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its vicinity, so as to forward his interests during the Cori
gress. It is not supposed that he will be admitted to take
part in the conferences, or even allowed to enter the town,
as none of the Sovereigns has sent ; him an invitation, or re-
cognized him as King of Portugal. The public mind in
Italy is much interested in the proceedings of the Congress,
as some assert that not only the affairs of Spain and Por-
tugall will occupy the attention of the Sovereigns, but that
those of Italy will also be brought on the tapis. It is added
that his Holiness intends sending a Representative to the
Congress, but this statement' is very improbable.

" LEGHORN, SEPT. 18.
" The cholera has greatly diminished here, particularly
it) the central parts. The disease has spread towards the
north-west, and subsequently to the south-east. In the
latter direction it has ravaged Montenovo and Rosignano,
18 miles from this city. The communications with the rest
of Tuscany are free, although the disease has not extended
so far as Pisa. It spared no class nor sex in this place ;
however, its ravages were principally amongst the poorer
portions of the population, singling out comparatively few
victims in the large and freely ventilated parts of the town.
The states adjoining Tuscany have adopted a most rigorous
system of exclusion with regard to us. It is now almost
impossible to travel in Italy. The steam-boats no long*
touch here. The navigation at Civita Vecchia is conse-
quently more active, but the most abundant objects of im-
portation consist of monks and religious persons from Spain.
" The following is a comparative statement of the num-
ber of deaths from cholera in this city ;—Sept. 4, new cases,
70 ; deaths, 68—Sept. 17, new cases, 33 ; deaths, 15." .

DINNER TO MR. WILLIAM WIL
LIAMS, M.P. FOR COVENTRY.

A public dinner was given last Monday to, Mr. Williams
in St. Mary's Hall, Coventry, qt which wowards of three
hundred gentlemen were present. 121,3vious to the dinner,
Mr. Williams addressed the people f:com the balcony of the
Half Moon Inn. After allud'-ng to the mutilatiot) made
by the House of Lords in the Municipal Reform Bill, he
said that Sir Robert Pei 'ooasted of bringing forward a
measure to reform tho r::nurch of England. What was
it 2 Why, forsooth, ilat the tithe-receiver and the tithe-
payer should. meet and agree in which way the amount
should he paid.—(Laughter.) Would the Dissenters be
satisfied with this ?--(No, no.) Another of Sir Robert's
extensive reforms was that of the Dissenters' Marriage Act,
in which he proposed that the Dissenters should make mar-
riage a civil contract ; that they should first go before a
cagis!trate, and then go and be married according to the
~;rrns of their respective churches. The Church people,
however, had no occasion to go before a magistrate, and
there was therefore still a distinction made between them,
and where there was a distinction there would be a slur
cast upon one party. 'The present Ministry brought for-
ward many important measures, but owing to the opposi-
tion of the House of Lords they have not been enabled to
carry them. This state of things could not go on beyond
another session. It was useless for people to send repre-
sentatives to Parliament if their acts were to be rendered
nugatory by a handful of Peers. It is notorious that many
of them have not a penny except what they receive from
the people through the taxes. There is one of them, the
prime mover of the amendments in the Corporation Bill—
one, who at one time would have put even the Radicals
to the blush in
_his advocacy of Radical principles, who
could not, were he called upon to do so, qualify himself
under his own qualification clause for one of the council of
the city of Coventry, were it not for the taxes.—(Cheers.)
Mr. Williams concluded his speech amidst great applause
from the assembled crowd, which jvas calculated to amount
to 3,000 persons.

The dinner passed off with much conviviality, and seve-
ral excellent speeches were made by Messrs. Hadley and
Edmunds (of Birmingham), Mr. Hands (the Chairman),
and other gentlemen.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

NEWMARKET FIRST OCTOBER MEETING.

WEDNESDAY.
Fifty Pounds; for three yrs old, 7st. ; four, Sst. 31b; five, Bst. 81b;
six and aged, Bst. 111 b. D.I.
Lord Egremont's Nonsense, 5 yrs, and the Deke of Grafton's
b c. Clarionet, 3 yrs, divided the Plate, and Clarionet walked over.
Handicap Sweepstakes of 10 sovs. each, for three yrs old and up-
wards. D.M. 9 subs.
Sir M. Wood's Amesbury, 6 yrs, Bst. 101b...Robinson 1
Duke of Rutland's b. c. by Catton, 3 yrs, 7st. 81b 2
Colonel Peel's Bubastes, 4 yrs, st. llb.
The following also started, but were not placed :—Lord Jersey's
f. by Merlin, 4 yrs, Bst. 121 b. ; Mr. Greville's Stradbally, 4 yrs,
Bst. llb ; Duke of Grafton's Ulick, 4 yrs, 7st. 81b. ; Mr. Payne's
Philosopher, 3 yrs, 7st. 21b. ; Lord Chesterfield's f. by Partisan,
3 yrs, 6st. 121 b. ; Mr. Bircham's b. f. Mog Mouse, 3 yrs, Est. 121 b.
Betting-3 to 1 agst Philosopher, 4to 1 agst Amesbury, 7to I
agst Lord Jersey's filly ; 4 to 1 agst the Duke of Rutland's colt.
won by a length.
Handicap Sweepstakes of 15 sovs. each, 10 ft., for two yrs old.
T. Y. C. 6 subs.
Mr. G. Clark's Lady Ann, Bst
Colonel Peel's Calantha, Bst 2
Mr. Greville's b. c. Lieutenant, Mgt. 91b
Mr. R. Pettit's b. c. Menas, Bst. 91b. . 4
Lord Chesterfield's c. by Velocipede, Bst. 91b
...... . 5
Betting-5 to 4 agst Calantha, 3to 1 agst Lord Chesterfield's
colt, 4to 1 agst Lady Ann, 7 to 1 agst Lieutenrnt. Won by a
length.
The St. Leir,,T Stakes of 25 sovs. each, for three yrs old; colts,
Bst. 71b ; fillies, Bst. 41b. D. 1. 4 subs.
Lord Orford's Ascot
Mr. Batson's Luminary 2
Betting-5 to 2 and 3tol on Ascot, who won in a canter.
Tuesday Night.
Our express left the heath immediately after the Hopeful
Stakes, and before it was declared to be a false start, in con-
sequence of the jockies having started without waiting for the
signal from the starter. A second race took place for it, sto
4 being offered agst Sister to Nonsense, and 4 to 1 agst The
Athenian; Colonel Peel declared' to win with Sister to Non-
sense. The second start was effectual, without any change in
the result. Sister to Nonsense took the lead at a good pace,
Alfred, Partner, the Royal Oak colt, and The Athenian lying
well up till near the bushes, where he tired ; Alfred now went
up and at the cords was abreast of the mare, at the same time
looking so well that Pavis joined them with the Royal Oak
colt, so as to be ready to tackle him in case the mare failed ;
this, however, did not occur, although the finish was so close
that the Judge decided it in her favour by a head only; the
Royal Oak colt was not beaten more than a neck, and Partner
barely half a length ; Glaucus was beaten off three or four
lengths, and King Lear twice that distance. It is worthy of
remark that, but for the declaration to win with the filly, Part-
ner could have won the first race and the Royal Oak colt the
second.

The following race was decided after our account left
100, h. ft. Half mile.—Colonel Peel's Swallow, 7st. (Pavis),
beat Sir M. Wood's The Glauca, Bst. 101 h.,
Betting-6 to 4on the Glama, and 4tol in running. Won
by a length.
Grand Duke Michael Stakes.—Albania made running at
her best pace till near the bushes, where Ibrahim and Oak
Apple came out ; the mare, however, lived only a few strides,
and Ibrahim won easily by four lengths.
Buckenharn Stakes.—Wish made play to the bushes, where
Zenana (the Fille de Joie filly) challenged, and, after a midd-
ling race, won by half a length. •
Amongst the arrivals arc the Duke of Portland, Duke of
Rutland, Duke of Grafton, Marquis of Exeter, Marquis of
Tavistock, Earl and Countess of Chesterfield, Earl of Albe-
marle, Earl of Jersey, Lord G. H. Bentinck, Lord W. Paw-
lett, Lord Villiers, Lord S. Osborne, Hon. General Grosvenor,
Sir M. Wood, Sir L. Glynn, Hon.- B. Craven, Colonel and
Lady Alice Peel, Messrs. C. Greville, C. Wilson, Payne,
Worrell, Hawker, Newton, Batson, Waddington, &c.
At the Duke of Rutland's dinner party were—The Duke of
Grafton, Lord and Lady W. Pawlett, Lord Robert Manners,
Sir F. Trench, Hon. B. Craven, and Mr. Irby.

A DEARLY-BOUGHT FANCY.—Tradition speaks
highly of the splendour of this mansion (Modbury, Corn-
wall) and of the magnificent manner in which the Cham-
pernounes lived, and particularly of their keeping a very fine
band of musicians, which band, if report may be credited,
was the occasion of the family's ruin : for that Mr. Cham-
pernoune, taking it on the Thames, in the time of Queen
Elizabeth, her Majesty was so delighted with the music that
she requested a loan of it for a month ; to which Mr.
Champernoune, aware of the improbability of its ever re-
turning, would not consent, saying, " that he hoped her
Majesty would allow him to keep his fancy." The Queen
was so highly exasperated at this refusal, that she fimnd
some pretence to sue him at law, and ruin him, by obliging
him in the course of the proceedings, to sell no fewer than
18 manors.—Burke's History of th Commoners.
MACKEREL.—MackercI were first allowed to be
cried through the streets of London on a Sunday in 1698 ;
and the practice prevails to the present time. In May,
1807, the first Brighton boat of macketel sold at Billings-
gate for forty guineas per hundred, 7s. each, reckoning six
score to the hundred ; the highest price ever known at this
market. The next boat load produced but 13 guineas per
hundred. Mackerel was so plentiful at Dover, 1808, that
they were sold 60 for a shilling. The success of the fishery
in 1821 was beyond all precednt. The value of the catch
of 16 boats from Lowestoffe, June 30, amounted to 5,252/. ;
and it is supposed that there was no less in amount than
14,0001. altogether realized by the owners and men con-
cerned in the fishery of the Suffolk coast. In March,
1833, on a Sunday, four Hastings boats brought on shore.
10,800 mackerel ; and the next day two boats brought
7,000 fish. Early in the month of February, 1834, one
boat's crew from Hastings deared 100/. by the fish caught
in one night and a large quantity of very fine mackerel
anopted in the Londpn market in the second week o,f the
Same month. They were cried through the stroots of Lon-
don three for a shilling on the 14tH and 2-2 d of March,
1834, and had then been plentiful PIT a month. The boats
engaged in fishing ATO.nsually attended by other fast-sailing
Y?aSelß% whioh are sent away with the fish taken. From
some situations, these vessels sail away direct for the Lon-
don market ; at others, they make for the nearest point '
from which they can obtain land carriage for their fish,
Yuma's History of British Fishef.