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Doncaster Races began on Monday, with six races. That for the Champagne Stakes of 501. each alone possessed much interest : twelve horses ran, but the contest really lay between Mr. Worthington's Lan- cashire Witch and Mr. Ramsay's Mid-Lothian ; the mare, ridden by Nat, winning by a neck. The Fitzwilliam Stakes of 10l each, with 50/. added, were won easily by Mr. Salvin's Alice Hawthorn ; and the mare also walked over the course for the Queen's Plate of 100 guineas. Mr. H. Johnstone received payment in a match for 2,0001. between William le Gros and Mr. Jaques's British Yeoman.
Tuesday was the day of the grand race, and the course presented the usual scene of bustle and excitement. In the first run, for the Cleve- land Handicap, the winner was Mr. A. Johnstone's Rowena, ridden by Riley. The next was the important affair of the Great St. Leger Stakes of 50/. each, for three-years-old ; the second to receive 200/., the third to save his stake, and the winner to pay 1001. towards the expenses. There were 108 subscribers, and nine horses ran. Before the race, Colonel Anson, the owner of the Princess, required Mr. Forth's Foig-a-ballagh to be examined, to ascertain his age : two respectable veterinary-sur- geons of Doncaster were selected to make the examination, and they unhesitatingly pronounced the colt to be only three years old. We now come to the details— Betting : 5 to 4 against the Cure (taken) • 7 to 2 against Foig-a-ballagh (taken freely) ; 4 to 1 against the Princess ; and 7 to 1 against Red Deer. Godfrey took the lead at starting, followed by the Amulet colt, the Cure, and Foig-a-ballagh ; Red Deer, Lightning, and Little Hampton next ; Bay Momus eighth, and the Princess last, the pace miserably slow. After running about twenty strides, the Cure was pulled behind Lightning and Red Deer ; the Princess, favoured by the badness of the pace, about the same time joining the front rank. The speed somewhat improved at the hill ; and the Irish horse, joining Godfrey, ran at his side to the mile-post, where he took up tbe run- ning ; but without in any material degree improving the speed. The Princess now lay third, the Amulet colt and Red Deer next, the Cure outside of them, and Bay Momus, who never bad a chance, last of all. Godfrey was defeated at the Red-house; and the Princess went on in Foig-a-ballagh's track, Red Deer and Lightning third and fourth, and the Cure, pulling double, and making a wide sweep round the turn on the whip-hand, fifth. The pace now became good, but without changing the order of running; the leading horses maintain- ing their positions until within a distance of home. The Cure, still pulling tremendously and going faster than anything in the race, now went up like a shot, was alongside Foig-a-ballagh in an instant, and looked as if he was going to win in a canter; but immediately after hung to the right, went close to the rails when called upon to finish, bore to the left, being admonished by a stroke of the whip, and a second time ran towards the Stand rails. It is needless to inquire whether this arose from habit or distress : it is enough that Foig-a- ballagh, "encouraged " by the whip, cleared him at the Stand, and won by a length. The Princess was beaten half a length from the Cure, and was about a length in advance of Lightning and Red Deer. The Amulet colt was sixth, and Godfrey last. The winner was ridden by Bell, the Cure by Marson, and the Princess by F. Butler. The race, as the description will explain, was one of the slowest ever witnessed ; and it is said to have been the opinion of many competent judges, that it was " run to suit the favourite : had the pace been good, it is doubtful that he would have been second." Value of the stakes 2,625!. Mr. Irwin wins upwards of 12,0001. on the race, independently of the stakes. Mr. Forth and several gentlemen connected with the stable are also large winners.
The other races were for the Selling Stakes of 101. each, with 301. added by the Corporation, won by Mr. Denham's Harriet, (Copeland) ; and the Corporation Plate of 601., won by Mr. Meiklam's Aristotle, (Templeman) ; Mr. Smith's Doctor Taylor receiving 18/. as second. The mare Harriet won her race in a canter ; but dropped down when pulled up, and died in a few minutes.
On Wednesday, the races did not commence till three o'clock. The Foal Stakes were won by Mr. Gully's Juvenal, (John Day junior) ; and the Municipal Stakes, by Lord George Bentinck's Cowl (Nat.) The only race of public interest was that for the Great Yorkshire Handicap of 25/. each ; the winner to pay 301. towards expenses, the second to receive 1001., the third to save his stake. This was won by Lord Eglinton's Pompey, (J. Howlett) ; Sir C. Monk's Glossy (Winteringham) being second, and Lord Glasgow's Give-him-a-name (Copeland) third. Fifteen horses started-
Betting-2 to 1 against Mickey Free ; 7 to 2 against Rowena ; 8 to 1 against the Ashtead Pet ; 10 to 1 against Pompey ; 12 to 1 against Parthian; and 15 to 1 against any other. The Clerk of the Course having twice failed to effect a start, the stewards prevailed upon Lord George Bentinck to give him and the jockies a lesson : under his Lordship's control, therefore, the horses were conducted below the Grand Stand, brought slowly and in good order to the post, and started at the first signal. Rowena, however, got off badly ; and the Dog Billy, who was fractious, was left behind altogether. The lead, after the first two hundred yards, was taken by Milton; followed by Glossy, Mickey Free, Advice, Seal- teen, Give-him-a-name, Ravensworth, and Pompey, with a ruck of horses well laid up ; and such, saving that Rowena caught them in going over the hill, continued the order of running until they reached the mile-post, where Mickey Free and Advice became second and third. From this point Milton's lead rapidly diminished; at the Red House, Pompey, who had been gradually near- ing the front, went past, and, with Glossy, Give-him-a-name, Mickey Free, Advice, and Ravensworth, at his heels, carried on the running at a strong pace. At the distance, Glossy and Give-him-a-name changed places, but no other alteration occurred ; Pompey keeping his lead and winning cleverly by half a length ; Give-him-a-name a good third, Mickey Free a bad fourth, Ravens- worth fifth. Nothing else up. Value of the stakes 1,015!.
The principal prize on Thursday was the Cup, " won in the com- monest of canters" by Mr. Salvin's Alice Hawthorn, (Bumby); Mr. Meiklam's Aristotle (Templeman) receiving 50/. as second. The Inn- keepers' Plate was won by Lord Chesterfield's Knight of the Whistle (Nat) ; the Two-year-old Stakes by Lord George Bentinck's Longitude (Nat.) Yesterday, the business was of inferior interest : the Scarborough Stakes were borne off by Mr. Salvin's Cure (Templeman) ; the Park Hill Stakes by Mr. Osbaldestone's Sorella, (J. Day,) Colonel Anson's Princess (Butler) taking 1001. as second ; and Mr. Irwin's Foig-a- ballagh (Abdale) won a match for 1,000/. with Mr. Collett's Coranna.
At a meeting of the Club, on Wednesday, some new arrangements were proposed, with a view to prevent travelling and settling on Sun- day, to render the races more attractive, and to render the chief more interesting by inducing jockies to run fairly to the close instead of pulling up on seeing that they had no chance of first or second place. With regard to the first proposition, it was unanimously agreed that next year the races should begin on Tuesday and terminate on Smut.. day ; that the Great St. Leger should be run for on Wednesday ; the Yorkshire Handicap at a late hour on Thursday, so as to afford time for the settling; and the Cup on Friday. Finally, it was agreed, by way of experiment, (to commence with the year 1846,) that the second horse in the Great St. Leger race should have 3001., and the third 1001., instead of saving his stake.
The annual meeting of the East Suffolk Agricultural Association took place on Friday, at Wickham Market. After a ploughing-match and an exhibition of live stock and implements, the members of the Association sat down to a cold dinner. Earl Stradbroke presided ; Lord Henniker and Lord Rendlesham, County Members, Captain Roue, Member for Westminster, several country gentlemen, and many ex- tensive farmers, were of the company. After other routine toasts, Lord Henniker proposed the health of the Chairman ; with a compliment to Ministers— In former times, it was not uncustomary to bestow the Lord-Lieutenancy of a county upon some particular individual as a reward for support rendered to the Minister of the day ; but in this instance her Majesty's advisers had not been so influenced. A morejudicious selection could not have been made. In returning thanks, Lord Stradbroke alluded to a prominent subject of the day, the prevalence of incendiarism in some parts of Suffolk— Those outrages had already commanded a large share of public notice ; and he sincerely hoped that the painful experience which they had derived from the past would enable them to provide against their recurrence. The. disposition to commit outrage of that description had been attributed to various causes, into a discussion of which that was not the proper place to enter. He might, without any deviation from the established rules of the Association, be per- mitted to observe, that the assumed distress of the agricultural population was fairly ascribable to circumstances wholly beyond all human control. He was anxious to avoid treating the question in a political point of view; but he was bound to state facts. Every gentleman present must be fully aware that the last year's harvest was deficient—that, he apprehended, was quite notorious. In addition to the evil of a short crop, there had been a very large importation of foreign corn; which so influenced the home market that the English farmer was unable to obtain a remunerating price for his produce, although the con- sumption might be supposed to advance with a progressively-increasing popu- lation,—and population must necessarily increase in any country where there was a poor-law. The consequence of this was what must be expected : the farmers had not the means of giving employment to the surplus labourers. Idleness produced discontent, and want combined with ignorance had led to the perpetration of crime. He rejoiced to find that the prospect was this year more encouraging. The harvest was most abundant ; and though the farmers must calculate on low prices, they were in a far better position than they had been. They would do well to take care, however, that they were not driven out of the market by competition on the part of the sister country. In a recent visit to Ireland, he was astonished by the advances made in the science of prac- tical agriculture. The Army and Navy having been toasted, Captain Rous returned thanks ; dwelling on the necessity of younger officers to make the Navy efficient, and on the urgency of measures to improve the con- dition of the agricultural labourers—
The increase of population was assumed to he the primary cause of distress and crime in the agricultural districts : he admitted it was highly desirable that the labourers should be fully employed, idleness being the prolific cause of crime. Undoubtedly, it was to the interest of the farmers that the labourers should be fully employed ; but he questioned whether they were in a position to effect that object. The plan, to be efficient, must be universal. Suppose the farmer expended 101. in cultivation, he had a right to look for a return of 101. 10s.: it was not to be supposed that a farmer, any more than a tradesman, would expend capital without a reasonable profit. If the farmer laid out 101. in the employment of additional labourers, and got back only 81., he would have no encouragement to go on expending capital upon the land. Ile considered that the true source of the evil could be traced to redundant population ; the remedy for which was emigration upon an extended scale.
Lord Henniker exulted in Sir Robert Peel's assurance that the Corn- law would be maintained. Lord Rendlesbam combated Captain Rous's project of extended emigration— To that there were some insuperable objections, or perhaps he might with greater propriety have said, some difficulties. No doubt, inducements to emi- gration might be held out, but he knew of no power that could be put in ope- ration to compel men to quit their native country ; and, assuming the honour- able and gallant gentleman's hypothesis to be correct, shohla England be com- pelled to go to war, it might be essential to retain those very men for our own protection whom it was proposed to expatriate. Taking another view of the question—any material decrease of population would lower the consumption, and in proportion to a fall in the price of corn the wages of labour must be re- duced. The best security for the welfare of all classes would be found in the maintenance of remunerating prices. If the farmer only got a fair price for his corn, he would not fail to pay his labourers fair wages. That was the true remedy for distress, the best preventive of crime. He strenuously recom- mended the adoption of the land-allotment system : be had tried it on his own estate for four ears, and it had fully succeeded. Of all the plans brought before the public with a view to improve the condition of the agricultural labourers, the allotment-system was, in his opinion, decidedly the most prac- tical and efficacious.
At the general meeting of the British Archaeological Association in Canterbury Town-hall, on Friday, Roman antiquities were principally discussed. Professor Buckland communicated the discovery of a Roman town, with temple, cemetery, and fortifications, in Dorsetshire, by Mr. Medhurst- It was situate at Jordan Hill, in the parish of Preston, but was now covered by an arable field. The position of the cemetery was two miles from the site of the town. It was impossible to pass the plough over the spot from the ob- struction offered by the foundations. Great quantities of bones of birds, sheep, and oxen, the latter chiefly of bulls, were found in some excavations, which had evidently been the relics of former sacrificial offerings in the temple. These had been made use of' by the farmers for manure ; who also, since the discovery, had removed a great portion of the stones from the foundations for the erection of walls and bridges. Among other novelties, he also alluded to the large deposit of oyster-shells ; a fact which could only be accounted for by the cir- cumstance that this fish was a favourite food of the inhabitants. The further investigation of these novel and interesting remains the learned Professor con- sidered would be worthy the attention of the society.
In the evening, an Egyptian mummy was unrolled at the theatre, with a lecture by Mr. Pettigrew. The proceedings terminated at a general meeting, with routine business, on Saturday.
The Town-Council of Manchester have made an important step towards the sanatory improvement of their town. At a recent meet- ing, Mr. Prentice moved, " that in addition to the improvements named in the recently-obtained act, the Improvement Committee be recom- mended to make arrangements with the owners of property for the pur- chase of such buildings as obstruct the thorough ventilation of small courts and alleys, with a view of promoting the health and comfort of the working-classes who reside therein." In support of his proposi- tion, he described the miserable and unhealthy state of many confined places in the town, with copious extracts from medical and other au- thorities in favour of change. The motion, which did not elicit a single objection, was carried unanimously.
At Stockport, on Monday, John Kenyon Winterbottom, formerly a solicitor there, was charged with forgery upon the Pelican Life Assur- ance Society, for the sum of 5,0001. ; which was payable to the family of the late Mr. John Isherwood of Nlarple Hall, upon his death, and which sum was received by the prisoner on his presentation of an authority purporting to be signed by Mrs. Isherwood and her three daughters. Winterbottom, after the decease of Mr. Isherwood, whose solicitor be was, pretended that he was authorized by the widow and her daughters to obtain payment of the policy from the Pelican Com- pany : he got a bill at seven days for the 5,0001. from Mr. 'fate, the Pelican agent at Manchester ; but this bill was useless unless endorsed by Mr. Isherwood's executrixes : the bill was endorsed, and Winter- bottom obtained the money. Mrs. Isherwood and her daughters now proved that the endorsements were not their writing, and that they never gave the prisoner authority to act for them. He was committed for trial.
There have been more incendiary fires in Bedfordshire, Hertford- shire, and Suffolk. James Cockburn Belaney, who was tried in London for the murder of his wife, and acquitted, has, we see, no peace in his home- " Our Belford correspondent writes, that on Monday evening last, a mob as. sembled at North Sunderland, and surrounded Belaney's house, carrying an effigy, with which they had previously paraded the streets. That person, ex- asperated at such insulting behaviour, fired a pistol at them ; when they im- mediately proceeded to demolish doors and windows, which was effectually ac- complished in a few minutes. After this, they entered into the house and de- stroyed everything that came in their way. During the latter part of the riot, Belaney contrived to escape, and after a sharp pursuit eluded their vigilance by secreting himself in a neighbouring corn-field. Had he not escaped, it is more than likely that his life would have been forfeited."—Newcastle Advertiser.
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