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London, England, 1853-03-29 00:00:00

bably be that these delicate and important questions will
be brought before inferior tribunals, where the number of
the judges (each acting separately) will render anything
like uniformity of decision upon the circumstances which
are to rule in refusing applications impossible, and must
ultimately lead to extreme facility in obtaining such
divorces..

For these reasons I am unable to concur in the report
agreed upon by the other commissioners in all that relates
to divorce a vinculo, as in my opinion it is expedient—
That the law of England, which now holds the marriage
tie to be indissoluble should remain unaltered ; and
That the practice of passing exceptional laws in favour
of particular cases should henceforth be discontinued.
I concur in the other recommendations of the report.
REDESDALE.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

TATTERSALL'S-MONDAY.

The only betting to any amount or to which it is neces-
ary to refer, was on the Northamptonshire Stakes, for
which several new favourites were introduced, the prin-
cipal outlay being on Dabchick, Happy Joe, Kingston,
Alp, and Tobolski ; Dabchick leaving off only second in
command. During the greater part of the afternoon the
quotations against Defiance and Hobbyhorse were 4 to
1 and 7 to 1 ; but at the close the offers were to lay 9 to
2 and 8 to 1, and no one seemed disposed to support
them. The room was fully attended, but business dull.

NORTHAMPTONSHIRE STAKES.
4to 1 agst Defiance.
7to 1 agst Hobby Horse.
7to 1 agst Dabchick.
16 to 1 agst Lady Blanche.
13 to 1 agst Tobolski (taken).
13 to 1 agst Kingston (taken).
15 to 1 agst Happy Joe.
12 to 1 agst Alp.
12 to 1 agst Postulant.
CHESTER CUP.
f 2 to 1 agst Trifle.
35 to 1 agst Little Jack.
WHITTLEBURY STAKES.
3to 1 agst Lady Audrey (taken).
7to 2 agst Charley (taken).
METROPOLITAN HANDICAP.
13 to 2 agst Contentment.
16 to 1 agst Terpsichore.
14 to 1 agst Peggy.
CITY AND SUBURBAN.
10 to 1 agst Jouvance.
TWO THOUSAND GUINEAS STAKES.
sto 4 agst West Australian and Sittingbourne
DERBY.
9to 1 agst West Australian.
12 to 1 agst Cineas.
12 to 1 agst Orestes.
15 to 1 agst Honeywood.
16 to 1 agst Reiver.

BIRMINGHAM STEEPLECHASES.— MoNDAT.
The GRAND ANNUAL STEEPLECHASE HANDICAP of 20

'goys. each, h ft, and 5 only if declared, with 100 eovs.
added. 4 miles. (26 Subs., Bof whom declared )
Mr. Wycherley's Shinrone, 9st 91b (Boyce) 1
Mr. S. Lucy's Tipperary Boy, lOst 21b 2
Mr. Thursby's Talisman' 9st 31b 3
Mr. Land's The General, lOst 4
Captain Scott's Victress lOst 21b fell
Mr. O'Callaghan's Geraldus, 9st 21b fell
Betting-5 to 2 agst Shinrone, 3to 1 agst Talisman,
4to 1 agst Geraldus and Tipperary Boy. Won easy by
a length.
The STEEPLECHASE FREE HANDICAP of 5 sovs. each, and
25 added. 3 miles. (12 Subs.)
Mr. Land's The Screw (301.), 9st 71b (Green) 1
Mr. Jervis's Nom de Guerre (501.), 9st 01b.
Mr. Williams's The Unknown, 9st 121 b 3
Mr. J. Brown's Bullfincher (301.), 9st 41b 0
Mr. Page's Hazard (301.), 9st 91b 0
Mr. Talker's Lizzy (801.), 9st 51b 0
Betting-2 to 1 agst Nom de Guerre, 3to 1 each agst
Screw and Lizzy, 4to 1 agst Bullfincher. Won by a
length ; Unknown a bad third.
THE BIRMINGHAM HUNT STEEPLECHASE HANDICAP Of
3 Sovs. each, and 100 Sovs. added. 4 miles. 22
Subs.
Mr. J. P. Smith's ch g by Bulwark, 4 yrs
12st 51b (Darling) 1
Mr. Lucy's Songer (aged) 13st Olb 2
Mr. W. Cooper's Garendon, aged, 13st. 3
Mr. S. D. Williams' Bones, aged, 13st 4

Twelve others' ran.

The SELLING STEEPLECHASE STAKES of 2 Sovs. each,

and 15 added. Two miles. 9 subs.
Mr. Davenport's Tom Bowling, aged (201.), (Owner) 1
Mr. Land's Vestress, 5 yrs. (201.) 2
Mr. Lowe's Honesty, aged (4(1/.) 0
Mr. Parker's The Dodger (201.) 0
Won by a length.

OLDHAM STEEPLECHASE.
MONDAY.,
The BROADBENT STEEPLECHASE HANDICAP of 3 sous.
each, and 25 added. 7 subs.
Flying Buck, aged, 9st 131 b.
Countess, lOst 101 b
THE OLDHAM STEEPLECHASE STAKES of 7 sou. each,
3 ft, and 100 added. 20 subs.
Ringleader, 5 yrs, 9st 121 b 1
Quickstep, aged, 9st 10Ib
Four others started.
The SCURRY STEEPLECHASE HANDICAP of 1 soy. each,
and 15 added, once round, was won by Mr. Coburn's
Flying Buck, list 71b (Mathews), beating Frederick
Jerome (10st 41b), Pathfinder (10st 41b), Timothy (10st),
Lightfoot (10st), Little Wonder (10st), and Physic.

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

CUSTOM.-110USE-MARCH 28.

ENTERED INWARDS.—The Ceres, from Rotterdam ;
Menai, Calais ; Magnet, Harlingen ; City of London, Dun-
kirk ; Lion, Harlingen and Nieu Dieppe ; Giraffe, Rotter-
dam ; Augusta, Calais ; Concordia, Rotterdam ; Lewe van
Nyonstein, Amsterdam ; Alice Thompson, Odessa ; Maria
Lodovica, Galatz ; Ravensbourne, Antwerp ; Affeczione,
Leghorn • Regina, Malta • Trident, Marseilles ; James
Gray, Ch'arleston ; Helios,Berdianski ; Albion, Dunkirk ;
City of Paris, Boulogne ; Mercury, Bordeaux ; Lionne,
Gravelines ; Fyenoord, Rotterdam.
ENTERED OUTWARDS FOR LOADING.—The City of Lon-
don, for Dunkirk; Menai, Calais ; Ceres, Rotterdam ;
Nayler, Stettin ; Ravensourne, Antwerp ;' Concordia,
Rotterdam Princess Victoria, Melbourne ; Marchioness
of Londonderry, Port Philip ; Jersey, Berbice.
CLEARED OUTWARDS WITH CARGO. The Cicely, for
Aden and Bombay ; Louice, Alexandria ; Elige, Rotter-
dam • Rapid, Galatz, Ibrail, and Constantinople ; Jersey,
Berbice ; City of Boulogne, Boulogne.

LIVERPOOL, March 28.—The Irene, for Valparaiso,
which upset in the river some time since, drowning nine
men, has been righted, and towed into the Queen's Dock
Basin. —The George Canning, from Alnwick, ran foul of
and sunk the Woodcock, in Chester river flat, near the
small landing stage.—A bright varnished boat, bottom up,
was passed on the 22d inst., and the mast of a vessel, with
rigging attached, and the dead body of a man clinging to
it, were passed on the 23d, 15 miles N.E. by E. of Bardsey,
by the Caroline, arrived here from Halifax.—The Celeste,
from Belfast, whilst coming up the river yesterday, ran
foul of the Blonde, for Sydney, at anchor; and received
considerable damage.—A fire broke out yesterday in the
cabin of the Asia, loading for Melbourne, in the Sandon
Dock, but it was extinguished before doing much damage.
RAMSGATE, March 27.—The Figaro, of and from Bre-
men, for New York, which got on the Goodwin Sands, has
been assisted off, making a little water, and with loss of
false keel.
SCILLY, March 28.—The Sultana, Hamburgh schooner,
from Baltimore, was totally lost here on March 24 ; crew
drowned.
BELFAST, March 26.—The Diligence (smack) of Cardi-
gan, which struck on the Briggs, on the 14th, has been
floated, and was towed up here yesterday.

The Albanian, Winsor, sailed from Mazagan to the
United States, on or about the 10th November, and has
not since been heard of.
The Robert Bruce, Wilson, from Leith and Newcastle to
Cadiz, was in Portland Roads, 23d November, and has not
since been heard of.
The Catharina Cornelia, Oldenberger, from Konigsberg
to Salcome, passed the Sound 20th November, and has riot
since been heard of.