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-- IRELAND.
• THE STATE TRIALS.
Dunux' APRIL 16.—The following are the notices referred
to in the Queen's Bench report of yesterday. They were.
served upon the traversers yesterday evening :
" QUEEN'S BENCH.

" MONDAY, ISTII DAY OF APRIL, 1844.
"The Queen against Daniel O'Connell, John O'Connell,
Thomas Steele, Thomas Matthew Ray, Charles Gavan
Duffy, Rey. Thomas Tierney, John Gray, and Richard

Barrett. •
"Judgment for the Crown upon the verdict had against the
defendants on the trial at the bar in this cause, unless cause
to the contrary in four days.—By the Court,
"WALTER BOURNE, Chief Clerk."
" IN THE QUEEN'S BENCH.
" The Queen against Daniel O'Connell, John O'Connell,
Thomas Steele, Thomas Matthew Ray, Charles Gavan
Duffy, Rev. Thomas Tierney, John Gray, and Richard
Barrett. .

" Gentlemen,—Take notice that this Honourable, Court
will be moved on Friday, the 19th day of April instant„ or so
soon after as counsel can be heard, that you and each of,you,
the said Daniel O'Connell, John O'Connell, Thomas Steele,
Thomas Matthew Ray, Charles Gavan Duffy, the Rev.
Thomas Tierney, John Gray, and Richard Barrett, may be
severally called to appear and receive respectively the judg-
ment of the said Court upon the indictment whereof you re-
spectively stand convicted.
" Dated this 15th day of April, 1844.
" I am your obedient servant,
" Wm. KEMMIS, Crown Solicitor,
40, Kildare-street.
"To Daniel O'Connell, John O'Connell,
Thomas Steele, Thomas Matthew
Ray, Charles Gavan Duffy, Rev.
Thomas Tierney, John Gray, and
Richard Barrett. _ .•

This afternoon the traversers served the necessary notices,
prepasately-to-ao application to the Court to set aside the
verdla; and to grant a new trial. It is likely that the ar-
guments upon this motion will be somewhat protracted, as
each of the traversers is entitled to be heard by counsel.
Judge Crampton sat this morning in the Queen's Bench,
to hear unopposed motions, and the full Court sat shortly
after eleven o'clock. _

Mr. Whiteside and Mr. M'Donough were the only gentle-
men of the inner bar who were then present.
CHIEF JUSTICE—The first business of the Court this morn-
ing is motions for new trials. Mr. Whiteside, have you any
motion to make of that description?
Mr. WHITESIDE thanked his Lordship, and replied in the
negative.
At a few minutes past one the Chief Justice stated there
was to be a meeting of the judges at that hour, and the
Court accordingly adjourned.

THE QUEEN V..O'CONNELL AND OTHERS-NOTICE OF MOTION
FOR NEW TRIAL-AFFIDAVIT OF MR. O'CONNELL.

There was filed to-day, on the part of the traversers, a
notice of motion for a new trial, of which the following is a
copy
' QUEEN'S BENCH, CROWN SIDE.
" Sir,—Take notice that counsel on behalf of Daniel
O'Connell, one of the traversers in this case, will move, on
Thursday, the 18th day of April instant, or the first oppor
tunity after, to set aside the verdict had in this cause against
the said defendant Daniel O'Connell, and that a new trial be
directed, or that a generic do now be awarded upon the fol..
lowing grounds, that is to say—for that the jury lists from
which were framed the juror's book, and special jury list for
the present year, 1844, were fraudulently dealt with, for the
purpose of prejudicing the said traverser in his defence, and
that by reason thereof the said traverser was in fact sc pre-
judiced, as the jury who tried this cause was struck from the
special jury list for 1844 ; and, also, for that John Jason
Rigby, one of the jury who tried the said cause,
was sworn as John Rigby ; and, also, for that there is
no such person as John Rigby, of Suffolk-street, in the
county of the city of Dublin, as stated in the postea in this
cause; but 'that the persce who filled the office of juror is
John Jason Rigby, and also for that the said John Jason
Rigby, prior to his having been sworn as aft resold,
in-
formed the Court of the true state of facts, and said in open
Court he was not John Rigby, but John Jason Rigby; and
also for that there was no evidence adduced upon the trial
in this cause to prove the fact of the alleged conspiracy, or
any overt act thereof, to have taken place or occurred
within the county of the city of Dublin; and also for that
there was no evidence of the existence of any of the alleged
conspiracies imputed in the indictment; and also that the
said verdict is against law and evidence; and also against
the weight of evidence; and also upon the ground of the re-
ception of evidence that ought to be excluded ; and
also upon the ground that the trial of this cause was con-
tinued beyond the end of Hilary Term, and did not terminate
until the 13th Feb. last, instead of having been adjourned
until the present Easter Term ; and also for misdirection of the
Learned Lord Chief Justice ; and also for that the Learned
Lord Chief Justice misdirected the jury as to the effect of
the evidence ; and also for that the Learned- Chief Justice
stated to the jury, with strong commentary against the tra-
versers, the evidence offered for the Crown, and omitted to
make any of the observations resulting from that evidence
favourable to the traversers; and also for that the whole
current and bearing of the Learned Chief Justice's charge
was such as to express and signify to the jury a strong con-
rittion eiisting in his own mind of the guilt of the tra-
versers; and also for that the Learned Lord Chief Justice
did not advert sufficiently to the evidence offered for the tra-
veraers, or permit sufficiently the attention of the jury to the
effect of the evidence, or to the inference which they were at
liberty to dednee r.he.refroin ; and also, for that in reading to
the jury extracts from the speeches and publications given in
evidence on the ,trial, the Learned Chief Justice only read to
the jury the extracts relied upon by the Crown, and omitted
to read the extracts relied upon by the traversers in the
same speeches- and. publications ; and also for that the
Learned Lord Chief Justice stated facts to the jury in his
charge which were not in evidence ; and also for that the
Learned Chief Justice did not state to the jury with suffi-
cient clearness the application of the law to the particular
facts of the case ; and also for that the Learned Chief
Justice expressed his opinion on the facts of the case to the
jury in such a way as was calculated to control their judg-
ment, and lead them irresistibly to conclusions of guilt in the
traversers ; which said motion-will be grounded on the affida-
vits already filed in this cause, and the several documents
therein referred to, and the affidavit of the said Daniel O'Con-
nell, and the joint affidavits of Wm. Forde and John M.
Cantwell, and Thomas Reilly, this day filed in the proper
office, and the affidavits Of Pierce Mahonv and Peter
M'Evoy Gartland, to be filed and used in this cause, of
which you shall have a copy, the authentic report of the
Learned Chief Justice's charge, the notes of the Learned
Chief Justice and the postea, the nature of. the case, and the
reasons to be offered.—Dated the 16th of April, 1844.
" WM. FORDE, Attorney for the said Traverser.
" To Wm. Kemmis, Esq., Crown Solicitor.", ..,
AFFIDAVITS OF MR. O'CONNELL, &c.
At three o'clock Mr. O'Connell, Mr. Thomas Steele, and
Mr. John O'Connell filed separate affidavits—all fir the same
effect—to ground a motion on behalf of the traversers for a
new trial. The affidavits, which are voluminous, deny that
they did conspire together in the manner charged in the in-
dictment, of which they have been convicted. They ,also
state that they did not, on the 14th of January, the day of
balloting for the special jury, know of the omission of any of
the names from the jury list or jury panel; that such omis-.
sion was totally unknown to them, and that it was not made
with their privity, knowledge, or consent ; that they believed
it was the result not of accident,-but of design and contri.vance, with a view to prejudice them. This is the substance
of the affidavits ; in fact, it is merely a repetition of the points
urged upon the Court• during the progress of the trial.
The motion for the new trial will take precedence of the
judgment of the Court, and that motion being disposed of, the
traversers then will move in arrest of judgment, the argu-
ments upon which may extend to a considerable length.
(From the Tipperary Free Press.)
We have received some suggestions on the course which
should be pursued, both by the clergy and people of Ireland,
at this eventful crisis, and we give them without comment :
" It is ardently desired that prayers should be offered up in
the various chapels throughout the land, on Sunday, the 14th
of April, for the health and preservation of Ireland's Libe-
rator, O'Connell ; that in the event of Mr. O'Connell's being
consigned to a dungeon, both clergy and people should wear
mourning crape on their hats, and that the windows of all
who would truly deplore such a proceeding should, on the
announcement of the melancholy- intelligence, be closed, as is
usual on the death of a friend."
IRISH FRANCHISE BILL.
The Trish Liberal members here have received copies of a
circular from Lord John Russell, urging the necessity of at-
tendance in the House of Commons, during the discussion on
the Irish Franchise Bill.

LAW INTELLIGENCE.
COURT OF BANKRUPTCY, April 17.
(Before Mr. C,Ommissioner EVANS.)

THE DRAPERY TRADE AGAIN--IN RE JOHN CORTELL ADAMS.

The bankrupt had carried on business as a woollen-draper
in Basinghall-street, City. His debts and liabilities are
stated on his balance-sheet to be 12,556/. Is. 2d.; but, in ad-
dition to this, his transactions in accommodation bills in-
volved an amount of 80,0001.
, At the last hearing he was adjourned sine die, it then ap-
pearing that during the three years of his trading he had
made "no profit whatever," according to his own statement,
while he put down his losses'at 5,640/. 16s. 2d., out of which
was 1,376/. 10s.:10d. for discounts, and his expenses at the rate
of 8001. a year. This extraordinary trading was unvouched for
by documents or books ; and each of his five separate balance-
sheets contained so many discrepancies that the Court ad-
journed him sine die, but with leave to come up again to-day
for the purpose of passing his last examination, if he could
satisfy the Court and his creditors as to the truth of the
items contained in his amended balance-sheet.

- ---- -----
Mr. Lawrence, who now appeared for the bankrupt, said
that the prineil al objection urged was the amount of his
expenditure, which was unvouched for at the last meeting,
and since that time the bankrupt had sedulously applied
himself at the official assignee's office, 'and had been able
to vouch out of one year's, expenditure, 540/. of the 700/.
charged by him in the balance-sheet, and besides this he
had rendered a cloth account, which gave a full description
of the receipt and sale of every piece which had passed
through his hands.
Mr. Commissioner EVANS-Why has he not vouched for
the whole of his expenditure.
Mr. Lawranee--I de not believe thathe had it in his power.

Mr. Ogden (one of the assignees) said that the creditors
really believed that the bankrupt had a purse.
Mr. Commissioner EVANS-11as he satisfactorily accounted
for his purchases and sales of cloth ?
The Official Assignee (Mr. P. Johnson)—Why, Sir, after
a fashion he has done so. x-yr
Mr. Commissioner EVANS—WeII, then, as he has accounted
for the cloth, has he accounted for the outlay of the money
which he:obtained upon his sales of the cloth ?
The Official Assignee—He has not, Sir; and his trading
was carried on in a most extraordinary manner. For ex-
ample, if he sold a tailor a piece of cloth worth 20s. or 305.,
he got him to accept a bill for 100/., 150/., ur 2001., as the
case might be. Those bills he imn- ediately got discounted,
an I as they became doe he was obliged to find the means of
taking them us-which absorl ed his cash, and beside which
he could not press his debtors to pay him. It is my opinion
the bankrupt must have some book in which he kept memo-
randums of these various bills.
Mr. Lawrance—as the bills became due, Sir, he took them
up himself.
M 1. Commissionei EvANs—This is one rf .the most suspi•
cious accounts I have ever seen. Here are discounts charged
at 1,3761., bad debts 3,000/., and the personal expenditure at
the rate of KM a year,. without a single shilling of profits on
his business. I shall adjourn the banrupt sine die, and with-
out a further hearing.
The Bankrupt—l think, Sir, I can find the memorandum
at Mr. Johnson's.
Mr. Commissioner EvAxs--Then if you can, you may
apply again. I firmly believe the man is dishonest, and that
he has concealed property ; and with this view I shall adjourn
him sine die, and grant him no other hearing, except at his
own expense. A worse case I:never had before me. It is
most reckless work.

INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT, April 17.
IN RE DUNCAN.CAMPBELL.
This insolvent has been before the public on former occa-
sions, in consequence of his connexion with the British Ame-
rican Association, of which he was a Director, and -was also
proprietor of the brig Barbadoes.
He was opposed to-day by Mr. Woodruffe, on behalf of a
creditor named Eden who stated that he had supplied iron-
mongery to the Barbadoes,; to the amount of 2431., for which
he had not been paid. This transaction had been ruinous in
its consequences to him, as he was only a young tradesman,
and could not afford to lose so large a sum. He had been
obliged to sacrifice his wife's property, to satisfy his own
creditors.
The insolvent underwent a long examination respecting
his connexion with the British American Association. He
stated that he believed the Duke of Argyle and the Marquis
of Downshire were responsible as directors of the concern.
Two creditors in person appeared to oppose ;-but in conse-
quence of the advanced period of the day the case was ad-
journed till Friday.

THE AMERICAN PRESS AND THE
REV. SYDNEY smITH"
TO THE EDITOR OF THE MORNING CHRONIQLE.
Sir,—The Locofoco papers in America are, I observe, full
of abuse of Mr. Everett, their Minister, for spending a month
with me at Christmas in Somersetshire. That month was
neither lunar nor calendar, but consisted of forty-eight hours ;
—a few minutes more or less.
I never heard a wiser or more judicious defence than he
made to me and others, of the American insolvency; nct
denying the injustice of it, speaking of it, on the contrary,
with the deepest feeling, but urging with great argumenta-
tive eloquence every topic that could be pleaded in extenua-
tion. He made upon us the same impression he appeats to
make universally in this country; we thought him (EY:cha-
racter which the English always receive with affectionate
regard) an amiable American, republican without rudeness,
and accomplished without ostenation. "If I had known that
gentleman five years ago (said one of my guests), I should
have been deep m the American funds ; and, as it is, I think
at times that I see nineteen or twenty shillings in the pound
in his face." _

However this may be, I am sure we owe to the Americans
a debt of gratitude for sending to us such an excellent speci-
men of their productions. In diplomacy, a far more impor-
tant object than falsehood, is, to keep two nations in friend-
ship. In this point, no nation has ever been better served
than America has been served by Mr. Edward Everett.
I am, Sir, your obedient servant,
April 17. SYDNEY SMITH.

THE PARSONS AGAIN.
TO THE EDITO-1? OF THE SUN.
Sin,—We thought the parsons had made themselves quite
conspicuous enough lately in the columns of the various daily
papers without adding to their notoriety, but our attention
having been accidentally called this evening to a gross
outrage committed on a respectable citizen by one of these
so-called " Pastors of the Flock," we cannot forbear re-
questing your insertion of the particulars in your valuable
Paper.
A seizure for tithes (demand 51.) was made this day on
William Hughes, of Scott's-yard, Cannon-street, City, a
member of the Society of Friends, when they most unce-
remoniously carried off sixty chairs, filling a van, and
causing quite a sensation in the neighbourhood.
Is it not time, that respectable citizens were left to enjoy
the-fruits of their anxious toil, without being plundered by
the miscalled successors of the Apostles.--We are, &c.,
April 17. FRIENDS OF JUSTICE.

We find the following in the Gazette des Tri:.
banana.. Our French Contemporaries are never very correct
in their mode of giving English names, but we kave never
been so much puzzled as now. Who can this " Sir Babrond
be The translation given by the Gazette to the Roi des
Chefs;: king of cooks, I • -S
very curious .• • " The English are
such great lovers of comfort, that it may be called by alge-
braists 'their third power; but these gastrophers are in ge-
neral accustomed to remunerate with great liberality their
culinary artists, who elaborate their succulent puddings, their
rosbeefs, and their beef-pie. However, by way of exception.
an Englishmanof distinction, an eccentric, Sir Babrond, Ba-
ronet, was assigned en' refere at the suit of his cook. The
circumstances are as folio* :—The chef de cuisine of the
noble foreigner, and some impatient tradesmen, conceived the
idea, in the absence of the bank-notes' to lay a precautionary
attachment upon the rich.furniture of the apartment of M.
Babrond, and to which he opposed his assignation en refers.
He appealed to the President of the Tribunal de Premiere
Instance, for a discontinuance of the attachment, declaring
that his letters of credit upon the house of M. Laffitte were
of sufficient amount to pay all he owed. The valet of the
Baronet presented himself with all his requisite titles.
Among other documents, he produced a writing from Lord
Brougham, in which the ex-Chancellor declared that his
stomach and himself had been loyally treated by the man of
patty-pans, and that he was the Roi des Chefs (Chief's King).
The President ordered the attachment to be continued, unless,
a deposit was made, in the course of the day, for the sum of
12,C00f., specially appropriated to the payment of the cook's
wages, and the demands of the other creditors of the rich
Englishman."
LARGE IMPORTATIONS PEOM INDIA, CHINA, &C.—
The arrivals during the present week from India and China.
have been unusually numerous. Since Sunday the following
ships have arrived in the docks, viz. :—the Ellenborough,
Captain Close, from Calcutta; Essex, Captain Brewer, from
Bengal; Herefordshire and Malabar, from Bombay; William
Jardine, from China ; Cynthia, Captain Tyhurst, 'from
Batavia ; Lady Emma, from the Mauritius ; Euxine, Captain
M'Millan, from Bombay; H. Walker, Captain Shanks, ..freorn
Manilla • Goshawk, Captain Ritchie, from the Mauritius;
Sussex, 'Captain Hammer, from South Seas ; and TrOpic,
Captain Robertson, from Hobart Town, all with valuable
Cargoes. Several other ships from the Mauritius, &C.; for
London, passed through the Downs yesterday morning, and
Higgs, at the Boar's Head,
may be expected to arrive in the Thames this forenoon.
body of William Berhite,
SINGULAR FATALITY IN ONE FAMlLY.—Yesterday
aEnx
etinquester.strewaset ,
aged 13. It appeared by the evidence, that deceased was in
the employ of Messrs. Robinson and C0.,0f Lamb's Conduit-
street. On Sunday morning last, the eceased was walking
in Exeter-street, where his mother resides, when he suddenly
fell down on the pavement. He slightly recovered for an in-
stant, but died very soon after from an affection of the head
or heart. He had generally enjoyed good health, but on
Strand, held
Saturday said he had a pain in the chest. The foreman said
this was a most distressing case, and the mother was almost
in a state of distraction. Six months ago she lost her hus-
band, and three months after another child.—Verdiet, " Died
from nr tural causes."
Out of one hundred and forty-nine prisOners tried
at the Somerset Assizes, thirty-five have been acquitted, and
against seventeen the bills have been ignored ; Making fifty-
two actual acquittals.
MASONIC BALL.—At the ball held ak,7the Swan
Inn, Dudley, on. Wednesday evening, the 10th instant, the
brethren of this most ancient and honourable :craft, very
numerously assembled in support of the masonic charities;
the fair ladies of Dudley and its environs alsd testified their
.estimation of the true spirit of masonry by their presence.
Messrs. Hayward and Tillery's quadrille band ably performed
some of their most appropriate music, and the refreshment
and viands comprised .
every delicacy of the season, and re-
flected the highest credit upon the liberality and good taste
of Mr. and Mrs. Patterson. The enjoyments of the evening
were kept up with great spirit and hilarity. till a late (or ra-
ther early) hour. Several brethren from neighbouring lodges
were present, and expressed themselves highly gratified with
the entertainment; and it affords additional gratification to
add, that a handsome surplus remains for the charities. We
are also informed than an annual ball is contemplated, of
which we .have no doubt additional numbers will in future
Avail themselve,s,-,. Worcester Chronicle.

COURT CIRCULAR.

The Queen held a Court and Privy Council at three
o'clock yelterday afternoon at Buckingham Palace.
The Privy Council was attended by his Royal High-
ness Prince Albert, the Lord President, the Lord Privy
Seal, the Commander-in-Chief, the First Lord of the
Treasury, the Secretaries of State for the Home, Foreign,
and Colonial Departments, the First Lord of the Admi-
ralty, the President of the B6ard of Control, the Secre-
tary at War, the Lord Steward, the Lord Chamberlain,
and the Master of the Horse.

Sir Frederick Pollock, Knt., Lord Chief Baron of her
Majesty's Court of Exchequer, was, by command of the
Queen, sworn one of her Majesty's most Honourable
Privy Council, and took his place at the Board.
John Hope, Esq., Lord Justice Clerk of Scotland, was,
by command of her Majesty, sworn of her Majesty's
Most Honourable Privy Council, and also took his place
at the Board. •

Her Majesty having been pleased to appoint the Right
Hon. William Earl of Lonsdale to be Lord Lieutenant
of the counties of Cumberland and Westmoreland, his
Lordship took the customary oaths.
The Hon. William Bathurst was the Clerk of the
Council in Waiting.
At the Court, Sir Edward C. Disbrowe, G.C.H., her
Majesty's Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Pleni-
potentiary to the King of the Netherlands, was presented
to the Queen, at an audience, by the Earl of Aberdeen,
K.T., her Majesty's principal Secretary of State for
Foreign Affairs, on his return on temporary leave of ab-
sence from the Hague.
The Queen gave audiences to Sir Robert Peel and the
Earl of Aberdeen. The Court was attended by the
Vice-Chamberlain, the Treasurer of the Household, the
Earl of Morton, Lord in Waiting, and the Hon. Captain
Duncombe, Groom in Waiting.
The Queen and Prince Albert visited her Majesty the
Queen Dowager yesterday afternoon, at Marlborough
House. Colonels Buckley and Bouverie, the Equerries
in Waiting, attended her Majesty and his Royal Highness.
Their Majesties the King and Queen of the Belgians
paid visits yesterday to their Royal Highnesses the
Duchess of Gloucester, at Gloucester House, and the
Duke of Cambridge, at Cambridge House.
His Serene Highness the Prince of Leiningen visited
yesterday n thed t Qh e
Dukeueen
ofDowager,camb
rdtghee,
at Duchessthetheir
respective Glo-
ucester,
residences.
Their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Kent, the
Duchess of Gloucester, the Duke of Cambridge, and the
Princess Mary, visited the Queen Dowager yesterday.
The Duke of Cambridge visited the King of the Bel-
gians and Prince Albert at Buckingham Palace yester-
day.
The Duchess of Kent visited her Majesty yesterday.
The Royal Family were taken their usual airings yes-
terday.
Prince Albert rode out on horseback yesterday, at-
tended by Colonel Bouverie, Equerry in Waiting.
The Royal dinner party at Buckingham Palace yes-
terday evening included her Royal Highness the
Duchess of Kent, lis Serene Highness Prince Lowen-
stein, the Belgian Minister and Madame Van de Weyer,
Lady Anna-Maria Dawson, Earl Delawarr, Earl Jer-
myn, and Sir Robert Gardiner.
Captain Charles Fitzgerald, Royal Navy, had an inter-
view with Lord Stanley yesterday at the Colonial-office.
Mr. Rennie had also an interview with his Lordship
yesterday.
Mr. Wickham, Chairman of the Stamps and Taxes,
had an interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer
yesterday, at his official residence in Downing-street.
The Ecclesiastical Commissioners for England had a
meeting yesterday afternoon at the office in Whitehall-
place. There were present the Bishop of Hereford, the
Earl of Besborough, and the Dean of Westminster.
_ _ _

Dispatches were sent off yesterday from the Colonial-
office for the Lord High Commissioner of the lonian
Islands.

The Cabinet Ministers dined with the Earl of Aber-
deen last evening at his residence in Argyll-street.

Sir Edward Icnatchbull returned to town yesterday.
Dispatches were sent off on Tuesday evening from the
Colonial-office for the Governors of the West India
Colonies.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE:
BATH RACES.—WEDNESDAY.
Produce Sweepstakes of 50 soya. each, for three yrs
old, &c. (3 Subs.)
Mr. Wreford paid a compromise to Mr. Pryse, with
no walk over.
The Bath Handicap of 20 sovs. each, 10 ft., and 5 only
if declared, with 20 added. One mile and a half and a
distance. (12 Subscribers, 7 paid.)
Mr. Gough's Greenfinch, aged, 7st 121 b ...(Dodgson) 1
Mr. Herbert's c by Elis, out of Odessa, 3 yrs, 7st 51b 2
Lord G. Bentinck's Naworth, aged, 7st 61b
Mr. Fox's Dreamer, 3 yrs, sst 21b 4
6 to 5 agst Greenfinch, and 6 to 4 agst Odessa colt.
Won cleverly, by a length.
Match, 50, p.p. Tvvo miles.--Mr. Braithwaite's Gaiety,
3 yrs, Bst (Rogers) beat Mr. Dixon's Minna Troil, 3 yrs,
Bst 71b.-2 to 1 on Gaiety. Won by a neck.
The City Cup of 100 sovs. added to a Sweepstakes of
20 sovs. each, h ft. Two miles and a half. (20 Subs.)
Lord Glenlyon's Ben-y-Ghlo, 4 yrs, 9st llb 1
Mr. F. Clarke's Priscilla Tomboy, 5 yrs, Bst 131 b
The following also ran :—Sir E. Scott nd Glendower,
4 yrs, 7st 121b—Lord G. Bentinck's Best Bower, 3 yrs,
sst 131b—Mr. John Day nd Seaport, 3 yrs, 7st—Mr.
Bristow's Little Milford, 3 yrs, Est 21b—Mr. Holford's
Pickwick, aged, Bst 91b—Mr. Smith's El Maherry, 4 yrs,
Bst 51b—Mr. Minor's Molecatcher, 3 yrs, 7st.
Betting, 7 to 4 agst Seaport, 3 to 1 agst Ben-y-Ghlo,
5 to 1 agst El Maherry, and 7 to 1 agst Priscilla Tomboy.
Ben-y-Ghlo won by two lengths easy, Glendower a
bad third, and El Maherry fourth.
The Dyrham Park Stakes (Handicap) of 10 sovs. each,
h ft, with 50 added. Mile and a half and a distance.
(9 Subs.)
Mr. Gough's Fausta, 6 yrs, Bst 21b (Dodgson)
Mr. Bacon's Fairplay, aged, 7st 81b
Mr. Matthew's Tom Tough, 4 yrs, 7st
The following also started—Mr. J. Day's Tamburini,
aged, Bst 8119 ; Mr. Dixon's Vitula, 4 yrs, Bst ,• Mr.
Hussey's Cracksman, aged, Bst ; Mr. Kingston's Fanny
Callaghan, 4 yrs, 7st 91b, and Mr. England's Spring
Bok, 3 yrs, 6st.
5 to 2 agst Fanny Callaghan, 7 to 2 agst Fausts, 4 to 1
agst Fairplay, and 4 to 1 agst Tom Tough. A fine race
between the three placed. Was won by half a length.
The York Handicap of 5 sovs. each, and 20 added.
Heats, one mile.
Mr. Wilkins' Ima, 6 yrs, 7st 81b (Darling, jun.) 2 1 1
Sir C. Cockerell's Aurungzebe, 4 yrs, Bst 101 b 0 2 2
Mr. Hewitt's Midnight Star, 3 yrs, 6st 121 b... 0 0 3
Mr. Harris' Master Bodkin, 4 yrs, Est 71b ... 0 0 4
Mr. Bacon's Fairplay, aged, Bst .
Mr. Griffiths' Haroldston, 5 yrs, Bst 81b
Mr. Caffall's Gaiety, 3 yrs, 7st 61b
Mr. -England's Spring Bok, 3 yrs, fist 71b 0 dr
Won by a length. Gaiety ran against a post, and her
jockey (T. Day) was very much hurt.
No change in the Derby betting.
The following horses joined Scott's lot at Newmarket
on. Wednesday :—Lord Maidstone's Cockamaroo, Lord
Chesterfield's The Bee, and Colonel Anson's The Prin-
cess and Joe Lovell.
GOODWOOD, 1844.
The Goodwood Cup closed'. with 52 subscribers, and
the Maidstone Stakes with 35:
INTELLIGENCE EXTRA.
GOI'IHAMBURY, 1844.
The Gorhambury Handicap of 25 sovs. each, &c.
Robert de Gorham, 5 yrs, Bst 121b—Una, 6 yrs,
Bst 121b—Roscius, aged, Bst 71b—Vitellius, 4 yrs, Bst 71b
--Mosque, 6 yrs, Sat 51b—Orion, 4 yrs .Bst 21b—Nat,
4 yrs, Bst 21b—Evenus, 4 yrs, Bst 11b2Scalteen, 5 yrs,
Bst 11b—I-am-not-aware, aged, 7st 121b—Johnny, aged,
7st 121 b —Revocation, 5 yrs, 7st 111b—Hyrcanian, 4 yrs,
7st 101b—Priscilla Tomboy, 5 37rs, 7st 101 b— Minotaur,
4 yrs, 7st 101b—St. Bernard, 5 yrs, 7st 91b—The
Brewer, 4 yrs, 7st 81b—General Pollock, 4 yrs, 7st 81b
—Arcanus, 5 yrs, 7st 71b—The Artful Dodger, 5 yrs
7st 61b—Rowland; 4 yrs, 7st 61b—/Esop, 4 yrs, 7st 61b
—Cataract, 4 yrs, 7st 61b—Auld Lang Syne, 4 yrs,
7st 41b—The Devil-among-the. Tailors, 5 yrs, 7st 1
41b—
Naworth, aged, 7st 41b—Quilt Arnold, 6 yrs, 7st 31b—
Emihan, 5 yrs, 7st 31h—Yardley, 4 yrs, 7st 21b—Palla-
dium, 5 yrs, ht—Syntaxiana, 6 yrs, 7st—Bosphorus,
aged, 7st—The Poor Soldier, 4 yrs, 7st—Currycomb,
aged, 7st—Leonidas, aged, 12st—Dahlia, aged, 6st 121 b
—Antidote, 4 yrs, 6st 121b—E1 Maherry, 4 yrs, Est 121 b
—Parade, 5 yrs, 6st 121b—Donnybrook, 4 yrs', Est 101 b
—Hartshorn, 4 yrs, Est 101b—Recompense, 5 yrs,
6st 81b—Emilie, 4 yrs, Est 71b—Dr. Wood, 4 yrs,
6st 71b—Sinbad, 4 yrs, Est 71b—Fox, 4 yrs, Est 41b—
Tarantella colt, 4 yrs, Est 41b—The Cure, 3 yrs, sst 101 b
—The Devil-to-pay, 3 yrs, sst—Deuce Ace, 3 yrs, sst—
c by Slane out of Jason's dam, 3 yrs, 4st 101 b:
To declare next week.
HURWORTH HUNT AND DINSDALE SPA
RACES—TUESDAY.
The Hurworth Hunt Steeple Chase of 3 soya, each,
fide
each,
with 20 added, for horses, the property of
lIt; b
farmers, resident within the limits of the worth,
Bedale, Baby, Brancepeth, and Cleveland Hunts.
Four years old, 10st 121 b ; five, 1 Ist 91b six and
aged, 12st, Thorough-bred horses to carry 7lb extra.
A winner of any race or steeple-chase of the value of
501. once, 71b ; twice, 101 b extra. Mares and geld-
ings allowed 31b. Three miles. The second horse to
receive 6 sovs., anl should 10 horses be entered, the
third horse to save his stake. Ages from the Ist of
January.
Mr. Applegarth's g g Safeguard aged, h'6 1
Mr. Dale's g m Creeping Jenny, 5 yrs, b 2
Mr. Mewburn's g m Clementina, 6 h b 0
Mr. Stockdale's b g Ariel, 6 yrs,-
Mr. Ford's br g Donald Cairdraged withdrawn
Hurdle Race ; a Match for 20 sovs.—Mr. Strother's b
g Paddy, beat Mr. R. Emerson's r m Grace Darling.
The Cleveland Stakes of 5 sovs. each, with 20 added by
his Grace the Duke of Cleveland, for horses that have
been regularly hunted with any of the above-named
hounds. Weights the same as the Steeple-Chase.
Two miles. Certificates to be produced from the re-
spective masters of hounds.
Mr. Thompson's ch g Whitney, by Saracen, b 1

Mr. Clark's g g Shepherd, 5 yrs 0
The Brancepeth Stakes of 3 sovs. each, p. p., with 10
added by W. Russell, Esq. Horses and weights the
same as the Cleveland Stakes. Heats, one mile. Cer-
tificates to be produced from the respective masters of
the hounds.

Mr. Horne's br g Doctor, aged, h. b 2 1 1
Mr. Stockdale's b g Ariel, 6 yrs, h. b.
Mr. Heslop's Miss Denton
The Dinsdale and Middleton Stakes, of 3 sous. each,
p. p., with 10 added from the Racing Fund, for horses
of all denominations ; three yrs old, 7st 21b ; four,
Bst 41b ; five, 9st ; six and aged, 9st 3lb ; thorough-
bred horses 51bs extra, and maiden horses at the time
of starting allowed 3lb ; entire horses 41b in addition.
One mile heats. Age from Ist of January.
Mr. S. Warring's g g Saul
Mr. Robson's b f Miss Hayton, 3 yrs 2 2
Mr. Wood's cm by Hampton, dby Blacklock
Mr. Thompson's b m Promise, aged, h. b.