The Sun.
London, England, 1846-06-18 00:00:00

TllE SUN', LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, JUNE 18, 1846.

SPORTING IN TELL) GENCE.
HAMPTON RACES—WEDNESDAY.
The subjoined raurn of the first day's races will be
our warrant for giving the lessee credit for having catered
bountifully for their patrons. With the Surrey and Mid-
dlesex Sakes as a foundation, backed up by a race for
amateur riders, and two others in heats, no one can have
raised a complaint on the score of quantity ; there was
enough, and considering the intense heat of the weather,
perhaps more than enough ; and it was well that the cus-
tomary intervals between the races were observed with a
strictness that has not usually prevailed at minor races.
The quality of the sport may be gathered from the details;
it was really first•rate, but was not of sufficient import-
ance to attract more than an average attendance.
Hampton is not celebrated for exclusiveness on occa-
sions of this description, but the following names will
show, that if there was no crowd, and no great display
of " rank, fashion, and beauty," the racing was
countenanced by many of the leading men of
the turf :—the Earl of Chesterfield, the Earl
of Rosslyn, Lord Henry Lennox, Lord Frederick
Fitzroy, Lord George Lennox, Lord Burleigh, Lord E.
Russell, Lord Brownlow Cecil, Lord Somerton, Lord
Glamis, Lord Vivian, Count Bathyany, Sir W. W.
Wynn, Sir G. Heathcote, Sir John Gerard, Sir W. M.
Stanley, Sir V. Cotton, Hon. F. Villiers, Hon. Horace
Pitt, Hon. Cecil Forester, Hon. Capt. Stanley, Hon. H.
Forester ; Messrs. Payne, H. `Blair, Balfour, Bastard, J.
Stanley, Drinkald, Lowther, Batson, Campbell, W. H.
Johnstone, Booth, Crommelin, bolt, Higgins, Pettat,
Rush, jun., &c.
The racing commenced punctually at the time adver-
tised, with—
The Gold Cup of 301., added to a sweepstakes of 5 sovs.
each; for three-year-olds, 7st 71b; four, Bst 101 b; five,
9st 31b; six and aged, 9st 71b;. Mares &c., allowed 3lbs.
The winner to be sold for 2001., &c. Heats, once round
and a dis. (4 Subs )
Mr. Dockeray's Lady Charlotte, 5 yrs (Wakefield) 1 2 1
Mr. Parr's Vitula, 6 yrs
Sir G. Heathcote's cby Amato, 3 yrs
Mr. Higgin's Red Leg, 3 yrs
First heat—Betting-7 to 4 agst Lady Charlotte, 2 to 1
agst Vitula, and sto 2 agst Amato colt. Won by a head,
the second beating the third by a neck. The Amato colt
bolted at the top turn, but managed to save his distance.
Second heat-7 to 4on Lady Charlotte. Won by a head,
after a severe race. The Amato cost, ridden for this heat by
Crouch, again bolted and threw his jockey.
Third heat-5 to 2on Lady Charlotte, who won in a
canter, by four lengths.
The Surrey and Middlesex Stakes of 20 sow. each, 10 ft, and
5 only if declared, with 50 added. The second saves his
stake. Two miles. (37 Subs., 26 of whom paid.)
Lord Chesterfield's Jenny Wren, 4 yrs. 7st 31b...(Dufflo) 1
Lord G. Bentinek's Marquis of Conyngham, 3 yrs ...... 2
Mr. Parr's Jack Cade, 5-yrs, Bst 31b
Count Batthyany's Master Stepney, 4 yrs
The following also started, but were not placed :
Mr. Caffall's Mobarek, aged, Bst 71b . (Wakefield) 0
Sir G. Heathcote's br. c. by Velocipede, 3 yrs, 7st llb
Mr. Booth's Titbit, 3 yrs, 6st IGlb 0
Mr. Rolt's Alexa, 3 yrs, Gst 7lb ... 0
Betting-7 to 4 agst Marquis of Conyngham-7 to 2 agst
Jenny Wren-6 to 1 agst Titbit-5 to 1 agst Master Step •
nev—and 10 to 1 agst Alexa.
'Jack Cade made the running, followed by Jenny Wren
and Titbit; A lexa, after making the upper turn, taking her
place with the leading horses. Titbit headed Jack Cade for
about two hundred yards at the back of the course, but the
latter with this exception, cut out all the work to within a
quarter of a mile of home; Jenny Wren then took the lead,
kept it to the chair, andkron very easy by two lengths;
Marquis of Conyngham beating Jack Cade by a neck, and
Master Stepney by half a length.
The Strawberry Hill Stakes of 5 sovs. each, and 25 added,
for three-year olds, 7st 51b; four, Bst 5114; five, &c., Bst
121 b. Heats, one mile and a quarter. The winner to be
sold for 1001., &c. (7 Subs.)
Mr. Wilkins's Barbara Young, 4 yrs (Neale) 2 1 1
Mr. Drewitt's Pimento, 5 yrs
Mr. Pratt's Deodara, 4 yrs
Mr. Rogers's fby Glaucus, 3 yrs
Mr. Jackson's Abd-el-Kader, aged 0 0 dr
Mr. Booth's Miscellany, 4 yra
Mr. Werninck's Patchwork, aged

ASYLUM FOR WORTHY AGED

AND DECAYED FREEIIASONS.

lever occurred to the Duke of Richmond to pay a
hundred times as much wages to a man who works
with a r,gard to his employer's interests,' as his
Grace would pay to a mere every day labourer working
for lucre—or, in other words, toiling for his own and
his family's support. Surely the employers ought to be
satisfied with the labour, such as it is—and it surely
is cheap enough at its present miserable price—
without grumbling that the article is not given in
a spirit of the purest disinterestedness. One might as
well taunt a servant with a love of lucre for wanting his
wages, or a tradesman with sordid considerations for
sending in his bill. The agricultural labourers cannot
afford to put money entirely out of the question, though
their employers, by reducing wages to the lowest pos-
sible point, take care not to encourage sordidness too far,
or, at all events, not to give avarice too much to feed
upon. It is quite clear that the motive for giving what
are by courtesy termed prizes to the agricultural la-
bourers, is that they may become more valuable in a
pecuniary point of view to their pretended friends. This
was avowed at the West Sussex Agricultural Associa-
tion, and the purpose is, perhaps, legitimate, or even
laudable; for, as a general rule, workmen, in becoming
more valuable to their masters, must be happier in them-
selves.

Tho eleventh anniversary festival in aid of the Asylum
for worthy aged and decayed Freemasons, wlls held last
evening at the Freemasons' Hall, Brother .1. B. Byron,
Vice-President of the Society, in the chair.
At six o'clock, about 150 brethren and gentlemen sat
down to an excellent dinner, which was put upon the
table in Bacon's best style, and after the cloth was with-
drawn, the Benedictus was sung by Messrs. Binge,
Crouch, Collier, and Jolley.
Mr. Higgins, the toast master, then entered upon the
execution of his duties, which he performed in admirable
style.
The usual loyal and national toasts having been
drunk,
The CHAIRMAN proposed the health of the Earl of
Zetland, the Grand Master.
The toast was drunk with the utmost enthusiasm, and
was followed by a fantasia on the harp from the airs in
Meyerbeer's opera of Robert le Diable, which was ex-
quisitely performed by Mr. F. Chatterton, and raptur-
ously encored.
The CHAIRMAN then rose to propose the toast of the
evening. Eleven years had now elapsed since it had
seemed desirable to certain members of the craft, that
an asylum should be founded for worthy aged and de-
cayed Freemasons. It was scarcely possible to pass
through any road leading from the metropolis with-
out finding some asylum for aged persons connected
with some charity. But there was no asylum for aged
Freemasons, and this had been felt as almost a disgrace
to the craft. They were possessed of a splendid hall in
which they held grand festivals, surely then it was their
duty to hold out a brotherly hand to worthy but de-
cayed Freemasons, and to provide for them an asylum.
—(Hear, hear.) It was eleven years since the scheme
had been proposed, and he was surprised and sorry to
find that in that time it had not been more effectually
carried out. They had even now only 4,0001., and they
ought to have had ten times that amount.—(Cheers.)
He thought it most desirable that an asylum should be
erected for worthy and decayed Freemasons. Poverty
was frequently the consequence of unavoidable misfor-
tune, and what could be more gratifying than to have
an asylum where the more fortunate brother
could go and shake his poor brother by the
hand, and administer to his wants.—(Cheers.)
If the object of the Institution was pleasing to the craft,
he trusted they would show the interest they took in it
by the liberality of their subscriptions.—(Cheers.)
This charity did not interfere with any other masonic
charity. It claimed assistance from the'eraft solely on its
own merits. He trusted that the appeal would not be
made in vain, but that that night would prove a
triumphant answer to it.—(Cheers.) He concluded by
proposing "Prosperity to the Asylum for worthy, aged,
and decayed Freemasons."—Drunk with three times
three, and one cheer more.

" We fear, however, that there is too much hollowness
in the words of encouragement addressed to them, and
that the premiums offered are too nominal and contempti-
ble to have much influence in producing the desired
effect. The distribution of a few Bibles and Prayer-
books and a few prizes varying from ten shillings to four
pounds, will not compensate for a year's privation,
caused by a rate of wages so miserable as to be wholly
inadequate for comfort, and frequently insufficient for
support. That such is the doom of the labourer, almost
every day's experience affords some proof, and we need
go no further back than our paper of yesterday for a
strong case in point. Under the title of The Poor-law
in a Rural District will be found the report of some
proceedings taken by the parochial authorities to
force upon a married labourer earning only Bs. a week,
the maintenance of his mother, whom he declared himself
unable to support. The energy with which the overseer
went to work to prove the man capable of bearing the
burden affords an amusing illustration of the difference of
treatment the labourer experiences as the hero of after-
dinner eloquence at protectionist meetings and in the
board-room of his own parish, to which he is summoned
that another weight may be thrown upon him in ad-
dition to those he is already struggling to bear. In the
case to which we allude every inquisitorial measure
seems to have been adopted for the purpose of provirg
that the labourer earning eight shillings a week and
having to keep a wife ought to spare the parish funds by
taking also the support of his mother wholly upon him-
self. First he was taxed with having four pigs and six
stocks of bees,' as if a man could keep his mother all her
life on honey and pork, and could afford to expend these
luxuries upon her. It turned out, however, that half the
bees were dead, and the pigs were still unpaid for. So
that before his mother could be fed from these sources
there was a mortgage to be paid off ; and the magistrate,
acting probably on this view of the question,
refused to make the order for which
the parish authorities had applied. We
should be glad to know whether this poor man, if he
were to enter the Duke of Richmond's service, full of
affection for the nobleman who has expressed so deep a
ccncern for the welfare of the labourer, and who, actu-
acted by his aff,ction, would be worth a hundred ordi-
nary labourers—we wonder, we repeat, if he would ob-
tain from the Duke of Richmond a hundred times, or
even ten times, or twice, the amount of wages usually
paid ? If masters were to be found to appreciate such
zeal as it deserves, it is most likely that the poor man
whose case we have referred to, and many others in
similar circumstances, would not have to appear before
boards of guardians to resist orders for the support of
their aged parents. The labourer, however, can be
much more cheaply cared for in an after-dinner speech
than by giving him a fair remuneration for his services.
Civility costs nothing ;' but unfortunately it is intrin-
sically worth nothing to the party on whom it is bestowed."

Duet, —"Finale to The Crusaders"—The Misses
Turner.

Duet,—born and pianoforte, Signors Puzzi and
Negri. _

The CHAIRMAN then proposed the health of Brother
Crucefix, the treasurer, and the Committee of the Asy-
lum.—(Cheers.) In proposing this toast, he might say
that he was proposing the health of Brother Crucefix,
for such was the zeal, talent, and energy that he exhi-
bited in the good work, that it might ba called his work,
and his alone.—(Loud cheers.)
Drunk with three times three.
Fantasia on the sax-horns, beautifully given by the
Messrs. Distin, and loudly encored.
Brother CRUCEFIX rose to return thanks, which he
did in a short but eloquent speech, apologising for his
brevity by stating that he had a great deal to
read. He then proceeded to read the report, from
which it appeared that negotiations were in pro-
gress for bringing about a union between this charity
and the Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution—"
union," said the speaker, " which I trust will ere long
be brought about, and which will form what other
folks, speaking in other places, would call an extended
Grand Junction line of charity.—(Loud cheers.) The
statement of the accounts was also read by Brother
Crucefix, from which it appeared that the Institution at
present possessed—
In the Consols £3,353 18 10
In the Cripplegate Savings' Bank 122 13 3
Dividends due next month 4B 16 It)
In the hands of the treasurer 270 9 4

TRADE OF THE GAMBIA RIVER,
AND THE MANCHESTER CHAMBER OF
COMMERCE.

Three remarkably fine heats, each having been won by a
neck, with the difference of a head only between second and
third.
The Corinthian Stakes of 10 sovs. each, 5 ft, with 25 soya.
added; for three yr olds, 9st; four, 10st 71b; five, list 31b;
six and aged, 1 Ist 91b; winners once, 31b; twice, 51b
extra; half-bred horses allowed 516. Once round and a
distance. Winner to be sold for 2001. Gentlemen riders.
(4 Subs )
Mr. P. Rolt's Solace, 4 yrs (Owner) 1
Mr. T. Rolt's Alexa, 3 yrs
Captain_Curzog's Voltri, 5 yrs 3
Betting-4 to 5 agst Alexa, and 7to 4 agst Solace.
Won by a neck. Alexa, who laid terribly out of her
ground all the way, beating Voltri by a neck.
ENTRIES FOR THIS DAY.
The Hurst Cup. Heats, once round and a distance.
Vitula, 6 yrs-Barbara Young, 4 yrs-Tit-bit, 3 yrs-b f
by Glaucus, out of Harmony, 3 yrs- Deodara, 4 yrs-ch c by
Amato, out of Countess, 3 yrs-b f by Samarcand, out of
La fine mal gardee, 4 yrs.
Her Majesty's Plate. Heats, two miles.
Marquis of Conyngham, 3 yrs-Aristotle, aged-Baronet,
3 yrs-Vitula, 6 yrs-Jack Cade, 5 yrs-Red Leg, 3 yrs-
Tit. bit, 3 yrs-Ruff, 4 yrs-Brother to Valentissimo, 3 yrs-
Sir Edmund, 3 yrs-Lady Charlotte, 5 yrs-Auld Lang Syne,
6 yrs-Nubia, 5 yrs.
The Claremont Stakes. Half a mile.
Leporella-ch c by Don John, dam by Ishmael-Lady
Lift-Oat Poet-4:Yrf by Red Shank, dam by Deibl-Ch f by
Ells, out of Antler's dam.
INTELLIGENCE EXTRA.
GOODWOOD, 1846.
The Goodwood Stakes of 25 sovs. each, 15 ft, and only 5 if
declared on or before Tuesday next.
Corranna, aged, 9st 71b-Fag-ha-ballagh, 5 yrs, 9st 71b-
Sweetmeat, 4 yrs, 9st 21b-Wolfdog, 4 yrs, 9st 2 lb-Trueboy,
6 yrs, Bst 121b-Winesour, 6 yrs, Bst 121b-Mentor, 4 yrs,
Bst 101b-Akbar, 5 yrs, Bst 101b-The Baron, 4 yrs, Bst 101 b
-Lightning, 5 yrs, Sst 91b-Aristotle, aged, Bst 91b-Inheri-
tress, 6 yrs, Bst 81b-Queen of Tyne, aged, Bst 81b-Phlegon,
5 yrs, Bst 81b-Mickey Free, o yrs, Bst 71b-Ironmaster,
4yrs, Bst 61b-Alamode, 5 yrs, Bst 41b-Maynooth, 4 yrs,
Sat 21b-Red Deer, 5 yrs, Bst 21b-Kedger, 4 yrs, Bst 21b-
Glossy, 6 yrs, Bst 21b-Wood Pigeon, 4 yrs, Bst 11b-
Keshang, 4 yrs, Bst-Telemachus, 5 yrs, Bst-Ould Ireland,
4 yrs, BA-Newcourt, 6 yrs, 7st 121b--Polish, 6 yrs, 7st 91b-
Eboracum, aged, 7st 91b-Stomacher, 5 yrs, 7st 91b-Discord,
aged, 7st 9lb-Antler, 5 yrs, 7st 91b-Mendicant, 3 yrs,
7st 91b-Grimston, 3 yrs, 7st 81b-Rowena. 5 yrs, 7st 81b-
Pedometer, 5 yrs, 7st 81b-Milford, 5 yrs, 7st 81b-Hemp,
yrs, 7st 71b-Miss Elis, 4 yrs, 7st 71b-Warp, 5 yrs, 7st 71b
-Javelin, 4 yrs, 7st 71b-Lady Wildair, 4 yrs, 7st 61b-Re-
fraction, 4 yrs, 7st 61b-ThePacha, 4 yrs, 7st 61b--The
Roper's Daughter, aged, 7st 61b-Leopard, 4 yrs, 7st 61b-
Coal Black Rose, 5 yrs, 7st 31b-Red Rover, 5 yrs, 7st 31b-
Campanile, 4 yrs, 7,t 31b-Vol-au-Vent, 4 yrs, 7st 216-
Pythia, 4 yrs, 7st-Red Robin, 4 yrs, 7st-Satyr, 5 yrs, 7st
-Roderick, aged, 7st -Valinnt, 4 yrs, 7st-Ajax, aged, 7st-
John Goldham, 5 yrs, Est 131b-The Conjuror, 3 yrs, 6st
121b-Clumsy, 4 yrs, Est 121b-Fitzallan, 4 yrs, Est 121 -
Miss Burns, 6 yrs, Est 111b-Pic Nic, 4 yrs, Est 111 -
Mongrel, 4 yrs, 6st 101b-/Egis, 4 yrs, Est 101 b -My Mary,
4 yrs, 9st 101b-Titmouse, 4 yrs, Est 10Ib-Remorse, 4 yrs,
6st 101b-Master Stepney, 4 yrs, Est 101n-I-am-not-aware,
4 yrs, Est 101b-Perdita filly, 3 yrs, Est 101b-Dulcet,
4 yrs, Est 10Ib-Pug, 4 yrs, Est 91b-Orion, 6 yrs, Est 91b-
Connaught Ranger, 4 yrs, (;st 91b-As you like it, 4 yrs,
6st 91h-Ninety One, 5 yrs, Est 81b-Hawkesbury, 4 yrs,
Est 81b-Dolo, 3 yrs, 6st lb-Chotornian, 6 yrs, Est 81b
-Laird o' Coskpin, 4 yrs, 6st 81b - Giantess, 4 yrs,
6st 71b - Ruff, 4 yrs, 6st 71b Colleen Bawn, 4 yrs,
6st 71b-Alice, 5 yrs, 6st 71b-Teetotaller, aged, Est 61b-
Burgundy, 3 yrs, 6st 41b-Rowland Hill, 4 yrs, Est 31b-
Magnet, 4 yrs, Est 31b-Best Bower, 3 yrs, Est 21b-Ina,
aged, Est 21b-Vitula, 6 yrs, 6st 21h-Elixir, 6 yrs, 6st .21b-
New Forest Deer, 5 yrs, 6st 21b-Rosa, 4 yr., 6st llb-West
Countrymen. 3 yrs, Est 11b-The Duke of Richmond, 3 yrs,
6st-The Premier, 3 yrs, 6st-Sotades, 3 yrs-Humdrum,
3 yrs, 6st-Blackbi-d, 3 yrs, 6st-Sir Diggory Diddle, 5 yrs.
fist-Marquis of Conyngham, 3 yrs, 6st-St. Demetri, 3 yrs,
6st-Flahowlagh, 4 yrs, bat-Plenitude, 4 yrs, sst 131 -
Footstool, 3 yrs, sst 131b-Jenny Wren, 4 yrs, sst 121 -
Brother to Sir Harry, 3 yrs, sst 121 b -The Druid,
3 yrs, sst 101 b - Tugnet, 3 yrs, sst 101 b - Leacon-
field, 3 yrs, sst 101b-The Slayer's Daughter, 3 yrs,
sst 10111-Collingwood, 3 yrs. sst 91b-f by Sir Her-
cules, out of Taglioni, 4 yrs. sst 91b-Jack Cade, 3 yrs, sst 91b
-c by Phoenix out of Illirondelle, 3 yrs, sst 81b-Petitioner,
3 yrs, sst 81b-b fby Tomboy out of Lapwing,3 yrs, sst 71b-
Nutleaf, 3 yrs, sst 71b-The Hero, 3 yrs, 54 71b-Fitzwilliam,
3 vrs, Sat 61b-Peasant, 3 yrs, sst Sib-Ohio, 3 yrs, sst 61b-
Biild Archer, 3 yrs, sst 41b-Brother to Millipede, 3 yrs,
sst 31b-Lynceus, 3 yrs, sst 21b-Terrier, 3 yrs, sst 21b-
Thrapston, 3 yrs, sst 21b-Bourton, 3 yrs, sst 21b-Pal, 3 yrs,
sst lib-The Slot, 3 yrs, sst-Ginger, 3 yrs, 4st 191b-Ther-
sites, 3 yrs, 4st 121b-Morella f, 3 yrs, 4st 121b-Golden Bee,
3 yrs. 4st 121b-Ukraine, 3 yrs, 4st 121 b - Camera
Obscura, 3 yrs, 4st 101b-Farthing Candle, 3 yrs, 4st 10Ib-
Jonathan Wild, 3 yrs, 4st 71b-Geraldine, 3 yrs, 4st 71b-
Sister to Pergularia, 3 yrs, 4st 71b-Regalia, 3 yrs, 4st 41b-
Polka, 3 yrs, 4,t 41b-Royston Gower, 3 yrs, 4st 41b-ch f by
Discord, out of Soldier's Joy, 3 yrs, 4st-Blarribic, 3 yrs, 4st-
Deerchase, 3 yrs, 4st-Cherry, Bounce, 3 yrs, 4st. if the
highest weight accepting is under Bst 71b, it will be raised to
Bst 71b, and the others in proportion.

The House of Commons have just ordered to be
printed the petition of merchants and trades connected
with the Gambia, and the Chamber of Commerce at
Manchester. As many of the facts adduced must possess
considerable interest for such of our readers as are en-
gaged in the African trade, we submit the substance of
this document, which commences by showing that the
trade in which the petitioners are interested is one which,
apart from the insalubrity of the climate, necessarily in-
volving considerable personal and pecuniary risk, is ex-
posed to the general competition of French, German, and
American traders, whereby profits are rendered extremely
limited and precarious. The trade from this country is
carried on by residents at the Britih settlement of
Bathurst, on the island of Saint Mary's in the said
river, where the affairs of the colony are conducted by
a Lieutenant-Governor, assisted by a Legislative and
Executive Council, whose local expenditure and the
salaries are defrayed out of the revenue derived from
duties levied upon merchar.dise imported into the settle-
ment. The power of imposing duties and taxes is vested
in the Legislative Council, consisting of Governor,
Chief Justice, Colonial Secretary, Queen's Advocate,
Military Commandant, and one merchant ; and the
Executive Council empowered to collect those duties are
the Colonial Secretary and the Collector of Customs.
Whence it appears, that the commercial interest of the
colony, from taxes upon which is derived the whole of the
colonial fund dispensed by the local government in pay-
ment of salaries and other expenses, is only allowed one
member in the seven composing the legislative body em-
powered to impose those taxes, the remaining six consist-
ing of officers holding Government appointments, includ-
ing the Colonial Secretary and Queen's Advocate, whose
salaries are charged upon the revenue of the colony.
The trade is also placed under special disadvantage by
an independent French station at Albreda, on the north
bank of the river, which the British Government has
hitherto neglected to remove, notwithstanding that ex-
clusive possession of the Gambia has been guaranteed to
Great Britain by France. The French merchants at
Albreda, not being burdened with an expensive civil es-
tablishment, import goods, forming the staple of trade,
tree of oppressive import duties. The duties upon mer-
chandise, up to a recent period, at Bathurst, were three
per cent., ad valorem on all imports, an " extra"
sixpence per gallon, equal to twenty-five per cent.
additional on all spiritF and a farthing per pound,
equal to five per cent, additional on tobacco ; and the
aggregate collected by direct and indirect taxation
amounted for the year ending sth January, 1845,
to nearly five thousand pounds, while the value of the
whole British trade of the river did not exceed seventy
thousand pounds. Seven and a half per cent. in favour
of the French trader at Albreda, because, as the colony
of Bathurst is maintainei solely by commerce, all taxa-
tion, whether direct or indirect, necessarily falls upon
its trade. The petitioners have learnt, with considerable
alarm, that the council of Bathurst has increased the
import duty from three to four per cent. ad valorem, im-
posed an extra duty on wines of sixpence per gallon,
equal to an additional ten per cent., and further contem-
plates the imposition of fresh taxes on property. British
trade at the Gambia has already been placed under such
disadvantage, that additional burdens will totally
deprive it of all chance of successfully confronting
foreign competition. The root of misgovernment
lies in the constitution of the Council of Bathurst. There
is no legitimate check upon the expenditure of the Exe-
cutive. Local ordinances take effect from the moment
of their enactment at the colony, the assent of the Colo-
nial Minister being taken for granted. It would be wiser
economy to abandon the present establishment altoge-
ther, and, if British authority is to be maintained at the
settlement, to assimilate its government to the plan pur-
sued at the forts on the Gold Coast prior to their late
resumption by the 'Crown; because neither the state of
the military defences of Saint Mary's, and certainly not
the interests of its trade, either justify or require the
present scale of taxation and expenditure in operation
at the colony. Petitioners, in addition to the compe-
tition at Albreda, have to contend against Americans,
Germans, and other foreigners afloat at the native
trading stations on the neighbouring coast, where no
import duties exist, and, as the produce which is brought
down from the interior is naturally attriv...ted to the
market where it can be bartered to most advantage by
the native traders, the visible effect of the system of le-
gislation complained of has been the gradual transfer of
the trade from the British settlement to those places on
the coast where the foreigner, in consequence of his ex-
emption from the taxation to which the British merchant
is subject, derives most advantage from the traffic ; for,
although drawback of the " extra" duties on wines,
spirits, and tobacco is allowed on exportations from
the British settlement, still the general impost rate, now
increased to four per cent. ad valorem, is retained, while
the expense of landing, warehousing, and transhipping
goods stored in depot at Bathurst, for the coasting trade,
operates as injuriously as a direct tax ; and thus the
British merchant, in endeavouring to follow; he trade
which has been driven out of the river by an impolitic
system of taxation, finds himself still pursued and
thwarted by its consequences. Wherefore, petitioners
trust that such measures will be adopted as will confer
upon the commercial interest at Bathurst adequate re-
presentation in the Legislative Council of the colony, and
thereby relieve them of the grievances of which they
complain.

3,800 18 4
At the conclusion of the reading the report, Signor
Brizzi sang an exquisitely beautiful Italian aria, which
was encored.

Brother BREWSTER proposed the health of the Chair-
man.—Drunk with three times three.
Fantasia,—pianoforte, Mr. Kialimark.
The CHAIRMAN returned thanks, and proposed " The
health of the Ladies,"—Drunk with all the honours.
Air—Brother Crouch—" Kathleen."
The TREASURER then announced the amount of sub-
scriptions collected in the room was 5671. Bs. This
announcement was received with loud cheering.
Several other toasts were drunk, and the conviviality
of the evening was kept up until a late hour.

. .
During the early part of the evening the gallery was
crowded with ladies.

Y.
(RECEIVD HIS DA)
SUTTON PARK RACEE S.— T
AY (TUESDCowcumEni)
The Selling Stakes of 3 sous. each and 20 added. Heats,
One mile and a half. (4 Subs.)
Mr. Philip's Elei, 3 yrs, 7st 131 b
Mr. Tempest's Sister to Ranger, 6 yrs, lOst 71b
Mr. Wildmau's b m by Prince Albert, 5 yrs, lOst 51b 3

WEDNESDAY
The Winsley Pool Stakes of 15 sovs.. each, 10 ft, and 5 only
if declared, with 50/. added ; the second to save his stake.
Twice round and a distance. (7 Subs.)
Mr. FlintofT's Princess Royal, 4 yrs, 7st (Owner) 1
Mr. M. Ongley's Roderick, aged, Bst 71b 2
Handicap of 5 sous. each, and a Cup added. Heats, once
round and a distance. (4 Subs.)
?Ir. Tempest's T'Auld Squire, 5 yrs, Bst 9lb
Mr. Flintoff's Princess Roval,4 yrs, 7st 121 b 4 3 2
Mr. Walker's Princess Olga, 4 yrs, 7st Blb 2 4 3
Mr. Ongley's Queen of the Gipsies, 6 yrs, 9st 4lb 1 2 dr.
The Westbromwich Stakes of 3 SM. each, with 20 added,
the second to save his stake, &c. Heats, once round and
a distance. (4 Subs.)
Mr. Theisteßr to Ranger,
1 1
Mr.
r. i
W. n 6
yrs
.. 2 2
A
Cowpers ch fbyTo e Mummy, 6 yrs
Mr. W Albert, 5 yrs ildman's b m by Prince 3
Tempest'sto '
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a
MOVEMENT.—Lt. Committee, says
THE
of money (
pur-
pose of raising a sum • of 8001 for the Very Rev.
',nutty
. ally to
the purchase of a life
aenable him the more effectually Theobahl Mathew, to .
the most efficient man-
ovement in
the Cork Reporter, Nhcass been formed
uincoLLlmtioonb,
efobrirtehsetedinsustain the temperance m
ner
which As'tlahitherto contributed towards
by the reverend gentle-
the liquidation of the debts incurred ,
to 840/ , and
man, in his philanthropic labours, amounted b,
that only barely sufficed for the object
addresststates
that htahsealarmeaodiyinetmenated from the Committee,
Romon cement manufacturer, of Derby, thenhaving
MOD 73 OF INTERNENT.—Mr. T. B khou P,
All Saints' churchyard on Tu,sday week. A thick layer of cement
was spread at the bottom or the grave just before the coffin was
lowered ; the sides and ends were then filed, and another layer of
.d
iedcontemplated.w asroo interred. s I n
the same material at the top completely'hid the coffin from view, and
rendered it air-tight. Ere it hardened, which ti,e cement did in a
few minutes to the consistency of the hardest stone, the deceased's
name was traced in the yielding mass, so that, if at some future age
the deposit should be 'l:Alia/MI, tllO Ztallzg. of the occupier Of the 1/1-
terior may In nal.
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