Esq.
on the body of Mr. Timitias Brown, a moat respectable
tradesman, residing in Frederick's-place, who died stri-
dettly on Friday last, From the evidence it appeared,
that the deceased returned Irian his business as use il io
the afternoon, and seemed well; his spirits were al o
extremely chearftil. He had drank one cup of tea, and
on taking the second, deceased suddenly exclaimed—
" Ots dear, what is the matter !" and fell backwards
in the chair; lie never spoke after —M r. \V. B. Paitivr,
surgeon, of Ri 11111 l ty-terrace, llorseferry-road, said, he
&gentled the deceased, and he considered he had died of
1, Timis apoplexy. The Jury renamed a vuttlict—died
of a
Jpokhay.

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VIE NATIONAL REGISTER

CAMBRIDGE COUNTY MEETING.

Thursday, pursuant to a Requisition to the High Sheriff: a
Meeting of the Freeholders and Inhabitants of this county was
held, for the purpose of taking into consideration the propriety
of again petitioning for a Reform in the Commons House of
Parliament, as the most effectual means of relieving the present
agricultural distress, and securing the future prosperity of the
kingdom. The High Sheriff having opened the business of the
dayJ.,
D. MEREST. Esq. came forward and addressed the meet
ing. With regard to agricultural distress, he said, it was unne-
cessary to say a word—the tenantry were reduced to ruin—the
yeomanry, the pride of their country, were fast sinking to po •
ierty—and die labourer reduced from comparative a I uence to
abject beggary ; and, lastly, the impoverished landlord was
obliged to resort to his capital to keep up appearances. He ridi-
culed the idea that distress was occasioned by over-production,
and that the only relief to be looked to was in the rerility of the
land. He alluded to the Agricultural Report, just primed, and
declared his opinion that a greater mass of delusion hail never
before been set fortlr—(Hear, hear.) It was only by the re-
duction of taxation proportionate to the low price of corn, that
effectual relief could be affmtled. It was asked then, how could
the public creditor be paid ? He would answer, by a reduction
of the Civil List, Places, Pensions, &e. and lie denied that there
was any necessity for a breach of faith with the fundholder until
these remedies had been tried. A Reform in the House of Cm-
mons lie deemed essential, and hoped to see the day when Re-
form would triumph over Ministerial inftitcnce, and that the
House of Commons would become the guardian of the rights
and liberties of the people, instead of a machine to extort money
out of the pockets of an impoverished and overburdened people.
lie concluded by proposing a series of resolutions, declaring
that the main cause ofthe distress was in an exorbitant taxation ;
and that the removal of a large portion of the public burthens
was the only effectual relief; and that a reformed House of
Commons was the only security against that system of mis-
government which had nearly ovens helmet! all classes of society
in one common ruin.
The Rev. G. A. BROWN supported the resolutions.
The Duke of ili:Drono said, he had waited to see whether
any gentleman would appear to oppose the resolutions. He had
not been in the habit of attending meetings in this county, but
he thought it his duty to attend this, and urge a petition fur re-
form, without which there was no salvation for the country. His
opinion was not founded on slight grounds ; he had sat thirty-
four years in Parliament, and his experience convinced hint of
the necessity of it. Agriculture hail long suffered, and was now
suffering, without any hope of relief, front the House of Com-
mons. The report of the first Agricultural Committee was a
complete humbug; and although he had not seen the new repot
lie believed it was, like the lass, a humbug ! The sole object of
the former was to say nothing—to throw dust in the eyes of the
people. The expectations of economy and retrenchment had
been disappointed ; a reduction of Is. per bushel on malt, and
ten per cent. on the salaries of Minisiers, was all the relief
afforded. His Grace alluded to the two Postmasters-General,

and compared them to the two labourers who were helping each
other to do nothing. Their salaries ought to be saved. They
were both respectable men ; but was this a time when such
persons should draw their increased incom:s from the sweat
and labour of the people. whore diminished comforts of life
called upon us to abolish these unnecessary salaries ? By
'leaven !" said the noble Duke, quoting Shaltspeare in a very
emphatic manner, " I had rather coin my heart, and drop my
blood tiir drachms, than to wring from the hard hands of reasants
their vile trash by any indirection."—( Loud cheers.)
The meeting was then addressed, at considerable length, by
the Rev. F. 11. Maberly, Mr. Pryme, Mr Howell, Mr. F. K.
Eagle, Mr. S. I'. Realer, Mr. John Fordham, Mr. Gunning,
and Mr. E. Foster, and a petition to the House of Counuon,
tinunled on the Resolutions, was unanimously adopted.

REPORT 01, THE AGRICULTURAL COMMITTEE.
—The Report, which has been presented to the
House of Commons, in the first place recommends
that no alteration shall be made in the existing
Corn Laws until the price of wheat has reached
eighty shillings the quarter ; and that so soon as
this price shall be attained, then a duty upon im-
portation to the amount of' five shillings the quarter
shall be imposed. The Report further recommends,
that after wheat reaches 80s. the quarter, the exist-
ing Corn Bill shall cease, and a permanent protec:-
ing duty be substituted in its stead. The ports are
to be open fir importation when wheat is 70s. the
quarter, and the protecting duty is to be from Its.
to 15s. Thus the leading object of the Report is
to increase the restriction on the trade in corn.
The object indeed is explicitly avowed. The Re-
port recommends, us a principle which should re-
gulate our commercial policy, that the duties to be
imposed on the importation of foreign produce shall
be equal to all the difference betwcen the cost of
raising corn in this and in other countries.

Eat ly on Thursday se'nnight three barley stacks,
the property of Mr. S. Delf, of 'foperoft-hall farm.
were discovered to be on fire. They were situated
in a field about half a mile from the liouso, and are
supposed to have been set on fire by some incendiary.
They were totally consumed.
Madame Catalini's concerts at Sheffield were well
attended. We know not that a higher compliment
could have been paid to her unrivalled talents, than
was simply expressed by a blind musician in the
gallery. While singing the beautifid air of.--
" Angels ever bright and fitir," when she had
uttered the line —.“ Take, 0 take, me to your
care," "Aye," exclaimed the humble son of Apollo,
" that they will, fur they'll never let a voice like
that go the d-v-1."
Mr. Drake, midshipman of the Severn, has been
recently presented with a rich gold medal, by the
King of the Netherlands, for his humane and sue-
' cessful exertions, in saving from a watery grave, a
Dutch sailor, one of the crew of a vessel lately
wrecked on the Sussex coast, off Winchelsea.
The Committee sitting on the state of the Police
has made considerable progress. It is hoped that it
will be soon ready to lay before Parliament, and
that sonic means may be devised ton'_' tnc.nuldie
from the swarms of rnt.es; :;;in
with which the Metropolis •
present.

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