Star.
London, England, 1827-05-22 00:00:00

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

YORK SPRING MEETIN G.
'folic, SUNDAY Num:.
Mnee the last August Meeting greet improvements have bees
!sada here; we Sudan establishment, comprising a suite of baths of
every description, upon the same principle as the Hummums,
is
London.
Writeve jest heard that a match for 200 guineas has been made
for the last day of the next Doncaster Meeting, between Mr.
Hopkinson 's b. m. Harriet. by Fitz-Teazle, S yrs okl,•agst Mr.
Hudson's b. f. Miracle, by young Androssao, 4 yra old, 7st. 71b.
each—Mild and half.
The most important race this week is the St. Leger Stales,
*ltch will be run to-morrow, and, it is said, by as promising a lot
of horses as ever seined—elgist or nine are expected to start. The
parties connected with the different horses have the greatest confi-
dence of success, consequently large sums have been laid out. Lord
Medoro has been backed for a peat deal of money, -
and it is supposed that his having been supported so by the public,
is the cause of the Fitzwiiliam party now declaring that they have
two better nasal° their stable. Mr. Gascoyoe's party have come
out very strong on their beaten horse (Olivera) and created a great
deal of betting ;he will be supported by the Scotchmen. Moms-
shinarte has his backers
Nonplus and, who arePopsy are l not less sanguooked uine thapnony m the by
g named
t,
py; while
dangerous horses. The Irish horse, Pelican-, Is a most magnificent
animal to look at,which supports thoold adage,tbat the Irish horses
gain two or three years in their age by crossing the Chanael. One
thing is certain, that the event of this stakes will effect a material
change in the betting on the Great &. Leger. Mulatto is the
favourite for the all-age stakes.
Tuesday, the shorts will be inn, In which Niealls (first favourite
for the St. Leger) comes out; she is a good-looking filly, hut is
thought by judges to stand too straight on her posteriors. Erna*
and Lunaria come out in the filly stakes, and the former is the
favourite, although beaten by the other lit Catterick. Velocipede
is the favourite for the two year. old stakes. A new stakes for
all
ages will be run on Tuesday, for which Bedlamite is the favourite.
BETTING-ROOM, TATTERSALL'S, MAT 21.
Another total change took place in the 'odds yesteiday, Ole-
nartney began at 10 to 1, and in a very short time there were takers
In abundance at 5 and 6 to I—Turcoman and Itoderick giving itay.
We give the closing prices--
Desalt.
sto 1 apt Trumpeter (taken) 20 to 1 apt Eliza Teazle
8 to 1 agst Glenartuey 20 to 1 apt Windermere
11 to 1 apt Roderick 25 to 1 apt EmagnoUe
II to 1 apt Defence 25 to 1 apt Mameluke
15 to 1 apt Gaberlongle 50 to 1 apt Gamelius
ysto 1 agst Turcoman 30 to 1 agst Tamwonh
to 1 apt Spondee
Tatter and Lord A

's colt wW not start.

.1 to 1 apt Donna Clara
6 to 1 apt Scheherasade
. 6 to 1 apt Tippitywit het
10'to 1 apt Toso
10 to 1 apt tiroeard
14 to 1 apt Souvenir
S. Lausa.—Weelefer any
rme.

yea.
15 to l apt Translation
12 to 1 apt Goloare
17 to I agst Calypso
18 to 1 apt Maria
28 to 1 apt Mr. Harris's Ally
cement till the running at York Is

EQCIETY FOR PROMOTING THE REFORMA-
TION IN IRELAND.

• A very numerous Meeting was held yesterday, at the
F. eemasons' Hall, in order to take into consideration
the best means of encouraging the spirit of inquiry into
the Word of GOD, now spreading with such rapidity
throughout Ireland. A few minutes after twelve, Lord
MANDRVILLE took the Chair. His Lordship said, they
had assembled to establish a Sciciety for spreading the
religious principles of the Reformation. Those who
were opposed to this measure must not bring forward
their oppositina here. The present was not a Meeting
for discussion; at other times, and in other places, their
friends were willing to come forward, and defend their
principles. S'rould any person but those appointed to
, speak by the Committee attempt to interrupt the .pro.
ceedings, he (Lord Mandeville) would call him to order,
and trusted the Meeting would support him—(Hear).
Caitt. GORDON, R.N. addressed the Meeting at con-
siderible length. He said, that all the moral itiisiry,
and the present debased condition of the lower Classes
of.-the people of Ireland were attributable to the prin.
ciples of the Roman Catholic Faith. He proceeded to
read some extracts from a pamphlet, some time since
published, by Mr. Coyne, of Dublin, and written by a
Roman Catholic Prie.t, named Dille, which drew a
terrible picture of the degraded state of the people of
14and; after which he gave a description of the pe-
nances performed by about 20,000 people, at a recent
station, at a place called Tubber Crasser, in Connaught.
The Roman Catholic Priests had, so far from c rcu-
lating the Gospel, tke only cord of revelarion under
,heaven, impeded its circulation wher. ver they could.
. It appeared from the returns of the Irish Education
Commission t f Inquiry, that there were in that
country 14,812 schools, attended by 568,964 scholars;
and of these, the number under the Roman Catholic
Priests was only of schools 352, of scholars 33,259.
There were three popular standing works circulat-
ing, under the sanction of the Irish Bishops—the
first was Butler's Catechism; in that it is said, in an-
swer to a question, " that no person can be saved out
of the Roman Catholic Church:" in another it is asked,
" who are out of the Church ?" and the answer is
Heretic!, Infidels, and excommunicated persons."
Mr. Gordon continued to read extracts irons these Ca-
techisms; one of them says, " that one person's good
works may impetrate or satisfy for the sins of another."
He next mentioned the names of some books used in
• the Schools in Ireland, " The Feast of Love," " Cap-
tain Freney, the Highwayman," " Moll Flanders," &c.
while the Bible was everywhere prohibited (Hear). The
Society about to be formed had a three-fold object—first.
to assist the different religious Institutions already in ex-
istence ; to enable Clergymen its Ireland to comply with
the demands of the people of Ireland for religiatis instruc-
tion ; and to turn the attention of the British people to
the great mass of ignorance which is cherished in its
bosom. There were In this metropolis nearly 300,000
Irish, who had no means of receiving religious instruc-
tion; and were they to be left in the darkness of ig-
norance and base superstition ?—(Hear.)
Lord Rones said, in this day of blasphemy and of ill-
termed liberality (Cheers, and one er two hisses), he
and the Noble Chairman were doubly bound to come
forward, from the situations which they held from the
goodnesi of GOD, and endeavour to establish truth and
diqelterror. His Lordship said, twenty years ago,
there were not in Ireland silty schools where the Scrip•
tures were reed : what a contrast did that country
now present—(Hear, hear). The Noble Lord enu-
merated the :different Societies which exerted them-
selves in promoting the great work of reformation now
going on in Ireland, to each of which his Lordship
gave his arced of praise. He concluded by proposing
the first resolution, recommending the formation of the
• sew Society—which was seconded by Lprd LonTos,
and carried unanimously.
• The meeting was addressed by Lord FARNHAM, the
Bishops of LiTairtm..o and COTRNTRY, and several
other Gentlemen. All the Resolutions were tinani-
motislrcarried.

Saturday a Mr. SLAT; who arrived only that morn-
ing from Devonshire, was robbed in he neighbour-
hood of James-street, Coventigarden,t of a pocket-
book, eontaining.'66l. in bank-notes.