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MA Y 9, 1842

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SPORTING.

AFFGHANISTAN.
We have been favoured with the folloWing extracts
from the journal of an officer, which gives- a more de-
tailed account than has yet appeared of the ill-concerted
march on Ali Musjeed :
" We moved from Peshawar to Kawalsar, eight or
nine miles, and, after some halting, marched on Satur-
day, January 15, for Ali Musjeed. From Kawalsar to
Jumrood is four or five' miles, and after passing Jum-
rood the road enters the well-known Khyber Pass. Our
dinner on the 15th was finished, when, at 7 p.m., orders
were issued that the regiment would march that night
at 10 p.m. for Ali Musjeed, about 18 miles distant, in
the centre of the pass. The order said, on secret and ac-
tive service, to march as light as possible. I, supposing
we should return after a skirmish, or that the other regi-
ments would follow next day, took nothing but a seer or
two of grain fur my horse, and a razai or counterpane to
sleep on. We, the 64th and 53d, marched at 10 pan, passed
Jumrood, and entered the dangerovs pass, and but three
shots were fired at us. We got to Ali Musjeed at about
,r a.m. on Saturday, after a fatiguing march through de-
files, and towards the end of the march were fired on a
good deal, and had to cover the heights with skirmishers.
Ali Musjeed is a fort, or rather two forts, situated on
the top of a high, steep rock of slate, standing in the
middle of the pass, and commanding the road, which is
the bed of the stream : the place itself is very strong, but
it is commanded by two peaks that are near, and within
700 yards of the hills on either side. Here, then, were
we, 2,200 men, in a little fort, for what purpose it is im-
dossible to say; the mountaineers came as close as they
ared, and fired upon the men who crowded the place.
"Sunday, 16.—Sent parties to occupy the two peaks;
the mountaineers came aown to a sort of breastwork, and
fired upon our picket outside, which was withdrawn.
Captain Ferris, who is the hero of Peshbolag, sent out a
party of Jessailchees, drove away the Khyberees, and
killed one. From a part of the rock of Ali Musjeed,
that rises up to the westward, our men fired, but it was
mere waste of ammunition, as a musket will not carry
beyond 200 yards, and the mountaineers use a long gun,
called a jesail, which is very effective at 600 or 700
yards, and therefore the men fired at us with impunity.
Ferris's Jessailchees, however, were a match for them.
" Monday, 17.—Last night %%as very cold ; the men
had nothing but their bare clothes. In a skirmish seven
men were wounded, and ten Jesailchees, and one killed.
We have nothing to eat but flour, coarse and brown,
made into cakes. I hope to be soon out of this place,
which is unhealthy, bleak, and exposed. Many men are
laid up with diarrhoea. The men are fired upon as they-
descend to the stream for water.
" Tuesday, 18.—Firing all day. A baggage bull killed,
but so tough as to be very nearly uneatable. We have
nothing with us, and have to wander about, talking
about our future prospects, which are not at all agree-
able. Colonel Wild, with the other regiments, said he
would come up to-day ; but he is not come. We have
only a few days' provisions, and the Khyberees are in-
censed at our having come so suddenly, and swear we
shall never return. They have all risen, and are down
at the mouth of the pass, to prevent Wild from reaching
us ; some say they are 600 or 700, some 5,000 or 6,000
strong.
" Wednesday, 19.—This morning Wild attacked the
rascals. He was driven back most signally, and he and
his staff-officer, Loftie, wounded : this makes our posi-
tion absolutely desperate ; retreat is impossible, for Wild
had guns, and yet was defeated. Our enemies are a
mere horde of plunderers, thieves armed with jesails,
talwar, and knives ; their only object is plunder ; but
their country is so impassable, that nothing could force
it were they organized and determined. They are
cowards in the extreme, but yet bold enough to rush on
destruction it' plunder is in view. They lie between the
stones, and pick off their victims from a distance ; then,
if possible, rush down, strip him, and cut his body to
pieces ; such is their hatred of all but their own coun-
trymen. Poor Swinton (53d) was shot through the
knee, and with difficulty rescued ; he lies in agony, and
will probably lose his leg, as the ball is withinside the
joint. Raper is going up the south peak, and, as a com-
panion, I shall accompany him.
" Thursday, 20.—Last night slept on the peak, with
Raper's company ; we were on the bare ground, merely
wrapped in our razais and cloaks, and got wet through ;
cold, bleak wind, snowing fast on the higher peaks of the
hills. Many balls whistled over our heads during the
day, but we are quite accustomed to the whiz, and take
no notice. How soon one gets hardened to danger ! At
5 p.m. Corsar relieved us, and we returned to the fort.
Wild is to demonstrate against the mouth of the pass
while we go over the hill, by a difficult route, to Jum-
rood again, hoping that the enemy may be drawn away
by Wild's firing. Three-quarters of a seer of flour is
allowed fur every sepoy and officer, and half for a ser-
vant ; even at this rate it will be out soon and the men
are disgusted and mutinous. Every horse is allowed
one-half seer of grain, and not a particle of grass can be
got ; they must starve in a day or two. We march to-
morrow at 4 a m.
" Friday, 21.—Wild's firing was heard all the morn-
ing, but our march was countermanded ; we, the ad-
vanced guard, had marched. A despatch from Wild
caused this ; it said that the enemy were fortified in such
a manner that had the despatch not reached us we must
have been cut to pieces. This was written last night,
but Wild still attacked, in case we might have marched.
What a providential escape. In the evening we were
ordered to march to-morrow, but countermanded.
" Saturday, 22.—Ordered to march at 10 p.m, leaving
everything, horses and all,and to go silently over the hills.
In high spirits at the prospect of leaving this. We are
regularly starved out ; only half-rations were issued to-
day, and no grain ; the horses are eating rope and wood,
&c., and are nearly starved. We leave them as they are
when we evacuate, as they will be saved by the enemy,
and probably taken care of. At 6 p.m. Wilson and Mac-
kenzie in burning some baggage, to prevent its falling
into the enemy's hands, nearly set the wost fort on fire.
At half-past 9 p.m. a despatch arrived from Wild, writ-
ten this morning. He has completely thrashed the
enemy, knocked down their defences and barriers, and
had we 'marched we should have escaped beautifully and
with glory, if glory is to be got from a war with robbers,
However, we do not march to-night, but to-morrow al
daylight.

(From the Morning Post.)
Several years have elapsed- since my first visit to flie
old-fashioned race-course. at Chester. Times are.
sadly changed ; we are now' compelled to perform the
journey in eight hours instead of four and-twenty,
and to this horrible improvement in travelling, the
superiority of Dee salmon and Cheshire cheese, must we
attribute the vast increase in the number of gentry,
tradesmen, urchins, and ragamuffins congregated in the
hollows, and crowding. the heights in and about the
city. With every disposition to afford accommodation
on the part of the inhabitants of this densely populated
place, the majority of . the houses being divided into
compartments—a foreign custom—l yet must tell you
that there were not a few who considered a sofa better
than no bed, and many more who would have preferred
this same sofa to the hard boards, the dining-room
table on this occasion the canopy. The weather, which
had been all that could, be desired (to break down
every horse in training), suddenly changed on the
morning of the race, and one unceasing shower of
rain lasted from twelve o'clock until dark, to the de-
struction of all the new bonnets and petticoats of the
multitude of females here abounding.
The race for the Cup or Plate—value to the
winner, his own stake included, I,o6ol.—came off
about four o'clock. (For the Produce Stake Auck-
land did not think propt,-:• to show, and there
was only a small svvrepstake ♦ -beides). Twenty-and-
one started—l divide the one from the rest that
I may not omit to speak of the absurdity of anybody
bringing an animal to the post that was (I am not
speaking ironically) beat three quarters of a mile from
home, as if the field was not sufficiently large in so
narrow a course without the addition of this hack,
called Nancy Dawson. Previous to the start, the
three feather weight jockeys—weights respectively
4st. 41b., 4st., and 3st. 121 b.— created a general peal
of laughter. The least of the pigmies, on proof print,
took such a preparatory gallop as astonished the na-
tives, and Tommy Lye was heard to remark that it
was lucky that was not the start, or Jocko surely
would never have been caught ; the boy, how-
ever, guided his steed, and pulled up at the end
of half a mile, to the perfect satisfaction of his
noble master. In the actual' start, and there was
but one false one, these same little boys and their
steeds lost about fifty yards, and taking a wide sweep
at the first corner, were here double that distance be-
iiind the leadingpair, -Marsha; Soult and Rory O'More,
the former making desperate running. Vulcan got off
'sadly, and was shut out more than once, when try-
mg to clear himself from the crowd and mud now
dying in all directions. Alice Hawthorn passed the
!eading horses at a terrific pace, when opposite the
stand, in the first round, and here the race was
over; the boy Bumby rode to orders, now took a
commanding lead of three lengths, and it was
quite evident nothing in the race had a chance
of coming up with him. But although it is my
conviction that no horse in the race could in any way
have beat the winner at the weights, my Opinion
;s equally firm, that had Marshal Soult not fallen, the
oining in of the several, that were obliged to pul'

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CHURCH RATES, BUNGAY ST. MARY.
MANN AND GOWER V. CHILDS.
The hearing of this case took place on the 7th of
March and the 11th of April ; after which the defendant
said he felt entitled to be dismissed, and was proceeding
to argue that his costs should be decreed him, by showing
that he had come out of the case with clean hands, while
the plaintiffs had ()wetly misconducted themselves, when
he was stopped by •
The COURT, remarking that although costs did not
necessarily follow the sentence, yet they would do so un-
less misconduct were proved against the party in whose
favour judgment was given. He, therefore, called on
the plaintiffs proctor to show cause why the ordinary
course should not be followed if judgment were given fur
the defendant.
Mr. RACKHAM replied that he had no charge whatever
to make against Mr. Childs.
The COURT said it need not then trouble Mr. Childs on
the point.
The Learned JUDGE added that he was not accus-
tomed to make such remarks, but he felt bound to say
the plaintiffs had, in the conduct of this case, thrown
much obstruction and difficulty in the way of the de-
fendant ; and he spoke thus because he had himself
been called upon to interpose on several occasions when
this ought not to have been required.
Mr. Raexiiasi said he was sure Mr. Childs would not
charge him personally with any want of courtesy or of
deference to the wishes of the court ; and he could not
be answerable for the acts of kis clients.
Mr. CHILDS replied that he was bound to testify to the
politeness which lie had uniformly received from Mr.
liackham and the Officers of the Court.
On Tuesday, May 3d, judgment was delivered by the
Judge—CHARLES EVANS, Esq., who said :—This was a
suit instituted by tile Churchwardens of Bungay St.
Mary, against Mr. Charles Childs, for the recovery of a
Church-rate made September 6, 1839, in which the de-
fendant was assessed for a house and lands, at the sum of
3s. 4d. It appeared that Mr. Childs had been summoned
before the Justices for the non-payment of this sum, Dec.
12th, 1839, when he took several objections to the
validity of the rate, and shortly afterwards the pre-
sent suit was commenced. As the whole case had
been argued before him on two several occasions, it
was only necessary for him to give his opinion on the
various points which had been raised. The Learned
Judge then disposed of five different grounds of defence,
which the defendant had taken—that the notice of the
vestry at which the question had been made was in-
sufficient—that the property assessed was not duly
described—that after the rate had been made, and
was in course of collection, additions had been made
to the description of the property, by the person em-
ployed to make and collect it—that certain plantation land
had been omitted from the rate--and that the defendant
was over-assessed in comparison with two other pa-
rishioners; and the Court did not deem any of these
sufficient to render the rate invalid. The next point al-
leged by the defendant was, that the rate was in part re-
trospective. It appeared the rate was made on the Gth
of September, 1839, and the whole sum raLed by it was
371.; that prior to that time the churchwardens
had expended eleven or twelve pounds beyond
the amount of certain rents, from parish lands
available for the repairs of the church. The Court was
not aware of any case in which it had been decided, that
a rate made for some portion of the expenses of the
current year had on that account been held invalid ; but
in all the cases, the rate had been made by church.
wardens, to reimburse their predecessors in office. Dr.
Lushington had stated in Chesterton and Hutchins
v. Farlar (I Curt.) that the legal, safe, and conve-
nient way was for churchwardens to make an esti-
mate of needful expenses, and obtain a rate soon
after they came into office, and before they effected any
repairs. There was no doubt it would, in all cases, be
better to do so ; but it would be going further than any
of the Courts had hitherto gone, if on this ground the
rate were held to be bad, and he was very glad he was
not called upon to give an opinion on this point, as there
were other grounds on which he was clearly of opinion
the rate could not be enforced. The next al-
legation was, that certain inhabitants of Bungay
St. Mary, were not rated for the right of de-
pasturage attached to their houses. It appeared
that a certain tract of land called Outney Coin-
mon, in Bungay, was within the limits, or abutting upon
the parish of St. Mary, and the right of commonage
was in some cases attached to certain houses within the
parish, and in others separated from the houses. It
was not clear what was the whole value of the
commonages so attached, but it appeared to be some-
where about 1502 per annum. Now it was de-
cided in the well, known case of Veley v. Burder,
that the occupiers of all lands and tenements within a
parish are liable to the payment of Church-rate—he had
no doubt a commonage was a tenement, as it had been
held that a sheep-walk was assessable—and theref6re if
the common in question, or any part of it, were in the
parish of Bungay St. Mary, it would be a just ground
of complaint, that the right of pasture was not assessed.
The evidence, however, adduced to prove that the com-
mon was locally within the parish, ought to be so strong
as to place the matter beyond a doubt, because it was
proved that it had not been rated for forty years at
least, and all the witnesses except one agreed that the
reason for such exemption was a belief that a common
was extra-parochial. The Court did not feel the evi-
dence to be strong enough to remove all doubt as to the
local position of the common, nor on this ground to vi-
tiate the rate. It was next urged that this was a con-
current rate, made at a time when another rate, uncol-
lected, and for the same purposes, was still in existence.
It was in evidence, and even admitted by the plaintiffs,
that a rate had been made on the 19th of June, 1839, of
the same amount, and for the same purposes—that one
party had been summoned for it, and submitted to dis-
tress—that certain other parishioners, being afterwards
summoned, took an objection to the notice of the vestry
at which the rate was made—that the churchwardens
were advised by the Justices' clerk that that rate was in-
valid—and they had thereupon abondoned it, and sub-
sequently made the rate now in dispute. It had been
ruled in the Queen's Bench, that a concurrent poor-rate
was invalid, and the same principle had, by Dr. Lush-
ington, in a recent case not yet regularly reported, been
applied to Church-rates. It was clear, therefore, that
churchwardens had no power to make a second Church-
rate, while a previous one remained uncollected, unless
this were altogether void and inoperative. Now it was
.not alleged by the plaintiffs that the rate of June 19 was
invalid—their proctor had indeed argued that it was of
no importance whether a rate were valid or not, so long
as churchwardens might be advised it was bad, and they
were at liberty to make a new one, without ascertaining
the soundness of this advice. But the Court could not
assent to such a doctrine ; the rate now in question was
therefore void, and could not be enforced. The remain-
ing point related to the assessment of tithes in the parish.
It appeared that a certain number of inhabitants were
assessed in respect of tithes at the sum of 1001. Their
rateable value was estimated by a witness in the case at
1601. whilst by the vestry book it was shown that the
annual value of the groat tithes had, for the purposes of
assessment, been reduced 50 per cent. and the smaller
tithes 30 per cent, He had called on the plaintiffs' proc-
tor to explain this, but he was unable to offer any expla-
nation. It was further in evidence that the plaintiffs
themselves had, in the year 1840, considerably raised
the assessment of these tithes, and this was stated by
their proctor to have been done in consequence of the
judgment by. the Queen's Bench in Reg. v. Capel, re-
versing Rex v. Joddrell. Now, in the latter case, it had
been decided that farmers were rateable for the profits
arising upon their occupations, in addition to the amount
of their rents, which the former case reverses. If, there-
fore, Reg. v. Capel availed as a reason for raising the
assessment of the tithes, it would have equally applied
to the houses in the parish. The Court did not think
this decision had furnished the reason for the course
taken in 1840; for it further appeared that at the very
time the Churchwardens raised the assessment of the
tithes, they lowered the assessments of the lands held by
the same occupiers to precisely the same amount, so
that each person should pay the same gross sum as
. before, but differently apportioned ; and that whereas all
other alterations of the parish assessment had been made
with the sanction of the vestry, the churchwardens had
not consulted the vestry on this alteration of the lands,
but had taken upon themselves to make it of their own
authority. The Court could not but hold the conclusion
that it was made for the purpose of taking away from
Mr. Childs the valve of the evidence for this suit afforded
by themselves in raising the assessment of the tithe. The
evidence of the defendant's witnesses was thus very
strongly supported by the churchwardens themselves; the
rate must on this ground be held invalid, and the
defendant must on this and the preceding plea be dis-
missed. The Judge went on to say the only remaining
question related to the costs ; and after stating the ge-
neral principle, said there was nothing whatever in the
conduct of Mr. Childs to deprive him of the benefit of it.
It was proved that before the making of the rate he had
objected to the assessment, on the ground of the tithes
and Common ; and one of the Churchwardens them-
selves had assented to a resolution to summon a vestry
on the subject, but had neglected or refused to do so.
It was further admitted that Mr. Childs had, when sum-
moned before the Justices, alleged the concurrency of the
rate. Having urged these objections unsuccessfully, he
had no other course open to him. and was perfectly jus-
tified in defending the proceedings in this Court. He
must therefore be decreed his costs.
Mr. CHILDS prayed to be heard at next Court on the
taxation of costs.

STEWARDS
His Grace the Duke of Buc- Hilhouse, Charles, Esq.
cleuch Howell, John, Esq.
The Right Hon. the Earl of Hubbuek, Thomas, jun., Esq.
Eldon Hughes, Joseph, Esq.
The Right Hon. the Earl of Jackson, William, Esq.
Cadogan Jay, John, Esq.
The Right Hon. Lord Robert Layton, Geo. Speacer, Esq,
Grosvenor, M.P. Locke, Capt. John
Sir Claudius S. Hunter, Bart. Madan, Capt. Frederick
Sir John Henry Pelly, Bart. !Ulsterman, John, jun., Esq.
Sir Walter Stirling, Bart. Masters, Henry W., Esq.
George Byng, Esq., M.P. Uawby, William, Esq.
Aaron Chapman, Esq., M.P. Hell, W. Owens, Esq.
Capt. R. Fitzroy, R.N., M.P. Morrison, Peter, Esq.
John Masterman, Esq., M.P. Muzio, James, Esq.
Andrews, Mr. Sergeant, F.S.A Palmer, George, jun., Esq.
Bacon, Thomas, Esq., F.S.A. Payne, John N. Esq.
Beale, Miles, Esq. Peckett, George, Esq.
Bedwell, Lumley 8., Esq. Perkin, 'R. Thornton Esq.
Belville, John 8., Esq. Piper, Thomas, jun., Esq.
Boyd, James, Esq. Pixley, Capt. William
Brewer, Edwin 3., Esq. Potts John, Esq.
Brooke, Samuel 8., Esq. Probyn, Capt. George
Burnand, George, Esq. Rich, George Wm. Esq.
Bromley, John E., Esq. Richardson, Murray, Esq.
Cabbell, Benjamin Bond, Esq. Seeley, George, Esq.
Clarke, Capt. Wm. Stanley Sheppard, Alfred Byard, Esq.
Cooke, Charles A., Esq. Stephenson, Capt. Daniel
Cooke, Robert, Esq. Sawyer, James, Esq.
Covington, Wm. H., Esq. Timbrell, Capt. Andrew
Corte's, John, Esq. Twining, Richard, jun., Esq.
Davey, William, Esq. Udall, John, Esq.
Drew, Capt. Richard Underhill, John, Esq.
Eddison, W. Edward, Esq. Upton, Edward, Esq.
Edwards, William, Esq. Varty, John, Esq.
Ellerby, Capt. Stevenson Ward, Thomas M., Esq.
Fisher. Richard H., Esq. Warton, Matthew, Esq.
Fry, Thomas H., Esq. Welbank, Capt. Robert:
Fry, Joseph, jun., Esq. Weynton, Capt. Alexander
Gamman, Robert, Esq. Whitfield, Thomas 8., Esq.
Gibbs, Richard, Esq. Wilson, Benjamin, Esq.
Goodwin, Charles, Esq. Wright, Frederick, Esq.
Goslett, William, Esq.
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The Infant Orphan Asylum was instituted in the year 1827.
It receives the infant orphan only, and there is none other of
its kind. Its purpose is to board, clothe, nurse, and educate
these children until after seven years of age, when they become
eligible f,-.r admission into other institutions. Infants only six
weeks old, both fatherless and motherless, have been received
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•
ound him, would have been materially altered. Rory
O'More and Vulcan were immediately behind him,
and had a narrow escape. The most conflicting opi-
nions ever heard were prevalent after the race • some
said that Soult was beat when he ran against the post;
others that he was pulling double. Some said that
Soult and the mare would have run together, and that
Lanercost would then have won. Some said that
Tripoli would have been sure to win with a fair
start. Some said Rory O'More would have won
had he not nearly tumbled over Soult. Some said ,
Vulcan would have won had he not been three
times disappointed in . the race. Some said that
Jolly Tar would have won had he not been par-
taking of the hospitality of the liberal owner of Roo-
ton, Sir Massey Stanley. Two facts are indisputable
—namely, that Alice Hawthorn did win, and that
nearly every bookmaker's face after the race was as
long as the mare's back : the double double—a term
ofter hear, but do not understand—was said to
have been practised with a success unprecedented in
the annals of double doubles. The performance of
Lanercost is one of the most extraordinary on record,
and almost proves that a good horse may give a
bad one any weight in the world. The course
was excessively slippery, and many of the horses
were roughed in consequence, a most wise pre-
caution. The boy Francis, who rode Soult, is in the
habit of bolting for the inside place at each turn, and
came so directly on to the post, that it is a mercy he
was not killed : the horse was stunned, and could not
be got up for near ten minutes. I question if he will
show again this season. The boy was walking about
in the evening, very little the worse for his somer •
set. The betting on this race has been very bad for
the bookmakers : the four favourities at starting were
the four horses in the betting, and daily backed since
Christmas ; and nine of the twenty and one that
started were scarcely backed for a ten-pound note. A
sum of money was lost on the race (fortunately by
gentlemen who can very well afford to pay) that
seldom changes hands, save at Epson, Goodwood,
or Doncaster. Ask me not who has won it, for I
cannot tell you. The settling for all this was a con-
fused kind of business : it is rather odd, but people
always choose the most inconvenient place possible
for this ceremony as well as for the formation of
a ring. at Newmarket it is -always at some corner
where the wind and dust are playing at battledore and
shuttlecock. At Epsom, on the side of a steep hill ;
and here at the entrance to the Royal Hotel, opposite
a general coach-office, and in a direct thoroughfare,
a regular game of pitch and hustle.
A great deal of betting on the Derby took place
between acts, which your reporter published yester-
day ; after which, and a
_general movement to the
course, came the racing. Nine started for the Dee
Stakes, value 1,1251. William de Fortibus made all
the running, and was beat ahead by a good-looking
country horse, Combermere ; and I think the opinion
1 expressed on Monday that the Warwick form was
not contemptible will be verified as the season ad-
vances. Nothing was near the first two. Lord West-
minster's filly, Maria Day, bought of Mr. Osborne,
won the two-year old stakes as she pleased, a half-
mile race ; she had a good start, and was never
headed. She is in the Oaks next year. • The second
horse, Newcourt, is in the Derby. Anything may
win a half-mile race over such a course as that at
Chester. JUDEX.
May 7.

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THE LIFE OF ADNIIIIAL KEPPEL.—We are re-
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street, Las this day published " The Life of Admiral Viscount
Keppel, First Lord of the Admiralty in 1792-3," by the Hon.
and Bev. Thomas Keppel, in 2 vols., Bvo., with portrait, vihich
can now be had of all booksellers. Mr. Colburn has also
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LATEST BETTING AT ST. JAMES'S.
DERBY.
7 to 2 agst Col. Anson's Attila
4 to 1 agst Mr. Trelawny's Frederica c.—taken
8 to 1 agst Duke of Grafton's Canadian—taken
15 to 1 agst Lord Westminster's Auckland—taken
20 to 1 agst Mr. Clark's Lord of Holderness—taken
25 to I agst Lord Chesterfield's Jack
25 to 1 agst Mr. Rogers's Tiptoe
25 to 1 agst Lord G. Bentinck's Chatham
25 to 1 agst Mr. Dixon's Ballinkeele
1000 to 20 agst Mr. Gregory's Barrier—taken
3000 to 60 agst Mr. Ferguson's FireawaY—taken
2000 to 30 agst Lord G. Bentinek's Tripoli—taken
2000 to 30 agst Mr. Copeland's Combermere—taken.
We understand that Mr. Greville has the refusal of Canadian
from the Duke of Grafton, but that no purchase has been com-
pleted as was reported last week.

PASSION AND PRINCIPLE; A.,NOVEL, EDITED BYCAPT.
CAPT. FREDERICK CHAMIER.LII3 excellent and most
amusing novel so entirely differs, both in its general character
and in its varied details, from all the productions hitherto ac-
knowledged by its editor, Capt. Chamfer, that although it is at
least equal in literary talent as well as lit acquaintance with
s
lite, and with the human heart, to any of that popular writer's
avowed works, no one will fall into the mistake of attributing
morethe t thanw.o heroinesthe edi
totoorfsltilitifis nol%),eiml_.
blitralmcoonsttrd
equallyte gifted by characters
of
nature, but education and circumstance havin—
g left the one
wholly at the mercy of "Passion," while they hale led the
other to'regulate her conduct, and even her feelings, by " Prin-
ciple" alone, give at once a charm and a mural value to this
aor k , which place it very far above the ordinary novels of
the day. _

" JACKY BLAYLOCK.".__Poor Jacky
13laylock is
dead ! For more than fifty years no election has taken place in
Carlisle, without bringing Jacky prominently on the stage ;
nor is there an old inhabitant of the merry city but can repeat
some of Jacky's odd sayings, and recount some of his prac-
tical jokes. He was a " freeman" by birth, a brick-layer and
" slap-dasher" by profession, and a droll and humourist to the
last. When the old Corporation became too saintly to pa-
tronize the King-moor sports on " Hollow Thursday," Jacky
Blaylock assumed the office of mayor for the day, and for
many years enacted tne " Lord of Misrule," with most " ex-
cellent fooling." He completed his 71st year on Sunday last,
and died on Ascension Day, the anniversary of all his glories
His latter days were passed in great
poverty ; but to the last
he refused all parochial assistance, lest he should be deprived of
his vote at the next election ! Carisle Journal.

Sunday, 23.—Now comes the dreadful part of my
story. At daylight we marched, taking all we had
with us. prepared to cut our way through the regu-
lar road, Wild co-operating on the other side. We
proceeded half a mile, when a doolie or palky for
the sick was abandoned by the bearers, and the in-
mates cut. to pieces by two of the enemy, such was the
straggling of the column. The 53d was in front, leaving
the other regiment, ours, behind ; and in the interval
fourcamels with ammunition, &c., and many horses, were
carried off by these rascals. We went on, skirmishing
here and there ; the enemy were bold in the extreme,
rushing dOwn to the bullocks, cutting down the men, and
then away again before one could fire, at least with
effect ; they were mostly dressed in blue, which is not
conspicuous against slate. The balls from those distant
whizzed in every direction, and aver and anon a man
fell near you gasping. At the entrance of a narrow de-
file, or cut in the hill, my captain, Mackenzie, and I
were ordered up a height to protect the column ; we
clambered up the slaty face, through a thick and unceas-
ing shower of balls, but I did not get struck, though the
end of my scabbard was dented by a ball. We kept the
peak for some time and then retired to the regiment.
Here I learned that Capt. Wilson, commanding the 64th,
had just fallen, shot through the lungs ; he lived but
two or three minutes, and never spoke. his body was
carried on four muskets, in spite of the heavy fire. More
than a dozen of my men fell by my side, but I stood, and
at last stood alone! The rear-guard was now attacked
by these yelling robbers, and the slaughter began is
earnest ; the column hurried on, we reached the bridge,
and went on under a rather abated fire. Rattray re- .
ceived a ball through the left fore-arm, and Baron
Mayern through the leg. I was struck on the leg by a
stone flung from the top of a height, but was not much
hurt. Now we were met by Lawrence and some horse,
and the 60th and 30th Native Infantry, which came to
cover our exit from the pass. Tired and spotted with
blood, we left the siene of death, and bent our steps
towards Jumrood, in the open plain. Here the colours
were displayed, and the loud Ram, ram' of the sepoys
proclaimed our return. How mixed are the feelings after
a battle! While yet glowing with the love of country and
of duty, and conscious of the glory attending a victory, I
learned- that Capt. Lock, who was doing duty with the
60th, had fallen. Poor Lock ! we always lived together in
the same tent, like father and son, and he was quite as a
father to me. We were of the same regiment, had the
same feelings, and equally loved each other. But this is
not all ; his death, too, was most terrible—a large stone
struck him on the head as he was calling to his men. He
fell stunned, and seven of the enemy rushed down, killed
five Sepoys, who were with him, and cut poor Lock into
pieces, throwing them in all directions. and carrying off
the severed head.

Mr. Buckland, it appears, is the solicitor employed
to get up the evidence in Good's defence, and frequently visit
him in his cell. A sum of 20/. has been received by him for
carrying on the defence, and it is supposed the money has been
supplied by the Sheriffs. Good still continues to be very com-
municative with the turnkeys, two of whom are constantly
with him. This renders their duty very laborious, since there
are but fourteen employed, including the principal turnkey. On
Friday last, when Good was informed there had been another
murder committed, he replied, " God bless me, it will make
your work very hard ; you must certainly have more hands.
.No person but his legal adviser, and those persons connected
with the gaol, are allowed to have any communication with
}inn. Molly Good has become very silent during these last few
days. Obserrer.

"This kind of warfare is disgusting in the extreme,
not as on a plain, on equal footing, but one's death-blow
comes from some distant, invisible enemy • add to this
the knowledge that a man left behind wounded can by
no possibility escape, being cut to pieces and stripped.
When an officer fell a general shout arose from the in-
visibles, and perhaps a dash would be made to seize his
body. For a Sepoy's head a man gets fifty or sixty
rupees from the Chief, and more, much more, for that of
a European.
" Tuesday, 25th.—We moved camp yesterday, and are
now at Kawalsar again."
H

OP INTELLIGENCE.—MAIDSTONE.—In the prin-
cipal grounds of this neighbourhood the bines have made most
gratifying progress during the past week, and tying has com-
menced in the best grounds. in some of the weak grounds the
ravages of the flea are complained of, but the mischief has not
been very great. Tying will doubtless become general within
the week, should fair weather continue.—WATERINGBURY,
EREWORTH, &c.—The hops are making their appearance in
most grounds, and although they are backward, in consequence
of the cold weather in the beginning of last month, yet they
are considered to look healthy, and there has been no com-
plaint of the flea, although that is a general complaint when
the wind remains long eastward and the weather dry. A
change of wind and a few warm showers would cause a very
great and beneficial alteration in a few days.—Maidstone
Gazette.

PROVIDENTIAL ESCAPE.---A curious anecdote is
related of Captain Souter, of her Majesty's 44th Regiment, in
one of the letters we have seen. When the troops were
attacked at Jugdulluck, he tore the Queen's colour from the
staff, and wrapped it round his body, to save it, as he hoped,
from falling into the hands of the enemy. Just as he had done
an a ball lodged in his new-made cummerbund, which was
fßus miraculously instrumental in preserving his life.-- Cal-
'cutta Englishman.

AUSTRALIND.—The following is an extract from a
letter recently received from a young gentleman who accom-
panied the expedition to Australind, in Western Australia,
with the first body of settlers dispatched by the Western Aus-
tralian Company in 1840. It is written from the Vane Inlet,
where, as the writer states, he had been to acquaint himself
with that district ; he had previously been to Perth for a sirai-
lar purpose, and returned with the same preference for Le-
schenauit Vasse Inlet, Dec 9, 1841.—You will see by
the upper•line of this short epistle, that I am thirty miles south
of our settlement. I gave myself a holiday this week, and
rode my pony down here to see this district, with which I am
much pleased, but I most certainly prefer Lesehenault to it.
The country is very flat, and the vegetation down to the
beach. The wheat looks very well. I rode over the farm of
Mr. Layman yesterday, with Mr. Chapman, with whom I am
at present. Air. Layman has about twenty-five acres of wheat
in this year. Travelling here is very different to what it is in
England ; we do not look for inns, but make ourselves at home
wherever we go, and are sure of a welcome. I stayed two days
with the Bussels, and dine to-day with Captain and Mrs.
Molloy. He is in the Rifles, on half-pay, and holds the office
of Government Resident for the Vasse. You must excuse the
shortness of this letter, for I shall write you another, soon in
answer to your own; but an American whaler, being home-
ward-bound, full (3,000 barrels of oil), and touching at St.
Helena, I thought it as well to send a few lines. I shall return
to Leschenault on Friday or Saturday. All's well in our set-
tlement. We expect to hear this week of the arrivkl of the
Don or Lucretia at Swan !liver. The water is very smooth
in Geogranhe liay, but no shelter. The anchorage good.
Three whalers arc MI the bay, and we expect twenty or thirty
in a day or two. They will take all the potatoes they can ob.
tain, and the lowest price, 20/. per ton."
SINGULAR CIRCUNISTANCE.—A veAsel is at present
building in Mr. Brown's yard, Dundee, of about 240 tons.
Alter the outer planking was partly kid, a lair of robins were
seen hovering about the planks, and approaching very close
to the workmen. Their object was soon made apparent. A
small corner of one of the ribs of the vessel was selected, and
there they commenced building a neat little tenement.
Nothing intimidated by the bustle and noise of upwards of
twenty men, they finished their frail dwelling, and have at pre-
sent four eggs deposited in it. In the progress of putting on
the inner planking, the workmen came so close umn the nest
that they had to cut out a corner to allow the birds to get out
and in. So tame are they that the men continue working
with their hammers within a few inches of the robin sitting ou
her eggs, without disturbing her the least. The deck is now
on the vessel, and the little creatures may be seen flying down
the hatchway and hopping about the hold with great familiarity.
—Dundee Harder.

REDUCTION OF THE IMPORT DUTY ON HOPS.—
There seems to be now no doubt whatever that the import duty
on foreign hops is to be considerably reduced. It would seem
as if Kent had been especially selected as an example of what
can be done with a county of first-rate influence, provided it
can only be prevailed on to commit its interests to mere voting
puppets, whose every vote, speech, look, and action, are regu-
lated by the wires held by the Minister of the day. Will any
hop-grower or farmer have the kindness to inform us of what
earthly use is the so-called " representation" of Sir klhaund
Filmer and Lord Marsham? We pause fora reply.—Maids on
Gazette.

We find the following statistieal table of the Uni-
v,rshies of Europe in a German Journal:—
Countries. Inhabitants. Universities. Students.
Russia
Great Britain .
France 33,000,000 14 12,180
Austria
Prussia 15,000,000
5,220
The rest of Germany 17,000,000 12 7960
Denmark 2,250,000 2 14
Sweden and Norway 4,300,000 ~30
3 2,810
Spain ..13,000,000 15 10,100
• Italy
Portugal
Switzerland 2,250,000 5 1,100
Belgium -- ••••
The Netherlands__ 3,000,000
3 1,420
Greece 1,C00,000 1 200
lonian Islands ......
SCOTT AT FAULT 1300
ON A " NOVEL" QUESTION /
Walter Scott was at London when the gas light was first
spoken of. On his return to Edinburgh, being in com-
pany with some very intelligent gentlemen, members of
the legal and other learned professions he told them of
the novelty of pretending to light London with coal
smoke• lle, and the intelligent company, broke out into
a hearty laughter at this piece of novelty. "Gentlemen,"
Walter Scott observed, "I must confess such fools as this man
with his coal-smoke light, are worse than other fools—they are
the most stubborn fools, and cannot be dissuaded in any manner
from their monomania." Some twenty years thereafter,
Walter Scott was appointed Director of the Edinburgh Gas
Light Company !