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London, England, 1824-10-09 00:00:00

RICIIAIONG MEETING (YORKSIIIRF,)-Ovr. 5.

Tlie .Aleni'ders' Plate of £sO, for maiden horses, mares, or geldings.
Two-mile heats.

Duke of Leeds's gr. f. by Comus, 4 yrs old I 1
%Ir. Iluilmint's b. c. PL.:river, 4yn old . 2 2
Col. Cradock's b. c. by Prime Minister, 3 yrs old . 4 3
3lr. Lonsdale's ch. f. by Alilo, 3 yrs old . . ' 3 4
.1 Sweepstakes of 40gs. each, fen three yrs old colts and fillies;
Cults, fist. lib. fillies, 83t. Once tound the Course.
Lord Sligu'A b. c. Canteen
Mr. J. Ferguson's ch. c. 3lountaineee

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CoL Cradock's b. c. by Blacklock . 3
A Sweepstakes of 20gs. each, for three years old fillies, Bst. Mb.
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Once round the Course.
Mr. Hutchinson's hr. f. by Bigot ." • . I
Mr. Jatpres's b. f. by Walton . 9
Mr. Tarlton's ch. f. Gipsy . 3
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WREXHAM RACES—Ocr. 61
A Gold Cup, value lOogs. by a Subscription of logs. each. One
beat, four times round the Course.
Mr. Mytton's hr. c. Whittington. 4 yrs . 1
Mr. J. Rogers's gr. h. Sir Edward; 5 yrs . 2
A Silver Cup; the gift of Sir W. W. Wynn. Bart. value £5O, for
horses, &c. the property of Privates or Noncommissioned Of-
ficers of the North Wales Yeomanry Cavalry. Two-mile heats.
Mr. E. Hughes's b. g. Glanafron, 5 yrs . . 1 1
Mr. Herndon's b. f. Young Sorcerer, 6 yrs .
Mr. S. Griffiths's b. m. Belinda, 5 yrs .
Mr. Birch's b. m. by Alexander, 4 yrs
The Twenty-five Guinea Stakes did not fill.
MONMOUTH RACES—Orr. 6.

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bolted

A Sweepstakes of sgs. each, with SO added from the Fund. Mates
and geldings allowed 31b. Heats, twice round and a di.tance.
Mr. Bosanquet's b. c. Cardinal Puff, 4 yrs 4 1 1
Mr. Partridge's ch. e. Wiseacre, 4 yrs . 5 2 2
Duke of Beaufort's cb. g. Melampus, 4 yrs . 1 5 5
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Sir C. Morgan's Victorine, aged . 2 dr
A Plate of £5O given by the County Memhtrs for all ages. Mares
and geldings allowed Sib. Heats, three times round.
Mr. Day's bl. f. Sloe, 4 yrs
Mr. Goddard's b. e. Presentiment, 5 yrs
Mr. Pryse's ch. h. Doctor Bady, aged

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UNION OF THE THAMES AND MEDWAY.

. The grand union bet.veen the Rivers Thames and
Medway will be effected very shortly, by means of the
largest tunnel, we believe, in the world. This great
public undertaking commences immediately, from the
l'ott of London, below Gravesend, where these is a
large river-lock, capable of admitting vessels of 2A
tons into a capacious basin, with commodious wharfage.
The Canal, which is fifty feet wide, and seven feet ducp
in water, passes through the marsh lands to the village
of fligham, a distance of nearly five miles, where the
tunnel begins, which is twenty-two feet wide on the
water level, and eight feet deep at spring-tides, twenty-
four feet six inches high from the water surface to the
apex of the iamb, said' a towing-path five feet wide,
fit oily protected by means of a cast-iron and timber
railing. The tunnel continues under the chalk hills for
a distance of upwards of two fillies, %%here it terminates
'in a very large basin, commanded by a lock entetinq
into the River Medway, and capable of receiving vessels
of 300 tons. The whole length of this Canal, from
the 'River Thames to the Medway, is only seven miles
and a quarter; and by this very short line all the
citcuitous, tedious, and oftentimes d.mgetous passage
round the Nore is avoided, thereby saving a distance of
at least from forty to fifty miles, Thus the communi-
cation from the interior of Kent with the North of
England is made easy, safe, and at a comparatively
trifling expense, with the advantage of a more certain
passage, as well as a considerable saving in we.tr and
tear of sails and tackle, &c. Tai; important line also
opens a communication from Touhridge, by means of
the Regent's and Grand Junction Canals, to B:anstone,
in Northamptonshire, for the same sized craft, without
any trans-shipment of goods, which may be forwarded
to any of the Northern is of England. Craft from
seven to eighteen feet beam can navigate the whole line,
which it is obvious will secure to inland commerce in--
calculable advantages.

LAW STAMPS.—The Act qf Parliament for the re-
duction of various law stamps comes into operation on
Monday next, by which the public will be materially
benefitted, particularly by the Ecclesiastical Courts; on
copies of wills alone, the saving to the public will be a
deduction of a shilling on every folio of 90 words.
One thousand baptisms have been registered in the
single parish of St. Mary's, at Nottingham, in the last
eig!..t months ; and it is a fact that one midarife in that
town has attended upwards of 600 women since the
commencement of the present year.
The late Rev. Mr. NEIL, one of the Ministers of the
West Church, Edinburgh, when taking:* walk in the
afternoon, saw an old woman sitting by the road side,
evidently much intoxicated, with hor bundle lying be-
fore her in the mud. lle immediately recognised her
to he one of his parishioners. " Will you just help rr e
up v irh my bundle, gude man ?" !aid she, as he szopued.
Fze, fie, Janet," the pastor, " to see the like o' you
in such a plight. Do you know where all drunkards
go to ?" t. Ay, some," said Janet, '4'they just gang whar
a di ap o gude drink is to be got."
A Cantu& who had lately taken meets, was treated
with insolent hauteur by hi.s Rector, who ha v ing martial
a lively and handsome young wife, was jealous of evet y
one who arptoacl,ed her. Decorum totbade him to.
resent this behaviour ; but, on the ensuing Sunday,
knowing the Mewl- was inesent, he took as the subject
of his discourse the following text 112.5 zioali6c
exalted above his brethren .1"

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