The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1842-03-04 00:00:00

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SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

of course could not be produced
in council, the Government were quite prepared t
it, should the hon. gentleman seek to impugn it by a specific I

the order

THE GRAND NATIONAL STEEPLE CHACE.
----5e.,.........This long looked-for and much talked-of event in the an-
--, ...al. uv toe course we ,so
to the
the nals of sporting, took place Oil Wednesday. From the high
proposed to pursue, they would put a terminationthe Mau- characters of the horses named to contest for the prize, great
abuses which had heretofore existed, not only i
thins, but also on the passage and in India. The noble lord anticipations of good sport were entertained ; nor were those
expectations doomed to be disappointed, for a finer race ne-
proceeded to show many of the evils of the former system of ver took place, and the utmost satisfaction was felt by all
immigration to the Mauritius, which placed the Indian la-
bourers for a period of at least five years in the condition of who witnessed it. Several horses had arrived at the different
slaves to the planters, and said that he had had the fullest stables on Friday, others came up on Saturday, and on Mon-
communications with Lord Ellenborough upon this subject, day and Tuesday the whole number had arrived. The betting
and that that nobleman had full power, as Governor-General at the Talbot on Monday was about as follows :-5 to 1
against Gay Lad, 6 to 1 against Peter Sim le, 8 to 1 against
of India, to carry out the views of the Government in puttingp
an enca dto abuses. He ald from com- Seventy-four. 10 to 1 against Lottery, 20 to 1 against Ban-
munitionsthese from the Governor-so quote
Generalpassages of India and from galore, and 20 to 1 against the rest ; and the same figure
the Governor of the Mauritius, recommendatory of sending might be quoted for the following day. There has not been
labourers from India to that colony, as being serviceable to much business done in this town, although some heavy sums
have been laid out in Manchester. Some of the Irish horses
both places • as in India those labourers could get only three-
'
halfpence a day for their labour, while in the Mauritius the were expected to have done wonders ; but it seems that they
price of labour was high, there being a great demand for it. have been far afield. The arrivals at the different hotels were
He would challenge the house to say whether, in the plan very numerous in the course of Tuesday, " each particular"
now adopted, there was anything at all in the nature of sla- train bringing in a lot of spicy knowing-looking blades, whose
sry, or whether there was even anything which could in any occupations and pursuits might easily be guessed at. The
be construed into compulsory labour. He only regretted course had been heavy up to Sunday ; but the wind and fine
:,nonce of the non-existence of the papers moved weather of Monday, it was thought, would have some effect
~.e sense of the house could not be taken on the plan upon the country. It was clear to all who knew the ground,
armed by the Government. that it would try the strength of the cattle and the skill of
After a few observations from Mr. HAWFS, spirits of
the riders. Wednesday morning broke, looking dismal as
Mr. flooG disapproved of the course taken by the present ditch water. and wet as a blanket, damping th
M
government, many, who anticipated a bright day. The " pitiless pelting
and contended that the noble lord had not
of the storm" continued till about ten o'clock, when a bands-
treated parliament with so much respect as had been shown
by the government of India, for the latter had declined to breadth of blue sky gave a promise of fine weather : although
the day proved not quite so pleasant as we could have wished,
legislate upon the subject until parliament should have ex-
it still Held up, and kept dry to the close. Those incorrigible
pressed its opinion, whereas the noble lord had taken an
important step without waiting for any such expression of blackguards, the cabmen, seemed determined to make a bar-
opinion. At the same time he thought the order in council vest of the damp weather, by attempting all manner of ex-
calculated to remedy many, if nut all, of the abuses corn- asking 255., others 305., as their fare to Aintree and tortion in the various streets where they hailed from • ' some
plained of, as far as related to the Mauritius, but not so in back,
and coming it very thick with impertinence if a fair offer were
preventing frauds in India by those employed as native
to procure coolies to emigrate. made them. It is a pity that some of these fellows cannot
agents
Mr. W AKLEY hoped the noble lord would abandon the be made an example of. Towards eleven o'clock symptoms
idea of importing the hill coolies into the Mauritius. Inde- of a movement towards Aintree seemed to be making along
pendent of its other evils it was an unjustifiable interference Byrom-street and Scotland-road, in " vehicles" of every
with the rights and interests of the labourers already located size, and make. On arriving at the ground, we
foundbut few persons assembled, and began to fear for the
there results of the day, as far as attendance went. In the course
Mr. C. BuLLER was ready to support the proposal of the
government as good, wise, and salutary in substance. of another hour the throng increased, and at the time of
After some further discussion the motion was withdrawn, starting there was a goodly muster of the loyal subjects of
and the other orders of the day being disposed of the house Queen Victoria. A great deal of the usual talk took place
adjourned, on the merits of the various horses, and speculation began
to be rife. As the ground selected was the same as last year,
we need not describe it. The betting previous to the race
was as follows :-
7 to 4 agst

that, in cons
for, t

HOUSE OF COMMONS—WEDNESDAY.
Sir R. PEEL, in reply to a question from Mr. Mangles,
said that no official kiformation had been received as
.to the
state of affairs in Affghanistan, but he expected to have
some communication in a few days.
On bringing up the report of the committee on the impor-
tation of foreign oorn,
Mr. E. BULL ER moved a scale of duties which was the
same as that of Sir R. Peel, until the price reached 645,
when he proposed from thence upwards there should be a
fixed duty of 6s.
Sir R. PEEL hoped the hon. member would not think it
disrespectful if be declined to follow him in his calculations,
fur the fact was, it was desirable that some limit should be.
placed to these discussions, or the public advantage would
be sacrificed in the enormous loss of time which they in-
volved. . .

Mr. Elmore's three (Lottery, Gaylad, and
Peter Simple.)
6to 1 agst Seventy-four. 13 to 1 agst Ilonesty.
7to 1 Gaylad. Ilsto I Bannathlath.
Sto I Peter Simple. 15 to 1 Anonymous.
S to 1 Lottery. 20 to 1 Satirist.
10 to 1 Sam Weller. I 20 to 1 Bangalore.
12 to 1 Luck's-all. 20 to 1 Consul.
The weighing-room presented an animated scene, and great
interest was evinced as the various riders made their appear-
about two o'clock, all being prepared, the following