The Sun.
London, England, 1850-03-06 00:00:00

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

BETTING AT MANCHESTER—TUESDAY.
NORTHAMPTONSHIRE STAKES.-6 to 1 agst Harriott
(t), 13 to 2 agst Osterley, 13 to 1 agst For shill, 15 to 1
agst Belus (t), 15 1 agst Velox, 20 to 1 agst Priestess.
METROPOLITAN lIANDICAP.-5 to 1 agst Cheerful,
16 to 1 agst Snowstorm, 16 to 1 agst Dough, 25 to 1
agst Testator, 25 to 1 agst Inheritress.
CHESTER CUP.-13 to 1 agst Glauca, 100 to 6 agst
Miss Ann, 18 to 1 agat Ellerdale, 18 to 1 agst Peep-o'-
Day Boy, 20 to 1 agat Roland, 20 to 1 agst Fuglcm2n,
23 to 1 agst Whim colt, 25 to 1 agst CossLek, 300 to 10
agst John Cosser (t and af:erwards offered), 40 to 1 agst
The Flea, 40 to 1 agst Woodlark, 45 to 1 agst Harriott.
DERBY.-7 to 1 agat Ghillie Callum, 7to 1 agst Bo-
lingbroke, 13 to 1 agst The Nigger, 14 to 1 agst Vol-
tigeur, 16 to 1 agst Italian, 25 to 1 agst Mildew (t), 25
to 1 agst Cyprus (t), 40 to 1 agst Penang. Very little
betting.
BRIDGNORTH STEEPLE CHASES.—TUESDAY.
Handicap Sweepstakes of 15 soya. each, 10 ft, with 50
added; the second to EZTC his stake. Four miles
(10 Subs., 4 of whom pay 5 sovs. each.)
Mr. 011iver's Trust-me-Not, aged, lOst 121 b (Mason) 1
Mr.Hughes'sMissCollingwood, aged, 103t101h( Hughes) 2
Lord Lurgan's Sobriety, aged, lost 81b (Yagee) 3
Mr. Vevers's Vengeance, aged, lOst 31b (Waller) 4
Free Ihnd:eap (Hurdle Race) of 5 toys. each, and 40
-dded • the second to save his stake. Two wile!.

Mr. Phillips's Tallyho, aged, lOst filb...(Braddeley) 1
Mr. llabbs's Lucy Neal, agerl, lOst 51b (Taylor) 2
Mr. aikes's Small Beer, aged, 10it 51b (R. Sly, jun.) 3
Mr. C. llughes's Rebecca, 5 yrs, lOst filb (llugte,) fell.
The fillowirg also ran :—Mr. Lister's Wharftlide
M tid, aged, lOst 9:h—Mr. Vevers's Volatile,'s yrs, lOst
alb (Walker)—Mr. Edwards's Mind-your-Dwu-business,
aged, 10it (Frisby)—and Mr. Lawrence's Amelia, 3
yrs, Bst (Lavirence).
The Hunt Steeple Chase Stakes of 3 sows. each, and 20

added. Three miles.
Mr. Page's fby Jurecd, 5 yrs, list 1 llb ...(Huges) 1
Mr. Br2itliwaite's Middleton, 5 yrs, llst 1118.(Owner) 2
Mr. Ree's Tom Bowling, aged, 12st 71b (Davenport) fell.

IRELAND.'

STATE OF TILE COUNrY OF DOWN.

DUBLIN, TUESDAY EVENING.—The Marquis of
Londonderry has felt it to be his duty to bring
the state of the county of Down, and the charac-
ter of some of the proceedings which have aided
in producing that state, officially under the
notice of the L-ard-Lieutenant, and in the
course of a long letter addressed to his Excellency,
the Noble Marquis refers at considerable length to
the various meetings held in the north, glancing at
the resolutions adopted thereat, and commenting on
the speeches delivered on the occasion by the Pres-
byterian and Catholic clergymen. Lord Clarendon's
reply is as follows :
" Dublin Castle,:March 1.
_ _

"My Lard,—l am directed by the Lord-Lieu-
tenant to acknowledge the receipt of your Lordship's
letter.

His Excellency has observed with much re-
gret that the public mind in the county of Down
has of late been agitated upon questions con-
nected with the relations of landlord and tenant,
and the agrarian outrages have recently, increased
in that generally peaceable and tranquil district.
The Lord-Lieutenant cannot but feel surprised that
a county hitherto considered the most favourably
circumstanced, and the inhabitants of which were re-
garded as the most contented in Ireland, and where
there appeared to have existed between the proprietary,
and tenantry that mutual confidence which is so essen-
tial to the prosperity of each, should, at the present mo-
ment, be the scene of angry discussion which can never
lead to a satisfactory settlement of any differences
which may exist between owners and occupiers.
The Lord-Lieutenant has read with pain the speeches
which have been reported to have been delivered
at some of the meetings referred to by your Lordship,
and his Excellency sincerely laments that those, who,
by their position, may be considered capable of giving
a direction to the feelings and opinions of their
hearers, should have permitted themselves to advocate
principles which are subversive of property and order ;
but the. Lord-Lieutenant feels assured that your Lord-
ship !III), on reflection, concur with his Excellency
in
opi9ion that he would not be justified in calling the
attention of the cleneral Assembly, or any other go
vernment body of the Eiesbyterians, to such secular
matters.

" On more than ono occasion the Lord-Lieutenant
has had, to regret the use of language by ministers of
the Gospel of different persuasions in this country
when taking part in proceedings unconnected with
their duties, but experience has proved to him
that the good example of the great majority of the
clergy of all churches in Ireland, and the disapproba-
tion with which they view the violent interference of
clergymen in secular rcatters, operate as the mo't