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so far lisle could perceive, to discourage the-attempt as
impracticable. He understood that in Liverpool the ex-
periment was in progress, and, he was happy to say,
with every prospect of success. Why should it not be
equally successful here? He could only say, for his
own part, that he would most willingly apply his endea-
vours in any way that could be pointed out to forward a
proceeding so benevolent in its objects, and so truly bene-
ficial in all its consequences. Under the existing custom of
keeping the shops open until late hours, the whole
time .of those •who attended was occupied in busi-
ness, without affording any opportunity for mental
culture and reflection, at a period of life when
it was of the utmost importance that the mind should be
exercised in useful and virtuous pursuits. These young
p'rsons who were employed in shops were so wholly
occupied in business that when the hour of relaxation
came they were too much exhausted to employ it in
mental exertions, It was true there were numerous in-
stitutions and libraries at which, for a trifling expense,
knowledge was to be acquired ; but of what use were they
to the young young man whose whole time was occu-
pied in his daily employment ? The most common me-
chanic was better off in that respect than the poor people
whose case the Liverpool Committee was So warmly
advocating. The mechanic's work was over at six in the
evening. Now, if the shops were closed at seven o'clock,
ample time would be afforded for business, and some
portion of that invaluable possession, with the whole of
which no man ought to be required to part, as it in-
cluded in the bargain a surrender of intellectual. and
moral, and religious advantages, which degraded him as
a thinking and responsible being, from the station he
ought maintain—a portion of that invaluable posses-
sion would be left for the improvement of his mind, and
his general elevation in the scale of existence.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

TATTERSALL'S.—YESTERDAY.
THE DERBY.
1000 to 10 agst Dawson's lot—taken
6 to 2 agst Mr. John Day's The Ugly Buck
3 to 1 agst Mr. Crockford's Ratan
18 to 1 agst Mr. Wood's Running Rein
25 to 1 agst Mr. Scott's Bay Momus
30 to 1 agst Sir G. Heathcote's Campanero—taken
30 to 1 agst Mr. Osborne's Mount Charles—taken
30 to 1 agst Mr. Bowes's T'Auld Squire—taken
30 to 1 agst Sir G. Heathcote's Akbar
40 to 1 agst Mr. Ongley's King of the Gipsies—taken
40 to 1 agst Mr. Ford's Qui Tam—taken.
1000 to 7 agst Mr. —'s Nisrock
2000 to 5 agst Mr. Bradshaw's Sir Isaac
1000 to 12 agst Nisrock and Radnor
2000 even between King of the Gipsies and Loadstoue
1000 even Mount Charles agst King of the Gipsies
300 even Orlando agst lonian
It was impossible to make any mistake as to which of
the two favourites. had the advantage ; 5 to 2, taken
once to a small sum, having been the outside offer agst
the Ugly Buck, while 3 to 1 went begging against Ratan ;
one even bet of 500 between them was laid early in the
afternoon, and 300 on the field against them jointly, the
field having a decided call at the close. Several attempts
were made to back Col. Peel's two at 10 to 1, but with-
out success, no biddings whatever having been made
against them. Takers of 20 to 1 about Running Rein, and
of 30 to 1 about Mount Charles and T'Auld Squire. Sir
G. Heathcote's two went back to 30 to 1, and Bay
Momus from 23 to 1 taken to a pony, to 25 to 1, layers.
The King of the Gipsies retreat is the consequence of
Roderick 's defeat for the Tankerville Stakes at Shrews-
bury. 1,000 to 5 was laid agst Sir Isaac, and double the
odds afterwards offered agst him.
OAKS.
6 to 1 agst Mr. Osbaldeston's Sister to Martingale—taken
and afterwards offered.
8 to.l agst Mr. Gregory's Barricade—taken.
14 to 1 agst Lord Exeter's Merope—taken.
25 to 1 agst Mr. Rawlinson's Charming Kate—taken.
100 even between Crenoline and Merope.
Sister to Martingale was backed for 100/., Barricade
for a " rouleau," Merope freely, and Charming Kate for
a pony, at the price returned.
GORHAMBURY RACES.
The Cure it is said will not go for the Gorhambury
Handicap.

NEWMARKET SECOND SPRING MEETING.
(CONCLUDED.)
THURSDAY.—So feeble a prospect of sport did the list
hold out, that at least three-fourths of the company took
flight yesterday afternoon, putting Derby or any other
betting out of the question, and making the reading of
the list an empty ceremony. The select few who re-
mained were agreeably surprised with two races, one
more than they calculated on. They came off as fol-

lows : ,
Sweepstakes of 25 sous. each; for two yrs old colts, Bst
71b, and fillies, Bst 41b. T.Y.C. (3 Subs.)
Lord Lonsdale's be b 7 Emilius, out or Rint (Rogers) 1
Col. Anson's fby Emilius, d by Taurus , 2
Lord Exeter's Petrowna
6t04 on Petrowna. The Rint colt made all the run-
ning, and won cleverly by a length.
Sweepstakes of 10 soya. each; for 3 yrs old, 7st 71b; four,
Bst 91b; five, &c. 9st. T.Y.C. Winner to be sold for

2001. (4 Subs.)
Lord Orford's cby Clearwell, out of Nininka (Price) 1
Col. Peel's c by Slane, out of Jason's dam
Lord Exeter's Mocha
Mr. Rogers's Clara
Even on Nininka, who followed the example set her
in the first race, made all 'the running, and won by a
length.
The following matches were made in the course of
Tuesday and Wednesday:—
NEWMARKET JULY MEETING, 1844.
Tuesday.—Lord E. Russell's Glen Fishie, 3 yrs, Est
121 b, igst Lord Exeter's Petrowna, 2 yrs, 6st 121 b.
T.Y.C. too h ft.
SECOND OCTOBER MEETING, 1844.
Thursday.—Duke of Rutland's Crenoline agst Lord
Exeter's Merope; both 3 yrs old, Bst each. R.M. 200,

HOUGHTON MEETING, 1844.
Wednesday.—Duke of Bedford's Minotaur, 4 yrs, Bsl
71b, agst Duke of Rutland's Crenoline, 3 yrs, ist 71b
Ab. M. 100, h ft.

INTELLIGENCE EXTRA.
NEWCASTLE-ON-TYNE RACES.—WEDNF.SDAT.
Handicap for the Northumberland Plate.
Alice Hawthorn, 6 yrs, lOst 41b—The Shadow, aged,
Bst 121b—Atilla, 5 yrs, Bst 121b—Aristotle, 5 yrs, Bst 121 b
Reviewer aged, Bst 121b—The Squire, 6 yrs, Bst 91b—Pagan,
6 yrs, Bst 81b—Moss Trooper, 5 yrs, Bst 81b--Knight of
.the
Whistle, 6 yrs, Bst 71b--John-o'-Gaunt, 6 yrs, Bst 71b—Wine-
sour, 4 yrs, Bst 41b—Riot, listrs, Bst 41b--Galanthus, 5 yrs,
Bst 21b—Heslington, 6 yrs,—Pompey, 4 yrs, Bst—British
Yeoman, 4 yrs, 7st 111b—Trueboy, 4 yrs, ist 101b—Scalteen,
5 yrs, ist 101b—Whistle Binkie, 5 )n.5, 7st 81b—Queen of the
Tyne, 5 yrs, 7st 81b—Priscilla Tomboy, 5 yrs, 7st 71b—
Aristides, 4 yrs, 7st 71b—Arundo, 4 yrs, 7st 61b—The
Ca.,ter, 4 yrs, • ist 61b—General Pollock, 4 yrs, 7st 61b
—Freedom, 4 yrs, ist 61b—Parthian, 4 yrs, 7st 51b—Thirsk,
6 vrs, 7st 41b—A;canus, 5 yrs, 7st 41b—Armytage, 4 yrs,
7st 21b--Smike, 5 yrs, 7st 21b—Mustapha Muley, 6 yrs,
7st 21b—The Era, 4 yrs, 7st lib—Mania, 4 yrs, 7st—The
Currier, aged, 7st--Ermengardis, 6 yrs, 7st—Sir Robert,
5 yrs, sf 131b—Merry Andrew, 4 yrs, 6st 131b—The Broken-
down, aged, 6st 131b—Red, Rose, 6 yrs, 6st 121b—Arnagill,
6 yrs, Est 121b—The Attorney-General, 4 yrs, Est 121b—The
Prior, 5 yrs, 6st 121b—Irony, 5 yrs, 6st'lolb—Belle Dame,
5 yrs, Est 101b—Lady Skipsay, 4 yrs, fist 101b—Dumpling,
4 yrs, Est 101b—Ameer, 4 yrs, Est 101b---What, 4 yrs, Est 81b
—Naworth, aged, Est 71b--The Conqueror, 5 yrs, 6st 71b—
Beeswax, 5 yrs, 6st 71b—Shaftoe's Muley Moloch colt, 4 yrs,
6st 61b—Polish, 4 yrs, 6st 51b—Glossy, 4 yrs, 6st 51b—Tele-
graph, 4 yrs, Est 41b—Quebec, 4 yrs, Est 41b--Broadholin,
4 yrs, 6st 41b—The Cure, 3 yrs, Est 41b—Reviewer, 4 yrs,
6st 41b—Hippona, 4 yrs, Est 41b—Crikey Billy, 4 yrs,
Est 21b Jamie Falshaw, 4 vrs, 6st 21b The
Bashaw, 4 yrs, 6st 21b —Little Benton, 4 yrs,
6st--;-Emilie, 4 yrs, 6st—Shocking Mamma, 4 yrs, 6st—
Poussin, 4 yrs, sst 131b—Dog Billy, 3 yrs, sst 111b—Best-of-
Three, 3 yrs, sst 111b—Benbow, 4 yrs, sst 111b—Bay Momus,
3 yrs, sst 101b--Saddlebow, 3 yrs, sst 101b—Granite, 3 yrs,
sst 101b—Mickey Free, 3 yrs, sst 61b—Spinster, 3 yrs, sst
Beaufront, 3 yrs, 4st 101b—Advice, 3 yrs, 4st 81b—Deuce
Ace, 3 yrs, 4st 41b—Misconception, 3 yrs, 4st 41b—Dr.
Sangrad, 4 yrs, sst 101 b. To declare on or before Friday, the
17th inst.
Nominations for the Hunters' Stakes—Robinson, Amagill,
William le Gros, The Conqueror, Christopher, Crickev
Thirsk, The Era, b g by Napoleon, Blindfold, Heslington,
Contract, Hamlet, and Ranger.

Houmnr,E ACCIDENT.—An occurrence of a very
distressing character took place in Freckleton Marsh, on
Monday morning last. A young man, named Walton Kirby,
a native of Freckleton, about twenty-one years of age, by
trade a tailor, set off from that village about ten o'clock on
Monday morning, with the intention of proceeding to Preston
with his intended bride, Alice Allanson, to make some neces-
sary purchases previous to their being married. The latter, it
appeared, had started before him, but not being aware of this,
was loitering to the road with the expectation of meeting
her. He was, however, passed by a man who informed him
that she was some distancein advance of him. On hearing this
he took a short pipe, which he was smoking, from his mouth,
and put it in his coat pocket,' and then stinted off at a
quicker rate. A brisk wind was blowing in the face of the
poor fellow as he walked, and it is believed that this caused
the fragments of the tobacco in the pipe to set fire to his
coat, which he did not perceive till it was beyond his
power to extinguish the flames. A cottager, named Henry
Harrison, living on the heights overlooking the Marsh,
having his attention attracted by flames proceeding from
the side of the road, ran to the spot. On ap-
proaching it he saw a man prostrate on the ground,
but before he reached it the poor fellow had started
off in the direction of the toll-gate, then disrant about
a quarter of a mile. The flames had spread over his
garments so rapidly, that when he arrived at the gate-house,
scarcely a fragment of clothing was left upon his person. a
belt which he wore only being entire ; even his shoes were
calcined by the fire. When Harrison arrived at the gate,
the poor woman was imploring assistance from the gate-
keeper, which, however, was inhumanly refused, and Har-
rison was under the necessity of taking him to his own cot-
tage, distant upwards of a mile, where he furnished him with
his clothes, and afterwards conveyed him to his own friends.
We are informed that no hopes are entertained of his reco-
very. The conduct of the inhuman gatekeeper towards the
unfortunate man cannot be too strongly reprobated, as doubt-
less his sufferings might have been much alleviated had
timely assistance been rendered.—Preston Chronicle.
COPENHAGEN, APRIL 29.—The island of
illibrtts;
holm, in the Cattegat, which is well calculated for:caoniaredoby
of refuge for merchantmen, if only nature weret seconded d
wished to
art, has lately become a subject of attentions. I_
theiof greatest
convert it into a sea-port., because our h
draught never anchor there. It is ..asidipthat gne English
Govern t f
mercantile house is in treaty with the menfor the
purchase of the island, and the: Kzobenshavnsport inclined
to give credit to the report.
NT Notwithstanding
SINGULAR "DIsAPPOINTHE •
the inconveniences attendant upon a location in prison, there
appears to be some palliatory circumstances ccunected with
it, of which the following is an instance :—A young woman,
who has often bad occasion to appear before the magistrates,
and is pretty familiar with the interior of the New Bailey,
was again placed at the bar of the Borough Court, on some
disorderly charge, on Thursday last. It appeared that she
had only been released from prison two or three days pre..
viously, but so far from being wearied of her stay there, she
seemed to look forward to' her entrance again as a happy
event ; remarking to the officer, when he took her into cus-
tody, "Well, -, it, I can't get in to-day now, and it's beef-
day at the Bailey." The ,magikrates, in order to atone tor
the serious disappointment, afforded her all opportunity of
anticipating severatiorthcoming beet-cl,ays,. by committing
her for three MollthE—Manchater Guardia'.