3 JUNE 1843, Page 7

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Epsom Races began on Tuesday ; on which day the sports are re- garded as a mere whet to the appetite for the Derby day—an opportunity of seeing the horses, and the state of the course, and of gathering up the gossip. There had been some portentous reports of a man who was seen lurking about the stable of Cotherstone, a favourite for the grand race ; and they were so far true that a tramper with a bottle was actually discovered in that suspicious situation ; but the stuff in his bottle was harmless, and the man was not proved to be worse than a rogue and vagabond. On Tuesday, the course was attended by the re- sidents of the neighbourhood, and by some of the more inveterate sportsmen ; and the racing was not bad. Lord George Bentinck's Discord, ridden by Rogers, was the first winner ; running away with the Craven Stakes from eight other horses in a good race. The Shir- ley Stakes were the prize of Lord Stradbrae's Evenus, ridden by Nat ; two other horses running. Six horses raced for the Woodcote Stakes ; which were won by Lord Albemarle's Delapre ; Whitehouse the jockey. General Sharpe's Lara, ridden by J. Marson, won the Manor Plate from ten competitors.

Wednesday opened wet and misty ; but the weather improved as the day advanced ; and though it was never very clear, the company was numerous and fashionable, and the amusement excellent. Prince George of Cambridge and the Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelits were at the Stewards Stand. The first race was that for the Derby Stakes, of 50 sovereigns each; the owner of the second horse to receive 100 sovereigns out of the stakes, and the winner to pay 100 sovereigns towards the expenses of the course. Mr. Bowes's Cotherstone, ridden by Scott, was the victor : Colonel Charritie's Gorhambury was second, ridden by Buckle : twenty-one other horses were in the race. The Stewards had issued an order that no false starts would be allowed, and that every jockey who should start before the signal would be held to have acted unfairly. The race is thus described- " The betting stood thus just before the start-13 to 8 against Cotherstone, 5 to 1 against Gaper, 14 to 1 against Newcourt, 15 to 1 against Gamecock, 18 to 1 against General Pollock, 20 to 1 against Winesour, 28 to 1 against Dumpling, 30 to 1 against Elixir, 30 to 1 against Aristides, 30 to 1 against Parthian, 30 to 1 -against A British Yeoman, 50 to 1 against Siricol, 50 to 1 against Fake- away, 50 to 1 against Languish colt, 66 to 1 against Magna Charts, (taken,) 66 to 1 against Gorhambury, 66 to 1 against Humbug, 66 to 1 against Mercy colt.

"Precisely at three o'clock, during a smart shower, the horses reached the post in a line, and the word being given, got off excellently. Gaper took the lead at a strong pace, followed closely by Khorassan, Cotherstone, and Gorham- bury next, and well up with them Siricol, Newcourt, A British Yeoman, Elixir, and two or three others ; in the rear were Murton Lordship and High- lander, and there they remained to the end of the chapter. The leading horses maintained their positions till near the turn, where, so great had been the pace, we looked in vain for Aristides, Newcourt, and Elixir. They had succumbed, and the second ruck was composed of Chotornian, Fakeaway, and A. British Yeoman, but neither with any chance. Gaper continued the lead a few strides over the road, and then, quite beaten, fell behind with Khorassan. Cotherstone immediately took up the running, followed by Gorhambury, Siricol third, and in this older the race finished ; Cotherstone increasing his lead from the stand, and winning, in a common canter, by two lengths. Gor- hambury was three lengths before Siricol, who beat Gaper about a length, the latter having a similar advantage over Khorassan. Three or four lengths be- hind were Fakeaway, Chotormon, and A British Yeoman, each claiming to be sixth. We cannot decide the point, nor can we pretend to say in what rota- tion the others ran home. The pace from first to last was tremendous. Value of the stakes, 4,2251. Mr. Bowes and his party are, in figures, very large winners ; but there is a settling-day to come, and,' from what we have seen and heard, that will awfully reduce the amount."

The Epsom Stakes were won by Mr. Phillimore's Solomon,_ ridden by Sly, from five other horses; the Walton Stakes by Mr. Taylor's Segaidilla, ridden by Whitehouse, from seven other horses ; the Burgh Stakes by Mr. Beresford's Henry Quatre, ridden by W. Boyce, from fourteen other horses.

There was a little racing on Thursday ; when Mr. S. Herbert's Tee- totaller won a Sweepstakes of 10 sovereigns each in a race with seven horses ; Sir Gilbert Heathcote's Hydaspus, a prize of 50/. from five horses ; and Lord Maidstone's Titania, a like prize, from five horses.

Yesterday was the last day: but the bad weather thinned the com- pany. An extraordinary number of horses ran in the principal race, that for the Oaks Stakes of 50/. each—twenty-three ! The victor was Mr. Ford's filly Poison, ridden by F. Butler : Chifney brought in Mr. Thornhill's filly Extempore second. The other winners were—Gor- bambury, of 50!.; Mr. Cowley's Adrian, of the Members' Plate; Mr. Bastard's Teapot, of the Derby and Oaks.

The Irish Repeal agitation has spread to England. The Repealers of Liverpool have had a public meeting as a demonstration of sympathy; and in Manchester, on Wednesday, groups of Irishmen paraded some of the streets, levying contributions towards the Repeal-rent on shop- keepers and publicans. The Police took steps to suppress the nuisance.

The examination of the rioters at Manchester closed on Friday; when nine of the soldiers and foar of the townspeople were; ordered to find two sureties in 251. each for their appearance to answer the charge of riot and assault, at the next Court of Quarter-Sessions for the borough ; four others of the prisoners were ordered to find sureties in 15/. each to keep the peace for three months ; and all the rest were discharged. A correspondent of the Dublin Pilot says, that the soldiers of the Fifteenth Regiment, whose quarrel was the first cause of the disturbance, were fighting about Repeal of the Union. "The poor fellows, who were vehemently applauded by a number of English folk looking on, had just given three cheers for Repeal, O'Connell, and Old Ireland, when the Police interfered, and the row commenced." The Duke of Wellington is Colonel of the Fifteenth.

There has been some uneasiness among the nailmaking population of Birmingham. On Monday night there were rumours of a turn-out and threatened violences at Bromsgrove ; and Captain Peel (the Premier's nephew) arrived with a detachment of the First Dragoons. A reduction of price among the small or " road-side" manufacturers had caused the larger manufacturers to attempt a reduction of wages, from about Hs. a week to 148. a week ; which produced a general strike. The men invited the interposition of the Magistrates ; who did interpose ; and the masters came to an agreement not to enforce the reduction of wages. At a public meeting, the men declared even the old rate of wages to be inadequate for their support, and complained bitterly of the truck system ; and they now demanded an increase of wages. Thus matters remained; the authorities standing on the defensive, in case of any violence.

" Rebecca and her Daughters" increase in the audacity of their cru- sade against the toll-gates of Carmarthen, Pembroke, and Cardigan : they have swGrn, it is said, not to leave a gate standing. About an hour after midnight, on Saturday, they destroyed the Water Street gate at the entrance of Carmarthen ; placing sentinels, as usual, to keep off some of the more hardy inhabitants, who tried to approach the spot. The rioters were about to unroof the toll-house; but they spared it at the entreaty of the gate-keeper's wife, whose child was dying. They kept the place in a state of alarm for sonic time, with the firing of guns, and then made off unmolested ; declaring their in- tention to raze Carmarthen Workhouse in August next. It is said that the Magistracy contemplate taking steps to place the whole district under military guard.

There was another alarming fire at Liverpool on Saturday. It broke out a little before six o'clock, in the upper story of one of the Duke of Bridgewater's warehouses at Duke's Dock ; and by great exertions it was subdued in somewhat less than four hours. The damage is estimated at 10,000/. The origin of the fire is wholly unknown ; but the Liverpool Mail is disposed to attribute these frequent fires in the town to the bad construction of warehouses, the bad classification of stores, and other kinds of "disgraceful mismanagement."