The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1844-11-05 00:00:00

LAW INTELLIGENCL.

PARISH CLERKS.—By an act of the last session (7 &
8 Victoria, c. 69,) persons in holy orders can be appointed
to the office of Church clerk, chapel clerk, or parish
clerk, and may be required to act as assistant curates
whilst holding the offices mentioned,
DANIEL O'CONNELL'S WRIT OF ERROR.—OR the
decision of the three Whig Peers in the above case Lord
Brougham observed—" It would go forth without au-
thority, and return without respect." A case the week be
fore last, at the Cornwall Sessions, which we find
reported in a local paper, will confirm the accuracy
of his lordship's prophecy. "An arrest of judg.
ment in behalf of the defendant Ann Hughes, on
the ground that she was not bound to provide for the
maintenance of her grandchildren during the existence of
their father ; and that, therefore, being wrongly indicted
on the two counts so charging her to be liable, and the
verdict being a general one, she must on the authority of
the recent case of the ' Queen v• O'Connell,' be acquitted
on the two remaining counts, which charged her with
ordinary assault. After some consideration the Court
decided We are of opinion that the first two counts,
referring to acts of omission are bad, as regards the
grandmother ; but as regards the last two counts, we are
of opinion that the record is good ; and we pass judgment
on these two counts accordingly.' Ile Court then passed
the sentences." Thus then have the Cornish Magistrates
blown to the winds the decision of the Lords.

SPO TING INTELLIGENCE.

NEWMARKET HOUGHTON MEETING.

MONDAY.
The CAMBRIDGESHIRE STARES of 25 sovs each, 10 ft,
and only 5 sovs if declared, with 100 sovs added. Last
mile and a distance. 122 subscribers, 48 of whom de-
clared.
Lord Stradbroke's Evenus, 4 yrs. 7st 10lb ...... (Nat) 1
Mr. Irwin's Foig-a-Ballagh, 3 yrs, Bst
The following also started, but were not placed :—Cap-
tain Harcourt's Sir Abstrupus, Mr. Combe's Fakeaway,
Mr. Shafio's Porto Bello, Mr. Newton's Ma Mie. Mr.
Griffith's Newcourt, Mr. Salvin's The Cure, Mr. Beres-
ford's The Altered One, Mr. Wesley's Councillor, Sir G.
Heathcote's Akbar, Duke of Rutland's f by Beiram, Lord
G. Bentinck's Croton Oil, Lord Exeter's Algernon, Lord
G. Bentinck's Emma, Mr. Payne's Walpole, Col Peel's
c. by Slane, Mr. S. Scott's b g by Defence, Sir C. Monck's
Glossy.

BETTING.-5 to 4on Foig-a-Ballagh, (taken,) Bto 1
agst The Cure, 12 to 1 agst Akhar, (taken.) 14 to 1 agst
Newcourt, 20 to 1 agst Emma, 25 to 1 agst Evenus, 33 to
1 agst Councillor, and 40 to 1 agst Glossy. Won very
easily by two lengths, Walpole a bad third, Councillor,
fourth, Cure fifth, and Algernon sixth. Foigh-a-
Ballagh's defeat, decisive as it was, was anything but dis-
graceful. He gave the winner a year and 41bs, and from
the severity of the pace throughout, ran to a great disad-
vantage; notwithstanding this, he struggled gallan:ly to
the end, and beat Walpole by four or five length, giving
him 351 b, So bad was the start, he and nearly a dozen
others lost nearly three or four lengths. The settling was
harmless.

The Criterion Stakes of 30 so•s each, 20 ft, for two-
year-olds, colts 8,141 b, and fillies Btt 51b. 40 subs. Won
by Lord Lonsdale's c by Jerry, Torquoise (Bartholomew)
beating Lord Glasgow's c by Bay Middleton. Miss Whip,
Lord G. Bentinck's Miss Elis, and several others.
THE RATAN AFFAIR.—The report of the committee
has been laid before a general meeting of the club, and
will be published officially neat week. Rogers and Bra-
ham will be warned off the heath, and the former will be
prohibited from riding at Newmarket or any other place
under the control of the stewards of the Jockey Club.
The parties supposed to be implicated by the evidence of
Rogers and his confederates are, we hear, exonerated from
all dishonesty of purpose, but the committee express their
disapproval of the practice of gentlemen receiving and
executing commissions for jockiea and others in.rusted
with the charge of race horses. It is not the intention of
the club to publish the evidence.
The match between Foig-a-Ballagli will not be run ;
Mr. Irwin receives 150 forfeit.