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pay alike. They also proposed to redice
the duty on all horses except race horses from
one guinea to 10s. 6J. Then there was the hackney
cabs, which he considered very much oppressed
by the tax of £2 and Is. for ovary day it went out, which
was a monstrous impast, and the Government pro-
pesed to abolish the tax altogether and put

them under the new arrangement, which would
result in the fodr-wheeled cabs Laving to pay £3 3s.
per annum instead 0f..C19. The cabs of two wheels would
of course be c.a.led on to lay according to scale mentioned,
and omnibuses £3 a year. He proposed also to abolish
the tea licenses. The right hon. gentleman then gave a
statement as to the result of the changes, which would
absorb V.,D40,000, and leave a surplus of £142,000. Tho
right hen. gentleman then resumed his seat by moving
the usual formal vote.

Mr. WARD HUNT took credit to the late Government
)r having iniiiatod the new schomo for thrcollection .of

io taxes.

Mr. GLADSTONE at some length defended the tech-

heal details of tho proposed new method of collecting
Axes.

The resolution wa3 agreed to, and
Tho house then adjourned.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE—This Day

VICTORIA CLUB BETTING—Tms DAY.

NEWMARKET HANDICAP.
sto 2 agst Alpenstock (taken)
4to 1 agst Marquis of Carabas (taken and off.)
8 to 1 agst Restitution (taken)
20 to 1 agst Cocil (taken)
20'to 1 agst Blueskin (taken)
20 to 1 agst Lancet (offered)
CHESTER CUP.
Bto 1 agst Romping Girl (off. —9 to 1 t. and w.)
9 to 1 agst Paul Jones (taken)
16 to 1 agst St. Mungo (taken)
100 to 40 Romping Girl (1, 2, 3—taken and wanted)

TWO THOUSAND GUINEAS.
7 to 2 r.gst Belladrum :(taken)
9 to 2 agst Pretender (taken and wanted)
sto 1 agst Wild Oats (taken and offered)
10 to 1 agst Drummer (offered)
12 to 1 agst Alpenstock (offered)

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

CHELTENHAM RACES -YESTERDAY.

WELTER STAKES.

General Bixio
Amputation
MARLE HILL PLATE.

Flying Scud
Frank
PRINCE OF WALES STEEPLECHASE.
Brick
Pearl Diver
Tribune

Eight ran.
HURDLE RACE.

Colours
Wild Briar

Three ran.
BOROUGH. PLATE.

Chevy Chase
Lisottj
Chr;stmas Fare

Six ran.

BATH AND SOIIERS.E.
The Sotnersetshife Stakes o
only if declared by Tuesd.
added. Two miles and a di::
pay 5 sows each.

T COUNTY MEETING.

d 2i scori each, 15 ft, and -5
:ty, April 6, with 100 sops
-stance. 33 subs., 17 of whom

Ag 3 'st lb
Romping Girl
Alalitter 4 8 4
Ligurian
Punishment 4 7 2
Belfast
Black Diamond 4 6 1-2
Voi tigern... ...(p1) 4 G 10
Matz: worth
Starter 3 6 0

Age st 11)
Aftermath... 3 5 12
Champagne Charlie 3 5 12
Niglitmare •3 5 10
Lady Evelyn f 3 5 10
Plunger ... 3 5 9
Clifford 3 5 8
Achilles ... 3 5 8
Judgo 3 5 7

HORSES STRUCK OUT OF THEIR ENGAGE

MENTS.

April 2, at 9 Gipsy King, out of Bromley Handicap.
April 2, at 5.20 p.m., Bretby, out of Grand Prize at Paris.
April 3, at 9 a.m., Armide and Oolombine, out of the Oaks.
April 5, at 9 a.m., Latooka and Pride of Erin, out of the
Thirek Handicap.

April 5, at 9 a.m., Guy of Warwick, out of all engage-
ments.

April 5, at 4 p.m., Lightning, out of Streatham engage-

April 6, at 9 a.m., Orion, out of the Bretby Plato at New•

April 8, at 9 a.m., Vertigern, out of the Somersetshire

Stakes.

NoittEsukruitE.—The following names have been given
—Mr Ayling's br c by Vedette, out of Lady Wilson, 2 yrs,
Aversion. Mr A. Haynes's yearlings—Ch c by Jingling
Johnny—Nonchalance, Cowboy ; br f by Jingling Johnny,
out of Breaker, Brilliant; b f by Kohi'oor, out of Flying
Jib, Slashing Kitty. Mr La Alert's b yearling cby New-
minster, Black lose, Bayminster.
FonFErr LIST.— The forfeits of the following horses
have been paid ; —Little Nancy (late Popgun), Maggie
Moor, Tacitus (to qualify).
STEEPLECHASE FoItFIT LlST.—Dablgreres forfeit has
been paid.

RACING F
API

'IXTURES.
Curragli ...20, 21, 22
I Croydon . 22, 23
I Newmarket Ist Spring
26, &c.

Knighton... l3, 14
Ludlow 15, 16
Eastbourne l9

E;;;; 20 21

Y.
Doncaster 13, 14
West Drayton l7, 18
Bath 18, 19
Manchester l9, 20, 21
Croydon 19, 21
Harpenden 2l
Epsom Summer .....25, &c.
jirN

Chester 4, 5,6, 7
Eglinton Hunt 6, 7
Winchester ll, 12
York )1, 12
Baldoyle ;ind Spring 11 12
St. Albans 11 14
Salisbury l3

Croydon 2,3, 4
Newton 2,3, 4
Ascot ....8, 9, 10, 11
Liverpool Summer ...15, 16
Windsor 15, 16
Hampton l7, 18
Ourragh ')2, 23, 24

E.
Newcastle 22, 23, 24
Oldham 22
liibury Club 23
Stockbridge 24, 25, 2t;
Chelmsford
Sutton Park .....29, 30

Worcester 1, 2
Newmarket July 6, &c.
Carlisle 6, 7
Pontefract 9, 10
Hendon .... 12, 13
Nottingham l3, 14

,Y
Southampton 13, 14
Reading 15, 16
Huntingdon 90, 21
Stamford %-.t2, 23
Goodwood 27, 28,'29, 30

AUG
Brighton 3, 4
Brighton Club 5
Lewes 6, 7
Egnaln lO, 11
Wolverhampton lO, 11
Windsor 12, 13
St. Albans l7, 18
Stockton lB, 19, 20

Oxford l9, 20
York 24, 25, 26
Plymouth 26, 27
Scarborough 30, 31
Derby Summer —3l, Sep. 1
Weymouth 31, Sep. 1
Canterbury 3l, Sep. 1

SEPT]
Warwick... 7, 8
Curragh (Royal) 7,8, 9
Abingdon 9, 10
Doncaster 14, 15, 16, 17
Richmond `)1, 22
Lichfield
OCT
Bedford 5, 6
Edinburgh 6, 7, 8
Leicester 7, 8
Bromley 7 8
Newmarket 2d 0ct...11, Scc.
Chehnsford l9 2U
Kelso 19 20
NOVEMBER.
Harrow 2, 3 I Eglinton Hunt 6, 7
Worcester 3, 4 1 Liverpool
St. Albans 5, 6 Shrewsbury 1.5, 16

IMBER.
Hampton 21, 22
Western (Ayr) 2, 23
Hendon 23, 24
Monmouth... -, 23, 21
Newmarket Ist Oct 28, dte.
Lanark... 29, 30
)BER.
Cheltenham 19. 20
Curragh l9, 2t, 21
\Vest Drayton ..........21, 22
Hereford 2l, 22
Monmouth 93, 24
Newmark“ H'ton ...25, Sm.

JULY.

N OVEIIBER.
Worcester 2,3, 4 Sbrowsbary .............15,
9I
Harrow
, 3 Leiguing,tou Runt ....23 &GI
L vorpool 9, 10, 11, 12 I

COURSING FIXTURES.

AUGUST.

St. Albans

OCTOBER.
Aucaster and Willoughby, Lincolnshire ............... 5, 6.
Orrue~by
..................................... , •
Huntingdon Club.. .......................................... 26, 27.
INOVEM.I3ER.

Suudoruo, Salop ................
Cothau aid EsLou.. ..... • ••••

STEEPLECHASE FIXTURES.
APRIL.
Croydon 22, 23 I Co. Louth & Ardeen 27, 28
11 AY.
Limerick Hunt 4 I St. Albans .. • 13
Eglinton Hunt W •st ....... 1

9
Kingsbury

OCTOBER.
Bromley 7 I West Drayton .........21, 22

.....17

2, 3.
9, 340.

BL',ECON ELECIION PETITION.—Mis Day.

BRECON, Friday.—Baron Marton gave judgment to-day,
declaring tho election void, that corrupt practices had not
extensively prevailed, and that Mr. Gwyn personally Lad
nothing to do with the corrupt practices.

WRECK ON TILE CORNISH Coxs'r.—The American
ship Nellie Harding, 1,500 tons register, from Antwerp,
went ashore about a mile to the east of Porthleveu, on
Tit3sciay, and soon became a complete wreck. The crew
were saved. The disaster is attributed to the pilot mis-
taking the light of a steam,m: for the Lougships light. '1 he
wonther was foggy. At the time of the accident the ship
sum :going at the ratQ of ton knots an hour.