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SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.
(From the Liverpool Albion, July 31.)
GOODWOOD RACES
On Tuesday the SWEEPSTAKES of, 300 sovs.
each were won by Lord Eglinton's Van Tromp,
beating Mr. Pedley's Cossack, Betting : 6 and
7 to 4 on Van Tromp, who took the lead, was
never approached, and won by at least 150
yards, Cossack giving up some distance from
home. Length of race, 3 miles 5 furlongs :
run in 7 min. 48 week-The GRATWICKE
STAKES of 100 sovs. each, h. ft., the second to
receive 200 sovs. out of the stakes, and the
third to save his stake, fifty subs., were won by
Lord Chesterfield's Distaffina, beating Lord
Clifden Surplice, the Duke of Richmond's
Hornpipe, and Mr. Bowes's Wiasma.
On Wednesday the GOODWOOD STAKES were
won by Mr. Merry's Chanticleer, beating Lord
Eglinton's Plaudit and Mr. Shelley's Remembrance.
The following were not placed 'Band
tam, Diplomatist, The Tartar, Sheraton, Haas-
thorpe, Gaiety, Pillage, Fern, Tarella, Chat,
Millwood, Latitat, and Reflection. Raisthorpe
made the running, waited on by Sheraton, Fern,
Chanticleer, Gaiety, and Reflection, Remembrance
and two or three others also lying up.
They remained pretty nearly in this order to the
turn into the straight running, where Chanticleer
and Plaudit took their places next Rais-
thorpe, waited on him until near the distance,
defeated him, and went on together, the gray
with a trifling lead. In a few strides this pair
was singled out, and the gray, increasing his
lead, won by a length, plaudit beating Remembrance
by two lengths, Pillage close up with the
latter. Length of race, 2 miles and a half
run in 5 min. 37 Reef-The QUEEN'S PLATE of
100 guineas was won by Lord Clifden Foot-
stool, beating Mr. J. B, Day's The Hero,
On Thursday the GOODWOOD CUP was won by
Lord Eglinton's Van Tromp, beating Baron as
Maltzan's Arnim and Lord Glasgow's Mrs

Sarah. Footstool, Chanticleer, Cossack, Gardenia,
Fitz Emilius, and Miss Lydia filly were
not placed. Cossack, Van Tromp, and Fitz
Etnihus got off in front, and Cossack took
its lead for a short distance ; the favourite then
took, it up and carried it on to the turn ; Fitz
Erastus next showed in front, led for about 400
- yards? and then fell behind the favourite, but,

heading him again at the foot of the hill, was
indulged with a slight lead to the turn into the
straight course, by which time his chance was
out. Van Tromp, here regaining his lead, was
never afterwards caught, and won by a length ;
Arnim second, and all the others tailed off.
Length of race, 22 miles. run in 5 min 38 sec.
The pace was very had all the says-The
RACING STAKES of 50 sovs. each, for three-year
olds ; colts, 8st. 7lbs., and fillies, 8st. 3lbs. ; the
second to receive 100 sovs. ; New Mile, 17 subs.,
was won by Mr. Payne's Glendower, beating
Col. Anson's Corsican, and Lord Clifden Surplice

JACKSON AND SHBBDQN'S RACES-The six
writes race, for £100 a-side. between William
Jackson, who rejoices in the soubriquet of the
u American Deer," and James Sheldon, of Sheffield,
took place on Monday, at the Hyde Park
cricket and Pedestrian Grounds, Sheffield. It
is a longtime since a match excited such intense
interest, or drew together so great a concourse
of spectators ; but this may be accounted for by
the celebrity of the men, the large amount of
money pending the result, and it being well
known that the winner would lay claim to the
championship of England. The race commenced
a few minutes after six, Jackson bounding off
at a rattling pace with the lead along the level
ground, down the hill, to the " back stretch,"
put on coming to the rising ground at the extreme

end of the coarse Sherdon came close in
His track. The first round of 500 yards was
completed in 1 min. 20 sec. They were going at
first-rate speed, and the easy, and we may add
the graceful, style of Sheldon, was greatly admired
and commented upon. It was evident,
notwithstanding Jackson made his running at
his best pace that Sheldon could be with him
whenever he pleased, for at the conclusion of
the second round (2 min. and 40 sec. having ex-
fired) he came alongside of his man, and in the
third round went in advance amidst loud cheer-

ing. At the end of this round Sherdon led his
gallant little opponent two or three yards, 4 min.

sec. having elapsed. The odds on the Show
fielder increased, but there were not any takers.
In the succeeding round Sherdon improved his
previous advantage, being along the quarter
Stretch" at least a dozen yards a-head, and after
doing "collar work" at the hill, left Jackson
still further in the rear, the " fifth time over
being completed in 5 min. 27 sec. The "Ameri-
can Deer," however, by no means gave way to
despair, but be continued most gamely to urge
forward on his course, trusting that his steady
perseverance would ultimately prevail and gain
him the victory. Thus they continued, Sherdon
gaining a trifle in every succeeding round, completing
the 10th in 12 min. 32 sec, Jackson
being now TO sec. in the rear. At the 18th
Found he was 30 sec. behind, the time occupied
then being 25 min. 18 sec. It was at this time
" all over bar shouting ;" the hopes of Sberdon's
supporters were about to be fulfilled, and many
of their pockets replenished with cash. The
"American Deer" was manifestly unable to
resist the sharpness of the " Sheffield blade,"
by which all the hopes of Jackson's friends were
about to be cut off. The loud plaudits of the

thousands assembled cheered Sherdon onwards
towards the championship and the prize, which
he was destined shortly to secure. When the
20th round had been completed, 30 min. had
not expired, and Jackson, seeing that it would
be useless to continue running any further, gave
up when he had another round to run, Sheldon
at that period being half over the course. Sher-
don then walked home, crowds gathering around
him, and loudly cheering him on his way to the
goal. It will be seen that the men ran nearly
at the rate of a mile in five minutes throughout,
and there is no doubt Sherdon can accomplish
the six miles even under the half hour. Jackson
yielded the victory of a well contested race with
great reluctance, and on retiring to his room in
jar. 'Heathcote's house he was so mortified at
eyes defeat that he shed tears Bell's Life in
London, July 30.

EDINBURGH AND GLASGOW. A communication
team Edinburgh, dated Wednesday evening,
states: For some weeks past the attention of

the authorities has been directed to the move
ments of the Chartists and Irish Repealers in
Edinburgh and they have taken every means
of making themselves cognizant of all their
-Proceedings. Constables in disguise have mixed
with the Repealers in the Cowgate, a portion of
the city almost exclusively inhabited by the
Irish, in order to ascertain with what feelings
they regarded the state of matters in Ireland,
and what dependence might be placed upon

their loyalty. In the course of their inves- I
tigations it is said that it was found to be too I
apparent that the greater portion of the Irish
and of the population strongly sympathised
with their fellow-countrymen in Ireland who
espoused physical force doctrines; and it is
-stated that the inquiries that were made proved

that meetings were regularly held every Sunday
evening in certain brokers' houses, at which the
Dublin Felon was read, and the course to be
pursued in the event of an outbreak was dismissed.
It was also found that a considerable

number of copies of the Felon newspaper was
weekly received from Dublin. In reference to
the Chartists, it became known that they are
Arming themselves into clubs; and it is reported
that the authorities are pretty conversant
wish what passes at them. On Monday night a
meeting of Repealers and Chartists was bad at
the City-hall, to sympathise with the Our

federates in Ireland in their revolutionary progress,
at which violent speeches were made, and
equally violent resolutions were passed. On

Wednesday, the authorities having matured their
measures, three of the leading Chartists were
arrested. Their names are Rankine, Cumming,
and Walker. The charge is understood to be
for attending illegal meetings, in delivering addresses
advising lieges to arm for the purpose of
overthrowing her Majesty's government, fUnd of
attending club meetings, &c. After having
undergone examination before the sheriff, they
were lodged in the Calton gaol at about nine
o'clock in the evening. The authorities also
seized a quantity of correspondence in the office
of a newspaper called the North British Express,
which is published under the superintendence
of the Chartist committee, and the
books and other articles found on the premises.
Mr. Smith, the agent of the paper in Glasgow,
has been also apprehended in that city. It is
not known whether the authorities have at present
any intention to stop the publication of the
paper." Britannia, July 29.

LORD HARDINGE It is not improbable, that
Lord Hardinge will proceed to Ireland to assume
an important military command. The
alarming condition of the south of Ireland, and
the necessity for a great increase of troops in
that quarter, are in themselves sufficient reasons
for the establishment of a special and separate
command. It is not at all intended to interfere
with the duties of the Commander of the Forces
in Ireland, Sir Edward Blakeney, who has held
that command so long, and whose ability and
judgment are equal to his great experience.
He will remain in Dublin to command in chief

the troops of the metropolis, and to direct generally
the military movements throughout the
entire kingdom. The condition of the southern
district, however, is so serious, that the presence
and command of a soldier at once so successful
and so eminent as Lord Hardinge may be immediately
necessary, if it have not become so
already. Notwithstanding his rank and eminent
services, Lord Hardinge has at once waived
all personal considerations, and placed himself
at the disposal of the government, to be employed
in any capacity where his services might
be deemed most useful. His ready acquiescence,
as well as his name and reputation, will be of'
themselves most serviceable in producing confidence
in all quarters, and will at once strike
terror into the insurgent party, and inspire both
the civil and military force of the empire with
a reliance that nothing is left undone, not
merely to suppress finally all attempts at in-
surrection, but even to prevent their commencement
on any extensive scale. The confidence
reposed in Lord Hardinge by the government
and by the illustrious Commander-in-Chief will
strengthen his hands, and give him more than
ordinary freedom and power in dealing with the
disaffected. We dwelt upon this arrangement
as one instance only-but a striking and on
effective instance-of the preparation made by
the government to protect the integrity and
the peace of the empire, and to guard the in-
fatuated dupes of mischievous agitation from
the consequences of their own folly. Observer,

July 31.

THE CONFEDERATE CLUB-The Suspension
of the Habeas Corpus Act in Ireland has struck
terror into the insurgent leaders, who have fled
in all directions. The Dublin clubs are dissolved,
but those in the provinces display intense activity.
The following facts are confidently stated
by the Dublin correspondent of the Daily News.
-When the news of more effectual repressive
measures had arrived on Friday last a confidential
messenger was despatched to all the
trusty officers of the clubs to assemble on Friday
night. The representatives counted about
twenty-five. Steps were taken to baffle the
vigilance of the police, and they were eminently
successful. The "officers" made long detours,
and entered the place of meeting at considerable
interest also It was ordered that no papers of
any kind should be brought, and even private
letters were indicted. After a long consultation

it was resolved by a large majority that the
meetings of the clubs should be suspended in-
definitely that the registry rolls of each should
be confided to the most trusted, and by him to
be placed beyond the reach of discovery that
they should not surrender their arms, or bold
them subject to the will of the licensee, if such
permission were probable, but either destroy or
conceal them until the recurrence of better
times; and, finally, that the presidents, vice
presidents, and other officers whom the executive
would capture in the first instance, should either
provide for their personal safety by flight or

old their ground-" which of the two to

choose?" Such is a brief outline of the last

meeting of the chiefs of clubs Atlas,
July 29.

MR. SMITH O'BRIEN At the present moment
the following account of Mr. O'Brien and
his family may be read with interest. He Was
born at Drome and, country of Clare, on the
17th of October. 1863, being the second son of
Sir Edward O'Brien, fourth baronet (who died
in 1837 by the daughter and co-heiresses W.
Smith, Esq., of Cahirmoyle, county of Limerick.
The latter lady was a very rich heiress. The
issue of this marriage, in addition the subject
of our notice, consisted of eight other children,
including Sir Lucius, the eldest son Edward,
born in 1806, and married to the daughter of
Massy Dawson, Esq., late M. P., a scion of the
house of Cremorne; Roberts born in 1869,
married to the, daughter of Sir Aubrey de Vere the
Rev. H. O'Brien, married to the daughter
of J. Godley, Esq. ; Grace, unmarried ; Anne,
married to the Rev. A Martineau ; Harriet,
married to the Rev. C. Monsell, a relative of
Mr, Monsell, M- P-J the colleague of Mr. Smith
O'Brien in the representation of Ljnperidk
, County ; Katherine Lucia, planned to the Hon.
and Ray. Atnyard Harris, brother of the Earl
of MfUmesbiHrytutHK of the grebenaarieeof Salisbury,

and rector of Wilton. The present head
of the house of O'Brien, or Bryen, is the Mar-
girls" of Thomond, who adopts the latter form of
orthography, and he deduces his descent from
the royal line of Thomond, a race of places
which sprung from the Celebrated Hibernian
monarch Brian Terrence, or Bom, who commenced
his reign in 1902, and terminated it with
his life near Clontarf, in 1914. Should the
present Marquis die without male Mue, Sir
Lucius O'Brien will succeed him as Baron
Inchiquin ; but not to the higher titles, which
will become extinct. In reference to the
existence of these titles, it may be added
that in 1543 Murrough O'Brien, the then
head of his house, repaired to England,
and resigned his sovereignty to Edward
VI. and was in recompence created Earl
of Thomond for life, and Baron Inchiquin
The second holder of the baronetcy,
Sir Edward O'Brien, was son of the Right
Honorable Lucius O'Brien, who died during
the lifetime of his father, by Catherine, daughter
of Thomas Keightley, Esq., of Harlmgford,
county of Herts, granddaughter of the first

Earl of Clarendon, and first cousin of Queens
Mary and Anne. In the latter points the records
of the several families agree. Mr. O'Brien
married about twelve years since the daughter
of Joseph Gabbett, Esq., of Limerick, by whom
he has had issue either six or seven children.
Mr. O'Brien is a graduate of Trinity College,
Cambridge. When first returned for the
family borough of Ennis, in 1839, Mr. O'Brien
was a Tory, and as such opposed Mr. O'Connell
in the case of the memorable Clare election.
He subsequently became a Whig, then a Radical,
and in 1843 he first joined the repeal ranks.
Since 1835 he has represented the county of

Limerick. On the last occasion he succeeded
in defeating Mr. Caleb Powell, the Old Ireland
candidate, by 24 votes. Mr. O'Brien fought a
duel with the late Mr. Thomas Steele, having
exchanged two shots with that gentleman. Sir
Lucius O'Brien, elder brother, is lord-lieutenant
of the county of Clare. The Dowager Lady
O'Brien is still living, and possesses a property
of about £5,000 per annum, to which her
second son was always considered to be the heir,
but in other respects than as a heir in prospect,
Mr. O'Brien never was wealthy. He has, when
in Ireland, taken up his residence at the seat of
his mother. Atlas, Aug. 5.

PRHtCfPALITIES OF MOLDAVIA AND WALLACHIA.

-Tb Wiener Zeitung contains the following
intelligence respecting the events which have
taken place in these provinces :-" After having
received the intelligence of the entrance of the
Russian troops into Moldavia, the Provisional
Government of Bucharest issued, in the first
instance, a protest against the intervention of
Russia, and they decidedly opposed it. But the
Russian consul, M. Von Kotzebac, sent the
protest back from Joesang to Bucharest, and
proposed to the Provisional Government an
ultimatum, in which the re-establishment of
Prince Bibesco was made a condition sine qua
non, and, in case of a refusal announced the
immediate entry of the Russian army. The

Provisional Government resolved to resist to the

utmost, and dispatched emissaries into the provinces
to effect a rise among the peasants. The
latter, however, instead of entering into their
views, fell upon these emissaries, and killed
Several of them. On receiving this intelligence
terror seized the members of the Provisional
Government, and the greater number of the
Boyards fled. Tranquillity prevailed on the
10th, and the majority of the population, like
those of the country, received the Russians with
open arms. The peasantry of Wallachia regard
the Russians as their deliverers for Russian
policy has always protected them against the
noblesse. A courier has been despatched from
Jassy to Cronstadt to announce the entry of the
Russians to Prince Bibesco. General Duhamel
had been nominated consul and intendant

general. The Russians have pitched their camp
before Jassy, for the cholera now prevails in the
city. They will probably reach Bucharest on
the 15th or 16th. It is very improbable that
they will meet with any resistance." The
Breslau Zeitung says The Provisional
Government is in some difficulty, for all the
great Boyard families have quitted Wallachia,
and very few individuals of any rank have
remained. The government intends to refuse
giving them passports, and compel them
to sign an address to the Emperor of Russia,
to which they are now endeavouring to
obtain signatures. In this address reference
is made to an ancient existing privilege, that
the internal affairs of the country shall be regulated
by itself. It describes the late revolution
as having been called forth by the oppression of
the people, which they could no longer bear,
and entreats the clemency of the Czar to recognise
what had just passed ; but in case of his
refusal to do so, it calls for the assistance and
protection of Europe. A formal protest, was, as
we have before stated, sent to the Russian
consul, but this was without effect."-Ooserver,
July 31.

. ALGERIA. The accounts from Algiers represent
that colony to be in a state of confusion.
The colonists are breaking up their establishments
and returning to France; and in the
course of a short time there will only be left
the French, army and the native population,
who are waiting; an opportunity for a general
rising. Sell's Messenger, July 31.

AÀMINATION of GfiKstiA-u BREA.THe

following additional devils of'tíieamarísinátioiij
of General Brea' and his aide-de-camp are given!
by one of the London journals Lee-On arriving

at the head of the attackers entering before the

barricade at the Barriere TóntafteMéan, only
flags were tem- on the barricade, with now and
then some heads, which Were raised) tfr look at
the column. Complete silence prevailed for
some time as both sides, As -fc>I«rk?n:feâtffeg

baited, and got its battering pieces ready. At
length some men advanced from thebsrrir^ride'tt)
General area, protesting their devotedness to

the republic, their sympathy for the soldiers,

their horror of war, and their desire that the
brethren of the line should fraternise with them
on the barricade. General Brea went with
them, thinking that he could persuade" the men
to lay aside their arms. He spoke to them,
shook hands with some of them across the barricade,
and Cried with them, ' Five la Republique
Démocratique et Socials!' The final
games in send him to come to the inside of the
barricade to address their companions, and he
did so. Captain Mangin, his aide-de-camp, a
chief de- batallion of the line, and M. Dupont,
chief de- batallion of the National Guard, went
in with him. M. de Lucre, a representative of
the people, and Colonel Thomas, of the Mobile,
who went with them to the barricade, refused to
go in No sooner had the General and the
three officers' entered within the barricade, which
they did by the side passage, than 2000 men
rose, and presented their muskets at Colonel
Thomas and M. de Ludre threatened to shoot

them (the General and the officers immediately if
they did not make the column lay down his
arms. Colonel Thomas talked with the men,
and kept them engaged for two hours, during
all which time the muskets were levelled at him.
During these two hours he received five notes
from the General, stating that the insurgents
threatened to kill him if the troops did not
immediately yield. At length the Colonel and
the representative obtained permission to make
known to the troops' the conditions laid down by
the insurgents, and they caused General Ca-
vaignac to be informed of the position of things.
General Cavaignac replied, nobly and sadly;
that the safety of the country must be thought
of before that of individuals, and he gave orders

to attack the barricade. Colonel Thomas
marched resolutely to the assault. He sent two
discharges of grape shot at the insurgents, and
made the Mobiles scale the barricade ; mean-
while the troops cut through the wall, and
charged the insurgents in the rear. The latter
were pitilessly shot, and the position was gained.
On entering the guard-house near the barricade,
the assailants found two bodies; one was reCognised,
it was that of General Brea ; the other
was so horribly disfigured that it could not be
known, though it subsequently turned out to be
that of the aide-de-camp. The other two
officers who had entered the barricade had contrived
to escape, one by secreting himself under
a shed, the other under a bed. The General
and Captain Mangin were, it appears, shamefully
ill-treated, their epaulettes having been dragged
off, their clothes torn, and they themselves
struck. Then a musket was presented at the
General, but a woman threw herself in his arms
to protect him. A man, however, dragged her
away, then retired a few steps and shot the
General in the abdomen. At the same time
another man discharged his musket at the fore-
head of Captain Mangin, and while the poor
officer covered his face with his bands, littering
cries of pain, a third insurgent struck him down

from behind with a hatchet. His nose and ears
were then cut off, and he was mutilated in such
a horrible manner about the head as to make it
impossible to recognise that it was human.
While these abominable executions were taking
place a man dragged the chief de- bataillon
from under the bed, and taking off his clothes,
gave him his blouse and enabled him to escape.
As to the officer of the National Guard, it has
not yet been ascertained what has become of

him."

EMIGRATION Several documents of some importance

connected with emigration have been
printed by order of the House of Commons. In
the course of last year the Colonial Land and
Emigration office despatched seventeen ships
four to New South Wales, twelve to South Australia,
and one to the Cape of Good Hope. The
number of statute adults (a statute adult" is
one person of the age of fourteen years and on
wards,; or two persons between one and fourteen
was 1871, comprising 4133 souls-of which
909 embarked for New South Wales, 3073. for
South Australia, and 151 for the Cape of Good
Hope. The average cost per head was £10 11s
Ha. to New South Wales ; £10 8s. 7d to South
Australia ;- £8 14s. 5d. to the Cape of Good
Hope. Returns are given from British colonies
in which the land revenue is applied to emigration
In New South Wales, in 1846 the land
revenue yielded £78,648, and the sum expended
on immigration was £1783. The land revenue
of South Australia in the same year was about
£76,510, and £16,591 was expended on emi-
gration Bell's Messenger, June 26.

TREATMENT OF THE PEOPLE IN SPAIN. A dig

patch which left Madrid on Saturday week,
says-I believe that no Christian land OVer
witnessed such monstrous cowardly acts of
cruelty as have been acted during the last
month in this capital; outside the doors of the
Bank of San Fernando. A short time' back I
had to report to you that the soldiers actually
fired upon the poor people who came there to
get notes changed, killing two and wounding
five. This morning the same rocrr*riible*outrage
was repeated. Between four and five the usual
crowd, consisting chiefly of women, were waiting
their turn to be admitted to the cash-oflfcrti
when murmurs were uttered! by some against
the scandalous delay for which they were those
jected. This was interpreted by the guard's
a riotous demonstration, and as teachers of
musketry was the consequence: A body of
cavalry presently appeared, Slid used the edge
as well as the flat of their Sabres against tip
tmartned'nebrfcf. TyfXmty -people Were severely
mmnáedr-Liverpool' Albion, June 25:

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