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MARCH 11,

851.

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SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.
TATTERSALL'S—YESTERDAY.
THE DONCASTER EVENTS.
The only bets on the races to come off on Thursday
and Friday next, were-7 to 2 agst Achyranthes, for
the Handicap-5 to 4on Nancy, fur the Betting-room
Stakes—and 8 to 1 agst Mulligan, fur the Steeplechase.
The investments were of small amount:—
NORTHAMPTONSHIRE STAKES.
7 to 1 apt Lord Stanley's Legerdemain, 5 yrs, 7st
101 b—taken
NEWMARKET HANDICAP.
7 to 1 agst Mr. Mare's Recruit, 3 yrs, sst 101—
taken to 2004
12 to 1 agst Mr. Stebbings' The Cutler, 3 yrs, sst 101 b
THE PORT STAKES (NEWMARKET.)
Offers to take 6 to 4 about Beehunter-4 to 1 laid to
a small sum agst Bolingbroke.
TWO THOUSAND GUINEAS STAKES.
11 to 10 agst Mr. Howard's Grecian
5 to 1 agst Mr. A. Nichol's Newminster—taken
to 100/.
5 to 1 agst Mr. 03baldeston's Mountain, Sylph colt
—taken to 1001.
CHESTER CUP.
10 to 1 agst Mr. Treen's Rhesus, 5 yrs, 7st
20 to 1 agst Mr. Meiklam's The Italian, 4 yrs, 7st 51b
—taken to 1001.
20
toto agst Mr. J. B
agst Lord Clifrdoiimts Haricot,en'sWallflo 4 y
Wallflower, srysr;l 6 ,s6t ist
25 2ib
—taken
25 to 1 agst Lord Strathmore's Montague, 5 yrs, 7st
21b—taken
25 to 1 agst Lord Chesterfield's Lady Evelyn, 5 yrs,
7st 81b—taken
25 to 1 agst Mr. Saxon's Black Doctor, 3 yrs, sst 41b
28 to 1 agst Mr. T. Lister's Nancy, 3 yrs, 4st 121 b—t
30 to 1 agst Mr. Harrison's Seaman, 4 yrs, 7st—t
40 to 1 sgst Lord Eglinton's The Knight of Avenel,
4 yrs, 7st 3lb
40 to 1 agst Lord Enfield's Bee.hunter,4 yrs, 7st 121 b
50 to 1 agst Mr. Disney's Sir Richard, 5 yrs, 7st—t
1,000 to 20 agst Mr. Pilling's Lady Eden, 4 yrs, 6st 101 b
—taken
1,000 to 15 agst Mr. Pedley's Prior of Lanercost, 4 yrs,
Est 101 b—taken
5,000 to 60 agst Mr. Herbert's Spot, 5 yrs, 7st 31b—t
Rhesus was backed for four or five hundred pounds
at 10 and 11 to 1, The Italian for ab.,ut 2001. at 20 to 1,
and Nancy rather freely at 28 and 30 to 1; these, and a
decline in the Knight of Avenel, were the only move.
ments worth noticing.

DERBY.
5 to 1 agst Mr. Halford's Prime Minister—taken
and afterwards offered
6 to 1 agst Mr. Howard's Grecian
11 to 1 agst Mr. Osbaldeston's Mountain Sylph colt
taken
12 to 1 agst Mr. A. Nichol's Newminster —take 13 to 1
25 to 1 agst Mr. J. Clark's The Marlborough Buck
30 to 1 agst Lord Stanley's Storm—taken to 751.
35 to 1 agst Mr. Greville's Ariosto—taken to 1001.
1,000 to 15 agst Lord Zetland's Lightfoot
The odds quoted against The Prime Minister were
taken to 2001., but currently offered at the close; nearly
twice that sum was laid out on the Mountain Sylph colt
at 11 and 12 to 1, and a very general disposition evinced
to get on. The other quotations are governed by small
investment.

The 7,0001., deposited in the London and Westminster
Bank. to cover the bet laid against Grecian, has been
withdrawn, and 6,0001. paid over to Mr. Manning's ad-
ministratrix, and the remainder to the taker of the odds.

SPORTING NOTES.
No. XVIII.
THE DONCASTER SPRING MEETING.

" Throw up a straw, and you'll see which way the wind
blows."— Old Proverb.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

Sra,—Rather too late yesterday evening for publishing, I
discovered (what I remarked was dubious in Note No. IS in
the morning) that the British Yeoman was not likely to
figure in the Derby Steeplechase; and; I also find that the
Tipperary Boy is by no manner of means a certain runner;
this leaves " the money" mare, lliss Collingwcod, at the top
of the tree in my estimation, with Trust-bas-not in the second
place, and Ben Lomond in the third; but,• as this notice
will be almost too late for any useful purpose, appearing in
print, as it will do, about the same time as the race is being
run (half-past three), I will not advert to it any further; it
may, however, be useful to some of the "Date birds" in the
market, and may ease the minds of some of the highly nervous
dabblers in their uncertainties; uncertainties i'faith I they are
the greate'-t we have in more than the cemmon sporting
acceptation of the word, except to certain select parties who
get up those queer caprioskies that have been so numerous
this winter, and which will eventually lead to the downfall
of steeplechasing, for the public running of the majority of
the animals engaged in these races is no criterion whatever
to judge by, money, money, and only money being the true
criteria! as witness the Vain Hope, and other instances too
numerous to mention ; unlike the fiat-race department, where
the horses and the stakes are on the whole more valuable,
and the proprietors of the animals engaged men who boast of
a higher standard of honour; though, mark you, I do not say
but what there are as honourable loon in the steeplechasing,
as there is in the flat-racing department of the turf, but on
the whole, they are not of that high caste, either horses or
men, in two necessary requisites which I need not name, in
the former as they are in the latter department of the sport-
ing world. There are, of course, exceptions to all rules, and
I do not intend to particularize.
Some weeks have elapsed since I last commented on the
movements in the

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~ 7st 91b ; Achy-
ist 91b ; and Heart
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of Oak, 3 yrs, sst 7lb ; Nancy, 3 yrs, 6st lib, I take it, will
be stopped by the weight. The race, I Wok, will be be-
tween Chantrey, Heart of Oak, and Achyranthes, and will
end as follows :

ACHYRANTHES
HEART OF OAR .; 2
CHANTREY
The Hopeful Ste, es half-mile spurt for two-years-old, will
be contested by the majority of the entries, but, if I judge
rightly, only one of_the favourites will be found in frow at
the finish; the race, in my opinion, will lay with the Het-
man Platoff fillies, Merritnent, and the Mountain Flower,
probably terminating thus
MOUNTAIN FLOWER... 1
MERRIMENT ...... ..... .............. 2

Several other stakes, as :yet not closed, bring this crack
spring meeting to an end; it will no doubt be extensively
attended, especially as the Great Northern Railway authori-
ties have announced their intention of running special trains
at eagle fares each day, doing the journey in five hours.
I am, Sir, yours, ecc.,
THE SPIRIT OF THE TURF.
March 11, 1851.

LITERATURE.

REPORTS OF CASES ADJUDICATED !lN

THE SEVERAL COURTS OF THE COM-
MISSIONERS IN BAAKRUPTCY, under
the Bankrupt Law Consolidation Act of 1849. Vol.
I.—Part I. By J. W. M. Fonblanque Esq., of the
Middle Temple, Barrister•at-Lau. London : Butter-
worths, Fleet-street; Dublin : Hodges and Smith, Graf-
ton-street.

The vast importance of a well-regulated and wisely
administered code of bankruptcy in a commercial country
is now fully recognized. It is essential that every per-
son about embarking in trade should fully understand
the coarse which he must pursue in all his dealings
and transactions with his fellow-men. As a dealer
and chapman, he is invested with a new character.
Ile gains facilities for obtaining credit—the very life-
blood of trade—that are altogether wanting to a private
individual. The bills to which he may be a party, whe-
ther as drawer or acceptor, are supposed invariably to
represent legitimate transactions relaticg to his business,
which make them pass readily from hand to hand, until
tney arrive at maturity. His occupation or calling,
which renders him liable to the bankrupt laws, is the
stamp or imprimatur which renders cu.rresat that which
might not possess the intrinsic value of other similar
documents, which would be summarily nejected by any
banker. He is thus enabled to carry on his business
fairly and profitably, without the drawbacks or annoy-
ances that would otherwise be inevitable: the way to
fortune is opened to him, and " confidence" is the magic
key that opens the fastenings of the gate at the
very threshold of his career. But in proportion
to the incalculable advantages thus afforded,
he is required to observe a strict and uublemiehed in-
tegrity. He must never for a moment deviate from the
strict path of duty, never violate a single maxim of
commercial ethics. He may be unfortunate, without
any error on his own part; his reasonable expectations
may be disappointed, losses may be incurred of such
magnitude that he may be unable to meet his own liabi-
hties, but he can never be ruined so long as he preserves
his " good name." With the reputation of an honest
man, he will find himself exonerated from his encum-
brances, and enabled to enter honourably on a new ca-
reer, in which he will find himself supported by former
friends and correspondents, who will evince an anxiety
to renew business transactions with one who has passed
unscathed through the stringent ordeal to which he
has been exposed in seeking for his certificate.
Under these circumstances, an accurate knowledge of the
principles ou which the several Commissioners act, who
so ably and impartially administer the law, should be
closely studied. It should be ascertained what are re-
garded as.commercial delinquencies, to be visited with
the censure of the Court, and which must have a stain
on the future character, and also what are the steps
that should be adopted in those irises which are of con-
stant recurrence, and which a man must be fortunate,
indeed, if he can pass through life without repeatedly
encountering. A commercial man, however high his
position, can never be certain that reverses may not oc-
cur; and he should, in all his transactions, so conduct
himself that the entire matter may be laid bare and
closely scrutinized, without danger of censure or re-
preach. And the requisite knowledge he can only obtain
by an attentive perusal and mature consideration of the
reports of the adjudged cases in bankruptcy. We,
therefore, anticipate fur the excellent work now under
notice a far more extensive circulation than usually at-
tends " a law book." It will not be restricted to legal
practitioners, but will have a wider circle of readers, as
it will be as cordially welcomed by bankers, merchants,
and traders, as by the profession itself. The learned
reporter shows:- himself to be in every respect qualified
for the arduous task he has undertaken; we say " the
arduous task" advisedly, for none who have not triesio
their hand at what to the uninitiated may seem p -
fectly simple and easy of accomplkehusent, can
tell the difficulties that await the collator of
authorised reports, which will be adopted and recognised
as of weight end authority by the„Ceurt and the prac-
titioners. The greatest care must be 'taken tu exclude
all superfluous matter, to state nothing that is not tally
of importance, and at the same time to insert every point
or metier which could elucidate the principle to he esta-
blished. In these respects Mr. Feebler:quo has emi-
nently succeeded. There is not a single case reported
which will not be valuable as a precedent, or which
could safely be omitted. He is clear and perspicuous,
telling distinctly everything that should he known to
understand fully the grounds of the decision, and tit the
same time using no surplusage. The act of book-
making is totally disregarded by the ltarned gentleman.
There is nu amplification, on the contrary, he has Call-
prestid his abunda-it materials within the narrowest
W h.ir, for inn-taec:.. can be more cAicise than the de-
cision in "It 9 Smart?" Mr. Com missionsr F.white. qua say s
—" Is is not sufficient that thi re should be books; they
twist he properly kept and balanced from time to time,
so that at tiny tam? ine reel sate of the trader's accounts
may at once appear." One of the most important rules
to be observed by a dealer is thus established in a few
lines. Among the exceedingly interesting asses in the
present part will be wand those or the St. Albans Bank
and of Mr. Dslafield, whose unfortunate epeculations in
,haatrical matters so strongly excited the public atten-
tion last 3 ear.

JOSEPH 11. AND THE JESUITS.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
Sin,—The following extracts from a letter written in
1773, by Joseph 11. of Austria to Count d'Aranda, show the
opinions entertained by that energetic Monarch respecting the
disciples of Lo, ola :
Clement XIV. has acquired immortal glory in banishing
the Jesuits from the earth. Before those reichs of apostacy
were known in Germany, religion was to the people a source
of real felicity : the Jesuits have made it the in,,trument of
their own ambition, and the mantle of their shameful projects.
The intolerance of the Jesuits has drawn on Germany
the calamity of a thirty years' wa-: their principles de-
prived Henry IV. of France of his throne and his life, and
they were the authors of the atrocious revocation of the edict
of Nantes. _ _

" Their influence over the house of Hapsburg is but too
well known. .
If I can hate, 1 execrate this race of men, who persecuted
Feneion—who gave birth to the buW 'ln Cxnel Domini'—
and who have rendered Rome so despicable. Adieu
" Jossrir."
Afterwards, on his accession to the impelfal diadem, he
wrete Choiseul, in December, 1780—
" The influence which the priests have exercised until
now in my mother's government shall alio be the special
object of my reforms. Ido not like these men who, entrusted
exclusively with the cares of our salvation, move so actively in
the mediation of our worldly affairs."
I am, Sir, yours, &c.,
March 10, 1851. S4ECTATOR.

FOREIGN ARRIVALS FOR THR EZHIBITION.--T.,he
latest importations from abroad have included the following
numerous and large arrivals for the great Exhibition, some
of which, from their extent and the country of supply, are
of considerable interest. The steam ship Batavier, wliaii
has made its first voyage for the season from Rotterdam, has
brought 289 packages of goods for the Exhibition; the Sir
Edward Banks, from Ostend, 6 packages; the Antwerpen,
from Antwerp, 85 packages ; the City of London, from Dun-
kirk, 91 packages; the Magnet, from Rotterdam, 30 cases
and 2 bales; the Stadt Dordrecht, from Dordt, 1 case; the
Columbine, from Antwerp, 121 packages; the Triton, front
Ostend, 9 packages ; the John Bull,
from Hamburgh, 2
packages; the Arno, from Genoa, 7
packages; the Louisa,
from Malaga, 19 cases; the Fame, from Calais, l package;
and the Soho, from Antwery, 2 packages; consigned to the
Foreign Consuls, agents, and other parties in this country,
Africa for
authorized to receive consignments from abroad for the great
Nboeertnh
Exhibition. In addition to these, the Circassian, iron,
Gibraltar and Cadiz, has brought 13 cases of goods for exhi_
1 Tunic,iion fromho btrhoeu latterght ope lace,larg
large
consignednu m ber to(
ft h2eo2 Spanishpac
logese o Can_
sul ; the vessel Martin. which has arrived in the docks from
the first arrival from
the purpose.
THE NBW ASYLUM FOR INFANT ORPRA. c
graciously
NS, oTAM-
Foßn-inu..—Her Majesty the Queen has
merchandise, being
pleased to patronise the above institution, bY presenting 250
guineas to secure to his Royal Highness the prince of Wales
the right of presentation to one bed for life. )
I.

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A prisoner who had been committed on Saturday
for trial at York assizes by the Leeds magistrates, destroyed
himself by hanging whilst in the lock-up in the course of the
same day.

proprietors of salmon fi
the river, amounts, including
Contempt blunts the etgdhgeSoafvjga
.by the Lord-Advocate to the
The sum awarded
ofshings in the Tay, for damage sus-
taMed by the operationsait
keen
oenn Commissionlampoon,
expenses, to 20 0001
than reason; railing
flings dirt that ing
is no creditable qualification, for who
.betltPteria
has another weapon at command?—Eliza
Cook's Journal.
We understand that it is contemplated to form a
Colonial Pree-Trade League, the object of which shall be to
1 place our commercial intercourse with the colonies, in se far
as the requirements of the Imperial revenue will admit, upon
the footing of a house or coasting trade.
THE ROCHDALE BANS NoTE FORGERIES.—But_
terworth and Whittle, the two men in custody at Rochdale
for issuing forgrd notes upon the Bank rf En g.l I.2anc and
upon one of whom fc•rged poles were found excet-einv
e ~n 7
in amount, have again been examined before the
- --
magis-
trates. They proceeded to snake statements, after tl
tierce had been taken. criminating each other. They le"l-
have
been committed for trial at the Liverpool iMiZeS.
THE FUNERAL OF THE LATE COTINTEE•S OF ATH.
Lon& - yesterday morning the mortal remains of this
much-lamented and respected countess were rtmovt 4 from
No. '23, South-street, G,,,swnw'Alu
i-, '
are, for interment at the
catacombs, Kensal- green Cemetery.
_ _ _

A unitri has been prolJosec. of Kink's and Maris-
chul Colleges, Aberdten, into one university. TLe subject
has been discussed in the council of that city, and referred to
a committee, with instructions to confer with that Profosigro
upon it.

2 can ; The Heart of Oak or The Siszon
selected, but I understand they will be resd
lowing day. The public must judge foethl
stake, I can give no decisive opinion.
For the Doncaster 1-11ndicap (St. Leger cc
some ten or eleven will muster at the starti
ing Chantrey, 5 yrs, Bst 41b ; Melody, 5 yes,
ranches, 4 yrs, 7st 21b ; The ':azon 3 yrs 5:
a _
On ,t.