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garde(' the candidates, the agents, and the electors.
First, he proposed to appoint a public officer at every
election—a person of character, knowledge, and pro-
bity—to whom all moneys due on account of elec-
tions must he paid over by the candidate, with
the view of preventing any money being paid
through channels for illegal or corrupt purposes,
and who should have the whole management and
control of the expenses of the election. The candidate
would be required to swear that he had made no pay-
ments on account of his election to any other person.
He proposed that this election officer should be a bar-
rister, appointed by the judges, as the revising barristers
were. If the source were stopped at once and for ever
on the part of the candidate, bribery would soon die out
cf itself, and few agents would be found to give their
time and services at elections. The candidate was to
declare to the election officer the names of the agents
employed by him, and no others were to be admissible ;
these agents also must take an oath before the election
officer in conformity with that taken by the candidate,
and which would have the like effect with regard to all
funds placed in their hands, whether proceeding from
clubs, subscriptions, or other sources. Expenditure
for processions, music, and the like was to be pro•
hibited. The bill further contained a series of
provisions for enabling the electors to give their
votes by means of voting papers, accompanied by
safeguards against fabrication, mutilation, and
fraud. This would get rid of all the tumults, agita-
tion, and violence, often attended with danger to human
life, heretofore prevailing ' • so that the voter might, if
necessary, give his vote at home. It would further save
the vast sums now expended for the conveyance of
voters, which at county elections often amounted to
4,0001. or 5,0001., and further opened an unlimited door
to treating. The evil of intimidation and undue in-
fluence would in like manner be mitigated, if not alto-
gether remedied, by the machinery he proposed. The
giving of the vote should consist in the act of signing
the voting paper, and the declaration therein contained,
which was then to be delivered to some competent
person for transmission to the returning officer. For
this purpose the magistrates of the county or town
would sit at fixed places for three or four days after the
nomination, to receive and transmit the voting papers.
By this plan even in the most numerous constituencies the
greater part of the votes would be given at an early period
of the election without pressure or inconvenience. The
declaration in the voting papers would consist of—first, as
to the place for which lie was entitled to vote ; then, that
he was the person named on the register ; and then the
voting-paper contained a solemn declaration to be made
with all the sanctity, although not in the form of an
oath, that the voter had not received any species of
bribe, reward, or consideration in respect to his vote.
To meet the case of intimidation, he also proposed that,
in addition to solemnly abjuring bribery, the voter should
declare that he gave his vote freely and willingly, ac-
cording to the best of his judgment and conscience, and
without any intimidation, coercion, or undue influence.
Such a declaration would, he thought, put an end to a
single word of pressure or intimidation from any one.
lie proposed the Queen's printer should print a suffi-
cient number of voting papers, to be transmitted to the
various places in which elections were to take place,
to the election officer, who should have power under this
bill to call around him parish officers and others having
local knowledge in the various places, who would have
the register before them and be attended by others who
had the means of knowing the voters, and, in fact, be
attended by a proper staff of assistants, like those who
now assisted at the pulling places. The election officer
would make up from the register and transmit voting
papers to all the voters. In case of miscarriage or mis-
delivery of the voting papers, they might be obtained at
any stationer's shop in the kingdom, where they would
be sold, so that in case a legally qualified voter had
not received one lie might purchase it, go before a
magistrate, make a declaration of his title to vote, and
transmit it the same as if the paper had been sent to him.
The election officer would examine by the regis-
ter all the voting papers that were returned, and,
with the aid of check clerks and the assistance,
on behalf of the respective candidates, of those whose
services were usually employed, and on a comparison
of the voting papers the return of the member would be
declared. He did not intend by this bill to prevent any
one from voting openly at the poll. Any one who pre-
ferred the publicity and notoriety of such a step might
take his voting paper before the returning officer or the
magistrate who received it, and there publicly deliver his
vote, as he did now, at the hustings. It was necessary
to reserve to the election officer, in cases of personation,
or forgery, or fraud, the power of laying aside any of the
voting papers which might be objected to by any check
clerk or inspector in regard to any particular vote. If
the return of the candidate were not affected by the num-
ber of such objectionable votes, the papers might merely
be laid aside ; but if the return of the member were af-
Ifected, then the officer would have power to investigate
the validity of the vote, and, if a charge of personating
a vote had been made which was not true, the voter so
charged could establish the validity of that vote. Under
such circumstances fabrication or fraud would be almost
impracticable, and, if not impracticable altogether, it
would be very difficult. He did not think any person
would be willing to incur the punishment imposed
by this bill and by the common law of England on the
torgery or fabrication of papers of this description, not
only with the great probability of detection, but when
the greatest uncertainty would exist of benefiting the
canaidate whom he wished to be returned. Such was
the outline of the measure he proposed to submit to the
house ; but he ought to observe, with respect to the ex-
pense of elections, it was necessary, in order that the
election officer might well discharge his duties, that jus-
tice should be done to those who might have really fair
demands in respect of elections. In order that there
might be no excuse for the dispensing of money to any
other person than the election officer, he proposed that
that officer should be entitled to demand from every candi-
date who was nominated at any election a deposit, ac-
cording to what might be the prospects of a contest, of
a sufficient sum of money, not exceeding, in counties,
the sum of 3001„ and in boroughs 2001. (which latter
sum he trusted would soon become the largest expended
at any election), and that he should likewise take a bend
of two sufficient sureties, or a deposit, in lieu of
a bond, of 1,000/., to meet the whole expenses of
the election. He had intended, in the event of the
present bill receiving the sanction of the house,
to have proposed, in a separate one, to abolish the
law of property qualification for members of Parliament ;
but he was not sorry to find that that had fallen into
abler hands. The right hon. member for Devonport had
given notice, as he understood, of his intention to bring
that question before the house. Should his bill proceed
he believed sufficient security would be given for the re-
spectability and independence of every candidate for a
seat in this house, and he should be happy to render any
assistance he could to the right hon. gentleman to enable
him to carry his measure. He concluded by saying he
felt he had ventured on a task to which his humble
abilities were altogether inadequate, unless he were sup-
ported and encouraged by the assistance and approba-
tion of the house. With that assistance he did not de-
spair of effecting very great good, and of putting an end
to a very great evil in the constitution of this country.
He had brought it forward, animated by no party views,
and had prepared it in all its details without the slightest
reference to party considerations. If it should receive
the sanction of Parliament, and conduce to the great
ends which he had laboured to obtain, he should rejoice
that he had lent his humble assistance in giving freedom
and security to that part of our constitution upon which
the liberties and well-being of the people of this countty
depended.
Colonel SIBTHORP denounced the plan as impracti-
cable and futile. He would not, however, oppose the
bill at that stage, but he would see this public officer
far enough before he would take his oath about any
such matter, and would feel inclined to exercise the
argumentum ad baculunt to him, even though be might
be a barrister.
The ATTORNEY.GENERAL on the part of the
Government, did not oppose the introduction of the bill.
It contained, he observed, matters which, novel in prin-
ciple, were worthy of consideration, though some parts
were of very doubtful policy, especially that relating to
polling papers, which would tend to renew the evils of
protracted polling and scrutiny of votes.
Mr. HUME said the object of the bill was a good
one ; but, if they wished to meet this evil, why not take
the simplest means ? He was afraid the hon. gentle-
man's bill would add to existing evils. The simple mode
he proposed, and which he had brought before the house
some years ago, was that no candidate should be
sub-
jected to any expense whatever, that the counties or
boroughs should defray the expense of electing members,
and that they should come there and declare that they
never had nor ever would pay a shilling for their elec-
tion. Why should they ? They were public servants,
and it was preposterous that they should pay large sums
of money in order that they should be placed in a posi-
tion to act for the public good. So long as they made
the members pay, how could they hope to escape vena-
lity ? He hoped the time would shortly come when
common sense would prevail in the house ma this sub-
ject.
Mr. H. F. BERKELEY declared his belief that the
bill would stop neither intiinid"(dim nor bribery.
Leave was then given to oring in the bill.
THE TRUCK SYSTEM.
Mr. C. FORSTER moved for leave to bring in a bill
to alter and amend the act commonly called the Truck
Act, an:i in doing so entered into a statement of the
evil,' which arose from the evasion of the existing act,
and of the necessity of making its provisions more
stringent. He did not object to the masters becoming
shopkeepers, but wished them to descend to the retail
arena on equal terms with our shopkeepers. He and
others, anxious of amending the truck system, were
desirous that the law should enforce a bona fide payment
of wages in money, leaving the workman free to dispose
of it when and where he pleased--merely realising to
himself and the rest of the community the benefit
of full competition. The present act would pro-
hibit shops being attached to the works of em-
ployers. Another alteration he proposed to effect
was in the penalties. As the law stood at pre-
sent, the fine for the first offence was not less
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misdemeanour. When they considered that the profits lous medicine after every other means had failed. See
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their career. He therefore proposed that the fine for ; a cure of a divider in my liver and stomach, which all
the first offence should be 101. and not exceed 20/., and the most eminent of the faculty at home and all over the
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did not propose to leave the award, as at present, in the the world,

hands of the magistrates, but to,give the informer one-half
of the penalty. He knew the law looked upon such appli-
cations with jealousy, but taking into consideration the
present precarious source from which funds for laying
informations were derived—the contributions of shop-
keepers and the workmen—he thought the Legislature
would not object to deal with this matter as they did
with the Excise penalties. These were the principal
provisions of the bill he asked to introduce. Before the
select committee all parties would be able to state their
case, and the house would be put in possession of the
necessary evidence to enable them to legislate on the
question. By doing so, they would give ee proof to the
working man that, amid more exciting topics, they were
not neg ectful of his interest, and convince him that the
protection of his rights was not to be found in trade-
unions Dr strikes, bat by stating his grievance, which,
when proved, stringent legislation should prevent his
being deprived of his right to receive a fair day's wage
for a fair day's work, the payment for which should be
in the lawful coin of the realm.

Mr. PETO thought there was no great necessity
for the bill being referred to a select committee. A
great deal of attention had been given to this question
and many inquiries made, and he (Mr. Peto) could not
conceive any circumstances under which the payment of
a man's wages should be withheld, or that for such pay-
ment anything else should be substituted for money.
When first he became connected with public works the
payment of money was the exception and not the rule ;
but, from 25 years' experience, he could conceive no
reason why there should be a departure from the rule,
that a man's wages should be paid in the current
coin of the realm. The firm with which he was con-
nected had employed in England, Canada, Denmark,
Norway, and various parts of the continent, 30,000
men, and they never paid wages otherwise than in money,
and always took care the men had it in sufficient
time to derive the full benefit from it for their families.
He asked the hon. gentleman and the Government not
to refer the matter to a select committee, but to a com-
mittee of the whole house, and he was certain there
was no hon, member but would say that the proposed
measure sought to secure to the workman his simple and
inalienable right. Let them make the act as stringent
as they might, they could not be doing an injustice, as
it was but right that an obligation should be discharged
in the spirit in which it was incurred—by a proper pay-
ment at the proper time.
Mr. HUME said all the bills on this subject en-
forcing penalties had invariably failed.
Mr. BRUCE supported the bill.
Lord PALMERSTON said he would certainly support
the motion for the introduction of this bill, because it
was in conformity with a pledge ho had given at the
conclusion of last session. He brought in a bill last
year similar to that which the hon. itember for Wal-
sall had now asked leave to introduce, dud he withdrew
it, not in consequence of any change of opinion as to
the principle of the measure, but because the session was
drawing to a close, and because considerable objections
were made to some details of the bill, and it appeared to
him impossible, at that period of the session, to give
those objections the fair consideration to which they were
entitled. He quite agreed that, on general principles, it
was much better to leave classes of men to arrange
and settle among themselves as they best could all mat-
ters connected with their mutual interests ; but at the
same time, they knew perfectly well that, front the arti-
ficial arrangements of society, cases would arise in which
some of the parties were more or less dependent upon
others, and unable to take proper care of their own inte-
rests and concerns. He thought it could not be disputed
that before the introduction of the truck acts great
abuses were practised. It was a fact pertectly notorious
that at times, when the masters had a pull upon the men
from the state of trade and the labour market, then,
under pain cf losing their employment, men were coin-
pelled to receive payment of their wages partly in arti-
cles given them at a price far beyond their real value,
and for which they had no use whatever. (Hear, hear.)
He remembered that on one occasion at Sheffield
shovels, tongs, and pokers were given to the workpeople
in part payment of their wages—(a laugh)—and they
were compelled to sell these articles at a price far
below the value for which they had received them. In
principle, he was prepared to say that wages ought to
be paid in money. But then came the difficulty that
had been alluded to, for, although they might compel the
masters to pay their workmen in money, there were
many ways in which that arrangement might afterwards
be evaded and defeated. The workman might be told—
" Here is your money, but there is a particular shop, and
unless you take your money to that shop and leave part
of it there, we shall not employ you any more, and some
other person will be put in your place." Therefore, a
natural provision of the bill was that no shop should be
allowed to be established on premises belonging to the
master. But then, it was stated to him last year,
that in many of the iron districts—for instance, in
South Wales where the works were at a very
considerable distance from towns, a provision of
that sort must clearly interfere with the comfort
and advantage of the men, for, as had been stated by
the hon. member for Merthyr Tydvill, cases might
happen where there were no shops within a reasonable
distance of the works to which the workpeople could go
and obtain at a fair price the goods which they required.
He thought these difficulties were so completely esta-
blished, that he was induced to withdraw the bill at the
end of the last session, and to enter into an engagement
with his hon. friend that if he (Mr. Forster) would bring
in a bill again this year, he (Lord Palmerston) would
agree to its being read a second time, for the purpose of
being referred to a select committee. That, he thought,
wo'ild be the best course the house could pursue, and
with that view he supported the motion, hoping that his
hon. friend would put off the second reading for some
little time, to enable those who were interested to ex-
amine the provisions of the bill, which could then be re-
ferred to a select committee.

Mr. MUNTZ did not wish to oppose the introduction
of the bill, but he thought the noble lord had shown that,
with very few exceptions, such laws were totally ineffec-
tual, After 45 years' extensive experience in the em-
ployment of workmen, and never having adopted the
truck system, perhaps he (Mr. Muntz) might be allowed
to give the house a little advice ; and to show them that
all that could be done in the way of legislation would
be disappointing to the parties whom they wished to
serve. He remembered that 10 years ago, when Sir R.
Peel was in office, and when Mr. Ferrand made violent
attacks upon masters for their treatment of their
workpeople, he (Mr. Muntz) ventured to offer to show
the house that all the laws they could pass would
never prevent the system of truck. His statements
at that time convinced the house generally that it
would be quite unavailing to pass laws to put
down that system, and Sir R. Peel said that he (Mr.
Muntz) had perfectly satisfied him that they would be
ineffectual. He (Mr. Muntss) then said that it was not
necessary for any master to have a shop for truck ; it
was not necessary for him even to say that he wished to
truck his men, or to say that they should buy their pro-
visions at a certain shop or place. All that it was neces-
sary for the master to do was this —he could make arrange-
ments with any shopkeeper to allow him so much per an-
num if he sent his men to that person's shop to buy provi -
sions. It was only necessary for the master to recommend
his men to deal at that shop, and if they did not, the conse-
o melte would be that there would be no work. Here they
Sad the truck system without any power of legal pre-
vention. He thought the present was an unfortunate
time for the introduction of such a measure as this, when
the employed were disputing with their employers.
There were not now half a dozen men running after mas-
ters, but the masters were running after the men. and
any workman of sober and industrious habits might
obtain work at higher wages than he (Mr. Muntz) had
ever known. Tinder such circumstances how was it
possible that any master could truck ? But let a time
of pressure arrive, when the men were running after the
masters, and then let them see if they could prevent the
truck system. By the simple plan ho had mentioned,
any law might be evaded, and therefore he disapproved
of this bill, which, in his opinion, would deceive the
working classes and the country.
The bill vas supported by Sir H. Halford and Mr. J.
G. Phillimore, and opposed by Mr. M'Mahon.
Leave was then given to bring in the bill.
TENANT RIGHT (IRELAND) BILL.
Mr. Serjeant SHEE, in moving for leave to bring in
a bill to proride compensation for improvements made
by tenants ie Ireland, justified his motives in doing so,
observing tint there was no better mode of convincing
the Government and the house than to set before them,
in the shape of clauses, what he thought would be im-
provements in the measure of the Government to come
from the other house. He then explained the provision
of the bill hi proposed to introduce, and in what it dif-
fered from tie bill which had passed that house last ses-
sion, and to the merits of which he bore testimony ; its
main defects were to be found, he said, in the specifica-
tion of irnp-ovements (important classes of improve-
merits being omitted) and in the restrictions upon claims
for compensation.
Mr. P. URQUHART seconded the motion.

After son Observations from Mr. GEORGE and Col.
GRETILLE,

Sir J. YOUNG, on the part of the Government, said
he would no: object to the first reading of the bill, if no
further steps were to be taken until the bills of the Go•
vernntent slpuld be placed upon the table.
Mr. NAPCER enforced the necessity of some decision
upon this su)ject being come to during the present ses-
sion, as keeling open the question was detrimental to
the value of 3roperty in Ireland.
After some observations from Mr. 31IlAttoN. and Mr.
Rocus,

Leave was given to bring in the bill.
COIIIIITTEE OF PRIVILEGES.

On the mrtion of Mr. BUTT, the Committee of Pri-
vileges, to wiom the complaint of the paragraph in the
Times newapper is referred, was appointed to consist of
the followingmernbers :--Sir John Young, Mr. Solicitor-
General for Peland, Lord Hotham, Mr. John O'Connell,
Mr. Bright, Mr. George Moore, Mr. Henry Thomas
Liddell, Mr. Ker Seymer, Mr. Macartney, Mr. Muntz,
Mr. George 3entinck, Mr. Napier, and Mr. Dunlop.
That nine be ,he quorum of the said committee.
The commitee was ordered to meet on Monday next.
The house Wen adjourned at 20 minutes past 11 o'clock.

LAW INTELLIGENCE.—Feb. 16.

EQUITY COURTS.
(Before the Lords Justices of Appeal )

forcibly got her away from Dr. Lord and put her into a
brougham. The fracas attracted the attention of the
police, and all parties went to Marylebone police court,
before Mr. Long, who, finding the assinit was committed
in this district, referred the complaint to this court.
Yesterday, a note was handed into court, to the effect
that Captain Armstrong was indisposed and could not
attend.
The complainant's professional adviser was not satis-
fied with this excuse.
Mr. Bingham desired that an intimation should be
conveyed to Captain Armstrong, to the effect that, as
he should send the case to the sessions, the appearance
of Captain Armstrong at the court must take place.
Summonses were granted against Colonel De Lard
Captain Maher, who were parties to the assault, and the
case was again adjourned for a week.

ATTORNEY-GENERAL V. THE MAYOR, &C., OF ROCHESTER.

This was appeal from the decision of the Master of
the Rolls, directing a scheme for the application of the
income of the Watts Charity at Rochester. The found-
ation of the charity arose under the will of Richard
Watts, Recorder of Rochester, in the reign of Queen
Elizabeth, who thereby devised his dwelling house called
Satis, and other real estate to the mayor, with four of
the principal citizens of Rochester, upon trust to sell
the same, and apply the income to arise from putting
out the proceeds to profit in maintaining an almshouse
then standing at the Corn-cross, Rochester, for poor
travellers and wayfaring men, and for the relief and
sustentation of other poor persons, to give employ-
ment to whom flax, hemp, and wool were to be pur-
chased. Shortly after the death of the testator, the
income arising from the charity estates amounted to
36/. 10s. 81., but since that time it had increased
to the sum of 3,0001. and upwards. The almshouse
had been xept up from the time of its foundation
to the present time, but the annual expenditure upon
it only amounted to 761. so that there was yearly a
large surplus of the charity income. Relative to
this surplus various decrees had been made by the
Court of Chancery since the reign of Charles 11., the
result being that such surplus had been applied by the
churchwardens and overseers of the several parishes of
St. Nicholas, St. Margaret, Stroud and Chatham, within
the precincts of Rochester in proportion, settled by a
decree of the court pronounced in the time of Lord Not-
tingham, in satisfaction or relief of their respective parish
and borough rates. The information was filed at the
relation of certain inhabitants of the city of Rochester
challenging this application of the charity funds, as
being in contravention of the trusts of the testator's will,
and of the intention of the decrees which had been made
upon the subject.
Mr. W. M. James. Mr. Roundell Palmer, Mr. Lloyd,
Mr. Campbell, Mr. Glasse, Mr. Terrell, Mr. Bevir, Mr.
G. M. Giffard, Mr. Messeter, Mr. Herberden, and Mr.
Vincent, appeared for the different parties interested in
the suit.

Their Lordships dismissed the appeal with costs, Lord
Justice Knight Bruce observing that it was impossible
not to notice the striking disregard with which, notwith-
standing the great increase of the income of the property,
the plainly expressed wishes and intention of the testator
with reference to the almshouse had been treated. It was
impossible not to disapprove and disavow the omission to
increase the assistance which the testator had directed to
be given to the needy wayfarers. As to whom not only
in point of number, but of the amount of viaticum, the
provision made in the 16th ce,,tury had not b'en aug-
mented, while the rents since that time had been increased
by thousands. In the face, nevertheless, of all this,
churchwardens and overseers had been found to con-
tend that justice, on being apprised of these abuses,
should allow them to remain as they were—a contention
which, as the court was now in possession of the matter,
and had power, if not to redress past abuses, at least to
control the future, could hardly be a serious one. It
was, however, matter of regret and something more that
in a community for various reasons, civil and ecclesiasti-
cal, so considerable as the city in which this charity was
founded, there should so long have been tolerated, and
for reasons it was to be feared too obvious, fostered and
encouraged so gross a system of wrong.

SOUTHWARK.—James Bower, a lad, whose head
scarcely reached the top of the dock, was charged before
Mr. A'Beckett with stealing a loaf of bread from a
baker's shop, in the New-cut.
The only thing that excited any interest in this case
was the melancholy way in which the child had been
brought up by its worthless mother. The latter was a few
minutes previously put in the same dock, charged with
being drunk and using disgusting language towards a
respectable green-grocer in the New-cut ; and from her
dirty and dissipated appearance, there could be no doubt
she was a confirmed drunkard ; and instead of attending•
to her child, and bringing it up in the paths of honesty,
sent the poor lad out thieving, to procure the means to
gratify her propensity.
The constable who took the lad into custody imme-
diately after stealing the loaf, informed his worship that
the father of the lad was a sober, industrious map, and
had worked for many years as foreman at a baker's.
His business necessarily kept him out night and day,
and during his absence the wife spent all his earnings in
drink, and kept his home in a dirty and filthy condition.
Mr. A'Beckett said there could be no doubt from the
appearance of the woman that she was a drunkard, and
she ought not to have the care of the prisoner. He
should remand the latter for a week, and he desired the
constable to call upon the father and request his atten-
dance at his dinner hour, so that something might be
done to save his child from utter ruin, which it would
inevitably come to if left under the care of such a worth-
less woman.
The child was accordingly remanded to prison.

NEWMARKET CHAMPION COURSING

(Before Vice-Chancellor Kindorsley.)
COY V. MIDDLETON.

MELTING.

This was a bill to compel the defendant specifically to
perform an agreement into which he had entered fur the
purchase of a house and garden at Chelsea. The con-
tract was made partly in writing and partly by word of
mouth. Upon inspecting the premises the defendant
found them in a very dilapidated condition, and refused
to complete unless they were repaired, contending that
the plaintiff was liable according to the agreement for
purchase. On the other hand the plaintiff insisted upon
the written part of the agreement being carried out,
contending that the other portion of it was void under
the statute of frauds, and instituted the present suit to
enforce that right.
Mr. Elmsley, Q C., and Mr. Southgate were for the
plaintiff, and Mr. Chandless, Q.C., and Mr. Haidea for
the defence.
The case was not concluded when the court rose.

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Merry 7 Taid beat Merin
Barrister beat
Mansoor beat Dormouse
ALL-AGE STAKES. Second Ties.
Whirlwind beat Lively I
Julius beat Misfortune
Barabbas beat Kate Mixture beat Marchioness
Damietta beat Glaucus I Glenluce ran a-bye
SECOND STAKES for PUPPIES. First Ties.
Mr. Swinborne's bk and w b Echo beat Mr. Dobede's bk
b Daffodil.

LD.—FEB. 16.
is. Second Ties.
IFurious beat Lapidist
Welcome (2) beat Sophy

Lord Stradbroke's be and w d Mclntosh beat Mr.
Moody's bk b Rosaline.
Mr. Gillett's r b Gertrude beat Mr. Blenkiron's bk t d
Act mon. _ _ . _

Mr. Buckworth's r b Bud beat Mr. Fryson's bk d
Forester. . _ _

Second All Age Stakes. First Ties.
Mr. Blenkiron's r and w b Bessie Bell (2) beat Mr.
Jackson's f and w d Pilot.
Mr. Gillett's r d Golden Drop beat Mr. Dobede's bk b
Deborah.

Mr. Swinborne's bk d Electric beat Mr. Jardine's f b
Nancy.
Mr. Buckworth's f d Bravo (2) beat Mr. Fyson's r 13'
Fairday.
Exning Stakes, for Puppies. First Ties.
Mr. Fyson's r d First-rate beat Mr. King's r b Ruby. •
Lord Stradbroke's r b Music beat Mr. Moody's bk and
wb Violante.

Rutland St,lkes. First Ties.

Mr. Dobede's bk d Driad beat Mr. Blenkiron's r d Zig.

zagM.
r. Fyson's bk d Freeman beat Mr. Jardine's f d Ma.
thematics.

Mr. Gillett's bd d Gold Dust beat Mr. Swinborne's w and
f b Queen Bee.
Mr. Jardine's bk and w d Musicmaster beat Mr. Jack-
son's bk and w d Prince.

THURSDAY, FEB. 16. FOUR-MILE STABLES.
Stake for Puppies.
Mr. Buckworth's bk d Barrister beat Mr. Jardine's bk d
Monsoon . _ _

Mr. Wilson's f b Welcome beat Mr. Fyson's bk d Furious.
Ld Stradbroke's r b Merry Maid ran a bye.
All-Age Stake.
Mr. Miller's bk d p Barabbas beat Mr. Dobede's bk b
Damietta. _ _

Mr. Jardine's r b Mixture beat Mr. Milier's bk and w b
Whirlwind.

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Mr. Jackson's de d Julius beat Mr. Gillett's bd b Glen.
luce. . . -

Newmarket Stake for Puppies

Lord Stradbroke's be and w d M'lnlOsh beat Mr. Gil-
lett's r b Gertrude.
Mr. Buckworth's r la Bud beat Mr. Swinborne's bk and
w b Echo.

Bottisham All-Age Stake.
Mr. Swinborne's bk d Electric beat Mr. Buckworth's f d
Bravo.

Mr. Brenkiron's r and w b Besse Bell (2) beat Mr. Gil-
lett's r d Golden Drop.
Exiling Stake for Puppies.
Lord Stradbroke's r b Music (2) beat Mr. Fyson's r d
First-rate and won the stake.
Rutland Stake.
Mr. Jardine's f d Mathematics (2) beat Mr. Dobede's
bk d Driad.
Mr. Gillett's bd d Gold Dust beat Mr. Jardine's bk and
w d Music Master.