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SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

NEWMARKET CRAVEN.-THURSDAY.

MATCH---Ust each. D.M. 50 sovs. Mr. Tabberer's
Cavan cast Mr. Elliott's Queen Bee, off.
The ZETLAND STAKES of 100 sovs. each, h ft, for 3-y-rs-
old ; colts Bst 71b, and fillies Bst 21b ; the produce of
mares which have bred a winner of the Derby or St.
Leger to carry 71b extra ; the produce of mares or stal-
lions which have never bred a winner allowed 31b, only
one allowance. R. 31. 13 subs.
Lord Zetland's Comfit by Sweetmeat, gild 131 b

(J. Marson) 1
Mr. T. Parr's Defiance by Old England, Bst 41b (A. Day) 2
Duke of Richmond's f by Touchstone, out of Cuckoo,
7st 131 b
Lord Exeter's Hazelnut, Bst 71b (Norman) 4
Betting-6 to 4on Defiance, 7to 4 agst Comfit. After
the first 50 yards, Defiance took the lead, the others lying
well together. When half-way up the hill out of Abing-
don Mile Bottom, Comfit wont resolutely to work, chal-
lenged Defiance, and a fine race home with the two ended
in her favour by a neck. Cuckoo filly a bad third.

SWEEPSTAKES of 50 soya. each, 11 ft, for three-Sr-olds ;
colts Sst 71b, fillies Bst 21b, which never won before the

time of. closina this stake. Allowances for previous
starters. D.M. 7 subs.
Mr. Merry's Valour by Irish Birdcafther' 7st 101 b
(Charlton) 1
Lord Chesterfield's colt by The Ethperor, out of Begum,
Bst 31b ' (Flatman) 2
Lord Exeter's colt -by Orlando, out of Hersey, Bst 31b
(Norman) 3
_ . .

Betting—Even on Valour, Gto 4 agst Beg m colt. A
good race up the cords with Valour and Beg,um colt, the
former winning by half a length. Two lengths between
second and third.

SWEEPSTAKES ofloo soya. each, h ft, for three-yr-olds ;
colts Bst 71b, fillies Bst. 41h; the produce of mares that
have bred a winner of the Two Thousand Guineas, Grand
Duke Michael, Derby, Oaks, or Doncaster St. Leger
Shakes, to carry 71b extra ; those by stallions or out of
mares that never bred a winner allowed 31b. D.M. 7
subs.
Mr. Payne's Speed the Plough by Cotherstone, Bst 41b
(Flatman) 1
Lord Exeter's Nutpecker, Bst 71b (Norman) 2
Mr. T. Parr's Defiance, Bst 41b (A. Day) - 3
Betting—Even on Speed the Plough, 5 to 4 agst Do-
fiance, 1,000 to 15 agst Speed the Plough for the Derby
(taken). Nutpecker held the lead to the cords where he
lost it to Speed the Plough, who galloped on with it and
won easily by a length and a-half. A head between second
and third.

HANDICAP PLATE of 501., for three-yr-olds and upwards.
Lord Clifden's Warbler by Don John, 3 yrs, sst 31b
(carried sst 51b) (Carroll) 1
Mr. Wigram's Child of the Mist, 4 yrs, 7st 61b (Charlton) 0
The following also ran :—Mr. Elwes's Azael, 4 yrs, Bst
91b (Rogers) ; Mr. Morris's Sir Rowland Trenchard, 5 yrs,
Bst 41b (Basham) ; Mr. Armstrong's Sabra, 4 yrs, 7st 71b.
(Goodman) ; Mr. T. Clifton's Rackapelt, 3 yrs, 7st 711
(Hammond) ; Mr. Walker's Aiolus, 5 yrs, 7st 31b (Mott);
Mr. W. Arnold's Anvil by lon, 3 yrs, sst 101 b (Palmer).
Betting-2 to 1 agst Warbler, 3to 1 agst Anvil, sto 1
agst Child of the Mist.• Child of the Mist made strong
running fo within a few yards of the chair, when he
°xample ; the latter, and Warbler, who had
sbwe
eenr
lyingved ri gslei te
oaner
followed
o his
e
how-
ever, won by three quarters of a length—Anvil a bad
third.
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SUBSCRIPTION PLATTE of 501., for three-year-olds, Est 121 b ;
four, Bst ?lb ; five, 9st ; six and aged, Ost 31b; the win-
ner to be sold for 300 sovs. if demanded, &c. D. M.
Lord W. Powlett's Guava, 3 yrs (S. Steg,gles) I
Captain D. Lane's Auchinleck, 3 yrs (Wells) 2
Duke of Bedford's Feversham, 3 yrs (Charlton) 3
The following also ran :—Mr. St. Aubyn's Epigram, 3
yrs (Price) ; Mr. Batson's Beauclerc, aged (Sly); Captain
Delme's Little Savage, 4 yrs (Flatman); Mr. J. Adkins's
Tonic, 5 yrs (Thick).
Betting-6 to 4 agst Feversham, 7to 2 agst Little Sa-
vage, sto 1 agst Guava, and 5 to 1 agst Auchinleck. Tonic
made the running to the cords, where he dropped off.
Guava, attended by Auchinleck and Feversham, went on
with the lead, and won by half a length. A length be-

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tween the second' and third:
SWEEPSTAKES of 10 sovs. each, for three-yr-olds, 7st 71b;
four, Bst 121 b; five and upwards, 9st 31b; mares and
geldings allowed 31b ; the winner to be sold for 200 sovs.,
if demanded, &c. ; allowances if to be sold for less. D.M.
5 subs.
Duke of Richmond's Antigone, 5 yrs (701.), 7st 12113
Mr. Ste iens's Slee (Flatman) 1
P Partner, 5 yrs (701.), 7st 121 b
2
Mr. Cra:wford's Harrier, 4 yrs (701.), 7st (Wakefield)olb(L) 3
Mr. Goodwia's Anonymous Letter, 4 yrs (40/.). 7st 51b
(Charlton) 4
Mr. Armstrong's
The Cutler, 5 yrs (701.) Bst llb (A. Day 5
Won by a neck. Two lengths between the second and
third. The Cutler broke down.
HANDIOAP PLATE of 701. for three-yr-olds and upwards.
D.T.
Mr. Combs's Nervous, 3 yrs, Est 41b (j. Steggles) 1
Mr. Reeves's Abdallah, 6 yrs, Bst ("Wells) 2
6 yrs, 9.4 21b (Rogers) ; Mr. Goowin's Musician, 6 yrs,
The following also ran :—Mr. J. D. Shane's Garforth,
Bst
41b (G. Brown( ; Mr. Barnes Waverley, 4 yrs, 7st 101 b
(Flatman).; Mr. Wigram's Peacock, 4 yrs, 6st 121 b (Cbarl-
ten) ; Sir ft, Pigot's Kohinoor, 5 yrs, 6st 51b (Hiett) ; Mr.
Mare's Perfidious, 3 yrs, Gst 41b (S. Steggles) ; Mr.
Knowles's Pearl, 3 yrs, Est llb (Oliver).

CALCUTTA, MARCH 5.
The latest news from Burmah is of the 24th of Feb.,
and is not important. General Steele had occupied
Shwai-geen without opposition, and expected to take
Toongoo on the same easy terms. The revolutionary
"peace party" was still in the ascendant at Ava, and it
is said the.usurping half-brother had obtained the posi-
tion in which he was qualified to treat with us, There
is little doubt that negoci.ations have been opened, and,
to judge from appearances, a cessation of hostilities is
likely to be the speedy result. Even Meea-Toon, the
victorious robber, has condescended -to ask for terms ;
but, according to report, Commodore Lambert is anxious
to thrash him before treating.
It may be mentioned as evidence of the really pacific
disposition of the party in power.at Ava, that several of
the British prisoners there have been released, and others
relieved from the rigorous treatment to which they
were previously subjected.
The north-eastern and north-western frontiers are
quiet. The Punjaub had passed under the administra-
tion of Mr. John Lawrence, as chief commissioner. The
best evidence, or which ought to be the best evidence, of
peace in this quarter of our empire, is furnished by the
Governor-General, in cancelling the order by which
coolies were prohibited from entering the valley of
Cashmere.

We are, however, likely to have a little war, of no
long continuance, on the banks of the Sutlej. The elder
brother of the new ruler of Bahwulpore, whom fraternal
jealousy had doomed to a birbarous iinprisooment, has
by the aid of his partisans made his escape, and, backed
by the sympathy of the people, has made war on his
cruel brother. According to the latest accounts the
whole country has risen in his favour, and if not very
promptly relieved by our Government, the Nawab is
likely to lose both his throne and his life. He has, it is
said, applied to the British authorities in the neighbour-
hood for the help which, under the treaty of 1838, we
are, I fear, bound to give him. It will be very annoy-
ing if we have to take arms against an every way ill-
used man, supported by the entire people, against a
younger and illegitimate brother, whom the ill judging
partiality of the father awarded the succession.
The impression is strong and general that Oude will
shortly be annexed, and that Hyderabad can be saved
from the same fate only by a very prompt and very
thorough change in the present system of misgovern-
ment. _ _

The Governor-General returned to Calcutta on the
28th ult., after an absence of only eleven days. He went
no further than Kouk Phyoo, in Arraean. Nothing
has transpired as to the object or effect of his voyage.
Sir Lawrence Peel has proceeded to China in the
steamer Pekin, for the benefit of his much-impaired
health. _ _

A draft act has been published for regulating the office
of Administrator-General of Intestate Estates. It raises
the commission to 5 per cent. in Bengal, and gives two-
fifths of it to Government.
Calcutta has not followed the example of the minor
presidencies in holding a public meeting.in promotion of
the Wellington testimonial. Nor has it as yet responded
very liberally to the Governor-General's invitation to
andthe
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We learn, however, that subscriptions are at length
beginning to come in a little more freely. •
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alone ds
The weather is growing warm, but it is not yet more
than tolerable. There has been but little sickness yet
among our European community ; but an influenza has
prevailed among the horses, and, as we learn on good
authority, the pianos ! Of these latter eight or ten were
sent in one day to one shop, to be cured of a curious
impediment in their speech.
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discountarriving abundant.
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to 5. Exchange is quoted at 2s. id. to 2s. id. Freights
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keep them down.
sararliTvivededonyethsteer2dda'yw.
24th January. The Peninsular and Oriental screw-
Mauritius has not made her appearance yet.

(From the Overland Bombay Times, Mardi, 14.)
SUMMARY.— The intelligence sent home from Burmah
by the last mail came down to the 14th of February.
Tidings have since then reached us to the 23d, but they
afford us nothing more than an extension or confirma-
tion of what had been formerly received. The robber
i fboiefte
been
OurOledo-
- Meea-Toon, who occasioned so much mischief, has,
fgwoiri
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general.
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been deposed by his people, or has abdicated, on finding
himself unable to maintain his ground, in favour of his
brother, Hajee Mahomed, the rightful heir, late a pri-
soner in Islamghur, who in vain petitioned the British
Government for his release and permission to reside as
a subject in the country which he now rules. No act of
disloyalty has been committed by him against us, and
we will in all likelihood ratify the choice of the people,
interfering merely to the extent of preventing civil war.
The Hajee is not only the oldest but is the only legiti-
mate son of our valued ally, the late Nawab—the chief
just abdicated is a bastard, who was set up solely by
Zenana influence. The hill people on our north-west
frontier are quiet for the present, and general tranquillity
prevails throughout India. The young Maharajah of Gwa-
lior was installed into office with great pomp and cere-
mony on the 10th of February. The Nizam of Hyderabad
seems anxious to hasten his fate. Overwhelmed with
debt, and unable to meet the claims of his chief creditor,
the British Government, he is determined on increasing
his army, which already, exclusive of the contingent,
exceeds 60,000 men. The Governor-General has, it is
said, forwarded his ultimatum to the resident, which it
is supposed will include the dismissal of a moiety of the
mercenary force thus being augmented. Much surprise
has been experienced that no whisper should have as yet
reached us as to the successors to the present Governors
of Bombay and Madras. Sir Henry Pottinger was
sworn in on the 7th of April, and Lord Falkland on the
Ist of May, 1848, and at these dates respectively. will
the customary term of their services expire. There is no
occasion for their retiring, however, till their•successors
arrive, and it is not likely that either will quit his post
until relieved. The governor and commander-in-chief
of Bombay proceed to Mahableshwar in the course of
the week. Two small detachments, amounting to about
a hundred men each, drawn from the various European
corps in the Presidency, have been ordered to assemble
on the hills and at Poona, the one to be drilled under
the immediate inspection of his excellency, the other to
be taught by a military instructor,
who has just arrived,
with a view of introducing into their respective regiments
the instructions they have received. •The Governor-
General has returned from British Burmah to Calcutta.
The commander-in-chief of India has not yet returned
to Simla, from his inspections.
The most notable incident • that has occurred
during the past fortnight is the removal of Me,:srs.
Le Geyt and Grant, .two puisne judges in the Com
pany's Supreme Court the Sudder Adawlut, from
the bench, under circumstances of extreme hardship
and injustice. These things have fallen out very op-
portunely for the cause of reform, and in whichever way
they are viewed will go far to refute much of what has
been set forth before the Parliamentary committees. An
open or fair inquiry is not looked for here on the pal t of
Government by any one, and a petition, which will go
home next mail, is now being subscribed, praying for a
Parliamentary committee to collect evidence on these
and other matters, to be laid before Parliament before
the passing of the India Bill, and entreating that this
may be postponed till December, or passed only for a
single year.

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LATEST NEWS FROM MIRMA.II.
The news by the Fire Queen is of neither so stirring
nor diastrous a nature as that which preceded it. Gene-
ral Steele had quietly taken possession of Shwai-peen with-
out the slightest resistance, and was to have proceeded
further on with his force to a place called Toongoo. In
other directions there was the same absence of opposi-
tion even from the strong bands of Burmese robbers. The
Dacoit chief who was the cause of so much mischief at Do-
nabew, has also evinced a dispositicTtosuccumb, having
it is said sent in overtures of reconciliation, for the since-
rity of which, however, be is likely to obtain small credit,
since we see it stated there was treachery in his own camp'
numbers of his followers having deserted and joined the
rival banner of one of the subordinate leaders of his
gang. But perhaps the most important item of intelli-
gence yet received from Rangoon Is what we find men-
tioned in the communication of one of our correspon-
dents, that the new King, or usurper at Rangoon, had
succeeded in assuming that supreme authority at Ava to
illow of our recognising . as such.. He, at any rate,
seems a wiser man in has generation than the Golden
Foot he has just tripped up, since he is represented as
being very anxious for the re-establishment of peace
almost on any terms. It was expected that the commis-
sioner.of Pegu had already been in communication with
the Court in Avis as to the terms and conditions of a
treaty of peace ; and that that functionary was expected
immediately to proceed to Calcutta, with the draft of
one in his pocket, for the approval of the Governor-
General.
The following it from Rangoon, dated 23d Feb-
ruary :—" I have very little news to give you this time
further than that the Proserpine, with his excellency
the commodore on board, arrived about an hour ago
from Bassein. No news has as yet transpired. A boat
from the Phlegethon, conveying some commissariat
craft, came through the Paulang Creek and was fired
at several times. News came from Promo yester-
day, that General Steele was expected to occupy Ton-
goo on the 21st. Tire commissioners from Ava are
err route to Meaday to ratify peace. Several prisoners
have been released for Ava and were at Prome. The
Nerbudda, single-handed, started on the 13th with Cap-
taM Tarleton on board, and details of the 18th and 80th